The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-10
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Feb. ls.


The history of the suppression of the
Richmond Eramtner has not. been here.
tofore given to the. public. We are
now enabled to present brief state.
ment of the whole matter as it occurred.
The special articles to which exception
was taken appeared in the Examiner
respectively of the dates of January 26'
and. February s and 6. In the first
date occurs this paragraph, in leading
editorial:
'It would be immeasurably the worst
consequence of our defeat in this war
that the South should lose it's moral and
intellectual distinctions as a people, and
cease to assert its well.known SUPERIOR.
ty in civilization, in political scholar.
ship, and in all the standards of individ.
nal character over the people of the
North. That superiority has been re.
cognized by every foreign observer, and
by the intelligent everywhere. 1t is
the South, that in the past, penned four.
fifths Of the political literature of Ameri.
ca, and furnished tho list of names best
known in Europe, either for command.
ing craftsmanship or for personal virtue.
That superiority the war has not con.
quered or lowered, and the South will
do right to claim and cherish it," -.
In the same paper is printed an nc.
count Of a ball at the Ballard House,
given by officers of the Union army
The writer ridicules and insults Federal
soldiers, after giving an account of the
preliminaries of the bali, he proceeds:
"The evening arrives, the Ballard is res.
plendent; there are the naughty dancers.
the massive, gorgeous epaulets. the
polished boots, the shining lace and the
ubiquitous brass; there are women, too
and Southern women, we blush to say
it. leaning on the arms which guided the
weapon, or, perhaps, drew the sabre, in
the deadly conflict. The dance goes on.
Supper is announced. The band strikes
up, and the gay throng pass into the
supper .room-we count forty.fve ladies
in. all ; but thank God! e-see. but few
Richmond ladies. But stop whence
that joyous looking bright.eyed South
ern girl2 Do our eyes deceive us, can
it be7 We look again--we doubt-we
look again, but it is 80. We cast our
eyes over the room, but in that crowd
we can see only one other lady of Rich.
mond. We know the supper is over;
the sound Of music breaks forth, and the
fjrty.five ladies are soon again whirling
in the dance. The music is delightful :.
thereon glitters with brass buttons and
epaulets; but where is the Joy for the
Southern heart? Shall we fawn. and
truckle, play the hypocrite and smile
when OUR hearts are full Of woe? Where
are the memories of the battlefield ?"---
Another article follows, headed "Bellum
and Post Bellum," describing the chang.
ed appearance of affairs at the hotels,
and inveighing against the better treat.
ment accorded to the Union soldier in
comparison with that heretofore and
now gwen to the Confederates. This
is equally as bitter and vengefur as the
preceding articles. In the Examiner of
the 9Th is "double.leaded" notice at
the head Of the editorial, column, stating
that the demand fer copies Of the Eramt.
ner. containing the account of the hop at
tho hotel was so great that the publisher
was compelled in order to accommodate
the large number'of friends and readers
who desire to get copies OF the account
Of the hop, to issue that morning large
special edition, containing, in addition
70 the usual reading matter, the two
articles which seem to have created
such a decided sensation. In the same
paper are two other paragraphs, calcula..
ted to perpetuate bad feeling between
North and South, one OF these referring
to the source of information upon which
the account Of the hop was made up con.
cluding thus: at is enough for us to
know that we obtained it accurately,
and that, too, without setting our foot
within the circle where any Southern
man, however weak his. antecedents,
should blush scarlet to be found, no
matter how Yankeeized and galvanized
he be now" In the third and last oaner