Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-11-28

Art went up to Beaufort; NO only did his
Ulcers compel them to desist, but nomen
we're allowed to land. so that the possibili-
.Ity Of an occasional degradation shonld be
precluded. And yesterday the utmost
scrupulousness was exhibited by similar
lparty who went through the town. to inter.
fere in no way with the personal property
fshcy discovered With the exception OF
the letters anslrpspers That were taken, witl,
10 view to- obtaining information for the
military and naval commanders, and an oc
casIonai Southern flower that a young M ID
Ishipmanl pluckcl' and stuck in his bntton.
hole. beaufort remained exactly the SAME
-four departure az. at our srtival.y rayaI
/, Indeed. but one remotion was expert
enced, and but one sentiment expressed by
any member Of the party. and that was OF
THE Observation-Disclosures. We went through
spacious houses where only aweek ago
families were living in luxury. and saw
| their costly furniture despoile,l; books and
papers thrown out. on the floors, mirrors
broken. safes Smashed: pianos on the ssiiae-
walk. feather beds-ripped open. and even
he filth Of the negroes left lying in par
Tors and bed chambers. The destruction
had been wanton; in many instances no
purposes ct plumber coull have been served
f'but simply a malicious love of mischief
fgratified. The flight must have been very
rapid, for the curtains were sometimes at
the windows. and in nearly every house the
private papers and .tters remained. Wei
ding cards and invitations to dinner some
times lay on drawing room table, while
tho walls were defacel a1,l the windows
broken all around. by the slave population.
said to oe. SO peaceful. ), so submissive, so
sure to fight for their masters. Many Of
the officers ntinto houses of their friends,
some into mansions. even. where they hal
iined and slept in other days. Mr.. Nat
Hayward's house was one of the finest we
entered: another was that of Edward Rhett,
where Barnwell Rhett himself had often re-
sided. There seemed retributiye Justice
In the fate that seemed to rest upon the
dwelling Of this arch rebel; the slave prop
erty on whose account he had endeavored
to overthrow his government. was not only
become worthless. but absolutely an active
and destroying force directed against his
own home. and that. too. without any in
stigation or even appreciation Of he Union
troops. Entirely oftheir own accord have
the negroes perpetratcd these enormities.
We looked through the rooms, so ruthless
ly deva stated. and so sadly changed. out
on the luxnriant gardens. blooming with
tropical plants. and redolent with unfs-
miliar fragrance. we saw the November sun
shining on a landscape as warm and genial
as our Northern fields in June, and thought
how miserably and speedily had come the
punishment OF those who had planned and
perpetrated the great rebellion. ~,
The blacks told us that the enemy re-
turned nearly every day. but only early in
the morning before sunrise, and in small
numbers. Gems. Drayton and Gonzales
were sail to have been in Beaufort that
morning with thirty or forty horsemen.-
The negroes were anxious for us to send
gun boat in pursuit OF ihem: they volun
t cred to guide us. and said that the whites
were SO frightened that a single gun would
drive them away, They told the same
story that have heard from at least City
others with whom have talked in nearly
every part of Hilton Island. that the mas
ters have in several instances shot at the
slaves when they refused to follow them.
There is "a doubt that much allowance
must be made for the mendaciousness of
sbe1negroes:lt they are very apt to tell the
q DRY they think you wish to hear; still the
detailed information they give in reply
to Questions not at all leading. and the
nnanimity which could not be concerted
indicate facts that can hardly be disbelieved.
Their reports, too. are often confirmed
by what occurs within our own observa-
ton that some reliance NAV be placed on
them. There can hardly be doubt that
the whole slave population in this vicinity
is really at least to desert its masters; is
not only ready aud determined to do SO.
but has done SO already in thousands. 1t
is not yet week since the battle. one Of
whose results is so tremendous. ~ ritst
! We came down the river slowly, having
left two igpn boats near the town, and |
stopped on the way to examine the rem
nants of an old Spanish fort. on the prop /
erty of Mr.. John Joyner Smith. and live
oak grove. said to be the finest in South
Carolina The grove is'spacious and mag
indecent, beyond anything Of the sort to be
seen, else where. The great branching oaks
stand each apart, SO that their. growth Is
not ol'striictesl. AMI 6roat promenades be-
meath them lead ott TO the cotton fields..-
Penstsnt from the boughs hangs the para
sitical moss which clusters so .thiekly Oh
the orange. the lemon. the live oak and
the fig tree; and here and there, on the
green sward beneath, the little negro ba
hes i'were at play. Beyoad the grove.
which was pronounced by those most ia
rniliar with the South. superior to any in
Faoriria Or 'Gdorgia. sstresched out apIants-
tipn Of eott on. partly picked. Wesyisitedi
The storehoase where thirty, or forty bales,
Fwere founl. as yet unginned; two OF Nc
FCarty's gins and steam engine were there
ready TO oafhaads. ami a crowd ofnegroes
oferel tISeihsservices in ginning. In the
quarters Of the blacks. we bought turkeys.
End P9nltry anil eggs; saw TIVE men grind !,
ing corn At a mill. exactly as the Egyptians
tlgr6hhd IL two thousand years ago The
planters house was deserted by its OWNER.
but, We diiysnot, enter; for the dawes hadb
appsrensly left tits contents n,iistprbed II,
Onlysat Beaufort has, there been known to
occur any OF the sad .ravages have de-
stritcl' The blacks oil this estate. how I.