Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-01-03
From the Richmond Examiner.
CHRISTRIAS. 1866.
By REFCGITCS.

Shall we welcome 6 merry " Christmas
In sorrow stricken homes?
Shall our hearts fOrsake their shadow
When the merry season comes?
Shall we yield our dark remembrance
When we hear the joyous chimes ?
Shall our thoughts fly back unfettered
To the golden Olden time?
Shall we cross the yawning chasm,
Where the treasure dead are lain?
Shall our Joy be free and bOundless,
And our hearts be light again?
Shall our lips be glad and smiling,
And our words be words of love?
Shall each face be but the mirror
OF a cloudless sky above?
No! the present is too real,
And the thoughts that i'll it lie
Are like chains Of mighty mountains,
Which are tow'ring to the sky.
OH who climb those SUBMITS,
And behold the other side,
Where joy and mirth lie buried
In valley, side by side.
Tho the battle may be over,
Yet It's horrors still remain
Tho the cannon's voice be SILENT
Still we hear the clanking chain;
and the graves of sleeping heroes,
And the GXile'S lonely hours,
Warn us that the days of pleasure
But resembles faded flowers.
Let Us welcome Christmas still
Let us help our bllrdened brothers
With u Drawer heart and will;
Let us speak to one another
Words of comfort and OF cheer,
Then our JOY will be the brighter
Tho tbs mingled with tear.
'Yond our thoughts, those mighty mountains,
Which are tow ring up on high,
We can see the brilliant star-sates,
As they Giimmcr Ill the sky;
And when we behold the lustre
OF each celestial ray,
Then we know that death and sorrow
And despair shall pass away.
Then. here's welcome, merry Christmas
Come, and give us thoughts of cheer,
Thoughts of how the infant Jesus
Came to share our burden here:
And remembering all his sorrows,
Our own shall seem more light,
And our mountain thoughts shall vanish
Like vision in the night.
WINCHESTER, VA, Dec. %, 1856.
The Southern public will be gratifed tc
learn that General J. A. Early's promised
history of his campaigns has been written
and is now in the hands of the printer, a
Toronto, Canada West. 1t will make {
book, or rather a pamphlet, of about one
hundred and fifty pages, without maps
Should maps be added, the size of the vol
ume will be much increased. Gen. Earl,
is publishing this history at his own ex
pense. The edition is limited to one thou
sand. We understand that he is not onl,
willing, but anxious that it shall be re-pub
lished IN Virginia by and for the benefit O.
the various memorial associations engaged
in collecting the remains Of any of his com
mand. Al exile, and limited in means. ht
cannot incur the expense Of republication
Four gentlemen recently took tickets OF
one of the French railways to enable then
to proceed by certain train in another di
rection. During the journey the engin
broke down, and to reach their destination
at the fixed time they hired special train
which a civil court has decided the railwa
company is boupd to pay for, whith interes
on the money advanced from the time O
the occurrence, and the cost of the action
John Glare, charged with the murder O
Ell. B. Grove, photographer, at his establish
ment in Baltimore about year ago was OF
Thursday convicted of murder in the frs
degree by the court at Towsontown, Balti
more county, where the trial had been re
moved. Motion was made by his counse
for arrest of judgment.
One of Baker detectives, named Ro
berts, has been egged out of Memphis TO
palming himself off as an ex-Confederat
soldier, begging money and clothes.