Excerpt from Historical and Social Sketch of Craven County, So; Ca: From the April No; Of Southern Quarterly Review This county sends ten members to the assembly." This is all from him, but it is enough. "The Unsteady assembly" is, itself, a text. We shall expatiate on what he has so briefly said, and add to the extent of the history, if we do not greatly increase its value. Our work is not that of the review exactly; but there is nothing misplaced in subjecting countries to the same treatment which we bestow on books. It is as an old resident that we give our regards to Craven county in South-Carolina. Local attachments are strongest among the inhabitants of the country. Those especially whose youth has been nurtured among mountains, are bound by a chain, stronger than adamant to the homes of their infancy. The denizen of a crowded metropolis is vain-glorious, perhaps proud, of his city, but he has no love for it. He forms a very insignificant atom in the vast mass of humanity which surrounds him, and he easily transfers his affection to whatsoever portion of the world may contain his household gods. Not so with the rural citizen or the inhabitant of a village. No throng of uninterested spectators ever torments him with a consciousness of his own littleness. He feels that he is a man of note; that he holds a conspicuous and an important place in society; he can calculate the political value of his life. He doubts whether his existence is not necessary to the well-being of the world; and he rewards, with the devotion of his whole heart, the spot which confers such importance upon him. It has been remarked, in many localities, that the youth who had grown up amid them, however far they may have roamed in quest of fortune, invariably return to close their days within reach of the scenes hallowed by their early associations. It is said that every sweep who ascends the chimneys of Paris, has constantly in his mind the picture of some cherished nook in the Savoy Alps, the hope of returning to which as its owner, gives him courage to toil and fortitude to save the rewards of his labours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.