Hurrying On: Written in New Orleans, Oct. 23, 1861. (C. C. from the Charleston Mercury, also R. B. B. No. 3.)
“Hurrying on the midst of excitement
Pushing extravagant projects through”—
Hymn for the South: To the Lone Star of Carolina: by Preston Davis Sill. Music composed by Mr. A. Koepper, to be published as soon as circumstances permit: Columbia, S. C. (R. N. S.)
“Tho’ lone, how fair, how bright
Thou shimmer’dst first, O Star!”—
Hymn to the Dawn: By A. J. Requier. (Amaranth.)
“From an ominous rift in the pitiless sky
That has darkened our desolate land,”—
Hymn to the National Flag: By Mrs. M. J. Preston. (E. V. M.)