The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-23
However # is equally evident that the war

However, 1t IS equally eVldept thaG tue "ar
cannot be prolonged over an indefinite pc
Rod without results mutually disastrous and
deplorable. Therefore every effort at recon
citation is not only laudable in itself, but
is indeed most praiseworthy and Cbrsran-
like in, the fullest sense. doubt If LEE, or
BEAUREGARD, or HOOD, or indeed, any or all
our military leaders, will ever terminate
this unhappy strife. Our differences are
not, however, so irreconcilable that all dis
-sension may not >be speedily removed,
when placed in the hands of such men as
Hon. A. H. STEPHENS, and others of a SINH
lar stamp.
am not in the fault-fnding mood to-
day, although I wish information upon
certain point--to wit: How is it that We
are not paid regularly every two months
asreeably to the General order published in
due form on dress parade some time ago !?
We have only been paid once since last Jan
uary, and then only for four months. Many
men in service here-and I presume it is
generally the case elsewhere-have their
wives and families at home depending to
great extent upon their monthly pittance
for support. In fact, have seen several
private letters complaining bitterly of des-
titution; the Government being at the same
time indebted to those same soldiers four,
six, and even eight months pay. Of course
it is beneath the dignity Of those very ele-
CANT gentlemen holding sinecures under
government,-whoseb business it is to attend
to financial matters, to bestow second
thought upon subject so utterly vulgar and
foreign to their fastidious sensibillties as
soldiers pay; however, / can assure the
public that this is indeed matter of vital
importance to the Priodte, and as such
should be attended to with regularity and
punctuality. Apropos of this subject |
confess myself to be grievously disappoint-
ed in the management of our financial
matters, as exhibited by that very intelli-
gent and talented gentleman, Mr.. Tren-
holm. 1t looks extremely suspicious, to say
the least, to find our. currency becoming
each day more and more Deprecated. |
confess that sanguinely anticipated quite
different results upon the retirement of MIR.
Memminger from the onerous position
which he so long endeavored to adorn. Are
we to acknowledge an actual scarcity of the
necessaries Of life, or do we patronize block
ade running too extensively for our pecu-
niary welfare? Does any one place any in
trinsic value upon q Confederate dollar,
solo !? Pausing for reply, beg pardon
for handling the subject absolutely without
gloves. IT may be beyond the reach OF even
Mr. Trenholm's profound sagaclty to resur-
rect a defunct currency. Will he then have
the kindness to make his official congo, and
allow an adnliring public to test the capac-
ity of another fright man ln-the right
place."
Will Petersburg hold out until after the
election in the North? Will Gen. Hood
succeed in his grand flank movement on
Sherman's s rear? 1t is peculiarly gratifying
to remember that Jack Frost" will soon
make his welcome advent. What can Mum
chausen Grants hirelings effect in front OF
Petersburg, where their bastard limbs are
cramped by rain and cold, and that glorl.
Gus auxiliary-mud? From specimens OF
Yankee soldiery recently arrived here from
Andersonvillc, Ca. l should say that
Grants present expedition to Richmond r'o
Petersburg is, to lamcnt;ole extent, the
pursuit of knowledge under difficulties
Judging, say, from those specimens re-
ceived here, csn readily understand bow
a mere handful Of brave and resolate men
are able to keep host at bay, and bid them
perpetual defiance. blush to confess that
some few of those things" have been re-
ceived in our regiment as recruits. God
save the mark There is something su-
premely absurd in the spectacle presented
of Northern fanatics bounding Oh this mon
nrel crew, in their pet scheme Of Subjugat-
ING the South! Until now falsely hatter-
ed nv vanity that we Were ut least warning
with native-born Americans; how mortlty-
ing then to discover that Lincaln's army IS
literally composed of the very scum OF Eu-
rope. the dregs and refuse of her pauper
and begsarly population. There is really
nothing grand or noble in such strife; it
would be, in effect, utterly farcical were 1t
not for the terribly tragical consequences
following in it's inexorable train.
Yet ever and anon, as my pen traces these
lines, methinks I hear an universal sigh
from myriads of torn and bleeding hearts,
whose daily wish and only prayers are for
peace, and the return of the loved ones to
their homes and hearths again. How many
brave men who erstwhile left those homes
in the springtime of life, bouyant, bllthe
and gay, are now laid low on yon ensan-
cuined plain, their once bounding hearts
forever still, their cheerful voices hushed IN
the eternal silence of death! How one S
blood ch!lls when we retrospect the wide
spread desolation and ruin following N the
wake of this inelorious and.fratricldal war
Will man ever be guided by Reasons ge-
NAL sway? the mild teachings OF phllos'
ophy beyond human wisdom. Will an uni
versal love, genial brotherhood of feeling
ever gain the undisputed sway over our
present unhappy frailties and vain pas
sions? That the blissful era may speedily
arrive is the ever sincere wish OF