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THE WEEKI.Y
immimi mm
Is published every
FRIDAY MORNING,
In C%rtersvtlle, Bartow 0o„ Ga., by
Samuel 11. Smith,
EDITOR and PROPRIETOR.
Rates of Subscription :
,;, py three months, . SI.OO
One copy six nioM.be, 2.(*0
or.e copy one year, ........ 3.00
( Invariably in advance.)
partlee *<l*ertislnir will be restricted In their
rontracU to their l©*Uimate business ; that Is to say,
i xdfertisements thst do not ref-.-r to their regular
todnw* will he charged for extra.
rfT Advertisements lnse ted at Intervals to be
chsreed M new euch l n * er, ''m.
0, r The above rules *lll be strictly adhered to.
SS lON AI. CARDS.
MURREI.L & BRO,
resident dentists.
Ofßce over S. Clayton & Son,
CARTERS J'tLEE, CJ.,
listing permanently located here, and being provi
ded with the latest Improvements in Dental Material,
are prepared to do anj thing pertaining Dental Sur
gery.
ALL WORK WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
vr DKB, 11. prepare a “Supet ipr Vege'able Tooth
powder,” guaranteed to contain nothing injurious to
the teyth- ; ■ ii ‘ j
EXGRANGE MOTEL,
Cartersville, Ga.,
BY
BUICE &c HILL.
The undersigned have associated In business, and
»ft»r n fitting and re-arranging that C< )MVtQDIOUB
HOUSE recently occupied by A. U. Hu Igens as a Fam
ily Grocery and Confectionery, on the F.AST SIDE
of the RAILROAD, near the ■»:« BARTOW HOUSE,
have opened in the same a FIRST CLA-S HOTEL,
for the Entertainment of the TRAVELING PUBLIC,
which will be kept upon the EUROPEAN PLAN
Both parties arc experienced In the Business, Mr.
RILLL having been formerly Proprietor of the Ten
nessee House, Daltop, but more recently of tlje Car
iersrllle Hotel, and Mr. BDtOE formerlv Proprietor
of the late Exchange Hotel, CaUeraville, Ua., but moi e
recently of the Washington Hall, Atlanta, Ga. Mr.
geo. W. Uill Is General Superintendent, and Mrs.
)lulce, Lady Superln’endeut.
RUJCE & IIILL.
May 29.—8 m.
OR. F. M. JOHNSON,
Dentist,
Respectfully offers hi, professional
services to the citizens >f Cartersville
and vicinity. 3e is prepared to do work
qft.lhe latest and most Improved style.
Teeth extracts • w’thout pain, : by means of narcotic
spray.] W rk all warranted. Office over J. Elsas'
Store, C A RTERBVILLE, Ga. Feb. 20,1868.—w5m
JERE A. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
PRITCHETT & WOFFORD,
Attorneys fit’ Law,
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
OFFICE OVER ELSAS’STORE,
Oct. 17. 1867.
THOMAS W, MILNER,
Attorney at Law,
fARTERSVILLE, * GEORGIA.
Will at'eiul promptly to business entrusted
to hi* care. - Oct. 5. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
Attorney at Law,
Cartersville, Ga.,
ITTiLI, attend promptly to all business cn
\ s trusted to his care. Will practice ip the
Courts of Law, and Equity in the Oherokee
Circuit. Special attention given to the collec
ii >n of claims. Jan. 1, 1866. ly
JOHN J. JONES,
KIM L ESTATE AGEST,
CARTERSVILLE. GA.
I am authorized to sell, and have on hand several
Houses and Lots, and also numerous building lota In the
town of Cartersville. Alsoaevoral plantations of vari
ous sizes in Bartow county. Parties desiring to buy or
tell will do well to eveme a call. All communications
promptly answered. duly 17, 1860.
S. H. PATILLO,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR,
itirill attend promptly to the Gutting, Repair- «»
If lng and Malting Boys’ and' Men’s Clo hing.
G ice In baoit room of Blair at Bradshaw’s store. If A
Cartersville, Ga. _ al.
THE CAKTERSVILLE HOTEL.
DR. THOMAS MILAM having
charge of this House, wouldlje y Tv'e’
phased to a few Board- H g »
era with BOARD, with or without SLaJLxi
lodging. Call and see him at once for terms
Oartersville, Jan 17.
W . R. MOUIVTCASTIiE,
Jeweller and WatcU and
w Clock Repairer,
In the Front of A. A. Skinner <Nc Co’s piore.
Uartersville, Jan. 25.
S. O’SHI’ELDS,
IFashionable Tailor ,
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNT*. GEORGIA.
m IS prepared to execute all kinds
of work in the Fashionable Tajl
—.La. oring line, with neatness and in
dursble style. Over J. Elsas & Co’s store.
Cartersville, Jan. 23.
J. H, FURTELL,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
White Ilall Street, Atlanta, Ga.
/NLOTHING made to order in the very
\ j latest style, and at short notice.
Oct 25. ly
1368. 13^8.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama Street,
Gq.
Nearest House to the Passenger Jpepfit.
WHITE & WHITHOCK, Proprietors.
W. K>. Wiley, Clerk.
HAVING reJeased an# .renovated the above Hotel,
we are prepared to entertain guests in a most sat*
manner. Charges ,&ir and moderate. Qur
'efforts aritl be to please.
carried to and from Depot free of
charge. ’ " April 29. wtf
3E. SASftEE?. B. W. YORK. R. T. JOURDAN.
SASSEEN’S
United States Hotel,
Cor. Alabama and Pryor streets,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.,
Within 100 yards of the Passenger Depot.
SASsEEN, YORK & JOURDON, Propr’s,
J. W. F. BRYSON, > c . kg
B.T. JOURDAN, 5 ° lc
Dec. 20th, 1867. ts.
DAYTON’S MEDICINES !
REDWINE A KOX, Atlanta,Ga.,
Are Wholesale Agents for Easton’s Medicine*.
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
VOL 7.
VfortKiiis* Kale.
A GRERABITE to the conditions of a Deed of Trust
made and executed by J 'hn H. Ruckmen to
Samu-1 H. Smith, on or abont the loth or January,
1967. tosecu-e the payment of 'he purchase money of
82 seres of land, lyirg ip thp 4 h district »nd Bt|l sec
tion of Bartow county, and a<lj ining the tow nos Car
ters vtfle, end the place whereon John H Euckmaa
row resides, viU’. be sold before the Court H"U»e dec
in the town of Cartersville, on the first Tuesday in
August next, within the legal hours of «a'e; the above
described land containing 32 acres, more or lers. Bsid
land Is bounded North by the town of Cartem*Hl»,
Fast by lands of Thoa H. Le*V Sou{}i by !nrd« of Dr
W. W. Leak, and West by lands of J. A. Terrell. The
said Deed of Trust provides that if the payments on
said lands are not met within one hnnurid days after
maturity of notes, the land may be sold and Hfies per
fected ty trustee, as - e" advertising property thirty
days, and in a* much as the notes come to ma
turity and the additional lapse of time expired, and po
P‘r» of said notes have been paid, both amounting to
about $2200.00 p’inclpa', the above described lands
will be sold under provisions of said mortgage or trust
deed. SAM'L. 11. SMITH. Trustee.
Ju’y Ist,’64. SOJ
Georgia, ltaifuw County.
IV7HRHEAS, Thomas a. Word, Administrator of the
* r estate of John J .Word, deceased, applies to the
undersigned f r letters of dismission from his admin
istration ; Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby
required to show emse. if any they have, why said
adminisfrator on the first Monday in Docemher next,
should not be discharged. Given nndei my hand, and
seal of office, this 14tli of May, 1965.
J. A. HOWARD,
Ordinary.
Georgia, Harlow County.
TT7HKRBAB, Thomaa A. Word, administrator De
VV bonis von of the estate of George Stovall, de
ceased, applies to n:e for letters of disinl-slon from
hts administration: Therefore, all persixis concerned
are hereby required to show cause. If any they have,
why said administrator on the first Mo day in De
cember next should not be discbarced. Given under
my Hand and seal of r slice, this 14*U day of May,
1869. J. A. HO YARD, Ordinary.
Georgia, Kariow County.
iyHEREAF, Thomas A. Word, administrator De ton's
•' non, of the estate of Thomas K. Franklin, deceased,
applies to me for letters of dismission fr mi his admin
istration ; Therefore, all perstnsconcerned »re hereby
required to show cause, ts any they have, why said
administrator, on the fi' St Monday In December next,
should not be discharged, Given under my hand and
seal of office, this 14th of May, 1864.
J. A. HO WARD, Ordinary.
F. M. Eddleman. C. I. Brown.
F. M. EDDLEMAN & C 0.,
Wholesale Dealers Ip
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
French and American Calf Skins,
LASTS, PEGS, LINING AND LANDING
SPIN'S)
SHOE FINDINGS; &C. f &0.
Next door to Moore Si Marsh, Decatur Etrfet,
Atlanta, Ga.
n?“S!ine Manufacturers and Merchants will dim It.
to their advantage to call on us before making their
purchases. -April 29, IS6S. wtf
FORCE'S BOOT AND SHOE
Mouse,
ATLANTA, GA.,
IS now receiving their FALL and
WINTER STOCK of BOOTS AND \
SHOES, the largest ever brought to
this market. These goods came direct
from the Eastern manufactories, and will be sold to
Country Merchants and the Trade at New York prices, I
expenses added, consisting or Men s, n>ys', kouthe’. |
and Children’s Wax. Ivip, Calf, and Buff Brogans and
Balmora’s—Boots of all styles, thick, wax. kip, calf,
and of the finest qualities Ladle*’. Misses’, and Chil
dren*. Boots and Shoe*, of every style, and allmade to
order. G. H. FORCE.
B. W. FORCE, formerly of .Charleston, will be glad j
to see his old customers.
Oct. 10, ly
BXfiACKSMITHXNG. |
o
2&A.& M. GOODSQN.
Having complted rijEiß new
Shop adioimng ©trange’s Tin Shop, on
West side of Railroad, CartersvHfe, Ga., are
prepared to do ALL KINDS OF WORK in
the BKAOKSMITHING Line. They flatter
themselves tliat they can do as good work,
and at ns low pi ice, as any like establishment
in town. They ask a reasonable share of the
public patronage, and promise satisfaction both
in the character of their work and the rea
sonableness of their charges.
A. <fc M. GOODSON,
Gartersville, Ga.
Jan. 31,1868. wly.
V. R. TOMMEY, J. S. STEWART,
Newton Cos., Ga. Oxford, Ga. ;
TOMMEY & STEWART,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
At the Sign of the
MILL SAW and GAME COCK,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, G a.,
KESPKCTFULLY call the attention of Merchants
and others to thtir LARGE AND WELL AS3ORI
- STOCK of
Foreign and Domestic Hardware,
Cjnsisting in part of
Iron, Steel, Nails,
Builders’ and Carriage AJpteriais,
Agricultural Implements,
Grain Cradles,
Svtlie Blades,
Tools of all kinds, <Lc., &c.
ALSO,
LEATHER, LIME AND COTTON YARNS.
agents for
Hook's Anti-Friction Vlelai.
Baugh’s ttavyfyone Sdper- p hoiphate of
Litne ;
Buffalo Seale Work#,
Nonpareil Washing Machines.
PROPRIETORS AND AGENTS FOR
pirook’K l’ateiit Portable Cot
ton and Hay Screw and
Revolving Press,
In over one hundred CounUe* In Georgia !
CQurity Rights for Sale.
J.yne 5 ly
Errors ol Youth.
A Gentleman who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the
sake of suffeiing humanity, send free to all
who need it, the recipe and directions for
making the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the
advertiser’s experience, can do so 0y address'
iug, in pericf t confidence.
JOHN B. .Ofi DEN,
4.£ Cedar St„ N. York.
KAYTON'S QIL Os dUFE 1
Cure* Fprain*, B*ui»e*, Swelling*, and Corns.
KAYTON’S MAGIC CURE! *
Cura* Coughs, Cold*, and Sore Throat.
KAYTON’S MEDICINES!
For sa'e in CARTERSVILLE. G*., by
W. L. KIRKPATRICK, Druggist.
CARTERSVILLE, BARTOW COUNTY, GA.. AUGUST 7, I8(W.
FIAKO FORTES!
r % IHE undersigned would announce to the
I citizens of OarfersviHe and vjciuity tli-*t
lie is fully pepared to furnish
PIANO FORTES,
OOI’A\ ES, with ail th« very late§f i|pprove-
Dientjj, qnd rpost elegant slyly and >ynrkman
ship, one hundred dollars legs than they can
he purchased elsewhere soptli. Thpy will I*e
fully warranted.
Piano* Tuiitiil and Hcpufred.
In th-e very best manner, and all work warrant
ed, and shall be pieced to give all orders
prompt attention.
MR is. T. ANDERSON will kindly give
furthe;- information at prpsent, and deliver any
orders, or you can address, by mail.
F. L. PREYER,
Kennesaw House, Marietta, Ga.
He's also agent for the sale of all kinds ol
ORGANS. Jan. ‘2f>. wtf
TO THE LADIES.
mm m mm
PREMIUM FAMILY
SEWING MACHINES,
rj'lH-E best Machine for ivery deKeription pi
J family-sewing made.
Gall and examine Mfichine and specimen of
work over S. Clayton & Son’s stire, Carters
ville, Ga. ' S. H. PATTILLO,
Agent for Baitow county.
Dec. 13, IBp7. ts
sa#m
/aye lcijiov,cf/ ?ny eJjffoc/s
OF '
D 11 U G S, &c.,
tneA/oieicovn itru/cl /Ac
BARTOW HOUSE,
an Jam note /oca/ct/ on
nin Street,
necc/ f/co i to.
GILBERT &CO HARDWARE HOUSE,
= / //y i'Soncc t a/tcri/ron <4
ytuat to /Ac
MEDTOIITES,
ant/ c=jF am Or /Any a// ai=
Ac A* tn my /tne,j 4 etc A
MEDICINES, OIL,
PAINTO, QLAOO, ArO,,
AS CHEAP
a-J can Ac j/otent/ojf /Aie Jamc
yetet /e/y c/ieioAei.c. ic=
i/co & Ny >io Act/ a con feiui=
eeiicc o/ /Ac /i/ Aeiie/nc-ii
Aeinc iLcceivce/.
J. F. BEST, M. D.,
Druggist and Pharmaceutist,
Feb. 7, 1868. wly Cartersville (la.
SADDLER! AND HARNESS
MANUFACTORY,
riMIE undersigned, determined to give the
people ofßartow and adjoining counties
no excuse for going- abroad to purchaso their
SADDLES, BRIDLES, HARNESS, &C„
and for repairing the same, have opened, in
the town of Cartersville, a regular
Saddle and Harness
MANUFACTORY,
whero they propose to put up everything: in
their line in the neatest, most substantia! and
durable manner, ami at prices that will
defy competition. They flattertbem
selves that they can and will do work, which,
in every respect, will compare favorably with
any wo/k North or iSouth, noth 111
qiiutity and price. Let no one ig
nore our work because it is done in the South,
nor our pi ices, before giving us a ti iai, for that
is all we ask to secure trade. Our work is all
warranted, and that is a sufficient guar
antee to purchasers. Wg are determined to
build up a pa me and business in Cartersville
that will be a heritage to our children after
us, if prompt attention, good .work, and mode
ls ty charges will secure that end. Rooms in
the front of the Eclipse Sale and Livery Stable.
THOMPSON & STOCKS,
Cartersville, Ga.
Jan. 7. 18G8. wly
JORDAN, HOWARD & HARRALSON,
TOBACCO
Commission Merchants,
I
Whitehall Street,
A1 LA NT A, GEORGIA,
Keep constantly on hand, a large
and fine Assortment of CHEW
ING and SMOKING TO
BACCO, CIGARS, &c., whirl;
*ve offer at jtlic Lowest Whole
sale prices.
June 10, wtf
KAYTON’S OIL OF LIFE!
Cure* aDy l’ain w Ache in from one to five minutes
KAY TON’S DYSPEPTIC |ILU I
Cures Liver Complaints and Dy*pepsi».
KAYTON'S DYSPEPTIC PILLS !
Oureg Sick Headache and ail Bilious Disorder*.
KAYTON'S OIL OF LIFE!
Cnres Pain in the Back, Breait, Sides, Should trs, and
Joint*.
KAYTON'S MAGIC CURE!
Cures Piarrhce and Chain p Cholic
ft
NSW
GOODS.
Cheap
GOODS!
AT
Loe wenstein
V
rfe Ife r ’ s .
W r E ARE NOW OFFERING a Sp'en
did WELL SELECTED “STOCK of
DRY-GOOPS,
BOOTS. SHOES, HATS. CLOTHING.
GROCERIES, ETC., ETC., ETC.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
GOODS of ALL DESCRIPTIONS DAILY,
AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY SAY
TO BUYERS COMING TO THIS PLACE
THAT WE CAN SHOW NEW GOODS
WHICH WE GUARANTEE CAN BE
BOUGH' 1 ’ AT LESS THAN ANY PLACE
IN THIS MARKET.
ft ' . - / . ’ , y( f ' V
Call and see Us,
and convince
yourselves .
Remember the
UNDER COURT HOUSE,
/M fICV* EAST SIDE RAILROAD.
LQEWENSTEIN & PFEiFER,
Cartersville, Ga.
May 14, 1868.
To Consumptives.
The Hev. EDWARD A. WILSON will send, free of
charge, to all who desire it, the prescription with the
directions for making and using the simple remedy by
which he was cured of a lung affection and that dread
disease Consumption. Ilis only object is to benefit
the afflicted, and ho hopes every sufferer will try this
prescription, as it will cost them nothing, and may
prove a blessing. Please address
Rev. EDWARD J WILSON,
No. 1t.5 South Second St,, Williamsburg. N. York.
HIE POET O’HARA.
A .Sketch.
nY AT iUKNEY FAIIUA^.
[OR, ti. W. RA.NCK.]
Theodore O’Hara was bom in Dan
ville, Ky., Feb. 11, 1820. He was the
son of Kane O' llara, an Irish politi
cal exile noted for his piety and learn
ing, who had been invited lo Danville
to take charge ol an academy about to
be established there, under the auspi
ces ofCovernor Shelby. His ancestors
were otoce nobje, but becoming subject
ed to the disabilities imposed upon
Catholics in their unjiappv land, gave
up both wealth and station rather than
their religion. His mother’s ancestors
came over to this country with Kurd
Baltimore, and aided in founding that
colony which was so lonjf an asylum
for persecuted victims of Puritan bigot
ry. Thp family rempveij from Danville
to WuOjjM county, where the proud
father eontfnenced hjmself the educa
tion of hi§ giftpij boy. They subse
quentlv settled ju Frapkfort, where
several members of the family still re
side.
Theodore O’Hara was remarkable
when but a child. His appetite for
knowledge was insatiable ; study was
his passion. It engrossed his entire
boyhood, and added fuel tU' the un
quenchable fifes of his genius, llappi-
Jy he was trained and appreciated by
one who fully understood the nature lie
jvas moulding. Ills educatioij was en
tirely conducted by his father, until he
was prepart and to enter college, and then
that eminent scholar had so thoroughly
done his work tliat he was at once ;rd
mitied to the senior class of St. Joseph’s
.Ycademv at Bardstown. There among
the learned clergy of his church lie
soon beet me pre-e pi inept as a profound
and accqrnnlished scholar, especially
in thp ancient classics, and ihoqgh but
a youth, the rare compliment, was paid
him of electiqp so the professorship ot
the Greek laiigpagp. He bade farewell
jto his alma inater op gratlpatjpg, in a
spepph §o full of eloquence apd power,
ag never will be lorgolten by those who
listened enraptured to it. One who
well remembers it has said : “It was
the most perfect address I ever heard,
for elegance of style, depth of thought,
truthfulness of sentiment and beauty of
composition.” That addre§s never has
been or could |]6 surpassed.
After Itjaying college, he studied law
in the offices of Janies Owsley, being a
tel lOW-fctuiiCu t \>l ovm. O. uK.tu'.ii ...jj.-,
and the strong attachment there formed
between the young men lagtecj through
all his subsequent life. In 184fi, he
held a position in f f he Treasury De
partment at Washington, under Gen.
.John M. YleCrtlia, but his life from
this time till its close was obscured
by the same dark clouds of misfor
tune and disappointment tliat seemed
ever to hang round the pathway of ge
nius. “The pressure of a narrow for
tune, combined with the aspirations* of
a noble ambition, conspired i>> make
his lilt erratic.” He was appointed to
a Captaincy in the old United States
arrny, when speh a position was a sure
indication of merit, served with distinc
tion through the Mexican war, snatch
ed glory from the cannon’s mouth, and
was brcvetlpd Major for gallant and
meritorious conduct. Contrary togjod-
ern usage, he left the army at the close
of the war, enriched only in reputation,
and immediately commenced the prac
tice of law in Washington City, where
lie remained till the breaking out ol
the Cuban fever, when, witli many oth
er gallant ikeiUjj.cp.ians, li.e giiijaarked
in that ill-fated enterprise. He com
manded one of the regiments in the
disastrous battle at Cardenas, bore
himself like a knight, and was badly
wounded. During the absence of lion.
John Forsyfhe, ap minister to Mexico,
Col. O’Hara conducted the Mobile
Kegister, as editor in-chief, with signal
ability and success; in fact, he was
peculiarly lilted as $n editor, for his
knowledge was rich, varied, deep and
comprehensive, and the glowing sen
tences flashed like jewels from his gift-
ed pen. lie was subsequently editor
of the Louisville Times, and aftei wards
of the Frankfort Yeoman. He was
frequently called on by the Government
to conduct diplomatic negotiations of
great importance with foreign govern
ments, and his services were particular
ly valued in the Tehuantepec grant
business. In 1851, when the remains
of the distinguished statesman, Hon.
William T. Barry, arrived Ifojjn Liver-
and were reinterred in the cem
etery at Frankfort, jCol. O’Hara v/as
the orator ot the occasion, arid deliver
ed a funeral oration s,o glowing, so
chaste and appropriate, a;id po full of
pure and lofjy eloquence, as to entitle
it to a place among the best specimens
of American oratory, It should at leapt
be iound prominent in Southern litera
ture, and in every speaker.
At the beginning of the late war, his
Liable heir/ swelled with sympathy
for the chi vain c people he had always
loved so well, and his sword was at
once unsheathed in defense of the
South. He was immediately honored
with au important position, and soon
promoted to the Coloneley of the 12th
Alabama regiment. He subsequently
served on the staff of that lamented
hero. General Albert Sidney Johnson,
esteemed with him the fiery flood ol
Shiloh, and received his great chief in
his arms, when he fell upon that en
sanguined field. He was also chic,f ol
staff to ,(*cq. John C. Breckinridge,
and, true to the last to his old friend
and gallant commander, lie shared
with him all the bitterness of the last
bitter days, when the glory of a nation
faded like a lc and, and never left him till
jhe saw him saiely embarked for a
friendly shore; then only did he sur
render. The close ol this war also
found him without a dollar, but like
i thousands of his comrades, he went al
once to work to retrieve his fortunes.
He went to Columbus, Georgia, and
engaged in the cotton business with a
relative, but misfortune again overtook
him, for be and his partner lost al!
by fire. Undismayed, tie retired tp a
plantation, on the Alabama side of the
ChaUahouchie, near place called
Guerryiown, and there he was laboring
successfully when he was attacked
with bilious fever, of which he died
Friday, June 6, 1867. His last hours
were cheered by the affectionate atten
tions of devoted relatives and friends.
He recejveij the saeraqiepts of his
church, from the hands of a pjous cler
gyman, and us the soft southern breejfe
bore to him the songs of birds and the
odor ol sweet flowers, the soldier poet
fell asleep, calmly, hopefully, and rt--
signed. His remains were taken from
Barbour county, Alabama, to Colnm
bus, Georgia, and buried in holy
ground.
He was never married. In his per
sonal appearapee, Gol. O'Hara was
strikingly handsome. lie was not
quite six feet in height, was very grace
ful and erect in his carriage, and seru
pulouslv neat and elegant in his dress.
His face beamed with every go*>d anti
generous feeling; his dark hazel eyes
kindled with soul and expression, and
“were filled with a light like that which
comps dq\f n to us iroiq tlje stars,” and
his whole perxonel indicated a refine
ment that sat upon him like a birth
right. Another has justly and eloquent
ly said of him: ilis soui was alj chiv
alry and honor, his heart all aglow
Vi tli generous impulse, and his br,ain
tr lined by discipline and stored with
ri h and varied learning. To his
friends his society was a continual feast
where his solid acquirements were
garnished with the graces ol poesy and
the tlelioapy qf true wit. He was in
deed a I'agpjipatjgg cqiqpanicn. No un
generous emotion ever lurked jwithin
his warm and sympathetic heart.—
True and unselfish, talented and brave,
tried by adversity and prosperity, yet
ever found unfaltering in his liojioj-, be
is gone, crowned with the commenda
tions of all who knew him.” O’Hara
knew the meaning of adversity, and his
great heart and refined nature made
hjrj) doubly susceptible of the pain and
suffering that the vicissitudes of life
heaped noon him 1 ;l~ <M»nne.u»ii,
lie tasted the dregs of a bitter cup, but,
■ 4—* .nuriMnjis liuf illfateti geni
us, he met ail his trials like a brayp plan
with a stout heart and determined will,
and died with his armor qn.
The political essays, poems, address
es, apd other able and finished compo
sitions of O’Hara, would fill a volume,
for he was a ready and prolific com
poser, hut tiie limits of a newspaper
sketch forbid the writer dwelling upon
anv but the most noted of his produc
tions. It is to be hoped that some pa
tient and loving hand will gather up
those scattered treasures-, and tliat the
enlightened mjnJ and skilful pen of
some scholar will soon give another
rich volume to aid in the upbuilding of
Southern ute/atuye.
But eminent as Cos!, O’Hara \vas in
other respect?, ptill it is as a poet thaj. |
he is known and eeh;l)raled, and who j
can deny to him that exalted name af~ j
ter reading any of his inspired verses?
Aside from all his other productions!
that one great ode, “The Bivouac of i
the Dead,” would alone haye made his
name immortal. As “The Raven”
stands apart and above all the other
writings of Poe, so is the poem com
pared with all that O'Hara ever wrote.
It. was written in August. 1817* lor trie
dedication of the chaste and Jbeaqtiful
military mopopienf erected in the
State cemetery to the memory o/ the
gallant Kentuckians who fell »ti the
Mexican war. Col. O'Hara was at
the time editor of the Frankfort Yeo
man. VVe reproduce it ; it cannot tic
read too often.
TIIK BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
The muffled drum’s sad roll has heat
The soldier’s fast tattoo ;
No more on life’s parade shall meet
The brave and daring few.
On Fame’s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents arc spread.
And g|or v guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
“No answer of the foe's advance
Now swells upon the wind ;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Os loved ones left behind :
No vision of the morrow’s strife
The warrior's dream alarms ;
No braying h<?r,n nor bcpexiim g life
At davy.ii shaJl ca'l to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust :
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
is now their martial shroud ;
And plenteous funeral tears ha ve washed
The red stains from each brow,
And their proud forms, in battle gashed,
And free from anguish now.
The neighing s.iecd, the flashing Idadc,
The trumpet’s stirring blast.
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout, are past,
No war’s wild note, nor glory’s peal,
Bhall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts That never more shall feel
That rapture of the fight.
“Like the dread Northern hurricane
Thai sweeps in broad plateau,
with tiie triumph yet to gain,
Came down the serried foe.
jOur heroes felt the shock, and leapt
To meet them on the plain.
And long the pitying sky hath wept
Above our gallant slain.
“ Sons of our consecrated ground,
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along tbc heedless air.
Your own proud land’s heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave;
She claims from war his richest -poil—
The j'hes of her brave.
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'nenth their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field ;
Borne to a Spartan mother’s breast
On many a b|oqdy shield.
T4»e sunsh'nc of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred hearts and eyes watch by
The heroes’ sepulchre.
“ Rest on, embalmed ami sainted dead !
Pear as the bloody grave;
No impious footsteps here shall tre.id
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps.
Or honor points the hallowed spot
W here yalor proudjy sleeps.
*• Yon marble minstrel Is voiceless tone
In deathless songs shall tell,
When many a vanquished age hath flown,
The story how ye fell.
Nor wreck, nor change, or winter’s blight.
Nor time’s remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of holy light
That gildg your glorious tomb."’
The artistic execution of this ode is
almost faultless, but it is when we look
at it in the Igiht of those higher qual
ities which constitute the excellence of
all true poetry that vvq fujly compre
hend i}s merit ami power. In the per
fect harmony of the spirit and tone of
his verse with his theme ; in the per
fect adaptation of his style to |)is sub
ject, in the moving and solemn occord
of the measme of his own spirit .with
that of his verse, these lines ol O’Hara
are unsurpassed. The soul of the
writer moves and sings with the soul
of his subject. Indeed, he times his
verse not only to the martial measure,
hut to the solemn spirit, tread with
which we would imagine Ins fellow
iietoes to taarefi
“ O’er Fume’s eternal camping ground.”
The licr.dc yet mournful and mvs
t£riou§ beutjng of the feet of the song
seems the same as that ol “Glory,” as
"With rolemn round” she “guards”
“ The bivouac of the dead.”
In this perfect harmony of spirit,
style and subject, and in this tuneful,
lofty accord of the spirit of the writer
jyiii) th4t of ijidtptj, ]li,s pietjq is
fully equal to Longfellow's “Psalm of
Life.” But there is a second quality
in which jt far surpasses that moral
heroic production, ant] ft consists of
that power peculiar ]q gome poets of
reaching out and touching the borders
of the IJiifepn. This quality is devel
oped by Longfellow in those more
than beautiful lines “The Footsteps of
the Angels,’Mint tow° invites
the dwellers of the spirit realm into
our homes and “lays ))jejr angel hands
... ours,” but inovpd by the breath of
eternal song the blossoms of O’ Hara’s
soul not only bend and blow toward
that mystic anti shadowy land, but be
visits, himself, the dweline-place of
spirits, lives and moves among their
shining legions, and opens to us the
gates ol the unsgen, that we too may
look again upqn I hose once familiar
“proud forms” and “plunyefj heads.”
This is the difference which exists be
tween the heroic ami the tender, and
this gives to “The Bivouac of the
Dead” its solemn majesty and sublime
beauty.
O’Hara’s figures are perfect; there
docs not exist in the English language
a more perfect metaphor than that con
tained jo the first stanza ol this poem,
where our departed heroes ajre repre
sented a«s encamppd on the vast and
illimitable plains of immortality, while
the most illustrious spirit of the mighty
host watches with ceaseless vigilance
over the shadowy inhabitants of those
“ silent tents.” It is grand in concep
tion and faultless in execution.
This poem possesses a touch of an
other quality yyhinb gives to poetry its
loftiest elevation. It is not outwanjly
deyeloped by any word or figure, but
in the first few stanzas of the ode a
sympathetic reader will find himself
jnhaiing that peculiar, sad. and solemn
atmosphere of prophecy which most
strangely and mournfully hangs about
the spirits of some of the gifted of
earth. The nature of the soul and
snug 1 of the writer seem to be attuned
so exactly to that of the departed he
roes of whom he sings, that behind the
martial measure of his yeyse there
§eems to pioye a muffled fate, which
whisper 4 that their home will soon he
his. The combination which this
production contains of perfect har
mony of spirit-reach and spirU-pres
ence are the highest, most solemn
gifts a poet may possess, pen ins has
breathed immortal life into tfiese lines,
and they will krve when of the
fading, dying things that now are seen
in American literature will have passed
away forever.
j. t lias been said JLhfjl a gtan?a se
lected from Ujjijt poem now adorns a
monument in a Boston gemeterv; that
the cultivated Puritans of New Eng
land’s refined metropolis, after looking
in vain to their own poets for a suita
ble inscription to do honor to their
dead, bowed in the superior genius of
our Southern soldier poet, and made a
selection from “The Bivouac of the
Dead.” Even if this be true, the
compliment is at best a questionable
one—our Kentucky poet was honored
while his poetry was desecrated. New
England may well be proud of her
Bryant, Holmes, THaHeck, Pereival.
and others, for they have poured out
treasures of poetic genius at her feet;
hut none of those treasures, neither
“Thanatopsis.”“old Ironsides,’ ‘Mar
co Bozzaris, cr “Seneca J.ake”
are more costly or precious than “The
Divouac of the ijead.”
After the above named ode, nothing
that has emanated iront Q’ljara’s pen
has been more admired or more justly
deserved to live than his lines to Dan
iel Boone. These are the only verses
we ever saw that did justice to the “Old
Druid of the West.” and we love the
old hunter more than ever, and appre
ciate his big. honest heart, his undaunt
ed spirit, and the grandeur of Ills pus
sum tenfold titpre after reading them.
In the eighth canto of |)on Jqapf Byron
introduces a number of manias tje--
criplive of Boone and his backwoods
life; but, with all Itjs poetic power even
tilth bard of Newslead Abbey q»ii*t
iower bis piutpe to (f is irpe
that both the measure and the style of
the stanzas composed are different,
but in that which both attempt —a de
lineation of the simple, rugged nature,
of the man and his wildwood home—
Lord Byron has failed to come up |o
his sulyget, wliil? Q’Hara has had
abundant success. The sad notes of
this sweet and solemn dirge carry us
back at once to the old Pioneer’s rude
dwelling place in the darkling woods,
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“ VVhere erst alone of. all his race
11c knelt to nature’s Go«l, ’’
and where the “wild deer was his sac
rifice and the mountain crest” his altar.
The soul that conceivetj ]J)e lofty im*
ngery qf these lines mqsi liaye fy-efl
that of a poet ; we feel it as we are
stirred bv the “war- whoop and the pan
ther’s scream.” as we look with sad
ness and reverence where—
‘•ll s horn and pouch lie mouldering
Upon the cabin door,”
and as we realize that that stout-hearted
ojd lot;es(ei; —
“Hunts no more the grizzly beat
About the setting sun.” "'*
'Phis poem has all the touqhjnff, mourn
ful tenderness of a dijrge, combined
with the glowing, elevated and inspir
ing soul and sentiment of a grand an
them to celebrate the glorv, the mys
tery, and the majesty of nature. It
claims a place beside the “Bivouac of
the Dead,” and in the heart of every
true lover of poetry. We append it.
Its beauties are fadeless, and with them
ttie eve is never tired :
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TliE OLD riONEKU.
A dirge tor the brave old pioneer!
Knight-errant of the wood !
Calmly beneath ’lie green sod hero,
He rests from field and flood ;
The war-wfioo’p and the panther’s screams
Mo more his soul shall rouse.
For well the aged hunter dreams
Beside h.s good old spouse.
A dirge for the brave obi pioneer !
Hushed now his ride’s peal—
The dews of many a vanish’d year
Are on his runted stcej •
ijis horn mid podeji fie mouldcring
Upon the cabin door—
The elk rests by t]ie suited spring.
Nor flees the fierce wild boar. *
A direr for the brave old pioneer!
Obi Druid of the WestT
His offering was the fleet wild deer,
His shrine the mountain’s crest.
Within his wildwood temple’s sn»<-»
An eniny-«Vtip iff a)I fits race,
He knelt to nature’s God.
A dirge for the brave old pi mcer!
Columbus of the land!
Who guided freedom’s proud carect
Beyond the conquer’d strain);
And gave her pilgrim son- a'hotne
No monarch’s step pi ofa lies!'
Free ns (jig'pi u ltd ess winds that roam
Upon its bound'ess plains.
A dirge for the Jirave old pioneer }
The muffled drum resound l
A warrior is slumh’ring here
Beneath a battle-ground!'
For not aloi e w th beast of prey
'i’he bloody strife he waged,
Foremost wher’er the deadly fray
Os savage Combat raged.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer!
A dirge for bis old spouse !
For her who blest bis forest cheer,
And k-pt his birchen home,
Now soundly by Ler chieftain lay—
The brave old dame sleep on ;
The red man’s sfrpis far away.
The wolf s dread howl is gone.
A dirge for the brave old pioneer!
His pilgrimage is done;
He hunts no more the grizzly
About the setting sun.
Weary at last of chase and life
He laid hija here to rest,
N'o! reeks lie now what sport or strife
Would tempt him fatjflcl' IVeat!
A the hr ve old pioneer!
The patriarch of Ins tribe!
fiy (deep.-, no pompous pi Ip marks where,
No lines his deeds describe.
They raised no stone above him here,
of car vied his deathless name— *
An Empire is his sepulchre,
His epitaph is Fame !
It has been the pride of Kentucky
that she has gathered so many of her
illustrious dead from distant lands, and
given fhem honored graves in her own
proud soil. Will she not now remem
ber with pious care her hero an<j poeVjf
Will Kentucky forget that O’Hara, wijUi
his sword, carved her name in hold
relief on many a bloody battle field :
that he croyyned her with the power of
jus eloquence, ami shed upon tine
literature of his stale the immortal
lustre of his poetic genius? l,et In r
seek that far off tomb and claim Bit*,
remains of her jimi, liliU jjm'n let Iter
erect a loltv entotaph to mark Wie snnt
where O’Hara sb-eps his last sleep.
Carry him to the cemetery at Frankfori.
It was his favorite haunt, and well
suitedjoy a poet’s tomb. He worship
[ied nature like an idolater m
that wild, romantic, and lovely spot',
and it was to him the inspiration of
many a glorious poem. It was there
lie penned that matchless tribute to
Daniel Boone, auli sung that deal I Jess
/•ii i , .i rs f/nv,*
piece to fallen brakes, and there only
should he sleep. Let Kentucky place
upon her brow the fadeless chaplet be
wove for tier, and with bowed head am!
gentle hand gather up jits sacred dbsl',
and carry it, sadly but promptly, haeji
to his native State. Let his old eoni
panions in arms bear him tenderly any
reverently to that beautiful city o! the
dead, ami while martial hampers ylro'bp
and the sweet and solemn ascends,
let the last sad rife $ he performed, ai;<,|
tlien let O’Hara repose amid the seems
he consecrated with his genius.
orator, perspiring freely, in a
huskv voice s£id ; in short, ladies and
gentlemen. 1 can only say that .i wish
I Had a window in my bosom ihat you
might see the emotions of my heait.
The newspapers printed the speech,
leaving the “q” Out of “ window. 7
