New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-08

Evelyn . the racy and accomplished CORES
pondent Of the Mobile Register, hits off the re
constructed" Yankees that come here, open gift
shops and stick up pictures Of Southern generals
In their windows, in tile following admirable style
Sometimes one finds bit Of truth where it is
least expected, and in such cases one is apt to be
struck with astonishment. Although not steady
reader Of the Cincinnati papers, some how or other
have had an idea thai rather more than a fair
share Of the " wild tales about Southern contu-
macy, which have been put in circulation, ena-
mated from that city 1t was with no little sur
prise, therefore, that read in the Commercial
truth that will be recognized by every one in this
latitude. Mack says that a gentleman con-
nected with the post office department has recently
returned to Washington from an extended tour
through the Southern States. He is a decided Re-
publican, but intelligent educated and observing.
Within the past six months he has visited nearly
every town in&the Southwest, and has taken es-
pecial pains toIgSS. correct photograph Of the
South as it is. NNIack introduces him thus and
adds that his opinions are worth far more than
those Of any little whipper-snapper dandy belong
ing to Gen. H0ward's staff sent 10 hold a migratory
court of Oyer and Terminer on the affairs Of the
South with the understanding beforehand, akin to
that with which the upstart literary critic sits
down to desCant upon the merits Of bOOk-that
in order to discharge his duty he must first find fault
Then the intelligent gentleman appears and says
all talk Of Southern cruelty to negroes is false
hood; Southern men accept the situation all
troubles in the South are traceable to the freed
mems bureau, and the farther away the blacks are
from it, the better they are contented. Pretty
good for Republican But there is something
better still to come. While in New Orleans, he
made the acquaintance of an ex-Confederate off
GER, in whose company he soon after entered one
of the fashionable restaurants of the @ Crescent
City, Observing card with the words, Our
own Southern bitters," conspicuously printed on
it, and alluding to it, he said to his new.made
frin and Nv 1n Won fvty in, hiu ovra1 in
such place as this, to perpetuate the memories
of the war;"
The ex-rebel smiled and replied: Really l
don't like such things, and though that is but
trfe, would not have even it displayed so, if
could have my way. But that is the device Of a
New England man, and the Southern bitters are
made and labelled in New England and the
keeper of this saloon is Yankee, who came here
since the war and is about the only man in New
Orleans who is not subjugaed, as your people call
it, and who says he can't be subiugated. If we
took his advice we would raise another rebellion
Tomorrow
Passing by bookstore some time after, with
the same officer, he noticed large picture of
St0newall Jackson, draped in mourning, with
some heroic motto printed underneath it, and re-
marked: "There's more Of it. These are the
things they magnify to your disadvantage in the
| North"
"Well," said the ex.rebe, "that's another Of
your own sort. The owner of that store is Yam
kee who never trod the soil of the South until the
/
of traitor now. Such men come here, and they
think by appealing to the passions created by the
war, they can drive big business. They succeed
very often, because our people are easily excited
| by such things, for they cannot forget Stonewail
Jackson, even when he is put before them in the
| form of Yankee trick like this
The conclusion which Mack y draws from this
is that the Southern people are grossly misrepre-
sented by parties interested in the postponement
Of tine day of restoration and, second, that North
ern men are, to great extent, responsible for
whatever of bitterness toward the government eX-
! lists in the South.
Now, there Isl piece of truth which almost every
/ Southern man can appreciate. Goabout our cities
and it will be found invariably the case, THAT all
such demonstrations as those mentioned above are
made by Northern men. In this city We have
many good examples. Immediately upon the re-
storation of peace swarm of Yankees come down
upon US and established in every hole and corner
these swindling ''Gift Book Lotteries" Nothing
of the kind existed here before. And in these vii.
lainous concerns one will see pictures of Lee and
/ jackson conspicuonsly displayed, and frequently
things Of more serious import. short time since
one of the vilest Yankees that ever came to the
city established himself on Royal street. and spread
his posters announcing that he had established a
I" Great Southern Gift Store,n following this by
| expressions of patriotism or of treason, calcu.
lated to appeal to the passions Of Southern
men. This man has not been six months in
the New England brogue; and yet he uses the
word 8 Southern to everything that his rascaly
mind can invent. Gazing into his windows one
day, and watching his wife, presume, putting up
some photographs of Mr.. Davis saw a Yanke I
school marin enter. The female dropped her
work, and running ont her hand like pump
handle, began; Wall, now, how du-you-du p
1t is impossible for US to give the accent as was
in fact, nearly every syllable was strongly accent
ed. How du you like the south-like It s'well's
tu-hum? ~ could not help bursting out witt
laughter, and the two females stared me in the
face, thinking, perhaps, that | was crazy. 1t wa!
r+arg gf on,
greatest Southern gift book affair In other stores
also kept by Northern men, these things will be
seen, and it has come to be believed here that suci
displays invariably mark the Yankee. 1t will bt
seen that they are the cause Of our present trou
Bile, and that they alone give for all the sian
ders Of the radical press. 1t is thus they repay
the hospitality and Nberality Of the Southern Pe6
pie.