Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1840-01-25

gas taken and labor undergone b,
ne engineer in making the survey, anC
have full confidence in the accurac,
Of his report. II is now demonstrated
hat we have fine harbor on our owr
coast, and 10 due course of time an EN-
7orium, for the shipment ola large por.
ION ofthe surplus products the States
nd for the reception Of our foreign
lpplies ofmerchandizc, viii be estab-
shed within our own borders, and
inject to the control OF our own Leg
lation. And advantageous position
Or naval station and depot ofnaval
ores can be obtained near the coast.
ne great depth oftho barber, its con.
guilty TO the West India Islands and
an abundant supply Of fine timber
litable for ship building, willcommend
ne place to the favorable consideration
the General Government. The ae-
punt ofmonies expended by the en-
neer, and of the Time taken to CON-
lete the survey,.is herewith transmit |
Land an early appropriation to pay
re sum, together with the salery ofthe
nsineer, is requested.
AT the late session ofthc Legislature
act was passed and commissioners
ppoinfed 10 designated and mark
1T a public road from this place to {
ne State line on the nearest and best t
cute to Tuscaloosa. and authorized S
commissioners to employ sufficient Z
umber OF hands to cut out and improve I
nc road. At the same session . res Il
luton was paasd requesting an appro b
ration of four thousand dollars out 81
~ the tive per cent fund to be paid in p
- the State Treasury, to defray the II,
expenses Of the Improvement. The d.
oad has already been laid Of and de- III
ghated and the report of tbs commits 70
oners filed in the office Of the Secre- no
Try OF State. No part of the two per re-
cent fund has been placed at the dis re
osat Of the State by Congress, ami no ha
'ovtsion made for the payment of the 81
'oFk. There is a balance of three Oh
1ousand nine hundred and fifty eight an
oiiars and thirty cents remaining in fol
re Planters Bank to the credit of
&c three per cent fand This sur Ae
Ioold be sufficient to cut out the road is {
md bnlid the necessary bridges, and it uti
Fould be well to appropriate it to that ire
3HTPose. With good line Of stages of
= that route, Washington CITY could an,
- reached in nine days from this du,
lace. Travel through the State would ter
g greatly increased. News from the pun
iotfopolis Of the Union and the Eas, ant
2rn cities disseminated over the whole fab
ate IN halfthc time now required. In. dou
'reased facilities would be afforded to and
e Legislature to watch the conduct iior
i their agents al Washington CITY. us
nd to transmit their commands with 1t j
erhhnty and rapidly. The route ma
eastward to the State line passes gen. exc
-ally oyer a fine country but httle OBJ TIA
ructed with water courses. 4 GOOD an,
age road could be made a. small cx 500
,cnse ke
transTnit herewsth letter from the wo
resident Of tue Commercial and Rail sta
load Bank, Of Vicksburg, showing the in
otai amount already expended on the Ger
Dad, to be one million, eight hundred Gar
nd ninty t"o thousand, two hundred ted
nd sixty seven dollars, and seventy nal
oui cents. The amount paid for the latt
'ght Of way one hundred and two lar!
nousand, eight hundred and forty one in
ollars and forty eight cents. Tween inu
Y eight miles Of the road IS now fin me,
he'd. The monthly expenses of trans bic
ortatioD are five thousand five hun. inc
red dollars. acr,
The receipts vera hca
IN September $3,9l7 10 on
October S,77I 60 w
F" November l0,856 GO bori
rom the lst to the 18th Min
December 1916 50 and
- elm
S32,492 30 gran
Fourteen thousand bales ofcotton OF man
C last crop were taken to Vicksburg ty, a
the road previous to the Is of last debt
onth. Two hundred thousand dol. tenc
RS will be required to finish the road cult
llis Piace---erect the necessary cons
lre houses, and place sufficient num- mate
OF locomotives and cars upon the those
ID. The receipts on the road and the Z
me counteFof the bank. are chiefly whot
their own paper and cannot be used ducts
the road. The large mm
'ended in constructing the road has
ded greatly TO embarrass the bank,
also transmit letter OF the cash Mr.
Of the Grand Gulf Rail Road and TIL