The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-09-27

T. 2
BHrAS. september 4tt, 1916.
EDs. CLAafcS -Be:,re leaving Missis-
sippi, male promises q Numerous pet-ons
Ia jackson and throughout fhe siu'r, r.
write % theui % my arrival hers. tare
been hers a week. and had m} aifa1 mrch
Immersed In bu.iness, that cannot Keep
up my private c0rresp1ndsnre uutii the
College = Organized and sia-yed; There
fore address you letter. whi-b, ahm
printsd Ia THE tLAEiou, VIII reach every
body.
Ny stay 10 New Orleans ua. pleasant,
made NJ by the attentions Of Mears,a ,aisil-
kins aud Jarvis, the former agent of =. Z.
Barnes & Co, the latter u Harpcr 4 Bros.
With them and senator Wharton. went tn
the new lake. seven miles distant, anI
lunched at noon, and atnigii, returned and
took supper. Snch lunch aud such a sup
per can BE- furnished ln nyOihcr city ca tie
world
Ny tripacross tho Guif - quite pleasant
made more 20 by excc'lcntstlnIany. Among
the passengers was Mrs, : y riglJ, daught-
er Of Col. oliver Luck,tr n Canton, Gen.
Is b. Ssmmes. OF New orleans, Dr. Duua-
liza, Of 6ialy-ston, aud Rev Dr. ED. Iit..
of chapel Hill, Tsxa-, but Formerly of
Opeiika, Alabama. 10 would bs diMcuit Co.,
assemble more agreeable company. ano
We all regretted 10 separate. Gen. .-tumr-
and myself went 90 thr GanI -utHtrH
Hotel w Galveston. Who're We IruAilru
from . o'clock A. 50. t1 J, O.. ST., when vc
took the train, he Tor Dallas, anI ! ior
Bryan.
During the time spent in Galv,st1u. Gen.
Seuimrs and myself. hrar,IE BOO mrmurY
the description of Turki.n bath. gwen to
the world b. Mutk Twain, concluded go
sncouutertlte peril- aud aIsunr1Ers uf t.c
institutien, 1nd repaired tu thr pI1r" and cu-
tered. WNhOat endorsing blI tntf Itf' says.
will say that there I, not H thing described
In tha Innocents Abroad Boo cluuvc. JON
with the Turkish bath but viIi hr seen aud
falt IN Galveston by aus uur So uu uIy es.k
the luxury OF Turkish or iu-.iBu bath.
! shall long remember my visit tn thr bath
house; aud what will .di most 20 tlr liat--
ure ur the visit l. the recollection of my
genial companion, Gen 1rmmrs. q Louis
lana grntlemen ol the old -rhuul, uud She
business partner Of Gen j. q. llt1l.
Cotton 4 reachiug Galveston u INSTALL
meuts n over 1000 bales per day. Whirh
am told by parties here, who know. l. u't
indicative Of a large crop, but l@ merely the
effect Ot n peculiar season. The cotton
crop OF Trxas will not be equal 60 that co
last season. The corn crop i3 large and
bread will be- chap.
have seen little of the country. The
towns along the railroad have changed
wonderfully for the better. sine, I was here
IN January 1870. Massive brick block. have
taken the place of shautiss, and the business
man are OF n much NOR; solid and su1s,lu-
tial class Money Is AS scarce here as with
you, aud the rate of interest quite as hgb.
So far AS have seen, Texas IS not % re-
iuge from hard times elsewhere. Industry
Ia abuudantly rewarded here as il is ,u Mis-
sisaippi
Our College is four miles from Bryan 80
the country. though Immediately on the
Houston X Texas Central Railway There
IA no one with me, except Gen. Hamilton
4. Bee, the Stewart OF the Institution. Gen.
Bee was a major general during the late
war. His father was sam Uuu-tuu's Secre-
tary Of War, during the days OF thr TeSlu
Republic. IT, Is the brother of Gen. u C.,
who Tell with Barlow ut MaugssAs-p1r li1-
bile fratrum. Gen. Bee has be planting
In Mexico for eight years, near Monterey,
aud at night, he iasciuates me with rccUl-
lectiOns Ofa lite, as heroic and noble as he
Il pure aud without reproJch. Our college
buiidlnAs are situated on an emin nee, iu AN
open prairie, and are simply magnificent
there Is no other word. There is not a
k@-~--ts- aA4iaaiaais,s-t 81 'st g. '.r can tr4l
building, .And the - taNarts lliI, from
which thts Is written. was efrrtcu ~ cost
OF S32,OOO.00 by the architect who butl'
Anaudale for Mrs. johnson, In Madison
county
At night | sit on the verAn'ah with
no com pauiOn except Cen. Bee, ap'
enjoy breeze that comes from
the guilt there being very little tlmlc' be-
tween this point and the coast. My thpu-hH
often wander to the days OF labor, and hop
aud Joy, and sorrow, that | spcnt ia dea
Mississippi, In the years thai are gone au,
to my friends aud dear wife ANA childrel
left behind.
have met with my colleagues of the fac
ulty, aud am much pleased with them all
and do not entertain doubt about M
abundant success Of the institution Til
class will not be large this fall. because o.
publication has been made, aud the peopl
have sent their sous abroad, 20 a cousiicra
BILE extent; but we are furnishing the build
ings Ia = style tn correspond with their ar
ehitectute aud finish, aud must, with on
Faculty aud an Empire to brrk u', me,
with abundant success We open October
| shall advertise generally this week.
I will write again when | sec more, an
will say something OF politics.
Truly yours,
THos. >. GAruRIGur.