New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-13
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New Orleans. the scales fell from my eyes,
and was seized with shame for my Yankee
blood. /, svore that / hated Yankees, and
this patriotic aentimeat grow day, By day
until it eoa1ed ne on to deeds.of blocdshed
and fhe1t I. .carefully studied the habits Of
s ssch SrsscSss ys yrsocist. 80 and bowie,knife
and corn-cuttee s. my belt knocked down
q Niger and eursed the Yankees at every
puhlic setherine; and when secession got
hinder way, I hung three Union men to o
lamp,pest with NY own hands, stole five
tko1send dpllars in. cash, and out-confed-
sEstsa tha Gsnisd sdesate. IN my devotion to
~ he Tnhanny Cuss Slossd his narrae
tive. = glow Of CGmfe detate bride everspread
his features, and my ciassicst mind, a.ose
tn the full heiaht ut the suhlfnne UncaSiOn
Beaisa.as I l stsssssr y q eseisssed z S.aeh
strfss S1s s'SSy 'sS sSery Yankee Who ssts
upon its sacred soil, and he cen not wag his
tongue except in praise Of the Confedefacy.
hsil tlse gnhappy Ssa:, . e Confsa1fate a sa
cline "a intrcl1csS xou 10 Irs. Macpherson:
for while Tadmit the great worth Of man
Who is ready to light aud deal for the Con-.
feder acv. L can not welcome him ON terms
of sociai EQUALITY, II he has Yankee blood in
his veins" vnA
and turned up her nose @ 1t the YANKEES Cuss,
down % n IT. secoSd % table. BE- '-',' p
The next day wa JEFF Davis fast and
hun,iliation. and the Cuss and went to
chufvh. The parson preached from tile
woryis: Hold fast" It was very conye-
nient: for We had nothing IN the house to
eat. and could starye the g,iest' without q
violation of the laws Of hospitality. We
both got drunk, howevcr, AZ s Coafeder.ste
Identification, anif the Cuss opened 70 me q
great plan cf speoulasion. lagt si9df ai
"I I kAvo.r No 6aid, ~ schemo Of wealth,
which will n1ke = both richer than Judah
p Beniamin. Philosophy il good in its way,
but let me tell you, Macphereon, ,that phi
losophy don't nav. Hast thOu Confederate
treasury notes l',.t sr-frFs
81 / have only Is, 900 by me at present.
replied, - al, -. - r -.
:. That - Just the amount I want" an
swercl the Cuas. 81 have run the blockade
With ,sssche1 Of ,quinine. and salt, which
cost me &liO in New Orleans, and which
have salresdy disposed Of for $4,000. 4
want @96, 200 more, which win enable me to
bug = schooner and load her with c0tton,
anal with this ] will run the blockade and
sell it in New Orleans, and win divide the
profits, which win, be perfectly enormous" !"
% Give me thine honest hand ~ i cried
aloud s,..,,s,,., n, go -
"Give me thy treasury notes ~ responded
the Unhappy Cuas. = -
Il gave him al the money had in the
FOnchaHOula.s We hid in Q swamp, and
twcnty-four hours, In order to escape OBJ
servatiOn, until We found . man who was
ready to deal With ~, and IL was not long
boforo scAooaer was filed with cotton
ready for sAipment. noticed that the
Cuss lnstle the purchase entirely in his own
name, and did not recognize me at al, ex-
cept to mako ne run Of errands When /
required an explahation Of this, he replied
| in the following noble and pstriot1c words :
You, MacpAerson," he said, are too
great a man 70 mix yourself up with the
affairs of material wealth. That occupation
belongs wholly to tho Yankee mind. You,
| who are great philosopher. and in whose
veins courses only Confederate blood, should
not bend the gigantic intellectual energies
Of your mammoth brain to any such grovel.
| ling object. No, n0Lleave that to me, and
| III fix the thing for you.' mag ~ ea's
As he was paying this just tribute to my
intellectual worth, the earth suddenly
uemCleu oereAtn our lee., rs = sunGlS I,, ~ ~
| II III ~ ,<v1x H.
tolioI su1 Ae.J~ Pen'o ~ .v.o. !...otaS "a
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~ no ~ oI.;ane . faar r..s 90 =, =
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.no n:.ss x.: ussnS Mny t..,sas ,;Le ~
Mos ~ ~ r.orts ~ " wv ~ uhnSe Se
tncse % on.1t, tnG SleGaan ~ ,h;n, "so "nIeo
| cSs VOICE was io""er 'nan '''c oonn"'N0u ''''e
VI my my Icn. 1y ,lx, ...s- ...
nc iAaas t.c ,S LIKE aIe UPON 10 A.,
| rS Vn tney nov, n1e .ne ~"s' @ cetnS w.S 'ns
UnnaPPy Cuss aIu nysen we1o e:ASt
20 tne eal.n w.n .s.sas "a s5u III asa., tts
Soon sno Ioas asoI 1 IL ~ s;In Issneu w,.n .nS
LII, LII - -. raa.S,y, ~,h;ce r. NV terror
= Ia,su.'IS tno CiS Ta,n. III, = 49, =. 49,
opera, VINO carry on LON oiovann7. a a. ne ne y Il
taxing dr1nk OF champagne: Inc nex'
thmg IN the strange cnapeer OF my a9ven, 9sac
tu1es, Mas soIu1aoo e y s4ou ao..:ne " :ne
Ira.ctS -, WIN HIs 49, .':s =. ;aa.1;.te I'LL nn!|
psyon99::s' w" uenS ,.un..,a ~ .n n"s,ea..
1nc0nunso4n 1 a-,:aS -. r. s,,a ah;rIs;o
% 1voS ,1 .oguea .n.s .no p.ou.' .o !n.s s.s ..,.a
DlOs9 u %as3 - Gs:0 ~ ~ ~ cny o.n,o ~
Isre0 g % seee lo5 tne Con.G"esacy. nnS ou, su
tnee wAl: ~ Hk ~ ssanu a.. o, ..,nJa. ~
V1a " s.e "'n' "ouiu n0'0i su 'nu''
:" @nAee'@ 90. g '-'o
2l''1''a- ~ MACPHERSON A CAPTIVE. n.
"Fiddlesticks ~ replied the zouaye, rapp.
| ing me on the head with the butt of his
tmusket. NY hands were then tied behind
oticer,a prisoner Of war. But let it be
hnown 10 sil men forever, thatl dla moi
make any iormai snfrenaer ~ ~
destinv % Of % the 'Unhannv % Cnss. @ and m M eanected ted
| ito see him hanging to q limb. / knew that
the Yankees nrx,apcnfA this war on n Olan Of