Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-19
ON THE WING.
From Memphis to ,Vtcksburg by Rail
and Thence TO New Orleans by
Water.
From an Occasional Correspondent of the APP

From an Occasional Correspondent Of the APP
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STEAMER MARY BELL, February I6.
Taking respite from that great press
OF legal business which agitates young
lawyers, and escaping the clients who
came, as Horace has il, lSu6 cGntu gall, to
my door in Memphis, l ran down here
to fulfill some lecture engagements made
before / hung cut my shingle; and, pUr-
suant to promise, now give you my 3D.
ventures, observations, etc. There is no
region 30 lovely 80 the blooming south.
Even while write the jessamine and
johnquills, ssphodel and hyscinths fill
the air with fragrance, the blue bird and
wren are jocund in the valleys, all na-
ture smiles, and the fig tree, the plum
and peach are putting on their garniture
of white, and pink, and green. No
lands on the face of the globe are 80
rich-those Of the Nile not excepted:
"Know you the land where the cypress and
Are emblems. of deeds that are done in their
Where the rage of the vulture, the love Of the
Now soften to sadness, now madden to
crime?
Ills the land Of the sun, where the stars
brighter shine,
And all but the spirit Of man is divine.''
How is that for high? bubbIing up
from memory, and bathing with balmy
breath your csreworn brow! But I
must come down TO work. Starting
FROM Memphis, on the Mississippi and
Tennessee railroad, l encountered my
old friend, Mat White, still hail ard
hearty, il not over pious, and Tesdy to
communicate, from his great store of
practical information. After the war all
his bridges were gone, and the stock
holders refused to advance a cent, his
friends advising him to go into bank
Tuptcy, but scOrnipg the very thought,
he borrowed from our generous Mem
phis merchants fifty thousand dollars,
and before the February following had
reconstructed every bridge except the
Tallahatchie. The interest on bonds
has been regularly paid, and his own in
doIsements on near forty thousand dol
lars taken up. This is an instance of
financial enterprise deserving to be
known, and ranks this fine old planter
among men of genius, the tug at first
was hard ore, and his fas sides shook
as he told me his answer to Buckley.
This gentleman had bought some obli-
cations OF the roa1, and demanded psy-
ment or additional security. ~ told
coAA NAO yOIAJ hIAHAS'SAI N-A@S DS
could have no security but faith, such SIS
the preachers had taughthim." Buckley,
Of course, looked blank, aud felt that he
had been shaving himself; but time
vindicsted Mats theology. Bulk
ley was ''justified by faith" and
his bonds paid up at last.
MComb, Of WILMINGTON, Delaware, has
obtained, you know, control OF this line,
but Colonel White remains at his post,
the real president, and intends 10 carry
it over all breakers. next encountered
Mr.. Robert Beecb, the well known and
gentlemanly conductor. His fine fund
of anecdotes In the intervals Of his du- |
tee, beguiled the monotony OF travel,
aud his long and faithful connection !
with this road has proven him one Of |
the very first railroad men Of the c0un- |
try. Why do you complsin Of tramps |
In Memphis? Why feed them? Plenty |
Of work awaits them in the south; /
many fields, az / came along, were white
with cotton, and planters complain that
he country suffers for want OF labor.