Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-21

visitors, mostly from States north Of the
Ohio river. The eight or more hotels
here have room for over 3 thousand par
sons, a number said to be reached during
the hight Of the season, though many in
vslids are found here ct all times. These
springs have been so often described that
I will only add the fact that the highest
temperature Of these remarkable waters
Is 154 degrees. From the springs, q stage
ride OF sixteen hours brought Us to
ROCK,
one of the most promising Of the new
cities of the southwest. The line of rail
had, for a week only, been open through
to
MEMPHIS. TEENEssEH,
where, since the war, many Of the streets
hsVe been much improved by b laying
Of Nicolsou pavement and tracks for
horse cars, and a number Of fine buildings
erected for banks, ofices and wsrerooms
The Peabody hotel had been added to the
excellent houses for the ~sojourner.
Taxing the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad, we stopped at fernando, Sena-
tobia and Ssrdis, Miss. On the cars an
Intelligent contraband," ON his way to
TsllshStehis county, to get an engage
ment TO pick cotton during the fall, told
us that in the region named hand can
tend rs much cotton as three can pick out.
From three to four dollars PER day can be
earned through the season for picking,
and on his earnings the labcrer may lead
an easy life IN Memphis the remainder Of
the year. Between Ssuatobis snd Sardis,
good land, cleared, with fair improve
ments, can be bought, near the railroad,
for ten dollars per acre, well suited either
for grazing or raising cotton, The former
would no doubt be found . profitable
business for one with experience. Near
HOLLY SPRINGS,
on the Mississippi Central road q passen-
ger in the cars, evidently an old planter
and : little out of health, attracted stten
ton by stating, In rather q loud tone, that
" any man who worked free niggers for
five years would go to HI sure" A
laugh from q younger and rather jolly
looking man, to whom the remark seemed
to be addressed, brought forth the ex-
PLANTATION that = man who worked free ne
groes would b out of humOr every day,
and that to be msd daily for i've years
must efscs certain dsmnstion. The
younger mas, who sSemsd to enjoy tie
Joke Hugely, suggested that ths fact OF the
other gstting out Of humOr with his ne
zross might be the csUss Of his trouble,
aEd inquired what the first speaker Ia
tended to do in the case. The assWer was
that if he could net sell out within three
yesrs, he would abandon his place, az he
would not risk his soul beyond that time.
me aTElVAl Cl TIC 5E9lu 81 inc 6bAbIOu
closed this conversation, the logioof which
seemed peculiar.
OXFORD.
South Of Holly Springs is the seat Of
Lafayette county, in which q considerable
portisn Of she cotton made il raised by
white labor, and is, thsrSfore, bsttsr ham
died than in mGay places where the
zrswth is more luxurisnt, and negro laber (
is wholly used. At Oxford several hand
sons stores Sad ether buildings have besa
recently srscbea, sddiRg MUGS to tks sP-
p~esrsRoe Of tbs plaes, which wa injured
considerably during tke war. Turning TO
the north from this point, by rail, we
reached
BOLIVAR, TENN,
q very pretty town, the center of a
wealthy county. The former owner OF q
hundred slaves nesr this plecs, who had
watched their movements under freedom
with much interest, told me hat the
number now living, including their issue, /
was \ hundred n twenty; that at the
close Of 1855 he divided among the hun
drsd five thousand dollars as their share
Of the crop. OF the whole number, he
does not know Of n who had as much
property - he had on the S1st Of Deem
Der, 1865. This increaas Of twenty per
cent. il numbers il six years is far below
what wss usual under slavery, but is an
6NlAoAA6 HAaH A4o ~ 10 HUI IuluLHk Ouk |
as rapidly in ali the Southern States as
have supposed. At
HUMBOLDT,
the crossing of the Mobile and Ohio and
Memphis ard Louisville roads. q wooden
factory, = foundry and q planning mill have
been started since the war, and the place
increased considerably. Again, at
TRENTON,
fine stores and a hotel have recent
" been built, though at
BR-0WNsVILLE, HAYWOOD COUNTY,
more handsome now buildings have been
put up recently than At any other place in
West Tennessee outsids Of Memphis. A
is now being built from this place
TO Union CITY, and the officers expect to
have IL extended south to Holly Springs,
Stopping at COrinth, Miss. TuHcUmbis,
Florence and Decatur, Ala, without not
any special change, We reached
EUNTsyILLB,
lae of the most desirable places of resi-
isuce in the Southwest. Before the war
his place was chosen Il a residence by
persons of wealth, who owned J
plantations further south. Now manv
Northern men have come hers, and the !
is that tha lands in this county are |
than in 1850, the only plses except !
Atlanta, Ga, at which 1 found This to be
be case. At
ATHENS. {
IN the adjoining county of Limestone, the :
price of land il but little more THAI one :
lslf of that Of 1850. OF many Northern >
nsn Wb7 were planting cotton here in .
S65 I fad but two that remain. Near :
place a gentleman who had charge Of :
n estate in 1868, TO which there belonged :
ne hundred and twenty negroes, old =
ne that but sixty-six of them are now +
live, and that no living children are :
,nOwn to hsvs been born Of them Pass :
of Pulaski, Columbia and Frank 3
n, We reach +
NASHVILLE, {
here, at the Maxwell House. the trsv- &
Ter finds one of the very best hOssls In L
country. The business Of this CITY q
9ems to nave increased largely from the C
railroads of which it is the coptre. +
sR outlay of about $500, 600 q company !,
re Just s~tsrtisg here a cotton mill, which a
rssents a handsome appearance when Il
hom the capitol. BY the North o
estern road from Nashville we reach a
UNION CITY, y
10 crossing Of the Mobile and Ohio road, z
l this part Of thS Stats where, before 4
10 war, the white psople oUtnumbsred the h
largely, the moral condition Of n
ie negro is said by some to be improving u
ID the sight Of numbers OF Jolly looking III
gro children reminded US Of ante A.
,llum times when so much Of ebony -
umpnsss, very slightly hidden by ap-
rel, was visible to the passing traveller III
roughout the South. Y
Crossing tie Mississippi as Columbus =,
. took the Iron Mountain road at Bel Iii
ont for St. Louis. a.
From the New York Journal of Com n
5rce. thoroughly Dsmecratis, we COPY AZ
8 following IS to Little Rock and other
In our sister State: N
oBNTBRs IN ARKANSAS.
The principal point in Arkansas is Little
,ck, the capital Of the State, a city Of
out 1900 inhabitants, near the center
the STATE. It is the central objective
d radisting point Of six railroads.
t overlooks the Arkansas river from an
'inence which commando a view Of all
country surrounding it. The natural
OF She place is excellent. At the
d Of he war Little Rock had only 1000
lsbitsnts, and her business Wss a small
But since her adoption as the La
lroad center, houses and stores have
3n built in large numbers, and there
at the present time over three hun-
ID buildings in course of erection, It
now become q forwarding point. Cot
is deslt in there, and shipped East. Ri
6 merchants handle and furnish The
opies for all the neighboring interior
Tar west Arkansas. Little Rock has
D steam sawmills, two steam sash fac
les, eight churches, eight school houses,
college, one seminary, three daily pa
g and Eve hotels.
LAW REPORTS.
st Circuit COurt-HeIskeII, Judge.
calendar as follows: I1BI,
VS. Begbee & Co; 1872, Boyd vs. =
obins and others; 1133, Ratsford vs.
lcahY: 1882. Goabala VS. Andarann mO