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SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE)
" RIGHT OF SEARCH.
Among the most nice and complicated
questions which will Arise After the war be
tween England snd The United States, is the
exercise ©f the Sight of Search as connected
with the Suppression of Iffd Slave Trade. Ijt
wili be recollected by our readersthat while
there has always been perfect agreement be
tween-the two governments as tothepoliey
and humanUybfauppressiug the siave trade,
there has always, existed a. difference in re
lation to the mean3 proposed by England for
Us suppression. She insisted on the Bight of
Search; to be reciprocally exercised. This■
has always been resisted by our government.
Jt Way the subject Jof A-delicate negotiation
between Mr. Webster and Lord Asbburtou
during Mr. Fillmore’s administration. The
negotiation resulted-in a sort of compromise,
the treaty or convention providing that an
equal number of sloops-of-war should consti
tute a species of coast guard for the suppres
sion of the illegal traffic in slaves. It was
reluctantly that the United States consented
to this arrangement. They knew bow un
popular any concession of the Bight of
Search or even of Visitation must be received
by the people: It was in great part the'
abuse of the Right of Search that led to the
war of 18'2.: It would seem almost impossi
ble to entjust a discretionary authority with
“an inferior officer of the British nary to enter
an American ship and examine her papers,
so susceptible of abuse is the exercise of any
such authority. ‘
We entertain little doubt that negotiations
between the two governments will be revived
at the conclusion of the war. There is no
part of British policy so popular in England
and so persistiugly pursued as the suppres
sion of the Slave Trade, so abhorrent Uit to
English sentiments of humanity. The aliment
by which it is now principally fed, is slavery
in the island of Cuba, audit might be rea
sonably concluded that a uew stimulus would
be given to the traffic now that slavery
grown sugar being greatly curtailed, if not
.discontinued in Louisiana and Texasythe pro
fits of the sugar-grower in' Cuba will be
greatly increased, and the motives to en
courage the traffic being strengthened, in
creased vigilance will be required for its sup
pression.- - - • . ~
What new arrangement will be proposed
by England, by co-operative effort, for the
purpose, it is impossible to say, but we can
not believe that the Right of Search, however
modified, will be one of the means for its
suppression. The people of the United
States having recently come out Qf a
war which has added greatly to their mari
time strength, will be extremely jealous of
any concussion like. the.. Right of Search
even for African slave traders, , so suscepti
ble of abuse. While there is perfect agree
ment as to the end to be attained there is
likely to be great difference as to the tneans
of effecting it. It is one of these diplomatic
' puzzles that is destined to rebuke tue saga
city .pf : ,statcsmen..
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A Pestilence and Vioilascb Committee
Predicted in NkW York.—A New jFork
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
Writes:
To come down a moment to this city, I
am almost inclined to put two predictions on
records ... . - - |
First, that we shall have a pestilence this
summer. - - - - - *• ;/]
Second, that, we shall have a Vigilance
Committee.
Milder remedy than tbe latter I do not be
lieve in; aud should there be such a Com
mittee,'its first necessary act will be to hang
Mr. Francis Ignatius Artaxerxes Boole,. City
Inspector ancl Head of the Street Depart
ment, to a lamp-post in front of the secesli
newspaper office where he has his headquar
ters. Seriously and soberly, this city cannot
endure Boole much longer, without dreadful
consequences. The streets have disappeared
in.fiUh, and pestilence is as certain ass the
laws of nature, if. they are permitted to con
tihue in present condition tul warm weather.
You maywalk.T did yesterday through miles
upon miics of streets on the east or west side
either, and for miles you shall not get one
breath of air with which you do not inhale
inevitable pestileiiee into your-lungs. By no
means wholly in the worst and poorest streets
is this the case, but in many streets well
built and respectably Inhabited, so that the
Wonder increases that these awful horrors
should cause no protest or effort. Accumu
lated piles of garbage, lying for months un
-touched, reach here and there half way to
the second story windows, and men are al
lowed by corporation ordinances to construct
bins on the sidewalks for the reception and
retention of this concrete rottenness.
- -r- . v.v ■> y- - p -
Congress diu nothing to rebuild, the Smith
sonian Institute* The hole will be boarded
over and wait. - : v--
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1865.
TBS UNION SOCIETY.
115 th Annual Meeting.
The President’* Report, Election of Of
ficers, Ac.
(BOOBTBD BOETU BaTEHHAH DAILY U&ALD.]
- The 115th Annual meeting of the Union
Society was held at the Exchange at 11
o’clock a. m„ 25th April 1865.
Present ; John M. Cooper Esq., President;
Wm. Battersby Esq.) Vice President; J. T.
Thomas, Secretary; and a number of other
members.
The minutes of the last Annual Meeting
were read and confirmed.
HThe President read his report of the year's
operations and conduct Os the Society’s af
fairs, so far as he was enabled to report upon
them, having been cut off from the Institu
tion for the past four months, and in conse
quence of which also,there were no Beports
from the Superintendant and Teacher, nor
from the Treasurer, he being abaeut. The
report is as follows:
Fellow-Members Under the privations,
distress, and perplexity which have been my
lot tor the past fottr months, and being un
able to communicate with the Institution and
to obtain a statement of liabilities and ex
penditures, with vouchers Ac., it has been
impossible to prepare lor this occasion satis
factory detailed reports of the ofihirs of the
Society for the yearnpw to be closed.
Our little family, still In Jefferson county,
near Bethany, Were generally well when last
heard from, some four weeks since, and were
doing well under the continued watchful care
of their superintendent and matron, Mr. and
Mr;. Murpay.and the instruction of their pre
sent worthy and efficient teacher Dr. J. B.
Randall.
The improvement of the boys under Dr.
R. in all the various branches taught them,
particularly in penmanship, arithmetic, gram
mar, reading and spelling, had, indeed, been
most gratifying;-
The Doctor’s services cannot be too highly
estimated, and should be retained at any rea
sonable cost. -
The Servants werq still upon the place and
farming operations were going on as usual,
though under many disadvantages from want
ofhorses, vehicles, implements &c., the In
stitution having been within the swoop
through Georgia of General Sherman’s army.
I have not been able to learn the particu
lars or extent of the immediate loss or
damage sustained, but have been informed
that It was not very considerable, and would
have been much greater but for she precau
tion and vigilance oil the superintendent and
the protection afforded by some of.ffie army,
officers. -
In the absence of statements of expendi
ture, liability, &c„ as stated above, and not
knowing what damage or losses may have
been sustained, or what may be realized from
sundry assets &c., it is impossible to make
any very definite statement of our present
financial condition,'
It will appear lrom the data in the books
and vouchers before you, chifly for the first
eight-months of the year, and which have
been duly examined by a committee ojf the
Board or Mauagera, that the receipts, tor the
year which hare thus far come into my pos
session from all sources, amount to $14,702,-
66, and the expenditures to $38,915,67* the
difference of sl9,2l3,ll—having been sup
plied from my pwn resources.- In. addition
to Which, $lB5 has been recently borrowed
for the Society in United States currency,
and is not included in the above, besides
an hmoUht .'Rot. yet paid,-due for Insur
ance, &c.
In the total of receipts are embraced, from
ordinary sources, viz: rents, dividends,
subscriptions, part pay pupils, farm pro
ducts, &c., s7* 273,25; extraordinary Sour
ces, viz: Corn sold iff view of a deiciine ten
dency, $1286, and donations $5,559, which
with balance from last year $584,31, make
up the total of $14,702,56. ’ 4 7 7
These donations were received from the
following friends :
Messrs J. F. & M. Hamilton, (Savannah,)
and S. Davis Yonge, of JJainbridge M’fg
Cos , Isaac Scott, Esq., President Oc
mulgee Mills Cos., A. P. Wetter, A; Wilbur,
Robert Habersham, Mrs. Wm. Elliott, Miss
Fannie Minis, Charles S. Hardee," Jos. B.
Ripley, Rev. D. M. Gilbert, Walace Cum-,
ming, Geo. M. Heidt, B. G. Tilden,- Geo. S.
Webb and R. Morgan.
It is due to these worthy and most liberal
minded gentlemen to state that of the total
of donations, $2094 were realized from 698
yards of osnaburgs donated by Messrs. Ham
ilton—sl7so, from 60 bunches of yarn do
nated by S. Davis Tonge, Esq;, apd SISOO
from 500 yards donated by Isaac Scott, Esq.
I have also the pleasure to inform you that
since the interruption of Communication
with the Institution the sum of $30,000 has
been placed in the hands of ex-President
Thomas Purse for the benefit of the Society,
and that the immediate wants of the Insti
tution have been supplied by him. To what
extent indebtedness may have been paid, or
if any at all, or whether any balance may
remain in his bands, lam unable to say. I
am persuaded, however, that when the ac
counts of the year can be fully closed up
there will be but a trifling arrearage, if not a
balance in hand.
Donations of various articles, including
provisions, have been received from Mr. f.
F. Cann, A: Wilbur, Dr. A. Wilcox, D, and
E. B. Lathrop, Miss Fannie Minis, and Mr.
W. S. Bogart. - _
Also various favors, gratuities and liberal
reduction in prices from Messrs. DeWitt &
Morgan Bell & Christian, L-D.Laßoch?
Capt. J. G—Garnett, the Southern Express
Company. Cbiet Eng. J, H. Warner, Messrs.
Worth & Cos., of Wilmington, \V. H. Bul
loch, Judge W.S. Chisolm, C. A. L. Lamar,
Jno. A. Staley, W. E. Jackson, Agt. Augus
ta Factory. and J. Rhodes Brown, Agt.
Eagle Manufacturing Company, Columbus
Acknowledgements are also due for free
passage and transportation to the Central
and Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Companies,
aud to the proprietors of tbe Republican and
News, tor free papers and advertising up to |
the time of their suspension of business.
Also to His Excellency, Gov. Joseph E.
Brown, in enabliug the Society to obtain
woolens for winter clothing ibr the boys at
their cost pricoto the State, and which would
otherwise have been entirely beyond its
means.
The long, heart-sickening list of members
of the sobiety who have passed from life dar
ing the year-coaid 'not at this time be cor
rectly estimated, but I will endeavor to pro
cure it at an early day apd hand it in to the
Board to be placed upon record, as usual,
with our anniversary minutes. -
The followinjr-uiamed persons have been
admitted: J. C, McNulty, J. H- Newman,
Jaciato Carrawj Samuel Ballou Torlay, Wat
kyn Perry Owens, W. P. Yonge, "Rev. S.
Gerstman, Dr. J. B. Randall; also, to Life
membership, E/. Knapp, Isaac Scott,
Esq., Macon, apd C. A. Nutting, Esq., Butts
county, Ga.
Owing chiefly to the troubles of the times,
no new admission* of boys to the institution
have been made, and two of those reported
last year, viz:, George S. and James A. Wil
son, have been given up to their mother.
Measure# should be immediately taken for
providing for the removal of the institution
to its old, historical and hallowed hoinej, Be
thesda: ' M! Iv'■ ' - ■ J
- The Society having fbr'so lorrsr a time, by
its private mean? and the gratuitous labors
of its officers, tnaintainedrtma public charity,
Icannot permit myself tor amoment td doubt
that it needs but the effort to be majdeto
start at once tkeconstructioo qf the maim or
central portioapf the new building proposed
to be erected silme years ago, and that our
authorities, Stale and city,- will respond fa
vorably, promptly, and cheerfully to an ap
plication for such means as may be necessary
to carry out your. - purposes. Notwith
standing the large drafts that may at
present. be made upon the public treasury,
and which, at first thought, may appear an
objection, no other time for commencing the
work can be more appropriate, in my opin
ion, than now, when so many of our "people
are in almost a starving condition, simply for
want of employment.
An appropriation of ten thousand dollars by
the city, lor thO Society’s benefit, to be called
for by the-Board ofManagers as needed,
would warrant some immediate action i>eing
taken. * ' • - - j
The will be needed fox* new
building, for repairs, expense of removal,
general renovation apd restoration, and in
view of failure of ordinary resources the
present year, cannot be-less than SBO,OOO.
. If taken in hand vigorously and promptly,
the re-occupason -of the old,; consecrated
grounds may he effected in time tor next sea
son’® crop. ", -;Pn - •; ■;> -
v This labor -or expense cannot be shrunk,
from or avoidel If it bo dateimjnad that this
noble charity li ftjjpblie necessity, and must
kaye.aneffidtelß and creditable existence—
wliicffcaßnot fo If upon Its old] foot
ing in the simply fepairedfeor potffiid up
teaiporaijf'buildings at Bethesda. It would
be better for us to suspend its operations at
once,, or keep it where it now is notwith
standing all of Ha attendant inconveniences
arising froth distance, &c.,; and. with the
further expenditure that will be necessary
there. - - -i '
From losses and derangements occasioned
by the war, I am compelled now to give my
. chief tifiie and attention to obtaining the
weans for my own support. But m resuining,
my former position in the -rtnks-of private
membership, I shall continue to feel the most
lively interest in' the Society’s welfare* and
will give to my stfecessot any aid that may
be desired to the utme3t «i my ability, is the
work to be accomplished.
During the fiery trial through which the
Society has now a third time passed, I have
shrunk from no saci'ifices. that Were njocea--
aary in order to sustalu it, and in yielding up
my Stewardship, in a crippled condition! my
self, on tbe eve of peace, I have the proud
gratification of knowing that notwistafiding
its present, comparatively trifling embatjrass
ment, the Society is stronger by ffcr than
when I assumed the important.trust.
For the courtesies and confidence, fallow
meoibeis, which you have extended tjo me
during the past seven years of official capa
city, three of them as your Vice- President, I
retnrn you, my very grateful acknowledge
ments.
John M. Cooper, ‘ " .
;' PfeSident Union Sociqty.
Mr. A. S. Hartridge-.moved that the! Re
port of the President be accepted, adapted
and placed on the mxautes. Motion carried.
A committee was appointed to repoit the
names of officers to an adjourned meeting at
5 o’clock p.m. ’ . " |
The Society met at 5 o’clock, p! m.,
pursuant to adjournment, the President lathe
Chair. ;
A. S. Hartridge Esq., Chairman of the
Committee, reported the following Darned
gentlemen" for officers, who were upani
mously elected, viz s
John M. Cooper Esq!,, President.
William Battersby Esq., Vice President
John T. Tfidmas, Secretary.
Daniel G. Olcott, Treasurer.
William S. Bogart, > ,
Edw. J. Purse.jj f bteWa ™s,
Mr. Cooper declined a; re-election,' hut at
tbeiiTgent request'd’ the Society, Consented
to retain the office for a short time. No
further business being before the' Society, on
motion of Octavus Cohen Esq., the meeting
adjourned. ' ' “ ' "1 |
The President' appointed thft following
Board of Managers : H. Brigham.J.'li Vil
lalouga, H. A. Richmond;' Win. Hunter, I.
D. La Roche, Joseph Lippman, A.,. WUbur, <
Andrew taw, A. 8. Hartridge. mfa..
* J. T. Thomas, Scprfetaty. :jj
A man at New Vork"has hadin pay $875
for slapping another man in the face with a
pair of boots, which bad been fettoved from
seat » a ferry boat, and plqced upon
NORTHERN NEWS <
FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM PAPERS oF
THE 19TH, SOTH AID 21ST.
- OLPTCRE or lALISBCRT, H. C.
Details of the very successful expedition
of Gen. Stonsman from East Tennessee into
North Carolina have been received by Gen.
Thomas. Gen. Stonemon’s command left
Knoxville on the 10th of March, and striking
the East Tennessee road, destroyed thirty -
three bridges and tore up twenty-five miles
of railroad track: Taking a considerable
number of prisoners, and destroying stores
tn his progress, he reached Grant's Greek,
withic ten miles of Salisbury, N. C., off the
12th Inst; where he encountered the xebj
line for the defence of the town. General
Stopeman's official report says: - j
As soon as a proper disposition could be
made, I ordered a general charge upon the
entire line, and the result was the capture
of the whole fourteen pieces of artillery,
364 prisoners, including 55 officers. Ail the
artiuety and 1.164 prisoner* are now with
us. Tue remainder of tue force was efiased
through and several miles beyond tbe towu,
but scattered and escaped into tue woods.
We remained at Salisbury two days, during
which time we destroyed 15 miles of track
and the bridges towards Charlotte, and then
moved to this point. From here we shall
move to the southside of the Catawba river,
and be in position to operate toward Char
lotte and Columbia, or upon the flank of an
army moving south.
The following is a partial list of the public
property captured north of Salisburyfand des
troyed by us:
Four large cotton factories and 7,000 bales
of cotton ; four large magazines, containing
10,000 stand of small, arms and accutrements
1,000,000 rounds of small-arm ammunition,
end 7,000 pounds of powder, 35,000 bushels
of corn, 50,040 bushels of wheat, 1 do,ooo
pounds of cured bacon,-100,000 suits of gray
uniforms and clothing, 250,000 army blainkets
20,000 pound* oi harness-leather, 10,000
pounds of saltpetre, alAo a Very large amount
of sugar, salt, rice and other stores; and
medical supplies, valued by the rebel medi
cal directors at SIOO,OOO in gold. In. addition
to the arsensals at Salisbury, tbe military
was being fitted up, and was filled with ma
chinery sentjfrom Raleigh and Richmond,
all of which Was destroyed. |
The depots along the route traversed by
our various parties have furnished us with
abundance. The number Qf horses and tnules
captured and taken along the road I have no
means of estimating. I can aay, however,
mwe are much better mounted thou When
we left Knoxville. ; i. i*.
SHEBMAU—CAPTCaB OF BALKIUH— OOV. VANCE
A FRISONSB.
On leaving Goldsboro, Sherman struck out
for Johnston's army, but Johnston rapidly
retreated as though desirous of avoiding a
battle. Sherman met with very little resis-,
tauce on his march northward, capturing
Raleigh' on the 13th with but little fighting.
The supplies for Sherman’s armjr are! cen
tered at -Roanoke Island. Gov. Vance was
captured by Sherman’s cavalry betjween
Hillsboro and Raleigh. It is said that hp had
.been deputed by Johnston to surrendi r the
State to German, hut was afterwards with
drawn. Another story was that Jeff £>avis
had joined Johnston' at Hillsboro and was
still with him.
ARREST OF THE WOULD-BE .MURDERER OF BEC’T
SEWARD—ARREST OF THE SURRATT FAMILY.
Col. Wells, Provost Marshal General, from
information obtained in the course of his in
vestigations into the recent assassinations,
concluded to arrest the whole family of a
Mrs: Sttlrrfttt, Who resides in Washington.
He accordingly made a descent with a suf
ficient force of officers upon the house of-
Mrs. Surratt, and soon found in the conduct
of the inmates enough to justify all his, sus
picions. * The whole family of Mrs. Surratt,
including her daughter Kate and two young
ladies whom she called her nieces, were im
mediately arrested.- *
Just a® the ladies were ready to prejeeed,
Officer Devoe having brought up a carriage,
a loud rapp was beard at the door. 1 Mr.
Morgan stepped into the ball, followed by
Major Smith and Officer Mermerskirch, who
were each armed with a pistol. Morgan
opened the door, a man stepped in anti ibe
door wa3 at oue locked. by who
handed tbe key to Meitner krek. The man
seemed rather surprised, aud said, “I guess
I’ve made a mistake.’ V\ hen asked what he
wanted, he said he was looking for Mri Sur
ratt. He wes assured that, he had made no
mistake, end told to sit-down in the parlor.
Tbe women being now ready to depart,
they were at once putjn tho carriage with
Officer Devoe, who conducted them to the
office of the Provost Marshal, whence they
were subsequently seat to the Old Capitol
Prison;'
The man who thus had entered the ffouse
bore evidence at once of having assumed a
partial disguise. He bad. a heavymickaxe
pn his shoulder, wore a cap made from the
Bottom part of the ieg of a pair of drawers,
which fined closely to his head, and hung
down behind, gray coat and vest, black or
dark colored pants, a light pair of boots.
Both bpotS and pants were covered j with
mud up to his knees. When he sat doffm he
was asked by Moigan: “Who are you?”
What do you want here, at this time of
night ?” He pulled out of hie pocket aicopy
oftbe oath of allegiance, and saidti-’fStop-,
I will show you who I aim” remarking that
be got it in Baltimore last June. -On .exami
nation it proved to he an oath of allegiance
administered to Louis Paine,, of Fauquier
sVitUteM &
PRICE. 5 CENTS
Morgan as to bis business at the house at
that time of night with a pickaxe on his
shoulder. He said he had come to dig a
gutter for Mrs. Surratt, and wanted to know
what time be should begin in the morning.
He also stated that he was- but 21 years old,
that he had no money, that he obtained his
living by working as a laborer with that
pickaxe, to which he seemed to cling with
peculiar tenacity. He stated he could neithec
read nor write, that be had been obliged to
work on bis Father's farm iff Fauquier county
thf a living for tbe last four years, aud could
not go to school j that he was down on tha
rebels and much more of the same kind of
stuff, which only convinced the officers that
they were in the presence of a party con
nected With the murderous asseult on Mr.
Seward.
The colored servant who admitted the mur
derer to Mr. Seward's on Friday night, was
now sent for. The room was darkened when
he came in, the gas was turned on, when the
boy was told to pick out the man. Aa soon
as iiia eye a fell on the prisoner, ne threw up
liis hands' and exclaimed, ‘There he is ; I
know blur; I don’t want to see him no more.’
The oqly impression produced upon the man
by tliia development was ffn apparent ner
vousness. but otherwise he seemed to master
ilia, reelings completely. •" •
Without further couversation, at about 4
O’clock a. m. be was heavily ironed and seat
off to a safe spot, where he can never escape
from his captor and where public violence
cannot reach him.
While Mr. Morgan was inferroga'ing Paine
at the house, Major Smith and officer Samp
sop were instituting a aearch of the dwelling,
which was continued by Smith, Morgan and
Mermevskirch after the departure of officer
Sampson with prisoner. Much evidence
was found showing it to have been a regular
treason, brewing nest. Letters were found
containingrexpressions of diabolical bate to
wards the President, and la Miss Kate Surrat s
portfolio Major Smith found an envelope
addressed to J. Wilkes Booth-, National Ho
tel. A card about half as large again as a
playing card was lound, which was certrinly
emblematical of the hate which Secessionists
have fostered toward the President. On tha
top was this line: “ Thus will it ever be with,
tyrants." Their shields, in the colors of red,
and tho original thirteen States. This was
surmounted with the small rebel flags, be
tween whigh was State coat of an&v of Vir
ginia, with 4he motto, “A’ic Semper Tyraatis
Beneath this, is large red letters, “Virginia,
the Mighty,’’ and at the bottom of the", card,
in circle shape, another copy of .Virginia’s
coat of arms and motto, f ~
Lateh—lo p. m.—The evidence] against
Paine Is now conclusive beyond a doubt
He was this afternoon confronted by Major
Seward, Miss Fanny Seward, the nurse who
was ao severely wounded, and another color
ed servant who saw him, and they all
promptly recognized him as the assassin.—
His -clothing has been taken off aud is un
dergoing. examination. It will be remem
bered that the villain left a slouch hat behind
at Mr. Seward’s on Friday night, which ex*
plains the precise cap he woje. ;;
SETTLEMENT OF THE 8T ONE WALL DIFFICULTT.
A Lisbon telegram confirms the settlement
of the difficulty with the Portuguese govern
ment, on account of firing on the .American
‘Steamers Niagara and Sacramento.. The
Governor of Fort Belen has been dismissed,
and the United States flag saluted with
twenty-one guns.
important explanation ttr re.
GA up TO POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Head Qrs. Dist. of Savannah, \
Savannaht, Ga., April 24th, 1834. >
Mb. A. L. Harris,
Special Agent P. O. Department,
„r .' ' 1 Savannah, Ga.:—l
have tfie honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your coffimumicailon of this date wherein
you inquire:
“Ist! Must every member of a family, mi
nors or ladies, take the oath before they .can
receive mail matter?
2nd. Must each member of a family or
firm call personally for bis *t>r her mail, or
yuIL the presentation of a certificate of sub
scription to the oath be sufficient ?”
Li reply, the General Commanding directs
me to say, that each and every metpber of a
.family, wbo-has attained the age of eighteen,
will be required to subscribe to the Amnesty
Oath of Allegiance before -they can be en
titled to-any of the privileges ot the United
States Mail. -:;; A
Tbe second paragraph is explicit, but ex
ceptions may be made where sickness or ad
vanced age incapacitates the person from
leaving . bis or her residence, or ffrhere per
sons are members of the same firm Or family;
in that case he or she will furnish the party
to whom it is desired to hate the mail de
livered, with a written order accompanied by
tbejreoulred certificate.
Tho last paragraph of the order is appli
cable to head* of families, as to others, and
'Will be enforced, .
Civilians arriving front the North, or other
points, are also expected to conform to the
order, as above referred to.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
* Your obedient servant,
Oliver Matthews,
Asst. AdjL General
A. survey of Fort Sumter hat been com
pleted by a corps of engineers who declart
it still to be a strong work. The sand work*
inside, and the ruins of brick and mortar
outside -the waits protect the casemates
though -persnas wffo were iu the fort state
that some nights our guns killed as many as
twenty-five rebels at work within tffe walla
Coffins are still left, ready for use. Loop
holes were so constructed'as to command the
inside of the fort from bunks inside the case
mate*. These bunks are of rough boards,
and inconvenient ; the fleas are verynumer
ous and extremely industrious. Two cats
are tkeir only uorapany ar “a permanent gar
rison.” At low water great piles qf broken
shetiis and immense solid shot are seen out
side the base of the walls. The entrance to
the fort is through a gorge four feet square
and some twenty feet long, bein? the origi
nal aperture for a gun. In some of the
closets, hand grenades, rocket® and cartridges
remain, aa* if they might be needed at abort
