The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-30

THE SOUTH.
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Reports Of the Special Correspond
eEts OF the Herald.
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WHITE LABOR FOR VIRGINIA.
Effect of the Virginia Election
in North Carolina.
GLOOMY PROSPECT IN MISSISSIPPI.
WHITE LABOR FOR VIRGINIA.
GLOOMY PROSPECT IN MISSISSIPPI
VIRGINIA.


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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.
Indisnation OF the Whites-Biser Feeling
Against the Negroes-A New Labor Moye.
Hent Inamgurated-Aspect of the Two
Races-Eiection Returns-The State ARR
sanixed.
me indignation at tho niggerizing process that
rssortsd 70 at the elections each day The
Whites who had thirteen thousand and upwards regis
tered majority, feel keeny the degradation OF their
boastsd State; and al through their own apathy and
negsct-ths passive do nothing policy strenuously
and effectively advocated BY the press here Tho very
papers here that mainly the Of defeat have
raised howl that ridiculous beyond measure Gene
ra Schoneld comes in for liberal share consure and
10 now likely TO become the most unpopular or military
commanders
The feeling which before was friendly towards the
negro, is Of bitter animosity tempered with
little pity. The whites have become desperate upon the
result OF the electons strong measures rgdy enforced
are to be adopted; the knife Is resolved upon
negroes are to be employed longer than their SER
vices can be dispensed with and white substitute OBJ
tanned movement is on foot here, not among
% bring here any expense white labor which viii b
Immediately employed, or II not provided for until is
THIS = to Be done gradually until NO negroes are en-
secret oath bound associations and vagabonds are the
interest OF negroes let commence by feeding and
ciothing them Already large numbers are discharged
from work, employers preferrng 10 cease operations
rather than pay whom they consider are laborinQ
Sealously to ruin their most vital interests
Chaos is beginning. These two cannot exist ON
terms OF equality 10 the country It foolish
believe It for an instant. Extermination of the
sne other the inevitable result Of the hatred naugu
rated by the recent elections here Nobody ever wit
messed such intense feeling successfully depressed,
Out 80 ardent In what II 10 to accomplish The dis
charged negroes flock TO Hunnicutt He tells them to
hold on, Congress will settle them when it meets and
dspdsd sooers ~ this xs vnnsruad a .ns
still further deluded and beguied by him. with hopes
q condscation and white prescription. Here are the
going to be settled is the terrible question that
nov agitates the thinking and truly patriotic minds OF
The labor system disorganized since the close Of the
war 10 now perfectly demoralized the fairest portion
81 ad IL: ss tho with
anarchy, chaos and bankruptcy, that unless 1t Is
rested will envelop the country in bloodshed gloom
The returns received here to the present show an in
creased radical msjority-so great that African by
nattsrs, and vim, perhaps, when ali the elections are
completed in the South control national issues In
this State - far As heard from, there majority
eighteen Of whom are negroes, elected and thirty
conservatives only grace this mongrel exhibit.
Great Resources Of Southw estern virginia
and East Teuucssee-The Labor Problem
Superseded by Germans and Other Euro
peans-The Soil TO be CuItivated-The Salt
Mines-Lead Mines-Iron ResOurces-Gyp.
gum and Marble-Coai, &c.
wrrHrvn1x. Va, Oct %, 1867.
This the centre Of ono Of the wsathsst portions Of
Virginia. situated contiguous TO East Tenne@ss and
Northwestern North Carolina. Surrounded By Ill the
various sources Of wealth to which all countries owe
their greatness II 10 1t the nsld for the capitalist
and the future prosperous homo for the sntspng and
industrious immigrant Already the recent elections
having their effect here In this way. The people
have become fully aroused to the importance Of imm-
grafton, assured that they can NO longer rely upon
the element that formerly constituted the labor Of
the South These unfortunate and deluded people now
await with impotence the prescription Of the whites,
the connscaton Of their lands and s subdivision among
them the price Of their radical votes They fully
aware that they voted against the inclination and inter-
sses Of their employers and in doing nothing but the
expectation. founded upon the repeated promises Of
Northern white adventures and Southern apostass OF
compensation in small farms, mules and supply Of
funds 70 cultivate, actuated them.
The whites appraised OF the exact state Of affairs.
and have determined 70 employ negro who voted
against them longer than bis place b substituted by
aman OF their color; and numbers dispsns-
ng with al the nsgross they rather than continue
support . class % utterly opposed 70 them, and
who are now only craving their property and
living in anxious s1Pscss.cy Of snsr sass.minston
here discharged hundred and fty negroes
ployed BY them who voted the radical ticket the sacr
eumstances combined have awakened The people here
- the importance Of procuring European Immigrants,
secure that desirable result The plan determined upon
- not heretofore, to distract the usual stream Of
xsropsan entrants 70 the West snd persuade them 70
With direct 70 Germany. literally supplied with funds
procure the minor States being Prussia
This class Of Germans are we'll understood
here Is being intelligent and well informed,
man q them .u sp' 70 pure uss, lands when
found who will sell out their present homesosds and
sugrats II the proper Inducements are held out TO
them Another advantage TO the Germans coming here.
over the West would be the civilized condition OF the
country and the hosptabls disposition for which the
would Be extended them and the helping hand in the COM
nsncement that would be free ali times rns farmers
from the now Of German Immigrants This portion Of
The Sta e peculiarly adapted to the small farm system
ana certainly not prontabis and there IL every reason
20 believe that the farmers here feel the necessity
change Of their present modes Of the cultivation OF many
products which 10 the German are probably familiar
Let tbcm succeed In obtaining from the various German
eatss immarants and each win be skilled the cutva
iaumate with grape culture; the expersnce Of the to-
bacco planters OF the Rhine and the remuneraive farm
Tag Of the sturdy Germans generally win be OF material
advantage 70 tho Virginia farmer a. we'll a. 10 the neigh
boring newcomers themselves. Tho great secret by
which the West has become 90 wealthy and By which
her have been successfully developed
will be solved in Virginia; the State will longer be
espsnd upon negroes no have osracized themselves
from thdfwhtes IN seeking 10 erterminats them. An
example viii be set the people here that viii have the
most beneficial effect In tho development OF all che In
dustrai, agricultural and mineral resources for which
Virginia 10 20 famous and Of which this section - an
ample illustration.
Perhaps Of ali others this section presents 10 capital
ists, - we'll ~ farmers, the most attractive natural
advantagcs Nature spread In the prousion
Ill the elements Of wealth, which require but capital
and reliable labor 10 make this ction compare favor
ably with any other In the Union The climate Ii tenn
psrae and salubrious nch In eli natural productions
and has capacity for grain growing equal to that OF
illinois, or any OF the great corn sections OF the Union
Machinery 10 required here for the DEVELOPMENT of tho
great mineral resources with which nature has 30
literally supplied II, but which, under the old slave
regime have ever been neglected, now lie awaiting
shs energy 10 grasp and revs In their untold wealth.
In the adjoining counties OF Smythe and wash
ineton, saline mines form . very important