Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-03-13
CoRREsPO NDENCE.
JACKSON. Miss March 3. 1876,

a.. 90 JACKSON, MISS hhrcu D Il QUO.
/. DEAR CunoSicLE; Compelled TO pass a few
hours awaiting the arrival of my train, in a
city wholly without acquaintance forme and
without amosemento any sort for asranger1
after dark, am trying both to beguile the
tedium of unoceupiea leisure and to attain
the brain. repose necessary to- slumber after
that organ has been excited by unwonted
sights and scenes. In other and more intel
ligible phrase, ! amt sleepy bit--am full Of
talk, and hav Mt any body to talk TO, aud SO
must needs tara my superabundant gas
upon your sanctun, don't want you to
put the, inatch to 1t yourself however but let
your readers dol it. esd y diia -iiiieiG) \
=. You Will not have forgotten that this city
is the Capitol Of Mississippi, and associated
with some OF, the grandest historic events Of
the late struggle; but above all, that's itsi
browning glory, to send its name sounding
down the ages" is the convention now in ses-
sion in the walls of its State House to frame
new constitution for Mississippi, and place
her banner, "full high advanced upon the
lofty submits now rearing by the Radicals
for another and more daring Titanic. war
upon the gods themselves. 'lf' a.i 's''
After a 81 breakfast, that was touchingly
suggestive, both in cuisine and in cash
therefor, of the desolstioni and desperation
of the war, i wended my way thismorning,
towards the Capitol building. 1t is by no
means structure tc address the pride Of a
State, built as it is after no particular order
of architecture, with touch of the Doric
and Corin,hun styles here and there pro-
miscuously jnmbled together. There is
something of the spirit OF the Renaissance,
though nothing of its forms, about the into
rior arrangements and decorations, which
arc sometimes quite in harmony with the
I digntaries now lording 1t over these cham
bers. The hall Of Representatives is filed
with dirty desks. Fronting these, and raised
from. the floor some 10 feet, is the Speaker
seat. Tackled upon the wall back of this is
a huge national flag, perhaps some 20 by 80
/ feet In. Dimensions. / never saw . more
! s-.~s anu stripes Than this, and 1t affords O
most harmonious background, into which the
Speaker and msmbers of the convention
blend as softly and insensibly as in picture
of Giotto. l-.t'
! When arrived the convention was begin
ming TO assemble, and not long thereafter, |,
was called to order, and then there was be-
: fore me, in full completeness, one of the most
astounding and most significant spectacle,
this or any other nge has ever witnessed.
looked over this assembly, born Of a revoiu-
ton, whose end the pratting infant can a:
well foresee as the wrinkled sage and found
it difficult to realize the actually of The
scene before me. There were just SO dele.
gates in their seats n bare quorum, OF thi,
lnumber, If my count was correct, 10 wer,
negroes and 80 whites, besides the Speaker
about whose color | was informed, there j.
some dispute. ~.
wish could tresspass upon your spnc,
enough TO give You some pen and ink por
traits of the most prominent members of th
august body, but justice both to them anc
your readers forbds the task. ,sr
A word about the President of the conven
ton may not be amiss to give youa proper
conception Of the talent and character of tn,
remarkable body over which he presides. A,
he takes his seat and surveys with a Glanc,
of conscious dignity the faces before him
ysu can see, before he utters a word, tina
here is one of those high, naughty and com,
handing intelects which accord unwillint
{ homage to Deity itself You can see'ihat Ia,
D is self contained and superior to every strok
G OF Fortune, whether il cropped him close il
some Pcnitentiary barber chop or above,
him the luxurious hirsutc growth he nov
INDUCES in atiihe samepublic expense. Tn
conversant with the complexities of parlia
o mentory usage, and member of a bod
b equally unfamiliar with II as himself hi
wonderful originality and perfect selfposses
4, sion enable him to unravel the most tangle
\ skein Of coufpsed debate, IN a way peculiar
" new and striking, Demurrers 10 his de
D eisions are answered with the exhaustivenes
d. of Dickens Jack Bunsby, and he silence
complainauts not only with the oracularit,
: of his words, hut with that twinkle unde
@ nearly closed lids which speaks volumes o
unuttered aud unutterahlc wisdom. If ,
; measure is finally declared passed, and /
. prove, as il several times happened while
was present, that some triiling amendment
5 instead Of the maiu question, was acted upon
= the President knows his Secretary will lav
il all right upon the ''rccord,r aud 50 neithe
he or the convention trouble themselves abou
a reconsideration.
Ia looking over the white members,
thought they were about equally compose,
j. Of native Radicals and Northern adyentu
. rers, though the latter may prcdominate. n
learned that several of these sweet flower
+ which had taken for indigenous Mississip
Plans, we've exotics. There Were some GRE,
> haired venerab,cs among them, whose faces
G worn with long hopeless struggle for Fam
aud Fortune, now seemed liz with a new
= lie nj the prospect Of attaining both befor
: the other foot 'lotrhed up along side III
Que now IN the grave. There were ais
some very young men, whose long and pom
AIDED loebS brass bHltoned blue coats, an,
) bloodshoi eyes told OF Q fiery energy snateheS
from dissipation and low pursuits to the 40
bier belds Of siatesmanship. Ono youn,
man close by me, whose thin, pale, nnshayel
face and puritanic cut Of garments bespok
a rrcepl severance from the gudly soil 0
New England, imaP med was regelliug ia
a vision Of The time when he, who had lief
the laad OF hi'faihers a puppy Should reiurl
alUl stJvn - With FAhdeii Hall Wide