The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-02-24

The Fag q she Union thus sams p lhe

Tho bin granting The right 81 wa 10 the
Oh rleston and Memphis railroad has produced
heated II not angry diecueei MIN be house, IA
" ich Mr. Null, Mr. Hindman. ex.Govsrnor
Matthews and Of Is participated Mr.. Lewis,
of Tishomingo, also delivered speech, which
will be found In this paper. He il ii fay Of
the lie Grange route 10 the exclusion Of Holly
Springs. He gives bis asohs for this prefer
ence; but Il Is L ely equally cogent ones can
be adduced ID favor Of Marshall. The interest
Of North Mississippi would seem TO demand
that Legislative action Be had on this absorbing
topic during the present session, SO that the
company may understand ecisely the extent
OF their privileges within our borders. The bill
has at length passed the house in favor Of the
lie Grange route, nnder certain restrictions,
which are embraced ID He lth section, which
was offered BY Ex-Governor Matthews. as fol,
lows
"Be Il furaserepaetad That the ieht Of way
granted BY this act. shall not vest In the Charles
ton aud Memphis n. r. CO., until said company
shall have ratified and confirmed In legal and
binding manner, an Agreements made on the
goth day of January. 1854, by d. B. Tanner,
| Arch bald Wright. W. D. Bib, Thos. Null
and w. G. THOMPSON, on behalf Of said COM
pany, with the Miss. Cen. R. r. Co., and that
the act Of the Legislature Of March 10Th. 1852,
requiring the Governor Of the State to furnish
the iron upon allroads that may be bui when
10 miles Of snch road may be completed, shall
not apply to said Charl ston and Memphis R.
g., and provided that the stockholders Of the
Charleston and Memphis r. r., residing n the
county Of Tippah shall Be released from the
pawn Mt Of their stock If they make applica-
tlon for such release within four months after
the pass &c Of this act, and the amount 80 re-
Leased shall be deducted from the amount which
said company proposed in til above named
agreement to subscribe stock in plank road n
said county
The agreement referred to in the foregoing
section requires the company to subscribe one
hundred and TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars to the
Mississippi Central Railroad The same con-
ditions were appended to the bill on motion of
Hr. West, of Holmes. when it was under con-
sideration in the Senate; but at that time It was
not agreedt. Whether the house amendment
will be acquiesced in BY the senate remains tc
be seen.
Among the projects OF granting State aid to
railroad improvement which occupy the atten-
/ ton Of he legislature, in addition to the New
Orleans. Jackson, aud Great Northern Railroad
and the Mississippi Central road, q seaeme has
been started 70 build up : great eeapoat on the
southern coast bY means Of railroad from
u Eastern Mississippi. The enterprzeif pfac-
ticabIe would be ! most magnificent one for
the harbor Of Ship Island possesses greater
depth OF water and is more easy Of access than
any other on the southern coast. BY means Of
such road it's thought h "a reat commercial
empor um would be speedily built up on our
owl beautiful andE alnbious sea shore, and ST
ford unequalled facilities for direct trade with
all parts Of the world. N itIler Mobile nor
| New Orleans possess the natural ad antages
for easy Communication with the ocean which
| lie dormant on the southern border of Mississ-
| ippi. Manufacturing establishments might be
erected on the sea shore, where our great sta
pie would bee inverted into fabrics and shipped
to all parts of the world. These are but few
o the advantages which would ia the opinion
LOT the friends Of fhe road. be realized from its
construction; whilst its opponents consider that
she whole project is utopian from the fact that
the Mobile and Ohio road on the est. and the
New Orleans. Jackson, and Great Northern
road on the west, would effectualy tap the
trade Of great portion Of the State, and rem
de- the Ship Island railroad project, and the
building up q commercial and manufa turing
city en- the cast, splendid failure. 1t is graft
i fying, however, 10 observe the deep interest
which the present legislature take in deyising
plans for developing the resources Of the State
which, unfortunately for her advancement,
have been suffered SO long to remain unim-
proved. "A new impetus seems to have been
/ given to those Enterprises for internal improve
ment, which It is hoped shall be persevered il
until the splendid donation made BY Congress
of the swamp and overdowed lands in The Mis-
sissippi bottom shall be permanently reclaimed
| by the leYee 81 ITEM, which is n being pesse-
veringly prosecuted to completion, and render
the river counties equal to the gardens Of SOUTH
ern Louisiana. When these rich and exhaust
less lands sha have been effectually reclaimed,
they can be made 10 produce greater amount
of our great stapl thanall the cotton growing
regions of country IN the world beside. In
view of these facts, and the heavy responsible
ties tina deyolve upon each and every member
of the present legsI turc, it's to be hoped. AMI
indeed il is expected by { e people, that they
Wills themselves earnestly 10 work and devise
such practical schemes for the Development Of
our inert resources, as will at once remove the
stigma resting upon the State, that she is
blessed 81 nature but cured By man.. II is
not 10 be donhf but that Che legislature will
come up 70 cqniTements 81 the people.
Mr.. Rhodes, ol Jackson county, already
taken Tue initiative III the house, and on his
motion L vas ordered that the committee AZ
internal improvements be Instructed 20 enqnif8
into tho expediency Of aHordine State aid, 81
di ect tax d Otherwise, to such railroad enter
prisea as are calculated TO develope the resours
ces 81 the Safe Th senate bill granting The
right of " y 70 the ST. L0his, Helena. and New
q lean Railroad, which was Il ported back BY
Mr.. Ack T, from the internal improf ent
lcommittee, was, on motion OF Mr.. West, read
| the third time and passed. r Is con nap ed
by this road to pnile Lake Soperio ith he
Enlf.
approp inting portion 8 Lhe money Ii ths
/ % s. Treasury which have heretofore been re-
fused 81 the State The Constitutional 6e