The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-14
COLUMBIA
Tuesday Morning. January IA. 1868.
,1aharncturLng In the South.

climate and the variety Of crops
grown IN the Southern States, are
beginning to attract attention. Judge
Kelly, Of Pennsylvania, in an adj
dress recently delivered before q
great agricultural society in Illinois,
told his hearers that they could no
longer count safely upon the South
as market for their grain, -four,
bacon, lard, hay, &C.; that the South
must of necessity cease the cultiva-
ton of cotton to large extent,
engage in the production of cereals,
for which it had the best soil and
climate !: !!:S world, and e :saiaiiu-
featuring, to which it was equally
we'll adapted. The character of
Judge Kelly is disfigured and tar
nished by the silly fanaticism aud
reckless want of principle which,
having gained temporary ascend
anoy, have brought upon the country
the evils which now afflict it; bu! his
advice to his Northwestern friends is
sound and sensible. Mr.. Henry Ca
rey, of Philadelphia, q write. Of
thought and research, is even more
emphatic in the expression of simi-
Lar views, as reproduced in our issue
of Friday. We ask our readers to
recur to his language and ponder it
well. It contains truths of whole
some significance to us.
We glanced, some days since, at
the importance to our people, in
their present condition, of q more
diversified industry and O more rigid
economy. We complained of the
small uses TO which our admirable
water power is pnt, and urged upon
our men OF enterprise and capital to
lake the matter seriously in hand,
and set this power, now running to
waste, to tho Emusic of machinery"
whirling spindles and driving wheels
It is cheering sign to us, and a sure
progn0stic of future success, that
Just as the great controlling interest
of manufactures shows distress and
prostration in communities which
Aave been enriched by the war, here
where the desoiation, and losses
from the same cause were unprcce-
1entcd-thiS samo interest, almost in
Ats Hfancy, should slow remarkable
vitality and energy. Senator Sprague,
IF Rhode Island, has made some re-
markable statements lately, to the
effect that the manufacturing interest
Of the Norta is almost destroyed, and
fully as prostratc as the cotton plant
ing OF the South. Ho attributes this
result to the taxes aud unwise lecis-
iatlon of recent years. Mr.. Sprague
is the largest cotton manufacturer
North, and since 1852 has also been
engaged in cotton planting. He is.
therefore, thoroughly acquainted with
both interests, and his statements
may be confidently relied on.
From every point in the South
where manufactures have been es-
taSlishcd, we receive encouraging
@ccounts,of their success. In North
Cnro.in"'and Georgia, they are doing
a fine business. The stock Of the
Augusta Company lately sold as high
as Sl25. We hear of companies be-
ing formed for manufacturing in
Tennessee, and the stock rapidly
taken i'll New York. In our own
rtetc, the establishments ut Granite
glIe. Snluda, and in Greenville and
5paTtanburg, are i'll prosperous.
they saem to flourish when every
ching else declines. We are pleased
20 see thc Saluda yarns in our stores,
. Anl to lear that the cntcrprising
Droprictors are rcaping rich re-
ward. We should bo glad to get
definite information from all quar-
~es's bearing upon this subject. Our
l'scple need light, and they crave