The colored American., 1865-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
A REMARKABLE PROPHECY.

Wellington Boath was invited in Europe
by an American family Of large posses,
sions at the South, to travel through the
slave States and see for herself their ae~
tual condition. Her rhyme4 reply was
this singular prophecy:
You tell me of bright land far over the
sea,
But, ah can you call it the land of the
free?
Where the image of God, for handful
of gold,
Like a beast of the field in the market is
sold
Where the child from the mothers fond
bosom is torn,
Where the father is chained, leaving cr>
phans forlcrn,
Where the maiden is bTtered, like mer-
chandise ware,
Then doomed to the lash and the groan Of
despair
Woel woe to thee, fair land! far over
the main;
For the canker of death, dark slavery's
stain,
Shall knaw to thy vitals, while every
sigh,
From the victims who writhe, mounts for
justice on high.
And He, the great Lord of the universe
wide,
Shall smite thee to earth in thy strength
and thy pride;
For vengeance must fall for foul orueltias
On the beings redeemed by His own be.
loved Son!
The sound of the war-drum shall thrill
thee at night,
AS thy sons and thy brothers are borne
to the fight;
The slave and the cotton shall stab thee
with pain,
And the North and the South be divided
IN twain,
And brother 'gainst brother shall strike
in the fight,
And battles be fought in the dead Of tie
night;
And the white maid and widow in sorrow
shall mourn,
And the flags Of thy freedom in tatters
be torn.
The North in ber might like whirlwiud
shall rise,
And the notes of the cannon be borne TO
the skies.
And though the warm blood Of her hes
roes be shed,
The light of her freedom shall never be
dead;
The Stars and the Stripes an Excelsior
shall be,
Proud Liberty's banner from land and by
And the Union, though spurned by the
Shareholders scorn,
Shall be guarded by Mortimer for ages
unborn.
A PASSION FOR WATCHES. In the city
of Boston there is an individual who
may be said to have perfect passion for
watches. He is the possessor Of some
fifteen or twenty, if not couple of dozen
of them. They are all made Of the finest
gold and are not only of the incest works
manship, but very costly and valuable
timekeepers, One abounds in perals,
another in diamonds, and another in all
sorts of precious stones; and the dial,
case and interior of each differ from that
of each OF the others. One strikes like
miniature clock every hour, another is /;
repeater and tells the quarters, while ans
other seems to sing like a little bird.
One or two are uncommonly' large and
massive, having gold cases nearly quar-
ter of an inch in thickness; others
arc as small as a lady's watch Each
possesses its own particular and elegant
kew, chain and seal. Some are kept in
one room of the house and some in au-
other and each is wound up and cared for
every day by the hand Of the same owns
er, whose taste and passion for watches
and their appendages is as great as that
of other people for paintings, plate, med
ais or sculpture.
A home has been purchased in Lex
ington, Va, for General Lee.
Senator Wilson of Massachusetts, has
signed a petition for the release Of Mr..
Mallory, late Secretary Of the Navy of
! the Confederate States.
The small pox is prevalent in several
parts of North Carolina.
Governor Ogsesby of Illinois has gone
to Washington to look after the State
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