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Savannah §aiUj
BY S. W. MASON AND CO.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1865.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE SAVANNAH
DAILY HERALD.
TWO EDITIONS PER DAY.
On Thursday morning we shall issue
the Savannah Daily' Herald in an en
larged form. It will be twice its present
size, w T hich we believe is amply large to
meet all demands in the present state of
the news and business markets.
We shall thereafter publish two Edi
tions, Morning and Evening, the former
issued at daylight, and the Evening Edi
tion at a little past noon. When the ar
rival of important news renders it desir
\able, we shall issue intermediate editions
or Extras.
With the enlargement, and the addi
tion of a morning issue, our editorial and
reportorial as well as mechanical forces,
are to be largely increased, and we shall
endeavor to make each edition up to the
times on news, editorial matter and mis
cellany.
Our Counting room will be open till
twelve o’clock, but advertisements and
communications for the morning edition
should be handed in during the day or
early in the evening if possible.
The prices of advertising will be tw T o
dollars per square of ten lines, for the
first insertion, and one dollar for each
subsequent one. On long advertise
ments, or those inserted for a long time,
a reduetion will be made, by special con
tract. Advertisements in the morning
edition will be inserted in the evening if
desired, without additional charge. The
terms of subscription and of sales to
news agents will remain the same—five
cents per copy, $3.50 per hundred, $lO
per year by mail or carrier. Papers will
be regularly delivered to subscribers in
the city.
Orders for papers on Thursday morn
ing should be handed in to-morrow, if
possible.
The Condition of the Streets.— The
unremitting efforts which have been
made during the past month by the
Street Commissioner and the Health offi
cer have resulted in greatly improving
the appearance of the streets and the
sanitary condition of the city. Not
only have streets been swept, but
many yards, stables, >etc., have been
thoroughly cleansed—many hundreds
of loads of garbage have been taken
away, many dead animals have been
buried, and the looks of the city, as well
as the condition of the town improved
in every way. The work has also given
employment to many laborers who stood
in need of remunerative jobs. May the
goood work continue.
Provost Court. —This forenoon twen
ty-one citizens, charged writh violating
General Order No. 16, were fined $5
each by Judge Parsons.
For New York.— The steamer “Ara
go,” Captain Gadsden, leaves Hilton
Head to-day for New York, and will con
vey to the North the mails and all the
latest intelligence from this department.
Personal.— Gen. Geo. P. Harrison,
Sen;, arrived in this city last evening.—
His old friends were glad to see him.
We are indebted to him for New York
papers of the 9th and 10th.
NEW ENGLAND LETTER.
Marching Orders — The Civse of Total Ab
stinence—A Question of whether the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts il Stood the
Drinks—Monumental Art in Boston—A
Few Remarks about Politics—Boston
Spreading Herself and New England
Crowing Wealthy—Conservative Garri
4sonianism —Fourth of March.
Boston, March 5, 1865.
March came in like a small-sized lion,
and proceeded to frisk his tail and growl
in the most approved manner. Perhaps.,
it will not be “contraband ’ if I state that
at the present writing, the Union armies
have all along March before them.
The Legislature of Massachusetts is
grappling with several subjects of inter
est, among which may be mentioned the
annexation of Roxbury to Boston, and
the Metropolitan Police Bill.
The latter is pressed very urgently by
the total abstinence party, which is
dominant in the rural districts. Not that
the distinguished citizens who serve the
State*as Senators and Representatives
decline to take a social “tod,” but the
prohibitory law is the hobby upon which
they ride into office, and it is hard to find
a successful politician in the State who
is not known as “a temperance man of
long standing.” The subject has to be
handled very carefully.
For instance: The State annually
gives a dinner to the “Cadets” who serve
as a military escort on the day when the
Legislature assembles. Now you must
know that the “Cadets” are not very
able-bodied soldiers, being the pampered
sons of wealth and luxurj% and besides,
much funeral escort business has made
them sad and dejected. Therefore, af
ter the heavy march from the State House
to the Old South Church—hard on to a
half a mile—is ended, they need some
material stimulant to enable them to
hold their guns up properly. At the
dinner, which is laid at the Parker
House, they are in the habit of taking
something soothing—about a bottle or a
bottle aud a half apiece. It is a real
pleasure to the philanthropic mind to see
these young men gradually recovering
from tatigue, and emerging from their
melancholy. But to a member of the
Legislature, who was not invited to the
dinner, the impression was different;
and he introduced an order as soon as
possible demanding to know if the State
paid for the liquor consumed at that
Bacchanalian least. There was a row
in the camp. But the Cadets had thrown
out their pickets, and were not to be
surprised so easily. There w T as consid
erable skirmishing, but whether the
State “stood the drinks” or not, the fact
was not brought out, and the conscien
tious member, having secured bis re
election, subsided.
Boston is the true “Monumental City.”
Her streets abound with monuments of
her past history, and no other city in this
new world has done so much to perpe
tuate the memory of her great men as
she. Faneuil Hall, itself a monument of
the Revolution—the old “cradle of
liberty”—is stored with rich historic
paintings and statuary. The visitor finds
here, Webster, the Adamses, Otis, Han
cock and many other worthies of the
olden times. At the State House is
Chantrey’s celebrated statue of Wash
ington—in the area in front—a colossal
statue of Webster, leaning upon a bundle
of rods which typify that Union of which
he was the eloquent advocate ; in front
of the City Hall, a bronze statue of Frank
lin ; on the chapel at Mount Auburn,
statues of Winthrop, Story and Otis,
while that of Bowuitch surmounts the
tomb in which his mortal remains re
pose ; on Bunker Hill, the statue of Gen.
Warren, near where he fell. During the
coining summer a statue of Horace
Mann will be placed in the in front
of the capita], where it will balance that
of Webster, previously mentioned. A
statue of Hamilton is also to be erected
at some point not yet decided upon dur
ing the summer. An equestrian statue
of Washington is nearly completed, and
it will probably be placed on the Com
mon or Public Garden. A fund has al
ready been raised for a statue of Everett,
and the work will proceed without de
lay. There are various other works of
art in the city too numerous to mention—
statues of Beethoven and the Apollo Bel
videre at the Music Hall, Venus de Me
dicis on the Public Garden, the fine col
lection of paintings and statuary at the
Athenaeum, and many excellent private
collections—but I only purposed to
speak of those which have a patriotic
meaning, and which abound bere more
than in any other city in the land.
It is not the proper time of year for
any political excitement here, but I am
informed that some of the radical ad
mirers of Gen. Butler are talking him
up for the next Gubernatorial candidate.
Gov. Andrew will not run again, but
Mr. Bullock, of Worcester, who has
been Speaker of the House for the past
three years, has been booked for the suc
cession whenever Andrew steps out. —
Bullock is a thorough gentleman and an
able man, and in all probability he will
be the next Governor if he lives. Gov.
Andrew’s friends are working to get him
into the Cabinet, but local considerations
may defeat them. The Governor him
self professes to be altogether indifferent
about it.
The Maine Legislature has adjourned
after a busy session of fifty-three days,
during which it ratified the Constitution
al Amendment, and provided all neces
sary legislation for the prompt support
of the Government.
The political campaign in New Hamp
shire is lively as usual, and rather more
complicated. Hon. Fred, Smytli, of
Manchester, will be elected' Governor, it
is claimed, by six thousand majority.—
Hon. E. W. Harrington, of the same
city, stands again as the Democratic can
didate. Few men can take a political
defeat so gracefully as he. The political
question is complicated by a spirit of
rivalry between the cities ot Concord and
Manchester. In fact, every New Hamp
shire man takes to politics as naturally
as a duck takes to water. In the First
Congressional District, which has been
represented by a Democrat heretofore,
there is still more of a muddle. Some of
the Republicans have repudiated the
regulaf nominee of the party —Gen.
Marston, and set lip an independent can
didate—by reason of which division the
Democrats will probably carry the dis
trict.
The growth of the New England Me
tropolis has been very large since the
war commenced, and the increase of
wealth has been more wonderful still.
A large area has been reclaimed by fillir g
up the “Back Bay,” and numerous ele
gant public and private buildings have
been erected upon the new land in a
style that was scarcely known in Boston
before. Among the public buildings re
cently built in the city may be noted a
new City Hall, at a cost of $400,000 ; a
new City Hospital, at the cost of about
$200,000 ; and buildings for the Society
of Natural History; anew Horticultu
ral Hall; and several elegant churches.
Foremost, as she claims to be, in the
support of the flag, New England is
growing richer despite the burdens of
war.
It is reported that William Lloyd Gar
rison, the 'famous Abolition
about to discontinue the Liberator’ *
weekly newspaper which he has nr/
lished in Boston some thirty years .
that he is also fn favor of closing u
“Anti-Slavery Society,” of which hew*
the founder. He does this under uT
conviction that negro slavery is a “a I
cook in the pit.” Mr. Garrison has
been known as the most radical of tht
Abolitionists, and, in fact, he gave his
name to that faction; but within the last
year there has been a split, and the ex
treme radical wing, under the lead 0 f
Wendell Phillips, denounce Garrison as
a “compromiser” because he was in s aver
of Lincoln’s re-election. It is rathe*
amusing to hear Garrison treated to the
same epithets which he and his follow
ers used to heap upon such men as
Webster, Clay and Everett.
The Fourth of March was generally
observed as a holiday in this section,ana
it is true that we have not had so much
reason to celebrate this day since our ar
mies Were first ordered to march forth
and recover the Holy Israel. lota.
DRAMATIC.
Theatre. —The house was crowded
last night to its very utmost capacity,the
occasion being r the Benefit of the two
popular Artistes, Miss Lottie Howland
and La Belle Louise. The drama of
“Jack Sheppard” was given with excel
lent satisfaction to the audience, and the
singing, dancing and other entertain
ments were all well received. We were
most truly glad to observe that the at
tendance of ladies was much larger than
on any previous occasion, and also that
they appeared pleased with the enter
tainments offered for their consideration.
From this fact we augur well for the fu
ture of both this company and the other
troupe which is to commence operations
to-night.
The New Theatrical Troupe.—To
night, the Davenport Combination Com
pany will make their initial bow to a
Savannah audience, and, as they have
selected a good bill, and as the theatri
cal taste of the public seems to have be
come thoroughly awakened, we think
they can scarcely fail to do well. The
two comedies of “Naval Engagements, ’
and “The Pet of the Petticoats,” will
compose the main part of the pro
gramme, and we can scarcely doubt that
they will be admirably performed. We
are encouraged to hope for good things,
from the modesty of the managerial an
nouncements. Had they come with
huge brags and boastings we should
have had our suspicions— as it is, we
live in hope.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived—steamer Planter, Small, Beaufort;
steamer W W Coit, Parker, Charleston; steamer
Nellie Baker, Norris, Hilton Head : bark Heiress,
Clark, Hilton Head ; steamship New York, Sea
bury, Hilton Head.
Cleared—U. S. steamer Flambeau, Shaw, Hil
ton Head; steamer Neptune, Baker,
Head; steamer Nellie Baker, Norris Hilton
Head ; steamer W W Coit, Parker, Hilton Head;
steamer Planter, Small, St. Simon’s Sound; bari
Harvest Moon, Staples, New York.
rpABLEAUX VIVANTS.
A number of well selected Tableaux, under
the superintendence of a few Ladies of Savannan,
will be exhibited at the Firemen’s Hall, in Souoi
Broad street, commencing on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, I^-
Doors will be opened at 7 1-2 p. m., and pet
formance commence precisely at 8 o’clock.
Tickets, $1: Children half price—for sale at the
Drug and Book stores. 2 mari4
•'RANTED,
A Gentleman would like a nice Room inP*-'
vate family, with or without board. Adore -
“B,” Box 105, Savannah Herald Office.
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