Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-14
Charleston. S. C.

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Charleston, S. C.
The population of Charleston has been cs.
timatcd 1T 10000 inhabitants. of whom more
than onc-third arc negroes. Her annual cx-
ports amount to about thirty millions of dol
lars, embracing cotton, rice. lumber. naval
stores, and brcadstu!is; her imports arc about
two millions Of dnIars. She is connected bv
steamship lines. embracing some large and
fine vessels, Sidc-wheci and propcllers, with
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore -
She is the port whence is exported the bulk
Of fthnsc very superior c0ttons, known ms Sea
Islands. y great deal of this cotton, whicl,
brings Il high price. and is of inferior grade.
comes tn Charleston from Florida. The OK
ports OF grain and -four have brcn steadily
increasing. She is also conucctcd by steam
boats, with Savannah and Florida, and hv
steamship, with Havana; also. hv railroad.
with the principle points ofthc United States.
There is medical college well organized
with able professors, which is well patron.
lzcd. In addition to many private schools,
there is Il System of common schools, we'll ar
ranged, under which education is extensive
~ impaired to the poor as well us to the rich.
In connection with this system, n Normal
school will soon be established for the cdu
cation of teachers. There is also a COLLEGE
for general education in the higher branches
for young men. whose president is y. Il. Mid
dlcton. q gentleman of high standing and cx-
ccilcnt attalnmcnts. The Orphan House is
one OF the landsomcSt buildings in the city.
ut which large number of poor orphans are
taken 'a"e of end educ ted. There are ma
NY handsome public buildings. of which the
new Custom ll1usc. now being built OF white
~ NiIl l,, I,n l,,,. Il
ful. What is called the Battery, is an cx-
tcnSivc promenade on the Bay. on which
there arc very mauy handsome private resi-.
icnces, place of fashionable resort during
the warm season and as point of rcerca-
ton, is one of the most beautiful and agree
able in the United States. The military r.
SaniZation of Charleston is very large. and
embraces some splendid uniform regiments
and companies. One of the most prominent
features in the city is the military academy,
and the military square. in which is soon 10
be erected the monument to Calhoun. Caro-
llnaS great statesman. The supcrbs of Char
leSton arc Mount Pleasant and Moultricyille.
At the latter place is the famous Fort Moul-
trio of the Revolution. These supcrbs are
separated from the city by Cooper River and
the Bay.
Outside cf Charleston, on tho main land,
is the Magnolia Ccmotrv, which is in the
coarse Of very handsome improvement.
Two OF the finest hotels in the United States
can be found in Charlcston-tho Charleston
Hotel and the Mills House. 1t is my plcas-
ure to spend my time ut the first whose pro-
prictnr, Daniel Mixer. Esq, has provided for
Ills guests every comfort and every luxury on
II fine scale.
] found the citizens of Charleston to be in
tcIligcnt. polite hospitab!e and attcnlivc. and
shall leave this venerable and polishcd old
city with regret. A. present business is We
ry brisk. and ali appears Furnishing and ac-
tive Correspondence De Bow'S RercW.
AN ELOQUENT EXTRAcr.-G Generation
after generation have. felt as we now feel
and their lives were as active as our own.
The heavens shall be as bright over our
graves as they are around our paths. Yet
a little while, and all this shall have hap
pcncd. The throbbing heart shall lie still
cd, and we shall be at rest Our funeral
Will wend its way, and the prayers will be
said, and we shall be left in the darkness
and silence of the tomb. And it may be
but for a short time we shall be spoken of
but the things of life shall creep on, and
our names will be forgotten. DAYS will
continue to move on, and laughter and
songs will be heard in the room where we
died and the eye that mourncd for us will
be dried and animated with joy, and even
our children will cease to think of lis, and
will remember to lisp our names no more.
--R
A CnmsT-LIKE SENTIMENT.--Rev
DIR. Johns, an Episcopal Clergyman in Bal
timore, says of excessive denominational
ISM" Wherever this goes beyond love
for souls, something is wrong. SO fearful
am of this spirit, that have been accus-
toned foryeors, in passing a house of some
other denomination chan my own, to liz
my heart to God in prayer for shat minis
ter and his people," The man may die,
but so true Christian scntimcnt--so en-.
larged Christinn charity-a truth SO cx-
allied and so well expressed ought to live
forever, both in our appreciation and our
practice,