Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-03
Glimpse OF North Caroline.

The following is an extract from e letter
| by Mr.. Duncan Stewart, Of Detroit. pub
llshed in the Hamilton (Scoiland) Al
vertiser:
Within few years North Carolina will
be able to absorb one million of emigranta.
and anticipate that very large per
centage of them will be Scottish farmers.
mechanics and farm labOrcrs. The Scotch
are IN great favor in this State, and as soon
as the confusion incident to the war is
over, trust that the State will appropriate,
sum sufficient to pay one. half OF the faic
OF at least twenty thousand laborers from
Glasgow to Raleigh, sleaving it to the honor
OF the emlgrant to refund 1t when he retl
able. want all the boys that read your
paper to begin nom and SAFE all their pen.
MES, to help to bring them to q land where
fortune stands with OutspreGd arms TO re-
ceive them.
If all the boys and girls, and some ii
the old folks, have got their biographies
and maps ready, we will ut once proceed
with our account of North Carolina. lis
astronomical position is between 80 30 and
$500 north latitude, and 1925 and $3.50
west longitude from Greenwich YOu will
see it lies much further South than Scot
land. The lands near the sen coast
are low, flat, rich, and more %
less infested with fevers and agucs. and
are not at all adapted to fresh arrivals from
Northern Europe. Europeans, either rs
planters or la5Orers, should not Settle
farther east than Warren, Franklin and
Wake counties, and for the first few wears
nowhere south of the south line Of Wake
county. From these counties west the land
Is rich, health certain, q climate that cannot
be eXcelled, and scenery equal 10 thctincEt
in any part of the world. From Raleigh,
the capital of tho State, westward the land
becomes more and moro elevated, till near
the eastern line of Tennessee you come
upon Clingham' Peak, the highest aummit
east of the Rocky Mountains 1t is C,9lI
feet high, or twice as high as Ben L0-
mond, and little over four timce the
height Of the Pentland Hills, or higher
than those classic knOlCeS piled on top Of
Ben Nevis The local comparisons Will
enable you to form some idea of tic
mountains Of Western North Carolina
Mitchell's Peak is 6.732 feet high, and Its
top is great broad meadow.
This is the land of corn and cattle,
clear streams, speckled trout aud buoynnt
spirits, ''stalwart men and bonnie lassies."
and apples and peaches of Il variety that
must have flourished in Eden. All kinds
Of vegetables thrive most luxuriantly III
this section. These mountains are fine
grazing lands on their very tops. Their
high elevation keeps them cool in tIc
summer, or rather renders them delightful
u0mCSa Oh Juo ObueE Dlfi thClr 1lr EOItD
latitude gives them a sort Of South If
England winter, only little colder
From this region viii pour forth in n few
years the Dunlop, Cheddar, and Cheshire
cheese of America. It's butter, wool, NUT
ton and beer will be famous in the cities
of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York,
Boston, New Orleans. It's hams and bacon
will vie with the most savoEry and delici-
Gus of these articles now cured IN Cincin-
matt or Louisville. The Scotch or English
stock-farnner who purchases largely OK
these lands to-day, If not over ID years of
age, and who commences to stock them up,
will live to see his children among the
wealthiest in the country Skill and cap
ltal will meet large and sure reward in
this section of the State. Before reaching
this mountainous country yOu come TO T.
great table land l, 600 to 1900 feet above
the level of the sea, Wheat, cattle and
fruits Of all kinds, peaches, apples, apri
cots, nectarines, wild grapes, and an i'm
mense variety of berries can be raised here
to great advantage, as we'll as oats, rye anG
potatoes-the latter also grow among tho
In considerable abundance and
in great perfection.
In all the district Of country 1 have re
commended, lands arc plenty and cheap,
the ADVERTISEMENTS of the war compel
ing many of the great landowners to part
with their estates or portions OF them.