The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-29
RESOURCES oFSPARTINBURG.
tIimnte and Soil--The Products--Manu-
fncturing Power--Thc New railroads
Educational Institution.

We find in the Ph@nix a letter doscrbing
the condition, resources ari natural advanta-
gcs OF Spartanburg County, from which we
MAKO some extracts:
This is known as one of tho monntaiI counties
of tic State. from its proximity the Blue Ridge
range. And though there Is 10 mountain
within the area of ths county, it possesses the
ciear sparkling water, the fresh balmy III. g.,
peculiar to the mountain slopes. T..crc - ::o,
perhaps, on earth, 4 SPOT more conducive TO
physical vigor and longevity LA Srartanhurg.
The streams, naturally fresh and pure,
move rapidly away, so that there are
no stagnamt poo.s,. producing nlaslna
and creating fevers. The soil or SpartanuurG
Is free TO yield all kinds of produce couSenlal
to q mild and temperate climate. Corn. co.,
ton, wheat, rye, oats, sorghum, Irish and sweet
potatoes, peas, and, indeed, all the cereals,
vegetables and fruits that the wants OF the peo-
pie demand, are grown 10 perfection III TINS
county. As to the amoint OF one or all OF
these that can be grown per acre, depends, as
in other countries. greatly upon the seasons,
manner OF culture, &c. At the price The artl-
Gle al present commands, there IS perhaps as
much net profit in the culture OF cotton ns IN
any of the articles of produce enumerated. y
large portion OF the soil i'll SpartanburG Is,
perhaps, better calculated 10 retain manureS
than any in the State, owing to its rcd, still
foundation. Whilst manurcs applied to gray
porous soils, appear to exhaust with the
growth OF our crops, the effects OF the same
amount applied 10 the red lands may be dis
tinctly seen for three, four and even .or 1--WE
years.
Whilst this county is second to none IN the
State in the inducements 1T offers to tho aerl-
cuiturist, it is pre-eminenlly adapted TO manu-
featuring operations. doubt not, there Is L
greater amount OF undeyeloped water power III
.s,t
Tie same area III the United States. There IS,
to-day, OH tic Enorac River, alone, IN this
coanly, enough OF unilcvclopcd wafer power,
which, if brought INTO active play upon r..2-
cnincry, wo lid ol"o employment to ten thou-
sand operatives. The Ei0rce, the Tygcrs,
Lawson's Fork, Far Forest, and the Psco-
lets, together with o;Ier smaller, tributary
streams, all furnish the most abundant T.
ciii.ics Tor driving the heaviest machlli-
cry And then, these very desirable ioca-
TONS car, in many Instances, BIZ purchas I'll
AZ merely comilnal su!ls, simply from the IIct
that prior 10 the VA iiIe p2op.u OF this con.l-
ty looked solely TO OtLcr parts OF the world
tor manufactured GOODS, prcicrring themselves
| to till the soil; while now, their fortunes arc
gone, and they have not the means to bcstcw
| the attention 10 these fine locations which
their merits demand. The important fact,
also, must not be overlooked, THAT Spartan
| burg County will. at no very distant day, be
second 10 no inland county in the State with
regard to her railroad communications. Ve.J
many of these fine water powers are in close
proximity 10 tha Spartanburg aud Union Rail
road, which is in successful operation as Tar
vest as Spartanbura c. H. The famous
Air Limo Railroad, the completion of which
is now beyond a doubt, is projected
to pass directly through the centre Of the
county. Beside this, it is hoped the good
sense Of the pooplc of the State will, at no dis
tant day, be directed to the extension OF tue
Spartanburg and Union Kailroad through the
mountain passes to Ashevillc, N. G.. thus Sc
cHriDg an outlet % the great Northwest, 80