Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-29

them Tor the lnulcbiOn. snail not at
tempt 10 DO SO. Ignorant and illiterate
the crackers may be, and are, but 10000
ex- Federal soldiers will testify as TO their
ability to snake their mark"
Nor were they by themselves. The men
of the South showed a devotion to the
cause which they deemed just, which was
as rare as il was noble. "TrOops; more
\ troops! ~ rang out the wild cry, and the
answering hosts poured down from the
/ glens and gorges and desolate peaks Of the
mountains, from the pine barrens that
| lie in the interior, from the fertile plains
! by the broad rivers, and the low lying
/ ridges by the sea. There were guards
rifles, hussars, cadets and z0uaves,
numbered from First to way up in the
"nineties," all hurrying to the front.
All, it was a rushing time in those days.
son the banks of the Potomac there's an army
so grand,
And they're trying for to subiugate Dixe's
fair land"
The flower of the youth and manhood
of Dixie rallied to arms, threw themselves
upon the Gordon Of fire that was slowly
| but surely closing around the devoted
land, and where 1t passed the fair home
steads, teeming fields, and pastures green
or the happiest land under heaven lay
! scorched and withered, destroyed and laid
waste. The cruel demon was leaving its
trade mark Wheresoever the conquering
cohorts pressed the sod with tbeiriron
heels. n limit Of age was extended so
as to conserfpt men who mad hitherto been
exempt either from extreme age or eX
| treme youth until the gray-haired veteran
marched Sbyi the side OF the beardless
youth to the wild cry of hauf9i
SCI ssFor Dfxie's land wen take our stand,
10 live or die in Dixie g..,.
7of fn169f Hoorsy! Hoorayp"
But the government must have means
to support the various departments, and to
feed the suffering soldiery. 1t is pitiful tor
thjpiS Of the childlike simplicity Of that
weird phantasy, the southern Confedr
eracy. To think that in her anger-like
a spoiled child who takes her playthings
away from the common stock, and retres
| to her own corner, and says, u won't
stay with you any more"-she should
imagine that her stronger sisters would
allow her TO enjoy her own affairs, to her
own notion, when some of these toys were
the common property. Aud then how
they determined to conquer her obstinacy
and how she suffered uncomplainingy,
| and suffered these same cherished toys to
] be broken and ruined in the conflict
rather than submit to the dNmineerng
spirit of the others. All, mel It is pitiful
to think of, and am sorry that history's
| page must be blOtted by the mournlul de-
| tails of this family affair.
! But sold COnfed" deprecated so rapidly
in value that men began to jest about it,
and class it along with 'stingy green"
| "hOp-eared milish," ETC., and it became
| by-word in the mouths OF the
nations, ana the mere makeshift of bank
rupt people as a faint apology for the alb
sence of some real standard of value, by
which commerce might be carried on
without resortIng TO the clumsy method
OF bargains and barter.
''Silver and gold have none, but such
as l have give | thee.
Then the rulers said: "Of all your sub
stance give US tithes, so that peradven-
ture we may feed and clothe the starving
veterans who have followed where Lee
and Stonewall led for many weary months
of hardship and privation." Here is a
/ transcript of an old document that / un-
earthed few days since:
"TAx IN KIND.
Obstinate and assessment of agricultu-
| raj products which are taxed in kind,
agreed upon by the assessor and the tax
payer, and the value OF the portion there
of TO which the government is entitled, IN
accordance with the provisions or the
| acts of Congress to lay taxes for the COM
mon defense, and to carry on the govern
ment of'the Confederate States, and au
act to amend said act approved Feb. II,
1864. Said estimate and assessment to be
returned to the district quartermaster
on or before the first day Of January of
each year."
Corn, short corn, buckwheat, rough
rice, Irish potatoes, cured fodder, sugar,
mOlasses OF cane and of sorghum, cotton
| peas, beans and ground peas appear on
this list of articles from which one-tenth
| was taken, except with these exemptions.
a list OF which appears on the back Of the
paper
Each head OF family not worth more
than $500.
Each head of family with minor chill
dren, not worth over $500 for himself and
500 for each minor living with him, and
$500 additional to each minor son he has
living or may have lost or had disa bled in
military or naval service.
"Each officer, soldier or seaman
in the army or navy, or who has
been discharged therefrom for wounds
| and not worth more than 81 200; the
same to widows Of men of the above
class.
Crowded, the farmer shall not be taxed
in kind In corn when less than 200 bush
els are produced, same Of Irish potatoes
when not more than fifty, peas and beans
/ when not more than twenty; mOlasses
when not more than thirty gallons, and
forage when the corn from which it is
| stripped is exempt; cotton when not more
than fifteen pounds for each member OF
| his family, or ten pounds Of wool; and all
the corn required to raise land fatten 8
| hogs"
Truly, these old documents, OF which
l have quite a bundle, tell a strange tale
They are made out by II. j. Eelbreck, as
SCISSOR Of the F9rtieth districts and refer n
! Cbattanoncbee county. They are address,
| ed TO J. T. Croft, agent, Third congress
siOnal district OF Georgia, and dated De-
! uenber, 1864.
See, they were never finally disposed o.
AS the bleeding fragments OF those heroic
| legiOns were staggering homeward, beat
en- backward by the bowling storm Of cold
iron that was poured into their ranks
| from the rising OF the sun to the going
| down thereof, and the silent watches or
thenight were made more terrible than
the strife OF the day, by tae gnawings Of
hunger and the piercing cold OF those
higher latitudes, and Sherman's hosts
we're pouring down from the mountains
OF Tennessee, and the cry was con 70 Sa-
vannabl" and defeat, disaster, darkness
and desolation hung like pail above the
devoted land, and even the 1.-THE pTO0tOrs
forgot their calling, and tumbled into n
sort Of lumber room, attached to a big
business house in this city, these returns,
written with pale ink, on the coat e
brown Confederate paper, have lain dumb
witnesses Of the days when even Mars
himaoIf furnad pala no VgIfnoaood a..