The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-05-30

prayed upon 1.-THE Confederate dead of
Amite County. This beautiful monumnt viii
be erected at Liberty, and, being dedicated
to Mississippians, it is fitting and fortunate
that so exquisite piece of work can be
produced in our own State.
was gratifed to learn from Mr.. Lewis
that he expected to establish a marble yard
in Jackson before long. No better point
could be selected.
OF course l paid my respects to
Messrs. Pitts & Rowe, the enterprising
publishers of the Southern Journal,
now of the best printed and interesting
weekly newspapers of the State. Mr.. Pitts
is both editor and compositor, and his only
assistants are Mr.. Ro- re,and young devil ,"
The Journal is one offhe oldest newspapers
in Mississippi; was p,blished at Monticello,
until about eighteen ionths since, when Mr.
Pitts purchased the Office and removed 1T to
rookhaven-eommencin he informed me-
with an actual subscription list-of fifteen.
His edition now numbers seve4al hundred
and his advertising pages look deciedly
healthy. SO much for well directed appllca-
ton The Journal. 1 am gratifed to see, is,
conservative in tone and is welding de-
cided influence for reconstruction.
Whithworth Female College is located at
Brookhaven, but l was unable to pay 1T
visit. l learned, however, that it was still in
q prosperous condition.
Major E. L. Bowen still keeps the hotel of
Brookhaven, and there are few better land
lords.
The Clarion has handsome a Id steadily
increasing subscriptiS.a list at Brookhaven.
The mail route between Brookhaven and
Natchez, via Fayette, having been recently
suspended, determined to play mail carrier,
and accordingly called for the bag, which
obtained without bond or security.
Awaiting myself of a horse and buggy
kindly placed at my service, left Brook
haven at nine o'clock, taking the Aatchez
road. Arrived at
CASEYVULE,
in Copiah county, at one o'clock, distant
fifteen miles from Brookhaven. There is
but one store 1T this place, and it being
closed while tie proprietor had gone to
dinner, l inferred that business was not
very brisk with Mr.. McRee.
This gentleman, is the Postmaster at
Caseyville, andreports twenty-five substan-
tial subscribers to the Clarion on his list.
From Caseyulle, proceeded to
UNION CHURCH,
in Jefferson county, distant twenty-five
miles from Brookhaven, where l arrived
early in the evening. The news that a mail
had arrived, attracted the entire male popu-
Iation of the village to the little store, where
Mr. Cato offciates as duly commissioned
postmaster. There are two dry good stores,
two drug stores a blacksmith shop, a wagon
shop, harness shop, two churches, school
house, and Masonic hall, at Union Church,
and it is certainly one of the most hospita-
bic and intelligent communities in the State.
Here, on the 3lst day of March, 1862, your
correspondent mustered into Co. A. Withers'
Artillery, as efficient detachment as there
was in that gallant command. Several of
those brave boys sleep at Bakers Greek,
where they fell by their guns i'll that battle
of blunders Others have returned to their
old homesteads, and are now industriOusy
GnAaBtu III Guilty. dung tIt I'll u VI ltdC6
The Clarion has ffty-four subscribers at
this little office-nearly all of whom are in
good and regular standing" on our books.
Stopping Friday night at the hospitable
mansion of Rev A. McCallum, near Union
Church, 1 proceeded Saturday toward
Fayette. A leaden sky, and an appetite that
called loudly for satisfaction, caused me to
l. IL, on Of
roadside Driving up to the comfortable
mansion, l was greeted by no less a clever
gentleman than Hon. Prosper X. Montgo-
merry Senator in the late Legislature from
the counties of Jefferson and Adams. Mr..
Montgomery resigned his seat at the last
session, preferring private life to public
station. Though willing destructionist at
the commencement of the war, and although
having given nOblesOns and liberal means in
its prosecution, he now gracefully accepts the
situation, and is eXerting his great influence
in favor of reconstruction according to the
congressional programme. l was pleased to
learn from him that the people of jefferson,
and indeed of all the adjoining counties,
were unit on this question, and that they
not only intended to register and vote as
far as they may be eligible, but to vote for
a convention, and for delegates to the same
pledged to carry out this policy, without
or lodging
Mr.. Montgomery, though considerably
broken up by the war; has still enough of
the worlds goods to make one feel very COM
Portable. His plantation in jefferson is
three thousand acres in extent He is now
working about one hundred hands. mostly
his former slaves, who are contented and
thrifty, and more intent on " share of the
crop" than in posting themselves as to their
newly acquired rights and privileges as
freedmen.
Like all considerate and well disposed
planters who have large estates and many
Mr.. Montgomery has established a
school upon his place for the education of
of his employees In this case, the
teacher is none other than his accomplished
daughter, Miss Ellen who has entered upon
her selfimposed task with zeal greatly to
her credit.
But my notes are sufficiently extended for
one letter. LOGAN.
From the n. Y Tribune
Slr. GreeIey's Reason for. SosHn- /
tcerin2 10 Bail Tsr. Davis.