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.fully ?rad fiutkfidly complied with. Th? Whig will, therefor?, he issued hereafter as a Unies paper. The sentiments of attachment to our "whole country," which formerly characterized it as a journal, will again find expression in ile columns, and whatever influence it may have tor thc r-*)toration of the national authority will he exerted. Tb? following ia copied from tho Richmond Whig, of 6th April: For a month past, the Confederates have boen evacuating the. city witb all the speed ansi means they could command; bot somehow tho people refused to believe that the removal meant evacuation, and.all declared that the measures were only precautionary. Mutters went on in this manner netti last 8us*iay-the Coatfcderct.se hurrying away every speeics of property, the people blindly refusing to believe .that Ihe city was to be given np, and clinging to their Confederate shin plasters cs if they were things of worth. Sunday morning, General Lee telegraphed to Dav?, giving an account of the general attack upon his lines, atating that the lines had been pierced ic many places, and that unless he could re-establish them, Richmond must be given up that night. Bis tone was, for tis? ? ?rat time since the war, despondent. He seid his men "were not coming up to their w< rk. At ll o'cleek that morning, be telegraphed that ail efforts to establish his lines had been utterly unsuccessful. Immediately began among the ofici?is in Richmond a scurry end passe Still, the majority of the people'were in th? dark, and rejuaisg to believe their eyes, * remained, many of them, ("ll night? The gold and B?lver~coin beler^ing tc the Louistans banks, and recently appropriated by the Con federate Congress, ?ana rna dows to* i ho Dan ville train in hot haete. ?o also was thc specif of the Richmond banka Thea the pro^rsunm for the departure of tbeofic als was nt an^cd. A number of trains were to leave during the evening; still there wes not .roc ra far all who thought it desirable to get away. Davis wa* to depart at t o'clock in the evening. Breck iniidge elected to go off on horseback* with the last of the army, on Monday morning. At the request oi the Mayer, a meeting of the Council woe held en Sunday evening, at 4 o'clock, to consult as to what was best to be done under thc circumstances. The Council, after much discussion, passed a resolution ap? pointing committees for each of the' three wards, whe should, when the fact that the city was about,tct be abondoaed should be ascer? tained, proceed to d< ?troy all the alcoholic liquors in their respective wards, giving the Council's receipt for the same, to be paid for hereafter. The object of this step is ofavioup to prevent dko. de.- resulting from the intoxica? tion ef the troop, of either army, sud of the er il disposed ai. ?mg the citizens. The order of the Connell was only partially executed, but there is no doubt that moah evil was arrested.*, After dark, the Counr il bald another confer? ence, and this time being ar sered by the Secre? tary of War that tba Confederarte pickets woald be withdrawn from the Ricbmoad front at 3 o'clock Monday earning, and that it was calculated that the city would be evacuated about night, it was determined that a commit? tee of prominent citizens should attend the Mayor with a flss* of trrcce to tbe intermediate line of fortifications, and that there he might hand over the city io the General commanding 'the At my of the James> .Judge Lyons, Judge Meredith and several members of the Council attended the Mays*. INOVDBftTS OF WIE EVACUATION. V? Sunday rr -ming, Ap. il 2, broke upon Rich? mond calmly and pleasantly* sud withsnt any. ?hing i orteBtens in events immediMcry trans? piring. There were rumers of evacuation, but veiy few supposed that the i-vful va upon us .md" at han?. The church bells rang ss m ?al, with nothing ot alarm in their tone, and wor )hijf-p?ra wave as prompt aad devout aa was tlieir ?ml. Bm by ile hour of peer, nerren* p??ple began to snuff danger io the."air, ?nd one's eare T? ere filled -with the rc ost? terri ble ramon. Then there.came an unusual Increase io the na? ber of wagons on the streets; boxe? and trunks were beiag hastily laden at tila de: ?Artmente and driven to tho Dunville Depot, bose who had determined to evacuate with the fugitive Government looked on with amaze? ment; Government's example. Velrcles witb tv? horses, one horse, or even no horse at all, suddenly res? to e premium that was astound? ing, anu len, fifteen and*cvon a hundred dollars ia fold er Federal currency, was offered for a conveyance. Suddenly, as if by magie, the streets became filled with men walking as .hough for a wager, and behind them excited, negrees, toting trunks, bandies and luggage of every description. All over the ??ty il waa the same. Wagons, trunks, band-boxes and their ou nero-a mass of hurrying fugitives, filling tbe street?. The banka were all open, and de positors were as busy as bees removing their specie deposits, and the directors were equally active in getting et their bullion. Hundreds of thousands ef dollars of paper money wa? destroyed, both Kate and Confederate. Night came on, and with it came confusion worse confounded. Tbere was ne sleep for human eye* in Riehmond Sunday night. The rapid tramp of men Upon the Mreets, the Tattle and roar of wagons, the shouts of soldiers retreat icg through the city to the Couth-side, went on lb? whola leng, long, weary night. COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, May 3, 1865. Discipline of Troops. We trust that the reports which have reached as of the riotous conduct of ?ur troops <n eur sister city of AugasU are either untrue or great exnggeratioas. It is a terrible thing to believe that the chosen defenders and chan* piont of a people shall becesae, in a moment of license, the worst enemies of the liberties and securities, tue'peace and property of the citi? zen, they were a pp? in ted to succor and pro? tect. Still, we have toe SBUch reason to appre? hend great evils, mischiefs, riot and outlawry, frem the toe lax discipline which prevails in our armies in general. We have seen too much ourselves, and heard too much from the' very best authority, not to believe and know that the peaceful cities are now especially in danger from the relaxation of the reins of discipline. We do not wish te make complaints- We have borne a great deal in silence? though with mis? giving, and have foreborne te utter the lan? guage of oomplftinrf lest we should weaken the virtnea ?f ?ur cause, or impair ita publie credit. But tve appeal to all officers sn command, fro&i the corporal to the captain, ead from the aap tain'to the general, not to forget what is due lo himself, no less than to aooiety, in the pre? servation of due discipline among their men, and the maintenance of order in the country, j Troops should be brought as rarely as possible within the limits of a city. It is an old and proper experience of great captains which ha? made them usually encamp them beyond easy reach ef the towns; and where the commissa? ries and quartermasters do their duty as tbe\ should, such an arrangement is always ess} . Here, in Columbia, where there are no provi aioa supplies of any sort, and where society/ iV almost stripped of.all resources, there cai >>? so retaos for lie delay of troop? within the precinct. If er>?ored?$7ie of mest posf?fe^ J aiaa should be taken to entry them promptly through the place. A Very serious responsi? bility rests upon all officers in charge of troops thua arriving, ?amping or departing, from w hioh they can never be excused; and in th? 0 -vent of excess or crime, from the stern con? demn ation of jastiee, the law and society, they should never he allowed to escape. Something, of course, is lo be conceded lo ?non .who, segre? gated for long seasons from the moral and, social restraints, and kept only under the rule of military discipline, naturally feel like boy? let jout of Behool, or colts upon a. common' when tba rule of military discipline is relaxed. But the boy out of school, while he steals our ap pke, must not be allowed to tear dow* the trees; nor should the colt be suffered, in his rollicking, tp thrust his heels into tho nostrils of people who do not nee their own heels in a 1 ike practice. The brave soldier who fights thc b attles for a people, w^ll not eurely assume tho r igbt,' because of-tnis service, to blow out tho brain s of the people for whom he has fought so well. It is eno"' gb. if jwe. add here, thst the lives of women andf children were endangered two days ago, ty the insane riding of troopers through ouf streets and more than one person had narrow escapes hem rifle bullets, dis? charged recklessly about the precinct. Immediate Way-side Home. A correspondent wi iles us respectfully to suggest to the ledy managers of the bazaar, that what remains in their,hands, if anything, of the unappropriated funds from that success? ful experiment, should be st ouse patriotically and charitably applied, for the relief of ?ur disbanded and returning soldiers, now arriving here daily and in numbers. They are s?dly destitute, especially ?7 food, begging about our streets, and compelled, sometimes, by force of hunger, to appropriate, by the strong hand, when they fail to receive from the bennteeus^ Our correspondent thinks that an extempore way-a ide home might be improvised to mest their necessities, and lessen their suffering?; and iclieve the community of worse evil?, w hieb nay be reasonably feared from a starv? ing soldiery. It ia tb*ougbt that the proceeding, to be usefpl, kbould be immediate. It is said that a 'whole brigade muy be lenk?, y for to arrive daily. The establ ! . :> ; con? template anything more th ar. a object, 0 be continued only fora si. ?: limo. Hu? manity ead gratitude equally demand it at our hands. These poor fellows have seen hard service, and may see more. They nre return? ing to destitute families and. desolated hemes, and it may be that they will be required to shed blood and peril liff, though ii be in il c , tx nns-Mississippi, on behalf of >) <ir bleeding countiy. If any movement u to barnado, let it be quickly. If thc ladies take up thc matter, such, we have no doubt, will bo I lu ir ac'ion. FRASER'S BATTERY.-'lwo members.of this ar? tillery company bom ?Savannah reached here yesterday. The command was with Gen. Lee's ?imy at the time ol itt. capitulation, but not ptured The men buried the guts, threw the ? mu?iti- n into s creek, burotd th<* carriages 1 'i caissons and than escaped OD their herseii