The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-31
Our Kentucky Correspondence.

HUMAN, eiton 70 NY, July ~, 1901.
The Kentucky PncAoe-7hs Interior Peninsula-His
0ro''A Of Hickman-Lu Trade, Internal improvements,
dc, dc.
In all your details OF have seen nothing
from this section OF tho country although you have many
readers here Western Kentucky, usually dcnomiuatei
The Kentucky Purchase, Jacksons Purchase from The
circums ancc Of General Jscksons purchasing 49, on the
part Of the government, OF Chief Nayned In 1926 Is
peninsula some fy miles square, bounded by three Of
The monster rivers Of America either OF which on the
other continent would be styled food On the east we
have The Tennessee river navgable far Into Tennessee
and Alabama that debouchos into the Ohio Psducah
sixty miles above Cairo the north Is Ia b>is rre the
placid Ohio, lovcest Of Streams the monarch
water course Of the earth, the mighty Mississippi
This peninsula Alphabetically OF the best portions
Of Kentueky Its tobacco priced above any other ra,ed
In the United States for foreign consumption The greater
part OF that imported by the French government supply
the demands OF liz gigantic tobacco monopoly goes from
this Place Is corn Is unexceied, ana OF lale years lie
explorations OF whes, ncgnpirg 10 DO fell In all the
grain maris OF the West TIE New ofcan' beer market
for small cattle Is mainly supplied from Hex man, whlo
tho poultry tradc OF that great cl,y-no ITCH, item in
years consumpton-dcperds snos, exclasvely upon our
Old ladies' for lie gra'lnsston There several chicken
merchanw as the genus Is irreveren.ly denoninated
here, who ship their fy thpusand dollars worth annually
aiiece from Hickman TO New Orleans Ineir mlio OF
collecting the fo~ls to travel from BOISE house IN
a
everyhlog that crow, cscklss OF clucky dor thrce
months old chicken 20 the veteran fah5r 81 Inc iarn
male part Of tho househsld there are bat fe OF our n
dice, black or whfo, but several doz,a hons and
ducks 10 their cars to say nothing OF cacoes ani
limos.
Three railroads, all IN course Of construction AMI all
nearly completed, take this peninsula dirccuon or
Us crgsh-thas IL, from norin 70 souhpA with the
Mississippi and Tennessee rivers Oae Of ha,e tho NJ,
bile and Ohio Railroad, Cairo the ornustoa OF
the Illinois Central Railroad with The Cult OF HeslcS a,
~ m Ia sliH.n
with the Illinois Central continuous line Of moro than
loo mies, and enable travellers 10 reach aoDie from
twice In Ooon county, Tcnncs.t point me sixteen
miles from this; by branch from Hickman 10 Uni IN
City eighteen miles ia lsnsh the other BY branch from
Paducah, the Ohio, tho mouth or toe Icnn.ssoo
river which will be about ,ix,y miles In Length Boh
and would doubtless have beer compsed the p,l spr NJ
but for the heavy nDsncsi pressure d the year.
Hickn an itsef Ia better known by Its oil tie Of "Mrs
and win continue 10 call while pilots AMI wtroners CT
st n "a on the most mnent blnn between Cairo asd
Memphis. and never fails TO catch the travellers eye
During the ast three years the has douted and
hs buildings qusdrupled. Fer y miles back aud even
oil The way TO the Tennessee river the country prceeas
scene al this time gs tdenng 10 the heart every observer
Corn evetoppirg the high rail fences and promising
Idtat hsrvcstsbea and cat hsis, just CUT proving
by their thick stubble the travail hey under
gone tobacco appearing 10 the nexpereacsd Northern
eye Ike v cabbage fields, OF which the leave, often
10 ec across the n,efs,ta spscer-orchards bending
down With ru,-esrdens rank with superaa,y Of vcys
aoiss, beyond ell that heal hy hearty population
commune such Is The tight hich bouulccu Provdenss
tnorts the traveller through Western Kentucky the pre-
sent
Fourteen ms back OF this PLACE IL Lolgcton the real
dencc Of Rob- Morris, Esq, known 10 your Masonic rcsi
ers as the ubiquitous lecturer upol hai novel theme Is
psce has been selected the site OF the western Ken
lucky College, chartered At asi legislative session. ard
OF rhlch be is President presume but few who have
busted their brsns win ms venerable subject Nssonry
know something Oh is aOulhp.ece and spokosnon, NJ.
Morris.
The vicinity ard propec', OF Cairo and ts rival city
Mound 0y few nilcs above 1.-THE cop eaon of the Il.
nois Central Railroad, by which We cen each g t,rs
Louisville In twenty honrs, aud Chicago 10 tweylr
the progress OF the hrce 1es OF road through or sn
sibe unparalleled facilles Of navigation enjoyed by w
this peninsula added 10 the abundant proisc Of ~,
season. the heshulrees Of The year. and the Inn ,s,vpr
prospects OF the times gem rally have given stimulus 10
he and trade Of Hickman. o. which voir OLE
readers who conane their SINNER tours to "a, y0ruo
villages OF Now England frm bot an inadeq A. dea