The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-24
CHARLESTON,

| our stay would be but brief, tho temptation or
Ere the sun Was M Wien tho ovn ~ nt
| before tic hully-burly of trsdo had commepc-
ed. aud while tho pure atmosphere hal,owed
| everything. wo strayed hithcr and thither over
tho dear old place. and could not but think
that in spite OF war and fro and tue negro po-
lice. there WAS ui aspect OF Improvement visi-
bl9 on nll sides. TIC streets we're clean, the
ed, and even the rtiins picturesque. Noihine
eau take away from Charleston o certain pro.
priety OF demeanor. Even Its hriolr. iIUitar
nnd wood work nro biKhly respectable, and We
petition oil whom Ii may concern to permit the
Circu.ai Church to remain just 40 It Is, with
its crtlmbed wall, It's mysterious hooks. and
| the pigeons wheeling in and out Of the belfry
tower We could have watched the blilhe
birds aud their graceful gyrations, by the hour;
but our plans prevented, and, with reluctant
ndicux to f.
'o who dwell up liz the sseepio
| Port ROYAL ISLAND.
/ There used to be, under the regime dncien,
q superb shell road leading from the ferry TO
Beaufort; but it has been long neglected, and
| is now churned INTO On ordinary track OF sand.
At Yemassee We had beon joined by Mr.. Gads-
den, Superintendent Of the Charleston and Sa-
intelligent gentleman; mentally and phs sically
II n noticeable man. He was familiar with every
foot OF land hcreaoout, and enllvencd ont jour
ney when it grew tetlous by "reminiscences.
| PORT. Royal Island, as IL commonly known,
was 80 long occupied By Federal troops that it
became sort OF Yankee empire. AT present
IL ls very much iu the similitude OF an Elhlo-
plan province, thanks to the. great, good and
tenler-hearled man. General w. Tecnmseh
| Sherman. II Was lie, we believe, who iustigated
the negroes; aud it was mainly through him
| that Congress passed q low besring on the ilt-
roet tax. which hss suddenly, aud. for very
little cash in hand: enriched mullitudlL ous
nolr, ar,I T. n
suffers et id omne genus. This grand duma,n
\ has been turned over t, late slaves and the
trooly loil who followed the drum IN some ca
pacity or other, Those Northern een,ry have.
| in some instances, behaved with much 6,scre.
| tion; very badly in others. We heard, for ex-
ample, that opportunities were gwen the for
mer proprietors to roposeess themselves Of
houses mot Iands--by the payment OF incon-
siderable sums. Others OF this class, howe or
did not behave with equal smiability. asserting
| IN defence OF their deaptcablo m sanness, that
the id rebels aud traitors ought to be male
| to pay dearly for then dwcllngs."" Let US hope
that such devltry was exceptional. The
houses held By government we're the only ones
Recured by their old yners. Those sold bef re
tho termination OF the war, to satisfy the lmpo-
sition OF direct tax are, IN majority OF caaes
still held by those who purohRs d them at some
ridicuousiy los o fig figure. EIegan. residences.
| for $500 IN greenbacke. and sometimes for
much less. General Rufus Sax,on, the no.
lorious negrophilist, is, the possessor of s2O,.
II
And so 1t is in q marEed degree in oil tho Town
/ OF Beaufort. Tho war proved decided bless
ing to many Door follows who never dreamed
OF such luck, lang syne. in Connecticut. Mas.
| sachusetts and Vermont. They are civil, and
| try to initiate eSouthernmanners; buttIe effort
| Is not always graceful. and none that met
with were. able TO eat okra soup, because.
stntf." They arc not absolutely satisfied
with the tenuro of their property, and
the old proprietors steadlly reject all
til I'M are satisfied that thoy are founded 10 the
matter OF their now acquisitions as firmly as
the true church is founded on rock. Some
| think Uncle Sam will. some dny.vote the
they consider an ample amount, although the
| Port Royal Railroad terminus may .iot tho
/ lucky loyal holder some fabulous AMOUNT or
"demnition .sh." We saw the former own
I ers OF one of the probable termini OF the road
He was an elderly gentleman, plying, hitler
and thither, like Old Mortality; aud the shrewd
I young fellow Who picked up his patrimony at
q bargain is very important parsonage. as
\ I'M Beaufort, who whiom had o ,munlf-
II cent income. accruine from his plantation. He
wandered back to Port Royal, after the war,
and his former slaves ''magnanimouslyn gave
him. or lent him, fifteen acres OF his own soil.
Every morning this venerable but unconquered
| patriarch trudges, hoe over his shoulder,
towards his little patch, which he works him
self; and. every evening, hoe over his shoulder,
j he piods wearily blck to Beaufort. We are
disposed 10 be as charitable hs we can to our
Northern brethren. 30 suddenly made oh by
Il there IL something that makes wrath drive out
II meekness when wo witness sights like these.
i The younger members OF. the outiawcd propri-
Il etory families take matters with charming
philosophy; for usage has turned greht
i wrong into great burlesque. But we saw the
water come into tho eyes OF more than
1 one younGster as he. gazed on the house
i where he was born, now turned into q deIi' OF
a nrn no rar
II devious. Such has beon tho fate OF the capa-
II oious BaElwell mansion, o aopBpi9Geus land
mark for the region all around. II case is
u Gr sGs The Port
bly, be the test. This well known family re-
ceived their grant from the British Parliament
before. the United States existed as such. A
Democratic Congress will simplify matters OK.
ceedingly, and VIC do not despair Of seeing Tint
SORT OF Grand Council before onr hnirs grow
gray. 1ps ,:epI igSJ - ltiS ,kaaisI ;atlI ..y
as oTORs Esa pST ss has
slmost entirely byi the i; black owners THESE
tiop Is out q tie question While fisS, oysters,
waste ysers TSey " seem have
down considerably from the j"bigh horsen OF
politics, and are quito jncensed with Their ne.
gro legislators beeause Of their taxes, and in
buck Of all has played them, 1t is Said, some
scurvy trick in the sale of their commodities.
i ST 3EaUI6RT. 40
II is q pretty place yet; but it's interior Iife
and society are no moro like the Beaufort ol
1850 than Beast Butler. Is like the apollo Br.ot
dere. The people who once made olysium Of II
are no longer. save with few stragglIng,, ex
ceptions, IN their old haunts OF delight. The
buildinRs are left. somewhat the worst 10,
wear; and the mosa;groTp'old chapel where
Sabbaths moro holly beautifdi, stilI stands,
But the Down:Rsst gentry live under she
orange and the fg trees they used TO read
about In tho bleak shadow OF the White Noun.
tains; and the choir In the old church, ff1r
donbt, r6verberites with uasal psalmody nm.
known onoe to those who, slumDer beneath tht
grouping trees, or those who, roat ON dlstanl
battle.f fields, or those lovely and beloved onei
c01ld preach o pathetioi sermon In the vesti
hrila nf that gray nia. fi1f n1lr ana "a Knrbda !.