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considerable commercial and manufacturing city. There are also 

 other towns and settlements in this state where manufacturing estab- 

 lishments are erected. North Carolina is capable from her position 

 and resources of becoming, as she will, a very flourishing manufac- 

 turing state. She has a most excellent system of common schools. 

 Ship building with the manufacture of naval stores are important in- 

 terests now in the state. Agriculture is slowly, but surely advancing. 



Although South Carolina has been for the last twenty years battlmg 

 with the tariff, she*has made within the last three or four quite an im- 

 portant change in her domestic poHcy. She has now between twelve 

 and fifteen millions of dollars invested in railroads and other modes 

 of land and water communication, with manufactures. In the upper 

 part of the state there are several iron mills, foundries, nail and cotton 

 factories. Her cut nails, like her cotton goods, are sold in this market. 

 This is the case also with the Virginia and other Southern nails and 

 cotton goods. It is a remarkable fact that cotton yarns made in 

 Southern factories sell from one to three cents per pound at the Northj 

 over the yarns spun in Northern factories. The coach lace manufac- 

 turers' never use any other cotton yarns, as they are said to be a much 

 better article. 



There is a flourishing manufacturing town on the plan of Lowell, 

 near Aiken, in the upper part of the State, called Grannettville. No 

 better conducted establishment exists in this country. I find some of 

 the goods of that place on exhibition here. Charleston too has her 

 cotton factories and iron establislunents. Indeed every thing bids 

 fair to make this one of the most decided tariff and manufacturing 

 States in the Union. Time and improvement is doing the v/ork. 



Florida, incoasiderable as she is in population as yet, is progressing 

 slowly, but surely. She has a large school fund, and a most admira- 

 ble system of common schools. The State has about six milUonsof 

 dollars invested in railroads, "with other modes of water and land 

 transportation, and manufactures. Several cotton factories and ir©n 

 foundries have been established with great success. Her ship timber 

 and resources for naval stores are almost unlimited. Several railroad 

 charters were granted at the last session of the Legislature — one, the 



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