The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-04-09
DAVID CRocKEr,


DAVID CROCKEr,
who was OF e OF the justices of the peace in
this county. serving as such from ISL to
1919. The maple tree opposite was taken
from his I'D residence in Lawrence eoun-
ty."
| visited the office Of the Commissioners
Of Agricultur and wss pleased with the
department.. II is sustained By an an"uaI
differentiation of $4,000. Th,re IA a eel
| lection Of FennesSee's varied products anG
| we'll arranged for imprcssing The eye oil
stranger. Fh,re are specimens oil coal,
coke, iron, stone, marble, tobacco, corfu
| cotton, grasses, timber, etc, etc. An ofhce
| in our Capitol building in jackson dis
plaving the products of Mississippi, woulc
oe Of advantage 10 our STATE. The Wat
| kins' Institute and Library Is another
archits etural attraction in Nashville. Ii
was founded by the gentleman whose name
| it bears. For this purpose he left Legacy
| to Nashville of one hundred thousand dol
lars. Mr.. Watkins was an old bachelor,
started in life as brick-mason and was
very poor. lived abstemiously, grew rich,
and appreciating his own personal Loss
when young of public library, devoted
much OF his large fortune TO this praise
worthy end.
| Nashville is the At e ; OF the South
the shining seat ana center of Southern
.dueation. Vanderbilt University is To-
Gated in West End, and is a paradise OF
beauty. The magnificent buildings, the
waving blue grass. the trees OF endless
variety, and charming drives, make it thu
place OF first and eager resort 10 visitors
1t is more thoroughly equipped, and amply
| .ndoMeu than any institution ~onth OF th'
| Ohio riyer-thanks to the mH.niticence Il
Commadore Vanderbilt and is son, Mr..
| William H. Vanderbilt. Wards Semi
nary the Nashville College Tor Young ladies,
under the presidency of DIR. Il. w. F..
Price, the Peabody Normal School, Fisk
| University, Tennessee Central University
he Roger Williams Seminary, are well
established and largely patronizsd institu-
ions, furnishing the largest educational
advantages for both sexes and races.
OF course ali strangers visit the OLD birch
mansion and the tomb in the front yard OF
James K. Polk, the tenth President OF the
United States. Under that ancient roof
vet resides his aged widow, once the queen
| lv matron OF the White House. The old
| building has The worn and weary aspect Of
| the widowed Getogcnarian, who fingers il.
great leebien.ss within its walls. From
out her chamber window she can look upon
he quiet resting place OF nor distinguished
husband. with whom she lived in rare con-
| nubial happiness Without phenomenal
| riffs his career wis an exceptional success.
| fhe inscription on The monument is elaho
rate, giving the signal facts of his public
| life. His name is bound in immortal wed
| lock with several OF the pivotal and decis-
| i've events in our national history. It was
| his hand that planted the laws OF the
American Union upon the shores of the
Pacific, and was largely instrumental III
establishing the system OF American coR-
meree.
Nashville Is cultivatipg taste foI
art, and claims II residence of two OF
more artists who have an international
reputation In this connection | want to
express my appreciation of one or two fine
paintings BY my special friend Miss Emma
| Hamilton. of West End Her Lal'a
Rookh eyideI ces genius and skill in nt
ordinary degree In dislinctness OF out
line. richness of expression and beauty OF
| finish it will rank with TIE finest rroduc-
tons OF the ablest pencils. 1t is prophecy
of great celebrity, il the profession be pur-
sued.
This has teen the royal week Of the year
among the Methodists. Their College OF
| Bishops, Board Of Missions Sunday
School Committee and Central Centenary
COMMITTEES have all been in session, bring
/ ing hither representatives from all parts
! Of the church, from the Atlentic TO the
| Pacific. Since the Bishops last met in an
uual session, che of their number, the ven
cradle and the r4vcred Bishop Kavanaugh
has parsed away Bishop Pierce, who re-
/ tI,as hafy
ing been elected to the Episcopacy in 1884.
Their plan OF Episcopal visitation for the
coming year / forward with these notes.
At each annual meeting this plan is made
out, and it rarely occurs that Bishop il
| assigned othe same Conferences two year.
| in succession. In other words the Metho-
dist Episcopacy is ee1. raj and not dioctsda.
The Board of Missions have control OF
| Missions in China, Brazil, Mexico, Indian
Territory, Cuba, among the Germans IN
| Louisiana and Texas. and among the
English speaking people of the Western
States and Territories. Elaborate prepa-
rations are being made 10 celebrate tn,
Centenary OF organic Episcopal Methodism
! in Baltimore next December. At the
famous "Christmas Conference" one hun
dred years ago in the city of Baltimore,
Dr. Thomas Coke, of England, presiding,
the great organization was effected which
has had career of such unparalleled sue
cess
Nashville has wide-awake press, but
the rival journals are just now engaged in
sharp controversy. 1t viii be remembered
that the strangest injunction suit in all the
history Of jurisprudence was fled against
the American some weeks agoa prayer
for legal restraint against the edi-
tor publishing further articles advocating
protective tariff. have had the pleas
IRE Of meeting several times MSS Sallie |
Morgan, Mississippi authoress and mem
Der Of our Mississippi Press Association,
but ct present connected with the Nash /
vile Word. Many other things Of inter-
est proposed jotting down, but this letter
has already exceeded journalistic limits
and doubtless hiss exhausted the patience
of your readers c. B. @.
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