Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-06-11

tempts to Danish WEAKNESS with sleep, but in
that somnoisnt effect OF waksful Genius, a
sleeping car. "God bless The man who in
vented sleep" said Sancbo Psnzs; may a
share Of the blessing reach him who invented
the sleeping car, say We, not forgetting a slice
Of "that same blessing to Paine, the owRer
OF the sleeping car on tAe Charleston railroad.
Al peace with TIE wsrld, and without a vim
dictive thought toward q soul in it, and more
than all, untroubled By thoughts Of items for
tomorrow mornings paper aye local"
slept as only those can sleep on a railroad who
patronize the sleeping ear, until a dream OF
attempting TO take notes from the lips Of half
a dozen individuals at onee-ons detailing The
particulars Of an interesting suicide" an
other Of ga mysterious murder" others OF
A." the elopemeut OF a respectable lady with a
well known c~itizea,0 q" baby boiled to death
in a soup kettls,' "a narrow escape from
Lineolnisn from the efforts Of a faithful New
founlasd dog, - and lastly an old maid mar
risd for love, '-tbe chatter Of the bali dozen
tongues was too much for slsep,even on a sleep
ing ear, and we sWoke to fnd the clatter an
effect Of the cars passing through a covered
bridge. True, The six items ware gone, but
we were removing away from the chiils, and
were independent Of items we did not care
Tor the " mysterious murder" and snapped our
fingers with contempt at the interesting
suicide, "-what to aye local in the country"
were Opponents, narrow escapes and boiled
babies? But the local saw an item himself,
such as rarely meets the eyes Of one sentenced
for his sins TO furnish printers with "cOpy "
until the hour when cburchysTds yawn
and graves give up their dead" until
even "t1e wee sza' hours ayont
the tEal,"-We saw the sunrise. II
the reader, for whose early 4" dslectation" The
ArPEAL Is delivered at four OF five O'Clock in
a morning, only saw a sunrise as rarely as
ye cap does, we could give him ga FIRST
rate item" about The soft fading Of the stars
the eaudy jewels Of nights ebOn tisrs-the
fash Of early day waking the sullen ciOnds to
a radiant Joy that smiles in changing tints,
ard laughs outright in gorgeous gold and crys-
tai crimson; Of the breathing Of the morning
winds that lightly touch The tips Of leaves, as
tie musician touches the keys Of some soft i'll
s.Iunsnt, bringing murmuring tones, 50 low,
so deep, SO tremulous, they sound like the
praise OF God. Then the glad song Of birds;
the varied glitter Of the tiny dew on gossamsr
suspended; the blythssome sheen that dazzles
from the sylvan stresm-bat thea the reader
often sees mnrisesi 70 " We local. the slave Of
the lsmF, sunrise is a rare and rapturous sight.
Beside the usual charms Of morning, The early
light recalls on ;his particular morning a
peculiar beauty-at least peculiar in the eye
Of q dwsler o. the u~nchangsag lsvsfof The
land bordering on the father Of waters
lofty bills, crowned with rich foliage,
lift high ambitious heads, and like successful
c~ourtiers that catch first the monsrch's smile,
they glory in the earliest rays the sun bestows
on earth. eye local hss reached the noun
tsiBs, and stsps from The cars in the fair city
OF Huntsville, Alabama.
Arrived among bricks and mortar, "Ye
iocsl" shivsrs with a dread that natures beau
ties are left behind, and "ltens " srs come
again. It is no; quite thus however so just a
taste guided the pioneers Of the place, that ma
turs and art are blended, spacious streets and
ample sidewalks are furnished By The ore,
while The sver-preseat shade Of fine and full
grown trees testifes that there has been no
banishing Of tue otker. Thick, leafy, and
sometimes ivy covered and arcbing, the trees
that e~verywbsrs abound tell how nature can
Be eoaxed, rot excluded, where cultivation,
tastn, and intelligence mingls with mems han
diworL The center Of the town is Of some
what niger level than the rest OF the surface,
and from this summit each street presents q
graceful d%ecliTity, wandering between groves
Of trees to fields, and woods, and mountains.
Beneath The jagged ard PERCEPTIONS rock
that forms this eminsnce, gusbes a spring
Of pure cold water. So vast is the
supply that a stream-a true brook"
OF the poets, with grass growing TO its very
edge, and wild flowers and bushes waving and
nodding over It's surface, sometimes kissing the
ripples on its bosom-msanders gracefully
down the green meadow. Near where The bub-
bling food wells up from b crock, a dan con-
fines it; this gives a fall Of few feet this
fall works a pump tia. raises the fluid up the
bill, from whence It is sunpiied to houses, and
offers its grateful relief to passers-by in the
streets, from hydrants that are thoughtfully fur
nishe5 With drinking vessels. Huntsville has
five churches. We obtained entrance into one,
he Episcopal and rarely have,we seen q church
50 elegant IN its finish. The interior Of the
roof Is without nat monstrositv in a Gothic
church, a ceiling, and the wood work which
supports the roof is carved and polished, pro-
dueing a most pleasing effect. The windows
are all OF stained glass, giving 10 The interior
that "dim religious Hghto SO dear to The lover
OF medieval art. The altar and its furniture
are very beautiful and appropriate, and TIE al
tar window has TIE figures OF Christ, ard
the apostles Peter and Paul, With i~llusira-
tive pictures, ,nTlcb s~tained'glass. = The popu-
latlon Of HGutsyile, we need scarcely say, are
enthusiastic supporters OF the South in her
present struggle for nationality. Troops
pass almost nightly along the railway, and
nightly the ladiss-and pretty ladies they are,
take aye locsl'ao word for that-attsni in
crowds to welcome them. We were present on
one Of these occasions, ana II fate bad not con-
dsmned us to be eye local." we should hare
wished 10 be e soldier, that we might share the
smiles and bouquets The girls lRyishly distribu-
ted among the proud and happy fellows
lucky dogs them-who bad good reason for
giving the three ringing cheers FOR "the girls
Of Huntsville" that burst from their throsts as
the ears carried them from a spot we are sure
they wlH not readily forget. aye local" likes
Huntsville, and Is clearly Of opinion that il
the Confederate States are not smart enough
70 fix their capital az Memphis, HUNTSVILLE is
the spot for It. Beautiful, salnbrious, sur
rounded with delicious scenery-tbe noun aims
being within a mile or wo-2ecessibls from
an parts Of the South, with a high-minded,
law-abiding, intelligent population, Huntsville
has high claims to the highest position. We
had the pleasure Of Waiting our old friend Dew,
Of the Tadepsadsnt, and J. Willis Clay Of the
Democrat. At the Office OF the latter
We met with Ex-Governor Clay, one Of
the pioneers OF north klabama be Is as
enthusiastic az the youngest FOR secession.
We uust not forget to say that we were
assured on 81 bands, that 10 case any
demonstrations should be made BY The enemy
I against Mem phis, the hone companies and sli
indigidusls possessed Of q weapon, hot being
under tt4 command o. The ConfedeFate Gov
ernmsnt. viii rush at once, and in thousands,
te rspsl the invader and leave him without one
nan 10 tell the tale OF bic extinction.
After lingering at Huntsville Sc long as time
would permit, with reluctaucs we left it. On
our return trip we stopped a. Corintb, Miss,
where. Notwithstanding the large masses Of
troops that have been sent into Virginia, a
ytFg large nunbeT Of Mississippi volunteers