Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-17

sud with fsrvent hope withsl, that kind.
ly fortune may some day guide him back
70 tie future metropolis, destined at no
remote hereafter to be TO the Southern
belt OF States, Whist Chicago is to the
Northern and St. Louie to the Central.
Our trip was q somewhat protTsCted
one, with foggy days and foggier nights,
and it vas not until late on Tuesday
evening that we hauled alongside the
Packet COmpsny's wharf 10 this city I;
but the hearty gOOd-felioWship OF Capt.
Malin, Mr.. MetcRlf, and the other at
taches OF the office, gave a most agree
able animation to the monOtOny OF the
! voyage and contributed greatly to the
| conafor and pleasure OF our choice little
eoterie o psssengers. The Memphis and
st. Louis Packet Company, by the way,
have achieved g popularity with the
| mercantile and travelling public, which
is no less envigble than weli-dessrved
and It is with no invidious feelings to-
/ wards any other officer OF the company,
I 10 say Of John W. Malin, that 40 tTuer
! gentleman nor better commander ever
I tr0d the deck Of q steamer.
Vigilant, cautious to fault, though
msstsr Of his profession, he has followed
/ the Western waters for nearly thirty
l years, and during that period Of third
I If a Cpnturv, has ne 'eF met with dis
/ ssisr worth the mention, nor had ncca.
! sion to "enter protest" but in single
/ instance! With such men 10 their places
/ Of trust, the good fortune Of the comps
ny may readily be accounted Tor. LeEv-
! ing the boat on Wednesday morning,
afier q substantial breakfast at the
/ restaurant, We took quarters at the
/ Planters House, kept by Messrs. FOgg Il
! SPAR, the busiest, fullest, best Dedded and
| best victualed hotel in the city, the
| Southern not excepted. This house
being the center Of the various railroad
! ticket offices, is the grand "pOint of de-
/ psrtHre for passengers, and the crowded
| 5busses Of the Transfer Company, going
aud coming at AL train hours, give TO
! the establishment the external appear
ance OF q gigantic railway station. But
nOtWithstAuding the rusn without and
rush within, everything is orderly as
clOckwOrk, and every body is made to
/ feel at home, by the prOprietUrs snd cur
| good friends Cunningham, Sperry ana
Lsna0X, st the desk, Good g. the ST.
/ Louis hotels uuquesnOnabiy ara it is
universally admitted that al things con-
/ sidsred, the Planters " takes the horns"
The immediate excitement GeTe seems
| less than four schools in the city for
| teaching and exhibiting The use Of this
new method OF locomotiUu, 5 quarter be-
/ ing charged for sight, AMI dollar ga
/ hour for the privilege Of "trying the
thing" or rather, trying on the thing.
It strikes me- that the town is rather b.
hind the times il just waking up to this
very stupid sort Of a sensation, which
has almost ceased to be q novelty every
where else.
The sgeut Of the Home Washing
Machine" q Cew and wonderful con-
trspLion, ," also Contrived TO get up little
stir OK the streets yesterday, by turning
cut in procession GDout sixty P PsFcei Ex-
press wagons, esch bearing one o. Jns
:. Machines" snd headed by g Jrass
band sundry Celtic ash women being
Ceputad 81 various intervals 20 rush UuJ
frsutiGGlIy from the sidewalk and try 10
buy on the spot. We dOn'J know ex-
acily what lhs thing will DO, but it is
said to 90 through z dirty wardrobe on =
"dou5le quick"
There is 10 particular lack of smuse-
ments here just now, such AZ they are.
The great Jsoauscheck closes her en-
gzgement az DeBaT's Opera House on
Sunday evening, a. Maria Stuart. By
the way, what would your Reverend Su-
peiiutendenJ OF Police cay TO the Open-
ing Of the New Memphis, at the usual
hour OF night service ON the Lords day ?
Nc more, perhaps, than ali decent people
ought: and il is not at al to the credit
Of st. LOuis that the opening o. her the
aters and saloons ana billiard halls on
sunday, passes without audible protest,
and we are 10 puritan 10 cur morals ei-
ther. Then at the Olympic is 'The
Leffrigwelin hUmOrisJ ana comedian,
voted quite generally by the public rs
rather an override" and by some sharp
critics 2s something o. bore. At the
" Varieties" the entertainment is 70 va
ried snd elegant ss usual, Manager Broom
OF Memphis, needing not TO blush for mis-
namesBke concern OF Washington street,
when rated alongside OF this abOmins-
tion.
In the musicsi line, the amateurs and
eOanOisssltTs and the snobs who are
neither, are Just TsyiFiDg from the
ecstasy Of 3 season with Glars Kellogg
assisted by Herr kOpia, Aida TOpp and
90 forth.
OF business matters, with less gossip
and nonsense, more in our next. We
have abiding faith in 81. Louis. With
her commanding position and immense
wealth snd the wonderful resources Of
her tributary country no doubt can be
entertained Of her ultimate rank as per-
haps the second commercial city Of the
Union. But when we consider what the
natural causes are, which have built up
the cities Of st. Louis and ChicsgO, out 1
side Of the extraordinary stimulation |
given by the war to the growth of the /
latter, and then turn to the inGalcujsbls I
resources, vet undeyeioped, to the latent
~, earrrisa fba t,eariaas plinaafa and nm /
rivaled capacities Of the Southwest; s it 4
is far more than our loyal love Of your 1
gslisnt peOple--fRr more than the san Z
guine temper Of cur frsteFnal hCpe-iti Is /
well-dedned logical conviction that in
spires belief in q fast coming future Of
prosperity, when the S nth shall be |
more than the peer OF the North and 1
West, and even the city Of Memphis, 1
tried 10 the crUeible as she has been, I
shall attain TO 40 mean rivalship with /
st. Louis and Chicago. Again soon.