The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-02-23

the pleasure. hnnter, the invalid. the
minerolIglst and boianist, II i the most
inierestig country in the world all. sir
that il needs TO hiring to II, annuatly'
swarms, Is the means Of getting there.
Nuw, sir, look eastward from here.
We behold vast level, once covered
BY the sea, and leit rich by its receding
waters
THERE'S no soil 10 compare with il
but. sir. The. only causes which have
rendered il so valuable as an agricuI-
turai country. haze also al certain sea.
sons rendered il unhealthy. Ii is no
disparagement 10 say the country i
unhealthy at particular times, and If /
were not, sir, it would have too many
advantages.
Now the Inhabitants Of this rich coun-
try are in the habit Of leaving IN the
summer for health and pleasure; and
al The watering places Of Virginia, and
at all the cities and bathing places of
the North. they are found in drovcs. thus
scattering in other States muclis Of the
money which they realize from tle:r
crops. their fisheries and for.
ests Of Cypress and Juniper.
Suppose our railroad to the Tennes.
see line were completed; ahy the sum
mer tourists alone from our eastern
counties would almost sustain the road
while they would save at least half the
sums they annually spend. in finding
health and pleasure nearer home. their
money, with interest, returning to them
every spring IN orders for fish and o,s-
tiers.
| know, sir. that our eastern fisheries
are very extensive and Important
among the most important of the would
but, sir, give us the means of getting
at them from the country, and III
agree to engage every shad, herring and
rock caught in all our eastern waters
every year, at cash prices. The Rail.
road will bring the Blue Ridge down
to the Atlantic-space will be annihila-
ted, and mountains will dip their bases
and reflect their tall shadows in the
waters Os-the Pamlico. Fish, still flut-
tering, oysters still breathing, would be
thrown ON the tops of the mountains;
and while all your fish and oysters
would thus be purchased by your own
money, your young folks and your ul,l
people, your inyalids, your pleasure
hunters, your schoul bows and your
young ladies would swarm through our
mounains. aud every hill and valley,
e cry rugged steep and fairy dell. be
peJpled in the summer months with CAV
parties and musing loungers.
And, sir, this mountain region is OF
important merely as a place to 20 for
health and comfort in the summer; it is
one Of the richest mountain regions in
the world, abounding in mineral and
agricultural resources, with water now
er to turn all the machinery Of the
world, and timber enough to build it.
with rich pastures, natural meadows
and magnificent fruits.
But, sir, there is another point n
which to view this matter. speak of
our duties as statesmen to the people ,t
this fair upland and mountain region.
They are cut oft from the markets ot
the world ;and while their productions
are generally of a bulky character, they
have to be hauled distance of at least
a hundred miles.
The difference in freight By wagon
and railroad transportation is two thou
sand per cent. or nearly that; that is,
while it costs one dollar or one dollar
fifty cents per ton Of freight for every
100 miles on the railroad. it costs
twenty dollars by wagon.
And, sir,etwo tons are a very hea-
Wy wagon load and for every ton so
hauled there must be a cool wagon
and five or six spirited horses. This
is slow as will as an expensive way
kgping to market; but very few ui'
n6Ilupf produce made can be So
wi the price Of the. e