Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1837-01-12
From the Raleigh y. e.. G;.zr,,r. Jan.al

4. q. Mcmnningcr. Esq. Il member of
the South Carolina Legislature. is Il, pres
rnt IN thus city. whittier he has come. "a, the
Agent of tn" StnrkiIullcrS of the Lnui>-
vile, Cincinnati, and Charleston Road. to
Obtain The concurrence of our General A.
>"Inhiyrn The Vets nnicmlninry Of he Char
ter Of this Road. 1t ill he seen rir,l C.I.
M"nmin%cr hats been invited 10 take Il aa,
within the bar Of the Senate, and 20 adj
dress that body in explanation of the objects
Of his mission.
The principal object desired by the friends
OF tins great enterprise, we believe. is to
Obtain the assent of North CaroIiua 10 the
Ari, which has Just passed the Legislature
oil South Carolina. comforting banking pri.
vIlrScS on the Stockholders Of lie Rail
kohd '"mpany. 1t Is estimated that il
VIII take IL millions to complete the Road.
winch sum IT will he impossible To raise.
unless This banking privilege is allow cI :
and the question arises, whether the wi.i,c,
of those. Interested in the Road. Shall he
accr'lcd To, or this immense work be ai,au-
dourd.
From Il letter of great interest and nIil-
ny, addressed {" Gov Spai-ht hv COL.
Mrmmingcr. and 10y him transmitted 10 the
Legislature. we make the extracts
showing the Importance of iIi, Road To ".
Carolina.
"TlIc importancc of this Road 10 North
thra!Ina, has been lom% ago settled. In a
Convention assembled in 1873. CONFUSED
of The most enlightened men in hi, STATE,
the identical project was recommended To-
public favour: and rs this State has ill.,.
honour of ori%innijin" this ma.niiirrn1
scheme, so is her faith Incidentally p~lr,I-cil
10 aid lis accomplishment. The n,ivan;a-
yes to result from it, lIav" been so ir,u::cut
iy brought to view by THESE able men. thar
ii is not necessary 10 repeat them. will,
however. merely refer To one or two of them
by way of illustration.
"lhc most obvious is the outlay Of be-
tween TWO and three million, Of dollars.
which must he Inadc in North Carolina. in
The direct Inc of The route without rnhin.
into consideration the lateral hr.nr!c,
which will eventually join. Let amy rrac-
teal man consider thu. Immense i.cnv;ll,
which will tc pr"inrci hy 80 large an en-
pciidIturc 10 Ill" western part of the Stale.
and say M~iir,llcr the foundations of nation
al prosperity may not he laid in il.
"But when il is considered thar the Road
which South Carolina now proposes TO
make ;lrr">s the mountains is the very one
which will dcvclope the resources Of every
one of the inferior counties. the argument
is still more in It's favour. The Iatlkiu r..
Road from Fayetteville to Bcnttic's ford. is
in the direct channel of union for the
Charleston Road. The latter will hrin.
the South western passengers across the.
mountains, and the immense numbers " iich
will then go through the State on their
way North, will ditlusc Il stream of pros
prri,y throughout lis course. Those inland
Districts which have now no outlct for any
of their commodities, will find Il market
!rnught home To them and the v;,inc of
land will increase throughout HE whole line.
"But the districts which contain the
mineral wealth of the State. will at once
feel the impulse. Lincoln. Rutherford.
Mccklcnhnrg, Burke and all the counties
near the lahkln, will at once have acl,an-
mel opened to Il market which needs all
they can produce. 1t * vcnturinm very
little to say, that every fall of waicr-cvcry
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 IL material degree. The trav-
cllcrs who go TO Charleston and thence To
the North, will of course take the shortest
steam boat communication by sea. They
will land al Wilmington, and there take
the Rail Road for the Roanoke, as their
best means of reaching Norfolk and Halti-
more. Few mel are aware of the i'm
mcnsc increase of travcllin" which these
Raj Roads produce. iirforc the Rail
Road was made between New York and
Philadelphia, about 81 or 100 passengers
daily was the usual number now il has
increased 10 between 1900 and 2UOO. Be