Lexington Union

Jackson, the Capitol of Mississippi.

Our once neglected and deserted village has grown into a large and bustling town, built up with fine edifices, and spread over a space more than a mile in length. Our population is a dense, active, enterprising and refined one. Our streets are crowded every day with hundreds of strangers—our hotels are literally crammed with guests: and serious fears are entertained that there will not be half enough room next January, for the numerous persons who must necessarily tarry for some months at the seat of government. The town continues to improve. We have a good brick Methodist church nearly completed; and the erection of one or two others in a short time is confidently anticipated. The penitentiary buildings are rapidly progressing, and the capitol will be in readiness for the next sitting of the legislature.

There has also been a great improvement in the moral tone of society. Vice and dissipation are evidently on the wane, whilst virtue and sobriety are advancing. There is as good society in Jackson as in any town in Mississippi. Jackson is destined, in our opinion, to become the largest town in the interior of Mississippi. She is possessed of advantages which must advance her prosperity. The capitol of the state—the Union Bank—the Penitentiary—and the High Courts all located here, it is easy to foresee that the town has not yet attained one half the size to which it will grow.—Southern Sun.