The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1864-04-12

OF theih nave oeen driven t.onl iuxsrious
homes. The cruel foe has depri, ed Them
| Of almost all thew possess homeless and
destitute where must they seek assistancei
"Bu, Hal, they have raised pro, ,sions
one hundred per cent. We can hardly
get anything to eat"
What do they have to sell, R-na I"
They Why, Of course, they have
nothing to sell but the, buy upevery
thing ,bs, is for .sIs SO 'thnt we have to
depend entirely on-our own plantations
Tor all we ge'.".
"Who Is it that does the selling,
! Reua Z"
"Whv, our own country peope. HAIRY,
you seem TO he very ob,use this after
noon. Every old womaa wno has au
egg bring, II III aud wants the rery high
ee, pilce tor 1t. and The farmers around
charge ten lru-s Ms much AZ lh-lr pro
duce Is WORT, for every thing they bring
into the market"
Then II Is your OWL people Is II, lhat
have raised prices ON these poor unfor;u-
maze refugees, Who have iltd 10 YOU for
protection aud YOU not only permit tins
extor'i"n l." be prac;iced ON theru, but
add to their >orr"~s Ivy refusing To ex-
tend common .SpItaiity. to them! Why,
ken., YOU ale worse ,nnm the barbsri"ns
among whom The ApnslIe Paul WAS cast;
for ths BIb!e tells us thev showed the
shir"resked men much kindness, their
ch,ei himself receiving them into his own
house. snn Iod sing them courieously.-
Now IRON the way YOU civilized Chris
Trans OF tie l9th ce,.ury are treating
these poor refugees II Is. my candid opin
io", With all Your Chr stiauity aud c,slI.
zauon, you are falling far short oi these
savage ISLANDERS. | think the sooner vou
cIme 10 the same conc usion yourselves
the better tor you may rest assured they
will appear T. your condemnation at the
judgment. With your superior light,
yer! different ought 10 be your conduct
and must bs-to obtain the approval
of that God who will reward you accor
ding to your deeds. lnasmuch NJ We
have. done II unto the least OF these my
brethren, ye have done II unto me that
is the test; can you abide II You can,
get around u. and not hear Ins awiu. de
nuncisnon depart"
"WelI larry wish they were all
happy IN then own bones again ;" said
she, trying to turn IF the couversa,ion,
which MAS becoming rather seriours,
with laugh
"And 40 do"b. they heartily join yow
in the wish Eena. ] ain sure would, #
| were IN their places Indeed, | have
seen So much he.rtlessness, s.if.hness,
avarIce sni extoItion, since | cam- here
this time, that ! tiud myself continually
wondering II il can he possible, these are
the homes Of the brave, nsble soldi.rs
who are standing shoulder to shoulde,
10: The defence al our country, and pour
ing out their blood rs freely on the soil
OF ono Confederate State Ms anoth.,.
kno"i"g We can have no separate inter
est. We must stand or fall ,ogethsr.-
Thank G"d! tfis home characterization has
not reached the army. When II does
farewell Ia our cause. But who is thus ~
''lt Is Fr"nk!s muse. papa |" said May,
slipping out OF her fathers lap, aud ,a-
king the hand "f "a nice looking old ne
gro, VIII" had just come int" III. piazza.
This is Maohn Mamie, papa"
Naor'e acknowledged the introduction
10y a cnIts-,, and continued u by sayiup,
"my mssis is \ r-'u zee from New Orleans:
she came here ~ih Two children aud one
OF them !, nst dead. Mlssis his TO
friends here. and this last troubles been
t'o much Tor her, sir" said she wiprng
her eyes With her apron. "Mrs-is is ve.,
sick, too sick 10 make ANY ~,sngeren,.
for burying The precious tsb,. :"
came 10 ask you. sir. AS you's n soldier,
and my master was one too, Il YOU " ont
attend to II, aid have his child buried as
= g.ntIsmao's son ought TO be.
"Whst was the matter with ou, h.bv.
M.ums !" said Mrs.. l..
"f"n sTe' man, j. was tes,hing Mas
ter WAS killed Vt the battle Of Manassas.
Then right Oh top Of that we was drove
from home by the miserable Yankees
SO much trouble, man. caused Mss Lou,
TO lose all her nOmrInLm.ni, and wa hid