Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-09
The Burned Cities Of the forth. O
The Richmond Times has the following


+ The Richmond Times has the following
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On the Fourth Of July, patriotic urchin
threw pop. cracker into carpenters shop,
in the beautiful city of Portland, and from
thence arose mighty conaagration, which
devoured $3.50 acres Of public and private
buildings" o
The calamity was appalling, andarelief
committee of the leading men Of the un.
fortunate city are appealing TO humane pso-
pie, North as we'll as South, for conszibo.
tions Of money and provisions "to the thous-
ands who have lost everything" The com.
mittee assert that the fire was by far the
most "calamitous that has ever occurred On
this continent" Never "before wore o peo-
pie SO terribly scourged ss those Of Port
land" We sincerely hope that these ap.
peals will not be made in vain, to the chari.
table people of the United Ststssg Bot tho
members of the relief committee cannot
trushfully claim for PortiandRs inonopciyof
the terrible suffering inflicted BY great con.
fagrations Atlanta was as large and -four
ing city as Portland, and yet, affsr the
Confederates had evacuated it, il was burnt
down in cold blood by Sherman. Its inhabi-
tants were not even allowed the miserable
privilege of lingering near the ruins Of their
once happy homes, but were driven forth
by the destroyer. The humane end CHART.
able North greatly honors Sherman for this
splendid act of Christian generalship which
deprived 20, 600 people Of their homes
The city Of. Columbia was almost as pop
.ulous and far more beautiful city than
Portland, but that city was destroyed by
the iufuriated soldiery of the destroyer of
Atlanta. '. -... s@r~a a.iS =!
Charleston was city of twice the popu.
lation of Portland, yet for two years after
its Notifications rendered its capture impos-
sible, the Federals exhausted the sresonfcss
of modern warfare to reduce the oityEto
ashes, and left that lovely city ahideous and
unsightly ruin. -sks ass slE
Rome, Fredericksburg, and q sccrepf
other beautiful Southern towns were ruth.
lessly destroyed during the war, anda mere
list of burnt villages and hamlets would gil
the editorial columns of this paper. & .az-.
If Gen. Sherman, for the benefit, Of the
"unbappy city Of Portland" will deliver
lecture upon the "burnt cities, towns and
villages cf the South" he will satigy the
public that he inflicted with the torch .
thousand times moro suffering upon the
Southern people than Portland has suffered.
The pretensions of the boy who fired Port.
land with pop.cracker to be regarded % q
more renowned iucendiary than Sherman,
is absurd.
The Richmond Ecaminer pays the fol.
lowing tribute to Gen. Sherman
Sherman is taking q tour for the purpose
of being congratulated on his public servi-
ces. He makes speeches on all occasions
that offer, and the staple Of all his remarks
is himself. No doubt the subject is very
interesting to himself, but We doubt Fheth-
er it is so interesting to his hearers.
We have no respect for Sherman. We
detsst him. We know Of no armed ruHian
in the history of the world Who has perform.
ed more atrocities than he has. When We
reflect upon the burning Of Columbis, We
have loathing for the very name Of Sher-
man. History records many dsvastations,
but We find none whose deeds Of dssolation
exceed those committed by the vain and
heartless wretch, who beginning with the
destruction of Atlanta, and making waste
and ruin throughout his line of march, end
ed with the pitiless burning Of South Ga
rolina's most beautiful city. The barbarous
ages of the world will have to be hunted to
find parallel to his famous march through
Georgia and the Carolinas. -,
sa- The Nashville Dispatch calls Gen.
Sherman "a crazy son of devilish ambition,"
and predicts that in short time he win be