The free South. (Beaufort, S.C.) 1863-1864, January 30, 1864, Image 4
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"vol n.
(For the Frw South.)
Touy Jnnirs' Soup.
*xCotlmt*hal1 br k*'n(? t.iof cnv."?Gen. S'axtou.
iMc Tony James he buy a farm,
Ati* pay his fifty rioWar:
Dat* mighty groun' for cotton ilar.
Iiat patch iIoh 11 in do hollar;
An* massi use to hah it plough
An* list up cbery spring,?
Ail*lose it bring him jiockct ft?!!.
Jb? call lie ration kinir.
Oh well. de cotton k'up:, for troo,- !
Bnt not for massa, nobcr;
Since Tony James is hnv a f irm,
lie kinp now more dan eber.
An* Tony James has got a home,
A borne for all his childin.
A place to"Vtvp ?le fowl au' pi
An* raise do little buildin';
lie call de tator now him own,
IX* corn an' ehery tin^r;
An* den de cotton b'iony* to bins.
l)at massa sa_v '.w-en kins.
Ob', well de cotton kins, for tree,
lhit not for massa, nohcr: ,
Since Tony James is buy :: firm,
lie kinjr now more dm: eber.
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An' Tony James he loss de T ord,
yor all dis kind protection;
Ih* nisper seen de trouble trro,
An' dis tie resurrection ;
De ncher call id* Maud Ids own,
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His soul heer. mesa's tin-.:.
Tnt now do bory cotton "s his,
Dat massa n y been kir.]
Oh! well, de cotton kirf:. for troo, >
l'ut not for massa, nehcr: ,
Since Tony James is t>ny a farm,
lie king now more (Lm eber.
hiMON rrrtR. 4
Purr Rot\u ISfii. ^ ? ^
THE LITTLE WILD IRISH GIRL. j
Jk WMINISCKNCE OP TIIE MISSISSIPPI FIVEIL
(r.\kkn yw>*? ?y wirrx coos, aniNn Gtu, ISC?.1*
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What a glori<rts sunset ft was! The water
was like the neck of a dove, clinng- v
ing with purple and gold? and* the day ?
-died away in the West as a dolphin, whom
i?eh pang imlnies with a new color, tir- (
last still loveliest, till 't is gone, when all 1
is gray. \
The sight is lovely,?beautiful as a , i
clre-uin of fair women,? and suggestive of | \
a thousand fancies. The little stars come i ?ut
from their silver beds away up in tlie j i
mkj to ]M>ep at us. and 1 watch them rise f
and tremble one by one on the breast of i
the flowing river, ?and the swift current <
etuis to be carrying them away with it. 1
? away, far away. And here we are back | 1
again at our old anchoring ground off j
Pilot Town, l?i:t a few miles from the grim
M war dogs, Forts Jackson and St. Phil- ! i:>*.
which fought us so long and so veS.
Tr ed soldiers of the TJnion guard there i ;
bow, and on the morrow we will feast our ! i
eyes on the good old flags we floated on 1
their walls, ? flinging out their starry <
folds so proudly aud gracefully there.? i
How familiar they look, our old river i
haunts! They seem to rejoice ntourap- i
pnottch again, lor music, street music, ?-* . y
weird music, ? salute* us on either side j i
of the river's hanks,?te? thousand frogs \
are croaking "welcome!" How remorse- j j
Ir-ssly they pnrsue the oven tenor of their 1
way! i
It seems so natural to l>c breasting the j 1
-old rivers tired furious flow again. j (
I see hut little change, ?the "trees and ; i
^the bushes are i>erh?]>s & little greener? j J
the muudy waters gnrgle onwards wearily i 1
just the same as they did when we bade ! >
good bye to tliera long weeks ago. The ' j
trees aud the tall grass akmg the banks, ! c
gieamiug brightly iu the moonlight, nod d
familiarly and approvingly, and the mel- ' v
aiicholy frogs come out and chant to us. u
Among jnany conspicuous spots along ii
the river'** banks which I well remember, ; i
one stands out more prominent, more j n
cherished than the ri'st. Kail' hidden in h
the trees that east their long sluutows like t.
great black ghosts away down to tire ua- h
tm brink, ?a white chimney here and I
ilvTo peeping out into the dreauiy m<">on- 1 1;
light, ? stood the dwelling of my fairy of a
fhe Mi?is8ipp:,?my iupmorata of the j ei
^uul stream, my Thisbe of the wash tub, j ii
txtra lufit,?lovely Bridget! There she I ii
-- jdumbered, ? how sweetly I cannot say. j sc
jA poor lone Irish girl was Biddy, imported ! s<
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TIIK - PvKK SOUTH? HEAl'F
to these river honks hv an oI3|grim-visageii
unelc who carried on the soB^'hat delectable,
? hut here, scarcely profitable profession
of oyster digger and hsh monger.
And straight to these shores touie my dulcinea
? this i a her little vorlc ?? rite came
over when very young, r pver having
known any other home this side of the
"Big Pond," and liiis nevrr been one
mile fro'n her nuchas shanty,|
She in graceful ;vs a gaze! If*aud she is
very pwtty, is Bridget, ?unuVualjiy so for
one of her class, ? nose a little retrousse,
(but one must never laugh at :A pug-nose.
for one. never knows what may turn up!)
hair of Taven blackness, and sue! a pretty
walk she has, fttul a pretty smile?i 1 pretty '
talk. fthe dances neatly anil wi < ranch
a la T?i<ode. Her devoted aunt, ? ao bet- j
tei half the aforesaid wortlvv o"?vtei icger. !
f ^ * v
? iw. o-ne of her animal trips to the Cre.scent
City, purchased for Bridget a hoop t
skirt??f immense proportions, and Biddy's
dress conies jnst three-quarters of the
wry :*c!own its bulging sides, ? exposing
to tli?? view of all innocent Indiolders (admin
rs of the sort like myself). the prettiest |
;?iir of little feet and ankles that ever j
* tinkled over tufted floor,"'-and such:
pretty little boots with heelsitoo! But I
;way off here, in this lonely Region, t<yL
atcli a glimpse ofthatbn^ht jJ^fTfaeoj
"lid those ^/^h^fSiiten'iTfeet, which, seem
'ver /^l^hient as if they wanted to be j
icK. ed. or chase the flying hours away in |
he mazy dance, how iLvigorating lad re- |
vei hing it is!
'1 hough surrounded by little of comfort !
>r cleanliness, this little wild Irish girl
oo' is as lmppy and cor tented as a queen.
v i r i i i i ill
?; in pioaseu as Juliet rausi nave looxeu
vL en she leaned from the balcony and
lr vw -Borneo the rose.
But then, jdas! poor Biddy. I pity her.
> tr fh et wai lying just oil* her uncle's
n. mble apology for a home one day before
w. took the forts, and feeling the great j
u icessity of having some washing done to
,v hat few articles of wearing appcrol my ,
k rise of propriety suggested me io pack
n to nr.y chest, I obtained permission to 1 ,
;o? ashore, and stepp'ng into the open
b sir of tho shanty, modestly stated the |
y. >je<*t of my visit to its seeming propria- j
LO-r, who was removing the scales from i ,
from some fish with one hand and from j
his eye with the other. He was a rough | '
dirty locking fellow, and pointed surlily 1 ;
? pipe in mouth ? to this pretty little : '
specimen of wild womanhood, wliich he j
informed me with a grant wus his niece, ( j
and that she war, known by the somewhat
uncommon but musical came of "Brid/7- <
?t." Bridget, tie said, was capatlo of 1
attending to my wants. So Biddy washed j
for ine, aud henoe ray acquaintance with, ! j
ind knowledge of her history, Eiddv ! 1
cashed .and ironed well, and was very 1
moderate in her charges. One of the ar- : j
tieles of wearing apparel 2ier fair hands (
grubbed, cover mp shoulders now. She ! 1
jad a sad story to tell. Her mother died J
a lien she was a little child, and she was
eft then to the tender mercies of a drunk;n
father, whose chief delight consisted i
n thumping and beating my poor little *
riend,?a style of " spirit rappings" j v
lighly enjoyed by her of course. He (
rielded up the ghost iu a tip y frolic, and I t
>oor Biddy was left alone. So .she went! ^
>ut into the Night, ?a stray waif, depen- j
lent on the charities of this cold, wicked t:
Ihxf fNo Vi\n?r1i ANI iiflut/ilil/m Iwti* <*
I. XJ lit IUC UiU V llOVViUVit, XRi v
Liiclf, who had been enterprising enough 11
u his earlier days to seek a livelihood on
he Ameriean shore, heard of Iter soijrow, g
lid the good liouest heart that beat rJmler e
is mii-green jacket, prompted the p>!Yrr j
> her of his earn and his will houtliem ! *
ome: and Biddy ea:ne and was SiAed.
Jefcre 1 left ln r I stole a kiss, ?only] one ,
iss,?and Biddy looked so oumifally ^
t me when I committed the theft! Foor '
hild, perliaps it was the lirsfc she had had (j
i many, many months, and her full pput- ti
jg lips, they looked like two rose liuds I
) red and so ripe, that they tempted! me I p
)iely. ? surely I did not do wrong. ]?ow ' n
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strange that such :i pretty flower should
bloom so far away from the world's eye !
How sud to think, that it will fade there!
But the moon and the stars shine just as
brightly on the root of the lish-mongcr's
shanty which covers the slumbers of my
little river fairy, jus they do on the prince's
palace.
nii.l n ^nil/iiit/u1 oiiirif ' Hah
X 11IXU It U/iHVllWU o|/*Aifc . "
much more to be coveted than the misery
which wejdth oftiaies brings!
Good night and good bye to the little
wik I Irish girl. Sweet be her slumbers,
happy her dreams! A. a. ?.
A Ovtk Pkbachuk.?The colored pastor
of a chnroh, not a thousand miles from
Bridgeport, was once desirous that the
Conference should meet at his church.
The people being aware that they must
board the : glisters during their stay in
the city, ver<f quite averse to their coming.
At a meeting to consider the subject of
giving the invitation, the pastor stated the
proposition and said:
' All those in favor of inviting the brethren
here will say yes?all opposed, no."
lie then proceeded to put the question:
but not a yes was heard. Whereupon lit1
paused, looked around, and rem irked;:
" 'Silence givts eortsciit.' The conference
will epuie.
At tin* edneluding meeting, when :: collection
way to be taken r?p for the visiting
brothcjSf'tke pastor told his people that
it wsts necscsnry for all the ministers to be
back to their respective flocks: that they
had no money to go with, and must stay
in their present quarters till the cash \v;is
raised. The dilemma was either board
their visitors gratuitously, or pay their
fares home. We can guess how they solved
the problem.
.Tiwa V.tmws: We don't know who
this now aspirant for popular favor is.
WVdo 'cnnwlv is very philosophic, canstic,
and exceedingly humorous. The follow
ing is woiliiy of the "great showman"
himself: The
most uneasy critter I ever pursued
was a bobtail but! in fly time.
I am prepared tu say tu seven of the.
rich men out of even* ten,?"Make the
most of your money, for your money
makes the most of yu."
A big soul makes a man look like an old
fashioned tin inn tern with a eaudie in it.
The meanest man 1 ever nn w.us the
one that stole a sugar whistle from a nigger
baby, to sweeten a kup of rye coiTea
with.
When you have seen bubble, du as the
dogs du wht n they get whipped; go in s^
crcf. and lick your sor? s till they git well,
and then look up another titc.
There is this difference between rusting
out and wearing out: if you rust out, when
yu git thru yu ain't worth a cuss; but if
yu wear out, what's left of yu is fustrute.
Puliut Wit.?The following amusing
in?cdotes of preachers should go together:?
fT*1 _ 1 L .1 1 * _ '
ine nut wfls passed urounu in a ceriain
congregation for the purpose of taking up
a collection.?After it had m:ule the circuit
[>f the church it was handed to the minister,
who, by the wnv, had exchanged pulpits
with the regular preacher, and he
found not ? penny in it. He inverted the
jat over the pulpit cushion and shook it
;hat it# emptiness might be known, then
-aising his eyes toward the ceiling he exclaimed
with great fervor:?I thank God
that I got back my hat from this congregation
!
Another preacher,- who had been annoy>d
several times by finding buttons in the
ollection for the heathen, often adinonshed
the congregation to take heed that
he buttons they dropped into the hat
vore not those with flattened eyes, for, j
aid he, "while the heathen are 110 more j
leceived into the belief that they are coin, j
hey are rendered wholly worthless as j
mttons!"
A Copperhead.? Johnny,get your die- ,
ionury, and tell mo what the word Demo- 1
rat means?" said uu old Vaiiundigham- j
nor to his hopeful.
J lie son complied, :mil r -ad as follow.*: j
Democrat?11,?Out' whoadheres to |
ovorument by the Peopl?. or f.ivorx tii>? i
xtension of suffrage to all classes of men." ;
"Hold on there; does L say to all clasps
of men?"
"Yes, dad."
" "Who's the author ot that dictionarv? " I
"Webster."
"Oh, that blasted old whig! / always
fought ho was sort of favoring the nigers!
Johnny, you needn't read that dieonary
any more. J'll see about getting
10 right kind when I next go to town."
A printer out west, whose first son hap- !
(nod to he a \ery short, fat little fellow,
amed him Brevier Full-faced Jones.
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A West Indian, who had a remarkably
tier}' nose, having fallen asleep in his
chair, a negro-boy who was in waiting observed
a mosquito hovering round bis fact-. V
Quashy eyed the insect very attentively;
at last he saw it alight on his masters
nose, and instantly tiy off again. " Yah.
yah," lie exel limed, with great glee, "me
berrv glad to see von burn vour fut."
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I'ebruary Oth 1 via, v/e, ..brain it. Smith. William
i.\ Wording ai.d William i!<nry lirirbane, United
Stat.* Direct Tax Conuatadoncra for the Idstrict or
South ? arolina, <lo hereby declare and make known.
uru a jjhuiii; e.-i10 wm vv aeia iu mc timet' or UK*I OU'.inisskniers
aforesaid, in the town of i eaufort, Parish <A
St. Helen 1. Fea'.fi'ort Strict, .'tuto of South Carolina,
commencing 6n the I >ih day of* February 1S-54. at H*
j o'ciock .v?.. of n.iid day, for the disposal oj'.ke follow I
tog tracts or parcels olland, to wit:
"The Mr.rion jL htiplin
I Place," ;*se? sitfrf" The Ann Hipp Place," "I.itUei
wood Mvirt," "The Gain i?j Capers Place," "Ike !?ivrj
tvnee Fripp Place." "'I In- Pritehard J hcc," "i he Pcr!
ry i Lie." " Vi'u?saIsLud," "Dauaw Ink'." and "Lstiuw
Poiut."
ON LADIES ISLAND:
" Muff Farm," "Palmetto Island," "The Why;
Mace." "The Joe Johnson I lace," 'The Porter 11 ace,""
! Wood Lawu," "Fair Lawn." "lirirkyud." ' ilu]
Pine Land Place," "i anrel 1:511." "1 uey Feint" " t"??
lus Point," "Ashdolc." ythewoodPiuc Land." "TheSams
Pine l and," and "The .Tonkins Pine Land."
The last three tracts of land will be sold subject to the
I ri?-ht of the I'nited Mates to ml and remove th>: wooi
, and timber therefrom without compensation to the own
cm. Also.Piue Island.
ON PORT ROYAL ISLAND:
j "The Ilenry Stuart Place." "Spring Hill." "OtaI
heitc." "The William Perryclear Place." "Oraugeburg."
"The Ann Perryclear Place," including ".:ack
' Island," "The Lloyd field," " MurklcBtwh." "The lietreat,"
"The Lllis Cherry Hill." "The Tom liariianl^g^^Plaee."
"The Halvereham Place." Prospect Hill"
"Grove Hill." "I'urlington." " Wood ward." "hicePurk."
"The Campbell Pine Land." "Woodland" and
"The Pine Laud Tract " except two hundred acre* of
the same heri'to'ore redeemed from the tax sale, by
Irederick A hustis. Harbor Island, Frtpps Island and1
Caper? Island. T'he last six tracts of lanu will bo sold
subject to the right of the l uited States to cut and remove
the timber therefrom without compensation to
the owner.
The lands to be sold comprehend In all about tweutr
three thousand Hcres. They are to Ik* sold in divisions
or parrels not to exceed rhree hnudrednud twenty arms
to any one iximhaser. Said sale will not be kept open
longer than sixty days from the commencement of tbe
same.
And we do fnrther make known and declare, that the
said lands will lie set np for sale at one dollar and tweti
ty-five cents an acre each, and that the same wiU not
lie sold, unless the bids advance beyond that sum, and
that when any tracts or lots of land have erected thereon
dwelling houses, hams or other ont-honses. Uieaamt *
will be appraised at the cash value thereof, and in casual)
v of the said lots or tracts of land on which the said
buildings are erected, shall fsil. when offered for sale as
aforesaid, to la- bid np to a sunt equal to one third port *
of the appraised value theirof, the same will be withdrawn
from this sale. .
The < ommissioners reserve 3 single tic! to bo f-nbivv
ly made by them or by their authoiltj on each pared or
tract ?i* lain1, offered for sale, of sach sum ss they may
deem eligible, not less than one-tliird of the appraised
value.
\ .iven under our hands ?t th- town of Fenafort aforesaid.
tills 5th day of December. A. l>.. 1SG.1.
A. I>. SMITH.
W. 1.. UOHDIXH,
W.M. I1KXUY liKlSBANiv
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" r *,h-w1 h for the 1 ''strict of South Carolina.
to r.r.r o:: a plantation or
about live iii ii r*u acres, on Port Hoyul Island,
ri. !.f mii'-s fr?ea th- Sown of v ufori.
l oi particular* inquire at .1. S. I'yi' rV store. -'it
L^CS" S.1L7\-A PLANTATION OV 'JAO Acres,
f Apply :.t ihw oaice.
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