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ive oil what a -sval'? w< ir>?ke o;..? .." '?Y. \oii hi.vt- kindled ?i..?i torches a.- xii'l all lb? !>:.*..?' in ail your vein;- to ext!ii ?nish You exult now. but. could you foresee*. When fou mareil hence, yon will go to retr'hu tion." I Another, who had thus forced himself as an j escort upon a party, on tbr morning of Satur? day, said, pointing to thc thousand stacks of chimneys. "You are a curious people here in house-building^ You tun up your chimneys .afore you build the house." One who had been similarly impudent, said ' to a uiotKer, who was1 bearing a child in her arms, "Let me carry the baby, madam." 'T)<> not touch bim for your life," was tho reply. "I i would sooner hurl him into the flame* and {dunne in after him than that he should po! uted av your touch." Nor shall a child of mit.?* aver have even til? show of obligation io .1 Yankee!" "Well, that's point: it strong, by -: but I like your pluck. Wc rik?, it, ri-; and you'ji iee us corning back after th? war every innji of us-to ??et. a Carolina We hat* your men like h-, bm; wr ?ovt?-your v .>? men!'' "We much prefer your hui., c.vn though it comes iii fi rel Will you leaw ns; .ii!" Il wnp not always, however, that our wonnjn were able to preserve their cooliie.is and li ria ?indkr the as.-aults of the bruter, who cu ered then* We have quire an amusing of a luckie?* wife, who was conhouted stalwart ruffian, with a horrid oath and a cocked revolter ai her head, '"Your w:<tc!i! vour money! you d-d rebel b-hj" The horrid oaths, the sudden denijfrtd, fierce look and rapid action, so terrified her '.i nt she cried out. "Oh! my Ci-! i h a vc no watch. 1:0 monej", except i what's tied lound my v/ai^tl" We need not say! bow deftly lae rxTbber applied his Viowie knife j to loose the ??lays ol' tfie lady. She was then* taught, for the first time in her life, that the stays were wrongly placed- They tdiould have been upon ber tongue lu all their conversation, the officers exhibited the ustunl swelling, i aflat ?d. bombastic manner, Sud their exaggerations of their strength and performances were amush.krly great and fre? quent. On their first arrival, they claimed generally to h?ve 60,0u0 men; in a few hours after, the number was swollen to 75,<>0o; by night, it ht? ? readied JO0,Ct,'O; and on ;>attKrlay, the day after, they chimed to have 12a,0u?. Wt have a'.taatiy est'mated tho real number at 40,000-total cavalry, infantry and artillery. [CONTINUKD 1? CUP. NEXT.] COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, April 4, 1865. Tba Repentants. It is well known that Minc two hundred ner Sons-men. Koats and children-mostlv o Yaokae erigir? and afficitio*. wont off wi'1. Sherman's arm\ wliau be left lilis city. Some w i'l-.eitr part:?* 'sere naturally knaves, some j simply tool? and some-poor creatures-were i seared out. of their wits, and moved to Hy by j falso reports nnd representation*1 earnestly I thrust into their cars by the Yankees them : pelves. In one instance, one lady was told that 1 her husband-an officer in the Confederate ser ? vioe and absent from home-had beeu made a I prisoner, and was actually.in a Northern pri i son. It was quite ^natural.'after hearin'g thist : that she shonfd eagerly sark an offered oppar ? tun It y to make h'-r way io him. >'or the ^reat er I number, there is no excuse. Wo now learn, ? and thc inform?t inti come* from VTOII. Hampton j himseit. that tho poer devils v. .->r< very soon ?made aslaim^d and thoroughly repentant ol ; their erroY, aau through Sherman, nuder a flag, i mad.- an applioation ti. ??on. if. t<j surf, r theil ; return tr? Columbia. Sh^rioap reported tin ! whole patty aa thoroughly tired, jf not repent ant. Bat Hampton was" inflexible in his" re i fusai to grant the desired permission, and w. j may fancy them still grudging rm in their WAI ; to their premised land. .".Tay they enjoy th I privilege.vouchsafed to th? Israelites, and con I sume forty years in th^ir pleasant pilgrim?!;?. ' If Ihr report bo true Unit Hampton, in a sin; ?jo'i'drtsh, deprived thom <-f all their vehicles they will need a formidable supply fd' sho<-?. fi. I their continued progres-s. j -TrO Nagro Fugitives. j lt is reported *h:<t some lin-eo hundrod n ! 2roes, chiefly women and children, wir? abai j doned by Sherman's army at ?he passage of tl ' Catawba and other rivers, and that, in tl < ffort to follow the enemy on a rait, the" poi wretches drifted down stream, and were mast, drowned, lt is said that Sherman adopts til i policy whenever his consumers Ap J su pern I meraties afp tr>o numerous for his provisu Warona. He will le? them c^fcupv one of I boats, then cut it D'' ft, leaving the miserai i wretches, whon h aaa seduetd or tom fro I their holies, to find tb "ir way as they can j and to the bottom, wli lier they will or r ! The tender mercies of th . wicked are especial j penal dooms to the weak and silly. : Waterloo or Austerlitz-Gan. Lee's Plai i The New York Mercury, of February 2?, 1 : au editorial artic]? which possesses partien interest at this time. We copy it entire: i Wilmington 's ou?-* Charleaton \* ours J j iumbia is ours. Withouts i 1.thoo" sr.sw~rj.ng .;?cv.'. ',,-;;c sfV , ; ? . . ?bul mtely th? chief jrtroog' of hare yietded to what ihe -.? ...>. :.' ? . would have us betieve wi. r.i . >, eessity. For nearly four y'*-*1 1 >?. pregnable, they have dff : i siege to scorn, and -Withe . L want o;' ?lipidies, ana miffe-. : endured by a weaker pow r - i- rv v- . stronger. And nov." why is it, th: extremity, they have so tai ? iv y ie d ii foe they have defied and ) ? '? st bay H Why this sudden depart-.. om the ciria which, in the earlier day.1 . the wai ti . stoutly swore should nev " ...Ifc.tecrr.'.r-ii . the presence of?the "acfcu- --; Yankee ' ?.. he eiiose to walk through ir.* smouldering ruins'aad des 'y- ? 1 l;i are thevandals-of the Nc - uly rious? Wh - .allowed wjt r ic t uuil the clash of regimen ?. !.. nds, : without opposition mt? !. ? . ia.'-"si ? cause weakened? Is it a v.- jouit on tba: ; j sis tan cc "would be annihila' ' '-. the <? <r quering legions of the Not .. I.J lu j cheek, and the vast, and '. . y?; '.,.< pe. i I developed, combinations '' < ??? bien . . -ur j General are irresistible? ', We da not consider it j speak it hs disloyal, when < - Roi : : E. Lee. the commander of ' .. ', ,'. iv - , in, all that constitutes a avntt ri i i "oes to make a general al i- . d'tre ?MU! l rt (down even fate itself-the the country. While wei M V ni . t! genius and the greatness c ci .. .'? il is not only unfair, but u . .; : : > w< -.. >? i refuse to acknowledge th t.. Klim? heroism of that gre} lie .i -. descendant of a liue of i : . i tiing against the combined . , !.. ... ... . au entire world, ?till stand - !..?. . .? ? ?lid holds at bay the most vriu j existence, and has, in def. .: ? held him to his ground, . . when hope itself Seemed I yieUi th? meed of praise .?? - . ? i'tiey were once oar bro i 1 hand with 'is. WhaieVei tb: ir ??.??ri iii crimes, they are nona the Charleston, Wilmington I ours, eui Bono? Beyond .. ... ... taining full control oAhe i > by relieving our bloekadi ous, tiresome service, and uandi cities deserted, there does . . ? material advance toward *-. ? . war. Those who have stud* ci < . and observed his plan of . his system is that of coin : . '. ? ? his troops, and attack the . : detail, one after the o' ie Wary, otraeqweeet, yet p ?> .. ?. .ives tbs dash and f?ekh