The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, October 01, 1865, Image 3
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Cha.rle*txm-*-I*rciei?t'Condition or the
* City.
A, correspond int of the Boston Ad?
vertiser writes os follows from Charles?
ton:
YANKEES AN? SOUTHEBNEBS. ?
It was noteil on the steamship by
which I came ^here from New York*
that, leaving out the foreign element,
our passengers were from Charleston
and from Massachusetts. We had
nearly as many Boston men as
Charleston men. One of thc Charles?
ton merchants said to me that when
he went North, the passengers were
almost equally divided between Mas?
sachusetts and South Cardinia, and
he added that in Eastern Massachu?
setts, where he spefti some days, lie
found many men who were coming to
Charleston. Of our Massachusetts
men, some are . already in business
here, and others came on to "see the
lay of the land," as ?ne of them said.
"That's all right," observed an ex
rebel captain, in one Of our^aiter
* duiner chats, "that's all right; let's
have Massachusetts and South Caro?
lina brought together, for they are
the only two States that amount to
anything." "I hate all yon. Yankees
most- heartily, in a general' sort ol
iray," remarked another o,f these
Southerners, "but I find you clever
x enough personally, and I expect it'll
be a good thing for us to hav? you
come down here with your money,
* though it'll go against the grain with
us pretty badly. " ' *.
There are many Northern men
here already-not much Northern so?
ciety, for but few of the men have
their wives here.' I took a long walk,
yesterday, with a former Charles
tonian-a man who had left here in the
.first year of the war, and returned
soon after our occupation of the city.
"You Northern people," said he, "ari
making a great mistake in your treat
ment of. the South. Wo are tho
roughly whipped; wo give up slaver)
forever, and now we want you to qui
reproaching us; let us back into th(
Union, and then come down hero arii
help us build up the country ant
make the South what God intendec
shoshould.be." And as we walked
he pointed out and named the ' 'North
ern houses"-branches of old house!
. in Boston and New York, new housei
built up and working by Northen
capital and energy. On King street
the street of retuil trade, in a distance
of half ? dozen blocks, at least on??.
^ third the stores were classed by hin
as "Northern,." and not a few of then
bear names w&l known in Boston
On Mooting street, where the whole
?sale trade congregates, in som
blocks, almost every, house is new
aud from the North.
YANKEE "NOTIONS."
Eveiy little variation from the ol
order e&things excites the commer
"Yankee notions,'" in which there i
sometimes good-natured querulom
ness, and sometimes a sharp spice <
contempt.. Stopping a moment thj
afternoon in a store where were thre
or four intelligent msn, one of thei
.asked me the use of the "fliing" Iha
itf .jny hand. It was one of tb
. handle-and-straps. so common, in tl
North for carrying shawls, cloak
overcoats, ?cc. Seeing that none <
. them had any itlea what it was, I e:
plained its uses. "Well, now, whi
a Yanke*. notion !" '. 'Yes, " answere
another, Vbut how handy it is." 1
'' hiing here the conveniences and cor
forts of our Northern civilization, i
less than to bring here the Northei
ide? of right and wrong, justice ai
injustice, humanity and inbumanit,
is the work ready for the hand
every New England man and wornt
who stands waiting. There is mu?
prejudice^t? overcome, and some
it is bitter and aggravating; but tl
measures of success won by Northei
men already in the field, is an carne
of the reward of others. Self-intere
is a material agont in modern ;civiliz
. tion. *
BUSINESS.
Business is reviving slowly, tl?ou|
perliaps the more fully. The reside
- merchants are mostly at the botto
of tlje ladder of. prosperity. Th
have idled away the summer in va
regrets for vanished hopes, and mi
of them are only just now beginni
to wake to the new fife. Some ha
alre?dy been North for goods, b
more are preparing to go-not bee
ing that while they Vacillate with li
gard time, Northern men are sprii
ing in with hands swift to cat
opportunity. I queried ol thc
i turning merchants on the steams!
I how they were received in the Nor
f An Augusta man complained that
I could get no credit, and that th
? was a disposition to be grinding i
k exacting. One. Charleston man st
P "I asked for sixty days and go
K without a word of objection." Anot
B told me that he asked for four mont
H was given three, and treated 1
fi gentleman everywhere. Anot
\
showed me th? receipt for a debt of
about fifteen hundred dollars con?
tracted before the war, -which he had
paid in full ; and he asked for foiir
months ?n a bill of eight thousand
dollars, which was readily giyen.
ri till another settled his old indebted?
ness with one-third cash and**eight
and twelve mouths notes for the bal?
ance, while he got ninety days on
three-fourths of bis jnew bill. One
man said he had many friends in the
North, dhd y.ey all knew he had been
a thorough rebel, he expected some
taunts, but tried to carry'himself like
a gentleman, and was courteously re?
ceived, "even in Boston." These ure
specimens of a score of answers I have
j received to this question.
Many of. the stores were more or I
less injured by the shelling. A few
of these have been already repaired. I
and are now occupied-very likely by
Northern men. Two dozen,, great
and small, are now in process of re?
pair, and seores stand with gaping
doors and windows. Tl ie doubt as
to tb,e title of the property and the
wise caution of tho President in grant?
ing pardons, unquestionably has
something to do with the stagnation
so painfully apparent, but very much
of it is due to the hesitating shiftless-,
.ness of even the Southern merdhant,
who forever lets "I dare not" wait on
"I would."
" COOT) ORD12B. .
The city is under thorough milvtary
rula, but the iron hand? rests very
lightly. Soldiers do police dntv, and.
and there is some 9 o'clock regulation,
but, so far as I can learn, anybody
goes anywhere at all hours of the
night without molestation*; "There
never was such good order here lie
fore," said an old colored mair to nie.
Thc main street is s wept twice a weet,
i and all garbage is rem ? v?d at sunrise.
"If the Yankees were td stay here
always and keep thc city so clean, I
don't believe.we'd have 'yellow ja'fjk'
here e.uy more," was a remark I over-,
heard Oil the street. ' 'Now i* de fust
time sence I can 'meuVer when brack j
I men wasisaf? iu de street af or night- '
fall," stated the negro tailor in whose j
shop I sa*- ;-.n hour yesterday. The -j
military force POW in and immediately
about the city consists of about eight
hundred white and three hundred
colored soldiers. The 55th Massa?
chusetts have been stationed only a
short distance away, but it is ut once
going homo-two or three companies
?tarting to-morrow, I believe. There
is strong hope among the oitizens that
the Government will soon be. turned
over to the civil authorities. I asked
! the negro tailor what would bo the
I effect-"They'd begin to.kill de col
or'd people in less as a week*,"' I
think the control of the city may,
?however, soon be niven over tr? the
"Mayor, but only on the condition that
some military force be kept near, and
an officer be placed in commrjnd who
will know how and when to give'good
advice to the civil authorities. I
think, notwithstanding the profes?
sions of the people, that it would, be
a measure full of evil promise to re?
move the military entirely from the
district. ,
TES FBOPLB.
Oh the surface, Charleston is quiet
and loyal, and I do not doubt that the
more intelligent citizens are wholly
sincere in their expressions of a de?
sir? for peace, and re-union. The eity
has beon humbled as no other city ha^
been; and I can't see how any good
man, after spending a few days here,
can desire that it shall be further?hu
mfliated merely for revenge. Wheth?
er it has been humiUated enough for
health is another thing. ' Said one of
the Charlestonians on the boat, "You
won't see the real sentiment of our
people, for We are under military
ride; we are whipped, and we are
going to make the best of things; but
we hate Massachusetts as much as we
ever did." This idea of making the
best of tilings is one I have heard
from scores of persons. I find very
few who hesitate to frankly own that
the South has been beaten. "We
made the best fight w? could, Imf you
were too strong for us, and now we
arc only anxious to get back into the
old Union and live ?ts happily as we
can," said a large cotton factor. I find
very few who make- any special pro?
fession of Unionism, but they are
almost unanimous in declaring that
they have no desire but tolive as good
and quiet citizens under the laws,
j For the first two months of our
occupancy ei the city scarcely a white
woman, but those of the poorer
classes, was seen on the streets, and
very few were seen even at the win?
dows and doors of the residences.
That order of things is now, happily,
changed. There doet u't yet appear
to be as much freedom of appearance
as would be natural, but very many
of what are called the "first ladies"
are to be seen shopping in the mou?
ing ami promenading in the evening.
j They, much more than the m*n, have
I contemptuous notions ?for the negro
soldiers; and scorn for Northern men
is sometimes apparent in the swing
of their skirts when passing on the
sidewalk. One doesn't observe so
mifch pleasantness and cheerfuhiess
as would be agreeable, but the gene?
ral demeanor is quite consonant, v. iii*
the general mourning costume. A
stroller at sunset sees > not a few pal?
and pensive faced?young women of
exquisite beaury-, und a rambler of
the evening not '.infrequently hears ?1
strain of touching melody from th?
darkened parlor ol some loomy old
mansion, with now and. then one-of
the ringing, passionate airs, ?with
which thc Southern. heart has beeu
fired during thfc war. Mothers yet
teaeh their children hate of the.Nortli.
1 judge,-for when I???ked a bright
eyed girl of half a dozen years with
whom I walked on a back street for .a
block or two, whose girl she was, she
promptly answered, "a rebel mother's
girl," and the phrase "nasty Yankee
boy" seems to he ?he ??trongest taunt
among some of t?e street- children.
Patience, good people who love
liberty, patience-th,e petty woman's
spite will bite itsej? to death in time.
TUE l ; RAYE OE CALHOUN".
A. correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser, writing from Charleston^
snys: *
Down in tho church-yard of St.
?Phillips, ono o? the richest and most
aristocratic of eh?irohes in this proud
city, is a grave which every stranger,
is curious to see. There are only thc
four plain panelled briek^wallft. about
three feet high, and on them a mottled
white marble slab, some nine feet by
foul in size. At the head of the grave
is a single sickly ten fbo? high mag?
nolia bush. At euch corner of- the
foot is a sprawling and tangled damask
rose bush, and about midway on the
right there is also a small white rose
bush. All around the small plat is ;i
border of myrtle-sweet in its rich
greenness, but untrinnned and broken
and goat-i-nton. It i ; the grave oi
the father of tho rebellion, and on th (
marble slab is 'cut tho one word
"CAEUOUN. "
The ehurch-yard symbolizes tia
city of Charleston. Children and goat
crawl through a convenient hole ii
the front wall and play at will anion?
the sunken graves and broken tomb
?tone?. There is Ti wealth, of nftal an?
garbage and beef bones'. Bats dodg
about as you xvalk pensively np mu
dowm. A mangy cur was slinkiiif
among the stones, and I found a hoi
three feet deep which ho had dug at
thc foot of one the graves. Childrei
were quarreling for flowers over on
of the more recent mounds. Th
whol* is grown iq? to weeds and brush
and thc place ?B desolate and drear
as it well can .be; more desolat
beeause cruel hands .have brokei
away tho comers of the great marbi
slab of Calhoun-~for mementoes,
'suppose. Time was when Swat]
Carolina.guarded' thia grave asa hoi;
spot. No\vifclios ni min- with he
chief city. When Northern life shnl
rebuild and revivify ' that city, let r
pray it may also set chaste and simp]
beauty around this grave; foi there i
no need to wish tho brave but ba
spirit of Calhc%n greater pTinishmet
than it must have in seeing the wc
and waste and mourning which tl
war has broaght the region he love
so well
DISTr:TUBANCEs OPESESG.-We leal
that there .was a serious difficulty/)
the plantation of Madison Jone
Esq.', near Clinton, on Wednesday
between the negroes and the Feder;
guards placed there for the protecti?
of the place. Beports vary'with rt
gard to* the facts. One is, that ^
guards were wounded ; and, the otho
that they were killed by the negroe
who had become very disorderly. "VS
cannot vouch for the precise fact
but there is no doubt tho dist?rbala
is a serious one. A sufficient mditai
detachment was. sent' from this cii
yesterday to restore order, or to act ;
circumstances might require.
* This is one of several eircumstanci
we have lately heard of negro insul
ordination to law, and a just regal
fov the lives and welfare of individi
als and community would seem 1
dictate a precautionary policy.
[Macon Journal and Messenger.
GBNEROTTS REWARD FOB A "KINPI
ACT.-Some years ago, a native <
this city, now residing in Boston, mt
there a mau intoxicated and in wan
The man said he hal been led awe
and was desirous of assistance. " E
was taken in, and, when sober, mono
was furnished bira to return to h
homo in New York. Recently, tin
man, ever after sober ancbrespcctabl
died rich,'and recollecting the kim
ness shown him by the ono who acte
the part of the' Good Samaritan, b
queathed him $30,000,
[Newburyport Herald.
Charleston Advertisements.
Wholesale Jobbing
: . . ANT?
Dfif GOODS COH?? HO0S?,
:i2 AXJ) :U "ti 1:0AD STREET,
C Jinrl.nton, S. C..
T'TE subscribers offer, for ?ale a goori as?
sortment, of various make, PT.INTS,
GINGHAMS, DELAINES, Denims, Cheeks
and Striped Homespun, Bleached and Un?
bleached Shirting.--, Men and Women's
.Hosiery. Uuion and Lisle Thread Gloves.
Also. Black Cloths, Block Tricot and Double
""Width Silk Muted Coatings, Taney Gassi
m?res. cte.
EDCERTOX ?Si RICHARDS.
Oct..h. r !.">*
GEORGE S: WILLIAMS & CO,,
Mercians & Bankers
1 awi :) Hayne St., Charleston, S. C.
ABE rei riving the LARGEST STOCK, of
F< ?HEB ? N . AND DOME* TIC MER?
CHANDIZE ever offered at tile South,
which win IM: sohl at thc LOWEST MAR?
KET PRICES.
GOLD. SILVER. BANK , NOTES,
STOCKS. BONDS'. EXCHANGE, etc.,
bongin' and sold.
CONSIGNMENTS of COTTON and other
COi ?Nil:1'. PRODUCE will be received and
sold: or, ir desired, will be forwarded to
New York for xalc. ? 'ash advances will be
au>dc< on such consignments.
Aug ?'J ?2mo ^
i wimmi ii uuMi
Shipping, Commission
AND .
FORWARDING MERCHANTS, J
V> EAST BAT,
Pro. door* $ov.th*>f North Atlantic Wlwrf \
CHARLESTON, S. C.
?T?YE constantly on banda full supply
4. of GROCERIES, ?it lowest market
rates. 03*Advances made on consign?
ments. Sept 17
CORNER KINO AND SOCIETY SIS.', '
CHABLESTOft, $? C.
* PROPRIETORS.
S. H. LOBING. CHAS. H. DENNETT.
Supt 27 . ?Imo
?IRC?'ALD GBffl .St CO.,
AND
12G n/i<U2S Meelino Sired, uY^Uil
C H A K LES TO JV, S. C.
F. A. WTLCOXSON, Agent,
Orangeburg, S. C.
EDMUND A. SOUDER * CO., .
Philadelphia.
LIVINGSTON. FUN ? CO., Agents,
New York.
ar LIBERAL ADVANCES niado o
CONSIGNMENTS. Aug 15 imo*
CIIARLESTOX TO NEW Y0BK?
COAST
Mail Line!
ST
THE new first
class steamer MO?
NERA, Charles P.
Marshmau, .Oom
v mander.
Steamer C A M
ESS*- BRIDGE, J. W.
Kaleb, Commander, *
Will 1er,ve Charleston, S: C.' direct,for
New York, alternately THURSDAYS eaeh
.weak. ,
For freight or passage-harina hand?
some State Room accommodations-applv
to F. A. WTLCOXSON, Agent,
Oranggburg, S. C.
ARCHIBALD GETTY & CO.,
12G and li's Meeting st., Charleston, S. C.
LIVINGSTON, FOX A CO., Agents,
Aug 15 'JVJO New York.
SHOES! SHOES ! !
ew Boot and Shoe House.
FROM THE DIFFERENT SHOE FACTORIES,
50? m OP BOOTS II ' SI
f WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT '
JOHN COMMINS,
OPPOSITE -W=TA v KJ1 E3 STTtErEn',
GHikRUESTOM, S. C.
October 1 ' 2
GOOD NEWS FOE AIL !
^onntw o* THE nm m wmmw
IMMENSE ATTRACTION AT THE
Wholesale Shoe House !
$0. 433 ? MEETUS STREET,
ESTABLISHED ly ls;jo,
"S noir re-opened, after a suspension Qf four yearn, with greater facilities t han ev?r.
.. The proprietor now offers for salt
ea
AT WHOLESALE ONLY, at the lowest possible quotations, and receiving IMMENSE
CONSIGNMENTS semi-weekly from the largest and most reliable manufactories/
The propraetor takes pleasure in calling the attention of the trade -the local mer?
chants of tue States of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama end Florida-to the extensive
stock of BOOTS, SHOES. HATS, TRUNKS, etc.
ORDERS HEATLY A ND I'HUMP LY ATTENDED TO.
EDWARD DALY,
Sept 24 AGENT FOR MANUFACTURERS. *
HAVING been appointed Agent for tho salo of ROOTS. SHOES, TRUNKS and HATSt
bv several of the most prominent manufacturers at the North, and now located ft.
NO. SM MEETING STREET. CHARLESTON, S. C..
I offer this CHOIC? STOCK OF GOODS for sale by the PACKAGE ONLY.
The Trade will please notice. "Ka
EDWARD DALY, Agent.
Sept 24 30