Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-31
A TRIP SOUTH.

EDITOR INrELlI.E>cUH -Ih uk.uE At might
h" OF -cue interest To yuu nui the leaders ot
Your paper. ! have come 10 tac r,ur.u~l"n ir
comply with yoay Request. aut jot down some oi
the things saw 5n my rerrul trip To- 'Ho sunny
south. left home on the I-;h q ss 90! February,
passing through -. LOUIS, and by Way OF Ike
southeastern rasirrat IN Na-nvIur islw moth
ing Of III" country an illinois, iDf W. l,>>'0f
through IN the night. In. tIp w. 100 La. rEhf
through Kentucky. lie !r--e-i Irororr. "a nl
iini along This road 0, very ''2"I an u"lr"!ur-
tive.
Arriving AZ Na.hyI!r Al u sHt.I bal -, "rp,r.
tEuIty of s-ciuI 'hr rf'i. EIuu NulErEt ra.
Montgomery most ui ~" way WIS ia the uI-.t
We had daylight Jh"u1 ca mIl's ;r"iu IT." Ctfy
| found Tie soil Neiy POOR, with i,It Little 100 rui-
tivaii1u. Ia :" tracts OF pune timber. ta,! a con
siderable business T. being done IN lunn,G,
Judging iron ihr Largo quantities SAW l't!rt ut
at thc various mills. Iuat part OF IA. r,'untry,
TO nay mInd, - worthless tor farming iHrIu>,
After We crossed tn. i..i!.tu.a r,,rr. we were
in Il prairie country until Wu r.trh,.i III" CITY,
and | touui ,hr .nIl much better. il: ~ilI verv
poor IN comparison - ours nst Mn tim" TO
sc the city. tor our train wtS waiting tor or"-
ilka, West Point and Atlanta TIE land along
this rnut" IS poor. The planters nav, "a use
large qHIn'ltlr- OF guam" r." tore" III" Land To
Eieii H~ntihlnE Ike a tar T"lnu:ta'l"u Tor IA" "nt
lay; III fact. from ali cns!si gather non. IT,,
farmers and merchants a. LAFAYETTE. Ala il =
doubtful whether even gua1o viii not bat he. III
HE end, AN INJURY to iur iaud bE IlIcIur III.
httlc soil they hav" To exhaustion. 80 thai tn
land. IN few y.,rs, Will tan 10 1!.}G nu,lniu.
You. Nr. Editor. have no idea OF the amount Of
fertil Ier@ tn, planters AZ m-iu- IA Alabama
and Georgia; every depot along ttGs railway J.,
receiving from one /" SIX carloads Of guuuo
daily saw. IN Ltiayci =, MS many a. iitrN nnt
SIXTY wagon 80 diV, I"Iiri at we depot, ithIn.
II 10 III" country 10 iiStrihut" on The farms. AMI
the worst part ct 1t Is that The most Of Il - Iur
chased IN credit. The Arlnrr-hayr .Iu the ma
joriry OF eases 10 nort-a=" irrir Itrm-. stock amt
crops for supplying bacon. Hour. cora, produce.
c%iothIng. ~. FIR Cr'tiI; in"N have to !N from
thirty /" fity per cent IN -. than 4 they uIId
cash corn was selling ,'nrc'-h. ~ - cents per
were maic and sl"m''t, So 10y \"v'rn6rr 1t, Al
81 - per hu-hel tUan" sells, ,,sn. at So u-r
ton. "n credit Il; =" per ton )" you !.rrri'r
the iarinrr7 have /" nay ii THin"u- riirc lus tueI.
credit The lac; IL | have no hope tor tn" large
proportion .! the farmers IN the section "a! cuHn-
try WhlcII ! visited. from the present system Of
tanning Ihsy must plant less cotton and urrv
vi the stan oil iii'-in Il word, they must 1--we
regard ior our town-trntIr len southern brothers.
they ac n noble, hu-!Itanic ami generous poo
| pie. never Iu-scd Il more pie SAINT TIM. ton
few wees. ihan whIl" RENAME ! IN Lttty cite,
Alabama.
Lafayette Is situated on a dividing ridge he
t w,"n III" waters OF the thattahourh"" and Tai
np"os" rivers II IL II healthy amt Pheasant
place /" SPEND I'll" w~,ntcr-rarely ever getting
cold enough t" ir"rzr. When we lot thee. at
the 5'h of March, The peach, pear and pun tree
were IN fnil bloom; peas IuI potAIOr- .tp, ant
| sulnc corn planted.
l spent a few days at Hampton. Georgia, VIII
II daughter | found II q pheasant place. ,ItU.i-
ted on the Georgia Central /: r.. iHirty-two
miles from Atlanta. | found III" s.nr hind nut
| ! b'lll' . ilt'i lH A'ttt. Ht"'H =
Hampton on the 1ih day at NttrCn, facing To
ward home, arriving the sam" evening at NJ
lanta, 4 city of about thtrt, i've or Forty Thou
sand inhabitants. |! Womb HuNr l"tu 1 hrtUiI-
tuI civ had II been land on Win thr Cgmtnl--; as
II -, the streets HIr very Druphri. ilIrI" are
many splcnlll buildings IN tho place, huia pub
| lie and private; >'NrrLi iUT wuut' sale amt I.;a.l
stores; Il hotel that covers i wh"i" -'JurIr. l.
i've srurI.s h gh, aud elegantly furnished; there
are beside -sNrrIl smaller hu'- : one very Ilrg-
| new cotton factory, nearly ready Tor operation,
fouudrIc-, machine zh"l.-, &c
W. lett Atlanta On til" evening at the 9Th at
March, tuuWF til" country poor, Ragged AMI
III buntuinnu> in places, between there AMI that
iAua,gA; PASSED III full view OF keucshW noun
tain and its battlefield The scenery along
the Georgia state railroad Is wild and grand hut
| we have here III Missouri. | arrived at JhLrtt-
nungn In the night, So | dbl not get Il view OF tie
Iu,huut mount ain Arriving at Nashville on
the morning OF the St; of March, behind time,
| owing tu aH accident Ia 4 freight train drt.ln-
ing " a few hour, | had All day 10 wander over
the city. vj>i:-L thr tomb al President l"ik
His tomb Is it the irons ward ui his residence.
] VIII not stop TO fcScTIiir II HIS mansion -
a grand and stately h"ua", bat not II modern
-tJle The state nous" il Il grant structure. the
lin, II have ever sen. ln'Ir are 4 great many
lnp Wholesale and retail = urrs tm'i urtvht" 'iwvi-
lings LEFT at night for Louis lie amt L.r\tur-
ton, Nv arriving -; my native ham" On the iuII
oil VI trch. On looking "v-r the place ui ms
birth, >rcing tut lew al the old landm ,rk= al
NV h., hood DAYS remaining. tell thar | was
grow Jug Did ana wiki tue others ui my conrem- !
porari-s would soon pass away. The ulue grass
country around LeXiugtor. Ky, Is the only
country | saw IN my travels to be NJ ALL cnrnpar-
ed 10 our own Lafayette. Yours truly,
II. J. HIGGINS,