The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-01

| ertSOm-Iho SOnA, Climate and Neutral
Productions OF the Palmetto State
Political and Social Status OF the Peo-
pie.
| The following letter was recently forwarded
by U. s. Senator Robertson, to lady residing in
Whiteside County, Illinois, who addr es sed him.
asking hia advice i'll regard to the desrabllity
| of emigrating to the State OF South Carolina:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, March 20, 1860. I
NGddno-In reply to your letter, inqulring as
to the inducements to emigration @ South
| Carolina, beg leave to say:
AS to geographical division, the State may
| be considered in three-fold aspect
First. The mountain or Piedmont region,
embracing the counties of Anderson, Oconee,
Greenvil!e, spartanburg and Pickens. This
| part OF the State beng IN altitude thousand
feet and upward above the sea, is more north
ern than southern In it's climate aud produc-
the long winters and deep SHOWS of the North
ern States. This region is adapted to the
grapes. grains. corn, &C., but is not SO favor.
able for cotton as other portions Of the State.
The lands are cheap in this section. The water
power is very great.
Second. The middle country, being the re-
giOn lying between the low fiat lands OF the
sea coast and the above described counties
bordering on the mountains, embracing,
among others, the counties of Fairfield, Ker-
shaw, Sumter, Darlington, Olangeb rg. Edge
joining counties. This Is the part Of the State
with which l am best acquainted, and, there
fore, Of which will principally speak.
Thir !. The eea coast and low country, the
choicest part OF the sea coast, consist Of the
islands that produce the sea island cotton.
Ibis beautiful production of fine grade now
commands one dollar and fifty cents pound.
full and hea thtul By the sea breezes, so that
in summer residences near the beach are per-
fectly salubrlous. The lands here are fine
and capable of constant improvement. from the
quantity of marsh mud lying within convenient
reach OF the farmers. The roads are excellenI
Every luxury of the land and the sea Is to be
found there.the choicest wild ducks, quanti-
ties of the finest game, birds and deer, with
an endless supply Of dsh, crabs and oysters.
These islands are the garden spots of the
United States, and physical existence is abso-
!ute!y delightful there. They realize in per-
fection the ideas OF climate we have Of Tahiti
and other islands OF the Sandwich group in the
Pac fc.
These islands in time will become what the
islands along the Mediterranean coast were to
the luxurious Romans. Lands with fine old
family mansions can be bought cheap on these
islands, and the enormous price the cotton pro-
dnced here brings, insures the accumulation
Of great fortunes to the cultlvators. To make
money, to enjoy life, these islan is present ad-
vantages that exist hardly anywhere else.
return now to the middle country embraced
in the second division above mentioned. This
part of the State has an altitude Of about five
hundred feet. This givestsit delightful eli
mate. 1t is braclng in winter and pleasant and
healthful in su inner. 1t abounds in running
raj condition is covered with magnificent for
est Of pine. oak, hickory and dogwood. In the
spring the woods are gay with brillian. wild
flowers. mt
This is superior cotton region, and the
cotton crop is almost certainty; 1t is free
from the invaders and uncertainties which at
tack it IN the Southwest. By proper cultiva-
tion q farmer may count almost certainly on
making five bales Of cotton to the hand or la
borer. This, at the present price. is Eve hun
dred -dollars to the hand in the single item Of
cotton.
Besides, this is a fine region for corn, wheat,
oats. &c. have known, Gu trial lots, as much
as two and q half bales Ci cotton, over one hun.
dred bushels Of corn, and over fifty bushels OF
wheat raised to the acre.
Along with the co1n, quantities OF pumpkins
and COW peas can be raised without auy addi-
t,onal labor Of cultivation, except the slight
trouble of planting the seed.
This region is remarkable for fruit. Peaches,
pears. figs, plums, apricots, nectarines, grapes,
strawberries, raspberries aud blackberries
flourish remarkably well.
The grape is peculiarly at home here. The
famous grape Of North Caroline. the scupper.
nong, grows as in it's native locality. Every
farmer. il he chose, could have vineyard and
make wine. Il,
Horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and goats
do well here. In raising stock it is difficult to
make those understand who have not made the
experiment how much easier it is o carry stock
UuTOuRn Gu0 60OrC, muO winters Oh the 8Outl
than the long winters Of the North. The sun
shine Of the South is worth, in supporting
animal life, untold millions OF dollars.
The early spring, the summer, the late fall,
is small matter to carry the stock through
the short winter. In the winter the evergreen
canes keep the stock in q thriving condition.
"A farmer, unless he tries it, has not the
faintest idea how much less work it takes to
live in q mild climate like South Carolina than
in the colder North. If the small farmers North
fully realized this difference they would fly
from their austere homes Southwark.
Labor here is abundant and cheap. The
farmers are making money, and will soon be
richer than they ever were before.
Any sagacious farmer who will settle at the
South and learn how tc raise cotton, can, on 8
capital Of q few Thousand dollars. make hand
some fortune.
To illustrate. o farmer. with Q capital of Eve
this capital he can rent = lands eaD sna WORK
twenty hands. Each of these hands ought
at the present price OF cotton. to bring him
in five hundred dollars, half OF which should
thousand dollars year clear, he can soon
have fine estate around him. 1t must be
noted that Q good farmer ought, in addition
to 10
thereby diminishing the expenses OF the next
years farming.
ouny Msye Y ny onon, q, there suSh an
fortunes as is at the South now.
Lands are very cheap, ranging from two dol
lars to fifteen dollars an aore, with farm
houses and farm buildings. They have been
selling for Q much less price. They are now,
however, rising in value, and will continue to
rise from year to year. To instance the inn
mense profits OF cotton planting ct the present
time. wl.i state that. in some of the counties
OF the middle country, the farmers have more
money now than they ever had before.
Churches abound, and good schools are in
almost all villages and towns, and in many
neighbOrhoods.
by nature there are NO kinder, more honest,
hospitable and better generally than the mass
Of our citizens. In some parts Of the country
almost as natural result of the war. But the
general condition OF society, and especially OF
late, is rapidly improving, and believe that I
eepeak tor all classes Of Our people In saying