The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-09-04

IN foil sigcr. 70 The day Of his death. He
told Lawyer Ford Of Lanf asler. xho wore
gissses. that IL he would manipulate his
eyes with his fingers. frnm their external
angles inwardly. he would coon be able
10 disperse with glasses. Ford tried Il,
and soon restored his sight perfectly. and
has since preserved il by the continuance
Of this practice. ~ a
Rail Roads-their Benefits to Far
Naa mofA
The Journal Of Commerce, printed al
Louisville. Kentucky, contains The report
II an address upon Rail Roads. delivered
by Mr.. Robinson. si the cour:-h.use in
Lexington, on the sih ull. The speaker
institutes a comparison between The cost
10 the farmer Of different modes of trans
poralion in getting his produce 10 market.
For this purpose he inquiries into The ex.
pense Of marketing iifiy tons al point
one hindred miles distant, along iurn-
pike and a Rail Road. He estimates the
cost where the latter 10 used, including
the personal expenses Of the farmer in
going with his crops 10 dispose Of them,
four times a year, at el65, having pre-.
viously calculated The expense Of market
ing The same quantity by turnpike al $3.50.
and then proceeds: siiA
.Deduc. this el65 from $3.50, the COS.
Of The farmer along iuinpike. and we
have posiiive difference OF 1856 in "a
your Of the farmer along Rail Road. and
agains. The farmer along turnpike. This
sum Of 1856 will pay the interest at six
per cent. (which, believe, is legal inter-
est in Ken,ucky.) upon The sum Of
sll 400; consequently. The farm along
Rail Road is worth jus. ell.400 more
Than farm along a turnpike. supposing
all other things 10 be equal. ii'
III such is the difference between Rail
Roads and turnpikes. what must be the
difference between Rail Roads and COM
mon dIrt-roads, where the cost Of trans
poriaiion Is double The cost Of The same
work upon turnpikes. | was informed
few days since by one OF the wealilliest
and most intelligent farmers in Mason
county, that he paid last winter twenty
Eve cents per hundred. or fve dollars per
ton. for transportation Of hemp eighteen
miles. This will amour, to over thirty
one cents per ton per mile, or more than
double the cost Of the same service upon
aiurnpike. q ~ NJ s.
.Supposing the statement have just
read 10 you TO be a correct one--and be.
lieve il 10 be such--ihen the land OF the
farmer who has Rail Road, and is one
hundred miles from market. is worth
just as much per acre for agricultural pur-
poses as is land Of the same quality upon
a.mrnpikc, nineteen miles from the same
market; and is worth just as much as 10
land Of the same qualify situated upon a
common dirl-road, (such as you have in
Kentucky,) nine miles from the same
market. THE, gentlemen, is one OF the
reasons why Rail Roads are Of benefi. 10
the farmer This is one reason why his
land is increased in value. There are
other reasons of fully as much importance.
The farmer can send to market articles
by Rail Roads that il is impossible 10 send
by wagons and turnpikes. He can send
bark. wood, ship-timber, shingles, staves,
lumber, honey. butter, &c., and great
variety of articles he cannot dispose Of
otherwise. The same benefits, in less
degree, accrue 10 the farmer, in the shape
Of the decreased costs to him Of the arii-
cles he must buy for his own use; such
as salt, sugar, iron, teas, coffee, clothes,
&C., and, in fact. OF all articles he uses,
| that he does not raise. tsf .r
Salt 10 worth in Paris or Lexington
!, fifiy cents per bushel, iron FIVE or six cents
! per pound, and coal twenty cents pei
bushel. These same articles can be pur.
! chased in Maysvillc at thirty cents fol
salt, three or four cents for iron, and Eve
to six cents per bushel for coal. The in
creased cost TO you here is simply trans
portaiion, as the merchant there charges
the same per centage in profits that The
merchant in Maysville does. With Raj
Road communication your salt and iron
would cost you but ,riae more than j
. would in Maysville. and your coal woult
cost you Ten or eleven cents per bushel
instead Of twenty TO tweny-one cents, a
! is at present the case" f
<Afier making some remarks upon III,
; advantages Of transporting livestock b.
. Rail Roads over driving TO market, Mr.
T Robinson proceeds: w
: "Y0ur counties now are forced int
9 the stock.raising business. They canno
raise grain and transport ]. to market, a
s !, costs you more than you get for il
Q You are obliged. therefore, to feed il I
s stock and work il off. as it 10 the cheap
$ es. way in which you can get the graf
e you now raise to market. Build you
$ Rail Roads. aud you will find grain-raisin
much more profitable TO you than stock