Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-01-12
Iron the Raleigh N. c. Gazette, Jan. 81

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e. 6. Memminger, Esq. a member of
the South Carolina Legislature, is at pres
ent in this city, whittier he has come. as the
Agent of the Stockholders of the Louis-
vile. Cincinnati, and Charleston Road, to
obtain tho concurrence of our General AZ.
semblyIn the Acts amendatory of the Char.
ter of this Road. 1t will he seen thar Col.
MemminSer has becn invited 10 take a seat
within the bar Of the Senate, and to adj
dress that body in explanation of the objects
of his mission.
The principal object desired by the friends
Of this great enterprise, we believe. is to
obtain the assent of North Carolina to the
Act, which has just passed the Legislature
of South Carolina, comforting BANKING mi.
vilegcs on the stockholders Of tile nil
Road Company. 1t is estimated that II
will take IL millions to complete the Road.
which sum it will be impossible to raise
unless this banking privilege is allowed :
and the question arises, whether the wishes
OF those, interested in tho Road, shall he
accedcd TO, or this immense work be abon-
doned. ~
From n letter Of great interest and ab;l-
ity, addressed to Gov Spaight by Col.
Memminger, and by him transmitted to the
Legislature, we make the following extracts
showing the Importance of this Road to N.
Carolina.
1.-The importance of this Road to North
Carolina, has been long ago settled. In n
Convention assembled in 1888, composed
OF the most enlightened men i'm this State.
the identical project was recommended to
public favour; aud rs this State has tho
honour of originating this magnificent
scheme, so is her faith incidentally pledged
to aid its accomplishment. The ndvanta-
scs to result from it, have heen 80 frequent
ly brought to view by these able men, that
it is not necessary to repeat them. Twill,
however, merely refer to one or two Of them
by way of illustration.
1.-The most obvious is the outlay of be-
tween " o and three millions of dollars.
which must be made in North Carolina, in
the direct line of the route without taking
consideration the lateral branches
which will eventually join. Let any prac-
teal man consider the immense benefits
which will be produced by so large an ex-
penditure to the western part of the State.
and say whether the foundations of nation
al prosperity may not be laid in it.
But when 1t is considered that the Road
which South Carolina now proposes to
make across the mountains is the very one
which will develope the resources of every
one of the interior counties. the argument
is still more in its favour. The Yadkiu r.
Road from Fayetteville to Beatie's ford, il
in the direct channel of union for the
Charleston Road. The latter will bring.
the South western passengers across the.
mountains, and the immense numbers which
will then go through the State on their
way North, viii diffuse a stream of pros,
perity throughout its course. Those inland
Districts which have now no outlet for any
of their commodities, will find a market
brought home to them and the value of
land will increase throughout The whole line.
But the districts which contain the
mineral wealth of the State, will at once
feel the impulse. Lincoln, Rutherford.
Mecklenhurg, Burke and all the counties
near the Yadkin, will at once have a chan
mel opened to a market which needs all
they can produce. 1t is vcnturing very
little to say, that every fall Of water-every
mine of Iron, or any other metal even
the grazing and grain farms throughout this
region, will soon find employment for their
means. Even the eastern counties will he
benefited in a material degree. The tray
ellers who 60. to Charleston aud thence to
the North, will of course take the shortest
steam boat communication by sea. They
will land at Wilmington, and there take
the Rail Road for the Roanoke, as their
best means Of reaching Norfolk aud Balti-
moro. Few men are aware of the i'm
mense increase of travelling which these
Rail Roads produce. Before the Rail
Road was made between New York and
Philadelphia, about 80 or 100 passengers
daily was the usual number now it has