The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-05-09

mouud rising out Of the water with
lev tall - res m the dim distance be-
yond nY" les; suse enough It was
the old historic spot--lhe bourne OF
our pilgrmage--and my heart was IN
N, mou,h IL an instant. The pilot
Of our good steamer 'Oceanus, torn.
I'd the bow in towards the bar at six
o'c,ock 1of Thursday the, 18Th aud
we sped away towards the cradle OF
the rebellion. Il is at QUO" iis cradle
and its grave.
B, sunset we are nas,ing slowly in
beside Morris Island, a low stretch OF
sand Our shi 5 company stand 81
Lent on the upper deck as we pass
Fort Vac nsr, beneath which lies bur.
led The gallant Shaw. We all uncov-
er our heads 10 his memory. Just
ah. ad is .SUmtsr-brown, battered, 81.
lent, lonely, Ia the quiet waves. Its
broken walls are SCARED hldeously'
Around il on il, narrow beach, lies a
stratum OF balls and broken iron, sew.
eral inches deep. No colorS wave on
It's tail slafi. As our steamer passes
beneath IFS ruined walls, our two hun.
dred passengers strike up the doxolo-
gy ard out on the still evening air
rolls he glorious melody Praise God
from whom all blessings tow." The
sailors on a gunboat and Two monitors
near.b, taks up the strain and mann
ing The yards pour forth numbering
ch er. As We thread our way through
the loyal feet we call out from the pi.
lol-house General Lee has surrend-
cred p Then you should have heard
them shout! Our band strikes up;
other bands catch the infection and
Charleston harbor rings with ihr
"Siar.Spangled Banner" and Rally
round the flag"
At nine o'clock | went ashore with
Col. Howai d TO call on Gen Saxton.
The siIeels we,e gloomy in darkness I;
Pomptii is not more aN tul in lis ruins.
No gas works are left, and no lucky
mau has ,et struck le' in the doomed
cily, We grope along over broken
pavtmenis, and past houses where the
horrld rents of the shell had torn
through lie fronts or laid half the roof
open TO thcsky. We found the General
quarIered on the "Baltery, Charles
tons fashionable prumenade, e, in the de-
serted mansion of Charles Allston.
The air of The court, ard was loaded
with The fragrance of roses and the
mock orange 4sbut the mansion was
stripped from garret to G liar The
Lesasu re mansion near by, once the
most aristocratc abode in Charleston,
is a shattered ruin, with the marble
mantel |, ing in broken fragments on
the parlor, and bedroom fools. Near
ly all the mansions in this once proud
part OF the guilty city are ~ndowess !;
many of them loofiess; except few
negroes who have nestled in tn, de-
serted chambrrs, they are tenantless.
A few OF the slave holding arslucracy
have come back, and taken reluctant.
the oath of allegiance 10 save the rem
nan, of their property. Gen. Saxton
says that these once braggart lords OF
the lash are now the most Al ject and
cringing whipped spaniels who ever
fawned for a crust OF bread. With
the exception Of a few bhcksde-Iun-
ming speculatOrs who sent their profits
abroad Tor investment, the merchants
and planters Of Charleston are hope.
: lrssly bankrup. We saw the cashier
of the Bank Of Charleston come up "a
the Commissary's door and receive bis
pittance OF Tread and rice for hir daily
food. just as the refugee negroes were
doing a few doors off! We went
through Secretary MemmingrrpS de.
serted and once splendid mansion
the remaining conlraband n tie desc.
late house told Us 'Massa Memmin.
ger sent his money over to Europe; he
be up in Nmh Carolina be b. rich to
dag A zen leman il Charleston
sa aw on the books Of 4
- liae ua lh sun - 500
Coz y, q d o Jeiir -on Da.
Cm,ucr a II told IL, lbai il
p,I -, ~ b. tbr gitl OF r ends
+ MI Davis sp-nt ,Il hi,
"a ID COS -ider' d poor No
, un1 + lhe Chari sion artst crazy
lra klurt; hat most Of them dte dead
Coy. AIKEN sad -adly enough "our
most wealthy young men enlisted
mauy Of ihem as privAtes they are
/, nearly all dead or in prison South
Carolina has among her whites no
body left but old men and little boys!
Truly lac iron has entered into Char.
= l,son proud soul and she is the most
]. blasted. bligtted, trokrn-heared desc
Z iai on on his continent. Her cop OF
misery Is flied TO the brim. ! could
!, no, exui over her " eiul wreiched'
: nes, altl ugh tell that it Was not one
: Whu more lhan her stupendous sin
2 has richly deserved. She has lived
on The spoil. Of the plundered bond
4 man; now her turn has come for the
] bondman TO dwell in the deserted pla.
! ces OF The slsvrocrat. Robert Small
? tie famous negro captain Of the steam
boa, Planter, who now has salary
= Of 81 500 as bsr commander is able
Z 10 give bread TO half the bank -presi'
|. dents and brokers OF Broad street.
!. Ny dear brother, YOU cannot con.
? ceiye Of the forlorn desolation ol Char
lesion. just imagine all the banks in