Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-05
OUR AGRIC LTTRAL RRos-
PRCTS.


PECTs.
l; affords Us no ordinary pleas.
uye to chronicle the bright pros.
poets which Mississippi enjoys at
this time so far as her mateTiai
interests are concerned. The
portals tc prosperity have been
opened, AID wehave only to wait
for the consummatioH OF the
plans which have been managed
thus far By wise, prudentand good
men to witness for our State the
happiest end to our national
troubles The people of this
section are waking up from their
slumbers, and the spirit Of the age
in which we i've has been caught
hold OF by our most substantial
men and soon, we hope to see this
rie.. and fertile land so long desc
late from the rayages Of the war,
"bloom and blossom as the rose"
We now have every hope in re-
sponse to tue efforts made by the
live men of this city, that the
Capital viii. soon be brought to
this place thus rendering Vicks-
burg the grand and acknowledged
centre OF the entire State, as
it really is, Of its CONNER.
cial' interests. The "citizens
meetings" have been oil great
service in bringing about
the discussion Of these grave
questions, and weekly we find ouI
old and wealthy men repairing tC
their rooms to agitate these mat
ters of so great moment the ru
ture welfare of our classic city
Immigration, the thing most nee
essary to the success of the move
ment, inaugurated by our men O
progress, has not been neglected
and to-day Vicksburg has he
Immigrants Home open to ever!
man free of charge, who is il
search of home, or of labor, Il
' which there is a regular rush 0
agriculturalist, all anxious to d
: honor to the bold pioneer, VIII
is willing to become a part ant
parcel of our thriving community
Gen. Leib, of Chicago, q gentle
man warmly interested in th
settlement Of German ImmI
! grants on our rich alluvia
+. lands has just completed a tou
4 through the Eastern portion Q
the State, and returns highl
elated at the success Of his enteI
:, prise. If we may credit the ri
o mors which reach US from ever
n quarter, both from the planter
;, and landowners of our own State
: and from the great depots of in
migration of the North, We sha
It expect at an early day to see ou
Il wharves alive with the huma
. throng of sturdy men and brav
e women seeking home and en-
q ployment in this sunny Ian
. aboundiug with the most prof
=. able attractions, and possessing
q soil which only needs to be "ticl
ia led with the harrow to make
4 smile with the harvest" Add I
this important consideration I'll
10 further fact that our people mort
i east, and south of vfcksburg al
= each vieing with the other for Il
, patronage of this city for the
- support in the construction
- u railroad-eyery line Of whiC
= seems to be an indispensable n
IL cessity, which in simple terms Is
N guarantee of the construction
s. all of them and we are encou
re aged still fnrther in our hope til
ID ere long we shall rise in Il
to magesty of our power and gra
Of deur, and assume our proper p
M sition in national Importance
- making ours one OF the leadiT
VI States Of the Union in wealth.
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