Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-03-03
The Condition of Charlesto,

The Condition of Charleston.
A writer in the Cincinnati Comm.
Who went up % Charleston on one of ,h,s,..
vessels, relates the following
Along the whole line Of piers not another.
was visible. save few OF our ssloreJ ..!i'.-.
The -t-sgl. l5su when We c0uL look s4...
serted-uoi a horse or vehicle IL s.rBt \
smoke arose from the ehImniss, 10 blinds "a
thrown open. But the piers told the mo-. /
auent tale Of decay. They were crazy, peel
"A sorry tombstone n departed tralac p,
none Of them vas there the alightesf s--+
that any commerce Rad been carried O. 49,.
tie memory Of man The plies we're abr III
p!a.kinr Tsrpel and disrartlei, sn5 ., -
-euOved altogether. Even the rings .,..-.
stanchion- by the old-time cables were 20 .-...
visible. Around the Diles, and for q .5--
lance out in the harbor Hoated clots OF aa-s-.-
sumed cotton. sent bearer shore by every IN
pulse OF the tiood-tide, and not A. an dei-l-...
from the aspect Of commercial rain
| walkei down the pier into the strrs.- ...
glanced up and down them, M time being.
b-ief even for hurried stroll. The inter
streets like those on the quay, are dead Char.
ton Is the icalest southern city have ever,
since the rebellion commenced Savannah e.
Paris beside IT, Debris from Oh. smells -.
the streets where II fell, every scar wh-re .-.,
meut mai struck is s. visible IS fhe is.
which It vs. made The lover third 0i ta...-
was an infected district. No one Jared O. s.
there, and even when the guns AZ Morris ...,-
were silent, men walked with accelerated On
and their ear pricked- The damsge 20 Allan.
iron shells l. incousilerable beside ia.,
Charleston
That portion Of Charleston subject o. Oh.
SSamp-Angei'- fay7rs lay opposite where Vi.
were moorei, snj II vas not necessary 90 ST.
from the deck Of the Colt. 20 see p fair suealr-
II the havoc oeca-ionoi by them. Hole w..
visible IN the walls Of brlcs houses tar.s.
which morse might enter Many roots aIs1,
the pier we're perforated by a smashing b.,-
making an opening large enough for a plot
graphic sSy-hght, ami the piers themselves bal
been hasJenei IN their neglect and disorder
stray shel.-frac-ures n0s and then.
A gentleman informed me that after the r,-
ture OF Savannah the people of Charleston r.-
sIdered the fall Of their own city A. a thing b..
c5mplishet. The military euisavored 10 man
tain bold front, and the newspapers display.
pOrten'ously calm confidence but nohol, ~.
deceived. FOR a month. IN reality. the r-.-...
Of evacuation had been going on. titizea. ..--
of their yaluableS and families under one l-.-
text or smother. always receiving with vr-.
indignation any hint that connected -lar
. arturo with p military crisis. They hsi ,.-
Fmplated doing this and that for two yen
fney said. AMI shranS from the WORT sr--...
as If II touched them on the rlT-Which +. -..
have done. Everybody vas very rrs-.---
but, singular 10 say, II was very hs-i
the How Of rhetoric plugged by The su14 -.t
process oil oi'ihs c'r'riises' when a H!-.-.-
urn serge'ht' MAS reaiy 70 lInp'r'-.-
teeth imma'eriai- Everybody who VS.
ieil 70 pu'tin- A.> Aonse "a 1riei' 1i-. -.---
10 reiate' Iouhi Ms uelsho''s on eA-l -.-.
across the way dong the same tH-n-, Nll @..
energy ~ W. a ey'ni'.ie r-,.,'l.hr
Evacuated ROOM DO" tl'' Inc! were
carr! ing oui long chersnei design.
AM So 10 pursuance OF de,.-ns % rellT.
pc antiquity some went 90 'l.um'.i, some.
North aroma some 20 h.ch uonI Abe 1-
Icstered intention dld not rr-rF 90 Au-usa
W ilnington- They were SAFE enough Of, course.
nut not 10 the ancient NELL 90 cal'5-r '-.-.
FOR month wls this poor farce latal s-i -..
sciei-ye-y badly Hctei, however
During Tour or i've days P-e,- -s-s..
u1tion the mask was thrown or >-e-atr.s
iarlng was terrifying, and his Pate '--ei. PEP
tiem, not the modest average lag, rlrt
through Georgia The mantle 70 dignity n. .-
the shan, and the sseiaiiie % 1.l.- So -7.
word, but u Dc good enough mr ll7-.ss,.-.
rapidly culmiHateI
lne roads 70 Wilmington benz the 11g res
not tapped By Sherman, we're tlro11ri- a-
hopes 90 getting OF ans further aaat'-.s Hs.
abandonel The situation htl become highly
personal, ami among the guilty bur-hs-- ar.
me cry 'gErs qli pent, aui they vanished
HAPPY hunting tforioodl rounds further r-
The military evacuation csnmencri DO e---
80 about three day before Sherman ctp-l7-
l9.umhis- Militia was thrown over in'. '.
,"ris' ami the regular irooi' withdrawn a-
cent 70 wilmington
Before leaving. the enemy n1~i severn. arse.
la.s' WORKSHOPS, and si7reh'ls5- and pt''t'..
ome twenty or thirty house 10 Hl have been.
" VIII De, destroyed The hres have al -
.oNu, az the moment / close this letter. save