The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-06-29

byuEs AZ tsesf M ne naive rAeks -
lie Eauihsrn franiier. Florida AS
segBired by tieaty from Spain u 1875
and the Indians IN Georgia. Alabama,
aud Mississippi. wee renosed % the
West af the River Mississippi fen or
twelve wears later Black Hawks var
in wiscansin fnsk place in 1855. and
4 SERIES IT Tadisn treaties. both beIsFe
1nd after thar event, had extinguishea
me Indian title 70 al the lands east q
the Mississippi. and 20 considerable
tracts west Of that rireF. Texas wss
annexed 70 the unish IN Ie45. and in
1913 New Mexico and California were
sdded 10 aur vast domains
4 have, as yoa perceive. rsn rapidly
! over these dates. COMPRISING into one
paragraphs the starting points in the his
fory &c future C0mmonwealths. simply
J in their BEARING an the subject Of enli-
grafton. These acquisitions. not inIe.
. rior in extent To all that there Was sa-
/. lid in the Roman eanquests. have re-
! sailed in our possession Of zone Of
D TERRITORY, af the width ef twenty de.
: grees pf latitude, stretching from Ocean
: 10 Ocean, and nearly equal in extent
{. TO the whole of Europe. ftisall sub
4 iect To the power Of tae United States ;
& a portion Of IL hxs attained the ciyilIza-
e tian of the old world. while other par
e lions shade of through all the degrees
! Of culture. 70 the lighthouse Of the from
& tier settler, the cabin Of the trapper,
n and the wigwam 81 the savage. With
in this vast domain there are millions
II of acres Of fertile land To be purchased
/, at moderate prices, according to- Us po'
NJ sition and It's state Of Improvement
1. aud there are hundreds Il millions Of
IL acres in state Of nature. and gTadu
n. ally sold al the government price o.
n dollar and quarter per acre.
!. II is this which must strikes the Flu
- rnpean imagination. The old world
al is nearly all appropriated By indisi
= duals. There are public dnusains u
n mast foreign countries, but Of oompa
~ ratiyely small amount, and nanstly for
a. ests. With this exception. every acr
a. Of land in Eurnpe is private property
az and in such coRntries Is England. th'
Il. Netherlands, France, Germany an,
~ Italy, what little u sold Is sold ont,
es at high price. I presume the nun
#. Der of landholders in Eagland is ia
). less than im the state of New York
or In the course OF the French Rerolu
~ ton, the land has been greatly di,i
IL de,l and sub-diyi,lrd in France an,
n. in Germany. and is now held in sinai
4 farms /; but owing 10 the limited guam
m tity Of purchaseable land. these farm
:. when sold are sold only at high pri
nj ces. Generally speaking the mass a
a. the inhabitants in Europe regard til,
n. ability to. hold and occup, consi
On derable landed property as the sum
u init Of human fortune. The sugges
or ton that there is d country beyond th
~ ocean, where fertile land Is to BE- pur
= chased in any quantity at dollar an
ho a quarter per acre, and that dollar an
nd a quarter to- be- earned in many part
-, of the country by the labor OF singi
nd day, strikes them like the talesof Alat
~ din's lamp, or Ali Baba's cave. The
10 forget tire. costs and sacrifices Of lea,
- ing home the ocean to be traverse
=. the weary pllgrinlage in the land {
-, strangers aftcrther arrival. They Sc
: nothing with the minds eve bat ii
:, land Of promise they reflect upo
= retiring but the fact that there is a +,
q gion ofs the earth's surface, wiserea ie
h, days unskilled labor will purchase til
IN fee simple Of an ample farm,
>mei, an alircunu would he irresf.ii
HE under any circumstances Ia llir pnpu
~. l;il,u 1t an nid cnnuIy. where. as t,a,
- j',si SAID. The iaul i. all apprnp lated an
=. Ia he purchased nnlv in any coasilrrabl
80 qt-mltg al prices wIirh pul IL arquisl
\: llnn hrynni HE lLnughi 81 The nassc,
Bil this j. hn, hall Tie ialc. II must u,
hr irrqnlicn that ~ Iiii- ancient and vrnf
- growth ii nv, thonsani Yea s-whr,
o. some ~ the lnxurinus rrtinrnenis uf liI
ate carried Ia y perfection al winch "
81. have scarcely an i,lra IN this Country -
i; considerable parl OF the ropnlainn. eve
li ihr nnsl I.rn>prinus regions. pass iilcl
lives ~ 4 state hul nnp drg,re sritr,rt
~ Irnn siarsail.n.: pon,l, f.d, poorly ella,
We poorly hnussai, -wiih4nn cdhaiinn. with
or nut pnIiiieaIS Eprrii.grs. uilllntre nnra
= cilne. The arprac" wages ii The am
nc cultural Isb.rrg IN Eng lard were esilna
ne TEL year ago Al o.. 81. sterling .hnu
ca 50 81 per week. he rondlmn Of III
wmkng papnlallon nn tile continent 3
- Europe i II y, degree htIirr. i a. good
-, They eat hei hlitr alfi- nal T ~! e,lhrr i
"a England hr nn The Continent. We f,rr
!" romantic nnlinns al Il distance 81 rnlIn
nies thai ahnund IN WINE and nlI: hui i
W. the bcsl go,etnrd States al ltaly-in 1'us
~ ranv, inI instance. The pra-aniry. llnng
~ they pass their lives m ihr whey ard an
~. the oils e orchard, consume The ir,Ii, 81 nrl
ne ihrr. ! have sem The Tnsc. i, peasants
az unable Ia hear The rms; ~ the niai ur,in,
~ Ty Wlnp lr,tt ill., vineyard. III 4, hi,.h tis