The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-13

II,
Above the dcathleSs dead
And you may read upon tho spot
''Forgct- -me-not-Forgct- mo not "
ask no morc--unslrung ani broken
My feeble lyre-l crave
OF tender grief this one sweet token,
That on my l0wly grave
Those lovely owrcts may appear,
PLANTED by those who loved me here.
TUE GUEST OF TIE HEART.
Soft falls through the gathering twilight,
rho rain from the dripping caves,
And stirs with t"cmulouS rustic
The dead and the lying leaves:
Whi'c alnr in the mids, Of the shadows.
hear The sweet voice; of bells
Come borne on the wind Of the autumn
That iitIul>y rises aud swclls.
They call aud they answer cacl, other
Thcy answer aud minrlc again
as the deep and III" Slriil in M anthem
Make harmony still in their strain:
As the voices OF ScntinclS minglc
IN the mountainous regions Of snow,
Iill from hilltop to hill. l.tup Il chorus
Floats down to the valleys rclow,
The shadow, the fire light Of even.
Che sound Of the rain distant chime
Como bringing with rain softly dropping,
Sweet 'hroughts Of shu1owy limc;
The s!umhcrous sense [ scclusion,
From storm and in,rudcrs aloor,
we tccl when We near in the midnight
The pattcr of rain en- The roof.
When the spirit goes forth in it3 ycarning
!" take all its wanderers home;
Wv, aitcr IN the regions of fancy,
Delights on swift pinions 10 roam,
tIuictly sit hy the fire light
Ihc ilrc-lghl 80 bright and so wa,m
For know that those only who love NC
VIII sec mo through shadow and storm
Eat should they lie absent this evening,
should even the household depart
Deserted, should not be lonely;
There still w0wla guests m my heart
! he faces Of friends that | cherish,
The smile, and the glance, and the tone,
VIII haunt me whenever wander,
And thus ! am never alone.
With those who have left far behind them
hc.iryS and sorrows Of time
Who sing the sweet songs ol the angels
In n pnrrr and holiHr cline!
Thrn larhly, o evening of autumn,
"ur rain and your shadows may fall;
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My heart holds feast with them all.
'Ss4*'-S,fai,w's;':s-s 'f,su
EFrom Richmond Enquirer and Examiner !
y Letter from B j. Barb III, Esq,
BAnHouRsvlIiE, April G%lh, 1868.
When the card from your unknown
correspondent, ".\lbomarlc," first ap-
pcarcd, asking Inc to define my roliti
cal position, | passed it to the credit
OF u too Jealous fricnlship--conclul-
'nG that, Smy opinions were so we'll
known within the Immediate circle Of
my friends, aud in all probability
were so little canya$3cd or considered
beyond 1t, there was no pressing ne.
rc><ity for ohtruding thcm on the
public. Since then, however, | have
noticed the mention Of my name in
connection with the first onicc in the
state, and fearing that my silence
may DO misapprchcndcd, and CON
Strncd into an acquicsccncc in this
suggestion, have determined to avail
hySnlt Of your courjcSy.,and kindness
$50 dclicatcly proncrcdj to make the
following statement.
L is well known to allwho take any
interest in my opinions that it was nv
fortune to diher seriously with nv
southern brethren OH the subject Of Sc
ccsslon. From the first, rather by y
dread instinct than through any politi-
cal sagacity, [ regarded the move.
mont as suicidal and further more.
believed then, as now, that tho cause
OF constitutional liberty, of civilization
itself, was bound up in the proscrya-
unh OF the Union. Thus believing, I
felt myself at liberty, conscicnciously
to declare, that from my stanl-poini,
and under what | regarded asa l2ri,i-
mate construction, | was able to take
me oa'll necessary to admit mo TO
seat in tho Federal Congress, to which
| had been elected by my fcllow-citi
zcns OF tn" seventh district Of yir-
&in'a. lg!adly avail myself of this
opportunity to say that desired to
make no separate terms to myself, and
,hat my whole energy would have
neHn devoted to the repeal of that
oo'n' ana OF oEery unjust restriction
upon the southern people. allowed
myself to hope that the marnanimi,v
ana lioerality displayed by the two
great northern Generals would Lc,
warmly seconded BY Congress and the
neopic, aud that tho two sections soc.
Hons then no longcr), saddcncd and
Sooored by terrible war, would
come together in peace and harmony
that thcirscraration and alienation
would be regarded as temporary mad.
ness--and that, like our giant NIissis.
sippi, divided for time by somc on
vious island, the two currents wonll
speedily unite again, and flow on in
mingled might and majesty forever