Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-02-12

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huenlfal VIeksbure merchant.
which should Be read and non
over BY every redpGling man IN
Mississippi. Our State has ien
felt tie necessity 81 having llEzs-
class commercial oiiy within har
borders. She has paid sFibute long
enough to the 0nialde cities IL
New Orleans, Mobile and Men,
phis. For yeara we have advoca-
ted the building Of the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad, 50 that we
might build up 1 commercial city
at q point within our own borders,
and where our cotton could b8
shipped direct to Europe from car
own port. The completion Of the
railroad lines from Vlcksburg 10
Charleston and Savannah, gives us
an outlet through those points 10
Liverpool, which Is propably cheap
or and moro expeditions than by
way Of Ship Island, and wo there
fore urge the Importance Of ma
king VicksbuFg our cotton market
until the Gulf and ship Island road
Is built Vicksburg Is the natural
market for all this section Of the
State, and she viii receive tiff che
will only hold out Inducements
equal 10 other cities. First and
foremost, ahe must increase her
facilities for the transportation Of
frcighls to the interior, and she
must put her streets III 9 condition
to enable her drayman 10 haul
goods from the steamboat landing
to the railroad depot 40 cheaper
rates. As matters now stand, our
people are terribly annoyed az the
delay in getting freights over the
VicksbuFg and Meridian railroad.
They 60 to Xicksburg end purchase
Q barrel Of flour, q barrel Of pota-
toes, Q barrel Of applos, So, &C., and
before they can get them here she
apples and potatoes are rotten, aud
probably q number Of other artic-
10 spoiled. It generally takes
from Q week 20 ten days 10 ret
freight from Vlcksburg 20 Brandon.
and from four to six weeks 10 aat
1t through from st. Louis or Gin.
cinnati to Reandon. Merchants N
this place have had freighls lyinR
at Vicksburg for SIX weeks, and
there is no telling when they win
get them. This thing must b
remedied or Yicksburg will lose
the trade OF East Mississippi, and
we call upon the merchants generals
ly, and the committee referred 10
above particularly, TO use their in.
iinence with the directors and man.
ayers Of the road TO remedy the
evil IL the present company can.
not furnish the necessary rolling
stock 70 carry through al freight
that is offered, II ought 10 sell ont
to Q company that can. Although
freights over the road are enor-
mously high, we arc Willing 10 pay
the prices II they will forward tho
treights In reasonable time. See
10 this matter, gentlemen Of the
committee, and we Will then aid
| you alive can Ia making Vlcks.
burg the best cotton market II the
United States.
In addition to the dolays, sthere
appears to ba considerable stealing
going on. Barrels Of whisky have
a few gallons extracted, 1oxes OF
wine come up q few bottles short,
and we know Of one case whore a
| gentleman had a box Of 1000 cigars
shipped, and when Il reached here
there was not o cigar in is. N6
Freights shipped from New
Orleans, by way Of jackson, are
detained there for weeks, aud even
express frelghts from jackson are
two or three days reaching Bran.
don. We know the road Is some-
times blamed wrongfulIy, but we
are disappointed and annoyed so
often that 1t is no wonder we hear
men swear every day that they
wish the id road was Ia hall
fax Brandon Republican.