The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-05-28
YAZO0 CITY-ITS PAST PRESENT
AND FUTURE.

grog shops, and cOngestiV0 teVerS. The
Rhaslly forms that lie washed up about our
grave yard, gIinning at the sun; tells
irightfOl tale Of early negligence and hear
less indifference for the living. dying. and
dead; but happy change has come over
the the Spiri. of our people. They have
Exchanged the spirit Of alcohol, Gor that Of
Christ, and Pia.OIs and bowie knives for the
"swOrd oflhe spirit" and cOngeslive fever
COr Pneumonia and measles, and the LAM
Get and calOmel tor quinino and morphine,
and two phy hySiciaN' Tor half a dozen, and
one poor lawyer, who had TO run 10 Texas
TO avoid paying bis washer woman, for Is
lazy fat, we'll dressed gentlemen OF kid aad
patent leather, Ourself among the rest; and
last but not least The old cavsd in grave
yard, with its hundreds Of forgotten dead, for
q span new one FedOlenG with the chirp Of
bull frogs and hiss Of rattle snakes.
But 10 be serious, YazoO city, is imprOv
ing more rapidly than another town in the
State; and almost all the new buildings now
in progress (sOm" ten OF twelve) are oil a
substantial and durable nature. Main
street, which iS plaDked; will soon be enclO-
sed by solid brick walls, two and three StO
rieS high.
Beside these present improvements, the
future is truly promising. There will soon
be running from this place to all the gin
houses in the country, q fine plank road,
and we will soon have fire engine, u
keep the "brick row" from taking Gre, as a
sufficient amour; OfmOney will be subscri
bed some Of these days 10 buy an engine;
end what is Of infinite promise, We are GO
ins to have a ss!nelY uniformed and well off,
cersd volunteer company. the YazOO Guards
to preserve the peace, and protect our salC
town from foreign invasion; we expect to
have a market hOuse too, "may be 90. bye
and bye;" and when some gentleman or
lady with health and money enough to spare
will sink both in trying to establish q high
ScnOOl or Academy, we will have thai; we
already have 6rsI rate schools, both male
and female. and great many more chill.
dFen in one room than is good for their
wholesome, this warm weather.
While speaking OfschoOIs, il is not i'm,
proper to name the school Of Mrs. Cullen
or small children; we can state from wha,
we have seen, that she has happy manner
Of inducing the child TO form q fondness for
books; which, in the instruction Of children;
iS like ''the course Of human events" in
speech, it 10 a lORg ways-much, very much
gained Next door below is the public
school, with perfect swarm Of children.
Il iG interesting to peep in and see them al
work like swarm Of bees, and hear the
young ideas shoot; il iS like the explosion OF
champagne bottle. This school is every
way crsditable 10 YazOO city; q few years
and il will tell happily upon our social circle
when the little host that now frequent il, go
thence 10 the ParlOr and counting house.
We do not mean 10 neglect the classical
SchoOl for young ladies', under the charge Of
the gifted and PiOus Miss Russell. Ehs &C.
cuPies = high place in the literary circle.
and the reputation n other school iS we'll calcu
lated to render her vain. There 10 also the
select school for young ladies, under the
care Of Miss Lowe; both the school and
teacher enjoy q high reputation; but not
higher than hey deseTvef Miss Lowe is eve
~ way an eslimabTs lady, and good seacher.
0fthe classical school under the care Of Mr.
Elliot, we spoke last week.
TIE Wild MAN.-We flnd in the Mem.
phiS Enquirer Of the 0lh inst, the follow,
ing account Of the wild man, which kss
recantly been seen in Arkansas. The ex.
sIsnce Of such being iS undOObted and
GOrmO . subject 6r serious speculation.
An organized effort is being made to catch
him.
4he enquirer says;
During March last. Me-. Hamiltou. Ol
Green county, Arkansas, while out hunting
with an acquaintance, observed q drove Ol
cattle il . state Of apparent alarm, evidently
pursued By some dreaded enemy. ialling
for The purpose, they soon discovered u
animals llsd By him, that they were follow
ed By an animal bearing the unmistakeablC
likeness Of humanity. he was ol giganliC
stature, the body being covered with hair
and lhs head with.long locks that fairly
Esnvoloped his nesk and shOalders. Ths
''wild man, for so'wo must call him, ailel
looking at them deliberately ior . sbor
time. luEned and ran away with grsa