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A Pastoral.
The following poem, by a hitherto un
known English poet, J. A. Murphy, is one
of the most beautiful things we have seen in
years. It is not only exquisitely sweet,
natural and easy in its flow, but it is a marvel
of versification. Observe the wonderfully
ingenious manner in which certain words of
the first stanza are made to rhyme with the
corresponding words in the second, and so
on in the third and fourth, etc.:
I sat with Doris, the shepherd maiden;
Her crook was laden with wreathed flowers;
I sat and wooed her tliro' sunlight wheeling
And shailows stealing, for hours and hours.
And she, my Doris, whose lap encloses
Wild summer roses of sweet perfume,
The while I sued her, kept hushed an
hearkened,
Till shades had darkened from gloss to
gloom.
She touched my shoulder with fearful Hu
ger;
Site said: “We linger, we must not stay;
My flock's in danger, my sheep will wander;
Behold them yonder, how far they stray!”
I answered bolder: “Nay, let nte hear you,
And still be near you, and stiil adore!
No wolf nor stranger will touch one year
ling—
Alt! stay, my darling, a moment more!
She whispered, sighing: “There will be sor
row
Beyond to-morrow, if 1 lose to-day;
My fold unguarded, my flock unfolded—
I shall be scolded and sent away 1 ”
Said I: replying: “If they do miss you,
They ought to kiss you when you get home;
And well rewarded by friend and neighbor
Should be the labor from which you come."
“They might remember,” she answered
meekly,
“That lambs are weakly and sheep are wild;
But if they love me, it's none so fervent—
-1 am a servant and not a child.”
Then each hot ember glowed quick within
me,
And love did win me to swift reply:
“Ah! do but prove me, and none shall bind
you,
Nor fray, nor find you, until I die.”
She blushed and startled and stood await
ing,
As if debating in dreams divine;
But I did brave them—l told them plainly
She douted vainly, she must be mine.
So we twin-hearted, from all the valley
Did rouse and rally her nibbling owes;
And homeward drove them, we two together,
Through blooming heather and gleaming
dews.
grerj-i- V,- 1 1 I v-.
My Doris tender, my Doris true;
That I her warder, did always, bless her,
And always press her to take her due.
And now in beauty she fills my dwelling,
With love excelling and undefiled;
And love doth guard her, both fast and fer
vent,
No more a servant nor yet a child.
Death of Gen J- B Magruder.
The news conies to us by telegraph
that another of the trusted leaders of
the South in the late war has fallen.—
Gen. John Bankhead Magruder died at
Galveston, Texas, on Saturday, the
18th instant, in the 63rd year of his
age. It would be idle in us to attempt
an elaborate biographical sketch of this
distinguished gentleman, and it is our
purpose merely to make a few brief re
marks in memory of one who gave
such valued and brilliant service to his
country in the dark trials through
which it passed during the late war.
And while we, as Southerners, can love
and cherish with affection the name of
Magruder, yet, when the passions of
the present hour have passed away and
the animosities now existing have been
forgotten, the country, from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific, will claim the herit
age of his fame as common property
and do honor to his merits.
General Magruder was born in Vir
ginia in 1808, was educated at West
Point, and graduated in the class of
1830. Ilis earliest military service
was against the Indians in Florida;
and when the war with Mexico com
menced, Magruder went into it as the
commander of a battery of artillery.
His services during that war were his
torical and brilliant, and their value
was illustrated on a number of battle
fields; audit is not saying too much
to say that to him, as much as to any
one man in the army, was due several
of the victories won. The Mexican
war closed with Magruder holding the
position of Lieut. Colonel by brevet.
After the close of the Mexican war,
lie went to Europe and spent several
years in England and on the Continent,
everywhere perfecting his acquaintance
with the ail of war, in the arsenals and
camps of the different nations he visit
ed. When our civil war broke out he
had just returned from a second tour
BANNER OF THE SOVT.It AND PL ITERS’JOURNAL.
to Europe, under orders from the
United States Government; and, being
in Washington when Lincoln issued
his proclamation for seventy-five thou
sand troops, he promptly resigned his
commission and came South.
Magruder was at once appointed a
Brigadier General in the Confederate
army, and won one of the earliest vic
tories of the war—that of Bethel—in
which he defeated Beast Butler.
In the Spring of 1862 commenced
the campaign that,, of itself, will give
to General Magruder a name in history,
and the conduct of which fully estab-1
lishes his claims to military ability of a j
high order. With but a tew thousand
men lie defended the Peninsula ap
proaches to Richmond against MeClel
lan's grand army for weeks, and assured
the safety of Richmond in the first ef
fort made to capture it.
Want of space precludes any .attempt;
to follow General Magruder to the end 1
of the war, even were it necessary. Ilis j
subsequent career was brilliant, and,
though lie subsequently fought qnly a
few general engagements, yet the gen
eral results of them were brilliant and
highly advantageous. The recapture
of Galveston, in January, 1863, was one
of the most brilliant achievements of the
war, and was a fine illustration of his
military genius. We know of no more
appropriate conclusion of this imperfect
sketch than the words of a companion
in arms of General Magruder during
the late war. The writer alluded to
says:
“Os General Magruder, in the free
dom of private life, it may be said,
without violating the proprieties of
social reserve, that never was there a
more agreeable man. In conversation
he is especially happy, enriching what
ever to] iic may be under discussion
with illustrations drawn from the
stores of a large and various reading,
or enlivening it with anecdotes of his
actual experiences in life and manners.
The elegance of his demeanor and a
certain je ne sais quoi of repose de
rived from much observation of men
and cities, courts and drawing-rooms,
combined with the betrayal, now and
then, in his personal adornments of a
cultivated taste in objects of luxury,
brougiu upon nini, among ills Ultimate
friends and society, the title of “Prince
John”—a title which was used in pleas
antry by his brother officers in the old
army. But never was a man more free
from mere vulgar ostentation, either out
wardly or in social intercourse. On the
contrary, his style in talk and in corre
spondence is that of severe simplicity.
Few men, however, can engage him in
an encounter of wit without loss of
reputation. Beast Butler tried it while
at Fortress Monroe, in an exchange of
letters, aud came off No. 2. Wherever
he may go, we may be assured that he
will prove to the enemies of his country
the same self-composed, self-reliant, in
domitable, dangerous combatant that
lie was to Tiger-Tail and Osceola, Va
lencia and “the Young Napoleon.”
Selma Times & Messenger.
Custis Lee.
THE SUCCESSOR OE THE GREAT EKE AT
WASHINGTON COI.EKOE.
Aside from the honored name he
bears, General Custis Lee has the very
highest qualifications for the position
to which the unanimous voice of the
Trustees, Faculty, students and friends
of the University everywhere hascalled
him.
The eldest son of the family, he re
ceived from liis father himself his early
training, and entered West Point to
walk in his footsteps and graduate at
the head of his class in 1854, without
ever having received a single demerit.
After serving two years in the engi
neer corps on the coast of Georgia and
Florida and three years in California,
he was ordered in 1859 to bureau duty
in Washington, where he remained un
til the secession of Virginia, when lie
promptly resigned his commission and
offered his services to his native State.
Entering the Virginia army with the
rank ot Major, Mr. Jefferson Davis
soon called him to service on his per
sonal staff with the rank of Colonel.
Expressing his decided preference for
active service in the field, Mr. Davis,
whose keen appreciation of character
saw his merits, offered him the com
mand of a splendid brigade of veter
ans. But with that modesty which so
pre-ei ueir ; . UstinguwLid hi> father,
here]> 1 ■ tie could <n■. . - >nt to
be promoted *-vei the i»l men
who had u <fk .so ‘ulan md skil
fully iu <1 field, while ..ould most
glad ink. a field appointment with
humbler rank and haiuer service.
Being afterwards ordered to oi v.nize
the “L, a’ Reserves’ of Richmond, he
went t v rk with the euert and
skill » *l... rough naste l ' and ' aied
if and .0 ■ : Mans
from 'bo slio'-s, department cleiks and
“exempts' gener ■ ■ —on* of tti. best
fight
In i ivis
said • a distinguished : nt ;ai officer
(frou bo eowu lips your oorrespondent
getß it) that “such was hisbighi • ion
of Ci s lity th. if his • 'tier
were unon-d from the command of
the /• Northern Virgin>■ be
should male Cui his success
or.” P ,■■ it -ely deefi .ed a coiuii s
sion a M . General, hut Mr. ' is
made tb« appointment ai i the C •1-
erate is
known-''
At ' .:>• .■ 0 . lie Wi: :.:<p .1-
ably o . i In i!. itg iin (perhaps ;he
rising . , . tl.c South
Iu 865 ho i ■ elec ed to S'.-av and
Stone* Jackson in he Vi mi
Militar iuhtff ■!'•?, and 1 since mb and
that chic »v“h he most narked ai'uit;.
and to ■ ire satis li-m n! the
Board ; itois, his Jit ,u -in
the Far . nd the es- 1 ' t i>
decline
of imp- - >lleges, ' \ i■ ■ ‘
to the a ire Trough > > n
him an in.- the oh; r • bn
guislio In ini'. No tn
him doubt or a him .1 hi
Presidi
Only - - of Us: - t 1d and
native Ea!ei.‘, Highly eui .a hard
student Hi- ■ algid "ly ! fall: r
both in per- and in m lin ml
ohuraet Pie-, it will b ,-e indeed
if he and uvy 6 1
views i < ici.rral lb 1* and in u a
Wasliii «..n m and ' d.’niv in. a
blessing i • the land -.fit mnnuuK t
to the great chief! bo sleeps be
neath it- chapel.
Gom' ii Lr do brief ad
uieSb lO ouy »Mi|j 1. e .mu ulgint/’
which we have never seen in an other
man save his illustrious father.
[At Y World.
Death of General Arnold Elzey.
The announcement of the death of
General Arnold Elzey, which occurred
in this city last evenirW, at the resi
dence of Dr. F. Dona dson, on Park
street, will be received with widespread
regret Gen. Elzey wa. a graduate of
West Point, and an offic., in the United
States army, who in the Florida cam
paigns and the Mexicun War was dis
tinguished for gallantry and good con
duct. At the commencement of the
late war between the sections, General
Elsey, who was anathe of Maryland,
resigned his commission, which was
that of a captain of a tillery, and en
tered the Confederate se -vice. He was
appointed to the comm; ,nd of the first
Maryland Regiment, Attached to the
brigade ot Kirby Smi h, and shared
conspicuously in the irilliant charge
which decided the fats of the first
Manassas or Battle of 1 lull Run. Hav
ing been wounded iu this battle Col-
Elzey was subsequent y promoted to
the rank of brigadier a id major-gener
al. After the battle if Seven Pines,
where he was again dang erously wound
ed, he was assigned to t le command of
the department of Hen ico and the de
fenses of the city of I Richmond. At
tho close of the war 1 e was chief of
artillery of the Army of Tennessee,
under General Hood. Since his re
turn to Maryland Gei eral Elzey lias
been living upon his farm in Anne
Arundel county, nean issup's Cut, de
voting himself to A grit, ltural pursuits.
\_ 11l Itimore Sun.
[Note. — At the time of the Seees
sion ot Georgia Geners 1 Elzey was in
command of the United States troops
occupying the Augusta ( 4a., ) Arsenal.
He only surrendered w len convinced
that a superior force of volunteers, un
der command of Generali R, Y. Harriss,
was marching from Augusta on the
Arsenal. General Elzey sent in his re
signation to the United States Govern
ment, and as soon as Possible offered
his services to the Confederacy.
Work of the Angeo-Conkkderatk
Cruisers.— ln view of the proposed
attempt at the settlement of the claims
known as the Alabama Claims, by the
joint high commission recently ap
pointed, the number of American ves
sels captured by the Confederate cruis
ers fitted out in England during the
rebellion becomes of interest. The
number of vessels captured by each of
the Anglo-Confederate cruisers is re
ported to have been as follows:
By the Alabama, 69 vessels; She
nandoah, 38; Florida, 36; Sumter, 27 ;
Tallahassee, 27; Tacony, 15; Georgia,
10; Jeff. Davis. 8; Winslow, 4; Cliiek
amauga, 4 ; Olustee, 4; Clarence, 3 ;
Retribution, 3; St. Nicholas, 3 ; Cal
lioun, 3; Sallie, 2; Savannah, 1; Lap
wing, 1; York, 1; Conrad, 1; Tusca
rora, 1; other cruisers, 16—making a
total of 282 vessels.
The first capture made by the Ala
bama was the ship Ocmulgee, from Ed
gaiton, on September Gth, 1862, and
the last that of the ship Rockingham,
from Calloa, on April 23d, 1864. The
career of the Shenandoah commenced
in October, 1864, and terminated on
June 28tli, 1865. The Florida began
her operations by the capture of the
brig Estella, from Manzanilla, on
January 17th 1863, and ended with the
capture of the bark Mainlamin, from
Rio Janeiro, in September, 1864. The
Sumter opened up her career in June,
1861, and closed it on July 14, 1863.
The Tallahassee, the fifth in order of
the most destructive of the cruisers of
the most destructive of the cruisers,
extended her operations from January
25th, 1863, to November 2d, 1864.
[.Philadelphia Telegram.
Embossing Wood.
In the increasing taste for ornament
ing furniture and other articles with
carvings of wood, many devices have
been adopted for facilitating the work,
and reproducing readily and with ab
solute accuracy many copies of certain
patterns. The finest work is, of course,
that executed by the hands of tho ac
complished artist, sir.ae proper play is
allowed to his taste in modifying and
varying the design, but the expense of
suen work is consequently very'groat.'
To attain a similar end in a cheaper
manner various mechanical devices have
been employed, with more or less sue
cess; among others, the practice of
heating iron or copper moulds, and
branding the wood so as to obtain the
general pattern, and afterwards clean
ing off' the rough surface, has been
used to a considerable extent. A Ger
man author calls attention to a hitherto
but little used method of preparing
carvings by means of pressure com
bined with heat and moisture, and is of
the opinion that in time this is destined
to replace almost all other inodes. He
gives three different variations in
which this result is accomplished. In
one instance the wood is pressed in tho
line of its fibre in cold or slightly
warmed patterns, until the desired re
lief is obtained. In the second method
a metal pattern is pressed very power
fully against any surface, the project
ing portions planed or rasped over, and
the previously impressed portions
brought up again by wetting them in
water. Finally, as a third method, thin
plates of wood are steamed, or other
wise softened, and pressed between two
corresponding dies. The second method
our author considers of not much im
portance, since it requires a great
deal of finishing off with the graver.—
The first is used to good advantage;
but it is the third which he considers
worthy of special attention, since almost
any form of wood can be prepared in
this manner, and the effect is very
superior. The operation should be
performed with heated dies, not, how
ever, brought to such a temperature as
to burn the wood. A few drops of
water placed on the dies causes a steam
which greatly facilitates the moulding
of wood. Resinous woods are not as
serviceable as other kinds. Shavings
of wood can also be used to advantage
in these dies, by glueing them together
in successive layers, each one having
its fibres running perpendicular to the
next. In this way a mass is obtained
of great tenacity, and capable of being
used in places exposed to moisture, as
in wainscoting.
The so-called casting in wood may
be considered as a branch of the same j
art. This consists in taking wooden
raspings, or fine sawdust, especially
from the pear-tree, linden, and ma
hogany, and mixing with some sort of
cementing material, especially g'.ue and
tannin. These are pressed between
the moulds just referred to, and are
capable of a great variety of forms.
Editors Scientific Record, Harpers
Monthly.
From the “Fanner & Gardener ”
Monthly Work—March.
BY P. J. BKRCKMAXB.
THE ORCHARD.
If February has been a busy month,
the present one will be no less so. We
will suppose that all the transplanting
and pruning has been attended to,
during the past month. Peach trees
that have had the earth removed from
the crown of the roots, should receive
a slight dressing of either unleached
ashes or caustic lime; this will effectual
ly destroy the eggs of the borer if by
chance any are left. Draw the earth
back aud hill it up around the body of
the tree at least six inches above the
level of the soil and do not dis
turb this until next fall. Tho hard
bark of tho stem prevents the insect
from puncturing it and if this annual
hilling up is attended to we will
guarantee that the peach trees will
remain free from borers. This simple
method is far superior to the use of
strips of tin, tarred cloth, or the ap
plication of boiling water so often re
commended by some persons, the lat
ter method being little leas than tree
murder. Orchards should receive
another light ploughing, and if practi
cable give them a top dressing of
lime or land plas tr if not already at
tended to. More failures from the
fruit dropping when setting are
caused by the lack of lime in the soil
than from any other source. It is
not yet too late to apply the lime, stil
if practised earlier it would enable the
tree to receive more benefit from the
application.
Grape vines should be tied to their
trellis or stakes. Strawberry beds
will require a light hoeing towards the
end cf the month to free them from
the early growth of weeds.
TM vegeta&e gutdeti can ffeeCl»B
t .VO full stock of seeds during the month.
Sow second crop of peas; from the
10th to the 15th plant cucumbers,
sugar corn, squash and melous. Later
in the mouth poll and bush snap beans
can be planted, of the latter the Early
China is yet the most desirable for an
early crop. Lettuce must be trans
planted for a succession 'of crops. A
good plan to hasten it to heading,
when not planted in a hot bed, is to
take a common hot bed sash, place it
over the lettuce bed and slip it as the
plants become fitfor use and are moved.
Sweet potatoes should be bedded
early in the month. The main melon
crop must be planted from 10th to
20th. Towards the end of the month
Tomatoes, Egg plants, Peppers and
similar plants can be set out
The flower garden now demands
much attention, all annual seeds not
sown last month must be put in the
ground. Here let us urge the necessity
of careful sowing, Too deep covering
of the seeds and sowing in an ill pre
pared soil often causes seeds to rot and
leads so often to say that the seeds
were “bad.” Towards tho end of the
month many of the class ol Bedding
plants can be placed in their summer
quarters. Geraniums, Petunias, sal
vias, and like classes of rather tough
plants are best set out early. More
tender plants such as Achryanthus,
Coleus etc., are best left a little longer
under glass. Now is the proper time
to prepare plants which are intended
to be bedded out by giving them
gradually air to harden them off. Set
out Tuberose and Gladiolus bulbs.
The latter plant at different periods to
ensure a lengthened blooming season.
Greenhouses should receive a thorough
cleaning, air freely in mild days, but
beware of leaving your plants too
much exposed to the drying winds so
prevalent during this month.
A man in Covington, Ky., made a
bet the other day that he could drink
a pint and a-half of Cincinnati whiskey
in twelve hours. “He won tho bet,”
says the Louisville Courier, ’‘and his
widow remarked at the funeral the
next day that it was the first money he
had earned by hard work in ten years.”
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