THE STA.NDARD

Wednesday, sept. 1S, ls4z

n The POrts1IlOuth Road. !.
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We understand that the Boston CapitaIis,. =,
purchased the Portsmouth Road, a, month o, n"' ~,
since, have sold out to another COMPANY ,nJ,' "0
the idea of improving that Road and formi.u VI"
connection betweenit and the Raleigh aDdc. q
Road, has been abandoned. These s.,. ''0n
come to US only in the form Of r'umor, and nave
fore we do no not vouch, for their correctro.s
-eo Should they, however, turn out to be t,O..,
result will: be that our communications wht NJ
tersburg alone will have to continue, and ,h., -
prospect of an extension, South from this nl'' '
will be to some extent obscured. We relied y
great degree, upon the energy and foresieb' :,
these Boston Capitalists, not only for coDns.,'
with Portsmouth and Norfolk, but for conf
ton of the line to Camden; but under hi, -
view of the case, with the Portsmouth Road ,'
out and the idea of improving and exteudD,,
abandoned, with the Raleigh and Castor Ro,i.
a constantly falling condition, and with bpt TM.
disposition among our citizens generally 10 under.
take, with their own means alone, any furtbsr i,
provements we confess we see but liule NoDo =,
present for the success Of the METROPOLITAN linz
nat there pltI De, ana at no distant day. a line
through the State, uniting the great routes Of bo
North and South, and commanding the travel of
the interior, we have no doubt and Just now w
have no hesitation in saying, fortune seems 10 sa
upon the Manchester line At any rate, while i
is but natural that we should desire 10 see our own
section prosper, and would prefer the route which
might promise TO make Raleigh a depot of lr,d.
and thoroughhre of travel, still we have strong
attachment for Wilmington, (as indeed forsIpor.
tions Of the good old State) and would encourage
its enterprizingi citizens in all laudable efforts
promote their prosperity and augment their wealth
But will line Of Rail Road to Manchester Of
ITSELF be as valuable 10 the people of Wilmington
as they suPpose2 Will they, in u word, succeed
in making that place what they desire it to be-a
great and leading market town for the State
without tapping Western Carolina by way. o
Fayetteville or Raleigh? a... .. ...,