The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-27
TuF PINE DISTRICT OF MISSiS-
SIPPI.
SO. =. from Hon. - T. e. CTai-
bornc TO Sen. n. VI. West

and an IuteTHIUaDiC waste Oh SInu an
b,rrep lands. This impression is ce
tsipIv erroneous. | know Of no countr
fiat holds out more iuducements fo
c,nitaI. industry, and intelligent hu,
bqn.Iry; that combines 50 much healt
ana comfort with so many avenues to CON
petence and opulence.
THE SEA COAST.
The sea coast Of Mississippi is not 10,
and swampy, but a high, bod bluff
at its base by beach Of pur,
white sand, and supporting on its broy
\ forest Of stately pine, live-oak an,
MAGNOLIA. The soil is a light, sandy
vegetable loan, by no means unproduc
live easily cultivated, and, by propeI
Treatment, yielding for long series Of
hears. abundant crops Of vegetables ana
Euit. remarkable for their flavor. Pure
tBd cool water IS here everywhere oh.
saiaed ut a depth Of from ten to twenty
lei. The country for two or three
hills back is much the same, but then it
beg.u5 10 undullte; there is more clay
h thg -0iI the timber becomes almost
Exclusively pine, and IS Of heavier and
larger growth. Twenty miles back, the
eoantry is higher; in some localities
hit hiiIy, but with broad surfaces OF
k5Ie lands of good arabic soil, intersect-
n BY bold, clear, never-faiIing streams,
Eold.ng iine water power; and the
|reat forest Of yellow pine stretches,
IorhSari and eastward, from Pearl
6ysr 10 the Leaf and the Chickasawhay,
bl thence to the Alabama.
TINS GREAT FOREST,
drained by Pearl and Pascagoula
Fer, and their numerous tributaries,
finishing navigation and facilities for
hfting timber from the remote interior
II these streams may be seen heavy
kogth Of white oak, hickory, poplar,
sh, beech, water oak, maple, blackberry,
b., gum, dog wood, sassatras, cherry,
h.5rry, chesnut, box-eIder, white bay,
" bly, cedar, juniper, and cypress Of
Ros,ii growth. The lands are classei
HIS and second bottoms, with natural
hns and usually covered with a rich
bwth OF cane, AID grape vines. With
bpar treatment they yield from twenty
u 10 fifty bushels ofcorn, and from one
buslni to fifteen hundred pounds of
u cotton 30 the acre. Rice, potatoes,
k3r cane aud tobacco are, on such
Als. all remuuerative crops.
THE GREAT WANT
Vii country is a Rlilroad, with proper
aers, to lift this mighty forest, and
b. it, As it were, to the lap of the
aan. Fora hundred miles at a stretch,
auy poju. Of the compass, one may
Il through these ancient woods, and
n them. as they have stood for ages,
apuchel by the hand Of man. \ rail
N could be cheapiy constructed. For
IA miles or more, the country may be
eribad as an inclined plane, slopeing
tha sea the rivers and streams ali
#ing in that direction. No noun
to tunnel, 40 rocks to
hyate or blast The surface is
" and solid: the materials for con
tction at hand and the very best.
Is der the wealth coined out Of the
forests of North Carolina, with her |
lny Cape, forbidding egress from her
and the labor and capital ex
Il I'll 10 the frozen pineries Of Maine,
81 oa the still bleaker shores of the /
EhWestern lakes! Here we have Il
for enterprise far more extensive
hrgjn forest-a benign climate /
- exempt from storms
u ors with access to all the markets
e world \ Railroad would develop
great resources, and build up an
Prtant commercial entrepot on our
Attitul sea coast.
MARSH OR MEADOW LAND.
Very river, or salt water creek, de
hing into Mississippi Sound, has, on
~ both banks, margin of marsh or
he, from fifty yards to a mile deep,
owel by high tides, but usually
Enough for cattle to pasture on the
and pea vines that grow with great
Hance. sent specimens Of these
soils, for analysis, to Prof. RiddeH
Prot. Forshey, Of tha University Of
hana, and to Prof Jackson, Of
Rrj Prot HiIlgard, formerly State
Rglst, personally examined these
les. They found carbonate Of lime,
phosphorus, vegetable organic
and other elements of fertility, in
lance.
FOR FERTILIZING
narsh mud or muck may be carried
road-cas-ed, and Immediately plow
or be thrown into a compost heap,
manipulated with lime or animal !
#lngs during the winter or may be !
FL IN the barn yard or cow-pens /
Ro0Itryyards, with pine straw, or {
Rhg grass and reeds of the marsh.
e margin Of these marshes, often
Sea-shore, and at numerous points |
rivers, bayous and and creeks, {
are extensive deposits of oyster,
pa muscle shells, readily converti-
~ the best lime for agricultural
Ihen the pine straw-the leaves /
Nomps and hammocks - the sedi- l
Pom ponds and sIoughs-the debris {
numerous charcoal pits-sea-weed :
up by the waves-and the offAl 5
supply abundant means of
faIlng land and in the interior
olntry, there are valuable mari
pa limestone.
DAIRY FARMS.
n We see what leveeing, ditching
#mplng have achieved in Holland,
ems Of England, in our own coun
y III other quarters, we may ex-
me day to find these great natural
rs converted into hayfields and
rs, the home of a thrifty people. :
fonslst Of alluvium based on sand
an artificial, but exhaustless :
he grass, of several varieties,
ahk and course, but actual expert
= demonstrated that, the more it
= and moved, the more tender 7
cllent it becomes. The late Mr..
OF Grand Coquille, in the Rigo :
#PPed fifty bales of this hay to
fleans which could only be sold
4 It was so rough; but he per-
and IN two or three years brought /
up to the standard of the West :
gle. Besides. other grasses might