The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-11-02
Charleston Correspondence.


! The rough frcck!cs left on her fair face by
| The hardsli,S of wax have yielded in 2 great
,nnasarc to Tie c:noicmt influences ci peace ::
.hc ,aitcreG dress Of 1854 and 1865 has been
! Da:Chc:, end painted INTO 4 scmblancc OF tie
al.l .as:c aud nca,ncS>; and there is 2a class
,;.i:v il. her str,!r as she moves forward on
, t;cr rrosnrrouS career that tciS O.! fecuper-
: .t;in@ i,cal;' ana power.
! r;ierc arc Il certain class Of people You
know, who Iri-lma,-likc, are always for
c:o,>,I. 4 bYiltv hc.nrc they com: 10 it
: chronic -ruimb!,lS who tu.H II ihe world
; ;&:uu:h Inc sr,cn g"gSicS cf HrllrchoIy,
ana imagine i; 10 bc cii rauc for l''r'l;ion II
, locomotive speed. Charleston! his H"r share
! OF this '.iiapiuIl;rd crop, Int " hcA ia" eye "i
! cululauu Srusc looks ;:uG:i lie |i'y-lhd
! secs the i ;ns nt l::.lc--,c, wholesale cStah'
! liShnrnis stocked wi;h eTcE.' vIilc:y q!
, gco,!S il demand; >:U.c> flied with retail
BUYERS, anil merchants I:Gm The coautry
! prncii in hand checking OF their larger Or
/! ,!crs secs the wharvvS frcigh!el with mcr-
| cl.andisc unoaded from three great lines OF
! steam hips, to say nothing Of smaller cr.tt;
scvS vessels by the score receiving cIrgoc$
Of cotton, phosp:a;2S anl rice for various
ports in the Uui;cG States and Europe; secs
! handsome buildings iu prOrr$S Of construc-
ton, and III" waste places ii'iinS up; secs
, banNS whose capital is ahumII Iut and whose
dividends arc sure and profitable; secs MAN.
!; ufacturrg cu:upaIcS in successful opera
ton, and ncchA:iic> bcSisy employed in tllcir
various trades; sees hO,rlS film. in advance
! of tho season with tourists, aud business
men from The North and West, and :wo the
! atr:cal companies drawing nightly audiences
and dulars-sccS the elegant toil"ttcs that
are pcr:inlbulatyd on our thorouShfIrcS, and
the handsome equipaScS that roll through
our SlrrrlS-whcn Tie eve OF COMMON sense
| looks on al! these evidences 0f prosperity, il
! is IMPOSSIBLE not 10 DC encouraged, and 10
iurl tiIat sc arc on the high road 10 prosper
! ity. the diseased crOakcrS ~ the contrary
| Notwithstanding.
True, money is i little tight just now, an1
be who wants to borrow Fhc filthy lucrc
! must needs pay IN unusual discount; bu:
! tiIcu yoa know cotton is down; the factors
are carrying all they dare; and planters are
holding back for hc:;cr prices. The real
! hu<iHcss Of the year has nor fairly cNmmcn-
! cru nor will it do SO, until the estimated
| three millions OF bales are on t:c rail and on
! the steamship hurryinS 70 unlock the Golfers
| OF the worI! and secure for ;hc South lis an>
nual treasure.
The win CT season opens gaily. Our -Acad-
cmy Of MuSc--ouc OF the most elegant and
. commoduuS thrcatrical strlr'nlr> in the
! southern cnuntry-haS been leased by LAURA
| Kcenc, the wcli-knuwn New York actress
| and managcrc>S: and IlibcrlIian Halt is al
really nightly occupied By travelling tronpeS
Of one kind and another. We arc promised
the presence during the winter Of some OF
the brightest dramatic stars Of the conntry,
and those who have not seen Edwin Forrest,
the lr,ycGian, and Joe Jefferson, the Rip
| Van WnEic Of the world, will doubtless
! have I'm opportunity { do so.
III" Eair OF the Sta'- Ag icultural Society
| to lc held here til: first week. in Novenhcr
! will doubtless bu IN event Of unusual interest.
Large >unS Of money are being eXpcndc! in
preparations; i great building covering Il
| large area OF ground has b.cn erected on the
Old race course and premiums will be dis
tribu,cd 10 Inc amount of ten thousand dol
lars for the best exhibition OF machinery
productions Of asricultIrc, manufactures
and art of every kind. twenty-five thou
sand visitors arc expected and arrangements
! a,c being made for their entertainments
The rllr0a'iS will bring visitors free and
ami charge them only On their return. Very
fine racing stock is iSrXpcctcd 10 bc present,
and we shall probably have Il renewal Of the
olI time competition which has made the
ChaicS:on track famous in the sporting Cir
clcS of the couutry.
| As Il matter OF prudence. it viii be adriSa-
| bic for visitors 70 scrurc Accommodations III
advance by applying 10 one or other Of the
| hotels. Mcs>rS. l'LIkcr 4 Pond, the Eropric>
,ors Of the Mills House have Just completed
extraordinary arrangements. Tnry have re-
pcwcd the house from top to Dotio;u; filled
its rooms with tic most cl CANT and lpxuri-
Uu> Of furniture, painted, papcred and mir.
rored carpeltei anil curtaincd 10 the cXtcui
Of forty thousand do'Ilr>: made their ptrlorS
| narvctS of beauty, turned their halls into
spacious promcu:nicS, and opened a dinin.
| roum lpcrciy 10 $uc wDich makes one wiNil
his raSting apparatus was mile long -
These gentlemen have made hotel keeping u
Scieulitc study, AMI between French COOKS
! splendid markets. cIrciTl attendance, choice
! apartments aud irnlnI"n!atc cc&niiacSS there
is no reason why man, woman and child
| should not feel themselves perfectly at homo
| under their spacious roof. It is the place o
! places in which 70 GOinic;liItc whcn tic
| stranger comes 70 Charleston
The Stale election which bias just taken
| place. although not resulting III the success
! oi the Reform ticket as regards the Governor
and L:cu;enant-Gorcrmor, has given genera
: satisfaction - the community. inaSDluc Il.
| i: promises to effect q decided improvement
! in the State Legislature. II, is is estimated
forty Conservative anil intelligent m"m5cr:
have been elected by the l:'tnrln parry, they
will constitute u sufficient minority to check
| in great measure tie designs Uf extreme
RtdlcIIS, and oppose The ignorance and cor
ruption which has brought the legislation O
South Carolina into disgrace. The Officia
result will not be known for Mt least ter
days, and even then it may be material,
modified bv the rl>cal;ticS which occurred 4
many of the polls and have become the sub
icct Of protest. The Radicals claim three
c"!Ored members Ot Congress. The cnAlUc
at The b:llO. boxes on many Ui iIc Islands
! WAS decidedly ioosc. At more ;han one pre-
ciTct negro wO!UcH voted Tor thcir hu>b .ILs
! and their husbands Yari som where else
Boys uudcr n@r also voted, while in Il Scor,
oi places armed bndirS Of blacks prtrcAtco
others Of their race from CASING h,lto:S io
IlI= opposition. 1t is proper 10 add howe"c
not more than ivc or ten white mrn aSainS
as mrny hundred negroes and resistance VA
therefore Useless. In Charleston, the day
was us peaceful rs if it were 1 SunIay.
The tide of travel appears to have fairl,
! commenced. The pleasure and health
seekers Of the North, diverted from thci
usual European tour, seem already 10 have
selected the Srath Is their "bA:c OF opera
,ion>," ard are upon u>, circulating money
AMI making things move, iu their way
| generally.
| F'ori,la and portions Of Georgia arc Ike
wise s8ldimS many merchants, who find /;
| cheap ana convenient marker here Tic fac
is nearly all Of orr j"!h"rS, by reason Of N
creased steamship facilities, can sell goods rs
chcap!y. fno; cheaper ihan they c;ln bc bough
i in New York, and this Fall pccial'r they have
| prepared themselves for I. large tradr.- AS a.
! illustration, Mr.. Edward Perry, the Statlonel
and Bookseller. on Meeting Street, has stock
of School Literature, embracing almost every