Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-30

Gen. Terry at once dispatched steamer
up the river 10 open communication.
The delicate duy Of penetrating, in an
unarmed boat, one hundred and twenty
miles into the enemy's country was
committed by the Chief Quartermaster,
Brigadier General Dodge, TO Captain
Captain Ainsworth started on Saturday
afternoon at two O'Clock, In the steam
tug Davidson, After proceeding some
distance up the river the tug came TO
the bank, and took on quantity of cot
ton bales, which afforded safe bulk
head against musket balls. The vessel
proceeded along, however, without diff
Guilty until within about twelve miles of
Fayetteville, when body of rebel cav
alrymen appeared on the banks of the
narrow stream and opened upon them
with musketry. The vessel, however,
kept on her way uninjured by the fire,
and reached Fayetteville soon after day
light on Sunday morning. Gen. Sher-
man had arrived few hours previously,
and had established his headquarters at
the Arsenal. Captain Ainsworth deliv-
cred his dispatches, and, receiving 9TH
ers in return, started back IN the edge
of the evening. In descending the river,
the gunbOat Eolus was met going up,
about twenty miles below Fayetteville"
SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED
The following summary Of what was
accomplished in the campaign from Sa-
vannah to Fayetteville is by the Herald
correspondent:
"Never before has any army accom-
plished so much with such little sacri-
fee of either life or property. We had
been about forty-five days shut out,
as it were, from the outer world. Our
march has been one continued success.
Shermans capital man9uvres complete
ly split up the rebel army, breaking
them into isolated bodies, thus destroy
ing their power. Our march has been
somewhat retarded by the heavy falls of
rain, which flooded the creeks and
swamps and cut up the roads so that we
had to corduroy over hundred miles
of road and build several miles of tres
tie work and bridges. Besides compel
ling them to evaCuate Charleston, we
destroyed Columbia, 0rangeburg and
several other places. Also over fifty
miles of their chief lines of railroads,
and thousands of bales of crttOn. At
Columbia, we captured forty three can
non, two hundred thousand cartridges,
ten tons OF powder, nine thousand
rounds of fixed ammunition, about ten
thousand muskets, over one hundred
Government presses, besides an immense
amount of public stores, locomotives,
rolling stock, and other kinds of Gov
eminent stores too numerous to men
ton. At Cheraw we took twenty five
cannon, eight caissons and two travel
ing FORCES, besides a large quantity of
Government stores of various kinds in
the arsenal and elsewhere. At Fayette-
vile, we took seventeen cannon, besides
a large quantity of Government stores
of various kinds in the arsenal and
elsewhere. This makes eighty five can
cannOn-One- third of which were field
pieces-with carriages, caissons and all |
complete. We captured about twenty |
five thousand animals on our line Of !
march. We gave food and transporta-
ton to about fifteen thousand colored
refugees, thus depriving the confedera-
cy of colored soldiers and slaves. We
also had about four thousand white ref
ugees, all of whom were well cared for,
and will be sent North to whatever des-
tination they choose. We operated over
the following districts or counties In
South Carolina - Beaufort, Barnwell,
0rangeburg, Lexington, Richland, Ker-
shaw, Fairfield, Chester, Lancaster,
Sumter, Darling, Chesterfield, Malbourg.
In North Carolina-Mecklenburg, An
son, Richland, Union, Robson, Cumber-
land and Moore. We marched on an
average four hundred and fifty miles,
our wings extending some thirty five or
forty miles. This would give an area of
over fifteen thousand square miles
which we operated over, all the time
country. Indeed, the loss we have in
fiicted on the enemy is incalculable, and
all at trifling sacrifice of life. think
one thousand killed, wounded ana miss
ing will cover our casualties. Several
of these were owing to accidental ex-
plosions at Columbia and Cheraw. The
enemy's loss must be, in killed, wound
ed and missing, about twelve hundred,
while we have captured and have on
hand over three thousand prisoners"
INCIDENTS OF THE MARCH.
The Herald correspondent relates the
following incidents connected with the
march:
JOHNNY AND THE DUTCHMAE.
The day that Wade Hampton charged
Kilpatrick's camp was at Gen. Carlin's
headquarters, when rebel soldier. car
ryine a carbne and a Teutonic member
of the Ninth Michigan cavalry, came
up. On reaching the tents the Dutch
man saluted and said: Captains, there
ish un brisner. Where did you get him2
| was in der perginning Of der fight,
and got cut off; and, without der gun
or horse, hid in der swamp. Pimpy, |
sees the Shonny coming up, 50 shust
shumpcd pehind der tree TO grab hims.
Der tam fool didn't cume close ter huff,
an shops out nit surrender | shook
hands NIT him, and we made One com
pact to strike for ter camp; and, if it so
pc we make rebel lines was to pc his
prisoner; and, if der were ter Unions
lines, he is to pc mine prisoner. The
story seemed so improbable that the