The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-04-14

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seeguhd Il settled
II Memphis, notwithstanding ihe
small pos famofs, I stopped % me
Gayoso, and muhd no small pos
there, and vas assured there had na
been any there md Colonel Coekrell
siys he thinks to- much n NJ ME-
delppians 10 ld II gei there II he
mn help II, and " h does stenI a
march upon him, he intends 10 give
~ warning, and not 1T ~ incur any
risk. ierbm Aai.
Memphis Is about as muddy Cor
was as any place a man wants TO Soc.
| am sure there Il more mud IN Mem.
phis in wet weather, and more dust
in dry, than any place ! ever SAYS
and yet Memphis u a good place to
be in aud to visit, now and then,
when one has grecnbacks. First, II
is 50 comfortable TO 90 and take a
room at the Gayoso, and call on one
of the nice, oily-haircd young gent.
at the office for a ticket TO get youf
supper, breakfast or dinner. They
hand You those tickets MS pleasantly
as If you were doing them a favor
every time you asked for one. Its 9
good thing, when you come down, tt
smoke one of Cooks fine plantation
cigars; but Madden has given NJ
the bar, and somehow, | feel a LITTLE
strange like when / go in there; ant
the barber-shop is in different hands
and may be they haven't had a fail
shake at me yet but they don
slick" me over as nicely as Ton
Williams used to do. | hope they'll
improve, however, and shave accord
ding to their prices, for they are goo'
enough in size.
Business seems to be droopiny
somewhat in Memphis, and no won
der, for our people went up with
rush as soon rs they could get there
and kept going till they spent al
their money, and having no credi
they're about "played out" But
was struck with one thing, and almos
made up my mind that patriotism
and fellow feeling" was a humbue
Now, for instance, there is a hat stor
in Memphis, (advcrtises in the STAR,
carried on by Messrs. Wheaton & Co
and ] know ] saw the finest am
cheapest hats there that | saw in III
city, and Mr.. Wheaton served a Greg
ular apprenticeship" in the Confcd
crate army, for which he paid Z"
FOOT" and yet | saw Confederat
soldiers go to houses kept by me
who had always been "agin us" an
buy hats and pay more money fc
them. One old fellow Dragged tbs
his.son was named Bedford Forres
and he wanted a hat for him. !
nice hat was shown him at 50; bu
he preferred TO buy an inferior articl
at 81 so, from a Jew house over th
way, and went there and bough
, Men, too, who had served in ii
| Confederate ranks through the WI
/ forgot what was due to a partner ,
: their trials" and for the sake OF
/ few steps of walk, dropped the
r greenbacks where there were !
claims on them, and let the crippl,
I Confederate whistle for his custor
: Is this right? Is it just? Is il fail
a II We could trust these men to igI
: with and for us, surely il seems
me We might trust them to sell goo
to us, and We ought 10 feel a NOR
d obligation resting upon us to 81
them a lift whenever we can. But
shall recur to this subject hcrcaf'
VI / saw very little cotton on q
lcvec, and noticed that the barrac
Ie had all been removed, and Mcmpl
: has very little more the appearan
{, now Of being under military autho
:. ~ than Il had before the war.
le In my percgrinations around |
'e city | concluded to "have my pici
took" and after examining at div
places, | went 10 the gallery of \
at Y. Day, at No. 33s Main street, a
e. Z, ,Lo ...,nLi;ng NJ nm cxo hc abov