Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-10
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special Correspondence Appeal
FRENCH CAMPS, CHOcrAw COUNTY u s., J
January ], 1865. J
Editors sfempsis Appeal:
4 happy New Year TO you and your
resders. May you i've - witness many
. pleasant return Of the joyous day.
write from a spot famous in the estima-
lion of the 6enizens sF0uud hsre s. the
camping ground Of Gen. Jackson, where
hs stopped a week or two 10 4 OF his
Uadian wars, to repair his wagons, shoe
his horses, etc. Il - 3 very pretty place,
so3CndiBg in mineral springs OF various
kinds, and expects to become celebrated
"a Soon as our railroad from Grenada 10
Meridian shall b5 completed. We are
100 feet higher than Greaada, and The
line Of survey, 20 far, ia q very admirable
one, coming up and down rich valleys,
and Nc eXs ediDg ca average Of eight
Get grsde 80 the mile. / have some
Memphis boys IN the party-Skip. F0ute.
Henry Small, Horace Pickett s1d PEN
tiGe SGlt. Gale is 80 active and quick
thet b. Is TAT The front" with tee Lrau-
sit flag. His sudden appearance with his
red bunting refined by the caudzl Ep-
penG2g=s If somebody's shirt, often Gre
stes aisrn G.l3Dg darkiss and to chill
dreu, who seek cover among the bushes
aryiIg out "Ku-kluxl Ku Klux !"
Pickett has the level rod, and 10 old
reii4bl3." FJuts Gud Small have the
chain aud ara prime workers. Ia faci
the whole party Il 80 hearty and cheerful
a working sst IS 1 ever saw. Tasg
breakfast BY candle light, aIe On the
field 6y the tlue the instruments can be
g8sG, And quit gcrk oaly when it is too
dark 10 use them-oitea having 20 walk
tso or three miles % camp. By
the TINE they get within q
mile o. i, they open the
" war WhoOp," TO lesrl the direction OF
their " ro0sr," the cook takes up the " re-
fraia," and they suol come 10, tired and
hungry. II supper is not done, you ear
imagine you are with tour army ia
Flanders u-thilteen ia pasty-ail fac-
ished The cock Gays it takes two gal
loss Os cGflse and six large biscuits apiece
" 10 hold ZEN back" Their fatigue gen
orally c0mpels wholesome hurry. On
Sunday, if 3 church be near and service
held, they all 60 to look ct the girls and
ce locked at. Pickett, il his " cadet"
aBd another young man in his Il" y u
sve,' always create 4 sensation
wherever they make their appearance.
Foute then puts On che Of bis killing
Locke" and Sale bears himself as iada-
pendent Es an Arab. II you could see
them, however, as they como into camp,
you would think OF the nursery song /:
Hark, bark. tie dogs do bark,
The befga.s are coming TO town,
Some IN rBgs, some IN tags etc"
Briars, thickets, mud, water up to
knees, make sad havoc with their ward
robes. They are 40 healthy as their
friends could wish, and denaean them
selves IS gentlemen. Capt. Phan, the
head OF the party, with Cspts. Cobb and
MoreH, at the transit and level, are
thorough working men, understand their
duties, and are models for tho young
men. We shall reach LoG.sviile, Win
stOn county, by the I0tb, being now
twenty miles distant, and dfy miles
from Grenada.
The country is gradually getting back
70 & condition Of pecuniary prosperity
The planters in this lChoctaw) and Win
st0n county send their cotton 10 the diff
tsTenG CepoLs OF the Mississippi Central
and Mobile and Ohio Railroads, selling it
,0r cash, expanding Cae-f0uTIh O Oi G.
laird Ia supplies, taking the balance
honae. The result ia, na3ney is becoming
more and more abundant, and farmers
y IA " VIC LAA9 1A3L ~ GAT AAAAC1N -%04le
hire labor, etc. Land Is rising, as l be-
iieve, il all the counties il North Mis-
EissiDpi, often selling for twenty-five per
cent. more than Il would have COM
msnded sixty days ago. with
political justice melted out to
the citiz5ns, a career Of great
prosperity is before them. They
have made up their minds to SAC
cspt tn6 conditions to be imposed upon
them, not without mUrmurs, but with
he conviction shat time, patience and
Industry y Ill con restore things 20 a
healthy state. II al honest, earnest
hatred Of Radicals and Radical rule,
however, constitute them rebels, u they
will die " rebels"
II this AVID adjoining counties, the
people have always traded with New
Orleans, aud il is exceedingly difficult TO
convince them that Memphis is q better
market. Their commercial relations, for
many years, have been so exclusively
with the former city, that it is almost
impossible to induce them eve to
sttempt the formation OF suchs relations
with any other. l have seen copies OF
The APPEAL, lately, and have shown
several gentlemen your cotton quotations
of the 23i December. From your state
ment, it seems that middiing cotton sold
for 8 half cent. and q cent. more
in Memphis than it did in New
Orleans on the ri. This surprised
them ard they were inclined to
doubt It until ! gave them q satisfactory
reason for it. When they learnt thatall
the Ohio valley factories-all the facto-
ries west of Pi.tsburg, bought their cot
ton at Memphis, Tather than at New
York or New Orleans, they could easily
understand that the annually increasing
CONSUMPTION OF these factories, must
always keep Memphis ahead OF
the New Orleans market. Your
commercial reporter will pardon
me If l suggest an addition TO his aGmi-
rabIy prepared market review. 1 DO IL
that the people in all this section nov
trading in New Orleans, may have their
attention drawn to the claims Of 3
nearer and better market. 1t is, to
make = daily and weekly summary of
cotton prices, thus "Middling cot
ton, January l, 1869, New York,
zoe per pound New Orleans, 23c
per pound memphis 24c per pound,
or what Is the actual fact" This
brief but plain statement, in figures, will
arrest their attention much more resdily
than in any ether form and can be
promptly referred to as q Test of the ru-
ling prices at the several markets. IL
will soon direct general attention TO s
matter OF interest to the planter, and he
latter viii thus gradually be brought to
The conclusion that il is 30 his interest to
trade with Memphis.
The boys wish TO get a sight OF Mem
ph.s papers. VIII you send a half dozen
copies to me at Louisville, Miss.
Yours, etc,
1T. IRRELEVANT.
ladies' Dress Goods ---8sGltf-
fuE aOasblo width Ainacas, 20
cents. g0AI solid color PGpsimR,