New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-20
MISSISSIPPI CORRESPONDENCE.
PIX COUNTY. Miss. Aug. Il. 1855

PnEGouNTr, MISS, Aug. IA, 1856
Bear Cresane-areat are the Piney Woods of Missis-
sppii Greet In stalwart men and round checked
woinen-in mail individuals with towery top knots and
vocferous yces-in tall trees with toterng tops-n big
bottoms win ripping rivulets, and in high hills with
sunny sides In snort, "coDjure you to believe nen
great are thu Piney Woods Of Mississippi
Tired withthe hustle and excitement Of city life and
awaiting myef Of business opportunity sought what
believed tebe these sotudes find myself ss1rnrjsed
and most ageeably have been travelling BY eeasy
stags rg through the heart Of the country or bar-
rensn As you would phrsseissometimes horse back
sometimes dearborn land whom las seldom as
possibe) bot All along my route intersperssd at
various distances OF from to three miles, have found
pretty quette rustic homes and it il fair to the sight
20 witness yon warm summers eve the oottaaer SNORT
ing with his little ones, under bis swine and
This section Of tbs country is settling up quite rapidly
with sad industrious and thrifty class of peope and
almost aof the nands have entered under the
graduatonc t of la54 every farmer necessarily
owner Of biz own homestead. Or course selEinterest
prompts evCy one to improve, and right willingly the
work goes think, too albeit not much Of Judge
that the quality Of the soil has been moderated Even
On the high s and under the shade Of the taes pines
there rio and heavy SOIL varying in depth three
to twelve inhes, and beneath lies substratum Of clay
Of rom tout to eight feet in depth. 1t Is also very
tentiye Of t fertzng properties OF manure and gives
grateful yisd to the Of the husbandman. What
more can th farmer desiref
This eountry has, in common with the most of the
Southwest altered during the past from excessive
drought Notwithstanding this, In many Places the corn
crop tulyan average one Cotton has suffered more
severely but should the fall be proptious even
that will tum out "as well as could be expected"
The line the New Orleans and jackson Railroad runs
close to the house where sm writing. In few
weeks the grading will be flashed to some twenty-five
miles beyond the State line and when it shall have been
placed in running order them oh you housekeepers and
fathers Of families rejoice and be exceeding glad
Deer range the wild woods make
meodous the bright mornings and cool evenings whilst
the 5000 Of the doye and the chrp OF the small game
provoke to nrth sadness, best fits the mood After
while, may markets grow fat.
have bsm able to gather little intelligence concerning
n1Itn H mil
that could expect to- Yopr correspondent this
moment ina bsu state of ignorance to the result Of
the recent State elections Pleasant isn't it, In day
or two shall be in Homesvlle where hear there is
some political excitement, and from whence hope to
write you. do not know when you will receive thisif
at all Ihvs to conde 1t to the kindness Of pass
ing rsveefo conveyance to osyka with the hope that
the railroad agent there will in his tender mercy forward
1t to you. With well Wishes ENQUIRER.