Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-08

mel hahls from the interior OF Cur ow,
and from every part Of this widely extend,
flourishing Union. The business sa,"'s
I'd well, and continues fair. Indeed ~
chants tell US they have no cause of eo,'.t
All is life, hustle and activity, in The h. p
parts Of The town. The clerks are ks'.
the run--lhe employers walk with h. r ~ "
smiles upon their faces, add firm elIs'.
The fashionable streets are enli,ened wi.
bright eyes Of Beauty; all around speaks n. +
prosperity AID happiness. ". 7 Cam 81 4
WINE AND SILK. There Is perhaps to-,
try in the world where the yiue prov,
luxuriant!y and abundanlly ,asr in MARI = !:
rolina; and mulberry trees Of the Is,,es, ,'S,
nest growth are TO be foand every whe,,,
State. Ii is matter Of establishment H.. L
our farmers do not make wine, a, least r
silk. A farmer IN South Carolina. Lr
from Iosr acres oflaud, sold wine to the am
Of $4,000. A few II our farmcrs hav, :"
vineyards, but we would like to See i, b.r''
general; for il cheap wine could be subgi,
for the miserable whiskrv that is now do,a'
much injury in our country, il would b,S.
mos, happy effect. Not only would its s,.
sive culture give greater scope 10 Agrcu!p,
industry, but it would yield greater re,,,'
to planters, by far, than our present croDs n.
Of our most respectable farmers in the ,i,i,'
Of Newbern, las, year, succeeded psrfscily s,'
in raising The silk worms, and has on hi,,y,.
grove Of 500 mulberry trees. Ne,rhy, 3,
NORTH CAROLINA GoLD. The Nfw w..
Posi- has been favored with the sigh, q a. len,
from correspondent al Hamptonvile in Non.
Carolina, giving an account Of the uuantiti,, 4
gold lately found in that part of the coupr,
A new mine has been discovered abou, e..
miles from Hampronville, which is though,
promise well, At q mine in Arson COUNTY
lump Of the metal has bcen found weighing Z
lbs. avordupois, entirely solid, and estimate /,
be worth from S25oo to $4,000. OF course. M
success has produced some excitmtn, in
neighboring county, and many workmeu Ia,
abandoned their usual occupations 10 scar:
for gold. AT Capp's mine ABOUT 100 hands 4,
at work finding from one 10 five dollars wor.
Of the metal day. Ii is generally found
fine particles and perfectly pure. Large pisc.
are rarely met with. The .arges, ever tcur
in North Carolina was that found some va,
since in Cabarras county. 1t weighed % l5
and was worth about 5000 dollars. The WI
ter proceeds 10 say:
ct is fine source Of profit 10 the propre
tors Of the soil, for il is the poores, land wh,r
the most is found. am told that Two msr
chant, it, Charlotte, sixty miles from thi. plsc.
have bought this year fifty thousand dolI.1
worth ofgold dust. They pay at the rate Of.
bou, ninety cents per pennyweIght."
BoRING FOR WATER. agent for Mr.. D,
brow has been boring for water a, Providence
r. !. with complete success. In one place,
the end Of wharf, some hundred yard, frui
the original shore, the wo!kmen penetrat:
through the" made land" then through 20 n
Of mud, then bog meadow from which exec
lent peat was brought up, then stratum
sand, pebbles, and quartz eravs', aud pis"ir
IN ;.~r.~e"-t~i with copperas and arsep
and laSly, 3 or 4 feet further, aud IS feet brln
the bed Of the river, vineyard" furni,hr
vines, grapes, grape seeds, acorns hazel, mi
pine burrs, and the SEEDS of a variety Of u
known fruits, with spring of pure waller.
Much speculation is excited among the cur
Gus by these discoveries.