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THE SOUTH Reports from the Special Cor respondents of the Herald. REGISTRATION IN VIRGINIA. mOITlOS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. POLITICS IN TENNESSEE UNO LOl'MINA. Progress of Reconstruction and Internal Improvements in Texas. &Q &C. &0. f ineiNil. ?ftCM CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Instruction* from (ienrral HehoBeH to flic Boards ot Registration. RicimosD, V*., May 15, 1867. The following list Of instruction.* has been issued by General rh holirld and approved by General Grant and At'oraev General Siaubery. As will be seen, tbo work of - jistr.iion will not commence until furtner instruc t o: are delivered-? OCKKRAL ORDIRS?80. 28. HSAPOCARTKRS KlUir Ml LIT AST Ol'TKICT. > Stat* or Vikuisia, Hkihkomi, May 115, 1 -*G7. i I irf>i owing regulations are prescribed for the rcgistra. tm o' voters as required by the act o! Cougress ot March in. i vi,'.? 1 : w ci or more registering officers will be appo.tiled for ev .. unity and city, according to its size, and one lor each ni i. nerinl district or ward. v 2 One principal board of Registration, sn<f a. many a*. aist .'tl 'c ards as may be ciinveniunt. eHi-n to conaislof tl'ree officers, iv111 be organized in each county or city by the Pre aide u the board, under instructions here;oiore issued from esc headquarter*. ' President of the Board for the county or city will apportion 'he dletrieta or wards among the principal aud ... * '? *" - *- ' ich tlie gc ? si mi t Boards, dntennine the order 111 wliich the several oniric . or wards assigned to eacli board Bliall he registered, egisn th time to be allotted to each, and will instruct the Register lugOillcerof each district ur ward to publlsli accord.ugly the notu cs herein alter lequired, uud to make the ncrs usury pi i-narations for the meeting of the Hoard in his district or ward. 4 I he '"resident of the Board will also designate the place of registration in each district or ward, which will be select ed with reference to the general convenience of voters. 5. There shall lie one place of registration, and only one, in e icb magisterial disirict or ward, where* all the qualified voters, resident* of the district Or ward, shall lie registered. 6. li shall lie the dot. of the registering officer of each dis tr et or ward to register the voters of th it district or ward. aeep the records, prepare the required reports tothemin ral, and t ' niaudi i; general, and to do such other ministerial duty as may be ordered bv the Bond or by the President thereof. Bui all questions" of the light of persons to be registered must tie decided by the full Hoard 7. I he board of ltegistralion shall, in each dig. tnct or ward, in live of the most public places therein, (ause wrilien or printed notices to be posted, which notices shall designate (he time and place, when r.nd where the registration will be held, the number of days the hoard will be In session for the purpose of registration, and Iho length of litne each day, and invit ing all persons qualitied to vote under the provisions of the act of (' ingress of March A 1867. entitled "An act to pro. yule for the more efficient government of the rebel States," and the act supplementary thereto, passed March AS, 1867, to appear before the Board for registration. 8. These notices shall l>e posted at least ten days before the commencement of the registration in the district or ward In which they are posted. 9 i'er?on? shall vote ouly iu the district or ward where they are registered. 10 On the day and at the time named in the notices here in before mentioned, the Hoard of Registration for the district oi ward shall meet at the place designated in such notice and, haying taken lbs prescribed oath, enter upon their dui.es U The : oom In which the registration is to be made shall be so at ranged that the Board of Registration and persona admitted as challengers aud witnesses shall be separated front those to lie registered, do one being permitted within the enclosure. In addulon to those named, except the person to lie registered o agamiued for registration, the persons to he regtslored be pig admitted one by one, and their entry Mdsecress 10 bo so arranged as to avoid confusion. It t'or the purpose of securing a just registration, and to prevent the registration of a^y person not entil ed to vote sder the provisions of the stid aot of Congress ot March 2 1867 or the art supplement try thereto, three white and three colored prrsom, SUW? at Itw district, shall be selected bv the Board, who shall be allowed to rainaln with ihe Bo.^ aud who snail have the privilege, and whose duty it shall bo', ?a well sa Hut of each member of the Board, to chaheugc the right of any person to be registered, who. In the opt-.noa of the person challenging, la disqualified ?s a voter by reason of any of the nautes aet forth in said acta of Comgraaa. Upon auch challenge bring matt* the Hoard shall axumlne the pereon presenting bins aelffor registration In reference to each cause of .tlaqui _ Jdlsqtialitt oatriu mentioned In said act and the art supplementary thereto. KTldene* ahall alao be heard. If offered, to *ats> pUuliale the cauaa of challenge, or knrebut that offered la pupport of It. 13 In rrglaterlng the rotor* the namea of the whiles and polored persons registered ahall be entered in arparate E iumnsof tha flat kept tor that purpose. which llata. after e registration ahall hare been completed, ahall be alpim t.iaiiy .ivangeil?the namea of the while and colored CBs er< still being kept In aeparale column*. Three aeparale ai- ahall he kept. The llrat ahall contain the name* of all voters who ahall be rogiatered withoul challenge, after tak ing me prescribed oath set forth in the flrai section of the enpplrmeul to the aforesaid act The second. thoae who ma; lie regmered after challenge made. and the third, those Who mar be releeted upon challenge 14 Opposite the name of each person challenged, whether teji?tered as e i tilled to rote or not, the cause of |allengr will be dearly stated, and alao the facta relating le-etu a* developed hv the examination of the Hoard "li I'ka Uiuapd akitll ill ul the* ttljaa*** .Ukiuiiuio.l i 14 I he Hoard shall all. at the place >tr?igiiaie<l in the Iffltt R^R )>tire. hereinbefore nimitlnned. at least eight hour* each (oi nor iqp* than three consecutive .lays iSuuilava eg ? i tedi. aa act forth in told notice, to register the namea of t>ers >n? to aatd dlatrtc* who are qualified to v>>tr under ? provisions of the act and of the act supplementary sreto herelnbnfore mentioned. It le expected that all per. ins entitled to be registered, and wbe are not prevented b) ckneae or other unavoidable cause, will present theruaelvea for regiairation at this seat on of the Board Ik I pop the completion of the registration the Beard ?hall forward to the Commanding Oenrral copies of the lists required to he kept, certihed In the following form: ? We do certify, ou honor, thai the a Pore ta a correct Uat of the persons (registered aa roters without challegei, .regis tered aa voters aftar c nulleiige and examination, I or I re jet-ted xipou rballruge. i ma the rase may he, in the ? district .or rard I. county yMaupof ?, Hut# of VlrgiUUL tnt of IBnitH <:? 0 . Registering titlloer of the county (or elty). R V , Registering Officer of the district ioi ward). They tual. alao cause copies of the list* to be posted In three of the moat public pieces of the distort or ward. IT. Two weeks or more after the registration has been comp eted and after ten data' public notice, the Board shall re. no re tie at the place of registration for the corrrrNoo of the i tih..she.l llata. at which iimr additional eridei.ee may be heard id reference to the uase* of those rejected Upon Oba. ier.gr at the previous registration, when those thus re jected in.ir be registered, 1! the eiidence warranta it. IK Toe name ot any oec registered after or wllhifut ehal Uwgc may he atrH-keu I rom un roil, if a cans# of diaqoalt Rcat on t? ther. established U Toe nanaea of inch pcraona may be registered aa es lao ah by aa..afartury proof the fact of tualr inaMIItv by reason Ot Sicklies- ot etlisr unavoidable oause to at'.sud the ep.slratioi. previously made. I lh< names of ad persons id the three separate cor ed lis is shall, after Uie sn-ood soasioo of the Board, he entered separately and alchab.-ttcally in a book prepared foi ih' pnrp am. id which the names ef the white and col. oren voters aha,! be krpt separate, for conrsmenre of re. ferrnce at the ensiling election, audacopyof the Hat of such rcg ster, certified as reqoired by paragraph IS, shall then be " era! forwards-, to the comm .riding general. XI Boards of registration shall have power to summon wit n esses in J compel their attendance in any ease of eoutcaUs.', registration, and the power to suppress die. order and preserve the peace aland in the vieinitv of the place of registration. Kor these purposes they may ball upon tha local civil authorities or the nearest pommauder of troop* for ?nrh aid aa may he necessary, or khey may al melr discretion summon a special police force (or the purpoae. X! An. person who shall knowingly and wilfully violate gr.y ?( th. piovialooi of theas rcgulailons, or who abail, by kiolrnee or intimidation prevent, or endeavor to p<event, the rog st-?i;o?> of any voter, shall, upou conviction thereof, be puultbel by hue and imprisonment. At the diocreuou of a Miliary eaminimioii. tti'Lis ro* assise orv xreoevrs. All tut horned acc.-urate incurred under or by virtue of the act of fM?N of March J* JffffT. shall be forwarded to Ha.or 1 11 Mautou. Tayn ) matter First Military district. Klcb ^?onl^w 34 Vouchers tOAereunta fer relmhurvement forexpeaaev Incurred must he supported by the properly receipted ?rig-nai bills of eipan 'lure made out In duplicate aa sub. wou-hcra M hen It is impossible to obtain receipt* to sub eo h?rs the claimant, if an officer, must oertiry, if A ??* *... m-i*i mAkc afl'davf -ef -- a etvtl magisirai# or notary puhIM whore practicable. that the amonnia -lalmad t*r rsiml-urarment were actually and aeceaaanly expended hv him m, th# puhtte servtee. and that It was impossible to ?hton aut. v -..chert theroior 1* Thv ert.fteates to vouchers for axpendltnres Incurred by a Ho. d of RsgiMcauea most be sigued by tbe Preitdeat ?l the H. ard, _ ** Bach voucher must be complete In Itaelf, and be ao eowuamed hv all orders and explanation* necssaarv ui make Ita fully understood anj ail orders, sub vouchers or ex planations must ba mads ?? duplicate had Sled with ihh Four hers t. Vouchers for vxrendilures mutt sthte the date end glace in* items and *m unl. to whom, for what purpose, nod lbs lumber end names ef the persons fer whom lbs AXpeM'turs ."** "*?**? * uuchers fit aervlcas rendered ?!' 2i! 5<n'"rM>'*rosu! and end of the period &?&???? ??t,,rT*i m,,r',ut* ?K,h,r 'Ik!lL "* Accompanied by the i?i oi Ihf PMJ? whom it nudff Mo Aormint ?rill be psio by the disbursing off est unlets oorrcctij mads ?ui sad the rsoeip. i r t rr v ' " R The expenses whtoh may property he incurred hv ihs Boards of Regiat-allot art al f.Suwt - "???"??? ?? ??? 1 Fof ibe preparation, necessary for earry'ng out the lb tl/uctiona of paragraph 11 I Purchase of neeesaarv stationery fey boards I Priming the poetart cearnvM by pamgr*p? ?? pristine Ike author lead lifts of reg ?ter*u i-urs as required or oara. grap* Id sad other printing previously autlorliti Vy th? Command.ng Uontral. 4 Foi pes lag* Bo Na other gvporrtituros tbaa those above mentlvned ?haI be locurrsd without the prmioux Saoctioh of tbe ustis ral commsnding. It Hegisicr.ng oWesr* appointed from dell life for coun ties or o.tie* will hu paid M the raw of gm permoMh; these for magisterial diitrwia or wards >f aims si the rata pf ? pei d'em for the tuns thoy are actual I. empnytd. IT Al ceglatsiif* ?? Allewod tan eaou m?a. turn.ng from thalr atatfonh ta thair placas tf cea-donce After Jotniag thalr raapiatleg atatioa. regular tag ofltaar* ?1 ba allowed, by way of reimbursement tha actual, acces by sad reaimoablc rigpMM of Hair trmaspcrfatuia white h??itng on public duty coanectad wllh thatr Ba within pit respective muaties nr districts aooss ana hi irn Rff IIlast roushars win ba furaiaMd raflafarfpg B(in the pay mi Boa their requisition, from the ufflee M toe pAymaster ol la military dialgtrA, . R4 Hlaok oaths for vatars and tha blank tawha rsfw^i to ?. pa-agroi-h ff wl" h,> furalrted from Uiaeffito on (bo nviuUH'oo o' rwgi coring <>ttoem. . - . S# 1 lie rtcmrtKm wilt uoi be eomaaeuood nuUI further ia?iructimii are liuued from (hM* hrjidq'v?r|^? K> ??DHf Of Hrigaairr and B-vvet Major General J. M SlJ"^K rn,(VlL2^^.jX Au.iUat Adj-lUal Ae?ertt. WEST TIRfllRIA. S?EClM. CflflEESPONPENCE OF THE HEfUlO 'i hr Keiiilntlan ?f Vx?r<?AVegel FirtiiHM nhiii on (ho Port of (he Olttoore?C'onoorvn tive* M(rioken from (he l.tat?Ae ex-l'eiee Soldier la Nor Permitted (e Register Reennae He la a Couaerviulve? Uermnu Colony. At. WaiKLmu, W Va., May 14,1MT Reg'stration in West Virginia is attracting (ha atten tion of people in both sections of the partitioned Com monwealth. The alleged partisanship exhibited by the officers of registration, under the control of Governor Boreman, la producing the bitterest possible feeling throughout the Btale of West Virginia The Boards of Registration havi become nothing more than mere Instruments for the purpose of securing partisan and radical domination throughout the State. Men even suspected of holding conserva tive views have had their names sumtuarly stricken from the roll of voters because their sentiments were adverse 10 the parly in power. These boards re ceive their instructions from Governor Borcinan, and are, in almost overy instance, it is stated, the pliant tools of this radical functionary. Three ganUemeu in Barbour county resigned their offices as members oT a board or registration because of being required to do such work as even radicals themselves felt repugnant to execute. Men of standing and respectability in the county have been stricken off the voters' list, and where sixteen hundred logal voters are enrolled a little over four hundred will remain after the Board of Registration gets through with its programme of disfranchisement. It is not because theso men have been rebels that they have thus been deprived of the most sacred privilege of American citixeuship, but simply that they feel unwil ling to vote the radical ticket. It is believed that if many more are stricken off there will hardly bo a suffl i ient number left to fill tbo county offices. In Randolph couDty it is reported every conservative name has been erased, aud the radicals, having no company left, uioved away to Upsbur county. West Virginia. In Jefferxou county a similar oue-eided registration pre vails, a common practice being to serve notices on meu of conservative sentiments to appear within a limited timo and give satisfactory proof of being duly qualified, or olse be wiped off the reg stry of voters. Such notices are generally served on mon who live in remote sections of tho county, at such distances iroui the contra of registration as pro< iudes their making an ap pearance before the specilied lime expires; men too, who have voted at throe and four previous elections, in I'nrkershurg Mr. James Woffindin, a com positor on a paper, who had hceo'bonorabiy discharged from the I nited states service after a term of three years, and, though offering to take any oath required, was refused registration simply because of his aversion to holding the extreme views ot the ruling party. Turning from politics to colonization, it is gratifying to learn that Colonel Burton Despard and other gontlomen have disposed of ten thousand acres to a colony of Ger man emigrants, who are expected to arrive during the present month. The lands were sold at a very moderate valuation, aud the hardy nud industrious Teutons were thus induced to come. If other landholders followed this example the most satisiactory resells might be expected to follow, and the wUd lands of West Virginia might be made to blossom like the rose. SOiTH CAROLINA. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. From Columbia to Charleston? Condition and Aspect of the Country?Uncultivated Land? Confiscation In Another Form ? Humors Relative to Employers and Employed, dec. Charlkios, 8. 0., May 14, 1807. Once more rolling on the rail, and thia time between Colombia and Charleston. It ta a bright and smiling Sunday morning when wo start. The weather grows sui te* as we get on In our course and the eun in his, and by the tftne we reaah Cheeleston It is boding hoc or, net to bo extravagant in the ueo of expressions, it is exces sively warm, aud white pantaloons are Beurlfiblng (they have a weakness for white pantaloons In Charleston), and green peas, blackberries, new potatoes led (lies. Bet 1 have not quite done .with my journey yet. It lies through a oonntry abont which 1 have a few words to say. it might he anticipated from the observations made in the neighborhood of Colombia, the figure of the 'land is 1st almost the whole way. There la no departure from his form whatever, except an occasional shallow dip to the bed of a stream, or a rise now and again that oaa hardly oe eallad a hill. The only elevation that I can remember at all deserving the name forms the south bonk of the Congaree river, where the reed crosses. The most general observation one Is forced to make in regard to the appearance of the region traversed is, that so much land lies unreclaimed, iff the oondition in which natare has left it. The forests are never far in the back ground, aud from a point about sixty miles from Colu la bia they sktrt the rood ell the way, there being only one occasional clearing, or balf-rlearing, fall of atumpe, to dispute the perfect accuracy of the statement. And tbese forests are, too greet extent, pine forests. How well they called to mind tho school geography class, and seemed to ask the question over again, "What are the chief products of Booth Carolina?" and 1 mentally answered "Tar, pitch and turpaatine," as somehow feertag a cuff on the head if 1 didn't, and fancying that in the morse of transmigration those forms might have become the bebttatloas of many a tall, gaunt, knotty schoolmaster 1 had kaowe of Tors. The tlnest plantations, though by no means the richest land, lie within the space tf eight miles between Orange burg sad Howe's Pomp, the latter station being fifty-nine mile* from Columbia. They look remarkably well sad are almost wholly planted sritb cotton, but the soil is all more or lees sandy. As they say la some parts of the country, It Is not a fat soil, and lacks tie concomitants necessary to conMitote It e first rate cotton producing soil. Bat cotton Is m sensitive a plant, requiring just so much and Just no little beat, no sooner and ae later, jest so much moisture and no more, tbet it happens, where some one or two of tbese exacting condllieos are found to exist opportunely on the sandy plantations, as for ex ample, dryness, when the ethers are tec wet, the plant cheeses to do bettor than en a more bonntlful soil. This Is oee of the accidents of nature for which the planter may be thankful, but en which he oaa make no calculn lion. Besides the above mentioned plantations they He seat, tering from Columbia to Orangeburg, mors between Col timbla and Kingsvtlle, fewer between tbe latter point and Inwlsvills, and few and far apart from Lewtarilla to Orangeburg. In tbls section the cultivated Isnd Is no wocre more than a third of tbe whole area, and from the Concert* river to within three or four miles of Lrwis vliie a spot of cultivated ground would be a marvel, if I except a atrip along the hank of the river. Here the shore rises and there is something of a hill, and for a short space rnitivated laad; but from the base of tbls mere ?well in the hgure of tbe country there st re tehee away an almost treeless plain for miles. On it, scat tered here and there, are low pinea and a short sparse herbage that seems from its meagre aad pale looks to get hut a spare living. The richest lands in all this country are wholly unre claimed. They lie along the north hank of the Con garee river chiefly, but are to be teen at long intervals between Charleston and BranchvUle, sixty eight m les from the city. Tbeee lands are covered by a dense growth of timber sod tangled vines through which a wildcat ronld hardly pass, and are overflowed by the backwater of some neighboring stream. Agriculture, as It hss been prac tised in the country, cannot meet the grave neceeslttee of this case; and an all the rich bottoms are left te breed frog*, ague aad mosquitoes instead of producing breed, the staff of human life. While people are regretting a possible eeaflNMtea, Whlrb is to take from them some thing which may bo of only nominal valee. would It eot be Weil to bestow a thought upoa an an actual aqoander tng of resource*. in comparison with which all the rest aink Into lasigniflcaave * Why thie anxious cars on the one band?why thir wanton neglect on me other? re there 'n South Carolina a pioua necessity which requires the socrfloe of ber greatest waalth without a mur mur* It would seem that there ? or bae been. One of the oldest of states, she ta to es primi tive e condition as regards the arts necessary te the development of her agricultural resources, to mention no others, as Nebraska or Colorado Indeed, there is verv utile association of induatrv with art. What nature might be compelled togtveof her Mora, her richest gifts etui remain an best owed, to Mesa. perhaps, at some future dav, a more efficient system of labor. There an many ferule spots along tbe ere coast, id the deltas of the rivers, tbst might he mace to produce sbundantly. Te tnatsnee only oee exempts?It te mid bv those who are judgse tbet, by employing e little of the engineer's art ia cutting s renal arrow what Is known as Hall Bole Swamp, at tbe mnutb ef tbe fimtee river, from twenty-five to fifty tboumad scree of the finest cctton growlngland can be reclaimed This land can he for ten costs bought for tee cents aa acre to day, and would, on iba completion of tbe canal, be worth fifty dollar* This Is but one invtance ef aa improvement that might he made la like manner along the const Among tbe question* that agitate tbe public mind In nyard to the surest method of bringing about a solution of certain perplexities, it Masked whether the negroes held to slsrs labor after the emancipetloi proclamation, January 1, leea, are eot entitled to indemr flcatloe from their mas ten In case they tre It It smarted that It will result in t handeewie distribution of land to negroes uo held, as there is ae other feasible way ef rspeytng them. I mention ti as among tbe curious questions tbel wttl come up from time te time. 1 make so rem toe at. It ia a favorite Idea uf a person to high position. It IB rumored that the employsre us and shout this city have n ,n contemplation ta dietruBs the laberucs who belong to thu 1 oios Insane bv refuting te fiife them work The rumor U without ebwArmal ma, no far a? I nan -?*rm TISRIMKI. im 41 CORRESPOKOMCI * THE MEMll frA?a?rliT mi Ptliiir* li |NiI4I*i for liar >r?r? Voir?'Tiro Colorrxl Moo i? ?h" Areuo-ViohdiudM of lUilrwd Travel? I*ro?o?o4 UlrUioo i*o4 Mole mi Plontoii*o?> Mum-ma. Tenn , May 9, 1867. Thia city te rapidly recovering herself after tbe sudden cbeok wmch bar praapenty net with from tbe unfortu nate riots of last May. There Mas been a decided tut prorement In commercial a Shirt lor the past six weeiu. At that time tbe people were a little despondent, owing to the lateness of the .spring, tbe fear of short crops and tbe unsettled condition of thn South. Things look brighter now, and business men speak hopefully of the future. Tennessee i* the only reconstructed Southern Ktate, end (per people have no cause to regret the ->tep wluch brought her Into the Union. The progress of this city alone is evidence of this. During the lost year three thousand new buildtuga have been put up ta Mem phis I doubt if no many were erected in New Verlt. and certainly tbera were uot in Brooklyn. The republican party claim moot ef the credit of tb.s., Since thav obtained control of the leading olB es, such an tbr judges of nearly all the courte, the police ant so forth, they have been able to restrain to a grant attest tbe hostile seniiueate of the secession conservatives, or at least to restore a feeling of confidence and quiet con ducive to progress. The streets, for instance, have never been paved. They ere in fact mere mud roads, even in the best parts of the city. Mew contracts have been made to fay down ms miles of Nloholson pavement. A year ago there was net eae public school in tb# whole city; now there are several, while it is fairly dotted over with colored schools, which are all full. Thu is the es pecial boast of the radical politician. The financial affairs of the State, too, are looking up. PTfceti tbe legis lature ruet in April, 1865, there was- noth.ng m the trea sury, aud .Mate bond* were not worth quite thirty ceuls. Since (hen they have funded Ave millions due to the railroads, and appropriated teu mil lions to resu.-citaie them. They relieved the people from taaatiou for th? years 1862, 186;, and 1894. The Stute bonds are at the present time worth sixty-four cents, while those ot Virg.nia are at thirty?even cents, and North Carolina at forty-three. The interest due, to Jan., 1866, was funded, and the payment of interest resumed in July of the eame year. In thta promising condition of afi'aus the people look forward to large investment* of Northern and Western capital >u their now tlouriahlng city. The political element* are a good deal mixed, hut there can lie no doubt that the uneasy spirit which heretofore prevailed amongst the disloyal portion of the people is greatly subdued Many who were known to be very hostile to the government uow profess sympathy with the radicals, and some who from old affiliation still adhere to their party are disposed to make the best of tho inevitable future, and secretly assist the move ments ol the republican leaders. This is true to a great extent in All the .Southern cities. The election of next August is. an all absorbing topic. The radicals speak confidently of carrying the Slate, but 1 could detect a little norvoueue^s and anxiety in many of them lest the negroes on the plantations should be diverted from them. The colored vote in the cities they can control without peiadventure. The radical commute" here is working hard, and 1 inns; ear that a more earnest and untiring ?k?1.v of men I never saw; but then, as they say, it is life or death with them.' the intelligent ne groes are working with them with great zeal, and these comprise men of wealtn and respcciahiiity?principaly clergymen, tea-tiers >n<l iuorrh:tni? They are inteoselv hostile to KtUeridgu, the conservative candidate for Gov eruor, and tliey swoar by Larson Browoioar to a man. Agents selected from this class are I veiny sent out on the plantations to luilueuce the negro farm hands in favor of the radical ticket, while at the same time the eonservativas are ostof every exevyoo, 'v promu-es of work and good wages, to induce the colored people to vote against "the Yankee* ' and the tax oo raw .ouon. It wiU probably be a fght race between them The radicals are at * disadvantage In one inspect. They tare only one organ while there are three taper secesh aheeu at the ftpiumaod of their enemies. The registration of voters aommeiicer to-day, and the dusky agent* of the repub lican committee are as J>wy at i?ee* urging UJetT enlnut chined people to come up and qualify themselves to cast their first vote. Notwithstanding the backwardness ot tbe ftoason, hopes are free.y expressed thai the cotton crop in Wast Tenneaaee will exceed that of last year, f rom the Eastern ?ide of tha Aieto the reports aaw not an encouraging. When one undertake- to travel in the South these day* he muat not expect to find tha saute comfort and regularity that might ha had <a the time* ante hell mm. Therefore, when I crowed Mason nnd Dixon's l.na on the plank Irom tha levee at Cairo In tbe steamer Cum berland. which was to take me down tbe Mississippi to Columbus Ky., to catch the tram for Memphis, I was prepared for a change. I was not at all surprised to find seedy conductors, dingy car* sad ragged boy* at the brakes; nor was I astonished to be dumped out on the roadside at midnight at a place called Humboldt, or as It la waggiably designated here, "Confederate Cross-roads," with tbe comforting asaurauoo that If I was In luck there might bo n train along from Iouisville at three o'clock in the morning, but that the train dua tbe night previous did not arrive until twelve o'clock that day. Entering the "hotel," the onlv building visi ble. I found mvselt in- a large, horn like room, dimly lighted by a smoky lamp. The plastering bad (alien from tbe walla la several patches,admiitiui: through the laths glimmers oi light front the adjoiamg room. and. what sounded pis*-ant in that dismal place, the voices of women. Croucalog round the stove, and occupying nil tbe chairs, was a group of men, who sat silently and almost mottonhwa. They wore slouched hats of various colors, white, gray and rusty black. Tbert could br no hesitation In surmising to what clans thar belonged. One of tbem, a gigantic fellow of aboat six feat four, was dressed in n -uit of faded gray, wore a huge som brero of the same color, and bad a long brass cavalry spar on one heoL They were an unprepossessing crowd, who evidently had no particular love for tbe Yankees, and I did not care bow soon tbe train arrived. However, as there was no nound of n whistle in the distance, I seated myaelt upon a barrel, buttoned up my coat, palled the rim of my slouched but over my eyes, and tried to look as likt a guerilla out of place as possible. In strange con trust to this group was a tall, slight man, who sat at the dis tant and of the room reading a paper. He was evidently from the Atlantic shore, for bo wore tbe orthodox Irs- oi ling duster and a stove pips bat I was glad thai I did not wear that kind oI handpiece, for I recollected thai three or four days before a gentleman was attacked ai Grand Junction as a ?? Yankee abolitionist, and a pistol hall sent through bis bM. clipping off s lock of his hair, P and all because of the stove pipe. At (bo same tirao and place another gentleman, who happened to ho a Virgl nlan, was throttled and roughly bundled, being suspected for a Yankee, because ho wore a decent root The gen tleman ht Humboldt proved to I* Hon. Vn. Kolloy. mouther of Congreae from Pennsylvania, who was on his way south for tbe porpooe of assuring just this class of men. and as many others as would listen to blm that the result of the war wna Just the thing for tbe benefit of the Southern people, an.l that ir they would only he con tent to be re-constructed In Congressional fashion, their nntlllrd acres would ho mad# to bloosntn like a garden. And this be did mil tbem the next night at Memphis In n bold, calm, fearless manner which, whether palatable to all his andience or not, provoked no offence. Wish ing to see what manner of men our companions might be, I took a look at the book on tbe counter and found that with one exception tbe guests of this dismal bora were all registered from Arkansas and Mississippi; I mention this Incident to show what kind of companion s and what manner of xc omoiodatton one in liable to moot with la journeying through the South. As a gene ral thing, however, ralhoed travel i* not open to manv complaints, nanoidormc tbe clrcum-tanres of the past few yearn Trains run pretty wall on time, and counac tions are not often missed Tbe Southern people have awakened to the necessity of dividing up tbe largo plantations, and nib-ring them for sale la small farms, In order that they may bo brought under immediate productivo cultivation by the capital and industry of the North and West. Disagree able as it may bo to ses their hereditary plantations par celled out to strangers they yield to the exigencies of the times, ami are compelled to choose between this meosnre and aboolnte destitution. Thev argue that the South has now no property but tbe land, and the means of subsistence must be derived rrom its sale. To carry this into effect various schsmes are afloat evan down to that oflutteriesiand glf enterprises, bv which capital in the North and In Europe may bo induced to come here and cultivate the millions of acree which arw lying waste because their owners are destitute of meant. Tbe war In over and the Jtouth la beaten, they say, nnd that In the end of it. There will bo no more wars In this country, tboy nrgno. and hence European immigrants can And a safe investment for their money and labor, in raising cotton and sugar on rarm* of a fsw hundred acres along the river routes and railroads In Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana These laods are being offered at pnoee varying from U to $xo an acre, and II would be (be salvat-on or tht -oith If a number of small termers weald esttle In tneee States, and by raising n diversity of crops in moderate sited farms pat tbeen whole vest unused tracts Into cultivstion. This In the kind of reconstruction which is most wanted, recon struction of the wasteful plantation xvsteia by which n few hundrnd seres were cultivated to every ten thou sand that are lying fallow. No one wbo baa trnvnlletl through tbo south, from Hllno's to the Gulf, can fall to see the wisdom of Industrie) reconstruction, largor pop ulation aad the application of capital .n that section of tbo country. i#t 18111 |. SPECIAL CMKSnkOENCE OF THE HERALD. DlewiUolwa a Clark of tbo fifth District Cewrt?Circa lav-HegAet rat Ion In tbeCanatry Pnrlebee?The* White# Ucacrnlly Hrlwelwg ta Register?Political Intelllgcarc-U ark af the Kcrowetradian (laba-MpIlt la tha Ke paMtcao Hull Pcceeaal. dkr. H#e On.se**, La. May 11, ISdff. II taring can# la tbo knowledge of General 9 her idea that amiHuaii-S of clit'oeehtp have been Nceatty iasaatf <? the oath of one met, that the party spp'.ying bad li Otivod h a natural vat on oaoe-t a *u?th?t Stata. nod tbe rending ef the origiatl oertiflcate of oitir-enahip ob literated and other words added thereto the matter was investigated,-and reuulUtd to the maueqf.tut) following order and circular ? srariai. oaoaaa. M *1 UiitOtittrmu Virtu Miurazr Diewt. I Mkv oki?aim. La May It. ISC t Tut issuing under the official aeat of the court, certifi es esof c'tirenabip wbtch are unauthorized by lsw aud lalae, whereby illegal registration might be accomplished, I,ewis Rower, Clerk ot tbe Fifth District (Jourt ot the city of Now Of leans. ia hereoy dismissed from bta otboe aa Cterk ot aald Court. _ ? Hr command of Major Ceneral P. H RHBRrDAlf. Can I.. Hasvsurr, Aaauun1. Adjutant General. The following circular has also been twuod ? riaoo. ak no. 9. _ HaanouaaTsaa Yizvh Miutsst Disratcr. | Naar Oki.?abs, La, May II. HW. j The attention of the Hoards of Registers throughout the buite ot I.ouiaiana ia ualletl U- the fact that in s?Ane of the District Court* of the city ot New (Jrleau# false oertidcaiea ot citizen -hip hare been leanest for the purpoae of procuring traudutent registration. All wi or audi illegal certificates will be promptly re ported to the.ee headquarter* by the Board to which tbey may be preeeuled. By command of _ Major Ceneral P. H. BHhIUDAN. Ohtneua L. Hemort', Aselaunt Adjutant General. Regictrahon ban boon oommenood in nearly all of the country jurislies of ttaia auto. Up to this daU no troublo whatever Una been reported at headquarters Ia Baton Rouge 570 blacks and 30 whites have registered. In Houma, Terrebonne parish, 336 have registered. Of the*-, 43 are white and 303 colored. The OuachiU Ttlsgrapk of the 2d mat sayd:?"The Registrars opened snop yesterday morning, and by dinner ground out about fifteen voters, mostly oolored. une of the 1 per ?u u-ioo,' for following his master during the war, waa re I i ted registry?go- we hear." In Assumption, on the 6th mat., tbe books snowed 360 blacks against 4r> whites. In Ascension, up to the 7th, 766 blacks against 61 whites In (oocordta parish, up to May 3, twenty-one persons had registered, 16 blacks and 6 whites. Last e nlng a mass meeting of the citron* of the Second Ward National Roeoottmotto* Club-was held at the warehouse of the -Jackson depot, lhe attendance was large. .Several ..peaches wen made. The sixth Ward Reconstruction Amoe'ation held It* regular weekly meeting at the I-on inane Academy, .speeches were made, rue semi-weekly meeting ?r the Weveath Ward ? inb way held last evening, corner of ? 'imp and Washington street*. Mr. Jeha Hi Xenner mtdreesod the meeting, urging registration and voting as the ouly moans ot dofenlttig the radicals. The Nat.coal Reconstruction Club of the Third ward rthe largest in the c'ty) assembled last evening at No. 219 U rnvlor street, .-peer-iiee were made, and the fol ic wing report made by tbe committee on resolutions and oddresee* ? To nut Third WaunCt-OB or rut Nanoxai. KauonTuncries l'ABVT ? Your committee bag leave to report the following resolu tions ? . I Be it Resolved, That i< is our object and tesire to estab t <li au I nromvte concert of action bet-veen the two now tost are u -w on ac equality tn their political relations. ? !? That we wui vme for sucb men onljr lor tbe Conreotion whom wo believe the most capable, most interested, and t'Jefi lied w.tli tbe welfare of our .State, That it ia a solemn duty (the ucgle.-t of which no ques tion of prejudice or personal inconvenience will encase or justify; of the vouus to register as spt-eduy as possible, and tbe responsibility of the failure U) elect proper men in tin* now', i,lonienluus crisis, will fait on those who, In this hour sod in in - matter, toil t<> do their duty. t. We proclaim ourselves the true friends of the colored Citizen. 1 ia! all such, who have respected themselves in thapattnud have done their duty to others around them, have over bad the - teajieri ot their fellow citizens and I he protection ot tbe taws of I.ouiaiana, and we warn them against 'he schemes of adventurers anJ designing ineu. who have no misresl here save to make money and to achieve position, at a time of great disorganization of the affairs ot the Mate and the country, and to use. to the furtherance of their nefarious object# the a >w obsolete Idea ot master and slave, and wickedly to place the two elapses in the South the one against the other, that they may thrive upon tbe fraud. 8. We csli u|s>n all our Northern fellow citizens who hove settled among us with (be intention of remaining and abid ing wan us. to join in what is clearly tlic duty qf every honest man and everv bead of a family, to secure and re tain lue administration ot public affair* in Hie hands of Uiosowho, frdin education. Intelligence and interest in tbe peace and welt are Of the .-state, are the most deeply oon. ccrnrd in organ.zing a mate government winch will bring tranquillity to -a disturbed land, -lability to municipal aff airs and equal dispensation of the taw to every citizen, and a' apeedy a?sumpii->n ot our position, as it ought now to he. as one o, the I roe and hovo-viga United is tales of America. Respectfully submitted. S. Jt IVAl.lvKK, HtTOH MeCIiOHKBT. M. K BRADY. WAI.TBK H. RiXiKKS. DAV.li UiXOAUD. In presenting this report or the committee Mr. Rogers took OccaMon to urge open the citizens of the ward present me necessity or immediate son on on the regis tration question, eo that all who could acquire the right of ballot might cast their rotes for such men as could reach the standard of intelligence and probity, so neces sary >n the present state ot affair*. Withm the last lew dap* republican ctnbe bam been orran jed a^Mpelo.tsas, Bayou GoUla, Natohitochao, Terra imone, Camp Parapet. Bhrevopert; Columbia, Baton Kongo, and in the parishes of St James. Kapides, Tensas, Tammany abd MaaumaviUe. . A dirieiuh has taken place la the republican party her\ One faction is b<*d*d by-Judge War mouth, aad the other by ? colored man named Crane. General Hereon, the newly appelated Halted State* Marshal; opened bis office yesterday at the Custom House. i horn as W. i onway, Grand Deputy of the National Council at Washington, yesterday took the preliminary steps toward the esublishment of the organization of the L nion League at the Mayor's offl< e th Ui? City Halt The esMhttkhment of a State council will ho effected early aexi week. Thirty of tho leading men of the re publican party were yesterday initiated, among them Mayor Heath and a distinguished Catholic priest or this city. Mr. Kittridge, the Treasurer of the Academy of Masic, will have a complimeaUry benefit is s few das a A I fountain or iced claret wine will .tel Don the centre of the parquet during toe performance, to he served out I from tunc to time to the eudiehoe la silver gobiate. Brevet Brigadier Generals Horace Porter aad Orvillo Babcoek, aids to General Grant, ere in this city on an insperting tour. Manager >'ioyd, of the Varieties theatre, goes North to-day on the George Cromwell. The Mists of Parties lw louislaas?Threat* the Kinhte of lite Negrs-Msisiliersd Dleloy ndlv of the ex-Rebels?It ecletrnt ion of Vetera-The Blacks Ahead -The Broken ? <evees al tho Miaoiewippl -Fearfal Disasters Uoatinuinx -The Remedy Proposed? Agrlewl* tural Prospects la Miaslaoippl Ma White ? l.aber-Jwdse Keller la New Orleans, Arc. New Gnuuhe, May 12, 1WT. It Is beyond cnntradlotioo that there are at the present time two republican parties is Louisiana, no matter what claims to unity the branch composed mostly of white cltisena amy sot forth. It i? true that as yat there Is ao open rupture, but these la, apparently, a discord ance which cannot be healed except by great conces sions on the part of the white repnblians. The factions are already known as aad have accepted the tiUee of the "radical republican party," which is the one that demands not only the acknowledged rights of ctti seoship for the black man, but the fullest privi lege-. of the citisea?the right to bold ollloe and sit on juries. Nothing less than this will be regarded as the fruition of the Btiffrago bill by the negro race and those who thoroughly syinpathls* with them. On the other band, those who call themselves the "Union republican party," while willing to concede suffrage to the colored race, it Is said, evince m> dis position io extend the right to bold office. Metthrr to the hoard of registrars nor to the pohee, which is now being remodelled by General Sheridan's order, nor to any other office has a colored idan been appointed in this city, although the republicans are In the ascendant. Mayor Heath appoints a number of policaiasn every day in conformity with Shemlan's orders, Jret not one of the negro race has been put on tho force. This Is resented by the nee roes, and they threaten to split off from the party which they assert shows n disposition to elevate a taw Individuals by the colored man's vote and leave to him only tho barren right of citizenship without Its advantage* That you may better understand the sentiment upon this question I will make an extract from the organ of the radical republicans, the TriOun* of to-day, which says ? Look at the appointments made under the inspiration of tba leaders of that party. Colored men have an acknowledged right to ha appointed registrars, bat class registrars ware appointed?ell white. Colored men have an acknowledged right to ha appointed on the police, but class policemen were appointed?all white. Colored men have an acknowledged right *> stt in the Jury box, bat we do not aee that tho "i nton republican party'' want more than the erkaowledgment of the abstract right for the man of colored dement to sit on )un?x Thst party seem to believe that the acknowledgment of any abstract right is all that Is required to-day. One or two 'negroes will be appointed to some menial office, or run in some subordinate ca pacity on the "Union republican" ticket, and the white man's goverdmem will be perpetuated almost pure from adulteration. But one-half and even mora of tho voting population of the Mtate, having among them a sufficient number of men of wealth, influence and education, will not allow themselves to be cheated of tbolr legitimate duo?(hat is to any, of their legiti mate share of Influence and power la the local govern ment. It la snld that the soldier* who fought for tbs Union must rule. But have theoe Uaioo men forgotten that Louisiana wan represented in the Union anniee by twenty-one thousand colored soldiers and four thousand white men only I Do theoe Union men aseert that federal soldiers gathered In the Hint# from all porta of the republic meat wrest the (tower out of the hand* of their oomrade*. natives of this very Mute? We el aim for the Mack and colored eoldien who served their conntry the right to preferment end nomination, and we claim fhr Lonistaataan a share, a fair share, In the govern meat of their cities and State. The difference between Union republicans and radical republicans can he sat forth in a few word* Tba radicals want to found a true aad practical equality; they have no obteettoa, an they have shown, to stt ta committee end in conven tion with won of the African ram; they bsve no ob jection to pat them on their Ucket with a fair ahare of representation; they stand ready to appoint then, to office; publicly claim for them the right to stt In the Jury box, aad to send their children to the public erhools, while the Ben Butler clubs aad tho Union party, who is tbolr offspring, acknowledge that the colored men have righto, nut at the same time prevent them from practically enjoying these righto." This paper is owned and edited hy black men, Dr. Rec dines aad MP brother, tho latter of Whom in tho editor They an both gentlemen of high culture and gnat wealth. The dottgr waa educated ta Parts, in pos sessed of grqpl acaempliemsais as wall, a* n high rep'itotian ta to* motion' mfwwua. Th* ouonr ta lirougbt on exclusively by colored ?? "JjU* labor being employed in any department. It nasipent iufluenon with tie party, white and black, lbt? lone of language indicate# a serious defacUanwaiobmay prove miaous to the L'nion brenoh. aa thaomo.oa peopte have already registered more than two-third" or au the vote# in the city, namely, eight thouaand to n little over two thouaand white vote#. It m conceded that the great majority or the negroee will vote the republican ticket at the election tor a con Miiutioaal convention new fall in all the cities, and this I Ond to be the prevailing opinion everywhere or thoughtful men in both oonaervauve aud republican par ties The principal anxiety is felt about the negroes on the plantations There are, It la true, many "onaervstives who boast that Sambo, enfranchised as ha is, will be a pliant tool in the bands of bis old mas ter, and tbev laugh at the efforts of the radicals to cajols bun. Thev use of coarse the arguments tbnt the tax of two a halt'per cent on raw cotton, which abeorbe, as tliey urge, all the earniugs of the darky, is the work or the republican Congress, and they plead the exclusion of the negroes from office and the jury box to prove that the party who, having the power to grant theee privileges, withhold them, onnnot b? the friends of the Week man. Such lathe general political complexion throughout th South, and the picture. I opine, differs little in any of the States from that ol Lou'nana, Mississippi and Ten nessee, where 1 had opportunities ot obesrvaiioa. While disloyalty is not rampant here?for Phil bbendan is a terror to aeoensioatotn?yet It Is bitter and endurlag, showing itself upon various occaalona in little incidents and expressions, such, for example, aa a conversation 1 beard between two gentlemen on Canal street yeaterday, In reference to some Indian squaws who were vending their bead ornaments on the sidewalk. One of the men spoke of the Indians ae negroes, when the reply waa in tne bitterest tone, ' they are not niggers; the millennium it oome; there ere no nigger# in this country bow except the white people 1 In every quarter where they ere not restrained by fear you hear the most violent denunciations and impreca tions upon the government from the ex-rebels, and they are to be round everywhere. The strict enthrce meat of military law alone prevents collision between this class and the negroee. Indeed, euch a thing would bare occurred last Sunday about the street ear contest only for tbe cooluossof Mayor Heath, who addressed n mass of infuriated negroes, and calmed their passions, and the promptitude of Mr. Adams, chief of police, which body I may add, to rapidly gaining efficiency and get tiug on smoothly, althougn it la only undergoing a state ol change. The car question ts definitely settled by a concession to the negroes, who now ride without in terruption, but I will not venture to say without much dwcouteni on the part of many people. - General Sheridan, whom I saw yesterday, seem* per fectlv satisfied with the way thing'- are going on, and well be may, for be has a method of his own of niaknig things go right. The Froeduien # Bureau, which is under the chargo ol Gennrai Mower, commauder of the district or l-ouisiaua, under Sheridan, is working ''J1'? laciortly. In a few msUncee the agents appointed to counirv districts have availed.themselves ol tucir^ to preach politics to ihe ireslmon; but as soon as me fa(it wis discovered Geneial Mower removed tuoni. I may hive dwelt too much upon the ,PMWoUMtuMi on in blow of the appalling calamity "hic*Vb?? the man: thousand people ou the plantations, breaking of the levies and overflow ot the lands. Ov r six hundred miles or the finest sugar and cottou lands in seven .States bordering on the Mississippi are 1 J^er water to the depth, in some placos, of twelve feet the Hood rising to the cures of the Ilioness the unfortunate inhabitants <*?>? it *? seok shelter whither they cau Mules, hogs. cr?P?? all have been swept away, and this vast tract of fertile soil will be utterly worthless for this season. For tbe last two years these Hoods liavo % isited the low lands, while, even as though it were a I're,,?; tined doom, droughts have prevailed, on the high grounds during the same period, destroy ing or diminish tux tbe grain crops wbich might have fed the people. An eminent physlrtau, a native ol New Orleans, in formed me that before these disasters can be repaired not less than two hundred thousand souls in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas will have per isbod by starva tion alone. Is nol this a matter or greater importance than the success of parties or the advancement of poli ticians f fclflbru are being made here aud elsewhere to raise funds for the suilorers by contributions, concerts, fairs and so forth; but wbne money is pouring in liberally the unsparing waters are unhappily P*"r'n8 10 also to make fresh victims. We hoar every day of lo*^ old and now, giving way down the river, as rar w fifty miles, and the waters overflowing the plantations, to the destruction of young rice fields and' <crane* trees. Public opinion Is united upon one point and that is that disasters ot this kind can only be prevented by the humane intervenuon of the general government. The people have not the means to keep the levees in repair. Thewar has swallowed up all their resources The appro priation of four millions by tha Louisiana I-egtolature ont* ism to a political squabble about the disbursement, tSTmSdoSJSl Sheridan. ssyouar. aw^s to abolish the leves commissions and appoint manor bis 9WB selection. It M ^er^ly admitt^ t^ UooW sys tem t>( constructing lords# ts entirely inefficient as well at expensive. Neither ?artir embankments dor masonry barebssn of any use in resisting tbe ml^tyshream. These structures are liable to be perforatedIbjriihellflab and the thou mod species of borers which inhabit thsas waters to jo* agextratjS. jr, smalt in beginning, leads to wholesale destruction. Tub iiiim<aMiia everyratrt prevails that nothing leas imper vmSTaSHi an iron walk told down at ?*&??* -K.M ihwdt frwheta usually occur, will be success! us In^cre^^hto s^ct in the Hxnsnnof the Mb instant has attracted a great deal of attention, and It to thought that If the governmant could be Induced to make an appreprlatten to dike certain psrt?ome Mis ?Lsaioot banns with iron, as suggested by the Hsasun, tbeaecaiamiioua floods could be arrested for the future. In travelling from Mompbis * atruck by tbe entire absence of while laborers. Colored farm hands were busy In th# Held#, and sven women won driving tne plough. For fifty miles there was not ona white man vial Ms, except thorn employed at the railroad stations There was one unhappy exception, and that was near SenotoWa. where a few of the P?or white trash" ware lounging and lying in various stages of lotoxication about a ?s^rS?Sd side lav on<* unnappy wretch, dead. He had staggered on the track, and wm run over by a freight train. In ibe northwestern pari of Mississippi coHlyatlon. was backward, lotion was in the ground, but it had not shown useif. Of corn there was evidently little planted, and not a solitary field of wheal, although It Earned to r<e a wheal country. For nearly s hundred miles the smoke or steam of factory or mill was not to be seen Industry ie every shspe. except si the plough end hoe was dormant. Tnousaod* of acres of exhausted lends, from which cotton crop after cotton crop, without ro? stron, or ihe addition or fertilisers, had drawnaU the vital principle, lay oa either side, interspersed here and there with cultivated patches Atone point, near Her nando" a perfect desertof thi. kind of ground spread out. without soil enough to grow any thing *|ul * grass and a few rank weeds, although it ones raised the finest oolton. But efler travel sing.this wida aad arid distance the aye was refreshed by the summer green of the woodlands whloh fringed the dosolau domain Looking over this acsne from the platferai of the car, I aakad a lank, eagle-faced man, who waa evidently n farmer, Judging from his homespun costume and bronxed face, how many years It would require to recuperate thai land. He an swored that It would never recuperate. It "n worked. Da said, to Its last capacity, *Dd thoaa who had drawn all its sustenance from it had gone off to do the same on some other plrtniaMon". Remarking upon the meacre appearance of the town of Hernando, my friend remarked that there was "a heap of business done there before the war, bed now!" and with a melancholy shake of the bend he gave the laet chapter of the story. This most not be accepted as e description of this entire region, As you approach the Louisiana border the onlture improves, the cotton sprouts ere visible, there are a few sawmills. The Tillages Idbk mors pros perous Summer has advanced as rapidly as tbs rail read cam. Orchards have dropped their hinssrims end the young fruit shows itself. Blackberries are large and red; but Still the lands, rich and Inviting as thsy are, look desolate for want of proper cul tivation. Oh, bow this region needs reconstruction: how it needs population; bow It needs enterprise and capital I Shame on the gambling spsoulatoN ef Wall street, who invest their money in paper which, though it may realise a temporary fortune, produces nothing for the country! Here is a Held for something more substantial thau speculation. To Improve the railroads, which sadly need improvement, build the factories, sod restore these thousands of grain less and tenantlees acres to that prosperity tor wblcb nature Intended them, Is a work in which capital might be honorably and protlubly employed, and from which industry would reap a rich reword. The South relies upoo this kind ef aid more than any other eleemosynary relief can be at best only temporary In noun of distress like the present, while it must always be humiliating to tns recipients. A coun try with such unworked resources needs no charily. It offers to capital and immigration a guarantee tor all that mar be Invested in these resources. The visit of Judge Keliey, or Philadelphia, has given ft great Impetus to polities! agitation in the South. It has stirred up all the elements, Iqjral and disloyal. By Ihs lirst his presence is bailed as a harbinger of oomtng strength, not only te the party he repree nts, but to lbs general prospects of tbs country. Tbs fact that s radi cal leader has been permitted to speak In euch strong holds of bitter dieloyalty as Memphis sad Naw Orleans without molestation baa bad a cheering affect upon the minds of those who argue from it a mors harmonious fooling la the future. His reoeptlon at the city Hail on Friday, where the most prominent otuseae called upon him. and hie speech tost night in Lafhycttn square to an immense conoouree of people, which, though broadly radical, ?M moat enthusiastically received, are looked upon as evidence of a bcucr spirit In the South than has heretofore existed, which is likely before long to bury in the grave of oblivion the snimosi tics growing out of the war, animosities which, while tbev last, must prove a formidable barrier to the pros parity of the southern States miii ikcim. mamma, or the he?*q. Kisterprlae of Hnastwn-A Ship Canal?Tbo Reconstruction BUI?it Will he Adapted hp the Texaua, dec. _ ? . - Bortmw, Hay 0, ISffT. In iB the broad Southwest there is no city to cem pare with this one for daring, mammoth schemes of internal improvement. With no particular advantage, being sUnated on the head of a small bayou, fifty or sixty miles from the Sulf, Houston has mads herself tbs grand contra of a magnificent system of rail roads, which iron arteries aha has extended In alreoet every direction, enabling her to share the oommtroe of no smalt portion of the richeet farming country la America, la a few years she wlU have these iron arms penetrat ing the richest wheat growing region of the Mate, mid to be equal to any lands In the United SUM* for that p urease. Her latest scheme in the has of internal improvement Is the stupendous one of digging a canal to the (lulf, or ' of so widening and deepening the bayou as to admit ship* to din nsrgs their freights almost in her eery lap. the sew cos of colonel Jons* who is sail to WW a tor eminent skill M a civil "?Nt111**. h??* been engaged to make the survey, whioh will be undertaken in a few weeks. Colonel J. bet lb# endorsement of General Beauregard, who enjen unbounded popularity for eminence in engineering among the southerner*. If ih* scheme should be pro eouneed feasible the money to carry it out wui not be wanting. There is deep regret expressed In private circles the* the advice of the Hsuu was not adopted a year age Perhaps hereafter the Southern ears will not be so obsti navel7 olosed against advioe distatereatedly given fo? their benefit. The South sees If she had followed the Ukrai.on advice and adopted the constitutional amend ment she would not now have universal suffrage thrust down ber throat. As It is, the Sherman bill wilt be acted out, without any marked opposition in thia State. The oldest papers and politicians, with few ezoepttoaa, recommend this course. Notwithstanding the flat state of the ootson market and tha downward tendency of the fleecy article, dry good* merchants are effecting quite satisfactory sales to the dealers in the interior, who make their purchases hare and at Galveston. Lester of Governor Throckmorton Iw Relntlam tn the Circular of (General Uriffa. UaLvnsTbH, May S. lggT Governor Throckmorton has sent the following lettet to each of the District Judges of ths State enclosing the late circular of General Griffin Enclosed, for your information and observance, yon will And an official circular, order No. 13, from head quarters, district of Texas, of date April 37, 1MT. In view of difficulties that must result for a time from Um observance of this order in the administration of ths laws by the courts of tha State, I have transmitted a copy of the same to his Exceilenoy tha President and requested his consideration of it. In the meantime aD officers abduld earnestly endeavor to discharge the du ties that devolve upon them iu order to secure a faithful and efflc.rut administration of ths laws. J. W. THttOCKMOKTON. THE COffgTITVTMMAI. COSfKHTIQI. A Memorial front the City of 'Brooklyn. The following memorial, it is stated, will bs circulated for signatures of citizens of Brooklvn and sent to the Constitutional Convention when it meets ? To THS CONSTtTCTlOXAL COWVnNTIOK 0* THS STATU 0? NuW Yoiut, A BOOT TO Assrmblk ax Alhasy:? The undersigned rospoctfully represent:? That the rapid growth of this city, with its peculias exposures arising froin its proximity to New York, renders it urgently necessary that we should have s more vigorous municipal government for the mainten ance of order, ths preservation of the public beaitu, the general onioroement of the laws, and the prevention of wrong* and abuses in the government itself. We therefore respectfully advise that tn the revision ot ttie ninth section ot article 3 the lirst clause shall be made to read:? "The Legislature is empowered to organize cities and incorporated villages. No new charter for a city shak he granted to a place having lens than ten thousand inhabitants. No charter shall be imposed on a city ot village net now Incorporated without the oonsent of a maibrity of the citizen* gtven by vote. In all city governments tbo executive power shall be vested in Ifce Mayor and such subordinate officers, appointed and re movable by bim, as the Legislature or the Common Council shall authorize and direct. No city or village shall have the power to contract any debt without ex press authority of the legislature, except in time tf wnr, insurrection, pestilence, or other urgent and evi dent public necessity." We are also of opinion that sheriff* and district attor neys of oouutieft, as the representatives, ot the executive authority of the State, ougnt to be appointed and remov able by the Governor, under such regulations as the Legislature may prescribe. Wc further recommend that all courts of record ought to represent the sovereign authority of the whole State, and should therefore be appointed by the Governor, with consent of the Senate. And, as an encouragement to fidelity In official duty, judges should boil offioe during good behavior, being liable to puniebment for mi ade meanor, and removable at any time by concurrent reso lution of both houses of the Legislature, two-thirds of' each house concurring. And we recommend that the Supreme Court shall be one in its jurisdiction throughout the Stale; that the Legis lature be empowered to increase the number of judgee as the business of the State may reqeire, or to dimlntsa the number by requiring vacancies to remain unfilled; that all conrta having concurrent jurisdiction with the Supreme Cqurt be discontinued; that te secure compe tent experience among the judges of the Court of Ap peals vacancies therein shall be filled by appointment only of men who are or have been judges of the Sup reuse Court; and that for tho expediting of the bssUjeea of the Court or Appoals the Legislature is empowered do authorize tWo benches, of three or jour judges each, to sit at the same time, to hair appeals under the regain And the Legtetatpee ought to hnre unrpfepewhr tw provide tor class!/ ring the judges of the Supreme Court, for dividing and distributing their Ubora, for regulating the holding of general terms, special terms, circuK courts, courts of oyer and terminer and sitting* as chambers. In such.s manner as will equalize Ik- labor of the judges and the convenience of the people as far so practicable. The Work ef the CanrndM. (From the Evening Poet.) The joarnala here and there through the State are putting forward statement* of what, in their opinion, the Convention ought to do; and we venture eiao te prefer a petition. The Convention ought? Pirrt ?To abolish all special legislation, and declare broadly that all attain and enterprises must he carried on unddr general laws. Tbte would break down the lobby. Second?It ought to give the Coventor the applet meat of hta Cabinet, and of his lleniananla la the counties the abends namely. Third?It ought to substitute for the Ceaal Board a Superintendent of Canals, lor the Priaoa Inspector a Superintendent of Prisons; and make these officers part ol the t.overuors Cabinet, to be appointed by hiaa?by and with the advicw and constat it the Senate, If thai Ss thought beat. ftmrtli? It ought to concentrate authority and Is responsibility by providing that in the State and in the municipalities only a few, and those the chief officers, should be elected, sad these should appoint all their subordinate* and he responsible for tboir conduct. Ftflk?It ought to detine strictly the powers or towns and cities, and prohibit the Legislature from interfering with these powers. Sixth?It ought to provide that every child In the .State shall be sent to school between certain year* of tM age. f*venth?It ought to prohibit the creation of new debts by the Mate or by munlctpalitlea, except under authority of a special vole by the people. KigHk?It ought to largely increase the mem be re at the Assembly. .VinIA?It ought to establish such a reform in the ju diciary system ef the State as would facilitate bvuuaeee in the cunrta. A Kenedy Proposed fer Bad Municipal ?#?? ? era meat. (From the Round Table] A very large proportion of the business men of New York live without the city limits. Driven away by high rcatg, bad gererataeai, city railways, considers) toe* ef economy, of health and of comfort, they have filled the region for thirty mllea around with tbotr saburhea homes, la elTbct they are suite the leas New Yorkers. Here hi their bustaes*, and hither they come each secular day by a do ten rail roads and an many steamboat Used, Aran Oonaectlaat, from Long aad Staten Islands, New Jersey aad the adjacent portions of New Xerk Mate. They form an Important fraction of the commercial classes which make New York what It ta, and they as a class have more at eAke than any ether that oogld ha designated na its material advancement. These people would, if they were permitted te do so, take an active and intelligent interest ia the faithful and efficient administration of duties that am now neglected. It would be well for the city If their Judgment could prevail la aaaltary and quarantine regu lations, wharf and harbor regulations, the choice of She judiciary, the economical adminltt ration of the govern ment. Practically these people, whom prosperity ia that of New York, are her citizens Tech in rally alone they are net, and the voice they ought to have ia bar affair* is coadded to ruffians who know little and care lees about her welfare. Our proposition li that nan resident American citizens who do bulla lis in Now York?including all who pay office rent er are employed la any permanent business, and who shall be required' to pay a poll tax here?shall bo entitled to vote for municipal officers, their votes for tttate aad national officers, of course, being cam at the place of their residence. This would cer tainly transfer the majority of local elections to the hands of those Interested in good government. How many of Ibees non-reeiSeats there may be we have a# exact means of determining, bnt they may he safely estimated at from thirty to fifty thousand?probably nearly half of the pteswrt number of voters tn the city. On matters of party poUttcs mere would, of coatree. pre vail atneag them no each harmony of views s^b justify partisan opposition on Utls score; on local itsiereste sloae could they be relied upon as sure to art In ooa eert. That they would do Una, aad would prove aeef flcient reinforcement to the friends of good order already la the city to wrest power permanently from the corrupt hand* ia which It Is bow lodged and utterly dmtro y the " rings," there can be, we think, no room fer doubt. The new element, moreover, would be safe from cor rupting influences, not lem from the character of the men who oompose It than from their inaccessibility la the managing ward politicians, who wo aid in no long, time become. If not aa extinct, an impotent race. BAD EFFECTS Of SECRET SOCIETIES IMW FREE DUD. ' (From tbe Boston Advertiser ] At the time or the organisation of the flrvt Veton I.cagua m Charleston the freedtnen were asceedintly enthu siastic on the subject of education. Not only were the day schools crowded with chiidr-a. Iiut at night also white-headed octogenarians at aids by aide with young men and women in primary clause*. The desire of tbe freed man of all ages was to learn to read and write, in order to eaalde them te beoomo voters?an object which was kept constantly before them with the moat egrelleat effect. Ia an ovif hour it was proposed te organize a Loyal League, and a charter was obtained from I'hilai'el phkt. The men flocked to Us meeting* by hundreds One after another oouncil wm formed, and the schools were soon deserted. An unprincipled Northern man, a common scavenger, became, partly by the gross igno rance of the namwes. and pertly by hi* own unscrupulous perversions of parliamentary law, tbe secret dictator of the leagues. Forma and ceremonies were endlessly multiplied, until at last every evening wm warned ia ridiculous parodies of parliamentary aad Masonic forms The worst pas*ion? of the freedmee were appealed te and their truest friends denounced. In order, as It ana proved, that by controlling ihh colored sentiment, tbs leader might command tbe influence and secure the trad* of the white potit oiaaa ef tbe Mate And yet this ruling spirit of the leagues waa a man ao entirely inedu rated that he coafd not hate been eleCqJ ?* "?? >*??* olkue of a New RaalMd tow*