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

lhe sex. hy lhe lntr0dnrisun NJ lhnse nnsrl- Il
iies. il is perhaps more diffirull 10 deiinr.
urirss Il he thai /. time ami space arr
about Ia be ahnibllslrd By the rspidi,y III
ilasei. and love 10 lnse lie reward iar want
~ troubles 10 encounter; or thai eslura-
tian and accomplishments. The grsees and
reinements ofliir. are 10 become so gcn-
orally difTnsfd. hy llie more general dlf-
Iusiun nj opportunities and means ~ their
requirement. Thar competitors will befome
more numeraas and The pine Of simira-
lion more difficult 10 ain. II. however.
l.r any ar All Of these offenres we shall
be doomed 10 hanishmenl. like The Offend
ing Minister. and slsll be graeionsly al |,
lowrd The condition of place. permitted
10 him. trust We shall find. by il,e time
this Road shall he eomplelcd and brought /
inIo iull operation. lhal there will nol be
IN The Stale. Al least in that large and
pnpuieus part though which il runs.
sesolase ,own. or ruined village. Or farm.
house. nr hamlel 10 claim ns ~ exiles.
ln surveying. IS ! have recently had
opportunity 10 do. The public works Of
New York and Other Stats north Of this
capital. and contemplating lie manifold
advantages they confer on The inhabitants
OF those States. il has been 10 me mat
ter nf wonder how we. in The inferior of
North Carolina. with bui little better mrsns
Of lravel and transportation Than when The
lhunilers Of BRUSH ramon were heard on
the spo, where yon now stand. can hold
our hand in the competition Of business
with those who have rtmedied like ma
iural disadvantages BY works Of internal
improvement. Standing on The wharf 81
Buffalo, where canal boats were being
loaded with -four NJ the rate of from $50
10 $50 barrels 10 the boat. inquired what
was The freight. per barrel, from there 10
The city Of New York, distance Of more
than 500 miles. and received Cor answer,
asi cenis-less by 20 per cent. than we
paw our wsgnnrrs from Hill-borough 10
R.leigI. and they mike nothing al thai.
YET this piece OF good fortune. The Erie
Canal, was not rained down on western
New York by Providence which has
denird his blessings 10 rs. II cost The
State twenty odd million of dollars ofbor.
rnwed money; but u was money well laid
out. For years il was clamored against
IN e.eetinns as policy about 10 ruin The
State and paupetize the people; bul by the
inierp;d craftsmanship of Clinton and his
associates. il went steadily forward. con-
qucring all opposition, and his name is
now re erenred asihar of q public benz
factor ,hrouqhou, The land. lsuI The peo-
ple of ,hal great Stale are not content
with ihis. By The time This letter reaches
you. if not nnw, law will have passed
their Legislature 10 borrow and expen,l
nine millions of dollars more in rnlarging
the grand Canal, so as 10 carry twice as
much as is now carried on its waters. NJ
the same cosi. and consequently 10 cheap
en- transportation probably one.half below
present rates.
but with the innumerahle advantages ol
The Canal. !, affords TOO slow q passage
for our progressive age. A superb Rail-
road has been laid down by lis side from
Buffalo 10 Albany. and is being extended
along the shores uf that natural canal. The
Hudson rirer. 10 The city of New York.
| This is exclusive of the New Yo,k ant
Erie Railroad. The greatest work Of lhs
Kind We, completed IN the world. nhirl
sl,o Is olT from The Hudson river thirty
miles above the city. and rrossing ihs
wa,ers ef the u. lawarc. The Susqushanna
of lake Ontario. ille Mississippi. and laks
Erie. strikes the latter Lake al Dunkirk
as miles only from BuilaIo-a total dls
lance of 400 old miles. s6
A traveller WIN shall pass hy one Q
these Roads from the city Of New forl
10 the Lake. and Gail 10 &c, through IN y
or IL hours. and i. the rate OF Q cents 9
, lees per mile. will be sure to take The OH
, Or ON his mex, journey. We se, out ate
six O'Clock in the morning on The En-
Road. and with all s,oppages from "
halliday occasion. and The desire al varion
.noin,s n efIer respects 10 The President
. ,he United States. We reached Elmira
: where we iarried for The night. dls'anc
of 2s3 miles. half an hour before sunset
J. or ,he numerous Railroads connec''n
:. . these ,so together II convenient POM,
! or uni,inQ as branches 10 The one OF y
!, !, other, and the plank roads which ever
:. where gree, the eye. ] have not room :
]. !. description. No,hing is more certain M !
!. that in regard 10 the popular 'ase "
n i works nf this kind.
! . Increase Of appetite doth grow hy what" 'ee
: ON" N.
!, and as soon a. you convince The peep,
!, l,v ! public demonstration. ihsi iney can
T :, made ~i,hou. ruin. ahey viii dema'
'. ,hrm,. as they do eomiortahle houses
oi live in. or improved ,ools Of trade % wo
n. with.
!. 1 cannot here forhear 10 ment'on'
:, The consolation of these among ~ y
as take 50 much to hear, the misfortune =
=. blunders OF The old Raleigh and ssas'
III Railroad, that The N. York and Z