Telegram-herald., 1886-09-08
Brighter Faces and Happier
Hearts in Charleston Today.
SLIGHT SHOCKS STILL CONTINUE.
Preparing 10 Rebuild The Toiling
n ~spspsr Nen -SiS More Deaths
Occur -pitiabie Scenes More
Births Occur-Aii Serene
last Night.

ton OF The city at this time The Drawer
| men of South Carolina have been a. COM
/ pleiely dcnoraiized a. The weakest woman.
/ Il has been demonstrated that the common
| chivalry OF men does not apply 10 emer-
| gencies of the earthquakes and that
no rule OF gallantry or courage
known can be utilized or depended
upon ia eyeuts like these which have
/ transpired here during the past week. The
/ brave aud weak, the white and black, the
/ good and wicked people have all Jared alike
and have been upon the same level. Every
/ body has appreciated most thoroughly that
fellow feeling which makes us wOudrOus
/ kind. and will continue 10 do 80 IN mod
/ crate degree for weeks to come. Charleston
| il ia ruins but she is not SO demOralized "a
she was twenty four hours ago. There has
/ been steady growth of confidence for TWO
| days and the people begin To see
the silver lining Few are there
| who row believe they are reasonably, If not
wholly, secure from danger The work of
| cleaning awav the debris today. which has
/ employed minds and bodies of men. has
| done much toward restoring confidence and
| bringing about a better condition of the
| public pulse. What has been especially
ne, dsd here since Saturday was something
| 20 draw the minds of the inhabitants away
| from the Quakes and direct them toward
| hopes Of reclaiming the city. This has been
| found Il work of progression. Ii will take
/ three weeks to clear away accumulated debris
| and buildings will be in the process of
/ being torn down for months yet, as the
| first estimate that more than half OF the
! brick structures and one-fOurth of all build
! ings here will have 10 be torn down seems
| % have been wisely made. Moro new
| building material is IN the streets at this
/ time for repairing only than has been seen
here during the past year and more will be
| used during the next six months, II very
large proportion Of The city Is rebuilt, than
/ has been used for half a century. Strong
as the pictures have been drawn of the de
/ struc:iOn done by the quake, the "U United
| Press reporter has not seen any material
| exaggeration. The correspondents and To-
| cal pressmen have confined their descrp-
tions TO facts for the reason that they have
enough of facts and need none of fiction or
fancy.
Few instances are known in American
! journalism where better repOrtOrai work
! has been done than on this occasion; prob
ably thirty transient correspondents have
visited here during the past week. The
| writers have confined themselves TO plain
matters of fact. A great city lay in ruins
| before them: il was 10 be described and so
fancy writing could be INDUCED in. The
street car service has been badly dragged
| and is disOrganized now The telegraph
service was ruined There were no
messengers few available hacks and The
only way left for the news
producers was 10 walk, walk, walk and
write write, write. For sixty hours it
was not a question Of how much could be
| written but how much could be
| gotten out by wire. The best newspaper
talent the country affords has been here and
| IN reviewing the week work no class de
serve more praise than the one which has
| withstOOd hardships of almost continuous
running With little sleep and little 10 eat;
who were expected 70 reproduce a faithful
picture to the world of a catastrophe which
| was beyond the power of one 70 describe
There have been slight shocks here at ir
| regular intervals Of from one TO six hours
all day The most distinct ones were past
before Z and at 1882 o'clock At some
places the men at work tearing down build
| ings and occupying delicate, if not danger
Gus positions, looked significantly at each
other but no interruption was experienced
and no panic ensued. In looking back over
the terrific and destructive shocks Of a week
ago tonight the inhabitants are content to
regard the present shakes as harmless in
comparison, and declare il will take very
positive quakes TO cause fear.
| Some surprise. but a great deal OF pride,
| is expressed by the average CharlestOnian
at the escape OF the Custom House build
ing This structure OF granite is much the
handsOmest and most valuable of any in
the city An examination by government
officers fails 10 reveal any serious injury
The Qunkes appear 20 have moved this
building about an inch and the only effect
noticeable is i'm a very few cracks a, the
joints or rather gaps between the granite
| blocks
The hotels are nearly all open to guests
nov but only small proportion of them
have rooms suitable for occupatan. the
p'asterng being oil and the furniture dusty
and dirty. Most OF them are now being
renovated and have the carpets up and the
hoors bare. The hotel service - yet very
defectivs. Travelling men have begun
% come into the city. There
are gaod many visitors here
tonight and signs arc appearing of renew
al of the ordinary activity of Charleston.
| The most liberal kindness and generosity
| has been shown every where by everyone
| during tva # the nights IN which a mum
her ~ correspondents took refuge in the
battery and slept in the open air on benches
Gentlemen and ladies alike prooflered kind
uesses. Several tunes the correspond
| EMS we're visited by the ladies
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coffee and sympathy sgch gener0sitv aud
self sacrifice IA. not been known since the
var aud seldom seen anywhere under the
/ circumstances. At345 while the rain vas
/ drilling d0rn in disazrreable quantities.
ar Immense crowd ~ sufferers Al coiOred
GATHERED is front ~ the supply Tareroom
and eammored for their rstions They
we're pitsble l0t ~ people ragged gaunt
and ssd The rations consist II half
pound 81 picked pork. quarter ofs pound
~ TEA. hsf pound Of go quarter ~ 4
round each q sugar and caTae half pint
Z of srrap sui . ioaf ~ bread or pound oi
crackers.
ST desrhs Vere reported today from The
effects of the quakes They were Isabella
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