The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-08-14
Ratrihntinn.


condition Of thc cities Of the west and particularly
prosperous place. state that during single week end
ing the 9Th ult, 1898 destitute persons sup
pied with food from the public treasury. During the
succeeding week the number of paupcrs had increased
20 per cent. The population of Cincinnati isabou
equal to that Of New Orleans, and this rRoHrntul re-
cord proves that than onc-tcnh Of the inhabitants
shielded by public charity alone frcm the horrors
of starvation. This, too, occurs in summer, when
scanty clothing is comfort rather than priyation,
and when there is need Of fuel and blankets, or
over-coats. How will it be with the wretched mendi
cans when three four months hence to hunger will
be added the terrible blasts and whitening cold Of a
northern winter? How will Cincinnati provide food
and shelter aud warm clothing for the rapidly aug
meuting army of desperate taterdemalions? Is it like
" that the famishcd multitudes will perish
By peacemeal from want surrounded by thousands who
live in the midst of comfort and luxury? There may
be appalling future in store for the Queen City Of
the west if the thrilling cry Of bread or blood
is raised by the pennless and destitute muhudes Of
Cincinnati.
This lamcntable state Of thingsaud more lsmcHtabc
prospect due exclusively the insanity the folly,
and the cndsh sectional hatred which have animated
the citizens of Cincinnati When they sacrificed the
trade Of the seeth in their madness and fanatcism,
like the base Ludcan, they threw pearl away richer
THAI all their tribe If there city in the United
States which should have adhered unfinchingy to the
south, bound to Us she By the double tic Of
gratitude and interest," Cincinnati that city She
is literally the fruit of southern commerce. in her
pulling infancy thirty Years ago she hung a tender
nursing the bosom Of the south, and drew thence
the precious nourishment which gradually gave her
growth and vigor. New Orleans has pampered and
peted her almost beyond conception 1t is here that
Cincinnati wont to send the enormous quantities
Of western produce, of corn, and four and wheat and
oats and rye, and barley, and butter and eggs, and
cheese her whskcy BY the thousand barrels and her
polk to a nearly fabulous amount. New Orleans was
the great of the nreGuuS of the agricultural and
other industres0f the mighty commonwealth of Ohio
which passing through the hands of the merchants of
Cincinnati enriched them built up that beautiful city,
and enlarged its portions and population from year
to year of progress that seemed magical in its
results.
Poor shortsighted fools AZ they were, when Lin
coins proclamation reused the north to fury the PEG
pie of Cincinnati torgetuI of the past, inscnsibc to
their interests reckless aud ungrat efu stirred solely
BY the love Of mischief and bv uexorable hate tried
the experiment Of rigorous blockade of the Missis-
sippi. They imagined in their ignorance that New
Orleans, Natchez, Vcksbnrg, and the towns in tic
south would be starved into Submission; but they for
got that if even eeploable catastrophe did follow
it would be destruction to Cincinnati herself Behold
the consequences Of lasness and blind vudictiye-
ness The cities against which Cincinnati leyced this
blow have not even been staggeredbyi We lack none
of the varied products from which it sought to cx-
cudc US while the stupid and macrocaH policy has re-
colcd with fearful violence on those who inauguracd
it. While New Orleans enjoys comparative abundance
and has probably less Of actual pauperisn within her
limits than any northern CITY the authorities Of Gin
cnnat compelled to feed twenty thousand beggars,
and see the frightlu swelling and swelling nv
daily agglomerations Thus does the great wisdom of
heaven confound the devices Of tie wicked and turn
them upon themselves Cincinnati hoped to ruin New
Orleans but has only brought poverty upon herself
She aimed sixtycigh FOUNDER ct the Crescent city,
but through her laundering cannoEccTs the Coumbad
has bursted, scattering death and desolaon in her
midst Her calamity would awake pity aud sorrow,
had il not inacd in the most infamC ngrutitudc
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A few days since, received the following letter
from one of the sons in the army of the Southern
Concdcracy, Of our saunch old friend Woodson former
~ of Goochland county Virginia. well known
among thc first families Of Virginia" Could our
young friend designate at whatpont he would be likely
10 receive the South Western it should be forwarded
E Il, Z, L.
soil of our BIRTH and numerous rctnue of dearly be-
loved relatives who from the time Of Bacons revolution
to the present period have never shown the dropping,
"white feather
''R1cHNoND, VA, July &c.
"MEssRs EDToRs:-As many Of my friends both in
Caddo end Harrison are rcaders,ef vGEr paper send
YOU this letter, which, you think worthy YOU can
publish, not for any information it may con
tain, but for the qualification of many friends.
We have been nearly four weeks, making prepare
tons to take the field Our battalion i composed Of
eight companies making in all about six hundred men,
toerdbly well drilled, well armed, and all eager to take
part in the next battle Two of the companies arr
armed with rifles which will do good work at the dis
lance of three four hundred yards The companies
armed with rifles captains Dickinson and Bass and
a requisition has been made this morning to furnish
the rifemen with short heavy sword cutlass but
whether will obtain them am unable to say.
The Fair grounds have been turned into q military
encampmcnt, and qree pleasant place ft.s and well
adapted TO the purpose; haVe;an abundance of OK
cellent water nice level field for drilling and cool
shady ground, where while away what leisure
time we have, in reading or social conversation
The government furnishes us with COED substantial
food, besides which procure any quantity Of such
vegetables the city markets afford and occasionally
smuggle in bottle Of good old rye" or cog
nae which, strange to say has the effect here
it does in Texas makes the boys little noisy though
can say with truth, far company is concern
ed, that never saw more orderly set of men; no
quarrelling and ightng-but band of brothers
engaged in the same glorious cause
The ''0ld Dominion in this trying hour, we'll sus-
tas her character for the noble conduct and generosity
of her citizens. The poor suffering soldiers who we're
wounded at Manassas taken to private houses,
where they receive every necessary attention We have
hospital in our cncampmcnt and-every day crowds
of Virgina's daughters may be with their own
angelic hands mnisering aid and comfort to sick
and suffering soldiers.
We have preaching every Sabbath evening and tits
"a solemn and impressive scene to see two or three
thousand soldiers humby kncelng in prayer uniting
as in singing anthems Of praise to that God
who controls the destinics Of nations and whose aid