The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-22
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Saturday mornlaE February %. 1873.
R1chIand County

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Carolina, was derived from the remarka-
bly, verdant appearance of the country,
and that of Riohland from the large
bodies of rich Highland swamp, which
I. border on the rivers. These are beauti-
fully appropriate names. as much so now
as when they we're originally bestowed.
and in themselves constitute pictur.
esque description of the Counties they
designate. We doubt il the advantages
aud character OF the rich lands OF this
County are fully known even to our own
people. We propose to Gull for tho
strangers who may be within our gates,
looking for Southern hopass, sone 9.
the usefal statements and facts OF this
industrious compiler, and some from
other sources, and at the same time re.
mind our own citizens of what it may be
useful to them to consider.
At the time Mills. Statistics was pub.
Eshed. us26.) South Carolina stood at the.
head OF the Union. in the value Of her
products, although the culture OF the
soil was necessarily limited. The glori-
Gus destiny which the author anticipated
for her, from the completion OF eys
tenn Of internal improvements, which
would improve her natigable streams
ana reclaim her rich deltas-''those rich
and: d:inexhaustible tracts that border her
rivers, the cultivation of which. would
exceed in tho value OF its products the
agricultural wealth of whole State
has aotbeen realized. These deltas re-
main unimproted, and besides, large
bedies OF safe and accessible land, as
fersileas any country affords, lie neglect.
eds and unoultiyated. We need not
waste any time in inquiring into the
causes, of this, nor make any lamenta-
tions over it. Rather let us be practical,
present such facts as may be OF service
now, and show good inducements to SET
tiers to come andlivA here.
Richland County is computed to con-
tain 403, 200 acres Of land, and is thirty
miles long on an average by twenty-one
miles wide. It's nearly equally divided
between the primitive and alluvial
regions, the latter predominating, how
ever. The highlands are composed of
extensive regions of barren sand. covered
with. small ipitoh-pines and black jack
oaks. The air here is remarkably salu-
brious and the waters pure and pleasant.
No country is more healthy the year
through. The rivers are bordered by q
great extent Of alluvial low grounds.
which are so high as to be rarely affected
by freshets. and are as fertile ss the
deltas OF the Nile or the Mississippi.
The river swamps are elevated about 100
feet above the ocean, and the sand hills
rise from sixty to 200 feet higher. Per-
feet health and great fertility here ap-
proach each other very closely. -
Along the margins OF the rivers, the
soil is of the first quality, deep. rich and
highly fertile. The second quality are
those bottoms where the creeks run. The
third are the high. fat. red, loamyslande.
The fourth are the sandy lands, some of
which yield very kindly. The swamp
lands on the Congaree nre more exten.
sive than those on Wateree. From
Cranky, just below Columbia. to Mo.
Cords Ferry, "a distance Of twenty eight
miles.) they would nearly average four
miles wide, and are estimated to contain
about $4,000 acres. Those on Wateree
are ION the Richlsnd side) limited in
width, until you get to Pine Bluff,
whence to Raglin's Creek they would
average two miles wide. Besides cotton
and corn, which are the main crops
raised in this County, it's soil and climate
are favorable to great variety of rich
plants. such as rice, indigo, wheat. rye,
barley. oats, tobacco, hops, castor oil
bean and madder; besides the vine and
all the various esonlent vegetables. and
every variety of fruits. Mills estimated
land at the following rates: Lowlands on
the river, 800 per acre; good uplands,
$40 per acre; secondary quality OF oak
and hickory or good pine land, S. per
acre; for inferior pine land, So per aore;