Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-09-06

years. ltcnters into the design to continue
the line through Ciieraw, Camden and Co.
lumbt, to Augusta, in Georgia. But
should our own keep pace with it in its con-
structioa as far as Chcraw, and be accom-
plishcd within the same or Il shorter time,
the probability is, that through a daily line
of Steam Boats from the Depot on the
Wacamaw to Charleston, and thence by the
Hamburg Rail Road, we will offer con.
so nearly direct and so advantage
eous from its connection with Charleston,
that it will not be deemed necessary TO en-.
tend the original design beyond Cheraw.
IF these antcipations be realized, our Rail
Road must become the channel through
which the immense number of passengers,
whom business or curiosity carries from
South 10 Nor:h must pass, and 75 Or 100
per dav is minimum estimate. The re-
ceipts from this source alone will yield
dividencd Of more 80 per cent.
But even if the direct chain ofcomn un-
ication be continued across the country TO
Augusta, by far the larger. proportion would
prefer passing through Charleston, if this
easy and rapid convenience Of doingsso
were afforded certainly at least sufficient
number to swell the receipts very far beg'
yond the most profitable mercantile or asfl7
cultural investment nor are these calculas
tions visionary-hey are predIcated on the
wants of the country, and the indomltable
energy and preserving enterprise which
has already accomplished greater UNDER
takings, and surmounied every difficulty
that resisted their prosperity.
1t NAV be proper to mention as another
source Of profit, arising from our connec-
ton with the Releigh Rail Road, that it will
intcrsect the Western Rail Road from Fay
ettev;lle to the Yadkn. at a point nearly
cquidisfant from Fayetteville and Cberaw.
The advantage which a Rail Road com.
munication with the sea board will give to
the latter town, will enable it both TO under
sell and bid higher for produce than the for.
MGR we must, therefore, expect 10: see
very large and wealthy portion of our sister:
State become tributary to- the commerce OF
Cheraw and the transportation Of our RaIl
Road. - =.
. At the last session of Congress, al ap-
preparation was made for survey ofthe
Atlantic coast, with the view of ascerlainng
the practicabity of opening an inland wa.
ter communication between Norfolk and
Charleston. The examination has been
commenced under the superintehdence ofa
distinguished officer of the U. S. Corps of
Engineers, and it is. confidently believed
that the result of the survey will be very
favorable to the undertaking. Indeed so
cm;ncntly is the nature Of the coast adapted
to the improvement, and so important are
the commercial and political advantages of
such a communication, that it is matter OF
some surprise that it has not, at an earlier
period, attracted the attenlhn'ofthe govern
mcnt, or ofthe capitalists who have been so
indus,riously seeking new modes of invest.
ing their surplus funds. AS a medium of
commercial communication, it will combine
the rapidty and safety of the Rail Road with
the clIcapncss Of water transport; and as an
auxiliary ofdeftnsivc operations on the coast
in time Of war, it is of such ncaIculable
value, that in these days oflibcral construc'
ton, the right to make appropriations not
only for the survey but for the actual ac-
complishment of it, may be very easily en-
braced in the incidental powers Of the Gov.
crnment. A Canal through the Dismal
Swamp, opening into the Sounds which ex.
tend along the coast Of North Carolina and
are so well protected by its numerous Capes,
will afford fair Seam Boat navigation for
considerably more than half the distance,
with very small expenditure in removing
shoals, a chain of Cannals thence 10 the
Cape Fear River, and thenceto the Waca-
nav, of no great length, and, from prox'm-
iy to the coas., of comparatively small Ia.
Dor and expense, will connect the Sounds
with the finest navigable stream in the South
en country. which runs parallel with the
coast for a distance of more than fifty miles.
It will, ofcoursc, afford to US all the adj
vantages to be expected from having such
a channel of communication with the Mid
die States pass BY our Depot. On these
advantages It is unnecessary to enlarge.
Thus far we have considered the subject
chiefly in reference TO Northern commerce
and travel !; but does Il not occur TO you that
there is another view, the. consideration OF
which calls to lis aid not only the interest
butthc patriotism ofevery South CaroIlnIaln =!
With an ancient and large sea port, whose
geographical position would point it out TO
stranger.as necessarily the importing town
for the whole Southern country; the wealth,
intelligence and hospitality Of whose citizens
have always been the pride and boast of the
State with species Of labor superior for
cheapncss and efficiency 10 that which is
employed in the Northern States with a