Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-27

! from ms normal cOndlshn. Let us hang
out our banner and inscribe on its folds,
Is No marryin Nigeers +" q No payin a
debt inkurd in Niger war; Protect
US from Niger equality " and sich other
precepts ez cum within range nv the Dim
ekratic iutellek, and 90 in and win.
May the Lord hasten the day.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY.
Lait Paster nv the Church wv the Noo Dispensashun
Richmond Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette
DestitHtiOn and Distress in the Cid Dominion.
esterday, as | sat conversing with the
agent Of the Freedmen's Relief Society,
in his tent on Capitol squire, Governor
Pierponts portly form was noticed cons
ing towards US. lie stepped into the tent,
and with the appearance Of having been
greatly shocked at some incident, said
! that he had called to converse with the
agent on the subject Of afording tempo
/ rary relief to lady from Ashland, who
4 had just called to see him at his residence,
and who was tire grand daughter of Chief
Justice Marshall, formerly hief Justice
Of the United States. This lady, the
mother of eight children, and the wife of
a dccrepid husband had corre n distance
/ of eighteen miles in order to ask for food
to keep her family from starving. She
told her plain sad story Before the war
her husband had disposed Of his real
estate and invested the proceeds in rail
road stock aud negroes.
When the war began, his railroad stock
was changed to confederate bonds The
day before the evacuation of Richmond,
they were surrounded with all that an
abundance of means could procurc-were
independent Of the world. The day fol-
| lowing they were destitute pennilrssi and
obliged to seek for means OF subsistence
wherever it could be obtained Mrs.
- said that nothing but the love she
bore for her helpless anj dependent child
rem would induce her to make this humi-
liating application for relief at the hands
Of strangers, but she could not stand idly
bv and see them starve, Her husband is
old and a cripple She, though advanced
in wears could vet make an effort toward
driving from their door the presence Of
pinching, squalid want
The war, which found them in afluence,
now left them to destitution and humbIed
by their reyerses, tt ev craved. through
this noble-hearted and heart broken wife
and mother, the simple charities which
4
Of their hearts, could afford to offer all
poor persons, whether friends or enemies
She was supplied with -four and other ar
ticles, and she was assured that she need
not hesitate to make further application
in the future for the decendent or one Of
Americas most gifted ana useful sons,
however degcnerated, might yet expect
that gratitude and reverence which this
nation must always observe.
This is not an insulated case There
are many similar ones that have come
under the observation Of those who are
afordng temporary relief to the suffering
poor Not two months ago a decendent
Of Thomas Jefferson applied for relief to
the agent Of the Christian Commission in
this city, hut before doing so she offered
to shovel -four with a scoop from the bar
rel, if by so doing she could obtain food,
for herself and family.
There are many families in Virginia
who were equal to those | have mention
cd, before the war, in points of wealth
and position, but who arc now struggling
hopelessly in the most reduced cfrcum-
sauccs. They do not appear to fully
realize tbe.r situation, hut seem to lie
completely paralyzed ii every faculty of
the mind They were reared in all the
rxuries Of Southern homes, and only re-
dectcd on the manner in which they could
invest their wealth, aad add happiness to
that which hey already enjoyed To day
/ they are more helpless and destitute than
the most ignorant and groyeIing negro
/ who was once their slave. Their pride
/ revolts at the idea Of resorting to efTemiaacy
and would be a serious drawback shou
+ they have an inclination toward resorting
4 10 manual labor They need minds to
lhnk for them, to desis ways by which
they may prevent themselves from ap-
preaching the verge Of starvation.
The State of Virginia has nothing to
offer its citizens in the way of relief, and
E. NO provision can at present be made for
the future support of her destitute cid-
zens. The people have discovered that in
the Northern States dwell generous, self
sacrificing men, and they depend upon
them for assistance Unless an effort in
that section is properly made, great suffer
ing will exist here this winter Some