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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