Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-15
MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK.
The ExcursiOnists-WhO they Are ana
What About.
Their Departure Yesterday - A Jolly
Crew Of Good Fellows with an Eye
TO BasinCss.
What May Come Of this Excursion
Memphis and 1t. Louis TO be Tied by
a Double Rail.

Special TO the Appeal
BRINKLEY, ARK, April 1.-THE fol-
lowing is the list of exeursionists who
left Memphis this morning, and dined
here luxuriously to-day:
R. Talbot, w. p Battle, R. S. Moore
f. s. Davis, ]. r. Miller, J. w. Pierson,
Thomas H. Melbune, J. w. Ruther-
ford. w. Y. Cirode, L. J. DuPre, ;. r.
Read. J. w. Sneed, s. P. Read, jr., A.
C. Treadwen, D. Langsdorf, NJ. L.
Neaeham, w. S. Bruce, H. Towns
end, J. ]. Murphy, John NJ. COrmack,
c. P. Murphy, F. S. ThOrn' H. T. Tom
linson, /. S. Morris, G.. H. Judah, w.
L. Duff E. B. Pickett, George p. Pick
eft. James Roosa, A. P. Curry, J. It.
Hillsman, c. F. Bullock, w. t. Eustis,
w. B. GaIbreath, c. G. Fisher, jr., G..
n. Robinson, John c. Fizer, R. F. Pat
terson.
These are they who go to Little Rock,
and to the terminus of the Fort Smith
railroad, where Caldwell, Belmont and
Curry take charge of the interesting
party. Morris, of the Peabody hotel, is
with us, with interesting packages and
baskets. Colonel Curryis manager, and
the organizer of the expedition which is
taken over to meet the excursionists
from ST. Louis. These last will not ap-
pear perhaps, and therefore the time will
be spent shooting prairie chickens with
Caldwell, Curry and Beaumont on the
plains beyond Little Rock. The river
is rising, and the water continuous from
Hopefeld to Madison. Union street
and Madison have the most representa-
tives. G.. II. Judah, from the Clay
building, represents the upper districts,
and the bankers, Davis and Read and
winbourne, of the Fourth national,
stand up for Madison street. Colonel
Duff will give an invaluable estimate of
the charms of Arkansas women, and
there is nothing in this country that w.
B. Galbreath will not see and hear.
Tomlinson, the quiet, the reserved, the
unapproacEable, is alone among insur-
ance men. General Robertson, of the
Life Insurance of America, was to have
been with US but oversight the hour, and
it is rumored here that he suicided
when he awOke at ten o'clock and |
found himself abandoned. Rutherford, |
OF the waterworks, was brought |
along, that the lively tesparty might not |
be drowned in the swamps. He brings |
with him model of his Holly water
works engine, which can be put in Oper-
alton at a moments notice, and empty /
the lowlands. He will mix the waters
Of the Arkansas with those of the Mis-
sissippi.
WHAT THEY ARE AFTER.
1t was simply the purpose Of these
and bankers and contractors
TO see Arkansas, and confer with the del
egation from st. Louis. None of them
are interested in any land-stealing
scheme, or in any other railroad meas
ure. They wished to induce st. Louis,
while stealing the whole of Arkansas, to
take in Memphis. We want road di-
rect from Memphis TO st. Louis, and two
tracks to supply the demand
of limitless travel and traffic.
If st. Louis does not come to our
relief, we must and viii relieve our
selves, and strike for Abilene, and Els
worth, and Kansas City, and thus serve
st. Louis as ST. Louis served Chicago.
Instead Of this, it were better both for
Memphis and st. Louis to establish per-
feet unity of interest. There is room
enough for both cities and riches enough
Do md ste Dao-Tic Z
II war had not wrecked the country
about Memphis and destroyed the unity
of its people, Memphis to-day would be
a. great as St. Louis. But peace has its
victories, and whenever our people CO.
operate, and have some one trusted ex-
pOnent and great thinker, as was Guth-
Tie to Louisville, and Jones to Memphis,
and Long John TO Chicago, and Tom
Benton to st. Louis, Memphis may
transcend st. Louis in glory and great
ness.
M'DONALD.
Frank Davis has a dispatch, received
this morning, from Hon. Alex. McDon-
aid. / inclOse it, as follows:
"LITTLE Rock April l3.-F. 5. DA-
st. Louis excursion party can
not get here Tuesday, owing to bad
breaks in their road, and the visit will
have to be postponed. am authorized
te say to YOU and friends that the latch
string is out, and we viii do all we can
10 make you happy. VIII you wait for
"a. MCDONALD"
ORGANIZATION.
An organization Of the excursionists
was effected while under way in a
swamp twenty miles west of Memphis.
General Fizer was made president, and
Generel Patterson, of the revenue SER
vice, treasurer; Morris, Of the Peabody,
purveyor, and your correspondent sec
retary of the travellers association. Nor
ris announced the conten.s Of his larder,
and his bill Of fare provoked rounds of
applause. General Patterson stated he
had funds 10 foot the bills, and then
all were happy.
Special 20 the Appeall
LITTLE Rock, April l3.-The st.
Louis excursionists failed to reach here,
I'm consequence of an accident to the
bridge across White river. The Mem
phis delegation were handsomely enter
tanned by the city at Castleberg's to-
night. Speeches Of comfy and railroad
spirit were made by Messrs, DuPre, Da-
Wis, Duff, Beaumont, Page and others.
The meeting was jolly and cordial. To-
morrow at twelve o'clock, the Memphis
with citizens from Little
Rock, go out eight y-seven miles on the
Fort Smith and Little Rock road. Good
results will ensue from this friendly
clasp Of hands.
\ Cincinnati dispatch, dated yester-
dsy, has the following in regard TO the
sales Of tickets for the coming musical
festival: "The sale Of tickets for the ap-
r,roaolfuo uqucicoI festival oora naanoed ,