The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-08-28

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york, giving in relation to these lands
mach valuable information, especially TO
emigrants and capitalists.
We quote some few cxtrscts. showing
their great importance and utility.
The Board OF Literature Of the State Of
North Carolina owns, in trust for the bene.
az oil Common Schools, all the public
swamr, lands 81 the State. II IA u -- j
Accurate surveys have mt been made of
all the lands. and the exact amou Of cannot.
therefore, be stated but enough y known
10 warrant an estimate Of II least one mil
lion Eve hundxed ,housand acres. The
lands are in bodies Of from 1--WE thousand to
ninety thousand acres |; and they are situat-
ed in the aIiuxial or coast region OF the
State, and between the thirty -tsurth and,
,hr,y.six,h parallels Of North latitude.
They lie chiefly In the Counties Of Hyde,
wsshinyton, Tyreil, Craven, Cartere,.
Onslow, Jones, Brunswick, New Hanover.
Columbus. Cumberland. Baden, Robeson
aud Richmond; and all these counties are
accessible to market by water or railroad
carriage.
These lands are offered for sale on the
most liberal terms, especially to actual set
Tiers and they present Inducements to
immigrsRts and capitalists rarely TO be met
with. -
The Board OF Literature will give alter
nate sections If six hundred and forty
acres, to parties who will drain bodies OF
these lands !; and when whole swamp can
be disposed OF az one sale, they willtske q
price less than the cash value oil the tim
her with which some Of the lands are
clothed.
Some OF the swamps contain large bodies
Of timber. such as pine. jumper. cypress.
oak. poplar, ash and gum aud 10 region
accessible 10 market, such products OF the
forest are or great value. The business Of
getting lumber has ever been profitable IN
Eastern North Carolina the best markets
for lumberare comparatively near, and The
trees are Of most yaluable kind, aud Of
ten as large and fine a. any IN ne world.
Grapes, valuable for vine and for table
use, abound and II Is aniy necessary "a
specify the Scuppernong. famous over The
continent, and which grows wild 10 i'm
mense size. aud attain 10 great age.
The reeds and grass Of the swaps al
ford a rich natural pastursge Toe cattle dur
ing the whole year, and This SPECIES d
stock can be raised a. chraply and abun.
dainty a. in any other section OF the roun-
try. .
II is m small item in the comparative
advantages oil this region, that the soil
when once prepared Tor cultivation. Is a,
mellow and trisble as bed OF ashes One
man and snail horse or mule can Till Al
much ground, asa hand and half. OF q
man and boy .and two heavy draught ani
mails wiII do IN. the wes' |; and less expense
LIS necessary for agricultural implements o
every kind than in s,lH clay of rocky SOILS
This favored region combines ad,anta
ges seldom losnI together. perhaps no
combined, on such a scale. "a any otheI
place. taAs
Thr fnresfs furnish resource for fureiyl
trade equal 10 that Of the region. ~her,
timber IS the chief article az export : th
ihshrrirs adj anothee great staple 10 com
meree, aud beet aud park furnish Others.
Cotton nav be grown as probably as d
III. valley 81 the Mississippi. and corn .
aOunaantIy as 10 the richest State N IN
west.
. To these. may be added grapes and oil,
. er fruits, VINE, and garden vegetables !. an
~ these things are pf"ducei 10 compArs
tive proximity 30 the markels where IN.
n Il = F
! evmlaa.d the Uest prices.
Nrsrly al eastern North Carolina
y Irua,rnirnt nssigsDIe water, and .he shal
of IL - near 10 the Atlantic ocean, and q
greatest staples oIihs region yield mac
!, better price TO. the producer than IN. AZ
u other section where they are 50 largely pn
duced. When. for Instance. corn y w"ri
e to he producer 10 Illinois or lawa but q
!. teen cenis per bushel. u yields sixty
!, seventy i've 10 the iarincf ~ eastern Nor
4 Il a 81.