Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-09
A MEMPHIAE IN NEW YORK.
Who and What he Sees---Mhat he Thinks
Of Memphis and the SOHih-Ris Re-
membranes of Old Friends.
New YoRK. September 1. 1870.

e New YORK, September 1, 1870.
Editors APpedL-I strolled round to the
grand Central Hotel last evening land a
grand thing it Isl; l really thought for a
moment that l was in the Overton or Pea
body, as l met so many old familiar faces.
Prominent and towering above ali was
(. G. Kirk, who is in the banking bust
ness here, General N. B. Forrest, w. B.
Gslbreath, William Bonds, ]. @. Ward, C..
and d. NJ. Leatherman, and G. Childress.
The latter W have just returned from
| Saratoga, much improved in health, and
many other Memphians, and all looking
cheerful and hopeful making arrange
ments for their fall business. And it is
amusing to see the host of drummers who
dog the steps of each from the time they
arrive. Oh! what a change since 1867;
but this people are a wonderful money
getting and mOney-making crew.
If our people are wise, and do not allow
themselves to OYer-trade, it will be well;
but / fear that there is great danger.
really do think that Memphis is the
largest place for the size of it in the world.
Go where you win, and when, you will
meet some familiar phiz in search Of BUSH
ness or pleasure, perhaps both, and 1 be-
Iieve usually they are successful -r
Business has been very hat for three
months, but within a few weeks there
has been a vast number of arrivals, from
all parts of the South particularly; and
if our people would determine to econo-
mise for a few years and not attempt to
ape the fashions and follies of the shod-
dyites and b~ondholdens, we would be
truly a great and prosperous people, COM
manding the confidence and respect of
the world. With such a climate, soil, and
variety of produts as can be found in no
other country, it can and should be made
the Edenof the world. Is At4l@s
I fear that we spend too much time and
money at Northern watering places, while
within the borders of our own State we
have waters possessing all the medical
properties claimed for any North. A lit
tie capital and enterprise expended On
some localities near home would pay we'll
and give us character abroad. Within
seventy miles of Memphis is the most
valuable sulphur wells on this continent,
located In a beautiful and heaithy'conn-
try, and one of the most bountiful and
productive counties in the State. WhV
some enterprising and lsrge-hearted man
does not get up a company and join our
esteemed townsman, Judge J. T. Swayne,
who is the owner of the property, and
improve that beautiful spot, is a great
wonder to many. -
This place could, in a few years, be
made as valuable and celebrated as Sara
toga or Newport, and equally as profta-
DE- anu VAST SUITS money WOulQ Dc
kept at home that is annually squandered
among a class of people who losthe us,
except for III money. Let us use a little
common sense by being self reliant and
Independent. Then, if it should be nee
Iessary, we could come to this great
money center and borrow, at a reasonable
rate of interest. Then the angel would
not say, as to old Thsd when he knocked /
at the gate of Paradise, "You are the first
man from that country. 1 do not know
youe'
Remember me kindly to the distin-
guished surgeon, DR.. w. Z. Rogers, the
affable gentleman Henry Wade, the ge-
NAL Tom +. Mackall, noble hearted Risk,
clever Jim Alternately and sober Dave
.Munroe. AS for Bob Looney, language
fails me. Last but not least, stands that
Christian gentleman, A. d. Witherspoon,
whose heart and door stood wide open
to al sufferers during the war. May he
live and flourish. gnGa -4Hu-vr
In locating here I had two objects in
view. The first and great one was to re-
cover my powers Of Iocomotion, and the
other, to make money. In the first 1
have made some progress, and in the last
have exceeded myexpectstiens. Reasons,
tirst, I have an unimpaired constitution;
second, the best invention of the age.
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