The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-08-08

LETTER FROM COY. SWAIN.

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LETTER FROM GOV, SWAIN.
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NJ Dsar Sir lef here in ihe stage
on lie evening Of Tie 10Th uit.. on South
Western tour, taking The Salisbury Con
yenlion in my way. returned after an
absenre Or - days on tie sth inst. hag-
.ng travelled about 1850 miles-2io Of
which were along the stage route from
Gollsbnrn' u Charlotte, and SCI on the
South Carolina and Georgia Rail Roads,
w from Camden. s. e., 10 Dalton, Ga.
isi miles. returning from Dalton, Ga, 10
Charleston. ;. -. ID1 miles.
Along The line ol our proposed Rail
Road from Golisboro' 10 Charlotte, tie
stages run iri.weekly. Ii you reach
GoldsbpFo' precisely Al the hour II dgpar.
lure, winch Is only possible > iimts in
the week. and meet with delay from any
cause, yaa may arrive IN Charlotte IN >
days and hall. or 81 hours. Your ex.
pen.es will be--siage fare from Gulshoro'
10 Raleigh sf.50. thence 10 Salisbury
$1,000, 10 Charlotte S3-Sle. In tavern
hlls,-.linnrr ii Smilhiicld 50. a day.
board in Raleigh sl.bO, supper al Nor
ing's 50, breakfast a. Hollis %. dinner IN
Greensboro 80. snppef 30 Ia You get
any breakfast IN Salisbury 80, dinIer IN
Concord SOS. Making the aggregate
expenses s23 Tor 2lO miles Stage travel,
performed II the rate ui less Than ? /! miles
IN hour, al the average expense OF about
II cts. per mile.
Tn the line Of Rail Road referred 10, ]
lelg Camden Al 5o'cluck in lhe morning and
arrived al Dalton al the next evening,
making ri miles mss lonIs. Returning,
| left Dalton at ) A. NJ, and the train ar.
rived a, Charleston the next day II IL NJ.
Making l01 miles IN 81 hours. paid
for fare going aud returning SIS; tavern
bills and omnibus fare. gong aud return.
ing, S6--making The aggregate expense
50 for s3l miles rail road travel, Al the
rate Of IL miles an hour, at The average
expense Of 2 cents pei mile.
The resul, Of the whole is simply this:
You travel along the route OF the proposed
Rail Road at fifth Of the speed, and al
four times tile expense, in approaching
the capital Of your own State, that Is re-
quired to take Georgian or South Caro-.
lInian TO his capital or TO any Of the great
commercial markets Of those States.
This Journey from Godsboro' To Char
lotte cost me- S23. The same distance in
South Carolina and Georgia fraction
over So. ] paid a tax, therefore, in this
single iaunt Of abont SIS for The omission
OF the government 10 provide great high
way for her citizens. am not a very
great traveller, but pay considerably
more than this sum for similar discomfort
and delay, and exposure, every year q
my life. There are many citizens Of
North Carolina who pay larger amount
and there is no one enjoying the right o
suffrage, who, though he may never ene
a stage coach or own an acre OF land, doe:
not pay tax upon his sugar and his salt
his molasses and his iron, that would ey
cite to rebellion if imposed by the govern
ment for the ayowcd object Of removing
the evil.
Maj. Hinton in his recent plsjn pracii
cal illustrations Of the advantages deriset
from lhe Raleigh and CASTOR road, con
cludes his remarks in relation 10 the coun
~ of Granville with the following summa
ry statement" Then, sir, not taking in
10 The estimate tie saving on dry goods
hardware, and other ARTICLES Of merchan
disc which are daily arriving al the diiie
rent depols, and the variety oil the smalle
products OF The farm that are in ike mar
ner exported. the account Of the county {
Granville for her savings by the 'sall roa
l.. al.