Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23

Jul CtaIe suouiu nave Deen uelgnte
at their failure.
Under the operation of the &C
first cited a limited, number Of emi
grants arrived at Charleston in. th
year 1867. Pursuant to the 7th. .sec
ton of that act they were on arriva
duly registered at the office of til
commissioner Of immigration. ant
were classified as.artisans, mechanics
farm laborers, house servants, &c. J..
They were nearly all, if not en-
tirely, from Germany, aaland' tina
furnishes our country with a.larg
fraction of its most intelligent ant
euterprising adopted citizens.
Many Of them were speedily EN-
,ployed by'planters in the interior a
what should be regarded a thodsrat.
rate of wages, or about $l2 a'montE
and "fodnd" in provisions. "t''i j
On arriving at Their new home.
they found themselves utterly uh
familiar with tie customs and the
languageof our people. 3'',' '''''
Their wonder was much Heightened
when the .uspal. plantation ration was
issue riissssnped, to them, = consisting Of bacon,
corn meal, salt and molasses, m !,
/, =. Their establishment. at being, ex.
pected to be-. satisfied with such food
equalled that Of the planters, who
wondered at their repugnanceto such
staple articles of plantation diet,
The natural result was mutual, dis
satisfaction, and 1.-THE return of the
European farm laborers to Charleston,
where they were humanely provided
for by their countrymen. a.~ l.ns :.
The vast tide,of immigration which
annually pours into the United States
leaves scarcely ripple Of its mighty
stream upon our shores!7'u -ba"d ~
During the year ending June 30,
1871, there arrived in the United
States from foreign countries, three
hundred and twenty-dhe thousand
three hundred and fifty immigrants,
Of whom but twehty-nirei entered
this State, namely, one from ireland,
thee from England. and twenty five
from Germany. That immense living
wave in great part rolled on west
ward. '''''
Yet there is no State in the Union
that offers greater natural attractions
to the agricultural immigrant than
ours.
Situated between the thirty-ffth
and thirty-second parallels of north
latitude, and between the seventy
ninth and eighty-secand meridians of
longitude west from Greenwich, it
lies along the isotherrnal belt or line
of equal temperature, deemed the
most favorable for the lengthening Of
human. 4fe. 1t is adjacent to the
same parallel of latitude with South.
ern France, Italy and Spain. and has
they = possaggas,n "a 4Aa- AS = 81 oh
The fruits Of the tropic and tenn
perate zones and all the cereals
known to commerce, find here a con-
genial cline, while the yellow pine,
cedar, the red and the white oak, the
hickory and the walnut are among
our forest trees.
Our soil will compare favorably
with that of most Of our sister States.
and our seasons are as regular, and
they are so tempered that mechanical
and agricultural labors may be prose
,uted throughout the entire year.
Our climate, too exceeds in health
illness that Of ,Aauy Of the northern |
ier OF States. In proof Of this l
'efer to the fact shown in the mortali-
y tabl.s Of the eighth census of the |
United States for The decade ending
lune lst. 1860, that the number o
leaths in Massachusetts was one in
iIty-sevcn, while in South Carolina
be rate was one in seventy,oue, the
'ercentage in tue former Gtate haYing,
een l.16, and in lhis l.4l.
We have, in round numbers, four
cen millions Of acres Of arabic land,
nd less than third of this in
ultivation; the total quantity of
lnds in this State in improved farms I
eing about four millions of,acres,
wo-thirds of"the arabic lands lying
allow. ''l'o.' "'H a.
Our taxes have never been, or are
ley now, eyorbitant. ~ =
Taxation in the State for the past
'ur years has not averaged etsn
Inc mills on tLe dollar for State and Is
ounty purposes, and the taNes Tor $
lie present year, amounting, for all I
urposes in the State and county, to s
fteen mills on the dollar, are actual 7.
far below that figure, in view Of (
lie great under valuation Of property
all classes, not in the assessment III !
| cases, but in the estimate on which II
le rate or taxation is based. F.
For instance, the average price of L
rming lands is about six dollars per t
re, while the same lands are valued Il
r taxation at only one dollar and !.
ty cents per acre, H.. l,' u
We have also adopted the admira.. v
e New England system of free !,
hools literally endowed with ample ,,'
which henceforth wild !.
It fail Of application to their vital "a
ID sacred object. Tn addition to all !
ese manifest advantages of soil and a
innate, there are several railroads h
aversing a large section of theStatei o
meeting with lines running North, b
liking markets OF. easy access, and g
have & liberal homestead lew, h
lich: exempts fifteen hundred dol Al
5 s worth + !! real and sSbslp prop: 10
ty from execution and sale for debt,
d imprisonment for debt has been ol
olished. ie
In view, therefore. Of tie pressing !.
portance Of inviting immigration oi
our State, and to the end that it G
y be fostered and encouraged, I tt
the enactment Of a law e. :"
,vidipg that all persons, who i'm sh
CRATE to this State prior. ito the G