Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-10-27
CITY OF MOREHEAD:!

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n the eleventh Qlth) day Of NOVEMBER next at the
" city Of Morehead will be sold at public auction, the
lots OF said city.
This is the ne city laid of by the "Sheppard's Point Land
Company at the terminus of the Atlantic and North Car.
ulina Railroad, at Beaufort harbor, N. C., Immediately at
the Atlantic ocean.
The various reports of tho u. s. coast survey establish
the great cxccllencics OF this harbor for facility OF EN-.
trance, depth Of water, and security from wind or wave,
whilst Fort Macon completely commands the entrance.
The interior communications by water and land must
make this a great commercial city. The vast productions
OF the fertile valleys OF the Roanoke, Tar, and Neuse
rivers, and the commerce OF those great inland seas-thc
albemarle. Currituck. CrOatan, and Pamlico Sounds, will
reach this hne harbor through Core Sound on the
North, whilst Bogue Sound will bear on its bosom the sg.
ricultural products, lumber, naval stores, and tine ship
timber of the regions lying south.
The Atlantic and North Carolina Rail Road, which will
the entire length Of the city, TO its wharf, in IL feet water,
at low tide, and connects with the great North Carolina
rail road (f which it is a continuation) at Golsboro,.
The North Carolina rail road, among the beat in the
Union, 223 miles long, Is completed to Charlotte,
where it connects. through the South Carolina and Geor.
za Rail Roads with Atlanta and the Southwest; and by It's
western extension, now In rapid progress, it is contem.
plated 10 reach the trade OF Memphis and the Mississippi
Valley By the net work of all the railways that connect NJ
Atlanta, Chattanooga, or with the East Tennessee Rail
Road.
The port of Beaufort, Chattanooga, Memphis and Sn,
Diego, on the Pacific, are sboat the same parallel Of lati-
,udr, and If that parallel be extended across the Pacific,
il will reach Shanghai, the nearest great pori on the ea,t.
cru Continent; therefore, ii the Pacific Rail Road ever be
constructed, (and that should be- done iorthwilh,D why
may not this new city become the Atlantic mart tor the
commerce of the East Indies
Two short railroads will connect the two great Coal
Fields of the Stale. lying on the North and South Of tho
North Carolina railroad, with that road; and II is conf.
IDENTITY expected that n vast coal trade will be carried on
through the new city. Ii 30. may not Beaufort become a
great cosllng port, not only tor purposes Of commerce. but
TO furnish the supplies to steamers passing so near the en-.
trance, going North and South and may not the new city
become that great ''ontre depot" between the North and
South, TO which our able md distinguished countryman.
Lieut.. Maury, refers in his unrivaled statcsmanlike paper,
On tho commerce Of the Amazon, South America, and the
Gulf OF Mexico!
The city OF Morehead Il situated on a beautiful neck Of
land, or dry plain, almost entirely surrounded with salt
water. Its climate is s%alubrious; its sea breeze and sea
bathing delightful; its drinking water good, and ito fine
c~halybeate spring strongly !mpregnated with sulphur, will
make it a pleasant watering place.
As not a single lot has been or will be sold until the day
of sale, all will have AN equal chance 10 get the best lots
and 10 sui, themselves.
1t will be the first instance OF all entire new city on the
Atlantic coast being brought into market at once; and
capitalists may never have again such an opportunity for
good investments, for q great city must and will be built
Mt this place.
J. NJ. MOREHEAD, President OF
Sept 22-ctf Shnppards Point Land Co.