The New York herald., 1862-04-15
INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
the RETURNING LOYALTY OF THE PEOPLE
A RECENT TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH.
Distress and Suffering Persecution
of the Faithful,
ss. &C.. Ac.

highly cultivated and observsns traveller, who ha
Just returned from tour OF six weeks through seyera
OF the Southern States very kindly furnished US will
interesting Information, which may be relied on
being as nearly correct intelligence from such sus
pcious regions Of country possibly be. The wao'
tenor OF this tends to show the gradual returning
the Southern people their and sober
thought and points to the increasing strength o'
healthy Northern sentiment now deVei0pins "sen
throughout Secessia.
Our informant left Texas in tho montn Oh fepru
sry last, towards the beginning OF March, and wes'
ON 70 the CITY OF New Orleans. He found this latter
place in state OF complete business stagnation. No
sortof active commerce going on and trade was
lanrushing on all sides. The only activity he could
psrcsive was in the War Department In fact
the spirit Of war pcrvaded everything. All kinds Of
goods whether for clothing otherwise, wore ranging
ct enormous rates. the stocks being nearly altogether
exhausted. Provisions were very dear as everything
pretty generally consumed. Coffee was selling as
high ninety per pound which was the same price
for similar article in the city Of Richmond The poo
Pile Of Richmond very anxious to get soms OF the
edemoraxng coffee" OF the people of East Tennessee
Il appears that the American Yankee traders who go
up the Tennessee river carry large stocks Of coffee
snd tea 80 that the get cheerful
fabulous prices as tho Richmond rebels gentleman in
Virginia once said to our traveller that the supply OF
conee in Tennessee having very demorazng effect
tho of secession; but cetiousy added that the
people in Richmond would have objection to little
OF the East Tennessee s'demorazing coffee
The Union sentiment in New Orleans, our Informant
says is very strong and as FAR rs he could judge from
conversations with intelligent gentlemen IL was rapidly
increasing In many places he had met with persons
who scarcely cared about conceang ther wishes for the
return OF the old days Of the united republic He o.
COURSE nothing OF the defsnces Of the place.
which carefully guarded from all outside observation
but the opinions diverse concerning their strength
and sxtent-soms people representing them a. being
very formidable, while others represented the
mediatsly after tho fan Of Fort Donelson.
cruts for the rebel service The for new sviss
was very great and It was said that all Mississippi was
s.ass.S om .moes n: esssss o r. the
population. The cars were every day crowded with
tAsse raw levies, all poorly armed and supplied with
Of profanity such hs saw in his s could
beeve existed This could be seen by merely travelling
wi.a :scm on The cars On the Journey from New Or
whse be arrived IN Richmond he presented TO
the Secretary Of War, and asked for pass through the
had concluded 70 sy. no more passes wSiis the war
lasted He therefore left and back into Fast Ten
nesses There he found very strong Union feeling.
In fact our Informant says he never saw anything
like IL before. He never knew the real meaning
OF what was Union sentiments or Union in the
South until he into East Tennessee. Some Of the
loyasts passed him and hts companions over one hun
dred Aad fifty four miles the Cumberland Noun
tains through byways and hedges and paths not gene
rally known, necessary for them avoid the
main roads. through danger from the rebels These
Union mon would take one cent for their trouble
man went With our informants party twenty Ave miles
and said he was ready TO go thousand times again
In thsvay tho Unonsts had from time to time passed
s0me three thousand persons BY similar routes.
In tho west and north of Texas there is also very
strong Union sentiment everywhere displayed and the
peops are very anxious to ses the old Stars and Stripes
once more waving over their soil But this
feeling s Of course, latent, though Increasing. The
psopls speak their thoughts when they safely so
openly dsears himself in favor Of the Unsn be would
be hanged up 10 very short order In fact several per-
sons hAvs been hanged already FOR no greater esnce
was taken ont Of San Antonio and forced upon
mules back; hsmpen cravat was then put around his
neck and his hands pnioned behind him while the rope
around his neck fastened 10 tree As long as the
mule rsmained standing under the tree he was safe
enough but a. soon ss the animal got tired and moved
away he lost bis only support, and dangling
corpss bssween heaven and earth This the newest
and most exquistely civil mode Of hanging man.
stories wSch have been circulated Il the North Concern
ing tbs atrocities committed the field Of Manassas
the dead and wounded, he says, by exsg
gsrated Our informant was told BY several persons
that quite true that the bones Of the dead had been
converted into all kinds OF by the rebel SOL
dery. Spurs in some instances were manufactured out
he avs OF dead men, while sleeve buttons and other
- were made out Of the finger and other small
bones. RE himself in Texas slsefuly exhibit
ing scalp which be boasted that he had from
head Of Northern sslder at Manassas. Accounts of
similar atrocities were very common
In speaking Of tho inferior appearance Of Southern
recruits, this gentleman says that they prin-
cipally, especially in the FAR South, armed with
bird and shot guns accompanied BY whiskey
TO kill at forty yards During all his travels he heard
alk Of the ebe1a ivof IN M
the Yankees. That boast seemed 70 have become
pleey subdued On the other hand, he once heard two
recruits somwhat oculary making calculationshow
far they could One said thought In Of hard
necessity, he could make twenty five miles in twenty
four hours Another young man was boastng that when
with him. comrade remarked that he had better take
particular Of himself for he might chance TO fall
. big Kentuckian and rather lose his own head.
While the coming through Western vir-
ginia the passengers all expressing their hopes
that within thirty days the Soutnsrnsrs would
whip the federals OF Tennessee, Kentucky and Viz
gnia. One wanted 10 bet $500 this operation,
but did not find any takers.
and tobacco but the impression Of this gentleman that
there will be very little destruction Of these art
ces He told that good many planters bad conceal.
Cd their cotton and buried their tobacco which, he thinks
may be far the truth. He also says that from
everything that he could the rebels prsparing
20 make one desperate stand Virginia. and II they fail
at Yorktown then they must either surrender convert
me strugg le into guerrilla wa. Az far as he could
there strong reactionary movement going on
informed gentleman told him that thers .
Union league in tho city Of Charleston OF ut least
i've hundred msn and In New Orleans there was league
Or 900 Unionists. There are now, he says Union
leagues lodges in every prominent Southern city.
The people who form these leagues arc not known for
they mnge freely with the people, and everybody Is
expected 70 talk secession Our informant found some
of tbs United states Treasury notes In New Orsans for
which The holders wanted thirty per cent prsmsm to
gold ranged from l72 TO 1856 and the brokers said that
. would soon be two 70 enc One broker observed that
the question then only whether II OF con-
sumption or OF apoplsxy, but dissolution certain
any way Confsdsras scrip and shnpIAsters form the
bulk Of the money which in circulation, and the little
gold that in the States can be sold ~ vory high rates
The following is copy OF the pass granted 10 this
traveller IN Richmond Tor bis Journey 70 New Orleans
Only omitting the name and date
CoSryDERArs srArys or Asrs,cll
War DErARTMESr, RICHMOND. 1872 i
Formulation granted 10 - 70 visit New Oreans upop
his honor not tocommunicae IN writing verbally FOR pub
tcaon any fact which, known 10 the enemy
might injurious to the Confederate States Of Amere
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For the Of