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Columbia*The Richmond papers announce the capture of Colombia, the capital of South Carolina, by the Federal fbrcek under the command of Geh. Sherman. The town is situa-11t* * ^ • *-■ Ited on the north or east bank;of the Conga-ree river, a short distance below the confluence of the Broad and Saluda rivers. Gen. p Sherman approached it from the south and v threw some shells across the river into on 0 Thursday evening. Daring the night;!he ** marched up a short distance and forded the Broad and the Saluda, and* thincinto the city, Gen. Burge; who held com- o mand there, evacuating on the approach of 0 Sherman.tlauatltlt;A large number ot Federal prisoners u have at different times been confined at Co- c lunibin, but we presume these were removed tl on the approach of Sherman. A few months u ago the lithographic establishment for the ® manufacture of rebel treasury notes and bonds, together with a large number of fo-male clerks employed in the establishment, t;wore removed to Columbia from Richmond, ^on the plea that it would cost less to live in ^the former than tiio latter place. This es- ^ tablishment is said to have beeu removed before Sherman reached the place.Before the war Columbia was a town oflnabout ten thousand inhabitants. It occupies a plain some two hundred feet above the be 1 of the Congaree, the position being very imposing and beautiful. It is one oi the handsomest places in the South' or the coun- 8 try, filled with imposing publio and private J buildings, and containing imhicnso wealth.It is laid out in regular squares, the streets | ^ being a hundred feet wide. The dwellings are surrounded with large and handsome |g grounds, filled with beautiful shrubbery and flowers. The famous South Carolina Col- *ftlego, founded in 1804, is located here; also ^the State lunatic asylum, a Presbyterian ttheological seminary, a military school, and tl several academies of less note. The State \ house is a tine building. There are in the town seven churches and three banks. Water is supplied to the inhabitants from|t) springs by means of steam, and is distributed through iron pipes.Columbia is connected by railroad with ^ Charleston and Augusta via Branchville, ^ and also with Florence, Spartanburg, York- c ville, and other towns in South Carolina, and Charlotte and Wilmington in North Carolina. If it is true that the Northeastern. irailroad (running from Charleston to Florence and from Fl n once to Wilmington) has been tapped, the occupation of Columbia effectually breaks off* all railroad communication between South Carolina and the States north and west of her.dh
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New Albany Daily Ledger
New Albany, Indiana, US
Mon, Feb 20, 1865
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David Z.
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