Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-24

dollars. Corn produces nom Ufteen 10
thirty bushels an acre. The yield of
cotton is six hundred pounds to two
thousand pounds of seed-cOtton to the
acre. A superior quality OF brick is
made from the clay found here. Good
water in wells may be obtained at a
depth of from twelve TO twenty feet.
Overcap-oak, poplar, cypress and other
| timber found in the neighbOrhood.
Among the oldest citizens are Houston
Michel, II. Mark, heretofore mention
ed, II. S. Brooks, Charley Reid, Hill
| Phillips, J. G. Young, f. Q. Gillen-
waters, w. w. Graham, G. w. MnCOrd,
/ a. E Reynolds (nOw chancellor dis
tTict), A. J. Kincaid, Reese Sawyers,
/ Caliiar f. Sawyer5 and ThOs. 2. Young.
The postmasteTis is A. ID. Jones, a cOlOred
man. The National cemetery at Co
rinth is very inviting spot. Thousands
| of federal soldiers sleep there, and the
government has made the place beauti-
| ful with shrubs and trees and graded
walks. A neat brick fence encloses the
silent city, and iron gates admit the
visitor to the grounds. Pleasant cot
| tages, with the appointments of modern
comfort and convenience, are within
the enclosure for the use of the govern
luEuN ELAlDlUN tCcs Mllu hEGD LAAC SAOdAluS
in order. This military mOrtuary is in
good taste. The graves of those who
died in battle should be h0nored by
their countTymen.
Corinth needs a new brick courthouse.
The Jail, too, should be made more Sc
cure. It is of brick, and in appearance
good enough, but it fails to hold prison.
ers. A narrOw-gauge railroad is tn be
built, connecting Corinth with the Ten
nessee river at Hamburg or Eastport.
wOhundred thousand dollars have been
subscribed and four miles graded. This
road is part of the "CoIinth, Tennessee
river and Nashville railroad of which
Mr.. Selden is president. 1t will, when
constructed, give new impetus to the
trade Of this town.
The Memphis and Savannah railroad
is challenging much attention now that
a corps of engineers are in the field sur
veying the route. The charter specified
that this road shall run to point Eat or
near COrinth," and the people are await
ing anxiously for the work of cOnstTuc-
lion 10 begin, which will complete the
chain by building the road from here to
Birmingham, distance of one hundred
and eighty miles. From that place to
Opelika, and thence to Savannah, the
road is, we are advised, already in opeT-
alton. Memphis has deep interest in
this road, as has the Memphis aud
Charleston railroad company, and their
lessees, the Southern Security company,
should take active steps to see that the
spirit as well as the letter of the charter
is carried out. Any attempt to defect
the road from this point would work a
forfeiture Of the charter, and this people
will not be slow to protect the interests
of stockholders in such contingency. 1t
will be remembered that this road was
originally intended to connect st. Louis
by way of Memphis, with the coast at
Savannah. Hostility to Memphis defeat
ed this intention, and the line was in
duced to go by way of Columbus, Ken
tucky, aud thence to this place over the
Memphis and Ohio railroad. Should
the same spirit of hostility manifest it
self in the present instance, it viii labor
in vain. The people of North Missis-
sippi, the city Of Memphis, the South
ern Security company, Tom Scott, and
the solemn provisions of a char
ter stand in the way There are
two weekly newspapers published in
Corinth, the Corinth NaCS, of which
Major c. B. CuTlee is editor, and the
Corinth Courier, edited by Mr.. 6. B.
Winston. The former is conservative
and liberal; the latter, Republican in
politics. Much as has been said and
written about the spirit Of lawlessness
supposed to rule in this town, a close
investigation disclOses the gratifying
fact that the citizens of COrinth, as a
mass, are as law-abiding and peaceable
as any people in the Union. II the
growth and enterprise of the place lave
induced disreputable characters to con-
gregate there, their dark doings should
not initiate against the fair fame of the
respectable people Of Corinth, who de-
plore the outTages committed more
keenly than any mere strangers may or
do. Nor is it true that the people are
apathetic ID the matter of bringing
criminals TO Justice or fail to refuse to
aid the officers of the law in hunting
up the perpetrators of crime. The citi-
zens of COrinth have proven their law
abiding character by refusing to follow
the lead of Judge Lynch, a dangerous
leader in any case, but more particular
ly dangerous when the finger of suspi-
ciOn points in contrary directions, and
complicated circumstances leave the
mind utterly at sea as to who the perpe-
traitors are. Crime in COrinth is no
more astonishing than in any other town
south or north, east or west, and il is
not fair to cover the whole place with
pail because of the wickedness of one
or two men.