St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-03-27

&C ayes are better hid by doves than ~
SNOW JEAN rAtl.
q. II the grave ns rn',aro" MIR. land wc-o
really dug and lis mound hcapcd b. the
mini.'n> Of dc>p"ii>tn, rhrrc would hot b..
wanting lovely ferns al, tr,ri.r hearts 10
r..br irs >,"i with fl IVY - Blt Sunr,hiu,
would be still lrcking :" give tn" crown.
ing ,onch of con~ccrat"d mclancholy to
the sccnc--Some'hng /" make death Ut
,,rly Notwithstanding: IL make di>2air
transccndcntiy cl'In'nt and that would
be sr,r!. garland> of s'smr as might he
wreathcd by the youag Southern poet
who composed The stirring melody Of
There's l.itc in the Old Land Yet"
This fine p'eu appeared originally in IN
Delta, ani has sine hen extensively re
publ, hid by the South rn pes ard
crc.!i. cd to the Iii nor, EAchangc We
are By NJ means sure tlas it WAS pull
lishcd IN that Journal AMI Doubt whether
i, has found publication anywhere in The
tramrled State whose w-ong> it paints,
whose vengeance il iny"kes, whose hopes
it sets to lefty rhyme. Ii s,s,s,. however.
won't home t" the heats o.. the cxpatri;,;,l
Marylanl,r>. VIII" III Virginia, are fight
ing against the dc>pnti>m which brushes
their tathrr!an'i: AMI. inl,. Il. tlrongiIrut
the Army of th- p"s"nac it has been
adopted IL Il tavoritc war song. a., We learn
from several army correspondents f he
press The correspondents ri The Charles
ton Mercury. wr;in" ii"n Cvm..f,i.ir,
;hus speaks of til, p"rt it WAS mad" t,
,lay in the ceremony q! distributing the
nry battle fig 10 the varinu> regiments If
th" army:
All of the ofiic rs on receiving the
Southern Cross made til, ir acknnwi~.-
ncn'$ in patriotic pledges "Lo their lrnv.
The bands then played the familiar all.
from ii l'uria!i, TO whi-I music sou.c
soul stirring lines, suggestive If th, res
cnc, Of Maryland, pad been wrltt"n hy j.
L. Randall. young poet 81 New O.lca.:>,
whose fugitive v:r>y, have alr"s!y a.
'ractcl much attention. Printed r"rc> "i
these verses were di>i.i u.,ai a,t..,:.. ;h:
several regiments.
Mr. Randall. the author Of ;hr poem. is
4 Il native ot Maryland. and ia, been .onc
years n resilient of New Orleans \ pre-
. Nl"u> poem from his l'.l ."r "a" >7in.
theme app, AIRED in the Delta /, ,?r;n.
1t wa~ full of l.ath"~ a,..! Primitive rn.Iot,.
and was 30: pitched t" - 'I'iirn' a"l polls
! ing ~ 'br scr','''i, which Was r
glrieh "a The bc>' production ri the KIND
which the war La' inspired. Had he
author written on y hose ~" :z'"m.. W:
could say he pos, >,'ri j,'rn:sr grril,
for comprising war songs. Bar ,li>sIiraI-
hating rc;'!cr< who have my! whh h.,
inner poems, """i' n"l.'>',"'n's'y I'HF"'
''', ,'!"'' ann '''' Tor "''h r'''N r"t
nl .,; -, =,
felicity of luu.,are moon every theme.
+ ,h;.L ,,,,. a. NJ,
! "! I ''' VI !" y ''''' '''>"-
Ca WIN N''N,.
nc south Is rir'! III literary tH!t'IIi and
genius. which are ii. :; i - throw il>,r.
~ =, H. -, :,
''"'.' W. "',''t '"!' """""' u" a'E
any i"'''a"'i MS iir''"l'' -, h'y wa
Reason :, ,L.v;.h viii ,,:l. md .G..,.,.,,.
thar, ,h., nf ,h.. ,,.,,,,t ,,,, J.. ,l,,,,> 49,.
linn ma. 81 '"' l'"h2 p"'' /" ""''' We
"''trrh ~ ~" '"rrg'itI@ Remarks. Il ha:'y
ah,! imperfect Tribute Us modest az Il nlau
as he + aeeam,,l-.rl 49, II y.i;.r Gi,rii-
,,,;Lj 49,, , ,:r
':.i :. -.
S'r'''' 'i''i'S '"'" ;" ""'uT''' s'''S ANU
likely /, b.. smiled tx either ,nnuI,r AL
n,;r.,;nn mr. .r;,;ol ; ,l' ,,!,
So - ""',
Ply "'''H'''''i' az ""' 'oo '''0"
expressed by hcgt:1;.
-iS the song "f ..rh"r,.'> Life in tl.r
Old Land ", p. -. ,,,,,.I .,,,...I, after a.,
"'"' "o' 'c "''"ee' i''""ic III 'h'> Guy
THERE'S LIFE IN THE nlD LAND
, Wit,
By JAME> b. nANp.i..
D., t,, p..,.u
ri. ,r,n.,, ',"f u's"
aln,., - - "r S s CONES,
W. .n %. "a, gov ol nus Snl'-" c'"n.s:
"'"' i've heed u with veigeiS! thrills.
.r, ~ w H''' ",H ior24.e or i"rset-
'h''e "'ih w me dreams, there's here