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CONVERSATION AND CATARRH..
A DOMESTIC DItAMA VERY GENERALLY EX
ACTED AT riIESKXT.
Scene —A drawing room in Tybumia—
Host and Hostess in evening dress await
ing arrival of guests to dinner. Charm
ing daughter by fire. Swell
son. ditto, ditto. Ring at bell heard.
Host—'There's Jones—he's always first.
Ugh! what a draft there is.
Hostess—Well, Augustus, if you'd
have taken my advice when—
(Butler ushers in Mr. Jones, who wears
festive dress and a melancholy appear
ance.)
Jones—How do! (Shakes hands all
round,) Very cold weather.
All—Oh! very, indeed.
(Host stirs fire. Dead silence broken
—a succession of coughs.)
Jones—Aw
Host—Eh ?
Charming daughter—A-tishoo!
(Sneezes for two minutes. Son coughs.
Jones—l've been laid up with sore
throat.
Hostess—Ah! so have I. I find as a
remedy—
Host (with lively interest.) —Yes, I
always use black currant—
Charming daughter—Or tolu—
(Butler "announces Mr. and Mrs.
Smith.)
Mr. Smith—Was afraid I - couldn't have
come ; I've beeu down with such a tre
mendous cold for the last budth; but
it's quite vadished now.
Host—Ah, inlleed ;my throat troubles
me very much. The weather's bitter.
All (warmly)—Bitter !
Mrs. S-—What an admirable prescrip
tion that is of Dr. Sauve’s for a cough.
Hostess—Ah, yes ; and so is the syr
up of soothing.
Son—B'y .Jove y’know, I take a dose
every three hours for this cough;
y know, it's an awful bore.
Jones (solemnly)—There's a window
open somewhere. f
All—Where ? where ?
(Butler annnounces Mr. and Mrs. and
Robinson and Mr. 'Deßoots. Usual
greetings.)
Mr. R.—Ah, fine, nice, seasonable
weather, isn't it ?
(Silence and scowls from eorppany.)
Mr, Deß.—Ur—l should think the
fwost would prevent—a—ur
All—What ?
(Succession of coughs.)
Mr. Deß.—Ur—one's—ur— moustache
from ever curling properly—lm airaid.
(Sighs.)
Mr. S. (to Mrs. S.) —By dear, have you
brought by lozedges ?
r* (Butler, amid a chorus of coughs,
“dinner, ma’am.”)
(Scene closes.) — -Fan.
Total Abstexance.—A loafer whose
unspeakables exhibited undeniable marks
of the encroachments of time and the
want of good housewifery, lately called
at one of our dailies and inquired—
“ How much do you charge to put an
advertisement in your paper?”
“One dollar, sir,” was the answer.
“I want to advertise my wife', and I
thought as I should have considerable of
that business to do, I would call and see
if I could get it done cheaper.”
“Ah! you have several women to ad
vertise ?”
“No, but I'm going to apply for a di
vorce, and that will have to* be advertis
ed, you know.”
“Yes; but how long has your wife
been gone ?”
“Ever since last May.”
“But it requires wilful absence for three
years to sustain a petition for a divorce.”
“Does it ?” said the fellow, and his lip
dropped ; he crammed his hands into his
trowsers, shook his head and muttered :
“How's that, mister ?” said he. Did
you say total abstinence for three years?”
“Exactly.”
“Well, then I guess I’ll wait a spell.”
And he left to take a drink.
lhe Profits of a Professional
Thief.—A womaa named Kate Dorman,
a professional thief, arrested in New
leak a day or two since, claims to have
realized over twenty thousand dollars by
her thieving operations. She is only
twenty-four years of age, and has been
engaged in her nefarious trade since the
age of fourteen.
Columbia, S. C., just captured by Sher
man, was founded in 1787, is regularly
laid out with streets crossing each other
at right angles and 100 feet wide. It has
a State House, court-house, jail, two
banks, five academies, seven churches, a
State arsenal, and a lunatic asylum. The
houses are mostly of wood, but a con
siderable number of brick are built with
elegance and taste. It is the seat of South
Carolina College, founded in 1804. It is
connected by railroad with Charleston,
Augusta, Ga, Greenville and Charlotte,
N. C. Its population in 18C0 was about
10,000.
Jones complained of a bad smell about
the post office, and asked Brown what
it could be. Brown didn't know, but
suggested that it might be caused by the
“dead letters.”
[Official.]
HrADQ’rs Defartnknt of the South,
Hilton Head, S. C., January iS, 1865.
Geseeal Orders, \
No. 12. )
All permits, by whomsoever "ranted, to per
sons in this Department to purchase provisions
of any of the Issuing Commissaries, are hereby
revoked, to take effect at each post in fifteen
days after the receipt of this order, except at the
Post of Hilton Head, where it shall go into ef
fect on its receipt.
Until further orders, no sales to civilians will
he mad? v.n’ess authorized from these Head
quarters, on written application forwarded
through the Chief Commissary, Department of
the South.
The prices will be regulated by the Chief Com
missary of the Department. The rates for the
present will lie as follows:
To Officers, Ordnance Sergeants. Bands of
Separate Brigades, to Heads of Quartermasters,
Medical, Engineers, and Ordnance Departments,
at cost, not including freight.
To Civilians in the employ of government, Col
lector of Customs and his employees. Paymas
ters and clerks of regularly established Post
Offices, Tax Commissioners and their clerks.
Government Transports. Commanders of Rev
enue and Coast Survey vessels and their messes,
ot forty per cent, on cost, for Transportation,
Ac., - except Fresh Beef, which shall be sold at
one hundred per cent, advance.
To ail civilians not in the employ of the gov
ernment at eighty percent, advance on first cost
of all articles except Fresh Beef, which will be
sold at two hundred per cent, advance.
Articles intended exclusively for Hospitals and
sales to Officers, such as Hams, Motion, White
Sugar, Java or Mocha Coffee, Whiskey, Pota
toes, Onions, will not be sold to civilians.
Lv command of Major General
J. G. FOSTER,
W. L. M. Burger, Assistant Adj’t Gen. _
mar 7—6 •
[Official.)
Heat q’ks, Department of the South,
Hilton Hoad, S.. C., Feb. IC, 1303.
General Orders )
No. il. f
The following order is hereby re-published for
the information of all concerned:
War Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, Feb. 6,1865.
General Orders,)
No. 13. j
I. The issue of a ration of fish, viz : fourteen
ounces of dried fish, or eighteen ounces of pick
led fish, will be made to the troops once a week,
in lieu of the ration of fresh beef.
11. Authority is hereby given to officers, ac
tually in the field, who are without the means of
paying for subsistence stores purchased from the
Commissary, and have over one month’s pay
due, to draw tor themselves and their authorized
private servants present in the field with them,
ope regular army ration each per day, on ordi
nary ration returns; which returns will be en
tered by the Issuing Commissary on separate
abstracts of issues to officers. The officer draw
ing the rations will deduct from his pay accounts
for each month the number of rations drawn in
kind during the month, and the amount of such
deduction will be transferred to the Subsisteuce
Department from .the Pay Department.
Commissaries who issue rations in kind to offi
cers for tbeir own use, will furnish the proper
Paymaster each month with the names of officers
to whom such issues have been made, and the
number of rations to be deducted.
By order of the Secretary of War.
E. I). TOWNSEND.
Assistant Adjutant General.
By command of
Major Gen. Q. A. GILI.MORE.
M-. k. M. Buraias, Asst. Ad’t Gen. mar 7—6 *
[Official.] ~
lleai *quartrrs, Department or the South,
Hilton Head, S. C., February 9, 1865.
General Orders. )
No. 16. /
In compliance with orders from the Secretary
of War. dated at Washington, I). C., January
60th, 1865, the undersigned hereby assumes com
mand of the Department of the South.
All existing orders and regulations will remain
in force until otherwise ordered.
Q. A. GILLMORE,
mar Major General Vols. *■
HEADQUARTERS U. 8. FORCES.
District of Savannah. Ga.,
Savannah, February 22, 1805.
General Order.)
No. 2. /
* Su i'§t?. n W - Y - P-ovost, Acting Medical Direc
tor, 2d Div. 19th A. C., is herebv appointed Med
ical Director of the District of Savannah
By command of
' Brevet Major Gen, GROVER. 4
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A, G. ftb23
[Official.]
HEADQUARTERS, Dep’T OF THE So«,
Hilton Head, S. C„ Feb. 11,865.
General Orders, )
No. 19. f
I. Before a General Court Martial, whiclon
vened at Jacksonville, Florida, pursuai to
Special Orders, No. 270, dated December 9,364,
and No. 6, dated January 7th, 1365, lleadquarrs,
District of Florida, Fourth Separate Brigadepe
partment of the South, and of which Coloniß.
C. Tilghman, .‘ld U. S. C. TANARUS., is President, as
arraigned and tried:
Merrit Loudon, a private of Company I, (th
Conn. Vol. Infantry.
Charge Violation of the 46th ArticiJof
War.’* 1
Specification:— “In this, that said
Merrit Loudon, 'Company I, 17th Reg
Conn. Vol. Infantry, having been
posted as a sentinel, on picket duty, dil
sleep on his post, and was found sleepin
by the officer of the day, when makin
the rounds between the hours of 4 and
A. M. ” This at Picolata, Fla., Decembe
14th, 1864.
To which charge and specification the accuse
pleaded, "Guilty."
Finding :
The Court, after mature consideration of thi
evidence adduced, find the accused as follows: j
01 the specification to the charge, “ Guilty, f
Os the charge, “ Guilty. ” - * <
Sentence:
And the Court do therefore sentence hi zi.
Private Merrit Loudon, Cos. I, 17th Conn. V<f.
Infantry, To brpJiot to death with musketry , It
such time and place as the Coinmanclinj GcneJtl
may direct, two-thirds of the Court coneurrtg
therein.
11. The commutation *f the sentence in t|is
case to forfeiture of one month's pay, and <he
month’s hard labor, as announced in Genjal
Orders No. 7, current series, Headquarters, fie
trictof Florida, dated January 17th, 1805) is
void. The pow r er to remit or commute the pun
ishment ot death, is by the 83th Article of Ykr,
and the Act of July 2d. ISS4, published in Gen
eral Orders 281, series of] SO4. of the War de-
partment, vested only m the President of ihe
United States or the Commander of r.n Armyor
Department. The proceedings in.the
case are approved, but on recommendation of
of the members of the Court, the sentence is
commuted to hard labor at Fort Marion, St. Au- '
gustine, Florida, for the period of six : months !
from January 17, 1805.
This punishment will be carried i»to execution
under the direction of ti e Commander of th?
District of Florida. j,
111. The action of Brevet Brigadier General
M. S. Littlefield, in designating Fort Mamn. st.
Augustine, Florida, as the place ot confinement
for Privates Nelson L. West, Cos. TANARUS, and John
Lawler, Cos. O, 1 “Tth N. Y. Vole., Florence Ar
riman, Cos. F. 25th Ohio Vet. Vols.. Richard T.
Wilson, and William Jones, Cos. I, 32d U S. C.
T. and Abram Zuler, Cos. F, 144th, N. Y.
Vois., is approved.
IV. The action of Brigadier General John P.
Hatch, Commanding Northern District, in desig
nating Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, ns
the place of confinement for Privates Charles
Simpson, and William O’Brien, Cos. I, and Frank
lin Wright, Cos. D. 52d Regt. Pa. Vol. Infantry.
Charles Brown, 2d, Cos. E, 64th Kept. Mass. Vol.
Infantry, and King Singleton, Cos. D, 21st Kegt.
U. S. O. TANARUS., is approved.
The Provost Marshal Genera! is charged with
the execution of Paragraphs 111 and IV of this
order.
By Command of
Major General Q. A. GJLLMORE..
W. L. M. Buhgek, AA. G. * marl—3
[Official.]
Headquarters Department of thr South.
Hilton Head, S. C., Feb. 7,1865.
General Orders, >
No. 14. j
The Major General Commanding being com
pelled by wounds to relinquish, for the present,
the command of the Department, takes this op
portunity to express to the officers and men of
the Coast Division, under Brigadier John P.
Hatch, his approbation of their good conduct
during the operations on the line of the Charles
ton <fe Savannah Railroad, since November
last.
At the Battle of Honey Hill, on November
r.otli- although unsuccessful in the attempts to
drive the euemy from his forts, the Division still
maintained the fight with nnwavering steadiness
during the day, and retired from the field after
nightfall in good order and unpursued. Their
losses attest alike tbeir courage and discipline.
At Deveanx’ Neck, near the Coosawhatchie
turnpike, on December 6th. the advance, in
number much inferior to the opposing force,
met the rebels in an open field, and drove them
from the ground, captured one flag, forced them
to seek safety in flight, leaving their dead and
wounded in onr hands, and thus occupied a po
sition from which the Railroad was under the
easy Are of our guns.
On December 9th the skirmish line forced iU
way to within a few yards of the Railroad and
the forts which guarded it, remaining there un
der a most galling fire until an opening lyul
been cut through the woods between our batter
ies and the road, and thus perfected the work so
gallantly begun upon the 6th. v
The Division has obeyed nil orders promptly
and cheerfully, and since its co-operative move
ments with General Sherman's Arniv, has vigi
lantly watched the enemy at its' front, has
promptly seized each fortified position upon the
first indication of a proposed withdrawal on the
part of the rebels, and -has thus inspired the
Commanding General with the oelief that it will
continue to do faithfully and w ell the work al
lotted to it in the great campaign which is belli"
prosecuted in South Carolina ‘ 13
To Brigadier Generals Hatch and Potter, who
have commanded this force, and to all the gal
lant officers and men under them, the Major-
General Commanding tenders his th inks for the
past, and his earnest wishes for their continued
success. J. G. FOSTER,
-,, „ Major General Commanding.
>V . L. M. Burger, Ajss’tAdj’tGeu. marl—o v
[Official.) *—"
Headquarters District of Savannah, Ga..
Savannah, March sth. isbl
General Order, >
No. 3. /
1. Lt. Col. Neafie, 156th N. Y. VoI&,
Commissioner of Savannah, is hereby appoint
ed Supervisor of Trade, the duties of whit*,
office he will perform in addition to those of
lief Commissioner.
2. Capt. John P. Baker, Ist U. 8. Cavalrr
Acting Inspector General 2d Division, 13th Con/#*
is hereby relieved from his duties as such,
appointed Acting Inspector General'of the* Dis
trict and Pest.
By command of
Brevet Maj. Gen. GROYER
Edward G. Dike. A. A. A. G. max 6 it'
(Official.)
Headquarters u. s. forces.
Savannah, February 25th, 1665 L
General Order,',
No. 18. f
Riding or driving through the Pnblic Squares?
or ether grounds not intended for use as road
ways is prohibited.
By command of
Brevet Major Gen. GROVER
' Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G, feh2i
(Official.)
Efad’qrsU. S. Forces, Dis’t or Savannah* Ga,
\ Savannah, March 6th, 1865.
General Order)
No. 4. f
Ist Lieutenant Eben Parsons, Jr., SSth Massa
chusetts Volunteers, Judge Advocate. 2d Drri)-
ion, 18th Army Corps, is hereby relieved from
duty as such, and announced as Judge Advocate
and Provost Judge of the District, and Pt*t ©g
Savannah.
By command of
Brevet Major Gen. GROVER.
Edward G Dike, A. A. A. G. mar6—tfi
[Official.]
Headquarters u. s. forces,
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 21,1865.
General Order, )
No. 16. |
I. The occupants of buildings will be held re
sponsible for the cleanliness of the same-, as welL
as their cellars and outhouses, and sidewalks m •
front of. and alleys adjacent to them. All rcib
bish and garbage which.accumulates will, tad
day, be put in boxes in a convenient place for re
moval.
11. Keepers of animals will cause the manure
which accumulates in their stables or yards
where their animals are kept to be either remov
ed outside the picket lines, or to be distributed
upon such gardens within the fines as are actual
ly unde? cultivation, such distribution being at
the concert of the cultivator.
111. The Street Commissioner will establish
such regulations with regard to the removal of
accumulations fr«,m the city as he secs fit. He is
also charged w ith the duty of causing frequer.lt
and careful inspection to be made of the police of
the city, and he will report to the Provost Judge
any failure to comply with the foregoing para
graphs of this order, who will take such action it
the case as the circumstances requirq.
By command of
Brevet Major Gen. GROVER,
Edward G. Dike. A. A. A. G. !tb2l
[Official.]
Headquarters U. S. Forces,
District of Savannah, Ga.,
Savannah Feb. 21, IStS.
Genera:. Order.)
No. 1. f
I. Lieut. Col. R. P. York, 751 h N. Y. V 015.,.
Provost Marshal of Savannah, is hereby appoint
ed Provost Marshal of the District of Savaimah r
the duties of which office he will assume in adap
tion to his present duties.
11. Capt. £. Geisy, A. Q. M., will receive oau
take charge of the civil fund of the District of Sa
vannah, and will be responsible for the proper
disbursement of the same. ‘
By coimnftEQ of
Brevet Major Gen. GROTEIi*.
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G. feb22
{Official.]
Headquarters u, s. forces.
District or Savannah, Ga. Feb. IP, 1563...
General Order,)
No. 15. {
All officers of the Army not legitimately«*»'
duty, or awaiting order At this Post, and who
have not registered their names at these Head
quarters, are hereby required to do so, on ©r be
fore Wednesday next, the 22d inst. Any officer
failing to comply with the requirements of this
order will be arrested and held lor trial for
neglect of duty.
By command of
Brevt. Maj. Gen. GROVE®.
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G. fob-#
Headquarters u. s. forces.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 13th, 1865-
General Order.)
No. 14. /
All citizens living within the limits of the City
of Savannah and having Fire Arms in their pos
session, and not having special written permis
sion to retain the same, will at once turn them
in to the Provost Marshal, who will take prop* l
measure for their safe keeping, with a view t®
returning them when i t shall be proper to do &®>
By command of
Bvt. Major Gen. GROVER.
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G. feM4
(Official.)
Headquarters u, s. forces,
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 13, 16G5-
General Order >
No. 1S - f _ »
All officers of the Army arriving at this F® 4l
will, as soon as practicable after their arrival, im
port at these Hcadquaiters and register then'
names, the duty they are on, the length of
they expect to stay, if temporarily here, and ta*u
residences.
By command of
Brvt. Major Gen. GROVER
Edward G. Dike, A. A. A, G. , fob