The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-04-25


We DO not pretend to say, that this road
would be SO great thorough. fare as that
canal, nor SO great, as it has made the
Hudson; but we adduce il as an instance.
TO shew that a country, when having
cheap and speedy channel for the convey.
auce Of her products; rs adyan.aged 10 an
amount that cannot be estimated before.
hand, without perhaps falling short Of
true calculation. Tina, the value Of real
estate would be enhanced hereby, flows so
naturally and undeniably from wha, has
been adduced that il world be bot an act
Of supererogaiion to demonstrate It.
PROSPECTIVE VIEW.
We have spoken of the immediate bene-
fit derivablc from this road prospective.
ly, far more prosperous destiny awaits
Western aud South Western North Caro.
lima. The time IS approaching when this
! section will be extensively engaged 10 man.
uiactufes il IS no, necessary to be proph.
ei, nor allied TO one, 10 foretcl this state
OF things: possessing as it does the finest
water power nearly, in the Union, and
being contiguous TO the greatest cotton
growing country III the world, only ordina.
ry sagacty and foresight are sufficient, to
ioresee the rank II will hold as The rival of
Massachusetts, the erection of the road
will hasten such result, but If the road
be not now erected, a, a later day II will
be, tor The main purpose of uniting these
two great sections though, If the road be
built as soon as practicable, our resources
will sooner be developed, md capitalists
will be sooner enabled thereby, to invest
/ their funds in the manufacture OF our prin.
clpal staple. TO reiterdle. The greatest
cotton growing section OF eouniry in the
world lies between 80 deg, and SO deg,
north latitude; extending about 20 deg.
longitude west, from Washington EN-.
bracing within its limits parts of the
States Of Arkansas, Teras, Louisiana and
/ Florida, the entire States of Mississippi,
Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia,
and those portions Of North Carolina and
Tennessee, whose greatest elevation does
not exceed 600 feet above the ocean level;
and as We have expressed above the coun.
Try aifording as fine water privileges as
any n the world, is TO be found in the
Western part Of this State, and the Eastern
part Of Tennessee, and especially, above
that level where IN these two States cotton
ceases to be raised. Now, in lie course of
time, what Is to prevent cotton right here
at The very door of the planters barn, from
beng wrought up in the various fabrics
OF which il is a chief constituent, cheaper
than any where else; the natural course
Of events is tending 10 such finale.
/ Twenty FIVE factories have already been
reared III this State, whose spindles and
looms arc "ihroaiug off" cotton yarn and
Homcstics with pretty fair profit 10 their
. owners, on their several Investments. If
factories in secluded little hamlcts and
villages, FAR from large markets and speedy
modes Of transportation, thrive now, can
they do less, or what may they not bs ex.
pected 10 do, when iaI road running
from an extensive seaport through an en-
tire State, aud branching into another, has
It's terminus in their very midst.
Nature makes 10 spring forth from the
ground, herbs aud plants, and nuriures
themwth her kindly soil until they ripcn for
mans use ; but, she does not all; man
must enclose his fields and gardens, and
by 1.-THE sweat Of his brow must assist
nature in bringing them to perfection ma.
iure has here thrown together in close
luxtaposItion, two sections each wisely
adapted to mutually support the other the
one for growing, the other for manufacture.
ing cotton, bni nature is not going 10 pave
roads, she has done her part, and if man
does not prof. by such peculiar advantages,
on his shoulders will rest the consequen.
ces but men have their eyes too wide
open to be blind TO such apparent means Of
advancement, therefore it may safely be
believed, without any sketch Of ereduity,
that nil We have predicted of the section of
country under discussion, will one day be
accomplished.
Again: portions Of this country are as
we'll suited by climate and soil for the cul-
iure of tobacco, as Virginia and the north.
ern part Of hls State. The mean height
of the French Broad a, Ashevile, OF Tuck.
aseege Ford and Of Morganton, accord.
ing to Professor Mitchell's statement, is
l66ls feet; assuming this as the mean
eltNdltoh vi couutf y duJaCcHt W 'pose pa
ces, aud taking Nj. Darby's estimate Of
400 feet Of elevation, as equal TO degree
of latitude on arial temperature, and the
result gives to the climate Of all places,
about that elevation, between 80 deg. and
80 deg. 80 min. North the same tempera-
ture, us the climate on the ocean level be.
tween SO deg, and 40 deg, 80 min, N.
and nearly corresponding with the mean
gral temperature, between 81 deg, and
80 deg, 80 min. north in Virginia where
tobacco is most successfully cultivated
| The data from which we have made out
this estimate is no, such as we would
desire for il would be better, 10 have
the elevation of several places no, so high
as Morgan,on, and Of several points on
the Catawba river, together with those
we have, which would approximate near.
er to an accurate result; but having
been in both places-Western North Car.
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