The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-03-30
[ NUMBER 23.

dainty 10 create way travelling. How
many Of these 400, goo will have some sur
plus to send to market, aud how many will
go with II, scarcely within the range of
conIec ule. Can any ore doubt " no looks
at these things, but that enough Of travel
ling and other business will gather upon
this Road TO give il constant employment,
and constant employment is synony nous
with profitable employment. 1t may DO
said tina, the Wilmington Road if compile
ted TO Manchester. viii take of so large
share of the travelling as 10 leave the road
unsupported. That this route vii! take a
share Of the through travelling, is undeni.
able. But when we think of the vast
amount OF this kind Of travelling that tho
boats on the Mississippi and he sea pack
cts now carry, and reflect that most OF this
will inevitably take Pail Road whenever
one is made throughout, We ought not to
covei all this custom. Tha, We shall have
our share Of it, the superiority e cur eli.
mate, and the lively and interesting face
OF the country, with ali Us other natural
advantages, will amount IL fol- security.
We shall, undoubtedly, obtain en- u9h with
the way travelling above suggt s,ed, to
make the investment good one. These
are considerations that most address them
selves TO the capitaists-io tie class of
cur citizens who have money, and are
serklng TO put it out a!a profitable rate Of
interest.
nitherc ere considerations beside these
that appeal strongly tn the bosom as well
as 10 the pocket of every f1rmrr. Let
h m look TO the fact that as things now
$ and he tolls and swea the year through,
and lays up nothing al the end of il. His
lands are wearing cut for the want of
motive to preserve aud improve them.
His sons and daughters are growing up
without the benefits Of iefiaed education
because he has not the spare cash 10 send
them to the higher Seminaries. His live
stock are degeueratng: His buildings and
fences are going down: HIS neigIbors
and friends are leaving for the far West"
and himself constantly growing more cap.
tous and discontinued. Ii is needless to
say Why these things are so: you all know
The cause Of i, and we will therefore only
proceed to say iha, this plan opens pros.
pcct for dvlIverance from this melancho-
ly condition. In the first place, the ex-
pcndture Of three millions Of dollars
among tho laborins classes will Of itself
produce state of prosperity. Business
will become brisk. The price Of all kind
Of labor will Use. Every species of pro.
duce will sell higher, ard general activi.
ty and spirit will prevail in all the depart
ments of industry. Neither will these in.
cldental advantages cease on the compile.
ton OF the work: They viii become less
important, ii is true, after operations shall
have begun upon the road itself but even
then hands will find employ ment in repair.
ing and experimenting the work, prepar.
ing fuel, attending water stations, depots,
&C., &c. These will sustain a limited
but perpetual market all along the line.
But then will come in Flso the great and
more extended benefits for which The work
was undertaken. Every thing that can
be grown upon the faim-every thing that
can be fashioned in the workshop, or made
IN the factory every mineral that can be
dug from the earth, and every animal We
rear from a chicken to an OK can be sent
speedily 10 some one Of the many markets
within our reach and Sod at prices at
least double those now CHAINED for them.
la the mean time the farmer may keep his
hands and horses a, work upon his planta.
tion-save the wear aud tear and breakage
of his wagons and gear and escape the
hardship and exposure to which the pre-
sent modes Of transportation expose him:
In connection with this part Of the subject
we would direct your attention to that most
wonderful discovery OF modern times THE
TELEGRAPH. 1t is small piece Of ma
ch'nery with wires branching Of IN differ.
ent directions along which the lightning is
sent to carry news. Every Rail Road is
obliged TO have this invaluable appendage.
BY this means the state of the several
markets can he known in few seconds az
any and every depot along The whole line
so that II corn or flour should take a sud.
den Use IN Charleston, Wilmington, New.
bern, Norfolk, or Petersburg, the officer
OF the Rail Road at that place, or some
confidential friend has the Telegraph at
Salisbury or Concord set to work, and be.
fore a man can walk to his stable, bring
out horse and saddle him for Journey.
the same fact is made public in your own
county town. lou see that this secures
You against runners and spectators, and
enables you to avail yourself of tie best
marke, in the very shortest time. Blu,
this is not the only benefit which the far.
mer may exPec; from this great under.
taking.
The Increase in The Value ofkis Land
Is consideration of great magnitude.
Only few days ago, 1t is a notorious fac,
that lands of TAR quality numbering
several thousand acres wing in the county
OF DAVE, some seven or eight miles from
the town of Salisbury, some of them IN
the ladkln River, sold at public auction
on long credit for less than three dollars