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# The Book of Scottish Song/The Farewell 1

The Farewell.
[J. Burtt.—Tune, "Jockie's far awa'."]
O welcome winter! wi' thy storms, Thy frosts, an' hills o' sna'; Dismantle nature o' her charms, For I maun lea' them a'. I've mourn'd the gowan wither'd laid Upon its wallow bier; I've seen the rose-bud drooping fade Beneath the dewy tear. Then fare ye weel, my frien's sae dear, For I maun lea'e you a'. O will ye sometimes shed a tear For me, when far awa'? For me, when far frae hame and you, Where ceaseless tempests blaw, Will ye repeat my last adieu, An' mourn that I'm awa'?
I've seen the wood, where rude winds rave, In gay green mantle drest, But now its leafless branches wave Wild whistling in the blast: So perish'd a' my youthfu' joy, An' left me thus to mourn: The vernal sun will gild the sky, But joy will ne'er return. Then fare ye weel, &c.
In vain will spring her gowans spread Owre the green swairded lea: The rose beneath the hawthorn shade Will bloom in vain for me: In vain will spring bedeck the bowers Wi' buds and blossoms braw— The gloomy storm already lowers That drives me far awa'. Then fare ye weel, &c.
O winter! spare the peacefu' scene Where early joys I knew: Still be its fields unfading green, Its sky unclouded blue. Ye lads and lasses! when sae blythe The social crack ye ca'— O spare the tribute of a sigh For me, when far awa'! Then fare ye weel, &c.
# The Book of Scottish Song/The Flittin' o' the Cow

The Flittin' o' the Cow.
[Alex. Smart.—Air, "Tak' your auld Cloak about ye."]
In summer, when the fields were green, An' heather bells bloomed ower the lea, An' hawthorns lent their leafy screen, A fragrant bield for bird an' bee; Our hawkie in the clover field Was chewin' her cud wi' gratefu' mou', And our gudewife, wi' eydent hand, Had just been out to flit the cow.
O, our gudeman's a leal gudeman, But nane maun daur to say him na; There's nae a laird in a' the lan' Wi' higher hand maintains the law. Though he be poor he's unco proud, An' aye maun be obeyed at hame; An' there, when he's in angry mood, Wha conters him may rue the same.
"Gae flit the cow!" says our gudeman:— Wi' ready tongue the dame replies, "Gudeman, it is already done"— "Gae flit the cow!" again he cries. "My will ye'll do wi' hand an' heart, If ye're a wife baith kind an' true; Obedience is the woman's part— Make haste, gudewife, an' flit the cow!"
"Gudeman, ye're surely clean gane gyte, The cow's already flittit been; To see you fume an' hear you flyte, I ferlie meikle what ye mean. What need to gang an' do again The thing that I ha'e done e'en now? What idle tantrum's this ye've ta'en?"— "I say, gudewife, gae flit the cow!
"Gudeman, when we were lad an' lass, Your tongue was like a honey kaim; An' aye ye vow'd ye'd ne'er prove fause, But kythe like ony lamb at hame. But now ye look sae dark an' doure, Wi' angry e'e an' crabbit mou', Ye gar me aften rue the hour"——— "I say, gudewife, gae flit the cow!"
Syne he began to loup an' ban, When out the wife flew in a huff; "Come back! come back!" cries our gudeman, "Come back! obedience is enough! My sovereign will ye maun obey, When my commands are laid on you; Obedient, baith by night an' day, An' ready aye to flit the cow!"
# The Book of Scottish Song/The Flower o' Dunblane

The Flower o' Dunblane.
[This once universally popular song, written by Tannahill, and set to music by R. A. Smith, was first introduced to the public in the year 1808. "The third stanza," says Smith, "was not written till several months after the others were finished. The poet," he adds, "had no particular fair one in his eye at the time, and Jessie was quite an imaginary personage." The truth is, Tannahill wrote the words to supplant the old coarse song, called "Bob o' Dunblane"—hence the title. He never was in Dunblane, but from his favourite Braes o' Gleniffer had often doubtless seen the sun go down o'er the lofty Ben Lomond.]
The sun has gane down o'er the lofty Ben Lomond, And left the red clouds to preside o'er the scene, While lonely I stray, in the calm simmer gloamin', To muse on sweet Jessie, the flower o' Dunblane. How sweet is the brier, wi' its saft fauldin' blossom! And sweet is the birk, wi' its mantle o' green; Yet sweeter and fairer, and dear to this bosom, Is lovely young Jessie, the flower o' Dunblane.
She's modest as onie, and blythe as she's bonnie; For guileless simplicity marks her its ain; And far be the villain, divested o' feeling, Wha'd blight in its bloom the sweet flower o' Dunblane. Sing on, thou sweet mavis, thy hymn to the e'ening, Thou'rt dear to the echoes of Calderwood glen; Sae dear to this bosom, sae artless and winning, Is charming young Jessie, the flower o' Dunblane.
How lost were my days till I met wi' my Jessie! The sports o' the city seemed foolish and vain; I ne'er saw a nymph I could ca' my dear lassie, Till charmed wi' sweet Jessie, the flower o' Dunblane. Though mine were the station o' loftiest grandeur, Amidst its profusion I'd languish in pain, And reckon as naething the height o' its splendour, If wanting sweet Jessie, the flower o' Dunblane.
# The Book of Scottish Song/The Evening Star 2

The Evening Star.
[Dr. John Leyden.—Dr. Leyden was the friend of Sir Walter Scott, and of great service to him in collecting his border ballads. He latterly distinguished himself as an oriental scholar, and died in Java in 1811.]
How sweet thy modest light to view, Fair star! to love and lovers dear; While trembling on the falling dew, Like beauty shining through the tear.
Or hanging o'er that mirror-stream To mark each image trembling there, Thou seem'st to smile with softer gleam To see thy lovely face so fair.
Though, blazing o'er the arch of night, The moon thy timid beams outshine: As far as thine each starry light— Her rays can never vie with thine.
Thine are the soft enchanting hours When twilight lingers on the plain, And whispers to the closing flow'rs, That soon the sun will rise again.
Thine is the breeze that, murmuring bland As music, wafts the lover's sigh; And bids the yielding heart expand In lore's delicious ecstasy.
Fair star! though I be doom'd to prove That rapture's tears are mix'd with pain; Ah! still I feel 'tis sweet to love,— But sweeter to be lov'd again.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, John Gregory Bishop

​ADAMS, John Gregory Bishop, soldier, was born at Groveland, Mass., Oct. 6, 1841. He was educated in the public schools, and before he was twenty years old enlisted in Major Ben Perley Poore's rifle battalion, which was subsequently merged into the 19th Massachusetts Volunteers. In March, 1862, he was made orderly sergeant. During the seven days' fighting on the ​Peninsula he was conspicuous for his bravery, and at its close his gallantry had won for him a second lieutenant's commission. At Fredericksburg, eight color bearers of his regiment had been shot, and the ninth, Lieut. Edgar M. Newcomb, in command of the color company, was killed as he took the colors in his hand. Adams seized the two standards, one in either hand, and led the charge over an open space swept by the confederate battery. He gained the cover of a shot-riddled house, but the confederate position was impregnable and Marye's Heights were stormed but not captured. This placed him among the recognized heroes of the war. At the battle of Gettysburg, the 19th Massachusetts was sent to support General Sickles in his terrible peach-orchard and wheat-field fray on the second of July. In this battle Lieutenant Adams was the ranking first lieutenant in his regiment and took command of Company I. While leading his men he received two severe wounds in the groin, either of which was supposed to be fatal. He was borne from the field to die, the surgeons giving up his case as hopeless. Yet in November he was again with his command. His wounds never fully healed, and incapacitated him for active lucrative positions. After Gettysburg he was promoted captain, and during the Wilderness campaign of 1864 he served with distinguished bravery. It was the ill-fortune of most of the 19th Massachusetts to be captured at Cold Harbor early in June, 1864, and Captain Adams was among the prisoners. For nine months he suffered in Confederate prisons. He was sent to Libby, and after three months was transferred to Andersonville. He was removed to Macon; thence to Charleston, where for five months he was kept under the fire of Gillmore's guns, a retaliation to which the Confederate authorities subjected a large number of Union officers. He was then sent to Columbia, where he remained until he was exchanged. After the civil war he was employed in the Boston custom house, as postmaster of Lynn for eight years, and as deputy superintendent of the Concord reformatory. In 1885 he was made sergeant-at-arms for the commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was for many years president of the association of survivors of Confederate prisons, president of the trustees of the Soldiers' home, and a delegate to the national conventions of the G. A. R. He has held other positions of honor and responsibility, and in 1895 was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. On Dec. 11, 1896, the war department at Washington announced that a medal of honor had been awarded to Capt. J. G. B. Adams for most distinguished gallantry in action at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 18, 1862. He died suddenly in Boston, Mass., Oct. 19, 1900.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Myron

​ADAMS, Myron, clergyman, was born at East Bloomfield, N. Y., March 12, 1841, son of Myron and Sarah (Taylor) Adams. In 1859 he entered Hamilton college, where he was graduated in 1863. He enlisted in the army as a private, later becoming corporal, hospital steward, 2d lieutenant, and assistant inspector-general. In 1863 he was attached to the signal corps and was signal officer on the "Lackawanna" at the battle of Mobile Bay. After the war he declined the rank of major, which was offered to him, and began the study of theology at the Auburn seminary, where he was graduated in 1868, and began preaching at Union Springs, N. Y. In this year he was married to Hester Rose, daughter of Rev. Prof. Samuel Miles and Mary (Heacock) Hopkins of Auburn, N. Y. In 1869 he removed to Dunkirk, and in 1876 accepted a call to Rochester, N. Y., where he was pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church. After preaching there five years Mr. Adams was obliged to announce to his people that his theological convictions would not accord with the orthodox statement of belief in several essential points; but though he resigned his pastorate the members of his church desired him to remain in the pulpit, the church thus becoming a liberal organization bound by no creed. He was president of the Rochester academy of science, and in 1893 he received the degree of LL.D. from St. Lawrence university, Canton, N. Y. Among Mr. Adams's published works are "Cain and Abel" (1883); "The Continuous Creation: an Application of the Evolutionary Philosophy to the Christian Religion" (1889); and "Creation of the Bible" (1892). He died in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1895.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Sherman Walcott

​ADAMS, Sherman Walcott, lawyer, was born at Wethersfield, Conn., May 6, 1836, son of Welles Adams. He was educated at Wethersfield academy and at Alger institute, Cornwall, Conn., and graduated at Harvard, LL.B., in 1861. He was appointed acting assistant paymaster in the U.S. navy at the outbreak of the civil war, and served on a gunboat in the Gulf of Mexico. He engaged in the practice of law at Hartford, Conn., after his discharge in 1865, and devoted his leisure to literary work, contributing articles to the "Memorial History of Hartford County" (1886), and to the publications of the Connecticut historical society. He was the author of the resolution passed by the state legislature in 1889, which resulted in the topographical survey of Connecticut in 1895. ​He published translations from the French, German and Italian, the most important of which is an annotated English version of Eugene Tenot's "Coup d'Etat of 1851" (1870). He died at Hartford, Conn., Oct. 19, 1898.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Stephen

​ADAMS, Stephen, senator, was born in Pendleton district, S.C, Oct. 17, 1804, son of David Adams, a Baptist clergyman. He removed with his parents to Franklin county, Tenn., in 1812. He was admitted to the bar in 1829 and practised in Franklin county. He was a member of the state senate, 1833-'34, when he removed to Aberdeen, Miss. He was circuit court judge, 1837-46; a representative in the 29th congress, 1845-47; and in the state legislature, 1850; a delegate to the state convention, 1851, and a U.S. senator, completing the term of Jefferson Davis, resigned, 1851-55. At the close of his term he removed to Memphis, Tenn., where he continued to practice law. He died in Memphis, Tenn., May 11, 1857.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Maude

​ADAMS, Maude, actress, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 11, 1872. Her real name was Maude Kiskadden. Her mother, whose stage name was Annie Adams, was a member of the stock company at the only theatre there. Maude appeared first on the stage at the age of six, and her first speaking part was that of Adrienne in "A Celebrated Case." She played ingenue parts in "Men and Women" and Hoyt's " A Midnight Bell" and played Dora in "Diplomacy." With John Drew, she appeared in 1892, as "Susanna Blondet" in "A Masked Ball" and as Miriam Stuart Dodge in "The Butterflies." As Babbie in "The Little Minister" her phenomenal success came, in 1897-'98. "L'Aiglon" followed in 1900, and later as Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet," she made a pronounced success. She was forced to retire from the stage on account of failing health, and traveled in Egypt and the Holy Land in 1903.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, John Quincy (statesman)

​ADAMS, John Quincy, statesman, eldest son of Charles F. and Abigail Brooks Adams, was born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 22, 1833. He was graduated from Harvard college in 1853, and two years later was admitted to the Suffolk county bar. He followed his profession for a short time, then, becoming interested in agriculture, he created a model farm of five hundred acres at Quincy, Mass. He served on Governor Andrew's staff during the civil war, and sat in the state legislature in 1866 as representative for Quincy. He was originally an advocate of "Free Soil," and a vigorous supporter of the war policy of President Lincoln, but changed on "reconstruction" to President Johnson's policy, which resulted in his withdrawal from the Republican party, and prevented his re-election in the ensuing year. He was nominated by the Democrats for governor of Massachusetts in 1868, 1869, and 1870, but was not elected, and again served in the legislature in 1869 and 1870 as a Democrat. In 1870 he was for the fourth time an unsuccessful candidate for the governorship, and in 1872 was candidate for the vice-presidency of the United States on the ticket with Charles O'Connor.
In 1873 he was a candidate for lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, with William Gaston for governor. In 1877 he was chosen a member of the Harvard corporation; was nominated in 1884 for Congress in the Second Massachusetts district, but declined the nomination. In 1887 he accepted an appointment on the metropolitan sewer commission, and in 1891 became a member of the rapid transit commission. Mr. Adams inherited a large estate and acquired additional wealth. He was conspicuous in the town affairs of Quincy; the adoption of what is known as the "Quincy School System" being due to his efforts while on the school board. He was invited to a seat in President Cleveland's cabinet in 1892, but declined. Mr. Adams was a man of genuine ability, and of equally genuine indifference to what are termed "party honors." He attended the First Unitarian church of Quincy, beneath which are buried the remains of his illustrious ancestors, the two Presidents. His published writings are: "Correspondence between John Quincy Adams and Wade Hampton; with speech of John Quincy Adams at Columbia, S. C." (Boston, 1868); "Appeal to the Mechanics and Laboring Men of New England" (Fall River, 1870; Boston, 1870). He died Aug. 14, 1894.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Julius Walker

​ADAMS, Julius Walker, civil engineer, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 18, 1812 , son of Eli and Sarah D. (Swift) Adams. He attended the U.S. military academy; became assistant engineer on the Stonington and Providence railroad and on the Paterson and Hudson River railroad and was chief engineer in various enterprises. He also designed the sewerage and drainage system of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1857-60; served as colonel of engineers and also of volunteers in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-'63, and was consulting engineer in New York city. He was the pioneer engineer in the building of Brooklyn bridge; edited Engineering News, 1881-'82, and was president of the American Society of Civil Engineers; a member of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and of the New York Academy of Science. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1899.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Adams, Robert

​ADAMS, Robert, representative, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 26, 1849; son of Robert and Matilda Maybin (Hart) Adams. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1869, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the U.S. geological survey on the explorations of Yellowstone Park, 1871-75; was a member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1883-87; graduated from the Wharton school of economy and finance of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1884; was U.S. minister to Brazil, 1889-'90, and a Republican representative from the 2d Pennsylvania district in the 53d, 54th, 55th and 56th congresses, 1893-1901. He was acting chairman of the committee on foreign affairs in the 55th congress, and reported the Cuban resolutions and the declaration of war against Spain. He was elected a member of the Historical society of Pennsylvania; Society of the Cincinnati; Pennsylvania society of the Sons of the Revolution; Society of the war of 1812, and Society of Colonial wars. He was a member of the National guards of Pennsylvania, 1881-'95, serving as judge-advocate and major, also on start duty. He was an aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1885. He was re-elected to the 57th and 58th congresses from the 2d Pennsylvania district, serving, 1901-'05, and was a member of various committees. He contributed to periodicals and lectured.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Montgomery (Alabama)

Edition of 1879. See also Montgomery, Alabama on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
MONTGOMERY, a city of Montgomery co., Alabama, capital of the county and state, and the second city of the state in population and importance, situated on a high bluff on the left bank of the Alabama river, about 300 m. above Mobile, in lat. 32° 22′ N. and lon. 86° 23′ W.; pop. in 1860, 8,843; in 1870, 10,588, of whom 5,183 were colored. The river is navigable to
this point by steamers at all seasons, and four lines of railroad furnish means of communication with all sections of the state, viz.: the Mobile and Montgomery; Montgomery and Eufaula; South and North Alabama; and Western of Alabama. The city is the point of supply and shipment of a large and fertile cotton region. Its trade in groceries is important, and its receipts of cotton are large. The entire trade amounts to nearly $10,000,000 a year. The chief manufacturing establishments are an iron foundery and a flouring mill. There are two national banks, with a joint capital of $425,000, and three private banking houses. The state house, which occupies an elevated situation on Capitol hill, was erected in 1851 at a cost of $75,000, the original capitol having been destroyed by fire in 1849. The dome commands a fine view of the city and adjacent country. Among other public buildings are the court house, a fine city hall containing a market and rooms for the fire department, and the theatre. The city is lighted with gas, and supplied with water by artesian wells and water works (from the river) of sufficient capacity to keep in reservoir three months 1 supply for 25,000 people. The public schools are attended by about 300 white and 500 colored children, and there are several private schools, with a large attendance. Three daily newspapers (issuing also weekly editions) and a weekly agricultural journal are published. There are 14 churches, viz.: 4 Baptist (2 colored), 1 Episcopal, 1 Jewish, 5 Methodist (2 colored and 1 Northern), 1 Presbyterian, 1 Protestant Methodist, and 1 Roman Catholic.—Montgomery was laid out in 1817, and the seat of government was removed to it from Tuscaloosa in 1847. It was the seat of the confederate government from Feb. 4, 1861, to the following May, when it was removed to
Richmond. The city was evacuated by the confederates April 11, 1865, after burning 80,000 bales of cotton, and on the following day it was occupied by the federal forces under Gen. Wilson, when the arsenal, railroad depots, and foundery were destroyed.
State Capitol, Montgomery.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Morazan, Francisco

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​MORAZAN, Francisco, the last president of the republic of Central America, born in Honduras in 1799, shot in Costa Rica, Sept. 15, 1842. He was secretary general of Honduras in 1824, was soon after elected chief or governor of the state, and distinguished himself both as a statesman and as a military commander. In several contests he led the liberal forces of his own and the adjacent states, with unvarying success, against the reactionary party, and finally in 1829 drove them from the city of Guatemala, for which the national congress decreed him the title of saviour of the republic. He declined the post of president, but remained commander-in-chief of the forces, and in virtue of special powers delegated to him by the congress, he expelled the archbishop of Guatemala and the monks, suppressed the convents, abolished tithes, and devoted the other property and revenues of the church to education and charity. He inaugurated various schemes of public improvement, in which he was arrested in 1832 by the invasion of the republic from Mexico by a large force under Arce, the expelled president, who was seconded by various local outbreaks of his partisans. These disturbances were promptly suppressed by Morazan, who soon after accepted the presidency. In 1836 the cholera made its appearance with extraordinary fatality. The ignorant population, more particularly the Indians, became much excited, and the clerical party proclaimed that the pestilence was due to the poisoning of the waters by the whites, liberals, and foreigners. The consequence was a general outbreak of the lower orders of the people and the Indians, under the lead of Rafael Carrera. In 1840 Morazan sought refuge in Chili, whence in 1842 he went with some followers to Costa Rica, where he was made governor of the state by acclamation. He at once began to organize an army with a view to the reëstablishment of the old federation; but the plan was not popular in Costa Rica, and a revulsion ensued. Morazan and his handful of adherents were surprised, and, after a brilliant struggle, compelled to surrender. Morazan was tried by a drum-head court martial and shot.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Morayshire

Edition of 1879. See also County of Moray on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
​MORAYSHIRE. See Elginshire.