Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-28

Only n privatel One more hero s'ain
on the field. lie silent and chill;
And in tho far South wife prays In
vain;
one clasp Of the haffa-she may ne'er clasp
again;
one kiss from the lips that are stinl
Onlv a privatei There let him sleep;
He will need no tablet nor stone;
For the MOSES aud vines Ger his grave
will creep;
And at night the stars through the CLOUDS
will peep.
And watch him who lies there alone.
only martyr! who fought and who foil;
Unknown an unmarked In the strife.
But still as he lies in his lonely cell,
Angel and seraph the legend shal tell;
Such death is eternal life!
November 70. 1851
TWAS JUST LIKE JIM.
Twas just like Jim, in his school-boy
days.
To protect the lad who threw
The paper-wad at the big blackboard
on the wall, with aim so true;
Twas just like Jim TO say, 1t was J."
And the masters wrath defy;
To shift the blame from weaker lad,
jim faltered not at a lie.
Twas Just like Jim. when. In 81.
There came the appeal 70 arms,
And the pleading voice OF Peace was
hushed
BY War and his rude alarms
Twas Just Ike Jim 10 march away
Tap Of drum and music gay
Looking so handsome, 50 brave, and
true,
= - -. 90 to.,oar,,p o,rav
Twas just like jim. that April day
When the broken and sullen lines Of gray
Turned anon. like a stag az bay,
Rallied and fought. then filed away;
Twas just like jim, / say;
To be the last
on guard at the bridge, where his-com-
rades passed;
Firm and motionless. gaunt and grim;
no surrender for me-" said jim.
Alone he stood. close by the bridge,
When sheridans troops rode over the
bridge;
A Yankee shout" a Rebel yeiP-
Three troopers from their saddles fell;
Fewer the living moments grew
For jim. but his aim was never more
true;
And when the foe the bridge had gained,
Not a ball in his cartriige-box remained;
But never a sabre that squadron drew
They rode him down. those lines OF blue
At Appomattox they called the roll.
But Jim answered not. His Maynard soul
Had gone to God; to be judged by Him;
No surrender. All that was like Jiml
'The day before the surrender OF Lee.
A CONFEDERATE NOTE.
The following lines were written on the
back OF Confederate Sl0-bill BY a sol
der:
Representing nothing on Gods earth now.
And naught in Tie waters below IL,
As the pledge Of nation that's dead and
Keep it. dear friends. and show it.
Show IT to those who will lend an ear
To the tale that this trip can tell
OF liberty born OF a patriots dream,
or storm-cradle nation that well.
Too poor to possess the precious ores,
And too much OF a stranger to borrow.
We issued to-day our promise to pay.
And hope 10 redeem on the morrow.
The days rolled by. and the weeks be-
came years;
But our golfers were empty stnl:
Coin was SO rare that the Treasury'd
quake
II dollar dropped In the till.
But the faith that was in US was strong.
indeed:
And our poverty we'll we discerned;
And this little check represented the pay
That our suffering veterans earned.
We knew IL had hardly a value in gold,
Yet as gold each soldier received Il:
II gazed in our eyes with a promise 10
pay,
And each southern patriot believed It.
But our boys thought little OF price or
OF pay;
Or of bills that were overdue;
We knew that 1t brought US our bread
to-day,
Twas the best our poor country could
do.
Keep. II 70 tell our history over:
From the. birth OF the dream to the last;
Modest. ard born OF the angel Hope,
Like our hopes OF success-it passed
II.
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Health Returned
after using a few bottles OF Dr. Dayld's |