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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\ • 3 \ t '' ■, 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.. '* Gm !'• I-Ym "bo will - ■ 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| , ; A»rtSEanßWT*i 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 Jte