Fishing Creek and its Associations.—Generous Hospitality.—Petition of a Catawba Indian.
"We, the rightful lords of yore,
Are the rightful lords no more;
Like the silver mist, we fail,
Like the red leaves in the gale—
Fail, like shadows, when the dawning
Waves the bright flag of the morning.''
J. M'Lellan, Junior.
"I will go to my tent and lie down in despair;