Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
SoT-T4 CARoITNA IN 1850 AND 1865.

SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1860 AND 1866
Below we give two pictures 1T South
Carolina-one showing the srlts Of feel
ing prevailing on the 10th of December,
1850, when news of the passage of the Sc
eession ordinance was communicated to
the people of Charleston the other from
a Charleston paper. showing the state of
affairs existing on the 10Th OF November,
1865, the results of the measures the in
auguration Of which was celebrated with
such jubilant exultation four years ago
The contrast is striking, and the lesson
taught one of the most terrible recorded
on the pages of history. The picture
that is drawn of the present impoverished
and ruined condition of the people does
not include the untold individual suffer-
ing experienced during the progress Of
the war, of which South Carolina expert
enced a larger share, perhaps, tnan any 9th
er of the rebellious States. Truly the ven
omous traitors who took the lead In plung-
ing the country into war and bloodshed,
have received their reward
SCENES IN CHARLESTON. DEC. 20, 1860.
The ordinance was immediately adopt
ed by the unanimous voice of the Con-
yention. The hour when the important
event occurred was quarter before one
o'clock The number of votes was 1859.
w. +. De Saussure Immediately moved
that the Convention should march in
procession from st. Anne's Hall, where
they had assembled on the day before, to
Institute Hall, and there, at seven o'clock
ft.as he Of RI
constituted authorities of the State, and
of the people, sign the ordinance. The
Governor, both branches of the Legisla-
ture, and several clergymen, were spe-
eially invited to be present at the solemn
act-~the great act of delIyerance and
liberty
The cry at once went out, .'Phe Union
IS DiSsOlUed The Union IS Dlssolced y
An immense crowd In front of the Hall
caught up the words with the widest
enthusiasm. and these went from lip to
lip until the whole city was wild with
emotion. A placard printed az the Mer-
curry Office, half an hour after the vote
was taken, bearing copy of the ordi-
nance and the words, in huge letters,
The UNION IS DISSOLVED was scattered
broadcast over the town, and diffused
universal JOY. Groups gathered In many
places to hear it read, and from each went
up SAlOub HulCn dGtSSIeQ "t06
popular satisfaction All business was
suspended The streets of Charleston
were filed with excited people huzzaing
for Southern Confederaey; and several
women made display of their so-called
patriotism by appearing on the crowded
sidewalks with secession bonnets," the
invention of a Northern milliner in
Charleston Small palmetto flags, with a
lone star on each, with a rattlesnake en-
twining the palm trunk, futtered with
white handkerchiefs out of many a vim
dow, and large ones waved over every
public and many private buildings. The
bells of the churches rang out merry
peals; and these demonstrations of delight
were accompanied by the roar of cannon.
Some enthusiastic young men went to
st. Phillips churchyard. and there with
singular appropriateness, they formed
circle round the tomb of j John c. Calhoun,
and made a solemn VOW to devote their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
homo" to the eause of South Carolina
Independence.