The sun., 1865-02-28
The Car rture of Charleston,

reiaiia Of h- Occupation Nv the 7 nion
Troops appearance Of the titN .ffcct
OF The lombar,'mrut PROPERTY Destroy
ed ny the Rebels, &c, DC.
lntor,st details Of the csruire of Chsr'cstca
Nv our forccs are beg uuins to come 70 hsud. Is
srp'srs that General S,h,mnelfcung D. cp-rusnd-
irg division Of the hesiDeing army, Was .hc first
y perceive that the re els hal l,h tho cty. The
news spesd with wonderful rapidly, and in =
shon nne several steamers went ruiTne upward
towards the city, Which for nearly four years hsd
bid defiance 10 our land and naval forces. Thsy
passed the battered walls Of For, sumpter. then
houltre and the shor. batteries. On the lef was
Fort johnson, on james Island an imprcguahle
work, mounting many guns and looking a. II !,
were much better content 20 hAvc cried " grA-
mercy ~ Shermsn, hundred miles away, than
10 have been taken in the dead imminent breach.
Ahead was Fort pey, us flagstaff Otuamented
by = sailors decsyed shirt On tho right shore
again, and near Charleston, Vcrs other tnAss ve
batteries, one Of them Eluaro work, with pars-
pots Of pure whibe sand. For miles the right
and lef, the shores were lined with works
ensuring a convepsent Ere, the terrors OF
which our navy has doue well not W encounter
No one who gazes, even rom = d stance can fol
surprise that Charleston has deed all attack from
he waNr side for nearly four years. A. Last the
steamer swung aong nde of the pier " IN the Stars
and Stripes streaming Gaiiy in the breeze. About
one hundrcd personr, comprising . motley group
oi urchins, Negroes and few Foreigners who were
no' inclined To follow tie devious fortunes OF The
Cnnhefracy further, comprised the rece ption com
mittse. Along the whole line Of piers NO, .nCthor
soul WAS visible, ave few of our colorcd soldiers.
Tue streets were deserted. not horse . vehicls
IN sight No smoke arose from the chimneyS no
blinds were thrown opon. But the piers told the
moss eloquent tale Of decay. They crazy,
neh hlectoi, aud sorry tombstone " departed
uafhc On none y thom was there ite
slightest evidence hist any commerce had
been carried on there IN the memory II man
The effect ( The bombar men. cesrly appar
ent rom The wharf, TIE immediate vicinity SE'
'he lccahy ~ which the famous swamp Angel
paid II. resrecta Holes were visible ia tn walls
Of rick houses through which horse might en'
ter. Many roofs along the pier were Uer orated by
a smaHhing bolt. making an opening large enough
Tor photographic skylisbt, and the piers them
selves had been haHtened In their neglect and dis
order ~ stuy shel-'racmrts now and then
Other parts OF tie city also presented the SAINT
riunouh appearance. The Interior streets, Tx,
hose ON tir quay, arc deaf Debris from shells
lies tn the str'eIs where y fcll. Every scsr where
fragment had struck 10 ss visIl c ~ the day or
which 1t WAS made. Tie lover hlri Of the cts
vas al Hiecicd district. No ono darci sleep there
and even whrn the guns At Morris Island vet'
silent, men wakel with accelerated rait and ihet
ears pr'csci. Tho damag. to Atlanta from she'll
.s inoou-idcrsDIe tesilc that TO char "-'on
B.fose leaving the enemy hrt several arscnsls
workshops nud s,orrhouSas, anu probably sotn'
twenty or thirty houses In all have teen de
strpyed
appcars 'ha' me military he an Tho eyarla
uon three days tciure tho capture q Col .nlia by
Shetmau, hut great majority u the people, par
tcularly tie Weather classes, had slreaoy tskei
Their departure The rebels bad succeeded IN re-
moving or oestro. ing nearly everything OF yalu
IN tie city, tho two hurutvd spiked csuuor, as al
ready rsportra, being ~ out al the movable mill
tary properly that was LETT Forts Moultr'c, sum
Ter, dot usuu aud the lesser firt'u suons were de
H"sH .HIHH - Ia. .aN.
soldiers had a,p earned oi everything eatAblc
and the few remaining inhabitants we're sadly IL
need OF the urcesshrics of life. In short every
th.ng tc.okcned dcsoiauon and destruction, anC
Char cstou ptctcutcd a. iuuch lho appear an,o o
au eNhuu.eu EHstoru ciiy, - Of the l'altiiIl AZ,
lustiut cty {. a. q was four years ago.