Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1861-09-17
Noble Southern Women.

| Much has been written about the Spartan wo
man of old-rnuchs about the noble Roman ma
/ tron-much about our excellent Hforemothers o
the Revolutions" but it has been reserved 70
the women of our sunny South to end the yir
tues of these heroines al in one, and present t
Ethe world the brightest examples Of 6rmness
Icourage' and patriotism. Look at the hundred
Eof women all over our land, delicate ones VIII
! have been reared in the lap of luxury, who hav
heretofore been shielded from every rough 4 last
women who a year ago we're lingering over th
ivory keys OF their pianos, or discussing will
their dress makers the shade of silk which be.
came their complexion best-and see how they
have risen without dissenting voice, to NEE
| She exigencies of the times. g Wh0t shall !.
aoeor?" is now a question seldom asked. Til.
only attention that dress demands is the consid
GRAFTON, .'will it be a piece of economy to pur-
chase this or that and daily We hear the remark
| 81 want homespun dresses-they are the best fol
| Us now" Instead of finding our women at the
piano, or on the fashionable promenade, we; fnd
them busy at their looms, busy at their wheels
busy making soldiers unilorms-busy making
bandages--busy in hospitals-busy girding7 uI
their sons their husbands, their fathers for tic
battlefield. Tell NE, are they not a noble race
Luxury has not enervated them, adversity has
not depressed them. sf "a -
There was once, q French queen, who. sur
rounding herself BY her maids of honor. wrought
day after day on delicate tapestry, with which
the churches in her realm were afterwards hung
1t was thought to be an act of GREAT virtue il
her. The fact was registered on the page o
history, and she has been held up to her sex as
shining example," But she did not as the ex-
cellent wife of OUR Governor has done, set her
self down to sew on heavy w0olen goods fol
soldiers she Gid not throw aside the siiken robe
and the golden chain, and apply herself day at
ter day, with unwearied assiduity,s over stiff
fabrics which make tho shoulders and finger.
alike ache. e 3 ssHes3 iaafefssa la.l's72
Nearly all the bandages that were used on th,
bloody field of Manassa, between the 2lst ani
| 23d of July, were made and forwarded by two
Georgia women, Mrs. Robert Hardaway and he
sister, who reside, we believe, near Columbus
Southern matroEs are indeed the Jewels Of ou
lan6.-Southern Field and Fmeside. f'.aA
| Incident of the Battle of Oak Hill.
A correspondent Of the Memphis Appeal re-
lates the following incident of the battle of Oal
Hill, Missouri: .r
Mr.. John A Quarles, young man of Arkan
sas, who had been prevented by illness from
Ijoining company which went to Missouri from
Ibis neighboFhood, left home as soon as he becam
well enough, with view Of joining McOulloch'
army. Hearrived at the camp just in time t.
take past in the great battle, and fought as al
independent volunteer, 10 the hottest part of th
/ field. He and another Arkansian, a. McNeil
1 were taken prisoners ia the battle. their guns
4 pistols, and all their money stolen from them
and they themselves were posted by the enem
10 front of the ranks, ard finally they were plac
ed in the front of Seigel's battery, that the
might be killed by their own friends DORM
the terribe storm ofb Is that came rushing iron
our troops against this battery, young Qaarle
had presence of mind enongh to suggest to hi
i Econpapion that they should fallnpon the groun,
as Though killed. 1t was not long before ih
gallant L9ulsanians stormed this battery and de
lvered the two young men from their terribl
lcondition. apd iley yet live to fight under No
i Cnllochl again. While the d4liverance of thes
I young men is a source of joy to US all, what
picture does this narrative present of the thievis
and murderous propensities of those monsters i
/ human form, who are fighting Lineoln's battle.
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