The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-09-22

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| then | wag hnrmonlinR and recon.
dutinr Continued ~ weep and
| hug and fcol good Forgot, 10 The ex-
ccss of patriotic feeling, that Mr.. Da-
Wis was prevented by physical weak
ness and other cauaes, NJ FORTRESS
Monroe, from bcing present 70 enjoy
The scene and help barmonihe and
reconstruct.
Others, from Dixie, seemed 10 for
gct Il too.
When your old friend boo, alluded,
In "a voice trembling with emotion"
10 the fraternal squeeze between Mass,
and $. G., II affected me to tears again,
aud | wanted TO hug some more
This timcI hidaway The only quarter
| had in my pocket, and tried to find
Butler---I wantel 10 hug him. but
he was absent, my Brick, and thereby
went unhuggcd.
| felt like n lamb that was banker
ing to lie down by some innocent lion
and be docile but Pope was in New
Mexico, Fighting Joe hadn't come in
and Banks was in New York. For
tunately, the soothing strains of"Hail
Columbia, " intcrspersed with Dixie
from a patriotic collection Of fifty pic
ccs Of harmonious brass, stole upon
my senses, and | grew calmer.
i looked around the eight thousand
pairs of eyes, tosee il yof the lach-
rymal was moistening the eyes OF
Fernando and Glenn; but they were
not participating, my Brick. They
were two Lazaruses, who were being
dry-nursed in the bosom Of some po-
litical patriarch, "afar Off" Each
had bandanua,with which he wiped
away the gushing tear-drops that start
ed, unbidden, from the overloaded
heart, They hadn't on the wedding
garments, my Brick, and failed Ia
show their tickets before the door.
we're closed.
But they wept and hugged.
| turned again to your friend boo
He, too, is brick; and on this oc-
casion, Philadelphia brick. AS 4
spcakist, he is good. His reference
to the little trivial incident in which
s. G. fired the first gun, and Mass
shed the first claret, was happy, anC
set Orr and Couch to ruminating OF
= the scenes of the past. However
they looked at each other, smiled, wept
Rugged again, and were ineffably hap
! py. But when boo proclaimed the
,, glad tidings that peace had returned
, and had brought her knitting with
! her to stay a week, the applause wa
, deafcning. Mass. and $. c. locket
, arms again-became Siamesc twin
, forever, and reminded me ofthe beau.
tifnl sentiment taught by Miss Par
thenia's mother, Slightly altered, how
[. ever.)
Two souls with but a single ihoughi;-
Two hearts, that beat US onel'
But all things must have an end
my Brick, and so had this grand wed
J ding. Henry J. framed the marriag
c certificate, and then violated the con
sistency Of his past record by votini
Q for i'll The benediction was pronoun
: ced the horns footed, tho drums role,
I, and the marriage party broke up
q Some went home with dray-loads O
D joy in their bosoms-joy, because the
\ honestly believed they had done
II good thing. Some went home, m
/ Brick to calculate how many vote
i would be added to their party as th
y grand result. And some again wen
: home trying to shut out from tn
y y minds eye q spectre.
II The phantom figure Of poor ol
2 man feebly tottering under a heav
:" burthen = bearing uncomplainingl
the weighty sins which belong to Ii
failure of a revolution he was ealle
+ to lead. This weak old man in N
pr attitude of one listening breathlcssl
to TO the shouts, the hurrahs and Il
le hallelujahs which marked the MARI
n, age Of Mass. and s. C.-heralding
= peace whose blessed beams cann'
rs penetrate the prison bars, or shed !
Of gentle rays upon the heart of Il
W dying captive.
70 DO you understand me, my Bricl
~ Please hug for me, conventional
he some young female patriot Of Amer
III ca, up in Wisconsin.
re Yours, in a conventional way,
IL Asa HARTz.