The Yazoo City Whig., 1846-01-16

piven 20 this State iof works ol tntefnel km'
nroyemeni by tIe General Government has
been located 81 Commissioners appointed
log that purpose, as has also The Chickasaw
School laIids, amounting 10 100000 acres.
have prOcured d map 81 these lands % be
made Al Inc Office of the United States Sur.
veyoT General.
Whether The State should grant pre- emp. /
lions Is the settlers on the Eve hundred thou
sand acres 81 her lands, ID q question on
which defer % the superior judgment Of
the Legislature; aud whilst do not Fecom>
mend Il, shall not feel Al all atliberlS 20
withhold nv assent, il the Legislature, on
matule consideration, deem il right, especi.
laily IL q proper estimate is placed on the
value of land, and care is taken 20 exact
prompt and rigid payments from pFeegnp-
tors. Should the Legislature,
CONTRARY to what think Is the policy Of the
State, determine Ia hurry these lands into
market, recommend that they be classed,
Into frst, second, third and fourth classes,
and offered al puliic sale on due notice, ct
minimum Of eight dollars per acre, cash,
OF else that the whole be oifeIed al d minis
mum Of eight dollars the acre, and the price
graduated to seven dollars the FIRST year
thereafter, 10 six the second, and SO on, down
10 one dollar and quarter per acre.
LEvEE ON rHE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
The projected leVee Of the east bank Of
the Mississippi river commencing at the
Tennessee line an terminating at the mouth
of the Yazoo is a work 10 which invite
your attention. The question OF its practi.
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report Of the Typographical Engineer, subs
mitted to the Legislature in 1914. He esti.
mated the cost at SIS, ,e53 a.. This will be
found, apprehend, too small sum; but if
the cost should be twice OF even three that
amount, the sum would then, not be com
: mensurate with the value and importance Of
: the Improvement.
lido not feel impelled BY any present press
j ing necessity, Is urge you to commence this
levee Immediately, and especially if il isto
: be done at any great sacrifice; but is should
be leading and paramount object with the
i State, to have It completed at no distant day,
: and the legislation Of the country in regard
10 its public lands should be shaped towards
4 that end. Should the Legislature deem il
n advisable to commence this and other works
!. of improvement within any short time, sd-
i wise the purchase Of slaves for that purpose.
!. am satisfied that IL planters can cultivate
4 their lands to greater profit with slave, than
i with free labor, the Stale can, with equal
) advantage prosecute her improvements with
= the same class Of laboT.-She must, how;
3 ever, TO do this, employ ovcIseers who are
n accustomed to manage slaves, and introduce
8 the same economy which prevails on vel
j Regulated plantations.
Ii EDUCATION.
q. The interesting subject of education ha
re engrossed large interest in the public min,
s for some years past. II must be gratifyin,
nj to the patriot aud philanlhrOpist to Witnee
the unanimity with which it has been es
poused; and if the Legislature responds, a
10 Elt doubtless will, to the prevailing pabli
sentiment, tho imperative command Of th
10 constitution, that "schools and the mean
Of education shall forever be eaconraeed i
)3 this State, Awill no longer be pn seded.-
= knowledge" in the languageoi The Con
s. stltntlon, "belng necessary 10 good govern
is ment, the preservation of liberty and th
IN happiness of mankind" no arguments nee
be resorted 10, 10 convince the Representa-
tives Of free people. that il is their duty I
n encourage its general diffusion
n After devotlng as much time as coul
III spare to the subject Of schools, cOnsIsteT
II. with other official duties. feel prepared i
irs spirit of the utmost confidence as to il
lat success, TO make the following recommer
%. dation.-The State oaght to assume III
Cd $4,000 lost 10 the Planters Bank an
he place it on the same footing with the Sl03
ng 257 now in the Treasury The fund woul
Of then amount il round numbers TO two huu
to dred and fifty thousand dollars. Two hnr
ID. dred thousand dollars Of this should be RI
Ia tanned as permanent fund, and the residu
to appropriated to the erection of college huil,
", ings at Oxford. as heretofore suggested.
he The permanent fund should be kept in Il
q Treasury, aud an annual interest Of eigl
ey par cent. paid on il. This Interest ZIG, ,OO
se dollars) should be set apart in the TTeasul
be al the beginning Of every year aud kept 8;
4 cred and inViolable for the purposes herea
Ne ter TO be named; and here let me remark ii,
~ the vexalion and expense which has attens
of ed iFsl collection Of this fund, and II
of heavy and ruinous losses which ii has sil
be tanned ia the lands from which ii has bee
81 slowly wTung, should admonish The Legisl
g tufe ID take charge Of It and keep it secui
s.. 10 future. OF the sixteen thousand dnlla
ln- Interest,", / recommend that eight thousan
We dollars be appropriated 10 the annual purpl
20 aes Of the College, There should Be the
en established ten academies or high schnolsi
lot az many different points N the State, Is |
lat designated 81 the Legislature, having refe
n. ence 10 geographical divisions. To each
lat these there should Be an annual payment
he eight hundred dollars ont Of the femainiF
lal eight thousand Noihing is elearer 20 a
All mind than that the College win not succee
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