New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-07

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tchabitants have shown remarkable enterprise "hon
at disasters they have suffered, and the disconr-
oerts under which they have labored In endeaVonhg
a, restore the trade Of their city, are considered Ine
cords OF the CusOmIouse show that the expectation
., cotton has steadily increased from year 10 !e'r'
sYcept in the season OF 1859, when the crop was
email The value Of the cotton shipment is sim aDou'
.,o ono less this year than in 1860 II IS possible 'nn
,orle.ton will never regain its old importance as o
con mort Savannah which was minjured ny 'ne Va"
and has since shown greater business eneIs, ,nor
greater disposition TO welcome Northern Nv ~ tr,de
charleston, has drawn to IL much OF the 49, con-
that formerly came here, and VIII prooaD! 49,. tbat
siderable cotton from upcountry ttig ci,v
,,sed 70 send an their products !" -. r..
row GOES directly North by rail- A ne" o -, -,
however been lately developed thA' - .r5cr
Than compensate Charleston for heF -. - e., ~
mean the business Of taking phospl''. ,saa,,,r
shores and shallow waters OF the ~ -.
-. ~ .,.,e te,tillzer The phOsphate roch Is
rl i'm ,rat abundance in strata VI lI'" 0 " - 'n''
in thickness under old rce-he'oS anu N'i
1,uls. of fine tide water rivers ""u u'"''iS wv -
80, fr feet OF soil. In these beds the rock exists IN
''ou' 'oi rlipe kidney-iron ore and is mixed with
A a.. y, animals and fl 'hes 1t is also found in
,,ct form underlying the shallow waters Of the
o I'm whose beds 80 is taken in large sheets. The
- dvercd al the factories is sold for s. 90 per tun
rr6cre are 10 companies in Charleston engaged IN
mining and manufacturing IT, their factories occupy
g., be fat banks Of the Cooper and Ashley
,,,ro~. inst above the city limits. The process
- manufacturing consists in first breaking the rock
into small piece. tHel grinding II into powder as
e,e a. -four. o.. ;Crward mixing It with suphurc
acid 10 rroduc, soluble superphosphate of lime The
mixture left four months to dry and Is then
valuable fertilizer selling at from $40 10 $50 per tun To
make higher fortiiz.ng grade, little Peruvian guano
sadded The manufacture u suphuric acid IL an I'M
rcrtant pan Of the business, and is accomplished by
burning sulphur in re0rs and condcnsng the fumes III
immense receivers chambers of lead This phosphate
business but three years Old but its importance may
be gathered from the fact that single Company has
received OrC,rs from England for 100000 tuns. on at
the opha rock taken from the river beds the STATE
collects tax OF 81 per and It is believed that In
time this tax will afford yearly revenue sufficient TO
nay the entire interest on the state debt
Among the chief Of the obstacles TO The growth or
Charleston the largety debt-amouuug % over five
milious-c0utrdcted mainly in aid of railway enter
prises before the war; The population Is only about
5000: that the yearly interest is more than - Tor
every inlmMtant but than onehalf the people
nav 40 taxes the burden is very onorous upon those
who do pay. 4 large property-Owner informed me yes
terday that the his real estate averaged one
hall o. the yearly rental rd that it is not possible to
obtain high rents TO compensate for the heavy taxes;
The lower than in most cities OF the same SIZE
He knew Of houses he said that could not be rented Tor
al, tNes Properly has deprecated considerable in the
past three years. and have heard Of buildings selling
for but half what they were vnluci 90 IN 1867.
Another burden upon the c.t the surplus colored
populatiO-hat is, the of over the de-
and for aborer,. The negroes come here from other
places, attracted by the charms Of city life, and by the
safety from Ku-Kux outrages As long they get
enough support life they prefer to remain in the city
rather than 20 out and work the plantations. In
going about the streets is struck by the number Of
men who appear 70 have no employment My attention
was particularly attracted by this circumstance while
walking the other day, in quarter Of the town chiefly
Inhabited by colored people and stopped an old and
very black man, who, unlike the Others, appeared TO
have so.Ie business hand and to be in hurry to do
il. / asked him If there were many colored men who
did not have steady employment. lie proved TO be
member OF the City Goyernmeut-an Alderman, be-
Jeve-and was well posted the subject upon which
wanted information. There were many, he said, who
had no regular work The ciiy hired large number,
and the practice -.oh week 10 give man two days
work so a. 70 gy- rte work TO great number. he
complained Of the str4 goes who came in from
the country and who had 10 taken of in way
until they could CT start, but he said that most OF
them after the first year, got along right smart and
thought themselves good as the old citizens.
Unfortunately for the future growth Of Charleston, the
Inhabitants manifest but little cordially OF feeling to
strangers who come to settle among them Tney are
narrow minded iiheral and provincial in Their ideas
on account Of the fact that the Rebellion bad s birth
here they seem think becoming in them To cheIsh
TO the last its fsting spirit and to Keep alive It's am
ypostes and bitterness They stin practice toward
Northern people absurd social ostracism which they
call " cherishing Southern characteristics" gentle
man Of wealth character and high official position VINO
mas lived six years told me that there Is out one
Southern family here with whom his family has social
relations Another Northern man told me that for four
wears be WAS in partnership with resident OF Charles
ION in business about which they never disagreed but
4bat I'm All that time his family met that OF his
PARTNER and when he obliged 10 go to bis partners
mouse ON some business Grand the ladies always received
him with silence and scows. And yet the only possible
or pretended ecng they had against him was fact
that he was Northern by birth and Republican,
oltc Not long ago. young gentleman, with the design
OF making his home here, from NewNOr with capt
ta and letters of introduction Afet remaining several
weeks ball off, Tor which fIi' nj offered 10 pro
cure him ticket: but, although the friend MEM
Der OF the society giving the ball. the ticket was refused
on the ground that no Northern people would be vel
come The gentleman decided at TO seek home in
come less pruscrpive community. might multiply IN
stances Of this kind, but it sufficient TO say that all
Northern residents tell the sane story OF com
Ylee social ostracism which r1as.- discrimination in
favor OF character wealth. former social POSITION but
Glasses all who from North Of Maryland as
Yankees and hates all alike. ] think tho men now have
generally enough % see how unwise aud ridiculous
this course is would glad TO abandon it were 1t
not for the influence Of the women and the clergy
men, who persist in regarding all Northerners
their enemies look upon the Government oi
the United States as hateful tyranny, and speak
OF the flag Of the Union as an odous rag
with all ts embarrasments and its present airs of dUlr
ness and decay little doubt that there is
prosperous future in for the City by the Sea- as
the people oSouth Carolina fond OF calling their little
metropolis. 1t has great advantages Of geographical
position and the natural outlet to the sea for the pro-
auctions OF the whole South with every part OF which 1t
IS connected by railway system that reaches TO almost
every county. When the people cease brooding over
the lost cause and realize that they are citizens OF
great, liberal progressive nation, they will greatly
hasten the new era Of prosperity.