The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-17
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From the Rural Carolinian, Charleston, S.
CO. September, 1878.
EH A RI e s TO N--.NER COM
MERCI.AE PROSPERITY
A BRIGHT FUTURE.

CHARLESTON--.HER COM
MERCI.AE PROSPERITY
A BRIGHT FUTURE.
We look back with amazemen
at the advance Charleston ha'
made in commercial prosperity II
the past eight years. In the car
lv part Of 1865, a cheap class O.
"irregular" army officers wer,
staggering in wanton authority
in a desolated city, whose dock:
were filled up, houses deserted
aud ruin in full view on its once
most opuIent streets. The geo
graphical advantages of Charles
ton, however, soon ovcrcame all
obstacles. Cotton was wagoned
from forty to eighty miles, and
then put on the railroad, that il
might find its real value here and
tonnage forced its way to our port
to carry it abroad. We say forced
it's way because an entcrprising
steamship Captain, finding on his
arrival that 70 dock was available,
made one for himself, by driving
his ship, head on, under full steam.
through tic soft mud, and saved
himself the trouble Of putting ont
lines, by securely fastening his
vessel in the mud alongside the
wharf.
Under such dlscouraging cir,
cumstances, it is not strange that
the 100000 bales of cotton Receipts
Of l959-60 were started at 1l2.-
900 bales in 1S65-'66. But With
the reconstruction Of material
things even under the disabilities
Of political reconstruction, Charles
ton has been slowly and surely
GROWING STRONG, until, at this
time, the close of the eighth cotton
year since the termination Of the
war, we can look around on Il
great prosperity in all things per-
tanning to her general welfare.
We have lived through the doubts
Of capitalists, who, fearing to in
vest in Charleston, put out hun:
dreds of thousands in nelghboring g
cities, and now repent themselves
at their leisure, as the quarterly
returns mark the quarterly de-
crease Of income. In the mean
time, great railroad kings have
projected and built new lines to
divert business from Charleston,
and for long time it was threat
ened that cotton would turn off
from its accustomed route, and
seek new markets, from Columbia
and Augusta, away from the
"City by the Sea-" Subsequent
events prove that all the efforts
of the "mighty railroad kings"
have failed in their designs, as the
cotton receipts Of Charleston for
the year closing on the 3lst Au-
gust, show moro than one thous-
and bales per day, including fifty
two Sundays. Compared with the
great crop year Of 1870, Charles
ton is the only port that gains re-
lati0ely in crop figures.
All this prosperity comes from
the steady enueavor, and willing,
patriotic cooperation Of COMPARE
lively a few people whose busi-
ness capital, intelligence and good
management, have invited stately
ships from remote seas, and built
up coastwise facilities in advance
of all other South Atlantic ports.
Our railroads, too, have been an
important auxiliary in bringing
about this healthy increase Of
trade to our port. Their several
arrangements have evinced a
ready willingness to cooperate
with the merchant in all matters
that look to placing Charleston in
tho position nature has designed
her to occupy among the CONNER
eial ports of the South-second
only to New Orleans.
To fully substantiate what we
have said concerning theincreasein
the export trado of Charleston
tho past year, we will give the
figures of some of the leading ar.
ticleS To foreign ports during
the year just closed, England
has taken direct $4,000 bales Of
cotton and 10000 barrels Of naval
stores; France, 10000 bales of
cotton; North Of Europe, $4,000
bales of cotton; Spain, 10000 bales
of cotton-showing an increase Of
$4,000 bales to foreign ports as
compared with the previous year.
The coastwise steamship lines have
likewise done a large business, even
through the ordinarily duh sum-
mer months, showing grand totals
Of 10000 bales to Boston. $4,000 to
Philadelphia, 1900 to Baltimore,
and 10000 to New York, while
the previous years figures present
only 1900 bales to Boston, H.
n0n 80 ph;loIo1nb;o q 000 10 Ra].