The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-08-03


draw'd his sword very raluctant In fact,
he wouldn't hav' dlaw'd his sword at all,
only he had a large stock of military
clothes on hand, which he didn't WANT to
waste. He sez the cuHed man is right,
and he.will at once go to New York and
open a Sabbath school for negro min
strels" The old man improves with his
years, and we regret not being able to
show him up further.
The Released Rebels in New York.
A squad of ragged fellows may be seen
on every square. .Ihey.a are sunburnt and
scraggy of beard They wear their dry,
straight hair very long. and sport sus-
picious-looking blanket over their should
ers Their clothes are of a dirty gray or
a dirtier butternut, and they aro very in
dependent in the matter Of shoes, some
wearing a boot and Il slipper, Others boots
of q new patent, which slope away from
the heel as if. by some transformation,
the entire foot had settled into the toes
But with all this destitution and unclean-
ness, it is tho strange, sad, wea y, lost
look upon their faces which makes these
folks noteworthy. They are political ex-
ilcs--a class of men of which we have read,
but whom We never expected to see
among us, speaking our tongue, and but
late our linsmen and companions.
They are here by thousands, broken,
hopeless, and penuiIcss, waiting to SO to
their ruined homes, but so fearful Of meet
ing the changed spectacle that they daily
and tany, and look up to the high mar
BILE cdiices and the lace curtains in our
beautiful homes as if they were quite hun
cry and astray. and spoke another Jan
guagc than ours.
! Yesterday we. stopped at a hat store,
and one of these battered fellows was sit
tingat the counter. There was an anxious
diplomacy in his face; he wanted to en-
gineclAa dollar from. IFS.
"That hat just fits you, sir?" he said, as
ali Introductory remark.
"Yes.w -.
~ wonder if shall ever weara good
hat again 2
/ lie took his old Soft hat, tarnished and
faded, from his large, shapely head, and
the hair fell. into his fine, tremulous eyes.
"Pm aJohnny," he said, with laugh
"thcres.somc difference between j Johnny
and a gentleman"
This was said with q sort of culver and
cadence, that was.very dramatic because
it was very true.
q Yes, sir,g he continued, aI feel pretty
bad in New York. 1t isn't what it used
to be, or I am not something is different.
I remember the time when l lost five
thousand dollars at faro just across the
! street, and went to bed afterward without
any regret. I couldn't afford a glass Of
4 Tccr now at the hotel just above here l
stopped every summer and kept a side
board always open in my private parlo9r.
Then rode in cabs, and was hunkcy boy.
! Could You give me dollar, sir ?"'
This man, and three thousand such,
have been waiting on IIart's island Tor the
thunder of confederate cannon to an
nouncc their dclivcranco They werc't to
! pass from New York victals, and at home
receive the need Of valor in woman's en-
dearnients and the cheer of welcoming
villages. Father rcccdc the sound of
guns. They saw each morning their new
ensigh reel and st9gger. They heard at
last the shock of their cause oyerthrown;
and their prison gates opened to restore
them, not to- afluencc and graduation,
but tc h'tdngcr and nallcdncss
Might it not be we'll to make these mis-
cradle beings thcapostlcs.of of good faith to
/! the wasted South, of which they represent
every section? Does it concern Mr.. Stan
ton to think that these three thousand men
well-clothed and well-fed, and transported
in good condition to their homes, would
be quite as effective arguments against
{. insurrcction as the heads of certain Of
their statesmen which hce is anxious to
transmit
Among these men are many of more
than social position. We fell in the other
day with Henry G.. Flash from Alabama,