Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-08
LETTER.
JEFFEEsOH, TEXAs, October :, ls54-
- a-arr rrrfnn EEchanne. Memphls:

saur etary Cotton Exchange, Memphis;
UFAR ~1R-In &c ordanoe with my promise
a., vi fe an occasional letter, and having AZ
rived here two days since. nov hasten q
--f,ye ryl the result OF my Ouserg gations,a,s well
= Information gathered from Whatever
s41urc-s could be obtained ~ snort notice. On
ne line of the Cairo and Fulton railroad from
rFrrI- Eor Z Ia IeIarEaua, the crops presented
- LIE eve Of the traveller making bis nfst n p
pers anything but coEsolatorg; At. iaei,l could
rave Imagined, Without any great ehor,i thet
i gas travelling among the old WOrn-out nils
fu Tenn eeSee-cUitOn from hl2 70 uIteen lnciiee
hIzh, and corn su small that II rec ulred good
az IL terue 20 at a short distance. am told,
Hloyeyer. trat tie crops are better in the ints-
.Or. on either side Of The rallrOa1. IeEarK ana.
au the inc OF Arkansas and Ie1ss Is =
taIfTy little Town, po.-e-sluE boo1 many
natural advants sges. and built up 20 lts present
PROPORTIONS twelve hundred lnAaulianth) IN
saN en months. Al le ~ hali the Town u IN
.T-xss and Incorporated, the o'her in Arksn-
ssas AID uut Incorporated, owned and CON
1rlIled by the Cairo and Fulton railroad On
tine Texas portion may be found saloons and
whisky dealers, on the other none rom the
fact that the railroad company refu-ei 70
-af their lots 10 any one dealing IN Whlski f,
l1auce one-half the citizens are total anstl-
Eeue-. bet s. slL occasionally. The merchants
ere somewhat gloomy, As trade mas not yet
lsDgtad Dat expre themselves hopeful. Inc
l,lsF Is esf MATED in that region az One-half.
FROM TexarE na TO Jefferson Tue prospe. I
I.rFrHtepg- dista ce from Lltlle Rock 70 this
.55luI tW0 hundred miles; from leNarksna,
frF. Jefferson u Hu important point haFll &
a population of slT or seven ihouseuu' ~ q
before any railroads were yuAt "a. Llo
main center OF large area Of eouD-
t-v Il IS situated on Iypress bayou
,,5J A. Dt hV light druRght steamers irc m
SHREVEPORT and New orleans by way OF hed
rlVeI u lake Cad 20, thence 70 cypress bayga
where waIer f. sufficient Having letter
surr.yguclf0u 20 Colonel E.W. Taylor, mayor OF
.TeIers0u. an one Of the Texas celegates 1
raund him Ht his drugstore and was I'M
med ataIE invited 10 20 out among lhe theI-
eIratltg Across The street we entered Bale
maH Bros mammoth store OF Al entire
Id cE and were ndiy welcomed. Lnere e
met Nr. Eliis, q the nrm OF Eill-s baeuf a
co. Isr-e grocer and cotton fEctOrs- MI.
Ward TAYLOR. fr- editor and prOprie lof oI tho
1--II 4 .osru and Influential dal y, the Jimpti-
cute %. winch nloTc a 0nli and ioupa - :
..-lI --7rftrfle manifested al seeing Memphis
man saeEIu ug business, ln uti ~ woIoh q hetn-
fgis drummer. Further q found 4 whole
ssle uqlCr dealer, and On presenting my car q
-ud asking hls favorable couslders-
rfon. the following reply was made win
-.He most evident marks of surprise
"a ID posslbl5-a real live Memphis man
We nave been living mere four or i've huH-
..fret wears. and yOu nr8 the Inst from your
civ Thar have ever seen unsring traoe 10 ua.
- = ought 10 pot YOU IN a cage ana EhoW you
gr around f0en. Really 4 am surprised.
s..5a general disposition % the merchants here
ls decidedly favor able - es, ana Lao "a ~!
1IfS made SO effort ak weeks ago might nave
isaly secured a large portion OF the cotton OF
ms rsgion- Tney prefer 70 oea Nllh Is
tI4-y fefi learef usi closer coAheCte.t iL.el l
eds more nearly allied, uNas IN Anoitf on4s
ssy.ff-1 an Invitation IN businesa-llke v ~
aI-ttag are sensible O. our advantages a. COT
ION M srLet, and ~ rates oi freighl 70 Nes
orleans are enormous by raj, ana ~ Figallyn "A
~ rlver altogether unreliable, tle tfaoe
7g1uld most surely come 70 US N
great measure. In fact We eouie se'
NE cotton that goes OF necessity 20
.-L Louis and Galveston. ana OF cOeIhs
lhIs would bring about trsde ID otilef lihea ~
short, Lle people are tired OF 3.lss, ~
Sic new channels Of tfaae and welcome 1t
f-ofu gsh1' ever source. II yOu suppose luuht
Texas merchants are not VIDE wake youl
mistake 4 a great one loI lLa.anee, ~. ~
.a1nteut-d 60 SIT quietly ~ upHe Ht.4ao - -
louis gets her few thousand Bale OF leha.
.,vll AFKansas cotton, and nading No mar asi
at Hef oWn CCors SHIPS 70 memphis aha NSH
1-iesus. Tfe merchants here Enow this
-fnav have no other resource. Necea.lls conf
r,lIs them 10 make Eni urlent5 OF cotton IA tIe
.-t.ance ID money 10 meet bills maiuuug ano
pei extensions aud a. DO oinef asehugs ~
5Tfn 10 them they must per lorce 40 ltie Dtel
fbey can We have friends mere VINO are
.-1lo-e Than wiling 10 Work ioT us II We manl-
80 q jisnositiua u desire a. This manifss-
fstiou may be made In 40 Ways. Ley 81
merchants represent thetnhelEea ..tIl
-.iafres before the people, for thls
l5urI5osa you have the daily and weekly ylNi
55leeuge, whose edlI0r, ward Iaylo kI., ~
live man and fuliof friendship fof us lne NJ
.Feg 4 NeuuhiE lady, Miss 1ibHOn)i and - The
ariicles maj ked 81 The enclosed papers oe-
Sire 70 cali your attention ana lhai OF YOU
,.l.tefi,in and would be q very desirable me
dtusa by which 10 make our fnefchhnt =
5En0.gn jefferson shipped thirty-nNe AnOu
.-afd bales lasI season, ana the mefch anus At
counting on au equal amount the present sea
80 The increased acreage y - tnyes WI WI
MAKO Up for short yield. Inc present - Ie,
..air-fs are a. o thousand 10 two hundred hno
ss.ft- Me- same lime last year one u tlt
Irr..s..t hrIns IN the city, ana Whlen coell or
49, ~, fl1oueand baics, told me they could
.,,ia cotton h Memphis cheaper and quicker
9te-, 10 New Orlsansi our charges we're not =
60, a. New orleans, end they could max
- ne change, but Memphis had NO
- f,y n. u order 90 do this her lnerehhni
s,ofld come Gown here IN the summer slle
--.-. -. .r0ua- necessary 70 control the
-s,. ms. pisoed at lie disposal oi sueh nfiii'
- Rafemsl Z Bro, Ellis, Bagby q Cos ~.
--qfl Fsinev a tio. and other large houses Win
-. '.-...,t 81 vrould qlye Memphis tWo-thiFdB oi
svrsnfv-fiys ihOusard bales. But ! nave ~
reedv written more man 1 INTENDED. 70,
project r0weyeri L. an IN S-,ils ~, 11DrorsS
FespeeLlully yOursi ~ W. hEDfVH