Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-12-20

on the invitation of the Memorial Associa-
ton, to repeat the lecture there. We hope
some efforts will be made by one of the
Associations to prevail upon Governor
Vance to repeat his now celebrated lecture,
"Au About It." in Wilmington.
The Rev Mrs. Jones, of Maine, who,
with her husband, is visiting this city,
preached in the Capitol yesterday afternoon
to large and attentive audience. Many
were present who had been preached at for
years by the sterner sex without visible eff
feet. It is to be hoped that the earnest and
pious effort Of Mrs. Jones had more bene-
fetal result. Her manner was simple and
easy, and her discourse fervent and she
was listened to with marked attention and
respect. Yours truly, E.
6 inducements 70 Invest Capital in North
Carolina"
In some of our late issues we attempted
to show the great superiority of manufac-
turing to agricultural nations in the accu-
mutation of wealth-that some countries
were better adapted than others to manu-
features, and cited Great Britain as an ex-
ample We established, by statistical re-
cords, that her exports of manufactures
were the greatest in the world, and that she
was without question the richest and most
powerful among the nations of Western
Europe. We confined our views, then, to
the manufacture of cotton, but we might
with equal truth have extended them to
iron Her immense beds Of coal and iron
have contributed more to her wealth than
any other causes In urging on our own
people the necessity for investing in man
ufactures whatever of capital and labor they
could command, we by no means intended
to confine our remarks to the article of cot
ton, important as it is. To those at all &C.
quainted with the resources of North Caro-
lima, it is known that no State or Territory
in America has greater or richer
deposits of iron. The fame of our
iron mines in Lincoln county is co-exton-
sive with the Union. Years ago our State
Biologists, Olmsted, Mitchelland Emmons,
have called attention to the superior quail
ty of this iron, but it is only within the
last few years that the latter named gentle
man has made known in his work on the
Geological formations of North Carolina,
the immense value of the iron of Deep
River. There are three or four varieties of
the richest ore on this stream to be found
in America, but those held in the highest
esteem are at "Buckhorn Falls, " in Chat
ham county, and at Gore Hill' or "Iron
Mountain, in the same county. The for
mer, which are of immense value, belong,
we believe, to one of the oldest and best
known firms in this city-the latter to
Messrs. Washington, Murdoch and others.
If capital from abroad can be tempted to
| investment anywhere in the South these
ore-beds, surrounded as they are by coal,
will attract it, we think These deposits
are in as healthful and fruitful region
as any in the State. But we should not
speak of the wealth of these deposits with
out referring to the elaborate and able report
of Commodore Wilkes, of the .. S. Navy,
made by order of the Government ust be-
| fore the war IF what we now say shall
attract the attention of capitalists or others
disposed to examine these mines of Deep
| River, we ask that they will carefully read
Commodore Wilkes report. Since that re-
port WAS made the Western Railroad. from
Fayetteville to Deep River, has been built,
and thus the only great objection to invest
ing in these mines has been removed. But
the iron is not the only attraction Deep
River offers to capital; in addition to it, we
may mention the finest gray and yellow
copper,-the finest roofing slate,-the best
mill stones; so of stone of several varieties,
especially the agalmdtolie, Of which
hundreds of barrels, ground to an
impalpable powder, have for years
past been shipped to New York flom this
port. The uses to which agalmatolite has
been applied we do not know, as the New
York company have chosen to keep this
matter a secret but we do know that it is
very valuable To manufacture iron, cop
per- mill stones, and roofing slate would
furnish occupation for large number of
men skilled in such things, and we are as
sured each department would yield hand
some profits. The late Professor Emmons
assured the Wf1LGr GlaG Uue roofing -SldIS Ol
the Deep River region was equal, if not SUI
perior, to any he ever saw, and it is to be
found in inexhaustible quantities. He was
of opinion that very large profits awaited
the man who should go into the manufac-
ture of roofng-slate in North Caro-
lima. But we have only touched
the subject of our resources in one small
section of the State. Could we spare the
space, we might fill columns with details of
facts showing the inducements to capital
lists to invest in North Carolina. Surely,
with such temptations to enterprise, we
shall not invoke its aid in vain. We shall
continue these remarks, from time to time,
not doubling that ere long We shall see
''the waste places" of our beloved old
State 90 blossom as the rose"
THE DELEGATION RETURNED Raj
eigh Dispatch of the 18th inst. says: ''We
learn that Prov Gov. Holden and "Fauntle.
row Tav1ordn roturna1 from Washinp ton