The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-10
LETTER FROM The COAST.
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Joan ISLAND. s. G., September :. ls0

habitation and a home This is the county COLI
genial to his taste, since his prophecies hnd haPpS
responses from the generous clouds. Inc proven
bal wise man, VINO always carries the blue sihs
ham umbrella no matter how cheery ana proliiis-
ing the morning opens, is doing only necessary
act of precauton For know ye, that getting "et
| in these lov-lands is equal to MAKING con-
| tract with your doctor for the SPECIFY i"'-
| dance of q troublesome customer. iu 'his
month fevers are particularly malignant anu Will
| not Weld to common remedies especl ally IL the!
had any start at all before taken IN hand. cases
of deaths from fever at Rockville, on Wadmaiaw
Island. are said to be Of frequent occurrence l"
our own marsh-bordered vinage Oh Lesaro,iiio
sickness is scarcely KNOWN and 1t wants Du. 'no
presence of those gaily fitting Visitors OF oara'oe"
and Newport to make this as envlable summer
resort as the most fashionable one IN the iatiu'
Within half miles sail OF tho ocean through
Stono Inlet this village was the much coVetei
nrize of all the guaboats off special duty in the
bockading fleet An ill-advised order laid the ae-
fenceess town in ashes after many screaming 'iSi-
tations from gunboats and transports. No"' alVei
war and village are things or the past, even 'ne
| name of the official from whom emanateu thc hiau
date to burn can not be traced, and the villagers
designate the destruction OF their houses as lhe
deco which crowned the climax In thcr race VI
| Soly. 1t can't but look so in their eyes, eyes
,ihich beheld stately mansions surrounded pS
gardens laid out with exquisite taste and cnit'a-
ted to the perfection of harmony and beauty CIV
ing way to rough board dwellings, with not even
fence grding the yard, but, in Its stead' hoA'ou'
musquito-hreeding, waste weeds.
Report has it that the cotton is casting poos' II
would be wonder if the incessant wet weather
did not affect it that way. There also Is lear Oh
rust and between the latter, the shedding OF
bolls and the caterpillar, this cotton growing COM
munty is in feverish stste of expectation as 10
which has it. The interesting little game goes on
without consulting those most yltaly concerheu'
One or tho other seems inevitable since the plu-
Wan donations ara liberal beyond the recollection
| of mau.
This is the happy time of the croaker. Let nun
surfeit himself with misgivings that after all may
prove only hopes deferred. All circumstances
having combined to bad end 80 far, now they
NAV form for good one all the same. We are by
no means beyond redemption. One held IS not
guace by which to measure the whole Island, not
even one plantation. On the highroad to the VII
iaee there is patch of cotton, universally con-
cedod one of the finest Of the neighborhood.
There NAV be ten acres in this field and here the
worm has done wonders of destruction strange
to saw it has Stunned the field mex; to it, equally
luxuriant and divided from the other only by one
sol;torv row of stunted cornstalks There are in
stances of similar kind none, however, so strlk-
ing as the one mentioned. This looks far from
discouraging, and 1 venture to say that the man
who tells YOU that his crop is lost, would ask a
pretty round sum per acre ungathered for It, II
asked to sell.
Excitement ran high at this point few nights
since. Newspapers had found their way OH the
island through the banoTo!ent inful7ca OF q
gentleman who acted on the principle ON which
coporteurs are sent BY tract societies. The great
truths of the day got abroad. Indian depredatons
and Washington outrages left us in pretty ner-
yous state OF excitement by tea time. Some
enterprising pictorials, representing Senator
CHANpLER's Indian scalp dance, seemed SO truth
! full to nature-the Senator's nature-that it could
but impress itself deeply on the minds OF all who
saw it. From reading We fell to talking and dis
cussinp the chances of the red man against Uncle
Sam. Cuffey, in the corner, was listening with
ewes wide open Bed time came, and fell asleep
under the soothing influence OF the thoughts that
the available forces of the painted warriors was
somewhat less than million, and that the re-
doubtable Senator was probably performing his
cxultine fest at that very minute in the far-ofi
State of Michigan, the said State providing HIM
with the necessary pal sphernaha for the perfor-
Na,&1 Of
forces would be likely to rufle the peace OF the
island before morning, and good nights rest
would IL the better fit us for vigorous defence
in the morning. OF course this was all nonsense
but who has not gone to sleep With just such
foolish. hali-remembered threads of thoughts run
ming through his mind? A rough shake and
lov-whispered "Inguns" revealed to opening eyes
a dark cloud hovering above me.
Good souls Is the man mad3 has Cuney'
whom 1 bundled times stroked and patted'
turned into a voracious demon? ''Inguns da'
| Ont of bed and out of doors. The combined e1-
fects of the faint moonlight, and the glare OF
tremendous campfire, revealed to bewildered
senses q score of mysterious figures fantastcally
moving about. The identical scalp-dancs is beine
performed by q band of Indians within hundreo
| wards of our very doors. Groups OF people arc
covering about, frightened and wondering what II
all means Not Indians for all that is left OF them
| is the shells of oysters in places where theh
| camps had been hundred years ago iet lie
faces of these llen are red; and that outlandlsh
head-gear! A Jacksonian flank movement would
bring the warrior from Colorado--certainly not tt
South Carolina. A delegation of the faithful, Ill
| L.
instead of "mguns," these were 'Racers IRON
the revenue cutter OF that name, and, shaking
hands will. the Captain, he soon shared with INT
the mosquito-banished bed.
"Captain Cook was that trick?" q" No" said he
with vicious leer. " 1 camped out on Folly Is
land last night, and never slept wink The AMI
mails worried me so."
The helpless condition Of some OF the coioret
women on this Island, deserves attention. Whel
in trouble they certainly look to the whites fol-
help and sympathy, whatever their course may n'
at other times. The tale of brutal beating and Ill
treatment generally, as detailed by one OF class
very numerous now elected the curious rae
that it is only told to relieve the pent-up teehng
When asked if she wanted George punished, thi'
black woman and pseudowiie said no
George could be talked to q little ~ taken ''
Charleston. just 10 frighten him, You know. bu
don't lock him up, that would only make it worse
And hastily gathering up the torn shreds of clothes
evidences OF q half savage brutality, she again re
turned to the tender protection OF the man, hal
afraid, unless she should be forced TO give testi
mony against him.
primary planet. vulgary called Sun classl' al!
Old Sol. has been lost all trace OF along this coat
The most complex calculation fails to ascertain IN
time Of his re appearance we know that thee L
such thing among the shiny orbs OF the heaven
py tradition Also, that he heretofore sustained
good moral character; else We should think nc HAT
| ,a dona = please call for him edtorialiT