Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-30

cut off as we were by the blockade from ou
former sources of supply
Now, there is disposition;to encourage
and support industrious and competent citl
zens, and it will take. many hands and many
years to replace the thousands of articles
DESTROYED By the soldiers or worn out during
the great struggle. Energetic workman col
rely on being well compensated.
As an illustration; in this town there is
fair opening for either of the following trades
especially to such as have sufficient capital to
supply themselves with the requisite materi'
ais Cabinet maker, saddler, timer, watch
maker, wheelwright, whitesmith, millwright
carpenter, barber, de-, as is evidenced by the
success that has attended the baker and the
tailor who have been located here for some
years, showing that attention to details can
build up business. .
The streams in the neighborhood would at,
ford excellent locations for the establishment
Of work shops for making articles of every
day use and necessity, which now have to be
brought from distance, although the materi-
ais Of which they are composed abound here
such as articles for house building, CON-
prising doors, sashes, mouldings, balusterS,
&C., coopers' ware, brooms, baskets, agrlcui-
tural tools, household utensils, wagons, carts,
mats, pottery, tiles, bricks, &c. Lands, lum,
ber and living being cheap, and as these aud
similar articles arc in constant demand, elth
er at home or i'll the neighboring cities with
which Aiken is connected by rail roads, it Is
evident that such occupations would pay.
Arrangements for water privileges could be
made on most favorable terms even by those
who may not, have sufficient capital to pur.
chase the lends; and the requisite tools and
machinery for sore of these branches being
very simple, commencements might be made
in small way, to he afterwards enlarged.
The principle growth of our forests Is the
stately and useful yellow pine, which affords
the excellent lumber, rosin and turpentire Of
commerce. literally intermixed with the more
sturdy oak, hickory and w9lnut Cypress,
cedar, poplar, with many other woods useful
for ornamental or substantial purposes, are
also to be found around us in abundance, ard
provide tho most ample supply of material
for the various mechanical trades. Nor while
nature has thus layished upon our land rich
store of valuable productions, has she been at
all delinquent in bestowing upon it the Wild
and beautiful adornments with which she Is
wont to deck her fayorites...
In tho spring our woods and hill sides are
brilliant with the glowing tirts and dazzling
hues Of the honeysucSles. aud jcss1mlncs
which canopy the underground and climb the
columns of the forest, shedding exquisite
perfume on the vernal air with tho variega-
ted kalmia and broad silvery dogwood bios
SONS; with the delicate iris and the modest
violet which enamel the pastures and glades
while the sweet bays load the morning and
evening air with penetrating and delicious
oior; and the knocking bird, ,.tbe nighttngdh
Of tie South, pours upon the ear Hood cl
melody in notes moro clear, more sweet and
varied than the far.famed songs of the Per-
sian 1lbr,l,. and all combine to form scene
or 'woftidCfffi bcauty; tEs ,gcsent- of Which.
is in itself plre and unmiXed luxury.
Many of the plants which abound in our
woods and swamps, possess valuable pharma
cuctical properties, and thor collection and
preservation would undoubtedly prove means
Of lucrative gain 10 such as might feel dis
posed to undertake so easy aad simple
method of gaining a livelihood. Among those
which have hitherto been treated with neg.
lect which they gre far rom deserving is the
persimmon or Southern date. This truly
valuable tree is indigenous throughout the
South, and furnishes an abundant crop Of most
delicious fruit, much of which hangs on the
trees nearly all winter, its large proportion OF
saccharine matter preserving it from decay.
This fruit can be dried like the fig, or dis
titled into brandy, or it can be made into
very refreshing and agreeable beer; but It's
most frequent use is for fattcning hogs and
other small stock that are allowed TO roam the
old pastures in which it grows most freely.
Various kinds of willow grow wild on the
banks cf our streams, and the osier can be
easily propogated in moist soils from cuttings.
The making Of baskets either plain or orna-
mental would prove most remunerative en-
nlovment.. as the demand for them is cxten-
sive, and it is an occupation easily learned:
requiring but few and simple tools. So sim
ple is it in It's operations that in many insti-
tutes for the blind tits selected as best adapted
for their occupation.
The climate of South Carolina corresponds
NTH that OF the South of France, Italy, Mid
JIo Asia and China, which are considered as
on,oro fbe most favored parts of the globe !;
ho;ng q medium between the tropical and
ooIa temnerato la!itudes: and the position,
oU,u oUnosure and descriptions of soil in this vi
cinity correspond almost exactly with tue
nlaces. where according to French authors,
the finest vineyards are situated.
Here it is rare occurrence to see ice a
,,artor o of on inch thick, thermometer not
fail;nc ] as low as 80 degrees Fahrenheit more
than than eght or ten days in the year, and deli
cate cate nlants like the fig, the promgranate, the
oooIis o and the iessamiue flourish in the open
-" - ond in summer the thermometer as sell
dn,n d., rises as high as 05 degrees during the
% dov md a. night it is requisite to have a
l, hio,n,,re Of convenient for use. Vegetation gen.
civ % los dormant abouteight or nine weeks.
% Esrly nlants. such as peaches, plums, naples,
&C.. blossomiug about the middle OF Februa-
rv. and the first frosts about the latter part
Of November.
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continuous TO the seaboard throughout the
c,vtb the lands are low and flat, seldom ris-
~ - nore than one hundred feet above the
1%s 1SEsl If the ocean and but "a few feet above
tho % General level oc the rivers, consequently
ore Subject to inundations from freshets and
al tides. The quality of the soil thus form
"d l.' bv w the alluvial deposits, washed from tho
m IN G country during centuries, and estimated
~ ho nearly half on inch in depth annually
s o of If similar character to that of the delta o
tbe II o. Mississippi or the Nile. AS the frcshet'
sweep away all improvements, and consider
oble difficulty attends removing the timber
bnt little value is attached to these lands cx
cent con az a range for cattle or stock. Their arct
in South Carolina alone is computed to exceed
one million Of acres.
Actual surveys of the principal ewamps dc
monstrate the practcabiity of draining them
The immense profits attending the reclaiaa
tion m Of such lands, the quick returns and Ger
t tainty of success, offer field fol, the proGta
:,,ostr,ant of capital far surpasSing tn