The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-31
Captain 3sth Infantry, 4. A. a. G.
TO his Exccllcncy JAMES l.. ORR.
lCoMMUSICATioS.1

ICoMMUSICATtoS.
To He Editor QfMc Charleston Daiiy Nrtns:
Tho frequent reference to tho filling up Of tho
docks Of Charleston, and tho ominous hints about
the necessity of soo speedy action to arrest what
these writer's imagine ia to bo dreadful calamity,
other exhibit n total ignorance OF tho subject
under discussion or hns como meaning not n,ado
public. It is moi true that tho docks OF Charleston
fill up any faster than in 1860, and no fault
was found then. Tho fact in simply thia: II has
always been customary to clean out tho docks an
nnally. During tho mar, period of five t5) years,
the deposits from Cooper River accumulated to
such all extent as 10 render an immense cxCara-
tion necessary to secure Tn tho decks a sufficient
depth Of water. In 1866 this was done in abont
onc-half of tho docks, tho othor half still romain
uriInprOycl for want Of revenuc or means on the
part of owners TO undertake 10 expensive al ope-
ration.
III such docks us were drcdgel, tho lat loads of
mud wero carelcssly cmptied near tho heads Of
the wharrcs, aud. as u natural consequence, tho
action Of tho lido replaced these deposits worry
rapidly; this was a leading cause Of the rcflng of
those docks, which were dredged in 1866, tho pro-
CESS of tho refing being also assisted by the nc
tion OF the tidca flowing through tho bridges Of
the piers and washing the deposts from nndredg-
cd docks down into those dredgod. Ali that is
ncellcd to keep The docks always IN order, is tho
system for man. years practised by one OF our
most cnterprisng citizens, OF dredging annually
and .!opositing tho mud al such distance from,
he head Of Mc rhdrcts without tho aid OF steam)
as would give the tides chance to carry them OF.
Of course If tho mul is dropped within ton fcot Of
the pier head, and Tho mud from undrodged docks
Is allowed to wash through tho bridges into those
that have boon cleaned ont, tho filing up will con-
win Inns
ncas il carried on, have boen for twelve months,
and arc now, kept available for shipping, although
at great expense. EAST BAY.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., AUGUST s0.-EDlron DAILY
NEWS: You will plonse publish tho following, and
obligo Oh hggricyed party Of the Alert Base Ball
Club 4i..,.
Tho DAILY NEWS Of The 2Gih instant, contains
aL account OF o match game OF Base Ball played
between tho Alert aud Palmetto Base ball Clubs.
1t begins by saying that they, tho Palmettoes, had
but eight mon in tho Acld this is very truo, but it
is supposed TINT tho writer of tho account is vol
enough posted to know TINT IL is much harder 10
play against eight men in tho fold and tho ninih
man for Umpire, than TO play against tho full nine
in tho field. '1-
Again, tho writor says tho Palnletios wero oblig-
ci to tako mon from their second and third nines
How does this agree with their own statemonts
To nB it does not "tally." heretofore, or sinco tho
match betweon tho second ninea Of tho two above
namod Clubs. tho Palmcttos have refused to plny
tho second nine Of tho Alerts in return game for
tho reason that thoy had NO SECOND nno, and now IL
il asserted thoy had to take mon from thoir second
nino, which wo believe to DO miBtakon impri ssion
of the writer of tho account in tho NEWS. On tho
whole, We think the account in tho NEWS and tho
decisions OF tho umpiro very onc-aidod affair
Aud as Tho Abort b. b. Club do not think they were
fairly beatoli, sincerely hope tho Palmetto Club
will consent to givo them another trial, with a
dsintercstod umpire" at somo filtnro day not for
distant MUFFIN.
GENTLE WHIsrER To MoTHERs-If nnfortu-
nntcly yon havo lost your own teoth by neglect or
'nismanagcment, tako care that your daughters
do not suffer tho samo pcnsIty from tho name
CAUSE Eco to It that they brush ll,or teeih rcgu.
larry and thoroughly with sozoDoar, and thoroby
you Will insure them sound and seryiccablo sots sB
'o"R hS thoy hVc. tuths3 August 81