The weekly clarion., 1877-10-03
LETTER EE<Oh " AAAAAA NJ.


CO CLARION 1t Is now definitely set
That the cotton crop OF Texas will be
-..1 account of the ravages Of the army
-o lnd dr0uth The estimates Of the
,-i.n.,ural departm mt tor the month Of
m.- feel sure, viii show large de-
l.saev in the cotton prospect. The corn
.o 1. secure and abundant. Immigration
iii H. very heavy the coming fall, owing
& ,ra caeapuess of living. The great liz
3 -..nYarr- offered to immigrants here do
- c1gsi,t entirely ia the quality and
q a..are-s Of lands, but also in the popuIa-
4 Especially Is this true of northern
r.rs. The population is cosmopolitan.
g.~ instance you 20 into a neiguborhood
..t fnd one family from Illinois, ono from
,r.-qgri. one from Ohio, one from Georgia,
-,. from south Carolina, ami aiother from
2r...srna-ctts Each marks the peculiarfty
,,fga other, and each copies from the other
geB learns To- respect the prejudiccs OF the
.rer. and all intolerance, rrom the force OF
a-srustauces, disappears. The consequence
s7JrasuIc are continued additions from all
.rt5u= Of the country. In the South and
/ ,.grh-west, Germans and Bnhemians con-
/ a.u.e entire communities, almost counties
mississippi would induce German com
rgrfrf.5 to --rt' in the State, there would
t.fo subsequent trouble about getting en-
Migrants IL additions. Simply getting Ger
man IabOrers will not do. Entire commu-
,s,.- must be brought to the country. These
communities must be large enough to sus-
-s.q schools, churches. aud traditional Gus
.us. No German is satisfied in i strictly
American population He is looking to the
time when hc can join his people. The
German agricultural people are industrious
sa4 frugal. and buy land They almost in
,.raJIv absorb all the land of county,
where they 5etrir, and never sell an acre.
They send their sons and daughters TO
American colleges, and the growing gener-
alton, .u this state, speak English At the
bare commencement of the Texas A. aud NJ. |
college, the first honor tor scholarship was
awarded young gentlemen from Gonzales
county, whose father and mother speak no
English. / mention this fact and what has
gone before. to intimate to land owners in
Mississippi what will secure a sure sale for
their lands, and tasteu upon the soil of their
State valuable citizenship. Speaking from
actual experiences am bound, as | am in
Glued t9 say, thlt " hen soil, climate, water,
timber, health, and couveniouces of all kinds
ara taken into the account, doubt if Mis-
--,ippi has a counterpart on the face Of the
earth, iu the elements that constitute place
ur home There are causes that operate to
Keep away immigration. 1t might appear
TO some so be presumptuous in me to say
whatthcse causes are. They are simple and
naupnu the surface
Speaking of presump ptions, | am informed
that some mem bers of the University think
tmtmy last letter was not friendly to that
Institution. Let me say that | am friendly
10 the [ University. | believe It's Faculty de-
serve the confidence and support of all the
people and / am anxious to see the day,
when the young men Of Mississippi shall
look to Oxford, and Oxford alone, rs the
place 20 which they must repair for higher
culture. La my last, l criticised the policy
Of the Board Of trustees, or rather, / gave
expression to some views of Mr.. Jones, on
that policy. Now, if Mr. Jones is behind
fae times, l am not to blame. He has thought
and read much about school manaeements
and will speak On the subject. / shall advise
djc,ipns and declarations can stand and
abide the verdict Of experience.
had the pleasure, yesterday, of meeting
Cot. VIM. NJ. Lang. Grand Master of the
State Grange OF Texas. lie is a native OF
Wayne county iH your State and Is no dis
credit to your people. He is a gentleman of
culture and fine conversational powers. He
Is well acquainted with Mr.. Jones and Bro
smith, and speaks atlectionately OF Colonel
Hemingway, your State Treasurer.
The fall rains have set iN here, and fears OF
further injury to the cotton crop are enter
tanned on that account. 1t is refreshing to
know that with you no calamity has befalen
the cTop, ana that so much prosperity awaits
you. In a recent trip across Louisiana, |
saw no worms on the cotton, and the cane
looked vigorous and thrifty, while the rice
appeared TO be all that the husbandman can
desire, some better way of reaping the
rice crop than that of using the hand cycle
appears 10 be a necessity.
Looking all over the situation, there is
much 10 be extracted from the prospect
much of hope and heart, and courage. Some
old ideas, evolved in the good times before
the war, must be laid aside, and some late
fashions must be abated. Every body must
90 TO work, and some costumes must be
abridged. Mrs. Coraelia says, that, when
She was married, it required only eight
yards OF stuff for her bridal dress, Now,
trrHsseau is a big thing to contemplate.
Iu This far off land, you may suppose that
W. have none of the modern ideas; but
Texas i to-day excited over "land grab,
Involving half a million acres of the public
domain. The central figure of the affair is
a gentleman who who won, in the past, the
title Of soldier, scholar, and poet. The first
time | ever heard OF him was in the office of
Gen. T.J. Wharton, of Jackson. Gen. W.
read 10 me some of the productions OF his
pen Every one here praised him. Now
there are 'snone. so poor as to do him rever-
ence." His name is tossed about by those
in whose souls areSnone of his manhood.
These creatures. here as well as there catch
up scandal, and altogether impure them
selves, cry out unelean, of the man, over
whose path has fallen cloud. 1t is well
that final judgment is not in the keeping
Of men.
" Heaven is above all yet; there sits judge,
That no king can corrupt
How soon men abandon their fellows in a
change of fortune! The advice of Buck
ingham occurs to me:
When you are liberal of your loves and
counsels,
Be sure you be not loose: for those you
make friends
And give your hearts to, when they once
perceive
The least rub in your fortunes, fall away,
Like water from ye, never found again,
But when they mean to sink ye."
The notorious John Wesley Hardin, aged
twenty-five years, and the slayer of twenty
Savan MON vvas raaontIy arrasted in Florida