The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-04-22
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Misslssippl Correspondents
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DsAR LEE. The Northern nor.
ttons Of Mississippi present every.
where unmistakable evidences TINT
something worse than madness wns
recently abroad In the land. Here
stands . mound of earth, there q lit.
tlo ditch, yonder q large redoubt, and
every whore countless stumps with no
enclosing fsncoi and behind oil this, b
dilapidation of estates, deuoraliza.
ton Of labor, and poverty of tho peo.
pie scarcely cqualled in dear old South
Carolina. Around Corinth, where
many n nobleman met his fate, tho
rifle pits are almost perfectly prescrv-
ed, and encircle that shadelcss town
so beautifully, that ono would think
were they we'll manned with Confed.
crate heroes they might have defied
the United States and Germany com
bined. Fate willcd otherwise.
Asdern Corinth is entirely post BEL
ium, and is scattered over pretty
valley, and nestled around tho cross.
ings OF two great railroad thorough
fares-Mobile and Ohio, and the
Charleston and Memphis. Nearly all
the buildings arc Of wood and quite
small, thoug every Corinthian antic-
ipates mighty future for his home,
especially as it is soon to have Court
House and other public buildings.
The present Legislature is cutting
and slashing among the old counties
so, that every dcpot on every rail
road IN the State is represented at
Jackson by its partizaus, all claiming
the necessity of converting every ono
OF them into county seat. l believe
is a plan in the Mississippi Radical
platform, that the Court Houses
should be sufficiently numerous to al
low the freedmen to attend Court
every afternoon when the sun is so
hot that a good dinncr makes man
feel sleepy. Take courage Cokesbury,
Greenwood, Ninety Six, Lowndcsvillo,
ct. al.
In tho Northeast suburbs of Cor
inth is tho Federal cemetery, neatly
enclosed, and very handsomely laid
off in walks, aud cultivated with
roses, cvergrecns, &c. There too are
the barracks, where the blue bellies
the bugler's blast and tho martial
drum almost hourly remind tho citi-
zens, that Mississippi yet needs watch
ing. was once fond Of martial mu-
sic, but since Sharpsburg's frolic, | al
ways feel moro like beating the drum
mcr's head than the head Of his
drum.
From Corinth to Okaloro, past the
famous Tupclo, distance Of seventy
miles, the war path Of contcnding ar
mics is not yet oblitcrated, and per-
haps will not bo by this generation,
|unlcss more labor can bo introdu ccd
and better crops be made than has
been tho case since tho war.
have been most pleasantly i'm
pressed with one feature of my trav-
els through this great State--that is
the warmth with which South Car
oliuian is everywhere met by the citi-
zens of Mississippi. Allow me to
rarratc an incident or two. At Oko-
Iona, where [ arrived ut 8 M, lost
no time in rambling about tho village
to effect certain ends. l met several
Carolinians and in an hours talk
with one or two of them after supper,
one remarked, "Colonel, Carolinian
will be n Carolinian everywhere and
anywhere; sir, in prison, at Johnsons
Island, thirty-flve of us banded to-
gether as brotherhood, aud if one
took sick, the other thirty four felt it
duty to SEQ rs far as possible that
ne should want for nothing. I've
often seen them shivering in the cold
that their sick comrades might Re
made warm under each othcr's
blankets: No other troops so organ
ICED in that prison"
On the cars from Okolona to West
Point met an educated gentleman.
who said he loved South Carolina,
because his mother was born there.
At West Point he introduced mo to a
score or moro of men, half of whom
were South Carolinians, or sons of
South Carolina parents, and would
have mo to 60 to his house to get
lunch before leaving tho village, rs
expected to do at B. m. I went,
and after an introduction, tho object
OF my visit being announced, the
Madame said. "Wcll, Colonel, you
must evcuse me for few. minutes, I
can very soon prepare you a lunch,
for you must know we are not able to
hire servants nowadays" I felt
mortified so to impose upon a, refined
lady, but her cheerful manner and the
frlendlincss of the family soon set mo
at case. In forty-fvc minutes, by the
watch, we were invited in to lunch,
and though thore was no fro in the
stove when she loft tho room, there
was spread dinner of hot biscuits
and coffeo, fried ham and eggs, fried
potatoes, the finest honey ever saw,
and rich milk in abundance. She ex-
pressed q wish I would stay aud lot
her cook mo a dinner. I have been
miunte 10 my description of this visit
for the benefit of the good housewives
at home. This lady was raised in
afluence, and before the war her hus,
band was large cotton planter.
But the osoillating Of both armies,
back and forth, through that country
during the war, desolated il more
thoroughly than did Sherman in his
incendiaRy Invasion of South Carolina.
Buildings were destroyed, every head
Of stock carried of. and in this par
ticnlar' case ON inheritance Of ante
6sllans debts entailed. Hence the
necessities to which this family were
reduced but how could husband
with euch q vito be poor. She is the
peereSS H the GMOthpr 0f Gracchi -