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the countryman.
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TURN WOLD, GA„ MAY 3, 1864;
Increased Price.
We are again reluctantly compelled
to raise the price of our paper, on ac
count of.the increased cost of pub
lishing. That price is now $5 for four
months, and we will not receive sub
scriptions for a lpngei term than that
time. Our subscription price is still
less than that of. other papers of the
.same .class, published Ml the Confed
eracy.—We wish to have another
thing understood, also. Should we,
pt any time.be compelled, on account
.of the impossibility of procuring pa
per, to issue, occasionally, only a half
sheet (which we hope may not be the
case) our subscribers must not consider
themselves entitled to complain* when
* we do our best. This is the bargain.
Tobacco.
Last week we re published an ar
ticle from the Macon Confederate, on
the cultivation of tobacco, in which
the author sets out by saying to the
editor, “ there are few of your readers,
of either sex, who do not use tobacco
in one way or another, either by chew
ing, smoking, or ‘ dipping.’ ” We in
tended to accompany the aiticle with
a short note, condoling with the editor
•of the Confederate on having such a
s^t of readers—particularly those who
‘dip:’ but it escaped us to ,do so.—
But the editor of the Confederate, in
publishing the tobacco essay, denied
the ‘soft impeachment.’ He denied
that his lady readers ‘dip:’ and as
we have circulated ,the slander of his
correspondent without the denial, we
give that denial publicity now. Had
we been in brother Flash’s place, we
would have stricken out the slander,
before publishing the artifcle—sure.
“ Miscegenation.”
We observe that a Rev. Mr. Har
rison has been lecturing in Columbus,
Geo., on the above subject. Of cOuise
it was to condemn the thing. -But is
it proper to lecture on such a subject,
even to condemn, to a Southern au
dience? We would sooner think of
lecturing to a promiscuous assemblage,
on the ingredients that compose the
compost heap, or the cess-pool. We
agree with a cotemporavy—we forget
which one, now—in condemning even
the too frequent use, in Southern pa
pers, of the word which heads this
article. We believe, with that ootem-
porary tliat the yankees should be al
lowed to have the word, and the insti
tution, all to themselves. Certainly
they alone should be left to lecture
on the subject.
Bread Riot in Savannah.
Some women in Savannah latety
entered certain houses in the city, and
seized provisions, in order to appease
their own hunger, and that of - their
children. Thereupon the press and
the authorities are dowra upon the un
lucky women.
One-of them, signing herself “A
Sufferer,”' comes out in a card, defend
ing her conduct. She says in the
opening of that card-—
“The great amount of distress which
now prevails among the pooler class
es of this city, and particularly in the
families of soldiers, induces the writer
to make some remarks on the sub
ject.”
She says that-the soldiers’ families,
in Savannah—some of them, at least
—are frequently without anything to
eat: that they have applied again and
again to the proper authorities to re
lieve their distress, but in vain : they
are dependent upon their husbands’
pay of $11 a month for a support,
&c., &c. She winds tip as fol
lows :
“ ‘ Necessity lias no law, and pov
erty is tiie mother of invention,’ re
marks the old proverb : and these
shall he the principles on which we
shall, in future, stand. If fair words
and fair means will not do, we will try
what virtue there is in stones. We
want food, and must have it, by one
way or the other, and if not contribu
ted peaceably, we will have it forci
bly, at the risk of our lives.”
The editor of the Republican, in
reply to “A Sufferer’s ” card, reasons
the case with her in a deliberate and
appropriate manner, and calls upon
the people of Savannah to come to
the rescue of all the sufferers.
We notice, in the proceedings of the
police court of Savannah, the follow
ing paragraph :
“ His Honor, in discharging these
women, remarked, that such acts of
violence were an t/iiifirgG cm all lavs'
and decency, and that tvfieh wonrer?
became rioters, they cease to b$ ttieb
men ; and that the affair on tuesday,
was but the entering wedge to riot
and murder, and, if tolerated, must
end in bloodshed. He said he intend
ed to keep a record of the names of
all engaged in such violation of the
law, and use his influence with the In
ferior Court to have their names
stricken from the roll of women who
obtaiu their supplies from the Court-
House.”
A correspondent, “ S.,” of the Sa
vannah Republican, has the following
paragraph, in an article with refer
ence to the bread riot in Savan
nah :
“As a lover of law and order, I was
mortified to see it [the riot] vet I
could not but pity these poor wretch
es while I condemned their action.
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It is an incontrovertible fact that
there exists in this community, a class
of persons (females and children) who
are battling with Poverty. Many
havesuffered foi months; but recent
ly all suffer alihe—the Conscript Bu
reau having called upon them todeliv.-
er up every arm on which they have
been leaning for support, and left them
to themselves. The Inferior Court, and
the city charities have been unable to
meet their wants, the fearful price of
produce rendering the small amounts
doled out to them cf but little comfort.
They cannot obtain work, or if they
do, the prices paid are too. small to
meet their necessary expenses. Last
year many poor women were laboring
for a fraction over 75 cents per day—
that being the price paid for making
a pair of soldiers’ pants, and a wo
man not being able to make more
than one pair per day, and do the work
justice.
Among the lower. classes, I grant
you, there are many who impose up*
on charitable persons and societies :
but this does not apply to them all.
Only yesterday, I saw a very worthy
woman, whose husband and only son
are with Gen. Johnstoa’s army beg
ging from door to door for a pint of
corn meal, to keep herself and two
little girls from starving f The fact
exists that we have many very poor
peple in our midst—poor, in its literal
acceptation.”
We call particular .attention to one
passage in the foregoing paragraph.
One of the citizens of Savannah, while
condemning the “ poor wxetchi s,” who
eng god in the riot, and while admit-