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VOLUME 1.
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1868.
NUMBER 4T.
THE. ORANGEBURG NEWS.
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[From tho Dublin University Magazine.]
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Rich/notes from a contralto voice,
? I . Loving,-laughing eyes, /
?Some ono liat'uing to those notes?
Sunlight,in ?40.?kie*. ?~" tii?MfTV
Sad notes, from a contralto voice, .. ...
Tear drops in the eyes,
None to listen to those notes
Darkness in the skies. ,
No sonnd from that contralto voice,
Closed for aye those eyes?
? Some ono pining for thoso notes?
Darkness in the auies.
Glml notes from a contralto voice,
Glory in those eyes.
Some-one dreaming hears these notes
Dawn is in the skios.
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A Woman's No!
Oh, no, I could not .wed you?no!
? But hopo you won't forget
I lo\'c you as a sister should?
Oh, please, Will, dou't go yet.
Yes, love you as a sister should,- ?
But marry y'oU ??oh; no ?
. I'm grieved that you sbould think of it?
Come back?don't leave bo.
Thorc, now, sit down nnd talk to me,
Instead of frowning so ;
One cannot love just when they would,
I'd like to have you know.
I don't believe you'lovc me much?? > . ?
I do not, on my life;
But if I really thought you did?
Well?yes?I'd be your wife.
".SELECTED ST?RY
jci-iisr MOBTON,
on Tills
RUNAWAY SON.
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"John, give me back that book." These
words, spokeu in a harsh tune by his father,
caused John Morton to start in affright.
"Flcase. father, I was ouly?"
"No words," interrupted the f.ithor?-give
me the book !"
With tearful eyes and trembling hands John
passed the book to his father, who immediate
ly threw it into the fire.
"?Xw, ?ir. go and finish chopping that brush,
and remember, if you quit it again before it is
all done, I'll give you a whipping."
Mr. Morton was a snia|| farmer, who lived a
few miles from the village of M -, in
Massachusetts. A man of no. literary. taste,
himself, he could not endure it in others; nnd
for this reason was an unkind and often unjust
father towards John, his Rccond son, who loved
bo ks better than anything clso 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, his elder brother, was his oppo
site iu every respect; he was a good farmer,
hut the ddn'be" at school. "I fell you Vrhat it'
Is, JoixxiJ' he would say, "I wouldn't < giro a
-snap, of my fingers for all your book learning;
but if you like it, go in, if tho old man will
let you ; but as for me, I am bound to stick to
tho farm."
John had been saving his money for some
time, to buy a fiue editiou of Cooper's works
complete, which nn acquaintance had bought
at auction in a neighboring towu, and not
caring much for it, had offered it to him for
half price;
Tho night before our story commonccs, John
had procured the long coveted.treasure, and in
the'morning had commenced to read as soon as
it Was light. From this he was soon called by
his father to chop a load of brush he had just
brought in.
Rcluctautly John left the hook and wcut to
tho task, but the departure of his futhor after
another'loud was too much for him; ho left the
brush heap, and. was soon absorbed in his
hook.
Mr. Morton had gone.but a short distance,
whon he remembered somo directions which he
had forgotten to give George, and returned.
Ab he nuarcd tho bouse, ho missed tho sound
of tho hatchet. When ho entered the houso,
there sat John comfortably before tho fire,
completely lost in his book. It was this that
made him angrily burn tho book. With a
bursting heart. John went ,to the brush heap
again and commenced his work. lie worked
.steadily all day, but spoke not a work to any
one,
Gjcorgc, seeing how bad he felt about it, good
nat?rcdly said to him :
"jNovor mind Jack, I wouldn't care?lot it
go, and the next timo I go to tho city I'll get
you another."
'.'And what if you do? replied Johfi, sad
ly, "he will not let mo read it. I tell you,
George, it's no use; I'm going awny where 1
can 'haVe 'dchance t? study us much afT'l?
'please," ? 4
"Oh, nonsense, Jack," said Georgo, "you*
will soon got over, it> As for my part, 1 cau'V
?sec what you find so interesting in books. I'dj
rather go into tho corn-Gold and work tho
hottest'flay'ih ??ihincr tn'd? ha>e't?'gct cW
lesstin of ahy*imL?;- - ; ,4*? - " ?'? "
f "1 know !that,":6aid John, "it's your nature/
-but I cau't do the farm work', it isn't in me. I
was never meant for it, and therefore, to-mor
row uiorniug I'm going, conic what may."
George tried to change his mind for somo
.time, but finding hitri 'determined, helped him
to get ready to tho best of his ability, forcing
him,to no?cpt all bis spare pocket.money, tell
ing him that he could re* ay it, wlieu he got
rioh. . ,
"But one thing, Jack, said he, "whatever
you doj be an ' honest man. ' Y?uMl mnke a
smarter mrtuth'ah ever I shall, I am sure of
that. And rouiomber, I expect to be here as
long as J live. So if at any tipio tho world
goes hnrd w'ith .you, dou't finget, home."
Tho next morning at breakfasts John was
missed. An examination, of his room showed
that he had taken his little bundle of clothes,
and gave evidence to his lather that ho had
gone for good.
"Nevermind," Haid he, "he'll soon be back."
* . * * * * * *
Thirteen years have passed since John Mor
ton left the old homestead, and contrary to his
father's prediction, he hail not conic back.
In the meantime, things had not gone on
smoothly at the farm. Farmer Morton had
given up the whole charge of tho farm to
George, who hud married a'girl in the neigh
borhood, and was now tho father of five chil
dren. Years before, in a case of emergency,
Fanner Morton had mortgaged the farm to a
suiall atnount, and ever since the marriage ot
George, in spite of all Ins exertions, the mort
gago had been gaining ground, until now the
place must be sold, as he could not meet the
terms of rgreemont.
This was a terrible blow to George and the
old man, hut there was no help for it j their
friends and uei^hbor.s were no better off than
themselves, and therefore could not help them*
had they been ever ro.much inclined,
Jt was a bitter cohl night in December, ami
they.were seated around the kitchen fire. It
was to he their last night at home, for the
next day would he the sale, aud then they
would be houseless. Farmer Morton sat with
his head huricd iu his hands. At times he
would raise it up and gaze upon some cherished
articlo, as if to take a last farewell, and then
bowiug.it again, would .sob aloud.
"Come, comcj father," said Georgo, "dou't
bo so down-hearted. Cheer up. cheer up. 1
am young yet j and if I live, and hard work
will do it, you shall come hack to the old place
yet." .
"I cannot hope for it, George," returned the
old man. "H will require years of successful
labor ; and I urn old aud cannot last long. I
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 t;t the
door, and upon opeuiug it, there cntorcd a
youug man very shabbily dressed. For a mo
ment ho stood surveying the group, with tears
in his eyes, uud then reached forth his hand,
exclaiming:
"George, do you not recognize mc
"Father, it is John," exclaimed George, joy
fully seizing his baud, and leading him towards
his father.
The old man arose, and turning towards him,
exclaimed ;
"John, my sou!" at the samo time stretch
ing forth his arms?then suddenly drawing
himself up to his full height', he said, "John,
for thirteen years you havo boon a stronger to
mo ; during that time we have known neither
whore you were, nor what you were doing j can
you givo mo the hand of an honest man ?"
"I can, sir \" replied John, proudly, and the
next moment ho was folded in his father's
arms.
Next follbwod inquiries from John as to how
things had gone iu his abseneo; aud ho soon
learned tho whole story.
"As for you," said Goorgc, "I do not need
tonsk how tho world has gone with you?that
coat speaks for itself. But never mind; I
have some better clothes up stairs, and you are
welcome to take your pick. But what have
you boon doing, Jack ; trying, to get a living
by booksr"
"Yob," replied John, "I huvc lived entirely
by books;!"
"And a poor living you have had, I'll bo
bound," said the old niaiij "1 never knew a
book-woru yot, who over turned out much."
"But it scums that wo shall bo equals to
morrow, father," said John, pleasantly.
"That's very true," answered his father,
rathor testily, "but had you stuck to tho farm
with George, this had not been V
"Never mind, father," 'srifd John, "go to
bed now, and Georgo and I will try and make
'Borne provision for the future."
After tho old man had left them, John said
ho vras rather futigucd, and believed that he
would retire also.
"But," said George, "you have not impaired
ns-to our future prospects. Do you not wish
to know?"
ii "No,'' said John, rather shortly, "not to
night; I don't feel interested." And taking
his light, with a yawn, he left tho room.
George felt hurt. "After all," thought he,
"he has changed. He don't seem to care what
"becomes of us. Never mind?poor fellow, no
doubt he has seen hard times, uutil they have
?hardened even his heart."
Tho next morning found John Morton en
gaged in a noisy romp with tho whole of his
brother's children. Indeed, so far did he car
ry it, that he received a cutting rebuke from
his father, for his hcartlcssness.
"I can't help it father," ho replied, "every
thing reminds me so much of childhood, that I
cannot realize that I am a man."
At twelve o'clock the auctioner appeared, in
company with those who wcro 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. Soou
after tho.auctioneer mounted upon the steps,
and said :
"Gentlemen, I have been requested by the
celebrated author, Morton J. Hall, of Boston,
to bid upon this placo for him as high as thirty
five hundred dollars. If nny of you feel dis
posed to bid higher than that 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 the family was again left alone.
"Well," said the obi man at dinner, "the
worst is over; and I shouldn't wonder if we
could biro the place from this Mr. Hall, who
?seems to be a city man."
"Ob, yes,'' said John, "1 know you can.
He don't care anything about farming. T
kuow him well."
' Don't say any c ore !" cried George-, jump
ing up. and seizing both his brother's hands,
?'^at one expression betrays you; 'ho doii'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 f>r joy.
"I .see now, .John," said he, ' I did not un
derstand you as a boy. I thought books would
be your ruin ; but, instead, they have saved
me from want."
-Von are right, father," said Jona, "I am
worth, to day, ten thousand dollars, all earned
by my pen; while, had I stayed by the farm, I
should have been as poor?yes, poorer than I
found you; for you and George arc good farm
ers, while I could never fix my mind upon it ;
in fact, it is evident that I was not born to be
a farmer."
VARIOUS.
Important Order.
The following important Order from Genoral
Canby was promulgated Tuesday the 31st ult.:
Headq'iih. 2d Military District,
Charleston, S. C, Dec. 31, 1?G7.
[General Orders No. 164]
T. Paragraph II. ol (Jcueral Orders No. 10,
from the Headquarters of the Second Milita
ry District, dated April 11, 1S67, is modified
as follows :
Judgments or decrees for the payiucut of
money on causes of action nrising in Nortli
Carolina, between the 20th day of May, 1861,
and the 20th day of April, 1865,and in South
Carolina betweon the 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 lor such causes of action uow peuding,
shall be stayed, nnd no suit or process shall be
instituted or commenced on such causes of ac
tion 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 salo of all property
upon execution, or process under any judg
ment or decree of a court of the so-callod Con
federate 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,
18(if), or of tho State of South Carolina, ren
dered botweeu the 19th day of Docombcr.
18G0, and tho organization of the provisional
government of tho said State, under tho Presi
dent's proclamation of the 30th day of June,
1805, unless tho written consent of the defen
dant be entered of record, and except in coses
'qico uodn 'XonJo^u siq io jjunn.-pl otr} oaoq?.
supported by corroborated testimony, shall al
lege that the defendant is disposing of, remov
ing, or about to rcuiovo, his property boyond
the jurisdiction of the court with intent to de
fraud his creditors: provided, that no such
judgment, so rendered, within the periods
aforesaid, shall bo a bar to the commencement,
in a Stato court, of a new suit npon the same
causo of action in auy case in which by law
the defendant may romovo or appeal the same
to a court of the 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 havo 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,
1805, for the 19th day of May, 1865.
Paragraph V. of tho same 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 he
enforced.
Paragraph VII. of the same Order is modi
fied as follows :
In all sales of property under execution or
by order of any court, thorc shall bo reserved
out of the property of any defcudant who has
a family dependent upon his or her labor, a
dwelling house and appurtenances, and (if in
the couutry) twenty acres of land, or so much
thorcof that the whole shall not exceed in
value the sum of two thousand dollars; and iu
a town or city, the immediate lot upon which
such dwelling houso is situated; aud necessary
articles of furniture, apparel, subsistence and
implements of husbaudry, trade, or other em
ployment, to tho value of five hundred dollars.
The homstead 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 defendant, of the value of two
hundred dollars. The exemptions hereby
made shall not be waived or defeated by tho
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
the execution, who shall call to his aid two im
partial citizens to make the necessary apprais
tnent, and shall make report thereof to the court.
Paragraph X is hereby modified bo as to
authorize arrest iu civil actions cx contractu
only in cases where the demand is past due
and the defendant has been guilty of a fraud
iu 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 securities of the States of North Caro
lina, or South Caroliua, created for the pur
pose of carrying on war rfgainst the Govern
ment of the United States, will be suspeuded
until the question of the validity of such in
vestment shall havo 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 abovo cited,
shall be held to bar or hinder tho rocovery, by
suit of the estato of any minor heir, female,
or insane person (ccslui auc trust), whether in
the hands of executors, administrators, trus
tees, guardians, masters or clerks of Equity
Courts, and other fiduciary agents, or invested
by them in their fiduciary character.
II. General Orders No, 25r?f"May 20, 1867,
is revoked; and on and aflor tho first day of
January, 1S68, the di?tillation of spirituous
liquors in this Military District will be subject
to such restrictions only as are imposed by tho
laws of tho United States and of the States of
North and South Carolina, respectively.
III. Paragraphs VI aud VII of General
Orders No. 32, dated May 30, 18C7, are re
voked, and tho power to grant licenses for the
salo of spirituous or intoxicating liquors, is re-1
mittcd to the proper local authorities, to tako
effect on aud after tho first day of January,
1808, and to be subject to tho following condi
tions :
1. Tho municipal authorities granting the
license shall bo answorable that the parties to
whom such licenso are granted, together with
their sureties, shall bo responsible persons, and
of good moral standing in tho community, and
that both principal and sureties shall be able
to qualify individually iu doubl? the amount
of the bond required, and that tho bond shall
he a 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 be necessary to satisfy the 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 whioh intoxicating. li
quors are sold, and all other persons interested
or connected therewith, shall be 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. All bar rooms, saloons or other places at
which intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be
closed on the day or days of any general or
local election, and for the twelve hours next
preceeding tho opening and next succeeding
the closing of the polls at such election; and
the Sheriffs of Counties and Districts, and the
I 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
ment 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 he turned over to the commis-*
sioners or overseers of the poor of the district,. .*
county, city or town in which they accrued,
and the commissiodcrs or overseers' will, at the
end of each month, report to the Provost Mar
shal ^General of the District the amount re
ceived by them during tho 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 bo enforced in
any civil or military court, and upon conviction
the court may award' to- the informer a sum i
not exceeding fifty per cent, ee* tribe- forfeiture
or fine. And it is made the duty of all sher-..
iffs, constables, and coroners o? counties and
districts, and the police of cities and towns, to
be vigilant in the enforcement of the police'
regulations and tho provisions of this order ia
relation to the sale of intoxicating liquors.
The provisions of this paragraph will be
held to apply to such licenses granted under
Gcnoral Orders No. 32, to innkeepers, as re
main unexpired after the 1st of January,
18C8.
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
mouth, report to the Judgo 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, to 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 tho State
Treasury, and the accounts therefor will be
audited and pair; as accounts of a similar char
acter aro now audited and paid, and if the
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 bo allowed.
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P>y Command of Brevet Mnjor-Gencral En. R.
S. Canby.
LOUIS V. CAZIARO.
Aide-de-Camp, A. A. A. Gon'l.
Official?Louis V. Caziarc, A. D. C, A. A.
A. G.
A raw Irishman, just over, went into a res
taurant, and was asked by tho waiter what he
would have? "Why, wittlos to ate, av coorse,"
was tho reply. A plate of hash was placed
before him. "Pot's that?" demanded Mickey.
"That's wittles," was tho answer. Mickey
eyed tho compound suspiciously for some time,
and finally exclaimed?"Be jabers, the man
that chewed that can ate it."
A poor Irishman applied to one of tho over
seers of tho poor for relief, and upon some
doubt being expressed as to whether ho was a
proper object for parochial relief, he onjoreed
his suit with much earnestness.
"Oeh, yer honor," said he, "stire I'd be
starved long sinco but for my cat."
"But for what f" asked tho astonished iu
terrogator.
"My cat," rejoinod tho Irishman.
"Your cat F how so 7"
"Sure, yor honor, I sould hor eleven times
for six pence n time, and she was always home
before I could get there myself."