Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-11
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We copy from the Neatbern News an article Civ
ing some description of Sheppard Point, which
lying on the waters of Beaufort harbor, is now al;
tracting SO much attention throughout the State
Here il is proposed locate the city, and al.
ready the proprieiors have conferred upon il the
name of Carolina City," The land the point
originally belonged three propretors, bel num-
Der of other persons interested in it. among
| whom are Governor Morehead, Smith & Colby, oi
N. Y, Mr.. Underwood, of Fayetteville, and others.
The company have now surveyor on the spot, who
dividing them into lots. We presume that maps
will be made preparatory TO sale of lots which will
take place in about month, of which public notice
will be given. Sales will be limited to alternate lots.
The Company are also making arrangements TO put
up large brick hotel and to construct several
wharves. The lots will be sold on condition that
no building, more than one story In height shall be
erected thereon Of anything but brick or stone The
streets will be at right ang les, running within de-
grees of the cardinal points of The compass, and the
width of those, which il is presumed will be tho
roughfares, is fixed 100 feet. This IS the width
of the street down which is proposed to run the
the Railroad. The Company seem TO be perfecting
all their arrangements with as much raPdly as is
sible. Guilds. Rep ond Pot.
SgEPHARD's POINT During our stay at Beaufort
last week, we had the qualification Of paying fly
ing visit to ShePhard's Point, of the spots to
which public attention has been recently much at
tIacted that at which the N. G. Railroad may
inmate, whenever it is extended East. We visited
miliar from his childhood with the direction and
depth of every channel, the location of every shoa,
&C.. in the vicinity of Beaufort, and thus able
to form much better estimate of the advantages of
this spot for the terminus of great central commu
nication with the interior, and for the building of
Town, than we could have formed without such aid
We shall draw comparison between the relative
claims Of the various points TO which public atten
ton has been directed favorable positions for ter
minating the Railroad Let this matter be settled
by full exhibit of all the advantages and disadvan-
tages, and full discussirn of the comparative claims
of Lennoxville, of Beaufort, Of Shephard's Point,
and of W hite Hall. We have no wish to impair any
influence sheet may exert public opinion in
efforts to advance our main object in conneXion
with this subject, viz: the extension OF the n. &.
Railroad to some point on the Atlantic, having the
strongest claims of being made the terminus wheth-
er il shall prove to be Beaufort, spot in its
vicinity.
Our object at present is to remind our readers at
home and in other portions of the State of the fact,
that if the hand of nature has United the number of
positions the coast of North Carolina favorable for
building up commercial mart to few, she has
pensated us by giving almost unrivaled. advantages
tor !his purpose al Beaufort and in it's vicinity.
Without the aid Of diagram, of course
not give the reader any more than a vague general
idea Of the topography of this spot and shall at
tempt it. White Rock, it is called is at very
the extremity of Shephard's Point, and lies
about and half miles to the right of Beaufort,
facing the Ocean. The point forms sort of Pen.
nsuIa, with BOgue Sound side and an estus-
ry called Calico Creek on the other. The point grid
uaIly it comes down into the Sound CON-
ing nearly to point at high water mark. At low
waller we should judge the point is bare he
yond White Rock This spot, White Rock,) is
one of the points near which it would be necessary
extend Railroad should a rity rise upon the
dry land upon the point. Near to this Rock and TO
any desirable extent seaward, one arm branch Of
the lain channel from the ocean, runs, and all along
the margin OF the point the wafer is of sufficient
depth admit vessels of the largest class and load
thpn 10 "a arV w hIch he Iu n
rected there. The main channel as you come from
sea, it approaches the extremity OF the point
TO the right and as indicate above, aony the
extreme MARCIA Of the point, while another arm or
branch Of less depth but still deep enough TO admit
any vessels used in coasting trade passes straight
forward, or PehaPs turns somewhat 10 the left
ming up along, but at some distance from the main
body of The point. The shoals between the dry
land the point and the edge OF this channel are
also nearly dry at low water, and there will be no
difficulty in carrying wharves (raisIng them above
storm tide mark) 10 the very edge of The channel.
They may be built in any number desirable. Again
the side of the point, opposite this portion of the
channel, there is access from the main channel for
vessels drawing eight ten feet of any ex-
lent up what is called Calico Creek. On this side
Of the point whaTveS may be erected almost on the
very margin of the water AS the location of the
buidings-houses, &C., which will undoubted-
y rise into city. should the Railroad terminate
here, difficulty, should it be desirable, in
extending them by degrees well towards the main
channel each way. But be this as it may, the point
presents dry high surface within a short distance
of the channel at White Rock, and the Bogue
Sound side. 1t is narrow at lis extremity, but wi
dens as it runs back and presents high dry surface
hch city could be built 10 any desirable
w e found the water upon the point excellent, and in
the vicinity is land well adapted to the cultivation of
fruit and vegetables of all kinds, the raising of
stock &c. In this respect. facilities hand for
supplying city as large as London. In short, we
must close this article by saying, that vaguely as we
may have impressed the mind Of the reader with The
and facilities for building up great COM
nercal mart at ShePhard's Point, that it ould
luire very accurate knowledge of the details, hut
only snch description OF the outlines familiar
with them could point stand upon that spot and
ook around him, and come the firm conclusion that
his is magnificent spot which to erect great
city, and that all that is requisite TO see
t rapidly rising upon its foundations. is an easy.
heap, and rapid connection with the interior and
yes tern portions of the Stale. NeDbcrn NelUs.
GREAT THEOLOGICAL WORK The Paris cor
espondent of the New York Journal of Commerce
hus notices the publication Of and fuller
dition of the writings of the Fathers of the Church
han has heretofore appeared.
g A work has at length emerged at Rome for which |
he crudite world has been long impatient. 1t is the
'afrun1 Mona B.bIiOthec1, Gd Plum TX POn tifcena
a collection Of the inedted works of the I
;reek and Latin Fathers, formed for the most part
rom the manuscripts Of the Vatican, and published
Cardinal A. Mai, in six large quartos, with plates
nd fac sin7iLe. The first volume contains about Two
undred new sermons of Saint Augustine, the Spe.
|ible. The first part of the second volume COM
small nroductions of Saint Cyril. in