Holly Springs gazette., 1845-10-18
g ~ the Organiz.r-
rnr TIE COMMITTEES On

M .ds. 0y '".,;as held al D)nOvinss
t,-siH SI-,b nit for the purpose oi
# e,r1 % nc a IxPRovE the NAvIGA
H sG.as ne1I 1TaIy,batchie river, have been
II - oi'as ,,ake out fJr publica ION a
M .tfar...a. r.-ts seI forth 10 the meeting oy
u .,sr ot~S Eso inavHy labored and
Element. showing ihe gleoi au
a!Dl ,be Improvement OF th'S iis'r
usagssss ,a,be surrounding country as The
rsll oJ n yst convenient means o.
sslP ..,,on to the New Orleans market
-sl1s e'" ,,,;clrs In retIrA as the |
u!sg-a O-'.. ,s.d f,r consum ,tion. The |
.i'ry whom was assigned To ias: /
III Csanl, on these advantages, c 'uld |
con % tbe Iabored calculations |
80 Iby Mr. Dogan. unless they could .
entire IN their Tep1t, w"Icl !
1,'fP ''I.-,b forbids. The facts presen- !
MI = sg'%4 ''c5itts c55nmittes are worthy OF being |
- " % .oI reco'lecird by every person
l''I. ,bs couales adjacent TO The rlVer'
i'os .o,nori.es large aud wealthy
II eoys u country ,r H.
~ .bov ,he superior advantages Of the
LV M TaI,ahaGchIe river oVeF
Si'''. ., ans of conveying cotton to the
liy 'aJ ,.mlrke,, AMI OBJ aiming IN re-
Ns' - articles as the people in this re
Inc country may need Tor home USE
,,9o,,s planter mixing one hun,
y l'II! 80 4 aion ships it by way oil
asl 80 10 Nv Orleans. which, al the
hSu'r n,'.e of hauling 10 Memphis, VIII.
a % per bale, which would a.
'oN : - ,b. sum Of $500 00Io get II there;
a ~ents psf bale for Tece:viugand tor
VI 80 II Memphis. would amount 10 the
$50 OOani FIR freight on the same
s-.-, rh.re 10 New Orleans would cost 81
h oer bale. the regular price. which wouii
..sri 10 the sum Of 800 % morei and
'..,s ,syeraI items added together Will
-. The SUN of(Si5D COY four hundred
..Iftg dollars il would cost TO convey one
,,,Jrsd bales OF cotton to the n w Of-
ls,a, n lfk-t in thu way. AM Tor ten
NJ, i would cost t0 send TO the SINE
s,., as 90 and so on 10 prop1rtI"n as
ans crop NAV be large or sma ]. whist
rbs frrighI on the same one hundred bales
.5.,1aa shipped d Jwn the Taliahatchie
rr,r wouId cost only 81 50 per bale TO
New Orleans, making the Sl5O oOi and
rorin- and shipping the same on the ial
hb,tcbie. al Is cents per bale, would a.
nouot 10 the comparatively small sum o.
az SO. making the sum total oi shipping
n, sane hundred bales down the Ialia
bachis Of Si72 so; showing a stvIng L
,hs nl,nter who ships BY this rout, over tn
N.rohis rout, Of s!77 so; and ten tale
,bipDed this way, will cost only 81 70
,,b,biling saving over he Memphis rou
1921 -. thereby SAVING. IN ch case, q
,bs ,l,nter d cJNIDERABLY more tuau
oxr HnF il would cost him to send IN
nme amuunt of cotton by way 9f MeHiphis
IA len years the planter here VINO sh'ps u"
hundred bales Of cotton yearly by way
Memphis. would have to pay the enormon
.,m et $1,000 90; aud The small pian!eI
sh1 .hl,nrd ten bales. would pay Si5O "
Tbe.e arr facts and figures that cannot
dsnid And Is not the economy and at
yantages % The planters of Shipping do"
his river, a sufficient Inducement i'r he'
10 direct their areation towards clearln
ou, the obstacles and obstruction>f IN
nme relative gain might be shown 10 u
merchant and every other mau VINO shil
bis supplies up this river, as was exnlO'e
alone Ia the example Of coIton-a gam
uoREthan one HALF on every arIIcl' shI
ped up the la lahschie rIve1-
The Committee in the foregoing sat
menls. present them not as guess work. o
Hs accurate calcul ltons. which every IN
esuata e'aace see are tTue, anu the exp
reace OF many teach their co rectness.
- estimated by one who has been carer
observer, that there were shipped do wn I
fallahachie river last season, TWENT
FIVE THOUSAND BALTs OF cotton To N. I
leans; and the amount ol shipments IN
he more than doubled IN very short III
Ire obs.rucliuns wers cleared out,
which steamboats,, flH aud keel boats coz
navigate the river with facility ana cer!a
" al ordinary states OF water. by meaas
which freight would be greatly reduced
Puce from is present Tates. IN conScque'
Of The increase OF the number oil boats IN
Irade, and the competition among them
business. which would reduce the ab
calcUllliDns considerably. Ii woull sc
Unnecessary for US 10 urge upon every
living Contiguous to the Tallahaichle III
the great Importance Of improving ITS
IgaIIon. as that great and important unt
viking j. ini:m iIely connected With
manenI and growing property OF The wn
surrounding country. Ii = confidently
Heved, that If the present plan OF pfi
contribution succeeds as well as II
cam nencvd, and lha', too. with little
Psase, ii every person interested will
'n5u1e in proportion 10 his ability, or