The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-01-13

strength Of advocacy for right princi- :
pies, pith of editorial leaders, taste, in Sc
lection of news items and neatness in
mechanical execution. To Sonth Car
Gilman, "to tie manorboru," an innate
pride and qualification is always around,
when reading so many valuable articles,
SO strongly conducive to the welfare and
prosperity of the "Old Palmetto State" "
Under the new regime the News has
come f;gth like aPh@nix from the
ashes" and pointed to the people that
course OF wise aud tempotatc action,
which alone can carry thom safely
through the discordant elements which
tower SO thleateningly over the once
destlitS of otr down troddcn aud hu-
Initiated people, but
'.The web in the leaves the spider weavcs,
So like the ch ain hope hnngs ever anew !;
For as of rs she sees It's broken by tic
breeze,
She spins the bright tissue again.
But enough of these unpleasant, mat.
ters, discussion of which can lead to
no political good; aud especially SO,
when there are those who can perform
the work with masters hand. A fter
the war, started out to soek my for
tune, with feelings akin to the "roarine
lion seeking whom he night devour,'
and for several years have pitched my
tent in the tropic of Dixie, within a
short distance of the far famed Ever
glades, and the former hunting grounds
of the renowned and historic Chilly
Bowlegs."
Mauatee, the village, from which L
write, is situated six miles up the beau.
tiful river of that name, with prospec-
tive stretching out to the Mexican
Gulf, tributary of Tampa Bay, so ia
nous to the extensive readers of Dr.
G"ldings celebrated story of "The Young
Marooners." Terra Celia, Sarasota and
other beautiful bays are contiguous,
,aheunting In NIL kinds af .se ,piscatorit,i, !,
tribe, and curiolsly wrought shells,
spread out amidst that evcrchanging
tropical landscape, to the soft and
dreamy atmosphere of this far off South
crn pcuinsualar. TO Il South Caroln.
ian, everything carries on its face de-
gree of novelty; the waters, the shore.
the praries aud the forest, all widely
differ In appearance, from the same OBJ
iects in more Northern ATTITUDES. The
eternal surf washing the never rcceding
shores, sends in its anthem, night after
hight reminding die Of those i'm
mutable lines
"Roll on thou dark and deep blue Ocean
ron."
The fish here, are the finest and per-
haps of the reatest variety of any other
of the States, and can be had, for the
trouble of fca'chng; oysters aud CLAIMS
in abundance, IN oil tn. largest size
and finest flavor.
To the sportsman, there is always
game for his pursuits. Deer, turkeys
panthcrs, bears and numerous small
game.
Fruits, especially otanges, are cultiva-
ted here in considerable quantities, and
unlike the experience OF Greely in cuIti-
"atirg the canned fruits and pumpkin
on the same vine, ''they are success"
Bananas are cultivated in considerable
quantities, but the recent severe winters
have made their success doubtful; the
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as is three acres. The guava from
which the celebrated jelly is manufac-
'dred grows here spontaneously, and are
Certainly a most delicious fruit.
There are large bodies of hamock lands
lying along the river which are very
fertile, but not much is cleared and put
under cultivation, it being very hard to
prepare for planting; and it being an
impossibllity to obtain luborers, white or
black. Common laborcrs charge by the
day onu d. lar and fifty cents, aud furn-
ish themselves, or one dollar with ra-
tions. Much important improvement
has been neglected, and thousands of
acres of the best lands are lying idle for
the want of good laborers, who can al
ways command the highest wages, and
the cash ready at any time There is no
place in the South whore luhnr is himhcr