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SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, MAY 10, 1878.
••THK lUVOIFAC OK THE BEAD.”
Who wrote “The Bivouao of the
Dead?” This is the question; and wo
answer that it was Col. Theodore O'Hara
of Kentucky. Hi served in the Mexican
war, and also in the war of the rebellion,
first as colonel of nu Alabama regiment
and afterward as chief of staff to General
Breckinridge, lie died in 1867 on an
Alabama plantation, and tho legislature
of Kentucky have brought his remains
home lor interment, with those of other
Kentucky soldiers, under a mouument
erected by the Stale. His poem drew its
inspiration from scenes in the Mexican
war, and these are its stanzas;
The muffl * l drum’s sad roll has boat
Tin* soldier’s last tattoo;
No more on life’s parade shall meet,
That bravo ami fallon few.
On fume’* otcrnal camping ground
Thoir silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
No minor of tho foe’s advance
Now swell* upon the wind.
No troubled thoughtsuvt midnight haunt,
Of loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow’s strife
The warrior’s dream alarms,
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call 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
Aud plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
Aqd the proud forms by battle gash and,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle’s stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din aud shout are past—
Nor war’s wild note, nor glory’s peal,
. Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more shall feel
The rapturo of the fight.
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That swopt his great plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Came down the serried foe
Who heard the thunder of tho fray
Break o’m tiie Held beneath,
Knew well tho watchword of that day
Was victory or death.
Full many a mother's breath has swept
O’er Angostura’s plain,
And long the pitying sky has wept
Above its moldef’d slain.
The raven’s scream or eagle’s flight
Or shepherd’s pensive lay
Alone now wake each solemn height.
That frowned o’er that dread fiay.
Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground I
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the heedless air;
Your own proud laud’s heroic soil
BhaJl bo your Utter grave;
She claims from war its richest spoil—
The ashes of the brave.
Thus ’neaththeir parent turf they rest,
bar from the glory field,
Borne to a Spartan mother's breast
On many a bloody shield.
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles nadly on them hero,
Ant kindred eyes and boarts watch by
Tho hero’s sepulchre.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead!
Dear as tho blood ye gave;
No impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory bo forgot
While Fame her record keeps;
Or Honor points the’hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell.
When many a vanished year hath flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change,hor winter’s blight,
Nor time’s remorseless doom,
Can dim one ray of holy light,
That gilds your glorious tomb.
—AT. Y. SUji.
Who Made the Proposal.
Dr. Gibson, hs.ving made an unprofes
sional visit to Mrs. Kellioot, walked down
to the gate with her daughter Mattie.
Mattie was twenty years old, and the
doctor was thirty. Her eyes were brown,
and bis were gray. She had on a pink
calico dress and a white muslin apron; he
wore clean, cool looking clothes and a
white Panama hat.
The gentleman admired the lady’s
flowers very much, especially the white
roses, one of which, by the way, she had
tucked under her car. She inquired,
with considerable show of interest., about
the Ruggles children, who had the
measles. He gravely told her all about
Tommy and Ben, Alice arid Kit; and
when he had finished a silence (ell upon
them.
Mattie was leaning on the gate, looking
down the village street. he thought
how funny it was for Mr. Scott to paint
his new house pea green, with lavender
trimmings, and was about to say so to Dr.
Gibson, when he stopped her.
He said the very last thing she would
have expected to hear. He said;—
“Mattie, I love you, and waut you to
marry me!”
The vory look in the bright eyes would
have told him, without a sinpio spoken
word, how thoroughly unlooked for such
a proposal had been- She had never, in
all the years she had known Dr. Gibson,
thought for a moment of the possibility
of his loving her. She was very sorry,
she told him, but sho didn’t lovo him one
bit, at,least not in that way, But the
tears canto into her eyes as she saw tho
quiet face grow a trido pa'e.
“1 hardly believed you did care for me,”
lie went ou after a pause; "but 1 hoped
you might yet leant to do it.”
“But—but—said Mattie, with em
barrassment, “I thought-everybody knew
I was engaged to my cousin Tom.”
“Your cousin Tom!” echoed the doc
tor. It was impossible to mistake the
expression that passed over bis face. It
was not merely personal regret at the fact
that she anooanood, but an impartial dis
approval of the match.
He made no comment, however, but
directly said:
“Mattie, 1 shall never get over this—l
menu I shall always love you —and it you
need a friend or protector, or—any one—
you'll'-- , to uio, won’t you?”
She promised, and held out her hand
to h'tu. Ho shook i; w .roily ar.d said,
“Go.l bless you I” and left her hurriedly.
Mattie, still leaning on the woodi n
gate •-atehed tho retiring figure out of
sight. Sho was very quiet all day, and in
the ev.'uing propounded the absurd ques
tion:
“Tom, wbat would you do if I should
jilt you?"
Tom stroked bis downy upper lip and.
looked pensive.
“Couldn't say,” he replied, after some
moments of reflection. “You might try
it uml see.”
“Perhaps 1 will,” she replied, more
soberly than the occasion seemed to wur
rar.t. Tom stared very hard at her, hut
immediately forgot the incident.
Nearly a year passed. One day Mrs
Koi!ic"t's “he!;>” rushed tratuioally into
Dr. Gibson’? ouse, and breathlessly rre
nounced to th# gentleman that ‘ Mr. Tom
would he deader’na doornail long before
hegottber t if ho didn't jump!” For
two seconds, thinking of him as his rtvs.l
in Mat lie’s affections, the doctor had half
a mind to consign him to the tender
mercies of good, stupid, old Dr. Wells;
but. Ilia better naiute prevailed, and he
staited tor Mrs. Kellicot’s at the very
heels of tho excited servant girl.
When he arrived he found Tom in a
high fever and delirious. Ho pronounced
it a severe case of typhoid fever. He
sent to his own house for changes of
clothing, preparing to devote himself to
tho rick man. Mattie, too, was unwearied
in the vork, and, being necessarily much
in Tom's room, consequently saw the
doctor constantly. Ho and his patient
presented a marked contrast, to each
other. The latter was captions and
peevish to an unheard of degree, and
talked incessantly of some being named
Kato. On the other h nd, Dr. Hibson
was so patient and gi ntle, so strong and
helpful, doing so much for Tom, and yet
not forgetting ono of his accustomed
duties, that Mattie opened her eyes in
admiring astonishment.
One morning, as the doctor prepared
a sleeping draught for somebody, and
dictated a prescription to Mattie for
Somebody else, she said, with real soliei
t ude:
“Dr- Gibson, you will certainly kill
yourself if you keep on at this rate, arid
you ought to take a rest.”
“Do 1 appear to bo at death's door?”
he inquired, straightening up and squar
ing his shoulders, as if proud of his pra
ps :iorn. “No, Mat ip.” he continued
solemnly, though with a merry twinkle of
his honest eyes, “work, m: Mrs. Bowers
frequently says, is a pannykay.”
Mafic understood him, and colored
crimson
At last Tom was pronounced out of
danger, and now the doctor felt he must
remove himse'f arid his belongings fruui
M rs. Keihcot’s house to hin o h. Mattie,
hidden by the honeysuckle vinos over the
piazza, watched him go, ami cried a little.
The morning after, Tom and Mattie sat
on the piazza; he reading or pretending
to read, while she sewed diligently.
Neither uttered a word f.ir more than
half an hour.
Presently Mattie shook out the muslin
cap she was making, and laid it on her
work box, put her iittle silver thimble
asi-ie, and dropped her hands, om ...cr
the other, into her lap. Then she look**
ed up.
Tom was staring straight at h"r. She
colored violently, and so fur that matter
did he.
“Tom,” she began, “don’t bo angry.
Oh, do forgive me!”--She paused to
think how sho could tell him .softly, hut
she went on bluntly, “1 want to end our
engagement."
“So do II" rojoined he, with difficulty
repressing a whistle. Then both burst
into a hearty laugh.
“You see, Mat,” said Tom, when he
could speak, “I lovo some ono else.”
Mattie appeared to bo taken quite by
surprise at this declaration.
“But I couldn’t help it, indeed I
couldn’t. She is—”
"Sho is a young lady whose name is
Kate, and her eyes are the blackest, and
her cheeks the reddest, and she sings
‘Under the Stars,' with guitar aecompani
' ment,” rattled Mattie, all in a breath.
It was Tom’s turn to stare. “Where
| did you find all this out?” he asked,
j “My dear little bird, etc. I think I'll
; go and write to my future cousin,” and
' off she ran, glad to escape the questions
which she feared he might propound,
i ‘‘Hut you haven’t told me —ho called
after her.
"And never shall,” sho returned,
! whisking into her room.
In less than an hour sho L td reconciled
her -i the. to Fate’s deer ■ h <■.
■ M,--lvat" Spencer and pet's i. (To;,:
! Write r.is'>, and had done much t . • t.i
informing the whole village ol ' ■ tit?r- -I
prospects.
In duo time Tom was mart 1 i, Mat!
officiating as firs t bridesmaid.
Mattip, after the excitement Tom's
wedding, be though herself wi at he
would do. There were her sum mor
j dre> so to I"' made up, her music scholars
j to attend to, the sewing circle, and the
flowin ', hut these neither occupied all her
time or i1..-tight e There ought to have
been Dr. Gib*o-:i, too, sbe could not belli
thinking; but that gentleman, instead of
falling at her iect as soon as he found she
Was free, paid her no more attention than
before. She waited for him, iu growing
wonder and wony, an eternity—two
weeks--arid then took measures to bring
him to his senses.
She employed only recognized and lady
like means, however. She began by
flirting a little with different gentlemen.
There was Will Ellis. This young gen
tleman had offered himself to our heroine
on an average four times a year since sho
was fifteen, he had inevitably refused
him, decidedly auu emphatically; but
they were tho beet friend in the world.
Sho now told him tha> -be would accept
all the attentions that, in would ciTor hex
during the next week, taking care to le
member that this singular declaration
proceeded not ’from any regard for him,
but was umdc in pursuance of some occult
design on her part. Forthwith the pair
embarked on what seemed to be the
stormiest flirtation Skinnerville ever saw
In the long mornings they drove or rowed
together; they dined at Mrs Keliicot’s,
and Immediately sallied forth on some
other excursion. Both were excellent
equestrians, and Mattie gloried in gal
loping over hill ond dale on one of Will’s
handsome horses (Will, by the way, was
the son of a rich man). Then they drank
an early tea on the veranda, and spent the
evening at. the piano or in reading. At
the hour of nine, Mattie always sent Will
home without a particle of ceremony or
regret at his departure. In short, what
appeared to Skinnerville as a serious
court.ihip was, in reality, a purely busi
ness matter, an ) so understood between
the parties to it.
This state of affairs continued for a
week or so, during whiMi time the doctor
ignored Mattie’s existence, except a- sho
was the daughter of his :•• -nd Mrs.
Kebioot. And all the time th" ; vl w,is
raging inwardly at he quoad a- i 1
‘‘Why doesn’t he nsk uic at ••••••?” .--bo
queried mentally; “Ia n
me, and any one might see *-r.it t !•>'.-•
him; but he can’t, I suppose I sli.tii -
an old maid.”
But the doctor was not to hliuu". A
man of tho world would have seen through
Mattie’s stratagem, but he did not, tic
imagined "be was either trying to drown
bar di. appointment at losing Tom, <>• bad
really derided to marry tho cuemoicd
Will.
The truth ccotuTod to Mattie at last.
She could hardly believe such stupidity
existed in the mind of man; but she en
deavored to try what modesty and retiring
behavior would effect. So she dismissed
Will, and became, to all outward appear
ance a little nun. Still no advance ou
ib-. doctor's part. Mattie gave up all
hope, finally, of ever coming to a better
understanding with him, when something
happened.
Dr. 1 Uhson “dropped in” one morning,
when Mrs. Koilicot sat sowing n tho
pleasant vernada, in ttm cool, refreshing
breezo t
NUMBER 20.
“You musn’t ooree here,” sho called,
an he tied his horse to the hitching post.
“My work requires my undivided atten
tion; besides you’ll step on the ruffles.
You may go help Mattie, if you like.”
The young woman was making pies in
the kitchen. She saw the doctor coming
round the corner of the house, gave a
hurried glance at tho bright bottom of a
pan she was holding, found herself pre
sentable, and greeted him composedly.
She was very glad to see him, she said;
wouldn't ho come in?
No, ho wouldn’t come in, the day was
so beautiful. He would just stand on
the little brick pavement under the win
dow and lean on tho sill.
So there ho stood, under the grapevine
trellis, with a littlo golden sunshine fall
ing over his hair and shoulders. Mattie
observed that ho looked thoroughly un
loverliko, and concluded that he didn’t
intend to propose. She also noticed a rip
in his coat, aud wondered who would
mend it for him.
Somehow, tho talk veered round from
the weather to woman’s rights.
Mattie, on this, spoko up.
She didn’t at all believe in tho seoond
haud influence which reached the ballot
’"ix through the ncency of husbands and
1 rothers. “Av heu 1 vote,” she said, “I
-• to march to the polls and put in my
iw l vote mysoli.”
•Wba -i pretty spectacle you’d 'make,
with that rolling pin in your hand,
'm not sure th.-p, f rant to vote,'
he -interrupted; “hut 1 would like to
comaLvs ß- :, that it ail:
• '.Yelt msghi petition the legisla
ture. vl (. -dec’or, gravely.
“u - , are not legal laws, only social
eti.,-;cit.a audit-ages.” She laid the roll
in pin a.-uio with an emphatic bang, and
plain 1 her floury arms akimbo, looking
very earnest and determined, aud quite
regardless of th3 fact that she and Dr.
Gibson wore in love with each other.
“Sow at a party, when a lady sits alone
in a stuffed chair I1 evening, nut dancing,
simply because she hasn’t any partner
and can’t ask one. Oh! you know, Dr.
Gibson, you know —"
“How it is myself?” interpolated he.
‘•‘How it was at Mrs. Campbell’s tho
other night. If I bad been Ann Rad
eliff or Dura Coliard, I’d have asked soma
of you meu to dance with me.”
“Then you think women should have
the privilege of asking for whatever they
wish?” he retorted with a half smile.
Sho answered that sho thought just
that.
“Well, Mattie, I quite agree with
you. I not only think that they should
have this right in such cases as you men
tion, hut also in more serious affairs.
For instance, women might, with perfect
proprioty, make proposals of marylage.”
Now such an idea had never dntored
Mattie’s foolish little head, and sjie seized
the sugar box with great euibarrassmenK
The doctor wont on, with much gravity;
“I am aware Ilia; it would be a very
unconventional proceeding,- and I ~am
afraid no woman will ever ho wise enough
to take the initiative; and yet I am per
suaded that in many instances it would
be the most natural aud beautiful thing
she could do.”
He was looking unconsciously up in the
blue sky shining through the filagree
work of vine leaves above him. It was
evident he was thinking about it iu the
abstract ouly, but a faltering little “Dr.
Gibson,” recalled him to the concrete.
And there stood Mattie, smiling, blush
ing, dimpling, ready to extinguish herself
in her brown gingham apron.
“Dr. Gibson, I like you ever so much,”
she faltered, bravely but breathlessly.
.! he ductor jumped through tho open
wndow and made his proposal over
agaill.
!’ ’let' uit’s millpond, Taylor county,
there is a curious sneeiiucn of beaver
huu -building. Near the middle of the
-. ~!, w.uets furen sit hundred acres of
!,;u,t th:-:e f-' •* Uu : island, on which has
1,,.;.,- 'r industrious beavers a
thr?t slur; 1 e, made of logs cut liom
the timber contiguous to the pond. The
unp-u story is above high water mark. It
i- .aid that when the water begitiH to rise
from a freshet the heavers remove their
young from ono story to tho other until
they are safe. The house is well constructed
and daubed with mud, so we are inform
ed , and it is no unusual sight aay cloudy
day t i ,-ee one or two beavers with their
ht -..is out of a hole in the top of their dom
icil taking observations of the weather, —
T' I button llet/utcr.
Blunt men sometimes say cutting
things.