Columbia Phoenix, 1865-04-04

the Yankee otii<rers.. Ot their lttu/nr, oue ur two more brief anecdote.- will suffice. Th?- Couvant., among h.* other possess ion?, had a very beau?fui mo lei of the Cauiedra.. of Charleston. 'Cms occupied a p...ce in the Convenir ground. It wus "destroyed Dy t.i? soldiers. One ot the nuns lamented its Ute lu thc Mother Superior.'in tba presence of .lol. Kwell. (?) an aid of. one of the gene, a's bi - ni' tared bitterly, 'Yes, it is rigmtv s?i vi?d? .ii could wish Ute ?ame fate to oei ul every o-f-ur drul iu vrltteil Ttl JJ?tint ima oten pirie- : il the down fal of our glorious A ig." * A g?utlemau waa expressing tootle o:^.; - Yankee Generals the fate of tue Coiiv?ut. n ; speaking of the losses, especially of tuc indy Superior. He replied dryly: "It is cot format - ten that th is lady is tue sister of Bishop Lynea, wno had Te D*um performed in his oatucdrai at the fail of Forii Sumter." ? A lady of this city spoke indignantly ojha Atkius, of Sherman's army, and said O.'^HBB General, "He wars upon woineul" ..Yes,"eH^ Atkins, "and just y. lt is the women of tue South who keep up this cursed Tdbelliou. lt * gave us the greatest satisfac?an ta see those proud Georgia woman begging cruml* from Yankee lea vi uga; and this will soon ba the fate of ?ll you Carolina wotneu. , A. Smw mCQo saL?pie? of theron 01 take Waich they held with our people, especially the Wo map, will serve to illustrate more completely the cold-blooded, vipcroa* ?ad thorougmy base character of tbe invaders, while sbowiug t o spirit of our women under tins crual ordeal. ' Escorting a sad procession ol' fugitive? irouz' the burning dwellings,' one el them said: "What a glorious stolid" "Terribly no,' saiu one ot the ladies. "Grandi" said he "Very ?uiful," waa Hie reply. The lady added: "How, ? men, you can beUotd th? horrors of tins seeae aud behold the sufferings of these mao - certs, without terri?lest pangs of self eond?ax? il utio a and self-loathing.it is difficult to. ooa - ccive." "We glory in hT' was th? answer. "I tell you, mada.ii, tha\ when th? people of th? ( North hear of the veugeanc? vre have melad ! out to your city, there will be on* universal ?bout of rejoicing from utan, woman aud child, troua Main? io Maryland.'' . "You ara. Uren, sir, only a titling representative o? your peo - ,4e'" . - . Another said to a group ol ladies, while es* . cortiug <uem, on asimilar Hight troui th? lire? ?mu tnuiug their progress by ln.c sneers and sarcasms: "You nted*d illumination her*. Tao

wore ?ouud as active in the work of mau ?cs and plunder as any ot theil' common men. One of these col?cela came into ?har presence of young girl, a pupil <%t the Convent; and the daughter of ^ distinguished publie maa. Ho wore in ins, hat her riding plume, attached by a small golden ornament, and in bis. hands he carried her riding whip. She calmly addressed hjm thus: "I have been robbed, sir, of avery article of slothing and ornaments; even the dress I 'wear is borrowed. 1 am resigned ti their loss. Bat there are some th rn ga that I would not willingly lose. Tou have in your ?ap the plume Lrooi my riding hat-you carry | in your baud my riding whip. They were gifts toSne from s precious friend. I'demand them from ^ou.7' t "Ohl these cannot be yours-1 have had them a long time." "You never- had them before last night. waa theu 1 lost them. They are miue, and thc gold oruaaaent of th? feather engraved with the initials of ibu giver. Once more I demand them of you.*' .. Well, Tm willing to give them to you, if you'll accept them, as a keepsake." "No, air, 1 -Vink no keep-sake of yours; 1 shall have s?ffle.colly painful memories to remind me of those whom j 1 could ney er- willingly see again-whom 1 have never wished to see." "Ohl I rattier guess you're r:ght there," witn a grin. "Will y_-u restore me my whip sad feather?" "As a keep sn kel Yea." "No, nir, as my property., which you ?au only wear as stolen property." **1 tell you, if you'll take them as a keep sake from me, you shall have them." "You must then keep them, sir-happy, perhaps, that you cannot blush whenever you sport the plume or flourish the whip." Aid the miserable wretch, representative ot the best Government and the most saintly peo le of the world, bore off the stolen treasures of the damsel. In these connections, oatua of the moat blas? phemous kind ?rere rarely foreborn?, even when their talk'was had wita females. They had a large faith iu Sherman's generalship. One of their lieutenants is reported to liare said: "He's all heil at flanking. He'd flank God Almighty ont of Heaven and ike devil into hell!,T XXVI. . But this ia enough on this topic, and we must plead the exaotious of truth wud bte iiecesai Mes of historical evidence, to justify us in re peating and r?o?r?j "g such moosic?*us blasphe? mies. We a?iaL -carter, irooi maier ha<"l>, be able to rapo/' ''?me uJuitio-nai dialogue held with i-hc v;~...r- ot Columbia, by tonic, ol