Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-28

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/ pIaint I heard from them, was the
absence of this. their favoTite beverage.
From jackson I took the southern route
/ for Meridian, and along this line about
tvo-fhirds of the lands are III corp,
which is looking very fine, and gives
| assurances Of a large yield the cotton
also looks very well, and is IN eEcsllele
order. After long dusty ride reaehed
I Meridian, which place is fOndly remem-
! bered by every soldier of the southwest
| for its elegant hotels. Here was oeset
hy numerous parties, as ragged ana dirty
n a member OF the mackerel brigade,
who loudly asserted the superiority OF
! their respeGtiye would that l could add
/ respectabie} houses. On iuGuiTing Of a
/ friend which / should select, 1 was told
/ that "there was no difference, other
/ than the fact that the Ragsdale had the
/ best omnibus Sol concluded TO revive
old memories and associations linked
With the war and went to the Jones
[ house, but room /" No. 40, d" which every
| soldier will remember, had disappeared,
I having been converted INTO some dozen
closets, called by courtesy rooms,
/ Having been shown TO my room, |
suggested that some water would be ac-
ceptable. " (which will you have, sir,
common water, or ice water? ?'' asked the
/ clerk expressing q preference for the lat
/ ter, l sought my bed, and such a Ded
1 but l shall draw musquitQ- bar over the
scene, as [ would have done oyer that
! bed, had there been one.
From Meridian to Mobile, the line OF
! the Mobile and Ohio railroad runs
! through a sterile, piny woods region and
at Winchester I noticed a garrison Of
/ troops and from Capt. Pettus, the con-
duetOr / learned that it was a commits
( sary depot, and was furnishing supplies
I to those VINO lived in the interior, who
were in q starving cOndt tiOn.
/ Mobile is very dull ana, II possible,
/ more so than Memphis, and every one
complaining of hard times particularly
I the newspaper men; and nOtwithstand-
/ ing their excellent market, which is filed
with vegetables of every description, as
I yell as choice meats and fish there is
no hOtei there worthy OF being called
one save, perhaps, the Battle House, the
chief claims of which are its prices,
which, like those Of everything else
| there, are " first class"
| Whilst in the city I concluded to visit
1 that well-known watering place, Point
| Clear, and accordingly took passage on
| the Ocean Wave, one Of the three coast
| steamers that ply in the bay, and after
a rough voyage arrived there, and
/ was weicOG4e5 by my old friend,
/ Gen. T. G. McmacKiG, the boy
/ quartermaster'i of the Coufeder-
ate States army, who is keeping it as
only he can keep an hotel, together with
s the assistance of his estimahle lady, and
after the fare at the Jones and the Bat
tie houses, was fully prepared to do
/ Justice to the excellent supper set for our
party. This is one nfsthe most delight
/ fui retreats I hav8- -sVer seen. Tkoac-
I Communications are sgperb, the roqneU M,
/ ing lar5e and well ventilated, GTyvoiIId !
! bic of accommodating some five, of Mr.
guests, Nth wide verandahsSr cloth
/ the whIAs length, and lQntities Fl
across til bay. The 4,3od of pes
bowling ahlys, biIliaE1gsr.- a.. 's-.is, III of5
gas, pres@ T. dhisG hsG'i,, /, dl view from the
nifty aiifIe- also its snIendid r'ii cbande.
and will be H5fEen and fine fare, To- sav
liS oiiio ), Of the venerable host perambu-
the room with kind word for all,
apingf pauses in calling out his bill of
q q makes one think that it is indeed
a. best in the worldn A good bath
withSthe salt spray 4ashing over you,
and then to a large airy room, where you
{ fall to sleep to the music Of the surf
dashing against the beach, and sleep in
( sweet oblivion of cholera and business,
! is glorious indeed, and will not soon be
/ forgotten by those who have tried it.
Our return trip from the point on the
! Clyde steamer Rio Grande was any thing
but pleasant, as we encountered q terri
bic thunderstorm, which came near
sending US all to Davy Jones' locker, but
our good steamer buffeted the waves
n0bly, and landed US safely at the pier,
I = 'Iae Ting the storm we passed q
as mud. !eaner which had bsen dashed
= s5,s,.,--sgs,i' nd was going to pieces. Re-
leaa z4sH Nerinth / noticed that
=, ~ ~ t,l1 " t9il1 &rie lands OF Mississippi
oili Sls " ~ lGud was in .sttOn,
M Cash - - -s4s.Seery sue tRnd in
e. n sTo ttts = - the plants were IN bloom,
NLLat'tsi the planters were in excellent spirits.
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