Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-14

"P'"iou'J aii haPPy " oco duu huo
, that The subject is al the present nome
better understood, that better feelir
prevails as 10 the economy necessary an
! proper to be used, and that exorbitant sa
aries will not be given in any instance. |
! my opinion, on this point, great error
have been committed. You may emplo
. man well qualified for particular silus
lion, we will say for $1,000 per annun
J You may give another $4,000 10 fill th
} same place. Very often the former wi
if necessary, lay of his coat on specia
occasion, and lead the way, and say
''come boys, come" !" the latter, with hi
gloves 10 one hand, his cane in The other
and cigar in his mouth, will stand aloo
aud let those al work go on in their owl
way. The latter are not the kind of mel
we ough, 10 employ. If we expect divi
dends on our capital vested, every depart
men, must be filled with men who will dt
their duly.-With the most rigid eccno
my, and with such regulations, l have ne
doubt The road can be made to pay fai.
interest on the investment.
| belieye that farmer and planters rails
ing from 5 10 20 bales OF cotton are ai
much interested in taking stock in this
road, as any other portion Of the commu-
my having SO small aquautily of produce.
1t is their interest to get it to market at as
little expense as possible. We will stale
case that believe has often occurred,
say where the road is in its worst slate.
have seen wagons come into Columbia,
from York aud Chester Districts, with
from 5 10 or Z bales of cotton, 4 or 5
horses, the farmer and his son, or negro
man; he was from S to 7 days getting 10
market, and if he got a return load nearly
Or altogether as long getting home, and |
might have said one day in Columbia.
When resided at Yorkvile, l could not
employ man with his wagon and team
and Two hands for less than SO per day,
when he found himself. We will take il
at II days to make trip, when The road
is in the condition stated-thal would he
$50. We will say he had bales Of cot
ION, ii would be over SIS per bale to get il
TO market, aud in The mean time he might
kill one of bis horses, or injure his team
and wagon more than the value Of S36.
BY the rail road, il would cost him nol ex-
cssding 81 or rs cents per bale to Colum-
bia, which would only be Sc 25; and unless
he got some back frcights there would be
a gain Of $50 75-this statement presume
-
S the propriety Of making The road, ] am
al loss for any better argument TO sustain
il.
Two or three farmers might join aud
take a contract on the road for from one
to five miles ofgrading, &c. aud pay for
their stuck ia labor, at a lime when they
could do little else. Planters on a large
contract. would however, be opposed
to letting ou, large contracts. My idea
would be, 10 have the whole line under
contract for excavation and einbankment
au,,he same time, also bridges, &c.
Persons psesenl or absent, who are ia
miliar with the situation Of our country
during the embargo in ls05-9, know that
goods were wagoneG from Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York to North and
South Carolina and Georgia, The price
al first was $50 per hundred. ] was asked
that price, others paid ii. If we are ever
placed in similar situation, Of what vast
importance it would be to the country 10
have an internal communication by rail
| way for The transportation of troops, pro-
vision, &c. from one region Of country 10
The other might dwell much longer
on this subject were it necessary.
If our friends in Camden think il will
| oUa
Charlotte, we can have no objections.
Our delegation are here, with the fixed
determination to make d rail road from
Columbia 10 Charlotte forthwith, provided
our friends in this place aud district, and
in The districts of Chester and York, aud
Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and lro-
dell counties in N. c., and in the cly o.!
Charleston, will respond to our cal, and
do their duty, we will 60 our full ,ropor-
lion at least, and we trust before tbs Con-
vention adjourns, sufficient amIunt Will
be subscribed by the respecIivepartles to
complete The work. If VIC will cnly act
with promptness and decisioi, and con,
centrate ali the energy weIpossess. and
become united, am fully convinced we
can complete The work, ad have The road
in full oper. ton by the fst day of Octo-
be. 's4S. .lsa gentIepan remarked TO
a fir. -ad of his in debavihe other day, al
the annual meeting oS1he Stockholders of
The South Carolina 6ail Road Company
in Charleston, "Rs heart will be found
; in The righ, plac" | observed at :he
meeting in CharIston, that if we expect
ed our friends b te, and in tho region of
country spokepof. 10 do their duty, we
mus, in the Gt place do ours, and set the
| ball in molio. As | am personally, or
by ct1arac,eticquailed with almost every
individual cong The limo, aud from thence
10 Lincolpbn and StatcsvilIe, will ven-
3 lure The eserlon, that !heir hearts and
their pesons also will be found in the
y right pIte.
Wiitregard TO the location of The road
= will iuet remark, that if the citizens Of
e Yorklle, and tho district will slep for
war, and do their duty in this great work
I delo, think The line of road ou ght to 60
! ms ear the Court House as would be con-
!, silent with hc interest Of the Company;
:, a =, ropnsrIa tho Inn nation nf rho road