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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOL. 1-NO. 81. The Savannah Daily Herald CMORNING AND EVENING) IS PUBLISHED BY S. W. MASON A CO., Ax 111 Eat Street, Savannah, Georgia, teems: Per Copy .Five Cents. Per Hundred $3 50. Per Year $lO 00, ADVERTISING.: Two Dollar? per Square of Ten Lines for first In sertion ; One Dollar for each subsequent one..-. Ad vertisements inserted in the morning, will, if desired, appear in the evening without extra charge. , JOB PRINTING every style, neatly and promptly done. LETTER FROM NEW YORK. New York, April 15. max’s encroachments. Considerable interest is felt here in all movements of Maximilian, or in anything that effects his prospects. More especially is this the case just now., from the fact that, as our war is considered substantially ended, the recent movements in Mexico, as affecting our expressed adherence to the Monroe doe trine, are narrowly watched. It has always been considered that the encroachments of the French, through Max., have been also viewed with a jealous eye by John Bull, and this is now beyond cavil. Supposing this is the fact that large forces of English troops have been landed recently at Jamaica, most materially strengthening the garrisons on that island; this looks as if there .were French bayonets sent to that island to enforce Max imilian’s decree annexing it to Mexico, they would encounter those ot their ancient ene my, and who knows but another Waterloo, on a small scale, may yet be witnessed. THAT “SEQUESTERED SPOT!” The Honorable Henry S. Foote, late mem ber of the late Rebel Congress, is really an unfortunate man. • He is constantly in trouble—has always been in trouble. This poor man has, probably, seen as much, if not more, serious trouble than any other man. When he belonged to Mississippi he was al ways in trouble, and was obliged to go into the, field several times to meet an enemy in deadly conflict. While he resided in Cali fornia he suffered from the same tortures. When he returned to the east and located in Tennessee he was unhappy. And while oc cupying a seat in the Rebel House of Repre sentatives he was constantly at swords points with his fellow-members, and the Rebel gov ernment especially. At length he became so disgusted that he pronounced a valedictory in open session, in which he declared he would “go in search of some sequestered spot, where he would be relieved of taxa tion.” It is no wonder the poor man is un happy, if it be the ambition of his soul to find such a spot. He started in the direction of Washington, (not that there was within the shadow of that capital a spot where there was no taxation, most certainly,) but he was overhauled at Fredericksburg by a Rebel guard and sent to Richmond. Arrived here, he was set at liberty, and forthwith was un happy because they would not prefer charges against and try him. Finding he could not be gratified he left the Rebel capital again in more disgust than ever, groped his way within Gen. Sheridan’s lines in the Shenan doah, and gave himself up. He was sent to Washington, but was still very unhappy. He was furnished transportation to New York, and perhaps, finding at least a relic of that terri ble scourge to bis life, Taxation, here, he started in pursuit of the “sequestered spot ” across the Atlantic. Arrived in England, he unburdened himself of a portion of his griefs by publishing a statement of the con dition of the confederacy. His account was a gloomy one related in the most gloomy language, and it is highly probable he suc . ceeded in imparting some of his unhappiness to various and divers parties who had taken stock in that worse than South Sea Bubble, .the Confederate States of America. He then, for a time, sank out of it was believed by many that he had, * t length, discovered the long-sought “sequestered spot.” But, imagine the surprise of every body here, If you can, when a few days since, an emigrant ship, in emptying its load on the battery, tumbled out of the steerage one Henry S. Foote, and the identical Henry S. who months since started out in search of a “ sequestered spot ” of a certain descrip tion. It was at once, evident there was no such spot in Great Britain. Whether he tried Europe is not known. As he struggled through the crowd of emigrants his appear ance was sad indeed. The weight of care—the weariness the friendless ness of the wandering Jew seemed centered in it. And so sharply cut were these features, that it was evident his trials had been of late very severe, and that his last disappointment in not finding the “sequestered spot” in the steerage of an emi. grant ship, had entered like steel into Ins heart. Arrived here, Government’s bowels of compassion moved for him. It looked in pity upon him, and at once presented him with the “spot” he had so long sought. In this city, in Eldridge street, there is an Insti-’ titution which in days past was devoted to the occupancy of those persons who were unable to meet their fiduciary obligations.— Os late years, however, the State has had no law of .imprisonment for debt, and the Insti tution has been tenantless. This Institdtton was placed at the disposal of the unhappy man, and he is now in occupancy of it. It is truly a “sequestered spot" and in it he is subject to no “taxation” whatever. Rest, perturben spirit! A CHIMING RAMPAGE has been kept up all the week from “out the belfrey of Old Trinity,” and our populace Usten gratefully to the patriotic clanging of the bells, as their peals ring forth ‘‘glad songs ol His divinity” who promised “peace, on earth and good wiU to men.” A hundred feet above the belfry waves “old glory”, in fripfid majesty, as If gladly accepting the musical tribute being offered up to its trium phant and victorious folds, and seems to waft a benison upon the devout who come to the daily service held in the grand structure be low. SNUFF DIPPERS are among us, recently imported from the South in large numbers. They are easily distinguished from the other females of the refugees seen on our streets, by their thin, yellow faces, and the marks of the tobacco upon their lips. A tobacconist near the Bat tery, where are located a large number of these homeless refugees, states he has sold more Scotch snuff within two weeks, than during the past two years, they preferring that to the scented Maccaboy. WHAT TO DO WITH THEM ? is now a puzzling question with officials hav ing charge of some two or three thousand southern refugees, sent here from various pomt9. The people themselves don’t know where they are going— do not know what they are going to do to earn a living—and generally seem to have no idea at all why they came here—in fact some of them don’t seem to care about anything in particular so long as they are furnished rations and a place to sleep. They roam and gape about the streets, homeless and objectless, t exciting the pity of all, and seem totally devoid of any enterprise or spirit. There is not as much “snap" or vim in all of them as would be developed in a Yankee boy or girl of fourteen years of age. It is easy to see how such people could be moulded to suit the whim of a few smart st’—*r»efck ing politicians, and our whole community while pitying them does not express the most exalted opinion of Southern “white and trash.” A sprinkling of “red schoolhouses” down South, would have improved these people amazingly. three thousand mechanics struck work at the Navy Yard on Tuesday, owing to the announcement that their wages had been reduced from four to three dollars and a half per day from the first of the month ! The strikers receive the sympathy of the community from the fact that it is considered a wrong has been inflicted upon them by not notify ing them that such a reduction would be made on the first day of the month. Strikes are by no means popular, but this seems to possess some merit, as no doubt exists that the injustice has .been committed by some blundering official. Nearly all government work at the yard is at a standstill. The re duction is fifty cents per day leas than is paid by employers outside of the yard, and one more hour per day is exacted by the govern ment than by private individuals. There is considerable feeling on the subject In Brook lyn and Williamsburg. ROBBERIES are getting frequent again. Some of recent occurrence have been of the boldest charac ter, reminding one of the old stories of an cient burglars. A trio of thieves entered a house by the cellar grating one night this week, gathered about a thousand dollars’ worth xis silver, then spread the table in the dining-room, broke into the wine cellar, and had two hours spree ere their noise awoke the inmates Another trio went to the house of a Mr. Deforest, in 39th street, that gentle man answering the door-bell in person. The robbers seized him, lied and gagged him in his own front hall, and then leisurely ran sacked his premises, taking off three thousand dollars in gold and one thousand dollars in greenbacks, coolly n 3tiring from tbe front door, leaving Mr. Del orest helpless with a polite “good bye, old fellow I” : PATRIOTIC BOOTBLACKS. , Everybody is supposed to be patriotic thia,< week—at least few of the opposite persua sion can be found—they are more scarce than were those who once voted for General Scott for President. Hardly any one ever visited this city without noticing the four red-shirted jolly fellows who black boots in front of Trinity »Church. As flags were float ing from every conceivable place in the city, they considered it due'to their hundreds of patrons to show their loyalty, and procured a dingy flag, whi ch they have hoisted from the iron fence o nan old broomstick, their leader making a t tpeech on the occasion thus: “See here, feller.there’s oar flag t-^Tre SAVANNAHJGA., THUISDAY, APRIL 20, 1865. fofht for it, and kin Hck Sy] secesh what’s gohnything to say agin it,vthat'a so. Any ml what wants his boots lacked, yer see, hagot to stand under that e? flag. Now— hfihi! —three cheers for old vant and, the felrs in the army!” The cheers were giNL when they proceeded to “blag yer bGtsJLagain, highly satisfied, ; WARNING TO RETURNING SOIMERS. f cs many days ago Stephe, Avery, a y<pg drummer boy to the Ttelfth Maine Volunteers, died atthe United Sf es Transit Hospital, at the Batery Bar nks. Investigation showed th* he and Abbott purchased a pie vhile en tepg the gate of the baracks fromt woman w» was vending there. In two hoirs both WP sick, and not long afterward! Avery di] from poison. Abbott suffered greatly, blueing of a strong constitution finally re led. Neither had eaten anythhtg for previously, and the postmortem exam n disclosed the presence in the stomach > deceased of active poison. After this hall say that too.much oare can not be by soldiers as to what they eat, and 5 they get it, in New York ? iSENGERS IN THE FULTON. —Capt W F nan, Capt O Matthews, Adjt Gen; Capt lopkins, Capt R Ypioran, Surg R Hal , Capt M Veale, Capt H Arens, Lieut H ’an, Lieut NY McFee. Lieut C H Snede drs Col Gurney, Mrs D A Cooley, Mrs and two children; Miss Kate Stetson, Gould, Mi9s S A Thayer, Miss S Kemp ffiss E A Hamblin, Mr B Corline and l«jjr; Miss E B Stahton.Mr J Fraroz,lady and tto children Mrs CfiptSteams and 2 children; Bf. Chas McDougal, Mrs McDougal, Sec’y HL Peterson, Mr D Vihittemore, George B Ciase, L Loronds, ChasE Smith, H Moore, j A Babcock, Rev J Foster, Mr A C Walt- ljore, Rev W Fulton, Air I A Elliott, Mr E 1 Stoddard, N A MuUer, T Z Solomon, L ass, L YYessen, Thad Street, A B Marvin, Usher, H Hebbard, C Bagley, H Wolf, Harlin, Qpt J Griffin, Air J S Allen, T Atiller, Steo Starr, W Alonk, R Lacy, R Btzgibbon, Major J E Bryant, Hilton, G. &. Lord, W. B. McGrath, Mrs. i. E. Carr anfi two servants, Miss S. B. Carr, ffiss Mary (.’arr, Miss Annie Carr, Aliss Nel ie Carr, H<*. E. B. Arnidon, Mr. Charles jH Voorhis,;C. Bart, W R. Tollies, Geo. Kerelehan, T. W. Bogard, A. Whiting, MVE H Cbpin, Surg R Tachling, Air A Hamilton, At H G Briggs, Mr H Allen, Mr A Quintin, A? James Quintln, Air Thomas AlcFeely, Ca| T S Thomas, Mr A Fullen ton, Mr S Alore, Dr DeWitt Jenks, Mr J J Wright, Mr i Letty, Mr Jno Campbell, Capt A C Crqker, Air J A Pigott, Dr A Perry, Mr A BPage, and 100 steerage. Chinese Porrait Painters. —ls you pre sent yourself a* a subject you are asked the preliminary qustions: “How you likey? You likey haneome, or you likey likey?” You naturally rply that you vish the por trait to be like jW; but woe betide you if, after that annouicement you object to the picture on the score of its ugliness. It is said that a sittermce ventured to do so; the aggrieved artist timed round to the collected audience, and wih upraised hands, exclaim ed in expostulaory tones: “Suppose no have handsome, low can ?” Great was the sympathy evince! for the aggrieved artist, and overwhelmed the confusion of the cari catuipd sitter. It is stated for a truth that although the Marie river flows iuto the Seine above Paris it dots not mingle with the Seine until it reacles the Oise, and throughout Paris re tainsits current, pushing the Seine to the left (ank of the channel. If this be so the inhabitants of Paris, supplied by the pump at, Challot, drink Marne and not Seine water, as they have, persuaded themselves for the last eighty years. Tie London papers announce in enigmati cal Jerma that may be guessed by the ladies, that [for a few months to colne her Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, will be kind ly ftlieved by the Princess Helena and Alice, front the fatigue of holding drawing rooms for ler Majesty. Lkelt to be Cheaper.— The owners of the Goodyear India Rubber Patent failed to get an extension of it through Congress. This will be a saving of several millions of dollirs anrmally to the people, the consumers of Ihdia rubber goods, who have been play ing for the monopoly of the business as well as fcr the cost of the goods.— Phila. ledger./ Avter reading the bill of fate at the great hippophagic dinner at Paris, where horse fleak was served up in every conceivable shape, we withhold comment until we get from the Cannibal Islands a listof the various modes of serving up missionaries, of which we are reminded, gut The London Times says: “It appears as if the South is exhausted by the war,before the North is wearied of it, and that the end is not far. The cause is simply bleeding to death. The Confederates can make peace whenever they they please by ieturning to the Union, and they will find the way made easy." j. The famous Seminole • Chief Osceola was buried in Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor. A correspondent who recently visited the place, writes, “Inside of Fort Moultrie is Os ceola’s grave, a plain slab of marble with an iron rail fence. Everything round it had been knocked to pieces by our shells, but not one touched it, or even dipped the flowers around his grave. The inscription on it was this: “To the memoir of Osceola, Indian Chieftain, died in Fort Moultrie, 1659.” , An Elephant in Love. — A number of years ago, two menageries were laid up for the winter in a storehouse on the bank ot the canal at Pittsburg. Here Hannibal was thrown for the fimt time into the society of Queen Anne. They were fastened aide by side, and an immediate attachment sprang up between them. It was a case of love at first sight, for the moment Queen Anne was brought into Hannibal's presence, Bhe ran her trunk into his mouth—the elephant style of kissing. All winter they were continually carressing each other, and their demonstra tions of mutual affection were really extraor dinary. In the spring, Queen Anne was taken away to start on her annual tour. The rage of Hannibal at this separation was ter rific ; for eleven days he refused to touch a morsel of food', the only nourishment he re ceived during that time being whiskey and water. By dint of a continuous swaying or surg ing against his fastening, he succeeded in breaking loose on the twelfth day, when he took entire possession of the establishment. The animals in the cages were terribly fright ened, dashing their bars and filling the air with their howls and shrieks. Hannibal raged around the building, reared on his hind feet and endeavored to tear down the rafters in the roof, with his trunk, but molested none of the animals. In the meantime a large force of men were gathered; steel books at tached to long poles were inserted in his ears and shoulders, and after great difficulty he was “hobbled” and cast, when the custom ary discipline was applied with the usual satisfactory results. Queen . Anne, who was of a more gentle disposition, bore the separ ation with exemplary resignation. Mutiny on Board a Steamer. —On Wed nesday of last week as the steamer Hudson, Capt. Evans, was proceeding from ton to Beaufort, one of the crew, an Italian, having been ordered by the Second Mate t* attend to some duty, declined to obey on the plea of sickness, ana, on being told to go be low if he was sick—the Mate, at the same time, expressing his doubt of the truth of the statement —sprung upon the officer and stab bed him in the breast with a knife. The sailor then leaped into the water. In the meantime the Captain came upon the deck and took immediate steps to have the Second Alate properly cared for. An effort was made to rescue the man in the water, but without avail. As the small boat neared him he threw up his arms and disappeared below the surface. The event occurred when the steamer was between Edisto and St. Helena. The Second Mate wa9 severely but not dan gerously wounded. Besides the cuts he re ceived in the breast he was wounded on other portions of the body while attempting to defend himself. The strange behavior of the sailor exhibited the extremely bad tem per which he must have possessed. The Rebel Steam Ram Stonewall. — A letter from Ferrol, Spain, dated 12th March, says the Stonewall is 175 feet long and 80 feet beam. Her spur or ram is 20 feet long, her plating fivl-2 inches thick, and she lias two immovable turrets, with one 300-pounder in the forward turret and two 200-pounders in the after turret. The decks are of wood with a plate of iron one inch thick beneath. She has two keels, two rudders, two propel lers, four engines, stated to be 300 horse power, all combined. Her main deck Is not more than five feet above the water. Her sides slope inconsiderably, and she is full brig rigged, and reports 69 men. The U. S. frigates Niagara and Sacramento are watching the Stonewall, which, though only 800 tons, her captain believes will be able to sink both the Niagara and Sacramento if he can get near enough to- them. The Niagara is 4500 tons, and carries twelve 200- pound Parrott guns, which will throw solid shot and shells of 8 inches diameter. The Sacramento carries ten guns, six of which? are 68-pounders, three 100-pounder rifles, and one 60-pounder. A sad affair occurred at Niagara Falls recently. A woman about 26 years of age went to the bridge connecting Goat Island with the American shore, and threw herself into the water. She was instantly borne swiftly through the rapid and over the Ame rican fall. The woman was the wife of a man who is in the army, but she was cohab iting with another person residing at, the Falls. She left a chiid—a little girl. The cause that induced her to commit this act of self-destruction are attributed to the unhap py state of her domestic affairs. SKfe was seen going to the bridge by a person to whom she avowed her purpose, but she was not credited, and allowed to go on her way to destruction. Tle Camels are Coming. —Tha ‘Over land Camel Company,” it is announced, is rapidly completing its preparations for busi ness. They propose carrying the great Over land mails, and also the local mails on side routes. Omaha ps named as the starting point on the and Sacramento the A camel will cany a thousand pounds and travel fifty miles a day for thirtydays in suc cession. Os course, with proper delays, the speed can be greatly increased. HJssaid they will endure more hardships and adapt themselves to the climate more readily than either the horse or mule. Mr. Marsh, long United States Munster at Constantinople, and well known as onto! our best scholars and most celebrated eastern travelers, is at the head of this new and novel enterprise. —Rocky Mountain News, March ly. Jerusalem is undergoing' resuscitation. Manr public improvements have lately been made, and tbe population has been increased bv a great influx of Jews who have fled from northern Africa. It is said the Jews are much concerned about this gathering up the stones and making broad the way of Jerusa lem ; they say, “Now we are eertam Messi ah's coming is very near.” Some facetious but despairing chap has in curred the expense of advertising for “a one and a half story frame house, suitable for a man without wife and children, partly fur nished by the owner’s grandmother. Bent only SI,OOO per month, payable in advance. No objection to tenant’a making repairs. Ad dress, etc;” 4 PRICE, 5 CENTS Behavior at Table.— lt used to be high caste to eat with a spoon every thing that could be so eaten, except fish, which was not made spoon-meat. Pease, pudding, cur ry, custard, were all conveyed to the mouth with a spoon. The same of serving. A lady whose social position was dubious, caused opinion to pronounce that she was a lady by helping lemon-pudding with a spoon, Now adays, whether fork or spoon, or fork and spoon, you may do as you like, provided you do it without affectation Nowhere may you eat anything with a knife. It is not polite to express surprise, repug nance, or ridicule at the introduction and consumption of any eatable which may be new or unusual to your own experience.— The world is wide, and you have not yet seen the whole of it. If invited to experi- « mental repasst, such as the Prince Napoleon’s Chinese dinners, or the recent French and German horse-flesh banquets, you know what you have to expect beforehand, and can accept or decline accordingly. But if fortune unexpectedly bring you into contact with strange messes which others enjoy, good manners require you to look as if you could enjoy them if you pleased. It is not polite in a private house, to breathe in your glass and polish it with your napkin, or to wipe your plate, knife, fork, or spoon, or, in short, to dtfany thing which can imply a suspicion of the neatness and cleanliness of the service. In hotels and res taurants only you have the right, by pay ing for it, to take these precautions. General Grosdos, who retained many of his army babite, was dining at a Minister’s house in Paris. When a livery servant came to fill his glass with wine, he anticipated the movement by wiping it with all his might and main. The Hostess, fearing that some little accident had occured, signed to the valet behind her to change the glass. The wiping process was recommenced, and the glass again immediately changed, up to a third and a fourth, until the General, losing tem per, whispered to his neighbor, a Senator's wife, “Does M. le Ministre mean Jo make game of me, baas king me to dinner to wipe his glasses ?” » » , The lady, with some difficulty, got him to understand, that what might be necessary in a camp canteen was quite unnecessary in a Parisian dining-room. A Fearful Scene. —A wild and fearful scene occurred at the Syracuse Depot on Monday last. As the cars which made up the Oswego ’Wain were standing in the Cen tral Depot, a locomotive, without engineer or fireman, came dashing in from the East and plunged into the last car of the train, driving the whole train like lightning out of the Depot, a distance of twenty rods, wreck ing the whole thing. The mysterious appearance of this wild engine was as follows : The engine had been despatched East, and on approaching the tunnel near Syracuse the engineer saw a wood train approaching from the East. Both engineers reversed their engines and jumped from their machines. A collision took place, smashing the locomotive coming from the East. The locomotive going East had its hind truck thrown off, but being reversed the engine started back towards Syracuse, its speed increasing every foot until it was mak ing a speed of a mile a minute, the bind track gone and the tender bounding into the air, it dashed into the Oswego train, by which the escape valves were broken oft the steam rushed out, and the tank bemg broken into the water gushed out, and the phantom locomotive gave its last gasp. The crash find steam, and cries of afinghted people made up a terrible scene, but, happily, with out loss of life, and it is a wonder, as the es caped engine, in its race, crossed eleven! Streets, and dashed - through a crowd of four hundred people. The cause of all this was that the engine went out on the wrong track, the right track being out of repair owing to the flood. The Tragic Fate op a Lion Tamer. —A letter from Wortzburg, Bavaria, in the Petit Journal, gives the following account of a scene said to have taken place in that toWn on {the 25th of January: “A Frenchman, named Spulages, a native of Colmar, has. for some time past been exhibiting, with great success at Wurtzburg, as a lion tamer. On the day above mentioned, he entered a den containing a lion and a lioness, and made them go through various performances. The spectators loudly applauded. Elated by these plaudits, Soulages determined to do something more extraordinary, and for that purpose he collected in one den a lion, a lioness, a white bear, two black bears, four hyenas, two wolves and a tiger. He then .entered himself, whip in hand, but the door was scarcely closed when the tiger made a spring at the white bear. This was the sig nal of a terrific struggle among all the beasts, which appeared at once to recover their nat ural ferocity Soulages, hoping to inti midate the animals, fired two shots at the tiger and white bear. This act sealed his fate, for the tiger, leaving the bear, sprang on his keeper, threw him down; and began to tear him with his teeth and claws. The other beasts, rendered furious by the smell of blood, all fell on the unhappy man, and in a few minutes he was torn to pieces and almost entirely devoured, in the presence of the horror-stricken spectators, who were powerless to render assistance. A boy medium named Allen who has beeu raising “wonderfhl spiritual manifestations” down East, was recently detected in his ham buggery at Portland. The “spirits” were fond of pulling hair in the dark, but when a cute Yankee put some lampblack upon his hair, somewhow Allen’s hands were stained with it. The “seance” didn’t last long after that. One speaking of the tongue of a weak bell, declared that it made no more noise than a lamb’s tail in a woolen night-cap. ‘Mr. Thackeray,’ says Hanney, ‘entered on life with health, strength, a noble figure, an excellent genius, and twenty thousand pounds, the last of which blessings was the first to leave him.’ If Miss Bronte had written about any other subject than herself, her books would proba bly have never got to a second edition.— Rational JRevicw. ......