La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-04-28
Bill Arp.
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aa4e ATLANTA, May 2 1861.
Kr. Elit9r--.. Remote. o~nfrendel, nrl.
lank"lly, slow n 7<omebody srd. lam
now seeking a log in some vast wilder
ness, Il lonely rous in son,c O~kefecnokct
swamp. where the foul invaders 6 .nlut
travel. nor their p~ontonn bridges pllnat.
IT MIR. Shske*pccre were corrrct wlsris he
writ that .swcct are the juices If nd
vrrsity 'thani it aret reasonable to suppose.
that inc and my fnaks and many others
mast have som sweetnin to spare. When
4 man Is aroused i'll the ded Of night, anl
smells the approach of the foul invader.
when he feels constrained t. change his
base and brkum n runagec from his home.
icavin behind him MI those necessary
things which holds body. and soul
together ; when lie luoks, perhaps tor the
last time, HpnR. his lovely nne where he
has been for many delightful years, rsisin
children and chickens, strawberries, and
peas. lie soap and inguns. and all such
Injuries vt this %sublunary lift when lle.
imugiues every t%hIusual sound 10. BIO the
crack uf his earthly doom when from
such influences le Begins n dignified re-
treat, hut is soon konstrained to leare the
dignity behind and git away without re-
gard to the order of his going-if there is
any sweet juice in the like Of that. |
haven't been able to see it. No. Mr..
Editnr, such Genes never happened in
Bill Shakespeare day. on HE wouldent
have writ that line.
don't know that the lovely inhabitants
of your bu iful sity need any fsre warnins
to make. en- avoid tho breakers upon
which our vessel wrecked /; but for f.ar
they should some duy shakc their CORY
locks at me. | will make pui.lik d brief
allusion to somo Of the painful slrkuin-
which lately okkurred in the re-
gh,ns Of tue eternal sitty.
Not many days Hgo., tie cvcrlastin Yum
KEGS iniay they live always when tho
devil gifts eml made a violent assault
Upon the sitty of the hills-thc eternal
stty, where d hundred years injun rivers
been blcndin their waters pescefully |
togethcr--whcro the Choctaw children
built their futtermills, and toycd with
and ~tndpoles, while these majestic
wore but little spring branches,
i bablin along their:sandy beds For 81
Lys and nights our, ralyunt troops had
beat back the fowl invader, and sstved our
frnin their deyourin Jaws. For 8
lays and nights We babe farewell to every
'ear, luxuriating upon the triunps Of our
arms, and the sweet juices Of our straw
and cream. For 3days and nights
rcsli troops FROM the South pored into the
with shouts that made the weikin
ing. und the turkey bumps RISE all over
he flesh ut our people. We felt that
soma vas safe-sekure against the as
aults of thu. world, the Hcsl, and the
evil, which last individual are supposed
= 10 tlat horde Of fowl Invaders. Win arc
cek;n to funk Us out of both bredaid ex-
But slas for human lnpes! Van that
born Of woman {and there arr no other
that 1 know of y has but few days that
int full Of trouble. Attic the troo i did
hoat. altho their brass bound musk
upon the gale. altho the turkey
jumps - Aas the welkiil rung. altis. tho
General assured us that Rome
~ 81 held vt every hazard, aud that I
Il the morrow the big battnI was to be /
and the f5wl invaders hurled Ill
ieediil md howlin tu tho shores Of the Fl
yet it did transpirc somehnw thar
! Tuesday night the military-eraknation
our Sittv were peremptorialiv ordered. f
r's.ter sarnin NJ whisper If alarm I
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