CHAPTER VI.--CHARLESTON.

First Visit to Charleston.--Jail Yard.--Bombardment of the City.--Roper Hospital.--Charleston During the War.--Secession of South Carolina.--Attack and Surrender of Fort Sumter.-- Blockade of the Harbor.--Great Fire of 1861.--Capitulation in 1865.--First Settlement of the City.--Battles of the Revolution.--Nullification Act.--John C. Calhoun.--Population of the City.--Commerce and Manufactures.--Charleston Harbor.-- "American Venice."--Battery.--Streets, Public Buildings and Churches.--Scenery about Charleston.--Railways and Steamship Lines.--An Ancient Church.--Magnolia Cemetery.--Drives near the City.--Charleston Purified by Fire. 107-120