The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-04-05
"AiI auiei Along the Potomac To-
Mighty

Dallas, Texas, April !, 1874,
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"Aii 0niet Along the P0iomac T0-
Night"
! From the Nashville Union aud Americana
The original OF the following poetic
gem was found In the pocket OF a sol
der of the southern army, who died
~ camp on the Potomac during our
civil war, and was subsequently pub
lished very extensively In the journals
OF both the south and the norlhi
~ quiet along the Potomac" they say,
Except now aud then u stray picket
lSshol rs no walks his beat to and fro,
NY rineninn ND IN tho thicket.'
IT'S nothing private or two, now and then,
.,Will not count In the news Of a battles
MOI m onlcer lost--0nly one ~ the mem
Moaning alone, oil alone the denth rattle,
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
Where the soldier IL peacefully dreaming;
Their tents In the rays Of Tho clear autumn
moon,
Or the light of tho watchnres ARE cleaning
A tromulous sigh ~ the gentle night wind.
Through 'he forest leaves slowly In creep
While the stars up above with their glitter.
Keep ops s""ssrrdi-ior the army is sleeping.
,r,.., ...,.,,, "
Thero'h only the sound oi the lone hentrya
tread,
Az he tramps from the rock TO the fountain,
rh,nking OF lia Two IN We low lrlndle-bed'
his gun nils lack his faoe. d"rit Mnd vrlm.
CLOVIS gently with memories tender,
~ ne mn'ters prayer for the children
For The mother. may Heaven dc,end hor
ih Th moons seems 10 snlnoas brightly a. then
Leapcd up to his iips. and When nu mp,pmured
VOWS
were plengeu, 70 nc ever nnbrokehi
'"'" o S,%" ''s "'' '''0'' ''"s"'S over h''
lie dnshes on tears that are swelling,
Ana gathers M gun ap to lts place,
" y w "'' ''"" WV "'''' '"'''''s'
He passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree,
Ihn iootsiep IL tagging ana weary, ,
y" iiwht. ' Nv ''''' '"''"H'' '''' ''''' '''' VI
Towards the shades of II forest 10 drcary.
harkY was 1t the Wind that rustled the
Was /, the the moonlight so woudrously aasb.
ingG
1t looked NE = riilr -"lia Mary, good-byel
~" WV INV ''o'' II ''"'"s WI" 'P'"'''ns
Allquiet along the Potomac Tonight,
=, ~ sound save me rush OF the river
""'' dS md NUS INV wv" w we i"'' "' 'n'
The pickct's OH duty rorcverl
,m
me autnorshiP OF ihese lines has
lohS oeen Ill uispute, therc being seV-
cru cihiihunts lor lhe hoiior' me
meis.io oi e w now seems TO be
~ '"vpr ol ihnuuens o,iVtr, OF Geor-
Hla, VINO was Killed IN naltie IN 1914;
Jus' ueio,e iIe Wouiu nave ATTAINED the
agoW ohir,I SEVEN SeaIs rev. iugh
~. ',lv9r, nis SON. o. Mnulsoh, Heor-
NV ia," N,'ini " .iie "utnorship lor
ms ialiier III ioIZ, ana pnplished Ger
G G. evidence when ieu non; Alex: II.
'o'vPhui,S 10 uuuress nm .he 'oiio"lfig:
.u uiu nov Know your latner person,
hlly, out my oro,her Lihlon did' ana
ie mas pi'eii spoken 10 me Oh MN IN
.i,e hisliesl terms, anu OF ms ihteilec-
tual powers ana ilterary attainmen's.
III my opinion you nave iully proven
y9ur iallirr authorshlP 10 the poem,
"nich VIII llve forever.
nlr' ViiVer now pupl'snes IN the Sa-
, nal'''ah NeWs, unuer aate OF January
-o,i,, a,iooller iel.er Wnicli supplies I'M
portanI evidence IN ms iaVor. The
lirSt IL rom Coiohel Johh y. Ashton,
OF Waynesoor0, Georgia, written under
aale OF the ~ W. lie states That he
snew lhauueus oliVer wen; mat they
htst met at the STATE convention held
az MllleugeViiie, III lSoo, ana were AZ
le .,' V1i,, .oge'ner IN the army OF north
erh virginia; that their regiment was
statlohed at Centerviile,, nom whence
Getaclmehts were weekly sent out on
uistnht Pickels, almost withln oowshot
OF lhe iolomac, along whose line the
ZONES OF many gallant southron rests.
Colonei Ashton details an incident
when occurred shortly after their re-
turn nom talls church, near Alexan-
URN, 10 CehlerVilie, as follows:
lone evening while in conversation
WIN your lather on law and literary
suolects, proposed to read him some
lines nau written ana published TO
w lisohs new YORK Iouaves.' After l
hau hhlshed he appeared absorbed for
moment, then said: We'll, / have
Just written some lines myself. which
l snail not publish, but If you Will
promise me secrecy, l Will read them
70 YOU 1 promised, and for the first
time III my me, heard All Quiet along
~ I.N al.