The New York herald., 1865-02-25
SHE r N A N.
HIS MARCH UNOPPOsED.
eRoANs OVER TINE FALL OF CHARLESTON

Y
IL u Pronounced MOrtifying
Il but Profitable,
= Co.. &C., s.es 10.
Dissatisfaction Of the Rebel People at
ShermaA's Success.
r. (fr0m the Richmond Examiner Feb n
s,t sepossd the fall Of Columbia, vi1ous Ms a;oassss
vesiGres the swiftneB Of the enemys movements and
.eria arprsAssss ne part Of Ae public
a tAs military eordios !. Aet Sas What the par.
% iesk out His prompt but srezpecied evacsaiion or
Cbsbia may indicate very great weakness, mag be
pad Of deep strstegy, the success Of which win give
people 70 be advised Of military rlans
FOR them 70 receive explanations OF military movements
therefore, leave In the hands OF our commanders the
management Of campaigns and not unnecessarily make
could though we
may yet be the best thing for Rumors no
Ss ns ro% e s than n sparks from going
u is hardly probable that 1.-THE Of what hears has
really any foundation in fact They start nobody knows
less Of ampAcation, until like the SNOWFALL what was
easily handled aud even from to another
proportions to tax the strength Of the whole
nifty TO stand up under it, BY one man. "Beauregard is
ssposd 70 have gone crazy mind very much the worse
Fer wear body dragged down by great exerton;" by
other he has asked TO be relieved by third, Sherman
= between Beauregard and Charlotte, and by another,
'gcne up" Put not your faith in rumor and do not
permit yourselves to be very much frightened. The
capitals Of Georgia. Of Mississippi and Of Louisiana,
indeed, We believe that the capital of nearly
every State In the confederacy except Of Virginia,
North Carolina Alabama and Texas have at some Time
house or houses built by mans hands, but in temples
built BY God hmsefthe hearts Of Confederate soldiers
amin Elns,1A tbn
end the dctachments that have been guarding cities
centxaed army will be strengthened while that OF
So The places We have evSsused The a " RcS
nond ITSELF apart from the moral question involved in
el as ss ss great q
scTk Acp q &c Confederate ar"s'e would not involve the
shermans march through Georgia did not in the least
Snjure our cause On the contrary, by bringing the pco
pie Of that State into actual contaet with the enemy and
causing them experience the treatment in store
th4m his march actually benefited our cause by healing
and teaching the lesson that In union and
h,%sny : only WAS was there an any hope for this people
snd has since gwen every aid possible 70 our army.
gsah carolina now experiencing the treatment
that has Visited 90 many portions OF the State Of vir
e ihn State moro determined and rcsolute
psndence That portion Of the State OF Virginia now
most ndisposed TO treat with the enemy Is the harcd
ssr unconquerabie spirit and they win mot consent that
0er Lb.rty and poverty shall be sacrificed for the
savery and property Of any other part Z the country
passes over the country u returns 70 It's allegiance more
defiant and determined than He nay destroy houses
suffering upon individuals; but he gains permanently
territory and retains hold upon the affections Of
friends more determned for he contest than before
He ssay marrh through SDuM Cdrois0 10 Charlotte 10
Wss~iaeten but he conquers nothing, he holds nothing
His expeditions destructive but not subjugating The
nrst mistake ruins him; tho st check becomes defeat
rout and will prove the destruction Of his army 1t is
cavalry emily harassed his march army before
him. which, al the proper time win be found In his path
and, we believe, successfully dispute his march
The Capture or Charleston.
SHB CITY MERE sHELL-Irs sPIRIr STILL LIES IN
BEAUREGARD's ARMY.
From the Richmond Examiner Feb 22l
10 mot Charleston city, but the empty and ruined
ehsn Of city, tina. the enemy have found lying with its
1oeF open, aud entered without opposition The Yankee
nation is not particular about it's title to boast aud yaun
else Il would say very little about its reduction Of
human effort take thai place by regular SIEGE after
burning powder and throwing weight Of IRON
An and shell than ever was expended IN any siege since
the world began and all In van-at length finding the
slip in; and straightway the whole Northern peo-
duction Of e hotbcd Of secession They ind there few
jews some telegraph operators twho are Yankees and
Wild OF shattered and tenantess stont and lime;
not Charleston but the abandoned hull OF Charleston
The soul and spirit Of that heroic city lives STILL but not
soss Il the So d s Lee and
yet blooms with vigorous branches and givs proms Of
blood red fruit
thai they have subdued the famous city, and that
they have conquered South Carolina How triumphantly
:e' will eD their su ss the sSG, .s. ruin;
VII tread the deserted regions Of King street aud
Meeting street, and predominate Ike three.
70 be awed by that mighty Yankee power But M for
The real living Charleston and immortal Palmetto state,
The Yankee nation will find that IL has still TO reckon
Details Of shsman's dealings with the poor defence
ices NON combaans Of South Carolina have not yet fully
general punder % corn and provisions have not yet
heard that his course in that State has differed in anything
Confederate coaniry whose lighting population is smcst
entirely In distant armies where the heroes of the go
sioss Unionn know they win lnd none but grcybeards
ana little children and trembling women; and where
they can vctorousy rob the homcsteads and burn
the books and pictures, and chop the pianos into re-
very few Of the nghtng men at home for the newspa-
pers had made known 70 them that OF persons de-
tailed =: carry on hc State government there but
hanafui-thc South Car0nians having judged thai, In
time Ike this, the government Of their State might
almost be trusted 70 carry itself They were quite
aon of that country without serious opposition and TO
scs On helpless people those cowsrdy outrages which
and sral Yankee nation has always taken delight IN
soss Of The Confsd.rscy wSh have sks within their
WIN more intense gusto when they made their
Wy ~ INTO the country 70 long guarded against the
nsoe ae upon Charleston harbor When the sons
% soun Caroline now In the army shall read OF the desc
their sstive STATE trsmplng down ana ravsrina heir
well beloved homes surely they Win swear deem oath
blue rasca Of shermans face face ana setted
with them once for Al Perhaps that day or rectonins
nag " nearer than shsy .hink on either sds 'A''s
rhs Durren nder eT Charlsston S.rssSvs
but Profitable.
fFrom The Richmond Dispa1ch, Feb a2l
We believe that the evacuation Of Charleston and AZ n,
cur scaooard cities would long aSo Aase odded 10 ~
av~eA n ~ os.tsderacy II y moFtifyins 70 give up
city which ths peculiar object or federal venesance
end which has besn long and heroicaly defended
Ne United States losss no honor BY the evscuaon,
which military neoessty has compelled rhe Ysnhees