Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-16

plantations Of Mrs.. Harris, Judge
C0Wan and Marley, We struck tie
dividing line between Ire counties
of Warren aud Yazoo, 1898 miles
distant from VicksbnrR.
The lands Of Warren County. as
observed along the line 81 safssy
and its immediate vicinity, ave.
generally, OF good quality. Many
OF the hills from which cotton
crops were being gathered, exhibit
ed depth and richness Of coll to |
which abundant crops of corn and
cotton fully testified. The lncnlu-
vated ridges were covered with
dense masses Of cane aad briars,
indHbitable Indications Of the fine |
quality Of the soil producing them.
The timber is In great variety, con-
sisting principally Of oak, (white, |
rcd, post, &c.,) walRut, gum, pop
lar and beech. The Big Black lands
Of Warren are highly productive,
and have the usual drainage char
acleristics which pertain to the riv.
er bottoms throughout the State.
Though not protected by levees,
the occasional floods are Of limited
duration and but a temporary hin
drance TO the working Of cr0ps.
Leaving the county Of Warren,
we pass into Yazoo, where we OBJ.
tain better road bed upon an ele-
valed table land, thus avoiding the
instability and inconveniences Of
side hill cuts. We encounter two
ridges within the plantation Of
Thomas HollOman, the turning Of
which would lengthen the line one
half mile. This Increase Of dis.
lance contrasted with the necessary
excavation Of the ridges, fixed the
location across them, as being, both
primarily and ultimately, the
cheapest.
i Thence through the plantations
Of Hollomau, Wilds, Guiun, Lee,
Walker, Meade and Hunly. At
about the upper line Of the latter
place we curve gently to the right,
and passing through the lands OF
Gibbs and Moore, cross the Big
Black river into Madison county
near Scotts ferry, It was originally
designed to effect q crossing Of the
river at q point known as the
Mounds, about one and half
miles further up. Reliable in.
formation indicates these mounds
as sustaining, with the Tivcl
and the mAin ridge, an isolated
position; and, owing to this and
! the water being at high stage, ant
having no facilities for q fecOnnois'
auce along the western bank, w
I could only observe the hills on thI
= eastern side. Almost directly oppo
. . site the mounds the hill border
y bluff on the river. Though we havI
7 not the natural help of hill cross
\ ing at Scott's ferry, yet the advan
! tage Of prolonging the line for tht
: distance OF one aud one-half mile
: is pr0blematical. q
y The entire swamp (trestle) lin
y y at Scott's ferry crossing win be on
y mile in length and Of an averNg
y height of seven feet, from whic
y the comparative cost Of this aud u
~ extended line can be readily d
=, duced. When the water shall has
;" recoded, the crossings will admit {
y y more convenient nnd reliable II
- y spectiOn. W.. =. 80
= The route on passing through th
Big Black Bottom Ii Madison
! strikes into the foot of valle
bordering the north side Of th
= Vernon road--continues throng
T. the lands OF Hartsook aud Ricardo
!. T. on a gentle grade; thence up h
y \, valley of Burnt.corn creek, leayln
- - the town Of Vernon about one Ia
~ mile to the south. Passing thrOug
the plantations Of Kerney an
~ ~ Thomas, we ascend the ridge I
y y Jiggett's, with a grade Of forty-tW
- feet, from which, with a grader
y of about twenty-five feet, we d.
~ ~ sCended into the PersimmOn bayO
~ bottom, passing about one thousan
= feet south Of the plantation quarter
" of Gen. Graves. Crossing the fiat
Of the Persimmon, we found, viii
- out DETECTING the line, an easy ou
T. = let by way OF the hollow at the foG
y, Of the northern slope of the hill o
- which are located the quarters {
y John RObinsOn's Sycamore plac
i Through this, and the fields I
a' Smith, Ludlow, Mrs, Brown, De-
son and Dinkins, with a grader
y Of thirty feet, we reached Il
~ Panther creek bottom. CTOssiI
Y ~ this in the distance Of one thousar
" feet, aud taking advantage Of
" wide hollow coming in from q
- s. east, we passed south Of the res
~ dence Of Mrs. Parsons, crossing Il
u Canton aud Beatty's Bluff roa
70 about midway between Leonard
:, and Briscoe's, and striking Bet
u creek eight hundred feet south Z
= the bridge.
y All the creeks crossed on the su
10 vey are of an inconsiderable magn
= tude. This, last mentioned,
~ greater in cross section than an
10 other. From this point, in the di
Z tance Of l.26 miles, we interseete
70 , the line Of the Mississippi Centr
l. Railroad at the city Of Canton.
n The open bottom lands of B
10 Black, in YazoO county, are simili
- to those In Warren, though muC
:. wider. The cypress brakes w
IN afford an abundance of timber 4
4. cross tie and other purposes. II
ss line in Madison passes throuQ
hi open fields, bOrdered by thi
q patches of wood. The lands, thoug
2. formerly very productive, haV
h. suffered from an exhaustive cult
IA vation. They have a gently undl
IL lating feature and admirable drail