Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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QOIiUMB?A. v Saturday Morning, April 1, 1866. Latest from Oharles?on. A traveler from Charleston, just arrived, reports that tho military authorities of that plaoe are painfully exercised with regard to the fate of Sherman's army. Thc report there is, that thia forager and incendiary, par excellence, has been defeated bv Johnston, with a los? of sixteen thousand men. This seems to give coun? tenance \c> the frequent rumors which have reach??! a? of a prent batt!?? bavins; been' focgb?, ir. v.'hich our troops aohteveil a Jeeaila victory. Oaf inioriuaut tells us that al^thc troops that could br spared from the city wer. gent to Sherman, leaving but a thousand men in the gurrison. He reports that ingres and ?gr?"-? ii freely suffered to travelers-no ques? tions being e.?kod. and ne passport? required We moy add, however, that, from all accounts, the difficulties occur along the route, and that th? wayfarer pometimes finds himself arrested" and subjected to the short shrift and suddcu cord. Spie* and deserter:.- in dm federate uni fora: are rather numeraos along the rootc, md persons of pacific temper had better lie *l?w and keep dark fer a season. All others hav? need lo keep a quiet eye in their heads, an?" not forget to ma i ula ia a finger OM the pisto trigger. It is no consolation to a refugee bound for. the city, to be tobi that admissior there will be easy, while he finds himtel hanging, an unnatural fruitage, te the branche: of a scrubby oak. fayetteville is also among the monuments o mia left by Sherman in his march af fire. Th? arsenal buildings, thc market house, cour bouse, printing establishment?, two boa foun dries, all the mills, all tho cotton factories', oi works, dre.-to make no mention ol privat dwellings-were given to the flames. The pee pie were plundered, as r.?ual, and wtapll; stripped of provisions. A letter from the un fortunate town desorib.-s the people as ia dangs of starvation. BISHOP LYNCH.-The Augusta Pacificator rt puris that thc Right Rex, Bishop Lynch, of th Catholic Diocse of South Carolina, is serious! ill <>f yellow foverat Nassau, N. P. We trus that there is some mistake iu this. This i rather premature for the yellow fever ic Nu eau, and Dr Lvnch was acclimated laug ago i Charl ?sr: ti. * Governor's Proclamation.- - * Our renders w?B pciv??T? tust by Governor Maerrith's proclamation, in this day's paper, the (Jenerar*Assembly of this State will be con-' vcne?l at Greenville C. H. on Tuesday, tbe?Sth ol April. The purp??? af this merlins; will be the alleviation, as far as this he posr.ibl?.'of the distress** of the ?people of those sections of the country through which th? enemy has* parsed, and the adequate protection of the^ State in every tfu-jrtcr. There should bc a full attend? ance of member*f. "Pe may add, fh'at the Go veinor. on hil recent visit to this city, oas done all that via?-, required, or po?s?blT. o?sire<l, for the relief o.f t.ar situation and for the proper protection of the regions South of ns. The future servk?c ha?been confided to able military beads, und we ??sume that they will show themselves fully alive to the exigencies of th* caso and aeslops in tho prosecution of their dtiti*!>. His Excellency bas also opened such n cori'esp:>ndei\ce With the Postmaster-General as will, we trust, result in giving us not only mail and postage communient ions with the rest ol ?he world, hut ample futilities for the trans port?tioa of passengers and their -?baggage. Particulars hereafter. Evacuation of Charleston. Tl.e fnemy kept up a furious cannonade fron all their forts upon Sullivan's Island while th? evacuation was going on. This was the causi which prevented thc entire destruction of oij: batteries on this island. At Fort Sumter, w. 'deptroyed all the cannon and arms which wey irremovable. In leaving .Charleston, our troop I?fi behind them, unfortunately, a large quail ti ty of provisions and oilier stores. Charlesto: Mioald have bcjii evacuated at au earlier p< Hod or not at all? By expelling all more feet" . rs-the /ruges consumere natl-and storm i he oity for three'rrionths, and coveriug it wit 15,0'X) good troops, it would have been saved Om fruitful source of disasters has been th tloi isi^as well us sickness, of sorte of ot general1- They were occasionally too weak i the knees, and suffe red from a long course of sb machias, which took the tone from that regio and, by sympathy, impaired the healthy worl ing of the brain, in those cases ih which thei was any material at all for work. We hai need to purge ?ur army before they can wc ha an able d ta physic tie enemy, REPORTS OP PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to Act of Con ores*, in ttfc Year ? 1868, by J. 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk's Office of . the District Court of thc Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgin ^ ? Affairs in th? West. r MoNtao?ti-rtY, March 23.-A Federal column. 1,500 to 1.S00 : trong, struck the 'Alabama and Florida Railroad, seven miles b?low herc, yes? terday .morning, and burnt a train. The *aa* senger train which left here Thursday evening collided with the wreck and was captured. The enemy left, staling their destination to be Green? ville. Gov. Watts has called the citizens tc prepare lo defend the cit}*. The commar'^an'j of the post ordered the organization of ail be? longing to the army, to repel the movement on the railroad. " . ' ITie steamer Folly was lost ?od thc Dixie collided on the river, four miles above this city, last, night. The Dixie sunk. The passen? gers and crew were saved. 500 bales of cotton on board were lost. L?TRtt.-The ^ enemy on the railroad is be? lieved to have moved down the road after the capture and destruction of the tra?n? below Greenville The force is reported to ve 2,600, principally infantry. The railroad ls very little injured as far as ascertained. I -?so?-'?-: SIGNIFICANT STRAWS.-At an auction sale at Augusta, the photographic portraits bi Preaf dent Davis and General Beauregard wer? put up* and thc highest bidders invoked to eenie for? ward: but no bid was made for the heal of the President. The Georgians evidently felt that it could be used for no man's purpose. Five dellars was the highest bid for that of;3eaure g.jrd, and it was vol knocked obwn.^ At the sated time, fifty dollars each were offered nar por? traits of Gmcral* Lee a,id Johnston, "tia e was that when the brains were out, lbe pun was dead," and so the Georgians seem ta l?iirik. HON R. M. T. HCJTTER-This- distinguished Virginian, to refute some calumniou? report? that he was favorable to a reconstrpction of the Union, has published a card of denial, in which he says that "there is no persojti in th? Confederacy to whose feelings and "jinterestt such an event would, be more repugnara than .to mine.'' FATUSR Fiixiov.-The Augusta papers an? nounce the death, by small pox, of tia- Rev. Leen Fillion, formerly pastor of ?St, Joseph'i Catholic Church,-ic Charleston.