Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-15
Patriotic Blacks.

Beecher were to open their recruiting oil
fee, an acquaintance invited this gentle
man, Mr.. X, we will say, to ride litt
way up the country, where force O
black men was at work for government
cutting timber. When they got there
he acquaintance told Mr.. X. he mus
make them a speech adding that the.
knew about Wilde's errand, and had beeI
waiting and praying for him. So Mr.. \
took the stump; began with an accoun
Of the recent baptism of negro child il
Plymouth church; proceeded in such al
address as be thought best adapted Il
move his hearers toward disposition t.
do their duty in the war and closed b,
leaving with them Gen. Wilde's addres
on a card, putting It into the hands OF {
great, fine looking black man, mniste
among them. Aud having finished hi
visit, he went about his business. Thu
next forenoon Mr.. X. met Gen. Wild
and Col. Beecher. What the mischie
have you been about? said they. ID,
we not tell you we were not going Il
open until tomorrow whats th,
matter?' said X. Why, here has beer
colored man this morning, before We
were ready TO do anything at all, and
brought a hundred men with him, and
they have all enlstedp That was tn,
gang Of government wood cutters. Thar
is the spirit of the colored citizens Of the
Tar State.
Well, when X. was coming away he
espied black woman trying to get past
line of guards to him. After some de-
lay, he caused Ter to be passed through
as well as negro minister with her, and
she proceeded to hand him a brown pa.
per parcel that jingled. And she said
this was some money subscribed by the
colored ladies of Newbern, to get stan.
dari for The lst regiment of North Car
olina volunteers. 1t was a hundred dol
lars, she said, and they wanted first rate
standard. But you will need the mon
Iey,' replied X. You had better keep
the money. The government will sup
ply the regimenta eolors' This quite
distressed both the woman and the min
lister, and they insisted with tears in their
eyes that it was til ir privilege and
right to get the flag. And Y, respond
ing with some warmth to her enthusiasm.
Madam, you shall have the very hand
soonest flag that the city of Boston can
supply This contribution, whose un-
precedented jingle would at first indicate
almost anything but money, was almost
all in small--silYer three cent pieces, halt
dimes and dimes-irom the scanty sa-
wings Of the slave subscribers. And the
manuscript which we have alluded to is
one o! the subscription papers: the first
subscription made by slave women in the
United States, for flag for colored SOL
diers. Mark the brief, strong simplicity
even heroic in breadth, truth and
plainness--and the perfect choice of ar
guments, Of the iIl>speiled and unpunctu>
ated appeal. 1t was written by Marian,
a cook. The handwriting, which we are
sorry that we cannot give, though rugged
and painful, as if the work Of hands stiff
with nbor aud unused to elegant llera-
ture, is singularly full IF character, and
as clear and strong as its sentiments. 1t
is significant and remarkable document /;
an epochal utterance from race TO whom,
FAR more truly than to the whites of the
United States, Laboulaye's title belongs
The Uprising Of Great People
Here it Isl
Sob Scription List: Ladays old and
young one aud all ! call on you in this
time Of our graf Struggle for Libaty.-
We ii Potion of u do in tend to 60 for
ward and Try aud Collect Money Enough
TO Purchase decent flag for our Colard
Solgers and Gentlemen for il is for (ourl
good aud the good of our Daughters that
our husbands and Sons do IN List to fight
our Battles and gain our Libatys there
fore there Remains work for US to do
and Let US rise and do our parte Cheer
fully Please Civ me Som thing to aid u,
in this matter.
Signed by Marian Hargit and others.
TALLEYRAND's ESTIMATE OF HIM
sELF.-Talleyrand, the celebrated prince,
who forsook the altar, even after he had
become bishop, to plunge into politics,
should be lasting example for all cler-
gymen who forget their vocation aud it,
sacred duties for the designations and de-
moralization of the caucus room. He
attained wealth and power. His innu
ence was second to no mans in France
but the great Napoleon's. But on the
morning of the day previous to his death
a paper was found on the table near hi,
bed, on which, in the stiffness of the night.
when death was near him. he had vr;t.