DAD IS GROWING OLD, JOHN.
ltV .JOHN QUINCY A DAMN WOOD.
Av, dad is growing old, John,
Kin eyes arc getting dim.
And years are on his shoulders laid.
A heavy weight tor him ;
Bat you and I are young and hale.
And each a stalwart man.
And we must make his load as light
And easy as we can.
lie used to take the brant, John,
At cradle and the plough,
And earned our porridge by the sweat
That trickled from his brow ;
Yet never heard we him complain.
Whate’er his toil might be.
Nor wanted e’er a welcome peat
Upon his solid knee.
And when onr boy strength came. John.
And sturdy grew each limb.
He brought ns to the yellow field
To share the toil with him j
But he went foremost in the swath.
Tossing aside the grain.
Just like the ploagh that heaves the soil,
Or ships that shear the main.
Now we must lead the van, John.
Through weather foul and fair, v
And let the old man read and doze.
And tilt his easy chair ;
And h§’ll not mind it John, you know,
At eve to tel! us o’er
Those brave old tales of British times.
Os grandad and the war.
I heard you speak of ma’am. John.
’Tis gospel what you say,
That caring for the like of us
Has turned her .head so gray :
Yet, John, I do remember well.
When the neighbors called her vain,
And when her hair was long, and litre
A gleaming sheaf of grain.
Her lips were cherry red. John.
Her cheek was round and fair.
And like a ripened peach it swelled
Against her wavy hair: ~
Her step fell lightly as the leaf
From off the summer tree,
And ail day busy at the wheel
che s mg to you and me.
,<3fce had a buxom arm. John.
That wielded well the rod
Whene'er with wilful step our feet
The path forbidden trod •
Aut to the heaven of nereye
We never locked in vain.
And evermore our yielding cry
Brought down her tears'like rain.
But that is long ago. John,
And we are what we are.
And little heed we day by day
Her fading cheek and liair •
Ah, when beneath her faithful breast
The tides no longer stir,
’Tis then, John, that we most shall feel
We had no friend like her.
• Bure, there can be no harm. John,
Thus speaking gent'y o er
The blessed names of those, ere long,
Shall welcome us no more.
Nay ! hide it not, for why shouldst thou
An honest tear disown I
Thy heart one day will lighter be,
Kemembering it has flown.
For dad is growing old, John,
His eyes are getting dim,
And ma’am is treading softly down
The dim descent with him ;
But you and I are young and hale,
And each a stalwart man,
-And we must make their path as smooth
And level as we can.
Blitz and the Yankee. —Signor Blitz,
who was born iti Australia, says his eyes
were opened t< / Yankee cuteness soon
after he landed on our shores, in this
wise :
The Signor met a Yankee, who ask
ed him, “Arnt you Blitz, the conjuror?”
“Yes, sir ; at your service.”
“Wall you're a tarnation smart man,
and I'm something at a trick, too. kinder
cute dew you know ?”
“Ah r indeed ; what tricks are you up
too?” asked the Signor, amused "at the
simple fellow.
“Wall, I can take a red cent and
change it into a ten dollar gold piece.’
“Oh! that's a mere siight-of-hand
trick ; I can.do that, too.”
“No you can’t; I’d like to see vou
f ry.”'
“ Well hold out your paw, with a cent
lying on it.”
“ This is your cent, is it, sure ?”
“ It’s nothing else.”
“Hold on to it tight—Presto! change.
Now open your hand.”
Yankee opened his fist, and there was
a gold eagle shining on his palm.
‘‘Wall, you did, I declare; much
obliged to you,” and Jonathan turned to
go out.
“Stay, "said the Signer, “vou may
leave my ten dollars.” w
“ Your! warn't it mv cent; and didn't
you turn it into that yellow thing, eh ?
Good bye ?” and as he left the room he
was heard to say, “Iguess there ain’t
anything green about this child.”
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and terms reasonable.
We give especial attention to obtaining Cer
tificates for Non-Indebtedness for Ordnance and
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their accounts.
We collect the following classes of Claims, and
make advances if desired :
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k3 Savannah Ga., Feb. 4. ISOS
All persons in Savannah having Cotton in
their possession, or stored in their houses, or
houses occupied by them, will register the same
at my office without delay, and all persons are
prohibited from moving Cotton within the mil
itary lines of the city, without they have written
authority from the undersignecl
. H. C. RANSOM,
Lt Col. & Q. 31. in charge of Cotton,
feb 6—ts
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We respectfully call the attention of the public
to our Bakery & Confectionery Establishment in
Sam. A. Cooley’s Building at Beaufort, at which
we are prepared promptly to till any orders which
may be forwarded to us. Soecial attention is
paid to the manufacture of Oranmentai Pieces,
Fancy Confectionery, and Elegant Pastry, for
holiday or festival tables.
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ATOTICE.
L 1 OFFICE 01? STH7.I.T CoMMrSBtOSRR.
No. 12G South Broad Street.
Savannah, Ga.. February 22<L 1865.
In accordant with authority conferred upon
me, by General Order No. 10, from Headquarters
Th S. Forces. Savannah, Ga., dated Feb. -21st,
1865. this city is hereby divided into three Dis
tricts, for the purpose of removing garbage there
from,
The First District comprises all that portion of
the city lying North of President and Harrison
streets. Carts will remove the garbage from this
District on Monday and Thursday of each week.
The Second District comprises all that portion
of the city lying between the First District and
Harris street. Carts will remove the garbage
from this District ou Tuesday and Friday of each
'Sveek. .
The Third District comprises all that portion
of the city lying South of Harris street. Carts
will remove the garbage from this District on
Wednesday and Saturday of each week.
Hereafter all rubbish and garbage which may
accumulate must be put into convenient vessels,
and previous to 8 o’clock in the morning of eueh
day. as above designated for the respective Dis
trict? ; such vessels must be placed upon the
sidewalks of the streets or alleys, ami permitted
to remain there until emptied by my employees,
after which they will be removed by their owners.
All other persons are forbidden to destroy or in
any way interfere with the vessels so placed upon
the sidewalks, and they must not be exposed.to
the public view, except as above specified.
Keepers of Animals must not permit manure
to be thrown into the Streets or Alleys, neither
must the accumulation thereof in, ornearanv
stable or yard be permitted to exceed on c cart
leaa before being removed.
. ALBERT STEARNS.
Capt. and Street Commissioner.
OTEELE & DURBANk7 ~
O 11 Merchants’ Row,
Ililton Head, S. C. .
Call the attention of Wholesale and Retail pur
chasers to their superior stock of
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Boots, Caps, Field Glasses, Gauntlets Gloves,
&c., &c., Ac.
rCE r ICE ~iCE>
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pc-r Schooner E. S. Conaut, a cargo of Ice and
Lumber, which will be disposed of at the Ice
House formerly occupied by them, on Brvan
street opposite the market.
Retail boxes will be established at other place*-'
as the demand increases.
A constant supply will be kept up during the
year. • HAYWOOD, GAGE & CO.
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HkADQ’KS, DEPARTMENT O? T7TE SOTTH.
Hilton Head. S. C„ Feb. 10. 1863.
G EXTRA 1. OfitESS,)
No. 21. f
The following order is hereby re-published for
the information of all concerned :
Wah Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
Wathlngton. Fe h . 6,1865.
General Orders, )
No. 13. f
I» The issue of a ration of fish, viz : fourteen
ounces of dried fish, or eighteen ounces of pick
led fish, will be made to the troops once a week,
In lieu oi the ration of fresh oesf.
11. Authority is hereby given to officers, ac
tually in the field, who are without the means of
paying for subsistence stores purchased from the
Commissary, and have over one month’s pay
due, to draw tor themselves and their authorized
private servants present in the fieia with them,
one regular army ration each per day, on ordi
nary ration returns; which returns will be en
tered by the Issuing Commissary on separate
abstracts of issues to officers. The officer draw
ing the rations will deduct from his pay accounts
for each month the number of rations drawn in
kind during the month, and the amount of such
deduction will be transferred to the Subsistence
Department from the Pay Department.
Commissaries who issue rations in kind to offi
cers for their own use. will furnish the proper
Paymaster each month with the naznt*s of officers
to whom such issues have been made, and the
number of rations to be deducted.
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. D. TOWNSEND.
Assistant Adjutant General.
By command of
Major Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE.
W. L. M. Burger, Asst. Ad’t Gen. mar T—(s
[Official.]
He.\!x}oaktk2B Department of the South,
Ililton Head, S. C., Feb. 7, 1866.
General Orders, >
No. 1 4. /
The Major General Commanding being com
pelled by wounds to relinquish, for the present,
the command of the Department, takes this op
portunity to express to the officers and men of
the Coast •Division, under Brigadier John P.
Hatch, his approbation of their good conduct
during the operations on the line of the Charles
ton & Savannah Railroad,' since November
last.
At the Battle of Honey Hill, on November
3f>th. althongh unsuccessful in the attempts to
drive the enemy from his forts, the Division still
maintained the fight with unwavering steadiness
during the day, and retired from the field after
nightful lin good order and unpursmd. Their
losses attest their courage and discipline
At Deveaux’s Neck, near the Coosawhatchie
turnpike, ou December 6th, the advance, in
number much inferior to the opposing force,
met the rebels in an open field, and drove them
from the ground, captured one flag, forced them
to seek safety in flight, leaving their dead and
wounded in our hands, and thus occupied a po
sition from which the Railroad was under the
easy fire of our guns.
On December 9th the skirmish line forced its
way to within a few yards of the Railroad and
the forts which guarded it, remained there un
der a most gulling fire until an opening had
been cut through the woods between our batter
ies and*the road, and thus perfected the work so
gallantly begun npon the 6fh.
The Division has obeyed all orders, promptly
and cheerfully, and since its co-operative move
ments with General Sherman’s Army, has vigi
lantly watched the enemy at its front fi has
promptly seized rach fortified position upon the
first indication of a proposed withdrawal on the
part of the rebels, and has thus inspired the
Commanding General with the belief that it will
continue to do so faithfully and well the work al
lotted to it in the great campaign which is being
prosecuted in Soiuth Carolina.
To Brigadier Generals Hatch and Rotter, who
have commanded this foice, and to all the gal
lant officers and naen under them, the Major-
General Commanding tenders his thanks for the
past, and his earliest wishes for their continued
success. J. G. FOSTER.
Major General Commanding.
'J L. M. Burges, Ass’t Adj’t Gen. ruar 7—6
[Official.]
Headquarters U. S. Forces,
Savannah, March Bth, IS»J3.
General Order, )
No. 21. j’
All persons are hereby forbidden to take or in
any manner connive at the taking of letters,
newspapers, or any written communications
whatever, outside the lilies. The writers as well
as the carriers of .written communications will be
held as violating this order, whenever such com
munications may be found upon the persons or
in the baggage of those permitted to pass.
By command ot
Brevet 3lajor Gen. GROVER.
Et>waui> G. Dina. A. A. A. Gen. marl O'
[Official.]
Headquarters u. s. forces.
District or Savannah. Ga.,
Savannah, February 22, ISCS.
General Order.) •
No. 2. /
Surgeon W. Y. Provost, Acting Mefiical Dire*'-
tor, 2d Div. 19th A. C., is hereby appointed Med
ical Director of the District of Savannah.
By command of
Brevet Major Gen. GROVER.
Edward G. PtKK, A. A. A, G. feb23
[Official. ]
lIEADqUAUTECU U. S. FOROES,
Savannah. March 9th, L*>3.
G:cx:xal Order,
No. 20.
, Surgeon Morgan having been relieved from
auty as Health Officer of this Post, Surgeon
Provost will assume the duties of the Health
Officer in addition to his duties as Medical Di
rector.
By Command of
Brevet Maj. General GROVER.
Edward G. Dill A. A. A. G. mar 3—ts
(Official) ’
HEAOcr.vaTscs District or Savannah, r
~ Savannah, MarchTth tsl-
Genebaj. Order, t u ’ rsffi.
No. 3. f
1. Lt. Coi Neafie, 156th N. Y Vok, and „
Commissioner of Savannah, is her.-w ’
ed Supervisor of Trade, the duties
he perform in addition to
lief Commissioner. of lie ■
2. Capt John P. Baker, Ist U a
Acting Inspector General 2ffiDiyisiotL
is hereby relieved from his duties as rpK
appoonted Acting Inspector General of a*™!?
tnct and Post.
By command of
Edward Q, aJa. aTg^
-"Official) ~~ '—-
TTEIADQUaRTERS U. 8. FORCED
PebruwT
No. 18. f
Riding or driving through the Publk*
or other grounds not intended for use
wavs is prohibited. a * roatl-
By command of
’ _ _ Brevet Major Gen. GROVTP
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G, JJJL
(Official.)
Head’qssU. S. Forces, Dis’t of Savvnnah. r
. Savannah, March 6th, iSte V “
General Otuieu, I
No. -i. <i
Ist Lieutenant Eben Parsons, Jr., SSth Man.
chusetts Volunteers, Judge Advocate «and Wk
ion. 18th Army Corps, is hereby relieved
onty as such, and announced as AdyncZ
and Provost Judge of the District andp«??»
Savannah. Ut
By command of
_ Brevet Major Gen. GROVER
Edward G Dire. A. A. A. G. mar6-ti'
[Official.]
Headquarters u. s. forces.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 21, tSfif,
General Order,)
No. 16. (
I. The occupants of buildings will be held r*> *
sponsible for the cleanliness of the same, ai- wrii
as their cellars and outhouses, and
front of, and alleys adjacent to them. All rub
bish and garbage which accumulates will, eacfc
day, be put in boxes in a convenient place for re
moval.
11. Keepers of animals will cause the manor*
which accumulates in their stables or varus
where their animals are kept to he either remov
ed outside the picket lines, or to be distributed
upon such gardens within the fines as are actual
ly under cultivation, such distribution beina at
the consent of the cultivator.
111. The Street Commissioner will establish
such regulations with regard to the removal of
accumnlatione from the city as he sees fit. He Is
also charged with the duty of causing frequent
and carefnl insjx-otion to be made of the police of
the city, and he will report to the Provost-Judge
any failure to comply with the foregoing para
graphs of this order, who will take suchactioain
the case as the circumstances require.
By command of
Brevet Major Gen. GROVER.
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G. tckil
LGffieiabi
Headquarters U. 8. Forces,
District of Savannah, Ga.,
Savannah Feb. 21,183.
Ghneral Order.)
No. 1. f
I. Lieut. Col. R. P. York. 75th N. Y. Vols,
Provost Marshal of Savannah, is hereby appoint
ed Provost Marshal of the District of Sarannsli.
•the duties of which office he will assume in addi
tion to his present duties.
11. Capt. E. Geisy, A. Q. M., will receive and
take charge of the civil fund of the District of Sa
vannah, and will be responsible for the proper
disbursement of the same.
By command of
Brevet Major Gen. GROVER.
Edward O. Dike, A. A. A. G.
LOfficial.]
Headquarters u, s. forces,
District of Savannah, Ga. Feb. 18, I**
General Order, )
No. 15. JT
All officers of the Army not legitimately ®
duty, or awaiting orders at this Post, and wn;'
have not registered their names at these Head
quarters, are hereby required to do so, on or be
fore Wednesday next, the 22d inst. Any officer
failing to comply with the requirements ot tms
order will be arrested and held for trial wr
neglect of duty.
By command of
Brevt. Maj. Gen. GROVER-
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G.
Headquarters u. s. forces.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 13th, *Bw-
General Older, )
No. 14. / r - t
All citizens living within the limits of tn e
of Savannah and having Fire Arms in
session, and not having special written F r y‘ ‘
sion to retain the same, will at once tnrntne
in to the Provost Marshal, who will take pel
measure for their safe keeping, with a
returning them when it shall be proper to cto;
By command of
Bvt. Major Gen. GROVES
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. CL
(Official.)
HEADQUARTERS U, 8. FORCES,
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 13, 1*»-
General Order )
No. 13. f Pist
All officers of the Army arriving at taw _
will, as soon as practicable after their arnya
jxirt at these Headquarters and register .
names, the duty they are on, the, length oi
they expect to stay, if temporarily here,
residences. - •
By command of
Brvt. Major Gen. GBOW
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A, G. * e ”
