New-York tribune., 1870-11-12
NORTH CAROLINA.

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A Uyy-yARp-rIIE END OF TIE CONFEDEEACY
STATE RAILROAD MANAGEMEN1-SfA1E
vtXANCEs-WuEK FOR TIE NEW LEGlSLA-
TURF.
CHARLOTTE, y. C., Oct. 29.-This city, by Tar
,cosf important inland place in the stete OF North
Ina ia Of the odct towns In the United e'stos
!, was founded long bcf re to the Revolution
"a here that the fret Declaration OF Independence was
,opugated ana is was the place where the la'e
ropfederacy gave up tie glost lIeie Jeh DAVIS nis
,,srd the news OF JolmStOn's surrender ana "oA ms
"a private citizen; here !Gcn. Cooper abanuohe" 'o
rchiyes OF the Confederate Government 10 'heH "'o
md that establishment ceased 10 be even III naipo
old he not less famous having been the site OF ono
a, the many follies Of that woud-be Government ~
hero AZ least $50 miles from any naNlEanlo S'''D -
,,csted the Confederate Navy-lard Ihls scioo'io" ~
mi an a mar with many another Of JEFF DayiSs mis-
mapagenens The idea was 10 get 1t away rom 'e eo
80 ,bore a ,ui,ht De captured. They made III is
.nops shot and shel, and various utehsis VI "'
gtile however, Of anything hs II WAS hot 80 i"'" %
,ork4hop as a bOmbproOf 10 keep certain lH'oI''0' w
Of the army. A., s.a+o q. in
ao midst OF a fine agricultural region. On tue cast
and south cotton is cultivated. while west eA'eIou'
hest IL grown while still farther wcst' Is tne houu
,.in section o. the State. now rapidly ming up WIN
sorthern men, and destined to he great dary' grass
and small grain country. With this latter secuon oia
ott Is to be connected by the Charlotte ana hu'ner
- p,nrosd now completed about CO miles The
.to, nroanct of the country immediately around
ehsrotta IL about 1900 bales, raised TOO, by that
lsss o., planting which Is most prOntable-the planter
.,isinc TOO ali his grain and provisions. was sur
0ris,d on learning that one OF the banks averaged
zoo 900 OF individual deposits over 1000 houses have
,eD but since 1905 many Of them frsteass business
sOuscs.
cold mining Is carried IN ts section, ne IN fact
throughout ali NCde Moth Caroliua. That they pro
Iyce COLD there is no doubt have great doubts as
.1of,tO ~ guXh fO a
NV II has peopled California but it has laid waste
many good farms end demOralized much population IN
North Carolina and Georgia That gold mines WORKED
a. business lie made profitable, has been demon
srsted California, and is being proven IN quartz
,ens near Char but most OF the North Carolina goid
ones have been objects Of speculation and sIocE
-,lbing than Of actual workings. The former United
states Mint at Charlotte merely an Assay Oince
It should restored t great conVenihce 10 Iue
uliners, and calculated to encourage their industry
waterpower is abundant 10 " 20 miles from Charlotte
but the town itself never become great manulac-
turing site as coal distant and expensive. Cotton
seed oil mills would pay. large wooden MILL run at
croft on wster-pOwer u miles distant fooiishly
.loyed 10 the city be by steam and soon failed
tho soil around Charlotte is red clay and sand loan
mostly the former The creeks through broad Hch
low grounds whereon cotton and corn are produced IN
rood quantity The uplands chiefly used for wheat
ADd rye
RAILROADS OF THE STATE.
Charlotte the sOuthw eStern terminus Cf the Norm
Carolina Railroad. and the commencement OF the Char
sDtte Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The railroad sys
TEN OF North Carolina was planned with singular want OF
Judgment and thought FIRST railroad in the state was
chartered 10 run from Wilmington 10 Raleigh but was
allowed instead 20 go 70 Weldon-making an airline
scross the State Then from Raleigh 10 Weldon was
chartered and built Then 70 correct the errors OF turn
nR AL the produce Of the State ont Of its limits, the
korth Carolina Railroad and its eastern and western ex-
,ensOns wero chartered Tie main line and the former
are builttbe latter st fingers IN the Blue Ridge This
-lroAd was intended all former mistakes, ana
ad the produce OF the State 10 her seaports, epe
daily the nns harboiof Beaufort But badly was it
planned In the which it took that il has rather de-
,aaed than accomplished the object. II Is almost com
pee horseshoe shape. TO add again to the defeat OF
Ihs homeinterest dea, the Confederate GovernInent
toroed upon the State connection from Greensaoro 20
Oanvnes scheme which had been repeatedly defeated
n the State Legislature.
In time other railroads were chartered-the Whining
son Charlotte and Rutherford Road, skting the lower
>art OF the State from west up the Blue Ridge
and the road naygable waters on the Care rear at
Fayetteville TO the cOlfeds on Deep River Since TIE
gar charter has been given TO further extend the
yesiern North Carolina Road from Asheyine TO Morris
awn Tenn and TO Duckown, Tenn also to charter The
Chatham Railroad and the Northwest Railroad ara glv
az further aid to the two before mentioned
TIE DEB1 OF THE STATE.
swhst snau we do with the State debtf + tie Ques-
eop on the lips hundreds OF North Cardinals people
sDday Hotheaded impulse says; "Repudiate the
.boie thing lost my negroes and I'm opposed TO pay
sRit" And there are not few good and substantial
stzens who reason this way too They the great
a1able property Of tie State was swept away by the
ear that the old debt founded this property,
and It should at be compromised As for the new
1peoisI tax debt that's swindle out and out, aud I'll
sever vote for man who gOes for paying cent Of
It." said one Talking 10 calm, thinking man on the
s1fJect asked bis opinion: "Our people have beeOH
sernorlized the war with It's Stay laws, and then the
gapErupt act have produced Oosepess In the view
they take of the moral obligation Of debt fear, Sir,
sa unless moderate cOunsels prevail the Legislature
sill DO led TO do something both desperate and foolish
Another said "My neichDOr over there took TIE benefit
Of the Bankrupt act and got 25 cents on the dollar for
oloney lent him u years ago. now think theres just
a. much Justice III the states following the same plan
The ,peciatax debt OF the State Is about sl2OOoOOO
for this amount the has received almost 10 beDe
St The railroads which it Issued have not heeu
built and the persons 10 whom It ntrused ugitives
from the State spend their gOt gains In trstcass no
.ls and ganbuu ghOuses. There is not the slightest
soubt that the STATE has been eOODy and deliberately
swDdled vet tie Northern buyers bought these bonds IN
good faith supposng them good Investment and should
10 treated with respect and honesty What the coming
Teei.lstnre will do reInains yet merely matter OF
conjecture It's known that among the prevailing mt
sv are several men OF good intellect and sound judg
foet and it is hoped that reason, not madness, viii rule
the hour IT IS one Of the most singulary composed
ever assembled together; there are but few men
On ever before holding Office. They oait Conservative
A.f. at te North, Democratic. There are INIT some OF
fr ..g.t radical Democrats in the wOrld-men who
o ovorfu-n oycry thing and, II they dared or could
e.lss. 10 oi6 things happily they are IN very small
0uoIy TIE greater portion Of the members are men
SLo boz days gone bj we're old line Henry Clay Whigs
and there are those who hold that 10 is next to an impo