The Panola Miss. lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1846-1846, 1846-04-25

marks, submit that the bull III It's
present amended form should become
the law Of the. slate of Mississippi, and
90 into effect as soon as possible
The advantages to he derived from
the improvement Of the water courses
contemplated IN this bill. by the coun-
ties bordering on those streams, are al
most iucalcuab!e in a pecuniary POINT
Of view. These streams in their pre-
sent condition are navigable only about
four months in the year on an average,
and by proper application Of the amount
set apart for iheir Improvement by the
provisions of This DILL, it cannot be
doubted that they could be made. nayi-
gable near eight months instead of four,
and at time too when the necessities
Of the country most needed The in
creased. facilities Of getting the staple
products Of the country to market, for
the purpose Of Tealising Il sufficient
!
Gus liabilities that annually occur at The
close of each year. That portion Of
/ the state labouring under. these disad-
vantages (and it embraces almost one
hall of the s:ate) are compelled 10 wait
for the winter floods TO get their. pro-
| duets 10 market, which seldom occur
/ until after christmas, and are freqrent-
| ly compelled TO raise money to NEE:
their demands, upon drafts and bills at
ruinous rates Of discount, or else throw
themselves upon the mercy of some
heartIess Shyloclz, or ava-icious note
shaver, vino is standing ever ready to
take advantage of the necessities OF his
more unfortunate nefghbor; and the
annual loss sustained in this way by
that most meritous class Of the com
muniy, the honest yeomanry, Is even
greater than the amount he looses by
/, exzor bitant freigh; which ne is com
PEELED to pay to &c; his products to mar
ket. The agricultural interests o
our country have Teen cnly over
= looked and wofully neglected by
the law making department of Oh
government. By referance to Gu
statute books it Will be seen that thou
sands Of dollars are annually appropri
aied by our legislature for different OF
j. ects, but n all these appropriations
that class of our citizens from whor
much the largest portion Of The rever
ne is derived, is entirely lost sight Of
is il not time then that they should arts
in their majesty and demand as rigf
that we should mete out 10 them th;
Justice to which they are entitled, an
r which they have. so long and qaetI
=, submitted to be withheld from ther
-, Every consideration Of proPriety d
nands that something should be doI
p" speedily for this long neglected inie
est. And, as one of that class, | won
= now press their claims before this no
~ orab.e, who fcndly cherising the ho
Is they will not meet with cold repulse,
be driven away empty 10 be called I
alta more convenient season.
III Amount Of cotton shipped out of t
I'd: TaIahache river annually, from :;
on following counties:
he Lafayette county, (supposed) obOls 5000 bo
| Ponoia county lu'ooo ID
ne Marshall county, Supposed about 22,000
on bales-about half of which would go
IL down TaHahatchie, if the river was
cn in,nroved--sav 1000 ba
IN T3artpt 90 county. supposed 5000 BIZ
Tinnah. Desoto and Yalobusha would
re- probably send out of this river, toge-
Nv her 5,000-40,
ion Forty thousand bales Of cotton uF
lat which the freight to New Orleans Wo
is. be reduced at least so cents per bs
lis if the necessary Improvements w
in made in the navigation of this riv
ach which would make an annual saving
10 at least twenty thousand dollars on
uz- cotton shipped cut ofthis stream, an
for consider this a very small estimate,
nds perhaps too low by half. These IL
tate are equally true and applicable IN
to gard TO the other streams mentioned
,ed, this bill, and perhaps one of Them
ton ries out more than double the amo
But estimated for TalIahatchie river. h
gu taken no account of the return trel
ould in this estimate, which IS also Y
that considerable item, and equally aiet
re- by it. lis it not an object then wor
n so of our deliberate consideration to az
ever a measure which will operate as
his rect saving to the citizens ofou stat
The more than one hundred thousand
ure, lars annually.l And shall we ac
Mt of anonymously as TO Withhold from
artl- own citizens their just rights, IN