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8A VASNAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST Iff, 1885.
FOR LOCAL HITTERS SEE THIRD PACE.
TO advertisers.
Our advertising patron* are reminded that adver
tisement* inserted in the Morning Edition of the
Hiuu> will appear in the Evening without extra
charge. Advertisements should be handed in aa early
as poßtble, bat will be received ae late *a It OTiork
at night. We adhere to our advertised rate* except
tor long advertisements, or those inserted for s long
time* on which a reasonable discount will he made.
HOW TO OBTAIN THE HERALD REG
ULARLY.
We often have complaints from resident* of Sevan
nah and Hilton Head th»t they are not able always L»
obtain the Foals. The demand is sometimes so
as to ei *auet an Edition very soon afer ltsissne,
and those who wish tc have the Herald regularly,
eh. aid sntrwxibe for it. We have faithful carriers In
Savannah nd at Hilton Head, and thromgh them we
always serv* regular subecrioers first. A
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF SAVANNAH.
Wepre now publishing a column and more wbrlct
business announcements, cercfnlly clftsfflkd, under
the general head of “Savannah Business Directory."
It includes some forty leading business men aud
firms of Savannah. We propose to retain tins as a
regular feature of the Hekald. The expense gs In
serting card* in this department of the paper iff very
'mall, and we believe the advertisers will-ranelve
more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing
to have thair cards included In tins Directory, can do
so by sending them to onr counting room, of hand
ing them to Mr. M. J. Divine, who is authorised to
receive them. Prepayment will be Invariably re
quired. L
"-a d»OLITICAL EDUCATION. T*
There is no greater test of it nation’s capacity
for liberty than the measure of its political
education. When we speak of political edu
cation, we do not mean the instruction de
rived from books or lectures, but tbe practi
cal training that owes its existence to the
performance of civil duties, and the habitual
• exercise of the powers of local government.
The .preparation of a people to enter on a
career of freedom will be determined by
their familiarity with the usages that are as
sociated with some degree of self-govern
ment. The excesses of the French revolu
tion are to be traced to the want of this
preparation, while the absence of tumult and
disorder in the American revolution, in all
its stages —the easy transition from the co
lonial state to that of independence is to be
explained by a familiarity with the practices
of a self-governed people. The local assem
bly in which discussion takes place as part of
its ordinary business—the popular meeting
in which political topics arc canvassed—are
schools of training for both people and ru
lers. The facility with which the American
community from Maine to Georgia, adopted
the same principles of government after the
establishment of independence—the identity
of their fundamental law is an evidence of
this fact.
We have been led into this train of re
mark by a recollection of the protracted
struggles of tbe Spanish-American States in
their vain endeavours to establish stable gov
ernments—the utter futility of their efforts
to work out the problem of self-government.
It is now upward!) of half a century since they
released themselves from the shackles of co
lonial dominion. They are no farther ad
vanced in the solution of the problciu than
they were when they threw ofT the hateful
domination of old Spain.
The cause of their failure has been their
defective political education — their total unpre
parednets to perform the functions of self
government. Spain had constituted all her
colonial governments on one uniform pattern.
The viceroy represented the royal authority,
in whom was, in fact, centered all civil and
military power. There were neither legisla
tors nor responsible magistrates of any kind.
Local assemblies in which public matters are
discussed, were unknown to the Spanish co
lonial system. The liberty of the press was
not heard, in its faintest utterances, in the
whole extent of the Spanish trans-Atlantic
empire- The result was, of course, to ex
clude those topics that form almost the daily
discussion of a people jealous of their liber
ties. There were no channels through which
intelligence could flow from the more to the
less intelligent of the people—no bond of
sympathy between the different classes of the
community. There was social isolation as
complete nearly as where in those Eastern
countries the separation by castes hare ta
ken place.
Could anything but ignorance of the du
ties of citizenship spring from such a consti
tution of society ? Could the love of liberty
and the respect for order arise among a peo-
ple unversed in the simplest principles of
government ? Can it be a subject of surprise,
therefore, that the Spanish-American States,
without an exception, have been engaged in
factious struggles since their revolt trom the
authority .of Spain ? Could auarehy and
disorder have been the fruits of any other
scheme of colonial policy ?
It may be affirmed without contradiction,
that without \oaa\ institutions that nourish
■ habits of discussion— without provincial as
semblies that tamiiiarise the mind with the
themes that concern the interests of civil so
ciety—there can be no adequate preparation
for liberty—none of that training that shows
a change of political status to be less a rev
olution than a transition. If France had
preserved her Municipal institutions which
according io De Tocqueville, outlived the
feudal system, she would have escaped the
horrors of that revolution. He' describes
the towns and cities as small democracies in
the exercise of municipal franchises. It was
the overthrow of these that prepared the
way for the excesses that followed. It was
the retention of municipal privileges and
the exercise of the powers of Belf-govern-
Tnent in England, after the overthrow of the
• Monarchy that rendered the transition so
easy to the Commonwealth and again hack
to Monarchy. And it was the transmission
to her Colonies of these local privileges that
enabled them from these materials to build
up separate while it was the
entire absence of wHßuaterials that has
ptoiunged the Spanish-AThe.-icaii States into
vortex of anarchy which has rendered
PRiem an example to the nations.
Richmond County. —A writer in the Au
gusta Chronicle suggests Hon. Charles J.
Jenkift, Hon. E. Starnes, and Hon. Aiex-
MerC. Wyker,%s suitable persons to rep-
WRn that cronty in the approaching Slate
Convention. With such a representation,
, Richmond county would exert a powerful
| influence for good in the Conventlou.
y W* have made arrangements so that the
' Hbkxld will be delivered earlier to *ubscri
i tort hereafter,
I HE. MVJUMIU m UULt
HAILWOAD.
The Damage it Sustained from the Operations of
Urns. Sherman's Army—lts Corns tcliam with
the Florida System of Roads—The Adrantngn
that will Result therefrom to Savamah — Sug- !
gestions to the Business Men interested in this
'Xeic Branch of Trade.
The lively interest felt by the citizen* of
Savannah, as well as by the planters of
Southwestern Georgfa aud Florida, in the
affairs of this road, has suggested the pro-'
priety of presenting such iDfbrmatlou with
regard to its present condition and pragjiects
as we have been able to collect from reliable
j sources.
It was our purpose to incorporate in this
article a brief history of tbe projection of this
improvement, the circumstances connected
with its location, and such interesting inci
dents as may have marked its progress to
completion. But, on application for access
to tbe archives of the company, to enable us
to do so, we were informed that the privi
lege, for reasons satisfactory to us, could not
be accorded just now.
We have, therefore, to be content with
giving but little under this head, and take
up other topics of perhaps greater interest,
pertaining to the subject on hand.
The Savannah and GuTf Road was located
and tbe superstructure commenced, if we
have been correctly Informed, in the year
185 j; and was pushed forward to completion,
under the chief direction of the lamented Dr.
Screven, in the early part of the year 1861.
It is two hundred miles in length, with its
present Western terminus at Thomasville,
an interesting town situated in the South
western part of tbe State. Its extension
further West, to the confluence of the Flint
and Chattahoochee rivers, or to an inter
section of the road projected and com
menced, from Tallahassee to Pensacola, is
doubtless contemplated by the stockholders.
The last named connection is, perhaps,
preferable, and should be made, provided
the assent of the Legislature of Florida could
tye obtained, which is somewhat problem
atical, we fear, owing to considerations of
interstate policy. This connection effected,
and the road to Pensacola completed, the
shortest and most expeditious route from the
Northern Atlantic cities to the Gulf States,
Mexico and California, will be over this con
tinuous line of railway from the Atlantic to
tbe Gulf.
The damage sustained by this road from
operations of troops under tbe command of
Gen. Sherman, is more extensive, perhaps,
than the public have been led to suppose.
The work of destruction was commenced
at the Little Ogeechee river, and was thor
oughly executed to the Altamaba river—a
distance of thirty six miles, including all the
bridges and trestlework. The rails nre so
twisted and bent that but few of them can
be Used in re-laying tbe road. A large
force is now employed in rebuilding the
road, aud It is expected that it will be com
pleted and in running order ia ninety days.
Running, aa it does, through one of the
liuest cotton regions hi the South, and much
of this article awaiting transportation in all
the large and populous counties through
which it passes, its early completion is look
ed for with anxiety nnd impatience.
The connection of the Savannah and Gnlf
Railroad with the Florida road from Fernan
dinaand Jacksonville to St Marks, on the
Gnlf of Mexico, by a branch Road completed
last December, tapping the former at Station
No. 12, one hundred and thirty-two miles
from this city, and intersecting the latter at
the station koown as Live Oak, nearly equi
distant between the two points of termini, is
an event of no ordinary significance in the
history of internal improvements in this sec
tion of our country; and this remark is cs-
to the commercial inter
ests of Savannah-
Florida is comparatively anew State, but
was making rapid advances before the war
in the development of its valuable agricul
tural resources, and a system of Internal im
provements that, in extent and real impor
tance, locally and generally, Is scarcely in
ferior to improvements of like character in
States having quadruple her population.
All of that area of arable country extend
ing from the Suwannee river to the Atlantic
coast, East and West, and between the Geor
gia line and the Manateo river, North and
South, is of the peculiar character adapted
to the production of the Sea Island cotton,
the product of which is now selling at seven
ty-five cents per pound In this and other
markets. At least two-thirds of this exten
sive area it susceptible of cultivation, and
will yield, with energetic and skillful man
agement, an amount that will not only com
pensate the laborer for his toll, but enable
him in a few years to acquire pecuniary in
dependence. This same land produces corn
generously and yields the sweet potatoe in
quantities and quality that any
other country in the world. The middle
section of this State, embraced between the
Sutfrgnnee ana Apalachicola rivers, presents
a soil similar in character and pioduction to
that of Southwestern Georgia, which has
been sought after with so much avidity by
planters, from Virginia to Louisiana. We
'regret that we have not at hand the data to
enable us to present a statement ol the ag
gregate amounts of cotton, sugar and other
products, of these two Interesting portions of
the Peninsula State. It would astonish the un-
informed reader, and cause an expression of
satisfaction to play upon the features of the
Savannah tradesmen that would be refresh
'ngin these times of gloom and despondency.
AM why so ? Because he has not failed to
discover that the connection of the two sys
tems of road, by the completion of the bran'eh
° w ?V vc have adverted, renders at least
wo thirds ~f the State of Florida as much
c °mmercially speaking, to Savan
the R °a Utie3 ° f ° eorgia tbroU € u which
he Gut Roadpasgcg And benc 7 the aQi _
stL t, U- m f raUnitle * lramediate 'y inter
ested to be informed of the extent of the
damage sustained by the Gulf Road and the
probable per.od in which It will be repaired
and transportation resumed.
The certain realization by all the parties
interested of the new advantages we have
presented, hinges of course upon the reason
able hypothesis that the cost of transporta
tion to tuts city will not exceed—and will be
less, if practicable—that which has attended
the shipment of produce to other and more
distant points for sale and barter.
That the Directories of the different roads
so vitally Interested in the proper and skilful
adjustment of the business relations whlcl
must necessarily result from the introduction
of this new link in the southerly chain 0 l
communication whh Savannah, will secure
beyond jwradventure, this valßahle piue.
we will not permit ourselves to doubt for a
single moment. The Importanceof tbfflr tak
ing this subject into Immediate ron»!deratkwi
is so patent as to induce the belief that it ba*
been acted upon already.
Nor does the responsibility for tbe atta a
ment of this end rest alone with tbe Mat*
gers of the Railroads, but embrace* ia it*
scope the factor* and merchant.-. of Saewn
nali, wiio doubtless luxUnUnd tbe mevla*
o|>eraudi, and (be importance o| iavitMtg
trade by the adoption of a •nuem M twsi
ness communication that wilt be liberal tr.
its character, and by which the planter* may
be partially relieved at least, of the onercm*
embarrassments under which they are bow
struggling for resuscitation—«ad U may be
effected too without hazard or much incon
venience.
We hope our buatne« men arc preparing
to confront with commend*!*e prompt****
and ia a spirit of just liberty, tbe various as
pect of tills interesting subject- as presented
by a timely and cartful consideration of its
magnitude and of what is doe to the inter
estof trade, the planters aud themselves
We make these precautionary suggestions
in no spiiit of dictation or complaint, but as
a journalist, feeling a deep iuterest iu the
speedy arrival aud expansion of tha com
merce of our dty by the prompt use of
means and expedients that may be bath at
tainable and effected.
The wakeful men who
have the management of the Fernondina and
Cedar Keys road and tbe road connecting
Jacksonville with Lake City, will do
every thing in their power to prevent
the abipjnent of tbe products ot Florida to
Savannah by the new route. They regard
the new connection, the consummation of
which tliey resisted with the mast obstinate
determination, as dangorous to the commer
clftl interests of their respective towns, aad
will act accordingly.
Os this formidable combination, fairly op
posed, in tliis particular, to the interests of
Savannah, we give our factors and merchants
timely warning, that they may prepare tor
the conflict.
Our city can only recover her former prosper
ity, and the shattered fortunes of her popu
lation be rebuilt, by diligent, persistent and
earnest effort on the part of her intelligent
business men. In a Word tbe fortune of Sa
vannah is in their hands, and we doubt not
they have a just appreciation ot their re
sponslWHty. 1 '
SOUTH AMERICA! ALLIAKK
Prompted no doubt by the French move
ment for the establishment of aa Imperial
Government in Mexico, the South American
States bare negotiated a treaty of alliance
for their mutual defence against foreign ag
gression. Tbe treaty was made on the 23d
of June last, between the States of Salvador,
Bolivia. Colombia, Chile, Equador. Peru and
Venezuela, aud is binding for fifteen year!
The exchange of tbe ratifications are to take
place within two years, or sooner if possible.
By tbe termafeif the treaty the several Stat.rs
become united for the special purpose of a
common defense against foreign intervention
iu the afl virs of either, and eaeh binding it
self to non-intercourse with nny nation at
tacking either of them. This is the natural
fruit of French iuterveution in Mexico, and
threateus to lose to France all her commerce
With the Southern American States.
Weather and Health.
The weather, though still wr.rm, is not
nearly so oppressive the past few days,
owing to the frequent refreshing showers and
cooling breezes with which we have been
favored. July was a very warm mouth, but
judging from the flccouiris iu our exchanges,
the weather has been less oppressive here
than iu any other city North or South. The
indications of the past few days are that the
heated term is nearly over. The health of
the city has thus far been good, and we
have every reason to expect a healthy fall
season.
The Great Eastern and the Atlantic Cable.
The Great Eastern, which has now been
out fifteen days engaged in laying the At
lantic Cable, has not yet been beard from,
and some apprehension is expressed in the
New York papers that the attempt to lay the
cable will again prove a failure. It is said
that on her trip trom Sboerness to Valentia
Bay, the Great Eastern demonstrated the un
pleasant fact that she bad not more than
half enough steam power tor the work she
has to do. She failed to make more than
five n<sles an hour, and it was believed that
in a storm, or even against a strong wind,
she would be uumanageble. A letter from
Hearts Content where the steamer is expect
ed to arrive, dated on the 18th alt., says:
Avery heavy storm of wind and rain is
raging. This n the second severe blow we
have experienced here since the supposed de
parture of the Great Eastern from IreUud,
and much anxiety is felt here in consequence.
It is feared ttiat the work of laying the ca
ble may have beeu retarded by these storms,
if not fatally affected. The fishermen about
here shake their heads, hut say that the
Great Eastern may not have beeu caught in
the gales a* all It is the tervent prayer of
nearly all that she may have escaped the
dreadful perils.
The winds have been blowing with great
fury from the southwest the whole day, com
mencing about midnight.
TENNESSEE ELECTION.
A dispatch from Louisville, £y., of the 3d
lust, gives the election returns from the fol
lowing towns:
Frnnkliu—Campbell, Democrat, 176 : Car
ter, Union, 08; Stokes, 194: Hood 166: Faulk
ner, -f.
Swectwnter—Maynard, Union, 31 majority.
Soldier vote—Maynard 62 majority.
The vote in the First district for Congress
is as follows; Miller, Unlou, 183 majority.
Jonesboro—Taylor, #9; Miller, 152.
Murfreesboro—Ed. Cooper, administration,
251 majority.
Columbia—Arnold, 104; Thomas, conser
vative, 158.
Cowan—Cooper, administration, received
twenty-flvo votes.
In the Tenth district of Franklin county
there was no opposition.
A dispatch from Nashville of the 4th Inst,
says: No additional returns are received
that would indicate any positive results.
Maynard of the Knoxville district; Stokes-of
the Chattanooga district, and Cooper, of the
Shelbyville district, all Union, and Thomas,
of the Clarksville district, and Campbell, of
the district, opposition, are un
doubtedly elected. No reports have been
received from West Tennessee.
Thk Irerpressiulx Conflict.—A fight be
tween the white and black employes at
Aqula Creek, Ya., took place on the Ist Inst.
The military interfered, and, in suppressing
the riot, one negro was killed and many
others wounded.
PiSgna *fGrf*t Rrital*.
* a*r«** nan nrtui tuw —Itl natiomai
MH,
Tbe Annoai Statistical Abstract, which
la> *w*a twvwi twtaea >*> Ixvndoa. give* a view
of the progrras ot Great Brit tan in the last
•ftvvw v«av* In the financial wear coding
with March, MOW, the net public expenditure,
after dodneriog the charge for the collection
of the vrveeoe amounted to more than £BB,-
AMVOOTi in the year 1864 '6' it was reduced
Tc 0.1,55. V "Shi, or adding the £620,000 raised
by tbe s»!e of tcrrvmatno annuities for ex
pend tore cm tonifications, £62,475,736, the
smaheat evirenditurr since tbe beginning of
Tbe Crimean war. with tbe single exception
of tbe year 1858-’59. The civil charges of
the kingdom were under £7.800,000 in 1950;
they are new ahove £10,000,000. The charge
tor the force*, military aud naval, was under
AISaWOOO in 1851; in the year 1805-'6C it
exceeded £>1.000,000; iu the year just closed
R was above £25.000,000.
But more remarkable thau tbe expenditure
is tbe revenue. In the year 1850 the cus
tom* duties produced a little over £22,000, -
000; in the year 1864- 05 they have produced
half a million more than in 1850, and yet iu
the interval customs duties Jiad been
repealed or reduced to the extent of
nearly nine millions net—that is to say,
deducting new duties* imposed from old
duties repealed or reduced. The gross
revenue derived at the pcstofflce was £2, -
277,000 iu 1850;. it now exceeds £4,000,000.
The government taxes tea and coffee less
than it did, but comparing tbe year 1850
with time present, it gets from spirit drinkers
£13,000,000 iustead of £8,500,0ik), and from
smokers and snuff takers £6.000,000 instead
.Df £4,500,000. .
Teu years ago tbe national debt, including
unfuuded debt and tbe capital value of ter
minable annuities, was £801,878,763; two
years later tbe war expenditure bad raisd it
Ao £831,722,963 ; it has now been reduced
to £808,289,398. Tbe raw cotton imported
iu 1864, of the computed value of £78,200,
000, cost more than double the price paid in
1860 for the largest import ever obtained, but
tbe quantity received in 1860 exceeded 12,-
000,000 cwts., while the quantity obtained in
1864 was less than 8,000,000 cwts., and was
in fact about the same quantity as that re
ceived iu each of the years 1853-55, iust be
fore the great stride made by the trade. The
import of wool in 1864, 20C|000,000 pounds,
was much tbe hugest ever received; and tbs
quantity retained for home consumption,
150,000,000 pounds, was also much larger
than in auy previous year; but with the in
creased number of wearers of wool it will be
welcome. Tue corn imported in the year,
the value of ail kinds amounting t0£19,881,-
161, was less both in quantity aud value
, than in any year since ISSJJ.
i The merchant shipping of the L'nited
f Kingdom (wot counting river steamers) em
| ployed in tbe home and foreign trade in
186* rose to 24,5(3 vessels, of 5,208,468 tons,
1 employing i 95.756 men. The average Gazette
price -of British when in the year was 40s.
i id—a price lower than in auv year since
1851; in 1855 It was 745. Bd. £10,088,761 of
money was coined at the mint in i 864.
The funds lodged in savings banks at the
end of the year amounted to £39,417,995;
this is less by £1,840,373 than in 1860, the
last year before the institution of Postoffice
Savings Banks, but the fuuds lodged iu these
postotflee bauks amounted, at the end of
1864, to £4,993,124, and people cannot find
money lor everything. The population in
the middle ot 1864 is estimated at 20.772,303
in Eugland, and 3,118,701 in Scotland ; in
Ireland the number was probably below
5,700,000.
The emigration of the year comprised
208,900 pet sons, nearly 15,000 fewer than in
1863. The number of paupers iu receipt of
relief was nearly the same in Ireland and
Scotland in 1864 as in 1863, but in England
there were nearly 40,000 fewer at the end of
last year than at the beginning. The com
mittals fortri.il w ere 19,506 in England, 3,212
in Scotland, 6,086 in Ireland—all fewer than
in 1863. The amount expended ou the relief
of the poor from the rates in the Poor Law—
year 1863-4—was £6,421.331 in Eugland,
£770,030 in Scotland, £732,969 in Ireland—u
decrease in England, an iucrease in Scotland
and Ireland.
The average number of scholars in attend
ance at the Inspected primary schools of
Great Britain rose iu 1864 to 1,011,134.
FROM MONTREAL.
The Attempted Abduction of Sanders.
THE STORK A REBEL CANARD.
(Special despatch to the Commercial Advertiser.)
Montreal, Aug. 4.
The attempted abduction of George N.
Sanders is pronounced by Judge Armatingan
an unmitigated hoax, got up to create sym
pathy for the broked down secessionists re
siding here.
Tins is the view generally taken of the
story, and the interest attached to the story
iu the States occasions no little surprise
here.
The Inevitable Foote is here to-day, look
ing seedy and a mere relic of his former
blustering self. -
His manifesto in favor of negro suffrage
has drawn down upon' him the abuse of his
unrepentant companions in adversity.
The question of the vacant Premiership
excites great interest.
Public opinion points to Hon. John A.
Macdonald as the successor of Sir Etienne
Tacbe.
Should this arrangement be effected, it is
probable that Sir Narciase Belleau, or Mr.
Cauchon will receive the vacant Cabinet ap
pointment.
The Confederation scheme exeites no en
thusiasm. People regard it with indiffer
ence, and have no objection to the experi
ment, provided they are not asked to pay
the cost.
It is evidently looked upon as an Imperial
plan, in which the colonies are passive.
How thk Rack was Abolished.—Torture,
applied to extort confession, was discontin
ured, it is said, iu the public courts of Por •
tugal, in consequence of the following cer
cumstances;
A conscious judge having observed the
effect of the rack upon supposed criminals
in making them confess anything, to the
sacrjfice of their lives, to get release from
the torture, determined to try an experi
ment.
It is a capital crime io that country to kill
a horse or mule, and he had one of the
former which he much valued. He took
care one night to have all his servants em
ployed, so that ho one but the groom could
go Into the stable. When all were asleep In
their beds he stole thither himself and cut
the horse so that he bled to death.
The groom was apreheuded and commit
ted to prison.. He pleaded not guilty; but
the presumption being strong against him,
he whs ordered to the rack, where the extrem
lty of the torture soon wrungfrom him a confes
sion of the crime. Upon this confession he had
the sentence of hanging passed on him,
when his maater went to the tribunal and
there exposed the fallibility of confessions
hi >^lTif a nd . bj !i SU ? h I“ e ? U3 ’ by owning the tacts
himself, and disclosing the motives which
had influenced him in making the exoeti
ment. •
The unfortunate groom must have appre
ciated the judge s verv convincing illustra
tion of the absurdity of the rack in such
cases, in proportion to the extent of the
racking he endured before making the false
confession which forfeited his life. We are not
informed whether the judge suffered the pen
alty of the law for killing the horse.
As there bare been no important changes
W* repeat yesterday’* local Market Report.
THE AGED UTEANGER
as lacios.r oa ra* »»*.
*•1 wM with Grant " (hr stranger said;
Said tin- termer: • Say no mure,
R|| rtwt lbar here *t i*y cottage patch.
For thy feet are weary *nd sore. “
••I was with Grant," the stranger said.
said the farmer; “Nay, no mors—
-1 prithee sit at my frugal board,
And eat ol my humble store.
“How fares inr boy—my soldier boy,
Ot the Uhl Ninth Army Corps ;
I warrant he bore him gallantly
In the smoke and tbe battle's roar f’
‘•I know him not," raid tbe nged man,
"And as 1 remarked before,
I ws* with Grant"—“N*y, my, I know,"
Said the farmer, "Say no more;
He fell In battle—l see, alii*!
Thou'drt smooth these tidlu,-s o’er—
Nay spesk the ts nth whatever it be.
Though it nnd my bosom's core.
How (ell he—with his face to the foe,
Upholding the flag he bore?
O, say uot that my boy disgraced
The uniform that he wore I"
••1 cannot tell," said the aged man,
• 'And should have remarke 1 before,
That 1 was with Grant—in Illinois,
Some three years before the war."
Then the farmer spake him never a word,
But bent with his fist full sore
That aged man who had worked for Grant
Some three years before the war.
THE WILL OF CARL HEINE, THE
GREAT GERMAN BANKER
The following, translated for tbe Savannah
Daily Herald, is from the New York Stoat*
Zeitung of August 6. We give it as a mat
ter of interest to many German readers es
the Herald. Carl Heine was a brother ot
the celebrated poet Heine:—
On the 10th of July, the will of Carl
Heine, the great banker of Hamburg, Ger
many, was opened.
His whole property is said to amount to
36 millions mark B, or about 13 millions dol
lars in American gold.
The following are a few of the beneficia
ries:
To the poor of Hamburg, Alto
na and Ottensers, 10,500 mik.B
do Betti-Heine Hospital, 60,00 Qdo
do Herman-Heine institut’n 100,000 do
do Hebrew Temple congre
fation, 20,000 do
lamburg benevolent as
sociation, 200,000 do
do Hamburg Gallery of Arts
aud Science, 200,000 do
do Paris Benevolent associa
tion 50,000 do
do Two ot the Assistants
in the Banking house,
each 40,000, 80,000 do
do two of the Assistants in
the Banking house, each
80,000 60,000 do
do One of the Assistants in
the Banking house, 20.000 do
dc. Three of the Assistants in
the Banking house, each
15,000 45,000 do
do Each Clerk who served
five years aud longer 10,000 do
do Each Clerk who served
less than five years 5,000 do
do Each Clerk who served
twelve years aud is forty
years of age a life annui
ty of 1,000 do
or his widow half that amount,
do two old Clerks, each an
life annuity, i,OOO do
do Each laborer in the es
tablishment, 600 do
or their widows half
To each laborer who was in tbe
establishment a length of
time, 300 to 1,000 do
To Chief Gardner, ~ 5,000 do
To each assistant gardner 1,000 d*
Each laborer in the garden, 500
A manGoothe, 1,200
Each watchman who served 10
years, life annuity, 400
Each watchman who served
lest, 400
Ist Body servant, life annuity, 4,000
2d Bodv servant, life annuity, 8,000
Each of the domestics in Ham
burg and Paris, males
and, females from 200 to 2,000
Superintendent of household, 10,000
Widow of Dr. Henry Heine, life
annuity, 5,000 francs.
Dr. H. Heine, Dresden, life an
nuity, 2,500 M. B.
Teacher of deceased, do. 1,000 do.
An old servant, do. ' 600 do.
Widow Hertericb, do. 300 do.
Widow Gutkaese, do. 700 do.
Physician in Paris, do. 2,000 do.
Louise Heutz, do. 1,000 francs.
Hermine Graff, Governess to his
adopted daughter, life an
nuity, 1,500 do.
Malvine Schadtier, life annuity 300 M. B.
Mrs. Emdeu, 20,000 do.
Mrs. A, Hertz, 25,000 do.
Dr. Heine Dresden, 45,000 do.
Mrs, Dr. Halle, sister of de
ceased, interest for life 0n400,000 do.
Nephews and nieces of the Op
peoheim family. 500,000 do
Nephews and nieces of the
Friedlander family, 200,000 do.
Children of Fannie Nannie, 100,400 do.
Emil Schroder, 100,000 do.
Nurse ofdeceased in Paris, ll.OOOfranes.
Revenue Stamp of the will
amount to 10,000 M. B.
Balance to his widow, with power to dis
pose of it at pleasure, but expresses the wish
that his adopted daughter may eventually
become heir to all. *
Three executors of the estate, each 14,000
M. B. as fee.
The firm and busiuess shall gradually be
extinct.
The furniture In Hamburg and Paris shall
not be sold, but given away by his widow.
All debts to the firm of less than 1500 M.
B. shall be cancelled; larger debts not to be
collected unless offered by the debtor.
Debts to the firm of over 400,000 M. B. to
be left with the debtor for one year at the
present rate of inteiest.
New York Money Market.
Saturday, Aug 5.
Gold is weak and rather dull. There is
an apparent pressure to sell, which probably
comes from the fact of the Sub-treasury hav
ing put out a certain amount for sale this
morning. It is repotted,in well informed quar
ters, that the Government yesterday sold
$500,000. There is an abundance of cash
gold. Board opened in the morning at
143 1-2, and closed half past 1, P. AL at
143 7-8.
There are large orders on the street from
importers for gold at 140x141; and the in
disposition to buy at present prices is very
general, from an expectation of a downward
tnm In the premium.
Money Is rather easier. There is les9 In
quiry and more offers to lend. The rate ask
ed is generally seven per cent., but from the
tone of the market It appears likely there
will he a fair amount done this afternoon nt
six per cent. Discounts are without change
the rates ranging from 7a12 per cent.
’ Governments are quiet, but steady in
price. .Sixes of ’Bl rose 1-8; old Five-twen
ties were 1-8 lower; new, 1-6 better. Ten
forties are firmer, and closed at 1-4 tftivance.
Treasury notes, first and second series, were
firm at 99 1-4. The decline in quotations
brought large orders from the interior, which
have strengthened quotations. Other stocks
generally lower.
Foreign exchange is nominal; the rates
continue as yesterday. -
Awful Ravage, of tUe Cholera la Egypt.
Washington, Aug. 4.
Consul General Hale, at Alexandria, Egypt,
in an official despatch to the State Depart
ment, gives a vivid picture of the rav
ages of the cholera iu that city. There were
seventeen hundred and eighty-five deaths
from June 27th to the 17th of July.
It is estimated that more than thirty thou
sand persons have left Alexandria since the
malady appeared, on the 11th of June, up to
the 7th ult.
The most distressing reports are received
from the interior.
Christopher Columbus n* a Nbw Lions.
It would appear from the article we publish
below, which is part of a letter from Madrid
to the N. Y. Times, that the world hitherto
has bees quite wrong in its estimate of the
motives which led Columbus to attempt his
unparalleled voyage of discovery:
A society has recently been formed in Par
is, the object of which is to publish rare
works on American history and archeo
logy. The early Spanish expeditions, and
the organization of the various colonies,
will thus _be fully illustrated in course of
time, aud in the meanwhile, the society has
thought that it could not do better than to
commence the series of its publications with
a reprint of the letter of Christopher Co
lumbus on the discovery of the New World.
This document is the earliest relating to
America with which we are at present ac
quainted. A latin translation of it was print
ed in 1493, Italian aad German versions
speedily followed, aud uow M. Leon de
Rosny presents it to us iu a French dress.—
The editor explains in his preface what were
the real designs of Columbus ; no scientific
.theories, no thought of discovering anew
world, ever entered into his head. He warn
ed merely to fiud another road to India, in
stead of that which travelers followed by
Egypt and the Red Bea. For this reason he
designated by the name of India tbe country
where he landed; on his arrival at Cuba he
believed himself to be iu China, and was sur
prised at not meeting with the Khan of Tar
tary. -Political conquest, commetcial enter
prise aud religious proselytism were the
three leading motives which guided the Gen
oese admiral, and troin this point of view the
brochure published by M. de Rosny is ex
tremely interesting. Copious notes have been
added, all borrowed from original source*.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Zenrabbabel Lodge He, 15, F. 1.
a A Regular Meeting of tbl* Lodge will
held THIS EVENING (Thursday!, »t
o’clock, at their Halt, comer of Bull and
Broughton streets.
Members ot the Fraternity are respectfaliy invited
to attend.
By order
WM. GREEN, W. M.
Jobs Houston, Secretary. aulo-l
HEADE RS bub-district of ogeechee.
Savannah, Ua., August 9. 156!>,
General Oedeal
No. SO. f
Hereafter and until furthers, all Commissicned Of
ficer* of the United States Army visiting this city will
he required tu Register their names at these Head
tlßirters, st ating authority and length of absence
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. K. P. DAVIS
Jno. Mvllkn, A. A A. G. nutO
FOR NEW VOttK-STARLiI
*»,C* r-- - The New and Elegant first class
4 IjL t' S M Steamship NEVADA, Capt-iir.
.. TvllJLfr Cabpentxb, Hill positively sail for the
-owJwSgfcr above port on SATURDAY, August
ISth. at 12 o’clock noon.
For Freight or Passage, having splendid accommo
dations, applv to BRIGHAM, BALDWIN A CO.,
sulO Agents.
AUCTION SALK
"IT7TLL be sold at Public Auction, hi accordance
TV with order* from the General Commending
District of cavsnnah, by
Bell, Wylly k Christian. Auctioneers,
ON WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16, AT » A. 31.
TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW INSTRUMENTS
AND APPURTENANCES,
The property of SAM. A. COOLEY, to satisfy Jndff
-meut against said Cooley, in favor of E. H. Clapp, the
First Provost Couit, District of Savannah, June 7th,
IMS.
The raie will be held at
BECKETTS PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY,
North side of Broughton, letweea Barnard uud Wfalt
kur streets
aalO 2_
Auction.
i
BY ISAAC D. LaBOCHE.
THOMAS] J. WALSH, AccrtoxsEs.
ON THURSDAY, August 10th, will be sold st store
corner of U*y and Barnard streets, at 10 o’clock,
an Invoice of Dry Good*, consisting yt
30 doz White Cotton Shirts
SO doz Men's Regatta do
SO dos India Gauze do
48 White real Merino do .
30 doz Men’s Striped Regatta do
100 doz White Half Hose, Men’s
100 doz Brown Half Hose, do
100 dos Women’s Cotton Hose
The above goods will be sold in bond.
Samples can be seen at the count tug room.
auglO
CIDER BRA ND Y.
5 A/GY GALLONS, from one to five year* old.—
IV Samples of each sent by Express, with list
of price*. Also, in cates of one and two dozen each.
H. S. OONNOVER. Distiller,
aulO-lm Freehold, N. J
TEtET ABIES
At Low Prices.
JUST ARRIVED, by the steamer Chase,
a Large Assorted Stock of Vegetables, con
sisting of— *
POTATOES,
* ONIONS,
CABBAGES,
BEETS,
and TURNIPS,
AND A—
Fine Lot of .Northern Apples.
All of which will lie sold immediately at
low prices, in lots to suit purchasers.
B. P. DE YU.
133 Broughton street,
Jesse’s Old Stand.
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES ALWAYS
ON HAND.
_*»?. lw
FOR B AT.m
RECEIVED PER STEAMER CHASE,
200 kits (new 1865), No. 1 Family
Mackerel,
» üB - tf ' N. A. HARDEE A CO.
NEW GOODST
-J CASE MERRIMACK CALICOES
A 1 case Sprague's Calicoes
Colored Mourning Delaines
4 4 Bleached Long Cloths
6-4, 10-4 *ndli£ sheetings
Ladles' Sun Umbrellas
Ladies' and Gem s' Linen Cambric Hankerdilefs
Irish Linens andJluck Towels
Gents' and Youth’s Soft. Rats
Magic Ruffling, Ac.. Ac.
Just received by
miV-a DaWITT A MORGAN.
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
JU9T RECEIVED, a Choice Lot of Groceries and
other articles for Housekeeper*, consisting of—
-8 casks Thomas' Hama
1 cask Bacon Sides
1 cask shoulders
10 boxes Lemons
6 boxes Oranges, Seville
S bbls Wine Biscuit, and oib era fresh baked
Also,
Colons, Potatoes, Beets, Cabbages, Tumlßs. Olives.
GIVE US A CALL,
On Barnard street, next door to corjtfflr Broughton at.
•“*-* C. S. OSGOOD.
Wanted.
T W .?,te 4 a S ».e^^^^ t ;r'-
Address, tor one week, * Sherman," Herald office
augo-iw •
Wanted.
ANiCELY" furnished room, without board, whers
the people nr. not too inquisitive. Address
•Grimes." Herald office. • BU^O-lw' '
STORE WANTED/
FOR A RETAIL BOOK AND STATIONERY
BUSINESS,
IN the vicinity of Whitaker, St. Julien, or Conerew
streets, nr a locality adapted to said business*
Reference to W. B. THOMPSON, or Box 91 Monti.
Clio, Florida. lw ’
WANTED IMDLtfai',
FIFTY' TONS ol Rags and Waste Paper Tha
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID. Alai, A,t
ton Pirkings, Wool, Hides, Tallow, Grease, Metals
Bottle*, Ac., at the ’
FOREST CITY MILLS,
au4-tf Savannah.
Penmanship.
"« WO classes In Penmanship will be organised for a
A course of t wemy lessons—one for Boy * and Younv
Men. from 3 to 4 p. m,, and one for Misses and YonnS
Ladies, from S to fl p. m. *
Tbe course or lessons for the Boys will commence
op Thursday, loth inst., tbe Young Ladle* course on
Monday, 15th.
As our young folic? are now free from their school
duties, those of them who are deficient in this branch
of education will have uu opttortunity of giving snecisl
attention to it.
For terms, Ac., apply to the undersigned, at Doctor
Charters', Broughton street, two doors east of Bull
au g 3 - 8 B. MALLOiU_
Dissolution of Partnership,
THE Mrtnership formerly existing between Samuel
Macky. Alexander Hogg and Robert H. Beattie, under
the name of MACKY, UOUG & CO., having been d£
solved by the death of Alexander Hogg, all persona
In Savannah and the Southern States having I claims
against ihe late firm of Macky, Hogg St Cos., are re
quested to present them, nnd ail persons indebted to
said fl i m to make payments to our Agents, Nos 90S
and 205 Bay street, Savannah.
SAMUEL MACKY,
RGBtCRT H. BKATTIE.
Copartnership.
The undersigned have entered iuto a partnership
under the name of MACKY’ & BEATTIE, to carry on
the Produce and General Commission business from
and after the Ist day of August, A D. tide, at No 25
South Water street and 1933 and 1934 Market street
Philadelphia, P*. SAMUEL MACKY.
augS-3 ROBttRT H, BEATTIE
For Sale.
To Close Out a Consignment,
QJ PAIRS Women’s Lasting Lace Heeled Gaiters
At On pairs Women’s Gout Tip, Pump Sols Sewed
Balmorals
3d pairs Child's Goat Tip Peg Balmorals
12 do do Pat. Ankle Ties
• 12 do do Red Moroco Boots
12 do do Pat. Leather Balmorals
60 do Women’s Goat Tip D. S. Sewed Bals.
12» do do Lasting silk Gore Heel’d Gaiters
24 do do do Tip Balmorals
24 do Misses Glove Kid Tip Congre g Gaiter*
60 do Women's Goat Plain D. 8 Sewed Bal*.
60 do do Lasting Tip Balmorals
SB do Ml*ces' Kid Tip Sewed do
34 do Men's Lasting Imitation Black Congress
41 do do Calf half double Sole Bals. Peg
‘JI do do Buff Scotch Ties
24 do do Calf Sewed Balmorals
36 do do Kip Hunter’s Boots
36 do do Buff Buckle Oxfords
36 do do Calf D. 8. Sewed Imitation Black
Congress
16 pairs Men's Calf Sewed Oxford*.
Apply so HOHATIO PITCHER.
Harris' wharf) foot of Lincoln st,
augS-tf old stand of Van Horn A Cos.
SUGAR, CORN,
Flour and Crockery.
(A BBt.B. raw Sugar, prime to choice qualities
500 sacks superior White Com
100 bols extra quality Baker's Floor
5 crates assoi ted Crockery
Landing per schooner Ovoca, and for sale by
M. 8. COHEN, north side Bay st„
augS 3 first door west of Exchange.
White Sulphur Springs,
FLORIDA.
A Popular and Healthful Resorts
THE subscriber is prepared to accommodate Board
ers at tbe above named Springs, situated w'thln
twelve miles of Lake City aud seveu miles from Wei
burn Station, on the Jacksonville and Tallahassee
Railroad. Stages connect regularly with the trains to
convey passengers to the Springs.
The Sulphur Springs are noted for the bountiful sup
ply of water and for its medicinal virtues, uiauy cusei
of long stauding disease having been afi’ected by their
use.
Terms adapted to suit the times.
aus-dl,v<g2aw3w W. A. TURNER.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
THE undersigned have formed a Partnership for the
purpose of carrying on a GENERAL AUCTION
aud COMMISSION BUSINESS in the City of Savan
nah, under the firm name of Bell, Wylly £ Christian
The liberal patronage formerly extended to Bell t
Christian and G. W. Wylly, is respectfully solicited
for the new firm.
/. SAMUEL P. BELL,
GEOIiGE W. WYLLY.
' au3lo HENRY K. CHRISTIAN.
QUEENSWARE HOUSE,
109 Broughton Street,
SECOND loot rtot OOISII BULL STBIIT.
A large and elogant Stock of
China, quesnsware, Glass, Ac.,
Just received fiomthe manufacturers, and for sale at
LOWEST NEW YORK PRICES.
JOBBERS AND DEALERS
From ail parts of the Country are invited to examine
m> WHOLESALE STOCK,
Which includes packages containing complete assort
ments, put up expressly for
COUNTRY TRADE.
Assorted Crates of WHITE GRANITE WARE,
" •' COMMON WARE,
“ “ WHITE GRANITE and COMMON
WARE.
Goods re packed to suit purchasers.
Rul-lm E. D. SMYTH.
GOLD AND BANK NOTES.
GOLD and Southern Bank Notes wanted, for which
a liberal price will be paid. Apply to
augß-4 ' BELL WTLLY A CHRISTIAN.
I. C. FEATHER, M.D.,
Office, 10 1-2 Merchants’ Bow,
HILTON HEAD, S. £
ju» 8m
HOLDERS OF MERCHANDISE
WHO wish to realise Immediately, will consult
tbeir interest by consigning the same to
MaITDB A WRIGHT,
General Commission Merchants,
Augusta, Gs
Refer to—Messrs. Charles L. Colby A Cos., Messrs.
Mercy, Day A Cos., William Battersby A Cos.
Jyv6-eod6
FOB SALE,
A ATUXTEI PLAT,
CAPACITY, 400 BALES.
Has just made a successful trip from Augusta.
au4-tf N. A. HARDEE A CO.
NOTICE.
OFFICE RFLIEF COMMISSION,
District of Savannah,
Savannah, Ua., July 27th, ISC4.
In obedience tv Instructions from the Secretary of
War, received thie day, go further relief to deslltuM
people will be furnished from this office.
JOHN S. COOKE,
_jy9T-tf Capt. and Relief Commission-*.
FOWLE & CO.,
KO, 70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
(Formerly of Alexandria, Va ,)
IMPORTERS OF RAILROAD IRON,
AND
DEALERS 11$ RAILROAD SECURITIES
and RAILROAD SUPPLIES
OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Are prepared to contract for the delivery of Rails
either to. b. in Wales or ex-shlp at any desired Port.
jul» tut