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The Daily Herald.
8. W. Xason£ Cos., PBornreToM.
SaMCKI. XV. M ABOV, Kiutob.
..'AVANNAU. SATL'KUAV, JUNE 10, 1-65.
UK.VKKAL OKDCR SO 41.
We beg to call tbe attention of our readers
to tbe impoitaut order which we pub is h this
morning, from General Woodford, regulating
the sale of Liquors, Ales and Wines in the
city, and notifying such persons as desire to
deal in those articles, that on and alter the
loth iust., they will be required to pay into
the hands of the Post Treasurer, Capt. Ed -
ward G. Dike, the sum ot one hundred dol
lars each as a license fee. It will be observ
ed that the inaiu provisions of the Order are
three in number. The first oue revokes all
Licenses to sell liquors, ales and wines which
have been hitherto grauted, said revocation
to go into effect on the 15th iust., which will
tail on Thursday next.
The second article provides that licenses
may be issued to responsible parties ou pay
ment by each of pue hundred dollars fee.
Tnis permit,or license will be a printed sheet,
which the seller of liquors is required to
eep always exposed to public view, in a
conspicuous place in his store. After speci
fying tbe formalities of the application lor
licence, the Order goes ou to say, that li
quors will not be sold in less quantities thun
by the quart, and even that not to be drau k
ou the premises of the seller—aud that no li
quor is uuder any circumstances to be sold
to enlisted men of the Army or Navy.
The concluding important clause holds Pro
prietors responsible for the proper conduct
of their Employees, aud desiguates the pen
alties to be iufiicted on those who transgress
the laws and regulations.
To remark that these rules are emiucutly
correct aud judicious is to say simply and
the simplest way the truth. In spite of all
previously existing regulations it has so
happened that the privilege of dealing in the
semi contraband articles of Ales, Wines and
Liquors has in more than one instance fallen
into improper hands. By the reprehensible
actions of these improper persons, who re
sorted to indiscriminate sales of their intox
icating wares in order to increase their gains,
liquors have fouud their way into the bauds
of persons who abused rather than used
them; and, in more cases than one, viola
tions ot the public peace, auu eveu graver
offences have resulted therefrom. There are
not lacking iustances within the last three
months, where larcenies have been commit
ted, highway robberies perpetrated, aud it is
even said that two or more of the recent
shooting affairs, resulting in more than one
instance, in the immediate death of one or
moremeu, have been solely due to tbe intox
ication of some of tbe implicated parties.
Os course, iu view ot such a state of tacts,
an order like tbe one to which we refer, can
be productive of nothing but good. Not
only will this most productive source of past
trouble be thoroughly blocked up, aud en
tirely cut off from the reach ot those who
did the mischief, but the traffic in liquors of
all kinds, whether mild or fiery, is hereby
made to pay a handsome contribution to the
Post Fund.
Those who elect to pay the license and
continue their dealings, are also made to give
souud and substantial security for tbe good
conduct ol themselves aud all employed by
them.
lu tact, by this order, we consider that the
future peace aud quiet of the city are, to a
gieat measure assured; the safety |of late
night pedestrians guaranteed; the public
fund for the benefit of the poor, sick and
needy largely augmented, and the excellent
judgment of our new city Executive thor
oughly demonstrated.
PBIAI'KRS' TAI.K.
The Hospital Transcript, anew and
smart little paper published at Hilton Head,
in speaking of a very clever tellow, who
is the foreniau of our office, says :
“John M. Harrison of Savannah, is Presi
dent of the Savannah Typographical Union.
Strange things have taken place, Joliu, since
we worked together in Savannah, twelve
years ago.”
In reply our friend has to say:
Our friend of the Transcript is at some
of his old tricks—“a fellow of infinite lest”—
never out of “sorts"— with more mirth in
him than harm. “Strange things,” indeed,
Mack, have transpired since the time you
iueution, else why does your name figure so
prominently at the heud of the Transcript—
have “old clothes riz?” and is there now less
demand tor “gew gaws’ than at the time we
wot of? But enough—success attend you in
your “new" enterprise.
. DEPARTURE OK BIU. VET MaJOR GkN. C.
Grover. —This officer who for several
months commanded the District and Post of
Savannah, departed yesterday afternoon on
the steamer Sylph, Capt. French eu route for
New York per steamship Fulton. General
Grover is accompanied by the following of
Ioh!fw : rV apt oliv4!r Mathews, A. A. G.,
A n'r V UUa ’ £ D c -’ Lieut. T. 0. Otis!
A- D. C, LientE. B. Webster, A. D. C.
In A Low Conditio*.—W. J. Wells, (re
I*o Company E, 28th Georgia Battalion, so
says the Hilton Head Hospital Transcript,
arrived a short lane since, from Wilmingtou,
“ m * ,ow condition of health. He was
suffering ftom chronic diarrhoea. Mr W was
properly cared lor by the U 3. authoriti Z
l NJON MtETJNU JN TuOMASVILLE, Ga 111
our afternoon edition we shall present to our
readers the full proceedings of a Union meet
ing held at Thomasville, on the 27th day of
Srd'iast a BUbSCQUtnt meeling held on the
The AfLANTtf cable.
The mishap which five years ago destroy
ed oui hope of immediate instantaneous com
munication with our trans-Atlantic friends is
iu a way to be seedily repaired. Operations
have been prosecuted most vigorously by the
U..-W stock company who have constructed an
eutirely uew Cable, not using the first foot of
the former oue, of which several huudred
miles were saved.
The Great Eastern is, it seems, the ship to
be used for the purpose of laying the Cable.
It is to be all stowed *>u board this single
immense vessel, aud not ou two ships, as it
was ou tbe first attempt.
We certainly and sincerely trust that the
Great Eastern may be as tborougly success
ful iu her new undertaking as she has been
disastrously unfortunate ever heretofore. We
believe that she never made but a single trip
that amounted to anything, and that was
when she took for tbe British Government
one thousand soldiers, with ail their batteries,
their battery, cavalry and train horses, their
arms, ammunition and provisions to ihe
Crimea.
For la k ot a smart Yankee to manage her,
all her exhibition trips weie pecuniary fail
ures, aud for six long years she proved noth
iug but a tremendous sinking fund for all tbe
money that was invested iu her.
As there is now a live Yaukee at the head
of tbe Cable enterprise, and at tbe helm of
the steamer, (Mr. Uyrus W. Field,) there
seem to be good grounds for anticipating
tbe success this time of both speculations.
With regard to the cable, _a letter from Mr.
Geo. Seward, Secretary of the Cable Com
pany, to Mr. Wilson G. Hunt, dated London,
March 25, says:
"In reply to the memorandum dated the
25th February, aud signed by yourself and
other American gentlemen, recommending
to the London Board the engagement of
Captain James Anderson, of the steamer
China, as tbe commander of tbe Great Eas
tern, lam requested to state that the Direc
tois iu London entirely coincide with their
colleague iu America upon this subject;
and it will be interesting to gentlemen on
your side—as confirming their judgment—to
know that it had already been decided here,
before knowing that any view in favor of
Captain Auderson was entertained iu New
\ork, that be was the most proper person for
tbe office, and the permission of Sir Samuel
Cuuard bad been asked iu order to allow of
au offer being made to Captain Anderson.
“It has uow been arranged that Captain
Andersou shall tdke charge of the Great
Eastern immediately after his re-arrival iu
England with the China, on the 2d May.
“\ou will be pleased to know that by tbe
time you receive this, upwards of one thou
sand eight hundred miles of our cable will
have been completed in a perfect state, and
ot a quality iu every respect vastly superior
to auy cable that has ever yet beeu manu
factured.
“We shall take to sea two thousand three
hundred miles altogether. The remainder is
being made at the rate of eighty miles per
week.
“About one thousaud miles are coiled
aboard the Great Eastern, and we expect that
by the end of May the whole will be com
pleted and on board, so that by the third week
iu June the machinery and every appliance
for the use of the engineers may be in its
place and ready for sailing ; and in a month
from that time I trust you may learn that
our two great uatious are permanently
united by the electric wire.”
The total length of the Atlantic cable made
up to close of work Fridaly night April 7th,
was 1.993 nautical miles, and of this quanti
ty, MOO have been shipped ou board the
Amethyst and Iris tor being transferred on
board the Great Eastern, at Sbeeruess.
THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENf LIN
COLN.
Some slight idea of the estimation in
which our lamented Piesideut was held by
tbe people may be gained by noticing the size
of the funeral procession in the one city of
New York.
The following figures are given as the re
sult of an actual count of the people :
First Division and Military io 155
Second Division, 2119
Third Division : 3 556
Fourth Division «’or,o
Fifth Division 3’^
Sixth Division 3 185
Seventh Division 2 491
Eight Divisiou ’7sc
T° tal 31,948
This includes the different bands and drum
cotps. Tbe line was three mile 9 long, and a
majority of the delegations marched twenty
men abreast. It was a few miuutes less than
four hours passiug a given point. Deducting
the various stoppages, marching time was
three hours and twenty-six miuutes.
A Pilot Engine preceded the funeiai train
that bore the remains of President Lincoln
from Albany, through the State. Mr. A. L.
Whipp’e, the Telegraphic officer of the N.
. C. R. R. Company, at Albany, went with
the Pilot Engine, carrying a small apparatus,
so that if at any time an accident or inter
ruption should occur, he could detach the
wires on the line, and command communi
cation with any point.
Struck by Liohtnt.no.— On the night of the
2d mst., a house in the Southern part of
Michelville was struck by ligbtuiug. The
chimney wB9 entirely demolished. Hickory
Lowans, an inmate, received a slight bruise
on ihe knee from one of the flying splinters.
til (ton Ut'Hti J/o.yj tul Transci ipt.
""The young lady to her waterfell—“False
one, I love thee still.”
DaRIEK, jtclrfTOSH COURT?!
We announced yesterday the departure Os
troops for Darien, comprisiug regiments of
General Washburns Brigade. As Darien
will, it is likely, be the headquarters of the
District in which it is included, a few re
marks concerning the place will not be with
out interest.
Darien, in Mclntosh county, is situated
halt way between Savannah and St. Mary's
on the north bank of the Altamaha river,
about twelve miles from the sea. By means
of the tributary streams of the Altamaha, tbe
Ocraulgee aud Oconee, ruuuing up to Maeou
aud Milledgeville a distance of several hun
dred miles, it is the natural entrepot of the
central regions of Georgia. Darien was at
oue time a place of considerable commerce.
Iu one seasou as many as fifty thousaud
bales ot cotton were landed on its wharves
troui up the couutry iu flat boats, which was
again shipped in vessels to tbe North and to
distant markets. The completion of tbe
Central Railroad from Savannah to Macon
deprived it of a large portion of this trade,
which then came direct to this city for a
market. Tne lumber trade of Da
rien, however, continued to flourish and in
ciease annually up to tbe commencement of
tbe war. Iu the year 1800 its trade was
probably larger than at any former period.
There were to be seen at that time in the
harbor of Darien, vessels of all classes and
troin all parts of the world ; and seven or
eight saw mills were kept «n constant ope
ration to supply the demand. The great
bridge at Chagres, we understand, was sawed
and framed at one of these mills. Tbe tim
ber on both banks of tbe river is almost in -
exhaustible.
la common with all other prosperous towns
in Georgia, Darien received a severe check
through the fortunes of war. We learn that
in March, 18C2, the inhabitants were com
pelled to evacuate the town under a military
order, and in June, 1863, Col. Montgomery,
with his command laid it in ashes. The
Ridge, two or three miles from the site of the
town, is commonly occupied for residences
by tbe population during the summer months,
and Is considered perfectly healthy.
There are many considerations which en
courage the belief that Darien will become a
place of extensive lumber trade again, when
permanent peace shall lie re-established in
the country.
The Sponge Business.— The sponge busi
ness has become a promiueut department of
industry in tbe Bahama Islands It is al
most entirely the growth of the last twenty
years, and nets annually about #20,000.
The sponge is flslied and raked from tbe
sandy bottom of tbe ocean at the depth of
twenty, forty,or even sixty feet. It belongs to a
very low order of animal life, organization
hardly being detected. When first taken
Iron), the water it is black, and becomes ex
ceedingly offensive from decomposition It
is so poisonous in this condition that it al
most blisters the flesh it happens to touch.
The first process is to bury it iuto tbe sand,
where it remains for two weeks, in which
time the gelatinous auimal matter is absorb
ed aud destroyed by the insects that swarm in
the sand. After being cleaned it is com
pressed and packed iu bales like cotton.—
Tne sponge has been applied to a variety of
new purposes, aud within the past few years
has quadrupled in value.
An immense crowd of strangers still re
muin in Washington. People from all parts
ot the country have gone there to greet rela
tives and friends in the grand armies just re
turned fiom their fields of victory. The ho
tels are densely crowded. The demand for
vehicles is so great that a premium of five
dollars an hour is necessary to hire a carriage
ot any description. The roads to the various
camps are quite choked with wagons; carria
ges, and men and women on horseback.
The two great sensations in the theatrical
world ot Paris are Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine,
the libretto of which is founded upou the
story of Vasco de Gama, and anew tliree-act
comedy, written by Emile de Girardin, the
celebrated journalist, with the assistance of
Dumas the younger. The play sets at defi
auce all theatrical maxims and conventionali
ties, and was completely successful It is
entitled “Le Supplice and une Femme.”
Die British cabinet is not yet prepared to
acknowledge officially that tbe civil war is
over. Hence our national vessels are not al
lowed the same rights as those of other na
tious. Happily the war has closed so sud
deely and coupletely, that the English govern
ment will soon have no sort of reason for
maintaining a position of fictitious neutrali
ty between assumed belligerents, Kirbv
Smith’s surrender settles that question fi
nally.
A despatch from Cairo 111., says that trade
has fairly opened with the people of Northern
Alabama. Two steamers have goue below
trorn Cairo, laden with merchandise for that
section, which sclfe readily at satisfactory
rates, money being touQd there in unexpected
abundance. v
Gen. Halleek has issued an order, direct
ing clergymen and magistrates to encourage
marriages between negroes, and to prevent
as tar as possible, the oommerce of that
clas9 as man and wife where the matrimonial
rites have not been solemnized.
Gen. Grant has it in contemplation to order
a “^ U ' el ' military review in Washington,
which will include tbe Ist Army Corps, un
der Gen Hancock, the noble Cth Army Corps
and Gen. Augur’s forces, tbe whole making
a iorce ot neariy fifty thousand men.
A letter from Loudon says the complete
and disgraceful failure of the Times to un
derstand the American question during the
last tour years, or to foresee tfie issues of file
war, will permanently impair its influence
with men of worth and ability in England.
Forty-seven millions of dollars have been
provided and set apart by the Government
tor the payment, as fast as possible, of the
aoldiers of the Union, but especially
of those about to be mustered out of tbe
service.
The surrender of Kirby Smith is a saving
LltoD.Of , SS ,0f
The Forumst Batterv. —Tbe Northenl
.hT* th ® ca P ,uro 01 Forrest
battery, the invention of Capt.’ John Travis,
as having occurred when this city tell into
the possession of the Union forces This re
port is true The battery was nearly finish
ed, but on the approach of the Union forces
upon C oluinbus, the iuventor brought off tbe
guns ou one of tbe last trains, leaving tbe
carriages behind, which were destroyed! A
tew days afterward Macon was threatened
when Capt. Travis being tired, of running took
steps to conceal bis pets. A detail from one
ot the hospitals was given him, and with this
» h J\.P” vate| y entombed the playthings in
Rosehill Cemetery But, alas for his hones
shortly after the city fell, one of the details
betrayed the hiding place, aud the guns were
quickly unearthed. Os their merit as a weap
on ot war several officers have expressed the
highest opinion, and we learn the captors are
determined to take the prizes home as tro
phies, notwithstanding they are iu an unfin
ished condition, and probably will ever be
useless as weapous until tbe desigus of the
originator are peifected. Arrangements were
at one time made to finish the work, but for
some cause the purpose was dropped Per
haps the records of the Patent Office at Wash
ington may yet contain Capt. T. s plans and
specifications.— Macon Te/eyraph.
Nurses in Paris at Twopence an Hour.—
Au old woman may be seen daily in Paris
trotting along toward the Luxembourg
Gardens, surrounded by fifteeu or twenty
little children,aged troin two or three years up
to seven or eight. Their parents pay the old
lady about ten centimes an hour to take their
children out, aud give them a walk or a game
ot play in the gardens. It is pretty to see
her convey her little regiment over a crossing
it remiuds one of the old puzzle of the fox
the goose, and the bag of corn. The elder
children are left in charge of one side, while
tbe very little ones are carried over : then
one ot the oldest is beckoned across and lec
tured on her care of them, while the old wo
man trots back for the rest. At length they
are past all dangers, and safe in tbe gardens
where they may make dirt pies to their
hearts’ content, while their chaperone takes
out her knitting and seats herself ou a bench
in their midst, Say she has fifteen children
mid keeps them out for two hours, makes
her a little income ot half a crown, and many
a busy mother is glad that her child should
have happy play and exercise while she
goes a shopping or does some other piece ot
housekeeping work, which would prevent
her from attending properly to her child.
The object of this expedition is to acquaint
our pilots with European harbors, and to test
tbe sea-going qualities of our marine, as well
as to 9how Europe the advances we have
made in naval architecture and gunnery We
shall lose nothing by thus plainly exhibiting
our strength, as every board of admiralty in
Europe has already plans and models of
eveiy gunboat we have built duriug the war
There is nothing out of the way in this
cruise. Before the war, we made such ex
peditions frequently; but now we shall send
abroad more vessels than before constituted
our entire navy. The world, therefore, will
get some inkling of us ; heretofore its ac
quaintance with the States has beeu chiefly
derived from rebel privateers. The Deer
hound may come out if she chooses to see the
brothers and sisters of tbe Kearsage. Admiral
Go dsborough is an excellent talker, and will
do the oratory for tbe Jack Tars of the West.
This expedition will make an era in the his
tory of the continent. The Wilkes expbring
expedition is nowhere. The present will miss
more than that ever discovered.
Parallels to Jeff. Dwis’ Disguise.
Jest. Davis’ mode of attempted escape has
had its parallels, even in this country.
Aaron Burr, according to Parton, was be
trayed by his shoe leather while attempting
to escape through tbe south to the gulf coast.
His assumed dress was “the rude homespun
of the country, hut the quick eye of Perkius
observed that his boots were far too elegantly
shaped aud of a material much too finesto ac
cord with the coarse, ill-cut pantaloons from
which they protruded.” Gov. Andros ot
Massachusets, during the revolution in the
seventeenth century brought about by bis
tyrranical conduct tried to escape from tbe
incensed Bostonians. Disguising himself in
women’s clothes, he safely passed two sen
tries, but was stopped by a third, who no
ticed his shoes, whicti he had forgotten to
change.
Murder and Rowiery.— The Montreal Ga
zette of Saturday relates that on Sunday
morning a respectable fai mer ot Laprairie
went to church with bis family, leaving the
house and the children in charge of two
servant girl 9, of the ages of twenty and
twelve years. During the absence of tbe
elder members of the family, about half past
ten o clock, a man ot tbe name of Stanislaus
Barreau, said to t>e a lieutenant in the United
States army, came to the house and asked
tor breakfast, which was given to him.
Afterward he asked for money, and this
being refused, he drew a revolver and shot
the elder of the two girls and a child two
months old, took possession of about five
hundred dollars, set fire to the h.mse and
fled. The murderer was pursued, and it
was hoped lie would be caught before he
reached the lines.
Dramatists’ Copyright in Paris.— Out of
the sixteen millions of francs spent by the
Parisians duiing the year in theatres and con
cert-rooms, about one-tenth went into tbe
pockets of dramatists or of their representa
tives, for the total amount paid on account of
author’s rights is given officially as equal to
#»3,C4G for Paris, not including the hmlirues
Tins is rather less than the account in 1863’
The new spectacle theatre of the Chatelet
heads the list nobly with 151,185f. ; then came
the Comic Opera with 131.4G1 : the Theatre
Fraucais, 108,743; the Lyiique, ; the
Palais Royal, 100,3;>2t., and so on down to
he BeaumarchmS’ which paid 7,149f., and
the halt dozen or more little theatres which,
together, expended on the luxury of eopyrigh
ten thousand and odd francs amongst them
1 he Atlantic Telegraph. —Among recent
commercial publications has been a statisU
o- > ubmar ‘ ne Telegraph Cables,”
tlDW,!enT'r Q - bon ‘ e ’ 8,l0WI «g tUc ICSUHs of
,!!™ n ISea a f * e sw-ds efficiency up to
the preseut date, tfle conclusions arrived at
Inn'inTT 1 ’ { bal ? Q ee P sea telegraph of any
length has lasted much over two years; 2,
that no light cables have, under any circum
stances, proved very successful; and 3, that
all heavy cables laid in a moderate depth
have proved permanently successful.
Domestic Buss.—There are evidences of
domestic bliss in the following telegram, sent
by a Wall street broker to his wife: “Send
John. Also demijohn Kiss Matty. Spank
Arthur. Don't fret.”
THE courts.
hM. «■»*>„ cov«- )mK ,e „„„
JR, PRESIDING.
Savannah, June 9th, 186 T .
Mr. J. Thomas vs. J. Mallett, (colored',
charge, stealing. Ordered that the meat
len from uie plaintiff by defendant be return
ed to plaintiff and the case settled
Mary Leary vs. Ferdinand Kolb-Admin
Htratoron tbe estate of John G unn , deceased
Claim of one hundred aud forty-five dollars
Case dismissed. 3
Adam Hoheustein vs. Ferdinand Kolb-
Admmistrator ou the.estate of John Gnnn
deceased. Claim of fifty dollars. Case dis
missed uls ~
Mrs D. Minis has permission toeolhet the
ground rqnt on property situated, corner of
Montgomery and Bay streets, the ground
rents already collected and not paid awav
will, upon the order of the General Com
manding, be paid to Mrs. D. Minis.
SECOND PROVOST COURT-CAPT. T. P. RUNDI . et
JUDGE, PRESIDING.
Savannah, June 9th, 1805
United States vs. Thomas Harrison, charg
ed with weariug tbe uniform ofaConfud
mate officer, ordered that the prisoner b e
fined in the sum of twenty-five dollars, or be
placed in confinement thirty days.
Mrs. Mary Horton vs. Mrs. M. Rector re
coveryof debt for cash lent, ordered’that
judgment be rendered in favor of plaintiff
for the amount due. Counsel for defendant
F. W. Johnson, Esq.
Nero Polite vs. Wm. Holton, (both color
ed), recovery of d,ebt, judgment rendered in
tavor of plaintiff'.
A. S. Hartridge vs. Titus Stephens, recov
ery of rent, ordered that defendant within
fourteen days, pay to plaintiff two months
rent, and the balance to be paid within a
reasonable time.
Blun & Meye- vs. Edward Moran, recovery
of rent, judgment rendered in favor of plain
tiff, for amount due.
Wm. Swoll, Agent, vs. Mrs. Bryant, re
covery of rent, case amicably settled.
A Change in the Police. —lt having be
come necessary by a change of District and
Post Commandants at Savannah, and a re
moval of Regiments, to make a change in
the military police, the following changes are
announced. The names now given ate the
present officers of the Police; Provost Mar
shal, Post of Savannah, and Chief of Police,
Capt. Chas. H. Cox. Office, Merchants’ and
Planters’ Bank, Bryan street, north side of
Johnson Square.
Captain of Police, Capt. Weston.
First Lieutenant, Samuel M. Chesebro.
Second Lieutenant, Wm. S. Hoxie.
The headquarters of the Police are north
west corner of Bull and Broughton streets.
The Steamer America.— This fine vessel
leaves this port to-morrow for New York,
and her courteous officers wiil, as ever, care
fully attend to tbe comfort of their passengers.
We owe an apology to Mr. R. H. Owens,
the accommodating purser of this boat—on
bis last trip down he brought us full files of
Northern papers, for which we were exceed
iugly obliged, but which obligation, by some
inadvertence was not properly expressed in
the Herald. We shall try not to have the like
occur again, for if a valuable favor can be
paid for in tbanks, that sort of currency is
two cheap to be grudgiugly used.
Capt. Wm. H. Davis— The numerous friends
of this brave and gallant seaman who was
tire Master of the ill-fated steamer Gov. Troup,
recently destroyed by fire, will be pleased to
learn that he has accepted the position of
Executive officer of the U. S. iron clad Ba
vaqnab. Capt Davis will prove an accession
to the Savannah, and relieve Capt. Eldridge of
many duties.
The IGoth N. Y. Volunteers. —This flue
Regiment, who wear the showy Zouave uni
form, yesterday marched through our streets
to their new quarters on Bay street near Ha
bersham. Taking both officers and men,
this is one of the fiuest and most servicable
•looking bodies of men we have yet seen.
Fatal Accident at Hilton Head.—John
M. Smith, a carpenter in the Q M. employ,
was fatally injured, on Saturday last, on the
wharf, by being crushed between the derrick
and the cap. He died while being removed
to tbe Hoapit al. —Hospital Transcript.
Returned Home. —By tbe steamer Reso
lute, Capt. Cannon, Lieut. Champion, J. Fal
ligaut, Bth Georgia Regiment, and Mr. J. P.
Burroughs returned home.
The Davenport Combination at the- Hil
ton Head Theatre have been drawing good,
sometimes crowded, houses, this week. They
remain but a short time longer.
Personal.— The Hon. James L. Seward of
Thomas County, arrived in our city last
evening en route for Washington, D. C.
—We regret that the “Elegy" sent us to
day is too lengthy for publication in our
columns. ’
Exteusive preparations are being made by
the Fenian Brotherhood at Lewisville, Ky.,
lor their first annual pic-nic, end tbe com
mittee Lave chosen tbe great • national holi
day, the Fourth of July, as the day.
The Richmond papeis are complaining of
a . want ot support, among the people of that
city, oi Governor Pierpoint’s administration.
Ihe people, however, allege that tlie new
Constitution disfranchises most all of them.
A man was discharged from the Western
Penitentiary of Pennsylvania on Friday, after
a servitude of fourteen and a half years- Just
previous to the commencement ot this ter®
he had served three years in tlie county jail*