The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-07-24

yrom Jackson Time. aud Hspubiicau1
MoSTRoss HOUSE,, BlLnxt, July l6
come" The great camp meeting, on
The sea side. ear this place. aud now
at hand, is the chief attraction (; the
grounds are laid of on n metropolis
tan scale-roas of cottages, amph.
theatres fer preaching, rcfreshment
ho1ses, soda stands, whaIfs, oath
The clans are gathering all along
this coast, and "ibe cry is still they
houscs-eyerylhing, in fact, to &C.
commodaTe a great multitude. The
highest preaching talent is looked
lor-among The humber Dr.. G.. X.
Marshall OF Vick-burg and the emf.
nent divines of your city and county
And in view of the evdnge ical move-
mont in New Orleans and the great
success of the demonstiat alton at New
Orleans, a pronounced revival is ex
pected. Twenty fisherman and halt
a dozen o oyster boats have been en-
gagged for this mighty ga herring, and
Mr.. Montross tells me there is n
heavy rise in the price of chickens
and eggs. These articles invariably
go up where preachers congregate
1t is quite a harvest, they tell me, for
the small pine woods farmers for fifty
miles back Long trains of home
made, one>horse carts, covered with
striped cotton, and filed with fowls
butter, eggs, honey, peaches ami mel
ons, may be seen trundling toward
the coast at this season of the year
aud, instead of driving into the vii.
lagos, they make a bee line for the
great camp ground, where the hun
CRY multitude will pay them two
prices, and no grumbling.
Besides bishops and preachers, ell
ders, deacons and class leaders, who
constitute the chief feature, here.
abouis just now, we have a smal
s~prinkling of politicians. | have met
with Col. Smith. IF the PascagouIa
STAR, a highly educated and accom-
plished gentleman /; Mr.. G. X
Browning, of the same paper /; Col.
James. Mai. Henly and Capt. Brad>
ford, all residents here and former
members OF the Legislature /; Capt.
P. X. Mayors and Mr.. Pearson, OF
the Handsboro Democrat and Coils.
Seal and Champlin, both eminent
lawyers and we'll known in jackson.
There are likewise here and here
abouts numerous prominent men, OF
either party, from various ) ctions OF
your State. In a circle such as this
of course politics and public men are
freely discussed. And, | can assure
you, if Bay st. Louis is political
headquarters, as your correspondent
Gabriel" says it is, Biloxi and Mis-
sissippi City and the Pass are not
lar behind it. In fact, PEOPLE come
here to talk ; they have nothing else
to do, and outside of religious circles
politics constitute the sole topic.
The Congressional election in this
district is freely discussed. On my
expressing an opinion that Mr.. Lynch
would probably have no serious OPP
position, there was a genera! dissent.
On my saying that it would probably
be difficult to find a candidate TO OPP
pose him in either party, ] vas as
sured that there was some one ready.
cooked and primed, in every county
in the district. and a long list of
names was given, which l am not
sure | can remember.
DEMOCRATS.
Carter, Of Perry; Ford, OF Marion,
Smith and Wood, of jackson, Seal,
Champlin, HUMPHREYS. Henderson and
Mayors, of Harrison; Ohrisman, Of
Law renee; Hurst. Ben King and Stone
Of Pike; johnson, of Jefferson ; Mar
tin, Botto and Winchester, Of Adams
certainly q noble array Of names.
J. REPUBLICANS.
Noble, OF Wilkinson; McCrary and
Grifiu, Of Adams; Stiles, Of Clai
borne; Galtney, Of Amite; Osgood, of
Wilkinson ; Cassidy, of Pike ; Ses-
sions, Cassidy and Gartman. Of Lin
coin. Mortimer. of Lawrence. and