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The Recommendations of the President.
It ia a quite common remark that the
recommendations of the President amount
to nothing, as they will not be adopted by
the radical or malignant majority in Con
gress, This is evidently the view of the
Albany (N. Y.) Argus, for it says, with
.great pungency and force : . --
"He make theoretic recommendations,
"based upon constitutional law, to men who
mock at all constitutions, and whose will
is a higher law than man's enactment or
God's word. He speaks of State rights to
ft Congress that had prepared itself to re
ceive his message by the disfranchisement
of a dozen States. He speaks of economy
.to a body of speculating legislators. He
talks of moderation and prudence to banks
which issue an irredeemable paper. He
councels the people to counsel each other
to pay their debts, when we have just set
an example of public indebtedness such as
no nation has equaled. He advises the re
trenchment of currency in face of the fact
that our paper circulation has risen in five
J ears from two hundred millions to seven
undred millions, and the cry ia for more.
He asks & Congress whose members have
been chosen by the corrupt contributions
f the protected interests, to modify the
tariff to revenue purposes;" and he records
the opinion that no favcred class should
demand freedom from assessment, and the
taxes should be distributed so as not to fall
unduly upon the poor, but rather upon the
accumulated wealth of the country, in the
face of the Congressional action and judicial
decision which exempt the immense class
of Federal bondholders from all participa
tion in the support of State and municipal
burdens,
GEIT. JACESON'B MOTHER.
The Rev. Dr. Hawka delivered a lecture
before the Historical Society of New York
seme years ago, in which he related an
interesting story,-' illustrative of female
heroism. Among those who formed part
of a settlement in South Carolina during
the Revolutionary ruggl6' was a Poor
widow, who, having buried her huBband,
was left in poverty, with the task upon her
bands of raising three sons. Of these the
two eldest ere long fell in the cause of
their country, and she struggled oa with
the youngest as she best could. After the
fall of Charleston, and the disastrous defeat
of Colonel Baford, of Virginia, by Tarleton,
permission was given to some four or five
American females to carry necessaries and
provisions, and administer some relief to
the prisoners confined on board the prison
ship and in the jails of Charleston. This
widow was una f tlo ToUutcom upon ItilS
errand of mercy. She was admitted within
the city and, braving the horrors of pesti
lence, employed herself to the extent of her
humble means in alleviating the deplorable
sufferings of hei countrymen. She knew
what she had to encounter; but notwith
standing, went bravely on. Her missive
of humanity having been falfilled, she left
Charleston on her return; but alas 1 her
exposure to the pestilential atmosphere she
had been obliged to breathe had planted in
her 6ystem the seeds of fatal disease; and
ere she raached her home she sank under
an attack of prison fever, a brave marjyr to
the cause of humanity andpatriotism. The
dying mother, who now rests in an un
known grave, thus left her only son the
eo survivor of bis family, to the world's
charities, but little did she dream, as death
closed her eyes the . future of that oiphan
boy. That eon became President of this
free Republic, for that widow was the
mother of Andrew Jackson. iVr. Y. News.
Th Armlea of Generals Lee and Grant
The Force tha& Invested Richmond
Lee's Army Only Forty Thousand.Strong
Interesting Particulars.
From tho Richmond Whig.
The reportofthe Secretary of War throws
light on a matter of history in regard to
which much interest has been felt by ike
public. We refar to the strength of the
Army of the Potomac, under the immediate
command of Geneaal Meade, but directed
by the Lieutenant General, at the two im
portant periods of the Spring of, 1864, and
the Spring of 1865. General Meade cross
ed the Rapidan, on the 4th of May, 1864,
with 120,380 men. General Grant says, in
Lis report that "by six o'clock of the morn
ing of the 6th, he (General Buinside) was
- leading his corps into action near the : Wil
li derness tavern. Burnside's force (the
"VNinth Corps) numbered 20,000. Thns, in
the second battle ( Wilderness) after cross
ing the Rapidan, General Meade had, under
his immediate command, one hundred and
forty odd thousand troops. From the best
information we can obtain, General Lee's
army commenced this series of battles about
seventy thousand Etrong, and received no
re-enforcement, except therstaali force of
three or four thousand that came from the
Valley under Breckinridge, shortly before
the battle of Cold Harbor.
After the battle of Spotsylvania Court
House, re-enforcements, in large numbers,
were sent to General Grant from Washing
toil an( uPoa bi forming a junction with
General Butler, he was re-enforced by the
whole strength of the Army of the James.
In the meantime General Loe had been
compelled to weaken himself by sending
Breckinridge back to the Valley, and dis
patohing Early, with some fifteen or twenty
thousand men, to meet Hunter, then mov
ing on Lynchburg. This reduction of force
was not compensated by the accession
gained from the garrison of JRichmand and
the force between this city and Petersburg
nnilar T?a!nrf'rd.
On the Is" " March, 1865, a,montb;be-
iVi f,nr.' successful assault on Lee's
lines, the strength of the Army of the Po
tomac is given by Secretary Stanton as
103 273, This was the "available force
pies'ent for duty." The exact strength ef
the Army of the James, at that date, is not
6tated; but the number of troops present
for duty i tDQ JJepartmemoi v lrginia waa
with General iuucr. ivaaea to uie
V
Army of the Pot mao, they make 149,259.
It was understood in Richmond that, in
addition to the numbers here given. General
Grant was receiving heavy re-enforcemen u
all through Marca, and it is known that
toward the close of that month he was
joined by General Sheridan with his splen
did cavalry. Altogether, it seems prob
able that the force in front of Richmond
and Petersburg nearly approximated, if it
did not reach, 200,000.
To meet thi3 immense array General Lee
could muster not more than 40,000 men.
The aumber surrendered by him is stated
in the report a3 17,805; but we balieTe the
number on duty, with arms in their hands,
the morning of the day on which the sur
render was made, did not resoh 8,000. If
it be said that 40,000 men behind such
defences as had bean constructed around
this city, ought to have been able to resist
200,000, the reply is that the skillful ma
neuvering of General Grant compelled Gen.
Lee to so extend his lines that hia works
were at no point sufficiently manned.
Where his line was first broken the men
stood ten or fifteen paces apart.
" The negro" was the bottom of the war
which- for four years spread the pall of
death over the face of this once free and
happy country; and "the negro" is to-day
the pretext made use of by party fanatics
against declaring the war at an end and
restoring the Confoderatfon ruptured by it.
With this thought in viow, have the good
ness to leok at the status of "the negro"
in the free city of New York, as described
by a friend of "the negro" mo less partial
than Horace Greely, of the Tribune:
"To-day a black man is not allowed a
license to drive his own horse iI cart, and
work for such as choose to employ him,
right here in New York. He has had a
h.rd struggle for the right to ride in our
city in horse cars, by paying his fare like
other people, and has barely secured it, if
it be secured, after years of insult and out
rage. If. a black bailder were this day to
take a contract to erect a house or store for
some one who chose to employ him, and
should employ black carpenters and masons
on the job, we believe they would be stoned
off before the week's end."
And these are the people who deny po
litical freedom to the whites of the South,
lest they should be wanting in tender mertfy
to "the negro." "How Jong, Oh Lord 1"
The Value of Tnoroug-bred Horses.
From the Turf, Field and Farm. V
In order to show the large amount of
wealth invested in the horses of our pwn.
and othor countries, we propose te glance
briefly at a few of the most celebrates
thoroughbreds, and the price set upon the
head of each. When we manifest an in
terest in the welfare of the horse, we but
show an interest for the success and pros
perity of the country.' - If the improvement
cf the blood of the horse adds to our repu
tation and wealth, then certainly in laboring
foV the advancement of our common breeds
we are engaged in a lau JaBle undertaking,
and have an importapt duty to perform.
In every land, whether barbarous, civilized
or enlightened, the horse is much admtred
and his value duly recognized. It matters
not whether we go to the rude wigwams of
the red savages of our western forests and
plains, or to the barren Bands where roam
the hardy tribes of Araba, we find that the
horse is kindly cared for, and is prized for
his courage of heart ancLfor his gameness"
and fieetness. He constitutes the wealth of
the Arab of the desert, and is estimated
according to. his hardiness. and -fieetness.
And traveleia tll us that- se wandering
sons of a sandy waste". eojignly appreciate
a good horse that no tempting offers will
induce them to part with him. We may
import Arabian horses, yet it is by no
means an easy matter to obtain an animal
of positive excellence The shrewd Arab
will readily dispose of the inferior animals,
but he clings to the nobis steed with fiery
eye, proud, arching neck, symmetrical
form, courageous heart, and which is pos
sessed of speed and bottom, jvith a firm
ness and tenacity no remarkable than
unconquerable. The red-faced warrior of
fe Western wild3 is also proud of his high
mettled horse, but his cupidity is greater
than the Arab'3 and his love for the animal
more easily overcome. The dull and plod
ding horse only seems to be admired by
dull and plodding people. The gallant
military officer the fiashf whose sabre
i3 always seen in the smoke of battle, .and
whose voice of command rises above the
roar and din of conflict when he leads hia
foot colsran or brave dragoons on in an
imoetuous charge, always asks for a cour
ageous horse one with nimble stride, and
spirits" as high, a3 dauntless and fearless
as his own. And the savage warrior is
never more invincible than "when mounted
on a fleet and high mettled steed. The
energetic, pushing man of business, who
owes his success in life to his own untiring
nature, admires, if not laves, a game and
speedy horse, next to the wife of his bosom,
if he is so fortunate a3 to have one, and
6pares no efforts to secure animals for hia
stables of purest and noblest blood. This
love or passion for game and fleet horses
has given value to the thoroughbred, has
created turfmen, and given life, popularity
and success to turf associations. It is this
which has placed the horee with a pedigree
far above the common breed3 of the coun
try; and it is this which has made the race
course a resort for fashion an arena in
which the noblest specimens of the animal
race contend for victory, the applause of
men and the smiTes of women. It is not a
matter of surprise, then that the thorough
breds, in every country, are estimated so
highly, and the champ ions of the race valu
ed almost beyond the price of gold. The
famous English colt, Ely, -by Kingston,
dam Bloomer, by Melbourne, whose repu
tation a3 a racer is excelled by few, is now
held at a high figure. We learn by our
late files that Mr. Blenkison has offered
forty thousand dollars for him. The French
colt Gladiator, who is credited with the
grand triple event of tha English turf, ,i-;
PULASKI, TEim., FRIDAY
not for sale on any terms, and if he was,
we are certain that Count de Legrange
would not look at an offer below fifty thous
and dollars. Lexington by Boston," dam
Alice Camel' by imp. Sarpedon, who is
now in his sixteenth year, and the proper
ty of Mr. Alexander, can not be bought for
less than forty theusand dollars in gold.
Although the veteran is too old to join in
the exciting contests of the race, he has lost
none of the fire of his spirit, and is render
ing'good service to the world by his breed
ing powers. His colts are the most promis
ing of any on the turf. Asteroid, by Lex
ington, dam Nebula, by imp. Glencoe, who
enjoys such a brilliant reputation to-day,
although he remains comparatively untried,
can not be bought for twenty thousand dol
lars; in fact, this sum has been refused for
him by his owner, Mr. Alexander. Nor
folk, by Lexington, dam Novice, by Glen
coe, whose late performances in California
have made him the champion steed of the
.Golden State, was first sold for fifteen
thousand dollars, and wojventure the opin
ion that twenty thousand dollars. in gold
would not buy him to-day. Kentucky, by
Lexington, dam Magaolia, by imp. Glen
coe, a peerless horse, equally a3 famous as
his two half brothers, Asteroid and Nor
folk, is valued at twenty thousand dollars.
Ashland, own brother to Kentucky, now in
his fourth year, cannot be bought for les3
than twenty thousand dollars. Planet, by
Revenue, out of Nina,?by Boston, is also a
twenty thousand dollar horse. But we
have not the time nor space .to go through
the entire list. - These are the most promi
nent horses of the running turf, and in no
instance have we placed the figures too
high. When we turn to the tiotting turf,
we find that the celebrated horses are valued
nearly as high. Although Ryadyke's
Hambletonian ia now seventeen years old,
he cannot be bought for thirty thousand
dollars. The young gelding Dexter, it i9
stated, was sold 'for twenty-five thousand
dollars. Here, again, we have no intention
of going into details so will not mention
other famous trotters. Wherever we find
a Pbrso credited with a remarkable perform
ance it is always safe to set him down for
a thoroughbred. If we are inclined to be
credulous, an enquiry into the facts will
bring to light a pedigree and speedily dis-
Eel all lingering doubts. The common
reeds are tame in spirit and slow in action,
and to raise them above a dull, plodding
life, a free admixture of pure blood is ne
cessary. The purer the blood of the horse
the nearer he approaches to perfection, and
.lr,lAaai;ita a 1 r; f nnry
.ZJZJZ:?' r u .A: T
.wealth, "yet thia Is ii04 reason why .tnei ,i
uhould .not increase in value, and why
as a people and a nation, should not derive
advantages from- such an increase. By
improving their blood, we - add to their
wealth and to our own riches. The suc
cess of the breeder of thoroughbreds will
work a revolution in the prosperity of our
country.
We may add to the above that many
years ago, before horses commanded such,,
fabuIou3 prices as at present, and when
everything sold at its gold valuation, jThaV
Priam sold at 625,000, Randolph atf 18,
000, Po3t Bay at C 1 8,000.. TeJPylng
Dutchman at 835,000, West Austrasiaruat
25,000, Oulston at $30,000, etc -These
were actual bona, fide sales for each l
Tne Death cf the King of Belgium.
r- Leopold I., King of the Belgians, is dead.
He rwaa born at Coburg, on the 16th of
December, 1790, was at eighteen commis
sioned a geaeral in the Russian army,
served in the wars against Kapokon, and
acoompanied the allied sovereigns to Eng
land in 1814. While there, he won the
hand of the Princess Charlotte, daughter
tf George IV., and married her, on the 2d
f May, 1816. . She died the next year,
leaving no child. From that marriage
Leopold derived a British pension of fifty
thousand pounds sterling and the title of
Duke of Kendall.
The crown of Greece was offered him ia
1830, but declined, the next year he was,
upon the creation fof the new Kingdom of
Belgium, elected to the throne of that coun
try, and reigned over the Belgians thirty
four years. In 1832 he married the Prin
cess Louise, daugVtPfof; Louis Philippe.
She died 15 1 860, leaving two sons and a
daughter. VThe elder son, Leopold Louis
Philippe Marie Victor, Duke of Brabant,
'-sjfcJds to the throne. He is thirty years
aers, IS suuut iweuiy-eit. Jca',''-5j--
The daughter, Charlotte, isthe .wife of
Maximilian and Empress of Mexico"" " ..
The old King was an uncle of the Qaeen
ef England, whose mother, the Duchess of
Kent, was his sister. He was also a kins
man of Prince Albert. These family al
liances, and hia great private wealth, pru
dence, sagacity and tact gave him a very
considerable influence in the affairs of
Earope, and he generally exerted in behalf
of peace. His death was justly lamented.
The Jamaica Affair.
The Radical -journals make no conceal
ment of the fact that a white man was the
instigator, aent and controller of the negro
insurrection in Jamaica. He was a Radical.
He was the agent of the Anti-Slavery Socie
ty. It is not easy to perceive what par
ticular business such an agent had where
slavery, per te, had no loDger an existenco.
But he v&s the personal and official em
bodiment of the Radical idea. He was for
the Negro as against the Anglo-Saxon a
renegade in race, a John Brown in philoso
phy, a Black Republican in politics. He
has paid the penalty which the law of tho
land enforced on the misguided Brown, and
he leaves to us the benefit cf a moral, which
can be put in a question shall we or shall
we not persist in upholding theorists who
lead the ill-judging into Buch fearful temp
tations ? '-i have had rather more than
enough'
T suasions, ana we wouia mat
1 A 1 1
riun irdna rr!1i.-l with trift
,h which they have led for years.
their su
pre."
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HOKIJIHG, JANUARY 5,
THE BLACKBIRD.
OaoB upon a midnight dreary, whilo I pondered,
weak and weary,
O'er tho war of tho rebellion, and tho thipgs that
wero before -While
Lsat absorbed ia thinking--brandy cocktails
Blo'wiy drinking,
Suddenly I saw a blinking, one eyed figure at my
door
Saw a ono-eyod, winking, blinking figure at my
door, ;
Standing there and nothing mora.
.Ah ! I never shall forget it, how in glancing round
- I mot it,
And I ever shall regret it, that I looked toward that
door,
For I saw a monstrous figure, like & giant, only
bigger,
And there stood a big buck nigger, leaning up
against my door
Leaning there, and nothing more.
Straight into the fire-place spying, where my ham
and eggs wera fryin-r,
I beheld the poker, flying near the hearth upon
tho floor;
Thou with most determinod vigor, straight I hurled
it at that nigger,
But so quick was that big niggor , that it missed and
etruok tho door
Missed the nigger's head completely, and fell harm
loss oa tho door
Struck his heel, and nothing moro.
Eack into tho flrc-placo looking, whero my ham
and e yga wcro cooking,
Shaking, quaking as no mortal over shook or
quaked before
I thou heard thia ugly sinner mutter but theso
words" Some dinner t"
'Twas tho only word he'd spoken, 'twas tho only
word, I'm suro
When I pickod up pluck and answered " I shall
food you never moro."
Thia I said, and nothing moro.
Then his impudence beginning, and hisguma ex
posed in grinning,
Witn a smile, by no moans winning, did ho view
mo from tho door,
And coolly said, " You treat, man m no'er go in
the street, man,
Till I get somothiug to oat, man, I'll never leave
your door,
I'll never quit your chamb n, though you beat ma
till I roar
Never loavo you ntvermoie I"
Then towards the flro-clace marching, where my
coffee ww a parching,
Boldly stalked auey nigger, boldly stalked
across tho floor;
Never made tha slightest bow,; sir then I know
there'd bo a row, sir,
For I made a solemn vow, sir, ho should go back to
tho door;
Thon I kicked, him fronrmy chamber, and ho went
back to the door,
Leaned against it nothing moro.
Thon this blackbird for awhile, sir, really did cause
me to smilo, sir,
Though a rav'nouB, rabid, hungry look hia visago
bore:
" Though," said I, " thon art a freedman, thou haSt -J
gone so much to seed, man,
That I'll givo a little feed, man, as you soem to be
so poor,
Provided you will .work for me a half an hour or
rmore,"
taotn tne niggor " nevermore r'
Much I marvelled thb ungainly nigger should ro-
fu&e.w plainly -
To -Jo a littla joV, twould taso half a hour or
thotb; -For
wo cannot help agreeing that no liriag human
boite
'Should refuse to labor, seeing that ha was so blasted
poor r
Should refus? to earn a dinner he saw oooticg from
my door ' Q
7 Though he ate one nevormore J
Thfgat engagod ir)rausing what he meant j
4 thus refusing, 4 -
And then bogan abusing this big nigger at my
"door; ' ,
" Sore," said I, " you musfJ5e craay, thus to bo so
' curbed lazy SA -i."' .
To be o awful laxy to v ant to work no more
"Will you over work 1'or 5fge toll mo, niggor, I
implore ?" " -
r" Quoth tho nigger : " JSevermro r
" Niggor," said I, " horrid demon nigger still, it
fciave or freedman
Think again before yon answer thia one question, I
implore;
Havo you et no senao of feeling do you mean to
live by stealing,
Or by working and fair dealing toll mo, tell mo, I
implore;
On your honor, as a njggor, will you labor aabe-
Viore?"
- Quoth the nigger ; " Novormore.''
Startlod at the stillnoss.broken by reply so flatly
v. spoken,-
"Doubtless," said I, u thia big nigger ha would eat
'enough for four,
Whon on soma spacious rica plantation, ha would
. eat out all creation
Never made a calculation how much cash it cost,
I'm sure,
For his miieter bought tho victuals, in tho good old
dayBofyorc;
Now ho'll feed you ' nevermore.' "
"'Nigger," said I, " thing of evil, quit my room, go
to the devil
Or, if you say you'll work, I'll bring your supper to
tho door:
"Tell me trcly, I conjuro you, for tha last time I
implore; . -
On your honor, as a nigger, will you labor aa bo
fore ?"
Quo".h tho nigger Nevermore."
" Be that word our sign at parting,
niggor man 1"
I cried, upstarting
" Get thee back to whero thou cam'at from
lot me
seo your face no moro ;
Join tho army--go to Texas nover comeback hero
to vex us
Ne'er return ngain to vex ua- never let ua see you
more; ; . ' "N
n"t " raro frornff rax moat, and take your
carcass from mj i-rotT . -.
And tho nigger still ia atandingTin my entry, on
tho landing,
A pretty burly picture, with'his back against my
door,
And his eyes ore evor spying at my ham, as'it is
frying, .. .1
And my poker still ia lying noar my handupon tho
floor,
But my victuals to tho "fly-trap" of, that niggor
by my door,
Shall bo lifted "'nevermore.'
WINTER FASHIONS.
The New York P0st has a long review
of the winter fashions, the feature of which,
it says, is their showiness and the expen
siveness of almost every article of ladies'
apparel. Everything is gay and festive.
Tinsel and gold ornaments are much em
ployed on hat3 and bonnet3, and veils some
times covered with gilt spangles. Few
plain colors are worn, red being the favor
ite. There are red petticoats, and red
trimmiags for petticoats of black, white,
grayj or stripea, and red for children's
dresses and cloaks. For bonnets, velvet is
the favorite material, with small, rich
ostrich feathers as the elegant decoration.
The front is sometimes made of velvet and
the crown of satin, in some contrasting
color. The floating veil, which is fully a
yard long, and about three-fourths of a yard
wide, is considered indispensable with the
empire bonnet, ice small veils.
though
still worn
fashionable
lhe roun
to the bonn
to some extent, are no longer the passed were .TY and. ubofsoua, .j
- retarincr iod foAhtAotUiefs oia Che I
a cats are generally preorrea j seamy, su-Mari - . - yivauii Ht; 1
eta .by very young bf "nuthe last -v VbA' th "HS'J
rn. There,i3 the n; m:?:eary f(r-. -' .",(I"ii--l1
1866.
of shapes. The three-cornered, the Glen
garry turban, the cavalier, intended for a
riding hat, and the "Lady Derby," made
of black velvet, with round crown. The
last-named hats are also made in felt, and,
if it were not for the long reil, might be
supposed to be men's hats.
There are at present no novelties in dres3
fabrics. But there is what is called "a
rage" for expensive materials. So many
costly goods have never before-been sold in
New York during the same length of time
as in this season.
Dress skirts are very full, and are usually
cut goring, though! the straight skirt is
still, to some extent, in vogue. The rich
est materials are ornamented in a simple
and not showy manner, if at all. The round,
high waist appears to be tha favorite, tho
jackets have many admirers. The squarj
of Pompadour corsage is considered sty
lish, and to a good figure is becoming.
There is also a. revival of a style of the
seventeenth century the dress being cut
low and square in front, but higher inthe
back, a large box plait at the back, which
hangs loose from the back, and the skirt
trails for a yard and a half.
Basquines, made of heavy beaver cloth
and velvet, are the leading style, but circu
lars and loose sacks are also much worn.
Quilted skirts, made of black silk, bkek
alpaca, etc, and stitohed or trimmed with
some contrasting color, are much worn.
They are heavier and warmer than the bal
morals' and have a aeat appearance. Bal
morals are still made in almost every style,
of white and black, gray, mixed, striped,
and red, and are heavily trimmed. The
red skirt trimmed with black are worn to
some extent. For evening wear a skirt of
white moreen flounced is considered neat.
There is a ne.c invention, recently intro
duced to cover the lower part of the hoop.
The cloth is cut goring and double, aboat
half a yard deep, and is neatly trimmed
with black or red according to the color
of the skirt. It has eyelets, about three or
four inches apart, upon the upper edge, and
is laced upon the hoops. This not only
prevents the hoop from soiling, but leoks
well, and with it the large hoops are man
ageable. The Negro Element in the Army.
The nonsense of tke pro-negrro ( radical)
'journals that we could not have suppres
sed the rebellion but lor the aid of the black
man is inmarily disposed of by the annual
report of the Secretary of War as follows:
Total of troopa called for from April 1861
to May 1S65 -2,759,49
Total of troops obtained 2,656,553
Total of colored troops cn!!ted during
the war 173,975
Greatest number of colored troops in ser
vice July 16, 1S65 1S3.158
We are obliged to Mr. Stanton for these
facts -which, it is presumed, don't lie. It
must have gone against his grain to print
them; but truth, like murder, will out. As
the World observes:
"From this statement we see that if all
the negroes in the United States army had
had the misfortune to be only Yankees or
Irishmen, their presence in or absence from
the ranks would scarcely have made an
appreciable difference in the gigantic sum
total of the national array. As negroes, of
conrse, the case is different one negro,
according to the Irihune, being equal, for
miliryjnirpofjes, of twefify white men 1
It li.. able, also, that the heaviest
force Ovnegroes ever at one time in the
army, is leported for July 16, 1865, three
months after the fighting was all over, and
it "is not, by any means, satisfactory to
know that,, of the 200,000 men still borne
on the national rolls, 85,024, or nearly one
half, are of this privileged race. Scs h. Gaz.
TH31 WOMEN OF THE SOU Til.
From the'Montgomcry (Ala.) Mail.
We had almost determined to pass un
noticed the frequent insulting allusions to
the women of the South which soma of the
Northern papers are disposed to contain.
The men who brought on the late unhappy
war by lashing the people of the South to
phreniy, are now endeavoring to make per
petual the feud whioh sprung up between
the two sections, and was quieted only with
blood and desolation. The conservative
men of the South, however much they des
pised many of the prevailing traits of
Northern character and loathed the despis
able hyj ocracy of Northern Radicals, have
been earnest in their efforts to restore har
mony of sentiment throughout the country,
and dispel the error that the Government
is the Northern people. It has been the
effort of this class of politicians to impress
upon the South that the whole country 53
the Government, and the people of the
South are as much interested in endeavor
ing to mould the policy of that Government
as the people of New England or any other
section. With thia view we havo counceled
a cordial support of the Administration;
and had hoped that leading men, joined
around the Presidential chair, from all
sections would lay aside the memories of
the past and strike hands in behalf of con
stitutional States Rights in the Union.
These efforts to render les3 bitter the cup
of Southern sorrow are met, aa formerly, by
a party at the North, who, cowardly as
Falstaff during the war, are brave aa that
hero when the battle is over. Cautious
not to attack Southern men in the day of
bullets, they do not hesitate to attack
Southern women in the piping days of
peace. " The women of the South are
illiterate and unmannerly," says The New
York Tribucej at whose heels a few satelites
follow to catch up and repeat the witticisms
and Ion mots of the philosopher.
The women of the kuth need no defen
der I Their angelic virtues, in the days of
darkness and desperation, often held up the
flagging hearta of the people. For four
years they labored in behalf of the cause,
the success of which was the dearest wish
L of therr hearta. The trials through which
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prepare clothing for the army; nursing IV.)
sick and wounded as they cheered the hos
pitals with their smiles. (
Daily would they assume the gsrb ofc
mourning for a father, a brother or a lovers
daily did the shaft of death enter the hoae-
hold and make manly hearts quail bef6r;
the horrors of war; but never fof onecioj
mtnt did the women of the South, from the
highest to the lowest, fail to support the t
arma of the soldier, and hold them up ut
til the sinking of the sun. God bless th6ca;;
for what they did in the hour of darknOB3f f
and sorrow I God bleaa them for what
they are doing now 1 From one end of the r;
South to the other, the women have joined
in noble petitions for the pardon of Mr.
Davis; and nightly, beside ten thousand..;
beda, in the silent chambers, kneel
thousand sainted forms, to offer prit,'
for the salvation of those we loved. . . '
Such exalted devotion; such imcior!
ondurance; such saintly charity needs?
defence from a Southern pen. History ?;
portray their virtues in colors more epjL
did than those which hand down, thr&,-:
the mist of years, the majestic pride c.5
Cornelia, and the patriotic fervor of a JcJ
D'Are. )
Let the late war stand in history aE
rnay; let it bo damned as a hateful rebe
lion, or lamented as an unsuccessful revo)
lution; let it pass down the corridors
time with the acclamation of the world, oi
with the enathemas of mankind; whatevei5;
it may be declared by the verdict of history;
it will pasa onward before the eyes of comf
ing agea with many a glorious deed am,.,
many a noble martyr to illustrate its event
ful scenes, but with nothing more glorious"
and beautiful to adorn it than the holy de
votion of the women of the South.
Suoh women are worthy of the respect of
the world, and will receive a 6neer only
from cowards and brutes 1
The natural instincts of manhood sug-,
gests resistance, .either by act or expres-'
sion to whatever appears to bo wrong of
oppressive. From this cause, we think, ,
springs the very general. opinion that ia
being deprived of their slaves, the people
01 me ooain nave Deen deprived ot all their
wealth. '
However unconstitutional or injurious
the sucoesaioa of acts mav have been bv 4
which slavery has been abolished, it is use-f
less to argue, and we propose to show that
the fact itself may be made of worldly ad-,
vantage to our people. Heretofore it has
been the custom to consider a man as be-
ing wealthy, or only comfortable, in pro;
portion to the number of slaves he had do-, f
pendent upon him for support. The num- C
ber of bis broad acres was hardly taken
int the account. Is this the risrht view 'r 5
f it? - ' . r: j
For the purpose of cultivating a tract of .-
land, instead of having to support the actual . '
number of hands required to do the woak, '
our planters have bad inlposed upen them L
to clothe and feed and tend, at least.thrfe
unprofitable one to' every one whose labor, i
was of profit a them. Few of our slave- (
ownere.ever disposed of their slave5"!fc-Tca
natural increase ia numbers wv
upon as so much increase in c.-"
this uncommercial manner,.the
their books at the end of the yei -flnd
themBttlvesoorer by far.
In order to suppoat thia; constant'j
creasing number of non-producers, the,
landa were skimmed over, and the epou,
which promised most returns for the labor.'
alone were cultivated Old fields, growf
up with pines and briars, took the place :
what once had been fertile plains. Tl
homesteads were neglected, and the qoA"
and the corn grew far away from'tC
doors: Most of the products of the plak
tion were expended in feeding thet
tion upon them. Very little wasv' v--'
real substantial gain.
Slave labor being at an end, the
jeot to be considered is, the getf.j. w
proper amount of paid labor to till tho ?jr
it is proposed to cultivate. For thia lfX
only will pay be required. For the fjec5
of such hands as will be actually employed,
will the products of the land tilled alone bf r
expended. The surplus ia clear gain, anc
may properly be reckoned aa a credit fo.'
the place. j
Let us now look at the real wealth of our,
people. It lies ia their lands; the vast'
forests and the outspreading prairies; tu- .'--'
pleasant valleys and the gently sloping hille -These
constitute the people's wealth. . Thil
ia riches, to which the labor of a few de
pendents is in comparison, as a drop to t
ocean. J
Instead then of being cast down ?"
Unavoidable necessity, which frewr -S
ou failure to establish the. Confeuc: ;7
our people should at once address th J 1
selves to the work that is before theft, iu.
by earnest, sealoua effort, exact the reward.
that industry and sagacity invariably pro
duce. t .'.
Let them determine at once to be inde
pendent of the world. Having Bjlectelf
their ground let them labor to make
yield. Ia order to do this they mu&t gi.V"
if they hope to receive. Let their land6,
manured and ploughed thoroughly.
well. Do not undertake moro lhan,c
accomplished. Far better is it tha, ?
hundred acres be cultivated well than.
one hnndred acres should be neglpeV
spoiled. " -
The immense estates of our psoi'
properly divided and worked, will
most powerful agent in reguUtintifr-J
merce of the world. As it 1i, evenr.- '
the chiefest of our products f jHeet-fr-f.
keta of all nations. What sainS. jw'Sc-
late the added power and wealth '-c-iM bur
people and their posterity whnlair lands ,
shall all bloom and blossom tvhe'a attls'
and sheep slali be on a thousti Ul? -id
the smoke from the cabirishll aectr I i: vrh f
every fields I?si2riiff'wilf Torm a L . rfc
all over (fVn'hif?y,ppJ r ,decia5 : ,
icreafroWtitoar- fcft. Ltta ,,--work
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