Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-15
EN- ROUTE TO TEXAS.
Rmigrants 30 Texas-HOw they are and
Ousht TO he Cared for.

Special Correspondence of the Appeal
On BOARD THE STEAMER RENE MAC
READY, April 1.-THE Rene Macready left
Memphis port promptly at o'clock, the
rule icing sharp-no rheumatics need apply
after hours. The Rene left with about 100
people, all told, or near az my observing
optics could guess. Ga board there were
about forty emigrants-men, women and four
teen babe children-mostiy from Alabams
Georgia and East Tennessee. These people
are on their way to Bonanza" Texas, to bet
ter their condition. They have become tired
of the fast wearing-out lands of their old
homes, and believing in the stories OF their
advance agents, who had gone before, pros
pectipg in different portions Of Texas, they
think they behold a new Eldorado. They
complain of the effective labor they put
into their old lands every recurring
year, aud the less profits derived, unil
they have determined TO try new fields.
They also stated that a large number OF peo-
Pile had gone ahead OF them, and that this
fall, when the crops already sown have been
reaped, others of their neighbors would fol-
low. The emigrauts are of the intelligent
class of farmers, and they seem to know well
whereof they talk. Sherman Will get good
number of these Westward asPirants, and
that section OF IKE state can be proud otSach
settlers as tley seem to be-
A suggestion or two to the owners OF the
bats now plying between Memphis and
Madison may not be out OF place. Ii they
are followed they will be highly appreciated
by the travelling public:
Frra-Permit emigrant women and their
clean children to have the freedom OF the
boats To cramp them up in one corner is
not wholesome, nor is it pleasant TO hear the
rough conversation of masculine b-utes who
gather around the same stove and tell each
other stories that shameless and heartless
men indulge in.
.Second.-If it should cost the owners a
little trouble, little coffee, without supper,
given to women nursing children, would add
to the fame of their boats, if not their peck
cts. RENE mber, gentlemen, were your
mothers, sisters or wives travelling IN the
same manner, your hearts would feel light
were you to hear of kind treatment to them.
Ihrd.-Have a rule prohibiting men from
smoking In any part OF the cabin, whether
forecastle, midship, or aft, and the headaches
OF the ladies, the coughs OF the children, and
general disaereeableness will all be avoided.
Tear down, also, the flaming cards of 81
extra for any emigrant caught behind the
dead-line marked by the hot stove. Il is
we'll enough for masculine brutes, but for
women and children, who never steal or use
rough language, it is hardship that boats
should not encourage.
Please remind your readers, whether citi-
zens or emigrants-this destruction being
marked by the aforesaid cards-that it costs
6f cents for breakfast and supper each, and
seventy five cents for dinner, and that if they
do not get a bed, which costs 81, they will
have to sit up from o'clock, the hour OF
departure at Memphis, until their arrival at
Madison, Z O'Clock next morning.
All along the river active work on farms
is going on.
The APPEAL was nluchly read, judging
the numbers in hand OF passengers.
The St. Francis is fast getting within lis
banks.