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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOLTJM£ I*\ no, ss WIKI JSfTKD EVERY evening, Sundays excepted, RY 0. W. N3CASON & CO., At 111 Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia. , teems: Per Gop? Five Cents. Per Hundred. $3 50. Per Year . $lO 00, ADVERTISING: A limited number of Advertisemeete will bere t« Jved at the rate of Twenty Cents per Line for first insertion,and Fifteen Cents per Line for each subsequent insertion; invariably in advance. Ad vertisements should he handed in before noon of •eadh day. JOB PRINTING In every style, neatly and promptly done. OPR BEAPFORT CORRESPON DENCE. Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 18th, 1865. The occasion of the presentation of a hor9e to Lieut . Col. Bogert (late Provost Marshal) this morning, was one of the pleasantest affairs which, has occurred in Beaufort for some time. On Monday last Col. B. came here to purchase a horse, and having found one to suit him, a meeting of the citizens was,, held im mediately. Mr. J. C. Mayo was chosen Chairman, and Mr, Jno. C. Alexander, Secretary, it was decided to putchase the horse, and part, of the purchase money was paid down. >■ Got. B. on going t© pay for the horse in the evening was told that he was sold. Me was, of course, somewhat provoked; and indulg ed in some expression of sentiment not extremely complimentary to Beaufort, avoided meeting any of his Mends that evening and left early the nOxt morning for Hilton Head, in a sailboat, with per haps not the best of feeling. As soon as it was ascertained that he was gone, Lieut. Col. Woodford (Provost Marshal General,) was telegraphed to inform Col.. B. that his friends in Beaufort desired his presence to present him with a horse, to which Col. W. .replied that he would be up On Thursday, 'but, owing to the irreg ularity of steamers, he did not arrive until Friday eve. During the evening fbe was serenaded by Gen. band and the G&ee Club connected with it At 10 1-2 o’clock, this morning, the horse, Preceded by the Beaufort Post Band,#!as escorted down Bay street, to the front of the Post Office, where Mr. IJ C. Alexander preseaited the horse aqd read a memorial, signed by the follow ing gentlemen— David Post, Geo. W. Pond. Jco. R. Stinson, A. H. Hamilton. S. Mayo, Geo. Waterhouse. S. W. Bennett, Augustus Behu, J. S. Fyler, M. M. Kingman. E, E, Bedford, A. Welsh. A. S. Davenport, R. Hall. Steel & Burbank, Sam A. Cooley. A. Goss Jr., D • G. Summerfield. Benj. H. Champney,Chas. Poetting. Jn®. C. Alexander, J. P. Wilkes. Seymour. W. Ely, Dennis & Cos. L. C. Styles, E. Ts. Herring. J. W. Collins & Co.,H. Jennerman. After which Mr. Alexander in behalf of the abo ye gentlemen, expressed their ‘appreciation ol Col. BogertS administra tion as Provost Marshal, congratulated him on his promotion, and closed by SAVANNA, bA., MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 27, 1865. proposing three cheers for Cot B. which Were heartily given with a ‘“tiger ’—to which Col. Bogert replied that the time spent in Beaufort was the pleasantest since he had been in the army, he thank ed them for their kindness, and was hap py to know that he had fulfilled his duties as Provost Marshal satisfactorily. Mr. Alexander then presented him with 1 a beautiful Sash and Belt from Capt. E. M. Ba ldwin, of the Navy, the part y Was then escorted by the band to the office of Lieut. G. N. Little, Provost Marshal, where they dispersed. There was pro bably never an occurrence of the kind in Beaufort since its occupation, which created such a heartfelt sensation among a few. While. Col. Bogert was rigid in the periorman ce of his duties, he was kind, courteous and just to all, and prov ed himself a high-toned gentleman in ail his business ; this was so different Horn the previous administration of the office, that it was appreciate and by everybody in Beaufort. A. A Wonderful Little Theatre.—l save you some time since an account of-i the life ted by Mdme. George Sand atNo hant. Let me supplement that descrip tion by translating an account of her pri vate theatre, recently given by M. Tiieo- j phile Gautier: ‘ “The Nohant theatre, where the ' illustrious novelist amuses herself by trying fieri dramatic Ideas, Is capable of holding some 60 people, but the performances»there are generally given before the family circle, and some times, when the piece, requires six .or eight actors/ George Sand is the whole pit. Although the stage is small and naturally proportioned with the theatre, it is machined with a perfection unknown in the large theatres. The scenery, Which is in great part painted by friends of the family, consists of real paintings. • • The limited dimensions of the scenes en able the artist to paint them with a care which cannot be bestowed an large scenes. As we are a,critic who is incjuisi- I live about the “wrong side’ of stiges, and: the secret firings of things, we yere gra ciously allowed to visit ’ the scenery ma gazine, the costume room ami the pro perty room, which .arsea-elegated to* the immense garret of the house., yr • : We stood surprised ,at the immense appliances which this little theatre re quired.* It is* true that the care bestowed on bringing out pieees. was never carried further. Every object bore ;ts appro t priate label, and was arranged in perfect order ; here Vere backgrounds, ‘practi cable’slips, details .of every sbrt. Our attention wasen grossed by coaplicated | looking machines, which seemed like : ,rough models of unknown imtrqrqents ; of music. When we exained close ly, we read upon one of them tearing of a stove,’ upon another ‘winters wind in the passage,’ upon a third ‘creaking of a weather-vane;’ the last was entitled ‘‘wind and hail against the window panes.’ The machines (wlich were most ingenious inventions) were made, to imitate in some fantastic drama those mysterious and plaintive yokes, those accents of the night and of silmee and of solitude, which predispose one to vague terrors, and are like the ‘flourish of trumpets’ which precede the entrance ol apparitions. There are likevise owls which flapped their wings anl rolled phosphorescent eyes, which might well rigure in the scene of melting balls in ‘Der Freischutz.’. A small tir lantern placed behind the bird’s head vrought this wonder. What shall I say of the bat-—symbol of the “blues'-r which springs from the head of one of tie char acters, flies around the room, anl disap pears through the window —6r, Aw- L\t, Gazette. A Terrible Duel.--—A few years since, as a New England gentleman, whose name we shall' call Brown, was passing a few days in one of our Wext ern cities, he had the misfortune unin tentionally to offend the susceptible honor of a tali Militia Colonel, who was one of his fellow boarders. His apolo gies not being satisfactory, a challenge was sent to him, which, however, he de clined, from conscientious scruples. The Colonel, who, by the way, had won in two or three encounters quite a reputa tion as a duellist, ,at once conceived the idea that his opponent was a coward, and resolved to disgrace him in the face of all the assembled wisdom of the house. Accordingly, the next day, at .dinner time, in marched the dUbilist, armed with a cowhide, and advancing to Brown's chair, proceeded to dust his jacket for him in the most approved style. Brown was astonished. Luckily, he had been Lieutenant of Militia in his native State, and he knew the importance of incom moding his enemy by a diversion. So> seizing a gravy tureen, he tossed the con tents into + he face of the belligerent Colonel, and before he could recover, from the drowning sensation, thus occa sioned, he sprang upon the table, and began to shower upon film with a •liberal hand the contents of the dishes around. ‘You are an infernal ’ ‘Coward V the colonel was about to say,, but at that moment a plate of greens struck full'npofi. his mouth, and the word was blockaded and lost Forever. • ‘Ha•! ’ cried the New Englander, whose blood was now tip, ‘fond of greens, are you ? Take a potato, too Sd and he hurled a telling volley of hard potatoes at him. ‘Excellent eggs here, ‘capital, with calves head, 5 and crash chine a plate of soft boiled eggs against the side of his cranium. The blows of the cowhide, which had, hitherto descended upon the Yankee's head and shoulders, now begon to fall more weakly and wildly, and it became evident that the assailant, half stunned, choked, and partially blinded, was get ting the worst of it. His courage,was oozing put. 'Take a turkey T shouted'Brown, as a noble old gobler descended fairly upon the Colonel s head, and bursting, filled’ his hair and eyes with deliciouslooking stuffing. ‘Here’s the fixings,’ he com tinued, as the squash and jelly followed after. ■ ■- By this time the Colonel was irretriev ably. defeated, and his merciless oppo nent seized a huge plum pudding, steam ing hot, ana holding it above his head with both Lands, seemed to bury him beneath it,- ! he quailed in terror, and throwing down his Cowhide, turned about, and made a rush for the ddor.^: \ -■ 4 Stop for the pudding, Colonel stop iot the pudding!’ screamed all the fellow boarders, amid convulsions of laugher.— But the Colonel was too terrified, add did not cease running until he had lock ed himself into his room. But although the Colonel escaped from the pudding, he did not escape from the ridicule which the' affair oc- J casioned. He subsequently challenged four persons against whom his : ire was particularly excited, and they all consent ed to fight, but availing themselves of the privilege of the challenged party, appointed puddirig bags for their weap ons. At length the -unhappy duellist, finding no one willing to shoot or be shot at, was obliged to quit the State/ / EPIGRAM. ' '■ We asked a Frenchman once to point ss out Wherein the rheumatism differed from the gont. He thus defined the two. ‘’Suppose. ” said he, “You put your fiuger-in de vice.” “Tisdoue,” said we. ‘•You turn it,” he continued, “till dcpaih So great ip you bear to turn a< a‘n. D&t is de rheumatism ; den no doubt,. If you give one tarn more., dat :’s de gout. The Russian-American TExiofcAMi -**- The San Francisco papers announce that Colonel Bulkley, chiet engineer of the Collins-overland Telegraph, is making extensive- preparations in that city for his trip northward* The .vessels, ladep with materials for the construc tion of the new line, are on theh- way to Victoria/ and operations will begin at New Westminster, in British Columbia, whence the line will run through an ex plored epuntry toFort Babine.Beyond that point, as far as the Yukan river, the re gion is, unexplored ; and through this wild district it is the intention of the company to make their way for a dis tance of about three thousand miles. From the Yukan river the company will proceod to Cape Prince of Wale 9, tfhicn is the point of land nearest the opposite- coast of Asia, From tills point a submarine cable will be laid across Behring’s Straits, which, are here only thirty-six miles wide. Arrived on the Asiatic side of the straits, they will go around Andyr Bay through Techuktchr I (an unsettled country, though - not alto j gether unexplored) until they strike Penjinsk Gulf, or the Okhotsk Sea, whence they will follow 7 the coast around to the Amoor river. This country J settled by the Russian Cossacks, a roads are built the entire distance. The company anticipate that by. . time they arrive at the Amoor riw t j )e telegraph which now 7 extends fr oni Petersburg t® Irkoutsk Wftt b ave j )eei j completed to the Amoor river, ’ the point of connection for the internal ional lines. From the mouth of the A .moor river across to;the Japanese islam is the dis tance is short, and the work of uniting these islands by the submarii ie telegraph with the main land is coir iparatively a small undertakeg. • About fifteen hundred men will 1m?, employed An land in the proposed work* besides the co-operative force- nt sea nr on the coast, The line of the Western ,'lJnion Company is to be extended from the Western States to New Westminis ter bv ** 5 -Aaßife of March, from t —v m-st or m,.... which point it Will be taken tip bv Colo nel Bulkley’s party and stretched to the Amoor river country,! there to connect with the St. Petersburg lino, gjnd com plete the girdling of two hemispheres. A Little Heavy. ‘‘C , good souT, after taking all the little comforts he could afford to give to the wounded sol diers, went into the hospital for the for tieth time the other day, with his mi to, consisting of several papers of fine-cut tobacco, Solace for the wound ed, as he called it. . He came to one bed, where a poor fellow lay cheerfully hum ming a tnne, and studying Out fadcV oa the papel-ed wall/ • '•{ - • ;i “ ‘Got a fever?’ asked C— . “ ‘No, 5 answered the soldier. “‘Got acoffi “ Wes, Cold—///o'—like the d—l ' ‘“Where? 1 ‘ • : - ;: . ‘Well, to tell you the truth,it's pretty - ; weli scattered.. First, there’s a bullet in my right arm—they hain’t dug that out yet. Then-there’s one near my thigh— it's sticking In Vet; one in my leg—hit the bone— that fellow hurts / One through my left hand—that fell out.. >And I tel! you what, friend,with ail this lead in me, X feel, gin'rally speaking, a little heavy all over! % ' “C lightened his Woes with a double quantity of Solace.” Democritus, who was‘always laughing, lived one’ hundred and nine years; Her aclitus, who never ceased crying, .only sixty. Laughing,, then, is best ; and to laugh at one another is perfectly justifi able, since we are to)d that the gods themselves, though they made us as they pleased, cannot help laughing at us. r A small sterling bill of exchange soKl at auction in Richmond cn the Bth ii sfi, for 51 times its face in rebel currency. j PRICE Cents*