The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-03-14


. DO rmarkahly viii. A lrisrd showed
&C several sIears uhIsh he ini0Imsd ne
we're praduesdin ne norIhera part rl he
eoua,y, and Which by uessunmsn. assr
Esund 10 exered seventy inches IN IsngsA:
osils, re, potatoes, Infnips. &e. are pro-
dUced IN The grtsiesl sbBndsrce.
| Win respect 10 che prizes e lad.
ran assure ynu that large bndiss II un-
rleased rich land. most Of which might Be
eriiisassd. hsvs been sold 81 pnses ,ar,
ing frnm iueaiy-6se rents On Gifts cents
Psrsrle. Any qusntily &C land favorable
Cor shssf-wslks igh, be rroegre.l in sny
section VI The county u prizes saiy ing
from one 90 zen dollars per scre.
The lev sheep IhaI exist The coun
" thrive remarkably ~elI. aud are soae-
tines pefmilsed 20 Iua 81 large during The
winter without being fed snd Without sul-
firing. As ihe nDnlteI kept BY any ind.
sidual Is moi large enSoeh 10 Justify the
employ ment 81 sheI herd 10 lake care Of
them. they are not urlreqnsn'ly destroy
ed BY sleinns dogs. and more rarely by
wolves. which have moi ysI beth enIirs-
y exletminaied.
| have bren somewhat prefix in nv OBJ
sersalioUs 90 this county, because some az
your inquiries were directed particularly 10
u. and because roost OF what have said OF
Yancey 10 true Of the other counties west
OF the Blue Ridge. Haywood Las abou,
The same elevation and climate Of Y ancsy.
The mountains are rather mere steep sad
the valleys somewhat broader; the soil ge.
Morally MOI quite so deep. but very pio>
dueliFe. especially IN grasses. In some
sections Of the country, however, the soil
is equal TO the bss, have seen.
Bnncombe and Henderson are rather
less eiesfted --Ashyille and Hendsrscn.
vile. The eonnuy towns, being each about
1900 feet shove the sea, Tie climate 10
much The same. but "a very liIe warner.
The more broken portions Of those coun-
lies resemble much The mountainous parts
Of ianeey and Haywood, but they con-
tain much more levtlland. Indeed, the,
gres'er portion oil Henderson is quite level.
git contains much swamp land, which,
when cleared, with very little If any tirin-
age, produces very fine crops nf herds.
grass. Portions Of Macon and Cherokee
counties are quite as favorable, both az 10
climate and soil. 50 those above described.
would advert particularly TO the valley
OF The Nsntahaiah. in Macon, and OF
Cheoh, in ChtIokee. Ia either, for a
comparatively uifilng price. some Ten or
h,teen miles square could be procured. all
oil which would be rich, aud the major
part sufficiently level for cultivation, and
especially fitted, as their natural me adews
Indicate. for The production Of grass.
In conslusion. may say that, as far as
my limited knowledge OF such matters
authorizes me to speak, am ssiisie thai
there is no region that is mare favorable
10 the production Of sheep than much of
the country | have described. Ilisevery
where healthy and we'll watered. NAV
add, too, thsIihere is water-pewer in The
different counties composing my Congress
slonal district TO move more machiuary
than human labor can ever place there
enough perhaps to move all now existing
in the Union. II is also rich miner raj re-
gion. The gold mines are WORKED now TO
considerable extent. Tie best ores of
iron are found in great abundance in ma
ny PAGES; copper, lead, snd other valu able
mlnersls exist. Tha, must one day be.
come the great manufacturing region of
the South. | doub, If capital could be
used more adrantsgeously in any par. of
the Hnian than 10 tia. section.
For number Of years pss,ths value Of
the live stock las ascer,aized from books
of the Turnpike Company that is driven
through Bunconbe county. is FROM two To
three millions Of dollars. Mos. of this
stock comes from Kentucky and Ohio.
and when it has reached AsheviIle il has
travelled half its Journey to The more dis
ant parts Of the Southern market, viz.
Charleston and Savannah. the ciiizeus
,f my district, therefore, can get their
I've stock into the planting States south
II us at one half the expense which those ,
If ken'ucky and Ohio are obliged to in =
;nr. Not only sheep, but hogs, horses. :
mules. and horned cattle can be rrodue- :
ID in many portions of my district as il
,heaply as in those two States. This d
must ere long become The great msnulac Il
uring region cf the South. &c.
Slavery is, as you say, a great bngbedr, e
'erhaps, at distance; but | doubt il any c
tlividual Tram The North, who should re-
ide single year in the country, whatever it
nigh, be his opinions in relation to the n
itself. would find the slightest a
injury or Inconvenience result to HIM in 0
|ividually. II is true, however. that the c
lumber Of slaves in those counties is very .
mall in proportion to the whole popula> n
ion. i a
have thus. sir, hssiily endeavored to +
omply with your request, because you
tate tina, you wonld like to have The ins !
nrma,ion at once. Should you find. my q
ke,ch OF the resinn very unsatisfactory ,
nd imperfect one. hope you will do me
he farur to remember that the desk of
member during debate is 40, the mos, ia. i
l. H.. /.