The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-18
SPECIAL Correspondents e. the Heanl


SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Or the asani
Prosperity saa Politics 10 Tenpessee- Bsa dtax
for the Negro vOte-Tko COIsred Men i'm the
Inconsistencies Of Railreaa Travel
ProDssed Division and sale Of Plantations
yErf rE VA hEnrHss Tenn, May 9. 1861
This city rapidly recovering herself after sbe sudde
check which her prosperity met with from the unfora
nate riots OF last May. There has been decided i'm
provement In commercial affairs for ths past six weeks
AT tina, time the people little Respondent owing
70 the ateness or the spring. the fear OF short crops and
the unsettled condition OF tho South ,, Things look
brighter now. and business speak hopefully OF the
future Tennessee the only reconstructed Southern
state and Der people have cause regret the ser
which brought her into the Union The progress OF this
city alone is evidence Of this During the last year
three thousand new buildings have been put up Mem
phis doubt If so many were erected IN Now York
and certainly there were not in Brooklyn.
The republican party claim most Of the credit OF this
Since they obtained OF the leading oces such
as the Judges Of nearly all the courts tho police and
forth they have been able TO restrain TO great
the hostile sentiments Of the secession
at least 20 restore feeling Of conAdeace and quiet
dacye 70 progress The Streets for instance have
been paved. They are In fact moro mud roads, even
tho best parts Of che city New contracts have been
made 70 lay down six miles Of Nicholson pavement A
year there DOT public school the whole
city; now there several while fairly dotted
with coiored schools, which ali full This che
pecia boast OF the radical politician. The financial
affairs OF the State too, locking up When iegs
ature met in April 1855 there nothing IN the
sury and state bonds worth quite thirty cents
Since then they have funded FIVE millions due
to the railroads, and appropriated mil.
lions to resuscitle them They relieved the
people from taxation for the years 1892 1855 and 1884
The State bonds at the present worth sixty
cents while those oil Virginia thirty-seyen cents
and North Carolina forty three The 70 JAM
1885, was funded and the or interest resumed
July Of the year In this promising condition OF
affairs the people look forward to large investments OF
Northern and Western capital IN their now aourishing
city.
The political elements good deal mixed. but
there be doubt that the uneasy spirit which
heretofore prevailed amongst the dsoya portion Of the
people is greatly suodusd Many who were known TO
be very hostile TO the government profess sympathy
with the radicals and Some who from old slliatons
still adhere TO their party disposed to make tho
Of the inevitable future and secretly assist the
ments Of the republican leaders This true great
extent in all tine Southern The election Of next
August is an all absorbing topic The radicals speak
confidently OF carrying the State but could detect
little nervousness and anxiety in many OF them lest the
negroes on the plantations sh0nld be diverted from
them. The coored vote tue cities they can control
without peradventu The radical COMMITTEES here Il
working hard. and must that earnest and
untirRg body Of men l never saw: but then az they
say 1t is life or death with them The Intelligent mo-
gr0es working with them with great zeal aud these
comprise Of wealth and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cieTgymen, teachers and merchants They intensely
ernor, and they by Parson Brownlow to q man.
Agents selected from this class bsng sent out on
favor Of The radical ticket while al the same time the
conservatives are using every exeruon, by promises Of
work and good wages induce the colored people
vote against 1.-THE Yankees and tho tar
radicals sFs q ~ Disadvantage n one respect.
sssss mar sSesss snsss n sn me s %ma srs
Of thssr cnsmieas The rsNstration Of voters
commences to-day and the dusky agents Of the repub
can committee buoy bees urging ter enfran
chssd people 70 up and qualify themselves 70 cast
their FIRST Notwithstanding the backwardnsss Of
crop West tennessee vii exceed that Of IDS. year year
From the Eastern side OF tha State the reports
Whom undertakes to travel In tho south these
days he must not expect to find the comfort and
regularity that might b had % the .imss aN.e .eis
the plank from the ievee Cairo 70 the steamer Cum
eerland which was to take me down the Mississippi
Columbus KY, TO catch the tram for Memphis. was
prepared for change n all surprised 70 End
seedy conductors, dingy cars and ragged boys 81 the
roadside at midnight s . place called Humboldt or
waggishly designated here. Confederate Cross
with the comforting assurance that u was in luck
at three O'Clock in tho morning but that the
the night previous did arrive until twelve o'clock
lighted BY Z smoky lamp The plssiering had fallen
ns q sn s aao.ns
what sounded pleasant In that dismal place the voices
Of women Croucniug round the stove and occupying
almost moo fsy wore oschsS hats ~ ssrOSs
coors white. gray and rusty black There could be 20
One Of them gigantic fellow Of abou, siI fee, four
VAS dressed In SUIT Of faded gray, huge
spur on one heel They we're an uupreposssssios
crowd ss s who evidently had AID no particular love for
sound Of whistle in the dstancs I ssated myself
upon barrel, buoned up my coat. pulled the rim Of
guerilla out OF place Is possible In strange contrast
70 this group was tall, slight man. who at the dis
the Atlantic shore op :. ras oo
ling dusier and stove PIPE hat glad thai did
not wear that kind Of hsadpiecs for recoleced that
Grand Junction Yankee abolitIonisi and pistol
ball sent through his hat. clipping on lock Of his hair
place another gentleman, who happened 20 be Virgil
man. was hrctied and roughly handed being suspected
ior nsn.os becsnse he wore decent coat The gem
member OF Congress from Pennsylvania Who was on his
way south for the purpose Of assuring just this class Of
result Of the just the thing for the benefit OF
the Southern people, and that they would only
W congressional tAshton,
untitled acres would be made 70 blossom like garden
And this he did tell them the night at Memphis In
bold calm fearless manner which, whether paatable
to all his audience or not provoked offence WISH
ing 70 see what manner OF men companions might
be, took look at the book the counter and found
that With one exception tue guests Of this dismal barn
were all registered from Arkansas and Mississippi:
mention this incident show what kind Of companiou
and what manner Of accommodation one IL liable 10
meet with In journeyng through the South As gene
raj thing, however railroad travel not open 10 MANY
complaints oonsidcrna the circumstances OF the past
few yearA Trains run pretty we'll time, and connsc-
tsous are not often missed
The Southern people have awakened to the necessity
Of dividing up the large plantations and offering them
for sale In small farms, In order that they NAV BE-
brought under immediate productive cultivation by the
capital and industry OF the North and West Disagree
able as may BE- 70 their hereditary plantations par
celled out TO strangers they yield 70 the exgencies Of
the times. and are compelled choose between this
measure and absolute restitution They argue that TIL
south has nov no property but the land and the mean
OF subsistence must be derived from sale To carry
this into effect various schemes anoat even down
that Of otteriesland g enterprises by which capital in
the North and Ia Europe may DO induced TO come here
and cultivate the millions OF which are lying waste