The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-28
Living In south Carolina


The New York Evening Post, OF Friday, has an
editorial headed "Living in South Carolina" in
which it says:
We have seen some letters written quite recently
by members of family in South Carolina, whose
hoase and estate lie within the tract over which
Sherman's army swept with such terrible vigor IN
1865. They were so fortunate as to have thelr
principal dwelling house spared amld tne general
destruction, which left little else III the nelgnpor,
hood but tho land and its inhabitants. Ihey arc
now anxiously inquiring In what way they can
turn the land to account in tho best way to anord
them the means Of subsistence. The hrst appre-
hension is for the local taxes which are IN arrears
to the amount Of few hnndreS aoaps anu which
only be met by forced sale OF the properly "ni'n
would involve great sacrifice. ,,.,,;
The situation is described as one OF the healthl-
| est regions in tho world, summer CT winter an
abundance ofgood water and go9d nroWooa ,t19 aone
of the extremes Of heat and cold; corn, cotton,
wheat rye, oats, barley, sweet and white potatoes'
all the melons in great perfection Peacnes, ap
pies, pears and plums. and hgs grow III
There are many superb sites for factofies, tne Wa
ter-power being unsurpassed. 1t is too late Tor
this season, but hardly too early to begin to make
calculations and arrangements for another year.
:
Desirable openings for settlement appear TO be
abundant and inviting in all the Southern States,
rg;th GOOD deal or esgerness on the part OF own
ers of land to promote emigration from the Nortn.
Ant the current in that direction does not set
With any force at present. Nor is it probable tnat
MIGRATION southwark will become popular until
three or four preliminaries become favorsbly set
tied The first is, that the process OF reoonstruc,
Hon shall be hsrmoniously completed, and
law and order 30 thoroughly restored as TO
afford an assurance of safety and happiness for the
families of Northern settlers. The second is that
owners must become willing to put their laEds IN
market for what it is worth-that is, at PTlees
which viii ,mpete with those OF the West, taking
all circumstances into account. A third is gene
raj Willingness on the part Of the resident popula-
tion to have the social institutions OF the state
made !conformable to those in other parts OF tho
country in regard to schools, roads, justice, ree-
dom OF opinion, nelghborly life, &C.. -
Whenever these conditions are seen to exist We
NAV expect the wave OF emigration to fow steaul-
ly toward the South, regenerating the country as
i flows. The progress will be gradual, not stimuli,
taneous, but will accelerate as it advances until
State after State in turn is thus permanently reno
yated and moulded into the body social OF the
whole country. In tho meantime, those unfortu-
nate people In the Southern States, whom the re,
beilion has deprived Of everything bnt their land
and their personal faculties, will have to 10 the
beat they can for themselves, either by rougMng
IT, Al other people do in like circumstances, or else
abandoning country which tho great crime OF its
inhabitants has rendered no longer tenaoie 1or
their abode.