Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-05-26


tuition oithe State requires ten or twelve thousand
inhabitants ior city, and as DogtoUn, including
the suburbs Of Puppyyille and skunks Misery,
contained population Of only six hundred and
thlry-one, ii was thought there might be some
difficulty III getting charter without anticipating
the returns of the next census. However city
II must be, some time or other, in this al were
agreed, and il might as wellhave the same name
first last, they Concluded to call tia city. II
is astonishing What spirit Of enterprise these pros
poets infused into the people Of DogioSn. The
school-house door was painted green, uncle Joe
Stubbins mended the tcp Of his chimney, and II
was voted in town meeting TO purchase three
Wheelbarrows for the public use, and all in con
sequence Of these projected improvements Nay,
50 widely did their views of business expand, that
Amlnldab Eggius the grocer, determined to give
up retailing, and declared he woul!nl split ciack-
eis nor cut candles any longer.
Such was the thNag condition. Of The city g!
logtown when lcn thepace in the autumn oil
that year. | continued to hear OF il through The
medium Of the Dogtown Daily Advertiser,
| newspaper established there by an enerprsIng
printer from Connecticut al the first davnirg Of
the commercial prosperity Of the city. itappenr-
ed to 90 ahead rapidly. The newspaper spoke
| Of the Exchange, the Town Hall. The Bank, the
New Post Office, the Railroad, Canal, &C.
House lots were advertised in Washington
Square, Merchants Row, State Street, Market
| Street, sc. Contracts were proposed for bull
| ding churches, manufactures, &c. This was
Doglown in all its glory
Last August determined to make visit to
this celebrated place in order 10 feast my eyes
with the splendor Of city that had sprung up as
| il wcre'by enchantment. | reached tho
foot Of Burberry Hill, which oveilooks he
whole place, walked ougerly 10 the top in order
to catch view al single glance, Of the city IN
all its magnificence. Tony niter astonishmeni,
instead Of spires and domes | saw nothing bGs
Deacon Stulnpy's old mansion, with five other
ragged and dlnay looking cdlilccs, which stood
exactly where had always known them. en-
tered the city through State Street; but dscov-
cred nothing new except small house without a
chimney. Not living thing sas TO be seen u,
Washington Square but three geese who werc
picking moulhtul Of grass among the mud rud'
dies. inquired for The Exchange and found i
, in use by the Deacon as Il c0w.pen. The new
church, however was told had actually proceed
ed as inras the raising of the timbers but It vas
r subsequently sold by auction TO pay for Digging
The cellar.
| had check upon the DogcNn Back 70
three dollars, aud wishing TO draw The money
was directed to No. 10 fremont Street Ihr
. turned out to be the Identical building iormerl
: occupied by old Kit Cobblp, the Shoemaker
: 1t was Bank hours but the bank was shut, Al.
" there was not a soul to be seen. just as wa
a going nway, spied a IN horn hanging by III
~ door with paper over II, on which was writer
- " Persons having business at the Bank are II
-, quested to blow the hotn.n put the horn 10 m
II lips and blew blast both long and loud, AID
!, waiting about ten minutes, spied Isaac ThemI
!" or coming down the road he proved 70 be III
y cashier Of the Doglown Bank, ondo(lef some di
= fcully convinced him Of the safety Of cashir
= the check.
Upon inquning of Isaac what use had bee
made of the ioHy-six millions two hundred ih0i
" sand dollars, be Informed me that most Of i r.
i NAMED invested in notes Of hand. Money w
- scarce, and was expected to continue so uGi h
onion crop had been got IN. II was easy TO SC
- that the city bad sadly declined from its merida
=, splendor. In fact, Dogtown has suffered con
i, pIete downfall, for hardly any body now speaks
- il as a city. They have as much land as ctc
and 50 long as il continued to be valued at the
,, own price, they were as rich as Jews, but info
tunatey il fell IN value he moment they cxpcc
Il, ed the purchasers to pay for it. The Doeiow
!, crs are poor enough at present, but they are \
-, the first, and probably will not be the last poop
=. who have ruined themselves by building city
81, speculation.