Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-12-15
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SUCH ot tnelr recommendations as [ ap-
prove, and to which ask your notice, a
statement you will find in the paper mark
ed M. advise also the adoption of the
following measures, viz:
1st. That with the consent of city
council, the magazine be removed from
It's present site to the Citadel Square.
within the corporate limits of Charleston.
I'd. That the city council of Charles
ton paying onc-third of the purchase
money, that the lot, the property of DIR.
Warlng, on the South side of the Guard
House square, be bought at q fair valua.
tion, and that there be erected thereon
gun carriage rooms, and suitable buil.
ding for fixed ammunition.
Sd. That for the purchase of arms
and munitions ofwar, and to meet extra
ordinary expenditures, $500 be ap-
proprlated, and $4,000 for the contin-
gent fund, subject to the draft of the Gov
ernor.
AGRICULTURAL sURvEY-,sTATIsTIcs
In State SO strictly devoted to the
culture of the earth as South Carolina, it
Is surprising that no inquiry by the con-
stituted authorities has ever been ipstitu-
ted to ascertain her agricultural resour-
ces, and indirectly her capacity for com
mercial and manufacturing enterprise.
OF this knowledge, easily acquired, and
important, fits true interests be consult
ed, to every class in society, probably
not one memberis accurately possessed
lt is from this cause mainly, that only
2,500,00o of near 100000 of acres,
of our arabic grounds, are annually in
tilth; that TO the best soils the plough'is
stranger; tnat the intrinsic value of the
pine lands, comprehending over e.ooO,-
600 OF acres, is unappreciated; and that
the swamp region, of20oo square miles,
generally well adapted to the most yalu-
able crops, continues unsubiected to a
trial of its productive powers. Isit.
therefore, wonderful that the spirit of EN-
lgration should, at times. have beer
awakened; that sections ofthe state should
retrogade. or remain stationary in popu-
lation; and that a feeling of disquietiless
has been generated, which time, under
The circumstances that exist, is incapa-
BILE ofsuhduing? If full and authentic
information, for their guidance, were in
possession of the people. the prominent
motive being withdrawn, but few would
elect to dissolve the ties that connects
them with home, kindred and friends.
It's personally known to me, that
there are millions of acres Of fortile high
land. suitable to the richest crops of the
world, still in state of fnature; that where
from exhaustion, extensive tracts have
been abandoned, the means of resuscita-
ton are at hand; and that an immense
area OF swamp and low ground. value
less in its present condition, is ready to
reward the effort of ordinary industry.
Ny late tour through the northern dis
tricts has codvinced me, that whilst the
railways and other roads, in the progress
of construction will effect n radical chance
in our agricultural habits and practises
they will introduce the people of the mid
die and lower cuntries to region unsur-
passed for the mingled beauty and gran
deur ofits mountain scenery, purity of
water, invigorating atmosphere, and for
the various purposes of extensive end pro.
fitable farming, and other industrial oc-
cupations.
To ascertain with correctness the re.
sources ofa country which q benifcent
Being has so prodigaIly endowed. is
among the paramount duties of the rep.
resentativee of the people Their devel-
opment and improvement, when ascertain
ed, might properly be entrusted TO the
people themselves.
AS inseperable from the enterprise
should the wisdom of the Legislature de.
termine to prosecute it, i recommend the
careful collection Of statistical information
on all the branches of industry. By the
possession of facts ard materials, ,ucidlv
arranged and methodized, we shall be
furnished with complete data as to the
present state of the population. white and
colored; concerning agriculture, COM
merce, navigation, manufactures, trades.
finance, health, and indeed of whatever
may be interesting or instructive to our
citizens and their rulers. Under our no.
litical organization, and in the condition Of
society which tho Southern States exiib.
it, the yaluo Of this knowledge viii soon
become m nifest and duly estimated. II
will fas,d -, far.aif.x 10 e