VOI,. XXX. ,
RALE
C. WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 2, 1839.
NO. 1.
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class of the rcsncclive works, vet there was nnnp oh to t1ifir pminrnt gn) k.;mni. i.,. 1.. . .1. ..i-.ii
, , . , , . ... ... V.......W nan, uccuiiihuc, unuer meuirecuon 01 iDemott Be-
uumj am iiiernorious ciaim 10 tuc am anu patronagCMii the 15- rienced Engineer in the United Stales North CarolinianVfeelin
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"fUf iindc. signed have been deputed a com nut f re to present .,...," .1 .J, , -....-, -. . ic un me aruor anu zeai 01 a most devoted .on
to voullSc bodv a memorial, expressive of the views and nvS ' f V "'m T? r " iT5'1 f'T h lil apPear9' t0 C0D8lrucl work in the be.1 possible
! V:l?Jj fuS ami resectable pr ion! of vur IVIIow-rili zens, re- ,hc a"'lJI eas of the State, or al would fa. . Hence the ne- mode amlWthc way which uee his sanction, wouldeoit two Kit
ruaXunlui Cilv ofUalelgh. in .,,r,.tio, ..port the im- .ly and cxped.enp ot 4 classihea ,on. In tins, 00 they were l,o.nW dollars. To raise two-fifth of jhi, sum, bylean.of pri.
luJZ 'this lu.v, ,.llas.i.r,l of .ciwnga favor- Harbor, and Forulieat.ons. AM.at the nat.on eould not accom- subscription of the ytaic he changed, as proposed, we4rowell.
Se e .S'. as well in respect vi the nuurrous and patriotic body J ' r WU8 not be Pcrt'd a 'S the amount will Le most certainly taken by individual.. This
afytci-inW !iawd-f4H-eseiU, as from ihe sub- h a' c,',l!,! ciret!' ' 1,8 lVl"t-ni0Vl--d' t?V-,M m-on.mended not only from the magnitude of the Wo kr1tf io
SXK ." Ui ? 1 ien f n,.Vs"w b;r l!t,,:,n,MO,,a,lon tw Mvh la,e Portion or.lhe .te, B& from the
!l, .'',.? "10 wi.-u-'. !ks iM.en Vom.ai.ic'd ihe: hijli trust r guard- fang of failure, ami here the demand for dwinlercstcd and en- further fact, it is' to eonstitute one of the connecting links, the
rifbc Vfctand advaneiaj- the p.piM iiy of our onr.woucoun- lK&" , "cnee it deemed important 4 hatyour honor- grttlTunk, in which olhers are hfercaller to .hare. These With
,ut '"'"-' o . ai)iB ioiy should be lully and candidly intornicd 01 the reasons the t'onvcniian wpri held enhcliikivA faois
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until
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'wum w il. m csclit eo!idj(ion of (lie Sia'.c? What its means for
lii.ikprincmfnl? And in w!uU way are llie.se means to be moHt cflcc-
have bcen directed must respeclfully to inile your attenliiin; and
which, as Tour itieinorialKts humbly conceive; arc ofsu'ch high pub
lic conccniiucHt. Inr examining into Ihe en:idi(ion of the -Stale,
i 'u'iln'i' we adt-erl to the past or view the present, whilst much
iews, which influenced the Convention in recommending cer
tain works for prompt and immediate execution. Let theinnotbe
charged with selfishness or with -locals preferences but remember
the difficulty of the subject and the necessity for action.
1. A guarantee by the State of five hundred thousand dollars to
the Gaston and lialeigh llu.il Iioad This is not a subscription or a
loan, and does not tall for any expenditure. It is a mere loan of
the credit of the State, upon such surety as the Legislature shall
I) U 1111 f lltili 1 M J I iiitj i4a. v iiv vsv tiviv a va my 1
,(.u.....l . Il.n l.i.i..J ..f llm l. (;,.( 1, linln ,Ml llli,
A wtirI,e pride or to stimulate the enterprise r the citizen. o-enablo the company to obtain a loan on he tcr termvthan
' . . ' . v . n. ., 1. ... '.. tlicv otherwise eould do. and thus be enabled liM'iimnlil llinr irnt
1 his lavor .appeared so reasonable in if sell, as to meet with
due t 4lre libemt spirit of those
fi willing to risk their own for-
rceoinniended itself to the eon-
pride anl boast as a nation eon- . ' " . . , , " " " -r" - "
u de-. ee of frcedim on the coverned unknown in the old oiuer wors, anu aecommouaitng man. j 4,1 . our
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:,.n -in. I iliitu fiHJ iiip i-il ii-nii the. most tlKvnlpd :it(3fliiiif nt to the .
n)TrTrreaicsTtriiitntTWe
,... : r ...;,.! C n.vl.7m .,.. .i.,Ba ,.e enterprising citizens who had bcei
vhicli has bee., so fallv proved in the Success of that rcprcsenta- (unf? ,n 80 wo' t.lt a so,
.1 ...... Vfnlmn na;i unrL nnnn pa tntr In 11
tivc system which constitutes our
fi'fi'lii""
hat the increase of our population, agriculture, mnufact,..4, and' aImM 'VC , lbe fra,,,.e att,0B r a committee of hot.
al Ueement in the arts and eieuees,and in civilization, bare Wn-"'- uonoroble boily-nmre is not necessary to bo said,
r. p d !,..v.,Hd all example: that these national blessings inspire eon- r2. A .ubsenp on hy the State oVo'trMh of lhc.eap.tal stock
filer .re as to the high destinv of the Republic, and call forth ticnti- of nd Yadkin Kail Road. This .. one ot the
n, nts r gra4iludc" the Supreme Dispose; of all events.' Hut geat works in the pneral systety, and may be considered as stand
white niv thus boast of our rapid advancement as a nation, w the ''""J of f ,,use reeonimended in thirst class Inregard
: .. A . .i.r: ' to this workv t he Convention had certain data. : both as to Us ncccs-
1 C "CI III hilT, lUi -fU iJUtLU JIIUIU .UJ1L IILIIV 1H V4lllill Jll U3-
lo tiay, ou
sity, its importance to a large portion of the State, its policy as
1 '. ,. i ( ..r...t;,.o.a inii...nm...i;....n..ni sanctioned by a vote ol the Legislature and or the people, and cer-
iiv to your Ti ide, or painlul to our iceluigs. In the apporuoiiiueat ... . - . - .A ;. . . 1 1 ,
ii ui mh ,11 it, , ,i,? :,.., , 's v..,.4i. snly as to the cost of its construction. As to the work itself it
o tii'iM si'ti atives amonjr the States, under the lirst census, Aortli . . , . .
i to ,V. (, ' s to connect the Last and West; to commence with a homo market,
Cam iiia amINew lork were equal, eacl. Iiaung ten members. . . , .
. ... , i . : ! . v..l- ...u.. from the banks of a nver, rising and terminating within our own
Vi hat . ulikelv to. he our rank in comparison to Acw-iork, under ,. , - , en a .i u " .
the census soon to be taken, embracing a period of fifty year.? She '- be extended for the prescn t to the Yadk.r a stream
will hive exuded her forty inembi-rs, whilst our State will re- wh,e ' Pes through a produc ive and populous section r the
i.;... .".:.-;.,.,! , vvi, ns country, and -whose product must be -carried to a distant, foreign
Yet. in ptrint of territory, North-Carolina basher fifty thousand
five hundred" square miles, whilst New York only exceeds it by. two
thousand one hundred-and twenty-five. At the first period, our
population was neai-ly equal whereas, at present, she will exceed
two million, whilst ours will be but a fraction beyond seven hundred
thou-sand. Yet this immense dHle'renec is not to bo ascribed to our
cliiiiave oi?soil,'butiti part at least to the rapid tide of emigration
market, unless this great work shall succeed. A9 early as 1815, the
idea of connecting the waters of the Yadkin with that of the Cape
Fear, received the favorable action, of the Legislature. But un
fortunately the geological structure of the intervening country, pre
sented difficulties not then to be g.mnounlrd by a Canal, with the
limited means of the state. Those difficulties disappear, however,
before the mighty engine, of steam. The actual extent of internal
communication, by means of rivers and roadswhicb directly or
the change.
31 The inroruoration of a Comnanv for the ot)elni? of an Inlet.
at the foot of Albemarle Sound, near Xagshead, and a subscription .
by the state of three-fifths of its capital' stocks-Thi. work wa.
deemed by t1ic Convention of the highest importance, from the
fact nf so many of the rich counties in the' north-east. part of tbe
state being directly interested in Ua success from the. quantity and
quality of the produce which would find a market through it; and
from the fact that it has been long pressed upori the notice both of
the national and state Legislatures. Albemarle Sound runs in a di
rection casl jrom the conflux of its head wkterp, lijejdjstancftufl,.
some c.guiy m.ies, anu ai us eastern extremity is teparaieu iron,
the ocean by a narrow strip of sand bank, some hundred yard. In
width. It is navigable within four or five nine, of the ocean, where
its waters separate into the Roanoke and Croatan bounds, and
change its direction nearly south Hoanoke Island i. between them.
These two sounds unite again, arid some twenty-five mile, from the
point where the current of the Albemarle change, from aq east to
nearly a outh course, they enter the Pamlico Sound. From tho
Mirth eastern cxit i-micy of the I'amtico is, fifty ihilej distant the O- ;
rracuke lulet, the only naugable one for vessel suited to the mast
ing trade. It ix proposed tn throw a dam or other roust rur lion arrost
' lie CroHtai. S'liind, and thus forte the water of the Albemarle to .
break their pnssag? Ihrnugt. the bank at its Toot into t lie Atlantic 0
rean. It is estiuiMtcd hy intelligent scaintn accustomed to the naviga
lion of this roast, that through tbe j)ripiscd inb t, double the number
of oyagcs inav.be made as are now through that at Ocraiokr. It
has bV-eu estinWtcd by a member of the Cinivciitior that the 12 roun
lics in North CwStjoa. nearly all the produre of which seek, its mar
kct through the Aluemai lc, export not les than from Tour to kix mil
l ion of doll i s aumially. This produre roimisi. of corn, mtlon heat ;
fish peas and an iiumetise aiftoi.nt in naval stor-s and lumber. Th-io '.
nrtirles are icarly all nT-sm h bulk as to forbid a deHsite bet merit
the pla. e of prodnctinii and sale. Ileure the iuiporlanre of its being
rereivrd front the wharvvs-and rivers f the prodm rrs and carried at
Lome to t tie ocean lor its-t.nat (irsiiiiat.o.i. in tlie lislimr In teres!
the micress of the work is of peculiar importance, an the annual tri-4
hYitrTrom abroad for this artt le alone is estimated by gentlemen from
that section of the Stale at 2300,000. This vvm k has also been tx--
iritiirit unit i-nli tnnleq mxli. nmli-r itip' itnf Imt-it V nn tiviti tit
: it . i ... ..4 :i4-t iv.i.i.-ii.Y--zzr.t . . i : . . " . -
niuiruciiy i.-uiiiii;ci nsvn niiuo-uis ru.in, cannot ue cstimaipu ui icss l il, Slate uU-XWJiiMw!
i.;' 'J..,i pants of moderate sized farms be enabled to make
their nativ.t v, and ! . . jL . .. , , - . ,
b It mav cratifv ,n "eir own ve'llc'es, and fur which the po
nine Seniors, na- ,'rs8. wiU bc, nite sufficient to reach some depot or
.,y roac,V exceetb-tlmt quantity. Thus will the oecu
eiiaracicr to lle wiiucrness oi ine nc.u. j his war, inoru tnuii . .. 1 " ,, .
- ... . , , . . I I'. .1 ..1 ,1...;.. .....T..T... :.. ...1 lUlll .1 U. ItlW.lV MIV Dl fiU 1 11 I 111.7 V V 111, IV II 111 llll.au u 1. 1 1 - . u llll.l
li til a million Ol ourncouie nave icu iuc iiiiicnoi tucir uaiiiiu.uiiu s . , . ... . . 1 .1 - e 1
11,111 a imiM hi I. ui ic j . , ,',;!. kct in their own vehicles, and fur which the power of a single
carried wrthrthem wealth, talent, anil enterprise. . It mav gratiiy , .,. , . ' M . . . ., . "
rai 1 . . - 1 V 1 .. ' .!..... e.ri..a - horse will bc quite sufficient to reach some depot on the main route.
our nrwe 10 ne loin in unc t ui tw. iiiciu it iiiuj miimuiai n.i- . . . . . ..
" . . .. Vv ..."..' e. i . 'i.. Also in secuntM', whatever farmer in the country will know the
imp Horn CJUZCIIS Ol iVOliu iii -jii'i.i: in tiiu iiiti uiiiT imn . - , , , . j
" p ' . ,. ... . ,,,:,. 'ini ',, on,i value of a much smaller portion of tune in tbe accomplishment of
much we have lost, bv iailintr to render our people prosperous and A. , . . . ,, ,A . . . , ., . . ,
' , , ' 0 lii.i .the object. For it is Jo be remembered, the great advantage of
' w I.,- :n.-.,:..va.;n ph1,. cvnminn Into the rail ways, over all other means ot conveyance is the saying of time.
raoid growth of oar sister Slates but we (latter ourselves that you
is we feel assured every patriotic, citizen to the question v belli'
er the State shall remain in ier present condition? are prepared
to reply imst emphatically, so! If o, this brings us to the second
iariuirv, an estimate of the means of the state,
Irt Uieiiauk ot tlie Suio,
In ihe Bank of Cnpn rror,
J11 llin Uunc .Mibe Tufiipikn.
Knannko A. C'upc Kcr Navigation Conr)ni,
VV'ilniingtnn unit tl:t')ili K:iil ltoail,
Uuitu' for llie bsI of (herulice l.amlir in 1S13,
n J ( 1 prwr slate.
f600,f!00
620.0(10
5 0UO
S2.500
GUO.OOO
i'iO.tJOO
the annihilation of space- Time is tnoneif, and the attainment of
crcater speed and certainty, amounts in effect, to a reduction ei ex
pense. The advantages of a more speedy conveyance, are often of
greater value than the whole charges of transportation, and those
advantages can never be so liiUy realized, as by the use ot railways
These are a few of the rich advantages, which are to be extended
to so great a portion of the people of lour .tale, by means of the
proposed route. 1 his produce is lirst to be brought to .rayctte
ville, whose capital will increase, as rails may be had for its employ
ment. Where prices may be now considered low, they will rise by
demand and competition to the highest rates. It is then to descend
Tlie cash balances in the Public Treasury are not included in the to Mil.nington by means of teatn Hoats, wliose number jvill also
a'mve estimate, as they may be required to meet current expenses multiply as has been the ease on the Ohio and Mississippi. From
and other necessary appropriations. The State, then, has a capi- thence it finds its way to foreign markets, through Cape Fear In
tal of more titan two millions, vested in productive stocks and in let, which, if not the best, has its advantages. The tables annex
bonds wv-Miicresl. It is true, a part of this sum is pledged as a Literary ed, show the tonnage employed in the foreign trade, entered and
Fund: hat it is cmiallv true, we presume, that no parlor the pr.n cleared at Wilmington Irom Uctouer lJt to ucloner lod! also
f Vipal of litis fund is to be used, and that it will continue to increase, tho tonnage,employed in. the. foreign trade of the ports of Norfolk,
t SmtH'tho interest accruing on it may be called futs in purposes lf Petersburg and Ilichmond for the same time, a. taken froni the re
I le:l.icsvti(iii and of free whoota. The state is free from debt, and has port of the Secretary of lk Treasury. .
I a credit supported bv her natural resources and the. habits and I'rm these tables it appears, that in the year 1S7, the tonnage
litmnn's of her eiazens. The .taxable nrotiertv of "the state may, entered and cleared in the foreign trade"from Wilmington exceed
f I.
is the committee think, be estimated at near 200 millions of dollars.: cd that of Norfolk 6JS1 tons, and exceeded both the ports of Kieh
ilic coninrisps :i2 millions of acres of land, which may be estimated mondanil Petersburg together 17,694 tons We are informed, on
at tw! dollars the acre she has 300,009 slaves, which may be val- high authority, that the coasting trade of Wilmington employ a
lucd at three hundred dollars each, besides tbe private stocks, mer- greater tonnage than her foreign trade. We have not the means
Ichniiflise am! oiher nrancrtv subiexjt to taxation. Hut it is not pro of ascertain. ncitsactual amount, as itis not reported, lftbisuetrue,
'i . . . . . . ' Id .............. .... ... .. ... ll.A.mii,. .. .1 ... (inliAV a t rt Ihi. ! I. ,f ftlllv flf, f ll A llUl.K fklltlAVttV fpntn ,1'llCl.ll
J DtCfl tl rCiOrt tO lllXailOn, nil! IS 1L IH-VCiII J lUUIll UUI ihh iichs ttlill C Ijri IV K i. w, 'J ! iiiv ftrvji,.. wt.ia vi i, k. vi.. ,,iiii.t
pnd plan -of those in whose name we have been authorised to nn- we received it, Imt becauso we know tlie maratimc trade or W.Car
xlrcsi vou These nialteia are merely referred. to to shoyir .the abil- olina .is principally a coasting-trade 4t would follow, that the ton-
ty-of't're-Sta'T-'awd ttte-anviHeinans-siie a wsusrain TaaT-rrcuii Tiaw junpioj eu iirinr irau5 u inr pori i ii iiiiuogioii is grcuicr
kliuh it is proposed to bring into market. ' than tlie tlireo great port, ot v irgtnia, rvorioiK, iiicumono, anui e-
llaiiag ohowii the. comiition ot itic niaie, uic neceuy ami ue- icrsuurff.w -
nuiist for a t'iiangei and the means for efiVcling it, your memorial- The Port of. Wilmington posse.es two advantages over most of the
.is are hrou-'ht to thec interesting question, us to what is best to bc of her ports in the United Stales', which eannot fail to 'be highly
Jl :ir? In answer to that question, we have tfe present to you that estimated. 1. It is a frth waltr port, and vessels are exempt
Id An or svsteiii which was the "result otihe anxioHs-deliberatiow-oF trotn the-flestroetion to theif bottoms aoles. coppered) -occwioned
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5 Ih u! in vi livce Ivliiiir t his memorial IS present cti. injrner.-ei- o utr sail wacer wuriits. a. ji iuruisi.es mo inosi iiiisuciiuuruus cur-
, !ence could lie j-iyen of the actual wants of our people, and of the go of domestic products of any port in .the.UnLon. . All kind of
' llcmanii and necessity for something to be done, than in the volunta- bread stuflVriee included; naval stores of every kind and of the'
l y eonTCationf that assembly, .whose wishes and opinions we. Iiest quality; lumber,, the very tiest in the. world; staves and head
i Jiave beendityffrtcjl to make known. A body comprising nar 200 ing;. cotton, whiskey, &c. &e. So that yesselcan supply them-
i kUs-utlfettJt f-om forty counties, men or character, orintcl- reives with a cargo from that' port, that cannot tail to suit tomi
t r.. .w. 1 . . J . . ii o. i . . . ; f- i 1 .,.ii; ' .l i t. i
i Toyage. Again -inai sieamooai.
1 ear as lush as r ayetteville for tbe
issured that, n serious accident ha ever
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patriotism atone uas ueennearu,invoKingyou 10 action., occurred uurin me nine, ijikc owicr rivers ionic oouiii, its na-
t Is the first and dearest privilege we enjoy as a frre people, that vigation is suspended in the summer months; & so Is the great Ohio.
inc. pies of our government, every plan for We learn that the navigation of the Ohio, from ice and drought, is
'Jigcnr;w4br wvaiiu, voluntarily obey ing tlie ran ouncir couniry, raarRci ami hihk n-promaoie
' !a ariics atteei distress in the rommunity. and a loud demand for its have been plying on the Cape t
iremed v. The strife, and struggles of party have been silenced, and last 2Q years; and we are
lac voice ol
I'v the fundamental nri
Hiangingour condition and promoting our happiness and prosperity, suspended, on an average, six months in the year; whilst that of
I.aiI. ' ..I I . ! . .. 'mll.l nhiffiiinl a till ah Iim ba ni,( liiiinil lk. t 'ri n . ttw na,t AYw I All lint vhama ikaH r.iii m anil m Kciir n 1 1. &
IlUtU-lll VUOICO Hllll CXCCUHU1I, IHU IjjIIIWtW. Vl'llM " ll.V UUIIVU Vl. JIV. - ,RI 19 OU.JIVIIHVU I1UV 1IIVII 1 llllll BVUI H" m UIWII1I19,
iv the neonle. The nlan. then, which we have the honor to pre- and that at a season when the crop is not ready for market.' Such
lent, originated with a large portion of the people, and claims your are the advantages of the Cape Fear Inlet, under circumstance, as
post liberal and alteitive,examinalioty ur memorialists si.ew,Mhey now xist. ; : ;
fiat after a week of earnest and anxious consideration, the Conven- We have said the policy of building this rail road ha. been sane
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ion agreed upon a plan which is embodied in a series of resolutions rioned by the Legislature anu the people. We have only to advert
Jerewitli submitted, amUnneed to this memoiial. Th Uonircnv . tb. the. fa Jt 9tthe.iaeorpon1aon.or jibe JBompaaj and k nbfeeriptiM wpuiu jwji niiwaa mumpw
.lon rame la ih Bonelmdon: with trreat unanimity, that all the works or two-f.fil. under the authority.of JLre.JD.TOurW-Me win aer.e. 10 urn
npTtttmed ltf sTa resoTutidn lTairngTeliieiniAwn oustedof bis place in consequence of the ,H cbeme, and ntUers, ir their claims and
L.,1 e tn,nAmni ukii.ii if iuinn ami sua. 4nt iimi iin? a Cn. Lnnur . i,n. ki: I hereafter be disclosed and f roneny uressed. - '
ri 1 1 1 vuiiQiiiuiv a n 1 Diciii vi 111 1 1 1 "i v iiii 1 1 ir. n iv .., 15 " 1 " . . . . Tf v tuw n 1 vi uaiu i Laauu iu uvucil.1 uuit
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ssfullv prosecuted, would eminently conduce to the prosperity of one.
Ua ef'itff Imtli h IhVri'.isitif ihft Mimmnn urralth and in " elevat incr Tlut we. aro her, met'wilh lb nliil!nn. ib nlin nmnnanl
fiid confirming its moral and political charaetcrJ1 .: . " changes the subscription by the State from two-fifths to that' of i
Of the merits or the general system recommended. It 19 proper to rour-lilths: why ibis change? The answer uto be found in the
v, whilst there existed a difference ef opinion a. to the grade or fact, that unless it is made, tho road eannot succeed. , A survey
tal anu the manner i.f roimtruHiuC
Hie work. But Imwevrr uncertain this maybe, the people, in that
section iiT the State, it is said, are willing to risk their own capital in
its success, and think a subscription not exceeding 500.000 dollars by ,
the State would render it certain. If so, the Convention a a. of opin
ion it should be granted.
4., The payment by the State of the balance, 150,000 dollars, of Its
subscription to the Wilmington and Italeigli lUil Heads ought at onre
to be made. The Convention mine to this opinion as an act of justice
In the very liberal and spirited exertions of the private Mibsulisrri.
bers.in having risked so miirh on their part fur no great a publie
work, and from the certainty as well Trout the progress made, tti9
high profits expected, that the work must and will be finished. The
prompt payment cannot injure the State, and will greatly aid a spirit
ed portion of her citizens. , - . - . - -
5. The survey of Nri.sc and Tar rivers, with the view to steamboat
navigation, and if found practicable, that the Doard ofTiiteriinl lmruv
tne.its be authorized to contract for effecting it. Those t iters are the
property nhe State, the charters grunted for - their improvements
having hern long shire lorfj-iM. It is proper then that ihe surveys
should bc had at the expense of the State, as due t her citizens, who
will use them for their produce, as well as from the fact that ne of '
these rivrrs js so directly connected llb Ihr prosperity of one of its ? .-
markets. Washington, which has heretofore been sustained within
much spirit, hut whirh has recently suffcrtd so severely by fire)
whilst 'he other leads to an old tow it, which has many claims on the
liberality of the State, btsidi-s its ifirect connection with the rreat V
l?l. O. , I . . W
ran roHi.ji. wyicu inn oiaie uas so ueep an interest.
f. A aurvry from Unlciich, via Ilillsboro', to Greensboro', with The
view in a .JYicAiiamiacu iurn- l 'ike Komi, a tompany. and a nub
si ripi.nirol two tilths by tbe btate, I his route is rrrommended
from the fa"t that it is to take the main line of travel from the aeat
of Government to the western Counties in the State; that it passesrs
thititigh jAo among the largest and most prodnctit Counties in tha
State, whose people are farmer., deal principally in the necessaries of
life, own their ow n vehicles, arcustomed to their use, and without this
road can share but little in the direct advantages of Internal Improve,
ments. Besides, it !j for the.uresc.nl to te.'rminateat one of the most flour-
4bi.ug-inland -towns in thf state, XSreensboro', which has its flourishinr
schools its steam mills, cotton lactones, anil in every way its popula
tion is bojji active and -enterprising. A cheap and apredjr m-fL,
rearbing a market, as w e l-arn, would often enable the enterprUiiie pro.
ptietor or Iter rot ton factory to send the product of his establishment tan
the city of New- York, and realize a profit of two or three cents on tho
pound, u l ins pruni.vyoum noi.oprratc to bis au vantage-alo
antaee-Ion.-hiit
thatoT the grower ofthe raw material. 'The tnommed iuru ..mM
accnrtiiug mine estimate oi, me, uoaru m internal Improvements,
8 5000 per mile, and a part of it, possibly one half, Would be an or-
dinary turnpike, the cost of which would Hot exceed g200 IntOO per
mile.-. Tbe road hi justice-, ought to belong to the State, except that
experience hys shown, to rnnstruct and keep up such works, rails fur
imiividoal interest and attention; othi raise they constitute a rontin-'
ual drain on the public treasury, and end in rain. From ikU
branch might Iterrafter be extended, with great propriety, to soma lL
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potiu on mo uau- inri, anu inns give io mo people in mat fertile re
gion tbe means of t eaming, ir so inclined, ue markets of their own ,
state. ; . - , ' Cj0
L . Such are the works as placed in the first elass of the plan nronosed
t. - . r i ..i
aj uic miiHriiiiwii 11111 11 nirsiiuic urn ncii anu reasons WhlCH iB-
fluem ed that body in recommending them. If any one should Object, "
that his work ought to be placed on equally ' favorable ground with "
the most favored class, be should pause, consult the means of the state, V
and then ask liimself, 'if such a plan bad been adopted but fire reara t
1.1 a v. . aiHa - - .
: ims i mart nee rapidT
ng-lnto operation
adyahtajes .ball
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SECOND CLASS. These, as will be aocvL oontetnriAte a eon-
nection with, the two great rail roads now In progress, as well aa
with the proposed road from Fayetteville to the Yadkin, The TJeaa-aiT, f
d that fact, as anotoar ouust wu be thai opaned te
important
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