The banner-enterprise., 1883-09-06


State. Less attsntion and respect are
paid to the women here, than in those
parts of the United States where the
inhabitants have made greater prog
ress in the arts of civilised life; indeed
it is truth confirmed b. observation
that in proportion to the advancement
of civilization, in the same proportion
will respect for the women be increased
so that the progress Of civilization in
countries, in states, in towns, and in
families, may be marked by the de-
gree of attention which is paid by
husbands to their wives, and by the
young men to the young women.
Temperance and industry are not to
be reckonec among the virtues of the
North Carolinians; the time which
they waste in drinking, idling and
gambling, aaves them very little OPP
portunity improve their plantations
or their minds; the improvement OF
The iCrnleris left to their overseers and
negroes; the Improvement of the latter
is too often neglected. Were the
time which is thus wasted spent in
cultivating the soil, and in treasuring
up knowledge, they might be both
wealthy and learned; for they have a
productive country, and are by no
means destitute OF genius.
Time that is not employed in study
or useful labor, in every country, is
generally spent in hurtlnl or innocent
exercises, according to the custom OF
the place, or the taste of the parties.
The citizens of North Carolina, who
are not batter employed, spend their
time in drinking, or gaming at cards
and dice, cock-fg ghtins or horse racing.
A strange and cry barbarous prac-
tce prevailed among the lower class
of the people before the revolution, in
the back parts of Virginia, North and
South Carolinas, and Georgia; it was
called gouging, and was neither more
nor less than u man, when boxing,
putting out the eye of his antagonist
with his thumb. How QUICK, UNDER A
MILD AND UPRIGHT GOVERNMENT, IS THE
REFORMATION OF MANNERS! la a par
ticular county in this State, where, at
the quarterly court twenty years ago,
a day seldom passed without ten or
fifteen boxing matches; it is row q
rare thing to hear of fight.
North Carolina, as already observed,
has hal RAPID growth; in the year
ITO it contained but about twelve
hundred sencible men; it is now, in
point OF numbers, the fourth State in
the Union. During this amazing prog.
ress in population, which has been
greatly aided by emigrations from
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and other
States, while each has been endeavor-
ing to increase his fortune, the human
mind, like ali unweeded garden, has
been suffered to shoot up in wild disor-
der. Blu when we consider, that, du-
ring the late revolution, this State
produced many distinguished patriots
and politicians, that she sent her
thousands to the defence of Georgia
and South Carolina, and gave occa-
sional succors to Virginia; when we
consider, too, the difficulties she had
to encounter from mixture of inhabl-
tants, collected from different parts,
strangers to each other and intent
upon gain, we shall find many thing in
their general character worthy OF
praise.
TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.
A great proportion of the produce
Of the back country, consisting of to-
bacco, wheat, Indian corn, &c., is car
ried to market in South Caro-
ina aud Virginia. The southern in
t4lior Counties carry their produce to
Charleston; and the northern to
Petersburg i'll Virginia. The exports
rom the lower parts OF the State are
ar, pitch, tnrpentine, rosin, ludlan
,orn, boards, scantliug, slaves,
shingles, furs, tobacco, pork, lard, tai
ow, bees wax, myrtle-waX, and II few
Jther articles, amounting in the yer,
ending September 3Otb, 1871, to five
hundred and twenty-iour thousand
i've hundred aud forty-eight dollars.
Their trNdc is chishy with the West
indies aud the northern Stptes. From
he latter they receive flour, cheese,
,ider, apples, potatoes, iron wares, hats,
md dry goods OF all kinds, imported
rom Great Britain, France. and Hol-
and, teas, a. From the West Indies,
'um, sugar, and coffee.
1t is no uncommon thing for the
armer to mark from five hundred to
me thousand calves in a year, No
arther attention is paid to them till
hey are fit for slaug gLter; then they are
aiken up, killed, barrellel, and sent to
he West India market Their pork
S raised with as little trouble; large
quantities of which, before the war,
we're sent to New England, particular
y to B lston and Salem.
The late war, by which North Caro-
ina was greatly convul,ed, put stop
o several iron works At present
here are four or five furnaces IN the
State that are in blast, ami a proper
lonable number of iorges There is
me III Guilford county, one in Surry,
nd one IN Wilkes, all on the Yadkin,
nd one in Lincoln. The quality OF
he iron is excellent.
One paper mill has lately been erect
d at Salem, by the Moravians, to
reat advantage.