Columbus Democrat., 1839-08-24

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a second mode 81 improvement IS by canals.
which t .l bt Thought advisable ugoa p-aqgr eX-
aminauun beng made may. b. g~ttl'y employed 10
extend iac navigation oi our ryys above Or b.
yoDd Use point q, u8,a-l. navigation.
There are Iev g any streams, hJt what aHHFa
abundant sappet o. water ta extend the navEa-
ton by cauaHu2, W.yu Jat river becomes - shaa'y
that navigation hy the uaun. clau0J. is stopped.
II then may bc ioaad Nrgleui 90 continue lhe nav
lcatloa by a canal along lHc bottom auds ui the ry-
er drawing the waller lo supply t from hc uver
oarlaaui streams beng narrow, aud especially So
towards 'acr heads, presents crgsI advantages p-
claaaar, as head dams % throw ,hl water into
the canals vii be o, such easy construction
come now Co the consideration % an important
branch of jh.S interesting subject
De legislature having tylucgd the determination
10 extend Tine OF internal improvement, from lake
B3rEnC 10 the nolhem extremity o. the State
beg leave TO present my views as 90 the best mode
OF eiceuug ibis Interesting object | have, thuk,
satisfactorily shown, lHe ul1a Importance ui the
thorough improvement ei eur ryets My views
appear 10 lie n accurtagc with tAc views %, lhc leg
stature. Il am not mistaken they dd at the last
session pledge half a mI,ion Of dollars .yr this pur-
pose
Ny purpose tlcnis to shew, that ,he proper mode
Is, 10 make our inland rivers part o. tl. great
chain OF Improvement whenever Il can he convent
entity dom, ltm1y be- made to fern one hail Vt Ihe
cham of Improvement, contemplated Apn Lake
BorgUe 90 the uothen part of the STATE
Head uycr when cleared Of distractions lt can
not hc doubted wi, furnish good navigation, as
high up a> tie junction %. the NukauoyeaHy viii
the eastern branch ot that river Respectable Clr-
2ens Of Neshoba county say lde eastern branch IS
susceptible of ravEa',ana, FIR as Ne midway o
lhat county, BE that ss il may ID Is most certainly
capable Of good navigation 10 tie said Junction;
which j, u Lg9ka county. The valley Of either
the eastern or western branch presents an excellent
range oi country Tor rail roads or canals. Il canals
should be preferred uege Is an abundant supply OF
water.
Big Black is a 1He novgabje uyer /. cleared Of
distractions, AHho t ], narrow it is deep stream,
aud h improved viii have most valuable channel
for the products OF a number Of the best cotton
counties in the middle country Of Mississippi
have seen ii at various points as high up as Rock
Port, which is near The Mouth west corner OF Atiala
and tie south west corner Of Choc,aw county. To
thai point have no kind Of doubt it is susceptible
Of an excellent navigation # cleared OF distractions
have understood from gentlemen OF Information
that the river continues Is jepth and width Tor
some distance further into Cduc,aw county. Net
lar from Rock Port il takes a wcsterdly direction
and continues IT.
But suppose you are stopped on Ptad river at
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', Le, w - itl puln a. nn 1,u'" uo,o PT'a
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noin, ,porl Dam nhnI,, ,,.rnt,' nsI aorh, of ,he
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Tron, ,to roint. -, H., pacl tho ,;,er G,rn,.Lc.
yaI.y Iand C,r rail rn,I - tts rsn,,c of Cboct,y
eonutv or bcyond rl,c ccntre # van nl,aec I'm,
stoDabou, thr centre TEen commence an paaa
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