| From the The Standard {Clarksville, Tex.} |
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| February 2, 1861 |
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| We are glad to find the
following in the Arkansas "State Rights Eagle." The Mississippi &
Ouachita Road, is the natural continuation of the Memphis & El Paso
Road, to the nearest point on the Mississippi River. We had some years
back strong hopes of the active construction of this road -- hopes which
have been dormant for three years past. This grant would seem to be a
basis for immediate effective operation -- if not immediate, at least as
soon as the present uncertainty of public affairs, terminates in any
finality. |
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RAILROAD BILL |
| The Legislature has passed a
bill authorizing the sale of the swamp lands in the Champagnolle
district, to the amount of 300,000 acres, to the M. O. & R. R.
{Mississippi, Ouachita & Red River}
Railroad, at fifty cents per acre, the proceeds to be invested as stock
in said road. This measure ensures the building of the road, and is not
only a good investment for the State, but it is a literal donation to
the road. |
| There was much opposition to
the bill, and earnest endeavors to defeat it, but the citizens along the
line of the road, and of South Arkansas generally, cannot feel too
grateful to the proper influence in this measure. The worthy President
lent not only his energy, which is indomitable, but his presence and
weighty counsels in behalf of the road, which he has so industriously
labored for for years. Col. Elliott deserves the encomiums of all
friends of so great an enterprise, and we do him but justice when we
express the belief that no other man, under the circumstances, could
have accomplished half as much for the road as he has. He was ably and
energetically aided by some members of the Assembly, amongst whom were
our Representatives in the House and Senate. The final completion of the
road is now an entity, and the consequent improvement and progress of
the adjacent country will soon be demonstrated. |
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