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! POETRY.
tines.
-?'?::? ..A) V. :,* '.f.v^l r! Mil i
by WOnDBWORTtt.
Mir ,????;. Itjdj it.'^--? ? ; ? t
[The sweetest po,?m in l he English Language. Bd.]
She ilwelt among the untrodden ways,
Beside the springs of Dovo,?
A maid, whom there wcro none to praise,
And very .few to love.
ill ??? ? '.'l't ? dl ? ?>':?{ JiS.V ti uj ;/ ?Vll ; I
. A violet, by a mossy stone , ,, j . ]
Half hidden to the eye, ,
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky, ' ' ' -
.._ . She Hvod unknown; and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be:
But she*is in her grnvo, and?Oh?
The difference to me !
LIT.EftARY.
?for The ohanokiiuuo nUws/]
Memories of Migration,
Travelers' letters have been so often written,
and the topics usually treated. of by those who
go away front homo to see the world arc there
fore so very tricoj that few care to read them.
Yet, I hope Mr. Editor, that your readers will
indulge me a littlo while I jot. down a few
brevities concerning;my Bights and experiences
whilo abroad; for I too have been traveling.
This much fof an [introduction. I won't pre
sume on anybody's patience, and write a long
one, and1 only pause further from my narration
of facts," while I ask, that as I am no poet, my
readers will not charge me with drawing on
niy imagination.
; Yes, Mr?. Editor,. I've been travoling?Havo
sailed on, the .broad, blue Atlantic, and been
i;rooked on the bo om of the doep;" havo felt
the cool sharp, breath of Eolus's subjects, and
scon the waves at their beck rise into hills j
have watched the hungry, fish pursuing the
ship, and wondered if they were hoping a Jonah
was on board ; havo condoled with those who
who wore sick of the sea, and laughed at those
who were sea-sick ; have peen the moon, with
her pale round face, rise as if out of the waters;
and whilo studying the stars, thought of Uy
ron's Ocean scene?
??Blue rolled the Ocean, blue the sky ?
Looked like an Ocean hung on high, &o.
havo steamed up New York's beautiful harbor,
and as the mighty City from afar loomed up
dimly, have wondered if "distance lent enchant
ment to tho view" ; have been "glad once
move io get ou shorO," and have been aroused
from my newly-found bliss, by behlg subjected
to the annoying importunity of rapacious haclf
men; have walked the thronged streets of
Gotham, and with humility felt my utter in
significance, as the torrent of living humanity
went surging by ; have feasted my eyes on the
marvels of the great City, and my palate on
the luxurious viands with which Milords of I
Hotels tempt their guests; have been humbug
ged at Barnum's Musuom, and in revenge
wished to pinch the fat arm of his corpulent
baby; have satisfied my artistic yearnings, by
tiring my eyes with critical inspections of the
beautiful master-pieces of being Artists, in the
Art Union Hnll; have been whirled to Cen
tral Park, and looked at the bulls, and the
deer, and the swans, and tho fish, and the
fashionables that live there ; have tried to got
a.glimpse of some of the "fairy belles," whoso
beauty I had seen so often eulogized, but have
succeeded only in finding that their charms
were much exaggerated; have illustrated South
Carolino, by strutting among tho aristocracy,
a palmetto hat on my hoad, and a fino havaqa
between my teeth ; have seen tho lions, and
heard them roar; havo talked with Radicals,
and discussed war experiences with Federal
cx-hcrocs; have traveled with lightning speed
over the fast railroads of the fast Empire State;
have courted tho Muse under the inspiration
of the magnificent scenery, which has rendered
classic tho renowned Kudnon River; have
made wry faces whilo experimenting in Sarato
ga water, and looked happy while seated at
the loaded tablo a floating pnlaco on Lake
Champlain ; havo n? through tho morning
mist the verdantsloj js'of the Green Mountains,
and sailed over the waters, upon whose bosom
McDonough won for himsolf immortality }|
have temporarily expatriated mysolf, and in
tho old town of Montreal, sung, under the
Cross of Saint GeorgCj "God save the Queen" ;
havo refreshed my fingers in this specie-paying
town with silver quarters, and been tempted to
break tho tenth Commandment, at the sight of
the1 'glittering gold, which plentifully circulates
there; havo witnessed' general wealth and
prosperity, and painfully; drawn the contrast
suggested by thjp condition'of my own poverty
and faminc-ptriokeii State; havo studied tho
nipuueis and faces of the Northern denizens of
the "greatest nation, &o," and of the Canadian
subjects of Victoria ? Regina, and compared
them with these of Our own afflicted people,'
and my Southern prido has been gratified at
the contrast j have?r-but, Mr. Editor, I have
already too far extended my ? brevities j and,
lest I tiro you and our readers', I ;will close by
simply stating, that I.hav? returned home,
loving Carolina more than ever, and satisfied
to share the present tribulations of her sons, if
I may but be with them, when the. evil days
nre past, and the sunahino ??f prosperity shall
again shed its holeyn beam? upon-us. God
scud our down-trodd?n lanbl a"spbedy 'deliver
1 Wntlo in Montreal (let mo add in a less co?
cisc style) it was my pleasure and privilege, to
be present at one of the pleasant est Christian
gatherings, that this Continent has ever wit
nessed. Six hundred young mon, representing
the. Christian Associations of the United States
and Brithh Provinces, thero met as brothers
in the same noble Cause, having the same mas
ter,' and sharing the same high "hopes. North
erners and Southerners, Federalists and Demo
crats, Monarchists and Republicans, for tho
timo at least, laid aside their political, or
national prejudices and animosities, and con
sulted together as to' the best methods of labor-!
ing for the salvation of the young. The har
monizing power of Christianity was wonder
fully manifested, and I thought that appropri
ately could have boen inscribed over the pul
pit of the .v'Church, in which we met, the
passage of St. Paul: ''-Where thero is neither
Greek nor Jew, barbarian, Scythian, bond or
free, bnt Christ is all, and in nil." The influ
ence of this Convention will bo long felt in
Canada, and throughout the Northern and
Western States j and I trust that its effects
will be seen in softening the acrimonies of our
political persecution. A little leaven may
leaven the whole lump.
It was my privilege, also in Montreal, to
visit and pay my respects to our honored ox
Prcsidcnt, Jefferson Davis. Physically much
broken by his sufferings while incarcerated at
Fortress Monroe, and still an exile fr?m his
friendB and his home, Tic was yet comparative
ly comfortable, and seemed to forget himself
in his sympathy for the sufferings and humilia
tions of his people. He expressed himself as
hopeful that Providence would over rule the
present evil to our ultimate good, and thought
that nt least, the young of our land would sco
the South riso from her degradation, and he
again blest with plenty, prosperity and happi
ness. * ? V.
SELECTED STORY.
The Giant Musquito,
OR THE
DARKEY'S WATCH
-:o:
It was in that golden era of the South, when
planters were as serenely happy as the pa
triarchs of ?W; when cotton, rice, tobacco,
and gugar hau not yet become disturbing in
fluences in the politic of. the land j when our
good-natured ancestors were content to let the
curse or blessing of slavory rest alone upoll the
heads of those who flourished by it, and felt sat
isfied and strong enough to hear it; when
slaves cared not a.pinch of snuff for the bene
fits of education, so long ns they had plenty
of 'possum-fat and hominy, pork and beans,
tobacco and tho New England essence of sugar
cane, and felt as proud of their masters' wealth
as if they had all the cares of its possessions?
yes, it was iu those palmy days of tho let-alone
policy of tho Union, that Col. Dick Tearaway
lived in his glory as d Georgian planter, dis
pensed the fruits of his prosperity with a
princely hand, ond had surveyed with annual
satisfaction the joyous growth and multiplica
tion of his niggers.
The Colonel-was a kind-hearted and courage
ous man, thero seemed to be hut one evil on
earth of which he was afraid, or which was
able to disturb his equanimity. That evil pest
and abomination was?musquitos. With re
gard to th.cni he was particularly sensitive and
thin-skinned; the bumps which followed their
bites upon his person were always double the
ordinary size, poignancc^ and duration, and the
vonom thereof seemed to enter into his spirit
while the smart lasted. Hence it was that one
summer, on his return from abroad their re
newed onslaughts wcro specially intolerable and
as musquito-nets wcro in that age unknown,
tho tormented planter appointed one of his
slaves to tho exclusive olfico of sotting up all
night by his bod side, and keeping oil' mus
quitos.
[ This darkey's name was Confucius, common*
ly called "Phew," for short, ond the only re
semblance he probably bore to the Chincso
philosopher was his fondness for "pigtail."
lie was black as an India-rubber hail, nnd al
most as round, but ho had none of ilk hounding
q?ality. In fact, his wealth of fat was both
the caviio and conscqucuct* Ol Im vxtraordiuo
?r,. - ? ?? ' i" f i 11 f,' - ? i ? ?? ' ' ' ? ' 1 i
ry laziness; and it was, perhaps, on account of
this particular talent, which made him almost
useless on; tho plan tat ion, that his master se
lected liim 08 his . midnight champion against
nrusquif/w. ;
/'You may sleep, drjnk, play, do whateyerj
ydu like by day, Phew," said the Colonel'; '^bo,
your own ?master' in * all things'; 'Wt you must
be.punotual and wide-awaker?t' night, and see
that no* cursed musquito sucks my blood, .poi
I sons my body, or disturbs my slumbers. If
i you aro good for' nothing else;yo)j ought to be
good for that* . ?. " \.
The eyes of the fat son of Ham whitened
with joy. ?
"I gorry-!' Colonel Toaraway, I'll do dat and
tank-ycr, too. Aud yer won't say riqffin .'bo?t|
nVy gwiho wid\ PhUHB, and doln'noffin, and
drinkin' rum, and slcopin' in do corn-Geld, and
Jjwj.?e to scamp meetin', and lyin*, and swarrin',
and stealin' tinge, arter dat?long as I. does it
in do day tune." .
."Not one word,. Phew. ^Nobody shall trou
1jfc.your if ydu keep the musquitos from troub->
ling mo at night." 1
- Phew gave a yell of delight, aud turned a
Bum'mersct' immediately, and, shaking his fists
in the air, cried out:
'VJess luff dem dam 'skectcrs come on?dat's
all.!" ?
He was loud 'and profuse in his promises of
sleepless "vigilance, and took his seat with groats
pom^ that night by his' master's couch, briskly
waving a goose's* wing ; and the Colonel felj
confidently asleep and dreamed of a black
angel, battling, with heavenly pinions, against
myriads.of evil spirits. But, notwithstanding
all this it was evident that the sable sentinel
was carelcss.of his charge, for the indignant
planter found many bites on his person 'next
morning. , . .
Phew at-.first insisted' they were bug-bites,
but bis master swore' he knew the . difference,
and then Phew said :
"I 'elar, Massa Tcaraway, it docs *pearrdat a
ifew skectcrs did git at ycr, in de coarse ob do
pfeheninj^ but wnt'a dein few to de hole number
dat I drobc away front yer ? My Bakes ! if I'd
let cm, dey'd ate yer up alive. More'n dat, I
isn't quite broke into dc business yet."
The Colonel believed, rcpeated^his injunc
tions of vigilance, and went to sleep under the
darkep's auspices again.
But Phew had meanwhile grown dignified at
his immunity from all other responsibilities,
and his unrestrained liberty by day made him
restive at his confinement by night. So, grum
bling, he soliloquized.
"Mitoy poor business dis am, for a likely
nigger like mo, to he watchin skeeters all
night! "Wonder if de Colonel tinks dcy don't
bite niggers as well as white folks? "Wonder
wut dc debbil made skectcrs fur kecpin' me up
all night hcah, like a dam ole owl! I won't
do it no more, arter dis night. It's lowcrin'
myself.. Ha ! dere's one ! I hear 'cmcomin'!
Ping-ng-ng! Ping, ping! Shut you ugly
mouf, you "loafer ycr, or I'll crack yer jaw.
Now he's gone, and I'm good mind to take a
small wink ob sleep, till dcy begin to get thick.
Tan't quite time for a rush yet?I wish I had
annodcr quart ob dat primer-"
"Urn" he would have said, but his jaw fell,
his lips parted like two pounds of liver, and
the word was lost in a resounding snore. The
watchful darkey was asleep.
But his brain was busy, if not his eyes ; and
he kept on grumbling in his dream, so loudly,
tliat tho Colonel, t-tirred by a few musquito
nips, woke up and detected his negligent sen
try, his black hand convulsively clutching the
snowy wing of the goose.
"Tho rascal! This accounts for tho bites.
He gets drunk all day and sleeps it off in my
chamber at night. He's dreaming. Phew !"
"Bedam if dis chile gwine to watch skectcrs
any more," muttered Phew, still asleep, "fur
de Colonel or anybody else. Nigger must hob
sleep."
"And have white folks to watch them?eh,
Phew ?"
"Dat's it," replied the sleeping watchman.
"Dat's jost it."
"Upon my word ! And whnt will you do,
you consequential darkey, if you aro not al
lowed to do as you pleaso day and night?"
?'I dunno; but I think I'll hab to pull foot
and run away, if dc Colonel don't permote mo
up a little furdcr."
"Get down a little first!" muttered the ex
asperated Colonel, tilting Phow's chair, so that
he tumbled upon the floor, and waking, started
up to find his master apparently asleep.
"Sloop's like a pig," said Phew: "and I
gorry ! 1 was ormoss asleep myself."
"Something must be dono to kcop that nig
ger awake," thought the Colonel, uoxt day,
when ho found his person profusely speckled
like a currant-pudding. "I havo it?I'll ter
rify him !"
He now called Phew, referred in a i feeling
manner to his bites, and added? . IT . i
"But this*is nothing to what the Giant Musi
quitos do?the great ?big Giant Muuquitos, |
'Phew '. half the n'izc of a man, as strong ot> a
horVoy nrid ficrco as ten thousand-.wild cats.
^TOrfaear-o^tfawuJ1- ." 11 '?ill ' jij
jsm?*qmmm&? man
Jem?", _ _,_
?sommert ti&#$e^
they come this' way.once in twenty yean, and
& WFI^TWKv, ^>?x^,4l>W-, i\ ftbeyj
are vcry . f on d o f n cgroes, b ut don't jnind, fly
?in'g1 atray \vitJr a whito man, if they can got one
^bp.xftUiKjr^tioa^^^iian^^il?^gw lead-cplojr,
and his ?yes projecting like Pnnce'? Bay oys
'tersi5*"' \> ifi&^a at 5rnttuYa?w m'u
^Yeiv if/tHbjrca?:ca^1i^
him dryr and then; come bacV for more. . I loa
my grandfather in that way, which is one reason'
why I have such a horror of musquitos in gen-|
eralMtrdJuiT tvuluT OTJUl &i\uH 'iflT
Col. Tearaway related several thrilling an-!
kept
few nights more; but tho telUalo bites soon re
appeared, to signify thaVetther Phew thought
the Giant Musquito a humbug, or, if ho did not
.fear them less, he loved sleep more. r ^ r ? 0,
"I swear I'll have exemplary vengeance !"
now exclaimed the bitten planter, scratching
hiniseif'into a state of bloody rage. "f*'a?
nca rly poison cd ? and itched to' death ? by thai
lazy rascals infidelity. The ingrato ! I'll fis
him I", . *> La*
Accordingly ^e dressed up Nat,,% Vllkelj
bright boy"--of sixteen, who Was. famous foi
his love of mischief, and the particular aver
sion of Phew, fco enact tho part "?T^?lant
Musqnito! Tho disguise was made as perfect
as possible, with tremo./douB gauzo wings,
plenty of angular legs, a humped back, a long
stiff, tubular stiug, all of a brownish hue; anc
for bis voice a penny trumpet; and having suf
I fieiently drilled Nat for the pantomime,, the
planter one night introduced him softly Ink
the chamber, where he stood on all Eixes, as if
slambering at tho door, apparently a'huge
gnat, wcigltinc^yiundxed pihidda^at-least. . ?
Phew hod fallen asleep in the cliair, as nstf
al j mid after getting into bed, the Colonel
pinched him, and then pretended to be asleep
himself. fin
The slugglish slave awoke with a start and a
cry of pain, and rubbed the pinch part with
great, zeal.
'? 1 gorry ! if dat wasn't a .Tint rnuskecter;
guess he must been a hossfly," he ejaculated;
"and?great Fadder Abrum ! wat'a dat befor'
dc do'?" ha added, with a howl of terror, as
he now beheld the monster apparition. "Be-j
dam if dat an't do Jint Muskceter heseffl
Look here Colonel, wake up dis minit, or yer
done gone a dead man. Heah's de Jint 'Skee
tcr flowed right in dc winder. Whar's your
pistil ? Put a ball troo him. Look soon !"
"I don't see anything, Phew," replied the
Colonel, coolly rubbing his eyes. "You must
bo dreaming."
"Don't sec dat ?" cried the horrified darkey,
pointing at the object, even more hideous than
himself.
"It appears to me I do see something, now,
in that direction," said his master, straining
his eyes. "Bring me my eye-glass.
It wns promptly brought, and Phow crouch*
cd, glaring and trembling by the bedside, as
the Colonel calmly inspected the insect at the
foot of the bed.
"My God ! Phew, that is one of 'em ! He
has eomc cither for you or mo. O, my poor
grandfather!" and tho planter clasped his hands
in prayer. 0
"Why. don't you put a ball troo him V
"He's covered with scales, Phew ! ijo ball
ever went through tho hide of a Giant Mus
quito, yet ?ut speak lowj ho is evidently
asleep. Ono'of the genus Culex?a he one,"
said trie Colonel, continuing his inspection.
"Am he a genus ?"
"Ay, ono of tho biggest and most ferocious
of gnats."
Am his name Nat, too? Hc'm or most as
ugly ns nigger Nat, and I 'bout as soon seen do
debbil as auy one ob cm. Wat is you gwine to
do*'
Spcnk lower ! A blow from his wing would
smash your oocoanut. That poisonous, tubu
lar sting would make you swell and burst with
agony in less .than five minutes?so don't woke
him. AVhat tho' devil did you lot him /or?"
"I didn't luff him in, Mnssa; become in
hcsclf, whon I was dono gone dreaming."
"Traitor, you didn't koop watch; then. If
ho kills rot 1 of us, it will be a judgment upon
you."
"But dat won't holp you, Maasa," said Phow,
logically ; "you host kill him, darfore/
' "If w^ survive, you ah all be hung, unless
you kill him; and if you, survive,and I die,
you will be hung, at any rate."
"Don if J is to dio, anyhow," said. Phew,
Sulkily, "I might jess'.aa well luff him bo.( I
don'it kcor 'bout bcin busied by a Jint Skeeler
rudder die nat rally by K rope," Or a slow flreV
JMtherirUat !*? ?? nWwi?i c i-o (?'
Hire the in us-pi i to "sounded his penny
The noise wasful
"Ki, does dem tofkmiFMfflf?bF
^jl&?ftW?^ Wg^?. And when'
ihefcuswake/ yoa'lP.^na'he dsUwidfr Awalfo? b&
tot^
-QTe fl&r m ih 08 MQljtiwttlcattgof j|
sndTtetu?
theCoionql
. ana 111 Keep ? , Umn.i mi.i
r?Bcap^wheh tl^^e^^?o^V?^^c^,
or flieix)ut.et' tho-wmd?w withfyoq>?t VJT07 39.
loofl Am ;ho Traid.of. linen.?&1- O,;. Stands*^
tfee^?fe hefty?
in lln^tlWl^ulW- ^ ^''1' Ii
"But he'll smell yon, in do second plgni&V "
Here the trumpet sounded again, a more war
ac:c^m^ahimen^r^',s,>JS'''1 *? ilaow Mdlg
|. i;?DV Jint's bcgihbi? ?'fev to^mof*fek&r1
wings J O Lor J:.1;at shall dis chilo do $'f]
01 '^W^es^^.^e, J^ltnttl&Mlp'.
"but ni do what I eat) for yon. On that tablo
tflrWttDttti H^oitf?'VglasV^wfl/^
lold^lli^ia^l^^d^ ft> feWT*l?*B?u?,glSst>
into their heads. He'll smelt-it j walk: ?p, thrust'
b?ff big bill!in; and some he floored. - Jutf-cov
drawer, and th?n pit "downat the tableland ..sit
still, to provide him with more wine'in caso
one glass isn't' ?n?ugh-^and niay-'heavefc^and
the linen sheet protect yon itl'dK keep an eye
, N? sooner had Phew done .as directed, than
tho mniquito walked up to aud .around him, .
sounded his trumpet inquiringly,' "to the in-"
creased horror of theficbvered darkey, and tlleu
the Colonel hoarsely whiBpered: r ^tfiiJaua*
"His pipe's in the glass! i ,Ho's getting
drunk, now. Don't say a, word^r4onjt.rst^fr
stop that shaking I" . ? -#
, But this injunction .was not obeyed, for sud
denly Phew felt tho sheet tightened around ?
him, and'he screamed and strdgglco^'tor'lr^
limbs were bound as if yfith cords. 'if?? m
"There 1" cried the Colonel,, "I'll be Jwngoji
if he hasn't spun a web around you, now like
a spider ! That's for not keeping quiet. But
don't move, if you value ycur life, and he may
think you dead; and they never suck dead
meat. But ah ! he's going to sting :ye?rf!m>w, ?
to see. But keep <Iuinb." . ; ?I ^nivrfl
The trumpet sounded venomously this |imo,
and the musquito- pricked poor Phew^e^gly^
with a darning-needle. ' v , . ;f
"I golly, I can't stau dat! Murder 1* snnok
cd the victim."' i 1 1 ! ?'f '/ 'v'sl'! ia**.
"Keep still, I teil y?u'.':''ill* 'mdro -Jda'-yW,
the' harder he'll sting; and unless you drink k
hogshead of tuih, you'll bo poinsoned to death j
oven if he don't suck you dry/' 7..;(, ,Vi nyrpft
"You tele me^h<l-.YO^)?n(,fHftto^^^^
groaned Phew-T ?. < . ..." ^obio oe fata
! "But that sheet must must be . cot ton j if tq
stings through \t.. Docs he ?? ^?RJ^ftf
feel himT' ? . . t .,k , A
Hero the, mosquito plied his probe .with
great forco and rapidity.
. - - baft bb?I nj>j(??9 orfi HA ?M
4<0! Ah! Gorramighty? I guess youd titofc
so. O, Lor ! Bc's make for tlic wlrf?Jwf
how 1" And" after a violent struggle [ Mf*
floundering upon tho floor, during' which htf
was repeatedly punctured in almost oycry partf
of his body, he continued to break loosc^ hurst
the sheet, and scramble out at the door, snd
thence out of tho house, alarming tho whole* ?,
plantation with his diabolical howling.- wfT
The Giant mti'sqttito, having' Well '$btfb*4n?l i
his part, was ? now ordered I to * bed;'. Snd tba ?
Colonel, having.?l?:-hed tho dcca(ntpr, .turne^ $
in again, and slept the swcot sleep of satudfod fl
revenge. ,
Meanwhile, tho overseer, who was in the.
secreet, forced the fugitivo Phow to swidloW
half a gallon of rum, to kill the poison
system ; and on tho m?rro^, when ho bectvm^
conscious and told his niarvclouai stor>,, ihH"
Colonel denied the wholo of ,;t,.ami,asjmjB^O
him it must bo a dream, or a visioiyprccoottffcg
from ovcr-drinkihg. . , t '
To bo sure, Phew cxhiheteo\ tho' oxtensWo'
perforations t? w?ich ho -had boon s?bjciM<?df^
but C?f?ntT'toataway satAt!fey':Wfo 'hothlw^..
to what ho had'himself suffered, i whilo fcrttaQf*]
tai^O good for nothing nigger:1??s,f ^o^djnj^t^
wateh* for him,. iM hftn oJj|fw ^
insisted always that ho Jiadjhccii, nttecked oj a
Giant
uiant Musquito. yet he never went. 10. ^??oj
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