Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-23

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a vs-y small thing 10 the utterly diseon-
sola.a-a kind worl, and remembrance
even. however humbly manifested VIII
s,,,1 "a t,riH Of pleasure to the heArt o.
,r.s 5aso5adeaL DO no, forget these, in
your preparations Of to-day
rrnvEs FOR THE ARTISAN.
Z-, hsve heretofore re.yrrej to the po-
,.-,fsr. influences OF manufacturing
.+75islmeus- in building up, S0lidIJ,
rie p~-5spel,gy and wealth Of cities. It's
-iv5isel.aJic that O very large part OF
what Memphis s,-her fine blocks OF
f,T5-D-s. ll- rows Of i-on-frontel mer-
camille houses. her railroads penetrating
towards every quarter, her schools and
other attractions 10 induce populadon-s
dine ID the mechanical and manufsctur-
fa. industry which was located in her
borders. But. as before adverted 20,
these henedcent agencies shared in the
disl3cations and descriptions incidents 70
the war. and the work is stil before
rs Of restoring and wooing them
hack. Commerce, more agile and active
in awaiting itself OF every opening 10 lis
euterprisc, is soon restored, as lle innu-
mersble fine stocks Of goods 70 be found
IN every quarter % rc.ty, andthe busy
rh-anr of purchasers, attest. But me
.saniraI and manufacturing industry Is
more c-umsl-z0me and Of slower growth,
rsae.rfns for its return, not only conf
degce in the permaneUce Of the existing
condition Of things, but the facilities Of
reasonably cheap living, and the posses
sion % al least ordinary comforts.
And In this-iu the dcarness OF living,
and the next 10 imPossi5ii,y Of obtaining
the comforts OF q home, n any rate COM
mcuslra.e with the income Of Labor
consists The barrier which stands in the
wav Of thereal, solid, advancing pros
ue.itv OF Memphis. In all her broad
area there are no Homes for the
artis-n-no snug, comfortable cottages,
with their four or five rooms, and little
match Of garden, and glim!se Of bright
ras-s1d between the tenement and the
stree--Nherein tie young wife may i'm
n"@--H
u'aDt a few flowers and shrubs 10 endce
The Ia,5ring man, with lis air Of external
ridiuess and comfort TO the greater tidi-
ness and comfort Of his home Within
that can lie rented at q price which viii
enable him to live and lay by something,
vcar by year. Every such house in
Memphis, and far less attractive ones, is
quickly taken up, ~atafgure which would
absorb two wears Of q mechanics wages.
There are not homes enough for the
neoDle OF accumulated means who wish
20 live In Memphis, 10 keep house in
Memphis, much less for the mechanic
and a-tizan VINO ma wish 10 come hers
70 employ his skin and industry for the
making Of money. Merchants, traders.
spectators, J4ukerz, and ali kinds OF
ueopp who already have money,
would gladly keep house, if they could
only find the facility Of doing 50; but in
the delr,h OF teuements, are obliged tC
content themselve, with lodgings in
hotels, and imu-ovi-ei boarding houses
We can expect 10 reconstruct
ou- former system Of manufacturing in
du-try. mach less 70 advance and in
crease il, while this state Of thingsexists.
The plethora oItie landlords, who are
receiving such enormous rents, and the
cJs,ivenes Of the suppliers Gf u mar
Ee.F. mus both be relieved before we
can expoc, amy healthy action in the or
---r.f-r- -rr.-Hs r~s-v -.-,a-,.-f+,
Geueuis. Rents mast come down, ana
50 must marketing, before ne can expect
mechanic and artisans o cast in theil
iUts with Us. Beer shops, grCg shops,
billiard saloons, and other unmel-ioni-
JIe roads % perji-ion, meet Us a. every
1urn. Ingenuity most marvellous IS ex-
hialtsd IN every quarter in resurrecting
forgotten CELLAR, and su5divlding h'th-
,-t0 i8dig.si0ie apartments, in orderihat
some new u~Hvfoducing traffic may De
carried ca therein BAT we nowhere see,
in all this eager anatomy o. cuttinE open
;ae goose 70 get DE golden egg, any en-
,erpl-sa oa lie part u improperly own
ers % p.ovide inducements f0r the incom-
ing OF TIE men whose skin and toll en-
rich The nation, while they furnish ike
wise the very bone and muscle Of the
state.
We entraaI Cur eitiseusJO thiaE Of this
great interest n0w wAAs there is ample
time 10 shape their next spring and sum
uner's undertakings. We especially ask
10 * taa attention Jf those Of them who
own large quantities o. unimproved lots
Let The next year witness the erection OF
several ,A1us-aI teaeueuts, Of a class
suitable 90 the comfortable i-nhabitancy
oftLe artisan, ~ s. rent q ieom two hun
del aud fifty 10 five hundred dollars
- trade is induced, not forced, 50 must
mschaniesliniIstry be c5axed into locat-
ing I.self where &c may meet with its best
reward. High rents and enormous cost
ofliving drives Il away, as surely a. har-
RAISING restrictions and anVise taxation
repels commerce. Our location l. the
best in the Mississippi Valley for the
growth Of a very large manufacturing
interest; but loeatioS alone, viii not
sempt &c here, 50 long asthe burthens OF
unConscionable rents and Shylock prices
OF living couuterpoise its advantages.
Before the war. or wide-awake neigh
bors Of Cincinnati, had begun quite a
thrifty trade with the South, ia shipping
70 u reaay-nlGe cottage houses. We
hope al these enterprising men have not
been killed OF in Lie laEf four years, or
made big men o. 10 u-a 10 waste IL poll
.Ics or diplomacy, but that some O. them
vet survive, moi 100 r.cA upon army con-
tracts % despiss a good thing" II i.
Should. El in their Say. Irlhere should
Dc any such left, and ii!s should meet
liseve, we counsel him 70 come al once
10 Memphis, and 60 into the bus.aes5 Of.
browning house, for The artisans. Bay
or Iesss the ground. and put ~ next
sy-Br one IT. two Thousand iIoI-es %. The
DESCRIPTION rcfelgei to. Hhe c0nidmlke
money AZ il Gye years ago IN Cincinnati,
be can coin moneys al Il IN Memphis now,
il lie viii 90 about it right
And tAe market g~arjners, too,-wed de-
size % see "a colony II them located la
Ihe vicinity Of out rity. The soil and
climate are more genial and fseund than
lhe soil and climate Of the ~ueisibofhood
of Cincinnati aud 81 Laria and the pro
duca II tie market garden sell for-at
least two or three times Is much a. they
command tLere. Lands, on any Of our
Raurosds, ma BE- got cheap, and that
great bu-bear-.avsry-which has here
tafore repelled uAis class Of most useful
and valuable population, is forever dead.
Come. and grow rich By hsding rs
chespiy.
"CAN THE LEOPARD CHANCE HIS
Srors ev-The telegraph morn
inz reports Senator SUMNER as saying
that the Southern States were never
Of the Union, and the North was not
justified in forcing negro suffrage on the
south, while they withhold political
rights nom the negroes in he Northern
State" We have found the telegraph
70 often tripping in its political s,a.e
ments. that we must await the regu,ar
,,ri.raa reDars. before giving credit 20