The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-11

Aes' enu kos Gt'9tgs9ii51y NJ salsstpS tnnos
tby spbseEiptioa,. il has been suggested
that vocal and. d.instrumental concert
be given in this city fofathe benefit Of
the unfortunate Sitizsns abf shreyepois
and Memphis. The mst1ss bea.. e DO far
taken shape that several. er,ateurss have
been spoken to onsthe aabjsoss and, they
one ind all willingly sEreed 10 render
all the nid"fn' tbeit power. ei Prof. Ly.
Brand will not only Aasssaisb bnt viii also
allow his magnificent tKnabe fgrsnd
tpiano to be used on THE OCCASION II is
believed that the services OF Professor
Buchar and bis bshd II nesi6ians can
also be obtained. Monday evening. Oc-
tober 20. it islthought. viii beI :, 7ayora,
BILE occasion. We shall refer 10 the
matter moro fully in 8 day or two: .,
FEDERAn Ev1DnNoz A. 10 .rus BuRs.
ING OF OolullBrA.--Aa;atsnt 8. H. M.
Byers. in arpamphtet entitled ;.What 1
saw in Dixie, or Sixteen, tMonths in
Rebel Prisons" speaks thus Of Oolam,
bia. 1t appears that he esaaped from
prison in Columbia, and uas succored
by colored man. named Ed ward Ed
wards. After describing Shermau,s en-.
cry into Columbia, Adjatant Byers Gays:
The rebel Wade Hampton, before
leaving the oity, had scattered hundreds
OF bales of cotton in the streets TO be
burned to prevent their falling into the
hands OF Sherman's army. Many OF
the bales had been fred before he left
tho city, and were still burning when,
about o'clock, heavy. wind rose and
swept down the street OF the CITY, al.
most binding our eyes with dust, and
carrying the burning cotton to the soofs
of many OF the buildings. Shortly
after dark, the horrible cry of .fre!
''fre! the city is on frel' Tell upon our
ears. 1t was true; and now. followed
such q scene OF terror as I hope never
to eee again. The boys, too. were
spreading the confagration by firing
the city in hundred places.
Lieutenant Devine and myself were
stopping with q Union man. on Main
street, by the name OF Cooper. He was
wealthy Philadelphian, who had lived
in Coiumbia in luxury for some years.
But this was to be his last day of wealth
and ease. for the confagration of that
day made the old man beggar. When
night came, many of our. soldiers we're
Intoxicated, and running through the
streets yelling like madmen. There
we're also prisoners. who had escaped
from the enemy at different points, and
some of them, infuriated by the hellish
treatment they had receiyed az the
hands Of the rebels. joined In the terri
BILE scene. Plunder was the order of
the day. or rather OF, the night. Pri.
eate residences and stores were burst
open, and fired after being riaed of their
most valuable contents. BY 8 O'Clock
at night. the fire was at its Insight: the
flames swept over the streets and houses
like roaring torrent. Numbers OF the
intoxicated soldiers reveisd In burning
houses until the chatred walls fell in,
when they perished beneath them. Old
men sat by their burning hqMHs and
wept; women, frightened, into smEniaca,
screamed in the streets. It was scene
of terror, and there seemed no pity.
Numbers OF the citizens had carried
their finest fnrnitnre..- -saoh .as pianos,
some soldier would iapptoaoi. !sit down
TO an Instrument, and, by: tho light of
| ~. uAoS Aouocos ftdy ING Op6tS,Si
Dream" It was Nero fddiinR over
burning Beoarssl ea 3 r 7 Eg 81 y.Sg
HOTEL ARRIVALS. October 10. 1879
Wheeler House !rE Fytnday, pyDunlap
and wife, Tenn; D Alexander, NY:R 5
Cain, Sumter; r Brothessson, IN Y;.B
Drncker and wife. Miss B%D Drucker!s
Miss E Drucker, Miss p Dfucker,r As
Drncker, s Drucksr, P Duffie, Charles :
ton; W r Davie. Texas; " a Bradley,
Ga; L Rheinstrom, Pa; G. Williams,
Conn. tr-ia. ireo (, 3It{esG.
Columbia Hoiel-A Wallace; tNewbefry:
q Bieman, Mrs D 'Bieman, Walhalla;
Mrs Wilson, Mrs Oowperthwaite, VIM
McLeiah, Charleston;sR Mayo, Jr, Va;
Miss Steen. Green9ilie;; Nv SCOTT, q
Williams. Great Eastern Circus O.: w
] Sprinkle. NO; F r Blake. wife and
son, Mrs Middleton, Charleston; s.
Wit.konsky. n G; VT ,Bntt. Gs; PIP
Bass. Va; " Munro, Union; 81 q Ma.
zyck, Charleston; 81 b Lumpkins;
Yonngersville; J III Seigler, G & ORR.
Hendrir HouseAAT q OI.BteHart. J G
Bedeli. Charleston; G M Herman, HiA
Meetze, W j Assman, LeYington;N M
johnson, Marion. Miss A q fdoon A..