, 1865-07-01
CHARLESTON and SAVANNAH.
Late and Interesting Gossip.
The IkatIroodA-xnterDa1 Improve
utnt5-N4tfas Gu kEion- Trouble Be-
tyvteu " hfte and Btack 1Toops-
Free HlacAA to Celebrate the 4ths
[Columbia Correspondence (2lst) New York
Herald

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The difficulties attending travel through
the Southern Stats are greater In South
Carolina than In tuy other section have yet
visited. Tfe railroads along the line In
which aherman's army marched are complet-
II obliserated. For eighty miles not yes.
tie road and bent ruils. The destruction Of
the railroads is wonderful, and one cannot
hut hs surprised at the patience, labor and
ingenuity which have been devoted to utterly
Destroy the roads, and to render tlEir repair
as difficult SO possible The ties were all torn
up, and piled 1t intervals and fired ; across
these the rails Htre laid, and Th;n g! white
heat they took them by the ends, and tHined
them round trees and telegraph poles, twist
ed them INTO splra1B, and IN some cases loop
ed them into masses 90 large as to be un-
wildly. The sebels had been Obliged to use
the RAILS before BY rebending, baE this pro.
the rails can be st1atghtened. The railroad
company will have to procure new i3n and
tics, as.noshin9 but the grading remains.
Unless the government OF Northern cspl-
talists step IN and assist the South IN 70.
building their railroads 1t will be many
months before thsy are IN running order.
They hare neither the money nor the iEoa to
do the work. Small parties are at work on
the South Carolina 1oad, eudeayorins to
stTafehten the rails which were heated and
bent bY The troops but their progress Is very
SLOW, and 1t ia questionable If the rails can be
sesylseahls;; Many htldEss are ds.15ogsd; ;.I; I'd
money to rebniid, neither OF which they have.
The sooner these roads arc repaired the bet.
ter 1t will be for the country. As It 1s, all
The resources Of the country are as edeckus]-
ly b.ockaded as they we're during the war.
{sagspnAh correspondence l2ad( N. 7. Hsrsld.1
GEORGIA CANAL AND RAILROADS..
The company owning the Savannah and
| Oceechec Canal hare been reorgan1zed, and
this most Important work will be PIT Ia
| working order a.. 1aptaty az men can DO y.
| Ills canal extends from The Savannah TO tue
Oeeechee river, and Isl most valuable artc r.
! Of t1e trate which trhrsmtts the products ol
the Interior TO tho sea. A thorough examsn.
attn has been made OF Its condition BY 9
competent engineer, AID he announces thai
the damages TO the canal ltsstt ean e. oe IS 60 ~
| thousand dollars. This OF course would uoi
include the cost Of ntW boats. DC.
| There ore three railroads 1eaaing from Sa'
| vapnah, and on them the city depends fol
her vvry lite. They are thu Atlantic E Gul
Railroad, from Savannah to ThoHasT1lie; tns
branches 10 Augusta aud Edenton, and th'
Eayanpoh l. Charleston road. The last WA
| much Injured by the rebel army, lorge ppT
| ton of the track having been torn up. ant
culverts, causewaIs end bridges Destroyed.
d. 1ot learn Tint there Is any prospect tha
this read Will be rebuilt this summer. rha
Ceutrhl {paip) road Is 100 miles In length
from here to Macon. Il controls the Swan
nat & Apeusta r,ad, from Millen to Angus
Ia, ara ths branch nom Gordon to !enton
Ont huId,ed ard thirty niles Of tbs max
reed were destroyed In sherman's march
bu, twtnsy mites Of this, AZ the Macon ter
+-1nsrue, hare bten repaired. u tho August
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tion, and tiehteen require rebuilding. III
Edtntcn u1nuch Is IN good 1nnntng order
On Saturday last, the Genital R4aso?d az
Bnukixg Company were placed IN p,s:essio