New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-16

or Palm Sunday, l5l2-hence the name Ut tho feum,
rula--drcovering natives fierce and imPlaeao'e
as ihoe Of the present South Carolina In bis traeH,
md founder OF the city, came PEDRO Menendez de
A,iles, usrciless soler aud tgot--the murderer ID
cold bla Of poor shpwrccked Hueuenots; among
them the brave Jean Ribault friend Of Coligny anu
settler Of Port Royal, masssere "nolaoy re-
veug q" in due time, by their countrylnan Domipl.
fierce APPALACHIAN Indians creed foreign TO the prac-
tees Of their own conutrymen. Huber came
"Drie. whom the mp,ssd world so fully knew"
DAVIS, the buecaneer, Gov. Moore Of South Car
DINA and Oglethorpe of Georgia, with one sereo-
typed result the soaring the Spanlards into their
uever.taken fort and the plumber aud damage Oh the
town. Here, seventeen years subsequent 70 .ne
csdng Of Florida to England, sixty OF South caro-
lima bert citizens lay mplsoned Tor resistance 70
tyranny nfniely more reasonable than that III de-
tense Of winch their sons are now warring. fos'
sessed, in turn, by despotc Spain, monsrchiai En-
gland, and the republican United States, Ills o,.
Augustine, though now 30 insignificant, was once
the key of emlire upon It's tate rested the des
tiny OF nation ts occupation or retention declded
the fate of PEOPLE," IL is to-day, the most histerc
city OF the new world. Dilapidated in appearance,
with the stiffness of drsolati0n hanging over Is; lis
waters III disturbed, except by the passiug canoe Oh
the fisbermsn It's streets unenlivened by busy traffic
have seen nothing on this side Of the Atlantic 40
UNIQUE 70 sepentsfnth ceniHryish rs 81. Augusine.
Peo L. it's narrow thoroughiareswith sombrero-hatted
cavaliers put few mantill .shrOuded senoritas Iii
its overhanging wooden balconies they wear hoois,
aL. nowl, and yOn might be III IA suburb OF Madrd
or Alcala TO wander about IL IL 10 lDdnIge III
day.dream Of Alain k6ns lie Sage: have Gil BIS,
LIE Disble Bo'eux, aud Guzm..n AliarteLe III my
mind halt the time.
Suppose bad, indeed, as companion. that most
exqusite Of devils, the incompatible Asmodeus,
aud he wonld translate me from my present oecufa-
ton to-ray hs top OF lat tall, handsome houre, on
a. lxff nd If
Quilted by two Northern scioomistressef, deprived
Of their papils by S-ce sion I What should ! see,
then Nil Try To Imagine.
First, quaint. old, gray city, not mueh more
than u large llage III ere. Narrow STREETS, never
built for ,rplIc or vehicles, once paved with scae,
the rnrfuce of which is now worn into fine due.
by airton wooden houses, walls OF shelly concrete
IAN occasional rniued tenement u me same nh'erai'
Gardens full Of d-ep-grren sein-tropc<i vegetation;
the orange lemon, lime, pomegrana,e, TIE poad'
leaved luxurant liz, the bapnDa, the ienfhery daie
palm. the pas.paw, the cactus-ihe latter oil riIs
,urptisiug 10 tiose accustomed 10 rec 1t only IL
lower-po.s and hot.hoI,es; Chtholc chutcn,
with an d.iashIoned Spanish tacode surmouDied by
three bells one OF them 175 years old; Ito ors
standing hospi ABLY op'n; an Episcopal oae' ehur-
liruy .los~d; Il convent, hotels distant cemetery,
the tsll. square columns Of bygoue city g-te last,
and most nca he OF al, ii al the north eide OF
the town and out o. is limi's the fort. Let us
entreat of Asmodcus nearer flight 70 the latter; II
ID worth while. :,
Fort Maron-its present anachronisiic name; 1t
WA 81. Mark Ia the S!,anurdr-o~es its existence
10 the labor of Indians extending over period Of to
y-ars with the occisiObAl asslstanee Of conelcts
IRON Mexico. Built Of coqUHd--the shelly concrete
recently alluded to-qnarrird from Tue helehponnk
Anasthtil Leland, IL COMPLIES ea-emat.d lor' WIN
four bastionr, u ravehn. couutercarp anb giaNis,
presenting very much the same appearance Ms IL
NUT hase done ol lie CONF leion, IL l'Jo, with tue
sYcrprlon of the wafer hattrry fronting ", erected
by tho Uni ed Staies 10 1873 As ssid 4, hs sns'
tanned several stts,ks, some seg's, never ene'n.o
ing. An old old tort Of the Nagban fashion, WIN
immensely thick walls, built before the days oil
Parrot and Armstrong, IT was then COZ sider. mn
ureyuabe. Its gra-e-grown moat IN which oO'
terved antique guns Ioting prae"inly, "i'u c''''e
iseduyj It's spanish coat oil arms over the enlishce
IL iur lined plane esdLngto the ramparts lis ltpIer-
box.to.prd ,n.rell, towers and hoary parsleis be-
long 10 time practically "a distant IRON Ms M iha'
hri,,r~ the Hood. So God bo thanked ! do IVA d.
nal dun grunr, one OF which, now used A. Po""ei
magazine, explored. IL WA "a good tLlhB 10 kbo"
that Iart OF the rof had recently fallen M dreary
one to thInk tnAt, years ago, human skeletons mao
ben discovered tlrIe.
am afraid that If El D0blO C0jrci0 tns MS nrs'
godfather, Don LUIS Nclc, dc Guevara named lIinl
were to reveal tn. thoughts and wishes oil The IN
lrbiisnts OF S. Augustine TO nls ar lie did To Don
Clruphas in Madrid, there weald appear very u Tie
loyalt, TO the Union III them. Tue city sent ~oo
volunteers o. the Confederate army. One eees no.
hal dor whiie men, inhabitants, during day r
I.rigrimaii ons. Tho women seclude theinreiVes
though perhaps not much inOre than "",'a', '"a'"y
their nsuni evenings promenade on The sea Wall
constructed by Gep. BeUhaui, when captain, III
1878 at a cot of 100 003 TO the u.s. Government,
"A snn Of course, utterly iguo ed by tile uthern
Conf-d-~cy. Rendered incapable by their gene
nal ,erln,ion and the knowledge Of their de-
fenseIeesn.ss. of the insoences Of New-Orleans,
thew s,lently ignore presence ~ much IA euii'
nine eu5io,v will allow, or sell Ms tfiDkefs OF their
own manufacture ri all exorbIant price. hsve
vet to dscover that Souiherner, ni.n or ~Oi.l VINO
r. u,..r Ia make money Of the 4" Yankees.' believe
our purs-r il the only individual who has succeeded
in narrowing the acquaintance Of The iahy -pofuia
ton of ST. Augustine; IL Understood that they re-
,nri him with favor; that he hes ven given them
ter drinking on board the Delaware
Only one.ihird Of these inhabitants are OF Amer1-
can bl,.d; the majority chin descent from l4,0JO
Minorcuns aud L.vauiinc lrlnders, imported years
500 by d.. Trumbu during the time OF the
indigo culture on this penn rula- They speak tue
M,h srs. e di.lect, "A basafd Spanish, or American,
J. differently. OF course, there are also plenty 81
uevro-. aud hali-hr~.ds. Tie white people lived "n
them mo, cannlbslctliy bu, reenniaIilyl IN ante.
S.re,sion times, aud on The mcalds attracted
iither by the cehgntful cImate-hSing out the
slaves And feeding the visitors. Now, they
huye bu, few Of the later, mostly clad III
hiue with Uncle Sans Insignia upon them.
IL in edI,ing To witoers these sturdy Nrw-llsup-
,lito LIDS with their honest, sunbrowned Northern
ces trolng through the torpid streets OF this half
s. anish city. wonder what they Will think OF
their rojoarn in ibis portion Of Dixie when the war
il over and they are hone asain God send then
there, IN health aud bappiu..sl
Shall tell Won Of their in-l ecton by Gen. Terry
Yesterday afternoon He did IL very thoroughly,
=. rutn1ing, | teiieye, every musket In The seven
conpanrs with peitina,iiy ut once admirable and
rrinn rsib- considering how the thing Is peue rally
rlurrod. l came away befor' 1t was half over tired
out AID anti, ipatig thunder storm-eucn y one ar
nm nuw writing in, expecting TO send my letter by
the Burbriie, which stare for Hilton Head to-mor-
row morning.