The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-20

affairs municipal ? Where, oh! where? ?
Gone, to the dogs! with the times, and
prived of sensibility bymilitary rule, and de-
denuded of authority on account of seces-
sion proclivities. Memphis most democrat
lied by past and present circumstances,
shorn Of its glory, deprived of its light and
CLEAN of prosperity, is most pitiable
sign of the ruin, and the saddening effects
of civil war. Elk necessitate rel.
To what extent naOrdlity may have been
the boast OF this city at any time past, God
knows little can it boast of now. Filled
with outcasts from all portions of society
the very Drugs from the mire and filth
of New York, Philadelphia, and such
places, where the vigilant eye of propriety
compels these offsprings of corruption to
hide themselves-they here float upon the
surface openly and without hindrance, save
as the acumen of such an one amongst the
strangers VINO rule as may detect them in
some fragrant violation OF social discipline.
Detection being an exceptional occurrence,
the pursuance of callings of every nature
is INDUCED Thieving and robbing, muir
ders and outrages, of kind and savageness
almost beyond belief, are daily filling the
papers with their disgusting details. An
cient Sodom, with her boundless iniquities,
can but afford companion with this city
of RIGHTEOUSNESS and degradation, at pres
ent so slightly hidden by the shade which
the contrast with righteous community
throws over the "wrong side in the larger
and more fashionable cities of the world.
Not caring to pry more extensively in
to this same "wrong side of Memphis
let us view her brighter points of interest
In prosperity, We can imagine her most
beautiful city. In commercial point of
observation, far ahead of any other place
higher up the river am informed by
some of those who having been in business
here for years past are capable Of judging,
that the amount Of cotton bought and sold
upon the levee alone, in one day, for
months at time, amounted to upon the
average at the least to 1000 bales. In
fact, beingas it is, the depot for the cotton
trade Of so large cotton district as Ten
nessee affords, it must necessarily be the
point Of an immense amount of CONNER
cial transaction in this line. Comparing
the trade in other articles, though not
equivalent to that in the one above men
toned commodity, still has been immense.
/ The financial condition of the city, inn
mense before the war, has not entirely de-
creased so sadly as one would imagine,
though the parties doing the trade are
changed. Individuals in the employment
of that sagacious uncle of ours make their
little piles daily. In fact from the results
of judicial Investigations, as they are elic-
tied, we should suppose that position in
this department of the Southwest, if
starry" affords glorious opportunities for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, for instance, the
"Gorman and Pomeroy " investment. If
it were proper, it might be possible to
state other cases in which cotton has
served the purpose of the United States
Government and private individuals at the
same time ~
This letter having reached its due length,
and thinking its perusal will prove suffi-
cient for your attention this time, will
close by promising another soon.
Yours, &C., &c.