Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-09-24

that President Davis is still under the shadow
OF the Yankee upas; but there are signs which
We do not fancy, and which indicate that som Q
OF the important Government agents are little
better than their counterparts at Washington,
and are more intent on, and better fitted for
feathering their nests, than inaugurating great
systems and saving Oommonwealths.
With respect to the particular complaints of
our Abemarle friend-there il no doubt that
they are in many mouths, and demand the
prompt and vigorous attention Of the authori-
ties. The sick are not properly cared for-we
hear OF shocking cases of neglect; the commits
sariRt is not as 1t should be, neither is the
Quartermaster' Department. But this is to
| be alleged in extenuation: the creation Of an
army Of $50 to 200, 900 men in six months. and
providing it with transportation, food, CLOTH
ing, arms and hospital stores, is a mighty Ia
Dor; and where so many untried agents are
| necessarily employed, many imperfeetions are
unavoidable. But it is the duty of the author
tiles to exert every energy to ensure the COM
| fort of our soldiers, in sickness and in health.
The country demands this. 1t cheerfully sur
| renders to the Government all its means, and
| it expects that it will employ them diligently
and wisely and vigorously for the accomplish
ment Of that end.
EssRNcB OF p. MS ESSAY.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 18th instan {
contains the following squib
Everybody is rotten; everybody is good for
| nothing; everybody is fool but Dear Nose
ley and z1e!!!' Pray let as hear what the
mighty "Me" has done. Don't wait till "if I
| were in Congress-" that may neVer hzppe1s,
| unless the districts are made so weak as to
| represent every old field school, The spleen
OF the mighty ''Me" finds no response in the
head or heart Of any man, woman or child in
Eastern Virginia. There may be some such in
the Estate Of Carlile." Some may think rot
tenness Of the heart requires as much watching
as rottenness Of the head. B. :
"sUBNIssIoNIsrs" IN VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Examiner of the 18th inst.
| contains the following article on Virginia Sub.
missiOnists
1t is evident to every intelligent observer
that the EN- 0lttered remnant of the Submis-
| sionist party, fully represented in the Vir-
glnia Convention, is bent on organizing a reg
ular opposition to the Government Under
all the names that it has borne, that element
IN our politics has been invariably thrown
against the Southern interest, and, though the
events OF last spring annihilsted its material
form, or at least caused il to disappear from
public view, it exists always with undimin-
ished virulence, and awaits the opportunity to
spring into light again. Latterly its existence
has become more distinctly evident than be-
fore, and the leaders of the party throw out
from time to time what they seem to intend as
feelers of public opinion. Sometimes they ap-
PooI as IN Lnelr newspapers,
sometimes amid fulsome adulation of the Pres
ident are mingled poisonous stings of the best
| supports OF bis Government; and even the ma
lignant gable Of the underliRgs of that party
in the streets, shows their intent. They will
soon appear In rancorous and continual oppo-
sttion to any Southern Administration that
oan be formed.
GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION.
MILLEDGEvILLE. GA, Sept l2-The State
GanvapfiOn I'D
yened here on yesterday. Hon. E. A. Nisbet,
OF Macon, was nominated as q candidate for
Governor, and the Convention also appointed
an Electoral ticket for President and Vice
President.
The name Of the present Governor, j. E.
Brown, was not before the Convention, as it
was well understood that he was opposed to
the call of a Convention in the present con-
ditiOn Of affairs, and as it was also well under
| stood that Gov. Brown would be a candidate
for reelection, independent of the nominal ton
Of any Convention
REIGN OF TERROR IN RICHMOND.
The Richmond papers are filled with ac-
counts of highway robberies stabbings on the
street, and burglaries. The Richmond Dis
patch OF the 18th, in noticing them, says:
Our readers may breakfast on horrors this
morning"
The frequent outrages now being perpe-
trated upon our citizens cry aloud for yigi-
liant police. Let the officers keep q sharp look
out for these diabOlical wretches. 1t is prob
able that one band of scoundrels have commit
ted all of the astounding crimes which during
the last week have begun to ruin the good
name of eur city"
The Wing, of the 10Th inst, says:
The war, in drawing from our midst the
most turbulent and unru1y of our population,
has also supplied their places with ft repre-
sentatives of the most dangerous and corrupt
classes Of other cities-rufians who would cut
throat for fifty cents, and perpetrate the
grossest Outrages against law and humanity,
without the slightest compunotions of con-
science"