The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-10

Okcclcenokee swamp, where the fowl
invaders cannot travel nor their pom
toon bridges phioat II Mr. sbaks-
peerc we're correct when he writ that
hswcot are the juices Of adversely" i"
then II are rcasonabul 10 suppose that
me and my foaks and many others
must have some swectnin to spare.
| When n man IA aroused IN The dcd oi
night, aud smells The approach Of The
fowl invader; when he feels kon-
strained 10 change his base and
bckum a runagcc from his home,
loayin behind him all those ncssary
things which hold body aud soul To-
gethcrj when he loaks, perhaps the
last time, upon his lovely home
where he has been for many delight
ful years raisin children and chickens,
strawberries and peas, lie soap and
inyuns, and all sich luxuries Of thi,
sublunary life; when he imagines
every onusual sound to be the crack
of his earthly doom; when from sich
influences he begins a digniiicd re-
treat, but soon is konstrained to leave
the dignity behind, and git away
without regard 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., Editur, sich scene,
never happened in Bill Shakspeer''
day, or he wouldent have writ that
line.
| don't know that the lovely in.
habitants of your butifnl sity need
any fourwarnins to make 'em avoid
the breakers upon which our vesse
wrecked; but for fear they shoulc
some day shake their CORY locks Al
me, | will make publik a brief allu'
sion to some of the painful sirkum'
stances which lately occurred in tn,
regions of the eternal sitty.
Not many days ago, the everlastir
Yankees (may they live always when
the devil gifts em,) made a violent
assault upon the sitty Of the hills
the eternal sitty, where a hundred
years the Injun rivers have beer
blendin their waters peacefully to
gether-where the Chocktaw chill
dren built their hutter mills, an,
toyed with frogs and tadpoles, whil'
the majestick streams were but littl
spring branches, a babblin along thei
sandy beds. For 3 days and night
( our valyunt troops had beat bak tn,
fowl invader, and saved our pullet
from their devourin jaws. For
days and nights we bade farewell L
every fear, luxuriating upon the tri
umph of our arms, and the swee
juices Of our strawberries and cream
For 3 days and nights fresh troop
from the South poured into ou
strcts with shouts that made tn
welkin ring, and the turkey bump
rise all over the flesh Of our people
We felt that Rome was safe-sckur'
against the assaults Of the world, th
flesh and the devil, which last indi
vidual are supposed TO be tina
horde Of fowl invaders, ,wiio ar
seekin 10 phlank US out Of bot
bread and existence.
But alas for human hopcsl Ma
" that is born Of woman land ther
are no other sort that | know Of ha
but few days that amt full Of trouble
-s Altho the troops did shout, altho thei
brass bound musk swellcd upon tn
s gale, altho the turkey bumps rose Q
+ the welkin rung, altho the command
ing General ossurcd us that Rom
was to be held at every hazard, an
that on tomorrow the big battul WI
to be fought, and the fowl invader
hurled all bleedin and bowling
the shores Of the Ohio, vet Il di
transpire somehow that on Tuesda
night the military evakuation Of o.
sitty w>re percmptorily ordered. \
=, note Of warninZne whisper Of alar
!. no hint Of the morrow came fro
the muzzled lips Of him who hr
lifted our hopes so high. Calm
and cocly we smoked our xii
kinick, and surveyed the embark
ton Of troops, konstruin Il TO
some grand manoovcr Of militia
strategy. About 10 o'clock we 7
tired to rest to dream Of Tomorrow
viktory. Sleep soon overpowcrcd
like the fog that kivered the cart
but nary bright dream had kun
nary vision Of freedom and glol
On the kontnry, our rest were u
easy-strawberrics and cream seem
TO be holdin secession meetins with
our corporate limits, when suddsr
in the twinklin Of an eve fric
aroused us from our slumbcr and /
new fase upon the situation
General Johnston was retrcatin, a
the blue-nosed Yankees were to p
lutte our sakrcd soil the next morn
Then came the jug Of war. W
hot and feverish haste we started
in search Of transportation, but NJ
4 transport could be had. Time h.
ofed friendship, past Avors sho'
. everIastin rratitood. numerous su