The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-18
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Z correspondence OF the Richmond Dtspa'ch.l
MeseANsugLD, Ky, Msrch ID, 1876.
wrote YOU Last from the Porkopolts OF
the West, from which point moved upon
louisville. the metropolis OF Kentucky, and
ros there ia lime to see the fag end oil their
MardiGrys; the principal feature OF weicn
WAS the old maids mill, which 10 caacu'
lated to become decidedly popular wHn
large and unfortunate Class OF our Fopu N
ton. tits ponderous but Ingenious piece
,,i.cef,, ar rather upceremoniously thrust, q
En- NJ IN favored, scrawny old maids, which,
nre amer tue other, were tfamped 10 by the
miller. for the mill did not seem 20 feed
vreil. But after few minutes OF vigorous
criudsog batch Of as pretty, plump Young
9irla OF sweet sixteen were turned out as you
often zee. Louisville owns the patent, De.
ljeyc. but territory 10 for sale. Buy the soil.
privilege TO work 1t In Richmond, and my
! dear. Dispatch your fortune is made. Louis
VILE IS 4 very pretty city. claiming popula-
s,un now Of about 158, 1000. It Is unusually
well bniIi, and laid of with regularity, the
streets being very wide and beautifuilR
rwded. One Of The fiuest buildings in the
rity IA the Courier building, which Is just
being completed, fronting on both Fourth
and Green streets, being on the cor.
ners. II Is built Of sandstone, iron,
and the finest Baltimore brick, pre-
,sentipg a mcst attractive exterior, Wnie
the internal arrangements sre all that modern
,,improyemt could suggest. 10 complete.
3 ness. convenience, and elegance 1t IS thohgnt
there are few press buildings In The Worio
which equal this, which is noble monu-
rpent TO the enterprise and taste OF the owner'
Mr.. w. N. Holdemsn, the puolisher Oh tne
d Fourier. Journal. From its Lofty oDserva'
tory one gets splendid view of the city,
the river, ard surrounding country, when
will, repay b,m for the labor OF toltDg up
those long flights of steps which be encoun.
ters after leayIrg the elevator. Tbe City
z Hail Is also a large and imposing structure,
In the ro,unda Of " hich stands flne marble
Statue OF kentucky's distinguished son
Henry Clay. But your correspondent had
i oply tweniy.fcur hours for Louisville, and
inter business there was but little Time lett
to Hdon the city so az the gas was lighting
we took regretiui adieu Of those fair pre-
cincts, arc on board the steamer Fawn push
ed through the foam and surge OF those fright
.ful.loe king g falls" twhere many good boat
has gone to'pieces, and the ght OF many
life has gone ouD dogn into smooth water
and dark and threatening night, Win little
prospects of making 'do!s" by The way.
The boat being crowded 1t was not until
after the midnight hour that got the stew
ard 10 "put me in my little bed" AWaking
the next morning one hundred miles oeio"
louisville, we passed for sixty miles further
through. or rather along, the borders of one
of the richest tobacco regions in the world,
Hancock and Davies counties, OF Kentucky.
STANCE to say, while such quantities Of the
weed are grown here on the Kentucky side
Of the river up to the very waters edge, on
the Indiana side there Is 80 little made that
it's not considered staple. This Is 10 great
part thought TO be owing 10 3 difference IN
the soil as well az TO the force Of custom
established during The existence OF slavery,
when tobacco culture was not profitable ex.
cept In the slave States. AS was saying,
one hundred and sixty miles from Louisville
brought us 10 Owepsboro', Ky.. consider
-able place, OF some 5000 or 10000 inhabit-
ants, Immediately on The river, and largely
engaged In the manufacture and trade
of tobscco. There are number o!
large factories here, where the fine
cut Is made in large quantities, and
great deal of tobacco stripped and prepared
for the foreign trade. The factories were al
apparently full to the extent OF their capaci'
ty, and learned that the crop bad generally
exchanged hands, and already the planters
had unlike our Virginia tobacco growers
sold their crops. suppose that in Virginia
there IL not one fourth of the crop yet in
market.
Spending day in the busy little city OF
0Wensboro', where three thriving banks are
kept busy In handling the currency, we push
on down the raging Ohio, passing Evans
Vile, Ind, The trade centre for this section,
and q very enterprisiug, well.built city oil
10000 souls. From this place to Henderson,,
twelve miles below, the unusual spectacle OF
long trains of heavily laden railroad cars run.
ming by water may be witnessed at all times
of the night and day. This is the "transfer "
of the ST. Louis andS. E. railroad, IN which
road there Is this break OF twelve miles, the
trains being conveyed on large barges and
propelled by the railroad steamers back aod
forth between Evansville and Henderson,
thaSled up The banks by heavy engines, and
hurried forward to their destination without
the delay of breaking bulk and reshipping.
Henderson is another Kentucky tobacco
town, about the siZs of Owensboro'-a pref
tier and better built eligible seat of much
wealth aud refiuement aud the home, among
other nosables, of Hon JOhu Young BrowB,
the famous assaiIant Of Beast Butler. His
SBr0wn's) single hung out over the door OF
an .unpretentious little faeme law.office near
our botel, and while asking some questions
about the gentleman be passes US on the
street, being, on short ,fnrlough; but he
declines reeominaLioD, being tired Of pub
lie life and sacrificing thereby q large aud
lucrative practice. There are two COMPETE
tors Cor his seat. Hon. Ignatius Spsldug. OF
Morgsn6eld, and bon. James a. Mckenzie,
OF christian county. Spslding seems to
represent this important distrietsa the next
Congress-
Coming down the nVer fifty miles further
we land again at UniontOwn-stilI 10 the great
tobacco region or keRtucky, which staple
Is the life Of all this country, though the
crop all through this section Is this gesr Sc
riougly curtailed by the unprecedented oyer
fow OF the OHIO last August, by whick all
the tobacco as well as corn oyer az immense
area OF country Was submerged and utterly
ruined. Much distress and depressing stag.
nation Of business has been the result. But
the people bear up braVely uuder their mis-.
fOrtunes, and ere making every effort in their
preparations for another crop to repair their
damaged fortunes.
Taxes ere high here-very. In this county
the pollstax alone is six or seven dollars,
while 10 Posey county, across the river in
Indiana, 1t Is five per cent, and they don't
grumble any more than we do in Virginia.
What would ourtax grumblers say to $50