Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-30
NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEiGHS MANY ATTRACTIONS.

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hon-Bright Political Outlook.
lrr'm si'E Correspondent Of the DispafciLI
RALEIGH, September 90. 1854.
some OF the gcographers who have
written Tor schools have placed Raleigh on
the NcuSe, and it would have been well
had lis founders located it on the banks OF
that river; but they did not. The Heuse
is several miles on, and here il a very
pretty ci,y, Of some fourteen or fifteen
thousand Inhabitants. drinking water from
wells and cistcns. with inadequate pro,ec-
ticn from fires. fear, and with no water "a
sprinkle their dirty streets now that the
prolonged drought has made the earth 81
dry. Bu, these difficulties. notwithstand-
ing, Raleigh has wonderfully improved in
recent years, and is the worthy capital Of
this progressive State 1t is laid off with
bread, straight streets. and abounds in
comfortable and pleasant home-like RESI-
donccs and IN stately business stands.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Capitol. the Department Of Agricu!-
tUrc, the Iententiary, several asylumS,
the city post-ollice, the county court-housc
Of Nake-all are public huildngs-the
equal Of which would be- delighted to see
in our city Cf Richmond. The Capitol j.
Of granite. a stone somewhat softer and
more opCn-grained than ours, but durable
enough.
In the Capitolgrounds. which are shaded
with widC-sp spreadiug old trees. there is \
bronze copy Of IIoudon's statue of Washing
Ton. The legislative halls. in this building.
have recently been rcfurnished. and are now
really elegant. In them are wide. open
frC-placcs; stoves and steam seem to be
e,chcwed. in which the North Carolina
mind, as in many other ways. shows strong
good sense.
MUSEUM.
The old National Hotel, just across the
street from the Capitol, was purchased by
the state some years ago and is now the
state Museum. In there are are many GU
rious things. but the chief wonder, are the
exhibits 0f the resources of this Common
wealth. The Department OF Agriculture
has been made great power for good. Il
is teaching North Carolina what North
Carolina j., and while 1t IS the common
thing for every State TO claim 10 bc the
richest in material IcSOurceS-iust aS every
town claims to have the prettiest Womcn-
North Carolina has proceeded to establish
by cridNce her title in this respect.
WHAT THEY HAVE.
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the exhibits having been been transferred
10 the Exposition. There they show a fl IRA
RANGING from the cedar u the North 10 the
palmetto q the tropics. The state. You
know, j, not very broad, but il over so
mules in length. and in her border raises,
Wcll-c0tton. rice, tobacco, peanuts, pOtl-
toes, wheat, corn, rye. buckWhc1t, oa's,
and al the usual fruits in great abundance
and variety. The minerals embrace gold.
silver, copper. iron. coal. most beautiful
marble, and building stone, also valuable
phCsphatcs. msrls. 81.
AS for the woods. they cover the whole
Gcld-from the rcsinous pine oi the Eat
to the forc>t-born mOnarchs oi the noun
ianS on the borders Of tennessee. And
not only i the fishery interests OF the state
10 hc exceedingly well represented in 4
NfNNlNll VI IlN wv 4ls fll lif lflNA'-~t~ ~
which the great "tar, pitch. and turpen-
tine interests are maintained will De-
properly shown.
Much OF all this exhibition Of resources
is done 10y the Agricultural Department.
What Is not, is done by the counties, which
have taxed either the public or individual
purse 10 see that their industries are pro-
pcrly placed before the great public thai
will be- here.
TOBACCO.
4 tobacco warehouse has recently been
oyencd here. and Governor Jarvis made an
address on ,hc OCCASION, and the leaf sod
brought grcat prices. Cotton Is down -
low that II 10 longer pay, TO raise Il in thl'
section Of the STATE. Farmers are begin
nirg TO give attention To tobacco, which
they tnd they can produce quite well. and
from il realize more money than from cot
ton. Raleigh ia only twCnty-seven miles
from Durham. and las vigorous comneti-
tor in that young, vigorous. growing town.
The Blackwell Company Of Durham "ilI
make the finest private exhibit at the EN-
position. They will have twcniy-fye hands,
making cigarettes, and in their exhibit,
uuon which money has been layI-hly spent,
will he The ship made Of tobacco, IN which
j. 10 be the swiss muSiC-hOX playing
Carolina. Carolina. Gods blessings A.
tend Her" Durham is, like Raleigh, vant'
ing i'm good water supply. This Black
well Company recently sunk an arte,lan
well To tie depth of $50 iec,. but got only
a mCagTc supply u wafer. Specimens OF
caith and stone tak'n from the well u each
~ feet Of The shaft, depth have been pre-
served in gIa.>-ca,e>, and will jc shown
here.
TIE PENIIENTIARY.
But to come back TO Raleigh: The pcui-
tcntiary here i the finest iu the south. IN
old times North Carolina bad no STATE
prison. Thcs whipped. branded, or HANGED
for all of, Hccs that could not hc sufficiently
punished by imprisonment in idl. The
Canhy Constitution required tha. STATE
lriSon should De csta li-hcd, and accord
mglv the Radicals. who controlled the H.
eislaturr In these DAYS. set about 10 huild L.
Th,y adopted plan and vent to work, aud
made great waste u public money The
Democrats. coming into power about ls'i i,
took the fob on their hands, and have now
nearly compl ted the bindings, which ure
designed 10 oaccommodate 1000 prisoners.
The cells are lar-c. clesu. well-yentih,cd
and heated. OF the loo convict. reSi,t 2
cd on tie book, 800 are employed on the
Western railroad, 200 ON tu" Iadkin Nl.-
lev. and number of others on two farms
near here leased and rur y the state; th,
others are i'm the ncH prison. The western
North Carolina road controlled by thc
Richmond and panyillcl paws Sl25 per an
mum for asch convict; t.c Sttte guard, an
kooI, tl,n.
ON The peni a.ary grounds are a BRICK
yard doing BIZ bu>iucss) and granite
quarry.
The place from which the granite was
quarricd for the massive walls which -iu-
round the prison. a wide hole in the rock
some thirty feet deep. il now the reservoir
Of the institution, and /, filled by springs
and from it water j. pumped by steam mo
a great tank in one sf the towers oi iit
penlicntiary. Thence il runs through
every part Of the building ana is lmmtd.-
ately available at plug, in case Of fire.
OTHER BUILDINGS.
The Federal Government building l. oI
granite. IL is three stories and hin-iid
roof, and cost about 800, 900. Ii Is very
nice. The county courthouse stands on
the same square. II is OF brick, faced "rh
brownstOne, and the bricks have been
painted over red. II also has roof n tir
Mansard style, sulmOunted by female
figure holding the scales OF justice. II = Z
very good courthouse indeed, and cot, !
suppose, S200.000.
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