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LEE TO THE REAR.
The following; . poem, by John H. ' Thompson, ap
pears in the Crescent Monthly, for May, commemora
tive of an incident' on the 12th' of May 1864, at Sppt
sylvania Court House, although. the writer' associates
it.Vith the 'WildernesW.
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The gallant Ramseur's North
C iiroliuii'ius, and Gordon' Georgians, were the two
l .1 - t ? Li tit . 1 . , i i ! i
urtguues wucn siayea uie tiae on mat clay
Dawn of a pleasant morning in May,
Brf ke throrigh the "Wilderness, cool and gray,
vy iiuB, percuRii in xne uuiesi iree-iops, ine
Wove) caroling.MendelssohhV "Songs withi
XTTUMr.. 1. - 3 r ii a 1 II
bircla
ithout words.'
Far, from the haunts of men remote, ; ,
the bronls brawled on with a liquid note, 1
Ann nature, all tranquil and lovely, wore,
Thf smile of the spring, as in Eden, of yore.
Litjle by little, as daylight increased,
And deepened the roseate flush in the East
Litllo bv little" did morning reveal j I
Tw;o "long, glittering lines of steel;
Where two huhdrod thousand bayonets gleam,
TippWl with the' light of the earliest beam,.
And the faces aro Bullen and grim to see, :
In the hostile armies of-Grant and Lee. j -
AU-'dfttHuadenjere rose the sua,- ;T-
-Folded on the aileuce, tho opening gun
A little white ijuff of smoke there came,
And auon th vallcv was wreathed in flame.
! -
Down on the left of the rebel lines,
"there a breastwork stands in a copse of pines.
Before the rebels thoir ranks can form, .
Th Yankees liava gaWier'o plC iJLatrirr.
xnifi niixx eftrtttcn o'rr inc salionc rayf
hero many . a hero has 'found a grave,
And the gallant Confederates strive in vain,
ff ho- ground they have drenched with their blood to
"regain. ..; '
Yet loutler-the thunder-of battle roare-d
Yet a deadlier fira on their columns : poured
Slaughter infernal, jrocle with despair,!
l.uries twain, through the smoky air.
Not far. off in the saddle there sat,
A grey-boarded man, yith a black slouch hat;
Notmuc'h moved by the fire was he, ' ' ;
Calm and resolutie Robert Lee. ,
f Q'viok and watchful, he kept him eye,
l 'On two bohVrebtd brigades close 'by-r -
" iTteservesi. that
. . n- Z . ' w "vmhii ivtAVi v j j t.rv vikV
: J Where the tempest of wrath toppled over the trees.
For still with their loud, deep, bull-dog bay, " j
The Yankee batteries blazed away, j
And with every murderous, second that sped, j
A dozan brave fellow's, alas! fell dead. , j
TUe'fifraad old gray-beard rode to the' space,
Where Death and his victims stood face to face4
And silently wared his old slouch hat j
.t world of "meaning there was in that. ' i
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"Follow mo! Steady!. -We'll save the day!" j
This was what .'he seemed to say:.
And to the light of his glorious eye j
.-Tht bold brigades thus made reply
'iWvll go forward, but you must go back" ,
And they moved! not an inch in the perilous track;
;Go,t the rear,'and we'll send them to h 1!'
Then the'Sjonnd of tht battle was lost in their yell.
Turning his bridle, Robert Let?
Rode to the rear, Like the waves of the sea,
Bursting their dykes in the overflow,
. Madlv his veterans dashed oh the foe.
And backward in terror that foe was driven,
Their banners rent and their columns riven,'
Wherever the tide of battle rolled, ;
Over the Wilderness, wood and wold.
Hiasons have passsd since that day and year
Alain o'er its pebbles the brook run clear,
'And the fields in a richer green are drest
Tiere the dead ctf the terrible conflict rest.
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Hushed is the'roll of the rebel drum,
The sabres are sheathed and the cannon are dumb,"
And Fate, with pitiless hand, has furled ! jl
The .flag that once challenged the gaze -of the world;
But the fame' oivthe, Wilderness fight abides,
And down into history grimdly ride3, -'
Calm and unmoved, as in battle he sat,
:' The' gray-bearded man, in tho black slouch hat
BILL ARI' BEFORE THE RECONSTRUCTION
; i COMMITTEE. ,
To the Editor iJ the Metropolitan Record:
I Mr. Editoh: Murder will out, and. so
will evidence. Having seen Pan Rice's
testimony before the Destruction Commit
tee, I have felt sorter slighted because no
nientioii aint been made of mine, I suppose
it has been surpassed,, but I am not to be
hid put in obscurity: I said a good deal
more than -Lean put down Mr.- Editor, and
'at times my liinguage was considered im
pudent, but they thought that was all the
better lor their .side, for, it illustrated the
rebellious spirit I heard one of 'em say:
'' him go onthe ruling passion strong
- . : s eood States evidence."
j When I was put on the -stand old Bout
Avell Bwore ine most fiercely and 'solemnly
to speak the truth, the whole truth, jind
nothing but the truth !
he was then entertaining about a quart of
dQubiejrectified, and it locked lie it Jiad
soared! on his stbniack. Old Blow was
scitiii ff on one side with a rnemorandum
bojokl ettin peady to note cown some Vgar
bled pxtracts." , . lm' .
I OW tron Works was Chairman and when
neinoaaea nwrepuoiican neaa om uoui
welHsavs he;! "Your name is Arp. I Believe,
sir?" ri
. So' called," says I. . .
fYo4 reside in the State of Georgia, do
Ul can't . say exactly," says I. "I live in
Rome, tight in the fork of two injun rivers."
tln the Sfaf e of jje:o'tg,,.,. sa'vs hefiercely.;
says 3.1 We don't know whether Georgia
is a state or not. .: l would ime ior - you to
state; yourself, if you know. The state of
the country requires that this matt6r should
be I settled, and I will proceed to state,"
r i'Never niind, sir," says he. i How old
areiyoii, Mr. Ari)?" . .
f'hajt depends on circumstances," says
"I don't know whether to count the
last five years or not. Durin the War vour
lit '"(t,,''
folks: saad that a State couldn't secede, but
thit While she was in a State of rebellion
she ceased to-exist. Now you say we got
out ana we snan t get oacK again until
il870L A man's ace has got somethin to
do
wiitn his rights, and if' we are not to
e, I pon't think we ought to count the
IVO
time.1? ! r f. -:
Well, sir," says he; "are you familiar
with'thE Dolitical sentiments of the citizens
ofoir State?"
rupt no citizens yet sir tnat we Know
pi. JLyill tliank you to speak ot us as
people,'" j-
"Ve!l, sir," says he, "I'll humor your
obs tipacy. .Are the "people" of y our state."
"Bor topeak of it as a State sir, if you
please. J'mlon oath now, and you must
excuse fne for being; particular. 'Call it a
sectirfnl':" i'-K. . . '.
! I'MK Arp, are the "people" of your sec-
uon sumcieniiy numDiea ana repentant to
porjie jback into the Union on ' such terms
as wenay think proper to impose?"
1 1 ! f Nit much they ain't" says I. "I don't
thijilejtl ey are prepared for it yet. They
Wouldn't voluntarily go it blind against
your hand. They say the deal wasn't fair
and ydu've marked the cards and stole the
trumps, vbut at the same time they dont
care a! darn what you do. They've become
ihdifle!reatar.d dofltoarnothin-aboitotTf
to VoM, gentlemen, but I was swore to tell
ihejwraole truth. Our people aint a noticin
y oij oftW oSt of curiosity. Thy. don't ex
pect ajnything decent, honorable, nor noble
from ou, and, they've gone to work dig
gin arid plowin and plantin and raisin boy
bhildrry i J
J - RigJui here the man with a memorandum
scratc ie d down a garbled extract aiid old
Bout we 11 says he: "What .do you mean by
that, flit? - r ' ,
"vl'm statin' facts,". says I, "You must
draw, Kour own inferences. Thev are rais-
jngbdy children. Any harm, about that?
Any'treeson? Can't abodv raise boy chil-
dfen? Perhaps you'd like to amend the
Constitiition and stop it. Old Pharob tried
to stop Jit among tne Israelites, out it man t
prfy. LHe finally caught the dropsy in the
Rejd,$e. We are raisin' boy children for
the fun of it. They are a good thing to
have:
the house aa Mrs. 1 oodles would
sai
v Mr.lArp are not the feelings of your
people'Very bitter towards the North"
I'll jbpg you pardon, sir, but you 11 have
to split the; question, or else 1 11 have to
split ihe answer. Our people have a very
high -regard for honorable men, brave men,
earted .men, and there's a heap of
North, sir, and there s a heap of wid-
and orphans there we are sorry for;
for tius here Kadical party, they
upon them like they was hyenas a
ng up the dead for alivin. It 8 as
to hate, em as it is to kill a snake
It's utterly. impossible for me to tell the
strength, and length and height and depth
and psreadth ot their contempt tor that par
tyJ They Iook upon a Radical as as as
ill 'as a beggar on horseback a buz
zard isailin round a dead eagle a suck egg
dog Crreeping up to the tail ot a dead lion.
They
taiMabout hirin Brownlow to abuse
erfi.l
ojuse lauguage on 'em, like he did a
few years ago when In) spoke against Pryne.
flf iheV do hire Brownlow he'll spatter 'eni.
i iiifri li ii i i 1
hejli aauD em an over, and sume em ana
slabber oh 'em about right, and it will stick,
Ifor, the pores are open and their morals
rL LL'r- TiJ I . 4. Jol
spongyf x u imciu oiuwu uu uuuui icu ruuo
ana near mm spreaa nimsen. it wouia ue
wrs than a squirt-gun full, of cow-slop,
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andJ have no doubt would give - general-,
ea
s taction. '
Tint's, sufficient, sir," says old Bout-
welU SuEt it was m their power to do so,
would your people renew the fight?"
raol unless they could fight the Radicals
allj alone, and all the world agree to 'hands
oft' j j Bven then there woulcf'nt be no fight
for tie couldn't cotch you."
?'y npt'oo your peopic ay uuu mcsuu-
ject.of hexgr.o equality?"
l"They say it's a lie, sir it don't exist by
nature and never can in praeuct-. roms
nobles
them
dows
out as
look j
scratch
natural
welref rot: created free and equal. That j paper tells ajdroll story oft
mayibe a theoreti cal truth, but it's alwayswhich it would appear the
may'pe a ineorei cai num, uc v i vvnicn it wouiu appear inai. uiu jtiesiueot
been a practical lie. . There's men I give Vvas being shaved, the other day, when the
the sjdtiwalk. to, and there's men that gives ? barber accidentally tweaked his'nose a little
it to ioA. There's men that, I vote, and j td6 Hard.' "Pardon me," said he, very uat
men lhlt vote ma, and the grades go up, urally. "Put your hand inlmy coat pocket
unsteJ bv step, from my sort to Mr. Davis I and pull out one," replied the kind-hearted
add Mr Stephen's, and Gen. Lee, and How
ell Cobb, and Bern Hill, and their sort;
they are the highest in the nation; and then
it goes from me down, down, down to the
niggers, and the Republicans and the Radi
cals, and that's as low as they run.! There
ain't no equality, and you can't make one.
We'll vote the niffsers certain. I'll vote
Tip, and Tip's a 'head center.' He'll vote
about forty, and the tirst tnmg you Know
. . . . n . i ij.l . ' : '.
we'll elect'seven big black
greasy . nigger?;
to Congress. We'l do it
certain seven
of them 18 carats strong, with African musk.
The other tebel States will do the same
rebel States will do the same
thing, and youl'l have about 'fifty of 'em to Lbrroi ,0e 8e bore l,er boy tne
draw sea J(with. and vou can all stick yourfW be harsh and ;
legslulVrudaskslr
itc" and vermin7antTbe shampood' at tho
same shopijand the fair sexes can . set to
gether in the galleries arid biix. odors, and
fan their scent about promiscuous. We'l
give you ajfull benefit of your Civil Rights
bill, see if we: dont. You go on play
your cards; We are bidin our time. -We
are payin your taxes and our duties and
back rations for 1864, and license, and your
infernal reVenue, and obeyin your laws
without havin any hand in makin 'em, and
we are cut off from" pension, and public
lands; and you (sold a poor man's still in
my county theother day because he could
pay no tax. on some peach brandy he still
ed for his neighbors two years ago: and
soon you'ljbe selling the.land for the land
tax, and you're tryin your best to play the
devil generally; but'you'll cotch it in the
long. See if you dont. Ta
k about Fen-
lans. When the' good men
of the North
and the South all get together, they'll walk
over the track so fast that you won't have :
time to get out oi tne way.
You'f subside
inf Wf,v t nA A;Mran !
ny that their daddies'ever belonged to such !
a party. Excuse me, gentlemen, but I'm
a little exited. Five cents a pound on
cotton will excite anybody that makes it.
Tax on industry-on sweat and toil". Pro.
tection tariffs MTor Pennsylvania j and five
,pnf n rnU Unv fiifLrn ,,ff,n '
and your fblksw"iU manage
some way or
other to steal the other, half. My advice
to you is to quit this foolishnesiand begin
to travel the only road to peace.
Old Blow couldn't keep up .
garbled extracts.
t'What makes the President so
at the South?
"Contrast, sir contrast.
Tiui r 1,;,
ain't like your party, the more popular he J
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be-devil him so, that sometimes he don't! ,. """"' au ?
understand hUself. I dont't think he lbipned him severely, and he did the cry-
knew for a while whether his Peace Pro-
clamation restored the writ of habeas e.or
pus or hot. But do you go on and im
peach him, and that will bring matters to
a locus," HI bet you'd be m Fort Dela
ware in a
week sand the Southern mem
bers be here iji their seats, and they'll look
round at the political wreck1 and i ruin and
r 1 1 1 rwl a i nn1 cfttl;nro flr-fQ iKnan irnin -- '
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ana tney raignt exciaim, in tne language ot !
the poet 1 I 1 f ' !
pii We since Tsh pin gone?" !
11:. . : i !
"Mr. Arp, suppose we should have a'war
with England
or France, w
lat would the !
- i
rebels do?
"They'd follow Gen. Lee, and Gen. John
son, and Loligstreet, arid Bragg and old i
Bory. My opinion is, that Gen. Lee would
head the Union army, and Geh. Grant would ,
be his chief of Staff, and Gen. Buell would
rank mighty high, and" -
" What would you do With Gen. Sherman?" j
"Sorry you mentioned Jiirn. We'd have!
to hire him, I reckon, as a camp fiddler,!
and make him sing "Hail Columbia" by
fire-light, as ji . warning to the bovs how
mean it is to
burn cities and towns and
make war,: upon defenceless ''women and
children. ,N6, sir, .our boys! -wouldn't fight
under no. such." j j
"T)fi vmi think. AT- 1 A
Sbuth should evekhold the balance of truth, and vyas tond ot his lessons and in
nnwpr. thpv U.lw mnnii fu;. latuated with the Sunday School. ; And
" ' 1 " ."V.Y '-VyillilJ J.f tt i lJ I 1,1111
negroes.'
"I can't Say, sir.
But I don't think the
South has Most anything that wav. We
V.. V b 1 A V..V
got their llabpr before the war for their
vittels and! clothes and doctor's bills, and
we get it now for aboiitithe same. It's all
settled down rhnt. ,w.iv nnd vonr Ti,-oa
couldent help it. The oulyl difference is in
the distribution. Some of us don't own as
many . as we lised io, but everybody has got
. I- -. !. .ii ii- .
a nigger or two now, and tney ii ail vote
em or turn epi offi A nigger that wouldent
J vote as
boots."
to
d him, shouldent tilack my
At this rim r. r)omriiifiP nnkvA. -if
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j one another
seemin to be bothered and as
tonished. Garbled
extracts
were put down
with a vim.
! Mr. Boutwell says he, IV
r. Chairman, I
think, sir, we are about through with the
! witness, f thinkj sir, his testimony settles
the question as tb what we ought to do
j with Southern traitors: ! :
j The; chairman I gave : me a Republican
j nod aud remarked, "Yes, sir, I think we do,
j The scoundrjels bijrnt my iron works." i
j Whereupon I retired, having given gen-
;erai satisiaction., j i
H Yours truly, r -
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Bill Akp. i
; iVYashington letter-wn
er to a Radical
of the President, by
ua al t : 1 a
- J chief Magistrate, "and I'll fill it out for you
for : vnen youlre done.4
BOY THAT BORE A CHARMED LIFE.
. . . .
oce there was
s a bad little boy, whose
name was Jim
tnougn u you win nonce,
you will find that bad little boys are al
sicKrtiother who was pious and had con-J
fp, anu wouiuuh gmu io ue aown ;
Vge ana oe at rest, out ior trie 4
AlosY Bad boys in the Sunday school books j
are named James, and haven't sick mothers .
Who teach them to say, "$ovl lay me
down," etc., and then sing them to sleep
with sweet plaintive voices, and then kiss j
them good uight, and kneel down by the j
bedside and weep.
But .it was different with this fellow.
He was named Jim, and there was'nt any
thing the matter with his mother no con
sumption or anything of that kind. She
was rather stout than otherwise, and she
was not pious; moreover, she was not anx
ious on Jim's account; she said if he were
to break his neck, it wouldn't be much
loss:. she always spanked him to -sleep and
she never kissed him good-night; on the
contrary, she boxed his ears when she was
ready to leave him. !
Once, this bad little boy stole the key of
the pantry, and slipped in there and help
ed himself to some jam, and filled the ves-
j sel up with tar, so that his" mother would
never Know t ie uiuereiirc; ;uut a,, at yuce
1 j.1 . Jlflf T . -.11 i.
a ternoie leeuug uiuu b cuiuc uvcr hum,
?nd something dido t seem to whisper to
V I X T k ' 77
? 8inful to do th,s?ul fWherf, d. ,
httl? ho gobble up their kind
' mother's jam" and then he didn t kneel
jJovvn 11 alone, and promise never to be
! wicked any more, and rise up with a light
i"H,a..u BaUu it. u,s
UUUUl III ailU Jfj 1UI 1CI IVIglll,lH,J, (HIU MM
blessed by her tears of pride and thankful-
ness in her eyes. No; that is the way with
with his other bad boys in the books, but it hap
: ; pcued otherwise with this Jim, strangely
nonular !enough He ate that jam, and said it was
1 .1 j bully, in his sinful, vulgar way; and he put
in the tar and said it was bally, also, and
fd d observed thafgie old woman
it offi aua wncu encSiiartiua out he Ue-
moil I: nnnri nni?tlnnni nKtut- i
ln ,milse11' Everything about this boy
was curious everything turned out differ
ently with him from the way it does to
the bad Jameses in the books. .
Once he climbed 'up in Farmer Acorn's
apple tree to steal apples, and the limb
didn't break, and he didn't fall and break
his arm, and get torn by the farmer's great
dog and then languish on a sick bed for
weeks and renent and becnm pnnn. Oh.
. , , 1 , ? ' V
no stole as many apples as he wanted,
ana came tIOWU al1 nSn na ne was a"
1 ,1 II ,"
:reaayIorin(3aoS o,.,ana KnocKea him
enaway8 Wltn a rccK wnen nef came to tear
him. ?
It was very strange: nothing like it . ever
happened in those mild little books with
mai bled backs and with pictures in them of
men with swallow-tailed coats and bell
crowned hats, and pantaloons that areshort
iii the legs, and women with, the waists of
their dresses under their arms and no hoops
on. Nothing like it in any of the Sunday
school books.
Once he stole the teacher's penknife, and
"when he was afraid it would be found out
and he would be whipped, he slipped it in
George Wilson's cap poor Widow Wil
son's son, the moral boy, Uhe good little
boy of the village, the boy who always
obeyed his mother, and never told an un-
when the knife dropped from the cap, and
roor George hung his head and blushed, as
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11 m conscious u it, , aua tne grieved teach-
fr charged the thett upon him, and was
Justuln the of bringing the switch down
on iis trembling shoulders, a white haired
improbable justice of the peace didn't sud-
denly aPPear, in their midtii and strike an
; a"uoe ana say "opare tnis nooie Doy,
thcr? stand3 the cowering culprit! I was
'rfiooiiinrtlifaliorllrf-ircif. romiMi r
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And then. Jim didn't get whaled, and the
venerable justice didn't read the tearful
! school a homily, and take George by the
i l ,J ,1 1 1 1 1 tr 1
uttuu, aiiu nay bucu a ooy.ueserveu to ue
exaitea and then tell him to come and
make his home with him, ' aud sweep put
the office, aud make fires and run errands,
and chop, wood and study law, and help
his wife to do household labors, and have
all the balance of the time to play, and get
forty cents a month, and be happy. No,
it would have happened that way in the
1.1 i. . , &
books, but it didn't nappen that wav to
Jim. No meddling old clam of a justice drop
ped in to make trouble, and so the model
boy George got thrashed, and Jim was glad
ot it. Because, you know, Jim hated moral
boys. Jim said he was down on milk
sops.' Such was the , coarse language of
this oaa, neglected boy.
But tlie strangest thing ?that ever hap
pened to Jim wa the time when he went
boating on Sunday and,did'nt get drowned,
and the other, when he got caught :out in
the storm when he was fishing on Sunday,
and did'nt get 6truck by lightning, i Why,
VOU might look, and look, and look through
y o "1 . tJ
the Sunday scho'ol books, from now to next
Christinas, and you would never come
across -anything like this. Oh. nu vou
would find that all the bad bovs who" go
boatinir on Sum
An Siinnav invnrinnlv frt ilrnvvn-
ed, and: all the bad boys who get caught
on
unjr.
get
ct nrmo
w,en bad boys go fishing on. the Sabbath.
How this Jim ever escaped is a mystery
to me. 1 , -
i Tliis Jim bore a ch arm ed life that must
have beenxhe way.of.it. Nothing, could
the menagerie a phig ot tobacco, iTa"ITTe
elephant did'nt knock the top of his head
off with his trunk. . He broused around the
cupboard after essence of fteppermint, and
did'nt niake a mistake and drink aquafortis,
He stole his father's cun and went hunt-
ing on the Sabbath, and did'nt shoot three
or four of his fingers oft". He struck his
nine sister on tue tempie witn msnst wuen
he was angry, and she did'nt linger in pain
through; long summer days and die with
sweet words, of forgiveness upon .her lips
that redoubled the anguish of his breaking
heart. ' No she got over it. He rau off
and went to sea at last, and did'nt come
back and find himself sad and alone in the
quiet churchyard, and the vine-embowered
homo of boyhood tumbled down and gone
tod
iecay- Ah, no he came home as drunk '
a piper and got into the station house i
first thing
as
the
And h
lie grew up, and married and raised
fo,;iir .ml kV.J-.o,! tiia.n jl riii
a large family
an axe one night, and got wealthy by all
manner of cheating. and rascality, and now
he is . the infernalest, wickedest, scoun
drel in his native village, and is universally
respected, and belongs to" the Legislature.
. So you see there never was a bad James
in the Sunday school books that had such
a streak1 of luck as this sinful Jim with the
charmed life..- .
A TISER STORY.
The daughter of a Moonda, or head man
of the place, was affianced," in the rude na
tive fashion, to one of the young men of the
village, and their nuptial were to come
off in aj few days. One evening the girl
with some of her female-companions went,
as. was their daily wont, to the brook al
readv mentioned to bathe and letch water
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but a quarter ot an hour, when the start-
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mer VfllAl lt 3 Tffrnr urill rill ninrAmrv . . O I
shrieks of the ' women, suddenly broke the
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silence of the nunr, and before the roused
villagers could snatch their arms, the girls
came Hying back with horror in their fact's,
and in a few words announced the dreadful
fact that a tiger had taken off one of their
party. ' It Was the Moonda's daughter.
Her kinsman rushed, but with hopeless
hearts to ' the rescue. Foremost among
these was lier intended husband, arid close
by his side-his sworn brother allied to him
by a ceremony, common among his people,
of tasting each other's blood, and swearing
to stand by each other in: after life, come
weal, come woe. - While the rest were fol
lowing !witli . skill and caution the bloody
traces oi tne monster and nis prey, tnese
two dashing on through the dense jungle,
In a small open space 0
open space iwnicn i auerwnrd
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visited the tiger was crouched over the
dead body of the girl, which it had already
begun to devour. The approach" of the
hunters roused him, and he stood over the
carcass, growling defiance at the two men.
In a moment an arrow from the bereaved
lover's bow rnerced the tiger's chest.. It
struck deep and true, but not so as (in
sporting phrase) to stop the dreadful beast,
! who from'a distance of thirty paces, came
; down with his peculiar whirlwind, and
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rushed on his assailant. 1 he young man
had just time to draw his "kappee," or battle-ax
from his girdle, when the tiger seiz
ed him' by the left wrist. The man leaning'
well back to
the
of r
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ment his head was crushed with the mon-
I cttii-'a 1 wa onrl li 1 foil A&nA iinnn flio:
i . V . ii "11 , , .HUM IUI lumcuimu uioiuiu u...v....v..
;a.,; drove it with all collected strength '-lf 1rninRt n tombstone. Two armies
uaiu room ior me swum ui r'. r... mvnvnrH nH r:,ti-h
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age and despair into the tiger's, forearm,., v knll.. mit nl-l1v nilintll' llflfll imP'lCf'fl.
severing me massive pone, ana leaving me j i wben nnproachiug to manhood, ihow
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blade buried in the muscles. TI
"v, " v vrwi. w.v . ut,g3 nn(i eoiuneartenness, jusi as uit coui-
ground, while the tiger, tamed by the loss j negs n(J darkness of the night increases two--of
blood, turned round, and began to limp f0( just before the rising of the sun. Who
away.! All occurred so rapidly,. 'that the tijj nQW .fever gaw waterfalls caught in nets?
surviving comrade had not shot a shaft, fish vvollid not be an emblem of justice.'
but. now, maddened, he ran to the retreat-
ng Drute and sent arrow aicer arrow ui
to the feather into its side and neck until
it rolled over, dying, within a few yards of
the ill-fated young couple. The tiger sun
breathed as the rest of the party came up.
They struck off its head, dissevered the
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muscle by which the forearm still aanereu
to the shoulder, and with these spoils, and
the mangled bodies of .the poor victims
borne on litters, they rerumeu a meiancuo-
ly processiou to the village. Ihe above
minute details I had from the chief actor
himself, a stalwart .young fellow. The
event had occurred not more than a montn
or five Weeks belore, and the sun-dried
strips of flesh still adhered to the ghastly
trophy on the pole. I wished to have
hrnmrht the bones away, but they, gave
some, comfort to the poor old Moonda's
heartl They reminded him thathis daugh
ter had not died unavenged, and I left them
th e r e. On ce a I Veik.
Tin not take too much interest in the af
fairs of vour neighbors. Six percent will do.
m J .
I joke? Because he isa-musing.
Wny is a man in a reverie ime a guou
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Success in .Like. Benjamin Franklin
attributed his success as a public man, not
to his talents or his powers of speaking ' j
for these were but moderate but to his
own integrity of character. H;&ce it was,
he says, that I had so much weight with
my fellow citizens. Iam but a poor speak-"
er, never eloquent, subject to much hesita-"
tion in my choice of words, hardly correct
in language, ami yet I generally carried my
point. Character creates confidence in "men
of high 'station as well as in humble, life.
It was said of ;he 1 emperor Alexander, of
Russia, that his personal character was
equivalent to a constitutiolu During the.,
'wars or tng,.iiint?;..'MpuiatgHtf '"wasTTT e
only man among&t the French gentry who
kept his castle gates unbarred; and it was -
said of him, that his personal character was
tvorth more to him than a regiment of
WOI
horses. That character is power, is true
in' a much higher sense than that knowledge
is power. Mind without heart, intelli
gence without conduct, cleverness without
goodness, are powers in. their way, but they
may be powers only for mischief. We may
be instructed or amused by them, but it is
sometimes as difficult to admire the dexter
ity of a pickpocket, or the horsemanship of
a highwayman. Truthfulness,, integrity
and goodness qualities that hang not on
any man's I breath form the essence of
manly character, or as one of our old writ-
ers has it, "that inbred loyalty unto virtue
which can serve her without a livery.
When Stephen of Colonna felr into the handi
ot his assailants, and they asked mm, in
derision, 'where is vour fortress?' Here,
was his reply, placing'his hand upon his
: heart. It is in his misfortune that the char
acter of the upright man shines forth with
great lustre; and when all else fails, he takes
a stand upon his integrity, and his courage.
Ax Eventful Caueeu. A Confederate
soldier has) just" returned home after an
absence of more than four years in the ser
vice of his country. He joined the regi
ment of Colonel, or "now 'Major General,
. Kershaw, in this State; subsequently chang
ed his command; went to lrgima, was en
gaged in thirty one-battles, .arid one hun
dred and twenty-three skirmishes, not
inetnding the "rows" on picket: was shot
twice; returned to the field; and in the gen
eral full, while making- his way home to
South Carolin was .captured and paroled.
v,nL,.,fu .1itt.Vrla 4-l hhuxA
service to 'miard
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dent Davis, in which service he was cap
tured .a second time. Found with a vio-.
lated parole hrhis pocket, he was carried,
with his comrades, to HiUon Head, where
they were tried for their lives. The Mili
tary Court failing to agreed, they were
sent to New York, tried a'second time, and
Iji e of their number ordered to be shot,
which sentence was carried into execution.
The remainder were conveyed to a prison
in Springfield Illinois, within sight of the
.home of Mr. Lincoln, and there remained
until the term of. their confinement expired.
He has had four wives, all of whom are
dead; and by each wife a pair of twins,
whom he had not seen until his return,
since; the beginning of the war. Such a
.man is an embodiment of history civil,
political, military and domestic, and e;r-
tiilll - UCSCI VL3 ii IllUUai Ul a IllUllUlliCIU.
Columbia S. C, Caro'.itunn:
A hard story, this is; Barnum. should
have' that man. '
Puqvekijs. Don't swop with your rela
tions unless you can afford to give them the
big end of the trade. Marry young, and if
circumstances require it often. If you can't
get good clothes and education, too, get the
clothes. Say, "How are you?" to every
body. Cultivate modesty, but keep a good
stock of impudence on hand. Be chaiitalue
three penny cent pieces were made 'on
purpose. "It costs more to borrow than it
does to buy. -Keep both eyes open, but
don4t see more than half you notice. II you
le next mo- ; the jta afftcti0n, the most love of teasing,
i f li Lm m rr!. .1 . - .1 a !!
! f.p (rrPAtestdestructiveriess, the most selfish-
' Wliv- iv- v
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. 's uneauat scales. Scarlet and vellow
are both very good colors for dresses, but
bad ones for fevers. It is said that "a fool
and his money are soon parted." Men of
genius seldom part with that cornmoditj'
and for the best of reasons. A man may.be
said to "know thoroughly only what he can
correctly communicate to others. The
editor keeps the world's day-book; the his- 1
tonan keeps the ledger. ' : ' -
In the United States there were .50,00.0
deaths by consumption in I860..' This ia
one-eight of the whole number of death?.
The mortality by consumption is greatest
in New England, where it produces one-
fourth of the whole number ot deatns; in
the middle and Southern States one-sixth;
in the Western States one-eighth.
Keep your mouth shut when you read,
when you write, when you listen, when.
you are in pain, when you are running, when
you are riding, and by all means when you
are angry." There is co person in society
but will find and acknowledge improvement
in health and enjoyment from even a teinpo-
rary
attention to this advice.