, 1870-03-22
MEMPHIS.
A Tears Changes and Hopes for
the Future,
City Politics.
Condition OF Tennessee and Con-
Ercssi0n0l Interference,
Memphis Financially and Socially.


1lCrriAl Aspect A9S materially SupEuFeSl. DAI
little over yca1 ago aud one could scsrce
walk square, nnnn the moss public thorough
fares Of the city, that large p!acaras containing
those ou,inous words ITO Let" did not stars |
him in the face on every hand as so many |
monuments Of commercial disaster and ruin. |
4 see1ningly general gloom and dc4pondency |
reryadcd the whole business community |
These na1ruw and restricted in their views |
cursed and damned the Yankees and Radicals |
a. tho ca1ise OF all their troubles, seemingly |
unable 10 realize the general staguation ut but
the natural 1uyolution certain to follow
great wsr and tine fcverish speculative ttate Of
Affairs attendant thereon; Since then
s4-kcct nf Affair.", and Memphis OF to-day may
lie raid to he decidedly looking up. Ths
former e,nltv etorcs are all occupied and tho
osvu,ants apparently all doing = healthy.
though moderate basiurss. Private dwell
Z hu terribly e1crbitant RENTS demanded and
obtained bv the ladlcsd- during and suhse-
quent TO the war, and which tended no Little
indeed to the vacation OF the hundreds of
buildings th4t followed, have accommodated
themselves to the times, and landlorl aul
tcuant pecm to be fair footing together.
Very little building has been dona, the city 10:
having As yet recovered sufficiently from tue
commercial disasters Of the past, to warrant
the nano- observe, however, few ycsy hna
cdi6cca, particularly one on the co1ncr OF
Madison aud Front. tha. would DO no a,iscrulit
oven to Chicago. Taken on the whole, wtiile
rruue up 10 the speculative deairca Of mauy,i it
has At least healthy appearance.
SPECULATIVE vIsloSB.
Ihe1s i :; ore Ting i pastiea,I rte ,n;ns Ts
d1eam-like visionary trust in great aud mag
ni6ceut future. Talk to Memphian, eapeci-
ally one Of the olden school, and while
you find him good deal Of an old fosy in all
visionary rs the most romantic broad
and butter niss 10 bc found in one Of our
1atter-ta1y fashionable boarding house schools.
NEst pictures Of wealth, grandeur, and mag
yi-i.n, Of city that, somewhere in the di:n
vista Of the future, is to far outvie her fablel
IAmcsake Of old aud take rank as the Queen
City Of the South AZ to just how all this is
I" Ike brought about he seems 10 have scarcely
n practical idea That it is certain Of accom-
plirhment, however, and that he will 1.-Two to SEQ
it. is ,nAtter Of which he will scarcely sdmit
OF contradiction. At tho same time he Is,
lcrlArs, Of all others, tho last man you would
evur Eelect 10 even lift y hand toward the res!-
xation OF bis dreams. Sift The matter . little,
too and though in his heart far from admirng
tie Yankees, you still find TINT somehow those
relf+smo adventurous Yankees, in their greedy
whose magieal touch al this marvellous change
is to be brought. Just at present hc hinges
much uf his hopes upon that ircrrcesiolc
1'rencllman whose mad antics eye' tue sturdy
old Benton could not keep within bounds !;
will adorn our school-1ay reading in the future !;
the dasllnK General; tho California million.
aire, and tho woull-he Southern rail-
road kips,-tlc generous, sivsciouA, impraet'-
Upon Iencral Fremont, therefore, the Gacc
lated and le4piscd French hbolitiuni.t Al led
md abetted by that worst Of al! lnrdera a5oE-
tons, n Radical ConGrcss, our old fuzzy Mem
}liaA 1unhH ~ the main support uisol wlErL
i, lem TOT the realization u his hopes. Nor.
folk, Memphis, San 1'icso. These arc to l.o
tie three chief cities of America. ''saLe w!iic'.
such lcsAer lights as Cicaf," and st. 1s,ui. arc
TO l.alc into insigniticance, and evcu New York
become OF secondary Importance. Strange ns
it may seem, too, much il hoped for frocn
Addition Kausas- kansas railroad Inen arr
agitating the matter Of railroad from Fort
Tic grain Of the Kansas Valley, southern Mis-
,.cur1 alI Northern Arkansas. 1t is proposed
10 r,ln it ria Springfield and Jsckspn2ort, Il
Memphis. Our Mernpl!i. Missionaries are
cla'cd At the prospect Like al vislonnt1es
tle way Of practical aid to the ent cl.ise, from
present appearances, nothing will be done. II
the mtantiac, Arkansas Radicals are proposiu:
to afford mid sufficient to divert tlle ro.i t.
1I..icnn, in that State So it goes, visionary to
tl,c last degree, and practical only in sitting
upon their launches and collecting tileir rents.
G1TT Tu1IT1tE.
Considerable stir il manifest among the
patrints in general over the approaching cleo
iiau TO take place this month. As far as part.
organizations arc concerned it il all onc-Aides
affair, there being no Republican ticket il thl
field. Ar there nra, however, several indcpen
dent candidates anxious of serving their copn
try, the Ecrubhcan, and more particularly III
cs1ored vote, il anxiously sought. For tho Of
1icc uf Sheriff, as also Of City Tax Collecto.
the present Republican inc,lnbents arc in til
field, independent OF any nomination. As bot
fia%1 1S,Ay ary+
they Affect to l,aac something Of n hope Npu
their reputation in that respect As far as
can learn, however, the Sheriff, :Ir. Curry, !
LIS efforts for reelection, stands in the mai
but slim chance, though personally popula
"A m officer: Strange a. it may seem. lluu
ever, the City Tax Collector, A1r. Mclean
though known in Memphis NJ SIT old And lift
h'ns AboGtio,list in tl'cir midst, appears
stand u good show Of being returned for ar
other term For the Office Of Clerk Of III
County Csnlzs, IN opposition 70 tho regula
nomination, We have Mr. J. I. Strange
Strange BY name, his expectations of ele
ton arc none the less strange us vel
Though known a. a prominent officer upon Il
staI Of General Forrest, and = participant
the little affair at Fort Pillow, as we'll as I mo
ultra Democrat, be yet, a. reported, hAaes h
ulon the colorcd vote. As showing the d
tIustwn1thiness Of roue Of tho Radical poll
einus, who affect the necessity Of Congrcssion
interference to reinstatc themselves III poWt
~
shining lights Of that order for the actual IA
Of the Radical vote to Mr.. Strange. With
the last few days, considerable af All effort IL
l'ecn made to stir up the blacks in opposite
ua;ces and memories 81 FoIt Pillow. for viii:
little affair, however. To do justice to n
Strange, lie cannot he held accountable. VII
may be accomplished in that line remains to |
sccn. but from present appearances mol nauc
NJ tl,o.c engaged in the effort seem principal
Interested tr,,m selfish and not patriotic n
tives. On the whole, I have little faith in ct
cess " any savc the regular Democratic 10
iaeCF-
caSarEss1oNA.. 1srEnFEIEScx-
Eron this matter find much solicltudc
maufcst among the Republicans. ha
spent scvelal days in cnlenyorine to get at t
rrnmira,t lscpubli ~an~, that isht truthful
and fairly represent them upnn tl.,s all iulpo
ant subject NTH the most dgent in1uir,
l.are keen unaole 10 find \ single fsir-uiin.l
Republican Int what expressed himself az
ter)r orrosed to the meanurr. Indeed, outsl
Of tho blatks, who, AZ n class, cannot be f;
to reason at all, have found, in the city
Memphis, though personally acquainted VI
nearly every Republican, but ono who wo1
commit bimeelf as in favor OF Compression
interference, and he candidlr admitted hins
10 bc Of the red Republican STAMP, and in IA,
OF ANYTHING tendine 70 Capitalization
power. l ind, too, ~ expected before ,
arrival, TINT sesrre Republican but scouts
very idea Of there being in the min = shsd
Of truth in the terrible outragcs reported
Tennessee, aa arising from. or oven in a
1ns,.nc1 growing out Of, political causes. n
much u lawleeSness exists in many Of
counties Of Middle Tennessee il true.
"tiise the devil bis due, however, they s.
ard admi. the undcniAhe truth that not O.
tenth the outraScs are committed now ns..d
ing the administration of Governor Bro~nlt
The fact Of the mstteris that, owing to =,
ous cauees, not the least OF which ia
@parrely settled condition Of the country,
certain localities lawlesa cha1acters alwayr h'
at times committed dep7edatons and outras
VAS not lesstncd by the war. Subsequent
too. the existence of an immense eec1et so<
Il: organized throughout the South for pol
cal and perhaps revolutionary purposes, nfSo
ed cloak for their lAwiess pursuits II
nany Terrible CRIMES were committed at
hands Of such ae~peraao~ for which the I
hluz received the credit, hut we're in no v
responsible, is beyond doubt, That The !
kluI, IL an order, stin exist, e1cert in uarae.
one Republican in one hundred be]icyce. 4
the mafk ks and garments OF tho same ara !
assumed At times to cover the outzascs &C
planned Of Is true. Tho idea, howovcr. i
such out1aEes arc committed Oh accouut
political sentiments III certainly not entcrtai
der, and not politics. is the primary c.,
The simple fact that the blacks, from 1
hclrlessncts and general disposition, c,
rtundcrcd with comparative IMMUNITY, al
the opportunity for political coloring to
pAttiEAn ends ..
So far from thefe being any testimony
found in Memphis in support OF the ter
condition Of Affairs reported to the ou
world, hnd the general experience OF lie