The national Republican., 1867-02-18
!. ,,p. suERMAN,s PEOPLE,

An officer who has been on duty in South
Carolina relates some curious incidents and
conversations held with the citizens OF the
districts traversed by Gen. SuERNAN's army
in the famous "march 10 the sea-" IL would
| seem from his accounts that all the ills OF
their life and present condition are attributed
to the war, and especially to SnERNAS's raid
In speaking Of the latter they never call
SHERMAN a general, but he is "Mr. SHER-
MAN" They never call his army anything
but "Mr. SHERMAN's people"
As an illustration Of the general character
Of the conversations Of the South Carolinians
upon the sore subject, Col. - gives the
following remarks of planter he visited in
the course Of his official duties
Planter.-You must excuse our table, sir;
it's not very well furnished, sir. Before the
war, sir, we had plenty of silver plate, but
Mr.. SHERxAS's people came along here and
they took away our plate, sir.
Sorry we have no wine to offer you, sir.
We had, before the war, sir, some Of the best
wines, sir, that suppose was ever imported
into South Carolinea, sir. But when Mr..
SHERNAS's people passed through they took
all the wines from our cellar, sir, for medi-
cinal purposes, sir.
You may have noticed as you came along,
sir, that our railroad is in very bad condi-
ton, sIr Before the war, sir, that was an ex-
cellent railroad, but when Mr.. SHERMASs
people came this way they did q right smart
heap Of damage to it, sir. They burnt a
great many locomotives and cars, sir. They
done us a heap Of damage, indeed they did,
sir.
The church that you passed, sir, at the
Corners was very fine church, sir, before the
war. The pastor was very elegant gentle
man, sir, from one Of the first families in Sum
ter county, sir, and highly educated, sir. He
was killed by the war, sir-that is, he con
tracted a fatal disease in attending our sol
ders in hospital at Charleston, SIR The in
side Of that church was very handsome, sir
but when Mr.. SHERMAN's people came here
sir, they turned it into hospital, sir, ant
they burnt up the pews to cook their coffe
with, sir. We hope to be able to repair il
sir, when wo make one or two good crops
sir.
seldom get to church anywhere now, sil
Before the war, sir, we had a carriage, sil
1t was built in England, sir. 1t was yer
elegant carriage, sir But when Mr.. SHET
: MANS people came, sir, they took away tina
carriage for band wagon, SIR
Have you seen anything of dapple iror
u grey pony in any of your camps, sir? b
fore the war my wife had that pony, sir an
was very fond Of riding on horseback, si
, But Mr.. SHERxAS's people took it away, sil
It was from horse imported by Gen. WAD
HAMPTON, sir-a very fne-blooded animal
SIR My wife says she will never ride unit
. she gets back that pony, sir. don't like Il
60 to your corrals to look for it, sir, without
= special order from you, sir, for those peopl
/ do not treat me very ciyilly, sir. You aske
u about my daughters health, sir. can
; praise her much, sir. When Mr. SHERMAN
people came along they skeered her frol
Il her bed at midnight, sir, and she took col
J. and got bad rheumatism, sir.
% We are not as well off as we were ono
u sir. The war hurt us great deal, but whe
: we make few good crops we shall be abl
: to live again, sir. Our urpeople have not muc
education, but you'll find them very hospit'
BILE, sir, and very high-toned gentlemen, sir