The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-08
POINTS IN TIE CAMPAIGN.
LET TER FROM GOVERNOR FOOTE,
&C., &C., 20.
: pee,.i correspondence OF the Herald.

Hon John Bell al Hore-Hs Domestic Virtue nd Pc
cs.liaritus-Ho,v lie Is Liked and DSiked- Interesting
Iaierue.u uih Hm-WM Tennessee 90 for Bef'-
HrecIsnr,d9e Men Conf tent 81 Zen Thousand Af'0'''
ty-Imp,ease Destruction q Corn a zo'aceo ho'
Leaving lexington at 22o T. NJ on rues'N, W
.-,,va q. Ionsville after travs Of ninety four miles
through n Iuxurt mt country and by wen oonuu0Seo
and vel ofDcered railway a. about seven T. NJ aAing
in all abou, two hundred niles from Ouoinna'H AZ
Louisville we and the Douglas sp"" 1S'p'u'' Va" Do
movement proqressing and the bfeckinrage men conn
oart The Bell have introduced ne clement In
ec,ionerpc and has been USED at several gatherings
NJ, terrac effect to supply ali the oafers boys
ga r,goes they can IND with bells, dinner bells,
90, hell. locomotive bells, and, it would seem with all
other kinds OF BELLS aud, al being rung together, the in
formal din may be imagined . not described. The bells
are raug instead Ct yes and shouts beng given which
must be delightful 70 the ears OF the patriotic orator
Tie plat knocks bonares aud gunpowder to pieces aud is
rot near 81 expensive the instruments OF these poll
tca, caranulogians can be used many different occa
sous while the gunlowceT aud tue rockets go OIL with
bang and phizl leaving nothing but smoke oshlad
In the louisville d!strc, lies Douglas great Kentucky
strength and although Old gentleman Preptce, of the
Journal continues blaze away for Bell aud Everett,
douglas seems really 70 gaining strength in this quar-
ter Talking Of freuce, called him the other dag,
and found that quarter Of century had dealt gently
vita L-prubably because he eschewed all hot and re-
bellious liquors his youth II there has been any
change think the venerable sit has become little
more set and regular bis features, resembling in
marked degree Noars the plough maker ex Chief of The
Boston Police.
AIuuSo pEyAsrArlos AmoSo rHK CORN AND
or SOUTHERN KESrrcEY ASu aURrHEss AND CENTRAL TIN
NtsSn
From Louisville KY to Nashville, Tenn.-a distance
OF one hund and eighty mesthe fields present
continual aspect Of blight and devastation The corn
fields for miles Of appear as II conagration had
swep, through them burning ana shrveng the leaves
and killing the stalks For many weeks there has not
been drop Of rain, the thermometer in the shade at
LOG for days together Millions OF bushels OF corn
the wealth OF this section the coming season
The crop is lost beyond redemption The tobacco crop
has also suffered and suffering vastly. The plants
third the height they should be at this time and
looking that If ii would be mercy the struggling
plants plough them under Mors OF dollars will be
lost BY failure OF these crops and no the
naries Of this usually uxrrant region are empty, and
grain by the hundreds Of loads has to be imported
daily from East aud West by way Of the Louisville
and Nashyie Railroad The Nashville merchants already
predc, panic and failures 10 the fall while the railroad
Is reaping rich harvest from tue extraordinary freight
ing business the drought ma, occasoned.
How .trange are the ways Of Providence While the
North and the South wrangng against each other,
many really prepared wiling to cut the others throat
bOUuleOuf harvest IN the Ncft NIcat hcSt
m the ranaries OF the South and keep the people there
from the miseres OF starvation The drought, learn
extends further south than Tennessee into Georgia
and Alabama, where the cotton crop is suffering
immensely II pretty clear that the South will
not be rich this year she was the last while the
contrary will be the with the West and then the
shoemaSers sell their brogans to their
Western brethren without the danger OF nearing bid
q sbts, rs In former years.
HON yoas MI AT auNE-rSrsRxsuSG THE
I'm sHlorBors TovAHp ma-row ma uvEs-
OPINIONS Ahour Ills PREshs1 CRISIS, krc
Hon. Johu Bell, the Ubion constitutional candidate
for the Presidency resides With his wife AT tue mousse OF
hi. stcpson, Harry Y,atman, Eq, in Summer street.
Nashyie He formerly had quarters In the city Hotel
In where there lines written but lett short
time since 10 enjoy tho quetuds OF secluded
HIS present residence pretty house with verandsh
aud shrubbery situated few yards from the sidewalk OF
oLe OF the pleasaatest str,s T. IA Nashville.
sATEiaoSisL CONNECTIONS.
M Bell has been married tsice HIS hrst wife was
daughter OF wealthy rennesseean, ns@ed Dickinson
residing Rutherford county. b. her he had several
children uost OF whom are siiil hvirg In good circum
stances, their grandfather having beea eolntfl toward
them, siying thsm each $40 COO OF his death. Que
OF hs sous Mr.. Jch3 Bel, Jr., was recently mu-
nepAI candidate for CLERK o. the county OF Rutherford
Ills second wife, Who stll ges In the eaJyment oi ex
celent health va, formerly a widow Ia iy OF wealth.
Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING 20 zoe Of the beet families in
uuion two OF whom la lee Of extreme beauty and
v,lous intelligence, adorned the fashionable circles
Of Washington aud other bauut OF the s,ocracy OF tue
county icw last They are 1ow IA the ripe
Of early womsnhoud aad tue admired among the
admired pV>ttloh VI acH httHct W
the councils OF the natun many years would natu
rally give the children Of parent thus conditioned
feeling Of hauteur exciusiyeness but such u
not the case With the BELL dauehiers-truy bellies
whose anseity AID ama de CHARACTER istics have won
the admiration of eXIeadcd sphere Of polished
quaiaIaaCe while The most humble can adore without re-
proot ,,.-, 49,, 49,, . .
the tca " gVvUrUmeni 80 much vi h time mat ne has
not deemed necessary erect and have dxed resi-!
deneo In the place Of biz birth. Il Is % with Bfeckm
ridge with Ipuglas 80 wth great many prominent
politicians. ali except "Oid Abe who has hardly had
taste lie at the capital, aud aus fres from lis cor
rupt Influences.
non yoILS m1L's REiIGors AMI rxvrERASoE HABITS.
Mr. AL and hls ~itc members OF Dr. higars Pres
tyterau ChufCn. Ms Bell attends service quite regu
larry but Mr. Bel divershes bis religious deyotons at
the Psbyery By occssouay Dropping ia at The BAPTIST
church. ~Erre hears good preaching aud sees good
MANI a. bis influential constituents It's
OF Tersnce He lives essy ana comfortably, iadGycs
in tc ne ioaAiy 6ul not auy greater extent
than nAiei Webster Berrien Juise Phelps or any
other o. Ls oTmcr Senatorial Colleagues 80 lar as drink
log V coLcerned he IS therefore Justly esteemed
venOs, proper Although iOf many years a resident
o. Washington, hc has never been known TO "buck the
tiger aGd flrlDermore. although he may have seen
small tLs.t IL younger days. Le s nos thc emoodi
ncnt 90 st'fu aad uacslp!e mordiiy-ke sun Hidston,
iOr ms.al-c Tat Le srcgoas temperate, moral aud
wnAr - roiucAt rniENfs ASH FoES rnlNK oF HIw.
Il Is GAY Gniorg poh1cd opgoncats taai Nc Belle
Wil eucssou nc iatcgruy 81 sa.ni, and Nc Bell Is
not ei easouted ~ ms political opponents h. Is GU
W.,nds anigug tie butter sati Jackson
of fofis'r days, tnai tstc 20 Young America about
meas party, whether to- nod HAIRY - or Lot oar Ia
foruani Gi ui cay Ga a., other uau1 there l
proscisbic. an,eie sud uEey OF this Poiu age.
wh,ec Uuiy thoog1i for te rooi II hs country, al
vel NJ external t0s Ttey ,ay hc v remarkably sosii
IN dirlsd "a can be apprvschvi with ease AMI familiar
ty thAt there h uothug haguy about hin and shat ne
rt pcrsnn any rvuld take % be Of the
people Hs friends LAY b. s pcquar hs opponents say
be rot, aud 4st h. CauuOi D. provoked into pahiic
dsctnsiu ~ ANY 90 the dcncc. atc speakers. lis 90
Touc1s ~ o. 80 dan sicsker tha' us feads dare