The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-19

Westward of Afcr- KuH River before mention
ed about IS or 90 miles runs in HGrst0n river
Norlhward in the Countrcy, some score OF m!ies,
bnth sides OF which River is adorn'd with spacious
Mcdou,s enough to maintain thousands OF Cattle,
the woodland is likewise very good for Corn q
stor'd with willie Beasts, rs Deer q Elks, q an
innumerable multitude of Fowl, as in other paris
Of tho Country: This River is thought very
copable for the erecting of several Towns q WI
laoes on each side of it, place IN the Nofth OF
A1perieH having better convenience lor INC hin'H-
tainine of all sorts of Cauel for winter g summer
food upon this River is no town settled, but one
ot tho mouth of it. Next this River westward
is place called Ne,cGsons, where is two or three
Towns g. Villages settled upon the Seaside. but
none betvixt that & Drlcwer Bay, which is about
sixty miles oil which is rich Champaln Coun-
,rev free from stones & indifferent level store oil
excellent good timber, & very we'll watered, hav-
ING brooks or rivers ordinarily, one or more IN
every miles travel The Countrey is full OF Deer,
Elks. Bear, & other Creatures. MS in other paris
of the Countrey, where you shall meet WIN no
inhabitant in this Journey, but few Indians, where
there is stately Oaks whose broad -branchedtops
serve for no other but to keep off the Suns heat
from the willie Beasts Of the Wilderness where
is grass as high as mans middle that serves Tor
no other end except 10 maintain the Eiks q Deer,
who never devour hundreth part OF It, then to
be burnt every Spring to make way for new
How many poor people in the world would think
themselves happy, had they an Acre or two OF
land, willis, here is hundreds, nay thousands of
Acres that would invite inhabitants 49,
e- Delewer bav the mouth Of the River, lyeth a
bout the Midway betwixt Ne1o York s. the CGpes
of PirginiG 1t is very pleasant river q Coun-
trey bnt very few inhabitants, & them being most
sly SaVedes, Dutch & Finns; about sixty miles up
the River is the primo pal Town call'd Net0 Castle,
which is about forty miles from Mary Land &
Il n.nr
the people are settled all along the West side sIS-
~ miles above Near- Castle; the land is good Tor
all sorts Of English grain & wanteth nothing but
n good people to populate it, it being capable oil
entertaining many hundred families.
Some may admire, that these great &1ich Tracts
Of land, lying so ndjnyning to NeD Ems gland &
Virginia, should be no better inhabited, & that
the richness Of the soyl, the healhfulness of
Climate & the like, should be no better motive
to induce people from both places to populate it.
To which l answer, that whilst it was under
The Dutch Government, which hath been till
within these six years, there little cncour-
agreement for any gtish both in respect Of their
,fafety from the Indians, the Dutch being almost
always in danger of them; & their Berer-trade,
not admitting of a War, which would have been
destructive to their trade, which was the main
thing prosecuted by the Duteh. And secondly
the Dutch gave such bad Titles 10 Lands togcth-
er with their exacting of the Tcnths OF all which
men produced of their Land, that did much him
der the popularity of it, together With that gener-
al dislike the English have of living under an
other Government; but since the rCducement Of
il there IS several Towns Of considerable great
ness begun & settled by people out of Nca0-E Eng
land q every day moro s. more conc to view s
settle. ... ID
To give some satisfaction to people that shall
he dcsirous TO transport themselves lhither, 0he
Countrey being capable of entertaining many
ihouSands) how g. after what manner people live,
s. how land may be procured &C. l shall an
swer, that the usual way is for Company Of pco-
pie to joyn together either enough to mike a
Town, lesser number; These 60 with the
consent of the Governor to view Tract of Land, |
there bring choice enough, & finding place con-
vrnient for town, they return to the Governor,
who upon their desire admits them into the Colo
ny, & gives them Grant or Patent for the said !
I1nd. for themselves & associates Those per- |
sons being thus qualified, settle The place, & take
in what inhabitants to themselves they shall see
cause to admit Of till their Town be full these
associates thus taken in have equal privileges
with themselves, & they make a division Of the |
Lind suitable to every mans occasions, no man
being debarI'd of such quantities as he hath oc-
casion for, the rest they let lie in Common tilIi
they have occasion for a new division, never di-
vidIng their Pasture-land at all, which lies in !
common to thewhole Town. The best Commo- |
Iities for any carry with them is Clothing the
Countrey being full Of all sorts of Cattel, which
they may furnish themselves iha at an easie
rate, for all sorts Of English Goods, as likewise
instruments of Husbandry & Building, with nails,
Hinges, Glass & the like; For the manner how
they get livelihood, il is principally by Corn & |
Cate, which will there fetch them any Commo- !
ditles likewise they sove store Of Flax which |
they make every one Cloth offor their own wear
ing, as also woollen Cloth, s. Linscy- Woolsey, & !
would ina little time live without the help of any
other Countrey for their Clothing For Trades !
men there is none but live happily there. as Car
penters, Blacksmiths, Masons, Tailors, Weavcrs,
Shoemnkers, Tanners,7 Blacksmhs, & so any
other Trade; them that have no Trade betake |
themselves to Husbandry, get land of their own,
& live exceeding we'll 80 --
Thus have l briefly given you a relation of
NeGC- York with the places thereunto adioyning;
In which, If 1 have erI'd it is principally in not
giving it its due commentator, for besides those
earthly blessings when it is stor'd, Heaven hath
not been wanting to open his Treasure, in send
ing down seasonable showres upon the Earth,
blessing it with a sweet & pleasant air, & con-
Ilnuation OF such Influences tend to the Health
both OF Man & Beast. And the Climate hath
snch an affinity with that of England, that it /
breeds ordinarily no aiterion TO those which re-
move thitheT that the name of seasoning which
y common to some other Countrcys hath never
here been known; That may say & say truly I
nat IT there be any terrestrial happiness to be had
BY people of all ranks especially of an inferior
runk, il must certainly be here: here anv one !
ma n furnish himself with land e, l;v, 49,. -