The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-12-06

Wstl lndia prOiluss, NssAass' '"' WIS w
.hsr.s dsmahd, wapld laEn'sh supplies :"
NJ interior on the test terms
m. Care Fear HTsT . naEigabls tnI
,nT si.s rTsfls 70 he point iadisslsd -
ne staring pOinl Of he rail road and be-
an WlmlaElOa 80 Ear - lhs outlets 70
n. ocean. has hssa sAi i nov greatly
;muroyipR snJer The operations u me
IIa,,,d SssIrs. IH 5ePlh. breadth and
s,,,i,urss have al bren increased. and u
- ,a.sds IAN Ihinesa fssi Of water on
4. worst shasl. which - pEegressissly
ls,orniny. The new inlet bar. ~ 10 con-
6dtnlly believed from observations upon
!, !. CAPABLE Of being readily and PsEma-
n.n,lv Improved: and - Ihis eomes 9Th
in m. .rknaH lsdgsd puoyines Of The led
,r.l government. u 10 hoped she viii take
sneeJy ana sfIfelusl measures Tor The &C
eemplishmenI Of 90 important seEk To
, ,,a,r thai has asked and received 50 li'-
Ils Al her hands.
ImnroyemeRI in the eastern srsssnn ol
state sls0 demands our consideration IN
an equal. h not superior degree. The
whole Albemarls country. embracing some
90 counties. has dangerous and made
ous.e ouGIri, and laI Ibis reason has been
driven % trade with Virginia BY the Use
If her rail and other raads. and Of one al
The most ineoavenisnlly located canals
possibIe. The small vessels Which nav
,ea.e the water courses Of this section al
country. are compelled 10 seek an outlet
al OeTaeoks, some 100 10 400 miles south.
when their destination generally Is n"rlh.
Col. Kearney. United States Engineer.
Who has recently had charge Of survey
ol thai country. repairs that Oeraeoke IN
let 10 closing. and expresses belief that
ere long IL will close sniiIsly. ln Sh'eh
esent vessels ailI be compelled to seek
an outlet sill farther south. ihraugh the
sound Of Beaufort. This Of course will
throw our trade 10 still greater exIen'
into the markets of Virginia. Can We
submit TO this!
This seeuon 10 composed Of lands oI
the highest natural fertility. but il 10 90
level. that 10 render il III ior cultivation.
il requires tie most expensive di,ching
aud cansling. This defect in q country
where land 80 much abounds AMI eapiisl
10 so limited. has been the cause Of It's
neglect.
The difficulty Of The navigation of lhe
sound and " the outlet 10 Tie ocean 10 no
doubt a snperadded cause; but rem0ys
these. ard Ihrre 10 no duubI, that these
lands will become the garden spot II lhs
state. INSTEAD of q wilderness Of worthless
land and fertile source Of PeslIlenee AID
| disease.
Nsgshead. at The foot Of The Alhemarls
Sound, seems designed by n.iaTe f"r III,
outlet. Il is formed by very nsros
strip al beach. which divides The sount
from the ocean. and which is nf very lt
lie elevation above high water mark. |
has often been surveyed by very disiIn
eulshed engineers. and 1ar the pracIica
blIIty OF opening II, | beg to reler 10 then
reports. The very Circumstance 81 ~
having been 80 often surveyed. anil 81
often alluded tn as the suhjsc, Of improve
neui. proves the value aud the praruca
b,hiy nf the enterprise. II Is dliiculI I,
explain Why II has not been undGrlaken
The reason may perhaps be found ~ II,
Magnitude. as a State work. and TO ih'
impression that II should and would b,
executed by the general government. a.
coming properly within The class q
WORKS belonging to il. I, is now too Is
sential To US 10 be l'ngsr delayed. AM
must be accomplished by some power.
Nagshead Is greatly more elglbly stu
sted far an outlet. il Crnaion Sound VA
closed. than vas The New Inlet on Vi,
Cape Fear. which was opened within IN,
recollection Of persons now living. AM
has already IL feet water and gr.duall,
improving.
Tie Albrmarlc and tributaries. prnba
bly, discharge five times the quantity o
water which the Cape Fear dues, aud IL
course il directly fnr the Ocean, until !
approaches some hundreds Of yard.
when u turns or at nghI angles and seeks
an outlet 100 miles distant al Ocraruke.
The Cape Fear pursued a similar d.
recn"n aud nearer the Ocean To ahnu, IA,
same distance a similar beach lot, rsening
th"n turned of less abruptly AMI lount
an outlet ,ihe maIn ba') IN 10 miles; snt
a, the turn of a storm washed over III,
beach and cut out the new inlet. IN,
Cr"a,"n Sound lntPfcepls the water aut
draws II away beiu:e reaching Nleshe.d,
! Closing that soun!. u appears 10 me
w"u,d force the water on Nag.head II
such body and power. aud with SON,
slight sssIsIanre BY eating the strip q
beach to give II passage IN the FIRST it,
stance, as would make the ou,lrl.
This. however, is matter Tor the sci
cn"e of engineering. That tie work i,
practicable all have agrsed-ihat il uush
1" be accomplished none will deny VIII,
will reflect upon ia immense imporianc,
10 the state, both As To character aud pru