The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-08
Davis Bend---Gho "Home Farm" Con
EreAdmen

Freedmen.
few days sincr we-paid short visit
10 DAVIS Bind" the former home OF
him who now sits In the gloomy cells OF
hisicesefnate6 prison, Rejecting upon the
sad ruin he has wrought.
TYie 'sB .ndD contains about seven thou
sand acres OF land, large portion OF
which is under high state OF tnlnva
ton. There lived JED. rson Davis ana
bis tlder brother Josf phi, Their pianta
| lions were contiguous, and IN iolmer
times yielded them large returns rom
enforce and unpaid labor The House
tnat JEFF. built" ia pleasantly situated
about a mile from the river, unostenta-
tious in appearance, q spacious cottage.
with VIDE pleasant verandahs on all
sides.
Here. when wearied with the cares Of
state" Mr. Davis had been accustomed to
find that repose so pleasant to the weary
todv and mipd. The broad spreading
J oaks still cast cooling shade, and the
manv roses and flowers blooming In the
, garden were still as sweet at morn and
eve as though they had not been thf
plac, where fouieSt treason had had lis
: chosen seat.
The Deud was taken possession of near
i Nv or quite two years ago, by the Uni
ire edmen who were docking by thous
l. ands within the lines OF the Army
Y Poetic Justice" seems realized In tn
taking ana appropriation OF these plan
a. tations for TINS use.
The very place where days and night
'r had been spent in deyising schemes IL
the overthrow of the Government an
is the rivating frmer~the letters of tn
slave, WAS taken spossession OF by tia
~ strong firm Government, and men ther
FIRST stood up in the manhood that Free
dam alone can gives -
~ ''Vaulting ambition had o'erieaped Itself
! We found Maj. Meatyard in comman
of the "Post." with the64ih U. S Z. ii
ST fantry OF duty, Last Spring the LAM
were portionfd out TO individuals ar
vt companies, and efforts put forth to stir
IN ulaIe4 the colored people TO eon1men.
work ION their own account" thus 4
ting them for the future that Is openir
before hem
49, Uuder many discouraging circumsta
ces-the high water in the Spring, III
ian tied means, sickness, &c.-the result In
tar has been very Satisfactory There
- in cultivation between three and to
NV thousand acres, planted with cotton, co
potatoes and vegetables; The crops we
" looking finely. Co,ton was beginning
&C. open on d few OF the dryest plantauo
though picking will rot commence
tany extent before the first OF Septemo
try; H. Fascinated that the Bend Will
heir duce this season from two to three tho
ines and bales of cotton, should nothing
and sen to injure the crop, and from tive
sci to twenty Thousand bushels OF corn,
4 sides potatoes, &C., &c
For the aged an infirm Home al
lee /. carried on under the supervision
Captain G. b Norton. This farm, 81
ted on the ] fl Davis place, has about
tne hundred acres in cotton and one huno
in corn II will probably be sell suss
DO ing, and may yield handsome prom
TT. the Department.
The heavy rains in June threatene'
oO prove quite Injurious 10 the crops,
REQUIRED an extra amount OF labor
heir clear them from the weeds and nox
en- vines.
- About one thousand rations are iss
80, te~tls+ aged and destitute who labor
ANY the farm.
I'm The success of the plan of colon'zAt
the as adopted and practically carried on
the Bend, realizes all that could De
pected. The freedmen have bad ht
E the the army relieved OF their presence,
have been encouraged to do and &C
% Oil themselves, and learn the rudlment
,sday ie.st o. self-respopsible lite; and
We whole plan. so far as possible made
mu sustaining. 1t has been TASK OF
smail magnitude, with little apps
Honor, and requiring an endless am
OF patient labor Vicksburg Journ