The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-10-24
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NTERNAL IMPROvEMENT.

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5yferian Church 81 SaLsbury. By ~ REP.
JSp0rr0r.
Twelve years ago the discourse IN ques-
lion was delivered in hi. Town. ppon an
occasion Of an impulse which The cause
Of internal improvement had Ievsivrts
abnul Thai time, and whirh was iAen dis
playing itself in favor % The Fayetteville
and Western Rail Road. That srheme |
has passed away. and well Il might; f'r
il proposed work transverse 10 all The
tsade and travelling nf the Western conn
fits. nui u this moment The views and
srgumenis ol Mr.. Sparrow come with
great force. and seem a fresh rs if they
had been prepared in ,irw Of The present
n,easion. Mr.. $ Is undoubtedly man
Of genius and requirement. and every thing
We have ever seen from his pen well Ie.
wards The labor 81 pernsal- We rom.
mend this in pariirnlar 10 our readers.
III viii nov be ny business 10 "lrer
Few reasons why III riiizens Of The State
should feel interested in these projected
improvements, and paIronize them accord
ing 10 their means.
l. The first reason which ] shah olIrr
is that of individual pecuninry interest.
When a rail rand passes through any
cnnn,ry, il nakSs every mans properly
The more valuable W proportion 10 lis ".
cinny. II gives 10 every man. enmpara-
lively az his own looE. marke, Cor the
produce Of hrs lands. os The auielrs whirh
he may manufacture. IL rs supposed by
many that ihnse only win be benehlied
thai live Immediately on The road. Avery
lille reflection, however. will lie suifrienl
10 show that such is mistaken notion.
Suppose The road were completed. and
you owned a plantation ten or twenty
miles from The track. Would you be
willing TO take for il what you now believe
TO be lis value II you woultl--you are
no solomon. Is your plantation now I'm.
der the highest cultivation of which j, is
capable , And why mott DO you tell
me. because yon have not suiiirient IN.
ducemeHts TO cultivate Il in such 4 manner!
II takes so much time and labor and ey.
pense, TO carry your produce 10 market
that il is worth nothing when you get il
there. Very irne. The farmer learns
that the price Of Cotton or Flour has
risen, but such is The state of his farm,
that he cannot leave il himself and take
bis team and hands from il for The Tequi-
site time. Or, il he sets oil, he has 10
wend through The mud and sand for days,
or weeks. anil BY The time he gets 10 tie
place of destination, the p ice has fallen.
How different would il be if he could 9,
his produce TO The rail road in one day,
and 60 10 market the next, transact his
business, and return home in another day
Or, il he does not wish TO be absent NJ all
he may find good market al any aepo
on the road. Many things which he FAR
mprs now suffer 10 waste, because the,
have no marke, for them, wonlj be iuIn
|, ed 10 profitable account il we had raj
; road. For instance, ihe apples or peache
| which you now sntIer to rot IN your OF
l chards might be coined into money. An
5 other way in which the rail road will on
{ elaie in favor Of individual interest vii
: be BY facilitating each ones eommunica
T lion with important places. Not man.
a years ago, the preparation Tor Trip 10 lh
: North was an affair Of no ordinary serious
!. ness--not nMch unlike that now made "a
E voyage 10 The Polar Sea. The poo
ilineranl made his will, collected iogeihe
his friends, and formally bid them farewell
as if lie was certainly going 10 that Ian
;. .,from whose bourne no traveller rrturns.
h Let the rail roads TO whirh have Ieiel
Il red above be completed. and the citizen {
i this town Salisbury may leave home o
J. Monday morning, take his dinner IN Ne
e York ON Thursday, transact his busines
IS and. if he wishes, return home ON Il
i Thursday following. Now, if YOU wis
Is to go TO Fayetteville. you must travel {,
IF days through willernesscs. in which yc
!. feel almos, like Alexander Selkirk in Ii
q lonely isle. ont Of humanity's reach
h and in which il is some relief from Il
3 insulrerable solitude with which you a
!. oppressed 10 meet even dog. Let
rail road be constructed from This place
i. Fayetteville. aud Won may breakfast
ii home and dine al Fayetteville. The
n ciliiy and rapidiiy Of intercourse are
! no means among The least advantages d
ii rived from rail roads. To a busine
N man time is more valuable than none
!. Such an one can enter into the spirit
l. Bonaparie's reply 10 his general. A
|, OF me any thing but time"
as Excellent, and Well Expressed. -
Ii. announcing the close Of the bloody a