Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-05-06


in introducing this letter to its readers, says:
"GREAT CONTRACT FOR IRON ORE.-The reader will |
lind in the letter which publish from John II. |
Haughton, Esq, of Pittsborough a statement of q |
contract which would be incredible but for the source
from which it comes, viz that a Northern Company
has agreed to furnish on Deep River. within two |
years after the completion Of the contract of Messrs
DUNCAN, Cartwright Co., millions of C1ullars
aoorfh Of 6Lack band iron And this ore is be
manufactured on the spot, by which its value will |
be increased of course, how much we are unable to
say, but doubtless at least as much more So that
there is to be brought into market, by company
in two years, say fourteen millions of dollars worth
OF iron alone, fl ON this depository of undevclopcd
and untold wealth Of North Carolina. We had heard
of this contract, but not with any certainty its
accuracy. before we received Mr.. Haughton's letter.
and Cur information that the Northern Company
spoken Of expect to furnish all this ore from tract
of less than 800 of land which they have pur-
chased
What prospect does all this open to our State,
and especially to this part of our State! Whose
imagination can compass its full extent?
But this iron interest, immense it is. is but
of various sources of wealth Deep River. The
coal is of at least equal value AND in addition to
both there are building stone, mill stones, apstone,
slate, fireclay, porcelain clay timber, and water
power to assist human hands in doing the work ne
cessary to develop all their wealth."
The Observer has not ovcrstated the undeveloped
wealth of the Deep river region, the importance
of the contract referred to. We have no reason to
doubt the accuracy of Mr.. Haughton's statement,
and we know he would not willingly mislead the
public; but trust his information in relation to
this contract may to be correct. and that the
contract may be carried out His letter i, as follows:
PIrTsBoRouGu April %, 1857.
MEssRs. E. j. HALE SoN - Gentlemen Aware
of the interest you have manifested in the mineral
rs6qREsfs rnG af a he RsssR REasEr G8ass ffi5 ff5 a
ble quarter. it goes very far to show the mpor-
tance of multiplying the means Of transportation for
coal and iron much and speedily possible.
understand that Northern Company has
tracted to deliver within two years after the contract
of Mcssrs. DUNCAN, Cartwright & Co., to complete
the improvement of the Cape Fear & Deep Rivers
to the Gulf, is DONE two millions Of tons of black
band iron ore, on the banks of Deep River at So so
per ton the spot. Here then is contract for
$7O1n, 5000, for portion Of the iron of that
gion; and to be realized in two years time:
This WILL when manufactured as it will be here,
pay our River Company in tolls S7OO,OaO in two
years or $3.50 900 per year and this will be clear
profit because the proprictors of coal and iron
to be their own carriers and to pay us toll per ton
at an agreed rate already fixed.
Thus you see what reason the friends Of the Deep
River Improvement have for encouragement and re.
ncwed exertons for the speedy accomplishment of
that great work conSummation, fortunately, soon
now to be realized by the energy and resources of
Messrs DUNCAN Cartwright Co, who have un-
dertaken it.
But this is not all. Let the friends of your Rail
Road also take courage they must now that
there is enough and to spare of the resources of
Deep River to tax the capacity of both River and
Road to their utmost, and that the sooner both
works DONE the better for the State and all who
feel an interest in her prosperity and independence
Let there be no longer any jealousy of our River
improvement felt by your citizens any further
hostility; we will all have enough to do. Let us
Join hand in hand and push the great works that
promise so much to all concerned, with all possible
| despatch. Such spirit would have carried
ces>fuliy through the Legislature. Let all hostility
| hero after cease.
| have great hopes that people will consent to
raise $50, 900 or 100000 for your Road, in this
| County, and thus follow the noble example of Cum
| berand
| When the proper time arrives. hope to be able
to take the field for your Road and press its claims
| with all the ability possess.
Very respectfully, yours,
j. II. HAUGHTON."
The Observer accompanies the letter with the fol.
| lowing additional remarks
| "In Mr. HaughtOnS letter there is a paragraph to
which we feel obliged to take exception, much as
we would have preferred to indulge in only pleasant
comments. lie says I" Let there be no longer any
jealously of river improvement felt by your citi
zens, any further hostility"
This is "putting the saddle on the wrong horse "
The hostility has been the other side from the
commencement of the river work. when it pro
claimed by one of its principal men that it would
obli,erae Fayetteville from the map, down to the
last Legislature, when Of the leading friends OF
the river took the ground that both river and road
should not, and others that both could not receive
State aid, and therefore worked for the river alone.
1t was this which obliged the friends of the road to
look to their interests. They had let the river
company alone, for eight years, notwithstanding the
threat of oblitcration, and notwithstanding the OBJ
structions it had placed in the river to the damage
of citizens of Cumberland hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars. And they would have continued to let the
river company alone, if the spirit which aninates
this present letter of Mr. Haughton's had been mani
tested Raleigh during the late session. But the
friends of the river to have supposed that the
game was all in their own hands. The Slate House
officers acere all their friends, and looked coldly
the ran road the democratic 0ire puilers dbou
Ruleigh (oih Judge -aunders ut their head) aeer.
far them and against as and the Legislature was
for them because unwilling to lose the $3.50, 900 al
ready invested. All these influences would undoub
tedly have prevailed with Legis ature largely de
rnocratic, 1--WE may say largely LocofocoO but fol
the developments before committee Of the Leg
islature as the condition and management of thu
Company itself. 1t was these developments, and M
hostility of citizens. which prevented the rive
company from getting successfully through the Leg
islature."
We invite particular attention to the expressions
which we have put in italics in the above extracts
The Observer, it seems cannot refer to the River o.
the Road without some aluson like the foregoing t.
"the State House officers" and I" the Democratic
wire pullers about Raleigh" Such illusions. Will