The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11
JUNE, 1899
Affairs in CharlestOn..TheE Effect
Of The Rom and Ter.
rors Of the Evacuation.

of she Rom mhardment and Ter.
rors OF the Evacuation.
Not building for blocks here that is ex-
mot from the marks Of shot and SHE'LL
All have suffered more or less. Here is q
fine brown-stonc bank building, vacant
the sides and roof, through which the sun
shines and the rain ponrs, windows and
sash blown out by exploding shells within,
plastering knocked down, counters torn
up, floors crashed in, and fragments OF
mosaic pavement, broken and crushed,
lying around on the floor, mingled with
par.s Os Of chaGdeiiers Ruin Within and
without, and its neighbor in no better
plight. Here great shell has struck the
chimney and crushed large portion Of
the roofin, then exploding. distributed it,
fragments, through the ceiling, and burst
out great patches Of brick and morter,
touched since they fell: Every imagina-
ble portion of building have! been damaged
by our fire, and not . single house In this
portion Of The town has escaped. Not
building is occupied, and the front doors
or windows cape open, through which yo0
may gaze upon battered ot8c0s, demoliah-
ed stores, and counting-rooms in ruin,
business men pursued their respective 70.
cations, unmolested and undisfurbed.
The churches, st. Mitchael's and st.
Philips, have not escaped the storm Of our
projectilee. Their roofs are perforated,
their wall wounded, their pillars demol-
plastering or fragments Of mural tablets,
which We're to perpetuate the memory Of
some good man long asleep in the grave
yard near by. You may count up round
number of shell holes in their steepiee, and
many upward turned monuments in their
So - ~
ing projectile that takes its start four
miles and half away il Indifferent
whether it ploughs mp the marble that af-
lection has placed over the remains Of long
buried worth, or. crashes into the political
halls where treason is plotted or crime
against humanity il conceived, The cold
Charleston. The good and bad, rich and
poor, criminal and saint-if there be any Of
the latter here-have received visits from
the Parrot projectiles, and keenly felt the
justice Of the visitation.
From Bay street, studded with batteries.
to Calhoun street, our shells have carried
destruction and desolation, and often death
with them. Within that limit no hour
was safe from their destructive visits and
no one lived there except In o constant
state Of alarm and dread. None knew
when the death-dealing ahot would come,
and sn none TEL. easy Or 'ess e. for s,.., moment.
/ SAA1eONAAA
was done and few lived, and this was the
most important portion Of the town. All
the hoteis were vacated when the bonn bard.
nent comMenced; stores were closed, ou.s
ces were moved, churches remained un.'
opened, and an air ofdesolauon soon brood.
days Of peace, the most anima.i,n and life
were to be found. Ffty years will not
make the city what it was before the war,
and yet we we're told that the town was
not damaged, by our fre to any great e1-
tent. What magnificent Liars Were the
fugacious editors OF the Charleston press.
buttws persons resided in 'Shell- town.
Us some wag named that portion cs the ci-
y east OF the two-mile post, visited by our
shells, and they lclung TO their fresidee
with a tenacity OF purpose thai the most
slemnnstrAsivs and aggressive Perros. shell
failed to relax. Though ,heir. beds were
torn to pisces while they were engaged ia
sly imparsinent sheils, and their culinary
affairs serionsly, damaged By pfojectile6,
and their roofs perforated, and ventilAtorS
put in front Of their dwellings, they would
not move, but endured the bophardment
with coolness and eluGniMity rarely 70
be found. Perhaps their love OF retire.
ment and seclusion may have had some
thing to do with this plucky exhibition, for
they were never annoyed by impertinent
visits. from idle gossips, or tAx-gntherersy
Even Che rebel cmcers, who ordered them
away from the dangerous grounGs failed
to call a third time TO ascertain whether or
not the order bad been obeyed. They lived
through the entire bombardment, became
accustomed to the howl Of the rushing
shell and its sharp explosion, and paid no
rent. although the buildings they occupied
suggested heavy rents. .Efis 4s.e g.
Onfhe 18th Of February, ] Governor Vance.
tof North Carolina, made aspeeoh at Colds
i bpro. He said he was one OF the last 70
give np the Union, bnt his Stats, In solemn
council, gave It up bYever,, and he wds
ready e de for the ledge there uasde.-
He said the terms Of unconditional sub.
mission proposed BY Mr.. Lincoln at IL
peace conference were terms which could
only be accepted from them by dogs. He
drew picture Of ssshat venerable" greAa
man, General Lee, bowing 1t the ieotstoel
of a low blackghard Illinois eross-
roads lawyer, 70 beg his life for the sake Of
his wife and family" He did not bslievs
the people Of North Carolina would Sub
nit II lhey understood the true issuA.
Many persons, however, cay, ,"Ws are
Il whipped alreauy: the enemy Outnumb her