Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-21
A LETTER FROM MEMPHIs.-


Making on 'nUs'tment, and eating early dir.
dsnd-The Gayoso House, and facts rslatirs
hersfo-MemPhis, its beauties, attractions.
business ard ProSpeets-Ths TrareI, &c, &c
MEMPHIS, TENN, July 10, 1858.
Correspondence Of The Star
The first investment have made in Memphi,
was I'm the elegant barbering saloon Of the Gayoso
House, this morning. took stock to the amount
OF sixty cents, and received my first dividend In
lathering, shaving, trimming, &C, according t.
Gunter.
BY the way. let me say, In the outset, that |
find the Gayoso TO be Of the most magnitcen,
hotels in the United States. ! think Il even su.
perior to the st. Nicholas In New York. and
under the proprietorship Of Mr.. Cockrell. assist.
e9 1y Mr.; w ); REYNOLDS formerly proprietor
OF the National Hotel In Norfolk, and the Ocean
House In Portsmouth, Va } as caterer and M.,,rs
l.. 5 Knowlton and e. w. Salisbury, formerly
OF the Charleston Hotel, the first as chief and the
last as assistant clerk with various other gentle.
men well qualified for their duties it is not Il all
surprisin. that the Gayoso has won so enviabIe a
reputation The repairs and Improvements to the
nouse cost Two hundred thousand dollars, and
the furniture one hundred Thousand more Ii was
opened on the 18th OF March last, with u grand
odll, winch, In point OF magnihcsnce, SUI passed
amythlng OF the Kind ever witnessed In Memphis
| The building contains between two and three
hundred rooms, and Is capable OF accomTnoda tiuy
comfortably f'om one thousand to fifteen humid I'd
| guests Fronting on, and about two hundred
yards from, the Mississippi river it affords fine
view OF that noble old stream and the many float
| Ing palaces that ride it's muddy waters
But memphis itself is a great city. The rap
ldty OF It's growth IN the last few years almost
| Incredible One can scarcely realize that the
| Memphis OF 1916 and the Memphis of 1855 are
one ana the same. Wealthy planters from the
Tta.es OF Alaoana, Mississippi, Arkansas and
tennessee have chosen this city as their place of
| residence, ana you find the entire suburbs occu-
p,ea oy the most costly and magnificent palaces
OF these rich people, as well as OF the wealthy
business ana professional men u the CITY itself
| think the priDcely residences of Memnbis
with their grounds attached, are as far ahead OF
Tue famous Fifth avenue Of Gotham as Fifth
avenue IL aneaa oil any ordinary street Of your
city. must not omit to mention the large and
elegant stores where wives and daug hters buv
hundred and even thousand dollar dTessrs and
.ne beautiful CONT Square, with its pleasant
shade ana handsome statuary, where they dis.
play them. These form an important Il ature IN
the beauty Of the city.
But IL the Gayoso, and the handsome family
residences and the stores, and the Square here
would excite your surprise and your admiration
DIS am sure they would, can hardly say what
YOU would think IL you could see the amount of
hns eS carried on in the city Ii is certain that
heuIeos who started here with nothing have
| ana Inc wealthy men, and are now living in ease
Ihs, and still others are coming In, and
great c,,y o .nd Tor more Verify, Memphis is
III. grand emporium of the West
I cannot bs,n ~, thing that notice here because
crinolne ., y; and that In, the liberal use of
wear longer skirts here than at some Other Mae.
b,ss. teea, Sss . thry certainly wear some But
so sweet, SO gentle, and kind tia, 80 . ,orsy
nnd u In my heart TO say nay to them n, >" a..
into dispute with them, even n tbev , ~ entsI
ID az u into their heads to wear sugar bogsheeau
IA. completion of the Memphis and Cbaris.,n,;.
,hnWay, and the lines Of steamers, together with
. .ns various railways running down into Mssi.,
PPs' up INTO Tennessee, and over into Arkansas.
IAN, ,hls grand centre Of travel. You can now
ioI,. neie al seven O'Clock p. IN. on Monday, for
instance, and at four on the following THURSDAY.