The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-12-06

nj j. ilnPaEianrr lrs.n knAlTul a3sk.
o0w IN fsEssgress IrUm IhsTialle % ea-
1lnanli il. Soulh caInlina. AiTrady fiona
Ralesgh n.EihE5nl soa,.Eua,as lines 81
FalllUsd and steamboat transportation
slnish ihEogsh illc toxins e Virginia ans,
ihe gEeal riiaes az Iiae noElh. a. ponland in
Name. and Buaaln On Lake Erie. Slml-
lar ao,ks also exist. ~ are IR pTHsTss.
with arGilaiE:y ofrnsnpleiion IN the a"uFse
~ yeas az IWa. eNirnslins FINN Char
la1le souIhward lhnagh I.oinntia 10
Charleston: an.l again lrun tiae former al
} slsrse shrnngh Augusta. aal il,e lHleIsnF ~
tseorgia and iGmneSsee. ln NasshEisie. -
well a. IN she Mississippi. 81 Memphis,
and la Neg Orleans. hy Has Of Manl-
|. gnmeTy and MaiIle. Through pam ii
:. North car,lina alane. link - waiting.
IT, rnulp,eie tlc grand chain al rNmmuni-
, eaii.,n. INN one extremity az cur rounlry
, IN the cher. and IN furnish 10 the whnle
| nation t!iase facilities 81 intercourse Ehirh
iI.e inhabitants nnTIh and south al ns en-
, lay IN then several secii"ns. The connex-
lnn pFaPnsed, Ilierelure, being rs IL were
bridge over a space naw~ impossible by
STRAIN saTs. having a riihrr end illr gleas
. highways Of The north and south. with
tlieIr numerous branches for a thousand
uallss IN both ,lirrrIi"ns, promises Il ra-
sonahle remuns ration lnr Ihe outlay If lis
construction. frOm - lhroush'' Irasporia-
lion: and ia military and other points ol
view, wnlIld he uf grea, National adsan-
Iase. lad nature supplied NJ with na-
visablr rivers like The Mississippi. flowing
irom Raleigh and Charl"IIe, respectively.
tn New York and Urlrans, ar esen in
Charleston. al would n onre perceive the
hrReliI Of the junction ri thu iw", through
the interior at the state, ~ rleaIly rs dill
the gcnins rf Clinton that arising iT"m the
/ union Of the Hudson with the great lakes.
The parallel may nat he yet prIlrrl in the
present state 81 railroad convey ances, but
l. ,lrsiined TO he so al n0 distant dry
i But The foregoing ars merely inrilen.
TAI iNduremenls 10 undertake Illis work.
Il is commended IA M as a great North
Carolina Improvement, appealing 10 our
| interest and state pIi,lc. by Arguments
whirh IL were almost criminal Io OyeTln0k.
Isl. II would open Ia the market Of the
world an extensive region Of the State.
reaching fr"m the Capitol almost To the
blue Ridge. Of great 4 r!ilily and capacity
lur Indefinite improvement. by reason vi
lis agricultural, mineral and manufacture
my resources: containing IN the counties
within twenty-five miles nf the most direrI
rnuie, more than 23O. 900 souls and with
IN hity miles, moro Than une half Of our
whole population, WIN are Car removed
, from places Of trade and dependent entire
/ ly TN the common wagon and chmmon
road for all ihrir Transportation. The 0c-
casion will moi permit, me To- dwell on il
nmmherless benefit in This regard, whirh
will readily orcnr TO amy one who looks
on the map Of the State with the eve Of 4
statesman an patriot. 2nd. IL would add
: individually 10 the business and value Of
present Railroads, in which the State has
So deep an interest. and make them pro,lnc-
tive stocks. 3D.. II would unite The middle
and eastern with the western section oil
the State, in domestic trade, and ex-
change nf productions ino cumbersome fuI
r the present mode Of conveyance, besides
facilitating travel far health and social in
4. tercourse. 4ih. BY running over tIe
mos, practicable route from Raleigh IL
. Salisbury, and thence turning southwest.
ward 10 Charlotte, il would bsect the
State for more than a hundred miles,
bringing the most remote Oh either side
; Within fifty miles Of The Railroad. and
: would I've in favorable localion for being
extended still farther west. from the Tor.
l mer places. and 10 connect a,lvantageou.ly
l by means Of Turnpike roads with all III,
northwestern part of our territory.
| Whilsi'it would confer these henriit,
0 on the inferior country. now dcpresset
: and partially excluded from alb proiilabl,
r commerce, the objection has heennverl"ok
| ed that ii docs not pnint immediately ID
| The seaboard Of our own State. and To al
increase Of the prosperity Of our marke
towns. Let them. however. nnI despair. Ii,
advantages will be ailuried To- them in dus
season. After the completion of the nlaI
: track. branch 10 Fayetteville or oihel
: point "u the navigable water Of The Cape
r Fear River, will he of easy accomplish,
I ment. lis extension from Raleigh to Colds
/ borough would be in, tied by the cnuurxior
2 TINS 10 he formed between Wilmington
: and The upper country. aud eventually i
i might ,reali.e that srhrme of centra
= Railroad ron>ccrated by the patriotic la
4 bnrs al Caldwell, in al extension frnu
= G"l'lshnrough To Beaufort. Whether
: therefore, we regard il as a single work. o
: ;s The grpundw"rk uf an extensive plan
/, the R"ad from Raleigh 10 Charlut,cappear
:. I" be the important improvement whirl
>. should iirsrengagc our attention anu on
a energies. And aecprdinglv recommen'
! il the patronage Of the Legislature. 10 tn
b. amount Of one half. or least two fifths u
r the rapial. necessary for its constr"cli"n
4 The DISTANCE is about one hundred an,