Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-09-11
From the Lutherap and Visitor.
IMMIGRATION,

From The Lutherap and Visitor.
IMMIGRATION.
We have already shown in formc
numbers how very beneficial Gcrma,
'nlmigration must be to lis, and how
much our countrymcn here can con
tribute to place our sorcly tried Stat,
Ill the proper light in Germany. The
accompanying letter, written by tho
i.o". Mr. Weber Of WalhaIla, to DR.
Fabcr, was sent by that gentleman tc
his son, who is studying law in Held
rlherg. Mr.. Fabcr cndcavors tc
Lave it published were in vain; the
newspapers there look on everything.
that belongs to the South with hostile
eyes and they would not admit it.
How necessary therefore for our
countrymcn, who love South Carolina
and desire to establish comfortable
homes for their children, not only to
follow our advice, but also to send the
German paper regularly home, that
German prcjudiccs against our sorely
IT, 'te may be conquered.
TILE LETTER.
WAlnALLA, S. c., April %, 1865.
DR.. Il. G. FABER, Grccnvillc, S. G.
dear Sir: 1t affords me great plea
sure to comply with your wish to be-
como better acquainted with Walhal.
Ia and its vicinity, in order to learn.
whether German immigrants can To-
cate there safely and advantagcously.
Walhalla lies in Pickcns District.
oconcc-is distant from Charleston
3GO American miles, and is the last
station on the Blue Ridge Railroad.
1t was founded about IS years ago by
Germans, who still constitute the
greater portion of its inhabitants.
About 80 German farmers live in the
nr!ghborhood. The soil is tolcrably
good producing from 30 to 10 bushels
OF corn to the acre. Potatoes, peas
beans, barley, oats and rye yield also
abun"antly. German industry and
German muscle arc needed for thou
sands of acres, which from want of
i;'horers arc now unproductiyc. Even
Immigrants without means can, if
Industrious and pcrscvcring, become
owners OF independent homes in
few Years: The climate is mild. the
winter n"v.r lnsts 1nr..r" 4l.nn tu-o
months, aid the sun is not more pow
crfu! here, than in Eastern Pcnnsyl-
va:ia. The Highlands Of tho South
sUrpass the West in salubrity. There
* no fever here. Goitrc so frequent
IL the m0untain-countrics of Europe
is altogether unknown. Entire f:lni-
lies and single persons can always OBJ
tain situations, provided they come
here with the fixed determination to
be industrious, honest and faithful in
the discharge of duty; but that be-
longs to the German character. The
Blue Ridge Railroad will soon be car
ricd Oh TO Knoxville, Tennessee, which
will bring money and give employ
mcnt to thousands Of laborcrs. Prac-
tical growers of grapes and cultivators
Of hops can find no better country,
than this. AS regards health, allow
me TO say, that l have in the last eight
months had Is baptisms and only one
lurcral in a congregation Of 300
souls.
Provisions are also eXtant here for
the religious wants of immigrants; we
have here German Lutheran church,
and German and English day school
OF which have charge. The election
Of Mr.. Bieman to. the Senate Of our
State is proof of the high regard
which the community here entertain
for Germans. The colored people arc
in tho minority and by no means ILL
disposed to Germans. I repeat it
again, that German immigrants arc
welcome and, that they can sooner
become independent here, than at the
West. The mountainous parts of our
State arc, in my opinion, especially
adapted for German population. A
ridge, gently sloping to the South
having thus the full benefit of the sun
and about one hundred American
miles in length, possesses peculiar adj
vantages for the growth of the grape
Land is moreover extremely cheap
in general not higher than govern,
ment land in the West; but 1 have
satisfactory reasons for believing that
the large landholders will grant farms
Of from fifty to one hundred acres
gratuitously to immigrants. Mr..
Jones, in Tamassee, eight miles from
here, proposed to dispose of FIVE hun
drcd acres in this. way; and Col