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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