The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-10-01

ed through the halls of the stAlhambra?'-
= Alone the Alhambra stands monument of the
wealth, their splendor and their power. Anotl
Ell race now listens to the play of her fountain
: in her marble halls, and breathes the perfum
d OF her gardens. Where, where are they now
Their shrines are desolate, their lands dream"
: And, w-citizens, are we SO great, so vir
: tuous, or SO powerful that we may not fal?-
! God forbid that we should but other great ant
e prosperous nations have fallen, and SO may we
: We have not with us now some of the nob
t men who saved this Union when trembling ol
the brink of dissolution Now they have gone
They sleep. Nobly have they fought the bat
tie OF life and their country, and have gone Il
their rest But methinks could they but view
their country IN the present crisis, their very
bones would rattle in their coffins and they
would raise an arm to avert the impending
danger. Let US then, to avert and crush the
dangers that await u.s. cling to and support thai
tag and the name we have hoisted with it, and
with the poet we'll say
The star -spangled banner. @ long may it wave,
Oer the land Of the free, and the home ofthe braye
/ Yes, fellow citizens, let me point you to that
flag, the pride, the honor and the glory of every
American; that flag which has f1oated free un-
tran'meled and victorious from pole topole, and
through every degree of longitude that marks
the surface Of the globe: well then may we ex-
| claim
THE star spangled bannor O long may it wave,
oerthe land of the free, and the home of the brave
Yes, fellow citizens, we love our native lane, ,
and may say with Scott,
"Lives there man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has sad
This is my own, my native land'' S5
Yes, ours is a land to be loved; one distin-
gulshed BY heaven to be the home of the An
glo-Saxon, to be ruled by Americans, and none
others. Such it is, and such let us say it ever
shall be; let us be Americans in nature, in prin-
ciple and in government; let us feel for and love
1t, as Scott his dearly loved Scotia, when lie
sung:
"By Yarrow's stream still let me stray ...'t
though none should guide my feeble way;
Still feel the breeze down Ettricke break
Though it should chill my withered cheek
Still lay my head by Teyoit stone,
Though there forgotten and alone,
The bard should draw his parting groan."
to you, there e4s,sie9 fellow citizens, let me say
in the minds of the American people. The
prospect brightens, and will, trust brighten,
until the joyous shouts of a free people welcome
Mllard Fillmore back to the chair of state.
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AN ABoLITIoNIsT IN A TIGHT PLAcE.-We
learn from the Livingston Ala. J Messenger, of
the 10th ult, that a public meeting was held
in that town on the Sd, for the purpose of con-
sidering the case of Samuel Sharood, charged
with being an abolitionist and having on sundry
occasions tampered with the negroes in the town
and neighborhood.
The meeting was conducted in a very digni-
fed and orderly manner, several witnesses be-
ing examined, whose testimony clearly proved
the charges against Sharood. The individual
was then allowed to,be heard in his own defence
He acknowledged that he had been an aboli-
views on the subject had undergone change;
he had associated good deal with negroes, and
had spoken with them often ON the subject of
slavery, but did not know there was any harm
IN it; in conclusion he affirmed bis complete
conversion to the slavery side of the question
After he had concluded his defence, which |
was extremely lame, resolution was offered
and carried, that he be warned to leave the coun-
ty within three days, and that if he should fail
to DO so within the time specified he should be
further proceeded against .....
The meeting then adjourned, and Mr.. Sharood
left for parts unknown.
The Messenger gives the following descrip-
ton of the gentleman: ...
''Mr. Sharood is a native of England, Jour-
neyman tailor by trade, 95 years old, feet 7
Or inches high, dark eyes, fair skin, and ex-
hibits great devotion as member of the Meth
odist church. He is a fugitive from the Eng
sh army, and we cheerfully recommend him
10 the good citizens of Boston or Albany.
The Salem Register says that the funeral SER
vices of reverend Mr. Staicos, a native of Greece.
who died in that city recently, were to take place
at the Tabernacle church.
The Register adds, that the history of this
young Greek is one of the most interesting and
ouchlng ever listened to. He was educated in
Paris and enlisted as a soldier in the French
contingent that was ordered to Italy-he and
,thers of his company supposing that they were
o aid in the Italian struggle for liberty. Find
ne their mistake, these young men deserted
,ut were retaken and returned to Paris; and
lpon Louis Napoleon's accession, being includ-
ID in the amnesty which was proclaimed, they
ecured their liberty, and Staicos returned to
Greece.
He subsequently resolved to go to California;
cached Boston and worked at day labor on the
vharves for time; then, with three compan-
ons in Greek costume, and armed in the stvle /
# their country, started on foot for California.
Upon reaching Dedham, for some offence
which they had unintentionally committed thro'
heir ignorance of the customs of our nation,
hey were arrested and imprisoned. Fortunate =
j. doctor S. G. Howe and other influential gen {
emen having learned the facts, interested them
elves in their behafand procured their release. ;
he superior talents and education of young {
taicos soon developed themselves and procur- =
him friends. After variety of further ad-
entures he became clergyman and was about i,
return to his native land to devote himself :.
opreaching the gospel to bis countrymen, when !