The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-15

entered this State aauseli one ftdn Ireland three
s 1a ~ays sR spss ssdcas
ssss,e; ssss ;iss s,tSE a atsraoons
.sss sns =; s. g;s:
the most favorable for sio q bsm.n iiis
ef s;P :ss b. AL tho
all ,he cereals known 10 commerce, aud here . con
genial cne, While tho yellow pine, cedar, tho red
and the white oak, the hickory and the walnut are
Our soil will COMPARE favoraby with that Of most
OF our sister States and our sea.ons regular,
and they tempered that mechanical ap agrieul
surn abors may DO prosecuted throughout the entire
Our climate, too, exceeds In hcathfalucss TINT Of
many OF tho .nDrtkern tier III States In proof of
this refer to the .ct shown In the mortality tables
ending June 1st, isyO-that tho number Of deaths in
massachusetts, was one in seven. whilo in South
Carollnn the rate was ono IN seventy one tho per
this IN tue FORMER STATE having been ''' and !"
We have, in round numbers, fourteen millions Of
In improved far,ns being about four millions VI accs
two-thir'ls cf the arabic land lying fallow.
Our taSes have never been, nor nrc they now, cXur
blunt.
averaged even nine mills on the dollar for State an
County purposes. and the taxes for the present year.
amSansng for NIL in tho State and c9nt
thnt figure, In view of the great liberalization of
property Of oil classes, not in the assessment in al
at nui IN Tue es1atc on winch the rate vi tax
For Instance the average price Of farming lands is
aoout % sax dollars per acre, while The SAME lands are
per acre.
We have also adopted The admirable New England
system Of FREQ schools literally endowed with am
pie appropriations which hcnccforth will not fni
application to their vital anil sacred object In adj
ualon 20 al these manifest advantages OF soil and
.he' .nete are seFerhl I"ltIoaas trnfcrslnS arSe
M. sser1n OF tne oute connsctins win ltncs running
i,ha., markets oI easy ACCESS. nna we have
nSefal homestena inw. which eSempts fifteen hum
sA ared dollars worth oi real and personal property
nr doi u & ma sic io1 de una imprisonment
In view, therefore. Of the pressing importance of
Ihs.unG NV Immigration 10 ou, State, and to the end
That = IN, may be fosersd and eneourage' recon-
tho IAnctulent VI IA" pioflunG that MI per
S IONS w9 mhh$rnte 10 thc state prior TO the tirsi
tSy ., o MnrSn isto nm" engage IN me cultivation OF
oohus IN money cIua! In amount to the State AMI
Eon,hty , taxes assessed upon their cultivated lans
ana to be continued for two years nfter the enI,iva
t'9n n ot Sneh lands shall have been commenced.
a,lop ine pan propose eontempatcs me setting IN
mot!on current OF domestic Immigration from the
NorineIn suites OF tho Union 70 our own state As
muSn 70 oe desired ms Is an Immigration into our
borders by the hardy yeoinanry and skillful farm
poPuhtoh OF Europe, We hnFe no agencies at our
asposa oy WHEN We can hope to turn the stream OF
foreign immigration fr.m the new States Of the
West, into which it is steadily flowing 1t is praci
caoie' however. 10 secure large accessinns to our
rural r1ruiation from our sister States OF tho
NoFh "hch nave ie"er natural advantages than ours
Tor agriculture, and have population which IL fast
becoming extremely dense in PROPORTION to their
alSas.
IN ILLUSTRATION o1 Inns TACT refer TO The census of
the United States OF lsIo which gives the population
OF C"nneeueuL nj hSc hnnurea anu tmrty seven thou
hana Tour hundreM md hfy-ionr; that cf Massachu-
set.a nt one fhiiion four hundred and my seven
inousant Iliree hunureu anu hity.one ana that "i
Iennsylsnhin at tNree million hye hundred nnd
iwehiy ono thousAnu seven hundred snd nihrty-"ne
Dlfiuine tue nuinner OF hhabitants IN these states
respectively py thc number ni square miles tn their
aeas VIC ni tnat inc poPuiatlnh u SonneSticnt Is Mt
sctts iSs onJ t,.t NJ Hnnn. rt..nts % ~ ~ s".h Is
Ina I'm, nm nrea ncnr,v sv" tines "a ,ran .. ta, ~
SQUARE mile In ,hc state ,T Nav ynrt H., dnn.;t,,
~ nnnuntion Is o3 70 ths sor.rn ,niio and :, Rho
I,,und les II tho Northern n,rIcmit,rists and me-
chnncs who nre now nncomfurtnblv crowded toorthrr
in tbcr nativc Stat,s con hn inJ"rS ~ c,,, 49, T.,
nny considerable number We viii tberebw add mn c,s.
usnt Of immense value 10 our nop,latinn They nre
the class or men who mako rrcat cities ont uf snnI
In pursuance OF the ,,an for the encnnr,rrnrn, NJ
domestic Immigration MS herein nronn,rI T rccnn,
mend tho creation of the oIjrc oil Commissioner OF
Immigration, with such n salnry as in your wi.iom
you may think proper md that The sum OF ton thou
sand dollars be- npprnnrj.te fur tho pavmcn, nf .mcb
salnry and Other expenses fnci.n, to the nnrnnsr,
Of said Office namely: The dissemination throurh0ut
tho Northern States Of correct Information In regard
our climate and agricultural resources The Com
missioner Of Immigration should be selected with tho
sole view to his especnl qualifications for tho nosi~