Washington telegraph., 1862-04-09

SHAMEFUL The Yankees, before this
war began, often made mcrry over The
supposed ignorance, iuxuii9ns impotence,
and pompouS COW rd;ce Of Southern Peo-
PIE. We remember number of iiaryer'4
Magazine, shortly after the John Brown
raid. IL cnuiai-cd waad cut represent
ing whole regiment WI Eir-:iua militia
scared M death ty Iaak1g PciI4r, and
charging lpIu him an1 Ai, b4z NJ wares,
pilI nell, VA ragged rcgmlntai>. IL wa
vastly funny N contemplate.
And now these very same Snaakine caw
ards, The Yankees. have been Inspired
With such terror Of the bold and dash
ins charges Of our regiments, aud the
havoc Of our co.I steel and small arms,
that they have invented ard are actually
furnishing their soldier, with builet prof
vests. to be worn under the clothes, inn
pregnablc to anythinE but cInuon. Or ri
az at tile shoitesi range. Ii j. an open
mud Mia ncics4 confession of terror and
eowariice, unparalleled IN Tie annals Il
the world. There l. depth VI mcanne-s
NJ ID, from which chivary revolt, wirh
unSpcakabIo abhorenca Just thiuk uf III.
men imPregnabie to injury 20, irto thc
field for tile purpose of butcherirg brave
opponents whose breasts are nCbly barred
to the dangers Of the conflict. No civi
lizod nation ever thonght Of it. What
would be thought of gentleman fighting
duel, against an honorable opponent,
with coat OF mail under his clothes?
The following extracts from the Phlla
delphia Enquirer are remarkable They
describe tie thing with a cOmplacency
which shows that they consider it good
move and something TO congratulate
themselves over The moral sense of that
people i horribly blunted. When We
come TO think of II, we are scrry We staid
With them ~ long. Perhaps, unconscious
" 10 ourselves, foreign nations have been
judging u BY them, and oar moral sta. IL.
like POOR do Tray in the spelling book
has been suffering from bad company:
''The vest j. made like the ordinary military
vest. but il contains two plates Of fine. lcht
steel. 1t weighs from three and half to FIVE
pounds only. Il will resist all blyonet and
sword thrusts, pistol balls at 10 PAGES, and
rifle balls ut 30 rods. A heavier plate for
cavalry and artillery, weighing 8 pounds is
proof against rifle balls at the short range of
sOpaccs
'.Messrs. G. & d. Cook & Co.. of New Ha-
ven, who are now filling large orders. have
perfected this simple and efficient protection
through three months of constant trial in the
presence Of many officers. 1t has been tested
in the presence Of some Of our best citizens
&C the warcrooms Of Messrs Elliotts. at NJ
l3l Broadway, where it i sold; also AZ the
Benton barracks, st. Louis, At Cincinnati ana
other places, whore it, value hls been III. ,vnl
beyond doubt. IT. merits are such. that Il
board of officers, appointed by the war le-lnrt-
ment. have il now undergoing a series III ta.ts
which. 70 far, have proved, a. We understand.
satisfactory 70 the gentlemen composing the
board.
1.-The result Of these trials Il, that officers
and men are supplying themselves to con
siderable extent, at their own expense But IL
these facts are facts, if one-half Of our Sc
we're loss Mt such desperate fights as that ut
Fort Donelson can be saved, they ought to be
saved. There will be but one voice upon that
question, it will not be denied But leaving
out of view the loss of life and its consequent
distress and mourning, az mere question OF
economy, il is worthy of every consideration.
Let the sollier feel that he can
defy bullet and bayonet, and he will carry
everything before him."
He will. will he? The contemplate,
heartless brutcl Murder with impuHity.
But let him beware. Our boys can strike
at the mexican cleave tho head. They
can handle bowie knives from below, an "a
invade the sacred precincts Of baked beans
and Goldfish. 1t will do them no good
They are chucklipg over what will lead
them to destruction.