The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-01
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softablneg skies; Spring. with budding
boughs and-peepfng violets, her dream VI
fowers,a sherSwin lutes, her .re1resn- sli
ing dews5 aud sunshiny clouds-sls with
ms once: again: p p TIie reabreast seeks the
hollysandf the scedarS the wren Shls::nook
beneath the caves; the red birds Haunts
his blazing baaner through brake and
!, ,thiekt,t,: :the knocking bird glites with
-noiiseless wing nse, tissc nlatted ,nazes of
:. the thorn; the IS arrows, themselves IN
visibleziIr, the midst Of groves of almost
fnviisii55le green, weteome with sibilant
whispers the coming OF beautiful Spring.
The-world is growing l0sesable, at last!
Loveahle To-; the eye; can. we say it is al
together sloveable to- the heart? That
whichjis f,lirslns.y please the sense, while
!: its palEf upon the. soul. nven- the sonl
may lie entsanced with Gle music of birds
:. an d; tho breath OF the flowers, but it must
Be as ffeesas the ene∧ as pure as the
other
s. Asfew years; ago Swe could greet the
81 sweet tSsreaiityaot so fair a season, with
rapture, snnen bittered by regrets, un-
elouded with dislpp pointments; but bathed
S i'll the happy light of liberty and hope:
: For4siy or seven years the Springtime
came as eyer, .but-its refreshing airs and
: sweet flowers mingled their fragranceln
vain oEergthe graves of the dead, and no
Iongerinspires with delight the hearts OF
!: the livingain our midst. The chaplets
which sunni ner wove for the brave who fell.
! sbeforethet storm OF. battle, were woven in
vain: The symbols -of glory,the wreaths,
sstfie- -iIDunorteles, that the hand OF beauty
and affection strewed upon, the graves of
: the. heroic, sparkling with tears, were
!. wfoaght'in: vain. '.
I. -. The battle was TO the strong. The con-
stestsis ended. The conquered fought IN
vain: The Spring comes again: to the
conquered, and not all that they have
I. done zto. soothe: :the- hatred Of their foes
have availed. Not all the dignity they
!. maintained in their defeat, their honor Of
:: the pledges they had given, not all the
grandenrlof their nature, combined to IL
elnstrate at first prowcss and at last their
! nobility of soul when acknowledging de-
: feat. Shave won for: them the poor privi-
(: :sllege of welcoming the new Spring with
: crate stIze1ciamation unto God, that He
5 has: atlls sst;s 1T last proclaimed peace and
goo odswiit throughout the land
IL lis mithan enlbittered dread that the
worst has not yet come, that the farmer
cleaVesS the yielding soil, that the mer-
chant tolls wearilJr over his desk, that the
IA ther leads forth his son to learn the les
sons ofexperience, that the mother bends,
lovingly over herJDabe.1 Shall the reward
go into the hand dSof the laborers; shall
thesthat sows reap tile harvest; shall the
: trades7nan hold thatwhieh.he he hath ;shail
S.the father claim the direction of his son;
shall. the mother dreaming there IN the
: midst OF. her end nde.lrments---beholdin her
child Fcars hence % warrior bleeding IN. =. q
hopeless .cause---are questions that yeX the
solitude and point the discourse OF the,
young and old, the pe:rcefaland the proud.
These are but tie natural consequences
-5.of Oft deluded hopes. The Spring has ever
{. been a: season to i,lspire pleasing anticl-
), psstIens. Butsshe has come SO frequently
with her violet,eyes and her enchanting
voice, her fragrant touch, aud her troops
of. elfish birds and fairy music, that the,
!; crushed, deluded; disappointed, desolate
heart is sprone2to 9ooll upon her wlles rs
1 void Soff Gods good cheer, and her bird
songsgaHd the 7breath; OF: her zephyr as the.
ssHoice and the breath ofrr syrens :
5 81 ork and hope are all that we can
::5;d5o. us. not despair: And@while. we:
= work i and hope let US be steadfaatLy true
to ourselves: in principle as well as in. our
: mere temporal responsibility. The Spring
: is ffalIaof d,ssgoud cheer.;;a1d her voice
. s,issliot tie peieeof the syren. The Spring,
the Bgig estsfreeollectionsso eX-
Z : ijsaance; sastf bids us to .iook not mourn
on the spastt, p 3 From the realms OF
e,ttlhes ioomy, deatllliSe Winter sheca1e
s:Dut5of al ltdit(Sness came light. let us
< labor, " ait ndshope- .5s.....s.
The Spring ,issever beautiful to the
brave: though there be buried
:. hopes, and ihate.s.the golden bowl be bro
): kens;D y tfsatzthc earth from which arises
5 the bright embroidered mantle OF the
:Snring contains the cold and clammy
: brow, !the.waying locks, thesfashing eye,
.sthe friendly hand, the graceful form OF.
{. 8 him we loved Of ;lt upon earth the best;
: the Spring is still beautiful Despite the
!. . winters storm, theswars sad desolation,
ss.;5tthe scenes OF. death the recollections Of
sief feats, ,tile realization ofoppression-th
ail we haves sstragss,,le for has been in vain
5 1.-The beautiful Spring wcos us with the
voice of. an aneel.yo labor. wait and hope.
as--P Petersburg Express.
E Thrilling Incident.
- Rev: DR.. Bellows thus rcates,a CONVEX
!: ::sation be recently had. with Gen. .Sher-
:, :, 1nal,slrr ST. Louis:
2 Seen Sherman was in California at the
J, period when all the worth, sense and pa