New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-16

| Hach5. barouches and phaetons abound pjent-
fully, and OF course the charges for them are . r.
orbitant. Who ever knew them to be Otherwise
anywhere, and yet compared with Washington
| prices they are cheap. Omnibrses, running from
Rockets, below Richmond, to Brooke avsnue, lie
upper part of the city. imported concerns with
Broadway and other New York street names still
encrcng their waists. These stages are of little
| importance, and would hardly be worthy Of
i ton did they not, In conjunction with hundred
other little things, give unquesonable evidence Of
returning prosperity. The fact of the matter is,
that the South at least this section s not badly
on as we have been made to believe. Immediately
after the cessation Of hostiIities the people rushed
with foolish and almost puerile haste to the stores
OF the army sharks, and invested what little money
! they mad IN gew-gaws, nicknacks and sweetmeats
a d gioeAaae OF four years duration had sharpened
eaer for dainties, and many things which
w " WE orfh considered necessities were rari-
s.es g t6em The traders filed their stores with
tasm gooas and how that the desire for them has
oeen Afauhea they have large amount of 's dead
stock" on hand. Those Of them. however who
invested in agricultural implements building ma
teriai and substantials generally, have made, and
are obtained by the inhabitants the despondency
! generated by the war is disappearing and we NAV
look forward to near approach of cheerful bust.
ness activity, which cannot fail to have happy
I influence on our political prospects.
| The number of manufactures Of different kinds
in operation in this vicinity is certainly astonish-
| ing to the stranger. We have been led to believe
that the whole South is behindhand in this partieu-
!
not true, for iron works cotton mills sash, blind
and door factories and, in short. buildings where
| goods and wares Of almost every description are
| made can be found. The lack of skilled labor is,
however, the great drawback, and the majority Of
the iron fronts of buildings now in course Of cree
ton are brought from New York cheaper than
they can be bought here, Notwithstanding the fact
that some of the largest iron works in the country
are located in this vicinity. The famous Tredegar
Works now in full blast, with the red, forked
flames belching forth from the tall chimneys night
| in them The Manchester Cotton Mills are also in
full operation, employing large amount of labor,
and several new factories will be built. among
which is one said to be the property of exGeneral
| Butler.
| The subject of remuneration of West Virginia to
| the old mother State has been again brought be-
fore the public by the report of the commissioners
appointed by the late legislature to make negotia-
lions for that purpose. Governor Foreman, of the
former State expresses the opinion that propo-
sition for the reunion of the States would net be
entertained by his people for moment, although
they are anxious to take action relative to diyi-
sion OF public debt and property. 1nasmuch as
| West Virginia has the benefit of Congressional re.
presentation and good loyal record it is not to be
| wondered that she hesitates in the premises. A
| proposition to annex Virginia to her would be a A
smart banking movement to put her members in
their seats, and it has been talked of in some cir
1 cies, not seriously, of course The case of the
cession BY the Alexandria legislature Of Jeferson
and Berkeley counties to West Virginia will proba-
ply be brought to a head before long. 1t will be
remembered that the late Legislature in session
here appropriated $4,000 for the purpose of test
ing the loyalty of the acts of Congress- in regard
to this matter and Governor Pierpoint was direct.
4 ed to employ Reverdy johnson, of Maryland.
Why they saw tit to employa lawyer from another
| State [ do not know. 5ta y t}-- aalt u iIl
recently made resentmentregardng their roads
and public highways, which have not been re
paired tor five years, and of course need it very
badly. The laws Of the State require ali able
! pl 10 naptai in Lane lima
them, but they have not been enforced. The poor
whites refuse to work now, unless the negroes
| work too, which they neglect to do, as no one
tries to compel them. But the presentment above
referred to contains an impudent demand on the
military to make the freedmen do the business. OF
course, the request will not be complied with. as
the civil authorities ought to be BILE to attend to
| such affairs themselves. 5r-s
4 have heard a strange theory, advanced by an
i ex-rehel surgeon, relative to the physiological
condition of the Southern people, which may be of
one of the great benefits to be derived from the
war will be IN the breaking up of society, and the
consequent disarrangement of customs in the par
ticular of marriages. In his opinion the physique
OF the Southern people was deteriorating rapidly
before the war, from the fact that there was too
much inter-marrying between persons of the same
!. blood-cousins Of first and second degree While
j there are many noble specimens ofphysical struc
ture in the South, the majority of the people seen
y to be below the medium in stature, or to have
e some hereditary complaint about them. They are
weak and efemnate, apparently, and it is wonder
full to know tlat nearly all of the males endured the
hardships of sodierslife during the war The sur
geon above mentioned thinks that now, the inhab.
itants being thrown together more promiscuously,
marriages will be contracted as they ought to be,
and that the race will be improved by it.
The famous yagrant act-snspendeo by General
Terry in its application to the blacks-is being en-
forced against whites in Richmond with good effect,
as it rids the city of large number of worthless
vagabonds. In its operations against the white
population the law is just what is needed and if
it was not for the combination of planters in keep
, ing down the price of labor, it would also be a
good thing applied to the freedmen. As the matter
now stands the officers of the State will be obliged
to execute it as the military restriction is
removed for the legislature failed to amend it be-
: fore adjournment. =.N Ms-E flr7 ,5,5f.a
The whole press of Richmond was suspended
yesterday-not by military authority, but by force
of circumstances. It seems that the publishers
f had combined together to put down the price Of
composition, and the compositors refused to com
ofjourneyman printers sent out small sheet, witt
atew advertisements and no telegraph, called the
: Citizen. which they propose to make permanent
t institution. The printers have telegraphed to al
points the particulars of their strike, and ask til,
, craft not to respond to the offers made by thei
!, former employers. 1t is said that Henry Wis.
has assumed editorial control of the Citizen. HI
j has certainly settled down fairly, having entered
, into partnership with one of his nephews in thu
8 practice of law. Inasmuch as he cannot take tn.
+ test oath, and will not take the amnesty oath, hi
pracuce VIII propaDly not ne very large. HIS m
9 luence with the people here is considerable, and
. with the exception of an occasional ebullition Of
bad temper and praises of the rebellion is prop
e erly used A more thoroughly loyal man to boil
the United States and the Confederaey cannot b.
9 found. e. P. B.
t. SToNEwALL JACKsoN.-A military biography
l. with protrat and maps. By John Esten Cooke
it formerly of Gen. Stuart's staff, New York
Appleton Co., Philadelphia, Smith, English [
If Company.
}, Perhaps the greatest man the South produced i
the late war is the subject of the present volume
g Certainly no one achieved wider reputation, no
o only in this country but throughout the cviIize