The New York herald., 1865-02-22
CHARLIE ESTON.

CHARLES TON.
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early in the morning. and about ten O'Clock A. por
son Of the troops James Island crossed 70
Charleston in boats and took quiet possession Of the city
About ax thousand bales Of cotton burned, and
dreadful casualty occurred the Wilmington depot, In
the upper end Of the city blown up in some un
accountable way killing and woundng large number OF
citizens who In 1t At the time getting commissary
stores
Citizens report Sherman in Columbia
Charleston ia perfectly dead In appearance and most
Of the leading citizens have aed The poor generally rs
main and are suffering for food.
The blockade runner Cyrene just arrived from Nassau,
ssh into our hands uninjured, and several more ars
known 70 be on the way
good many straegles concealed themselves when the
sssels evacuated, and have fallen into our hands.
Oar Correspondence or Charleston.
UxrxD srArH srEAA TRANSPORT FuLros,l
Orr CaARLnIox, c., Feb. l8, 1885.
This day has witnessed the pride Of all our victories
not in point OF sangunary nghting but moral efeeta
The city which gave birth and guided the infant steps Of
The rebellion and for nearly four years. behind her i'm
Ssgnabe deences Of nature and art has de6ed repeated
efforts Of the national army and navy, has ct last
sambed 70 the nag she rudey fon the s>aG or
sumter There is something supremeiy agreeable IN shs
Aum ation and Il is hat tt 70 wish that the fullest
setribu.ion win be metsdp n1ss- Infamous city as
warning for all time The ehency OF our institutions
asstared the rebellion In its inception, but hope
sincerely that good example will be made a. coun-
tepart the fatal magnanmy that has characterized
government, and that the mischief done by this hstOr
saiy mischief making city may rebound severely TO her
punishment. When we recnact in memory the stupen
ous experiences that intervene the national humiliation
~ Samter in 1851 and the triumphant power Of the
nation Of 1885, witness age Of blood and horror;
but all this s forgotten in he single fact that Charleston
- takcni We have at least the consolation II this be
for human sacrifices that the national honor has
Accn sustained that the old flag day looks
dently more beautiful spon the wreck Of Sumter than
when, in lstcss peace, played in the breeze
solved problem emblem Of confederation the per
petuty Of which rested upon the generosity, the cke
will Of sovereign States
FIRST MGNs OF EVACUATION.
The first of the glorious event Of to-day was wit
messed before daybreak this morning As lay At
anchorage surrounded by the blockaders attention
attracted by q iurid and vivid fash, for an in
vtant Illuminating the whole western horizon disclosing
IN the darkness innumerabe fragments flying in all
direct ons, followed by dense column Of smoke and
shock scernable in the neat Immediately after
sther rcs be several parts Of the city,
and supposed that Sherman had made his appear
in the OF the city, or that the enemy was
cvacuatng It anxiousy awaited the issue Of
eur speculatons.
CITY DISCOVERED ABANDONED
Shortly after daylight the evacuation Of Charleston
discovered by the videttes James Island. The
agreeable tidings were Immediately communicated 10
Brigadier General Alexander schemmclnnnig and pre-
parations we're at once made for occupation
THE OCCUPATION
Al ten O'Clock this morning the city forncations
possessed by portion OF General schemmehnng's
sommand from James and Norris Islands. Lieutenant
Colonel A. G. Bennett Twenty first United States coored
troops, and Colonel Ames Third Rhode Island artillery,
are said to have been the first in the city.
The time of the evacuation is not precisely known
slough picket boats in the harbor report unusual stir
Forts Sumter and Moultre during the entire night and
the last troops reported 70 have left at six In
thc occupation opposition was made by the enemy,
and his pckets withdrew upon the appearance Of the
Union troops
REPORTS FROM THE CITY.
After the evacuation large number Of stragglers
manned in the city to crafty their propensity for page,
and only withdrew, bearing their booty with them, when
sIosely pressed by the Union troops
large number Of men took advantage Of the hasty
departure Of their dccampng comrades by secrcting
themselves In vacated residences, and when fairly
certain Of their safety made their appearance in the
and surrendered TO the first squad Of Union troops
they met The stories were, usual disgust and thor
sue hly satisfied beicose propcnsities.
The conhagrations which witnessed this morning
prove to have been burning quantities Of
cotton and the explosions caused by the destruc
ton Of magazines warehouses and dcpots In Of the
lnifpr n large Of owde A train
set and gnsed by rebel soldier, who remained be-
hind for that work Tho buildings filed with half
famshed inhabitants Of the city picking up rice and
and II s reported they all killed by the force
OF the explosion crushed beneath the debris Of the
lumbling building.
There but known practical exhibition Of the
"Moscow' devotion and that in the case Of de-
laded who set his house FIRE and took his de
parturc with the rcarguard of the enemy This act OF
harmless rage, presume did not materially embarrass
endanger the occupation by our forces
At daylight the in front OF the city were blown
up; also ten thireen-inch Blakely guns the Wharf
battery burst The remaining six guns were
spiked and the carriages destroyed
cosDITIor cHARLpsroS.
That portion OF the city exposed 10 shells is almost
N ruins, and had long been abandoned by it's
pants The buildings were either entirely demolished
much destroyed To necessitate entire rcconsruc
ton The streets filled with rubbish and here and
there shell solid shot exhibits the agent Of such
destruction
The population remaining in the city consists entirely
Of negroes and the poorer class Of whites Many Of them
said to rejoice greatly in the change Of adminstra
tion.
ARRIVAL or sFsERiL MORE
Major General Gilmore left Hilton Head, s. G., in his
nagboat w. W Cot for Bulls Bay, O'Clock this
A. N. Upon Ierceiving indications Of the evacuation
he pushed Immediately up 70 the city and landed Cap
tain II. NJ. Bragg Of his stan a small boat, visited
Fort Sumter and placed the national coors the parape
There four columbads and i've howitzers In the