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The Savannah Daily Herald,
Fill DAY. MARCH 24, 1805.
FROM OUR EVENING EDITION
OF YESTERDAY.
FAYtTTr VU B, N. C., at or near which place,
our last news located Gen. Slierinan s Army,
is the county-seat of Cumberland (ounty.
It is situated at the juuetion of half a dozen
or more county roads, and upon the right
bank of Cape Fear River, at a distance, by
the river, of eighty odd miles from \'< ilming
ton. It is distant from Goldsboro, which
was at the last dates the depot ot the rebel
army, and where the united Ibrces ot Bragg
and Johnson would, it anywhere, attempt to
make a stand, about sixty miles by an almost j
straight road.
The topography of the country in this re-i
gion is described as presenting a dead level,
the fields being muddy and the roads n retell- j
ed beyond description. The soil is a mix
ture of sand and clay, and capable of pro- ;
ducing the worst kind of mud. An unfa- ,
vorable feature of the country for our cam
paign is the absence of any eminences, ma
king it difficult to work our artillery advan
tagiously.
Tire Pourico of Tire Exchange. — Many
strangers visiting our “Ancient City of Ogle
thorpe" are not aware that the portico of this
building is not .one of its original features, j
such is the case. Col. Wm. T. Thompson
formerly editor ol the Savannah Daily News,
by great exertion, and by advocating this en
terprise through the columns of his paper,
had the portico erected, as also the beautiful
iron railing in front.
Col. Thompson, aid to Gov. Brown, fear
ing that possibly the Yankees would eat him
alive, bid the citizens of Savannah adieu a
few days before the advent of Gen. Sherman, j
Tue veritable “Major Joseph Jones” was for j
once in his life in error by leaving his home.
Come back Major, you will not he hurt; all
desire to see your genial countenance again. \
U. S. Hospitals in Savannah —Many
strangers visiting our city are perplexed to j
know the exact locality of the United States |
Hospitals. Prior to the 3d of February ult.,
the Hospitals were designated according to ,
the different Army Corps of General Slier
man. At the present time they are designa
ted thus :
Ward No. I—Scriven House Building and
adjacent buildings, southeast corner of Bull
and Congress streets.
Ward No. 2—Marshall House Building,
south side of Broughton street, between
Drayton and Aberooru streets.
Ward No. :’>—Pavilion House Building,
southeast corner of Bull and South Broad
streets.
Ward No. 4- Savannah Medic and College
Building, northwest comer of Habersham
arl Tayjrfr stria is,
A iV-ovrtX ~, Cham.ain. —This morning the
Rev. B. F. Rogers. Chaplain U. S. A., with
a detail of meu, proceeded to Laurel Grove
Cemetery, and commenced the work of
enclosing with a neat fence the burial spot of
tbe 17th Army Corps. Mr. Rogers is known
in the army as the “working Chaplain."—
May Providence spare him in his day of use
fulness. He is truly a “good Shepherd,"
aud his paths when followed by those in
error will surely lead to righteousness. _
Skcond Pbovost Court. —This morning
several cases of rent came up before Judge
Walton, and were adjusted and disposed of.
We are pleased to nqtice that 4hc Criminal
Docket of the First and Second Courts are
small, showing a decided improvement in
the morals ot the people of Savannah.
Ice.— Messrs ILiywoa.l, Gaze *fc Cos. ;
Bryan street, north ol’ the market, have on
hand a lull supply of ice. The Medical Pro
fession will he conferring a favor on the suf- !
serer with fevered brain and parched lips, by
prescribing the medicament of H. G. & Cos.
This enterprising house do not intend that
the supply of “frigids ’ shall give out this
summer. Another cargo is daily expected.
First Provost Court— Lieut. Ebon Par-
sons, Jr. Judge, presiding, has taken a recess
until Monday next, 10 o’clock a. m. His
Honor has of late experienced a heavy pres
sure of business. Much of it being disposed
of, he has wisely adjourned his Court before
his health be impaired,as was that of his pre
decessor, Judge Benedict. We wish Judge
Parsons a speedy return to health, and to his
distinguished vigor for business.
A correspondent, on his way to Wilming
ton, writes :
“An incident, illus'ratmg the peculiarity of
our struggle, occurred on our march yester
day. Passing a house by the roadside, a
corporal of one of the regiments asked per
tnia-iou to entei it. alleging as the reason of
his request that it was the. residence of bis
youth. His request was granted. He en
tered the house, aud was soon clasped in the
arms of his overjoyed mother. “John,"
said she, “your brotUer was here yesterday;
he stopped as the confederates marched
past here.” That mother has a son iu each
anny.”
Ma jor Chaki.es N. Bookish of Bath, Me.,
who was an officer in the Mexican war, and
eabsequently Collector of Bath during the
Pierce administration, died recently of ty
phoid fever al Baton Kouge, Louisiana, where
he had un interest in a sugar plantation.
A patient in a lunatic asylum at Stamford
England, fancied that every meal he ate cost
him a thousand pounds, and he could scarce
ly be prevailed upon to eat anything. Final
ly he strangled himself to death.
Affairs is MoAlk. —General Shermau has
not only destroyed Jeff Davis’ facilities for
getting news from those parts of the so
called Confederacy which lie beyond the
liaiiis of North Carolina, but he has also
greatly damaged our opportunities lor ob
taining information lr<»ui those distant but
i important points on the Gulf of Mexico,
where military aud naval movements of
magnitude are in progress. It is altogether
likely that the city of Mobile is now under
the flag of the Union; but so uncertain or
roundabout is communication with that
quarter that neither Jeff. Davis nor President
Lincoln could furnish the news.
Up to a recent date the Rebels had tele
graphic communication between Mobile and
some point in Central or Eastern Georgia,
prooably Augusta ; but between there and
( harlotte, in North Carolina, there is a great
gap, or series of gaps, over which there is
neither railroad line nor telegraphic wire in
working order, and across which the trans
mission of news is slow and uncertain—so
slow that the very latest Mobile advices in
our last received Richmond papers are ten
days old. Through our own means of com
munication either by the sea-board or the
Mississippi river, it takes, ordinarily, from
bn days to a fortnight, to get news from
New Orleans ortho vicinity <>i' Mobile.
The rebels have let ub know that as far
hack as the 28th ultimo, twenty-two steamers
and six Mississippi river transports had made
their appearance in the lower bay of Mobile,
and also that at the same time a large num
ber of troops had arrived at Dauphin Island,
lying in front of Mobile, and at Pensacola,
“indicating,” says the rebel despatch, “an
early attack on Mobile.” There is good rea
son to believe that this rebel inference was
correct; as it has been published both in the
South and the North that an army of no
small size was being prepared at New Orleans
for this work by General Canby; aud a co
operating naval force under Rear-Admiral
Thatcher, was also prepared to play its part.
If our army and navy were ou the spot at
the date indicated by the southern papers,
we may be assured that by this time the
rebels have either voluntarily or iuvofuntar
ily taken another step in llie carrying out of
their great and wonderful policy of evacuat
ing all tliair cities and seaports, and emigrat
ing to the swamps and mountains.
The campaign against Mobile and Mont -
ginnery is, ot course, of greatly Inferior im
portance to t hat in progress in Virginia and
North Carolina. But it is by no means insig
nificant, as might be judged by the very
large military force (consisting of two lull
corps) which the Lieutenant General has as
signed for its execution. It looks, in short,
to the bringing of the whole of the Cotton
States of the Guif under the dominion of our
flag. It looks to the winding up of the war
in the imperial domain lying between the
Savannah river and the Mississippi. There
is no Rebel force of any magnitude in all that
section, unless it be around Mobile; and the
capture ot the latter city opens the country,
as fat as Selma aud Montgomery, to our gun
boats, and brings within our lines the great
slave and cotton regions ou the Alabama and
! Totnbigbee rivers, which are tributary to the
port of Mobile.—*V. Y. limes.
Tire New English Minister to Ameri
ca—Hi^Name, and' who he ,s.— The ill
health of Lord Lyons having compelled
him to return to England, a few words con
cerning his successor cau scarcely fail to be
of interest.
The London Times, in its issue of Febru
ary 28, speaking of Sir Frederick Bruce, the
successor of Lord Lyons, as Minister to the
United States, and after having referred to
the laborious nature of the office, concludes
as follows :
“The successor of Lord Lyons in this mo
mentous post will be Sir Frederick Bruce,
who at present holds the office of Minister
to China, but happens opportunely to be in
England. There is no reason to doubt that
in making this selection the Government
have had ample regard to the qualifications
necessary for the office.
Sir Frederick Bruce has greatly distin
guished himself by liis conduct of our trou
blesome negotiations with the court of Pekin;
and though he will have very different per
sons to deal with iu Washington, yet a man
who has been energetic and acute, aud suc
cessful in one place will probably be energet
ic and acute, and will at least deserve to be
successful, in another. Perhaps, in the
surging sea which American politics repre
sents at the present time, an intimate ac
; quaintance with the recent traditions of our
ministry at Washington may be of less im
portance than it would have been otherwise.
The movements are so rapid, the influences
j so uncertain, that the course pursued at one
moment may have to be forgotten the next.
But though Sir F. Bruce has not been re
cently employed in any post connected with
his new office, he is not entirely inexperi
enced iu American affairs. His first employ
ment was when attached to the late Lord Asn-
burton’s special mission to Washington iu
1842, when the famous Ashburton treaty was
negotiated. Subsequently, for a year, lie was
Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland, and
i front 1847 to 1851 be was employed in various
posts in South America. Four years after
■ this he went with his brother. Lord Elgin,
to China, aud has since been entirely em
ployed in that country. By a fortunate coin
cidence be will arrive in America just when
Mr. Lincoln will have entered upon bis se
cond term of office. It will, perhaps, have
an opportune signiflcance that, anew minis
ter should thus be accredited to the United
i States at the commencement of this new
i period iu her anuals. The arrival of anew
minister accredited to the Government whoso
authority we still acknowledge, will be a
| more conspicuous evidence of the fallacy ol
these strange anticipations than the return of
Lord Lyons. It mav, perhaps, ba made more
evident that instead of in any way slight'ng
their Government, we are paying it the dis
tinct attention of selecting anew minister to
represent us.
Columbia.— According to a rebel writer,
the people of Columbia (C. S.) preferred the
presence of Geu. Sherman’s soldiers to that
of Wade Hampton's. The former behaved
toward them like men, the latter like ruf
fians.
it turns out, after all the hard writing on
the subject, that the destruction of Columbia
by fire was the result of accident. Neither
j federate nor rebels dys+foyed it, and neither
| sought its destruction. *
Jasmin, the French barber poet, died re
j ceatly, at the age of sixty-six years. Al
though his poems were received with great
j tayor atffi Some ol them translated by Long-
I fellow, he never abandoned his razor for the
pen.
NEtVS ITEMS.
At the Broadwajf saloons visitors now tell
the waiter to bring “another acrobat,” when
they want a second tumbler.
No less that fifty-four of the returned sol
diers from the Southern prisons died and
were buried from the hospitals at Annapolis
in one day last week.
Rev. Hardy Mobley, born a slave in
Georgia, was on the 27th ult., ordained a
missionary. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
preached the sermon.
The Rev. Dr. Adams’ Presbyterian church
of New York, has contributed $50,000 a year
for the army, navy and freedmen since' the
beginning of the war.
Colonel George P. Foster, commanding
the Fourth Regiment Vermont Volunteers,
has been breveted a Brigadier-general, and
appointed to the command of the Vermont
brigade iu General Getty’s division.
A New York cotemporary mentions the
arrest of a woman on the street “with noth
ing on her person but a love-letter and a
daguerreotype.” Rather a poetic aud pictu
resque costume for the metropolis!
Tile first regiment of Hancock’s veteran
corps is full and has gone to the Shenandoah
Valley. The second and third regiments are
nearly full, and are at Camp Stoneman, near
Washington. They are receiving recruits
rapidly.
Cardinal Wiseman, tlie eminent Catholic
prelate iu England, is dead. There are in
England and Scotland 1,521 bishops and
priests, 1,132 churches and stations, 25!) nun
neries and monasteries, aud 12 colleges of the
Roman Catholic denomination.
Congress has passed the amendment to the
Army bill, increasing the army rations from
thirty to forty per cent. It adds about
twenty-five per cent to the pay of line offi
cers, and fifteen per cent, to that of other
officers on active field duty.
The Loudon Times says: “Advices from
Frankfort mention that the Bourse in that
city has become the emporium for the busi
ness in American bonds, and that orders are
pouring in from all parts, so that the dealings
are almost every week on an increasing
scale.”
The winter in Europe appears to have been
more severe than in this country. In Scot
land tlie snows have been almost unprece
dented. Deer, and ali kinds of game starved
out; great numbers of sheep perished; aud
even houses w'ere so covered up with snow
that the neighbors had to assist in digging
out the inhabitants. The English poor have
been great sufferers during tbe winter from
the cold and from wrnnt of equipment.
The so-called spiritual manifestations of the
Davenport brothers were brought to an abrupt
conclusion at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool.
The audience appointed tw r o gentlemen to dp
the rope tying. They proved too much for
•the Davenports, and were objected to by
them. Great confusion and • excitement fol
lowed. The Davenports escaped, but their
paraphernalia was smashed to atoms. The
hall had to be cleared by the police.
Tire Campaign in the Carolinas.— The
story of Bragg amounts to this, that he at
tacked some part of the Union Ibrces near
Kinston, March 8, afld, after an obstinate
fight, drove them three miles back, with loss
of three gunsaud 1,500 prisoners. The Union
forces were manifestly the advance guard ot
tlie small army that has been pushing cau
tiously forward from New hern to Goldsboro
with a view to cut the Weldon railroad at
the latter point. Lee, who publishes Bragg's
despatch, mentions that Hill and Hoke were
both engaged on the rebel side, so that we
know the rebels had probably concentrated
all their troops in Eastern Carolina to resist
this comparatively unimportant movement
from Newbern, waile Schofield, in front of
whom Hoke was recently posted, is left un
opposed. It is further noticeable that the'
rebels, ou their own showing, were unable
to push their success, our troops holding the
ground to which after the first break in their
line they retreated.
Kinston, near which this action took place,
is twenty miles from Goldsboro, thirty from
seventy from Fayetteville, and
eighty from Wilmington. We have not yet
any trustworthy account that any portion of
either Sherman’s or Schofield’s forces bad ap
proached this place, and it may be the move
ment on our side was a little premature.—
However that is, there is no reason to sup
pose Hie check will have auy influence on
the campaign- Jt' Bragg chose to withdraw
his forces from SchotjoUl’s path, the latter
has an unobstructed march, and his advance
is a far more important demonstration, both
in numbers aud purpose, than any that can
at present be made from Newborn.
The correspondence between Gen. Sher
moa and Wade Hampton will attract atten
tion. Hampton’s letter ia ip the usual
“firing-tlie-Southern-heart’ style, but there
can be no question that General Sherman is
both justified in his course by the laws of
war, and that be will do all he threatens lor
the protection of his soldiers.— N. Y. Tri
bunc. ,
Curious Statistics of a Scotch City. —
The City of Glasgow contains from 300,000
to 400,000 inhabitants, and how many of
those does the reader suppose are taken up
yearly as drnuk, or drunk and disorderly, or
drunk and incapable, and conveyed to the
police office? Not less than 27,181, being,
as the Blgtesmnn egprcs*es i{, “l iu every
14 1-2 of the population; lin 7of the adults,
1 iu 3 of the men. It might thus appear
that about every third man in Glasgow had,
during the year, been taken care of by the
police, as being either helplessly or riotously
drunk; but it is only fair, though very un
pleasant, to say that' a considerable portion
ot the total amount of the offense was per
petrated, not by the gentlemen, but
by the ladies. The number of the
latter taken care of when in thpir cups
was 9,755, leaving as the number of gentle
men, each with a glass too much, 17,426
Putting aside children and youths, it ap
peared that in Glasgow l fir every 10 wo
men, aud 1 in every 5 men are taken drunk
to the police-office every year ”
An interesting discovery has just been
made iu a tumulus at Ekaterinoslaw, iu
Russia. It consists of a treasure which for
merly belonged to the chief of the Huns.
Among the different articles is a heavy gold
diadem, in which is set a cameo of amethyst
ot ancient Roman workmanship, also a large
collar, bracelets and drinking cups, with
handles formed by animals, the whole of
which are in gold of remarkable workman
ship,
What a Blind Man Can Do. —John Met
calf was born in Knaresborough in 1717, the
son of poor working people. At about six
years old he caught the small-pox, and be
came totally blind. Is there any one of us
who could possibly have commenced file
with greater drawbacks? He had some ad
vantages—a good head, a good heart, and
great physical health and power. Let us
watch bis career. In six months after the
fever had left him lie was able to feel his
way from tlie end of tbe street and back
without a guide; at nine years old he could
go on a message to any part of the town. He
went birds-nesting; was an expert climber,
and mounted almost any tree with ease. He
learned to ride, and delighted above all
things in a gallop. He kept a dog and
coursed ljares; in fact, he was the wonder
of tbe town. He learned to swim, and once
saved the lives of three of his companions.
He was a great diver; dived oace into a deep
hole aud rescued—not a man, but a bale of
manufacturer's yarn. He played the fiddle
beautifully, aud attended professionally the
assemblies at the Queen’s Head and the
Green Dragon at Harrogate. One day, when
returning to Harrowgate from York,, he over
took a gentleman who had lost his way.—
He brought the gentleman safe to his inn,
the Granby, and was invited to join in a tan
kard ot negus. On Metcalf leaving the
room, “I thiuk, landlord,” said the gentle
man, “that my guide must have drank a
great deal of spirits since he came here.”
“Why, so, Sir ?” “Well, I judge so
from the appearance of his eyes.”—
“Why! bless you, Sir, don’t you
know" lie is blind ?" “Blind! what do you
mean by that?” “I mean, Sir, that he can
not see ; he is as bliqjl as a stone !” .“Well,
landlord, this is really too much; call him
in..” Enter Metcalf. “My friend, are you really
blind?” “Yes, Sir,” said he, “I lost my
sight when I was six years old.” “Had I
known that, I would not have ventured with
you on that road from York for a hundred
pounds,” “And I, Sir, ’ said Metcalf, “would
uot have lost my way for a thousand!”—
Metcalf was now six feet two in height, and
of great strength and robustness. He saved
money, bought a horse, and taught the ani
mal to answer his call by neighing. Mar
velous stories are told of his exploits, for he
was as bold a rider as ever took the field, and
to follow the hounds was his greatest de
light. He was not only a huntsman, but he
engaged in races, and won them. On one
occasion he rode his horse in a match in
Knaresborough forest. The ground was a
circle of a mile, to be ruu three times around.
Great odds were laid against him; but plac
ing men with dinner bells at the several
posts, he directed himself by their sound,aud
the blind man came in a winner. After his
marriage, Metcalf set up as a livery-stable
keeper, but soon gave up that trade aud be
came a fishmonger. He bought fish at the
coast, and sold it at Leeds and other places.
The next we heard of him he had enlisted
for a soldier! It was during the rebellion of
1715, One Mr. Thornton came to him about
a fortnight after tlie battle of Preston
paus and told him he was going to
raise a company. He informed Met
calf that French were going to join the
Scotch rebels, aud that if the country were to
fall into their hands, no man’s wife, daughter,
or sister, would be sale. Blind Jack was a
true-born Briton He not only enlisted him
self, but started the colors of a recruiting
sergeant, and in a few days raised the com
pany and left for the wars, dressed in blue
and "buff, and a gold-laced hat. This extra
ordinary man actually performed nearly all
the duties of a soldier ; followed the army in
all its various marchings and counter-march
ings—was present in several engagements ;
and once was nearly captured hy the enemy,
who succeeded in taking prisoners nearly
half of liis company- Ilia captain also was
missing—supposed to have been in the rebel
camp ; and Metcalf undertook to turn spy,
in order to open up communication with the
lost officer. There is thrilling interest in the
narrative ot how he succeeded in penetrating
the enemy’s camp ; was taken prisoner on
suspicion, but ultimately succeeded in clear
ing himself before a court-martial, and in re
turning to his regiment. Here he continued
until the battle of Culloden put an end to the
war. Ou Metcalf s return home, his young
wife, who had boen anxiously awaiting her
fearless, reckless, blind partner, received him
with open arms; and, like an old soldier,
tired of war’s alarms, he settled down to
steady habits of business. He now became a
cloth merchant; and, relinquishing that, set
up as a dealer in horses. * This occupation lie
left also, and began anew line of business—
that of common carrier between York and
Knaresborongh. In this speculation he saved
money, and kept his now increasing family
in respectability and comfort.
The Rebel Bill for Arming the Slaves.
The act, of the rebel Congress,* providing for
arming the slaves, limits the number to one
fourth of those m the several States between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five years. It
seems that, alter much hesitation, it was de
cidednot to liberate the soldier—slaves with
out the consent of the owners. This, how
ever, is the initial measure, and the Congress
will soon be called upon to emancipate them
as ftn indispensable means of seeming their
fidelity.
The whole number of black troops to be
raised is 300,000 1 But this is to include free
negroes. The idea that slavery can survive
a measure of this character is toft absurd for
a moment’s consideration. We have too
much respect for the intelligence of the rebel
leaders to suppose for a moment that they
believe in it. They have made up their mincts
to give up slayery as the hist resort for sav
ing the Confederacy ; hut they are too cau
tious to propound the measure suddenly. Let
the slaves be armed, and Davis will defy the
opposition of their masters. They expect
by this policy to secure sympathy in Europe,
but the main motive is the indispensable ne
cessity of having more troops. But ft is too
late. The Confederacy will will be squelch
ed before the negro army can be organized.
Virginia and South Carolina.— Virginia
was dragged into this rebellion to serve the
purposes of South Carolina, the Palmetto
chivalry little imagining that before the end
of the game they would he compelled to
abandon their own State to the “Yankees”
to serve the purposes of Virginia. Sherman’s
march through the heart of South Carolina
settles that little bill.—A. V. Herald.
Col. Baker, the U. S. detective officer, is
reported to have captured between 500 and
600 bounty jumpers and brokers by means of
a fictitious recruiting office in Brooklyn.
They have been sent to Port Lafayette, and
will be sent thence to Gen. Grant, with the
special request that he will put them in the
front rank in the next battle. They com
prise some well known desperate characters.
THE AIRIELS IN THE HOUSE.
Three pair* of dimpled arms, as white as enow
Held me in soft embrace;
Three little cheeks, like velvet peaches soft,
Were placed against my face.
Three pairs of tiny eyes, so clear, go deep,
Looked np in mine this even;
Three pairs of lips kist&ed me a sweet “good-night
Three little forms from heaven. ’
Ah ! it is well that “little ones” should love us
It lights our faith when dim,
To know that ouce our blessed Saviour bade them
Bring ‘ little ones" to Wm.
And said he nW "Os such is Heaven," and blessed
And held them to his breast 5-
Is it not sweet to kuow that when they leave
Tie then they go to rest r ’
And yet, ye tiny angels of my house,
Three hearts encased iu mine ;
How't would be shattered if the Lord should say
"Those angels are not thine!" J ’
THE PRAYER jOF THE LOVED.
BY .f. H. W.
* Oh, Father, keep me pure."
Pure as the breath of opening morn,
Which fans our cheek at earliest dawn,
Pure as the fragrance which exhales
From sweetest flower, when daylight pales. '
Pure as the incense which ascends
From contrite heart, when lowly bends
The suppliant knee before God’s throne.
Whose childlike prayer He’ll ne’er disown.
Pure in her life—her death so sweet—
The angelic chorus with songs shall greet
Her coming home to Heaven, with joy,
Freed from the world and sin’s alloy.
John Rock and Tony Knapp. —They tell
a good story here among Western people,
wherein a negro lawyer and a copperhead
Congressman figure. The lawyer is John S.
Rock ot Boston, and the Congressman is
Anthony L. Knapp of Illinois. It appears
that some weeks ago Mr. Knap accosted an
other Illinois Congressman—Mr. B. C. Cook,
of Ottawa—with “I believe Cook, you are
the only man here who knows, of liis own
knowledge, that I’m a member of the bar of
the Supreme Court of our State ; and I want
you to present me, some morning, for admis
sion to the bar of the Supreme Court ot the
United States.” “Certainly, certainly,
Knapp,” replied Cook, who, by the way, is’a
good Republican. Happening to meet on the
morning of the first of this month, Knapp
says, “Well, Cook, can you ’tend to that little
matter of mine this morning?” “O, yes,
come on.” So they went into tho chamber
ot the Supreme Court, and sat in the bar
waiting the assembling of the Court.
Directly, also, followed them
Sumner and John 8. Rock—taking seats qui
etly, that needless attention be not drawn to
the presence of tiffs negro. Soon came in
the honorable the Supreme Court of the
United States, who, bowing in stately fash
ion to the few spectators, took their usual
seats. Mr. Cook and Mr. Knapp rose, and
the former was on the point of presenting
the latter, when Charles Sumner’s voice was
heard—“ May it please the honorable Court.
I present John S. Rock of Boston, for ad
mission to the bar of this Court.” “Let him
be sworn,” simply said Mr. Chase; and all
negro as lie was, he.advanced to be sworn.
But Cook loves a joke—here was his chance.
While this was going on, tho Democratic
Congressmen of Copperhead tendencies stood
staring in amazement. Just as the negro
was stepping to be sworn, Cook caught
Knapp by the arm with, “Now,Knapp,it’ll be
your turn immediately after this gentleman.”
with special emphasis on the last word.”—
“No, if I’m d—d if it will,” exclaimed
Knapp, as he rushed for the door. Tony
Knapp, Congressman from Illinois, hasn’t
Set been admitted to the bar of the Supreme
ourt of the United States.”— Wash. Cor.
Rochester I)em.
SHIPPING HiTKLUGENCE.
Cleared—Steamer U. S. Grant, Dohbs, Hilton Head. '
ANTED.
It A furnished House, or three or foui furnished
rooms in a house where there are no boarders and a
small family. Any party having tho above will flud it
to their advantage to address
“WALTON,” Box 5, Savannah Herald Office.
inli‘23—4
J^OTICE.
A mass meeting of the Savannah Educational Asso
ciation will he held at the Second African Baptist
Church, Rev. J. Cox, Pastor, Wednesday Evening,
March 22.
CHARLES BRADWELL,
mar2l 2 President.
Headquarters, Dkpabtmknt of tiie Sorm,
Hilton Head, S. C„ Feb. 23,15A5.
General Orders, )
No. 24. f
Lieut.'-Col. James P. Hall, Ist N. Y. Vol. Engineers,
hanng been, on account of receiving leave of absence,
temporarily relieved as Provost. Marshal General of
this Department, iir General Orders No. 11, current
series, from these Headquarters, and having since been
promoted to be Colonel of his Regiment, now serving
in the Department of Virginia, will turn over all rec
ords and property pertaining to the office of Provost
Marshal General, wnich he may have in his possession,
to his successor, Lieut.-Col. Stewart L. Woodford,
127th N. Y. Vols., and proceed to the Headquarters of
his Regiment.
By command of
Major-General Q. A. GILLMORE.
W. L. M. Burueb, Assistant Aitj't General.
CW. DENNIS & CO.,
s No. 6 Merchants' Row,
Hilton Head, S c
Wholesale and retail dealers iu
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POTATOES, FLOCK, CANNED FRUIT anti
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Have now on hand an Extensive Stock of
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CLOTHS,
WOOLEN GOODS,
SHAWLS,
PRINTS,
SHEETINGS,
HOSIERY
AND
GLOVES,
WHITE GOODS,
AND
/JESTS’ FURNISHING
GOODS,
YANKEE NOTIONS, &c . , &c.
Which they offer by the
PIEOK OR PACKAOE,
AT TIIE LOWEST MARKET PRICES,
mar 4 lnj ,