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much order, system. cleanliness and
thorough good management a. this
asylum. We visited, every department
and everywhere we found comfort, con.
venience and that serupulous neatness
that characterizes o war vessel. The
inmates look in good health, and seem
to be easily managed. They arc we'll
dressed and cared for. We saw the
bakery, store-house, dining room, with
it's rows of tables, the laundry, eto., oil
indicating completeness Of tho min
utest detail. From an inexhaustible
we'll, some sixty feet in depth, 10 spump-
ed by steam into some tanks located on
tho buildings oil the water used in tho
asylum, the garden md the brick-yard,
this through pipes leading to every de-
partment. Everywhere the insane are
employed in some useful manner. We
were told that the brick yard could
easily furnish enough brick to construct
additional buildings at small outlay
to tho State, which would be most
ample to supply all future wants.
There are at present 10Y male and 126
female inmates. Among the latter We
saw an English woman, Catherine
White, whose name was entered on the
register in November ls4S, aged then 65
years. She is now 81 years old, and is
quite sprightly and active and in good
health. There are many other interest
ing subjects, about whom we cannot
speak for want Of space.
We do not hesitate in asserting that
no institution Of the kind is more favor
ably located nor better conducted than
is this one. DR.. Jones is indeed entitled
to every praise and consideration for
having accomplished so marvellous o
result. We append the list of Admins
traitors and officers:
ADMINISTRATORS:
W. b. Loudcu President, Il. B. Il. State at Large.
DR.. Il. s, Jones Il. Il. Chairman.
j. W. Taylor, Il. r. H. ro.
II. B Barrow, W. T. "". "o"'
W, ". Mathews, ". +. !.
J. J. Mellon N. o.
1. W. Patton, Mayor of O,
j. W. Jones, Superintendent.
The college exercises having ended,
and our inspection completed, though
we awaited night, not with as much
anxiety as did wellington at Waterloo,
when he prayed for Butcher to come, we
however looked at the clock OCCASION
ally, to warn US Of the hour when
THE BALL WOULD OPEN.
DR.. Jones had been prevailed upon to
allow party to be given at the spleu-
did hall of the asylum, and at about
nine o'clock, carriages were entering
the grounds, bearing goodly number
of the fairest of the daughters sf East
and WAt Feliciana aud the border
counties Of Mississippi. A fine company
finally assembled in tho brilliantly illu-
mined hail. when the Clinton band
played a grand march to start tho dane
ers. What else can we add, except
that in the company Of some Of the
most captivating representatives Of the
weaker sex, we'"dd as Rome does,' We
danced just like everybody else, and en-
deavored to induce some of the beauties
to take advantage of Ieap-yea privileges
and ask us to make them miserable for
life. They smiled at us good-naturedly
but circumvented tho interesting sub
ject with an adroitness that Talley-
rand even would not have been asham-
ed of. To our deep sorrow, the pleasur-
| able reunion came to an end in due
time, when we were compelled to bid a
heartfelt fare-thee we'll and retire with
the view of preparing for the journey
homeward.
No use to conceal it, but we had spent t
delightful hours, in pretty Jackson, and
we would ever treasure the reminis-
cences Of our trip. After breakfasting
with our generous hosts, to whom we
present our thanks for their many kind
nesses to us during our stay, we departed
for Bayou Sara. where we arrived accom-
panied by shower of rain at about II
o'clock. We took shelter at the drug
store of that sterling citizen and gentle
man, DR.. +. NJ. Mumford, who soon made
us feel like a new man. We took some
sugar with ours, just as any other coUn.
try editor would have done, after return
ing from Jackson, where the good cti-
zens have established an embargo on
stimulants, and wefelt, that though the
broad Mississippi, was close by, it's waters
were turbid and little colo.ingwouldn't
hurt the ice at all. The D0ctorknows what