Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-04
Editorial ~CQrTSspmtlCe-N9. 2.
GRAND CENTRAL HoTEL, |
NEw YORK, Friday, May 81, 1873. !

mailed it at Evansville, and here, on tn,
eve of departure Cor the other side Of tn,
Atlantic, take up the slender thread o
travel dropped there. This was my frs
trip up the Ohio river from its mouth t,
Louisville. Ten years ago a good man,
Memphians and Arkansas, Mississippi
and Texas people went to New York Il
participate in the National Democratic
Convention which nominated Seymour
and Blair. Many Of them went to Louis
vile by rail, thence to Cincinnati By
steamers on the Ohio river, and thence
the rest of the hot trip by rail over the
great Pan. Handle route. These memo
lies come back as fresh as the events o.
yesterday, yet are quite out Of place a,
regards the day in which we live. ]
have not met on this trip a single one Of
all the vast throng who travelled and
took a part in that summers exciting
scenes. However, a truce to the past
and a hope for the future; here's to the
present, with its ever b~lossoming de
mands and near whispered hopes.
At the foot of the great canal at
Louisville a few of us got out and went
up through the city in a street car. The
place has improved wonderfully in the
last few years, aud the streets hustle
with life, fashion and commercial aetiv.
ity. We only had time to look to the
right and the left and locate a few old
landmarks not yet disturbed by the new
order ofthings which came along with the
bridge aud Watterson, and Library, and
the Short Line railway. One of the new
features to a man who has been absent
four or five years is the Courier Journal
building, corner OF Fourth avenue and
Green street. 1t is magnificent build.
ing; one of the finest for the purpose in
the South or West, if not the whole
country. Mr.. W. N. Haldeman, the old
proprietor Of the Courier, who
drifted into journalism to save a small
debt in 1910, when be was a very young
man, is still al his post, and l have no
doubt does more work than any man on
he paper, at least he did in 1867, as
avery member Of his staff then cheerful
acknowledged. He is the same genial
business man and gentleman as he has
known to the people for oYsr thirty
1ears, and is in the very prime Of useful
and vigorous manhood. In the editorial
'ooms we only met Colonel Logan, a
brilliant young Tennesseean from
Jlarksville, who yields a facile pen and
Ices much Of the editorial work. The
est had gone to the races, and had not
put in an afternoon appearance. Com.
.ug down on the elevator we met Mr..
Henry WstterSon, the brilliant and wide
y-knewn editor, at the door. With fame
md the smiles of fortune be has become
'ather hsshy; and, dressed in a light,
buttOned English suit, looked
like the owner of a yacht ready for
! pleasure trip than the ex.congressmsn
md the editor welding so much political
influence, North as we'll as Souih,in these
Unsettled times. He is the picture Of good
Iealth and ofgood spirits. Remember the
when he edited the Chattanooga
Rebel on wheels, played the piano,
with all the pretty girls in reach,
md resembled the present Watterson
bout as much as a jockey rider looks
Ike Senator David Davis of three hun.
Ired pounds avoirdupois. But time and
'pportuoity always bring ont what is in
When are you coming down
o Memphis to give US that lecture Of
we asked. "0b, next fall, per.
APPS, when you all get back from the
and Europe" AN right, we
xpect you, aud will give you a good
up" The GIf was waiting for
truant passengers, and we had to q.
10 much for stopping 10 Louisville.
Cincinnati, the terminus of a very de-
river trip Of 800 miles, strikes
ne as the liveliest city in the West. The
improvements made in the last few years
re almost incredible to any one who
as not gone carefully over the place
'ome one has styled this the Paris OIL
AMERICA" This was intended as a bit
t sarcasm at first, but the joke took so
'ell that the people seem determined to
it stick as a fact. They posses
good taste and refinement, and
moved By a spirit Of commendable enter.
What other city since the. war
las paid out sixteen millions of dollars
o make a single railroad connection?
This they have done to get to
chattanooga, aud the connection is not
made yet. Colonel R. 7. Wilson,
president Of the Memphis and Charles.
on railroad aud Of the East Tennessee
and Virginia railroad, who lives here,
them to finish the road 10 Knox.
vile, where they would End trade and
business at once. The nights around
Cincinnati are singulariy utilized and
bsautided. Each one is adorned with a
music hall, lawns, parks, etc. | similar to
EstivAl Park III Memphis, except on
times as large a scale. Hundreds
aid thousands flock to these attractive
re orts every night to hear The music.
beer or lemonade and look down on
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