, 1866-12-20

social Ncprav1tY tn Virginia. The
White Haired s,lsrf1cs- OF O1t1cn
Enne,, and their Gonucc11on with
1,a.chterr of n fnricly oI IAuea aud
AsNuea'ionnblc Patesniry,'' &c.
lF1on the Clsclnua'i Com:aetclsL]
The iron lantl III Ills farn " absorption IT
j. NOT 4 tnn.c) continues TO enter the soul Of
q probably Ca1linareo,is connection AS the
'Cocka6c City, is an unfortunate city.
During the war it was nlclled and dug about
lu q p1omiscuous MANNER Tic scene Of Lce's
tluash up was next door. But what seems to
X accepted is q more grlcv 'us misfortune
las visited Tue place, the nature Of which Its
newspaper tle EIprt@, OF date December
1s> shatl describe. 1t begins:
..It ,s certainly with no satisfaction th1t we re-
iae design oftarowipe he seidt OF our in,i ucaeo
a-aiuat wrong 1batwe take Up tie pen to eIpose
tn,postors who hrazcnlT dem Ind gton it the tsib-
nt: OF respect 10 which Reu:feru Of true ctA1nc-
Ter hspilr, will nodcsty and deeorum.''
THIS cxordiun. 1t will be observed, conveys
No very exciting Information. But 1t con
funcs space, and therefore fultils its mission.
We shall strike more matter and less art In
shc next paragraph.
"tt Il pcsta?. we'll known lhat thcyc hare lived
IN oar community mrn Of debased habits snd
ttovng attentions npon infcrfots OF smother race,
which they had no, the eos{ase 70 hesiow in M
lorpr1blc manner upon persons OF tacif QE1l
color and position. Ii is also i;rown that the re.
s'l:r Of this fnppl1ic ind hesit2. Intimacy tuate
themscltce evident 70 the rclLed parts OF the city,
in trc ehsrc Of children OF variety OF hucs, md
&: vhAl Is commonly said to bs ot questionable
PATERNITY"
This Is gem Of caudor, deceit, subtlc in
tlucsiou, and rhetorical stupidity. The can
dur appears in the admission Of imp1oprit
1rS: The deceit II putting tnem all In 1ht
IaAt tense; the subtle induction in the pru
t,rnt!y retired location Of children of ASSORTED
to!ors; and stupidity in callin-. il thing I'm
polite US harsh preiare to aaIttytng II q
1"ssial. Let us pass on:
'.At tiis time he:c arc liyin. in various part
OF the city whole families Of beings, who, In rom
irt,lnccs, tlake boast Of tho prejominancc 6
lie Caucasian 10 the:r l1ooc~ and who unoluat
ltrl5 point to Mhite-ha,:cd sinners Of o1dc1 fam
1scr upon The fai:h Of tho int1nIty Of ,heir. pl
reIts. And 80 proud arc they Of thclr one-sfde
rrdisrce that they epurn the a:tcrttoc Of Eeuu1u
Aft1canf. and. NOW that they believe the ic1d
open. lay tcige 10 the hearts Of xhfte n,cn, al
e:sce is she pride Of paternity 20 deep that rusl
ing AspAsiae and dars-eycd. olivehued seorce1
resc5 Of tie Nile bAres seEt11atnt9;iy eteewn nos
ere over thc C1ases Of ,h"lr dead w1litc tIther
@Lo lse Lur:cd, with beautiful rpit1phs orcr then
In E'andford Cemetery-''
Those italics are not ours. We comic!
!, We full to comprehend them. It Is ycr
ssong 1or the semi -Caucaslans to point III
0lushingly to their whfte-haircd old progc'
itors. They ought to get yer, red nbout
Tht Idea Of scattering flower over fail
cr's Ernve {aud he white man y Is simp
atrocious. And that person seven cinh
bleached shculd epurn ths attentions OF
genuine African seems to b. as revolving
our Petersburg reporter - to Charles SUI