The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-07-03
|UR WOMEN IN The WAR.
cONTRABAND CONSCIENCE.
c,rI,s ADVENTURES WITHIN AND
BEYOND THE LINES.
n. Y. Rires, Of Portsmouth, Va, in
Charleston Weekly NeWs.

n Y. Rires, Of Portsmouth, Va, IL,
Charleston Weekly News.
Strange times those of '63 and '64.
,u, in. hemmed in from the rest of the
orld Norfolk and Portsmouth seemed
3 he guarded by sentinels, at their most
nortant inroads, which could only be
j Essed by those loyal to the Union. Said
4vaiiy had no reference to conscience,
ar those that conld be bought were
.Snecially loyal-a kind of superlative
Sralty. Into the hands of such people
ssiness had drifted, and the best and
[,rest of the citizens held aloof. The
s5iling cauldron, seethiDg mass, the
$um uppermost, was true type of those
!, ,rbulent times though the froth was
5nmost, the unseen force held the heat.
Sbst hidden force had its heart. centre in
he from. ranks of Virginia's battle.
round, and where heart.strings are
6twined woman will do and dare.
sbcir suiferings and privations can meyer
! adequately told, or the ways and means
.6ey devised to aid their loved ones.
4 once saw lady dressed az follows
2der feet epcased in mems No. 7 boots,
md in them tucked the gray breeches
:; tended ;or her husband: hoops and full
Iirts were worn in those days, and her
=zi,is we're usde cf double width flannel
. be remodelled into ehirts; over all q
apacious gray cloak, styl yle known as Arab,
s. arranged that no scissors had marred
4s length or breadth in order to make it
hapely for the present wearer, and which
8as intended for the soldiers coat q
hans felt hat, wired and shaped and
adorned with ribbons and feathers, com.
5leted the outfit. With her own ward.
sobe in trunk that had stood inspection,
she obtained pass to visit in the country,
Ind went South to clothe her husband.
So this woman plotted and planned,
3luded the sentinels, dared the dangers
. aid her loved one. Was she blame
jorthy?
! The soldier on the tented field slept
4 lot less weary than those wives aud sisters
D home, who hourly expected their
souses to be searched, rausacked from
1arret to cellar. Sacred relics polluted
y the vandal touch-family letters and
ecords, reverent and holy, that belonged
D the dead, were carried off, and women
Tho haI the spirit to resent the intrusion
tten insulted. One instance I will
benton: The guards stopped in front
i the porch where the ladies, inmates of
be house, were sitting one summers
sgening, in the twilight's dusk, no lamps
sayipg been lighted. The soldier said
ie had orders to search the house.
ave can not keep you from it, or we
GOULD" replied the lady of the house.
"Well, madam, since it. is to be done,
je would like to have lights"
"You can Test assured, sir, that I'll not
urnish such. If you want lights, you
let them you shall not have mine."
So to the nearest grocery they hied TO
luy their candles and proceeded with
heir work. They did not tame the
5omen, who defied them at their every
;urn.
Women endured many things, and had
o brace themselves for these emergen-
lies, and hide by dint and cunning what
shey wished to save. They proved equal
10 the OCCASION.
I'm THE TALoNs OF THE EAGLE"
AS to conscience in those days, I dare
by it was a contraband article. Woe be
% those who possessed one; they had to
)tand up valiantly and suffer for it, for
hose New England Puritans whose
Freedom to worship God" applied only
10 those who worshipped rs they did, and
panished Roger Williams at the outset,
dictated our thanksgivings and prayers.
Churches were locked, and the little
band, denied access, sent up their peti.
ions and praise on the green sward inside
Ehe church enclosure, led by Rev. Isaac
Handy, who was soon Gin bonds" for the
Caring. Our own Methodist tabernacle
ITas shut, and the minister banished,
because it did not strike the cymbals
shen Atlanta fell. st. Mary's, in Nor
|olk, refused daringly direct command
70 hold service. The defiant answer from
lhe priest YES, that "he'd zee his church
IN flames first." Father Ryan heads the
list of long rool of true Southrons of
The same faith. The name of Plunkett
CLEANS in the galaxy. IS ase..
We "Secesh Rebs" were indeed de.
ian' set and contrived many ways 10 get
ettfrs from our fathers, brothers and
!weethearis while in the lions clutches.
iorgot; it was not lion, for that
belongs to Johnnie Bull; it was the
'alons of the eagle. But we felt the same
respect for it as awarded the ,buzzard-
hey were so much alike just then.
|, Imagine O scene of those days: The
door.bell rings; you admit lady with,
perchance, the exquisite feeling of hope.
ll expectancy, or sometimes dull thud
of premonition; scarcely q word is
uttered If o 2srvant is passing some
light allusion is made to the weather.
ihen-"Are we quite alone 2 no one
listening W All, the caution ! "Go and
zee. No one ut the door2 none at this 2
All All right here 10 letter from Dixie.
y you, wish to send reply send to my
,1o,use," giving directions. "after night.
AL. One dollar, good money, postage"
thanks expressed and the "FeEail"
;arrler leaves: you to your letter of tears
q joy. A big gun was fired by some
Yankee general Il one was caught receiv-
|ng letter, then came imprisonment
ttho Y confiscation Of property; if any one
,,lockade running, carried the mail, the
penalty was death. No wonder we were
FaIchful even though we dared it..
Who wouldn't dare it2 You, mother,
ssith your first.born on the battlefield,
\ " curly locks perhaps gray now. "Hold
'uli, the sages any; "don't move when
onee hand sin the lions mouth keep
aoiet." = Wouldn't you stretch that hand
. receive tidings from that boy, If the
lon shut down 80 hard that you left half
behind? And the wife 2 and the sweet.
aeartf Ahl these were true ones then,
\. tias % the: snd--and after: The women
aad the gift, the same kind our boys
,,asplayed. on the field of battle. Some
i.tie incidents. revealed more of their
,atlng than The depths tofs feeling they
sefe endeayoTihgE 60 Sdispiay, for, usol
purse, we could feel In silence and shed
\. sais and prayers in the quiet closet over