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BY 8. W. MASON AND CO.
SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY, FEU. 3, l«r>.
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HOW AKR Y3 NOW, TM CHILLY OiY3 ?
Tdis is Wednesday, the Bth day of Feb
ruary, half-past nine o'clock, A. M.,and a
bright sunshiny morning. We took a
wglk this morning—yer, we did—it look
ed so fair we couldn't help it.
And what sort of a walk do you im
agine it wa3, you frozen-up people of
those next-door-to-the-Arctic-CSrcie vil
lages, known to men as New York,
Itoslon, Philadelphia, et aJt Do you
fancy that we promenaded over
hillock3 of ice, and hummocks of frozen
suow—that we ploughed through snow
drift*,, or waded mid-leg deep in gelid
riven of nongealing waters—that the
winds’ searched ‘ our marrow through
oyrrpoit, coat, hat, shirt, undershirt,
skin, nitisile, nerve, artery and
bone its,.-” -1 > v-vi think we <*iu?n -
ed along .vnope < i.i iurs aud w«<- Jen
garment.! till ft, th* extreme tip of our
editorial nose was visible naked to the
eye, like you perambulating mummies
who pervfyle all the streets, and infest
all the public vehicles of the shivery
NV>rth at this genial season ? Do you
flatter yourself that ‘lt snow, and it
blew, and it friz" all at once. Not a bit
of it.
List ye mistaken ones, and be envious
ns ye may.
We walked over green turf—we
breathed airs far more soft and genial
than Were ever the chilly gales you strive
Ao mitigate by calling them the “breath
of Early Spring” We listened to the
trvect song of birds, and were attended
on our ways by the pert little Pea-Wit,
the brown-jacketed Phoebe-bird, the
‘.gaily-dressed Bluebird, and the Bver
weleomo old, dear friend of our and
-everybody’s boyhood, the fierv-breasted
Robin—aud we were not
cock sure of it, and wouldn’t swear to it
for fear of inadvertently damaging the
moral character of our severely morSl
IVlitorial sanctum. We thought, we re
mark, we merely thought we saw a But
terfly. He was a fellow of gigan
tic size, with gorgeous azure wings gayly
spangled with flecks of silver, altogether
a beauty of an insect, the very dandy of
all Butterflydom—he was resting com
placently ob a large leaf half hidden by
another one—we took off our editorial
bat and thought we’d captivate that gen
tleman—we approached stealthily, and
Sang the said hat with exactness, pre
cision, certainty aud elegance—we had
him sure—we carefully lifted the hat to
secure the prize, When lo! it was’nt a
butterfly at all—-it was'only the paper
that had enveloped half a pound,
be the same more or less, of tobacco, and
the silver* spangles were shreds of tin
foil.
We were fooled on the insec\, but the
birds and the breeze, ard the green,
spring grass, w ere undeniable certain
lies —also the flowers’ »,
Yes t the flowers. No mistake about
‘ them. In our tardy oMceward walk of
an hour we strolled through the garden
ofg confiding friend, and we there pick
ed’Hyacinths, Violets. Daffodils, the pink,,
sheft-llke blossoms dt the Trailing Arbiv
ttes, and great, huge bunches of thegcrV
geons but scentless Cmclia Japoqi«a. T , J;i
Think of. that, you blue-nosed, barba
rians of “York” and you over-coated and
India-rubber-booted Northerners gener
ally.
How are you New Yorkers* with yorrr
bating on your Central Park,your snow.!
4nd slop in the streets, and your foeeemg
ccld everywhere. Take a Daisy? Have
a Violet to taka hone to your wife f
All growing in the open air too —none
of your hot house abortions.
What have you got to say to that, old
Boston, with your weatheu bo cold that
your thermometer has struck for higher
wages and warmer weather —with your
mercury frozen till you can t tell the bulb
of a thermometer from a Minnie bullet?
Have a Cameiia for your daughter to
wear to the ball to night? Do take a
bunch of Hyacinth!—they’re very sweet
and we’vo plenty of ’em. Don’t be
b<ukh%s —have a fevr. Step out and bear
the Pull off yonr overcoat and
India Rubbers. Bring the children out
of doors and have a frolic on the grass.
Yon won’t? Well,, freeze away—freeze
up solid, who cares t Shiver till you
snake year teeth oat. Wo don’t do such
things down here.
Good bye. Pot on yonr far gloves and
yonr woollen tippets—strap ©a yonr
hfcates, ttnd fry to dehide yon» wretched
fvhres info t v •» or tV*o t,h>t you arc V'v- ,
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By-o. ~ ' ; c:-';.:/.Sfi/ ■■:>& us-aga' i
,Ye’re s>...£ up «? tuc corner oi Paratlisp
aid Beaut y streets to gazo our till 01
Orange Trees —Orange Trees, out doors
tor* —whereon one cad see at the same
instant Buis, Blossoms, Green Fruit, in
every stage of undevelopment, and the
great rich, ripe, round, juicy, lucious
golden globes ready tor .the watering
mouth, aud fit food for inhabitants ot
Paradise We’ro going up now
and try a dozen or two before our ap
pointed time. We think we're entitled,
for onr many virtues, to a bushel or so
as a slight “foretaste of immortal Wisa.”
“That’s what’s the matter.**
Clbaxts© tub SinusHYs, —The drainage
of Savannah ite so ingeniously miaeon
t rived that every heavy rain, instead of
washing the dust into Jlq gutters and so
tlnmigh proper sewers intd the river,
merely liquefies the dirt and pours It
into the shallow ditches along the edges
of the streets, filling them completely
up, and leaving the city generally in a
dirtier state than before the showers
should have cleaned and -purified it.
Tfi« should be looked bjj she proper
authorities of the town.
The entire sy stew of drainage needs
overhauling—in f/.tVcaae, if in no other
! “recrmstrtteiion" should decided if fee
the order of the day.
We observed this morning a single
squad of five “eontrabatKia-’tmsilrengag
-ed in raking and shoveling and hoeing
and poking, and pushing and heaving
and kicking the mud from one solitary
gutter into pilqs and heaps*, either for the
legitimate purposo of being, carted away,
or for the illegitimate object of being
again melted and scattered by the next
rain which happens along this way.
We doa t know whether this is a fore
taste of a general cleaning-tip on the
j part of the authorities or whether it i»
only a sporadic case of malignant clean
liness not destined to become an epi
<demic, Let, os humbly hope : for a spread
of the unnsual disease. • 0.. v,
| i Govbr.vmf.nt 8al» ov Ootcfsw. —4tn
I another column we print too advertise
ment of Oapt Jjogaa 11. dhief
C. 8. Depots Military Division, 9?
fidssippvfor the safe at mvciioit*. «f sixty,
barrels of the choicest fiio Ctoffbo. The
sole will take place to-morrow, Thurs
day, at half pusfc ten on the
north side of kay, at .the head of Bar
nard street. 4 foie opportunity. is here
afforded to- sutlers and steam boat-men
to purchase a quantity of superior coffee,
at moderate prices. The sale is positive,
and no postponement oa any account.
The lovers of tho “iragrant berry of
Araby the blest,” would do well to be
In attendance, and secure a stock for the
year. Another such opportunity is not
likely to occur, and it should not be
lost, The sale commences promptly at
half past ten o'clock to-morrow morn
ing.
ffiIEBFJL NEWS.
HBAJ>QUABrFUB, AjLMY OF VIRWNIA,
Jan. 16, —To the Fbintei:* of Geor
gia* .* The recent heavy freshets having
destroyed a portion of the railroad
from Dansville to Greenboro, and there
by cut ofl; temporarily, necossary sup
plies for the army of Northern Virginia,
an appeal is respectfnlly made to the
patiotic people of Georgia to furnish
with all promptness, whatever bacon,
breadstufls and molasser thev can spare.
Such citizens as Major Allen, of Co
lumbus, Major Geo. Robertson, of Ma
con, and Major K. Cranston, of Augusta,
may select, lire asked to act as agents
and collect supplies through the various
officers connected with the Commissary
Department in Georgia and on the rail
road. •
[ Arrangements have been made to pay
( :>romptl; . , *'l supplies di.i'v . un
: ter this a* :) . c*r return •‘h. ,\e in
kiud as soon as possibk^.
R. E. Lee, General.
TO TKB CmSKN3 O? OOUTII CAROLINA/
aud Qboroia : I have brought your
sons and brothers to aid in your defence/
and they have their arms but they need
horses. Can you supply our wants?—
IAU horses famished will be paid lor by
the men or by the Government.
I appeal to you to aid the men who
| &£?<*£ that they might be allowed to
risk their lives in your defence.
■ Wads Hametox, Maj. Gen.
I Major John 8. Hope, of Lieut. General
\ Taylor’3 *afF, reached this city last eve
-5 ning, from the headquarters of the army
jof Tenneasee en route for Richmond. He
! represents tho condition of that gallant
| body of veterans as veiy excellent in ev
| ery respect. The appointment of Gem
* Taylor to tho conimand lias happily had
jan inspiring effect upon the troops. Ma
jor Hope is himself, we are glad to see,
| enjoying the most robust health, and is
; quite as hopeful now of independence as
' when he first buckled on his sword in the
[old fighting Second Kentucky Regi
ment.—Georgia CaatstitntiomliM.
ThK FARJCAGfT TESTIMONIAL-OF FfPTT
-o*o Thousa.no Dollars.—The Admiral’s
R&pLr.—The splendid testimonial of fifty
one thousand dollars in Government
bonds, from the citiKens of New York to
the hero of New Orleans and Mobile, has
been completed. The, bonds were ap
propriately deposited in an elegant vase,
manufactured gr&tuhously by Messrs. *
Ball, Black <fc 00. lue vase represented
th© national colors, being composed of a
beautiful blue morocco "ease, lined with
red and white satin. A list of the sub
scribers and the correspondence with
Admiral Farragufc have been neatly
printed in pamphlet shape, and for
warded to each subscriber. The fund
consists of fifty Government bonds for
one thousand dollars each, with accrued
interest, and a check for one thousand
dolara. N •
Admiral B’arragui, in a fetter dated
Washington, January 17th, modestly
stated that the successes of his fleet were
accomplished under the direction of the
Government, and are equally attributa
ble to the officers and men, guided by a
kind Providence. The Government had
already rewarded him by advancing him
to anew £rade> and this was all that he
; could desire, ! dad morb than he expected.
Bat itiUe proposition ,of a testimonial
frftfifthe' of NdW York, who
have already extended k* him so many
courtesies, will simulate him } ln the
of duly, m the hope that some por
tion of hih remaining life may be spens
among the citiaens who have so munifi
cently guaranteed a birthright to his des
icendant*. •*,. «• * hu
i , • i fe'bfr *•- fk -t. •
Alarm* ey Firs.— The alarm of fire
last evening between six and seven
•o'clock, was caused by the burning of
jsuit in a chimney at Hospital No. 1, cor
ner of Broughton and Jefferson streets.
The fire was extinguished without dam
age to the building.
LATEST
NSW YORK DAILY AND WEEKLY PAPERS*
FOR SALE AT THE ,
SAVANNAH HERALD OFFICE,
"febS 111 BAY STREET.
J INFORMATION WANTED,
Os John B. Schlerberg, who left Atlanta with
Gen. Sherman’s army as a News Bor in th»
employ of A. F. Murray & Cos.
From the time of his leaving Atlanta nothing
hue been heard from him, and his mother ana
sisters are very anxious about him.
Any information in regard to him will he
thankfully received by addressing & few lines t*
GITS B. SCHIERBERG.
febT ts Box 1044, Cincinnati, Ohio.
WANTED TO CUT WOOD.
The Wood Committee want 200 Wood Cutter
at remunerative wages. Axes, transportation,
accommodations and rations furnished. Apply
to Col. Neaiiie, at the City Treasurer’s Office-
City Hall.
. JULIAN ALLEN, Chairman.
Ootavuh Cousn, Secretary. ts febT
viMLE undersigned 5« prepared to deliver to sub*
JL scribers the ,: t No-thern- Papers, and the
Savannah Daily HE V! I i{epuhlican,at any
part of the citv.
. Ur•?•:rs left at C T ler«..l , H e, or that of the
Republican, or the office of Dr. Walsh, corner of
Brought/m and Barnard streets, will be promptly
attended to.
DANN S. MORRISON,
febT ts News Agent.
Roberts a lewis,
WHOLESALE ANl> RETAIL DEALERS IN
SUTLERS' GOODS AND LUMBER,
MrrouxLL Avenue, llilton Head, S. C.
B. s. ROBERTS, Uan30 — xv&i&w) CHAS. W. LEWIS,
COOK STOVE WANTED,—WITH PIPE
and Cooking Utensils. Apply at this offioe,
Feb. t It
gTATIONERT AND PERIODICALS,
SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD
STATIONERY AND PERIODICAL
, STORE,
, no. fit bay srnrarr.
I have just opened a 9t avion Bsr am» I’smm*
oat, ijreiuf tn the Savannak Daily Hmu»
Bffir.mnsk Ho. ttt Bay,street, where I have far
sale v
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL
A T>AROH MrOOK w
S TATIONERY*
Including *
BULL cap,
FOOLS CAP,
LATTER PAPER,
• NOTE PAPER,
BNVBLVfIak
BLANK BOORS,
WRITING BOOKS,
INK,
i PENS,
pmx&K
<*;*., &©., Ac., A*.
PERIODIC ALS.
I have made arrangements, if Hick will MOW
He in operation, for a regular and full supply •£
the latest New York Daily Paper*, Literary Pa-
pers, Magazines, and other Periodicals.
JOB PRINTING
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Bnstneea Cards, Wedding Cards, YWtffljf
CftVd*. Bill Reads, Letter Heads, DrafteCfceifc*
Envelopes, &c., Ac., Ac., printed it
the beet style. •. > >
POSTAGE AND REVENUE STAMPS.
I shall endeavor to keep 00 hand Postage an®
Revenue Stamps, for the accoiamodatto* of on*-
tomera. j *
1 ‘ THK SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD
Is always for (Mile at my coaater, /-at • Wholeealfr
Os Retail, •
few H, P. RUGO. •