Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1856-06-27


have upon the Urimaie prospefilv,oi The road,
aud ho-~ /, win affect ClRtksyile The ~
line road is dead-uo one fears it, It is mere
ghos, 90 lrghtcn the tjmld Some few years
500, great toats were eutertoinej.of this same
air line gentlemen were unwilling to- oct
uut connections wereGormej. Louisville and
Memphis wc-o coquetiug with CIarksyiIlc.--
Serious Fears were Cuirftajned that the Bowl
ing Green branch " uull pass north OF Ne, Rnd
cross the river at or near Dover. Every eH1rt
was made to bring it 90 the State line, 80 as e.
connect with us; nothing definite could be
obtained. Mai. Heu.y was sent 70 Memphis
TO form connection at the western end; %
was agreed TO, with ile condition TO carry out
hcir eir fine project And have thinus or
.mar changed in the las, few years The mir
line Is mot dead. bu, s,ccpeh,' and The policy
pursued Ply our Board tends TO invignrsir it,
and ere llnr, II The road IL built t1IunC creek
und Leaiherwnnd. or sandy, yuu will find you
have bull 40 niles of the 20 called mir line. ]
slate it upon GOOD authority, there is now an
acliv' cor esp0uderce cprrind on between the
friends Of the air Tue or Memphis and Louis.
Vile, nuf wten zoo late. we will find il hb,
been wamcd into life by the very PERSONS 0yhn
are most j1 De injured and so far FROM being
a mere phlnlorH it will be living and active
stream that viii bear OBJ he freight 'ni PMS
scngers from your road and town. Memphis
has twJ'od purpose in view. The hTst Is
% make a connection with Henderson at.Hop.
kiu-vi.lc, 8nd ia tlat way connection will
trt u5rthera tijfs by Say d Ir7rsrilc. Pc
air line way not, for some time, be built, bu
by this route there's direct connection viii
the Norih-eas'. aud is any mao So stupid as uo
% see the result? Christian county wouIdbuilt
fla limo sN ~ IL, f.Cppn-t with our rro nj n.,ynr
the city of Memphis can and would make In.
connection, and what would be the effect on tn,
Bowling Green branch, with which we cxpec
to make counectiaa. Already they are moving
/ in Todd county; they wish us to meet them a
Trenton. The consequence is the people o
Kentucky will build the road for as possible
through their own borders, and from the known
feelings of that portion of Kentucky, towards
/ GAINESVILLE, we can not with any reasonable
certainty calcUlaie upon their doing anything
/ to benefit Cllrksviile unless they are forced
I b' ther interest and the road should pass norti
/ Of rs, IL will penetrate the finest agriculture.
region il the west, aud what then becomes o
ou' road! 1t will be a mere switch, n turnou
to tie grand trunk connecting the southwes
| with the northeast, the deserted bed, or STAG
nant bayou TO a magnificent stream of com
merce. This is no fancy sketch It will be th
inevitable result otthingsif the present polio
of the Board is pursN25 Why not locate tn
road at once to Paris, or McLemoressie, .
the cheapest and best route, and thus show +!
Memphis and the people OF Henry that v
know QUE rights and dare moin;ail them An
YOU may rest assured it the road IS thrs locate
the people Of Henry or Memphis will nevo
build their road loth5 mouth of Sandy, and tn
air ljue will never ebuiit, without our aid
can never be built through Slewart county
but LEI US aid 10 its construction, build 40 mile
of it, and you will fndere long Tie comnerc
turned from your town and the stock % yoh
road not worth the paper upon which it is vri
ten. And Clgrksville will stand memento {
our folly, aud we willttnttil upon the comip
Influence upon our towi aud county,
CAVEAT.