American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-02-06

THE CANTON AMERICAN CITI
'zEN."-This sterling journal comes
ito US, this week, considerably en-
'hrged and improved in appearance.
I'VE congratulate our contemporary
'.0n this unmistakeable evidence O!
prosperity, aud are gratifed to see
that the COOL people of Canton and
Madison county, like those of Wa
ter Valley aud Yalobuslra, are fully
'alive to the Importance of first
'class city and county press, and
'know how to appreciate well meant
'and we'll directed Efforts to give
them a living, faithful record of
currentlocal events" an abstract
'and brief chronicle OF the times, -
'and a medium OF communicating to
the whole outside world the pecu.
liar advantages of the great com
monwealth of Mississippi, and the
9" strong points," the attractive fea
lures" attractive to emigration
'and settlements from atroad-of
their respective " bailiwicks."
n.Leng Tie 10 the Citizen, Of The
A." Beautiful town of Canton, and the
rare, fertile and salubrIons old conn
'ty OF Madison By the by, Canton,
IS, without any figure of speech,
like Goldsmith's Sweet Auburn,' -
zone of 4" the lOveiiest villages of the
plain " Aud it is not so much OF
"a "village either lit is already a
+city, and is growing and prospering
tapace, as it deserves When the
Miss Central lessees build that sex.
tension of their road from Canton
to Vicksburg, as they are bound ia
do soon, Canton will bound forward
with renewed, redoubled moment
'um, on the way to greatness and to
'glory-to wealth, population and
Ipower. We are informed that the
proposed line of this extension "
is through one of the most beautiful
sections of country in the world,-
'all the way, in the Spriug-time
through rose bcspangled Indigenous
of beauty veritable scene OF en-
'chantment; through a "campdgnd,'
nearly level, and saying to the road
builder, Come and lay down yoal
rails almost without grading
Through your whole route
q Brother Bosworthi Will you not
shelp us--or, rather, will you not let
us help you to "agitate" this Ques
ton of building a road from Canton
to Vicksburg Did you see that
ARTICLE in tho Southern Eagle some
weeks ago, III which we broke
ground" on the subject, and came
txery near !" giving a profile OF the
whole ground" too, as zoe hOugkt,
for thePeason, that we found nearly
the iA{Iole subject outlined and Ills
1cnssed i,,2 couple of letters written
by those well Known, 1!siefit - - - =
'sissipplans, Gen. A. Nj. West, o
water Valley. and Hon. Wake
Brooke, of Vicksburg"
Thank you, good Eagle, for tn,
compliments, however undeserved
hut, particularly, for those full.
merited, paid to our beautiful "cit,
of the Ce)estialsr
We regret TO say that the articI
you allude to escaped us, and W
cannot now lay our hand ON the Eo
Ole containing it.
So many railroads Ii ave been sue
gested, proposed and projected, tina
we do not give them any great AZ
tention. 1t costs money to build rail
roads, aud the proportion of thos
that are built OH terra .f,'ma to thos
thai are built on paper. is about on
to hundred. There are about Ia
number named being now built i
tho former way.
A railroad from this point to Vicks
burg would he an enterprise q
great pith and moment :" considerin
the character Of The country throur
which it would pass-until it reacle
the hills OF Warren-could be bull
at n minimum cost, and the invcs
ment of capital in the work woul
doubtless pay. tits necessary, how
ever. IN matters of this kind, thu
capitalists should form the BAT
bone and that some leading spir
or spirits. should take hold of IL
project and push it through.
We may give this subject uore a
tention hereafter. Our pet schen
ut present is a Cotton Factory
antsn, aud this we must have FIR
WI after, that a RAILROAD or som
&klsc, We must "push aloni