The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-16
A LETTER FROM CAPT. BAILEY.
ALTUs, Ark, April II, 1881.
For the Ripley Advertiser

unnecessary for me to say that l
could willingly neglect to write to
the ADVERTISER, as | have already
written to the SENTINEL. Aud as ]
promised 10 write to both of you, |
now take my chance to fulfill my
promise TO the old school mate Of
early days; and memory carries me
back to those days, when we sat be-
meath the wide spread shade of the
stately red oak in the good old town
you now reside in, and read our
Latin lessons together-thus: 'Ty,
5ere tn necubans sub tegmine tagi;"
which impressed me again with the
parting language Of your valuable
paper, when | left the good people
Of my county, chat we were school,
mates together.
| am still pleased with my loca'
ton and find the people hospitabIe
and generous, and the country still
settling up with a sturdy, industri-
Gus, moral, religious, go ahead pop
ulation.
This is a fine farming country; as
much so as any section of this part
Of the State; and lands that ale
upon the market, are being taken
up very rapidly, because of their
free productive power and being
easy Of cultivation. Garden veget-
ables, of every variety, grow in
abundance and TO full maturity
Irish and sweet potatoes are very
fine and oflarge growth. The fruit
is very fine, but there Will be hardly
a hall crop in this section, owingto
the cold weather. The fruit grow
ers here report the peach crop
nearly all killed.
Our town, think. will increase
and grow in population, because Of
It's healthy location and educational
advantages. Its moral and relig-
ious tone stands very high; and
Prof |. L. Burrow, OF tn Institu.
ton Of learning here, stands pre-
eminently high as a moral and re-
ligiouS educator in this part Of the
State.
| visited this Institution a few
evenings ago, 10 attend a public
speaking of the young gentlemen
students at the institute; and as
each one was called, he promptly
presented himself to the audience,
and all acquitted themselves with
more than usual credit-not one
single failure occurring.
In the midst of these students sat
a Creek Indian OF stalwart frame,
high cheek bone, piercing black
eye, with massive forehead, by The
name Of Watson Deer; who, whel
called upon, stepped with STACEY
form to the front, and with elu.
quence upon his countenance and
in every motion, he began to de
claim the great speech of DAME
Webster in defense OF the Union
And when his clear, stentQrian
voice rang out upon the ear, Will
gestures applicable TO his speech
although it was only the repetition
of the great mind that produced it
| this Indian held that audience il
attentive silence until he cIoseC
the last words of l!lat memorial
speech.
| then thought that if the spirit 0
THE greatest mind of his age am
time Henry CIay) could have bee
present, that it would have, lik
= lightning speed, gone back to th
2 House of Representatives Of thi
E Union and rejoieed at its great Ell
. fort OF long ago, in defense of tn
rights Of these people, when he 81
fenced the intellect OF the good Oh,
State of Georgia-whioh had tres
passed upon their rights by her leg
t islatlve enactments.
/, And that great mind would hay
+; been proud OF the sympathy he The.
expressed for this race Of people
that this rising young Greek IndiaI
will some day ably represent in dis
pensing to them the gospel truth
Of the Great Redeemer.
/ The last legislature Of this Stat,
Which has just closed its labors, di,
Ymuch to control the morals off
people, and in advancing the inter
/, esis OF civil aud religious duties, b,
the passage of an act prohibiting
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors il