The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-17
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| CoLuABIA. Jury 49, The eess5zion o1f>ti1e Ell.
ecutive Committee! OF the Gsate Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, closed Late, last niRht,
after hard days work, Itlvag held in she
Office 0fsArchiteat Lee. and sWas haxmenides
throughout. An official synopsis is 70 Do pub
iished at once. The points by the conn
mitdee are six: /. The issue Of premium hstsi
q. Arrangement with the City Council Of Co
lumbiAto provide placs and buildings for the
fairS s. Election Of an annual orator; f. Appoiht-
ment OF o committee on Chinese labor: 5. Repbrt
4 bnt tsOf ehhhn faAniDg;' ana 6: A communication
from the British Consulate at Charleston -
! lTheNalhe Of the premium lists. 10 be issued
is at Least LIBERAL Four thonaahd dollars, with
q margin Of two Thousand more, islample. Tbs
locality and buildings for the .frstiannuaI Fair,
to be held on Wednesday, the 1Dfif Of N0vem-
her,a are TO be determined end arranged by thA
7 Eity Council of Columbia. The open space In
front OF the University campus ia spoken Of as
| probablythe place; and the College Hail; now
| in the use Of the Federal troops Of the post,
| may be secured for the occasion. Other buiid.
ings. sheds. stalls fsnd booths. that may be
needed, will be put up to such extent as the
prospects seem to demand when the time ap-
proaches. The name Of John c. Breckiuridgs
will be received tHith uni1arsal favor, aud ID 4
good point secured. .e
Z After these indispensable preiminaries to
the annual Fair, there comes the consideration
/ OF the question Of Chinese labor--a question
second in Importance only to the Agricultural
Society itself. The, committee appointed to
gather information consists Of earnest, think
ing, and progressive. men-Messrs. W. M..
Layton, of Beaufort, William Wallace, of Co..
| lumbia, and NJ. L. Bonhain, of EdgeAeld- -uen
who represent the three sections Of the State.
They are to prepare for the society all ths
facts and details necessary to enable every
planter, whether, OF rice, cotton OF grain to
decide whether, he win employ the Chinese
laborer 81 not. II is to be hoped that this
committee win See the necessity Of giving to
the public this information, even before the
meeting Of the society lnNoverabers The ne
cessity for this lies i'd the fact that whether
they report or not, the Chinese are coming,
and will come. Already private individuals are
taking steps to introduce them; aud 80 httef is
The dlsGpst Of planters with the lazinass and
inefaciency ofthe free negro, tp gay nothing Of
bis ins,lence that they .are, not going TO miss
an opportuDity Of supplying his place on the
farms with ON Industrious and frugal MongoIs
This, / am aware, is the feeling df hundreds
Of our people, and know personally that these.
views are represented In that committee,
The favorable report Of the committee ap-
! pointed to examine the sorghum syrup and
| sugar works. at Greenvllle, points out val
liable direction FOR labor. 1t is found that the
| syrup-refining process ls good; but ths ;cqm-
| mittee does not see that sugar can be made Of
sorghum syrup ct oil by this process OF Mr.,
Passmore. To hts circular DIR. Passmore an
nouaces that sugar can be made from some
| varieties ofsorghum syrup ata cost OF from
fve3to eight CENTS pound; bntrthe committee
did not witness anvthing or that sort. and this
| rep rt leaves the impression on the mind that
tbs sugxy-making process could not be. exhib.
| tied to them. II 1t is not q humbug, why was
this2 ~
The invitation ftom the secretaries OF the
'sWorkmenss InternanonAl Exh,bltion," TO be
heid in London next year, tothis States 20 con.
tribute to the exhibition, la Rmatter OF som
interest but very little importance at this
juncture. HfX GeJ$ ,CoRsArn.
The O1asAsA Report g4.
Colonel d. wyast Mksn, tie secretary Of the
tine society, has prepared for pnblicat,on in
the newspapers on the State the following on
cial synopsis Of the proceedings:
"A quQrnn belnR pre sent, the finapcisl condi-
tion Ok tie society was first investigated and
discussed, and thSf 'ioWink resolution adopted:
y. RESOLVED, That this secretary Of the south
Carolina A Irlcustural and Mechanical Booze ~
be authorized to Issue, by the Lat OF August
next, such premium Inst. 70 the extent or
$4,000, ~ shaM be approved BY this committee,