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ThitolloviinglittlerbYtde was
written last summer, and sent to the Horne
villa Tribune. Ido not know whether it was
ppylbalied,ler nt. Lifoill4Ao4:glr-A.to.j'oui
were I not urged by some of thefriends of the
Soldier dead.]—Eve.
TO THE lIIEHORKOF W.:AL-HtidEr, KILL
ED IN THE - BATTLE' OFBALLS DLUFF.
0! 'twas his country, hiw-,!country that called
IllefOrth
lie heard the roar of her heated cannons,
And he saw her banners ay,
And his heart grewgreat wfr th a kingly purpose,
As he hhitined
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One moment, his mother's face flashed on him
Through.the. smolie:of tna;Aeadly strife,
And the itfeMbi-idf delir‘lionfe - Voices,
And the faintest pulse of life,
Grew louder than the roaring caffnons
And the-shouts -43f.bittle•strife:.
Then, proudly he stood there, in GO'd's clear
sunshine, •
To challengud e ath and..,the,grave I
0! 'bravely:he pledged his add honor
To ransom the fettered slave,
Awl they bore him away when the fight was
over,,
• And gave' him a martyr's grave!
•
No poet shall sing of his noble daring,
No painter bequeath hire fame!
On the of-bis country's deathleitiheroes
No hand shall blazon his name, •
But our faithful love shall keep his memory
. ,Too sacred for even fame I „ ,
His.mother to dream of her murdered darling
Turns sadly away from the rest
His sisters think of the hiod , above him
That no boring hands had pressed,
And the brave heart.u,nder the trailing pypress,
That dieillor the Truth, n the %reit 1
Althost every village has some peculiar
object of tradition upon' which it prides
itself. Apart from .. its ,111) agn ificen a ce
nery, the .little village in Virginia to
which - we .nnw refer, had: nothing 'of • es
pecial curiosity for the traveler,. exeept
its herinit,liLoneJaekl''av he time called,
a mysterious solitaire, who for about
twenty years had made his abode ia a
cavern near the brow of the. mountain—
one of the famed Blue_Ridge--at the foot
of which the village sunned itself, and,
like most Virginia villages, slept.
Absolutely nothing was kbown in the
village of Lone Jack'g_history, other than
litt:had come there from 'farts unknown,
bought the whole mountain,
_furnished
made
acavern for his permanent home,
a clearing around it, and had a gaoen
there. From time to Hide he would de
scend tO:niakelinrchaiel; or:could ] be
seen sauntering through the vii:age or
the woods around; holding small converse
with any one; and often..he could be es•
piecrat the very tOpniciif paint of his 'el°.
vated home, reading, upon the rooks; or
gazing with folded arms upon the sublime
laxidscaile Which encitcled He was
now seemingly a man of sixty years, full
aix feet in height, and well proportioned.
His faltrilowing_bedid swept his massive
chest and added much to the impressive
majesty of his countenance. His eyes
were large,- ~ dark and .cavernous; and
melaneholy and ffrMacisiolent in there
fined expression of his feature, whose ibe
nevolent cast rendered their sombre char
a,
eter thti ` lesa forbidding.;""'
A Mr. Moutxtfort r -a Georgia planter,
with
.his wife, travelling ],North to escape
the isteiaive_ heats of theirwarmerlati-
tude ono summer, and tarrying in this
village on their way, heard of lone_Jack,
and determined to . pay him a visit. tar
ly_one bright i morning they were pioneer
edkn up the ountain-side; and met the
"godly eremite!'„,at.,work weeding his
garden. Distriissing: the itiide, Mount
fort approached the old man, who bowed
a welcome to his visitors.
Explaining = who they, were, Monntfort,
hoped ho shbUfil net IW:regarded as a
tresspasser. upon the privacy of one,
who, he bad heard was averse to human
society.
"Not always,' ; 'replfed the hermit, with
a faint smile, leading the way to his cav
ern and . b.eokoning - him, ; to foltowi t -where
they_aVon were Seated, in e'titiicious and
comfortably furnished cavity in the rook,
hie abode for a score of years , perhaps the
abode of wild beasts before in, from the
Creation down.
"The 'old man of the mountain' may
be somewhat misanthropic; but be is no
churl, though nokover l fond of visits from
mere idle starers:; ;and ,visits from these
are now fortunately few." _
"I suppose you must sometimes weary
of this loveliness ) and the , sight of the
anila riot ad istati tefuLio
you ?" 7
"I have never regretted my choice of
an abode s " replied , the, old man ; "habit
iaNefiantr nature , dud ii9ttAital
aid people iolitudit 'Hub* chi 1 a
feel more lonely in the society of my fel
low-oreaturee.
f - :.3:P/111.ffeer.coliiartottion Liiiduoed, Lone
Jaok to volunteer Ms gutiats an outline
of his life.,
"My eta* 0414 leTaitiAilYou," said
he, "but its peculiarity is uot-without
pebolia to ti)oliioelpys of Dile @eh:poi-49, qoa tbo Oilseh)iliqtioq i . of NoNlity, 7/..ifolAt4- rifeb33.
I=4ZI=IMEMIII
LONE JACK.
NZ=
OOXIDERSPORT, POTTER: COMITY, IpirpiFtgqky, JANUARYI
. 0 ): 1863.
tercet,: Though I was born in the North,
where there,arepo slaves, I haire Yet heap,
likb you,,n At the age _of
thirty-fiyh I .was , a poor man with no near
relatives. At about that time the death
oeilinsman in the State of Mississippi
made me his sole,heir, and I went there
to find ;myself riah—the owner;of broad
lands - and many slave& ' •
"The noielty,of the transaction made
it-highly pleasing for a while;; it my
'oirn geed fortuiee could not dull My Senile
of the_ itiiifertu nes of othertf. --I had been
edicatediii a-different school; and I could
'not-hat vie* with pity and disgust a sys
tem of unpaid labor, some of the COaCOIII
- of whieh, : were the buying and sell
ing of human beings from .-bondage, to
bondage; the sway •,of ahscilutitim in ;a
-free, •country the,. arbitrary ,‘parting _of
kindred at the will of a - master; and the
power to whip and brand human ;flesh.—
I felt guilty in the - possession of i wealth,
resulting from no merit of my own,. but
wrung from the sweat and fatigue of hum
ble, benighted creatures born with no
friend save God, and yoked for life, with
out a crime and without-a hope. I there
fcre did much to- ameliorate tLeir condi-
Oen, thciugh for a few years I did not
make up my, mind to free them.;
"Among my slaves was , a really beau
tiful mulatto. Negro, blood certainly
could not have predominated in her veins.
lleffeatures *ere regularly and finely cut,
and her form and movements , were grade
itself. You may have seen such. The
:red - came and went-in her completion, at
sudden emotion, as visable as in a whiter
face. Her voice was music, andber eyes
were like stare."
• The visitors smiled at each other. •
• ,"You may wonder :at _thy rhapsody,
and Vet more when I tell you that 1 loved
her.';
. "Sympathy is often the forerunner of
love, and here it was bightened by admi
ration and .a pectiliar sense of wrong. I
often regarded_ her in secret meditation.
'There,' thei I, 'is the innocent offsping
of undoubted guilt—the more heinous
because the intelligence and style minor
atit'in hay, shisw tfiatinind and education
were coupled with unbridled passion,
which they should have checked—not
suffered to shadow forth their shame in
the , future, and swell the calendar of souls
in chains." • .
"I loved her, but still it was repug
nant to my Caucasian blood to marry her;
and yet the, more 'my pride struggled,
the feebler it became before the power of
love. :Wi:ljou believe it? I finally dis
closed my..affection, and proposed to mar
ry her. And will you believe still fur
ther ? Though convinced of my sinceri
ty, she refused me. She was in love
with another, and a black—one bf my
own slaves.
' . 6 Dly diaippointment was Thus d
mortyfying. But,. thank Heaven !
honor as well as philosophy,. •and
not abuse my power, though my
was writhing. I could hot conqu•
love, but . . I conquered myself."
"That is a raro case under'suc
cumstances,", said Mountfort.
"I returned Lone Jack, a deep
sigh escaping from hiv quivering hp.—
"But let me unfold the sequel.' A neigh
boring planter having seen her by chance,
came to •me and wished to buy her. I
declined. ' , lle urged me for houri,'oifered
a large 'amount, doubled, trebled it;
bribed, aware, and bogged byturns.! Still
I, refused—my firmness increasing the
more ardent he became. I suspected his
motive, for I knew his character; and I
would not part heifrom her lover. I
"The man went away hating me for it;
and making a handle of my Northern
birth and extreme kindness. to my slave,
be excited prejudice against me. 1 One
day,-on my return from a journey of4ome
miles, °.l_ heard shrieks issuing flow my
house. - At a distance, I saw ono of my
•boys' rush toward the house,, and enter
it. It was Phil, the lover of the mulatto
girl. Hastening to the house, what was
my horror, on entering, to-find my neigh
bor, who had sought to purchase the girl,
Weltering in his blood on the floor ;
While 'Phil-arid Jessie 'Stood by, the latter
with her garments torn, and exhibiting
all the signs of having been,engaged in a
desperate straggle. I understood all at
a glance. Tbe - villian had taken advan
tage of my 'ahsence, and' expatiated his
brutal attempt at once. A hatchet in the
hatukof Phil Isd,olsft,h,is skull., Jae was
dead
!genie was ; wild with fright and ago
ny. Phil spread ,out his armshumbly,as
lentered, and said he, 'Master you have
always been kind.: to me, awlyap Fp A y,
hang me now,:or burn ins, and not
blame you. But, 0, master whet could
I do?',
, „ • •.
" 'Nothing lase,. and nothing better,
Phil,'-laid I ; -4 and will "all 1.
have before ).'ou I would
hairti"done the : eaMe",
pith., : their -fright -ttoti grititide
I'l64nd if di ll to hur ry them off With
iiisper duectiobe to 'eiradii,titietai::-.-
There were uo others 'of rrif People in
ill
1 ...I.
sight; and bidding' tiled take a itago!a
and afresh hiirse, and ride till hedrapp
ed,!and tbeit trust to God, I saw them
soorrout of early reach, at least; and then,
unseen; I re-entered the wagon I had left,
and'droie, in a roundabout way, to the
village tavern,'as if I had buijust arrived
.
froth my journey, and had not 'visited th'c
house at all??
"SomehoUra later, While I was calmly
transacting some rsuperfinpus business in
the village, eroivd of my - neighbors rind
sheen °auto rushing to MC, with the tiff-.
toga that the n ia w lay murdered in MY
house, and that Phil and Jessie had
scondel .' • • - • • I'
"The .expression of anxiety in my face
was by no; means counterfeited, as I now
1 - returned home, unsuspected by .any
tal ;: but my fears were for the fugitiies;
I not myself. The house was soon thronged;,
and by various stratagems, I managed to i
delay pursuit for -hours ; and when:the
wordy investintions were done, an noubc-1 1
ing myself robbed, I led the most eager. ',
and indignanyin the wrong direction of;
tbe' chase. 1 1
"In brief, tbe l huut proved fruitless:l
Providence guided the 'soared refugees;
land foiled their hunters. Through nianyi l
perils they continued to escape, froin t
'county to county, and state to state ; and ,
not
-many months afterward : l received in-'
telligence of their , whereabouts, and sent ;
them suffCient mewls to make them coin-,
I fortable for life.
"In due time the - excitement died away;
but, continually annoyed with suspicions
of being ail abolitionist, and thoroughly '
loathing a 'system of which. I was an un
willing. representative, I resolved to eman
cipate all my slaves, and seek a home far
ther North.. I was not long in finding a
purchaser for the :plantation; it .was a
fertile.: and well-ordered one. Half the
proceeds I divided among my • freed
slaves, as their due, the fruits of their
toils and their progenitors' for years ; and
placing them safely aboard a ship, I sailed
with them to distant parts, where all, who
work in honesty, 'are masters of them:
_lmuialar-- humble, ! ignorant, or
homely. '
"Ab, my friends, I, once a slavehOlder,
did indeed feel like a- 'patriarch' when ,I
parted with those poor ignorants for the
last time; I felt that I had given them
and theirs to come, their liberteforeveil;
and that the authority of the patriarch
had been vindicated, but only by his
,sur•
render of it 1 . I could but weep as I coun
seled them and tore myself from their
clinging arms; ' and thetrteara of , grati
tude -for release from slavery I regarded
as my absolution for connection with ILI
"Journeying a while. restlessly, from
place to place, at last I fixed upon thi;
spot for mv home ; 'but here, for tweritY
years, I have dwelt_in peace - with God
and nature,. my books and thoughts of
her." -
; onbly
I had
I did
heart
.r my
"Is it posiible that you can still be in=
fluenced by that singular attachment
asked Montfort, wonderingly.
"It is. .I never loved btit once," said
the old man solemnly. . "Some natures,
I believe, can love many Hines. Mine is
not one of them, That poor, despised,
but to me beautiful, slave, is the only
earthly:ldol I have ever worshipped.—
Her image haunts me still. I It made me
the recluse I am; it contents me still to
be so,I can glory in the sacrifice which
blasted' me. It makes my solitude sub
lime. I glory in the sacrifice which I
TE
forbore not to make when I would not,
force ber to bo mine, but shielded' her
alike from the destroyer, from the pangs)
of disappointed love, from slavery, from,
poverty, from myself !.`'l have gro*n
gray here in My solitaiy fortress, but not
desolate.. There-ia a nameldss happiness)
in virtuous melancholy, my friends ; and
the solitude, of these long years, though
always tinged . with sadness as I thought
of berthas also been glorified by the hon-
orable,.retrospection:) I can Ipok
_back
without a blush, and onward'without a
fear; see "glory in-the grass and splendor
in the flower;''books in the running
brooks, sermons in 'stones, and good in
everything—'" .
.''Except elavery,",interrapted Mount
fort with, a smile. • .
."And All other vice,". added Lone Jack.
"For 'slavery _ a a oriole, though mayhap
you do not think so."
• "Not necessarily wrong," returned
Mouotfort, "as I look at it. Power over
the feeble may, be ° used rightfully and to
bless them." , ,
'But T deny Man's right to wield the
power 'Of slavery ; or that liberty should
be Limited: to those who have Superiority
of miu'it''-'lf the homely, poor, ignorant,
feeble,:indoleirit-,--as the negro iis claimed
to be - should '- should ' be enslaved on eceount'of
hose attribates,,millions of whites should
his day . be phis's(' iu 'chains. ~But such
defects invoke. our EIS aisiance; not -our
a'helping hand and not a tramp
ling foot. God never made • a slave.---
Man's tyranny -has done it." 1 - , •
"The South could not livo Vrithni
•
"I differ with you. If the white could
• •
•
not Cause his,fields to fieurish sci,well, be
still Could live: And better the ground
'should lie idlethati, that every harvest
should sigb:over the proof of human per
'secutiOn. Pirates and other knaies may .
;laugh at principle Whedopposed ta profit;
ilint, they give 'no lawi- to hcinest minds,
and the end of their gaiieris evil. . ! They
bow the wind 'and' reap the - whirlwind,
irld if this accursed wrong cf slavery, this
ule of might mallea d aight, this vain aris
tocracy of color, this denial that the la
borer worthy.of Ilia hire, !met abol-,
ished, by-manly, magnani thous legislation, ,
the inevitable 'hour will speedily come
when' the torpid heart of avarice "will be
roused • from its guilty lethargy, and re
pent its greed of gain
,and shameless tyr
anny in copious tears of blood." '
"I Will 'not argue the'point with you
sir," replied Alountfort ; "but only insist,
that, if an evil and wrong; we did not
?riginate, but inherited it. We regard
lit now as the main front of our existence;
and Wig not in human nature to sacrifice
11 for' principle. Self-preservatiou is the
first of nature."
"The perpetuation of a mighty wr l ong
is not , a means of self preservation,'{ re
tUrned the old man, "but of self-destruc
tion. 0 that the South• Would be warned
in •
time, and frankly starting with the ed-
Mission that itunan's a man,' bestow that
liberty upon others which they have; so
jealously claimed for themselves. What
a bright laurel Might so be plucked from
the Tree of Time! What a stain 'waShed
from the American nave!' What
iin
p~ending years of agony and ignominy
night be averted ! What a splendid se
cprity of future freedom, peace, and glory
niigbt ,thus gracefully and easily be oh.
•
tained ! - But without her own voluntary
laetion to that end, the sacrifice must still
bP made, and soon. - Herein my lonely
home have closely watched the signs
!of. the] times; and what with haughty
spirit of the South and the free prim-
Ides.ofithe North, I dread the quick,:ly
coming cloud which breathes!' of civil
war."
,
iThelnterview having grown._uapliac..
aptly political, Monntfort asked "that the
chrome might be changed; andafter Pir
tatkingof the free hospitalities - of their
'host, and'being shown by him the favor
ite features of his wild abode alid-itesur
ilium:tinge, with many thanks his visitors
dcfparted, too soon to realize the truth Of
What he prophesied.
COU4D NOT BE CREATED.—A dealer.
adverti4s eye-glasses, by the aid of which
a person eould easily read the finest print.
A well dressed man called at the counter
on day to be fitted to a pair of specita•
el s. As he remarked that he had never
iy . 11 any, - some were handed to him that
in goified very little. He looked hard
through them upon the book - set before
hini, but declared he could make out
r4ing. Another pair of stronger power
were saddled upon his nog,' but unsua
des Tully as before. Further trials were
ma e, until at length the almost,discour
agd dealer passed to him air which
magnified more than all_thelest in his
stook.. The customer quite as impatient
as ihe merchant at having to try so many,
puon the last pair and glowered through
the at the printed ' page with all his
i.
might.
'an you read that - printing now ?" in
quired the dealer, pretty certain that he
bad hit it right this time, at any. rate.
4 .{Sure,! not a, bit," was the reply.
.' 3 Can you read at all ?"
,said the mei.-
eha t, unable to oonceal his - vexation any
longer.
rade at all, is . it ?" cried the m
= .ato-
"There's not a-single word among
them that•l can identify the features uv."
I"ff say, do you know how to read ?"
eitelaimed the dealer, impatiently.. -
- 'Out wid ye I". shouted tte Irishman,
tbiowing; down the spectacles in a huff.
could rade, what 'ud I be: Maer
buying a pair of spectacles for?. Ye
cbate the people with the idea , that.yer
glasses ,
ud help 'em to rade print aisy ;
butdit's a big lie, it is 1 Ah, ye black- ,
gnard, ye thought I'd bay. 'em without
tryiii"em I"
,An interesting anecdote •is told.of a lit
tle Swedish girl who had given good evi
denee that a saving change' had been
wrought upon her. She . was walking
with her father one night, under the star
ry, Isky, intently meditating upon the glo
ries lof Heaven .... Atlast, looking up to
the sky she said, "rather,, hate been
thinkingif the
. wiong aide . Of heiveil is
so beautiful , whaf wilt the rigl4 Side ben'
A'
l shrewd olergyrean waonee torment
ed I 45 , his people to let
. them introdtiee
the big fiddle or the bass viol intti - churebl
He told them the , hutnan voice' crae - the
tliiiiUcat - of all instruments of mask); but
tbayi_intriditoild their rind the old
MattAroseland said := 7 --"The brethren:will,
if theiplease, sing and fiddle'tke
lISI
*,lciaiir 1
Bei is of '
of hair from a. Young icemen's
n a key, to a Y .- nig Ellan't3 heart.
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'PERIIIS.--$1.50 PER . AtiNUN.
Anecdote of Itottnichild.'
Ail''amusing adveninre - ii related as
haiing happened.to the Bank of Rosie - id,
_which had.committed the great disreoped
of refusing to, discount B bill of large
an:lot/at, drawn . by Anselm Rothsohild ) of
Frankfort, on Nathan Rottikahild, of Lon
don. - The bank had - hauglitilrreplied )
"tbat tbey discounted only their owa
and not those of private personf"l,But
they had to do with one etrooger than the
Bank. "Private persons 1" exclainied
Nathan Rothschild; when they reported
to him 'the 'fact. "
.Private-personsV zt
will make these gentlemen see mhat,tors
of private persons we are I" , Three weeks
afterwards Nathan Rothsobild—yho had
employed the interval in' gathering till
the £5 'notes he could procure in Eng ,
land and on - the Continent--,-. presenting
himself at tho Bank at' the opening of
the office. Ho drew from his pocket
book a £5 note, and they .naturally count-
ed out 5 'sovereigns, at the same time
looking quite astonished that the Barod
Rothschild should 'have ,personally troub.
led himself for such a trifle. The Baron
examined one by one the coins, and then
put them into a little canvass' bag) tbed
drawing, out another note, a ibird, a tenth i
a hundredth, he never put the pieces of
gold; into the bag without scrupcdonsly
examining them, and in some instances
trying them in the balanpft, as, ho said ;
"the law gave him thc, right fo'do." The
first pocket-bbok being en:trifled, and dui
first bag full, he fiassed,theni to his clerk,
and received the eecund', and so contioned
till 'the close .of the Bank:` ' The baron
had employed seven hours to change 41, ,
000. But as ,he had 'also "-Lae
eMployeeil of 'his housiY engaged -
in the same manner, .it , resulted
that the house of Rothschild:lM tita*d
£210,000 in gold from the Bank, and
that ho had so occupied the,tellerslhat
no other person could change single
note. Everything which bears the stamp
of eccentricity hoe always pleased tbd
English. Tbey'ivere, therefore, ilia Opp
day, very much amused at
,thelittl?.iiitine
of Baron. -Tb-ey-ScAvtiver,
laughed less when they saw hith:refurn
nest day at the i iipenin o c , of, thi3 Bank,
flanked by his nine clerks, and.folloived
this time by as many drays; ,
ti
carry away tlie specie. They laighed
no lone;" whcn the king of bankers said,
with ironic, simplicity, "these gentlemen
refuse to pay my bills, I hex" moth' not
to keep theirs.--At "thekleisure, obly
notify them that I have enough to env
ploy them for two months l" "For two
months!" "Eleven millions in gold drawn
from the Bank of England which they
have never possessed !" The sank tpoli
alarm - . The neartnorning notice appretz
ed in the jouinale that henieforth tbd
Bank wonld pay 'Rothschild's bills the
same as their own
How to be Miserable,'
Sit by the window and look over Ad
way to your neighbor's assailant !Danz
sion which he has recently built spa paid
for, and sigh ont—"O, that I was a rich
man !" •
Get angry with your _neighbor -end
think you have not a friend in'the world.
Shed a tear or two, and take a vrnlk in
the burial ground, continually • 'eying tu
:yourself, “When shall I beburied there?"'
Sign a note for a friend;and 'never for:
;get your kindness, and every hour in the
'day whisper to yourself---"I Wohder if he
will ever pay that node."
Think everybody meaiis•to cheat yoth
'Olosely examine every bill , yeu take, and
doubt its being genuine till you have put
the owner to a great deal of trouble.
Jieve every ninepence passed you is bui
a i inuence crossed, and" esvress your
doubts about getting rid of it ifyousholAci
:enture to tabs"" it.
Put con Lenee in nobody, and believe
:very man you trade with to be a rogues
Never accommodate if you can possi ,
lily be it: - Never visit the sick or the
afflicted; and never give a:farthing to as ,
silt
,the poor.
Bay as cheap 'as you cab, and sereW
down to the lowest mill.' Grind the fa=
cee and hearts:of the unfortunate.
Brood over your misfcirtunee, your lack
of talents, and believe that no vet?.
tent day you will come to Want. Let tbi
work-house be ever in your mind-with all
the-horrors of distre i sa - and poverty.
Follow -these receipti strictly, and yeti
wil be miserable - to your hearts.content—: ,
if we may's° speak—sick- at heart and at
variance with all the world; Nothing
will' e.hier'''or encourage ytni;=—nothing
throw 'a gleam :of suushine or , ray of
warmth: into your heart:- ,
• -
.. , A•friend of ear lately went into aped:
yisiorratoro to pnrohnee a corned tOgßgi
The - dealer handed him .one, iemarkieg
that. it was .very nicerandlarthermor4
that it never told a lie: "It: is.very ev,
ident i thenfilreplied the purebaser,.*4)*
it, ;was -Revi3e, engaged;in •the, wevinion
httaipeas:!.;
illE
hp Lilt vulgar to'nend a telegrain?-=-=
Blinaude it is making use of flush langtrao
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