Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-07-13

cuee[ tue iNeV. Hr. NllnnlSeroue had sen
him, Mr.. Davis spoke in warm terms O
the learning, zeal, eloquence, fidelity ant
Christian courage Of that gentleman
General lee had occupied pew in th
same church, and, unless when absent una
voidably in the public service, was one O
the most resular and devou. attendants
General Leo was undoubtedly one Of th'
greatest soldiers Of the age, if not the vs
ry greatest Of this or any other country
but had he drawn his sword on the FEEDER
al side, must have been remitted to OBJ
scurity under their system, in the first sia
months Of the war. Nothing, however
shook the confidence Of military men com
petent to form a just opinion in his supe-
rior qualifications for high command, an,
his career had nobly vindicated the cain
estimate Of professional judgment.
SEPTEMBER 23.-Recurring to my Rich
mond visit, Mr.. Davis made many m,nut,
inquiries relative to formor friends the ap
paren. condition Of the trades people in re-
gard to prosperity; the social relations, i
any were allowed, between the occupying
army and the inhabitants. He said BIZ
people, having done all their duty in tn,
war had now the two duties of forgetting
the past and preparing to accept the future
One OF their great troubles in agricultural
districts must be the difficulty Of getting
amin als-horses, mules and oxen having
been so nearly swept away by tho war.
With nothing to report in the past but it's
failure its consequences should be ac-
cepted in good faith and without murmur.
The future is always under the control oil
resolute men; and with influx Of North
ern and European capital-which must
soon be tempted by the pre.abunlant na-
tural resources in tho South-thero could
be no reason why natural prosperity should
not be fully re established within half doz
en- years; that is, If the Federal Govern
ment pursued wise and generous course
allaying irritation and diverting the minds
of the people from their unsuccessful sacri
fees, by pointing out and encouraging the
splendid rewards OF industry.
The following extract is alike remarkable
for its truth and beauty:
FEMALE LEcTURERs-ASDrH rHE TRUE MIS-
SION OF WOMAN.
IT,
Miss Anna Dickinson, hostile himself
which he had seen in the papers; also re.
calling what he had heard Of the lady's
honoring Fortres Munroe With her presence
some six weeks before-he supposed to dc.
rive her inspiration from an actual view o.
his casemate, or possibly to catch secret
view of him though the admiring favor of
Gen. Miles, or some smitten officer. lie
hal noticed that Miss Dickinson had fig>
ured largely upon the lecturing stage, and
had undeniable talent, but the talent rath or
of Macnad or Pythoness than most of
the mild virgins who worshiped Yesta and
kept the fires of faith and charity forever
burning on her pure altars. Woman's ap.
pearance in the political arena was a de-
parture from the golden path which nature
had marked out for her. The male ami
NAL was endowed with more than sufficient
belligerency for all purposes of healthy
agitation; and woman's part in the social
economy as she has been made beautiful
and gentle, should be to soothe asperities
rather than deepen and make more rough
the cross tracks ploughed in the road of
lite by the divergiRg passions and opinions
OF men. 1t was a revolutionary age
transportations and novelties we're the fan
cies ofthe day, and woman on the political
rostrum was only an outcropping of the
disorganized and disorganizing ideas now
in control Of the popular mind. The clam.
or of certain classes of woman for admis.
sion to the professions and employmeuts
heretofore engrossed by men was another
phase Of the same malady. They deman.
ded to be made selfsupporting, forgetful
that their most tender charm and safest ar.
NOR lay in heIplessness. Woman's Office
embraced the sweetest and holiest duties of
suffering humanity. Her true altar is the
happy fireside, not the forum with its foul
breath and distracting calmors. Pbysi.
cally unable to defend themselves from in
jury or insult, their weakness is q claim
which the man must be utterly base who
dlsregards. The highest test Of eiviliza-
ton Il the Difference paid to women. They
are like the beautiful vines of the South,
winding aronnd the rugged forest and
cleshing them with beauty; but let them
attempt living apart isom this support. and
they will soon trail along the ground IN