Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-07-22
Nashville. Tenn.

We see by the papers published in the Ten
nessee Valley that the merchants of Nash
vile are bestowing liberal advertising patrn-
mage, with tile view To attract the attention
ofthe merchants and citizens of the valley to
that point, as 8 source of supply for most, il
not all the wsnts of our community.
The railroad facilities now afforded make
Nashville the nearest commercial point to the
entire Tennessee v&lley-and possessing, a. we
believe her merchants do, the ability 10 sup
ply the country upon rs good terms, and 10
as great variety as either Charleston Louis
vile, Cincinnati, or ST. Louis, we regard the
movement 8 good one on the part of her mer-
chants, as directing the trade of very large
and very rich agricultural district ct country
TO that point, and habituaing il there against
the time arrives when these facilities will be
greatly improved aid extended. Nashville,
from her natural position, must he one of the
points in Tennessee where all the great rail-
road iues from the north and south Atlantic
sea boards aud Gulf coast, must eventually
ceutre-fTom whence they must be radiated
To the various points OF the compass, in the
direction of the setting sun. Memphis is the
other. Under this view of the facilities she
does aud will enjoy, her commerce will be in
creased in ratio corresponding with her fac
Titles OF railroad transportation, and her iner-
chants, aware of this fact, will 80 improve
their ability by direct importation, as to ena-
bic them to compete succ Js-fully with Charles
town, Cincinnati, or ST. Louis, In receiving
and retaining the trade of the country, which
by its proximity, or facility of transportation,
naturally flows ntO her commercial lap. We
have already alluded TO the railroad facilities
which the counties Of North Alabama enjoy
in communicating with Nashville, as a point
of trade, and although great, they are not yet
as great aud expeditions as they might be-
peclally in the counties of Limestone, Law
renee Morgan, Lauderdale aud Franklin A
trip from these counties Co Nashville is great
~ extended, beyond what is necessary, both
10 time aud distance. As it is, some twelve
hours time are lost, and over one hundred
miles IN distance encC untered in a trip to that
city-an expenditure of time aud labor, which
is already regarded a. onerous, and as the "go
ahead prOpeDsities of our people become
more developed, must and will be annihilaDed
10y the completion Of the Tennessee AID Ala
6ama Central Railroad, a link of which is al
ready in operation nearly halt the distance
from Nashville to the Alabama line, in the di-
recliou of Athens That this road will now
be prosecut d to completion from Columbia TO
Decatur, We have every reasonable expecta
tion-and that too, in all probability in the
next two years. The Montevsllo, where it
will merge into the Selma road, will open 10
Nashville another artery of communication,
plac Dg her in direct juXtapositon with the
Calf coast, and not less important ia com-
mercial point of view, than her Chattanooga
road-her connection with Louisville and
Cincinnati, now in progress, we believe. or her
eventual railroad connection with st. Louis,
by of Columbus. Ky. and the Iron Noun
tain Railroad. We have thrown these crude
and hasty remarks together with view to
draw the attention OF our citizens to the tac
titles which Nashville affords to them as
commercial point, for obtaining suppies-and
also 10 elicit the attention of tue Nashville
press aud her citizens towards our own enter
prise, in which we both are not only socially
bat pecunarily interested. We see it an
nounced that low water boats will be able To
run on the Cumberland during the summer,
thus securing the chances of more certainty
for obtaining supplies from Louisville and Gin
einnati, 10y this route, than by way of the
Tennessee River