The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-12
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Celebration OF Its Forty-sixth Anni-
vOrsnry, t'-e

Inc anniversary dinner Of the Charles ton Cham
Der OF Commerce, which took place yesterday a.
Hibernian Hall, would have done r,dt to the so
ciety IN Its pamiest days when Charleston ho"r
ished most. The large attendance of members, the
| taste with which tho tab'cs were arranged the
abundant and luxurious character of the feast itself
the promptness and attention of the servants g. and
the more than ordinary interest OF the afterdnnel
speeches. not to omit the excellence of The music
all combined to render one Of tho picaaantest ard
happ!est occasions of tho kind that have ever been
| known in Charleston.
The bill of fare informed the guests that T. Tu,ly
was the caterer, aud tho skill and tact of that vote
ran provider manifest in oil the arrangements
For two hours more the noisy battle OF knife al 4
fork was waged and many luscious viaDds and
glasse' OF fine VINE had disappeared when the rap
of tho Presidents h MINER called tho table to order
and announced that mate, ial and spiritual enjoy
ment were about to be succeeded by intellectual
pleasure.
few moments pause before the reading of the
first regular toast gave people an opportunity to
look at each other and who thero al Il whe G
was who at the head of the table, e. ut tho centrc
ofa table, which occupied end of the hall and
from which two long tables extended 10 the other
| end, sat the newly elected President of the
| Chamber, Robert Mute, Isq At the opposite
| end of tho two long tables respectively
sat Vice Presidents S. Y TGpper and E. Horny Frost
At the two ends of the Presidents table sat Hon.
| Geo. A. Tren holm and Henry Gourdin, Esq The
President was support ed bis right by C. Richard
son Miles Esq, and on his left by Rev. E. T. Wink.
Ter. At the same table sat Mayor Clark, heodore
q. Barker, Esq. Wm Whaley, ksq.. Stanley G. 1rott,
Esq, W. @. Bee. Esq. Vim. Ravepel, Esq, Colonel
Thomas Y. Simons, Captain f. w. Dawson of The
warH InA 70 Fec > mo-
A. o. Andrews, ex-president of the Chamber; wm
Lawton, Esq, and Mr.. VIM. Ladder, of The Courier
MI Mure on rising to read the first re- sular toast,
made brief acknowledgment to the Chamber lor
the honor they had done him to preside over them
and he rled cd himself to his utmost enlcavors
to preserve the dignity and usefulness OF the asso-
citation. He then read the first regular toast as fol-,
lows:
South Carolina-We greet her name with love and
reverence.
The announcement of the toast was received with
applause. which became enthusiastic when the band
played Dixie" Tho President announced that @.
Richardson Miles, Esq., would respond to the first
regular toast. ~A
Mr.. Miles said that having held no official posi-
tion which would entltle him to the honor, he was
somewhat surprised that he should have teen Sc
lected to respoud to the toast which had been lust
'O-' SNAS 49,
because of his devotion to the State he then spoke
her happy condition and her high standing in
intelligence, morals and wealth, and compared her
past glory to her present humiliation He attributed
the high standing Of the State in past times to the
principle of honor which had pervaded not Gully her
political and social structure, but also her business
organization and he predicted that the State wCuid
hereafter regain her prosperity by the adherence o.
her citizens to that same priuciple of honor which
would in course of time, enable them to rcgenerate
the State government and revive more the glo-
rious Carolina OF the past. A
Vice-Pres dent Tuprer then rose to announce
the second regular toast, and in SO doing took
occasion to congratulate the Chamber on their
improved prospects since the last meeting. He
spoke in glowing terms of the increase in the
crops, the rise in the price of cotton the dis
covery Of phosphates, and the general condi.
tlon OF the trade OF the city at present He said
'naS ne hoped the Chambcr would allow time to in
dulGe the bent of his inclination and permit him
to speak, although in the presence of the President
elect, of tie Invaluable vices of that gentleman
1t was not what men said that they must be Judged
by, but what they did, end Mr. Mure could afford
TO be judged by his works. He might cay as The
mstocles once sad, Icannot fiddle but can teoch
you now to make o great city out of little town
Inc dream OF direct team communication between
Charleston and Eurose had long been hobby with
Charleston merchants, but it remained for Mr. Mure
to carry oit the idea in practical manner, Mr.
Iupper then offered the second regular toast as
f.llows:
r Our Commerce--The unconau cred enerry of a res
QUITE QUITE people will give 1t new and more vigorous
life. 1eoAoN'
After music By the band, The President announced
that the Hon George A. Trenholm would respond to
the second regular toast.
Mr.. Trenholm SAID that he complied both with bis
duty and his inclination In responding to that toast
or there was nothing that touched his heart quicker
than the interests Of commeice. True, In re-
saro 10 commerce the ground rad been completely
sSia0sted by the gentleman who offered the toast
out he was glad Of the opportunity to reply
10 the sentiments and arguments tf the speaker,
who had responded for South Carolina, because he
was entirely opposed to them. He thought that we
should look to the future and not to the past There
was ho use In wasting time in lamenting over the
greatness which was lost Our ener4ies and our in.
dustry should be used to make successful future.
He alluded to tho late war, and said we had gone
into the contest thinking were light and had God
on our side The question had been decided against
us on the battlefield and in the councils Of nations
and 1t was our duty to submit. he thouaht
- "SS ono vi tue s5re1AeSL merits OF the
Southern people that they had done their duty to
the negroes but now we would be o happier, freer
and richer people than ever before. he mentioned
the services of the clergy the late war; and in con-
trolling society generally, and said. he was glad to
see some Of that der present. and he took the op
portuni'y to pay the clergy handsome compliment,
and also to read the third regular toast as folows
The Cergy-Our truest pilots
This toast was responded to at length il, most
eloquent effort by the Rev. L. r. Winkler He
said that 1t was matter Of profo ssional pride to re-
celve the wel-done Of 80 enlightened and practical
body as the Chamber Of Comme .ce, and he took oc-
caslon TO speak of the wise and good
ends to be accomplished on the earth by means
OF commerce. Of the important duties Of mer-
chants. and OF the Christian character Of
many OF them He described his idea of q mer.
chantin the most eloquent strains. The great end
OF commerce he said was to develope the sentiment
OF human maternity, and to carry the Gospel to