The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-09

The directors have been fortunate
lin securing for the presidency
Prof. r. M. Parks, Of Bedford,
Indiana. He is Of Virginia par
entage, educated at Georgetown,
KY, and has taken special courses
at Munich, Harvard and other
great schools. His wife is
Nashville lady. Next session will
open September II.
In view of the recent decision
of Judge Niles that Pearl river is
not a navigahle stream, the fol-
lowing from a jackson paper Of
February II, 1858, is interesting:
arrival Of the Steamboat
Ranger. This magnificent craft
the pearl OF Pearl river'-ar-
rived at this port a few days since,
having made the trip from New
Orleans in two weeks. AT the
time of our visit she was anchor
ed near the railroad bridge, her
huge chimneys evidently refusing
to 60 under that structure. She
will start on her return trip for
New Orleans in a few days"
II such stream as Pearl river
coursed through almost any sec
tioH- of the East or West, local
push and government aid would
make it navigab.e. There should
be line OF packets on the Pearl
during six months of every year.
The Mississippi Chatauqua,
Crystal Springs, closed a delight
ful season OF lectures and other
exercises on the night of July
3lst. The collegiate oratorical
contest took place that Light, the
following colleges eing repre-
sented: University of Mi ssissippi,
| by Edwin Holmes and Robert Ii.
| Sultan; Mississippi College, by J..
b. Bratton; Millsaps, by j. b.
Mitchell and Garland Whitfield; /;
A. & M, by /. d. Sessions and
| j. w. Cassell. The last named
won the Chatauqua medal. His
subject was, "Thc Material Pros
perity and Power Of Nations De-
pend upon their Industries. -
! This young man delivered tho
same address at the late A. & M.
College commencement, and a
report of the contest said, had
there been second medal, Mr..
| Cassell would have been awarded
it," His colleague and compet-
itor was SO happy over the ver-
dict, he gave the college yell, all
by himself. This is the first vie !.
tory for the A. g. NJ, in the col.
legiate oratorical contt sta
4 A member of the Massachusetts
legislature wants to know IF the
Mississippilegislature has "a chap
lain for each branch, and, if SO,
what salary is paid. = The GUS
tom has been to invite tho local
ministers to open the session with
prayer. Their "salary" consists
in a vote of thanks, and this is
sometimes forgotten. The gem
tleman who asks the question be-
lieves in the complete separa-
ton Of church and state, 2 from
which we infer that heis opposed
to paying for praying. He must
be one Of the class who can strain
at gnat and swallow camel.
.
HISTORICAL CARELEssNEss.
1, Col. Pow er: In What appears
! to be a carefully compiled list OF
.Governors Of Southern States,
4 1861 1866, +" in highly illustrated
volume. fThe Confederate Sol
dier in the Civil War; there is
this for Mississippi:
"JohnJ j. Pettus-January 1850,
to January, 1868.
James Whitfield-January 1863,
! to January, 1864.
Charles Clark-January, 1854
and 1866. Had served in the
Confederate army with the rank
! of brigadier general
Is this correct?
STUDENT.
, Not quite. ltshould read thus;
John j. Pettus-From Novem-
Der 21, 1859, to November 1S,
1861, and second term from thai
, date, ending November 16, 1868
4 Charles CIarke-November IS,
, 1858, to May, 1865, when he was
( removed by military force.
James Whitfield was governor
/ from November "a, 1851, to Jam
uary 10. 1852.
i Another standard work
, makes Jacob Thompson governor
for the second term filled by Gov
ernor Pettus. We ventured tx
call the attention of the publishers
I to this error. but the mistake Il