Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-24
A JOURNEY.
Modern and Ancient Modes Of LocOmO-
tiOn-Tall Gambliug-The COuR-
try-Its Attractions.

, uOn-AA III UhinDHuB ne NONH-
try-Its Attractions.
CLEBURNE, ARK. November Is, ls72.
EDITORS APPEAL-An importan
business matter recently induced me {,
, travel A journey in these days is gen
orally a trifle. You step on board thi
cars, preferring night train, 60 to beS
comfortably, and wake up two or thre,
hundred miles away. 1t is a contrast
mostly a pleasant one-with the ole
modes, when this country was wilder
ness, and bride paths were far more
common than roads. And yet there
were compensatiOns, in the old modes
You never feel so safe and so independ-
ent by any other mode of locomOtior
as when You have your own good steed
4 under you. You saunter along at yOm
own rate Of speed. You turn aside when
you choose to examine anything worth
your attention. If you do not like one
stopping place, YOU pull up alittle short,
OF push on a little further, managing to
make yourself very comfortable, and
learning how excelleDtis the philosophy
of not being in a hurry. 1 managed to
mix the old and the new methods.
As the crow flies, ] could reach Mem
| phis by fOrty-five miles in the saddle.
/ Otherwise, / would still have twenty
five miles on horseback and forty miles
| of perpetual fear across the bottom in
the cars Of the Little Rock attempt at a
railroad. / chose to trust myself to
Nick, the safest and most good-natured
Of horses. Of course you have to do as
we were compelled to do in the war
/ reduce the baggage TO correspond with
/ the transportation. You must decide
how few shirts will do, and not how
many you want. The saddlebags were
made very light, and | mounted my
! horse very soon after l had voted, in
/ tending to ride fully half way TO Mem
/ phis that night My intent was inter-
Tupted by the impOrtunate hospitality of
/ Colonel McCrea, who captured me six
miles short of my destination, and made
me an exceedingly comfortable prisoner
4 till morning, sending me on my way
full and thankful. l began soon to
[ listen for news, but was delayed until I
met young gentleman eight miles out
of Memphis who told me there was no
news in the city, of election or any
thing else. A mile further on / met
another story. It was just about
what / expected to hear, and what
received continual confirmation that
everything and everybody had gone for
Grant. Personally it did not affect me
a pins worth. I was not a candidate,
and have full faith that our country is
too great and our government too good
to be very much affected by the person
ellie of its rulers. Our countrymen are
much as Cicero described his client
when they "Uult'' they "Ualde Uult." To
translate freely: when they go it, they go
it with a rush. They had made up their
minds to take a new departure, and they
meant to subtend an angle large enough
to show they had completely left the old
track. From all saw and heard during
my whole journey, L judge they are des-
perately well satisfied with their work
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Imerely looked at Memphis. Istepped
into the Exposition, of course-every-
body does. Memphis is a good place TO
pass through. / forbid any inferences
that it is not good place to live in. 1t
has also heretofore afforded excellent
chances to have life cut short. l Judge
such facilities are diminishing, though
not entirely destroyed. / took the cars
of the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road for Huntsville, Alabama.
had been over the road only once
since the war. 1t was a pleasant sight
to see the numerous earthworks nearly
obliterated, and 10 find it difficult to re-
cOgnize old camping grounds. l had
chance merely TO look out Of the win
dows at LaGrange, where 1 spent some
Of my most pleasant months during the
war. l shall never forget the kind fam
lily with whom had my quarters. We
sat at the same table for three months,
and never discussed the great issues
which were being so dreadfully settled.
| was a Federal officer, and their hearts
were all with the cause soon to be lost
forever. Yet we became warm friends,
and have ever so remained. We parted
with fearful eyes and pressed hands,
vALMERMosA.
We rolled smoothly along without ac-
cident arriving in due time at Hunts
vile, where got off and prepared again
TO take TO the saddle. l was lucky in
getting a horse with which / soon estab- 1
lished friendly relations, and reached /
NalhermOsa Springs after a very
comfortable half days ride. The (
situation is romantic and delight /
ful. Mountains lie back and near, Civ /
ing a beautiful view. All around are ]
deep Tavines, caves and precipitous /
crags of sandstone and limestone. 1
Springs and streams of clear frecstone |
water are numerous. The mineral (
springs are a curiosity and a wonder. !
Within an area Of ten feet in diameter {
are three springs, furnishing an mex /
haustible supply of water, each entirely 4
different from the Others One is white I.
sulphur and iodine; one black sulphur, /
and the other purely chalybeate They 4
are all strongly impregnated. An ex-
perienced analytical chemist in |
one of the Eastern cities pro-
nounces them the strongest waters
on the continent. The sulphur waters
are said to be sovereign for rheumatism
Many remarkable cures are reported
Bilious diseases, dyspepsia and neural
gia soon yield to their power. l was
told that not single patient went away
without benefit last year. The hotel is
excellent-a quiet home, where the
cooking is the very best. 1t is said to be
better than ever before. In Glltc-b -beilum
times this was a famous place of resort.
When kept by Manning, as many as a
thousand guests sometimes cOngregated
there. The ample house, with numer-
Gus cottages, furnish almost unlimited
accommodation. Last year was the first
time il has been opened since the war
Guests are expected by the hundred next
summer, and the ingenious landlord,
with his son, is already busy making
preparations.
THE LONG AGO.
In 0lden times there was heavy sport
ing here. A sugar planter lost eigh-
teen hundred hOgsheads of sugar
at one sitting. Another planter
staked and lost a plantation with
sixty negroes in one unlucky night.
Gamblers have not yet found their way
there, and they are not likely to receive
much encouragement from the class
leader landlord. There is one cave
where you may travel two miles and /
come out half a mile from the entrance. /
Another is more capacious, and contains 4
numerous stalactites, as well as a huge 4
deposit OF bat guanO, which will be eX- |
tensively used by the neighbOring farm (
ers. Iron ore is abundant in the noun |
tains, and not far off Is q very rich lead /
deposit, known only to one man, who 1
supplies himself, but as yet refuses to 1
disclose its locality.
A railroad issurveyed, running in front /
of the hotel, and Nalhermosa is building .
some Zig Spanish castles-which is not .
wonderful, seeing her name is of Span (
ish origin, meaning beautiful Valley .
l was NOT sorry TO have seen (
Nalherm0sa, and if Arkansas shall ever .
prove half 50 nOn-salubriOus as she gets 1
credit for, will surely betake myself to 1
these sDrinps among the Alabama 4