The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-27
SIS s}ls5s: For the EBanaer. fss.
ToaTHE sINTEkDANTs AND ARpgNs aoY
ss THE Tow N OF SuMrRR WILL ;tssss5 5SS

l GEaTLEMKN:-I address this sc0mmu-
lnicaiibn To you, because q yon ere The Off 8
cial organ oil: the business seat of our dis.
tricl. and. therefore, occupy promi-
nent position, as having confdeI TO your
Iespescials lscare every thing that relates 10
the interest and welfare of those whose
Representatives you are. w ta.ever is cal.
culated 10: benefit The district az large, and
the advancement Of its citizens, must de-.
mand your attention and support, al tends
| ing 10 The growth and incr ease 81 the pa &
ticular town over which you preside. -. -.
Here the trade Of oil Sumter b, ;ist & centre.
here the peoplesmust resort for The Ira Ms s.
action of all business in any wy connect.
ed with their publ lic Offices. and ifsthe spir..
itof ofenterprisew s. which is now abroad spreads
its genial influence over our limits, SUM
teryille must rise under It's generating
power, and pre- gress in !: exact proportion
to the increase Of the general welfare of
the e.w hole district. Need / say more TO
direct you 10 my object, which Is to invite
your Immediate and active attention 10 the
adoption of such measures as will ensure
The enjoymcn. OF all those rich expecia-
tions with which we have Tong flaitere,i
ourselves. What ias become or the spir.
il which short lime since pervaled our
whole populatiohf Are all our bright am.
Iiicipalions Of the great RAFT soAp enter
prise 10 end lin Talk I Surely not. Our
Representation In The Slate Legislature
had ob,uined Tor us highly favorable
chariers Our citizens came forward with
alibeInl subscription for survey Of The
ground--tfie survey has bcen madeline
reppr. Of skilful engineers smbmilled, and
yet since the adjournment Of tie legisla.
turre, we hap pcnotsce q single step taken
to carry out the grand end. Each one is
whiting for his neighbor TO move, and
thus the great scheme is relardcd-I saY
retarded, becausc, That il must be some
day carried out is certain. Alls!eyes are
now turned TO you to begin. That is all
that is wanted Put The ball in motion.
Call q meeting, Of Jour body forthwith
for il you desire your town 10 increase lis
wealth and population, give it the means
OF trade, and these will flow 10 il as natur-
ally as streams to rivers. Let il be the
engrossing subject not Of your thoughts,
butspf your acts. NOBEL NOVEL! MCVE!!.
MOI only strike while the iron is hot. bul
"make the iron hdi by striking The
district is waiting on your first step-take
il, and The press will follow onward, rival
ing the vclucity Of that power which is ul-
most annihilating ..bulh lime and spnce.''E
A CITIZEN OF THE DIsrRIcT.
MANUFACTURES IN SotTH CARoLlsA.-
We Gun scarcely open Georgia paper un-
less TO behold the evidences OF her progress
in Manufactures. Sauth Carolina mani-
tests little rivalry i'll this department OF iii-
dustry. She has capacities, an ample capi.
tai as easily concentrated, supplies Of every
Kind for ma anuiacturing purposes as copions
! land yet she lacks All equal spirit OF en-
terprisc. North Carolina las been, long
since, in this respect. in atlsance nf hsr
Southern sisters. Even Alabama exhibits
some energy in this line Of employment.
But where are our factories going up?
Which Of our water falls are occupied with
new machinery and a population drawn
from the fields that afford no recompcnse
TO productive labourf we hear NOT of
them. The cry was6recently when our
great agricultural staple was below re-
mmnera;ing price, let US open other means
Of employment, Cor our capi,al. Let us di-
rect our labour 10 more certain sources Of
lrecompense. Lelus diversity The indus.
try Of our people. Let us gradually with
draw from the fluctuations of the foreign
market on the price Of our great staple or
export? This cry isnow hushed as death.
We hear no more Of manufacturing ente.-
pri: mo more Of tie necessity of diver
ting our efforts into more profitable chan.
nels-no more Of exhausted soils aud cot
Ton moi yielding remunera,ing price.
The foreign market has yielded TO the in
fluence Of a short supply. II has given
promise OF better profits on cultivation.
The delusion is perhaps aided by the pros.
pect Of increased demand for cotton as Q
substitute for gunpowder. The cycle Of
high prices. increased culture, fall in value,
will again come round, and Soulh Carolina
will be forced into dsa,fea nsageous com.
petition with her sister States IN the South,
which have the start in manufacturing en-.
ployment. and cannot Withdraw their cap
i.al from this branch Of business wi.hou.
loss and injury Char. Ere. News.
CAMDEN, JAN. 20.
From our Voluntecrs.-Extracto Of let
ter from one Of The Kershaw Volunteers.
dated
CAMP NExR RAIL.RoAD DEpor, Ala. }
46miles East OF Montgomery, Jan. 10.
Since my last letter 10 you, we have en-.
co.mlered severe hariships, having march.
ell ll5 miles. averaging l7l-2 q day,
through rain and sleet and nj n;oht alean..