New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-25
West Tennsssee viii oppose their subjugation BY the
BY Wuuks HOWARD RESELL LID Belrister at Law, me
Special Core pondent Of The Lon6on If-ss
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C.IRo H. June 30, 1851.
Nv las lettor was dated from Natchez, but Il VIII
probably accompany this communication az there are
no mails DOW between the North and the South, or
vice versa. Tolerably confident in my calculations
that nothing Of much importance could take place IN
the field ill s,Ine time after had reached my post, II
appeared to me desirable TO much Of the South
as could end 10 form estimate Of the strength OF
the Confederation, although il could not be done at
this time offthe year without considerable inc0nve-
nence, arising from the heat which renders it almost
impossible TO write in the day and from the muskeoes,
which come out when the goee down, and raise
blister al every stroke of the pa On several days
lately the thermometer has risen TO 70 degreeson one
day &c los degees-in the shade.
On Friday evening, June IA, started from hatcher
for VcksburY board the steamer General Quitmsn,
up the Mississippi These long yellow rivers are very
fine for patriots 10 talk about for poets 70 write about,
for buffalo fish 70 live n and for 10 navigate
when there are snags but confess the Father OF
Waters is extremely tiresome. Even the good cheer
and the comfort Of the General Qmtpan could not
reconcile NE TO the eternal beating Of steam drums
blowing whistles bumpings at landings, and tho gene
raj oppression Of levees, cledings, and Elantsiions
which marked the COME OF the river, and was not
sorry nex u,orpng when Vicksburgh came IN sight on
tie left bank Of the giant strcaaa city on NIL not
very large, besteeTled, becupslocd large-hoteled.
Here live man who has been the pioneer on notes
10 the West and who has now established hlmsen 10
a biz csnysnseni which he rules in curious
fashion. Maxim, has, be tells us, been rendered
famous BY Sir Charles Lyell. The large din,hs
roon-a stall monger, as friend on NINE calico IT
il filled with small tables covered WIN partcoioto2
cloths. AT the end is long deal table, heavy with
dishes Of meat and vegetables, presided over oy ne
0resses and gentlemen Of uncertain hue In the center
of the room stood my host shouting out a. me 10Y o.
= -. IL atfdIn
bis voice the names Of the joints, and recoil uehus
biz guests to particular dishes, very much VS. the
chrooler tells Va WIZ the wont Of the verners III od
London. Many little negroes ran about III attendants,
driven hither and tht!er by the command OF theii
while Soulouque hitetesthed, pensive-eyed out sad
az memory. Are you happy here :" asked | Of ono
of them WHO stood By my chair. He locked un,
easy and frightened. Why don't yos answer
" L ~ feared 70 tell dat to nasss" Why, yonr
when he not angry wid mo And tho little fell
lows eyes filed with u. recollection winch
panied bin. asked NO more. Vicksburg IL
Secesspnss. There were hundreds OF sodirrs in tho
stre.ts many 10 hotel, and my host sd some nun
fes OF Irsh lad gone off 10 the wars, 70 fight Tor inc
good cause. l. Mr.. 0'Coun,ll were alive, ho would
surely be panied 30 zee the course taken by 30 many
Of hs countrymen on thir question. Alter dinner
was ,syited TO attend meeting OF some OF tie GU.
z,ns At lhs railway station, w,ere tie time passed
very reeably till O'Clock, when the train started
for Jacksou, the capital OF Mississippi; and after
passage Of Two hoeI' Through Poot, clay country,
SCARED with waier-courses and gDlhss, with scshty
crops Of Indian and very backward cotton, We
were deposited il, that city IL nrst Dc called CITY,
it Is the State capital but otherwise there If no renson
why in stiict nomenclature It sbould be geoigusied
by any such title. 1t is in the usual style Of the
"cities" which spring up in the course OF few
years auid the stuups Of half-c!ered fields IN the
Wide lDess-wcoden house, stores Kept by Germans,
French, Irish, Italians; a lsrso hotel swarning
with people, With p noisy billisrd-e2g sud
noser Gar the arena and Ihe eause Of diicnlies;'
wooden hous.s with poren,ous and Pretcntious white
iorcoes and pillar, Il s the Grocian orders cupoa
or two and two or three seeples, 100 large for the
feeble bodice beuesth-hy drocephaic srchi scturei
State-bouse looking well at d tance, ragged dirty,
snd mean within groups Of i.lors in from, OF . tx
change wleie the business transs. ted consists OF
barter bt.wesn money or credit and p" INKS OF
varous s.imnan,. -elodei telegraph.o Office round
20 ner; Rfi~Aid newrprIe Office III the areot, gnd
population Of shufing through the thick dust
With terms the stree 9, called Mr.. PeItus, the
Governor Of the Stat. 81 Mississippi according 70 inyi
roolp, with broken wiLdowe and ragged carpets and
dlnpdsted furniture. lie is griG sient man,
tobacco-ruminant, abrup.speeehed firmly beisy.
ing that the state Of society u which he
exists. wherein there are monthly foul muir
ders peYpsIra,.d At tho very seat Of Government,
il tL rnost free AMI civilized In the world lie is easy
OF access 10 all and men Ssunered in and OUT OF hs
oiace ius, as they would walk into publie house.
Ono. on a tine indeed the Governor was deer hun
ter in The forest, and lived far away from The hsuhts
OF men aud he u proud Of the fact. tie strenuous
seceder, and has doLo hlgunhNutn III MS way
simple apparently, honest probably fierce sertsinly-
and DO lives while he IA Governor on bis salary OF
Al, O00 yesr 10 the house provided for MIN by the
st,e. fnore was not much 20 say on either eide.
car answer for one. NeIt day being Sunday re-
manned at rest IN the house Of friend listening TO
local ssories-not e0a'eNr de r0'e but Of deeper
uint-Ll pod-red--how such = man Shot another, and
waa af.crward stabbed BY third bow this fellow
and hi. friends hunted down in broad day aud
murdered one obnoxious 70 then-tale after tale
such az I have heard through the South and seen
daily narratives Of in the papers. Acedama! No
Becni,y for lie Properly IL quite safe. It's proPrie-
tor is Ia itniuou. danger II only froru stray bUl
lets when be turns u corner. The ''bar the drink,
tue savage practice of walking about with pistol AVID
pouiard-ungoyern passions ungoyerred because
there il 10 Law 20 punlh tue deeds W whisn tlsy lead
rated In the worst days VI Corcan rendettr, ana
which mus, lie put down, or the countries ia which
tbey are unpubuhed will become barb.rous jun
giles Of wild beasts. la the evening started by ra
rad for t1e civ Of Memphis, III Mississippi. There
was ,ioeping car on the n. but the hy ing bug and
the creature lrss volatile more punsent ana fcrsstent
which bears it, name, murdered ,ieep, ana Wnen
Monday morning came L Was glad 10 arse ano
90, no Que OF tho carriages, although was fun OF
noisy soldiers bound 70 the camp ut Cornth, IN the
Sts,e of Mississippi who had been drinking whisky |
bowi,g like demons. At Holly Springs, where
rude breakfast awaited ne the warriors got ont tue
top OF the carriages and performed war dance 10 tho
n,asic Of their band, which was bghy erediaole TO
the carrjage-maker's wol kmauship. Along the road |
M All the settlements and clearings the white people
cheerrd. and tie women waved white things, and |
Secession sgt foated There IA no doubt OF the state
Of feeling in part Of the country; aid yet IL dots
not look much worth fighting for-an arid soil, dry
water courses clay rayDer, light crops. Perhaps IL |
will be- bet er = month hepco and negroes may make
IL paw. Their many in the heds, and IL stfnck |
me they hooked better than those who work in |
gangs ON tho hlraer and richer plantations. Among !
OR passengers we're gentlemen from Texas going TO
Richmond 10 offer service TO Mr.. Davis. They declared
tie fechng in their State almost without exception
In favor OF Secession. Ii Il astonishing how poEtiye
Ill .h.an eono MT. ihat England Ia In ahsOlnfe de-