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Interesting Reading in an Odd Plage.—
Ask a man who lias a spare hour or two if
time to kill, and who is resolved to call in
literary aid to assist him in the murder, what
author will he choose as his accomplice—what
hook he will select to help him while the
weary minutes away, and, according to his
individual taste,ever}' man will make his own
characteristic answer. A man of the “dead
ly-lively” style, will choose one of the old
authors of fiction, and signify a preference
lor the “Children in the Abbey,” “Alonzoand
Melissa - ’ the “Mysteries of Udojpho;” the
“Scottish Chiefs,” or perhaps “Thaddeus, of
Warsaw.” The gentleman of a dramatic
turn of mind would call for his quarto
Shakespeare, or his fat old volume of “rare
Ben Jenson,” or perhaps his turkey-bound
editon of “Baumont and Fletcher,”or evenhe
might have a taste for the works of some of
our modern dramatists, and display a prefer
ence for Tom Taylor, or Dion Boucieault.
The individual of poetic fancies would de
mand his Byron, or his Tom Moore, or call
for his blue and gold edition of Tom Hood,
Tennyson,or Leigh Hum—or, if he felt an ad
miration for those in the female poetry line,
he might choose to liiniselt Mrs. Brown
ing, Mrs. Heliums, or possibly Miss Amelia
B. Welby or Miss Phcrbe Cary. The lover
of the metaphysical would for Kant, or Car
lyle, or Emerson. He who could delight in
tlie unutterably filthy, w ould, of course se
lect Walt. Whitman's “ Leaves of Grass.”—
There would he many true-hearted lovers of
Charles Lamb, w’hile of the many dishes the
more modern school of Novelists set before
us, there would be many partakers, and
Dickens, Thackeray,Reade, Kingsley,Collins
Trollope, Sala, Miss Mulock, Miss Evans,
Harriet Prescott, Mrs. Stowe, Hawthorne,
Curtis and Mitchell would all find their many
and eager admirers—in fact, every novel
writer of every degree of merit, from Walter
Scott, down through the grades of Cooper,
Marryatt, Reynolds, James, to Mr. the Hon
orable Sir Sylvanus Cobb, and His Tarry
Highness Commander “Ned Buntline,”
would all have their advocates.
But, of all the crowd thus seeking an
hour’s literary entertainment, we ll venture
to say that uot a single one would think of
peering into a volume which is, to us, a nev
er-failing source of delightful interest, and
that noble volume is— the Dictionary.
Most of our friends only know this portly
quarto as reservoir of definitions—they refer
to it only to find occasionally the meaning
of a word, with a once-in-a-great-w r hile re
ference to its orthography or pronunciation ;
but, we have no hesitation in asserting that
not one in nine hundred and ninety-one of
the persons who look into the Dictionary
ever suspect the half of the most interesting
matter for information, consultation and re
flection which is to bo found in the back part
of-the Dictionary.
True, there are no fairy tales of wonder,
there are no brilliant descriptions of travel
or biography, but there is material by the
cord for instruction. A studious or thought
ful man will) find many things of exceeding
value iu (he back part of the Dictionary.
Are you je ngaged in reading legitimate
Ancient History, or in conning over the fas
cinating pages of the more illegitimate ancient
mythology, and you there find mention of
Kiugs,rtiilosophers and Sages, whosenames
seem unpronounceable, for information as to
the “how” of the pronunciation, st >e the
hack part of the Dictionary.
Aie you puzzled about the proper accent of
any Geographical names. See the bark part
of the Dictionary.
Iu your dailyj perusal of your Bible you
will find you can read much mere intelligibly
il you arc able to pronounce the Scriptural
names with correctness—and for the rules
a PP ] y to the bad- part of the Dictionary.
And so with the names of all distinguished
men of Ancient or Modern times—Poets,
Dramatists, Orators, Actors. Writers, Essay
ists, Generals, Painters, Singers,'Composers,
Statesmen, Soldiers, Stoics, Martyrs, Ty
rants, whether they be Greek, Hebrew, Lat
in, Spartan, Abysinian, French, Spanish,
English, Kamschatkian, Bengalee, Indian,
Siamese, Yankee, Yorkshire, Yahoo, Heath
en, Dohomeyan, Laplandie, Swedish, Ethio
pian or Australian ; you will find them all
laid down, properly classified, spelled and
accented, iu the back part of the dictionary.
All the abbreviations known to all written
languages, all the elision, and every con
traction and alter at iou of word or syllable,
may be learned from the back part of the die.
tionarlfT
Would you learn all those mysterious As
tronpmical signs aud symbols which render
certain parts of the Almanach sealed myste
ry to most people, look for the key to t hese
strange hieroglyphics in the bad part of the
dictionary.
All Botanical, Chemical, Medical, Com
mercial, Grammatical, Mathematical, Typo
graphical and Miscellaneous Signs ahd fig
ures are fully explained iu the bad part of the
dictionary.
For a| full exposition and explanation of
the whole philosophy of the two systems of
Roman [and Arabic notation and numera
tion, tvitk all the figures pertaining to the
same, see the back part of the dictionary.
Would you learn the whole mystic art of
Proof Reading, without master, you may
do so with no other teacher than that dufnb
instructor, the. last /ngt* of the dictionary.
All the many phy&*es borrowed from the
French, Latin, Italian and eveiy other imag
inable language, which certain writers have
a habit of thickly interspersing among their
English sentences, may be literally translat
ed ; and a judicious man may even impose
himself upon many as a classical scholar and
an accomplished linguist, simply by thor
oughly mastering the few last pwjes of the
dictionary.
There you can learn many other things
well worth knowing, and from thence you
may extract many an hour of most interest
reading.
There you may read that “Jam Satis"
means that this article is long enough ; and
there you may also team that “Vale” signi
fies| Vareurell.
Savannah Tiibatre.— The bill for last
evening was rich, varied and attractive, and
notwithstanding the unfavorable weather, a
fair bouse was in attendance. “Naval En
gagements,” and “The Young Widow,” were
presented in a very creditable manner, the
audience testifying its approval in frequent
applause. Mr. Davenport and Miss Lafond
appeared in both pieces. The songs of
Messrs. Scott and Ryman were pleasing and
effective, and their burlesque act, concluding
the bill, was a good hit. These gentlemen
have proved, as we predicted, no small ac
quisition to the Savannah Theatre.
The Fishermen on a Strike.— The fish
ermen who supply our market are feeling
much aggrieved by the late order of the Pro
vost Marshal, establishing prices for their
commodity. They declare that, though they
have plenty of fish, they will not sell them
at the prices set down in the Price-List.
This looks fishy.
The Market.— The new schedule of prices
adopted, seems to give general satisfaction.
The country people are well pleased and
glad to get rid of forestallers. They desire
to negotiate directly with our citizens and
not be trnmelled in so doing-
First and Shcond Provost Courts —A
number of eases involving rent and claim
were disposed of yesterday.
The following is a description of the first
CiEsar by the second Napoleon, copied from
the great work of the Emperor, recently
published:
To these natural gifts, developed by a bril
liant education, were joined physical ad
vantages. His lofty staturo, and ‘liis finely
moulded and well-proportioned limbs, im
parted to his person a grace which distin
guished him from all others. His eyes were
dark, his glance penetrating, his complexion
colorless, and his noso straight and some
what thick. His mouth was Bmall and reg
ular, and the lips, rather full gave to the low
er part of his face an expression of kindli
ness, while his breadth of forehead indicated
the development of the intellectual faculties.
His face was full, at least in his youth; but
in the busts which were made toward the
close of his life, his features are thinner, and
bear the traces of fatigue. His voice was
sonorous and vibratic; his gesture noble, and
an air of dignity pervaded his whole per
son. His constitution, which at first was
delicate, grew robust by sober living, and by
his habit of exposing himself to the inclem
ency of the weather.
Accustomed from youth to manly exercise,
he was a bold horseman, and lie supported
with ease privations and fatigues. Habitu
ally abstemious, his health was not weaken
ened by excess of labor, nor by excess of
pleasure. Nevertheless, on two occasions,
once at Cordova and then atThapsus, he had
a nervous attack, which was erroneously
thought to epilepsy. He paid particu
lar attention to his person,shaving with care,
or had the hairs plucked out ; he brought
forward artistically his hair to the front of
head, and this iu his more advanced age
served to conceal his baldness. He was re
pioached with the affection ot scratching his
head with only oue finger for fear of derang
ing his hair. His dress was arranged with
exquisite taste. His gowu was generally
bordered with the laticlam, ornamented with
fringes to the bands, and was bound round
bis loins by a sash loosely knotted—a fashion
which distinguished the elegant aud effemi
nate*vouth of the period.
RtU Sylla was not deceived by this show
of trivolity, and he was wont to recommend
that the people should have an eye on that
young man with the flowing sash. He had
a taste for pictures, statues and gems; and he
always wore on his finger, in memoiy of his
origin, a ling on which was engraved the
figure of au armed Venus.* To sum up, there
were found in C'tvsar, physically aud moral
ly. two features wliich are rarely combined
in the same person, He joiued aristocratic
iastidiousness of person to the vigorous tem
perament ot the soldier; the graces of mind
to the profundity of thought; the love ol
luxury and of the arts to a passion for mili
tary life in all its simplicity and rudeness. In
a word, he joined the elegance of manner
an hicli seduces, to the energy of character
winch commands. Such was Ctesar at the
age of 18, when Sylla possessed himself of
the Dictatorship. Ho had already attracted
the attention of the Romans by his name,
his wit, his engaging manners, which were
so pleasing to men, and, still more so, per
haps to women.
Secretary McCulloch has determined to
sell the captured cotton at auction in New
lor greenbacks. It is supposed that
this settles the disposition of cotton aud oth
er commodities which may be captured
hereafter by our armies in the South.
Qukkn Victoria has sent an Envoy Extra
ordinary to Maximilian with full nnd hearty
recognition of the Empire of Mexico.
Mr. Parrot, inventor of the ifenous Parrot
gun, is dangerously sick at West Point.
0,1 the authority of the
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[For the Savannah Daily Herald.]
THE NEW SECRETARY OP THE
TREASURY.
Third. Paper,
USURY.
After recommending that the penalty for
usury be a forfeiture of the interest instead
of a forfeiture of the debt, on which more
than the legal rate is taken, and that the
banks in the large commercial cities be re
lieved in certain contingencies from all pen
alties for usury, Mr. McCulloch says:
Few questions have been more frequently
and thoroughly discussed, or in relation to
which there has been a greater difference of
opinion among intelligent men, than the
question of usury. Much of this difference
of opinion has arisen from the fact that men
have viewed it from different stand points.
The opinion of one who has lived in Ger
many or England, where capital is abundant
and no usury laws have existed for years,
will, of course, be very different from that of
one who has lived in Minnesota or California,
and noticed the evils which have resulted
trom the high rates which money lias com
manded in those States.
Mr. McCulloch has here suggested a very
important and equitable modification of the
law, i. e., that no higher penalty than a for
feiture of the interest, instead of a forfeiture
of the debt on which more thau the legal
rate of interest is taken.
That the banks in the ftrge commercial
cities should be relieved of these penalties,
will meet with the concurrence of all sound
thinkers on the subject, there can be no
doubt.
The whole of this extract abounds in sound
doctrine with some qualification. It may be
true that the usury laws have some restrain
ing influence on lenders. The position can
not be sustained, however, that because coin
ed money is the creature of law, and that gold
and silver are not money until coined, and
made such by the authority of the govern
ment, it has that fixeduess, or invariability of
value that would justify a maximum rate of
interest for its use. Mr. McCulloch says
“that money is not like merchandise or other
personal property, the result of man’s indus
tary, but a ereation of the government, and
government that fixes the value that shall be
placed upon it, has a right to say what shall
be charged for the use of it. If this were
true it would take money out of the category
of articles subject to the laws ot demand
and supply. Now money under certain cir
cumstances is merchandise. If the govern
ment should deface the coin or it has suffered
deterioration from wear and tear; or a paper
currency should be issued in such excess as
to become depreciated—money becomes a
commodity—an article of merchandise.
But while Mr. McCulloch was on this
branch of his subject we are surprised he
did not recommend a uniform rate of inter
est as regards all public securities. Uniform
ity here is as necessary as uniformity in re
lation to the whole country. The Federal
securities bear various rates of interest, some
of them five, and others six and others again
seven and three-tenths per cent, per annum.
The British Government corrected this di
versity in the rates of interest borne by her
stocks. They reduce, with a few unimpor
tant exceptions, the whole of their public
debt to one uniform rate of three per cent,
per annum, in the consolidation of that debt.
This has greatly contributed to the simplifi
cation of the pubUc accounts, and the large
financial . experience of that government
merits attention on such a subject . The hol
ders of the British debt were reimbursed for
a reduction in the rate of interest by an in
crease of the principal. The Eug'.ish law
has been modified to meet the more enlight
ened state of opinion as regards usury. The
Bank of England is permitted to raise or
lower the rate of interest on sixty day bills
according to circumstances. An unfavora
ble state of Foreign Exchange, from what
ever cause produced, leads*- to an export of
gold, and may place in jeopardy the safety
of the institution. The Bank has only to
raise the rate of discount on bills to cheek a
drain or the tendency to a drain, and to re
strain speculation, as it was merely to lower
the rate of discount when its treasure be
comes, inconveniently large, and Jthere is a
plethora of money.
MONEY AND ITS VALUE.
Notwithstanding the fact that money is tire
standard of value, it is not free from the
operations of the great, regulating law of
supply and demand. Where money is abun
dant it is cheap, where scarce it is dear; aud
no legislation has been able to control the
effect of this general law. There is no ne
cessity for usury laws in most of the States
at the present time, because money is abun
dant and leaders arc plenty, aud borrowers
are scarce. When the war is over, aud busi
ness goes back again to its accustomed chan
nels, and the disbursements of the govern
ment are largely curtailed, borrowers will be
plenty and lenders scarce. Because usury
laws are not needed now, it does not follow
that they will not be required at no very dis
tant day, nor does it follow because legisla
tion has not been able absolutely to regulate
the value of the use of money, and because
all usury laws are frequently eVUcled, that,
therefore, these laws are inefficacious and
unwise. Usury laws, no matter how much
they have been evaded, haw had the effect
of preventing, to some extent, excessive
charges on loaus of money. There is scarce
ly a banker or money lender in the country
who has uot often been restrained in his
charges for the money lie has loaned bv the
usury laws which have been in force
In all countries, in which there is
not a superabundance of capital, usurv
laws have been fouud necessary to protect
those whose interest it is to borrow money
against excessive charges for it bv
those who have it to lend, and the experience
or the nations is not to be disregarded
Money, whether it be in the form of the pre
cious metals or of bank notes, is created by
lavs. Gold and Buver aie not money until
coined and made such by the authority of
the government. It is not, like merchandise
or other personal property, the result of man’s
industry, but a creation of the government,
and government, which fixes the value that
shall be placed on it. has the right to say, and
it is its duty to say, what shall be charged
tor the use of it. Os course solvent bank
notes, whether issued, by national or State
authority, depend for their value as money
upon the value of the coin of the United
States. The only question, then, which it is
necessary to consider in this connection is,
what penalty shall be attached to violations
of usury laws. On this point I am of the
opinion that while the penalty should be such
as will protect the borrower from oppression,
it should not be of such a character as to
tempt too strongly his honor, or to compil
both the lender and borrower to resort to
shifts for the evasion, which make money
dearer to the latter than it otherwise would
be. The laws of those States that make void
all usurious contracts, even in the hands of
innocent parties, and punish usury as h crime,
arc impolitic and unwise; those laws that
make valid contracts for any rates of inter
est whicli may be agreed upon are scarcely
less so.
[From the Louisville Union Press.]
Rebel Unanimity. —Gov. Brown, of Geor
gia, is perhaps the most disgusted man in
the Confederacy. At any rate lie makes the
most parade of his disgust. His late mes
sage shows how great a unanimity was ac
complished through the reaction of the peace
negotiation failure. It will be remembered
that the grandest resuttsof unity anti match
less devotion to the cause, were predicted
from that failure, by the high-fliers in Rich
mond and elsewhere in rebelddm. But
Governor Brown for one lias not been very
seriously unitized by it. He says:
Our government is a military despotism,
drifting into anarchy, and if the present poli
cy is persisted in it must terminate in recon
struction with or without subjugation.
Governor Brown states that he is utterly
opposed to both; but if lie favored either lie
would give his earnest support to the policy
of the President, as the surest mode of dimin
ishing our armies, exhausting our resources,
and breaking the spirit of our people, and
driving them in despair to seek refuge from,
worse tyranny by placing themselves under a
government they loathe and detest.
He opposes the arming of the slaves,* be
lie.ving them to be more valuable as agricul
tural laborers than they could be as soldiers.
They do not wish to go into the army, and
the principal restraint now upon them is the
fear that if they leave, the enemy will make
them tight. Compel them to take up arms,
and they will desert by thousands.
Whatever may be our opinion of their nor
mal condition or interests, we cannot expect
them to perform deeds of heroism when fight
ing to continue the enslavement of their
wives and children, and it is not reasonable
to demand it of themselves. Whenever we
establish the that they are a military people,
we'destroy our theory that they are unfit to
be free. When we arm the slaves we aban
don slavery.
There is a good deal more sense than Con
federate “unity” in this kind of talk. The
Governor, evidently don't relish the “rotten
borough - ' representation in Richmond. He
rails to discern the unselfish devotion to the
public weal, in Humphrey Marshall’s project
of taking somebody else’s constituency “by
the nape of the neck,” and thrusting them
into the army:
He complains of the usurpations of the
Confederate Congress in levying dispropor
tionate taxation, and says that much of the
most objectionable legislation is imposed up
on the country by tire vote of the men who
act without responsibility to constituency out
of the army.
For the cure of existing evils he recom
mends the repeal of the conscription act and
a return to the constitutional mode of rais
ing troops, by requisitions upon the States,
the observance of good faith with the sol
diers by paying them promptly, the aban
donment. ot imprisonments and secret ses
sions of Congress, no more representation
without a constituency, and, finally, taking
from the President his power as Commander
in-Cliief.
This is not an inspiring view of things.
Memory in the Drowning. —Some years
ago A. held a bend against B. for several
hundred dollars, having some time to run.
When the bond became due, A. made a dii
ligent search for it among his papers, but it
was not to be found. Knowing to a cer
tainty that the bond had not been paid or
otherwise legally disposed of, A. concluded
frankly to inform bis neighbor B. of its loss
and rely upon Lis sense of justice for its
payment. But to bis surprise, when in
formed of the loss, B. denied ever having
given such a bond, and strongly intimated a
fraudulent design on his part in asserting
that, such a transaction bad taken place be
tween them. Being - unable to prove bis
claim, A. was compelled to submit to the
loss of the debt, and also to the charge of
dishonorable intentions in urging the de
mand. Years passed away, and the affair
almost ceased to be thought of, when, one
day, while A. was bathing in Charles river,
he was seized with cramp and came near
drowning. After sinking aud rising several
times, lie was seized by a friend, anil drawn
to the shore, and carried home, apparently
lifeless. But by application of the usual
remedies lie was restored; and as soon as he
gained sufficient strength he went to his
book case, took out a book, and from be
tween tlie leaves, took out. the identical
bond which had been so long missing. He
then stated that while drowning and sinking,
as he supposed, to rise no more, there sud
denly stood out. before him, as it were in a
picture, every act, of his life, from his child
hood to the moment when be sank beneath
the waters, and that among other acts was
that of his placing that bond in a book, and
laying it away in the book-case. A. armed
with the long lost document, found in this
marvellous manner, called upon 8., of whom
be recovered the debt with interest: Similar
instances of quickened memory might easily
be given. ' J
} ANKLES AND TIIE ChIVALR V.—TIie <Ylliv
alry” has one of the characteristics of sub
lime natural scenery, viz : of gathering on
chantmenl of view from distance. The
snailing din of crimination and recrimination
now going on in unhappy rebeldom, the
charges ot corruption, extortion, cowardice,
disloyalty, unmitigated selfishness, unheard
ot cupidity and meanness, which are flying
back aud forth between the different depart
ment :rof their Government, between indi
viduals high in authority, between State and
v ontederate officials, between press and peo
ple, make an aggregate showing of quite or
dinary and average human characteristics,
rankly aud offensively developed under the
influence of vicious institutions and adverse
fortunes. Nothing can be more obvious th 77
that the immaculate chivalry do not have an
unlimited admiration for one another And
they moreover see m each other a marked
excess of the very qualities which they have
hitherto held to be tl|g sum-total of Yankee
traits, and which have Jacked breath
and language to adequatelT express their
scornful loathing of. Asa single, but by no
means signal example, take this from the
Richmond Dispatch. The editor is com
menting upon some remark of Ward Beecher
respecting the planting of New England
ideas m toe South: 6 uu
We have heard a good deal of Yankee love
of money and other property, but we have
our doubts whether they can give our native
born speculators and extortioners any new
ideas on that subject. Judging by the au-di
ty of the milk which is sold in° Richmond at'
the moderato price of ten dollars a quart we
should say that a patent had already been
obtained here from those Yankee milkmen
who are said to skim their milk on the ton
and then turn it over and skim the bottom’
and then divide it in ten parts, carefully
skimming each part. The love of propem
that, in face of the declaration of Gen Lee
that the employment of negroes js a military
necessity, refuses to make the sacrifice needs
no importation of New England ideas to in
vigorate its hold upon goods and chattels
We must do New England the justice to gay
that its ideas on the subject of defending its
own homes from the period of the Indian
wars to the close of the American revolution
never went to the extent of refusing any
sacrifice which was necessary for the defense
of its soil. — Louisville. Union Press.
Served them Right aj.i. Round.—A firm
at Nashville, of secesh sympathizers, hadja
considerable number of U. S. coupons, which
they took to a bank and demanded payment
of. The officers requested them to make up
a schedule of numbers and amounts,on which
the holders got into a tuff - , gathered up their
coupons, went oil and had each one protest
ed separately before a notary, put on the
necessary revenue stamps, and sent the bun
dle by mail, at an expense of several dollars
for postage, to Mr. Spinner, the U. S. Treas
urer at Washington, demanding payment of
the coupons, notary’s fees, stamps and pos
tage. The Treasurer made a pretty spicy
reply, pointing out that their pains at pro
testing was entirely superfluous, and inform
ing them that they could receive the amouut
ot their coupons, but no more. So the firm
did not make much by this operation.
The same officer made a pretty sharp reply
to Judge Merrick, a judge of a United States
Court out west, who remonstrated against
the income tax being deducted from his sala
ry. Another judge about the same time
•wrote to Mr. Spinner, suggesting that there
was some mistake about deducting his tax,as
he didn’t think enough had been taken out,
who sent a copy of this letter to Judge Mer
rick, simply saying that he “wanted to let
him see the difference between a loyal and a
disloyal judge; and that, while he wouldn’t
enter at all into the question whether Con
gress could or could not diminish his salary
during his term of office, lie begged to sug
gest to Judge Merrick that Congress might
upset his d—d court !’’ The indignant judge
seut. the lelter to the President, who referred
it to Secretary Chase. The Secretary called
the Treasurer before him and asked him if he
wrote the letter. Yes, was the reply, “but
but it I’d known he was gojng to send it
to ave made it—a good deal worse!”
Ihe Secretary remonstrated, but the Treas
urer would not yield, and finally Mr. Chase
said, “Well, General, all I have to say is,
that while your letter is very pertinent tb the
subject, I’m afraid it was very impertinent to
the judge!” Pretty soon thereafter Judge
Merrick learned that there was more than he
dreamed in the Treasurer’s letter. Congress
did “upset his d—d court!” and since that
day he has had no trouble with the Treasurer
about salaries!
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
PORT ROYAL HOUSE, (HILTON HEAD,; MAR. ts.
T. Bostock, Savannah, Ga
C. W. Kin-,
11. P. Rugg,
J. C. Morgan, Morehead City, N. C.
A. Siegii, New York.
Dr. Rector and lady, Beaufort, S. C.
C. J. Rogers, U. S. N.
V. Wolff, New York.
B. Wincher, New York.
Mrs. Capt. Hamil. Brooklyn, L. I.
C. Raab, Indiana.
J. Sullivan.
G. L. Aiken and lady, Boston, Mass.
Miss L. Desmond, *•
Madame A. Tille, “
Miss G. Langley, «
Miss L. Langley, «
G. L. Parkes, >•
J. L. Duff,
11. Daley, “
Capt. F. C. Smith, C. S., Savannah, Ga.
,T- Everiss, “
Mrs. Peas, “
Col. E. Shaw, “ •.
Mrs. Cuyler, “
J. C. Mifker,
G. A. Whittmore, U. S. A.
S. 11. Martin, Charleston, S. C.
E. C. Haggens, U. S. N. .
D. P. Deavdoff, Indi'na.
11. M. Webster, Vermont.
D. P. Heath, U. S. N.
•I. W. Kelly, Illinois.
M. B. Custer, Illinois.
H. G. nannaman, Indiana 4
E. D. Tenbroeck, Savannah, Ga,
M. G. Still, Beaufort, 8. C.
H. Tenneman, “
•I. W. C. Williamson.
J. L. Tendall, Boston,
Mrs. Reynolds, N. Y.
Capt. A. P. Cutting, S’2d Ohio Vois
E. 11. Burlin, Savannah, Ga.
E. Bartlett, U. S. A.
G. W. Greene, Savannnah, Ga..
E. W. Drummond, Wisconsin.
N. A. Pains, Salem, Mass.
MissL. May, N. Y.
Naval.-— lt is reported that Admiral Dahl
greu will soon be relieved of the command
ot tlie South Atlantic blockadiug squadron,
at his own request. The necessities of the
service on the coast of South Carolina, Geor
gia aud I lorida since the fall of Savannah,
Charleston, aud Georgetown do not require a
very large squadron to maintain a blocka.de,
and a large portion of the heavier class of
vessels will be or have been withdrawn and
sent to other squadrons, or laid up for re
pairs in the various navy yards. The squad
ron will be small, and only large enough for
a commodore in the future. It is rumored
that Commorodore Sylvahus Gcdon will be
assigned as successor to the present com
mander ol the squadron.