The Southern herald., 1883-07-21

wHAr rHEY THNKoF rs ABROAD.

closed this ssssiag. lJaly 7lhl aud it vas
most Harmonious. pleasant, and We trust
profitable session; and vas most Hospitality
entertained BY The largs.hsarlsd, liberal siti'
gems of The town and vicinity. Bat another
may report The proceedings Of The meeting J
aud We only writs to speak Of this healthy,
hill city.
Liberty is an Incorporated town. little
city. with it's Mayor AID Aldermen. The
Honorable J. R. Galissy, being its Mayer
aud they say, be is the right man 10 the
right place.
With q population Of only four or five
hundred. itis spread over these hills, cover
log a large extent Of country, say, a mile
square. Il seems to BE- more favored with
hills than the Eternal City, Rome. II bad
seven bills. Liberty seems to have seven
teen aud the soil is 50 filled With gravel,
and the surface is so rolling, that, although
we are here beneath lbs clouds and raiu, We
have little or no mud. The signs Of a new
life are scattered all over and among these
bills. Here, is new residence, there, is a
new mill, and yOndsr tauusry, So. Sei
A new tsnnery, which We visited, has ca
paeity for the tanning Of 900 hides. or lO,'
600 calf skins. We asked one Of the pro.
pristOrs If Amits County ate enough beef
to supply bis tsnnsry with hides; his au'
swsr was, mo sir, wsshsll buy our hides
from the surrounding country and from New
Orleans If. necessary He further added,
we are now hauling hides from Clinton
louisiana We wondered if East Felicisna
could not PrO6tably keep her hides at home
and tau ber own leather. The people here
have no idea that the Mississippi Valley
Rail Road, which is to lie twelve or fourteen
miles west Of them, will iDivrs their town
bat that 1t will benefit it. They say that the
place already begins to ieel the beneficial and
reviviug effects from the creeping alOOg Of
this new lins Of activity and life. Msssrs.
Editors, the passage Of this road through our
Parish. East Feliclana from its proximity to
your Clinton and 10 our jackson, may iDjurs
neither Of them. but may, and we think will
be, blessing to both.
Liberty has Eve churches. three f,r the
whites and two for the cOlOred people
Thess churches contain sealiOgs Tor all Of The
people 10 town, and these seats are well filltd
when the hour comes for prayer praise anG
public worship. The county has made I
good brick Jail, one room Of which contains
a costly, chilled iron cage, for the worst o
criminals But the jail has now no Oecu
pants! As we walked about it, no wieke'
eyes peered out at us; nor did any sOunt
from its deserted, damp, cold rooms, greet on
ears. The piety, virtue, morality and edu
cation Of the county has caused isil drliv
cry that left the cage aud all tenantlsss A
) we stopped and looked at it, we felt lonely
but glad What time II will be when pris
ons are no more needed on our sin!curse
Earth
: The court house is foe building made o
brick. aud beautifully situated on one Of th
hills, and with little expense, might be s
beautifsd with walks and shrubbery, as L
be much more lovely to the eye Of the passeT
by.
Ou one Of these bills stands Ooufederat
monument, Of white marble, all well prOtecls
by substantial, iron fencing. The mOnumsu
cost some four or FIVE thousand dollars, an
is some thirty feet high. .rOn its whit
ample sides are engraved the names Of a
the men who were killed or who died out {
the regiments sent from this county duriU
the war. We read here the names Of severl
whose homes were in Louisiana. Peace
their ashes and may they never be forgotten
AThs town has three hotels, bat none {
> them sell whisky. There is but one gro
shop 10 the place, and we hope that the pre-
prislOrs will Immediately abandon the trsfi
in these FIRE waters Of death, and invest the
capital 10 less bligbliDg and more hOnOl
: able and more profitable business and
they do not, may they fud no petitioners, {
prayers for a new license when this year
out.
Our temporary stay here is 10 the fsmil
: Of your coDfrere. Mr.. p R. BrsBsrs, whtI
: be and bis sstimabls lady make us as sas
= aud comfortable as in our own homes. An
. Their we may say, that 10 Liberty we hav
almost The Liberty Of the city 1t wi
. never be 10 US to forget these kindnesses.
There is much more that We would |
+, pleased TO say, bat our article is toe Ion
s already. Pardon, and believe US yours
s serve. A. G.. MILLER.
p A great many people feel themselves gra,
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