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SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1868.
NUMBER 47.
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POETRY.
[From the. Dublin University Magazine.]
Song.
Eiel^VH^ fron? a contraKo yohjc,'.. ' . . ..,
Loving, laughing eyes, v | >.".
7 Some one liul'ning to those notes?
' Sunlight,inUaoskie35 .
8ad notes from a oontralto voice,
Tear drops in the eyes,
Nono to listen to those notes?
Darkness in tho Bkics. ,
No spnnd from that contralto voice,.
Closed for oyo thoBC eyes?
? Some one pining for thoso notes?
Darkness in the skies.
Glad not ob front a contralto voice,
. Glory in thoso eyes. .... ,; - -
Some"one dreaming hears these notes?i
Dawn is in the skios.
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A "Woman's No!
Oh, no, I could not .wed you?no I . .
But hopo you won't forget
I love you as a sister should?
Oh, please, Will, don't go yet.
Yes, lovo you as a sister should, .
But ?narry yb? ?-^-oh; no? ?
I'm grieved that you should think of it ?
Come back?don't leave so.
There, now, sit down and tolk to mc,
Instead of frowning so ;
One cannot love just when they would,
I'd like to have you know.
I don't believe you'love mc much?
I do not, on iny lifo;
But if I really thought you did?
Well?yes?I'd be your wife.
SELECTED STORY.
on Tills
KUNAWAY SON.
"John, give tue hack that book." These
words, spukou in a harsh tune by his futhor,
caused John Morton to start in affright.
"Please, father, I was only?"
"No words," interrupted the f.ithor?"give
tue the book !"
With 'tearful eyes and trembling hands Juhn
p.-.sscd the book to his father, who immediate
ly threw it into the fire.
"?No/,v, sir, go and finish chopping that brush,
and remember, if you quit it again before it is
nil done, I'll givo you a whipping."
Mr. Morton was a small .farmer, who lived a
few miles from the village of M -, iu
Massachusetts. A man of no. literary. taste,
himself, he could not Cndaro it in others; and
for this reason was an unkind and often unjust
father towards John, his second son, who loved
books better than anything else-in tho world.
John was not a lazy boy, but as a farmer boy
knows no such thing as leisure, he was obliged
to do his reading at such times as ho could
steal from his work, when his fathor was. not
by. George, hie elder brother, was his oppo
site in every respect; he was a good farmer,
but the ddn'ce'' at school. "I fell you what it'
is, Job'riy" fie!, would say, '."j. Wouldn't ? givo a
snap of my fingers for all your book learning;
but if yoti like it, go in, if tho old man will
let you ; but as for mc, 1 am bound to stick to
tho farm."
John had been saving bis money for some
time, to buy a fiue edition of Cooper's works
complete, which an acquaintance had bought
at auction in a neighboring town, and not
caring much for it, bad offered it to him for
half price.
The night before our story commonccs, John
had procured the long coveted treasure, and in
tho'morning had commenced to read us soon as
it was light. Prom this he was soon called by
his father to chop a load of brush he had just
brought in.
Reluctantly John left the hook and went to
tho task, but the departure of his futhor after
nnothor'load was too inuch for him; ho left the
brush heap, and. was soon absorbed in his
book.
Mr. Morton had gono but a short distance,
when ho remembered somo directions which ho
had forgotten to give George, and returned.
As he neared the house, he missed tho sound
of the hatchet. When ho entered tho house,
there But John comfortnbly before tho fire,
completely lost in his book. It wus this that
mado him angrily burn tho book. With a
bursting heart. John went .to the brush heup
again and>Commenced his work. He worked
steadily all day, but Bpokc not a work to any
one,
'George, seeing how had he felt about it, good
liatnrcdly said to Into :
"jN?vcr mind Jack, I wouldn't caro?let it
go, nnd the next timo I go to tho city I'll got
you another."
?.'And whut rf you do replied Johfi, sud
ly, "he will not let mo read it. I tell you,
George, it's no use; I'm going away where I
jcuu havo 'ri chance t? study as much as'I'
'fclpaae.-" ; r< >.; 4
"Oh, inonBcnse, .Jack," said Georgo,: "you/?
will soon get over, it; As for my part, 1 cau't,
*8"ec what you find so interesting in books. I'd
[ rather go into the corn-field and work th?
hhQtteft'flay^n Aathticr'lAati try''hk?'to^jt one'
less?n' of ony-fcHrtL"- " hp? tifiu. aWd? oi|
I "Tknow rthat,":said John, "it's your nature,*
but I can't do the farm- work, it isn't in me. I
was never meant for it, and therefore, to-iupr
row morniug I'm going, conic what may."
George tried to change his mind for some
time, b?t finding him-determined, helped him
to get ready to tho best of his ability, forcing
him .to accept all his spare pooket.money, tell
ing him that he could rev ay it when he got
rioh. ,
"But one thing, Jack/'said he, "whatever
you doj lie an ' honest man. * You'll make a
smarter mau than ever I shall, I am sure of
that. Aud romombcr, I oxpect to be here as
long, as J live. So if at any timo tho world
goes hard with .you, don't forget home."
Tho next morning at breakfast, John was
missed. An examination of his room showed
that he had taken his little bundle of clothes,
and gave evidence to his father that he had
gone for good.
"Never mind," said be, "he'll soon bo back."
* . * * * * * *
Thirteen years have passed since John Mor
ton left the old homestead, aud contrary to his
father's prediction, he hud not come back.
Iu the meantime, things had not gone on
smoothly at the farm. Farmer Morton had
given up the whole chargo of the farm to
George, who hud married a 'girl iu the neigh
borhood, and was now tho father of five chil
dren. Years before, in a case of emergency,
. Farmer Morton had mortgaged the farm tu a
small amount, and ever since the marriage ot
George, in spite of all his exertions, the uiort
gago had been gaiuing ground, until now the
place must be sold, as he could not meet the
terms of agreement.
This was a terrible blow to George and the
old man, but there was no help for it; their
friends and neighbors were no bettor off than
themselves, and therefore could not hulp thorn"
had they been ever So .much inclined,
It w:;s a bitter cold night in December, aud
they.wpre seated around the kitchen fire. It
was to be their just night at home, for the
next day would be the Pale, and then they
woulu be houseless. Furnier Morton sat with
his head buried iu his hands. At times he
would raise it up and gaze upon some cherished
article, as if to tako a last farewell, and theu
bowing,it again, would sub aloud.
"Come, con\ej father," said Georgo, "don't
bo 60 down-hearted. Cheer up, cheer up. I
am young yet; and if I live, and hard work
will do it, you shall come back to the old place
yet." .
"I cannot hope for it, George," returned tin
old man. "It will require years of successful
labor ; and I am old aud cannot last long. 1
had hoped to die iu the old house, but I am
afraid it cannot be. Sixty years I have passed
?here, boy and man, and it is hard to leave
now?"
They were interrupted by a knock at the
d?or, nnd lipon opeuiug it, there entored a
young man very shabbily 4te8l*?tl. For a mo
ment ho stood surveying the group, with tears
in his eyes, aud then reached forth his hand,
exclaiming:
"George, do you not recognize mc?"
"Father, it is John," exclaimed George, }uy
fully seizing his hand, and leading him towards
his father.
The old man arose, aud turning towards him,
exclaimed :
"John, my son !" at the same time stretch
ing forth his arms?then suddenly drawing
himself up to his full hoight, lie said, "John,
for thirtoon years you have been a stranger to
mo ; during that time we have known neither
whore you were, nor what you were doing ; can
you give .me the hand of au honest mau ?"
"I can, sir I replied John, proudly, and the
next moment he was folded in his father's
arms.
Noxt followodiuquirios from John as to how
things had gone in his itbaeuuo) aud ho soon
learned tho whole story.
"As for you," said George, "I do not need
to ask how tho world has gone with you?that
coat speaks for itself. But never mind; I
have some better clothes up stairs, and you arc
welcome to take your pick. But whnt have
you boon doing, Jack ; trying to get a living
by books?"
"Yes," ropliod John, "I have lived entirely
by books;!"
"And a poor living you have had, I'll bo
bound," said the old mau \ fl never knew a
book-worn yot, who over turned out much."
"But it scums that wo shall bo equals to
morrow, father," said John, pleasantly.
'?That's very true," nnswurud his father,
rather testily, "but bad you stuck to tho farm
with George, this had not been ?"
"Never mind, father," said John, "go to
bed now, and Georgo and I will try and make
someprovision for the future."
.. After tbo old man had left them, John said
ho was rather futigucd, and believed that ho
would retire also.
"But," said George, "you havo not inquired
ns^ to our future prospects. Do you not wish
'to know?"
r "No," said John, rather shortly, "not to
night j I don't feel interested." And taking
his light, with a yawn, he left the room.
George felt hurt. "After all," thought ho,
"ho has changed. He don't seem to care what
becomes of us. Never mind?poor fellow, no
doubt ho has Eccn hard times, until they have
?hardened even his heart."
Tho next morning found John Morton eu
I gagod in a noisy romp with tho whole of his
brother's children. Indeed, so far did he car
; ry it, that he received a catting rebuke from
' his father, for his hcartlcssncss.
! "I can't help it father," ho replied, "evory
I thing reminds mc so much of childhood, thnt I
cannot realize that I nm a man."
I At twelve o'clock the auctioner appeared, in
company with those who wero disposed to bid
for the place. Immediately Upon their arrival,
John took tho auctioneer aside and couvcr.-cd
with him earnestly for a few moments. Soon
after tho.auctioneer mounted upon the Bteps,
and said :
"Gentlemen, I have been requested by the
celebrated author, Morton J. Hall, of Boston,
to bid upou this place for him as high as thirty
five hundred dollars. If any of you feel dis
posed to bid higher than tliat we will procood,
otherwise, there is no need."
As no one seemed disposed to make any
advance upon that bid, the place was declared
sold, and soon tho family was again left alone.
"Well," said the old man at dinner, "the
I worst is over ; and I shouldn't wonder if wc
could hire the place from this Mr. Hall, who
seems to be a city man."
"Oh, yes,'' said John, "I know you can.
Ho don't care anything about farming. 'I
kuow him well."
"Don't say any n ore !" cried George-, jump
ing up, and seizing both his brother's hands,
-"^al one. expression .betrays you; .'ho dou't
like farming.' John, you John, you are this
Morton J. Hall ! I half suspected it this
morning; for you never was hard hearted
when a boy, and you didn't act the part very
well."
The old man cried for joy.
"I see now, John," said he, 'I did not un
derstand you as a hoy. 1 thought books would
be your ruin ; hut, instead, they have saved
me from want."
"You arc right, father," said John, "I am
worth, to day, ten thousand dollnrs, all earned
by my pen; while, had I stayed by tho farm, I
should havo been as poor?yes, poorer than I
found you; for you and George arc good farm
ers, while I could never fix my mind upou it ;
in fact, it is evident that I was not born to be
a fanner."
VARIOUS.
Important Order.
The following important Order from Genoral
Canby was promulgated Tuesday the 31st ult.:
Headq'rb. 2n Military District,
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 31, 18G7.
[General Orders Xo. 164.]
I. Paragraph IT, of General Orders No. 10,
from the Headquarters of the Second Milita
ry District, dated April 11, 1807, is modified
as follows :
Judgments or decrees for the paymcut of
money on causes of action arising in Nortli
Carolina, between tho 20th day of May, 1861,
and the 20th day of April, 1865,and in South
Carolina between tho 19th day of December,
I860; and the 29th day of April, 18G5, shall
not be enforced, by execution, against the per
son or property of tho defendant. Proceed
ings for such causes of action now pending,
shall be stayed, and no suit or process shall be
instituted or commenced on such causes of ac
tiou until after the civil government of the re
spective States shall be established in accord
ance with tho laws of the United States.
Paragraph III, of the same Order is modi
fied a:s follows:
Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables, are here
by directed to suspend the sale of all property
upon execution, or process under any judg
ment or decree of a court of the so-callod Con
fedorato States or of tho State of North Caro
lina, rendered between tho 20th day of May,
1801, and tho organization of tho provisional
government of the said State, under tho Presi
dent's proclamation of the 29th day of April,
1865, or of tho State of South Carolina, ren
dered between the 19th duy of Docouibcr,
1800, and the organization of the provisional
governmeut of tho said State, under tho Presi
dent's proclamation of the 30th day of June,
1805, unless the written consent of the defen
dant be entered of record, and except in cases
't{}tJO liodu 'XODJO^TJ Biq JO JJl?UlB[d Oq? OJOtpU.
supported by corroborated tcetiinony, shall al
lege that the defendant is disposing of, remov
ing, or about to removo, his property beyond
the jurisdiction of the court with intent to de
fraud his creditors: provided, that no such
judgment, so rendered, within tho periods
aforesaid, shall be a bar to the commencement,
iu n State court, of a new suit npon the Bame
cause of action in any case in which by lav
the defendant may remove or appeal tho samo
to a court of tho United States.
The sale of real or personal property by
foreclosure of mortgage, is likewise-suspended
in the cases embraced in Paragraphs II. and
III., of said Ordor No. 10 as above amended,
except in cases where interest money accruing
subsequent to the 29th day of April, 1865,
shall not have been paid before the day of sale,
and all previous restrictions on such sales are
revoked.
Paragraph IV. of the same Order is modi
fied by substituting the 29th day of April,
18G5, for the 19th day of May, 1865.
Paragraph V. of tho samo Order is modified
as follows :
All proceedings for the recovery of money
on contracts, whether under seal or by parol
tho consideration of which was the purchase of
slaves, made subsequent to the 1st of Jauuary,
1863, are suspended. Judgments or decrees
entered for such causes of action shall not be
enforced.
Paragraph VII. of the same Order i3 modi
fied as follows:
In all sales of property under execution or
by order of any court, thore shall bo reserved
out of the property of any defendant who. has
a family depcudent upon his or her labor, a
dwelling house and appurtenauccs, and (if in
the country) twenty acres of land, or so much
thereof that the whole shall not exceed in
value the sum of two thousand dollars; and in
a town or city, the immediate lot upon which
such dwelling house is situated j and necessary
articles of furniture, apparel, subsistence and
implements of husbandry, trade, or other em
ployment, to the value of five hundred dollars.
The homstcad exemption shall inure only to
tho benefit of-families.' In other cases, the
exemption shall extend only to clothing and
implements of trade or employment usually
followed by the defeuduut, of the value of two
hundred dollars. The exemptions hereby
made shall not be waived or defeated by the
act of any defendant who has a family depen
dent upon him or her for support, and the ex
empted property shall be ascertained and de
fined by the Sheriff or other officer enforcing
tho execution, who shall call to his aid two im
partial citizens to make the necessary apprais
nient, and shall make report thereof to the court.
Paragraph X is hereby modified so as to
authorize arrest iu civil actions cx contractu
only in cases where tho demand is past due
and the defendant has been guilty of a fraud
in contracting the debt sued for, or has re
moved or disposed of his property, or is about
to do so, with intent to defraud his creditors,
or is about to leave the State with such in
tent.
Paragraph XVI is amended by adding
thereto, All proceedings in any court of North
Carolina, or of South Carolina, recognizing or
sanctioning tho investment of the funds of
minor heirs, or of females, or of insane persons,
in the securities of the late rebel government,
or the Bccuritics of the States of North Caro
lina, or South Carolina, created for the pur
pose of carrying on war rigainst tho Govern
ment of the United States, will be suspended
until the question of the validity of such in
vestment shall have been determined by the
courts of tho United States, or by national leg
islation. And nothing in the provisions of
this ordor, or of tho Order No. 10 above cited,
shall be held to bar or hinder the rocovery, by
suit of the estuto of any minor heir, female,
or insane person (ceslui que trust), whether in
the hands of executors, administrators, trus- j
tecs, guardians, masters or clerks of Equity
Courts, and other fiduciary agents, or invested
by them in their fiduciary character.
II. General Orders No, 25j"of May 20, 1867,
is revoked; and on and aller tho first day of
January, 1SCS, the distillation of spirituous'
liquors in this Military District will be subject
to such restrictions only as are imposed by tho
laws of the United States and of the States of
North and South Cnrolina, respectively.
III. Paragraphs VI aud VII of General
Orders No. 32, dated May 30, 1807, are re
voked, and tho power to grant licenses for .the
salo of spirituous or intoxioating liquors, is re
mitted to the proper local authorities, to take
effect on aud after tho first day of January,
1808, and to be subject to tho following condi
tions :
1. Tho municipal authorities granting tho
license shall bo answorable that the parties to
whom such liccnso aro granted, together with
their sureties, shall be responsible persons, and i
of good moral standing iu the community, and
thut both principal and sureties shall bo able
to qualify individually iu double the amount
of tho bond required, and that the bond shall
be n lien upon the personal property of both
principal and sureties, and upon proof of de?
fault shall warrant the summary scizuro and
sale of so much of tho property of either or
both as may bo necessary to satisfy tho for
feiture or fine and costs.
2. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct on the
premises shall work the forfeiture of tho li
cense and of the penalty of the bond.
3* The owner or keeper of any bar room,-sa
loon or other place at which intoxicating, li
quors nre sold, and all other persons interested
or connected therewith, shall bo regarded as
principals in any action of damages growing
out of any assault, riot, affray or other disor
der occurring on tho premises, or directly
traceable thereto.
4. AII bar rooms, saloons or other places at
which intoxicating liquors are- sola, shall be
closed on the day or days of any general or
local election, and for the twelve hours next
proceeding tho opening and next succeeding
the closing of the polls at such'' election; and
tho Sheriffs of Counties and Districts, and the
Chief of Police of cities and towns, shall have
power to direct the closing of bar rooms and
other places for the sale of intoxicating liquors
whenever it may bo necessary in their judg- *.
mcnt to preserve order and quiet.
5. The proceeds of all licenses, forfeitures
and fines, under the local regulations or under
the provisions of military orders, will be de
voted to the support of the poor, and as soon
as realized will be turned over to the commis
sioners or overseers of the poor of tho district, ?
county, city or town in which they accrued,
and the commissiodcrs or overseer* will, at the.
end of each month, report to the Provost Mar
shal Gcneral of the District the amount re
ceived by them during the month, specifying
the names of the parties from whom it was re
ceived.
6. Tho penalties imposed by this order or by
tho local police regulations may be enforced in .
any civil or military court, and upon conviction
tho court may award' to- the informer a sum
not exceeding fifty per cent, of tftke forfeiture
or fine. And it is made the duty of all eher-,.
ifli?, constables, and coroners of counties and
districts, and the police of cities and towns, to
be vigilant in the enforcement of the police*
regulations and the provisions of this order iu
relation to the sale of intoxicating liquors.
The provisions of this paragraph will be
held to apply to such licenses granted under
Genoral Orders No. 32, to innkeepers, as re
main un ex pi red after the 1st of January,
1868.
IV. To promote the speedy trial of prisoners
confined for minor offences, and diminished the
cost of their maintenance, all committing mag
istrates will, on the 15th and last days of each
month, report to tho Judge of their County or
District Court all commitments made by them
during the preceding half month, specifying
the date of commitments, the names of the
prisoners, and the offences for which they were
committed, fo the end that the Judges may,
whenever in their opinion the number of
prisoners or other considerations of public in
terest call for it, hold special terms of their
Court, for the purpose of disposing of such
cases. The additional expense of holding such
special terms will be a charge upon the Stete
Treasury, and the accounts therefor will be
audited and paid as account) of a similar char
acter nro now audited and, paid, and if tho
salaries now paid the Judges-should be inade
quate in view of the additional labor perform
ed by them, a reasonable addition, upon proper
representations through the Governor of the
State, will be allowed.
By Command of Brevet Mi-jor-Gencral Ed, R.
S. Canby.
LOUIS V. CAZIARC.
AidC-de-Camp, A. A. A. Gen'l.
i Official?Lou is V. Caziarc, A. D. C, A. A.
A. G.
j A raw Irishman, just over, went into a res
taurant, and was asked by tho waiter what ho
would have? "Why, wittles to ate, ar coorse,"
was tho reply. A plate of hash was placed
before him. "Pot's that V demanded Mickey.
"That's wittles," was tho answer. Miekey
eyed the compound suspiciously for some time,
and finally exclaimed?"Be j?her?, the man
j that chewed that can ate it."
- ?? ??.
A poor Irishman applied to one of the over
seers of tho poor for reliof, and upon some
doubt heilig expressed as to whether he was a
proper object for parochial relief, he onjorced
his suit with much earnestness.
"Ochv yer honor," said be, "sure I'd be
starved long since but for my cat."
"But for what 7" asked tho astonished in
torrogator.
"My cat," rejoined tho Irishman.
"Your cat Y how so?"
"Suro, yor honor, I sould her eleten times
for sixpence a time, and she Was always home
before I could get there myself."