Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-28
CharlestOu,

nc ran l. rauc mas opened prlskly III tnlS
city, says the g Courier;" the wholesale es
tablishments Of Meeting, Hayne and East
Bay streets are teemipg with stocks Of goods
embracing every variety to DO found in any
commercial centre, and merchants are Aock-
ing here from every portion Of this and the
adjoining States to renew ,,ti&psss relations
with their old friends, anafpY}ctcally to de-
monstrate their appreciation of tho strenuous
aud successful efforts which haze been made
to vcnd goods in this city, at prices as low and
on terms as favorable us can be had in New
York or any of the cities of the North. The
aspect is promising in the extreme, and the
glad peon of I" life in the old land yet . may
be exultantly chantcd in response to the croak-
crs who have heretofore prognosticated the
departure of trade from our midst This graf
flying condition of affairs has legtimatoly re-
suited from the intelligent, energetic and per-
tinncicus excrtions which have been, and arc
still being made by our merchants to retain
and amplify their mercantile connections with
tho people of tho interior on basis at once
liberal and mutually profitable; and in it is
to be easily discovered the fruition of nm
enterprise for which they have. always been
Justly credited and healthy state of COM
mercnl integrity that has ever characterized
this business community.
AS market, Charleston has no superior
south Of Baltimore, and no competitor that
can offer rs many Inducements to traders.-
She is, by we'll managed steamship lines, in
almost daily communication with Boston,
Philadelphia. New York, Baltimore, Savan-
nah, and the principal cities in the /" l,and of
Flower',' whilst by railrond she is welded to
ne'rIy every town and village Of importance
in the Carolnas aud Georgia. Besides the
facilities she affords for the prompt and easy
transmission Of freight, there are to be found
attractions sufficient to secure her a monopoly
of the business Of the whole country, to which
her harhor is the natural outlet, and which
could lily be enumerated in the limits of an
editorial notice. Not the least Of these dc.
serving the thoughtful attention Of those un-
acquainted with the facts, must be mentioned
the ability, anxietyand determination Of her
merchants to sell tIftr goods at figures which
will destroy he illusion that purchases can be
Is ie ID evaenos GFa not f6s
rather that time, trouble and expense is saved
by our country friends who come to this city
to lay in their stocks Another argument Of
great weight in our favor is 10 be found in the
accommodation that is granted to men Of
known Standing and business reputation, how
ever limited their transactens-an accomnlo-
dation not to be obtained in Northern cities,
where men nre skaStical about strangers
promise to pay"
As to the variety Of articles of every de.
scription which can he bought the stores
themselves arc eloquent witnesses. We do
not remember ever having seen better select.
ed, larger or more diversified collections Of
goods than now fill the large establishments of
Hayne, Meeting and East Bay streets, and
when it s remembered that these can be had
as chcapfy here as anywhere else in the Uni
ted States, can be shipped within twenty four
hours to any part of South Carolina, and in
twice that time as far West as Montgomery,
and may be relied on as being all they arc rep.
resented, we can we'll understand why the
city is being flooded With trades people, and
her merchants are revealing In therery reas-
enable expectation of raising her speedily from
her ashes, and establishing more firmly than
ever before her rights to the patronage and
support of the interior trade