The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-01-07

oraausrs shaul1 nsEer Be MAdtmiEed
yss lran he ehas.elsr d lhs sod 0Fel
whirh il I'll geasra.ly Pass. EIsh aagan,
oT lhis kiad % i. i snu:d never probably
u aay seassa Of he yrar r. 0Iher lhar
sAosih and lin. Il eeald ahly Be ne.
ers-sfy Tor or lararrs 10 kreP I~a sea.
10 shesls. one for this sasd. sRd snolhel
l..r cnRuaa use. 81 exI.edisnl BY which
IN The emu lisey would incur no additional
expense.
shall nav. Ar. Speaker. sdssrt "a
some Of he beae6ls likely IN rcssll from
Ihis sprk. provided il shonlI take he
rosie 10 AsheslIl-. merely because an
bslAer acqE ainied with that region
wiillari questioning The advantages 10
lie sIslr. Iron = dlFrei communication
wiIh The north seslern counties. I shall
lrs,e 10 The Senator from Wilkes aud
Ashe 10 expisin them. since. from his
inlimsie kuo~ Hedge af that country. he
70 more capable of doing il than myself.
n this Istapike should be constituted.
Tennessee all. most probably. meet Il
On our harder. with . similar road IRON
KnoErills. II i The opinion n MANY
persons that The merchants ni East Ten
ressre you'll find /, " their advantage
70 have their gaads transferred from The
norIh by such rnuls as this. rather Than
by any one Of those nov open. AnuD-
Der OF her citizens have assured me Ihsi
ihry are anxious 10 see such . work per-
(reIed. The opeuinl Of this road would
also give Us = good daily line of stages
10 the wrsl. An agent nf The Post or
nee Department. aha recently examined
The route. declared thai, 10 The present
condition Of The roads. il could be Iray-
ellsd over in Two days less lime ,hsn any
oiher between The east and The west. II
a Iurapike were completed. the distance
10 knoxville would be passed over at The
rate Of sax miles per hour. in two days
and h.ll; 81 tight per hnur. 10 less than
IsO dJys. II nov reqlires nearly seven
iay, 10 make the journey in The stages.
We might thus easily make il The interest
n pcrsans travelling 70 The north, frnm
Tennessee and che region % the south of
il. 20 pass along this line. and. from
hence, By the rail roads nnrlhwa.d. From
Asheville. fpr the sum Of lsO or three
hundred dollars per mile. good stage
road could then be obtained through all
af oni extreme western counties 10 Geor.
gis. The country beyond 10 level; and
Georgia 10 there greatly improving. By
raH roads and iufnrikes. her means Of
eOrmBlieslipn vlih the rest ofihr world.
By assisting her. 10 The minner proposed.
ws should have rauis 10 her northern
counties, and 10 those Of Alabama and
Mississippi, shorter. BY seventy miles.
Than any o,hsr, and holding out stronger
Inducements 90 sumner travellers.
All Of This travel will lhus be Ihrown
On The Raleigh and CASTOR Rail Road.
Besides. We shsll inevitably, ere long.
have connection between this place and
The Wilmington Rail Road. Such 81 the
travellers and % much Of The produce
from The west, 40 would. naturally seek
WIlmlHgion, will then have fsciliiies sf.
forded Tor reaching Thar place. Raleigh
10 also vi,hia thirty miles Of The nasiga
BILE wsters Of iLs Seuse River; aud this
turnpike will ineyilsbly find iu way
there. We should thus, cir. have il 10
our power TO exchange the productions
oi The middle and wesiern parts Of The
state, lur the 6sh end other cammojiiiss
Of The east.
A large portion Of The country. Mr..
Speaker, through which This road would
60, is rich mineral region. That the
mines Of precious metal. gold and silver.
are numerous and rich. is well known.
Copper sl.u appears 10 be extensively
dIdused. Ii has moi. ss yet, been much
sough, for. because the process by which
the IRE. are reduced, ID tedious. and re-
quires much capltli. But, ii eur means
Of getting to the sss board were impros-
ed. we could send the ores 10 England.
and sell them a. . rrniI.
Lead is also fund in many place. IS.
pecislly in Cherokee; but, from the dif.
iculiy al Conveying il any distance. rs
things now are. and from The want Of ca
piial. the minvs are not worked. That
metal. however. which Of all others, con-
tributes most To The wealth of the coua'ry
containing il. iron, is most extensively
diffased. | bnId in ms hand view oI
the statistics OF L,neDlDn county. made
by The deputy marshal during the pressn
year. ! shall, however, irnable tie Sc.
| nate with hui few i,ems. There sTs
four blast furnaces for The production O
cast iron; and eighteen blaomeriss. for
ges and rolling mills. for The manufsctur,
81 bar iron. There are also City lou
Alunsg mills. ninety g'isl. and se,en,y
i've saw mills. Is tbs, sir. bersuse Lin
colo has greater natural advantages thar
the adjoining csuniiesl iran is difTuset
throughout all tile neighbnuring cnunties
From Buncomhe. where. | believe then
dies not exis, single Jorge or furnace
! have seen specimens. obtained IN sere
raj different sections of The county
which are pronounced by those best qua
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