Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-28
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/ From the Richmond Examiner 70 b..
! A southern gentleman, accustomed to moving
in Washington cnc-v5 curing the administration
of the la President of the United States, would
in the reign of Abraham tho First, recognize in
| the public buildings alone any familiar feature
! of the former self OF the once proud Federal
capital. Gone, the vim aud dash of its chiva-
ny; gone, al the southern sunshine of lovely
! forms; gone, all the towering minds from her
legislative nails, and gone, all southern principle
ami feeling. Yankee" is written everywhere
IN the capitol, IN the white house, at the Smith
sOnian, and IL the departments, and one can
uace the obsequious lineaments OF the Yankee
race in almost every lace to be met on the ave-
nue.
/ There is the place seeker from New York,
with testimonials from Greeley; the locker after
q big contract from Pennsylvania. with commu-
nicatiOns trs N Cameron, and the SavOry polit
cian from Illinois, with bow for everybody " on
his side Of the house" The local trade OF the
city Is turned over 70 the Usurpers, and Yankee
shop-keepers, from branch houses in New York,
Phiade phia, and elsewhere, occupy the stores.
These find their customers among the soldiers
from their respective States and cities. Thus
you find :" No. I6, Bowery," on the avenue, a.
the g Philsde phia Arcade depot around the
corner Ths carriers iH he streets, and the boot
blacks on the corners, are strangers in a strange
making themselves perfectly at home.
Even the thieves and lewd women of the city
hail from the Congressional districts of Coch-
rane, Wade, Lovejoy, Hale and Grow, and claim
10 be their constituents. AL seem intent upon
securing at least bale Of treasury notes, or
" green backs" as they are called here, and there
seems to be no lack Of them. They are in the
hands of everybody, even the negroes In fact,
to use a commercial phrase, the " demand ex-
ceeds the supply and, recently twenty-five or
thirty clerks were engaged IN clipping, signing
and preparing the notes Tor circulation. G
only knows the amount already issued The
supply seems to depend on the material used in
the msnufacture-paper and ink
The larger hotels, with the exception of Will
laId's, have all become YankeeiZed. Upon the
demise of IillOtson Brown, of Browns Hotel, re-
Gently, the hotel passed into northern hands.
That phantom OF Washington life-Beau Hick-
man--still haunts them. The advent Of new
population into Washington has restored Beau's
prestige. When the writer of this article was in
Washington, three weeks since, Beau sported a
semi. military costume. He stood in the rotunda
of Browns, surrounded by crowd of open
moutned dOwn-essters, engaged at his old tricks.
Dan. Z. Sickles, the once commander of the
% Drunken Brigade" stood in the doorway, Civ.
ing his mOustache that peculiar twiIl which every
one who has seen him can well imagine. Dan.
has been broken Of his command or rather Con
gress has refused TO ratty his nomination for
brigadier-general. Dan. has lost caste, and
grows more and In re dissipated every day.
There were about 10000 sick and wounded in
the Washington hospitals.
The mansion of the late Senator Douglas has
been converted into hospital, as well a. many
other prominent buildings including the resi-
dences of prominent herneTs VINO have va
Gated them AZ 1,ragput tbpyp ora I'M 10 raori-
ments of soldiers in the city, and business
among the camp followers is dull Many are
following up the Federal army with their stores;
and if the advance on Richmond be not sue
cess fully resisted, our citizens will be humiated
by the presence of Yankee traders in the stores
of their own merchants the occupation by Ysn
l1ee speculators of their business marts, and the
desecratiOn of the public buildings, by turning
their churches, markets, and other public resorts
into stabling and hospitals, as in Washington,
Winchester, and all the southern cities yet occu-
pied by the invaders.