The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-03-23
Letter FROM Nashville.

hsve, THIS morning, concluded to try
my hand and see If I could write any.
thing, although ! am satisfied that what
is written by your humble correspond
ent will not be very interesting or edi-
flying Be that as it may, however,
there are a few things Of Which l wish
to speak, and, perhaps, some Of your
readers may find a little of interest in
them. Yet, hope that if they prove
Of no interest, and are not worth q
place in your excellent paper, that you
will have charity enough to forgive my
presumption and throw them into
your waste basket, where they will
never sec the light Of day.
IN ~MEMoRIAM.
I see from your issue of this week
that one of your oldest and most res.
pected citizens is no more. l allude TO
Mr.. William Buchanan, who has gone
to his final account full of years and
honor. He lived past the allotted age
of nan, loved and respected by all
who knew him. But he is gone, as
must all of us and let US "writc his
errors in sand, but his virtues engrave
on the tablets of enduring memory"
that We may learn to initiate all his
good decds, and follow him in the path
of honor and rcctitudc. RequicScat IN
pace.
But / wish to say s few words Of
Winchester and her
PRESENT AND FUTURE RAILROAD
connections. Once upon a time, not
more than a thousand years ago, the
good citizens Of Winchester stood 81
lcntly by and allowed "a certain gen
tleman," who owned q good deal OF
real estate in the county of Franklin,
to swindle them in the location Of the
N. q G. Railroad, and then he sold out
and moved off, taking all his kith and
kin with him,-and then again she al.
lowed herself to be most cgregiously
bamfoox!cd in the location Of the VIM
chester & Alabama road. Now, what
l propose to say is this; That The
building of the Cincinnati Southern is
almost a certainty, Notwithstanding
the opposition it meets in Kentucky
and Nashville; and although it now
"drags fire. in Congressional circles,
it will surely become Il fixed fact, and
before many short years have passed,
the snort of the iron horse will be
heard owe r the Cumberland Mountain
and through S~equatchie Valley, under
Walden's Ridge to Chattanooga. But
what has all this got to do with Win
chester? you ask. Well, let us see.
Winchester must not sleep indolently
while all this is going on, for if she
does, she will find out to her sorrow
that she has lost by it. She must 60
to work and build connection from
as zeal a point on the Winchester d
Alabama road as she can, say from
the bridge yer the Boiling Fork, via
the crossing of the Nashville & Chatta-
nooga road at its intersection with the
old Hillsboro dirt road, thence to Hills
boro, thence to Morrison on the M. e.
Mem. Railroad, thence to McMinnville
and Sparta to a point Of intersection
with the Cincinnati Southern, ten or
twelve miles above the last named
place. With this connection she will
be in direct communication with the
cities of Lexington and Cincinnati.
Nor is this all. There is another con,
nec:ion she must make. That is with
Huntsville and Memphis If this is
done you will be in the very center Of
n of the most important railroad
lines in thcSouth. Can this be done ?
I answer, unhesitatingly, yes. Tell
me that a people that a bring into
their pockets, in clear cash, every
year, from enc article Of produce
alone, $4,000, cannot build sixty-dve
or seventy miles of railroad!
NO CONNECTION AT DEcHERD.
Winchester must not allow the rail
road connection of which I speak to be
made at Decherd. If she does she will
find herself thrown over the ''bluf'
into the Boiling Fork" of ruin, as
sure as the sun shines,
Let your citizens just look at this
thing in the right light. Let them 60
to work, quietly, earnestly, and secure
the aid of Memphis, Lexington, and
Cincinnati.
Well, one more thought and l am
done. As soon as the Memphis, VIM
chester and Cincinnati Through Line
is completed to the n. & c. Railroad
from your town, then by laying a few
hundred yards Of track, you cal, JOIN
with the N. & C. road, and place your
in Immediate connection with