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The Baric that Never .Can Return. BY SALLIE M. URYAii Thero floated forth a silent bark Upon a eolomn sea, Its drooping flag was torn fend dark, No light-tower lent a warning spark Alas! alas! it was the bark That bore my dreams from me. That bark-the classic one of yore, that fled o'er ocean's blue The mocking, winged thing that bore Young Theseus from thc storied ehoro, Looked not so sad in lonely yore ? To Ariadne's view! There was a pictured landscape there That I had knelt before; Home with blue eyes and gold-hued hair, Some with dark beauty-oh! so rare! Wore wandering in tho starlight there, To meet my gaze- -no more. That summer scene was sweet with flowers Of every form and hue; And dark green trees and myrtle bowers, "Whore song-birds came in dreamy hours- ; Ah, me! ah, me! that on those flowers Should fall a Upas dew! A palace that the angels made, And painted for mc there. Slept softly in the light and shade, And oft its marble halls displayed A picture that my heart once made, Which "looked-so strangely fair. I watched that bark with weary eyes' Float on, and on, and on At last the air grew sad with sighs, A blackness settled on thc skies, Winds wailed, tears trembled in my eyes, Waves rose-and fell-'twas gone"! Wreck -with the beauty of my dreams Tlie idols of my love; ' Wrecked-with the* many golden gleams Caught from .a sun whose farewell beams Flashed burning mockery on the dreams Beloved all else above! THE CASTLE ON THE RHINE. BY FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE. [Concluded.] One morning, she was witness to ft -scene which dashed out the last faint glimmering of hope. They were all seated at a huge oaken table, from which the servants had just removed the apparatus of the morning meal. .'Rudolph," said the baron, aftivr lighting his pipe, an op?ration of great solemnity and deliberation, and taking a few whiffs to make sure that it? contents were duly ignited-"hii dolph, do you know why I sent you to Rosenburg." "Why, sii%" replied the hussar, "I suppose it was because you really have a sort of regard for an idle, good-for nothing fellow, whose redeeming 'quality is an attachment to a very kind old uncle, and whose nonsense and good spirits ure perhaps a partial compensation for the trouble he gives ?everybody in this tumble-down old .en-stle." '"Tumble-down old oo?tlo!" o-rsdainw ;ed the baron, in high dudgeon, the latter part of the soldier's speech can? celling the former; "why. you jacka? napes, it will stand for centuries. It resisted the cannon of Napoleon, and it bids defiance to the battering of time. Yes, sir, Rosenburg will stand long after your great-great-grand? children are superuuuatcd. " "I nm not likely to ho. blessed in the way you hint ut, uncle," said the soldier, carelessly. "I am likely, for aught I seo, to die a bachelor. " "Nonsense1." said tho baron, "What's to become of your family name? Do you think I will allow it ti die out, like the Pumpernickles, the Snaphausens, and the Odenstoften burgers? No, boy. I-sent for j-oti to tell you that I have contracted for your hand with my friend, thc Baron Von Steinburg." "Really, sh, you dispose of mc in a very cavalier way." "That's because you're too careless or lazy to lookout for yourself," re? torted the baron. "But then you can have no possible. Objection to the pre? sent match. The fair Julia is just twenty-eyes, you dog-lips yon rascal-a shape, you blockhead, to bewitch an anchorite. And then she has the gelt-the money, my boy." "A commodity of which I happen to be minus," said the soldier. "Aren't you my heir?" asked the baron. .'You are very kind," said thc hussar, with a slight sigh. He glanced at Adelaide, but he read no sentiment on her calm and pensive countenance. "She's as cold as a glacier on the Donderberg," lie muttered to himself. "Well, sir-you haven't given mc an answer," said the baron, impa? tiently. "My dear uncle," said the soldier, jumping up, and snatching his fowl? ing piece, "it's a glorious morning for sport; and I'm much mistaken if I don't add half a dozen brace of birds to your bill of fare to-day." "But the fair Julia Von Stcinburg?" said the baron. "Oh, I forgot," said Rudolph. "I'm entirely in your hands. Do with me as you please. My profes? sion, you know, has given mc habits of obedience. I suppose I must sac? rifice myself. Good morning. " And away he went to enjoy his sport upon the mountains. - "Young, lovely, and rich!" said poor Adelaide, with a sigh, when she had regained her room. If this be true, she is indeed worthy of Ernstein. He will love her-they will be happy -and I-I can but wish them joy and die." There was great preparation in the castle Von Rosenburg, that day week, for the reception of the prospective bride. Everything was cleaned and , furnished up, from battlement to dungeon keep. An old flag with the family anus was hoisted from the rampart, and the butler, who had served in the wars of^lliance, mount? ed an old swivel on the ramparts with the intention of firing it off, on the approach of the old family carriage of thc Von Steinburgs. Capt. Rudolph Von Ernstein, in his splendid hussar uniform looked the beau ideal of a soldier lover. Even the baron was rejuvenated by a court suit that had not seen th? light since the nuptials of Maria Louisa mid the Emperor Napoleon. At last thc carriage appeared. The .villagers and hangers-on of the estab? lishment hurrahed in the court yard as it drew up, the old butler applied the match to the priming of the swivel and was prostrated by the dis? charge, while the baron oiime ne:ir tumbling over his sword in his eager? ness to welcome his old friend and his old friend's daughter. The Baron Von Steinburg alighted, and bowed his thanks; while Captain Rudolph handed out the lovely Julia. As her light foot touched the pave? ment, Adelaide advanced to ofter a bouquet; at one glance she appreci? ated the exquisite beauty of her rival, and dropping the flowers, retired to an obscure corner of the court yard to conceal her anguish and despair. The festive train swept into- the castle. All wns gaiety and uproar within doors. The baron could scarce contain the transports of his joy; and Von jSteinbnrg- was equally excited. The excitement, however, seemed to be too much for the fair Julia, whose cheek was paler than the satin robe she wore, while Rudolph, perhaps from svinpathy, was uneasy and agi? tated. * At List the bell off the castle was rung for ?linner, and the party pro? ceeded to thc great hall. But Ade? laide did not make her appearance. Search was made for her; she. was not in her apartment. An angry flush overspread the brow of old Rosenburg at this announcement, and after some minutes passed in waiting for VIA? ?P luwnuioo, Ko 01 vi i od duiner to bc served without her. The repast was not a very gay one, notwithstanding thc efforts of the master of the house to make it so. Night had long fallon, and Adelaide did not re-appear. Thc family, from being vexed, now became alarmed, and it was determined to gr in search of her. Rudolph and thc baron went forth with two servant; and torches to scour the woods, aftei vainly searching through the castle One of the men went on in advance He had been gone but a short timi when he came back speechless wit! grief and amazement, Rudolph anc his uncle pushed forward through tin thickets, and on the banks of a smal stream, dammed up to form a lake they found the bonnet and shawl o tho missing girl. "Good God!" exclaimed Rudolph '.she has destroyed herself. I hav< noticed a strange wildness in her ap pearance for several days past; in ? tit of meutal aberration she has wan dereel away, and here found he: death." A piercing scream was heard at thi moment. The baroness, who had fol lowed them, had recognized the gar men ts* of Adelaide. "My child! my child!" she shrieked "my own! my beautiful! she is m more!" "This is worse and worse," said tin baron, wringing his hands. "Thi will make us all mad." But at this moment a boat was seei approacning. It was the miller, win brought with him the body of Adc: laide, dripping as it had been drawl from thc water. He laid her fai form upon the bank. The baroness who could not be restrained, hre\ herself beside her, and kissed ? he pale lips. Rudolph, too, seized th cold hands. ''She lives!" he exclaimed. ''She i not lost to us!" "Rudolph--dear Rudolph!" mm mured the poor girl. "My cliilfl! my child! she lives! cried the baroness. And it was indeed so. She ha* thrown herself into the water, ir deed, but the [miller, who happene to be at hand, had flown to her rescue and she wa? now, by the united effort ol* hfr friends, restored to conscious ness. "Dear, dear Adelaide!" cried th baroness; "your life repays me no' for all my sufferings, Yee, dearest i i II I liilir -jg you are my own,, my ouly child. Yes, baron," she added, noticing the in? credulous* expression of her husband, "the supposed death of a daughter has wrung from a mother's heart the despairing cry that betrayed her se? cret. In former days, I married, se? cretly, Col. Schonf eldt, a brave soldier of the Emperor, against whom my parents cherished a deadly enmity. He fell upon the field of battle, and this poor girl, the,* fruit of our love, committed to the hands of strangers, till such time as I could take her to my heart. I avow it without shame; nor can you, baron, whose noble qualities won my heart, reproach me with the love I bear this dear girl." "She is my child now," said the huron, "as well as yours." Let us hike her back to the castle; she is a precious charge." "I will see to her," said Rudolph; "and it shall not be my fault if she ever has another protector." So the party regained the castle, where. Von Steinburg and Julia were anxiously awaiting their return. When Adelaide hud been carefully attended to. Rudolph sought his uncle and guests in the great hull. I "Miss Julia Von Steinberg," said ! the soldier, "since confessions are the I order of the night, I must place mine on record. I met you to-day in obe? dience to orders, believing my heart was my own. The event of to-night has told mc too truly that I had un? consciously lost it. But I am a mau of honor, and if you will accept my hand without my heart, it is yours." "Captain Ernstein," replied thc beauty, "I thank you for your frank confession. I cannot possibly accepl your hand without your heart. Naj -do not frown, father-I have ti secret for your car, and if you do not wish to wreck your daughter's happi ness, you will urge me no farther." Von Steinberg frowned and pshawed and pished, und then, clearing his voice, addressed the baron. "Come, Von Rosenburg," said he "confess that we have been acting like a couple of old fools, in tryinj our hand nt match-making-it is s business for tho young people them selves, and not for old soldiers lik< us. Say, shall wc reduce the mufi neets to obedience, or shall wc let then have thou own way?" "Circumstances niter cases." an swercd the boron. "When 1 propos?e for Julia's hand, I didn't know m; wife had a daughter to murry. An? if that were not the ease, 1 nm in ellnert to thiuk the secret alluded t by the young lady would prove a insuperable obstacle to the ratification of our treaty." This secret was no other than alov afluir between tho fair Julia ?inda cei tain count who had waltzed with he at the baths of Baden-Baden the prc ceding summer. We are glad to sa that the flirtation thus happily com menced ended in matrimony. As fe Rudolph, he was shortly after unite to the fair Adelaide, on which occs sion the huron gave such a rouse a the old towers of Von Rosenburg ha not known since the rollicking days< its first feudal masters, lt was ilium nutcd at every window and loophole so that the waters of the Rhine rolle beneath it a sea of tire, or as if thei channels were overflowed with gent rous Asmanihausen; and the old bm 1er discharged his swivel so man times that he hud to bc taken dow from the battlements with Rhenish t preserve his lifo. Thus ended all that is worthy con memorating in the modern history ?. the Castle on the Rhine. THE following gentlemen are rcspretful suggested as candidates for the Conventit to bc held in September next: WADE HAMPTON, A. ll. TAYLOR, W. A. HARRIS, _J. G. GIBBES._Jnly 31 ? In view of the importance of tho approacl ing Convention, it is of vital consequetp< to us that we should be represented hy inc not only of patriotism and experience, bi of legal acquirements. I beg, therefore, present to the voters of Richland the nairn of the following gentlemen, who are en: neatly fitted for the responsible post fi which they are nominated: CHANCELLOR CARBOL, HON. WM. F. DESAUSSURE, COL. WM. WALLACE, COL, F. w. MCMASTER. Aug 3 Por thc Convention. t Thc friends of tho Union and of thc State, desiring to bring into her connci practical knowledge, sound patriotism ai devotion to her host interests, respectful nominate the. following gentlemen as del gates to tho State. Convention from t District of Richland: JOHN CALDWELL, WADE HAMPTON, A. R. TAY LO lt, _W. A. HARRIS._August 1? Brass Foundry. THE subscriber, thankful for past patro age, would inform his friends and t public that ho is still prepared to furnish kinds of BRASS CASTING in a worknranli manner and with despatch. ROBERT MCDOUGAL, July 31 va Gadudcn, near Washington st. Headquarters Military DUtrltt ot CHarloston. > DEPARTMENT SOUTH CAROLINA. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GEN.'S OFFICE, CHARLESTON, S. 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WEEKtY GtEANE?t ,4 HOME COMPANION. % As its name indicates*, is intended as a FAMILY JOURNAL, and is published every Wednesday. It will contain Eight Pages, of Forty Columns. The cream of the News, Miscellany, Talcs, etc.. oi thc Daily and Tri-weekly will be found in its columns. TERMS-INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Daily, one year.$10 00 " three months. 3 00 Tri-Weekly, one year. 7 00 " three months. 2 00 Weekly, one year. 4 00 " three months. 1 25 Advertisements inserted in tho Daily or Tri-Weekly at $1 a square for the first in? sertion, and 75 cents tor each subsequent insertion. Weekly advertisements $1 a square ?very insertion. JOB WORK, Such as HAND BILLS. CARDS, CIRCU? LARS, SHIN-PLASTERS, etc., ex?cut?e* promptly and at reasonable rates. JULIAN A. SELBY, July ii Piibhsher and Proprietor. By th? Provisional Governor of tito ^tate of South Carolin?. A PROCLAMATION ! WHEREAS His Excellency President Johnson has issued his proclama? tion, appointing me (Benjamin F. Perry) Provisional Governor in and for the State of South Carolina, with power to prescribe such rules and regulations as may he neces? sary and proper for convening a Convention of the State, composed of delegates to he chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loval to the United ?tates, for the purpose of altering or amending the Constitution thereof; arid with authority to exercise within tho limits of thc State all thc powers necessary and proper to enable such loyal people to restore said State to its constitutional relations to the Federal Gov? ernment.* and tqjjresent such a Republican form of State Government as will entitl? tHc State to the guarantee of the United States therefor, and its people to protection by vhe United Status against invasion,insurrection and domestic violence. Kow, therefore, in obedience to the pro? clamation of his Excellency Andrew John? son, President of the United otates, I, BENJAMIN P. PERRY. Provisional Gover? nor of the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of organizing a Provisional Gov? ernment iu South Carohna, reforming tho State Constitution and restoring civil au? thority in said State under the Constitution and laws of tho United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that all civil officers iii South Carohna, who wore in ellice when thc CivU Government of the State was suspend? ed, in May last, (except those arrested or under prosecution for treason,) shall, on taking the oath of aUegiancc prescribed iu the President's Amnesty Proclamation of the. 39th day of May, * 18(35, resume the duties of their offioes and continue to dis? charge them under the Provisional Govern? ment till further appointments are made. And I do further proclaim, declaro and maka known, that it is the duty of all loyal citizens of the State of Seuth Carolina to promptly go forward and take the oath of allegiance to the United States, before some magistrate or military oflicer of the Federal Government, who may be qualified for ad? ministering oaths; and such are ho roby authorized to give certified copies thereof to th? persons respectively by whom thoy were made. And such magistrates or offittcrs are hereby required to transmit tho originals of auch oaths, at as early a day as may be convenient, to the Department of State, in tho city of Washington, D. C. And I do further proclaim, declaro and make known, that the Managers of Elec? tions throughout the State of South Caroli? na wilt hold an election for members of a State Convention, at their respective pre? cincts, on the FIRST MONDAY IN SEP? TEMBER NEXT, according to the laws of South Carohna in force before the. secession of the State; and that each Election Dis? trict in the State shaU elect as many mem? bers of the Convention as the said District has members of the House of Representa? tives-the basis of representation being population and taxation. This will givo one hundred and twenty-four members to the Convention-a number sufficiently largo <u represent everv portion of the State most fully. Evory loyal citizen who has taken tho Amnesty oath and not within the excepted classes in the President's Proclamation, will be entitled to vote, provided he was a legal veter under the Constitution as it stood prior to the secession of South Caro? lina. And all who are within the excepted classes must take the oath and apply for a pardon, in order to entitle them to vote or become members of the Convention. The members of the Convention thus elected on the first Monday in September next, are hereby required to convene in tho city of Columbia,on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of September, 1865, ior thc purpose of altering and amending the present Consti? tution of South Carolina, or remodelling ami making a new one, windi will conform to the great changea which have taken place in the State, and be more in accord? ance with Republican principles and ecpiali ty of representation. " And I do further proclaim and make, known, that the Constitution and all laws ot' force in South Carolina prior to thc seces? sion of the State, are. hereby made of loren under the Provisional Government, except wherein they may conflict with tho provi? sions of this proclamation. And the Judges and Chancellors of fife State are hereby required to exercise all thc powers and per? form all thc duties which appertain to their respective offices, and especially in criminal cases. It will bc expected of the Federal niditary authorities now in South Carolina, to loud their authority to the civil officers of the Provisional Government, for the pur? pose of enforcing the laws and preserving the peace and good order of the State. And I do further command and enjoin all good and lawful citizens nf tb? State to unite in enforcing the laws and bringing to justice all disorderly persons, all plunder? ers, robbers and marauders, all vagrant? and idle persons who are wandering about without employment or any visible mean? of supporting themselves. It is also expected that all former owners of freed persons will bo kind to them, and not turn off the children or aged to perish; and the freed men and women are earnestly enjoined to make contracts, just and fair,, for remaining with their former owner. In order to facilitate as much as possiblo the application for pardons under the ex? cepted sections of tho President's Amnesty Proclamation, it is stated for information that all applications must bc by petition, ?tating the exception, and accompanied with thc oath prescribed. This petition must be first approved by the Provisional1 Governor, and then forwarded to the Presi lent. Thc headquarters of the Provisional jovernor will be at Greenville, where all .ommunications to him must be addressed Thc newspapers of this State will publish his proclamation till the election for mem? bers of the Convention. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Doun at the [L. S.] town of Greenville, this 20th day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1?65, and of thc independence of th? United States the ninetieth. B. F. PERRY. By the Provisional Governor: WIM.IAX H. i*ERny, Private Secretary. July 2<*