The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-04
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vc~ SAVANNAH Ga, June 25, 1865 ! I
10 The EDITOR Of the Press: i'-i.s~
This erratic regiment few off ON tangent
from Washington, D. C.; on the 4th inst, ar
irving at this place on the, evening Of the It'll.
This is another grand movement Of ours in
obedience to the behests Of the government,
for what purpose we know not; and as SOL
diers, never expect to know. We are encamp-
ed just outside Of the city, our little village be-
ing bounded on the north by Sherman's earth
works, on the south by bog, ON the east by a
swamp, and on the west by march. Mosqui-
toes, gnatss niinges, wood ticks, flies and pois-
onous weeds keep us well cup to the scratch"
i-sqeH THE sAvANNAmANs,- 4 as ~
As they style themselves, still live in houses
as before the war, but the houses are dismally
iingy, the right and left hands Of secessionism
being too fully occupied during the last four
years to allow the penned up citizens chance
to renovate. axK-
HOW DO THEY FEEL TOWARDS US?
Well they feel well enough; but, Mr. Edi-
tor, take white pine stick and place it in
strong ,lcg-wood dye, Withdraw it and wash it
ever so much, and although you rob it of its
poweriito soil You, yet It win show upon the
face Of it, its late associations. Just so with
this community. They need planning off; and
with good schools for the poor, and better
appreciation of the rights Of the achole Union.
together with the humanizing and reYKiyiHg
accompanyments of the northerner, they shall
~ y ~
come out Of our Yankee planning machine
whittier, truer, and more polished than when
they entered the cauldron Of damning seces-
sion, to bubble and boil in suicidal agony over
the fires of an outraged government
ARE THE CHURCHES WELL FILLED?
Yes, but with females, mostly. Z / assure Won
it is mournful sight to glance upon the
crowds Of returning church-growers Of Sun
day, viewing as you viii two-thirds of them
clad in the habiliments of the monner.S The
young men Of Savannah have suffered terribly.
But few are left.
do THE LADIES DRESS wELL?H
No! they do not. They have not the means.
Prints are more common than silks, straw hats
than bonnetss Crinoline has lost at once its
SA~AJ eNAA1 oAAAAcAAoAottS.t 1CIudpS bUo recent
utGse Of Eugenie may have had something 10
do with it, but / do not believe it. The people
parted with their means to purchase ball car
tridges. They could not use ammunition in
such accuse and retain even the comforts of
life, to say nothing of Injuries.
DO THE DARKIES LIKE THINGS AS THEY,
nHf8TE 2 1ARE2 3 lcSt 81 It ~
Yesl and happy beyond measure are they.
Do they know the difference between freedom
and slavery? Ask one and hear his answer
1Bress de Lord, massa,p said one snaff-colored
Individual to me, 1--WE poor colored people
dldns know what de Yankees was. Ny missus
Ss,a Us oaA ~ de Yankees would rob and murder
800 one Of Us. She told us dat Sherman's
s ~ 80, mad horns aat they were children of
toe ass q We see the difference now, massa.
We nss; can Keep our ON families with
vs. can make our own money and buv our own
clothes, and what is more, mssss ] added
the old man, while tears Of joy spff,,.sd HE
eyes, "de lash is done gone,n-de lash i ao No