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Vol. 111.
®lje Bonnie Blue ling.
WORDS AND MUSIC BY HARRY MACARTHY.
We are a band of brothers, and native to
the soil,
Fighting for the property we gained by hon
est toil,
And when our rights were threatened, the
cry rose near and far,
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears
a single star.
Chorus:— .
Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights I
Hurrah! ' .
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears a single star.
As long as the Union was faithful to her
trust,
Like friends and like brothers, we were
kind, we were just;
But now,when Northern treachery attempts
our rights to mar,
We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears a single star I
Hurrah! &c.
First, gallant South Carolina nobly made
the stand;
Then came Alabama, who took her by the
hand;
Next, quickly, Mississippi, Georgia and
Florida,
All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag
that bears a single star!
Hurrah! &c.
Ye men of valor, gather ’round the banner
of the Right!
Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the
fight;
Davis, our loved President, and Stephens,
statesmen rare,
Now rally ’round the Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears a single star!
Hurrah! <&c.
And here’s to brave Virginia! the Old Do
minion State,
With the young Confederacy at length has
link’d her fate,
Impelled by her example, now other States
prepare
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears a single star !
Hurrah! &c.
Then, here’s to our Confederacy ! strong we
are and brave,
Like patriots of old,we’ll fight, oqr heritage
to save,
And rather than submit tq shame, to die we
would prefer;
Hq cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that
bears a single star!
Hurrah! &c.
Then cheer, boys, cheer; raise the joyous
shout; ’ ‘ ’
Arkansas and North Carolina now h<Y? Iptfl
gone but, * ‘'
And let another rpqsing pbepr tyTmwe
on the Bonnie Blue Fleghw
Jiiirreh! te. ' ' ‘
-A- iitixxioi*oixai d6bx*e-devll>--tiio vei?y rxisun to suit ixiy puLX*posd. Bulweb.
And now to Missouri we ex tend both heart
and hand;
And welcome her a sister of our Confederate
band;
Tho’ surrounded by oppression no tyrant
dare deter
Her adding to our Bonnie Blue Flag her
bright and twelfth star.
Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern Rights!
Hurrah!
Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag has
gained its twelfth star.
The Star-Spangled Banner.
The Origin of the Song and the Circum
stances which Inspired It.
The monument erected by James
Lick, the late California millionaire,
in honor of Francis Scott Key, the
author of “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner,” was unveiled July 4. The origin
of the song is thife described by the
orator of the day -:
“After the depredations of the Brit
ish along the eastern shore of Mary
land, foliowed the sacking of Washing
ton, the battle of North Point; then
came the bombardment of Fort Me
Henry, Sept 13, 1814.
“Frank Key, as he was then called,
was a lawyer of marked ability, prac
ticing in Washington; Dr. Beans, an
eminent physician, beloved by all, had
been taken prisoner by the British;
his devoted friend, Francis Scott Key,
determined at all hazards to secure his
release, and applied to President Madi
son for assistance, who responded by
dispatching, in company with Mr. Key,
the Government agept for the exchange
of prisoners, Mt. John S. Skinner.
They found the ♦ British fleet at the
mouth of the Potomac river, After a
great deaf of negotiation the release of
Dr. Beans wq# flpelly secured upon
condition tha| £l| should prison
er® until the attack ° n Baltimore was
W was accordingly trans
ferred to the British frigate Suronsp,
and thence to his own vessel, Under
British guard, where he remained a
prisqnerduring the attack- He was in
OUR “FLORIDA REFUGEES” NUMBER.
ATLANTA, CA., SEPTEMBER I, 1888.
BROKEN BY A CANNON SHOT.
103 Mile Post on W. & A. R. R. in Mill Creek Gap.
a position to see all the movements of
the enemy. The terrific cannonading
commenced and continued until long
after midnight. Through the glare of
battle the flag could be distinctly seen
at Fort McHenry, but before morning
firing ceased. Darkness had obscured
his vision. The agony of that suspense
is indescribable. By the dim twilight,
his heart sick with fear and doubt, he
gazed through the mists of dawn in
search of his country’s flag. When
day broke, the first vision that greeted
his tear-dimmed eyes was the Star-
Spangled Banner, floating in proud
defiance over the fort. It had stood
the storm, we had won the victory, at
the thought of which the patriotic soul
of Francis Scott Key, inspired by vic
tory, uttered the words that became
the national anthem of America, ‘ Tis
the Star-Spangled Banner, O, long may
it wave oer the land of the free and
the home of the brave. ”
In passing over the ties en route to
Sabbath-school at Emerson, last Sun
day, we saw two halves of an opossum
that had attempted to cross the track
just ahead of some morning train.
Trains on the W. & A. move too rap
idly for’possums. — Cartersville Courant-
American.
Os course they do. The W. &A.
is no ’possum road, and ’possums, and
all others, may as well understand
that when the W. &A. trains say
they are coming, they are not “’pos
suming,” but are rushing sure enough.
The above incident will illustrate fur?
ther our remark, that, while it is al
ways syfp to instate the W. & A.,it is
pot R many cases safe to imitate those
who try to cross the W. & A.
Tip Western & Atlantic Bailroad
runs pore trains per day over the
samp rails than any qtlpr south
of tip Ofcfo jaw. -
@lje Sanner.
BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY.
O say, can you see by the dawn’s early
fight,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s
last gleaming ?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gal
lantly streaming!
And the rocket’s red glare,the bombs burst
ing in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag
was still there;
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet
wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of
the brave ?
On that shore, dimly seen through the mists
of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread si
lence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the tow
ering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now dis
closes ?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s
first beam,
In full glory, reflected, now shines on the
stream;
’Tis the star-spangled banner! O, long may
it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of
the brave!
And where is that band, who so vauntingly
swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s con
fusion
A home and a country should leave us no
more ?
Their blood has washed out their foul foot
steps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of
the grave;
And the star-spangled banner in triumph
doth wave x
O’er the land of the free and the home of
the brave.
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s
desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the
heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and pre
served us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it
is just,
And this be our motto, “In God is our
trust;”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph
shall wave
Q’er the land of the free and the home of
the brave!
Be it remembered that the 20 per
cent reduction in the local passenger
rates on the AY estern ynd Atlantic
Kailroad has been followed by a4O
per cent increase R travel.— 'Atlanta
ifynin# Capital,
Tke Kennesaw Route al ways ahead*
NO. 17.