The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-08-17
Editorial Correspondence.
WEsTvLLE, Simpson Co. Miss, |
AHguSt i, 1853.

august /, 1858.
DEAR REvETLLE Having taken a speedy
departure from our little Eden town on Sat.
urday afternoon. 30th inst, found myself
on Sunday night snugly ensconced. after a
thorough ducking from an envious thunder
cloud, in a comfortable house, on the banks
of the Pearl. Not having much dry linen,
I'll not say shirts-it might Offend thought
struck me that, from my present necessity,
might test the virtue Of the boasted system OF
HydropRthy-i. e., sleeping in wet Clothes to
find results beneficial. As my health is i'm
proving, concluded, with the friend who ac-
companies me, There as something in a wet
shirt"
On Monday morning we crossed the Pearl,
and entered upon the territory ef the mighty
East. About ten o'clock, arrived at the Cap
ital Of Simpson County or. as Smith, of
Madison, calls it, the Sweet County of
Simpson" Found here a perfect latch of
Candidates for every imaginable Office. wait
ing, seemingly, for the action Of the (y)east
to assist them 10 rise in November next
This canvassing is rich business-it brings
out the humanity of the man, and makes him,
what he was intended to be,-a sociable
creature il assists the flow of soul and sha.
king Of hands nightly, and don't know but
it has a considerable influence upon the spir-
its.-Before the dinner hour, these candidates
were so much Ike Dan Rice's pigs, it was
impossible to count them. But honorable
men and candidates. you know, must eat /;
and, therefore, when seated at table, the eye
took them all in. as they did the edibles.-
At the head Of the board sat our friend Gov.
Brown on his left, and opposite. the Hon.
A. B. Dawson. the present Vice-C Chancellor
of the Southern District Of the State, and
candidate for that station; next him, Mr..
Cooper, sociable little man, and candidate
for District Attorney. At the foot. sat NJ. A.
Banks, Esq. sprightly gentleman, and the
Copiah and Simpson candidate for State Sem
ator. On my right. sat Judge Stone, quiet,
unassuming gentleman, and candidate for
Circuit Judge-this. BY the way, is the gen.
tleman Foote has taken upon himselftO make
rather famous throughout the State by abu-
sing. Mr.. McNalr, an opponent Of Stones,
was also at table and next me, Gen. Buck
lev, Of Monticello, also candidate for Vice
Chancellor was there. as a matter Of
course, and a candidate, flor matrimonY)
whatever may have said at Clark's Greek
to the contrary. Hon. Wiley p. Harris was
present, and made a speech. | shall not at
tempt to give you an outline Of his able argu-
ment suffice it, l wish he would make
similar speech to the people Of Port Gibson.
lie promised me to visit our town about the
lst Of September He is the most popular
man in the whole country, and beautiful
and fluent speaker. Col Hillyer will do very
well for the pavements and rarlors Of Match
ez. but whisper to him that the mud Of the
Hog-bed praries is death uron straps and
white pants, and almost as bad upon Whig-
gerry. Harris can beat any man in the State
1000 votes in the East Does the Colonel
wish to know why? Simply because De-
moeracy and dog-fennel are the principal
productions, and are about as thick as the To-
Gusts are in Egypt. Met here 4. Bush
Buckner, of Scott, an old friend of mine,
and at present a candidate for District At
torney. met him first in the 9Th Of January
Convention, of 1852, and under amusing
circumstances-will relate the story at an
other time Mr.. johnson, another candidate
for District Attorney, was also present.
The crops through this region Of country
are not the best-it was in the early part OF
the season too dry, and lately has been too
wet. The cotton is too much weed, and rap
idly losing its form. The land Of Simpson is
generally poor-mOst of it being sandy, pine
woods soil.-The County polls about 500
votes, and the people are mostly poor but
poverty has a certain independence in this
State, which none other can boast. The poor
men of New York is almost an object Of char
ity. and receives it when offered: the poor
countryman Of Mississippi would knock you
down, if you should make to him offers Of
charity. Hei sui generis-it is an inde-
pendent poverty.
RALEIGH, Smith Co, .aHgSa 3.
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