The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-10-06

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I%aetci im nbtait Ten Years ngo ! Visited
this old fo6nify, my native stamping
ground md u then hooked like this
people would never mlly ffmm Tie leth.
afpy the WI SEEMED ~ hive left them
I'M but, greatly 10 my delight, ! find
there IL HE IN the old lnnd yet" and n
will not l~ nmny morn years lafopc the
late war viii H. amJngst "the things
that were"
! spent several days IN my route In
Richmond aud Petersburg. TJid myself
the honor NJ calling In person on my
boybo0d friend, w r. Cameron, 1T the
Governors Mansion, Who IN tie present
Governor III the Old Commonwealth
lie received nr M cordially m oi yOrc,
and ! spent n delightful half Hour 0r Nj
with him, r%tciiing and recalling many
pleasant incidents Of our younger days,
Richmond has improved more than any
other southern city; SHE now claims 4
population Of eighty Thousand. Her
water works, pleasure drives, public
squares, and other pieces decorated and
hraniiiicd NJ the expense and outlay oI
the city, surpass anything Of tile kind |
have cen or heard Of anywhere else. In
addition 10 all this, Richmond has the
finest public school system, perhaps, n
the United States; her public schotI
buildings are the finest and the best out.
fitted In the country, and the system Il
public education IN not surpassed, Il
e1unlcd, In the whole country Though
! say II myself" she IL indebted To ne
one person more than To my relative and
intimate friend, Jns. II. Biniori, who
now lies under the sol OF his nntiv,
heath. lie wns superintendent Of Rich,
mond public schools and inaugumtcl
some ten years ago, this system u publ,
education that has done 10 much for hi
native plncc.
Perhaps, Mr.. Editor, before this lettcI
appears IN print, | viii be home To- tel
you nll about what | have seen, &c., g..
on this pleasant excursion | have ha,
with my family over the Chesapeake 4
| Ohio Dn,,tn f.n,, Na...I.. a., Nm.