Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-03-14


aud dies before perfecting his title, it might
be technically liable to escheat, following the
English law in that respect, but, practically,
90 such consequence ever results. It the
deceased left kindred, lincal or collateral, the
Legislature he's never refused to vest :he titles
of such lands in them by spefiai Act. Tie
laws will, doubtless bs. amended. so tLat
every foreigner, who has declared his inten
ton to become citizen, may hold a Len CT
transmit real properly; that right already
exits as TO personally. The Immigrant j.
protected in pefsou ike q citizen.
aud 6. Immigrants are needed in every
part Of the State. Dividing the State into
three equal parts, aud making the base lire
parallel TO the coast, rice, long cotton, and
some short cotton have heretofore bean the
crops in the first division. Market garden
ing, and the production of many early garden
vegetables for Northern markets, has en-
ployed much labor and good deal OF land,
Most provisions, except whsat, are grown in
this division. The second division is the
principal short cotton belt, and most of it
produces all provisions, including wheat.
There is some water power on The streams,
and profitable employment will certainly !ol-
low the establishment Of manu!aclures and
machine shops. The third division, running
up to the mountains, and bounded by North
Carolina and Georgia, produces all the cereals
-.heef and pork, and some cotton, apples,
pears aad peaches flourish we'll here, and the
whole division is traversed by water courses,
which furnishes an almost unlimited supply
of water power. The German settlement is
within this division. In the second division,
many wears ago, the Districts OF Lexington,
Orangeburg, aud part Of Newberry, were
originally settled mainly by German immi'
grants. Their descendants generally reside
there, and constitute u largo element of the
population. Many OF the customs and tradi-
lions of !:faderrlanda arc still preserved in
this section. In Abbeville, the ancestors OF
most o.; the present inhabitants were Protes
tent Irish. In Marlboro and Chesterfield,
there is o large element of Scotch descent (;
and, in Abbsyille, the descendants of a
French colooy.
The labor most required now in this State
is mechanical and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ral labor would be well rewarded, but the two
first named can be madc eminently profitable.
To illustrate: Every article Of furniture in
nv parlor, and most Of it in the house, was
manufactured in New York. 1t was thon
transported by sailing or steam vessels COG
+ or zoo miles 10 Charleston, and paid for by
the square foot and not by weight. The cx-
pense of receiving and forwarding, including
drayaee to the railroad depot, had to be paid
-then the transportation over 2G0 miles oi
railroad to my place of residence, with the
tariff of freight, accord 6 to measurement
rather than weight. The boxing and pack
ing of course had to be paid in New York
Now, there is standing within two miles O.
my.rcsidcnce, Gin the swamps and forest,
ash, maple birch, beech, pine, water, red
white and post oak, hickory, gum and poplar
and, within easy access walnut and locust
the only material which would have TO bt
brought here, and it is the same in New
York, is the mahogany, rose and satin wood
I. The timber growing here can be purchased
cheaper than in the city of New York; rent
i and building materials and provisions cheape
than in the city of New York. New,yif {
. cabinet workman, with sufficient numbe
Of hands and some capital, would remove t.
this State and embark il his business, woul'
not the entire cost OF transporting iurnitur
here be additional nett profit to him, super
added to the profits realized in New York
Tho same may be said of the manutaStur
) of carriages, wagons and bugges, OF oil az
ricultural implements. Iron is found in grea
| abundance in Spartanburg and YORK Dls
? tricts. and rich ore is known to exist ln AT
, dsrsop. Greenville and Union Districts, an
|. for fnr the same reason, as already set fort
/. oyerv variety of machine shops might be pr
a into successful operation, and, in every ii
s stance. the cost of transportation from Ne
j, York Philadelphia and Boston would be Il
;. additional nett profit to the enterprising ~
J, chanic. Why should cotton in the ras sta
J. he sent from here to New England to be ia
@ ricated. when we have mild winters and sal
brious summers, an abundance OF chsapM