Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-10-30
THE NEXT LEG1sLATURE1.THE FAYETTE-
VILE AND WESTERN RAILROAD.


VILE AND WESTERN RAILROAD.
The next Legislature will he called upon by the
stockholders in the above named road to aid them
in its construction frem Fayetteville to the Coal
Fields on Deep River in the County OF Chatham. IL
is true that application has twice been made to that
body to aid in the construction Of this road and Tor
some anaccountabe this application has twice
been rejected. We must think that it was because
its claims upon the State as State work As one cal
cuated to advance the interest of the UhOle State
have not been properly estimated. We believe that
the LEGISLATURE OF North-Caroha have the interest
of the good old State" too much at heart to reject
her appeals when it is so clear that there is no
scheme so well calculated to advance her interest
and develop her vast resources as the one that now
appesls to her for aid Build this road from Fayette.
vile to the coal fields send that coal and that iron,
the value of which is almost incalcuabie, to the
markets of the world through your oson ports give
to your own Banks and your own people the ben
eft of the exchange arising from its sale, and instead
of the position North-Caroiina now occupies, she
would stand before the whole world, the brightest
star that etters in our federal constellation-the
creditor State OF the whole Union.
..There is land, of every land the pride,
Beloved by heaven Ger all the world beside;
Where brighter suns dispense serener light,
And nider moons empardise the night
There is a spot OF earth supremey blest,
dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest
Where man, creations tyrant, casts aside
While in bis sof,ened looks benignly blend
The sire. the son the husband, brother, friend
Where shall that land that spot Of earth be found
Art thou q man? q pstriOt?-lOok around?
q, thou shalt find where ere thy footsteps roam,
That land thy country and that spot thy home!
For that land, that country, that home We plead;
and if we can show that her interest will be advan-
ced, her credit preserved and her treasury filed TO
overlooking BY the speedy construction and compile
ton of this road, shall We plead in vain?
Professor Em;nons in his first report to the Gov
ernor of the State in 1852 speaking Of the quanti-
ty of coal to be found on Deep River the fol.
lowing language: Ifone hundred tons of coal are
taken out daily, thirty thousand tons would be re-
moved annually, reckoning three hundred working
days to the year and if the field covers only 43
square miles the oscest estinte to be TAKEN would
require eight thousand sic hundred gears to re-
move the coal Of forty three square miles," In 9TH
er words If they had commenced in A. D. !, and had
taken out daily one hundred tons of coal from that
time to the present. they would not have removed
fourth of it at the present day. Now who can esti
mate its valueP Who can tell what North Carolina
has lost by her GLORIOUS inactvity?" The quanti-
ty of coal that will be carried to market matter
Of course Will depend upon the amount of capital
and labor employed in mining the same. But if the
statements OF scientific to be relied on aid
they are based upon what is knoUn,-for the deep
shaft at Egypt is daily bringing large quantities Of
the coal to the surface he value of the coal alone is
enormous and should be dug out) If only thirty
thousand tons are taken out annually that quantity
alonewill bring at present prices two hundred and
forty thousand dollars, and that from source where
North-Carolina noD Is not receiving ono dollar In
addition to the COAL there is almost an equal amount
in quantity and value of black band iron ore. Pro-
fessor Emmons in speaking oft says: 1.-THE black
band is so closely connected with the coal. that it
will necessdrily be raised; and hence valuable ore
will be obtained at the surface, with only trling
additional cost over that which attends the mining
and raising of the coal" "Ths ore is important
in consequence of the facility Of its conversion into
pig" 1t will bring in New York according to the
present price Of that brought from Scotland trenty
dollars ton,-the quality of this black band is said
to be equal if not superior to any in the world Now
we send forward the same quantity of the ore that
We can send Of the coal, viz thirty thousand tons,
at the present price in New York, 1t will be worth
siz hundred thousand dollars annually That amount
may be sent from each mine shaft that is worked
Now how many will be workedf There is one
shaft in Egypt now in successful operation waiting
for some means of transportation to market and as
soon as this road is completed other mines will be
opened and if conducted in proper spirit, "every
nook and corner Of the State from Currtuck to
Buncombe will feel its Invigorating influence"
1t is saying too much that five shafts will be sunk
in all that coal field? if not then We will send
forward annually -Four Millions of Dollars worth of
Coal and Iron. Now where is the man who has the
interest of the State at heart that can withhold from
this Rail Road Company the ptiful aid they ask to
dese op such vast res ources! Can you pc Mt to
single State in the whole Union that would let such
unabounded wealth remain locked I'D in the bowels
OF the earth within forty three miles of tree naviga-
ton without strairing eosry nerve-Yea taxing
themselves to the last extremity to make it available
Look At the State of Pennsylvania expending TWEEN
ty millions Of dollars to open her coal felds-coal
fields not % ertensire as those Of North Carolina,
and shall it be said that the Legislature of North.
Carolina refused to loan upon bond and mortgage
the pitiful sum of six hundred thousand dollars to
accomplish that for which Pennsylvania paid her
twenty millions? Look at the condition Of North
Carolina her produce going to South. Carolina and
stamps % their producs bearing off the palm where.
ever exhibited. giving 10 their Banks that exchange
for which our own Banks are languishing and then
compare her present condition With what it will be
when open these Coal Fields and get the exchange
arising from the sale Of this Coal and Iron and where
10 the noble and generous son of Carolina that will
not come to the rescue?
Is It necessary that we should 30 into an argu.
ment to show that something should be done II
the exports Of the State not large or in other
words are not equal in amount to the imports Of the
State, it will require no great amount Of wisdom
to see that we are annually becoming insolvent ani
that We must increase our exports or diminish on,
imports Now how does the matter stand. what !,
the amount Of our importsi By reference to tn,
Comptroilers report to the Legislature of 1867
VIII DC seen that the amounts Of tax received up
on Capital invested in Merchandise for that year
lot per cent was $88, 1851 ,21 now multiply tia
amount BY and it will give you the amount of Mer
chandi6dmported that year, viz. 418 $40 4S4 !: ad
to that the amount invested in purchase of Liquor
and articles purchased by those not regularly eng,
ged in Merchandise and other expenses such ss trsj
cling &c for which exchange must be furnished an
We will not be far ont Of the way in saving our in
ports and other expenses for which exchange uu,
be furnished especially when you include the into
est on our State Bonds payable In New York. win /
sa'ss 70 $4,000, 600. Now What does the State