. The Southern States. e Skeene an Nat wuz still in death. An by the old thorn treeTom Peters wuz a breathin hard, An Chad on bended kneeWuz raisin up his brothers head. An wipin oft the bloodWhich come a gushin from his breast. An spreadin like a flood. Jus then a girlish form appeared An stoopin quickly down,Between her sobs she whisperd soft: Its me Tom, Currie tried to raise his hansome head, His lips they tried to speakHer name,—but that voice once so strong Had got too low and weak. But from his noble eyes thar come A look she understood ;She kissd his lips, an with her hand She
. The Southern States. e Skeene an Nat wuz still in death. An by the old thorn treeTom Peters wuz a breathin hard, An Chad on bended kneeWuz raisin up his brothers head. An wipin oft the bloodWhich come a gushin from his breast. An spreadin like a flood. Jus then a girlish form appeared An stoopin quickly down,Between her sobs she whisperd soft: Its me Tom, Currie tried to raise his hansome head, His lips they tried to speakHer name,—but that voice once so strong Had got too low and weak. But from his noble eyes thar come A look she understood ;She kissd his lips, an with her hand She staunchd his streaming wind sighd thro the yaller pines An seemd to moan oer head ;When Currie kissd those lips again, She kissd lips of the dead. An thar she knelt with broken heart, The moonbeams kissd her cheek ;The stars looked down in sympathy An Chad he tried to cries rung out upon the night,^ Her tears in torrents flowed;The Peters boys would neer again Come marchin down the road. • «». JAMES RIVER ABOVE^LYNCHBURG, VA. PICTURESQUE VIRGINIA—FORTY YEARS AFTERPORTE CRAYON. By Thomas P. Grasty. Who loves to live at home, yet looke abroad,And know both passen and unpassen road,The wonders of a faire and goodlie land,Of antresf, rivers, rocks and mountains grande,Read this * * ^ * --^ * The foregoing lines from ThomasMcCarnasse (whoever he may be)form the prologue to the first of a seriesof illustrated articles in Harpers Mag-azine which made the writers nom deplume, Porte Crayon, famous, and whatwas better, induced thousands to knowthe wonders, the antres, rivers, rocksand mountains grande of what is prob-ablv the most picturesque region in allthe South. In that series of miagleddescriptive, narrative and humorous con-tributions which appeared at intervalsduring several volumes of Harper s,beginning with the December number,1854, Porte Crayon tells of a journeywhich he and his three cousins madethrough the mountains of Virginia, andthe letter-pres
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