The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-01-05


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meaning, or not, we do not pfetcnd
10 say Our ideas On this subject
may be MORBID but any one who
has read aud studied the history Of
this subject, has read and studied to
little purpose " be- thinks the pres.
Ont order of our social affairs can
continue for any great length If time
as they are nj present This conclu-
sion Is not the immediate result of.
The scenes looked upon during the
Christmas holidays by rs, but has
been arrived at by looking nj the
subject calmly and reasonably, and by
listening to the words and opinions
Of old and wiser men. However,
every one can Judge for him or her
self and wait for time to bring the
solution Of the difficult problem.
We have read, within the last few
days, "The Confederate Spy" by our
county-man, Capt. X. II. Crozier.
Some few days before II fell into our
hands, We were talking with a litera-
ry gentlemen, (who is evidently capa-
BILE of Judging correctly Of the mer-
its or dement's Of any production in
our language,) and he remarked that
the Confederate Spy" was a work
worthy Of any new beginner in the
world Of letters, and that mot one
young man in ten thousand was capa-
BILE OF writing such a work." This
complimentary language, coming from
the source it did, rather prepared me
to expect to find it a work Of more
than ordinary cleverness, and with
this in mind, | sit down TO read it.
My interest commenced with the first
page, and ended only when the story
ended, To our astonishment We
found related circumstances with
which we are already familiar, and
scenes depicted we witnessed with
our own eyes. This give, to us, the
impression that the story was true,
and with this idea in mind, we read
it. We feel no hesitation in saying
we were deeply interested. The work
will interest any reader. Mind you,
reader, we are no "%critique," and as
to the work as a literary production,
we have not q word to say, for we
really r not capable of being q
Judge in such a matter. To the gen.
eral reader-one who knows nothing
Of army life-its profanity will seem
objectionable, but not so with him
who is familiar, from personal obser-
walton, with the well known immor-
/, atty Of army life. We honestly
believe that three-fourths Of the Off
GERS in each army were habitual
and constant swearers, upon any and
all occasions, and the men were nc
! better, il not worse than the officers,
The plot of the book is good. While
this is true, Capt. c. has told us Toe
little Of what his hero did in til,
position he filed. He has given u:
: some chair breadth 'scapcs' which
. his hero made, but we think, had he
a dealt more in Title things-conversa.
| tons with the different characters b,
= evidently came in contact with; hi
rambles here, yondcr and everywhere
! his different sources of information
. in short, told us more Of what tn,
spy accomplished, what he thought
what he said, and how he succeede,
. here, how he vas bafled and foile,
there, it would have been better
{ Again, we think some Of the scene
are perhaps overwrought-colore
too highly. The sinking of the gun
boat, the scene upon the river bank
and many Of the circumstances con
, nected with il, are hardly supposablC
u Again, the interview with, and III
+ %"little spree Of Lincoln Is a it'll
unreasonable. He could have game
n the same information in a more nat
ural, reasonable manner. At lcas
such are our views of the work. The
" may be erroneous, and we leav
le Others TO indulge their own opinions
% as We do ours. One thing is certain
n Such a work Is a credit to any be
= ginner in the world Of book-makins
e and Captain c. a credit to any con
munity, as a young author Of NOR
= than ordinary promise.
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