Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-03-08
EdgeGcld, S. C.
FOR TIE ADVERTISER.

MIR. EDlTon 1T is morally certain that til 5 Road
will be built The Charlotte R. r. Company have
agreed to subscribe for 5000 900 Of its Stuck upon
certain conditions Columbia is deeply interested
in its success and her Town Council with energy and
promptitudc are making arrangements for pre-
nlinary survey Of the route. Augusta SympathIzcs,
and is fully aware of the Importance of the enter
prize Tho people Of Lexington are thoroughly
aroused, and our friends Of the Ridge are in the
field and wide awake. All persons interested arc
concerned, save the Inhabitants of the "Scepy llol-
low" known as the Village Of Edgcfrld and its
ennrOns.
No District in the State possesses such rare and
extraordinary advantages ms does old EdSefcld, in
respect TO Rail Road routes and conncctions Yet
they lsqve prolitrd us nothing. The ridge between
the Savannah and the Sauaa travcrscs our terrific
ry centrally. it twas the natural cmbankment, upon
which undoubtedly should have been constructed
the Rail Road TO connect the region Of upper Caro-
lima with Charleston and the Atlantic.
The advantages incident to such 4 conformation
of our territory we have thrown away. When the
route Of that great connection was in agitation, We
were comparatively passive and supinr. What has
hecE the rcsut2 The great highway from the
mountains to the Scabnard now passes through Co
lumbil by route far more crcu:tous-morc dia-
tory-mofc costy-more insecure than tile one
provided by nature through our very midst. But
this is not all. The Road in question after passing
from Columbia to the Village Of Newbrrry turns off
sharply and abruptly from the course Of its ultimate
destination, aud proceeding almost due South eros
scs the Suluda aud incning Wcsiwaraly interrcrts
the products of the rich and populuus Districts Of
Abbcvillr Anderson and Laurens, with tho fertile
and tccmng country around Cambridge, and .d-
vrrtiug them from our own Commercial mart; Ham
burg. sweeps them away to other and more distant
points.
Observe the effects resulting from our want Of
energy and liberal enterprise. Villages and ham
let's formerly distant and almost inaccessible have
been brought into proximity and cnt'ct with the
great lines of travel aud Commerce, while VIC Of
the Town Of Edscticli and its v;cnagc, the centre
of II wealthy and populnus District, are at this in
slant practically moro remote and isolated tllan
prrhaps.any other part of South Carolina. Such n
STATE Of things ought not To be. Let us avail. our
selves of the opportunity that now offers To recover
some portion Of the ground We have lost.
Two routes for the proposed Columbia & liam
burg Rail Road have been stggrstcl = The oIrr
passes through barren wastes and sands-over large
streams and swamps-and across deep g"rgrs and
vallcys-alm climbs the high and elevated tract OF
territory, the mountan gon Of our middle coun-
try, in which Horse Greek and the branches Of the
North and South E,listo, and their tributaries, have
source. The other. or upper route, will rass through,
the beautiful, rich and pnpulnus region of this Dis
trict, known as rbe Rdgc,'-will iravcrse a
country cinnenlly favorable for such Road, and
will approach probably within six or seven miles OF
the Village Of Elgrf.M Can we be ns. n>ble To
the benefits that We mnst derive from this Read, if
tho latter route rs adopted is it .loth:nG to have a
daily mail? tn be- within two hnurs travel nf Ham.
burg and Augusta To bc within three hours travel
"i Columbia? VIII We permit ourselves to lose
the innumcrGblr advantages involved in our having
almost at our very donrs the direct and main high
way of travel and intelligence between the grea,
Northern and Southern divisions Of the Confcde-
racy address myself t" the entcrPrize, the pub
lie spirit and the enlightened self-intcrest Of the
community Of this vicinity in especial. We may
in all PROBABILITY calculate np"n the sympathy and
co operation of both Columbia and Augusta
Surely they will prefer TO establish n con'munica-
ton with country rich and lopnlons, rather than
with region barren and unp"pulous. Let us SUBJ
scribe with proper libcrality for the St"ck-and
thereby secure 10 ourselves proportionatc influence
in the councils of the Company when the route o'
the Road il To be determined and meanwhile let
the friends of the Roa BY the upper route assemble
and confer together, that they may act effectively
and in concert For this purpose, ] propose that
meeting be held at the Pine House, ON Saturday
the 18th day Of March instant. .
A CITIZEN.
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