The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-03-12

How he has Fulfilled IL as President
Ofthe New Orleans and jackson
Railroad, and how IL was En-
dOrsed last night by an Express
ton of Pablo Sentiment.
From the New Orleans Times. :

From the New Orleans Times.l
1t falls to the lot of few men to receive
such tokens of esteem and confidence a:
were bestowed upon General II. S
McComb last night at the St. Charlie:
Hotel. The event was TO him q com
plete surprise, which tended 10 heighten
the pleasurable emotions it CAV, rise to
in the minds of all who participated in it.
About o'clock, presentation com
mittee, consisting of Colonel John
Phelps, President of the Chamber OF
Commerce General Cyrus Bussey; S.
K. Kennedy, President of State Ma
tional Bank; L. f. Generes, President
of New Orleans Saving Institution j.
! Z. Payne, Major John T. Hardie, Vice
President of the Mutual National Bank !;
Lloyd K. Coleman, President of the Mer-
chants and Traders's Insurance Com
pany; Colonel James I. Day, President
/ of the Sun Mutual Insurance Company ;
E. A. Tyler; A. Baldwin, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Delta Insurance Company :;
| Alexander Walker; Thos. A. Adams,
| President Crescent Insurance Company,
and Col Geo. Norman, called upon
| Gen. McComb at his rooms in the hotel,
and were received by him in Parlor o.
Gen. Cyrus Busy acted as chairman of
the committee, and when the courtesies
usual on such occasions were past, on be-
half of the committee, addressed Gen.
McComb substantially as follows:
REMARKS OF GEN. BUssEY.
gen MCCoMB-W who appear here
tonight are chiefly men of New Orleans,
but we are tospeak not for this city alone,
but also for the people of Louisiana and
Mississippi. All have desired to bear
you a testimonial Of their appreciation of
what you have done for the States Of
Mississippi and Louisiana, and especially
for the city of New Orleans, since you
came among us as the President of the
New Orleans, Jackson and Great North
ern Railroad. When you came you found
that road with broken connections and
disordered Practically, you have re-
built it, and in your large enterprise you |
have uprooted the forests and rebuilt
there city, bearing your own name, and |
established there hotels, churches, ma !
chine shops, and all the evidences Of en- |
lightened and progressive civilization. In |
these works you have added largely to |
the trade and commerce Of New Orleans, |
and beg to assure you that every citizen |
deeply feels and acknowledges the bene- |
fits Won have conferred.
Hal your labors ended with these |
achievements, they would have been |
enough to entitle you to the gratitude and /
confidence Of the people. But there was /
a missing link in our railway connections
necessary to give them independence, and |
I !,
that great Northwest which lies beyond /
Cairo. You made that link under great /
difficulties, and did it without calling /
upon the people for a dollar. In this
last and browning achievement yOu have I
opened up favorable Communications with |
Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky, with
the East, and finally with the Lakes and
the great, rich and almost limitless West.
The benefits that flowed in upon US from
the works you have performed since you
took charge Of the Jackson Road, ena-
bled New Orleans 70 pass almost I'M
scathed through the great financial crisis
in the past few months.
Considering these things, it was the
desire of many of us at one time to make
YOU a more substantial gift than the one
we bring; bat we remembered that in
your known great wealth, that which
should speak the confidence and> esteem
oC the business men Of the South, you
would esteem more highly than any
mere gift of intrinsic value.
In presenting you this testimonial, II IS
our desire to express the hope that there
are other enterprises which viii engage
your attention. and on the completion Of
which, we shall again nave the pleasure Of
rendering you our congratulations. You
have written your name III iron links
through all the States to the Ohio, and
now in behalf OF the business men of
New Orleans, and Of those residing along
the great iron railway you have brought
to such perfection, l offer you this testi-
monial bearing their autographs sigma
lures"
With these remarks Gen. Bussey de-
livered to Gen. McComb n small box
inlaid with silver, containing
the written testimonial and original sig
natures thereto. On the box was in
scribed: "'Testimoni4l to General Fl. 5.
McComb, President Southern Railways,
from citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi,
Ammo Domini, 1874" The testimonial
read as follows