The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-09-19
From he NerIolk Herald.
NORTH CAROLINA.

The editor Of the El,zabe,h City IN. G.. ]
PhGnix. boasts Of ins shelled almonds. >
growing in the garden Of = geallen.l IN
that town, '6he Favored and af gnOd sIx= .
And What 10 there that won't thrive in
North Cardinal The Earth. We believe,
has not . plant. . shrub OF = rre. that
may not be cultivated to perfection IN
horth Carolina, where universal nature
seens 10 flourish. She combines, indeed,
fbe staple productions Of every country
In the known world. The grain. lumber,
iron. hemp. ship timber and naval stores Of
the Bslue countries. snd the corn. Iohae-
en-, patton. and rice. 10 which might also
Be added The vine, oil and silk. OF more
SouIhsfn laliiudes We belisye IL was
SIR Richard Grsnsille. one Of the earliest
prorrIet"rs Of The territory, who praPhe-
sled that gold would be found in sbund-
snee IN North Carolina. and that It would
bee1me one 81 the greatest silk Countries
90 The world. The first prediction is slrea-
dy fulfilled, and the lulil,nenl Of the second
- nov Too obvious 10 be any longer o
question, We think there can be no
doubt. that the geographical position Of
Norlh Carolina will be found more favour
able TO the growth Of silk than that Of any
other spot on this continent. and M less
90 Than any other 10 the world. The Hill.
country Of North Carolina might also be
made 20 abound with fieecy iiocks TO sup
ply the greet staple Of wool IN an incsleu-
liable extent Her wales Tor the grazing of |
neat herds, aud her forests for the range
oil swine. are unsurpassed; and her nuu-,
erous rivers and fisheries are never g..
ing source OF wealth. Besides all f'ese.
We might enumeraie till vs Rer tired.
abe various gifts Of nature 10 us singn-
larly favored and most inieres,ag member
OF our republic in the rsnce oi hnrslcui'
ture, botany and minersIsgy, all oi which
enter more or less iaio the marketable
commodities which constitute the sour.
ces Of her wealit, and we might specify
pany Others which could be added To the
which are not indigenous. but
which w,nld find genial soil ard eli
mate is Nor,h Corolina. and flourish
equally with her native produclions--snd
aeong these is the ohjee. Of our Eliza.
beth City friends admiration. which has
elected this paragraph.
II 10 true that the traveller will often
end in his passage through The lower
parts Of North Carolina. ridges Of poor
and sandy lands, which ran only al.
ford subsistence for spsrce population
but few miles from his road on eilhe,
hand. he will surely come 10 some river
or stream Of bold depth, running through
q fertile valley OF arabic land, or through
svsmps with inexhausiible forests for
timber. slaves, shingles and" lumber" Of
every kind. Indeed the very worst spe
cimens Of N. Carolina. land bad enough
hey are. in all conscience are The mus
similar 10 strangers; for they are exhIbIl- :
I'd chi, ay on the main roads leading
through The State. and some Of their more
lateral branches. But it p here
70 every where else: the poverty d The
'osl 10 one spot 10 The natural resplt'bf its
~ ferlilize some others; and
or every acre Of pour land or sand bar.
'en in North Carolina, there 10 a CORES.
bonding diffusion oil fertility and luxuri
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