Maryland free press., 1866-11-29

sNot even the screws for our cofins are found; (
sEKeppt from taxation, BY parcels or poupd;.,
And even the mechanic, az If twas a sin,
IL taxed for the right of putting then in, - =
While the grave undertaken surveys with smile
And digs With will, as ifdigging for 'ilsl, =.
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Thus we are taxed while We live, We are taxed
&hen We die, ,bt...t, .- .........
We are forced from this world to our home il
s''-n' the sky, -f''t 80. d. '~s'
We are followed with stamps, just as If thej
-. would saye, H.. -.,.E en-. -..-s.. !.
Till the rites are CONCLUDED, with stamps on oui
grave.
But wheneve stern Ate. by the powers that be
Shall from this terrestrial sphere set me free, ~
fhsarsnward bound, may i reach that brighi
Without q contemplate stamp on my soul. @.
Ys Fron. the Ldad zoe Lore. .H - 3.
sketches and Anecdotes of Bishop
Polk t~"!.'" - -...
Iesnidas Polk was born in Raleigh, N. c..
April 10th, 1906, the fourth son Of Col. william
Polk. >7~-.. .''H 80 '''f'
His bsyhood was full Of fun and frolic, ba,
never miagied with cruelty or unkndness; with
the quickest seasibilies he felt and resented the
least injustice to others. His character for truth
falness was carly established and he has been
heard to say, that the highest compl mont he ev-
sr'recsived and the most valued, was once when
at school dispute oscurred between teachers
and pupils, and it Icing considered needfil 10
have statement Of facts, he was selec. ed ss the
one'who would tell the truth, even if lie ihculpa-
ted hiinselfin so doiag. His sole aim Was to
do what ssbecoming gentleman, and when a
higher standard -wss 'fornei duty was always
paramount everything yielded to that comfort.
f'rt'ine, family, family, weighed as nsthing In
fine scale with this ~ : '''"' '.i . "n.
Hecntcred W'estPoint in 1898 What he was
&hsre will be best told. BY these who we're his
companions; all liked him and admired his
character which VAS free from everything low
aud bad. At the md of two years he was much
interested in the subject Of religion. After he
became soldier Of Christ his great desire
'was TO brig no stain upou his character as
christian, and rather than fail in what he thought
duty, he exerted him;sif when suffering from III
atss, refusing to yield to it; the consequence was
Tor years he did not recover, an adhesion having
taken place in the left lobe OF the lungs; previ-
Gus TO this illness, he could 'out-run, out-wres-
tie and out-jump' every ono at West Point He
always esteemed it one of his blessings that he
became the roon,-mate of Albert Sidney John
sons who watched over him at first rs If he had
been an elder brother, and finding him worthy,
though somewhat bis junior made him his friend;
for the three ysarsswhieh they occupied the same
rooms nothing marred their friendly relations,
-wAish indeed were kept up until the timo of his
daaf 81 roo
Deacon in 1880, becoming assistant to Bishop
Moore in the Monumental Church in Richmond,
Va. His health, already weakened by hard stu
SdyJ gave way under the duties of large parish
and the following year utter having received
priests orders, he by the advice of physicians,
fosk sea-voysge and wsst to Europe, where he
rsmained for more than twelve month.
The following anecdots will illustrate his de-
termination aot to submit to unlawful exercise of
autherity. lie was travelling from Rome to Ma
piles and at the Neapolitau frontier his baggage
vas searched and his Bible, Prayer-Book and a
.sopy Of Shakespeare detained, with "A promise to
restore them on his return. On his rsmonstra-
sing, he was told that it was useless, as they
must be kept by the officials, unless he chose to
have bis effects scaled aud 60 under guard, at
considsrable expense, to Naples. To this he
agreed aud the guard was accordingly mounted
on the carriage bsx, and thus escorted he set out
for the capital. At the inn where he stopped for
she sight be found two elderly English ladies,
t'aveling under each Others protection, who en-
serng into conversation with him asked how he
had passed through The custsu house; he infor-
med them that he was then under the escort of
gems arms with all his .baggage sealsd-they
SNsn remarked that they had also been dstaiaed
at the frontier, and worse STILL had been robbed
4 or their tea and teapot, grievances upon which
they dwslt most soquently. lie Immediately in.
terested himself ia their case, drew up state
ment Of the impertinence to which they had been
exposed, which they signed, and the next day on
reaching Naples, he was driven at once to the
custom-house, where he laid the whole affair be-.
fore the proper authorities, and the result was
the immediate restoration Of the books, tea and
teapot, and the dismissal Of the officers for ex-
ceeding their orders.' The graf itude of the old
ladies procured him many pleasant acquain tancss
both in Italy and England, -. s..-..,... =.
On his return to the United States with re-
nawed health, he removed to Tennessee, and re-
sumed the exercise Of his profession as Rector of
the church In Columbia. (" He was conseerated
Missionary Bishop of the south-west in 1888,
and catered upqa his duty with all the energy
which characterized him. NJ 10 -F's,.s1 -...s
Upon one occasion descending one Of the South
western rivers in d small steamer the boat struck
snag and sank, the passengers got ashore with
part OF their baggage, when itwas proposed to
walk some seventy miles TO the nearest port the
epaaees Of anethsrsboat overtsking them speedi-
u being very slight. . The Bishop an sxcsllent