Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
THE CIsAEkLEST0N NEWS AND
THE NORTH CAIS0ZggA PINE.


Our friend and contemporary, the
Charleston Ne,cs, taking for its text in
its issue of Monday last, the annnouce-
n1ent by New York paper, that
''forty barrels OF kindline wood were
shipped from Wilmington in one day, "
became quito facetious about North
Carolina, and her magnificent forests
of pines.
We plead guilty to the charge
of having as fine pine forests IN
North Carolina as the world affords.
Our only regret is that our offence in
in this respect hath not "a greater
extent. We plead gully also to the
charge that QUIZ noble pine is a very
useful vegetable, and capable of being
put into many valuable shapes, which
We are glad 10 say, bring great deal OF
money into the pockets of our people.
But proud as we are of this great boon
we are not prepared to assert its
excellence rs an esculeut even ID
| the guarded language Of the Nears, to
| wit -.
"The Carolina pine indeed bears a
fruit called burr which is luscious ii
| adequately stewed, but it is less ten
der even than figs or primes, resem-
| bling rather ounces or artlchokcs.
The burr has too much core and IS
deficient in pulp .,
We have some familiarity with the
"piney woods Of North Carolina, but
it has never been our fortune to visit
any portion of it in which pine s'burrs"
! constitute an article of diet no matter
whether adequately" or inadequately
"stewed" Probably our friends over
in South Carolina who, If We recollect
! Alright, have pines as well as palmettos,
| have found new use for the ''burrs. y
! IF this DE the case, We trust our neigh
! bors viii not be too modest and diff
! dent to take out the patent for the dis
! covery i'll their own names.
| The Nears is kind enough to inform
us that ''what the bamboo = - Hin
dostan and China, the cocoa anu the
bread fruit to the siYsges of the trop-
les, that ard more is the pine TO tie
inhabitants OF North Carolina" "Still
harpine on my daughter. Our friends
| do not seem t. be able - divest them
selves OF the idea .hAt tho nohlenine IS
! al escuient.
| But Ats usefulness IS not confined Is
its value as an article Of diet. for tho
] Meas tells rs g tho bark is easily
carved into inkstauds and toy boats,
and is very handy 10 use 90 n shovel
for coal of FIRE 10 light q pipe with.
The leaves arc very culfoEs. Shaped
like needles. they are used when d.,
as a substitute for hoIec-haiH, cotton OF
straw in mattresses. 4 pile of these
leaves heaped in 2 c1rr"r answers rs Z
feather bed.
| When an inc;sio:l = nlals IN the
green tree there eXn,tos from the pine
a sticky juicn, known to coInmcre az
rosin, bat III more familiar parlaacs
styIcd .rozum' It IS cllGwcd Of
chawed by the natives instead Of TO-
bacco, and is much less ktlrtfal tn the
nerves than that 13arr;cic1Ie; weed
tSubjectel to 6iatulatioh, this roZ'1nl
yields q fluid called ttrpc,It;na or 't,rr-
kentiEe.' which is esteerre,t everywhere
as uu adjunct to weak Ttl:ai7c-, ir1rI1art-
ing t. i: :: strength AMI .tc1nacli-
warming power btyor:I ,!ascriIt ION,
and Justly matter Of pride with the
producers Of the tl!rpc'lt.nc.
| We fee; unIer laa;iy obligations to
our neighbo-s over ,Iio line Tor then
valuable information IL relation to TIC
habits c. life All speech o. pE1r people,
and in relation - the liz III then
favoritG tree. -
! We presume, fro1n the familiarity
| with which our cot2nlporacy speaks c!
men and things III tiIi, State, :h4t il
has at least no doubt about It's oeffec'
competency so to do, nor 40 80 Dis
posed to dispute it. W. do say,
however, thas if tie Ms. upon It's
next tour of inspectic-s, vii put it3eIt
under our guidance, II vii find no
more people who sleep ni,o.. ''pinc
straw, heaped III q corner, WHO ''cilaw
70, n,l," or who strengthen their
whiskay and warm thcir stc.oacl:s with
| "turlentine" ia NORTH Carolina than
IN South Carolina We reore. that
our contemporary was SO unfortunate
| IN the selection Of his guides through
our benigLtcd region, on IT.; former
trips. g..