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by joiin t;. wiirrnsis.
Up from the meadows rich with corn. |
Clear hi the coo! September mom.
The clustered of Frederich stand
<Jm?n-walled by tlic hills of Maryland.
jRound aliout tliem orchards sweep.
Apfd c and |>eueh-tree frnitod deep.
, Fair its a garden of the Lord
To the eyes of the famished rebel horde.
On that pieasaut morn of the early Kail
oTiw,., ? ^ n.^v. iiwi nvpr the mountain wall
' Orer the mountains winding town.
Horse'Hnd foot into Frederick town.
Fbrtj- flags with their silver stars.
Forty . flags with'their crimson ban*,
Mtaa in the morning wind : the son
Of soon looked down, and saw not erne.
Up wee old Tarbara Frletchle then.
liowod with her fourscore \eare and ten;
Braeest' hi all FYoderlck tow a
Ae took up the flag the rneu hauled down
la her attic-window the staff she set.
To a how that one heart has loyjd >x?t.
Up the street came the rebel tread,
btoncw all Jackson riding ahead,
Under his aloouebed hat left and right
He glaneed: the old flag met his sight.
" Halt l"-the dnst-browu ranks stood fan
"Ffrc I"-out blazed the ritle-blast.
It shivered the window, pane and sasli.
It real the banner with seam and gash.
Quick, as It fell, from the broken staff
ltaine Larhara snatched the silken scurf,
She leaned far out on tlie window-sill.
And shook it forth with a royal wiil.
"'Shook if you must, this old gray head.
But spare your country's flag,"she said.
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A shade of sadness, a blush of shame,
Ch er the face uf the leader came;
The nobler nature w ithin him stirred
To llle at that woman's (let*!-* and words.
44 Who touches a hair of yon gray bead
? LScs like a do*'! March on I" he said.
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AH day long through Frederick street
Sounded the tread of marching feet:
r All
day long that free Aag tossed . /
Cher the heads of the rebel host.
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Kver Its torn folds rose and fell
On the loyal winds that lov ed it well:
And through the hill-gaps sunset light
Shone over it With a warm good night.'
Barbara Frietchic-v w ork is <>'er.
And the rebel rides on his raids no more.
Honor to her! and let a tear "
Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier.
a Over For her* Frieteliic's grave
Fkgof 1 revdom and lidou wave!
Fence and onkrnud Ix'anty draw
Round the symbol oi light and law;
And ever the stars al?ove hark down
Cu thy star? below in 1 red crick t wu [
I Atlantic Monthly.]
A SociAfiLF. Governor.?Gov. Powell,
jdT Kentucky, was never an orator, but his
conversational, story telling and soeinl
qualities were remarkable. His great
forte lay in establishing a personal intimacy
with every one he met, and in this
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way iu; jfuwcmu in cmuiiutTiiu^,
He chewed immense quantities of tobacco,
lmt never carried the weed himself, and
was always Ivgging it of every one he
met. His residence was in Henderson,
and in coming .up the Ohio, past that
place, I overheard the following characteristic
anecdote of him
A citizen of Henderson coming on,
Ixmrd, fell into conversation with a passenger
who made inquiries about Powell.
44 He lives in your place, I believe,>
don't he V"
44 Yes, one of our oldest citizens.*'
44 Very sociable man, ain't he . ., . <\
44 Remarkably so." '-.j
44 Well, I thought so. I think li^ is one
' of the most sociable men I over met iu all
my life. Wonderfully sociable. I yras
introduced tol.im over at Grayson Springs
last summer, and he hadn't been with
me ten minutes when be begged all the j
tobacco I bad, got bis feet up in my lap, \
and spit all over me?remarkably socia- !
able."
A Gallvxt Michigandek.?The gallant j
bearing of Sergeant Samuel Pollock, of j
the 6th Michigan, was represented to Gen. j
Emory by a participant in the struggle, j
The tieueral sent for the worthy non- j
?'???<! ! ulrkinvMiutaj]
cmuimimuiipu ujuiti, <IUU' ' IU(V?t V^I<V\.V4 .
him freely.,. Ho ascertained that the sergeant
had been detailed an superintendent
of a Oovernwent plantation, and that
fearing a guerillas raid, he had instructed
his field bands in the use of the nlusfcet
for several" days previous to the battle.
When the action took place the plantation
negroes were martialed under his charge,
And stimulated to during deeds. One
rebel Major was killed and one wonnded
by the negroes. Sergeanc Pollock is given
the credit of ha vine disnatehed the rel>ol
Col. Joe. Phillips, the commanding officer
of the enemy, and having obtained*, his
jrorord. Gen. Emory observed to the sergeant
that he could not remain detailed
upon a plantation ; that such men were
needed iu the field. He gave him permission
to retain the captured sword, and j
ordered him to report to Gen. Simpler, ;
rrho gave him a position us Major.?Seic
diiiitsn* Era.
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THE F&.EE SOUTH, SATUB
The Lord's Prayer.
A friend tells us an anecdote of Booth, !
the great tragedian which we do not recollect
to have seen in print. It occurred in
the palmy days of his fame, before the
sparkle of his great black eye had been
dimmed by that bane of genius, strong
drink. Mr. Booth and several friends had
been invited to dine with on old gentleman
in Baltimore, of distinguished kindness,
urbanity and piety. The host,
though disapproving of the theatres and
theatre going, had heard so much of
TWvtliV: vrtriAvlrnhle vxTvrpfs. ihftt euriositv '
to see the man hart, in this instance, overcome
all his scruples and prejudices. After
the entertainment was over, lamps lighted
and the company re-seated in the drawing
room, some one requested Booth, as a
particular favor, and one which all present
would doubtless appreciate, to read aloud
the Lord's prayer.
Booth expressed -his ready willingness
to afford this gratification, and all eyes
were turned exi>ectantly upon hira. Booth
rose slowly and reverently from his chair.
It was wonderful to wntch the play of
emotions that convulsed his countenance.
He became deathly p?ile, and his eyes,
turned tremblingly upwards, were wet
with tears. As yet he had not spoken, i
The silence could bo felt. It became absolutely
piiinfui until at last the spell was
broken as if by an electric shock, ais liis
rich toned voice, from white lips, sylabled
forth. "Our Father, who art in heaven," i
Ac., with a iwtlios and fervid solemnity i
that thrilled sill hearts. He finished. The
silence continued- Not a voice we- heard
or muscle moved in his wrapt auuenee,
until from a remote corner of the room a
subdued sob was heard, and the old gen- I
tleman (their host) stepped forward with
streaming eves and tottering frame, and
seized Booth by the hand. |
" Sir," said he, in a broken accent, |
"yon have afforded me n pleasure for
which my whole future life will feel grateful.
I am an old man, and every day
from boyhood to the present time, thought
I had rep 3a ted the Lord's Prayer, but I
have never heard it before, never !
"You arc right, replied Booth; "to
read that prayer as it should be read, has
caused me the severest study and labor j
' for thirty years, and I am far from Ixing
! yet sati tied with my rendering of that <
i wonderful production. Hardly one person (
j in ten thousand comprehends how much i
l beauty, tenderness and grandeur can be I
condensed in a space so small and words
j so simple. That prayer itself sufficient y i
; illnstrates the'truth of the Bible. and thus !
' stamps upon it the seal of Divinity."
So great was the effect produced (says
! our informant, who was present,) that
; conversation was continued but a short
' time longer in mouosylables, and almost
; entirely ceased ; and soon after, at an
I ejrly hour, the company broke up and
I retired to their several homes with sad j
faces and full hearts.?Chicayo Tribune. j
j lUfft IM' ij'.r - lu
I The Beloved WriiE.?Only let a woman I
| be sure tliat she is precious to her hu?baud
i ?not useful, not valuable, not conveuiont
simply, but lovely* and beloved; let hef*1
! be the recipient of his polite and hearty
j attentions ; let her feel that her e;ure and
; love an,' noticed, appreciated ami returned;
' let her opinion be asked, her approval
sought, and her judgement respected, in
matters of which she it- cognizant'\ in
, short. let her only be.loved, honored, and
! cherished in fiiljilliueut of the icarriage
vow, ami she Will be. to her husband., and
her children, and society, a well-spring of
pleasure. She will l>ear pain, and toil
and anxiety ; for her husband's lore is. to
her as a tower and fortress* Shielded and
shelters! therein, adversity will have lost
if..- efiti.r SJhi* mni? cii+fipr lmt Mvmiwfliv
may dull the edge oF sorrow. A Louse
witii lore in it?and by love, I menu love
expressed in words and deeds. for I have
not one spark of faith in the love that
never crops out?is to a house without
love as a person to a machine ; the one is
life, the other mechanism.
Amr.mcan Coi'ktuay to Wombs.?An
accomplished female writer in Great Britain
said, in a recent article in Frasor'a
Magazine : "If at auy time I needed to
find a gentleman who should aid we in ;
any little difficulties of trayeh l>r show me ;
a kindness with that consideration for a
woman as a woman, wliich Is the trne toue
of manly courtesy, then I should desire
to find a North American gentleman.
They are simply the most kind and courteous
of any people." However the existence
of this fact may be accounted for. we
imagine that no one competent to form
an opinion in the ease, will dispute its
reality for a moment. We lmve grievous
shortcomings in other things, out in respectful
deference to the sex our population
is a unit; and the feeling is so geuerul,
pervading, and as it were instinctive, that
it is expressed as a matter of course at all
times and places, and in even' possible
way. "*
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'.DAY, OCTOBER 31, 1863.
A Kcriuon to Tennessee Loyalist*. j
Kioirsn Kikkk ui in a N. Y. Tbibisl.
Walking slowly back through the open j
fields, I came upon tlfe white tents offa j
regiment of infantry. A few sentii el,
were pacing to and fro among them, but
a<ir Ti-m-n ntliwwisfi deserted. Near bv.
lilt, y n uiv wmv? ...?r
however, under the broad branches of a .
mammoth maple, the denizens of the can- j
vas city were gathered arouxnl a spurse j
gray-haired, tliin-visaged man, dressed in j
a stiff* black stock, a check nev'ijt! shirt, ;
and blue lower garments, who. in his shirt ;
sleeves, was holding forth on the beauties j
of freedom. Attracted by his earnest
manner, and his rich, mellow voice, which i
mug out on the still nil* like the call of; a j
( bugle on the eve of battle. I joined the |
half-a-thousaud martial auditors, who, j
seated on camp-stools, leaning on in us- j
kets, or lolling on the thick, green grass j
which carpeted the ground, were drink- j
ing in his words as if they were the notes \
of an opera singer.
I "lam tired and disgusted" he said,
j " with this endless talk about the ever- j
lasting negro. I doubt not he is a man, '
with very much such blood, and bones, !
and brains, and soul as we have. I doubt \
not liia destiny is linked with ours?and ;
A " li'o rnnnr v?rv miinV !
IHUli ill 11JC luuuug iuu .tuuytj, j |
of his sooty race will hold the highest seats
in the synagogue, and look down on us as
we uowlook down 011 them. But that is i
no reason why we should worship hiin? j
no reason why we should settle him com- I
j fortably in liis masters easy-chair, and
i let him idle away his life smoking bad
tobacco and drinking mean wliiskey, j
while we hre lighting for his freedom. ;
Xo, boys, give him freedom?every man, ,
whatever his color, is entitled to that? j
but make him fight for it. Make him do j
what we have to do?work out his own j
sanation on hard tack and salt pork, with j
often not half enough of that. Tell him ;
that John Brown is a marching on, but !
' marching on' over Tennessee roads, with
| sore feet and weary legs, ;uid the mud
over his hoots ; and teli him, too, that 1
| the black man if lie would be free must
follow where John Brown leads. If he
will not do this?give iiim Hail Columbia, ;
and never let his ugly face be seen among
you again.
" And those of you who worship the i
j ebony idol, who in pity for the wrongs of j
the black forget that our own race has i
deeper wrongs and greater woes than his,
let me tell you what is worthy of your i
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| worship?wnnt au good aim mic men, m :
i all times have worshiped?what they have
fought, and suffered, and died for, with !
songs on their lips and joy in their hearts?
and then, if you persist in shutting your
, eyes to everything in heaven and earth j
i but the black man, you are past all hope,
1 and? n.ay God have mercy on your i
i souls.'
j "What I would have you worship is ,
: Freedom?white Freedom?Freedom foe
, A_ll. Foots have sung of it as a beautiful
I maiden, glowing as the dawn, radiant as
the stars, smiling as the sun when he ffrst
i looked jcm the earth. TUoy have said that
her throne is the glory of Heaven, her
light the hope- bf the world ytliat her
home is the bosom of God, her restingplace
the hearts of mew ; that she. has r
crowned the earth with pleuty, and lulled
its dwellings with joy; that its fragrant
fields waft her incense, and its gorgeous
cities speak her praise; that on lowly '
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cots and lofty nnmsions, on teeming workshops
and hm'owcd temples, her name is
written?'written iy lptters that will out- '
last the marble, and grow hi splendor forever,
All tliis is true ; hut I Iimvc seen
her stripped of her glory?n. wanderer and
a fugitive in the earth. I have s<H'U her j
tieoing from the hanuts of men, and hiding
away among the rocks and eaves of the
wilderness. I have seen her back scarred '
with lashes. , and her limbs quivering with
pain ;.her soul racked with anguish, and j
her body tortured with tire. I liuve seen j
her weeping like Hachael for her children?weeping
amid the ruin* of all she ,
loved ; and?worse than this. I have seen ,
her fainting in her misery and groveling j
in her shame, and 1 have heard her deny
the God who made her and the heaven \
from which she came!
" And all this I have seen ft fire?in this
land, every inch of whose soil is wet with
the blood our fathers shed to make it
frfce! *
" And shall this longer be ? Shall we
shut our eye* and steel our hearts to the j
woes of the white man, while we weep salt
tears over the wrongs of the black V Shall ,
we let this accursed race of men-stealers j
and women-whippers go free when the
slave is liberated V i>r, shall we say to
them take your foot from off the neck of
the poor wtnte, release m* sour irom its 1
bondage?a bonfoge more galling than j
the fetters of the ^ve?give him the light '
of heaven and the knowledge of earth, and I
let his children know there is a God and
a life to come. Shall we not say this ? j
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KO. 43.
Would we be men if we said less V '' What
one of you will consent that this war shall
end till the white man. as well as the
1^1 rw?. ?j"
Ukat'A, is* x ire .
Ami then the chaplain discanted oa the
condition of the poor white man, and on
the system and the men that have made
him what he is ; and for another half hour
I listened to as odd a medley of slang and
poetry, highfaluten and quaint eloquence,,
as ever fell from preacher's lips.
Xext to laughing, w histling is one of
the most philosophical things -which a fellow
in good spirits can indulge in. Whistling
is a popular prescription for " keeping
up the courage1"?it might better be
said good spirits. Some genial philosopher
has well said on this subject: " whistling
is a great institution. It oils thewheels
of carc, supplies the place of sunshine.
A man who whistles has a gooil
heart under his shirt-front. Such a man
not only works mora willingly, but heworks
more constantly. A whistling cobbler
will cam as much money again asju
cordwainer who gives way to low spirits
and indigestion. Mean or avaricious men
never whistle. The man who attacks
whistling throws a stone at the head of
hilaritv. aud would, if he could, rob June
?/ ' of
its roses?August of its meadow larks.
Such a man should be looked to."
Who Fiked at the Negro's Deaj>
Body V?It seems that a day or two after
one of the rebel raids near Washington,
a regiment of infantry, with a batten* of
light artillery, was sent out to hunt up the 9
raiders; as they advancod they espied
what they took to be a company of rebel
infantry throwing up entrenchments near
u wood about' a half a mile on, across a
valley that intervened. No sooner were
espied than the pieces were unlim'oered,
and a round of canister given, which,
striking in their midst and wounding several,
sent the rest at double-quick to the
rear and out of sight. On advancing to
the supposed breastworks it was found
that it was after all, the funeral of a |>oor
contraband, whom his sable brethren
were cominiting to his last home, and that
the shot hud not only knocked over the
corpse, but wounded several of the mourners.
The soldiers had to complete, the
services.
Get not your friends by love coinpli
meats, but bv giving mem sensible uikcus . ?.
of your love. It is well worth while to
learn how to win the heart of a man the
light way. Force is of no use to make or
preserve* our friends. Excite them by
your civilities, and show them that yon
desire nothing more than their happiness;
obliged with all your soul that friend who
has made you a present of his own.
It is estimated tliat the rebels lose theirslaves
at the rate of one hundred a day.
Here is a prospective calculation :
,Yi tiuhtr. \'aU<f.
ObccL-iv 10ft $l00,ft00
On?v?-;?r
Phr* "rears ; l*i\:>ou
Teu years...,. ?HG0.>00 a?5,000,000
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