The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-02

osiiion 81 cot anlors end IS connected
with The trade 10 secure and pfoknots s9sH insef-
esle by aradical rcioIm IL The me ael q eopouc-
ting III expectations. These unne -saEy expenses
are the consequence 81 continuing the cotton de"
pot Of Mississippi 81 New Orleans. The Mlssis-
stppi cotton markets. kept at New Orleans, and
mississippi cottonis placed "a that cilYSfor ship
.meni abroad, instead d using our 1gn ports Tor
thin purpose. ThusWe have two shipments and s
two sets Of handling instead olene. This depot
Of Mississippi cotton ought no longer to be con-
tnued &C New Orleans, for the following reasons:
lst. The steamboat freight 10 New OrIeans fs-
about donbles on On average, what the ship freight
%. The insurance 10 New Orleans 81 a;noIe
policy, per steamboat, 10 treble what Il would be
if included in the same policy which insares The
cotton 10 Liverpool Or the northern cities
3d. All the damage % cotton occasionpd bv
steamboat transportation, (Which Is no httIe,(
would be saved bya direct shipment.
4th. The whole mass Of expensesof drayages.
storaqes, and landings Of every kind, and fire. in
snrance at New Orleans, would be also saved
/ 5th All the expense, trouble, risk and losses
in tr3nsacting this business several hundred miles
made by strangers 20 u.s. and not intended 70 pros
tect our interests, would be saved.
9th. The cost Of depressing cotton 0Tom City
cents to one dollar bale) would be saved for it
is abundantly demonstrated that good gin press
| will prepare cotton well for sea shipment
| 9TH. The COTTON business at New Orleans il,
and has heretofore been. conducted extraordinary
by system of waste, damage, recklessness, peen-
llation, fraud by the list SYSTEM" and fraud by
/ the presses, never before known or tolerated ir
the world Of commerce. This would al be saved
to the planter by direct shipment.
9th The city Of New Orleans has undertaken
to place tax upon our importations into that city,
tby law VIGOROUSLY in violation of the Cons,itu-
ton of the United States, and insulting TO Us.
} 9th. The removal, blythe planters of Mississip-
pi, of their cotton depot from New Orleans TO our
ports, would render HaiS exporting State, and
the business, wealth and improvement consequent
thereupon would hereafter be seen in our riVer
towns.
RESOLVED, That for the above reasons, we highly
approve Of the proposed convention, TO be held at
lVieks5urg on the fret Monday Of next month";
ResotUed, That there be appointed by tie Chair
delegation of twenty-five citizens of this conn-
: ty, 10 represent the same in the said convention
Resolued, Thatthe said delegation be instructed
to advocate vote for any measures the best cal
RI culated 60 bring about the establishment Of the
mississippi cotton depot and mark ct in Mississippi
= and the discontinusrce of the same at N. Orleans
: ResOlUed, That when this meeting adiouTns, i
adjourn to meetagain al this place on the seconC
Il Monday of September, to receive the report of the
J. above. named delegation.
Il was then. en- motion, resOlned that the editor
i 4of the Ynzoo Wing, Vicksburg Sentinel, and tn
1VicksbuTg Wing berequested TO publish the pro
eeedingsof this meeting in their respective papers
I'LL The Chair then appointed the following name
4 delegations in the pursuance Of the seeOaG Tesc
- Afmfi0ns