The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-05-01
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THE PATRIOT CAPTAIN.
OR,
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A STORY FOR THE TINES,
Is the city of Baltimore lived q lady
named No, we will keep back the real
name from publication, and give only an as
sumed initial, calling her Mrs. D.
Mrs. D is the wife of gentleman
engaged in pursuits. He is neither rich
nor socially ambitious though by careful
attention to business, he has accumulated
some property and lives in good style for
man of his means.
Mrs. D is very unlike her husband
in some respects. Social ambition is one of
ker weaknesses. In marrying Mr.. D,
whose father had been mechanic, she felt
tlm, she was letting herself down but, as
tbo puny scion Of an old aristocratic family
that was decsving for lack Of both moral
and intellectual force, she wisely aeeapted
the chance of being e9grafted on more
vigorous stock, even though in his estirna-
ton the quality were inferior. Ot this,
however, q fair difference OF opinion may
exist.
,oy birth and education, Mrs. D
.con.,,' cred herself lady" That is,
pcrso,, 3,f superior quality - made of finer
stuff tiA,1 the great body of the people
and for thas advantage, entitled to the def
erence and .s.syice from those who were
held TO be graded below her. Toward all
,persons who ranked in the same grade with
ihcr husband, Mrs. D. assumed an air
o'4 dignifed superiority that offended some
and imposed upon others. Assumption al
ways carries weight with a class. Her
gD,~+y before Marriage for her family
ha" about exhausted itself by extravaganza.
dissipation, and want of thrift had sepa-
rated her from many early friends; and her
marriage with the son Of q mechanic, though
q strong, true, and rising man, had caused
others to drop am acquaintance which had
not for some time been looked upon as de-
sirable.
For several years after her marriage, Mrs.
D., whose husband could not afford
display in living, found it hard work to
,nai.,iQin her standing with any portion OF
The proud exclusives with whom it was
her proud ambition to associate. Still she
was ever at the gate, gliding in upon acces-
sible occasions, and holding place by in
trusion, if not by acknowledged right, BY
tlattery she kept in favor with some. and
through them drew to the side of others.
whose repellant GOODNESS would have held a
sensitive and truly independent mind far in
fna distance.
such was Mrs, pv-. AS her husband s
means increased she pressed him closely
for a more liberal dispensatiQH thereof at
t4Ime. To this he yielded, even Reyoad big
OWE Judgment; but never to an exteHt that
fouched lis safety. She dressed extraya-
gantly but he saw that her bills did not
exceed certan sam that could be afforded.
Gradually, through elegance of attire, and
ASSUMED Importance, Mrs, D widened
her snboro among the exclusives, ailf N
corresponding u, Sfse Grew on iron, n,So Do' Ea5 I
excellent people, he'll. 20 tfiieiSl, ~,io na
rather tolerated than enJ> Vea 'tsf s'sl as ~,
Thus it stands with Mrs. D. ~ ppIs
present writing. To sum up in St. "S W. ~,
she is weak, badly educated, proud, va. v
unrefned the representative of a class of
women who imagine themselves vastly su-
perior to other people, but who have claim
10 true womanhOod = who call themselves
ladies par ercellence, yet have scarcely o
lady-lile quality.
Mr.. D, on the contrary, is a man in
true sense. Honorable, brave, enough to
be Independent and outspoken in the face
even of public opinion, and with sufficient
force of character to maintain himself in
amy right action, at home or abroad His
wife had learned not only to respect him,
but to stand aside when he asserted his
will
To certain women in Baltimore, belonging
to this equivocal class, new excitement
offered itself in the presence of the United
States soldiers, who did the good work OF
saving that city from self-destruction, as We
save mailman by chains Treason foiled
was splenetic it is impotence. Prudence
sealed the lips and regulated the public
conduct of large numbers of men whose
hearts beat pulse for pulse with the open
nnnTnics Of flnir cnuOtrV and who all
possible ways, gave them aid and comfort !
but women could venture on larger liberty,
and to their credit must ii be recorded, that
some who dressed III silks and gay attire,
wore gold and diamonds, rode in splendid
carriages, and claimed to be ladies of the
first water, stopped to acts of cOarseness
and Vulgarity that would shame market
woman. Unprovoked insults were offered
10 officers and soldiers in the street by these
women, who even spat upon them in many
instances, thus showing the depraved quail
ity of their minds. Foremost in the prac'
tice of these indignities, was Mrs. D.
who was encouraged by the class among
whom she visited. "a
One day, fred by the almost insane
malice of half dozen free-talking womeT
with whom they had been in conference
Mrs. D., in company with friend
started forth 10 enjoy the pain of soldier
and officers subjected to wanton insults
which. because offered by women, they
could not resent. Passing soldier, Mrs
D. purposely dropped her lace -bordere'
handkerchief. The soldier, under the i'm
pulse of politeness, - at home he moved il
as good, and certainly a more cultivate,
society than the lady = stepped forward
and lifting the handkerchief from the pave
ment, offered it to Mrs. D.. There wa
an instant fash of contempt on her face
aud n stronO inward eurl of har lin Sh