New-York tribune., 1870-08-15
NORTH CAROLINA.
YANKEE ENTERPRISE.


view to the inspection Of anomaly in NORM Caroline"
namely an enterprsng village The ride tmther WaS =.
me an extremely interesting one fIom the ~ .h
the country trayersed, so unlike what one , '' nm
North. Through swamps Of cypress jumper ,~,b e"r
trees hung with mossy festoons, over dailk anu So
pools OF water below, amid pincy "oou9 W." ,.lso
barked and cut for turpentine, the road tooA i''
with now and then a stop at little st'tlou i ,, -:
few sheds, few white loungers' It" nan"
youncsters and few active, sharp snou'eu pigs hosins
about at their own sweet will three houiS rue over
sncb s,vapn as saw gives an unusual sense OF the
s,Iperiority Of railroad travel over other meihouS
While dashrg along in a Northern tralh You generaiS
see good roads and pleasant drives ana with Dexter at
ycur service might approximate railroad speed on ant
road But a cypress swamp is painless and rackless
exepf TO tho railroad, and il is most satisfactory sensa-
ton that of rolling smoothly and rapidly over stretch
of way where Dexter himself could only splash ana
founder in hopeless Generalization
Ireachcd Abbottsbmg at % The place looks like
new village out West-startedby by Yankees. The first
thing that strikes ones eye is neat store, one story
in hight about 3OxG0 feet in dimensions, and painted
white with delcately tinted drab window shutters
Then several large frame structures are to be seen IN the
vicinity with numbers Of small wooden d"einghouses
Things look new and there is the thriving sound OF cir
crar saws in the air. stepped from the store at
the station to an ample One-stOred house with Veran-
dah near at hand found Senator Abbott who Is
the head front this enterprise sitting On the stoop
made known my erTand, and very courteously
old In 1865 Senator Abbott began operations there in
the heart Of an uninhabited pine forest Now he has
several hundred acres Of land cleared, village bult
with population Of about 800. and several nanuiac-
turing establishments to give it life. Business Is carried
on undcT two corporate names-the Bladen Land COM
psnv and tho Care Fear Building Compauy-the former
doing the numbering and saving; the latter the manufac-
turing business first inspected the Land Companys
stables largo white building, with accommodations Tor
some 90 mules work is done entirely with these animals
al 4, In votY1op aygg
up logs, and its lesser affairs for smaller work. Huge
logs OF pitch and yellow pine lay the ground outside
waiting their TO be cut up and paths OF saWdust III
every direction attested the cutting that hau aIeau5
been DONE II intention to utilize the sawdust as
fuel as soon the requisite changes can be MADE III tc
boilers and heating apparatus.
The Building Company occupies a large tTo-story
edifce shaft 80 feet in length, and the longest
south Of the Potomac, driven by steam OF course runs
through the lower room and TO this very large nuhoeI
OF machines can be attached. All varetles OF "ooF
working mac hines from the paner to the scrolsaw' are
already in operation and there room for consde-
be increase in number without crowding This Com
pany manufacture machinery private residences ana
public bulius ndgcs railroad cars ana al soltS oI
woodwork thcrcunto aTpertainng They put up ana
coUplse buildings in any locality, and can do the WORK
at fures about per cent cheaper than the same Il
done ia Wilmington. The Company has separate
building for the manufacture OF railroad cars, anu
large dvcUe bsnent in addition. There are Iegu
rv employed by the Companies about $50 men, OF whon
tothirs are black Senator Abbott says that coored
men labOreTs pretty good The negro Is not an
angel.in fact he has some faults among them pro
pensty for stealing, but the whole negroes do well
enough to make their employment by such establish
nens as these I'm Abhottsburg unQuestonable sue
cess Senator Abbott introduced me to the interiors OF
two of the houses, which are furnished the en-
ploy6s, with piece OF ground for garden
if they choose to cultivate il. The first was
one Of the ncatcs the village and the second one of
the worst specimens The first certainly as clean
and orderly a little establishment as ever saw though
VIC came to without giving the housewife any chance
~ fix up visitors The floor was fit to eat from, and
neat little yellow yOungster rolling about on it,
who reioccd in the name John Thomas and basked in
The suns rays The houses about 10 by 20 feet in d
Iueusions with two three rooms in Them Inc next
house W. visited, which 10 be the most uniavoaDle
euccneu was not nice the first, but st neater and
cleaner than niuetcnths Of our tencmcnthouse quarters
in Ncw-Y0rk The negroes. with their wives and fam-
les the latter large and prOmiscuOus~ assortment OF
babies, for Tie most part live very comfortably at Alb
lat;sbGrg They employed as wOod-cutters, team
stcrs and assistants in mill work. The teamsters are
paid OF an average about SO per month with house and
garden free WooGcutters are paid according TO the
amount cut-cO cents per thousand and a good days
work s about COCO feet and its compensation 81 So As
e.taut3 i'm the mills receive from $40 to SO month,
houses and gardens furnished them all.
caoh employ6 book account is kept at the
Caapanys store and by this their pecuniary af
Kept straight After five years work, aad the out
Law OF SG0OJ) Abbott has everything about the
place In a nourshng condition and ready for rapid pro-
gress. horse railroad Of three miles length will soon
be construct for log carrying, and mule will then
do the present work Of FIVE II is expected that the cost
Of produciuc lumber at the mill will be reduced about %
Der cent by this improvement. AbbOttsburg is in short
an example for the whole South 1t the best sort Of
reconstruction measure that could be introduced. few
hundreds of such establishments scattered through the
southern states would do more for the country than
anything else except be the establishment Of schools
While at his place, and the return trip to Whining
ton had opportunities for conversation with SEN
ator Abbott upon the state Of political affairs In North
Carolina fully approved of Gov. Hoden's measures,
and only thought that the military should have been
called out some months since. He had been pleased to
see the first Of TIE TkIBUNE's correspondence from
North Carolina, and considered IL perfectly fair and
moderate view Of the situation. The Republicans Of the
State had much hurt at their desertion by many Of
the party at the North. The ndiscrminate of the
term carpet bagger" by journals of both parties had
done them deal Of harm, and the party in the State
were not aware Of having acted in manner which rem
dered them unworthy the support Of the same party in
the North. He deplored the universal employment Of
Rebel newsagents and telegrapher through the South
II was almost impossible 10 get fair intelligence 10 the
North.
As TO the prospects Of the State, he feared much diff
entity in political affairs IT, at the present election, the
Republicans lost the day, as it probable they had
Rebel Legislature you'd almost certainly attempt to
impeach Gov Holden and Oust him from his place and
this taken in connection with the military and KuKlux
complications might bring anarchy the State, and
necessate the strong interference Of the National Gov
ernmeut. Senator Abbott had hopes Of the cOnver
sion OF the old Rebel element in the State. Mercy
wasted on them there thing they respected
and that was power, and that they should have felt
more of.
On the train returning to Wilmington, met Gen.