Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-03-20
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this bssudfnl susanE went on beard De
steamer r X, .fubrB bound for Peoria, being
one Of me daily packet hus thst plies between
he two places. ne fare Up Is four dspars-
he distanceby water is one hundred and ninety
miles. But ! was greatly disappointed in my
expectations; the banks Of the river being vey
bw al the way up, and Il stream being rather
high at present, the surrounding country was
nearly an overlooked. There are only -four
towns worth mentioning before reaching Peoria.
Naples is the first and the most noted, because
Of its being the starting point Of the Great
Western Rsilrosd q Ihnois. Before reaching
il, ] naturally expected something worth see
ing, but I was doomed to a stin grester disap-
pointment than before. II is a God-forsaken
looking object, built on a low Foundation, and
subject 70 inundation every time The river rises.
The b~uiidiags are all shantes, only one brick
house being visible as a whole Il presents one
Of the shabbisst pictures I ever saw. Mere
dosha, some six miles above, Is a little better,
but 20 little that one can hardly distinguish the
difference. Il il, however, bound to become a
place Of note, because Of It's being the terminus
Of the Quincy and Meredoshs Railroad, aud
via, in a few days, connect the railway that
nov comes into Naples with the hannibal and
St. Joseph Railroad. Beardstovn As the next
place. II presents a very pretty view from the
river containing three or four thousand inhab-
iiants, and improving slow, but sure. This
town is above overflow, but it has nothing TO
boast Of, as ! an told that during the last high
water the river SURROUNDED the place, making
an island, for the time being, Of The town. One
Of the Douglas excursion parties last summer
chartered a steamboat and n~avigated all around
the place. There Is a daily paper published
here. It was dark when we passed Pekin, but
I understand IL Is the prettiest Plaeeon the river
from Pekin down, containing some i've thou
sand Inhabitants rHi =
Peoria is reallys lovely spot; a gradually
rises from the river, which forms what is called
Peoria Lake at this point, till II reaches 20 a
romantic sioping bluff at the back Of the CITY,
on which are some q the most besutifal resi-
dences Of the place. The houses are an built
with much taste and elegance, The streets are
wide and well Lard out havnE pavements in
the business portion Of the city. and plank
walks in the other, and resembling very much
| those Of Memphis in the muddy seasons OF the
wear. Uhas 4 goodly number Of hotels, but
| al the head Of them an stands the Peoria
Hous-kept bv two Of The most gentlenanly
landlords in the STATE, Messrs Hall & Hub
bard, whose constant care Is 10 make theH
quests as comfortable a. II they were at home
with their family instead Of being among
Strangers. This is decidedly the house for the
travelling public 70 stop al; they set a No. !
table and everything else accordingly HE
administration paper here, The Dsmoeratic
Union, is progressing finely, though it suffered.
a severe shock in defending the Lecompton
Constitution and the administration Of James
Buchanan against he attacks Of s.. A.. Doug
Jas. II will Be enlarged in the course Of a
few weeks, and the daily increase Of its sub
scripdon list speaks well for the principles
which Il defends. Peoria has four daily
papers, three English and one German the
Editors-without mentioning any names@are
one and all the best set Of fellows that II has
eper besn my luck 10 associate wiz, and they
are II the fame time true types OF what me
Peorfans are. Mr.. j.. A. signiaro Of Memphis
is n the city, and / understand that the Peoria
theater opens under his managemeht on The
q Of April next, with the great Memphis IA
rorite, the charming and accomplished lady,
Miss Maggy Mitchell, as the hrst star for the
spring and summer season. Business has been
picking up here lately, and ! confidently be-
iieve that il will be better this spring and sum
mer than it bas been for two years past. There
are many hpe buildings In the course Of cree
ton now, and many more I understand, viii
commence to build in the course Of i've or six
weeks. Peoria is a fne place, with a liberal
people and is bound 10 be, some day, a large
city.
Afew evenings ago ] was induced BY some
II nv friends 20 20 to a MASQUERADE ball, given
LM EAE w nan AM N All ~ q HMMAA u n
the name Of Charles, who was once the mana
ger Of the German Theater in Memphis. Well,
I have heard cf MASQUERADE balls. but this one,
"a use a theatrical phrase, capped the dinar to
nv Imagination, Of an such things, especially
after having read a description Of the grand
ones Of Rome and Venice. There were all
kinds Of dresses and al kinds Of peoples; there
was the pretty blued eyed lasses Of sweet six
teen, and the clumsy formed German girls in
mos fantastic s~ttiTes; there were those whose
hoops were immense and more resemble a bah
loon than alady's dress, and then there were
hose who neither had hoops or peiticoats, aud
they cut amore ridiculous 6gure than did he.
others. Bu there vas one a EeHts German
for. Of some Eve and forty suumeFs, attired
as a Yankee Sailor, who sailed with 50 much
lager beer in her MAS head and uEgsi 80 unbe-
I coming q woman. that in attempting to keep
up Der ASSUMED character, she cut up al SORTS
| Of shine and did al sorts Of funny things.
on, shamrE wmerT n my blu~ire Anu ulr
men-i could have forgiven the Germans, for
they are brought up to Il, but ozr own country
! men-weIL. every nation TO its own manners-
some were gentlem1nly. others tried 10 be so.
but revealed their true characters BY an occa-
/ sional oath numbers had their mouths fun %
tobacco, while many pufed and smoked sway
as though the odoT Of a cigar was agreeable
70 The ladies present. But lager beer-pOer
/ lagsr-it suffered most f~earfuilEs q seems TO
ne they were an ~ eng 20 revenge themselves
upon Il FOR the injuries 70 done their Fathers.
Il was about two O'Clock, when different par
I ties had formed for a cotillOn-the orchestra
/ struck up a German waltz; It surprsed the par
" for they had already commenced 70 eau the
figures: some twenty voices shouted vociferous-
~ for a cot1lon; stin the leader kept on with
bis waltz; the dancers got ~elsmarous; old bow
and fiddle kept on a. he had begun; some i'm
pl0red. others threatened. Threats were be-
coming loud and elamorous when the leader
/ arose, very much excited, and exclaimed with
as much courage as he coald assume for the
| occasion, boz in a strong M marked TeutoHie
secent: "Shenlemea, I blays you ayolz unit
bi - you dance q VOLT OF yon dance notuen
nit mine moosic." II was altogether a novel
thing to me, and J laughed 50 much that Il
I almost gave ne Che cholic. The manner in
which the leader uttered the words, and the
gestures BY which he accompanied them, set
the whole room in a roar, ard on went the
waltz as # nothing bad happened
Before closing this letter must speak Of q
| place called "Fuuk's Hall ? II is a large room
forty BY sixty, with 4 small stage IN one cor
her of the hall and g bar room IN the other,
having as many tables and chairs AZ the room
will hold for people 10 sit down By and call for
! the liquor. The admittauce is a dine and the
exit, generally lager beer Tor the party. The
| performance on the stage consist OF a conglom-
GRAFTON Of songs, dances, and break dotas.
| Among the performers Is a negro buck ne
| gro, who gloues in the cognomen Of johnson,
I end who Is the especial favorite Of Che crowd
] That make " Funk's Halls their rendezvous
each night. Tie place is wei attended-full
every night. ! was 90 shocked AZ the vulgaHiy
used, and the monkey shines Of the African,
I that lief the place in disgust, end wondered 4
an intelligent public, ike The Peonans ready
are, can put up with such a nuisance IN then
midst which half Of the time ends in rows, and
will eventually bring thevfsitors Of such q belle
to a degraded drunkaris doom.
Pixies Peak engrosses one-ihird OF the con
vcrsstion in this part Of the country, and one
would imagine The whole world was going
there. saw a letter from the Pike yesterday
and the description was far from being a goi-
den one. More anon. Yours,
DON GANOSO. IN.