The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-30
EUROPEIN IM " q R TION TO
SOUIH CJROLINi.
The "Inninn Liuc'' OF Mas. stcumers
between New York, Liverpool and the
Continent.

We mentioned, few day ago. Il movement
OH foot hy the above line, arrange for the cheap
transportation OF immigrants TO this State, and
we arc now enabled TO lay before our readers the
results reached. It Is peculiarly gratifying to
iind that the development, mineral rs well rs ag
ricultural Of South Carolina, is about to bc
actively taken In hand by the industrious pcasam-
Try Of Northern Europe.
The travelling agent Of the "Inmau lines Mr.
Charles J. Rosenberg, who ncgotiaics all the mmi-
grant arrangements with railroad and steamship
corporations for The linc aud who has canvasscd
the whole South, OIL this mission, states that
everywhere lie has found influential citizens, and
the corporations in question, heartily sccondling
his efforts, and assuring the "lnman Llne'
OF their earnest cooperation, and lie gratefully
| acknowledges, The courtesics extended To him
here by the gentlemen with whom lie has had
similar dealings:
The prepaid certificate system, which is that OF
| purchasing passage tickets In tue United States,
| and rcmittng them 10 Europe TO bring out rcla-
live; and friends, is in great favor with the Ger
| mans Irish auul. Scsntlinavinns in this country,
who raArSsiIe il 10 an increased extent, 20 much
| 81 that tho European steamships estimate it among
| Their principal items OF revenue; but the foreign
| element III this AMI nc:hborns States bclng mt
present small minority, the line has TO look TO-
wards attracting that class Of immigrants 10 I lie
South that pay thcr own passage, and have in
| their minds eye no particular State in which
finally 10 sc:ilc. IN one respect this Is greatly 10
| Our States favor, for rs general thing, they
| VINO pay their own passage possess Il little means
ami beiong to Tie best class OF the pcasantry. The
3; ''eT!..ei aft 'No.'o"
| "a, sep erpool or queenstown (Corl; IIarbor) to
| Charleston, $. c., via Morgan Line, from New
York 10 Charleston, So; 10 Columbia, $5i co:
Kingvilie s5i 10; Aiken, s53 25 lIambcrg, $50;
Camden, S55; Florence, s5i %: Cheraw, S55;
Kingstrec $40; Ncwbcrry, s55 GO; Anderson,
$57 SO; wahalla, s5s so; Grccnvillc, SIS; Branch.
| vc, S52 ~; Orangcburg, S53.
| From Hamburg IIavrc, Bremen, Rotterdam and
Antwerp, via Liverpool 10 New York and via Nor
| gan Line to Charleston, So additional TO above
| rates
| This includes subsistence from Liverpool To New
York, tstcerage,l and subsistence from New York
to Charleston, S. e., tstccragc)
| The arrangement is with the Northeastern Rail-
road, South Carolina Railroad, Grcenvilie and Co
lumbia RailrOad, blue Ridge Railroad, and The
Morgan Steamship Line.
! In conclusion, we publish q letter written by
the lnman Line to the Governors Of all the
Southern States which explains itself:
| MEMPHIS, Tenn. October D. 1862
| To his EJCPltchcy, the Governor Of South caro-
sIs-As representative of the oInn,an Ilnen Of
mail steamers plying between Great britain and
| the United States, beg TO call your EXccency's
| attention 10 The following facts: The managers Of
the line In New York have thought that immirrn.
| iion 10 your state might receive nm Impetus If
there were placed agencies in the different cities
! and towns, where planters could order European
agriculiurSts, ana through which those foreign
| crS already living In the South could purchase
tickets at low rate OF fare 10 send for their Eiu
drcd nnd friends in Europe; and as since the war
] no effort has heen made by either the steam
| ship companies between Europe and the United
Siate5 or the railroads themselves, to establish
low Immigrant fare, same rs exists between New
| York and The West, We uhc mman I.inc) have
taken the Initiative steps 10 cOnsunimatc such II
| our Efforts have been entirely successful. The
| average rate agreed to by roads charging
iirst-class fare from four 10 six cents per mile Is
| one cent per mite, Il rate no low rs to he within
| the reach of all desiring 10 avail themselves
thereof. Next 10 this move, We Iavz appointed,
| principal cities OF AL the Southern States, and
select for sIcli agencies men OF standing, long
| residence, and influence In Tile place where they
| live, taking particular care IN convince the peo-
| pie OF ohr earnest intent ions, ana that we work
with bone Hde facts and figures and not deal In
probabilities. Now, Your EXcccncy, have
| stated Ia you what we have done and are con-
tinning lodo. although IL is done with the fact
ments in this direction will br, nj least ior the
next twelve or eighteen months, far above the
most liberal estimate ~ way OF receipts from the
| source Indicated. We do not solicit State aid In
| our enterprise, hut we wOuid call your EXcellen-
cys attention to the fact that the State could with
profit tD itself adopt the Western nUlc Of
encouraging immigration, by sending cont
| mssioncrs To tile principal cities In Europe from
where The exodus Of artisans and agricntnrist' !.
Manchester, tinsg0w, Dublin aud Cork IN the
United Kingdom, lavre aud Isrest in France,
Antwerp In Belgium, Rotterdam In Holland, Bern
| In Switzerland, hamburg, bremen, Berlin and
| ircslau ia North Germany, Cologne, Stuttgart,
heidelberg In South Germany, Vienna in AUSTRIA
Gohcnburg AMI Stockholm In Sweden, and Chris
tlann, Tfonhjcm and Bergen in NOrway-taking
care In select men, tind plenty can be 0ui,l for
| the positions who are natives Of the country 10
which they are sent, hut have lived long enough
la this cOuuiry II hcConic acquainted with Ire
manners, customs, habits and language Of the
Americans, and the produce of the country, anh
above all. lie selected Only on their merits aud un
ti;.nl:neicd by politics; simply good business men,
with plenty Of good sense and Judgment TO ai-
vGcatc the interest with which They are inrusch.
Next Ia thia lave these mcn write AMI put In
| sources. soil price of land, &c, OF Your State;
and can assure You the cost of paying these
printing. %c., VIII return an interest Ia The State
Of a hundred fold. Ii your EXccllcncy cannnt
appoint agents iu ail these countries, make
trial Of one or two, aud have the pamphlets
printed In German, Norwegian and Swedish, and
! distributed broadcast over these countries, and
With The consciousness 'ia. the State seconds
Efforts practically. and not so often as il the case
with undertakings Of this Kind. Only nOminally,
with many "asstranccs OF goodwill" &c.
Soliciting your EXccllcncy's earnest consldcra.
tion Of this subject nnon which shall be glad ut
| nll times To reply TO any information you may
dcSlrc ], with the assurance Ofmy highest esteem
for your ENcccncy, have the honor to bo
Your very Obedicnt servant,
CHARLES ]. ROSENBERG.
| We have already mentioned that tho "Inmnn
Line" have appointed Mcssri. J. ID. Aiken & Co.
their general agents for South Carolina, and We
only echo public sentiment when we say the OPP.
ypointmcnt is In every way worthy one.