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Savannah Daily Herald.
BY 8. W. MASON AND CO.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1S&-
TO Ol'R READERS.
In issuing the Savannah Daily Herald in
an enlarged form, which we presume will he
permanent, we desire to repeat, ip hricl, our
earlier announcements.
The Herald is designed as a news paper,
and is not a political or a religious journal,
or the organ of any party, sect or
The publication of the latest intelligence oi
interest, from all quarters, which it is proper
to publish, is our main object, and we shall
Endeavor to put it into as agreeabla a form,
fund accompany it with such miscellaneous
matter, as shall m*£e it pleasing and instruc
tive.
f Our duty, apis that of every loyal citizen
of the United States, is to support the gov
ernment in all our conduct, to the fullest ex
tent of (A ability. This we propose to do:
and wc shall never give any news, or admit
any Communication, the publication ot which
would interfere with the success of our
arms.
But we deem it our duty to support the
interests of the citizens, with whom we have
cast our lot, and to labor for
with zeal and faithfulness. Many of our
jcaders, perhaps, who have submitted in
good faith to the military authority, are uot
yet devoted adherents to the Union cause.
We do not consider it incumbent upon us,
or in good taste, to taunt them with their
disloyalty, or semi-disloyalty, or coldness,
‘ as the case may be ; for whenever an offence
is committed, tlm military authorities are
amply cor -- the pun>^-
and changes in opin\>ns wb J be better
effected by the quiet>«fueuce of correct
example and eourXSus usage, than by vio
lent denunchp*ffTor vindictive reproaches.
’\\ T e in the course of our
newspaper life.jbeen bored with either
P of dereliction
. ’w, on tfuTpart of militaiy officers. The
consideration of complaints of that kind
djes not come within our province, for the
appointment and control of military officers
has been wisely vested in better hands than
ours; and any complaints in regard to minor
details in the government of this city, if
made to the proper authorities, will, we
know, be attentively listened to, and, if well
founded, promptly removed.
Our editorial and reportorial force is very
large; we have numerous correspondents,
at all important points; we shall spare no ex
pense in procuring important news that is
( suitable for publication; we shall try to
‘ have the tone of our paper generally ac
ceptable ; its typographical appearance shall
Liie as good as we can make it; and we an
ahave heretofore received, a
Wl share of the patronage of the people
K Savannah, and of the army and navy.
Hoarded Silver Shelling Out.
gratifying sign of returning commer
llgalth, we notice of late, is the gradual
Jim to circulation, through various easily
l <A. stood channels, of certains amounts of
L l the long concealed hoards, where
It j ; months it has been foolishly idle.
very difficult indeed to form an
.quantities of gold and silver
K<> l° n S ;t tmie concealed in
should ev« n. apnroy
-till,, haw eal'rd tu tt ii
J. ir farJies the exact wlieivabouta of
HH Tlden / a,sure, and fewer still have
|SB mere neighbors with the
>us n ‘ It has happened in many
tlhd t “‘ u ’ l of t\y,o men, near to each
as to thv g- •lapliie::] imath »nos tlmir
live homes,; u ,i I)l:il ,.|y connected
inforeoui a Wl aiv
'0 j ;o\
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Matties, Frogs, Bur%Kls, Band-Hill-CVaba*
y za rdß, Musk-Rats. Wild Rigs, and similar
insects. —and HVhicli was pathless, st» far as
the untrained eye could discover, ailo only
thridded by wild, unfrequented wood rutuls,
which must have been marked out by some
crazy mule-driver, for they seemingly begin
nowhere and lead to nothing, in a place such
as this have golden treasures been discover
ed which would have shamed the heaviest
yields of the richest mines the world has ever
seen. From a number of such morasses, did
retributive negro hands unearth huge
chests of plate, and other stores of valuables,
which they had seen secreted by some mem
ber of the old, first family who had done his
midnight work, all unconscious that the keen
eyes of more than one sable servant were
watching, and that the noiseless foot of the
eager slave had dogged his every foot
step.
All along the track of Sherman’s inarch,
from the hour he left Atlanta to the present
date, scarcely a day passed without the dis
covery of some “nest” of treasure. Besides
those we have already enumerated, feari lent
ingenuity and invention to the owners of
treasure, and they made use of many other
improbable and unlikely places of conceal
ment. Money was > hidden in wells and in
cisterns; was buried under hearthstones;
was bricked up in once solid walls, now hol
lowed out for this occasion; was placed in a
safe, securely locked, and then pitched a
hundred and forty feet into a river or pond—
the exact bearings of the spot being of course
carefully noted, that its recovery might he
easily accomplished when the troublous
times are gone. In one instance at least,
of which we know, a large sum in American
coin was actually taken to the cemetery and
concealed in a vault, which was secretly
opened for that express purpose.
It was natural and of course excusable for
the owners of property to conceal it as for
as lay in their power from those they had
been taught to believe were no better than
robbers. In very many cases, however,
tiiese precautions were all useless, for the
goods were found and appropriated by
unscrupulous soldiers or camp followers,
while in all cases, we believe, where protec
tion for property was asked, the guards were
immediately furnished.
In Savannah city there is, we have good
reason to believe, a considerable quantity of
gold and silver coin hoarded away. We are
glad to sec that it is beginniug to find its
way ouce more into some of the lesser ways
and channels of commerce. Doubtless this
is, to a certain extent, occasioned by the ex
haustion of whatever other money may have
been in the possession of these parties, and
they, some of them, feel compelled to part
with specie when they would preier to keep
it. But on the other hand, we are greatly
encouraged by the returning blight solidity,
and solid brightness noticeable from day to
day in our improving circulating medium.
This, we think, is occasioned by a grateful
admixture of coin which is beginning to he
freely expended in the belief that holders
can get for it now a greater measure of value
than they will ever be likely to procure here
after. A gold dollar will now buy nearly
twice as much as a greenback dollar, hut in
another month, should God continue to bless
the Union cause, and send us victories, the
golden thermometer will doubtless be much
lower than even now, so that, a greenback
will be worth almost as much as the yellow
fallows. So trot out your silver and gold at
once, ami use it in a market where, and at a
time when you can go marly two for one
for it. Aud so let Savannah he the first city
to lead off in the rtfwnption of specie pay
ments. i
Clean Your Premises. —All persons oc
cupying buildings of the north side of Bay
street, who have hafn notified by the officers
employed by Street Com mis
'e s t
■* < (in.; ! day,
1 ' m ' a ' pivici.-.-s
;-V " ■ b* which nIH ii-! hrn
!" i-.Aiij.lv with lie
land.- that the < arts of
•/-, '■ '.*■ 'vEy;e;ifu\o the offal, etc..
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"bo will
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CR CRKAtfen Tlf VV « KDkR.
people Hhagine tlibf tlfre are no
greatef Crimes against society than those
general!) 4 recognized as capital Iffences by
the laws and punished accordingr. A popu
lar fallacy has sprung up that milder is the
highest crime known to the law. (Those who
have read De Quincey’s inimitable essay on
“Murder considered as one of tin] Fine Arts,”
know that the opinion of at leaf, one bril
liant mind, in the estimation ofla man who
was certainly one of the met origiua
thinkers the old world ever produced, mur
der was quite a trivial offence c< npared with
many others. Few who have ver read it,
can forget the grave train of ioi ic by which
he reasons that a person who habitually in
dulges in murder, will soon come not to
hesitate at lying and swearing, aid may ulti
mately become so hardened as not to shrink
from the fearful crime of procrastination.
Without adopting T)e Quinsy's enumera
tion of the sequence of crime is absolutely
proper to be adopted into the code of legal
ethics, it is no less true, and rjany people
will be surprised to hear it, tint there area
number of crimes known to and punished by
the laws, as being of a far, far blacker dye
than mere homicide, even thefigh the killing
have been accomplishad undcl the most ato
cious circumstance.
Thus, high treasou, piracy incest, arson
are all of them greater crime/thau mere mur
der. Iu former days desertim to the enemy
was considered a greater criie than "murder,
and was punished accordigly.. Though
death is now the greatest pipishment indict
ed for any crime, it has by ip means always
been so. Mere death itself lould have been
comprratlvely a light punishment compared
with some which were infixed. Beheading,
shooting or hanging is merciful by the side
of breaking on the wheel, tie rack, the iron
boots, the thumbscrews, tie torture known
as “ Peine forte et dure/ or pressing to
death, which was effected by heaping upon
the naked breast of the vidua “as much as
he could bear and more.’q iron weights, un
til he finally expired in die most terrible
agony.
But iu the olden time the malice of the
judges frequently the accused be
yond the grave, and caujd him to be buried
with a stake through hispody, or his body,
drawn and quartered, <r to be hung ir
chains—which meant hanging the inanimat
corpse in an iron cage aid leaving it to rc
and smelter in the sun aid rain, a terribL
warning to others who night be tempted b
offend.
Not only were these indignities offered o
the lifeless body, but "the offended majesty >f i
the law was in many cases not appeald
with even these punishments both befrre
and after death, and the seutence often in
plicated the family of the offender, ever to
the second generation, by depriving them ot
the privilege of even holding offices of trust
or profit, under the King, by confiscating the
entire estate and turning the family penniless
upon the world, or exiling them from the
country, or even iu extreme cases, by in
cluding the family of the offender in the death
penalty.
These extreme punishments are, however,
done away with now, and although there
are crimes of a greater criminality than those
we visit with the death penalty, the more
merciful civilization of modern days re
stricts the punishment of crime to the pleas
ure of the offender himself, and his family
and friends are exempt, save iu the inevita
ble shame and mortification they must fce
iu the disgrace of oue who has been dear to
them.
Bat aside from crimes recognized by the
laws, there are certain other offences as much
greater than murder as murder is a greater
crime than damning an impudent mule
driver. Such, for instance us throwing
orangc-ptel and bauauna skins on the tide
walk—playtug the acordeon—-stealing ex
changes from an room—poisoning
children s pet dsgs—spi“' juice on
a church carpet. Vfitll t/ crime
Which Is possible tWjjt|^|^ y is to go
to to
the editors, solicit na,»“ —J
is v a pitch of
till it It iff a long coiasc^^H9H9HHHH|
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Tac tL'x Viv Ants .— The entortauifiient
giveti ijy the ladies of Savannah in Firemen’s
Mali, last evening, was successful in every
respect. The hall was filled to its greatest
capacity by the elite of Savannah, and every
thing passed off pleasantly. The tact, skill
and taste shown in arranging the tableaux
vivants were second to none we ever wit
nessed. The encore, frequently repeated by
a fashionable audience, proved the high or
der of the entertainment.
Such pictures as the “Neapolitan Peas
ants,” the “Chess Players,” or the “Sleep
ing Beauty,” would have well graced a Gre
cian Studio. A band of music discoursed to
us good selections of music at intervals. We
hope the ladies of Savannah, after such a
complete success, will give us a repetition of i
these Tableaux, and we know they will he
well patronized, because they are especially '
meritorious, and because they are given for
a worthy and charitable object.
Theatre.— The second entertainment of
the “Davenport Combination Company”
was given last night at the Theatre before an
appreciative audience. The programme was
the same as that offered on their opening
night, and the many improvements notice
able in this performance from the earlier de
lineation of the same plays, by the same
company, show that the company have work
ed hard aud effectively to overcome the
many embarrassments of the first uight.
Miss Florance LaFond, Mrs. Berrill, Mrs.
StLcon, Miss Lee and in fact all the ladies
who appeared made a good impression, aud
were well received by the audience. Mr. A.
11. Davenport was admirable as Lieut. King
ston, aud did all that was set down for him
to do in the last piece.
We have again to say that in the innum
erable botherations incident to getting out a
double-size paper, we find ourselves ouce more
com polled to apologize for our lack of some
liiugin the way of' criticism, which should
to greater justice to the performers.
For the second time we ask indulgence of
rhem and their patrons, promising to make
and all right one of these days. Meanwhile
wlio want to while a dull hour away
cannot do better than go to the Theatre and
witness the performance of the Davenport
Combination Troupe.
RATE PAPERS.
Any of our friends who receive late north
ern or rebel papers, will confer a favor "by
giving us the use of them for a short time at
the earliest possible moment. When requir
ed, they will be returned without being cut.
In this way we can be materially aided iu
our enterprise, and the public will be ac
commodated, as well as ourselves.
Accident. —Last evening, a few minutes
after eight o’clock, Taomas Kinney, a Pri
vate of Company A, 14th Regiment, U. S.
V., quartered at Claglnrn & Cunningham’s
buildings; northeast edmer of Bay and Dray
ton streets, fell from ablatform of the build
ing, a distance of nearlj thirty feet, causing
a compound fracture oitlie left arm and in
ternal injuries.
Kinney was removed o the Post Hospital
for medical attendance The Surgeon in
charge of the Screven ILusc Hospital kindly
furnished an ambulance or the.removal of
the injured man, at the iquest of our local
reporter, who was preset at the time the
accident occurred, and Horded all the aid in
his power in rendering tb injured man’s con
dition comfortable.
Military. —On the alurnoon of to-mor
row, the IHh Battalion (ctmecticut Veteran
Volunteers, under the cpmand of Lieut.
Col. Jolm G. Healy, wildriebrate St. Pat
rick’s Day, by a parade Ulugh some of the
public streets of the city. This fine body of
soldiers has been four yea* in the war, and
have never failed to “Cebrate the day,”
Prof. Christian Strait, Lea r of the Battalion
Band has made ample jj paration for the
occasion.
New Three Cent jJL-No More
Three Cent Cckhencv.— passed
by both houses of the clos
ing hours to authorize of
three cent, pieces, to
A'matiT 1 and The
j Tub SfitEEf Commissioner’s Deyaetmem
| dapt. Steams lias, from the commencement
of his duties as Street Commissioner acted
upon the general principles o t first providing
for the health of our people, and then for the
beauty of its public places; he has now near
ly completed the removal of all unhealthy
deposits from within the city limits, and ac
complished something towards restoring it
parks,squares and streets to their original con
condition, aud he hopes soon to he able
devote more attention to them. Many people
have complained that the squares have
not yet been claued of the rubbish left from
the camps, previously located therein but
when it is home in mind that this does not
affect *he public health, we think the Captain
has acted wisely in leaving them until more
j important matters were attended to ; he luis
! sought at all times to avail himself of the ad
| vice of our worthy Mayor and leading cit
izens, and to employ men that have hereto
fore had experience in the work which he
has undertaken, he assures us that our beau
tiful city >viil soon be in a better sanitary
condition than ever before. -
We subjoin a brief statement of the doings
of the Department since the 28th of February
The Department was organized on the
-Bth February, and have accomplished to the
13th of March, the following vast amouut of
work.
Number of single horse cart loads of
manure, etc., removed from the
cit Y 11,072
Dead animaH removed aud buried... 535
The average number of employees
from the 12th of March
Average number of days labor, since
the 12th of March j*>j
There are employed in cleaning the streets
the following vehicles: One horse wagons,
30; one horse carts 27; six mule teams 3.
Alexandre Dumas. —Ot the intended
coming of this eminent author to the United
Suites, the New York Evening Post speaks
as follows:
Much having been written pro and con *
about the possibility of Alexandre Dumas vis
iting the United States, I take the liberty
(being the only oue who represents M. Dumas
here) of communicating to you the corres
pondence which took place between that
gentleman and myself on the subject, askin'l
- use of your valuable paper as a medium
between.himself aud the public.
On the 20th day of September last I wrote
to Alexandre Dumas, proposing to him to
visit our shores, aud after a survey of events
past and present, to wiite a work which
would benefit the cause of the North abroad,
where so many misrepresentations have been
circulated. M. Dumas answered my letter
as follows:
Enghien les Bains, Oct. 4, 1804.
Dear Sir—l have often contemplated a trip
to New York, and your proposition pleases
me very much. The only objection would
oe the great expense in going to your city.—
Going to New_ York, leaving my "novels and
ray dramas without a certainty, is quite im
possible.
Will you have a publisher for my book, or
some other means of publication by subscrip
tion ? 1
My sympathies are such towards the North
that I do not ask to make it a matter of busi
ness, I only wish not to be the loser. If mo
ney can he made, so much the better. I will
engage myself to write a work in four vol
umes of eight hundred thousand letters, for
instance. You will find me a publisher who
would advance half of the preliminary ex
penses : I shall add my half as soon as my
San I clice” and two dramas shall be com
pleted, viz :in two months I will start. If
the work could be published by subscription
at twenty francs, I would leave five francs
on each copy for the sick and wounded of
the army take five francs myself, and leave
the balance (ten francs) for the cost.
ou will understand me sir, aud I need not
suggest anything more to your mind and
your obliging interposition.
Answer me as soon as possible. Winter is
coming fast, and you know it is the season
for putting pieces on the stage, and I could
bring out two pieces this winter if I should
not go to New York.
\\ ill you accept, dear sir, the assurance of
my most distinguished sentiments.
t Alexandre Dumas.
To E. von Nordhausen, Esq., New York.
P- &—At the request of Presidaut Lin
coln and the committee of the Pittsburg Fair,
I have contributed pne hundred of my antq
graphs toward that object. The Government
itselt would be interested on account of the
popularity of the cause of the North to
patronize a work written by me favorable to
its policy. You may render my letter as
fcublic as possible, as I atu in U - - W
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