Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-08
visit TO Ya1OO city.

Visit 60 YaZOO city.
THE PLACE AND THE rEorLE-Ir' Du-I'
NEss AND INPoRTANcE-coTToN SEED
OIL woRKs-SEED or RIVER IMPROVE
MEYT,-LASDING NEGLEeT-BUiINEss
DEPRESSION AND REFLECTIONS, ETC.
Correspondence Of the Herald
YAzoo (IIY, Jan. y, Is.
A ride Of about seventeen hours from
Vicksburg, on the steamer lazoo,
brings you 10 this plsco, the capital OF
Yazoo county, and the mos. prominent
point on the river bearing that name.
As our people are sadly wanting IN
local history, while well informed about
that Of foreign lands, we will state The
Yazoo Is formed by the TallahatChie and
Yalobusha rivers, which unite al Le-
fore, in Carroll county. II then pur-
sues q very s~erpentine course, the gen.
eral direction Of which is south By
west, until It reaches the "great river
the Mississippi-twelve miles above
V~icksburg, which moves seward
through the deep aliuyium, with the
triumphsl march OF a conq1eror, and
scattering in the highway OF commerce,
the booty and commerce robbed from
half q continent. The Yel)o-oue Of
the "great rivers" triDuiaries-is Il
sluggish stream, traver,ing an al.uvial
plain Of extreme fertility which ism0,t-
" occupied by plantations OF cotton,
With light proportion olcorn and small
grain and country produce. Iii prob
ably not surpassed In navigable quail
ties by any river Of equal size, and,
with some Government attention,
would be navigsble ior boats Of me-
dium size throughout the year. GaloC
City lies in along elbow Of the river
on The right bank, one hundred sni tel
miles from Nick,b burg, 1t Is located II
the midst OF a rich colt0n.growing re.
glon, and barring the ridge Of Ill.,; Il
the east, has a level surface aud )a.,aTit
plain, the soil Of which Is exceedingly
fertile. Many changes have taken
place siuce we were here some fifteen
years ago, and Time, which carrie? .
wallet on bis bsck for Obvious aims
has gathered IN many ofihe ante LeiiAp
familiar faces. But some remain tina
we remembered then, aud as we grasI
heir hands, We see that the smile o
hope and young delight Is gone, though
they seem to have glided along as W.
sometimes glide through quiet stream
The town has materially improved dur
ing the past few ) ears, and there Is ~
sir OF hustle about the !eqdin!
lhoroughfares that will astonish ID
average Vicksburger. The store
are we'll filed with all dc.
scriptious OF goods, and yesler
day were full Of buyers, who fingered
until the stars crept out 10 dimiy il
Illuminate the dark highways. Most 0
the residences are modern in des gr
with liberal garden surroundings, bu
there are some old and quaint, an,
much in need Of paint and cXlerna
renovation. There are wooden an
brick sidewalks, with some talk Of ga
among q population of about 3jll
The bank here Is a solid institution
and we are told most admirably man
aged. Com. Parisol, Of the great II
Line has two large brick warehouse
at the landing, where all freight
handled, and general satisfaction givel
though some parties have bought rive
front lots, and contemplate the ere
lion Of an opposition warehous
Journalism does not seem to ilouris
in Yazoo City for some reason VI
known 10 your correspondent, and Ii
Herald Democrat ia soon TO 90 undt
the hammer. The Satartia Sentinel b.
come up for a share Of patronage, bl
how sustained, we are not advised.
good, live newspaper should louri
in this prosperous town with Its rio
surroundings, Some of the famili,
Vicksburg faces met here are S4
Hausman, S. Swllzer, Feith Bros, an
others. The branch house Of Mauri
Meyer Il Co, seem. to be doing a Ia
business, which Is largely due 10 u
Hausman, who clings 10 bis old I'm
faith IN printers ink. We hear III
our old friend Col, McCullum "
soon have the Democrat on sol
ground again. Capt. John Hartigl
Of Hartigan & Lehman, Of Vicksbnr
l. here advancing the Interests q
Hill City house.
TIE YAzoo OIL WORKS.
The cotton seed oil works Of Ma
Mann, 81 Yszoo City, are among
important business interests Of
place. Major Mann is a Northern 6
tleman, and the embodiment Of pu
nurse and progress. He first star
works on the TallahatChie, got burr
out : saved four presses, moved to Yai
CITY interested the citizens with hi
commenced the construction Of
building, which extends out TO
margin Of the river, thus enabling be
10 load and unload from the VOL