Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-03-18

Random JOttings Sleepy Masi.tsreat Wealth of
- North CnroIinInss
t Business Of d purely private nature, carried us
through portion Of the Central or Western part Of the
State during the past week. Going west from Raleigh
ON THURSDAY. we found the N c. Railroad in good
DER but rather rough account of the immense amount
of rain which Lad recently fallen. The Express train
runs through at rapid rate Salisbury, where we left
tie train contains good many large business establish
ments and tasteful private residences but does not wear
so bright or Aourishng look as Charlotte and, the
people of the latter place say not as large Salisbury
however, certainly very much improved within the last
ten years.
Jordan is u hard road to travel, but not harder or
softer than the clay roads of the interior just about this
time of the year, bones can testify. The road
from Salisbury to Gold Hill is the worst in the world
VIC make no exceptions. Thence to -Albemare is not
quite so bad. At Albemarle His Honor Judge Heath,
held Court last week for Stanly county. When our
chariot passed the Court House Friday, the Judge
was sentencing gentleman to fifteen ashes The gen.
tieman had been slightly stealing. Stanly contains some
rather rough characters, and some very good people,
Upon the whole it is rather bchnd-and in the diffusion
of intelligence and education.
| Superior Court for Arson county is held this week
at Wadesboro', His Honor, Judge Heath, presiding
The profession and the people equally seem pleased with
Judge Heath, both as Judge and man. We had
the pleasure of meeting him. together with our talented
citizen, Solicitor Strange at WadesborO on Sa-
urday When we left there Sunday, the lawyers had
begun to get quite thick Wadesboro seems to bc very
much depressed at the present tme several business
houses being closed There is good deal Of complaint
against the location of the Wilmington Charlotte Il
Rutherford Railroad, which will run distance orth
of the village instead of running just South of it. most
Of the Wadsboro people seem to wish to have it run
Some 60 far to account for the present depression
of the town by referring it to this cause. We trust
there will soon be favorable reaction.
We were pleased to hear of the great wealth and
prosperity of our old friend Mr. Morrison. of Moore
county, who recently took stock in the Cheraw anC
Coalfelds Railroad Company to the amount of two mil
lions of dollars Mr.. Morrison is prudent man, anC
would not put more than twenty-five per cent. of his
fortune into one Railroad investment so that, baseC
upon the facts before u.s. may fairly assume his whole
wealth to be not less than eight millions In fact PEG
pie outside of North Carolina wholly underestimate the
wealth of our people. and North Carolinans them
selves fail to discover it until adequate occasion
calls it FORTH for this not an exceptional case 1t is no
the first instance where North Carolinan has sudden
ly risen with the OCCASION Not many years ago gentle
man in Newbern that nobody ever suspected OF wealth
was found able to take half million dollars of stock il
the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company
This being done the gentlemans natural modesty le
him to take back seat and sorry to hear SOM
time since that the fender of the road had been turne
out of little office on his road said little office be
ing given to outsider in preference to the man wh
had subscribed five hundred thousand dollars melan
choy instance of the ingratitude of republics.
We Travelled all last night and are sleepy.
DAILY Journal, 18th iu>t.