Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-23

troops of General CInchant, and recog-
nized in spite OF his ditguise. His pockets
continued vGrious documents AMI orders,
signed by himself, relative to distributions
of petroleum and the buildings and dis
tricts to be fred"
ImmIgratiOn-The Line of the VI lining.
ton. Charlotte and Rutherford EaI:-
! road.
In the further discussion of this subject,
we propose to show that North CaroIlnu
offers to Immigrants Of every class home
Just suited to their tastes and previous &C.
cupations. Perhaps there VIII be 10
method for making this apparent better
than to take look at the Slate from the
seaboard to the mountains. For this pur-
pose let us take the line OF the Whining
ton, Charlotte AMI Rutherford Railroad
Before we start we will take a short trip
eastward to the seacoast, and here we find
a home for the fisherman. waters teeming
with fish, oysters, crabs, sbrimps, and all
the thousand table delic cies of the great
Atlantic, Convenient to market, whether
offered fresh, canned or sailed for trans
L.
which produce the peanut, melons, grapes.
fruits of various kinds, with the fertilizers
lying in such convenient positions that the
lands will ever be ine4Haustible. The
healthful sea breezes bring strength and
energy to the exhausted frame under the
most sultry suns of midsummer, and the
cold of winter is tempered by the clio c
n
these shores immigrants will find bones
pleasanter than any on tho coast OF the
Mort hern States, because of the better eli
mate, particularly in winter, while they
are near the great channels of commerce,
whether by railroads from Wilmington
inland, or by steamships on the sea.
We start now from Wilmington west,
along the line Of the Wilmington, Charlotte
& Rutherford railroad, and almost at the first
turns of the Wheels of our locomotive,
before the departing signal has died out
on the ear, we are in the rice fields of the
Cape Fear river. Before the war betwt en-
the Northern and Southern ta,es, these
fields were cultivated by negroes. the pre-
ducts wero enormous, and grea5 expert
trade in rice went out from this pOrt-
Now they are lying uncultivated with
some few EXCEPTIONS, and offer 10 immi-
grants from some countr ies the greatest
inducements. Here would be til natural
home of the low country ChiGaman, and
here fifty thousand Of them could find
profitable employment ard happy homes
Leaving these behind, We strike into
light sandy lands, occasionally crossing q
creek where the lands are better, and soon
reach the pine forest which offtr5 to the
mber-man the occupation he likes. At
Abbot!sbTrg we see the first developed
attempt at bringing the timber into mar
ket in q profitable form. Here are saw
mills and shops with various kinds of ma
chinery, and from this point are shipped
houses already framed, doors, blinds. sash,
all the parts complete, all ietter9d and
numbered, SO that the most illiterate
workman can put them together. These
works ore small, and limited in their
capacity, but they are leading the way to
larger and better works, while they are
turning the attention of builders in the va
rlous American cities to the economy there
is in paying transportation for such parts
only as are really used in buildings. We
have sai1 these are leading the way to
better and larger works. aud when we said
50 we were contemplating the time when
the builder in a city, CT in some OF the
sparsely timbered sections of the United
States, would have before him plans and
estimates for houses "ready made" to be
delivered at his seaport or depot, just as
man would now order threshing machine
or road wagon from published catalogue
| And if General Grant concludes to presen-
San Domingo to the nation, that market
will need thousands of these houses to
accommodate the ''squatters" who will
take possession, and Wilmington is the
port from which these shipments will
mostly be made.
From Abbottsburg west up to Rocking
ham. the country offers great facilities for |
lumber men and all manufactures from
pine, whilst other timbers are found, such