The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-20
TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Of THE uss.lp.

JRunt Through Tennessee-N0tes BY the
Way ON the Promise OF the Hnrvcst-Thc
Puddle of Tennessee Politics-feec0ustru rue.
tson in Norihwestcrm GeorGiG-'rhc Crops.
DAlIoS, Ga, jane Is 1861
iaunt Of fifteen hours through half billy and half
rolling country and having measured the diagonal width
Of Tennessee, the traveller energies the mountains
into the level lands Of upper Georgia. and aghis
at the little village OF Dalton Through East Tennessee
every acre Of IL historic ground-and along the whole
length OF railroad which terminates Dalton the green
grass and foliage OF spring have oberatcd the footsteps
Of the vast armies which surged and fro during the
last two years OF the war leaving Geds and valleys
dsca,e and gathering up every living thing from pigs
poultry, by Of forage Save in dlapida,ed fences
and occasional buildings still standing like skeletons 10
attest the work OF warfare no. vcstge, except hasy
carihwcrks, has been left to the imaginative
tourist tho story o. what has been. Knoxville and the
towns along the route what they before
sion assumed the positive phase OF rebellion.
From the eastern boundary OF Tennessee, near Brs-
tol, making ouni parallel with the mountains, the
most noticeable feature the extensive fields o.. corn
sometimes approsmatng TO OF acre., and skred
with woodlands, which, far the utmost verge Of
the horizon, cover the ribs OF the mountains The
wheat crop OF East Tennessee just being harvested
and has not for the past ton years yielded luxur
antly as this season In Virginia, the weevl having
made its appearance there s in parts CT the State
and more especially the Counties prospect OF
rather limited CROP but sooner has one crossed the
mountains than this evil disappears and the anticipa
ton Of full crop and an abundant harvest takes tho
place Of doubt and anxiety as TO the winter Along
these valleys the corn just sprngng up, and has
In any case attained sufficient growth TO admit Of
any speculation to the crop More has been planted
than during previous year since 1885, but whether
more will DO harvested must question until the
season Is further advanced q period OF dull cool
weather In tho latter part Of juno would utterly ruin
the prospect OF q luxuriant crop.
or the negroes in East Tennessee there s little TO bc
written, far any essential alteration In their modes
Of life and general physical condition has been effected
BY the events Of the past years In this part OF
the country slavery has been, from the beginning,
rather exotic than natural wtnou, cotton fields or
rice fields and withal with temperature at all times
moderate, In this part OF tho country negroes have
occupied rather the position Of servants than OF abect
slaves and the transition from serfdom to
having been less violent, the revelation wrought BY
their admission to the privileges Of citizenship has been
less apparent than In any other portion OF the SOUTH
the candds,e hs. ,n.s cors,n
stumpng tour in the eastern part OF Tennessee which
however, has boon attended with bus Indifferent success
the eastern part OF the State being Overwhelmingly
RADICAL and most OF tho original eecessioniss having
been driven into northern Georgia during the war and
nAvluR ueEcI Fcturueu. Inc general argument OF
Ethsrdge has been based upon the expedIency OF re-
storing rebels TO- the right Of suffrage, theory that
meets with very little quarter in East tennessee Day
before yesterday June 1877 Etheridge addressed Z
small gathering at Cleveland and the day preceding
at Athena with which, am informed his attempt 10
overthrow the radical ascondcncy Ia ne east regarded
end, and he proposes TO limit himself for the
remainder Of the canvass mostly TO the lee Brownlow-
lied counties Of the west Meantime the sx.parson
carries on the canvass with remoseess vigoF consien.
ing ex-rsbels 70 perditon with the facility with
which he sent unrspentant sinners 10 the devil In the
days Of his ministry, or Yankees the same PuonIan
dominions year o. % previous TO 1851 Radicalism
here In East Tennessee and the extreme north Of Geor
gia, regarded - synonym for loyalty, and he who
calls himself aconssrvatve stamped By every sdvo-
cate OF Bruwnows regimen dsoyal-names and cpl.
thes being banded 70 and fro with freedom that would
astonsh an ArkAnss delegate both In print and IN p-
vae The suhclned card, which In The parsons most
peculiar vein, ossSAtss the In which The cam-
paan 70 carried on, occasionins, however daistY
have been NE oaea John Baxter, NOT The snthos q
the VAlL" ajoufpAlia I'D conservative q soma inaai