Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-03-04

- N1tun4ut4t" II
"The whirligig Of time brings abedsits re-
veEges." The stars and stripes float proudly
over Che edfce ID which Che ffst ordnance
OF secsaslea xas eonooeted and passea A
Yankee army occupies the Capital Of South
Carolina. There where in other Gays the
.CALHoUNs, and HAMMoNDs, and RaE7Ts, and
Buffers and BRooKsEs meditated schemes
of empire, and promulgated state sovereignty
theories, and discoursed on the happy solu-
ton of the problem by which tie apparent
saatagonism between capital and labor might
be reconciled as found in the institution of
African slavery-there, where they revelled
in dreams of an oyeFshadowing Republic,
with slavery as its cornerstone, destined to
-abscrb-M exico.and ait tropical 1merica-the-
streets are now thFonged with Yankees, with
men wearing Uncle Sans blue garments, and
whose buttons are lettered o. S. " Lincoln's
hirelings," speaking with a nasal twang, whit
tie upon the street corners, and sing o, how
JONI Bro wu'sbody hes alron fdefng in the grave,
- But hiss0m Is Iasrchirg OPEL q
in the most aristoeratic quarters of the city.
Doubtless that irreverent, and startling piece
of minstrelsy has before this pealed through
the corridors of the capitol itself; and it
would not surprise US to hearthat the Yankee
| hordes had entered those, Legislative. halls
and assumed to pass some very queer enact
ments, such as might almost throw the. very
~-1ls,fqe .h9r ~ l,,;iA;-e 100 raropirstinn.
Z The city of Columbia is situated on the
left bank of, the Congaree river, at the head
of steamboat navigation. 1t is l24 miles
northwest of Charleston She population at
the beginning of the war was from 5000 to
10000. The site is some 200 feet above the
1 level of the river. The city is regularly laid
| out with streets one hundred, feet in width,
and is one of the most beautiful of southern
towns. Besides the capitol, there are several
| public ediices. The South Carolina College
is among these, consisting of several large
| buildings 1t was founded in 1904, has a
library of $4,000 volumes, and has an annual
appropriation of so, 900 for its support
4. Our boys in blue will doubtless find pleas
ant quarters there, but Gen. SHERMAN will
not permit them to linger long in the enjoy.
ment of them. He seems to be overrunning
the whole interior of the State, and will make
sad work with its railroads, It's cotton and its
depots of supply He will give the fre-eat
ers such taste of war that they won't be
likely to " banker, after another for some
time to come. Whenh he has completed thi:
work and thoroughly laid waste the resources
of. the enemy, in the interior, he viii pay hi:
respects to a little town ON the coast, known
as Charleston, though it is highly probable
that ere this it has been evacuated.
The occupation, of Columbia leaves but
four of the capitals of the insurrectiOnary
states that are not or have not been in the
full possession of the national armies. These
are the capitals of Texas, Alabama, North
Carolina, and Virginia, which, with the ex
ception Of the first named, are likely to re
ceive a similar visitation within brief peri
cd of time. T's;Tp" 2 .e.1