Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-08-19
Fro,o Il. southern Republic.

From the SoutherH AsplApSs
=. -. y u; No. 2.
ma Pfa. in yonr last Issue an attsmRs
: made 10 point out s9aas Of the dangers ulS
: ! aro,nd a, 4 tbis community The next branch 4
ts,s s;,i,iect is Of more difficulty. ine 1era-
~ The disease is glaring in its glarng ~ n
:, and any quack can determine l,su'
= remedy. science and skill, alone, can eesei
';na = T Having no claim .toseither, Praoenee
lS l;uht hest be consulted, by awaiting the Pre-
sSsat;on Of one, better qualified than your NJ. In
But no time is to be ioss' ine
case * desnerate and even the quack may sug
cest so,,etbing better than nothing fupnG
oninon has determined that Ptank noaa
tould he a cheap and efectual method; OF re-
stS;no the healthy action of trade, if laid down
in tip r;gbt direction, and in the right time
North Far;olina is being ribbed with fiank
Roads. ,herever constructed, they have Deen
eminently s,scessful They are admlrans si,
adopted to enius Of the people. Iney pay
dividends, altoget.er out of proportion WITH al an
other enterprises hitherto attempted. ne
people who inhabit theupper part Of this state;
and the entire middle and back-country ol
North Corolina, are a, farming people. The}
have been accustomed fram time immemorial,
to transport their own produee to market, DO
their own trading, and lay in theifow supplies:
The man who makes but ten or twenty bales OF
cotton, one hundred bushels Of corn, and thirty
bushels of -four, for market, does not under
stand that it is to his interest to pay freight and
commissions, for the transportation and sale OF
his crops, for the purchase, and return OF his
iron, sugar, salt and domestics.y His wagons
and horses are necessary for the management
and culture of his farm. They are idle in the
winter season, and his own time is ofGttle value.
His expenses on the way, to and from: market,
are not greater than at home hence it is clear
# gain to him, to carry his crop to market dtis
J. a clear gain to him of twelve dollars and sfty
r. cents on every ten bags of cotton. II he Is
IS near the head of the Charlotte Railroad. For
we suppose at least two dollars bag will be
y, charged for freight from that point Whereas
ID the Railroad freight from Camden is only rs cts.
e. By superintending his own sales, he can always
or get the best market price. To him he entrusts
IN It to others, he has, no such assurance.sdBy
purchasing his own supplies, he can get the
or best and cheapest articles the market affords;
c. he cannot expect an agent to take the same IN
terest in the weather that he does Thus it we
Mt suppose that cotton is, of the. same value in
Ms Camden, the difference Of freight
Its deducted would be q ssinsla> the farmer .ot
s125 per bale, selling in Camden. And i
he Goods were the same price, but with the differ
Of ence of freight added, his saving would b
md equivalent But it is well known that the price,
ry are always higher for goods, and lower for pro
IN duce, as the distance from the metropolisis IN
ted creased. Thus it is, that Plank Roads are.
in we'll adopted to the wants Of the people. Wit
,re. ont labor, and without cost almost they enaf
,rd. the farmer to sell bis crops and purchase
supplies. IL is to Yofk, Chester, Lancss
- and Noftn Carolina, that we are to mok. to
Nv ~ trade, and to these only. lie. no man deo5
; e. himself; the trade with Sumter and Darlingl
lot is defunct.! It can only be revived, in part,
o'- the same means which we propose, to prese
be the upper trade. But the work of to day,l
in another direction 80 An ounce of preve
nit ton, is worth a pound of cure,'' but in Il
it'll matter grain d. prerealion IS. aerM ton I.
cure. Trade, once diverted into new channeL
De these will neither be the spirit, nor the means
,ha restoring it left But the difficulty of diver
Wv ktingit, is now in our favor, and very little wi
Ga retain it. A Plank Road competes successful
with Railroad, Already, we are told it
ute contemplated, by the most enterprisng and sue
cessfal capitalists in the State, to run. q, Plan
ON Road from Vance's Ferry to Charleston, I
compete with the So. Ca. Railroad. But W
do not propose anything speculative. We a.
w rea11sy have the bulk of, the trade we expect 1
get our Plank Road, is merely rendered us a
,on inducement to it, to remain where it is.
very different matter, from proposal to ope
B. an entirely new Avenue. Our Plank Roa
would begin to pay when the first mile wa
constructed. for whom would not pay two fol
the usual toll to save the labor. to his team G
''eS wading through the sands of Hobkirk Hill
The first ten miles of the proposd Road, woul
.. pay handsome dividends from the meigAborhoo
b. travel, alone, if no communication were eve
had with adjoining Districts. If any on
doubts it, let him make the estimate. But W
have dealt sufficiently in quantities, for th
lur. present. If none, more able, will eundertak
ing the task, it is possible that in your next sheet
the with permission, y we may lay down another
sst. PINE PLANK.
a THE DOINGS AT FORT SUMTER.
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