The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-23
ENERGY IN TEE D


The aresnsyiehs Mil. Sn ohrIst Church
CHRIST .CHyRcH, October 81.
ussTo!THE EDITOR oE TIE NEWS.
Some time ago I furnished you a sketch Of
one Of our e,nterprlsing establishments, and 10
conkpllanoe with your kind invitation to re-
pest; whenever I saw anything which may be
ofinterest for yourAwidely circulated Journal,
Iaua,l myself of that permission, and endeav-
or to show you that ''there Ia life In the old
land vet" Althonghw we may not expect to II.
val. vet we may hope to follow, at respectable
dists8c6. that enterprise and energyw which,
in YOUR case, has. eliminated In the estaoilsn-
ment- of Your paper on q firm basis, ana tne
erection Of q structure compete IN an rs ar y.
designed, and a noble rnamen 10 the DUST
nass portion Of the city where you have locat-
ed IL. and where It may long remain, l TRUST,
"a q memorial of the qualities above re-
fsfredto.
shortltime .gince by-Messrs. Smith d Dodge,
frums Nr..R g. Venning, the present propri-
etor Of. the plantation bearing the same name,
abont one mile, from Mount Pleasant. The
location possesses some interest, as being the
Sis .of one OF the first, II not the hrst, Flee
mill In the State; having been bnlls oy the
fsfherS,of. oursvenerable fellow-eitizen, WIN.
Ineas,. NsQ::Ss die ate'proprletor: In tae eVscs
nation of Charleston, in1a65, this old relic of
tha.past tell before the devouring flames, ana
fhan .t~ime-honored residence adjacent shared
ffYe came fateG No longer does the ponderous
wstarlwheel; whlch.gaye the motive " 70
-tiIBJ rtcesm,h %revolvetin Its old positlon, puC
through the open sluice now dashes Inc iosm-
the ripplea of. the stream In the distance.
SfssX haS superseded the. power formerly fur
niebed bgs tie long, line, of sembankment ex-
tendfnps Tor shout = mile alongthe margin OF
the marsh, which formed the ml!-pond, and
moved lnHt pgnderous wheel wnlcn Unused
lfs dndaction intoits creaklng machinery.
tssminstion. md have worked through many
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 'evinclng an energy which
mpsx meet With success The: building "occu.
niea 4 part of5the old ialte, is one and q half
ap0ries1onea basement Of about eight ieet, ID
Which four gins OF the MCCARTHY patent are
fun99 which Wltn.the ten horse power engine
whichl drives. them will gfAnfour bales sea
8 Bnt let IN take a=short ramble over the ad-
jsoeIt grounds. 4 few hundred yards beyond
the raiil, near tbs bank of the creek, we come
to the Iabofers' quarters, almost a small VII
laue, with itsroWs ;of; double houses, on orick
or. copDrete foundations, With their orlcK
chimnsgsrwh which under, the old regime"
I46m6d WUQlEi6, hu0 s~1tLOooCu-eho. n"SSS
of scores of the little ones. are now Inhabited
by oomtSafatiysly but few OF the freedmen and
4h~edrfslnDied.t"A short distance sbeyond we
reach the cemetery of the former owners, en-
closed by q substantial brick wall. ana con.
taInina the grnYesand monumental stones of
the dsceased members oil, the family and its
branches. Stately live oaks, from whose far
reaching limbs pendants OF silver gray moss
droop. and wave, surround II, and through
Whoso boughs the wintry Winds moan ana
sirh~are lifting Accomplishments tor Its
sor6hre purposes. 30
Very Truly yours, KAPPA.