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SAY AMAH DAILY HERALD.
VOL. 1-NO. 139.
The Savannah Daily Herald
(MORNING AND EVENING}
13 PCiil.tSiUn BT
a W. MASON «fc CO.,
At 111 Bat Stkjckt, Savannas, Geobgia
Per Copy Five Centa.
Per liundred ~s3 80.
Per Year $lO 00,
advertising:
Two Dollars per Square of Ten Lines for first in
sertion ; One Dollar lor each subsequent one. Ad
vertisements inserted in the morning, will. If desired,
appear in the evening without extra charge.
«J Oli PRINTING,
in every style, ncutly and promptly done,
i " p -gßaa
Insurance.
js your life insured t
This is snl-nporlant question for every man and
important also wife und mother ds It affects
thUr .utu e welfare.
SEE TO IT AT ONCE. DO NOT DELAY.
The “Knickerbocker Life Insurance" of New Yoik
will insure you at the usual rates in any anm from £IOO
SIO,OOO. They also issue the f vorite TEN YEAR
NON-FOBKKITUKE Policies, and will after two years
p .yment give a lull paid up Policy for Two Tenths the
whole sum, and Three Years Three Tenths, and so
on. Thus a Policy of SIO,OOO. Two Premiums paid
upon it will be entitled to a paid up Policy of $2,000.
and five years five-tenths for every additional year,
pur farmer information apply to
• - A. WILBUR, Agent,
At the office of the Home Insurance Cos.,
Ja27 ~S'J Bay 3t„ Savannah, Oa.
HE NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE IN3U.
RANGE COMPANY, OF BOSTON.
PURELY MUTUAL.
This is one of the oldest and best Companies in
America.
Policies on Lives for any amount np to SIB,OOO are
taken by them
The Policies of these Companies were not cancelled
duriug the war until neard tr >-n—a fact which shews
their dealing anti determination to bejost and honor
able i ii all cases. Apply"to
Ju2T A. WILBUR, Agent.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE AGENCY,
BKP3ESENTIXO TUS
SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY;
MANH aTTAN INSURANCE COMPANY ;
PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ;
Averaging a
CASH CAPITAL or over FOUR MILLIONS.
Risks taken on all descriptions of Property on rea
sonable terms by A. A. LANE, Agt.
Oilite in Stoddard's Range, Bay street, oppo
site Hf.k alii offlCJ
julo lmo
OOLVMBIAN
(MARINE} INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
CASH - CAPITAL .$3,500,000.
The undersigned are prepared to Insure tinder Open
Policy from the above Company to the extent of SIOO,-
00(i in property in any first class Steamer, and from
$50,000 to $T5.uoO on any first clas9 soiling vessel, on
the most favorable New York terms.
For further particulars apply to
CHARLtSL. COLBY & CO
Jones Block, corner Bay and Abercorn streets,
jets .... ts - Savannah, Oa.
tfk-i GOLD AND SILVER dh-T
WATCHES. dPI •
Bets Silver Ware, Diamond Seta and Rings, English
Silver Ciuet Stands, Butter Coolers, Dinner and Tea
Service, Pianos, sewing Machines, Vest Chains, Brace
lets, Lockets, Gold Pencils, Sets of Jewelry, Ac , &e.,
WORTH ONE MILLION DOLLARS
TO BE SOLI) AT ONE 1)01. LAE EACu, WIIUOCT EEOAUh TO
VALUE,
AND NOT TO BE PAID FOR UNTIL YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE TO RECEIVE.
CATALOGUE
CF R-.cn AND VALUABLE ARTICLES AT ONI DOLLAR EACU.
g>|i(tu Fine Gold Chronometer Watches, each s2uu
ii_iiUo Fiuc Gold English Lever Watches lot)
•foOTLaoies* Gold Bnaineied Bijou Watches'. 150
500 Solid Silver Hunting Lever Wutches. .$ 40 to So
200 Silver Dinner Sets HO to 150
150 Silver Tea Sets IM to 160
3,000 English Silver Cruet Stands 20 to 30
3,000 Silver Fruit Urns 15 to 30
2,000 Silver Butter Coolers 20 to 30
1,000 Silver loe Pitchers 50 to *5
fi.ooO Sliver Goblets, Gold Lined 15 to 20
10,000 Gold Pens, Silver Pencil Cases and to 12
C.OOO dozen Silver Tea Spoons 15 to 20
2,000 dozen Silver Dessert Spoons 20 to 30
tfivo Large Size. Magic-Spring Lockets 10 to 20
\5“ Inst-Class eewing Machine 5.......... 40 to bO
\U tne above lists of goods will be sold for one dol
lartacii. Ccrtificatea of ail the various articles, Btating
wha euch one can have, are first put into envelopes,
Beaielup, and mixed; and, when ordered, are taken
out vfyhout regard to choice, aufi sent by mail, thus
giviurtili a fair chance. Uu receipt of the Certificate
you wit see what you can have, aud then It la at your
option k«cud one dollar aud take the article or not.
SINGLE CERTIFICATES, £0 CENTS EACH.
One Ccloiicate may obtain you a Gold Watoii, Ser
vice ol SilvV Piute, or any other valuable article.
THERE WILL BE NO BLANKS.
PACKAGES OF CERTIFICATES
Wil, be sold to Clubs, Schools, Aoents, Ac., at the
following rates i v
One Cer tiff cal sent to any address by mall. ..$ 0 25
5 ccriiticata 1 00
11 Certificate!... 2W>
1.50 Ci-rtiilcttie«(,vitli premium} 5 00
01 (Lrniioitss With premium; 10 On
100 Ceititlcuies ijruh premium}....,.. 15 00
Pvrlect- aatlsfachn guaranteed in all case*. Goods
r.ot pleasing tne like or lancy of our customers will
be exchanged ircc\ cost
Agents und othurkviil be allowed 10 cents on each
ceriiiknte ordered i> them, providing not less than
live are ordered at a me. Agents w ill collect 26 cts.
foi each certificate nnqrunit 15 cents each to ns.
Address all orders to
sC. RICKARDS * CO..
lu2 Nuobuu bt., New York.
AGENTS WANTED. , . ju.'3-lw
AND UU.dLvpiO * '.).*a
WINES A N D LIQ U O R 3 ,
AT VOOUOALt, T Crt FAMILY CSX,
AT 207 BAY S’l'jiET.
* oa t f SEALY A CO,
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SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1865.
if™ §oobs anb flatting.
A MURDOCK L
WnhI.ESALX AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
SITTERS’ AND NAVAL STORES, DRY’ GOODS
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS/ ’
Gentlemen's Fcrnisuino Goods, Ac.,
No. 5 Merchants' Row. Hilton Head, a Ou
W. C. RIDDEI.I.. rjOl3-tf] . «. J. .MCRDOGK.
jpRESH ARRIVAL OF GOOD&
SKEHAN A CONYNGHAM.
0/ 17G Broughton Street,
Receive by every steamer fresh consignments of Goods
from New York, constating of
BOOTS and SHOES,
Ladies' BALMORALS, Ac.,
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.
_JeC
jy£ OSQ- Vl TO NETTING,
AT
may2o L. C. NORYELL A CO'S.
r JX> THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA ~
The termination of a sanguinary contest, which for
the pjst four years has presented an impassable barrier
to all social or commercial lnte,course between the
two great sections of our country, having at length
happily cleared away all obstacles to a removal of
those relations which formerly bonnd us together In a
fraternal nnion, I take the earliest opportunity afford
ed me by this auspicious event, to greet my Sonthern
friends, and to solicit from them a renewal of that ex.
tensive business connection which for ft quarter of a
century has been uninterrupted save by the great pub
lic calamity to which I have adverted.
It is scsrcely necessary, on the threshold of a busi
ness re-union, I should repeat the warning so often
given to my friends.—to beware of all those spurious
and de'eterious compounds which, under the epeeions
and false titles of Imported Wines, Brandies, Holland
Gin, Liquors, &c., have been cquaiiy destructive to
the health of our citizens and prejudicial to the interest
of the legitimate Importer.
Many years of my past life have been expended in
an open and candid attempt to 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 qnautities as might
suit their convenience, a truly genuine imported arti
cle.
Twenty-five years’ bnriness 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, Liquors, and Liquers of the best aud most ap
proved brands in Euiope, in addition to my own dis
tillery in Holland for the manufacture of the “Schie
d m Schnapps.’
The latter, so long tested and approved by the med
leal 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 cu
pidity of the home manufacturers and. venders of a
spurious article under 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 circumspection will in
sure their delivery, as I receive them from Europe, to
all my customers.
I wouy, 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 Winc3, Brandies, &c.,
in wood, I have a considerable supply of old tried for
eign nines, 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 wonld spcciaily call the early atten
tion of my Southern customers to the advantage to be
derived by transmitting their orders withont loss of
time, or calling personally at the Depot, in order to
insure the fulfillment of their favors from the present
large and well selected assortment.
* UDOLPHO WOLFE,
ju£3 lm 22 Beaver street, New York..
HEADERS POST OF SAVANNAH,
Savannah, Ga., June 21, 18C5.
Gznsual OSPE3,>
No.' 47. /
It being necessary that the Street Gas Lamps of this
city should be repaired and lighted, so .that good or
der may be kept und the personal safety of the people
guaranteed at night. It ishereby ordered ns a military
necessity daring the military occupation of Savannah.
I That the Gas Company of the city furnish the Gas
for the etrtet lamps, light and extinguish them, sup
ply all broken gla?s, keep the lamps cleau and supply
lour feet burners therefor. The lamps will be lighted
from dusk to daylight, except on moonlight lghts,
but on those nlglua when the moon sets earlier tban
oleven o'clock p. no., they shall be lighted as though
there was no moon. The Company will execute this
order forthwith.
11. The municipal authorities cf the city are re
quested to have »nch of the lamp posts and service
pipes ns require repairs immediately put iu order.
The Gas Company will be required to do this work
and furnish ihe Superintendence thereof, charging the
city only actual cost, if the municipal authorities so
HI. That the Gas Company will be paid monthly.at
the rate of thirty-three dollar* per annum for each
lamp actually lighted by them according to the re
quirements oi Section lot this order.
This payment will be made by the Post Treasurer
out of the Post fund upon certificates of service ren
dered uml light furnished, uindo in duplicate, verified
by the oath of the Pre.-ideut of the Gas Company and
approved by the General Commanding.
By Command of
Brevet Brig. Gen. 8 L. WOODFORD.
Edwabd G. Dike, A. A. G. .iiu'2
HEADQ'RSDISTRICT OF SAVANNAH,
t>AVAXNAU,Ua., June 21, IStil.
Gen lull Order, 1
No. 3!». f
So much ol General Orders No. G, of March 17th,
1355, from these Headquarters as defines the lur.sdic
tion ol the 2d Provost court is hereby revoked.
Tue 2d Provost OoUrt of the District of Savannah is
abolished.
By command of
Brevet Maj; Gen. BIRGE
R bt. F. Wile in-bom, Major aud A. A. A G.
JU23 7
Restaurants, ggc,
W E iTILL IIVE
• —at —
THE ‘‘OFFICE,'*
No Ik Merc ii ants' Row,
HILTON HEAD. A C.
BENJAMIN HONEY’, Piormrot.
Just received from the North—
BEEF.
MUTTON,
VEAL.
PORK,
TURKEYS,
CHICKENS,
FISH,
GAME,
TURTLE;
—ALSO—
Recei rat from the Plantuikms every morning—
CHICKENS, VEGETABLES, &c
ICE CREAM, WITH FANCY CAKES
The inner man must and shall be preserved.
ICE WATER. FREE FOR EVERY BODY.
N. B —Why does my friend ih the rear of the Post
Office discontinue to say where the laugh comes In t
juncU-tf
r —■ —
01 LAMS! CLAMS I CLAMS!
IN TUE SHELL OH 611X1.LTD OCT,
With other Refreshments, at the oldest and best stand
ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND, ♦
For a va.lety of something Good to Eat at all times, at
THE EAGLE SALOON,
In rear oi the Post Office, Port Royal, 8. C.
PETER FITZGERALD respectfully informs his old
friends, and the public in general, that since Oysters
are out of season for a time., his Dally Patrons can flud
a good substitute In CLAMS, cooked-to order, in every
style, at the shortest notice. He has also a constant
supply of
FRESH MEATS, POULTRY, FISH A VEGETABLES,
From the North aud other places iu this vicinity.
Meals cooked to.order at uuy hour during the day.
Our motto is to “Live well.”
PETEK FITZGERALD, Proprietor.
may 23 ts - • * - »
INKS, LIQUORS, ALES, Ac. . .
PHILIP B. MAR S H ,
AT
BATTER SBY ’ 8. WAE.SHg^E,
(HEAD OF DAT LANE.}
Has for sale a Superior Stock of
OLD PENET CASTILIAN BRANDY.
OLD OTARD DUPUY BRANDY.
PLELLIVAISAIN BRANDY.
SWAN GIN AND WINDMILL GIN
WOLFE’S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS.
PLANTATION BITTERS.
SHERRY AND MADEIRA WINE.
IMPERIAL ALE,
BROWN STOUT,
CIDER
Ail of which he has in cases or in bulk, with his usual
and well assorted Stock of
GROCER IES.
Ali which he offers at a small advance on New
York cost and charges. Jn22-l,v
'
The Proprietor of the
SAVANNAH CITY FLOUR MILLS,
Begs to -announce to his numerous patrons that he has
made a number of improvement’ l in the machinery at
tached to his establishment, and is now prepared to
furnish his customers with a full supply cf the best
GIUTS AND. MEAL,
and everything that can be expected from a
FIRST-CLASS MILLING ESTABLISHMENT,
He pledges himself to always sell hb Goods and do
Ms work
25 PER CENT LESS
for the benefit of the citizens, than many of his c >m
petitors. He is prepared to grind Wheat aud Corn at
the customary X toll, and in addition will, as above
stated, always be prepared to furnish h'S friends with
everything Iu the old style.
His place of business is at the well-known spot at
the FoOT OF BROUGHTON STREET. jn!B-tf
KEADQ'RS POST OF SAVANNAH,
oaVANNAii, Oa , June 22d, 1805,
General Outers, >
No. 43. / ~ . ,
A Provost Conn for the Post of Savannah is hereby
established. It will be open for the trial of causes ea.cb
day (except Sundays), from nine o’clock a. m, until
two o’clock p. m. It will have Jurisdiction in all
ca see ot misdemeanors and violr.tipn by civilians of
Department, District and Post Orttera or regulations
which are committed within the limits of thii Post.—
The Judge may imprison convicted parties for periods
not to exceed six months and inflict flues n. ttq ex
ceed five buudi ed dollars. . All monies so collected
will' be turne 1 over to the Post Treasurer. The
Judge may also,nppoint such officers and establish
such rules for bis Court as he may deem necessary,
subject to the approval of the General Commanding.
I. 2 a Lieut. Hanson C, Gibson, 106th N. Y. Vola., la
hereby detached from l is regiment, and announced as
Provost Judge lor the Po.-t ol Savannah.
He will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
Isy command of
Brevet Brig. Oen- S. L. VOCDFORD.
Env.vim O. Dike, A A. G. ju23
NOTICE.
OFFICE POST COMMISSARY, >
AUol'sta, Ga., June l‘J, lbtil. j
Sealed - Proposals to furnish thu Post with twenty
five hundred pounds of Fie=h Beef per week for three
months, commencing July Ist, and ending October Ist,
ISOS, will be rt-celvcd nt this office until June 10, lacs.
'1 he Beet to be furnished weekly, and of good qual
ity, either dressed or ou the hoof; if on the hoof, to
net twenty-five hundred pounds exclusive of necks und
shanks.
Persona making proposals will state the average
gross weight, quanly, etc., of the Beef. Proposals to
he opened in public June ifiith, and subject to tue ap
proval of the Commissary General.
y » H. A. DARLING, •
jn2C Capt and Post Commissary.
ora NEW YORK LETTER.
Nkw York, Juno 22, 1865. •
General Matters.
The steamship Great Eastern will sail from
England on Saturday next, to lay the Atlan
tic Cable. There seems no uncertainty of
feeling on the part of the projectors oi the
enterprise as to its success, but almost all the
telegraph fraternity here think that even if
the cable is successfully laid, its ultimate
failure is only a question of a few weeks or
months. Confidence is not great hereabouts,
and noiiody will be disappointed if the coble
after a short time fails to work. Iu fact it is
generally believed that the immense batter}'
power necessary to work the cable, will In a
very brief space of time cat up enough of the
conducting wire to spoil the cable for practi
cal use. For myself 1 earnestly hope
for its success, not only as a means of rapid
communication with Europe, but also in
sympathy with the public spirited citizens of
this country aud of England who have spent
so much time and money in the enterprise,
and as a great bond of international Union
between the United States and Europe.
The United States Telegraph Company
started in opposition to the American and
Washington Union lines, is rapidly becoming
n large and formidable concern. Its lines al
ready reach St. Louis, Cincinnati and Chica
go, tind will soon extend to New Orleans,
and at no distantjday to San Francisco. The
company is already making money, and will
pay its first dividend in August. Competition
is the life of trade, and there is plenty of
business for all the lines. In fact the start
ing of every new company appears to in
crease Ute business of the old ones instead
of detracting lrotn if. Telegraphing is not iD
its infancy, and the day will come when al
most all kinds of busiues3 between one city
and another, and between comm ies lar re
mote from each other will be transacted by
the electric wire. The more lines the better
for the public, for competition will keep the
rates low enough for c.erybody.
Commodore Vanderbilt iiaviug become the
President and a large owner in the Hudson
River Railroad, wilt, it is said, soon go to
work to raise the price of his stock. lie has
money enough and pluck enough to run up
the price of anything be chooses to touch,
and will succeed if he tries the game. The
object is, I believe, to unite the Hudson and
Harlem roads (he is also Presideut aud chief
owner of the latter), and ultimately to form
a union with the New York Cential. If be
will only let California travel alone, the peo
ple of tue Golden State will reck little how
many railroads on the Atlantic coast he con
trols.
Since Saturday last we have bad an inun
dation of West Point cadet 9. On that day
the diplomas were awarded, and the class of
1805 left their home of the past five years
Judging from their appearance’ about the
vatious hotels here, and the quaut t/ of fluidi
they manage to put into their stomachs, it
seems as it the youths were delighted at their
escape from the “Academy” and its daily
drills aud studies. They have done New
York thorcugly by gas-ifght, and in a rol
licking, devil-may-care ivay, I can assure
you. I had a good look at about a score ot
them Monday night, at the Metropolitan, aud
every mother’s son of them was in the bar
toom, calling tor this, that and the other
bibulous compound, aud swallowing the
mixtures which the experienced hand of
“Jerry Thomas” dealt out, wiih gusto. Af
ter a long confinement they were making
free with their newly-acquired liberty to
their hearts’ content. I suppose they will
settle down soon iuto humdrum, every-day
life, however, aud the war being over, be
come quiet, as they are well-intormod diti
zens.
Dr. Mackey, the enthusiastic Union man
from South Carolina, aud recently appoint
ed collector of Charleston js tree in his ex
pression of contempt and loathing of the
newly arrived delegation from that State to
wait on President Johnson. lie denounces
them with wqrmth and bitterness as “seces
sionists, everyone of them,” aud has gone to
Washington to inform the* President who
and what the fellows are that they may not
acquire too much influence iu the oftaiis of
the Palmetto State under its new regime cf
Union guidance.
This Is the age
of Inventors, Discoveries and Improvements.
Scarce a day passes but something new (not
withstanding Solomon’s deJarui.ou to the
contrary,) is bt ought before the public.—
Two new inveatinos have just ap
peared, knoivned as Locomotive
Fills and Electrical loceutlve «A man
rises In the morning, makes his toilet, break
fasts, takes a Locommotive Pill and is ready
for business No matter how enervatiug
may be the influence of the weather, nor ,
how laboiious his business, be never tires,
but goes about unceasingly, accomplishing
distances withont the use of public convey
ances, and at night retires as tatigueless as
when he set out in the morning. Tue Elec
ir.cal Inceutive.is but another means of se
curing the same result. Instead ot taking
the Locomotive Pill, the man of sedenttry
habits, he who is coufined to his desk and ts
not au out-door businesss man required to
preambulatc the pavements, has au electri
cal machine and before going to bis office
charges his system with electricity. This
latter invention was discovered, lam creed
bly iniornted, by a rhomatic who was rec
ommended to take electr cty tor his com
plaint. He found it so efficacious in
viug the disease, that {snow seeking to bring
it into universal use as an incentive tocherg},
and is succeeding handsomely., . . \
. Speaking of ttiermomAeis, the weatherh&S
been very not since my last. Ever body and
everything has perspired freely, from uutna.t
beiiD'S down to champagne bottles. To day
is a trifle cooler than yesterday, but et ii uis
hot enough for all practical purpose . Thous
ands are daily going to the uoimtry in seaKh
of pure air and lower temperature (it Lse and m
any ol them succeed iu finding toe latter) and
the members of the “Cam Get Away Clue’ are
sweltering away in their patriotic efforts to
PRICE. 5 CENTS
keep cool contented. Many of ns pine
for the snowy breezes of “Greenland's Icy
Mountains” and wonidn t feel had if they had
gone with Capt. Hall on this trip to the Artie
I sea?, or with friend Bttcklev in his telegraph
meandering? toward? Behring straits
Cruelly to an Infant.
A strange case of cruelty to an infant was
1 brought before one of our Courts the other
| day. Two young ladies, very tastefully- and
expensively dressed, appeared in Court with
counsel as opposing parties. Two comelv
mulatto women were used as witnesses
They both swore to the same facts, which
were, that one of the young ladic-a, named
Mary Hill, had assaulted the other, named
Fannie Christopher, inflicting upon her face
and neck sundry scratches, etc. The batterv
yvas severe, aud* one of the witnesses testified
that when she went into the room where the
assault took place, Mary had Fannie down
clinched by the throat, and would have stran
gled her if she (the witness) had not taken
her off Fannie was then put on the stand,
when the counsel for the defence asked her
what was her age. She replied, “Seventeen."
The Court—“ She fc» an infant." Counsel lor
defence—“Ofcourse; site has no status here."
The Court—“Of course not. Gentlemen, I
have only one course’to pursue under the
circumstances, and that irto order a non
suit. Miss Cbri3topfier wa3 astounded, Miss
Hill laimhed. But cpunsel for plaintiff an
nounced that, they would have a guardian
appointed and renew the suit. The Court ad
vised the ladies to keep apart in the future.
A ffewDodgt,
or more likely au old one, has been brought to
light here. It appears that the premises of a
iquor dealing firm the members of
which ara Judah Pierce, John W.
Freeman, William Llndon and Luther
N Fuller, have lately twice been found
on fire but the flames were subdued each
time, before any material damage was done.
Happening thus twice in the same place the
Fire Marshal deemed it his duty to Institute
an Investigation, when he found the parties
had an Insurance on theirstock of $ 10,000,
besides loans amounting to $86,12C, when
only $45,000 worth of liquor could be found
in the building. Os course a charge of arson
was brought, when it was claimed that the
balance bad been lost through a leakage
caused by damages to the disks sustained
during the fire. An inspection of the premises
developed a large number of empty barrels,
barrels of water, etc. The case has not yet
been decided.
“On His Dig”
The City of Brooklyn has been thrown Into
convulsions of menimeut at the suddeness
with which a noted Divine fell back “on bis
dignity" a few days since. It appeara that
tne Divine, whose name is Henry J. Van
Dyke, objected to having the national flag
raised over his church; that he sympathized
with the Rebels, and invited Rebel clergy
men from Southern States to preach frnnxiis
pulpit, after they hid been driven from tbeir
own pulpits for disloyalty by tbeir loval con
gregation?. This conduct was so offensive
to one of die Trustees named Win. L. Dun
ham, that he left the church, after twenty
years service lor its welfare. Some time
since Mr. Van Dyke called upon Mr. Dun
ham through an attorney to retract certain
charges he had made against him of being a
traitor and a Copperhead. Mr. Dunham re
sponded through his attorney that he bad
nothing to redact, and that if Mr. Van Dyke
was disposed to prosecute any suit against
him, he would be happy to meet h»m in a
court and endeavor to prove all he has eve.
said, and m> e too. Home further corres
pondence of a like nature ensued, when Mr.
Dunham’s counsel was informed lhat Mr
Van Dyke’s friend considered Mr. Dunham
liable to be mu lted in damages, but that at the
request of Mr. Van Dyke they had consented
to forego teaching Mr. D. a lesson that would
make him strive in the future not to injure
the fair name of bne who is so much his su
perior in everything that goes to make up the
Christian gentleman. Mr. D. retorted but
was unable to entice the reverend gentleman
into a court of justice.
Hooker.
Some time since the Committee on
the Conduct of the War set about
investigating the Chanccliorsviile affair, in
which Gen. Hooker failed so signally to hold
the position he had gained by one of the
energetic movements so characteristic of that
General. Among the reasons attributed as
the cause of the failure, was the charge of
intoxication on the part of the General. This
charge the committee examined thoroughly,
taking the testimony ot every General in the
army, and it wa3 emphatically refuted, not
one of them under oath being able to swear
they had seen the General inebriated.
A3 to the failure at Cbancellorsville, It may
be well to remark, the committee report that
Halieck, then General-in-Chief failed In his
duty to support Hooker as he should have
doue.
■ —A. ,
s’Axt-CDOTE OF THE E.'f BBS EcUE^E.—A
coiresponddnt of a London paper gives the
following anecdote of tne French Empress,
as reaching him from Boston-, Mass.; A lady,
in very reduced circumstances, but who bad
once occupied a superior station, formed a
collection of the varied leaves of the magnifi
cent trees for wltioh the forests of America
are so celebrated, aud whose brilliant tints
are well knovvn to exceed in vivid coloring
even the foliage of tropical plants. Fart of
this Curious collection was placed in an al
bum and sent fcwme ot the crowned heads of
Euiope, a precisely similar album being gt-nt
by the same steamer to the Empress of the
French. But the reception of the poor lady’s
offer ng at the courts in question was very
different. From the first arrived an acknowl
edgment, penned by an official, statiog that
“mronce” the sovereign “had'oondescended
to accept) the offetiug, which, however,-it
was hoped would uot be considered as a pre -
cedent or encouragement for a future similar
gifts.” From the second the donor had the
infinite gratification of receiving a few line*
from pen of her Imperial Majesty expressing
her surptise at. the extreme beauty of the
specimens contained in the album, “qu«lk
trawait rtvissantc,” and requesting the lady to
accept the ring which she enclosed as a token
■of her ‘'reconan'starve" — the value of the ring
being tthinty pounds. Redtapism versus geu-)
in kindness of heart.
