The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-08-05
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ths rheaseru paa q south Cam
I bra. where Gamuaa krAs sho ,els
a. nosy. wss r'e@ Eos.
Ihe nrermilan. 1t diaaer rmbied
ever Awl5e iaaes Il salje aad was
carried "a maaly by the Colale. ard
myself bai iauard ihe Close q the
meal tAe lady 80 to me
Afr. Il .Sam aud young Junius
arc 70 b. buried tli. evening Il you
have never seen 3 argfo funeral per-
baas vaud Ike 10 attend
i Wii. be haepy % accompany yo1,
madam. L son e ! replied.
Thank ven, saia ihe iady
PHaW Alee foalI n9t ga into
81, en58a on IS aIj : aigili IS ibis
Yes. ,Hnk oogliio. Osr peo-
pio wIll e1pea my.
II was about an hoar after rightfall
when we look oar way to De burial
ground. The moon bad risen, but lie
clouds. which gathered when the ,un
went down. covered is face, and were
fast spreading theif thick, black shsd-
ow over the little collection Of negro
houses Near two new-made graves
we're gathered some two hundred men
and women, "a dark as lhe night that
was setting around them. As we an.
tered ihe circle lhe od preacher point
ca 10 the seats reserved for Us, and
the able crowd fen back d few paees
az II. even "a ,ae prescuee st deai.
lhey did nn forget ibe difference be-
tween their race and ours.
Scattered herr and there among the
trees, lorche. of lightwood threw a
wild ana iiiful light over the little
cluster Of gaves, and revealed the
long straight boxes Of rough pine that
held lhe remains Of ihe two negroes.
and Iii up tie score of russet mounds
beneath which slept ibe dusky kinds
men Who had gone belora hem.
The simple head-boalds that marked
these humble graves cbroniced ne
Lad biography or senseless rhyme, and
told no false tales Of lives That bad
better not have been, but sam, AGE
20; poMrY; .JAKE's EllzA I
AUNT SuE;' AuNT LucY's Tom /
Jor, and other like inscriptions,
scratched ID rough character on those
unpaned boards. we're all tie records
there. Tie rude tenants bad passed
away and lelt no signs their birth,
tieir age, their deeds, were alike uu-
Known unknown, but net iorgotten
ior are they NOT written il tlie book |
81 bis remembrance and vixen he
coBnicth up bis Jewels, may not some |
oi them b there
The queer, grolesque dress, and sad, /
earnest looks q tie black gruup; tile /
red, fidul glare Of the glazing pine,
and the white faces Of The tapped trees, !
cleaning through the gloom ike SO
many shected costs gathered 70 some /
dealIi.carniga, made a strange, wild |
scenc fae strngest and tie widest /
| hal ever Witnessed.
Tie covers Of the rude collins were /
not Yet nailed down, aud wien we ar-
rived. the blacks we're one by one /
passing before them, taking n last look |
1t tlie faces &c the dead. Soon, Ju-
Miss, holding up bis weeping wte by 4
the had, approached The smaller Of |
tbe two boxes, which bell all that was |
left ol their frsi-born. Tie mother,
kuecline by i,s side, kissed agam and |
again tle cold shunken lips, and 1
-obbed as q her heart would brake;
wAie th sitopg frame Of ihe father |
sheob coaralsiyeiy, as, choking dogn |
tie gfea, sorrow which weIied up ii I
his throat lie turned away from his |
boy for ever. AS he did 80, old Pom
pey said
Don'l grebe, June, hem wbar lie
wicked cease from lrubbling, whar de 1
weary am * rest.
] knows II; | knows Il, Uncle. !
knows de Lord am berry good 10 take'm
way but why did he take de young /
chile. and leab Dc ole man hars
Do little sapling dat grow in dc /
shade may die while tim young De 1
great tree dat grow in de sun must !
lib till de AK cut bin down
These words were the one drop /
wanting 10 make the grea; griel which /
was swelling il the negro's heart over I
How. Giving one low, wild cry, he I
folded bis wife in bis arms, burs, into
paroxysm Of tears, Come now,
my ehil'rcn, said the old preacher,
kneeliug down, le, US pray
The whole assemblage then kneli on
tie cold ground, while the old man
prayed, and "A more sincere, heart
touching prayer never went up from
human lips 10 that God who hath
made Of one blood all nations that
dwell on the iace 81 the earth Though \
clothed 10 rags, and 10 feeble Old age,
a SLAVE, al lhe mercy Of . cruel task
master, thar Old man was richer Ear
than bis master. His simple faith,
which looked through the darkness
surrounding him into the clear and
radiant lghi Of The unseen land. was ef
oi iaF more worth than a.l lhe wealth
and glory oflhc world kHow noi WY
ii aas, BOT a booked al bim IN The din
red light which fell on his upguraediace.