The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-06-03

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our country much or tlhai wealth which Is
nos sent out Of
The public documents show than IN die
year 1880. (when the scarcity Of money
paEalyzed domestic industry no less dian
twenty-five millions were sent % foreign
lands 70 pay Cor silk goods! . species OF
merchandise which can as well be prn-
dueed AZ home Is cotton fabrics-aliho,
one which scarcely receives thought
from the American agricuItarist.
The dignity Of agricultural pursuits il
not sufficiently acknowledged. What Is
commerce-what are the aris--but de-
/ pendants upon Agricultural To what
purpose Is il Lllat our canals-Our rail
roads, and the developments Of the great
system Of internal Improvements, are 90
ing forward in our country Il il not that
The grand system Of commercial inter-
course founded on agriculture, may be
carried on.wiih the greater facility!
Let every farmer, but for one year,
suspend his toll 10 enjoy that ease, in the
sunbeams Of which he sees so many bask-
ing, and what would become OF every
mercantile and mechanic interest
There is another reason why the Dig
nily Of this pursuit should be acknowledge
81 d essential to the stability Of our ma
tional wealth. We cannotbetier express
il thanh the language Of one whose name
stands high in the annals Of our country.
"God has made the breast of those who
labor in the earth his peculiar deposiie
for substantial virtues. Corruption in
morals in the mass Of culiivalors, is a
phenomenon OF which no age or country
has furnished an example," The pro-
portion which the aggregate ofother class
essof ciIizens bear in any state to that ol
is misbandmen, is the unsound TO its
healthy parts" wa
The community appear 20 be awaken.
ed 10 sense Of their negligence in this
department Of industry. The agriculm.
tural and geological surveys Of several
states are coming Al the root Of the mat.
Ter; and these surveys ought 10 60 on,
until the now more than half hidden re.
sources of our country are fully develop.
ed. Ii is 10 the earth that we must look
for the valuable and inexhaushble store.
house Of nature, filled with the rude ma
terial for the productive laborer, and ricl
in besiowing the nutriment Of life. A
nation which bases its hopes Of prosperi
~ upon any less substantial resources
can never acquire unhncmating naiiona
wealth. PcnnnDufh JOurnuf.
NEwSPAPERS.--A. child baeinniny
10 read becomes delighted with news
PAPER, because be reads of names an,
things which are very ialailiar. and h,
will make q progress accordingly. A
newspaper in one year, says Mr.. Weeks
10 worth qusr,er's schooling TO child
and every lalher must consider that sub
stantisl information is connected will
this advancement. The mother OF ih
famil, being une Of iis heads. and hatinI
more immediate charge Of children
ough, 10 be intelligent Of mind, pure II
/ language. and always cheerful and circum
speci. As the instructor Of her children
she should herself lie instructed. aa
/ A mind occupied. becomes fortified q
gains, the ills Of life, and 10 braced 70
any emergency. Chlldren amused b,
reading aud study. are Of course consider
ate and more easily governed. esa
/ How MANY ihoughIless young me
have spent their evenings in tavern o
grog shop. which ought to have bee
devoted 10 reading! How msny parent
ho never spen, twenty dollars for book
! fur their families, would gladly CIV
thousands TO reclaim a son or daughter
" ho had ignotanlly and lhoughrss.l
fallen into temptation.
/ Weekly newspapers can be had at fror
one to three dollars per year. being ,ftor
= TO five cents per week. Each paps
costs the prin,er before il is printed, abot
one cent. lie therefore, obtains fror
one To fur cents fur his editorial duties
and for printing. distributing, compost
| ton. &c. This 10 extrs mely low. Ills III
price paid for advertisements which mus
: keep newspapers alive.
Thus readers of newspapers get III
, cheapest Of oil possible reading.