Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-04-29

correct, and that this natural reinvigora-
tor Of impoverished soils may be obtained
in nearly every part of our county by min.
ing for it,
We have been reliably informed that
many of the Northern and foreig On settlers
who have settled in the interior districts
of Georgia and Alabama, have wonder
fully "astonished the natives" and greatly
improved their lands by this process OF
mining for mari. Their mapper of pro-
ceeding, says our informant, is to employ
colored laborers to do the mining, pay ing
them one cent per bushel fer getting il
out. 1t is then allowed to lie in large
bulks, exposed to the atmosphere anc
weather tor the space of one year; after
which it is applied at the rate of 10(
bushels to the acre in connection with
green manure. In this way lands that
would produce only five bushels Of whes
per acre, now produce twenty five bushel,
% the acre and are permanently improved
We have no doubt that a new and thrifty
agricultural population would develop
This valuable resource of our country, and
we are equally sure that our native PEG,
pie never will. If our people would max,
any effort to populate our county, meas
ures should be taken to demonstrate the
existence Of this resource by proper ex,
periments, and We may be assured that
those whom we would invite to come
among us would not be slow to appreciate
its merits
Upon the question of our market facili-
ties We are wonderfully blessed. In this
regard We have a nest important aid far
reaching advantage over the West We
are surrounded on all sides by natures
highways, by which We have easy access to
II the great produce marke's OF the East,
untrammeled by the extortions and tyranny
OF any great and sou'lcss corporations;
and are in no way dependent on the few
great monarchs who control the great
trunk lines" On the other hand, til,
Sc tier who invests his earnings in the wild
lands of the far West, will soon begin to
realize that, though he j. living under
free republican government, he is neverthe-
less, the helpless subject of amors IRE
spensible aad absolute tyranny than thai
from which he fled beyond the briny deep.
He will soon find to his great dismay, tha
he is under the domination OF = power
that can tax him through his poor pro-
duction, at will, increasing its rates at
pleasure, and with no right of appeal in
the victim. These considerations viii.
impress themselves upon the more inte H.
gent AID ssgacious of those who are seek
ing agricultural homes in the new world.
and if properly awaited of will operate
greatly to cur advantage
The peaceful state of our society, and
the refinement and hospitality Of eur pep
pie cannot tail TO make q favorable i'm
preston upon the Stranger who settles
among US.
Oar government is all that can be de-
sired. Our State tax is as low IS that Of
Almost any ether State in the Union, and
lower than most OF them, and our State
debt is perhaps, the most inconsidera BILE
of any State in the Union. Our system OF
justice is always impartial, exact and
prompt. Our county taxes though nom
inally higher than some Others, are, when
We take into consideration the lew rate Of
assessments, as low as can he reasonably
desired.
We hsvs 'ha. h&s;ily sunpasi up .sz,.
of the natural and other advantage pos
sessed by our county which We 10 ieve
would, if properly represented, induce
many Of the desirable immigr. nts ~ no are
daily arriving into this country 70 settle
here. The advantages that would flow
from the addition of seven or eight hun
dred thrifty families of agricultural pee
pie to our population are grea, and meal
culabe.