, 1879-06-07
A Card from Col. ,nEehnr,lson.

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JACKSON. Miss, Juno Al rcgroe YrrY mt1cI
TINT casual conversation had viii, your CORE
spondens on the railway should have been n,ad.
tho topic Of Newspaper discussion. suii muc,
ufat you report Ia your publication in responat
to inquiries propouuded by your correspondent
hut IN What Jou reprosont me ns saying In
spirit Of boasttulncss unu self-glorlcaslon you
do tho great injustice. Tilc alIusEon to NJ,
Eraeestono was brnught out by jocoac remark
made BY Mr.. Adam, tile lawyer; nnu the playful
words of Judge Harris, about tan Gro m tlIe
renitcnttaey.h arc made to coyer suggestion
that I bad exercised Influence over tic Stat.
Legislature.
In 1857 t'cn. t'illcsn, the military commander
~ thso State, nfter repeated efforts to lease Tic
pcilitentlary 10 o:l.cr part!oe, offered It to mc
Tor thfco ycnra III terms which 1 acceptcd, At
The end ol that time proposed to continue tie
contract with the restored State Government,
I'm my part with tho State authorities In regard
to the Pcnitcnttary. I have ncrcr attempted to
Influence legielntion, AMI have rurcy been ju
tha Capitol. Thls fact Is we'll known here.
~ lar nS yon n'ake mo control the COTTON
market OF New Orleans, your BugGestfon would
serve there 10 disrredlt oil your other state
rncnts. l have bcun In the commission busf-
ness since l8SS, hut have never sold GaIo Ut
cotton In Now Orleans In my llfc. i scl-
SUI. sT Stst ts's, nas,nG! IND tsn ar opy to con,
exclusively controls our b,1sincss thcso. il
would be news to tic brokers Tint they get
Items from one Whu never has transaction with
them, aud has an acquaintance with but few Of
them. Further, VIC cxp0rt no cotton, but 6eIl
all consigned 10 US In New Orleans, although
you make me the heaviest exporter there.
MY sons appeasancc tEl print was the result Of
a natural indfgnation at whnt he believed was
either Il wtifut ln!sstatemcnt Or gross cartea-
tuEe OF what had said to your correspondent,
was premature and done Without consultation
with me, or would have been wordcd aud tenn
pered differently.
to do inc injustice Yut tlir loose ul.d careless
strain In Which lie presented nin to tho public
respect.
THIS lnueh feel bound to saw 10 you, and you
@ sai, publish 1t or not, rs yog, pleasc. Respect
1uny, E. RICHARDSON.
THE Tn1ruNR correspondent certainly did
not intcnd to write anything unpleasant for
Col. Richardson to read. 1t will bc observed
that the Colonel u1tnits what hts sou tu casd
to the New York 1jnxs denied, that tile inter-
view Tas held. and that It was reported with
substantial accuracy. 1t Is true, we bolieye,
that Col. Richardson applied for The Pcnitcp.
tfnry contract and failed TO gets It; also TINT hu
now employs large number OF convict labor
ors. To tlis extent, at least, he has an eye on
tho Capitol. 1t is also truo that he is
the moncyod member Of the firm OF cot
ton.brokera in New Orleans doing the
most buslncss, receiving md ltspostng OF more
than 100000 bales OF cotton annually, The
statement aa to bits personal activity Ia the COT
ton market was, 1t appears, erroneous, but not
Intentionally 30. The point he multcs in ro-
gard to the Enn-e1portation OF cotton By his
firm Is unimportaut. Finnlly, as to tic charge
tint ha La made to appear vntng1ortot1s aud