The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-16

tries for sisuppiys oiIia4nstsssl Imni.
grants. possessed 81 s9mSisnt' capital D
buy and Stock email farms, than 10 shs
Northern States of thy Union. he II.
oommends The enact ment OF law pro.
viding that all persons who immigrate 70
the State prior to the first day of March,
1875. and engage in the cultivation Of
the soil, shall receive from the State
Treasury bonus in money equal in
amount to the State and County taxes
assessed upon their cultivated lands aud
farm gbnilaings; such bonus to be paid
annually, and to be continued for two
years after the, cultivation Of such lands
shall have bsen Commenced. This plan
oontemplates tho setting in motion a
current OF domestic immigration from
the Northern States Of the Union to our
own State, S1 %
Aa also econiss2as, that in order to
encourage manufactures of cotton and
wool in this Slate. the speedy passage of
q Law providing that'all sqoh manufaoto-
ries that may be established within, the
limits OF this State, on or before the
first day Of Novemer, 1875. shall receive
from the Treasury of the State bonus
equal to the State tax assessed upon the
necessary>buildipgs. land and machinery
OF said manufactures, euch bonus to be
paid annually, and to be continued for
five years after such manufacturing COM
pany, claiming the same. shall have put
its factory into actual operation. As
matter of equity. he recommends that
the same bonus be allowed by law to
manufactures OF cotton and wooden
goods, already established, for like pc.
riod, commencing at the close of the
present fiscal year.
The Governor postpones to more
Convenient season the consideration Of
the question Of the public debt, feeling
the embarrassment of the tangle in
which he fnds it, with bankrupt Trca-
sury and . shattered State credit. We
observe that in connection with the
great attractions which the State offers
to immigrants. and which he describes,
he insists that taxes are not e1orbitant.
He says that the present tax Of fifteen
mills on the dollar is roally below that
figure, ?, because, of the great under
valuation OF property Of oil GLASSES.
This is great mistake, aud the Go.
vernor ought not to delude himself with
cherishing any such fanoies. Taxes ore
heavy, oppressive, and almost unendur-
able, and property is assessed, in many
cases. at more than double it's selling
value. A friend, who has lately fore
closed mortgage and bought in plan
tation for three or four thousand dollars
and which will yield very small income
until extensive improvements are made
SO % to Al. it for occupation and use, has
Ito pay omit at che valuation of sl6, 900.
Were the Goveraor's! advanced views on
fencing only adopted, places like that of
our friend would become profitable to
i work at once. As it is, long lines Of
fencing have to ba.rhn, in addition to o
,Iremorseless tax upon d valuation Of at
EACAot AOuK tluon Wig Sblue O1 tJlO HtOpSf.
Fsy, No, no; taxes. are not low, assess.
ments are notmoderate.; This is cry
ing evil; fox remedy ofrwhioh the pre-
sent State administration ought to work
day and night in season aud out of sea-
sofa' Il i: I'll s3ij.!y.
| The Euening Herald thus speaks of the
newly elected Judge OF the Eighth CiT
cuit: 49,, -,
'.Th6 Hon. Thonpson r.: Cooke,
Judge elect OF the Eighth Circuit,
sLquali6ed to-day, and will enter upon the
|idisoharge Of his duties at the earliest
moment. His Honor ia the son Of the
late Rev. John p. Cooke, who came to
this State from Pennsylvania in the year
1916, and settled in Fairfield County,
where he shortly afterwards married
Miss Anna Pullig. Judge Cooke was
born in this State in July, 1882. In
January, 1848, he entered the State
Military Academy and graduated at the
Citadel in Charleston some time in the
year 1851. Fpr several years afterwards
he was engaged IN toaohing the young
|idea how to shoota ana was regarded as