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* ~. - . fOr?gin?L j*" ' Th? Storm Petrel. . - Thou little bird, that d wollest ou the c?sep, And still around us takest tfcy mournfcl way, ] Thou hast a purpose ia the dreary play Which thou dost keep. Woud'ring, we aak thee wherefore thou ahouldst | .) roam, - * C. ? And idly, ignorant of Thy natural powers; . Thy needs, which still our fancy shapes lik e ours, ' Which l?bg for home! Thy nature finds thy home upon the seas, Still vagrant and a wanderer; thia thy choice; And that which seems to us thy plaining voice, Declarea thy ease. "Whig for wide range-an aye ff ".esert space; A passion for the salt and storr/ ' deep: ' The impatient love of changa tnat nelda no j ?sleep, Ever ia chase. Pursuing insignificant bootiesb prey, Still ou the incessant, never-wearied wing, And witli the cry, as of some tortured thing, That hastes away. I Ieee, while we speed, a thousand miles from ! land, ^ . No jutting rook lends respite to thy flight; No lonely iilet, at the coming night, Thy nest of sand. liest thou no sleep--no succor-never rest! Nor pause, nor mate, nor commerce with thy kind; Bora of the spray, in the incessant wind, . In hour ahbleaa'd? And what the food' bestowed thee, ranging Ult And where th? refage when the atom} ia high; Or, whether thoa fiad'st a joy in pleasantly; Alie dark to u?! . ? ' ** Ker may we, ia oar vanity and pride, Assume thy uses.oura-assume thee sent, To cheer the gloom of our imprisonment, Our ooaree to guide. It ia no mission of thy flight to bring, Cheering thc mariner, doubtful of his way, Tidings of rocky shore and harboring bay, And sweet cool spring. Vat must thy laws, like oura, in every breast, Maka grateful the due office, wild or strange; And whether in adventure wide we rang*, Or keep close nest. . The pleasure, ever found in duty still, Compensates for the peril and tire pains, If each, obeying what the Sire ordains, 8ink3 nis owu wi IE* The winda .and waves, .their desert range, thine; Thy nest pf foam receives thee when thc day Wanes, and th 2 dawning fiads thee on thy! way, * Still dash'd with brine. Though wild and ominous be thy screaming | note, Yet, doubtless, it brings music to thy young; They hear^-and answer with like desolate tongue, From screaming throat. - And seek their hom?), and find a grateful rest, Where wc iosa oars! The dread deeps of the! wave. Books them, and where our forms would find a grave, They find a nest!, * .o, gip?y wanderer, teaching still aright! D?7 over with ita pageants, or its storm?, How small the care where we should cast our forms , . For sleep-at night] THE CHURCH- MIUTAI?T.--One ? of the most noted guerilla chiefs in Waitera Ken? tucky is bardan Garland, a Baptist preacher. Hardly lesa famous is Jim Hurd, whoa the Yankees hare captured' on three' oe c??i<>n0- Pr&or. bars cauaot con?ae them. Captain McDbugai ha? become famous. He was .two years in Confederate* service, and for<he past twelve months has bean roaming at mil through Western. Ken? tucky. PROFITADLB DESERTION.-The Yankee deserters who come into Ga?era! Lee's lines now almost iuvariably bring with thain their arms and equipment", which are pu?chased by the Confed?rate Government. The average price paid for a SpriagfidJ rifle, with which they are generally armed, varies from eighty to one hundred dollars, including equipments. - SHERMY'S ARMY;.-A gentleman who arrived tn Richmond direct from Wash i ?g ton City, says that the Yankee authorities: seem to be troubled about Sherman. They say that he has not fulfilled their expecta? tions. It wan fully expected and intended that he should capture Charlotte, and that he would be joined by Schofield, and make Wilmington his base of supplies. The St. Louis Republican, of tba 21st, contains Gen. Magruder's report o? an expedition to Arkansas-River undar Col. Brooks. Several transports were captured , and destroyed, and mauy Yankees killed and drowned. Col.Brooks returned with .thirty-tw? prisoners. MaUmoras^waa in p, terrible state of ex? citement from an anticipated attack by CvJrtinass. Carvajal and Mendez, who were advancing with several thou<ati 1 ' troops. Mejia was busily preparing to defend tile city. A Yankee correspondent says at Camden. S. C., in a newly ir?ade grav.: in the bury ing-gronnd, was found over sixty thousand dollars in specie. Officers just arrived from the Tran* Mis? sissippi, report our anny in fine condition and ready lor a movement. High ivaiei had interfered somewhat with the?r plan?. Headquarters. COLUMBIA, Amur. 8, IS65. CIRCULAR. ALL Officers on Post Duty at this plact? will .make a report to lhes>: Headquarters of all mea attached'to their respective departments, who are entitled to draw rations at this post. ' AU provision returns toustbe made out at thc departments and approved nt these Headquar? ters. Bv order A. F. RUOLE R, Coi. Com Mg. 1 W. J. Mr. A LINO, A. A. A. Gr._April in j ^ HeadquarU rs. COLUMBIA, S. C.. MABCII Si, 1863. SPECJA L ORDER A7> - .?,>?>/. JOil.N" OARSMEN is hereby appaiaN-d Acting Bpjovost Marshal of this city until further orders, ne will be obeye? and respected ac? cordingly. By order ?. F. RUDLCER. Co!.-Commdg.. V. J. M KALIN?, A. A. A.. f> Ap: il -i Writing Ink. AFEW bottles of uiwsocrosive WRITING INK, for sale at thist office. . marsh 23 ' - - ?otice. ? * ALL*&rrymea throughout the District aro respectfully requested, to cross no slave over the river, either by flats or sm ill boin, without his pass ia endorsed (jv either Mr. J. G. GTRBH3 Capt JOSS" CARLTEN' of mvself. march 30 . T. J. GOODWYN, M-iv?r. -Headquarters. DE?ACHM'T BCTLEft'S C?V. BRIGADE, GaXaLOTTK, N. C., March 23, 1865!. CIRCULAR.. ALL absentees front Butlers Cavalry Bri gade are hereby required to report to me at Chesterville. S. C., or to Capt. Mol VER, at Cher?w, S. C., without delay. .To such as report promptly, the clemency offered m the receat order from Gea. Lee will be extended. ' Those who do not avail them??lves of this Last opportunity may expect the extremest penally .>f the military law. This order lo r?tniin iii force for twenty days from this dite. By order B. IL RUTLEDGE, rotreh 28 Col. Cora in'dg Detachment. Headquarters Mil Div. of the West, AUGUSTE MASCH 4, 1865. SPECIAL FIELD ORDER8 NO. 18. [Extract^ ICOL A. F. RCDLEfcfs hereby assigned . as Commandant of the Post at Colombia, S. C. * * * " * By command - Gea. BEAUREGARD. Official: Geo. W. BRENT, Col. and A. A. Qr. HEADQUARTERS, COLOMBIA, & C., . March 15,'1865." GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1. In obedience t.o the above order,'! hereby I asiume command of this Post.. By order of' A. F. RUDLER, , Colonel Commanding. W. J. MKAHWQ, A. A. A. fjR? march Sr* Headquarters, . COLUMBIA, 8. C., MABOB 20, 1865. ( SPECIAL QR DER NO*-. IALL officers and men now ia th? city . who are unattached, will repoit to these headquarters for- organisation aa a guard for iposlihity. V , , II. Detailed meu who are unassigned are quired tn report at the?; headquarters far assignment to duty without delay. III. The police and citizens geaerally sra 'quested to aid in the arrest of absentees and deserters. By order of A. F. RUDLER, ' Colonel Commanding. W.J. MEALING, A. A. A. G. march al ? The State of South Carolina. EXECUTIVE ^DEPARTMENT, M ? . COLUMBIA, March 27, 1865. rr>HE invasion of the Stajta haa^endered it 1_ proper that thc Legislative Department of the, Covernment of the State should be con? vened, that such measures may be adopted aa* the welfare of the Stale atayerequire. And iosr tbat purpose, Um members of the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the State of S.tuh Carolina are hereby invited to assemble at Greenville, on TUESDAY*, the 25th day of April, 1S65, at 12 o'cloek m. By the Governor: A. G. MAGRATH. Oflicial: W. S. ELLIOTT, Private Secretary. April 1 JSP" All papers in the State will oopy until the time for tba raeetiag of th? Legislature.