Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-11-18

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Drivsrs of Slaocs.
From tic MarOn (Ga) Messenger.
HAMBURG AND IT'S FOUNDER.
One thousand two hundred and twcn,
ty-thlec bales Of Cotton were received
in this place on Thursday last, 2ad
insl., of which it is estimated 1000 were
sold on arrival, and The balance placed
in store on Planters account. This we
believe is the largest days receipts ever
known in the place; and we mcniicn j,
as one evidence of The increasing trade
and business Importance Of our Town.
The above extract from the Ham,
burg Journal; and the appearance a
few days back Of Mr.. Shul,z in our town,
remind US of By.gone days. wI,ic afford
a suitable subjrc, f,r a few reflections.
The hourisl.ihg town Of Hamburg on
the Savannah, river, opposite Augusta,
which according to the above statement
received tcelcc hundred and t,oeatS
three bales Of Cotton in day, and is in
the annual receipt of an average of
seventy thousand bales, worth, with tile
other produce b, pnghr To ,omarket, over
million and a hagofaioHars, owes its
existence to cec man. Henry shuIT,z is
empha,ically The. .Fenad erofs sHam6urg,
and he alone has tlss sxclnsive title to
The honorable appaIl Ilasiop Itsvas his
scheeming;S and paedIaliSe hind that
originated the esdes igb lid llissiado doaiiias
ble, e,energy ysandl IalI ri sg industry aIisl;
in spite uf evely disc coilrag eDseni, cafriissa.
ed it through io5a SIC ccessful cHasnH
ton. EverS#6BslasIa Was tifTosss Sais: Ia
.bisEWay that intereste envy 2 could g2 !:
gest. or ridicGle TdeYsiiss. He pia1fuffy
and single handed SbrIEaste a lsall sand.
triumphah,ly accomRH HsbeiI iij iIjs lobls;ssts
The result was, afF hsersis n "a
sgnagmire into hands and "a fiiouriisiis
ing city, wliicl, isabss ssAyl lpf a LARGE Ind
.ttads
oliha.
In looking over our old files, we find
some curl Gus incidents connected with
this entoiprisc. The building up Of the
town Of Hamburg was an AFTER thought
with Mr.. ShulIz, and adopted by him
as an alternative. |, was his original
inlcnlion 10 found city at what is now
the port Of Brunswick. He had bought
npa great part Of The lots, and applied
to the Legislature for The right to GU; IA
Canal, at has o,on cost, from tho Alta
maha to Turtle, River. His design was
to give il the name of Hamburg, to en-
list thereby The feelings and sympalhies
of Hamburg in Germany, and 10 bring
over IA number of his coun,rymen to dig
the canal. lie then had ample means,
and would have carried nut his project,
had he not been frustrated by the short
sighted and suicide policy Of The State.
The Legislature refused, or rather post
pnned, the consideration Of the snbjcct,
and the consequence was, that Tie rest.
less Spirit Of ShuIlzpropellsd him onward
and caused Him 10 leave the State he
iateaded to beneGI. and bnild the town
ofHamhurg.. Tie Legislature of Sou,l,
Carolina pursued different. policy.
They encouraged the cnterpriza, and
literally paIonised the undertaking, and
The consequence was, that Mr.. Shuttz
became the founder Of the most lcrisl.
ing inland town Of Carolina, instead Of
Seaport Of Georgia.
The movements Of Slluliz were at
this time regarded with earnest solici-
,ude. In Carolina he was caressed witt,
jealous care. From. The "Coiumbia Tel.
escope" of April 1U, 1894, we clip the
following paragraph;
"While Charleston owes more 10 Mr..
Shul'z, than to any hundred of her own
Sons, Savannah is indcb;cd for her ruin
to tic ignorance OF her Legislature. God
grant we may not be inihe like manner
bound TO Congress. They iad'Getsr
pause before they cross the Rubicon. T.
In our own State, there we're but two
papers, the Georgia Journal and Mes,
sengsr, that even lcounlananced the un.
drr'aking Of this enlerprising man. In
the Journal OF June Is, 1924, we find
the following remarks: -:
"He tShultz) proposed TO cut canal
from the AItamala to Turtle Rive-, and
to depend for his remuneration on the
profits ofthe work after it B. should bc
finished. His proposal was rejected,
and what has Georgia not lost -by?it
Let the sufferers Of, Savannah and Dari,
en- answer-this question. Let the facts
!, we have. stated in the commencement o.
| this article anewer i, alco Had Goorr;.