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THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH.
VOL. 4.
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HAVVKINSVII.LE, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1870.
(poetical.
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llolJY I*P YOl’R IIKAIM. IIKAVK
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AStnmml 4* to SMmn *f !**'s Armg.
•f ROIUCRT VAIXMIAWT
(Tto Uih* warr raritnd at tbn
lata UaiKpOd l>» Ibe pro*, in ttovaanab, bjr
tbrtr autbur. < *}H PniNcani. wbo, at our
m|*Mt. kindly fbrolabad na with n copy
tor (HtbUcntbici. Tkry will to »|i|>m lai«Ml
by avery I rue Cootoltratr-Ku t)iar ]
Hub! »r> j Mir ton.lt, brave men ’
No atota la a* yam brow I
Yu* tot* burlr-1 your brutbera by rock
•ndftoi -
Let your wnta to irur to tbrin aa *brn
Ttoy «Uad In tto toute'a glow I
Tw*a Prre<Wm‘a trumpet «*H,
W Ua the Hrd t'roaa «aa unfurini!
And Itojr toll aa ton** rrrr toll I
And that tta# toeatur tbelr tonaral pall,
AY bleb war UIWI agMnal the world!
to noMto tbink
That art Pruoeti U> a toward tote!
Wa bare laaplratioa ttoy dnr* not drink j
And tto metu.HU* <>(our dead will link
W itk *it«»t dying bate'
Can we Rirget the pall -
Alt who tor* fought with LirY
W hat though our ,ky to uverrati *
Tto rrign <4 tyrant* will end at laal—
Wt mu' we be ft**!
Walt for tto gbtriotw hour,
With amila aertnl for tto forth ;
And we ll tench these haughty foes to
rower.
When our country stand* In her matcblr**
power
To detnimi ant * tor rigltt'
||<4d tip y»Mir head*, lirnee men !
No Main la «>n your trift '
Yam have buried your brutbera by rock
and glen—
tot your aoula be true to them a* when
They dmt In the Iwttle'a glow!
. A> . Way. IMS.
OKI* WITH YOCH Oil AY SIITS,
HOY 0!
tlVifon in mtumr (a am mrArr of lU laalw
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mitfarm
at tMitiKRT rat i.io*at.
'HY nltb y.ntr gray aulta, lioya!
OH *ltb y«*tr 'ebel genr’
They .mark t.*i muehidthc ■ *'*e»ei*apra'i—
Tto I rhtnlng da*b us yout deadly ateel—
Tto terror of your war!
Tto.r eedor I* like the am*ike
That curled o’er your liaUk-'a line t
It rail* to ntlnd tto yell that woke
. W to n the dastard olumn* before you broke
A >.d ttolr dead were yotfr "ftital sign!
ttg with tto starry wreath,
Ye * bo bare led our Tan!
I • yon *twaa tto pledge us glerlmta death,
l A* are fotbHued you ovi r the p’tjr heath,
Where we wblp|*ed theta, ww.i !«> man !
I llown with tto Cniaa of iar> •
) Tmibmg !a» It wate! ca I • h*
“Tt» rove.", ail over *ith «<■ ,r-.
| Hut It* tkstu the tttgf j Imu. > i i‘>arn
T. hoc toigy it by!
i Ibiwa with the von* et’f#made!
i Down with earb memory)
i Dot n nltb thought* of our noble dead!
Ho* n! down to the du*l where their form,
are told!
And down with I.D* rty !
AmfoUm. Oat, Why, IHtW
Keren tto Western Worbl.
nir; rftiMiAr.n'allEl.iiVli:.
HT A UILOA
Most refreshing to ua aoadoaacl ma
riner* was the sight of the fertile And
In-autifal tale of Sau CriaUival, one ol
the numerous group that attnl the
AfT*hi|ml«go of Holotnon. Rich in
tropical lusurinnco, a at role on rhorr,
umlcr the ahmle of iU lofty cocoa
pnlma, and through |n-rfe« t Jungles,
teeming with tto swrvta of a vegeta
tion ao romantic-, to gorfroua to our
unai-cntatouac*! t yet, *aa like an entry
into fairy land.
And yet more wonderful, if ponai
hie, to me, were the •corntrie apec i
mew of httnuaßy who dwelt in thin
asm-girt poredia*. 1 had already be
come noawwhat familiar with the more
ordinary and totter known type of the
I’olyamriaa. I had spent a fortnight
a—g the Tahitian boa otic*, bad
loarard to talk Kanakn-Kngliab with
the Hawaii—, and had paid a dying
rlait to the force, untamable New
Zealander. Hut at Nan Crtotora! 1
made lay fret eeqaaiatanc* with n
race who may wall he catted the Ethi
npa of the Tacidc.
tlsgmlaire rnongb were they to tto
eight, with ttolr matted toad*, their
It pH tmimttirmiiv mi, Bint thfir toct h
tutorsd, of rather diocotorcd, to the
M—e hoe as ttolr diet, Ttolr hair
tod tto w-oedry kink of tto Afrtaaa,
end was colored a d«U red by the nee
atmmm —l—we dceasing Yet we
heel three people, for oar in
foneiw —d wetld lap meet. Ttoy tod
m—lt in their eoale,loo. and appaared
to retoT Ufc wHh tr— aagro yoitHy.
1 eat a—prtaad to tto strong desire
s.inred by toe— pupil to hn— whit*
caeion that 1 went on shore, I was I
toast with tho most munificent otfora;
and the most flattering promises were
made me, to induce me to desert tho
ship and take up my abode with them, i
I began, soon, to to really afraid that
1 might bo forcibly abducted. Nor
was lalonc in this particular—for va
rious others of my shipmates cotn
plsiucd of having been (persecuted in j
similar style.
1 was ouo day exatuiuing, with
much curiosity, one of their little tem
ples for Idol-worship, which stood in
a picturesque and commanding situa
tion on a rise of ground a abort dis
tance hack from toe village near which
we had anchored. These temples,
though thoy evince much care and
taste, so for At least as relates to their
outward ap|H*amnce and arrange
ments, are not built on tto same
grand scale as the “ morals " of the
Marqucsans, or those formerly In use
among tho Sandwich Islanders as
described by Cook and others. They
are neatly put together, and a space
Itaved round about them; but they
lave nothing massive or imposing in
their character to strike the mind even
of tho unbeliever in heathen tnythol-
I was not sultered to make my in
vestigations alone. A woman, black
as ebony, who reminded me of pic
tures, so impress!vo to my boyhood,
in Mungo Park’s African Travels,
hovered near inc like a shadow, ac
coinpnnied by tor little daughter,
who might have sat for tho original of
Mrs. Htowcfo Topsy. 1 inspected the
two rude statutes, which were erected
ou pedestals, one each side of the
closed portal, and was passing On to
view the other sides of tho structure,
when the woman called my attention
to what I had supposed to to mere
random scratches in the blocks on
which the idols stood, hut which she
evidently looked upon as highly orna
ments).
1 was guilty of a sacrilegious laugh
at ber enthusiasm, as she placed one
hand on my arm, and extended the
other towards the hieroglyphics, while
the woolly hslo round her head
seemed to expand with admiration.
Hut the next moment, as ray eye con
nected several of the characters at one
glance, they fcecntno an inscription in
English, rude, it is true, but suffici
ently legible, now that a cluo was
found. In speechless astonishment 1
read:
"Jamc* Slnnbtiry—kept prisoner here—
stained blaek—not allowed to see or be seen
nln n any vessel comes. Don't know bow
long 1 have been here—should think two
yesrs."
1 spelled all this oul on one pedes
tal, and passing to the other, read on:
" I belong to London—ran away from
barque T .... .;i Not liadly used, but arc
no chance of ever getting away. If any
t„H.; i. .. 1* this, I hope they will try to find
me. Am shut up In one of the joss-houses
a* noon as a salt conics in sight.
The letters forming these inscrip
tions lmd been cut or dug into the
Irani wood, seemingly with a very
dull knife. They must have cost the
workman much lime and labor; and
doubtless the natives had watched
the progress of the supposed ornamen
tal work with tho kecncat interest.
The wood was by no uu-aus freshly
cut. A considerable time must have
elapsed since it was done; and it was
a question whether the man might or
might not to still alive and on the is
land. It will be seen that there was
no dale to the record ; the man had
kept no calendar, and had no means
of computing time. He had guessed
st two years, from the sequence of wet
and dry seasons.
Joss-house? Os course he meant
temples,ddol-houses. Ho had lieen in
China, probably, and had picked up
the name there. lie might bo incar
cerated at that moment in one of those
places—perhaps in the very house to
fore which I was standing! 1 called
his name aloud ; but a second thought
satisfied me that his kec|>crs would
have exercised a more jealous care of
their prisoner, had he indeed l*cen in
lids building. Tho woman, far from
showing any uneasiness, Isughed with
true negro delight at my cries, which
she supposed to to extorted by admi
ration of Uie splendor of the tem
ple and ornamental work, lie
was not there, of course; and to find
where he was, I must to careftil not
to arouse suspicion.
I read and re-read the strange story
until I had it all fixed in memory,
and soon after went on hoard and re
ported It to the captain. He took the
first opportunity to visit the place and
read for himself, after which be re
turned on board and sent for me into
the cabin.
M Hare yoa mentioned this matter
to your shipmates ?" he asked.
“ No, air. I waited for your opin
ion, thinking it might not be well to
attract too much attention to the
place; for of course every man would
rush there to read the inscriptions.”
M Right, ’ acid to. “1 am glad that
yon have been so discreet. Tto man
is not ia that bouse, I am satisfied;
but I thick I know where to ia—if to
to still livinc.”
H la tto lung's palace?" I sugges
* No," answered tto captain, “ I’m
awe to is not; for I tore been with
tto King into every part of it But
there's another church, or joss house,
or what over you may choose to call
it, down the South side of the bay,
about a mile below our anchorage. It
ia hoodwinked in by trees, as wc look
from this direction; but I got a view
of it tho other day, as I was crossing
tho harbor with Urn King, in his canoe
—you know, the day that wo went
pigeon-shooting, I saw the great idols
propped upngaiust it, and spoke about
them to the King. 1 remember, now,
that he seemed embarrassed, and
called my attentiou to something else;
thougli of course I shouldn't have
thought of it again, but for this dis
covery that you have made.
“ Were there any guards near it?”
I asked.
“ Yes, there were two meu in sight,
who seemed to be lying off-and-on
near it. Hut say BolNiwfjjfonufc rt for
the present. It will never ao to at
tempt to rescue the poor fellow os long
as we are so completely at the mercy
of these ustives. Wc shall be ready
for sea to-morrow; and then I have a
plan that I think will work.”
The King being on board the next
morning, the captain proposed to go
shooting again, taking the ship's boat
for the excursion. His majesty was
ready to accompany him, as, indeed,
ho always was, but would never allow
any of us to go without himself or one
of the principal chiefs, h3 escort or
guide. That the men might not be
taken from the ship’s duty, the King
famished a crew df blncks’to man the
paddles; but when all was in readiness
for pushing oIT, the captain tipped me
the wiuk to take my place at the
stcering-oar.
He signified to the Kiug that lie
thought the woods on the south side
of the bay would afford the best sport;
but his uuwiliugness to go in that di
rection was so manifest as fully to
confirm our suspicions. Hut the cap
tain and 1 understood each other, and
despite all remonstrance, I kept grad
ually edging over towards the side of
the harbor, passing the temple in fall
view, and approaching the shore at a
point some distance below it. The
Kingnt length ceased to object though
he still showed signs of uneasiness.
Wc lauded and pushed in under
tho shade of the lofty trees, where the
tropical pigeons were to be found, flut
tering high aloft among the branches.
The King and tiic captain alone
carricib guns, and wo pursued our
sport for some time with fair success,
but seized every occasion to work in
the direction ot tbo forbidden spot.
We at lost approached the border
of the cUcu iug, so that, the buildiug
which were of
colossal nw, -seeming to grin hide
ously at « . Jiut, to my surprise, the
men wK n we had seen outside in
passing had disappeared. No living
toing was to be seen in the neighbor
hood.
Where are the guards?” said I,
quietly, to avoid the appearance of
interest or surprise.
“ Inside, of course," replied Captain
Owyun, in the same manner and tone.
I’m sure we’re right, now. The man
Sianbury is here, and is gagged, as
long as we arc within hearing.”
“ We can’t get in. of course ? ”
“ No, it would to useless to ask the
King. Taboo would be the answer to
everything—or whatever words these
niggers use to express the same meau
ing. Attend, now, to what 1 am
saying.”
“Ay, ay, sir.”
I was carrying the captain s powder
flask and shot, as also a small box of
which I knew not the contents. It
weighed several pounds, and was an
awkward burden to carry about; but
as I had been ordered to bring it
along, 1 asked no questions.
He kept the King’s attention em
ployed ns we approached the temple,
so as to disarm suspicion, meanwhile
giving me my instructions, to wliieh
I was all attentiou.
“I am gdfag to call out the man’s
name, lie can’t answer me, of course,
if he’s gagged; but he’ll know that
wc are here. Jim Stanbury!” he
shouted, running, with his gun raised,
towards a tree near at hand, and then
back again, terribly vexed, apparently,
that bis gnu had missed lire.
The Kiug laughed at him for fright
ening the pigeon away by his foolish
shouting, aud still more when the
captain showed him that the gun was
not capped.
Wc were now standing close to the
wall of the building, and could bear
a scuffling sound and hard breathing
inside.
“He heard me, of course, and is
struggling with his keepers; but he's
gagged, as I thought. All right—
keep quiet I ” he called, raising his
voice; then lowering it again, “ that
box you are carrying is full of pow
der ; I’m going to lead the king and
bis meu around the front aide of the
houae; watch your chance to drop
behind.’’
At this moment I looked seaward,
down the clearing, and saw the ship's
fiyiugjibboom push futo view, by the
tree*. The captain saw it before I
could cry out, and cut me short in the
same quiet tone.
“AH right i .She’ll anchor again be
low tore. Mr. Hart has his orders.
Attend careftdly, now, to what I say."
Tto King tore caught sight of a
pigeon, and trotted Bilently off, his!
black crew following at a little dis
tance, to see tho effect of his shot.
“Good!” said the captain. Now’s
your time. Pass round tho corner of
the building, lift a paving-stone, and ,
put down the box—close to the corner (
post—make a train with the powder
in the flask. Work ns quick ns you
can, and I’ll amuse the King and his
gang.
The sharp report of tho royal fowl
ing- piece was followed by a cry of
delight from the negroes, indicating
his success. During the pow-wow
over the failpn bird, I was making
good use of my time to carry out my
instructions. I heard the captain’s
voice, speaking so as to be heard in
side, “ Keep towards the back end of i
the house. Be sure tlratjou don’t go,
the front door.”
And the directions of the smothered'
sounds satisfied us that we were un- j
derstood by the prisoner. There was
no fear that his jailers would be any
the wiser; for of all the tribes in the
Pacific, these Occani<ymgroes possess
tho least capacity forwquiring a for
eign language. There was not even
tho smattering English here that is,
usually to be found wherever half a;
dozen ships may have touched at long |
intervals. '
The King and his party returned
with their prize ; but while reloading
his gun, his Majesty, for the first
time, appeared to have his curiosity
excited about the ship’s movements.
The captain, reassuring him, led the
Wi.y to the water-side, fallowed by the
whole part}-, thus leaving my opera
tions unobserved. I carried out his
directions in fall, without fifrthcr in
terruption, and joined him on the
beach. The ship had dropped a single
anchor in a berth convenient to us,
but still lay with her fcrctopsail
loosed ; and a boat fully manned was
pulling towards the place where wc
had landed in the other.
“All ready, boy?” the captain asked,
without looking at me.
“All ready, sir. The little stick
upright in the Baud —that’s the end
of the train.”
Tho Kiug made signs to inquire
where the box was which he iiad seen
inc carrying. I pretended to hava;
missed it, aud started back to look
for it. The Captain followed at my
heels, pretending great indignation at
my carelessness.
The royal party stood still, aud
laughed at this mock chase, redoub
ling their merriment as Captain
Qwynu now and then kicked at me
from behind, while 1 counterfeited an
agony of fright, and dreepcatcd his
anger by the mo6t expressive panto
mime.
" They’il laugh out o’ the other
side of their mouths in a minute, boy,"
said he, drawing some matches from
Ids pocket. “ Run towards the stick—
oh, yes, I see it! Now double on me,
and run back out of the way.”
Never was a group of unsophistica
ted savages more thoroughly fright
ened than were the King of San Cris
toral and his four paddle men, at the
deafening explosion, and its, to them,
miraculous effects. The whole corner
of the bamboo house was blown into
a complete wreck; the hideous deity
who had mounted guard for years*
on that side, leaped frantically up
wards through tho smoke, and toppled
over, crashing to the grotind.' They
staid to see no more. When we
rushed in at the gap, the captain and
I, the beach was deserted, and their
negro yells were receding in the dis :
tancc among the forest mazes.
There were five men inside the
temple, which was full of idols of va
rious sizes ; while the fixtures and fit
tings were such ns indicated ttiat
these people, who appeared so inoffen
sive aud happy, believed, like their
Fecjce neighbors, in human sacrifice.
But we had time only for a single
glance. Four of the occupants, who
hod crouched in a panic of fear at our
entrance, fled through the opening
with tiie speed of antelopes. The fifth
lay bound and gagged upon the floor.
He was as black, or nearly so, as the
others.
To cut his bonds and help him to
his feet, was the work of an instant;
and, assisting him between us, we all
rushed down the slope together to
meet the approaching boat, which had
taken our empty one in tow. But
little danger was to be apprehended
from the natives, as it would take
them some time to recover from their
l onic. Everything on board was in
readiness for a start, and wc were safe
under sail, while yet the King and
his retinue were investigating, with
fear and trcinbliug, what they believed
to be the effect of a deity’s wrath.
Our new shipmate, James Stanbury,
naturally became a center of interest
and curiosity. Tho black die with
which he had been stained gradually
wore out, so that in a few months he
regained his normal hue. The King
of San Cristoval, he said, had always
ordered it renewd as often as it faded.
Yet, excepting this periodical bap
tism, and his entire isolation fr
even the sight of beings cf b { * ‘ oiri
race, he had been treated - .' d .'
ness—nay, even with k,r-»d
the islanders. -unction-_ b y
According to U»;„ .•
•Ueh Stuibury
NO. 18.
between three and four years since he
deserted from the Tuscan, seduced by
just such flattering inducements ss
had been held out to me and others.
As soon as his ship had gone to sea,
lie was formally received as one of
the people, presented with the free
dom of the island, tabooed to insure
his safety, and stained black, as the
highest mark of honor that qpuld be
conferred. Tills last was more ‘tflan
Jim bargained for—he was natural
ized too much. But his resistance
availed hothing against the King’s
fiat; he was at once invested with the
high degree, as Knight of the Black
bath, and thus had “greatness thrust
upon him.”
After these ceremonies, he was pro
vided with a wife, being ailowd his
[ choice among the unmarried women
'rather for lifer rank than her personal
* charms, the whole sisterhood being
much on a par in this latter respect. He
tlliis hilled himself closely to the royal
family, and became a kind of prince
consort. This secured him some
rights and privileges above the com
mon herd ; but these, lie found, were
, not always such as were desirable to a
| white man of active habits. Besides,
he had riveted the chaitiß of his bon*
> dage more closely by his union with the
kinswoman of the sovereign. His
person became so very sacred, that it
must never again be looked upon by
outside barbarians. In short, our ad
venturer found himself too much mar
ried.
He was not allowed to perform any
labor, even to collect or prepare his
own food. He became the proprietor
of some scores of cocoa-palms and
bread-trees, the dowry of his noble
spouse, and was expected to maintain
his dignity by a perfect abstinence
from work, or, indeed, anything like
exertion. This compulsory idleness
soon became worse than the hardest
kind of work.
“ I never thought I was over fond
of hard work,” said Jim, “and I al
ways had au idea that I’d be lazy
enough ns soon ns I could afford it.
But 1 found that laziness reduced to a
system wasn’t what it was cracked up
to be.”
As soon as a sail appeared, ap
proaching the island, Jim was 04once
ordered into confiucmcnt at one of.
the joss-houses, ns he called them.
Ho might have been treated with all
the due respect due to bis high sta
tion, and had his wife to share his
captivity, if he would have submitted
quietly, and made no effort to com
municate with strangers. But as he
always resisted stoutly, and did his
tost to raise an alarm, it was found
necessary to gag and bind him when
ever any white men were within hear
ing of his place of confinement
But no more violence was employed,
as lie said, than was necessary to in
sure his silence ; nor was it continued
a moment after the necessity was
past. But a constant guard was kept
upon the temple until the whites had
taken their departure, when he was
again reinstated In au his honors and
dignities.
On one of these oeensions when he came
out of his prison, be found another white
man who had huen left behind by an Kn
gllah vcmcl. Jim was nearly beside him
self widi joy al this prospect of companion
ship with one of his own race.
Hut Murphy, the new-comer, was an im
pulsive young Irishman, and after pasaing
through the ceremonies of initiation, selec
ted a wife who pleased his eye,from among
the piehian class. Thus they were not
brought into much contact. Murphy was
not only permitted to labor, but it was ex
pected of him. He was also confined when
n ship arrived; thougli, it appeared, not so
much from fear that to himself might es
cape, ns Hint lit might reveal the.situation
of flie more important prisoner, Stanbury.,
Murphy liad not been many months on
shore, when, after having climbed a tree for,
COCoa-nuts, he fell nearly a hundred feet to
the ground, ant! broke his neck. Hit
remains were carried outside the reef, and
sunk; and his widow tabooed, so
dial she could never marry again—except
it were to another white man.
Human sacrifices were offered, according
to Staubury’s account, on very rare occa
sions. He had known only ono instanc
during his sojourn, which was after the
death of the King’s favorite, a hoy of ten,
who was killed by a shark while'bathing.
The victim, was a castaway, wbo, with
others, bod drifted there in a cauoc from
one of the oilier islands of tiic group; and
Jim could give no accouut of the ceremo
nies, as no one was admitted to the joss
house but the priests and the Kiug himself
To make himself kuown to any visitors
had long been the desire of Jim’s heart;
and he at length hit upon the expedient of
carving the inacripUons upon the pedestals
of the idols. The King and his people were
delighted witli the effect, but would not
permit him to cut them in the wood him
self t-o much labor on the part of a gran
dee of the kingdom was a compromise not
to be thought of for a moment. So Jim
drew the form of tiic letters, ands nuti J
workman dug them out; which fact - * ,
far to account lor their rude appearar *
Jim, us a consequence ufbis long-ir
idleness, had grown fat and r
while at the same time he was.q- |XI
to endure the fatigue of a b.ard /vs. __ r c
He improved, however in *' T* 8 , , [U
under the operation 'I c h' *
habits of luT H ver
lie ao sudden)- for
&Mwhio“ ; •*» *«
man, i» ■* eve 7. m * - cUtmmg »** *
IslT . expected to f .new at the Solomon
* jids; aud which him had. become a
uecessity, in the *■ jue manner a* nun and
tobacco in the m> jre civilized etreios.
Wu left Stan nuiy in Australia, where
he joined s shi p bound to London I have
never beard tnat he ha* published »J***-
or delivered jfor do 1 tWnk he
w ootd make his 'mark at either ; though.**
I first beheld him, oe might have proved
an attractive “c- ... •' m connection with •
W.pcofEtbi mmstiel. ■