New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-09
North NIi..issippi-Cl Climate, Health, &c.

Mr.. EDITOR Whist writing 10 you on bns-
ness / cannot lorbear enclosing small communi,a-
ton for Tie Tribune IN the shape OF letter
from these ends of the earth
1t is one among the many benefits arising from
cheap postage, that those who have the disposition
can freely and frequently communicate with the
newspaper press, and thus new more ready me-
dunn is opened for information from distant places
Formerly double letter required double postage
and this ever acted as hindrance 10 many, who
would otherwise desire TO write and have teen pre-
vented only by this abomnable tax OF twenty-five
cents for every scrap of paper which should enter
the mail in the shape OF letter Ii Is most sincere
ly to be hoped that the new postage law may sup
port itself and thus may be sustained, for we con-
slider il here one ofthe best If not the very best laws
of the last Congress- Texas TO the contrary notwih
standing
A residen, Of some five or six years in the Sun
ny South must pay the tribute Of honest admira
ton to this delicious. this most delicious climate
Talk about the South of France,
-"Of Temples and Arcadia's spring,
And the long summer Of Calhaym Wales
but commend me to " mine own dear forest land"
This region Of the Union is but imperiecty
known abroad. or il would be better appreciated
# is true we who live here delight in and enjoy II
but elsewhere poor Mississippi is only known and
named to be associated with repad,atiOn and Lynch
ism and Bowie knives, and backlees. She Is not
put down as u spot of the earth's surface 10 be de
sired, and Northern men are very apt TO snecr ct
her and undervalue what they know little about
Ii was so i'm the time of the Roman Quinc;iian,
that men spoke cavaiierly Of things which were not
within iho scope OF their information. BE modest
and circumspect in yodr judgment says he, lest
as happens to many, you condemn what you do not
understand
This part of Mississippi was known formerly, and
still goes good deal by the name of the Chickasaw
Nation This very town OF Pontotoc Indian. hang
ing grapes was in 1886 and the seat OF hustle
business aud excitement. Ii was the period Of
shin plasicrs' when bank notes were as good as
old gold, -" and when money was a. plenty a. trees
in the unbrokcn forest. 1t was the time of land
sales and to this point those who were disposed Ia
speculate. and to make investments. came.
This village must have exhibited rare scene OF
activity in those DAYS when forty or fifty stores
were pitched hereabout when the hills and the
hollOws were ihrongcd with the lodges of the
Indians, and when the streets We're tllcd with
strangers whose pockets We're filled with money
These were other days and they have passed away.
and the Red Man too has passed away from these,
his native grounds and now we have pretty, little
quiet village of four live hundred people, who
for intelligence and true worth, unsurpassed by
any place of It's size IN the West
To look al the wei nllcd SnciFes OF inc huntfOuN
merchants here, You would suppose that rcpHd,
afi0n was not thing of common practice among
the yeOmanry OF lhis county. And stranger would
very readily conclude that the traders had conf
dencc in the solvency and honesty of those who
buy from them Such TOO, is the fact rcpudiation
is favored by many political abstraction who IN
their dealings between man and man are patterns
OF punctuay and dispatch.
Lynch law has fed entirely from Mississippi, and
has travelled norihwari-they can tell YOU some
thing of lis location in Philadelphia. the fair city OF
brolhcrly love. The only use tins Stale ever had
for the services Of Judge Lynch was the expulsion
of horde of backlegs from Nicksburg some years
since. These scOundrcls were pest TO the com
munitv and i,r the well being OF the community
they were driven out You will find some gam
blers through this region of Mississippi and you
will find them all through the West and perhaps az
the East you are not entirely clear OF this eXcres
ccnce upon society.
You will find some men too, who put poison
in their mouths TO steal away their brains but
these, il is sad 10 say. YOU will find every where
Throughout, Chrstendom, and perhaps more in
Chrstendom than in HeaihendOm.
In a word the society here Is eNcellent-they are
law -obeying, church going peace-loving and not
by any means tatliqg communiiy-and this last
is saving a good deal for a country town. But il Is
this delicious climate of which | wish chiefly 10
20 speak though have been a round about way 10
Get ri il The time viii come when North Missis
sippi Will be the winter rcsor, OF your nvallds from
the Atlantic cities Do you know, sir, that the pop
ua,i0n generally keep open doors the whole year
round that there is not week from November
TO March. in which Flowing could not be done, and
that in January the Cotton ground Is usually broken
up
O, sir these lovely Au,umn's!
Her clear warm heaven al noon-,he mist that shrouds
Her twilight hills-her cool and starry ewes
The glorious splendor OF her sunset clouds,
The rainbow beauty OF her flores, leaves
And in the Autumn time
Earth has purcr and no lovelier cline.
Surely the poe, Haleck must have had another re-
son than Yankee land in view. when with his eye
in a fine frenzy rolling he caught the inspiration
OF the beautiful fragment called Connecticut.
From this time until Christmas shall have a
delightful season-the suliry heat of Summer VIII
have passed. nor viii he chilly irosis of Northern
Autumn have she'd It's piercing blight upon Us The
ial season is here one OF perpetual sereny-nor Is
there any thought or provision made for Winter be
fore Christmas
The summer is bot. IL is irue--but by O compari-
son with the accounts of the weather kept In the
Northern cities. the heat Is greater nor more op
/ prcssive than there. The Thermometer has ranged
irom So 10 81 in the shade IN the hottest days OF
( tins summer Just past-and il rare indeed but
some pleasant breeze would spring up during the
forenoon that It's freshness would gratefully flow
round my brow, and in the midst Of a suliry day
there was siil something 10 animate and revive
Besides the nights are here for the most part cool
and pleasant even in the hoites DAYS Of July
Strange a. II may appear, i, is still not less true
,ha, our Summers II You except their great length
are more lolerable than in the cities Of New York
or Philadelphia. la consequence Of the very heavy
dews the night is quite agreeable nor have ever
experienced the opprcsslveness which attends the
season of sleep in the attitudes farther North
Indeed sir. this pleasant region enjoys happy
medium a justc miller as il were. We ara equal
~ removed from the cold north-wesiers and the huge
snow banks Of the North and from the eteminatinc
influence OF the far South This latitude. abont 3i'
is par excellence, the temperate zone OF The United
States
1t has often appeared to me strange that 50 few