The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-19

| Signs OF PROSPERITY.-tlVe years ago, lev
people had faith In the recuperative energies
OF Charleston. The masses were affected will
moral dyspepsia which prevented them iron
looking into the future with hopeful eyes. II
our broken fortunes, scattered families ant
disorganized system of labor, they saw moth
Ing but perpetuation of the ruin that hat
come upon the land, and in their despair the!
either emigrated, or, making the worst oFmis
fortune, contented themselves with an effor
simply to earn their daily bread. ss5'
But all this has been changed. In year OF
two from the time of which we speak, labor tol
mere sustenance gave way to sharp active en-
Eterprise Capital began to flow in. The CLOUD
Lifted. Our cotton fields responded as In other
days to the touch Of the plough and hoe En-
t:ergetic men set examples which were follow'
ed, and thus by one agency and another, we
have risen and are making our way out Of the
Ealough of despond. a..
&: Look at some Of the signs. We have two
fines or steamers which connect sus with New
York; one line Of steamers to Baltimore; one
lineof steamers to Philadelphia; one line of
steamers to Liverpool, and steamboat COM
munication with nearly every Important river
town and with Savannah, Beaufort and
Georgetown. Old railroads are being repair
ed aud new ones are being constructed
The discovery of phosphates has added to
the wealth of our people nearly three millions
Of dollars, and prospectively will add millions
| more. Our coast marine has been largely In
| creased Our wharves, once ruined, are lined
| with vessels from all parts Of the country.
Our streets are being put In order; old edlhces
are being repaired, and new ones built. Our
banks are fiourlshing, and business hourly I'm
proves. During the winter just gone fifteen
thousand tourists passed through Charleston
and disbursed their money plentifully. So
that, turn our eyes in what direction we may,
we see evidences Of growth and prosperity
which are in the highest degree encouraging.
There is no compass in the community, how
ever, more delicate In its indications of sue
cess than hotel. When we see the proprle-
tors of great establishment like the Mills
House investing large amount Of money,
months in advance Of the season of travel, for
the purpose of accommodating the throngs on
which with business sagaclty they depend, it
of Itself is sign-''a handwriting on the
wall" which Is not to be ignored; for these
gentlemen have felt the popular pulse, and
diagnosed the body polite with q certainty
upon which the community may in no small
degree pin their faith.
Passing by this popular institution yester-
day, we found that Messrs. Parker Pond
have already covered It's slightly fronts with q
handsome cream colored coat, and that exten.
sive preparations are being made within to
decorate and improve wherever the artist or
the mechanic can, with advantage, lay his
hand
Many of the rooms are to be elegantly
frescoed; others are to be whltened and warm
ished; new and tasteful furniture, carpets and
curtains have been ordered for the several
stories; suites OF rooms for the accommodation
of transient and permanent boarders are to be
arranged In superb style; the dining rooms are
to undergo transformation; large and beautiful
mirrors are to be introduced; the barber-shop
will be conducted q la PhaIon; the bath rooms
are to be reopehed with the latest conve-
niences attached thereto; the telegraph COM
pany are about to establish uranch office in
the house for the accommodation of the
guests; and altogether, from parlor to attic,
from the reading room to the cuisine, there
will be no hotel between New York and New
Orleans superiorin It's appointments to those
Of the Mills House, and certainly no place
where the traveller or the home guest will
more enjoy. the luxurtes and comforts OF life.
Messrs Parker & Pond are both wide-awake
hotel managers. The former is well known to
our citizens, and the latter has for several
years been the proprietor OF the National Ho-
tel In Atlanta. We understand that he has re-
Gently disposed fone-half ofhis interest In that
institution, and hereafter will doubtless spend
most of his time in Charleston. Both are ge-
nial, courteous and hospitable gentlemen, who,
knowing the wants Of the public, leave no
means unemployed to supply them.
Mr. Berhans, late of the Screven House,
Savannah, will return to the position which
he 30 many years filed in the Office OF the Mills
House, and Mr. william Smith, late the chief
clerk ofthe La Tourette House, at Bergen Point,
N. J., will be his active coadjutor. These gen.
tlemen have also been long and favorably known
to the travelling community, aud 1t will be
neither their fault nor that of the proprietors If
they fall to maintain the time-honored prestige
OF this popular carayansary.
We have said enough to illustrate our pur-
pose. Such ''slgns" are not among those
which 'sfail In dry weather" They mean busl-
ness, renewed energy, money in the pockets
of the people. They are tangible evidences OF
and can but add to the conf