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# gjepuMittm. FRIDAY HORSING. FEBRUARY 13. 1814. Arrival and Closing of the Hails. those. Arrive. Northern malls, vial *e a. m. 12:00 a. m. Charleston, S. C ) 9;oh p. M. 3:50 P. M. Macon, Columbus, At-) lanta, Augusta, and V 7:30 A. M. S:CO p. M Western states j Florida and other mails,) via Atlantic and Gulf - 3:30 p. m. 8:10 A. u. Railroad ) Oillce will be kept open until 7 o’clock r. M. for delivery of mail matter. Cotton Circnlar ami Harkct Review. Our weekly prices currentFwiU be issued as usual this morning. Merchants desiring copies can be supplied by leaving their or ders at our counting room by ten o’clock. Taking in Coal. The monitor Ajax, now at Tybee, is inking in coal from the Schooner ('. M. Fern crick, from Philadelphia, which arrived yesterday. It is expected that the monitor and her consort, the Ossipee, will finish coaling to-day. The Sale of Fnruitnre, At auction, by Bell. Sturtevant & Cos., yesterday was well attended and bidding spirited, the whole catalogue was sold at fair prices considering the panic times—the balance of the stock of .'J’dO.OOO will be sold on atrival in about two weeks, of which due notice will be given. Temperature. February id, 1874—7 a. m., 43; 2p. m., 02 : 4:19 p. M., 59; 9P. M., 43; 10:44 P. M., 53: mean of day. 48: rain fall, 0.00 inches. February 12. 1873—7 a. m., 68; 2P. m., 72: 4:19 P. M., 71; 9P. M., 02 ; 10:44 P. M., 00 ; mean of day, 05 ; rain fall, 0.18 inches. Jos. O. Maxsox, Obs. Sig. Ser. U. S. A. The Rifle Ball. The first grand military ball, of tiie Phoe nix Riflemen is to be given at Masonic Temple this evening. Under the management of a thorough committee, of which Mr. Clias. E. Wake fleld is the chairman, and the flrst effort in this line of merry making by the gallant Zouaves, we are sure the occasion will be most pleasant and delightful. Ben hand if you would be happy yet. Commissioned. The Mayor yesterday delivered his com mission as Chief Engineer of the Savannah Fire Department, to lion. Phillip M. Rus sell, Sr., and that officer regularly assumed control of the department. Captain William Swoil, late chief, in re tiring from command, takes witli him the regrets of many of his warm friends, and the best wishes of the whole department, who honor him as an energetic and worthy of iicer. The Ides of March. The Ides of March was an eventful pe riod in Rom in history, and fraught with fate to great Julius Cscsar, and in the fu ture to his nephew, Octavius, subsequently the Emperor Augustus ; and the ides of the coming month of March, or rather the 31st day of that month, will be freighted with fortune to many in our own great republic. On that day will be the grand draw ing of the grandest Gift Concert ever announced— that of the Public Library of Kentucky— when 12,000 gifts will be distributed. With such prizes as $250,000. SIOO,OOO, etc., w'hich are to be distributed, it is not at all wonder ful that tiie demand for tickets is unparal leled. Mars and Hymen. The German Volunteers, under command of Lieutenant Martin Helmken, paraded at 9 o’clock last night with the Washington Cornet Band, anil complimented Mr. John Meyer, a sergeant in the company, with a serenade and a salute fired in front of the residence, upon the happy occasion of his nuptials. The gallant corps were warmly received, cordially invited in by their smiling com rade, and most generously and hospitably entertained. We learn that in the course of two or three week'* the Volunteers will again be called upon to observe their custom of making Mars honor Hymen when one of their number surrenders to a lady love. Slate of the Weather in all Parts of the Conntry. We are indebted to Mr. Hanson, the ob server at. this station, for full reports for thirty-four different stations throughout the country yesterday. The crowded state of our columns prevents our publishing them in full, but as a matter of interest to our readers we give some of the points em braced in them. The range of the tempera ture is from 14 to 72. Cheyenne, D. TANARUS., being the coldest, and Key West the warmest. Milwaukee, Wis., shows the greatest hu midity, and Buffalo, N. Y., the least. Co rinne, Utah, reports a heavy enow storm in progress. Milwaukee, Toledo, Detroit and Chicago report rain. Husky telehrutfon. Two of the colored volunteer companies paraded yesterday afternoon in honor of the birthday of Old Abe, namely: the Chatham Light Infantry, under Captain Gardner, and the Fbrest City Light Infan try. commando t by Captain Woodhouse. The former com pan v contested for a sil ver cup in a prize drill at the park exten sion, the prize being awarded to private Julius Maxwell. Capt. John R. Dillon, of the Guards, Capt. Jno. W. Anderson and Lieut. Branch, of the Cadets, kindly acted as judges on the occasion. The earth was covered with negroes, male and female, o'd and young, as with a descended clo .id, when the colored troops went marching along. Personal. We had a call last evening from Mr. Isaac R. Harby, late of this city, but recently promoted to the responsible and important position of manager of R. G. Dunn & Co.’s mercantile agency, in Atlanta. Mr. Harby is stopping at the' Marshall House, and will remain in the city several days. Mr. Isaac Rowland, of Saratoga; Mr. H. W. Walker, Mr. H. A. Dennison, New York ; Mr. George N. Smith. Eangor, Me.; Mrs. and Miss Platt, Bath, New York, are at the Pulaski House. Mr. W. H. Strickland, advance agent for Cal Wagner’s Minstrels, arrived in the city yesterday morning and took quarters at McConnell’s European House. At the Screven House, are Messrs. S. S. Mack. Win. Kettridge and J. F. Kimball, Lowell, Mass.: Rev. A. Toomer Porter, Charleston. The Minstrels. It is unnecessary for us to tell the in dividual who has ever visited Neiv York that the San Francisco Minstrel troupe is the best organization of its kind in the country, for there it is as much a standard institution of pleasure as Central Park is famous among the lovers of the beautiful, and the visitor in Gotham who fails to visit the headquarters of the minstrels, which is open almost the entire season, can hardly be said to know his business. There are a few, nevertheless, who have never heard of the San Franciscos, and for their benefit we take the trouble of advising a visit to the performance this evening. A more finished entertainment of its kind was never before offered in Savannah, and the broad humor and keen satire which dropped from the lips of Birch, Backus and Wam bold last night was sufficient to keep the audience in a roar the entire evening. The singing of Wambold, Ricardo, and the quartette in the first part is a treat which no true lover of music ought to deny him self. From first to last the performance was a succession of surprises to the im mense auditorv. We regret that our limited space this morning will not allow further comment and commeadation. but the troupe really needs no warmer en comium than the world-wide popularity it enjoys. >civ Books at Schreiner's. Publicans and Sinners. By Miss Braddoa. The Parisians (novel). By Bnlwer. The Days of My Youth. By Miss Edwards. A Princess of Thule. By Black. Harry Heath cote, of Gangojl. Trollope. febll-2t Make May While the Sun Shines. Go at once and get a ticket in the Fourth Grand Gift Cone: r: at Louisville, as but a few are j e ft A. Fernandez & Bko., feb.veSunMarl Agents for Savannah. -4——• Sore throat. • cough, cold, and similar troubles, if suffered to progress, result in serious pulmonary affections, oftentimes incurable. "Brown'* Bronchial Iroches reach directly the se.it of the disease, and give almost instant relief. icblO tu-th-sat. GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting and Celebration. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF REV. DR. DIXON. At 4 o’clock v. m. yesterday the mem bers of the Georgia Historical Society held their anniversary meeting, Dr. W. SI. Char ters presiding, and Dr. E. Young at his desk, as Recording Secretary. After the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the preceding meeting, a letter was read and received as information from Mr. G. W. J. Deßenne, President of the society, declining re-election to that po sition. )- A communication from trie American Literary Bureau, proposing lectures from Mr. John G. Saxe (poet) during the month of March. was referred to the Library Com mittee. Professors Shatter and Craig, of the Uni versity, announced by epistolary notice lectures on tiie 18th anil 19th inst. The application of Mr. S. B. Adams, in be half of the Library Society, for the loan of chairs and settees, on appeal from the li brary was considered and refused. A letter from Colonel C. C. Jones Jr., in regard to the publication of maps and journals obtained from the Raudon papers, was referred to the committee on publica tion with power to act. COMPLIMENTARY RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions, proposed by Dr. Harris, were unanimously adopted : Whereas, The continued sickness of Mr. G. W. J. Deßenne, elected President of the Georgia Historical Society last year, lias entirely prevented him from presiding at our meetings and compels him to resign, thus deuriving the society of tiie benefits we had justly anticipated from his presi dency : therefore Resolved, That tiie resignation of our worthy President is received with deep regret and is reluctantly accepted, the so ciety hereby desiring to express its sorrow at tiie cause of Mr. Deßenne’s resignation and its sympathy with him in his present feeble state of health. Resolved, That the Corresponding Secre tary communicate these resolutions to Mr. Deßenne. The following gentlemen were elected resident members of the society : Judge W. W. Montgomery, Jos. Iv. Hines, B. Iv. Couper, J. Bophartand B. M. Thomp son. Messrs. Gucrard and Estill were ap pointed a committee to examine tiie Treas urer’s accounts, which were found and re ported correct. The report of committee to examine into the differences between Mr. Platen and tiie society, was presented by Mr. J. R. Saussy, Chairman, read, received and adopted. Mr. William Harden, the polite and ef ficient librarian, submitted the following annual report: It is again my privilege to submit a re port by which the present condition of the Library, and its progress during the year that has just ended, will appear at least as gratifying as at any previous time in tiie history of our society. The number of books received from all sources since my last annual report is 460, of these, 205 were purchased, 180 were pre sented by members and other friends, and 15 were received by exchange. The whole number of pamphlets received is 73—39 by exchange, and 34 presented. The following is a full list of those from whom we have"received presents of books, pamphlets, pictures, etc. J. McLaughlin, R. M. Orme, Jame3 Stew art, W. W. "Gordon. W. S. Bogart, E. 1). Smythe, Dr. B. S. Herndon, Dr. R. P. My ers, Hon. T. M. Norwood. G. N. Nichols, A. Schwaab, A. McC. Duncan, Dr. L. knorr. W. H. Boyd, Miss Bullock, M. F. Koliock, Dr. J. J. Warring, Messrs. Ludden & Bates, Dr. C. C. Schley, Gen. G. M. Sorrel. Hon. W. W. Paine, The Chatham Club, of Savan nah ; Col. G. R. Black, of Screven county ; Robert Clarke, Thomas Spooner, Dr. J. S. Newberry, of Ohio ; Admiral B. F. Sands, Patent Office, Secretary of the Treasury, John J. Knox, Hon. J. Eaton, of Washing ton City; Hon. J. G. Palfrey. Salem North Church, State Board of Health, of Massa chusetts ; Col. C. C. Jones, V. Colvin, of New York ; Prof. J. Lovering, of Harvard Uni versity ; Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities. Yale College, Princeton College, and the State of Nevada. We have received exchanges from the following : The Historical Societies ol Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Western Reserve, Wisconsin, lowa, and Minnesota; Public Libraries of Boston, Charlestown. Chicago, and Cincin nati, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Minnesota Acadamy of National Sciences American Antiquarian Society, American Philosophical Society, His torical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, New York Mercantile Library Asso ciation, Philadelphia Library Company, New England Society of Orange, New Eng land Historic Geneological Society. Smith sonian Institution. CobdenClub of London, Royal University of Norway. Although the number of books and pamphlets added to the Library during the year does not fall below the average num ber of additions for several years past, still, the number received by exchange is probably not as large as it would have been if our new volume of collections had made its appearance as early in the year as was anticipated. The number of volumes taken from the Library and read by the members steadily increases year by year. In 1873, 5,236 were read, being 065 more than in 1872. Respectfully submitted. Wm. Harden, Librarian. Professor Bogart, Treasurer, presented liis annual report as follows : THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN ACCOUNT WITH WILLIAM S. BOGART, TREASURER. 1574. CR. Feb. 12.—8 y balance from last year... .$ 27 65 Subscriptions 2,680 00 Dividends ISS 50 Proceeds of Notes 500 oo Rents 2,24 00 Sale of Books 30 10 Sale of Lecture tickets 189 00 Sale of Bonds 867 50 $6,720 75 1874. DR. Feb. 12.— T0 Janitor’s wages $ isr, oo Work at hall 42 20 Gas 319 so Plumbing 122 70 Lectures 230 00 Carpentry 117 90 Insurance 131 2-> Librarian S2O 00 Rent l,ioo 00 Books 604 35 Draping Hall 39 95 Painting 95 00 Subscriptions to Periodicals 134 00 Commissions 36S 35 Sundries 53 45 Printing and Binding 1,551 25 Subscription Newspapers .. 176 75 Advertising 113 60 Post Office Account 31 20 Payment of Notes 590 00 Cash on hand 14 00 $6,720 75 Upon motion, the election of oliicers was postponed to the regular meeting in March. ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. At eight o'clock r. m. the Historical So ciety hall was filled with a refined and in tellectual audience of ladies and gentlemen to participate in tiie celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of this honored and distinguished society, and to hear the ad dress to be delivered upon the occasion by Rev. J. Dixon, I). I)., the popular anil talented pastor of tiie First Baptist Church iu Augusta. The rostrum was occupied by Dr. R. 1). Arnold. Curator; Dr. W. M. Charters. {First Vice President: Dr. J. Harriss, Second Vice President; General J. F. Gilmoer and Mr. John Stoddard. Dr. Arnold pleasantly and briefly intro duced the orator of the evenijjg; and for about an hour and a half Dr. Dixon en chained tiie attention ofliis hearers in the splendid delivery of one of the most pleas ing, beautiful and able addresses ever pro nounced before tiie society. His lecture, •• Tbe Controversy of Love,” which we pub lish elsewhere in vx.tenso, was specially designated by the committee lor tiie occa- uud contributed the same rare pleas ure to his hearers and won from them the same golden 'opinions that have followed its delivery in Atlanta and Augusta. It is but truth lo say everybody was perfectly charmed hist evening. Tea ’ c. A- s. ledlie, rriEA! BA! REMOVED TO 1 1'EA ! BA ! 173 CONGRESS STREET, I EA! EA! Lippman’s Block. *• EA! nov29-tf Violins, Guitars, Accorclcons, Strings, Cor nets; Drums, Jewsharps, and every kind of mu sical instrument always on hand. Quick sales and sill .11 profits, is our rule. Ludden & Bates, feo7-tf Mozart Hall Block. If you stop in at Molina’3, corner Bull and State streets, vouar- sure to be suited with any riiiieMu the Cigar, Tobacco, or Fancy ine. in rice or quality. dec2o-enwedAfri You ' sn get all b: ?.nd3 of Chewing and Smok; ing Tobaccos from Frank Molina, Agent, as low a anywhere In the city. Drop in and see him. <tec2o-suwed&fri j “ THE CONTROVERSY OF LOVE. ” Annual Address Delivered Before 41ie Georgia Historical Society, February 12. 1574- BY REV. J. DIXON, D. D., OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FOUNDED ON THE STORY OF RUTO. The old Hebrew story of Ruth is one of the most beautiful to be found in old Testament scripture. With it most people are supposed to be more or less familiar. It is written with such exquisite simplicity that a child can un derstand it; it is so brief that it can be read in an hour; its dramatic interest is so bewitch ing that if commenced it must ,>e read to the end, and when once read, it will no* be easily forgotten. Its simplicity, sweetness aud pathos; its numerous pic tures of kindness, affection, industry, faith and humility, charm every reader. In our youth we follow the fascinating story with eager interest until, with a sigh of relief, we see the beautiful gleaner married to the generous husbandman, Boaz. In more advanced years the light of ex perience reveals to us those grand illustrations of Divine Providence which it so richly dis plays. The story concerns common events and common people. There is no war, no intrigue, no sensationalism to excite tiie popular wonder. It is a quiet, genial history of incidents of com mon life, though povertv, love, bereavements, marriages and births are the essential elements of the plot. Of course, the chief character is a woman. I say “of course,” for was there ever a story worth the telling that did not have for its leading and prominent feature a woman in it ? Woman not only gives “ To earth its charm, to life its zest,” bnt she embellisnes and enriches every story that was ever told and worth the telling.* I know not who wrote the book, neither do I know when it was written ; hnt the purpose for which it was written can easily be ascertained. The history informs tis that Ruth was the great grandmother of that glorious old king, David, and that Boaz was of the house of Judah; anu without this knowledge it would have been impossible to verify the prophecy that Christ, the Messiah, was descended from the royal tribe. It was not accohnted s a flattering dis tinction to have heathen progenitors ; yet if any character could effectually destroy this deeply rooteil prejudice, that of the gentie and loving Ruth must do it. She might have be.onged to a pour, accursed Gentile race in personal charac ter, but she was as noble as any woman amongst the Jews. An enemy capable of such meanness might reproach the great king with the lowliness of his origin, but David had no cause to be ashamed of his great grandmother. Some people never talk about their grand mothers ; you would think that some exquisite people never had grandmothers. There are men who make great pretensions to family descent, and some of them are only the shadow of a mighty name. The man who has not any thing to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potatoe—the only good belonging to him is under the ground. We inherit nothing truly but what our actions make us worthy of. “ Believe us, noble Vere de Veres, From yon bine heavens above us bent The grand old ; lardnei ' aud his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. Howe’er it be, it seems to me ’Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than cornets, And simple faith than Norman blood.” The names of the characters introduced into the s ory are nearly ali Jewish, and are rich in meaning. Elimeleeh, the father, lias a grand name for a pious mail; it means “my God is king.” Naomi, the wife, the mother, and after ward the widow, is called by a name that means “sweetness" or “gracious.'’ Mahlon means “weakly”; Cliiiion means “pining”—tiiey were the sons of Naomi. It is noteworthy that in those olden times parents were accustomed to give their children names according to some peculiarity in their circumstances, or in the fond, hope that the special virtue implied in the name might be developed in the life. The custom is dying out in these modem times; parents give children names without inquiring the meaning; the sound is more to them than the sense. But there be more involved in the old custom, for good or evil, than we suppose. Shakespere asks “ What’s in a name?” aud says “A rose by any other name would smell as swet.” Very likely, it would; but the influence of names in the formation ol characters is probably much greater than is usually imagined, and deserves the special at tention of parents iu their bestowment. Chil dren should be taught that the cir uinstances of their bearing the name3 of good men or women who have lived before them, constitutes an obli gation upon them to perpetuate their virtue, or the name, when contrasted with the life, will lie a .perpetual rebuke. Absalom means father’s peace; yet Absalom broke his father’s heart, it does not sound right, somehow, to read that John Wesley Smith was found guilty of larceny; that Isaac Watts Jones was arrested for murder, and George Washington Johnson was convicted of perjury. When yon hear that a man’s Chrtstain name is Isaac Newton, you are led to expect that ids surname will be Kepler, and it is undoubtedly a blow to your feelings to find that his name is Skittles or Wiggins. What a miser able, ironical contrast betweea the real hero and his unfortunate namesake! Some men have been crushed for life under the curse of a too big name. The time arrived when these four—father, mother and two sous—must leave their native land to croos Mi-- Jo ve -f : - Bethlehem, ‘the house of bread” is smitten by famine. Starva tion stared them'in the face, and they were sur rounded by foes, who not only would not assist them, but who helped to starve them; and, therefore, they not only must leave Bethlehem, but they are compelled to take refuge in a heathen country. Elimeleeh and Naomi must have deeply felt it. Tears rush iuto the strong man’s eyes, yet he tried hard to “act like a man.” His wife said she would be brave, but her heart was breaking while she said it. Proba bly the boys caied less about it; anything was better than siarvation for a boy, and it was a splendid chance to see the world. It is only as years go by that we sing with tremulous voice and deep feeling the old strain, “Home, Sweet Home; there’s no place like homo.” Some of my hearers are too young to sing that song. You’ll sing it better by and by. And now the story grows intensely sad. Not long after their arrival in the land of Moab, Elimeleeh dies. Naomi is a widow, and the strong aim upon which her womanly weakness leaned is broken. A widow! how much that word signifies! The world—the wicked world— oft makes merry with the word. Not so the Di vine fa.her—He takes special care of the sor rowing ore, and lias left wondrously tender promises to gladden he” life and strengthen her heart. Special protection was granted under the old dispensation, and special provision was made for widows. Command was sternly given; “Ye shall not afflict any widow. * 5 * If thou afflict them in anywise, my mouth shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword.” The worst man was he who did no good t a widow, and the height of benevoleuce was to make the widow's heart siug for joy! Naomi was left a widow (in a land of strangers and heathen. Bereavements at home are sorrowful enough—even when the tenderest ’sympathy beams from the eyes of friends, and all the gen tle healing agencies which love has ever at com mand are striving to bind up the broken heart— but to bury one’s dead in a foreign country is a test under which the strongest spiri may well bow down. But her sorrow was not unmitiga ted, for she still had her two son3 to cheer her otherwise lonesome life. And then new joys are in store for her, for some additions are about to be made to the lessened number of her home. The story informs us that Mahlon and;ChiLon “took them wives of the women of Moab.” And thus the world moves on—deaths and marriages, marriages aud deaths. The household which to-day mourns as though all joy had taken flight forever, to-morrow resoundsjvirii the laughier of many voices at anew born happiness; the faces all tear-stained yesterday, arc bright with smiles to-day ; the bell which slowly tolled the funeral knell a few hours ago, now rings out the joyous, merry wedding chimes. So it must be—so it ought to lie. Probably life would lose half its beauty, but for this alternation of shadow and sunshine. Human hearts need both the dark ness and the light, in order to grow to that per fection of truth and purity which God lias de signs t they should attain. Elimeleeh died: tiie sons married. It is a simp'e statement, yet a whole world of change is involved in it. No doubt it is a truism tiiat iu any ease mar riage is a solemn tiling. We smile and jest over it; the prospect of a wedding always awakens good natured remarks; festivities appropriately accompany the celebration ; yet we cannot en tirely lose sight of the grave importance of t.lie event itself. Two human beings of different temperaments and education stand before God and e'asp hands, covenanting to be faithful to each other till death. Henceforth the making or marring of each other's happiness rests with that husband aud wife; and no discovery of in compatibility of character, no change of tem poral circumstances, no mere inconveniences of position—only a distinct criminal act can, ac cording to the old Bible law, “put them asun der.” Mahlon married Rum, the heroine of our story; and Chilion married Orpah. Little is known of either of the maidens. Perhaps they were sisters, There is a legend that Ruth was the daughter of the King of Moab ; but that sounds like tiie invention of some ingenious person who was anxious to prove that she was respectable enough 10 bo the ancestress of the great Jewish King, David. One thing is, how ever, e'ea”: they were both natives of Moab, and botli were heathen. Indeed they appear to have remained heathen all the time of Naomi’s sojourn in the land. Theologians aril divided on the question : Were these young men right in marrying heathen women? We shall not attempt to decide so difficult a point. We will not oven say what it is probable we should have done ourself had we been Mahlon, or that those divines who con demn the two youths would not have acted quite as wickedly under the same circum stances. It is said these young men “took them wives.” Now some ingenious persons suppose that, the phrase implies that what they did was contrary to Noami's wish. The evidence is not clear, though we may remember thatlhe usual Eastern custom was for parents to obtain hus bands aud wives for their children. We prefer our own custom of suiting ourselves; wo dis dain the idea of being transferred to any indi vidual, however fair, or intelligent, or rich. The parental choice might, it is true, save the young people a great many trials, heart-llutterings indescribable, aud suspense, that condition which doth gnaw and canker into the frame. Why, tiiat little period between popping the question and receiving the reply has been known to cut fixed lines and furrows in a young man’s face, sufficient to dash his auburn locks with grey and bleach the grey to white. “ For sure the greatest evil man can know Bears no proportion to this dread suspense.” Tiie kind offices of our parents might, r say, relieve us of all this racking torture; but on the other hand, It would deprive us of the pleasantest part of a man’s life—that which he spends iu love-making. “Oh! then the longest summer’s day Seemed too, too much in haste; Still the full heart Had not imparted Half: ’twas happiness Too exquisite to last! ” And, as a general thing, it didn’t last. On tiie whole, we should prefer to do our own courting. If our selection is bad, the blame and responsi bility are ours ; if good, we can take credit to ourselves for keen discernment. And now the scene changes. Tiie union of Mahlon and Chilion with these Moabitish wives was not a long one. It ended prematurely, as people sav. some have said that their death was a punishment upon them for marrying heathen women. Witn such presumptuous ana daring speculations and unjustifiable interpre tation, I have no sympathy. I have no power of reading the inscrutable ways of God, and I despise and have an implacable loathing for the ignorant dogmatism that pretends to do so. About this time no w;: had reached the country of Moab that the harvests are plentiful once more in Bethlehem; or, as the narrative ex presses it, “ the Lord had visited liis people in giving them bread.” Divine Providence, iou see, was distinctly recognized in those old times. People believed then in God, and in His per petual working in the world. If they beheld the fields waving and glowing with the ripened beautv of golden corn, they thankfully ex claimed : “ Behold, this is from God.” If dis aster and famine arose, they mourned in sor row, saying; “ God hath shut his bountiful hand, for we have sinned against him.” We are wiser and more philosophical in these times. We think and talk more of the immutable laws of nature, and less of the immediate power of God. Satisfied with an attempt to reach second causes, some people aim no higher. In truth, from the words and actions of some would-be scientists we should conclude that God has nothing to do with the up springing corn or the temporary affairs of his creatures. Without attempting to enter into any discussion here on the vexed questions involved in this practical atheism, let me content myself with affirming that I believe that God is unceasingly operating through all the multitudinous laws of nature, which are bnt his methods of working, and that I cling to the old faith with passionate earnest ness and deepening satisfaction—that faith which declares that from God “ cometh every good and perfect gift.” Naomi, having heard the glad news, prepares to return to the old country, and the two young widows determine to accompany her. They thus evinced the presence of a sincere and tender attachment to their mother-in-law. With the unmarried cynic mothers-in-law have ever been a favorite theme; with pretentious witlings, who imagine themselves to be very splendid satirists, it has ever been popular. It is extremely easy to excite laughter at some sillv jest at mothers-in-law, but such mirth is wonderfully cheap, it. is taken for granted by some that the eoutractiou of such relationship is one of the undesirable but inevitable penalties of matrimony, as though that relationship were always necessarily an obnoxious one. No doubt the position is a most difficult one to sustain, an l needs great endowment of wisdom, for bearance and love, especially when the mother in-law lives with her married children. Theie is danger of contention arising from most natu ral causes. For instance, both mother and wife have claims on him who is husband and son. The one remembers how she lias watched and cherished her bov since infancy, and conse quently she still claims aiuhoriiy over him and his affairs, and is therefore often ready with her suggestions that have in them a tone of command. Bat the wife feels that she has her rights—rights over her husband and authority in her house. Interference, therefore, iu do mestic matters she will not tolerate, aud grows jealous of her motlier-in-law’s interposing be tween herself and lier husband. If there is a warm temper on one or both sides (and being ladies it may be very reasonably expected that there is) then woe to the peace of the home. Why is is that we seldom, if everjhear of difficul ties'* between fathers-in-law ami their daugh ter-in-law ? Why have satrists always made the quarrel to be between the mothers and daugh ters-in-law ? This is a fair question, and needs to be met. Perhaps the solution of part of the difficulty is to be found in the fact—for it is a fact—that the keenest enemies of women are women themselves. It has been said that women are always more or less antagonistic to each other. They are gregarious in fashions and emulous in folly, but they cannot combine. They flatter aud coax one another as men could not do, but they are also more rude to each other than any man would be to his fellow-man. It is amazing to see the things they wifi do and will bear—things which no man would think of doing or bearing. This may be because she has no fear of consequences. If one woman is in sulted bv another she cannot demand satisfac tion or "knock her offender down, and then it is unladylike to swoar and call names. But to do her justice, she repays in a manner unde niably effective and to the point. There is nothing very pronounced about the feminine mode of aggression aud retaliation, and yet it IS eloquent and sufficient for its purpose. It may be only a stare, a shrug, a toss of the head, but* a woman can throw an intensity of disdain into the simplest gesture which answers the whole end perfectly. There is also another thing which may ac count for the fact under review. Women are more sensitive and excitable than men, and are more at the mercy of their feelings, which, when they are not under proper control, can sway them at pleasure. But this sensitiveness in woman constitutes one of her greatest charms, it invests her with a ready sympathy, a quickness of appreeiaAi-c-iv a iriri and o J iTtSlinet by which she gains an insight into character, discovers the necesities of the human and ap plies the remedy that it needs. And it would be unfair to omit remarking that woman by no means lias a monopoly of extreme sensitive ness; aud a touchy and sensitive man is infinite ly more difficult to manage. ” But whatever be the solution of the prolem we are discussing, there are some beautiful ex ceptions to the picture often drawn by cynics of mothers-in-law. The mutual affection of Naomi and her daughters in-law is a sweet model for all who occupy similar relationships. She herself bears expressive testimony to Or pah’s and Ruth’s filial and wifely love: “The Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.” How could they ever separate? The very grief they had suffered would intensify their love. Death that removes this one and that, also knits those who remain into a closer rela tionship. It heals long standing difficulties, and heart leaps to heart, in common sympathy of tears and love for the dead. Over the cold form ive repent our hatreds and renew our loves. Beautifully does Tennyson present this truth: “As through the land at eve we went ' And plucked the ripen’d ears, We fell out, my wife aud I, We fell out, I know not why, And kissed again, with tears. “ And blessings on the falling out That all the more endears, When we fall out with those we love And kiss again, with tears ! “ For when we came where lies the child We lost in other years, There, above the little grave— Oh ! there above the little grave— We kissed again, with tears.” The three widows having travelled some dis tance, Naomi’s unselfish nature m nifested itself. She was old and would be so solitary without the daughters-m-law, they were such a comfort to her; but her sense of justice and love for these young, warm-hearted women will not allow her to rean any advantage at their cost. It is no sign of friendship to draw oibers into any calamity for our own comfort’s sake. He who takes auvantage of the un guarded moments of friendship is no further iroin being a knave than the last moment ~f evening is from the first moment of night. Naomi stops on the road to Bethlehem, and says: “Go return to your mother’s house. * * * The Lord grant that ye may find rest, each of you, in the house of her husband.” Their mother is still alive; how natural that they should wish to find shel ter in tiie old home of their childhood ! And with exquisite tend.-rness and deep meaning Naomi gives them her blessing, aud bids them return thither. She also holds out to them as an inducement to return, that they may soo . be hatioily married again. Naomi aid not show the scruples of those husbands and wives—espe cially the wives—who before they are bereaved rigidly denounce second marriage as un natural, and who tell us that it betokens short memories and shallow griefs. It is somewhat remarkable, however, what strange conversions are, in this opinion, wrought by time; and how some men and women most easily, anil some times, very suddenly, get over their scruples, and come to the conclusion that it is not only no harm to wed again, but that in fact it is a very proper thing, and is such a compliment to the dear one who made them so happy iu the holy estate, that, they feel it due to the living ami llie dead alike, to .enter it a second time. Naomi was a very sensible woman; she favored second marriages, and in beautiful, unselfish love, she bid them go back where the prospect of another husband for each was greatest. “ 'Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.” But this proof of affection only binds them to her in stronger ties; they cannot part thus; such love as the.rs is a chain not easily-severed. Can you realize the picture ? Three widowed women standing in the highway, bathed in tears, debating the question, “Shall wo say farewell?” Words that are uttered brokenly, pitifully, pathetically, like a moan from a riven Heart, ‘is it not a scene for any painter? No, not for any painter, only for one whose soul can sympathize witn womanly grief, and whose hand lias skill enough to portray that pathetic mingling of sorrow and love. How lie would sketch the varied expressions of their faces! Naomi, with eves full of eager entreaty and lips quivering with pain; crpah moved to weep ing, yet perplexed, wondering what decison to give and casting glances now and then back on the road they had come; Ruth standing grasp ing Naomi’s hand with unwavering resolve ia every line of her beautiful face aud attitude.j We would call the picture: “ Tne Controversy of Love.” It is a sacred moment on which depead3 a future that no prophet’s eye hath yet discerned. What is to be the result of “The Controversy of Love?.” The decision is given in a few words of matchless simplicity: “Urpali kissed iier mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.” That is all. We feel sacl to see Orpah go, but we can not be angry with her. It would be folly to ac cuse her ot wanting in love to Naomi; nor can we charge her as belonging to that large class of persons whose friendship lives only in the sunshine of pro perity. Uer’s was no summer love, that grows and fades with the flowers. Yet in her treatment of the other two we may dis cover a warning; she renouuced her former resolve. She was evidently a woman given to generous impulses of feeiing, blit without s rengtli of character to usiaiu her in i)’>em. Some women, and men, too, are warm-hearted, pas onateiv affectionate, and will give their very live -i ci n a moment of excited sym pathy ;bu ' r have no stability; they have a sensitive li.u •: to suffering; they wiU never make martyrs in any cause. Orpah was one of these—very good, but unreliable. Well, we must take people’s natural disposi tions into account, either in trusting them or in judging of their characters and actions. Pro fessions are like notes; yon j udge their wortli by the names they bear, and tiie firms by which they are issued. It would, however, be well for us ail to promise less than we intend to per form, knowing that that man is trusted not who makes the fewest professions and does the most work. “ Every word has its own spirit, True or false, that never dies ; Every word man’s lips have uttered Echoes in God’s skies.” And now listen to Ruth : “Entreat me not to leave thee, nor to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people snail be my people, and they God shall be my God. When thou diest will I die, and there will Ibe buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee aud me.” This is wonderful! Did ever the passionate heart find a richer, sweeter expression than this? Did ever woman or man rise iuto a higher region of poetic eloquence than did Ruth? Where in the whole of literature, his tory, poetry or flet on, can grander, purer, more inspiring, even heroical sentiments than these be discovered? They are absolutely matchless. All the artificial oratory in the world could never produce any speech at once so simple, so solemn, so dignified, and so sublime. But love 13 a marvellous magician ’ Let the soul but feel its mighty touch, aud you dare not prophesy the result. Men and women, commonplace in the ordinary affairs of life, become poets and he roes under its mysterious inspiration. Tiie slowest tongue grows eloquent: timidity loses its fear and becomes brave for all duty and sac rifice ; and c*ren death looks not terrible to the clear eye of love. It can awaken and evoke all the nobility and grandeur of human nature? Then we are like musical instruments touched by a master hand. ’(’hat organ yonder—many fingers have moved over its keys and diawn out its stops ; but the harmonies have not surprised us; our listening has not perhaps deepened into interest. But one day a stranger came and sat before us; and presently rich, exquisite melodies began to pour forth; new aud wondrous depths and changes of tone trembled in the air aud thrill el our sous. It seemed like a living thi g in terpreting the secrets of our heart, so that we hardly dared to breath lest we should destroy the charm. VVliat a revelation that was. We never dreamed that the old instrument could discourse such marvellous strains. Thus, too, can love elicit, in answer to its skilful touch, the grandest responsive harmonies from the lowest human heart. “ Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings Of that mysterious instrument, the soul, .And play the prelude of our fate.” [TO BE CONCLUDED TO-MORROW.] A X AWFUL TALE OF THE SEA. A Gooil Joke of .Nome Amateur Fish ermen—Fourteen Days Without a Drink—of Water. The following letter was picked up by Mr. Harher, on the lltli inst., on the out side beach of Ossabaw Island. It was writ ten on a small sera)) of paper, and in lead pencil, and placed in a bottle : At Sea, October 4. On board yawl boat Meta, tour of us, James Peters, Joseph Goette, A. Hahn and Diedrich Welter, the only survivors of the crew of tiie Germau Lark Petersen, from Bremer Haven for New Orleans, wrecked by storm on September 20. Fourteen days without water ; food all gone. 1, Joseph Goette, the only survivor, send this adrift. Ail the rest are dead. I have no hope, aud pray that my wife, Beatrice Goette, Dittmersville, Stetten, North Germany, may hear of my fate. lam hardly able to write. God bless me. Joseph Goette. Tiie above would certainly be another fearful tale of the sea were it true, but the writer of this has a vivid recollection of the casting adrift of the bottle containing tiie note, and can assert that there was no doubt of a scarcity of water on that cruise. There was something else, however, in the locker of Captain Pete’s craft, else there could not have been an available bottle for the joke. The truth of the matter is that a party of amateur fishermen left this city last Sep tember for a day or two’s sport, and on returning from Ossabaw concluded to get up a joke. So, procuring a piece of a dray receipt, one of the party proceeded to indite the above very touching story of the loss of the “Pete’r”-sen, and the subsequent “DRIFTING ON THE TIDE” Of tile fOlll' Sllip wrecked mariners, fourteen days without water and food. Those tempest tossed sailors (?) were all rescued some time ago from that bottle, and are now leading pious and godly lives in ttiis goodly city. e FIRE I) E FART WENT. First Meeting;— Appointment of Com mittees—lmportant Order. The board of officers of the Fire Depart ment met in extra session at Fireman’s Hall last evening, Chief Russell presiding, and Captain W. M. Gibbons acting as Sec retary. On calling the board to order, the new Chief made some appropriate and earnest remarks, depicting the line of policy to be pursued in the department, and vigorously impressing upon the board the duties and responsibilities that devolve upon them in the important and honorable position they occupy as guardians of the property, homes and welfare of our citizens. In announcing the following committees, Chief Russell specially called the attention of the members of each to the duties pre scribed by ordinance: Committee on Finance—Charles Schwartz,. Chairman; J. H. Estill, W. O. Godfrey. Committee on Hall—John Schwartz, Chair man : George Mouro, W. H. Gibbons. Committee on Cisterns —John H. Strouss, Chairman; Henry Suiter, H. M. Branch. Committee on* Inspection—Eastern Di vision, I’. H. Ward, First Assistant En gineer; Western Division, John Zeigler, Second Assistant. Committee on Telegraph—John Zeigler, Second Assistant Engineer. The following special order, which will be issued at once to the several organizations of the department, and will put them upon the footing proposed by the new board, was submitted to tiie board for consideration, and we publish as interesting information to our firemen: Office Chief Engineer, ) Savannah Fire Department, :- Savannah, Ga., February 12, 1874.) Special Order, No. I.—From and after the 15th instant the steam engines of this depart ment will alternate in their service as follows : Steamer No. l and steamer No. 4 will enter upon their duty at seven o’clock a. m. on the 15th instant, and continue ready for immediate service witli horses ready harnessed, drivers, engineers and firemen iu immediate call until seven o'clock a m. the following morning, thus making their tour of duty twenty-four consecu tive hours. Steamer No. 2 and steamer No. 3 will hold themselves in readiness for like immediate ser vice, commencing at the hour of 7 a. m. on the 16th inst., and continue on duty for the same length of time, when the first named engines will resume their duty. The steamers off duty will hold themselves in readiness during the progress of a fire to render assistance if called for. The Hook and Ladder Truck and all nose Companies are expected to report at all iires, and turn out promptly at all alarms. If a fire Is discovered in the vicinity of either of the en gine houses, that engine will turn out promptly, whether it be her term of service or not. CITY COURT OF SAVANNAH. Blow. W. S. Cliisliolin, Presiding. Tbe case of SV. J. Clements, Clerk of the Superior Court, vs. the County Commis sioners, being an action to recover amount of charges for examining tiie jail account, was heard before Judge Chisholm, and a judgment rendered in favor of the defend ants. Seven common law cases were continued, one discontinued, one dismissed, one at tachment case continued, and one plain judgment granted. Musical. New stock Pianos just In and coming by every steamer. Selling cheaper than ever for cash or on short time. The favorite Piano of the South is the Knabc. Magnificent in tone, and good for a lifetime of constant use. The best musicians use and en dorse them. Sold on the most tavorable terms. Churches, Schools, Lodges or Musicians d”ai ring the best reed organ made will buy the Ma son & Hamlin. Elegant new styles. Just re ceived. Only $75, sllO, $125, $l3O, $145, $175 and $250. Double Reed Organs, 5 stops, in new style cases, only $125. Sold by monthly payments, or rented with privilege of purchase. A large invoice of the popular Southern Gent Pianos, New aud improved 7.• y octave scale, now ou the way, and to be received iu a few days. No better piano ever sold for the money. The latest pubrication in Sheet Music or Music Books always on hand. New Music received daffy. Music ordered for customers at once if not in stock. Two Hundred First Class Pianos and Organs for sale by small monthly payments. Every family in the South can be supplied in this way if desired. We never refuse a long time sale to good parties. Elegant aud .-übstantial Pianos for $275, $290, S3OO, $325 and $350. Burnett’s, Wilbor’s, Marvin’s, liege man's, anil otiier Cod Liver Oil, at Fowke At Strong’s, corner Bull and Perry street lano If DRIFTING ON THE TIDE. —Hello, Toni, been to a temperance meet ing? Tom (not very steadily)— N-(hic)ho ; had a ch-(hie)hill. —Two sidewalk drunks by white men, ten dollar’s worth of naughty language from a colored girl in the street, and a neighborly disturbance made by a colored granger’s beating his duekie-duck, furnished the*"fare at which the Recorder turned up his nose yesterday. —The soiree musicale of the Mozart Club passed off quite pleasantly at Masonic Tem ple last night. —James Duffy, recently arrested on a charge of stealing five hundred dollars from Mrs. Burch, was yesterday discharged from custody upon examination before Magistrate Berrien, officer Crean having discovered the actual thief. —The eleven criminals sentenced to the penitentiary from this county recently, left yesterday for their future field of operations, one woman being in the gang. An escaped white convict, just recaptured in Tattnall county, made an addition to the party. —A countryman applied to Magistrate Russell for a warrant against four parties who have been cutting and shooting the human form divine promiscuously, about eight miles out on tiie Augusta road, but tiie county having declined to pay the ex penses of arrest in such cases, that officer couldn’t put forth tiie strong arm of the law. —Frank Brown, a prize candy man re cently operating in this city and owing for board anil borrowed money at McConnell’s, was arrested by the Macon police on a judi cial telegram yesterday and will be prought down by Officer Campbell to-day. He left unexpectedly to certain parties Wednes day night, and returns somewhat unexpect edly to himself, perhaps. —A bagpiper witli one tune, aud that with the same number of notes in it, made ser enading calls along the Bay yesterday, and the only happy houses to be found on that street were those he did’nt push his monot ony into. -Rev. Dr. Dosefeld, of this city, married Mr. Charles Wachtel to Miss Jeannette Kotin, in Macon Wednesday. Panic prices at P. Macomber A Co.’s, UeclC-tf Clothing Emporium. Collars and Neck Ties, Newspapers and Ma azines, can be found at Molina’s Ci gar Sto corner Bull and State streets. dec2o-s uwed& Great reduction for CASH in Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods at decl6-tf P. Macomber & Co.’s. Latest styles in Business and Dress Saits, selling at panic prices at decl6-tf P. Macomber & Co.’s. Frank Molina has a very fine stock of Cigars on hand, and offers them at a very low prices. Give him a call, and get a box for your, or your riend’s Christinas. dec2o-suwed&fri Frank is always at his post, where he well comes any customers, either to buy or look at his goods. rtec2o-snwed<fefri MARKETS BY TELEUKAPH. Financial. New York, Februa'V 12. Evening.—Money easy at 4(3,5 per cent/ Sterling Exchange firm at $4 35. Gold U2V(<yh2M'. Governments active but, little offering from the opening. State bonds quiet but steady. Cotton. Neiv York, February 12, Evening.—Cotton irregular; sales 1<939 bales at lii;Jri't6?, ; c; net re ceipts 2,266; gross 3,306. Futures closed steadier; sa’es 14,500, as follows: February 15 1-16(7? 15 3-32 c; March 15 15-32®15Xc; April 16 1-16(3, ’5 S-32c; May 1/5 17-32®16 9-16 e; Julie 15 31-32® 17c; July 17 5-/6® UJjc. LiVEKrooP/February 12, 4:30 r. m.— Cotton- Sales of Vp)and, nothing below Good Ordinary shipped January and Febraray 7 5-10d; March 7 13-160; Abril and May 7) a 'd. New CJleans, February 12.—Cotton steady and in gorirt demand; Middling 16c; Low Mid dling Htjc; Good Ordinary l3'c; Ordinary 15> a c; receipts 3,977 bales; gross 4,951; ex ports Continent 1,450; coastwise 700; sales 4,000; last evening 9,000. Mobile, February 12.—Cotton quiet but un changed; net receipts 508 bales; exports coast wise Be 9; sales 1,0(0. Boston, February 12. —Cotton quiet; net re ceipt* 3 bales; gross 101; sales 200. Charleston, February 12.—Cotton steady; Mulcting 15M® 15Kc; Low Middling 14&c; Good Ordinary 14‘je; net receipts 1,363 bales; exports to diest Britain 3,599; sales 1,200. I HLADELPHIA, February 12. —Cotton quiet; nel receipts 120 bales; gross 305. aVfgusta, FeDurary 12.—Colton dull; Mid dle gs 15c; receipts 735 bales; sales 627. uCErnrtmß, February 12.— ‘t.rton '’” r ; .li no* dual; net receipts 2,715 bales; gross 453; ex ports coastwise 105; sales 250; spinners 90. Memphis, February 12 —Cotton steady and demand good, with light offerings; Low Mid dlings 14)4®14%c; receipts 2,222. Galveston, February 12.—Cotton—Net re ceipts, 3.007; exports to continent, 1,570 ; coast wise, 2,222; sales I,SOO. Wilmington, February 12.—Cotton firm; ex’ ports coastwise 210. Norfolk, February 12.—Cotton firm and quality inferior; Low Middlings 34;(f; net re ceipts 1,665; exports coastwise, 1,545; sales 470. Groceries, Provisions, Etc. LONDcqr, February 12, Evening.—Turpentine 34s 6d@3ss. Liverpool, February 12, 4:39 p. m.—Bread stuffs quiet. New York, February 12.—Flour dull and in buyer’s favor at $6 80@T 85 Common to Fair Extra; $7 90@11 for Good to Chioce Extra. Whiskey steorly with a fair inquiry. Wheat heavy and lig2 clower; private cable accounts unfavorable and export demand limited, $i 50 @1 55. Chicago, February 12.—Corn more active at 79®S2c for New Western Mixed afloat. Pork more active lm\ lower; New Mess sl6. Beef quiet. Lard heavy at 9’4@9 5-'6c. Tallow quiet at Turpentine quiet at 49;tfc. Rosin quiet at $2 60®2 65. Wilmington, February 12.—Spirits Turpentine quiet at 46c. Kosi-J quiet at $2 10 for Strained. Crude Turpentine steady at S: 20 for Hard; $3 20 for Yellow Dip. Tar steady at $2 30. Louisville, February 12.—Flour quiet and unchanged. Corn easier at 68@70c. Oats 6>>@ 65c. Pork quiet at sls 50. Balk Meats dull and lower at 6c for Shoulders; B> a c for Clear Rib; 9 > B 'c for Clear Sides. Sugar Cured Hams 12j<@ 12)4c. Lard—9)£c for Tierce; lOj.jC for Keg. Whiskey 95)40. Cincinnati, February 12.—Flour steady. Corn unchanged at 60@6-2c. Butter dull, and medium grades lower. Pork dull and nominal at sls. Lard dud; Steam B%c; Kettle 9c. Bulk meats steady; Shoulders 5%c; Clear Rib 7.5jc; Clear 7@7)4@Bc. Bacon quiet and steady; 7c for Shoulders; S)4o for Clear Rib; 9c for Clear. Live Hogs dull; Light ss@s 60; Heavy $5 Ss@s 90; re ceipts 2,600; shipments 2,200. Whiskey steady at 96c. MARINE NEWS, FORT OF SAVANNAH. Friday, February IS, 1574. Arrived Yesterday. Steamship Worcester, Snow, Boston, Rich ardson & Barnard. BJliark Sarah, , Valencia, Spain, in ballast, Master. Schooner M E Femerick, Richards, Philadel phia, 350 tons coal, to GI Taggart. At Tybee, schooner W L Elkins, Ludham, from Charleston, bound to Brunswick, Ga, wind bound. Cleared Yesterday, Steamship Herman Livingston, Mallory, New Y'ork, Wilder * Cos. Brbark Annie Barrel l , B anvelt, Philadelphia, in ballast. Wilder ,fc Cos. Schooner C S Grove, Weaver, Baltimore— Vessel, JA Roberts & Cos; cargo, Miller, Wadley & Cos. Schooner Fannie K Shaw, Watts, Kennelmnk, Me—Vessel, .1 A Roberts A Cos; cargo, Miller, Wadley & Cos. Schooner Kenduskeag, New London, II I! Reppard & Son. Schooner Village Belle, Rowe, Darien, in bal last, to lqad West Indies, T B Marshall & Bro. Sailed Yesterday. Steamship Herman Livingston, New York. Ship Robert Dixon, Liverpool. Bark C A Fannel, Reval. Notice to Mariners. London, February 12.—Schooner Hartstene, from Liverpool for Tybee, is ashore on the Irish Coast. memoranda. [By Mail.) Arrived at Liverpool Bth, bark Trepast (Nor), Targensen, Doboy; bark Cariboo (Br), Wood, Sa vannah; sailed, Ema (Ger), Schutte, Savannah. Sailed from Providence 7th, schooner Alice Belle, Hathaway, Orient, L I, to load guano for Port Royal or Savannah, and thence to Mos quito inlet, to load live oak for Norfolk or New York. At Boston 7th. schooners Lettie Wells, Wells, Savannah via Vineyard Haven: Emma D Fin ney, Elwell, Savannah, via Newport. Sailed from Liverpool titli, Caravan, Wataler, Tybee. Keccipls l’er Savannah and Charleston Railroad, Feb. 72.—290 bales upland cotton. Per Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, February 12. 342 bales cotton, 48 cars lumber, and mdse. Per Central Railroad, February 12.—1.359 bales cotton, 11 packages furniture, *l3O bbis fiour, 18 bbis whiskey, 12 bundles wooden chairs, 20 blubs bacon, 1 box clothing, 18 tubs butter, 4 boxes bacon, 7 cases domestics, 61 bundles shingles, 1 still and fixtu es, 2 lots household goods, 8 empiy cars, 1 lot trees. Per sloop Sol Smedley, from Beaufort—2 bales sea islan i c tton. I’asseii^ers. Per steamship H Livingston, for New York— G Wilson, W Wilson, W II Hathaway, E M uaile.v, L Labach, G J Strasburg, I, Dubernet aud wife,A M Kerelmm and son,!’ Ti Stubbs ana 2 steerage. Exports. Per steamship HLivingston, ft* Naw r York -246 bales upland cotton, 10 bales domestics, 9 bales rvool, 4 bales leather, 9 bales hides, 50 bbis potatoes, 263 dry cowhides, 16 tierces shad, 57 empty bbis, 70 pkgs mdse. Per schooner C S Grove, for Baltimore— -165,000 feet lumber. Per schooner Frank K Shaw, for Kennebunk. Me —255,730 feet lumber. Per schooner Kenduskeag, for New London -13,000 feet lumber. 4'onsignees. Per steamship Worcester, from Boston- Central Railroad, A & G Railroad, S & C Rail road, Alexander & li, J A Brown,H P Beckford, E Byck Levy, II A Crane. Claghorn & C, M J Dvke, T Daniels, T .T Dunbar & Cos, Lieut J W Dillenback, M Ferst & Cos, C L Gilbert A Cos, S Guckeuheimer, Goodman & Myers, J Hogans & Cos, F Ilamerle, Hardee’s Son A Cos, Max Krauss, T L Kinsey. J Lindsay, Lawton, Hart A Cos, Ludden & Bates, Lovell A Lattimore, M Bros A Cos, P H Mallettee, A J Miller A Cos, Mey er, Cohen A Cos, M Newmark, Geo Noble, E L Neidlinger, Oliver Daniel, Order [F], Order P D, N T Binder A Cos, G O Hand, Jr. E C Richards, E B Smyth, H Suiter, steamer Dictator, steamer Lizzie Baker, Thompson A W, P Tuberdy, Capt Trevitt, Wilder A Cos. Per Savannah and Charleston Railroad.— Forrvarding Agent, J W Walker A Cos. A Do bell A Cos, J L Villalonga, CR R, A A GR, D L Roberts A Cos. Per Central Railroad—LC Byck, JAW Ruth erford, W II Davidson, A J Miller A Cos, T Co hen A Son, Bernard A Robinson, J Liudsev, L Ohlman, Gomm A L, Triest A H, W A R Mcln tyre, T N Webb, Orff, 'Watkins A Cos, Einstein, E & Cos, W G Rayrel, Weeds A Cornwell, Jacob Lyman, A Friedenberg, Mrs M E Lloyd, Mrs W Jessup, G A Hudson, City of Savannah, L J Guilmartin A Cos, Goodman A M, W W Carter A Sons, J W Latluop A Cos, J N Lightfoot, Far ley. P A Cos, S M Millett, Duncan A J, Bates A Comer, Lawton, H A Cos, Tison A Gordon, In man, Swan A Cos, Groover, S A Cos, Sorrell Bros, Miller A Cos, Williams A Cos. Clias Green, Son A Cos, Knoop, II A Cos, Guilmartin A Cos, Hopkins A W, Davant, W A Cos, Reid A Brown, J L Vil lalonga, Warfield A W, J W Latnrop A Cos, D L Roberts A Cos, W B VV'oodbridge, Colding A TANARUS, W W Carter A Sons, Hardee’s Sons A Cos, WII Stark A Cos. Boit A McK, O Cohen A Cos, F W Sims A Cos, J Cohen, Duncan A J, Cohen A 11, WAR Mdntyre. Per Atlantic and Gulf Railroad—Forwarding Agent, J L Roumillat, II Meyers A Bro, Good man A M, Orff, W A Cos, I L Falk A Cos, Claw ford A 1., M Y Henderson, CAS Ledlie, M Ferst A Cos, Colquitt A B, L J Guilmartin A Cos, Geo Gemenden, II Saunders, Bernhard A K, Herbert W, R Habersham’s Son A Cos, Order of AS Cutts, Bares A Oj Groover S A Cos, J W Lathrop A Cos, W B Woodbridge, W W Chisholm, A S Ilartridge, A M Sloan A Cos, H T Minor A CJ, Ii M Oppenhelmer, Hopkins A W, Tison A Gor don, Kirksev A S, Anderson’s Sons, J P Dar nell. ** . El ST OF VESSELS IN PORT. Savannah, February 12, 5 p. m. steamships. Wyoming, Teal. tons, Philadelphia, Hun ter A Gammell. San Jacinto. Hazzard, 1312 tons, loading, New York, W Gumming A Go. Huntsville, Crowell, 1100 tons, loading, New York, O Cohen A CO. Worcester, Snow, 1320 t- ns, loading, Boston, Richardson A Barnaru. SHIPS. Etowa’.i, repairing. „ Mayflower, Call, 1043 tons, loading, Havre, Holst A Fullarton. , ... Martha Cobb, Pearson, 1296 tons, loading, Moffat A Tobler. Astl'ida, Chisholm, 1000 tons, loading Queens town, J H Graybill A Cos. Republic, Mosher, 950 tons, Continent, E A Soullard. „ Othello, Whyte, 1004 tons, Liverpool, E A Soul lard. Lonnie, Horton, 984 tons, loading, Liverpool, E A Soullard. Maria Stonewan, Blauvelt, 959 tons, loading, Bremen, E A Soullard. Graham’s Polley, Clapp, tons, loading, Liv erpool, Holst A Fullarton. Atmosphere, Gastello, 1379 tons, waiting, nolst A Fullarton. _. , Midas Murchison, 433 tons, loading, Rio Janei ro, J H Graybill A Cos. _ . „ . Alfred, Gray, 12TS tons, waiting, A Dobell A Cos. Ludwig Iloyn, Schmeling, tons, loading, Baltic, Holst A Fullarton. Savannah, Tableman, tons, loading, Lv erpool, Knoop, Hanemann A Cos. Lake Erie, Scblater, tons, loading, Liver pool, Wilder A Cos. Pocahontas, Beuner, loadiug, Cork, for orders, T 1! Marshall A Bro. Lillie Soullard, (Br), Webster, 997 tons, loading, Continent, E A Soullard. Kate Prince, Hamilton, waiting, T B Marshall A Bro. Lady Dufferin (Br), Evans, waiting, O Cohen A Cos. BARKS. St Pauli, Graham, 500 tons, Havre, J H Graybill A Cos. Irene,* Parry, S‘26 tons, cleared, Liverpool, A Do bell A 00. Assyriau, McDonald, tons, loading, River Platte, Wilder A Cos. Aramini a, Mosher, tons, loading, Liverpool, A G Gibbes A Cos. , Peter Arcadia,’ Anderson, 78T tons, loading, Havre, J H Graybill A Cos. „ , , Sara, Lund, tons, loading, Cork, for orders, S Fat.man. Oscar I, Asberg, tons, loading, Baltic, Holst A Fullarton. Embla, McKenzie, 598 tons, loading, Baltic, JH Graybill A Cos. Matilda C Smith, Smith, 684 tons, loading, Havre, E A Soullard. Argo, Crosby, 592 tons, Cork, for orders, E A Soullard. , Seaward, McGregor, 667 tons, loading, Baltic, E A Soullard. . . Magnet, Overgaaril, tons, repairing, Holst A Fullarton. Guuhilda, Sutherland, 699 tons, loading, Baltic, J Ii Graybill A Cos. Milo, Robbins, 634 tons, Falmouth for orders, J II Graybill A Cos. . Yuba, Greer, tons, loading, South America, Dixon A Johnson. Carolina, H Julman, loading, Barcelona, Chas Green, Son A Cos. _ „ Mindet, Brusgoard, 450 tons, loading, Baltic, Ilolst A Fullarton. Skiddow, Borland, 685 tons, loading, United Kingdom, A Dobell A Cos. Anna, Probst, tons, loading, Baltic, Knoop, Hanemann A Cos. Katharine, Jansen, loading, Malmo, Ilolst A Fullarton. Tlierese, (Br), Meyer, loading, Baltic, Knoop, Hanemann A 00. Ursnsminor, (Nor). Nielsen, load.ng, Cron stadt. Holst A B'ullarton. Hermann A Theodor, (Br), Tydsk, loading, Europ”, Moffat A Tobler. Elin (Nor), Overgaaril, loading Baltic, Holst & Fullarton. „ Annie Burrell, Blauvelt, cleared, Philadelphia, Wilder A Cos. Scotland, Greyston, tons, discharging, J n Graybill A Cos. Porvenir (Span), I’oges, discharging, C Green, Son A Cos. Fioren. e Chipman, tons, discharging, Holst A Fullarton. Sarah, , waiting, Master. BRIGS. Fenix (Span), loading, Barcelona, Chas Green, Son A Cos. Prosperites, Berultlsen, lo load Baltic, Ilolst & Fullarton. ECHOONERS. Village Belle, tons, cleared, Darien; T B Mar shall & Bro. Mary Potter, ■, loading, Master. J I. Merrall, Halsey, tons, loading, Hun ter & Gammell, Fanny K Shaw, Watts, cleared, Jos A Roberts & Cos. C S Grove, Weaver, cleared, Jos A Roberts & Cos. Loretto Fish, Y'onng, loafing, Bath, Me, TL Kinsey. John Proctor, Leary, loading, Barcelona, Jos A Roberts & Cos. Kenduskeag, cleared, New London, R B Rer paid & Bro. Charmer. Noyes, loading, Mystic, T L Kinsey. MaryJ Ward, Ward, loading, Jos A Roberts & Cos. Nellie, French, loading, Jos A Roberts & Cos. Albert Thomas, Rose, loading, JO3 A Rob erts & Cos. E S Gildersleeve, discharging, J A Roberts & Cos. E P Mason. Nickerson, loading, Master. Elia gM Watt, Watt, loadiug, Jos A Rob erts & Cos. Frank Lehman, loading. Master. E C Gates, Freeman, loading, ios A Roberts A Cos. Jennie Stout, Stout, loading, Hunter A Gammell. Frank Levering, , loading, Master. Melville, Wentworth, discharging, Jos A Rob erts A Cos. A U Edwards, Bartlett, loading, Hunter A Gam mell. Jennie F Willey, Willey, discharging, Jos A Roberts A Cos. .Joseph Allen, Corbin, discharging, Jos A Rob erts A. Cos. • John Rommel, Jr, Pillard, discharging, Jos A Roberts A Cos. Lizzie Heyer. Poland, discharging, Jos A Rob erts A Cos. . Sarah Woods, Campbell, discharging, J A Rob erts A Cos. M E Femerick, Richards, discharging, G I Tag- Taggart. Cl TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY", i*) —To alt whom it may concern: Whereas, PIERUETCONCON will apply ar. the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Administra tor ri'in testamento annexo'on llieesta’eof Wil liam Condon, late of said county, deqsqsed: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said court to make objection (if any they have, on or before the FIKST MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT, otherwise said letters will be granted, witness my official signature, this Fifth day of January, 4874. JOHN O. FERRILL, jan6-law3m Ordinary C- C. STA EOF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. —To all whom it may concern: Whereas, Charles W. W. Bruen will apply at the Court of Ordinary for Letters Dismissory as Ex ecutor on the estate of Eliza Morrison, late of said county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all whom it may concern, to be and appear before said court to make objection (if any they have), on o- before the FIRST MONDAY IN MAY NEXT, otherwise said letters will be granted. Witness mv official signature, this 27th day of January, 1874. JOHN O. FERRILL, au2S-lani3m Ordinary Chatham co. PATENT MEDICINES. HEALTH! BEAUTY!! STRONG AND PURE RICH BLOOD—IN CREASE OF FLESH AND WEIGHT CLEAR SKIN AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SECURED TO ALL. DR. RADWAY’S SARSAPARILLIAN RESOLVENT! HAS MADE THE MOST ASTONISHING CUKES so quick, so rapid are the changes the body undergoes, under the influence of this truly wonderful medicine that EYERY DAY AN INCREASE IN FLESH AND WEIGHT IS SEEN AND FELT. THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Every drop of the SARSAPARILLIAN REJ SOLVENT communicates through the Blood, Sweat, Urine, and other fluids and juices oft!;. 0 system the vigor of life, for it repairs the wastes of the body with new and sound mate rial. Scrofula, Sypiiillis, Consumption, Giaiiu iar diseases, Ulcers in the Throat, Mouth, Tu mors, Nodes in tire Glands and other parts of the system, Sore Eyes, Strinnorons discharges from the Ears, and tbe worst forms of Skin dis eases, Eruptions, Fever Sores, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Acne. Black Spots, Worms in the Flesh, Tumors, Cancers in the Womb, and all weakening and painful discharges, Night Sweats, Loss of Sperm and all wastes of tiie life principle, are within the curative range of this Modern Chemistry, and a few days’ use will prove to any person using it for either of these forms of disease its potent power to cure them. If the patient, daily becoming reduced by the wastes aud decomposition that is continually progressing, succeeds in arresting these wastes, and repairs the same with new material made from healthy blood—and tills the BAKSAPA RILLIAN will and does secure—a cure is cer tain; for when once this remedy commences its work of purification, and succeeds in diminish ing the loss of wastes, its repairs will be rapid, and every day the patient will feel himself growing better and stronger, the food digesting better, appetite improving, aud llesh and weight increasing. Not only does the Sarsapariilian Resoi vknt excel all known remedial agents in the cure of Chronic, Scrufnlous, Constitutional, and Skin diseases; but it is the ouiy positive cure for KIDNEY AND BLADDER COMPLAINTS. Urinary and Womb diseases, Gravel, Diabetes, Dropsy, Stoppage of water, Incontinence of Urine, Bright’s Disease, Albuminuria and iu all cases where there are brick dust deposits, or t he water is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk, or there is a morbid, dark, bilious appear ance, and white bone dust deposits, and when there i3 a pricking, burning sensation when passing water, and pain in the Small of tiie Back and along the Loins. Tumor of 12 Years’ Growth Cured by Radway’s Resolvent. Beverly, Mass., July 18,1569. Dr. Radway :—I have had Ovarian Tumor iu the ovaries and bowels. All the Doctors said “there was no help for it.” 1 tried everything that was recommended; but nothing helped me. I saw your Resolvent, and thought I would try it; but had no faith in it, because I had suffered for twelve years. I took six bot tles of the Resolvent, aud one box of Radway’s Pills, and two bottles of your Ready Relief; and there is not a sign of tumor to be seen or felt, and I feel better, smarter and happier than I have for twelve years. The worst tumor was in the left side of the bowels, over the groin, I write this to you for the benefit of others. You can publish it if yon choose. HANNAH T. KNAPP. PRICE S1 PER BOTTLE. AN IMPORTANT LETTER from a prominent gentleman and resident’of Cincinnati, Ohio, for the past forty years well known to the book publishers throughout the United States: New Y'ork, October Uth, 1570. Dr. Radway. —Dear Sir :—I am induced by a sense of duty to the suffering to make a brier statement of the working of your medicine on myself. For several years I had been affected with some trouble in the bladder and urinary organs, which some twelve months ago culmi nated in a most terribly affecting disease, which the physicians all said was a prostatic stricture in the uretiia, as also inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, and gave it as their opinion that my age—73 years—would prevent my ever getting radically cured. I had tried a number of physicians, and had taken a large quantity of medicine, both allopatlih and ho moeopathic; but bad got mo relief. J had * 1 of astonishing cures having been mad- 1 r : remedies; and some four months ago n ad r notice in the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post of a cure having been effected on a person who had long been suffering as I had been. I went right off and got some of each—your Sar sapariliian Resolvent, Ready Relief and Regu lating Pills—and commenced taking them. In three days I was greatly relieved, and now feel as well as ever. C. W. JAMES, Cincinnati, Ohio. R. R. R. RADWAY’SREADYRELIEF CURES TIIE WORST PAINS In From One to Twenty Minutes. NOT ONE IIOT7IX after reading this advertisement need any one suffer with pain. RADIVAY’S READY RELIEF IS A CURE FOR EYERY PAIN. It was the first and is the only PAIN REMEDY that instantly stops the most excruciating pains, allays Inflammations, and cures Congestions, whether of tne Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, or other glands or organs, by one application, IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES. No matter how violent or excruciating the pain the Rheumatic, Bed-Ridden, Infirm, Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with disease may suffer, RADWAY’S READY RELIEF WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE. INFLAMMATION OF TIIE KIDNEYS. INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER. INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS, CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS, SORE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHING, PALPITATION OF THE HEART, HYSTERICS, CROUP, DIPTHERIA, CATARRH, INFLUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS. The application of the Ready .Relief to the part or parts whore the pain or difficulty exists will afford ease and comfort. Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water tuff in a few moments cure CRAMPS, SPASMt,, SOUR STOMACH, HEARTBURN, SICK HEAD ACHE, COLIC, WIND IN THE BOWELS, aud all Internal Pains. Travellers should always carry a bottle of RADWAY’S READY RELIEF witli them. A few drops in water will prevent sickness or pains from change of water. It is better than French Brandy or Bitters as a stimulant. FEVER AIMD AGUE, Fever and Ague cured for Fifty Cents. There is not a remedial agent in this world that will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow and other Fevers (aided bv RADWAY’S TILLS) so quick as RADWAY’S READY RELIEF. Fifty Cent-' per bottle. I > It. HAD W A V ’ S PERFECT PURGATIVE PILLS, perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sc ct gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse M strengthen. Kadway’s rills, for the run ■ disorders of the Stomach, Liver, law, . neys, Bladder, Nervous l>; v, , . iv- a Constipation, Costiveness, India ;i .n, ; sia, Biliousness, Bilious Fever, riffiamnniHou the Bowels, Piles, ami all Derangcnien's-J Internal Visceia. Warranted o effect tiva cure. Purely Vegetal.le, 1 "Uaimac •• > mercury, minerals, or deleterious drug. HObserve the following symptoms r •• •; from Disorders of the Digesth e Oigans Constipation, Inward 1 ales, l-'idlm:■ ■ the Blood in the Head, Acidity <d ike s' -mac!, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust oi Food, Riffle: or Weight in the Stomach, Sc 1, ' Sinking or Fluttering at tic I'd ol tec .conuicl. Swimming of the Head, Hurried, os Dnhein! Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking c Suffocating Sensation when in a Ljnig lVsiut e, Dimness of Vision, Dots ii \\V i bchiv ihe Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in tile Head, Defi ciency of Pesspiration, Yehowiie •• of the skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, cheat, Lied-: cal sadden Flushes of lien A few doses Of RADWAY I FILL the system from all the above named di? ... is Price 26cents per Box. sol.Dl’.Y i l '• . Head “FALSE AN!>‘l L; I. Stamp to RADWAY & CO., No. NewjYorK, Information >. k'i .. e e s -,\:. bo scut, aug2y-dTuTl!UiAaaiJ v.tw