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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
ABEAUTIFUL EXTRACT,

The velvet, moss grows on sterile
focks; the misletoe 1lourishes ON the
naked branches; the ivy clings TO the
mouldering ruins, the pine and cedar
remain fresh and fadeless amid the des-
olation of the preceding year-and, hea-
ven be praised, something green and
beautiful to see and grateful to the soul
will In che. darkest hotir of fate still
twi1ie it's tendrils around the crumbling
affairs and broken arches ofthe desolate
temple of the human heart.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
CORN sHUCKING IN OLD VIRGINIA.

Our farmers are rapidly closing their
field labors for the current ;year. A
system which was much in vogue in this
section many years ago, has been adop-
ted to great extent this fall in shuck-
ing corn. All the corn is pulled offand
deposited in the barn yard in a circle,
leaving an open space in the centre
A lamb, a pig, and other provisions are
abundantly provided, and double por-
ton of hard cider and whiskey, is sup
piled. About daylight down, few
specially invited negroes, mount the
corn pile with horns, trumpets and i'm
provised songs, and begin to blow, beat
and sing "corn songs" with most Stem
torean power. In few minutes a res
ponse is given two or three miles off in
one direction, then in another, and so
TN; till tile response and echoes resound
from every point of the compass. The
circle perceptibly diminishes every
minute, and in less than an hour from
fifty to one hundred are gatheredaround
the corn pile, shucking, dancing, wrest-
ling, boxing, shouting, whooping and
singing in one grand chorus, that fills
all the surrounding country with its
echoes. 1t is often the case that these
echoes are caught ur and transmitted
from one to another till persons are
brought in for ten mile. From fifty to
two hundred barrels of corn are often
shucked in this manner in one night.
The person leading the singing gem
orally stands upon the ''pile," and sings
the whole tert himself, while the others
engaged in shucking, only join in the
responses and chorus, which resound
and re-echo for miles around, After
the shucking is completed, all who are
not too far gone repair to the table and
partake ofsupper, amid great jocularity
which being done, they disperse.
AS an illustration of the compositions
of our sable musical savans, 1 give the
following specimen
"Oh boys what the natter
Hollow-ha hollow-ha !
This old corn pile we will scatter,
Hollow-ha hollow-hat I
Liquor plenty sure as you borns
Hollow-ha hollow-ha !
Gwine to shuck old masters corn,
Hollow-ha hollow-ha!
Hollow-ha hollow-ha
Fetch along another dram,
o ha hollow-ha." :"
HANOVER.
HANOVER Co., VA, Nov. q.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
[FRoM THE NEW YORK CITIZEN ]
sT0NEwALLta aKrRsON.
BY DISTINGUISHED 6Fficfn OF THE UNI
TED STATES NAVY.

TED STATES NAVY.
He sleeps all quietly and cold,
Beneath the soil that gave him birth;
Then Break his Battle brand in twain,
And lay 1t with him In the earth!
No more at midnight shall he urge
His toilsome march among the pines;
Nor hear upon the morning air
The war-shout of his charging lines.
old is the eye whose meteor-gleams
Flashed hope on all within its light;
And still the voice that, trunpet-toned,
Rang through the serried ranks of fight
No more for him shall cannon park.
Or tents CLEAN white upon the plain;
And where his camp fires blazed Of yore,
Brown reapers laugh amid the grain!
No more above this narrow bed
Shall sound the tread of marching feet,
The rifle volley, and the clash
OF sabres, when the foemen meet.
And though thu winds of aurumn rave,
And winter SHOWS fall thick and deep
Above his breast they cannot move
The quiet of his dreamless sleep.
We may not raise a marble shaft
Above the heart that now is dust;
But nature, like mother fond,
Will ne'er forget her sacred trust,
Young April DER his lowly mound,
Shall shake the violets from her hair;
And glorious June, with fervid kiss,
Shall bid the roses blossom there.
And round about the droning bee,
With drowsy hum shall come and go;
While west winds, all the live long day,
Shall murmur dirgss soft and low.
The warrior's stormy fate is o'er,
The midnight gloom hath passed away;
And, like glory from the East,
Breaks the first light of Freedoms day!
And white-winged Peace, o'er all the land
Broods like dove upon her nest;
While iron war with slaughter gorged
At length hath laid him down to rest.
And where we won our onward way
With fire and steel-through yonder wood
The black-bird whistles, and the quail
Gives answer to her timid brood.
Yet oft in dreams his fierce brigade
Shall see the form they followed far.
Still leading in the furthest van
A landmark in the clouds of war;
And oft when white-haired grandsires tell
Ofbloody struggles past and gone,
The children at their knees will hear
How Jackson led his columns on!
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
HIS HEADQUARTERs.

In visiting the headquarters of the
Confederate Generals, but particularly
those of G sneral Lee, any one occus-
toned to see European armies in the
field cannot fail to be struck with the
great abseiice or all the pomp and cir
cdrnstances of war in and afdiind their
encampments. Lees headquarters con-
sisted of about seven or eight pole
tents, pitched with their backs to a
stake fence, upon piece of ground so
rocky thatit was unpleasant to ride ov-
er it; its only recommendation being a
little stream Of good water which flow-
ed by the Generals tent. In front of
the tents were some three or four wa
gons drawn up without any regularity,
and number of horses roaming loose
about the field. The servants, who
were of course slaves, and the mounted
soldiers, called ''cour.efs,n who always
accompany each General of Division in
the field, were unproYided with tents,
and slept in or under the wagons. Wa
gons, tents, and some of the horses
were marked US. showing that part of
that fftige debt In the North has gone to
furnishing even the Confederate Gen.
erals with camp equipments. oguard
or sentries were to be seen In the vi
entity no crowd IF aids-de-camp lott
effTS shout, making themselves agree
able so visitors, sfid endeavoring to save
theit Generals from receiving those whe
have no particular business. A large
farm h61se stands close by which, in
an5 o5hcr stmy, werld Eaye Been bhe'
GeAetslsi fesidenre pr9 tehnsy but as
~ SSaASSSat% &pe allowed 10 hg taken
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06

of the country. His ordinary dinner
consists of head of cabbage boiled in
salt water, and pone of corn bread
In this connection rather comic story
is told. Having invited number Of
gentlemen to dine with him, General
Lee in fit of extravaganza, ordered a
sumptuous repast of cabbage and mid
ding. The dinner was served, and be-
hold great pile of cabbage and bit of
middling about four inches long and
two inches across. The guests, with
commendable politeness, unanimously
declined middling, and 1t. remained in
the dish untouched. Next day Gen'l Lee
remembering the delicate tit bit which
had been so providentially preserved,
ordered his servant to bring ''that mid
ding" The man hcsitated, scratched
his head, and finally owned up. De fac
is, Masse Robert, dat ar middlin' was
borrid middlin'; we all didn't had mar
spec; and done paid it back to de man
whar got it FROM" Gen'lLee heaved
sigh of deepest disappointment, and
pitched into his cabbage.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
NOBLE THOUGHTS.

never found pride in noble nature,
nor humility in an. unworthy mind
Ofafl trees, observe that God-ha chosen
the vine, a lowly plant that creeps up
ON the hopeful wall; of all the beasts,
the soft and patient lamb I; OF all fowls.
the mild and gSileless dove. When
God appeared to Moses, it was not in
the lofty cedar, nor the spreading palm,
but a bush-an humble abject bush-sG55
If he would by these selections check
the conceited arrogance of man. Moth
ing produSeth love like humility ;,noth-
ing hate like pride. 4.a IA
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
HIS SILENCE.


"Here comes man bred in the army.
He had been reared gentleman. He
despised huhibug He loved order, and
everything and everywhere in Ills
place. He told the ladies' at Culpeper
Courthouse, in 1861, who came out to
greet him, to go home.' In Richmond,
they said he had no manners-he attenl
ded to his business and spoke little. :
They sent him to Western Virginia-a
small theatre-when Beauregard was at
Manassas and Johnston at Winchester;
he went, and made no comment. The
campaign failed; they called him Tur-
veydrop; he did not attempt to excuse
himself. Soon we find him in a blaze
of glory, the hero OF the battles around
Richmond. He is still silent. He
marches to Manassas, and achieves
another great victory; not word es-
capes him; He takes Winchester; is
foiled at Sharpsbufg for the want of
men; defeats Burnside at Fredericks-
burg /; Hooker at Chancellorsville but
he breaks not his silence. He has the
terrible trial at Gettysburg. He only
remarked, ut was my fault and then,
in the present year, he has conducted
this greatest of all his campaigns-un-
doubtedly one otthe finestin war. ST.
lent still. When Will he speak? Has
he nothing to say? What does he
think of our affairs? Should he speak,
how the country would hang upon eve
ry word that fell from him !'-Char-
lottcSuile Chronicle. i' i'l.'
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
ANOTHER kcdbbEf!

The same correspondent tells the fol-
towing I'm Gem Lees tent meat is
eaten but Twice week, the General
not allowing it oftener, beceuse he be-
lieyes indulgence in meat to be crimi-
nal inv the present straitened condition
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06

~ Isn't it very affecting to behold
at wedding sorrow stricken air of a
parent as he gives the bride away when
you know tbsFt for the last ten years he
has been trying 10 get her OFF his hands.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06

lDe DO the ladies' like talf or sffefs
men bestg We don't know ss 70 the
latter, but everybody bhews tlas ENsieb
are fond of IIy-pleHs
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
tfs ei.r,gihian.
BY bAGBY 4 sfoFER.

Advertisements for n less time than
tbree months will be charged for at the usu-
hi rates-one dollar per square for the first in
sertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent
Insertion.
Aa The number ofinsertions must be mark
ad on the manuscript OF the advertisement
will be continued until forbid, and charged
Sor accordingly.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06

GEN. LEE AND THE SOUTH cARoLINIAN.
A correspondent of the Eutaw Wing
and Observer writes thus from Freder-
icksburg:
A young, stout, hale, hearty young
man in s. G. regiment, went to Gen.
Lee few days ago, for the purpose of
getting furlough, when the following
amusing incident took place
[Gen. Lee.l Sir, do you know the
position of soldier?
[Soldier.l (Saluting the GeneraD 1
do, sir.
tGen. Lee.l Assume the position OF
a soldier. want to see ifyou can exc
cute two or three orders as give them.
[Soldier.l (Squaring himself, facing
the General, putting his heels together.)
lam in the position OF a soldier now,
sir.
[Gen. Lee.1 Wiewing him closely
and scrutinizing his position) said =
s'About face, forward, march !" (and
never said halt). .,.,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06

gEe Equal RightsIFhs Marriage
ceremony,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
4. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 6, 1867.

with personal property in Lees army,
he is particular in setting good ex-
ample himself. His staff are crowded
together, two or three in tent; none
afe allowed to carry more baggage than
small box each, and his own kit is
but very little larger. Every one who
approaches himdoes sowith marked res
pect; although there Is none Of that bow
ing and flourishing offoraSe Gat5 which
occurs in the presence of Eurpean GEN
erals /; and, while all honor him and
place implicit faith in his courage and
ability, those with whom he is most in
innate feel for him the affection of sons
to father. Old General Scott was
correct in saying that when Lee joined
the Southern cause it was worth as
much as the accession OF 20,00 men to
the "rebels." Since then every injury
that it was possible to inflict the North
erners have heaped upon him.
His house on the Pamunkey river was
burned to the ground and the slaves
carried away-maEy of them by force,
while his residence on the Arlington
heights was not only Quilted of its fur
niture, but even the very relics of Geo.
Washing were stolen from it and para
ded in triumph in the saloons of New
York and Boston. Notwithstanding
all these personal losses, however, when
speaking Of the Yankees, he neither
evinced any bitterness of feeling, nor
gave utterance to single violent ex-
p preston, but alluded to many of his
former friends and companions among
them in the kindest terms. He spoke
as a man proud of the victories won by
his country, and confident of ultimate
success, under the blessing of the AL
mighty, whom he glorified for past sue
cesses. and whose aid he invoked for all
future operations. He regretted that his
limited supply ottents and available ac-
commodation would prevent him from
putting us up, bat he kindly placed at
our disposal horses, or a two-hofsed
wagon, if we preferredit to drive about
in.-Black,oood'S Magazine.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06

A correspondent of trs London Times
says child would instinctively rush
to Gen. Lee in crowd as friend and
protector. so fascinating is the beauty
of his countenance and adds that Gen.
Lee breads a ne vspaper panegyric
worse than he does wound. He says
Lee is hero, but jackson is sal At.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-06
MAKING WINE.

HANOVER Co., VA, Nov. 81.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-05

foreign nations reproach us as a land OF slaves.
The rule Of the slave-lords was over at home.
Our recurring National Anniversary fuds
us, therefore, occupying high vantage ground
Never before did the United States stand SO
high in the respect of all nations. Never was
our influence upon the world in favor OF free
institutions and popular government SO pow
erful as now. Never before was the nation so
well fitted to go forward and, under God, to
achieve a sublime and benefcent destiny. We
have done much in the past, but grander
achievements await us in the future. The United
States is destined to be the leader of the ma
tions in all the great works Of reform. Chris
tian civilization is here to accomplish it's
greatest triumphs, and to bestow its richest
blessings upon man.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-05
Congress and its Mnrk.

CONGRESS takes hold of its work promptly,
and shows a disposition to confne itself en-
tirely to the subject of reconstruction. The
bill already introduced by Senator Wilson
covers the main points upon which the present
law has been practically nullifed by the Presi-
dent. 1t provides in terms for the definite
overthrow of the unconstitutional and usurpa-
tory organizations called State Governments
in the late Rebel States. This we prefer to
simply calling them provisional" govern
ments, and leaving them to be set aside at the
will of the commanding officer. They are in
the way of a genuine reconstruction, and
should be removed. Moreover, we think that
as totally illegal organizations, part of the
unauthorized and unconstitutional work of
Mr.. Johnson, they should be overthrow.
Every day they exist, even though it be as
provisional organizations, compacts and
strengthens them as de facto organizations.
Remove them, and there will then be no op-
portunity for manufacturing bogus Senators to
be sent up to Washington to claim seats. The
very essence of the contest between Congress
and the President has related to these organi-
N"1AOAiSi ohN 90 iOAS 80 NAOy "AO SuNOAOU w
exist they strengthen his position and weaken
that of Congress. They should, therefore, be
at once extinguished. Hence we trust that
the feature of Senator Wilson's bill which
provides in express terms for the termination,
at specified time, of these illegal organiza-
tions, will be preserved in whatever bill may
finally be passed.
The other vital point is in regard to regis
tration. Under Stanbery's Interpretation of
the present law, there is no going behind any
mans oath even though it may be known to
the Register, and to everybody else, that he is
committing the foulest perjury. Such was
not the intention of Congress, and is not a
fair Interpretation of the law but since it is
made, Congress should guard the point with
plain and specific provisions. Certain classes
of those who were prominent participators in
the Rebellion should be excluded from the
work of DEMONSTRATION, and the provisions of the
law should be made sufficiently explicit to
admit of no evasion.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-05
Death of nn Esteemed Citizan.

The Rev. William Mann, DID,, a well-known
and highly respected divine of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, died yesterday, at the resi-
dence of his son, Hon. William B. Manu-, after
a lingering illness, at the good old age Of
eighty-ihree.
The deceased was gentleman of high order
of native ability, which by the careful culture of
very studious and temperate youth, fitted him
at an early period for the instruction of others
and many of our fellow townsmen whose attain
ments have made them eminent, are to-day
gratefully indebted to the deceased for their
early mental training.
Apart from his reputation as matured
scholar, his taste for chaste literature and his
earnest devotion as a servant of God, he pos
sessed those gentle virtues which in old age
soften our veneration into love.
His lips knew no words OF reproach; chari-
table and forgiving to those who erred, he
sought rather TO admonish the delinquent by
the instructive examples of antiquity, with
whom his love of research had made him
familiar, than by words which would cause a
pang of pain or blush to the offender.
of those who follow him to his last resting
place on Monday next there will be many who
in the hour of trial have been comforted by the
wisdom OF his counsel; and many others who
Will gratefully remember his influence upon
their oyhOod.
Nhat a study it would be Tor the philosopher.
to ascertain how much benefit posterity has
derived from Que so good, so learned, and so
pure.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-05

THE ABsBNTEEs. Es.-When the House of Repre-
sentatives met on Wednesday, every member
of the Republican delegation for Pennsylvania
answered to his name. The only Representa-
tives from our State who were not present
were Messrs. Randall Boyer, Getz, Van ArBen,
and Glossbrenner, all of whom are Democrats.
These persistent efforts to prevent the presence
of quorum, and thus delay the reoonstruc-
tion of the South, prove that they know that
Stanbery and Johnson are wilfully misinter
preting the Military bill, and that in their
evasion of the law they have the support of the
Democratic party.
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DIED.

FoULK.--On the ID instant, WyII,IrE IT. rso, ~
stephen .. and Emily FOulk, aged ~ years. y - "
The relatives and friends OF the ianiiy are respect
fully invited 70 attend the funeral from hls
residence, No. l0l5 Brown street. on satnr av feS
noon, the 9Th instant, at 3 O'clock - sS =
1ANN.-on the 4th instant after iineerinr ulness.
age u 80 - -
1he relatives and friends Of the family are respeot
f9y invited 70 attend the funeral, from the residence
of his son. Will am Il. Mann, No 53s NJ Sixth etreet
on Monday morning at 10 O'clock. al
sCOTT-On the 4th Instant. FRANK THORNTON
months. ---T $50, '
The relatives and friends Of the family are Invited
10 70 attend the funeral, from the resi- 1ence OF his
parents No. 1918 s. Tenth street. Saturday after.
rel HILL 3
SlMON.-On the "a Instant, ELIZABETH, widow
age = 80 '0'-~S-' = 80 - = -S -S
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
tay invited 10 attend the funeral from her late resi-
uence, NO. ll42 s. Sixth street, Monday morning
the sth instant, at o'clock.
.,sWOPE.-on the Sd instant GEORGE SwoPE, In
the 18th year OF his age.
% Inc relatives and friends are respectfully invited
70 attend the funeral from his late residences No. 543
NJ sixth street, on Monday afternoon at "a O'Clock.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-05
Juarez an Usurper.

In commenting upon the cruel and barbarous
murder Of Macmillan, by order Of Juarez it
should not be forgotten that Juarez himself, by
the terms of the Mexican Constitution, is no
longer the rightful President-his term Of
Office having long since expired-but is an
usurper. His constitutional successor, Ortega,
was ready to assume the functions of the
Office, but Juarez has kept him virtual
prisoner. This bloody example of Juarez is
quite likely to be followed by the next faction
that shall succeed in obtaining temporary con-
troll of the country.