The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-24
LOOKING AFTER TIE FEESDxEH.
Governor BrOwnlOw, General Fisk and Others
Inspecting tho Condition Of tho
COntrabandS Of Tennessee.
EAST TENNESSEE "SMALl POTATOES"
10. 10. 10.
Our Chattanooga Correspondence.

-FOUR correspondent has just arrived AZ TINS piaoe fo
Nashville in company with General Fisk, commissioner
for Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands'' In
this department; four members Of his STAR Governor
Brownlow and G. Mercer, of the Nashville Press and
Times AS informed you in my last from Nashville
theGeneral is making tour Of inspection Of his depart
mert, in pursuance Of orders from Washington. Gov.
ernor Brownow is route home and Mr. Mercer Is on
Bohemian tour, Ia your humble servant This much
by way Of preface. :
RErtEcrioNs ROUTE
As we whsked out from the farfamed city, notorious
for its bad hotels bad whiskcy and bad SMELLS and ON
past the memorable battenelds surrounding tas
looked with an involuntary shudder the numerous
Little mounds marked only with small gray boards tell
ing volume within themselves, and then counted the
innnmerabc earthworks forts, bockbouscs, &c, which
form connecting link between them and the bloody
field at Stone rivermy mind naturally required to the
time when these barren the OF bloody
conflicts when our brave soldiers the intrepid rebel
hores in battle array and thousands Of them lost their
lives in defence OF the old flag. who could drive such
reflections aways Those little mounds are silent monitors
bit they address themselves to the heart and Will not
down at the beck of the will Nor were we freed from
such thoughts after passing Stone Ever, for another
chain of trenches keep up the line and form junction
with Lookout Mountain, which looms up like spectre
in tho distance, rs we enter Chattanooga There are
thousands OF unnamed heroes buried In this barren soil
in the vaeys among the tall grass and cane brakes ana
on the sides OF the mountains, among the rooKs moss
and caves They are 60 fortune and TO fame unknown,
but they have haowed po, in the hearts o! friends at
homo, and If my theory be corrcct-viz that he who
dies for glorious shall be himself made glorious
they arc in better sphere. But for The pr sent will
desist, and proceed to something moro practical.
7is CROPS
made it spoc al object TO observe the cotton and
corn crops, and am sorry give more favorable
account them. The cotton is stintcd, thin on the
ground, and in many instances affected with rust and
verify believe that half of IL will not be worth
the picking did not gee single field that looked even
fair Connect this with the fact that but little has been
planted and You have something similar to the Dutch
mans profits which were denoted by ciphers, as the
cotton project of this region As for the corn II Is thn
scar aud wted and viii pay poor remuneration 10 tne
farmers. believe, however, that the failure In both
crops is much account of lack of cultivation as
anything else though the season has been altogether too
dry
GOVERNOR nRcwNLow
The GovcNor, socially Is not the man my fancy
painted him bad expected to meet moroso vindic-
tive, morbid individual and anticipated good time III
hearing hm hurl alatbcmas at the heads of his cnemies
was dsappo ned however in these my 'grcat expecia-
tons, for found in the Governor sodatc, quiet unai-
suming clever and social gentleman; more OF the par
son, Indeed, than one would think. judging from ms
public prom aci1mi no Since tho elections are over
and the Infamous rebels have ceased to exasperaie him
much rs was their former won't he pres n es his
equannity wonder uy, and as consequence his hcaith
Is mproy ng rapidly, and smiles have chased away the
fowns viii Ii have oyerlondcd his counicaancc so long
The Governor has his peculiar lies, however, and can
moi bc.tr Illustrate them than by citing co pie oil Incl
dents ior which have the best Of authority.
ENDORSING IciII ~ Fos P1itDos.
The Governor rec ives daily nerons req csts 20 On.
will show in what quaint way lie sometimes gos around
q fat refusal shor, time SINCE GIDEON j. Pillow sent
dorscd it as follows,-"wcro the President of tho
United States, would pardon this man, on the ground
that nothing but hs vanity took him into the Ecbeion
On another application he endorsed AS foliowsI'This
dc 'cvod hanging before the rebellion and no has
done nothing since TO lessen his Chance VINO else put
Brownlow would be so sinister
GOVERNOR.
There was a large amount OF money found In the
cot OF tho Iham q Harris functonasics after Their
skedaddlc from Nashville which had formerly belonged
TO the State. These funds re invested by Governor
BrownIow in United States bonds with Jay Cooke Co,
m YOYk
Some OF these galvanized rebels hayng taken the am.
ncsy OATH claim certain amounts as their personal Prop
crty and entering SUITS against the Governor Tor
their recovery To the Governors classic expression,
hc win claw them tilhcil freezes over" and then won't
give them farthing.
so named after the lady who owns tho nGttuton Is the
m"ndnocs Is grand nuisance have 'pat up with
and all kinds of hotels and boarding houses but nevr
IN my life did see the equal OF this establishment me
fact s. has got overdose o. business. and II doesn't
81 well its stomach. good physic N The shape OF
u hoalthy opposition might make convaiescent II
not the case Il a hopeless On The idts hte consists
OF pork q Ia bacon hog and swine soggy biscuit
rye and potatoes about the size OF marbles baked
to crisp. pretty dish for hungry cpcnre ny inc
way speaking of small potatoes reminds me that every
thing In this locality is on tn small potato principle
Wit, a slight old doggerel would DO aprcpos 10
this locality. Here II H., revised and corrected:-
Potatoes they grow small
Aud they cat EN- skin and all,
In Tennessee.
This Is n sad commentary on Governor browniows az
seron in his circular for The announcement OF emgra-
ton that Tennessee Is tho most fcrtilo region In tho
south. Can tie philosopher who accounted ior the
10 alto rot by tho ro.-iator motion OF the earth tc
mo bv the potatoes are dmnutivo In this sectionf
don't bel eve a them would make good meal ior
I.lipuian.
A pcrsou who Las not travelled much through the
South since the rebellion would b. surprised to sec the
camps all over this country, established ny tho AGENTS OF
tho Frccdincns Bureau for the accommodation OF rcu
cecs mud negroes They arc composed Of small uts abou
eight fee, b. ten, and hard high cnou TO acconmo
date ono staining upright Iney aro oa
by negroes aud "white ras.n General FISK very pro
perry calls them 'camrs for tho encouragement OF va
rrancy" and has ordered their bo-hment They are
r,nd uignucc and never should have been established
In this II may not be out OF tho way 10 rea
utto circumstance relating 10 this refugee business
vhich show ri once tho Ignorance Of the people who in
dugc In H. and the vagrant spirit which inaucss thcm
depend on government Tor support woman aPp n
bieareycd dirty, black look NJ being, whose lace ha
been familiar the headquarters. and tho General no
thinking her worthy refused 10 grant her request VIM
| sLo was indulg ng some choice cpithcts, pos
woman with three children made application and re
cetyet the necessary documents. Now for the denoe
nm. Tho disappointed applicant for Uncle sam
| favors rushed up TO tho desk, cx.laiminS. NOW,
G.n'ra st don think that's far; Two BIN reuseen
lopgcr'n she has and you won't gvo mo no transpora
| lion - And so " goes Experience Is teaching Tn
government every day that issuing ratons and trans
portalion to refugees Is simply encouraging them
vasrancy. There should BIO qaictus put To u immc
"'"''"' NM ooyrS poor STILL STICKING OUT.
Instances arc of almost daily occurrence which SHOW
vcr, ronc,siyly that tho old spirit OF rebellion IL by
means crushed OF the people Of this secton Ever
| day brings US of some Union man oelhs ousn
wacked nv the rebels Ono instance occurred ycsterda
| nj Knoxville which threatens scr Gus results :.
turned rebel captain, named Claiborne plumblce sougn
nn,-rcl WIN n Mr. Barger, n respectable merchant Z
The mace AID Who had formerly boon captain In IN
second tennessee in.an,ry. Having provoked reto
from him 10 some insoent remark rsmpnee, w.no.
fu,her ceremony driw his risio and shot MN throus
the right shoulder, causing, 70 all propaoty, a,
womb rlumblcc Was arrested ard put IN la' put "
trnnn citiy,na were so inc that mob 10 take hi
| out and hang him was ORGANIZING when our iniorman
| a rebel, ie e. being afraid - remain
main over tho sabbath anil from which place will VII
| you.
| Obituary.