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PiMi t? tito d?ad! though th? ?kies ?ts? chill, ?
ftd the Nora? wind waileefa conree ?nd thill;
Peace to thc desdi though the living shake ?;
Tho glob?, with their browning battle quake;1
Peace to t h e dead! though peace is loot
Ia the regal -dome or tk? pnoper oot;
Foss* to tb? d?adr there's peace, we trust. >
With thc pale dreamers iu th? dust!
Reece and pansies guard them well, i> ^
Tinging triumphant immortelle*; * "'fj
aficione of doubt, we bend-the'knee
T? tholsings and queens of mystery! : .*?
?tense ?ad eunahi ne, mist aha rain,
JJ? j? ?nock at their marble'doors in vain*
Aid y*. sepulchral oliffe of night! .
Deje rise to appeal their shade-?ft ed sight?
O dark nessi thy mission ia not just -
Te the pale dream or? ia the dustf
Peace to the dead afar and near,
.Ia fold? of satin or beggar's bier;.
Whether they sleep in the ^irk yard mound?
Or bleach in the gullied seas profound;
Garnered hy Time'? dull scion tar, ...
Or eleft in the scarlet fields of war.
.Godless ia h? who breaketh the??rust -_
Of the poet, o'er th? dreamers in the duatl ;
Peace to the mother, there beguiled '
With her froaeo lily-her breathless child;
Peace teEtbo father and his mater- aa
Peace to the lowly and Jthe> great; . _
Fcaca to th? maroons, as they* rest *?
With ?th? ?roas mu th? cold and waxen breast;
Pea?? to tb? soldier, blossom ?nd hud.
For he foti with th? eacrament of blood;
! Peace to the dead! there's peace, we trust,
With the pale dreamers in th? duet!
Father, if peaee ia sot with thens, -
Wher* ?hall w? ?eek fer th*?ubtle g?ant
Tis n?t of She earth, for w? Ieee it here.
And death is tba gate of tba golden apher?.
Father, thy mercie? cannot cease
Crush on, but gire thy ?leepcn pea??;.
Smite us. Redeemer, if thoa must,
Bat pardon .the dreamers ia th? dust.
JA14E3 R. RANDALL.
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Qireu&astantia& Evidence.
That circumstantantial evidence oariuot
always be strictly relied ort, is probed by
fha molaneholy /act that innocent men
and women have been legally murdered in
Kuglaad," witness Eliza Fobbing, Ambrose
?rwynett, and. many other oases,*
THE B??THER3.
Who has hot heard of*'the story of the
two brothers?- Twenty different versions
exist, many of -them equally incorrect.
They"traveled to h seaport town together;
an argurjaen t, vociferously conducted., ensued
after dinner; they slept itt a do?bfe-bedded
room; on? of,the brothers rose at 3 o'clock,
.-ref a fine summer morning, and wandered
to n cliff. He was seized by smugglers,
Whom ho detected in buying puncheons of
spirits. They were too.timiable fo murder
hun, and merely put inri) on, board a vessel
"tnhich waa bound for the. West Indies.
Meanwhile his brother, who, after his port
stine ead altercation, had slept the calm
sleep of innocence, awoke in the aaatras?>a?
to find his brother's pillow covered with
blood, and his brother missing. It eau ba
easily believed that when he rang the bell
and twamoned the landlord, Ins protesta?
tions of innocence were fruitless, and he was
.? ?s iW>wH- or .?? m .
'soon ?n tb? hands of the myrmidons o
law. Steina of blood were traced from,
the bed-roonf to the edge of a cliff, where
marka of a scuffle were found. He was
indicted for murder, and defended by econ*
sei, Every effort was j?ade to aa ve his.
life, and bis life was saved--but not in th?
way our readers may imagine.
.' The interest of thia terrible ?Trama is
*e Aha need by the fact tb at; the unfortunate
mau was engaged to a beautiful young gill,
i who was present at-bis^ trial, believed to
the last in Jila-, innocence, and left bim.
I after-a heart-rending interview, in the con -
demoed* ?elk 1 t *
j Inr'vb?*? g??d'old day a, men were not
'hanged ?n front of country jails but on an
adjacent-eoranxon considered suitable for the
spectacle; The victim, in this instance, was
> taken to the pla??'?f execution and con?
structively strangled. When the law's
last vengeance bad been, wreaked, a shep?
herd, wandering near the spot, heard a low
I moan, rand1 cul down tbe pendant half
choked man. tie re animated, in his rude
way, this creatur* ?hom Providence would
seem, to.h ave saved by means miraculous as
ever .such interposition could be. He as?
sisted hi? escape, and communicated with
his now still more frantic betrothed, whose
relation* supplied the necessary money fer
flight. He. was placed on board a vessel
j inj.the'cbannei bound * for. Barbadoes; and
the first man he met ?-^Bridgetown was the
brother for whose murder he had been
wholly convicted and half-hanged. Their
interview may be imagined. . Earnest bad
\ left Walter asleep; he bad been seized with
a violent fit of bleeding at the nose, which
woulcj account for the blood upon the pil?
lo jr, and for similar stains which, as l have
al?ted, were Haced to the cliff. How be
fell into, the hands of smugglers bas already
been narrated. This, of course, well au-r
theotioatedy but rather improbable ?tory,
proves the infallibility > of the 'twelve in?
telligent men.* It is human to err, and h.
Ja human to err on the side of mercy. *
- - THE ELOPEMENT.
About forty years ago, ? gentleman was
tr?ed " and convicted upon circumstantial
evidence of thc murder of his niece. . Slie
wa* heard to exclaim, 'don't kill me, uncle;
don't kill me!' and that instant a pistol or
fowling-piece was fired off. Upon these
circumstances tho gentleman was convicted
and executed. Near twelve months after,
tile niece, who had eloped, arrived in Eng*'
land; and hearing of the affair, elucidated
tbe'; whole transaction. lr, appeared that
she iliad formed an attach me ntfbr a per3on
of whom her uncle disapproved. ' When
walking in the fields, he was earnestly dis
reading.her from the connection, wheo.she
8uplied, 'that she was resolved to nave him,
or it. would be her death; and therefore
said, don't kill mo, unciel don't kill me. "At
tba moment she uttered these word, a fowl?
ing prece-was discharged by .a sportsman iu.
a neighboring held? The same night she
eloped from, bet?. atf>?h& House; and the
combination of these suspicious circum?
stances occasioned his ignonxm?ott* death.
M I i !?? JJ 1 Ml mi. It\ *
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t?OR cal?, . neat COTTAGE HOU?F-, eon
JP tainiag four room*. On. the lot j?; .1 k?tcV.
eta, with An excellent garden. For particulars, ?
apply et this office. ; April 17 a?
Engine, Boiler, &c, at T?. tte. Sale".
WILL be aoW at private sale.'aFlVlVUORSE
POWER ENGINE, a BOILER 30 feet
long hy S feet in-diameter, ?nd SMOKK PiPR, i
dec, in very good condition. Apply to
A. R. PHILLIPS,
April 18 fl? ' At PK Geiget.
For Sale or Sent.
/ OTTAGB HOUSE containing * vi rooms
\+) and neeeasary' out-bu liding?, with eicty
aerec of land attached, two ra ?lee ar ! a half
from thc city, , Inquire at thia office.
April 17_
1 ller?quaxters.
" COLUMBIA, S. C., Aran, o, IS?*,
CIRCULAR.
ALL Officers on Peat Dary at thia plaee wiU
* make a report t? thee? Headquarters of af)
men attached to their respective dc parisien ts,
who are entitled to draw ration? at this.poat.
All provisi?n rettfr ns m oat bc mad? out at the
departments and approved at these Headquar?
ters. - By order '
AF. R?DLER, Col Com'dg.
?W. J. Maatmo; ?. A. Al G. April 10
"I 1 Eefu^nsjrtenri,
? COLUMBIA. S. C., MAM* ii, 1868.E
SP SOI A L ORDER NO. -C*py.
?rOHN CARSTEN is hereby appoiuted Aeting
eJr Provost Marabel of tb? city until fm-ther
order*. Ile will be obeyed and respected ae
cordiaglv." By order^ ?: .
A. F. RUDLER, Col. CcBtna'df.
W. J. MtAMwa. A. A. A??. ' Apr? a
V, " Headquarters) ' '
. fTE?R BMITrtF??faD, N. C., Avnn. 7, IMS.
SP HOI A L ORDER NO, **-Ex?rm*.
"* '? ? 'w...- . -
VMAJ. GEN..M.ANHELO LOVELL ia
. a?5igned to command in the State nt"
Snuth Carolina. ? :
Sj command of _ J. X JOHNSTON',
mraoa FIWOMS, A. A. G.
HEADQ'RS DIST. OF SOUTH CAROLINA;.
Aran. 18, 188?.
ORDER NO.. I. ' t
In compliance with the abovcT orders, the
undersigned hereby assnmen eommavid ta thia
State. Until the names of thc staff ern '?at-.
nonacid, official communications tn thane heaeV
onarters will be addressed to Lient. J. M. B,
LOVELL, Acting A. A. G. at Columbta.aaaS
?pwl 14? Me LOVELL,Major Qon?rahAi"*B
Headquarters Mil. Div. of the WeeivT.
AUGUSTA, Manca 4, 1888.
SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS JTO. 18. ft
rExtract.] . * . ? '
ICOL. A. F. RUDLER ia hereby assigned
. ne Commandant of the Peet at Columbia, .
S. C. * ? ** * ?*
Rv command Gen. BE AUBEG ARB. ~i. .
? >*ffi?iak Gxo. W. Bssarr, Col. and A A. ft.
H*|ADQUARTERS, QoLciau, at C.,
March lo, 180 A
GENERAL ORDERS jTO.
In o bed i en ie to the above order, I baseby
assume command of tb ia'Post.
By order of A. F. BUDLRR, ...
j Colonel Cosaaaandiag.
. W. J. MEAUMO, A. A. A. G. anarch jg
. Notioe,
A LL ferrymen throughout the I)i?tri?? .aw?
/JL respe'(fully requested to cr?os no ?lae?
over the river, either by nata ar csaeil boat?,
without his pass is endoreed by either Mri X'S-, .
GIBBES, Capt JOHN CARSTEN ar wvfcl?V_fcl
march 80 T.'-J*. Q90B$jK&*p8?? *
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