The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-06
rrin tn memahis.

We have isSi rstaSned from an exceedingly pieas- ant visit to ths aourishipg and beaaiifuI city De
 ghtul was \ io feel that eOuld east od for ti@e,
 the troables ahd cares Of business and to know that every eoash of the steamer carried US fssIher away from she every-day's perpiexities aod ar- noyanees iha, in spile of philosophy will gather around one whatever may be his vocation in life. Like boy just lst loose from school, were in- teTesled in everything. We would turn from the genstesnan, who with such eqnsnimiiy dropped his fly on the Poker table. to admire the pilot who ski.fully gaied his boat in her totioas path through the thick array of snags. that lifted their black heads in the channel. lf became weary of the agreeable company or board, Of James, last novel, we could gaze oa, upon never changing auiamn forest. wilder aud more brilliant in hue, than '' the solitary horseman'' ever travelled through. Bat beside this there was quiet happiness in the re- AectiOn. that were fairly beyond bearing the con- ssaSt cry for cory, !" anl that we had iairy msde escape iIom the scissors, the paste pot, and the derIL
 In due time we reached the l" central eity," sRd had ptesehted to US at once alI ;he activity and business-Iike appearance of a much more popaions place. Trade seemed brisk. aH, hundreds of wagons were daily arriving. laden with produce. which was bariered for other commodities. The front street of Memphis. with the rattle and crash of it's dfays
 the eager and business aspect of its citizens; the hurried crowds which ihsong the rsveneas, re- ninde aas aCTA l,tle oi New Orleans. Who can tell that she may not, in tiue rival the Crescent City in commerce, or perhaps her ancient naspesake, Of Egypt in classic elegance and art7 Give her the eastern erssnus, of the Pacific railway, and she has made giants stride 10 such greatness. The shrewd and clever people oi St. Louis and New Orleans will however. never willingly snbmii to this. until it Is clearly demonstrated 10 be, no, only the best, but the only available overland route.
 During our brief visit, there one evil which forciby struck us should be amended we mean the fare at ihe hotels. The " house. 10 which directed, the best in the city, certainly kept
 in style far inferior 10 those of other cities having the same extent and population. The food was substantial enough and at e Tghi lime, plenty of it. shoat. sheep and beef (any thing bat siaied) were the staples, while everything like turkey. duck or fowl, of aay sort, seemed to have ,wn off. As have ho wish 10 say anything dlspar agngiy, how. ever. we will place this 10 the unusual number Of travellers b,oagld hy the convention, and lhe crow. ded condition Of every public house. This wiiI doabt be renedied, nothing co triba,es more to an agreeable sojoara among strangers, than ;he comforts of "mine inn"
 We are happy to say tha. we found in other pa- ees much more taste in affiifs of the cuistns. in this connection, Ye may mention splendid supper given by the corps editorial ef Memphis, to their brethren of the press thea athe city. IL cef- -.- and presided over with grace by CARRELL, tie ac- compshed editor Of the Eagle. W.t and Inerriment were the order of The night, and it rather Gfler
 hesmali hours of morning when the party separated. We take leave of the subject III exenfing our best wishes for the success of the genilctnany corps Of the Memphis press.