Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-04-07

make but little distinction in their treatment
of man aud woman. Ladies were hustled from
their chambers under the strong arm or with
their menacing pistol at their hearts. Their
ornaments pucked from their breasts their
bundles taken from their hands" * *
GA lady undergoing pains of labor had to be
borno out on a mattress into the open air to
escape the fire. 1t vas in vain that her situa-
tion was described to the incendiaries, as they
applied the torch within and without the house.
They bchcld the situation of. the sufferer and
laughed to scorn the prayer for her safoty.-
Another lady was but recently confined Her
life hung upon hair. The demons were ap-
priscd of the facts in the case. They burst
into her chamber-took rings from the lady g
finger, pucked the watch from beneath her
pillow, sbrieked offensive language in her ears,
and so overwhelmed her with terror that she
sunk under the treatment, surviving but a day
ar two" x II X "The church
es were at first sought bv many streams of
population. Thither thel. i perseverance,
of the fends followed them, AID the churches
of God were set on flame. Again driven forth.
numbers made their way into the recesses of
Sydney Park, and here fancied to find sccnri-
ty. But the ingenuity of hate and malice was
not to be bat1ed, and frebrands thrown from
the height into the deepest hollows of the
Park taught the wrctchcd fugitivcs to despair
Of any escape from energies Of such unwcaried
and uprcmitting rage"
But enough of this atrocity, the bare recital
of which makes humanity shudder, the heart
grow sick. Surely enough has been quoted
from l,ets,sorrntige of these horrors to prove
that General Sherman alone is responsible for
the destruction Of Columbia, and for the many
other atrocities committed by his army lie
declares that the fire set by my order consumed
the city. have shown how false is this state
mcnt; but even if it were true, how does he
clear himself of the guilt of burning private
dwellings, outside Of the city limits? Early
in the afternoon of the day he entered CoFunl-
bia my house which was two miles froH the
city, was fired soon after the houses Of Mr..
Trenholm, Gen. Lowell, Mrs. Stark, DR.. Wal
lace, Mr. Arthur, Mr. Latta, and Mrs. Eng
lish, all in the same vicinity, shared the same
fate. General Sherman cannot deny that these
houses were burned by his men, nor can he
deny that he destroyed, in part, or in whole,
the villages of Barnwell, Blackyille. Graham.
hamburg, Buford's Bridge, Orangebure. Lex
ington, Aston, Pomaria, Winsborough, Black
stocks, Society Hill, Camden and Cheraw---
Does not the fate Of these unoffending towns
give the lie to his disclaimer of any agency in
burning this city?
Along the line of march followed by him
there is scarcely one house left standing, from
the Savannah River to the Pee Dee, and yet
he dared to declare solemnly that he did not
burn Columbia! ! do not wonder that he
should strive to escape the infany which, like
the eprosy of Gehazi, shall cleave unto him
and his seed forever, for the commission of
this dark deed, Nor am surprised that he
should naturally seek to escape by taking ref
uge behind falschood. But he shall not with
impunity make me the scapegoat for his sins.
Wherever he has taken his army in this State,
women have been insulted or outraged, old
men have been hung to extort from them hid
den treasure. The fruits of the earth have
been destroyed, leaving starvation where plcn-
ty once reigned, and the dwellings Of rich and
poor alike have been laid in ashes. For these
deeds history will brand him as rohbcr and
incendiary, and will descrvedy damn him
to everlasting fame" =
am ynnr obcdient servant,
WADE HAMpToN,' Lieut. General.
REMEDY FOR SMALL Pox.--A gentleman
Of vcracity, one who has had Small pox in his
family, and in his neiuhborhooa, has placed il