The Daily Phoenix

THE YANKEE.—Admiral Semmes, of the Memphis Bulletin, draws the following lively picture of the Yankee race:

"The individual energy, industry and enterprise of this remarkable race is equally astonishing. They construct the longest railroads, dig the deepest canals, and build the finest ships of any people in the world. When we were afloat in the Alabama, endeavoring to prevent these iconoclasts from pulling down the idol of government which they had so recently set up, if we were in doubt as to the nationality of any ship we were pursuing, we had only to take a good look at her, at whatever distance she might be, through our telescope, to determine at once whether she was Yankee or not. If she excelled the ships of all other nations in the symmetry of her hull, the length, the grace, and the taper of her spars; if her canvas was whiter, her sails larger, more beautifully set, and 'sheeted home,' and hoisted in a more seaman-like manner; if, in short, like a beautiful woman, she ravished the beholder as well by the swelling and graceful outlines of her figure, as by the witchery of her drapery, we were always sure she was Yankee. What is it that the Yankee cannot do? And whether he can do it or not, what is it that he will not attempt? He has recently invaded the Holy Land, intent upon uprooting the Turk and getting possession of the holy sepulchre. The Sultan had better look out for himself. If he permits the cockatrice's egg to hatch he is gone. The Yankee will steal his very yatagan and turban, and swear they are his own."