Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-05-26
Communicated.
ON THE WAY TO THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY AT
COLUMBUS,
Communicated.

4 Frosty Breakfast, and Betsy
Ward next door to the Dele
gates-Bad News from the
Wheat-The Bumps left by
the $50. Security Gothic
Fine Lands and Poor
Labor of Miss Meet
ing of the Assembly
The MissourianS
Home at Last
COLUMBUS Miss
! May 23rd, 1874
ED. NEws.-From this beautiful lit.
tie city, l promised to give you a note
Taking the Tuesday morning ives,
tern train, we found ourselves, rapid
! IL leaving our friends at home still In
the embrace of Morpheus. The air
was chilly, but we were surprised as
soon as it was sufficiently light, by
seeing plenty of frOst-we hope 10 Sc
rious damage has resulted to vegeta-
ton. At Greeneville, for the small
sum of one dollar, from both Clergy
and Elders, we put ourselves in pos
session OF a break fast remarkable only
for one thing-thc temperature of all
the viands, was the same, and that
very little above the provisions our
good home folks had stored in our
lunch baskets. Continuing our iii
rection, we found the crops through
upper East Tennessee, more advanced
than ih Sullivan, but not looking as
well rs they usually do at this season
of the wear. Corn is very small, in
fact in many places, not yet visible
above the clods. Wheat looks better,
and promises a fair harvest. The
fruit crop SO far as we could observe.
will be limited, many places scarcely
any at all. BY night-fall we found
ourselves West and North of the Ten
nessee River, jogging along through
Alabama, OH the NJ & Charleston II.
r, We found this road rather rough.
and although we were enjoying fine
sleeping car that we did not enjoy
H,u"h, such n continual jumping up
and then settling OFT into a steady rat
tie, only TO take another jolt, kept us
on kind of uneasy and uncUmforta-
ble state of shdkiRess; that perfectly
dissipated the idea Of sleep, although
We were sadly in need of it, having
slept but little the night before. At
Corrinth Miss. we found u good
breakfast awaiting our arrival. By
this time the commissioners to our
General Assembly, had continued to
join our party, until we numbered
some thirty or forty. We were de-
tanned here Hntil after dinner, await
ing the train going South. On its ar
rival, we found y large delegation for
the churches through Kentucky. Mid
die and West Tennessee, Missouri, &c. |
Taking the Mobile & Ohio Railroad |
al Corrinth, we ran down through the |
heart of the beautiful Prairie country |
of Mississippi. as fine a body of lands |
as can be found any where, but show
ing unmistakable signs of the result /
of the late war in the great want of la
hor. Thousands of acres of land, re-
main uncultivated, or if cultivated at
all, not as il once was. The very
or, at amount of rain. has prevented
the planters from using what labor
the could get 10 good advantage, and
the amount of cotton planted, is not so
large as it otherwise would have been.
at Artesia al 8 O'Clock p. NJ.
took branch Road to Columbus, ar
irving about eleven. We found
friends awaiting our arrival, and al
though we numbered over one hum
bred including those who had arrived
before, ample arrangements had been
made for our entertainment, and the
of the city was at once ex-
tended. aud by II O'clock. we were all
and quietly In our tempo
rary homes. We found ourselves the
guests of DIR. and Judge Lyon, sons
Of Rev. DIR. James a. Lyon, a native
Of Washington County Tennessee, and
for over thirty years, Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at this place, ard
1t presen: Chancellor in the UNIVERSE
~ of Mississippi at Oxford. 1.-THE
General Assembly of tn Presbyterian
Church in the United States" met
and was organized 10y electing Rev.
]. L. Girardeau of Charleston ). C.,
Moderator Rev. Jos. II. Wilson, d.
D of Columbia. s. c., and Rev. w.
OF Richmond, are the regular
Clerks, aud understanding their bust
ness, as well rs the business of the AS
sembly; everything moves on rapidly.
The most important event thus far in
The Session, has been the reception of
NNilOu Va 1IlcsOulls do PAL ~
this great Presbyterian family. At
the close of the war. they could not
agree to the political deliverances of
the Northern Presbyterian Church
W G., which they were connected, and
for the fearlessnes of their testimony
for the truth. aud persisteuey in
their Church free from
all political contamination, they have
suffered severely. The Synod embra-
ces the five Presbyieries. covering the
whole State of Mo-. and is said To in
Guide niue-tenths of ali the Preshyte-
rians al the State II was a scene /
worth remembering, wien the dele
cation standing on the floor OF the /
A. ssembly. received the welcome of the
Moderator. 4 beautiful little speech
US delivered by the Chairman |
of the Commissioners, IL language