Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-02-25
Lincoln County.

From tie signs of the times
our county is destined, at no Very re-
mote period, to assume an import
ance inferior to no other in the State.
| Z possessing as sh e does, in SO great a
degree, the mate ials of greatness, it
is truly surprising that she has so
long remained Sd perfectly indiffer-
ent to her true interest. She is be-
ginning, however, to show some signs
of life. She is arousing from her
apathy on the subject Of Internal
Improvements. She seems sudden
ily to have aroused from a Grip Van
Wrinkle" lqep, a nd now finds herself
quarter Of a Gel injury behind many
counties of less than half the means
that she pos sesses- The right spirit
IS becoming developed at length
amonsgt the people, and ere long re-
suits may be looked for, that will
prove of in calcdlable benefit to the
country. The prospects are, at pres
eht, fattering, dt any rate. There
iare III course of construction two
McAdamizea Rob IBIS from our town
one west in the d Erection of Pulaski,
to the county lin s the other east, to
connect with the1 Nashville and Chat
tanooga Rail Bdad. When these
shall have been dompleted, there will
be a continuous line Of road through
the county from NEST to east; thus
affordfng an outlet to any market in
the world. Ag4in, an amount of
stock sufficient tP build a road from
Shelbyyille to Petersburg, in this
county, has been subscribed, and the
road soon to be put under contract;
and we. trust the t me is not far dis
tant, when that pprt ton of the road
between this place. and Petersburg
will be in Xix cond ition.
It is now fixed fact, that Elk
River can be sucdess fully navigated
by STEAMBOATS,. This is sufficiently
proven by the arrival at our town, in
less than twelveI months, of two
Steamboats,. True, both Of these
Boats, in going oht, had their Chin
MES knocked down. But this is no
evidence against tie practicability Of
the enterprise. III only goes to show
how importall 1T it il that the obstruc-
tons in the River should be removed
Although much has been done there
yet remains much more to be accom-
plished. TIL ERE ARE many trees Sc
riousE in Il he way of boats either
ascending or descending; such, for in
stance, as the one that knocked
down the chi mniesI Of the "Lincoln"
the other day. These should all be |
removed. n Notwithstanding it has
long been agreed upon that Capt. !
Gilliland's mill dam is to be taken !
out or locked, SO as to enable boats
to pass and repass, we know not /
which will be adopted. This, how
ever, will be determined by the time
The river will admit Of either being
done Then when the distinctions
in our River Are all removed and our
roads completed, our farmers will
have outlets to the whole world with /
their produce
Last, thong ii not the least, by any
means, The I'0oLLEGE'' has been loca-
ted in our tow n. This can not fail
to give new impetus to business
md i1nproyeme Of all kinds, in
town and Co ntry- tt will infuse.
new life into ur col immunity.
Now if any man can look at these
-hings and not believe that our pros
oects are bri ghtening, and that We
must, ere long rank among the first
in tn E State, he must be in
to an unreasonable ex-
reme.4 PosstssingI a navigable riv-
II, turnpike roads, the richest soil
II theE Estate, ind facilities for educa-
ion inferior t b none, as we shall hayeI
n a few Years, we are bound to eX-
.aI5 oil olIp sister sections in the