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SVOL. III. CITY OF- CARROLLTON, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LA., WEDNESDAY; APRIL 24, 1861. N0, 88
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M iS(CEiLLANEOUS. t
IauInd of the MOluth.-BY A. F. I. EONARD- i
Landi of the South I the fairest land ii
l"enca th (7olumbia's uky !
Proudly her hills of Ileedom stand, ti
1Her plains in beauty tie. t
Her dotted lields, hr traversed streams.
Their lllannual ealth renew.
Land of the South ! in brihgtest dreams
No dearer spot "e view.
1~1en of the South ! a free born race, u
'They vouch a patriot line ;
Readly the foermain's van to face ;
And guard their country's shrine.
By sire a'nd son a haloing light
Through timne is borre along :
They "nothing ask but wlhat is ri6ht,
And yield to irotlhilng w+ronir.'
•Fair of the South ! rare beauty's crown
Ye w'ear with matchless grace ; t
No classic filir of oil renown\VI
Drrrvew a higiher plat e.
Your vestal r!,('. niilr iecoieec
Thie palace atrl the cot :
,VivS, mothers, ! tuihte(s I every honme
Ye make a cheriihel spot.
Flab of the ý,uth ! A , ', tlng its tilds
I'pin rh,' rr Ir, te knril rnczI. ;
Emnll,'tm ,i r 1irea;l to ytrant hi ,lds
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Forever it:( it . it'als rrn 'triles
In clh :,M!., ý glory wa.n, ;
1le 1, siho, .0u, I -,Iwm-,' eu. type,
Sl e IV'i' l I r r .' I l i ' ' t l 's hl : i
Irieo ef.i fa ' t have ir C
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A Thrilling Sketch. i-le
T'Il( fill winai na.rrat ive is assorted t, i
he eltirelv tra.,- by its anthlr. "ll
It was a nii.it of pitchlly darkness. l
At four Ihll. in the first watch, not a ligfi
breatlh o air was moving, and the Pan
drinche ,il,, w\vet by the afternoon for
ol, (evl.iL" vrains,ilit l:anvily fromnltic 1
vards or tlal*[ped a.t'. inst the lmasts and seer
vi-. ilN. the ship rled l:i:ily (on the the
b,,\-, ,1i.g e ofI thu lPacific Jus
l. A a1,111~, r ,f days h::l p' ,' 1d w'1'
li, iuat :n ll h ,u-rvain l t the a1 orI lthla
-tolr's. 1,1l t1e.". h:ut to rlls i,v "eal un
rk,,i tut .' nl wvr l ut,. thliritfre, ligl
sile of th ir hl:titlut'l ()I-r longitile. i e
'I'l y uigfit il' ntearer danger than tlhey dep
li F 211.t Wle
TI"'l, ei:ltain lhad ieone hbelow at eight, Iuol
Iut ''liiig ttililhl abloutt the porten- thi
ttl,, 'rannce oif the weather, was lig
unl,. 1)it -,.,p. and was on deck again i f
walki;n' 0 n, .'-uily ftro a1111 aft, nliw of
l,,kin'. ,n ilthis stide and llt 111, n the' o
tlel sii,' I' the q aitrterdieck, tlun aft' fro
tlhen at the, colp..S, and th1,n at the wit
Iart-,ili't1r w ichtel hl itg in tilhe cabin
Houndl and ronld went the ship,
hcedless of her hIea., :a, tt'he mrcury
not
tchl ithe -a!u' t:ae it Iad t,hl tfor hlours
inky Iac s met their straining tli
gaze e erVl whleri'. Thus ltatters stood
till six ill -, w\h\ln the Mercury began
Cri
to fall stihllenly. 'ihte luick, jerking
v ie,' if tii- ('lptailn was thi-n heard.
SMr. Snallehy, yinu may take in the c
liitl sails.'
' Ay, sir ;' and stopping to the to
a iimlnist, lie called out, 'Forward, 'll
tilere ;' and was inmmtediately answered, th
'1 '" i'arld, sir.' 'Stand by the topgallant fo:
antd tlying jib lhaulyiards.' ti
ii a imoment lie heard the report, il
'l h l , sir.'
Si.et go th' hltlyardis and olew .down f
1,"t , , the :- ''ets 11.11,1 ce .w u1p ; that'll in
io: I, lay all; now jiin1p ,p an.i furl d(
tlhem : he lively, bIds.'
l'tliile this was going eln the ealplain i
ti,, amnother loosk at the ,timuniwter,iud h
foulnd the 'nu-re',ry still going dowwn
lifast. Th'litorou"oily arotsel li1d I ln - h (1'
(.au.ht his speaiklillng tlumpet f'ro the1
1w,'..k,.rs. aid stun, out. "Hl dI,1 ot , there
"n!! :til hus.' 1I w l ...n., thew l,,n In
i ' : .. t, .; [ la s- olua , lute
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I : hr yards.'
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t.jill- .,u li nt. At g 'i ,tit t" 1il bells Sitl
told tithat I 'el- h'lltad arrivrtd, and day- I
light was I.looked fir as it,.t,, men with an
1aul looked foIr it when they "wished of
for day." loo1
Butthe struggling light of the di v and
seemed only to reveal the thicknc-.s of pan
the dark;ness to the wandoring vision. sat
Just at daylig-ht their ears were stunned situ
wvith suecessive, al ckop'rts. louder thie
than wholo broadsides from a hundred I
a1un ship. the wholo heavens were on
lightened up with a fieryred light; the pit(
ocean was stirred from hee profound hot
depths; great waves, without any visi ind
ble cause, ran in the mnst awful com- an(
miotion, now striking together and his
throwing the white foam and spray ant
high in air, then parting to meet again sqt
in fearful embrace as before; a school gle
of sperm whales ran athwart the ship's
bow, making every exertion to escape poi
from the strangely-troubled water,
within a few cable-leogthls of the ship
lan inUnense coluuin 'fwater was throwli
masthead high, and fell back again with co
a roar like Niagara; a dead mournful Hi
noise, like the echo of thuader among
mountain caverns, was constantly heard
and none could tell whence it came;
the noble ship was tossed an4" shaken so
like a plaything. p u
' Great God have % upon us!' gl.
cried officers and mner o hat is this ? sa
\What is comning next? Is it the day of pc
judgment ' The royal Psalmist deos
cribed them accurrately. 'Thpy reel fe
Sto and fro, and stagger like a drunken 87
man, and are at their wit's end.':.. Soon is
the mystery was solved, when right be. cc
Sfore their eyes, about one league fronm.
them, them aroso the rough sides of a at
mountaii out of"t1he yielding water, at
and retired thighhetii.in the air; tl:tin
from its., it flnmleoburst forth, and pi
nmelte4d ra' like ai river down the fe
Sdeclivity, and fell like a cascade of ti
flame into the seething ocean. It was a
birththrit.oIf nature, and ,an islandl was '1
Sburn which was liles i1 cirecti';fet once. a
'I'wo years afterward I sailed right
over tlat place, but the pla(cid iwatii
av- no intimation that gt J l:ol a
' I1 l h d lb . tihere : yet ti) l1,in, has ";dil
: that It wv till, dleath ull n 1 !,, iall d,f i'at
I la l I hi 'lia ') l ,irti ' I have thill- :,i l II,. r
T1'I: y that gt tllwn to tiel , t:'. il l ii
il that do busineS ill till,' ,retat w t s ,
tl i l', I' s, th,' w ,rkI ,lf the I- , .itd
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A Private Room.
Th'l'e following good 'u is by a ti
Southerntt contributor :" liltI
I )nu partitcular, danmp, dull, drizzly, Al
and disagreiablo day in the lattor part five
of Novembher, a tall, guttit, qu(oee - itll
looking clustomer, dlressted ill IluIt coat t111
and brass buttons with vollow stripled '
pauntaloo)ni, and eJil f-ski.. terlminatioln1.,
sat solitary and aitttlo in a little rmool, '(
situated in a certain little restuaranut in Who
this city. pIne'
Before him was a little round table l
on whose marble top was 'not a little' 'S
pitcher of smoking punch, screeching malnl
hot,' and a wino glass. The solitary and t
individual was York- nothing else- poer
and that was his second pitcher-nigh 6V
his second empty-One minute after risin
and ho couldn't-fact, you soo---have .l
squeezed a drop out of either pitcher or ."
glass, by a hydraulic press. fork
York rang the, boll. The waitor wan
popped his head in at the door. a p
'Ring, s . 7' witt
'Of course I did. Is it clharin off T'
'No, sa-damp, sa-fog so thik you '
could ladle it out with a spoon, a. eeoo
tHave anything, sa1' loold
'l~Iore punch, and strong.' Al
'Yes sa--immediately.' see
The waiter withdrovw, and in a few. '1
1 seconds roturned lith third pitdher of the
punch, and York waas beginning to fool thea
glorious, when, on raising his eyes, he Onc
saw nis-ewn Agure in a pier-glass o) you
f posite.- He rubbed his oyes again. mo
l'By thunder !' .aid he, 'horo's some whi
1felow 'sittirt* 'right before mem I'll
swear th eo'impudence ftr yean. This .
is a private roatm, sir, for my solo ac- A'n
oommod1io."' . pr
t, 'He wraitod a minute, expected man ing
a answer,' but his retloction only started of
at him, and hold,its peace. .
e 'I was sayingt. sir, that this liA my or
d private roodn--natheo, sir!' , crie lYYork, Il'
e fetching. his. voia a odtar highlv1
if than it was before: tll
a No answer. and hI rang furiousy.-- do
is 'le waiter soon made his alptprn1ilnee: All
again.Ii
' ig, sa?' t
S`'Y0s I dild r1111g. 1 )ilhl't I ask for r
a p l r i v a t o r , ,,n a l .,v
, y s,:. oa; this ia lnrivate lro 1n.'
'It i. ? <<hy'l, th't1'i' follh w Titli ling
i. 11:_lll1 , 't1, ',- ' I11' 1w V , ,n 111the ,Mtler 111
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' h'it, sa--ellow, n Il t t, I'
Y1 'it's, there ist. W\VI, .ist, never
11 il . )'ri .rink i l i' 5 >l>r I 1i.· ', nlllgh
i, a ;; o ' t,- 1h
pit:h'r w ith tw,, 1,. , , 1,: H 1h, i"
the Iti '
\ \'ill y,,u drink !' :11 1" n '," .-"illl ' "
the ti.,r, il the I l.t -.
' `()i , vu won't. 1 .b !' \\ 1 ;1, I I u,
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'if til:; isn't Iiost infMinou! Nve
mindl, I'll drink the t,
And so he didi, overy h C itg About
fiive minutites stllliced to udl t it
pitcher.-- York ramn the Itil sups
fluous.
1V tter c:tu'.
'e',rtt y. VWh shouldn't I 2
WVhoro's i a vt a ho t -koopoa' O
pine(, !' " . -
'loss, sa ! I'll see hinm, sa.'
'ShortJy after, the host, a quiet little
manl, with a mottled, calico pattorn ftheo
andW a shiiidg bahld head, made his .apl
1ieiiance.
)Olil'nlcc',
'WV-what's to pay ?' demanded York,
rising and assuming an air of dignity.
'Fivo.punches-fivo levies, sir.'
'There's the money, sir,' said York,
forking over thdaoin. 'And now I
want to know why, when I c-c-call for
a private room, you put nmo in hero
with sormdoody else ?'
'TlTore, nobody here but you and I.'
'Nobody ! Do pou think I can't
see ?--D'ye thlnk I'm d#ink'7 Thlrcj
look tharo ! TWo of 'em. jgo.'
"Well, sir, I.,$Suit oo , I canes
see but us two!
'You can't ph1V Au? 'rag
tie landlord to the talpi 'Look thq
then, ; there's the' rascals still. ,in
One of tem is enqgtagh like` 'outo a
your brother-and th-te o~her ,'s
most God-forsaken, taclane-goo
white roan that I ever s~w !'
, Stepped." Up to ithe Captain's qOfled." .
- Amnong other miecdote gf the first ex,*
l)erinmnts of RtohelFultoni, the follow
Sing i.ftons the pen of R. N. Ilaskoe,
I ut lf f'alo. : '
Some t weal y-five years slno' o
or less-- for I cannot fix the dato with
snoil' certainty- -I tformlO, a. tryvoling
nei ilitJ atiic:o u l),,n stetnboat on o
I iusgeaon ritWvniithl a lftli.mnan,l lfrl i -
that ocaiioln related to me tonio0i
-ent,' ,of the, first vo,,s "' of ,1',ltot: t,ý?
o Alhinsy on his teanti twºi .thIfe terlmna
wvhitc 1 ~svcr met wivillh oltewhero.
'1 ch'nc'l,,' 8aid siy 'tni'rator, to Jpo
t .\1hiiut, on h,, in,,iu, ,,hes t I',,ton,
tr arival tihrre in hIts uhuadl of eft.
wihic'h Iiv'i r yi'"ly felt, so nicil inte~nIst
ill s ill;. I;, illg rlian, to le"Iavo, ans .
h, liin; Iln tl his sriat', wv ~ i $ ru ,lli'1 to
N, w . , ~' k, I rellirl lII t lrl l d i .in
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'iiiin sisiftl :ly siils, wlilly llOne, antl5
r "; g. dtl i wrxiting.
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, Y,.. sir.'
S), you retrn to Nv Yorklc in 1lli
111 ,,n:It .º'
\ \, \ lmihll try to get back, fir.'
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