The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-27


4 one up. Mr.. John L. Dantzler, an in
; teIligent magistrate and planter, residin:
D on Leaf river, Perry county, informe,
j me that he had settled there in 1872
: with family of FIVE persons. He haC
! then ten children, thirteen grandchil
dren, and some seventy negroes, and du
ring the whole Period never had occasion
for physician, and but three Deaths
one of old age and two infants. These
examples are quoted from my journal,
and | could fill pages with similar in
stances.
You ask me for my own case, and
though | dislike to write about myself, |
will do so 10 illustrate the salubrity OF
| these pine woods.
| am native of Natchez, of delicate
organization, subject in early life TO Sc
we're attacks every year, and my consti
tuition enfeeb!ed by the copious bleed
ings and mercurial treatment then in
fashion.
My whole life had been a protracted
invalidism. In 1S35-6-7, was in Con-
gress. and during that time had several
severe attacks. About the commence
ment Of the famous Mississippi contested
election, in the room of the Committee
of Foreign Relations, of which was a
member, was seized with hemorrhage
from the lungs, and was carried to my
donIcil in Il fainting condition. The
late Professor Sewall, of Washington,
was my medical attendant Neither he
nor any of my friends thought l would
recover. DR.. VIM. @. Austin, of Nir-
ginia-now and for many years al the
head of his profession in New Orleans
having determined on moving TO Missis-
sppi, had come to Washington to get
letters Of introduction from me and other |
friends He found me in the condition |
above described, and remained with me |
until ! was able to travel. Under Prov |
idence, | owe my life TO his skill and at |
tention. In letter published by DR.. |
Austin in 1873, he makes the following |
reference to my case: "Mr. Claiborne |
is now living on his sea island cotton
plantation near Bay St, Louis, Mississippi |
"A living monument to the health of |
that region. Many years ago he was my /
patient. At that time he was a member
Of Congress. | brought him home from
Washington almost in a dying condition.
He was candidate for re election against
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not let him enter upon the canvass, for /
knew he could not survive it. | induced
him to give up public speaking and
finally public life altogether. Since then,
he has lived in the pine woods. He
visits New Orleans two or three times
year, as he says, to consult me, but really,
[ think, to show what the sea coast of his
native State has done for him."
By DR.. Austin's order l settled in
county, Mississippi, on a salt
water bayou, about four miles from the
sea, and surrounded by pine forest and
salt marsh.
During this long period / have never
lad fever; never have taken an emetic
II cathartic; no recurrence Of the hem
'rrhage; eat and drink what please, and
IAN walk or ride as far in a day as most
'oung men. Up to the breaking out of
he war had on my plantation about one !
hundred in family, and have never paid I.
me cent for medical services during my
in the county.
Having said this much about the soil, :
PRODUCTS, undeveloped resources, and :
ealth of the sea-board and pine woods
istrict of Mississippi, leave it to practi- :
al men to strike balance between !
ealth and comfort, pure ain, sea breezes, y
God water, salt bathing, oysters, fish, v
init, the marked privileges of our coast, y
nd the profits to be made on the fisher :
e, on tar, turpentine, lumber, fuel, live :,
ock, beeswax, honey, butter, cheese, !,
ldes, peltries, tallow, wool, poultry and !;
ay, and the prospect ef becoming rich -
fever scourged swamps and pestilen r r
al diggings. =
With great respect, !,
j. f. H. CLAIBORNE, y
BAY ST.. LOUIS, Mss, May 9th, 1876. y