Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-04-17
DAILY APPEAL.
SATURDAY, MORNING, APRIL II, ls5S
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8 whatever damages they may do TO the surfa,
: of the land. This you see gives him the vel
nice little income Of twenty-five dollars a da
besides what be may make By tilling the su
face. Why do not some of the Memphis cap
talists turn their attention 10 the eosl-fslds az
: mining operations of Illinois. To my mind
Sc presents the finest field for speculation, I
90 rather for continual money making, in h
8 country Dueoin is in the prairie, and thOI
: now mining there are realizing handsom
- profits on their investment in a place whsl
. hey had to spend thousands to sink shat
% and then spend much more In drawing the
. coal up it. Why then should not money
made down in the bills, where a min
: could be opesed at oae-tsnth the expense? ? Th
: same vein (uine feet dsep) runs down anon
c the hills in and arouEd Carbondals, and it ap
J pears to me, that there is the place to max
!, money. Time will show however, for it wi
4 be done one day, and the great Mississippi
Valley will be supplied one of these days wit
: coal from this very country.
Twenty-six miles from Ducoin is Csntralia
T where the railroad to Dubuque and Iowa gen
orally divergss from the illinois Central. Her
is the dinner stand, and although it was verl
/ early, as did not know when might find any
thing more to eat, concluded that would trJ
to eat something. Accordingly, I weBded ny
way to the table, and after seating myself, com,
nsHesd survey of the crowd. recognized
, Wm- D. Gilmore, Esq, former Sheriff Of Shell
, BY county, and George ". Redford, Esq whC
used to keep the Richmond House in Memphis
both Of whom were bound to St. Louis. AfteI
saluiing them, took survey Of the table ar
range Bents. / had noticed very plainly that
tie tsbls-elOth was none Of the elsanest, and
now fell into deep rsVeris, kind Of 4" brown
: study" in the contemplation of a large spot Of
dirt upon the bottom OF ny plate, which had
assumed to itself the shape, very nearly, Of a
spread eagle. / was trying to decide whether
the Bird Of Jove had actually descended, (in
miniature aud thus sullisd my plate with the
reflection Of bis winss, and also whether there
might not be a spot Of equal size on the other
side Of the plate, when 2" ham, roast beef,
boiled beef, broiled beef or beefs,eak 20 sound
ed close to nv ears, in rich brogue looked
up hastily, and saw a csrroty- headed, freekled-
faced, red-armed, dirty handed Irish girl, stand
ing beside ne, with one Of the aforesaid dirty
hands grssped tight hold Of ny plate, which
SIZE had already slatchsd from ny astonished
gaze, and held suspended IN the air, exceeding
/ ly like she intended to treak II over ny head
| / confess that was bewilJered. looked up
aud said, " Ms'sm p "a Ham, roast beef, boiled
/ beef cornsd beef, broiled beef or besfstsak p
] repeated she i-rceiy- Yes, ma'am,' ssis
yimidly. " Which ?" she inquired, still mors
/ hsrcely. Roast beef 1" managed to gasp ont,
and in the twinkiirg Of cows eye, CHAT il,
I iu about ten miuurss) it was lying before ne.
/ I alWays Gid hate to make two bites Of cher
", so Just picked up the piece Of beef and
placed At in nv mouth. Dit you ever see a.
Irishmsn let 90 Of q hot eoOking-stove? L
you did, you can form some idea Of how quick
I let 20 that piece Of beef It was split" It
t5as, and that finished my dinner. Ny friend,
however, who happened to get hold Of a
better piece Of beef, dipped little deeper into
the good ihings, and be if5rmed me af-erWard
that the vegetables consisted Of the following
variety {" Mashed potatoes, baked potatoes,
roast potatoes, boiled potatoes and potstusses."
Dinner over, We concluded to take cur seats
in the cars, so ss to be good ready for a start.
Not 90 fast, however, as we were very politely
informed BY one Of the officials, it beirg necss-
ssry for Us to change cars and 60 FIVE miles
uPon the Dubuque road, to Ssndoval. Our
things, which bad been left in our seats, had
I been removed, and we had hardly time to hunt
I - L r a. 4
aboard" and the train moved of leaving US
/ upon the platform. Had the officers Of the
/ railroad informed Us Of the intended change,
we could have removed them at first, and thus
saved trouble. 1t was but BY lucky accident
that we found it out in time to gel our things,
/ of the cars OF our 0veTcoats, &c, would have
gone on to Chicago. This is very wrong in
railroad officers, and am sorry to say that
/ have noticed the same thing on roads running
inte Memphis. Forgetful that the majority Of
passengers are strangers to the road, they ex-
/ Psct them to know, by intuition I suppose, all
Z about the changes, names Of sstions, sc.
But, in a short time the train for SaBdoval
backed down, took Us aboard, and away we few.
sandovsl is but I've miles from Centralia.
-Four trains Of cars from the four cardinal points
Of the compass meet here daily, and as We sp-
! prosched, we could see for two or three miles,
/ the trains from east and west on the Ohio and
Mississippi road, reminding one Of a great big
snake, crawling rapidly along. Sandoval
makes big shOw on paper, bat is very small
/ in reality.
About year ago party Of gentlemen pass
/ ing through here at night, found themselves
/ obliged to wait come two hours for the train
going West. One Of them named Jones, de-
tsrmined to have soms fun, hunted up the She
rif (who Is one Of the proPristors) and with
a grave face, demanded a search warrant
- For what,o said the Sheriff. Z" Ts search out
/ The corners Of the town. answered Jones'
Sheriff tried to get mad but Jones stopped him.
q PshawD said be, " what's the use Of getting
mad Its nothing but one horse town at any
rate. II had good big staple down in one
/ end could haul it out Of toVn with pony
I We did not have to wait any tine however but
/ with our baggage all properly ehecked) were
/ coon bound Eastward. have enot time to give
I description Of the rest Of the "trip to this
place. TIE O1io and Mississippi Road is a
7 well conducted ons-ths ears are roomy and
well ventilated, and the Road tolerably smooth
I At Vincennes, Indiana, We got most excel
/ lent supper, and at four o'clock 10 The morning
arrived here. We are putting up az the Spencer
/ House aud can truly say tnat it is among the
/ bss; hotels ever saw. The whole house is
! neat and clean, the clerks are gsn;lensnly and
Accommodating, the servants attentive and the
fair excellent. WhsnYou come 70 Cincinnati,
you can't do better and may do far worse thaa
10 stop at the Spencer House. Yours, b.
/ SIGEIFcAET DECIsIoE.-A legal decision was
made on Friday iast, 10 the st. Louis Laut
Court, which, # sus AIMED, it is thuU=ht, vii
sifs,t greater amount OF property ihan any
legal decision heretofore made IN the case OI
Adams vs.. the city Of St Louis, Il Hanol
Judge Lord instructed be jury that. II the land
contested was a sand bar In the Mississippi
when Mississippi Became a S ate, the l-nd Il
now part q the S-ats, and tue plaintiffs q
tie derived by purchase from the UHIted States
il therefore null. Whence u would follow tba
all sales made in the United States Or land
formed since the existence Of the aolacen
states. are void. The principle is even apple
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