The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-23

S.P. Kinard, Newberry G. q.
James Grant, Union. 'NN t,-. a.
JuliusP Poppe, Anderson @. h. j.
In1migrntton-Report OF tho State
~. TG ii:Con1missioncr. u -'y
Governor Scott communicated the
following report from General John
A. Wagener, State Commissioner of
immigration, to the Legislature on
Tuesday. The document will repay
a careful perusal: li.'-
- Sos Ca; B1REAu OF IMM1eRAr1oN,
s,. CHARLEsToS August 1S, 1868.
To HIS sEllcceHe,icy, lie Governor of
South - Cdrolina-SIR: I have the
honor to submit to your Excellency
the accompanying statement, show
ing that there is balance of $40, 2S9. 10
of the contingent fund remaining at
the disposal of the Executive for
immigration purposes, subject only
to this days draft Of SO, the
European agencies having been paid
in advance to the 1st of October and
1st of November next, respectively.
I am grieved to learn that efforts
are now being made to repeal the
Act establishing this Bureau, The
immigration Of an industrious and
frugal people has incontrovertibly
proved a source Of great prosperity
everywhere, and I am sure our State,
above all others, would find an incal-
culable advantage in obtaining addi-
tional and efficient aid in the devel-
opment of her numerous resources.
There is not class of people that
could, in any manner, be injured by
1T; on the contrary, even the hum
blest laborer will find that the greater
the yield of our fells, the more
extensive and thorough, our cultiva-
ton, and the more numerous our
farms and settlements, the more null
tplied and remunerative will be his
chances of employment and prospe-
rlty. Our general resuscitation is
the certain foundation of every indi-
yidnal success and comfort, wherever
proper and Industrious habits pre-
vail, and sobriety and thrift are cul-
tiyated. But 1 am aware that your
Excellency understands thie well,
and, therefore, it needs not that I
should enlarge to you upon the many
reasons for q continuance of the law
although there can be no objections
to change of the officers appointed
to carry it into effect. IF for nothing
more than as q medium Of communi.
cation of the landowner and land
seeker, this Office is of sufficient
Importance and value to be continued.
Since ny last report, twenty four
persons have arrived in the State, of
whom this Office has obtained official
cognizance. They have all obtained
employment, two families of them,
numbering eight persons, having
settled on their own account. One
of these has brought capital of
three thousand dollars in gold,
enough to start comfortably. In
November next, the Bremen bark
Gauss may be expected to arrive
from Bremen, and will probably
bring some three hundred immi-
grants. A few are now on the way.
via New York and Baltimore. The
agents, however. report continued
disposition in Europe to discourage
emigration, to the South, but there
are, nevertheless, numbers of the
laboring class willing to enter into
service contracts, provided their pas
sage could be furnished them. and
mechanics, provided employment
could be secured. It has been one
of our greatest impediments, that
our enterprising landowners have
been short of the ready means IN
provide for this contingency, and
thus; our success has been far short of
what it could have been under more
favorable circumstances. It seems.
however, that, with the blessings OF
Providence, we may hope for rema-
nerating crop, and the means result
ing from such happy occurrence will
perhaps enable US to accomplish bet
ter actual results in the future. In
deed, our people are just now begin
ming to take very lively interest in
the purposes of this Bureau, and are