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Bathing at Coney Island—Marry in Haste and
tiepent at Leisure.
[From oar Regular Correspondent.)
Nf.f York, August iOth.
I xoLt> you so! lias been the exclamation
all over town this week by the quid-nuncs,
who always know so much more than any
one else, whether such knowledge extends to
the working of the cable or the prevalence of
the cholera. Several telegraphic philosophers
are in great glee, and seem to be as glad as
many of our copperheads used to be at a
Union deteat. There is no question but the
cable will be underrun, if there is any break
age or other casualty, and duly repaired, and
we shall wake up some fine morning to read
the beading, of the telegraphic columns of
our papers announcing the connection be
tween this and the Eastern continent as per
fect. Depend upon it. there have been too
many contingencies fully and amply provided
for by the Atlantic Telegraph Company to
allow a simple breakage to fatally militate
against the final and complete success of this
great undertaking. The “ I told you so’s”
will have but a short time allowed them for
their insane gratulations. I speak of what
I do know..
The Outlets to New York are the air-pas
sages to its lungs ; and, in accordance with
the frequency these are used, will the con
dition of its health be, high or low. These
passages run in every direction—North, South
East and West-up North river—down the
Bay—up Harlem river, down East River—
and across country over these rivers. Just
now, moonlight excursions to Coney Island
are very popular, and hundreds—aye thou
sands of citizens take the two car-routes to
reach and bathe in, and ramble along the
beach of old ocean. Your correspondent, de
pressed by the heat of the day, thought he
was entitled to at least an evening's recrea
tion, and turned his face seaward, accom
panied'by a couple of beautiful and vivacious
of course, young ladies. You will ask, no
doubt—
“lnsatiate archer, would not one suffice” ?
To which I respond—No, sir ! I am neither
exclusive—selfish —nor afflicted with that
green sickness which sends one stealing off
alone with a companion of like nature, into
secluded pathways, and there resolving, in
feelings and expressions, bengath the pale,
soft-light of the moon, both into one. My
disposition is of another nature. It radiates—
it spreads and expands—casting rays of j< y
and tun over all within its reach. Hence I
took two lovely creatures with me. I would
have taken more, if the car would have con
tained them- But I fouud others in the car
many others—who, if not equally as lovely,
were, still, gay and happy. We reach the
beach in due season—in advance even of the
rising of Diana, who at length appeared in
her fully developed proportions, her face
glowing like a furnace, or, more properly
speakiDg, suffused with blushes, as she slow
ly ascended, seemingly from the depths of
the sea. As she rose higher and higher, she
divested herself of her crimson robes, and
donned, apparently, a dress of silvery gossa
mer. And there she rode the sky resplen
dent in brilliancy—reflecting the smooth face
of the calm and placid sea, while the sea in
turn reflected her bright figure. The surf
rolled and tumbled and foamed beautifully ;
the breakers grappled and wrestled with each
other, and, beneath the bright moon, spark
led with phosphorescent light. The gam
boling and roaring laughter of the rollicking
surf—the ebb and flow of the rolling swells,
■ presented a picture so attractive that one
couldstand hours and gaze upon it. But we did
not stand h,ours and gaze upon it. The
dancing, skipping surf laughingly mocked
us for standing listlessly upon the sandy
beach, while the receding wuters beckoned
gracefully to us to come In and mingle in
and partake of the ftm. Could we resist
these invitations? Not at all: Soon we
found ourselves plashing in the briny waters,
with the surf and breakers playing mod
pranks about our heads and shoulders. Now
a sharp shriek from a girl pierces the ear,
but it is suddenly smothered as she is tossed
beneath a rolling swell, and iollowed by her
laughter, as her head, full as suddely, re-ap
pears on the” surface of the waters. Then
the somersaults—(by The gentlemen, not the
ladles)—then the diving, the swimming, the
floating, And the floundering. Oh ! but it is
Jolly! And all enjoy it so well. All partake
of the sports and the contra temps (if any
there be.) Such anties as cau be played in
the surf—such radiculous figures as are cut!
It is a perfect combination of all the delight
ful sensations experienced in the dances of
the quadrille, the redowa, the polka,
the waltz and the jig, with skating
alder. And so refreshing and healthful!
But as all things have an end—even the great
Atlantic Cable, has had that, I fear twice,
and as many times too often—our bathing
at length ended. Then the dance at the
hotel, then the ride home In an atmosphere
cool, breezy, bracing and suffused with a
silvery light from the moon, now shining
like burnished silver in the star spangled
dome over our heads. Reader, come to
New York and make a moonlight excursion
to Coney Island.
Mabry in Haste—Repent at Leisure
is a trite sayiug. This correspondence a few
weeks since noted an elopement In this city
of rather a remarkable character—where a
young man accompanied a young lady to
Niblo’s, and while there an acquaintance
took the young lady out for an airing, and,
as subsequently appeared, was married to
her. The young lady not returning to her
home that night, nor the next day, the
young mao Who took her to the theatre was
arrested for abduction, upon learning which
the eloping parties appeared and released
their unfortunate friend. This was the first
act in this domestic drama. The second
which has just transpired, terminated less
happily. It appears the husband, a “gay
and festive youth," is addicted to loving
wine as well as women—and a very bad
habit it is,—and not only occasionally, but
semi-occasionally indulged his habit to such
excess that enebriation followed. A few
days since, finding himself in this condition
he staggered into an Engine House in Wil
liamsburg—a favorite resort of his—and
while on the premises managed by some
means to tumble into the vault attached to
the building, where he laid for a number of
hours before being discovered. He was
then fished out by the firemen, who stripped
him attached hose to a hydrant and gave
him a shower bath. Under tills treatment it
is needless say he was not only thoroughly
cleansed, bat sobered. The next act will
consist of a court scene, in which the wife
will appear as plaintiff in a divorce case.
Kgypt—The Cholera.
The mortality from cholera has so far di
minished that alarm is no longer felt. The
first cases in Alexandria were reported on
the 12th June, when there were three deaths.
The mortality attained its maximum on the
3d July, when 228 deaths from cholera were
reported. It has since been diminishing,
and on the IBth only 18 deaths from cholera
were reported. From the 12th June to the
18th July inclusive, the whole number ot
deaths from Cholera in Alexandria, according
to the official report, has been 3,931; from
other disease*, 1,569; total, 5,300 The
population of Alexandria, is estimated at
175,000. Id Cairo the first cases were re
ported on the 20th June, when there were
two deaths. There were two or three daily
until the 24th, when 17 were reported. The
mortality continued to increase, and attained
its maximum on the 4th of July, when there
were 457 deaths from cholera. * It has since
diminished nearly every day. and on the 17th
only 64 -deaths from cholera were reported.
From the 20th June to the 17th July inclu
sive the whole number of deaths from chol
era in Cairo, according to the official reports,
has been 5,249 ; from other diseases, 2,300;
total, 7,549. The population of Cairo is es
timated at 400,000. The improvement is at
tributed to the prevalence of north winds
and to the rise in the Nile.
From the 10th to the 16th of July the wa
ter in the Nile gained about eight inches.
The mortality in some other parts of Egypt
has been relatively greater than in Alexan
dria and Cairo. In Daiuietta, for instance, a
town ot 40,000 inhabitants, the cholera did
not make its appearance until the 26th of
June, when one death only was reported:
but in nine days the mortality from cholera
had reached no less than 172, which rate,
had it continued, would have swept the
whole population of the town out of exist
ence in eight months. It continued with
very little abatement for four days, the num
ber of deaths from cholera on the stb, 6th,
7th and Bth of July being respectively 1 72,
171, 168. and 166, since which time the im
provement experienced ylsewherq has hap
pily been likewise felt at Damietta. Very
few cases have been reported at Suez, and
none, it is believed, have occurred in Upper
Egypt. Tills is the sixth time that cholera
has visited Egypt. Its previous visits were
in 1831, 1838, 1848, 1850 and 1855. Ten
years appear to be the longest cycle of ex
emption. Among the deaths at Cairo have
been those of the Rev. Mr Lieder, the ven
erable English missionary, very well known
to ail travellers in Egypt; and of Mrs. Lan
sing, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Lansing, Amer
ican missionary.— Times.
THE SUEZ CANAL.
__ Alexandria, July 15, 1865.
The Irihme de Suez, the special organ of
the Suez Canal Company, announces that the
continuous navigable way from the Mediter
ranean to the Red Sea will be opened to
day.
The Egypte says:
“ We read in a letter from Djeddah that
Capt. Cameron. Her Britanlc Majesty’s Con
sul in Abysainia, has been relieved of the
fetters in which he was long arbitrarily con
fined, and that his complete release is shortly
expected. King Theodore still keeps fettered
hand and foot M. M. Stern and Rosenthal,
the Herman Piotcstaut missionaries. His
Majesty is very ill disposed toward these two
gentleman for having ridiculed his claim of
descent from Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba.
Insalubrity of the White House. —The
following letter from the Secretary of the
Interior to Major French, Commwsioner of
Public Buildings, confirms the reports of tbe
unhculthiness of the White House as a Sum
mer residence.
Department of the Interior )
Washington, Augusts, 1865.)
Sib : It has been represented to me that
the Executive Mansion is in an unhealthy
location for a Summer residence, as lias
been thoroughly attested by the experience
of every family occupying it for a long series
of years, each of them experiencing severe,
and some ot them fatal sickness. It has also
come to my knowledge that nearly every
member of the family of the present Chief
Magistrate, during the brief period they have
been occupying the Executive Mansion, has
been visited with serious illness, including
the President in pft-son, to such an extent as
to interrupt the transaction of public busi
ness for many days together. You are, there
fore, hereby requested and directed, after
consulation with the President, nnd ascertain
ing that it would be agreeable to him, to
procure a suitable residence for his occupancy
during the Summer and Autumnal mouths
of the current fiscal year, on Georgetown
Heights, or such other convenient and
healthy location as he may indicate, and to
fit up the same for his convenience and com
fort, being careful to avoid all Unnecessary
expense.
Very respectfully, your oliedicnt servant,
Jambs Harlan, Secretary.
B. B. French, Esq., Commissioner of Public
Buildings, Washington.
Ex-Confederates Indicted—Damages for
Imprisonment, Ac. —lu Roane county, West
Virginia, last week, indictments were found
by the Circuit Court, Judge Loomis presi
ding, against neatly one hundred persons
(guerrillas mostly) for horse stealing, mur
der. and other like crimes. Col. T. A. Rob
erts, who was a member of the West Vir
ginia June Convention in 1861, and who was
subsequently carried off from his home a
prisoner to Richmond, obtained a judgement
for forty thousand ddllars against those who
were principally responsible for his captivity.
Against Hugh Kyger, who Is wealthy, he ob
tained a virdict tor tea theusand dollars, and
thirty thousand against the following per
sons, namely: Messrs. A. G. Ingraham,
James L. Powell, A. G. Kiddle, William J.
Riddlt Samuel Shepherd, Jr., and Thomas
D. Goff.
Frank M. Willis and George Allen were
indicted for the murder of Baily Clevenger,
a Union Soldier. Tljey were in the rebel
service at the time of killing him, but went
hto home, called him out, and shot him.—
lUchmond Htpublican, sth.
® tate of Texas has been divided
military districts. Gen. Turner
Grange?*** ®* lT «*ton, relieving General
SAVANNAH,- GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1865.
FGXIAXISM.
[From tlie Liverpool Courier, July 15.]
Fenianism is, after all, not quite so phantas
magoric as it has been believed. A corres
pondent of the Dublin Express states that a
body of men who were certainly enrolled
Fenians, marched from Callan to'iviikeuny,
to be present at the nomination of the coun
ty members. They were about two hundred
in number, and marched in genuine military
style, carrying their bludgeons at the shoul
der and keeping step with great accuracy-.
Tneir movements were directed by two well
dressed men, who kept them ’in good
order, enforcing silence and keeping the
“dressing" strictly. They had a band in
front, which played tho incendiary tune
“Fuv la!" but little was heard of it from the
vehement cheering which the men raised at
very short intervals. The Protestant popu
lation of Ireland are beginning to call loudly
for the suppression of those obviously illegal
processions.
ARREST OF A FENIAN CANDIDATE FOR PARLIA
MENT.
** [From the Liverpool PCS?)
Another unfortunate aspirant for senatorial
honors has found a place in prison instead of
in Parliament. Mr. Gill, the Fenian candi
date for Tipperary county, was arrested by a
creditor, and, as a consequence, his oppo
nents, Mr. Moore and Mr. Dillon, have been
elected. Although in consequence of Mr.
Gill's pathetic address, in which he speaks of
“captivity and exile,” he persuaded over 800
persons to vote for him. Mr. Gill has, how
ever, the solace for his grief which the Latin
proverb says is to be found in having com
panions in trouble. Mr. George Hudson and
Mr. Josiah Harris will prevent Mr. Peter
Gill from feeling singular. Moreover, it will
be some further consolation to him to know
that a notorious baronet, whose previous
outlawry seems to have constituted him a
hero in the eyes of a certain Midland town
famous for its election riots, would have
been arrested if he had not been elected.
He had been a member before, and as the
forty days which the law provides must
elapse before a member of Parliament can be
arrested on ceasing to be one had not elapsed
before the baronet in question was re-elected,
he escaped captivity.
AN IRISH FENIAN SENTENCED TO SKVF.N YEARS’
PENAL SERVITUDE.
A man named Murphy was tried in Ite
land on the i 7ih ult., for being connected
with the Fenian movement, was convicted,
and sentenced to seven years’ penal servi
tude. Murphy's crime was tampering with
soldiers and trying to induce them to desert
and enlist in the Afnerican service. Chief
Justice .Monaghan, addressing the prisoner,
remarked “Your crime is one of the next,
in the view of our law, to treason, and one
of the gravest you could be guilty of.”
The Cork Examiner, an Irish paper, com
menting upon the trial, gets off the follow
ing :
There is a sad moral to bs read in the trial
which has just been concluded at Mullingar,
and a report of which may be found in an
other column. It is one verson of the old,
old story—conspiracy in Ireland, and thett’
betrayal.’ The fiery advocate of rebellion
gets into a trap, the oath he is ready to ad
minister is taken, and then information is
given to the police. Then comes the trial
and the sentence to seven years’ penal servi
tude. And this is the end we foresee for
Fenianism. Trouble, turmoil, treachery, and
victimization for those who are sincere. The
American share of it is delusion, the Irish
portion means misety for the country and
sad misfortune for individuals. In the
Americ'au States the Fenians have served their
turn, and will be cast aside by the govern
ment now that they are no longer wanted,
just as the ordnance stores and hired trans
ports were got rid of on the cessation of the
war. In Ireland comparatively little trouble
is taken by the authorities, because every
movement is known, and the supposed
secrecy a complete delusiou. Men like un
fortunate Murphy are and will be snapped
up from time to time, and made to suffer the
penalty of their rashness. But there is no
more general and wide spread sweep of these
misguided youths, only because the govern
ment have no tear of their efforts. If any
serious apprehension were caused by them,
their families all over the country would be
deprived of the means of support, and hun
dreds of homeS would be rendered desolate.
At present it is a play for excitable youth,
with apparently only so much risk about it
as may make it pleasant. But the time
might come when the plaj r would be con
verted into terrible earnest, and the brilliant
dream which has misled the young, the
ardent and the thoughtless, have a Sad
awakening. No sane man can doubt what
the end will be, even should the movement
Fenianism represents develope into any
bloody issue. But few believe that it can
ever soar so far. The most probable end
that cau be assigned to it is a repetition of
the fate that ha 9 befallen Murphy. To us
we must confess Feuiauism only appears an
elaborate organization to get a number of
young Irishmen transported.
Increase of Crime,
Under this head we find the following in
the New York Herald of the ,9th inst:
romantic history of a young female crimi
nal.
The criminal court of such a city as New
York presents to the student of mental phil
osophy a practical field for his operations. It
is true tha( there he only witnesses the ab
normal development of human nature ; but
the variety of crimes on the calendar, the in
dividuality of each case, and the wide differ
ence there is in criminals, learned as well
from their appearance as by the light reflect
’ ed from the witness staud, constitute an ever
changing panorama, full of sad but instruc
tive lessons. Atone moment may be seen
the tender child, scarcely old enough, one
would suppose, to leave its mother’s arms,
who, from natural instinct, the neglect of
parents, or vicious examples, or [what is still
more lamentable) from actual training has
pursued a course of theft. Near by stands
the more advanced criminal, who, by con
firmed habits of wrong doing, has become
the accomplished forger, the skilful burglar,
the daring highwayman, or, by yielding to
ungovernable passion, inflamed by poison
ous liquids, becomes the hardened murderer.
Between these two extremes are often found
those who, in an unguarded momeut, yield
to the temptations of avarice, lust, passion,
or the adverse turn of the wheel of fortune,
and appear at the criminal bar for tbe first
time. Thus, as we have said, the caleudar
of the criminal court for a single day is full
of interest, and if the secret history of these
persons, from pratling childhood up to the
period of their ignominious end, were re
vealed, it would form an instructive chapter
in literature.
A case on yesterday’s calendar of the Gen
eral Sessions teveals at least some incidents
in the life of a female criminal full of romance
and adventure, especially when the age of
the subject is considered.
Four years ago last June a beautiful young
girl, only fourteen years of age, upon whose
cheeks the flush of health vied with the fresh
ness and beauty ,of the blooming rose, clothed
in neat and elegant apparel, rode in an up town
stage, seated beside the wife of a merchant
prince. The fair Adelaide (for that was her
name) with the skill of a master, abstracted
the lady's portemonnaie from her pocket,
which,’fortunately, contained but a few dol
lars. She was suspected, and the lady im
mediately caused her arrest. The services
of eminent counsel were secured to defend
the girl, and he succeeded in gettiog'the trial
postponed till October. At that time she was
arraigned upon an Indictment found by tbe
Grand Jury, and tried by a jury of her fel
low-citizens. The testimony of the lady was
6o clear and conclusive that, notwithstand
ing the strong) and eloquent appeal which
the apparent innocence and striking beauty
of the culprit made to the sympathy of the
jury on her behalf, they were compelled to
find her guilty. Among the spectators in
the court room while the trial progressed
might have been seen a tall, motionless look-»
ing female, whose countenance was an exact
counterpart of Dickens’ character of Fagin,
who, it will be remembered, trained juveniles
to the profession of thieving. This was the
mother of Adlaide Irwin, who, it was known
to the authorities, had by a course of discip
line succeeded in making her daughter one
of the most experienced and consequently a
very successful operator in the streets and
public conveyances. Besides, her winning
looks, refined manners and elegant dress en
abled her to carry on her operations with
profit and comparative security from detec
tion. She was faithful in delivering the re
sult of her unrighteous gains to her mother,
who at this time resided in a fine house in
Fortieth street.
When the jury had pronounced the verdict
of guilty the fair young thief exhibited mark
ed signs ot penitence. She wept bittery, and
would not be comforted; and as a result of
this, the sympathy which pervnded the court
room reached the bench, and under a solemn
promise of good behavor, Adelaide was bid
den to “go and sin no more.”
The next chapter of her life opens in a largo
retail fancy store on one of the leadlDg av
enues, where she procured a situation as
saleswoman, under an assumed name. For
a time she ran well, and by her affability of
manner and quickness of perception she
became a favorite with her employers, and,
it is needless to add, her services’ were in
constant demand by lady customers. At.
length she returned to her old ways, and
was caught in the act of pilfering from the
store. She was given into the custody
of a police officer, who conveyed
her to the Tombs, and while passing to the
cell one of the attaches of the Sessions rec
ognized in her the penitent Adelaide. He
communicated his discovery to District At
torney Hall, who had her arraigned on a
previous charge of pocket picking, and the
Recorder sentenced her to the Penitentiary
for two years. While serving out her term
of imprisonment on the island her personal
attractions were such as to awaken the admi
ration of the son of a very respectable gen
tleman in this city, who was paying a flying
visit to the institutions. He became so in
fatuated with the charms of the fair Ade
laide, who, though clothed in convicts at
tire, still exhibited traces of beauty and in
telligence, that he actually proposed mar
riage, and shortly after the happy pair
eloped from the Penitentiary and resided in
the metropolis. She, probably, by calling
into requisition the skill and services ol the
dressmaker and barber, might have eluded
the vigilent gaze of the practiced eye of the
detective and ridden down Broadway or
visited the opera and theatre and moved in
fashionable circle unsuspected and unharm
ed were it not she again yielded to what
would seem to be a hereditary instinct to
steal.
She wa3 arrested recently on two charges—
one of stealing a lady’s valise, containing
wearing apparel valued at fifty dollars, and
another similar to that—stealing a carpet
bag containing cutlery and other articles be
longing to Mrs. Brewster, of Newburg, which
was taken from one of the staterooms of the
steamer Thomas Cornell. It is a singular
fact that the smitten lover and now the
fond husband was so infatuated that he ac
tually visited one of the ladies who made
this recent charge, and begged her to inter
pose witli the authorities in her behalf
“ How can you love such a dreadful, wicked
person?” inquired the lady. “If she is not
an angel,” replied the pleader, “Itoveliei
for the semblance. ’ He begged in vain for
mercy, and the machinery of the law
was again put into operation, which re
sulted m the indictment of Adelaide on
the above charges. Although cousiderably
shaltered in physical appearance by the
viciolis course of life she pursued, still traces
of beauty were visible, and the writer, on a
hasty glance at her face, which was enve
loped in a veil and partly hid by a screen
over the eyes, at once recognized the bloom
ing maiden who four years before had cap
tivated the spectators in that same room.—
She simulated blindness when placed at the
bar, and played her part* with admirable
skill, hut it was whispered by the initiated
that she really was laboring under an affec
tion of the eyes, superinduced by her impru
dent conduct. She well knew, however, as
did her counsel, that the punishment due to
her offences would only be aggravated by
passing through the ordeal of a trial; for the
prosecuting officer and the judge upon the
bench were perfectly familiur with her brief
but eventful career. She therefore discreetly
pleaded guilty to the charge, throwing her
self upon the clemency of the court
The Recorder sentenced her to imprison
ment in tlie State Prison for the term of
three years. Her history affords another il
lustration of the Scriptural aphorism, “The
way of the transgressor is hard.”
Negro Convention at Alexandria, Va.—
Rosolutions Adopted. —Mr. Brown, from
the committee, orffered the following resolu
tions, which were adopted by a rising vote,
after which three hearty cheers were given
and a tiger for Gen. Butler:
We, the American citizens of African des
cent of the State of Virginia, in convention
assembled, in the City of Alexandria, this
4th day of August, A. D. 1865, do adopt the
following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, In the darkest hours of American
history, when treason and rebellion swept
over- the South, we remained loyal to the
Government of the Unined States, 'and when
the Government called us to arms we gladly
came forth to fight her battles, and to pro
tect the flag that had enslaved us; nnd
Whereas, As peace is restored to tbe land,
and the sound of tbe drum, or the tramp of
troops or the boom of cannon is heard no
more, and the States so late iu rebellion are
about being restored to their relationship in
the Federal Union under pretended loyalty—
Ri so/eed, That any attempt to reconstruct
the States, so late la open rebellion against
the General Government, without giving to
American citizens of African descent all the
rights and immunities accorded to white
citizens so late in open arms and hostility
against the Government of the United States,
is an act of gross injustice done to the loyal
blacks, who compose the great loyal element
of the Southern States.
2. That a petition be sent to Congress in
the name of this convention, respectfully,
yet most earnestly requesting them not to
receive the Senators and Representatives
elected from this State—Virginia—to seats
in the Congress of the United States, and to
keep the Slates under military control until
ail the rights and immunities accorded to
white citizens shall be accorded to us : and,
Whereas. Good rulers make good and tiue
subjects, which is illustrated m the case of
Sueen Victoria on the one hand, and Louis
apoleon on the other; and
Whereas, This rule holds good with refer
ence to rulei, from parent to king; and
IKAereas, The reason why American rulers,
and especially those in the Southern States,
have been so thoroughly detested by colored
men is because they have invariably hated
us, and have joined hands with our oppres
sors, and in many cases were our enemies
and out oppressors ; and •
Whereas, In the process of reconstruction
and reappointing the officers of this State,
we cannot look upon any one act, either-by
the provisional government of the State of
Virginia, or by any person bolding office,
either by the appointment of Governor Pler
pont, or as the result ot any election ordered
by his authority, bare proved friendly to us,
hut in every ease have they sought to de
grade us ; therefore.
Resolved, That we, members of the Con
vention of colored citizens of Virginia as
sembled, do respectfully but earnestly call
upon Governor Pierpont to define his posi
tion in reference to the repeal of all the black
laws of Virginia which oppress and degrade
us ; also, in reference to the franchise of
colored citizens of Virginia.
Resolved. That unless he does this favor
ably, we cannot regard him as our friend.
Resolved, That the very dubious course of
the Governor has left both of ns and all true
friends of the Union in a great uncertainty
as to his fidelity to the principles upon
which he has exalted to his position as Gov
ernor of Virginia.
Resolved, That we think all true friends of
our race of all Schools, but especially the
Hon. Cfaas. Sumner, Benjamin Wade, Hen
ry Wilson, Gen. Terry and Turner, who
have so recently suppressed the election of
our enemies ; but none have a greater share
of our love and respect than Gen. B. F. But
ler, who first decided the fate of slavery
A Drunken Man Steals a Locomotive—
Collision.
[from tfce Rochester Union, Augim £.]
An accident of a somewhat expensive
though very unusual character occurred last
evening at Palmyra, on the New York Cen
tial Railroad. A collision occurred, the
mischief being done by a drunken man who
took possession of an engine. About sp. m.
a locomotive used for drawing a construction
train was left upon the side tract at the
station while the engineer! and fireman went
to supper. A German who had been em
ployed as a laborer on the road, was about
the place in a state of intoxication. He had
climbed upon the locomotive two or three
times and was put off by the engineer.—
Taking advautage of the absence of the en
gineer, he mounted the locomotive and
opened the throttle valve. The engine
started down the branch towards the main
track, and just then the Steamboat Express
•came up from the east. A collision was
inevitable. The mau wBo had started the
engine saw the danger, jumped to the ground
and ran away. The locomotives collided,
smashing both pretty badly. The engine of
rtie passenger train was thrown from the
tract, together with the tender and baggage
cars, and the passengers were somewhat
jarred. The engineer and fireman jumped
and saved themselves. No one was injured
in the least. The train was delayed three
hours or more by the accident. As soon as
the train stopped, half-a-dozen persons who
saw the movement gave chase to the author
of the mischief, and brought him back. He
was taken to jail, we understand, to await
further orders.
Tit. Fall Business.
The New York World of the Bth inst.,
says:
The fall trade throughout the country pro
mises to be unusually active and profitable.
The current year will add at least $200,000,-
000 in gold valuation to our uatioDal wealth
from products of the Southern States. This
sum, being from sources closed to our com
merce for four years, is important in stren, h
ening our whole financial fabric by additions
of new active capital. Our commerce has,
therefore, more of the natural elements of
prosperity than it has had since 1860. Wall
street, which always discounts the future,
reflects it in the steady advance of prices
since March.
The exports for the past week amount to
nearly $4,000,000, and embrace about 6,000
bales of cotton. In breadstuff* and provi
sions the export clearances have been small,
if we except two million pounds of cheese,
and the value of the cotton exported was
considerably more than one-third the wCole.
The exports of cotton will be increasedSm
mcdiately to about 10,000 bales per week,
besides the shipments direct from southern
ports.
Killing of Two Partisan Warriors in the
Opelousas Country.— From Opelousas we
learn of the killing of two prominent men in
that country a short time ago, to wit.: Car
riere and Capt. Martin Gilloire, who were
outlawed by the late Confederate authorities
on account ol their organized resistance to
the conscription. Ey their tact, energy and
indomitable bravery, they were able to bid
open defiance to the Rebel authority for over
two years.
In October last, Capt. Gilloire, at the head
of 50 men, fought his way into the
lines and reported at Port Hudson, asking
for a supply of ammunition to take back to
Carriere to carry on a partlsian warfare.
The Union military authorities there en
gaged their services as scouts, and after the
surrender permitted the company to return
to their homes, and to take their arm 9, to be
used in self-defence.
A few davs after the general surrender,
Carriere, while on his way to report to the
Union commander at Washington, was met
by a party of late Confederates, who assumed
to have authority from the commanding offi
cer to arrest jayhawkers. Carriere agreed to
accompany them to Washington, hut they
insisted on taking him to Villa Platte.
' On hU refusal to go to that place, they de
liberately murdered him. His objection to
going to Villa Platte was the absence of
Union troops at that place.
A short time subsequent to that event,
Gilloire’s bouse was surrounded at night,
and, in bis attempt to escape, be was shot in
several places, from which he died a few
days ago at Washington. —New Orleans
Picayune, July 29.
Lnternal Revenue Decisions.— The Com
missioner of Internal Revenue rules as fol
lows :
A peddler's license must be taken out by
eveiy person who travel* from place to place
selling mowing machines, and the sale of a
single machine cannot be considered as sell
ing at wholesale, and is not exempted by the
provisions of the 32d clause of section 79.
Where a mortgage contains a .power of at
torney to sell, it is subject to stamp duty as a
power of attorney, in addition to the duty
required upon it as a mortgage. Where a
partition ot real estate between joint tenants
or tenants in common cannot be made with
out bejiig detrimental to the parties concern
ed, and the Court orders the referees to sell
the land at public auction, and n deed of the
same is made to the purchaser, such deed
must, be stamped as other deeds. There is
an actual sale and a valuable consideration
passes. The stamp on the original process
does not cover the deed. Where a mort
gage is foreclosed and special execution is
sues and the land is sold the same as on gen
eral execution, the deed made by the Sheriff
must be stamped as other, deeds.
Rom an ism Hcpbhmk. —On Tuesday night
a squad of soldiers belonging to the 6th Ken
tucky, while under the influence of'strong
drink, committed acts which will forever
tarnish the bright fame won by that regi
ment on many a hard-fought battle-field.
Commencing on Marshall st., they broke
open the doors of sevetal houses kept by
-lewd women and threatened to kill the in
mates.
Leaving that street, they went through
Hancock, where the same outrages were re
gjaled. After this they made a rush through
roadway firing their pistols in every direc
tion, arousing the citizens from their slum
bers and cresting a general reign of terror.
Several persons were fired at, bat fortunately
no one was hurt. We are informed that an
elderly lady was struck by one of the ruf
fians and badly hart
A little after midnight, a party of some
six drunken men passed down Green st.,
making night hideous with their noise. At
the corner of Fifth st.. they assaulted a ne
gro boy, who was returning from tbe Bt.
Nicholas, taking from him his hat. — Louis
vide Democrat.
DRV POOPS AMP CLOTHING.
H. A. TOPHAM,
15* Congress Street, Savannah, Georgia.
no. 7 Mmonants' bow, un.TON gut.
CALLS the attention of Wholesale and Retail pur
chasers to his superior Stock of
MILITARY, NAVAL and CITIZENS’ CLOTHING,
BOOTS,
QHGITQ
REGULATION HATS,
CARS, and
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
For sale at the Lowest Market price.
Additions to the Stock received by every Steamer
from New York. ju2l-tt
Carhart, Whitford & Cos.,
Manufacturers uipl Wholesale Dealers tn
READY MADE CLOTHING,
3SI and 333 Bkoadwat. oor.. Worth Strut.
NEW YORK.
T F. Cabbabt, I Henry Sbafek,
Wm. H. Whitfobd, I A. T. Hamilton,
J. B. Van Waoznen.
Office of Psyan 1 Carhart in liquidation.
jyfi 3m
RIDDELL & MURDOCK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers tn
SUTLERS' AND NAVAL STORES, DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
Gkntl nnti's Fusnisuino Goons, Ao„
No, S Merchants' Row. Hilton Head, S. C.,
w. o. biddxll. [Jnl3-tf} H. i. mvbpook.
STEELE & BURBANK,
11 Merrhants Row, Hilton Head, So. Ca.
CALL tbe attention of Wholesale and Retail pur
chasers to their superior stock of
MILITARY AND NAVAL CLOTHING,
AND
FURNISHING GOODS,
Watches, Clocks, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, and Plated
Ware,Swords, Sashes, Belts. Embroideries, Boots,Cape
Field Glasses, Gauntlets Gloves, Ac., Ac., Ac.
THE NEW SKIRT FOR 1866.
A WONDERFUL Invention for ladles. Unquestion
ably superior to all others.
Don't fait-to read the advertisement in the Savannah
Herald containing mil particulars every Saturday
morning. jyC staw3m
COTTON.
COTTON GINS.
THE
EMERY PATENT GIN,
s ura fob
Oompactuess, Economy of Time,
Space and Labor,
For Surpasses any other Gin ever bcforc
offered to the Public.
THE undersigned etc prepared ti furnish them at
regular rates, being toe sole Agents for Horace
L. Emery, Patentee and Manufacturer
Messrs. AMES PEABODY A CO., No. 15! Congress
street, have tho above Gin on exhibition. Samples
can also be seen at the warehouse of
CHAB. L. COLBY A CO.,
Jy!s-tf • corner Bay and Abercom streets.
TO COTTON SHIPPERS.
Alexander Hardee,
COTTON SHIPP.ER,
13 PREPARED to take Cotton on Storage, at the
lowest rates, and
—BAS OPBNBD,
ON THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON A BAY STS.
For the purpose of
WEIGHING,
REPAIRING,
REPACKING,
SAMPLING,
CLASSING,
AND—
Shipping Cotton lor the Public
AT THE
LOWEST HATBH,
Furnishing Ink, &o.
slul lm
PROFESSIONAL CARPS.
M. P. MULLER,
CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT.
Agent for tlie Sale of Lands. Will give strict atten
tion to Surveying, furnishing Plana lor and Snperin
‘teoding Buildings, nil kin<u\lach!nery; ST
Office, Sorrel’a building, next lo Gas Office
Jr*l ' im
C. S. BUNDY,
Oonoral Agent
AND /'"
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMS,
No. !4T F Steer, Between IJtr end 14tu .Streets,
[Near Pay Department,)
W aablngton, 33. O.
JuSO ts
“U OOLFHO WOZ.rH,”
S3 Beaver Street, New York.
Offcra for sale of his own Importations, In bond and
duty paid, tbe largest stock of Wine., Liquors, * c ., of
any other bouse ia this country, comprising in part of
Otard, Henuc.y, Piuet Caatlllon, Martel, Godard
Brandy, Rochelle Brandies in half, qoarter.and eighth
casks: al»oOtard and Ronyer, Laferrelcre and Fila
Brandy, In cares of one dozen each.
“GkUx.”
Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam in pipes, Schiedam
Aromatic Schnapps, in bond and dnty paid, In cases of
one dozen quarts and two dosen pints.
“Whiskey and Rum.”
Scotch and Irish Whiskey, In hhds. and cases of one
dozen each. Bourbon Whlakey In barrels and ease, ol
one dosen eacb.
nrnvi. >
“ Jamaica ” and “.w. CroU Rum." in hhds and
cases ot one dozen each. *
Madeira, Skerry and Port Wines.
More than twenty different grades, tn halves, quar
ters and eighth casks, also in cases of one dozen
each.
“Hock, Champagne, Moselle and Claret
Wlsses.”
From Peter Arnold Mu mm in Cologne, proprietor of
Joannlsburgestate; J. H.D. Becker A Fila; Esche
noncer, Benecke A Cos., Bordeaux- Barton A Gnestln.
Bordeaux, and from other well known booses in Ger
many and France.
O.IS, COSDIALB, Sabpu.es, Bittees, Mcbtard, Olives,
Bbanpy, Preserves, Ao.
Twenty-live years’ business transactions with the
Southern States, with aobe of the largest and most
respectable dealer?,should be sufficient guarantee that
every article offered by the advertiser for sale la pnre
and genuine.
Samples can be seen, and catalogue of prices ob
tolned, byaddrereing the above. angs-3m
JOHN s. sums & CO.,
Forwarding and Commission
merchants.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c.,
NOS. 1 AND 2 BAMMIS’ BLOCK,
Bij Street* Jacksonville, Florida.
«©. a. SJOCXIS. ID. ©. IAMMIO. CBiS, I* MATBitt
I Mil ts
PRICE. 5 CENTS
FINANCI AL.
“EINSTEIN,
ROSENFELD
& Cos.,
Bankers,
No. 8 Broad-Street,
Nbw York,
We draw at and at sixty days,
on London, Paris, Frankfort, and all
other cities of Europe.
Parties opening current accounts? may
deposit and draw at their convenience,
the same as with the City BjAks, and
will be allowed interest on all balances
over One Thousand Dollars, at the rate
of pour per cent, per annum. Orders
for the purchase or sale of various itsues
of Government and other Stocks, Bonds,
and Gold, executed on Commission.
Manning & De Forest,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. 19 Wall Street, New York,
Dealers in
Gold, Silver, Foreign Exchange
and Government Secnrities.
Guva special attention to the purchase and sale of
1 Virginia, North Carolina, Sonth Carolina, Geor
gia Alabama, New Orleans and Tennessee Bauk
Rotes. Southern States Bonds and Coupons, Railroad
Bomb and Coupons.
Interest allowed on deposits. jylS-Sm
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, die.
TO SHIPPERS OF COTTON AND OTHER
SOUTHERN PRODUCE.
FENNER, BENNETT A BOWMAN.
Successors to Hotchkiss, Fenner A Bennett.
COMM I BSI O N MEROH ANT S .
No. 40 VnsT Street, l.bw Yobs.
And Memphis, Teas.
Thomas Fbnnbb, Henbt Bennett, D. W. Bowman.
b-0 - on
CHAS. L. COLBY & CO.,
Shipping Commission and Forwarding
- merchants.
JONXS block, oornxb bat and ABEBOORN BTBXrr
SAVANNAH, GA. *
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES
Made on Consignments to the firm of Cass. L. Colby,
of New York, or to our friends in Boston.
MAUDE A WRIGHT, Agents at Angnsta, Os.
Bkfibbnoib;
Messrs. Dabney, Morgan A Cos, New York.
Jarivs Slade, Esq., New York.
Hon. J Wiley Edinanda, Boston.
Gardner Colby, Esq, Boston. iylS—tt
Lewis 1.. Jones,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, 1
. A'o IT Broadway, Sew York.
Liberal advances on Shipments to above
ment, made by ”
HUNTER A GAMMKLL,
Agents Pioneer Line Steamships,
84 Bay Street, Savannah.
Reference In New York—
Mesapk ScorroßD, Tamo* A Co.'
mayZli 3mo
Woodward, Baldwin & Ca,
110 Dnane Street, New York,
9 and 11 Hanover St., Baltimore.
DRY GOODS COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Liberal advances made on Condgnmenta. Sheetinrs.
Oenabargs and Yarns. jyjg
L. J. Guilmartin & Cos.,
GENERAL COMMISSION AND SHIPPING
MERCHANTS,
148 Bay Street.
(Opposite the City Hotel,J
SAVANNAH, GA
PARTICULAR attention given to procuring Freights,
and tilling odera for Hard Pine Timber andLnm
ber, Cotton, Wool, Hides, 4c.
L. i. «oilmartin, jobn flanneet. e. w. dbummonp
jyl7 lm
CEO. R. CRUMP & CO.,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SOB Broad Stboit, Aouusta, Ga.
Jn2o 3 m
James B. Cahill,
GROCER and COMMISSION MERCHANT
AUGUSTA, GA,
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
COTTON Purchased and Shipped. Merchandise
bought aid sold on Commission.
Will also take Agencies for the sale of any Goods
and Merchandise required in the Southern market.
Jy22 3m
M. J. SOLOMONS,
Commission Merchant,
TT7TLL attend to the Selling or Receiving and For-
T T warding ail kinds of Merchandise, Produce, Ac.
Office for the present at the Drug Store of J. M.
Abrahams A Cos. jy4l-lm
T. shafferT~
Oommlawlou Seales-
In ail kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS am. PRODUCE.
W«T Washington Mabkit,
Opposite 143 West at., Bulkhead between Barclay and
Vesev sta.
NEW YORK.
Potatoes, Apples and Onions constantly on hand, and
pnt np for the Sonthern market ’
AUconaigument* promptly attenked to. - *
wSS SSTw&rkJt** I*’' 1 *’' A ' HVWOOd> T ' J *
eodly
DRIPS. =
Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals.
A choice selection of
DRUttb,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES
t and TRUSSES,
aandid raoa Nsw ion,
Apothecar.ee, Planters, and trad, re from the Interi
or, oan be snpplied at the shorteat notice,
I can warrant every article aa being pare.
A large quantity of European LEECHES, duett
quality.
All the Patent Medicines extant on hand,
. One hundred caaee Jacobs' Dysenteric Cordial.
ALL WILL BE SOLD LOW FO CASH,
VIUIIUI AND aiTAIA.
ATAPOTHECABIES’ BALI,
Corner Bronghton and Barnard streets.
N, B.— Fresh Garden Seeds.
W. M. WALSH,
jnld-Sm Proprietor.
THOS. W. BROOKS
MANUFACTURER OF
FURNITURE AND CENERAL
UPHOLSTERY,
UR* ifocJa Stjeat, Philadelphia, Pa.
N. All ORDERS sent by Mali promptly «.
tendedto, jylj-tt '
