Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-02-11
Correspondents.
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Sc-LaVuLE, Tenn. Jan. -, le5s.
MEssEs. EDfIoEs When saw you last al
the Iron City, promised 60 give you sketch
q my trip down the ryer. The day after you
left me, I took passage On that beautiful bird
of a boat Belle Air, Capt. Tofnpson, and II
vas 10 say that VIC came by ioe, Il would be a.
Eear the truth as 10 say il was by water. for We
had to plough the most Of the way through
floating Ice, but as time Is a eOnqueror Of all
things, il conquered the ice at last, and We ar
rived at the Queen City, in only three days
Leaving Cincinnati on the Louisville packet
Telegraph, We hal the same old luck Of thump-
ing and scratching through the ice. as IL all the
thunders Of Pandem0niuln were let loose around
the boat We reached Louisville in safety aud
good season, and here found the lower Ohio
Blocked up with ice, aud no boats vii ing to
venture down the river FOR days, and to Kill
time l took the cars for the capital Of the gall
liant state of the great AMI lamented Clay,
whose portrait found hanging in the Senate
Chamber, and House OF Representatives. Frank
fort is an old Ond ddilapidated-looking place with
bnt few coed buildings in it, except the Cap tol
building and the Governors house. Tarrying
but short time, Zone day) passed on to the
beautiful City of Lexington, which is situated
in the centre of the finest country in the state.
There is one peculiafity about the KentuckiRns
that had never observed before, viz: the size
of the men. noticed that one-half of them in
one Railroad Car would weigh at least 200 lbs,
and would average about six feet in height, and
as fine looking set of men as | ever saw. Per
haps their size can be attributed to their eating
SO much hog and hominy, as those are the prin
cipai staples. Speaking Of Mr.. Grunter have
become heartily tired of seeing his snout stick
ing out foremost in every direction on the table
and at every meal during the day have Otter
mentally exclaimed wo unto the poor Jew tina
has to live in this country. If you do not ours,
the country you will certainly not bless thu
pork-raisers. l have had the swine's flesh of
fered to mo cooked in seven different ways fo
breakfast, and am too much Of a Johnny Bul
to relish such very we'll. But after all they ar
O very pleasant, hospitable and kind people a
there are in the Union. The Louisville Hotel i
as fine house as any western city can boast Of
and is very well kept.
Leaving Louisville in that perfect palace of
New Orleans steamer, A. L. Shotweli. we gde(
down the Ohio to that would-be city, Cairo
which might make a splendid place, if tn,
ground around it could be raised about fifty feet
by an earthquake or some other subtcrraneaI
agency, and held up until they could get thu
city started. Here we found that the boat
were not running to st. Louis, for want of wa
ter, there being only two and half feet on thu
bars, and instead of going to st. Louis, as
had intended, continued down to Memphis
which | found to be a beautiful City, situated OF
fluff about two hundred feet above the river
and extending along the river about two miles
and from one-half to mile back. 1t has
population of about 16, 600, aud shows more ev
idence of prosperity and improvement thai
any other city on the river. 1t commands tn
trade for hundreds of miles up ane down tn
river, and all of Western Tennessee, Northern
Mississippi, aud q great portion of Arkansas
and is destined to be the largest city betwcc
Cincinnati and New Orleans
The climate is delightful here, and at pres
ent the doors are standing open, and the wiz,
dows hoisted, and they assure me that last nigh
was the coolest they have had this winter
have been in a number of stores, to-day, an
have not seen q stove or fireplace in one G
them.
This is very pleasant town, the county-ses
Of Fayette county. 1t is situated on the Raj
road between Memphis and Nashville, and
supported by an excellent farming countr
around it. The staples here are cotton an
corn. | have not seen wheat-feld in travcln
fifty miles, There is but one objection to tn
country, and that is the accursed institution
slavery, which hangs over it like black pal
shroudiDg it in gloom, and prostraing anythir
e-enterprise. from the fact that The country
very productive, and if the blacks work onl
half tho time, they cah produce enough #
white and black both.
intend Ito use an Arkansas phrase s'squa
ting in the southern part of this state, if l
not find any other to suit me better. l start f
Texas in few days, and will send you SOL
more pencilings, if. you think this worth pu
lishing. Yours, Boone