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v. '.:x m - . .. . vx aJ aa y'L .in ii r WWW NEW SEBIE3-V0L IV-NO.. 48.) TOESBOROUGII, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1802. ; WHOLE NO. 200. IVU NT TUB WIDOWS ST TUIAL. future, with full confidenoe of its mcotrW her i . . . O mostaanguin aDtcipattons.-Trr-.T.trr " lie was the'oulylibtf of 1Hb mother And she was a widow."' The mothettf William had been lefLa widow " And to morrow you are to bo taken into the while he was in his teicond year. By dint of hard firm as a partner." This was uttered by an aged 1 labor, she had managed to keep her boy at school, female, sitting with one of-her withered hands until he arrived, at his fifteenth jear, wherrthe clasped in that of her son, a young man pf two obtained a situation for him wf j a merchant,. and-twenty, who 8at looking "in her face, with William's good conduct and stea Vjipplicafofd yci beaming with affectionate interest.. J' This business, won him the favorable opinion of b fally repays me, x&j beloved son, for all I have employer. The merchant was a man of eab- sttffcrcd." ' nevolence j ho could appreciate merit id whale-r For a, moment the son's features 'appeared clou- station it was to be met ; and when "ho saw.ie ded with sorrow ; " he thought what that saffering lad supporting in aged mother out of his earnings had been ;" of the years long past, when the -never mingling with the low and vicious, and mother now sitting beside him, so beloved,had practising fidelity in business unusual in oteso submitted to toil and privation, enduring all things young, it was impossible to avoid feeling an invoU for his sake; his eyes glistened with tears, till untary respect for his eh aracter. William was brushing them away hastily, a smile broke over aware of the merchant's kindness; he knewrijwt his countenance. ' , bis salary exceeded that g'iven toother bo j, still " True, mother," he said , " but let these re he never presumed upoo the merchant's disinter- collection;! be forgotten now; The memory of the cstedncss, but was alike respect fur to his employ- past wewill bury in oblivion, and think only, of er and their customers. On the day in which the days to come." . be was introduced to the reader a notice, he had " But yon will not allow-prosperity ta-harden been offered a share in the merchant's lucrative your hearL William; you will not let your good I business. Never had his brightest visions pic- . 1 .1 J U 1 t--. - .1 . i. . Ii fortune maite you nigu roinoea, ana iorget turea buch resan , out even men, wnen it wouia Him, who has been a friend in the hour of have been natural to suppose him. greatly elated trouble!" - by his good fortune, he thought orily of his moth- " No mother, I will not forget that I am the er; and while his expressions of gratitude were have only to think of your precept! and ex- his benefactor, there was a mingling of thanks ample, and they would always deter me from doing I that she would be the reaper of his unexampled wrong. But think, mother, .he continued, a kindness. bright gleam Hg' tiog up every feature, "how J To-morrow ! who may boast of to-morrow K happy I shall be; in being enabled to place' yon ' The widow and hef ion. parted from each, other in the FDhere of life to which your virtues enti-1 with happinew bright in the perspective. The t'o you. If you knew how often busy fancy has storm of the preceding evening had been succeed pictured this hour, how often 1 have dwelt upon cd by a morning of unusual mildness for the sea the idea of one day being able to place you in a son, for it was the middle of January; and tell homo equal to your merit, you would not wonder, ing his mother he would not return to dinner, but .that now,: when I see'iny ''.wishes on. the eve of that she should see him early fn 'the (evening, Wil- .accomplishm'cnt,. it should suMue me. . naoi bade her farewell "Nop do I, nor do I, my son," the mother said,' I It. was at the close of the day, that a traveler -with leai f'ul eve;'" butydu think more favorably, went forth to view the picturesque and beautiful my buy. of )uur aged mother than she deserves, falls of the Genesee. He proceeded slowly, gaz- J dtMiht not many : will think, and say, the old ing upon the surrounding country, with the eye woman has new n )rc4han lic merits"; nnd really, of a'eonnoiseur; and hid g.iined the point at which thonhl am proud of your advancement, I should the fall could be seen to the greatest advantage, not murmur,nt oev.er -having a more comfortable when his attention became engrossed by an object homo than "the "present ouc you have provided of exceeding interest. Near to the aqueduct was a young man emr-loted in endeavoring to collect some drift wood. Ite had stretched forth his arm to seize a floating log, when, the place being slip pery, he lost his balance, and fell into the water. At first the stranger thought him justly punished for his termcrity, and felt inclined to smile at rhat he deemed his fool-hardiness ; but soon other Conscript and ilximpllon Mils. Jllfll9.winzJromCeiicraLOrdejr.Jifla2ra-ib The. night was pitchey dark, not a star being visible, while the wind blowing in fitful guts, port ended a storm of .- unusual violence. "Twill be a' stormy night,-1 fear," said the voun? man. risinc and coin? towards the door to look out. " The river U already swollen, and if tcelinredomioatea--iriver was very high anu me current, running wrong, "the rain falls. ns it did the other evening, I fear - much damage will ensue. You heard of the jxxir fellow drowned in the canal last- night?" " Yes, the mother replied ; I hope he had friends to care for him. 'Tis a dreadful death to die," she' added, musingly. - .- "They say not saidzWnnara inany-who iiavaj;ncountcrcd-4 tr -asscrt-Uia oeing4rtugh t to, is the most painful part t enduro." - 31 It mav be so." the mother answered i " but anti diwy, the trayelead closed his. eyeiM shut . . , , . i . " . out the dreadful smht. Ho. knew that the hap , ' , - - ,,' NessJbeing Mdjwe l2UDmiiKsaMjytteene appeal tho unfortunate youth had made for aid. . A vivid flash of lightning, followed by the was to him, and sick at heart he returned to the iow," rumoiing-tiiiioucrf-csttswt n "imam Ttow.-to -v - , , nuir.T ..V itWrViii-iV' B.r'alii. thirfr-fhw Vrv.T um,iM ' W hen thn. mcla nclioly faqt henamfl sprcai . . . , . T 7 .u i " through the town, it was said to be a r oor youth bo vcry:hh,the closed the door. -; who been in the kabit of nightly carrying a . u wns nyw inc usui uuur i"iyrwwamg The mother had seated herself in a corner of the Hnghly of his de votion to her, and ofil is subsequen t nre piace, witn ncr ieaiures setuea inio a iook pi i KwiuMi;ii- w,a turuuvuivutuiii, uis-pros- ennn hrriii rr h f the rash youth toward the rapids. - . ' ""- ;W"ho, oh ! who may paint tho anguished feel- ings ot that napless oeing, Knowing mniselt doom ed to inevitable destruction ! On, on the rapids drove him. There was not a ray of hope to cheer his drooping heart ; but as the moment of impend- ng fato drew near, desperation gave hmi strength fQ"gf apple with "a rdcailh'-'gras'p on the top of the falls he stood bolt upright upou his feet, and giv ing ond wild dreadful shriek, went over. Faint reguUtionabof the Secretary of 'ar under tJoeoa script tnd exc&ption acts recently passed by Congress: Commanianti of Conscripts and Camps of Inslructtfn. 1. An officer, styled the coinmanduut of conscripts, will be appointed for each State, who will be chaitied I with the supervision of the enrolment and disposition i vi vuiKM.iiyu3. xie wii esiauiiu one onnore camps, no whxh conscripts-will bo assembled and instructed. I and may recommend for appointment a Surgeon, a bet of Drillmasters for each camp. If more than one camp be established, he may also recommentHreotn rqpndant for each camp tii3t under his own immediate Kpommana. . .. .... '; - . - . a uopiiii nui-ue csinuiisiiou uuu uuis ior win ter quarters constructed at each camp, and all con scripts assembled at the camps.will be promptly vacci nated, if it has not already been done. 8. the commandant of conscripts will require from eacheamp a report im the first ; Monday in every month,-: showing tbe expenses of the preceding mouth, tbe num ber of conscripts in the camp, the number received and sent away during the preceding, month, the, regi ments.'batutiou.f or companies, to which they were pent, the number transferred to the navy, the number of sick, tbe nature of tbe diseases, and the number of deaths. lie ill make a consolidated monthly report to the Adjutant and Inspector General of the nrmy. . 4. "Tie commandants of conscripts east uf the Mis sissippi river will receive orders only from the War Department, and will note interfered with by Gen- craw comuiauuiDg ueparimeais or armies in me neiu. West of the Mississippi they will report to. and receive instructions from the Commanding General of the Traua-Mississippi Department, who will require them to conform as nearly as possible to this order, and to the regulations prescribed for commandants east of the Mississippi. He will make a consolidated monthly report to the Adjutant and Inspector General of the army ; B'llfJHBolflttaTlW squadrons or unattached companies wliicn were in ser ic on the 16th of April, 1SGJ, desiring to receive oonscriptf, may transmit, through the Adjutant and Inspector General of. the army, statements of the strength of their commands, to the commandants of conscripts - n their -respective - ctates.-wlio,-- uuless otherwise ordered, will, as fai ns practicable, distrib ute the conscripts of the State among its regiments, battalions and companies thereof, in proportion to their respective ueticiencies lie will consult the wishes of the conscripts in as signing them to compmies or regiments, eojar as may be consistent wita their proper distribution, and will not separate men from the same county, district or parish,' if it can be - aToidcd.- The same xi-.le will be observed by the commandants of corps in," assigning conscupts lo companies. , . 6. Conscripts fur cavalry will only be taken from those who furnish their own horses. No" conscripts can be assigned to companies mustered into service since the ltith of April, 1SG2. I. The .commandants of conscripts jire specially en joined to pay unceasing attention to the healta, com fort and inMiuction-if the conscripts under their com mand, and to bear in mind thst the efficiency of the nrmy and the safety of the country-depend iu a great measure upon their faithful discharge of these duties. . Enrolment if Conscripts. AU whjte male re?iideui' 6t the Cemt'e lerate States, between the ages of IS and 4U, not exempted by act of Congress or not already in the service, will be en rolled. ".Persons liable to enrolment may be enrolled wherever tby may be found. IV. '. Untlomiciltd Foreigners. . Foreigners not domiciled in tbe Confederate States are not liable to enrollment. Domieil in the Confed erate States consists in resideuce with Jntenti&u per manently to rcmaiuin --those States, and to abandon domieil elsewhere,; Long-residence of itself does not constitute, domieil. A persou'raancquire domieil in less than one vear, aud he may not acquire it in twenty jcars resilience, n mere is a ueiermmauon 10 return to the native .country ami to retaia iue ..aomicu there, no length of residence cau confer domieil. Ti e principal evidences of intention to remap are the declarations of the party, the exercise of the A-igh! of crtizcushipj marriage and the ' acquisition ot real es tate but -the intention may do gatnereairom otuer squadrons and companies in service'bnJihe 16th of April, lhtiXjWLpb ttade -by-efficers detailed Tor lEeTpurpos by the Commanding General of a department of, an army iu the field; but such officers mnsi repot t to'the commandant of conscripts i$ their respective States,1 receive instructions from him, and assemble their con scripts at such point as he may designate.' Conscripts enrolled without reporting to such commnndaut will be deemed to bo'ehrolled for general Service, and shall at any lime be trnnsferred, on their own application, or on the application of commandants of corps feeding conscripts, to such corps. ' :,- r. Excrrp:'onr The esempl.on act will be (onstraed prospectively! and does not Authorize tho di. .-barge of any one er rolled or in service prior to 11th day of October, 1802. . VL Bodily and Mental Infirmity. .;; 1.' Questions of 'bodily and mental incapacity will be decided by Surgeons employed for the purpose, by virtue of the a . of Congress approved 6n the 11th of October, 1M2. . . - , - Three Surgeons in facts. . .. - -. . . 4 7 . . : - 2. The enrolment will be made by the enrolling ofD-j cers OI l lie otaie, ii me viyveiuur mvix'ui. wiii jieruut thein fo nct under the orders of the convmandants of con-crii'ts, nd''"applH,ation "will be rdade by the said 'Tfptjll-inandant? for iih pftrmU..diit-lr:it--tlA-4fHnftt-1- tlie 'commandant will report, the tact to the Atljutot ami Inspector .'Geneial aud ask for the cmploymeutjot 'Cojifederate officers for the purpose'ofo making enrol-illbLtsi-iL the Governor "consentbut the enrolling oflioersiof ' the State -'ffe' foutid unable '.or--ttnwil'iiug' to -dischftrge'tWrr duty trtnctCTitryT-thc like applieattori L will -be made to the Adjutant aud Inspector General, and in such event, a commissioned officer for each Concessional District, and a non-commissioned offi- devotion, while It hjp son, with a corresponding grav '7ity,Vttlkcdltoward tho stand on .which the family bleji3phicifipegaho-sacte began reading a chapter. Hcligion with thpm, VtrotrthcfdxprcssrotrMltp xne Doay oi me-young man uau oeen louna many miles below the spot at which he perished. .Not a trace of his once pleasant countenancewas per ceptible ; but his clothes were identified by many. Them was one who- would have recognized him under any circumstancesthe heart broken moth er. . Wheri jjdl hrank and turned away in horror from viewing the sight of his mutilate limbs, she dune to the.m. and went over the bodv . in the v jwhen they separated fw tho night, the poor old jignst hi fcfor nccrtr-Tha BarthjdojgiiyAAcvi was the incense of. the heart. It was a beautiful sight, that aged mother, and only son, bending their Tcoees, and lifting up their voices to the Most High. Perhaps the events of the day had giyen a deeper tone of tenderness to William's voice and feelings; certain it .was,,he had never prayed inoro fervently than en that evening ; and pects had improved, and many conjectured that the; force of habit, more than actual necessity had occasioned . the fatal catastrophe. Reader.'. the Not manydays jifter, a' coffitf was, seen slowly i cer !r private for each county, city, town, district or pari Mi, will be assigned to such duty. - In milking such assignment, officers .and men disa bled by wouuds from active duty in the field, and ac quainted in tile localities iu which they are required to serve, will, as far as practicable be selected. The Tomm issroned xitlicerj in each district-witl superintend the enrolments and collectiou of conscripts Jtherein. yon-coniniisyioned officers and privates,- while so em jTn,wTlll)e RTOw?d pay-'as estr'a -duty inen. The enrolling officers of the. States, if employed, will be panl the Compensation allowed by "the State laws for similar service. ' . The. Commanding Generals of armies inthe'fielJ will order such commissioned' officers, ,uon-commissioned ! officers and privates as they think qualifi.ed.to :bo en rolling officers or drill officers ami who aremnht lorac; tive service in the field, to report to the commandant of conscripts in their respective States, who will order -Ku'oh thniio-dutr asjuav-be rcouired. and report the remainder by letter to . tho Uommaudaut Uenerai as fa. i Congressional District will. be recommended by the commai dani of conscripts to. the Adjutant and Inspector General for employment. -under thf foregoing act; and the said ' connaandaut will establish in each county, city, parish or district, a place of redezvous for the examination of conscripts, enrolled therein. 2. That three Surgeons employed ii each Congres-. sionnl District will constitute a Hoard ef Examination for the District; and one or more of them may act at ' any place of rendezvous lberein.Ibey shall -fix days for the examination of conscripts' la f.cb. county, '-city,, parish or district, and give at least ten days' notice thereof by publication in one or more newspapers, circulating in the Congressional District, and by no- ! tice posted at the principal places of public resort. " 3. The enrolling officer for the county, ity, parish or distiict shall attend at such examinations, and en roll nud send to the camp of instruction 6uch persons as are examined and found by tbe Surgeon to be cape-., ble of bearing aims. The standard of bodily capacity FnaTt EeThaf eslaBllshfid'by GCnet:aroi'derm88,lnoi!l-"' fiied by the omission of the third paragr'agh, which"; authorized the enrollment of persons not equal to all military duly. No person will be enrolled as a conscript who is not capable of bearing arms. 4. Persons deemed incapable of bearing arms shall bQ reported by the examining Surgeon to theCoard of T Examination, who shall determine the questions of exemption, and grant certificates thereof. The certi ficates shall specify whether the incapacity is temped rary of permanent, and if permanent, the party shall be exempt from future examination, unless specially . ordered by the board. So soon as the Examining1 Board shall be organized in any Congressional District and shall enter upon the discharge of their duties, ne other mode of examination for persona in that district -will be pursued, and the decfcsipn of tbe examining Board will be deemed final.. ' 5. The fact that a person has been discharged from service for physicial disability or other cause, does not , ut itself exempt from'enrolment as a conscript. b. If any enrolled person is unable to attend at the rendezvous on account of sicknessj he will send to the Examining Surgeon a certificate specifying the cause of absence, and its probable duration, from some re pectable physician resident in the county, city, par ish or district in which the rendezvous is situated. Tbe examining Surgeon shall send the certificate to the commandant of the nearest camp of Instruction and it the person mentioned therein shall not report Him self for exaniinatiou at the said camp within a reason " ble period, or send to the commandment of the camp a renewal of the certificate, showing bis continued dis-.. ability, he shall be seemed absent without leave. - - ... . A compensation of fc-i per diem, while actually enfployed, will be allowed to each of the Examining Surgeons, and will be paid on their certified account by.the Quartermaster of the nearest camp of instruc tion. . VII. Friends, Dunkards, Xazarenes and Mennoniles All persons of the above denominations, in regular membership therein. on the 11th day of October 1862, , shall be exempt fur enrolment,, on furnishing a substi tute, or on presenting the enrolling officer a receipt frouTa" bonded Quartermaster for the tax of five hund-. red dollars imposed by act of Congress, and an affidavit by the Bishop, Presiding Elder, or other officer whose duty it is to preserve the records of membership in the denomination itrwhich the party belongs, setting forth. - distinctly the ..tact. that the pa?ty on the 11th day ot Otctober, was in regular membership with such denomination. T The affidavit must be taken and cer tified byfrJiistiee of 4he-reaceor :her officer ap pointed by the law of his-SUte to administer oaths, ijmt his authority to administer "oath must be certified bvthe ClerK of .a Court of Record, under the seal of the' Cotfrt. " ,' . All Assistant Quartermasters, to whom the said tax ; is temlercd, will receive and receipt for it and pay the ymtie ' Into" tbeTcasuryf'e?ottfederateH8tategf- with-outv nnrer.sonableJdelayJlJ'hc enrolling officer will receive the receipt and forward it to the command-. nut of conscripts, by whom it will be forwarded to the Qaaptermaster G.eneralwho will jdiarga-th&-Assistant-- Quartermaster with the amount received by him. ' VI II. rlVovision i. against Extortionr-'?1;"':;-.: 1. When application for exemption is made by any shoemaker, tanner, blncksmitfr, waggon-maker, miller, mill engineer or millright, not in the-employment of any company or establishment, but working for himself - the party seekfug'exenvption shall state in writing, ua-. dei,la1h.''thathJeisskilled anAactually "employed in his. . ' sgldjrade; that he is habituallv, engaged laStorking for ... -the public; that the products of his labor, while exempt troia military service, shall not be sold, Exchanged or . bartered for a price exceeding thecost of production and seventy-five per cent profit thereouj aud that he will not, by auy arraugement, shift or eontrivancei evade the . law, or recieve a greater price-. or reward than it al. lnws. . - - - . .- Whpn nrTlift!Ltion is TOada to exemnt superinten dents and operatives in wool and cotton factories and paper mills; and superintendents and managers of wo.ol. carding machines, ehoemauers, tanners, piac&smims, wagon-makersTmrilers, mill engineers or millwngnts,
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