Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-10-04
The Burning Of Columbia S. c.,

tia.pts u gaZ ne Tor August, con AIMS 3
.,.mnui.ared ar,lcie cn the burning II Co.
a,,,i,, which It attributes to General Wade
Il m TO-. aud says-'Wncn lhe citizens OF
".oumba csin 2htiv investigation Of the
,mr;,ins II that city aad the pil!aglns OF houses
,,t roJbtug Of ci,iz Ms, 1t them net forget 10
rake the cviienca ut }lr. Huger' Thus ua-
vlr,g!y ut on the wtn'ss sand this venera
he IL Of South Carolina, Alfred Hueer.
r.,. le,poud, in letter da ed Charleston,
south Carolina, August %, aud publish 4 in
The Nct.o2olltan Record, of New York. He
SAYS
",jr Iuger is called for. I shall, with a
deco Consciousness OF what is due 10 truth, say
that, b.totc Almighty God, all hat saw, all
that head, all that / suffered all that |
believe. is in dlrecy opposition to what is affirm
II ~ the writer for lIarper's Magazine, and
for which he quotes Mr. Huger as u portion Of
his authority; and | ask leave to add, af!er
na,urelv ret1ec'lng upon the events OF that
fearful night, when e cry feeling Of humanity
seemed TO be obiitcra;ed, if my we'll being
here and hereafter depended on the accuracy
Of nv statement, | would say that the pre-
ciSion, order, method and discipline which
0rny9Iled from the entrance OF the Federal
armv 10 it, departure, could only emanate from
military authOriv How could [ come to any
other concu>ipn, with the tact, regarded as IN
Gi,putaDa, that the city was doomed before Ii
was taken? aud that, as the tragedy pro-
messed every body saw the programme carried
out, aS they had previously expected? :
L crerifcs me. however, to relate thus instance
Of ofkinlneSS My own house was about to be
destroyed by the firing of an adjoining build
ing Thrre we're two Western men looking
gn->odjers in ;hc trne sense Of the world
asked one Of them their names were Elliot
and Goodman, one from Indiana, the oiher
hom iow,), Have you family at home?-
He answered, Yes. | said to him, Ny faul
arr Ill IN that oom have you no thought
4 your own? lhe mar showed that he had
tparl, aDd a. the !ncsndlary moved eft to
ether objects. he dix; assist me, vi hour being
sent, and wlGh my servants, and the only
chld bg enough to hand bucket, we saved
The house with its helpless inmates, thanks to
this 'oa Samaritan.
My conviction j. that Columbia was cruelty
and u>cL s,y narnaa AID sacked, without
+ SIS ance al er beug IN c0mp!ete iuSSes>on OF
Gcnrrai She MAJ : army; bur "hn gave the
order 10 ap poIytle t"r.h Is OF tor the victims
olt'er 10 kn II or to ere HuniredS Of help
less WOHen snd children Wrre turned OUT to
their late. It i the hit"Iiau's business to
lined evidence 70 meet the case, not mlne; and
my voice would never have been he 1rd ad |
nor been Il, Justly dragged before the pubic
The ruth aud tie whole truth, VIII pro3,Sbly
c5,ncr m i n 4cn brs no " t' ,nysr nsr
,an make he e,o~urs
= These lew questions. when thev
are Al. l. viii b. f.und ,nthcult 10 an>w.r
tesn % rake i,- uarc,nr-c at e,ghtn cIck
Il; Ugh: Dli b, cotton VII ca was burning
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c.nr.b v.rI' w,rn y j. u,Io'i,u~ that the sa
er,uept silver be onnirs o til al'ar vas s'oen,
T,'' IL 'NhN, >no> queh'!y gwen up! H''
campo" ',a'H ~ cooh y SeHc' snff 'uuul"E
s'I''l''2; 'nv'hg ms N't'' ana S,'iHre'l "'Vh""'
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:a> niIl 3pI nr.m,I2 Dad ha hnrn Cam.
IN Dl WIN .>.,r,,n,,h and i,hera~ ?-N -
vqua 1t. oF silver pI.nataypn from he ct,-
Z,,> OF & .jnm u ~oId f,r lI.mD ou's b. nc6,.
4" Iok and el>ewh~re?
=. !@e @n e. III h'r 'r Wa> truly unfortunate
~ "'' Gail ioE h' HuGer'
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hI4cM. Is th" daughter OF a d.sSyn Ing cier-
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