, 1862-06-28
FROM MEMPHIS.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.l
GAToso HOUSE. Memphis, Tenn,

/
FROM MEMPHIS.
s1acfs1 r,o,-ae,,,ndar.o -, TIM frbtcsro r,ihrra1
: Spe>4N- 49," ~ w. -1rx4
0Aioso 1aooh1' :5nne Mgme@Ai as iaas asnn@'
'u.' "s' too1
since last Wrote you oas1ness Ii memphis
has undergone considerable change-and the
neon1e Vim nre here annear tn carry mora |
~ ~ .s 1ppe ~ +hosa 1,a
cnange'' II 1ne1f poftmon,as lnan ~. luoss "e
the 7th Of the present month. Yet suppose
- l. +ha sa-os reon7e 9TH a s,;rht adm;Itune
:. - Ine oea1e tep-s' W.. -. .Ia o.sa-
Of the element tna1 goes 10 make up tne ever
lasting Yankee nation. But that addition has
nnodnced wonderful resu1t1. and results which
WILL cohtnue ~ 1esoe un.u n'ooefn ~ ne,upue ,!p
Will know ancient hemphis-or Inc aty OF
the year past-no more, forever. The man who
stood upon the leyee of ibis CITY on the day
f1nion 9nnhoafs reached Il and saw the desc
iation, desertion, and raia scattered about
prnceries. hnieis. shonid he nov take hfs Cd
Position and gaze upon The same laudscape-
fhc same in ia main fea3ures of Ground. stone.
hricE- mortar: and wood-Would not recog-
ni7e In face Won have heard the rather IN
classical threat made by The biz, strapping
sttrH f1neaninr a smaller how tRan hiu1seih
e - hSS5,ic fhst his neither would not know
him !; II ann1ies, does this. to Mempbis.
Tie YanIees S have walloped her 30 badly, that
her mother at present-lf she ever had other
nsrent M than aunt AbercrombIe- not
biDg they hsYe bestowed, and one which Mem
1his rnther seems to cling to than run away
frpm. They first drove of the confederate
s.dogs Of war; who were gnawipg her Vitals
out from daY to day. Then they whipped IN
provisions, flour, hams, butter, eggs, potatoes,
coffee, tea, etc, etc, until the Memphians
were not able to cry, "Hold, enough, bnt
managed 10 elaculate oe1"een #Mppinge.
sCan't you DO that some more? And tnas Is
the reason the man "onlo not Kno" the lice
he Hrst looked upon tWo weeks ago.
Ihere was deso!atlon anu ALMOST sGa1sat9a
-for, deny it as they do, and may, me people
OF this region bad actually suffered. Tor some
OF ne-tneIe now !s p1eult. Hhels "e1e
deserted stores and shops, the shntter6
OF f"mca nad oeen closea ioI Weeks
are sn1lng storeheepers, caeeIia1y oeal-
ing out their goods 10 cheer1a1 ana ap-
Pa1ently eontented customers Waere grass
grew and corruption gathered, thrift T. and the
pressure Of many 1eet has come. Inc grass
is crushed out; nolsesomeness mas dlsap-
peaIed. Hael5 you SEE 1oaIu sPleau "ttli
dark. saek1y looslng 9acon, euttel, oLean @ Inas
mig9t nave peen oaheo VI goQo, nal!-eieae ~
beach sand no potatoSs, 20 conee, no Tea, 10
Lne pacon ~ lopE w IuAt VIC heag "as unA1
10 sustain Me. MneIe you saW al I u Ingse, ~
t"o meeAe aso, 5ou can Go0 gIs ea: .ua'
mou!a noner Iue lnaosany " pi9eluGnt: ~
lea Is no longer leu uoAals per pouuu. ~ Gpl-
| zee Is mol Us hlga SAT- ~ longe1 9n9 uolaal
| PER Pouno.-put ior uolAf, -as ueala
| man eay tnE :, vtAer ~. 51u ein Set
Wnole pas 11n. AHo ~ u t9lsraun nua' o.
- eoae-aate ~ Lne GlsazT!s " aismpai7 ~
endure 1To1n tne invading Llncoln nofoe.
THE MEMPHIS AND OHIO RAILROAD
This road forms an important link in tht
chain OF railroads connecting Louisville
Memphis, and New Orleans, extending frou
| Memphis to Paris. Tennessee, 8 distance Q
l30 miles. The road was completed fifty sev
en- miles to Brownsville, in 1856; to Humbolt
| eicbty.two miles, in April, 1859, and to Paris
the Northern terminus, May IL, 1850. In con
scduenceof the ClarksYille road not hayin,
been co1nuleted. direct communication va
! mt made with Louisville until April 18th
1861. on which dav the first through train lrf
Memphie, and arrived in Louisville in twent
bours. The defiance from Memphis to Louis
vile is-MemnhiH and Ohio road. 100 miles
Mtmphis. Clarksyille. and Louisville road. 8
miles. and Louisville and Nashville road. l6
miles-total $50 miles On Saturday afternoo
last, upon Invitation of the treasurer an
secretary Of the Memphis and Ohio road, III
military supe1inteudent Ct ali The roads eel
} tering IN Memphis- mensber OF the represer
| tat;vts nf t1,p northern nrese with one ~ q
genf1emen Of the Meuif,his nrcss. took the,
: ssats n a fine nsssenerr coaeh for an eScn
;a., o,-o- ~ ~, ~ os ~ ,e -fonno i, ,srone
r,un 1 ipe 1irT ~ % ID, % pa.ea a,ni ~
f 1unuuS titui .ne "Satue. "as s1ui' 9u ~ :.
esaeon ~ a1H seStitn " eotn''5, 49,
W. ~ ~ -. ~ ''5 ~. .
; 20" !econscEIne company agse 1uie' aou ~
antieipattd and actually experienced &C. ve'
Eiate1oi 1nouen oAleA JouAls @uto 'Ns A"n"
DAls; ,... c.... 4,,o .,t,, +,.,
e9ols ~ taree aivat .ne ~ nr
ne ~ s,gn1 " nltu a;ia Ged nera ~ nd ,4i En
i've psfsons; ~ wy M 1a1u aad n9se ~ tsup W. nn
lng lne ptesidsn1 3';o o. LIZ rDao ~ a. n hou oa,
ana seme o1 ms bfo"nsv11e irlenos e on ooar ,1
1ney we're anv1tea 70 1ahe mole co4a'2rlau mh;n ~
= quarters, Will t1e Ronguiiaus. t4is
a gladly accepted, and after load1ag on tae aa' m
ST ,ns thsn h ths4 aulnn1 ~ 1ha 1
h eengc1s On me occasion Wefg heY. ~: o.
ger, chaPla1n oitoi. slack inalana r9tule - 1Va
J. and ME- F. Ialt' MASTER mach1n1st. netn
&c NJ: I9"ney 1nlended ms e as M compliment =!
around, OF Whetner ne tnougat II necessa
J. that, IN case we met Win an acclaent,
one 10 meno LIE ptoktn cals, al1 9naole
IL gay. botn were 1ouno very aSfeeaole gem
men, however, anu aitnougn no oceas1ou
louno 1or employing eltael proleSsiona l
1a they we're gooa company 70 nave @oqg' =
NC enjoyed lnelr company @ musn. a nj. ~. !
RI 10 receive reapPoln1Hen! on1sI IT. snc ~ -
~ agement ol MAJOR Sharp, oeicg. nke ~
10 olneelo e1o n1en, q li1eu al" lA'inuA on'
I'd n'.1t H. o+,,,+,, +r,,,,h ,u1;,,, Ala nTar,,,
TX Gt:5 .aaesast. sH ~ -. th;..1 -
attar 1asD;,,e Afo1,7.h;e ~ dnas not an,cnn4 ~
~ o.t .~ae5 ;n1., P, Ioee - n1s T ~ -;
d. tnrs uu0 20 ~ ~ an4 nn.., .'u afta Sa,th ~
oos., snI io,1s ea1,1, 80 Iii 10
Ite n,nt ~ ,,o toon9 fn, ~ o ~ ~ ~
nd nnow1esee ~ - tn secd;nm @ and cn1tiVa,;o7 M Pe
nno,,as 6er ~ .a.,1sseaa6 ~ t~aaor,1i1'Nn1.1t
ny +. 6a.1 = " Hi T., dr;i;rs sehont y f,nt on
nd haH nart 1f course mnch If th;s N
zoo 4 DO mt P And shon1d = al eret once into
es sts;, ~ NV ;; II nnn1d ha +ao ~ ~ r6wdad ~ nrod
Is. uo1i Tha naoT1a bero cnltirata and nj
nd rrrn ,,ec;safv az thev have hnratofcra 1o1dp1
~ and cn1tivafcd cofton THE wheat 7 Gid
VI COO 1,ha rCa xTae thin and s;cl.lr +. so q
lth | fhe mats The only thin~ iooEinr fresh
m. vigorous wos the little cotton Some 5a
w man had been brave enough to have put
nd in spite of the government mandate to
contrary. This Tas thriying finely. Bat
little patches Of iiI-shgped land. scattered
and there over n nlantation two-thirds
,sue which a Yankee or prnnsv1van,a farmer VI
in a year have cleared and had hinder the D
'en- eyidenced the careless and tbriftless ma,
rate IN 1h;ch the residents ravried m bnsiY
An intnsfon Of seyenty-fiye ner cent Of
: y. KEGS is vastly needed in Tennessee to ma
- ~ E,.;onN npNfor r. shn "a not in the II,
'hty ~ - a. e,o+, ~, he !" ~A1N -
the 'NT TSS 1aoro ~ Eonan eaan, +o do Ill the bf
lists planting and ploWlng on the tennessee ?
or 5n,n + bava oo-ne acroes \ stronp h.
WI n4.e eo ee s,.: - .