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PATRIOT,
GREENSBOEOITG-H, 3ST. O., OCTOBER 15, 18.63.
JSPnrnber 1,371,
"Volume XXV.
THE GrREMSBOROBffl
Written for thr Patriot.
3WX -A. DEI. T
O1
SOUTHERN FREEDOM.
IT II A H It T U ALL.
" Frien I after friend departs!
WV hm not lost a friend ?
CArT. JOHN HILL BOYD-
'.rn- Ut thf bridal chamber. Death !
t'nfiio to th- mother , wheat-he ff-els,
I r the fir.i fiiun, Lr first born 3 breath ;
'.m- when the ilf-fd seals
I but close the pol?nce are broke,
An. J f run led citi wail it stroke;
' 'iix- in rinniutiin k b ntljr forsri,
I h- ar- ln,:iakf li'.rk, th ocean storm;
when the heart (! high and warm,
.U'ali lf,ririot-sinr. and dance, nJ wiie ;
Al. l thrill art terrible
wb.-n tl.cn corner! in the full-opened, bright
r t ri i younif man life just a hi hope ere
; 1 1 fi if in I li t 'j l n I brightening under the iun
nin! 'l cf a giiI proaperi'y; when thou cotnest
a Id- I. i en'rel uj "O a new, inspiriting, lring,
i nt ing ' t in the grand dram of his early ex
i l,i n thou r-i.iiirt to him far froui hi faili
i - h inif, tin -.omi ( In) iua l culhinia.t!c love
-tr. I t In-rndv'tr i trieud-i of his youth : when Jioii
i'inM -1 In ti.- o! 1.t, young an. I high, bounding in
n .'. apiriioi,, n it iij.nu the field of carnage atul
gl.-r;, Ihi: hi t'.iv iiin-f chamber of aolitu-Je andiick
iii tin hi an va-tly, intensely, more insupportably
I'jnMr, - and
" "the tear,
I he irrcui the knell, tUo pall, the bier,
An I it II we know, or dream, or fear
f ag'.ny, iir- thine, '
n re hitt. rlj, more poignantly "thino." Thus,
'iri''l nt I v:ii' li , iluNt tli., u coin- to the patriotic aul
f I- II.iyu, thf timt nurtyr of Rockingham in this
vnr . I Nor'l.orn agjrf ssion up-n the South!
John 1 1 1 1 1 Hoy. I the n-conil con of Col. George I).
I! .yd, a hiMy di-tingui).! citizen of Hockii.g
1. n;i vr t- burn in that county, on the 2nd day of
vln, I ('. ile v. t it boy ol vivacious disposition
mi I iii.'ii-l.i.uii lir.j' pride, and catly gave promise of
ihi lu!n'i uri l pn iirui ncf in that vocation or fn-M
.f i.i. r p-r it? in which hit talentd luijtht bo exerted.
Hi f.ul.iT, 'Uririn' to give him bucIi an education
h-i iii;l I -1 l.t him fir a ldh poiiitiou in sociaty
hi. I t h d isty v, ay of public life, ent him, bo icon
ii ha lii.it It thf itiu.il acquisition of elementary
I'-itrinii, t,, tli Mi nic IriMiitutc in (itrmanton.
I Iium'i , l,e wui nent to Kmory and Heury College in
In l.n-oni of V irjririiB 'a lovt-lif-Ht nnd gran'lest mouu
i i f ' fi,ry. n t'orally an exq-iiite and aunorb
I I t ,r ti.e culture an t a.lornment of tlie human
niir-ll-i t. I.il.c most 1.0) of uprightly mind, how
t v r, h w.i.-t f.iiid nf tli- companionship of the wild
nt t fi ..Ik .inn. . bn', though he.lakhtd hit ichulin
In yi.irn with thiwt Lihirious, ciri vencing quality of
hf irl which r'u.'uch uparkli: to chnractar, still
" A iinrricr youth,
'it bin ihr limit ol Locoming mirtli,
I firvi r - cut nn hour - tnlk withal."
N wriln IfL, ) wa a t lsr olulcnt on. I paid great
if i. ni i'H t v-?in writing un I the dutici of th Lit-
i t ..ricly If liih lit-I t loiijfi'.l. ifo waa read
I...;ii I t- ptn ititd tiinguc, anl left behind him
i'. i.,.! mi ctiviitlou teputatit.il at u writer and
I. Uvt
In thf ' j-r i r.r ..f I- i, when lit wa.-t in his twenty
! .n!i ai', thf rihl aK--at which to cominance the
.nt i ;. it km l f lb- tw. ho entered the Law School
! ' hi. I .1 ii i ii f 'i iti.in at Hii lir.ioiid Hill in thii
M''e A' ;haf fHrtitd vraf of legal instruction,
ite i.i n hih i i.tiu Tic. enciinpa'tftl bv .-till
i. i I. .fiy l.illi t'i I ji fi.ll vi..vt of te towring l'i
I . In liti ne. for tw.i yrara to the ccturen ol that
j i t.f i !y leoiiif j iiti.l etiiinfut jurist. At ouch an
ii, -. ;.. I nilli firh an . lai-l- of the law f.jr his in
i ;.!. . i . ii. .-"ill I i.i ,m il t.til .) becurne well versed
in " 1' irniii ,m I reaKvning of that ab?truse and
n f !. ictu f.
iih hit urinof thiH !.uriii."i,r'l, he rommenced
thf pr.f.tif- ,t hi Tst"ii..n, -horily .iter he was
t Im.tte I I., thr bur, in bn native county. lui-
lo"- .i .. i ght him; and though he vt a
I ' Mi nr.t.Iv ,ih,..it i4 y-r, y,-t, to ufc the
I i'i "i 'gi ..f 'nitc of hi otn count) men. ho "was
; - thin i.r l.i, inly -lirct-tful." Mr." Boyd ap-
I m hi.Tiie t.f ibe laostt imi ortiiiil criminal tuita
ill . . mty .!urini hi lenl carei-r, atnl be had the
1. r to intktt the opening argun.ent in defence of
thf pi in .r.r in t'.i celebrated case ot Williams,
i ti ut the timv .vi';tc I fo much public interest,
ti;. In. p.. .1' distinction in his profusion wan not un-
II i i ii.
In p .litic, Mr. r.oyd was n democrat of the old
.' Itci'xi.niaii School lie wn a wjrkiDg, active
rm ;..''. r f I,,- p irfy, and, not wit h, landing he never
i, a . n Ii late f,r pition in his county, he was
ff'fti c. 1.. i'i' I to run fur u -eat in the t.encral Ae
m M.l.ij au! t. U ., str..ii- und bold l and in public
l. i.-i. n L.T the r:in..l.uei of hi choice in State
fleet!, ns. r.y tic LegMature 0f
' s ', uiirrati- llxegutite wan iiuthorued and em
1 ' vi -1 e I i . i ,i j p., i, it aC'-intnissioncr to act in co-opera-......
tr,., a..- State t.f Virpinia ,n running
:' 1 .b!-.,!.,,,;. .he l.ne U-twenthi. and that
s'1'' '''I'- tendered ihi, place'of trtj-t and
' ' ,"l',:,si,,i:"Jr l" r. ljd, a ,li,tiir.,:vhc.
' ii c.ie. n, in which ho wan hol len by the
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'.I tl.i- n1HP on the Kr. und ,.f con
1 : ! ' heulth, rr the recurperat ion of which
- !lv aftetwai I travelled to the amitli-wt;.t and
eerl tiu iiiln in Svrtl, M, .,-;,..; l km
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fUftiot, ,,f l-.reckcnri.'.gc ..nd Lane
'''Cl.itlth eilt t.f th. m..r
fi-it he ., ..r.imil l(r,c .vcesiiou-
Hc hcli. Vtd tli.it . pantti ,u between xC two
w-""H-vit;t!,!o nndw.m for preparing
'' tic ,ir
' 11 1 11 ,'"!:"'- He did not, however.
U- tr.,;:nen''irT di.rutioii of the old
r.'.ve :
1 1 I til ,i Ti!
: - it u HiM-ted that all rbe State- of
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l. it ! ' COIltc rI nn.l ... - 1
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t I in..
m'i ure 1
'll'C JU' llt
i: he tht. ti.-!,! wul 1 have more
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i '" f "t e wimnut w ar
rr. i ;4n 1 iibominatioas. Hut
' .'Ill'V W ,,9
jurmrl. lhe Cotton
n hi opini. n t..o eger
" ' ' f llM ttft t . plow,
to I reak t 3,
f if on' t-.i
; ' '' 'h' r ' " ' -'t"r '.'. Dim when
n ! r . -'..limed c.-ercivc war upenthe
' ; I f'vr ccc.tion and a Con
' ''l 1 "ii ti e toenn of -war was
' k "" 1 1 " Stli became the
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i an !
i fv-ry
" " r:'" "'- n M vakinp of him
"' " H- t-rth ut one,, m Volun.
pnno.Hc, and l,..rre- of
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... it n I t-.ul.er I .,r,,..n.l
a com.
' l.li tfl Iiofu ,f,ultr
neighbors and
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tvinpauv ii. .t .,.,!
-'-v !-c I t him tUrit th,Sin WAJ(.r biu
'! 1 ' !- ai tine and
' l- f r I,.;, ,,,, a HurJ or ,lu,ul.
II i . ...
uiiivu i u tuvLfaUed him of
hi debilitated conttitution and of Li iuability to
ptand the hard, irregular and exposed life of a ioldier,
to which he nobly replied : That htvntd a duty to
hit oonnrry qfid that it behoovtd him to rally arovnd
her ilandard."
Hi company wa placed in my regiment, which
wii organized at Camp Hill near Danville, Va. He
reached ther with hi company just before I did
with mine. He was not looking atoutly at that time ;
but he was exceedingly cheerful and seemed to be
hijrblr pleased with the novelty and strange fascina
tion of so!dir-life. Had he bean physically fclle to
endure its hardship and Severe privation?, none
would have surpaFsed him in fondnefs for the
Camp and eagernea Cor tha fray. His soul was in
the cause, and It- felt, that
"To fight,
In a just cause, and for our country's glory,
Is the bast ofUce of tha best of men ;
And to decline whn these motives urge,
Is infanmy baneath a coward's baseness."
On the way to Manassas, Capt. Boyd, in conse
quence of te "short notice before marching, acci
dents and delays, was short of rations for his men
and unfortunately could not supply them at the
eating-houe in the villages through whic'.i we
ped. We were hurried forward too rapidly to
have victual cooked to order. Like a true soldier,
Capt. Uoyd shared the same fortune which his men
did. When they reached tha Junction, they had
fas'ed nearly two "days. Next morning, we were
roused too early and marched to the battlefieldtoo
quickly to have the rations cooked which were de
livered out l j the regimental Commisary. Before
the battle, nothing was received except some hard
bread and muddy water, aud, after the fight, still
nothing but hard bread, raw meat and brackish wa
ter could be had. As the darknes of night settled
upon ua, a light, drizzling rain began to fall. Thus
exhausted and famished, on that" inclement night,
Capt. Boyd was ordered on picket duty with his
company in front of the enemy and was out the
whole livelong night, watching the wily foe. This
made three "lays and three nights, he was withput
aleep, rest and tie necessary food to susatin bodily
health. His weak constitution was too much taxed;
but he was, nevertheless, cheerful and playful: By
day he wa employed in having work done upon the
fortifications in front of his command, and by night
he was watching the threatened and expected com
ing of the enemy; and on the Sunday night of the
.'1st July, after undergoing the severest double
quick marching, he was thoroughly chilled by lying
in the cool night air when our regiment was thrown
across the woods to intercept straggling Yankees. 1
rcioember to have seen him and heard him speak of
being st wet and so cold, that he cod nulot warm
himclf up by pacing rapidly to and fro before his
company. Thua was he early broken into the perils
anil hard toils, by night as well as by day, of sol
Jicry. On lhe day following, though he was greatly
indisposed, Capt. Boyd had to stand out und take
the drciichings of a col 1, benting rain, and, at nighty
he rested his exhausted body on ome hard plank
under a thin piue-arbor through which the rain wa
continually dripping and wetting his garments and
person. No one else being even so well provided
as be, Capt. Boyd invited hi rousin Lieut. Hill and
niy.self to lodjjo with hiin. Wc did , and can well
verily how much we ull suffered that black, Jrosry,
ruiny and horrible night. From or soaked slum
ber, we were summoned by the beat of the drum
at Si o'clock in the morning -Still it was raining,
and the ground, which saturated with water,
was tramped into i'-'P '"ud by the restless poldiers.
Order were tyd and peon we were out in the
rain an-' mud. From that day Capt. Boyd was not
alJj for military duty, though occasionally he went
out with his company.
r.elore he became too ill to si: up, he was employ
ed by two young men in the regiment, who were
arraigned before a regimental court-martial, to de
fend them. He attended the sittings of that court
und-r the dep shale of a gigantic, branching and
beautiliil oak, which rtood near my headquarter,
ari l ingeniously r.nd ably arg'.ie 1 Ihcir capes in that
out do- r temple ofjulice. That was the Cr6t court
martial in our regiment aud ho was the fiift coun-
rllor to appear in it. Silently but highly does this
speak his legal landing. It was the last act which
In- was able to perform. How hard it is to turn
away from such glittering honor to die ! The way
to eminence was brighteuing before him in the new
field of duty into which he had entered, and had his
huiilih and lifebcou itpredt doubtless, bo would have
inscribed his name high in the temple of human
fume.
At Camp Illicit, whither wc had been moved to
improve the sanitary condition of the regiment, Capt.
P.oyd's illness assumed the type Ol typhoid fever.
Daily and rapidly, he grew worse. Late one after
noon, as we returned from battalion drill, we meet
him in an ambulance on his way to Manassas. That
was the last time I ever saw him. He was exceed
ingly ill and feeble, but yet his face wore its usual
cheerful, hopeful expression. Hope inspired nic
with the thought, that he would ere long recover
an! join us again in camp; but gallant, dying hero
aud patriot, he saw his men and friends for the last
timeoncatth. His servant, Sam Jones, was the only
one who asccmpaniei him. His brother, Lieut
Col. A. J. Boyd, who was then his first lieutenant,
applied, in the usual way, to the command"cr of the
lU'p irtmeiii for permission to attend Capt. Boyd to
hospital In Kichmoud ; but this application, though
only for two or three days, was denied him, when
no engagement with the enemy wa9 expected, or
could possibly happen, that being not more than
two weeks after his ignominious and inglorious rout
on the plains of Manassas. Our oflicers high in au
thority thought, forsooth, that they must be extreme
ly rigid and heartless, otherwise the cause of free
dom and independence might be injured! Such
conduct, not ouly wrong iu itself, caused much men
tal suflerin. robbed many men of their valuable
lives, and did a vast deal in giving others out of the
field a distaste and evcu aversion for the service.
After reaching Richmond, he was conveyed to the
uo.'pi'al in the St. Charier, Hotel, where he contin
ue 1 until hi, father nnd brother Col. S. H. B.yd ar
rived a lew dys afterward They had him rc-m-'ved
to the .liet. pleasant residence of Mr. Charles
rafca, on Clay street, where he died on the llSth day
f Augut, tifter lingtriig und suffering for near
sixteen days. The hand of woman was never softer,
n r lar heart kiiidrr, of mere sympathetic F.very
thing, which gentle i.ursing and -kilJ'ul and able
pi-.vcuce could effect, was dotia to save his lite ; but 1
neither hi-. hy?idans. nor the unwearied attentions
of Mrs. IUtes, a's well a :hoe cf Mrs. Taylor and
Mrs. Pierce, availed anything. His life faded as a
le.it.
" Hi remain wue brought to Rockingham coun
ty, North Carolina, on the :suth of August, and on
the o 1st the bur4al services took place from the
McthoJut Church in Went worth, in the presence of
a large concourse of Lis sorrowing friends and fel
low citizens. All hearts were stricken with grief
at M ue'imely fate. We kuew not that he had such
a tr,.i L.-id ou the utllicticr.s of his couutrymen
till he ditd. A public meeting was called to givc ex
pression to the deep regret and sorrow felt by tiu
community .on account of hi death, and to offer their
condolence and sympathy to hi bereaved family.
It ia aad and melancholy even for the old to die.
We take our fathers in the arms of affliction whea
they fall upou our bosoms and lay them down ia thej
grave with sorrow and grief but when we remember
that ii ia by God's appointment that their bounds
are et beyond which they cannot pass, we bow in
submission to His will. But when the young iranis
suddenly stricken down in the bloom of his wan
hood, flushed with the success of his first efforts,
with his hopes beating high for the future, our Learf
almost refuse to be comforted. Though the Lord
will do right, and He does all things well."
Written for the Patriot.
2I6KTEBT DAYS'
B T II'IIBU'I.
WO weeks in the army is more than equal to
that many months in ordinary life. Ia.
that length of time a battle, or series of
battles may be fought, victory won, and a campaign
decided. If two weeks is so long a season, then you
may well imagine the pleasing sensations produced
in the mind ol the N. C. soldier upon the publication
of Gen. Lee's late order giving him leave of absence,
not fqr two weeks only, but for full eighteen day,
to visit hit home and family. That eighteen days
with him is everything, and opens as a good, long
eason of rest and enjoyment. So, with a bouyancy
of mind quite different from that experienced upon
setting out on a trip to the Potomac, with the '-paper"
in his pocket, he makes hia way to the Quar
termaster's office to get "transportation furnished
in kind from Orange C. H. to Richmond." He is a
veteran of the army, has nbt been at home in two
years, and his Regiment has not enjoyed "a season
ticket on the Railroads," (to defend the coast,) since
volunteering went out of fashion. So the very first
scene opens in the brightest colors. On the Railroad
a furlough in his pocket, with the prospect of a
pleasant two day's ride, and then his arrival in the
neighborhood of home, with two weekg of uninter"
upted enjoyment ! "Who would not b a soldier,"
just to feel, for once, really happy, like the fur
loughed man upon setting out on his journey home !
Such fine spirits should never meet with disap
pointment ; but alas for the fashion of this world,
how it changeth ! Our pleasures are short lived,
and no sooner does our soldier find hinreolf at
Jtichmond, than he finds himself at tbc commence
ment of a long series of trouble. Warned by the
agent as soon as he reaches the depot, (which ia at
3 o'clock; that the train for Petersburg and Weldon
leaves at half after 4 ; and warned by the provost
guards, who are swarming around from every direc
tion, that he cannot leave the city without a pass
port, he finds that he has just an hour and a half to
goon. So he proceeds with all possible haste to
the passport office, to get his papers arranged and
be off without misstngconnexion. Arriving at that
centra of attraction his first feeling is that of sur
prise ta sec so many persons on the same errand a9
himself. A vast sea ol soldiers and citizens rages
in front of the office at the entrance door, ami as ud
ditional waves keep pouring in he soon finds himself
jammed up ia the centre of lhe crowd, doomed to
wait three quarters of an hour before his time will
come. Six clerks are iu the cilice, busy with their
pens, and ao an applicant passes out at one doer, a
new one is admitted at the other. A guard i sta
tionod at this latter door to see that no one enters
while the clerk nre engaged, and another guard
stands at the other door, to sec that no one s-lips
the block, and to admit none but ladies there. ' Ah !
how slow they work!" "Will m v time never come "."
"I'm certain t-. belelt !"are the cxclnm&tions en all
sides, while a corpulent old citizen elbows his way
through th" crowd, aud in tDnes of '-sweet German
accent," beseeches "tho shentlemen for room to pa-s ;
I must by all poshihle means be at Petcrshburg dis
night ! ' ' Silence, won't yer." is the only answer,
from Hibernian lips, '-here be men who have had
nivcr a bit of home for two years, and be jabbers,
you come putting your old carcass in wi' theirs!"
Out with him ! push him away!" is the approving
cry from a hundred soldiers, and by common con
seut, Paddy is allowed to ma'.cc his way next, for
bis speech has won the favor even of those r.eaivst
tha door, while his luckless competitor for pf.sj-port
favors 3 cro wded out, but who, despairing not,
slips around to the guard at tho other door, nnd,
with winks and entreaties, tries to effect an entrance
at the ladies' department" But the guard h iu
exorable ; and yields not till a tempting bribe, in
the form of a small tickler is cauUously produced, !
and the favored child of Israel, to the astonishment j
of the outsiders, is next seen by the sido of Pat at
the clerk's desk, getting his papers
Patiently bidjnc his time, the th.eo ouarl,m of
an hour roll round, and the soldier with the cigh- then mo off' aad leaTeS th unluck7 soldier 'm
teen days' furlough, finds himself admitted into the : Iialein a PreY for the merciless landlord at the
august presence of the sleek clerks of the Richmond ! Riilroad House. The next train, after many weari
passport office. He is just ready to submit his ere- BOme hoarse-ready to be off, and the soldier with the
dcntials to their scrutinous examination, when he eighteen days' furlough, congratulating himself that
is asked to stand aside. The ladies must be attend- , but oae stae f is journey remains to be accom
ed to first, and a sufficient number of them have ..dished, aud that he has lost but four days ol his
just entered t delay his time for fifteen minutes at Plough, finds himself aU aboard for JJ.gh Point."
least. The clock strikes 4 ; he has a half hour yet
" to go upon," and he begins to feel comparatively
safe. At lenirth. with the nreciou, bit of brown ...
uer secured, he turns his back on tho .,.-
breathes freely onetime more, and hastens on to the
transportation office, to get his "check " for a free
ride. But he has been furnished with the wrong di-
rection, and finds himself making rapid heading to
ward Camp Winder Hospital; and, not a little ex
cited, he retraces his ttcps with all possible speed.
But upon reaching the office, imagine his dismay to
find that the doors are all closed, with a placard
hanging up, "No Admitta.vce." The windows are
open, however, and the chief clerk, with a huge pipe
sits at one, fanning himself, and looking out in the
street. May-be he will look over the p-vpers and
give tranportation, only for cne, as it will rot
take many minutes? But in vain he begs and im
plores; he can ouly 6tart a grc.ut from the chief
clerk, a gutteral mumbling, and feeble efTort at say
ing ' office closed ; can't violate rules won't bo
open till six o'clock." Finding his entreaties of uo
avail, the exasperated soldier now tries to move
the unaccomodatir.g off cial by curses and by shak
ing his fist in a most threatening manner. It docs
move him ; for the imperturbable chief clerk retires
to the back room as coolly as an ice berp floating
iliarn rv urrdim of lTi.flr Onlu riflrti mirtiltfa tpft
it will not do to lay over, so the soldier resolves to
pay hi. way, and mis, no connexion. With this de -
ermination he start, for thai denot : the locomotive
TI 4A C Bi.1 OIU V r V U AkVV. U HI Mt.i.r
whistles.and when he reaches the denot horrors!
he finds that the train has left, and he will have to
lay over all night in Richmond!
Four o'cloclc the next morning rinds the lackless
oldier partially recovered his m:.haps of yesterdcj-,
altc.- a comfortable night's sleep on a tobacco hogs
head. We now sec him all a(vard for Fi'.cnLurj,
congratulating aimslf thai he kas lest bat one day,
and looking forward with bright hopes for better for
tune, and a afe arrival home by. the next morning.
And, indeed fortune doe seem disposed to work now
in his favor. At Petersburg he has no.offiees to hunt
up nor prorost guards to encounter. All he has' to
do is to walk leisurely through town to the Weldon
depot, show his passport to one rather gentlemanly
detective, ehoose his coach and take a seat, provided
he can find one. In fifteen minutes the train mores
off, and indications become so flattering of an uninter
rupted passage to Weldon, and so far does the good
nature of our furloughed man gain the ascendant,
that there is actually danger of his committing some
wild excess ; for, we notice he has taken dowp his
haver-sack, and in a most frantic manner has
"pitched into" some fat meat aad corn bread.
Everything goes merry enough. Thirty miles of the
trip have bean made ; everybody is getting drowsy,
anj nodding at the furloughed soldier, and just as
the train is blowing off and stopping for water at
a depot, where .there U a corn-field, and OTeria the
woods, a church with a steeple the furloughed sol
dier nods at everybody, aad bids good-bye to depot,
ooi n-fieid, church and all. He is surprised upon
coming to life again after, as he supposes a few min
utes' nap, to see his neighbor look at his watch and
exclaim, "five o'clock in lhe evening, and here we
are yet!" He is still more surprised, upon looking
out at the window, to see staring him full in the face
the same depot, the same corn-field, the same church
and tho same steeple that he indistinctly remembers
having bid "good-bye," some time ago; and still
more is he surprised, after consulting a black gentle
man outside, to learn "datdedown train is behind;
hb to miss connnexion till 12 o'clock to-night;
trains run monstrous unregTar now, boss." The
news is anything but cheering, and the furloughed
soldier gives way to his first impulse, which is to
swear lustily. He soon, finds that this don't help
matters ; and beginning to congratulate himself that
it will be only two days lost of his furlough anyhow,
he bestirs himself, looks furiou at his haver-sack,
makes a vigorous onslaught on that inoffensive com
panion of his travels, and vejiting his spleen on its
contents, leaves not even a vestige of the corn bread
or fat bacon.
"Twelve o'clock to-night" slowly eomes; and,
with it, almost as slowly, the Petersburg train come
to Weldon ; but, far from slowly, its great load of
hungry passengers make a rush for the hotel ; eat a
little meat and bread; break a vast number of plates,
cups and saucers ; pay two dollars and a half dam
ages, and rush back again to get a seat on the Ral
eigh train. But all for little profit to many of them.
A man with an overcoat on, and a lantern' in his
hana with a nose redder than -the light of the lan
tern, tells the crowd that not half can get seats ; a
battalion of soldiers had to go up on an extra train
and there's not another coach left not tven a box
car." He is the conductor. That ends the matter,
and in ten minutes, the train is gone, and a crowd of
disappointed men are left at Weldon to pay for break
fast the next morning. And of all the erowd who
aro disappointed, none are more disagreeably so
than our soldier with the furlough. But postponing
his curses till morning, (when probably they will
be vented on tho land lord,) he looks up a pile of
guano sacks, salt sacks, or sacks of some sort, get
t-ut ix'n blanket makes down, and retires for the
night.
Morning comes, and with it breakfast. It is a
better breakfast than he was ever furnished with at
Weldon before ; a new landlord has taken it in hands
aud new cooks have been hired. These cheering facts
with a glass of "something," so far tend to restore
our furloughed soldier, that notwithstanding he pays
$2.oi), aud has lost three days of his furlough, the
landlord escapes a cursing, and the furloughed sol
dier shows his passport to an officer (who wouVJ
urjch rather see a brandy bottle,) and takes his place
at the platform, so that he can get on as soon fls the
train comes. Luckily, the train is in time ; the sol
dier is lucky enough to get a seat and now find
himself alt a board for Raleigh. Nothing occurs du
ring this stage of his passage worthy of record here.
The road from Weldon to Raleigh is a long one;
the ride is a slow and tedious one; and without any
unusual delay, tho train arrives at Raleigh, and our.
furloughed soldier now finds himself shifting his
baggage to the other train, which will leave in
half-hour. A half hour is a right smart while, and
our soldier being rather hungry, and espying a sort
i of hotel with the sign "Railroad House" hanging
1 out, resolves to eat a hasty snack. This done, he
has ouly to pay two dollars and return to the train.
But his return to the train is not so easy a matter.
A man with a gun swung laosely across his shoulder,
! who hails from Camp Holmes, and calls himself a
! provost guard, wants to Bee his papers. Certainly
i he can see them but the man from Camp Holmes
can't read, and an officer of the Guard is hunted up ;
the "papers" are examined and pronounced genu
ine, but, alasj just as he receives this important in-
lormatton, tne locomotive wnisuea, iue raiu uacBf
. . ' i . . i. i 1
"Uihgence ensures success is an oiu maxim , auu
ncver wa3 il raore fulljr Te"fieJ thaD' ln tUC
f ur Ploughed soldier. Having follow-
' d him through all hia ups and downs, we now, see
him safely arrived at High Point, looking more
gaily in fact then when he set out on his trip. But
he has not 'et "id at his journey's end ; High
Point is not his home. He lives ten miles below Ashe
boro, and Asheboro, as everybody know, i twen
ty or thirty miles down the plank-road.
"Variety i the spice of Hfe" is another max
im and a change in his mode of travel will
doubtless be a wonderful spies in the life of the
furloughed soldier; so congratulating himself that
it will be only one more day of his furlough lost,
and with only a few hours travel till he will reach
home, where he can get some chicken pie and a kiss
from the old woman and everything else that is gooa,
he turns his back on High Point, and resolves to go
home on foot, the surest way he has ever traveled
yet.
What takes place after his arrival home and how
he enjoys himself after he gets there, it is notour
province to relate ; we know, after reaching home
aud finding everything so natural, and all of thm
takon so by surprise, and euch a universal rejoicing,
and such a good dinner spread out for him, and the
i a i.;.,,. ir. tn rt their letters, anu
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-uoor women uu.-ii&
w . .
everybody so well pleased at seeing nun, wo 3,
" w only know, that the fint xmpulse of our soldier
i. to congratulate himself that he has lost only five
days of his furlough.
But, then, we know the time
passed aw ay so rapidly, that when the day arrives
for him to ttart back, everybody feels so hurt, and
shed so many tears, and bid him euch a mournful
farewell : and even the old house iUelf begin to look
so desolate and cr.Uto his mind so many happy days
of the past, and whisper to him that may be these
days will be the last, we say, then he would give
anything if he only had those five days that he lost,
back. gain, so that he could stay at heme a little
while, longer. We know, too, .that when he gets
back to his regiment, he feels so melancholy, so lit
tle like he had been at home at all, that the time,
reader, you have thrown away In reading these
pages, seems much longer to you than to him seems
"Tk Eigktttn Day' Furlough."
North Carolina, Randolph Co.
Court 0 Pleas and Quarter Session, August
Term, 1863. . , 6
Mary Brookshire vs. Abel Cox and others.
PETITION FOB DOWER.
In this case it appearing to th satisfaction of the
Court, that R. Q. Allen and wife Wincey are not
inhabitants of this Slate, It is tnerefore ordered by
the 'Court that publication bo made in the Greens
be ro' Patriot paper published in the town of Greena-
borough N. C. for six successive weeks, notifying
am oeienaanta to appear at next Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions to be held lor the county of
Randolph, at tha Court House in Asheborp, on the
1st Monday of November next, and show cause if
any they have why the prayer of the petitioner
should not be granted, or otherwise the case will be
heard exparte as to them.
Witness, J. H. Brown, Clerk of our said Court at
ffic in Asheboro, the 1st Monday of August, 1863.
6-6wadv$8 J. H. BROWN. C. C. C.
Jreenboro Hutual Intmrance Co.
PAY8 ALL LOSSES PROMPTLY !
DinSCTOBS:
John A. Mabane, Cyrus P. Mendenhall, David P.
Weir, Jamei'M. Garrett, T. M. Joues, N. H. D.
Wilson, David McKnight, M. S. Sherwood, Jed. II.
i-inasay, K. M. Sloan, C. 0. Yates, R. Sterling,
Wm. Ban-in ger, Greensborough ; Alexander Miller,
Newbern; Dr. W. C. Ramsey, Wadeaboro'; W. A.
Wright, Wilmington; R. C. Mayaard, Franklin
ton; E. F. Watson, WatsonviUe; A. J. York,
Concord; B. Craven, Trinity College.
oriciKs:
N. H. D. WILSON...... President.
JED. H. LINDSAY, Vice President.
JOHN A. GILMER, Attorney.
PETER ADAMS Sec. and Treas.
N. II . D.. WILSON, "J
C. G. YATES, Executive Committee.
J. M. GARRETT, I
All
communications on business nf th
offioe
should be directed to
PETER ADAMS, Secretary,
867 Greensborough.
Edgeworth Femalo Seminary,
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C.
The fall session of this Institution will commence
on tho 4th of August next.
Ttrmt for the Session of Twenty Weeks. Board,
inoluding washing, lights, fuel, &c.,$ 20 ; English
Tuition, $30; Music on the Piano, Harp or Guitar,
$30; Vocal Music, $12.50;' Oil Painting, $30;
Drawing, $12.50; Grecian Painting, $15 ; Ancient
and Modern Languages, each, $12.50.
For further particulars, apply to
jun25-y RICHARD STERLING, Principal
Crf Reward. Ranaway from the subscri
fijlJlJ ber, on Saturday 8th instant. Bill a dark
mulatto, 5 feet, 9 inches high, 22 years old, weighs
about 1G0 pounds, one front tooth broke half off
which show conspicuously when he laushs, which
he does when Bpoka to, speaks with a slight lisp.
Had on when he left neither hat er coat. The above
reward will be paid for his connnement in Guilford
jail, or his delivery to me, at Summerfield, Guilford
County. JOSEPH II OS KINS.
aug27 04-tt'
Lost or Mislaid. A certificate of deposit
in the depository office Greensboro' N. C. for
the sum at $5K) bearing dat? the 24th .July, 113,
I No. 550 has been lost or mislaid by pic. Any in
formation in relation to it will be . tha .kfully je
ceived and all persons are cautioned agaii t-t trading
for the same. W. M. BOWMAN.
seplO Co-Gv
Recipe Tor Shoe-Illacklng. We are
agents of D. W. Edwards for the sale of the
recipe by which his shoe blacking is made. The
blacking made by this recipe is warranted, and the
cost of materials sufficient to make 10.0 boxes will
not cost exceeding 50 cents. Price of recipe ONE
DOLLAR. Enclose a stamp for pre-paying postage.
53-tf J. k F. GARRETT -S: CO.
WOOl Carding. The undersigned would
respectfully announce to the public that they
are now CARDING WOOL at their old stand on
Haw River, 7 miles north of Gibsonville Station,
and having put their cards in good order, t-hey are
prepared to make the best quality of rolls. Those
bringing wool to be carded, are required to wash it
clean, and have it free from trah and burs, puttiug
lib of lard to every 10 lbs of wool, aud one sheet to
every 25 lbs. Our prices for carding are 15 cents
s per lb for white, and 20 cents for mixed, or if Riled,
a" 1 lb in 15. J. L. PUG II,
V T t M IIPTIt
J. . 1.A.HUU1U,
Morton's Store, Alamance county, N. C-
New Trl-Weekly Stage Line. The
subscriber would announce" to the traveling
Dublic that on and after the f.rat day of July next
he will commence running a iri-weeKiy nue. oi
stages from Greensboro' to Madison, leaving Greens
hnrnmrh on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at
. . - -1 l ! r
7 o'clock a. m., and leaving Madison Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, at the tame hour.
Pio pains Win oe spareu to reuuer wnuurutuic
those who may patronize this line
55tf J. s. iHiu vv
George Allen,
Greensborough, N. C
Offers for Sale.
1000 yds Brown Sheeting.
500 " Colored Ditto for Negro Clo'.hing.
500 " Factory and Country Plaids.
200 " Grey Cassimere.
200 Bunches Cotton Yarn No. 7 to 14.
300 lbs Copperas.
500 lbs Sugar.
And an assortment of notions C0-0m
Ranaway- My boy AAliON, on the 25th
day of August, li)l, and is supposed to ho in
Randolpffor Moore counties'. 1 purchased him at the
sale of Wm. Brady, deceased, near Josiah Cheek's
Store Randolph county. Complexion, dark brown
skin, weighs 180 pounds, six feet high, and very
likely with long shoally black hair, a;,d about
twenty one velars old. I will pay $300 for the ap
preheusionand delivery, or confinement in any goal,
so that 1 can get him, also, $200 more for proof that
leads to the conviction of any responsible person for
WhnrinFsaidbov. NATHAN HAINLINE,
06 om
Fulton, N. C.
Notice Having qualified as Administrator on
the estate of Daniel Thorn, Esq , deceased, I
hereby notify all persons indebted to the deceased
to make immediate payment cf the same; and per
anns bavin? claims against the deceased are requir
ed to present them for payment within tho time pre
scribed by law, or this notice rill be plead in bar of
their recovery.
66-6w
W. F. THO.M,
Admin istiator.
w nv Ktnif.n in ijrceiisuoi uubh uu
Tuev
I a hv nf last Court week, a PISTOL, Allen s six-
shooting revdTver, in a leather case, Meek n.siac
and the fair or grain fide of the leather outside. A
liberal reward w'ilHbe given for the return ot the
w.il ia ms. ' J A. M. CO'JLL,
Qtj Taiterson's Store, N.C.
arglnHTMargalrss! ! Wc would re
specttully inform the public that w- l-el con
.tmine,! to adoct a new method ia the conduct of
our business. From and after this date ve propose
to discard the present hi-h prices in the disposition
of our goods, and sell at pric 9 whicu ruled beforo
the war, taking in pnymett country produce at the
came rates. This is lair. It does away with Ubu
lou3 prices, and reduces tiiLigs to a rta.onahlc
standard.
Our w ork is warranted to e equally as g-od m
can be put up in the Confederacy, and a call w..l
ati-fy you that we are disposed- to deal liberally.
Ambrotypcs taken in good style, and tu the
terms as above. B. G. GRAHAM i CO.
seplO 'j6-11
mrnti for Sale ! Oi.e 3 Horse agon
? ? Apply to
A. WILLARD,
58-td
Greensborough, N. C.
Thousand, of Boxes of the Sonth
ERN HEPATIC PILLS hare boon ordered in
one day. Wherever known their use continues.
Without puffing, they have gained ground by their
real value. J3T More than five hundred persons
are known to have been cured by these Pills. -g
This excellent family medicine is recommended .
by the proprietor as good only for disease of the
o?.T,?r .U correspondents aay that they also-cur
Bi lions Rheumatism, Pneumeni a, Chills and Fevers,
Billions Fevers, Piles and Worms. They are a per
iQluafe medicine.
Petfr Vaden, Esq., of Din widdie County, Virginia,
after describing remarkable cures ia hi family of
Billions Rheumatism and Pleurisy, says: "My
Doctor's bill has been heretofore from $176 to 200
per year, I have used them (these pills) for my
family, which consists of eighteen white and colored,
and have not called in a Doctor. This is a great
aviug. They certainly are th best family medi
cine ever discovered."
Rev. John W. Potter, of Green eounty, North
Carolina, had suffered twelve years from a diseased
liver, which tho physicans had not been able to
cure. He says : "I commenced taking the Hepa
tie Pill. with no confidence in them. They acted
like a charm on me. From that hour I have improved.
I have persevered in their use until now, by God's
blessing, I am well and hearty. I had a negro man
who, as I believe, wa saved from death bv a dose of
these pills. My Doctor's bill was annually from
$100V $200, but I have had no use for a physician
since."
Thos. n. Raney, Eaq.. Granville county N. C,
ay : "I find your pill to be the best family med
icine I have ever used. They have proved very
beneficial in my own case. I have been very much
afflicted for 15 years, and have tried every kind of
medicine that 1 could get, but have found more re
lief from your pills than all others. My disease is
a bronchial affliction, and a complete prostration of
the nervous system. I have used them in ten or fif
teen cases in my family, and find them to be the very
medicine for nearly all family diseases.
The great na in the price of ingredients and the
heavy taxes, compel the proprietor to increase the
retail price or quit the manufacture. They are not
more profitable to him than when sold- at lower
rates.
PuiC $1.50 a box. For $15 a doien boxes will
be sent prepaid to any part of the Confederacy.
'1 hose who desire less than a doien boxts, must ap
ply to the druggists. Great reduction made to
Druggists and Merchants who buy by the gross.
Cash must always accompany orders.
Address GEORGE W. DEEMS,
Wilson, N. C.
- r la jQrenboro, N. C, by J. & F. Garrett.
Ciautlon to Bankers, Broken and
Others. The public ar hereby cautioned
against receiving any of the Old Isica cf tha Far
mers' Bank of North Carolina, especially any notes
that are at all mutilated or that havi bum pastiu.
HOW TO KHOVT THE OLD 1SCS.
Ml the newusue of this Bank have " Gkisvbboso,"
printed in.large letters on the face and are signed
'Cyrus P. Mendenhall. President" and W. A.
Caldwell, Cashier" and ail other notes of the Farmers'
Bank of N. C. vot se siqh id and printed art oldi
8ue and hould be received w ith caution, at most of
the genuine notes of the old issue have bean rtdtmtd
and cancelled.
On the 24th of August, 1863, we learn, a Regiment
from Pennsylvania took forcibly from the. vault in
Elizabeth City, a large amount of the old issuaaf
said Bank which had been cancelled and which
doubtless they will attempt to pass.
The notes were cancelled with a punch by perfora
ting each note with a number of holes one faurth of
an inch in diameter which i obvious ta the mast
casual observer,wherc the notes have not been further
mutilated or pasted.
All $1 and $2 certificates of this Bank should be
rejected, the genuine having been redeemed and can
celled and some of the genuine impressions havimg
been stolen with the cancelled notes, spurious signa
tures no doubt will be attached to them.
Persons having of the old issue not cancelled will
please present it and receive new issue for it or the
note ofother Banks as they may prefer.
By order of the Board of Directors at Greenaboro
N. C. 22 Sept. 1863.
CYRUS T. MENDENHALL, President.
W. A. Laluwkll, Secretary. 68-3 m
Blacksmf thing. The undersigned would
respectfully inform the public that in connec
tion with his Coach and Buggy Shop in Greensboro,
ho is carrying on the BLAl KSMITH BUSINESS
in all its various branches, and would bo pleased to
ierve all who may favor him with their custom
with GOOD WORK at MODERATE PRICES.
Shop oh East fitreet, near my Buggy Shop.
bO-tf JOHN LEDFORD.
UUliaway. Ranaway from the subscriber on
Wednesday the 9th instant, bis negro boy,
NATHAN. Said boy is of a dark complexion, about
5 feet 5 or inches high, aged about 35 years, and
has long slim hallow cheeks, and a downcast look.
I will pay areward of THREE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for his delivery to me, or the confinement of
him in any jail, so that I can get him- again. My
address is Gibsonville, Guilford county, N. C.
67-tf D. P. FOU8T.
rTamiillg. I would respectfully inform the
1 pulic that my TANNERY isin successful opera
tion, 4 miles North of Gibsonville, in the neighbor
hood of Shallow Ford, in Alamance county. 1 would '
be pleased to tan for my friends and customer on
t'-.e following terms .- For tanning hides that will
split, the third pound, for those too small to split,
half the leather. Hides will be received until 1st
February next. . Satisfaction guaranteed.
Of, I2wer.rr S. M. CL1MER.
U- uuaway $100 Reward. Ranaway
from the subscriber on tho night of the ft. h
Sept. 1H63, my boy CHARLES. Said boy is a
Blacksmith by trade and is about 23 years old, is
about 5 feet 11 inches high, will weigh about 170
or 175 lbs., hag a full set of teetk and is of a dark
mulatto color, had long beard on his face when he
lelt, ami is rather slow spoken. Charles has for
merly becu hired at High Point and and Jamestown,
Guiifurd county, N. C, in the employ of Mendenhall,
Jones i(Jardne, in th manufacture of guns. It is
very likely that he will make his way to the said
places for tho purpose of taking the train or follow
ing tho railroad in The direction of Raleigh as he
has expressed his purpose to go to the enemy. I
wiil pay the above reward of100, if delivered to
meat my houc 12 miles South ol Madison, in Rock
ingham, N. C, or $50 for his confinement in any
jiiil within the State so that 1 can get him. Address
ALBERT LOMAX,
r.S Iw Summerfield, Guilford Co.. N. C.
Read Till. Those who have purchased my
Florida Balm arc requested to return to me
the EMPTY VIALS, for which I will pay TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS each. During my absence from
tow u, the vials will be received at the post offioe.
My room is over the post omce.
G. II. LIVINGSTON.
.w-..m
Auction and Commission Bnsl
lie? In ttreenaboro. We will giveour
STRICTEST ATTENTION to the above business
b.okinj after the interest of those having property
in ihispart of North Carolina. Hireing and selling
Negroes, or any other species of property, produce
or goods. Oflice and ware house, Greensboro', N. C.
Best ot reffcrences given.
J. & F. GARRETT 4 Co.
W. E. Eiiwakixi, Auctioneer.
flO Hatterti. We -.si.-h to employ a number
A. nf HATTERS to work in our establishment
at Green -borough. Good workmen can procure
constant employment, fair wages, and prompt pay-
..i rr Tnnr Uldei! You that
want
Blue, ,
rhean. I exDc t to tan all hides
(ot'tnc
s tor one-Umi, ami give mc owner
ot tlip hidos tt.'.- privilege to tiny tne wnme wnen
t u ned I aUo Ocsire to buy hides at the highest
market prices.
j"y-
69-tf
VC ard Those indebted to me either for sub
scription to the Patriot up to the 1st of May,
ur for job work and advertising, are reqursted to
call at the first door north of the Post Ofrice, and
make ettleroents at their earliest convenience, as I
am verv anxious to balance my book. I shall ex
pect interest on all accounts that are not promptly
paid. In my absence, Mr. s. i. Thomas will aUend
irt maVincr ttlrufUtS for me.
tf 6 M. S. SHERWOOD.