New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-20

4 Capt. Reynolds, of the freedmen's bureau, now
on a tour of inspection, informs the Aberdeen
Sunny South that the freedmen in his district ara
doing very well, and that. with very few excep
tions, thetplanters express the highest degree o.
satisfaction.
The High Court of Errors and Appeals now be
ing in session, having convened last Monday, we
notice the following Distinguished gentlemen in
our city: Hons. H. I. Elicit, OF Port Gibson VIM
l. Harris, of Columbus; A. q. Handy. OF Canton
Gen. L. O. Topper and Col. Frank Smith, of Madi-
son; and Thomas Il. Marshall, Esq, OF Vicks-
burg.-[Jackson Mississippian, 18th. his
The Mississippian says:
Oar. weather prophet predicts another wet
moon" This will be bad on the planters as their
crops are now very late owing to the immense
amount Of rain that We have had during the last
four weeks. e. ..H. U.. #5..r=.t-s. 40. 3.
/, The annual meeting of the council of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Missis-
sippi, will be. held in the city of Columbus on
Thursday, the 26th inst 7ragne.
1t is said that Gen. Frank Blair and his son-in-
law, Dir. Alexander, have rented five hundred
acre plantation at Miiliken's Bend, about fifteen
miles from Yicksburg, and the general is there
preparing for summer campaign in cotton.
Several old army officers and privates have gone
down to act as superintendent. Some two hun
drea negroes are employed on the plantation.
The Presbytery of Central Mississippi will meet
at Shongalo, on Thursday before the fifth Sabbath
Of this month p5.adah $50 l2:5rctll= .,t
GENERAL WM.g B4RKsDALE.-A writer in the
jackson Standard thus concludes long and elo-
quent tribute to the memory of General Rarksdale,
who fell at .Gettysburg: aEw 1n4 arl.if 7a
But, 1 did not design attempting to write his
tory eulogy of this lamented general but to ask
his old brigade and other friends if his grave should
never be marked otherwise than by his family IS
private tombstone? Shall we of his old brigade,
Together with his political admirers, not raise a
monument to his memory ? Not one, / am per-
suaded who followed him through the dangerous
ana trying scenes Of the three years Of his military
life, will fail to contribute literally for such
sacred purpose. | desire, therefore, that as many
as feel interested in the matter will address the
Initials signed at the close of this article in care
Of the standard office, Jackson, Miss. and state
the amount they are willing to contribute and the
best manner, in their opinion, of proceeding with
the business. sa nv, Md ss. si35gF --4. VI
NJ" Such graves as his are pilgrim shrines,
| i't4H shrines to no code or creed confined,
GEui, The sDelphian wales, the Palestihes,
Ind 81 The Meccase of the mind. i4sJ s. j. o.
The gift enterprise swindlefs were fined 500 at
Liberty, Miss, under the law against lotteries.
They paid up and left Az s5g a.as--.. y .tiy1g
| LODGE, OF SoRRow.-The Masons of Warren
county held lodge of sorrow on last Sunday eve
| ming at Apollo Hall, in commemoration OF the
members of the fraternity who have died since the
closing of the lodges in 1862 in this city. II
A large and imposing procession of Master Ma
sons was formed by the lodges. escorted by the
Sir Knights all attired in rich and appropriate re-
gala. In the rear Of the procession was borne a
beautiful and suitably trimmed coffin. HN
The procession, in charge of Capt. C. A. Man.
love, moved through the principal streets, to the
hall. The ceremonial was very impressive and
granly solemn. ~ ."g '
Judge j. W. NJ. Harris delivered an appropriate
ar taliy If No
and delicate conceivable, and we take pleasure in
congratulating Judge Harris and the Fraternity
upon the mannerin which the subject was handled.
/ We were pleased to see so large number pres
emit among which were many Federal officers
The ladies and gentlemen who composed the
choir added very much to the beauties and soleni-
mites OF the ceremonies, by their 'unexceptionabie
music, In fact, the whole thing was complete
sueeess'-[ Sieksbng Herald. ~
\ WORDS AND THouGuTs- Redundancy of Ian.
guage and words. is never found with deep and
thoughtful reflection. Nerbiage may indicate OBJ
saying, that the man who thinks much SAYS little
that is, in proportion to his thoughts He Selects
asa general thing, that language which will con
veg his ideas in the most explicit and direct man.
ner. He tries to crawd as much thought as
possible into as few words as he can. But on the
contrary, the man who talks INCREASINGLY and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES seems to have an eShaustless
magazine of words--instead, of crowding thoughts
into blS Wofas, ffeWdst SO many words INTO his
thoughts, that he always ohscuTes, aud very FREE
queatly entirely e6nceas them. Some time ago
twas said by Cotter-lt An era is fast approach
ing, when no writer will be read by the great
save and except those who can effect
that For bales Of manuscript that hydrostatic
screw performs for bales Of cotton, by condensing
that natter intola period that before occupied
page That is 8 qtrnisu6 well conceived by Cot
Ter, for that era has now arrived. u 5susai
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