Smyrna times., 1865-08-23
Alabama,

Alabama.
From an Alabama correspondent of the n.
York Times we take the following items:
In the Huntsville contraband'' school YOU
will see one little, bright blue-eyed, straight
golden-halred boy of ten summers, whose ex-
traordlnary precOclty will at once attract your
attention: Surprised at his appearance there
sofas, and on such familiar terms with his black
and bronze fellow scholars, you will closely
scrutanize his physiognomy for evidences of the
niger but in vain. The hands are white
and small the form perfect the head is a
model; the lips thin and firm the face pretty
eyes blue as azure, and voice melodious Then
you turn to memory Of other days, Of a pOti-
cal campaign North, when the refrain of the
Democratic Press was "AboltiOn-Amalga-
nation. You picture from said Press, the
beauties of American slavery, with all the hap
piness and virtue it brought to both races
South; while on the other hand you have, in
memory, depicted a dozen cases of black-re-
publican-negro emalgamation! Then you ask
some question about the white boy in the ne
gro school, "Oh, he is a son Of Jere. Glenn
mems, the deceased Southern author and poll
tician, says our informant. That's one case
In thousands. Not even do the proud South
ern ladies always avoid such curious little mis-
takes A genteel looking 1chitc woman pur-
chased two tickets at the depot of the Tennes-
see 4 Alabama Railroad, a few mornings ago,
and presented hemself, in company with very
black girl, some twelve years old, for admit
tance to the ladies' car She was told her ne
gro must take forward car She promptly
informed the conductor that she was accompa-
MED by her daughter, and wanted frst-class
seat, declaring her indignation at the sugges
tion of separating mother and child But the
conductor was incorrigible as we'll as incredu-
| lous, and persisted in his refusal to admit the
black girl into the ladies' car as the white wo-
mans daughter. Upon inquiry however he
ascertained the truth of her statement, learn
ing also, that she is a native Southern lady
worth considerable property.
| About the only religious zeal expressed in
this section Of COttOndom is in the "cnllud
race. | witnessed what was to me an unu-
sual sight on Sabbath. One hundred and forty
negroes, male and female, having experienced
religion in the Baptist faith, were immersed.
They are an excitable people. Some of their
gyrations upon their exit from the water were
ludicrous in the extreme, and, with certain ut
terances, forced laughter through the solemn
countenances of the vast cOncOurse of specta-
tors. The female converts INDUCED their pas
sions most unreasOnably. AS one of them
| emerged from the water she threw up both her
long, bony arms with the accompanying shout
Bully bully!" Another came forth leaping
with Joy, and was heard to scream out distinct
ly Freed from slavery-freed from sin-bress
God and Gen. Grant," These joyful people
coming from the immersion, far excel in gym
nastic phenomenon, the contortionist trying to
jump through himself before surprised and
delighted audience. Hands, arms, head, body
and legs are brought into active service to de-
monstrate their inexpressible joy. A half do
zen stout deacons oficiated- especially carry
ing out by main force, picking up by legs and
shoulders, the unruly. Occasionally an unex-
pected and unusually happy one would knock
an old deacon off his "pins, and over he d
60, clear under out of sight, to the irrepressi-
bic amusement of the throng
| Mormon Women.
In his last letter from Salt Lake City, the
editor of the Chicago Tribune thus speaks OF
the feeling ofthe women on polygamy; w nile
the men who have two or more wives pretend
to be thoroughly convinced that they are doing
right we are assured that there is not an in
teIEgent Mormon woman in the Territory who,
when her real sentiments can be known, ap-
proves of polygamy. Whatever opinion we
may form of the men, all must pity the Nor
mon women. To us they appear detected, and
many of them heart broken, and as time rolls
on the essential evils of the system must be-
come the more apparent and the more revolt
ing To degrade woman from becoming the
crown and the companion of her husband, to a
mere serfdOm, mlnlSterlng TO the luSts OF men,
and merely giving birth to other human ami
mails. is the inevitable tendency and sure re-
suit of polygamy-an uncean, abominable
thing. which must not and cannot be perma-
nentIy tolerated in this civilized, Christian re-
public. The sooner this determination is un-
derstood bv those who practice it the better
for ike AN fostering sores, the longer it is en-
dured the more difficult of removal and the
more dangerous it becomes Our conversation
with Brigham Young and his leading men leads
ms To believe that they begin to understand
their position, and in parting all OF us express
ed the hope that as they claimed polygamy was
!, nermitted. and in some cases commanded by a
new revelation, their high priest might have
another. peremptorily forbidding the system.
THEREsEI, GENERAL FORREST. AS slight
;nd;cat;on of the esteem in which many rebe
I. General officers are now held by their fellow
Citizens whom they SO long and so cruelty de-
: luded. IL may interest the public to know that
the rebel General Forrest cannot return to bis
; nIantatien and old home on the Mississippi
river with safety to himself unless protected by
> Federal bayonets. Forrest is one of the bra
= vest men living and should be as little obnOx
a ions to his neighbors as any officer in the con
q federacy, but the facts are as stated. He is a
: the present time endeavoring to lease his lane
e to a resigned federal officer, because he feel
q his life would not be safe day among his in
i furiated acquaintances and former associates
: Doubtless there are many similar cases. .--Cor
J, NJ Y Herald.