The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-12-05

y The meteor was wonderful one; but ~
the planet Venus may 0fteiibe seen IN day
light, n its position in the ieayr,s Y
known, SO there Is nothing laiarnling ~
che fact, TINT i lneteurof somewhat un-
usual Size and clue proximity should
force itself into l.utice while the Kipgof
Day still welded lie scvrsfe.
FAYETrEyILIR. Ydl91
No. II few oftl,e'oider gencrationoflar-
nsers a. this section remembering days ~
tnrir Aut,nnn anil Winter triip. When,
tile annual harvest safely ganheresl itsas
wagoned OF 70 Fayeteyiile ~ find Its
market. III those days. that aaeient mart
WINS COMMERCIAL emporiums willNpta
rival iii the State. ItsEvery position con'~
,aan,led and controlled The trade that.
with the growth of population and The
expansion III cultivation, inevitably gravi-
tale,i towards IT, II was ut Tie head ofthe
only river lii the State atali improved for
navigation; that river ternicnating us
fresh water usefulness ut the town u VII.
mington; that towr, censenisnlly ac,l
cessible to the sea, and then, rs now, ii-
wiling % Its capaelous harbur the railsof
alma, iti,ne nations; andthat river again.
penetrating 50 far into the interior ~ io
make lis navigai,ir heal the Inviting con-.
verging point for the trade Of distant and
widely separated communitiss. And 81
Fayetteville tliose w The tribute Of many
counties, aud her streets were whitehed
hy the canvass Of many Wagons Sfidprade
musical with The juggling bells % endless
teams; aud fortune seemed 20 have sci the
seal Of permanent prosperity upon every
move of place 40 favored
BUTT il all changed now. Oil ways
have lsr,pnle obsolete. aid new Ways have
thrust old things aside. The roads 10 Fay
ettsy,lle, ohee tl,ronged with hong cara
vans Of going and returning Wagons, NO
longer sound The echoes ~ the signing
Mines. The broad streets, once socrow,ir,i
with what might have appropriately been
called tho ships If the siesert. are now free
to tire ulr,l'siructed passage Of the pleasure
vehicle, or ID the oceasiolied humble
| country cart. All u still and might be-
okrl, lie quiet 81 mercantile death did
We not find that life survives. though 10
\ diii.rest forni. I
What has produced the change, 50 APP
parent 20 ihe eye. 50 striking to the ima-
l gination aud ~ n,ournful a. the memory
| Il vas not the fires ly which Il has been
ren,orselesrly aud repeatedly ri.yarel. he
cau-e tile fountain from which had howe,l
such abundant STREAMS Of wealth might
soon feplenish tl,e exhausted r-sorvoir
Ii Mas MT the ruthless tread ofwar. be
cause the same breasts that We're barred e
!! mortal combat were bold enough togrni''
ple with misfortune. u WAS iio enemy
no scourge 81 God that did all this. Itwa,
the rncTnaclment ofnew systens oftrans
poriaiiun b. which Tie products q u,
farm wer. diverted to new markets, al,
which created new channels for the ear
rying trade which Fayetteville Tor "
many years had had thc control Theex
tension Of The rail ruad system ,ie.hmnr,
tile importance - tile Cape Fear river
aud produce found iis way tolls desiina
,ion by more rapid and BY more dircc
transportation.
This seems cruel fatality and unjus
recompeIlSe .rr the energies =, cl,aracirris
Tic ola nye gone generaiion. Tile fir
: rail road measure practically undertaken
. IN the Stale had lie origin la Fayetteville
J A charter fora Rad from Fayetteville Z
Salisbury was granted in 1898, and
survey was made IN 1884. But the under
} liking MAS too great for one unaided cnln
, munIiy wIthou: the encouragement OF d,
| experience ofnuy psistins similar work !
the country, aud Il fell to the ground
Aud then. IN nfter years, when the'le sola
: ton ~ the great fire still hung wit
dreadful shaduw over tile brave hut la
1 poverished community. other SECTIONS pa
: Into practice fuf their own enrichment Ill
. suggr~iion- Of Fayetteville, aud strangle
, her In the Gordon % rail roads graduall
. drawn around her. The work af ruilocs
ton was almost complete The Whining
I ton and Weldon Rail Hoad brgirt her o
: the East; the North Carolina road on n
y North and Northwest. and the Canlir
y Central ON the Snu,h. Brasely did q
y people coulrnl f,r commercial existence
4 They pierced the line o. circumyallatir
\ by n,eans ofthe Western ruad, aud f.
4 around far freedom aud for prosperity b
e You'd the il,ri,s of the fated circle; a.
y aIsn, sought the vitality Of new ildurtIi
y aud new Subjects 10 inilic'
:, We have remarked that commercial u
e survives, lhnugh in utlirr turns. Thrlarl
n buck country trade hiss become eSiinC
:, Hut the operations 10 naval st,,its suppl
; mitch af l.sl animation. Tie inrrsas
'. cultivation ~ colton ~ Cumberland, Al
!, the attraction 81 "a g',od MARKETS re-toriI
d ~. yearly receipts to something oftbeu
ID average. Brave hearts aud strong att
and ulear heads can never sucsun,h toa
" varsity, ard the town Of Fayeiievil
b. Though shurn uf IT. ulu crnsequen
hi ,,.lfa,,tlv max a. liza ,uuat of lie rrsoufts