American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-04-24
Letter from New-Orlea ans.
NEW ORLEANS, Apl 10, go.


FRIEND "BOS:"
DO you really claim to be an
:. American Citizen? This l know
is the name and style of your eX-
cellent paper, but If you have MT !
changed your hue since | last be-
held the e light of your countenance,"
you would hardly pass, according to
the latest edition of Webster. was
just bordering the Significance OF
your sounding title as glanced over
the "Citizcn" this evening. Gamer
lean Citizen" was taliSmanic once
a passport to every clime-the Shib-
olcth that secured admission to soci-
ETY. everywhere, among high and low.
Not SO now. None 80 mean as
longer to do it reverence. -. But
enough Oh that text.
Since | last "dropt you a line,' |
have been absent from the city on a
visit :. to the regions beyond,-to
the unrecOnstructed, Out-m the Tn
ion State of mississippi. Query
How can Mississippi be State, and
yet cut of the Union? SO it is called,
however.
During my absence | visited those
ancient towns, NateFsez and Wood
vile. The brightest intellectual lH-
minarieS that ever shone from the
! literary and political skies of Nissis-
sippi rose here, but they lave we'll
nigh all passed away-SOme to nobler
spheres, while others, alas! have
gone down beneath eternal shadows,
The lesser lights remaining shed ffts
full flasFres which Only seveal The
dark ness of our winters night, and
occasionally discover the dangers
that environ the pathway of the adj
venturcrs along the untricd routes
of radicalism. Natchez and Wood
vile were always considered ariSto-
cratic neighborhoods. The commu-
n ties were wealthy, and, like all rich
people, fond of show. 1t is hard for
some of them to forget their old ways.
/ Among the few veStigeS of former
greatness lin that line) | saw at
NatcEtez, what | have not seen else
where since the war. y fine family
carriage, DRAWN by u span of SPLEEN
did horses, coloITvl individual upon
the drivers seat, a maNE servant by
his side, ladies within, the carriage
haltinG at several stores along the
principal streets, the ladies calling
/ to. the clerks to bring ont samples,
or whole pieces of goods, to the car
riage, with button boxes, spool cot
ton etc. and giving orders to ''cut
off three yards of this" or "put up a
dozen of these" Well, . thinks-I-tO-
myself,' if uureronStructed people
can 10 these things, what may we
not expect from the inhabitants round
about Jerusalem, or in the regions
wherein dwcllcth all the pomp and
royalty of free niggcrdom
D., We MisSissippians have been i'll
quite stew latterly. You have
Been without officers to administer
the Laws. But I suppose the agony
is pretty well over. The ms ARE
pretty well 'oM,' and the new APP
pOintees are beginning to deM0n-
strate satisfactorily 5heir wonderful
fitness for the duties and responsible
tiles Of their several positions. So
far as know them, think you may
congratulate the people of your cOun-
ty upon the appointments made foI
rests gracefully, 10 doubt, upon til,
shoulders of our old friend Charley
AsaekIeford. | am right glad fol
your people that they have such {
MAN ansenS them who is not diSqual
flied. / AIN persuaded that it woul(
have been better for every man, whC
could, to- have bad his disabilities re
moved before Gibbs & Co. went t.
> Washington to manipulate things
T but it is ROW too late. If their name
l weyg' rot fegulWH written in the booI
that was kept by the "ENPcutiv
Committee then have they neithe
+ lot nor parcel in the 'SpoilS.' | SAY
e Il man not long ago tfrat sad hi
t name passed upon roll through mi>
+ take, and he was relieved of the bun
2 den of distranchiScmcnt, and all tn
e pains and penalties due to secession
e because he hailed from. " jackson
J The Committee thought he was frol
IL jackson county, anti SccessiOn, All
'e let him pass whereas, he was frol
II the city OF jackson, the great hea,
J. centre of rcbcldom in Mississippi.
\, The Spring races and the Agricu
ii tural Fair continue to draw d" +
( erybody and his wife" are in tow
o. dry goods merchants, hotel keepc
" and restaurants are doing fine bu,
II ness. Beside these, there are hume
4 Gus other institutions that prosp
st when eIrr country cousins" come
ct town. Drinking saloons, gambII
a houses, and all tha various places
amusement have harvest time.
I'd The corn doctor has more patien
than he can accommodate. Chine
is Grip, Parsons Cement, and the eel
I'd bratcd Worn-kiIlcr, with his b
ii black bottlc-all, all, do a thrivil
~ business for Il few days, on the
:" :. festive occasions" Soon, the II
IL summer days VIII come, and the
il bcnctactOrS of our race will seek I