The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-03-11
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IThe following letter is published out OF
its regular Ur,ler. having been mislald-l
In coming up the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road from Meridian 20 Columbus hy.s ~ vac "a
vmtiGIed 10 find the road in most excellent
.onditiop and the accommodations for the
uublic superior 10 those of any Railroad
tn the south or West The ladies and sleep
ling cars are really magnificent they are
kept scrupulOnsly clean, and every attention
il given To proyide for tho comfort OF the
Traveller We wore astoIisaedt 60 find ,notwlth-
standing the tearing mp Of the track and the
destruction Of the road In 80 many places
during the war, that the road bed is IN ex-
cellent coSAlition, and the passenger Is
carried along smoothly ana stea.iiy' ms
mind not tormented by rude Jars and
Il iolfs 40 common nowadays ON Railroads,
giving one the unpleasant idea oil run
OF or smash up.
Persons from Vicksburg or Jackson de-
string 10 90 to St. Louis, Cincinnati, or IN
fact any point North or East, VIII md the
route by Meridian aud then on the Mobile
Road to Columbus, KY, the quickest and
most pleasant route by far. The Southerpp
road makes close connection every ewes
ninglwith the Mobile train going north, aud
then there is no change Of ears 90 Columbus,
XIV From all could learn, the condition
of the counties in Mississippi, north Of Me
ridian on the Mobile Road, Is rs promising
as that of any part Of the South, and great
nrenar,,tions are making for crop In some
COMMITTEES II is believed that us much cotton
viii be Illas.tsu, II not more than at any
time beforesthe war, andleverywhere the
Intending to raise all the cotton possible E
An intelligent gentleman from Noxubee who
has lately been over the county SAYS the
negroes are working as well as they ever
did, and that morI cotton will be planted
this year than eVIr before. He saws that IN
Noxnbee there re fully as many negroes II
not more kthyy before; quite number
having come y Ana srcounty .iio... Cher ID.
frccaaliiYie 81 and Obtained employment.
little corn will be made this year in
nrairie part of Mississippi, as the hign PR
az cotton and the convenience with wele
corn Aour and meat can be obtained Io1is
| the West will cause the entire neglect OF
ayerv nroduction but cotton; heard OF
seyeyaI Iarge planters in this part OF the
STATE that did.hDt intend to plant any corn
at ali. We pissed Tupelo IN ltawamDa
county about day light, and from there 70
Corinth We saw eyerywhere evluehces s'i.s =.
the peopletRer industriously engaged An
nrenaring tISA farms for crop. Now ana
then might h en. an abandoned Plantar
tiors bnt tha q tS5splaees showed signs +
| of imnrove1ieriSa New fences have been
,,,oda ltha felde cleaned up and in some in \
stances aSconsiderable amount of ploughing
LaS alraadx- been done Corinth presents
hargard and dilapidated appearance, INC
rayaces Jf war still plainly visible Wegot
there at 10 A.. NJ A drlzzly laill w. pVaig tIig
down. i atten ~ -
old familiar ~
| looked des@s.
paying twenty
coffee, IretuTn
building is gQ
provements were gong
next town of any Importance WeS
was Jackson, Tenn. This appears
| nourishing, place and is the termi
Mississippi Central Road, or rathek
of connection with the Mobile
Railroad 1t is understood shat in a few
weeks trains on the Central feUad will run
| to Jackson As soon a a1Ds occurs daily
| trains will run from heyN TO Canton on the
Central and there connect with daily trains
to New Orleans. Thenext place which APP
pears to be improving on the road is Hum
boldt, the junction of the Memphis and Ohio
with the Mobile Road II appears to be in
| a pretty good section Of country and will no
doubt becomes very respectable town. l
| had the pleasure of meeting here an fldl
Meridian friend, Mr.. II. Howard, conhecteu
lilrthStiays of the ''s0-called Conieaeraey
with the telegraph and stationed az Me-
Eridian. Mr. Howard, who Isl one Of the elev-
crest gentlemen in the world, iiitends going
| into business soon at Humboldt and has great
hopes of its becoming an important place.
| We got to Columbus, KY, at 10 4. NJ,
making "a hours from Meridian and 80 from
| jackson. We were soon on the boat, and at
| | were in the city of Cairo. i. was very
dark, and the little l saw of this classic
place was mud and water as hurried with
| the crowd on the cars Of the Illinois Central.
In half-hour we were off. l paid dollar
and fifty cents TO an individual of the Afri-
can persuasionIfor the privilege of "a sleeping
car. got in my berth but, thaaDRr. jostied
| and rocked so badly that fon ipnoe
be to sleep. We breaktasted
a town about the size Of Jacks
some important railroad come
is the only town saw in Illin0i
peared to be fourishing and pros
travelled through Illinois ten year
on these roads, and considering
prices of Western produce during
. am greatly surprised at the LITTLE
ment that the country presents
roads We're then in better COM
now. The cars were Cleaner, mi f5of,N
Portable. At Odin weelilned "a cars and
the Ohio aud Mis6iseinp isosd for st. e.
This road runs Hlfy direct from Cincinnatl
10 st. Louis E distance of about 5aV mllo',
The farmg saw in Illinois, as genel
thing, gre rich prairie, producing "
cellent crops of corn and wles
, COnsil l4fnble cotton was mau
last gear in the Southern part Of the Ssat1
; -ae fall was favorable and Il IL said
; some places froni9O to 1900 ponnda
J cotton were made to the acre. III
be some cotton planted this sprin
: periment having Succeeded 50
In Southern Illinois there Is 49,
. quantity of timbercd prairir
: some of the land in LOwn
. Counties Mississippi, and
bnt for the early frost, be exl
cotton. As general u
o came, the farms presa.
4 ance. There had
!. and the praina
. houses are Eeue
! houses OF orch
Q the mud np q
= seontaf
e before
a larga