The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1865., [Electronic resource]

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South Carolina Moving.

--For several days past the streets of our city have been thronged with fugitives from South Carolina, accompanied by their families, flocks, herds, cattle, servants and stock of all kinds. There seems to be a general exodus from the old Palmetto State, and the planters in the neighboring district of Barnwell, especially, are fleeing from what they conceive to be "the wrath to come." Safety and security from the inroads of the Yankees are being sought in the interior of the State.

This movements is not predicated upon slavish fear, but it is in accordance with the orders of Governor Magrath, who was directed by the Legislature of South Carolina to remove all property from a certain section of the State most liable to interruption by the enemy. As a matter of precaution, it is very commendable; and the deserted country that will be presented to General Sherman will at once embarrass his movements and attest the self-denying patriotism of the Carolinian.

There is something painful, however, in this daily spectacle of fleeing families, accustomed as we have been to all the terrible scenes of the war. It is a desertion of home, a rude snapping of old and familiar ties, a venture upon the wide, wide world by those who have never before quitted the shadow of the household roof-tree, and exemplifies at once the self sacrificing spirit of our people, and the dastardly and uncivilized mode of warfare conducted by the Yankees.--Augusta Constitutionalist.