The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-29
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A w.iter IN The CorniW AIs1ziae graphically
desc dbcs his experience of a night In Charleston
NOEL da,ing bombardneat by the Union torces-
He says:
GA the 4ist August, at half past one n, was
lying uu my bed Ia the Charleston Hotel unable 10
sleep iraln The excessive heat and listening To the
uioaotunUus SQUAD OF the c3nEonade kept up on
the enemy 3 position iiom the batteries on James
Island. Restless aud weary OF tue nisht, lad
iiehied candle In dGiiinct 0t The mosquitoes, aud
sought 10 pass away ths tne with volume OF
"I.rs MiseIabes ithappehsd 10 be the one con
tanning the account vi Tue b1ttit OF Waterloo, and
white deeply interested In The description oi the
ru,hiug I'd duairJms OF cuiTlssiers, was startled
by n0isr that, itOm connection with nav reading.
resenlhpd the wliirr oi a phantom brig Ide oI cav
a,Ty, giluping ia mid air
MY htsl (, cling was that of utter asionisbment
bur a cfi>h, Succeeded by "A deafrning explosion
IN the very street on which my apartment was
=iiu Ar, bIuusht n.e With a bonad into ths cenite
uf al" tuUin. Looking IfUni The wiadow 1 saw
.h,c aHi "uoke ssU Dg Iruh! house la which were
STOW "a tht dtugs oi ihe medical puIveyor. A
watchmhn WAS running Is antcaiiy down iie stiee
aud WheB he reached The conner just below me ,
connent I'd ss,ki1s with his Iai az aiRst The cuth
signal at alarm pidcitsed among tbe charleston
pui!cc. AttTst Thought d meteoI had fallen. hat
ahother awful Inst and whirS light over The hotel,
and another explosion beyond, settled any doubts
1 might have had-the Guy WAS being sheiied
People afe mol giving 10 laughing uadef snch cir
Gums aRces, but will defy any one who Witness
| gwen way miHh IN moderation. The hoiel was
| crowded with spectators, who had been attracted
to tt.x cay by ihe sale of some blockade eargoes.
| 4ad The corridors were fitted with these terrihed
gentlemen running about ia the seantiest costumes
and the widest alarm bRe Perspfiug indt sid
uai OF pott diaiensioHs was ttottins tu add Lo,
| Wilh one boot OH and the other In his hand, and
This was nearly ait The dress hc had i0 boast OF.
! Ia his excitement aud terror he had forgotten
| The nUMtEr nf his room, from which he had has
lraei nj the frst arm. and his distress was ludi
| crous Ia behold. Another, la a semi state oil ma
| dizzy, Win 4 portion OF his garments On his arm
bar ked The shtHs oi every ont in his way 10 dral
| an enormous trunk To The siaitease. on reaching
| the ha'i found "A motley crowd, some oil whom
| with The biggest at words, were cnrsing The fede
| ral commanders. Whin came another she'll ove'
| The roof, aud down 0n their faces went every ma'
| %; ihr,n, inia tobacco juice ana cigar ends ant
| clattefiae among the spitio0ns. need mol say
| that lA,s iS class OF mra nom WhoGi the Coaiei
rfacF Iiapes nothing on the contrary, by tiieir eA
tmiiui, prae decd Il suffering people, they have
made themselves eieeFated. u shell could fias'
fallen in iheif midst and extefinihated tue WHO'S
| rae. OF huet atefs il would have been of grea
| 1eue6t 10 the south. The population was nov
| aroused, the streets filled with women aad chill
dten, aiakng tor the upper part oi the CITY, Whef
| Al, ~ could lin comparative safety fhe Vaun
| ,eer i,fe brig ides brought ont their engines, an
par,ies al the citiZen rserees we've organized TAP
| ni.y aBi quiety 10 br in feIdnesS 10 give ASSIST
+ | dnce where feauutd'
The hrst engine that reached the house struc
| by The hrst shell was one belonging Ia a negi
| company, aud al il they went with VIII, subdo
| lug the IRE in a marvellous short tine. AL ever
| successive whiIr above them The negroes si 'nte
Quaint invecive+ against "cussed boboiitluntsts,
- altering for shelter nnti the danger was passe
| 1hrou ah the streets went, and down to the ba
| terry promenade, meeting on my way sick and De
| | ritden people, carried from their homes on ma
: uesses aud mothers with infants In their arm
| running they know not whittier. Reaching u
5 | ntnmenade, cast my eyes towards the FEEDER
| position, and presently, beyond James isiah
, | across ,he marsh IN 1t separates IL ffom MOrr
e Island came a fash, then dull report, and aft
| an Interval OF so0ie seconds frighttui rushii
e ! SCUM Il above me told The path thai The sheh nj
| taken. liz tight must have been hve miies