M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-23
Charleston rs it Is-A
RalMble Among lhe Ruins

kaMOie Among ihe Ruins.
lCharleston Corre' 'pondSlt Pail Press
- - The oldest and richest part OF Char
lesion is a wreck throughout. Al
the debris of the siege remains as II
was tumble down sides of house
filing half the streets in quarters
and unseemly monuments OF brick
scattered everywhere. The streets
are glazed with glass and pauered
with memoranda and letters thrown
out from the BANKS and warehouses;
paved with relics as a certain place
! is with good intentions. This ruin
had lew occupants Fave a handful o.
poor unkeDpt whites and wandering
negroes, as the stranger passed
through it on Monday Uactus, Pa
lnetto and the orange Ieal were in tn
gardens OF a lew wealthy residences
A dozen times repeated XII Jcking at
one Of the weaIlhiest doors bfouy yh
rickety old lady to the front, and 3,
questioDer asked ior the owner. The
reply was allegorlcal: "Gone away
'yOnd Jordan, masua At a corner
OF the battery We cane upon elab J.
rate earthwogk5, and the huge frag
nedts OF tho immense GOO pounds
whiIworth gun, which burst there
In another avenue we entered the
home OF the Pringles, and some half.
d. In more Of aristOcratic houses,
stripped vi furniture from top to b t.
tom, the doors creaking on rusty
hinges, rooms vacant and dusty; gar
dens rank AMI overgrown, wlniow,
paneless lD such strange precincts
the "llauntel ! House" WAS recalled
'For over all there hulg certain fear,
sense of mysyrry tho spirit launJdd,
Which sad ~ ain u walspsr ia the car
fne place Is hauuted."
An 1t was haunted buyoad doubt
not by the regular ghost, but tn,
screaming aupartlon ol the shell get.
ting rOo' and CAB . crazy, and start
ing those eyes Of wiulDEs out ol
their sockets. fhs negr,,s, ,wh1 hld
10 dnlCrgD m IRA Of the shell torture
than any Otner !nh .bItanis, gave
many an incident Of tno death ofmsn
and wnmeu, ard OF ka ,ckiag do.yn
and manning with lragm ,ntS Of the
scattering iron. The house which
has become the hca iquarters oi the
Southern journalists here was visited
by number OF these terrible mission
aries, but the occupant, Mr.. Charles
Roberts, kept his post.
In aud adjoining the vast burn
district, tofning tue runs OF the groa
Charleston FIRE Of few years ago.
are the most ancient and fashionable
churches OF Charleston--the circular
old English church on Meeting str'et
now an antique ruin, and Sr. PhlI
lips and 81. .Michae's all Eplsc0pa
al are most Of the irst class churches
f Charleston. la a few OF the
churchyards mo; uments and to,nbs
are broken i'll every kind oi fracture
uln5 and slabs topped over, and OH
gray head,C)nes, bearing dae bo,oie
the Revolution, shattered BABY. l..
the high steepie OF st. Mich .ei'S may
be seen the sanctum OI the OH ser ap.
pointed tO Count the number ami el.
tect o! the shells during the siege. It.
case the tower itself WIS struck, hv
had a rope laLdcr with winch to
make the dizzy descent. This stee
pie affords The fnesl view Of the Eng
lish looking CITY, with it's long piers
on the harbor. its tiled ro9's, aud
many stately buildings. The SNOW
white maj bic Custom H1nse IN pro
cess of erection near the ha b3r, before
the war, had It's columns Cut in two,
as with u knife, by those rude scuIp-
tors, the shells. / hu citadel, in the
luluot VI wv VI 70 an CANOuolVC Gas
tellated struc tn = butt IN tue ieudai
style, with iarge court and ga lerles,
aud WAS, Lelure the war, ,ie NJ IIita.
ry Academy oil tho Charleston Ca
diets. In front ol it 10 the Cltadef|
Greene, the parade ground OF the
Palmetto ehivalry. In all parts Of
the city We meet the inevitable pal
lnetio-palmetto logs on the wharves,
a lew palmetto trees IN gardens, and
one in front Of a Palmetto Hetel; pal
lnettos Oh the lamps Of the native
Charleston police; paImetloS recur-
ring everywhere-ln sigus, names OF
places, &c. Few hotels and Iutlerly
hone, have been upen since the war,
aud the only theater OF the town was
destroyed three years ago BY the great
fire, At the corner OF Meeting stree,
near the Charleston Hotel, stands the
notorious Liberty Poie," erected in
the early days oil the present reyolu-
tioD, tefore the war actually be
gun. Around this pole sometimes
met daily the most eloquent fire eat-