The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-16
cur MISSISSIPPI. Letter.

or, that the bottom OF the great reservoir had
tunIhled out, the whole contents were stream |
ing down upon US in one grand destructive
deluge. It has rzainetl, rained. and rained, still
rains, rains and rains, hardly stops long |
enough for the mud to harden just little, |
before it begins again, and keeps on raining till
one grows weary of the monotonous rattering |
of the drops-or buckets fulton the house
tops, or the gloomy, dismal outlook from the
windows. We have had but one snow that was
anything like snow, and that fell just three
weeks ago tonight. In Memphis, fifty miles
north of us. it is said to have fallen to the depth
of fifteen inches. Here 1t was not mere than
three or four, and all except in shady spots
melted OF in twenty-four hours. There has
been no sleighiHg, and very little skating in
this section during the past winter. The far
mers have been able to make very little prepa-
ration for crops far. for the land here. unlike
yours In Oregon. won't bear piowing when the
rains are in blast. Nor, indeed, could the plow-
men stand the work, even if the lands would
admit of it, for. verify believe, a general
thing, it rains harder here than il does any
where else in the world. We have thunder
storms, too, even in winter, that would almost
frighten a native young Oresonian twho had
never heard thunder clear out of his boots.
And then, too, these little visitations are occa-
teionally interspersed with windstofms ana
tornadoes which are often largely destructive
or life as well as property. week ago. for h-
stance, we had a heavy wind here which, COM.
| iAg in the dead hours of the night, as it dill,
! dove s,eep from eyes thai had closed heavily
and in weariness several hours before, and
| caused many fair ones to leave their dovny
beds in the tasteful ard interes, ing habilmerts
/ of the bewitching hours of slurlber and tf
| dreams No material damage was done here or
| in iaF
storm had swept some eighty or ninety miles
| eastward il eliminated in a tornado which
struck the little town of Pienzi. the Mobile
/ & Ohio Railrpad, in one of the nort heastern
counties, and in that place alone mot half so
| large Albany, killed six or eight persons
wounded manymore, and destroy ell nearly two
hundred Thousand dollars worth of property,
| including several churches and academies, be-
side stores, private residences. etc. One Of
| these fellows would be a regular =" wake mp = in
1 Oregon, and they not uncommon here
| but that one is looked for in some locality or
other every year, aud they even come oftener.
| 4 Californian says he had rather take all the
earthquakes of the Pacific coast aggregated.
/ than one of our thunder stornss ] reckon he
would be willing 70 throw in - boot If a torna-
| 10 were substituted for the thunder and light
ming. True TO speak. none OF are fond of
! them, and many would sGee to the noun
| tains,' and beyond, even 70 the shores of the
placid Paciic--only can'i get away. verify,
| the spirit is wiling. but the flesh Is weak
l know of one party of some eighteen or
! twenty persons (which viii probably be in
| creased 10 forty norel who are making
their arrangements TO start in May or early in
! June for the Willamette valley. They are GO
! ing from Monl genaery and Carroll Sountiss
! mostly. Mr. ). Y Oliver. Of tse larty, was up
20 see lac few Gays ago, since hen he has
written nae that the entire parry expect to start
between the Ith ana I5sh of May. Mr.. Gold
stone lone of Them, has a brother now in Cor
wallis; or rather, saw AMI left him there last
summer, aud his reports to his friends, ike
! those of Mr.. Crurnp, from Albany, are all favor
able, and encouraging 10 migrants or TO those
who contemplate emisrsation> L repeat--what
said in Oregon and have said hundreds of
times since my return Oregon needs a rail-
road connection with the rest of the world.
All the energies of the State and the people
should be directed and held to this one great
desideratum. As for myself, never enjoyed a
trip more in my life than did the one on the
| noble steamer John L. Ssei,hrns, from Portland
to San Francisco, and have no hesifancy what
ever in recommending il to all erni2rants, but
have met with many, and particularly among
the laIies. who declare they cannot and dare
| not and sciH not venture it, and YOU know
| that
when woman win she viii, and you may
And wlicn she won't she won't, and there's an
end ont )"
as long as there are any men to be ruled their
| tastes and wishes and prejudices are bound TO
| be respected. Let Oregon build Railroad con-
snection with the rest of the world then,-the
sooner the better and my word for it-given
upon close observation and actual experience
| the women will go there, and wherever hey go,
the men, like sMary's little lambs will be
| :. sure to oo.''
Taxes are evils to be dreaded, but they are
| necessary evils, and we are bearing them here
| to an extent that fairly makes eyelids
| quivcr, but, if were a. comfortably dosniciied
| in the :. Webfoot State as am here. think I
could very readily consent to be taxed TO help
build such railroad as il seems to me TO be the
one thing needed to initiate the oregonian BAL
loon, and send 1t sailing TO the very summit OF
prosperity. greatness and grandeur.
Before this reaches you, you will have learned
that Arkansas matters have become settled, the
State reconstructed and the present State gov
| ernulent and officers recognized by the powers
at Washington. Since all this has transpired,
/ Gov. Garland has issued his prociamation OF
| amnesty. and especially counterTnanding the
one Offering reward for the apprehension oi
| Broolxs is appointed Postmaster at Little Rock,
| which have no doubt is a better paying Office
| than that of Governor. It Is thought that Gar
land twl4o was confederate senator in wal
timesl will succeed Clayton in the United States
Senate, but some believe that Judge Caldwell
of the O. s. District Court, and Gov. Baxter. art
both aspirants for the much coveted cushion
and they are no mean competitors. The Dem
oerais will have it their own way. having .
lnrge majority in each branch of tho Legisia
ture. and having been excluded from the hon
ors and spoils of Office long time, are naturally
| quite hungry for the :. flesh pots. Who blamei
them Not L
Il The q labor question y is being seriously con
sidered here By the people generally. and par
| ticulnrly by the farmers and The Changers. I
has become indeed theabsorbing problem OF tn.
day. When cotton is down and the crops al.
short, il IL clearly demonstrated that farming
don't pay. It is equally plain. too, that tn
colefed people are not .soverly . fond of wori
i ufrtler such circumstances. They hDek into ant
around the towns and villages and Seem to IRE
fer depending upon transient jobs thar fall ii
their way or that they can pick mp, rRtl1er THAI