The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-10-01
sALr-MR. wooDFIN's LETTER

sil,villr, va, Sept. ~, lss2.
To he Jastiets eftse aryai
County Courts II North caroliaa:
II mar be already known 10 you ihai. Il
the instance Of the Governor Of The State and
under his authority, have the saperinten-
dence Of putIing up buildings and the neces.
sary keiiles. &C., 10 manufacture Salt 1T thi,
place, for the supply Of the several counties
IN the State. according 70 the number Of in
habitants OF each county.
The Stale has contract With Messrs.
Stuart. BuShansn & Co.. the prnpFie,ors. 10
/ furnish brine Tor three hundred thousand
bushels per annum during the existence u
the present war.
1 II is proposed 10 erect three hundred ket-
lies. These have been under contract for
some time. About half Of them ere ready
cast; thirty esen have been received. and
ltwrniy.one Of them put 70 boiling and max
| ing salt to-day. The MASONRY &c.. Is ready
i for one hundred and twenty six Kettles. and
about one hundred kettles are on The railroad
hines and expected in lev days. II we are
not greatly disappointed in their delivery.
these, 10 the number Of one hundred and
twenty six. viii Be il operation daring The
present week, and eighty six Others in ano,h-
er week.
Ii i proposed or the frst salt made, 10 fur
nish few hondred bushels 10 each county
| for present use, beginning with the counties
in Alphabetical order aud alter each ii it.
torn il 20 supplied with what nay be reqnir-
ed Toe ordinary use. IL is proposed. 10 like
manner. 70 distribute ali that can be made.
But il IL proper % state thar there II great
loss on II IL shipped before i drips aud dries
out SONS three Or four werks. Tie loss in
this way may be Al much as twenty per- cent.
| For this reason, il is recommended that
some time be allowed for dripping, unless in
cases where the present demand Is 20 great
that The counties IRE willing 10 submit 10 %
heavy loss TO relieve present necessities.
After The FIRST supply. the Silt will be kept
over four weeks u dry, until tie time arrives
| lor salting the beef and pork fOf the year. AZ
which time il may be better to submit TO
some loss % the Salt than keep over The ami.
mails too long on expense.
No salt mas been or will be sold TO any in
diyidual but il will be sold % the colniie.
only, through their commissioners appointed
for that purpose, aud according to The popa.
/ latlon Of the county AZ shown ~ the census
ilable.of 1860; and II Is expected that distri-
button viii be BY them made amongst the
families OF the county according TO The mum
Der u inhabitants Of each family. II iscx.
pected, however. that the commissioners ' III
take steps 20 ascertain the supply that each
has on hand, aud only make up the dehcien.
cy, 50 that no pne, having a supply on hand,
should draw county salt merely for speeula-
ton,
The county commissioners WILL be charged
al this place, for the present, one dollar aud
lilIy cents per bushel, which, il is believed.
viii cover the cost d production, including
seventy five cents per bushel, 20 be paid TIE
proprietors. After the State Treasury Is re-
imbarsed far the outlayfo building, 4c, Il
il expected that Il may be Afforded AZ one
dollar and twenty five cents per bushel.
Idesirc 70 impress upon the county com.
missioners The Importance Of furnishing iheii