The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-03

her towns can boast of -.
prises as are shownin Col" uea entsr,
Augusta, foreign capit. II',a a;S
he prospecting and ;nna WIN sa
similar enterprises. ag IN
The worst feature in a..
that we are letting the oo J, caset
portunity pass hnimntsS.,''uussn o.
the past six or eight pioe ed, Fp
character and numberof;wa'as TIL
into the United States h ~.
unprecedented. In the m as Oeen
April of the present year !, Of
them landed in New YorL4 I5,Uod
smaller numbers at Narso U,EeS'ce
New Orleans. These are a. aas
the best class who have ever JanSy
on our shores, mostly of the f.a anaed
class and men of means. f. aiming
mated by careful enumerat;o. eSu'
they average 500 per head adj" mat
women and children. Now "eO
pose this State could have saoa sup
one fourth of these that landed !:
New York in April, say Ioooo !,
them, this would have added *,
600 to the wealth of the State 49,.
time. Had agents been in New ys%
armed with the proper docu,neu,a'
it would, be folly to say we could ~
have secured moiety of them ~ !.
least. The cheering feature Of :
large installment of them is that
forms nucleus for repeated install
ments of them hereafter. We h,
ard the assertion that if our last 80
islature had appropriated soon
or $4,000, for this purpose it Womb
have Remembered by every proper
ty holder in the State as the wiss,,
and best act our legislators have
ever done since the close of the war
flour enumerators Discharge thpi,
duties fully, it wonld very materially
tighten the labor as also the expen.
ses of commissioners of immigration
should our State hereafter conclude
to make any appropriations looking
to this desired end. In addition IA
the usual questions asked, enumea
tors should not fail to ask practicn,
physicians the death rate in tb
bounds of their practice, the preya
lent summer and winter disease,
and which of the seasons is Ii
most productive of diseases, wheth
err any causes of malaria exist, an
whether local and removable Q
general, &c. In getting up all sue
circulars and accompanying map
perfect honesty, candoT and trut
should prevail.
And now in conclusion, Mr. E,
itor, we have this to say, that if "
will continue to hammer away {
this subject as you have commence
and induce your cotenTs to take i
the cudgels with you, the Peep
will after awhile take this matt
into their own hands and force thu
public servants into measures Of
practical character.
As an incident Illustrative OF {
condition of this State compar
with that of Texas, the writer "
mention that he had relative
visit him early the past spring, w
had a strong inclination for yci
past to sell his hands in Texas, I
ing both a planter and physical
and buy and settle in East Mississ
pi; but after viewing the tuml
down fences, broom sedge fiel
the weather stained dwellings al
ricketty out-buildings and contra
ing them with the evidences
thrift and freshness that greeted h
everywhere in both town and GOV
try, and where il was almost impt
sible to find an idle man, he We
back home determined, at least, nj
err to remove to Mississippi. Eve
thing looked too gloomy and m
ancholy to him. At. the same til
he admitted that our lands were
good, and our wood and water f
ilites superior, PYRTCANTH
.a West Point, Miss, June 20,
3 49,