Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-03-18
LETTER FROM MISSISSIPPI.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: On the 26th
day of January last, nine of us left
your wharf for Vicksburg, Miss, as
canvassing agents for the justly cele-
brated Rosebank nurseries of Nash
vile, Tenn. We failed to make con-
nection with New Orleans boat at
Paducah, and consequently had the
pleasure of enjoying the kind hospital
ity Of Capt. Throop, the commander
of the popular little Cumberland river
packet, Silverthorp, until in few
miles of Evansville, Ind, where we
met the H. S. Turner, very large and
elegant boat. We dashed together and
soon reshipped our horses, baggage,
etc., and were soon retracing our steps
down the broad and muddy Ohio, ar
irving at Paducah again about II
o'clock on night Of Doth, where we had
considerable difficulty in landing in
consequence of fearful storm. The
next day the wind blew very hard and
necessarily, so we could not leave the
wharf. Several of us notwithstand-
ing the gale, took a stroll through the
city, and called to see our friend and
former townsman, w. S. Dick, who
is engaged in the livery business. We
found Stewart looking very we'll and
as natural as pig track, and his stock
even better than himself, which led
US to conclude that he enjoyed a liberal
share ofthe public patronage which he
so richly deserves.
About II o'clock the storm abated
and we were soon moving toward
Vicksburg, where We arrived about 3
| o'clock on the evening of Feb. l, with
out meeting with any accident or ad-
venture worthy of note, but not with
out another storm that tossed our
boat about like bubble. None of
the boys were excited in the least, but
concluded they would try on their
life preservers, just to see how they
looked in them. We spent the night
in Vicksburg, and On the morning of
the I'd we started out in southerl y di-
rection hunting territory. We found
fruit agents more numerous than sands
on the seashore, aud all of the country
closely canvassed.
We made our first stand at Mead
vile, Franklin county, the next at
Summit, where we met with pretty
fair success. None of our party are
at all dissipated, but as we learned
that our enterprising townsmen, Wal
ter McComb 4 Co., extended their
whisky trade as far as Summit, we all
went around and took a drop of the
"crater" just to patronize home indus
try, and should Nc. receive an order
for a new supply of whisky he will of
course feel under some obligations to
the fruit agents.
We have sold about 81, 900 worth of
fruit trees up to date, which is pretty
fair business, considering the present
financial condition of Mississippi
The people here have been taxed to
death by radical legislation and car
pet bag rule generally, but they are
now more hopeful than they have
been since the war, as the Legislature
now sitting threatens to impeach Da-
Wis, the negro observation-disclosures
and also CORDOBA, the State Superin-
tendant of Public Instruction. 1t is
also thought that Ames will be i'm
peached. The people are confident
that the Conservatives will carry the
State in November.
would like to have you ventilate
some of our Mississippi jokes through
your columns, though I fear it may
cause thegreen-eyed monster to rankle