Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-12-04
He met Miss Mary Grant--a beau

love-. He met Miss Mary Grant--a beau
ty- .. sg85,- e., $780,.
"Met perchance the usual way;'
talked delicious nonsense, won her heart,
then half inclined to earnestness, threw
it away. All mel
Then he sailed
sob, he sailed, oh, he eailed!"
| the same as Captain Kid did.
| Horace went to New Orleans, and not
having been shipwrecked by the way, tele-
graphed or wrote his beloved. Thus it
went on through the sultry month of Au-
gust, the crimsoned period of October.
when the forests change their garments.
down to dull, chill November.
Alas, that love should never run smooth,
in IN even current, but love never did and
never will, so they say. She responded,
| all unknown to the wealthy dad, and he
replied. Thus affairs progressed until
Horace announced last week that he was
off for Texas right away, and couldn't stop
for trifes like an afianced.
Then it was that the girl of the period
made up mind and bundle. She would
follow him-yes, she would follow him to
the uttermost parts of the earth. Being
of age, and no longer the slave of parental
control. Miss Mary, on Saturday night last,
having habiimented herself becomiDgly
deserted the palatial mansion on Clay
street, and casting behind her wealth, SO.
ciety and friends, sought the office of a
! gentleman on Broad street, whom she i'm
portuned to buy her ticket to New York.
This gentleman, who is the pink of pro-
priety, refused, and Miss Mary sought else.
where and found the ready means.
At all events she procured passage on
the cars and embarked on the ST o'clock
train, which carried her northNa ard at the
rate of twenty or thirty miles an hour, il
not as speedily ass her heart desired. On
the train, between Richmond and Acquia
Creek, she was observed to weep bitterly
by the conductor, to whom she related
her tale OF woe and distress.
Her departure created, of course, a hub
bub in the mansion on Clay street, and
amid the wringing of hands and loud ex-
pressions of distress, the telegraph was in
voked, and parties sent in hot pursuit.
It was surmised that young Ford, instead
of going off TO Texas fright away" as he
announced, had put for New York, there
to meet his Mary, and thither the detec-
tives directed their steps.
The upshot of the matter is, to make q
long story Short that Miss Mary has been
heard from; that she is now in Philadel-
phia, and that upon the whole, there is q
very sorry family history connected with
the case, which it is not within our pro-
vince to reveal.
Order Disbanding the Freedmen's Bureau.
Circular No. 10, dated Washington, No.
vember II, from General 0. O. Howard,
dilects tina, III accordance with the act of
Congress of July 25, 1866, the operations
of this Bureau, excepting the educational
! department aud collection and payment of
moneys due soldiers and sailors and their
heirs from the Government on account Of
military services, will be discontinued on
the 3lst Of December next. All officers of
the military service will be relieved and
! citizen agents discharged, to take effect on
| that day, except that il Virginia will be
| retained one assistant commissioner, who
will also act as superintendent Of schools !;
! one disbursipg officer for the educational
! department and payment Of bOunties; one
agent fer the payment of bounties; four
assistant superintendent Of schools; one
clerk for the assistant commissioner and
chief superintendent; two clerks fer the
disbursing officer. North Carolina: AS
sistant commissioner and chief superln-
tendent of schools; one disbarsing officer
for the educational department and for the
payment OF bounties; two agents for the
payment OF bOunties; three assistant su-
perintendents Of schools; three clerks -
South Carolina: Assistant commissioner
and chief superintendent of schools; one
disbursing officer for the educational de-
partment and for the pay ment of claims;
two agents for the payment of bounties;
two assistant superintendent of schools
three clerks. IOther States are provided
for III the same way.
The orders relating to the freedmens
hospitals at New Orleans, VIcksburg, Rich
mond and Washington, will hereafter be
communicated. In the mean time the num-
Der Of medical officers, attendants and pa
tients now in those hospitals will be reduced
as speedily as possible, and they will be
conducted with a view to closing them at
an early day. All other medical attendants
and employees will he discharged on the
31st of December next. Medical supplies
and hospital stores will be sold or disposed
of under the direction Of the chief medi-
cal officer.