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BY TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt i fm* m) mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn ri . m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& ;"-.po??ry. THERE IS NO DEATH. v.. Tliero is fto death ! The stars go down To rft? upon sonto fairer shore ; ?nd brigiit in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine forever more. Talero is no death ! The dust wo tread Shall ohango.beneath the sumn&r showers, * To goldeu grain or mellow fruit, Or rainbow tinted flowers. The granito rocks disorganize, . * < Tq feed the'hungry moss they bear; Tho forest leaves drink daily life, Fr^in out tho viewless *air. *' There is,no death ! The loaves may fall, Tho flowers may fade and pass awa3'? They only wait through wintry hours, . The coining of tile May. \ There is no death !! An angel form v Walks o'er tho'earth with silent tread? "lie-bears our best loved things, away, And then wo call them ?' dead." lie leaves our hearts all desolate? . II? plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ; * Transported into bliss, thoy now Adorn immortal bowers. .Tho bird-like voioe, whoso joyous tones. Made glad this scene of sin and strife, , Sings now ? everlasting Song, Amid the tree of life. .And where ho socs a smilo too bright, p Or hearts too puro for taint and vice, Ho bears it to that world of light, To dwell in Paradise. tW??rTnntrOnnyiji^irro'rt . ^ ^. 1 They leave us. but to Come agnui ! with joy wo welcome* them?the samo, Except in sin and puin. And over near us, though.unsecn, Tho dear immortat'ft'pirits Jrcad; Fer all the boundless universe Is.tife?there are no deadf m?escellany^ IMMIGRATION.. Messrs. Editors Charleston Courier: You will please publish the enclosed valuable coiu juuwieatiou, and in so doing you will confer a benefit on tbc State, and I hope draw the at tenttoij^of ' tho -Legislature to the importance of the subject of Foreign immigration. ' li. ?. Pkuuv. CoLUMhiA, Sept. 10, 1805'. To J?U Excellency li. E'. Perry, Provis y>na?\Gooern?r of South Carolina : ?Ikspkctkd Sui : I had thought that it would have been of advantage to South Caro lina, under present circumstances, to mh'ke p?me . publ?o Act for the encouragement ot immigration, and .to'appoint a public officer to sSjjerintend tho ?ame, to protect the immi grant' against fraud and imposition, and to nd vise, 'direct and assist him in tho choice ot lands, and to perform such other duties ?ri miglit bo imposed upon him by tho Executive in the furtherance of the above objects. Xyc:?sc pardon me then for addressing you on the matter. . 1 The present labor system of the Stato has received^such a shook, from which, under or dinary.i?irqumstanoes, it will take years to re cover. Our lands in great measuVo will be idlo) our,prodpcc will be .merely nominal, mid tho population,;which heretofore has boon the main reliance'tor our exports, instead of bcinp 'a Source" of income and prosperity, will bo very .heavy burden and an additional causo o? adversity. I may possibly bo mistaken in these, siiruiis?i, and T. ,wpuld be glad(if it ahou?d be so;* but it will be Wise, neverthe less, totajcesuoh steps as wffl most iMroJy con tribute to our speedy roebvery from the terri ble fjfteets Of opr deplorable late ? revolution. . I ttiink tho immigration to and. eottlotn.ont nmou?stus of industrious and frugal fpro.ign or? Will be of grertt value to us. ' Millions of the'good and industrious people of Iroland havValre?dy left their old ''pomeri and settled in jtho United'Statos. Othor mil lions of industrious,, frugal find ordcrlyspcople t havo. quitted Germany arid other ?i?rype?b /?y or Fiance abovo 20,000,000 souls. And yet Germany, in spite of all lier increosed tax es, thq, disadvantages of her innumerable mo-, nopolies and corporation privileges, the ex travagant prices of her arable lands, which sometimes- is as high as 800 to 400 thalers' per acre; in spite of her enlistment laws that take the young man in his very prime from tho plough and scythe to make him a soldier for several years ; in spite of all these burdens and a thousand others, is made by the indus, try and economical ? habi* of her people to yield sufficient not only for home consump tion, but a small surplus for market, and has enabled her people to lend to tho United States the ?aormous sum of six hundred mil lions of dollars. ? s Michigan .and Wisconsin,, comparatively new countries, are already, and have been for a number of years, Marge exporters of'grains and breadstuifs, and these are nearly exclu sively produced by immigrants that have set tled, within their territories during tho last thirty years". Of these facts tjioso"States, as likewise all other Western States, prove thejr cognizance by their official ' nets and the api pointment of commissioners to .encourng? and all great producers, .and arc largely indebted. *to immigration for their unexampled prosper ity. In a country like ours, labor is capital and population is wealth; and where, there fore, tho one system of labor has been disor ganized, apother should immediately bo intro duced without cavil and with the least delay. Lands rischi valu? with every new settlement, and declino with the discontinuance of any old useful establishment.' Communities grow in resources with every increase of their pro ducers, and become bankrupt where the con sumers largely outnumber the former, flow are we to expect ner? settlements, how are wo. Oven to keep up the established ones without immigration ? . There muy be s?me ill feeling in our State to the immigrant, on .account of the large and effective part he has taken against us in the late war, But if we view the matter rightly, fairly and justly, we shall fiudith:*C the immigrant has only proved his faith to* the community i'? which he resi-, ded. If tlvo Northern ani^ WV.stfi-n adopted citizens and their countrymen havesidcM hon-, orably with their respective State?, havo not ?ho Southern adopted citizens and thcir' coun trytnen dojio tho siimo for their Southern States? I. know that every.community in the Spiith, where a sufficient number of adopt ed citizens resided, has sent forth its corps of adopted warrior* tO-j-he Southern armies. Iiv a letter wJiich I hud the honor to. address to l\is Ilxcellcjey Gov. Manning, in 1853, on the Subject of German immigration, I pledg?d tho .faith of the immigrant-to our State in her hour pf need. .Let us see how they have rcdo?rood that pledge. Let us tako South Carolina for an example. The city of Char leston, with a German population of about 8000' souls, lias sent four full German compa nies to tlie. field, and has kept them there un til the final surronder of Jj>hnston, besides havihg furnished from her old German Fusi liers the one-half of tho brave^ld'compflny of Scotch 'Uliion Light Infantry. Tho-Irish 8f Charleston have furnished two full companies;, besides nearly one-half of the heroic regiment of South Carolina First Regular^Artillory.-r Not another company lnfs gone from Charles-' ton', and not a regiment from any part of tho 'frHtnio, in which there havo not bean ad?ptp^ citizen.^ The German settlement of* WaThal hi has contributed to pr'r's and ThinovantV regiments nearly every man capable of hearing arms, an ci is almost dostituto of sound Wording 'men, so many having bpen killed or crippled. If I may mention it hero. I.oan aver that Ger man blood first dyed tuo soil Carolina in this contest, my own'* among fclio rest. J) Thia should bo conclusive proof to evory fair arid Vhupartial mind that the immigrant'may bo' ?hanicat population, wnu nculth and strength and industrious habits, and, have enlarged the number of producers wherever they havo boa ted themselves, ^besides increasing .the mon .eved capital and value of hinds. Pickens, ^District, whioh, under my own superinten dence and lead, has received a German settle ment, has. certainly acknowledged that it has been off benefit to ber and increased her re sources very considerably. I am. just now' without statistics aud books, and have t;o write altogether from memory, but I do think that ffi? above premises cannot be disputed, and will convince your Excellency ?hat immigra tion of the right class will not only be a great advantage, but is an actual necessity for our Stato. The idle lands of our upper districts, 'which are so admirably calculated for an in dustrious graiu, wino and stock raising popu-, -lation, would certainly not be the worse for ever so many immigrant, settlements. I pre sume the owner of 20,000 acres of land, would gladly dispose of 19,000 ocres at o reasonable .rate-when the remaining 1,000 would by such* rfbt become worth moro than his 20,000 under existing , circumstances. By o proper atten-, tion and supervision wo might perhaps clfoose Cnfoh^^qfoPtein iiAK?<! itf?j?^^Q^^ fe w would, certainly enhance our general prosperi ty. It were vain* to deny that,mistakes may oecufj that among the good some of the vi cious and worthless may come in. .Butit re mains to be seen whether the former will no| predominate. ? If your Excellency should concur with me in the foregoing views, the question will arise, hbw can immigration be made most advanta geous, be most encouraged, and b?w the im migrant bp most surely protected and his pros perity insured. 1. I deem it of importance that the State, by a public Act, should express her willing ness to receive and encourage immigration. 2. That the State appoint a Commissioner, with power, and. .whose duty it pb,oud he, to advertise all over the State for Igiuds; to have them laid off, described, platted, apprised and warranted, and that the latter should, on the report of the Attorney G?n?ral, endorse the warranty. 3. That the Commissioner shpultL. hove printecl descriptions of these lands distributed, and.sho'uld advertise periodically in tho papers of the Northern ports and of European emi gration ports. _ ?4. That the Commissioner, Under certain' restrictions, should" have power to appoint q'gents for these purposes. ; 5. That he should havo open office in Charleston, to respond to any immigrant for advicoupr.otodtiou, information, transportation, .and suoli other matters as may be of necessity. Tliat he should from timo to timo report to the Executive of tfio State, and bo always subject to his orders and instructions, and'thot he should receive his expenses und a reusonn* ble compensation. I will not trouble your ExcoJIoney ooy longer,!but submit the matter to your ?superior wisdom '-with the hope tha?* something i^ay bo done -soon,,and nyiy contribute tp th* hnp ?iiness und prosperity of our noble palmetto and. I ani, most respectfully,, Your Excellency's obedient scrv't, ? * . John A. WaciiJnkr. ii t A? - -*+*rr-~::-? - . ' t?t?tf for from 'ihe probable site Where the Sermon oil the- Mount \yas delivered, our guido plucked two flowers supposed.to bp of that species to which our Lord alluded*, when, he said, ''i'Consider the lilies'of the field." ' The calyx of this giant lilly resembled crimson vel vet, and the .gorgeous flower was ?fwhito-nj?d lilao, a^nd truly no earthly monarch'could have b^n "arrayed more gloriously than one of these." *Suoh is the testimony of nature to the words spoken bv bur Lord. ,K .'' * ':*' ''AWr?vefo vi.Palestine. ?> W&ijh' ;. . *:.,. S* ??,? ? ' ' ? " . 1 Charleston.? gentleman who has been .'osent from Charleston for the short'ti irto <of ix weeks, returned in the last steamer from . ? 'ew York.' On ?Walking up Ittist ?Jay, tys rst exclamation was that of surprise* at wit nessing the wonderful improvements that had ceti made in thai section of the city during is temporary leave. We assured him'that he improvements were not ?onfined ta any pecial locality. On evevy street and thor oughfare the marks of energy, industry and Enterprise were plainly visible. East Ba}-, <ix weeks ago, was nlnlost barren of open bus-' incss plafcps, while now it is next to an impos sibility to rent a building covered with a roof/ Owners of buildings ar? actively engaged re-, pairing damages occasioned by lire and water, and long before the repairs are completed, dp? plications ore received to occupy the premises. ? The same \iolds good .with Meeting, King and other principal streets.,fl%Thcrer is a great de mand for stores and warehouses oil over the city. In order to meet this demand, it'ivill ,be necessary for some measures' to bo taken towards restoring the burnt district to a habi table condition. Tho city cannot afford to al low that large area of valuable space to remain in ruins! Let the owners of the property commence at once to put up larger and com modious buildings, and when completed, there will be no need of beggiug for o, coupon t?,-7 The,rents in Charleston ore increasing doily,. - which is another evidence of enhonced busi ness activity. Stores, whjgji three mouths ? ago could be obtained for five huncked dollars ?* ?. per annum, cannot now be had for less than $1,500 and #2,000 for the some term. Let . us continue in the good work of city improve ment.? Charleston Courier. ? ' _ _ - Brutal Murdkr.?Wo regret to annottato smtho;^^ person of Major Jaimes J. Adams, ono/of our,, ~ ^ most respectable citizens^ ou?Thursday morn ing hist. The deceased was a resident of our district, near Hodges, Depot; and left "home 7 early on 'Thursday morning with his gun in ? his hand for the purpose, as his mother sup- ' posed, of hunting turkiea. On Friday mor ning his dead body was found near Hedges'"( Depot, very muoh mutilated. Upon his side'!' were the marks of a wound inflicted by an axe. There was a deep gash on the back of * his head, and nis whole face was beaten in,.so ? / as not to be recognized.' His broken gun was found near by, with which it appeared thaj; most of the wounds were, inflicted. Upon the trees around there was- the evideiiico of a dis charge of fire arms, and the appearance of thd .. ground indicated a violent struggle. Twb negroes have been arrested and.lodged ingani' ?.? ! to pd: against one of them theeviaence of crim inality is very strong?but it is very likely * that ot.heis ate implicated, ind we trust-that all will-be brought <to speedy punishment. Bill of.Mortality.?By the ropprt of.,, the deaths sent us by the Oity Bcgistcr, wo find that there has been during the past^week * thirteen whites and thirty-five'blacks and col- ? j.orod who have died. Of these, there were eight cases of fever?three whites,- two.pf them children,/and five block adults ; of dropsy, rive bjacks?four sdults onjl, one child; ond bf ? convulsions, five children?one whitc*or.d four' blacks* it wilj b.e observed, also, thajb ilio black adults who hove died ore ove?three > , times the, number of tho whites, and the black children aro more than double the white. Tho rest of tho do'aths appear to be of general dis eases, ond in th eft so 100 ratio as in former years, ' at this season^ and*we must; still bo thankful . ' ? for the extraordinary health w.I^ch has blessed bur city.?-Charleston News. > . , . Tn.unc Affair.-r-<)ii Saturday iast,.soyfl J th? Charleston Couricrof lho^8th ult. adr^ad rul an,d apparently well planned assault, with ? intent to kill was made upon Dr. Thcpdoro ? ! Dehon and his son, Theodore Deh?n. Jr., by .negroes, while th? farmer were r?turmng from ih?i^phintation u't*A.shepoo to Wnltcrboro/-**' 1 We have not received full particulars of bho I assault,, but learn that tho^ossailants were tho0Jj former slaves of, ])r. Dehon. Tlicy -.tverQ alj y armed and firod fe0vcr.1l shot*. Th? sort ?was dangeroivsly, ond, it is feared, mortolly woutN ded. Dr. Dehpto received four shotfj, and\k though severely wohnded, is considered out of ? <, ' danger. Si* of the negroes, ^including tho * > driverof tho plantation and?is Son, have boon . v arrested. > Dr. O.chou.is. son of the jato Bishop Dehon. ' .