The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-03-15
LErrER PROM NIssIssIPPI.
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LETTER FROM MISSISSIPPI
Tie EAitor > fhs Esy5fsEiEs obstrUi
Sis: In a rerenl number of yonr pa
pr. I read an exIEari nf n letter fI0m a
Snnh Carolina emigrAnl now residing in
the State of Georgia. The writer descTibrs.
in rather vivid r"lors, the trials he had
been called 10 endure in consequence ri
leaving his old State. and in forming re-
silensr ia a new. Your correspondent
y mol The only ne Who has experienced
surh trials as he describes. Scattered
ihroughoui GrOrgia. Alabama, MISSISSIPPI
III and Tennessee. there are many who,
Il they do not exelaiFn. woe is me that
] dwell in Meseck," do YET remember,
with painful pleasure, the land where
once they dwell. Few ever fiHd all the
good they expected when they came
10 The resolution To leave their native
nome. There is something fascinating
IN the marvellous descriptions Ihal aIe
olien given of The luxuriance Of ihe soil.
The ease Of getting a living, and the facili.
~ Of acquiring wealth in distant region.
10 mind al all under the inaurnce of
imsginaiion, such tales kindle up an ardor
10 The soul thai is noi easily satisfied iill
an experiment has been made. Who ha.
mn. heard of The mines Of Mexico and
PERU And Who has not seen The youth.
ful afJer hurst ont almost inlo fame
~hen listening 10 The tales of untold wealth
Ibai has there beeD brought 0Bl of the
bowels nf the earlhi Essn the compare.
iisely scaniy mines Of your good old
North Stale have icmpied many an aspi-
rant after wealth 70 make an experiment,
eren al thr hayarIl &c losing all tina, he
previously possessed. A large portion ol
o,lr country war ssIilrd undtr this spiril
Of adventure. This first settlers of New
England, IL is true. were stimulated hy
different motives. They sought an asylum,
where they might live exempt from op.
preston. IL was, hnweyer. searci alter
wealth that gave rise 10 the settlement oil
almost every other section OF the country.
The imagined riches Of American soil,
AMI, American mines, were bail HAT en.
iired mulliludes in he old world 10 seek
n residence in The new. What The mines
have been 10 The Spsniard, AND what the
Mains of Ilinslosisn have hem 10 the En-
elisLman. the Colion and Sugar plan'a.
,ion. If the Souih and South West of the
United States have heen 10 the Northern
sections of he slave ponions Of ''ur roln-
try. The fertile fields uf ihe Northern
portion e the Mississippi valley have
a similar sliuremeni TO The Eas-
TEN aA,eniuer. Fame has o,errd lilr
coil w,sh iaxu1aprr and opened streams
uf wealth iha, were never Ia he exhausted.
Influenced ny such reports, thousa nds
hsg geae { rih in quest Of the iancltd
% Packing ~ their al. they bid
adj u 10 heir native home, aud set ou, 10
sear.h Of new abode, wherr They per-
suaJe themselves they shall tind. Instead
81 naked mcks, barren sands. and " 'rn-
opt fi-id., land abounding 10 every hing
gond.-rirh in corn and win ani oil =!
on ull they reach 'hr spot o'
whirh they have heard by fame, behold. il
is dense f9resL a swamp,a widespread
inn prairie, without wood or water, with
no shelter 10 protect from the piillrss
storm. Bur wha, shall they do! They
have exhausted all their mears in getting
10 their location. So that Of Necessity they
mus, stop where they are. Yela L. forbid
ding and drrary. The forest. the soil. and
the few scattered inhabitants. are all dlfie-
rent fro n what ihey lef. TIE eye and the
imagination sirken at the prospect. Dis
AMI depending. they commence
heir labor with heavy heart; eat their
bread with hslf relish. and lie down at
night in their open chin 10 regret the
they have l,.fi for this wilderness
nome. Years pass on before the forest
yiyes way 10 afford sufficient sRape Tor
. plenlfal crop. In the mean time. The
a,niIy has increased, children are growing
10 in comparative ignorance. so thai ~
lace OF schools. anil bnoks, sai reading.
he chase AMI The turf bee me the great
hiects Of pursuit for pieasnrabie enjoy-
, mi. Or. as il mare frequently the case,
isappoiniei IN finding every thing 50
If. ii from what was expected. as soon
al lie means can be collected. re.
,lu,ioa is formed 10 break qp and make
loihsr trial. Fame tell. Of other regianf
, Ter Than these. aud invites to an expe-
n, NY 4 pro misc of . Plentiful reward.
rrsaluiloa il fixed. the scaniy 70
i. of fwnrr IN saas are put 10 ,equisitlon,
,;sh with the little thu. has hefn added.
i With VII, ,hs forest Is expected TO
frnsh, m ,sr n5 IN ea:S. fsr ) aey,'