Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-28

little, OF where he settled. There We're,
also, the Moores, Graces, Matthews,
Beans, Aliens, AtwOOds, and others,
who lived near the Point. The Fields
lived at Mound City; Fogleman a short
distance above; w. ID. Furgason at
WapanOcha, or Bradley's Landing, as
since called; SPANS at GreenOch; and
others, that l could name, but shall not
do 50; also, some that / cannot now To-
cate.
During the lifetime of Judge Foy,
and particularly before the purchase,
when no civil government existed on
this shore, and none, save self-Ordained
ministers of questionable character Wis
tied il, it was common for wedding par
ties to cross to the Point in order that
His Honor could perform the ceremony,
which custom was continued long after
they were blessed with what was called
civil government. There was something
romantic in crossing the river for this
purpose that WIS very attractive, and
they We're, generally speaking, UcTy
romantic. Long since my time, and
since the death of the Judge, / have
seen the feFTy-fiat, with all the skifls
and dugOuts that could be procured, with
music, Of which we had an ample sup
ply, Illuminated with torches, going TO
and from the Arkansas shore, at night,
on such an OCCASION. We also had an
old, long nine-pOunder, which some Of
us had f%elOniously carried of from Fort
Pickering, and planted OF the bluff,
about where the COmmandant's house
now stands. With this we would gen.
orally give the party a leaving salute
aud "a return greeting. Bob Gift and
Others, including myself, finally over-
loaded the thing and burst it ali to
smash, and the wonder is that il had
not smashed some of us. General Gaines
was very angry about il, talked of pros
ecuting, and had us considerably scared,
but u friends persuaded him out of il.
THE DEATH OF THE JUDGE
left a vacancy that was felt on
both sides of the river, and the
Point became the resort of the most
vicious and despicable class, but it
is but simple Justice to say that the
citizens We're in no way responsible
for their conduct, except in a lack of
proper effort to suppress it. This de-
hciency, Jack James, a young man
of considerable enterprise, but wanting
in moral courage, undertook to supply.
HeprOcured aterritorial appointment a
magistrate, purchased Or leased land,
and put up a pretty good house; mar
ried Becky Ann Berry, the belle of the
Point, and seemed to have started i'm
earnest, but he let down at the first test
of his authority, and never regained it.
The Point, however, Don after doomed
up into a great city in prospective. A
number Of enterprising men of Mem
phis, though apparently inimical to her
interest," conceived the grand scheme of
building a rival town on the opposite
side Of the river, which, according TO
their prediction, was to lay the One
horse concern on the bluff perfectly in
the shade. Glowing notices of it were
published in numerous papers. A
splendid map was drawn, surrounded
by sites of numerous churches, hotels
and other public buildings oOn to be
erected, with the Goddess of Liberty
manner of goodthings out Of
a cOraU-cOpi0 and other representations
designed 20 attract such as had more
than brains, and dignified il
with the name of Pedroza. Gus. Young
and Major Il. Hickman were the leading
though l think that n Robert
Topp, and, perhaps, Others still liv-
ing LOOK Uicll IiHt ACoooAo ~ boWn-
building in this affair. There was
nothing, however, disereditable about
it. excepting that the story Of the labor
ing mountain might cen too strikingly
similar. The sale Of the lots was put
Off from time to time on account of the
of the crowd, which grew
beautifully less until ii fell through en-
tirely. They did, however, sell some
lots to a fellow, saddleT bytrade, whose
name / have forgotten and would not
call it if ] could, for to him, perhaps,
justly, was attributed the failure OF the
town. He bought a number of old fiat
boats, ran them across, broke them
up, and from the debris erected an eX-
ecutive shanty, which he named the
PEDRoZA HOTEL
but he undertook to shove too much
of the "queer,'' and, some stolen
horses having been found in his pos
he felt it advisable TO emf
CRATE, leaving his wife in charge OF
the concern, in whose name every
thing was purchased. She proved
equal to the occasion,
and the house was soon filled
with lewd women and black-legs,
and for some three years they had every
thing their own way. Squire James
kept a grocery, aud his general patron
age was from that class. The ferry was
reaping a rich harvest, as were some 9TH
ers who were not very particular about