New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-11

Many Of that class it was said might not love the
| Union but they hated the encr0achments and IA.
strictions Of JEFF Davis aud his underlings, and
vastly preferred the former to the latter. Citizens
had been fined, imprisoned, assessed, rendered des.
perate 10 feeling aud circumstances and bad grown
TO abhor the source of the ills from which they suf
fered with an intensity that those who live in the
| Free States can not comprehend.
CHARACTER OF THE CONFEDERATE OFFICIALS
| The men in Office under the I" Confederate" Gov
eminent were for tue most part devoid of principle.
honesty, or character and 30 rendered odious law
doubly odions Bribery Of all kinds was the rule
and corruption crept into every nook and corner Of
the administrative and executive affairs. As an
instance, highly intelligent and respectable citizen
informed me it wss impossible to obtain payment
of bill unless it were accompanied with bottle of
whisky.
QUIETNEsSA AND GOOD BEHAVIOR OF MEMPHIANs
| No city could be more quiet than Memphis 70 10.
| day. Ihave heard rumors Of several Touchdown
| but doubt il they correct have been 10 va.
rious places and in those where persons most Con-.
gregate, and have seen no disturbance OF any kind
| I have not heard man halloo for JEFF Davis even
and but one speaking dsrespectfnly Of the Yankees
aud he was young fool from The North, so intoxi.
Gated that he had no knowledge Of what be was
saying.
The fear of shelng the city, and the respect ere
ated by witnessing the gunboat fight in the river
this morning, may have large influence; but at
tribute the good behavior Of the people TO higher
anu uODler callrcs. Dh|c bot Sccu, hoE uV zee,
the suIlen angry faces that one met for months at
every turn at St. Louis and Baltimore. On The con.
trary, every one looks calm pleased, and conveys
ysiog nonically, the idea of satisfaction with the
new order Of things.
You can imagine how great the alteration Is from
the tact that Us newsboys ran mp the wharf, few
minutes after our arrival crying out lusiIy Z" Eres
The NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE, only ten Cents" and
that your special" is writing q letter 10 THE
TRIBUNE very composedly, aud without the least
II; - of Kind in the read
ingroom OF the Gayoso House for months past, the
principal rendezvous Of prominent Rebel.
RESULTS OF SECESSION.
A great many people have left Memphis. aud
number of the most intelligent and agreeable tami-
lies have gone to Mississippi and Alabama 20 reside
The former State is said TO have been FOR sane tine
pas, the store-hou,c Of Secessia, and learn that
millions of dollars worth OF supplies are held at
various points near the center OF the state.
All the persons met, however ardent they were
in their Secession sentiments, were pleasant, and
tested about "Lincolns hordes, the subjugation
of the South" the barbsrous Yankees" as we
would Jest over bottle OF wine at Taylor's, OF
during the chitchat Of an evening stroll up Broad
way.
The whole history of Secession, as revealed to ne
to-day in gmpses, seems like colossal jest ard
and thai no one was ever IN earnest who supported.
That il Is not 80, and is not thus regarded, an
am aware, Secession is terrible and formidable
reaIity-but speak merely of its seeming from my
present standpoint.
THE NEGROES AND THE WOMEN.
II this is not gala day in Memphis, il shows
strangely otherwise. 1t reminds one of Fourth Of
July passed here few years ago. excep. that il is
far more quiet and civilized. The people stand IL
knots and groups, evidently Interested in outward
movements, but not uneasy or annoyed
The negroes lounge lstlessly about, and seem 10
regard the whole thing pleasant joke or Al eI-
eel ent event. it is difficult TO determine which.
The women are not in force, but most Of then are
of that class Of which Memphis has ever had far
more than her jls, proportion. Still, rbere not
A few women abroad, aud a number, whom have
seen sitting in their parlors on the door-seps,
eminenily correct in conduct and respectable in posi-
ton No dark looks, 10 rude gestures, no studied
insult from them. They conduct themselves in the
mos. lady-like manner, and even the loretie citss
are subdued and reserved.
The Cyprians are often young and comely, and
are extensively attired, though frequently with
sober and excellent taste. They are too broad te
bound by political creeds or formulas. They are
universal. Curiosity and interest called them forth
to-day; and many Of them have been specializing
ence morning upon the same subject-,houyh fron
different mctiye--that 80 pefplexed the mind Of
the antique female at the siege OF Saragossa.
DECADENCE OF THE CITY.
Memphis has vastly improved within three years
many of its largest and finest buildings having
been erected durDg that periodand 1t is painful te
the citizens to think how eiiectuslly Rebellion has
marred the growth and prosperity OF the city, and
and checked its advancement Tor the next ten years.
For six months Memphis has been like grave
ward and business has been = mere pretense and
commerce a shallow make-belieye. The Oyerton
House. built especially for hotel, has long been CO
cupied a. military hospital, and the Gayoso Nor.
sham and Commercial have been nearly astree from
guests if they were plssue-iniected Inc propri-
etors have not pretended keep hotel because they
could not purchase the needfgl supplies -Four Of us
l5ohemians were going 10 the Gayoso 10 Obtain
late breakfast about eleven this morning, but a
Memphian assured us there was nothing 70 eat in
this house-a slightly exaggerated statement blythe
hy; so we visited restaurant and consumed edlbles
worth twenty-five dollars in Confederate notes.
THE DESTRUCTION OF COTTON EXAGGERATED.
Touching the much-talked-of destruction Of cotton
and sugar, have made diligent inquiry and have
the beat reasons for stating the amount has been
greatly exaggerated. Very little sugar has been DC.
s;roy Ell, though a coed deal has been wasted, and
certainly not more than five hundred bales OF cotton.
There is large quantity Of both those staples now
in the city, but they are hidden TO prevent the
emissares Of Je. Davis from seizing upon il under
the miserable process Of Confederate law.
DECLINE OF BEAUREGARD.p
Many Memphians tpld NE they had lost fsi'h 10
Bcanregard who was now in Columbus, Miss, and
would hereafter adopt the guerilla system Of fight
ing exclusively, believing that they tthe Rebels
could only sustain their cause IN that way Beanre-
card il general believed by lien OF cairaTe 20
Memphis 10 be- entirely overraied person, wro
obtained BIS reputation merely oy INC "s.i"e's a.
Manassas. He has made himself odious to Memphis,
and IN many portions Of Tennessee, Alabama, Ark4n'
ras, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas ana ha
urestige and influence gone forever on aeconnt
OF bis recent failures in the field, and his iyrnnie
MEASURES III the direction OF civil affairs.
ENTR ORDINARY IDEA OF >IRArLGi'
The evacuation OF Corin,b, though assumed oy we
Memphis press and politicians in open speech 70 &c
oreat strategic movement, is denounced oy tAem on"
,erly in private and Secession editor told me II We
the worst thing Beauregard had yet done, and would
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