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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. NO. 7, '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, % “ 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 : i „ . 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