The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-13

the sudden death of the above named well known
public spirited citizen. No man in South Caroll-
ma, 1t may he safely said has been more closely
identified with her material interests, the develop
ment of her resources, and the progress OF her
people, than WILLIAM GREGG
Years ago he Was resident of Charleston. lie
coglnllne tho Importance Of cotton manufactures
III tho State, he moved to Gramteyle, and there
laid the Foundation OF the present prosperous VII
lge now the site OF the largest cotton factory III
South Carolina and one that may we'll be adopted
Us model Of order, economy and pei lection i'll the
art.
Uniting to rarc practical talents, large informa-
hnn acquired hy reading, travel aud experience,
he frequently gave to the public in former years
the benefit OF his suggestions, and our older cltl
zens and planters will remember the progressive
views which he took occasion to set forth III
pamphlet and journal from time to tnnc, and the
interesting discussions to which they gave rise
Alr GREGG vas enphatlcaly sclf-made man.
He started business life when boy, dependent on
his own eff )rts, at wages Of twenty-five cents
dav. He ended life nl,liondire. And the re-
ward OF energy, honesty and ability could not have
been bestowed upon worthier man. He never
forgot the poor He never neglected TO encourage
honest industry He never failed to honor those
who deserved well. The wealth he accumulated
was employed i'll giving homes and employment
to his operatives, i'll the enlargement of his manu-
featuring enterprises, in the education OF the
children growing up around him, in the support
of the teachers he employed-in short, he applied
his means wherever he found that the interest
upon his capital could be illustrated by lntei- |
| gence, activity, AID general good.
Such men are always loss, and wherever these |
/ paragraphs are read-for WM GREGG was no OF |
scure man-sorrow will be expressed that one SO |
useful so true, so genial, SO thoroughly the friend
and father at the upright citizen and consist
ent Christian should he called away before his |
labors were done, and at period when his ripe |
knowledge was being constantly invoked in behalf |
of the welfare and commercial growth OF our peo-
| pie.
| We are informed that the cause OF the death OF |
| Mr. GREGG was fever, superinduced by exposure |
while directing the reconstruction OF dam at
Granitevlle, which had been recently washed |
away. The funeral takes place to-day.
lie had held sundry offices Of honor in the State,
and was memoeI Of various incorporated COM
panies, and it is but few days sncc.he attended
| a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the
South Carolina Penitentiar!, of which he was
| Chairman.
every man has his appointed time allotted |
him, short and irrecoverable term OF existence |
is assigned to, bestowed on ALL but to extend our
fame, our renown, to gain good name by distin- |
euished achievements, this is indeed true virtues
work.
WE WOULD call attention To the advertisement OF |
| the Great Inland Air Route from Boston, New |
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to Charleston |
in which will be found the tariff of through rates.
BILLS RECEIVABLE is probability that
the bills receivable of the State will all be husband
ed within the next thirty days. An order has been
issued by His Exceency, the Governor, as we are
informed to the effect thst Sheriifs shall be au-
thorized to receive the State issue in payment of
all tax executions in their hands for collection.
We understand that SO few of these bills now
unredeemed, that they stand almost at par, and
further, that attempts have been recently made to
purchase them for speculative purposes without
avail. We regard this as one of the healthy signs
| of the times
says:
'sWe have been requested to give notice THAT the
South Carolina Presbytery will meet in the Pres
byterian Church of Spartanburg on Thursday, the
Goth Inst, at 10 A. NJ, and that full attendance
is expected as business of Importance will come
before that body"
The same paper says respecting the re-estab-
| lishment of the mails in the up-country ''Our
subscribers living the route from this place to
Hendersonvilfe, n. c., will be pleased to know |
that the mail route between the above named
places has been re-established, and the contract |
awarded to Mr.. j. BARNETT, of this town. This |
contract supplies seven postofices, viz. (: Valley
Falls, Mt Lebanon, New Prospect, Cannon's
Store Earlesville, CampobeHa, and Columbus, N.
C. Campobella, s. c.. and Columbus, N c., are
the only offices that have postmasters, and at |
which the mails are now opened
OUR New YORK STEAMSHIPS. The steamship |
Granada, Captain CRowELI, oi the Leary line ar
rived here yesterday forenoon from New York, rid
Hampton Roads. The Granada was detained Ill |
consequence of having met on the 9th inst, the
Haytien steam corvette ''Aterdnder P6,on," bound
to New York for repairs, but having experienced
a heavy gale had lost her rudder, and her boiler
gave out rendering The ship unmanageabe, In
which condition she was fallen in with by tho Grd-
radd, and towed to Hampton Roads.
The Grenada has a full cargo of general mer-
chandise for merchants in II parts Of the South
and Southwest, which will be promptly sent for
ward We we're pleased to notice that the admlra-
Die characteristics which distinguish Capt. Crow
Ell as a shipmaster are being appreciated in full
freight and passenger lists. We learn that the
M ,ssis. LE,RY will place Immediately on the New
York route the fine steamship Aidba'nd, Capta::.
I1,1EBuaNER, and it is thought that she will leave
New York for this port on the coming Saturday.
"LrFE IN THE OLD LAND YET."-Depend upon
it, reader whenever you see the announcement OF
new newspaper in community that somebody Is
going to make spoon or spoil a horn" Whether
the enterprise succeeds or fails makes no differ
ence The newspaper is sign OF thrift and the
eyes of the merchant follow its progress as a Vane
answers to the wind. Such q sign has recently
come to us from Columbia, where some OF the
Printers have organized monlcd and musclcd
company and announce that on the l7th Ill
slant they will issue tho first number OF the
Dddy Chronicle and as long thereafter al people
choose to sustain tho liveest interior paper Ill
South Carolina. They propose in their prospectus
TO doya!. their journal TO the interests oil tho
State to ignore politics and simply ly-make mocy,