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: most important link for reason which We will
proceed to explain. TIE works IN progress rom
Chpttspeoga to Mewpl1 will soon be TdpP4sd II
tk6 rhAk6 thn link %eEonnect the MisskStppS With
the harbors Of our ownState But there issanother
Advantage in this ea1peciiQA xath Chattanooga kr-
greater still w shah Aaes com2lsfe railroad oom.
tho Pas WsSs ot Is; y .'iiss :eeas it. We
shall have done nearly pns,haf Of on the sortest
tine almost straigh that can be TAKEN and in re-
gion where no severity Of winter will obstruct it.
From Memphis westward road Is in progress 10
Arkansas, and the report Of the engineers who ac-
companied Gen. Ksarny in his march from Memphis
to the shores Of the Pacific, shows that the contin-
uaton Of this road s perfectly feasible to the IVES
tern ocean. Indeed, the present writer beard from
Gen. Kearny himself that there were no difficulties
in the way he Travelled over. greater than had A.
ready been overcome on some of the roads already
constructed in the eastern part of the United States
Let the reader cast his eye on Johnson's outline
roads have been projected from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and AZ will see, o. uag ,ss.sf,s
l. That our own State furnishes the nearest point
op the Atlantic coast, ut good harbor (BeaufOrtD
and BY the nearest approach to straight line ',
Q. That the road is nearly haLf built when the
connection ia complete between Beaufort and the
western boundary Of Arkansas.
3. Thas il we connect ourselves promptly with
Chattanooga we shall be 10 advance of oil other
roads to the Pacific from our eastern shores
With his usual sagacity, the writer of the above
saw that this Road if ever built must be Of ncacu-
liable benefit to North Carolina.
Leaving out Of view the great advantage to our
ports to be gained by direct communication with
the Pacific the Road would offer to the Northern
part OF Georgia direct route to the North than
any other, besides giving them shorter route to an
ocean port at which to ship their produce. The
copper ore from the Ducktown Mines, Of which large
quantities are yearly shipped, would seek an outlet
over this road, instead of being wagoned to market
rs it Is now.
Ifthere is a country on earth which needs . Rail.
road il is the section through which the Western
Turnpike passes. Rich in minerals, rich is not suf-
fcently expressive Of the lavish superfuty and un
stntcd abundance with which every variety of min
erals are scattered-not scattered bot spread-over
the counties Of Cherokee, Macon and jackson, and
We suppose extending into Haywood, but Of that
county we have not heard much. 1t has been
but few weeks since = gentlemar from Cherokee
ID. F. Ramsour, Esq-showed US specimens of
gold, silver and lead ore. all very rich, but the for
mer to such . degree that With our penknife We
picked of scales Of gold. Besides these minerals the
finest Of building stone il to be found through the
whole route, and marble of the finest quality on
Valley River and tllereabouts. 'ss
The agricultural productions Of this section Of
no despicable character either. As rocky and billy
it is-in the magnations of our eastern brethren
we venture the assertion not only OF that out OF
the whole country west Of the Blue Ridge, that it is
the garden spot Of North Carolina. Everything ncc
essary for mans existence or his comfort can be
here raised. In fact we believe that every produc-
ton Of the State except tobacco and cotton Is
cultivated in this section. The one glad can
not be the other could be but for our short sum-
mers. -rs w
The question arises will this Railroad ever be
built Eventually it must be, fer it is of those
schemes which show themselves rs evidently neces-
sary and which the interests Of our State and the
wants Of the people demand. The first move to be
made is for survey, and if private enterprise can
not raise sufficient ready funds to do that then
must apply to the Legislature for aid. Not only
apply, but demand it right which belongs to the
West and should be hers.-Asheuille Spectator.