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THE SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD.
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A PB.OCXaAHfLA.TXOXr,
by JAMES JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor.
To the People of Georgia :
For the purpose of enabling the people of
Georgia the more easily to prepare them
selves for the exercise of the rights of citi
zens I hereby proclaim and direct, that the
Ordinaries in the several counties of the State
be and are hereby authorized to administer
the oath of amnesty set. out in the President's
Proclamation of the 29th of May, 1805, to
such persons as shall be entitled to take and
receive the same; and in case of a vacancy
in the office of Ordinary in any county or
counties in this State, then and in that case
the Clerk of the Superior Court in such
county shall administer said oath. Provided,
said officers themselves shall have previously
taken said oath.
it is further declared and directed, that
when the oath is administered as aforesaid
to any person within any of the exceptions
specified in said proclamation, it shall be
appended to the petition of the applicant—
which petition shall also be verified before
such Ordiuary or Clerk, by the oath of the
party; and when administered to any per
son not embraced within any of the excep
tions specified, the origiual oatli taken and
subscribed shall be sent by the officer ad
ministering the same, to the Secretary of
State of the United States, and a certified
copy shall be given to the applicant.
And it is further proclaimed and declared,
that all the civil officers of this State who
have taken and subscribed the oath pre
scribed iu the Proclamation aforesaid, if not
embraced within any of the exceptions ;
•br who may have received special amnesty,
if embraced, shall proceed thereafter in the
discharge of the duties of their several of
fices according to the laws inexistence prior
to the Ist of January,’lßol, so far as the
same are not inconsistent with our present
condition.
To lacilitate the people in obtaining the
Amnesty proffered, the Ordinaries, or Clerks,
(as the case may be,) are authorized to pro
cure printed blanks from’ either one of the
following presses most convenient, as the
Sadie may be needed, for which payments
will be provided, or bills presented at this
office, viz: Savannah Republican, Augusta
Chronicle & Sentinel, Southern Watchman,
Allauta Intelligencer, Rome Courier, Macon
Telegraph, Southern Recorder, and Colum
bus Enquirer.
Done at Millcdgeville, the Capitol of the
State, ou this, the 7th day of August, iu
the year of our Lord, 1865, and the eighty
ninth year of American Independence.
JAS. JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor of Georgia.
By the Governor:
L. 11. Bkiscob, Secretary.
Cultivation of the Poppy. —Some discus
sion is going on in regard to raising poppy
for opium. We have just talked with a ter
mer everseer of an opium plantation in
Smyrna, and some of his information is wor
thy of notice. An acre of land set to poppy
produces about thirty pounds of opium on
the average ; some years double this, and a
few seasons less. The juice awhich exudes
from slits made in the poppy heads just be
fore they ripen, constitutes the gum opium
of commerce. This juice is allowed to col
lect ou the stalk, anti scraped off when it
becomes nearly dry ; it is then put up in cases
for market. In this country the heads would
have to be cut offvflt the proper time and the
juice expressed, which is a quicker process;
and the juice remaining in the heads after
pressure could be macerated in alcohol and
water, and made into laudanum or morphiuf.
Opium is worth about fifteen dollars a pound.
The amount annually sold in the world is
estimated at %irty millions dollars, while
many put it as high as seventy millions. In
raising poppy little labor is bestowed on it,
except in weeding and keeping off insects.
Cheap labor answers the. purpose, and it may
be cultivated for twenty dollars an acre year
ly. Allowing fifty dollars an acre for ex
penses, we should find fifty acres of opium
at thirty pounds to the acre, is fifteen hun
dred pounds; at fifteen dollars the pound,
would be twenty-two thousand and five bun*
died dollars for the fifty acres—less interest
and other incidental expenses. . The soil re
quired is a light saudy loam, which we have
abundance in Georgia.
Extraordinary Nerve and Presence of
Mind.—Last Wednesday night, a soldier ol'a
Wisconsin regiment, while going koine on
the Northern Central Railroad, fell from the
top of the car, and the train passed over both
of his legs, above the knee, nearly severing
them from his body. He remained for seve
ral hours without assistance, until lie arrest
ed auother train by tiring his pistol at the
machinery ot the locomotive. The poor fel
low had actually severed his legs from his
body, by cutting the few remaining tendrils
with his pen-knife, and had contrived in a
rude manner to arrest the bleeding from the
stumps. His boots lay beside him with his
feet within them. On medical assistance
reachin '- him it was desired to amputate his
legs properly, but he positively refused, say
ing he hail suffered enough with them during
the night. He was taken on to York, and
exhibited the greatest calmness and coolness
under his great misfortune.
Trot'essor S. F. B. Morse, says the New
York News, having noticed statements that
no messages were transmitted through the
original Atlantic cable, betweeen the Okl and
New World, emphatically and clearly proves,
by citing facts, that messages were sent and
received, and that several items of news were
published in Eu r opc within two or three days
of tlife occurrence of events in this *country.
Doubts on the subject have been very freely
since 1868, when there was no
hesitation in believing that the cable had
worked, at least for a brief period.
To Distillers.— Col. Cooper, commanding
at Albany, has ordered all distillers in that
section of Georgia to cease operations until
nemiissiou is given them by proper authority
to resume work. We presume this is a step
taken preparatory to the enforcement oi the
United* Slates revenue law with regard to
distilling. A tax oi fa per gallon, as collect
edupon all liquor distilled at the North, will
most probably hereafter be collected m tieor-
A MISTAKE, AXn> ITS RE
SUETS.
IN THREE CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER I.
It seems a long time ago since the journey
from Cork to Dublin toott two days. There
are those living, 1 suppose, who remember
wfigu it was a matter of three or four, but I
speak of a more modem period, albeit the
railway from Dublin to Kingstown was then
the only one in Ireland. At this time, Bian
coni's large four-horse car's formed the grand
trunktrom the south to the metropolis; while
smaller vehicles, meeting the principal con
veyance at diffefeut points, acted as branch
lines to the main one. From one of these
lattei I took the large car at Mitchelstown,
on au intensely cojtl day, the last, or last but
oue, til October, 18—. 1 was going to Dub
lin for my Michaelmas Teftri examinations in
Trinity College ; and having idled the whole
summer, 1 felt some apprehension about the
result of the ordeal through which I had to
pass, aud wondered much whether I should
come back “plucked.” The dark leaden sky,
aud the cutting north-east wind, weie in
dreary keeping with the sombre thoughts
that troubled me. 1 occupied the box-seat,
au honor that was dearly purchased by fac
ing the blast; and Stapleton the driver pre
dicted snow (early in the season as it was)
before we reacheil Kilkenny, our destination
tor that night. We delayed lor Italian hour,
I remember, at Clonmel about two o'clock ;
there was a good deal of excitement in the
towu, from the expectation of a special com
mission l'or the trial of prisoners connected
with two terrible agrarian murders of recent
occurrence in tbs South Riding of Tipper
ary. As we journeyed on, the driver enter
tained me with detaUs of difi'erent outrages
that he knew of, pointing out, now aud
again, the scenes where they took place, and
winding up with the ominous announcement:
“Mark my words for it, but the llihbon boys
will give them enough to do this winter ;
they won't let much grass grow under the
peelers’ feet anyways. ”
I forget how many stages vye had travel
ed' from Clohfaei when we stopped to change
horses at a small public-house on the road
side ; something Was amiss with the shoe of
one of the horses, and a sharp altercation
ensued between the driver and the stable
boy ou the subject, that ended with an in
junction to “hurry off like blazes" to a neigh
boring smith, to remedy the delect. As I
forsaw that there would bo some delay, I
proposed to one or two of my travelling
companions to join me in a, run to warm our
feet until the car overtook us. As they de
clined, I set off alone, calling back to Staple
ton, when 1 was a few paces on, to know il
there were any turns upon the road.
“No, sir,” he replied; and then added,
“keep to the left, and you’ll be all light.”
Laughing at this unintentional pun, and
repeatiug the oid couplet to myself:
ir you go to the left, .you'll lie sure to go right;
11 you go to the right,you'll go wrong—
1 dashed on at lull speed, aud very soon no
ticing a road that branched off' at right an
gles to the main one, I concluded that this
was the reason of his direction. I was at all
times a very swift runner, whUc the intense
cold of the evening braced my energies still
more. “By Jove!” I exclaitned, “I'll as
tonish them a bit: old Jotiu will think I'm
lost before he picks me up ami the expec
tation of gaining credit by my prowess as a
walker, accelerated my speed’ to unusual ra
pidity. The day, I have already remarked,'
was specially gloomy, aud the evening shad
ows were now darkening into night with
more than ordinary swiftness. Once I was
for a moment at fault abowt the road, as I
came upon a slight divergence from the di
rect line, hut recalling Stapleton’s words—
“ keep to the lett" —I followed that direc
tion. and trudged on upon this unknown way
into the thickly-gathering darkness. At laSl
I began to wonder why the car did not come
up ; but concluding that the smith's opera
tions cuused the delay, 1 still went forward
until the road became unusually rough and
broken; and then, as far as the dim light
allowed, I observed that the vegetation at
the sides encroached far more than. I had
ever known upon a mail coach road. “ Oh,
’tis impossible 1 have gone astray 1” I ex
claimed, not allowing the unpleasant thought
to intrude; and 1 still continued my coarse,
though at a more doubtful pace, until I sud
denly halted on perceiving that the narrow
ing line of roadway appeared to cease alto
gether, and 1 found myself actually walking
on moist boggy ground. “ Where on earth
am 1?” 1 ciied in consternation, peering
through the darkness. As far as 1 could
descry, I seemed to have wandered into some
moor or commonage that stretched along the
base ot a steep acclivity ; not a sound could
I hear on any side, hut the moaning sigh 61
the wind as it swept by, with penetrating
bitterness, and ouce the wild cry of some
bird, startled from its lest by my approach,
i mivde two or three efforts, hip prey proved
ineffectual, to retrace my steps, and each
time I became more bewildered, and stumb
ling over rocky projections or roots of trees,
occasionally sinking ankle-deep into wet
miry ground. 1 “God help me! 1 exclaimed
at last iu utter despair, and almost bursting
into tears of vexation. “111 have to wander
about here all night, and perish with cold
before morning.” Another desperate effort
to reach some pathway met with a like issue,
save that by, I suppose, some consequent
change .of uosiiiyu, i# bright light suddenly
broke upon me, so bright and so close, that
I was considerably startled at the unexpected
appearance.'
1 thought of the Will-o’-the Wisp, and
fancied, from the eidvent nature of the
ground, that it might be the meteor of the
marsh ; but as I moved cautiously forward,
I saw that it came through the open door of
a cabin, and a closer access showed me why
I had not sooner detected it. The tenement
before me was curiously constructed ; tire
around on three sides rose at a considerable
elevation, and it seemed as if a dark catein
ous recess bad been formed, iu the yielding
soil, and in R tills' mde habitation erected
I walked straight to the door, but saw no
one within or immediately near the cabiu ;
the light came from a large peat-fire, piled
upon a heartstone at one side of the room ;
and so bright was the iiluminatiop, that it
uot only disclosed eyery object inside, but
enabled me tp notice distinctly the nature
and peculiarity-of the building witbput. I
hesitated to enter, notwithstanding the
tempting look of the fire, where there Was
no one to invite me. I called loudly ouce
or twice, hut no reply came ;: and at length
I passed within the doorway, ana proceeded
without ceremony to warm my limbs at the
welcame blaze. “Someone is sprp to be
here in two or three minutes,” I though! ;
“this fire has been lreshjy made up. lhe
room where I stood seemed to be the only
one the place eoffld boast of, and wietcfied
enough it was ; and old bedstead with a tat
teipd curtain, occupied one corner : beside
the fire, rose a huge pile of dried sticks
liuu"- loosely together that nearly reached
the ceiling ; a largo log of timber, against
the wall at the side opposite the lire, formed
a kind of rude seat | while a stool or two,
and an old rickety table, made up the re
mainder of the furniture. W hen some short
time elapsed, I began to feel a little nervous'
at the position in which I fouud myself;
apart.froin the vexation lexperieuced at hav
ing gone astray, and the difficuty I might
find in reaching Dublin iu time for my col
lege duties, I remembered the troubled state
of the country ; and this lonely spot, at the
foot of some .mountain, was no desi
rable place to be caught iu at night, alone
and unarmed.
J CHAPTER U.
A was deliberating whether i had better
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1865.
make another attempt to find tr.y way, or
slay until someone came, when the dead si
ience was broken by the noise of evidently
more than oue person approaching. As the
parties came nearer, I could discern that
some contlict or struggle was goiug on ; at
first, there were no voices, but a peculiar
panting sound, such as accompanies the
movement of people where effort is made by
resistance, until at length, in a low, deep
voice, like the growl of a mastiff, the words
reached me: “Curse you, will you come
ou ? 11l knock you on the head if you don’t.”
The ominous tone iu which this brief sen
tence was uttered, evidently close to the
doorway, made me hound hack from the
glare of the fire, and without a moment's
thought, I glided in behind the pile of brush
wood before referred to, between which and
the end-wall of the cabin a narrow passage
afforded bare space for concealment. I had
scarcely effected my purpose, when three
men entered the apartment, or rather two,
dragging in another bel ween them. “Shut
the door, Bill,” gasped the elder of the two,
for he was out of breath, and perspiriug pro
fusely. The younger man addressed as Bill
complied, and then drew a large iron bar
across the closed entrance. The screen be
hind which I was ensconsed was so looseiy
coiffecructed that I could see through the in
terstices all that went forward, while I de
voutly hoped that it would prove sufficient
to hide me from observation. third in
dividual of the party, who seemed to have
been brought iu as a prisoner, was a mere
strippling, did not look more than twenty,
and had. I could notice by the firelight, an
expression of extreme alarm on his pale
young lace as he looked upon his captors.
“There! ’ cried the elder man, giving him a
violent push backwards, and shakiug his
closed fist at him, “you are cocht at last, you
miserable spalpeen you! I bad my eye upon
you, when you little thought it. I suspected
you even the very Dight you took the oath ;
and to night I tracked you down to the po
lice barrack, and saw what yon were afther;
.but as there’s a heaven above us, it's the last
chance you’ll ever get of doing the like!”
“I tell you, Barney, on my solemn oath,”
began the young man, in a voice that trem-
Med with .agitation ; hut before lie could ut
auother word, a quick, sharp knocking at the
door interrupted him, and seemed to startle
the whole party. The two men looked in
quiringly at each other ter a moment. “Oh!”
exclaimed the younger, who had been ad
dressed as Bill, “ Tis Gran, I suppose ;” aud
walking forward, he admitted, alter a mo
ments parley, an old grey haired woman,
with a cloak thrown over her head. “An
where were you, now, at this hour of the
evening?'’ asked Barkney, accompanying
the inquiry with au oath.
“An’ where was I, is that it? Afther
them divils of goats there, that were wan
thering off a good two mile and more from
here ; and near enough I was, bad luck to
them ! tumbling iu the dark into the Wizard's
Hole above there, iu the bog; aud ’lisa night,
glory be to God, that would shiver the heart
out tv your body. But what’s along here ?"
asked the old woman suddenly. “What’s the
matlber ? Isn't this Ned Sweeney ?”
“Matther enough!”returned Barney, gruff
ly. “He only wanted to get the rope round
my neck aud’Bill’s here ; ho was turnin’ in
former on our bauds; but never you fear;
we’ll stop that work. Here, Bill, lend a hand
will ye,” and the speaker strode across the
room with some strong cord in his hand,
that he had'drawn trom his pocket. The
poor youth uttered a wild cry of terror that
rung through the whole place *as the two
men seized him.
“I tell you, Barney,” he cried imploringly,
“I wasn’t going to tell a word to mortal soul,
all 1 wanted with Connors was to ask him
about the rabbits at the colonel’s.”
“ Whist your jabber, you thin-skinned
varmint, you. Keep your breath to cool
your porridge. 1 would’nt believe ye, il ye
kissed all the books iu the barony. Ye’d
have told that same foxy cub of a peeler of
our tramp to-uight, if I did’nt stop your ton
gue. Ua! you'll rawer see daylight again,
plase providence. Here, Bill, tie that knot
tight, will ye.” .
I could see from the spot where I was
sheltered, that after a brief and feeble strug
gle, their unfortunate victim had been hound
ttand and foot, and was left sitting upon the
log of timber before mentioned. I was at
first so absorbed in interest at what 1 wit
nessed! as to be halt unconscious of my own
peril, but a terrible sense of it soon recurred.
That 1 had most unfortunately lallen upou a
party of desperate ruffians, there was no
doubt, nor could 1 entertain a hope of es
caping speedy death, if I were detected, and
that might be expected every moment. A
cold shudder crept through my whole frame
as I realized the horrible position I was in.
I was afraid, too, to stir, as an unguarded
movement fniglit so disturb the trail screen
in trout as at once to betray me; anil the
narrow passage between it and the wall
scarcely afforded standing room. Bitterly
dill I curse the mad stupidity that led me
into such danger; nor did many minutes
elapse before a fresh accession of alarm was
caused by the anticipation of instant dis
covery. Barney and Bill, as 1 had heard
them named, alter binding their prisoner, re
turned to the fire, where the old woman had
remained, holding her long skinny hands
over the blaze, anil apparently uot much in
terested, one way or the other, in the opera
tions that were going on.
“Isay,” asked Bill, as he seated himselt
on a stool, “will you bring him helore Capt.
Rock and the rest of the boys to-morrow
night, and have him tried reg’lar?”
'“Faith, I’ll do no such thing,” replied the
other; “I'll be judge, jury, aud all myself.
I ciuglit him in the act, and that's enough.
Death and no mercy to the spy aud the in
former—them's the laws among the Ribbon
boys. Besides, I don’t like a bone in the
young vagabond’s skin;” and the ruffian
mutterred something that I could not hear.
“May be, responded the other in a low
tone, “you mav get into trouble.”
“No fear, Bill, my boy. I dupuo,” he con
tinued, “either, hut it may be best to finish
him at once. Faith, here goes.” As he spoke
the man lifted a square stone somewhere
near the hearth, anil from a concealed re
ceptacle he drew out what appeared to me,
as well as I could see it, to be a huge pistol;
from the safhe opening, he took the other
appliances, and proceeded deliberately to
load the weapon. The poor bound creature
leaped up With a desperate effort, as he
noticed those feartul preparations, hut fell
back again, helplessly, upon the seat.
“Ob, for the love of God, Barney, don’t
murder me!” he cried, in a hoarse, halt
choking voice. “Speak to him, Nelly, speak
to him ! ’ he continued appealingly to the old
woman. Neither of them took tire least
notice of his eutreaties, the old woman mere
ly shook her head, anil continued gazing into
tne fire. Melt tingling from head to loot
with horror at the prospect of witnessing this
cold-blooded murder, and was inclined, op
tfie first impulse, to rush out at all hazards
aud interfere.
“I say, Barney, why waste powder and
shot on the likes of him ; ’ttin't so much we
have to spare. Tell you what we’ll do ;us
tye go down tq meet tuo boys on the way to
the colonel's to-night, pitch him into the
Wizard's Hole; aud mind me, he’il not
come up again to tell tales.’
f “You’re right, Bill, —the—very—tiling,”
returned Barney, laying down his pistol. “I
remember the last chap as we tucked into
the soft sheets there : laws ! what a plush he
made as the black slush closed over him ; it
made me almost shiver.”
A deep 1 moan of aguoy that broke from
the wretched youth, told the effect that this
now arrangement had upon him.
“There s a weight, a half-hundred, some
ylftere,” said Barney ; “where is it, Nell ?”
“Oh, tile old weight, is it? It’s behind lhe
i sticks there, I believe. What do you want
with it ?’
My heart leaped to ray throat at- this in
quiry, lor just at my loot, where 1 stood. I
Idt the hard substance, that I had supposed
to be a stone. “Now for it !”'I thought, as
I listened in an agony to the next words.
“ We'll just tie it round his waist, Bill;
’twill be a nice buckle for his belt, aud will
keep him down a while in the bottom of the
hole."
“ Shall I get it now ?” said-the old hag.
“Time enough,” responded the other,
“when we set out. Get supper,
though.”
Some relief was afforded by the respite;
hut the faint hope which I had just begun
To entertain, that I might possibly be able to
evade discovery until the men departed with
their victim, aud I had the old woman only
to deal with, now vanished, as, when the
weight came to be looked for, I was sure, of
course, to be found, and as certain to be
murdered. Some food was placed upon the
small table drawn in front of the fire, while
a candle fixed iu a sconce against the wall,
added a feeble illumination to the firelight.
The three partook of the meal in silence,
and then the men smoked, during which an
hour might have passed; scarcely a sound
being heard, save a low moan or restless
movement from the poor lad, who was evi
dently writhing iu agony from the physical
torture of the tight cording of his limbs, as
well as harassed, no doubt, with the horri
ble apprehensions of his coming doom.
“Look out, Nell,” were the first words
spoken by Barney, that broke the stillness
look out, and see what time o’ night it is.”
The old woman rose, opened the door,
anil, judging by what external appearances
I know not, iu a tew moments turned iu
again. “’Tis no more than eight o'clock,"
she said.
“ Eight o'clock ! Four or five hours yet,
Bill. Let's have a sleep; we’re not to meet
at the cross till one. Do you sit up and
watch, Nell,” he continued ; “and wake us
about twelve, mind.”
Iu a few minutes the two miscreants had
disposed themselves beside the fire, dragging
over them some loose garments supplied by
Nelly; and in a very short time their deep,
heavy breathing betokened tliy) both were
last asleep. A turmoil of anxious thoughts
literally seethed through my brain in the
brief period of stillness that followed. Could
I take advantage of their sleep ? Could I
take any step, and what, for my extrication
from this dreadful peril ? At length a low,
parched voice—a kind of husky whisper, il
seemed—rose upon the quiet of the place :
“Nelly, for the dear love of God, have pity
on me, and save me, now they are asleep.”
There was no answer. “Who knows but
she has dropped off, too,” I thought.
“ Nelly, if you ltope for mercy, listen to
me, save me,” again whispered that weak
voice of anguish.
“ Whisht, will ye," replied the old woman,
evidently quite awake. “It’s no use your
talking; you'd have sold Bill to the gallows;
and il the liftin' of my little finger would
save yces, I wouldn't.”
“Give me a sup of wather,” will ye?” he
asked. “ I think I’ll go mad.”
“ I’ll give you that much, at any rate,” she
said; “though it’s enough of it you 11 get
afore long, I'm thinking.”
The old hag rose ana gave him some water
from a tin vessel, but bitterly persisted in bet
refusal either to aid his escape, or even to
loosen the cords that were so cruelly tor
menting him. When Nelly replaced the
water-can on the table, she replenished the
tire, settled the covering more carefully
round the youth, and then muttered, in a
kind of soliloquy : “No fear but I'll wake iu
time; an hour at most will do me.” She
moved towards the old bed, eyeing the pris
oner's bonds, as she passed him, to see that
all was right there, and threw herself upon
the rickety resting place, that groaned and
creaked beneath her weight, as she turned
away from the light. Thank God, almost
passed my lips as au audible utterance. For
the first lime, I ventured to alter my position.
I was so numbed and cramped that I could
hardly stir. Soon the deep breath of the
third sleeper was heard; the caudle had been
extinguished. The fire burned less brightly,
yet shed a crimson glow through the whole
apartment, showing me as I gazed with less
apprehension round the wood work screen,
the dusky figures aud swarthy frowning faces
of the two sleepiug men ; while it illuminated
witli a fainter light the recumbent form oi the
doomed culprit, disclosing a ghastly face,
stamped with au expression of the deepest
anguish, with the eyes closed, but not iu
sleep, as a low sighiug moan that occasional
ly escaped from his lips, but too plainly indi
cated.
CllAl'lEßln.
To take swift advantage of so unexpected
a turn iu the tide of danger, was of course,
my foremost thought, and I was just about
to glide out of my hiding-place, when I re
membered that considerable caution was due
with reference to the youth Sweeney, who,
utterly unconscious of my being in the apart
ment, might, in his surprise, give expression
to some sound that would arouse the sleep
ers, aud destroy us both. To release him
from his bondage and peril, 1 was, ol course,
as resolved on as to extricate myself. 1 crept
out as gently as 1 could, and stood for a mo
ment on the floor, to see if I could attract his
notice. 1 was just by the bed where the old
woman lay, a propinquity that I dreaded, as
her softer breathing intimated a lighter sleep
than seemed to have locked the two ruffians
at tne fire. Still the young man remained
with closed eyes, and it was only as 1 was
just beside him that he started with a bound,
aud glared upon me with anew terror in his
face. I doubt not.hut that he thought, as 1
rose up so unexpected before him in that
dusky light, that I was a spirit from the oth
er world. “Hush!” I whispered putting
my lips to his ear—“not a word,” pointing
to the men. “1 was over there; 1 know all
about you; wait till I cut those cords.” When
with my penknife J fiad done so, it was some
minifies before he could use his freed limbs.
It required but few words to enjoin speed
and caution. “Doyou unbar the door,” I
again whispered, “and for your life, take care
of a sound.” Slowly aud softly wo mqved
on. 1 possessed myself qf the folded pistol,
that lay by one of tlie sleepers, as I passed
him. But our chief difficulty lay in getting
the door opened. The iron bar that crossed
it was fixed in a staple, aud fitted so tightly
as to require considerable effort for its re
lease, while the nervousness with which his
whole frame shook made Sweeney but a
clumsy baud.
“Let me try,” I said at last in despair.
I hifil just succeeded in drawing out the
bar, and with scarcely a sound, when my
companion in a horrified tone," cried : “For
God’s sake hurry, I hear the old woman stir
ring.”
I instantly pulled the bolt back more rap
idly ; and aware oj its weight, it fell with a
dull heavy clang on the earthen floor. I
hardly know now what at that terrible mo
ment we did. There was an instantaneous
rustling movement from tfie lied; but wc
j wailed for uothiug. All I can recollect is,
i that quick as lightning, we were both out
upon the heath. “I ll hold you; I don't
know the way,” I gasped, as I dreaded that
1 my companion might think only of himself
aud desert me. lam sure font he never
’ dreamed ot doing so. He seized
me tightly by the arm; and on he went
headlong, plunging through swamps, and
more than onco billing over some unseen im
pediment. The night was very dark, and I
trusted entirely to my guide. Want of breath
at last compelled us to halt, and we stood
panting for a moment. Not a sound oi any
kind reached us. If pursued at first our foes
must have been at fault, as we heard nothing
, of them, i
“Tell me, what was to be done to-night at
the colonel’s,” I asked Sweeny.
“Fire and murder,” was his expressive an
swer.
“Come on tit ere at once—you know the
way, ” I said—“ will you ?”
“Yes;” and without-another word, di
verging a little from the course we had been
pursuing, we again hurried forward with
lrcsh speed. We soon reached the terpiinus
o! the bog, crossed a road, and got into some
fields.
“Over there.” whisperep Sweeny, “is the
colonel’s.” “Colonel Grey,” he added, in
reply to an inquiry. “ What are you going
to do there ?”
“To warn them—to save them, to be
sure, " I answered. “And never t'ear,”lcon
tmued, as I noticed some reluctance on the
part of the lad; “I saved you already, and
111 take care of you still; no harm shall
come to you.”
We continued our course through two or
three fields, and turned out on what appear
ed to me to be a narrow by-road, when sud
denly, as iltrom the ditch close to U 9, a deep
hoarse voice gave a challenge: “ Who goes
there?”
“May I never!” ejaculated Sweeny, in a
trembling whisper; “if it isn't the boys;
“ they're waitin’ tor the rest to go up to the
colonel’s.”
“ Answer them boldly,” I whispered.
Sweeny replied to the challenge, wheu a
rapid cross-questioning ensued, and some
puss-words vtTtre demanded and given.
“Who’s you ?” asked the speaker who
challenged us, now standing out in the road,
and who seemed to lie the leader of the par
ly who were still concealed in the ditch.
A momentary hesitation bearly proved
fatal to us.
“Oh,” he answered, and his voice shook,
“’tis Bell sure. We are to go on, Barney
said, and see all s right, aud give you the
signal.”
“You had better stay here,” gruffly re
sponded the speaker. “Go on, indeed
What signal ?”
“Just a whistle and no more ; I must be
ruled by Barney, as he’s the leader to
night,” replied Sweeney, with an affectation
of sulkiness in his tone, that showed more
presence of mind Ilian I had hoped for.
“Well, on with yoyi, then; aud it you
trpoil it all, ’tisn’t my doing.” And to my in
finitmrelief, the speaker sank again into the
shelter from which he had emerged.
We passed leisurely forward beside the
lurking party, afraid to go,fast, lest suspi
cion should be aroused, but wo had hardly
advanced a dozen paces when the hard
heavy tramp of the feet, runiug at full speed
upou the road, distinctly reached our ears;
and from the stir among the ambushed men,
was evidently heard by them too.
“On, on, for our vqry fives !” exclaimed
Sweeny. “Come this way—quick !” and he
plunged in among some thick plantations,
through which it was no easy task in the
darkness to advance. We caught, as we
forced our way through, voices loud aud
furious behind us, and the single terrible ex
pression : “Hell’s fire, man, be after them !”
discovered to us at once the danger we had
to apprehend. .*/<•; j
• “This way, this way,” cried Sweeny, drag
ging me forward; “wo may do them yet.”
Iu two or three miuules we reached a small
wooden door iu a wall, with which my com
panion seemed acquainted. He opened it
quickly ; aud then, we having passed through,
bolted it on the oilier side. It admitted us
into what looked like the extensive back
pitemises of a precious inansiou, that rose up
dark aud gloomy ou our lett. Sweeny strode
rapidly to where a single lamp was burning
in a Biuall window, low, near the ground.—
At this he gave two peculiar taps. At once
the light moved.
‘•‘The moment ho opens the door,” whis
pered Sweeny, “that lie's coming to do—you
manage with that,” pointing to the pistol
that I had.
“’TisGriffen the butler, 1 mean ; he’s in
the plot r ami then yon can alarm the house;
and there’s not a moment to bo lost.”
Most cautiously, an old grey haired, res
pectable-looking servant opened the dour at
which we hail stationed ourselves.
“Is it ail right, Barney?” asked alow
voice.
“Yes, to be sure,” exclaimed Sweeny,
pushing iu, as 1 followed; aud instantly shut
ting the iloor again behind us, he seized the
caudle from the mau’s band, while, with the
butt end of the pistol, I dealt the treacherous
servant a blow that ett'ectuaily hindered his
interfering.
“Go up the stairs there now,” cried Swee
ny, “and wake thorn up; 111 stay here.”
I dashed on with my pistol, and narrowly
escaped being' shot down rnysell, as a close
to my strauge adventure, by a hall-dressed
gentleman, who confronted me on the lobby.
“•Stop!” I cried, “till I explain. Your
house is just about to be attacked; lam here
to warn you.”
A few words put liim in possession of all
that was necessary then to inform him. A
night qf confusion and alarm followed within
the building : but to our surprise, no attempt
fromivitbout was made; "why, we could not
tell. My strange first acquaintance with
Colonel Grey led to a close intimacy—though
not in Tipperary, as he soon after left the
county—resulting in what in no way con
cerns this present narrative. The poor lad
SvveeDy was well provided for, and sent
abroad and for myself, I only add, that I
never had reason to regret the mistake that
led to such unexpected consequences.—
Chambers's Journal.
lt is no politeness which induces a man
to give the road to a dog, especially if the
latter shows the signs of hydrophobia.
A man iu the town of Cape Elizabeth,
State of Maine, a few days since turned his
only daughter out of his fiopses for non
payment of he having some dozen ten
ements to let hosides. - .
Brigham Y'oung has “counselled” all
the faithful of Mormon City to shoot down
any “Gentile" seen walking with a Mormon
female.
Dimes.
Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals.
A choice selection of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
PATENT MEDICINES
and TRUSSES,
LANDED ebom new vouk.
Apothecar.e-5, Planters, and tradi re from the interi
or, can lie supplied at the shortest notice,
1 cau warrant every article as being pure.
A large quantity of European LEECHES, finest
quality.
All the Patent Medicines extant on hand.
One hundred cases Jacobs' Dysenteric Cordial.
ALL WILL BE SOLD LOW FO CASH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
ATAPOTUE CARIES* HALL,
Corner Broughton and Barnard streets.
N, ft—Fresh Garden Seeds.
W. M. WALSH,
~THON. W. HHOOItS
MANUFACTURER OK
furniture and ceneral
UPHOLSTERY, i
33* Dock Street, PhiUdtluhK, Pa.
All GftftEßS seat by Mali promyriy at.
HMwm..
The Savannah National Bank
IS HOW
PREPARED FOR BUSINESS,
at thr
BANKING HOUSE, IN THE EXCHANGE.
Deposits and Paper for Collection received.
Bills on Northern Cities purchased.
Checks on New York furnished.
L. C. NOBVELL,
x President.
JACOB SPIVEY,
Cashier.
IUIIOTOBI :
L. C. Norvkll, I Fbahois Sorrrll,
Noiilk A. Harkrk, I J. *V. Lathrop,
itouRRT Erwin.
HENRY S. FITCH,
_ Notary and Solicitor.
Savannah, 25th Jane, 1565.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, I
Omcs or Comptroller or tuk Ccrkrncy, >
Washington, June loth, 1865. j
W uKRRAB, By satisfactory evidence presented to the
undersigned, it has been made to appear that “Th*
Savahhau National Bank," in the City of Savannah,
in the County of Chatham, and State of Georgia, has
been duly organized under and according to the re
quirements of the Act of Congress entitled “ An Act
to provide a National Cnrrency, secured by a pledge of
United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation
and redemption thereof," approved June 3, 1864, and
has complied with ail the provisions or said Act re
quired to be coibpliod with before commencing the
business of Banking under said Act:
Now, therefore, 1, Freeman Clarke, Comptroller of
the Currency, do hereby certify that “Tua Savannah
National Bank," in the City of Savannah, in the
County of Chatham, and State of Georgia, is author
tied to commence the business of Banking under the
Act Aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, witness m3’ hand and seal of
office, this 10th day of June, ISO? f
rvnVK-i . Fit BKM AN CLARKK.
A ju2u" ,K) 2mos Com P ,roller °f the Currency.
QUOTATIONS
For Southern Bank Notes.
banking house
or
MANNING & DE FOREST,
19 WALL STREET, NEW YORK.
VIRGINIA,
Bank of Berkeley BAT *'
“ Commerce, Fredc'ruiubunt'go
F* ,a r | e» ,on . Charleston...... 5
the Commonwealth '
“ Howardsville 1?,
“ Old Dombiion .' "''"X
“ Philippi
“ Rockbridge }"
“ Rockingham
ScottsvUle “‘"'X
“ the Valley
“ Virginia
“ Winchester.... * 8 P
Central Bunk of Virginia
Corporation of Alexandria'.’.! • • "X
Danville Bank, Dnnvllle..
Exchange Hank of Va„ Norfolk. .".'.I X
Farmers' Bank of Fincastle ... ? '
“ “ Richmond..' V X
Traders'Bank, Ktchmond . :;;.'.';;;;;; '";;;;;^
WORTH CAROLINA.
Hank of Cape Fc5r.......
“ Charlotte ?•.. .80
“ Clarendon
" Commeice
“ Fayetteville.......
“ Lexington..,
“ North Carolina.... 'X
“ Wadesborough. . ; n
“ Washington if
“ Wilmington
“ YanccvUle
Commercial Bank, Wilmington.'. X
Farmers Bankol North Carolina. f.
Merchants' Bunk, Newbera.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Bank of Camden
“ Charleston ~..10
“ Chester ' 1*
“ Geoigctown .15
“ Hamburg
“ Newbury. '• -1*
“ South Carolina. J®
“ State of South Carolina ' iff
Commercial Bank. Columbia. V.
Exchange •> >. It
Farmers’and Exchange lc
Merchants', Chcraw.. *
People's Bank., *
Planters' 1 . ..80
State Bank ..20
Uuiou Bank ’ * J®
ffif August. Company. IS
M Athens * ...14
“ Columbus *.'!*.* .^0
* Commerce ’!** —•
u Fulton
“ Empire State }!>
“ Middle Georgia *
“ Savannah
Bank of state of Georgia.. *’ V If
CH^^fX^" I '' ■■■■>■“%■
Farmers’ and Mechanics.. .|" ’ ’ iff
Sa^e/urik 0 " 1
Mechanics’ Bank f”
Merchants' “ .... 1”
Merchants end Planters' Bank '
Planters’Bauk
Timber Cutters' Bank; ft
Union >% ~r
ALABAMA.
Uankuf M0bi1e....,
“ Montgomery fr
“ Selma .....' '*<•«?
Commercial Bank !
Central “
Eastern Bank
Northern '» "•"*< 311
Southern “ \ ; 25
TENNESSEE,
Bank of Chattanooga
“ Memphis is
Middle Tennessee S e
Tennessee
“ West Tennessee.,,. . is
City Bank of Nashville n?
Commercial Bank if.
Merchants' “
Ococe ••
Planters’ “
Southern •• if
Skelbyville “
Traders' “
•nion «
LOUISIANA.
Bonk of America .".
“ Louisiana
“ New Orleans
Canal Bank *®
Citizens'Hank Iff
Crescent City
Louisiana State Bauk
Mechanics’ and Traders' Bauk V.'.* ’’'
Southern •*
Union ' •»
New Orleans City Scrip i 90
STATE BONDS AND COUPONS.
N r^?li^ DdS ’“ and ST to on
S, Carolina “ •* ™
Georgia •* V..*75 to S*
Tennessee »• u .... n
MemphiaCity “ *• 7 2
Augosta, Ua. “ “ 6J
Savannah. jj 5
City of Memphis Coupons
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Coupons si
The above Bonds are bought with Coupons included
from July, 18(11.
Those quotations are liable to fluctuate, and cannot
be relied on for any length of time.
The Notes must be of the issue before the war, and
not torn.
We pay the above rates in United States Legal Ten
der Notes, or in Gold- Coin at market rates, if desired i
by parties. Packages ot notes can be sent by Express
withmatrucUoM. RemittancesmadSpcoin^u^
PRICE. 5 CENTS
FINANCIAL.
EINST&LSi,. .
ROSENFELD
& Cos.,
Bankers’,
LTo. 8 Broad Street,
Vkw Yfcu.
Wc draw at si 0 . >, and at sixty days, 3
on London^. Paris, Frankfort, and all
other principal cities of Europe. -
Parties oprijag current accounts, may
deposit and draw- at their convenience,
the same as with the City Banks, and
will be allowed interest on all balances
over One Thousand Dollars, at the rate
of four per cent, per annum. Orders
for the purchase or sale of various issues
of Government and other Stocks, Bonds,
and Gold, executed on Commission.
Manning- & I)e Forest,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
Wo. 19 Wall Street, New York,
Dealers iu
Gold, Silver, Foreign Exchange
and Government Securities. «
fYK special attention to the purchase and*sale o
Jj Virginia, iv'orth Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia Alabama, New Orleans and Tennessee Bank
notes. Southern States Bonds and Coupons, Railroad
Bonds and Coupons.
Interest ullowed on deposits. jyls-3m
INSURANCE^
insurance:
Authorized Capital--#10,400,000.
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO. are prepared to take
Marina Risks to any domestic or foreign port,
and Fire Risks in this .City in the following named
first class New York Companies
AT THE LOWEST RATES.
COLUMBIAN MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY 45,000,000
MORRIS FIRE AND INLAND INSUR
ANCE COMPANY... 5,000,1KK)
OMMKRCW FIREINSUR VNCE COMP’Y.. 2oil,imu
STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMP’Y.. 200,000
Office in Jones' Block, cor. lisy and Abercorn sts.
Branch Office, corner Drayton and Bryan streets.
ante ts
THE
Underwriters’ Agency
Os New York,
CASH ASSETS,
Three Million Dollars,
ISSUE POLICIES OF
Fire & Marine Insurance
Made payable in GOLD or CURRENCY.
Negotiable and Bankable
CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE -
AU ISSUED BY THIS ASSOCIATION.
J. T. THOMAS & CO.,
anll-eodltn IU Bay strreet.
IS l OUIt LIFE INSURED ?
tTMIIS is nn important question for every man and
JL important also for every wife and mother, as it
affects their future welfare.
BEE TO IT AT ONCE. DO NOT DELAY.
The “Knickerbocker Life InShrauce” of New York
will iusnre you at the usual rates iu auy sum from SIOO,
tto.ooo. They also issue the fivorite TEN YEAR
NON-FORFEITURE Policies and will after two years
payment give a fall paid up Policy for Two Tenths the
whole sum, and Three Years Three Tenths, and so
oil Thus a Policy of s‘lo,ooo. Two Premiums paid
upon it will be entitled to a paid UJ> 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 InsuranceCa,
jn27 Bay st., Savannah, Ga.
THE NEW DUG LAND MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
O P BOSTON.
PURELY MUTUAL.
THIS is one of the oldest and best Companies in
America.
Policies ou Lives for any amount np to $15,000 are
taken by them.
The Policies of those Companies were not cancelled
during the war null! heard from—a fact Which shews
their dealing and determination to be just and honor
able In ali cases. Apply to
. jn27 A. WILBUR. AireuL
~ Notice.
OFFICE PROVOST MARSHAL,
Seu-Diaraicr ox OoKEciutu,
Savannah, Ga„ August 17, ISUS.
On and after this date all Drinking or Billiard Sa
ouua and Grocery Stores or other places where
liquors are sold, will be closed at 10 o'clock pm!
aud on Sundays dosed at all hours. Tb(i
proprietor will be held responsible for the'fulfill
ment of thiß order, any violation of which will be
summarily dead with.
By command of
Bvt Brig. Gefi. E. P. DAVIS,
BAMUEL COWDItY,
. _ Capt. and Prqvost Marshal.
aals-7 Sub-District of ogeechee.
NOTICE.
OFFICE COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE 1
. Savannah, Ga., August.lst, isos. /
Sealed proposals to furnish this post with su thou
sand pounds ol Fresh Beef per week, for three mouths,
commencing September Ist, aud ending December Ist.
Isbs, will be received at this Otllce until Tuesday,' Au
gust 16th, 1865, at 12 o'clock noon, when they will he
opened in public.
The Beet u> be fnrnishqc) on days so-be designated
hy the Commissary, and to be of good and marketable
quality—dressed in equal proportion us fore aud hind
quarters, excluding necks, shanks and kidney tallow.
Persons submitting proposals will state the avenge
net weight, quulity, Ac., of the Beef they propose to
furnish.
Proposals wifi be subject to the approval of the Com
missary General of Subsistence.
HENKYR. SIBLEY,
aul-tla , Capt. aud C. S. U. Voto.
CIDER "BRAND yT~*
5 AAA GALLONS, from one to live years old.—
.UW Samples of each sent by Express, witb list
of prices. Also, in cases of ono aud two doxen each.
H. S. CONNOVEfo Distiller,
aulo-lm r reehold, N. J.
HEADERS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHKsT"
Savannah, Ga., August 10, 1865.
Genual Orders, 1
No. 24. / , -
Capt. Clark 11. Hcmick, MS U. S. C. TANARUS, is hereby
announced as Acting Assistant Inspector General at
Sub- District of Ogeechee. 01
Be will be obeyed and respected aaeordlngty.
By command of *
WA H. A. A. jß**
