The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-21
EMIGRATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA,
LETTERS FROM OUR AGENTS IN EUROPE.


EMIGRATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
LETTERS FROM OUR AGENTS IN EUROPE.
General JOHN A. WAGNER. CommisBiouor OF
Emigration for South Carolina, has kindly fur
nishcd us tho following two loltors, which, wo feel
assured, will BIO read with much inLorost by our
readers, oil Of whom, like ourselves, nro dcsrous
TO Know what thoir agents urO doing in tho effort
to induce emigration from Europe to our State.
0LDEsDuRo. July "a, 1867.
! GENERAL ]. A. WAGNER, Charleston:
Dear Sir: Having received at last tho mouoy
from I EN- ablo to proceed with
tho work bofore mo. Tho pamphlet will bo print
cd in few days and ready for distribution. Moan.
while have mndo arrangements with Mesars
EyERnARD @. DELrUs & Co., in Bremen, who are
ablo aud willing to send vossols. with emigrants
dlroct to Charleston, low as any othur house in
Bromon. Those gentlemen take great interest
In direct tradc to Charleston, they doal largely
in cotton. and arc wiling to have their share in
direct limo OF steamors tho political dif
icullios in tho sourhorn statos aro aottled; until
that timo thoro will DO but small prospect Of ac-
| complshing this object. I haYo travelled litte
about with Wow Of gaining tho confidence OF tho
| pooplo for South Carolina. I have succeeded, SO
| far, admirably. I hnyo been introduced to tho
Corgy Of all denominations, well as to the other
gontry OF tho difToront towns and villages To
| those have explained the object Of my mission,
and in an average they havo promised hearty
cooperation in schomo, They would adyise
their peasants and mechanics who desire TO omi-
grato to go to South Carolina, and would explain
tho advantages Of our State to thom. Tho PAM
phlct will do great doal Of good I think 1t ia
much bostor than moro newspaper articles, as You
will haye seon from papers have sont. Good cub
wa hsr xv;ll
those articloH, or will not understand thes Viii.
...-. tneh from your pamphlet they will SEQ
bottor into It. But should any OF those writer's in
the Ams,oanderer Zeftung attack our scheme shall
not fail to answer. am hopeful that we will suc-
coed tho first year, ut ioast to draw nucleus OF
good substantial farmors and mechanics 10 S<.ith
Carolina, who will then, no doubt, il thoy aro
troatea right, blow our trumpet and draw thou
sands after them. The greatest difficulty will bo
tho first year, after that it is easy sailing 1 haya
appointed nm agent at Bremorhnver, who will dis
tribute at once board Of every vessel that leaves
with omigrnnts n certain number OF your PAM
phlets, which may induce q great many to sock
South Carolina as their homo. also shall eend
ono copy to every Emigrant Agent throughout
Germany, aud will travel myself through Germany
as far rs my means will permit.
Respectfully, A. MELCHERs,
Agent OF South Carolina
COPENHAGEN, July H. 1867.
Gen. JOHN A. WAGNER, Charleston:
DEAR SUI: hnye returned to Copenhagen afcr
short trip in the county, and have dono "a much
good for tho cause as could DO reasonably expect
| cd, but and that il my misson shall have good
! result, must devote juat many months ns now
| weeks to traverse tho country, because the peope
like to talk personally to q man who has been in
America and is acquainted with the condition Of
| tho country to which they want to emigrate; and
I can in one hour give moro information, aud
answer more OF tho questions, which tho reading
Of the pamphlet naturally gives occasion for, than
| il received and answered twenty lettors. Es-
pocintly thoso who have money sufficient to buy
farm are very particular in their inquiries. They
wish to know what thoy can expect in return for
| what they leave.
or $4,000 immigrants who in the first months Of
the year arrived in New York, only 5000 had no
! certain place OF destination and remained thcre;
all tho others were sent for by friends and rela-
| tions, who had written to them and told them Of
their good luck aud satisfaction with their now
homo. This iB good evidence how important il
is that tho fret immigrants who arrive in our
State should be satIafed with their new home.
Because. il that is tho case, tho immigration to
south Carolina will increase yoar for year. il right
ly managed. The emigration from Scandinavia is
largely on tho increase, and the Government tries
to put stop to it by warning the people, both
through The press and from the pulpit, but all to
| no use.
The State OF Minnesota has appropriated SO, 900
for the same purpose as South Carolina, and has
got agents in several northern towns Of scandina-
via, where the omigrants pass through, but do
not believe thoy derve much beneAt from it, for
tho reason. as have stated before, that the emf
| grant has determined in what section Of America
he wants to locate himself before he leayes his old
homo, moro especially such emigrants as have got
means to buy piece Of land. If anything can be
done for tho cause, 1t must be in the home OF tho
emigrant. There is tho proper place to speak to
him, before he is influenced by othora, or has de-
tormined where to 60.
The summer here is unusually cold and rainy
and has retarded the hay harvest. Much Of tho
hay ia spoiled, and il it continues in this way sn-
other small crop will bo the result, and that will
give new impulse to tho emigration.
Very respectfully, yours,
". J. sERLOV, State Agent.