, 1879-05-07
ptontotton tt.at JEFF Davis Wrested
''' from Ills Brothers arand-
children.
,..n,np on Largo Scale by Me-
.groes--.Tho Montgomery
Family.
,.,t, Rf}tfd.ld, Elurritanc, aud tore!l's plnto
wv ...Tat Best Colton.Land [n tle
South.
rn,r7ation Of q Largo Company Of Negroes
D from tho Is1nnd---Their Suffer-
ings, and Return.


The good stoa"'e' N"'." I.,,.s, paSt rwa's"..
10 eou1nand. ooi NV W 49, a. ..a,,..,tas, ~
ulsht The Sasches ohce ',aa ..,e ispusas'oh VI
a.lor fast boat. She n1ndc tl'e cochrateu race
|s .h thc fer. n,,l Yas eloritlcd by not buns 80
Eia 'ss ss,ssn n, she might lave bccu. Dut TIM
badly oeaton 10 ''.s i,as ,..,.o a,,ri,r ~, ,n,
kteaes "as ~. s.ith ,,.r Uovtno to wa;t for
loDs s asq.sa'u'% narnoc,on thu next morning, she
sa1foad co'''cs"o ~ ~, 49,. ~, 49,, s
do,Iel down the r'se' az ano"' 'lo '"'e u sap9'
r,u Boy.ou In drowsy n,olnents. 'fhe trip
49,, y,rk,lurc, Including two stops for wood,
uOn A.,.N az bours. This brought us to tho
effnp'eo 60 ma 1,,vi.s leland NJ ! o,cloc,t In
thc morning. Tllesi Journey o1 TWO rl''es oY
lin. through unlerbrush, had to be made; and
.sa,o Tho morning ursis,o came In sight. This
n.n Wv s..ao... ~ 1.hornton Montrnmcrv. a
t,,a1ea ns 'ssui gentleman aud planter Of meaus, Of
whom something Will he said tnrthcF on
nav1s, nrup is NOW An lstAuD.
oH mans. and cyon some Of tic new ones.
s,. I ,.a r,ycr n. making rrcat curvo nj tia
point, twenty miles below vtckshurg' cutting
out ncutosu.a Of 10000 to 1900 acres. Boats
,,..Iu, I'm the river on one side ot tic isthn,1s
r4'sI' a,rs.t ri th. nnns,,ia tn thr unnt,n ,,.e,
nss a nea,s s n ,hc o,hrr s,fc. With whistles ot
the distauce OF q half or quarter Of mile. Bit
,hc TIM aro,nd tho pcutnsu!a by wafer was
..a,r'o,o W. ,,tlcs TI,r rvcr ucon,e thoucnt n
Nea .,,,, ~ w,.t. a., monv nrerln,,u hn,,rs..,n
@ s ssrssss.s, s pseeous yeas.~in ,at trIu, when
ss,ou sn MI at.o m wished cutoff, thinking that It
S.,,d 49,, ths c,,rrcrt morn rona u,d an nr,.
soa'. uaeo ,.s 1 I.s.'' ..as.s.. I 1a.,t... nv ~
seet the'f lahua from Overflow. lneeha'arS
a.temp.s to help the river IN narrowing tho
ls,bnus wero discovered md punished.
Io.enh navf,. the owner of Tie mos.
soSsDM s0,'t,,o a a",, ~ ,,,o n.n,n.,,o ,,,,mcoJ
u1og u"i.ature pu to moo f. nsna1 ocnso tor
,uy person to assst tho river in this way. Mr.
D,yi. mon.ped to protect the peninsula as lonr
..ns h,d con,ro, # +, Rut. nf,cr ,h,.; Var T.
ae pau tou,'ot IT. y. A. nus' a1.et ."s ., W.T., ~
Grant had partially dug canal across the istls-
mis-, At any rate, tic incendjarIes had things
ihei, own voy uuJrr Gun, Howard, lf tl,ey did
ua.' wv w. W.. t.na ~" ,,as ,,a WV
noa na'e assls'u"ss run "'''' tlo.Gs sa,. "s'c ~
drilled across, n'"l blasts firetl' und tn 1867 the
Mississippi rushed through nnl left Dayss' BEND
an ,,ian1..thc old river ahopt H. hecotntpp n
,... 's,.l. ..'a,,, .s.s.,t,t, s,,as.s.,. H.
aae T'.h ~ ssasees ps!eIp'sp.e ea'seu'. 4ne
nyer.naYieation; but tl,c increased current tlil
not preycn. oycr1ows, as some Of the PLANTERS
hon.1 ,r,,,1 In H., 49,, ,r,,. .4,,.. ~. ..,,
,s,,"t,,a sspsa "11 ."ss' W.. s1o oe
ehl sa'uao'c piahtat1ons IN PIECES, ealing a"ay
E4@ u3tA g." AasN A1null!AAioy lAahtAfI lAAtA
On The othcr side, Those who lost land lost 1t
sbsolutel5, and those who inatlc It could do
pothIng With thc.r accrotlons, which will hot bu
rilaah!e as entton.1pEt!s for many yenrF. Ono
oi tle promoters OF thu cutoff, 1t il said,
US ruined by 1t, and many others were
damaged.
THE usvts YsrxrRs.
,,tn,tcd y, ,l,is IN, ,,o,,nsn,o u.r, H.. ,o
/" the suI ''!o Io,",., l,,is ~ @ I ,,rn,ia amy
jesr.on H. 1 ~ ~ Ti1.a '.a-o T.. M VI
rndsr III fT,it'i s,t "s ~, :" III
nm H. 1'o t.. oH"sn 1ttes !'"i auout itt yc4rs
tsv,,rd ~ tr LUZ a'asss n''. 4tlIr ptopeEH ~
j" ~. v t.s, ~ i"es' nu u! ta nut ~ p1t
sI,.rcd ~ .s mie WIS tiGn ~, wloosness. Ae
II Ttan ~ ~ up Ill., patt g. .le l1n N.t teahtcu
IN ~ Mn Nv o!le!G" ooncsson nasie tlo use o.
nTdsr cuy nrsEs " lanu.nso noIsoh nol WGi!
ir,xs H. ar1,.,. e91a,ton tffae ne wouid
,s"n,uy sasu .us hsE'y Wy settie oo"n' Joseph Was
,tne"la5caIs ,ne.ta iM,s que than Jcllerson, iclt
h,".Sex 1 n.,' Hnote as laFIef tian q
W. THto'nef, 4tla wished TO sec him estaollsslct III
Ill., sSctson S Aeeeuteu Tue oAcr. !ils pfoiher
spea .'ih 70 eteaF fhe iafiss, gave MIN sitVcs,
ELL! tsut n!!a money 10 hutla n'nt set him up III
guslness; Jefferson dih well with the property,
,nu,oseu II, nnts n!ndc living out OF It. lie
thn tts. pv''in' f,,1 ~ H. at WAS ~ awav tuea o.
Gre Of liz rro,n,t. ~ '' in ~ n54r ns.a soA
and Inc on,,. II .arf, t,"vis ,sn'.s ,x". 1r"rr,
cane, All thIs tImm X, iii" ~ H.,"stt,ir ,rae
Ia Jo.enh. nnd h" hnrt,,,s s.a, iau.'r 1n,, "as
Il was e. liz tntan,"t tia' Ja5t.rso., .,'n,,ts n,I
Inherit T. -. t4ttN' ne4A1A son s"uu'u