The Cotton Boll: By Henry Timrod. (W. G. S. from the Charleston Mercury.)
“While I recline
At ease beneath”—
The Cotton-Burners’ Hymn: “On yesterday, all the cotton in Memphis, and throughout the country, was burned. Probably not less than 300,000 bales have been burned in the last three days in West Tennessee and North Mississippi.”—Memphis Appeal. (W. G. S.)
“Lo! where Mississippi rolls
Oceanward its stream,”—
Cotton Doodle: Written by a lady on learning that Yankee Doodle had been hissed in New Orleans. San Antonio, Jan. 2, 1861. (S. L. M., Ed. Table, Feb. 1861.) From the Galveston Evening News.
“Hurrah for brave King Cotton!
The Southerners are singing;”—
Cotton is King: By N. G. R., [Dr. N. G. Ridgley] Baltimore, Jan. 1, 1862. (R. B. B., 18.)