Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-10-02

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hundred bushels, easily. Rice grows well in
all parts of the country, and with such culti-
vation as the natives give it with the machete
"a large knife-it makes from FIVE 10 seven
barrels per acre: worth Sl2 per barrel. This
is without hoe or plow. Sweet potatoes can
be raised as abundantly and as large as you
may desire. In addition to the potatoes
proper, we have the tropical yam, the yampa,
the coco, and the cassaVa; all of them some
what like the potato, and the last making an
excellent bread. Cotton has been cultivated
here to very limited extent, but it grows
finely, and produces all excellent fibre. Be-
fore going any further I will add word as to
the peculiar advantages here in raising sugar.
There is no frost, and the cane is not injured
by standing, so that one can grind from
Christmas till Christmas.
In addition to corn, cotton, rice, sugar. cane,
tobacco, potatoes, and all the ordinary vegeta-
bles We produce in the States, We have here
coffee, cocoa, from which chocolate is made,
ginger, pepper, allspice and vanilla; and of
fruits, cocoa-nuts, cohoun-nuts, pine eapPles,
oranges, lines, lemons, wild figs, grapes, al
mo Ids, bananas, plantains star apples, rose
apples, mammo apples sour sap and sweet
sap, grandillas, guavas, and many Others that
cannot now think of. Of fish, both fresh
and salt water, we have Unlimited numbers
In feathered and four footed game the coun-
try is also abundant. Lands can be bought
in large bodies, so as to suit emigrants coming
together, at prices varying from Fifty cents to
one dollar per acre with time, one, two and
three years, generally, to pay for ii. The
government land, however, can be bought at
one dollar per acre, with five years Till the
first payment, aud five years to complete the
payments, making ten years. AS stated in
MY other letter, DR.. Howard aud myself have
bought, together, tract of about seven thou
sand acres, f.r which we arc to pay $500
in orc, two and three years. As to the health,
and agrecableress of climate here, l believe
it will compare o,ably with any part of
tie Southern States. The highest range Of
the thermometer is never, believe, over IS
degrees Fahrenheit, and the lowest about 60
degrees.
am told by DR.. Howard, a Georgian, who
has been in the practice of his profession here
over three years, that the sevcrcr types Of fe-
yer, such as bilious sndtyphoid are unknown
in the colony. We are far enough south to
bring US within reach of the trade winds, !"
AID as these blow almost continuously, the
air is kept fresh and cool most of the time.
| have found the climate: so far, mure agreea'
Bile than that OF Louisiana. The country
here being mountainous and we'll wooded and
waterel, and intersperscd with large bodies Of
level lands, it presents to the eye varied and
beautiful views.
The timber is Of great variety: and gene
rally Of good size. We nave mahogany, &C
dar, (of which cigar boxes "rc ,aade) ics-
wood, rosewood, sapadlla,-answars TO CIR
hckory-santa maria, botan, bar: ack iron
wood, billy webb, ax-maser, gunho!imbo,
guam wood, bully-wond, prickle. elbow, aud,
among many Others that can nct remember.
excellent pine ard lvcogk. Many of these
are said to split well aud to last a long time
This colony, though it kas been in possession
of the English government, aud has been set
tied many years, is yet in state of almcs
primitive widness, and any one coming here
to settle must expect to encounter many diff
ficulties which are inseparabie from the de
velopment of new country.
They will find, however, a government con
trolled by law, with which they are more Oh
less familiar, in spirit at lcast people speak
ing mainly our own language, country With
a warm but healthy climate, rich soil, and
excellent water and timber. With these ii
ones favor the disadvantages should be soou
overcome, and will be. know of no country
that offers to our distressed and suffering
people so many solid advantages tor home
as this. The authorities here are anxious 70;
them to come, and have already, upcn an ap
plication made by myself and others, granted
to cmigrants from the Southern States, The
privilege of introducing machinery, agricnl
tural implements, household and kitcaer
goods and furniture, seeds, roots aud plants
horses, cattle, hogs, ETC, free from any duty
if solely fer their own use and profit, and no
to be sold again ior profit.
Tie colony is only four to five Gays from
) New Orleans by steamer, AMI we have now
regular inonthy mail to thai city; so thos'
who may wish to make visit TO ials region
can do so easily, and return without trouble
if they so desire. The fare from New Orlean
to Belize is flty dollars in currency. In send
ing letters they must be addressed TO Belize
British Honduras, via New Orleans, and s.n
Sc as to reach that city before the 25th da.
oil each month, as that is the day of deper
ture for tie mail steamer. One stamp is al
that is necessary, suppose, as the Enelisl
postage is collected here upon delivery. An.
one moving from the States to .bis countr.
had better bring with them plows and gear
and wagons and harness, and frows for get
ting boards as all of these things have, o
YET, to be imported. Tools of all kinds cal
: be had here com parativcly low. Linens an'
English goods of all kinds are much cheape
than in the States.
I do not wish you to publish this, un!es
: you particularly desire it, as am not vel
just at this time, aud it is not as well pre-
pared as would like it to be for publication