| From the Western Democrat (Charlotte,
N.C.) |
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| February 19, 1861 |
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| Beaufort Harbor and Morehead City |
| A steamship line has been
established between N. York and Morehead City, and the first steamer,
the "Daylight," arrived at Morehead last week. A correspondent of the
Goldsboro Rough Notes notices this arrival as follows: |
| "The Steamer left New York
City at 1 o'clock, P. M., on Saturday the 9th inst. She reached Beaufort
Harbor on Tuesday evening the 12th; but in consequence of a heavy fog
did not enter the Harbor as it was her first trip, but remained outside
until Wednesday morning and at 9 o'clock A. M., was safely moored at the
dock of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad at Morehead City. Hr
cargo was discharged and goods for parties in Goldsboro were received at
that place on the 13th, at 10 A. M., making only a little over three
days from New York to Goldsboro. |
| The Steamer will run regularly
between New York and Morehead. |
| There is no doubt that the
Harbor of Beaufort is the best and most secure on our coast, and is easy
of access and that Morehead City, the terminus of the Atlantic & North
Carolina Railroad will be at some future time the great entre port for
North Carolina, and will be built up and rank as a great Commercial
city. Thousands of our citizens are in the habit of visiting it with
their families every Summer. There is nowhere a more delightful summer
resort, and in winter her waters swarm with the feathered tribe. Living
is cheap and easy -- Oysters, fish and game abundant, and her lands
susceptible of a high degree of cultivation. Vegetables of all kinds
grow there in great plenty and mature very early, and the writer of this
thinks that Market gardens there would pay better than Portsmouth and
Norfolk which two cities ship annually many thousands of dollars worth
of vegetables to the Northern cities. |
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