The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-02-28

die O0uhtry-7He ,South should Pat
ronise her Friends Toaons along
he Railroad Wsssoa and hs Master
spirit-Ths GstytaH Of Strasyers-
Ristori-THe Southern Hospital Ba-
Capitalization of Fare apon the.
-New Orleans Road.
New ORLEANS, Feb 81, 1867.
Messrs. Editors :-In passing down the
railroad from Canton to New Orleans one
cannot but be forcibly impressed with the
wonderful influence of railroads to .develope
a country; especially where the lands<
had remained in market SO long that, as
upon some portions of the route of the New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Rail
road. The lands were only selling at l2a cents
an acre under the. graduation act when the
construction of that road was commenced
furnishing towns are now to be found every
few miles and lifetime is not far distant when
the whole distance FROM Brookhaven down
will be almost one continuous settlement,
as in many of the New England States,
where you are barely out of one village
when the train brings you to another. We
have the elements of success and of recuper-
| alton within our own reach if we will but
use them right. Already is the North
alarmed at the progress which cotton and
other manufactures are making at the South;
as large manufacturer of cotton gins at
| the North, wrote me recently, business is
waning here (there) and the time is COM
! ing when all Northern manufactures OF ar
ticles for Southern consumption win be
forced to remove to the South" May that
| good time speedily come! -
There is enc thing which the people of the
South should do now-they should patron
Use only those at the North who have
shown them any sympathy or friendship.
There are plenty of good national men in
New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, but
Lord deliver us of Boston and Massachusetts,
generally. With the exception of a very
small number of her capitalists and public
men, that State contains our bitterest enc
mics, and her people have over and over
again endorsed those venomous creatures
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| tic-the Summers, the Wilson's, the Buffers
the Beutwells, the Lloyd Garrisons and the
Wendell Phillips df Massachusetts,. While
the people of that State are growing richer
every day from their shoe and fish trade
with the South, they are growing more bit,
ter, and would put us lower than
the most abject, ignorant slave that the
South ever saw. Let us buy our shoes in
| New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati and
our fish in Halifax, and Boston and Masa-
| chusetts will be dealt a blow which all tn e
elequence of Reverdy johnson, of Garrett
Davis, of Al. Rogers and others of our
friends in Congress, would not effect.
In noticing the improvements making at
the villages on the New Orleans Road, / find
that Chrystal Springs, Summit and Magno-
Liza are rapidly rebuilding their burnt dis
| tricts, while some of the towns are not only
replacing former buildings, but erecting a
great many stores and dwellings throughout
their limits, as for example, Brookhaven and
Summit-the latter place specially is very
thriving, prosperous town it puts on city
airs with great deal of grace, and but a
few days ago christened handsome market
house with champagne, &c. Chattawa, the
future seat of the great Water Power Com
pany at that place, islooming up and bril-
liant future is promised for it. Wesson, the
seat of the Mississippi Manufacturing Com
pany, is placed beyond all doubts of being a
great place. With the energy and intelli-
gence of its master spirit, John NJ. Wesson,
it is bound to grow. May his success en-
courage others throughout our State.
New Orleans is full of strangers and still
they come. There are any number of
places of amusements open, and all tastes
can be accommodated. just now the great
Ristori. the tragediene, is the furore, and
every night that she performs the Opera
House is packed; the receipts are some three
thousand dollars night. Other stars are
also in the city, performing their respective
characters at the different theatres but, the
place of resort which should attract the lib;
eral and charitable is the Great Bazaar of the
Southern Hospital Association at the Mo-
rescue building. It is combination of
Concert, Fair, Lottery and Supper, and the
whole proceeds are to be devoted to the sup
port of Hospital for Southern disabled sol
diers. The very best people in the city,
prominent among whom are the ladies,
are engaged in it and its success is be-
yond Question. The New Orleans, jackson
& G. N. Railroad, in view of it, and the
Firemen's celebration on the 4th of March,
and Mardi Gras, or the great procession of
the Mystic Crew of Comos, on the 5th of
March. have reduced the fare to one-half, to
enable every body from the country who de-
sires to do SO to visit the city then at a
small cost, and witness these interesting
sights. The investment will well repay, and
all who can should go down and spend a
week in the city.
Business is dull, except in the grocery
line, and cotton fat at a decline of cent.
OBADIAH
jackson seems to be infested Just
now with gang of thieves. A short time
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