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SAVA NY/® DAILY HERALD. VOL. 1-NO. 72. The Savannah Daily Herald (MORNING AND EVENING} 18 PCnUSHKD BY 8. TV. MASON «fc CO., At 111 Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia, terms: Per Copy Five Cent*. Per Hundred 50. Per Yaar $lO 00| advertising: Two Dollars per Square of Ten Lines for first in sertion ; One Dollar for each subsequent odc Ad vertisements inserted in the morning, will, if desired, appear in the evening without extra charge. JOB PRINTING every style, neatly and promptly done. ARRIVAL FROM WILMINGTON* Despatch Boat from Gen* Sherman DATES TO APRIL 7TH. XiOSS OX 1 THE TRANSPORT CtEN. XiirOKT. OVER 500 LIVES LOST. STATEMENT OF A SURVIVOR. The U. S. steamer Relief, from Wilming ton, 7th, arrived-below yesterday afternoon at 2 1-2 o'clock. under the orders of Mr. E.- E. Snow, bearer of dispatches from General Sherman’s headquarters.. The Relief is a chartered steamer owned by Sir. F. A. Hildreth, of Lowell, Massachu setts. She has been iu the government employ, oft' and on, about two years. She was built in ’62, and is designed for light freight and passengers. She is a double-wheel propel ler, with a speed of about 10 knots, tonnage 351. The following are lier principal of-' fleers: Capt. L. N. Barlow, commander. A. Crowell, chief mate. P. Sexton, chief engineer. Capt. Geo. F. Lambert, formerly of the Geneial Lee, brought the Relief from Hilton Head to Savannah as pilot. The Relief is .well known in the Depart ment of the South, having formerly been there for about eight months under Captain Barlow. Since leaving this Department she lias been at Fortress Monroe, and has latterly been a despatch boat for Gen. Sherman. The Relief left Wilmington on Thursday, the 7th, at 5 o’clock P. M. She touched at Charleston at 10 a. m., on Saturday the Bth, and arrived at Port Royal 11 P. M. of the same day. Mr. Snow*delivered despatches to General Gillmore, and yesterday morning,* at 9 o’clock the steamer left for Savannah. - She will leave for Hilton Head this morning, and thence to Wilmington this afternoon, with despatches to Gen. Sherman, and a large amount of Adams Express matter for Sher- man’s army. Onr messenger from Hilton Head, is in debted to Mr. Snow and Capt. Barlow for a passage up, and for other eourtesies shown him. By the arrival of the Relief, one copy of a Wilmington Herald of the Union, was re ceived through Capt. Barlow. We are* in debted to Capt. John L. Kelly, A. Q. M, in charge of marine transportation, for the loan of it to our correspondent at Hilton Head. The paper has extracts from New York papers of April 4th, including official Wash ington despatches of April 3d, previously published in the Savannah Herald. Our own dispatches, published on Sunday in an extra, and yesterday in the regular editions, were somewhat later, embracing the last intelligence received at Gen. Sherman’s Headquarters in special despatches from City Point. But a3 our messages were en tirely verbal, the details subsequently, given »of the capture of Petersburg, and the first official announcement of the capture of Richmond, will be found very interesting. New Yore, April 3, 1805. The United States steam transport ‘‘General Sedgwick.” Capt. Starkey, from Wilmington, N. C.’, 30th nit., with refugees and troops, to United States Assistant Quartermaster, ar rived at this port yesterday. She reports as follows: On the 31st tilt., at half-past ton a. m., off Cape Hatteras, latitude 35 05, longitude 75 35, discovered a steamer in shore on fire. Immediately bore down towards her, and found her to be the United States steam transport “General Lyon,” from Wilmington lor Fortress Monroe, with troops and refu gees to the number of some four or five hun dred. The w T eather at the time was very boisterous, the wind blow ing a gale from the southw T est. Went as near her as possible, bound it impossible to lower any boat. Picked up as many as we could from boats, spars, planks, &c. When we left her she was burned almost to a shell, and was fast drifting in among the breakers. There was a schooner near by, picking up persons, but <-ould not tell how many she saved. STATEMENT OF ONE OF THE PAVED.. Mr- Cyrus Williams, a member of Com- pany F, Third Pennsylvania artfcry, who was acting quartermaster and issl rations to the escaped Union prisoners aqrefugees, has furnished ns with the followinj interest ing particulars: There were on board the steamr‘General Lyon, besides the officers aniprew, two hundred and four meg and eleverufficers of the Fifty-sixth Illinois regimentjiwho had been mustered out of service an 1 were on their way home, their time of (listment having expired ; sixteen men of ft Third Pennsylvania artillery; one humid and fifty-seven escaped and paroled Unn pris oners ; sixty-seven male refugees, ftl fully one hundred refugee women and ch|ren,on their way north. Besides these were two commissioftf offi cers and eighteen enlisted men of ty-ninth New York, acting as a guaL ma king in all rising of six hundred per%s on board, of whom the small number m#ion ed above is probably all that were savq the sea rolling so high and the steamer bejg so near the line of breakers that it was pos sible for the unknown schooner mentjned to rentier any assistance. Our infonant thinks that in spite of all her efforts shiv as unable to rescue a soul. The fire broke out at about ten o’cloci on Friday morning, from a light Coming in‘in tact, with a barrel of kerosene in the poor’s room, and spreading with great rapidit— Within half an hour the vessel was pletely in flames. The sea was rolling nun tains high, and a scene of the greatest: x citement and confusion ensued immedialy it was discovered that the vessel was on te. Women and children ran shrieking abut, imploring to lie saved—on one side the re and on the other “ The seft opening like a hell.” Scores sprang from the burning vessel oSy to be swallowed up by the maddened wars, which still bore the burning mass nearer $d nearer to the roaring and surging breaker/ One boat was launched by the captair of the General Lyon, assisted by some soldirs, but was instantly stove, the captain bjng killed. Our informant and one of the mites succeeded in getting-over a metalic life into which they and two or three others grt. The boat, however, was instantly upst, they being unable to detach the painter froh the burning steamer, and all on board bui Mr. Williams, were washed out. He suc ceeded in clinging to the boat, the steamer still nishing with feaiful velocity towards the breakers. After many efforts he broke loose from the steamer, and by the aid of the boat seven persons were rescued. The detachment of Pennsylvania soldiers to which Mr. Williams belonged was on its way to Gen. Orel's command, now battling in front of Richmond. His experience on board the burning steamer was a life-longj one, and the brave soldier’s lip quivered as he related some of the harrowieg scenes which occurred on the ill-fated steamer. NAMES OF A PORTION OF THE LOST. The following names of members of thi Fifty-sixth Illinois are furnished by a surviv ing comrade: Officers. — Major James Files, Capt. Webei Capt. Dunquary, Lieut. H. S. Dunlap,Lieut Gowdie, Lieut. Bankins, Lieut. Hulbeek Lieut. Joiner, Lieut. McKenzie, Lieut. Jot Griser, Sergeant John Morriss, Sergeant E. Dillingee, L. Perry, J. Helloms, Old. Sergl. E. D. Royel, Aleck Graybill, Corpl. Mad dox, Corp. Albert Snmllhouse, Corp. Wil hide, Corp. M. S. F. Plummer. Company B—John Fields, Jessie Veitcb, James Street, Andaew Nations, Frank Spry. Company C—J Stratbern, G Stratberu, Company F— Jas. Dodson, W. Wiiifred, Jas. Perry, Mat. Brockett, Jas. Hancock, Mat. Humphrey, Sol. Harding, August Dressel, John Lacer, David Morgan, Wm. Crawford, Sami. Williams. Company A'.—Hansen Raines, Thos. Burk sier, R. Evans, Thos. Redder, S. Williams, Ricbard Larks, Robt. Davis, Robt. Branch, D. Williams, Edw. Mitchell, Howell Dobbs, brothers, G J Heeney, Felix Davis, M Rawl ings, J G Slaukard, Sami Miles, D Miles, brothers, John Miles, Calvin Stevens, Jos J Cutil, J T Selvidge, Wm Stephenson, Wm Somers, J K Carrier. ■ r I he .following is a list of the names of those who were left behind in hospitals at Wilmington : John Haydoc, first officer ; Phillip Smith, first assistant engineer : Geo. Gillespie, sec ond assistant engineer ; Oowen Duggan, oiler; Richard Doyle, coalgasser; William Brown, second cook; Almo Doe, waiter all of steamer General Lyon. Tim following is a list of those picked by the Gen. Sedgewick : Barnett Loesey, private, Cos. G, Fifth Vir gmia ; M. H. Orwent, private, Cos. E, Fifty .y]mois; John Krensen, private, Cos. F, Third Pennsylvania heavy artillery; Ira Lewis. Cos. A-Fifty-ninth New York ; Mi brocket, Cos. F, Fifty-sixth Illinois; Robert Simpson, corporal. Cos G Fiftv fourth Ohio. ’ J Thomas Farrar,refugee, Wilmington N.C.- James Edwards, sergeant, Niuety-nintUNew York; Silas Galloway, Fifty-sixth New- York- Clarenee Dunn, refugee; Geo. Murphy pri vate, Cos. A, Sixth IS ew York heavy artil lery ; Geo. Goole, Cos. F, One Hundred and Forty-fourth New- York; C. M. Dodsm Third Pennsylvania heavy artillery; Joseph Fitzgerald, Cos. K, Fifty-second Illinois; James Dempsey, fireman, steamer General Dyon; Stephen Russell, refugee; Thomas Ceoney,sailor, steamer General Lyon ; Nich olas BrowD, sailor, steamer General Lyon; Geo. W. Williams, private, Cos. G, Fifty sixth Illinois; Patrick Bryan, coalpasser, steamer General Lyon; Richard Clarke, Cos. SAViNNAH, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1865. F, Second Illinois light artillery; John Peo ples, oiler, steamer General Lyon; Isaiah Cleolly, private, Cos. K, Fifth Ohio cavalry; Cyrus P. Williams, Cos. F, Third Pennsyl vania artillery; James Gibles, first officer, steamer General Lyon; Wm. Cranston, chief engineei, steamer" General Lyou; Samuel Presse, first cook, (colored) steamer General Lyon; Chas. A. Brady, refugee. CHEW. GRANT’S ADVANCE. ADDITIONAL DETAILS OP THE PIOIIT ON FRIDAY. The Advertiser’s correspondent with the Army of the Potomac, writing on Friday night, gives the following details of the fight ing on Friday, already briefly alluded to in our teTfjgraphic accounts of the advance of General Grant on the Southside Railroad. Os course, the fight on Friday was only the pre liminary to the great passage-at-arms that followed, and 'Ahich resulted so successfully to our arms, but as a portion of the connect ed history of the advance movement, it will be found interesting. He says: There has been steady and severe fighting all day to-day on our new lines beyond Hatcher’s Run. The Second, Fifth and Twenty-fourth Corps have been engaged, the principal fighting having been done by the Fifth. Our right wing on the new line, which, with some variations, is about paral lel with the Southside Railroad, is command ed by General Ord in person, and holds a position very near that occupied a week ago by our extreme left, say about a mile be yond Hatcher’s Run and two miles and a halt beyond Humphrey’s Station. This por tion of the line is confronted by a very strong rebel earthwork, covering the Southside Railroad, which is about four miles distant. Our forces are also intrenched, and though there has been very heavy musketry firing, with some artillery, this morning and after noon, no material advantage has been gained by either party, and casualties on our side are not numerous. The negro troops on this portion of the line are on the extreme front. They behave well, and aided in the capture to-day of about two hundred pris oners. Our centre, notwithstanding the storm and awful roads, had advanced about a mile during the day. The enemy's works here are of considerable strength, but not so heavy as in front of our right. The rebels used their artillery here with some effect, though the fighting was not so severe as fur ther to the left. The front of this portion of the line is about five miles from the terminus of the military railroad and General Hum phrey’s command, and General Meade has his headquarters near the line and just in side of our lines. The centre rejoices in the capture of two hundred and fifty to three hundred pris oners during the day. Among its casualties, which were not large, is that of Major Mills of Gen. Humphrey’s Staff, who was killed. The heavy fighting has been upon our ex treme left, where the battle Las raged with fury all day. The country in that section is very rough, and movements are made with great difficulty. The enemy opened the day with a vigorous assault upon our forces, in which they were at least partially successtul. (Our lines at one point were forced back near ly a mile with some loss in killed and wouud ed and a further loss of about one hundred prisoners. The skirmish line, after being forced bacj{< rallied on the main line,and our forces at once assumed the offensive with the most determined energy. The i;ebel de fences here are field works of light character. A charge was made upon them, which re sulted in some very severe hand to hand fighting, at the conclusion of which victory rested on our banners. The enemy Were driven from their works with very severe loss, leaving their killed and wounded in our hands. Besides these, we captured one piece of artillery, two battle flags, and about five hundred prisoners. Our loss in this action, killed, wounded and hiss ing, was, perhaps, seven hundred, while the rebel killed and wounded left on the field are much more than that. General W arren w-as on the field, as were also Generals Grant and Meade. This portion of the line is at least eight or nine miles in advance of its position i week ago. Still further to the left, in the unknow-n country beyond, Sheridan and his forces have been struggling with the enemy ;o-day also. The advices from his forces are of a general character, though reliable. Rebel deserters bring in a“ report that he lias reached the Southside Railroad and ef fectually destroyed some five or six miles of it. This report is understood to have confirmation bv a messenger directly from General Slierniin himself. This story is abroad in the army at least, and has pro duced great excitement and much loud cheer iug. Ido not, however, regard it as en tirely authentic. It Is certain, however, that the cavalry has mads a wide detour round the enemy’s right, and pushed up tow-ards the railroad. In the advance this morning, considerable resitance was met, and the cavalry sufferei a temporary check. The ground is represented as very unfa vorable for marching or manceuverlftg, being covered to a considerable extent w-ith growth of small and tangled bushes. The wearied and worn men at the time of the check were rallied by the commanding Gen eral himself) who appeared to have repeated on a small acale the experience of the val ley. He and Gen. Custer, seeing how things were going, rode down the front, each ac companied by his staff in full uniforjp, soon reaching there and shouting encour agement to the men. Gen. Custor ordered the bands to strike up “Hail Columbia,” which was followed by “Yankee Doodle,” “Rally Round the Flag, Boys,” and other airs of that sort. These were re ceived with cheers, w-hich the enemy an swered with can Don. As the rebels opened fire, Gen. Sheridau seized liis colors, and Gen. Custer and a large number of staff offi cers, rode up and down the line in fall view of the enemy, while Gen. Merritt, with other Staff officers, dashed off to the right and put himselt at the head of the regimeqts and led them into the fight. This action of Sheridan and his officers was greeted with thousands of cheers, after which, it is scarcely necessary to add, the enemy was rapidly driven from his position with heavy loss, and the capture of one or two of his battle flags, and a considerable number of prisoners. Some estimate of Sheridan’s loss may be formed from the fact that he has sent to headquarters for ambu lances for five hundred wounded. He ap pears to be endeavoring to turn the rebel right upon itself, while also striking out for the railroad. The position of our infantry force to-night, indicates more fighting to-morrow. The rebels will not give it up yet. Between us and the railroad is but one line of breast works thrown up quite recently, and appa rently not very strong. If we assault that to-morrow, the enemy will doubtless make a stubborn resistance. The end, however, can not be doubtful. Both armies are fighting with desperation, but the rebels show signs of exhaustion. Our aggregate loss during the day may be fifteeen hundred. The rebel* loss in killed and wounded will probably exceed that, while we have also some uine hundred pris oners, perhaps more. Our loss ill officers is very severe. Great Tumble in the Gold Market. The Gold Market, which closed very stiff Saturday night, opeus very limber this morn ing the first quotations being 148 1-4, which is a decline of six per cent, on account of yesterday's news. There is no little iutere3t manifested by the “bulls” aud “bears,” who congregate in the new rooms, but buyers are very scarce. Down to 11.15 this morning, gold had fallen from the opening quotation to 14G. The fluctuations in the interim were as follows :At 10.32, 148 1-4; 10.35, 148 3-4; 10.38, 148 3-4 to 149; 10.50, 147 5-8; 11.15, 14C 1-2. At 11.38, it had experienced a further fall to 145 1-s—and this before the news that “Babylon has fallen,” had arrived. At 11.40, 145. At 11.45, 140 to 140 1-4. At 12, 145 5-8. [Boston Herald, 4th. Strawberry Culture. —l notice under the heading—“ Fruit Growers Meeting of Wes tern New York,” a discussion on the best method of cultivating the strawberry, in which H. H. Hooker, of Rochester says: “Take plants in April or the first of May, and land not previously used tor strawber ries, plant, in row's four feet, apart, and one foot in the row—keep the ground clear be tween the rows w'ith a horse and hoe until the runners commence running, when the runners should be arranged evenly over the ground. They will fill all but about two feet in the middle of the rows. The next year they will he clear and beautiful, rvhen he would let them bear; after having borne, he would plough theta up.'” I have great respect for the opinion of my friend Hooker, knowing him to be a practi cal horticulturist. But after growing straw berries as long as I have, and thoroughly practiced the different methods of cultivating them, I cannot help but differ w’ith him in regard to that part of his remarks which are in italics. I usually plant in Merch or April the same distance he plants—give them the same care—training the vines so that they w ill make a matted row, say from one to two feet wide. After they are through bearing the first season I then pass between the rows with a plow, throwing together three furrows, which leaves the old furrows only from six to eight inches wide. I then pass over the beds, the way the row-s run, with a harrow, and drag the ground down level, and have boys pass over and pull out what few weeds may be in the row-s—(there will be none to speak of if they are kept clean the first year, as they are like a clover crop, killing out weeds if they get the start of them. I then have a quan tity of manure—the more the better—scat tered over the ground. This is all the expense lam at except passing between the rows two or three times with a cultivator, to keep the down and the plants from setting too far out be tween. the rows. I claim that I can get as many barrels the second and third years as the first year—that is, of those varieties that succeed the best in rows—such as Wilson’s, Jenny Lind, Early, Scarlet, &c. I claim, also, that the great expense of growing them in the rows is in the first year, killing out the weeds, arranging the runners, &c., while after the first year the expense is very tri fling, especially when manure can be had a] reasonable prices. Now for the proof of my position. I have a bed of Jenny Linds which was set in the spring of 18G0 t the first year it bore a good crop; the second year a better crop, (not withstanding the great frost on the night of the 20th of May,) and this year, regavdless of the severe drought, it was one perfect mass of fruit, yielding a larger crop than at any previous season. I also had Wilson’s beds set the same yoar, and the yield w-as as heavy last season as this was then. A neighbor of mine has a small bed of Wilson’s (quarter of an acre,) set in the spring of 1801 ; he gave it extra cultivation, growing them in rows. Last year being what is termed the fruitless season, he obtained about twenty-five bushels—Hie frost cut off the first part of the crop. After they w-ere through bearing ha gave it the treatment I have above described, and, notwithstanding the severe drought, it has yielded this season over thirty bushels. Now, I should like to have any pea-son convince me that it would have been better, or paid him or myself bet ter, to have ploughed under the vines alter they were througn bearing the first year, and got nothing the nexl year from our ground bat a lew' cabbages or potatoes. My practice, after a bed has borne three or four years, -4s to allow the plants to run broadcast over the ground, and after the berries are through bearing, plow up all the old original row-s and leave new rows half way between. If the ground becomes too Joul or weedy the third or fourth year, I would then plough them under. I claim, however, if plenty of manure is used and they are plow ed deep, that this rotation sys tem can be carried out for a number of years, and still pay better than to plow under and lose the crop from the ground one season. I have given very close attention to all the new varieties, (many of which I have paid fabulous prices for,) but have yet to find varieties that pay me as Veil for marketing as the Jenny Lind and Wilson. They both stand the drought well, and last year tire first variety named was hardly affected by that severe frost.— Moore's Bura/ New Yorker. \ PRICE. 5 CENTS TEXAS. THE TRAYS-MISSISSIPHI REBEL ARMY TO ESTABLISH THE TEXAS REPIBLIC The Object to Return the State to the Inioii. A correspondent of the N. Y. Herald writes as follows: New Orleans, March 28, 1865. GENERAL LEW WALLACE AND THE REBEL GKN. SLAUGHTER IN GOUNCIL. I learn from a reliable gentleman, who has jus) returned from the Rio Grande, the fol lowing important facts: The steamship Clinton carried out to Bra zos Santiago, Major General Lew Wallace, w ho wfcs sent to the Rio Grande .on a sped® mission, supposed to concern the expulsion of our consul at Matanioras by Maximilian, and the result of rebel deserters by General Mejia. The result of the consul affair is not known. It is not even known that any explanation whatever was demanded ; but the conference with Mejia was entirely satisfactory. That officer had simply entered into an arrangp merit with the rebel Gen. Slaughter for the delivery of murderers and thieves escaping from their respective States. Gen. Slaughter seut a note to Gen. Wal lace requesting an interview, which was f ranted, and the meeting took place at Point sabel, Texas. The best feeling existed be tween the Union and rebel parties,'and a good social time was enjoyed. The result was, that tire Clinton, bearing a colonel of Wallace’s staff, with despatches for General Canby, was sent back to New Orleans, with orders to land at the wharf ot Galveston on her return. General Wallace remained in Texas. He is probably now at Galveston, awaiting the arrival of the Clinton. She sails for that port to-night. THE TUANS.-MISSISSIPPI REBEL ARMY TO ESTAB LISH THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. The same informant states that the lead ers of the Trans-Mississippi army, fully con vinced of the utter hopelessness of the rebel cause, have resolved to secede therefrpna, and proolaim the independence of Texnsas’ a sovereign state, preparatory, probably, in seeking for readraission to the old Union. The Brownsville Ranchero bitterly de nounces this scheme, which proves that there must be some foundation for it. REMOVAL OF MAYOR HOTT—POLITICAL FAMILY • QUARRELS. % The only Item of local news of impor tance is that giving the removal of Mayor Hoyt by General Hurlbut, and the appftint-' ment ot Dr. Kennedy, who was for many years editor of the True Delta of this city. The cause of Mr. Hoyt’s removal has not been made public. It is supposed to be in some way the result of the long standing family quarrel between the Flanders aud Hahn factions of patriotic office holders and office seekers, which has raged more in tensely than ever since the recent inaugura tion of Governor Wells. Wells is of the Flanders persuasion, and is inTuriated be cause of his inability to remove from office the appointment of Hahn—all made by vir tue ot the latter’s authority as Military Gov ernor. Hahn, while Governor, exercised authority granted him by - the President of the United States and the people of this State. Wells is the creature of the people only, and the right to create him, and the utility of his existence as Governor, are very questionable indeed. REBEL ACCOUNTS. BLOCKADE RUNNING AT OAI.VESTON. [From the Galveston Bulletin, March 10.] On the 9th the steamer arrived at Galveston from Havana. On entering port she ran aground on the knoll opposite Mag nolia, but got off after throwing overboard part of her cargo'. Captain La Blache *is “ winning golden opinions among all classes.” This he had done, by giving fifty dollars for the use of sick and wounded rangers, besides purchas ing and bridging from Havana their “beau tiful flag.” On the 7th a schooner ran from a Mexican ?ort, under fire from the blockading fleet. be captain brought no papers, but told the editor that affairs in Mexico do not look promising for Maximilian. In central Mex ico the imperial troops had been forced back to within ten miles of Vera Cruz, the guer illa bands roaming all over the country. The dissatisfaction among the Mexicans with the* new empire is widespread. HIGH PRICKS IN TEXAS. [Prom the Galvcstom Bulletin, March 13.] Fifty barrels of Irish potatoes sold at Hous ton, February 28, at $25 a barrel. They had been imported. The following sales were made at auction at Galveston on the Ist inst., in specie : French cottonades, 30c.; jeans, 40c.;‘cotton checks, 22c.; fancy w-oollen shirts, $27 50 per dozen; unbleached domestic, 40c.; small sized letter paper, $6 per ream ; coffee, 40c.; envelopes, $lO per 1.000; French playing cards, SO4 per gross ; ladies’ gaiters, SBO per dozen. Second hand furniture was sold at the most extravagant prices. The wreck of the steamship Will-o’-the-Wisp—as she lies on Galveston beach—was sold for $7,000 to Mr. A. Burns. . The Mermaid and Her Tears —The mer maid is frequently seen on the coast of Su matra, but her appearauce is far different from, and much less poetic than the fabulous histories we have been in the habit of hear ing. Her appearance is very like that of a cow, and we cannot conceive how- any re semblance to a woman can have been fancied, except in the position of the breasts and in the manner of nursing her young. They have very strong affection for their young, and when they are removed, call them with a loud, continual moan, very discordant, and a strange property is ascribed to those tears by a kind of poetic superstition. It is sup posed that the tears which the mother sheds to recall her absent offspring have the power of attracting towards the person possessing them the one most dear to the person. The precious drops are, therefore, eagerly pur chased by lovers, as a kind of talisman to preserve and retain the affections of the be- . loved object;