Smyrna times., 1865-08-02

. The DISTRESS IN SOUTH CARoLIEA.-W,
r hear OF deeper and more general distress and
/, poverty III Central South Carolina than in any
other section of the South. The destruction
performed by sherman army there was far
greater than by any of our other armies any.
where; The suffering as we are assured L,,
credible witnesses from Columbia, is appalling
Cultivated and refined people are reduced r.
beggary, and do actually subsist by if W.
nave heard authentic stories Of individual ca
SeS OF suffering that surpass ANYTHING known
IN IN american history, and equal the accounts of'
liamineS IN the Old World. The people are
uG!ected as well as distressed, subjugated in
spirit as well as in the field
we nave already protested against the sys-
TEN that has been adopted in some ouartcr. Of
an lnalScrhAlnate issuance Of rationS bv the
government to the needy. But that need not
prevent the people in the North from rrEnv;n,r
thc suffering in the South We think snm@,
thng Should be done in this direction bv tLn |
public, and done at once in the case of South |
Sar2nna No better medium could be found
lor this than the Sanitary Commission. if il
We're IN active operation but its affairs are he
ing closed up and we suppose that at all events
this would be considered outside of its nroi'
sphere. Cannot the Union Commission taEn
the matter in hand ?--N T. Times
LIVELY TINES IN THE MISSISSIPPI V.r1Fy
D Dcdr from various points on the Missis-
n ,HipLl hlVer' as Nav Orleans, Vicksburgh.
.4o P'llS ana Carlo, OF the great activity in
ttallb0atlng and general commerce that now I
Exists there. The busy times before the war G
IRE revived on the great river. Steamboats, I
IRE p'enty as ever, and equally fast, and some I
vhat ,eSs explosive. They not only abound ON t
ne ne MlSSlsSlppi but penetrate as of yOre all its
niuentS, carrying up supplies. bringing ont o
o!toh ana an, bearing passengers from point to {
I0lnt. The regions all along the river and "
I"ne It's tributaries, are very rapidly recover Il
u rom ON the eHects OF the war. 1t has already
au TWO years III which to improve: for il moT
SAID that the war in the great valley coaS"3 J..
lth the tall of Nicksburgh in July. 1854 h,t N
! TACT, untl! four months ago, or until The -
surrender, progress was slow, for the rrason ..
laC the operations of guerrillas made traval e.
n1 tratlo dangerous. 1'''' "
In tnG great cities business is extremely ar In
ve ne ne meets OF ships and steamboats, at the tiI
VI we @ VI NeW Orleans bring back bygone DAYS m
~. " llost oi the warehouses that were closed
yeais are Oelng rOpened. Ficksburgh, in
:. =: n%i"uneT' % never was more busy and Mem pu
MS never ceI had such palmy days. The pom- ste
Ioll OF the latter city is greater than ever il ca
y houses and stores are not to be obtained 10
u ali is activity in trade and commerce h'
Gao York Tines cal
zen. LEWIS b. PARsoNs.-The enormou. ~,
psDIllty OF the United States for war was wb
'GIioly set forth at a meeting of the Alumni us,
ale College few days since, by the above
hled ofhcer, in the statement that since the
rrender of Gen. 10. Johnston the War De- Ia
rtment has mustered out of the service and wa
1t home over seven hundred thousand men cell
was added, and the declaration was doubt. to
$ surprise to the country, that at the close me
hOstilities by the event above named III dea
non army amounted to very nearly one mil unC
2 OF men. No statement in brief fcould have org
made known to the nations tho his
Significance of the battle that had bonn ol'e it i,
ged ON this continent between the democrat-
principles and the representatives of ~" nE a..
chy OF the earth. While the one wos sbot U Gay
'd' trodden out and extinguished. the otIor hns his
millions OF veteran champions fresh and nJ olS
er Tor Tor still further conflicts, f thew S"J n al a9a
grOl
4E ln:, FESIANs EI AT - Newport, r. T. on Srr pole
iast Father o Kelley denounced tbn Gn 0El- IN necl
brotherhood in severe terms ou ana 'le re- secu
Iiofh that any of them who ioned i SIui,J tip I
tny = ny M DC ex.communicated, but denied o ,ho nobl
OF Christian burial, as that rite = oJu %ne ~
ILeroL '0iiiau catholic Church. -B0s- foot
the