Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-12

swered my inquiries. he said he can
| from ''OveT beyant,n and seemed su
/ prised when ! ssked, "Where is that
/ "Oh," he said, 81 was fetched up at th
| POST thought he had possibly bee
I tied out and reared like wild colt.
ascertained the facts at last, as abov
stated-that he came from Arkanss
Post, the central seat of the ancieI
French empire in Arkansas. LeCroi
told me OF his crop, Of the Tuinou
drought, and OF coming hard times; an
then he said he Was musician; ths
there were rival singing schools in th
neighborhoOd. Ole Of the teachers
Lse'roix said, sang "by round notes
and the other by the squar
and the triangle and circle.n ] wa
again puzzled. have read Of, and nov
and then listened in rapt ecstacy to tn
Mendelssohns-Kirtland, HeTzog, ant
the rest-even lent our ear, in som,
dreamy hour, to the music Of the spheres
but never heard Of music by tht
''square," 'eircle,n or peck. LaCroil
performed this sort Of music, and by
dirt of questioning, learned that thu
notes OF his teacher were square anC
round and rectangular. He said ht
knew their names by their shape, anC
would even then sing me a song, if
had time to stop and listen. asked
him to proceed, stating that L would be
delighted. he dropped bis hoe and
walked to the verge of the river-bank,
perhaps thirty feet higher than the
water-line. On the opposite side there
was broad red and white sandy beach,
half a mile wide, and we were standing
in the center of the arc of a semieircle
described by the river. He howled once,
and was silent. asked what that
meant? He answered that the negroes
would come and JOIN him. They as
cended, glistening, greasy and wet, q
narrow, steep path, and sang on II e side
of that mighty smphitheater; its floor,
the rivers brilliant sun-lit surface; its
walls, the rivers banks, crowned with
venerable cedaIs; its dome, a sky OF
beauty. The song will be remembered
by those readers OF the Appeal who at
tended camp-meetings thirty years ago
negroes caught up the refrain, and
the words
II is the old ship of Zion, hallelUjah,
swept up and down the river, and the
melody waited by the soft,
damp breathings Of the sultry summer
~ Ill - Sr-oS+ 7,aas 90, tho =,
49, ~ cd tba sonnJs oona bsct en- 10 ne
snftor,od - - A., 1,aIo+rod IN -e,,arSarotions
e. ror,ro,oaJ tiIi oartb or ri,,or
forest resounded with a world of won
drous melody. Itwas. strange and wild,
and there was a grandeur and beauty in
it that overmastered me. The illiterate
,.I.-
petis tones. and each naked. black. oiIv
negro, his eyes cleaning and every
of his neck and throat swollen
to bursting, with a fullness of tone and
softuess and sweetness of modulation
that would make angels bend down and
listen, sang ike a god. When the SONG
was ended, IseCroix, with simple earn
estness, asked me. WASN'T sit good?"
aud he and the blacks rested beneath
the shadows of a great cedar. when |
rode away thoroughly grateful. as | as.
sured I.eCroix, for the exquisite delight
given by this most wonderful concert of
modern times. Unlettered as the Ar.
kansian Frenehman may be, he surely
retains the taste in music and politepess
of his fathers, and everywhere the
world over, in African wilds OF bathing
in the tepii streams Of the tropics, the
negro's voice catches The s0ftness of the
air he breathes, the liquid cadences of
the birds he hears, and the sweet ac-
cents of flowers whose OdoTs he inhales.
RABBIT HUNTING.
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t,.,,,ai;,,,, Lii, mo VestaTJa,, ar, 60
,',.,I Is,,,, ,,,r,st ,,1,s s,,d y,a,,t
- -, an ,io{ns hatv,,oo,, ~.
= - - Poris Tbasa ouIo,ra bbits o.o
as faro,s - co tbe i.rgesf terrieTs and yer,,
aoaf Tboy % nm al sI sI9Soyson the onen ,,Iainy
,,aI,ar saoiyine, ref,,c: in faocaJ encIos'
1ras or In The Woods Grevhounds
aIona arc fIaat enouTh To canfnTe thon
Hnntsnen ride abreast two or three
I1unJrad yJards anart snd when rahbit
is frigbtsnad n dashes away ON q
stroig6t Iire doos Ind man i'm hot mr.
snit When ths svift dogs draw varv
I,aar tl,o robbit its Ionc eers living AZ
-, &c r,ocLS tnrns s,,ddaniy 70 ~
ri.ht or Iofi and iba hnTrviIg orev1
l o,I,IS r.sS 70, bovond tba nnin3 of r.
Darture. The slowest dogs and horses
are first to tack about, and are now
foremost in the chase. The pursuit
with varying fortunes OF men, horses
and dogs, is often continued several
miles, but the rabbit grows weary at
asst and rarely escapes. Along the verge
IF each gully, now and then recurring
IN the plains. weeds grow. defining the
course Of fhe drain. Texans accustomed
q this snort, know when to lessen the
need of their coursers. and avoid these
fencbes. But raw 1ennesseans. boast
ul of their skill In hOrsemausbip. and
.aper to lead the wav. went beadlonp
nfo a deem ditch. and only emerged to
lear the iaUphter of the Texans. who
hanged their course. crossed the ravine
Il another point. and captured the rab-
III while Homes and Nelson were purs,I-
no their Monies. that escapel when the
iders fell. Homes said il was the first
ime. in apy contest, that be ever 'twent
o grass The sport is most delightful
md exciting, and It is only to be regret
ed that with the rapid incursion of pop
llation mule rabbits will be extermi-
lsted, and race-courses for grayhounds
TENNEssEANs IN TEXAS.