Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-05
Letter frsrn PHIaski, TezaesssS.
Corsspondsnes Of thu OncInnAsi GAzsttsl
PULASKI

PlLAshA.
PULASKI, DeceBaber s, 1SG3.-This HttIs
city, the county seat Of Giles county,
bears tho mark Of ago. Il IS sisussad ia
sort of basin, ths rim Of which is formed ef II
regular hills of stesp ssceRt, and running in all
directions. Here eRd ihoTs gap makes way
Tor egress and discovers to tbs traveller fur
ther succession Of hills in quite as mach confu-
sion. The town is well supplied with wa.eT
from tho many springs which gush out from
among the rocks. A story is told Of one of
them which win give an idea Of the amount OF
water furnished BY it a man who had dug
we'll some distance up tho hill upon 4 bench in
the hill side above tbs spring, was hOrrihed one
day to see a calf fall headlong into The veil
Running at oncs Tor ropes aud help, no was
prapased to relieve his well of this foreign Gu5-
stance. Judge of his surprise, when TsturRilg
with his ropes, he passed near the spring, and
saw smsrging therehom his unfortunate cali,
greatly bswildsred and very wet, but othsrWlss
aDiBjarsd
Near the sans spring ia a natural curiosity IN
the forB of q cave Of some considerable dimen-
sicus. The whole country heIeAboRt is very
much the same in appearance with that IN the
vicinity Of tho Mammoth cave in Kentucky,
aad doubtless mssy 0 subterrAneRn chamber
remains unoxplOred underneath these hills.
TIE COUNTRY
IL rich and fertile almost beyond belief Corn far
exseedirg the ordinary yield of the 5ciota ana
Miami valleys in Ohio, il now 10 be seen in thls
! garden spot-0f the South. Stock OF all kinds
! Is abundazt. No better country could have been
! desired by Bragg for obtaining supplies. way
| even in Columbia there Is = little army Of mUie
/ and csttan buyers, Whe are making an honest
penny by buying thsso products of the country
II Ia said that law or military order, having IN
view the fayoring of hog-raising, has been IN
ferce here, until the whole country Is sWarming
with hogs. In obedience, TOO, to the bshests OF
the Southern CORfedaTaey, = very considerable
amount Of wheat has bean raised tho paat year IN
shis region, which By the fortune of war Is now
being gathered into Uncle Sans grRBaries to bs
ground by Yankee millsrs in blue, and eaten by
Norshsrn Eudsils. The present of 'SR OF
this rich region by 50 largo foree c have
damaging effect upon the Southern cause.
Alas, hew maay q fat psIkeF will be thEs di.
verted from the rebel eommigsRIy department
into the ravenous NAV Of the army Of Inc
Union!
COTTON.
True TO the tims-honorsd ways of skis region
a large quantity of eaton was cultivated thii
year Is there a cotton buyer among youl
, readers who desires new field Of operations
Let him get permit from the proper aathori
ties to purchase that aTtiele as isT south ia th
? direction sf Dscatur as he can, and then com
Z I ~at enee. Bale upsR balls Of the precious Gem
! modify is being brought 10 the nearest IailEos
: stktens, and thousands are yet in the country
Z How many gresnbaeks lie kidden within t5eE
I I bales of such Aseey Whiionessl Who shA
: plack thSm out 2 Already, - have ssid,
!, number Of plucksrs are st Columbis, but Hnlea
= there has been a chsnge within few days, n
, enc ear bag farther south than that place. Th
trader who gels permission ffst TO bay ss Il
: : south ss Athens or DseAsaF, has rieh TswGI
: il waiting.
n A SAD MISTAKE.
10 A day Or two ego the Tia Iliinois mounted {
d. faairy was retaining to Pulaski from tTiP
q Corinih, and unfortunately came in colisil
to siih tbs i0lh Tennessee (FsdsFsl) at Lswrans
ss Fiils. The 7th, en- nearing tue town, had,
i'd usual, Eant an advance guard 70 dash iAtQ :