Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-23

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err side Of the river
They burned the boat 0; the James
River Company on Bent Creek.
They had captured four ot our scouts
that were left in the hands or an equal
number of their troops who beng put
Off from the main forces by the burning
of the I've River Bridge, gave them
selves up TO their prisoners anu were |
brought to this city,
The raiders burned every mill they |
could find along the James river; des- |
troyed all the tobacco and tobacco ware |
houses. and carried away all the horses |
aud negroes they could lay their hands |
upon. They shot about 800 of their
broken-down horses on the plantation
of Mr. Is. Cabell, below Newmarket,
and, of course, took off all the horses
belonging to that gentleman they could
find. 1t Is said that about 300 Yankees
crossed the river opposite Columbia on
Friday. but retreated to the north side
Immediately.
The Republican of to-day says that
the raiders commenced At Bent creek the
work Of destruction 10 the canal, which
is reported to be very badly damaged
from ABOUT LNtubH llNG llAilGN bGAON AANAN
to Columbia. and possibly further down
toward Richmond. Every lock in the
canal is said to have been destroyed. In
several places the banks have been blown
away. The acqueduct at Columbia was
badly damaged.
The destruction of private property
by the raiders is represented to be
immense. The people were stripped of
horses, negroes, meal and bread, and
! many were lett without a mOrsel of
! food.
THE SITUATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Our Danville and North Carolina ex-
changes, received yesterday, threw some
| light upon the situation of affairs in
North Carolina. We venture to copy
| some of their statements to relieve the
! soicitude of our own deeply interested
| people, without conveying more impor-
tant news to the enemy than their most
| intelligent readers have already inferred
| from previous developments. or may
| now be in possession of The Danville
Register of Tuesday says:
Our forces have probably withdrawn
from Kinston and may be preparing to
| evacuate Goldsboro. Goldsboro was all
| right yesterday afternoon.
The Raleigh Standard of the same
date, the 14th, says that Fayetteville
was occupied several days since by the
enemy in force.
1t is reported that the cotton factories
were burned, but we hear nothing as to
the arsenal, or as to the treatment of the
| people at that place.
Kinston is now in possession of the
enemy, and Goldsboro is seriously
threatened.
Our troops have contested the ground
at various points, with their accustomed
courage and endurance.
We believe the forces of the enemy
will be met at some point south Of Raj
eigh.
The GOldsborO State Journal of Sun
day contains the following significant
paragraph: The editor OF this paper is
about to leave his readers now, but in
the course of a short time he hopes to
meet them again. He feels he has been
somewhat odiOus to the enemy, and he
does not regret his course, They can't
trust him. He lives in hopes Of being
as he was.-a member of the newspaper
press of the COnfederacy,
The Danville Register of Wednesday
remarks that the recent movements OF
Sherman and Sheridan have grea tly
diminished the number Of newspapers
published in the country. In Virginia
we have daily newspapers published at
but four points Richmond, Lynchburg
Danville and Petersburgh, with only one
weekly, at GAINESVILLE. The number
has also been largely curtailed in North
Carolina. Wilmington, Fayetteville and
Goldsboro are in the hands of the enc.
nv. The Yankees now have paper al
Wilmington. Some think that Raleigh
too, may go. Then Greensboro, Char
lotte and some smaller places will bt
about all that is left. In South Carroll
ma it is even worse.
The Mercury was removed from
Charleston some time before the Occupa
| ton of the city by the enemy, and tn,
| Courier, which remained, was taken il
e charge by the Yankees, notwithstand
ing it opposed notification in 80, ant
is now issued as q Yankee newspaper
= All the papers in Columbia have beef
discontinued. The South Carolinian
now published at Charlotte, S. G.
FAYETTEVILLE, March 10.
? To-day we have added Fayetteville t.
l the list of the cities that have falle
into our hands.
Hardee is said to have 10000 mer
s He withdrew across the river yesterda
a and last night He is reported enrout
for Raleigh.
The rebels skirmished in the town an
o fired artillery upon the houses occupie
II by women and children. They burne
: bridge at this place, and removed a
2. the public stores that they couldup b
v the railroad.
" General Sherman is here, and is wei
Many Of the men are wanting sho'
y and clothing, yet the army never was
better condition.
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