Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-19

HIhe harvest is plenteous but the labor
.rs ore few" Notwithstanding the
complaint OF poverty il the sou b,
money must be plentiiul, for the hoIel3
charge from one dollar to one dOllsr and
fty cents per noesl. I go, for one dollar
a breakfast OF tough beefstesk at my hO-
tel at Jackson, which l left for some
boty,s dinner, after having cheweG
il in vain. 1t had, doubtless, been used
before, and warn you and
vGur readers to get your dollsr ready rs
you approach this famous hotel. L
stopped dey in Sardis, where the APP
PEAL is great favoTite, and very III
telIigept merchant OF the village Mr..
Thomas Wating) gave me full account
of the recent elections, accounting for
the Democratic success on most rea-
sonable principles. There was nothing
like intimidation, as come allege, bot
the Democrats, pursuing liberal and
wise policy, promised certain offices to
negroes, ard then gave up every kind OF
In ness, for electioneering, to achieve
success. Neither the whites nor blacks
care two straws about either party, eX-
cent SO far as private interests are in
yolved. Texati0n had become intOlera-
bile for property holders, and they SIM
ply name the word Democrat as a shibo-
ieth, which signifies down with ad-
venturers;n and the negroes, who have
| lately ranged themsel Ives under this BAN
ner, mean to say, "Dese white fClks is
mighty unsartip, but We's gWine to try
dis LAST chance to git some money"
This is a melancholy statement, bat 1t is
the truth, and all y0UE noble articles on
political economy fail to move the macs
Of. Patriotism, as a sentiment, is dead,
and all love the United States
as TiltOn does his mOther-in law.
Leaving Jackson in q freight caboCse,
| messengers without @ seat managed to
keep their feet until the train ran off the
| track, at Clinton. This was ais )lutely
refreshing, as it gave us rest Of some
hours. We reached Vicksburg in four
teen hours, from Jackson just forty. five
miles, and then babe long farewell to
Mississippi railroads excepting Mat
White's), and took the Merry Bel for
New Orleans. A "merrie companie"
from Memphis greeted US on this mag
nficeAt boat, among whom were Mrs.
e. NJ. AppersOn, Mrs. DIR. KenDeday,
Mrs. Geo. Winchester, Mrs. Cluster,
Mrs. Patterson, Miss Winchester, Miss
Lou Shelby, Miss Lena Lane, Miss
Brooksie Irrelevant, Miss Lucie Mostly,
man (Nashville), Miss Mamie Morgan,
Riess, w. A. Gage, E. c. Mosbv. Leon
Hunt, w. F. Anderson, Mr.. Sam Wassle,
Fred Miller, r, Il. Allen, Mrs. Saun-
ders, Mrs. Clarence Hunt, Mrs. w. A.
Gsge, Mrs. Trez7vsnt, and my old
friend, ? G. Bigley, the life and
soul CT this charming circle.
Vicksburg Is improving, and many of
| her citizens are growing rich-among
these Memphis man Captain Powers)
| is prominent. His immense factories
turn out oceans Of oil, and even olive oil,
we understand, is compressed from cot
tOn-seed by this snteTprising Irishman,
| He lives in pTIDcely style and gave your
correspondent cCBd nal e q falthe. He is
a singular compound Of practical, pied
| ding good sense and of wild eDthUs ,a5m-
very prince and man of genius Our
| lecture delivered the night before still
excited him, and seconded by the mayor,
DR.. O'Leary, secured the theater for an
| other.
THE HAPPY SOUTH.
Be not astonished when I tell you that
| the people of the south are the happiest
on Inc globe. At every depot are num-
| be-s of colored folks, showing their white
| teeth, and gazing at the train. Hard by
these very interesting groups are white
men aud women, deeply joyous IS they
| gaze on cars and passengers, no care,
not a ripple of sorrow may be read OH
their brOws, and each one seems to say:
'This is land of plenty, and we have
no need to struggle as the poor Yanks
do" I mentioned this, as Iny interRre-
tation Of what I had seen, to q gentle
man at Jackson, and he suddenly lost
his equanimity, saying: Had it not
been for the id Yankees, the piggers
would all be at work" "BUt," rejoined
your CORE spondent, "instead OF working
constantly, they now have leisure aud
bask in the sun. The wild jessamine
Tegales them, and the magnolia offers
incense to the skies" "No, no." he in
terrupted me angrily, "d-n 'em, they
won't work. They used to make big crops.
We had fine carriages and bUggies.
Some of our carpets cost two thousand
dollars, and some ladies had Isces
that cost five hundred dollars q
yard, and diamonds worth thou.
sands. Oh it, they can't buy
such things now" "CM BONO" we
asked in childlike simplicity, "dost see
yonder black snake o; boy stretched
out upon the platform? He represents
a yard and half of the lace you speak of
say seven hundred and fifty dollars
and is he not doing quite 80 much good
as the lace did on madam's neck, or the
diamonds in her eaTs2 He is only a
huge jet cross on the fair ~ bosom of
the goddess Of American liberty. The
fact is" we continued, "the north suf-
fers more than the south. A. T. Stew
art made, in old timeo, twenty-five Co.
lars on each yard of that lace; the gov
eminent made still more by al VGloreD2
tariff. The poor blackamoOr now has
leisure, aud both A T. Stewart aud mad
am are deprived of their amusements;
for liberty claims their jewels aud all
their tineTy and tOmfoolery. Want and
starvation stalk Though the north; the
poor are penniless and cry for bread; the
reflex Influence Of emancipation brushes
the whites of the north, and sorrow is
written on millions Of faces, while the
south is comparatively poor, but piepti-
full and happy" JNR.