Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-09
FROM MEMPHIS TO CINCINNATI.
To the Editor of the Ledger.

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To the Editor of the Ledger:
At precisely four o'clock on Thursday
evening, March I'd, / chartered a light
ming express transport, which depended
Ter propelling power upon the strong
a7ms of a gentleman whose inflated
nose, curly locks and sunburnt com
plexiol plainly indicated that his an
cestors had certainly at some distant
period made Impressions upon Afric's
burning sands with their gentle footballs.
Into this vehicle l placed
MY TENNESSEE LUGGAGE,
consisting at this particular time of a
very neat valise, which in turn contained
a patent toothpick of artistic design. an
immaculate paper collar and n number
OF elaborate manuscripts treating upon
the navigation Of Wolf river and the
feasibility of a ship canal to connect
Somerville with tide water. drawn M
with Colonel Sellers double purnose IN
view-the country's good and an appro.
pristion. would advise the citizens of
Somervllle TO agitate this scheme
there's millions in it."
A few minutes walk from nv hotel
brought me to the levee, where urom,-
nent among a number OF Others. I could
see the graceful outlines of
H STEAMER J. D. PARKER.
After an introduction to CAPTAIN Ron
Wise, who is justly considered as com.
petent and efficient an officer as ever
issued q command upon the Father of
Waters and as gallant and ehivalrous a
gentleman as ever ~promenaded with .
lady upon the hurricane deck of a float
ing palace, under bis guidance | soon
reached the gilded salon Of the boat
where r scene met the bewildered ewes
OF your correspondent which bercars de-
scriptioG. Captain Wise's fine band was
playing the Grand March from the opera
Of Faust, which was for the occasion
utilized as q Centennial march, and was
executed in full costume. under the lead.
ership Of Mr.. John r. Stanley, of -FOUR
city, and his fair partner.
1t was the captains bell announcing
our Immediate departure which caused a
general stampede for the hurricane deck
a then, githout further Formally,
while the ladies both aboard and ashore
were clapping their gloved and ieweled
hands and the gentlemen waving their
hats and hsndkerchieGs, the pilot. Judge
kelso,' gave the wheel a few magic rev
olutions and the j. d. Parker gracefully
crossed the neutral grounds, or. rather
waters. between the United States and
Arkansas, and was soon hugginc the
banks in the Immediate vicinity Of the
hvpeful city of Hopefeld, with her bow
pointing to the north.
We then returned to the cabin and
danced until the clock indicated that if
was the third hour of the third dav Of
March, when | retired. When | awoke
l found the sun two hosrs high aud the
Parker moored to what l conceived to be-
u lumber-pile struck by lightning. but
which was positively informed (by the
gentlemanly and courteous clerk. Mr.. G.
b RnsselD r%ejoices ia the same name as
did the lighting chief ct the Seminoles.
OsCEOLA.
Without further incident OF note. ex-
cepting a successful leap year party.
gwen, of course, by the ladies. we ar.
rived next morning at a pretty and we'll
built Kentucky town Of about two thou
sand inhabitants, named
HICKMAN,
where we with regret had to part with
one OF our passengers, Mr.. John C. Viii
son, who served with gaIlantry in the
Confederate service until the cause was
lest, when, believing that Cardinal Richie.
lieu's theory, that the pen is mightier
than the sword was correctly based. be.
came proprietor of the Hickman Courier
a weekly established over eighteen years.
Once more under way, forty six
hours from Memphis, we made the pros
porous town Of Columbus, also Ia tho
Blue Grass State. and situated directly
opposite to where
THE BATTLE OF BELMONT
was fought, and which, | understand. was
the first place where third term Ulvssus
engaged in action with q Confederate
force. 1t is now the terminal point OF
the Cairo, Fulton and Iron Mountain
railroad. Two hours more brought Us to
MODERN CAIRO,
noted as having n of the best ommer-
clal situations on either OF the great
rivers which sweep past her, a great lack
OF enterprise to take advantage of it.
and n of the finest, hest designed and
thoroughly constructed buildings ever
erected by the government-tbe custom.
house. On our trip up the Ohio we nat.
urally passed the States of Illinois. Ken
lucky and Indiana, to which this stream
acts as a partial boundary. We made
landings at the pretty village of Metrop-
oils, the thriving city of Paducah, aspir-
ing Golconda, hopeful Elizabethtowp
ournt.up Caseyville, besides high-sound-
ing Shawneetown, Un%iontown, Mt. Yer
non, tobacco.Aavored Henderson, and
finally at ten o'clock Monday morning
arrived within sight Of the well.improved
river front, tall church spires and we'll
built public and business structures Of
the second city in point of population in
the State OF Indiana, the city of Evans
vile, where am now closing this CORE
spondence.
In the next number of this gushing
epistle will be found a brief description
OF the river cities between Evansville
and Cincinnati, including Louisville aud
the FIRST mentioned
No WHISKY.
Ammonia as u cure for s~nake.bitcs.
Pail Mall Gazette.l
Several cases Of snake-bite, in which
the value Of Professor Halfords remedy.
subcutaneous injection of ammonia, has
been demonstrated, have, says the Mel
bourne Argus, lately occurred in the
colony. AT Seymour, on The l4th OF
December, a young man, twenty.six
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