The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-23
Adventures Of His Party in the
=" Bantam State"
lnhOspitalfty of the South
Carolina Rebels.
A FINE SPECIMEN OF THE cHIvALRY.
1HB LABOR QUESTION in THE STATE.
The South Carolina Rebels More
Thoroughly Whipped than
Even the Virginians,
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Even the Virginians,
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THKouGH COUNTY.
20 South Carolina via the borders Of Lincoln county
u. c., was our route
'sOminous in name" sighed Of party 'since
b really through Lincoln we doomed to make this
nip" f rbe4
'0minous in fact" added another since there is not
rood Of the road which does not clearly recall
power Of A. Lincoln than yon county does his name"
Hacked roads and harassed plantations everywhere
near North Carolina The distance from Charlotte to
where crossed the Catawba river short and any
Thing but pleasant in It's features Raiders had scat
tered ruin for Of miles, and the bridge span
Alag the Catawba had sunk in the river leaving unsghly
ends Of piers and tracks gaping at each other the
stream
rHs GAME cocR STATE
General Duke had constructed ponoon by the aid Of
which enabled 70 touch the sacred soil Of
OAlhouns statethe "Aars Of Americas planetary sys-
sm" as local orator not long ago described the cradle
1tate Of rebellion. think 1t in reply Unionis
= the next State, who styled the palmetto naon'' "a
bantam GROWER with much than strength and
more insoence than industry"
How fHB SOUTH cARoLn1ANs TOOK IT.
Our party experienced stranger sensations when tread
evoked
sthsr stage of journey Nor these very denna
be We in the homo Of the pioneer Of secession
- bitterness Of defeat must operate keenly here
Aan elsewhere We were among the nrst TO tell the It'd
tnss and trace It's consequences For the most part the
people between Catawba and Chester stolid With
something like indifference they had witnessed the
archives Of the fallen government-what left Of
hsmstowed away along the railroad track to Chester
Al The railroad officials worked energeticaly and with
sut reward for oonfeds' longer Of any value
even In South Carolina The people" however, when
ssquircd 70 lend hand, did very grudgngly unless
some raons were likely 70 be made consideration.
Whether CONSERVATION disgust most apparent or
whether what We saw blending Of both Of M
could decide, waS manifest however, that dsmoral
0a3uu, IN some phase, had suddenly displaced 'the
glowing dssfminsion'' be extsrmnated rather than
6ubdusd This demoraliEasion had in its marked
svtdtncse an utter selnshness and much dishonesty
70 pps ~ ovyymAI D1sHoxEsrY.
~ @ sxample may mention this case:-A gentle
nsh or party had authority to receive four thousand
oss IN gold IN trust for another NJ the Catawba river
Shb sam ives oonnded in Chester 70 "a highly respec
oabis governments oncial whose Instructions POSI-
I've 70 hand Il over. e. above intmated He was met,
Ouibelsd about the character Of the Instructions and
Sssss the bubble could be arranged he vanished "for
vasts unknown" Samples Of similar conduct we're
s0I ~ h cnvAzHy AND unnczscrzD woxAz.
t1nAssAo snns Of than were without the prstsnce
ssay ~ up for plucking q the dying government 70
Wns~0n ~ train for Chester was an unprotected
eunals'whs was in pursuit of her trunk, which
ejhaA appropriated. She found the trunk, but minus
D0nou1 valuable conssnta Whist made tho matter
0sem ~ paundsrsr had chvsricly undertaken 70 pro-
~ for her I mus NOT be understood - charging
soeoss % South Caronians; IL would, in each case
oeaA h0sssses, inasmueh both oupnn were natives
e shee eAsss; but witnessed moro Of such style Of
ssAssos b South Carolina and around Chester, than
aevvhss during The previous paris Of my trp--in
neody ~ easss the scts Of men from ether stasea
~ allT - wAy TIE vLnSo OFFICIALS OH ALONG.
- q Charlotte % Of Chester crowds Of ofcias lived
AtAe oasa Chester "a not opsn ~ doom 70 the fug-
uvss say nsvs thas 0sssnsboso ana For miles the rail-
80 track VI. street. war navy treasury and other
Suns1sd o. he road Here and there they campsd n
ses efthsr moving houses and had cooking nres all day
No ls.loas being u abundance This misrssory depart
- q u sossnnsst DsSvils orsss"soro, cSssios s
tsalsgs., Chester, Newbvsg-sys and down = fas q
Ssss1 eve ling he signal for assembling in safety u
- 9vsn pint ut sevss Ssns D'sPsr. a vac :.
ss: o,. q * s.ss Dspsmsns IN Es15sson N
oess - che war Dspa.snsat BY inssanenss :. every
Rs:.s o :ss rcd; and sns!y snoss len Of the Poi
ssss ess sesoy gsps" % n., = cnssss1
Abeus Ne time my party passed Chester Union
- VIE be- sssssss o capital hey never
besa siss fos. visited sons Of the cars They
salnIy awaiting ths doom was no longer possible 70
vssd have gens further bus Chester the end Of the
red thanks 70 raidns partea Apart from natural dis
s9sisis were 10 good spirss rssy bad sSundsncs 70
"a 10 lack o. ocmnissssy stores and some axuries
.;S "s ss = ss csss' S mot a.
dollars N silver ys he Chester people preferred keep
nos Ss Who had scs oer yss rendered o ahs%
geod service out Of the army. In few days after
ssywSers tosssher-siI scattered mos, Of them back IL
xssrss lsp ms SURROUNDINGS
Chester 10 pretty little town, but like all the other
towns within the rebel lines, tradclese and unanimsed
or The forty my stores in H. no, than two
open, and they might wal have been closed Tho
sade who tore up The track Al either side OF H. and de-
strcyed 40 immense amount OF rolling stock spared the
s sO Tar as not even 70 claim any o Tor dePreds'
culture much more advanced than nearer 10 the great
battle grounds more northery.
sourBERS rHuSDEs STORY.
From Chester our party started late IN the evening In
sending 10 halt for the night the residence OF gentle
man about eight miles on the road 10 Newburg TWAS
mounted 10 walk few miles We could easily keep 10
advancssof our wagons Tho reads being bad During
our party The country appeared 70 be deserted yet
I, was well cultivated here aud there charming rolling
landscape, with many bold woodland points IN view al
She way BY the time we reached the end OF our pro.
posed walk and overlook the horses got all Of sud.
den drenched through and found the for the next
Ave miles almost impareablc. A Southern thunder.
e,orm--one or two deafenng explosions and ali clse
Fains nearly heacberous the white squall OF the
Adratic No symptom Of the approach this storm was
evident to us two minutes before 10 ratified lie
rYeuonitory drops among the oak leaves around
bur path and then poured down us torrents We rushed
70 QUE Of the most outrageous sylvan canopie near Us
esd lound scsnt shelter While there white woman
With bucket Of spring wassr came By dripping ss com
Answer 10 an Inquiry che told s she had 10 idea the
shovsr VA 70 be there 90 soon she would have
rome out until later Here native taken by
Srlse: that though small was some consoat ON. Her
home which We could not through the denso foliage
Vas too far out o. direz rosdseo venture there.
B,sIdes In for II, and might a. well 20 tnrcugh
unsl we could put up for the night
srdNricArT ssowER.
BY the time reached horses all was again serene
and bright In fact "he showv," a. the woman In The
wood called IT, had only taken track few nils vide,
But We had the misfortune 70 DO In ts centre sof OF