Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-09-22
RICHMOND
CITY OF NO REHEAD!

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n n the eleventh ulth) dav oil NOVEMBER next At T.
- city OF Morehead will be sold H, public auction. /.
lots OF said city.
Thi, is the new city laid OF by the 'Sheppards Point La,
Company" hi the terminus OF The Atiantic and North c.,
DINA Railroad, At Beau.or, harbor, n. c., Immediately
the Atlantic ocean.
the great cXcei!encies OF this nsrbof for facility OF Fl:
trance. depth OF water, and security from wind Or wsr
whilst Fort Macon completely commands the entrance
The interior communications by water and land Ia
make this \ great commercial city The vast ~proiuc,Ia
OF the fertile valleys OF the Roanoke, Tar, and Hea
rivers, aud the commerce Of those great inland seas-:
albenarlc. Currituck. Crostan, and Pamliro Sounds. v
reach this line barbor through Core Sound on L
North. whilst Bogue Sound will bear on its bosom the Y
ricultursl products. lumber, naval stores, and fine e.
timber Of the regions lying south.
The Atlantic and North Carolina Rail Road. which "
be ready for use by the .rst ofJanuary next, passes throrl
the entire length OF the city, to It's wharf, in ls feet wsls
at low tide. aud connects with the great North Carol.
rail Rad (of which il Is a con.lnuatlon) AZ Golsooro.
The North Carolina rail- road, among the best In L
Union, 23 miles long, is completed to Chsrlos'
where il connects through the South Carolina and &c
Gin Rail Roads with Atlanta and the Southwest; and By
western extension, now in rapid progress, II Is contr-
plated 10 reach the trade of Memphis and the M!ssiss;;
Valley by the net work OF all the railways that connect
Atlanta, Chattanooga, or Win mo East Iennesseo HI
Road
Diego, on the Pacific, are about the same parallel Of a.
,ulr md il thst parallel be- extended across the Pac..,
IL Will reach Shanghai. the nearest great port on the .n:
crn Continent; therefore, II the Pacific Rail Road ever {
constructed, (and that should be done forthwith,O w
may not this new city become the Atlantic mart for q,
commerce Of the East indiesr
Two short railroads will connect the two great CO.
Fields of the State. lying on the North and South Of Il
North Carolina railroad, with that road; and it Is coa:
IDENTIFY expected that a vast coal trade will be carried 4,
through the new city. " 30 may not Beaufort become
great conlins port, not only for purposes of commcic e b
10 FURNISH the supplies TO steamers passing go near the =
,rsnce, going North and South aud may not the new a
become that great entire depot between the North I.
south. 10 which our able and distinguished countrylr,
Lieut.. injury, refers In his unrivalei statesman lSe psIe
on III. commerce OF the Amazon, South America, and ::
Gull OF McXicot
The city ui Morchend is situated on a beautiful meek
land. or dry plain. almost entirely surrounded with ~
water. It's climate is sa,ubrious; is sea breeze and y
batuin. delightful; its drinking water good ana its :;
chaiybcate sprinS strongly impregnatcd with sulphur, a
make il u pleasant watering place.
As not a single lot has been or will be sold until the 1,
OF sale, all win have an equal chance To set the best C
ard II suit themselves.
IL will be the first instance o! an entire new city on .
A,lanric coast being Drought into market at once; a.
capitalists may never have agnin such an opportunity.
good Investments, for u great city mu-t and will De b.
ut this place.
J. N MOREHEAD, Prcsiden. OF
Sept 2?-ctf Shrppards Point Land 20