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tt L,: tnn if vi 1 -- 'him. -roJLT. 'OKDEES. SO- 107. .f Vt'gbi.ltoM AKn,t 15, I8W,' ' f tbereK1r rm Wll,t" genentl I 0$ert . of absence to accept the rank -.!. -Jim' regiments, bat not lower B ":looed ricera and private r karged receiving commissions in "-aX7 P", Daroles given, to avoid arrest. ITThi ' aineBt. or expulsion, ate volun V.. ,( d cannot b regarded as coin. arts, iSsrf. WTWubed according to the law. Will t P" f!.ir "f the United States and the gen war anthoris. ia certain cuei, the enM"? r,n-rVrB of private property fur the ijtrw ..ryortation. ana otuer naea oi tne "&thZum be dwt'wsuwhfd from pillage ; 1 tMol proprtf for rWtf purposes ia sod the n " tt' eoDTcrsioa to private oes. dinerenv from tLe ennroy, or rrf.wtlSi f n,7' "7. "tant- enemy, or ,fnn ; raTtr. ana most t used and 7 becomes fbe 52d Article of War craamcu "-.fiT of deatn ior piiiape r plan authorie P5!!i:L aathorize severe punish- dariB.nf or tidier who shall sell, em inent for any wmjU4, military stores, or who battle. ntiPPy-t-. mLHArplicatitia of any such sbaKpernif I ST. ! DflSSTbi' commitUd in our own or iu an .- . v Tile pcHO" Boauo nuciutr ".7':,L".rtv public or pnyate, taken from! jitfad .., onet and duly ac- Jtfa eiieu" . taken be cLaimH !riS!e , rSe'ipli mart b -gfyen t- such cla.mant. iTiheJS-S. OClcer. wUl ba held ictae- aathorRy, .ll "T y other pa ouw l- - - . , enter a private nouse ior inai purpoee. AW ch acts are punishable with death, and an officer who permits them ia eqtally aa guilty a the actual Vn!rCommanding officers of armies and corps . wiijbe held responsible for the execution of tueae orders in tneir resper nve nmiuiauu. B command of ilsjor General llalleok, ' ' -' aneral-i-CknfoftkArmyy . i . K. 1. TOWNSEND, AttUtant Adjutant General. ' !' ' ; Head Quarters 4 J ' ' Departm nt of North Carolina, V - r - Newbcrne, Nov; 2, 18&J J SPECIAL ORbER. NO.'10:3; ' 1 Kev. James Means, is hereby appointed Super (ntcndant of all the Blacks iu this Department. TlTe chiefs of the different Departments having blacks aoder their charge, will report to him; and he will ,bs obeyed and respected ic all matters connected with the negroes in this command. Bt command of MaJ. Gen. .1. G. Foster, . 1 SOUTUAliD HOFFMAN. , ,' . Assistant Adjutant General, In accord ance-wflh the nbove Orderf. all those wht amolov Blacks in tho public service in this t Department will report tojne, monthly, theirnames. ; mpkyment, number f days work, with dates, and rate of pay', beginning with December. ' . Office, Wetca:f street, corner of New street. Department will report tojtie, monthly, theirnames. JAMES MEANS, Superintcndo t ot Black a. j DEPARTHEjrr or North Carolixa, 7 Newberne, Dec. 11), 18b2. An export duty of five per cent, on atl cotton and Jside. and ou all naval stores, and ou all wood and lumber, shipped from any port in rhia Department will be cnargea irom mn aaie. - - - i i Hanters of vessels carrying any or the articles above named, must exhibit their freight list to the several Chief Quarter-Mattel s, at these ports, be-J fore they ean obtain a clearance. Tbe amounts due for the duty, will be paid to said Qnarter-ilssters, or ia their absence to the Provost Jianhar, until further crders. ...lnnteer .twUne nni admlni-tered T i Tbh .SrtMa twt win; it miut in .11 u,aT P .Vr "n bU P' Ifwr "X .ba-8. of honor be. received. lint wVfres thecommandineofSfer t.f i fci.b? oi ma ng gBBf is, oi course, large, unitorm; and the shoulder straps, whichindieate his Vuions wthe r a tore. 'Jl "d paid, mamly, by the Government - , " r . rank. Gold lace on the sleeve of alal;ofScer ia ncbpttThf2imtJZ!i 8oWieTa in quarters, are subject to the same an evidence of rank as an fficer ' f hi. command, and will make a true report of all rule-a , to lights, a. if in camp, and Company Com- No officer of the Cutrd or Sentinel b authority VHJ JlV or soldier will without aiithoritv' m"ner w,!l we.-th J e strictly carried out. to release from arrest any Prisoner of the Provost issTw r . r .: in uica irauei uTD uuu icr. i ut cuanre oi mTsoners wi:i hn ..;t Aii oroert nereToioreriasueu in reiniion w -export i duties, are annulled, by order of Mj. Gen. Foster. J. . - i i - i I . I . uy oraerw uorernor rsniy -- - v V DANIEL MESSIXGER,- .Provost Marsh aL I - IrticnIor Notice ' v ' ' On and after this date all persons are forbid bring . lag to this city for sale-wiy Tar, Pitch. Ro in, Tur- psntine, Uotton,-bhxuie8 or vvooa, witnouc a. wnt ten permit frorrs tb lownera thereof, which permit Biat be countersigned by the Provtst Marshal, who . will ascertain before, countersigning whether the, . owners of said articles are, loyal. And all traders are hereby enjoined not to purchase or sell any of io aoove articles in vioiauon ti inn oruer. - 1 By command of Gov. Ed ward Stanly j t- . 1 ' DANIEL MESSINGER, . ; ,w . Provost MarshaL . - - . 'M : i v. : -i ; " , nr.ADQCAI.TERS,. ") Department of .North Carolina. - -4 t New Berne, Sept, 12, 1862 After th'e I5th clay of .September only 2 clerks in each of the Department Opes will be allowed to 7 commute their rations at 75 cents per day. ' ' n All other detailed men will, after that date, either draw their ration or commute them at the cost of ' the ration at this pot. . ' - ' ,-: Each mesa of 6 detailed Jmen will be allowed one ; cont raband aa cook, whose pay will be eight dol . lars per month. - , - " ! By comiaand of Mai. Gen. J. O. Foster ; . . . SOUTHARD HOFFMAN, J 1 ' Assistant Adjutant General.' ; " ' : : 7" r ' -.-., .. ... f f : - ' . HEAn-QCARTERS. . . ) ' : . ' : Department of North Carolina, v NewBerne. November 21 1802.) GENERAL ORDERS, No. 57. nreaftcr no negroes will be allowed to cut Wood within the limits of this Department, without a written permission from His Excellency, Edward Stanly, Military Governor, or fom the owners of the land on which such wood is cut; -except tuch 1 negroes are employed by tbe Quarter Masters De partment to cut wood for the use of tbe Troops in this Command. . - By command of Mi, Gen. J.' G. Foter. , ..r SOUTHARD HOFFMAN, ' ' Asst. Adjt. General. ' Head Qcartkrs, AErARTMCxr or North Carolisi ; New Berne, November 28, 1862. . 1 7 ' SPECI A h NOTICE. Special notice dated Nov. 18th. relieving Captain Daniel Meisincer from duty, as Inspector of titles to Tar, Turpentine, Cotton, and other Merchandise, having been issued under ; misapprehension, is hereby revoked. Captain Messinger. will continue to perform to duties connectea wn tnat onice as heretofore. - By command of Mi. Gen. J.G. Fo-ter, . SOUTHARD HOFFMAN, : I " ' - Assistant Adjutant GeneraL :, Dsr artmrvt of North Carolina, ) 7 . ' -V: . Newberne, Nov. 17,-18G2. Thii?r'PinkTn'. of this town, is hereby, appointed inspecterof Tar and Turpentine, and ia to be respect- j mIuiaaIi . . . ' I He is authorised to charge ten cenU per carrel , kB . for invpection. I ' All tMsrson are forbidden to sell any Tar or -Tur- I pentis. without haTing each barrel inspected by I EDW. STANLY, Military Governor f Nerth Carolina. IlKAPttUARTXRS, DxrARTXEXT or Nkth Carot.ika ;. Nsw Bkrhe. Sept. 23d. 1862. SPECIAL ORDERS. NO 53. CipL Daniel Messinger. A. Q. M., is hereby ap. J -tainted- to investigste titles of property to be , ibinped fron. thi. port, and will be obeyed aad re- SDat-tiBsl iceordinely. ' " By command of Mj. Gen. Foster, J.. n nA..it A.t. Adi. Genl ' IltAPq tb'ARTERS. 1-1 -or of N. Carolina, !.,June26, I8a. " . ' ' Military Governor . Tim v n tt . ii frnm tli dfc of this order a- fume ch arge of all vacant and abandoned build ing in Newbern, with power to assign, to lease, aad rent the aamo. " 1' ' " '7 ' By command of .. . : v GOV. STANLY. f J. Li max Vak Buaxx, Military Sectary. II a not: ji rtic w, J "-" Department North Carolina, 5 New Benie.Ort. 1, 1862, A1I persons, prisoners of war to the , United States, now on parole in this department, desirous of leav ing the Jines of I he U. S. forces will report their aames at these Ileadrnarters immediately, . Uy command of Mi. Gen. J.G. Fos rt h. . SOUTHARD HOFFMAN, I -7 ; ; , . Aitiitaut Adjutaut QeMTtU v: TH ,v ; v7 i -'HIT") V ivsL VOLUME J. r . T J Ilr AtxjCARTr as. , . - ' Iepart-ent Nortb Carolina, ' ' AawLern, Oct. 15,I. , GENERAL -OR DESSO. 47.- ' All ofHcers. men and fiflrpn." den to fp on board of any of the steamers arrivin? m, iuw pori oy means of boata or otherwue, until f. c' " roperiy secured to tlie wliarf. The Proyost lJarhal jrili aa that this order i implicitly ohe ed and that no one except per;ons qonnected with these Headquarters and with the office of Cpt. Slaght, JL Q. M.,wiil be allowed to goon ooara unaer any prelext whatever. By command of Mi Gen. To te. KOU1HAHD UOFMAJT,-;-Assistant Adjutant General. Circatnr Order. ' . Ueadouarters. ' , . Department North Carolina. yewberne. N. (I . srt. ?ri 1Ri;-2 i comrqnna, cans lor unmeuiate attention and correc- iioo. tivo quarter .By order of Ms?." Gen; J. G. Foster. SO UT HARD HOFFMAN, Asst. Adj. Gen. IlEADOCA? TET S, Department of North C .rolina, ina, V ' New Berne, Sept. 24, 18&L . SPECIAL ORDERS, NO" 54. : "' '. Captain Daniel Uessinger. A. Q. M.. is hereby ordered to investigate aud examine into the ship ments irom mis point or eoiton. ace. since tlie oc cupation of New Berne by our forces,, 1x9 will endeavor to discover who have shipped. and bow", cotton seized by the TJ.' S. Government. and sent away without proper authority. All omcers ot the army wiu aBord Uapt. Alessiu ger any facility in the discharge of this duty. iiy commanaot junj. uen. j. o. roster, - :.'' JOHN F. ANDERSON. - 7 . . . j Xaeut, and Acting Ass't Adj't GeneraL ' '' ; ' ' 1 ' Head Quarters. Department of North Carolina, Newborn, oept, Io, loo. SPECIAL ORDERS No. .38. The firing of cannon or musketry at this port for practice, is hereby discontinued except by special order irom tnese iieac quarters. Uy command of Mnj. Gert. Foster; SOUTHARD HOFFMAN, ; . . , T, . .: : , As't Adj t Gen. Head Quarters. Department of North Carolina New Bern, Aug. od, low. GENERAL ORDERS No. 8 . All Vessels are forbidden to leave any port in this Department and take any person of color who did not arrive .on" the vessel, or who ha not a pass from the General or other . omcer commanding, or. irom the Military Governor. All vessels of every description violating this or der will be liable to confiscation and her master will be severely punished. ' ' ' " No vessel shall hate any port in this Department until the master sall take aa oatn mat ue iaa not anv such person on board and will jnot allow any sucii person to come or re in am on uuuru. . jt is the .duty ot the Harbor master or other per ' 1 1 son thereubto appointed to read a copy of thi order to every master of a vtsel after she shall be ready . . ..... . . i . . i. to sail and see tnat tue oatn aoove niemioueu uu been taken. It shall be the duty of the master of every vessel 1 to make a written report during every voyage of the numcii of -everv oerson on board said vessel du nrer said vovaire. except Boldier in service, and to preserve said'report till called for. by the Provost Marshal or other officer authorized to veceivj it. By command of Maj General J. G. Fosteri !- 3 SOUTHARD HOFFMAN, ., . 7 : 7. : r Ass't Adj't Gen. TIcADQ.CARTeas, Department of N.C. ? r New Berne, Jutu 12, 1862 J T)r J. O. Tnlf. B hereby appointed City Inspec tor of New Home A with power to assess aud collect rents and gas rates, and will be obeyed and respect- - - ed accoi-amgiy. - By command of Gov: Stanly: ; f -J, LYMAN VAN BUKEN, Military Secret . ' , DxTARTHXlfT Of NORTH CTaBOI-IXA, : QcABTKBlf ASTKUS UEPARTMeKT, ! V; - ' - Newbern, Sept. 26, 1862. J62. ) Sveeial NetUcto Comvauif Quarters t iovru 1. The eaa must be turned off from all burners in Company .quarters,' at the proper hour for the ex tinguishment of lights, and but one light will be used io the hall during the night" "and that turned 2, Company officers will see that thia order is j earned out, and mat au diligence is useu in ecouo- miing gas. T . . - - - A Otficers i quartered ia town will ;not use any .. . i - l i 1 .1 2 1 more burners nor continue ngnis iaier iun.u is uo iute necessary, in their own quarters. By eommand of Maj Gen. J. G. Foster, t - JA. C. SL.AGHT, CapUand A.Q.M Important Order r . .t ; , n . XI mm Dtjllnl IK" . I Department of North Carolina, New Berne, April 28, 1862. 7 GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 28. t WhoA-ver: after the' issue of thia order ahall.with- In tha limits to which the Union Arms may extend in this Department, utter one word against tbe Gov ernment of these United States, will be at once ar rested and closely connneo. it must oe aifiinou understood that this Drpartment is under Martial Law - and treason expressed or implied, will meet with orpedy punishment. ' 4 . V T), Military Governor of New Berne is charged with the strict execution of this order, within the bounds of his coutrol. , 7,, ' B command of Moor General Burnside t LEWIS RICHMOND, Ass't Aj't Geteral. Provost Marshal's Orrics, ? ... .Newbern, Jan. 12, 186.1. $ ITereafter. no citizen will be allowed to purchase spirituous liquors, without a peraiit Irom the Pro vost MarshaL - - . . . i Nothing can be shipped from this Fort except Dy order of the Chief Quartermaster. V, " V. w.aw - - . 1 whn.t .v.rr fihtv will be afforded to rersons engaged in legitimate business in this city, and at- wss.-v - V temot at ex'ortion in prices, or monopoly of such rt ;la ma v h nri-ftrv to tbe comfort of the rooD - . willdeurive the offender of bis license to selL Any trader refusing to accept in payment United States Treasury .notes m oe reponea io the Pro yost Marshal. All persons havio? filth or rubbish of any kind in their yards or lots, will at ouce deposit the same in a Parrel or box in tue street, so mat it may oe re moved. - , 'j-' -: Owners and occupants' of Douses aad Stores, will be held strictly responsible for the condition of the sidewalks in front of their buildings. ;and mnst also take care that no dirtor rubbish is deposited m the Gutters, which must b kept free, to prevent tbe accumulation of water in the streets. ' r. DANIEL MESSINGER. - ' - Provost MarshaL take care that no dirt or rubbish is deposited in the 7 -" A MARKET ';; 5 r :. Ha been established at the foot of Pollock street of all kinds of produce that is j brought iDtotlOa City for sale ; and u nrdere prc ytnt monopoly, no person wuT be alhtd to fore stall pny of such produce or provisions. Every t-ichanrea falrnnd reAonabie price, under the supervision of tl.e,'Council of Ad ministration f U.is Corps d'Armee, No boats wi.l I:' -i. .a i.nf ittaAv otbef place rath is Crty.for tl1A .ale of produce or provisions. Any.violation of this order will subject the boat d y"'1!- ...- Infif of the Ifofpltal- This older will go into effect on Monday next, the. thirtieth day of JuM . ; daniel'mejSinger. ' - .: . . . . Provost MarshaL CnocKcnv-a BLES. 1 i fresh, actertment at DIB - 81 NEWBERN. N. C, SATURDAY, OI?2?IOXAXj; ' Pkovost Marshal's Office. ; V i Newbera, Jan. 12, 1863 . duties of the sentinels, in addition to duties laid down in the Army Regulations, will to pfnserve order within the lunita of their beats, to see that no property is injured, no houses entered without proper authority, no citizen abused or in sulted ; that no coldier passes tow post without a paaa from the Colonel of his regiment; that no sai lor passes Lis post without a pass from the captain of his ship, and that, alter dark, neither soldier nor sailor be allowed to pass." : . Every soldier or sailor found io the streets, after datk. will be arrested, the hergeant of the guard called, and the offender handed over tybim, to be conducted to the Guard House. All disorderly per sons at any time, will be arrested and handed over totne oergennt of the Guard. In case of any disorderly or riotous persons re fusing to obey the orders ot the sentinel, the senti nel shall use his arms, if the offender cnnnot be se cured in any other way. To resist or assault a sen tinel, is on of the gravest of military offences, and win soriject tne-fitlender to severe Damsliment. Commissioned Officers do not require a pass, bnt uo one win ue recognized as an ofiicer. without ui reeponsii any escapes. - - ... ; . r . .. . No pass for a soldiertir sailor ia eood: except it be countersigned , by tho ieomraanding officer of his regiment or vessel-Any soldier or nailor without a pass properly countersigned, will be arrested and confined in the Guard House. ., ,: !, , ? No person ia allowed to sell spirituous Honors to soldiers, tailors or negroes, upon any pretext what ever. An attempt to evade this Order will be trefcti ed with the same severity as an open violation of it. Any person selling to a Commissioned Officer, upon an order purportiug to come from' him, will be held responsible for the genuineness of the order. : AH Sutlera are prohibited from sellin? Liauora bv the gla s to any Commissioned non-comm.ssioned officer, or private soldier, sailor or cilizen. Any violation of this order will subject the party offend- igiu a ueavy nne ns wen as ioneuure ot uis privi lege to keep a Stwre iu the city of Newbern. No parcel can be sent I by Express except by a special permit from the Provost Marshal. No person shall water a horse or mule within fifty feetot a pump. . '. J i No person shall wash at a pump, or clean, fish. or deposit filth of any kind, at or near a pump' -.v- ('itizens will be allowed o pass and repass in the city during good behavior until nine o'clock. P. M. After nine o'clock no pass is good except a special one from the Provost, Marshal, or from Head Quar ters.' "; ' -f"' Vf....;i'-. The Provost Marshal, in instructed to allow no one from withont our lines to land in this city, unless tney come here to trade; and all such persons must be made to Innd at soma given, point, and nowhere else, A guard of several men must be placed there, and those people be allowed nd communication with the citizens of Newbern except in the presence of one of the guard ; and they must not be allowed to go about the city, if they want to trade at ;tlie stores,' a party of them can "go at a ! time, under charge of a guard. ' These orders must be strictly carried out. : '. . -r i . y . 7- . AH persons arrivinsr in this eitv to trade will imme- diately report themselves1 at the office of tlie Pro- lock street. All 8trancer8 found in the i city, who haye not reported as above orderedi wUl be arrested . and dealt with, summarily. r t-. All persons are forbid hitching norsea to any of the Trees in the City, and all the Sentitelr-aro in - violation of this order: All neriinna ara furhid firirid' trims ' nistftljii. or can- Don ,n Hny of the streets, lanes.j alleys, or lots within this city.' ' No ; fireworks iH b.e .burnt or fired unless by a special permit of tke Provost Mar shall, j-.-", -7 :;; -Xf.- r.-:-r, ' :li:ft '..r : Whereas many -non-commissioned officers and nrivates who are noon detached sei vice, clerk. teamsters and orderlies, are f In .the habit ot leaving !3a .. . ' . I , .. . . officers tae prt-judicef of good udice of gotd order and discipline of tbe Mcrt-viRft. it ia liereb-v (irtiKbkd. ' ) ;i;hat all such persons At once appear in their proper uniforms, or they will be arretted and pun- Kihed. : ' -: ;7V;.-' . .:. ;: i :f 4 . r ; AH negroes are forbidden to wear the button, of the Army and all officers are' hereby enjoined to see that their servants comply with this regulation. Hereafter no fences, or parts of fences, in this town, shall be removed without the Written order of Cant. Daniel Meswinger. Div. Qr. Mastei., .. , " Fast driving (by officers or . men) is strictly pro hibited withic the limits of the city. Sentries will arrest all violating' this order. t ; . .i;.u '. -,:- ti r belo7gf.etS.S iedth grave : Hereafter dead horses must be take iment. Battery. &-c to which they b oue mile from town and at once bnried--th grav to be not less than six.teet deep. " . ' -' Regiments, Batteries, &c, will at once taKe the necessary steps to bury auch dead horses as be longed totbeirrespectivecommands,and at present lying unburied. ,J f, f7 - , . : . Commanding officers will see to the full and prompt carrying out of this order. uy oraer oi aiav. ui.. u. ruoifa, Com. 18th Army Corps. DANIEL MESSItfGER, j ;, ' -.s- Prqvot MarshaL ' .- ; --7 . V - , .77; " HSAIXt7ARTXRS, 1 . J 7 , " 7 Departmept of North Carolina, V ; New Berne, Sept. 24, 1862. J ; GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 44. No vehicles whatever will be allowed to pass over the R. It Bridge, without & pass from these; Headquarter, or the Provot Marshal. . r , i T rt t' l Uy COmmaua OI mnj. uen. , u. nwier, JOHN F. ANDERSON, 1 7 " " Acting 'AsMstant'A'djatant GeneraL Mi "Itf-'n-A V TJXAPqtJARTERS, ; New Berne, Jan. 21, 1863. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 30. No person.except officers and men of the Army uniform of any branch of the United Mates service in this Department, except by special permit from Uiese Headquarters.. . I u r No person is allowed to buy anifonns, or parts cf uniforms, blankets ot equipments from soldiers or sailors. It Nnot allowed to sell tMtisen'a cloth i"g to enlist led men of the Army and Navy, except uaderclotu-1 . - . . - ' . " l ing Any violation of this order will oe severely punisnea. TbeVProvost Marshal ia charged with the strict I enforcement of this order. ! . t , ; l)y command of MajGen. J. G. Foster, -. , . , . , ; S. HOFFMAN, ; " '- 7 7! Asst. Adit. Gen. U 8. MILITARV RAILUOAD. 3E Onand aft r Dec. 1st trains will leave aa follows j - TIME T ABLE. l ; - .-. i: j : ' O0I5O SOCTB. . , ' ' " ! " "Leave Newbern. A. 21. Uroatan-.. Sam llarekck. ,j . Newport... -- Newport Barracks;.. ... Carolina City.... Arrive Moreheid.... ....... 7 oi sobth. ' Leave Moreh ead. .......... " Carolina City.... . 10 . 10.25 ...10.35 ....11 ...11.15 ;...i.oa p. m. 1.15 . Newport Barracks 1.40 Newport ----- Ilavelock.-........i......i.2.15 Croatan'. .... IU Newbera.....- .2.:i5 3.15 Stop on signaL - -7 J , r V .. All free passes on tM Road wiH be void after September let. date, to all person. "HtledM permanent ranria- HOD, w oeout:ucumj..-.. - Zw ; . m a .1 ...,At AtMr r ima tiitt'fl. r i iun i Assistant Quarter-master at aoreueaa. js iiiw will be allowed to travel on tbe Kpad without a pas- or ticket This rule will le stricny aanerea io. i JAMES V. WiAUin ; capi, ot Ai vr Monthly 1'asses wiii oe wu u u . i V, A -m mfm ,mt I JANUARY 31, 1863; TATTMffC. Oh ! conJd there la this world be fonnd, Some little spot of happy ground, . Where'villsgc pleasures might go round1. Without tbe village tattling; ITow doubly blest that place would be, Where all might d well at Jibert Free from tbe bitter misery" ' r Of gossip endless prattling. the , be If such a spot were really known," ' I "Z,, Dame Peace might claim it as her own ; And iu it she might fix her throne - . : ' Forever and forever ; There like a queen might reign and live, 7 .While every one would soovo forgive Tbe little slights they might receive, ' -r ..JV&d be offended never. ' r-' Tis mischief makers that remove ' Far from oar hearts the warmth of love, And lead as all to disapprove . What givesnother pleasurer . They seem to take one's part, ';' They've heard oar cares, unkindly then They soon retail them all again, a. t , Mixed with their poisonous measure. r -And then they've such a cunning way Of telling their ill-meant talcs ; they say ? " Don?t mention what I say. I prayi , :, 1 o lid not tell another I- V Straight to your neighbor's house they go, Narrat'ng everything they know, And break the peace of high end low,7 ' Wife, husband, friend and brother. v Oh ! that the mischief making crew - Were all reduced to one or two, 7 ' . ; , , And they were painted- red or blue, ' $l That every one might know them ! Then would our villages forget ; ' Tojrage and qnarr'el.fume and fret, 5 And fall into au angry" pet " With things so much below thern.' ' 4 For 'tis a sad degrading art ' . ' To make another bosom smart, .. s And plant a dagger in the heart ; , . 'We ought to love and cherish! 7 Then let us evermore be, found ! ' - In quietness with all around, 1 While friendship, joy and peace abound, And' angry feelings perish'!: ! . . -. 7? Massacre of the Germans In Texas. r TmmJateA from the. (lalreston Union, a flrrman f vver. establislied since the occupation of that r 'JN ear the Orimn Of tlie (jrrand Cape find Hedruales on Johnston's : Creek, several I . ,'.;' r" "'re-i -r .1 American ana iwo.vrei uiaii laiiJiues seuieu 1 biit tvva years aso.1 ; Contending against the roughness of the soil and the wild Indians . , a 1 irageand I tlimr '': aA Tin ' nlrt 'sntlt. nosifion.' fj -.atipUx-pj - rnnnrni of their cour .j persevered, Conscious Ottueir com their intrepidity, and thelower settlements InnroA M tn -tltem thnt thev hnd less to suffer i - . , -.. T i - ..Vtl.:1i i 4 irom llie raiaarOi lue-inu'ans. 1 der inhabitants received but Utile .news I v.w about the condition of : the. country and the events of ; the warP '-All ai'- once they were notified to pay war taxes and to drill. The first demand they could . not comply with, because they had meal for their r families and f the last order they could; hot obey because; they lived so distant from each other and their absence would leave their - families without protec- tion. : t. , For these reasons they ;rere .considered Union men, and Captaift Iofoti rowdy, was next sent against the settlers with 7a towpany ',pf; Tisxans. 1 Ley.f the protection t)f their 'friends, but had to fly from. the overpowering number oi their enemies to the mountains. , Many Germans , . . . - y. . and Americans were arrested and imprison- -.1 ' - 1 - ' -1-1 PnnatH Tlnff' eu in rreaencKuufgr biiu vopioiii ""V was reinforced ; bv 400 men to eperate sue- cesfully against the German "Abolitionists,- nnrl hunt tin th Vankees. ; The" soldiers acain . visited Johnson s creek, but found Jnd jh the m6st? of the5 settlers had fled to mnnntnina. Frederick Deirener alone theV . v . -- - CJ , w surprised sleeping under the porch ofr his house, but awakened by the cries of distress of his wife and .the discharge, of muskets of his enemies, who fired fourteen .sliota after him, he fortunately made his escape, t tl is house was ransacked and ,au.move-ippund, able nrooertv taken off. ', Other farms in the neighborhood were also searched,1 the families taken prisoners and the houses . . i ' u a - joined them, and soon they had a company 0f sixty-eight men, ; Ust they travelled too B, - . .. Q j w' jKrPnk nne morninr 01 v n t j i.vft w va. 7 .o - - m 1 - tliev were sumrised bv two hundred Tei-lwith . "- A fil. Ant orminoil MltTl , - ' . I :i I.. .V I I ft X. I I I 1 T 7. 1. tit L. UJ VV. . .M.. W I A I. - . " J - X . A mrrW AT ITT W WO I ITu Ml I iney were ueieait; . V , them, covered vcred ;with wounds made good p.; -):"'! -4 ntives which afterward.?- fell in ta their escape 7 All fucitu the bands of the enemy were hung up. Among these sixty-eight men only five were Americans, the others all Germans.' A lew of the fugitives escaped across the Bio Grande i others wandering; in, tore moan- tains and suffering extreme hunger, sought protection among: American families, but were handed over to their persecutors and shot or hung. ' . ' j To this news, Dr. Adolph Deual, a cele- brated German traveller, who for many years had lived in that country, make3 tha following notes i . . ; We know personally, the most of these unfortunate victims, which have been mur dprftd so mercilessly, not because tbey r!W! fioinst the Government, but be causo they would, not act against the Union, a r, . ' I an! would rather fir to Mexico. These murdered Union men were some of the greatest benefactors of the State; they naa it. cleared uuc ? r ' . ... u u uui "o " U uvuaia - 1- -. - I .a, a a w i. w w .sstt era wi rtt t 1 1 iir.iiu . - j u , - rivilizalion tbrOogh7ni0re nad saveu 11 to - ff. i - than one period of pestilence and lamme , t man one pci toa oi pesmev i secured as borderers theirj present pprseco- "vmrvt'n ': -fi UMBER 96. - ' '- , tors, the slaveholders, against the inmslnn of Indians, and done the best service as volunteers in the Afrxfrnn wV.r,S .i.- on the frontier;: They placed the arts and 1 - ua uiia iuD ww hi found anywhere among the American Ger -wMvyom aa WVIl MS UieV COUU1 mans. They famished the proof that thev cuutu cultivate sugar ana cotton without the least damage lo lieftlth fln! nm.A fhri v;b4 f ...7.- ...:n: d6IIars., v w wv.a.v , IUHUI lUltltVUO ' ' I IlAT ftfwM-A rolaf.l ..nn !,. ward for iL Hundreds who succeeded in making their escape roved about the woods, naying, lost every th'inar. some even their families. : Hundreds afe' now chased lite wild -beasts r throush the 'ttiMsmMi f i Northwestern Texas, and succumb Iwmto of the mosthorrid tortures their fato never oeing Known to their lellow-tiJen. A CItII Difficulty fu Dakotuh Ter ritory.! Droceedin?rs the Legislature of Dakota h Territorv. iloth I branches of that - body convened in seventh session at the new capitol buildino- iu xanKion on the Ift ot December. The t vouncil effected an immediate organization, but in the Uouse.six of the fourteen mem- 1 ber! ! contestants, 'and for six days eight sitting members. These Jnpmhra a,;ii Ai'i.'t " - - . e ; A special dispatch to the Chicago jf?rithei.ngii?b ensign flying a good ttgn for us. ' luiie. from Town fW Ploo' ' 9, . J ' .n ReeinS changes htr. course ; awayf ,V. v r . she goes on the wind: a shot or two from our? inRiiigcuuu a- jusi oeen received here rarroti, ana Pbe tacks agun, making as ttoogfi" ,1 ' of a cueer'dead lock in the Droeppfliho-a-nfl heating down the coast i hut thatrick don't noliticffr apnfJmonf ? V Tv La .wJ1 since, discovered two small sloops hidden, I uviiinuvill UUU IVI nro uttrs I"" eays ine bajlotlngs for speaker stood four to four. :r - ' At last A. J. Harlan, (Dem.,) was elect ed Speaker, and M. Oi; Smith, Clerk.' .Four of the contested seats were soon after filial .. - . -- , ; maKing,tnenwiioie number ot liiepi'esenta-. lives, .twelve.;. On the 9th insW six of the members, , feeling themselves r airrieved at what they ,, denominated . the arbitrary ru ling of the Speaker, Withdrew in5 a body ti-ow the hall, leaving the House without a quorum.' 1 he seceders, with three contes- tants, v subsequently ' assembled au the hall, were sworn in by Gov. Jayne, and effected an . organization. ; I bus there, were two distinct H puses of - H epresSn ta ti ves, ' each claiming to be. legal, ; one devoted to the inte rests of Gbv.Jayne, and the other to Todd. On the 10th instant, the Council and the minority House, both being of the Todd pereuasion met, in joint ;.cotiveTition , rnd notified the Governor that they, were fendy to receive; his message. lie sent.Tback an answer to the etfect that he did pot recog nize th e " 1 1 ouse l as a legal body and, th e re- fore, had no communication to make.'s The next day he sent his message 'to the Council -.v iri;;,,:. ., ;;ilj. : aione, dui iiiav , uotiy rciunicu u, ucwui- panied by a resolution inforniing the Gov ernor tyhat his message could only be re ceived in ioint convention of the two Hdu ses.J thus matters nave remainea unui tue nresefit ti m e. Th e real contest is ' waged with reference to the Delegaleship ot the Territorr in the next ? Congress. . Jayne was elected last tall by a clear majority, but Todd claims that, fraudulent votes were cast and the legislature t is a aeaa tock occasioned by the scramble for the certifi cate. Up to the latest dates from Yankton there; were, no signs of yielding on either t-',.-;--- ; ;- : ' 7- v-; -..-:r--. 'rlVal' & Bcfu'froitt 'Ceobla! - ; ; -' ' c ; siae. f.f ;.Ttic'L6aisville Journal- says i . iNine gen ftiemen. all residents of Whitfield t county, Korth 5eorgia,-arrived Jn this city last cveniner, having fled from rebel oppression. ' , ? , , . . . jTliey crossed the Tennessee rivef at a point 1 : .it. .1 it. T!:..ui snitfrnm nstr ine.roouvn ot inu iimyvaartc, iivi v,u thenc crossed the mouutains into Kentucky. They give' a fearfut account ot the slate of nflnra th. Srnth. The reirn of terror is complete, and they assure us that it is worth as much as a man's life to withhold I KJa irrifint!iTp from- the rebellion. The s j a 7 mzj a aM i i , actual i necessities of life are beyond the reacb of families in ordinary Circumstances, L- the bill of -current prices will indicate. These gentlemen inform us that pork is selling in Northern Georgia at;30cts. per gait at 1 To per ppunu,-corn at rt rfr bushel, wheat '$7 per , bushel, gUnar at 75 cents per pSund, shoes at $10 nnr nair. and boots at $75, eggs at $1 per n , - , ,. 7 . t. .vi, pers0ns make use of the dirt in their smoke hoases which has been saturated with saltj oltn mWtfir from iL where- 1 CAll atUI1 i;ttitiw - - - I 0 - . t : tn pure their meats. There is alw I 11 ! i 4 l.n Mkot Trrr. ttTA t0 w vvnn T B11T1 I. 1 I I W .im B IIT.k , U. U. W . ... i ""rl: . . .i... i I A II . . A AysV Art VIUOn I I V I fill 1. M. Augusta wrpnwu; j .ltvv;"X body: of two thousand six hundred troops marched - into Richmond without shoes, Commissions have been appointed in some districts to take arj.tfccount of the amount 0f corn and othei Joduce in the ppssession cf jhe residents; r o are not permitted in apy cise to hofd more than is necessary for their subsistence until the next crop 6bair have matured, and, if a family fhould j,c founa to be tinctured with loyalty to the frTpral Government, all their means of subsistence is seized and confiscated, these refuees in their fliebt from rebel oppresion traveled in the by-ways night and day, gometime8 paying guides as much os thirty dollar for theirjBiervicea.'a"S! stiUX"-'-. tc- wont indulge ftt raeh horrid untie! pi- ;An. f mm the Lenpeckc-d hub :r,d said when the parson told him he would be joined i hi wife W - . t . 14 from ber. Parsfin.J tope yon will not mention this, unpleasant circumstauce again said he. The clergyman of a small living in Yorkshire.- on oce occasion received no f-e. for marrying a parsimonious couple, and meeting th; ni tflv months after at a social gatheruig, too.; opt t" . i . - i . : , tK' -'J. c"'c- age en, this ehjl-L'. Baby s eve J lave a in f paoa - raHier ti a lmyfm tii eXpAnstion before th eoaii any,' rmi sil j have art exp;nation oeiore II Landed orer a lorereiga, ;' - - ' r . .-t . OpffsiUm r lb- aunheni rnnmr, - The fottawing iccooat tf an cxptv!:t':n, sr rf out Irom the gunboat Sa-nore,k from Key West, about a month', s, we f.nd in the ror respondence of the Philadelphia bulletin ; . VThe expedition Crt I.-IteJ Tvri Caprcn -( fort built daring the Indian war) but find ing there rjothing of import, proccrdevl 2owu the river. We bad gone about- seven sa;Iii when projecting behind the trees a mat was i- seen T,,e ord tben'ra. Cire w.ny, I ee got em this time, and the boys ' Ke way, I assure you. Ori ncannj Lorir, S UKl vou. )n nearin tho' hiding place, discovered the mast bcW.rr.nr to,J a sloon, and at this moment a boat w,n lcavinr' ner ior me snore, out one snot Irom U.c bovrtu ZFJ p"ZejM course, tod she rctUrntnl W - ia a a m -i v m- . & 1 DAI awav in ITta mva erhnAn. TV,. K w.. - 1 now in hib spirits, tbe boats were soon on the 1 8Pot ftrd the two vessels1 were ttken nosses- b,y" . , Aey provea io oe mo sioon r.iten l?d s?honer Agnes, both hailing from Nassau. r incy n"a. However, landed their cargoes t of had. saic, ami were waiting for a return ... cargo of. the stnl Wa r..i;.7.i K..n r., . r,,i,' 1 I . ,1 anxietv.. Having a head wind, we were not abl( to rei tbe vcfskIs out the same night. ., So, after tle molihing two fine 'vert-en cantured carlv in the da j, we. ' turned .in.. . Before sunriso thoj following morning 'we ud anchor andawar They came safely out, and were sent to JCey West." . - V-.'. . ' 7 7 ' Etery thing passed sercnelyon until Mondar morning, the 1st insL.. tcn tbe excilinc words Sail ho 1 came from the fore-ton Where away f 1 Two' points on 'the starboard bowl Up anchor. 'and bwt e co to look after the stranger. . ' She is a schooner, and has . take. We' are Foon alongside.' when, in answer to the hail, 'Where bound?' he replies'- Key West'. Jle told the truth., tut I rather think, against his inclinations.' She sailed under the clastic name ot; By "George! ' Cargo, coflVc, salt, medicines, &c. Findmt the poor fellow so much out of his course, we kindly sent an officer and men on board to see hini safely to OMU wn-!'; 'Happening to d Ilappening to drop in at Jupiter Irdct a few. away in the mangrove buahes ther were soonr Itwi 'destroyed. 7- The rebels used them fori lighter ing cargoes up and down tbe river. I Vc tlntik the Sagamore has played her part prettywell up to date." -r- I ,.-."' . ' . An ExTFKstva Salt 'Mixe i WESTF.nx Lot isiANA --A correspondent of the w Yoik Times, with a pafc cf the Gnlf bit ckadiriapsnusd. ron on tho Louisiana coast relaUs the following t i "Along the Gulf const bounding this particular part of the State are ti umbers ilnJs some tt which rise to a.cnnsiderabU height fom out Ui low swamp marshes with which they : are sur- riiunded,' One of these ismnds. known a Visilti Anse; and entirely familial With tbe residents of tha vicinity as being a place fatnons , fof sslino enrths, turns out to be a rock of solid salt, psH ' bly some two hundred and fifty feet high, where the mineral is quarried out in large pieces resenW bling cakes of , ice. It was these "salt works,' Com. I'uchar an, some time since, "with the gun boats Diana, Kinsman, and -the St. Mary's-' wills the 21st Indiana on board, attempted lo destroy, the result of which was the buildings jwore torn down,' but the vast mine of salt still remains ' ' ' The sajt spring on this island, a it was termed has been known for years, but it was not nnijl a few months ago that-itwas discovered llmtllns supposed spring was -merely the rain water set- tlincr in hollows of a solid salt rock. ..The salt ia its natural bed is as clear as glas--ia fact, it seems as if you could look vast distance into' its solid heart. When it is blasted out, la pieces resembling ice, it assumes a dull.yello, color, but grinds tip whiter than most salt, aud (s sp thoroughly saline in its properties that even a -gruin or two leaves a stringent tante in the m,outb.. The immense value of this mioe of weallhican ' scarcely be realized. A million dollars wa offer- ed to its owner by a company of persona in the ('neighborhood, but refused. This island ofjalt-- possibfy three or four miles long wnl one .wids. of irregular fornl, an'Q cdvered from fifteen to twentyfeet n ith rich soil bears; on tits f urfacw pecan and. live jak trefca. 7 V' :? y..l,tt -JL .' - ... . : . . - t t - -Miscellaneous Items.' "When I goes a shoppf ng. said an olj lady, JI alleV ask fof wbt I wantsrand if ihey hsvo itj, and it is suitable, and I fetl inclined to take it, and it's cheap, and it can't be got at any place, for less, I almost allws take it, without cbaikviti; All dsyv as most people do." ' " -" ' A Tot'CH of Tin Pathetic ; Ifow nar akin laughter is to tears -was shown; when Jubns, with a single stroke of his brush, lurued a lath ing child in a painting to one cylngi aud our t mothers, without being great painters, have oftan brotrght ns.Jn like manner, from Joy. to grief by a single stroke. ., , . A baker, who is continually troubled with in- 3uiries r;pecting the time, was asked the other ay 'Pleais, sir, will yon tell me what time it is i ' Why, I told you the time not minute ago said the astonished baker. Yfs. sirreplied the lad, ' bat this is. for another woman.' r ' 'i 'AgentlemahiOne evening, wss seated rear a ' lovely womsn, when the company arountf him were proposing conundrums to each other. Turn- ingio his coruDatiion, he ald 'Why U a lady., unlike a mirroi1' She give it 'op 'Because.-: said the rode fallow, 'a mirror reflects witheut speaking.-a lady speaks without reflecting,,' 'And w by re vou unlike a mirror t -ake! thw lly. He could rot fell. Because k n.lrror w m I r smooth and pousbeu, ana yoa are rougu u nncolished.', The gentleman owned there was one la y who did not speak without both reflect-. in and casting reflections. ' 7' ' ; One at the withesses In the South Lelth complained that itr. Thin read his sermons ; and on tha'ijuestion being put to him, Do sermons that are not read edify yoa most V , he convulsed the eburt by replying ? I conslJer that If minis iVra cannot remenf ber thlr own sermons, it is perfectly unressonaple to expect their. bearers to . remember them; , ' ' ' V-"'' " ! IV : ' . -V ' I am an unlucky man, gentlemen eiclalmeT ooor fellaw. If I Were to sefre time by. thn- fofelock.1 do believeMt woold come- rjcht out. )d leave him as bart as a oarotrs ljock. , , A famona musjeian. who bad made! hfs fortune-' by arri"- i'?ff reqafited to fjngto the con; psny, replied '4-rnjt ma lwimi'ate the nfgbt ingsJe, which never sings after bo has madt his nest. ; . ,. .' ., . . rf . . ,' A jonrnalist, whose" wife had just presentsJ him with twius. and who,J for ibis reason, wai compelled to Oe-glect his paper for on q day, w rotor ' the day after, the follow ing excuss: We wrro , nnsb'e to isne" our psper yeiterdsyj in conse quence of tbeprrival of two extra aiaJes v A gtrrtlrman called at the bonso cf an .honest old lady f.r th purpose of collectirg a" mall drbt Not recollecting the amonnt, h srsmiscl to send his LiH that tvenirg Tha o!d woman, sappoting that h incnt his son William, replied. Oiji.i! nur r'arah iiev-r set wp with any one rrt t b it if Bill's a clever bo, ttcy rr.rvy l.hve a tro iu t'othei' room . A rt spc cfatf.' gent.Tflri io'-nifi.Iik" cLarge levelLd 'ainsl l.itr, eeti.i."!y t.. ;i T ire rty f..'r iu 1,7 a a gun. ; .. 7 , A man rrr rpffnt'y conTidcd la Kc st'-alfng his li-if.'ht.or" row and hiliA;' j' eelJaf. It was a eoanilr mwlef'f "mv r Hare you, ot thu .VindT. a '; to-n-r .f a bookii-ll. r's aj j-M ii'! replied the j uuiij Giccuv' J li-: I Li the haul . - " . - . 7- - . - 1 f .1 . V
Newbern Weekly Progress (New Bern, N.C.)
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Jan. 31, 1863, edition 1
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