The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-01
tn. Charleston of To-Day.


The grand Fair of the South Carolina In
stitute opens to-day, and, if there is any
virtue in hard work, good management, and
a lavish outlay OF money, it will be credit
to Charleston, and lasting benefit to the
people of the State. In every section OF
South Carolina there is an activity never.
known before. The low under-tone of me-
chanical improvement and industrial de-
velopUent made itself beard in the panses
of pc Lical strife, and, now that the battle
is 10 and won, the people are turning their
VIII, mind to the better cultivation of the
soil, to economzing labor, and to making
the most of the varied riches which Provi-
dence has bestowed upon them-riches
which have lain buried in the ground, or, in
ruddy robes, have rolled with mighty force
from the mountains to the sea. AbbeVile
and Anderson and Oconee, and other dis
tricts, have their local Fairs, which bring
the people together, and expose them to
salutary contact with those whom some good
souls insist upon calling ''outer barbarlans B."
Columbia, the capital of the State, opens
next week Eeer second grand Fair-a worthy
and generous rival of the Institute Fair in
Charleston. Already the number of manu-
featuring establishments in the State is large
ly increased, and upon all sides it IS evident
that temperate, just and honest State Gov
ernment is all that South Carolina requires
that she may pursue unimpeded the paths
which lead to public contentment and private
and public fortune. Such government we
do not expect to have for two years more;
but, in the meanwhile, the people may rid
themselves altogether of listlessness and
sloth-they may make some headway, seize
every favorable opportunity, and be ready
to turn to account I'LL the occasions of heal
thy progress and intelligent advancement.
And Charleston we think, will he pleas
ant place during this Fair week for both the
stranger and the native Carolinian. The
weather is superb, and our up-country
| friends will see for themselves that the me-
| tropolis of South Carolina has fall and
winter climate which cannot be surpassed
this side Of the sun. All the city is alive
with trade. Wholesale and retail houses
are busily employed. An interminable line
of drays carries the deecy staple oithe South
to the wharves, where lie the steam fleet and
| the fast sailing vessels which bear the cotton
of our own State, and of distant Alabama,
| to the ports of the North, to Germany, and
to England The different manufacturing
establishments are hard at work, and the
Charleston specialty-the manipulation Of
the South Corolina phosphates- on
night and day. Hayne street and Meeting
street are as close to the front Of commerce
as their brethren on the Bay. The jobbing
merchants have full stocks of every article
needed COR the interior trade, and we are
justified in saying that the country dealers
can buy in Charleston as advantageousy as
in New York or Baltimore. This does not
apply to any one brauch, but to all the divi-
sions and varieties of commercial lfe The
retail stores have ltocks of which the levia-
than cities of the North and West would
not be ashamed. Our hotels cannot be ex-
celled. In every department., activity and
enterprise are the order Of the day.
Aud in the way OF amusements, none OF
our visitors will have any reason to conf
plain. They can run down the beautiful
harbcr, or take trip up the picturesque
Ashley. There is the shell-road upon which
to drive. There are the phosphate works
and other factories toyisiG. There is, tower
ing above all, the fascinating charm OF the
Institute Fair. And, in the evening, and al
4 night, there is the grand Fair OF the Ger
man Ladies' Society-in itself host; and
there are, besides, two theatrical companies,
each of them standing among the first in
its own line Of dramatic business This
ought to be enough, in all conscience. to
make the time pass pleasantly and we'll
Charleston will do her part in the grand
work Of building up South Carolina, and ex-
tends cordial welcome to oil her visitors,
whether they come from North or West or
South. There is no sectionalism iu com
merce, and We can promise to all who now
pay our city visit a hearty and generous
reception.