The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-10-27
CITY OF M0REHEAD!!!
GREAT SALE OF LOTS!!

ON THE ELEVENTH (lTHl DAY OF
November next, at The City OF Morehead, will be
s0id at Pubhc auction, the LOIS Of said Clty.
This is the new Guy laid off by the "Shepard' 5
Point Land Company at the minus of the At
Ian and North Carolina RaIl Road at Beaufort
Harbor, N. C., Immediately at the Atlantic Ocean.
The various Reports OF the U. s. Coast Survty
establish the great excelencies OF this Harbor, for
facility of entrance, depth Of water and security
from wind wave, whilst Fnrt Macon cnmuetrly
commands the entrance.
The interior communications by water and land
must make this great Commercial City. The
vast productions OF the fertile valleys OF the Roam
oke, Tar and Neuse Rivers and the commerce OF
those great inland seas-the Albemarle, Currtuck,
CraOtan and Pamlco Sounds, Will reach this tlne
Harbor through Core Sound on the north, whilst
Bogue Sound will bear on its bosom the agrlcultur-
al products lumber, naval stores and fine ship tim
Der OF the regions yng south.
The A. & N. c. Rail Road which will be ready
for by the first OF January next passes through
the entire length of the City TO its wharf in Is feet
water at low tide, and connects with the great N.
c. Rail Road lot which it is a continuation) at
Godsboro'
The N. C. Rail Road, among the best in the
Union, 223 miles long, is completed TO Charlotte,
where it connects through the South Carolina and
Georgia Rail Roads with atlanta and the south
west; and by its western extension, now III rapid
progress, II is contemplated to reach the trade OF
Memphis and the Mississippi Valley by the net
work OF all the rail ways that connect at Atlanta,
Chattanooga, or with TIE East-Tennessee Rail
Road.
The Port of Beaufort, Chattanooga, Memphis
and st. Diego in the Pacific, are about the same
parallel of latitude and il that parallel be extend
ed across the Pacific, it will reach Shang hal, the
nearest great Port on The eastern Continent -
therefore, if the Pacific Railroad be construct
ed (and that should be done forthwith why may not
this new City become the Atlantic mart for the
commerce OF the East Indies?
Two short Railroads will connect the two great
Coal Fields OF the State, lying on the north and
south of the North Carolina Railroad, with that
road aud it is confidently expected that vast
coal trade will be carried on through the new CITY:
il so, may not Beaufort become a great coaling
Port, not only for purposes OF commerce. but
furnish the supplies TO steamers passing near
the entrance gong north and south and may not
the new city become that great centre depot" be-
tween the north and south. to which our able and
distinguished cOuntryman, Lieut. Maury, refers
in his unrivaied Statesmanike paper on the COM
merce of the Amazon, South America and the
Gulf of Mexico 2
The CITY Of Morehead is situated on beautiful
neck of land or dry plain almost entirely surround.
ed with salt water: IFS climate is salubriOus /; its
sea-breeze and sea bathing delightful; it's drinking
water good, and its fine chaybeate spring strongly
impregnated with sulphur, will make it a pleasant
watering place.
day of sale, all will have an equal chance to
get the best lots and to suit themselves.
1t will be the first instance of an entire new
city on the Atlantic coast being brought into
market at once and capitalists may never have
again such opportunity for good investments,
tor great city and will be built al this place.
]. M. MOREHEAD,
President of Shepperds Point Land Co.
September I, 1857. llw