Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-14
deed officers aud men have commanded
the universal respect of all. This speaks
well aud cfeditably for the Heroes of
your sister State.


veil aud cfedi,ably for the Heroes of
your sister State.
Railroads-their Influence. York
Decentralization.
The manner in which Railroads arc
influencing the affairs Of life and The des.
iiuies and fortunes Of cities and countries,
is subject of the greatest moment. Their
power has not yet been fully developed,
for every day exhibits some new operation
on tie Industry of the farmer. of manuiac,
lures, or the course Of trade, which had
not been foreseen or expected. 1t is won"
derful how they change the course oil
nature. They penetrate deep and far into
places apparently closed up against com
merce, aud opening their way far into the
heart of rich lands, bring from them The
abundant productions OF agricultural skill
or the fabrics OF manufacturing Industry,
and lay them down on the oceans shore,
where The ships Of the merchant can bear
them across the seas TO the foreign con-
sumcr; these send in return their fabrics
and productions, which are By the same
means conveyed into the inncrmost re-
cesses of valleys and mountains, where,
until this ageand It's improvements opened
the way, the race Of man enjoyed but few
of the comforts aud advantages OF civilll-
zalon. All places and all men are about
being brought into the currents OF life, and
within the influences and improvements
of all its activity and advancement.
II was for some time considered that
Railroads were to be great conveulences
for travelling, ~but were not of power
enough ,oregulate trade; then it was found
that light articles could be carried TO ad-
vantage; aud more recently, heavy ireishts
have been ,riumphanlly established. 1t
is curious 10 note ihese progressive steps;
to see how rapidly one imprisonment has
trodden on the heels Of another, and one
invention sprung out OF aud destroyed
anoll.er, realizing III moments, rather than
centuries, The fable of The PhGuix. These
improvements in the Locomotive have
been such. that where, for instance, five
years ago you could not find on our Rail-
road one that was able to carry more than
400 bales Of Cotton in train, nearly all
employed now can lake 1000, aud one
very lately added can easily carry 1000.
THE consequence is, That the Roads have
their capacities vastly increased, and can
take freighIs al such low rates, and SO ex-
peditously and safely from point TO point,
that Railroads are rapidly revolulonizng
trade and changing the destinies OF cries.
1t will be seen, that the daily travel has
Increased from seventy -lhree passengers
10 one hundred aud seventy-six, aud even
to two hundred and seveuty-one, for lo47
the daily receipts Of passage. money, from
S2l6 50 to S64s AZ; that the largest
number Of passengers and the highest
profits have been when the charge for
passengers has been lowest. And that,
while from 1884 10 1913 the amount re-
ceived for passage money and for freishts
were nearly equal each year, since then
the freighls have increased 10 more than
double the passage mouey. The reason
of this is tha. the rate Of freishls has been
reduced the new improved locomotives
enabling the Company to convey vastly
more freight, and of course to give 10 their
business greater expedition, 'ainty, and
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r Ifsuch are The results now,7 what may
we not expect when the Roads reach into
Tennessee, and the Greenvil!e and the
Charlotte Railroads are completed
If Charleston, like Boston, will help or
build the feeders which she can encourage
aud bring into existence, she, like Boston,
will become a great city.-.Charleston
Mercury.
Business -four Raiiroud.-Tho follow
ing is the amount OF domestic produce
transported on ihe Hamburg Branch
South Carolina Railroad for six months,
ending on Isl July. 1S47:
Cotton, 43,Sl9 bags; Corr, Isl, ,693
bushels; Flour, 5000 bbls; Bacon, 34l 1867
pounds; Yarns, LILY bales.
In addition 10 its ordinary business, we
are informed tha, parcels for The remote
South, in which despatch is desirable, are
frequently transmitted by our road. This
morning a bill Of lading was received by
the SouLherner, accompanying parcel 10
be transmitted via Montgomery, Mobile,
and New Orleans, to Galveston, Texas.
/ anu lllQSlOu Is lluut " liIC oulC huu Pio"hPt
arrival OF a former package transmitted
by the same route. e.--Mercury.
We are informed by a gentleman jus,
from Chattanooga on The Tennessee river,
lhal,he western rail roads are DOW finished
continuously from this city 10 Dalton,
(Cross Plains,) thirly-two miles this side
of Chattanooga, except about five miles OF
iror,o be spiked down, which was being
laid at he rate of nearly mile each day
At Chattanooga be saw the Captain of I.
steam boat. who had within the week
navgated The Elk river 10 Elklou, sixty
miles from the upper end Of the Muscle
Shoals, being the first experiment OF the
kind on that river, which was performed
with little difficulty, at time when the
waters were comparatively low, being
obliged TO Gu, the limbs of few trees
only to effect a free passage. This point,
(EIklon,) brought them within eighty
miles of Nashville, 10 which place there is
fine Macadamized road.
Ero,, Tho :, will anpeor thar tho iriD