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BY F. M. TBIMMLER Devoted to Education, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mevltanical Arte. $2.00 IN ADVANCE.
VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 18G0. NO. 4.
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Editur Mct(erpoli(un RrJcord:
I htlV IlOt Ul) to tliis time 111 *nli> i>iw ro
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marks in publik about the trials an I tribu
lations, the losses and crosses, the buzzards
and dead bosses seen on our journey home
to the eternal city. I shall not ulood to it
now, only to remark that our oouiiu bark
were not so hasty as our leavin. it was in
the dead of winter, through snow and
through sleet, over crocks without bridges
and bridges without floors, through a <le
f serted and desolate land where no rooster
was left to crow, no pig to squeal, no dog
to bark ; where the ruins of hnppv homes
adorned the way, and ghosty chimneys
stood up like Sherman's sentinels a guardin
the ruins he had made. A little one hos
consent contained the highlit of my world
ly possessions, consist in ol tny numerous
nnd lorcly wife and children, and a shuck
basket full of some second class vittels
Countin our offspring there was about ten
ol us in and about and around that wagiu,
thus illustratin what tlio poet bussed, "one
glorious hour of crowded life is worth an
ago without a name," though the glory
were hard to purseevc on sicli okkashuns.
Mrs. Arp arc ol the opinyoun that her pos
ferity were never us hungry before in their
life as on that distrcssin journey, and she
once remarked that there want nary rod of
tho road that dident hear some of cm a
hollcrin for vittels. My wife's husband is
troubled bcknus they aint broke of it yit,
ai d it do seem that tho poorer 1 git the
more devouring they bccuui, all of which
will eenl in sumthin or other if suuithin
don't happen.
Wc finally arrived within the presinkts
of our lovely home. The doors creaked
' welcome on their hinges, the hoopin bug
chcrrupd on the hearth, and tho whis'liu
wind was siugin the sams uid tunc around
tho bedroom comer. Wo wcro about at
huppy as wc had been miserable, and when
I remarked that General Vandiver, who
okkupicd our house, must be a gentleman
for not burnin it, Mrs. Arp replied?
"1 wonder what he done with my suing
mashcen."
"lie dident cut down our shade trees,"
scd 1.
I'Mv lnirnr>? nnil rarnnlo nn.l
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are all gone," sed she.
"It may be possibul," sed I, "that the
Genrul?
"And my barrel ofsoap." sed she.
"It may be possibul," sed I, "that the
Genrul moved oft our things to take keer
of em for us. I reckon we'll git eui all
back alter while."
"Alter while," said Mrs. Arp like an
ekko, and ever since then when I alluod
_ to our Noithr'cn brethren she only replies,
"utter while."
Uy and by the skattcrcd wanderers bcguu
to drop in under the welcutn shades
of our sorrowful citty. It wcr a delightful
enjoyment to greet em home, and listen
to the history of their suffrings and misfortunes.
Misery loves company, and utter
the misery is past there's a power of comfort
in tulkin it over and fixin up us big u
l.l v-J- ? ? ' 1
luiu us any uouy. i wer Fianuin one day
upon the banks of the injun river, a wondcrin
in my mind wlio wuuhl coinc next to
gladden our hearts, when 1 saw the shndder
of an objek a darknin the sun lit bank.
It wer not a load of hay nor an elefunt, but
fhcro cnuf it wer my friend Uig John, a
n.ovin slowly, but surely, to the dug out
landing on the opposite side, llis big ,
round face nssootucd more latitood when
he saw me, and without wuitin for remarks
he sung out in a voice some two staves
deeper than the Southern Harmony?
r '"There came to the heecli a poor exile of Erin."
"Make him /or'' said I, "and you'l fill
the bill." Prouder to see him than a monkey
6how, I paddled the dug out over in |
double quick and bid hiui welcum in the
i * name of the eternal citty and its humble
inhabitants. 1 soon got him ufloat in the
little canoo, and before I was aware ol it
' * the water wai sloshing over the gunnels at i
every wabble, "Lay down, my friend," ;
aed I, arid he laid, which was all that saved
us lrom a watry grave, and tho naboorin
farms from inundation. When safely land
ed I found him wmlced in untioht ti.?? ! ?. '
p- "" "f)'"'
couldent rise, so I rolicvod him by a prize
with the end of the paddle. As his foot
tjnj. ; touched thosakred soil he gently separated
? ' his countenance and sung with feeling niel
"Home again?home again?from a furrin
JyftjjEjp . The Yanks may cum and the dcril too but I'll
- not run any more."
1
Kccollektin soino skraps of blank verse
myself, I said with aksent, "Tell nie thou
8\vilt of foot?thou modern Asahcl?Oh tell
mc where is thy ohuriot and steer ? Where
dids'fc thou go when I did see thee driving
like Juhu as wo did flee for life."
"Ill tell you all' sed he, "I want my
fronds to know it. I'm now u man ot war,
llill, and I'm glad of it. I've done the
state some scrvis and she knows it. lve
handled guns?yes, guns?weepins of dcth.
I've slept on tuy arms si tine 1 seed you?
night attor night hav 1 slept on my arms,
Willi hundreds of deadly weepings all
i around me. Ah, llill, Patriotism is a?big
j thing. When you once breakc the ice,
great sluices of glory as bit; as your arm
l will just spring up like mushrooms in your
buzzuui; and make you leel like throwing
I your self clean away for your country. Let
me set down and I'll tell you all I know.
Dill, but as the feller said in the theater,
"when you in your letters these unlucky
i deeds relate, speak ol uie as I am?nothing
expatiate nor set down hot in malice."
"Jest so," sed i "cxaktly?cxaktly so.?
Prosed, tuy hero "
"Well you see the night after you parsed
tnc, my steer got away, liang the desee;
vm beast! 1 hunted smartly for him the
| next niornin, but 1 hunted more for reds
I than backwards Leavin 1113' wugin with
i a widder woman, I took it afoot across the
j country by a settlement road they called
, the "cut oir." Devil of a cut off it was to
tne. 1 broke down in site of a little log
! cabin, and never nio. e i a loot further tha.
uuy. l lie oiu mail had a chunk ol a nag
that worked in a slide. 1 pcrswaded him
to huul mc to tho cciid ol the cut off, and
I know he done it for tear I'd eat up his
smoke-house. livery now and then he'd
look at the old omun, and she'd look at the
smoke house and then ut inc. Hut that
slidin bisness were the most orfullest trtfv
eilin that 1 ever hav had. livery time the
pony'd look back he'd stop, nod when he'd
start agin he give such a jerk that my contents
were in danger. My holt broke on
one okkasun, a goin down a hill iuil ot
gullies. 1 rolld some twenty feet into the
edge of the wood-', and eotch up agin nn
old pine stump that was lull of yaller j u-k
ets Three ot the dingd things stung me
before I could rise, but I got through the
cut oil'and fell in with some empty wagius
that was stampedin my way.
"(littin on to Atlanty, a fool Irishman
stopd a.e right r.l the e Igo ot .he tuwu and
demanded my papers. L dident hav no
papers. Nobody had ever uxd me for pa
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u uui iiv wuuiuriu near nil argument.
As Quarlcs would say, he wouldent Jiiir isshuc,
but marched me to an oflis, and l
dident stay there ten minutes. 1 wersmt
off to Dekatur with some lilty conskripts
who were all in uiouriiiii, exsepin tln-ir
! clothes. I never sued sieli a pitiful set in
my life. 1 talked with em all, and tli.tr
: was nary one but what had the dyspepsy
1 or the swinny or the ruin .tics or the blind
staggers or the heaves or the huiups or sumthin.
Well, there want mine of us dist barged,
lor there was bran new orders eallin
tor everybody fo* thirty days to go to the
> ditches. As 1 couldent walk that fur, I
| was ordered to Andcrsonvillo to guard the
( prisoners. At Makon 1 met an old akwaintuuee,
who was a powerful big officer,
| and lie had me transferred to his depart
! incut and put me in charge <>1 his ordnance.
; '1 here's where I handled guns, Hi 1, and
' slop on ray urins. Whole boxes ol muskets
! whs around me, and I dident no more mind
| taken a snooze on a guu box than if it had
l been a couch of lethery down. Its all in
..d?.i ik t?:it -ii * - -i
?ivtni u.itu IU 11, I ?11 I III II1C USO.
'Jest so," seil I, "thats the way I see
it?exuktly so, my friend. I'rosccd.
"It's blaui'd lucky, Hill, that I dident go
! to Andersonville. They would have had
me alongside of Wirz, either as principal
1 or witne&s or sumthin, and some lyin Yank
would hav had a swear or two at me about
shootin him on the dead line. Ileforc this
my carkass would have been eat up by
worms or cut up by Doctors, and my pi Iter
spied all over a whole side of Harper's
Weekly as a monster of dcth.
"Well, 1 kep hundliii guns and bayonets
and dangerous woepins, until one day I ?;ot
a furlo logo to Rome. Sherman was play
in base around about Atlanty, and bo I had
to cireutnfienco around by way of Si Irna,
and the very day i got there, everlastin
blast ctu. the Wilson raiders g >t there too.
I wasent no more lookin lor them Yankees
in Sclma than I were for Bcolzcbuh, and
both of cm was all the same to me. 11 la mil
il they wasent shootin at me before 1 knowd
tliey was in the Stato. flow in tho dickens
they missed me 1 dont know, for thoir ininny
bulls sung yanky doodle all around me
and over mo and under mo and betwixt
inc.
"1 tell you, Hill, I run like a mad turkey,
1_l.!_ I * **
iuvikui aueiiu 01 ino at every step to It ml an
easy place to fall when I was plugged. An
old woman overtook me, and I axed her to
tuke my watch and my money. She took,
em in a hurry and put em in her hoozutu.
Woll 1 found a gully at lost, and rolld iu
keaplosh, lor it was about two feet deep in
mud and water. The infernal* found mo
there jast nt night; and got me out at the
pint of the bay net. They marched mc to i
the wolf pen and there I stayd till the fuss I
was over. ,
" Itight here, Hill, I want to make an ob- i
solvation. There was a feller with mc
when I was cotcli'd, and I seed him make .
a sorter of a sign to the captain, and thev t
turned him loose in two minutes, and lie ; (
jest went abuut anywhoro as natcral as a l
* king, while L had a crosscy'd dutchman ! 1
| standin over me with a fcaynet grinnin from j i
: mornin till night. There was some Free . 1
' Masonry about that, Hill, and if another i i
; one of these fool wars comas along, I'll jine g
cui, if they'll let inc. ' \
| i?ui i m at lionic ih.w 'or good, I'm 1
wine to stay hero like n ine die. I'm I
! agin all wars uiul lightiu.'. I'm Opposed 4
to all rows and ruirpnsso sou ri.>tB. I i
dont kecr nigh us much about a dog fight 1
us I used to. Now, if one could always |
sec the ccnd of a thing'n advance and the ' t
eend was all right, 1 wouldenc mind a big y
: fuss, but then you know a man's fore- c
thoughts aint as good as his hind sights, f
If they war, this war wouldnt hav broke j
out. and I wouldnt hav lo^t my steer, nor i
watch. 1 never sued that woman before f
in.r since, and I wouldnt know her from 1
any other woman that walks the yearth? S
blaind if I'm certain whether she were r
white or black, liill, how is your offspring?" 1
"Hungry as usual. I thank you uiy
friend,' aed I. I
44How's Mrs Aip?'' r
"Bcbellinus, John, very j hut I think j
she'l lo harmonized?attorwhile?atter- v
while" J c
Mr. iUilur, 1 will not relate further of c
these trying adventures at this time. Big 1
John are now entirely harmonious, and I y
suppose his future career will be all screen, s
Yours as ftvor Iti.r \ . r.
1\ y.?Mrs. Arp wants you to pit back 1
the letters 1 writ lo r when she were sweet s
sixteen, 'i beta ofiisors have pot etn and 1
suppose have laughed all the funny part
away by this time They contained some
fool things that hoys w 1! write when they
fall in love, an 1 my wile sometimes used cm
up in me as reminders of hrtkett promises. u
She >ays, if thoy'l send cm, she'l try and -s
foigivo otu?attcrichil .
Pit trouble yourself much, Mr. Kditur, , 1
' an I it will be all the same to uM. t
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I'rotn the Richmond "inics I
Ati tntcri'st inu
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Oil' IkI'.GINNy, Vl JfirEU Stitks^ i )'
in A'mkmicy, 1so."?. j i '
Sa . T .... t > 1 j 11. l Aur cnlith gvcc big : j '
M \ 1'. ah Mn. Aiu\?Bein tuk with <,
u tit of ;lio < i< /;'' rt/u's x rit?nty, an orlul
; lii'tl ii!v wh it sum times atlliks e liturs (
I an 1 o her litcrrary t'-ko-i, .nil f? elhi 1
! ohhi'ot ! t ? say sum- thin t > s'linbod ly by ! .
: w y ol lettin off stecni. I conkluded to ^
ris?* )'<-i yon this ere pistil like. i .
, Th in ;?r let;us of \ >:jrii on the silly c
w.nh'jii ut the cuntry was prime; only
the spi ilin wit a lei tie had, as likewise j
also the grimmer. I don't mean no offense, .
Mister Arp, lor tnensliuiiiii t'e o cr little ;
j ecn!y.:ritis, hut 1 a Her.- were a lectin per j
tieuler about tny awthograi'y. When 1 j
wcr a small shaver, no liter an a three galun
jug; I i-ut Socrytecs Jones down, the '?
j biggest bey in bC col, spellin " Tuky buz/.aid."
Alitor cvry l o.i ly li id tnLt it, an
I it dill l'ljllll to mv lime c.<? I ? 't' .. I
. J mv a, i - u r\ k
(tuk) y (ky) (tiky) buz (ze iz/.urd) z
(zed :z/.ird) :i r tl (buzzard) tuk;, buzzard, \
And Inll.rs wili renumber U).v Mister |
I Snooks our teacher, smiled, an 1 patted me
' on the lied, all scz'oe, S imniy, uiy boy
jou's sum punkins on sp.llin, and sum oi 1.
j these dais will certny lay Mister Walk', ran '
.1 dinsing in the shade." l>ut it aint about
j yo spellin, Mister Arp, nor yo grauimcr i
i outlier, 1 want to say a ward. 1 want to 1
! give you uiy scntiincts or things generally I
j and them nigger-rutin bobby lishuncrs in
, jicrticler.
In the firs plasc, Mister Arp, what's all j
this dueed tork about irittin back in the 1
Yunion for? l>idn't Mr Idnktini >^!anc
. that nr little matter ii secession to the
; satislaoshun ot* evcrybi.ddy, by pn vin
that noboddy never was out ol the Yun- j
ion, and never cudent be ? So then, Mister
Arp, if wo aint never been out ol the
glorious Yunion, so cald, what's them durn
radicles gjt to do with adinittin our Con- j
rrrivimoti Vlmvon ?!.' ? ? .,11.. ?- ?
P .. . J-W* I n j t aiiuw I 111*IJ1 lO
I take their sects '( I reckon they can t-tan
"PAnd,
agin, Mister Asp, what's theni j j
blaiuo bobhylishuners kickin up sieli a v
thunderashuu ot a Ins* about niggars votin
1 fur ? I>on't the (/Onstitushun, so raid, leave ,
that ar suhjic to the States iittirely ? They .
ain't no Coustitushun, an aint got nuthin 'i
to do with it. Oitent they (n be satisfied , a
with what they w.is lit in tor't Ihd'nt they |
say all the tiuio they was fit in tor the nig- r
gor.s and the Yunion ? Well, aint they got r
, the niggers ? (NYoudcr what tiioy are goin , n
I to do with 'em '( h
As for the Yunion, aint we all the tiuio j y
ox daimin with the Sarnist. ' Bohole, what1 o
a dohghtful thing it is to duvl together in b
yunity," and knockin all the time at the j
duro of the Yunion, and nskin 'cm to let j
as in an they won't ? Don't you think j
,hcy oit to let Ole Ferjinny in, Mister ( f
r\rj?, in con-iderashun of the gloriun inenerry's
of the past ? Want it here whar .
\Y* t !. i
ttuBiiiiuun was Dorn?whar Lee lit, and ,
Jackson dyed? An want it here whar Mis-,
cr Jeffyson writ the Dcolarashun of In-! a
lepcudens, say in that cveryboddy, white, n
duck and yellar, was born jis alike, an
ladcnt orient to have nothin to do with y
toboddy else, and went off to hissclf and ^
ived in a mountin seller? An then-, again, :
vant it here whar Captain Hinith Gt for the t
iume principle, and nocked l'owyton down J
.villi a hiekry stick, and was goin to stouip ^
lis gizzud* out when a she injun named |
I'oky Hunt us run up and squaled out 1
.htnnn pappyminanootarcn, Mister Smith' j
Hiich bein interprited means, " Don't
mock pa, Mr. Smith."
I say, Mister Arp, don't you think they
nite let us all in, in considerashun of these c
glorious mciuerry's, and the wether gettin
olc ? Sposc we hav had a littlo family
u>s, hascnt our big sister of the North
lulled our har tel we was reddy to "harnonizc
?" Harmony ar a gret thing in a
amily. I ain't \n layer of no more Gun. a
. ain't in favor of no nock in system. v
>peshily I ain't in favor of nobody nockin t
ne; cause if they do, sumboddv mout git
lurt, J won't say who. s
Well, Mr Arp, we are goin to h ivc a r
lig spekin today in these Darts. The bu
o's goiti to tork to the niggers?goin to
;plauc freiluin to 'cui, I sposc Now, ,
that's the u^eol'torkin about nigger fre
lum? I wants to kno whar's the tredum h
if the press? In the name ot Mister '
'rankling, what printed the first newspa>or
in Ameriky. I axes the solum quest y
hun, "whar's the fredum ol the press?" ?
? Kclio answers, "wliar?" liut, in the *
angwidgo of the immortal bard, i an r
wers, (
" lotit gliinraorin thru the ilistanso j
Like nn ole liar's tnle, r
With f >rt . hongry dorgs behiuc t
A yell in on her trnle."
Mister Arp, I'm emfatically for the fre- 1
lum ol the press abov all uther free lum.
>pose a man gits mad and wants to cuss,
low's he g in to do it il lie cant say what ,
le wants to t Didn't our 4 lathers say c
hat the In dtim ol the press was the be
;i?uin of liberty ? llowsumever, I spose 1
tc'vo past the boginnin, and maby got (
>retty nigh the con. Iv ry titnuour news
.apcrs ?rz anny thing them radalcils don't i
ike, they sets up a thunderin big howl, f
in J calls us"olc sccesh," wh 'ch aint pritty.
rhey aint got no manners no how. Tork ^
0 'cm Mister Arp, tork to'era. r
1? it, Mister Arp, the questshun eums up. *
\Ybar ar liberty ' And abov all, what
r colored liberty ? 1 wud like to express
nv opinyutis on these ere suhjies but for ?
>tir unfirtunitly p:?sstn that ar begin n ill
dbrescd. Mister 15rely sez 'tis niirgors j
otin; hut then 1 heered Oeicr cxplainin '
hi> ere verry qucstMiun tuther day in these
rewards: S./.'ee, "Hrethrcn, liberty ar [
1 grate big hou<?dar d?; digger set in a i
?ig arm cheer by do tier roast in tatcrs, and i
oast in hi< shins and drink 1 1 drains cvry ^
lay '. ' And the congregashun sed, "Amen *
?ru Idcr Cezcr 1" So you see, Mister Arp, v
rudders Oe/.er and t rely don't cgzactiy
gree on them pints. Spose you tork to
em. Mi-ter Am. ios to "InrnmnifA" 1
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Kvcryboddy up here is for Mister John
InAs for me, I'm Jonsingal! over, in- J
i'l and out, Ironi lu-d to heels. I tit at
!eving l'ines under Jomring; I ynses r
lohnsing's dic-hunary; I hoorayed for 1
ronsing wlien Mister l/inkhorn was sassy
ia!cd ; I bys my hats for .1 nsingand (Jointan)
; a man nam ?l Jonsing make* my .
Juiuly shu.se; and when I'm merry?whicli 1
int trekwent now adais?I sings this ere c
c
OltK H> JOIINSISO. a
Mister Johnsing is lite man for U9, i
Whoopco! whoopee! ^
I'on't Ite make litem radicles cuss,
Whoopee! tidHedoe!
s
II cor ole II orris flrely rore, I
Whoopee! whoopee ! '1
Rip, an snort, an snap, an snore, ! t
Whoopee! fiddledcc! ^
They say he's pot the helly ake, ' J
Whoopee ! whoopee ! i t
lie can t digest our Jonsing enke,
Whoopee! fi Idle lee! : ^
To Mister Jonsing, then, I'll sing,
Whonttee 1 ulini.no.. '
An?l make the woods arouu' nic ring, 1
Whoopee ! fiddle loo ! C
Corn hang them 'ur nigger-votin'bobby- '
ishuners, I spook the nox tiling they'll '
rant to stop us from singing, an make us
' Hang our 'Arp 011 a willor tree."
They don't do notion bout 'arpin, 'ccpti t
lis on the eternal nigger, and thou they p
Hers play the lyre. t
1 hutd, sum time ngo, you was goin to a
un for Conjjgris; but taint so, I don't t
eckcn?wuali 'twas?want you touharrou-'
iso" them radicles. Meantime, stay at a
lorac with Mrs. Arp an the chilun ; tin if r
on gits mad with a nigger, "blue, black f
r yallcr," don't cuss, nor carry liiui to no r
uro ; jis tork to 'im tel lie's ''hanuunised." a
Yose, ctcctry, f
Pam Tank, j
From the Rtchmond Enquirer,
iccne In the U. 8- House of RepreMenlatlvea
Good morrow, Mr. McPhcrson.'
' Oive you good morrow, sweet Gout. Sweet
msiucss have you here ?' 4
' Wc he divers poor gentlemen from Virginia
.ud wc have corae liitTier to entreat entrance
,t your chamber door.'
' On what grounds do yon seek admission ?'
In verity, we be loyal men and true, ws
iave ta'en one oath, and the other we will
[ladly gulp.'
' Odso! Ye be iu quest of dollars, a thousand
hrco times told. I ween.'
' Nily, but we will gulp the oath, and we be
ired of standing in the cold without, and of
tiling peanuts withal.'
' Marry, come up 1 your sorrows touch my
icart. But yc are Virginiuns, and mclhinks
our loyalty is somewhat doubtful.'
Say uot so, fair si, for wo will gulp the
atli. Nay, be entreated and let us in, for we
.re a cold uud our wallets are empty.'
But stay, yc claim to represent the people
if Virginia ?'
' By cock nud pie, wo do.'
Yc took no part in the rcbclion ?'
' Not a tittle.'
I Wl.nn >?... 1 1 ' - ' " '
?.... j vui iiiuu ?ai inTamu, wnmuia yer
4 Good aooth ! we stayed at home.'
' When your houses were burnt, your cattle
nd negroes stolen, and your fields laid waste,
[ hat did ye then ?
4 We tied to a safer place, and kept ou of
he army."
4 When your brothers and your sons were
hot down for defending a cause they deemed
ighteous; what then did ye?'
'Zounds! we stood by with folded arms.'
Whon your mothers were insulted, your
rives and daughters scoffed at, and your sisers
imprisoned, felt ye no sympathy for them?*
'Not one particle. Nay, start not back in'
lonror, for we arc willing to swear it on the
Ioly Evangelist.'
4 Aye ! for the sake of three thousand ducats
IOP annum oA?n? ??? ?:n a-*
...... oouio uivu mil uitc siiy oath.
'irginians, 1 trow, arc not so base. But when
,11 arms-bearing men were couscripled, with
rlint magic and by what aria withal did ye
scope conscription V
'Oadzooks! we had amassed great Btore of
Confederate scrip, and deftly did we use it.
doreorer, many of us held numerous African
ncn in bondage, and thereby gained cxemp>
ion.'
' Cerltf, 'twas a cunning dodge. So then, ye
oTcd the Union ?'
' lhat we did, good sir,'
Ye fought for the Union !'
Not overmuch, save in our devout prayers,
vhich daily and nightly ascended unto God,
mr Father, for the success of the Union arms.'
So, so. Being pi >us m?n, and ever ready
o go to your last account, yet, nevertheless, ye
vere not willing to peril life for the blessed
Jmoii ?'
'Nay, be not wroth with us, Mr. McPherion,
but he entreated, and let us in, for we will
fttlp the oath.'
'Verily, if yc did not fight for the Union,
re shurelv wrote for it?'
' Noble Master McPherson, we did not write,
leither did wc speak for the Union, for we
rore afeard.'
' Afeard of what V
' We pray you question not so closely.'
I deaiandan answer. Say, of what yc were
ifeard V
'Softly, softly, gracious, generous sir. An it
lease you, wo were at'eard of our property.
tut we will gulp the oath?oh, how glibly!'
It appears by your own showing, that ye
>erilled neither life, limb nor property for the
ebell on. Vet ye come hither to represent
lie rebels. Also, it appears that yo perilled
(either life, limb nor property for the Union.
'ct yc claim to lovo the Union. Faugh! Get
ro gone, sirrahs ! Avuunt !'
'Nay, precious Master McPherson; but we
rill gulp the '
And the door was shut.
Ta* on Soutticrn Mauuftirturcs.
The following circular, issued by the J
;ecretary of the Treasury .n Monday, is
tighly important to Southern Manufactuers
and all thoso holding articles manu
aeturad iu the South :
<4TItE AS UIt Y I)EPAUTMENT,
February 2 18GG.,
"On September 14, 1SG5, an order was
ssucd by this Department, under the pewit
conferred by section 4G of Internal Revnue
Act of June 30, 1SG4, directing that
irticlcs manufactured in the States lately
n insurrection, prior to the establishment,
?i collection districts therein, but retained
n possession of the manufacturer until after
uch establishment, and thus made liablo
o the current rates of taxation, should bo
lohl free from present assessment until
ransportcd beyond the limits of the abovo .
Mentioned States, and should then be subcctod
only to the tax duo at tho time of
heir manufacture.
"The reasons for their exemption were
tutcd briefly at the time of its allowance,
t was induced by the fact that nianufacurcrs
had, in ignorance of tho law, rctainargc
quantities of their products in their
>wn hands, and by the supposed additional
act that much of the property so retained
.? i i_ J-?
iuu groauj ucicrioratoa in value.
"Abundant opportunity having now
iccn given lor the disposal of these manuact
urea, there is no good reason for eoninuing
n privilege inconsistent with the
general provisions of the law, adverso to
he interests of Northern manufacturers,
ml susceptible, as experience has shown,
o vory great abase.
"It is therefore, hereby ordered, that on
ml after March 1, 1>G5, all Southern
nanufaetures in possession of tho uoanuaeturcr
shall be held subject to the present
atos of duty?no exception being iuad? in
ny ease on account of tho date of wanuiicturc.
U. McCULLOCU,
Secretary of the Treasury.''