Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-11
NASHVILLE.
The State CspitaI-SiOW, PcmpOus,
PiOus- yet BibulOus-TWO Drinks
for Five Cents.

AoA INV NCutos
The Cotton MiII-Ihe Penitentiary-
PiOus EfOrts-MurderOus Cabi-
net Work.
From our Special Correspondent
NAsHvILLE, September fQ-fhere are I'd
least Two iDstitutioEs in this City OF locks
the penitenuary aud the cotton mills Be
sides these there areGumerOus ether features
Of a unique character that strike the observer
as worthy Of q few remarks. This place is
slow; 10 is also pcmpous5 Z IS, moreover,
piOus; and, IN addition, Is bfbulous. h
ROst nasty place from the valley Of Death"
in Arizona, TO the other side Of the sahara
Desert, is Nashville. tits dry. This may ac-
count for the blbulous or
the exceedingly neat little people that make
up It's population. No men in the country
| are mere neat than the Well-preserved Taper
tits OF this aristocrarc burg. The sweetest,
primmest, smOOthest, best shaved and poma-
tuned, gayest, smallest most curious little
men III the world are those Of Ihey
look as il they al fed upon lilypuuan capOu
and embryo lamb. It's doubtless whether the
] crop OF shining crauial ornannentat1on nat
decorates their nice ItGe heads Is hair or col
| ared Ivory, 50 carefully is II done up, brushed,
polished and pummiced and vanished over
every morning- II denes wind and dust, and
rivals the patent leather ~klNers9 or the Little
feet that s'shOw on" the other extremities of
Nashvilie's sweet little men,. Potatoes,
pfunes and primss must have been the princi-
pal words used by them in their early training
IN elocution; the practice had a most bene-
fetal effect in pucker1ng up their little
mouths. So compact, so complete, 50 Symmet-
rical, 50 finished a set, in their little way, were
never seen on the earth OF of II by
Dean swim. The ChiucSe have long pract1ced
me arr, known only 70 themselves OF cult-
waiting diminutfve Oaks. III can bring out
all Hthe points" Of that majestic tree in the
space OF two feet Qncluding acorns, bark
and the grain OF the WOOD, 10 perfection.
Nashville seems to have turned her artistic
attention 70 the production Of Little men. She
is succeeding admirably. Their points are
perfection itself. I was strongly tempted yes
terday morning TO wrap up a couple OF them
nice specimens thatI saw going tochurch4j
in my bandana and send them 10 you 70 keep
in the s%anctlfnl among the eonstantly-aeegma-
Iating curiosities thar grace that magnificent
chamber. 1 was AFRAID, however That they
might spoil on the way. They are beautifully
f1his General dimiuntfvs fact that things here
look 500 odd to a Memphiau. Every thing is
on a small scale, except such as belong TO the
state. What doyOu think OF two drinks for
dve cents, and a drt-ciassIeal for a quarter?
Not long since an enterprising s-pirituallSt,
seeing the thimble full Of whisky that suficed
for the internal exhileraion Of his customers,
bethOUght him that he could make a line Nv
ing and greatly increase his custom by lower
ing the price of drinks. He set them at five
each. Two days afterWard another per-
son, far-seeing ami enberprising also, set up
beside him and hung out his ing With 1he
inscription: Two Gnnks for i've ents.n
-L-- - 49, 49,
pairs Of NashviIle's little men to be seen at
the street corners, who had achieved the ut of
inebriati0n on ten cents In this respect they
beat the John knOxvilains all hollow.
TIE COTTON MILL
is decidedly a big thing on the Cumberland,
bat this is because it was gotten up for the
outside world. Sheets had TO be made for the
large limbs and bread shoulders Of Memphis,
for Instance, to repose on hence the cotton
mill had to be constructed on a huge scale,
and huge people from other places had TO be
~ mrnwNr II EarnnazE nHFandan Fna asnTar
prise. The sheetings are very hne and COM
mand q ready sale IN every market, where
q aaye 9p2eared az Eigner ngores man can
consequence, Nashviiie's wise little men are
pOcketing the profits, and living nicely in
dne new houses, garnishedtn inside and out with
THE PENETENTIARY IA
is the other big institution of this Gu
little place. This was established
ago on q large scale, when the viii
Of the State generally walked about
in lumber fourteen brogans, and were clad in
twenty-five yards Of leans. Il is peOpied yet
by a gigantic race Of ~vagabOndS, principally
from Memphis. The stupendOus character Of
concern required a combination of brains
mSseie, from ne east end west Of INC
The mountains, and Mr.. Cherry, from the val
are the managers of the penitentiary.
pay the State thirty thousand dollars
-ent for II. Thay feed, clOthe and physic
about eight hundred vagabOnds, who would
1e very Troublesome outside its walls, and pay
he HAstIeHbAlS generous rent besides Tor the
privilege Of working those conyicts to the
advantage. About fOur hundred Of these
muscular cut-throats are now outside digging
1tches for railroads, and digging coal ar
mines. Nearly he same number are operated
within the capacious walls Of the institufiOR.I =
stoves, furniture, wagons and "sich.
BUSINESS and working men growl at this way
( employing the convict labor. They say
hat the products are put on the market in
UGH abundance that Injuries their trade, and
nashville suffers yit. II is becoming agrave D
uestiOn in various debating Societies
neither the p~enitentiary ought not TO be
moved from the city or the city,
'om the penitentiary. One or tile
her must be done before the growlerst
IL cease from their growing. The peniten ,
sort o. coincide" in the opinion, that it
Ould be as well TO rem0Ve the city as 10 re-t.
love the penitentiaEy from its rocky anchor e
&c. 1 remember some time ago the entie- II
zen OF the Irish Literary Association Of your y
q debated long and earnestly upon the pro-l
1efy Of using convict labor 10 construct A
lilroads. While Inspecting the prison this
corning l was astOnished 70 find that several
.ture were in course Of Manufacture FROM q
member OF that cultivated associa- u
on OF Literary men, h fact is, they eoald =
u get cedar warurObes OF such substantial
ld elegantcOnstructiOn else, and
ence the great Colonel O. Connor, from the
.Ountains, was favored with their orders. II
arm also with Infinite satisfaction that The
apctam sGactortm Of the APPEAL viii be 4
'aced with a splendid bookcase, made by 5
At anu VI NAAAAt AAhAaNAuAn GdJAAltL HtdktIS. ] :
no are now engaged in matu-l
pecoIUfs aud working cummings in wood
This establishment in expiauon Of former
lles l
PIOuS EXPERIMENTS. vi
The enthusiastic theological tyrosog Nash
lie have splendid times in experimenting
d the striped ~scOundrels Of the penitentiary, /
srvices are conducted every SUNDAY in tire 4
Dac1ous dining hall OF the institution. You 4
III remember hat ali the POLITICALLY moral
say that ignorance ILLS the prisons,
no doubt, indeed II does. 1t would be
ard 10 find a finer collection of brutal heads
ian are now in Tennessees state Prison. The
people have set earnestly to work at re-
ranging the chronological system of those
lads. They preach sermons on such subjects
moral Recltude," carefully observing all
lie they have Of announcing it before hand,
order, suppose, that the brutal heads NAV -
prepared for the profound discourse. The
divine h~arangues profoundly to the %,
sembled N1llainy dignoranceO OF the State, y
bile a few experimental philosophers, scat
red here and there in the crowd, observe
z elect. The process Is curious. The Stom- .
twitchings that result from badIv .
pient lbeatitude, and the lachrymal drop n
mss Of Old drunKs are called "penitentisu =
ars-e III pious ezperiIncnts are still going
With very. satisfactory results. There
4 wonderful refOrnauon Observable I'M
e habits Of the prison They go 10 bed49 q
seven O'Clock every night, and rise there- =
IN at i've in the morning. They never
inka anything stronger than coffee. and in .
lge IN no violent language. They have dis
$3.50 -@@ ~ NJ VI MALA II
e stolen here, and the stupid mules Of The
may eat their corn in security. The
Il is, these wondrous people are now greatly
proved in morals; for, dog-cheap as liquor A.
in Nashville, the Penitentiary bows never NJ
lch a drop oft. The prison is an excellent ny
ace for reflection. VI
IN Institution called the " PEOPLES. BANK - f,
re in the city, which was started by carpet- ~
ggers about the time the disturbance ceased. ~,
collapsed with what John TyndaI. ~
enlist, would cali great ~detonation. Lately az
$ solid bank had been giving ten per cent. 1
deposits. This liberal interest attracted frs
lsiderable sums from saving people of va NJ
Us classes. Italians and Germans were the IL.
HcipaId epOsibors, when the bank COLLAPSED ~
other day, and the dimes r.
u mad been squeezed out Of peanuts and q
sage vanished from sight forever. inc 90,
ored savings bank Is also eferine ten peT GU
t. on DEPOSITS, whether with the Interior 6
W OF benedtiDg the depositOrs or the people y
o run the machine, remains TO be seen. .
he papers that are engaged with Andrew y
1d1cuIing the convention system are Curl
ly retlcent upon the Radical Conventions. ]. 2
appears that ~nvention are only diStaste-
TO them when used by Democrats. In theia
IDS Of The Radicals, they are armies -
lg% 1hose same papers are strong advo-l II
g OF Greeley and Brown, because those
yemen are NDo nominees OF two convent -
-; and they ridicule the pretensions of
Francis Train, who is. the independent L.
Tor the Presidency. As johnson
Let as be logical" M.
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