The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-09-26
INCREASE OF FREIGHT.

We are informed that the freight both WAYS
on the Concord Railroad has, during the last
three years, been equal into very few dol
lars, thus showing that the merchandise cars
do not run empty going or returning. This
is believed TO be the case OH very few other
railroads. 1t will surprise those who have
not watched the progress ofevents, to he told
that thirty years ago, when comparatively few
teams twice year brought into the country
sufficient dry and West India goods to throw
nine out often ofour farmers in debt to the
| traders, and these deeply in debt 10 Boston
and the seaboard, there tcds none or rery lille
country freight that 'roi!d pay the price Of tGns-
port, 50 these teams, in most cases, went down
empty. The debts of the country to the city,
after long credit, if paid ut ALL were paid by
the cattle, horses, sheep and swine, slowly
driven over the rond:-some country farmers
who made n surplus of pork, butter & cheese,
wendell their long way ofone and two hun
dred miles with their loaded lumber boxes,
carrying their cooked provisions along with
them, fortunate if they could return with
store of salt, fish aud iron, sufficient for their
consumption for the year.
Such liz the value of cheapenod transport,
that the interior ofNcw Hampshire in the val
Icy of the Merrlmnck now sends u greater a.
mount TO the market, than the entire con-
sumption Of its inhabitants brought from the
market. The same benefits will extend to
the Connecticut river valley aud the Northern
half of Vermont, so soon as the railways UNI
der swift progress shall he completed ia the
whole distance to Burlington aud Montreal.
As general thing, we may mention the n
mount oi'merchandize transportation on the
Concord Railroad, embracing the distance
from this place of thirty miles and more TO its
connection with the Nashua and Lowell
Railroad below. In round numbers, the freight
receipts were increased from $4,000 the first
year, TO 100000 the second, and from that to
$4,000 the third year. The quantity oi'luin-
Der ofvarious kinds, coming to this village
and sent ont oftown every day, would exceed
the belief fthose who do not witness it. Tho
railroad, rs if by magic, seems to move and
give employment 10 every saw mill far and
near; machinery moves in the manufacture of
the wood ofall kinds oftrees into some ma
terial or instrument for use. The building of
cities below, swallows mp everything that can
be used-the kinds of forest growth thought
to he of no value, are all brought into use,
and the remnant that can be conveniently us
ed direct for timber or fuel, is turned into coal
which is eagerly contracted for and used in the
machine shops. Aye, these railroads, which
were thought to ruin every body, will he the
making ofevery body, -four Legislatures shall
keep upon them the ruling hand, and vigil
liant eye against corporate abuses.-EfiiPs Pat
riot.
MEXICAN FEMALES ON HoRsEBACK. The
Matamoras correspondent of New Or
leans Bee thus describes the manner of riding
in vogue among the Mexicans:
Did ever tell you the style in which the
Mexicans, male and female, ride on horse
back. have written TO you so much non
sense, that have actually forgotten whether
have spoken of this or not. ST. james Day
is the time that every Mexican who can, be-
strides horse. There must have been on
that day more than 5000 Mexicans on horse
back, most of whom passed the street on
which reside. Instead ofthe men and wo-
men riding as they do in our country, they re-
verse the thing. The gentleman gets out of
the saddle altogether on the broad piece of
leather that hangs behind each Spanish sad
die. His feet are in the stirrups the same as
though he We're in the saddle. He catches
the SONORA by the waist, fiips her up on the
saddle with the left hand encirclng the waist
whilst the right has the reins, and in this man
ner they start off pell NELL, at rate that would
make one ofour own ladies' tremble for her
safety. 1t it both graceful and CONF oRTABLE.
correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot
says that Senator Allen of Ohio is annoying
tho President by frunking to him the proceed
ings ofLocofoco meetings, in which his adj
ministraton is condemned in vehement Ian
guage.