Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-01-22

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4 forty seight thousand seven hundred and
foFtyIeight dollars and thirty mine cents.
| Asnficient amounts available to place it
inR situation 10 be eminently useful to the
State. The high literary attachments and
pnblemished integrity Of the President
and Professors chosen to conduct the col.
lege, will soon place it on permanent ba-
SIS. The charter makes the Governor Of
the State ex officio President Of the Board
Of Trustees. | was present at the meet.
| ing of the Board on the 9th Of October
last, and aided in the selection Of the pre-.
sent faculty. Il affords me, great pleasure
to be'able to inform you that a large ma.
jority Of the trustees are decidedly op.
posed to placing the institution under Sec
tartan influence and all Of them are re-
solved to diffuse the benefits of the insti.
tuition, as far as practicable, to every por.
lion Of the State. The circular herewith
transmitted, wilishow that it is the deter.
mination Of the Board to educate, annual
~, five students, at the expense of the in
stitution, and to give tuition to fifty.six
others. The plan adopted will secure
equal advantages to every county in the
State. Suitable measures will, no doubt,
be taken to protect the students from in.
suit; and we may fondly hope that some
of them may, hereafter, fill the most exal.
ted stations in the commonwealth. Learn.
ing, talents and integrity are the only
passports to Office in free governments.
Two vacancies exist, in the. Board of
Trustees, which it viii be your dutyto fill
one Of them was occasioned. by the de.
cease Of Colonel Joseph Sessions, who
was long resident, and filled many high
offices, both I'm 'er the Territorial and
State Governments-he was most wor.
thy and estimable citizen, and aided as
member of the Convention in framing the
/ Constitution of the State in 1917. Most
of the sagcs Of that convention have been
gathered to their fathers, and left the des-
TIMES Of the country in the hands of those
who were then strangers in The soil.
They left US the rich legacy Of free go.
vernment, and it is our solemn duty to
duty to transmit its blessings to posterity.
| Oakland College. endowed by private
u'NHlASSH~O9 - =" . tANSlSSAO~S SSANA'
ton.
i Male and female academies are in sue
cessful operation in Sharon, Columbus,
Holly Springs, Port Gibson, and several
other places-they are crowded with
scholars, and afford the means Of acqur-
ing good education as cheapIy as in any
other State. Mississippi College, located
at Clinton, in healthy region and central
situation, accessible to a wealthy portion
of the State, was once in a fourishing
condition. II has received some aid from
| the State, but Of late has not prospered.
1 recommend all those colleges and acade.
mics to the fostering care Of the Legisla-
ture. Money expended in the great
cause of education is never lost. Learn
| ing aids and sustains the possessor, when
fortune and friends forsake him.
| A geological survey of the State is wor-
thy of your consideration. Our mineral
resources are unknown, but it is believed
that a.gIeat abundance of iron ore can be
found. A demand now exists for rock TO
construct our il.roads and but little can
be had with convenience. Investigation
would bring to light various rocks and mi
nerals, which could be turned 10 profta-
Bile account. "A Typographical survey is
also desirable. Means may be discover.
ed to reclaim several millions of acres of
rich alluvial land now subject to annual
, Inundation. By the construction of Lee
wees, opening and Strengthening the vari-
Gus Bayous, and clearing off the timber
and exposing the whole surface Of the low
lands to the action Of The sun, a great
portion of our swamp lands may be rem
dered susceptible Of cultivation. 4
The eighth section of the seventh arti-
Gle of the Constitution provides, that " no
money from the Treasury shall be .appro-
priated to objects ofinterna Improvement
unless bin, for that purpose, be approved
by -two.thirds of both branches of the
Legislature. Ii is to be. lamented that
such an anti-republican provision should
have been Incorporated in our fundamen.
iaI Law. 1t denies to the majority their
most sacred rights and puts it in the poweI
of the fen to retard the improvement o.
the country. I respectfully recommend
that you propose to the people q change
Of that odiOus section. siF
/, The whole state is intersected with
large rivers, containing no rapids, and i
is only, necessary TO cut helogs from then
beds, and the pendant trees on their banks
to make them nayigable, for a great Por.
ton Of the year, By stesn boats, and the
whole year BY keel boats: navigation
could Be had IN every portion Of the State
r and no one would have to haul his pro
duets far, in order to neutrality-suspicious.
to Tie best markets, and. procure his nc
cessary supplies. Aibale of cotton car
: llbe freighted aithousand miles, on steam
. boat, as cheap Is Il can be carried thirty
: Ilniles on a rail road. Five hundred thou
! Island dollars judiciously expended u clesg
J. ling out the various rivers and creeks NTH
/. State, would Be Of more real benefit to th1'
/. people thanthe construction Of all the Fal
+ roads now ia progress Of completion
= Those who are 50 fortunate as to Be situatel
& near good navigation ought not to deny q
s means necessary FOR the acquifenlent Q
\ equal dvanta ges to other portions Of t.
I, State. Railroads are Qf great conye
nionce and always benefit the cities :
tbeir Termination, bat all xpelience prove
n tbaf thew never Can como n competltio
Y With steam orkee boats d tie ttansPol
& tstion ST bulky of heavy articles. z 8
The Rail loads now IN plo reEs s