Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-30
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pm, on board the swift and well man
aged steamer st. Patrick.
AS we steamed up the glorious Father
Of Waters beneath the exhilarating effects
ef a braeing west wind ana beheld your
prosperous city gradually receding, we
thought OF the last time we Travelled
northward from Memphis. 1t was the
first year of the war, and We were bound
for Columbus, Ky, then under the mill
tary jurisdiction Of the lamented and
gallant Bishop Polk. How different
were our feelings her and now how
destined to bitter disappointment the
many ambitious dreams that then filed
the canvas Of our fancy! But the past
is with the eternal past" and we would
not recall it even if We could. Let it go,
fruit, flowers and stem! II was to rs OF
the South but the deceitful fruit Of the
Orphaltic lake
$40 % o o o. Fair 10 the eye
But turning TO ashes on the lips
We had a beautiful evening the first
night out, bland, bracing and transpar-
ent, with q crescent moo and a full
stellar train. We passed Fort Pillow
about midnight, and we fancied the camp
fires Of the Confederate army still burning
on the bluffs Of that once stronghold Of
the grey jackets. But there were no sem
tinels there, and at that place as well Is
many Others,
The pickets oG duty foreyeri'
About . o'clock pm. next day We
steamed past Island No. 10, and here
again a train of exciting thoughts pre-
sented themselves. Here it was that
the Confederate guns tested the metal of
Federal gunboats, which latter more than
once succumbed to the cool, steady and
accurate firing Of the water batteries of
] the c. $. A.. Here the gallant -
4" changed his base,n a Ia Mcclellan,
when he could not hold out any longer.
Nearly One-half Of the Island las been
washed away by the action of TIE waters
Of the Mississippi. All that portion of
the Island where our heaviest guns were
all these guns taken ron theF Federal
forts ~gone-gone Ike the Government
in whose behalf these guns beIched forth
their ulohurOus thunder. So We passed
the fort, wishing the poor fellows who
! filed unknown though honorable graves
J ltbL Llt AE11uA A4AE ltoA hAAANA hbA BANE1
to the true and noble hearted patriots
At shutdown we reached Columbus.
Here. too, was classic ground; here many
a brave fellow Of Tennessee, Mississippi,
I Louisiana and other States FIRST heard the
ringing shout Of victory and the first
welcome gun Of combat here the North
west first learned 10 honor the manhood
/ Of Southern soldiery, which was 50 nobly
| illustrated on the battlefield OF Belmont.
Here the noble Polk first fleshed his
maiden sword, and the artillery of the
Southwest first stirred the echoes Of Ken
lucky and Missouri. But We pass even
Belmont, and listen in vain for the tramp
of the marching column, the roll Of the
drum or the braZen notes Of the bugle.
All is hushed there now; side by side the
victor and the vanquished sleep the long
sleep of death, and the night dew bright
ems with equal verdure the graves of the
Confederate and Federal dead. Peace TO
their slumbers. May their spirits look
down on i united and happy nation
which has learned wisdom from the
errors which cost the tenants of those
unknown graves the tribute Of their
lives.
At7p.m. we hailed the long line Of
lights from the stores and steamboats, of
Cairo. Here we bid our friend Capt.
Hart. good bye, and secured seats in the
train Of cars which started at > am.
next dav, over the Illinois Central rail-
road, for st. Louis. Several years had
elapsed since we visited Cairo. From a
miserable little steamboat landing with
one OF two petty stores, and an e~Xecrable
hotel, il has become q thriving and pros
porous city, with strong claims TO every
element of civic comfort aud convent
- m. III - I'LL Is-.ZF,l aY#.w
prise is gradually lifting Cairo above its
/ natural level, and placing it in security
beyond the reach Of the highest inunda-
ton from the great rivers whichconverge
there. Its geographical position gives il
unparalleled advantages as the site for q
great commercial city, and il IS destined
/ ere very long to rival the chief empOTi-
ums of trade west Of the All8ghanies.
With p~raisewOrthy public spirit its mu-
/ niciual authorities, supported by a people
who appreciate their local interests,
have procured from the same drifts of
the Mississippi, enough material to ele-
vate its principal streets full twenty feet
above their original level, and still the
work goes on. The citizens are adapting
themselves 10 a state Of things so
conducive TO their individual and
collective prosperity, and are well salts
fed to endure q present Inconvenience
for a great future good. We were not
prepared to notice the extent and variety
Of the goods on hand in Cairo. The
1 stock was lHrge, wen selected andseemed
to be changing hands rapidly enough.
We found, 10 our very great gTatifca-
ton, that the Chic and Mississippi rivers
were falling, and Chat our fears Of an
overflow, so disastrous TO us Of Arkansas,
were, for the present, without fOunda-
ton. The rivers had fallen four or five
feet in forty-eight hours.
The Illinois Central railroad seems to
be in a fiourishiug condition. The road
is in excellent order, andthe rolling stock
good, though we have since learned that
this road has not realized the expectation
Of its friends. One thing it has done,
l.. e.. it has increased a thousandpe per cent. !
the value of the lands through which il
passes, built mp a great many respectable
towns, with their attendant schools and
churches, aud reclaimed from the wider
ness a very fine, fourishing country.
We waited IN hour or two at 0din,
where we changed cars. The only
marked feature which w noticed in this (
town OF small frame tenements, was a |
crowd OF dirty, ragged and rude boys,
to the manor born,' who dealt in all
sorts of Yankee notions, Pagticularly
slang and boot-blacking. A gentleman
from the Crescent city remarked that this
crowd was a fair specimen Of the rising
radical generation. Even the apartment
appropriated 70 the lady passengers
waiting for the traIg,P vas rot spared
by these Juvenile marauders. We left I
Odin with much pleasure, and after a
pleasant trip, arrived, , P. M, at st.
Louis.
St.Louis stauds eOIfessedlyth the Empire
City ofthe West. Hergoods, wares and
merchandise supply the great Valley Of
the Mississippi and its many tributary
streams. The merchants ana manusactu-
rers OF Arkansas. Tennessee, Mississippi, /
Louisiana, Florida, Alabama and Texas re- |
ceive, To a greater or less extent their sup
plies from her stores, foundHes, workshops 4
and manufactures, and her strength, I
commercially, is not vet half attained. 1
The numerous lines Of railroad jH pros
peoh, which, in addition 70 those already
in operation, wIA CGaFsTge here, will
open up new or wealth new
fields Of enterprise 70 her people; and re-
garding her future of commercial and
civic importance from our present stand
point, il is impossible TO estimate its
greatness and grandeur. Among these
railroads none VIII DO m5re t0wardbuld-
ing up the greatness Of st. Louis, none {
will so nearly supply a great public want,
none viii more completely meet the de-
maDGs " an increasing and lucrative
southern and Southwestern trade, than
the building ofan extension Of the Iron
Mountain Railroad from it, present ter
minus at Pilot Knob, No, along the
smooth level table land west OF Croley's
Ridge 10 the city OF Helena, Ark, on the
Mississippi river. The citizens Of st.
louis are Aiag 20 this great fact. We
met on change yesterday 4sSEF % the
best business men and Influential rail-
road men of this city, and we are happy
in stating that a broad and liberal spirit
Of pubii0 enterprise, especially with a
view 10 the early buatd.lr q his road,
marked all their views On Tie f~ahi,et
We found the President or the Cham
bT Of Commerce. Mr.. i. o. Stanard.
a gentleman OF fEe besinBS capacity.
courteous and obliging. lie, rs wen rs
the members OF the Chamber generally. 4
are earnest in their advocacy of this road.
The road Will assuredly be built. the ,
oHiy question being as to the proper
terminus thefees. EoRry Cobb, Esq, !
an old citizen Of st. LOuis, ANA
one alike distinguished for his abil-
ity and correctness in railroad mat
tiers, 6ad who edited during the wears :
with the Assa .gaer Of talent. in
st. Louis, a journal known asthe +" Ees- |
tern journal and CiciEdH," advocated