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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD.
VOL. 1-NO. 152.
The Savannah Daily Herald
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|s TOUR LIFE INSURED?
This is an important question for every man and
Important also for 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 sura from slou
SIO,OOO. They also issue the f.vorite TEN TEAR
NON-FORFEITURE Policies, and will after two years
payment give a full paid up Policy for Two Tenths the
whole sum, and Three Years Three Tenths, Cud ao
on. Thus a Policy of SIO,OOO. Two Premiums paid
upon it will be entitleu to a paidnp Policy of $2,000.
and five years five-tenths for every additional year.
For further information apply to
' A. WILBUR, Agent,
At the office of the Home Insurance Cos.,
ju2T 89 Bay st„ Savannah, Ga.
THE NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSU
RANCE COMPANY, OF BOSTON.
PURELY MUTUAL.
This is one of the oldest and best Companies in
America.
Policies on Lives for any amount up to $15,000 are
taken by them. **'
The Policies of these Companies were not cancelled
during the war until heard from—a fact which shews
their dealing and determination to be just and honor
able in all cases. Apply to
ju27 A. WILBUR, Ageut.
YORK
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE AGENCY,
, REl'lt LBENTXN O THE
SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY ;
MANHATTAN INSURANCE COMPANY ;
PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY i
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Risks taken on all descriptions of Property on rea
sonable terms by A. A. LANE, Agt.
per office iu Stoddard’s Range, Bay street, oppo
site Herald office.
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(ma‘rinej insurance Company
OF NEW YORK.
CASH CAPITAL $3,560,000.
The undersigned are prepared to Insure under Open
Policy from the above Company to the extent of $106,-
000 in property in any first class Steamer, and from
$50,000 to $15,000 on any first class sailing vessel, on
the most favorable New York terms.
For further particulars apply to
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO
donee Block, corner Bay and Abercorn streets,
jelS ts Savannah, Ga.
J^OTICE.
The Regular Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
the Southern Insurance and Tr ust Company will be
held at the ofiicc of the Company, in feavauuah, on
Wednesday, 10th July, 1666, lor the purpose of elect
ing Directors for the ensuing year, and for the tran
saction ol such other business us may be brought be
fore the meeiing.
H. BRIGHAM, President,
’ Per J. C. MoNULTI’,
ju22 ts Assistant Secretary.
jjoTICE. ' -
The Proprietor of the
SAVANNAH CITY FLOUR MILLS,
Begs to announce to his numerous patrons that he has
made a numcer of improvements in the machinery at
tached to his establishment, and is now prepared to
furnish his customers with a full supply of the best
GRITS AND MEAL,
and everything that can be expected from a
FIRST-CLASS MILLING ESTABLISHMENT,
He pledges himself to always sell his Goods and do
his work
25 PER CENT LESS
for the benefit of the citizens, than many of his com
petitors. He is prepured to grind Wheat and Corn at
the customary % 1011, and in uddition will, as above
stated, always be prepared to furnish his friends with
everything in the old style.
His place of business is at the well-known spot at
the foot of Broughton street. juio-tf
jyjITCHKL & SMITHS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. •
Dealers in Sheeting, Shirting, Osnaburgs, Yams,
Rope, Bagging, Manufactured and Smoking Tobacco,
&c., &r.
Particular attention given to the Purchase, Sale and
Shipment of COTTON.
Ralston’s Gbanite Range;—Tuiud Range,
MACON, GA.
Referknos9.—>Erwin & Uardde, Claghom & Can
butanuuli; L. G Bowers, S. M. Farrar, Cos
lumous; E. B. Long lie Cos., L. B. Davis, Augusta; P
P. Pease. V. A. Gaskill, Atlanta. ju2S.lm
3500"^°
OE— _
%
ENGLISH RAILS,
Os best quality, 50x58 per lineal yard.
For sale Jjy
jul9 6m r FOWLE & CO.
fct'JMIE HOSPITAL TRANSCRIPT."
The paper above named is published at Hilton Head
S. C„ by M. J. McKenna.
It is designed by the Publisher to make an Interest
ing and Instructive Paper, not only for.
SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS,
'but a WELCOME WEEKLY VISITOR to all residents
of Hilton Head.
It will contain Original LOCAL NEWS, a summary
NORTHERN NEWS, and carefully Selected MIS
CELLANEOUS ITEMS. •i3-tf
anb (potijjng.
GOODS " "
PER STEAMER AMERICA.
100 pieces Light Dark and Mahogany Calicos,
Fine Black French Cloth and Cassimere.
Fancy Cassiuiere. ' ,
Bird’s Eye and Scotch Diapers,
Table Linen Damask. Huckaback Towels,
White Brllliantes and Traveling Dress Goods,
Cents’ and Boy’s New Style Soft Hats,
Ladles’ and Gents’ L. C. Handkerchiefs,
Jaconets, Nainsooks and Swiss Muslins,
Linen Collars and Setts,
Black and Fancy Fans,
And a great variety of Small Wares, for sale'hy
__JylO-6t_ DiWITT A MORGAN.
T C. NORVELL Jt CO.
-La* N
(Cor. Bull and Bay Streets,!
ARE CLOSING OUT THE BALANCE
or TUEIB
IMMENSE SUMMER STOCK,
AT
NEW YORK COS?.
Jyn 2w
A MURDOCK,
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALERS IN
SUTLERS’ AND NAVAL STORES, DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
Gentlemen’s Fubnishinu Goods, <fcc.,
No. 5 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head, S. C.,
W. C. RIDDELL. fjul3-tf] H. 1. MURDOCK.
JPREBH ARRIVAL OF GOODS! “
BKEHAN * CONYNGHAM.
Os 176 Broughton Street,
Receive by every steamer fresh consignments of Goods
from New York, consisting 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.
JcC
'JX) 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 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 tt
fraternal union, I take the earliest*opportunity afford
ed me by thia auspicious event, to greet my Sontbem
friends, and to solicit from them a renewals that ex.
tensive business connection wbicb for a quarter of a
century has been uninterrupted save by the'great pub
lic calamity to which I have adverted. 9
It is scarcely necessary, on the threshold of a busi
ness Te-union, I should repeat the warning so often
given to my friends,—to beware of all those spurious
and deleterious compounds which, under the specious
and false titles of Imported Wines, Brandios, Holland
Gin, Liquors, Ac., have been equally destructive to
the health of our citizens and prejudicial to the iifterest
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 expffse has been spared to ac
complish this salutary purpose, and to place before
my frieuds 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 afforded me unsurpass
ed facilities for supplying our home market with
Wines, Liquors, and Liquers of the best and most ap
proved brauds iu Europe, iu addition to my owu dis
tillery in Holland for the manufacture of the “Schie
dam 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 cu
pidity of the home venders of a
spurious article uuiier the same name.
I trust that I have, after much toil and expense, sur
rounded 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 beaent 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, Ac.,
in wood, I have a considerably supply of old tried for
eign wines, 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 coll 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 fulfillment of their favors from the present
laige and well selected assortment.
UDOLPHO WOLFE,
Jo® lm 22 Beaver street, New York.
J SHAFFER
COMMISSION DEALER
In all kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS and PRODUCE,
West Washington Market,
Opposite 143 West st„ Bulkhead betweeu Barclay and
Vesey sts.,
NEW YORK.
Potatoes, Apples and Onions constantly on hand, and
put np for the Southern market
All consignments promptly attenked to.
S3T“ Refers to A. L. Bradley, A. Haywood, T. J.
Walsh, and J. H. Parsons.
jyl2 eodly
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 14, 18(55.
Stationery, j^t.
gTATIONBRY.
TO MERCHANTS AND SUTLERS.
We offer onr large and varied Stock of STATION
ERY at the lowest cash prices.
Onr stock in the above line is the largest in the De
partment, and all our goods are of the first quality,
fresh and direct from Manufacturers.
We solicit the attention of purchasers to our goods
and prices.
SAVILLE A LEACH,
Corner Bryan street and Market square,
Timber Cutter’idßank,
Savannah, Go.,
AND—
MERCHANTS’ ROW, HILTON HEAR, S. C.
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iglviLLE & LEACH,
BOOKSELLBRS AND STATION*BS.
MERCHANTS' ROW
HILTON HEAD, S. C. ,
—AJID—
CORNER .BETAN STREET AND MARKET SQUARE,
SAVANNAH, GA.
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gEA ISLAND J?
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
TUESDAY, JUNE 20th, 1806.
This new Hotel, situated on the most desirable spot
on the eastern bank of Hilton Head Island, affords a
fine view of the Pier, Bay, Ocean, and surrounding
Islands. The scenery Is quite as pleasing and inter
esting, in every respect, as the famous watering place
of Newport, R. 1., and is altogether os comfortable
and healthful u place to spend the summer months.—
It has a fine hard smooth Beach, seventeen miles long
affording a more charming drive than the celebrated
Beach at Nahant, Mass., and as fine sea bathing aB at
that place or Cape May.
The House has over seventy large, airy rooms, and
verandahs on three sides of ail the stories ; the furni
ture is entirely new, and the tables will be furnished
with the best that can be procured here and iu the
Northern markets. Every effort will be made to ren
der the Hotel,all that thd most fastidious can desire.
Billiard Rooms and Sea Bathing houses will soon be
in readiness for guests. ju23 ts
JJOTEL FOR SALE,
THE SAXTON HOUBE,
—AT—
«
BEAUFORT, 8. C.,
Formerly the property of Di. Johnson, is for sale.—
Apply to
C. W. DENNIS A CO.,
No. 4 Merchants’ Row,
Ju2» ts Hilton Head, S. C.
pORT ROYAL HOUSE,
**▼ • - jEHLTON HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL A HUGO, Proprietors.
E. S. RIDDBLL, m. f. echo,
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pULASKI HOUSE.
SAVANNAH, GA.
BARTELS A RTDDELL, Proprietor^.
t. O. BARTELS. E. B. RIDDELL.
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A KIENZLE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
IN
ALES, WINES AND LAGER BIER.
OUR HOUS E.
165 BAY STREET,
__ Ju2l . ts
jyAILITARY CLOTHING.
FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS AND CAPS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, Ac.,
AT . ,
HA.TOP H A M • S
NO. 138 CONGRESS STREET.
This Store is well stocked with a superior quality of
goods, which will be sold remarkably cheap, as the
Proprietor wishes to make room for anew assort
ment, Jyi-tf
RIVER AGKICOLTRAL WORKS.
GRIFFING, BROTHER & CO., Psopbietobs,
56 AND GO CoCKTLAND SIUEKT.
NEW YORK.
Manufacturers of Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Cot
ton Sweeps; CornTMills, Cotton Gins, Ac.
Every implement wanted by the Planter, Also,
dealers in Field and Garden Seeds. Also, Agents for
Bruce's Conceutratod Manure, Bone, Jbc.
Sendfor circular. Ju2o 3m
JOHN McMAHON.
COMMISSION AND PRODUCE MERCHANT.
Strict attention given to all Consignments.
COBNEB BkOCGHTON AND JEFEEASON StBEEBS.
ju3fr f lm
T B. DAVIS.
GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 283 Bboad Stub pr,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Consignments solicited. Will give- personal atten
tion to business entrusted to him.
befkbb to
Crane A Grayblll, Savannah.
Claghom & Cunningham, Savannah.
S’. Palmer * son, “
Mr. A. Wilbur, Pres. Home lil mrance Company,
SavannSb.
Mr, W. Camming, Cashier Bank: State of Ga.
Mitchell A Smith, Macon.
John B. Habersham A Cos. Macon.
Wright A Alexander, Augusta.
E. 1L Long A Cos.,
C. V. Walker O Cos., julf-tm
C. FEATHER, M. D. ’
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OFFICE, NO. ISM MERCHANTS' ROW,
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
juW !m
JMNSTEIN, ROSENFELD A CO.,
BANKERS,
No. 8 BROAD STREET.
New York. .
We draw at aight, and at sixty days, on London,
Paris, Frankfort, and all other principal cities oi
I
Europe.
Parties opening current accounts, may deposit and
draw at their convenience, the same as with the City
Banks, and will be tdlowed interest on all balances
over One Thousand Dollars, at the rate of four per
cent, per annum, Orders for the purchase or sale ol
1 various issues of Govorftnent and other Stocks, Bonds
and Gold, executed on Commission.
jeS-3taw3m
JjMtWIN A HARDEE,
FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BAT STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Robert Erwin, Chas. S. Hardee,
may3l-eod2m
HEADQ'RS DEP’T OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Head, S. C„ June 28, 1806.
General Order, )
No. 104. /
The following regulations concerning Military
Courts are re-published from the General Orders of
the War Department, and of this Department, with
additions and modifications. All parts of Department
Orders inconsistent herewith are revoked.
I. “Where a post or district commaud is composed
of mixed troops, equivalent to a brigade, the Com
manding Officer of the Department or Army will desig
nate it in orders us ‘a separate brigade,’ and a copy
of such order will accompany the proceedings of auy
General Court Martial convened by such brigade com
mander. Without such authority, commanders ol
posts and districts haviug no brigade organization
will not convene General Courts Martial,” (General
Orders No! 251, A. G. 0., Series 1864.}
11. No one in the Department save the Command
ing General, can appoint General Courts Martial or
Mi'itary Commissions, except the Commander of a Di
vision or a separate Brigade, and the order appoint
ing the court must be dated “Headquarters Division, ’’
or “Headquarters, Separate Brigade,’’as the case may
be. *
111. “All communications pertaining to questions
of militury justice, or the proceedings of military
courts and commissions throughout the Armies of the
United States, must be addressed to the Judge Advo
cate General; and commanding officers are enjoined
to forward promptly to the Bureau of Military Justice
all proceedings of Courts Martial, Military Commis
sions, and Courts of Inquiry, together with the orders
promulgating decision thereon. Jtrdge Advocates will
be held responsible for the prompt execution of this
paragraph, and they ure required to forward to the
Judge Advocate Oeperal, at the end of each mouth, a
list of all cuses trid and to be tried within their juris
diction,” (Gen. Orders No. 2Tb, A. G. 0., Series 1864.}
IV. To carry out the foregoing paragraph, all: offi
cers within the Department authorized to appoint
Courts Martial, Military Commissions or Courts of In
quiry, will on the 27th of each month, send to the
Advqgptc qji the Department, two reports. In
the first report they will state the name and rank of
all persons tried during the month before Courts or
Commissions appointed by them, with the nature of
the charges, and also whether the proceedings in each
case have been (1} approved, (2} published, and (3}
forwarded by them, and if not, the reason why. Iu
the second report, they will state the names and rank
of all persons against whom charges have been pre
ferred, but who remain uutried at the date ot the re
port, with the nature of the charges and also whether
each case has been sent to a Court or Commission for
trial, and if not, the reason why, (Circular No. 14, D.
S., Series 1864.}
V. “Whenever fines are imposed by sentence of
General Court Martial, or Military Commission, upon
officers or citizens, the Judge Advocate of the Court or
Commission will make a special report of the fact to
the Adjutant General, giving a copy of the sentence in
the case. The officer who confirms a sentence impo
slnga fine will transmit to the Adjutant General a
special report ihereof, together with a copy of the or
der promulgating the proceedings,” (Gen. Orders No.
268, Par. I. A, G. 0., Series 1864.]
VI. The fines will be paid to the Chief Officer of the
Quartermaster's Department at the place where the
prisoner may be, and no other person is authorized to
receive them. Such fines must not be applied to any
purpose, but the officer receiving them will forthwith
remit the amounts to the Adjutant General of the
Army, at Washington, with the names of prisoners
who puid them, and the numbers>f the order promul
gating the proceedings, (Gen. Onlers No. 268, Par 11,
A, G. 0., Series 1864.)
miVII. To avoid delay arising from the absence of
Brigadier General L. Thomas, checks forwarded. on
account of fines under the above paragraph, will be
made payable to ’-the Adjutant General U. S. Army,
or order,” without inserting the name. (See Circular
A. G. 0., dated Nov. 19,1664 j
- VIII. "In all cases where fines are Imposed by sen
tence of General Court Martial or Military Commis,
along, a provision should be added to the sentence
that the prisoner shall be confined until the fine is
paid. A limit may be fixed to the period of such con
finement." (Gen, Orders No. 01, A. G. O. Par, L c. s.]
IX. "In case the provision has been omitted from
the sentence, that a prisoner shall be confined until
the fine is paid, a special report will be made to the
Adjutant General ofhis failure to make payment, and
be will not be released without orders from the War
Department, except on payment ol the fine. ” (Gen.
OrGers No. 61, A. G. O, Par. 11, c. s.)
X. “Stoppages of pay against officers or enlisted
men are not ‘fines" in the sense of this *Order,” (Gen.
Orders No. 61, Par. 111, A. G. 0.. c. s )
XI. In a case requiring the confirmation of the Gen
eral Commanding the Department, the officer order
iug the court, or nis successor,'will not merely forward
the record, but will formally act upon the case, and
express his approval or disapproval upon tne record.—
(See Digest of opinion of Judge Advocate General, p.
XII. All records of Military Courts will be transmit
ted to the Judge Advocate General, through these
Headquarters, and in no case will be sent to Washing
lou direct.
XIII. When several oases are published in the same
General Order, the record in each separate case will
be accompanied by a copy of that order, or so much
thereof as relates to the particular case: and when
the court is ordered from the Headquarters of a Sep
arate Brigade, each case will be accompanied by an
official copy of that Paragraph of General Orders
which organizes the Separate Brigade.
XIV. Officers empowered to appoint courts are ear
nestly enjoined to bring all accused persons to a
speedy trial, and to publish and execute promptly, the
sentences of the courts. A delay of justice Is often as
detrimental to the public service as its total denial.
Bv command of
Major General Q. A. GILLMORE.
W. L. M. Buboes, Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
K F. Wilkinson, Major and A. A. A. Gen.
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HEADQ'RS DISTRICT SAVANNAH, )
Savannah, Ga., July 6, 1966./
Genebal Okdeb,\
I. LLCoI.A. Neafle, 156 th N. Y. Vols., having been
assigned to. other duties by Department Headquarters
U relieved from duty as Collector of Military Taxes and
Relief Commissioner.
n Capt. J. S. Cooke, 26th Massachusetts Volunteers,
is appointed Collector of Military Taxe* Relief
Commissioner, and will at onee relieve U. Colonel A.
Neafle, 166th N. Y. Vols., in the duties of that office.
By command of BIRQE .
J. B. Babcock, Maj, and A. A- A. G.
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PRICE, 5 CENTS
THE STAMIIERisg WIFE.
RY JOHN «. SAXE,
I.
When, deeply in love with Miss Emily Pryae,
I vowed, if the maiden would only be mine,
1 would always endeavor to please her;
She blushed her consent, tho' the stuttering lass
Said never a word, except, “You’re an ass—
An ass—an ass-idoous teaser!’’
n,
But when we were mirried, I found to my ruth.
The stammering Mdy bad spoken the truth.
For often, iu obvious dudgeon,
She'd say—if I ventured to give her a jog
In the way of reproof—“ You're a dog—you’re a dog
A dog— a dog-matic curmudgeon !"
* - in.
And 01.ee when I said, “We can hardly afford
This extravagant style, with our moderate hoard,
And hinted we ought to be wiser,
She looked, I assure you, exceedingly blue,
And fretfully cried, “iou’reajew —you’re a Jew
Avery ju-dicious adviser 1"
rv.
Again when it happened that, wishing to shirk
Some rather unpleasant and arduous work •
I begged her to go to a neighbor,
She wanted to know why I made such a fuss.
And saucily said, “You’re a cus—cus—cus—
You were always ac-cus-tomed to labor 1"
V.
Out of temper at last with the Insolent dame.
And feeling that Madam was greatly to blame.
To scold me instead of caressing,
I mimicked her speech—like a churl as I am—
And angrily said, “You’re a dam—dam—dam—
A dam-age instead of a blessing |"
Fourth ot July In Macon In 1843.
The editor of the Macon Journal & Mes
senger, in an article on the Fourth of July,
indulges in the following interesting remin
iscences :
The Fourth of July was first celebrated in
Macon in 1823. The iflbidents of the occa
sion were principally .these; The first was,
that there being but one cannon to “speak
for the Fourth of July,” and there being two
sides to the Ocmulgee river, and two parties
equally patriotic on either side, a border war
was inaugurated. “ West side" possessed
the cannon. “East side” organized a bellig
erent operation to obtain it at a late hour of
the night of the third. “West side” was in
formed of it, and was fully armed and equip
ped, and the cannon loaded to meet the
emergency. “East side ” crossed the river
and approached cautiously. Discovering
the “opposition” too formidable, they moved
to a noted subruban locality known as “Ti
gertown,” principally under the command
of Captain Spencer Riley, for recruits. The
Captain did not relish an association with
“East side,” and declined the honor of mus
tering “his Tigers" into this service. The
leader and his party then retired across the
river looking (as was said by Bob Perryman,)
“as mean as a suck-egg-jdog,” and were mus
tered out ot service by his administering on
them no moderate amount of cursing for their
cowardice. As they had no cannon to speak
for them, it was understood that each eat his
“collards and bacon,” and drank his whisky
by himself, and Bill Halstead, and Old Har
dy Newaewi got drunker than usual, so as he
said, he could not stand up by “holding on
to the willows.”
As to the “ festivities proper’’ of the day,
a procession was formed on the Court House
square, by Capt. Robert 3. Patton, which
moved to Fort Hawkins, and in a block
house now there standing, Charles J. Mc-
Donald, Esq. (since Governor McDonald),
delivered an oration, which was much com
plimented at the time as being “ able and
eloquent,” with “no cold spots in it.”
The processmn then moved back to the
Court House square, and the writer had the
distinguished honor of being standard bearer,
carrying a flag that had been severely wound
ed in the battle of Chippewa.
A table was spread under a brush arbor
on the square, where they all “sat down,”
Dr. Thompson Bird officiating as President
and Robert Coleman as Vice President.—
The records of the day announce the table
as “loaded with viands,” which, as the
writer recollects, consisted mainly or entirely
of barbecued pig, mutton, com bread, cu
cumbers and boiled “roasting ears.” Such
were the “ viands” of those good old days,
when the pure fire of patriotism burned in
every bosom, and the surface of the moral
and political world were calm as a summer
sea. •
Another incident of that day, was a juve
nile celebration, in which a large number of
youths participated. An oration, very credi
table to the speaker, was delivered (by our
then apprentice, some thirteen years of age,)
now the Rev. Richard T. Marks, well known
in the ministerial profession, and also as one
of the first editors and proprietors of the Co
lumbus Enquirer, and as a member of the
Legislature. We have had occasion to be
proud of “our boy.”
These were before the days when fanati
cism and abolitionism reared their Gorgon
heads—to lie met with the Hydra of nullifidh
tion, fire-eaters, secession and disunion—
when no man had said, or even ventuied the
sacrilegious thought, that has been since pro
mulgated in an adjoining State—“dissolver
the accursed Union.” We watched the rise
and progress of discord both South and North,
with anxiety and trembling, till it culmina
ted into the fearful struggle—-where cherish
ed hopes have gone down in “clouds and
storms behind the darkened west.” And left
us like the lordly lion and tiger, exhausted
from the battle, and brooding over scars and
wounds, that all-effacing time can scarcely
heal.
To speak of ourselves, we will only say,
this “was not our work," but of blinded
councils and “demagogues accursed," who
have cast away such a heritage as God never
gave before —with only the exception of the
-base Judean."
—Rather keen and suggestive was s re
partee made the other evening by a little fel
low in a Pittsfield, Mass., barber shop. A
gentleman of standing, and an owner of one
of the factories, came in, and, impatient at
being delayed while two boys had their hair
cut, remarked that “Little boys ought to get
their hair cut in the daytime, and go to bed
in the evening.” “Yes,” replied one of the
juveniles; “but little boys who have to get
up in the morning at five o’clock and work
in the mill till seven at night, must get their
haircut when they can.”,
