The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-10

~ Oolumbls, .. O., A Is IL.
"The New York World publishes the
following letter from Colninbis. and ir-
troduces tho writer thus IS 4;
"The initials appended to 2 klettss
from Ooldmbia. $50, which woip1blish
this morning, willIbe recognized By our
Democrat readers throughout the State
as those Of one who has been till within
a few years past one OF their mos. re-
speoted Journalists. and whose labots
have made part of the history OF the
sia: Yourr: profession, With all its la.
borious drudgery, has. nevs7.sssisssseessss, 80
fractions and fasoiuatious, whfoh often
tempt the man: who has retired from it
into occasional voluntary irregular ex-
,oursions into his abandoned field OF SER
vice. Hence this communication. In
joining the throDg migrating 6outhward
to shorten the severity Of Northern
winter-as hate extreme heatas heartily
as exEeme 6oldF FinStddd Of floating Hith,
tha ourrsntsoto Florida, have drifted
aside "a the hills of South Carolina, and
stranded in shfs cityi 'Yonr rreadefs who
hRy9 mayer, been hcre, and yet hopato
live to escape The rigors OF some fGtpIe
Nprtherp March, may hs willing 10 know
why 1aminterested and pleased with my
sonaewhst s9eidsasaa visis TO the capital
Of Che PNmhtt0i iHe6ta.htc ~ -. ~ i'ra
0olbmbiS kaS e prom iinsnfa location on
. bill which ,lpaeesAnt nty,oYerlooks vida
extent d.: county y f'lfes betHeehS the
UoYgase9ss se9ss Bi!et pH thS South xeSs aha
thAsSWatAtgei R5tel Ssi: he Non east . .
the, 4oFuaar caHordfn& % oaplan ndidf water
poMssaas' ~ .sspids here, whiehi hoy
evetSg -, ap1l nt6ph utilized iss yet.
spthgqe. hf ,RhaaA Island. epon. altar ths
war.9 purchased a yalnRblepower On this
river, and B3eTi since the cftifeAS hetsf
hAyp hag y3Sf9hss to1 oomfbaS ,eSttoh tactd,
iies. A4Ai hayea fapeisd they heard the
distant hum oil spindles, until they have
becosnsa weary Of waiting. aGd,H make
audible complaint that the, great Rhode
IslAnder haa' not fulfilled the promises
undeS which: he acquired his valuable
hydrauiicI rights, and they commend ths
t..dog in the msnger" story to hig, attep-
tive perusal On, the other hand, hear,
the delay attributed both to Legislation
desired and to legislation feared These
1.-The procuring of good legislation and
the preventing Of bad-are the difficult
problems, in every State, but emphatical-
ly 80 Of late years in South Carolina.
No doubtAwith unlimited water power,
surrounded by the best cotton region OF
the South, in, an upland country and
with mild and healthy climate-this is
very favorable point for cotton manu-
faottriug. and can hardly fsil to be thus
utilized at an early day.
There is navigation up the river some
sixty or seventy miles above here for
small boatsH Hand before the war, small
sized steamboats, came up the Santee,
(the name OF the river below here,)
within Ate miles Of the city. aud canal
around the rapids (which Sprsgue has
purchased) made che connection. Bnt
railroads have now pretty much super
seded river navigation. The Greenville
and Columbia Railroad, with it's several
branches, covers the country between
this city and the Blue Ridge, and the
Charlotte and Columbia Road gives di.
rect Communication through the North
ern part of the State and into North
Carolina, and the roads to Wilmington,
Oharleston and Augusta afford easy ac-
cess to the sea-board and the South west.
The CITY has ID population Of some
IL, 600 or $4,000. It is laid ont in
squares. and has no streets less than 100
(some OF them 1907 feet wide. The
dwellings, are nearly all of wood, many
OF them spacious and elegant, located on
large lots. containing in numerous in
stances one or two and in some half
dozen acres Of land. The gardens and
grounds are alled with shrubs and
hedges. especially Of evergreen varieties.
OF exceptional beauty. The Hampton
residenoe-which belonged to General
Wade Hampton. of revolutionary me.
mory. grandfather OF the present Gen.
eral OF that namp,) and has been owned
by the family till recently sold to Gov.
Moses for $4,000 IA ridiculously low
price for such property in any North.
ern city, occupies whole square, en-
closed on three sides by high brick
wall. and In the extent of the mansion
and the lnxuriance of the trees, hedges
and shrubbery, is u princely establish
ment. Before the yer, Columbia must
have been one of the most beautiful
towns in the country. Even now, with
the want in many cases of proper care
and keeping OF dwellings and grounds,
resulting from destruction OF incomes, it
perhaps maintains that distinction.
You will reoollect that large portion
OF this CITY was burned when General
Sherman's army vas here-they soy
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