Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-15

no doctor on board; there was none
| within three miles round. There were
mOtherly ladies present, however, and
| before ten O'Clock the voice Of the adGi-
tiOnsl passenger was heard ringing loud
and long, with most s'eptOri8n lungs,
Gan was well, =" and the mother assured
me the next morning that there was
one more Democrat for the State Of Ar
kansas. We had never visited Little
Rock. We could never unravel or ur-
taDgle its politics, and we fad il ex-
tTemely difficult TO make up Cur mind
as 10 who was right OF who was wrong,
but We have had general sympsthy
for the STATE and her people, and hOge
her IN U-e may bs ple9sa1ter than her
past. We were too weak to 60 up tOwa,
and while awaiting the arrival of the
boat, to which we expected to he trans
ferred, the Maumelle ran up to the ears
to transfer the cotton Snd other freight
brought down for st. Louis. Ia passing
up through the draw Of the beauti ul
bridge that spans the river, we were
struck with the aristncTstic appearance
Of several modern Wsshingtoniau, or
what might. in eli times, have ben
designated F.iiu avenue dwellings. CpJn
inquiry We were informed that tury
were BEOWu g~ Robbers Row. This
needed further explanation, which,
summed up, amounted to about this
The larger and better one, with the
mansard roof, the gothic stables, OBJ |
sefvatOries, greenhouses, etc belonged
to q person who, feeling deep sympa- |
thy f)r the losses Arkansas hal sus-
tsined both in property aud great men,
consented, in the absence Of other intel |
iectuSl and political capacity, to come
down and act as governor over the dis |
tressed State until some other could re |
tDund. The other, we were given to un- !
iersJand, was fund, and this -pif--aarf- |
ticipg individual IefC for some other ii N |
to exercise his christian and humauits- |
riau efforts The other palaces, or their |
builders, We're individually pointed cut
aud Eamed, but are net Of importance. |
SutficleTt to remark, the vacancy in /
their occupancy grew out Of the nOyel |
want Of business like consideration. |
IhGy hai run down hastily to see the |
country, bringing nothing with them |
but their sOilsd linen in very poor car |
petbags. They were pleased with the |
prospect. Tuings laid around loose. |
Labor could be secured Oh promises. |
They built their mansions, presuming |
upon pOiltlc9i sources OF supply. Their |
political schemes failed, their resources
did not panOut They were compelled to |
leave, and, although Little Rock NAV
have been somewhat CrnameRted by |
their presepce and their prOfiigacy, Ar
kansas will not recover f6Om the wounds
they inflicted until long after these
towering dwellings shall have become
wOrm-eaten dust, and their bricks re-
turned to original clay. We were trans
ferred to the steamer Rosa Miller,
at about ten o'clock in the evening, and
she very soon started on her return trip
down the river. She is new boat, the |
pet Of her owner, Captain Woodburn,
who built her expressly for this trade,
and she Is In every respect suited to the |
Arkansas river, well Officered, with her |
owner as master, and Thomas J. |
Darrsgh, of Pittsburg, as clerk. Ev-
works admirably, the captain |
being at home either on deck or in the |
ladies' cabin. We trust that our friends |
ia Fort Smith and Van Buren will be |
satisfied with this report of our getting |
along" for, be it remembered, we were |
so weak as to be carried on board at Van |
Buren, now strong enough to walk |
ashore. If we steamboat it to Cincin- |
natl, we may furnish the APPEAL with |
a few more jOttings; if by rail, when |
we reach the land Of the Gen.
tennisl, where We go to see the |
great. show Of the century. COL.