Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-13
autumn, like a faint old man,
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Burn q on the water."
with its silver oars and purple sails
80 per1umed that
Lhe winds We're LOYesick with them.

The winds were IoYesick with them,"
was a mere painted tub compared to our Mis-
Sis t3pi RIVER steamers. What would Antony
have thought If that GLORIOUS sCrceress of
the Nile" had Travelled down the Cydnus 10
him such a craft as the steamer Robert Il.
Lee? He would have doubtless thought that
al the gods of Olympus, and Olympus itself,
were aboard with Egypt" if, indeed, even
r man as he was, he did not run away from
ths pulling monster, as ThisEe did from the
lions shadow. Thus we mused our train
rushed through the fair uplands of Shelby
and Haywood counties on its Dorthward way,
and after pleasant ride of two or three
hours reached the Brownsville depot The
town f Brownsville is TO some extent, like
Washington, city OF magnificent dis
tanCeS The streets Tadiate from the court
house aS a center, which is enVironed by a
square" embracing the main business
houses, offices, ETC., constituting the CONNER.
claI heart OF the place. Leaving the public
square you traverse spacious streets ru uuing
off to all points of the compass and bounded
on either side by a succession of gardens
lawns and trim and neatly kept yards, sur
rounding the stately or cCzy cottage houses of
the Inhabitants. without, these residences
look inviting, and within they are graced
with much OF the old time, southern hospital
ity, elegance and refinement Besutiful faces
and graceful forms, combined with culture of
mind and heart, are amODg their feminine at
traction, and very manly and courtly type
of manhood is not infreQ uentIy met among
their prOpTietOrs. The tore of society is high
Is moral, and public sentiment conservative
and liberal. brownsville is n church-going
cOmmunity.ssAll the christian denominations
nave church e iifices here, and there are two
or three nTSt.clasS institutions OF learning for
young ladies' most deSirably located. The
spirit Of manufactures, soon to sweep over the
STATE 5 carrying eaI' n and population where
ever 1t goes, Il maniteStiug itself at Browns
vile. A cotton factory, limited TO the manu-
tactUre OF yarns ana the coaISer fabric, and
Mnleh works - many pa les OF the raw ma
Ter al day, nOuI!ng-miil, turning Outsev-
enty-hNe sarTeI5 Of excellent native Hour
daily, and several other enterprises of kin
dred nature, are indlces of the pro ,perous fu-
FgnWrlgVillp ar raa
admirably conducted newspapers pub
nehed or alternate days-equal TO a
tri-Weekly pUDlicaiOn-;he Bee, the
States, and The Democrat, and recently
the CplO!ed people have added 4 fourth, the
Ne1C Cftt-en, which We trust will SJUdiOusly
avoid tIat fatal rock to ths negro craft-pOli-
ucs-and teach its readers lessons of industry
honesty and thrift. Brownsville is lighted
with cOal-gaS, well pOliced, and enjoys that
m&terisl progress is impossible. The legal
and medical professions have able and
leaned members here, and the ministers of
Ine several churches ENJOY the reputation of
being i0uS and jealous teachers of christian
lty. Now, thus is a fair record, though not
much more than half what might be said in
behalf of Bro ownsvi le; yet this favored town,
instead OF Its present population, ought 10
have twenty or thirty thousand inhabitants,
@ liaIL uGze CottoL IacIoElSs, VI several Lhou-
sand splndles each, ana Touring mills turn
ing out flour enough to feed the whole of
HaywO d county. The place IS eminently
ADAPTED to the successful establishment of
cotton factories, and being the business CEN
ter of region of country largely engaged in
the production Of The cereals, Las every rea-
son 10 induce its citizens TO aim at making it
the uoint OF supply in the matter of bread
StufS for ali the adjacent territory. With cot
ton and hourng- mills in operation, and en-
ploytng operatives upon large scale, Browns.
vile would very soon be enabled to connect
he's self Dy rail- with Other important Iocali-
tie, particularly with Ihe iron and
coal region Of our safe, without So
nviiIuZ much aid from outside commu-
mites That accomplished, her future
growth and prosperity would be assured ifnot
unlimited. Your cUrresp 3ndent desires 10 ac-
know edge cOurtesieS extended him by the
citizens of Brownsville, particularly by the
gentlemen OF the press, and by Captain Duck
worth, the efficient clerk of the chancery
court OF Haywood county. He IS under es-
pecidl obligations TO J. W. z. Moore, Esq at
whose hoSpitable homo himself and his
friend, Captain L., were entertained in man
ner at once cordial, refined and southern.
He remembers most gratefully his experience
at Brownsville, and will rejoice to see that
town march on, uninterrupted by adverse
circumstances, to prosperity and municipal
proportions. j. L, NJ.