The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-07-30

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road. q 0rrsuzborough. n. G.
Warrington City. July =. 1851.
Ter Sir: ! ackn0~ ledge the polite
,as;, lion &c the President and Directors
II N. Norih carplina Railrnad Company.
4 ,he celebration Of breaking grnuhd. IN
,ha, great public work. On The lllh insi..
sud regrel thai shah be Disappointed in
lie pl .a.ure Of heing present II this in
,er sting ceremony. rs well as in my pur-
no {. Coz some lime entertained. Of attend.
ias lhe annual merling OF The s,orkhold.
frs.
TO l,e friends Of shis enterprise. with
whom have been proud 10 cooperate
IN The sIarkes. honrs of iis fate. as well ~
Il an The good ciiizens of The State who
sh,ll participate mtIie celebration of lis
hapny commencement. offer my hearty
congratulations and good wishes. That
so much has been accomplished AZ The
subscription Of The Whale capital stock.
the organic ,;ion Of the company. the sur
rev nf The entire rnule, the letting Of The
contracts fnr grading anil construction
throughout The same. and the actual hrrak.
ins af ground. in the face Of all the dis.
eoursgemenis anil nppnsiiion encountered
sInre ihe first assemblage Of The friends
of The work al Salisbury Two years since.
aff,nIs surely an occasion Tor mutual frlie.
i,aiinn and rrjai~ing: and loak fnrwaTd
70 the day nf il. final completion. as q
time nf deliseranre not msrely from the
shackIes of commercial bondage. but
from the dominion Of prrjndices and er-
ror. which. however honestly entertained.
have been The hane &c onr prosperity.
In The beautiful allegories of Goldsmith.
n p,b.ished nearly century back, reriain-
IL before railroads were bull. or thought,
of. we read Of the Minister of an Eastern
Qaeen. whose administration Of affairs
was so much complained Of among her
subjects. that day was appointed 10
hear lhose making accusations against
him, and when he shonld stand upon his
defence. The day being arrived. the first
who complained was a carrier who snr-
piled the city with fish. lie exclaimed
iha, il was the cnsiom. time immemoiisl,
lor rair;ers 10 bring their ish ON horse.
in hamper. which being blaced on one
aide, and balanced hy stone on the nthet,
was thus conveyed with ease and saiely
but lha, she prircncr. moved By arpirii
of innovation. % perhaps bribed by the
hamper had obliged al carriers
10 use The slime no longer. bu, balance
oae hamper will. anoller: an order en-.
tlrrly repugnsnt 10 all antiquity. and those
al her m.jes,ys king, Inn IN particular.
The carrier finished. and the whole
cnar, shook their heads II The innovaiing
Minister. Next came The Inspector Of
ci,v buildings. wha charged him with
h,sinu or.Ieres. the deinolhion nf an an.
cicn, ruin, whirh ohsirnciesl the passage
Though one of The principal streets. Tie
obser ed, iha, surh buildings were neble
monuments of harbarous antiquity !: con-
ir,b ,,c.l finely 10 -haw how lille our an.
ces,nrs understood Of architecture. and ior
that reason should be he'd sacred and sui
fered gradually ~ decay.
The last witness who appeared was .
widow, who had laudahly attempted "a
buru hcrselI on her husbands funeral pile.
IN, the innova,ing Minister had prevent
ed lhe execution of her design, and was
insensible 10 her tears, pIotes.ations and
enireaiies.
The two first nlTenres might have been
pardoned; hu, for The injury 10 The sex
.ocon,rary 10 the customs oi all antiquity
The Queel (says the slory) ordered tn
criminal to he banishesl from her prescnc.
forever. IL acknowledge my crime.
SAID he; !. anil since | am 70 be Danish
ei.l.ti, he 10 some ruined town or ruine'
village in the country | have governe
II shall lind some pleasure in imprnvln
the .oil ard birging back \ spirit Of ~
Il s.ry among the inhabitants. THIS 7.
qnesi, seeming rsa .nnahlr. vas gran'e'
and i courier MAS ordered 10 iix = pias
nf hanishmpnt answering The Minister
description. Aier SIX months scare
however. the inquiry proved tru''les'
neither desalale town OF rulnru vil'al
could be found IN the whole kingho.
Then said The Minister. how can "
country he ill-gaverned which has not
desolaie Town or rnined village IN i
The Queen perceising the jnsi'ce OIL
rrmcns,rancc. rcmilicd his sentence 2
restored him 10 larer.
The projectors of This Railroad are 9
tainly within tlle terms Of the tirst cor
Of The indirlmen. against the innova''
Minister. They do propose TO carry
leas, two hampers Of fish up the count
an twa bales of cotton Or hogsheat's
,oharro down. by means at least a. g
pie and cheap as one was carried before
Considering also ,ha. ,hey design 70
down mountains and liil mp va'l'es. 90
10 form pahrr fiery m"ns'ef. car
ing weigh, of fil,y ,ans and running y
m,re ,han rscc.horse sps', over MI
dale. they are ss hein''us offenders aea'
harharons aunqnisy a. Ne Sho fem"'
"a s.ss..s IA !. ~..s.s fvr,,as the streets bt