Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-04
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FRiENn ECKEL ::

June Goth 1867.
FRIEND ECKEL:
If one desiredan illustration
Of what is hahitually termed Northern ener-
Nv and industry lie eonld seek for it in thisl
city, with fair prospect Of finding it.. WithJ
the opening of the blockade, q revival of
business was apparent, due not to the resi-
dent commercial men, but to that class from
the North, who, always intent on opporiuni-
ties, are not slow to avail themselves Of them
But how ungratcIu the citizens have
shown themselves for the advantages offered
them by the quickening OF trado! Why,
| Judging from the number of hroOms that have
been disposed of, the housekeeper must have
been sadly in need Of ,hu, domestic article
before we came; when the first stock came
down, QUE might have supposed that men,
women and children were forming them
selves into regiment, the weapons of which
were To be hTooms for nearly every other
person you met had one on the shoulder
And again, though we have no precise
means of determining that very delicate
point yet we have our suspicious that the
ladies' we're much in want of hoops for
this very essential article of ladies attire is
one of the staples which bangles from every
shop window, and is seen on every street in
the hands of servants who are hurrying home
with them. The fact of our coming here,
having been the the means OF introducing u
new and fashionable supply of hoops of
which evidently there was great scarcity
ought to entitle us all to the gratitude Of tile
ladies, for how could they have existed with
out theml
Ice is another luxury TO which we have
treated them. They will now drink their
, beverages, refresh themselves with ice cream
and iced water hut never say " Lord bless
the giver."
+. We have given them good supply o.
c provisions at greatly reduced rates, estab
q iished daily paper which teaches them the
true Union doctrine have taught theii
= preachers discretion, and that true religlol
don't consist in praying for jeff Davis Il Go.
{ have established excellent order better that
h has been known here for Il long time /; have
i brought them "green backs gold and silver
r have induced them to clean the streets 4
NJ ward of sickness; have ornamentcd th
% river with steamers, gunbOats. lrigates an
other craft have favored them with anothc
." sight Of the stars and stripes in fnc hay
le treated the citizens much better than the
l. have deserved and still they don't apprec
)r ate the extent of our efforts in their behal
cr The female part OF creation, here esncci
he ally, do not show any gratitude for our eN
~ treme solicitude for their comfort and the
ability to maintain that elegance for whc
they are so remarkable in having suppl,
il them with new styles of dresses and bonnet
an all of which they have adopted, but We
"li ohIivions of the source for they yet tul
hH np their nose at the soldier, md by Il
n way, that practice ha9 hccnme 80 generl
lst that il has become chronic; and really, :
he are alarmed lest the next generation he
9TH will be horn with turned up noses; u
nd frightlul to think the possibility OF sucl
i've deformity to the features.
II We have been called Yankees so univ
vi, sally since we have been here, that We beg
ast to have our doubts whether the regime
Mt, came from Delaware or from some spot
orl New England, but since we found that
ngs term was synonymous with Union, we bel
to like ii.
This will, probably, be the last letter Il
- you will receive from us at Norfolk.
idly believe our mission here is accomplished
lose was TO show to the world how great a deg
lrb of forhearance man or set Of men co
,cr- manifest under the most provoking and j
on tating circumstances. Yours,
BILLY