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THE RETURN.
“Three years» I wonder if the’ll know me ?
I limp a little, and I’ve left one arm
At Petersburg, and I am grown as brown
As the plump chestnuts on my little farm ;
And I am a* shaggy as the chestnut hurra,
But ripe and sweet within, and wholly hers.
The darling ! how I long to see her!
My heart outruns this feeble soldier pace ;
For I remember, alter 1 had left her,
A little Charlie came to take my place:
Ah ! how the little three-year-old’s Drown eyes
{His mother’s eyes) will stare with pleased sur
prise !
Sure, they’ll be at the corner watching!
I sent them word that 1 should come to-night,
The birds all know it. for they crowd around
Twittering their welcome with a wild delight;
And that old robin, with a halting wing,
I saved her life three years ago last .spring.
Three years—perhaps T am but dreaming ,
For, like the pilgrim of the long ago,
I’ve tugged a weary burden at my back,
Through summer’s heat and winter’s blinding
snow
Till now, I reach my home, my darling's breast*
Where 1 can roll my burden off-and rest.”
* * * «
When morning came, the early rising sun
Laid his light finders on a soldier sleeping,
Where'A soft covering of bright green grass
Over tw o lowly mounds w as lightly creeping,
Bat. waked bim not; his was the rest eternal,
Where the brown eyes reflected love supernal.
Courtship in Australia. —When a
young tv a trior is desirous of procuring
a wife, he generally obtains one by giv
ing in exchange for her n-sister or some
other female relative of his own ; but it
there should happen to be no elligibie
damsel disengaged in the tribe to which
he belongs, then he hovers around the
encampment of some other blacks until
lie gets an opportunity of seizing one of
their leubras, whom perhaps he ha's
seen and admired when attending one
ot the grand corrobories. His mode of
paying his addresses is simple and effi
cacious. With a blow of his “mulla
nulUr l w,tr-ciub) he stuns the object of
his eflications, and drags her insensible
body away to some retired spot, whence
as soon as she recovers her senses, he
brings her home to his own gunyah in
triumph. Sometimes two join in an ex
pedition for the same purpose, and then
for several days they watch the move
ments of their intended victims, using
the utmost skill in concealing their
presence. When they iieve obtained
the knowledge they reonre, they wait
for a dark, windy night; then quite
naked, and carrying only their long iag
spears they crani slealthily through the
bush until they leach the immediate vi
cinity of the • camp-fires, in front of
which the girls they are in search of nre
sleeping. Slow and silently, they creep
close enough to distinguish the "figures
ot one ot those Umbras then one of the
intruders stretches out his spear and in
serts its barb point amongst her thick
flowing locks : turning the spear slowly
around, some of her hair speedily be
comes entangled with it; then, with a
sudden ierk she is aroused from her slum
ber, an das her eyes open, she feels the
sharp point ot another weapon pressing
against her throat. She neither faints
nor screams ; she knows well that the
slightest attempt, at escape or alarm will
cause her instant death, so, like a sen
sible woman, she makes a viitue of ne
cessity, and rising slightly she follows
her captors. They lead her aw ay +o a
considerable distance, tie her to a tree
and return to ensnare their oiher-.vic
tun in like manner. Then, when they
have accomplished their design they
hurry off to. their own camp, where they
arc received with universal apniuuse,
anc highly honored tor thejr chivalrous
cxp.'Oit. i tceasionaliy up ularm is given,
but even then the wile stealers easilv tg
cape amidst the .contusion, to renew
tlufr atUempt at some future period.—
Vh^/'uhi
In an English ship-yard a tar iron, a
man-ovwar was observed watching
men drag Aug a- seven* foot cross-cut saw
through a huge oak log. The saw was
dull, die log very rough, and there they
7^ l ~^r S ’V V ‘ * eesaw ’ W'di, push. pull, i
studied the matter over a while
until he cam to the conclusion that they f
were pulling to *Se who could get the -
s *w, and as one was an immense bi«' !
c.iap, while the other was a little fcV ow 1
hi decided to see fair play.- so giving the I
big one.a blow under the car
ff**? he jerked the eaw orn.f?i the |
* to Ihe small onci
sung out, Amy run, you beggar!''
Court EriQanTTE. — A very curious
regulation of the chamberlain’s office,
bearing date I<J24, touching conduct to
be observed by cadets wno were invited
to dine w ith an Austrian archdduke,
runs as follows: “His Imperial and
Royal Highness having deigned to in
vite Several officers to dine at his table,
and having had frequent opportunities
of observing that the gieater part of
these Officers behave with the strictest
courtesy and good breeding towards
each other, and generally conduct them
selves like true and worthy cavaliers,
nevertheless deems it advisable that the
less experienced cadets should have
their attention directed to the following
code of regulations:
1. To present their respects to his
Imperial and Royal Highness on their
arrival, to come neatly dressed, coat and
boots, and not to enter the room in a
half drunken condition.
2. At table they are not to tilt up
their chair or rock themselves therein,
nor stretch themselves at full length.
o. . Nor drink after each mouthful, for
if they do they will got tipsy soon ; nor
empty the goblet to the extent of more
than one half after each dish, and, be
fore drinking therefrom, they should
wipe the mouth and moustache m a
cleanly manner.
4, Neither are they to thrust their
hands into the dishes, nor to throw the
bones under the table.
• r > Ner to lick their fingers, nor to ex
pectorate in their plates, nor to wipe
their noses on the tablecloth.
fi. Nor to drink so beastly as to fall
from then chairs, and make" themselves
incapable of walking straight.
We may well wonder what kind of
manners prevailed at that period among
the lower grades of society when we
find a code like the above considered
necessary to regulate the behavior of
young officers who must have belonged
?o the noblest lamilies.
Am impatient boy, waiting for his grist,
said to the miller,. “I could eat the meal
as fust as that mill grinds it,.’ : "How
long could you do so?” inquired the mil
ler.: ‘Till! starved to death,*’ was the
sarcastic reply.
Advertising,
We respectfully, call the attention of basi
ness men to the value of the
SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD
as an Advertising; Medium. Our connections
are such that we are sure of large editions each
day. We have agents at all important points, am]
all arrangements completed tor an extensive
general circulation.
1 he limited space we accord to advertisements
renders its use especially valuable, and vve be
lieve our terms to be very reasonable, compared
with the high prices which rule in other lines of
business. To _ •>
AI'TERTISE . LIBERALLY.
■ s tne tine polity of business men, and we be
ieve that they cannot find a letter medium for
th.sTitv am! army, or the Department of the
OnSth- than the SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD
HeAi'Kf’Rs V. S. Forces, Savannah, Ga.,
L ~ A Jan nary *5, \ %:>.
Gknjua:. Oilmens I
No. r>. (
T.j Hereafter authorized dealers of <-oode 5m
ported from the North and retailed to'cltizene of
officers and soldiers, will be allowed to
ecu at an advance of fifty per cent, upon the
cost price ol the same or similar goods in New
* ° ! 'b Gity. and in no case will any dealer he «1
lowed to sell at. a greater profit.
, Vegetables, game, fish, oysters and wood,
oroggbt iroin outside the lines aerd not imported
Horn he North, will not be exposed for Sw!
greater profit than tiOO per cent, above the retail
l>r'«V of the same before the rebellion.
11. Authorized hotel and boarding-house keen
«• wni b <- to charge not upward, on 50
per cent, advance upon the established prices be
fore the rebellion. ■
JH. Officers, soldiers and citizens are invited
to report any violation of the foregoing para
graphs to the Provost Marshal, who win, Spi®
( such report, arrest the offender, close his place ol
t* e , ha ® «»e-apd turn the case over
v '-V 8 :b l(^Fe f° r adjudication.
IV , Retail wine and liquor shops, and sales of
wine ami liquor to soldiers, are prohibited
y v ‘ Vmii Inrther orders, no letters will bede
»- pfliye to citizens not aclnally
bneso! the defences of Savannah, and
n . n b' b»e census cud be taken, and the names of
ciricei;s present registered, no letters will be de
livered without satisfactory evidence of identity
No written communications will be peimitted
to pass outsw.e of the lines into any district in re
oellKtt, ex.yp; such as are directly authorized
from these, headquarters.
By commana of
: _ Bv’t. Maj. Gen. C. GROVER.
En a Aim t>. Dike, A. A. A. G. jan2G
.XTEWS-pEAEERS AND OTHERS DESIRING
lx Tm. Savannah Dwi.v Hkhalt> at Wholesale
me requested to send in their order as earlv in
advance as practicable. *
& W. MASON & CO.
Hbadq’s Mm. Dry, or the Migssssrrri.
In the Field. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 15, 1865.
Speclau Fifld Osdeks, >
No. 13. f
The Department of the South having been
placed within the sphere of this command, and
it being highly desirable that an uniform policy
prevail touching commerce and intercourse with
the inhabitants of the South, the following gen
eral rules and principles will be adhered to un
less modified by law or the Orders of the War
Department:
I. Commerce with foreign nations cannot be
permitted or undertaken until the national au
thority is established to an extent that will give
the necessary courts and officers to control and
manage such matters. Trade will be confined to
a mere barter and sale proportioned to the ne
nessary wants of the army, and of the inhabi
tants dependant on it for the necessities of life,
and even that trade must be kept subject to strict
military control or szrvelilance.
If. Trade stores will be perm: tied at Beaufort,
Hilton Head, Savannah, Femandina, St, Augus
tine and Jacksonville, in all the articles of food
and clothing, groceries ladies and ehilden goods
generally, and articles not contraband of M ar.
111. To trade is a privilege, and no person
M T ill be allowed to buy and sdl for profit unless
he be a citizen of the United States, and sub
scribe to any legal oath or obligation that is or
may be prescribed by law; and at points threat
ened by an enemy, the officer commanding may
further exact as a’ condition, that the trader shall
himself engage to serve, in some military ca
pacity, to aid in the defence of the place.
IV. Persons desiring to trade will apply to
the commanding officer of the Post and obtain
hi? written consent, specifying the kind, nature
and extent ol the trade, and when, he requires
importations from northern cities he will in like
manner apply for his i-kumit. The commanding
officer of the Post may appoint some good officer
to supervise these matters, who will frequently
inspect the stores, and when there is not suffi
cient competition will fix the prices of sale.—
stores will in like manner be subject, to
the supervision of the Commanding General of
the Department of the South by himself or as
inspector General.
V. In order that purchases may be made with
economy, the commanding officer of each Post
will make reports of his action in regard to
trade, with the names of traders, amounts of
goods desired for sale, &e., to tkewoninmndin;'
general of the'department, who will, ju like
manner, make full reports to the Secretary of
tlie United States Treasury, to the end that be
may instruct the collectors of ports from which
shipments are expected as to the necessary per
mits and clearances. It being utterly imprai ri
cnhle tha a general commanding military opi ?-
aliens should give his personal attention to snd.
matters, it is desirable that as much power as
possible should be delegated to Post cominand
ers, and they should be held to the strictest at
count that no trade is permitted injurious to the
military interests of the United States.
VI. Sales of cotton will be restricted absolutely
to the United States Treasury- agents, and no
title in cotton or bill of sale will be respected
until after the cotton is >4Jd at New York—
Country people having small lots of cotton i re
permitted to bring the same in to be exchanged
lor food and clothing for their families. The,
Quartermaster will feet, aside a store or ware
house, to which each wagon bearing cotton wifi,
after entering the military lines, proceed direct,
where an agent of the Treasury Department will
receive and weigh the same, and pay for it the
price fixed in the Bth section of the Act of Cou
gress, appioved July 2. 1804, viz: three-fourths
the value of cotton as quoted in rue New York
market; and the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby requested to make appointments ol
agent* to carry out the provisions of said act at
the posts oi Hilton Head, Savannah, FernamH
na and Jacksonville.
VII. In order that the duties herebv imposed
on commanding officers of Posts, may not be
neglected or slighted by the changes incident to
rank and changes ot troops, the Commanding
General ol the Department of the South will ap
point a special officer to command at each of
said Posts, with a small garrison, not to be
changed without his order; and when other
troops, commanded by a senior, are added or ar
rive, the command os the post will not chanire,
but the additional troops will be encamped near
by Ant. act according to special ins tractions.
By oroer of
r Maj. Gen.'W. T. SHERMAN.
L. A. Dayton, Major and Asst. Adj’t Gen.
II RADQUARTRES TT. S. FoROES,
Savannah, Get»:gia, Januarv 24 lsapi
GENERAL ORDERS,) J ’
No. 4. f
| ALL OFFICERS OF THE ARMY ON
duty at this Post,, those conned eu w ith de
pots excepted, and all citizens vvithiD the lines,
are required to report immediately any case of
Contagious disease which may come to their
knowledge to Surgeon J. C. Morgan. U. S. Vols.,
Health Officer of toe Post, unless the same ha?
been so repoi ted before.
Any neglect or failure on the part of anv
citizen to comply promptly with this require
roent, will be considered a misdemeanor, and
sent before toe rovost Judge for adjudicatioz.
I|• c .°™ wB radio? officers of troops in quarters
will be field responsible that the quarters of
their troops are at all times In a thorough state
of police.
By command of Brv’t Maj. Gob. GROVER
Edwah» G. Diijt, A. A. A.
1| T AR DEPARTMENT. " ~—
f 1 Office of Di mjtor axd Genkk.u. Mxnaoee
Military Raichoai*, U s
t r. A 0 Savannah, Jan, 21. isis.
tol. J. Coxdit S.vmn :
Colonel—You are hereby appointed Superin
tendent in charge of United Sute? Milt ary Rail
roads, terminating at Savannah. Ga 3
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
T 1 35. C. M’CALLUM,
r* Er r.V t Ik’ig. G**n. Diiector
r4v • i ancl Genernl M. R. R.. U. s.
t ll cial :
J. Coxiht Smith,
► upcriii.er nt, U. S. Militai’y R. R.
HKAim’B’s Mu--Drv. OF THE MieeiEßmu,
in the. Field, SavannLb, Ga., Jan. 14 isea
Si-iXiAi. Fielo Ghjieks.)
No. 12. |
IT being represented that the Confederate
army and armed bands of robber*, i> € th»~
professedly under the authority of the Confede '
rate Government, are harassing the peonle
Georgia and endeavoring to intimidate tb.ra hi*
the efforts they are making to secure to them
selves provisions, clothing, security to fife and
property, and t.he restoration of law and rood
government in the State, it is herebv ordered avid '
made public: ‘
Ist. That the fermevs of Georgia mav brin*- i
into Savannah. Fernandina or Jaekur.nvfuT
Florida, marketing, snch as beef, pork, mutton
vegetables of apy kind, fish, &c„ as well as oOt *
ton in small quantities, and sell the same in dnen ’
market, except the cotton,, which must be soldhv ‘
oi through the Treasury Agents, and may invest
the proceeds in family stores such as bacon
and flour, in any reasonable quantities, groee
ries, shoes and clothing, and articles' not contra
band ot M-ar, and carry the same back to then
families. No trade store will be attempted fe
the interior, or stocks of goods sold: for them
but lamilies may club together for mutual asskf
auce aud protection, in coming and going. -
2d. The peojde ai-e encouraged to meet to.
gether in peaceful assemblages to discosameas
ures looking to their *afefy and good government
and the restoration of State and National an"
thority, and will be protected by the National
army when so doing ; and all peaceable inkubi- j
tants who satisfy the commanding officers tha*
they are earnestly laboring to that end, must not
only be left undisturbed In property and person, *•
but must be protocted as far as possible, eotsisi’-
ent with the military operations. If any farmer
or peaceable inhabitant is molested by the ene
my. viz: the Confederate army or guerrillas, bf
cause of his friendship to the National
tnent, the perpetrator, if caught, will be summa-
Iv punished, or his family made to suffer tor. the
outrage; but if the crime cannot be traced to the
actual party, then retaliation )*ill be made oil
the adherents to the cause of the Rebellion
should a Union man be murdered, then a Rebel
selected by lot will be shot—or if a Union >amilv
be persecuted on account of the cause, a RcbeL
family will be banished to a foreigndand. In
aggravated cases retaliation will extend as high
as five for cue. All commanding officers v, .-ill
promptly m such cases, and report tkeir tkcmu-.
after the retaliation is done.
By order ol *•>
Major General W. T. IKhksjian.
L. M. Dayton, A. A. G
, lleai Qi AitTKitß U. S. Forces.
Kavanaah, Ga., Jan. 22, 1865
GesebjuU. Ohuem)
No. 2. f
1 IS']' LIEUT. JOHN 11. CHARLOTTE. R. %
M., 3»sfth N. Y. VoLs., is hereby announce*!
us Relief Commissioner of the City of 18avar,-
mih, and will report in person to the liv’t. Maj.
Gen. (yommanding tor instructirls.
11. Capt. M. Benedict, 150th N. Y, Vo Is., A'.
C. AI. 2d Division, is announced as Provo*:-
Judge of the City of Savannah, the duties o
which office he w ill assume in- addition to thou
of his proper tffice.
111. Capt. Albert Stearns is detached from
his Kegiment and is announced as Street Com
missioner of Savannah, and will report in per
r-cn for instructions to tlie Bv’t Maj Gen. Coin
manding.
IV. Capt. S. S. Starr. A. Q. M. Pd Div., 15th
A. C., is detailed as Rost (Quartermaster, raid
will, for the present, perform the duties of that
office in addition to lii's present duties.
By command of
Bv’t Maj. Gen. GROVER,
En« akj> G. Dskf, A. A. A. G jaw 24—" t
WA R DEPARTMEN 7,
Aiwhtant Gfnkuau’p Offick
Washington. February 18, IBM.
GenKBAI. UIUiKKK, )
No. 64. 1
REFFOF.ES AM) liKllKl. DKhKkTSItS.
Whenever refugees from within the Relm
lines, or deserters from the Rebel armies, pre
sent themselves at U. S. Camps or MiliUmy
Rosts, they will h*» immediately examined by tb*)
Provost Marshal with a View to determine then
character, and their motive in giving themselves
up. if it appear that they are honest in their in -
tention ol forever deserting the Rebel cause, ear
will be taken to explain to them that they will
not be forced to serve in the IT. 8. Army again?"
the Rebels, nor be kepi in confinement. The
President’? Proclamation of December 8,18 CL
w ill be read to them, and if they so desire, tlif
oath therein prescribed will be administered fit
G'* l - 0 - They will then be questioned as ?*>'
whether they desire employment from the Uni- (
ted States; and if so, such arrangements as may
be expedient will be made by the several Army'
Commanders lor einploying them on Govern
ment works within their commands, : 'fhose wbv>
come to the Army of the Rotomac w ill be for,
to the Military Governor of the District
oj Columbia, at Washington, wilfe reports
c . astJ! 8 that employment may be g - veu the»r
if desired; or, if not, that they mav be sent, as- fa»
North as Philadelphia.
By order of the iSecrefary of War:
K. D. TOWNSEND.
Assistant Adjutant Genera).
• Official ;
W. L. M. Bubmeu. Assistant Adjutant Geneva
Heahoiiahi iois U. 8. Forces, l
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 28,1865., /
GrMKBAU 0*1)131, *
No. 7. /
A LL perw.ns having Ammunition in tjjeir poe
session or on the piemises occupied by them
will he held responsible that they report the
same immediacy to the Provost Marshal, irhb
will seize the same and turn it over to the Depot.
Ordnance Officer.
To insure security of property, any pefsofi
knowing of any Ordnance secreted, are inVifed
to report it to the Provost Marshal
By command of
Bv’t. Maj©! 1 Gen. C GROVER
E. G. Dike, A A. A. €f. tan.?o
