Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-12-11
patriotism Of southern womsa.

The check glows and the heart sw-ls
with honest pride at the recital OF the no.
bic acts. sublime heroism and seli-SaerstSe
displayed BY our bonry Southern girls. :
Ilarken to the a'ofY of their worth as rfai
tod hy ouc Of their most intense enemica
The writer ii all army correspondent OF fhs
Chicago Journal. who confesses that his
mean little ,ut shruak bauesth thelt with
eriu8 look Of hatred aud pride. God bIeaa
'em.
I shsil nessr bp ions aanirins the pa
trietis f.t''' anfs endyins s~rs's1H OF tine
loyal women uf the land bat must toll yoa
that the rebel women of the South are wor-
thy in everything but sacred cause oft
Northern sisters There is nothing they
will not surrender with smile; the gem
med ring, the diamond bracelet, the r1eb
wardrobe. They cut up the rich carpets
for soldiers blankets without sigh; they
take the fine linncn from their persons Tor
the baudages. When 400 of Longstrects
men came Up to Nashville, prisoners Of war,
about the toughest, dirtiest, widest fellows
the sun ever shone On, and a fight of stairs
in the building they occupied fell. killing
and wounding large number Of them, yoa
should have seen the fair young traitresses
come forth from the old aristocraticG man.
sions, bearing restoratives and delicacies in
their hands, mingling in the dying crowd,
wiping away the blood with their white
handkerchiefs, and uttering words ofcheer;
should have seen them doing this, With
hundreds OF Union soldiers all around, and
smiling back upon the rough blackguards
ofrebes as they left Butin all there was
a defiant air--a pride in their humanity
strange to see. Ola truth. they carried5is
of grandly. Aud almost all those girls
were in mourning for dead rebels brothers,
lovers, friends, whom these same girls had
sneered into treason and driven into rebel
lion, and billowed all the South with their
graves, and the least they could do was to
wear black for them and Aaunt black from
the window blinds Clothed be their souls
in sackcioth said they were worthy of
their sister at the North in all buta righ-
teous cause. but said wrong. There is9a
bitterness, there are glimpses of the Pytho-
ness that makes you shrink from them
But they are fearfully in earnest; they are
almost grand in self-sacrifce Oh, that
they were true aad loving daughters OF the
old flag
A LEGAL ARGUMENT. In the good times
now gone, John Hooper reported the !ol-
lowing case, the espech in which be pro-
nounced to be the greatest he ever heard
It's logic is certainly as exhaustive as Abe
Lincoln's
A fellow was indicted up in the Old
Niuth, when Tom CT was solicitor, for
gambling, to Wit: playing short cards,
at certain locality known as Frog Level.
Col. - defended him, and commended ba-
fore the jury that though the States evil
dence tended to show that his client, with
o bottle of liquor in his pocket, accompanied
the crowd, who, it was shown, did actually
play, vet it never did, with actual certainty.
locate him as one of the players. Said he.
by way of peroration
"Gentlemen Of the jury. the witness have
told you that Peter Wyatt was thar. aud
playing; for he noticed his hand and it Was
a full on queens Harry Snow was thar.
and he was playing, for he hilt two little
par William Epson was thar, and he.
played cause witness noticed in particular
that lie had nothin' but an ace. Bill Con-
ner was thar, and he played. gentleman
and bo had the bully haud-four high-heel-
ed jacks
But, gentlemen, when I come to ask
him about Abraham Pitkins, my clients
hand, what did he say, gentlemen ? Why
nothing, gentlemen, except that il Abe hils
any hand, he dis.en embered what was 10
| it.
| And now, gentlemen ofthe jury, becsuss
my client was seen going down Frog Level
with bottle of liquor in his pocket, and
the witness can't remember as he hilt any
hand at all, when bully hands was cut. and
him the best player in the crowd. is that,
lis that say. gentlemen of the jury-'s
that any reason why my client was guilt
ly the crime of gambolling p
More stores for the YankeePrisoners.
The flag of truce boat which arrived a
City Point on yesterday morning, brought
no prisoners of any kind: but came we'll
laden with commissary and hospital stores,
| for the Yankee prisoners confined IN Rich.
moud, by steamer, and what is more than
they deserve, will be strictly distributed. -,
These prisoners are thus allowed to fare
| much better than the Confaderates now i'm.
orisoued at the North. and 10 many instance,
better than our own troops in the field. -
AS Christmas approaches, il this thing is III.
| lowed to continue, there is no telling the
quantity of nicknacks and notions tina, wills
be forwarded to Richmond We would nos
be surprised If a grand 'tChrist;uas tree
were to come snugly boxed up. for sta lea~
eft Of The Libby prisoners
FlGurrNG GoAEaNoa -Wcare pleased
to learn that the chivalry OF tennessee MAS.
repre cutei in the late battle by i.s gallsn :
Governor I>hum G. Harris. Ffc are tntt
that ha was on the field caari@g tae ~hoi.
battle ftarlessly perl'lrniag sssfirs Which he
had Voluntarily assnnles!. Eat which. AZ he
iss M connections nit's The army he col,i
have honerably avorlel IIc is a ma,t-t
Governor, aud has 4ever failed IL rastici-
pate IN any bs,fle rhat promised the rrsle,.l,
tion Of HE Stale at Shiloh lie f,nghs ty
the side If The laaensta Alberi Siire I
johnson and when THAI chiesaiu Was wotln !
ed received him in !,fs armS. ~ pevrs j..
vile he sqaS sxas5. f.iy,t,! siui; tlr ry.hir5