Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-12-26
MISSISSIPPI CITY

1.-THE location of this great future sea
DID of Mississippi, and OF the southwest
large, is so commanding that it will
Ter be u matter of surprise that it was
10 sooner appropriated to the uses for
8hich it was designed by the muniticent
and of nature. Neither New Orleans,
MobiIe, Pensacola, nor Charleston can hold
pmpelition to the vast natural advan-
&ges of Mississippi City as a seaport Of
ne first magnitude. The harbor survey
Yrs pronounce the capacity and safety Of
lhe anchorage to equal, if not surpass that
"a any other harbor in the United States.
Its freedom from eithor ice or rock-bound
protection from winds by the
southwestern neck of main land and Cat,
Ship, and other island--its noble passes
hetween Cat Island and the main land with
Ia feet of water, and between Cat and
sship Islands with 80 feet of water, and
With 40 to As feet Of water inside--i's
0od mud bottom--all combine to render
1t b safe and magnificent road-stead, where
LIDS Of the largest class can ride, shell
.6fed and safe, within a mile of the shore.
Indeed those excellent Judges OF naval po-
lions, the British, anchored their feet in
MS harbor, during the invasion Of New
Utleans in the late war. The only posi-
BIZ approach of storms from the south
Sast is guarded by chain ofislands. The
water in the ofing gradually shadows
rom the Gulf to the island passes, where
hero is from 81 to 43 feet to come in with.
The site presents bold, firm, and dry
frdnt from Pass Christian to the Bay Of
BilDxi. There are no marshes nor low
Nfbnnds in the rear; and it is far enough
foftloved from the Pearl river swamps 90
HE west, and those of Pascagoua on the
III, to be entirely free from musquetoes
1nd miasms from those sources. Instead
&c being under the necessity of relreating
Som this site to find healthiul summer
HHSidence, the reverse would be the case.
Ibis coast is now the Arcadia of the south
ikest, the refuge Of the interior and of the
Nelta from summer and autumnal fevors.
|Whe luxurious and inexhaustible oystsr
keds, the almost endless variety Of fish IN
I6e sea, and the abundance of wild fowl on
1e shore, would astoniSh while it delight
the COMMAND, and almost awaken life
h appetite within ''the ribs of DEATH"
Ne water gushes up in exhaustless pro
sHSl Jon through the strata Of sand and
Rvel, as pure as the rock springs OF the
Nnntains.
The entire shore is belted with fine
&ges Of pine towering in majestic pride,
IM of live oak--of which there are .arge
eryes owned by the United States, as
future supplies for her navy yards;
on such spot, and with such re-
srces at hand, it is really wonderful that
khe United States have not before this To-
ed navy yard here, both for the facil-
R|4s afforded to ship-buildng, and the CON
KIBnlty of the position to those seas that
most require the supervision of our naval
force to prevent piracy and outrage.
\. Thls brief description, founded on un-
doubted authority, gives but faint idea
nf the natural advantages of the site of the
fnkurc emporium of the southwest. 1t
ways holds good that wherever nature
hab furnished inexhaustible agricultural
6Nources, she has also provided an outlet
Nk the superabundance Of such natural
hlth, Mississippi City is destined to be
oulet of the wealth of that proud State +;
Is to be the sea-beaten rock on which
eagle Of Mississippi shall whet his
Ie ms, and from which he shall dart his
b eye over the waters Of the dark blue
the home Of tho storm--but also the
hway of national glory and individual
<h.--Free Trader.