The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-17


ton planting abroad. 1t is certa,u that
food crops will pay to. the extent requir.
ed TO sustain our population; and with
prospective duty upon cotton, of what
it originally cost toraise. it, its produc.
'tion to tho extent of full crop would
be runous. Give MS the full enjoyment
OF the fruits Of our labor, and we will be
more inclined to work for big crops. We
should enlarge on this point, but find all
thatneed be said, in an article else.
where, from the Southern Banaer.
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CHARLESTON, AND G EoRG,A. -Weno.
tiee IN several of our Georgia exchan.
ges favorable remarks concerning the
market Of this cityswlich do great credit
not'only to the good fee.ing Of the edi.
tors, but also to their good sense and
sound Judgment. 1t must be evident
to every impartial observer that it is TO
the interest, not only of the South, 'bu,
also Of the great West, to have another
porte Of delivery besides New York.
New York at present monopolizes the
commerce of The country. All mon,po
lies are iuipositions. New York City
is no exception to the. rule. Imports
and exports alike pay heavy commits.
sions for passing through that port. I'm.
migrants to this country are there swim.
died to the amount Of millions of dollars
annually. 1t may srem like wild
dream to talk Of Charleston coming in
compct,tion with Nav York, but such
q thing is in the future. Charleston was
once the more important place. She
may be again. A shallow channel has
hitherto been .the greatest barrier to
success. A harbor deeper and better
than that Of New York is not hun
.dred miles away. Already ansenter.
prise.is on foot to make that harbor the
harbor of Charleston. 1t is notorious
fact that, during the past winter, goods
Of many and various kinds have been
sold here cheaper than Mt the North.-
The Charleston merchants have very
large. aud increasing stocks OF Northern
and European goods. The latter. they
are able to dispose Of at the same or
less prices than they command in North.
ern markets, Even the goods that are
manufactured at the North are sold here
at such. small profits, that it is difficult
to conceive how the freight and storage
are paid The interest taken in Cincin.
natl in. the subject of the Charleston and
Cincinnati Railroad, shows what impor.
tance the great West attaches to the
development of Charleston as port of
trade. We affirm, and we challenge
contradiction, that Charleston offers in.
ducements to the merchants of the inte.
rior of this State and of Georgia and
North Carolina which no other city can
equal or even approximate
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| BUSINESS WITH THE SeuTH.-Could
the majority in Congress understand
the bad effects Of legislation, alike upon
the temper Of the. people, and upon the
business of the country, it seems to us,
they would pause in their mad career.
But for the noble aand patriotic stand
taken by tho President the business Of
the country would be greatly disturbed
and as it is, owing to tie coarse of events
in Congress, no one knowing when the
Southern States will bo admitted, feels
any security Of the future. Many con-
templated enterprises, intended to bene.
6t labor and trale, we know, have been
checked. aud destroyed, by the ruinous
measures proposed ia Congress. and tho
almost fsrocious temper which has at
! tended their intfodectioh BY and by
the rebound viii come, from the terrible
strain upon good faith and good will, and
/; we advise memberS Of Congress to ~
"Remember Milo's' fearful end, II
eWedged in the oak he stroye TO rend.p