The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-02

September, 1861. II was our
pleasure TO give the new COM
pany sketch of The old, and to
commend to them the name they
unanimously adopted. Success
to the Mississippi Rifles.
So great is the demand for
even a partial list OF the senators
and representatives elected in the
primaries, that the same, as COM
piled by the secretary of state, is
given in this issue. When re-
ports are all in, the complete roll
will appear. A brief biographi-
cal sketch Of each senator and
representative may be expected
later. The people are selecting
some OF their very ablest and
best men t. legislate for them for
the next four years. There is
much serious work before them.
The special mid summer edi-
tion Of the jackson Evening
News is highly creditable 20 the
enterprise and skill Of the plucky
managers Of that journal. It's
thirty six five column pages, and
numerous haif-tone pictures Of
buildings, and portraits Of lead
ing citizens, and excellent write
up, give the capital city very
good send off,
The decision of Judge Niles
that Pearl river is not n naviga-
BILE stream, and therefore not me-
cessary to erect draw bridges
over same, is denied by u. S..
Attorney General Griggs, who
has directed the district attorney
to appeal the case, so that it may
be further considered and finally
determined II is possible that
the Georgerown bridge, and the
bridges at Jackson, will have to
be 80 constructed as TO let boats
pass. The Attorney General
contends that the appropriations
for Pearl river are predicated
upon the idea that it is a naviga-
bic stream; il not navigable, that
the appropriations should cease.
And there is much logic in that
contention.
MGssIssIPPfs CAPITAL IN WAR
TINES.
When the editor of this DEPART
ment rode into the eastern sub
urbs Of JackCon from the siege Of
Vicksburg on the afternoon of
July IA, 1868, he found his fam
| ily, with nearly the entire popu-
lation Of the city, camped near
''Baley Lake. - And they were
not even then beyond the reach
Of the heavy cannonading from
the enemy's lines extending from
! Lunatic Asylum to the woods
just south Of the city. When
later, we returned to the city and
! rode up State street, we appreci-
ated the new name by which
jackson had come to be known,
"Chimneyville." Here are some
OF the pen pictures Of newspaper
correspondents transferred to our
scrap book at the time. jack
son was worse wrecked than any
other city in the south, except
Atlanta, and the Federal soldiers
were not the only ones who con-
. tributed to her desolation:
"Jackson has a deplorable ap-
pearance. The block, or square
in which the Appeal office used
to be situated, and the one south
of it on the other side OF Capitol,
and fronting on State and Pasca-
goula streets, comprising, since
the last conflagration, the main
business houses Of the city, ara
in ashes. These two blocks in
clude the Episcopal church, and
the buildings from there to Con-
cert Hall, on State street, the
post office, Juheime's book store,
sweeping round to Spengler'
! Row, and down to Mrs. McMas-
ter's, including the Post Sur
geon's office, Medical Directors
| office, and the office Of Com
mander of the Post. On the OPP
! posite side of the street the fiery
: destruction began with McMur'
i ry's livery stable, consuming th'
) whole mass of buildings Il
! Strauss 8 store, thence to Angel
i los saloon, Griffith's banking
I house, thence to Cleary's store
{ thence down Pascagoula street
Z | eating ont the entire block,