The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-10-23
From Our Travelling Correspondent.

PETERSBURG. VA, Octt Der 18th, 1869.
Mr.. EDITOR Seated in Il comfoltabl
old chair, in an old-time room, with an old
time Franklin stove, i'll the Old Dominion,
propose giving few items for the interest
of money getters, and Of the general cond-
ton of the reconstructed and reconstruc-
tionists. You are aware that | am not Of
either class, but instead an Andy Johnson
George B. Mcclellan Douglas Conservative
Democrat-the mention of either name any
honest American ought to honor. l know
you differ wi II me. l like an honest and
consis ent opponent, but hate the opposite.
Believing you honest with one exception
write you honest in all, excepting that l
do not believe you honest when you assert
directly or indirectly Cfor policy sake that
the negro ought to be socially equal, yet
you fight under that banner. Nor do l be
lieve in the sincerity of the Democratic
party as designated in your county, and
state have no confidence in a Breckenridge
Democrat who chung to him through the
war silently. Far more do | respect such
men as Alex. Stephens and old Thad.-
Both are or were men of honor and con-
sistency; both stepped outside of Consti-
tutional limits-claimed nothing more OF
less than that circumstances justified them.
The elder Stevens was fanatic : the younger
a cool headed, honest statesman. the vclun-
tary victim or martyr of circumstances,
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living, as well rs the most conScientiously
honest as a public man.
Poverty reigns supreme here on every
hand. You read "for sale " on the doors,
all over the papers, and on hand-bills.-
" For sale wei! might they add sacrifce.
They want money here. Everything stands
still because they have it not. Money read
lily brings - to 20 per cent on good real
estate, worth four times the amount. Par
ties wish to borrow. \ man can buy any
thing here he wishes-farm, wharf, mills
or houses, for mere nominal price. If lie
has money, the people are ever anxious to
get in shape on any terms. The tobacco
crop is not more than half a crop: the corn
Q to 10 bushels per acre. So the prospect
for money getting out of these two staple
commodities is not cheering Tell your
fruit men to come down tell your farmers
to come down bring a little money. and
get them farms for their children; and the
present, rs well as the coming generation,
will hold up their hands in reverence and
ask Il blessing upon them as benefactors.
Richmond boasts of better hotels than any
other southern city, to which l cheerfully
add my testimony. If you should ever 90
there stop at the Exchange it is 4 No. I.
Much has been written and said about
Richmond. Yet few Of The Wigs readers
ever saw it. 1t is beautifully situated on
the northeast bank of the James River, 1T
the lower falls. As first seen, it has the
imposing appearance of a large and popu-
lous capital. Standing on Shockhoe Hill,
afar of, it has both a handsome and classi-
cal appearance. When you approach within
criticising distance, it loses in comparison
with the gradual approach, to some extent,
that enchantment which distance lends to
view. The situation and Surroundings of
the city are certainly to be admired. Tie
capitol here stands on the brow of Shock
hoe Hill, overlooking once the proud city
proper, but now the burnt district is by far
the most conspicuous object i'll the CITY,
The view from the portico takes in the
windings and rocky bed of the James River
with its numerous little islands. Among
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architectural skill and beauty worthy OBJ
servation The Custom House, not the
least among the prominent buildings, lately
finished at a cost of half a million dollars:
yet with all this beauty, with all these nat
ural attractions, with these monuments of
untold wealth, in the past, she is to-day
the poorest of the poor of southern cities.
She has no cotton, no corn, very little to-
bacco-and, in consequence, no money.
1 say to men of all parties all castles,
honest, consistent men, seeking invest
ments that will pay 500 per cent, come to
Virginia. Now is the time, the accepted
and acceptable time.
CONSERVATIVE TRAVELLER.
[#Our correspondent seems to have adopted
an entire misapprehenson of the situation.
We have not, and never had anything
whatever, to say, i'll reference to social
equality. Every man has a right to choose
the company most con@enial OHM. But pa
Wical equality-and the difference between
goiticdl and sori0i relations, is as wide us
the poles-is-what the Republican party
contends for. 1t does not propose to inter
fere with mems private affairs. We Won
der if Il great many honest men do not
labor under the same false impression that |
seems to possess our correspondcnt?-Ed ] |
Letter from Omaha.
OMAHA, Oc'. 18th, 1862
DEAR WING :-Y on cannot imagine what |