Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-22
RALEIGH.
The Cornerstone Lald-A New Era
for ye Ancient yillage-Our
Future Saratoga.


announced that a cornerstone was to
be laid for big hotel out at Raleigh OF
Monday, the 2lst Of April. Invltatson'
were extended to a number of citizens o.
the county and city to be on hand, and
the different daily newspapers we're re-
quested to send out reporter" The
day came yesterday-a bright, balmJ
spring day it was-and at an early hour
anumber of elegant vehicles, well hlled'
left the city for Raleigh. The import
ance of the occasion may be inferred
from the fact that the " reporters sent
ont were not the nimble-footed, short
hand young men who attend dull ward
meetings and report fires, act the detec-
tive generally, and snatch items from
the very jaws of death. These we're
permitted to follow their usual dry
routine, and the reporters who went
out were mostly the venerable seniors
who write heavy leaders aud manage the
destinies Of the country generally. 1t
was evident that they all had stock in the
Mineral Springs Company, and were go
ing out to see it properly watered, or that
they we're in quest Of recreation, and
expected to make speeches over the
creature comforts said to have been
shipped last week. The four papers
were represented by the leading proprie-
tors or editors, as follows: Colonel A.
J. .Kellar, Of the Avalanche; Colonel I.
II. Logwood, of the Register; Colonel
L. ]. DuPre, of the Appeal, and E.
Whitmore, of the LEDGER. This will
explain any deficiencies of style and
professional finish that may be de-
tected in the reports. Memphis was
represented by Messrs. john Donovan,
A. j. White, L. P. Judd, John Wyhe,
Jack Halstead, John 7. Stratton, b.
O'Bannen, 0. F. Prescott, Il. c. Young,
N. E. Cochran, B. Eismann, Phil NAL
lon, B. f. Coleman, Judge r. J. Morgan,
L. B. Horrigan, Jesse W. Page, jr., o..
O. Woodbridge, A. W. Johnston, Jeptha
NJ. Fowlkes, Wm. r. Moore, Leo Ehr-
Itch, H. T. Tomlinson. R. S. Quinn, G.
A. Beehn, George Mellersh, j. G. Lewis,
]. C. Terry, A. Woodward, A. d. Gibson,
]. W. Rutherford, NJ. D. L. Stewart, Mr..
Camp. jr., P. Short, Sidney Cook, Mr..
McKeough, Captain Cobb, Harvey
Mathes, and the members of the press
heretofore named. The town and vi
cinity of Raleigh were represented by
B. F. Duncan, John Graham, John
Walker, W. Forgey, j. M. Coleman, ).
W. King, VIM. Wallace, DR.. McSpadden,
Henry Fuller, DR.. g. Duncan, Captain
Merritt, 7. Taylor, Rev. r. Burrows, Mr.,
Sheryerd. John Only, sr., Jefferson Mes
sick and a number of others which the
combined reportorial corps failed, to-
ward the last, to take down. There
were also present twenty or thirty ladies
from the city and country, without whose
fair and engaging presence the occasion
would have been as incomplete as spring
time without the melody Of birds and
the perfume Of buds and flowers. The
early morning hours were spent by the
assembled crowd in rambling up and
down the rugged little hills that surround
the springs, and il was surprising that
so many seemed for the FIRST time to dis
cover the romantic beauties of the
situation and compare the taste OF
the waters to the more famed but
not more curative springs Of luka,
Montvals, Allegheny and other places
of popular resort. Poker Mound"
beautiful little elevation, tree-crswned
and vine empowered, was an object Of
special interest to party of capitalists
who hope to spend many summers there
at the springs we mean. 1t was as
serted by one who seemed to know, that
q late friend of his from Memphis had
spent at least two years Of his life on
that mound and never was left aloas.
though many lone hand had been
played there This is one Of the
institutions of Raleigh not likely to
be neglected At one o'clock the
crowd reassembled en- the beautiful
hill southeast Of and overlooking
the springs on one side, the TOsd,
the river aud bridge aud future depot on
the other, AZ well as the extensive and
undulating ctouads to be converted into
drives, walks and lovers retreats. The
space for the hotel, which gss cleared of
and defined, is two hundred leat long
and nearly as vide. The conversions
was let into its place under the supervi-
sion Of Mr.. Cook, the architect. al pre-
cisely halfpast one O'Clock. 1t is a
marble block two feet square. Eiih the
date cot in one side and square open
ing on top some six inches deep, lined
with lead box to preserve the articles
and papers inclosed. Miss Emma Cole
man. q beautiful and charming young
LADY Of Raleigh, was bro1Ehf forward to
perform the first ceremony e laying The
The articles deposited Ia
eluSed a parehnsuf With the following
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