Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-01-25
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crop we're taken into V.cksburg on the road
previous To the 18th Of the last month. Two
hundred thousand dollars viii be required 20 in-
ISL the road 10 10 thus pace--ercct the neces5a.
~ ware houses, and place sufficient number Of
locomotives and ears upon the road. The receipts
on The road and et the counter of the bank are
chiefly in their own paper, and cannot be used
10 finishing the road The large sum expended
in constructing the road has tended greatly to en-
bafrass tho hank.
also transmit a letter Of the cashier Of the
Grand Gulf Rail Road and Banking Company.
showing the amsunt expended in tic construction
Of the rond, and an estimate OF the probable sum
required to complete IT, Tedious law suits rel.
alive to the right cfwoy, have retarded the com.
pleiicn ofthe work.
The report Of the engineer Of the Jat kson aud
Brandon Rail Road and Bridge Company, IS sub.
mted. he total cost Of The work is estimated
at three hundred aud forty five thousand, three
hundred aud thirty four dollars, and fifteen thou.
sand dollars IS required to finish The work. A
proposition has been spoken &C TO surrender this
foai to tic State IN payment Of tho debt due
BY the Brandon Bank. am unable to say whoth.
CT Il would be IN the power OF the bank 70 relieve
the road from the membranes upon il. The
contractors have not been tully paid and jUdg
ment creditors no doubt viii endeayor to make
the road subject to the payment Of lhclr demands
The report Of the State Architect herewith
transmitted, shows that the state prison can be
mode ready for the reception Of forty or fifty
couvcts, IN four on five weeks The prison is
constructed to keep convic's IN solitary couhno.
ment during the night, and nj bard labor togelh.
er during tho day. ! am satisfied that sol tary
contincmco, during the day as well az the night
at hard Labor, would be preferable. Hardened
Williams would thus be deprived of The means of
corruptng those less stepped 10 crime than them.
selves. Il would be well to give both systems
a far trial. and therefore sugges, the propriety
OF having the other wing Of the PcnitentiaIy con
structed On the Pennsylvania plan. Ten thou.
sand dollars were appropriated SIX years ago for
tho building Of mansou for the governor otlho
State. commencement has loleIy been made
aud further appropriation will be necessary to
finish the House. Personally | have no interest
N us completion. When came into Office made
great sacrifice 10 obtain residence. and am
wiling 10 remain IN il unit the expiration of
my EN-. found i inpos ibe to rent a suitable
ouse on any terms The constitution requires
the Executive fthe State to reside at the scat of
Government. Il has been the practice Of our
sister Suites TO provide mansions for their Caicf
Magistrates. Surely the wealth and resources
Of The latc justify US IN following their exam
pie,
a Geological, Topo graphical, and Agricuur.
al survey Of the whole Siato - called for BY con
sileraloas Of public utility. Immense masses Of
coal and Iron ore arc known to exist IN several
paris oflho state. Tho low price Of cotton aud
the verygreal increase Of its production viii com
pei many Of our planters 10 turn her attention
to otaer pursuits. The manaltctare OF Iron aud
cotton cIoIhs and bagging, fabricated Out OF
cotton would no doubt be found profitable IN lhs
State, and prevent an annual drain off million and
q halfut dollars taken from Us by those to whom
We sell nothing. 1t Is now well ascortalncd That
bargng manufactured out of cotton answers an
excellent purpose, By dispensing with the use
Of hooks in rolling The bales, and keeping them
il would soon supercede the use Of
Scotch and Kentucky begging. A home marko'
would thus be afforded for our inferior, stained
and trashy cotton. To advance in the science
otagrlcul,um,and TO ascertain the hidden treasures
Of tho earth, proper measures must be adopted BY
the state authorizes, Individual enterprise can
not deyelope our latent resources for many years
A large portion OF the rich alluvial lands IN the
State arc subject 10 annual inuudaiuns. An m.
ycstgltion Of the means necessary to recom this
valuable land might BE- the means Of bringing IN.
to cultivation several millions Of acres now lying
waste. The general health Of tho people Of the
State, more especially on It's western borders,
would be greatly benefited BY draining tho neigh.
boring swamps. When our immense Mineral
resources shali be fully known. and the superior
quality Of our sol and climate appreciated cmt
grants viii pour into The country: demand viii
exist for our surplus properly, and the eouairy
be soon frctd from debt, Dung orr Tetrto
rial existence, tobacco inl GO and rice were cul'
tvated 10 some extent, and with considerable pro.
fit. The soil md climate il well adapted to tho
growth ofthosc articles, and il II worthy Of TIC
consideration Of our ugrlcultursis whether the
cultivation Of these products would MOI afford a
good profit,
The Report Of the Bank Commissioners Of the
State Of Mississippi, and copies Of my lc,tcrs tr
toe President ard Managers of the Mississippi
I ION Bank, and The President OF the Planter,
Bank, and the statements furnished Nv taen. ar,
submitted to ynar consideration. Tho act ap
proved May l2,h, 1887, proyldes for tho election
Of thne Bank commissioners byte Legislature
who sha hold the office for the tefmof two wear,
and the eighth section Of the aci expressly pro
ydes that whenever vacancy shall happen il
he office of either Of said Commas oners from
arg cause lrhaierer, i all he the du.y Of tht
a = a At. 80. r..
With to appoint from Tie same district. some suit
able person 10 I'll such vacancy The term,
OF The first Commissioners elected IN MAY, 1887
expired near three months after the adjoommeu
Of the Legislature in February 1882 The law
contains no linRa ION on It's face aud expressly re
quires that the examination Of The Banks shal
be made once ia eaeh year, The Legis,ur,
adjourned il 1929, wthoa, eicctng the success
sors to the frs, Commissioners, and when thel
terms expired. vacancies occurred, which i wa