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The Weather, Crops and Pablic Health—Im- provement in Real Estate in Jamaica— him, and I think he will resist blowing Vera Craz to P * Marques is a little dried up looking old mam, with on! ‘emo eye, baving logt the other ry Musket shot oe an upper window during a street fight in one of the for- mer revolutions, but the one he bas lef! iply for the Toss; nothi: tle but listens. a great 't seems to make escapes it, Though de- of extreme intelligence. viewed him he bas taken in almost an entirely omprehensive view of his interlocutor. His manners quiet and courteous, and he isthe cloverest of another type; s0 youthful in ap- e seems quite a boy, though in reality ly thirty-five. Very By steamship at this port yesterday we have files from Jamaica dated at Kingston on the 29th of March. ‘The Kingston Gleaner of the latest date has the follow- ing news items report:—Sickneas has not prevailed toa very great extent during the fortnight, As far as wo ean learn there have been no more cases of yellow fever ‘among the shipping. Two or three fatal cases, however, have ocourred, but among the white troops stationed at E No change in the weather, which is excoedingly dry. In the southside and lowland parishes the severe drought ts very detrimental to the planters, Estates dependent ‘Upon water power bave great difficulty in kecping their mills going, while others mdependent of this are suffer. ing from want of fodder for their cattle, In some places sugar making operations are almost stopped for want of In the parieh of St. Andrew there is no feeding for stook; everything is literally burned up. The lowland coffee producing districts are also suffering much from ‘want of rain. In the higher mountains, nowever, the weather is favorable and the trees have a good appear. ance for next year’s crop, which will be very large if the ‘weathor continues favorable, Among the small settlers fair crops are expected for ‘the cutrent year. The very low state of the produce ‘market for sevoral months past has had the effect of bringing into the market crops that should have been sold the previous year. Id to oop. beck thelr his company ‘dve minutes without ‘Iki ‘close observer there is a peculiar smile lurking his ith, ive, dashing, bat be is one of these two men put a final stop to any more vacillations on the of the Emperor. They <9 > We want them not.” ized, money raised to ‘the Austrian as well as foreign troops who had taken servico under indertook to sweep j the the hberals from the Rf trated, troops commenced rapi and i [ i ¢ 5 ff rE if Has dest posaces lands and freeholds continues to Gevolop itself in the continuous purchases which are mets ips emong the people, Deen agitated touching cases of fraud upon the revenue; one Sub-Collector of Customs at ih i 3 H EEE EINE 2 é BS g2 On the 6th of February iu 2 i Fa i 5 tel cable Jamaica with North and South America, His Excellency received the leputation very graciously, @ memorial his su| the memorial to England, z i y i ° : I : | i ed H H | ding in the city of 7 git i a Bs é DEATH UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. A Well Known Rallroad Contractor Found Dend in His Room at Lovejoy’s Hotel. About eight o'clock yesterday morning Mr. John G, Myers, formerly well known as an extensive railroad Contractor in the New England and Middle States, as well as California, was found dead in his room at Love- Joy’s Hotel, Park row, where he had been stopping for some time past. Mr. Myers not appearing In the morn- ing as usual an effort was made to enter his room, but it was found to be locked on the inside, and no response 8 Bed Beene Huy ] i EL é Inquiries were instituted which resulted that deceased was taken to his room | = Ff Lie 1 i E 8 HG He Fi iz? ff i ge 5 2 5 H t af ? #8 ‘ § = i E H ment of promises No. 135 Broa: stairs, whil E 3 i FF 3 3 f g ¢ § 5 ; [ | a5 2s fi if fi i ff THE SOUTH. Records of Our Travelling Correspondents. Present Appearance of the Late Rebellious States. CROPS AND CROP PROSPECTS. PROGRESS OF RECONSTRUCTION, &. &. &. VIRGINIA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Travel tn Virginia—The James River Canal— Bad Management—The Mountains—Scene- ry—The Natural Bridge—Remorse of Dr. Watson—Extenuating Circumstances fn His tion of the Country—The Crops, Roads, d&c. ty, Maron: Besoany Bock sen aa Laer.” f If there is anything in Virginia that needs reconstruc- tion more than another, it is the present system of travel throughout the whole State. The men under whose management the railroads, canals and other Toutes now are seem to be devoid of every qualification thetr business would require. They are slow, inactive and without a particle of cither energy or enterprise. The roads in the State are in @ condition that renders it almost pnsafe to travel upon them. They all require new rolling stock and new, practical men to superintend them, The canals and stage lines are still more miserable, though not so much risk is occasioned by travelling upon them. All require a thorough renovating, and until a rovolu- tion iu the present management has taken place, their will be little pleasure or satisfaction in travelling in Virginia, while all parties willing to take the conse- quences would do well to be insured. Neither are the officers of some of the companies particular as to how they provide for the welfare of their passengors, or how they fulfill their contracts with them—an instance of which I will relate. ‘Taking passage at Lynchburg for Lexington, which is at present the terminus of the canal, In the packet boat ateight A. M., wo arrived at a place called Big Island on the border of Bedford and Amherst counties, the James Tiver being the dividing line, at about 12, M., when dinner was announced. We had scarce commenced our meal, when the captain informed ug, that in consequence of some aecident the down boat could not come, and as he would have to roturn to Richmond, our journey should be completed in a flat or ferry boat. This news ‘we could not at the time appreciate; our dinner for which we bad paid was lost and soon we were seated, or rather uddled ether on the bottom of a diminutive wood flat, The weather was extremely cold, the wind blew a porfect gale, so that it required to keep constant hold of our hata, and in two hours party were nearly famished. By this time we had tra’ lied eight miles, which brought us to Rope Ferry, on the James river, so called because the ferryboat crosses means of a rope attached to trees at both sides of the iver. At this place the current was violently strong, the wind might almost be termed a hurricane, and the miserable boat in which we had to cross was heavily g After the Oe a terrible exertion on the of the rand higher hill upon hill, seeming to reach almost to in the dusk of the evening as we gazed o from the diminutive little packet . itl i li fe Fy 3 Fy 3 z é : ei i if ill Hf | ie GE il ip E fr i if TF 1 H E 8 : i is ter on the samo indelible page with the Father of their Country. During the summer months this is reat visiting place, and on the registry of last year I found the names of tere French and oa m9 lies, who spent the greater ion summer here, as well as visitors from North aad South. About foor miles from here lives the man whose name has become notorions as that of an unpunished mur- derer. Curiosity led me to visit the scone of the col- lsion between carriages, and, after a careful exam- ination of the whole case, I am inclined to think there are some extenuating circumstances in Watson's favor— none, however, to justify the deliverate murder of which ho was guilty, The road at the place is very narrow, an ‘i the families of Echols and Watson were returning from church in their tve carriages driven by negroes, amongst whom a for driving qualities al existed, wish. tame pee Rn cne’, It (9 stated by citizens con- demn Watson for bis rash act that the deceased negro was promised a bribe by Mra. Echols provided he should p eebwed carriage of Watson. Thus stimulated he en- wored to do so, and broke a portion of Watsou’s car- riage, which might otherwise have resulted in launching his family suddenly into eternity. Bi rag je familiar with the remainder. Watson is the son of a very re- spectable and wealthy parent, who resides at Charlotts- ville; when young he was ret as very wild; he a Miss Greenlee, of this county, whoee family classed among that choice selection kuown as the first families, Since the murder Waison has been the victim of remorse, and has daily become more and more lected to drinking, unti! he has worked himscif eg emeras, © sh, with the i of his vie- constantly before him, makes his it K wd cel the aw bewa Lee Anse Naty family seriously alarmed by re- rhioh ba caused «fu er indul- 1H 238 a f Timer iH & s <4 #2 s heavy rains which have deluged the whole count: left the grounds ip, such @ Condition that it impossible to work them for some time. This will cause a rush of work on the farmers when the grounds are sufficiently dry, and will consequently, when the earaly of labor ‘s coneitirod, daly the cultivation of quant! not have to be abandoned al id The roads over which we travelled are almost ingpassa- dled for the purpose, of mating for. 30 good idea of the condition of the surrounding country. ‘As travel hore has altogether to be done by siaging, with the exception of the canal, nearly seventeen hundred f¢ gined the terrible. had been well pud- wicks, These give a wely taxed; it can be ima- must bein from the great Bumber of snows last winter and the recent inoossant which citizens tola us were of the greatest extent ‘and longest duration for the past twenty-five years, Itis now a matter of doubt whether we cao procure @ con- ance to Lexington to-morrow, parties being afraid to their vehicles and stock on the » injury, but from fears of miring in places out of which it might be an impossibility to be dragged, and where assistance might not be easily procured, SOUTH CAROLINA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. South Carolina Hotels and Taverns—How Travellers are Swindled—How So “Charge”-A Trip Thr State—Political Conversations People—What the Pinnters Think--Prosper- Avavsta, Ga., March 25, 1867. After a fortnight spent in travel through the wlid re- gions of South Carolina, fortnight of miserable exist- ence in its wretched village taverns, wayside inns and city hotels, and association with its disagreeable, “‘sore headed” or stapidly ignorant citizen, I feel prepared to say the severest things which indignant and disgusted human nature is capable of expressing concerning this much talked of State of aristocratic manners and fre- eating characteristics, But in the more salubrious at- mosphere of Georgia my wrath is toned down, and my expressions will be likewise modified. I will eay this, however, that South Carolina is characterised by the meanest hotels that were dignified by Theee are mainly places where cleau- liness is no virtue and huge buildings where the furniture is liliputian and the chimney places conceived and built on a scale of Brobdignagian excellence. in such a miserable abode the lazy proprictor—whose daily occupation consists in lounging about superintend- ing himself the movements of a darkey who manages the institution in its main workings—coolly demands four If you summon a darkey to your room to learn from him why your boots have not been returned promptly in the morning you are charged filty cents at the office, on the plea that you have been using the ser- vant in performing some service or crrand for you, If you sit up late at night, burning even your own candice, as I did, you are charged another fifty cents for extra light Youmay protest until you are speechless; the proprietor will bo inexorable, He will tell you that the servants reported a light in your room up to two o'clock and that he supposed that had obtained an extra piece dollars per day. im the morning, of candle from is your bill already made out, and he does not pro- pose to take'the trouble of making out a newone, Of part vowing never to submit to over your head similar system of h the Charleston and ly sufficient to cover Journey; bu Atiaker be atould not kare Led oo rs the further he rogresses in o e aeatarae a The reception of Northera men as visitors by the planters is not cordial nor marked courtesy or extraordinary hospit pressed to enter the house nor persuad: there. Indeed, should you manifest. a disposition to ‘got up and git” after supper, the host will not object because of the darkness or the danger of the roads, or the discomforts you will suffer from a night ride through astrange country. You are made nervous and uneasy during your stay by the p! are not overwelcome, and that ites and affectation of courtesy, with feelings of the keenest del may occasionally, it is true, force himself into @ vein of counterfelt amiabity, but, notwithstand- ou cannot mistake his real feel forming an unpleasant duty—entertaining a Yankee— ‘and he does {t with the best grace he can, and only be- cause of the immediate exigencies of the occasion. South Carolina cannot possibi: i glowing, and. ta fre still glowing, and in Poor, there seems cherished a natural and fierce {iro of hatred for those who are now regarded as their conquerora, srued upon by glootay restronpections nad feadicenal worked upon by ¢! hatred, cannot Tencons ihe sociel charscterietice which are natural to them, and when one fails in with one of these in the course of bis travels the result is pleasant in its hospitable and jovial features, especially in con- met one of men in Newberry in Clarendon and another in Pickens lieve, were about the only agreeable eaw in the count On attempting to I recel any special acts of y apparent fact that you despite bis cold formal- your host is anticipatin, ight the hour of your de- lings. He is per- free herself of the old ring States. The coals , proud or lowly, Jona of the State during Cour with the most suspicious glances from the proprietor, a very tall and very lean man, clad in nego! PAS, See awe hie vehicle for the and produ @ money, wheroupon ho wavered as if in doubt whether I was a borse thiei or not, Finally, after much hesitation, he reluctantly he dia not like my appearance. In the first place, he said, ‘we always want to know what a man’s family is that hires horses, what was his broughten up.’? T assured him that I We want to know longed to one of the first familios of New York and bad been brought up tenderly on account of my extremeyouth. He evident! me, for he remarked, after a keen scrutiny and clothing, that he had often comin’ from good families.” T remonstrated with him to tio purpose, the fact that 1 did not patronize the livery stable in tho village, where cen “mighty sorry men 1,” drawled reluctantly, some time in conal der thane Yankee,’ ation, however, for I went from a stable and left tho aristocratic who nie him to the trouble of atoed e Tpose. tad oompersively com ituated about sighteen ing is, of course, carried comparison most one miles from Newberry. loosel: manner in Dut this plantation was iy avory methods of the Nc far superior in condition and cultivation to any I hi is portion of the State, The T was made per- and found a0 difficulty in ob- aired from my host. In which ho had met in his at my ease at once, a eo u fame he said SB8s gf i . Li e f os = 2 i 3 Ze “il rf 4 $ Hi i 3 8 F Ee $i “il c i E i i in § Ly b 7 f : H i 3 3 2 bs el t i l i l i : YORK” HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1867—TRIPLE SHEET. I votes all de time for de Yankee, Dem’s polities, there are found many who sullenly declare at the fate of See Carolina i# already decided by the Tadicals, and nothing that the people can do can avert the impending vengeance of the conquerors. This, of course, is taught by the politicians; but in sections far north, beyond their influence, the anbiassed opinions of Se piogie pppacaliy find expression as above stated. here they have not beon worked upon by unseru- pulous demagogues—with which class South Carolina is cursed—they express themselves weary of the and squabbles incident to political hairsplisting ‘and the fighting of the political dogs on either side over their prey. South Carolina has, however, much to learn and mueh to unlearn and throw off before she can hope for any great de; of querer nader the new order of things. Her citizens, first of all, must learn that ig honomble and not degrading. Planters must disc’ thelr overseers and go to work themselves, as our North- ern farmersdo, And, more than all, they must (orget the ridiculous cbivalry which characterizes them with Qeisetig lroate Let the citizens of tho State re Bounce this characteristic without wasting forthe adveout of the Cervantes whose mission it may be io ‘icuge it away.” Lot them labor in the field or in the shop, and learn to make Soatt: or, falling in this, their fate ts Plainly to fall in the rivalry with sturdy Northern labor. South Sze. however, seems deeply sunk in tho mire of her time-honored princi; and the attempt to drag or beat her out will pro! ly prove a thaukless In the western of 4 er pamticnonie of the people correspond accu’ wi ose of the more pro- ductive regions in its cent portion. The work of the farmers is somewhat interfered with by the unsettied condition of the country aud the general cry of coutisca- tion and degradation raised by the politicians for their own purposes. In the district about Aiken the prospects of the fruit hun id agreeable to MY, ment of the aon dificulties of the State, provided only they be allowed to reap the fruits of the soil for the present finely opening season. This city (Augusta) isin the height of business pros- rity, in strange contrast to the utter Ce ere of luinbla, and the unenterprising methods of Charieston. The hotels are filled with Norihern tourists, business men and drummers of all shades, trades and nati ties. On the subject of the Military bill there. ia very Uittlo discussion, but what arguments occur are by no means as fiery, nor are the assertions as positive or war- breathing as those made and carried on in Charleston. A party of youngand old men, lately concernod in the emigration scheme ot General Price, but shortly returned to this city, expressed their disgust in unmeas- ured terms in the barroom of the Planter’s Hotel to-day, aud boldly advocated an immediate agreement to any terms Congrezs might propose, in order that the country could be united and war declared aguinst Mexico after Maximilian has left, with the view of chastising the “‘greasers” for their bad treatment of the Confede- Fate colony that settled among thom. Yesterday after. noon, however, an individual of gentec! appearance hailing from Montgomery, qualified the Military bill, in conversation with several gentlemen, as ‘ua {osupport- able outrage,” aud claimed that it would create another war. in which no prisoners would be taken. ‘Yes,”’ con- tinued this Georgia fire-cater, “the South knows now what defeat means, and if ever she goes into an: war she'll know on what principle to fight. If men enlisted had been in tho army at the time of Leo’ surrender there would not have been any surrender, and they would have been there only they were led to desert ‘on the supposition that by do! 80 they would gave their slavos,’’ This frothy individual went on doclaiming at this rate for somo time, until a strangor silenced him by inquiring what was his rank in the rebel army? The question was grected with a laugh from the little knot of gentlomen assembled, from whom it was learned afterwards that this individual bad passed the four years of the war in Baltimore, safely preaching what he was too careful of his own comforts to practise. MISSISSIPPI, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. A Day at Memphis—Fighting Editors—Amus- ing Duel—-The Wenther and Prospects for Planting—Probablo Destruction of Napoleon, Ark.—Politics, &c. On Boarv Sreawen Great Rervsuc, ‘Vickasura, Miss. March $1, 1867, } Our stay at Memphis was not as long as wo expected it would be, but the Captain allowed us sufficient time to go ashore and see all that was to be seen at this flourishing point. Memphis has the reputation of being ‘one of the most driving towns on the river, but we were not prepared for the numerous improvements which have been made since the close of the war. A new hotel of large proportions and whole squares of fine stores, similar to those you have on Broadway, have been erected, and the au- thorities are now engaged im ropairing the principal stroots at a cost of over $2,000,000, In addition to its importance as a business point, it ts the home of some of the most celebrated rebel leaders, among whom I might mention General N. B, Forrest, General Albert Pike, Raphael Semmes, of Alabama ‘notoriety, and Geo, Chalmers. Pike is engaged in editing the Memphis Appeal, and Semmes the Bulletin. Galloway, the editor of the fire cating Avalanche, was absent from the city op aduelling scrape, of which I am able to give you the following particulars :— It appears that Colonel Yerger, editor of the Mississip. pian, and J. M. Partridge, of the Vicksburg Herald, bad a misunderstanding, as they call it, and decided to settle the difficulty by @ duel. Galloway being an intimate friend of Yerger’s was called upon to act as his second, while Mr. Manlove, of the Vicksburg’ Herald, was selected as Partridge’s second. The Sight was ar- ranged to come off at Milliken’s Bend, sbout twenty-five miles above here, and at sunrise this morning all the parties appeared upon the ground. Owing to the good services of the seconds, however, tho aificulty was adjusted without an exchango of shots, d the belligerents left the field fecting satisied as to the result, Not 20 one of the seconds, however, and the result was, a duel took place afterall, It occurred in this way:—Manlove, who, as I stated befurs, acted as Mr, Partridge’s second, was anxious to have an account of the affair in the following day’s Heeatp, and an- nounced his determination to write a squib about it. Yergor, whose paper is published semi-weekly, and does not come out until the 34 proximo, objected to the Hematp man getting ahead of him in this way, and said it would not bo fair unless both accounts were published on the same day. Manlove insisted on his right to make the mat- ter public in the morning, however, and the re- suit was a challenge from Mr. Yerger, which was promptly accepted. The pistol case was again produce the ground waa measured off at twenty paces and t combatants blazed away at each other. Yorger got ballet through his coat sleeve, but Manlove escaped un- hurt. After the first fire the seconds thought tho sport bad gone far enough, aod managed to adjust the matter 80 that no more shots were exchanged. @ uaval apolo- gies were then made on cach side, and all parties re- turned to the city this afternoon in excellent spirits. We received the news of this bloodless fight at Milli- ken's Bend, where we took on a passenger who wit- nessed the whole affair. To some Vicksburg people whom we had on board the news proved highly inter- eating, bui the majority of the passengors seemed to look upon it as an ordinary occurrence, ‘The weather still continues gloomy an4 unsuitable for farming purposes. Planters with whom I have con- vorsed say they are a month bebiad band with their cropa, and regard things as very blue along the valley of the Mrerissippi. THe cotton lands have been badly injured by reason of the inundation and fences have been laid low in every direction. There seems to be a pretty general intention not to plant near so much cot- ton as usual this season. Sore tl double the amount Of attention will be bestowed on corn, however, so that there will be no famine next yoar. Cotton planters have been very much discouraged ‘by the result of last year’s operations and will pay moro attention to t cerenis and stock than they ever did. A planter Big Black, some miles below this point, told me h it 000 last year. He planted eight hundred acres and worked eighty-soven bands, expecting, with good luck, to realize seven hundred baes. His total crop was short of one hundred bales, #0 you can easily perceive whore the $35,000 went, There is very little politically to communicate. If silence gives consent the people with whom I have come in contact appearto have accepted the situation. Gen- eral Longstreet's letter of advice has done a great deat of good, and if a few other men of his stamp would come out with similar letters the work of reconstruction would soon be finished. The le are anxious for and a place in the Union, it hag been nothing ut the efforts of afew de: op fire. cating politicians that have made thom hang back so long. As an illustration of one of the Misstsatpp froaks I might mention the case of Napoleon, Ark , which point we passed yesterday, Tho town, it appears, is built ona Jong tongue of land at the junction of tho Miasissippi year tho Father of Waters Arkansas rivers. took a notion to change its channel and cat into this point, and 80 effectually has the work been performed that @ large portion of the place has already disap. , and the entire town will probably be swept away by rere flood. The water is now sixtoon feot deep in the streets, and tho chancos are that steam- boats will soon course over the spot, aud Napoleon will become a thing of the Helena, some miles above, ts similarly flooded, and will probably suffer the fate of Napoleon. The Lake Providence country, through which ‘we passed this morni is also bad); th Louisiana side. Along the Mississi 1” shore, waver, the leves seoms intact, and the i have yot to feel the effects of the groat rise, ARKANSAS, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Arrival at Napoleon—The Town Under Water— How te Get to the Hotel-The Men of Ar kaneas—Political Opinions of the Poople—No Union Men in Napoteon, &c. Narotnox, Ark., March 20, 1967. “You're at your place at last,” said the good natured captain of the stoamer on which I had taken passage at Helena, as the gang plank was shoved out and came Jown with a thug on the Wharfboat; “hope you'll have $004 luck bunting bears.‘ Tt was two o'clock in the ‘morning, and the rain was pouring. I had been spending three hours ia the pilot house—the greatest place in the 5 to learn all the various phases of life on the Mississippt. Leaving my pleasant company and plunging out into such a storm was not particularly agreeable, and espe cially with the last story of the pilot about one of his card playiog experiences. at draw poker unfinished; but, Thad talked bear hunting in the swamps back of Napo- leon In rather mastodon style, and for bear hunting B had irropressibly booked myself. The pitch pine torches on the steamer’s bow gave the brightness of midday to the surrounding objects, Some half-dozen persons were on the wharfboat, “Look hyar, stranger; want a hotel?” inquired @ thickset man, dressed in what it waa easy to see had once been Confederate gray, and as he asked the ques- tion rolling between his jaws an immense quid of tobacco and holding in one baud an oar “4 your man.” “How many hotels in town?” I inquired. “Thar ‘ar a few; only one, sir, Boyds's, and tte mite over thar,’ and he pointed im the direction of Pitchy darkness. “No whar else you can stay. Hers my boat; you just jump in and 1’l skull you over thar intertween the raindrops, and when you get thar you'll be dry ‘nough fora pint of whiskey, and count'me in too,” I got im and be began skull That sturdy r ding in the stern of the boat Using his oar with such easy aud wondrous skill, the briglit glare of the steamor’s light growing less gent aud casting greater shadows into the dark Tevived mythological memories of the Styx Charon and Plato's regions. I had about expected to seo looming up” in” misty shadow before mo Cerberus, and to hoar hit us im growl a dis- contented welcome, when suddenly we shot into the hallway of a buiiding, and ‘jump out here on these “ere steps’ greeted me from a stout shouldered African, holding forth a tallow candie, The jumping out was nearly midway on a flight of stairs, half the lower story being under water, and the stairs leading to the hotel accommodations limited to the second aud upper story of the building Iwas not as dry as my robust ferryman had promised, but] counted him mon a drink, and then off to bed and a nighmare dream of boing on the Edyatone light house, aud being washed away in & storm, Neon at Austertitz was grand gloomy aud pecy- Kiar, but Napoleon of Arkansas, as shown by daylight, roveatod nothing grand, but enough known of what was gloomy and peculiar to make up. Except its im- perial name, (dow it came to have this name the oldost inhabitant does not know, and the residents are not and never have been Bonapartists,) the town is in no other way specially emiment, only ‘as being atthe mouth or nearly so of the Arkansas river, and by virtue of this position the depot of cotton and all kinds of goods and merchandise requiriag shipment ito the intelor of the State, and vice versa, Half buried in water ike nearly all the other towns on the Mississippi from above Vicks- burg to Cairo, it is of course seen to disadvantage. But the people are bustling and busy; the chief cud of man {s believed to be drinking whisky, ptaying poker and bear hunting. The Confederate gray is more iargely worn than anything else, tho greatest men in all the world are Jeff Davis and Robert E. Lee, and be is the truest son of Arkansas who can show the largest vocabu- lary qualifications in denouncing the general govern- ment. It is the easiest thing in the world to get into conversation regarding the political situation, but not the more prudent to ulter very ultra radical sentiments. A knock down azgament would be a not unlikely result in the latter case and the utterer of radical views would be the more likely one to come out secoud best It is not all who are as considerate as ane with whom I got talking, and for the purpose of drawing him out, in- sisted that a negro was just as good as a white man and in evory respect -bis oqual and as much entitled to the right of a as avy other right to which the white man was entitled. ‘i'll not arger that pint,” he eaid, jumping up excitediy from bis chair, “The Skriptoors are my guide about niggers, and I don’t care ad—n what avybody elve says or thinks.’ Taking in view his excited manner, and at the same time a comprehensive view of his six feet of height, hia wide brimmed Puritan Father's hat, a decided Crom- wellian ook about the eyos, a very long apostolic beard, @ peculiar way of wearing his pants io bis boots and his general style of hie: ecpie borrowed from St. Paul, bat looking very much the picture of the more moderna Don Owsar de Bazan, the attempt to shake bis faith in the Scriptures I considered would be eelf-demoralizing, and accordingly did not strive to “arger” with nim further. Shortly afterwards I got into conversation with another Arkansas imen, but somewhat differing in ppzewel atylo dress from af Seriptural friend, [ome woven blue jeans of awkwi cotton collar without cravat, and high crowned black felt hat comprised his dress. Ho wore no wi fixed earnestness showing him to bea man wi plain spoken and said exactly what he meant. >. you say you was SoG ed Iwas born and bred in Arkansas, and live in Union county,” he remarkec by way of introduction. Maree E ou are & Union man,” I observed by Perpetratin, showed to away, or else deomed “Union man! not a Dit of it, and what ie mo’ thar ain't adomn Union man im the county, and I wish to God thar wasn’t one in the hull Suthern country. “Tn what respect are you not # Uniow mant”’ I oe ee ee views, “Iu every respect. How has the South been treated? Aint eo our niggers? and now aint we going to lose ov else? the Ceateeation Dill has not passed yet,’ I mildly “I know it alat; but its bound to anda of bills dog darn’d worse than that, bt nn Bidet coer dont asia ae ibe Se ‘South was wot to opprem at oe and & tho object in fighting the interfere with our institoushuns, bat to preserve supremacy of the constitoushun and the Union, Jeave all our rights unimpaired? How is things to-day? The nigger is free, and put one quality with the man; yes, and put higher than the Southern white ma, for he can vote, and the Southern white man, if pened to shoot a Yankee, or load s gun do it with, or give an ounce of bread to & soldier to keep his strength up can't vote no way A’nt we taxed to death? A’nt our moncy and cred been taken from us? A’nt spies and informers guns all about the country? A’ot the radical Congress doing its best to subjugate us, destroy the Hi ond States, throw, the constitvoshun to the dogs and the Union to the devil. But Lord, what’s the use grumbling? It’s the Devil’s own worst imps that are doing all the mischief, and fet them goit. I'm going to sell my plantation aud to Mexico or somewnere to get out of the country.” “Pll be d—'d if you ant sensible,” chimed in a third person, who was quite young and sprucely got up, con- sidering the bardensome taxation and no money and no credit that had been so graphically portrayed, “But, who'll bay our land ?”"—and be asked this with the im- Portance of one owning millions of acres, “That's the devil of It,” repiled the Union county- man, “ Who'll buy land threateued with coudscation 2”? The whistle of a stoamer approaching tho town caused the discussion to be dropped here; for it is considered notoniv an ioberent right, bat an inherept duty of every masculine, Napoleonite as well as-visitor there, to be at the whart boat when a steamer comes in, Since my arrival the water has gone down a Pm deal, spots of dry land are to be seen, the dema: has diminished, lades and hoop skirts are more frequently visiblo in the strocts and the town is rapidly as suming its antedilavian appearance. People in la betle France may ery aud sbrick Napoleon for hg 44 em Napoleon Tor two days is enough for me. I © changed my mind and shall not stay bere to bear hugh POLICE INTELLIGENCE, AttecaD Artert at BurGLany.—Mary Purnell, fani- tress of the premises No. 77 Nassau street, yesterday appeared before Justice Hogan and made a complaint against Gustay Younghaus, a German, only nineteen years old, whose arrest by officer Morrison, of the Second Precinct, she had caused on a chi Lod of attompt at bur. slary. She tostified to detecting Younghaus in the act of attempting to force open the workshop door of Victor Maitre, manufacturer of watch keys, with @ chisel and jimmy which he bad in bis possession. The prisoner ‘was committed to the Tombs for trial. Ho is a wood em Graver and lives at No. 118 Christio street, A Tar Cavemt 1 tH Act.—Charles Henderson, thirty-one yoars of age, waa yesterday brought before Justice Hogan ona charge of larceny preferred against him by Lorenzo Luegi, living at No. 81 Baxter be 9 The latter, while pied im a crowd in Roosevell strost, felt a nibble at his side, and turn. Ing suddenly around, caught the Cer in the at of withdrawing his hand from his ( 's) veut pocket, in which was a watch aod chain, charged with the theft, Henderson confessed his and having nothing to say in his beball, the committed him for trial, Henderson 1s a laborer, lives in Hester street. Auieceo Lancent or Clotmma.—Yeaterday Anna Driscoll was charged before Justice Dodge at the Jef. feron Market Police Court, with having stolen a quan. uty of clothing and $1,000 in bank notes, in all to the if , perty of Mary Searies, No, 1 Division sirest, BY Teceeed, admitted she had taken the property, and the Justice committed her for trial, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘W. H. Barnum, Congressman elect of Connecticut, and of Ban Franciseo, and M. Brimmer, the Brevoort House, ore Baron Stoeck!, Russian Minister, and Geo, A Ham- mond, of Montreal, are stopping at tho Clarendon Hotel, General Btewart L, Woodford and H.R. Low, of Al. any; W. L. Vance, of Kentacky, and W. 5. Bates, of Boston, are stopping at the Fitth Avease Hotel tee 4, J, Hastings, of Albany; Roswell Hart, ter; N Coniey, of Washington; A. W. ‘Kingmsn, of i i | 7 etnot station house, Capt. Wil 's, has been, daring the past month, repfinted, rafurishe, and ‘with all the modern improfements, The house was morly a dwotling and somewhat unftt for pollos Until the workmen had remotelled it ‘World to hear astonishing parrations. and the best place shape