The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-12-08
From The New York Tribune.
Important Industrial Move
menl.

trine Of a.spei. lien-uhich. 10 the sphere
of praeuesl interests, is based upon >
sysiem Of joinl-slock properly. unity OF
iulerests ard concen Of action hss been
advocated in theory IN the korlh. some
Of los principles have been applied Prise
.e,ly 10 The South. in The construction
oil great work Of iniernal improve
ment.
General Abbnu II. Brisbane, OF Genr-
eis, . genlissan Of Distinguished attain.
nenis and high slsniing. has constructed
arsIlroad seventy SIX miles in length. be-
taeen The 0emIlgee and Flint rivers,
with farce Of one hundred end fifty Ia
borrrs, Who, instead u being paid pal.
iry amount. { ags far their l,bor. which
are generally sqnandered as soon ss re-
eeised, IN useless and pfien pernicious
manner, have taken tie ok Of ,he rail.
road far their lsbnr. and are now tic prin
cipal oaners Of Tie road.
This important work connects the Al
Isnlic with the Gulf Of Mexico. an object
which The general government has desir-
ed TO accomplish ir tie lssi twenty
years. buI without having executed Il.
Gen. Busb.ns, while engaged 10 sur.
rsy,ng routes ior communication ofihe
hind. unier the lite Gen. Bernard. bad hls
attention called BY Ihsi great engineer 10
10 importance sud feasibility Of The route
upon which he has constructed his road.
Fifteen years lsisT--,hsi il, in 1929
Gen. Brisbane decided upon undertaking
the work himself. lie avarled himself
OF charter granted BY the state Of Geor
eis a number OF years before. OF which he
became The proprietor. II collected in
the city ofCharles,on lhiity Irish lsbOiers,
who were thrown oui Of work by the di-
fculiies Of The times. and led them 10 the
field Of operations there sere a e;eat
many many obstacles 10 surmouni a, the
commencement. but BY energy and per-
severence they were overcome. and the
number OF laborers was soon increased 10
shundred aud fifty. The general furnish.
ed the mssns OF support--ihsi il, food,
and clolhing-f,r the men while they
were engaged. and they took stock, IS
we stated. for their work: some Of them
possess Two thousand dollars worth Of
sock. The time which they have been
engaged in constructing The work is TWEEN
~ months, and the sum u money which
ha, been required 10 support Tie men 10
bot $4,000.
Here 10 q grand result: seveniy.six
niles Of railroad built with cash capital
Of $4,000, and The laborers owners of the
road! The cars will be run for time on
wooden rails, which have been laid down,
and with horses. at The tate Of ten miles
a. hour, until. out VI the profits Of The
road, iron rails can be substituted.
This is. however, but part Of Gen.
Brisbsne's operations: there belong 10 the
road $4,000 acres Of land which The la
borers can co upon and cultivate; in the
set ling Of this land, the principle Of uni
~ Of action and inrresi aud associa ION
will be applied. Tracts OF land Of @.
600 acres will be laid ou,. on which from
one 10 two hundred families will be locsl-
ed. The land will be appraised at fair
valuation. and will, together with The i'm
provesnen,s, be represented by stock d.
sided into shares; which will be sold 1"
The colonis,s IS they can purchase it..
The principle Of association. With lis i'm.
mense economies and combination Of sc-
ton. will be applied in the mode Of build
ing. living and household system. The
lsnd will be cultivated with order. UNITY
and concert of action. ty The members Of
the colony.
Let real estate be represented by stock,
and subjected to uniiary'and combined
system Of cultivation. insIead Of the mi
SCRABBLE. mismanagej, incohereHt system
OF isnla'ed families. aud the creates, I'M
provements in Agriculture will be INTRO
dored. The stock may be sold and
change hands, bu, the laud itself would
remain under the control Of body Of in
telIisen. AgricuIturIsts and cultivated with
the SINE order and system.
The whole tract Of 10000 acres is
situated three hundred feet abose the le-
vel OF the rivers; The soil is good. and the
climate salubrious and perfectly healthy.
1t produces tie sugar cane, thesvine IN
The greatest perfection, fruits and regct'-
bles Of all kinds. mulberry, SILK. &c. &c.
A csviler askes, very lairly-Will there
not be danger ,ha, this principle will be
abused BY vlsioniries and schemers 10 the
inJary Of the laborers who will be sci Ia
work on unprof able undertakings from
"hirh they will realise nothing! Wr.ans-
wer that there is such danger; and thus fac
Will suQg's,.to laborers the importance o.
precsulIon and inresugstion before lending
,he'r AID to any particulAr. enterprise nj the
k'nd; but if they should occasionally be
mIsled, they will do far better than nn'
der The fnrm'r system; FOE now the la
bhrers finish one canal or railroad, ant
pack up their rags for weary march ID
another with hardly TIE mean o' te'c''
Ing II in many instances; While sn$pen
si"n often brings them t. the verge oil Ia