The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-03
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COI1lJMBlI.A. S. G.
Tuesday Morning. May 8. 1870.
southsrn Immigration.
The London Standard publishes the
following circular from Louis thinner,
Esq, General Agent of the Union Land
Company, who is now in London:
To The Eda6r 'af tie Standard SIR:
Having been appointed general foreign
agent by the, Union Land Company Of
Philadelphia, organized under charter
granted by the Legislature; Of the State
bringing the vast amounts, Of vacant
agricultural and mineral lands before the
notice of capitalists, emigration societies
and emigrants in Europe; and having be-
come fully identified with the Southern
people during many years residence
amongst them, their resources, soil, eli
mate and products, beg to bring the
following facts before the notice of your
readers. Before the late war, lnrge plan
tationss were cultivated by slaves and
this division into smaller trnots was never
thought OF; but now that the negroes
are treedf lG has become out of the power
OF the land. owners to cultivate on large
scale, and dsthsy are very desirous, there
fore, ia divide their lands into lots of
frofn fftX to- 100, actes,,, to be sold to emf.
siatYery: loM rates. We have also
large tracts Of lands! ranging from co.
600 10 loo, 900 acres1 in quantity, and
from 81 to $3, in, price, These large
tracts ;wQgld become sources of great
profit accompanies who had the colonis
zation' Of emfg grants in view. The ne
groes afenoW leaving Virginia and North
CaFoAna,by thousands, and going to the
extreme, therns States, where they
fna tHe .hnt climate m6fe congenial to
them ~ tha cotton and sngar plantations
than 10; the. borden States; and this exo-
dus of negroes must be replaced by, white
emigratieh; from Eufope;., not, however,
as laborafA directly, but as small farmers,
who wall become. in a. few. years, fully
identifiedfwith the people and their in
stitutions'a A great many people. mostly
farmers, are now. coming daily from the
Northern States, and some from Canada.
into Virginia and North Caroline, pur-
chasing lands where they not only find
land under cultivation q great deal
cheaper than where they came from, but
also more congenial climate, and O
longer season for cultivation.
The border States offer great induce
ments at present to the capitalist, the
miner, mechanic, farmer, and grape cul-
tivator. From the sea-board to tie
mountains,the whole country is more or
less rich in minerals, especially coal,
iron, copper, Zinc, lead, and many other
varieties, including mari and phosphatcs,
Which are found in great abundance in
the tide water regions. A great many
mines ore being worked successfully,
but taken in consideration to the vast
resources of all kinds of minerals, it can
hardly besaid that much progress has
yet been made. The extensive long
leafed pine forests in Eastern North Ca
rolina are becoming OF great commercial
Importance, as the chief centre for tur-
pentine and rosin, yet thousands of acres
of heavy pine forests can be purchased,
ranging from 81 to S. per acre. Cotton
can also, be raised to great advantage in
Eastern North Carolina, whilst towards
the mountains, both in Virginia and
North and South Carolina, sll kinds of
cereals, too. are raised, the climate and
soil being also especially well suited for
the cultivation of the grape and all vari-
cites of CHOICE fruit. In 1868, the North
Carolina Railroad Company. alone, ship
peu lTom eleVeu uopOtS 1,OiO@ IONS OF
dried fruits to Northern markets. The
cultivation of hops has also attracted at
tention since the war, and it is certain
that, in q climate where they grow wild,
by an improved cultivation, important
results could be achieved. The rivers
and sounds along the coast are full of all
varieties of fish and game, and nature
only needs little assistance from man
to make it one of the finest countries on
the globe. People, generally, through
out the border States. make sufficient leo
during the winter for family use during
the summer. By proper Investment Of
small amounts of capital, England and
Europe could supply themselves with n
great deal of the raw material from the
Southern States; for instance, hickory
timber for varieties of ool-handles and
spokes, black oak bark for dyeing and
tanning purposes, all varieties of ores,
which would become profitable if worked
up with superior machinery and mocha
nical skill. Companies formed for the
cultivation of the grape, would find a
very profitable business The very large
and numerous water powers of these
States also offer oraat in6ucomnntc to