The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
For the Mississippian.
Letters from our Sea Coast,
NUMBER V

inappropriate preface To others OF a kindred |
nature
Very near Col. Claborne's farm on the Bay |
OF st. Louis stands the mansion of his early |
TREND and schoolmate, Maj. Andrew jackson, |
adopted son and heir of the late ilustrious |
hero and statesman These two gentlemen
after long career in the world Of fashion |
and politics, at Washington, are now residing |
here in calm and peaceful retirement-their
houses the resort of numerous friends, and of
strangers from every part of the country
The former has tur.sod his great mind to lit
erary fame. while the other is occupied in
agricultural pursuits. Their two SONS, Maj.
Sam. jackson, of the NJ. NJ, and Mai. Willis
Fl. Claiborne of the Governors staff, have
fine cotton plantations adjoining near the
mouth Of Pearl River, where, for the first
time. saw the Sea Island cotton in cultiya-
ton. Each of the farms produce about 100
bags annually, worth from thirty to forty
eight cents per pound. The fields resemble a
Yazoo prairie cotton farm, the growth being
as vigorous and as well-branched as | ever
saw. These estates are under high cultiva-
ton and abound with shell-banks, live oak, &C.
dar, and other valuable timber. The lemon,
orange, banana, citron, pecan, pomegranate,
figs and grapes of many varieties, and the pear,
apple, peach and plum are in great abundance.
Upon the place of Maj. j., there are tumuh
or mounds of most remarkable character
The embankments are more than thirty feet
in altitude and seem to be the remains Of
most wonderful and gigantic fertilization, long
anterior to the first occupancy of this coun-
try by the French in 1893 and 100; but by
whom thrown up or at what time no one can
tell. Upon the surface of this extended en-
bankment are trees of more than three feet in
diameter, and more than one hundred and fif-
ty years Of age. Strange relics have been ex-
humed from its bosom, but nc memorials by
which its origin, or the purposes for which it
was constructed are to be found.
pig Could the bones of the dead speak,
I'm the form the spirit wears" romantic and
thrilling history would doubtless be unfoIded.
1t was evidently built for defensive war, and
its completion must have required months of
labor and the employment Of hundreds of
men, 1t was the work of Europeans, for its
perfect formation could have been design
ed and planned by none others than the most
skillful and accomplished engineers of civil
lized nation. reluctantly abandon this sub
ject, as letter-writer c,vreate eolamo is not
the proper place for the solution of historical
doubts. A beautiful and naMgable stream,
connecting with Pearl River and the ocean,
winds along the base of this stupendous for
LITIGATION, supplying oysters fish and fowl in
great quantities.
The land is. a high, level peninsula, jutting
out into vast extent Of marshy prairie, over
which the tides of the ocean roll every day,
and from which one would suppose that Cliff
ton and Laurel Wood plantations were the
paradise Of chills and fever But | am in
formed that the disease is wholly unknown
here, and no physician has ever been called to
either place.
The jackson mansion on the Bay has Just
been completed, and is one Of the most ele-
giant and imposing edifces in the State 1t is
decorated with many soHueairs of the late
General jackson, brought from the Hermitage
by the kindness OF its worthy proprietor,
will notice some of them for the edification of
your readers There is the epitaph of his la
mented and loved consort, who, during the
heated and exciting presidential campaign of
1923, was subjected to more reckless, viru-
lent and scandalous attacks than were ever
before heaped upon female virtue in this coun-
try for political purposes:
'-l5ere lie the remains Of, Mrs Racioi Jack
son (wife Of President jackson who died the
I'D of Dec, A. D. 1928, aged sixty-one
years. Her face was fair, her person pleasing,
her temper amiable and her heart kind She
| delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow
creatures, and cultivated that DIVINE pleas
ure by the most liberal and unpretending
methods.
To the poor she was benehctor to the
rich an example, to the wretched comforter
to the prosperous an ornament
/ Her piety went hand in hand with her be-
| neyolence, and she thanked her CREATOR for
being permitted to do good.
A being so gentle and yet so virtuous, SIAN
der might wound, but could not dishonor.-
Even Death when he tore her from the arms
of her husband, could but transport her to
the bosom of her God
Nothing can be more beautiful, touching
and sublime than the tribute of the man of
iron. will, to her who alone could direct his
wild emotions by that tenderness with which
mother subdues her child
The next relic is snuff-box carved with
great excellence, from a portion of the hull of
the U. S. Ship Constitution, and presented to
President Jackson, by S. C. Mcintyre, whose
nativity will be ascertained from the quaint
and expressive lines subjoined, and which are
written upon the sides of the box and have
never before been published:
Frae land O. cakes and Scotia's hight
came, some ten years, now gone by
am too aud, and dim o. sight,
Else wad see thee wi mine eye.
/ send a box, my brave ould cock.
Wraught by my aun poor tremlin han,
Cut of q stock, held freedoms lock-
Wha' meier flashed in the pan.
VII Constitutions heart of oak,
That claims Washington for sire:
And Jaeksoa, you wear his cloak,
Take this frse me-aud MeIntgre.
This was testimonial much priced by the
old Hero, coming as it did from heart that
was warmed by patriotism and loyal republi-
canism. There is an old Latin Bible explain
ed by the following letter presenting it as a
remembrancer:
WASHINGTON CRY, Oct. 28, '33.
S1R:-I have the honor to present to you
the accompanying edition of the Holy Bible