Correspondence.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHARLESTON ARGUS.)J Sib,—Tour remarks, as well as those cM Progress, with reference to makingjlJH river Nile a harbor instead of Coustanfcl Bay, are no doubt written with the best* intentions, but you are entirely ignoring I the existing interests of the inhabitants ofl Charleston, many of whom have been at a J very considerable expense in the pur-j ] chase of ground, the erection of buildij ings, and otherwise, in establishing them-1 selves, upon the understanding that th J present township and harbor were of a per® manent character and not so temporary you and " Progress" would have them. would be a positive injustice tothe.biufl ness men now established were the flhip and harbor altered. A Charleston would very soon opinion of its inhabitant on the suhjegdjH As to the ratea of fr. ight, a has Been q *.i and M have been delivered 'here a* low as SH per ton within the fast week. This such an exorbitant rate, and for the present harbor. The subject is one that should cussed fairly before any action is I am, sir, yours SpecTjM
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Charleston Argus, Volume 1, Issue 11, 20 April 1867, Page 2
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187Correspondence. Charleston Argus, Volume 1, Issue 11, 20 April 1867, Page 2
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