The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-15
TIE CITY or CHARLESTON.

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THIS city s the largest in South Carolina and is built
peninsula tongue &C land between The Ashley
and Cooper rivers which anto below the town aud form
apacioa harbor Communicating with the ocean Sol.
liysns Island, miles distant Bct. harbor aud
city resemble New York and its bay in miniature.
lhcre Is this striking difference That The por
ton oi Charleston called the Battery, and cor.
responding to our Battery and to State street, +,
tho most fashionable part Of the city; whereas IN
Nov York tbs Is reversed Cooper aud Ashley rivers ar1
from ,hty ffty dec Cooper being 800 yards
wide and Ashay 2lOo. The city 10 regularly built, and
extends nearly two mies in lensh and milo and hah
lA breadth. Some ef lie streets from sixty seventy
feet broad and are nar, ow--for instance, King
street. the Broadway Of Charleston Many of the houses
bult Of brick AID in style Of elegance particu.
larly around the nattery; but largo number are
Of wool, some of lham neatly painted, in Brook
lyn, but Of them very dngy, ard irhabited
hy the negroes The streets mostly parallel
o each Other ruali from river rycr and in.
,ersccol ongitudnaiy nearly right arges They nro
shaded with the Pride Of India ana other beautiful,
tees Several OF the houses embowcred in proiuson
foliage and flowers Many OF the dwellings have piaz2ss
and ornamentod wilh vines aud creepcrs wble Tho
gardens attached to tlua bloom with the orange The
peach and other trees, nnd shrubs in great variety
gho Population IN 1870 was a. gs5 Of which II ,ee2
slaves.
lha chief exports cotton and rice. The average
crop Of Sea aand cot;on in South Cl Dina is 1000 to
q eco taos wo-thirds OF which TO Charles
toa, ths emaleder to Savannah
Th3 rice crop OF tho State s i2D 900 or which Charles
ton receives nearly all In 1854 Charleston exported
2t70 bales OF Sea Island cotton Ac8 27S bales upland
cotton 223 ,oei bushels Of rough rice about much
cleaned rice, aud 23sfc5o feet Of lumber. since tho
opening of railroad communication between Charleston
! and tho Wet tire city haj become the
| trc of an important trade in -four The guam
t,y received in 1853 Amounted to 10000 bar
| reIs. Charleston exported more rico than any
! other city IA tho Union, and surpassed Only by
New Orleans and Mobile the expectation of cotton. Tho
imports only about ono-cigh,h Of the exports
Charleston formerly extensively engaged in ship
5ddng but or late this business has very nGd.
The chipping Of tbs por in 1852 amounted to % $40 tons
!
ie great c@oct OF railroads that open communication
wA the utorior aGjrd Charleston superior advantages
gor nJaud trade
The city OF Charleston is Of The oldest in tho Eno.
S,atcs hav ING been founded III 1872 ltspopuation wm
recruited years Afterwards by Evguenot refugees
who erigsatad from France and settled pretty con
siderable numbers IN South Carolina. From this stocs
nr frat cf
desceuded It was till 1873 that was incorporated
city. Fityt~o gears previously in l73, /. contained
aN hundred houses and Eve churches aud u thriving
business doro in It's port During tao Rev outionar,
WaI the possession Of The agbor Of Charleston ths
object 81 inuro than Bri'lsh expedition garrison
Of 100 sulyani Iseud under command Of Coone,
| Mou!trie achieved great distinction by the rop,so on
2sh Junc, 11i6, or British squa ron e ships Of
On Tie l2h II May 1870, the c!y surrendered
to Sir aeary Clinton b. General Lincoln, the Corporation
ard priac"al inhabitants reos ng 10 cooperate in its 10
fence, end Offering to acknowledge tho sovereignty Of
Grca. rrsn TIE British held Til May, t7s2. Ttco1ains
fome lhfty chrrces theatre ssve excellent hotels
oton presses and factories, engine and machine f.cto.
res, sAipyart and largo dry dock banks ai other
lunt3eu CVfVIU&idAs I'Nustlb untli
secession brought destruction upon the city and all
its Institutions II bag suffered greater disasters by he
than almost any othcr city the United States In l77s
there were 252 houses copsnncd in 1890 nearly a third
Of the city destroyed involving loss property TO tho
Of $2 500 COO Again. IN tho great Gre OF 1888
the loss VS. estimated at 50 eco coo.
1t will he yocolcced that the National Democratic Con-
sention Of 1860 held in Charleston bit was from 20
litical and ether causes adjourned to baltimore. III
sesm Of tho ultra pro slavery delegates Which took.
place IA Tho st named city ed in the 0!hcro
ana by that wing MIR. Breckenridge nominated tho
Presidency against ilr. Douglas who received tho
sular nomination. This disruption OF the democratic
party which was in rcay, part OF the scheme OF the
secesscnists paved the way the great h have
since followedo the election Of Mr. Lrcon tho seccs'
sion Of South Carolina followed by that Of oter utbefn
States the Inauguration OF the rebellion by tho ocouia
ton of Tort Mour!e and the bombardmens Of foFt su
ter the blockade Of tho Southern ports tho nasnhiuS
of two hostile armies reaching IN the aggregate, 10
probably million Of mea, and Tho other H0i'en'oas
scenes that are aasi Of the history Of the hour
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