The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-01

do not know why the writer's who unders
take 70 give accurate aecounss Of the various
sBisodes tn the Mo and career Of the Hon.
many people sesrn to know that H.. Held was
ixses. sHccsss}aiiy too. / am sIc ID sanriy tho
n na'St n ~ hssors In lsSS Reid
cotton In The parish Of Concordla. In the State
p LouisisnA They icassd three greet planIta.
10 q. B, Shields q that ssty. Ths country was
full Of Northern men who came South to show
sSsae dss sSsS. 9S e .SSS Hs SSn Fa
plantation. which IL iSSi had produced l 500
On the other tNississippil side Of tho river Gen:
Andrews of MaAsachusotts. now p!oiessOr Of
nsnsh y A. Wet roS, :s had s. s srSs
enormous places beiongina TO the Morgan es-
cns s1 I'D Ss Rsa and Mss1on
about 1900 acres OF iine arabic lind, The
K IN SS.sss :Sas a. u Than
lion. ana looked a. slough Is were good inr
81 n.s o. as sx oc sSs
;sSS 4. o. SSs srs
cotton worm had come and devo urod tho young
crop almost in . night. The worms wers %
in walking through the neld ono was ankle
deep in them. l hnvo never seon such vista
ton, Great ditehss we're dug all around the
but they were filed up. and the rosistlcss tide
OF DESTROYING worms rolled on. The whole
Arkansas was eaten un that year. and the
losses to the South ran far into the millions.
The next year these gentlemen determined to
lowed. and the Mississippi River at Natchea
was seventy miles wide. Tho water WAS 90
and the third ' year found everybody rainsd.
and the firm Of Reid 4 Heron ceased to exist.
Mr.. Reid has often said this Southern expe-
He was u believer in the code duello in those
days. and on one OCCASION. when IN army friend
& Oh spI HsssSpa WI H. sa nismSss
appeared for his man, accepted the challepgo
for him. and notified the other side that II bis
Would fhe I 0 wsS The
regulation duelling pistols. and although Mr..
anu ex Hss ana aSc s s dr ia
ediiyinx manner The matter IT,, was At last set
MI, Reid behaved in .l,s affair With
eGs made @ SopaSr
tho hre-eattng section Of the community he
lived in. and his ready avowal OF pretty OK
no harm. but was considered as somewhat in
his favor. for his noiehbors rather admired q
man VINO nau tF courage Oh MS cDnvlctlOn6.
whether they agreed with him or not. In 1866.
IN coming down the river on the noted steamer
Robert L. Lee from his plantation in Washing
ton county. Mississippi Gen. Hampton very
much astonished Mr.. Reid by avowing himself
to he in favor Of negro suffrage. Gen. HAMPTON
enid chat while he might doubt either tho wis
dom or the expectancy Of the law which made
them citizens, yet 1t was the nw. md II negroes
were ci!izons thoy were certainly voters. as the
right Of suffrage was tho first right OF citi,
cnmstnnce which occurred on this trip. Gen
Hampton had with him an old and favorite
body servant. who had been in the Hampton
family for 9 great many years ears, gentlema ma,
was his name,-since 1861, .and, said to him
Well. David. how do You like this now condi;
We'll: sab" says David, II don't much like
BE- free, 'cept dat it's 81 right p, sah," Why
happened to Ovcrhsar this conversation, dc
YOU mean to say vow think IFS All righ! for me
be voting 2" Marse Wade, said David, when
S 1Saa yo hui buy Ws don't rsmsn6s5 ips
vid, when you fust bought mo We only had
ono vote atweeR US. didn't wc !? Hasn't we 70,
dat same vote still 2"