The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-11-29
RAILROAD EROM PAN0LA TO
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

prise-manilested1 here- to-Mhat l-have
seenin any portion ofthe South. saw
. countries there, $50 interviewer with ca
nails. railroads and turnpkes,. as TO
! form. almost a complete network while
here, with soils equally fertile. and
| productive resources greatly supe-
| rior, do not see even common pas
sibfe roads / saw. there m en-, most Of
3, whom were men of moderate means,
men who had TO labor with their own
hands for their daily support, engage
with aIacrity and enthusiasm, in any
work of public Improvement that pro-
missed advantage to the sections Of
country in which they ed,-whiIst
here, see men of enlightened minds,
and large resources, carelessly and in
erlly look upon the glorious plans of
Improvement that their couatrv reveals
! to them at almost every step. This is
something cannot account for. Sure
ly men here have asefar- seeing and as
keen an eye TO their interest as they
have. in the Nor;h-they hive more
capital proportiohae. TO their popula-
ton-ihey have -less taxqtion-:Efeir
industrial pursuits are more richly re
conpensed-their labor is equally as
cheap; how then is it their senses are
enshrouded IN such lethargic slumbers.
whilst their ,neighbors.- Of the North
are SO active, so vigilant, so energetic.
! must content IN yself with the fact,
it is for others to account tor IT.
| am in hopes Tint the late Convex
ton at Memphis, will be the era OF new
and better timesus to this 10 the South
animated by the Of the master minds OF
the age-responded 10 by universal
popular sentiment, it cannot but promise
to my mind at least, rich resuts.- -
II will at any rate put the men of the
South in the proper way Of thinlsing,
and whilst they are IN this way, have
thought IL the most suitable tnne 10
bring before their minds, especially
the citizens q. Pamela and the adjacent
counties, the subject Of a. Raj; way
from this point to Delta, on the Mssis
sippi river.
I The Board Of Police Of ibis. County
| at one of its last sessions, granted
road from this point 10 the county line
where it would meet a road already
cut out from Delta tothatsline. am
Informed by the jury Of review. and
other gentlemen who have Travelled ey
cry foot Of the rout, that the whole Of
that road from Pamela to Delta is above.
high water mark, except 'Bobes Bayo'
and lew narrow sloughs. Il is as
near a level as land can be, and COW
cred with no underground save cane.--
The distance from the town OF Pano-
la to Delta, by this route, is estimated
to be from thirty three to forty miles
Pamela is the seat of as rich a county
of land as any in Norlh Mississippi,
and-is destined to become one of the
greatest cotton growing counties in
| the state.
y 1t has the advantage Of navigaDle
river, [the TalIahatchie;1 but that adj
vantage is nearly counterbalanced by
the fact, that low water generally pre-
vents its navigation until Some time in
January; and it seldom continues long
er than May,-so the Pamela planter is
cut off from the benefits of the early
and late markets for his staple, which
are usually the best.
Contiguous counties have not even
the advantage of this poor and expen
sive mode of transportation, they are
compelled to convey their cotton to
Memphis in Wagons, at the distance in
some instances of more than one hun
dred miles.
These with many other circumstan-
ces point out, not only the practicability,
but the good policy Of railway COM
munlcation between the points suggest
ed. Probably no space of ground Of
its distance, can be found in our country,
more suited to such a work as this, and
! presenting fewer obstacles. The route
needs little or no grading, and very
light clearing and grubbing. The ex-
pensc of shperstructnre would be small,
for timber could be bad for nothing
! It would be attended with no assessment
Of damages to land proprietors for the
land is wild, and moreover belongs TO
the General and State Governments.