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ting that they have suffered greatly,
says, “the Inferior Court and the city
charities have been unable to meet
their wants.”
Our sympathies are all with the poor
sufferers—the soldiers’ wives and chil
dren—with the #“ worthy woman,
whose husband and only son being in
Gen. Johnston’s army, went begging
from door to to door, for a pint of
corn meal, to keep herself and two
litttle girls from starving:'' and we
cannot help condemning the corres
pondent, “ S.,” who, though partially
siding with the poor sufferers, never
theless calls them “ poor wretches'
We think they should not .have such
an epithet applied to them. For a
soldiers’ wife to have to beg from door
to door for a pint of corn meal, to
keep herself and two little girls from
starving—this is enough to transform
that woman into a fiend—much more
a rioter for bread.
A riot is wrong : we grant it: but
it is equally wrong not to provide for
the wives and children of the soldiers.
Those who fail to make that provi
sion, are the first wrong-doers: and
it does not come with a good grace
from them to condemn conduct in oth
ers for which they themselves are pri
marily responsible.
These remarks are by no means in
tended especially for Savannah. They
are applicable all over Georgia. Ad
equate provision has not been made
foi soldiers’ families. Our Georgia
legislature failed to do their duty.
There is no way under heaven tD
make sufficient provision for soldiers’
families but to empower and require
the Inferior Court of each county to
levy a tax in kind, as well as in mon
ey, to meet all the necessities of the
women and children whom the soldiers
have left behind them. This we have
urged upon the people of Georgia,
and upon the Georgia legislature time
ami again, but they have tailed to
meet the demands of the crisis, and
the result is such scenes as have been
enacted iu Savannah.
Savannah,'though, is not the only
place where there is suffering among
the wives and children of the soldieis.
That suffering exists all over the
jyuintry, and we raise our voicg again
to have it abated, though we have but
little hope—in fact, we may say none
—-that our call will be heeded.
But what is to heccrno of the poor
women in Savannah, who were en
gaged in the late riot? His Honor
the Mayor told them he intended to
use Jiis influence witii the Inferior
Court of Chatham county, to induce
it not to give them any more bread.
Therefore they and their children
must starve to death unless the}' rob
or steal, and, in that event, they must
suffer the penalties of the law. We
think these “poor wretches” have been
harshly treated. If their wants had been
al^viated, and a kind word spoken to
them,as our Savior once did to an offen
der and it bad beensaid to them in mer
cy , “ Go aud siu no more,” a better
effect might Lave been produced upon
them, than wilh follow the harsh
treatment they have received.
We take occasion to say that we see
from the Savannah papers that prompt,
efforts are being made to establish a
free market in Savannah for the indi
gent, and every disposition seems to
be evinced to alleviate the suffering
in our sea port. This is very well :
and the people of Savannah uiiijj y>et
come up to the full measure of their
duty.
Pastoral Employments.
BT WILLIAM BKOWNE.
But since her stay was long: for (ear the sun
Should find them idle, some of them begun
To leap and wrestle, others threw the bar,
Some Irom the company removed are
To meditate the songs they meant to play,
Or make a new round for next holiday:
Some, tales of love, their love sick fellows
told ;
Others were seeking stakes to pitch their fold.
This, all alone, was mending of his pipe;
That, for his lass, sought fruits most sweet,
most ripe.
Here (from the rest) a lovely shepherd’s boy
Sits piping on a hill, as if his joy
Would still endure, or else that age’s frost
Should never make him think what be had
lost;
Yonder a shepherdess knits by the springs,
Her bands stilt keeping time to what she sings ;
Or seeming, by her song, those fairest bands
Were comforted in working. Near the sands
Of some sweet river, sits a musing lad,
That mourns tbe loss of what he sometime bad,
His love by death bereft: wbeu fast by hinrr
An aged swain takes place, as near the brim
Of’3 grave as of tha river.
Our Spri.nq Rkcord.—“There is
not a State of the Confederacy (with
tbe exception of Missouri, where we
have no force) in which, within about
two months past, tbe Confederate
arms have not achieved some success,
ortheyankees met with a failure. Thus
we have:
In Texas, Benavides’affair at La
redo.
In Louisiana, Banks’ defeat at
Mansfield.
In Arkansas, tbe capture of Jack-
snnsport, and possibly, by this time,
the discomfiture of Steele.
In Kentucky, the capture of Pa
ducah.
In Tennessee, the capture of Fort
Pillow.
In Mississippi, the defeat of Grier
son.
In Alabama, the yankee failure at
Port Powell.
In Florida, the victory of Ocean
Pond.
In Georgia, the repulse of Crow’s
Valley.
In South. Carolina, the confess
ed failure of the siege of Charles
ton.
In North Carolina, the capture of
Plymouth.
In Virginia, the defeat, of Dahlgrcn'a
raid.
There are others besides, but we
have confined ourselves to a single
affair iu each State. Surely the skies
all around us are blight with happy
omens.”
ANOTHER ItKVOLIJTIi X IX IRELAND.
—“John Martin, one of the exiles of
1848, is preparing, by addresses in the
organ of the Fxtremists, for another
movement in Ireland. A Cornmitee,
headed by O’Donohue and other poli-
ti cians, has been foimed, and an ad
dress issued. All Irishmen arc in?
vited to join the party. The constir
tution of the league they promise to
publish shortly. Violent resistance
to Hngland is discountenauftd; but
it is thought that she, apprehensive of
foreign difficulties, would yield to their
just demands.”
Imfessment ok Milch Cows.—“Arti
cle 8 of the General Orders, of Adjutant
General Cooper, published 25th of March,
1864. says:
‘No impressment, under this or any oth
er orders, shall be made of milch cows, or
of the breeding stock of any farm or plan;
tation.’ And yet, in violation of this most
peremptory ord t, the Aljpngdon Virginian
is informed that many milch cows have
been impressed by men professing to act
under orders. It will be well for farmers to
demand au exhibition of the authority
upon which General Cooper’s order is
violated.” . • -