North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-22
VIRGINIA CENT? =

W. vihGiNiA CENTRAL Rail -
We copy the followineiD form.. NAIL ROAD.
Virginia Central Rail Road. ION In relation ,Os
dictator: from the Stauntor
GENITAL RAIL Roam. w,
louisville Jefersonian that III learn from the NJ
S TolnR any was held at Louisa q M meeting Of
Inc PRESIDENT readhs report. ell: on the 25tb
OF the road, and the finances an9 9iting the prOoS
company. The receipts for the ve,, condition Of Al
OF, oeing an Increase over last YEA were $l43
Is to he .nn1s es1a ptons on the capital nyss,as
Col. Fontaine was Reelected Prss;a OF the new w
been increased $500, so as to mall =! his salar
The Tunnel at Rockfish Gan IL - $4,000. ~
undated energy and industry and prosecuted viii
co character of the rock, it is believaS n The np,n
.or ina! tne whole work may be comnS NY The cOnpa
years TSa from esiIs ms .lme. F'''ed inhle
rough and Staunton, and PORTAGE ae*" Wayuesb,
tain resorted 10 and the iron bo.. across the nm
the next year will be snorting his NJ. 70 The cours. ~
and taking drink of limestone u..y Into Stup0.
decided, we understand, that the nv 1t has been
Buffalo Gap route. 'Oao is to take ' ~
The road is to be put under coD,.
thirty miles beyond Staunton. 'de' this Year fo
me road between the Junction and a..
is TO be relald with the heavy Rail. O0fdOnsvs
Guarantee Bonds of the COMPANY f., eo
It, will be seen' from the above, tia, H.;
though not by any means completed il WI |' R0ad,
per cent profit on the capital invested g T"!0s sn
markable result, and we point to il HS " re.
calculated 10 stimulate and encourage H. ImSanee
improvement in this State. "'' friends Of
This Road will be of immense bo..
Virginia. North-CarOlina is as rich in central
Virginia, but these resources must he as
brought out, if we expect to reap beua6. '"eo and
Mr.. Cosby of this City, informs us tb,, 'Sn'
since ne had an offer of lime from viroi,a '0ng
sent here by means of this Central Road A. " Oe
terms as the article ould be obtained n,,ho SOUu
We have lime in this State, in exhaus,so. -,Oi'
Inc same gentleman informs US that the best bvd."
lie lime is to be found in Stokes; he has wo,L.I.
and knows 1t to be of the first quality. Lin. -,
abounds in Lincoln County. Suppose, for iDs,a"0
North Carolina produced all the lime that sba N.Y.
and in addition to this sent abroad and soId wv
three or four hundred thousand dollars worth If 49,.
per annum, what difference would tbeso I'm, ~
alone make In the clear income of her people.
The encroaching spirit of the North render. i,
more and more necessary that we should deveIon or,
resources and prepare to live within ourselves T.
is the dictate alike of interest and patriotism. To.
US be North Cdrolnians indeed and in truth Le, -.
bring out our minerals-improve our sois-make Oh,
own hay, butter, pork, beet, onions, potatoes, and
the lIke-manufacture our own cotton-produce wool,
as we can in any quantity, and manufacture that also
and, above all, let US build up our own seapors, and
thus be in condition to reach the world THROUGH OH,
own borders, and reap for ourselves the benefits of
trade and traffic in the productions of our own farm.
ers and mechanics