W-IN Tuesday Morn 1 Al We return acknowledgementsof pack. ages of Garden Seed, through the hands of E. l.Bhirli 4,.sq., o( Charlotte, fN:t:, fronr O.. ToiRtwo!,-EsTof harlotte, N. C., and Miss M.-!8Hat. nfdN hid Mrs. L. VAIL, of 4 ek. enblurg county, N. C. They will ae *,ept our thanks for the contribution, us we assure-them the present is ieceptable to those of our citizeits t whom we have distributed the very'* kind contribn tion. For Distnbution. We have sdrn* garden seed, which has been kjndly contributed 'by some cizisens of North Carolina, at our office for distrihqtion. Those who are really in need of Garden -seed will please call at gur office and procure, such - as we have. Way-Side Rome. Would it not be well for the ladies of Wlusboro to form a society And create aWaySide Home for the soldier, in Winnsboro?, A. large amount of our soldiers are daily passing through, with out a place to lay their heads or a mouthful to eat, and when the'railroad is repaired to this point and the trains commence running, our care worn vete rans will Ibe passing in large numbers. Something must be done in the way of establishing such an institution in our uidst within a short tim', or the great 8at inconvenience will result to our peo ple and much suffering to the soldiery. As we belbre'stated, when the railroad reaches our doors again, it will bring with it each day a crowd of soldiers from tile hospitals or on furlough or returning to their oumand, and not a small portion of them will remain over to another day. Theyrill wander from door to door and appeal to the sympathies of residents, who, in their presont condition can do little if anything for their relief. Every family will be taxed to its utmost re. -ow-cs. .This has been the case in all other comumunities similarly.plpced Un. less sogie .rganized. plan .be adopted in advance, the difficulty will soon stare us in the face. What is to be done? The Wayside Home is the remedy. Lot tile ladies move promptly in this and all will work wlol Who will lead in the movement? Can not tho hall over the Post-office be 'obtained?. No furniture or fixture will be needed, and a contribution made of pro. visionsiby t.he citizens from day to day will keep up the establishment. It will be the' readiest and niost 'convenient nimode N cdntribnztioriadcemstecn ii oiica'l. * ho will moiS6in the matter? We offer 'oir servicbe to the ladies, nnd tlhe use of .our oolumnns, and if the matter claims ,' ivhils On 'the west oQ pickets proph'siotiofthe town, or not more than two miles west of it.' Sheridsp' aid-Inttiaive therefore been made by water through 'te 1)smal Swamp caiUto, PTsWbern and.by sea to Wiington,* Wflii will Adount for the la"g reinforceipents to Sheyppun said to. ave coitle from these places recently. flrlo th Da* e l(a e)lgistr Tertible 33A1t1fPa9r 4prg pril 2, .Qefcat qf. our Army-pnrnSe ASiugh ter q COW&-AP. Itl , n i of Lane'* Brigsde-.jec, q --&nond -+e,sident Leaves-Destruction I' Property JBurning &f Iroi-Clads Don s of the Mob- Yankes ij& RicA ON CAU1R To Nv:LLE, April 3d, 1805. Richmond is fallen. Petersburg cap. tured. Oft noble army defeated! 1 1 -Sad day. Seretly and silently, Grant moved a heavy force from qorth of the river; on Saturday, the .1st of April, -the-fight commenced, but on Sunday, the decisive battle was fokight, The enemy's li'ne, of battle exteadod from the. banks of the Appomattox, east of PTrsburg, oence westward to the South Side Ruil Road. The Confeder ate lines was penetrated atseveral points -and the unity of the army deetroyed. Loss on both sides, very heavy ; the precise amount not to be ascertained at this early date; it is said that Gent. A. P. Hdl. was killed and Fitihugh Lee, raortally wounded; Lane's (NX C.),brig ade is out to pieces and captured. Gen. Longstreet came up with reinforcements, but was utterly unable to restore the order of battle. Gen. Gordon drove the enemy back, and succeeded in re gaining his lost, positions, except that at Rive's Salient; Gordon is regarded as the hero of the day. - On'reception of this news, all Rich mond was in the greatest consternation. Every truck, dray or other carriage that was in the city was plheed in immediate requisition on Sunday afternoon.. Main street was covered with vehicles taking out beds, chairs and other furniture from the city. People running in every direction, with anxious conntenances enquiring the news. Greatest :aotivit prevailed in:Government'. dices;-heA7 of departnient, packing up records and srhipptn by - rail. e resident and other high omei p. M., on a specitl train. less ob commenced rds, res taurants 'an and this morning the Mi o~vered with the debrils establish ments. As I hur 'n street, at an early-'hour, g, on*gy. way from the ho tI no ticod'pj-icularly ti lowhia ten Woiseger and 1ywere turnd ugsihle doien. t latter was estdnK1da, *50. A little &itir midnight, thme cit'y was terribly concuissed by the e'xplosion of nmagaz ies of iron-clads, Virginia (Comn Semnne's flag ship),,the Richmond, Fred. ericksburg and. 'Torpdo ,and -"pf the ,woodeai shipe, Ratei~h i ikmpton aidd NansedionJ. After 4Ay break the Pat riek Hfen y, (psed as a schocol ship) and th~e Schrapnel- wtere 'detroyed. The shoek was, o seVere that the' paneos of glaS% mdere shivoresl In tehe windowa of th, iotew ood Hotel. There Were no bridges buarnt over' James river at the hour of ouar leaving (8} a~m) save tlgat~ of thie Ptersbur' and Ilichmiond Rail Road. TIhe burlnig df'that costly struc ture ,was opie(4i tlhe moat . mnagnificoint s'g tsthe I etetorbheld. .As ltha cars 'ro ed b' , 'e ver& told that Mayo's bridb was 6nrnt, The erackibg flanmes ~nd alhing tixbot of 'Hatall'aimniensQ uildihgs, and other condugutos hoss, 'or~ W bm*tig ordriance, explosmin bfbmbs atst thie Labqtor-y and Araengtl, the devoted% cit# irfreloped in. thiic wreaths of' pitchy wnil; (Its' localities idetiire blyby tilot'hiokeat stnoke of tongues of thy leaping flanea) '*e~~ as alght; the like of,whitch, ihyinever see ,agait. Th~e quarteorma ' *s ~stab lishmnent- at the basiuin' gutarters,'the hallego' M Neatj ' tobacco wereinnies ~ l th't w'htle adres' of tbbacco, the ehjphgt-1Rek ett's, and perhaps inm sea, mwounts,of other prjoerty,' beyond tho reach of'nmy vision, were alt on Aire abo'bt thne hou~r of sumrise. Fl-m -the stand -pin ,of your corre nendent. notzth of the *amaU, te fubeas" 4-vrtnue p s Aven~ *a $&* be p. m.on a ah L, 4 ture %ts call to OiiMep uneet at some othe-i p ace. The Dispatch is the only paper of to day, that I leve. seen. Do aqt know whether any othet is odt, ab the second' class militia were all out yesterday and Mut hight., ,I ti., This is written on the last train leav ing Richmond, no'rolling stock that can be nioved, isleft behind. Two detached locopotives follow this. train. Admjral Semimes and all the personel of the jvy have just entered the cars. We are'now six miles of Burkville (junction, ) and hear that a body ofEYankees are" there, pressing us., An artillery o$cur,' ourla. test arrival from Richmond,;crossed the Jaides in a canoe, says the enemy en tered the city, and an officer, (supposed Yankee General) ashddresinga crowd from the Washington monuipept. , I have seen the last of Rilchmond, poPr, unhappy Richmond. Heaven save her the fate Columbia.' CAUTOUCIV. Last View-of Riohmond. On Monday morning, '8rd inst., the Danville train from Richmond let the vicinity of the city between 9. and 10 o'clock. The fine flonring mills and ad jatent buildings, lie Canal boats, many public buildings thatlhad been used by the Confederate Government, and nu merous otlier buildings near the river, with several bridges over the river, were in flames or already heaps of smoulder ing ruins. In passing down from Main Street into Cary Street, a square or two above Spottswood -Hotel, the fire was conurunicating rapidly to the, exceeding. ly dry old roofs in the latter street, and several fire engines were in the street. The fire was already rapidly spreading toward Main Street from Cary $treet, in rear of-the store of Rotinson, Adams & Co., the Linwood House and Ameri can Hotel. Yankee infantry were mov ig up Main Street from Rockett's, Cav alry.. were advancing up ])road Street. During the previous night many. swores were broken into by robbers,' and no doubt incendiarismn added to the horrors. of the next niorning's scenes. The Gov ornmeiit supplies of cotton, .&u., were burned in the lower part of the city, and extensive fires were propagitted in that quart1!r. ,Pfobably fifty houses could be seen on fire from the Igancheter sido of the river as early as eigIlt o'clock. As the city was lost behind us in the distance, a dense black cloud of smoke overhung jt like a funiral pall, while the explosion momently of shells in the Arse nal was terrible. ''ho liquoro in the city were destroyed or poured. out 4t early morning, and the city was said to -have been formally surrendered by the offi: cials. The great flotqring nill vre said to have.been burndiqby ilheijr'own era, and made one of the greatest fires that could possibly-have been witnessed. Large stores belonging' to the Govern met missary stores, eldothino, blan ko like were beingfreey dis t the streets; womea and c busily entgaged in oarry. 1 bacon, molasses, &c , &o., of llo city who appeared, .oveu at so early an hour of the 'morning, upon porches 'and 'balconies along 'the 4streets, bore themselves with thme dignity, mnoder~ion ari fortitufde yorthy , of the noble daughters of firgai's mietopolis, *. Ax Evay WTNMBS. I PoM TiuE WJ4NT--Nnig'nt gen tlemien who arrived from the front yes. .terday report that all 'was gnaiet. Ouir . my is iiithe right plaee and the n1en are m fine condition and good spi ~ts, Javing unbounded condonce in theix~ )ea~lr'and i their 'ability to contend -with the foe. Sherman is at Goldsboro where his troops are receivitig pay,' clothing, &o., preparatory tg another :foward movev pnent; but it isaiot thopgh6 that he will attempt to march under two or three weeks. His pickets exted- bat a shor# disongs tromflfietoW)s, ij$lis diretmo while ours are said to be in sight of~ place.m We havp heard it said that 8 had erdersed allecitisens of Golde ma~y e(ae totakerhbe-oath, to, :pae.-RaeigkhN (.) Ptoprea, THE WAs; Naws. --There were rumors of rather an psoiting oharaotwr yestesday. Paesefgers by the'morniug train from bbi Weif rdortdd thmat Stonemien's rf4.y ,Wers withiri fifteen miles .of Greensboro, havng . ser4 sad he r6 . re e n 4h it was thobght, wathe6bjcse9 j i .'of .Stouiemen, 't'reaa ~shave. been was probably. gg;As or near that town on yesterday. Ifaflowed to reach and pass Greensbto fhrppga 'ill nu doubt attemt togieto en nt iy ba. lowig th?, of1 ,icdmont and Da e ri ns Iues we lia Q no ips ; -o ose t.the two armis are jdet Lion Thca; i is open. and we may look fur hot work at all points. [Ibid. rFrmthe-New York-News, Feb. 22.1 The Asles of Oharleston. Wit the fall of Charleston commen ces the tug of war. . Tihe coiflict is about to assume its fiercest ,bloodjest, deadliest phase. . There is no longer aty doubt as to the temper of tleSouthi. In the ashes of the doomed city, the re tiring footsteps of its proud defenders traced their determination to coi(quer in. dopendenoe whatever might be saorisce of confort, property or life. Charleston was to the Caroliniatis what Moscow was to the Russians. Far beyond its mat'Ial v'ue they reverenced it for the e4ke of associatioas Jat, linked it with theik emotions of.'pride and aftection. If they had obeyed their inclinations, they would Fave stood by the city to the last, spilliig tlicir life-blood, drop by drop, in its defense. But the hour had come for them to sulfer all -loyal prejudices, all pride,-all passion. all sentimentality, all personal' conbiderations to the cause in which they had embprked. . They did not hesitate. The appeal was made to eheir moral courage, and it was answer ed by a devotion like that which fired the sacred city of the Muscovite, and gave to the .invader a blackened ruin forliis prize, and a dosert for his land of promise. One journal in this city, the nost'fi natical of its kind, has asserted that it was cownrdiep which induced the aball dpmnent of Charleston. All men of in telligenne know this to be false, all just men will acknowledge it a slander, and all who appreciate true courage will blush for shame that'it was ever Oittered. It was that kind of cowardiee that im pelled the Black Douglas to fling the heart of Uiruce into the centre of the Sar acon host, that for its redemption his arm might be perved to victory. It was thQ kind of cowardice that caused Tell to aim his shaft at the head of his loved best; that caused the first Brutus to protiounce the doom. of death upon his son, and tle second Drutus to slay his iwarest friend. Some such cowardly instinct induced Fabius to shun the ene, my, and Washington to follow his ex. ample, even when the failing spirits 01 his cotantryineh seemed to upbraid hi6 cautious policy. It is, in fact, the cow ardice that fears to jeopardize a cause by gratifying a vanity or ambition. It is moral courage, the loftiest and puresi that God has given to his crentiire , What man is there, who is not .g fat natic or a simpleton, who believes, that thie Northeni people would burn and destroy their pt'operty to assist- ink subjn gating the South, Tho, South has, accepted A , reat bu miliation as a prelude to a great triumph The wonderfal intellect that now con trols the military action of- the Confed .eraey ihsprompt'd the siacrifice thaI even the North b'ohqlls ivt.i wonder Let us confess that beneath the ouitwart seeming-of rejoicing, t;here is bewilder *inent and- fb'rebodinig, and a conscious pees thatt the fruit we have so lang .reachea4.for; ,and thjat, at last, ha .falle: of' its owsn accord into our - hands mua~ turn to ashes on out' lips. When Amer lean- freemien go forth' to battle,-with (h4 flaniie'of theirlyomesteads lighiting thef wvay to victor or deatifu, dpdicating thixe hoiwenhold gods,0odestrwtin..and gigv ing all their worldlly treasure as aibut to a political sentiment, that word -rebel lio9,,as applied t? them, looses It si niftitaice, andl history todbras~ them a patriots,. wiiether thay . fail.a or win Against this indomitable will, thiajdog goda perseverance, this sublime deyotion 3t ii Viain for ieets And rist o tel ,tme t o sy n'uld zonka weoiyneedfuteuseri resivt invasiou; but foreconquesi h a. are'fored-upon them by th foi- that4 condtzots the yrui G tlagt the~orth begig g~OQni edthe sterni unfaltern mad, is itible 'parjose '#fthe-foe.. - bey 1'J erstapnd at last the trite charaoter of th wr, And they Mlioiv that'inqas Santi ~h Ihideyen-dent6 or hxtofmhination. *Three y~kd ago, or twp or evcn year- ago, 4oecapture pf Charesto would have st theN(orthern pulse in fdver of ekcetaeet and exaltation. 'Vc daj ialthoughimthe fage ar yig An at advfli wear (j1moliday asipeel there ie cgt~in the tndst pfstsjne Rithi4.sintap; 'suerci rej ing, more, reflectixeisoodt hlan bena *parent sieet the .conmencemni of hioa %ilities. Qur pepe have Vo lost al thN% sa4dty ;atilhirl #f ~citenment They kaW. , a(thzo;.Soi lerners' d .not burn their cities and d troy thei property beestUs of.- despairor phrense or if ia bet ans ter..s ....hal :i that is dangerous to others than them.. jeld ' eral ninstration may find in th of rieston tho beginU1iing f ti eq I to tb ate Peace Co: erence. 'hE-it"beed &"ditions that no free, brave poople, could accept; andi now, ao a brnve free people, the Southerners 'are conecntrating their energios . r yar to, the umost. .Lt.has been..sai Ata-t, the .rebei~jon wea shell;4loe sh41is (Wre, andi while we h6ld the worthlilA Vvagntenta, its invulnertblo vore, the greL sLrong heart, defies and baffles us. To ooe w*o truly ooriciive thernean. ing of the change of policy. tha6s'in angaratA by the abandonment and de strudt on of ChArleston thb sheadow or com'ng battles looks darlgr than ever before. To ono brain we know hokv fer. tile resources-to ,one heart, we know how fuir and true-to oto intelleci, wo know how gifted with material nrtribitt.es -to one man, we know capable-t plan, to strike, to thwaft, to err or to :ake ad. vantage of it, the tuiliary fortunes of the South has been conided. Free to act at his own vblition, utintrammeled by adinin. istrative interference, trusted, beloved and honored by soldier and civilian, lie has lost no time in using Ils dictatorial power to 'remodel the whole system of this warfare. The fall of Chiarlestcqi is a consequieno less of Siermnan's prowess than of Lee's %trategy. Who gives a castle looks to gain a queen. jMirs: L. Ste~vesas, E08 LEAVETO INFORM TlIE LADIES, that she is prepared to repair and re-shapo I 0 0 P-S K I U 'D S. Any work of this kind, entrusted to her, will be executed to satisfaction, and at rea. sonable charges. Orders left .e the Winna. boru Hotel will be promptly att9uded to. april 8'05-law4 Wate of Soeatta Cnaroiaa. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. CoLUMBIA, MAarch 27. 1866. IHE invasion oftthe State has rendered Tit proper that the Legislative Depart. ment of the Government of thegtato shouli be convened, that such mcasures may he adopted as the welfare of the Stato nisy re. .quire. Arid for thet purpose the ntembers of the Senate and the lhouse or Itupresonta. tives of the State of South Carolina are hete by invited to assemble at Gm'eenville. on TIUE8DAY, the 26th day of April,. 1865, at 12 o'clock in. by the (ioverpor: ',A. 0. 3MAG RATII. Olitil : W. 8. EILIOTT, Private Sec'y. April 6'65-9 - &Wi All-papers in the State; will eay udtil the time' for tlite meeting of the Legiv. latur. C. & C. ii road. A8 the libmediate reconstriation of this road is highly important, -all materialo of Iron, ties and stringers are needed, and their removal is forbidden by any one. april.6'05 W1. JOJINSTON., Pres$'. Nhubslstanace Deparanest, OFFVICE A. A. 0. 8., C. 8. A., Wnmsanoao, 8, C., Mlarch 81, 1888, ALL perss having demanwls lost this om50e will, pleaie present, a t s. ment of their claims 'forthwith for' settle.. tent.FRINK MYERS', spr'1*68pd - A.-A. 0. $. Va uzble *1.dok F'osu. COTT'8 COMMENTALY, vol. g, 'i. K.,ings-I'roverbs," has been 'left' at his ' icte for te owner, who cenn-get; it by e1i. ing and paying for this advertisee.; -' . :bc 80'6.-tw, ______ "-' W~dWard's Mill ri.on Thursday, Frlday'and Tw~and a half itiles below - . usbo eleglven ia exchatage for oil aqd talltiw at old prioes. . oh 28'65-tw T. W, WOOD WAltd. -HWdq're 'yII Stes't S. C. Cavalry. OAx!' NUAa Rtcuaux . . March~OJ8 ~FFICERS8 and Soldiers of l~venth 'utpon to return of8i ti t ..A:thei - aybrav, -men Ulager to proteot: Ssu0'ering , a, oy to eggeg the upos o~~ wn soil-cowards mak sam~jeua.8-696 by remainingas theI~istst in the~aoy they we t aangth and ostpone the hour of -and '-fbae.i Solders must ,promptl or be peblished mas "deserters," ar "deserterV' and punished as "de BThe destruotloti of rgiroads is n Brave men will make their journey Sor an zhorsebeok, and rejoin their' dy 'beArmy. It will be no. aoler, tat he is doing duty otand; this can only be peru .an order trothm the Cotitnavmder-iof without his order it ls a millyry-e. It is espeetalli urged upons men ..liing .with them god horses: beidig dismenteE y will not, obtain for thest new furlonghs, bu~ transfers to infantry. A. ?, IIA'SKELL. t, mcli 25,'65-4 K