The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-08-30


main shore, locking ACROSS the Sounds, they
present very picturesque appearance, o.
Iousing that vague. lndeinab!e sensation
ole experiences On first beholdns noun
'ains: they lock nearly as white as snow,
and vary ia heigh, from 10 to 100 feet
very few, however, ale as high as 100 feet.
There is beautiful illusion about them,
during the existence Of The smoky a,mos-
phefe, which pefvades this climate a, Ger
tain periods Of the Spring aud Fall; Of
such iides, the Sounds appear several times
broader than u! others, and the banks, ap.
+ peaiing 10 rise several hundred fee, from
The bosom OF the dreamy looking waters,
lock like So macy ouchauicd mountain | sizes.
The first time ! had the pleasure of view.
ing them. was from the country sea, Of q
genlleman llvpg near the beech, aud 10 full
and unnbs'fucted view ol one Of the Sounds
and the Banks; twas duilng such weather
as have mentioned.
How far" said liiend, A." do you ,hilk
1t is to those B inks I"
Abou, sx miles," replied.
How hish do GU ,h,uk the Banks arel'
Something Ike two hundicd aud fits
or three hundred feet"
An deception, sir, as much so ss the
mirage OF The desert; ii is only two miles
from here 10 the Banks. and the highest one
OF them is only some seventy. five feet il,
IS an illusion which deceivrs nearly every
one sho for The first time beholds them"
Tnesc Banks are resorled to on Pic. Mic
exclusions, BY persons who live near the
coast.
The Soonds, from Federal Point, below
Wilmington, 10 eSbern, are narrow, va.
tying in width from ono mile and half TO
slZ. Abou, N-~ bern commences Psm'i.
co Sound. toto which 4 ,~s the waters of the
Neuse and Tar rivers. THIS Sound 10 IRON
si1 10 sixty or seventy miles vide from the
mouth Of Tar liver to The Banks belog its
widest part. Farther nor.h IS Aibemsrle
Sound, into which the Rosnoke and Chow.
an rivers empty their waters.
Leaving the SQUADS and Banks, and 90.
ing up INTO The country, ne come TO the Pine
Barreas, Shich have abroad given charac
ter TO the State and it 10 indeed an inter.
esirng section Of country. Here you stand
upon an immense ss,auns, as level as /.
could possibly be grad d. Around you the
noble long leaf pines, like 50 many stately
pillars, rear their bare, lofty trunks, sup.
porting a dome oil living emerald. Ii II be
IN the spring Of lite year, at your feet ~lIl
be blosspmng thousand hJser ind'sc
Il 4r. 81 ~ itt.4
The whole air vail be rcd len, Of pedume,
waited from Natures own boaefs Of eglan-
tine, j.ssamine, and the !iasran, laurel and
bay add 10 lh,s low, musical tRormur,
playing through the tops Of the pines. va
fying IN depth Of sound sih the various
force Of the sind. and you have scene,
no, si;hou, It's beauties. found 10 The pune
blfrsns,
The pines extend from sixty TO one hun,
died and fly miles from the coast, and
have proved the source OF considerable
wealth 10 that part ot the Sac; bu, the
lands from which the lutpeatne IS obtain.
ed, are less vrluable ito any given extent
Of surface " than other portions OF the Safe,
ior @bleh reason II only sells IRON hiiy
cents 10 two aud ;No nnd hall dollars an
acre. Near The coast, especially 10 the
natih.eas, PAT, Of The State, II IS ln'ersPers
cd with large cypress s.amps, caled lakes,
the most important Of which IL The Dismal
Swamp, which has lake OF considerable
eylen, IN the centre; ar1 dsma! !! indeed
:. .l. -.ss ,Vortug cypress ana
snes, clothed in The gloomy long moss
which hangs 10 disaselul fesioon', like so
many carelesss dung en- insignia Of mourn
ine. - -
On the Choaar. Roanoke, Neus", Tar,
and Cape Fear Rivers, are some hne DC:
dies OF tillab,e land, aud on the Naese and
Cane Fear, a considerable quantity OF rice
Is cultivated, and IN New Hanover and Gas
low counties. thu famous ground peas or pm
dars ARE raised in large quantities. which
ere sold in Wilmington and shipped to The
Moth. A etea, deal of lumber IS shipped
from Wilmington aud Newbern. principal.
" 10 tho West ludla Islands. This part OF
the State Is spataey settled, bu. The nhab.
! i,auts arc kind, generous, hospitable and
courteous to strangers; and tho wealthy
portion, patrons Of learning, beng more
largely represented IN our colleges and high
schools. than any other portion oil our e''''
zens; education though, amens their poor.
or classes, is in a very dcp'orable condition.
Wilmington 10 now the cb,ci mart oil
Eastern Carolina, and the largest town 10
the State. There are about ten OF twelve
large ,urpcn,,ne dishlleries there, owned
BY citizens IN the place; most OF these are
located opposite the main town on the banks
Of the Cape Fear river. There 10 cons'de'
rable taste displayed by the inhabitants IN
the erection Of their private residences, and
they have some very chsste public editics'
their Episcopal Church. especially, 10 Tine
specimen Of architecture. There . . rel
road from this plscs to Bel6eld, in Va. con
Meeting there With the Petersburg and ka
leigh rail road, aud a'eambosse ply daily Do
tween /, and Charleston, South Carolina
Il supports q fine hotel. and Nj. Lo''ng
Ed,to, of tha Commesc ial. koopo quite ot