The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1879-12-18

well hu4SafN~A~tuRS NAbN, anu NsNNA
wards Is name became "house
hold wkdn inconnection with hotel
keepin4in Mississippi and all the
countrl rlhctween here and New Or
leans. He Gained that there was a
"rMpolbnn n every agocation in
life. an(lhathe was the Napoleon
Of hote Keepers; and in so far as
originally goes his claim was not !
withouhouniation. He came from
South uroliaa, where, in the militia |
service, khich was some service in
those dds, he acquired his title of |
"Gencrak kapl settled in Somervllle, |
in tl,is te, 1o&g before my time. |
ia ther4 4ela;apinvolVed in n per
sso Sk1Eill 4ht. : man" mad"
wiz I. " g.sssistance ot ohe
or the trsess add best oc women
his wife-he dcaped Jail and lied to
Texas, where he remained about
wear ng Tbeardeq, also an old
veteran hoteikeepcr, once a G ltlzen
Of MenlgIsa bsho "died in the har-
ness" AZ bLiI.issippi City, in relat
inc to rds iha early history OF Gen
eral McllasIin, said:
"One haylon the streets of Mem
nhis mjchSsY my astonishment,
met las he csllel him) Mac. Al
for q exclhngiI Q salutations with him,
saia .Mlc. what in the ID
hrouohI voulback here?" McMack-
in's renv eaiae quick and ready: 81
had ratley H. hung in Tennessee
than liAszndther year in Texas
He vent baIk to Somerville, was
tried and holorably acquitted. He
newt apneded az hotel keeper
n the thep lids OF Mississippi, at
llontotoc idthe "ilnsh times and
excitement treated by the sale OF
IL nds ~ ill, Government Of the
n,,rcbasa known as the "Chiclasaw
Lands D lie has told me often ol
his adycnt,tes there as a hotel keep
- where IL few rustic cabins ant
sheds tenforarily erected, he claim
vi to have Entertained more people
nahob Lard spectators, UniteC
states commissioners, Indian ch'eIs
ate ,.tc Than Gny hotel in th'
United St.tes ever did for the sam
Ianoth ofItime. He made smal
liorture there, came to Memphis am
| lbbnth large hotel, reigned IN al
Iolceaxlc and peculiar way fora leN
egely prYspsrity o.
/ Ier6Mt y. .stngs rfrIugv sat :
dreaded tfian yellow lever, and othe
things to accomplish than TO eseap
it. But misfortune, greatly NIKE
M with his good luck, fell upon hln
! ne losr his hotel by fire, and every
thing in ii, and as il was before tn
days of insurance he was cleane
out. lie set his head then Tor Jaci
son Miss. fourished there for man
wears, and from thence struck &c
Vicksburg. where he became a"poV
or in the land" and wound up \
,atber remarkable career. ~ wi
there | knew him best, though ma
seen him at Jackson in his PAIN
( davs. when | was boy, at the hea
OF his table, with his big apron ol
carving koife and fork in hand an
calling out in loud tone OF Yol'
his bill of fare, and looking as ca
nest as a Field Marshal when 0
deping a charge.
Ia an article of this length, it
imnossibie to describe Gen. M
; Mackin and all his peculiarities
a man and hotel keeper. He was
originality and essentially "sul sc
efis" IL would take book
hold al the good things said by hl
r and ofhim. He was the most &c
I ial kind-hearted man / ever kne
1 No one. however humble might
+ his station, ever came to his hou
e and went away dissatisfied. 1t "
h a natural faculty with him to mea
: IRE every man and know exact
q how to treat him as guest. AS
4 illustration OF this il is told oil Il
) tbat on one occasion, the Bishop
n L0ar8TIu,rthe late Gen. PolA'
s Contederat &c fame, came TO his ho'
: McMackin went out to receive q
n give him welcome, as he made 1t
O busipess to do with every one "
~ stopped with him. Seeing at OF
/ that he had a distinguished que
he approached the Bishop and ga
General. | am glad to see y
II walk 10, while / attend to your b
= gage. The Bishop then for 1
. wss before the War), innowise pie
ed with the title given him, repli
ID 81 am not a general" "Judge, Il
" promptly spoke BIeMackin. "N'
A. | Judge either" said Bishop Pc
"Weil. then. Bishop" MeMackin
plIed very confidently; and the III
" Oh walked into the ohlce. vi
e. his baggage was being cared
t. the Bishop sccosted Gen. McMa
a in and desired 70 know hoW Il
that be had first addressed him
General" Judge" and I'M
Il "Bishop." his true title. eve
replied HcEackin. "it is easy enc
r. for I knew whatever might be y