The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-05-25

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genius and greatness 10 the lest enu.c.
hiIt she hos nnraed In her generous
bosom 4 den Of vlpers, aud Jchu A.
Orr is The most Shiny and poisonous
Of them all. lie lea very narrow.
minded man, and for ycars has been
doing a large business on small
capital, aud of course he Il now
bankrupt, both In purse and charac-
ter. Before the war this creature
orr was n rampant seccssionist. He
was intolerant, bitter, vindictiyc,
proscripiive. With him every man
who dalliel was bastard, and he
damned all who doubted. In speak
Ing of the accursed Yankee, his bot
tlcd-up indignation cilervcsccd from
oil parts of his body in a perspira-
ton Of passion. Orr looked so much
like an enragcd moccasin that the
impression existed that il he had
been ground into minee-meat, each
particle OF flesh would have crawled
out into separate and distinct snakes,
oil hissing and swapping and biting
at those Yankee devils which his dis
tempered imagination had coniured
up. The Presidential election came
OFF and Lincoln was elected. Orr
grew more desperate. His fiery heart
muttered thunder, and from bis an
gered brow flashed the livid light
nings ID was with great difficulty,
his friends could restrain the infnri-
ated man. They had to seize him by
the coat-tail to prevent his making a
raid upon the North ,on bis own
hook. The saints never listened for
the blast from Gabriels bugle with
more eager anxiety than Orr yearned
for the call to arms. The tocsin Of
of war, however, to his great relief
and delight was sounded. The val
leys sent forth her jewels and the
hills poured down their honest yeo-
The war, il was supposed,
would last only three months, and
many were anxious to win glory be-
fore its termination, and prominent
among the aspirants for military fame
and Immortality was the inflriated
Jehu A. Orr. AS woman is the first
At the altar and the last al, the grave,
10 il was supposed that as our pant
ing hero was the first on the field, he |
would die In the last ditch. AT first
ne had promise Of imperishable re-
uown. Dressed in bran new suit
,f grey, bntoned up at the immi- |
nent hazard of cutting his throat,
md mounted on an iron-gray charger |
hat paved and pranced and reared
up on two legs and whisked his big
all, he looked the model soldier. |
men generally receive pro-
notion by gradations, but Orr's zeal
or the cause, and his anxiety for
var, made him q Colonel without let I
,r hindranee. He bivouaeked his
men upon the banks Of babbling
,rook, all margined with Howry
,royes, where the consuming passion
aging In hls fiery bosom could be
oothed by singing birds, and his
everish brow cooled by fragrant
'reczes waited from orange groves.
But ambition is like consumption, il
annot be cured; and the music of
ippling waters, the melody OF birds
nd fragrant brcezcs had no more
fleet upon Orr's bosom than upon a
'olcano when vomiting forth fire and
moke. lie slept, or rather, he tried
D sleep, with keg Of powder under
is head, muskets at bis feet, and a
Ihole barrel of Minnie balls at his
Ide, while the boom of the distant
annon seemed to be his accustomed
nllaby. The comrades Of the rest
"a warrior congratulated themselves
hat the mantle Of Napoleon had at
lst fallen upon worthy object.
lime assuagcs grief, and 50 does time
lolify the zeal Of the weak and faint
carted. Orr soon discovered he had
his trade, and his "obdu-
ate buzzum" began to relcnt. lie
1t around the crackling camp fires,
lent, sullen, subdued. In bis wig
am he had n dozen scalps hung up
Ike pepper pods, and upon his
sword therei were several
'ankecs impaled, like dried pump
ins, as trophies of bis proves.
bis dcsolating warrior, being sated
18th blood, showed an evident desire
exchange Mars for Venus, and to
xap his thunderbolts for flock Of
armless doves with big olive branch
in their mouths. Orr slipped out
I his gray suit as easily as q snake
ieds bis skin In early spring. For