The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-06-22
Ls.lsr from Gov. MoTshead,
OgErs n. e. RHiI R.'aA.
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E.i7fsrs a. Gnssasl.lra-sa r1'r'aaf
Iha,e ,he haaer 10 acknowledge .
ea,a,,,n;rafian fraIn his Excelieney ID.
: Rrn underdste IL 4th inst. rrquest-
;ng the President and Directors q this
cea psny 10 have the surveys made d
the Contemplated extensions u the
Sarth Carolina Railrnad.--eastward
from GaIdsborDugh 20 Beaufort Harbnr,
and westward lrum Salisbury to thd
Tennessee line, according TO the prosi'
siohs of the Acr IL Assembly enfitlre
An Act 10 Incorporate . The Atlantic
and Sarth Caroline Railraad CemPa-
nv" and The North Carolina Western
Railroad Company"
4 desire TO give this pleasing intels
lisense 10 the friends Of these enter
prises. through your valuable paper.
with an assurance that the work will
be commenced at as early a day as
practicable.
Immediately upon The receipt Of O. !.
vernon Reds communication, i IN
formed our Engineer. Walter Gwym !;
-sur Board meets early in July, by
which time hope we shall have a corps
of Engineers ready for the field.
Not moment is to be lost. The
deep, deep regret is, that these exten-
sions are mot now in full progress ol
construction. The giant strides Of i'm.
proyement around US should arouse U:
10 action. The ignominious and pu'
sallanimois complaint that Nature has
done SO little for US is libel upon the
old dame. Let us see it il be not. Il
the Iabors and opinions Of that distin'
euished American citizen, Capt. Bache,
of the U. 5. Coast Sursey. 10 whom
oar commerce is already 50 much IN.
debted, can have any influence on our
opiaions. We have at the eastern ter
minus Of Que of these extensions one
&c the finest harbors, at Beaufort, for
all commercial purposes. on the whole
Atlantic coast. And il the improve.
meats at the mouth Of Cape Fear shall
succeed. as it is hoped they will. We
shall have another port, surpassed by
Few, if any, To the South. Then here
are the ports the latter requiring bul
little aid from man, the former made
and presented by the hand of nature in
lts 9nrlyalle.l excellence.
Butt NAV be asked, what commerce
have We to require such port as Beau.
forts Let the answer be, the com
merce Of the world. Lnok at the loca.
ton Of this port-placed in the end ol
The North Carolina coast, which pro-
ieets like promontory into the Allan
tic, midway and Within sight Of the
great line of navigation between the
North and the South, and within thir-
L. minutes sail Of the ocean. Nature
made il for a stopping place for com
merce-the halfway house between th,
North and the South,-where steam
ers NAV get their supplies of anthracite
semi.bitumiRous and bituminous coal
SO profusely scattsred-on either side
and, unless | am much mistaken, un
der the bed oi the great Central Rail
way, which, BY this eastern extension
viii connect with that port.
But there are views cnnnfcird with TIN
pori, to vhlcb public attention has no
been sufficiently durcied. Lieu. Maj
ry, nf The Washington OasrrsaIOry.-
whose services have done mnre lnr ma
vigallon and commerce lllan perhaps ANY
other man Lvlng.- addressed eomn,lni-
Cation 10 one or ba,h houses Of Cnngres,
on the suhirc, uf the rommerce with tie
Amazon, Mississippi aud iiulI oI hrxi'
co.s For philosophical and statesman
like siews This paper is without rival
aud should be read and studied hy every
American ri izen. Ii sll.ws very clear y
that Tue trade o. The whole Gullof Mexi-
70, including i,s magnificent rivers, musI
pass oni al The straits nl FlurI,la. and thai
some Squlhern p"a musi berome The
ga, emporium for thai commerce. Has
an porl the advantages liza. Beaulor,
has!
But LEI us take western view "f these
extensions. The road running from
TFdulurt dbHg tlc itHHd' nalabdu GUNS
81 the Tennessee line. aud thrner along
the lines already in pE.gfess u consirue-
lion 10 Memplsis. viii no' vary nns degree
fra,s ! dee Wes, ewsse. Exsf6d The
sscss 'gna westward snd rrrdiel j. will
surely 10 .h.ns. 20 the ciiy Of San Fran
81 -. whirb is 10 becume.ihe great empo-
riu,r Of lhe East Indian trade. and whu
ran doubt that The trade Of The Mlssi<sip-
ri valley. as well as that nf The East In
dies and Chuna, will erowd our pori.
This line will vary less than three degrees
iron due west course.
Iiui 10 those who do mol look so Ear
from home, let u direct their attention in
what nature has done for rs Al hainp. We
have a genial climate; navigable bays and
rivers cascades and waterfalls: a soil nn,
surpassed ipr fertility: and mineral. ex-
hansiless fill the eTh upon which We
fread, t,eiF richness equellrd only by he
lsnil thai iTies m hide Ii.rn. That we
gnsy moi remain ignnraptqi their existence.
shey peep oui al every sep and look rs
in The fare. yei we find them no, ILky
lhe laZy lahnrer who. with his lpllrWS.