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Show FROM lORINrH, MISS. i. t'rltsd of Ilia Lldsrs lllrs Prort-: af Unip-I rtark In ilrsra (aunty. CuniNTif, Aloirn Co., MUt , December 11, lbM. Tu the Id Hon Trusting you will And a place In your valuable paper for lew lines from this pari, we leka tbls opportunity oppor-tunity of Informing Iba many Kloara who bava Ailed missions In Ibsrioulh end bava found shelter and a hearty weloonie la the bume of Jas. M. Coll-mou, Coll-mou, thai he deaartsd this lite on Ihe IMrd of Noe.iuuer, Utifk. He woe a staunch Irlend lo the seivaute ul Uod lo lha laal, and always baj been Iron the time ,hi met Ihe tint once ba gui acquainted wllh. Ha believed III U.e Uuspel as taught by lha Letter-day Hainla hut would nut ba Imputed. Durlag tfe letter pari af Augual aod HepteidOer he worked very hard In the low bottom bot-tom lauds wbloh brought on ubilis aud fever that together wllu worry over bis troubles was lbs cento of bis deelb. Lldur Lra.los Chrlstsussn and I visited Iho leiiiily this summer tud wulla tuore l-.lilvr Ctirialeuseu was taken sios. Mr. Coif mon and family did all lauy could du lor our comfort. We left Ihera ou the 1st ul Ootuber, and when wa shook hands with Inein Iney or let! I us though they were pan-lug pan-lug with tbelr owu children. Llder Cbrleteneon aud 1 opened tip Ihlt county the lent of April, traveling thruuijb lha country Aral. Wa have mode a good uiauy frleudaand allayed uiuoU Jireludloe thut existed here. We beve bapllxad three persins and Ihurs are two or Ibrea more ready fur bap-llain. bap-llain. At our coiifareuoa Klder C'hrlatsn-seu C'hrlatsn-seu ws ssnl lulo Alabama slid Llder Durlee aud 1 are llntshlug up, we commenced com-menced work here In Cunnlli, ttie county seal uf this oiuuty, loday. Ho far we have no cpiutltiuu. We have got acquainted wllh several uf the leading meu aod they seam tu ba lair miudud peuple. Thll piaoe has a population of about 2,l!7o. A good pail are colored. T'bey hevo an Iron foundry which does qul.e an extensive b.ialntss; alru a woolen tactury whlc.ll employa about l'Jo glrll. I'here are two tallruads pstalug hure wnlub make It qulle a prominent place. There la alto a cotton compress com-press which t-tkea tlie nollou and presses it to half tlie ante of the regular bale. Your valuuulu paper It a woi. come viillur here aud much epiri-oialcJ. epiri-oialcJ. C. L. Owkmb, John Uuitisiii, |