The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-09-15
CITY OF M0REHEAD!!.
GREAT SALE OF LOTS!!

ON THE ELEVENTH uIrn9 DAY OF
November next, at the City of fIsaehead, will be
sold at public auction, the Lots of said Cay.
This is the new Cry laid off oy the .'SEepard's
foint Land CamPany, al the Terminus OF the At
!anqc and North Carolina Rail Road, al Beaufort
fiarpor, NJ, Immediately af. the Atlantic Ocean
Inc various ReEous of fbe Z. ). Coast Survey
establish the great eEcelIaces OF this Harbor, for
facility OF entraHce,d depth Of water and security
from wind or wave, 'shiIst Fort Macon completely
commands the entTRAce
The interior comRnu hications by water and land
must make this greu, CoIlmercltl City. The
vast productions o the fertile valleys of the Roam
oke, Tar and Neuse Rivers and the commerce of
those great inland seas--the AI5emarle, CurrtuCk,
Cra0tan and PamiiC0 Sounds will reach this fine
IIarbOr through Core Sound on the north, whilst
BogUe Sound'wI bear on its bosom the agrcultur-
al products lumber, naval stores and fine ship TIM
Ter OF the regions lying south.
The Az N. &. Rail Road which will be ready
for use by the FIRST of January next passes through
the entire length OF the CIry 10 It's wharf in Is feet
water al low tide, and connects with the great n.
Z. Rail Road cot which 1t Is a contInuaiion) at
G-9ldsboro'
:, The n. C. Rail Road, among the best in the
Union, 223 miles long, is completed TO Charlotte,
where y connects through the South Carolina and
Georgia Rah Roads with Atlanta and the south
wesI; and by lis western extension, now IN rapid
progress, II is contemplated TO reach The trade OF
MamphIs and the Mississippi VALLEY hy the net
work OF all the rail ways that connect at Atlanta,
Chattanooga, or with Tie ast-Tenuessee Rail
Road
ne D orr OF beaufort, chattanooga, Memphis
and 81. Diego i'll the Pacific, about the same
parallel of latitude; and If that parallel be extend
cd across the Pacific, it will reach Shanghai, the
nearest great Port on the eastern Continent -
therefore, If the Pacific Railroad ever be construct
ed (and that should be done forthwith why may not
;hls new CITY become the Atlantic mart for the
commerce O the Fast Indies /!
Two short Railroads will connect the two great
Coal Fields OF the State, lying The north and
south O: the North Carolina Railroad, with that
Dad aud II Is confidently expected that a vast
coal trade wIl be carried OH through the new city:
d 50, NAV not Beaufort become a great cOaling
ut, not only for purposes OF conmeI Ice. but to
!ugnlsh the supplies to steamers passing 50 near
the entrance going north and south and may not
tts new city become that great "entIe depot" be-
tween the north and south, 20 which our able aud
DISTINGUISHED countryman, Lieut. Maury, refers
n his unrvalcd Slaesmanhke paper on the com
merle of the Amazon, South America and the
Gulf o' Mexico
The city of Morehead is situated on a beautiful
nech oil land dry plain, almost entirely surround
I'd with salt water: its climate is splubrious its |
sea-breeze and sea-bathng delightful; its drinking
water good and It's fine chalybeate spring strongly
impre gndled with sulphur, will make it a pleasant
watching place.
4 IS not a lot has been will besold until the |
day OF sale, all will have equal chance to |
get the best lots and to suit themselves.
IL wll be the first instance of an entire new |
city on the Atlantic coast being brought into |
markc' as once and capitalists may never have |
aGals such an opportunity for good investments. |
Tor great sity must and will be built qt this place.
J VI. MOREIIEAD,
President of Shepperd's Point Land Co. |
September }, 1857. liw