The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-01-20

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co,,al,-Fy,arh Camps Historical reDaiI
i..sors,- CLoctatg county Conclusion.
rJa,, Clrioa: Il is such a transition
.t,.c fast day-. for one to leave the Railroa
| Iii. .Iiyely" towns and cities, and bur
. hfo,seIf for seven days where the snort c
a. i~on-hor-e is Yet uuheard, and the tele
NH +. voted q nuisance, that | propose t
oiye YOUR readers the benefit of my recen
4 e,.ercations ia North Madison, Attala
q 1 ssts and Choctaw counties.
II .t,rtipg nom Goodman, Ton the Central
Mace Of which | have spoken before
#yrbieb Is still nourishing, and which is en-
Ede,red TO me by many pleasant associations
n made NV way to the vicinity of Camden
aladi,on county, once prosperous anc
'fouri,hing village, but which is now almost
abandoned. scarcely any business being done
Abere, aud it, live men" gone to the Rail-
load. But. if the glory of Camden has de-
harted. six miles from it, or the line (already
Graded Of the New Orleans, jackson and
4 reat Northern Railroad, there has arisen,
l. ifbv magic. a new town, bearing the high
soundiug name of -Couparle City, in hon
l. of il, founder, DR.. Leroy J. Couparle, NJ.
II This new candidate for ''city honors"
H. almost as inaccessible as was the Grotto
hi CalypsO-the citizens of the place having
beeo so engaged i'm developing their town as
IN 10 think of opening good road to il.
Alreadv three stores are doing business here
ma some of the timbers are upon the
Srouud for two or three more, besides other
snildiugs. including huge edifice, 200 feet
h length and 50 feet in width, Tor the eN-
Aapsiou of the Doctors business. This Won
lerful and mystical man appears to have
bIen heir 70 '.AlladiI. 5 Lamp'-he Is build
H. up q town in a wilderness, miles from
converts bleached domestic
hi other materials into the most beautiful
French Artificial flowers. manufactures III
Es town and sells abroad, ladies hats and
hpnets some of them really beautiful. and
Pcherche. ut less prices than they can be
|ought in New York city lis the compound
Of Pills and other preparations which
hook Chills and Fevers. and other alIlnSs
the human family higher than Il Kite,
Feparas cooking extracts of the most del
bate flavor. aud has actually got his floor
bd counters covered with 3laSS hotties r.
II M with Brandy Peaches OF his own put
nv IN which he has in barrels, ana when,
r slys he can sell cheaper thah DAHL
lore. could not tell the half that the uh.
people OF "Couparle Clty
hi vicinity. told me of its energetic
IA iijnstrious protector. The Doctor
aims 10 be a native OF South Carolina, OF
1ench descent a single man, graduate OF
aYeral colleges. "a professional chemisl, mas
ayeled considerably oyer the world ana
oeaks several languages. | shall Watch
ith interest the further development OF
,e plans of this wonderful genius, who, by
IL way is very modest and retiring, but
Il ses,ed of rare conversational powers
il yerv much liked in the neighborhood.
From Madison | crossed at Letlore's Ferry
the road 10 Carthage, Leake county Ihls
|Nu is scarcely able to afford ripple ana
bthinq short Of "A Railroad will bring it
Ii. Ii Is the home of several good and
hve men" aud many handsome and accom-
kshed women. and while all deplore the
ent of energy and recuperatloh III lhGlr
|wn they hold on most tenaciously to the
bee
hrom Carthage I wendell my way to Ed
burr Hooper's, ID miles north east OF
Hrthage. This point was formerly tue cen
of Iaroe Indian settlement, and Is III
Il midst of a very good body of lands. One
bre is open here, the first since the war
b like the country over which j haa al
hdy passed, found here also. the agrlcu!-
BAL interest greatly suffering. LABOR Is
anost completely disorganiZed. III i was
.rrectly informed, in North Madison and
BAKE, planters are having great deal OF
Bubble in procuring hands. to work their
hds for wages or on the shares--they nave
fers 70 rent or to sell Con time) and many
selling out to leave the State. have no
collection of ever seeing so little Worh
Ine in January towards preparing Tor
|Other crop. In my extended tour | saw
81,
en done, and but one where the work OF
eaning up and burning brush, logs, &c,
b going on while this was the case, 1
Ssed fields after fields white with the
lecy staple. and found most all gins run
ng still. Certainly very lamentable state
affairs. and which must have entailed the
is Of thousands of dollars of cotton TO the
anters.
From Hoopers a ride of thirty miles
ought me to koSciusko - the county
p Of Attala-the geographical centre of
iSSi-Sippi. the most business inland town
the State and which only awaits the
mpietion Of the y. .. j. x G.. \. Railroad
il from Canton. Ito be subsequently eN-
nded TO Aberdeen,} to make it bloom and
urish like the Rose of Sharon. Although
also. has lost. within the past
ar, several of her live men" who have
moved to the railroad. unlike other inland
WINS, the place is steady improving ana
hiding up-aud about rs many moving IN
move out.
In Alfalfa \ better report was given as 10
e labor question; the freedmen are gener-
y remaining with their former employers
d upon the same terms as last YEAR
any of the freedmen in Attal6 have done
well during the past year, are
wing lands and working finely in secur-
2 themselves homes of their own.
Another DAYS ride and | landed in Choc-
v county, passing through the thriving
.iage of French Camps, with its four or five
l stores. its saloon. its academy, Its shops,
merry, &c. There is here the nucleus of a
cd sized town. and the inhabitants are in
figententerpFising and energetic. French
mps, was named from an Indian legend of
arge French expedition camping there in
e last century, and Chateaubriand, the
eat French writer, the author of the beau
al story of Alfalfa and Chacta," is aid to
We passed night here. 1t was from this
by that the counties of Attala and Choc-
" received their names. and believe, the
e Hon. Gordon ID. Boys then Representa-
re in the Legislature and father of the
on. Rasselas BOYD, present Representative
ON Attala, has the honor Of naming them.
Shoetaw county is also represented as in
loulatlon, TO some extent, about the labor
'estion; considerable immigration is set
nlg In, however. from South Carolina and
.uer states, and her fertile lands VIII not DC
y 20 remain untitled, for she has a good
orking population outside of the freedmen
noetaw is sadly in need of railroad facili-
es and hope her Representatives will be
uhd ready TO lend their aid to the Legisla-
pa necessary to complete the railroad be-
,een Canton and Aberdeen.
IN conclusion, while the Agricultural in
rests of central Mississippi are certainly
I ,oehind what they ought to be now,
iIeVe that all differences will be arranged
u matters be in proper trim in short
ne, greater amount ofimproved agricul-
RAJ machinery and fertilizers will be used
Is year than ever known before in that
NJ Of the State, and more attention given
a full crop of corn.
Immigration is very popular and consid
able disposition evinced to invest in Steam
achinery to supply the great demand for
iheer. Some apprehension exists as to
e Legislature imposing q tax Of % cents