The Pearl River banner. (Monticello, Miss.) 1837-18??, 1839-02-23
PEARL RIVER NAVIGATION.

PEARL RIVER NAVIGATION.
The steamboat Alice Maria arrived al
this place on Wednesday evening last,
viii cargo Of about 500 bales Of Cotton.
bound for New Orleans. Our eoerpri.
sing fellow citizen, Doctor z. E. P,ndle-
ton, succeeded 10 ascending Pearl River,
during The present TRIP, one hundred miles
farther tLan any steamboat bad ever been
taken al any previous time. The pres.
ence oil the Alice Maria 50 fartowards
The Northward and Eastward was hailed
With 0och enthusiasm by The inhabitants.
Col. rStone, ('hetssepresentati,e froA,
Pike, )etoge.her with his family, came as
passengers as far as his place. Judge
Jennings also (,he Wing candidate for
Secretary Of State. with bis lady, were
also passengers on The Alice Maria-aiso
ourbro,her editor Greene North. ESD,
of the Natchez Courier, formerly of that
redouttabl. print, ''she Pic" These lat
ter, together with several Others, who
have been spending the winter al Jack
son, after remaining here until Thursday
evening, proceeded on the Alice Nara
for the crescent city,
From THIS arrival, we learn that the
Legislature, after taking recess on ri
day night, adjourned sine die on Saturday,
after having passed lal acts and joint re.
solutions among which, more important
measures ave en- brsced than have ever
before been hroached within one session
of the Legislature. From all we Can
learn, very great spur has been gwen 10
Internal Improvement especially has al.
tenlion been given to the interests of
Eastern Mississippi. The narrow pref
udices which have heretofore prevented
the rirer 4 e M'rsisappi) delegations
from voting improvements 10 this part Of
the Stale are beginning to give way -
Men are becoming convinced thai what
ever tends 10 the advanc emeat and glory !
OF the whole State, cannot be an injury
to any par'culy spot within her borders
and consequently that the clearing Of
distractions in the Pearl River, the erec-
ton VI city at its month, or the prose
cuton OF Senator .4lsbury's magni6ce ut
project, as set forth in his interna! In.
provement bill, must promote rather than
retard the commercial growth Of Natcbez,
Vicksburg, Grand Cult, sc, &C.,
The project of Direct T:aae, which
contem plates the freeing Of this State
from the tax or tribune which we now pay
to Northern capitalists ~ our expor,ation
and Importation, has received a new i'm
pulse during the recent session Of the lie.
gislature. Gen. Hayne. Of South Caro-
lima, recently rade most effective
speech upon he subject al Jacksoo--and
only tended 10 cherish the feeling which |
has long been manifested, and which we
trust viii still be kept up till We shall see
our great staple shipped 90 our o~a ves-
sells, Up for European ports, from all our
own towns on the Mississippi, from viii
kinson even up 10 De Soto, aud on tide
wafer lrom Pascagoula TO The Pear. -
These, with The great chain Of rail roads, t
which will soon in'etstc, the whole State,
frcm Tishtm,pgo g Adams, and trom
Tunaca 70 Hancock, will at once declare
US independent 81 our lrsductrs aud res
cucd ron tie iangs d re- morseless money |
brokers and fraudulent commission mer-
chants.
After reading The uudeniabls truths
contained WWs'slsts speech, the na,uraII
sxe'ana,'onoi every ind,gnaa, irs.msuis:
"oh fara whip Of scorpions
To lash the aetal,ers naIsut sbroseh,l,e void.
G5- Wi'at has hesome OF the Vicls.
buty and fcr,,,.t ON. -