The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25
0GoLoNA, Miss April, 1877.
From the Brandon Republican,
Ieitcr cros,s Hon. -. Il. III. GIai-
borne.
% CARoNDELEr ST, \. o.
April t, 1877. J


April t, 1877.
RI. T. j. Franz:
nv DEAR SiE. ! thank you, very
heartily. for the kind and ap?reclatlve
police. in your issue OF the 22d ult., OF
die historical work on which | ah en-
g.ed Such encouragement stimulates
me to pcrsevere in my laboriouS nnderta-
king. It Is an appropriate reminder
t,o to our friends in all quarters OF the
State. who are very competent to assist
Hie. but are rather slow in doing 1t. Inc
most valuable contributions yet received
Are from remote poiDts-from Thomas
l. Homes. Lid, the learned and
AighIv esteemed Librarian Of the great
State Library Of New York, and from
tl4h gallant soldier and accomplished
scholar. Col Melancthon Smith, of the
Mobile Cycle | expect material AID
irJ@ Mr.. Losing, the most popular ana
Instructive historian of our times, and
from Col b. f. French, formerly OF
this city, now of New York, whose re
searches, prosecuted at great expense, ia
the archives of Paris and Madrid, liza
yana and st. Domingo, first revealed the
aathenti, history of French and Spanish
exploration This gifted gentleman,
ami Mr. Gavarri. the distinguished his
torian of Louisiana, have devoted to
Southern literature not only the pest
Years of their lives, but their cat'itai
which has never been returned. North
ern writer's grow rich, but, from some
unexplained cause, Southern authors
and, | believe | may say, editors--ob-
tam little or no remuneration tor their
ab1rs
Mr.. II. L. Halbert, of Lowndes, and
AF } \. Bailey. of Monroe, have IA
vored me with interesting communlca-
ions, indicating the landmarks left by
De>oto and Bienville, in that quarter,
accompanied with Mr. Bailey's elabo-
ia'e account OF Monroe county, written
to' the late Centennial The adjoining
eoanttes abound with antiquity, tradl-
Hons and "reminiscences, and trust their
'lfaRts will each contribute n stone to
sae memorial edifice | am striving to
build.
Major \. B. Hurt, the talented editor
Of the Hnona Free Press, has kindly
undertaken to trace for me the march OF
The Spanish cavaliers through North
Mississippi, sad to assist me generally
in historical irqult;es in that interesting
section of the State.
had hoped, by this time, to have
been favored with the addresses deliv'
ered, in the several counties, at The
centennial, but so far, that eminent Ju
list, the Hon. A. N. Clayton, of Mar
snail S1 and my friends Hon. G. w. Nc
nnillen, of Lawrence, Major Thoma:
need and Capt. Putnam Darden, OF j Ell
iers'n, only have responded to the call
hope that the authors Of other ad
dresses, particularly after reading you
es1esmarks, viii transmit them to me.
They are too valuable to be lost, and
slll endeavor to give them a more per
tnanent record.
In South Mississippi, as you justly OBJ
'srSe, there are, in private repositories
many MS, old letters, diaries. pam
p1liets and newspapers, the best mater
"A lor history. Thus far, in the South
SIN District, only two of my friends hav
Tune to my aid, Major Thomas Grafton
,ae able co,editor of the Natchez Demo
aIa'' and VIM. N. Whitehurst, Esq, G
qua aams, gentlemen who, since the deaf
= '0e lamented Col. Wales, are MOI