Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-07-21
For the Journal.
No. 2.
L vi VIC JUuTHaI'
No. 2.
HIGHLANDS, Onslow County, !
Thursday, June goth, ga.


MEssRs. Fulton & PRICE -
Gentlemen will it be considered that am Ia
boring 10 make myself conspicuous in writing a
second time the sub of the proposed Railroad
from Fayetteville to Beaufort must I, on account
OF owning but small estate seal my lips and drop
my pen Honest nature answers no F! Let no man
sit down and NOPE over his msfortunes--bu rise,
with giant power and draw his sword and proclaim
death to every enemy, in every shape and form.
Let the people of Onslow all pull together, and
present an unbroken phaianx on the Railroad ques-
ton, least and solemnly declare they will vote for
man who is not open Railroad man ; and that
will have the Road from Fayetteville 10 Beaufort
Harbor through our County, if within the reach of
human possibility. have paid my taxes and done
so cheerfuy, to aid in building Railroads in other
sections of the State-and I demand as our
just rights that the East have share, and Onslow
be not forgotten. portion of the stock, say forty
TO fifty thousand dollars, will be taken by the Coun-
ty. have no doubt, while perhaps some Company in
New York or Boston may also take hold ; and let US
invoke aid from the State, and send men to Raleigh
who will stand up for it and procure a proper Char
ter. | also think individuals in our County will take
stock to a considerable amount. Will the State aid
us in cleaning out New river or will Northern
companies take stock in that enterprise? No -
Give US the Road
When ! contemplate this work, it almost sets me
on fire; when behold, through the fundamentally
of Railroad or two to Beaufort Harbor a large and
commercial city, springing up like magic. on one of
Y,
place ''resorted to for health" during the sicky
season (gvng it superior advantages in that respect
over Wilmington, Charleston or Savannah or New
Berne)-a point suitable for the concentration of
commerce and navigation, and safe refuge for ships
an excellent place for a Navy Yard, and have no
doubt one will be located there soon Il say when
contemplate city springing up from the dust, as it
were, upon healthy location, and ships riding at
anchor upon that beautiful sheet of water, which
has laid almost useless and dormant for ages,
sufficient to make dead pine forest of their
masts. and behold fine steamers with ponderous
wheels and gigantic machinery plunging fearessly
upon the stormy deep, and hear the sound of the
hammer where now grows the thistle and wild br er
where is the chilled so isolated, in our sec
ton OF country, at least, who would not wish that he
too had finger in the pie Is it not sublime to con-
| template? Who would not be an internal improve.
ment man
! On the other hand, need no pen, no painter TO
dellnlate to me-what see my right and my
lett-young and enterprising men, men of wealth and
influence who have left country, and continue to
leave, to seek homes in the South and West. How
many houses do behold desolate where we
used 10 see joyous families and merry faces They
stand to telthe mournful tale, with broken portals
and tattered easements, overgrown with moss and
covered with brers. Should we visit those old de.
serted buildings, perchance find only the owl and
the bat hdeous animals, which prefer darkness
rather than light. Away with dilapdation. mildew,
and decay, and giv ''us naive tand," and give
US Improvements. Respectfully,