Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-07-19

overcome an elevation Of 22O feet above
tide, BY gradients no. exceeding thirty feel
to the mile, wi.hou, heavy expense.
Prince Georges is The larges. tobacco
growing county in the State Its finely pull
verized, We, no, sandy soil, being peculiar
ly suited 10 the growth Of this plant. The
soil is also finely adapted TO grains snd
grasses of ell kinds.
The surface of the entire eastern halt o
the county presents everywhere the traces
Of preen sand mari, no, deposited alone in
deep beds, bu. happily mingled in due pro-
portions wish surface soil. This is the
source Of the great fertility, end by which
its produc.lveness is rendered inexhaus.ible
even under neglected culture. In no par
OF MARYLAND, however, or Of the Union, !:
more intelligence bestowed upon system.
aiic and scientific cultivation Of the soil, ano
none in which all The modern improvement.
in busba ndrv are carried into more extensive
usefulness.
These remarks ere justly applicable to the
lower part of the adjoining county Of Anne
Arundel.
Nearly every part Of the middle distric
is w,hou, a ready access TO market, for its
heavy productions :; 1t would therefore con
tribute large and profitable local business
to the road.
The Southern dis,rc, extends from the
head Of Pi>c.,away to the lower part ol
Prince Georges county, through Charles
county 10 the Potomac river.
The physical structure Of This district is
quite peculiar. lis formation will be bes
understood, by regarding it rs broad, fla
peninsula, bounded on the West by the 70.
'omsc, and on The Eas, by The Pa'uxen'
its borders deeply indenlend and broken by
the streams which flow into those rivers.
This extended plain, 900 feet above tide
at the head Of Piscs,awsy, declines slightly
towards the South, un'l it reaches the Po'
,omac. where i, is usually sbou, l6O feet
bove the river. us surface IS s'r'c'ly
destitute Of any hill or prominence on any
par, which rises above the general level, bU
| It's uniformity is occasionally broken by The
valleys Of water courses, which sink sbrup'.
lIv beneath the general level like huge gul
lies. giving no indication OF any change un'
til the behoder stands upon the brow Of the
steep hills which bound the vsllies. These
unlike the ordinary vaIlies of most coun'
tries, have but few tributaries running ou'
INTO the adjacent country to bresk It's sur
face into hill and dale; j; but on 'he contrary
a fla, table land is preserved unbfoken from
the brow Of one mammoth gulley, "'
"swomps" ss they are locally called, 10 The
edge Of another.
The middle Of this peninsular shaped dis
,ric,, has so slight decIivi.v in any direc.
ton, ,ha, the streams which flow from il to-
wards The Potomac and Paluxent rivers, 6nt
their sources in shallow ponds or swamps
as the waters flow from these fats and sr.
gradually drawn into narrower limits, they
begin to wear well defined channels through
the light soil, becoming soon depressed be-
meath the table land and forming the huge
gullies before spoken Of.
Such are the valIies Of Pisca,awsy, Mat
tawoman and Cbickamuxen, on the Wes,
Ma,taprony and Swanson on the East ant
Sekiah (Allen's Fresh Port Tobacco creel
and Nanjemois on the South. Nsnjemoi
creek, unlike all the others, has many .ri
bu,aries, which make very numerous linden
,s,ions, in the table land before alluded to
This table lsnG becomes subdivided int,
separate levels or prongs ss we procee'
South, by the vallies Of 'he streams enume
rated above, which prongs extend to the Po
tomac, and thus afford numerous approach
es TO the river, Of the most favorable charac
ter.
By glsnce at the map, it will be per
ceived that the Potomac river, from III
mouth Of The Ma,taw oman, 10 the mouth o
Port Tobacco creek, sweeps TO The South il
a full semicircular bend, Of sbou. eight mile
radius !; and that the nearest approaches Il
the river are The extremes Of this semicircle
at the Mallawomsn and Port Tobacco creek
and the most ds.sn, at Liverpool or Mary
land Point, both situated in The South psr
Of the bend.
A little over the largest half of the are
Of Charles county is under cultivation III
other part is covered by fores. trees, mos.l
Of prima.ive growth, and sfordiog an abun
dance Of excelen. timber. 10 The immedi
ate vicinity of The route surveyed, there cal
be obtained cross.ies enough, in Charlie
county, 10 supply the entire road. Tn
soil of The uplands, though light, is essiI!
TILED, and under cultivation produces gooI
crops.
| The soil Of The Sekiah, Malta Nv oman an,
Port Tobacco ,sllies, and other recIaime,
swamps, is no! exceeded for it's fertility
yielding abundant crops Of tobacco, whea,
corn, &c.
But these low lands producing a natura
grass, peculiar to the county, are bes. a
dapted 10 grazing, and in few years will
certainly be appropriated TO ,ha. purpose fo
which nature seems TO have designed Them
Much the largest part Of Charles count,
has no ready or chesp access 10 msrke,-
even The riparian esls.es have an uncef,si
and very unsatisfactory avenue 10 market
al Baltimore or Alexsndrjs, by selling YES