Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-22
Southern CreduhtY.


A Yankee dsserger eJmss ID RclmOId With SIX een
dollars in his pocket sets up shop on Brcai eet Ano
Ia few months draws out twenty-five thousand dol
lars. He opens largo establishment on Main stIes'
borrows right and ef buys mulattO g sends her 10
fredericksburg, follows h~ in person. is arrested
brought TO Richmond tired aud seqitted. His debIs
are $780, 900; his assets nal. or thertabOu's Hs'es-
IAblishmsnt is broken up, and We hsAr 10 more OF
hin-as ye. He is lsn free to play his game over
again.
An Italian adven user Hith' dOlA. in biz pocket,
o. a shadow Of credentials makes his appearance h.
the ConEsdsEa. e. Capital lie brings only plausible
fable about his connection with certain Societies In
Europe aud his clpacty 10 effect diplomatic marVeis
This suficeA he is welcomed at the Navy aud Wa
Departments supplied with luads, has the free run Of
See town, and, after tour or Ave moaths Of elegau
idleness is caught the waters Of the RAPPAhannOek
with accurate maps of the defenceJ Of Richmond a'd
Charleston nj lo psdO charts OF oar principal rivers
How he supported himself in Richmond, man kuo IS
He Is put 10 prison. the authorities appear unSn
10 reveal anything concerning his dealings with them
HIS arrest is chroniced in brief newspaper paragraph
and the next day forgotten. Tnsre seems 20 be an
anxiety to hush the matter up His fate is uncertain
read, passed out Of the public recollection and is il
no danger Of being revived By our ofheiAls.
There Is another case in point which has not b.en
mace known to the public. Some months ago com
parry or two of Confederate cavalry surprised
captured on the Peninsula. The work vas neatly sc-
oomplished By Yankee dessrtsr, Vho had been the
right hand man OF the officer commanding the eAVat',
ami had gone back his friends after he had found ut
a lie wanted to know. This game vas again tired
quite recently Three deserterS to Caps. Hu =,
commanding a company of scouts on the Penirs IA.
Tuey had line stories, Of course. The men in the g
ment to which they belonged we're dissatisfied tired Ct
Sighting for the niger anxious to desert, etc. T1'y
knew of lOO who, at Ibe feet OPpOruri u we're conn
70 Hume bringing their horses aud sccOulremsats
Whsth Hume believed them or MT Ne have Dot
heard Bus in due ine, thirty disnOunted neu up
psar,d At Burat Ordinary, in James City eOun
They were very anxious to 6ud Capt Hume, in order
that they might deliver themselves up TO him. Toe
eiizsns advised them to go higher up the country nd
6nd him, As they would be TO do. They dec.aed
They remained a; the Burnt Ordinary all night, and
departed with the dawn. /; vas discovered that III
the rear Of the village party, armed to the teeth
10 charge Of their horses eArbines and reVClsers TG
Trick to capture Captain Hume and his whole comma
was thus exposed Il Was OOly 70 led by accident
So the story Of Yankee canning ani Southern
duEy repeats itself OSsr a9d again Gd Hai'seaa
Il vas so before the var and 30 it will be after he r.
Experience teaches Us nothing We we're born to be
fooled By Yankees Yankee chants used to come
here AID drive Is abIshed Yrg MA merchants out Of
tbs market. with which Cd iIsnjel 20 b, i'n
ported, bat which everybody OF sense knew to 10 of
Yankee manufacture IL By ehane,, the SOnthero mcr
chant filled give the eKIct measure or weight he
was denounced a. cheat aud hi5 customers lett him.
No matter how much the Yankee nigh. cheat, it was
thought good j1Es aad rather OIL deased him 10 3
customers, who pronounced him sharp smart fellow
and we're all the more anxious to trade with him.
Business life il type Of life in general What is
done behind the eouatsr will be repeated in the CaSi
net and the 6eld. Have We 70! suffered enough from
Yankee gensrlsi Does any man kacW hOS many
Yankees have aad isl,d to get most inpor-
tint Offices 10 aud on OF the goVsramsn!S HoE many
mea Of Yaokee dsIeeoI are qutrternAiters and con-
missAri.si
Warning and TemOnssrAnce alike useless. Ii the
burnt child viii dread the fire. What is 10 be done
Taking will be of no avail The Southern eel loves
be skinned By the cunning hogsrs o. the Yankee. Is
Il wise to interfere with the eers Lay down
vsur rule never to trust Yankss under any circuui-
stances, and see how many will heed it. Make your
rule still stronger and swear never 70 trust man who
h.s drop of YAakse blood in his veins, and within
t~o weeks your purse aud yOuf conscience will be in
Yankee keeping TIE Norway rat deVours aud destroys
all o:her rats. Ths mea Of Cap, Cod Wl forever CT
Ole and get the better of the South, no matter how
Olssn he barns his mouth eating the cold plum POrrdge
Of Yankee promises aud pretsnsiOns. We are doomed
to be fooled out OF existence aud there ia no help for
L. for We are ineurablJ honest and unsuIpecing.
Affairs in Louisiana
We see It stated In various quarters that the force