The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-08-13
The CompaAy hsve been fortunate b

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miles of New Orleans, it viii be the
i favorise resort fer the inhabitants of that
city in quest of health and recreation
| whose business requires them to be with
in convenient reach of their homes. Te
meet this demand, splendid hotel ha:
already been erected-the finest in the
State--srppIied with all heappurtenancei
of irst-class hostelry. 1t Is in chargs
of Mr.. Buckley, who has brought his ex
tensiye establishment up to the very
highest mark of excellence. A number
of visitors are here from New Orleans
and this is but the small beginning of the
tide that is to come hereafter. 1t is IL
contemplation to build public parks ano
adorn them with all theattractious of walks
and bowers and trees and flowers and toun
tains. But these are secondary consiGera
lions. McCemb City is to become great
manufacturing centre. 1t abounds with
all the influences auxiliary to such a con-
summation. With the instinct of a shrewC
business man, Mr.. Burgiand of Water
Valley, has just closed an agreement
here for the establishment of an extensive
factory.
| There is no region on earth better
adapted than this OF McComb City fol-
the timber required for house building
and wood manufactures. Pine, cypress,
hickory, beech, oak, elm and other tim
bers of value abound here within conve-
nient reach. Raw material for furniture,
wagons, carriages of all descriptions, ag-
ricuItural implements, slaves, hoop poles,
shingles; laths, etc., are to be had in
unlimited quantities. For the manufae-
ture of our chief staple, cotton, no place
could be more favorable The raw ma
terial and all other essentials of every
quality are at hand abundantly without
the cost of transportation.
As centre OF learning, its salubrity
I and accessibility considered, no place
could be more favorable and already
reports of the removal of Centenary Col
lege from its present remote and incon-
venlent location, to this place, are rife ;
and here if you will permit me to say to
the Trustees of Oakland College is the
place for the permanent location of that
institution
Another influence will also operate in
favor of the the region Of which McComb
City is the centre. The establishment of di-
rect communication with the great cities of
the North West will develop an impor-
tant industry in the form Of early garden
and orchard products, for which the soil
and climate are especially adapted. The
extensive markets Of Chicago and other
western cities heretofore have been sup
piled with early vegetables produced in
pense to prod Ger and consumer. North
western gardeners will not be slow to see
the advantage Of abandoning their present
location and establishing their business
here on the line of the Railroad which
will place them within SO hours travel
of the Queen City of the Lakes,
As an evidence of the effect produced
by these prospective enterprises on the
value of real estate here, your correspon-
dent will mention that he happened to
witness transaction which took place
here Il few days ago. A farmer owning
tract of land near the corporation limits
was asked what he would take for two
eighths, (160 acres.) He replied $50 an
acre. In less than five minutes the bargain
was closed at that fgure-one third cash
and the balance in equal installments of
six and twelve months. Before McComb
City was laid out-tbree years ago-and
the foregoing advantages had been fore
shadowed-the property would have
been considered high at six dollars per
acre. ON-THE-WI
i: We presume the following from the
Westville News of the 9Th, is a part of
the mischievous but no less stupid than
malicious-report referred to by the
writer = Editors
A rumor reached here this week that
three thousand negroes, armed and
equipped, had marched into Brookhaven
and took possession of the town. 1t was
said that the negroes intended dividing
themselves into three squads, one to go
up the railroad, one up Pearl river, and
the third to cross the river at Monticello
and march up through this section. We
have not heard the report contradicted,
but as they have not been seen or heard
of in this section, we are inclined to
the belief that the rumor has no founda-
ton