Year: 1860




A correspondent writes to the Wilmington Jour


nal as follows What he says about the fertility


Of land in the eastern part Of this State We know


to be correct There is necessity for going te


Texasand Mississippi to ind rich land:


Il have lately seen in your paper and others Of
the State several very interesting letters written
| by eiaigrants who have recently left the good Old
| NORTH State and gone to Texas, Tennessee, aud
Arkansas TO better their conditions. They give q
most glowing description of the beauty, luxuriance
and richness of those States One might infer


from per,lsal of their letters, that they are proud
| that they have made their escape from the Poor
Old State and got into land where they gather
| riches by thousands without much labor; but they
are mistaken and deluded. They will find that
they will havs to work harder than they did before
| leaving the North State, and probably not make
so much; also live harder, and not have SO many
comforts and privileges Many who have left the
Old North State forever. would gladly COME back
if thew were not ashamed and could get the same old
homestead Many find, after it is too late, that
they have left the best State in the Union. Many
who have left explored the district, county ad-
Joining counties that they lived i'll found rich
| lands for SALE and concluded that there none
in the whole State of North Carolina, but they
were mistaken there is any quantity of vastly rich





the State, bat what little / have satisfies me
that there is as rich land in North Carolina there
is in any State, and can be bought as cheap, or
cheaper according to quality and location in any
State in the Union. In the Counties Of Bladen
New Hanover SAMPSON and IIarnett belive that
there are enough rich lands unlmproved to supply


large portion of the State with grain, if put into
cultivation. [ will now specify some particular
sections will first call ttention to district in
Bladen County, improperly called Hungry Neck,
and shall take the liberty of calling it Far
nner's deliyht, which is to be its future name.
James Allen, Esq., owns large body oflands here;
he is large farmer and is making a fortune by
cultivating them He has large field that
averages seventysix bushels of corn per acre, and
has been offered 500 per acre. He declined TAX
ing it, but said he would take $500, which would
be very low price for such land. The next tract
that shall call attention to, is the celebrated Salt
Marsh and Buckle Swamp lands, owned by that
gigantic and indetatigable farmer Of Clack River.
John Corbett. Esq A large portion is also owned
by Messrs. Bannerman Il Mcdonald A large
tract was recently owned by the late John q.
Daniel Also tract by Joseph Thames the two
latter and other valuable in that section are
for ale,-they can be bought from six to twenty
dollars per acre, which is no price. The lands are
in hearing of every Steam Beat that passes Cape
Fear Ri7er, and the Cars on the Railroad from





convenient to the best markets in the State you
may select your market any where as you will al
ways have steam navl cation.


Messrs NJ. Donala, Zimmerman and Corbett are
now improving large tract at Salt Marsh which
is said be the greatest job Of work done in
Bladen County. 1t has become place Of note,
and attracts many visitors About 70 acres of this
marsh has growth except weeds and grass, and
is interspersed with number Of Salt and Sulphur
Springs which attract considerable attention.
think Salt Factory might he established. A |
part of this marsh was in cultivation this year. un-
drained, which produced about one hundred bush
els Of corn per acre and Potatoes and Okra of enor
nous size, too incredible to tell-though true |
The most of these lands are Swamp and can be |
drained for mere trife, say for 81 per acre |
They are the easiest cleared and cultivated of any
lands have ever seen. A good farmer make
from S 600 to 81 500 year to the hand at the
present prices for corn, and suppose they are as
good for cotton as any land in the State. people
have never turned their attention that way, they
nave always made naval stores, shingles and timber
or market. Let me here give few words of ad-
'ice and admonition to those who intend moving
rom the good old North State. Give it good
exploration, and ifyou find no place suitable to
;our mind, say 90, as you too hard to please
'ut we say you will be pleased by looking and stay;
improve your native soil the land of your fathers
he land of your birth.