The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-06-04
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NJ 3 ssAsract tne IollowlnG ar9ii Q
e Otter. dated Charleston, in the New
York 7ssdsd, OF Friday. "a
snv. citv ON tho AtIapt;a oe..,s+
| is disarfeeabIy 'dnlI ;n. n I'm i,ns; osss ss',
ipoini; Of view ne the n snresent time
this is The nIace. TIia marcb i ne
bought laroelv.' exa,ect;no fo,S n,aat ,.,s
with ready and proftable sales vben
the spring trade opened Int 90 Ifsr
they have been doomed to d;sannoint-
ment. To convince, Yourself Of This.
fact, one has needs pass down Meet
| ing street to see establishments f,lled
to their utmost capacity with goods,
and the doors and windows support
! ing the istless frames Of proprietors
and clerks. There is "a universal vail
of melancholy syllables to greet the
inquiries about their prospects. Nor
are these lugubrious countenances
confined to this section of the city.
The bay, which has always been re-
garded and is now the great highway
for the transportation and reception
of agricultural and commercial pro-
ducts-even the merchants of this
ylcinlty are bitterly complaining of
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demoralized7 on account of the do.
preston resulting from the uncer-
| tainty of political affairs I believe
that this business depression will last
the entire summer, and if matters are
settled, in accordance with the recon
struction bill, there will be great
reaction in the fall and winter.
Charleston has hitherto enjoyed her
share of commercial Importance.
Why may she not build up an Increased
reputation in the future?
s'Since Mr.. Wilson's departure.
some of the citizens who appended
their names to the card of invitation
to the honorable gentleman are sorely
pressed by a fear of the public's OPT
MON of their act I regret to see this
disposition on the part of few ultra
secessionists, to cling to the dead DO
litical clap-trap for capital, and still
greater must be the torpitude of
those who are weak enough to be in
huenced by the scheming chicanery
of the former"
The New York Times Of tho son,o
d,to H. o,.o ,.t.o,. s c,IS",-
,'''' A'' "i,o " io''ei iioin oiialies-
ton, from Which we extract the fol-
lowing:
"While the distress I have de-
scribed has prevailed with greater OF
less intensity for two months past in
the back country, there has rs yet
been but little serious suffering in
the city of Charleston. Though trade
has been dull enough, and money un-
precedentedly scarce hitherto, by
dint of economy, and with the assist
ance that the rich few have been able
to extend to their less fortunate fell
low-citizens, all classes of our city
population have managed to live, if
not in comfort, at least free from po-
sitive want. But the signs of sterner
times ut hand are rapidly multiply
ing, and every one predicts that the
coming summer will be one of the
most trying the people of this city
have ever known. The tremendous
tumble of cotton in Liverpool (the
loss ranging, as it does. from $50 to
$9O per bale,) has wel-nigh ruined
the cotton merchants, upon whose
prosperity the success of every other
department. of business in this city
largely hinges. 1t would be difficult
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