The New York herald., 1872-12-16
Our Peripatetic Commissioners Re-
port on the Troubled States.
Al IMPARTIAL SURVEY OF TIE FIELD
Reflections on Men and Manners Among
the UnreconStructed.
TIE SPECTRE OF REPUTATION.
Carpet -Bagism in Alabama and
- in New Orleans.

Scenes In Montgomery's Classic
Shades.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. ~, 1874
Here the State Capitol cdiice-white, domed and
square set-faces all alone, the wide sandy street
q Montgomery and nom the portico where Davis
end stephens were inangurated you can take In
che whole scene Of contention in the motley poll
tcs Of nowadays. ,..,
TIE Court House where the republican Legisla-
tare holds out and receives the sanction Of the
Governor in this Capitol building to the left and
q was few nights ago the origin Of great hub
pal0o and enthusiasm OF the 1re-cracker Sort all
done up and ready to be fired of, when at the
Nomination OF Ex-Governor Parsons, George E.
Spencer was reelected United States Senator. In
sAese huzzas you might determine the ground OBJ
jees OF all this contest.
10 the right OF the street are the two hotels,
Madison House and Exchange where the rival
parties hold their cancuses The iarthest house,
the Exchange, on the public square, into which the
chief street widens, Is the democratic headquar.
ters, and opposite it is the Advertiser newspaper,
owned by MIR. Scrawls and edited by Robert Tyler,
con OF the ex-President. This paper is the mouth
piece Of democratic leadership and Is good
looking sheet, well written and widely circulated.
me republican newspaper is rather q beggarly
Afair, and lives In hopes OF the $4,000 worth Of
printing which the advertiser now receives.
Hence the one side daily appeals to the justice
OF heaven and on the other to the protection OF
country and laws. 1t is truly big thing on thin
ice to stranger to see all this catter about spoils
MONTGOMERY RAMBLEs.
The Exchange Hotel nearer the eye, is Spen.
pyuh had nlA hal
FUN OF broken chairs, dirty coverlets, dim window
town might have cleansing effect on the State
p0litics The food, too, is OF swinish sort-sau.
sage and pig prevailing, and grease spread over all
She other viands 80 that nobody is in good sto-
machtc condition to approach political questions.
The great parcel OF freedoms children and also the
advocates Of any '1ocal rights" not the other
mans feed round in the restaurants convenient to
. bar. Good oysters come up from Florida and Mo-
bile, ana there is some game to be had In good
ofder II man likes to eat with cold feet and beside
THE RATTLE OF LIQUOR GLASSES.
Around the market house, which is to the right
Of our view, between the hotels and the Alabama
River, the negroes get their drinks, and stop their
carts before the low, brick JAIL which used also to
be prison pen for slaves, but is now the recep-
tacle OF several prisoners arrested under the Ku
Klux act. The square before mentioned, IN the
middle Of the town, is sort OF general auction
place. and an artesian well OF blush, foul-like
water is used to ill the buckets Of the country
people coming In. some with q bale Of cotton,
others with pair OF mules to sell; and there is
cheerful rolicking kind Of business bounce in that
quarter in relief to the lowering, listening counte-
nances OF the politicians. II q strange news
paper reporter walks up the street here he is at
once set down as the man who has come with
hat otr,nr ng hrit,a fha
iature.
SOUTHERN INsTINcTIvENEss.
Nothing is more ptiful than the crude mental
discipline as to men and movements in the South
ern mind. Nobody on the conservative side is in
formed, and few are capable of information as to
leader, ruler and
THE PUBLIC TONE OF THE NORTH.
they all set out with the idea that some one
man, say President Grant, is scoundrel naturally,
and II he gives them little countenance they all
At once halloa and believe that he has become the
head protector OF their cause. They have been
educated. under vicious school of stump speak
Ing and journalism, to believe that it is impossible
i6r man to differ with them and be genuine.
Leaders down here are all scoundrels or heroes
according to your standpoint ana public mans
garments are scanned right down the side and
parti-cOlored, so that with his back to you he is
you he Is as white as snow
The landscape OF high and pleasant hilly dwell
s Se a Of
newspaper correspondent feels that it would be
e sss @ Of ss to
Yanceys grave, out yonder back ofth State House,
CONGRESS IN AN ALABAMA MESS.
The conflict in Alabama is not without precedent
In the United States Congress. In ls3s when Con-
fls wings. beside Eve wings from New Jersey
whose seats were contested. Had these wings
q
would then have been elected: Hugh A. Garland,
tle biographer OF John Randolph as CLERK
g s@ @ 4sR'' Fs 0PsesSb ase fssHn sssS ss
sa sss % M ssa Se S sSou Sass
bA1b over the other five, as he had no sense Of
odsS snd 70 O Sessn Sseh whoa
nnally John quincy Adams became Chairman pro
House rom its disgracefu position.
Senator George E. Spencer, who was to have
shared in the success OF the republican party at
and smith-both ex-Governors-failed to meet
me position at Montgomery. He thinks they
ne the
3 queer idea to meet separately, and Senator
ne cos Hoese Leg
isisture) Is Q revolutionary body. The other body
9or Legislature to be-" Senator John Sherman,
OF Ohio, abets the extinguished fortunes of Willard
MarneI whose side he has always espoused, and
spencer is being attacked In the Ohio presses.
warner was Wen respected In this state, but
personal promotion which led him to declare for
Greeley and then lose the support OF General Grant,
which had previously made him Collector OF Mobile.
report says that Grant congratulated Spencer
three weeks ago on his prospects. saying :-.T am
glAd OF IL on your account and Alabama's account
and Warmers account t0On
the MIXING IN OF GOVERNMENT
The perpetual interference OF the federal execu-
tfve in politics s source OF uneasiness which does
not seem to give the republicans manly confidence
that their opinions WILL OF themselves, prevail,
while 1t does not deter the conservatives from
this obstinacy in operation at home. Louisiana
ought to be redeemed from Warmoth; but the way
60 reach the nOSitiOn shOuld be by Congress de.