Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-01
For the Sunday Register.
THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Charicsaoc, q. C.-Its Csn.aeree-Its
Forts.

Chariestec, q. Cts CsnAeFce-Ita
Forts.
BIZ REV. y. ". 4 PkscHAN, PASTOR q. rAunls
EVAN. LUrH. CHURCH, WILMINGTON, n. c.
The population of Charleston By the
census report Of three years ago, Is given
a. 49, 999. OF this amount fully ons-half, II
not more, are negroes. they abound here,
as in all Southern cities, in some having
even q preponderancs, being largely in the
majority. We can almost set il down q Q
rule that the black population Of Southern
cities never goes below one.third, b often
thirds q the entire population. They
have almost complete control 81
the market house ut Charleston--a
market house, by the way, that is
nearer the correct idea of what mark ct
should DO than anything in this line have
ever seen. The stalls are regularly fenced
off from one smother by neat and tasteful
iron fence Butchers stalls and huckstsr
stands are not allowed to project beyond Q
certain distance. There is in the cepter .
nice, clean and well-swept walk and the
length of the market house, stand in line
along which . neat iron fence in the
form of network is placed so that
the buyers cannot crowd the sellers,
and the seller not crowd the buyer or wipe
the dirt OF his potatoes, the blood Of bis
meat, or the water on his green's on the
silk dresses of the ladies or the black cloth,
Sunday .go-tomeeting costs CT the gentry.
He can show off his merchandise to COM
plete and. perfect advantage and arrange it
as much, and as we'll and as attractively a.
he pleases, but it must be done behind and
between these specified limits. Another
beauty OF the arrangement lie that there are
regular sections or departments. There Is
q meat section, fish and oyster section, .
vegetable section, O section for chickens,
etc, a fruit section, ETC., and taking 1t all
in all, the market makes q most pleasant
impression and makes one wish that all
markets could be similarly. Land out
and arranged. There is system,
there is perfect cleanliness, there
is no jamming one up into jar OF butter,
or pushing another into tub Of lard, or
squeezing one down on to and into bucket
full of 30 cents per dozen eggs, making the
eggs break for grief, the owner Shrek for
anger at bis loss, and the poor egg-breaker
excited, frightened and worried half TO
death, turn at a three.quarter angle to see
if his coat is painted, and II the egg owner
will make him pay, and then at last and
too late he looks for the rascal who jammed
and pushed him, and who made
it point 10 get away as quick
as he did to get up out OF the egg
bucket. How an arrangement OF that kind
would improve the old upper market house
or the Center Wheeling one, in both of
which / have, as boy, seen sights. almost
as ridiculous and destructive as the one
described.
Charleston is emphatically q commercial
city. Its water connections with the old
world, in all the seas, its railroad connec-
tons complete in all directions, North,
South and West and Southwest, lacking
only in good Northwestern connection,
make it a most excellent place Of import
and export. The rice, cotton, tobacco and
turpentine and guano it ships away Is CO.
lossal and have made her by far the largest
CITY OF the State. The only other city OF
any prominence is Columbia, the capita! OF
the State, bur is only almost the size OF
Bellaire. The State has, however, quite a
number Of little cities containing popula-
tons from 5000 to 5000.
The banking capital Of Charleston
amounts to nearly $3,00),0O0. Nearly one
half million bales OF cotton are received
here yearly, from 40, 900 to so 600 tierces OF
rice, over 100000 barrels OF naval stores
nearly 10000 900 feet of lumber, and over
1000 tons OF phosphate. In addition to
these staple articles, large business has
been carried OIL with New York since the
war in garden production, and there are
some local manufactures, several foundries,
ETC., and a considerable number Of whole
sale houses.
Charleston is the center OF a thousand
historical associations. These enhance its
attractions TO q visitor more than It's I'M
mense commerce, approaching it 'front.'
sea, or hurrying into it over the smooth
tracks of its railroads, or the grim forts that
stand like giant sentinels at their posts OF
duty unflinching and immoyable.
From the sea Fort Moultrie Is first
visible-from the land you see Fort Sum
Moultrie-guards the entrance into the
bay protecting the inlet, Fort Sumter
guards the city. Fort Sumter is about as
far frem the city as the bridge OF the b. q
o. r. r. at Bellaire is from the suspension
bridge, and about mile beyond the sea
on whose shore Fort Moultrie stands.
About Fort Moutrie and Fort Sumter,
will write in my next.
HiIuiug,,iI r. e. March, 1883.