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BLAKELY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1871.
[From tho New Orleans Picayune-] i
AN INCIDENT OF THE’ WAR.
BY MRS. BETTIF, KLYES HUNTER.
“Now brace your hearts!” thus the low
words came
From lips of a beardless boy;
V You nro not playing,an idle game,
Nor is that gun but a toy !
“ Don’t speak a word ; for a little lack
• Os talk may do us some good :
A Yankee shot in a suldicr’s back,
Sometimes is not understood.
“ Perhaps behind us. a riding scout
Is seeking’a place to camp ;
They’ll soon be posting their pickets out—
I think I can hear their tramp.
“ You are but ten, and I am sixteen,
AVith fever from sole to crown ;
But what of that ? if we stand between
This raid and the sleeping town.
“ AYo’re only boys ! Oh, for fifty nien—
Just fifty—with us
AYc’d sh'ow those impudent raiders then,
A braver and bolder fight.
“ AYhat if we die ere the wane of night,
The Father with sleepless eye,
AA’ill not forget, in the realms of light,
AYe dared for the South to die !
“ AVho is that, John ? A Yankee ! AVell,
For him I will do my best!”
A sharp report!—and the picket fell—
A rifle ball in his breast.
“ You shot too quick ! but load up vour gun.
For others will soon bo here,
There they are! I'll take the foremost one —
Yuu aim at him in the rear.”
These whispered words were but scarcely
spoke
Ere missiles of death were sped
From boyish hands, with a tolling stroke,
And tho Yankees turned and fled !
Tho wounded man by the rotten log—
Their comrade shot at his post —
They Ipft to die like a useless dog
And forgot evening’s boast!
The boast to “bum up the village there ;
To leave tiofca lirtek Unturned;”
They laughed while thinking of our despair,
At.seemgour homesteads burned !
The morning came, and save here and there i
A-knapsack or sword belt lay, ,
We had not known where the Y ankees were, {
Or whither they took their way.
A woman’s wit, and those stripp}!n" boys, i
Their Boasted -mrpose had mnrr’a ;
She made them think when tie y hoard the
UOiiiC
Os firing ’twits Forrest’s Guard!
“ AYhat hoots it now?” lias somebody said; j
“They conquered our laud At‘last;
I For freedom’s hopes and her visions dead
Are buried w ith the past.
I “Whut is it now what our women did,
Or, boys who forgot their mimes ?”
Ah ! something bright for the South lies hid,
Perhaps, in the future time--!
M. Quad’s Experience with a Buckeye
Editor.
A weekly CBnttji, Uteri’ of huaynous sketch
es to the Detroit Free Press, under the
■nbm deplume of “M. Quad,” (he is doubt
less a [iiinter,) gets off the following ;
“ I don’t suppose that another man tv or
lived likctlmtOhioeditor, wlioitlied me out
of the back cud of an omnibus-one night,
led up live pairs of stairs aipl uudertc.ik to
tell me liovy I was to assist in funning the j
local department of the paper. ‘You see,’ t
says he, jabbing a cockroach with the
shears, ‘you want to bo positive in what
you say y folks here won’t believe any of
your ‘supptsc .sos’ and allegations. Say
what you say in Words that can’t be dis ,
' pt.tcd ; or if d’sputc 1, send the fellow in my
room,and I’ll fix him,’ He was a great mao
fcr fun; he never laughed himself, but h •
had a high appreciation of humor. He
was always wanting me to get off some
-1 thing sharp ou some one, no matter who, 1
and tie run me so much that I had to quit.
For instance, he came down oac morning
and said, ‘Now Charles, get off'a local hit |
on Julius Caesar.’ ‘AYfay, sir, the old
' man died years ago.’ ‘No matter —no
matter,’ he went on, ‘get-off something, or j
I’ll discharge you.’ As seventy live dol
lars a year was an object to me then, I
handed in a pretty biting item. ‘That’s
good, that’s positive,’ he replied, and it
went in. The paper hadn't been out an
hour before a dozen were Crowding in as- j
ter an explanation. ‘ls your name Cae
sar?’ asked the old uran of each in turn.—
• No.’ ‘ AVell, then, who’s running this i
Caesar business? Ain’t I here to dissem
inate know ledge? Don't Ido her?’ And
he finally throw another sheet on to the ;
‘po’nts.’
“ 1 Now, Charles,’ said he again, ‘get off
a lick at George Washington —something
i under a lively headline.’ * ‘But he’s been
written up,’ I replied. ‘No matter —get
off something, or here's my note of hand j
for the balance due you.’ As his note of j
hand was rather a good thing to keep, I
j dug out a severe thing under the head ol i
i ‘Brutal Oulruge.’ There was a Washing-
I lonian society in town, and half its mem
-1 bers were ru.-hing up stairs before the edi
tion was half off. ‘Base wretch,’ shouted
tho president. ‘ Calumniator of geuius,'
squeaked the old maid secretary. ‘A dt
rnscal,’ hissed a young man, with his hair
[ behind his cars. ‘ Gcatleiuu'u uud old 1
maid,’ began tho editor, as he rolled back
his sleeves, ‘why am I hove?. If any of
you know more about George AVashington
than I dt*, why just take mid run this office.’
And they had to go away with their minds
in an unsatisfied state. Another time,
when heMi.ud run over a whole volume of
ancient history, without finding one to hit,
says lie; ‘ Get off something on me!' —
That's just what I wanted, and 1 wrote:
‘AYe want wood on subscription to this pa
per. Some of our subscribers promised to
pay for their paper in wood more than ton
years ago, and its about time they brought
it iu. \Vc want wood wood—wood.’—
It was in July, and there were thirteen
loads of wood in front of the officer door
before noon. They got there about the
same time, and thirteeu farmers came up
in a body. ‘Gentlemen,’ said the old |
man, after they had stated their errands,
•' wood is wood; wood is a noun ; “is” is a
verb, and wood is a noun again. The ob
jective ease governs the requirements of
the adverb, which is the possessive of
thirteen loads, according to chapter sev
enty-one, rule three.’ And every time
they went to say anything about wood, ho
got off tint at them, until they all went
down in a body, threatening to vampyre
him at the first opportunity.
“The last thing I have any distinct re
collection of was ‘getting off' something 1
on the mayor of the town. He went by
old Sykes otic evening without nodding,
and I had no sooner entered the office than
I heard, ‘Co for Mnggs,; give it to him
hot; yank hitn all to pieces, and leave his
shattered soul hanging to the steople of
tho court-house.’ 'But he—,’ I began,
when Sykes came close up to me, breath
ing hard, he, ‘Young man, go for
Muggs! I hate to part with you, but
Smith offers to fill your situation for a dol
lar less —.’ So I sat down to do up Muggs.
Sykes was going away, and lie left me to
my judgement. I wrote an article that I
thought would please the old man for poa
itiveness,.and it went in under a triple
heading. I was just, locking up the paste
pot in the burglar-proof safe, to keep it
from the rats, and 1 heard a yelling on
the streets and the office door came in on
me. I saw stars, comets, spots on the sun,
new nroons, and ‘came to’ iu the next town,
when I sent the following dispatch to the
old man ; ‘lf you can pay your board bill,
stay where you are. The prijss is ruined,
the Long Drinier is in Hardy's lmrse-pond. j
The mailing-table, the bank, and that new
job rack went over the dam last evening.
Things ain't as they was. AVc made a big
hit on Muggs, and ho retaliated powerful
ly. I have hired out to a quiet old farm
! i r here, and I think I shah’t pursue the
• get ott"’ business any further.’ In about [
two months I got a reply. Here is all
that was said : ‘Young man, always be |
positive in your assertions.’” — Printing]
Gazelle.
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Preserve This and Use It.
Tn the laws of Virginia, these can bo
found. In 1610, attendance at church
twice every Sunday was enjoined “upon
pain, for the first fault, to lose their pro- ;
visions and allowance for the whole week I
following; for the second, to lose said ul
ißwanco, and also to be whipped; and tor '
the third to suffer death.” The law was ;
subsequently modified as follows, the gov
ernor publishing several edicts: “That
every person should go to church Sundays j
aml holidays; or lie neck & heels that night,
and boa slave to the colony the following
week; for the second offense he should be j
a slave for a month ; for the third, a year
anil a day.” AYe do wish wc had such a
funny law in our time. It would make
j lazy folks get up early in the morning on
Sunday. 10G2—“ Every person who re
j fuses to have his child baptized by a luw
| ful minister—of the Church of England
i shall bo amerced 2000 lbs. of tobacco.—
j The whole liturgy of tho Church of Eng
, hind shall be thoroughly read at church or
chapel every Sunday.” 1663—“1f any
Quakers or other separatists whatsoever in
■ ihis colony assemble themselves together
J to the number of five or more of tho age
| of sixteen years or upward, under the pre
tense of joining in a religious worship not j
authorized in England or this country,
tho parties so offending shall forfeit and
pay for the first offense, 500 lbs of tobac
co, and for the third offense shall be ban- j
ished from the colony.” —The Baptist.
■ -•<- ♦
Origin of tho Printers’ Devil.
AYhpn Aldus Manutinus sot up business
| as a printer at Monicc, he came in posses- >
; sion of a little negro boy. This boy was ,
known overtho city as “the little black .
i devil” who assisted the mysteiious biblio
| factor, and some of the ignorant persons 1
| behoved him to be no other than tho em
bodinient of Satan, who helped Aldus in j
i the prosecution of bis profession. Oue
day, Manutinus d -iiing to dispel the hal
lucination by p ’’ i ; ' yed the*
young “imp” to t- i classes. Upon
this occasoii h- .i le this characteristic
speech: “Be ic known Yeuis; that T,
Aldus Manutinus, printer iu the Holy
Church and Doge, have this day made
public exposure of tlio “priutcr’s dvil.”—
I All those who think ho is not ffesh and
* blood may cyme and pinch him,”
liainHP—i mi riTWHi
Andrew Johnson’s Opinion of Sherman,
Grant, and Hancock.
AYe copy from a correspondent of the:
Cincinnati Commercial:
I asked Mr. Johnson what he thought
of General Shcrinau.as a Democratic uom- j
ince for the Presidency.
“Sherman,” said he, “is a smart, man ;
and a shrewd man. There is no doubt
but what lie is looking forward to the |
Presidency, aud if he can’t get it from one j
party ho intends to from tho other, ' He J
is not very particular about parties. In
course of time be*cxpects to b'e President, ]
bat bo is in no particular hurry about it
Ilis chief aim now is not to lose bis popu i
larity, and to be ready when the golden i
moment comes. He is a military man, ;
and don’t care much about parties, lie
is a good deal as Grant was alter the close ,
of the war. That little fellow had quite
a notion of going with the Democracy for
a while.”
“Ho was formerly a Democrat, was he
not?”
“No, ho wasn't anything. lie didn’t
have .sense enough. He has got no head
of his own. ,Sherman is as much smarter
man than he as you can imagine. Ere-:
quently they have both con;d in to see me
on business. G rant always stood back and I
let Sherman do the talking. The little!
fellow felt his inferiority, and took a back
scat, and let Sherman transact the busi
ness. Sherman is a man, while Grant is
nothing. Ye%-slr,'he is just nothing.”
“But the Republicans will bo apt to re
nominate him, don’t you think?”
“.Appearances indicate that they will.”
“Tliey have got him, aud seem inclined
to hold to him?”
“No,” replied Mr. Jhouson; “.he has
got them. They can’t got rid of him. —
He is in, and intends to remain in. He
has got the patronage and that iufamous
Ku-Klux bill to aid him. That Ku-Klux
law is damnable infamy. Twenty years
ago it would have shocked the Atari con
people like electricity.”
“You think, Mr. Johnson, that there is
no prospect that the Democracy will take
Sherman?” .
“No, they will not be apt- to take him.
Generally speaking, 1 am opposed to a
military man on tho ticket; but if it is nec
essary that we have one, why not take
General Hancock? He is a soldier, a
statesman, a scholar, and a gentleman.—
i Ho is a noble specimen of a man every
way you take him, physically or mentally
There is no compurDon between Grant
aud him. Gruut is uo man ; he is noth
ing.”
Grant Interviewed at Long Branch.
Grant had no sooner been installed at
i Long Branch than a reporter for the New
; York Herald pounces upon him for an in
terview. In regard to ihc Ku Klux Klun
the President said:
j “The disturbed state of tho South and
I the Alabama claims’question were certain
:!y disturbing. They seem to have no con
-1 nectioo, but you will underhand oUicr
wise,. There were thousandsftf influential
! people in tho South, treacherous an J tiva-
I sonaldo, who hugged the thought that the
cause of secession woul I triumph whenev
! or the country got involved in a war with
England. These wore they who lul led
! on the Ku Klux for the .cncouragcim ut of
j their agents abroad, and it was they w’.i > !
were most active in supporting a show of!
opposition to the national authority. I tojd I
* Senators of this matter and urged them to
| acton the treaty with England at once. —
I It. was very important, sir. You will con
cede that it was wise to so urge the Sena
tors? The settlement ot the Alabama
claims, as tli y arc called, and all other
differences which England will have the
* happy effect of preventing a war. It will
| also destroy the, hopes of the Southern
I rebels and perhaps persuade them to bc-
I como peaceful law-abiding citizens.”
JEFF DAVIS.
The reporter asked, when Jeff Davis is
I at large, will it not be diffimlt to allay
Southern disaffection?” To which his
Excellency responded >
i “Ifo might be imprisoned. But what
! would bo the use? It woul 1 only create
sympathy for tho sufferur an 1 inflame pis
sions happily dying out. AYe can’t
. afford to make a martyr of J ff. lie will
. find his own level in duo time, and tho
Southern people will get tired of him.—-
’“Besides,” said the President, with a
laugh, “Jeff is making all the country re
publican. Let bill).go; he is a wasted can
dle and will light no lire.”
j y v 1* * , **
Josh Billings has this advice for those
misguided females who go about seeking
th'cir rights:
“ Eve, your grandmother, committed a
| mistake a good deal bigger than the one
yu are anxious to commit, but there iz a
remote similarity in the mistakes. She
wanted tew kno and hava hand La awl that
was gnin on, aud tho devil offered to teach
her, and yu hav heard what the rezujt v.uz.
Mi advise tew yu iz tew stay right where
yu are. You iiav a power.now that never
, kan be less, if yu hold on to it. blit if yu
spit on your hands tew get a better holt,
you’re sure tew go up entirely.”
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NO. 44.
National Sports.
Modern nations have their sports 'enable-,
matic of character. The grave, romantic.
Spaniard amuses himself between his ado
rations and his national bull fights. Tho
sturdy Englishman enjoys himself with
horse, gun and hound, and, if wearied over
much, he thinks it no sin td elevate his
. soul and body with roast beef and gia, and
! witness a dog fight. Tho good German i&
j satisfied with his wife, his children, his
I pipe and friends, always provided the lager
foams in unison to song and Fatherland.
I The Frenchman dies without his wine,
j his dance and opera. The Irishman is
| feud of whiskey straight and fairs; tho
j of his barley beer and kirk ; and tho
J American, more cosmopolite in Ids tastes,
. willing to eat and drink with the En
glishman, light with the Irishman, dance
with the Frenchman, smoke with the Ger
man, and talk patriotism, theology and met
aphysics with the Scotchman, especially ou
dth of Julys and the anniversaries of tho
landing of the Pilgrims.
♦ -O- *
Oi.lt JOCKI’.Y Pit EVIDENT AND Uf9
Stud.—The Boston Post says tho Fresh,
i dent is of! for Long Branch with five, hor
-1 ses and General Porter, thereby setting an
j example of traveling in a style which
I might be profitably imitated by other sov-
I deigns when in pursuit of relaxation.—,
| Only one courtier to five hos res is indeed
i n strange proportion, and may be taken to
indicate the President’s determination to
have no nonsense about this pleasuring,
but to settle down to a comfortable season
of racing nn the broad road along the cliff
It is not given to every one to set out for
a summer’s campaign so thoroughly pro
vided, and, indeed, it may boa question
whether the President or his stud attracts
the most attention and admiration along
the route, while at tho Branch, w hen he
drives those five horses up aud down be
fore the admiring eyes of the loungers up
on the long stretch of hotel piazza that
fronts the road for a mile or more; it wilt
be-strange indeed if he does not impress
the multitude with a new scuso of his fit
ness for holding reins other than those of
Government. At length we have a GHicf
Magistrate who combines republican .dm
! plicity with a thorough appreciation of re
publican pleasure, and as he goes with his
stud of five horses to Long Branch; tho
acclamations of the people follow him as
he enters upon eougeniul employment.
FkXlaLk Ku-KLux at West Point.
The New York papers efclaim in an alarm
ed chorus, “What’s to bo done?” The
comuiandent at West Point Military Acad
emy had decided that this year the cadets
should not have tludr anoual hop. ’Fho
Secretary of Vfar overrules this decision,
and. the hop is to conic off. By prescrip
tive right each cadet is entitled to a part
n >r. and thus so is colored cadet Smith.—
| Tho ladies, not having the fear ot Congress
j before tlieir eyes, now combine together
, in defiance of that .body and its solemn crir
■ 1 aetinents, to deprive a citizen of his rights
1 I ou aeeouut of color, for they utterly refuse
to danco with tho black cadet. It has
been suggested that a Colored ‘'lndy” 1
might he invited for his behoof. But in
this ease the fair rebels say that they won’t
go to tho hop at all. And ifrus a baud crir
ICu-Klux in dimity triumph. J
r — —♦
Greeley and “Goobers.’’
j “Brick Pomeroy” is responsible for thp
I following on “Brother Greeley,” hqt wo
| don’t believe one word of it:
Horace Greeley sent to San Domingo
| for fifty peanut trees, to set out with wal
nut trees ou bis farm in Winchester coun
tv. lie has a theory that by grafting thh
, ; peanut on the black, walnut something out
; ! of the ordinary ling of nuts can bo produc
ed. Ou being tol l that peanuts grew on
roots in the ground, lie looked disgusted,
and replied to his informant: “Do you
think I’ui a fool, and can be made to
| believe that nuts and pertators arc tho
i same thing ?” , ■
Mark T\v liu has been troubled with i>
j 1 lighteng rod man, and to get rid of him
| addressed him as follows:
“ Let us have peach !” 1 shrieked. Put
up a hundred and fifty 1 Put some ou tho
! kitchen ! put a dozen on the barn ! put ;i
couple on the cow l scatter them a'l over
the per.- muted place, till it looks like a
zinc-plated, spiral twisted, silver-mounted
1 cane-brake ! Move, Use up all the rnate
rt I you'can get your hands on, and when
you run out of lightning rods, put up ram
rods, cam rods, stair-rod-, piston rods—any
I thing that will pander to your dismal an
l petite for artificial scenery and bring r'e
-1 spite to my raging brain, and healing 'to
I my lacerated soul !
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('amp-Mektinu at Sai.t Lake City.
The Northern Methodists have hit bn n
bran new sensation, wherewith they expect
to exhalt the horns of their own peculiar
altar. They wore to have a big camp meet
ing at Salt Lake City on Thursday, and
j bad arranged for excursion tickets from
Ne\V York at §l5O. They were to hold
their meetings under a canvass capable ’of
seating 10,000 persons. If Brigham knows
the brethren as well as their home -folks
do, lie will kc p a strict.watch on hi.-- dove
i cotes while they are there.— Tdiyrn^U,