Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-04-18
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the sMgGgIEEs.

MlSC ELLA ~ Y.
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an-a THE sMJOgLERs.
had bssH u soldier eyeo from, ny childhood. 50
| hal beea in many q bsttls-+upan my steasi,
upgB my brew, deup stsfs were visible. ] lost u
limb. snd | bp.heagbt mo Of my mountain
boms--tbe stfes,B--tl,e dark woods--ihs cat,sge
Oh l,e green hill side. | returned 10 tia. pless
ant home, ! took ~ my bysom . f.if young wife,
she maJs me the father Of II leaule Qua boy . oh
bef white b'essl Sic naf.oJ TIN, boy, and she
fondty cfatiej him IN her arms. / forget tl'at !
bad been o man Of blood. and was happy 10 my
peaceful cottage. Oat peigbhesrs wern J%easnnis;
their limbs we're btawdy aud mascufsf. Many Of
thru, WIRE snhagiefs; NOT DID they regard iltsif
calling a. criminal. Their fasiets had lived AID
had died 10 ito practice +; they regarded the wretch
cd l,ads Of smuggling .. a bi,tbfigit aud they
loved IL The better for il dangers. IN the sides
Of the bills, otas 10 the cleaf s%ttraas, they dug
themselves buts, where, IN tho darkness VI the
night. amidst sbe storm, IN the wild wind, they
net 10 prosecute their lawIc.s calling.
4. ~ WIS WttlteI , wv was WYNN " Nh upW'
the wood -- upon tho iev bound ,ivet ~ every
village arose smoke from dis.illetiss licensed ny
she law hut no s,noks afeAe from the Grslsss
hearth Of tho smuselsr: aud even had there been
feel, shers was no io,J fof tho ssauggief's board ;
. d,a.ght Of water from tho halt f,ezea SPRING
= eaks Of osssp bscsJ--sach was his clSlJfess
fare. Yet woeid tho young smother false bcf
AsSek eyes 10 heaven ; and ere sho bfckG tbs
sbsssd, wsSld hleAs II with = mothers blessing
The nsm Of tbs law WAS now stretched forth ~
dssolAss tho sa,usgIsrs' hnts. From the arms II
ths foad wifs, fo,g tbs breast Of the pale aiIs,
.hoss miss,sbic, these wild aneducstsd 'pen, were
dragged n becoD,s things Of Shame. With tsafs
do ste wifs water her lone cough with tafs did
the bsbe call spo" ~ fathers name; DO va. 10
pri.on-ay, h prison aud wien those ,nooroe's
sssembied 81 their sud meal, their hssris were
broken. Yet, tho ~s6,uagIc,s, those dweIfrrs Of
the hills, wese peaceful men sbd from ti,eif
ths,ct~d spyfs I hs,s ~ times heard afi.s the
sound. Of hcsrt.ejacula.ed prayer.
Sarah Bsston was o msidra Of rare loneliness:
n,cskness and purity bca,neJ forth from her fare
u beauly--Gom her dark loving eyes he, lona
black hair fell IN bfslAcd i,csses. 10 l,s old pair
with whom she lived, Sarah WAS sotntmkat be-
tween q child and q domestic. They loved her
mueh-~ho would MI have loscd her, that gen.
,Is gid!-and dearly they did love ber, a. they
bchelj her IN tho ligbt-tas loselincss II her
youSg charms! Sasai,wss tho daughter Of =
sssusaDrs, dear to hse were tbe~s law-fosgctsing
people /, snd shs wcpt 10 purity, and 10 msidcn
purity, over their pro.clibsd sud desolsts state.
! hsd heard thu, . psfty u soldiers wg,s about II
We sent into our qnnia glen. felt fof those de-
voted men for l had sssn dark unquies looks
s.,ong them ard I fsa,eJ sha. they would rise
d, In wrath, snd tina, blood would lie shed. Ono
Af the peasspt.-J knew him weii-wandered
fem house 10 house, begging Tor slnbs. He seemed
70 be lame and n,ai,nsJ bat, under the disguis'
Ing bes,J, The matted hais, | recognised il'e 6ers
eye, the wide n~os.'ii. Ike tina. Of the war horse
tho high manly forehead Of Alan tirahame. He
wss q youth II much promise: ge"tlc ~ tire
su;1ing band, wien H. kindne.s il was esicndeJ
bot, were is.o., ods,ed H. bis young blood. bis
hold slirii, like that IL the wsod-iien. would rise
| % within him. ! saw him wandering, from hus
/ 70 0Obs VI HSGpGeys " ~ nsS8Vsoes y s1tVN@ tAsss~
~ u him: shh = dark look he turned away
On the morning the soldiers wcfc e. peetcd 10 ouI
den, there was . spirit Of mystery airing
abroad; and ~ / stood in the door Of my cottage
esoupes Of men passed by. They rer,ned rest
less and tsoatled: they spoke in low Whispering
,hsir eyes gI.seJ, and iisry Iooked .. ,I'oush .hr,
thissseJ fos blood They we've armed IN sonc
thing ol ~ssiike fashion ; a rusty sword-a bro
zen mu,kct-an oakcn staff; the weapon mat
| tered not. They passed. onward, firmly Steadily
b,anii"s. with active ~s,sensil', ncsors the iHos,k
over the baDgin. cli6--"n-oB TO the dark woal
Befc,. the hour II noon SIXTY men were co"ceal
ed tse.,cath its branches. Then came up.1 Ia
ear strains VI martial ~music-thr hoarse tbsnde,
LOT the dyu,s-~she sbsai whistle Of the FIFE az,
I thea, over the high hill. was seen a file of soi.'ief
march with the firm STRIP II veterans. their mus
kc,s ginie,npg in the su1, the scarlet Of thei
dress cleaning up richly from, The white Snow
Tiny have crosscJ the tord-ihry arc eyosJ lh'
m,ll-iaey asc 10 the dark wood and now ID
snugzicrs, thpsc wild. drspairing men, fierce
than beasts Of prey, rush from their lurking rla
ces, 10 cIoss in the mortal struggle v ith theis I'll
t-f'FEsEE
l~ors-wilh mcu who. ike themselves, has
homes, and loving pariners, and children. Nov
the firing has ccascd-tse soldiers are feeiu
Down the bill-the snug..ess, wilh mad sIec, Al
returning 10 their huts 10 clasp their wives in the
biood-siaincL arms. From ibeir frantic J,y.
turned away sadly and in silence, ! vent aP I
the dark wood bluod. iiooi, was all around me-
The earth was csimsoncd wi:ii that life siresm:
heard low heart scpding means ; they we're ri
tered BY . wounded soiditr. took him ." "
home-i laid him upon my he'd dressed b
wounds-and ] prayed TO the siser Of life that
might i've.
Ere that night fcti, | saw Alan pass my dor
lions ~efs an his wrists; hr was guarded
soldiers: his head had sunk down low on
broad Ghost he walked frebsy sopr"sted by . 81