, 1869-04-01
NEW ORLEANS,
4 Journey Southwark.
Appearance Of the Country and
People in Mississippi.
Beauty OF the Climatc-A Theo.
~ Exploded.

IN the grasp o. winter though there were hopeful
syuptouls Of coming spring. The next MORNING
roznd the trim 1t Mattoou- It WAS chilly, rainy,
4inrk dts1nal rort Of a day Ill the May 10 Cairo.
The fruss was coming out OF the ground; the
roads were nearly impossible, and altogether
mir. full OF pits md Astounding In hor-
rifle clay. The streams were all bank
full ard running oscr With muddy water. As the
traln pioSE,esed south, each hours run exhibited
deeper mud md higher Hoods, showing that the
jru { ~A more nearly ont Of the earth. At
b T. m We fanded on the lerce At Cairo and
going aboard Of the boat were Oh to Columbus
within twenty minuteA hcnry fog hung over
the rser. otscurtng objects at half boat length
Hhead But the stage Of water wns 30 high, caused
hy the nood coming out Of the Ohio that there was
no fear Of grounding Oh bars, aud so the steamer
1osted down stream with the current, using the
wheels bat little, and blowing :ner steam whistle
freqrentay-asinost incesssnuy-n order to avoid
lolhKon with the boats coming up. About p. m
We were " all aboard" Of the train, and OF fof the
Sunny South. The ne1t morning. when the Fas-
Eenge1s "wcut ashore" for breakfast, We found
ourselves In the uureconstuctcd State OF 4lsR7fss
npp having Just crossed the line out Of West Teh.
1easee. During daylight we inside the distance
from Holly Spt1nga 10 near Jackson, the Bfafe:
capital The road runs through, To my eye, very
poor country. The soil 1s red clay and eaad. and
much Of It swalnps, and looks anything but Heh
Email Insignificant, In fact At every stopping
rlsnc would BE- one Or two Little country
stor=, three or four doxgcHes, black
smith ahop, sometimes little mill, and haH
= dozen shabby dwellings. A score OF nore Of
noEses and mules, chiedy the latter, stand htched
to the te4 and fences In the vicinity OF the dog
rcttes and lnunging about the doors OF the shops
and the depot would be parcel OF whites md
hlacks tndustrtously trnnsacttng no business,
which they had Hidden or walked TO town 10 per-
form 50 far Is was visible 10 the naked eye, the
Alueks were a. inert a. the whites, and not whit
more thrifty or provldent 1t was ludicroua
to observe dUzen Etrapplng big Icitowg Of all
colors-Angio-saxou+A Anglo-Afrcan md African
free Of any suspicion Of Angio-aitting In row on
their " hunkeFs,' - that Ia, hunfed down and Jet
resting their weight on their feet in line on The
etoop or porch Of little store grocery, squirt
Ing tobacco Juice prodlGous distance in front Of
the alignment And there "they Aat and sat"
without moving while the locomotive would he
taking on supply Of wood and Water. The posi-
ton seemed 10 be ope Of the customs Of the coun.
TT. The t1ain-boy walked back and forth In front
OF The ca.a with supply Of late daily papers, hut
1t was rarely he sold copy.
dons think he disposed Of two dozen
at all the stations between Holly Springs and Jack
eon, = dtstnnce Of $40 miles You draw your
OWN conclusions from this as to what reading
people lire along the ne Of this road In the State
u! Snssea4AIi. auu ~ ~ 4o@ osl*1eo' IAe NC" .
tNy Ptou1e" Auoottpo euess, w As nupp5 "ns
cht1y from Memphis Of that morning. da,e, and
consisted OF 4 pptals aud AraLanches. Even Brick
P0mezuys Democrat could not tempt the natives 10
IurIh2sc Inefe were more or less cottou a. tne
depoM; n some places counted n!tJ 10 nun
drrd bales The hest sigu l observed along
the read was spr1nkNnS OF new
rlowB, hasrpwB eutlvatorB and othel
agricultural implements Of improved make The
country WIS heavily tnbered with what seemed
to lie mostly swamp OAK. A great deal OF the land
vas low and vet The nclds were small, md cot
ton and com alone seemed to be- cultivated, and
apparently equal quantities OF land hal been last
year devoted TO them But there was shocking
amount OF Broomsedge grass-a surc s!gn Of pool
lind and poor cultivation.
The spring Is considered backward for the sea
Bon, on account OF the rains Not ploF was
going; not fn1luer wAs ut work doing anything
not IN acre had been planted or soTn within stQh'
OF the Ealn on this whole distance OF 800 miles
the graAs had not started; tht
leaves Of the trees were not put forth, anil wa
F1Il1tacd Al this considering that 1t WAS 60 nea
the l8t of April and more than 100 rnes due Routl
or Chicago, The air, indeed, was somewhat Yav
and epniy. as much 30, seemingly rs In souther7
Illtnota The t1ncst country saw that das WIS
and In the vicinity o! Grenada, where the Mernpht
Road iotns the Misstss,pp! Road Here were tn
eujy DuIon soldiers motto d In the State There
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