Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-24

sippi 70 the Atlantic ocean, and through
The finest Country we saw In the South.
Phe principal officers are, j. Wicks,
Pres, w. j. Ross, Gen. Supt., A. A.
Barnes, Gen. Ticket Agt., Jos C. Lopez,
Gen. Freight Agt., Memphis, Tenn.
The first place mat attracted attention
was Iuka Springs, little town of 1000
Inhabitants, has four springs. three of
sulphur and one Of iron. II IL q great
summer resort by people from the ex-
treme south, is beautifully located on
high ground and said 10 be very healthy.
Cur train stopped 20 minutes, giving us
time 10 taste of the waters and take q
basty hook at the surroundings. Several
ofus called on James s. Davis, editor of
the sluka Gazette, and found him TO have
the true ring of-ssutbern steel and chiv-
airy. Weprocured paper of Nov. I'd,
and clip the following from his leader.
Comparing the mourning of the Southern
people for'Gen. Lee with that for Mr..
Lincoln he-ssys:
:" II is ms theleader Of the noble Con-
federaie braves that we so much grieye
his death. Le3de- of the noblest band of
patriots that ever fought for constitutional
government, and civil liberty, or that
was ever conquered by hired Hessians or
Yankee thieves. Yes, sce grieve for the
lost cause, and have ever since The sad
intelligence flashed along the wires that
Lee had laid down his arms at Appomat
OK and the more we have felt of radical
tyranny the more we have regretted it,
We expect to regret il as long as we I've
snd damned be the Southern renegade
and apostate who does mott!
" How is that for high ?" / set Davis
down as an extremist. We all enjoyed
our brief stay at Iuka. I believe il was
at the Battle of Iuka that Col. Norman
Eddy was wounded. The next station Is
Pride, where we met train coming from
the east and had plenty Of time to gather
specimens OF cotton from the stalk
There are some very large fields OF sp'en-
did cotton near at hanGr and it must have
amused the Southerners TO see the live
HOLSTERS run for specimens of cotton to
take home. One six foot editor brought
in stalk one foot taller than himself,
covered with cotton in its various stages
from the blossom to ball, aud ripe, ready
TO pick. 1 secured blossom, several
balls and considerable ripe. 1t looks
very beautiful in the field on the green
stalk. 1t has to be picked three or four
times year. The country here is in
high state of cultivation 1t is about IL
miles from here that a colony from north
ern Indiana have located. They have
purchased lands and are well satisfied
with the climate and country. We stop
ped at Tuscumbia long enough to get a
copy Of the city paper, which is not so
dery as the one heretofore named. Pas
sing Tuscumbia we were suddenly stop
ped in theSwoods; and you should have
seen seventy persons run from the train,
about ten rods for tall persinmon tree.
We soon reached Decatur, where we
crossed the Tennessee river for the first
time. Wearrived at Huntsville at sp m.
after SPLENDID ride through a lovely
country. We had been informed that the
principal hotel was large and had ample
accommodation for our entire party; but
uron our arrival all the rooms had been
taken by refugees from Mobile and New
on account Of yellow fever, how
ever, We were eventually, all provided for
You shall hear from us again.
II. @. THAYER