Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-01

-raulaing, aliu the engineer, MAJOR Ieli4s,
is. engaged to survey and locale il and that
he has been some months atwork on the
route and that he is of opinion, for the dis
lance it presents, less difficulty than any
now known in the State, that il will be the
easiest accomplished, having In the lrst
sixty miles but one serious piece TO pass
which is Leaf River, il will then have the
bottoms of the Tai ahala river or creek
with one of its uppermost branches all
the way TO Paulding, the surface OF the
ground varying bnt little from the water
level of that stream cnconnterlng only
such difficulties as the gulies or branches
flowing in many places where they may
have to be crossed and the whole ground
to be passed has the finest pine timber to
assist in the construction, and that the dis
lance cannot exceed one hundred miles
but very little. 1t is also true that from
Paulding to Pontotocll there is rail road
chartered and from thence to Aberdeen on
the Tombigbee, and that the stock has
been subscribed for, and further, that IT IS
in contemplation to connect the town OF
commerce and the Mississippi and east
port on the Tennessee river with this
main rail road stem that passes down
through the State TO the Mississippi City
on the sea shore which altogether, might
make up the three hundred miles given by
the Free Trader TO the Mississippi City
and PauIding portion Of the grand i'm
proVement, for / has no doubt but that
the gentleman will admit to connec- be
north of the State-the west with the adj
vantages of the Mississippi and the east
with the Tennessee river and through the
center from these points give rail road
facilities 10 rich and fourishing country
as also a sea coast harbour to an extended
and isolated people, is an object grand and
worthy the attention of the State and the
people, and that at the same time not feel
any jealosies for this beautiful city Of the
blufs-for these cannot in the least inter
fere and as an evidence of which, | can
state the fact which every year occurs 10
doubt. That Wagons haul cotton from
near Westville to Mobile. This fact is
sufficient evidence of the suffering condi-
ton of the eastern and center portions of
the State and that Mobile, not Natchez,
or any of our favoured ports on the Miss
slssippi river have any cause for alarm
am confident that our western brethren
will feel pride in the efforts Of the east
and north to rid themselves of the heavy
inconvenience of taking their produce at
such heavy costs to markets out Of the
State, TO undergo the clippings of specuS
lations not 10 be spent in our own State, or
not under the control of our own laws, but
rather feel proud as the writer does in
viewing the happy efforts of the several
shipping ports Of the Mississippi, within
our own State bristling, as they arc and
are to be, with shipping bound direct with
our produce TO ultimate markets, protecting
as they will our cotton bales from the ma
nv harpes on the circutious routes we
have heretofore sent it. Citizens must
view these ports of our State as CONNER
cial Notifications, proundly overlooking
and defending an extensive interest and
people that will be respected in future,
however much they may have been abus-
! ed, and that the west will in view of the
contemplated Improvements of rail road
and shipping harbour for the east feel as
anxious q wish for the grand consumation,
as does citizeg. -.
JASPER.