North Carolina Newspapers

'rOTVET:iVXlIS Q. ATLANTIC, TEXXESSKK AND OHIO A Bill v.as introduced bofore the Legislature of North Carolina, during tlio sessioi of 1';"'J, .'or the purpose of chartering the Atlantic, Tennessee ninl Ohio lail Roati company. This road was designed to extend from tho Contra! lt;iil Hoad in North Carolina to the State line, upon the Wa tauga Ilivvr, in the direction of Jouesborough, Tennessee; and was inten ded to connect loth with Charlotte and Salisbury. Heyotid the limits of North Car ilina, companies hud been already chartered in other States, to provide fo the exte ision of this Hoad to tho Ohio Kiver. Iu our State, though a i aked charter without any appropriation was all that, was asked, it wa3 refised, and the bill was defeated. I propose to show that the rc- LiY,i'-li r,a.rjn!Mjiirhartf r was unjust end u ')",' nessce and Ohio ti - - ' ' "i j ai jinties tli rough which it would pass would trade over it to Charleston, .. C. i-"Sl would not trade over the Central Riil Road tj the seaports of North Uu !"ina j and tliat thus the prosperity of the seaoorts of North Carolina wou.Al be retarded, and tho fulls upon 'lie Ccntn I Kail RroaJ would be ditnim fed, so as to render it less profitable tj tho State. I hope t3 show that it is not true, that the construction of the Atlantic, Tennessee aud Ohio tail Itoad would retard the vjosperity of the seaports of North Carolina, o.- render the Central Kail i.otd less profitable to the state. Hut suppose it to be true, aud true for the reason alleged, that the counties through wh'eh it would pass would trade ov,T it to Charleston, and would not trade over the Central Rail Road. Then," would it be just to those counties to refuse them the charter for this reason ! The Ka-t and Centre, in urging this argument upou those counties, are in effect saying to th 'in : , j " It is p ain that the Ceutral Hail Head, which opens to us the natural chaunel of our trade, and connects us with our owu adjacent seaports, is intended I r our csjjcial benefit. Aid it is equally plain to us that it is I not intended for your especial benefit ; lor though the Central Rail Road ! would coni.ect SalisL try and Charlotte with our owu seaports, yet we are 1 forced by our present argument to admit that, if the Atlantic, Tennessee j and Ohio Rail Itoad were made, you would trade over that, to Charleston, ' and would not trade over the Ceutral Rail Road, liut, though we wanteil j the Centra. Hail Road for our especial benefit, we were unable, or uuwill- ' ing. to ber the burr n of constructing more than one-third of it ; and we asked the State to b- ar the burden of constructing the oilier two thirds. j " With becoming Mate pride and patriotism, you generally su-taiucd us ; j and coti-etited that, iu addition to the other large sums expended in the j Kast and Centre for .nternal improvements, the State should incur a debt of two million o:' dollars, in aid of the Central Rail Road, for the payment ' of which you were to be taxed equally with us. Fur this we owe you a ! debt of gratitude, redeemable, not in empty thanks and idle declamation, j but in Mai? bonds, issued to aid in toe construction of a Rail Road. " Hut, tiough this is true, yet if we aid you in the construction of the Atlantic, 'iciiiH-see and Ohio Rail Road ; nay. if we even allow you, un aided by us, to make it yourselves, you will trade over it to Charleston. i ou wouio, innce'i, o tnai tor your o 'i tu nent. nut w n it ot that . i u : would cease to trade over the Ceutral Rail Road ; and thus it would be- i c mi" less profitable to tho J:atc. It is true that, a tax payers, you bear, I c anally with us, your full share of the burden of this Central Rail Road, I intended for our especial bci.elit. Hut we want more of you. We wish i . rt in,,;t,,ii. which, we are Mrccu uy urn to fie. riil you ii om - ----- . . , argument to admit, i- your natural marKc. ; ami vo s,.co , - - , the Centra Rail Road, to your d.sudvautage, as we .,. efb admit, .. or der th,t, ut your cxrcn.se, it, toils may be increased, and the pro-penty of 0'ir sea; oris proin'ted. ,f,i. l,r ' Thus U will no-, only, as tax-payers, boar your full share of the bur- , ,e of the Cent at 1: ul Road, wbuh we admit, by our argument to b e ( 1 intei b d f.,rour c-peeiul benefit ; but you vvnl, a- oil payer, l . , lli ve us as el, as wi can make you, of our part of .he bun ,r . . this arran emeit wc will secure to ourselves the big end of the profit, while vou fill have to carry the heavy end ol the bur. en. , " This V ho obviou to our intelligence, and so tempting to our c .pidity ; f, altho d. we o . yuu a debt of gratitude reJceiua.de in a Rail Road, . v - ; wo, Id not only refuse to aid you in the construction of the ,.a. ! tic Tennessee and Ohio Kail Road, if you had the temeniy t, a-k t bu , w .'.il de- v you eve,, a naked Charter for it. We wnl not even kt you , ,uild ourlinRoa. with your own money. We will force you to trade , .... i.: 1 over the v. uira na. Such is the argument, in a different dress, but in substance unchanged. If. iu it.new dress, iu injustice seem somewhat more glanng, it is no more gross. , ... ,- liui'how cat. it be true, as urged it. M argument against the At.antic, Temiuessee and Ohio Rail Road, that its construction would tern, to u.vert the trade o-' those counties through which it would pass, from the Seaboard r v ..... r ,t,e Citv of Charleston ? Charlotte and Salisbury arc already b mea is of the Charlotte- and Columbia Rail Road and the Cen tral Rail lLad, in co.n.exiou with Charleston as well as with our own sea-bo-.rd Tl e people of the counties through which the Atlantic Tennessee and Ohio 1 ail Road w ould pass, already trade to Charlotte and Salisbury with -.vhkU it proposes to connect them. Arrived at those points, they hnd own seuBoJa connexi m by Rail Hoad with Charleston, as well as w.tti our the find u to their r,:s,ed of the entire liberty of trading with ether. If the'v ma; do so. If on the other W the Hcaboard of North Carolina, to Chariest, u, tin y , y do o. The Atlatiticvl to their interest to trade would neatly ci,..bie t ,.en. to arrive at Salisbury and lira'!.01"0 U 1"Ji", er facility ; but those places would be made no nearer to, or more1 &r"at connected 'vith Charleston, and no further from our seaboard tbun they are now. It is clear, then, that the construction of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Hail Hoad would not tend to divert the trade -A the counties through which it would pa's, from the seaboard of North Carolina to the City of Charleston ; but Cat its effect, on the contrary, would be merely to facili tate th trade of tho- a counties to the towns of Salisbury and Charlotte, where they already find themselves in connection by Rail Road both with our own scfboar-J and with Charleston , connection which have been ef fected thro igh the previous Legislation of our own State, the oue with Charleston, first. It is assu nod, as a fundamental principle, in this argument against the Atlantic, Tennessee a d Ohio Hail Road, that it is injurious to North Car olina to col iet inter r portions of the State by Hail Hoad with seaports in adjacent Stat is, to as to facilitate the trade between them. Is this principle tr;te T If so, North Carolina owes a heavy debt of gratitude to the opponeits of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Hail Road, for fxpo-ing an error wl.-ch h;is hitherto affected much of her Legislation on the subject of Hail Roads. She l as heretofore chartered the North and South Carolina H. Hoad, the And yet when it was proposed by the Charter of tho Charleston, Blue Hidge and Chattanooga Rail Hoad, to open n more direct channel for the rich tide of this commerce, by the Jliwassce Hiver and Rabun (jap route, , North Carolina was blind etiouedi, in the estimation of tho opponent of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Rail Hoad, to grant the Charter. And when ; it was proposed, by the Tennessee River Rail Road, to open for thi com merce a channel further Hast, and still more direct j North Carolina still grants a Charter. And when the friends of this commerce come still fur ther Kast and ask permission to stretch the Louisville, Cincinnati and ' Charleston Rail Road, by the French Hroad route, across a Mill larger por tion of our State ; even this does not open tho eyes of North Carolina J aud the Charter is granted. It is only when, by the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Rail Road, this vast and growing commerce at length seeks a transit across tho whole width of our State by a route which is by nature the most favorable for the construction of a rail road, is tbo iuo.-.t direct be tween Charleston mid the Ohio River, and ut the same time connects most admirably with our own system of rail roadk, and our own seaboards ; that the scales of error at length fall from our ey wise enough, guided by these sago couiisello - - .'J l I'll in (ill il. LUll l r i ( - , some of the many author ami promoters of these various Charters should si contend that the error was not iu granting them, but in refusiin' to irra mi. tumiii ui mu -iu.ioi.ii-, jeiniesee ami vino Hall lliuiu. A itiiout carrj ing further the language of irony, it is surely manifest froi the examples cited, that .North Carolina had not, before the refusal to Cliiirj ler the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Rail Road, acted upon the policy j ....I., 1.:; .... 1.... -': ... i" . i- .i i , . . i ("""""""S oisiei iMici iioiii exiennin iiieir rail ro.ul connection in to aud across her territory. Has any such prohibitory policy beta ted in the other Slates ? H cofi and without a lnr-'e city, a seacoast, or a lake coast, yet already Liu a number of parallel rail roads across her territory. . "S '! "3 5 ??? ? E" -J . '"S. 5- 5 f 3 . 5 to n S3 s. W i - u -j ji s J ; it. nic tunc vutilliuia ios I, - I and our own seaboards ; that 'Ji t - .. r yes, and we sudileuly become j5 3 r 7, f u, l! 'i j? S 5 rs to refuse the CJiarter.'i Jf V-hL? H ; H '' k 'i 'j '- '-i h ? Zi '2. . a, ... jkrt fks-m-' - - ;se various Charters should slij j M s' ?. .hem but in ri.fii.tti. tn rt..l 't ic '" '.. s- I- i adoj :av . an In the State of New York, a rail road and canal extend from Lake Kri to Albany, commanding the immense commerce of f'ie lakes. Albany i no nearer to the city of New York, th ,i to th'. rival city of Host,,),, i"t , aojoniing .-siate oi .uassaehusitts. the Mate of New York mi ,l.t i, prohibited to l!o,ton a coniicction nt Albany with her g: -at Wetcr'! ami ran roan, ami a participation in the vast commerce which pours overt i i i. .. -i i i.- .. . i .. ' i in in . i iu sue av.iu oer.seir oi tins power ot prohibition T liy no means jmii on me contrary, she muted Ho, ton, thr.iiiirh the breadth of a iiiLdiH county cast of the Hudson, t.j unite herself with Albany, her interior, and the West. A neck of th.. territory of IVini-ylvauia ex'tcmls to lake Kric. New York could not connect herself by rail loal with tho west without crossing this neck. Does IVuiisylvania, under this stioii; lemptalioii. a dopt the prohibitory policy ! No. Rut, on the contrary, she permits New VVk to extei.d her rail road into the we-!, along the shore of Luke Kric across the breadth of a single county .M.i.s-achu-elts is w. bbed by rail roads running from this seaports of vlj ining Slu!.-. The liltle state of Cotineeticut lias six rail roads, a navigable river, and a i-aual, all ru'inin.r from her own s a hoard aero-s the whoi widlh of her t'-rritory from Soutii to North. Yet sn, permits two rail roils rum. ing In tieei," R,,, ton a, New York seaport., in mijoii.hig St ite, t icro -the entire length of her territory from Kast to U'e-t, one along le r coa-t, and one through the cen tre of the Slate. New Hampshire h,i- e one et-l Ron .mouth with Mon treal by rail road; and yet permits Main" and Mi.s.mc!iu-U, through opposite corners of her territory, to aeeoinp!i-h thu s inn- eonm ctjon. (ieor Via, after a gigantic struggle to reach the Ohio ,i, t. North We-t, yet opens the way across n single county on the North Ka-t corner of lier ter ritory, that Charleston may stretch a pariill. I and nval road through the R.ihun Cip to the Ohio and the North West And ic would be easy i multiply example of the same spirit of mul.iiil comity r xi-ting throughout the I nioii. And the mutual prosperity uhieti has invariably H owed from the exercise of this enlightened liberality, proves th.it the Mate which are actuated by it are as wise u lin y are gem ious. et there have sprung up in North Carolina n race of smtill politician who .-find up with their eye -hut in all this blaie of light, and exclaim,' that, if we connect our railroad with the s,.;ip irt of Virginia and South fo'th'iue life t'tood'bl m-r ,hy--f-th7 ,rntr .r . - r .1... u. ,.f in. , i, la ami South Carolina; and so forth. but sure- Liieui into in' i -i' -j . - to t- y CJ Ti T - I I Tf 't t - t i it T 7 z : f si,' lid Ua this table, the slali-ties of tile lis l.g.Wr business, three important source, ol the pi ,,f ulii. l. l.e uould sultia-s all of the Mute !tl coinnari-!, are oluiiti d, not being nee li'ina is here compared Willi Mate-', - .cruuuijt, ami the uutm s, 0' theV arc ma gniiiceiil. ly the people of North Carolina have mtellieeiic ioul'ii to oi-uHgni-M -e. li.'ht chat! from wheat ; aud to ki.ow that the benefit- of commerce are mu tual It reii'iires but little pro -ress in mechanical phio-o,.l, v, to know- that action is accompanied will, r.-aciion ; and it lie.-d. but iiltle knowledge ot the laws of political omy, to comprehend that the comm. rce between States is bciiefici.il to each. It mieht be well, loo, for the advocate of this gam? of shutfast, to re mcmb. Tthat it is a game that two can play at. lie does riot deserve the name of North Caronaii, who doe, not hop- that wc, too, will build up cities 0 our coast, and extend their commerce, and their rail ro . 1 connec tion over the I'nion. Hut how will Heauf.-rt and Wilmington reach the .- ..!. u'.,, ,.,! .1,.. S.antli iVi-.l. without cros-ing the territory of irgmia ,1'imi " i. Mic. . the one hand, and ol Ninth t aroliua on me inner . acy of a I man v I" r North t ar ilina who fall into an error on waste of time to combat th" fa to be found iu North Carolina i! looey -a oiis w le It would i!iurd, il there advocate it. em a re Lot Tle rc arc il-o mr.ny persons in ,..,.l!r fallac ous. tl be levin' that liwoiuu nt ui-.i-i uus :v u...... ..... road in North Carolina, for the reason that tie re would not be bu-ui.-s them enough to -u-tain them, an " tnai. iu. ir couip-uu on ,., ds already made or in progn -s. .n.i some may cue J . ... i . .i - ti i ir.... to the Atlantic, 1 eiiltc-s. e ami Hiio uau ujan noin gest accoum it. the pi Van Winkle shin.' soiif have not yet the condition, have been made exalted opinion diatipear ; aleigh and Columbia R. Road, the Louisville, Cincinnati ami Charleston R ad, the Tennessee River R. Hoad, the. Charleston, Hluc Ridge and Chiilta n, ' R. Ho ld, CVc; a:i designed to connect interior portions of the State w ith lesion. And she has with equal facility granted Charters for H. Roads l xtcndcd across her northern boundary to the seaports of Virginia. Ids Legislation is erroneous, then truly North (.'aroliua has adhered eTtJ ndly to the error of her ways ; until at length the opponents of the Atiaiil ',.nnPhK,.(. au,i ((hi,, Kai oad have enlightened her councils. this Legislation is erroneous for the reason alleged, there would C'.'cin to y 3H1iar ,.rror 0f equal magnitude involved iu much of the same Legislatii. () ,ti(, ,,rriJt, uf permitting rail roads to be extended from t"'! ,s,'!'I,''rt f adjoining State, across our territory, to the interiur of oth er ..tutes. apparent, for example, that Charleston ih endeavoring to extend lier roa j C0nll(!Cljo,s to the Ohio, and to secure a portion of the vast con n. of tlju lnil Wl.ht j;ut h0 I11U(!b 0f co,Iim,.rcc M Cuds its r I the .'utiibirland (Jap, (he great gate way of the Liirnhcrlaiie -,J'1..lllH) itl or,)tr U) ri.atl, Chsrleston hy rail road, is now forced for want o. .j rond throi . North (-aroliai tu make at. awkaid !.en I tow. ;w fu, Mq down tLtf yal ley of tho Last iea. 4D(J widt doniaio of Georgia. than live than the intet.. n.eree of this section of coifi1- II pull unprofitable th ill., riiif.o-ilion fears Of this nature. Rot to such persons we a-k leave respectfully to sng . .i.... .l,i. r.,.rl...,,s be bind t he times; til. V are lior rio-ien n ) m uiei , tu... j -v ,.v , . I lie nrn Ti s ill tlio .1 "'. .s orill a I ou li a a s riu 1 1 o-o ii.v. .. ...u , r in the -I, , ' of ; and it may I c thai these p. I. .!.... ll il... iln.ii.v i'.llii. me of that stun. If so, It lj bi-h time that tm y should awake. I Not.!. ar.,!i...aii int. faith look around .I.e.,., and ob-crve the gigantic s, roles of rail road ri.tr j ;.. tl.- Cited Slates. f.,r the last few veals And then let them coi ...... .i... r..i;.;,.., tu,,! statistic, and r urce of North Carolina, wij 1 ... i . .1 - ..I it... .i.i'li.nv a here 1 l.flse stl 1.1 and st'iii-ncs, ano resoui . I-I,, i... - - - i i;... urn ihev : earn to enurtiiiii a m' ., i ii V...I. Ti...;-. .I..I.1 t. niU be ..in ill lie 'SOOU Olll .sorill . laic. in- it ..-j..... -t.... e. . ... ... .-ii . 1 . l.,.,.j i.nMi .r.. i : niel lliev l.l learn to ueiu i.- -u mil. ... ..... -. . - . , .1 ...I .. n.nl ileiolel l.lltriotlslll Ol HIT sous m il 1.1 .' .... .. Carolina'a future of glorious prosperity. To encourage them iu the eth, we will invite their attention to 'he consideration of a few far ts ami ligii illustrative of the ability of North Carolina to construct and maiiilaii ecneral system of rail roads. ,1-oa-t of New Kiiglaiid, south of rortlniul, .Maine, is ol less ex m- ' .. .i ii i- 'ci... :.......- ... .... ii'iitii'.. lt.-i-i t.rn. ortn caronua. i nc iii-c. .". is.., - , .. North Carolina. 'J'he principal part ot the c Coins,, , i,.,,, Tl... eoniiiiereo with other seaports upon the coast, to hurt . , .w .,inl,., from the oppo ot the Allanlic, leiuies-ec alio iitiio llai' - ;. i i. owed by the vicinity of lio-ton, is tapped and drained, indeed, it iuii bp thought altogether sucked (Fry, by the system of rail roads raiuifyijifo every part of it from the great commercial emporium of the adjacil ito of New Vork. Vet upou this portion of I lie coa-t of New Knglaiiiie, besides canals and navigable streams, und in addition to all rail i. r- mini at the great city ol boston, there are more than twenty-five uti'r mini, fiverv county ill .'lassaehusctls ami I oiiuccticut can show f. its borders, portions of two, three, four, or more railroa The American coast of Lake Kiie is much less extensive than ot .Virtu t aroliua. I t tticir is a ran roan along mis coa t, iimiirm roads and four canal-, with their various ramification'', miming his mere lake coa-t into the interior. J Yet it bus been less' than thirty years since the first mile of 'ond was laid in the I'uited States; and the-e va-t sy-lems of rail roaf un paralleled rapid development- of which i the wonder and glory l)ige, were commenced when rail roads were in their infancy and thefe e.-s an experiment ; and when the population, wealth and resources of j.te over which they extend, were no greater, in proportion to ti.e't of their territory, than are tl.e population, wealth and rosourcesiirth Carolina. These facts illustrate the creative power of rail roads; and lint, instead of weakening each other, they build up, strengthen aitain each other. And they prove to a reflecting North Carolinian tll.too, require and can sustain a eystcin of rail roads which will extei.ifiii.i ticatioti into every portion of the Statp, and send into her r. j ex tremities the life-giving How of eoinmeci.il prosperity. If the p. the North and West, could do all this, commencing poorer than wc fcl in the infancy of rail roads ; why should North Carolina sit upon Ol of do nothing, ringing her hands iu despair? J W'o will now compare Some of the leading: statistics of Norlina, under the census of I sviii, with those of the adjoining States of Hfiro lina, Georgia and Tennessee, which are webbing themselves witifcads running iuto every portion of their territory. We will ndd Illini iir ly equal to North Carolina in population and area, ami no rajjvel oping a magnificent system of rail roads. We will also add Mis-tiieh Las lately commenccU a goutral system of rail roads; and il'mf. f the turpi -mine and ..I ii. I.- of Noi l b Carolina, it'll n hie h she ha il, le to the lih r. An 1 North Cliona is here compared with Mate, some ot wlneli Have aire .toy au- v.ii.o.l f.r i tl,.. n.iiL i.f internal imnr n emeiit ; and h.ne received, in re- tu. the increase made by th" Cleiilive power of those improvement-. el. cvy uinlerth. se di-adv ul.t ige, how do the stali-lic of North Car dina ap ar, iu compai isoii with the .-t.iti-lies of tho-e Mates . fVtli the siuiillesl territory of any ill the number. . xe. pt Smlh Carolina iip'l Tcim-sce, she i. third ill the number of inhabitant.' ; second in the nim'.cr of acres of improved l.il.d ; third ill the aggregate value of real ajd pi rsounl estate ; third ill manufactures.; Ion u.o-t, an 1 n.o-t I a I i K-rna-iiig, in the nil important interest of shipping; high above the v :,,. to tl... r.i.tiert.1 reiill: re-i.ectabb' ill every Ui n. ; an I hind. Host n, i. itg, piiless it be in the small cost ot he It r state debt. If wr Hfide her un.lev clonal r--oure is rich; ami, be.'ng abundai.tly supplied witn well li-tribut.-o alel iin x i.'" ' "J1 si"' ''''' l",'"rt' ""' b rtiiia : ', it is iiiexhau-tible, ',-( wi-4if -the J.i-hest eultivatioti. Her genial and eotuprehen l..iei.tmher urf,iee ale ?i,reaav rr-rort'n-W"rio..". -H. lie. other .Mates. pe, iron ,. -ml e,,,!. i)u ,). ,f, between her l-,!tv mouhtains.Vd' Vt s. tboird, i-tream-, larger thau the Meriiuiae. flow oi'.-r rapid- where ii--ii,. eiiies may l,..un-h. ,ml their many ti il utai ies iu th. i ' r-.-s on. r iioii-aiels ol e.ioiee en,., ,,r maiial.ict.irii i . i . . . . . . .vjMOiiiMir, on tier co i-l, is a ' arbor of the i'r-t el le t in the I in, ui south of the ( bc.-apeakc, and lio of advantages. w, liow are the-e States, with which North Carolina co,r-res iu - ,. ti.-- so favorably, progressing in ti.e con-triicli..i. of rail mad-' Tl...u-.i tl.all have ext. n-iio inintid navigation, thev an. all ill the full ear, erof artirueting a general -y.-tein of rail roads, s.,,,,1, (., .,., (,. -i Tan roau in operation in nearly every di-tnet, nnd is tiki ne construction ot perhaps a- manv more 'i i.i I ., I. . ,.( i : . ." . ' !. in -uie.iui operati.'ti, and is lll-lf, tl..'!! IllT SVsil I;, ki I,,,. , I,.,,., ti ;.. i ' . . .. . ' . . .. ,e.i-. ere e.ien nei.i.ing in jve- v.ilh iio - .tv- Which, when compli'ti'd, will extend their nimhi-nti., and the construction of which is rapidly udvaiiciiw pirit ; and, nt the la-t -i -! -u ,:,f ,,-r b-ci- li infant l.uia ha width of h. r vir .".iotive in adv a:;. li t soil Wilmington Is not only nearer t C h.rlo He than C r J it is a fact equally significant that W ilmuigtuu tiati thanCharlestouis; and is also no.rer to Uucn. jj'" f , f is. The Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad wool- open a d. t niunication between W ilmington and Cincinnati ; so d , vet, tu . tt, I t would be called an air line: or bee line rail road betwee. . those p, u i. r...i:.. ;u l,.i.i.sbiii m lions to connect (.liar estou hI, illl'l, It line itiuiii I- iiivii.li. r. .. . tlntin ... ' .. . ., . ,'... .i i t iho nnt.osers of the Atlantic, ilieiiiiinli, -urtu vi aroiina, mauivis ... -i-i -- . ,fa,i i. i K d ., I.i.a II.il l'.oad. stands in the attitude of having refused . nuk.,1. charier to a rail road stretchin- its whole length directly between VI I. t0H may'bf sued by some pe.on, that although North Carolina is able to Ltaiu I general system of rail roads yet ,t would be t cde-, o charter the Atlantic. Tennessee and Ohio Had Road, or a rat road -m Charlotte to Whitesville, be. au-e the particular sections of the btate thro i -n which I hey would pass would be unable to susla... a rail road. J be s..,i0 .iici.t of a few plain fact will bo sufficient to refute- such a supposition. There are eightj-two counties in North Carolina, the average popu a tion of which i-TKV-IMi. The counties of Columbus Robeson, Anson, Union and Mecklenburg, through which a ra.l road rW"lolW to Whitesville would pass, have an average popuiatioic..- r,m . -j Jm coui.tiesof Mecklenburg, Lincoln, Culwba, Rowan, AU'J, . Caldwell and Watauga, through which the Atlantic, I e)jncssee aud Ohio Hail Road, including a coni.ce.iou with Salisbury, wouid pass, have an av erage population of !i,2.-fl ; which, iu proportion to their area, ih more nan the general average of the State, .o,t. of those being among the smallest coiintie, i the State. And these counties will be found to compare as fa vorably with the re.-t of the State in other statistics as they do iu population. In Illinois, tint twenty-two counties through which the great Central liail Road from Galena to Cairo pas-es, have an average population of ou- It'luii appears thai the section of the State through which the Atlantic, Ten..e-see and Ohio Rail Road would puss, is super.or in population and resources. This section of the Stale, al-o, owing to the variety of its soil and climate, exhibits, at each step, varying productions and mutual de pendences. The Atlantic, Tenuc.-see. and Ohio lUil Hoad would unite tho tine regions through which it would pass, will, their natura outlets upon the coa-t; would combine harmoniously with the other rail roads of the State; would penetrate the mountains by the most available pass, an. would form the great channel f communication between our seaboard and the North West. In short, it would combine ..II the great advantages which men propo e to attain by the coii-tructioii of rail roads. lieyoiid the limits of North "(W,hn., l oth in South Carolina and in tho W..-t tl... 1iv,.li,.,i ioier.-t is manifested in the sucoess of the Atlantic, icli ., ' i i.i:. i. :i i ... i t ., I,-,- maiic tin n ntiroiuiation, to aid lie-see unit wiiio na.i i.'iini. ..un. - - , . . i . . . in constructing sainl dollar. that portion of it, in North Carolina, which lies west of the Hlue KhhJ And the very able engineer iu their employment iia . that it can be con.-tni' t,.d at a e-.-t per mile not exceeding that ol ... Kast Teii.iessec and irginia Rail Road. From the Central Hail I4 ,ditio to our own State to the foot of the Hlue Itidgo ou the Ka-t side, tlti. . v' f every where of the mo-t favolalo" el.a.aeler. The Rluu Ridge 4-if Jtrstt sents the only formidable ob-tacie il. the way upon the whole route; and, iilthoueh the' Wal.ii.ga pass has not bev n subject to the test ot all actua , survey, it will certainly compare favoib'.y with any other, and is ; SelieftJ , l.v tho-e we'.l inform,'! on the subject, to prc-eiit the most eligible rou'-, f r ly which a rail road can he Iliad.; to peiieliate the R.ue Hide Ju .Vr , , Carolina. " I have endeavored to show that the refusal of North Carolina Uarl. will,. the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Rail Road company was ui.jmI nod t JT J:" wise. The facts a Iduee 1 for that purpo-c are founded upon tbiiSBSu. . ti ..land a-certaiued ba.-isof the .n-t and the pre-t nt. II tliosc lactase vi and the inferences diawu from them somnl, they merit the '.i-4-J North Caroiitiiaus, however humble the writer may t.e. We have bei II led. ill treaiiug this subject, to el'gage lor a ihio Rail Road. Teiiii,i e has mane an appropriation, i act . ngthe portion of it which will be upon her soil, ot eight thatf p.-r mile. 'I he Kast Tei.iies-ee ami Virtima Hail Koau iff -v. n gone so far as to cau-e a reeoi.noissaiice to bo c.adJ ' ol ...efiiiug n);eneiat svmfi i.T i i j 1 1 r i . u t tiiipr t'i allii le to the aiiv.iiitages i oiiil.iued in p., r r.ii id town- ami vill i i--. .'lii.itte.l to I.,- il,.. e.s.-iug a rare coiubina- Norl h C-irolina. in " 'i"'J,i ii.iri.f.r. it will not be umntere-tiiig in conclusion more attentively lor a whiL- i!,e importance of this harbor. irlior id t..,-,llf,i'-t is rit.s. illlH r.nnn .1. In ,.- 1. . i ----- s.,...,. .i, en. 1,11,11411,. imiuer.-e in the world. It is o. , u at .,11 ...,.- i.l. red ami cl- ar. d in all weathers. It i- ftVeclually secured the largest c tlie -atue f,.r the con-truction of rail roads. oik of constructing aero- the w! four pioneer rail road.-, to carrv the has a.li twenty tit tin; -h nearly a th .'.ui! iinig .-o I I'll III I p- r.r hi-and In my e and r.aii roads. . j coiiiii v : ' 1 n I. - steins of "lis into evi Mi-souri has caught if.;- . v ;- ! mi:;: ,, comiiii in-ed the ii soil, (In , or "f the march of with till ni growing great, sister Mates, to .er. its a-t C1VIIK itloll. J I o rt (lues the i.e... . ... r I ,- .-.!' V .n '. I .. .'"... . . . ... . " i. .i ...... j. .ic wun me pio-pe,;tv ... ..i-e ran r.,.iu maKing S : .,. the the luxuliai.t veg.l al i.m of cue se,,, uwarici, vv,ei, pimed by the product- of a high cultivation or as a stately -hip, ,o, s,ng (..rvvard with full -ail--, appears to r, trogade heii p.,-ed by the more rapid motion of a ,wi;t ocean -tenner; so .Virtl c.uo.ina, iiiou.u tu ii n - it i , lorivard iu It. r stt. n-th " "("" fin me nejie i.iiiiu l.iogre-s ol u I rcceue and d winnle. V . V . . . , i . . . 1 ei .sort ii i a la. i tiii n . . r. . .rt ,.....i . r I ..." . - .... ,, . . - . ... '- .,oi... ,,, sialism,.,. ineyi.r.aye Hint, though she may be sleeping, -he is a sleeping giant. Thoii-I, under .-..I-lied at home and derided abroad, yet she is richly end.cveil by nature with the elements of prosperity ; and, by the energy and perseverance of i ,.r sons, may yet bo placed side by side with the lor. net States iu the I ,,,'.,. Who, after comparing the statistics of Noith Carolina with those of , Carolina, (icorgii,, Teiiiie-.-ec, lilmois and Mi-souri, can any lou-.-r d.-ubt that North Carolina, too, can con-iru.-t and inaiiitalli n general -v-tcm of rail road ! Nay, who can doubt that, in thi- ag.- of progress a'j ,.nt,.r. pn-e, when the suecesii of rail roails i- no longer a inatl. r of doul t and w hen tin; eo-t of their construction has heet, so'niueh r-duecd, and' so -tcH linprov. incuts have been made in their rp.T.it i.m ; an, I ,1.,. rail roads of .North Carolina would be f.-d ami strengthened ,. .,... ry li.iml, by tlieir mi rous ronneetioii with th.- t ill '.nL c 'lafoTina,' 'Ucof;tS:'TenneMec and Viigiuiii : an. I wb. ,-,i. f .,..'.t:.. . from her lack of inli.r.o.l ,i,n ; i ,i u.. . '. . , ..' , , . . I""" t v 111 eessi-y E) ( r;11 roads; who, 111 vie of all this, can liesilate believe that V.oll. I ..-..,!.'.. .. ... .. .: i -i, - , '....ii su-iaill, inn. win certainly e.ll-tlllef, a general thin the spirit and progress of the n-i, will in construction, in spite of every o; i ,,ing f,h-larc . 1 al',n- 11 f"r ?U:i, then, that a general system of rail roads cxleiel. ing inlo every part of the State, must and will be eon-tr.ie.,.,1 in North I in olina, let ns now revert to the -object ,,-,. immediately under our con siocralioii, and view the Atlantic, Tenm -see mid Ohio Kali lluad a a pa-t ol the general .y-tt-ni of rail load- in North Carolina. " Wero those who opposed the ..('.antic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad be-run- it was propo-ed to give it a terminus i.t Charlotte, aware C, it ( arlotte is nearer to Wiln.iu :tou, on our own seaboard, than to Charles ton ! cl such i- the fact. The di-tanee i ,:n,ig,t line fr,,m Charlotte to (.harleston, would, ,f ,l,.i,va in (he direction of W.I u, i ., t . .1,. extend far ...to the Atlantic occa.i. The dilb-r. nee in the di-tance by rail road would be still greater, in favor of Wilmington. l'.,r the rail ,ad connection be tween ( harlotie and Charleston i, cooked and indirect, while the connec tion between Charlotte and Wilmington would be ,ii,-ualv s(ra!..l,t and reet. iy a fortunate eonfoi tnatloii of its natural routed the Vil,m,.-t,,i, ni,d Manchester U.ilroad already csteuds ft,,i Wiliiiiiigton to Whlte-viHe in c.iiumuu couury, on the ... t r it,.. . . . . ' ' i-i, irum n ocKai e in tiroi. ol uoir ..... it Ij i . i ,.,u -j i , - ' ...... it . -. rociiLiiciv 1 1 sitasr ana itiulirioiis as to be a iilin-e of r.iitt ... .1 :. I I ' i. .-tl i 1 J,s " .i.Mv season. cmaraDt'e hree do t ol water at low tide, which in a depth s;.MlWnt i irgi'sl mcefiaiit Ineli and neioin s,,.-......-. . land locked, and at all time afford safe atu-lurage. And yet itV, i m.'.liat.'ly on the ocean that it can be entered and cleared without aSiJo and ic-cls at sea, -ailing p,, li(. great highw ay of oonimei, ", ftttre ;ir .Nwthern ami .Southern cities, p,H in sight of its wliarve- M., i .in toe Moitl, hound for Liverpool, and ves-els from the North l un3 for t.,e e-t liidas, pa-s over the sain,, route. And what is most remarkable ot ah. Jteaufort ,, so situated, with r-peet to the ocean currents and terc vail.ng vinus, ,!,;,t ves-els (Vou, H parts f ,,e Ci,,,,, vvh, ,!, r N!tl, or ..... o, i,e.,i,:.,r' i.arto.r, sailing for South America, Austral i.e., or tue .Meditcri aiiean, pass near its cut.- nee. Is the WflHlcrfu. colliblliatinti nf i.di-n.,1.. . ...'..t JK ' "..i.ii' s .iiiii.Mi the lircselit slate of the commercial u.,1.. tl... s . .. , i nt; .' I - the belief that a Lival c.,,,,,,,1, ;.,! erected at that point. Hut lucre are gie.it cvems now i-i nn connnercial world, which .ll give to the si:,,:,.!..,, oi JJuau'r0. cab uiahle importance. .'s .me r, tl,ei. great evcnls. vvlo. ii will 1,, r.,,, r,..,. 1... l ! ... . ' ....... . ...... -.in ii us i;raS in the hist ,l v ot commerce, are the establishment of a direct cott.m trade Harbor. 1 Ciesc advntlt i . no l.ls .ii ,t sil nation V !j cousit' I J vviih. easey '. can la 1 I . the, form i,., As,aAf- :.i l.eaafort f- es-ionof Y elf; may be 1 .gi. -s in the t i li .rbor in.-J ! V otS'.er city, iip- iisti alia ; r iiuiuigra iiaiotl. If ; Med iter Hcaufort -y of tin made tliu d by wise me eoniineiit of h urope, centering at lieiioa, or some o.i .nc .ueiiiterraneaii sea ; the settlement and civili.'itin f the grown, o a ecmmercial republic in Liberia j and the rush , ' 1111,1 formation of a mighty nupnv in , vailcy of the the vad on, men f tl,..-. growing empires, and of Asia and t' rancaii with the Ciied Str. t. .-, mu-t. ali pas. by the entrance .. 1 1 in t.or ; and if that l.aibor is ,.s i-,ir the heart of the great v. . Iis-i-sippi as any harb.,r upon the o.-eau ; whv uriy itnot be centre of a vast eoiiimeie, r What but energetic action, guib -..v.. , ,.s ,, ,,,..,, io give ueauiort a tuture ol unexampled prosperity' A the grandeur of thi-possible f.,,.r.. .lev clops it-elf to the n.telleetuai vi-ion, t.ie iiiiagiiiation is capiivaled in its coiil-iiipiatioii. Hut this great future, for Rei.ufo.t and fur North Carolina, can ouly be n!eom,i.ie,l by del. rinined and utiC iug effort. Our Sister States are ktrainitig every nerve, to out-trip each other iu the rare i f UrSS-. If North Carolina does not wi-l, to be di-lauced it, that glor3,s flee k1' " too .t ert her strength. If -!, il Blw0 i( r do,i,1( e0eP'gi,.. ami enter resolutely into the co,ite-t, she has t.othiui; to fear ,u ' suit. Let the watchword of her Sous then, 1 e, Action. Aeti. , Action system o rai roads v itiihly force through its April 1 I, J5t. y. W. LESOIH, Tie ARRIVAL Ol' Tin: STKAMKR AHAR1A. M-W 1 oi;k. Anril -J3. oireel route to I I. ;itl,.t i .. V... I', ri :. . .:n . ... . .. . . . ..ones. line io cnariotie, through the , counties of Rob,-,,,,, lii.-hmoi, 1 .,.. a'"i Mecklenburg, there is a direct and very favorable rout- for a rail road. It i obvious, the,,, (hat, i (;1U futuro developtnenl of the rail r,. . 1 -v ten, of North Carolina, ouu of the lir-t. and im.-i important rail roads which will be constructed will be a lail ros.il from Charlotte to Whiiesvi ic This rail road will meet the Cenlral Railroad t right angles, and wi connect the mo-t wealthy ami prosperous portion of our interior with Wil,in"ln our most flourishing seiipou. And North Carolina may well afford lofos' ' vi.o iiucresm oi it iimiijgion with an iilleetionate hand; for Wi ucserves well ot the Mate. , ilmingtun has done improvement ot Aorth Carolina than all the othe iiuoia nns srr veil (li 1 ai. ar lo-.m- .... . .. a , ........ ' s."'c 'u siiavi.v.ng Iif? 1 ,. In ' " 1-1 .V" i C,,l ,,: 'Salc ofllw ''k cudiog TLurai 4d.tl.Ml bales. Hour auvanced t. Wheat (id. Com 1 -d ;!s ions iirui, auu iiaiisaetiou r.io.icrate. Consols higher. ADDITIONAL UHSRATOH. I.,'ll",.f",,l0""5L1? UrC the particulars of the cotton market. "a-miuuiing ... j a- t piJn,i, 64 middliii" o. lion, the trade, and tieely met by holders, nnd exporters .(MIH.- Auother Livcrpio. circular quote middli.pr Orleans o !)-lli uplaii 1 M. Mock ou hand, eclusive of that oi, shipboard, Tl C ni ol which 3o.(IOtl are Ainerici. ' 1 fern C-;.i.l f... good liiialitiim idvanccd I Yuri The demand ' Speculators took 7 ,CU a !3) is. lict) I he Matiehesta'- trade was slightly improved. Ve W hid; wheat I'.'s. 3.1. The demand' for eon, i, fir improve,; ,. White -til yellow fj. Lard in mode illlllllglOII more to promote tho i;r town it. the so.... .....I in l.ror.rirtin.i in b..r n'.ial.l. .....1 ....... .t .. :. ...... ' . ' . ' .... jii.j.oi.iii,,,,, ,i wnuout, ; mo.-t libera and cuterprising city in the L'uion, any exception, the .i...i...c.i .inisi. v ii, iu -i.t yeiiow ces , ,avor ot tmyers. I'uited Slates stocks uuehan -ed, but transactions sm at Tj. il.vv hi: Maukei .r. 'Mill bales. In the Ka-t there has been no fighting either by sea or land a.,,1 l.u-ia are engaged in negotiation. The Russians have succeed opening tlie ports ot the .Japanese empire. Admiral Napier suddenly put to sea The Spanish Goveruiueut ha,s mad a rior outrage. The Pacific arrived outoo the morning of the 14th inbtaut Lard iu moderate dciuauvf- Coll-ols I Al ltil. The bales of the week in cotton! At itn ood ries Air lea, St. v i- ioveruiueut ba made ample reparation for tb Hlack Wr. S .A )