Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-09-08
Our Progress and Prospect.

The Commercial statements of the business n
Of Charleston, printed in tho Nceos Of yester- SS
day, are torclLlo nnl convincing reply 10 q
the occasional reports, ,Schi,Iiy circulated by
correspondents OF the Northern press that
this civ, ID u business sense, is IN nIoribtnd
cond,iun. Our carefully prepared stRbplar
saenru,s show that trade is hcalihy and \
vigorous, aud, in all its branches, steadily in
creusing i,lsolumc. Ilis,progress isen'iaenlzaa
| ly encouraging, both OH account OF It's III
nitudc and regularity.
During The year ending August 3lst, GIN y
lesion received 3l3, l79 bales Of upland colo. s.
LOG, 2 bales of uplands, aud 55U3 bales Of
sea Islands received in l3U5-'6G, The first
year AFTER the war. The receipts OF uplans,
| therefore, have been more than lreblr,l in hvo
yvnrs last ycnr 237,7l2 -bales Of uplnnds
were received SO that the receipts OF 1871
ar. - per cent. largar than the reoei pls Of
1870. In rice these is similar improvement,
the receipts buin,s 43 053 t!ciccs lor leT TO'zEo.
against 3S,52S iicrccs ior lsG0'7o.
naval stores and lumber there is sa i>ta'T
n,l,a,ce The exports OF lumLcrfor $40
ARE l5,7O7,0li iect, agains, l2,437,G7l
lSG9-s7O "a gain ot over % per csnt TtNf1
exports Of naval stores for lS7J-'7l arc
92 938 hurols, against 1900 in the prccrd
ng yra,-a>g gain of about 20 per cent. he
| phosphate business has, also, assumed very
large proportions. Du,irg the year jus,
c!os,! ..Ay cxpor; Of South Carolina phnspl,s.lcs
am'nnit,l to 1896 tons, ngSns, 3o,sG2 tons
ia $40, and 10000 tons in 500. Last sea.
son M;.s one OF ,le most favorable eve, known
10, fruits and vegetables Ih-rr were Ship
ped, TO New Yak alone, !5,la7 barrels Of
potatoes, and 35,252 packages of vegetables,
nsa,us! l9Il barrels OF potatoes and 10 $3.50
packages OF vegetables in the season oi | $40.
Large quantities, >hnwing Ink. me. ease were
shipped MPhilM3clph and Bad imprc, and
| hy the Norlheaslcrn Railrou. lsE
| besides The business in c>A!on. rice lumber,
naval stores, phoSphacS, and fruits aud vcgc-
table, Nhalrstuu bunstsnIis !l"uri hing jnhbing
'ra'ic representing many milhons OF capital.
Fh" estimated sales during The year were as
follows; Dry goods aud E,ney goods, SG5 ,o0O,.
600; shoes, bats and. clothing, $l.75OOO0;
yIuceYics, S9,0O0,00O; hardware, St,25O,O0O;
Il ng<, 100000. No other Southern city,
ol which we know, can equal be figures.
vs. With receipts valued at $32 $4,000, and a
jnhhing trade OF 81 is 100000, Charleston may
well lock forward 10 he future with confidence
"na hope. An energetic city government
VIII know how 10 protect the community
from diseases which are the legitimate spring
there is no reason Why Charleston should not
h' come the most intinen,iaI iand thriying port
on the South Atlantic coast Nc,os.
| No..
! YELLOW FEVER The fever seems to be
on the wane, and has evidently been effected
! hy the weather which wu have experienced
l5nl one death was reported Yesterday. Sew
| eral persons who were runiurcl to be i'll OF
the malaly are doing well-ndccl GONZALES
cent The olicia! reln,rl Of the Board of
! lsra'th shows bn twenty seven deaths since
the 25'h ofJuly, when The fever began. Out
! Of these twenty seven eases, Two Of them were
not sufficiently marked in type to bo really
| classed with the others. As the Board pur-
poses publishing hereafter daily reports of The
x "'Ss'cal. ma, ,oseur, The public mind wi
sHene!aS ." U state OF affairs, and i,-alsorc AT
case on f1le subject. The report Of the CITY
Krg'>'r yiscor ethcyond all shadowofdyubi
because no hrar>c driver is allowed by law TO
'em"vea y body until he has The doc,ol's Ger
tilra'". nor can sexton inter witliou, Il simf
lar document A physician SAYS The lever is in
cl'n"d 10 keep in The locality where Il orici-
Datcd-that u, IN and about Market street.
where those foul drains were opened lie ra.
marked Il sl@gulur f,el, that where cases have
! occurred outside of certain lines IN the ,Iiyee.
t'on Indicated it has invariably been after
high Ease,fy breczes Charleston Couyicr.
VERSAILLES, August 3l.-Afey fever
lSh debate, an amendment to tho preamble
assuming constituent powers which culopize.
VI" conduct oil Thiers, was adopted by 523
70 thniy four. 100 membcrs abstaped from
vo'ings |iltE its5
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