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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOTX T NIE 1.1 No. 23. / §fce )|ailg IS PURLISUKD ‘ EVERY EVENING, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, RY B. w. MASON «fc C'O. At 111 Bay Stiutut, Savanmah, Georgia, terms: Per Copy Five Cents. Per Hundred $3 50. Per Year $lO 00, advertising: A limited number of Advertisemeets will be re- C lvecl at the rate of Twenty Cents per Line for fiist insertion,and Fifteen Cents per Line for each Bubseqnen insertion ; invariably in advance. Ad vertisements should be handed in before noon of each day. JOB PRINTING In every style, neatly and promptly done. POEBSGN NEWS. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Messrs. Schoolfield and Bright had been addressing their constituents at Brimingham. The former expressed re gret at the intention ol the Americans to terminate the Reciprocity treaty and to place gunboats on # the lakes. VVtth regard to non-intervention, he said he was not prepared to join in a policy which would altogether overlook the injuries one natioii might intiict on another. Mr. Bright expatiated on the trithnph of thiLnou-;nierveutk)ii policy in British politics. In regard to Parliamentary reform, he said it could no more be put to sleep than could the negro question in American Qongress ; tor, though it was always voted a great nuisance, and not to be talked about, America is now in deadly conflict, daily gaining freedom. Mr. Bright used many strong arguments in support oC the extension of the fran chise. He pointed to the order and tranquility with which millions voted at the recent Presidential election in Amer ica. .As regards American Affairs, he said he purposely abstained from any observations upon that sad and mourn ful revolution which was taking place. Mr Baxter, M. P., had been deliver ing addresses at Blangovvrie, Scotland, on the American question. He eulo gized Mr. Lincoln’s administration, and was emphatically in favor of the North. He had perfect confidence in the ability of the North to bring the question to a most satisfactory solution. > The Liverpool Post says that exten sive orders for army clothing for the rebels have been executed in Liverpool. Latelj* twenty thousand uniforms were made for the rebel artillery, GERMANY. . The Vienna papers assert, that the rela tions between Austria and Prussia contin ue excellent, but neverthelessAustriais de • termined to withdraw from the alliance rather than permit Prussia to annex the duchies. Prussia is said to seek princi pally a direct alliance against revolution ary movements. The Catholic representatives in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies have been the first tc endorse the declarations of President Von Grabon against the out rages on the constitution, effected during the last three years. They say, in the address, that reconciliation between the Deputies and the government can only take place when the government formal ly acknowledges the constitutional right to vote on the budget. SPAIN. The Madrid Noticios asserts that Spain will demand from Peru an indemnity of fifteen millions of francs for the expense of the expedition. The Correspondence announces that the government will act energetically if the encyclical letter is published without j the authority of the Council of State. ITALY. It is rumored that Russia and the Pope SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 6, 1865. have quarreled over the encyclical letter M. de Sartiges had communicated to Antonelli the measures adopted by the French government against the encycli cal letter. A complete rapture had oc curred between Cardinal Andrea and the Pope. The Cardinal was summoned to Rome (as announced in the Herald yes terday) to answer for rebellious language under penalty of being deprived of the emoluments of hia rank. It is stated that the Cardinal refuses to leave Naples. RUSBIA. Numerous political prosecutions had been abandoned in Poland. BRAZIL. Paraguay had declared war against Brazil. A~decree was issued announc ing a rupture of the treaty. THE PAY OP THE REBEL AR MIES. [From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 26.] In our patient and good humored army there is now and then a slight grumble of dissatisfaction at the loug continued failure to issue their pay. Oc casion ally, when a soldier happens to have a sheet of paper, and pen and ink, he writes a mild remonstrance on the subject, and sends it to a newspaper. There are, indeed, many thousands who would much like to see the face of Mr. Trcnholm’s money. And it is fairly due to them; and Mr. Trenholm's presses are pouring it forth by day and by night. Where, then, does all the money go? Why, the members of the administra tion and all their clerks and regularly paid; the State Department absorbs a great deal, that it may buy gold to pay Jews and Gentiles who are supposed to do something in Europe.. If a private of company X is constantly told by the Quartermaster that there is no money to pay him, let him be consoled by the thought thaf the President draws regularly. Congress takes care to be paid “on the nail.” Mr. Foote has his share —to pay his Expenses into the ene my’s country. Everybody Is paid on sight, except the soldiers; whatever comes short, is put to their account. Yet these same soldiers assuredly do us some considerable service. The men who have been standing in front of Grant's invading army these last months, would really seem to deserve as much consideration and as good treatment as let us say—Mr. Davis, attending to the blarney of Blair, and giving blarney in return to that public enemy, or these well dressed gentlemen who lounge on Bond street or the Boulevards, at our ex pense. It may be said, to be sure, and il is said, that the government is unwilling to flood the country with too much pa per money, which, as it increases in volume, diminishes in value. The ob servation is profound; the political economy undeniable; but still, why are the. soldiers to oe last paid ? Why not begin sometimes at the other end ? Al ways! The first claim on the means of the country should be the soldiers’ pay; they ought to be the first claimants; and if there be any shortcomings let the other classes divide it between them. We could do infinitely better without (for example) the whole State Depart ment, and all its employees in the fojr quarters of the globe, than without one single company of one of our skeleton regiments. Singular as it may appear to say so, we could dispense with the whole Cabinet far better than dispense with an equal number of soldiers in the field. If there be a scarcity of money, let the soldiers be paid first, and let no official of any grade or officer touch a stiver till their arrears are satisfied. No army ever was contented that was de frauded of pay ; and the remuneration of ours is little enough in conscience. If it were composed of a baser mate rial than it is; if it resembled the merely mercenary armies of Europe, or the sweepings and scrapings of all the refuse of mankind which the Yankees call their trash ; it there were not in its ranks a sufficient number of thoroughly pa triotic, disinterested and devoted men to give a high tone and spirit to the whole mass, it would be by no means sate to trifle with the matter of their pay. But even they may be pressed too far. It is not least certain that no army, of any character, nation, clime or time, from that of Cyrus the ruler, down to that of Robert E Lee, General-in-Chief, _ was ever in its best condition and discipline when irregularly paid The pay may be little, but it must oe punctual or disci pline is difficult. INTERESTING FACTS CONCERN ING THE CENTIPEDE. I suppose that most of those who live in the country have made the acquain tance, more or less intimate, with a fami ly of insects called centipedes. They are a curious family, and worth a little attention. The centipedes who live in the United States —certainly the North ern States—are, for the most part, harm less, I believe. But the same cannot be said ot multitudes of the race residing in the West Indies and other warm cli mates. In these places the bite of the centipede is not only very painful, but often dangerous. I confess that I never was a jireat friend ot the insects.— Though**taught to consider him quite an Jnnoceut sort of bully, I never could di jjtewsi myself of jthe suspicion that if he were thoroughly provoked, he would bite. Like some other animals, his ap pearance is against him. Many a time, when I have turned over a stone in the garden, or dug up an old ana decayed stump in the woods, and one of these insects has scampered out, 1 have run as if forty snakes were after me. They are quite ready to stand on the defensive sometimes, when they are and when they consider themselves in danger. Their disposition to bite, as you may well suppose, ren ders them rather troublesome bcd-fel lows When they get into a bed, the least movement of the sleeper, over whom they may be crawling, and who can hardly fail to be disturbed by thoir sharp pointed feet and claws acting on liis skin, is almost sure to provoke a venomous bite, which will be frequently repeated if the midnight visitor is not removed from the bed. The bite of the centipede is exceedingly painful for the moment, and is followed, unless the wound is taken care of in season, by great inflammation and high fever. If the insect is a large one, and the bite is severe, life is not unfrequently lost, es pecially it the patient is of a delicate constitution. Bishop Heber speaks of centipedes as being very large and pois onous in different parts of India. These insects have occasionally been brought to this country in cargoes of hides from countries where they are abundant, and where their bile is poisonous. Some years since, a man who was employed in unloading a vessel in Boston, lost his life in consequence of a bite received from a centipede brought to the country in this way. * LATEST REBEL NEWS. Interesting Extracts. The Mobile Argus makes the following extracts from a private letter, which set tles the vexed question regarding the Rebel General Price: Meridian, Dec. 27, 1864. I had the pleasure of meeting one of my relatives from Missouri last night (a brother of Gen. Early, in Virginia), who was direct. front the Trans-Mississippi Department. He left Gen. Price’s headquarters on the Bth of this month, at Washington, Arkansas, and had a pass from the old General; also states that he shook hnn«?« with him when he left, and that the Gen eral never was in better health. So j©w. see that the rumor of his death is entixeh? false. He joined General Price at Lexingto©.,. during his late raid, and came out wiftx the army. General Price came down throsgia. Kansas, left the Missouri border entiieYv., and crossed the Arkansas river ahoiairi. Fort Smith, in the Indian Territory. General Joe Shelby has won the acfmr.— ration of the whole population of the en tire Trans-Mississippi Department?, mA is dreaded by the Yankees as much usv Forrest in this department. Geuerals Marmaduke and Cab y< cs\\ T>tc captured while on a spree, wl^vh\neces sitated the burning of the trains~ My iniormaut states VnsaOteneral Price, told him he would iiavsffiis sixty thou sand men in a few days, if he coubl *. the arms and ammunition to equip them - Thousands are ready and willing to fight* if the Confederate government will fusv tain them. Aaout twelve thousand re cruits came out with them. Yours, Verg. - • [From the Montgomery Appeal.] • It has been so frequently asserted, anil l by those who ought to be well advised., that General R, Kirby Smith has dis obeyed repeated orders to transfer kU?: troops to this side of the Mississippi!,., that many persons, believing it, are judg ing that officer censoriously. We hhn no knowledge on this subject beyond the? general statement afloat, and- ti.erefe?**- cannot speak with certainty as to whet h er such an order was ever issued. The * charge, however, has not been deniers - fact indicating it to be true strongly enough to cause animadversion, and the*, conduct of the coinmandw of the Trans-- Mississippi department is bring severely * criticised. We are loth'to believe one* in times past, lias rendered j&itiii/ sipcaF \ service to the country, has pir/pmim creant, as stated. On the contrrry, ill such an order was issued we suppose' the troops were not transferred to east simply because it was in.pos.rihle tc* do so. In fact, we doubt whether the army could be brought over. The lives is probably too vigilantly patrolled by? the federal gunboats to permit such a, great movement to be made. The nar row escapes of small parties that occil- - sionally occur, and the frequent of others, lead us to conclude that otnr military authorities west of the river de cided it would be useless to make the at tempt to cross the army. With the liiiulr ed means at their disposal it would Imm* been a great undertaking, if not liable ft* interruption ; but with the whole length: of the river poli -ed by a formidable flee? would it not have been an impossibiliiy? A Change in the Weather —A cokl easterly wind, driving the great r»as> drops against the chilled pedestrian, who* wraps his coat more closely about him tis* ward off the penetrating air that seems' to pass through and through him; daik_ somber clouds, flying low, gloomilyr shading the earth, and making all thing* dreary and depressing, have taken the • place of clear blue skies, genial sunlights and warm, balmy Spring-like airs, that* quicken the buds and hasten the awakea— ing of nature from its lethargy awfc sleep. We hope that this may prove tbarv last call from our Northern visitor, that Winter will cease to linger in t2ae±% lap of Spring and seek some other com panion in higher latitudes. “They don’t make as good mirress they used to,” lemarked an old maid, asu she observed a sunken eye, wriiikML lace, and livid complexion in a glass tkak she usually looked into. ( PRICE [Five Centa«