Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-17
CHARLESTON.

its cherries rooms to the streets lined with CAR
dens fragrant with beautiful flowers and partic-
ularly rich in varieties of the rose, notably the
Cloth OF Gold rose; here almost rising to the
dignity OF tree. of course every visitor to
Charleston goes to st. Miehael's church, the
Battery, and Fort Sumter. Climbing the worn
stone steps TO the tower of this venerable church.
| one sees panorama of singular beauty and his
toric interest spread before him. Pennsular
charleston Is below. fianked right and left BY
Its two rivers, and sending its delightful prone
! made Battery tar out into a bay studded with
| islands, among which we recognize famed sum
ter and its watehful Wis avis, Morris Island
SULLIVAN : Island, and the rest. What stately
really "palatial'' buildings are those fronting
upon the Battery. the residences of the old mo-
| biesse OF the Palmetto state! With their grand
wide halls, parlors, libraries and picture gaIle-
rlss opening out story above story upon spa.
| cious plazZas and balconies facing TO catch
| every saiubrious breeze, and gloriiied by rare
MOWERS OF tropical richness and fragrance, they
| seem dwellings nit for the gods. But withai they
appeared to have a look OF not being fally occu-
pied. or OF the occupants not being able TO
| the past.
One goes to see Fort Sumter by the little
| yacht Eleanor, that runs over TO the islands
every morning. The yacht with q smart breeze
makes short work Of the 81 miles between
Charleston and Sumter, but must come to an
| Choir in the lee of the island, and row boat
on c mn1ns out on it,
| debris OF bricks, mortar, stones, fragments OF
shot and shell, &c, to the point where Uncle
| Sans engineers and masons are rebuilding the
| tort hurry up, ye who would see Sumter the
mass OF shapeless ruins il was left by the wamp
Angels of the Morris-iSland batteries The busy
| tTo"el is fast reconstructing and restoring and
| the new fort with all the modern imnrave
ments' IL the way Of Notifications will soon re-
place the Interesting ruin. There is a rule
| against allowing visitors to carry away the old
iron and other relic-msteriai. but il does not
| seem to be very rigidly enforced, and a good
| deal OF rubbish was brought away by our party
| in the shape of brick-bats and rusty iron. One
| enthusiastic chap brought away horseshoe;
the inference being that horse was shet over
| to Sumter from the Swamp Angel! II is easy
| to see, when on the ground. why Fort Sumter
when itAbrick-work was demolished by our bat
| !erles was really stronger than before, as from
| its size and the amount of earth within its walls
II was still first-class earth work in which our
| slot and shell buried themselves with less harm
| to the defenders than when ITS brick exterior
was being knocked about their ears.
Charleston journalism used to be lannon's for
IT'S thunderous political editorials and its care
Iul avoidance OF news, something as was the
case with our Washington political paners of old
But wholesome change has been effected here
since the war, and the Ne,cs Courier and Re
RastssGn lthe later an afternoon paper. estab-
,n here by Mr.; Morris, now OF the Washing
ton Chronictc,) while giving a fair share OF space
10 EDITORIAL matter, make news, and very proper
~, state and local news q speciality. This is
s s true OF the Neos, published by two
young journalists of energy and capacity,
Dawson. ~AN
SaVannal n
notoDous in its sandy level, but there are many
features OF interest to the stranger in the forests
so abundantly and gracefully draped with the
S.,anish moss; the submerged rice fields; the
novel cane brakes; and the lively show of alli-
gators in the wayside bitches and bayous DC
casionally planters house, with royal avenue
OF enormous live oaks, clothed with trailing
moss, leading up to it, would be seen, but as a
general thing the track is through swampy land
away from human habitation.
Inc railroad does not seem to be much
travelled at this season Of the year, and our train
consisted of two passenger cars; one first-class
car, and one second-class. On the Southern
railroads the colored passengers are restricted
Se. 10 second-cl cars. The situa alton is illus
rated by the following conversation with a rail-
road Official on q Georgia railroad:
q. You DO not allow the colored passengers
TO ride In the same car with the whites?
A No, we put them in a separate car at half
price.
.. How if a cOlored man buys a first class
ticket and presents himself.
"A. He would not be admitted. or if he entered
he would be hustled out.
=. Suppose a colored Senator or Representa-
i've in Congress should demand a first class
seat.
A. 1t would be all the same.
y. suppose the rejected passenger makes an
A. He W. uld gain nothing in our State courts
but II he should, our railroad companies have
determined to stand the damages. The com
Panies could better afford to pay the highest
damages awarded by the courts rather than lose
their white passenger tSayel, as they would in
evitably do if negroes were admitted.
=, @ But the whites would be compelled to use
A. Wen, no. On these coast lines they wou,d
go good deal by steamers il the cars took negro
passengers. The steamboat captains dodge the
darkles by saying their accommodations are all
sAvANNAH.
If you have overcoats, prepare to shed them
now Thermometer, 80 in the shade! But
Savannah, like Augusta and Columbia, has a
wealth of charlottesville magnificent water
oak and Others-by which hot weather is made
tolerable We need in Washington such shade
trees, instead Of the miserable ruuts we now
have on our streets, and which are further
dwarfed, th!nped out, or cut down altogether
whenever any business man thinks they obscure
ms sign Ii is to be hoped that our tree commits
sioners will not only provide suitable shade
trees for our streets, but that they will see that
they are properly cared for and not removed or
hacked down to suit every mans whim These
southern cities, with no architectural preten
sl0ns whatever, and built for the most part OF
nnPretendlng frames, are made beautiful by
their superb shade-trees. Savannah, with a
population OF 5000. against Charleston's
%. 900, seems to be just now a buster city than
the latter. Before the war the cotton business
OF Charleston was double that of Savannah.
MAJOR JONES' CoURTsHIPo
Savannah has several good papers, headed by
the NeWs, which is conducted with much spirit
by Major j. H. Estill, and edited by William
/. Thompson, better known throughout the
country as the author OF "Msjor Jones Court
ship" book of Americanl Imor and Character
that will Oatlive all thathas been written by our
American humOrists from Seba Smith down.
because, though its dehneation of "0rscker3
character Is local. it has q story, genial humor.
and that "touch OF nature hat makes the whole
world kim" Mr.. Thonpsc 4, who Is the auiet-
est and most unpreteBdine OF men, and has that
thoughtful and rather pel.sive cast of counte-
nance peculiar to men Of genuine powen
or humor-Thomas Hoe 4 and all the rest
had so little idea OF IL permanent success
of his story written .or q Georgia news-
paper) that he declined to risk in /
publication in book form when urged,
and accepted the first Offers very inadeonsts
one-Made BY Philadelphia publishing house,
royalty Of i've cents per volume. It afferWsrds /
passed into the hands of Peterson s. Bros, M.
Ihompson, stiiftOo mods to estimate its value. /
getting, Il believe, but bout 500 for the COW.
right. The Petersens made e the foundaf{on
and cnief volume Of their popular ALibrarv AZ ]
American HUmor," and FOR years have mn.
lished edition after edition OF Is, rVslixing much
more from its sale than from any similar hooE
on their list. The author received no pecunisrv
benefit nom this immense sale, but It Il satis.
laet0ry 70 know that the tvcnty-eight yssrs OF
publishers copyright having elapsed, tie co..
right reverts g the alther, and g III hAeu{a3fv
continues undiminishcd, Ii is to be honed that
ms modest man Of genius win receivs $50
aoeduate return from the handsome nov edition |
VIZ u additions) to b published soon BY t.,