The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-18
coaREspoNDENcr oF THE pEMocRAT.
HOLMES Co, Mss. Sept. 10, 1858.

HOLMES Co, MISS. Sept, rs 1000
DEAR DEMocBAF; Accept the congratulations
of your friends and many subscribers in this
county for the handsome commenc ment you
have made in your editorial career. Rest assured
that you have our hest wishes for the success OF
your enterprise. The Democracy Of Holmes
have always cherished the kindest feelings fol
the Democracy of Yazoo-have admired and ap
plauded the bold and manly stand taken by ''the
rank and file" in our holly contested campaigns
have rallied to the voice of Yazoo's accomplished
dehaters, while they proclaimed the sound and
true. policy of our party-and now warmly
express their satisfaction with the conductor OF
the press of that county, and their confidence IN
his 10, aty to party interests in the wars hereafter
to be waged
| believe it was Horace, when trotting dowr
the Appian way on his nick-taied mule, soio
ouized thus "a good commencement, and The
work is hal complete" If the old Roman poet'
idea of the inevitable results of ga good com
mencement" is verified in this progressive age
YOU will achieve success satisfactory to yourself
and highly graft flying to your friends. Sustained
by the redoubtabe authority of Horace, move
steadily on and position among the first jour
nalsts will be accorded you
And now, having informed you of the cordial
reception extended to the Democrat in this
county, what can say for the county anything
that can be of interest to your Yazoo readers
fear not, as two topics engage the attention oil
our citizens which are foreign to their interests
and principally engrOssng the leisure moments OF
aud auncs that is the Douglas campaign and
his 0ttowa "reminiscences, and the probability OF
the next Legislature taxing the lands lying west
Of the Vale Hills for the purpose of building a
levee to protect the river counties. The first
topic shall leave to the discussion of the "ardent
admirers of the beautiful" and the last | shall
leave to the owners of land in the swamp, whose
feelings are becoming somewhat intensified on
the subject of taxation. Our planters say they
will not make anything like full cotton crop
The BAPTIST Association convened on the 10th
inst in the town of Lexington. Several Baptist
divines from the adjacent counties were present,
/ understand also, full attendance of the
members of that denomination.
wish now to call your attention to the sad
of our postal affairs. Since Simms
& Sutton obtained the contract to carry the
.. Great Northern Mail" at $3.50 per mile, we
have not had six consecutive mails from New
Orleans, Vicksburg, jackson and Yazoo City
BY whose criminal negligence are We deprived of
the facilities of regular mail, for which these
contractors are paid by the Federal Government?
The complaint has again and again been made,
and yet these contractors manifest .the most
shameful Indifference to our reiterated complaints
The whole section of country from Water Valley
to Goodman, is without tho benefit of regular
mail. Whose fault is it The fault lies at the
terminus of the Mississippi Central Rail Road
Both agents are responsible are guilty Of
gross and palpable neglect, and it is the duty of
the contractors to supply their places with
persons capable of discharging the duties of
agents, which they have converted into an in
sutferabe nuisance. The first number of the
Democrat, for instance, together with the mails
sonth of Goodman, were put on the Through
line" by the agent at Goodman. and travelled up
to North Mississippi thence down the 'way
line" and arrived in this county two days after
they were due. Our mails are frequently sent
as above described, when FIVE minutes work by
the agents of these contractors would avoid this
continual arrangement. We cannot stand longe,
this fragrant outrage. X.