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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
JOHN H. SEALS, Editor dr Proprietor.
Wm. B. SEAUt, Prop'rood for. Editor.
MARY E. BUY AN, <*) Aworlate Editor.
ATLANTA, GA., MARCH 20, 1880.
SPECIAL. NOTICK.
Those Red and Yellow Slips.
We feel very giateful for the kindly man
ner in which these little reminders which
went out in our last paper have been received
by our friends, and the promptness with
which many have responded to them.
But some are mistaking the figure 5 for
the figure 1, and when we come to examine
it we find that the mistake might easily l>e
made. But our l>ook-koei>er meant it for a
5. The subscription price is a year
The Pirate’s Daughter.
We begin this thrilling story in this issue.
•♦HANTCH.”
Special Notice.
We have several orders in hand for copies
of Mrs. Bryan’s Ixiok, which cannot lie filled
till a new supply is received in this city. Not
a copy is to lie had at present, but there will
be a supply on hand in a few days. The
book is having a fine run. All orders will lie
promptly attended to on receipt of the fresh
supply.
Young Men's i'hrislian Asso-
t-isilion.—'The 0th Annual Convention of
this most worthy body will be held in Savan
nah, on April the 15th, and continue four
days.
■''unity lull True.—Every few weeks
we are directed to change the address of
some young lady’s paper from Miss somebody
to Mrs. so and so, which means that he has
been sending her The Si nny South, and to
show her appreciation, she has accepted his
hand and assumed his name. It has a fine
effect to send this pajier to your sweetheart.
■•rrsoiisil—(Jur alisence prevented ns
from noticing a recent interesting event in
in which one of our esteemed friends acted a
resjionsible part. After the usual prayer
meeting services in Trinity Church had ended
on the evening of the 18th ult., the assem
blage was startled by the rustlings of satin
and the hurried whisperings which went like
electric currents from month to mouth, and
in a few moments our handsome friend, Dr.
W. G. Brown came forward with the accom
plished Miss]Amelia C. Owings upon his arm,
and “they twain were made one” by the
ready ministers, the Rev. H. B. Brown, of
S. C., and Rev. John W. Hcidt. the popular
] last or .if that church. A worthier pair prob
ably never plighted their vows at Hymen’s
altar. The Doctor is one of the most promi
nent and successful men of the dental profes
sion and his personal jxij Hilarity is unlioimd-
ed. He has the good wishes of every one in
the community for a long and hapjiy .Iffc^
are hard things to keep. Most things that
are said or done eventually leak out, often in
someway quite unaccountable. But now
and then an individual guards his secret with
successful jealousy, and carries it with him
to his grave. In almost every old communi
ty we may find traditions of some crime com
mitted long ago. the perjietrators of which
could never lie found out by all the cunning
of the most skilled detectives. While in the
main it may lie true that “murder will out,”
thousands of instances to the contrary might
be adduced. The grim terrors of approach
ing ileath do not always unseal lips that have
for years had in their keeping the details of
some horrid deed. Some secrets have lieen
well kept, even when a number of people
had it in their charge. There is that strange
story of the “Man in the Iron Mask,” about
which so much has lieen written. More than
a score of people must have known why he
was condemned to wear that mask, and why
he was watched with such unceasing vigi
lance. Yet such was the terror insoired by
the polite, but hard-hearted tyrant who then
mled France, that not one of them dropjied
a hint that would assist future research.
Two hundred years have passed and the mys
tery remains unsolved. Some years later,
one of the most largely gifted of men, did to
death a beautiful and accomplished woman
whom he tenderly loved. Why he so wrong
ed one whom he so much admired, he never
told. Not when madness had deranged the
powers of that splendid intellect, did he re
veal his secret. The grave .dosed over it,
and the story of Stella remains one of the
saddest mysteries of history.
A little over a century ago, all England
was excited by the utterances of a pen as
Iiohl as it was brilliant. Before its keen wit,
its forcible logic, its bold rhetoric, the ablest
adversary, retired, discomfited and aliashed.
Proud statesmen grew pale with alarm as
that mystery-wrapped pen charged upon one
after another. Even the poor, dull gentle
man who hada conscientious desire to prove
Lack Is Pluck.—When a man is for
tunate he boasts of his good management
and shrewdness; when he is what is termed
unfortunate, he complains of his ill luck. It
is said that Providence always smiles on the
side of the best and most liayonets and heav
iest guns. Cannot the same principle lie also
applied to farming? Success is the result 1
good management, of the best breeds of cat
tle, best tools and the richest soils. Success
springs from economy in saving and making
manures, and in the judgment used in their
application. It consists in the proper selec
tion of seeds, the time of mowing the grass,
the way and manner of tilling the ground,
vigilance in destroying weeds, the care of
cattle and the manner of feeding, in keeping
the fences in order and the building in good
repair. .These are a few of the elements of
good luck. —Ex.
The Ladies of Rurkville, Vir
ginia.—What a noble set of women reside
in and around this litt'e village! On Easter
Monday the 29th Inst., they have arranged
fora grand fair and festival to raise money
for the purpose of purchasing a new hand
press for their local publisher, brother
Alpheus Bolling of the “Southside Sentinel.”
Now this is admirable, and not only does
brother B. feel grateful but the whole news-
pajier fraternity everywhere joins him in a
plattoon of thanks for this -ulistantial evi
dence of their appreciation of the Press.
Success to the fair entertainment, the
good editor and the fair women, fifty of
whom we find as signers to the announce
ment, with Mrs. Dr. M. S. Johnson, Presi
dent; Mrs. Rev. .1. H. Newbill, Vice Presi
dent; Mrs. J. P. Roliertson, Secretary; and
Mrs. W. A. Neal, Assistant Secretary.
Kn«rk*kniTil sm«l Round nIiohI
drred.--Are our womenkind realiv such
a deformed and ill-shaped lot as the con
noisseurs in such matters would have us lie'
lieve ? Mr. Grady, writing from New York,
declares that he could not enjoy the Black
Crook for disgust at the knock-kneed as|iect
of the fair demoiselles in fleshings. The ed
itor of the Nashville American is still more
exercised 1.11 the subject and prophetically
opens an appalling prospect before us. He
says: “A generation of knock-kneed people
will, of course, abandon the compression of
dresses on the knees, which lias impressed
that defect; but in the effort to cure the
knock-knee, means will be found to turn the
knee outward and the opposite evil will lie
embraced. Pigeon toed and splay-footed
people will come into fashion, and, as a result
of the present fashion, in fifty years, through
intermarriage of the knock-kneed and pigeon-
toed people, we shall lie a nation of knock-
kneed, bow-legged, splay-footed, pigeon-toodi
bandy-shanked people, a byword and a re
proach on the face of the earth.”
The New Orleans Times discusses another
portion of the female anatomy and says:
“()ur humpbacked and round shouldered girls
should go to see Adelaide Neilson act if Old} 1
to learn a lesson from her freedom mid ease
of movement. Will they never recollect that
no woman can lie beautiful until she learns
to walk !” If we had to indicate what
we lielieved to be the cause of the
niissbajien womanhood among us, as well as
the lack of pure complexions and ease of
movement, we should say i|g>rsets first, then
isrlVs. —-- *•*"*• J *
The Chinese 1m America—The
Bright Side of the Problem.—
The presence of these Mongolians on our
shores, with their singular costumes, small
appetites, and placid ways of performing
work, has given rise to a vast amount of dis
cussion and sore prejudice. In the early days
of California the antagonisms between the
General Forrest.
Persoaal Reeolleetinn oi* Him
bv a Northern Nan,
Written by a New Contributor for the Sunny
South
The dis- inguished subject of this sketch
was born in London in 1788, lieing the only
iPh I ■V v 'rr S(m (jjmtain John Byron by his second
iff* 1 closely 111 contact with the subject of this . wjf Cath £ rine Cordon, a Scotch heiress of
rfr- ske , tch - an<1 t'tcctmg him its a Northern man : AlK! ’ (leellsh j re al „j a | a , ly no ted f«
, .. , . , 1 . , It was the privilege of the writer during
whites ami Chinese were developed mostly in the FaU aI1( , Winter of i8 75 -’76;’ to lie thrown
the mining regions, and have continued wi/h ' . . . - - .
more or less bitterness until now, the host
Biographical Sketches
OLD ENGLISH^ AUTHOPS.
GEORGE GORDON BYRON.
i “" ,v —vaa—-—» - . —„ - , . - I i\iienieensnire aim a ia«iy holuu for the as-
ty l>eing always most active during the can- ! a,l< * a, i rea< { eerbity of her disposition. Captain John
........ , ..I....,:.", im 1 niore <>f him as the Fiend of Fort Pillow, and | Byrol ^ or | Uad J ac fe Byron as lie was fre-
vass for state and general elections. These
1 . Butcher of the Confederate Army, | ,. uen tl y called, was one of the handsomest
unfortunate Asiatics are accused of liemg an than in any other way, it may serve some 1 ^ nd mostl ’ .Pssi,sited men of his dav.
injury to the best interests of our country good end to narrate the experiences of those Ymirig Byron was emphatically a chip of tne
nml our ueoule because thev .'eWnnuii 1 months in theiold soldier ssociety. Fluid en- | (j „ tb ‘ e (leath of his UIle |«
gaged board for myself and wife at a large j B was ra i s ‘ e q to a peerage, though hut
halt-boarding house 111 Memphis and at ...y ,,j’ v ,. n s of he vested with
first dinner I observed a tall and rather slen-| the proprietorship of Newstead Abbey, a
magnificent country seat, shaded by Sher-
anil our people because they ^cheapen labijr,
and liecause they are an inferior race. It is
charged that most of them come here as
slaves; that they do not pay taxes; that they
do not consume our products, but send tlieir
money home, thus draining our country of
its wealth; that they are the careless authors
of destructive fires; that they displace white
laliorers, driving them to pursue lives of beg
gary, prostitution and crime.
A great many writers have dealt with the
“Chinese problem,” as it is called, but few
have discussed it as exhaustively as the Rev.
O. Gibson, from whose valuable little work
entitled “The Chinese in America,” a portion
of the material for this article has been drawn.
According to this reverend gentleman’s opin
ion, instead of driving laborers and prQfes
sional men from the field, the presence and
labor of the Chinese have opened up indus
tries which have stimulated the demand for
such white laborers and professional men.
As to the charge that, the Chinese have taken
employment from our women and girls -<!,*'re
may lie single instances of the kind, hried, a
general charge it is not true. Hi>usp-sei*"» :s,
sewing-women and luundry-workers ® s ^j|.as
well paid in San Francisco as in New frig \.
The labor conflict in California, Mr. <* . . chj( . foIthe Confederate
1 general question, simply r 1 j 1 W ss on the other side
had fought against, the
insists, is,
inly a mueh-m
ded competition lietwi
der gentleman dressed neatly in black, who
sat lieside me. His hair, and beard which he
wore upon chin and Ii|is, were white as silver,
his complexion was fair, while his eves, of
which I only caught a glimpse then, liut
which I often looked into later, were the
clearest, brightest blue I have ever seen, save
in a child. His voice was sweet amt gentle
as a woman’s, and his laugh as cheery and
and light as a bird’s song. Who was the
old gentleman at my right! I inquir'd of a
of a friend as we left the room. Why I
thought everyone knew General Forrest,”
was the reply. “General Forrest!” I cried;
“is that General Forrest ’. Why he doesn’t
look like the hard character I have always
pictured him.” “Hard character," said my
friend; “he is one of the noblest and liest men j
in all the land to-day. There does not exist
a purer or more honorable gentleman.” And
so I found him. A few days later I made
his acquaintance, and almost from the first
our conversat on was largely upon the inci
dents of the war. and our personal experi
ences therein. I was only a‘little fellow,
militarily speaking, as compared with him—
a dwarf beside n giant. It lmd required
nearly the whole period of the war for me to
climb from the position of private to that
where a lientenuni’s liar decorated my shoul
der. while he had leaped with mighty strides
from the private's rank to the exalted height
if Lieutenant General, and Commander in
Cavalry.
of the fence, and
cause which he es-
Chinaman and Irishman. The Irishman f ,s .*• X-t aininat at once, « close and Jileas-
.... I I ant friendship was formed lietween ns. Hour
a vote, and so some aspiring politicians-^le , |V , lave j sat . either in his. room or in
on his side; hut all the industries of the stri e, niv own. ami listened to the old hero’s stories
himself *a King, felt his throne trembling be
neath him. But no one knew then whose
brain was directing that pen;—no one
knows now. The hundreds of essuys that
have been written on the subject have not,
ill the least, dispelled the darkness in which
it is enveloped. The identity of Junius re
mains an unsolved mystery, and will doubt
less so remain forever. *
Kind Words From Arkansas.-
We cannot resist the inclination to publish
the following nice letter from a good Arkan
sas lady:
Evening Shade,
Sharp County, Ark., March 1, I8S0.
Dear Editors:—I just felt like giving you a
word of encouragement as evidence of my
admiration and lore (appreciation won’t ex
press iti for the Sunny South. Your splen
did management and cultured corps of con
tributors, deserve something more than the
simple subscription price ami a few kind
words to neighbors. I should like to mention
some of your gi! ted lady contributors and I
presume I will tie excused for feeling proud
of some of my own sex- Mary E. Bryan
with her inimitable “Charcoal Sketches,"’
while Mrs. Hulburt has few. if any, sujieriors
in romance. The many good things prom
ised in your new prospectus are looked for
w-ith many anticipations of joy, Wishing
you the greatest success, and that the Sunny
South may find its way to every borne and
hamlet throughout the broad domain of our
country, and esjiecinlly to those of my lady
triends of North Arkansas, I am with great
The Naddest AYrdding on Re*
eord.—Miss Annie Pickens, daughter of
the governor of South Carolina, was to be
married on April 22, 1863, in Charleston, to
Lieutenant Andrew de Rochelle. The wed
ding party was assembled in the Pickens
residence, and the clergyman was asking the
bride if she was ready; when a shell from a
Union gun in the harbor broke into the room
and burst. Nine persons were hurt, but only
Miss Pickens’ wound proved mortal. Siie
bora the pain with wonderful fortitude, and
was unmoved when informed that she had
only an hour or two to live.
De Rochelle said that he would like to have
her die bis wife, and the poor girl smiled
sadly in assent. The guests remember the
scene as far more pitiful than they can de-
scrilie. The bride lay on a sofa, her white
dress dabbled in blood and her hair dishev
led, while her pallid face was so wrung with
agony that her efforts to smile tiecame futile.
The ceremony was hurriedly performed,
though the bride’s “Yes” was in a faint, la
bored whisper, and her lips hardly moved in
response to her husband’s kiss. She died im
mediately after.
all the capi'al of the state looking for invest
ment in industrial pursuits, demand this com-
petition of labor as ail i ndisjiensnhle element
of investment, development and success.
This competition, however, in this city is
limited to a few of the lighter and lower in
dustries. The Chinamen make overalls, and
slipjiers, and shoes, and cigars, and shirt-.
but no overalls for the trade were made in
! this country until the Chinamen made them.
The Chinamen do not labor upon the public
works of the city, the grading, paving and
repaving of the streets, nor upon any of tile
public buildings of the state. Thera are no
Chinese house-carpenters, nor painters, sue
brick-layers, nor blacksmiths, nor pi inters,
nor book-binders, nor tailors (of American
clothing), nor milliners, nor mantuu-makers:
no bankers nor insurance agents; no commis
sion men hants of European goods. They
offer no competition to our lawyers, doctors,
school-teachers, nor to any profession what
ever.”
The class of labor which the Chinese lihve
cheapened is that generally known as •'un
skilled.” The white man in California de
manded four or live dollars a day for tlu* per
formance of this kind of work, and the China
man was willing to do it for half. This has Lten
this siiLfrom theliegb’iivig HigJ)-priee«*ysel , v
i. ., ,.,3rse to - ■ •' was 1 nt", wt
iftsm of races commenced, and the wgir has
gone on with this for a battle-cry. /' Other
things have lieen dragged into the discussion,
but the weighty charge of the opposition to
Chinamen lias been the cheap-labor cry.—Ex.
if thrilling experiences through which he
had passed. A peculiar habit lie possessed,
or always j lacing 'he palms of his hands fiat
ly nud squarely together as 1m sat and talked,
often enforcing his remarks with gesticula
tion, but never changing the position of liis
hands. In his youth, he had hail no oppor
tunities for education, the support of a wid
owed mother and several younger children
having devolved upon Dim when he was
scarcely more than a child himself, and his
first instructor in the mystic art of writing
his own name was received from his wife 11
charming little lady who was by his side
through all the vicissitudes'of war, to whom,
he litis often said to me, lie owed all that was
good in him, and who stdl preserves muon of
her lieautyh Expcri- nee and observation
had however been good educators for him,
and in liis conversation one could mark no
evidence of illiteracy, save now and then a
peculiar pronunciation of some word, which
might as readily be attributed to eccentricity.
■Of tlm almost innumerable stories which he
narrated to me in those long winter evenings,
of his war life, the one which seemed t<
ford him the most pleasant memories was
an incident just at ihe close of his week's
chase of Wilson's cavalry. H' - and his men
had been in the saddle day and night, until
his force was redncetl to a mere handful.
Finally he reach il the bank of a river, upon
the opposite side of which, on the top of pre
cipitous bluff's, the enemy had taken stand.
A direct attack was impossible, and he was
at a loss what to do, when a young girl of
alsiut. seventeeu, who lived near by, came to
him and informed him of a ford some dis-
I>i;»j ili^ii^lje s^uuaiii-jvliiijhljlic could prob
respect, Very truly yours, „
Mns. Mary L. Oldham. I who was bis precursor.
Prtrorioiis 4'lliI<1 run.—There are
two kinds of precocious children. The one
exhibits early development of intellect lie-
cause their ancestors have lieen intellectual
jieople for two or three generations. This
precocity is apt to develop into well-assured
mental ability in after life. A large propor
tion of the men and women who have lieen
great in the world of iniiul, have given early
promise of that greatness. It will be found,
upon inquiry that all of these were children
of parents who exhibited more than ordinary
intellectual vigor. There is nothing wonder-
ful or unnatural in the early development of
such children. There are other children,
who with or without inherited intelligence,
are rendered precocious by necessity. Many
a little boy is forced to rely upon himself at
a tender age, and then a ready wit becomes
a part of their stock in trade. The small
lads who ven t apples or oranges, or mewspa-
|iers on the streets or at the cars, often excite
the surprise of grown up people by their How
if speech in commending their wares. Many
a rude man has lieen taught by a painful ex
perience the danger of attempting to ridicule
one of the little fellows. They can adminis
ter the cutting retort as readily as they cun
press upon your attention the items of the
newspajier which they wish to sell. There
is, however, something touching even in the
smartness of the boys. It sjieaks of priva
tions and hardships. Their sharpness of
trading at an age when happier youths are
playing marbles and studying syntax does
not give promise of successful life. Too often
they fall in love with the low forms of life
with which their fate forces them in contact,
and they cherish no ambition to rise to a
higher plane. The man or woman is most
happy and in the end, most symmetrically
developed who has a loug childhood. The
growtu which they manifest when forced at
a tender age to occupy the places of grown
people is not normal, or healthy. While it
pushes some of their faculties into undue
prominence, it dwarfs others. Too often,
alas! it is t ie moral nature, the higher part
of man that is permitted to wither away
in neglect. Then, indeed is the man an un-
j worthy successor to the quick, bright Isiy
T ho Ahy ssiiii:in Lihrsiry- So
oioly.—Mr. S. Root, one of Atlanta’s old
and valued citizens, with the aid of good
friends bus organized a society in Atlanta
with the aliove title, for the lienefit of the
colored people of the South, with the hope of
withdrawing them from evil influences and
encouraging habits of temperance, industry
and general good conduct.
The scheme lias the endorsement of Gov
Colquitt, four ex-Govemor’s. the Judges of
the United States and State Courts, the May
or and all the municipal authorities of At
lanta. Bishop Beckwith of the Episcopal
church, Bishop Pierce of the Methi xlist church,
Rev. Father O’Brien of the Catholic church,
tlie pastors of the churches of different de
nominations in Atlanta, and the liest citizens
generally. Excellent rooms on tlie ground,
floor, 42 South Pryor St., near the Central
passenger station, have lieen secured, book
cases, tables, &c., provided. Aliout toco
volumes of good hooks, and many magazines,
newspapers &c\, are now in plaee and in
daily use. No political, sectarian,or seeti ma
influence will be permitted. The activi, of
fleers will lie colored men of good eliara< ter,
but an advisory eommittee ex officio of veil
known citizens (at present consisting oAAot
Colquitt, Dr, J. P. Logan and S. Root£, Jwil'
assist as may lie necessary in conducting the
affairs of the Society. 1
The enterprise—believed to lie the first o . •
of the kind 011 a comprehensive scale, ca 1
but do good. Annual inemlierskip is at pres
ent filed at #3.00. Life membersliip, I25.0O.
Ex-Gov. J. E. Brown and others have taken
life memliership. *
The lliilty in the House.—•Talk
aliout persons of importance, will you? There
is no one equal to the family baby. Never a
king or enqieror it president wit ; his power.
He knows it, too, before his ti / feet can
flatter over the floor; he is as sure of it as if
he knew every language that ever was
spoken, instead of uone. When he awakes
in the morning another sun rises; when lie is
carried rtway for the night lie must kiss every
one and everyone rejoices in his kisses. His
eating and drinking, his walking and his
pantomime are subjects for important bullet
ins every day. Ah, how strauge it is that
this important lieing must he one duy let
down to the position of an ordinary Isiy,
expected to eat what is set liefore him and
do as lis is told—perhaps to go into some
body's office and be snubbed; that he should
come after a while to be a ipan, and find no
one very anxious as to his kisses—nay, to
have one ref used him occasionally! Yet it’s
true. If he lives he will slide slowly d'jvn to
the ordinary level.
He’ll lie “our baby” no more, but July a
common human being, with faults in plenty:
and even if he should stand at the top of tfie
soc : al ladder, lie a great soldier, a renowued
statesman, a genius—no matter what, he’ll
never lie what he is now, a faultless creature
whose will is law to everyliody, who has not
an enemy in the world, and lots of lovers,
and who has only to uttar a series of shrill
way.' iitKing her behind him!on his horse
he started for the font. Day was just be
ginning to dawn us they reached a large, open
field, upon the edge of which he decided to
leave his horse, and proposed to leave the
girl as well, but she diil not propose to he
lelt. Together they reached the ford, exam
ined and found it practicable, but as they
turned to return a breaking twig betrayed
them. A shot from the opposite hank roused
the Federal camp and almost instintly],the
bluffs were alive with ‘boys in blue,’'who
opened tire upon the pair. The General
tried to shield his companion but she persisted
in retaining the side neares: the enemy with
the assertion that she would not lie missed,
hut th- South could not spare General For
rest. Presently a shot struck her side, tear
ing through tier clothing, and the General,
supposing her badly wounded, was about to
seize her and run, imt was eheckeil by her
saying: “Oh, I’m not hurt; they’ve only
broke my corset for me,” and at the same in
stall' she caught the sunhonnet which she
wore and swinging it about her head a half-
dozen tim s. walked on beside her compan
ion as quietly as if going to church. “Ah,
hut -In 1 was a brave one!” said tlie General,
w ith his eye sparkling, ’‘and those fellows of
Wilson’s were brave, too, for w hen they saw
that gal wave her bonnet and walk along so
quietly lieside me, they just dropjied their
guns and cheered us out of sight.” "Did the}-
know who was with her?” in answer to my
query, “why, of course they did, and told lue
so a few hours after, when they had surrend
ered, but they couldn’t resist the heroism of
that gal. Ah, but she was a brave un!”
Trie General maintained an occasional cor
respondence with this young lady for several
years, and had the satisfaction of hearing of
her lia|>j>y marriage, and later that a little
fellow had come and had received the name
of Bedford Firrest.
The sword which he wore throughout his
service always hung iijmiii the wall of his
ajiartment, and its liattered blade told its
own tale of more than one hand to hand con
flict. Of these however, he never sjioke save
in one instance, when tlie name of his young
er brother, who had always been his special
care and pride, was mentioned. Then lie
told, ttie tears coming*as he talked, of how-
dear he had lieen to him, and how in all the
hard rides and tierce engagements, he had
lieen by his side, till one day, when by his
side, in tlie midst of a sharp bat: le, a death
shot came, and the earthly companionship
ended. Enraged, maddened, scarcely know
ing what he did, with only one thought to
revenge liis brother’s death, lie spurred into
the thickest of the fight, heedless of ‘shot
or shell, or sabre-stroke,’ with his brave com
mand chistly following. Tie enemy were
pressed back and back, until tlie d iy was
won, and the dead-uncovered field tes'ilied
how sanguinary had lieen the conflict. M >re
from another (his adjutant, AY A. Goodman)
than from him.-elf, do 1 know of the Gener
al's personal deeds at that time, and how,
liis sword flashing from right to left, dealing
death with every blow, he seemed a very
N emesis of wrath.
Through ail the war, lighting more battles
than any other General mi either side, it was
his pride to say that he had never lost a color
or a gnu, and although in almost all liis en
gagements, h s command was "Come, boys, "
he had never received a wound. And yet
there is 110 doubt but that the severities of
his army life, his untiring energy wbich kejit
him constantly at work, planted the seeds of
that disease which llnaliy wore his life away.
wood Forest,which hall < choed with the bugle-
of Robin Hood and Little John. When quite
a boy he entered Harrow school, and at six
teen went to Trinity College, Cambridge,
where lie wasted many hours in idleness and
profligacy which properly employed would
imve given him a solid foundation in learn
ing. At nineteen he left Cambridge and took
liji his residence at New stead Abbey and soon
jirejiared for publication a number of his
juvenile poems entitled “Hours of Idleness.”
These jiooms were not destitute of merit but
might have lieen written by any lad who had
moderate talent for poetry and a good edu
cation. Judging from the character of these
publications it was evident that some stimu-
lons was needed for the developement of
Byron’s powers und that stimulous was jiro-
vided by an anonymous writer in the Ellin-
burij lleciew. This caustic criticism was
something after this style: “The poetry of
tile young bard belongs to that class which
men nor gods can tolerate: we counsel him
that lie does forthwith abandon poetry.”
Scarcely had the laughter ended when Byron
rejilied in a sa’ire entitled “English Birds
and Scotch Reviews,” which publication
would have done honor to Pojie nr Dryden.
So jHijiular was the work that all authors re
joiced 111 the new champion who had arisen
to avenge their wrongs. This pojiularity,
however, did not last and the injustice the
satire contained was afterwards admitted by
the author himself, who termed it a ferocious
rhapsody—a miserable record of misplaced
anger and indiscriminate acrimony.
In 1809 he went to the Mediterranean, and
spent some time 111 Turkey and Greece, and
after two years returned, and published two
Cantos of liis fav 'ritejioem “Childe Harold.”
Moore, in his “Life of ID ron” says “The ef
fect of this poem was electrical, his fame had
not to wait for any of those gradations usual
in such cases, but sprung ui> like the prophet’s
gourd.” During the next twoyears, Byron's
pen was not idle—the following books were
produced, viz.: the ‘ Giaour’: “The Bride
of Abydos,” “The Corsair,” and “Lara,"
While the reading world was enjoying these
product ions. Byron (to follow the modern
newspajier style), joined hiinse'f in the holy
bonds of connubial bliss. His marriage
however, was an unhappy one, and only last
ed one year, His domestic troubles seem t<
Imve stimulated his mental activity, for, dur
ing the next six months he produced the 8rd
Canto of “Childe Harold,” "Manfred,” “The
Prisoner of ('billon” mid “The Lament of
Tasso," and not long after came his gay and
witty little poem “B“pjio.” The next, last,
and one of the greatest jiooms of his life, was
“Doll Juan.” which lie commenced in 1822
and in which he was engaged the remainder
of his days, in 1823 he became seized with
1 the inspiration to take part in the struggle
for independeuce and in tlie next year he
left England, and jiliiuge 1 into the struggle
with a zeal worthy of his anc ent dwelling
jilace of liberty and genius. It is a pity to
tie compelled to record it, but by this time,
owing to liis dissolute habits, Byron’s consti
tution was completely undermined, and in
1814 came liis untimely death, in t.be 37th
year of his age. Ami thus eiule 1 the life of
one who will ever lie remembered by an in
telligent world. Perhaj>s it will be well
for me to/ give the criticisms of some
learned meiR concerning him. Lord Jtnf-
'—- *’ N — ,l *I--... j 1— ■ '— - —q,-h
leaves the d* ejiest impression 011 tin- iniud of
its readers, Lord Byron must be allowed’to
take precedence of all his distinguished con
temporaries. It has nottbe delicacy of
Campbell, nor the truthfulness of Crabbe,
nor the sjiarkling polish of Moore, but in
force of die ion, and in inextinguishable en
ergy of sentiment, he clearly surpasses them
>d' Words that breathe and (noughts that
bin 11, are not merely the ornam nts, but the
common staple of his poetry. He is not in
spired only in a few liajipy jiassiges, but
through tiie whole body and tissue of h s
comjio.-itions.”
Macaulay said: “Never had any writer
so va t a command of the whole vocabulary,
of scorn, misanthrojihy ai d despair. The
marah was never dry—no art could sweeten
no droughts could exhaust its perennial wa
ters of bitterness. Never was there sucii
variety in monotony as that of Byron.
From maniac laughter to jiiercing lamenta
tions. there was not a single note of human
snguish, of which he was not master.”
Byron considered himself, to use his own
expression, “as a man whose capacity for
hapjiiness m ils gone and could not be return
ed, hut, whose invincible sjiirit defied the
whole powers of earth, and heaven and hell.
Louiwe Kins; AssoriaIion. The
second annual celebration of this Association
will lie held in Savannah, on the 2ist of April
next. A programme consisting of addresses
by prominent men, and singing by favorite
amateurs of Savannah, has lieen carefully
arranged, and the occasion will be an inter
esting one. This Association has been named
for one of the liest and sweetest young ladies
of Georgia, the lamented daughter of the
NO LONGKK A itl.f.l.i:.
'■’Im- Sail Klurv ol* • '■’lie Alosl
lleaiifiiul AV omaii in Ar-
kansas."
In Littl • Rock, Ark., lives the once most
beautiful woman of Arkansas, now a beg
gar, and, though, not a literary woman, has
a wooden leg. She is the daughter of Sandy
Faulkner, theoriginal “Arkansaw Traveler.”
She has been married several times, and is
now known as Mrs. Trapnell. I11 the old
days of Arkansas aristocracy, when the rich
jilun ers and men of note gathered at Ashley
mansion, Miss Faulkner was the belle, petted,
flattered anil admired by every one. Her
wardrobe came from Paris, ami her lovers
from every where. Slave to the demands of
gaiety and conquest, she was haughty, und
considered hean less. Her sway for years was
undisputed, and when her financial decline
came, she would not recognize a fact which
seemed to her so prejsisterous. She married,
but her husband did not proveto be wealthy.
From this husband, if 1 am correctly in
formed, she was divorced. She was still
beautiful, und, though divorced from her
husband, sue was still inseparably wedded to
society. But the bright star ot her life had
begun to grow dim. Her father died and
left her with comparatively nothing. Sin*
still had offers of marriage, but she disdained
them on financial grounds. O11 one occasion
a large jiarty was forming to visit the New
Orleans Mardi Gras festivities. Sue was un
able to meet the necessary expenses. A gen-
tleniaigwho had heard her express herself,
and with whom she wasscareely acquainted,
remarked to her:
“If you will marry tne l will take you to
New Orleans.” “1 will,” she exclaimed, and
they were married. Th s husband, I think,
died shortly afterward, Some time after
this she met with quite an accident. While
A CARO FROM SAM HILL..
He Write** » HooW.
Durance Vile, March 10, 1880.
To Ihe "Sunny South”:
The Curfew bell has tolled its peal, and
far and wide ere this across the valleys and
mountains of sunny Georgia, has the doom
of Sam’l Hill has been carried. 'V hy!
For defending the sacred precincts of his
home and of his fireside from the onslaught
of a liliertine. Can you realize it? A life
long imprisonment, with a young w-ife
thrown out to the cold mercy of the world.
Does it not sound more like the dreadful
anathema of the tribunal of inquisitors of
tlie 16th century, than the crual and unjust
decree of this civilized l!>th century?
I have carefully written a lunik, showing
my case fully and fairly to the world, not
only to demonstrate that I have lieen foully
misrepresented, but to leave my wife a small
pittance. My object in procuring subscrib
ers ahead is to furnish me with sufficient
money to pay my jmblishers, an.l you may
dejiend that whosoever forwards me the sum
of 50 ets. will get, not only value received,
but will learn something that will astound
him when he sees the deep, deej) wrong
that has been inflicted, and w ill not blame
me when 1 am nearly ready to cry out from
the depths of my mental /igony, ‘Eli ! Eli !
lama salmcthani.” This is all I have to say.
From your unfortunate friend.
Sam’l. H. Hill.
'■'HI-: HOOO CHILDREN,
Wlisif hat* Been Accomplished
For Their Relief nn«l Their
Prospects lor the
Future.
The New Orleans Stales of March 5, i>ub-
li-h -s an account of an interview had by one
of its reporter's 111 that city with the presi-
dent of the 1 fund relief committee, who
spoke as follows on the subject of the chil
dren of the late General and Mrs. Hood:
At present the outlook for the children is
in r cheertul. They are ten in number, and
for their benefit nearly seventeen thousand
dollars, as said before, have been subscribed.
As fust as the money came in, the committee
in' es ed in United States four jier cents,
which inves- meat brings 8680 jx-r annum—a
sun h sum with which to raise, educate and
t-scab ish ten voung jieojiie, it will readily be
acknowledged.
"1- there 110 money outstanding which Ls
yet unrejiorted ?” asked the rejiorter.
“1 do not know,” replied Mr. Lyman;
“when we started out s diciting, we were told
tii.it.icommtt.ee hail been formed in St.
1,.mis. Mr. John R. Reavis, I believe, was
appointed chairman of the committee. What
was done there, or how much collected, I
cannot say. At any rate, nothing as yet has
been received from that committee. We
learned, too, that one thousand dollars was
collected in San Francisco. Every little
helps, and we would like to add that sum to
this fund, if the persons who collected it
would hand it over.”
“Has the sale of the grouji-jiicture of the
Hood family amounted to much ?”
“Yes,” Mr. Lyman replied; “but not to as
much as we could wish. There was a great
furor aliout them at first, and orders came
in from everywhere. One man in California
wrote us he could sell twenty thousand to the
soldiers out there. Wesent him live hundred
copies, and that was the last of him. Others
that were sent out are now coming back,
and every day or so we have to redeem a
quantity of them.”
“Then, I suppose,” said the rejiorter, “the
committee will be forced to let the children
lie jilaced in the families of friends of the de
ceased general.”
“Some of them have already been so
jilaced,” replied tlie chairman of the commit
tee.
‘‘Did not the committee announce, some
time back, that it would keej) the children
together ?’’
••That is a point which I would like to
make clear. The committee is charged with
raising a fund, and Mrs. Hennenis the tutrix
of the children. Wh>n applications of adop
tion came fn so numerously just after the
geut.-r-u.lv death, it was thought that a declar
ation not to separate the children should be
made, and Col. Flower authorized Mrs. Hen-
oen to make it. At tiiat time it was thought
the fund would become large enough to ena
ble the tutrix to keej> this determination.
Since then, however, tlie jirospects have be
come less bright, and it is now felt that it
would have been well to have suffered the
adoption to take jilace especially when sever
al jjarties were offering to ailojit all the chil
dren together.”
"How is the matter now settled ?”
“By letting such of the children as Min.
Hennen thinks liest he taken by persons of
known character and resources] So far, it
has been deemed advisable to accept only
two of the offers. A gentleman and lady
in New York have adojited the six-year old
twins, and a lady in Columbus, Georgia, has
adopted tlie baby. They do not desire their
names jnililished, as such un action would
subject them, they fear, to the inquisition of
the curious.”
•‘The children retain their family name, of
course ?”
‘Yes: and will lie kejit as far as possible
thoroughly acquainted with each other’s
whereabouts and movements. The other
children are here in this city, still in charge
of that estimable lady, Mrs. Hennen, their
grandmother. All have been lienefitted by
the triji to Texas, an 1 are in excellent health.
I have lieen to see them fiequently and find
that though they do not have all I would
w.sh my own ch-Idn n to have, they are fair
ly comfortable in their circumstances.”
Court Scenes.
An Outraged Court, anti an In.
tli;£-nant Lawyer.
It was in Telico township, Arkansas.
Court day. Justice Scattertielil presided.
He could neither read nor write. Had lieen
elected out of pure fun, by a mischievous
constituency. A case involving one hundred
dollars came up for trial. George W. Beas
ley, for plaintiff; Stephen W. Childress, for
defendant; Ixith aide lawyers. In the pro
gress of the case, defendant jirojio ed to in
troduce some evidence to which, plaintiff’s
counsel objected. To sustain his right to jiut
it in, counsel for deft jiroiluced and read
“Greenleaf on Evidence.” This authority
was d.rectly in Miint. Beasley felt his case
utterly hojieless. unless he could dodge the
law.
Rising with great gravity, he addressed
the court: "M iy it please your honor, lam
as ounded to witness the impudence of friend
Childr ss. He has actually tried to swindle
this court anil get a ruling in his favor by
palming off English law upon this court for
Arkansaw law. What have we to do with
foreigners and their laws ? Have we not the
statutes made by our law makers to govern
us Why then, should we go to other coun
tries to Iear.-i how to administer justice. It
is a contempt of this court, and were I in
your position, [ should fine any attoruev
iieavily who undertook to deceive me as Mr.
Childress has done.”
This had tiie desired effect. Turning to t he
shrieks to be called a darling, smothered with nobIe a,ul distinguished Jno. V. King of
caresses and comforted with flagons. I Augusta.
tions of physicians and disregarded the ad
vice of friends. .She insisted 011 receiving
visitoiN, and would sit all day and half the
night, projiped uj> in Ix-il, laughing and talk
ing in her gayest humor. Her restlessness
at list, rendered amputation necessary. I
met her to-day. She has just lieen turned
out of a house for failing to pay her rent. A
more forlorn-looking woman never lived.
She had been out lx gging. and liinjiing along
she carried a basket. Sue is quite old now ,
and her hail - is as wnite as the record of St.
John. You call tell in a moment that she
has been beautiful, for her mouth, jiearly
teetli, her eyes and mag .ificent brow, all de
clare that they were once organized into a
convention of beauty with a rich suit of hair
as the chairman. Opik Read.
As it is the first time, the Court will hsik
over it. But you never try it again, if you
do, this ’ere Court will find you to the utmost
extent of the law. Judgement for plaintiff-
court’s adjourned. Chddress apja-uled and
swore worse than the army in Flanders
°. G.‘ G.
Ili-oylei-i A Jonrs.-\V’e invite spec al
attention to the law card of this able firm, anil
commend them to the confidence of the jieo-
ple. Col. Broyles is well known as one of
the ablest and most reliable membeisof the
Atlanta !<ar, and his partner, though a young
man, has already made for himself a line
reputation, and is possessed of fine talents.