Connecticut western news., 1878-02-07
NoRTM CAROLINA.

EDITOR NEWS :-Hav1nR beon requested many tim by some of your readers to wrlte you some items from this section of the country. I shall occasionally send you c letter on my travels through this grand old stase. Rivlng you and your subscribers some ldea of what have noticed. North Carolina is large state composed of near 1y 100 counties; some of toem quite large. The clImate Is yarlsbie according to local ity, and to gIve you better idea, will dl- vide the stats into three sections: the eastern. middle and western. Tbe eastern part of the state for about 100 miles iron, the coast 10 level and affected by the gulf stream. In winter she climate is delight fnl. You seldom see . snowflake. ice or wear an overcoat. In the summer tue thermometer seldom goes over 9Oe but the heat lasts much longer than with you; and in August ald September some sections arc not healthy. I notice the inhabitants have ehills and fever unless they 20 to the mountains and higher lands. Directly oD the coast It is very healthy. even in those months. and the natives conc from the middle and western part Of the state to rustleate by the "sad sea waves" eas fish end take . bath.
 The middle part of the state if more roll ing and niIly cooler in winter and nearl' e warm in summer, but much moro heal thy. h the western aud mountainous section the climate IS more like C0nnectl cat, only very mucn warme: in winter and not nearly so hot in summer. It is dry healthy atmosphere. and some secti0ns. like Ashvll.e, are patronlssd by coosump' tIves fi0m tue North, aeeking health aud finding it. Some thirty miles west from Asnvllle are the celebrated warm springs ef North Carolina on tue French broad nver. These springs are vlsl.ed annually by hundreds seeking after heaith from all sections ot tne country, and by man, Of the wealthy people in the citass further south, who pass tae warm weather there. It ls one of the most beautiful natura. places ever saw In nay travels. with tne exception of the Greenbr,er white sulDhhI springs in West Vrg1Eia; the most noted watering place ot tue ellte of tue South. Western North Carolina may well be call cd the 'Swltzerland of America" Fhe AlleRnany muuntalns and Blue Ridge. .botL the same range of mountains ars to be seen there in all thelr grandeur and magnlf- eence. Here you will fiud the hIghes, mountains this side of tue Rocky mount aims, If am not mistaken there are ovei forty mountains over 5000 feet high, witt many small valleys bet Seen them where the ar is pure ana delightful. Thls sectiOb of the state IS thlnly settled. Tne mouL- tains are cOyeIed w.th tue primitive tores. anu flied with minerals. Plenty of iruu, maca. aud many precious stones are constantly belng found especially dla. m0nds. In Miteasll county, sm informed by . gentleman wno has travelled in Brazi. arc to be fouLd all the strongest lndlca. tiOns of diamonds Seen n the diamonu country ln Blaail. know of 2 man buy ing one from small JOY ID that secIlon of the cgantry, which reaiized hlm $lO.O00 IL. New York. h sne wlddle sections of the state nave met tue past year many mel dlgRIng gOld have sumo sampies WiLL me. obtained around Monroe. UulOn Co. from an Oi0 CalIf0ruia niiner, who alu there was mot0 god lA tuat section of tu. st4te thnn In Nil tue B acK Hills. Aud he kueW what he WAS laiKluR aDOuG. Tner, are strong ind,ca riobs Of gold all throuRL that section or tue sGaIe, IR Mec 4lenbnE&h Union, As1n, Cauarress S.aniey, MonI- gum-rys Movre, up through 10 Grauvill, county. And vOu will See a lush tor this section Oi America Tor gold Ss soon us known how gOOd the dlggings are, anU how we'll it IS paying lhOso wh are work fng ls in tue rignt manuer. came from Nov York wItn gentleman who is work ing nlne in Moore county. He is nlak tnx II pay handsomely, buL quietly. HaC sOme new mschiHsry with hi.n. He sls. told me, and heard II from others, of | miner leaving New York last summer fOl this state; Was here ODly two mouths ano sent home III one ~blpment, nearly $3 OOt in gUid. would Oniy advise those wht know now to dig for gold aud work sam. for quAriz. to lOOk thlough that section before they gu elsewhere. In my next will give you some infoi nation about tn cups of lhis state, which l presume .wlI Interest you more s.