Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-12-23
Blu, one Pair of Stockings to Mend

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TLeu tri.tled down in = furrow deep,
Like . single drop Of dow;
q. a,cu was tho channels so silent the stream
The good nan. saw naught but the dimmed eye
Yet he marvelled nero, that the chocrtul hgi
OF her oyehad weary grown,
And marralled BIO moro at the tangled balls
Sc he said in 8 gsnd. tone
"Ihavs shsrsd thy joys since our marriage vow
Conceal not from mo thy sorrow now"
Then she spoke of the time whom the. baste
Was 6llsa to the vary brin,
And now ,here remained Of the soodly wife
But 3 single pair for him.
Then wonder not at the dimmod eyelisht-
There's but IONS pair of'stOekings to mend TO-
night.
can but think of the busy feet
Whose rrappings were won't to 10y
In tho basket awaiting the needles tune,
Now wandered so far nway;
How ,prightly stops 4 mother dear,
Uuhseded fell on the. careless oar.
For each empty nook in thesbasket'O!d,
BY the ho.rth there's An empty seat.
Aud i miss the shadows FROM of tao "Al,-
And tho -patt1r Of merry feet;
It's for. this, that a.tosr gathered over ny-sight
Al rho ON. pair of stockings to mend tonight.
Twas said tina. far through tho forest wild,
And ever tho mountains bold,
Ras n land whose rivers and darkling cares,
. Were ge,nmsd with the fairest gold;
Then my fr.t.born turusd from tho eakcn door,
And I kn,w tho shadows were only four.
Another wont forth on The foaming wave,
Aud diHinhhcd the bssket's store,
Eut his feet grew. cold, so weary and cold,
They'll never DO warm any more.
And this nook in its emptiness soonest TO mo,
To give forth no voice, but the moan of the sea.
Two others have gone towards tho setting sun,
And made them . home IN its light;
ANY fairy fingers have taken their share.
To mend by the hfesido bright;
Some otAu baskets their garnsnI fill,
hut mine, oh mine. il emptier still!
Another, the ~faire.t, tho dearest, tho beat,
Was taken by angels away,
Aud clad in q garment that waxcth not old,
In q land Of continual day.
O. wonder not At the dimmed eye,liSht,
While T mend ono pair of stockings tonight
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Me.nmingeron the Finahees.
TIE following is the sch0ne suggested by
Dir. Secretary Memuninger in his report to-
oppre,s, for the relief of the Government
auances aud the improvement OF the Confede-
rate currency.
scHRME PROPOSED.
l. That Congress, forthwith authorize a
loan OF 81, OOO,000,00o. in six per cent. bonds,
The principle payable in twenty. years, the IN
.c, est scm,. snnusly TO be extended herea!-
Ter, trom time to time, soas to consolidate the
shole public debt.
2. Tia: the Secretary Of the Treasury be
authorized to sell at par as many OF the kald
ponds as will be suficicn. to take up tue
outstanding currency and 10 pay the appro-
maze oy COnsresa'
3. That deposits Of Treasury notes on &C
count OF the said loan may be received at the
Treasury OF any ofits'depositories, or by Com
,aissiupers 10 DO appointed raid deposits TO
be in .um. Of ons hundred dollars, or in sums
If which one hundred Is { perfect divis r.
:. Certificates shall be issued for such de
Dosits. which shall enti,le the holder to bonds
Tor the amount, with interest from the date
of deposit. If the deposit be made in the
of January, the bonds issued for the
anne, shall be exempt from tie tax of five per
cent. for the present year, hereinafter men,
toned; If made in the month OF February,
they shall be e1-mpt-fron one halt OF the tax;
and if made in the mouth Of March, they shall
he exempt from one fourth of the said tax. W.
6cers. soldiers aud seamen, III service, shall
be entitled to exemption from the whole tax
for sums paid at any time before April lah
1864.
!. ). A tax of 5 per cent, shall lie imposed on
all property and credits (oiher than the new
;asne of notes hereinafter mentioned), which
NAV be held on tue LIST Of April next, 10 be
paid on the lst of July, one hall Ill treasury
nvtes and Que half in coin, or in the coupons
OF the bonds Issued for the loan.
c. In case the coupons should advance IN
the market to a premium exceeding % per
cent. any tax-payer snail be permitted 10 pay
ms tag in Treasury notes Of the new Issue,
with Is per cent. addad. +,
/. Within six months q new and improved
issue shall be liaie Of two hundred Rillsoas
uf Treasury notes, in substitution for that
amount VI old issues, and all the old issues,
shall BIZ cancelled, aud the faith Of the Gov
erument is pl. dyed not to increase said issues.
8. Notice shall be given TO holders es Treas.
ury notes totber than the sad two HUNDRED
miIlioi,s), requiring them To present their
notes at The 1i<easury. OF at some OF the dc
pn.itori-., on or before the lst4o April next,
aud receive payment thereof 10 bond. Of the
said cons, lida,ed loan, or, in default thereof
the notes not 30 brought i'll shall cease to be
current or receivable xt the Treasury for dues
but shall remain evidences of debt payable
nv the Confederate States according to lhci'
tenor.
s. In the States beyond the Mississippi til,
tim, mentioned in the last clause shall be ! <
..,,.5 ,nt;, the Isl day Of July.