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A CjUBtEstosi Taegex. —Durl ng the sicgoof Charleston the tall spiro of St. Michael'sChurch was often singled out by the men whomanned Gilmore’s “Swamp Angel, as a tar-1get, but they never yet struck it, according to I the Charleston Cburi y, which says that thespire is yet unharmed, though the .walls are Ifractured by shells^ The old church has been |renovated, and n costly stained glass window, 1from Boston, adorns tho church. The Covrieradds;It will, perhaps, not be amiss in this con- . nection to state that the chime of bolls which {wero sent to their original foundry in Eng- jland, to bo remodeled, have been shipped 3 from Liverpool, and are now daily expected. The citizens of Charleston will onco more ba regaled by the swee t sound, of their old and loved bells, and tho. Sabbath will liaro more jof an air Of sanctity than it baft loug oujoy e3,when the call of prayer is sounded by the Ibrazen tongues, St, Michael's is, tho oldestchurch now standing in the city. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the architect! of St. Paul's, London. The corner stone was {laid in 1752, and ten yearn \ias occupied in its Jerection, public service not bciug held in ituntil tho 1st of February, 17(32, All of the ; material used in Its construction was import- . ed from abro ad (eve n the wood t mostly cypress and cedar, being brought from the Bermudas.II ■ I i T
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Camp Doughlas Union Vedette
Camp Douglas, Utah, US
Sat, Feb 16, 1867
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