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SAVANNAH DALY HKKALD. VOL. 1-NO. 138. The Savannah Daily Herald f.MOKNINO AND EVENING) ■ 18 PUi:L4BUEI> BY H. W. MAHON «Jfc CO., At 111 Bat .Street, Sayannzh, (itouou. ter.'je: Per Copy .Pivt Cent*. Per Uuudral...., $a 60 Per Year ....... ..... .......*lO 00. ilimiuiioj Two Dollars per Square of Ten Lines for' tot 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 PIIINTING, In every style, neatly and promptly done ft *«***< YOKEL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE AGENCY, SErSEaL-NTiNQ THE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY; MANII .ITAN INSURANCE COMPANY ; PHOENIX FIXE INSURANCE COMPANY; Averaging a CASH CAPITAL of over FOUR MILLIONS. Riblts taken on ull descriptions of Property on rea sonaote terms by A. A. LANE, Apt. i4f“ odioc iu Stoddard’s Range, Bay street, oppo site lIKU.V.I.U oiilee. Julo lrno QOLUMCIAN (MARINE) INSURANCE COMPANY OF NSW YORK. CASH CAPITAL .. .$3,600,000. The undersigned are prepared to Insnrc under Open Policy from the above Company to the extent of SIOO,- Obo In property in any first class Steamer, and from $50,000 to STS.UOt) on auy first class sailing vessel, on the most favorable New Yoils terms. For further particulars apply to CHARbuH L. COLBY & CO Jonc3 Block, corner Bay and Abcrcorn streets, JelS if Savannah, Ga.' dfrl GOLD AND SILVER rtb -a ©l* WATCHES. fl. Sets Sliver Ware, Diamond Sets and Rings, English Silver Cruet Stands, Butter ('ooler.-i, Dinner and Tea Service, Piauor, rowing Machines, Vest Chains, Brace lets, Lockets, Gold Pencils, Sets of Jewelry, Ac., Ac., WORTH ON£ MILLION DOLLARS, TO BE SOLD AT ONE DOLLAR EACH, WITHOUT BEOARD TO VALUE, AND NOT TO BE PAID FOR UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TO RECEIVE. CATALOGUE or men and valcalle articles at one dollar each. gsino Fine Gold Chronometer Watches, each S2OO Fine Gold English Lever Watches 150 200 Laoies* Gold Enameled Bijou Watches 150 500 Solid Silver Hunting Lever Watches. .$ 40 to SO 200 Silver Dinner Sets HO to 150 160 Silver Tea Sets 100 to 150 3,000 English Silver Cruet Stands 20 to 30 3,000 Silver Fruit Urns li to 30 2,000 Silver Butter Coolers 20 to 30 1,000 Sliver Ice Pitchers 50 to 73 6,000 Silver Goblets, Gold Lined 15 to 20 10,000 Gold Pens, Silver Pencil Cases 8 to 12 6,000 dozen Silver Tea Spoons 15 to 20 6,000 dozen Silver Dessert Spoons 20 to SO 6,00D Large Size Magic-Spring Lockets 10 to 20 15° First-Class sowing Macuines 4u to bo All the above lists of goods will be Bold for one dol lar each. Certificates of all tlie various articles, stating what each one can have, are first put into envelopes, sealed up, and mixed; and, when ordered, are taken out without regard'to choice, and sent by mall, thus giving all a fair chance. On receipt of the. Certificate you will see what you can have, nud then it is at your option to send one dollar and take the article or net. SINQLK CERTIFICATES, 25 CENTS EACH. One Certificate may obtain you a Goto Watch, Ser vice ol Silver Plate, or any other valuable article. THERE WILL BE NO BLANKS. PACKAGES OF CERTIFICATES Wih be gold to Ctcna, Schools, Agents, &C., at the following rates: One Certificate, sent to any address by mail—s 0 25 b certificates 1 ■ It Certificates 2 JJJJ t MO Certificates (with premium) 6 00 05 Certificates (with premium;, 10 o<i 100 Certificates (with premium) 15 00 PerlCct satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. Goods not pleasing the taste or fancy of onr customers will be exchanged lice of cost Agents uiul others will be allowed 10 cents on each certificate ordered by them, providing not less than live are ordered at a time. Agents will collect 25 cts. foi each certificate and remit 15 cents each to us. Address ull orders to ■ _ A S. C. RICKARDS & CO., 102 Nassau st.. New York. AGENTS WANTED. ju:d-l\v B DAVIS. GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 253 Bboad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Consignments solicited. Will give personal atten tion to busme.-s cno nsted tp him. REFERS TO Crane & Ghaybi 11, SJtVamuth. Uaghorn & entitling, ham, Savannah. S. Palmer at Son, " Mr. A. Wilbur, Free. Insurance, Savannah. Mr, \V. Cuuiunng, Cashier Bank State of Ga. Mitchell £-£n>iUi, Macon. John Ji. Habersham & Cos. Macon. Wright & Alexander, Augusta. E. B. Long and; Cos., " C. V. W .inter U On.. * jtrtC-ttn jTii'ulmiD aNd^domEsltc WINKS AND LIQUORS, A T WUOI.E BAL E , FOR FAMILY US*, AT 207 BAY STREET. ISRAEL IL SEALY * 60. J It. SOLOMONS, M. I>. ‘dentist, From Charleston, S. C., offers his services to tbe citizens of Savannah. Rooms at Or.. Clark's office, Congress street. References.—Dr. Jas. B Rear Or. Ju’uau Laukis, ' * - lion, Solomon Cohen, W. N. Habersham Esq,, ♦nil ts A. A. Solomons * Cos., SAVANNAH, GA„ TUKSDAj JUNE 27, 1865. ||rg (Soobs attb tn<rtbmg. A MURDOCK, ~ WHOLESALE AND RET All DZaIxES Cl' T YLERS' AND NAVAL STORES, DRY GOODS. BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Gentlesiln’s FLiiNisumo Goods, Ao„ No. 6 Merchants' Row. Hilton Head, S C, w. «. iimt.6. __ finW-tf] n. j. iicawxw. ARRIVAL OF GOODS " SKEHAN A CONYNGHAM. . Os 176 Drcuphtcn Street, Rcochre by every steamer fresh consignments of Goods from New York, consisting of BOOTS-and SHOES, „ Ladies’ BALMORALS, &c* ' •- Gentlemen’s Felt and Straw HATS, - CLOTHING, GROCERIES, WINES, Dublin and London PORTER, - Golden ALE, in Cases and Barrels: Also—A choice selection of GARDEN SEEDS, Which we offer at low prices to the Trade. . _ J«« •_ jy£ OSQU IT O N ETTISO, * AT °my2o L. C, NORVELL & CO’S. 'J'o The citizens of Georgia The termination of a sanguinary contest, which for the p.ist four years has presented an impassable barrier to oil social or commercial lnteicourse between the two great sections of our country, having at length happily cleared away all obstacles to a removal of those relations which formerly bound us together in a fraternal union, I take the earliest opportunity afford ed me by this auspicious event, to greet my Sonthem friends, and to s ’licit from them a renewal of that ex. tensive business connection which for a quarter of a century has been uninterrupted save by the great pub lic calamity to which I have adverted. It is scarcely necessary, on the threshold of a busi ness re union, I should repeat the warning w> often given to my friends —to beware of all those spurious and de’eterions Compounds which, under the specious and false titles of Imported Wines, Brandies, Holland Gin, Liquors. ** have been equally destructive to G»=uiealtb of onr citizens and prejudicial to of the legitimate Importer. ” Many years of my past life have been expended in an open and Candid attempt t > expose these wholesale frauds; no time nor expense has been spared to ac complish this salutary purpose, and to place before my friends and the public generally; at the lowest possible market price, and in such qnantities as might suit their convenience, n traily genuine imported arti cle. Twenty-five years’ bn'ines3 transactions with the largest and most respectable exporting houses in France and Great Britain have afforded me unsurpass ed facilities for supplying our home market with Wines, Liqnnrs, and Liqucrs of the best and most ap proval brands in Euiope, in addition to my own dis tillery in Holland for the manufacture of Ihe “Schie d .m Schnapps.' The latter, so long tested and approved by the med ical Faculties of the United States, West Indies and South America as an invaluable Therapeutic, a whole some, pleasant, and perfectly safe beverage in all cli mates and during all seasons, quickly excited the cn pidity of ..the home manufacturers and venders of a spurious-article nuder the same name. I trust that I have, after much toil and expense, sur rounded all my importations with safeguards and di rections which with ordinary ctrcuinApection will in sure their delivery, as I receive them from Europe, to all my customers. I would, however, recommend in all cases where it is possible, that orders be sent direct to my Depot, 22 Beaver street, New York, or that purchases be made of my accredited agents. In addition to a large stock of Wines, Brandies, &c., in wood, I have a considerable supply of old tried for eign w incs, embracing vintages of many past years, bottled up before the commencement of the war, which I can especially recommend to all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries. In conclusion, I would specially call the car 1 7 atten tion of my Southern customers to the advantage to be derived by transmitting their orders without loss of time, or calling personally at the Depot, In order to insure the luMllmcnt of their favors from the present large and well selected assortment. UDOLPHO WOLFF,- ju23 lm 22 Beaver street, New York. HEADQR9 POST OF SAVANNAH, Savannah, Ga., June 21, 18G3. General It being itccessary that the Street Gas Lamps of this city shouidbe repaired and lighted, so that good or der may bgxept and the personal safety of the people guaruutesi at night, it is hereby ordered as a military necessity Coring the military occupation of Savannah. I That the Gas Company of the city furnish tpe Gas for the street lamps, light and extinguish them, sup* ply all bfcke" gla-s, keep the lamps clean and supply tour tectwurners therefor. 'lhe lamps will be lighted from dusk to daylight, except on moonlight ■ igbts, but on tnbse nights when the moon sets earlier than eleven o’Jloclfp. m., they shad be lighted a3 though there was-no moon. The Company will execute this order forthwith. ... ... .. II The municipal authorities of the city are re- Qucated tn have «ueh of tlie lamp posts and Service pipes as require repairs immediately put in order. The Gas Company will be required to do this work nud furnish the Superintendence thereof, charging the city only actual cost, lf_the municipal authorities so U Ilk That the Gas Company will be paid monthly,at the rate of thirty-three dollars per annum for each lamp actually lighted by them ncoordnig to the re quiremenfsoi Section lot' this order. ThU payment will be iiiede by the Post -Treasurer out of me Post fund upon certificates of service rec clered uiul light iurnUlied t nuule in duplicate*, verified by the oath of the Preodeut of lhe Gas Company uud approved by tbe General Cemiflaudtng. By Command of * Brevet Brig. Oen. 8 li. WOODFORD. Kpw*RT> O. D 1 tie, A .A. 0. jn-2 HEADQ’IiS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, Savannah,Oa„ June 21, General Order,! No. 3s*. } So much ol General Orders No. C, of March JTtb, 13J5, from these Headquarters as defines the jnr.sdic tion ol'the 2U Provost court is hereby revoked. The 2d Provost Court oft he District of Savannah is abolished. • By command of Brevet Maj: Gen. BIRGIT R lt. F. WtLLiKBOV, Major a lid A. A. A G. j U 23 T Iron Clads aud their AruiJnh *' j. The progress ©f the Military aitfhin tire last twenty years forms tin epheh !De liis- j of human affairs. This has pu matle ‘ manifest, not only as regards pi con- 1 st mot ion, hut the implements of Jfnrebotli i on sea and land. Human ingenajhas Been ! exercised and directed to the colvanrc of j weapons of destruction wastiij life and : property, fully as tnueh ns to thfpnpserva-1 tiou. While w ith one hand inil’Wß have Ireen extending and improving ay-saving machinery, [by which wealth i< ogmenled, with the other hand tlmlr in gen f has been taxed to discover the fneans ol auibiiating it. And such has been the raj LtT of this process that more it aceompiis i now in months than was heretofore off edin cen turies. Between the’first use f cannon, alxmt the middle of the fogrtei h century, and the earliest stage of its iprovemnnt, upwards of a century-elapse! while the musket did not supersede the pi; funtiltwo centuries later. Compare tliisfalc of pro gress with that made in-the optroetinn of war vessels, the perfection and their arma ment, the effectiveness of miavps aud the rate of their propulsion, and itvould appear as if centuries had been comiised in years. The active competition foiiuperiority at sea seems limited to the threinost marliime nations who claim rivalship < i ilrnt element, i. e. England, France and th United States. England would appear to bt ast losing her naval prestipe, if we are to idge from the language of her naval o leers. Frauce, from a position of relative in sriority aspires to rank with her ancient m L *The United States, the youngest of ftie three, have reached a goal wliicu the most sanguine could not have predicted for her iome time since. jftFrom the tenor of an article if the Lon don Quarterly'Review for April, iutitled our “Our Ships and Guns—their Defects and their |Remedy” there is sonic appre hension betrayed that the day for Maritime asceudaucy for England is pasting* away, or that she will lie compelled * so maintain a struggle for that ascendancy greater than she -J nwran -V 4a Qi her national hi9tory. That ascendancy i as much from accidental circumstances and good fortune as from nauticul skill. Her insular situation, whiie it protected her from invasion, her numerous Col onies by extending her maritime dominion afforded her always an ample supply of sea men for manning her lleets. A large mer cantile marine was an element of power in sea fights during the engagement of fleets. Admitting equal bravery, and skill between the combatants, the numerical superiority in ihe material of naval warfare gave to the ‘’wooden walls’’ of old England a decided su riority. But all that is changed now, since the wars which grew out of the French revolu tion, during which British supremacy at sea was made so manifest, until the war of 1812 with the United States, which awakened her from her dream of superiority. * Anew era has dawned on the nations—an era of steam andiron. Naval battles arc no longer to be fought by sailors, however har dy, and seamen, however skilful, but by those means and appliances which bring nations nearer to an equality in maritime warfare than has ever entered into human conception. In no'previous war has France been able to meet her old enemy at sea, except in single ships. In future conflicts on the ocean her ability to fight fleets on terms of equality, will insure the chances at least of success. It is a remarkable feature in the history of Naval improvement, that the application of steam to naval purposes, the rise ofriron in the construction of vessels of war, and the invention of new and more formidable pro jectiles, as well as ibe greater means of pro pulsion, should all have taken place within nient in these branches have gone almost hand in hand with each other.' The screw propeller has superseded the paddle-wheel— the rifled cannon' lias supplanted the smooth bore, while proportionally heavy armour was found equally necessary to the defensive pro perties of thy ship.. It would appear as if the conflict of opin ion has not yet terminated between the fa ffrrers of iron and of wooden ships respec tively. So high au authority as Sir Howard Doughw has still a lctmlug-to the latter, aud has pronounced the opinion, “that ves sels formed wholly of iron were utterly uufit for all the purposes aud contingencies of wars, aud that no ship has yet been produced ca pablp of resisting the penetrations an 1 im pacts of heayy shot, fulfilling, at the same time, all the requirements which sea-going vessel must possess," adding that the Gloire is a failure as a sea-goiDg ship, and that she is so burdcred with the weight of armament and with 820 lons of armour plates, as not to be capable of ocean service.” Tuo ques tion is therefore yet in abeyance between iron aud wood, at least in England. Aster enumerating the defects of iron ships the reviewer comes to the remedy. He speaks in this wise "Skilful! officers and well disciplined meu will not, however, alofie give us the victor}’. The new artillery, the Dew naval architecture must be frankly , adopted, and we must now briefly consider ; the two material elements of success. When I the Russian shot aud shell rained harmle93- [ ly on the first French irou clads at Klnbnrn, Ia revolution took place iu naval war. At i first the advantage was entirely on the side of the ships. Ships could be built of suffice ! enl size to rarry armour all but impenetra ble to every projectile then in use. The great danger of a modern sea fight is fife, and the iron sides conldnot exclude those missies which were continued to set fire to a wooden enemy. But the superiority of the iron clads was short-lived. Guns were continued of so powerful fa character that no shtp would float the armour required to oppose them successfully. The attempt to give entire pro tection to the ship can now need no longer be entertained, and it behooves us, under these altered circumstances, to decide what are the qualities necessary in a modern man of war _ . . The first question to be resolved is the gun : with which she is to be armed. If tbe Ad miralty had at once bethought them of find- j lug the best gun, aud had not fettered that j consideration with others of minor impnr- j tance, the question would be nearer solution. , The Admiralty however, hampered the gun-! makers by the incompatible condition of a gun to be made too light in comparison with its projectile. The solution of the problem is to be found by accepting the necessity of a heavy projectile, fired from a gun of the requisite weight with a sufficient charge of powder. The four essential qualities ties of a gun are precision, force, safety and endurance. To obtain precision and range the gun must be rifled, and in the present state of our knowledge, on the best of those systems which allows of easy muzzle-load ing to jobtnin foree, a charge of powder must be used of at least one-sixth of the weight of the rifled projectile. To obtain safety the gun must be made of some mate* rial which will not burst under rapid and continuous fire, aud to obtain endurance 1 nr*. i„ igrnnV tyba of-the gun-must be made of some substance us nai a u»o ctoi»i nmlec tile, or must be protected from friction by the interposition of a softer substance upon the shot. The gun should also be sufficiently long to give full effect to the charge, and at least one hundred and fifty times the weight of the projectile. Add to this that the pro jectiles must be of steel, aud of 9ueb a diame ter as to ensure that the holes they make cannot easily be plugged, and that the charge they may contain shall blow the side in on the bursting ol the shell, if. the shell itself fails’to penetrate. The iron plate committee found by experiment carefully and repeated ly made, that no gun of less than twelve tons weight and capable of being used with 45 lbs. of powder had been successfully used by them against targets representing modern iron-clads, even at two hundred yards dis tance. It would follow that a steel rifled projectile of 300 lbs. is tbe. smallest with which our ships should be armed. To fire this efficiently a charge of at least CO lbs. of powder is requisite, aud the only guns wlriclf can be trusted to fire such charges have been made, up to this period, of volled wrought iron. Such a gun as this, however, should weigh at least 22 ton*, and tbe problem to be solved is, how to use it at sea. Experi ments have conclusively proved that no gun less than the 300 pouuder at present .is equal to the iron-clads which are uow in the pos session of our own country and of foreign navies, but the 300 pounder at- present is a gun of only 12 tons weight. The best of the old 32 pounders was nearly 200 times the weight of the shot, and the 95 cwt. G 8 poun der was more than 180 times'*the weight of the shot. But the Admiralty .will not give up the broadside principle ; and though only two ycap ago they decided that no ship could use guns of more than G tons weight in the broadside, they have determined rath er than give up their darling broadsides, to make wbat they caU a compromise, and to Uie a 12 ton gun which is too heavy for the broadside and too light for the shot. No doubt exists that such guns a3 we require can be constructed, for a gun of twice the speci fied weight, known as "Big Will,” has been successfully used with a shot twice ns heavy aud a charge of 70 lbs.; and not only can they be constructed, but guns as large are being made iu this cotiutry, and supplied to every foreign Po wer from Russia to Peru.” These eontemplaced improvements show that the construction and armament of Ves sels of wat are earnestly discussed in Eng land, in view of those terrible conflicts at sea which the new modes of naval warfare will force ou the acceptance of all countries not insensihlo to maritime reputation. The fol lowing sentence would seem to appropriate a discovery made by one of our own naval constructors: “ Simultaneously with the gre it advances in artillery, white we have ban discussing, h discovery waar made which gave us the power to use these monster guns PRICE, 5 CENTS at sea. An i.rgeu.ous officer, now famous, Opt. Coles* bethought him of applying the railway turn-table to ship purposes, and by ao ingenious adaptation, the now well known cupola protected the gun and gave it facility for mancjpuvering. Grudgingly did the Ad miralty accept this fortunate discovery, and its advantages had been recognize by Panes and. .-lf/G/ irm? long before we hid a ship ol the necessaiy pattern.” The author of this discovery i*weH known to be Ericsson, &n American, and although the appropriation of the discovery is disguised under the term adaptaf.oh, it is obvious that credit is not freely given where it is due, but assigned in a general way to Danes and American.— This is the first anon tion wo-have seen of any part of the credit being due to the Danes for one of the most splendid nautical discoveries | of the age. From the subjoined statement we would conclude that the British navy was not in the ; most efficient condition “If this idea of what our fleet should be is correct, the state of the navy, atter fifty-eight millions of Whig expenditures, cannot be considered very satisfactory. We have only four shi;is with turn-tables, nnduotouc of them is a sca-going ship. In the channel our iron-clad fleet is, with few exceptions, re ported to bo not very sea-worthy.. In the Mediterranean there ate only three Iron-clads, and the two Admirals there hoist their flag3 in wooden screw line-of-battle-ships, with which it would be madness to meet the small est iron-clad of Frauce or Italy. Os the twcnty-lour wooden ships under Sir James Hope's orders, on the coast of North Ameri ca, none are iron-plated, and it is said that no gun is on board any of them capable of making any impression on an iron-clad ship. The other stations are similarly unprepared, and the farce of a squadron of seventeen ships is maintained ou the West const of Africa for the suppression of the slave trade, which the slavers laugh to scorn—a squadron of which about fifteen ships are gunboals, or vessels built too late for the Russian war, not one. of whirk can steam nine knots, though their duty is to catch steamers known to be ! the swiftest on the ocean.” We have made these extracts to show how oiwu-atlv alive Britfrh statesmen are to the Improvements which the material ol irou has introduced iuto the construction and arma ment ofvessejs of war. They seem fully alive to the changes which their neighbors the French have made in their means of maritime attack and defence, but trom the absence of all allusion to American improve ments of a similar character, except in a single iustance, it would seem as if the last four years had left a blank iu national re cords. %* ARTK9IUS WARD MEETS A~‘?ROtD AND IIAWTV SOUTHERNER.” Feelin a little peckish, I went into a eatin’ house to-day, and encountered a young man with long black hair and slender frame. He didn't wear much clothes, and them as he did wear looked onhealthy. He frowned on me, and sed, kinder scornful, “So, sir—you cut) here us in onr hour of trouble do you ?r j “No,” said I, “I cum here for hash 1” “Pish haw !” he said snecringly, “I mean you are in the city for the purpose of gloatin’ over a fallen people. Others may basely succumb, but as for me, I will never yield— i ever, never!” “Hav’suthin’to cat!” I pleasantly sug gested. “Tripe and onions,” he Slid surely ; then he added, “I cat with you, but I hate you. You r a low-lived Yankee !" To which I pleasantly rap'd id, “How’ll you have your tripe ?” "Fried, mudsill, with plenty of ham fat!” He et very r.wouue. Poor teller ! He had lived ou odds and cuds for several days, eat in’ crackers that had been turned over by revellers in the bread tray at the bar. He got full at last, and his hart softened a little tu’ards me. “After all,” lie said, “yon hav sum people at th 4 North who air not wholly loatlisam beasts 1” “Well, yes," I sed, “we hav, now and then a man among us who isn’t a cold tlmled scoundriL” “Young man,” I mildly but gravely said, “this crooil war is over, and you’re llk't! Its rather necessary tor somebody to lick in a good Bquare, lively site, and in this ’ere case ft happens to lie the United States of America. You fit splen did, but we was too many for you. Then make the be3t of it, & let us all give la and put the Republic on a firmer basis nor iver. “I don’t gioat over your misfortunes, my young frien." Fur from it. I’m a old man now, & my hart Is softer nor it once was. You see my spectacles is mDten’d with snrh in* very like tear.*. I’m tblnkin’ of Hie sea of good rich blood which has been spilt on both, sides in this dreadful war. I’m thinkin’ ol' our winders and orfuns North, and of your’n in the South. I kin place my old hands ten deilv on the fair young lied of the Yirginny maid whose lover was laid low in the battle dus: by a fed’ral bullet, and say as fervently and piously a9 a vener’lilc sinner like me km *iy anj thing, God be good to you, my poor dear, my poor de ir.” I liz up to go, & takin’ ray young Southe.ia fren’ k n.ily by the hand, I sed, "Yung man, adoo! You Southern fellers is probably my brother?, tho’ you’ve occasionally had a cuss ed queer way of showin’ it!. It’s over now. Let us all jin;; in and make a country on this continent that shall giv’ all Europe the cramp in the stummuck ev’ry time they look at ns! Adoo! adoo! —A new mode of locomotion has lately been iutroduced at Nantes. France. The omnibuses of that city are no longer moved by horses but by steam, and move along the ordinary carriage roads without rails.