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4 I - - r WEEKLY POST. WILMINGTON. N. C. FRIDAY, JAITTJARY 8, 1875. T1IE C01ITI.ETION OP "THE CAR OLINA CESTRAL RAILWAY." i and What It lioea for Ue, ana . unai Ousht to Como oat of oar. Western i Connections brtfce Construction ot & Direct Line to the Great West. , At last the Carolina Central Railway : is finished, and Wilmington is in direct communication, by rail, with Charlotte uithin ten hours. At Charlotte, con necting direct, we hare .the Western Division of the Carolina Central Rail way completed nearly to Shelby, making a continuous railroad of 242 miles, soon to. be finished to Rutherford, making ', one .continuous railroad nearly" two hundred scventr and (270V miles lcnsr, "withirl, and" of, tbejStato of i fNorth Car olina. : I This grand enterprise began under the name of tho "Wilmington, Char lotto and Otherford Railroad' and completed under the name of "The Carolina Central Railway." was com menced in tbe latter part of 1853. In its commencement, cren long prior to it. tbis railroad was regarded as tho greatest of North Carolina's internal improvements. The greatest minds of North Carolina bettered Jts completion would be the beginning of a new era in the commercial and material pros perity of our State. Circumstances be yond control long delayed tho construc tion of this work. Money panics and the civil war prevented progress for years. At the close of the war repeat ed attempts wero made to build the railroad every scheme failed. At last the "Wilmington, Charlotte Rutherford Railroad" was sold under decree of forecleiuro and come up un der a new name, with new stockhold ers and, after a struggle of nearly nineteen years is just finished to Char lotte. Scarely had the new organiza tion taken chargo and began to con struct their railroad when a new and terrible panic, worse than any other known, swept over tho country, depre ciating all kinds of securities, particu larly railroad bonds, and more particu larly southern railroad bonds. Con struction of railroads throughtut the South, in fact, throughout the United States was suspended, the work on the Carolina Central Railway was never for a day interrupted. The credit "oralT this is due to Mr. Edward Matthews of New York, who was largely interested in tho bonds of tbe old company, and more largely in the bonds of the new company, wad he at once became the most energetic and active of the stock holders of the oew company. Uis mon ey supplied all deficiencies. His ener gy,industry and hopefulness inspired tho weary and discouraged. Owning more than twt-thirds of the bonds and stock of the Carolina Central,! his was the heavy burden. Nobly did be prosecute hisworkythe result of which should make every citizen proud to acknowledge him a public benefactor of North Carolina. Mr. Matthews sarmounted all difiieul tics presenting themselves the panic, the depression in secjiriiie, open and concealed enemies, disappointed and persistent mal-contents did not pre vented the successful completion of our greatest internal improvement. With out the aid of Edward Matthews wo would have seen the present generation pass away without a railroad to Char lotte. Charlotte, our interior city is now within ten hours of Wilmington. Once at Charlotte we intersect the great sys tern of railroads converging at that point from the North, South, West and Southwest; the North Carolina rail road, the Charlotte; Columbia and Augusta railroad; the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio railroad, (connecting at States ville with the Western North Carolina railroad) by which we reach"AsheTille na Old Pert; the creat air line from Charlotte to Atlanta. All these impor tant lines dt communication, we care not in whose particular interest they may be worked for the moment, will end in bringing large amonnts of trade to Wil mington. The great law of trade and commerce is, the shortcut, quickest, cheap est route to the consuming world. Wil mington is the natural, short, cheap way to the outer world, hence, ef ne cessity, business will como to this point. Look at tbo distances from Charlotte to tide water, by the lines of railroad in operation: From Charlotte to RJehmontLYjC, 3 miles. From Charlotte to Norfolk, Vs.. s2 miles. From Charlotte to Charleston via Columbia 2H miles. 1 From Charlotte to Wllmlnzton 197 miles. The difference of distance is in favor of Wilmington. j - The cotton trade has undergone great changes of late years. Consumers in the United States and in foreign coun tries have become the purchasers at the points of production. At least two thirds of the cotton designed for for eign exportation is bought in the inte rior towns, and thence shipped by the most available route, for export If wc rnakonomutakeWilmingtonistucpoint for North Carolina's exports. In conse- quence of tho completion of tho Caro- look forward to the coming cotton year of 1S75 and 1876, to seo the foreign ex portation of cotton reach 150,003 bales. Nothing but a want of energy can pre vent it. The largo section of cotton crowinr country near " the railroads leading to our port ought to give, with In four or five years, an export of 400, 000 to 500,000 bales of cotton. Wc may open our eyes and exclairae wonderful ! In view of the prospects already open to us from the completion of the Carolina Central Railway. We have cause to wonder, but all the bene- fits growing out of this connection, are BUiaii couiDaruu mm iuc iiiiiiuai. i c 11 111. iLi. 1 . will reap from .the extension of our railroads to the great West. . . One "minion firo lrUn2reJ thousand dollars in money, will .finish, the West ern North Carolina railroad to the Ten nessee state line. Wilmington then be comes the shortest, most direct and cheapest route to the great West, pour- ing into our port their great articles of consumption and export, and filling our harbor with ships laden with the pro- ducts of all lands. 1 The completion of this great work is now within our grasp, provided the General Assembly can be induced to see it. What the Carolina Central rail- way will then be to our city, wo declare ourselves lost lor ngures'to express. Once connected accross the mountains, we are only 525 miles distant from Cin cinnati. Our port is open at all seasons, it is out of tho reach of the stormy Capes north of,. us ; we aroablc to hand le merchandise of every kind at all sea sons. By .the contemplated route Cin- cinnati is 1,500 miles from Cuba ; 1,200 miles from the Bahamas. In our minds eve we sec within a few years, our gooil city ot v llmingten grown to 100,000 pcorlc, with an im- porting and exporting trade of $G00, - 000,000 per annum and this is not all, extended to toe great est, we connect as well, with the great Southern Pacific railroad brinnuij timincion, 2s. C within tico thousand miles of Sun Fran sco. or. about one thousand miles nearer than the present railroad, and much near er than any other Atlantic seaport. Ihink of it: lhe natural conse quence must dc 10 oring an immense trade and Jarge amount of travel from tharsourcc" Think of'trWttniiugttmH iansl a through liue from Wilmington, to San Francisco in four day3 ! ! Whatwc write may be lowkcu upon as spreatt eagle uuncuinu by some who never eaw the world move ; but wc believe, all we say fa lb very far short of what will be. Wiihin the memory of some of our middle aged merchant; New York, Boston, Philadelphia and New Orleans, have grown from viiiiage3 to world renouncd citie. Fortv vcars ago land sold in some of the.ce cities by the acre for the present price per yard. Some of the vestorn cities known through all the trading world for exam ple, tho city of San Francisco, are youn ger than our city market house ! The Carolina central railway ueiusr completed to Itutherfordtcr., the next gTcatlink is the Western North Carolina railroad. Shall this indispensable work be permitted to remain unfinished any longer ? It seems hardly possible that the people of tho state will longer allow this great through route to be the foot- ball ot legislation, is there anv chance to accomplish the work? Can the State do it ? No. The bonds f the state issued in aid of nnv.rail- road would not bring the cost of print ing. The bends of a new railroad in the South, particularly iu North Caro- Una, connot even obtain a place on the J stockboard list. What must bo had, ia money. Somebody said there wa3 but three things necessary to successful war fare first meney, second money, third mnnev. This rule may be applied to the consfructieh" tr railroads as well as warfare. The man who "can raise the necessary means and build tho Western North Carolina railroad will be a pub lic benefactor. He will add to the value of the state, untold millions. Ho will make the people richer, increase immi gration, introduce capital, order, happi ness. Who will do all this ? We know but one answer The Carolina Central Railway Company. OUTRAGES VS. MATERIAL PROS PERITY. The sudden change in the relation cf j master and slave produced by the late an important influence on the condition I of affairs in thoso states in which most I outrages have been committed. That the slavery of the blacks gave rise to and continued in existance an aristocracy is beyond any possible j doubt, wealth belonged to the dominant j class, and as a sequence culturo and ease were the results. The masters be came a privileged class,their desires and wishes became law. To accept the change is toJliemaJhardshlp not justly to bo appreciated by' those vHioiiave I not been situated in a, like condition To understand their prejudices against crcry change however unmatenal, it is necesaary 10 pui ourself in tho place ot the former partrician of the South. The condition ef these people is well defined in the 2S3 January number of tho Edinburgh Review, in ' which 'this language is used. Its in the , ancient Greek commonwealths, slavery in these Southern states secured to tho, free, wealth, leasnre and . distinction. Re leasing them from every kink of drudgery, it virtually made1 them su- preme in the country. Southern whites diricted the councils of the Union, of fleered its fleets and armies, and repre- sented it at foreign Courts. In short I '..: i f .t i liniiru siaTcrv was mr uio nni las ot Lntv South a patent of nobility constituting taciu .iu rigu vi wir coior si reu answeracy.- ; "--.t This " unfortunate condition of the whites, caused laber to be despised,and emancipation has had tho effect of m -. " r making labor honorable, and being ig norant of how to labor as they are dis- J inclined, tho laborrpg element no long j cr property, has become the prey to the j worse passions of not an, inconsiderable class'.- The turbulence in Vicksburg which has caused the murdering of so i many blacks is b;it a gratification of J wounded pride and revengeful feelings, j jvhich tend to keep law abiding, peace l.ful men of diffennt portions of the United States, from seeking a home in so bellieos a comminity. The business reuutation ol Mississddi - -1 has long since been lost, and war has done itswork of injdry to tho state, and now just as it. i3 recuperating from the financial and belligerent ills to which it has been subjected, just as it is being called upon to exercise a republican form of government as is guarranteed bv tho constitution, the whites whom I adversity should hae taught prudence 1 I commence the work pf carnage. 1 . The negro has buj a little to loose, being without businets experience, poor I pecuniarily and lamlless; the whites I have all that havebeeii secured from the ravages of war, in lands and in culture Now there is no valure in the most pro-J'.ictivc that which lands pf Misissppj, but attaches ,o tbem from the negroes connection Avith them as a la borer. Kill him and your material wealth is by your owo act destroyed, you wiil by such a coarse make; your 11 the laboring clas3,aud possessedof noth- inr but barren lauds.4' " j This i true because of the " mutual I dependence existing between labor and capital; and ii equally to be relied on, since capital from without never seeks a community in which assasius sremore . -m - 11 n um e ro :is t b in h on r 3 1 i nd u ? trio us peac o lucp, and where the law is ineln cient :n protecting liie ana property. The commercial importance of Louis- iana lias materially uctenoratcu in con I ' Tl "? A ? A 1 sequence cfthc frequency of bloodshed, and the state will not if it continues to permit the former masters to pursue, the course they seemed to have marked out ior tlicmsclvef,. the port of jSew Orleans will, be of less commercial mo- meat than our own port. What we decry iu these states in stanced, wo depneate in the interest of tho South in the interest of the whole country. All the means for a higher, state de- velonments are made null by the . pre- sen cc of lawless men. Wc dismiss this subject, hoping that occasion will not servo to say anything further to our people. Let us hepe that no" Democrat will to lar lorgeunis loyalty to the old North State, as to consent to have her prosperity checked by consenting to riot and outrage upon any citizens ar clasi of citizens however humble. For the past four years the citizens have been urging the Board of Aider- . . i mi men to have r ront; street paved, xne city erovernment not being able to do so, stood the pressure as long as possi ble. Time and again pctititions were sent to the Board asking for that im provement, but there was no rotice taken of them, or, at least, nothing, done until 1S73. There was a petition presented to the Board to pave Front street between Chesntit and Mulberry, the matter was deferred to another meeting, and the Mayor requested to write and ascertain the prices of differ ent qualities of pavement; he done so and it was at least three months before he reported prices, &c, when the whole I mittee of three, consisting of Aldermen Wilson, Adrian and Moore. They had it under considerati6n for some three months, when they reported, recom- mending the bid of Jas. F. Post, for 6 inch stone Belgian blocks, to be laid at $2 S2 per square yard. After a full and fair discussion thel recommendation of the committee was adopted by a vote of 7 for and 3 against, and Mr. Post 'was allowed four weeks to file his bond for the fullnlment of his contract, before Uheiiendjof the time of filing the Mr. Post sold out his contract to Ja3. Walker, (by the "waythisifthe: I only contract that haabee soldi I we can learn of for the past four years, I for a bonus.) Now this, question,; cov- ering said point, was being agitated for. at least nine months, by our. 'preseut city government. During that whole time, so they inform us, there was hot, a single voice raised against the in provement; every one seemed to be apx- jous for it, doing all they ceuld and bringing every pressure possible to bear on the Board to have the street paredi; The work was completed according to; contract, and paid for. ThentheBodi in accordance with law, appoints three free holders to act witht three; to Tbe a I ' . i ' . - . n. , l-r-i'l i noinrpn r t.no rnrr. or" rnt n-ronen-v j holders on said street, to Assess theheUI enis oi saifl. payemenvs io tuo greai; astonishment.- 91 the 15oani, zens, a Pf of HheprpnehoHefl raiseu ODiecucns w iae- improyememr and called a meeting of said property holders to trv and eensure the Board noiaer to try ana censure - tneiioara lor making the improvement. OneOf them, said that the citizens had.maoe out fifty years without tbe improve ment and they could have done so lnf: ger. we are renaoiy lniormea oy tne members ef tho Board that they hefer knew that there was any opposition -ltd tho improvement until this meeting fof property owners was held. j ; The p- perty holders, we are also infornjedi j would not appoint any one to ,jact or J them on said jury until the person would I nlefifo to vote that tho nrouertv should : 1 1. o- i - 5 J not pay any part of the cost of laying said pavement. . We are also ihfornfed by a member of the Legislature tKat I the owners of property oh said.strjjet have gone so far as to. send a but to Raleigh to try and induce the General Assembly to pass a law exempting them from paying for this improvement, trying to throw the cost on 'the whole (citizens; in other words,,; making" the j owners of property, who- live on the hill pay for improving their (the Front street) property. Now if the statements that we hdve made above is true, ani Tve have been so inforcd by gentlemen- of integrity that everv word is true, -then in that caso it looks very much as if there :wa& something radically wrong. Because, if these gentlemen were not willing to pay the expnse of the pavement according to law and custem, they should improvement. But no, they kept per- J fectly quiet until their ; p rapier ty Sad been very greatly enhanced ?in. value - f f l tv then they come forward and try to keep from paying the expense.. .We mustJ coniess tnat we cannoo see wnat, ragui they have to say anything againstj the improvement or paying their 'propor tion of the expense. Their objection ..." . 1 A " A would be overruled by a fair minded and unprejudiced jury. The Boad of Aldermen deserve great credit fcf the improvement,' but they should In loiture be certain that the owners of property will pay the expense ,of making Uch improvements. Or, if the Front street gentlemen do net have to pay for that work, give us pavements all. oyer the hills and suburbs of the city. .pWe . ll A1-A can ten you, gentlemen, iaai nae owners of property east of Second street have to pay for this mammoth improve ment of Front street, then you williave to improve other streets, so as to nVkke give tne citizens umc incy w in genu them a petition ot 3.000 against i the bill of exemption, ;c, and the signers will be property owners. . . An Ill-ued city, j ' i Yesterday being a fine day overhead, there were thousands -qt people m the streets,, and we should think that. iost of them went homo. wiXh a lively, ap- preciaticn of the deplorable manner in which the great city ot New Xcrkns governed. The most, patriotic of Ameri- cans can scarcely oe expectea to Drag ' about the Metropolis of the country. The streets were ankle deep in; water slush and filth. The horrible and mys terious smell, which so often extehds over that section of the city lying I be tween Eighteenth" and .Thirty ninth streets, was poisoning the air. Where this frigh ttul stench comes irom noooay knows and nobody cares. 'Somelfiay that it proceeds from the gas werks: others say. that it arises from the se wers. All that we know i3 that it was so thick in the city yesterday that it might ' al most have been cut with a knife.-iv. Y. limes, - 1 m- -. i 1; ' -? i The President has determinedjl it is said, to remove General Emory, :rom cemmand in iscw, Orleans, and supply hi- place by General Terry, Thechange Tr is unaouDioaiy aa nonaraoie omcer iQ tho respect of obeying to the letter the orders of his superiors, but he is With 3 t . J 1 ' t VI. out ability -or judgment, save of the meat common- order, and is knoun'to havs sympthies and -personal Te?iions in the South which ntakes him a tverv undesirable man to have thercf-at'Such active, intelligent, thinking man, Vhese i . . . . w -Afvi . I accompusnmenis are net an connnfa'to dresj parade, and his presence in sfew I Orleans will of itself be worth a regi- inent of troops. Inter Ocean. 1 hnvv.r. ZTTrZX' BALTIMORE "" , Transportation Company Sailing from BALTIMORE TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at 3 P. M ' ( i --- -t AND FROlI WSLMINGTON WDNlDA AND SATURDAY. JIVING THEOUGHkBILl New y0rV Boston, Frovfdence,-.Fall lltTer 1 r i ' - r lin These Lines connect 8t Wilmington with'tne wummgton, uwHmu "fi"-1 Wilmington & Weldon Baflroad, and Carolina Central Kaiiway aed Cape. ffe. j"Krver Steamers, with their connecting Roads, offerlog 1 neqa ailed lacilitles forlthe -Prompt delivery of Fre ght without delay, and forwarded by the Fast Freight Express that moniing. ' ' I . No drayage in Wilraington and no transfer lrom .Wilmington South. Rates guaranteed as LOW as "oy any other oats.r Losses or Overcharges promptly paid. Mark all good, via Wilmington Lines. M" '?:-' ; ' lr- Fcrfurther information, apply to eltherof the undersigned Agents of the Line, lJi W1ZN" FITZGER A lD, QenU Agent Bait. Line, 50 South Lt., Balt.T ' WM. -p. CLYD15 & CO.. GenH Ageht N. Y. Liae, 6 Bowling Green, N, T., A. D. CAZATJX, Agent Baltimore ilov 2-tf E ro wn 45 M A R E E Are WIDE AWAK WE 3 We will offer special inducements! during the week in Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, TOYS, &c, &. ! ' GREAT BARGAINS IN PRESS GOODS, f ; - f ! I BEOWN & RODDICK, The Cheapest and Largest Stock of Black Alpaccas in the city at '-4- 45 MARKET STREET. Bankrupt Stock of Hilton Gold Jewelry, at , , . ! BROWN & RODDICK'S, Gents' Wool Felt Hats $1. Toys for (jirls and Boys, E OmMY We take this ppportudity ot correcting the report thai has been circulated in re gfrd to ttnrnse of the pillars in front of Our place ol buBineae, aad would state, that is not iDt&nded for auy on tev hrealc. their necks 0ALC1UM DISSOLVING VIEWS. One Price Terms Cash! RROWN & RODDICK, dec25 tf HORSE BLANKETS: THE largest and Cheapest Assortment of Trunks in the City, SADDLES, OF ALL KINDS, HARNESS, COLLARS, SADDE BL.ANKETS, FEATH3R DUSTERS, HOR3E BRUSHES, niTRT?vrnr.fT?a SADDLERY HARDWARE, oi an Kinus, . ; ! , ' ' CHEAP FOR CASH, dec 25-Jy J. S. TOPHAM & CO. H s. . 1 y 3 B ii rJi GRAID. SQUARE AHD UPRIGHT :P I A'N ;.0 S , !' THE BEST NOW MADE. Every Instrument Fully Warranted , ; PiVno. for Five Years. For sale at s' r " : j. , HEINSBERGER'S nov 5; Live Boot Store.' SPHERE WILL BE IA MEING OF TOI "Roard of Examiners' to examine teachers desiring to teach in the Public Schools, at the Court Housed m Wilmington onThtm jay January 7, 1875, at 10 o'clock a, m.. to be contineud from day to day for the re mainder of the week! . H Teachers wan ting certificates will please attend. . a. r. blace;. jaxi i-2t Ch'mn of Board of Examiners. CaroliM Central jfiafl CosBaBy- No. 4 BROAD ST., NEW YORK. "A;GAB TO&ffi falling dn Jftnnarv 1- 1S75. Trill DO Data in entatiou at this ocice. WATSON 3IATHEWS, janl-it Tbejlstbzk. r W ttrrr WTMTn W T.TNTi xiiji yuo Sallins from HEW YORK J TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at 3 L. 11., -rri mm wii.anamun i And from WlLiXNUivxH ; WD 4 other Eastern Cities, and . ; . .r - : ANTWERP; and other European Ports. tww ana rew XorK Lines, vYiimiDfiwuu, u-. T . S T R E E T, ! "and fully prepared for 45 MARKET STREET. PRESENTS, i BROWN & RODDICK'S. r n 45 MARKET STREET. on out lor the rx press purpose of giving 3C JtXO CL0.1GJS, i aizmeni ever,yeTpumg tiunng xne i Aiwt 9 sr. vrrwixh the 45 MAR K ET . STREET. Air-Line' Railway. Richmond and Danville, Richmond and Danville R. W., N.C. Division.iiiid North Western N. C. R. W. - : o - ' CONDENSED TIME TABLE; In effect on and after Sunday, . Dee. v . , ., 27th, 1874. GOING NOKTH. i Iff ilWn I jWMBasn ' at ; kJ STATIONS. " MAIL. j EIPBI88 .. Leave Charlotte..... 10.00 p ?j 86 ax. ' Air Line J'net'n 10.08 8.56 ! Salisbary...... 12.20 " 10.64' " j 11 Greensboro.... 342 a. m. 1.16 r m " . Danville 6.1 3 8.SC p. m . i Dundee, 6 25 8.48 " ! M BurkvUle 11.33 8.20 ' x i Arrive at Richmond. . 2.22 p. x. Ill 19 p. m. N GOING 8QUTH. STATIOaS. MAIL. SXPBB88 LayeRichmnd..... I.S8 r. w 5.03 p. m. ' - Burkville.,:... 4.41 '&23 A. m. Dand3e.......; 9.25 "; 1.28 " ' . M Danville....:., 1.12 " Greensboro. ... 12.35 a. is 4.15 ' ". Colisbhry. 3.B7 " 6.45 p. i. Air Line J'netn 6.15 . 8 58 V Arrive at Charlotte. .. 6.22A. U 9,05 r V GOING, EAST. STATIONS. MAIL. i t , . i ' ' i ' ' . : .j Leave Greensboro i . . 385 a. m. ........... ' Co. Shops .... rf.00 , . .......... v Raleigh....... 8.48 .;' , Arrive at Goldsboro .J1L25'a. m . - ; v GOKJG WEST. . STATIONS. MAIL. . ; Leaye Goldsboro' . . . . 11.30 p. m .......... , Raleigh........ 10.151; Co. Shops ..... 5.38 .......... Arrive at GreenS'boro'l 2.35 aim North Western N, Q. R. K (Salem BbAkch.) . . Leave Greensboro.......... ti..i. 4:25 A M Arrive at Salem. .......... ......ffclO AM Leave Salem........ . .. 9;20 A M Arrive at Greensboro. .. . . .. . ..,11.15A M ' Passenger train leaving Raleigh a& 5.S8 p. ra. connects st Greens boro with the norths -errhfconnd train; making the quickest time io all Northern cities. Price of-Tickets . same as via other -routes. Trains to and from points etit ot Greens boro connect at Greensboro with 3Iall Trains to or lrom points North or South. Two Trams dally, hoth Ways. On Snndays Lynchburg Accommodation leave Richmond at 9.00 a. m. arrive at BnrkviUe 12 431 p. m., leave BnrkvIUe 4.85 a. m., arrive at Richmond 7.58 a. m. , . 1 oilman Palace ,Car oy li nleht tram between Charlotte dRiciwJii4, t witk out chaae.) I !. For lurther information aadreas . 9. E. ALLEN', General Ticket Agent. . . Greensboro. N. O T. M. R. TALCOT h Injrineer and Gen'l Superinteodant. dee 29 tf j t . 'I; 1 . 1 i ! - .i ... . 2 f f : .; t. -1 .. "-:J: ' I -
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