Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-14

correspondence OF memphis Appeal
NEW YORK, April Q, 1869.
A former occasional contributor to
your paper, while for many years q resi-
dent Of the Sunny South, and at present
sojOurning in the Empire City, 1 take
the liberty of dropping you a line fro1a
this metropolis to give you some idea of
matters and things as they are going on
here just now.
The spring has only within s few days
properly commenced - rain, hail snd
snow having hitherto all along continued
their recurring visitstious; and This,
Notwithstanding that it is some two
weeks since the milliners and dress
makers had their usual vernaI ceremony,
termed their opening" supposed to
usher ia the session Of sunshine anS of
flowers. Fer the benefit OF your fsthl-
nine readers, L may state that some Of
the devices introduced to the toilette of
lsdydom on that occasion are now be-
ginning to appear upon Broadway and
Fifth Avenue. And, marvellous devices
of taste and art in their particular line,
it must be admitted, many Of them are
presenting themselves for admiration 10
the form of rich walking suits, made en-
panjer, and Of exquisite gauzy and floral
head decorations, infinite ssimsIly small,
mis- called bonnets. The fair prone
nsders wearing these adornments, added
to the multitude Of strangers visiting the
city, among which are the Soughera and
Western merchants who have come or
to make their semi-snnrsl purchases Of
goods, and many of whom are secomps-
nied by their better halves. render the
streets and places Of amusement unusu-
ally ~thronged.
Speaking OF smusements, / dnsy men
ton the remarkably prolonged run OF
Httn9pty Dumpy 1t the Olympic Thea
ter, il being nos ia it's second year and
still drawing crowded hOus.s, a ciic1m-
stance unprecedented Ia this history Of
theatrical pieces. This, with the Forty
Thieves at Niblo's, the Seven Quarts at
the Bowery, Romeo and Juliet uonin
for the tentn night az Boot1's msgula-
cent new histriODic temple, Fi~k's grand
Oeera House with lbs Tempest, and his
6Jo0 Fifth Avesus Theatsr for opera
buff; in addition, sixteen other minor
theaJeTs, and tie various minstrel per-
formRncee, certainly it must be con-
coded furnish an ample till OF entertain.
cent? for the amusement seeking million,
whether Of travelling guests or residents.
1t may be interesting to your steam
boat and railroad friends to know, tnst
among the multiplicity OF strangers al
luded to as filing the hotels and streets,
are the ticket agents from ali sections of
the country, who are now here holding 8
convention at the st. Nicholas Hotel, to
form regulations with reference to their
aud summer travel. Or these, L
net Mr.. W. P. johnson, of the
Illinois Central Mr.. Sam Carey, for.
merry Of the Mississippi Central, 0 OF
the Jefferson and Indianapolis and
also, last but not lssst. MIR. s. P. Du
Shane, OF yeur own city, the gentle
manly and courteous agent of the Mem
phis and Arkansas u. s Nail Packet
Line, who msy be regarded as = GJ1.
send TO the rich and bioated bondhold
ers, whose wealth does not exempt them
from The evils of ~invalidIsm and III
health, as be is the representative OF q
bDe OF travel which will take them from
Memphis TO Little Rock Hithout a
OF conveyance, and by which
sixty miles Of land distance can be
avo.dsd- Your citizsne, therefore, need
not be surprised hereafter to witness a
begirs of the msimed, the
and the halt, from all sections
passing through your city by
this line, direct to the Arkansas HOt
Springs-Mr. DuShane having, as l un-
1eTstsnd, placed tickets not only hsre.
but likewise throughout all the Northern
cities.
While mentioning steamboat lines, 1
AN rtminded to say that q few evenings
IiBce l had the pleasure Of meetirg at q
reception Mrs. G. +. Windie, for
years a contributor to the New
Orleans Delta, and whose noble devo
ion 70 the sick and wounded soldiers of
he South in the campaign Of Virginia
turing the war, has rendered her name
household word south Of Mason snd
)xon's line and she informed q Q tn It
he Is now Irrpsring a magnificent v
lme, to comprise the likeness, 10
| hOgrsph, accompanied by the b.
grapbies OF the principal Captain 8
nd Pilots OF the Yves Tn waters.
Phis work 10 to be issued IN Octe.
next, in elegant style, and some of
be advance sbeets, which are already 8
ampleted, l have seen. 1t will be 3 :
rand tribute to the officers Of the Il Jat- !
Dg palaces of the West, as well as q y
reat success to the fair and deserving
uthorese, who hiss some two thousand y
ubscribers already to her forthcoming b
,osk. Its title will be Portrait Album q
the Captains and Pil0ts of the West =
IN Waters" The press here have ;
READY noticed its expected Issue In !,
terms. ~
The velocipede mania RACES here to q
extent. We have veloeipedes r
|, the streets, in the p2rks and Ia the
/ bslieve the panic has ex-
'nded even to ~yelocipede m~zsquerades Il
'eioclpede mar factories and veloclpede 9
ihoois are damaging the business Of the y
,ach-makers and livery stable keepers.
ut the poor horses enjoy hence 8 little y
snita. and I ahanid NOT wonder IL ha. e