The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-27


About two months ago Duncan Stewart,
ESQ.,, distinguished citizen of Detroit,
Michigan, visited North Carolina with the
view of fixing his residence here. he has
travelled extensively through the South,
and hes written a series of letters, to be
ppbiished in Scotland, for the benefit of his
lccuntrymen there, who desire to emigrate to
this country. rsa.a,i.l e-ei 500
We have been furnished by correspon-
dent Of Mr.. Stewart, in this City. with the
subjoined extract of his observations in
North Carolina. 1t Is q just and beautiful
tribute to our Stale: 4. rgaf5d
/ I have briefly sketched some of the adj
vantages that North Carolina presents to
settlers. To the people Of Scotland it offers
greater inducements than any other quarter.
1T is not subject to long cold winters like
Canada, and the States Of the Northwest. 1t
is free from the excessive heat of the far
South. 1t is not subject to the fearful want
of rain, that proves 80 disastrous to the Aus
tralian farmer. It is much nearer the land
of their birth, and the kindred left at home,
than New Zealand 1t is only one days
more sailing to Norfolk than New York. 1t
is 400 to 1900 miles nearer the sea than the
States of the Northwest, so its products can
reach the markets of the world at much
lower rate of freight, so much lower, that
the savings in freight alone would pay the
cost of an improved .6rst-clGss plantation in
ten years. It has very large population of
Scottish descent. It is q strongly Presbyteri-
an State, hence congenial to their religious
views. Its people are very favorable to the
interest of education, hence high mental
culture is attainable.
high rate of interest that can be well secured.
To the cotton manufacturer it offers cheap
water power and abundance Of cheap coal,
and healthy country in the close vicinity
ofthe cotton fields. To iron masters. it Of
fers inducements equal, if not superior to
any other quarter of the globe. The future
Wilson's of Dundivon, and Lairds of Gait
shenie of this country, will be found in Chat
ham county, North Carolina. Where the
cotton and iron trade fourishes, all other in
cidental industries will abound.
To the Scottish farmer, it offers planta-
tisns at from one to tsco gears of his present
rent, per acre, on which large industrious
family can earn fortune in ten years;
mild climate, great variety of productions
that come to maturity in convenient rota-
ton, and enables him to keep at work with
vigor all the year round.
To the Scottish stock raiser it is an
earthly paradise. The mountains and val
leys Of the western portion of the State be-
ing much richer than the Lammermoor hills,
the Pentland hills, or the hills around the
home of Dandy Dinmont. Nothing in the
highlands Of Scotland can compare with
these grazing mountains for richness, and
Switzerland cannot vie with them in beauti-
full scenery, while no snow clad peaks threat
en- the valley with destructive avalanches.i
To the laborer, good wages, kindly treat.
ment, . fine garden where abundance of
fruits, flowers, and vegetables that are easily
raised, will make his life one of rational en-
joYment, and give his family chance to
climb fortunes highest ladder. 4,
With these glorious advantages, the en-
tire emmigration of Scotland should be di-
rected to this one point for the present. A
new Scotland can be founded which at some
future day, may rival the old, in science,
literature and song, where the liberty SO
loved by Bruce and Wallace, will be tenn
pered with love Of justice founded on the
teachings Of Calvin and Knox.