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

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Tho fruits OF tho tropie and tempsratS zones, and
ssssaI sisis 1hiS t6e yellow Siae oedss, tis ssd
and The white oak, the hickory and the walnut are
Our soil viii compare favorabiy with tha. Of mo..
Of our slater States, and our sea.ans regular
and they 50 tempered that mechanical apu aoul.
tutal labos 30 prosecuted throughout the entire
Of the or q IL proof snaf Of
thin refer to the mot shown IN the mortsy tables
Massachusetts, vas one in lftyseven, whio in South
Carolina the rate was ono Ia serenty-one. tho per-
contagc In tho former State having been TO and In
We have, in ronnd numbers fourteen millions Of
cuttvaton; the total quantity OF lnnds in this sac
in improved fns being about four millions of acres
sTSrthIIsis E,a Il tas arabic saild iy.ag fsisE
bilant. ..
Taxation in the State for tho pas. four years has
County purposes md the taxes for the present year.
amounting for oil purposes In tho State and County,
below
TINT figure in view Of the great vauatton Of
property Of all classcs not In tho assessment In oil
cases but in the estimate which the rate Of tax
For Instance the average price Of farming lands is
ABOUT st1 dollars per acre, whfle the lands
valued for raxation Mt only dollar and my cents
We have also adopted the admirable New England
ple appropriations which honcetor,h will not fail Of
application to their vital and sacred object. In nd
ditlon to all these manifest advantages Of soil and
n6a fr,yr aSnoo 1,rc
North, making markets Of easy access, md we have
dred dollars worth ol real md personal property
from A execution and s1o for debt ind imprisonment
In view, therefore, of the pressing importance Of
inviting immigration to State, and to the end
that that !. may Be- fOstered and encouraged, recon-.
mend tho enactment Of law providing that oil per-
day Of March ls7o, and engage in tho cultivation Of
bonus In money equal in amount to the State and
County taxes assessed upon their cultivated lands
and to be continued for two years after the cutiv,
tlon Of such lands shall have been commenced.
The plan | propose contemplates the setting in
motion current OF domestic immigration from the
Northern stnten Of tho Union to State As
much 70 be desired as Is IN immigration into our
population Of Europe, We have no agencies at our
disposal by which We can hope to turn the stream Of
nto .% the new sasa Of the
cable, however. TO secure lnrge accesstons to our
rural popu!ation from our sister States Of tho
North, which have fewer natural advantages than
for agriculture and have population which Is fast
becoming extremely dense In proportion to their
In illustration of this fact refer to the census of
the United Sntcs OF 1870 which gives the population
Of Connecticut at fyc hundred and thirty thou
sand four hundred md ffty-fOur; that cf Massacu-
settn Mt one million four hundred and fifty-seven
thousand three hundred and flfty-one; and that of
twenty-one thousand hundred and ninety .one
Dividing the number OF Inhabitants In these States
areas find that tho population " Connecticut is at
the ratio Of lis to the square mile TINT Of Massacu
setts 1885, and that Of Pennsylvania 20; South Caro-
lima has nearly five times large that Of
Massachusetts, and less than half Of hor population
while the number OF our inhabItant. Is only 10 to tho
square MILE In the State of New York the density
Of population is e3 to the square mile, and In Rhode
Isand 1853. II tho Northern agrculturists and me.
en- ,hc vnv wsE are s. n1w M together
any considerable number we will thereby add m OLE
msnt Of immense value 70 our population. They
| towns, and build mighty States In the Wilderness.
In pursuance OF the linn for the encouragement Of
mend tho creation Of the Office Of Commissioner Of
| Immigration, with such salary rs In yonr wisdom
So s the So of ten
salnry and other expenses incident to the purposes
Of sold office, namely: The dissemination throughout
to our climate and agricultural resources. Tho Com
missioner Of Immgratoa should be selected with the
ton, aud ono or his duties should be- 70 travel In the
interior Of tho Eastern and Middle States and invite
Immigration through occasional public lectures set
thug forth the yniue and location Of our most rablc
lands with xact Inform alton In regard to the mineral
wealth. vegetable products, climate and sanitary
dition Of our State.
The duties now dsvo,ycd upon the Commissioner
Of Agriculture should 10 performed BY the Commits
soner Of immigration.
THE SOUTH CAFosISA UNryEksIrY.
This institution Is In prosperous condition rs
coa!'l bo expected under existing circumstances.
The number Of students In attendance duriug the
session ending June ~, 1872, S.
The appropriations made for support for the fiscal
year ending October 81 1S12 were
| For the support of the University a27 SO 90
For r. pairs On the University building. 1UOU0.U0
Total ....... 49,. .............. $87, $50 90
The Treasurer Of the institution reports TINT there
nr" twcnty-sfx thousand eight hundred and twelve
volumes In the Library but TINT for the Of funds
to repair the books, many valuable works being
rapidly injured.
The General Assembly, by m Act approved March
1869. provided for the annual admission to the Uni.
yerstty OF one beneficiary from each County in the
State, such beneficiary students tn be appointed by the
Governor on tho recommended of the delegation
from the County In which such students sull reBpec
lively reside. am prepared to mako the nppuint-
| nents whenever called npon pursuant to law.
The Constitution Of the Suite requires In Section
0, Article 10, that:
The oeaera! &c Assembly shall provide for tho main
] therefore recommend that the necessary aprru.
priatl0R be made for that purpose.
TIE CODE AND REVISED STATUTES
Tho Code of Procedure, adopted by ths General
Assembly tho of the I,,ly