Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-20
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.


On bidding the LEDGER adieu, l prom
Used to aend back by the mail any news
that might be in this country OF whet-
stones and hot water. Our trip on board
the swift-ssiling steamer Natoma, from
your city to DavalIs Bluff, was OF short
durstion but very pleasant. The number
of our passengers was large, the greater
portion of whom, iiks ourselves, we're
bound for these rejuvenatiDg and lite-
giving waters. Captain Billie Ashford
commanded the little White river bark,
and in a manner which won the good
opinion and encomiums of all on board.
The gentlemanly clerk, as well as the
Jolly bar-keeper, who dispensed bis
smashing drinks, contributed greatly to
the pleasures Of tho trip by their polite
and affable manner in the performance
of their respective duties. All went merry
as the dinner bell, save the accidental
drowning of a negro deck hand, who, in
an unguarded moment, slipped overheard
while the boat was showing ont irp4 land,
and could not be rescued after every ex-
ertion had been made to save him from q
Watery grave.
One striking incident Of the voyage
around was the persistsncy with which
the poor, decrepid and dissipated fellows
would drink the good liquors at the bar,
as if intending to have good spree off
before reaching Hot Springs, and there
placing themselves in the hands Of Drs.
Creighton, Irwin and Brooks, who pre-
scribe for their patients only hot water as
the delicious beverage.
The passengers (all for this region)
took the cars at DuvalPs Bluff, and in
three hours were all safely at the Anthony
House. in the "City of Rocks. Here we
had good accommodations, as this famous
old house has of late passed into the
hands Of Major Davis, Messrs. KiDkesd
and Daniels, who are well up to the
modern style of keeping q first-class
hotel. This being the only place where
travellers stop who come to Little Rock,
we, among the rest Of the motley crowd
Of passengers, put up here, and we're soon
snugly ensconced within the four walls
of neat little room, whore we rested
until next morning at hslf-psst three
o'clock, when the bugle blasts from the
stage horn reminded US of the long road
Of sixty miles to be gone over before
reaching our destination. After bidding
adieu to friends and our noble hosts at
the Anthony House we mounted up BY the
side of the driver on one Of Chidester's
elegant coaches. We then ratified off to
Hot Springs at lively pace, which
brought us there little after dark. But
if we were compelled to get up before
day and ride sixty miles, feeling fstigued,
we were amply compensated on perform
ing the journey in shaking the hands Of
so many of our old friends from Mem.
phis. The first of those who greeted our
vision was DIR. r. W. Creighton, whose
smile Of welcome was the same, which,
together with bis popular manner, has
wen for this distinguished Memphian q
host of friends. The partner Of this
gentleman is DR.. Irwin-wellknown in
your city-who has also settled here Ia
practice his profession. His friends, Of
whom there are not few, will be glad tC
learn of his good health, and the cheer
fulness with which be performs, with biz
partner, the unceasing labor of prsserib
ing for the sick aud afflicted. aud sdvis.
ing IS to the peculiarly Of these wonder
full waters
DR.. Almond Brooks, who came to thes'
Springs last season, is looking re
juvenAtsd, and bears with becoming dig
mtg the arduous labors that he is com