The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-02-26

DEsH STAa "a few items 0t gen
eral news. ! hope. will prove Of is-
tercs, 30 your readers, coming from
this city, induces me 20 mail This
communication. )
Taking The train at 2so ?. NJ, on
"Wednesday, 9th ms, at Memphis,
I reachcd this point at $50 Thurs
day morning without accident g,
Found the road incxccllcnt running
order, and lifetime much faster than
expected. w hadthc goodfortunc
to be present at the Charlotte Patti
concert, the evening before leaving
Memphis, and can chcerfully join
our opinion, with that ofthe Mem
phis critics, in pronouncing her sing
ing as "wonderfully sweet and arts
+. %tistic."
On the train, we met our genial
friend, CHARLEY GRAVES, who is now
connected with a house in Vicks-
burg, and travelled with him as far
as Humboldt; he there taking the
} Columbus road.
/ The cold seemed to have suddenly
taken additional power to chill the
blood, when looking from the car
window at day light about Bowling
+ Green, Ky we beheld the hillsldes and
valleys covered with a deep snow.
, The streets of this place were cover
ed with the "Downy Snow" and,
although twas rapidly melting from
, the suns warm rays, we could not
: help from thinking that this was a
' "terribly cold country But we
are convinced, from a. weeks stay,
that the weather is as changeable
here as in our county, for we have
:, had sunshine, that would remind
:. you OF May, and this evening, sharp
cutting weather, all in so short {
time, aud consequently,.the changes
. of weather are felt in the same de
!, gree in the different localities.
Our acquaintance in this city ha'
| been largely increased. We hav'
met the Merchant Princes, the Pro
;. fessional men and the Newspape
men, and have interviewed" then
upon the general affairs of city am
State.
"a 1t was currently rumored, as yo'
!. we'll know, in our section, that Lou
isville merchants had extended larg
h. credits to Mississippi merchants las
fall. and to merchants ofother State
N, and that the country wer
10. falling far behind in their settle
* ments, and would not be able
o;t meet their liabilities. We hav
ore made diligent inquiry in regard t
I'D this matter, and our pride "swel
les high up" when we announce tn;
this is incorrect in regard to Missi
icy sippi, that we have heard no con
me- plants from the merchants of tn
ing place against the merchants of OF
ot State in settling amounts in full, b.
on the other hand, many praises
ect the promptness displayed this Sc
gh- son. Some little complaint h
the been urged against other Southe'
:. States for failure to meet their CO
nls tracts, but this failure is of a rare al
exceptional case.
The blockade Of freights upon
MD the lines of railroad south from Il
of place have interfered considerat
with the trade ofthis place. The
ties blockades, affecting our communl1
a'u. have been owing to the want
,or, rolling stock and locomotive pow
IT is upon the roads in our State, and |
and to the road from this point. 7
detention of freight will be grea
~ Is increased as the season advanc
voo' for the merchants have hardly beg
mon to ship spring goods South.
1.-THE The merchants Of this place
lrian not anticipate a heavy trade fir
and our State this season.
nese The railroad bridge across
.lOhio river at this point, about VIII
'' ono so much has been written and s;
onth is at last completed. The first
d for connective passed over 1t ,last Sa'
has day. This is m of thefincstbr i
most es in the world. 1t has cost 8
oeS' three million dollars, and takentl
:, years to complete it. It is over
hinet thousand feet in legnth. Seventy
case human lives have been lost in
construction, and we'll it might