The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-12-10
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| generally vcstssy Sod i building, by ex-
/ pcnding.a largs additional amount Of
money on it, aua thns pcrpctuate the IN
stitation in its PRESENT unit locality,.o
60 make the necessary investigation as to
| whether a niofs Er;tablc location could
not be selected where ample grounds
could be secured and s9itablel buildings
erected for timed Qegate sum ip addition
| TO the price qbtained for the present
premises I cofasnend tile subject to,
your careful and deliberate ilivcstiga,
tion.s I'D
ouAaANTINE. ~.
The annual report Of Dir. Robert Leb-
| by, health qiiicefof the Port, Of Charles
ton, will be iouHH highiy interesting aud
Satisfactory, as s:xemplyiying beyond all
cayil the Important fact that with an at
tentiye and yissIsnt quarantine officer
the City of Cnasisston, may be consid
cred perfactly irGip tic visits of tropical
/ epideniics, which have occasionally DESC
lated her strects and paralyzed her cam
merce. Her ext xtspp:ion from pestilential
diseases, her geavral salubrity, her he
feasibility ut all ssns, with her oehcr
signal advantages and facilities, present
a brilliant future So Charleston, which, if
properly huprased, cannot fail to place
her at the hsad of Southern supports.
DR.. Legby, IN is report makes num-
bcrSof suggestinhs aud recommendations
which are desc yrdly ntitlod to the
highest respect, sasd are recoaspended to
your filvorable:c :coasilcration.
AoisIcuaAr 81 sr1es
The report Qf the commissioner of
agricnltural statiSiics contains much val
uablc intarnnition "a relation TO the soil
and productions the State, embracing
the various cpapS md modes OF eultiva-
tion, the value II he numerous fertilizers.
/ the eelture d ftli,s aud of the Crane
and the forfnati3b of roads. / recon-.
mend that q bef.Si appropriation be
inside to lie disEfibuted in preiniuns as
prizes Iar exec hcci IN agriculture and
! the inachaAle Among the several
1 counties. and tsle iitir 1T Columbia,
with the under Isig that an equal
amount, fipni te seliyccs be raised
for the ssiua she sssse fair
and espili
attention is called e5 the elaborate and
suggestive report Of Professor Charles
: U, shepard, Jr, Inspector of guano and
fertilizers. presents III most torci-
bic aspect the tiagnitudn aud Importance
OF this ncw field ot enterprise and in.
ustry, It's rapid growth and piobabie
extension. In this connection Your at
tention may he ustiully given to ths.l;,w
OF last session. granting to certain parties
therein named, the right to dig aud
mine in the nayigable strcai,s -of the
State for phosphpe. The receipts thus
far to the State from tlat company have
been nineteen hundred and eiYhty-uine
doilnrs. In my Judgment, further lcsis-
lation IS imperatyeB reqaired toprotect
| the interest OF tho State in this matter.
1t ~ believed that with moderately
efficient administration Of the affairs OF
This vlla.bic propcrty, sum may be
rcallzcdgto the, treasury sutiicieutrto pay
the Interest on the debt. of the State or
its equivalent. The constitution pro-
vides for uniform aud equal rate OF
assessment aud taxation. and that only
the proceeds OF miues and lining cluiiIs
shall be assessed. The inquiry may be
suggested whether the present mode ol
assessing the phosphate lands is the most
advantageous to the State and equitable
to the taxpayer, and whether some
change is not demanded.
THE LAND COMMISSION
Was undoubtedly one Of the wise stand
most beneficient projects of the State
but, from the odium which has been
brought upon it by charges freely made
OF speculation aud persona! purposes .i
its administration, the results have not
been commensurate with the sagacity
aud philanthropby of it's objects. About
six hundred Thousand dollars have been
expended, aud thousands of acres of land
have been purchased but, up to this
time, only comparatively small portiop
OF the land has been sold to actual set
tiers, and the hardness Of tkc commits.
sion should be ii subject OF investigation
by the Legislature. This investigation
should be thorough and searching, by
intelligent aud honest men, who should
examine fairly and tcarles,ly into alleg-
ed abuses which have excited widespread
comment aud deuunciatlon Desiring
to investigate these alleged abuses nay,
self, applied to au eminent law firm III
this city, but was, informed that owing
TO the imperfect legislation which char.
acterized tho act, my power over the
matter was very limited ond qucstioua,
BILE. Whatever abuses have character
ized this agency and paralyz,d its use
fuliness, are mainly truccable to its pr-
ganization, by which its AUTHORITY was