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

ordinary brain. But all this was doomed
to come TO a sudden and l might add
violent end, for when the thing had
reached its zenith and was working
most admirably to the minds of its plan
ners, a hOrseman dashed up and at the
top of his voice cried out-"T The gam
blers have come over, and are about to
burn Memphis!7 when a change took
place, and such a change! The yell was
Immediately raised by the outsiders, and
as readily suspended by the ms; the lat
ter not knowing what was the matter,
supposed that some terrible danger
threatened them, and fled in all dire
tons. | don't think it took exceeding a
minute to clear that mammoth shed of
its vast assemblage, including the pens.
It is strange how quick some people,
under peculiar circumstances, can re-
cover their senses. The general inn
preston seemed to be that safety in this
world was of more immediate import
ance than that in the world to come,
and although the Lord of Hosts might
he present, as had been declared, the
host itself had better be anywhere else.
THE sAIASH-UP.
As soon as the cause of alarm was I'M
NlEl-lOVlt NllVHG wiz AAch AAOl prev ONA1AN
taken to the woods took the road to
Memphis. The pedestrians got the
start, but the eQuestrians soon went
dashing through them with terrific fury,
followed first by the light and then by
the heavier vehicles. 1t was then that
the vastness of the multitude was most
apparent; and although Shelby county
contains at present ten times the pOpu-
1,FSa, L., NGC, I'LL - grrah N hCIv nf
people were nov to congregate, the gem
eral question would be, oh, whar did
you come fTOm%'
THE DISAPPOINTMENT.
On arriving in Memphis, it was found
that the torch had not been applied, but
that the gamblers had been over in
large force, and had Paraded the streets
in a staggering and threatening man
passed over quietly; so a body of we'll
armed and determined men pressed all
the water-crafts that could be propelled
by hand into the service, and went
across, but could find nothing over a
t~en-year-Old in breeches. Even the
quiet, inoffensive citizens thought it
best to be out of the way. Within a few
hundred wards of the shore there was
then a dense and almost impenetrable
cane-bralSe, in which it was thought
the gamblers had taken refuge, and
from which it was deemed foolish
to attempt to rOut them. The women,
however, We're more heroic. They not
only stood their ground, but opened
their batteries on the common enemy,
and such a thorough tongue-lashing no
poor fellows, perhaps, ever received.
GOVaa of tho rpanpa-f IN 1faoraat Of III -,
attempted to handy epithets, but
their calibre proved wholly deficient.
ChapfalIen and mortified at their sup
posed failure, the expedition returned,
but il had in reality proved a great sue
cess, for the gamblers found that even
Arkansas, or at least that portion of it,
was to them not only an Improbable
field for operation, but a very unhealthy
locality. About a week after the last
named occurrence, the citizens of Mem
phis Were reused from their slumbers at
the dead of night by the ringing of the
alarm bells. On reaching their doors
they found the heavens lit up with a
dazzling glare. Their first impression
was that the threat of the gamblers was
being accomplished, but were OOn re- |
lieved by discovering that the light
from the opposite shore, and on
view, that the Pedraza hotel was
flames. The whole population was
soon assembled on the bluff, and never
was a fire looked upon with more gen.
eral pleasure. Many jokes were told
and heartily enjoyed. In fact, some
were present but partially dressed,
with their guns in their hands. Thus
ended the gamblers embodiment, and,
at the same time, the embryo city Of
Pedraza.
wAPPANoCHA.
IL is due to the importance of FOy's
Point and the truth of history, to say /
that, like this bluff, there Were three
or opposition towns in c~ontempla-
lion at the same time, adjoining each
other, on her shores. Charles B.. hurry,
one OF our oldest citizens, of whom much
be told, purchased the tract be
low and laid off a town to which he
gave the more modest name of Hope
vile. The Pednaza company showed a
bad feeling to their neighbor,
up their streets on that side, and
even fell out with old John ID. Graham, |
the surveyor, for having made them TO
to their own, discharged him
from their service, and employed Wap-
Danocha Furgason in his stead. To their
ehagrin they soon after learned that Fur
gason and others had actually sue
5eeded in pursuading old Mrs. Foy,
Of the judge, to lay off his farm in
a town which they wisely determined