Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-11
Oar Trip 10 Mesnplsiy,

In our last We promised . description
Of our visit to Memphis, bu, being still
very much indisposed We fear i, will lack
that interest which healthy state Of
body would enable Us to throw around i,
for the entertainment, Of the readers Of The
Iawk.Eys.
We shaIl omit giving minute account
Of our downward Trip. We started in
ample time TO be at the Convention a, its
organization. but owing to the low stage
1t wafer the regular packets between
keok"k and 81 Louis had been drawn off
she trade and we had TO wait two davs
before we could obtain . passage to s,
Louis. The Western Belle, on which
We took passage, was crowded. having
l@S IN the cabin and 1874 on deck. and If
course our accommodations were miser..
Ole. The Belle arrived al S, Loui, nm
Saturday evening abou, 10 o'clock. and
sh'' completed five days Of our trim 10
Memphis. On our arrival We found ,h,,
the Missouri delegation had left DURING
the day. which was one or two dav.
sooner than their published time Of de.
Par'urs. On Monday evening we took
'passase on board the Brunette to the
mouth Of the Ohio. The 3. 10 most
excellent boat and well conducted. AT
me mouth we found several boats bound
% new Orleans; but the Burlington dele.
ga''on with delegates from Illinois and
Aentucky concluded 10 take the Browns.
VILE. which was the ligh,es. boa, in port.
II was well we did SO, Is she was the
nfss IN at Memphis. and without being
crowded. we had mos, excellen. accom-
moda"""s. We arrived a. Memphis on
Thursday in season to have the name. Of
our delegation entered an tina, davis pro.
eeed'ngs in the Convention.
On enquiry we found tina, every private
house az we'll as hotel was crowded IN
Overlooking. On Friday morning,
however. we were visited BY our old
friend. Col. GEO. PATrr.oN, who mos,
kindly rendered US the hospi,alnies of hi.
manson. We shall never forge, The
kindness Of Col. P. and his noble hearted
lady. They formerly lived on farm in
this vicinity but the Col. is now doing =
much more profitable business as one Of
the hrs' merchants a, Memphis. I, il.
eur hope that he may be emineu,Iy
successful. In addition to Col. p, ,hsre
are several Of our old citizens now resid.
ing at Memphis. and mos, seemed pleased
with their presen. locality.
MEMPHIS is wonderful place. As
late as 1884, it was an obscure VILLAGE.
known as one Of the Chickasaw Bluffs
since then it's growth has been very
rapid. The number Of inhabitants il is
now estimated is twelve thousand. |,
covers an area Of one and half mile
square, including South and Eas. Nom.
Phis. There are one daily, three ,ri.
weekly. and three weekly papers pub.
Iished in the city. besides Temperance
Journal. which has 1000 subscribers,
three four'hs Of whom have paid in adj
vance. There are ten churches, including
two Presbyterian, two Methodist, two
BaPsists. one Episcopal, one Cumberland
Presbyterian, one Campbell,e and one
Roman Catholic; the Methodist and FRS,
Presbyterian have each a handsome and
large edifce for public worship. There
arc also three Banks, five Insurance and
three Exchange Offices in the city, which
do large business. The citizens own
seven large and superb steam packets,
which trade between Memphis and New
Orleans. While We were there we saw
several loaded down with cotton. These
beats were so completely covered with
this Southern staple that they looked
more like large mountains Of cotton bales
floating down the Mississippi, than like
steam boats. Une Of these boats, the
Bulle.in.is lighted with gas which is gene.
rated on board by her own machinery
Capt. FRIrz Of the Steamer Memphis,
who ia quite wag. fairly hoaxed the
good people Of tina, place on the day Of
our arrival. II had been announced in
the New Orleans papers that Mr. Calhoun
would take passage on the frs, boa,
bound for Memphis. This news had
been received :, the latter city aud all
were on the look out. The frat boa, ,ha,
hove in sigh. was the favorile Memphis.
A she came up opposite the landing she
salu'ed The crowd by firing her gun. The
thousands who had assembled ON the
shore responded by giving the boa, three
hearsy cheers. Every one VIA. excited
and snxious to see Mr. Calhoun. The
boat made handsome curve above the
city and ~ she came swee ping pas, again.
she fired another gun. The vas, assem-.
bly, sgain cheered her, saJ she wa. .oon
made fast TO the wharf. All WIN eould