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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-07-26

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non y - -h''''' & y > '''S A'i'' = :
can minister to Sweden, write to
the Prl<s Of st. Paul concerning di-
zoe, shin c,n,ounico ION haf,yoan
-,
cue -N"iO" y eN' anu E'''oPe' i''
says that the W ei'and and 81. law
renee canals which have hitherto
been able to admit ONLY vessels og
300 ions are 70 b. ready ere rono
fo,, III. ,as.aaa of vas.aIs If. 2g4
t.ns hnrdou tba oDIaryamopf baipos
aIreqdv nnIar contract He rban
o,n:..o
oNhat T have seen Of tho snIon-
did Swedish canals, navigated by
fast propellers, has given me high
eA APecIauonS as TO lne '"t''rt ~, "i e't
:, ,,'', NAV. :, ha ,' Ion1 ,in,n hsfora sn7b
works can be built, vet | think It
would be advisable Tor our state
soon 70 cause surveys 70 oe ni3de
he pracfirabiliIy IF nroneIIcr nayi-
cation by canal and river from the
foot OF st. Anthony Fails to Lake
,S"P - ''o'' !" ,9''''"S In ,''''' . e''e
with the State Of Wisconsin. OF sim
iIa,. .S1I,.,-avs hatv-atn the ,yqtars of
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HIRkM HAYES,
/ an q a gen t ,
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN,,
THE WHEAT FIELD OF AMERICA.

Healthfu9 Climate, Free Homes, Good Markets,
TIE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD ofors for
ale its LANDS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA,
embracing: l. The best Wheat Land; ? Excellent
Timber for the MIL the Farm aud the Fire; 3. Rich
Prairie Pas)uTage and Natural Meadow, watered by
clear Lakes and running str"ams-n healthful cIi>
mate, where Fever snd Ague Is unGnown.
GRAIS can be shipped hence by take to market as
cHeaply q, from Eastern Iowa or Central Illinois.
Cars now run through these Lands ON LaLe Suneri
OF 10 Dakota. Price Of land close TO track S40O to
$500 per acre; further away $3.50 10 s4O0; SEVEN
YEARS CREDIT; Warraatee Deeds, Northern Pacific
80 BoSBs. now selling at par received for land at
$40. No o.her uuoccupied lands present such ad,
vJnt1ges 10 settlers.
SOLDIERS under the New Law March 1879 get
1G0 acres FREE, near the railroad by one two years
residence.
TRANSPORT zTI0N AT REDUCED RATES fur,
nfshe from all pnocipa points east TO purchasers Of
railroad auds, and 10 settlers on Government Homes
stesds Purchasers their wives and children CARRIED
FREE over the Northern Pacific road. Now is the
time foa Settlers and Colonies to get Railroad Land
and Gorernmeu. Homestesds close to the track.
send for PAmpHLEr containing full information map
sld copy Of New Homestee5 I-sw. Address,
LAND DEPARTMENT NORTHERN PACIFIC r. R.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,
or % FIFTH AVE. NEW YORE.
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EXTENSION or THE NORTHERN
Pa CTFTC r. X. TNTO ,STPFPIOP


EXTENSION or THE NORTHERN
PA CIFIC r. Il INTO SUPERIOR.
Inasmuch as many inquiries are
made relative TO the arrangement
lately concluded between the Supe-
rior & St. Croix r. r. Company
and the Northern Pacific Company,
it is proper to state that the agree
ment of June 9th nit. provides that
right Of way, wharf frontage and de
pot grounds, shall be furnished to
the Northern Pacific free of cost:
ia other words, the town of Superi-
or agrees to supply the requisite
grounds at its own expense. SO
soon as the deeds are delivered, the
n. =. r. r. will commence and con
struct the railroad bridge from
Rice's Point to Conner's Point in
Wisconsin, and the road thence
along the Bay of Superior to Ne
madH river, ali to be finished with
in eight months.
Much Of this distance lies in the
water, and involves costly bridging
and piling for track, the drawings
and specifications Of which have
been prepared, and proposals for
the great bridge over the st. Louis
river are about to be issued.
Walbridge, Bro. & Sargent hav-
ING assigned the komoko Contract
to the Northern Pacific, the latter
Company assumes the construction
Of that road (from Superior west
234 miles to the n. p. Junction.
within eighteen months; otherwise
incurs the forfeiture Of the important
subsidy to the road, offered in bonds
by Douglas County.
Right of way along Superior Bay
for the most part has been obtain
al and rrocnod;,os :, c.nda,on da-
,ot o,onrds .o,nmo.c.d
~. ro,l. IN 10 l........,.a.
dor the cb,rtor IF ,bo S,nori.r E
:, o.; p > co,,,..,, ;,,..,,..,o,.
.t.d IN no S,a,, - Il-;s,o,. in. L,,,
the ma;o,;,v Of whose d;roctors !
comnosnl 81 n,.,,hars from the Nor-
the,,, Pacific Brarf
TIE present organization Of the
G $, Croix 90 i. Fradcri.L
pirI,na. p.o.,l.n+. Tl,.... y
C,nfoId yico pr,y;I.,,t. II H.
S.cratary o,d rro,,n...... L7,.o.,,,,,.
r,o,n;ttoo Coon, - r. ~.
II - - =, "
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NOTES CURRENT

\ cheeky \. Y. LAWYER tries
boarding the BRUSH lion in his
Manitoba den Cholera depopu-
lating Mt. Vernon, Ind. Seven
Louisville Germans poisoned by
smoked herring - Officer Lexing-
ton Ky. Insane asylum no1phined
----otephen Chase saved Gr Zap
" Ind. X. X. train BY choFpmg log
OH irack----APacheS dong the sur
render dodge again----First stake
Canadian Pacific survey driven at
Victoria, Friday, July l0th----Ry-
lands u. i. refuses house for Brit
IS legation, Washington Oscar
and SOPHIA crowned King and
Queen Of Norway at Drontheim-
Itlche~l gold niue oi lhe globe dis
covered' near Buenos Aytes---
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hon----Don Carlos in Spain---M.
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Cu,h. Davis nomination contested
Gar,nao ,,.oi.o,., .o..,or Erio
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channel, Detroit riNer----S Specula-
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I .
THE PHILADELPUIANS
are Justly proud of the undertaking
and say that they can afford to be
laughed at by New Workers be-
cause of their pride. They point
with derision at magnificent Goth
am 5 miles Of rotten docks, and not
a single vessel floating the Ameri-
can flag. Even now dock property
along the Delaware front is 50
scarce that it cannot be leased for
love or money, and vessels are com
PEELED TO discharge their car@oeS up
rs far as kensington. The dock
rates are trebled from last year and
the year previous, and old shippin .
merchants say that they have never
seen 50 much activity displayed in
commercial circles as now. This
they attribute to
THE IMMENSE TRADE
that has sprung up within the past
eight months between Philadelphia
and Liverpool and Antwerp. The
Antwerp line is run wholly by Phil
adelphians, who own five splendid
iron steamers, which they purcha>-
cd in England, and consequently are
registered under Il foreign fac. Pc
ter Wright q Sons are foremost in
this line, and have recently added
two steamers, the AbbotstorI and
Wentworth, to ply between this port
and Liverpool. The former sailed
on her second trip last week. They
own 100 acres of land at the mouth
OF The Schuyiki!I River, and are now
erecting three
ENORMOUS DOCKS
Of l 900 feet in length aJ that point.
Their wharf i connected by rail
road, and passengers and freight are
sent to Chicago, ST Louis and other
points without change. Another
freight line owned by VIM. Brock
ey & Son is now forming. and other
steamers will he owned by Amerl-
cans, commanded by Americans,
and viii ply regularly between the
Quaker City and Liverpool. Taken
altogether the outlool, Tor Ph'iadeI-
phia is encouraging, and what is OF
still greater import, the commercial
men are al plucky, and have deter
mined that in the future Britannia
shall not rule the waves as during
the past ten years The question
now is. "N hal are YOU going to do
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II. Y. PooB's RGs%ood 1NQHual
for 1881 sums up progress as fol-
lows:
On tbe st Of January, 1873, a
total of G9,lI2 miles OF railroad had
been constructed in the United
States; 6,427 miles ofralIroad were
completed last year, a reduction Of.
I.352 miles rs compared with 1871,
and an increase OF 9O2 miles as com
pared with 1870. The total cost Of
The railroads, The operations OF which
are given for the past year, Is So
I59,42a, ,o57, made up of 81 641, ,844,-
Il3 of capital stock, and @l,5ll,-
57s.944 OF various forms OF iudebt-
cdneSs. TIE cost OF. these roads
was S55,ll6 per mile. The gross
earnings of the year amounted to
S443.Z4l, ,o55, of winch 1872, 800, go,
Or % per cent, were received for
the transportation OF passengers,
and s340,93l,765, or - per cent,
for the transportation OF freight.
The receipts per mile were $8,z56.
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PHILADELPHIA PADDLE. WHEELS.
The following from the New
York Heraldin reference to the new
steamers, and ,aSt growing Europe
an trade of the new Philadelphia
Steamship Company, we commend
to The old fogy Commercial 4dcer-
tiser of New York, which once de
rided Us for suggesting such facts as
even possible. Will the Commer-
ciol please read the closing ques-
ton and statement over several
times, remembering ii is now the \.
Y Herald and not the Superior
that asks and talks:
The Ohio is nearly completed and
will go on her trial trip next week.
The Indiana and Illinois, OF the
same line, are rapidly approaching
completion. and 1t 5 confidently eX-
pected that by falI all of these mag
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Paramount Park; William II. Scott,
/ Colonel Messy, William Harding.
Of the IuGuirer, \. Warden, the
noted Chestnut street jewe Ter; John
Rice, Captain Rice and others. 4
carriage drew up in front Of the gang
plank, and
] THE CHIEF OF THE EXPEDITION
arrived. Colonel Scott thereafter
was the lion. He gracefully handed
over ms wife to "a gentleman and
then began a hand shaking that
would have astonished Ulysses in
his most popular days. The veteran
railroad monarch received the con
gratulations Of his numerous admir-
ers with a much Stohd indifference
rs Captain Jack would that Of Il
Peace Commissioner. His broad
Pennsylvania face would at times be
Illuminated with q smile rs some Of
his more intimate acquuintances ap-
preached him.. but as i general thing
ne was inclined to be reserved. He
wore dark blue suit thal MS -cons
slderably the worse for wear, which
was partially concealed by 4 long
linen dusler. His massive brow was
eucircIrd by Iarge-brimmed straw
hat, and his whole tout etseu5ble
would remind one OF Il solid Old
Keystone State farmer. Ii is only
when he speaks jhat the impression
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boards OF Trade OF The West IN
States to aid it rs soon rs practical
ble, as il is practically Of more ben,
eft to us than 10 Canada. Mr.. Cap
rcol's letter to Mr.. LessIie under
date Of jane 18th, quoted by Minis
ter Andrews, says:
"AIl now depend~ upon the Wes-
tern States, 10 assist in the con
struction Of the Huron & Ontario
Ship Canal by the Western States
interested giving (under such reor-
ganizatjon As may be necessary 4
bonus Of $4,000, 600 70 the c0mpa-
ny, incorporated with great priyi-
Iegrs, which would enable Us to oct
a special grant Of 10p00,O0O acres
Of land from our government ]
have always stated the pressure
must come from The Western States
who are much interested
There was 10 be I ->esat conven-
tion Of the Western States some
time this month, to be held at Chi
ca@o OF somewhere fitted for such a
meeting on such an important sub
iect, when the matter was TO be fHl-
ly discussed, | have not heard
whal progress has been made Coy
ernor Carpenter, of Iowa, was to
correspond with the different Gov
ernors 10 make the necessary ar
raugementS, by a resolution at the
Des MONIES convention, at which |
was present, last January, and there
exhibited maps, plans, survey, and
"a most vo}uminouS report. Ii is
obvious 10 me that JhiS canal for
ships and propcllyrs Of 400 tons,
would be a saving Of seven cents a
buShel on wheat from the upper
lakes to Europe by cutting off thc
circuitous route Of Lake Eric, rs
will he seen by the map, Jhe saving
10 Europe is 500 miles and cutting
of Lake Erie 400 miles, thal is Que
bee is nearer Europe thn n Y,
but what is for New York, would
branch off III Oswego, and for Bos-
ton at oGdenNDtrS, see 'hal Con
. ,',,o l,,i,,,G,' 3,r;3 ',I,,';,'' I ,,l'
10 visif INNS 81. rI,. ~ta1r, and C.,n2
ada, to take evidence and gather
statistics. ! rust jhcy will come o
Toronto when ! shall be happy, per
Sonllly TO Gi \p them amy iDtnrutl-
ton | believe S.na.or Window f,
Senator for Minnesota. am as
confident of success. if the Western
States Sf0,,I i'm U,e. ~ was Of tLc
ca,,.,,in,, ON, - tba NJ rthorn Rail
way under the nrest difficulties |
bad to encounter inthoSe early d9ys.
C,,:.,.,... ,r.'1,--
49, - ''''' - : ''''7'',,'
"a, given below, shows that Mr.
Capreol is IN business earnest, hav-
iDu already arrived ,64re on the mis-
.i-, r. o,',I...,;..,. n,,Ir,,. ;n,.r.s, :,
P,o
the great PROJECT under ms charge
II is earnestly t. be hoped that he
will be met with = Drompf and bb-
. 90 - P'' - '"S way y, o'''.>
s''S', ''''''s y '''''' ~ ''''S' anu
49, = 'o'",S = -''' '''''''S W '''' q
''0'' '0 " r
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the Legislature will not give it to
Its proper owners and purpose, we
ardently hope that Congress will
Kill 1t dead as a door nail. The tel
egram before referred to, reads:
Madison, Wis, July ia cor
respondence has taken place be-
tween Hon. John w. Carey, Presi-
dent of the Wisconsin Railroad
Company, and Gov. Washburn,
which precludes any idea of agree
ment between the Company and the
State by which the latter can ac-
qnlre an interest III the land grant,
or build the st. CroiX and Superior
or other roads. Mr.. Carey asks of
the State a guaranteed title, and on
that condition offers = general bond
to the amount of three hundred thou
sand dollars as security for building
the road. The Governor shows a dis
position to make the bond a. easy
and the terms as liberal as consist
ent with public interest, but says the
State at present can only give quit
claim title, that such bond as MIR.
Carey proposes, he is advised bv
some Of the best lawyers in the
Stale would be yaIueIess, and he adj
heres TO the demand for some penal
sum per mlie Tor iallure to bmld ac-
coF"il!@ 10 IA" ana bona OF -, 900
PEI iiIIe oei'l9 canned py VT. "a
'e9 - -" excessive Ihe ToNefnor
requests l4em TO name. reasonable
amount; 10 tn'> VII. tafey res
P'h1N oy oecIl'llI'- 70 give such
""''" io' any sum "hlIeFef, Whlch
exposes me "l'"le sC'elne |" GET
'"''' - = '''''''' anu ''''''' ne 'o"''
"iie" ana Is soon as collFeh'eiit.
,,,,.co,-c1,- - n---,-r
w ~ ~, ', N - - = . Il 100
II = =. = . - - H.
"'.>"". '"'s = '''s ~ o.''"' ' :
superior WIN SIX cars PfehNei; a
total weight Of 200 tons. crossed the
now iron hridra ovo, Whit ri,.o,.
=
Nv 'o''eS SouI'' OF -ASi'I'ild on 'he
Wisconsin Central Railway. The
track since has been laid south of
Whit river >, d,o rofo ofa milo >
""I' feac'''''9 tie Ni"'en9" fourteen
miles from Ashland, last Saturday.
The track will be laid as far as Sill
yer creek. a point somewhat over
ton miles north Of porol,o Cam h,
~, 7
'he close oI next week ne lolio"-
ing items from the Ashland Press
of thn 10Th. describe the bjo bridrp
'''e ny" N.''''"''' '''' '''0 'e'e@' "P''
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AFTER THE TEMPBsT GOsIETH THE
~ CALM ~ - - -. -


BY ANNIE CABLE WILSON.
lovingly Written in Memory Of my Sister, Aotti
Cable Roberts.
To hearts still ouivering from this thrust
of vengeful sorrows keen-edged blade,
That grave appeared gaping wound
In Eatth's warm bosom freshly made,
That closed upon our treasured one
Closed but to leave cureless scar
A barren, rugged, new made mound,
Fair Natures loneliness to mar.
But kindly from our weeping eyes
Twas wrapped in Winters sheltering arms,
In coverings soft, of ice-gemm'd snow,
,Iifl spring had wrought, with subtle charms,
A broidered pail of fcwer-fecked green;
To spread with tenderest reverence there;
Which Summer bathed with tears OF dew, ~
And dried it with her sunny hair.
An, now we dare to linger there,
Nor fear the grief-flled heart may break
With surges of black, gl0om7 thought,
The terTors of the place awake.
May live the precious by-gone DER,
Made by.her presence sweetly fair,
Nor fear Our deep, fond yearning, mock'd,
May stife reason with despair.
For Time, while breathing DER her grave
This scented bloom and peaceful air,
Hath gently touched our wounded hearts, s
And taken thence, with tenderest care,
The ranking points of anguish shafts,
While Faith poured in the healing balm
OF resignation TO his VIII,
Who gives US, now, this peaceful calm.
Three seasons through, her resting hands
From wearying tasks Rave folded lain;
And dark-fring'd lids, her slumbrous eyes,
Have guarded well from scenes OF pain; "a
No grating sounds, no tales of woe,--s 800 r
Have pierced the spell that seals her ears;
Her brow hath known no anxious cloud, ~
Her lips no signs, her cheeks no tears.
Three seasons through, stirless calm
A deep oft-craved G0d-given rest
Hath stepped the worn world-weary heart,
And brooded DER the troubled breast
Nojoy, while thoughtful Faith pOrtrays
The heavenly bliss 'tis hers to drink,
But, oh, our selfish, human hearts
Are earthly still-we often think.
Three seasons long we've CROPPED through life
Without the sunlight of her smile;
Without the incense OF her love,
To sweeten joy and grief beguile.
Three seasons long, her lips have dropp'd
No precious words of loving cheer,
No bursts of glorious, heav'n taught song,
No gush Of silvery laughter clear.
Her tireless hands have piled no tasks
In loving zest for others veal; s1t5
Her heart hath thrObb'd no warm response
To JOYS or griefs that loved ones feel;
Oh hard the lesson! bitter, strange 1850
Faiths teachings all scarce make it plain,
How our drear loneliness and loss,
Can be to her grlefess gain.
Whose every wish and chiefest joy,
Seem'd giving strength, time. heart and brain
That lives she loved be full and glad
oh mourns she not our loss and pain!
Oh help, thou Godl our unbelief- ---
oh give our hearts the grateful sense,
That crowned in bliss, she only knows
OF earthly friends, we're journeying thence.
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AT MANASSAS.

The Manassas Gdzette's account OF Gen.
Beauregard's visit to Manassas battlefield
says: "The General recalled the anxious
moments he had passed, when the approach
of Early's column first became visible, un-
certain from its direction. 1t was uncer-
tain whether it was friend or foe, how the
colors, almost the same as those CT the Uni
ted Sta.es fsg, hung folded in the still at
mosphere of that sultry day, so that neither
the General nor his staff officers, gazing
through their glasses, could distinguish
them, and to make the doubt greater,
he had just received notice from
his regular officer, Capt. Alexander,
of signal of dust visible in the direction Of
the Bull Run Mountains suggesting that
Patterson might have forced the gaps and
was coming down 10 the battle; how, as be
was about to make arrangements for evil
alternative, should it be such, the colors
were b own out by sudden breeze, and the
stars and bars becams visible, and seeing
then the decisive opportunity, he requested
his staff to give cheer and dispatch them
all along the line to announce the news to
the troops and order a general advance;
now, pressed in front and flank, the Fed
erals, after some resistance, broke, and the
great rout began"
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stock On hand.................

We are indebted to McAlister & Wheless.
Commission merchants, corner Broad and
College streets, for the following cotton
quotations in New York and Liverpool
during the day:
LIvERPooL, Oct. a, 1:00.-Cotton
hardening Middling uplands Cd; middiDg
Orleans Old. Sales to-day $1,000 bales, OF
which 1000 bales are. for export and
speculation.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 4, 1:35.-Cotton--
hardening. Middling uplands9d; middling
Orleans cd. Sales to-day $1,000 bales, of
which 1000 bales ara for export and
speculation. Sales of American $500 bales;
November, basis of good ordinary 95d.
New YORK, Oct. 4, 1O:10.--CottoD-
Ordinary IA Lice; good ordinary 165c;
low .middling 17s6175c;middling 1ssc; do
Alabama 1890; Orlean 1870. Market quiet
New YORK. Oct. 4, 10:30.-Cotton-
Futures quiet and steady; October delivery
17SN17 7-16c; November lite; December
174G17 sc.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 10:55.-Cotton-
Futures quiet and steady. Octobfr delivery
II 7-166ITtc; November 1736l75 l6c;
DecemoeII17!617 slice; Janusry 1850
IL 5-16c. Sales 1900 bales.
NEW DIRK, OcG. f. lz'Uo.--CotOoIl-
Futures duh: October delivery II 7-16c; No
vember II 5-16e; Decemer II 5-16c. Sales
2,T00 bales.
NEW YORK, Oct. q, 12:4O.-Cotton--
ordinary 145c; good ordinary 165c; strict
do; I7s6175c; low middliug 17Bc; Alabama
1Sac; Orleans 195c Sales for consumption
l57 bsles; for speculation 4 bales; last eve
ming for exports 201 bales; for consump-
ton 81 bales.
NEW YORK. Oct. 4, 12:50.-Cotton-
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WHO CAN EXPLAIN p

The creeping" of railroad rails has
attracted some attention, of lste, and whils
we do not attempt TO explain it, we offer a
point on the fact that, on lines running
north and south, the western rail "creeps"
faster than the eastern rail; that is, this
strange movement of the rail toward the
south is more marked in one rail than in
toe other on the same track. Furthermore,
it has been noticed thaE on such line the
cas- tern rail wears out the fastest. Both of
these points, we think, can be explained by
the motion of the earth as it turns from the
west towards the east. Everything that has
free motion is dragged after the whirling
globe; every wind that blows. and every
tide that moves, feels the influence, and
our train going north or south is RULED
over toward the east, and naturally presses
the eastern rail most heavily. The western
rail, being relieved of its share of weight,
"creeps more freely and quickly" It is
also noticed that the wheels that run on the
eastern rail wear out the fastest, and we but
think that this earth molten is the true
cause. The practical side of this is, that the
eastern rail and wheels should be stronger,
Scientific american.
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For the Nashville Union and American.
TWILIGHT MUSINGS.
BY KATE MURRAY

81 NATE AOkhAls
Twas near the pensive close of day
The sun was sinking in the West,
And shadows yelled each cheering ray
That struggled in the gloom to rest:
When twilight dews came gently down,
And bathed in soft and misty light
The towering mountains heavy crown
Which looked the Sentinel of Night
Each emerald blade and sleeping flower
Shed fragrance on the bslmy breeze
That softly stirred in Natures bower,
And made sweet music mid the trees.
The birds had ceased their vesper hymn,
The laughing rills, in liquid lays,
Re-echoed round the forest dim
RepOsing meath the crescent's gaze.
While, bound by memory's power,
gszed upon the tranquil scene,
And dreams of childhoOd's amy hour
Before my visions danced serene;
And fancy wove the mystic chain,
Whose golden links of bOyhOod years
Were dimmed by manhood's saddened train.
OF sinful ais and troubled cares.
Again roved the haunts of yore,
And felt my spirit thrill anew,
As forms beloved appeared, once more,
To fit before my raptured view.
And utter words of peace and love
In touching strains that melt the soul,
Like whispering angels from above
When whelming tides around US roll.
Again turned the garlands light,
Which decked with pride my youthful brow
And thought the victor's path was bright,
AS soldier like l pledged my vow
The rustic cot, with viDe-clad walls,
Now rose to view and seemed more dear
Then glittering thrones and marble halls
OF sceptred king or lordly peer.
1 fam would linger on the past.
And scan the deeds of LIES career,
But twilight shades were gathering fast,
And Nights dark mantle, chill and drear,
Closed DER the scene, and broke the spell,
Which memory walked with fond delight.
The vision fled as "Passing Bell"
Proclaimed the silent reign of Night
NASHVILLE, TENN.