Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-10-05
Notes by the Way.
HOLLY STRINGS, Mss, ]
 .Conf 1eyb 1S5Q

On Frday last, precisely at IF m., en-
 tered car on the Mississippi Central rail-
 road, and was whirled away in double quick
 time. Forty minutes brought us to Jack v son, where we changed cars, and were soonN rolling away south on the iron path of the
 steam horse.
 We passed Bolivar and divers other
 places of less note, and at three o'clock,
 arrived at the Grand Junction. This To-
 cality is 42 miles south of Jackson, B
 miles east of Memphis, and 9 north of
 Holly Springs The Memphis and Charles ton railroad crosses the Mississippi Central
 at Grand Junction, and the time of arNval
 and departure Is now so arranged that the
 train bound south meets the train going
 north, at this pace-they pause brief
 space, and the steam horse, dragging his
 ponderous train of four or five wheeled
 palaces. crowded with human beings, just
 two hours from the Bluff city, is hear thun-
 dering on the track neighing salute to his
 iron brother who is about to meet him at
 this point. laden with the treasures of the
 east Here are four trains all pausing for
 a few minutes Such another changing of
 cars, wheeling about of trunks band boxes,
 and other baggage, the untravelel passen-
 ger never saw before. The ncwsboys from
 Memphis ring in your ears, < Duly APpeat,
 gentlemen! Morning Enquirer, Bulletin,
 44calanche! only five cents" At the win
 dow of the ticket office there is a crowd
 hurriedly purchasing tickets,-here you A
 suddenly meet an old acquaintance, with
 whom you have scarcely time to exchange
 fl iendly greeting. All is hurry, hurry.-\
 motion is the law of life. Bustle, bustle- "All aboard" cries loud voice. The iron
 steed gives ,.intimation that he is about to
 pursue his journey. The shrill whistle
 wakes the echo for five miles in every di.
 rection, and away goes the iron monster
 breathing smoke and fire, whirling along
 old men and matrons, sprightly beaux and
 buxom lasses, husbands and wives, parents
 and children, rich and poor, bond and free!
 The trains have all left. They have gone
 to the four cardinal points of the compass, and Grand Junction is almost depopulated.
 In about one hour, l stepped upon the
 platform at Holly Springs, and soon found
 pleasant quarters with kind and hospita- I ble friend.
 Holly Springs is pretty place. The : population is I suppose, about 5000
 Many of the buildings are elegant, and i'm h provement is rapidly going on. There are
 two female colleges here, and three male h schools of high grade, all doing wel.-
 There are also several private schools. A : new and princely hotel has lately been open- e ed, that is second only to the Gayosa al. n Memphis. The new Episcopal churciS n would do honor to any southern city. The f Methodists have the largest house of wor- {, ship, and by odds, the largest society," >, The Presbyterians, Baptists, and Roman a Catholics have each a house of worship, z society, and pastor There are q great many stores in Holly Springs, and some of l. them are large and elegant. Shops of al + most every character abound, in word, a. Holly Springs may be set down to be fast y, place in this fast age.
 he A great revival of religion is now going on at the Methodist church. Scores are for protesting religion, and others say, that VII they wish to amend their lives This is a
 good thing, but there is one capital obiec se- tion, one overwhelming argument against on- these religious settlements, and that is ln- many of the converts soon need converting ich again. A wag the other day, remarked il 'ro- my hearing, that he intended to go t, on; Heaven with the Baptists, because the, fec give through ticket There is no fallin
 from grace with them.
 for, C,ircpit conrt is now in session. Undo nat Thompson presiding Yesterday mornin! ,,, I heard him charge the grand jury and 'ld must sny, that it was the most singular tu- charge I ever heard. He sat out with the hd history of grand juries, and dwelt upon this as head one half an hour. He then uttered a O. severe invective against Geo. Willie for tba of
 clemency. His third point was, the show y' small mead of praise for the paternity of an 'e act at the last term of the legislature, to la punish gambling, and especially, with . minors.
 = After dinner according to previous an- " nouncement, debate came off between
 Maj. ISAAC N. DAVIS. of Panola, and Mr. WATSON, lawyer of this place. The sub al ect was, the proprety of re-opening the CT slave trade with Africa Major Davis takes or the ground that it is not only constitution ne al, but morally right, and now the only It; true policy of the south, to re-engage in the ol slave trade Mr. Watson denies most en- oi phatically all three of these propositions. o- Davis Is strong man. He Is one of the ne best speakers ever heard. He seems to II, have given much time and thought to the ul subject, and to be ardcntly devoted to the 'ct interests of the south. It was a great treat to to hear him. He paid Arkansas quite a to compliment. In speaking of the growing re- importance of the south, of its susceptibili- .es ties, and its need of more operatives, he De said, Look at Arkansas, bordering on our hd limits. She is larger than all Engand.- oi She possesses more territory by one half, gre than all the Germanic considerations Her TO- soil is unsurpassed by. any other beneath oi the canopy of heaven, her mountains and y' hills are pregnant with metals and are most useful and necessary to man. Her noble Ill, rivers traverse the State in such way as 1 ea to afford navigation that would enrich an lo empire. All the clements of true greatness les exist within her domains. Let her resources ai be properly developed-let railroads bind
 different localities together, and afford easy h. intercommunication with the rest of the IT. world-let negro operatives equal to the ce demand, cultivate her generous soil, and sl- she will, Tn one quarter of a century, be of among the first States of the Union, if not IT, the first! Gentlemen, she is an infant nd Hercules, yet in her swaddling bands, now he resting in her cradle. The child is now
 born-nay the man is now fully grown, of that will see Arkansas the home of one nd million of our racen'
 e. Mir. Watson is an able lawyer and made
 an excellent speech Although must con- lis fess to a leaning little to his side of the be question, yet I do think Major Davis is ed vastly his superior in speech. The debate h. was continued after supper till late hour,
 a vast number of the citizens of Holly mi Springs, Marshall county, the adjoining ve counties, and many from Memphis, were if in attendance, and, as far as 1 could per ,ol ceive, deeply interested in the discussion. of Good health prevails. Corn crops will ky be light. Cotton will scarcely come up to he an average. Negroes are high and rising.
 Yours ubiquitiously, $.