The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-12
an Improvement.

y. /. Sun: IHe contrast between Ar
thurs appointments and those of Grant,
Hayes. and Garfield is worthy of reflection
Compare Gray and BlatchforI with Strong,
Bradley. and 1IatLhews No human being
suspects Chat Arthur appointed these mentor
any other reason than their eminent fitness.
Grant almost ayowelIy packed the court
with corporation attorneys, and Matthews
was appointed as a reward tor infamous ser
vices in tile great fraud OF 1871
GEy. WILL T. NARrIE, President of the
y. j. & {. Railroad, informs u. that the
train Yesterday afternoon crossed the line
into Kinds county, two miles ana hall
vond the Big Bayou Pierre. Tie General
also Informs us that with a continuance Of
GOOD weather the road will reach Utica in
ten davs, and Raymond. fifteen miles beyond
Utica. by the 10Th Of May. After reaching
RAYMOND the road will then have been
completed within about eighteen miles of
Jackson. the present objective point Of the
company. and tho building of this gap of
eighteen miles will be pushed forward with
all possible spced.-Nalchez Democrat.
The foregoing VIII be gratifying news
to many of our readers 1t affords
ground for hope that the capital of the
State viii be connected by railroad with
the Queen City Of the BlnG,,>.,sE, -
first Of October. - u
Another Mississippi n az =
The MissjssiPLjj,.pg pgpers
lars OF anotherf - 4 shes
YatcbsI ,;atr Sls.1''. J. s. E1aFss quested .. A Il
w. Lambert, NIaoyed = Y
kins, SuperiutenN ~. - e. i..ssf =
Capt l. l.. Hendel2e IS, s2}lzse8 ~ ~
not only good new .n fra - 81 t.
louisiana because trN,.tIy M ~
Natchez to New Orleanss9.. }; Hon. A
the Sabine. to Carroll ana S.tT W z
bringing Natchez into prominence as
Louisiana railroad point-abOye water, rs
welt as above Il bluff The two cotton fac
tories ut Natchez, the Jackson CLARION
SAYS, are prospecting. The road from Match
q To jackson is sure to be completed. The
Meridian. Brnokhaven and NatcheZ Road,
the Natchcz Democrat and Courier says
will pass through one of the very hest lum
Der regions in Ms-is-jppi-N. o. Picayune
Col. Hamilton, the head of this i'm
portant enterprise, is one of the most
progressive men of the State, thorough
Iy appreciates its Importance, and if
properly encouraged by the people most
interested. he will make it a success.
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"OLD FoGY' (Hon. Harvey VI. Wat
tcrson, ex-member of Congress from
Tennessee,) is contributing to the.
Courier-JournaI some recollection" of
men and things. The following viii be
of interest to Mississippians:
Mississippi was admitted into the Union
as State December 10, 1877. Her first
Senator's in Congress were Walter Leake
and Thomas II. Williams. Her first Repre-
sentative was George PoindeXter.
Walter Leake was born in Virginia; re-
moved to Kinds county, Mississippi served
in the Senate of the United States from
1877 to 1920, when he resigned was Gov
ernor of Mississippi from 1921 to 1925, and
died in November, 1925.
Thos. II. Williams was a native of North
Carolina. aud q Senator in Congress from
Mississippi from 1917 to 1929; also from
1888 to March !, 1889, by appointment of
the Governor. Late in life he removed to
Tennessee and there died.
George Poindexter, after serving one term
in Congress, was elected Governor of Mis-
sissippi for two years. He was Senator in
Congress from 1880 to 1885. He was a
man of great ability, and there my eulogy
stops. | have often seen him, but never
made his personal acquaintance. am half
inclined to indorse what wag said to him
many years ago ut race course near Washing
ton City Look here, old Poin," said he,
'Ihavc often thought that if | had your
head. with my principles, l would be one of
the great shining lights of the nation" lie
died in Jackson, Mississippi September .,
1893.