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Rmdoleh placed his hands pen.
tly on her should? : "Please sit
down again an(j haten to me for i
few motiHnts. Ytars ago I was a
wild young student in Pan's, neith,
tr better or worse than my mates ;
we each had one favorite, and be
leived lite to be all that Beranger
pictored it. One memorable nirh;
we were at a masquerading frolic ;
all were in exuberant spirits, wine1
circulated f'eely, I drank too mccb,
my brain waa dulled and blood fiieii
1 was ready for any enterprise, how
ever rash. Some one suggested
that we should arrange our selves
in couplte, and that one of the p-r-ty
should personate a priest and
perform a ceremony. We entered
into the spirit of frolic with eaei
nesy, und a brother of one of the
5"0uu &uls offered hid service to
bling a young man who would enact
the role of priest. We, Ninon and
I, were the first couple joined, and
then something about the assumed
prieat asonsed young Graham's sus
picions?, and led him to make inquir.
16.. The result was, that Pierre,
thinking that it would be a tine
thing to have his sister, at least, act
ually married to a rich youug Amer
ican, had brought a young man who
had just taken orders, and Ninon
and I were man and wife,'
Joyce sat with a white face and a
ick of anguish on her beautiful
eyes the basket of flowers was in
her lap and her hand lay idly
among them ; as Raudo'ph finished
his sentence, ber fingers convulsive
'y elostd around a rose, and a briar
on the stem caused ner to make a
little exclamation.
"What is it?'' asked Randolph,
anxiously.
"Only another thorn ; she answer
ed, with a pitiful little smile. Bat
through her mind there ran a sen
tence she had read iacredulously
that very morniug : ''Love when he
comes wanderiug like a lost angel
to oQr door, it is at once admitted,
welcomed, embraced ; his quiver is
not seen ; if bis arrows penetrate,
this wound is like a thrill of new
life ; there are no fears of poision,
none of the barb no leech's hand
can extract ; that perilous passion
an agony ever in some of it phrase
es, with many an agony throughont,
is beleiving to be an unqualified
good."
There was profound silence in the
dttle parlor as these words slowly
passed through Joyce's mind the
fragrauce of the roses and syringas
was stiflingly sweet; and outside a
-iver f-aug its few plaintive notes.
Joyce looked np at Randolph
there were set lines about bis'mouth
md an expression of pain in his
fine blue eyes. Happiness was al
uaost within his grasp and again it
proved fo he an evanescent bubble.
"Was there not something more
vou wished to tell me ;'' said Joyce,
in a low constrained voice. "I inter
rnpted you with my foolish little
cry.'-
"Only this, that t first I did not
realize my situation and the extent
j of my folly, i had some Quixotic
notion of my educating and refin
ing Ninon, who was very beautiful,!
and making a lady of her. gBut I
soon found that she waa shallow
and coquettish, and finally that she
was faithless and intriguing. But
as there was sufficient proof of her
infidelity to procure a legal separa-.
tioo, I provided for her maintenance
and left her to her follies, You
looked shocked and God knows I
would rather spare your innocent
ears from hearing this recital, and
myself the pain and humiliation of
telling my story ; but I wish you to
know me in mv unworthiness, and
to throw mytelf upon my mercy.
"Where did I go then ? To Ger.
mauy, to Italy, to Egypt- I became
a wanderer upon the face of the
face of the earth. Did I see Ninon
again ? Yes ; once, riding in a car
riage of a notorious baron. I could
then have obtained a divorse, but
disliked the publicity and was indif.
'ferent my faith in womankind was
weak ; I thought none trustworthy,
and had no desire to marry again.
Now, I am about to sail for France :
I have a desire to be lree, and must
know whether Ninon Is still living-
'Tell me if you utterly desuise'
me," be said rising from his chair :
"and if I may dare hope that your
thoughts will follow me on tuy jour
ney.'' He bent over Joyce, and
took ber hands in his trong grasp,
and looked down in her sweet face-
"I shall think of you daiiy,'' she
replied, with faltering voice, "aud
pray every ids lit for your safety on
on ea and land."
"If Miss Armingtou is willing,
may I write to you, and hope a few
words of rrmmibrauce in return?''
"Certainly-''
"Then good-by, and may God
bless you aud keep yo- in chatge."
No cures, no woid ot endtarment,
though he felt an insane desire to
fld her to his heart, und ho'd her
there for ever. But with all bin
nhortcomiugs and storng passion?,
John Raudo'ph was a man of honor,
and, haid as the struggle was, left
her with a single hand claep.
Joyce pleaded a headache, and
remained iu her room the rest of the
day, and made her appearance at
the breakfast table pale aud heavy
eyed, and performed her simple
tasks iu a listless manner. Going
into the parlor, she found the lor
gotten batsket of roses and syiingas,
now a worthless, wilted mass; the
vivid ciimsou dulled; its creamy
white, gray, while a sickening odor
atose from them. She threw
open the shutters ; then came back
and drew out a drawer of a little
table, and emptied theuu in ; ihe
could not bear to destroy them, aud
yet wished them out of ber sight,
lor they toe forcibly reminded her
ot the painful scence of jthe previous
dy. Then she threw herself upon
the couch, and burst into a passion
of tears, Miss Armington, ooming
into the room, heard ber sobs, and,
with the penetratiou developed by
sorrow, divined the troubled state
of ber heart, and seated herself be
s;de her, and lifted her slight,
young figure gently from pillows,
and held her in her arms as she
might have held a weary child.
"What grieves ycu, Joyc9? Tell
your old anntie ; perhaps she can
help you.''
"Oh ! auntie, I cannot tell yon
lam troubled, and yet have no right
to my sorrow."
''Tell me all, unreserved said
her aunt, stroking the fair head
gently. "It will lighten your bur
den to share it."
Then, with many sobs and fal
terings, Joyce niade her confession,
and gave the outlines of Ran
dolph's story, saying : "I feel hu
initiated ; I have given my love nm
sonerht. anri whn T know it is
wrong Oh! auntie, what shall !
do?
Try and be calm ; you did not
commit yourself he had no idea of
your.preference- But. my child,
that your love is. hopeless, is, alas,
vour woman's lot,'' and Mi?s Arm
ington rose and slowly walked to
the window to conceal her emotion.
'Tf you could read the heart histo
ries of hundred women yon would
find more of heroism than in many
a battle field renunciation, self-ab
negation, silent endurance, patient
suffering, aud hopeless waiting "
"Why auutie, this is so unlike
you ! Your earnestness terrifies
ue : cau it be possible that there is
o much sorrow in the world ? You
lave lived here quietly all your life,
now do you know this?'' And
Joyce, forgetting her own troubles
or the moment, rose from the couch
and going to the older woman, put
er strong arms about her, and
kissed :he furrowed face.
"Joyce," she said, solemnly, "my
life was not always a serereas it
is now once it was full of vain
struggles with a rebellious heart, of
sharp conflicts between duty and
desire; Oace I suffered as you are
now,"
"Tell me, please, all about it."
'Sometime, perhaps, but not at
present. I forgot to say that Mr
Randolph asked my permission to
write to yon. I could see no rea
son whv he should ! not, and told
him so.
A few days alter, a letter
and an t-xpress package arrived for
Joyce. The package coutained
some long coveted books, and the
letter was dated New York, July
27th, and read as follows:
"Dear Mrss Alison: I send you
ly express tod4y, a box containing
(BOtne bocks. May I hope that you
will except thirn, aud that they
will nerve to interest aud please you
a well as to convay to you the
great regard I have for our wel
fare and happiness, and i ask that
you will write to me, and write free
ly, of your occupations, yo'jr read
ings, aud theught. If you address
Paris, Poste Restante, I will be sure
to rtcelve. With k;nd rtrnem
brances to your uncle aud auut, I
am a'.waj s,
"Faithfully yours,
"John Randolph ''
Joyce replied : "I cannot suthN
..'iently thank you for your beauti
ful gift, or your evident consulta
tion of my tabte and prefeienct.
The books are those which I most
dtaiied, and I Can only say that I
truly grateful tor year thoughtful
nebs. Indeed I shall think of 3'ou
kindly. I thought of you the next
night after your departure, of the
pleasure you Aould have takeu in
watching from our porch the glori
ous sunset, alUgolden and peace -giving.
Do you suppose that ino
ther nature felt a little sorrow for
this forloui aud bereft daughter of
hers, and thought to contole her
with a pretty sunse'. and a slow
ly rising moon1? I beg pardon,
but you asked me to write freely
and I do think it is a sad bereaves
nient to lose a kind friend, even it
only by absence.''
In due time there came uother
letter bringing news of Randolph's
safe arrival, aud of the receipt ot
Joyce's acknowledgement of her
gift. He gave in it a description of
his voyage, and told ber in glowing
terms of some pictures he had been
to see of fine music Le had heard;
every line showing tender solicitude,
thoughtful consideration, aud a de
sire to relieve the monotony ot her
davs. She, in return, writing of the
simple incidents of her qoiet life ;
of her readings, her rambles, her
dreamings; each letter as perfect in
its way as one of her dainty sketch
es, and treasured by him, so care
fully.
Thus the summer lapsed into au
tumn ; Joyce faithfully performing
her duties and never faltering in ber
resolves ; her patience aud cheer
fulness causing Miss Armington to
wonder and leading her to think
that her neice's heart was only
lightly touched after all. But she
little knew the effort it cost Joyce
io so school and command her feel
;ngs; aud that time dragged, cb, so
j iavily-the only really bright days
beinc those signalized bv a letter
irom France.
Randolph's letters were so kind ;
loo kind for her peace of mind she
thought. He wrote :
"I have been trying to deceive
myself; sitting here in my quiet
room, I have been recalling the in
cidents of the past summer, trying
to make them seem real. I have
striven so earnestly that it seems lo
ne my thoughts should resolve
themselves into something tangi
ble; that a tair-baired, hazel-eyed
young woman should stand before
me with her slight, graceful fignre ;
that she should be seated m yonder
chair, bnsily engaged with some
dainty sewing, wbiie I should get a
volume and read to her. Alas! it
is but a vaiu delusion ; the figure
will not stay it is as evanescent as
the emoke of my cigar ; and in the
meantimes it is eleven o'clock, so
says the convent bell near by the
soft breeze comes in the open win-.
j aow laaen wun ine pen units ui mm
era a glorious moonlight night.
So bright, so calm ; I wonder if yon
in your far away home up among the
hills, feel its influence. Do not yon
think my dear child, that vour
grave o'd friend is waxing roman
tic? Ascribe it all to the witch
craft of the moon."
Jojce wrote in reply :
"It would be a sin te be otherwise
than happy this glorioas autumn
Concluded on last page.")
ALISUItV (X.C) miaow
10,060 I'rixoiiei! Rt ft Time
Description tf Hie e'oar3
am! Unavoidable Horror ol
h Confederate Mules Irisoii.
The History of the "Confederate
States Military Prison," at S.ilnhury,
from the pen of Rtc. Dr. A Man
ijiifii, who was rofe$sor of mental and
moral philosophy at the Unicersity of
North Carolina at the time o f his death
m May, 1800.
From Charkt'e Observer,
On the l'.):h of February, 1S;U, a
tew of the enterprising, publicnpir
lfed and wealthy citizens of Salis
bury. N. C., and the leaolved to es
tablish in the town a 1 ir-e steam
cuitou factory. On the 4lh ot April
following the company was organ
ized and applied themselves with
energy to their conimeudable enter
prise. The establishment was lo
cated iu the beautilul oak grove that
bordered the town on the south
Toe company secured about sixteen
acres of the soironnding gioundj
It wa not long betore thegfoe was
votal with the lively buzz and rattle
of tlie machinery and the cheeilnl
song ard laughter cf the busy fac
tory boys and girls. Those were
the halcyon days f peace and the
daily picture in the grove was as
full ot beauty and pleasantness as
it was ot labor and life.
A few years passtd in that way,
when the factory was closed, the
company dissolved aud finally the
property passed into the hands of
the trustees of Davidson College.
Again, after a season, the solitude
aud stillness of the place was cheer
ily disturbed by a school cf happy,
hopeful boys. Their youug forms
glided over the shaded lawn in the
joy of boyhood's sport, and their
gay laughter and shouting rang
richlv through the dark, green
boughs. And those, too, were the
halcyon days ot peace, and the daily
picture m the grove was as full ol
beauty and innocence as it was of
promise and life.
But soon a melencnoly chance
came over our peaceful, prosperous
land. A dark, dark shadow fell on
its fair bosom, which carried shud
dering to its heart and made the
hearts of the millions that rested
on its bopooa to bhudder. It was
the shadow of the black wing ot
war, "sprinkled red with huauau
gore." It darkened our homes
while it darkeued all others. It
chilled our hearts as it chilled mil
lions of others. It hushed onr
songs, it aiade our lips to qniver,
and bent our knees for such praerf
as our hearts had never dreamed
before. It shed its baneful spell on
all our scenes ot beauty, on all our
treasures of hope and love. It was
the spirit of blighting, of desolation,
of agony, of death. Where is the
heart, the home, the plan, the pros
pect, that it did not change ? And
who can tf II the measure of the woe
of its changes ?
THE FACTORY BECOMES A PRISON.
By a deed bearing date the ?nd
of November, 186T, the old factory
lot and buildings were conveyed to
the Confederate States, and were
fitted up and us?d during the
four years cf the ar as a prison
for Confederates under sentence of
court martial, and those arrested
for alleged disloyalty, for deserters
from the Federal army and for prist
oners of war.
A company composed ot the stn
(dents of Trinity College, styling
themselves the "Trinity Guards,'
and commanded by Rev. Dr. B.
Craven, their president, arrived and
went into quarters at the garrison
with the duty of acting as guard to
the prison. The first lot of prison
ers, numbering one hundred and
twenty, was brought in by the train
on the 9th ot December, 1SC1. Their
arrival caused considerable exci'e
ment in town, very tew of the citi
zens having seen a "live Yankee
soldier" up to that time. Their
'imprisonment was probably attend
ed by as few discomforts and piiva
tions as regular prisoners of war
were ever required to bear. They
were quartered io the large brick
building (which was 100x40 leer,
with three stories above the base
ment). Some of them were allowed
the parole of the town. They stroll
ed carelessly and cheerfully
through the grounds, laughed and
chatted in their warm quarters, tat
toot-d their arms with the- ' Stars
and Stripe."," whittled on fancy toys
and Yankee notions, etc., etc. When
the coinin.indmoiit went In amongst
them his language, his tone, the at
tention aud respect, the quiet dis
cipline and genial humor reminded
one rather more id a pleasant ceue
iu a college chapel than to rigid
confinement in a prison.
On the lYtth ot December, when
ai! th" community was enjoying tho
annual festival commemorating the
birth ot the Prince of Peace, who
came upon earth to "loose the pris
oners," another train of cars came
in, with the guards upon the plat
forms, bringing one hundred aud
seventy-six more prisoners.
Dr. Ciaven and his boys remained
but a few weeks, and C 1. George
C Gibbs was assigned to the com
mand ot the prison. The guard was
cooi posed of several coaipanieo
raioed for the purpose. A number
or ihe eitizena of Salisbury joined
tne guard.
On the 7th of February there wai
another arrival ot eighty prisoners.
These different installments came
troni vaiious points some be.nn
captured iu Virginia, some on the
coast id North Carolina ami tome
by the Army of the Wtst in Ken
tucky. By the middle of Maicb,
1662, their number aggregated near
ly 1,500. In Decern Iter previous,
Dr. J. W, Hall, of Salisbury, was
appointed surgeou ol the post. His
repoit for the month of Ma-ch, 1SG2,
is the nest commentary on the
treatment ot the priainers, the fidel
ity of the officers, the care and at
tention of the surgeons and the
management of the hospitals. That
report states that there were 1,427
prisoners, of which 2.31 had been
under treatment aud only one had
died- Compared with the DAILY
reports of many ot our regiments in
the field, this showf.d that the snfs
feting and loss among the latter was
at least twenty times greater. The
quarterly report, which was dated
about the 2lst of April, embracing
from the 2Gth ot December to that
drite, stated that of the guard there
had been 509 cases of ickije8, and
but three deaths of the prisoners
403 cases, and only three deaths.
Proportionally, there bad been more
sickness among the guard. Let it
be rt memberpd that this was the
treatment the Confederate govern
ment gave its prisoners while its re
ourc s were yet abundant, aud it
possessed the power to be humane
in practice as it was in principle.
During this year evri the ladie
visited the grounds inside the stockade-
Dress parade by the troops
of the garrison was held near the
southeast corner and witnessed by
many of the prisoners. 1 remember
attending the parade oue pleasant
sammer evening in company with a
number of lad.es. When I was
finished the officers among the pris
oners came out and presented truly
a beautiful scene in their recreaou.
A number of the younger and les
dignified ran l'.ke schoolboys to the
play ground, and were soon joined
in high glee in a game of ball. Oth
ers, arm in arm, promenaded and
conversed, while several sat down
side by side with the prison officials
and witnessed the spoit and in
dulged in free and gentlemanly in
tercourse. I remarked particularly
th tall form of Col. Corcoran (cap
tured at Manassas) who, as he walk
ed with measured step and had
countenance, told plainly how deep
ly bis ptide was wounded how se
verely his spirit was chafed.
A prisoner's prophecy.
I remember a conversation with
Maj. Vogdee, iu which be prophe
eyed the excaostiou of the supplies
of the Confederacy, and marked
with his cane upon the ground how
i the State might, and probably wonld
be, invaded ou the lines of tbe rail
roads, and all oppositions overcome
The position of Sherman's army at
the final of the struggle was similar
j to tbe diagram which be drew.
When Cel. Gibbs completed his
regiment and left for service in the
field, Col. A. C. Godwin took com
mand of the prison. Like Col.
Gibbs, he was a gentleman and a
soldier. His management of the
prison may be Inferred from the
fact that, while he waa occupying a
similar post in Richrnond,he showed
himself no generous to some Federal
officers that, when he waa captured
on the Uhappahannock and Rent to
the Northern prisons, he was sought
out and signally favored in grateful
return by either the individuals ho
had kindly seived iu their captivi
ty, or by their relatives aud friends.
It was during his command that
a lotty ting pole was erected near
the main entrance, in f'ont of head
quarter, and a number of citizens,
including ladies, went down to wit
ness the raising of the Confederate
UAg.
When the cartel for enchauge of
prisoners was agreed upon by the
commissioners of ihe two govern
mentu, all the prisoners of war were
exchanged. This left only Confed
erate convicts, Yankee deserters and
political prisoners.
The following official documents,
together with a list of tbe civilian
prisoners, copied from a paper
kiudly furnished by Gov. Swain, is
published with tha conviction that
while they indicate the government
iu the premises, they will be of in
teioi to many iu the future.
Riciimond, Va., )
February 27tb, 18C3. j
To ihe House of Representatives:
1 herewith transmit a communi
cation from the Secretary of War,
covering a list of tbe civilllan pris
oners now in custody at the military
prison at Salisbury, N. C, in further
response to your resolution of tbe
5ih insf., and invite attention to the
recommendation in regard to a class
oft iiieers t be charged with the
special duty of inquiring into the
cases of prisoners arrested by milis
tary authority, I think such officers
wonld be oseful, they being selected
for special qualifications arid invest
ed with special powers.
Jefferson Davis.
Confederate States of America, 1
War Depabtment, !
Richmond, Va., February 27, 1863.)
To the President of tbe Confeder
ate States :
In answer to a resolution of tbe
House of Representatives, I have
the honor to inclose a list cf tbe
civilian prisoners now in custody in
this city aud in Salisbury, N. C, un-
der military authority No arrests
have been made, at any time, by
auy specific order or direction of
this department. Tbe persons ar
rested have been taken either by
officers of tbe army commanding in
the field or by provost marshals, ex
ercising authority of a simular na.
ture, and the ground of arrest is, or
ought to be, founded npon some
necessity, or be justified as a prop
er precaution against an apparent
danger. The department has bad
commissioners to examine these
persons, with directions "to dis
charge those against whom no well
grounded cause ot suspicion exists
of having violated a law or done an
act hostile or injurioas to tbe Con
federate States."
Tbe department appointed in Nov
vember last a commissioner to ex
amine prisoners in the Southwea
tern department, embracing a por
tion of Georgia, Alabama and a
portion of Mississippi This com
raission-r found some obstructions
in the performance of bis duties
from tbe provost marsballs and
some difficulty in obtaining reports
from them- He resigned in the lat
ter part of Jannary, without mak
mg a report of the prisoners re
maining ,in tbe department for
which be was appointed.
These commissioners have been
found useful, and I recommend that
the department may be authorized
to appoint them tor the objects be
fore mentioned, and that they be
clothed with the authority of com
missioners ncder tbe act ot the Pro.
vincial Congress No. 273, respect,
iog commissioners appointed by tbe
district courts.
In conclusion, I bave to say that
under tbe examinations that have
been made a large number of pris
oners have been discharged, and
none are retained unless there be a
cause of suspicion supported by tea
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