The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-15
Charleston.

Here beginneth the reopening OF HE
TRTBUNE's special correspondence from
! Charleston, which has been suspended
since the early period of the great Rebel
lion against the progress of the Demo
cratic idea in America, and its grandest
and purest incorporation in the world
the Constitution and Government of the
United States. How marvellous, how
vast, how sublime have been the events
that have marked our history since your
last representative trode the streets OF
this insurgent city Then it was ruled
with rod of iron by barbarous and
aristocratic class, inflated and infatuated
by two centuries of power; proud OF their
position gIoryng IN their shame conf
dent of their ability to arrest and turn
back the advancing tide of Northern CIV,
ilivation detesting its apostles Gas the
I Pharisees once hated the disciples OF
. Christ). whom they had long and every
where prosecuted to the death; then they
were SO bold and strong and fierce that
the bravest hearts among us, those who
loved the Union above ak earthly goods,
were doubtful at times Of the final triumph
of the nation and the right. 1t was the
high carnival Of dcspotism in America,
the Belshazzar's Feast Of the Shareholder.
The writing on the wall was visible to
but one eve in all the delirious city-one
voice only read the impending doom
arIoht. All heard the voice, but none
saw the man. He wore The TRIBUNE's
cloak Of darkness. Who was be, that
invisible Daniel, whom the shareholders
Of Charleston sought so eagerly Let
US learn the we'll kept secret now, and
give honor to whom honor Is due
To-day, how changed the scene The
Rebellion, planted here, which grew as
rapidly as Jonah's gourd, ard threatened
to bIight all the land with its Upas shad,
ow, is withoring up DOW as quickly as
did the prophets. City after city, State
after State, is being dragged into the sun
LIGHT OF freedom aud already we see, no
longer afar off, but near at hand, the
dawaing Of the day of liberty. For, our
"Babvlon the great has fallen, has fallen,
and It's setting is the rise of the sun OF
liberty.
IN THE BAY.
We Law Gift harbor for several hours
before dayO;eaE, when the trip to the
city was resumed \ brisk breeze was
blowing from the land, but its chilliness
kept none of the passengers inside. Ev-
cry eye was eagerly gazing at the broad
stream the ruins, the forts, the distant
city, the ships 0f-war the blockade run
ners, and the monitors, which formed the
salient features Of the scenery before US.
70 the LETT lav Morris Island, with Fort
/ Wagner and the Cummings Point bat
teues; further off, on the shore, large
mounds Of sand-the Rebel "battery B"
a littlv further up, with our flag flying
over it, Fort Gregg to the right, on the
low sandy shore, with one or two little
groves Of paimettos near by, the Garth
works of Fort Moultrie; between them,
apparently mass Of ruins in the middle
Of the stream, but really one of the most
formidable fyrtihcations in the world, was
the renowned Fort Sumpter; and behind
it lay Castle Pinckney, with its cannon
pointed at US, and the captured city,
where Rebellion was begotten and born,
and began its career Of carnage and des-
olation.
1t is not merely what we see, but the
memories awakened, that make landscapes
full of charm or ofiutqrest. Under other
circumstances, and at any other time, this
landscape would have drawn but few of
the passeug gers faom their berths but
now a sandy plain was gazed on with
profound interest as the scene Of the
heroic charge of the Massachusetts, 54th.
With the sight Of the six monitors
were revived recOlleCtions of that memor-
able fight in Hampton Roads, aud Of
many a gallant action since with that
mass Of ruined brick work was iuSeparably
interviewer the story of how the Rebels
dared to FIRE on our flag in the Vantonness
of their pride, and thereby provoked the
uprising of the North and the develop
ment Of the most imposing and resistless
of all modern military powers. Every
brain was populous with memories Of
historic events, ,and every eye was strained
to its utmost to notice with the minutest
fidelity every feature of the scenery.
YANKEE DOODLE COME TO TOWN"
As we neared the wharves the post
brass band, which had come with US from
Hilton Head, struck up the spirit stirring
air of Yankee Doodle That tune should
be heard under such circumstances to be
duly appreciated
FIRST APPEARANCES.
, The wharves looked as IS they had
been deserted for half a centurv--broken