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4 VOL. 1. Kingdom Coining. A KKW XKORO MKLODT. Ear, darkeys, hat) yon seen de massa, Wid de mnffstash on his fase, Go *tou^ de road some time dis mornin' Like he swin to leab de place* He seen a smoke *way np de ribber. Where de Linknm gunboats lay: He took his hat an* leP beery sudden, An' I spec he's run away? , on?>aus. u-.v!. . VC massa run; u?i ub: De darkcv stay 1 ho! ho! It mn.<o be now de kingdom comin* An' de year of jnbflo! He fix fbot one way, tree foot bidder. An* he weigh tree hundred pound. His coat so big he couklnt pay de tailor. Axe it wont go half way round. He drillso much der call him Captv As* be get so dreffnl tanned I spec he try an' fool dem Yankees, For to tlnk hev contraband. Chorti??De massa run. etc. He darkeys feel so lonesome llbtng In de log honse on de lawn, Bey move dar tings to massa* parlor. For to keep It while he's gene. Bars wine an' cWr in de kitchen. Axe de darkeys deyll hab some; I suppose deyll all be comflscnted When de Linkum sogers come. Ckorvs?De massa run etc. He oberseer he make us tfonble. An' he drive as round a spell; We lock him op in de smokehouse cellar, WH de key trown In de well. De whip is lost, de ban' enff broken, But de massa'll hab his pay, He^s ole enough, big onongh, onght to know better Dan to went an' ran away. Ckont*?De massa run, etc. * Death aad Sleep. Translated from the Gemlan. "With the intimacy of brothers, "walked through the earth the angel of sleep and the angel of death. Evening drew near ; they laid down upon a hill not far from the dwellings of men. A melancholy stillness reigned around : even the vesper-bell sounded not in the distant village. Still and silent as was their manner, both these l>eneficient spirits were locked in cordial embrace, and now it was night Then arose the angel of sleep from his mossy couch, and scattered, with his left hand, the invisible seeds of slumber. The evening wind bore them to the quiet dwellings of the weaiy peasant. No\f, sweet, sleep encircled the inhabitants of the rural cottages, from the old man who walks with a staff, to the infant in the cradle. The sick fcngot his pain, the mourner his sorrow, | the poor their care. All eyes were closed, j How, after finishing his business, the beneJScient angel of sleep laid down again with more serious brother. When the morning light appeared, he cried out with Joyous innocence, "Then will men com1 iL ?and Kptiefactor. mena me as uim UAUiAU MMV* O, what joy to do good unseen and privately I How nappy are we, the invisible messengers of the good Spirit! How beautiful our silent vocation !" Thus spoke the joyous angel of sleep. Upon him the angel of death looked with silent sadness, and a tear, such as the immortal weep, -neutered his large, dark eye: "Alas!" said he, ^4 that I cannot, like you, rejoice with joyful thanks. The earth calls me her enemy, and the destroyer of her joy," "O, my brother," replied the angel of deep, ''will not the good, upon awakening, recognise in thee a Mend and benefactor, and gratefully bless thee ? Are we not "brothers and messengers of one Father ? This he spoke, when the eye of the deathangel glistened, and the fraternal spirits slenderly embraced each other. "I give and bequeath to Mary, my wife, the sum of one hundred pounds a year," said an old farmer. "Is that written down, mcaster ?" "Yea," replied the lawyer; "but she is not so old; she may marry again.? Wont you make any change in that case? Jloat people do." ? "Do they!" said the farmer; "well write again, and say, and if my wife marries again I will give and bequeath unto her the sum of two hundred pounds a year? -That'll da, won't it, measter F . " Why, it's double the sum she would have if she remained unmarried," said -the lavwer. "It is generally the other way?the legacy is lessened if the widow marries again." "Ay," said the farmer, "but him as gets her'll deserve it.'." In a shop window in a xather obscure street in Gotham yon may see a placard which announces, somewhat ungramati<*ny, that "All sorts of women stays liere!" Whether there is a blundering omission of an " s " after the word "women," or fi superfluous one at the close of the next ward, we know not. v? THE FREE SOUTH, SAT The Source* of the Nile. The re]>orted discovery by Captains Speke and Grant of the sources of the Nile, if true, settles one of the most famous geographical problems. The question required only tliis final step of solution, for previous investigations had pushed the river very near its source; and in Professor Beke's work upon the Nile and its exploration, uublished last year, a com- ; pact mannel of the most interesting information, the probable course of the river is laid clown as the recent discoveries have proved it to be. Thus within a few years two more of | the secrets of the globe have been exposed by human patience and heroism. Nothing seems easier than to find the source of a river. The simple direction would appear to be, go to it. But the fabulous dragons with which the old geographers covered the /eiva incoguitiu Upon the maps were truly symbocal of the many and various dangers which threatened explorers. Thus of this last expedition of seventy persons which left Zanzibar upon the Arabian Gulf, to strike inland to tne probable course of the river and descend its current to Khartoum, seventeen only are reported as composing the final party.? The climate, the savage tribes, the deserts, the marshes, the beasts, starvation, fever, exposure, fatigue?these are some of the enemies with which the explorer has to contend. One of the most interesting accounts' of a journey to discover the source of the Nile is that of Frederick Werne, a German, who went with an expedition sent by Mehemet Ali, the great Pacha of Egypt. But the Pacha's object was less ? ~ d.n ixAlifinal anr? nnmmcrpilll. ! SClCUllllL" tunu w. The expedition reached the river Sorat and then returned. More recently Dr. ' Knoblecher, Romish Vicar-General at Khartoum, projected a voyage which was bold but not successful. Richard F. Bur?ton, a traveler of fame, who has some remarkable qualities as an explorer, and who has written a compendious book upon the Mormons and their life, undertook the Nile exploration in company, we think, with Speke or Grant, but fell ill and contented himself with sneering at his companion's discoveries. But none of all the explorers, except the last and Burton's expedition, took the African shore of the Arabian Gulf as their base of operations. Yet by Dr. Beke's map of four years ago this was clearly the true point of departure. In the letter announcing the discovery upon the authority of Captain Speke himself, Sir Roderick J. Murcliison says: " The discovery of Speke and Grant, dv which the southernmost limit of the basin of the Nile is determmed to be four degrees south of the equator, is the most remarkable geographical feat of our age; and is, indeed, an achievement of which all our countrymen may well be proud." ?Harper's Weekly. Mr. Pilkington, a small farmer in Pennsylvania, was lately drafted. His wife, though she possesses a small stock of general information, is one of the best of conjugal partners, and was much distressed at the thought of parting with her bushari/l Tho nfhpr rlftv. as ftkfl WHS SCTTlb bing off the doorsteps, a rough looking stranger came up and thus addressed her: "I hear, marm, that your husband has been drafted." "Yes, hC IS/4 answered Mrs, V. "Well, marm, I've come to offer myself a substitute for him." ? " A what !" asked Mrs. P., with some excitement. "I'm willing to take his place," said the stranger. 9 "You take the place of my husband, you wretch ! I'll teach you to insult a distressed woman that way, you vagabond," cried Mrs. P., as she discharged the dirty soapsuds into the face of the discomfitted and astonished substitute, who took to his heels just in time to escape having his heat! broken by tne bucket A singular dog race lately took place at Verona, in Austrian Italy. The competitors numbered about fifty, and were held in leash while their masters walked up to the winning post, calling the dogs to them. When the masters had arrived the signal for the start was given and the dogs were released. Those most attached to their masters had the best chance of becoming the winners, as the course had been strewn with sweetmeats, sausages and other pleasanftobstacles, not easy for ev<?r the best fed dog to pass by. It must be declared that few of the competitors allowed themselves to be stopped by these attractions. The hero of the day was a small dog belonging to Count Stadion. "I declare to you, my fiear jtiilen, that I love you most tenderly; your angelic smiles would shed?would shed--" "Never mind the wood shed just now," said Ellen, "go on with that pretty talk." * URDAY, JULY 11, 1863. _ Rendition of Accounts of the Quarter* blaster's Bepartment. Was Department, AiarTA.vr-genkrai.fl Ovricn,) Washington, Jane ft, 1S63. / General Orders, No. 165.?Under the law ol 17th July, 1862, and Regulations of the Treasury Department in conformaty therewith, the following rules for the rendition of accounts of the Quartermaster's Department are established, and all regulations inconsistent therewith are revoked. ? ... ~ . - * , i 1. All officers oi tue ^marcermasier s i Department who receive pnblic money which they ore not anthorized to retain as ; salary, pay, or emolument, shall rendertheir money accounts monthly, mailing ; or forwarding them addressed direct to the Third Auditor of the Treasury at Washington, within ten days after the ex- j piration of each successive month. The 1 accounts and vouchers to be thus rendered are: Forms Nos. 10 to 22 inclusive, and Nos, 48 to 50 of the Revised Regulations of the Army. These accounts and vouchers are to be made up in duplicate; one copy of each to be retained by the officer for his own protection, the othef I copy to be forwarded, as above required, direct to the Third Auditor, and not to the Quartermaster-General. 2. Whenever an officer ceases, from any reason, to be a disbursing officer, he win immediately render his final accounts, with vouchers, to the Third Auditor. 3. Monthly reports and property returns will be forwarded, not to the Treasury, but direct to the Quartermaster General. They will all be rendered monthly instead of quarterly, and will be mailed or otherwise forwarded within ten days after the expiration of each successive month. The returns to be thus rendered are: Forms Nos. 1 to 9, Nos. 23 to 46, and Nos. 51 to 52, Revised Regulations. The returns, Forms Nos. 23 and 51, should always be made out in triplicate; all the rtfKnv nonom in dmVhVflfp nnlv. One com anything, and offers to give him a point. Old XT. S. is four already and that would carry him out, but they are playing lap and slams, so he can't see it, but goes in for a march and one on the next game." Why does a lard-oil manufacturer necessarily wax great? Because he goes round getting fat. Why is a lovely young ladylike a hinge? Because she is something to adore. . plete set of these returns, with vouchers, should be retained by the officer for his own protection, the rest to be sent to the Quartermaster General. It will be observed that two copies of the returns, Forms Nos. 23 and 51, will thus be forwarded to the Quartermaster General, of which one only will be accompanied by abstracts and vouchers. 4. Officers who are not doing duty as Quartermasters, who are not disbursing money, but who are responsible for public property reo^fved' from tho Quartermaster's Department, such as horses, clothing, camp and garrison "quippage, &c., will only forward to the Quartermaster General the monthly returns of the property for which they are agpoim table, accompanied by vouchers. This includes company commanders, who shall hereafter transmit their returns of clothing and other Quartermteter's property to the Quartermaster #Q4neral monthly, instead < of quarterly. * 5. AD officers doing duty in the Quartermaster's Department are also required to make out and forward to the Quartermaster General, on the first day of each month, a personal report, giving their post office address and a statement of the duty upon which they have been employ- j ed since their last report. By order of the Secretary of War. E. D. Tow>'s?>td, A. A. G. ^ private in one of the regiment at ChanceUorville crien out during the hottest part of the action : "Oeh, murder, I'm kilt entirely !" 'Are vou wounded ?" inquired an officer near him. "Wounded is it, yer honor?" replied the gallant Emeralder, "by jabers, I'm worse than kilt out and out; wasn't I * waiting for a pull at Jim Murphy's pipe, and there, now, it's shot out of his mouth by the bloody ribs." During the rebel raid into Western VirS'nia one of Gen. Jenkins' men stolen dy's hoop skirt, which so enraged the general that he ordered the fellow to wear it a whole month. So he was obliged to go with it around his neck, amid the jeers of his comrades ; and to see him holding it up when riding his horse is said to have been ludicrous in the extreme. The western river men talk about Vicksbnrg in this fashion : "You see, they look at their hands, and Grant orders them up. Then Mr. Pemberton sees he can't make NO. 27. Life In. Richmond Described by Rebel Pens. The Richmond Whig of the 14th inst., in an article exhibiting the prevalence of vice in that city, reproduces the following from a correspondent of the Atlanta (Ga.) Common wealth: Richmond is, I suppose, at this time, one of the most undesirable places in the Confederacy. The old inhabitants of the place, most of them, are either away or keep themselves within doors. The offscourings pf creation are assembled here for the vilest purposes. It is really dangerous for one to walk the streets, in someparts of the city, after night. Burglaries* tlipftfl and robberies are of nicrlitlv occur rence, and not unfrequently tHe papers of the morning record murders committed the night previous. Here, too, the miserable, thieving gamblers can be counted by the hnndreda. Main street, as you may know, is the moat fashionable street of the city, and in thisstreet, between Seventh and Fourteenth* are the most valuable houses. Whilst the lower stories of these buildings are devoted to lawful purposes, the upper are the dens of iniquity and shame. The gambling tables are spread and the cards dealt out nightly, and thousands are won and lost. Frequently, to make the unsuspecting stake his last dollar, he is given poisons whiskey. To cap the climax of their wickedness, it is not unfrequently the casethat common women of the town haveapartments hard by the gambler's table. ? How degenerate ! How many men, in an evil hour, have been fleeced of their all by these practical swindlers ? How many families, in an hour or a day, have been reduced to penury and wretchedness ?? Truly, war is a great calamity. For the time it seems that principle yields to passion, honesty to avarice, vice to virtue. Reason herself, amid the mighty tempest* loses her empire. It may be asked* whyis all this allowed ? Why do not the authorities prevent it?? This I can't answer. Some think they connive at it; some think they are guilty of the grossest criminal negligence, and others think that sudt are merely evils of the times that cannot well be put down. The wickedness ol this city, and its contaminating influences are certainly greatly to be deplored. That the "offscouring of creation axeassembled in Richmond for the vilest purposes," no one who remembers that theconfederate congress and government havethere a seat, will venture to deny. Fdcancial Prosperity.?In an article o*t the present financial condition of th?country, the New York Ecowmiisi says : " It was just thus with England during her great wars at the beginning of tins' century. Her paper money system war enormously extended ; the value of gold advanced ; a general range of high prices was established ; the cry of inflation and ruin was raised by alarmists, who failed to comprehend the situation ; but it remainsan historic fact that, during this very period of seeming, inflation, the foundation of England's wealth was laid ; it was then that she amassed her enormous manufacturing capital, and attained and consolidated a commercial supremacy that liar since remained unapproached. The remarkably steady and extensive progress y of our own national interests, under conditions in many respects similar to thoeeof England, is a strong indication that our own manufacturing, agricultural, and commercial interests are undergoing a similar process of expansion and consoli-. dation to that of Great Britain during hex period of costly wars." A gentleman at a ladies fair, lately, being solicited to buy something by a fair creature who kept a table.* said he wanted to buy what was not for sale?a lock oL J - - ... /*. Xl - - hair. She promptly cut on uie cuvetm curl, and received tne sum asked for it,. 8180. The purchaser was showing histrophy to a friend. ' 'She rather had you, "" said the friend; "to my certain knowledgeshe only paid 83 for the whole wig." ~THE FREE SOUTH." ! PUBLISHED EVERY Saturday Morning^ AT BEAUFORT, 8. O. Wilkes 4c Thompson - - - Prop rie tor*,. I Janes CI. Thoapion - - - - - Editor, I C, C. Leifh. No. 1 Mercor street, N. 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