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Friday MoraiMft ^PT? 14, iW?. *? M/Uor John. R- Nfornae?. Thia gentleman, the highly ?bl? Stat? Archi tect, is one of those sufferers, at the bands of| the Yankees. In a professional aa well as^ pecu? niary way, whose losses are, in a larga measure, public as well aa private; since the scientific library, the models, designs and-'nrplenaen^Pbf j an architect, are conrea? nf ??52 mor; . fermai; or. and intelligence, to -jrhieb all students have need to i--psir at season?. And it-'ja not easy to replace such collections as accumulate during a term of years in the hands of the professe 1-* difficult at any period-impossible at the pre ' sent.' Major Kiernsee, being up to the last mo? ment engagfd in the erection of the mitifica tiona around Columbia, had neither the lime j . nor the opportunity for th? removal of any .thing from bia office, nor, indeed, could Imw . pertation'be had in those hours of general con fusion. Bis office, being his studio nico-nay. " his professional home-ha had accumulated his rooms hundreds of architectura l picture? and ? engravings, a select and extensive libmvy ii architecture,the' best authorities ia civil, and1 roTfitary engineering, and the service? connected therewith,. and preenred,. at - greet ^ cost, j f mn England, France and Germany. There were other work? of the rarest ?ind, illustrating ail the great cathedrals and other churches, pa? laces and public buildings both ancient ai,d modern, of these countries; the areliitacrh-ii modela of Grecoc and Some, of Bohlbeck and .Palmyra, and of the moat modern and Kcceet structures, during thc past fifty years on thc continent of Europe; the illuminated work* of Sk Fetors, thc frescoes af. the Vatican and other palaces at Some; models, casts, instru? ments, sketches, drawings and note?; made'snu evtuniulaUd by Mr. Niernsee himeelf, duringa temi Of thirty years, both Ju this country and tm ope. Be baa lost all, and the details would he countless, cannot be recalled, ?ava ut periods when the necessity shall arise to the mind of thc student, for reference and examination to standards a ad authorities. Tba recorded and graphic experience*, of a matured professional existence of long study and hard labor, not to - he estimated by any money standard, baa been swept away in a night.. flic dwelling, almost ky n miracle, escaped the flames, but was plun? dered of ?ll its contenta' Uh private pap rs, biri dr, dei de, memoranda, disappeared with clothing nnd provisions. What waa nat borne away, -s ae tom into shreds and tatters, and strewed about tba floor. There was one frequent practice of toe Yankees,* which they .put in - exercise ia thc store-room and pantry' of the . architect, and the dcr-e.ript? ?sVf it, in bia case, will tuffice to illcetrate the repeated ezparieneca M ot hei?. A barret of flour is emptied and spread ?* on the floor; a barrel of rice, another of gi ist or meal, ie spread, ia like maa ncr, over it ? then peas, preserves, pickles, spices, salt vinegar, Bustard, medicines, are all cast int? the mare; over which, to render theAmedl?y "slab and good," they pour thc content? of a sorrel of snolaseca. Such wea thc .fat? af th? ?reatare cern for* s of oar architect at th? head* of th? Yankees. We gire hi? peraofeal ?jad farther experience io^hia own. language, con tained^'n a letter, from which we have! drawn these and ether n?terrn?s: " "After many ineffectual moves to four or. five diff?rent places of supposed refuge, I arrived iat tho vacant lot South of the Charlotte Bail road Depot^rith a family consisting of twelve persone-ali females and children, with the exception o&junyaelf and a ?rippled ion of twelve years of age, who yet suffered from an amputated right hand-and with an incongru? ous bociraxr?- arm?n^??^?'*?yy!^s?jc ss much sn proportion as ?hat of a friend of mine, Who startle from a well stocked heine with upwards of seventy-liv? fine hams, and landed finally, .titer stopping at ?even successive places of , efegc.et the Female College,:wkh- 'two hams rmi a half! Here, on this outojf>ths wsy and dot ol ate common?, the drunken Ts altees reeling home to camp during the night, and in my ab ?nee (trying to .bring np ana save more' gooda and chattel? from my hume) invaded our tem? porary reeling place, ?hot pistola at my wife and eh need my daughter and ?000 refugee lady friend* with knives, and made night hideous in general; ut-rolling a sleeping infant and my poor oripplrd boy. out of ihe^svjuat blanket? tv a co [raring; answering my wjfe, on ber earnest en? treaties nut i<> take Ute -Inst covering from the (>oor children; tLct thed--d little rebels suffer i* w i hr.v*?4i;i .i tc? 3o for the past four year?.' This dreadful stem- finally closed, by their dis ?OTery ol whnt they ?mrgined to be a basket full of ??h er forks,-just aa they were about to break r pei. a h. i ge and valuable trunk. The supposed ?ilv<rhA\td the trunk. They bounced tri tttatte upon that basket of pJattd forks, and disappear* d camp?warda and into the neighbor iiig tv ?MICH." : , Charlea Lcwodti, Esq. We I ave already ventured lo correct ami?; Matesunt of tba. prtt-s, which described Mr Lowndes as having, in Charleston, taken the oath to, Lincoln. The denial j* repeated in 1 strong terms by a correspondent of the Augusta /iouxtituiioualiaf, who pays that Mr. Lowndes left Charleston on .purpose to avoid the necea shy of *eki?g the oath. We regret to lean that MrvL., like so many others, haa loatnearl] all h.ix property through the tender mercies o: the Yankees; but thal he has sacrificed no part of his faith, and bate? nothing of heart enc hope in the cause et bia country. He haa ai only son serving in the war,JIB adjutant-Genera of Hampton. : We learn from the annie correspondent of th' C'onstitulionalittt, that slr. Lowndes haa beci culled to the honorable position, of the Pres! drucy ?f the Bank of Charleston,Bad? vacan by the death of the late lamented- Mr. Saai Mr. Lowndes is now" at Greenville, S C., wher the Bank of Charleston maintains an agency. Ms. ET ?TOE: My attention having been ?all? to an (citorinl in your paper, which leaves th i inpress*** that -the marin? school haa bee suspended, I bf g leave to say that there "is n foundation for-euch. 3 be Loys are now ci gaged on a farm near Orangebsrg, pnrsuin their academic ?tudi?s, and at the earn? tin cultivating the farm, to contribute to tho support. '-WM. B. YATES, Chaplain Marine School. Kew York dat?? of the SOth state that gol opened at 162; went to 152}, std closed at 1*8 Cotton demand limited-prieta d?clin?e*--m? Jstt c ?oe td very irregular, with a down war tcadeacj. Sal?? of ?CO balea. .Hi* office of the Qtjutr.bia Phonir ie < n Gates street, second door from Blain. - MR. T. W. MORDECAI.-It ans remet hing < f ?> surprise, and a painful OIK , to her yetti rdry that Mr. T. W. Mordecai, a-'respectnl>Ic ritbun of Columbia, died suddenly. the* night ~be-i?'S?\ . of disease of the heart. Mr. Mordecai len Ve- ?. very large family; af five daughters it J iva . SODS-one of th? latter bt:=g in thc army. EXODUS-It will be seen from the I.?HIVKI ? mont of our Mayor of C^lund'in, t hut I ran? pi v ta lion, by wagon, will bef?triiibhed this n??>i nii.> to those citizens who desiie to leave tlte phi... It :s recommended to all who can lcav>, ?iud desire to do so, that they should avail th>n> aelvee of this and all sneh opportunities a* offer, to make their exit from n eorotnni.it y which roust," in a brief time, prove incapable of, s uppi? ting them. Our numbers arc still such, after all departures, as will not allow of their being fed on the resources of rite community. Supplies come in aary'slowly. - Transportation is "next to impossible; tn? countiy'immediately a round na is ro thoroughly devastated that it can no lotTger feed its own' population, and. many from the surrounding parts actually ea*lt their support from, thc exhausted stores of r ur .city. It ls the part of prtodence, ?eeeesaii!y,. that we thcnld lessen in every possible way the number of hungry mouths among us. Let wll, ?hen, who can.departv take the hint and be iff, without stopping to take leavo or arranging, the order of proeeedure in their departure. Surely, to "men still capable of work and enter prise, no exhortation to go abroad, andogev occupation, and do better, should be necessniy. It is the worst'feature in our morals, that there sb onld be so little show of mental and moral effort to repair ow fortunes, or at least wie; ' ovr energies for th? proper maintenance c.f ourselves and famiHea. Men bad better work in vain, and to no profit, than sit, likt? thc sluggard, with foided bends, waiting, with ii o 'Micawber ef Dickens, to see what will turn . up. Let ns turn up ourselves, and not be con? tent merely to look up-lying on the'rlat of our becka ? iKPmrseMEKT dr Hoares.-IS there no w?;, ?.o' correct the nofarions impressment ot* thc I?, w mules and horses left in districts so der npulai ?. d as those of Columbia? Here, within a way ot two,1 soldiers fresh . from 'Augusta and - other parts which have escaped the ravagers, have SK'4 to work to impresa the horses from wagons arriving with provisiens in the city. At thin rat?, whnt farmers will send provi.-ii-i.e to ll people of the town? The more rt-pi M td tl practice willajJPnce to keep the wagor.s awa\ Gen. Lovell, we understand, wilby ?uaiemul it promptness, interfered, in som? ?ases, to bax e the horses restored to their owners. Put th - .wjll not suffice to restore confidence to tit people af Ure country. The worst of it hr" that, as we are told, the roads are now au ii. secure-so infested by soldiers, or ^lic^c v. l.t. J pretend to be so, ia the abr-eucc of any ei < :. \ 1--ibat no traveler's er wagoner's boise is sat?, unless protected by rifle or revolver: nndrstorkt. have resabed us, from va rf bu* sources, tb at