The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-10
CITY OF MOREHEAD!!!
GREAT SALE OF LOTS!!

ON THE ELEVENTH OHM DAY OF
November next, at the City OF Morehead, will be
sold public auction, the LOIS of SAID (ity.
This is the new City Land off by the 'Shepard's
Point Land Company" at the terminus 81 the At
Ian ic and \ OrIh Carolina Rail Road, at Beaufort
Harbor, N. C., Immediately at the Atlantic Ocean
The various Reports of the u. S Coast Survey
establish the great exec encIes OF this HarbOr, tor
facility of entrance, depth Of wafer and security
from wind or wave, whilst Fort Macon completely
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 Albemare, Currituck,
CraOtan and PamlcO Sounds, will reach this hne
Harbor through Core Sound on the north, whilst
Bogue Sound will bear on its bosom the agncultur-
al products, lumber, naval stores and fine ship TIM
Der of the regions lying south
The A. 81 n. c. Rail Road which will be ready
for use 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.
Z. Rail Road lot which it is cOntlnuation) at
GOldsbOro.
The N. c. Rail Road, among the best in the
Union, 223 miles long, is completed to Charlotte,
where 1t connects through the South Carolina and
Georgia Rail Roads with atlanta and the south
west; and by its western extension, now rapid
progress, It 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-Iennessee Rail
Road.
The Port of Beaufort, Chattanooga, Memphis
and ST. Diego in the Pacific, are about the same
parallel of latitude and if that parallel be extend
ed across the Pacific, it will reach Shanghai, the
nearest great Z Ort the eastern Continent =
therefore, if the Pacific Railroad be construct
ed (and that should be done forthwith why may not
this new City becrme the Atlantic mart for the
commerce of the East Indies
Two short Railroads will connect the two great
Coal Fields OF the State, lying the north and
south of the North Carolina Railroad, with that
road aud 1t confidently expected that vast
coal trade will be carried on through the new citv
II so, may not Beaufort become a great cOaling
Port, not only for purposes OF commerce. but to
furnish the supplies to steamers passing near
the entrance going north and south and may not
the new city become that great centre depot be-
tween the north and south, which our able and
distinguished cOuntryman, Lieut.. Maury, refers
In his unrrvaled SlaesmanIIke paper on the COM
merce of the Amazon, South America and the
Gulf of Mexico /?
The city of Morehead is situated on beautiful
neck Of land dry plain almost entirely surround,
ed with salt water: its climate IS salubrious its
sea-breeze ard sea bathing delightful; its drinking
water good, and its fine chalybeate spring strongly
impregmated with sulphur, will make it pleasant
watering place.
As not lot has been or will be sold until the
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
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 must and will be bmIt at this place.
J. NJ. MOREHEAD
President of SheppeId's Point Land Co.
September l, 1857. llw