Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-28
Letter from Nashville.

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Cash and plenty Of Houses to Rent
Politics The Radical Scramble for
local 06ices-A Dismal 6Gt Interest
ing Picture.
Correspondence PUBLIC LRDGRR.l
NASHVILLE, TENN, August %, 1857.
The city of rocks, in its present condi-
ton, resembles the smooth and placid
bosom Of lake unstirred by single
ripple, except when some Radical speci-
men of the genus homo throws stone
in the water and ruilles its perfect calm.
Business here is thing that was. In
stead of the noisy din of progressive
city, you find here the monotonous quiet
ude of country village. Union street,
the resort of fair purchasers and the
favorite location Of retail dry goods deal.
ers, is no longer mart Of trade, bearing
multitude of footprints from the tiny
CATERS of lovely women who Of yore
thronged the stores, to the intense delight
of counter hoppers and urbane shop
keepers, to the larger understanding"
of less sylph-like creatures. Market
street, that years ago was noisy with the
rattling of drays and the busy hum of
trade, when the Wholesale dealer rubbed
his hands joyfully over the liberal
purchases of his country patrons, is now
as still as the grave while the EN-
ployes of its largo establishments kill
time by louHging on the shady side OF
the street, and whiting away the some
what stubborn stick Of melancholy. The
public square, once the stamping ground
of wagoners and country people, is "a
lonesome enough looking place for the
most confirmed hermit. Nashville is
undoubtedly a dead city. Between
Brownlow and her own wealthy usurers
and grasping landlords, this beautiful
city has gone to ruin, and is now
melancholy wreck of her former self
Money is so scarce here that when one
dollar meets another they have to be
introduced like two strangers A few
wealthy capitalists own all the currency
in the city, and for fear that it may be
worn out by circulation, they seal it up
hermetically in the numerous bank
vaults. pity city that is cursed with
such vampires who suck the blood from
the veins of the poor man that it may
give strength to their own bloated car
cases. notice, however, that the
wealthiest of our landlords here are be.
ginning to feel the punishment Of their
own avarice, as " For Rem" is the most
popular sign upon their handsomest
buildings. Politics run high here with
the Radicals, while the unreconstructed
stand calmly by and witness with cold
Indifference the scramble Of Brownlow-
ties for the spoils. There are so many
RAIDS after office that three candidates
are spoken of by the faithful for Mayor,
Alden, the late Commissioner of Regis
tration, a piratical sort of fellow from
Yandeedom, almost a mulatto in com.
plexion, with tragic eyes, is prominent
aspirant for the Office Abram Myers,
coachmsker and apostate REBEL and now,
of course, a rampant Radical, is another
candidate for the office, and he attempts
to demolish Alden by exclaiming, AL
den is a stranger here; | am identified
with the city la leech is identified with
the blood when he is sucking himself
full; am friend of the people, and
should be elected" The next candidate
spoken of is H. G. Scoyill, Praise God
Barebones sort Of Puritan, but decided
ly the most honest Radical | ever saw.
The Conservatives have no hope of elect
ing their candidate, who is the present
Mayor, Mr.. Brown Each Radical can
didate has his negro friends, and so each |
one woos Africa in tender way. The |
" nigs" fight among themselves, and the |
other day negro by the name of Brown
bit off a piece of Buck Lewis (colored) |
lip, mustache and oil, and spit it at him.
Buck being an impudent scoundrel and
a heavy talker, had too much 4" lip any |
how The weather is excessively warm
here, and ice water and sherry.cobblers
are in great demand. News items being
scarce, will close for the present.
AMPUToN