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The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

Tie sun shines bright 10 our old Kentucky home
'Tis summer. the darkies are gay;
The corn tops ripe and the meadows m bloom,
While the birds make music oil the day
The Young folks roll on the little cabin hoori
an merry. an happy ard bright;
Byin.by hard times come a knocking at the door
Then my old Kentucky home, good night
Weep no more. my lady. Oh, weep mo more to-day
Wen sing one song for our old Kentucky home'
For our old Kentucky home Far away
They hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon'
Oh the meadow, the hill, and the shore
They sing - more by the glimmer 81 the moon,
On the bench by the old cabin door
The day goes by, like a shadow Ger the heart
With sorrows where all was delight,
Tie time has come when the darlies have 20 part
Then my old Kentucky home, good night
I Weep no more, my lady, &c.
Tie head must bow and the back will have to bend
Wherever the darkey may goi
A few more days and the troubles VIII end
IN the field where the sugar cane grow
A few more days for TO toat the weary load
No matter-'twill never be Light
A few more days still we totteF on the ROAD,
Then my old Kentucky home good nighti :
Weep no more, my lady, &c.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04
Easy Writing.

The remark was made % Moore the poet.
that it was supposed his verses slipped OF his
tongue, as if BY magic. aud passage Of
great case was quoted. Why, sir" Moore
replied, that line cost M hours, days, weeks
of attritiou before il would come"
The above anecdOte Contains a refutaton
to Il very prevalent notion, n to the ease and
facility with whirh eloquent passages ars
written. The words being gracefully arranged,
and lowing through idiona sentences with
such natural energy, we are very apt to far
~ tia the ease with which We read them was
yearly cqullled by that with which they we're
written. But could we see the manuscript
the hilts anl erasures. the changes and in
terlincations might tell q very different story.
1t Is true, sons men's first thought and
FIRST language arc the best they can produce.
Ii IS said that the celebrated Robert Hall
wrote bis sermons with great rapidity. but
wishing % perfect them. he CHANGED and re-
changed particular passages until in despair
Of improvement. he r5-ad0ptod bis irst ex-
pressions. But, win the majority Of culti-
vated men. the reverse is the ginoral rule
The more Thought they give to a subject, the
clearer their IDEAS become. and tho more fas-
tidiols then choice Of the language employed.
Gray retained lis eiegy eleven years boforo
lis la polish had bcen given to that almost
un.iyalled rodnetion-Gibbon wrote tho frst
rlrt Of hil great history several timls--
Brougham dd the same for the exordium aud
peroration ia his defence Of Queen Caroline
and Burkos manuscripts arc full Of cor
rcctions Poe states that even 50 fcliritous
awrter a. N T. Willis. produces his Lively
and seemingly careless articles only after great
labor and numocrless changes
An acquaintance cf ours once asked DR..
Lyman L-echer whose powerful, sweeping
style is well kn0wn, how long It took him to
write a sermon lIo replied that he bad
written two in day; "but," said he, in
order to write sermon, that am not asham-
ca Of want Str vceks
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

aHeieho. what a world We live in, to be
sure Here have kept tavern for four whole
years, and tried my best to make myself an IN
duIgentfather to the dear public. in hopes that
my talent for music might be appreciated
but in vain They treat me ike dog =
yes, ike british dog but, POUNDS and
blood III bc avenged on 'cm, yet just
see how they treat me whenever ! conde-
scend to favor the Choir with my voice and
bass.yioi thcy-tbc Choir-turn scorniully
away. The won huddle together, and IN
audible whispers exclaim, What fool +"
he mon-I can't dignity them by the title Of
genllemen-shrug their shoulders, and Of last
unanimously vote TO kick me down stairs =
zouuds yes zounds and blood they must
think I'm fool but egad. they don't know
Durgin nurfee set I'll yet teach 'em to re
spect me- Aint / landlord Of the Constitu-
ton House, Can't play the bass-viOl ad.
nirably Don't walk IS promptly and
ts.sing my arms as gracefully. as anyo0oy-
Joseph Liverpool not excepted : zouno'
they knew do but they-the choir-say
lhey cannot endure my roicc.' zounds anu
blood. they are tasteless crew. the whole oi
EN-! They don't know anything about Tue
sweets Of music. in this town. II ! was only
back in old Connecticut, ] should be treated
like prince. Ny double-bass voice would
join them in It's most melting tones in singing
70 the praise Of God and when came to the
''ul.inspiring words Of
swe'te marching through Immanual's land
b c., the whole congregation would
y" 10 cesacy, and cry" Three cheers ior
pufgin Darfso !" Thems The tines-huE-
iah' Lazzah =
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04
P 0 . 4 r. Y.
From he philadelphia Register.
Old Maids.
NJ HANNAH ASN.

o,i sases maJ preach OF the world and its duty,
AMI prosen may pirate Of their purse-hlling
trades,
"a meets NAV rave Of the magic Of beauty
Rai rRsay a word iof poor slandered Old Maids.
Unfortunate Old Maids
Unappreciated Old Maidsl
Fl. always speak up for poor slandered Old Maids
e,en saacy young Beauty goes gadding f5r
u,v satety attends her where'er she may roam !
~ esIlanis stand thronging awaiting her leisure,
tIert Tor the honor Of seeing her home.'
Not 50 with old Maids
Miserable Old Maids
al Maids must be valiant, or else stay at home.
y,.r foolish young iirls can break hearts by the
dozen.
Anl then ii smile can restore them again;
yst Who but an aunt. OF an elderly cousin,
Can soolhe poor victim ~ actual pam
pilow-sooihing Old Maids
Ielly-gving Old Maids
There's nobody ike them ~ sickness and pain.
rfare IL II market young ladies in plenty,
Wbo rather than bear great S0cety's laugh,
lni sooner than live 70 be single at twenty,
Would hy TO the arms Of the veriest calf
Not 50 an Old Maid
braye-hearted Old Maid
", though he were gold would she honor calf
The bold. glaring sun shines alone IN his power,
While millions Of brillants are yelling their
light
al wait ye for beauty holier hour
The pure modest stars are seen only at night.
Just SO with Old Maids
0utdazzled Old Maids.
Tbey shine out like stars in Adveisity's night.
Then. ladies. don't let your dear freedom be sha-
ken.
Bnt stand 10 vour colors and don't be afraid;
ror my mart. my firm resolution is taken
Other .hines being equal, to be an Old Maid.
An independent Old Maidl
An intellectual Old Maidl
Yes tunless should marry , III die an Old Maid
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

Hon LIVING Among the many going on
70 raise tde wind in Cincinnati is that dodge
of tie little begrimmed and thorough players,
who. barefooted and forlorn looking. loi'cr
around the hotel steps. Office doors, and ovea
haunt the sanetums Of our newspaper osices
to extract from the sympa hedc or unsuspsct
ing a stray dime or penny. we observed !
scene the other day. which FIR force of effect
and skin Of the plaYor--a little girl Of some
seven years--displayed immense talent for ,hG
boards.
Please. SIR said she to q friend Of ours
as we stood upon The steps Of the hotel, will
you give penny for my poor poor dear
mother; she Is alone. sick, aad not mJuth.
ful Of bread to cat"
All this was done in a geauiRe style o.
melodrama hard to resist
Not a mou.hful Of bread Z" said our friend
/" Not morssl was tic response
Out came our friends purse. aud down
into the little dirty palm went atwo shilling
piece.
" Why. Why. my little dear, has your moth
er net tasted bread to-day 7" Here, 10 this
gseat city they surely viii not allow the sick
aud needy to starve WHY is il TINT your
poor mother has not ia ted bread to-day =
Z" tia. ha. says tLa little one backing oil
COS we don keer about bred Duich cakes
and doaghnuts IS what We eats In, ha.
WelL really, says our asionishsd friend,
F" did You ever r.
"Oa, yes was our response, " ot.sn
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04


The history Of the pawnbroker's signs must
be a curious one, though we confess we have
not examined into it. The fragment Of a
broken orrery. the three balls, seem the en-
blcm Of something wrong in the planetary
system-of course they didn't plan 10 right,
or such things would never be.
Did you ever enter one Of those dim be-
curtained places, pawnbroker's shop We
don't mean as a nephew, to claim relation
ship, but merely as "A locker on in Vienna I"
Did the dealer IN humble sorrows happen 10
be friend and did he permit you to look
through the lattice Of his shadowy confession
al upon those who presented themselves at
his counter
And when they came in, one after ancth.
er, now a mere child, and nog a totteriag
old woman sometimes a well-dressed young
man, apparently with health and HABITS AZ
par, and sometimes miserable old voiary Of
vice in vices livery didn't you begin to think
there we're a few chapters Of the history Of
humanity yet unwritten?
Thousands Of little bundles, all ticketed
and numbered and booked. neatly packed
upon shelves that run away back into dark
ness bundles, not one half Of which will
ever be reclaimed What stories are connec-
ted with some Of them, that nobody but hea
ven and the pawnbrOker knows Wedding
dresses are there, that have been kept year
after year, as souvenirs Of better tme till
they could lie kept no longer. Little did
the blushing girl think, when arrayed uron
that bridal morn. that the dress Sue wore
would ever rcjoiee-in such eompanionship =
And who knows but there are SiyOtcls there
" Shrouis p asks the pawnbroker, as you
thought out aloud, maybe you don't think
80, but there IS a shroud, little shrOud, in
that snug little buadle, touch with my stick,
this minute. loaned fifty cents on it. long
time ago.
And here in the safe-wedding rings and
mourning rings seals with loves devices
on them, watches that are dead as the hopes
Of those who once wore them rings that once
encircled lily fingers watches that once beat
in naughty bosoms.
Many woman makes pawnbrokcr's shop
Of the human heart.
But there are pawnbroker' shops, not in
dicated BY the three balls. Many a human
heart is a pawnbroker's shop, filed with Ia
mentable mementos Of better. brighter days
hearts, where may be found the wrecks Of
happiness and hope. pawncd to supply the
imperious present, whose pledges are never
redeemed but revert to the melancholy and
remorseless past.
But exactly in the midst Of our reverie.
here comes man with an old copy Of Homer,
and how much can YOU allow for It -
Think Of that The blind old man Of Sci0's
rocky isle" pawned for couple Of paltry
quarters Isn't sentiment hopelcssly frigh-
tened from its proprieties" and WHO ro0nldat
lay down the pen and-stop ?-N Y. Iri-
biue.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

A TUNNEL THROUGH THE ALPS The
French Engineers are busily employed in
pcrlecfing the bold project Of oxcavating tun.
mel under the Alps to connect the Piedman-
tese railways with those IF France II is
proposed to pass through the mountains from
Susa and BaIdOnche to Modana, in Savoy by
a line ten miles shorter than over Mount Ce-
mis-. It is to be eight miles in length and q
mile below the highest point Of tie pass the
estimated cost is a million and half pounds
sterling. An excavating machine, somewhat
similar. we should think, to the Hoosac borer,
has been coutriyed by Cheyalcr Maus, the
chief engineer, for the accomplishment Of the
undertaking. The tunnel is t5 be ventilated
by a TUBE lying on the ground carried on as
tie work advances, and provided with fans
10 maintain a proper current Of air. The
Cheyalier hopes to succeed in accomplishing
his herculean labor in five years
This Is an undertaking which throws onr
Hoosac tunnel business entirely into the shade
Boring the Alps L is an event the possibil
ity of which our ancestors never dreamed
Napoleon built tie famous Simplon road over
these mountain barriers; Chcyalier Naus
would construct a passage thro' them The
work Of Napoleon was for the purpose Of car
rying war aud conquest into the heart Of iia-
"; that Of Chevalier Mans will unite the
two countries BY the interests OF social and
commercial intercourse, and WI MD ID send
ing forth peace on earth and gool viii among
men By the completion ii the tuunel, the
hitherto almost impossible barrier which sep
arates Piedmont from her neighbors, will BE-
removed bur lovers Of the piciuresque will
doubtless still prefer to encounter the keen
air, tic rough roads, and sublime scenery Of
a passage over the mountain 70 tho more ra.
pid transit Of the railroad car
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04
Antiquities Of California.

The San Francisco Herald has an inte-
resting article on the Antiquities Of America.
Hand-mills have been found scattering
through all the mining regions Of the State
These implements have been dng up in
searching for gold. Two were disinterred in
one day on the Yuba river, from a depth Of
sixteen feet blow the surface. They are
all made from q peculiar stone. resembling,
from the description the burr nilstone.-
Store niortars and pestIes. the latter usually
Of gneiss, have also been found
Il correspondent Of the placervile Herald,
writing from San Barnardian Valley. gives
an account Of the remains or an immense
bridge recently discovered in that region
The abutments, which are Of stone. are in a
good state Of preservation. about 600 cet
apart Between them are seven piers. all of
one size. There Is now no appearance Of u
river ever having flowed between the abut-
mcnts. Some large stream has. however,
been diverted from it, course, AMI for ccpturas
the sand has been accumalating ID its bed -
Remains Of other structures are found in the
vicinity. Portions Of wells were discovered
extending in almost every direction, for more
than half a mile
The remnant Of the people who reared
these structures. as well ~ the Great Pyra-
mid, is believed to exist in the iuteriorof the
Great Basin at this day a noted trapper,
who has resided mere than fOfty years far
away beyond Tie Pass, on Ia, head waters Of
the Gilla river" was guided thithor BY an
Indian, Cor the purpose of barter Tie par
ty struck at once into the heart Of the Great
Desert, and after FIVE days travel arrived at
three mountains rising IN grandeur in that
solitary waste These mountains were cover.
ed with diversity Of forest fruit trees. with
streams Of the purest water ripping down
their declivitios. There they Met numer-
ous agricultural people, surrounded with way.
ing fields Of corn and profasion Of vegsia
beS. They were clothed in l0ather-knew
nothing Of fire arms, u-ing only the bow aid
arrow; and for miles, cireling these noun
tains. were "abode" houses two and three
stories high They had no communication
Sith people beyond their bounds. This is
undoubtedly the people that once inhabited
the lands Of the Gila and Colorado, and left
those monuments Of wondsr--the " Casas
Grandes" which so deeply attracted the iol-
lowers Of Fremont and Djniphan.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

LrTTLE TH0RNs Tho sweetest, the most
clingng Affection is oiien shaken BY the slight
est breath OF unkinlness, as the delicate rings
and tendrils of the vine arc agitated By the
flintcst air that blows IN summer An un-
kind word from one beloved often draws blood
from many heart, which would defy the bat
tle-axe Of haired, or the kcencst edge Of vim
dictiye satire Nay, the shade, the glaom Of
the face familiar aud dear. awakens griefan
pain These are the listlo th)rns which.
though men Of rough form may mako their
way through them without feeling mush ex-
tre.noly incommods persons Of a more refined
tarn IN their journey through life, and mako
their travelling extremely irksomc and un-
pleasant
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

y A writer says that the vital difference
between man aud woman = tiis-man
forever asks tor more. while woman Is always
iutsnt upon m king the most Of what she
has. Maa is perpetual seeker. womanturns
whatsoever she finds into present uscand pro-
fit. Mans eye is fxel upon the future /;
womans upon the present lie sweeps The
heavens wilh his gaze. 70 see what ialser worlds
invite his adventure she quietly unpacks the
trunk OF his observation, and appropriates
whatever avaihblc results il contains to the
improvement Of his present abo le-
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

A BEAuTlFUL PIcTUeE-The man who
stands upon his own soil, who feels that by
the law or the land ia which be lives-by the
law Of civilized nations--hs is tie rightfel
and exclusive owner Of the land which he tills
is by the constitution Of our nature under a
wholesome influence not easily imbib5d from
any other source. lie feels-other things
being eaual-more strongly than another, the
character Of man. as the lord Of an inani-
mate world. OF this great and wonderful
sphere which fashioned BY the hand Of God,
and upheld BY his power, is rolling thr ,ugl
the heavens, a part Of his-his from the con-
tire to the sky. Il is the space on which the
generation before moved in its roand Of duties,
and he feels himself connected by a link with
those who follow him and t. whom he is 70
transmit home. Perhaps his farm has come
down to him from his fathers They have
gone to their last home but be can trace
their footsteps over the scenes Of bis daily
abors
The roof which shelters him was reared BY
those to whom be owes his being. Some IN
teresting domestic tradition is connected with
every enclosue. The fayOrite tree was plan
red by his fathers hand lie sportad 10 boy
hood by the brook, which still winds through
The meadow. Through the fields lies Che path
Of earlier days lie still hears from the win
dow the voice Of the Sabbath bell which callel
bis father b the house Of God aud near at
hand il the spot where bis parents laid down
TO rest, and where when bis time shall come,
he shall be laid By bis children; these arc the
feelings Of the owner Of the soil Words
cannot paint them. They Aow out Of the
deepest fountains Of the heart, they are the
life spring Of fresh, healthy, and generous
national character.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

Nusie hath charms 70 soothe the savage breast
To soften rocks, and bend the knotted oak"
at last a soft and breathing sound
Rose like stream OF rich distill'd Perfume
And stole upon the air.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

DlsoovERED ar LAsr-A correspondent
Of the Leicester (Eng) Mercury. having
heard Chat prize had been offered for word
torbymo With aiouth. hopes that tho following
hopes that the tollowiug may be judged SUE
cessful:
lisping girl sat on her fathers knee,
A trying 60 rhyme the little word month.
And she ough'd a. she said 4 let YOU ktec
| can hay il again, for Fse taaid * ironth.
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

r." When man, observes the Hosse-
hold Words, "appIies himself soberly 70 re-
feet upon the fitness Of things in general and
Of their several tendencies towards the great
end, Of what whirligig Of vanity and multi
ty-of waste and glitter--the great world
seems 10 consist! All these founcea and fur
bellows all this crenoline, bergamot paste
and iewelry. wax .chandIery. Brussels lace and
Seyres china al those jobbed horses, silken
SQUADS, double aud triple knocks, tags and
enbroideris and frippories Of the Heralds'
College. what are they good for ? All these
mountebank bowings and reverencesi these
kissing Of hands aud backing out Of rooms Of
lath aud plaster; these scattcriugs aboCs streets
for the purpose Of bandying pieces of printed
pasteboard these grinnings to your fellow
worm Of five feet long across glass Of grape
juice these Rawlings out Of names BY lac
queys these posturings, and jumpings, and
aeonies Of etiquette; and turning day into
night and night into day, and eating when We
are not hungry. and drinking ahenwe are not
thirsty all these. the liie-chords 70 the great
world. to what end are they y
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

70 An Irish girl being enquired Of res
peciing her mistress. who had gone to water
cure establishment, replied that her.lalyship
had gone to soak"
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

~ None Of rs know what we can live
past till We have proved il. God sends Us
strange strength 70 carry Us from ole great
trial 10 another that is reserved for Is. we
live through them and past them, 50 that the
world may seem over them, So that strangers
choersully observe 10 one another" We seem
quise ourselves ag'in."
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

a This music mads me =
Let II sound no more p
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

Mock TURTLE.-Calling husband "mv
dear. !" in public, AMI "yoa brute, = in private,
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

that such powers. that such talents, that such
genius, should be left to
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04
ORIGINAL TALE.
For the Port Gibson Reveille.
Durgin Durfees
TuE
WONDERFUL MUSICIAN!

BY J. BOMBER, JR
The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1854-01-04

sR.o-o-tl root root, t-o-o-t, t-o-o-tf'
"Thus, my friend" remarked Marvel,
"you behold the progress Of the arts aAa
sciences. when the rising generation put
their shoulders to the task, they make most
rapid headway. Now. my most worthy bost
and ueycr-to-be-too-much admiredl vocalist
behold these children. innocent as cherubs
and sprightly as fawns Behold how they
tax tbeir feeble powers to do honor to The host
Of Tho Constitution House All it's pity
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-12-28
G0itor' Gable.

GIFT Books OF THE SEASONS. NJ. Walton.
has laid on our table, four beautiful and beauti-
FULLY illustrated little books, designed for Chris
mas and New Years presents, for the young,
viz: 6 The CHARM" prose tales and poetry, in
terininged--" Country Life ':.and other stories,
Angel Ch'ldren-storiesf from Cloud Land"
and " The Cheerful Heart, or a SHycr Lin
ing to erery Cloud "a fine moral tale-all
from those enterprising and extensive publishers,
Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston, and for sale
by S. M. Walton, Montpelier
The LADY's AND Boston ALMANAC, FOR 1856
We are indebted for copies of these extremely
neat and valuable Almanacs, to John P Jewett
q Co., the publishers who exhibited so much
energy and sagacity in bringing out Mrs. Stoves
immortal Uncle Toms Cabin" and whose
princely Book Establishment, we had the pleas.
ure of visiting last week, in Boston. The Bos-
ton Almanac, with its map of Boston, its bust
ness directory, &C., &C., is better executed in
Typography and embellishments this year, than
ever before, we think and does great credit to
Messrs Danrell & Moore, the printers. The
Lady's Almanac is just about the prettiest lit
tie gem of an Almanac, we have ever seen. The
reading matter is of unusual interest and the
whole makes table companion that no lady,
young or old, will ever regret purchasing.
PurNAM's MAGAZINE for January, is already
received, and, is an extra good number to begin
the new year with. 1t is filled with racy, orig
inal articles; among which, is one on the
Know Nothmgs, wherein the writer objects to
the principle of secrecy in the order and their
alleged sxclusiveness, but rejoices in their
achievements in destroying the old parties, in
which work, ho justly bids them Gods speed.
The PRAcTIcAL FARNER.-The new Agricul-
tural paper of Boston, edited by VIM S. King,
with Prof. Mapes and l.. Bartlett associate, and
G. C. Coffin assistant editors, is very ably con-
Quoted and interesting weekly. The Editor
with such associates and assistants as Prof.
Mapes, and G. G. Coffin, whom we regard as
one of the most philopsohical and promising
young men of our acquaintance, cannot but
make most valuable Journal.