Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-01
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FROM RICHMOND.

VI oPFA SAtIn'El A ls mostly, filled with To-
cal items of no general interest. Things
seem to be livening up in Richmond. Ho.
tells and restaurants are shrinsine nm as
If BY magic" and accommodations for yis.
itors are thus rapidly increasing. Prices
are still pretty high for ell kinds of mar.
ketinE, but eatahleS are coming in more
freely from the surrounding country. One
difficulty so far is that order does not SUI.
hciently reign in the county round about
Richmond to inspire full confidence in the
minds of farmers and otherq, and thew do
not, for that reason, either resume their
agricultural labors nor yet bring in what
they have to market. The stragglers and
oummers from both armies plunder and
annoy the people great deal. The Whio
says, however, that the strong hand of
power is rapidly bringing order aud conf.
dence out of this chaos. Gen. HalIeck has
issued an order opening up Virginia to
trade aud commerce, except for articles
contraband OF war. Since Johnston's sur.
render we may expect to see restrictions
removed 10 North Carolina, in fact in all
the Southern Atlantic States. Peace ia
really now upon all the States this side Of
the Mississippi river, and trade will be re-.
sumed in an incredibly short time. The
steamers from New York are now throue-
ing the wharves at Richmond; 80 also at
Wilmington, aud the trade, notwithstaud.
ing the exhausted condition of the South.
bids fair TO be immense. It would seem
from the Wing that at LyuchbuFG, Freder.
icksburg aud Danville there are vast quau.
titles of tobacco awaiting shipment, and
the people hunger and thirst for the resto.
ration of law and order, aud a return of
something like the good old times. Ev.
cry body seem willing to go to work and
try to make living for themselves. There
Is general feeling too that opportunities
the most golden are about to present them.
selVesfOr rapid fortune making in the South.
There is real Yankee spirit brought out
by the war, among The. Southern people,
They are greatly changed in all respects.
and in no respect more than in their awak-
ened self'reliauce aud energy. They will
prove themselves formidable competitors
to the New England, and northern Ad7en.
turers who may crowd in. The universal
seal throughout the South now is to make
money, and every man is desirous to go.
cure first choice of chances. The Whig
reasons, correctly we think, that from this
desire and zeal of t6s people, everywKere
manifested, the resumption of trade rela.
tious between the North and South will
take place at once. One problem that may
puzzle the Southerners for little while is
the status of the negro. 1t will be little
difficult to dispossess the old owners of
slaves of the idea that they are not still the
owners Of them. and even the slaves them
selves will feel as il. they, ought to belong
to somebody. The arrangement of new
relation between master and slave cannot
be perfected suddenly. 1t must grow up
gradually. 1t may be that considerable
trouble and actual outbreak will occur
The Federal Government however will be
on hand with armed power in each Southern
State to preserve order and insure respect
to all the laws of Congress and all
officers who may be executing these
laws. 1t is not likely that strict.
" republican form of government
will be at once restored in such states as
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama aud Mis-
sissippi. They are not supposed to contain
Union population large enough to COM
mence housekeeping OBJ, and must there
fore be governed by military governors as
Tennessee was by President johnson him
self. This is not exactly reducing them to
the territorial condition, although it al.
fOrds the Federal government the same op.
pOrtuniry to exert direct influence upon
the population of such States. In all the
large towns aud clttes.of the soutba Mill.
tary force will be stationed probably
negroes in many instsnces-and they will
be used to suppress all hostile demoustra-
tions and enforce the laws. No more force
will of course be used than absolutely
necessary, and it will not be the policy of
the government to treat the Yinuurgent
states as subjugated' territories, except 60
far as necessity leaYes no alternative
Everything depends on the manifestations
of the people. As for the old leaders we
do not apprehend much trouble from them.
1t is now pretty well uhderst00d that the
leaders are liable. to pc ,hnug,. and it is
more than likely that the most obnoxious
will take themselves out of the country If
possible. One of the results, of the var
Will be to emancipate the people Of the
South frohphe heeOntroI'o of the oldrleaders.
Never we're 4 people mots In slavery to
their politicians than the people of the
slave states to their big and little stumpers.
That baneful power is now broken, and
heuceforward the people will be brought
into relations with Gbs government Csnd
with the true spirit and genius of our in.