The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-23

| AJuct Ou't nv NihiflNu III itpi uhA
was an important strateg:c p0lnt.
1t must be Acknowledged To Stone
man cledit that instead of applying
tie torch 10 the immense warehouses
he began by throw ing hem open for t.
use oi whose yer chose to help them
selves aud hough TIN, liberality wa
le>igned mainly for the negroes, hun
dreds OF white people not only Stoke,
their cellars with bacon and bread. bu
also secured bolts Of good English cloth
new caps, new shoes army blankets
etc, etc. The huge warehouses wer,
well filed it i said, though one cannot
understand how this should be wher
clothing was 30 needed In the army.
The Medical aud Quarterma>ters De
partments shared the same fate as The
comnissary stores. Meanwhile tho
Yankee bummers were at work break
ing into private establishments up il
town After they abandoned the stores,
a rabble OF negroes and low whites also
helped themselves 1t being generally
believed the town would be burned. and
hat it was therefore useless To attemp,
to protect private property. However,
hlSllb A2ADAlrbldh cut II DdOIb-
and stopped abe pillaging i'll progress,
Between 3 and 9 p. III. the sudden
lighting Of the skies with lurid glare
betokened the work Of destruction of
Confederate property begun. The old
cotton factory. now historic a. Sails
bury Prison" was first to be devoured.
Then the warehouses, the car and ma
chine shops, the Railroad depots, the
foundry, and the arsenal we're also set
in flames, a fearful confagration In
the various shops and arsenal were
tools, machinery and implements which
would have been worth their weight In
gold we're it not that they we're no lon
ger needed by the dead C~onfederacyl
Many thousand shells in the arsenal be-
gan to explode with loud detonations.
hurting deadly fragments for miles over
the surrounding country. Nearly every
section OF town was strewn with pieces
of shell, yet strange to say not one life
was taken thereby
1t was a sad sight met the a le ofthe
towns people next morning as they
watched from behind the shutters the
hurried departure Of the Raiders.
Whole squares were III smoking ruins
every where wcIe aIs1, oi destruction.
Even alter the lapsC vi three months.
the view IRON the car windows as re-
turned Was Very Distressing.
StoneLnan. pICheLo at the 1adkIu
had been IuusnIy ndudIcu at Tue Ncrl
ford wnere uICeuc checked TIA :
pursuit. Tins check saved the town
Ii possibly SeSeIa. other Villages a.ong
tue y. 4. Il. IL, s 1t UccasIuucu tl,t,
umo that Bcaul egard was seeking 10
vuI vu tnC I~,aiuU4-. 1nes, nOnc,ct,
were well ouPpneu with suIIco Ircacu-
cIVus NJTIh NdrOiInlauS VINO cUnudcJ-
cu IucnI safely toaaruo the Iords vi lne
LataH ua, Oh Tie Suutn"eoI thence
" GA Crtek, carrying devastation to d..
acceosID.e pulnLs-
Ii Was Il serIIable thuuderbolt from =
ciedr shy, to the highland COUNT anu
.nauy a.oI-e, vi the asIouIsnucuU ana
rauIc cIca>cu uy tiIe unexpected AN
Jcdi aucc Vi the DIue cUateu Iroupet.
wac Ou aI tone ues Al IiIc IIuuc VI iuN
aTTIIaI. IIunureus vi families, with
Die fashioned faith IL oanIDo and D.uah
ADA uuIIieu InelT Watches aEd silver.
only ~ see Sam VI Oman (tnodrn the
laILCr Vas ,IIe more laltHIal vi the two
ue4pIng tine 1dnkcco 10 dig IN the
trta>ui1-
AZ nuthelt ordton, the ailrIghted citi
zeus, trusting 20 TIC nigh cnai ac,er and
u.nneoo vi ny latheI, ao d yeuerapi,
until his library Was packed with
r,I-. IL trAl n.,,al ~
vIueuce, and Ia rest To PTecautIon =:
naSIug liieu a large coffee sack with
soIu watches, silver plate, rugs ana
JeNelry vi aI descriptions, Gun to
oc>tIaI Uucilc.o vi specie, when ne low
cred To the bottom vi Il niCy foot we'll.
Conceive vi tnC acueiaI CONSERVATION
when a UIiSauc "a the eucny went Ito
ca.np upUu MS pIcnIIocS, aud began TO
Lao" ha,er Irom ,nC We'll Tor BON men
auu noises Hour alter nour tor sr,-
eraI Gays the old oakcn bucket came
Anu went, unIu II larry banged upon
.ne silver 1T the bottom but'1he NOISY.
L.pacy Troopers olu not suspect they
HeIU 80 near treasure trovt. Possibly
tney were d nttle AFRAID u investigate
directly under The eye oi the LnIce4s,
Numbers vi whom sat uuuer The shade
.TC-o, ana chccrIully accepted Il not
vely ChceIfutInsILdtlUu To uIne Luckuy
.ncre Was no Uen. fitzpatrick n the
comnland, else father valuable hLrarS,
anu The plc.Lre,, and trunk, filed With
sIAs, satlIo, dId feminine hnefy, I'm
Guiding numerous artIc4eS which hid
.,rcsuy narrowly escaped Shermuu d,
Columbia, and CherawJ would have
gone West, AS gifts to some ~favorlte
negro Nench.
4 =
Thus on the 18th day Of July, 1865,
my suiulcr-Iiie came to an end. Alas !.
the years OF sorrow and suffering were
not ended with 1t !
TO BE CONTINUED.