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I II mi m ir ft' ; t i W' !..- -v Wri ' ',; far- I1.!". - lii L m SSlo'ifhh, jrwnia dmMtoUu interests of the gatdimi md gibn of the kte war, amf a emioners of the glnited ghfyj. Published b.y Tho NATIONAL TRIBUNE COMPANY Vol. II, No. 4. WASHINGTON. D. 0.. APRTL. 1879. terms, fifty obntspeb year. A.rf irf-ru- j .. ' Specimen Copies sent Free on Request. """ a6trrdin tAtf9ru,, inthtar of our Lord, W3, in tft. Office oths Mr, tan ofthnaru,. at muhtntum, n. a. 4 W Tho Shore of Tennessee. Movo my arm-chair, faithful Pomp or In tho sunshine, bright and strong, 1 or this world Is fading Pompov, Massu won't bo with you long ; And I fain would hoar tho south wind Bring once more tho sound to mc Of tho wavelets gontly breaking On tho shores of Tennessee. Mournful though tho ripples murmur, As they still tho story tell, Now no vessels float tho kannkii That I loved eo long and wkle, : 1 shall llston to tho music Dreaming i hat again I see, An? AND Strives on sloop and shallop Sailing up tho Tennessee. And Pomp, while Massa's waiting or doath's last dispatch to come ' If that KXtLED STAKIIV HANNKtt Should como proudly sailing homo, You shall givet it, slave no longer, Voice and hand shall both bo froo That point and shout to Union colors, -On the waves of Tonnosseo. Massa's borry kind to Pompoy But old darkey's happy heru Whore he's tended corn and cotton 1 or 'esc many a long gono year. Over yonder Missis' slooping-- -.V? ono tuuls her grave like mo; Mebbo sbo would tntes the ilowors Sho used to love hi Tennessee. 'Pears liko sho wav watching Massa If Pomp. boshU him stay, Mobblo she'd remember bettor Bow for htm alio used to prav, Telling him that way up yonder, white as snow his soul should be If ho served tho Lord of Heaven, While ho lived iu Tennessee. Silently tho tears wore rolling Dovn the poor old dusky lace As ho stepped beside his master Iu his longneeustomed place: Then a sllonco fell around them As they gazed on rook and tree Pioturud in tho placid waters On tho rolling Tennessee. OMastor, dreaming of tho battle, When he fought by Marion's side : When he bid the haughty Tarloton btoop his lordly crest of pride. Man, ivmemboriug how yon sloopor Once he hold upon his Jcnoe Iia-o she luvod the gallant soldier ltalph Vornalr, of Tennessee. Still the south-wind fondlv lingers 4 'Mid tho veteran's silver hair. Still tho bondmand close beside htui Stands behind tho old arm-chair, " While tho dark-huod hand upllftod Shading eyes, lie bauds to see Where the wo.diand, boldly jutting TurnB aside the Tonnosseo. Thus ho watohos cloud-bom shadows Glide from troe to mountain crest. Softly creeping, ayo and ever To the lover's yioldtng breast ; Hal above tho foliago yonder Something flutters wild and freo, MA8SA I MAS8A J IlAMiBLO-JAtt I Tub i-jcAo'a Oomk back to Tknnkssbk. Ponipey hold mo on your shoulder, Help mo stand on foot onoo moro That I may salute thk colons As tlxQw pass my cottage door. Horo 8,610 papers signod that froos you Give a freedman'B ahout with rae-. God and Union bo our watch-word Evermore in Tennessee. Then the trombling voico grow fainter And tho limbs refused to stand.; Qm?.Wor '? J?sahd tho soldier Glided to that bettor land, WHBN THK VLAO WJtNT UP THK IUVKR Man and master both wore freo wm,1!?-1? nMo ,ls singled With tho rippling Tennessee. ( Up To Snuff." An exchange says: A genial observer of public men in the United Statos is amused at tho public doxtority of those anxious to servo as presidential candidates. If ho is a vet erau, as well as a gonial observer, ho smilos as ho com pares those 'prentice hands with tho master of Dolitical adroitness, Martin Van Buren. pouuioai looking upon politics as a gamo, Mr. Van Buren, plaved it with ioreoasb and sagacity, and with the utmost good nature. No excitement quiekoned his moderation Evan tho most biting of personal sarcasms failed to rufflo a tem per that scorned incapable of boiug disturbed Onco while r. Van Burou, being the Vice-President, was presiding over tho Sonato, Henry Clay attacked him m a apoeoh freighted with sarcasm and inycotivo Mr. Van Buren sat in tho ohair, with a qutet smile upon his face, as placidly as though ho was listoning to the com plimentary remarks of a friend. Tho momont Mr. Olay resumed his seat, a pao handed him Mr. Van Btiren's snuff-box, with tho remark "The Vice-President sends his compliments to you, sir." Tho Senate laughed at tho ooolness of tho man who was up to snuff." Tho groat orator, sooiug that his efforts had boon m vain, shook his fingor good-uaturodly at his imperturbable opponent, and taking a largo pinch of snuff returned tho box to tho boy, saying : 6 l . "Give mv COmnlimnnbs tn flin VU.Ti.,n:,u..t j .. .. vhni; T liira Mu ur.niv i.,i. i...... .kj'k-., .... :. sav ,- - ,, v. muu uuutui wian'uia poucios. My Midnight Peril. A THKILLINO SKKTCH OK BACKWOODS LIFK. The night of the 17th of October shall I ever forgot ltS mtohv darkness, tlmrnnrnf tha nttf.nm'nnl t?iir1 -K.,rt.,.l. the lonely forests, and the incessant downpour of rain? 1 "TlilS COmOS Of Short CUtS." T mnttororl tn rnvrtnlf. n. I I ploddtid along, keeping close to the trunks of tho trees to avoid the ravine, through which I could hear tho roar of tho turbulent stream forty or fifty feet below. My blood ran cold as I thought what might be the possible consequence of a misstep or a move in the wrong direc tion. YYllV had I not boon Rnntnntorl fn Irrmn in 4-1, r,ir,Ui- road ? nold on ! Was that a light, or are my eyes playing mo xaiso i I stopped, holding on to tho low, resinous houghs of a hemlock that grow on the edge of the bank, for it actual ly seemed that the wiud would seize me bodily and hurl mo down the precipitnus descent. f It was a light, thank Providence ! it was a light, and no ignis fatuus to lure me on to destruction and death. "Hallo-o-o I" My voice rang through the woods liko a clarion. I plunged on through the tangled vines, dense briers, and rocky banks, until, gradually ncaring, I could per ceive a figuro wrapped in an oil-cloth cloak, or capo, car rying a lantern. As the dim light fell upon his face I al most recoiled. Would not solitude in tho woods bo pref erable to the conipauiouship of this withered, wrinkled old man ? But it was too late to recede now. "What's wanting?" he snarled, with a peculiar motion of the lips, that seemed to leave his yellow teeth all bare. I am almost lost in the woods; can vou direct mo to R station ? " Yes ; R station is twelve miles from here." "Twelve miles I 1 stood aghast. " "Vno 'J A. V.T . Lin. J0a teli m? of an telter-l could .ohtain for the night?" ' 'as;jr ,, : J ,& " " Where are you going? " "To Drew's, down by tho Maple swamp." "Is it a tavern?" "No." ,, miG Ulge? J- could pay them His oyes gleamed j tho yellow stumps stood revealed onco moro. ' 1 " I guess so ; folks don't stop there." " It is not far from hero ?" " Not very ; about half a mile. " " Thou make haste and let us reach it. I am dfenched to tho skin." We plodden on, my companion' moro than keeping paco with me. Presently we loft the edgo of the ravine, Enter ing what seemed liko a trackless wood, and keeping ",.. uu UUW1 tuw gnw gieamett littully through the wet foliage. It was a ruinousold place, with the windows all drawn to one sido, as if the foundation had settled, and the pil lars of a rude porch nearly rotted away. A woman answered my fellow-traveler's knock. My wmpuum wuwjjoj.tju j woru or two to ner, and sho turned to mo with smooth, voluble words of welcome. Sho regretted the poverty of her accommodations : but I was wolcome to them, such as they were. " Whore is Isaac? demanded my guide. " Ho is not come in yet.'.' I sat down on a wooden bench beside tho fire and ate a few mjouthtuls of bread. " I should liko to retire as soon as possible," I said, for my weariness was excessive w, uuly lhQ wman started up with alacrity, ci tt T iU? y SiQS t0 pufc him ?" askod fcho S&'u J OUilllt (Jul " Put him iu Isaac's room." "No." "It's tho most comfortable." "I toll you 'no.' " But here I intoruptcd tho whispored colloquy. I am not particular I don't caro where you lodge mo only mako haste " So I was conducted up a steep lnddor that stood in the corner of tho room into an apartment, ceiled with sloped beams and ventilated by ono small window, whoro a cot bedstead, crowded oloso against tho board partition, and a pine table, with two or three chairs, formed tho solo at- vw. ..(.w .. ii! lliwilU. IIM. . . the table. guide. Iho woman sot tho lightan old oil lamp-on Anything moro that I can givo, sir?" "Nothitlir. thank vnn m'i wllVr l0Ck hthJ? ra?minSi f yow Paso, I must walk oyer to R station in timo for the sovou o'clock ox)ress. " I'll bo suro to call you, sir." Sho withdrew, leaving mo alone in tho gloomy little apartmont. 1 sat down with no very agreeable sonsation. I will slfc down and write to Alice," I thought : " that will sootho my nerves and quiet mo, perhaps " I descended tho ladder; tin fire still glowed redly on tho hearth boneath; my companion and tho woman sat uosido it iu!lS 'Hl r "Jj a third person sat at tho table OatUlff a Short. 8tnit. v In inniK.I.:, v. . ...i n.--. uol shirt ud muddy trousers. ' I asked for writing materials, and returned to my room to wnto ray wife. " My dear Alice" I paused and laid down my pen as I concluded tho words, half smiling to think what she would say could she kuow of my strange quarters. Not till both sheets wore covered did I lay aside my pen and prepare for slumber. As I folded my paper 1 hap- j;ujiou w giauce cowam the, couch. Was it the gleam ot a human eyo observing mo through tho board partition, or was it my own fancy? There was a crack there, but only black darkness beyond, yet I could havo sworn that something had sparkled balefully at me. I took out my watch. It was one o'clook. It was scarcely worth while for mo to undress for three hours' sleep. I would lie down in my clothes and snatch what slumber I could. So, placing my valise at the head of my bed, aud barricadiug the lockless door with two chairs, L extinguished the light aud lay down. At first I was wakeful, but gradually a soft drowsiness seemed to steal over me like a misty mantle, until all of a suddeu some startling electric thrill coursed through my veins, aud I sat up, excited and trembling. A luminous softness seemed to glow tnrough tho room no light of the moon or tho stars was ever so penetrating and by the little window I saw Alice, my wife, dressed in floating garments of white, with her long, golden hair knotted back by a blue ribbon. Apparently she was com ing to mo with outstretched hands and eyes full of wild, anxious tenderness. I sprang to my feet and rushed towards her; but as I reached the window the fair apparition seemed to vanish into tho stormy darkness, and L was left alone. At tho SaillO illStanh tllO rnnnrh nC n. nicfn! cnnnrlni T nmilrl eno Mia jagged stream of fire abovo the pillow, straight through rtr " wuere, cen seconds since, my head had lain. u ithan instantaneous realization of my danger, 1 swung myself over tho odga of the window, jumping some eight or ten feet into tangled bushes below, and as I crouched there, recovering my breath I heard the trainpof footsteps into my room. "Is he dead ? " cried a voice up the ladder the smooth, deceitful voici of the woman with the half-closed eyes. " Of course he is," growled a voice bade ; that charge would havo killed ten men. A light there, quick ? arid tell Tom to bo ready." A cold, agonizing shudder ran through me. What a den of midnight murderers had 1 fallen into I And how fearfully narrow had been my escape ! " With the speed that only mortal terror can give i rushed through the wood, uow illuminated by a faint glimmer of starlight. I know not what impulse guided my footsteps. I never Shall know how m:mv 'timns T nmttsntl tnv iwvn track, or how close I stood to the ravine j but a merciful P.-ovidence encompassed me with a guiding aud protecting care, for when tho morning dawned, with faint, red bars of orient light against tho stormy eastern sky, I was close to the high road, some seven miles from R . Oncost the town, I told my story to the police, and a detachment was sent with me to the spot. Aicor much searching and mauy talse alarms we suc ceeded in finding the ruinous old housot but it was empty, our birds had flown ; uor did I recover my valise' and watch and chain, which latter 1 had left under my pillow. " it's Drew's gang," said the leader of the police, "and they've troubled us these two years. I don't think, though, they'll come back hero just at present. Nor did they. But tho strangest part of ray story is yet to como. Some three weeks subsequently I received a letter from my sis-, ter, who was with Alice iu her English home a letter whoso intelligence filled mo with surprise. "I must toll you something very strange," wrote my sister, that happoued on tho night of the 17th of October. Alice had not been woll for some time ; m faot, she had been confined to her bed for nearly a week, and I was sit ting beside her reading. It was lato ; the clock had struck ono, when all at ouco she seemed to faint away, growing white nndjrigid as a corpse. I hastened to call assistauca ; but all our efforts to restore animation were in vain. I was just about sending for the doctor, when hor senses rotumed as suddenly as they had left her, and she sat up iu bed, pushing up her hair and looking wildly around her. "'Alice,' I exclaimed, 'how you have terrified us all t Are you ill ? k Not ill,' sho answered, but I feel so strange. Gra de, I havo been with my husband ! ' "And all of our reasonings failed to couvinco her of tho impossibility of her assertions. Sho persists to this mo ment that sho saw you aud was with you on tho morning of tho 18th of October, Whoro aud how she cannot toll, but wo think it must havo boou in a droatu. Sho is bet ter now aud I wish you could seo how fast she is improv ing " This is my plain, unvarnished tale. I do not protond to explain or account for its mysteries. I simply relate tacts. Let psychologists unravel tho Jabyriuthical skein. I am not superstitious, neither do I believe in ghosts, wraiths or apparitions, but this thing I do kuow that al though my wife was in England in body, on tho morning of the 18th of October, her spirit surely stood before mo in New X ork in the moment of tho deadly peril that men aced mo. It maybe that to tho aubtlo instinct and strength fc m. ,nuo uwij xuvuuu uuugs aro possiDio : but Alice Huroly saved my life. . N U J m iH' m L tit Hi Hit M