Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1842-11-12
AN OLD SOcrn

~ " I'D suGER
e, rrE s, n;nu LOVE-, 70 +r,or,
STORY This thought s,,' M sol' AND
upon a visit to tine battle GROUND I@e ;, when
which is situate fo ,vuuu Of New
me cay, encountered an old ' nae ''Io"
occupied a small sharty in MI i. negro, Who
"s'gnGothood. never loo Ok 'aI'm ns
more depIorable picture Of bUma.. upoaa
. ne p'esen,Gd His face was s .ca,,!d s
scanned as 1t appeared, with m 'uar'Fa1nd
cIli one eye and par, Of b lia" s,a ''6n
absent, his hands were nio" 10 nose va
comp'me1' Of fingers, aud his IS" ",. ,a :,
cru'c1 sn''fied the that his lea ' S tss ., q
wise been mu'iIa,ed. Now, , ( "aa Ike.
snaI' receive a rich reward 70,
s'lm9so from the city, Many W wy my% b
,HT E;%k accounts !, had read oi,h "' ss., '
very deld, where "Oid Hick "v 'sspoa@
fearful fight" the flower Of The p R. n''n
my and from the lips of one VI, I,',''n'r
the Per''s OF the day, was to rrs. ,,s'e g
nnaddoFned account of the iearla t, WV, az
with these reflections | appro, ,ieGI \.
mansion. Before, however i 6sS ~. n'
chance TO accost him, the awa, wv, "'O''
eran," saluted me with: 'O'O0'
"Ah massa, how is youths bol 49,.
shake, til lgit my ole Aan,, an, I rSl
Idar." a" liIa
HE then hobbled into The house, ,,,.
moment, with his hatio his hand t ''a1
returned and was at my side, aniS Sa
loving co'loqny was held betpeeag ~
swell, uncle, bow long have ~.
journed herew wv
"Do what, st?" said EJOn ,,,,
COMPOUNDED. "%
WY nave you solnnrneltmr
DaFes been no scjerm' here, 6r gu
time, massa.
, g. ~ mean, how long have you Igaa
this pIace?"
"oh; why, for The last ibr'v years
"Indeed! Then | suppose Won ",
here at the time Of the battle, end csoNl
me great deal about it,"
"To be sure can, massa; gemmpDo5
come an ak me all bout it. Does 70,
want to buy any bulllts; sell tm pIcayon
a pieces gini"iue Dig wonps, and no
mistake. Sum oh de aisgas down heah
hab been uadersellin'; but de bnlls dev
sell is spurious, and what dgeIl6r BON
shell is pices oh broEt wdaarps."
avery well, well talk Of these ,hings
anon. How far docs thsreNcA exteu
back into the swamp
"Well, | don'tknow, massa; but Iisur
wards of a debble OBJ ways; bout Tree
miles, b'ieve.'
"On which side was the Am2dcaEn'
doubtW
"On dis side, massa; while I@oro,
ton bags all along heah. Oar, Irnins
to an old cake is whar GiuI Jachoahn
his tent" 4
"Ah, old fellow, don't you feel pnndd
the glorious work you did that dayT
"What day, nassau
1.-The 9Th of January, 1915"
"WelI, massa, did'ot work @h'f
dat dav, as de day before" :.
"What were you doing lheo''
"Cartin' cotton bags from OfI'ar
"Ah, but the day, the glorious LI'H
when. (becoming enthusiastic .oa NO
ceiyed those wounds, the scars oil WOO
remain az enduring monuments Oh! @
bravery" rL.r
"Why, l didn't git desc in 'Ia"'
an it wasn't hesh, nudder''
"Where eIsep
"Bout five years ago, ,ooaro '""
boat. when she blowed up'" 4. ~.
"Where, then, were you on 'nn q. J,
FIJI morning, when the first cannon ]"
IIhe signal for the auackv' ,,,.,n
eRunas like dc debbiEup to ''p''
Sentence ofJohn C. Coh,-laa'' ! p A.
vidual, who had been conV'c's aa..,.dr
murder Of Mr.. Adams, was s,, ' "a i
morning brought before me l ..';,e ,,,p
sentenced, and throughout the e 9'So,5,I 4
Inc evinced such reckless hnTola ,',J IN 4
ehrontry as could only be ', eSp' III npf n
one whose mind was deau u - 4
feeling. t.d,osyddi
sentence Of death should nOl Os sI p,g ptau
ed araisnl him, he most composer s,,;.h + Il u
W ~ No Enlirt, WlN"l r.