Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-01-23
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 9.
Remarkable Southern Editorial

mond, by Disguised Il. Il. y.
In the habitable globe there is nc
place so delightful as the Capital of the
Southern Confederacy. For a perma
nent residence it will compare with the
cities of Arabian romance. Haroun AL.
raschid would go mad with joy if he
could become citizen of Richmond
A six months residence in one OF oul
hotels or boarding houses, would afford
Scheherazade material for story that
would keep the Sultan awake for the
remainder of his natural life, even sup.
posing that life to be prolonged beyond
the brief days of Methusaleh, or more
extended years of the gods Of Hindos-
tan. There are people of rude tastes
who talk eloquently of the great capitals
of Europe. There are men who love ia
live even in Paris. Human nature is
very strange. But persons of refinement
and of culture, the world over, could
they only be apprised of its incompara-
BILE attractions, would fly with the speed
of ravenous eagles to Richmond, as the
most desirable residence perhaps in the
whole universe.
We speak calmly, for we desire to ex-
cite no anticipation that cannot be super
abundantly realized. Consider the in
Vulnerable DELEGATIONS of this metropo-
lis. 1t is the seat of the Confederate
Government. So careful has the Presi-
dent been in the selection of his asso-
ciates, that there is not a member Of his
cabinet who is not profoundly versed in
the sciences and in the ancient languages,
while many of them speak Coptic ia
military. The lowest messenger in the
most obscure department has history at
his fingers ends, and the philosophy of
abstraction in the palm of his hand.
A purity of life, dignity of manner,
an elegance in conversation, a depth of
thought and urbanity Of disposition mark
each and every member Of the admins
tration and all their subordiuates to
degree which never has been approached
in the annals of political society, and
which renders an acquaintance with them
a happiness almost unspeakable. Free
and cordial association with natures SO
lofty and so endowed, cannot fail to en-
noble all who come in contact with them
It's enough to move one to tears to think
of the unapproachable supremacy Of the
morals and manners Of Richmond in the
great future that awaits US.
But it is not in high official circles on
ly that the delights of Richmond life aud
society are to be found. The efete, va
pid and conceited race of Z. F.'s has
been submerged under an inundation of
fresh adventurous spirits from all parts
of the Con(ederacy and elsewhere. The
lantastical days Of the Wickhams, Gam
bles, Randolphs, Leighs and Wirts, has
passed away forever; we rejoice in
new era and a miscellaneous population,
troubled with none of the ridiculous airs
Of the o.called gentry.
The olden times have passed away
And glorious are the new.
Here is the sweetest Baltimore plug a
lorning the corners of our principal |
ihorougLfares. Here are the useful and
exuvin of the departments
ut Washington.
The new man, the garroter, is here
though we see him not save in the points
Of his fingers on the threats of unarmed
citizens. In the palatal stores on Main
street, once inhabited by Yankees devo-
ed to the Union, we find brawny Ital.
ans vending apples at half a dollar
piece, and nondescript Southerners sell
ing minute plugs of wretched tobacco
1t 20 cents. Stout Marylanders occupy
'ooms on the cross streets, and there
brow away blockade boots and shoes
With reckless lberality. Able bodied ref
lgees, from God knows where, swarm
,ur cellars and abandon themselves with
| noble self-abnegation to the traffic in
,utrid oysters mixed with mean whisky.
Substitute agents follow their unremu-
lerative vacations in nameless places =
roll in the wealth accumula-
ed from everything that the earth pro.
Iuees or the hand of man can fashion.
3awds arrayed in the silks of Tyre and
sidon and the Jewels of Samarcand Hin