Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-28

Northern VS.. European Emigration.
| Earnest and we'll directed efforts are now
being made on the continent by Gen. WAC
ENER, the Commissioner of Immigration of
South Carolina, through the two agents so
journing and travelling abroad, to secure an
influx Of hardy European agriculturists, says
the Daily Chronicle" and there is some
reason to believe that, during the coming fall,
the State will be partially rcmuncrAtcd for its
experimental investment of ten thousand
dollars.
| The amount appropriated was too small to
accomplish great results; but to the best of
his judgment, the Commissioner has applied
it in such a manner MS to produce both pres
ent and prospective benefit. A pamphlet de-.
| scriptive Of the State and its resources, has
been published, translated into one or more
languages, and distributed freely. The in
terest of whole communities il Germany and
Denmark has thus been excited; and The re.
ports made by agents give promise of one or
more ship. loads of cmigrants before the close
of the year, and of the establishment of line
of steamers between Europe and the city of
Charleston.
Encouraging ms is the prospect, however,
| VIC have more faith in the speedy settlement
of oar waste places by Northern and Wcs,
! tern farmers, than in an extensive and ilume.
diate Immigration from abroad. The letters
OF inquiry received here, and elsewhere, from
various sections of the country, and the pur.
chascs and removals already made, prove con.
cipsivcly Tint the attention of the people of
tho ,tJorph is bs,,,S dtrrvtud u,rr' SaluDrols
climate and fertile soil We offer induce.
nhens which do u,t exist even on the rich
prsiries Of the West. Our crops are lust as
abundant, and more lucrative. Our railroads,
penetrating every section of the State, secure
to us accessible markets. Our staples there.
fore, command the highest prizes Cotton,
rice, tobnceo fruits and early vegetables, are
products OH which the thrifty farmer can
always rely. Our lands are cheap and light.
ly taxed. Mines of the most valuable char.
acter are only awaiting development, and wa
ter power invites manufactures without limit
We need, however, a corresponding degree
of enterprise among ourselves. These cmi.
grants must he met half way The owners of
large tracts of land should be willing To-, dis
pose of. f.portions of them at reasonable prices,
and society should receive these newcomers
with all open hand, as co.laborcrs in the work
of practical larcconstruction-tha which most
affects, our hearts and homes aud pockets.
lp the great West, towns arc created almost
in a day. Lots of twenty, fifty and hundred
acres arc divided and sub divided; maps are
made, and the property is purchased by the
[ specslasor, whose interest it then becomes to
people his possession. And how ? Why, he
gives away an alternate quarter of section
to every emigrant who will make it his per-
manent home. And he pushes these emf
grants forward, There is no land in the world
like that which he owns, and where can it be
purchased at cheaper rates? The emigrant is
fascinated by the display of generosity, and
by the time hundred have made tho locality
alive with the sounds of industry, the specu-
lator has realized ten times the value of his
original Investment
Why cannot this be done in South Carroll
ma? What prevents every owner of five hun.
drcd or Thousand acres of land from offer.
ing similar Inducements to emissants, and
thus advancing, not onfy his own, but the in.
tcrcsts of the district in which he rcsidcs.
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1ds- The Union League of Philadelphia
has offered number Of premiums, amounting
to about thousand dollars, for the best es-
says on the subject Of bringing primary meet
luSS iVF iIHhluS tUiIlluuIiOHS lUE OluCe uDQCr
the control of system and law.
GsD- John G. SAKE says that it is CON-
mon notion in Boston that if person is born
in that city, it is unnecessary for that favored
mortal to be " born again"
GY Lngartijo, the famous Spanish bull
fighter, has fallen victim TO the dangers of
his occupation. At display recently held ut
Puenti. Genil, he had sklfuly gono through
the whole performance Of goading the animal
to fury, ard then finishing him, as Iagartiio
thought, by a fine thsuHt Of the sword. The
toreaaor tprpedto receive tho applause of tho
specsatorsy when hhe bull, by n final effort,
suddenly rose, and drove the hotti into the
man q, shoulder killing him on. the spot. S !.
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I CHARnEsroN, September 23.---Acoounts
from Edisto, Wadmalaw, aud other Sea Is.
I Lands, say the third brood of oatterpilars have
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