The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-11

IpHRoyEME Ch,Hch.-Tne dale-
aces which this church sustained during tne
late war are at last receiving the attention
they have so long required. The broken col
umn which so greatly disdgured the interior
has been replaced, and the holes In the ceiiins,
and various minor deficiencies, will soon be
reme6ed. The roof, also, is being thoroughly
overhauled and repaired. Mr. P. ODonneii'
of our city, is supervising the work and hopes
to bring it to a speedy conclusion.
So. Johns Chapel, Hampstead.-sinee the
war this chapel has been in quite dilapiualeo
condition. the congregation not having tue
means to repair It.. y sum has been collectea
for this purpose, however, through the lnoe'
fatigabe exertons OF the rector, tue Kew. Ut.
Marshall. and the work is now being pusneu
rapidly forward. The entire plasterlng mas
been nnlled down and will be renewed
rhronuhout. and new slls and flooring nave
been nut upon the porch. The work is
being superintended by Mr.. L. D. Turner
1t is also purposed to give the chapei NE"
coat of paint, if the sum collected proves sum-
clently large.
The Parochial School Of the Church OF Me
Holv Comn,union.-Th building has been re-
Gently extended twenty feel on the 'front.'
thereby receiving az addition OF four large
and airy class-rooms, Two on each floor, which
are to be provided with all the modern I'M
proyements In school furniture and fixtures
The building is now capable of giving ample
accommodation to three hundred and flly day
scholars. The work was done unner the su
perintendence OF Mr. Walter Cade in the short
space of eight weeks.
RoLUs Rice !hlls.-These mills, situated on
! Wharf street, near the east end OF Calhoun,
after having been closed about seven years,
have been leased for term OF FIVE years by
the Marine and River Phosphate Mining and
Manufacturing Company, of which Mr.. George
w. Williams, of our city, is the president. The
old machinery for beating rice has been taken
out, and will be replaced by, improved appara-
tus, capable of throwing out one hundred tons
oe prepared phosphate per day, but the oio
engine and boilers will be used, and are
now being repaired By the company. The
outward appearance OF the building will be
much improved by new coat OF paint The
works will be ready to commence operations
in about two weeks. Mr.. c. c. Coe, the cour-
teous superintendent of the company, Informs
us that these works will give steady employ
ment To thirty operatives. The wharf adloin'
ing the works has also been leased by the
company, and will be extended to the channel
of The river. Mr.. Coe expects to export the
crude phosphate in large quantities, and in
forms us that he will ship three thousand tons
to England in short time.
Hamiin's WharJ, foot of Lanens street.
The large storehouse on this wharf, which ha:
been unused since the war, has recently beer
fitted up as cotton ginning establishment b,
Mr. J. A. May, an energetic young Charleston
ian. Mr.. Mays mills are capable of turning
out four bales OF upland and one bale OF sea is
land cotton per day, and are provided wilt
powerful machinery tor COMPRISING uplant
cotton. One feature that we noticed, ant
think WORTHY cf mention, Is that every piec
Of machinery In use in these mills is OF South
ern manufacture.
In addition to the above, Messrs. 81. N. & T
J. Pregnall have just opened II ship-yard o
this wharf, with ways capable of holding a yes
sci OF three hundred tons burden.