Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-19
For the True Democrat. Notes by the Way.

Memphis, Tenn, Oct. l, 1859.
 If I remember correctly, my last letter was dated at Holly Springs, Miss From that place, l went to North Mount Pleasant, d pleasant village in Marshall county, about l5 miles from Holly Springs. Here there ]. a Masonic Institute, which is, as far as 1 can judge, first class male school. The students number 96, and there are frequent accessions. Mir. Steeger, a very worthy gentleman of more than thirty years expe- rience as teacher, is at the head of this school.
 Thence l proceeded to this city, which is the grand concentrating point of North Mississippi, Alabama, West Tennessee and Eastern Arkansas. l had been absent from Memphis, only little over three weeks, and in that span of time, very visible i'm provements had been made. The two new market houses have been completed, and on this day, they go into use. This morn- ing the butchers and others were renting the stalls, paying as much as S60 per an- mum for the privilege of selling. Every body and his wife for 100 miles around, comes or sends to the Memphis market- Hundreds of innocent lambs and fatted calves, as well as pigs, turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens, and every thing else animal and vegetable, that tends to cheer the inner man, are found here every day, only wait ing for some one to buy and pay for them.
 Cotton is pouring in from all quarters. Business is quite active, and the city is full of strangers. The hotels are all crowded, and if there is any virtue in having as many guests as they can accomm odate, and charg- ing them the highest rates known any where in the civilized world, they will make fortunes.
 There is camp of real wandering for tune-telling, pilfering gypsies, in the vicini- ty of the city. Every day they come in, and strange to say, they find not few claim ing to be of the upper ten, who pay from sl to S5 to have some haggard old cronie to look in the hand and to foretel the future. They steal articles of small value, and then make money and establish reputation, by predicting where they may be found.
 On Saturday last l went to the Jewish place of worship, and, for the first time in my life, witnessed the devotions of these sons and daughters of Abraham. The men wore their hats during all their ceremonies. On entering the door, 1, according to es- tablished custom, dotfed my beaver. The sexton approached me and told me to put on my hat. complied, and as soon as he saw that my gentle pate was covered ac- cotding to the law of Moses, he led me to comfortable place. Their services were 1 in Hebrew, which is, to your corresnond- ent, nut rather hard to crack. Not know ing when to say amen.'' said nothing, and as l understood nothing, l soon grati- fled my curiosity, and took my leave.- There are, as 1 have been informed, per- haps, as many as 300 Jews in Memphis These observe Saturday as the Sabbath. abstain from ham and sausage, keep the law of Moses, and expect the promised Messiah all the while.
 When in that princely establishment. the "W orsham House." yesterday. met | with some Middle Tennesseans, who have recently been to Arkansas. They left the l river at Gaines Landing and went vest ward through Monticello and Camden, and l as far west as Washington. They were returning much pleased with the country; l but they decline removing to Arkansas, for the present, simply, as they say, because | there are no railroads in that section. They represent the NJ. O. X R. K. R. as doing nothing, and with but little prospects of ever doing any thing, as long as the present company have any control over it. They | speak very highly of Monticello, and espe-