The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-06-04

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Plases d Note in Mi,.i,.,pp,,


Places Of Note in Missisippi. !;
: Jseascn,s ne: icSp;tal Sof Mis.issippj.i
scontdlns ahoRs 10 900 inhxbstaots, and.
issiftsstcd on RsAsi sIsiyes, about forty.
siSmiles ssse Of vicksburr. .apsi sbos.s
two iSandred miles aostl, q, New Or.
frans.G ThA Soasbesn sMiss;ssippi Rail-
road. 6om Viek>hura 10 aeridisn: Miss. :,
.aads abe New Orleans, Jackson, and
Crest ,Nof,hern Raiiroad ts. Mernp phis
and the North, cross each other nj Jack
son. ~ r-@s,- SE.,s x .SstSs. a i
! hVicksimrg Ia situatee on elevated an.
even gtonsd, ON the, easl bank of the
mississippi sbo,it sfo,ty,ix fnises west
Of 5ncksoS, and 5by the. eour.e ofr,the
FTiyer about four houdred miles. fsvJ6
New Oh 0ileans. Railroads are rsoiectei
and 'pestly vcomplere,l'to TO Shreveport, in
Ilouisiaue, on the west. and to Selma
&Ala-r on the east. The latter, roa,l
son,fern Mi-sissirpi) crosses the New
prle.ps, Jaeksou hnd -Nortbern Rail
road ri jackson, and tho 4Mobiis and
Chic. Railsoad. nj Meridian, Mississippi.
Meridian Is a. small place, i 81 miles
west ST north of M,h;la s,,,a.,S s,,,L .
Mobile and Ohio Rs;,soaJ. -. S","s !,
crossed he the Sonihn,n Ni;.s;..;n,'; 3. -, .
,yicckshurg o,o Se,in,. > I, 4. .hnn, ! 40
ini!e. essisfram V;cp,hnio and o. a..,
from .,acLsony ! = - -. o ~ - '''''
Grenada situated at the head Of
steamboat navigation on the Yalabusha
River, one Of the tributaries nt the Ya>
ZOO. and Tia mia, nor,b Lr 90, - -
jackson. ON the New O,l.,n. Ja.r.o,' ~
and Northern Railroad, - =
CanIoS ia q, ;at,
sisoh Coamy. Miss! Of sSh;ch d j. ,Ls
county seat. II is s;lnaisJ ON hs.N.ns
osieuir.,s jackson and Nc,,hern R.p,
road. about rwe,,iY. .s;re mia. nor,,,.a,,
ofNJasEsoi,. ; -. -. =. - -"
- lsr mnnd is.a vilIaee obe,,, s;,,s.n.
miles Fou,hwest' of Jackson. and abou,
eight mi,es so,uh of tho snmbe;, M.
.iscipIf Railroad. with which il s con.
nectcd by n Ixaneh road and aL,r, re
same distance from the Now q, io.ns
jackson ard NoftEefn Railroad.
-, aokqloua is a sstnsl, town in M;ssiss;nI,J
oa tho Mobile and Ohio IssiIroad I'd Sal,n,,t
ITO miles nor,h nntibwcs, ftom J,.L
son, and ahout is a Iitls nor,h of cas-,
of Grenada, ami, 600 miles bs rfe fail.
road fiou Mobile. and, az ,njIss snub
Of Corinrh. ht present .,h. ears on p,e
Mobile and Ohio it,ilroad do n,a r,n
beyopd OEotona. = ',.s'''.A'@
!; Arand Gulf is n snail Town on ,bo
east bank Of The Mi.,i>sion; River two
n.i.es below The mnn,Ircf the Ri, lsh.k
and abon, GO miles soo,,.,by.sr t,f Ja,.t.,
scn.' - :
+ Port ,C;ibson.is a d6urishjo,, ,Ssn OF,
tho Bayou pierfe, n small stream wb;cb
cutters Tho ,Mississippi al,ou, ten- n,;Ies
helow The Big Black. and is situated
about 2s miles fsorn.,he month Of. the
bayou. about 10 mile. ,scati.a.st from,
Grand a(Inif and az roiles..son,bwa., a.,
from. jackson. =. -. 4
Port Hudson |, a Town Of somo i'm.
pprtance in the parish Of East Feliciana,
La, and i. situated ON tie east bank Of
the Mississippi, f55 miles above New
Orleans. .a,l about 2bO helow Vieks.
burg. BY The course Of the river, and j,
distant sbon, 100 miles eouti, wcst Of
Jackson by hand. -
slt,.ton Rouge, IA the capiial of Louisi
ana. situated on the east bank of the
Mississippi, 25 miles. below Port Hud
sol, by tlfe course df the river. ..
~ P.arl, River rises in the northern cen.
trail par. .of Mississippi, an.l fowine In a
sotitl,eriy direction past Jackson. q dis
,ance Of 25o. miles, passes 'li,rougL Lake
Bofgne INTO the Calf Of Mexico.
.Yazoo River IA a deep, narrow. slug:
sish stream, 300 miles long fio,T the
junction If the TalIal,s, chic and YaIla,
busha (~ltieh form ny. to ils month ON
the Mississippi ,.aboat twelve miles above
yickshurg. InsnasigahIs quaii,ie. it is
said to:be unsurpassed by any ,iyer of
its size. ::.'a-.;s 3, s... : 49,. :.
%. YalaSrsha River rises . little io The
westward, Of osaluna, aud pntsuins =
westward course, unites Mt I.eBoro with
the eTaliaka,ci,te, and forms. thrs Ysyoo,
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