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THE WEIGHT OP A TEAl?.
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A pa^ of scales before him, a ricii man sat anc
weignea,
jL piece of gold?a widow's all, and urito her h<
said:
"Your coin is not the proper weight, so take it bad
again,
Orsell'itmo for half its worth; it laclts a singh
/ r * grain." '
With tearful eyes the widow said, "Oh! weigh ii
once more:
I pray you be not so exact, nor drive me from youi
door."
"Why ! see yourself, it's undrr weight! your tcari
x are of no avail."
Thfi ROAnnd time ha trieO U if Konre /Inmn
scales .
But little guessed that rich mail, who held his golc
so dear,
That the extra weight which bory it down had beei
the widow's tear.
. The Murder of Sis Confederate PrisonPP
'Ors at St. Louis?Particulars of the
Execution.
Several paragraphs have been pnblishec
from the latest Yankee papers, announcing tb<
intention to shoot six Confederate soldiers it
retaliation for six Yankees who were killec
during General Price'6 expedition. The niurdee
took place at St. Louis on the 1st instant
Six Confederates were elected from the prison
ers in the Gratiot street prison, but one of tbeuc
proving to have been a teamster, his name was
stricken from the death roll and that of Georgt
F. Bunch, of the Third Missouri Cavalry, was
substituted. The uien were nQt informed ol
their fate until the day of execution. The St
Louis Democrat give* the following details o:
their murder:
At about two o'clock, on Saturday afternoon
the Bix then were taken frpro the prison, placed
in a covered wagon, and escorted to the place
of execution by a detachment of the Tent!
Khnsas, followed by a number of other sol
diere, and by a few citizens. Port No. 4, i
short distance south of Lafayette Park, wai
selected as the place of execution, and tt
that point the procession marohed withoul
music.
On the wesfcside of the fort six posts bac
been set in the ground, each wiih a seat at
tached, and each tied with a strip of white cot
ton cloth, afterwards used in bandaging the
eyes of the prisoners. Fifty-four men were
selected as the executioners, forty-four belong
ing to the Tenth Kansas and ten to the Forty
first Missouri. Thirjv-six of these composed
c > ft.;-- ?. i
cue uuuc uuug uipuieen oeing reservee
in case they should not do the work effectual
tyAbout
three o'clock the prisoners arrivec
on the ground and sat down, attached to the
posts. They all appeared ,to be more or less
affected, but, considering the circnmstanies
remained remarkably firm. Father Ward anc
Rev. Mr. MoKim spoke to the men in thcii
last moments, exhorting" them to put their trus:
in God. The row of posts ranged north anc
south, and at the first on the north was Ast
V. Ladd, on his left was George Nichols, nexi
Harvey H. Blackburn, George T. Buucb
Charles W. Minniken and Jame? W. Gates
tiadd and Blackburn sat with' perfect calmness
with their eyes fixed on the ground, and die
pot speak. Nichols gave no sign of emotiot
at first, but sat with seeming indifference
scfaping the ground with his heel. He askec
ono of the surgeons if there was any hope of t
nostnonement. and beincr assured that-.
was none, he looked more serious, and frequent
]y ejaculated, "Lord, have mercy on my pool
soul!" Again he said : "0, to tbiuk ot tb<
news that will go to father and mother I"
After the reading of the sentence by Cnlone
Heinricbs, Minniken expressed a desire to bhj
a few words. He%aid :
"Soldiers, and all of yoti who bear me, tnk<
warning from me. 1 have b.-en a Couffederutt
froldier four years and have served my country
faithfully, T am now to bg^hot for what other
men have.done, that' I* Jih't do hund in, and
knew nothing about."' I.never was a guerrilla
and 1 am sorry to be ^Jjot'for what I had nuth
ing to do with, and whirt l am not guilty of.
When I took a prisoner I always treated him j
kindly, and never harmed k man after "he sur- ' ,
? rendered I hopp God will take me to his
^ I bosom when t nm ftenrl n 1.?irrt t.o mirti '
:Ue"~ T: 7 |
. | Whilp the P'Tppant was bandaging his eyes
: Mintfiken said?"SergeiHt, I H<>n't blame you ^
I hope wp will all" meet in heaven. Buys, ,
f wbefl you kill mo, kid me dead." (
The eyes nf all being'bandaged, they bade ,
each other farewell. "Gwod bye, George," I
one said ; "Farewell, N.icholas," said other ; !
"Good bye, Blackburn," uttered several ; arid 1
1 two or three of them said,. "Boys, furewell to i 1
you all j the Lord have- raUrcy on our poor : i
If
' OUUIO
The firing party was about ten paces off.? j
t Some of the Kansas men appeared to be re- : '
loctant to fire upon the prisoners, bur Captain . 1
i JOufes told them it was their dufy ; that they I *
should hare no hesitation, as these men had j <
t taken the life of many a Union man who was j1
ifinocent as themseWc'S.
r At fhe word, the thirty-six soldiers fired j
simultaneously?the discharge sounding like
3 a single explosion. The aim of overy ojhii was '
true. One or two of the victims groaned, nud ]
s Blackhvrrn cried out, "Oh, kill me quick-!" - i,
In "five minutes they were all dead?their heads (
i falling to one sido and their bodies swinging
around to the sides of tBe posts, and bi ing '
, kept from falling by the pinions on their arms. 1
Five of them were shot through the heaft-^ amf (
the sixth received three balls* in his breast,- (
dying almost instantly; < ;
The1 two Candidates:
1 George Francis. Train has made another
J great speech, in which he destroys' both candi-1
J dates. The following is a specimen of bin 1
I style: j I
Ope is Old Abe aud the other is not. [Lntfgh-!
. ter.] The people pay their mohey, but the ;
politicians give them no choice. George aud
i Abram are very much alike, especially George.: .
s George goes in for wiping out States. So dors 1
s Abram. Abram goes in for the draft. So <
' does George. George gors in for liberal ar- i
f rests. So does Abram. Abram goes in lor T
manumitting tbe slaves as a military neeessii v ,
f So does George. George goes in for -u^pen- i
sion of hal/fiscorpus. So dors Abram. A rntf i
, goes in for military interference at <hc polls, i
I So does George. George gops iji for spoils, f
So does Abram. Abram goes iu for ppisecu-' j
ting the war. George dodges the question ;
but would wade through a national graveyard i "
to get to the White i ousc. j '
J Ircorge is surroundixJ Dv corrupt politicians. J t
> So is Abram. Abram w-uld commit all the |
t crimes in the callendar to retain office. So j
would George to obtain offiee [0 !] George !
8tands on the fence when they ell h<m to. So ;
does Abram. Where, then, is the difference
between the two? Here it is. George is
mortgaged to Rothschild, inside and outride, j
right side and left side, back side and fr uit I
6ide. The recent panic in politics has used up 1
the rn irgins; hi-nee the speculation is a bad f
one, and the broker will be ready to sell out n i
Tuesday night, when the returns eoiuc in from i
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Itldiaua. Abram is ]
not sold to England. Again. Abrarn ha* his t
pockets full. George'* are empty. This re-' j
minds me of Erastns' little story [Laugh- ; e
i ter ] Fast con !ucfor applies for situation.? ' v
i Keep fist hors s ? Ye*. Fast ivomm ? Yes. c
I All trnid f ?r*? Yes. TIhi?g diamond* von s f
ri YfS; The busiaesWigian t?rri?--l to the B ard (
t i and said : He is nurono; Iia- all th so thing- a
1 now; hence, won't get tli-ui out of us [Laugh- (1
i ter.] ' 'J
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' Snakk Sour.?The Charlottesville (Virgin- ?'
ia) Chronicle is resnon>ible for I he follow- ?
| ins: . 1 . ' ' I v
We receive many communications daily to p
1 know how to make snake soup. The direc-j v
? tious are as follows : Take a couple of snake-, t
' eighteen inches long; remove head and skin, t
1 and sprinkle freely with salt and peppef. Put a
5 in a pot of hot water, and add a teaspoonful t
" oil of vitriol, a few handfuls of Jamestown '
r weed, about a gill of spoils of turpentine, a v
5 small quantity of teruicric, and.a few .-poOhfuts r
^ of hi sulphuret of carbon1, with vegetables ? 1 ?
Boil about three quarters of an hour, and drop "
in a few roots of Vrraf llni album, or white *
; hellibore? or of the Colchihum antumnnlt, or 0
>; meadow saffron. ' i (
J Thee eat, taking cart not to tat too much. '1
('jimdfn, Wednesday* flwmber 16.
J. T HE & SEMAN?Editor/
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Examining Board.?The Medical Boart
For the 6rb Con^rcsMonal. District, will bole
their next, meeting for Kershaw in this tdfl|
t.n to-morn?w?Thursday. ^
The time for holding the regular tri-wceklj
CJnioo Prayer Meeting has berfli changed, and
jnfil further notice will be held, on Wednesday
evenings only, at the Baptist Church.
The Presii en's Message.?We have revived
and perused the President's Message.
It is an ablywritten paper, and we regret that
tve are unuhle to publish it in full in this week's
ssue. However, a synopsis of the leading
points discussed will be found in another column.
In another issue we will endeavor to
jet forth our views concerning some matters
contained of the most vital importance to out
jest interests.
The Duties of a Judge Advocate.?We
lave received from the publishing h?usc of
Evans & CogrwKL*, Columbia, S?. Ca., ?
;opy of the duties of a Judge Advocate, in h
_:..t u.,f?? ? n 1 i t.
ijai uciiuu a vxcruciai v?uiu iri.nu.Ji. io
join piled from various military works on the
military laws of the country, by Cupt. R. C.
jjLCDRIST, acting Judge Advocate Genera]
>f the department of South Curolina, Georgia
?hd Florida. The work is publislipd^gjth Che
tp'probation of the Secretary of War.
Messrs. EVans & O'QbWELL are'entitled
o great credit for the handsome mauuer in
ivhich they issue all publications emanating
!Vom their house.
Yankee xMECHANVfes.?We see by yesterlay's
issue of the Journal that our neighbor
s considerably exercised, iD consequence of
m impo ration of Yabkee mechanics?located
nouv town? for the purpose of making bar els
fur government, and we think justly so.
flie views sot forth by "CiVlS," are such as
^V'Tv true Southerner' should entertain. I'f
my of our intelligent citisens can reason in
?:ivr>r ?>f >uch a system of hbni*, without a ?ufie'rent
guard to overlook, as prisoners of war,
ucb ?haracters, we would be glad to hear
rom them.' We propose making some renarks
in reference to this matter in our rirxt
ssue, and would be glad to publish the views
if any of our citizens It is a subject to be
lerio'isly pondered over, add one in which
very man, woman and child in our land is
ritally interested.
Anothe Joke from "Old Abe."?Mr.
Lincoln is uncommonly full of jokes at the
in sent time The Herald makes the foilowug
illustration :
Complaint was made to him by a Western
)emocrufic Congressman, a 'ew di)s ago, that
he Colonel bf one of the cavalry regiments
rom the Congressman's State bad sen' home
ight hundred and sixty votes, of which there
tere - ven hundred and ninety fo> Mr Lin;
!?.. Knlut.m. ftf filfv >i,p \t..ni..ll..n
'Now Mr. Lincoln," coin pi nined r.lie irate M.
"that r<jjrim^n' has not tiwliiy iu its ranks,
ct'oiJiiig fn 'he Colonel's own official return,
ne huniiied and fifty men present for duty,
i'he fact is." continued tbo Congressman,
that the Colonel and Adjutant just took the
Id muster roll of the regiment as it left the
ha?fc o\er two years ago, and returned the
otes of every man they saw theron just as it
deascd themselves." The cnmplainaut wound
ip *itb a vigorous appeal for justice against
lie offending officer. "My dear sir," replied
he President, rubbing bis lean bands together
nd chuckling away down to the bottom of bia
loofs. "it would Beem that these officers have
akeri my words, 'there is nobody hurt,' somewhat
too literal)}} hut the matter of cnrrec(ction
is not within my power. It is a State
fair, and if corrected at all?for which, let
ie confess, I see no pressing necessity?the
Toper remedies must he applied l.y the State
nthoritic8" What 1 propose i? to cotjffucr my
wn campaign in my own way, and ?? ie: th.rien-ia
of Gen. McClelian Conduct tiiciro
hey pleaae."
i A Southern Poet in a Northern PrisonA
j Colonel William S. Hawkins, of Tennessee, one
I of tbe finest soldiers and most skilful scouts in tho
army of the West, is yet but a young man?we be- '
lieve but twenty-si*. His excellent qualities as a
I soldier were early recognized by 6fcn. WfiEiLtB;
I but his talents and his successes fn the walks of
! literature and oratory had already endeared him to
j every Tennesseean. From his place of incaroerar
tion (Camp Cnase, Ohio), we see ho still writes verI
ses which extort the praise of even the Yankee critics.
Prbntic*, of the Louisville Journal, whose
sagacity in criticism is ag unerrihg as his course in
politics is slippery, gives him tbi highest prais'ei,
white the Cincinnati Enquirer, th^ New Yoifk Neva,
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i me Metropolitan Ktcord, and the Knickerbocker
'! Monthly, have sought tile contributions of bis polish'
ed pen. We copy fte following from the columns
l, of the latter?tho best of Northern' magazines and
, a staunch Democratic and Conservative organ ^
[From the Nev York, Knickerbocker.] 1
I "TRUE TO T?E lASf"
i We give the following pathetic verses to our readers,
promising that they were Written upon an incident
whi'^h Occurred in the last battle of one of the
author's friOnds. Having a foreboding of his fate,
; he penciled on the plating of his scabbard the name '
of his'lady love; and the words "in the face of death ' .
my thoughts are thine." A faiijiful comrade re'
moved from his body and bore toihe weeping maiden
this 1oken of his constancy. Colonel W. Stew
an 01 leuuessee, 10 one oj une most cniTftlrouR
wit J accomplished gentlemen of she South,
and though' a foeman, he has won the esteem of his
opponents ou the field, and ifia captors, vrhile in
prison, by his noble and manly spirit, his gallant
and generous bearing/ He is very youthful, and
with the enthusiasm of his years, seems to unite in
himself the literary tastes of Sidney, the valor of
Hayard, nnd the endurance oY Roderick.
S&L '* /NTwb\igle?Hfi)^w
rtfc hatttt call; I
And through the camp ca?n stslward bsihd
Tcaday its serried column forms,.
To fight for God ana native land 1 ?
Brave men iire lighting by iny aide, N
Our banners fib ;:.ng glad and free,
But yet atnia tuts Uitiuant scene
I give my thoughts to cheb!
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The horsemen dashing to and fro?
The drums with wild Ab'<J' thunderous roll? '
The sights and sounds?all things that tend
' j To kindle valor in the soul;
1 These all are here?but in the maze
' Of squadrons moved wi/h furious glee,
1 Still true to every vow we made,
I give my thoughts to thee.
.! in.
The deep booms spite the troubled air,
Each throb proclaims the l'oeman near,
And iaiutly echoed from the front,
1 hear my gallant comrades cheer.
"Wild joys of heroes marching on
Through'blood, their glorious land to free!
I give to freedom here my life?
iiut all my thoughts to thee!
IV.
And yet, beloved, I must not think
What uud.earned bliss may soon be mine.
it would unman me in the work
Of guarding well our country's shrine.
I Here on this sword i'write my truth;
These wordt shall yet thy solace be,
They 11 tcil how, in this last tierce hour,
i gave my thoughts to thee.
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i Along the east the eoly morn
Reviews hte's niauy cures and joys,
Tnis hour 1 hope sum? wish for me
Thy pure and tender prayer employ^.'
Another beauteous dawn ol light
These eyes, alas ! niay never see;
But eveii dying, lkiht, ahd maimed, 1
still would think of thee.
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And then in coming years that roll,
When scenes oi peace and brightness throng*,. !
And round, each happy hour is twined
The wreaths of Iriendship, love-and song,..
uo 10 me grave wnose nearl was tame,
And by that spot a uiourner be?
One tear lor him thy lbved and lost,
Whose last thotf^ht clung to thee I
Freedom of thb l iii/iss in the South?One"
6f iiifc most stiikn.g things in South or n polities
is the sev. rity of Us pros- upuu Jetf. Davis and
his (.'a hi net. It is hiuierable to human nature
iv know that the papers are not suppressed and'
vuuero are noi incarcerated in pita Of
J prisons.?Constitutional Union.
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