Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-11-08
How Thinrs South L~ook
CHATTANOOGA, TENN,
Der IN 1871

CHATTANOOGA, TENN,
Oct. 80, 1871.
EDITOR CHRONICLE ON my way to
place, a few days spent in Louis
and Nashville, gave Inc oppor-
to see and hear many things that
were new to me, and may be so to some
Of your readers. I was not aware, until
within a few days, that Gen. Grant was
absolute Dictator. Yes, sir, it must
be so, for I have it on authority that
ought not to be questioned in any court
Of justice I; that is, the oaths, aye
I" v~ollies" Of them, of men who dress
like gentlemen, and who would, in all
probability, pass for such almost any
where If they could resist an inordinate
propensity for talking.
The late action of the Government
in ~suspending the Writ of Ha6eas Corpus
in a part Of South Carolina, seems to
touch the rebel element in a tender
place, probably on the principle that,
"No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion OF the law"
Their hatred and opposition to the Gov
eminent is so intense that out Of pure
spite to some person, or persons, they
seriously propose cow to resurrect that
old political fossil, Willard Fillmore, and
damn him still more deeply, by making
him their candidate for President in 20,
thinking the Republicans will know no
better than to vote for such a pure. dis
interested patriot %, forgetful Of the
time when he got so befuddled with his
geography lesson, thar he could distin-
guish mo North, no South, no East, no
West" but every time he turned around,
by mere chance, Of course, found himself
facing Southwark.
Well, il they are bound 10 have q
corpse, 1 will not object, but will merely
suggest, that they might get q more
respectable one. This city, that the
Georgisns piously designate a i'd
Yankee town." is beautifully located on
the Tennessee, hemmed in by Waldron's
Ridge, a spur of the Cumberland Noun
tains on the north, Mission Ridge on the
east, with Look Out Point looming
above sill others in the south, and Rae
coon Mountains on the west, making
one of the most beautiful locations for a
city imaginable.
There are g great many Northern
people living here. In fact nearly all
business OF the city is done by people
from the North. Business OF most kinds
is oUer done, money is scarce and dead,
the usual price from the banks is one
and a half per cent. per month, snd little
to be had at that.
The wheat crop was a failure here this
year, many fields we're not harvested at
sll, and those that were yielded but
little.
Indeed, their best crops as q general
thing are small, for the land is poor,
and it is poorly worked, aud as a conse-
quence yields poorly.
No Trumbull county farmer would
want to come here to farm.
The military Notifications that crowned
every eminenos pesr the city, are fast
fading away and giving place to resi-
dences for the citizens. They claim to
have a population Of ten thousand, and
it is increasing very fast.
Quite a number of fine business build
ings are being erected this season. There
are several railroads centerinR here, on
which the citizens depend much for the
future prosperity Of the place, for they
cannot depend upon the farming in
~terest, as that amounts to but little.
1t will eventually be better than now,
but viii never amount to much. Yours,
respectfully, T.