Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-06
CORRESPONDENCE.
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THE HOT SPRINGS OF AR
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ticket for the Hot Springs, for Vhlcn !
paid S25, I fingered awhile on Jefferson
street to gaze on the two local tenements
I from which are daily Illuminated tones
Z which eaptigste the heintelligence by their
research, their brilllancy and their CO.
/ gent reasoning. Jefferson street has be-
come classic ground since those th1n--
lierers Of the press, the APPEAL and
x4V0Lqpche, have Installed themselves In
It's bouudariea, and have made Its Amos
hphere vibrats with their etoqaent and
fervid Phi lippics.
What a noble exercise of the intellect
ia the wizard pen that directs the press,
a curuIe chair, sy, throne, well worthy
TO be ambitioned. Great teachers are ye
7 of your feIlOWmen Ye are asye rightly
should be, in advance OF your age, the
uncompromising champion Of truth, the
sworn enemies of desporism.
But I diverge from my theme, devi-
alton not unnatural for one who holds q
profound admiration for the gifted orac-
ular APPEAI45 which Avalanche Jeffer-
son street. g
1 return TO my trip to the Hct Springs.
/ I took passage on the steamer Liberty
No 2, Capt. Rice, g solid craft, well off,
| eered, well conditioned, and well piloted.
At pm. on Saturday, we said farewell
Z to the reeeding bluff on which is pictu-
resuuely planted a city, destined to be
known In future history IS extensively
as its classic Dsmesake that stood on the
| banks of the Nile. At 0 Am. Of the fol-
! lowing Monday We were at DevalPs
Bluff, on White river, the terminus of
I the railroad from Little Rock. At l Q.
N. we took our departure from Devai's
/ Bluff, and arrived in the capital city Of
I Arkansas at seven OF the same evening.
I tho AnfhnnU
/ Hotel, and were received with MARKS Of
/ attenti ton by the courteous prcprietors,
Messrs Henry & BotsfOrd.
When the bell announced the hour OF
supper, we were ushered to repsst that
created an appetite by its very appear
anca the tables were fastidiously clean,
the meats delicateiy prepared and ar
ranged befOrs the guests with artistic
tasts the servants anticipated our
wants Upon viewing this perfect con-
dition, at once coDjectured that sone
master-spIrit welded the functions of
caterer. Through curiosity / was in
duc4d 70 inquire, and learned that Major
DeBaum presided over that dining reUm.
l remem 6ered him as the popular host
of q fashionable hotel Ia New Orleans.
In these rspasts Of the Anthony House,
be has fully succeeded In preparing an
and merits all their gratitude.
Eighteen years had elapsed since
hal stood on this soil OF Little Rock, and
time in its revolution had produced
marked changes; many household places |
we're vacant, the Cemetsvy enclosed the
earthly envelope Of many for whom We
had strong personal attachment, who, !
when living, had always welcomed me !
to a generous hospitality large fortunes |
had been dispersed By the contamination |
Of the war, some nursed and Graded in |
afliuence now found themselves with |
shattered fortunes. -
During the few hours of the evening |
that passed in Little Rock, hsd the |
pleasure Of renewing my acquaintance |
with friends of former years. talked once |
sgain with q former ilIpstrious Chief |
Justice OF the State. 1 spoke Of years !
gone by with that citizen OF sterling |
value, the honored President of st |
Johns College. met upon the streets |
Mrs. -, so enaarkRble for her beauty |
and her grace. l was introduced to q |
youRg lady, blooming In early woman |
hood OF 3 fascinating physique, Of a |
brilliant and ornate intelligence. When |
1 Isst saw her she was 3 graceful child |
her mother, who presented me TO her, |
was, as it were, unchanged in lineaments. |
She wss, as Of yOret full OF noble i'm |
pulses and generous affability. l made |
the sCquaintance OF one ofthe proprietors |
Of the Little Rock Gazette, q gentleman |
of cultivated manners and OF extensive |
acquire ments. The perusal Of his aoly !
edited journal caused me to pass many |
agreeable hours during the dBys of my |
copvslescencs at the Hot Springs.
A gentleman extended his hand to me, |
and called me by my name. At first l !
failed to recognize him. Upon his iden- |
tiiying himself to me, / well remem-
bered him as he was shooting into early |
msuhood-one for whom ] entertained |
= sincere affection. He is now prom
inent merchant, sus the father Of 8 nU- |
nerOUs family. He warmly pressed me |
to accept the hospitality of his home ;
the large heart OF the boy beat as strongly |
in the breast OF the matured man. de- |
rived great pleasure from the grasp of |
welcome by nv friend Capt. s E. F. |
1 met with cordial reception from Capt. |
b. r., the son Of chivRlric father now, |
alas no more. | had the good fortune |
to have possessed that fathers friend |
ship. Like Bsysrd, he was sans paser !
ct sans repToche. The young man, In |
very friendly terms, expressed his desire |
to be useful to me. He bore himself as a |
refined gentleman.
l left Little Rock at O'Clock in the |
morning, in the daily stage, and arrived |
at the Hot Springs at Z o'clock In the |
evening Of the same day. Iput up at |
the Sumpter House, an excellent hotel. |
I had the pleasure Of meeting there Gen. |
William Ashley, Of Little Rock. re-
gretted TO find him IN feeble and rapidly /
decsyiDg health. He was still, as in /
former years, the type of the high-toned,
polfShad CantIarnan fr0nk
generous. h
The Hot Springs are fifty-four In num-
ber; the highest temperature is 1902
Fahrenheit the mean tenn perature 1902,
These springs discharge 9l7 gallons per
minute.
Some marvellous cures are effected by
the use OF these healing waters. TAe
lame are caused to walk the paralytic
70 recover the use OF their limbs: the
rheumatic to rel jOice in renewed health.
DR.. AlmOR Brooks, formerly of Mem
phis, but now physician prscticing at
these Hot Springs, with very extensive
practice, stated to me thst, as q rule,
these waters will certainly be found hene-
f1cial In every form Of chronic ill-hsalth
in which the temperature of the body is
persistentIy below the warmth standard.
/, as an invalid, sm indebted to DR..
Brooks ror the great skill with which he
trekted me, and for the unremitting at
teDtion he gave me.
The bathiBg process consists OF the tub
bath and the vapor-room attached The
springs from which invelids drink are
known as the Arsenic, the Chalybea5e,
the Alum and the Magnesis.
The hotels charge $50 q month for
board; the boarding houses charge $40.
The proprietors OF the baths ask SIC
month for each bather or fifty cents for
each bath. 10
When the title 10 the valley Of the Hot
Springs Is finally adjudicated; "a con-
summation degeutly TO be wisheCi) sub
stantisl improvements will take place,
fine hotels viii be constructed, bathing
establishment after the model of those IN
Europe, will be built. Some three miles
from the valley is fne chalybeate
spring, and at 3 distance Of some eight
miles there are excellent sulphur waters.
During my visit some amateurs gave .
concert and . representation of tsbleaux,
iD aid of the construction Of an Episeo-
pal church. The efforts ofthese smateurs,
ladies and gentlemen, were quite credit
able to them. E1 4
On my return to Little Rock visited
mansion that was associated In nay