Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-12

and live paper which 10 fast establishing
itself on firm basis, and bids fair to
become the leading paper Of the city.
It's editors and proprietor are live men,
and win make The Commercial worthy
9 liberal patronage. Ffom Che Com-
rssycsol Office we vent to the argus
Office, next door outbound no one ex-
cert the night foreman and the type
stickers. Relurnipg 70 the beat We
we're aboas TO rstire, when orr attention
vas attracted by q dense volume ofIight
smoke, and soon the Gre bells were
peaIing forth their wild aiarma Any
one Of shermsn's bummers would have
recognized In the dense smoke that
cannopied the city, the burning Of cot
ton. The FIRE proved to be two large
cotton warehouses, containing some
1900 bales Of cotton, large portion Of
which belonged 10 the Government
All the next day the engines were at
work in an eEortte sxtingaish the Gre
in the half consumed bales, while nu-
merous laborers were engaged in sepa.
rating the unschorched cotton from
that which was charFed and ruined.
{ Early Sunday morning, we took
walk through the Bluff City" which Is
unquestionably 4 naguifcent city. The
front Of the city, for the most past, 10
being handsomely and elegantly built
.nps stretching , and down the river for
the distance Of mile or more. We
we're delighted with tie park, which,
thGsgh small, 10 very handsomely ornA-
msnted With sbrubbery, with Jackson's
Monument in the center The park 10
full Of squirrels, exceedingly tame, and
the littIy risky fellows could be seen BY
hundreds hopping through the grass or
tripping along che walks, approaching
with perfect confidence those who prof
fered them anything to eat. There had
been two deer in the park, but becoming
illnatured, they had been removed.
\ The grsatfeatHre IN the city is cotton.
The levee is crowded With cotton just
landed from White and Arkansas river
boats, or waiting shipment North and
East The bluffs 10 front Of the city,
not occupied By Government barracks,
are covered with cotton, the streets aud
allies are almost blockaded With cotton,
and yoa 6pd che stores crowded with
Alter breakfast, Capt Hart procured
80 elegant span Of horses aud fine
carriage, and in company with Billy
Gwyn, Of the prosperous house Of Eos
ter. Gwyn A Co, Col D. aud Capt Hart,
We drove extensively through the city
and out among de cotton fields In the
suburbs. Memphis il an excellent ex-
ample Of the growth of Western cities,
and had Il not been for the insane war
IN. which lie leading citizens helped to
Involve Us, 1t would no doubt now be
successful rival to Cincinnati and Saint
Louis
A half dozen or more elegant blocks
OF buildings covering o half or il whole
square, hadbeen erected just before the
war commenced, including the Irving.
Webster, Clay and other blocks. These,
generally, belonged TO rebels, and were
taken by the officers OF the United States
Army for Government purposes, and
tbs prcpFiesors have, as yet, derived 90
benefit from them. Most Of these build
ings have, we believe, now been delivered
70 their owners, except the Irving block,
which is occupied as 8 military prison
aid barracks for the Ethiopian troops
There are no public buildings Of note
In the city, TIE churches aad semina-
ries are rather ordinary--none OF them
beginning 10 compare with the Walnut
Street or new Methodist church Of Ger
city. We attended the Presbyssriaa
church, and, notwithstanding II was
'eommnnion day the congregation
was very small, and judging by The
,egreaa iFomTthe other churches, but O.
small portion Of the citizens attend
church. Ye. no business was transacted
on the Sabbath, and In this respect the
Sabbath is better observed IN Memphis
than in nost river cities. All the liquor
shops are closed on S1nday--one beer
garden alone being allowedto keep open
after 8 o'clock in the evening, aud TO
which vast crowd resorts.
The city is greatly mArred BY the in
namerabis negro shsnties which are
springing up ca almost every vacant
lot Everywhere you turn the inevita-
BILE African Of AiloAsess color, sexes, and
condition, stalks before you Some IA
q. s. uniform; some richly and sven
grandiy dressed as citizens, and others
still in the coarse garb of Geld hands. /
We saw none who gave evidence of ar
treme poverty The cotton fields in the
suburbs Of The city bad just undergone
the ffst picking, and did not present
thSt bsaatifnlF appearance which Il pre-
scented when in the Erst bloom, but the
crop has evidently been good one, and
ihe cotton o. . ine quality Scarcely
anything else is raised in this vicinity,
and even gardens in the heart OF the
city were cultivated in cotton.
The streets OF Memphis are but little
superior 70 those of Evansville, but the
CUTTERS are better graded, and Of coarse
cleaner. She is, moreover, blessed with
several cspaeious and elegant hotels,
among which the Gayoso and Com
merciai are the most popular. We had
he plsssure Of meeting here many old
among whom was cur
late fellow-citizsn Louis Hewss,-who, We |