The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-03-27

Inc memory Ui eacI l0GLlef Joy,
The pangs Of former pain.
Where is our childhood? Where are they?
The playmates of the heart,
Whose first sweet lesson was 70 love,
Whose second was to part?
The dead are with the past for them,
How fruitless our despair
Unkindness, anger, t0ndness, grief,
Alike are buried taere.
Alas! such thoughts aan only bring
The hearts most stter rain;
Our early days-sweet early days!
Recall them not again.
A HERo-Miss Pardoa, inIa recent work, relates the
following interesting anGcd3te
At the battle of M0ntrnira, young officer, named
Darosier Glanced to be in Attendance the emperor
ut the when it became essential to dispatch
order to enc OF the generals Of dvision and Napoleon
hastily summonng him to his side gave him instructions
TO deliver it without delay.
'spare neither yourself nor horse sir he said scrnly
for there ia not moment TO loose and return
70 report to me that my order has been obeyed."
Ddrosier gaoped amid shower Of shot and shells,
and within quarter of IN hour he again beside the
emperor His duty performed.
"You have behaved well, monsieur sud Napoleon,
when he had received his report; you have a stout
heart and clear head though YOU still youngster
give you a captains breyet, and attach you my per
son What is your Names
"Durosier, sir"
sit seems familiar to me. On what occasion have
before heardit?"
Il was the colonel Of the boy battalion, your maj
eaty,"
dAh! Iramember Wen, that is an additional reason
why should attach you ta my person"
at is too late sire, mLTmured the young soldier.
''Too late captain Duro6ier, and why?"
"sre, they have hit me- as he spoke he withdrew
handkerchief saturated With blood from the breast of
his coat Can will be oyGp-Fve Ia emperor viye Ia
France!"
He reeled fer an instant il his saddle and then fell
heavily into the of al officer who had sprung for
ward to support him. Tn}olcon Durosier a corpse
$50 young young. AID brave! and TO die on his
lrst bate-fedm EXCLAIMED the emperor as he bent
down, for instant over the body, "Poor boyi Poor
boyp
Then putting spurs to hHs horse he galIoped off if
unable to linger over SO sail spectacle
we see the following il a contemporary probably
quoted from some bpok-4s editor would be SO apt
to say 60 wicked thing;
Serpent they say, have bower to charm: Eve prob
ably learned the In heTt famous interview with the
aerpent in the garden and taught it to her daughters
and so woman kind are charming.
The idea is an cid one Byron says Of one ofhis her
oines-
Fair as the first that fetl OF womankind
When on that dread set lovely serpent smiling
Whose image thence was stamped upon her mind
But once begued, and ever more beguiling
That, or something like i've quote from memory:
for read Byron when We were young and foolish"
But the charge against yoHIan is all q sandeT--she
charmed Adam even before she had ever seen the ser
pent Bur1s explains her superiority to man in much
mere courteous and sensible fashion, when he says Of
nature, that
Her prentice hanf she tried on man,
And then she aaade the lasses O.
The poet has too many ftends among the ladies not
to endorse Burns. Exchange.
During the sitting of colgt In Connecticut, not long
ago, on very cold evening, crowd of lawyers had
collected around the open fire shat bazed cheerfuly
the hearth in the ballroom when traveller entered,
benumbed with cold but no moved to give him room
to warm his shins, sd he leaned back against the wall
in the back part Of thb room
Presently smar: FourE limb Of the Law addressed
him. and tie following dialogue ensued.
tsYou lock like trvelets'
''Wall, suppose alh came ali the way from Wis
consin foot at any rate, ="
''From Wisconsin! Wins, distance to come on one
pair Of legs!n
''Wall, done it, anFhowJ'
Did you ever pass through hell in any ofyour travels
Eyes I've been through the outskirts"
II thought it likely well what are the manners and
customs there? some Of us would like to know"
ooh, you'll find them much tie in this place.
the lawyers sic nearest the fire"
newly married pair arc Ike two travellers in
known country, fresh ewsof each others dispositions
are opening out before them every day some beautiful
come unsightly and mostly unexpected. Breeze ocea
sonaly springs up, which may either euiven the jour
ney by clearing the atmosphere damp the ardor Of
the excursionsts by ending In thunderstorm.
IRIsH EVIDENCE my good man, said Judge
to an Irishman, who witness a trial. ''what did
rass between YOU and the prisoner "O2h thin PLACE
yoar ordsipn said Pat, sure sees PheiIn top Of
The wa Paddy says he hat2 says l. here, sayshe;
where? says wish says be; hush says L and that's
all, PLACE your lordship"
Coon REPLY-A Inv in one Of Moore's songs read
thus: "Our couch shall be roses bcspanged with dew
To which sensible girl according to Lander, replied:
'Twould give me the r4huGatlz and so ii would you
AARRAGB.-The marriage Of loved child may seem
70 parent kind of death Yet therein father pays
but just debt Wedock gave him the coed gift; 70 |
wedlock, them, he owes IT,
We don't know what snake the devil took the shape
Of shen he came TO tempt mother Eve but fhe wishes
% fascnate women Of these days be had better come
as Eoop-snake.
Mr.. j. D. Garrison, Of Calhoun county Ala. has re-
,entlY discovered his plantation a rich mine of tr-
poll TFpo is light Inueca substance Of great value
n cleaning and polishing watches Of all kinds.
Now grandma, I've eat tLe cherries and fyou don't
1--WE me fye-sriker TIL swallow The stones and choke
~ darned self"
An Irishman being asked Why be left his country for
America, replied IL wasn't tor want or we had plenty
# that at home
Many persons admire The IigLtnirg Il is very grand
nd beautiful, but were lteger personally struck BY
downeast editor says b. has seen the oontrivanee
ur lawyers use when they "garmuP with subject"
Ee saws it is in glass concern and holds about pint.
Happiness and sorrow areithe measure OF our mortal
fe we willingly record te moments Of giadnoss, and
Drrow's hours make their own impress.
Envy increase in exact proportion with fame. The
ian that makes character makes enemies.
Why is the world like piaTae2 Ans. Because il i
Ii. ofsharps and flats.
Yankee doctor has gotup remedy for hard times.
consists of ten hours hardfabor we'd worked in.
All that is truly good and beautiful in life blooms
ound the altar of donesticIloFe
s.I1,, madam why did yeu name seur old ben Mae