Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-05-03

lnOucdliu splcCtS. "a tAS WIN rfs0toN
some struggling Confederate soldiers, retreat,
ing through the city, managed 10 get hoid ol
o dusntity ofliquor. From this moment law
and ordet ceased 10 exist; chaos came, and 8
Pandemonium reigned.
-. .PLuxDEasAhD PILLsGE. = .4a
DRINK with vile liquor, the soldiers roamed
from stcre to store on Main ST.. followed by q
crowd, drunk as .theE., With the. butts OF
their rdpskets they. dashed in tue plate glass
of the store doors, and entering, madea wreck
Of everything withthe celerity Of magic. jew
te!rryy. stores, clothing stores, boot and hat
stores, and confect;onary stores were objects
Of specel attention to these pillagers, who,
be it remembered, were not Federal soldiers,
but Confederate stragglers.
/. Tie following are:some Of, the stores thus
rabbcd: Jennet's iewelry store, Mitchell "
'fylei's, je@elrgstore, SemoisF Trimming store,
AatoniS confectionery store, Pfzzinf Is eonfec-
tiiehsgyry store. and numbers qf Sthers-s'' on
Mala st'fsst. sc.- a...
BL9wNG UP OF ?IiE MISUNDERSTANDING Oh
=, $TnE, NAVY YARD. AND BIFbGEs. ~
About daylight on Monday morning, the
citv.,ges shaken to':s sfoundatinns by the cX-
plosion' proceeding from thefrbf,wing' up of
The Confederate ironTclsds in the river. The
p trick Hrnry 2was in flames at Rockets.
and th0sNary' Yard and all the public build
inss thcreinssitIated were in process cf&de-
.struesion.. Seyeraf Of fhc smaller vessels
were burned at the city wlatycs.t~ : -"
Atsix o'clock, the evacuation having gbeen
cotrrleted az sfofas.the Confederate army was
concerned. fire was set to Mayos bridge end
the Danrile 'Railroad bridge,'and thesestruc-
lures were soon in flames and fell into the
river. -
rHE PUBLICATION OF. THE ,wIIIc Rs:srMEp: =.
The publication Of the:Whig is resumed
this afternoon with. the consent e:sthe military
authorities Thesedilor, andeall who hereto
lore controlled its. .colamnar have taken their
departure. The proprietor and one ATTACKS,
of the recent editorial cSps remain: rghe'
fermery has had conference with Gen. Shep-i
ley, the Military Governor, who ,assented to.
the publication of the paper on conditions
which will be ,cheerfully and faithfully com
plied With. The Wing will, therefore, be Is:
sued hereafter as Union paper: The sentl
ments OF attachment to our. whole country" p.
which formerly cha1acterized itas a Journal,
will aea;n 6nd expression in its columns, and
whatever influence it may hare for the resto-
rationof the national authority will be ezerted.
INCIDENTS OF TIE EVACUATION.
Sunday fnofning;April ., brokeupon Rich
mond calmly and pleasantly,S and without
anything psftentous in events iGmcdiately
trsnsnirng. There were ruElors Of. evscua
ticn, but very few supposed that the event
was uaac1l us and at hand. The church bells
rang as usual, with rcthirg Ct alarm nithGl
tone, and sworshippers were as prompt anc
1eyont as was their worth. But BY the toiIr'
of noon neryoiis people began TO snnf danger
in the air,Sand clie's -ears ware fixed with the
most terrible romors. Thea there came an
uiT.ucnsl increase in lie nunnbtrfuf wagons
on the :tFtcrs Faxes and'irunks were bcirE.
hastily laden atthc departments and Grive
10 the Danviie rapot9' THOSE WHO ha'! de-
trrmi;yed 20 etacuatc with the fugitive Coz
!ookad on with auazenieut; Gv-
c:nrnent;s example. Yrhicles wtt two.hb.t"s,
one horse, or even no horse at;ai, suddenly
rosa.to a premirm tha. was astounding. ard
ten" Gte.u and even q Hundred dollars in
so!d or federal currency, w;s cil"red fora
Suddch!y, as il by magic, the
strae:s became filed with men walking as
though for wager and behind t'icn excited
negroes, ioting trunks, bundles afd iufGarc
ofScyary description. All over the city 1t
was the same Wagons, trunks, bantbo=nS
and their owners-a mass OF hurryinS tu9i-
tives. filing tie Streets. The .ha'i;S We're ali
o;,en. ana,1apositors were aa busy as be':s
renewing ii;jr specie depnsits: ard the Dir
r.c{ors y.sle equal active in getting ri their
bulich.. 4ilan!ce,i, cf ihpa~ac,is OF cellars
OF papor .asney were destroyed, both Stale
and forfedersie Nigst-caIne on.' anti with
Il came confusion VERSE comtoandea. There
was ,.n. s,cep li,ralrnan eye4 III ldchn.onds
Sanaay night. Tie rapid, tramp of men
naon 4le streets, ihe ratio aid roar of was
ons lie Shuuts ii s1!diers rs'rcatirg through
tho city to the Soa:!i1siy.a, went on he whole
long, lcne weary n'gat.
THE c5NmlssA.:Y sronEKoCsE..
A, d.y5rtak ,Io.day morning the scc.e
y, lie. CommiRsary depot, at The head Of the
dack, begaara.i description, Hundreds Of
;oycrmnent wagons were loaded with bacon,
flsar ar .whi.!;ey aud driven oll in hot base
~. Ign me retrcIsiuti -: :al -NSsiSs'' WIN
ia il peculiar "hcsve OH, swcaicd .ard
w1rl,sd like beavers: but the immense plies
Of stores did not seem 10 diminish in clle
least. Threnged about ,he depot were huc.
dreas-uf men, women and children, black and.
white, provided with capacioua bag, baskets,
tubs, buckets, TIN aans and spoons. cursing,
pushing and crowiing, awniting the. throwing;
open ci the doera, aad tbe osler7 tpr. each 70.
hep themselves.
: About sunrise the, doors. were opened to
tue. .Y.opulace, and,a rush .hct a!ln9st seemed,
to carry the building cI its foundation Was,
made, aud huudreds of thousand of. pounds.
of splendid bacon, aQur, BE-, wentinto the
capscious. raw e tie public -. 49,:
:. And here we may remark. that. while the,
Confederate government VAS msking such a
poor mouth over. the reputed failure of sup
pies-while the people were, being starved
that the army. might be, fed, ibis immense
ssorehouse was bursting with, fuliness: and.
plenty, to como finally TO utter wreck and
Eeste. - . a>
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: rJtI;,e E,;rdre,,s of s,rn;fes have been made