The Republican journal., 1882-06-01
Maine to Carolina.
IN RICHMOND. A NIGHT RIDE TO
CHARLESTON. TIE SUNNY SOUTH CHARLES
TON CHURCHES, ETC. THE GOOD TEMPLARS.

TO history, anu IL Is also OF
features of to-day as compared with the North.
the social, political and agricultural condition of
| "DiNie." One obtains very good idea of the COM
mon class inhabiting the seashorc belt of country
| from the Chesapeake to Georgia. From an agrcul-
tura point Of view it is not Of high order There
is nothing of the thrift and energy of the North
to he seen, but the whole country for hundreds Of
miles seems given over to sand banks and scrub
pine, while the sparse population can only be said
| to stay; they don't live.
| We reach Richmond Just before noon, and find
the temperature higher and more sweltering than
| yet experienced. "On to Richmond is Il saving
laid away among the bygones, but the Richmond of
to-day looks though it needed an coward" to
life and industry Its business streets and build
| ings seem quiet and almost paralyzed under the
yellow sunlight. A little building to replace the
| results Of IL heavy fire. is about the only sign of
| life and activity. OF course visited the, to
| Northerners, famous Libby prison, which is only
small, Insignificant, old, brick, tobacco ware
| house. But the memories conferred there-let MS
forget them. An hours drive "took ina all the
principal points Of interest-the building where
met the Confederate Congress; Washington's mag
| nihcent monument in the Capitol park the houses
| where JEFF Davis, Gen. Lee and Alex. stephens
ilNt' ~ tN'0 "a ntN CITY pun mas ultlN pttii
built, by convict labor, which oyerooks the city
| and affords lin" view of the city and surrounding
country. The railroad bridge across the James
river lately burned, is being replaced by 4 wooden
trcstlc, nearly mile long.
! From Richmond to Charleston was night ride,
| and "tired natures sweet restorcr," &c, claimed
us for its own, so have nothing special to pencil
unless it be to say that southern railroads rough
and their conductors not all gentlemen. sunday
morning finds Us at our journeys end, Charleston
at the Charleston Hotel, where after washing on
the dust Of twelve States, or less, we eat hearty
| breakfast and are prepared to take few glimpse5
Of the sunny south. The weather is very fine, cool
for the season say the residents, and our thick
| clothing adapted to Northern chimes is not yet un
Comfortable. Early summer is here in all its new
ness and freshness. Flowers in profusion, foliage
clean in its grCcnncsS, and all the attendants
of the season. out of doors here to-day, May 22d
| j. Just about what we have in Maine in late July
| Strawberries are plentiful and luscious but the
crcnm--O dear! II isn't Jersey. One quart Of Muir
phy'. Jersey cream in all its Maine purity, would
give Il, dinner fit for a F. f. v, or any other
aesthetic Southcrner. New potatoes, green peas
&C. are in their prime.
III the forenoon | visit st. Michpls Episcopal
church, which is one of the Oldest churches III
America. ii Il 25 years old the material for 1t.
construction having been brought from England
The view from its tower is very fine, and its organ
| and chimes are noted. In its walls are evidences
Of the "late unpleasantness,' in the form Of holes
made w Slot from our batteries miles away, as the
church wa used ny the rebels for their signal ser
Vice station, and was a prominent target The ser
vices bv Il venerable white haired clergyman, were
very interesting to party, and to me especially
al tie prrljminarie- occupied one hour and quar-
trr ana the sermon 10 minutes. Afternoon wa:
spent III attending the leading. colored church
| where the preaching, audience and surroundings
were true biue negro. The singing was equal Il
the ",Iubilrca" After tea we visited the Battery
which i the fashionable promenade Of the Charles
tomions. The youth and beauty and wealth Of TIL,
proud southern city were presumably all out, tol
the weather was lovely. 1t is truly fine prone
made. The salt water of the bay washes two side>
and the city borders on the others \ cool, fresl
SEA breeze Blowing in from, old ocean, tempers tn,
heat here ana makes Charleston endurable in no
weather. We say the beauty out, but we vii
modify the assertion. There plenty yonn4
ladies of the true southern type but hardly beau
full according to Northern notions. They al
have die-awty, fade'l-out-ness, white liyered'
look. Sadly Ill contrast with the bloom and color
liyrlince~ If the tulsels OF Maine. A circumstance
which visitors notice is the entire absence of color
ed people from the Battery promenade The.
swarm only block away, but their dusky faces az,
not seen here where the whites congregate for the
arings Tile reason we could not learn.
There is one thing in which our southern neigh
hors are not behiu,ihand and that is in cXorbitan
tran~p ortation rates. At the Exchange hotel, Rich
mond, they charged dollar for Dime
which was no better than any hotel in Maine fur
niShes for ~ cents. Excursion rates per steame
Sappho to points il, CharlestoVn harbor, dol
lar, or tie same as is charged - cents for down
east. Hotel rates 81 per day for no better accom-
modations than Maine hotels give for 81. Othe
things we Judge are in proportion. They will har
to gyc more reasonable rates before they can induc
the masses Of the travelling public to visit them
Monday forenoon made an excursion dow
the bay, touching at SulliYan's Island, passing tn
location of the swamp angel" which did sucl
fearful havoc 10 the city in war time, and yiste,
Fort sumter, where inaugurated the first armet
resistance % the government, resulting in the wa
Of the rebellion. 1t is now only n ruin, dsmantlel
crumbug, voiccless; left in the hands OF a keeper
with u" garrison, arms, colors flying from 1t
rampart~ to show that from it was fired one Of til
first Shots that like that other, ECHOED round til
world It is much visited by travellers, and tn
records show the names of many thousand visitors
The bay and outlying bars rich in rebel histori
cal data. with the ruins of Ft Moultric further sea
Ward, Castle Pinckney near the city, and numerou
battery sites and carthworks across the harbor.
The occasion which brought us here commence
Monday evening, with public reception by tn
Mayor of the city and citizens, at which speeches
welcome were made, and responded to by prOm
ncnt members Of our Order of Good Templars, in
Guiding representatives from Africa, Canada, Call
furnia, ana the other States The regular sessio
of the Right WIG Lodge of Good TeInplars of tn
World began the 25d, and will continue four days
Thirty eight Grand Lodges are represented by abou
100 delegates Maine is represented by NJ. G.. Prem
lis, Of Brewer, and Geo Il. Bracket of Belfast
In the annual reports of officers Maine takes
prominent and leading position, being the third II
size of the Grand Lodges of the world-ony Ncy
York and Wisconsin returning larger member
ship. In ratio of members Maine leads all, wit
one Good Templar to every 33la persons in til
state and California comes next with one to eac
As Of its population. We also have the largest ave
rage number to each Lodge. Whole number o
Good Trnpars in the world, 2S6, 347 in G}3l lodge
Extended throughout the civilized world. our Rtua
i printed III different languages, ana the Order i
still entering into other and newer regions
The election Of officers resulted as follows
Worthy Tcnplar, Geo. b. katzensein, of Califor
nia; Counsellor, J. y. Stubs, of Virginia; Vic
Tempnr, MIR. A. Brookbank, OF Indiana; Sec'y, f
G. krens Of Nebraska; Treas, Uriah Copp, Of Hi
nos Supt, Juv Temples Mrs. c. Z. Gilbert, Nort
Carolina. The next session will be held at Chtcag
on 4th Tuesday in May 1888.
The weather is tine-warm but not sultry or OF
fensiye, the heat being tempered here by the ocea
bleeAes. We leave for home Via Philadelphia an,
Washington Friday night. In regard TO the journe
you may receive more pencilings Yours, &c,
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