The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-20

Il A"1s fne l1oltoRlnGs ,yWEak}sRy by
Mr. 4H. Aorth, who intends smakisa
this rity his future home. and ID whose
advettisefhent in another, column Ve
call the attention Of our ,subsoribe,e
who have property to sell. We clip
from the New York Weekly Times.
Beautiful for situation ia this citv
set upon u bill; beautiful the prospect,
East. West and South-North ward
limited by rising ground and forest to-
ward the mountains. Beautiful the
bright sun shine by day and the cloud
lens stsr-lit skies by night. BaImy
aud bland this wiuter air. What u
lovely climate to live ipl What IL de-
lightfnl country for tourists 10 ,nv.s.i.
gate! Alb. Arcadias are rar.l ..D,s
tance leuds enchantmeut to the view"
On closer inspection, those ields, so
fair from some lofty height, are .'oid
field" or poorly titled cotton or corn
fields, or per haps broom-sedge, weeds
aud bviars. Those splendid groves
are worthless pines. Here are dilap,
dated fences. uppainted buildings and
no green velvet lawns, (unfortuna,ely.
tue latter almost an lmposslbihty J
Instead OF oattle upon q thousand d
hills, there are thousands OF hills With
no cattle at all. Like a hub iu the
centre of the State, this beautiful little
city has railroads radiasing to'ali parts
OF the State and beyoad hrr borders.
With water power sufiolent to turn
millions of spiudles to manufactu,e e
the cotton ccntreing hare; With miles
n ron al a.
ed, it turns single grist mill aud
pnmps water to sn,ali reservoir on
Arsenal Hill. Practically it is locked
up. aud the key in Rhode Islaud.
There is nndeniably some uuprodnc.
tive land in this State, but thers liz
vast area that will compare favorably
With the North or West Take from
the Northern or Eastern Suites the
rocky ranges and mountains aud what
proportion of acreage is leit2 Take
from this State the eand hills aud
swamps and the reduction is small in
comparison. Even the candy Dor.
ton, produce melons. potatoes,
the peach and grape, and with
proper cultivation, fne crops Of
cotton: But why reject the swami ps
at all2 The rice swamps of
the Black. Psedee and Wackama
Rivers are the most femunerativt. in
the State, or were "befu' the war;"
and will be so again when tho proprie.
tors learn to trunk them With concrete
pipes and rust-prnof gates that will
last for centuries. and uuderdrain so
as to plant the whole field aud reap it
with Mccormick or Bome other
or1
stead of ''toting" it on the head OF
come "colored brother or sister," or
better still. turn them into irrigated
meadows. and solve the labor question
as far as the rice fields are oouoe rned.
There are in sight of this city bottom
lands in nasural fertility equal tn the
Waikiki or Mohawk Valleys, waiting
purchasers at SIS to $40 per acre. iu-
Guiding improvements, and a better
market for all productions than any at
the North, particularly for hay. Large
lsnd-holders offer to subdivide their
lands, and aell for 81 each alternate
farms to energetic men with means to
improve them. What is the reason
present proprietors do not thrive?
Want OF will. skill and money. It
was d stunning blow to be at once de.
prived OF everything but their real
estate. and palsy of debt on that,
perhaps. Bad government is the rea.
son given here. Miserable govern
ment. indeed. to paraly zs whole peo-
Pile. But a brighter day is dawning.
A better government was inaugurated
with the inaugural of Gov. Chamber.
!:!n. Eyes are Frightening and conf
dence returning. 1t is dead low water
now in South Carolina. On the lst
day OF January, 1875. the food com
mences. Who will be the first TO
launch his boat upon the rising waters?
From this city Northward. the climate
is entirely healthy. and although the
thermometer to-day, December %. J is
above seventy degrees, the summers
are not oppressive. We want 5000
mechanics and manufacturers to build
houses, mills and machinery. With
the best timber for furniture, wagons.
carriages. agricultural implements and
household wooden. ware, all, or nearly
all, come from como other State. There
is fortune here for some broom
maker. We want 10000 energetic
farmers TO buy :iicse cheap; good
lands, and by skill and improved i'm.
plements make them model farms, aud
drive out OF the State or into the FIRE
plows patented in the days of Romu-
lUg. We want hptker 9ruit and p,cro