Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1886-01-21
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COLONIZATION SCHEME.
New York State Capitalists Purchase
Two Whole Counties in n. C.

New York State Capitalists Purchase
Two Whole Counties in n. c.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 14.-W. w.
White, a veteran oil-producer, has
Just returned home from North Caro-
lima, vhe re, in connection with five
other gentlemen, he purchased an i'm
mense.. tract of land, the equivalent of
two big counties. As Mr.. White ex-
pressed it, he was tired of drilling oil
wells and gas-wells, and wanted to get
hold Of property he could use. A syn
dicate consisting of w. w White j.
O'Brian, F. S. Buell., G. M. Martin,
of Buffalo, and A. Short, of North
East, Pennsylvania, have secured
possession of 225,OO0 acres, compris-
ing all of Dare county and nearly all
of Tyrell county, North Carolina. The
land was bought of a syndicate in
Norfolk, and the original grant was
given by George III, of England. The
property is thickly covered with pine,
jumper, cypress and other valuable
timber. The soil is vegetable for
nation, black loan, that has been
in process of formation for ages. This
is three to five feet deep, and under
laid by mari of decaying oyster and
other sea-shells of about equal depth,
forming an inexhaustible supply Of
raw material for valuable fertilizers.
Almost every foot of the land is avail
able for cultivation, being high and
dry. A portion of the property is al
ready under cultivation, there being
number of excellent farms. All kinds
of garden vegetables, beside sweet po-
tatoes, cotton and rice, can be raised.
AS an example of the prolific nature
of the country, Mr.. White states that
e.man raised 500 barrels of pota-
toes, which in the spring will bo worth
$3.50 per barrel delivered at the
wharf
The purchase fronts on Albemarle
and Pamlico Sounds and has forty
miles of water frontage, which is ac-
cessible to the larger steamers. a
fishing right has been leased to par
ty who conducts operations on an eX-
tensive scale. a seine mile long is
operated by steam engine on shore,
and every haul scoops in enough fish,
chiefly shad, to make'a boat load, the
catch being shipped to Northern cities.
There are three or four little fresh
water lakes well stocked with pickerel
and other fish Much of the land be-
ing virgin wilderness, bears, deer,
ducks, geese, swans, wilk turkey, &C.,
are found in abundance. Between
three and four thousand head Of wild
cattle roam through the woods. a
unique product is the Scupperernong
grape, which grows wild and from
which q fine quality of wine is made.
The climate is described as counter
part of Italy
The syndicate is incorporated under
the laws of New York and North Car
olina, and bears the name of the Albe-
marie and Pamlicos- Colonization Com
pany. The transfer is said to be one
of the largest over made in the South.
1t is the intention to dispose of the
lands to colonists from Europe and
elsewhere. Products of fish shipped
! from the territory can reach New York
or Philadelphia in fifteen hours. The
members Of the company are well
; known here, and expect to realize &
fortune from their investment.