The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-01-07

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isrlHg Embellishments spring up more a.
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ne also. - illasiFale this Tiew. ssiil fur
tier call The siienli0a Of lhe Sensls 20
faaey, one Of The youngss. Of our eoun
tes- To slsnesr. The larger part ef il
uoaid seem only wilderness. lleoalsins
aprsFrnlly inskhsssisbls supplies Of ore.
which yields iron surprising perhaps. in
hardness aud ioughness. any knoNn. As
county. ifyoB except some Of our re-
claimed swamp lands. is soil 10 the most
fertile in The state. The clouds 50 oflen
rest On J.. that The vegetable matter decays
siowly. in = moist state, and has given il
The mast extraordinary degree Of fertility.
Il 10 ma.s sdmirab.y 6ited for grasses.
lei il be rememberd 500, cir. Thai lands
about Lexington. in Kentucky. dssolsd
entirely 10 grazing are sold somsiimes
Tor 800 per acre. Bear in mind. 700.
the further fact. stock 10 ihs value % two
millions Of dollsrs, 10 annually driven
through Buneombs county 10 The South.
Why Is il. iLfn. that with lands naiu
rally 40 well liied Cor This sorl nf cul.
,ure. and with snly half The dislsnce 10
so 10 marker. the eiiizens OF Ysney are
80 fsr behind kennekyi II is because
They want the capital which che possess
es. The first seulers in Tia, country
carried only he axe and The rife. Most
Of their ,ims is u courre employed in
acquiring : subs snee; and The country
i improving rather slowly. II their lands
we're prepared for grazing. some years
must siapse before there wouli be 70
turn Of profit. The result 10. that most
II them are unable TO take that course.
Those who have adopted il. howeyer.
have succeeded 80 well. that Ill sill be
encouraged 10 initiate them. when they
gel The means. The fact even OF throw
ing open the whole western cnunlty TO
The world. BY means Of fms road. would
tend directly 10 transfer capital there
Many persons from Tie East have assur.
ed me. that II il we're not for the difficult
" Of Preaching ii, they would like 10 pos
sess stock, farms and villas. as our South
etn neighbors now do in ssme instances.
Such an investment would, 10 the end,
be preferable 10 one in The southwestern
states.
The whole Of our mountain region Is
one Of The most inviting 10 the world
LIS sumner climate 10 said. BY travellers.
70 s0rpsss that Of Swilzerlsnj; lis skiss
are Italian; there are fountains Of icy
eoldnes,. and limpid streams aud green
valleys. The lover Of natural scenery
will find there, too, the preeipice and cas-
sade. or he may ascend the blue noun.
lains, and pass slong their. tops. Tor
miles, over prairies six Thousand lsei ..
bove the ocean, with the clouds beneslh
him. II uur friends from the Eist cnnid
v.sa Is. a. | am sure they woald do u
We had Gne turnpike. lhev Would obtain
there. perhaps. not less Of pleasure, and
far more OF bodily and intellectual energy,
than they can end in the ei,iss Of ,he
Nonh. =.
Thus bill. Mr.. Speaker. proposessno
experiment The improvements ofphst
species longest known. | need not refer
you back 10 the graded and paved Roman
wsys. which resemble some Of our mo-
dern improvements; and portions Of which
are now fuund in Western Asia, appear.
emily ~ fresh and unworn. as when they
were first laid dosn. There were thirty
eight Ihoussad miles oil such road in tina,
empire. sufficient, 10 sncircls the earth
once aud . half. aad adJriips the beste
,idence Of lis power aud wisdom. Fog
lsnd now has tseniy -fise thousand Of NJ
Adsmized roads. Many Of our sister
states. speedily Pennsylvania, Ksntic-
ky aud Tennessee, have gone extensive
" into this species Of Improvement, and
are sill progressing rapidly. Look 10
wha, Virginia is doing iInmedi,sly on
our Nor,I,ern border. (Mr. G. then tx.
6ibi:ed map Of Virginia, with turnpikes
&c.. finished or 10 progress, marked Of.
on j, The surface OF The state seems
chsckered all over. Not only is she co.
gsgei in constructing great thorough
fares. but slmos, every county 10 her
borders has ia road. The legislature
deals out the public money with libe
raj hand. in all directions. The vsllsy
turnpike. when completed. will pass
through slmosi The whole length of the
state, 10 the borders Of Tennessee. near
Knoxville. If we do Bn.hing, the uavel
Sor,hward will sohn be diverted, in a
great measure, from our Tertiary. Geor.
gla and South Carolina are making efforts
with like purpose in view. The latter
state formerly made turnpike up TO the
llno of Buucombe county, though. under
aa obligation, whatever, 10 take care Of
our interest. but solely with view 10 OBJ
| tain the trade and travel from that region.