The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-16
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.


sssoyy Of MempAis--Is Early SettlcHens-Is Popula-
con, Banks CAsrches and IT ade-Ssats Ca1sas-
Tie Candidates, dc.
4. 1854 10 be in the model oassn Elizabeth author
he'd Sir w. Raleigh 10 "disoover and occupy such remote
Aeaihsn and barbarous lands not possessed oy Chris
tiAa people, a. to him should seem good" waat now
ths State Of Tennessee within that charter; but
though may not exactly say that Tennessee has moved
u has certainly seen great many May days since that
Hne Hare for instance, is Memphis, city OF zo,ooo
inhabitants publishing four daily papers, containing
sxht banks one theatre ten churches one prison. ana
Of its four thousand houses only one marked to s
and bsps financially, corporate body two hundred
aars ahead of independence the last pay day omit
ting, however, the interest on some railroad bonds
which, being species Of speculation, cannot yet be
oaIlsd extraordinarily far from heashsndsm or bar
bsrifn.
This city Is very prosperous in every way ana very
hsaltby-the mortality being so slight that the per
sestsse fraction 1t to great extent the resting
vsss Of those who leave New Orleans during the no
SESSION. Business goes along smoothly and though its
race be mot the slsshng OF Eastern cities, it is
hat viii last longer say prosperous in every way, as
indeed it is at present, though there who bs
gin to }eok forward TO financial enbarassments, add
hs , = og' y ns'' sei, mat
ming breathe freely, just developing themselves
hare and that If the present crop DO not good one,
grand .smAsh" must be the consequence. The present
exceeding drought makes this hope almost . fororn
sne AZ contrast this view, the report Of the Mem
eirscson upon having pissed through these difficult
tiss SAFELY and looks forward to good times. When
ths roads hnished Memphis viii be within three days
The newspapers having war with the Ader@en
about the Navy Yard which they wish 20 have eedei
q the general 1t having bean coded to the
city tbe absence Of an appropriation The Aldermsn
have refused to the ossson. The two gubsraato
rial saSd Dc es ara at present canvasans STATE aud
the papers are with them OF the four mornny papsrs
<mericon and Tae Appea-thrse are in the interest OF
that ubiquitous Can Tho schooboy rhyme used to say
N these Says Mamma, mammy," would have to have
vehoerful eyes to obey that flis iojnnstion The -
ss q the in and
aze reading people. Toe american and Wig IS their
import are devoted 70 progress and majority
The Enquirer which has six OF the fifteen thousand
subserbers believes that the United States is destined
TO absorb Cuba and that Mr. Gentry ought TO Be the
drew ssei coat Theocratc white Basis Johnson" Mr.
Gentry being in the Enquirer's opinion Gas naturally
I'm to false demasogury high principles to low soull
Of . prohibitory law; johnson belongs TO the 0id
Guard - ESQ old that IL DO rotten ana for
tss p.ahsito,y law, Ills not sure that be understands
These three papers viii support .the candidate, and
Memphis may be looked upon Koow Nothing strong
hold. The Daily Appeal 10 devoted to johnson and tbs
The river is at present gocd state but is said to
be failing Accounts from AL around the country COM
plain Of the drought. Business in cotton is duu.
small paragraph In Of this morning's papers
government Is appreciated here-"A file de JOE vac
arrested last night We glad to that officers
sse determined to stop this street walking" G. b.
MEMPHIS, May 6, 1855.
A Rirr VieW of Aemphis-Tae Streets of the CityFre
Aarms-Railroads in Prospect.
Among the Mississippi boatmen, look at the " Bluff
CITY" Is traditionalIy beautiful sight "rhus the
ahd imposes the man. the b,Iief is evidently the
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long way mp the river, where tho city, lying in
smPbtheatrs il only to be BY proxy in tine shape
Of half dozen steeples 1t looks wen enough-you
httle of it. But getting sufficiently to them
CLEARLY, can't say that think les lauded ''bIus" cal
sulased to any other effect than to bluff of the pre-
vieusly wen inclined traveller. Any who will observe
Tho current pictures Of the At Buena Vista
and imagine few steeples and roofs where the
mountains stand may form toleraby clear idea Of how
Memphis looks from the river The alienation OF
sHes and ridges appears in the streets and bluffs the
streets down the river with the exception thai
No bluffs are something more squarsly cut Bat tho
ssw houses that he BY the river, and the HUI through
uhsh the streets are cut, being once passed. very
ths sity from the river, seeing 1t here VIII oTa he
The hrst street is Main street, which RUS parallel
With the river and Ia about three miles 10 length Fo,
two miles II lined with stores on both noss, all Of
them good looking Ones and some Of them very splen
did On this street. and between 1t and the river, the
buainess Of the city, with the exception Of
lActuring establishments houses, mostly.
THIS street crossed the stranger begins to wonder
whore the 600 for appearances mai
sate that he II in the snourbs But he vii wander on
and ON, taking very long walk, and sti be in the
burbs; ard II he measures il, ~ did, he Will to
larger area than any other Of equal popa.tlon
Me Unoa This effect 10 produced By the cir
M 1tsa Of '' s.rdsn. ether bat vide, free spsss
With not only for roses ana runners that are there
all dav The
from gardens Ia delicious, and makes breath
IND luxury. fine feature OF the city attendant on
The gardens s The gatherings that take place tbs
sseops the evening White dresses shoe through I'D
green leaves, and sweet voices come out the pef-
fnxed air, and very pleasant 10 the sight and sound
tbsreof For custom or fashion mach aissi lar
ancient history Of New York, BY ons D. Kaick
The luxury Of breathing spoken Of has however, one
drawback the streets are not paved and In dry yea
bsd the other way IA wet westher for the mud l.
deep. There Ii no stone fs for paving nearer than
river and the city does not choose to iacar
the dust, moussaches are In good reputs.
In this city mules used almost entirely for draw
worl we'll and to b ispt In Admirable condition Tsey
present remarkable contrast 70 the bone rA:ks that
There was ere here yesterday; loss between Eve and
six thousand dollars. Giving the alarm for fire. Is
once, and indiscrimnately commencing highest
noe and In rapid succession OF About twenty strokes
ps: down 70 nothing more ssos sG.hy q
impossb TO mistake the ringing Of FIRE alarm for
ching There II system Of ringing BY district.
Day before yesterday the engines around town
for hour looking for fire, when the bells stopps
ringing and the fremen went homo.
Strawberries every day reality.
Great hopors claimed ,spec,ively for this cty
When all the projected railroads added to those al
ready Hnshed It 10 to be the central poia OF soath
western system. "There boy" who, when he
had caught two more fish, besides the one that was
nibbling would have three however, Memphis is
shipg better of than that The Memphis and Louisville,
Memphis and La Grange, Memphis and Little Rock, and
Mssisspp Central railroads. with their various con-
nectioss, mako already tolsrably complete system.
The Memphis and Charleston road, nov in operation
necton between tbs Atlantic and the Mississippi, Ike
continuation Of this the rosd from here TO Little
Reck-and westward continuation OF that will look