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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOL. 1-NO. 144. The Savannah Daily Herald fMORNING AND EVENING} 16 PUBLISHED BY n. w. MASON- «Sfc CO., At 111 Bay Street. SavaKiis, Qeoegia. terms: Per Copy..., , Per Year APV2RTIBIK#: l Tro Dollars* per Square of Ten Lines for first in- Lertion- One Dollar mr each subsequent one. Ad- Kertisements inserted in the morning, will, it desired, appear iu the evening without extra charge. i JOB PRINTING, fin every style, neatly and promptly done. J|itsitrau£C. '•* ' ' -‘■V - JNSURANCEII LOW KATES ON RIVER BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND AUGUSTA. —ALSO,— JACKSONVILLE AND SAVANNAH. The nndereigned arc now prepared to take risks per earner to Augusta, and Steamer or Flat from Augusta, AT LOIfER RATES THAN CAN BE OFFERED BY ANY OTHER PARTIES IN THIS PLACE. Also, by Steam and Sailing Vessels to and from Jacksonville. CHAS. L. COLBY &'CO., ju23-lw cor. Bay and Abercorn sts. JS YOUR LIFE INSURED f '1 his is an important question for every man and important also to every wife and mother as it affects their future welfare. , SEE TO IT AT ONCE/ DO NOT DELAY. The •‘Knickerbocker Life Insurance" of New York will insure you at the usual rates in any sum from stw $’l0i)0o. They also issue the l'.voriMS TEN YEAR NON-FORFEITUitE Policies, and will after two years payment give a full paid up Policy for Two Tenths the whole SULU, and Three Years Tilled Tenths, and so on. Thus a Policy of slo,two. Two Premiums paid upon it will be eutitleu to a paid up Pol|cy of $2,000. and five years five-tenths for every additional year. For further information apply to A. \V ILBUR, Agent, At the office of the Home Insurance 00., ju2T 89 Bay at., Savannah, Ga._ THE NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSU RANCE COMPANY, or BOSTON. PURELY MUTUAL. This is one of the oldest and best Companies in America. Policies on Lives for any amount np to $15,000 are taken by them The Policies of these Companies were not cancelled during thj war uuul heard imm—a fact winch shews their dealing and determination to be just and ablo in all eases. Apply to juviT A. WILHUR, Ageut.. YORK ~ FIRE AND MARINE INSURAN. |E AGENCY, KETEESEKTiftO TUB * SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY ; MANR TITAN INSURANCE COMPANY ; THCENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ; - Averaging a CASH CAPITAL of over FOUR MILLIONS. Risks taken on all descriptions of Property on rea sonable terms by A. A. LANE, A^t. fj&r office iu Stoddard’s Range, Bay street, <ippo 6ite iIBKLLD office. «. julo lffid . OOLUMBIAN (MARINE; INSURANCE COMPANY ' OF NEW YORK. CASH CAPITAL ~53,500,000. The undersigned are prepared to Insure under Open Policy from the above Company to the extern of $luo ; - OOy in property in any first class Steamer, and from $50,000 to $7f.000 on any first class sailing vessel, on the most favorable New York, terms. For further particulars apply to ' CHARLES L. COLBY & CO, Jones Block, corner Bay and Abercorn streets, jclS ts Savannah, Ga. rj.-'REASURY DEPARTMENT, . * EIGHTH SPECIAL AGENCY, \ Charleston, S. €., J ane ‘id, iS<55. { The undersigned, in addition to bta duties as As ’ Bistunt Special Agent of the Fifth Agency, has been assigned to the charge of the Eighth Agency as Depu ty Supervising Special Agent. All communication? relating to the business of the business of the Fifth Agency should be uJ dressed to Port Royal, S. C., and all leiatiug to business in the Eighth Agency should be addressed to Charleston, S. C JOHN H. PILSBERY, ju2B Deputy Supervialng Agent. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. . , t ' Dealers in Sheeting, Shirting, Osaaburgs, Yarns, Rope, Bagging, Manufactured and Smoking Tobacco, «Sc’., Ac. Particular attention given to the Purchase, Sale and Shipment oi CuT'i'ON. R.u.bton’s Gsauits Ra«o7,;—Tki3i> Kauqs, 4 MACON. GA. RsfEtiEKOM.—Erwin & Hardee, Claghorn & Cnn ninguam. Su>annah; L. G Bowers, S- M. Karrar, Cos lunious; K. 15. Loiiy & Cos., L>. 15. Di-vis, Augusta; P p. PeabQ. V. A. (iaaKilj, Atlaiiru. .l»-b,lm W'JMiii HOSPITAL TRAN&CRIPT." Tue paper above named is published at Hilton Head S. C., by M. J. JloKebba. It is designed by the Publisher to make an Interest ing and Instructive Paper, not only for . SICK AND WOUNDED tOLDIERS, bat a WELCOME WEEKLY VISITOR to ail resided of Hilton Head. It will contain Original LOCAL NEWS, a summary ■NORTHERN NEWS, and carefully Selected MIS CELLANEOUS ITEMS * Ju3-tf J|rjj ipoobs anfo (Clothing. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS B% SUTLERS’ AND NAVAL STORES, DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, <ftc., No. 5 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head, S. C„ W. C. RIDDELL. fjul3-tf] H. J. MURDOCH. ARRIVAL OF GOODS. SKEHAN & CONY hteG HAM. Os 176 Brovahton Street, Receive 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, led 'J'O THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA The termination of a sanguinary contest, which for the past four years has presented an impassable barrier to all social or commercial Into* course between the two great sections of oar country, having at length happily cleared away all obstacles to s removal of those relations which formerly bound us together in 4 fraternal union, I take the earliest opportunity afford ed me by this auspicious event, to greet my Southern friends, and to solicit from them a renewal of that ex. tensive business conneetidfi which for a quarter of a century has been uninterrupted save by the great pub lic calamity to which I havg adverted. It is scarcely necessary, on the threshold of a busi ness re-union, I should repeat the warning so often given to iny friends —to beware of all those 3pnrious and de’eterious compounds which, under the specions and false titles of Imported Wines, Bra ndics, Holland Gin, Liquors, &c., have been equally destructive to the health of our citizens add 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; nor expense has been spared to ac complish this salutary purpose, mid to plate before my friends and the public generally; at the lowest possible market price, and in such quantities as might suit their convenience, a truly genuine imported arti cle Twenty-five years’ business 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 Liquersof the best and most ap proved oraiidsih Europe, M auiiition to my own'dis tillery in Holland for the mannibeture of the "Schie dam Schnapps.’ The latt*r, so long tested and approved by the med ical Faculties of the United States, West Indies and SotQ.li America as an invaluable Therapeutic, a whole some, pleasant, and perfectly safe beverage in all cli mates and duringpnll seasons, quickly excited the cu pidity of the home manufacturers and venders of a spurious article uuder the same name. 1 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 would, however, recommend in all cases where it is possible, that orders be sent direct to my Depot, 22 Beaver street, New Y'ork, or that purchases be made of my accredited agents. . In addition to a large stock of Wines. Brandies, Ac., in wood, I have a considerable supply of old'tried for eign w ines, embracing vintages of many past years, bottled up before the commencement of the war, which I can especially recommend to all connoisseutß of these rare luxuries. In conclusion, I would specially call the early 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 lulfillment of their favors from the present large and well selected assortment. UDOLPHO WOLFE, ju23 lm 22 Beaver street, New York. jyjACKY, HOGG & CO., # GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. .2 Stoddard’* Block, opposite Custom House, SAVANNAH, GA. Having opened a House at the above stand, in con nection whu our House in Philadelphia, we offer to the Trade— -250 barrels Bourbon and Rye Whiskey; Hams Breakfastßacon anil Shoulders. Bagged Beef, Lard Broom , Washboards, Lime in hogsheads, <fcc, Consignments to our House in Philadelphia solici ted, MACKY, HOGG A Cos, No. 2 Stoddard's Block, Savannah, Ga. ju2o-lm 26 South Water street. Philadelphia. The Proprietor of the SAVANNAH CITY FLOUR MILLS, Begs to announce to his numerous patrons that he has made a num,.er of improvements in t bet machinery at tached to his establishment, uud is now prepared to‘ furnish his customers with a full supply of the best GRITS AND MEAL, gind everything that can be expected from a FIRST-CLASS MILLING ESTABLISHMENT, He pledges himself to always sell and do bis work , 26 PER CENT LESS for the benefit of the citizens, than many of his com petitors. He is prepared to grind Wheat aud Corn at iba customary t£ toll, and in addition will, as above Buffed, always be prepared to furnish his friends with everything iu the old style. His place of business is at the well-knowD sj>ot at tire FOOT OF BROUGHTON STREET julb-tf The Regular Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Southern Hisurauce and Trust Company will oe held at the office of the Company, in savannah, on Wtdnesday, FJth July, 1805, tor tne purpose of elect ing Directors for the ensuing year, aud for the tran saction of such other business as may be brought be fore the meeting. H. BRIGHAM, President, Per J. C. MqNULTY, ja22 ts Assistant Secretary. SAVANAH, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1865. actual AND REPRESENTATIVE * POPULATION. Much has beeu said iu the papers on the subject ot Negro suffrage; but Robert Dale j Owen, in a recent letter to the President, lists placed it in an aspect no less original tbau striking. In 1860 he made the following I statement, The actual population of the States com posing the Union, and their representative ’ population, have hitherto differed considera bly ; the actual population, in 1860,* being upward of thirty-one millions (31,1 48,047,) j aud the representative population about twenty-nine millions and a half only (29.553,- 273). ' The difference betweeu the two is nearly one million six hundred thousand (i,?, 594,774). See Compendium of Census, pages 131, 132. The reason of this is apparent. In the year 1860 there were, in round numbers, four million of slaves (3,950,591) in these Slates. These slaves were not estimated, iu the rep resentative population, mau for man. Five of them were estimated as three; for by the Constitutional provision regulating the basis of representation (Art. 1, Sec. 2, f 3), there was to be taken the whole number of free persons and three-fifths of all other persons.- Two-fifths of the “other persons” Were left out. But two-fifths of four millions is one million six hundred thousand. . About two million four hundred thousand of the slaves are to be regarded •as having entered, uuder the last census, into the basis dpf representation. In other words, the white slaveholdiug population of the South obtain ed a political advantage the same as that which they would have reaped by actual ad dition to their population of two million four hundred thousand free persons. As . under the last census the iatio of representation was fixed at one hundred and twenty-seven thousand (Census, 4 ’page 22), the South, in virtue of that legal notion of two million four hundred thousand, additional freemen, had eighteen members of Congress' added to her* representation. Her total number of repre sentatives being eightv-four, she owed irftrre than one-fifth of that number to her slave property. It follows that if, in a republican government, the number of . free persons be the proper basis of representation, she had upward of one-fifth more political influence than her just share. Each one of her voters possessed a power (so far as the eleetiou of the President and of the House ot Represen tatives was concerned) greater by one-fifth than that of each Northern voter. We have not space .to copy all the details of Mr. Owen’s statement, but the following comprise his principal inferences : Thus it appears that the present experiment in reconstruction, if guttered to rtm-its course, and it interpreted as I think we have just cause to fear that it will be, tends (inevitably, it may be said) Jo bring about t*vo results : First; To cause the disfranchisement of the freedman. Whether We effect this directly, as by provision of law or by $ disqualifying clause iH.a proclamation, omwdiether w« do irtSy leaving dir decision to fßS'iqy.raer mas ters and his old enemies, matters nothing except in form and in words ; the result (Jt brought about with equal certitude in either* way. Passion, prejudice and self-interest concur to produce this result. Second ; It establishes—not- the odious three-fifth clause, not even merely a five-fifth clause —but something much worse than either. It permits tne investiture of the Southern white with a preponderance ot political power, such as no class of men, in a democratic Republic, ever enjoyed since the world began. * * * * * Unsuccessful Rebels cannot, by bits of paper called Secession ordinances, take the State out of the Union ; but, by levying civil war, they can convert all the inhabitants of the State into public enemies, deprived, as such, by law,ot their political rights. The United States can restore these rights—can pardon these public enemies. And we have the right to*pardon on conditions ; as, for ex ample, on the condition that Slavery shall cease to exist; or on the condition that more of those persons, who form the basis of rep resent at ion, shall, because of color, be de prived of tne right of suffrage. If we neglect to impose the first condition, the cause of the Rebellion .will continue, and will some clay, produce another. If we neglect to impose tne second condition, au ! oligarchy, on an extended scale will grow up in one large section of the country, work ing grave injustice toward the voters of anotUer section- The three-fifth abuse will reappear in a giant lorm. But if we suffer Inis, it canuot fail to dio- Unsuccessful Rebels canuot, by bits of paper called Secession ordinances, take the fcjtate out of the Union ; but, by levying civil war, they can convert all the inhabitants of the State into public enemies, deprived, as such, by law,ot their political rights. The United States can restore these rights—can pardon these public enemies. And we have the right to*pardon on conditions ; as, for ex ample, on the condition that Slavery shall cease to exist; or on the condition that more of those persons, who form the basis of rep resentation, shall, because of color, be de prived of the right of suffrage. If we neglect to impose the first condition, the cause ot the Rebellion ..will continue, and will some day, produce another. If we neglect to impose tne second condition, au oligarchy, on an extended scale will grow up in one large section of the country, work ing grave injustice toward the voters of another section- The three-fifth abuse will reappear in a giant lorm. But if we suffer Inis, it canuot fail to pro duce, as slavery produced, alienations and heart-burnings. _ Under any plan of recon struction involving so flagrant an injustice it is iu vain to expect harujpny or permanent peace^between the Northern and Southern Sections of the Union. It is not here denied, nor is it deniable, that, under ordinary circumstances, a State may, by a general law applicable to all, res trict tbe right of suffrage; as, for example, to those who pay taxes, or to those who can read aud write. And it is quiletrue that the effect- ot such a law would be to give addi tional political power to those who still en joyed the elective, franchise. But a State can only do this after she has a State Gov ernment iu operation, not when she is about to irarne ouc. North Carolina is in the Unioa, as she has always beeu; but her peo ple, having lost, by war against tbe Govern ment, their political rights, are not allowed to go on under their old Constitution aud laws. They have to begin again, as Idaho, if desiring to be a. State, would Uiave to do. The people of Carolina have to’elect members oi a Convention, which Convention has to irarne a State Constitution, to be pre sented, for acceptance or leleciion, to Con gress. Now, just as Idaho, taking her first step toward State sovereignty, could not, on j her own authority, begiu by denying a vote j in the election of members of her Conven tion, to half her free population, or if she did, would find her Constitution rejected, lor that cause, by Congress, as not emanating from the wuoie people ; so, in my judgment, I ought not North Carolina, having forfeited her State rights aud beginning auew as a Territory does, to-be permitted, in advance, j to reject more than a third *of her free popu- ! lation—36l, 522 out of 992,622. I hope she ! will not so construe her rights as to venture ; on such a rejectioff- If she does, Congress : ought to reject her Constitution a3 authoriz ed by a part of her people only. But, beyond all this, we cannot safely al low the negro-exemption clause to take its chance along with other possible restrictions to suffrage which a State, fully organized, may see fit to enact. First, because oi its magnitude. It is au act of ostracism by one half the free inhabitants ot an entire section of country against the other half, equally free. Secondly, because of its character and results. It is an act of injustice by thus® who have assaulted the life of the nation against those who have defended the national! lite , an act by which we abandon to the ten- j der mercies of the doubtfully loyal and the ; disguised traitor those whose loyalty haS stood every test, unstained, unshaken , men ignorant aud simple indeed, but whose nute fidelity never failed either the Union fugitive beset m the forest, or the Union cause im periled on the battle field. The decision of a matter so grave as this should be taken out of the category of those rights which a State, at her option, may grant or may withhold; because, being natioual in its cbnsequences, it is national in its charac ter. This is a matter for Federal interfer ence, because, like emancipation, it is a mat ter involving the Federal safety. Tlie British System of Fortifications— Granite Wallsund Steel Bolt*. After expending several 'millions sterling on granite fortifications at Portsmouth and elsewhere, the British Government have be thought themselves of testing the value ot tbe works, both as. to the strength of their posi tion and tbe impregnability of their struc ! lure. The scope and character of these fortifica j tions are said to be especially due to the mili j tary geuiu9 ot Lord Palmerston, who brings : to modern engineering science the experience jpbe acquired iu the War Office sixty years agq—whatever that may be. And so well j satisfied has the venerable Minister been wi’h I his defensive armament at home hitherto, that he has urged its adoption for the protection of the two or three thousand mileskii bound ary line between the neighboring Colonies aud the United States. The plans of the main works recommended for Canada, in the report of Col .Jervois, are essentially framed upon the Palmerston Ply mouth model. There is no particular secret we believe about that model—so iar as tbe British Minister's theory is concerned. Gran ite and bricks make up the whole thing. And if modern innovation had not brought the ! steel bolt and 800-pounder into common use, the Palmerston fort might have beeu the ! model for the world. It is a comparatively small matter, perhaps, ! to fiud that several of the most imposing of these new British forts—such as those at Portsmouth —are commanded from diffeieut surrounding eminences, because these emi nences might themselves be fortified, now that tbe engineer’s error has been discovered. [ But itjg a rather more serious thing,, we take [ 11, to find that’me errtnhc walls with brick .backings are no more impervious to the steel ■nbolt fai-ly aimed from a 300-pounder, than if they were so much stage “scenery” got up to ; illustrate the fall of Lncklow. Tbe discove ry of this rather important fact would, proba bly, have been made earlier, had our expe rience in tbe business of building aud taking , forts been available for the British War Office ;at an earlier cfcte. As it happened, it was only the other day that Lord Palmerston and the engineers of the War Office came to the conclusion that it might be well, before lay ing out ten or twenty millions more on the grauite forts with brick backing, to make some experiments with the new ordnance pieces, to see how the matter of impregna bility really stood. A building, then—corresponding in all es ; sential respects to a section ot the new fofts j—was erected on the marshes near Wool -1 wich. It was constructed of granite, backed with brick, and of the proper thickness to make the test complete." A 300-pounder was used, with a small charge cf powder, and a steel bolt, at a distance of 250 yards (equiva lent to a distance of 1,000 yards with a full charge.) At the first shot the building was shaken and the bricks behind the granite be gan to buige out. The second shot made a marked impression on the granite itself, and dislodged the bricks inside, so that the work ing of the guns in the casemates of a fort similarly constructed would have thenceforth been rendered impossibly. The third shot knocked the granite into splinters, in all di rections, and tne extemporized tort began to topple. —lira. F. W . Lander has sailed for Europe, and will spend the suramer.abroad. —A hundred and fifty thousand copies of a biography of Mr. Liucoln have been sold at Pans. The Emperor of Austria has announced intention of being crowned King of Hun gary. Junius Brutus Booth was released from imprisonment on the 23d, by order of Secre tary Stanton. The New York City Directory, just is sued, oontains 13,532 more names tnan its predecessor of last year. —The Richmond Whig says: “The libera tion of the negroes gives the South a claim to fourteen more representatives inCongress.’’ About one hundred and sixty thousand troops have Jest Washington and vicinity within the last eighteen days. There re mains about thirty thousand yet to leave. The friends of Mrs. Surratt have auda ciously taken to delending her by means of anonymous pamphlets, which the scatter liberally through the Washington hotels. Preparations have commenced for muster ing out between forty and fifty thousand troops, from the armies of Generals Meade, Hancock, and Logan. The parties arrested at Ban Francisco, charged with intent to violate neutrality by invading Mexico, have been dismissed by the U. SS Grand Jury. FRIGE. 5 CENTS AN ARMY SONG. . Nett to the “Star Spangled Banner” the most popular and frequently heard song in the American army is “Benny Havens’ O!” As we have not seen it in print for several years, we presume our readers will be glad 10 have it before theih. Benny Havens was the keeper of a hostelry a few miles from West Point aud beyond the limits of the United States jurisdiction. It was a favor ite rendetvous for tbe cadets, to which they would skulk off on Sunday for a dinner, and “oft in the stillo night” for supjper and a spree. It was of course in the worst odor with the Superintendent, who looked upon it as the lountain head of dissipation and ruin. All the anathemas of academic discip line were directed against those who were discovered to have been out to have been out to Benny Havens, but in proportion to the peril of the adventure was the eagerness ot the cadets to display their nerve and dar ing, aud the greater' their ahaudon in their frolics, and dismission has been visited upon many an inconsiderate youth for a few hoars sport at Benny Havens. Thus known to the iumates of the institutioh and its alumni a gallant officer, O Brien, who laid down his life in t loridu, embodied, the associations connected with Benny Havens in the earlier \ erses oi the following song: Everybody at West Point, can ot course chq sing the song for the air is a simple one and the chorus lu lanoue and jolly. Besides, we presume the whole worlg knows that 467th of the “arti cles of war” expressly provides that “any officer who is igaorant of the words and tune of “Beamy Havens O!” or fails to join in the choiua when he hears it sung, shall be cash iered or otherwise severely punished.” To the original song have been from time to time added to meet the exigencies ot the service; the last one is a tribute to the mem ory of the author of )hat song. Come fill your glasses, and stand np In a row. For a sentimantal drinking we are clad for to go • In the army there’s sobriety—promotion very alow— And we’ll sigh o’er reminiscences of Benny Havana, _. - . Ba , nn y Ha*? 118 O \ Bonny Havens OI We 11 sign o’er reminiscences of Benny Havens OI L€t nS knouL° Ur foßter father - th « Republic as yon Who in the path of science taught ns upwards for to And then the Widens of oar land, whose cheeka with roses p4ow, Who were oft remembered In onr cup at Bennr Ha. vensO! ' Benny Havens OI 4c. To the ladies of the aim 7 our cups shall ever flow— Compatn ms in our exile, aud our shield ’gainst every May th aDo #ee their hu9band9 S eneral *i with double pay And Join us iu ourchoruasoi at Benny Havens OI Benny Hav|ns O! 4c., To the ladies of the Empire State, whose hearts and albums too, Bel>r B d<ll Xami)le ° f WI7D£ that •bipfiog aaldiers We b i*m.w- loßg fareweU - the best recompense we Our loves and rhyaeg had their source at Bennv H«. vena, O I J Benny Havens, 0: 4c. Os the smile-wreathed maids with virgin Um. ilka roses dipped In dew, . v ’ Wh ° < vievv > ba ° UI butter-halves—we’d like to take a But sufficient^ to the bridal day, is the ill at it, our hearts with chorussing old Benny Benny Havens O i to General Brady—God bless the old He’s an honor to his country, and a terror to his foe B reß * ou his laurels and sorrow never Bnt live to see a thousand years and Beany HavensO * Benny Havens O! 4c. • UerC B rea b v a blow ° eneral T * ylor ’ ' vho9 « ron * h “and Strikes terror to the ranchercs of braggart Mexico 1 Krtto show 7 ne ’ er tul ' Bet “* decds and ae’er neg- She hohis him worthy of a place with Benny Havens Benny Havens O i 4c. '• T ° 01 hero—'’ vici ’ ; man —brave 3cott, the great FiU OUr gobleta to the brim-let no one shirking May liie’a cares upon his honor’d head, fall ligbtlr as the snow— J And biajame be dear to every Mend of Benny Ha- Benny Havens O l 4c. Oh, when yon and I and Benny, and General Jackson Are called before a final court, onr course of life to view, May we never ‘fees’’” on any point-but then be told to go, To join the army of the cless’d, and Benny Havens «! Benny Havens OI 4c. 1 To our comrades who have fallen, a cup before we go. ThCy ‘l°ar” and the f I,fe * blood free| y oat “Pro bono pub- A marble points the stranger to where they rest be They lie neglected far away from Benny Havens O l Benny Havens O! 4c. May the army be augmented—may promotions be less 81OW; May our country in her hour of need, be ever ready for the foe; Award each State a regiment of regulrrs who know, Their officers were chosen chums of Benny Havens O l Benny Hnaens O ! From the courts of death and danger, from Tampa’a deadly shore, Comes np the vojee of manly grief—O’Brien is no more 1 * In the land of sun and, flowers his head lies buried low— ' No more to sing “Petite CoquilW't or Benny Havens Benny Havens O! Bcmj- Havens O t No more to sing "Petite Coq-jiTU" or Benny Havens 0: •When a cadet Is called to the blackboard to de monstrate a problem or solve an equation, he la some times unable to proceed anti is forced to ovnfeaa his In ability, This happens so often that it is found econ omical to abbreviate -‘confess,” and the answer to a question as to how a cadet acquitted himself of any trying task, frequently is, “1 had to ‘/«as.” t “Petite Loquilie" is the French name of the Island on which Fort Pike Is situated. O'Brien was a long time stationed here, aud wrote another song, ulso well known iu the army, which he entitled ‘•Petite Coqnillc, or the Die ol Shells.'* Tbe thorough-bred black staliion Don Juan, ridden by Gen. Custer at tbe grand re view at Washington in May, is saicl to have been taken by him for hfs own use without compensation. His owner is said to have af ford undoubted proofs of loyalty, whereupon Secretary Stanton gave an ojrder for the ren dition ot the animal. He was valued at $9,- 001). Like action was taken lately in the case of a pair of matched marcs, for a year in possession of Major Brinton, Faymaater'a Department.