The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-02-14
THE NOXEKsl

We were over on this beautiful
little stream last week,and found the
citizens in great excitement on ac-
count of the presence of the neat
little steamer Mary Elizabeth. She
passed up on Monday to Macon, and
returned Saturday to Demopolis,
where her load was expectd to be
reshipped, that she might return as
speedily as possible. About two
thousand sacks of cotton seed and a
few bales of cotton were taken down.
The coming of this boat so affected
the railroad maguates that cottor
frei9hts were greatly reduced, thus
making saving to Macon alone of
about ten thousand dollars; other
points will make five thousand more,
which is almost enough to pay back
the small appropriation made by
Congress The engineers say this
is one of the straightest, deepest and
most beautiful streams whose waters
they have surveyed, and another ap
preparation of II few thousand dollars
will make it an almost perfect inland
natural canal. The water now Is
about ten feet in the channel, -He'
rtdian Observer.
This little stream, which is apt|y
described an finland canal is gen
orally navigabls as far up as Macon
during high water. 1t has been
much improved by judicious work
and with little more work, can be
made navigable for small craft dur,
ing an ordinary rise. Whether it car
be made navigahle during a compar
ativsly low stage of water-such Il
stage as would enable boats to go NJ
The Bigbee and the Warrior--is still
an open question.-Co t'"nb"s I"der
When Hon. H. D, Money first de-
manded that this lille stream should
have a place in the River and Hmbol
bill the proposition was even laughed
at by people in his own district, bn'
the result Of the iudicious appIica'
ion of paItry sum under the di
rectivu and supervision of the Uni
ted S ales Engineers, has put money
in the pockets of every planter living
within wagon haul of Macon by ma.
tsrially reducing cotton frelghts
We do not suppose that the entire
amount expended by the Govern
ment thus far will exceed ten thou
sand dollars, and yet we venture the
assertion that Macon merchants-ol
the consumers behind them-havt
paid into the Federal treasury fully
ten times that much since the wa,
in the way of tariff, and internaI
revenue on liquors, tobacco ETC., tc
be expended in the general expenses
of government and the improvement
of the rivers and harbors of Other
States.
The River and Harbor bill is the
only one of all the measures of APP
preparation that passes Congress, ii
which the people generally are rep
resented and interested, To every
crack and corner of the Republic the
Federal tax gatherer puts in bis ap-
pearance: He collects ninety cents
whenever a gallon of whisky is sold
eight cents on every pound Of to-
bncco; a heavy tax on each bottle OF
brandy or wine; tax upon each
pound Of salt or yard Of ribbon, and
if you are fortunate enough to live
within wagon haul of any river that
can be made navigable you get back
portion Of your tyihes whenever an
appropriation is made that adds to
transportation facilities and reduces
the freights you have to pay for get
ting your produce to market; and yet
there are multitudes of people who
tune their voices to accord with the
cutlery of the New York Sun and
other mouth pieces of the great mo
nopolies, and denounce any appro,
priation of the money they pay into
the treasury, for work on any stream
that is not of mighty volume or pre-
tensions.