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The Savannah Daily Herald.
BY S. W. MASON &. CCK
\ Ml KL W. MASON Kdltor.
V. T. THOMPSON, A.wcUt' Editor.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, !*»•>_
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Comkctioss.—’The reader is requested to
make the following corrections in the edito
rial article in our yesterday's edition headed
“ Edinburgh Review and Blackwood's Maya-
Ilf :
Seventh paragraph from the top, twelfth
line, for resemblance read semblance.
Eighth paragraph, for Twinbumes Atlantis
in Calcedon read Swinburne's Atlantis in Cal
cedon.
Tenth paragraph, first and second lines,
for Munio’s /. acretius read Muni o's Zncretius.
Convention Between the United States
and the United States op Columbia. —The
convention between the United States of
America and the United States of Columbia,
uupplemental to that of September 10, 1857,
lias just been proclaimed. It extends for
nine months, the joint commission heretofore
appointed for the examination and adjust
ment of such claims as were presented but
not heretofore settled.
A letter from Mexico City says . ’ ‘Among
those here are Gapt. Maury, Gen. Stevens,
late Chief of Staff to Gen. Lee; Col. An
drews, formerly on the staff of Stonewall
Jackson, and Capt. Beauregard. Pierre Soule
aad Gen. Cha». P. Stone are also here. What
with Northerners and Southerners conjoined,
vhere is getting tc be a strong American ele
ment in Mexico.”
Tut Tunnkssee Election. —The Memphis
Commercial gives the result of the recent
election for members of Congress in Ten
nessee as follows:
Dists.—l. N. G. Taylor, radically inclined.
2. Asa Falkner, “conservative.'*
:i. D. B. Thomas “conservative.”
4 Edward Cooper, radically inclined.
5, Horace Maynard, radical,
ti. W. B. Campbell, “conservative,"
7. Colonel Hawkins, radical.
k. D. Leftwich, “conservative.”
The Commercial acknowledges a “fear
that the results of the recent harmonious
election will not be felt by us as the last step
towards a restoration of tne complete auth
ority aud power of the people. And, too,
-we might add, Governor Brownlow, it is
stated, has expressed a determination to
furnish certificates to none others than those
•elected of his own stripe.
The cost of living seems to be as high in
the West as in the East. The price of board
ing in the first-class hotels in St. Joseph, Mo.,
is S2O per week, and $4 per day; in private
boarding houses and families $8 to 10 per
week, washing extra, and the new “ Pattee
Female College” proposes charging pupils
$6.25 per week for board.
Cupid is busy among the coloicd popula
tion of Tennessee. The Shelbyville Union
of the sth of August says The clerk of our
county court issued during the month of July
422 marriage licenses. The number issued
to white persons. 1C; to colored, 400 He
issued as high as 106 in one day. Is there a
county in this Slate that can beat this ?
Gov. Pierpont has authorized the publica
tion of a report of a mineralogicul investiga
tion ot Virginia by Dr. Grant, who avers mat
gold exists in the State in large quantities,
and that the development of its mineral
wealth, which he contends is great, has been
grossly neglected.
It is estimated that the expense of taking
care of the “freedmen" by the Government
amounts to not less than eighty thousand
dollars a day, with a probability of its largely
overrunning that figure
General Fremont, at the head of a compa
ny of Eastern men, is about to purchase an
extensive tract of mineral lands in Missouri;
with the view of erecting an establishment in
St. Louis for the manufacture of railroad
iron.
The Veteran Reserve Corpg, which now
numbers about twenty-four regiments, Uto
b* - consolidated into six regiments, which
w ill have the effect of throwing a large num
ber of officers out of service.
I he supscription opened by the Phare dt la
l Are, lor a gold medal to be offered to the
■» ,dow of the late President of the United
btates, has already amounted to 27,4171.
Hon. Samuel Hooper is reported to have
’>v<-n %&(),ogo endowment to the Mining De
partment of Harvard College.
Iwo hundred families from the British
havfc BelUe ‘ J in Lowell, Mass.,
within a month.
n & hat » Northern firm hag leased
U,wrl \ last'd, and will prepare it
S' ' “>*nng the coming year
NEW ENSUED CORRESPONDENCE.
lion. A. 11. Stephens at Fort Warrm—lhe Po
litical Situation in .Yen' FngLmd—Anxiety of
the Radicals—Lirety Scrabble for Seats in the
Boston Custom House—Both Parties Claiming
President Johnson and Promising to Sufi/'Ort
Him—The Muddle in Massachusetts Politics
Maine Law and Ant -Maine Law—Central
ButUr—You Cant TtU which IVay uMm is
Looking when he is Cross Eyed—Soldiers
Receptions, A-c, Arc., Arc.
Boston, Aug. 23, 1805.
To the Savannah Herald :
Various rumors, more or less absurd, have
been published recently about tbs distin
guished Georgian who is spending the "heat
ed term ” at a cool retreat called Fort War
ren, in Boston Harbor. Mr. Stephens, whom
’many Northern men choose to remember as
a friend of the Uuion, opposing the violent
counsels of the original secessionists, before
the actual commencement of hostilities, is
one of the few prisoners still remaining in
Fort Warren, where the only other prisoner
| of note is Mr. Reagan, late rejoicing in the
j position of Postmaster General of the South
ern Confederacy. Mr. Stephens is enjoying
his usual health, which all who are personal
ly acquainted with him know is not very
good. He has recently expressed himself as
pleased with the salubrious air ot what he
pleasantly termed his "watering place,” and
be baa had no occasion or inclination to com
plain of the treatment he receives—which
has been uniformly kind and considerate.
His quarters are in a casemate, the Door of
which is some six feet below the level of the
parade ground, but which is amply lighted
and ventillattd by windows facing the same.
He has a spacious room, of the same kind of
some now occupied by officers of the garri
son. Indeed, some officers were removed
from the very room in which he is now quar
tered because it was considered more eligible
than others. The casemates are made of
heavy granite blocks, and therefore some
times so damp and cool, even in summer, as
to make a lire desirable. When Air.
Stephens calls for a fire he has it fur
nished to him as promptly as though
he had lodgings at the Revere Housy. He
is at liberty to walk and lounge on . the par
apet all day, if he chooses, with the excep
tion of one hour, during which Mr. Reagan
takes his daily walk. He converses freely
with the commissioned officers of the garri
son, but is not allowed to talk with private
soldiers or curious visitors. Mr. Stephens
has expressed no desire, and probably has
no inclination, to cater to the idlo curiosiiy
of the numerous visitors at the Fort. He
has much to employ his time at his quarters.
He has books, newspapers, and magazines,
without stint, and an unlimited supply of
pens, ink and paper. He writes a great
deal every day. Some have suspected that
lie was preparing a historical work on the
rebellion from his peculiar stand-point, but
nothing certain is publicly known upon this
topic. He is cheerful and confident in re
gard to his own particular case. He looks
forward to no severe punishment, and lias
no reason to anticipate, for himself or the
South, any vindictive action of the Govern
ment. That he is anxious to see the end
ot his prison life no one who knows his ac
tive temperament will doubt; and when re
leased his first duty will be clear to him, to
aid in the reconstruction of the “Empire
State of the South" in which all bis hopes
and bis pride centre. Georgians may rest
assured that their “ first citizen” is not en
during privations or hardships beyond those
necessarily connected with lawful restraint;
that bis health is not suffering, for the lack
of light, air or exercise; and that his mind
is as clear, as active, and as logical as when lie
combatted, with bis best efforts, the idea ot
secession. One of these days, I doubt not,
be will give a good account of himself on the
side ot the Union, the Constitution and the
Laws.
There has been considerable activity in the
political world hereabout of late. The radi
cals cannot avoid giving President Johnson
a “sly dig" occasionally, but they flare up in
a moment, If the Democracy find anything
in “Handy Andy” to admire or approve
The radical wing of the Republican party is
really the beet representative of “the dog in
the manger,” that politics have afforded us
•n this generation. They denounce a9 “Cop
perheads” all the Democrats who do not ac
knowledge that the Administration is the
wisest and the best ever known, but if the
9ame Democrats have a word to say in favor
of the President’s reconstruction policy, or
promising him support in the same, the radi
cals at once become suspicious, anxious,
argumentative and abusive. This was exem
plified within a few day 9 by the comments on
the piattorm of the Maine Democracy, as
constructed at the State Convention. The
resolutions complimented President John
son, and his reconstruction measures, aod
promised him lhe support of the Democrats
of Maine. They also advocated the right of
the several States to settle for tbems.lves
the question of who shall vote therein. Con
servative Republicans said that the resolu
tions were in good taste, and that, with the
exception of one, the resolutions were such
as could he endorsed by all loyal men But
the radicals are suspicious to find Democrats
j saying anything in favor of the President,
and they pitch in. The radicals are really
on the anxious seat. Those who want to
carry out certain principles, without regard
to the compact of the constitution, are fear
ful that President Johusou will find it more
expedient to follow the constitution when
ever it can be followed. Those who want
offices are getting to be frightened about
their chances. The ‘ las’ are anxious to
stay in, and the “outs” are eager to get in
out of the cold. We have Just had a nice
little scrabble over some comfoitably padded
seats in the Custom House, down at the foot
ot State street.
The occupants of these easy arm-chairs
were well satisfied with the way things were
going on. and asked for no change; but sun
dry patriots appeared who could show good
reasons for rotation. The Prestdent seemed
Inclined to “rotate,” but who were to.fill the
places ? The mercantile interests of Boston
asked that Mr. McLellan, late 2d As
sistant Postmaster General, be made Col
lector Mr. Goucb, representative in Con
gress from Massachusetts, presented his
claims. He found that his cons tituency
had enough of him, and ao be thought it ex
pedient to “hedge ' a little. But the flutter
Is over, the long agony is through, and Han
nibal Hamlin, of Hampden, Me , whose
home Is two hundred and fifty milts from
the Doric building on State street, is the
happy mau. There were aound political
reasons tar giving the place to Hainlia. It
give* him an easy chair, shuts his month,
and knocks over a nice little quarrel in the
party in Maine. Mr. Hamlin is no business
man, but he is a very adroit wire-puller, and
such men must be satisfied. Air. Goucli,
who wanted to tie Collector, is made Naval
Officer, and Major General Underwood, for
merly a young aud risiug lawyer in Boston, 1
and lor the last four years a rising officer in
the army, is rewarded with tlife Surveyor
ship. Mr. Goodrich, Mr. Tuck »nd Dr.
Phelps will vacate theseeasy chairs on Sep
tember Ist, and the new incumbents will
take them. What shall be done for the old?
Some places must be made for them among
the tax gatherers.
I don't know as this political gossip will
interest you, but it is a part of the current
history of New England radicalism, which
is to have an important hearing upon the
next political contest throughout the country.
The Maine Republicans have declared in
favor of negro suffrage, and also express con
dence in President Johnson. It is amusing
to one not feeling the influence of
party prejudice to see the Iso parties
scuffling to see which shall be first at the
feet of ihe same nr,an. Verily Andy Johnson
is in an enviable situation. I remember a
picture which represented a bashful young
man between two brazen-faced, “anxious
and aimless" females, who were pulling him
in opposite directions, each vowing that he
belonged exclusively to her. Put Andy in
the place of that young man, aud let the two
parties represent the females, and you have
the idea at ouce. 1 wonder if he ever sings
“How happy could I be with either,
Were t'other dear charmer away.’
Or I might borrow another illustration—
that of the two women who disputed the
ownership of a child betore Solomon. Whose
baby is Andy Johuaon i Or js he an orphan ?
The political situation iu Massachusetts is
rather mixed. We are liable to have two,
three or four parties in the uext election.—
The advocates of the Prohibitory Liquor Law
will try to put into the Republican platform
one of their own planks. They are very
strong everywhere out ot Boston! and if they
succeed, it is believed that a great many lib
eral Republicans will bblt and take op any
other man. If tlie Prohibitories fail to en
graft their principles into the Republican
resolutions, it is believed that they' w ill bolt
and run a regular “gimlet and dipper" can
didate. Besides, the workingmen threaten
to run a candidate of their own unless they
are satisfied by ussurances that hereafter
every piiß-pot in the Commonwealth shall
hold a quart. Hon A. H. Bullock, of Wor
cester, will be the Republican candidate,
without a doubt. General Butier has been
urged by numerous friends, but he has no
chance unless he works in qs a Maine Law
candidate or an Anti-Maine Law candidate—
it matters little which, I suppose. Governor
Andrew has been invited to accept the
Presidency of Antioch College, but whether
he sees a "mission" in that direction, I don't
know. He is one of the most radical of radi
cals, but he is honest and truly democratic,
and on the whole his administration ot the
ass airs of the old Commonwealth through the
five eventful years last passed has been very
popular.
Our soldiers are gradually eoming home
and resuming their places lu industrial pur
suits ; the Ist artillery arrived last—some
tour hundred men.
Soldiers' receptions are in vogue through
out the Commonwealth. Etch city and
town receives ils bronzed veterans en masse.
The reception in Charlestown yesterday was
quite imposiug. The Bunker Iliii city, with a
I opuiation of only’ 25,000, lias furnished four
thousand men for 'he army and navy; but
tnauy of them were not residents; and if
you should count noses, you would find
many Blue Noses among them. lota.
Re parts of Southern Cruelties.
Our doubts, says the New York Commer
cial, in regard to the reported cruelties per
petrated upon North Carolina blacks ap
pear to be verified. Tlie official communi
cations irom the Mayor and Sheriff of Fay
etteville explain, if they do not refute, the
statements previously published that negroes
have been murdered and brutally treated in
that locality. As an exposition of the origi
nal story, the statements are a sort of a gloss
upon Munchausen.
Too much objection cannot be made to
the persistent attempts iu certain quarters to
make it appear that all the Southerners are
lawless, ungovernable, and rife for another
revolution.
The Richmond Republic, which is really a
Northern Journal holding the most extreme
anti-slavery sentiments, fins the following to
say upon this subject in its issue of yester
day :
Tbeie is n class of Northern joursuls, small
in number, but having unusual opportunities
of mischiel, which is doing great harm to the
South. 'At a time when our people are
auxiousto buiy the past in oblivion, when
they are seeking to put a favorable con
struction upon all public acts, when they are
desirous to believe that the Government is
their friend and not their enemy, when their
last hope of earthly happiness is involved in
a laithful and uniform adherence to the
solemn obligations of allegiance they have
assumed, there are journals in the North
which, impudently assuming to be represen
tatives of a section, with whose interests
they have nothing iu common, and whose
sentiments they do not understand, are filled
with incendiary appeals to the angry pas
sions of the South, with malignant slanders
and misrepresentations of the Government,
with dark suggestions of the most horrid plots
of a portiou ot onr own population, iu a word,
with eveiything that can fan the flame of
discontent and apprehension, apd give us
over to madoess and despair. Is there no re
lief from such disastrous agencies of evil, in
flicted upon us by those who profess to be
our friends, but who are really laboring, un
intentionally, we trust, bat recklessly and in
perfect safety to themselves, to deprive us
even of hope ?
We invoke the people of the South to turn
a deaf ear to those Northern Journals which
seek to keep alive in the South a spirit of
hostility to the Government and to the North
ern people. We implOTe them to believe
tnat the Government is their friend ; that It
is seeking that prosperity and happiness of
the people with which Its own success is
Identified; that its greatest glory and ambi
tion are the restoration of the former happi
ness and good undemanding of all sections
of a common country. Let us judge of the
future by the past. Have the miserable ap
prehensions we entertained of cruel treat
ment in the event of the failure of the Con
federacy been realized ?
Dn the contrary, has not the United States
Government exhibited to the people a de
gree of moderation and clemency which is
in brilliant contrast to the “w» metis” that we
imagined waa inscribed upon their banners?
Have not the military representatives of the
Government commanded universal respect
1 lor the dignity, generosity and courtesy of
theirffeportnieut?' Has lint tlic Governor of
the NL'ommnuwtAhli, whose advent was
dreaded by thousands, reeuml not only the
respect and the confidence, but the adinira
tion and love of the whole people? And.
finally, has not t hat class which incendiaries
in the North are stigmatizing ns cruel sav
ages, plotting our destruction, proved itself
quiet, retpectful, sober, iiom the VtTV hour
of its emancipation ?
We invoke the Northern mischief-makers
to have mercy upon the South. If they are
our liiends, let them show it by promoting
confidence among the people both in the
Government and in each other. L»-t them
suppress, instead of publishing, every man
itestaiiou of ill will aud vindictiveness whicu
hot headed political and religious zealots,
who are not representatives of Northern
public opinion, may happen to utter.
ADDITIONAL NEWS ;BY THE PERSIA.
Tlie cholera is steadily marching West
ward. It was, according to the last report,
at Marseilles, and a week or two mote will
probably brim, it to England. A prevailing
belief exists that all external influences, such
as quarantine and similar regulations to shut
it out, are ineffectual. An influential paper,
in a seosible article on this subject, says:
“Whether cholera be epidemic, infeciou.-, or
contagious, we have almost ceased to inquire,
tor the simple reason that it is impossible to
keep out a pest which travels with the wind,
or is conveyed in a bit of cloth, a breath, or
a touch, but quite possible to reduce to a
minimum each man's chance of a serious at
tack, and each place's chance of u cte-truc
tive visitation.” The object of this exordium
is to show that cleanliness, good iood, and
regular habits, will secure » person or a place,
and where these are wanting there is no se
curity. Most of our towns” and cities will
compare favorably with those of the conti
nent: but even with us there is much to im
prove, and no time should be lost in making
the improvement as perfect as possible.
The cattle disease continues to absorb gen
eral interest in England. A short time ago
the belief was current that the disease was
incurable. This i» not correct. A gentleman
named Alavor has written to tlie London
Times to say that he has cured seven of thir
teen cows belonging to a person iu Muple
bone, and declares that, with proper atten
tion, half of the animals attacked may be
saved. Mr. Alavor expresses his willingness
to make a public exhibition of bis treatment,
ior which he seeks no remuneration, and
asks the proprietors of the Islington Cattle
Alarket to grant him oue of their sheds for
the purpose. Various other modes of exter
minating tlie disease are suggested, but the
best preventive is held to be inocculation,
which is generally practiced iu the colonies
of Australia, ihe Cape of Good Hope, and
elsewhere.
It is a remarkable fact that this disease
broke out alpiost simultaneously last year at
Natal, at tlie Cape of Good Hope, at New
South Wales, at Victoria, at South Australia.
Some writers attribute it to atmospheric
causes, which, like tlie cholera, penetrate
into districts hundreds and thousands of
miles apart, and is not propagated by conta
gion. Professor Syraond does not enti rtain
this view, and, in a speech or lecture deliv
ered by him on the Dili at Norwich, main
tains that most of the cattle imported into
England and Western Europe irom Russia
labor under tlie disease, and that by closing
our ports to Russian cattle we should take
the most effectual means ior shutting it out.
The King of Prussia seems determined to
try the temper of his people to tlie utmost.
He ha 9 made another experiment on public
patience which shows the lengths to which
lie is prepared to go iu putting down public
opinion among his subjects. Herr Classen
Kappelmanu, the President of tlie Cologne
Banquet Committee, has been arrested on
three charges—first, for summoning a public
meeting in the open air without the permis
sion ot the police; € second, for presiding
over the Banquet Committee, which the po
lice pronounced a political society ; and third,
that he has done all this without giving the
police information as to the constitution and
members of the Society ! This arrest has
made Herr Kappelmanu the hero of the day.
Wherever lie goes he is cheered, and tlie
very mention of ids name excites the warm
est enthusiasm.
BIGAMY EaTRSOKDINAS?
A Mui.li Maaiicil Gentleman in Ccurt~-
Uc Coniesies to Four IVivci, c(«.
Hiram Kenny, a rather ill-lookiug individ
ual who has lost lhe use of one eye, was ar
raigned betbre Judge Ledwith at the Jeffer
son Market police court yesterday, charged
with bigamy.
It is alleged that Kenny is blessed (?) with
four wives, all of whom are now in the land
of the living. From the affidavits made be
tore the magistrate it appears that on the lttth
day of August, 1850, he was united in the
holy bonds of wedlock to Miss Mary Louisa
Smith. The marriage was solemniz* dat the
parsonage attached to Thirteenth Street Me
thodist Episcopal Church, and the ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr. Beach, the
then pastor of the church.
He lived with this wife for four or five
years, and then lie abandoned her and uni
ted himself in marriage with a young woman
who now resides at Mount Pleasant, N. J.,
and who still is know as Mrs. Eliza Kenny,
his first and lawful wife still being alive.
In 1858. becoming tired of wife No. 2, he
set tortlr on his travels, and soon after mar
ried a young woruali in this city, whose name
and whereabouts have not yet been ascer
tained. He lived nearly two years with wife
No. S, the other wives haviug lost sight of
him. In due course of time he abandoned
No. 3, and on the lfith of November, 1864,
he was married to Emma Jane Depugb, at
present residing at No. 324 Ninth avenue.—
This marriage was celebrated also at tbe
Tbirlietb Street Methodist Episcopal Church
and the ceremony was performed by Rever
end J. B. Hagauy, tbe pastor. None of bis
‘former wives having died, he now enjoys the
questionable luxury of four living wives,
none of whom, however, are about laying
claim to his name or estate. The complaint
of bigamy is made by the fourth woman
whom lie deceived, and wlio makes an af
fidavit that he was married to the accused,
aastated above. The fir.-t and only lawful
wife of the prisoner having lollowed tbe ex
ample set by her recreant husband, and
taken unto herself another partner, has ren
dered herself incompetent as either a com
plaiuant or witness, and in her absence,
however, the first marriage is proved by an
affidavit made by Eleanor E. C. Roan, of
435 West Thirty-second street, who was
present at the ceremony, and was a sub
scribing witness thereto.
Kennedy was arrested by Officer McDer
mott, of the Twentieth precinct, and when
confronted with i woof his wives—second aud
fourth—he admitted that lie had been mar
ried to both of them as well as to two other
women. On being arraigned before the
magistrate he denied h|s guilt, aud staled
that ho had no recollection of marrying so
many women, and, it he had done so, lie
must have been intoxicated at 4be time.
Judge Ledwitn committed him for trial in
default of $1,500 bail. He stated thui he
was only twenty-seven years of age, was
bom in this city, was a painter by occupation
and resided at 392 West Twenty seventh
street. The statement of his age is no doubt
false as be was married in 1850, and accus
ing to bis statement he must then have been
but twelve years of age at that time.
A few days ago, a colored man employed
in a ship-yard iu New Haven, rendered him
self obnoxious to a soldier at the camp by
jeering at some trifling situation or predica
ment m which said soldier happened to find
himself. Shortly afterwards a file of soldiers
wsut ovet to the ship-yard, which is iu the
vicinity of the camp, and gave warning that
the colored man must not work there nnv
more; and it is said hefis so intimidated that
up to this time he has not dared to resume
labor.
Gold mining is now being revived in Flu
viana and Buckingham counties, Va., on a
large Beale. Mr. Grant is working twenty
five hands in Fluviaua county, using five
rockers apd obtaining an average of from
tiity to sixty pennyweights of fine gold a day.
Oil Summary.—The Pittsburg Pa. Oil
News rep<*ts more sirik -s in Pennsylvania
—a 40 barrel well on Cherry Run : too bar
rel well rat Dulrell Plats; 75 barrel we ll on
French Creek ; smaller one on Sugar Creek ;
a 300 and aSO at Uortseville*; 200 barrel well
at Blood tarnt. Tuere are already lour towns
on Pit Hole, nc ; ther of them over six weeks
old. Typhoid mingles with petroleum fever
at Petroleum Centre. The yield of oil on
Buckman aud McClintock farms has lately
increased 150 barrels per day. There is great
excitemeut on Bennehoff iarra aud land is as
high as at Pit Hole. ‘The “Petroleum
House," buiit at Pit Hole iu one month, hi s
been sold for §22,000. Green county wells
are producing 20 to 40 barrels each daily.—
There are retail groceries in Franklin that do
a business of $2,000 per day. The refinery
at Aleadviile has a capacity for refining forty
four thousand gallons weekly; lias tanking
for one hundred and sixty thousand gallons,
and two agitators, each holding twenty
thnusandjgallons. The works cost SIOO,OOO
Tite three hanks in Oil City do an aggregate
daily business of half a million. Over 40,000
barrels of oil are accumulated at the wells of
theU. 8. Petroleum Company i t Pit Hole.
Oil has been struck at Gallipoli?, Ohio, at
the depth of 250 feet. A well at Vermillion,
Erie county, yields eight barrels in twelve
hours. A well in Aliddleport, Aleigs county,
yields eighty barrels per week. The finest
lubricating oil is pumped from a well iu
Frederick, Trumbull county, and sells for
S4O per barrel in the neighborhood. Boring
is going on in various places, but no great
results are reported.
Discoveries of oil in the Copper Creek and
Kickupoo river regions are recorded, and great
excitement exists in the locality. There is
no abatement of oil fever in Crawford coun
ty. New discoveries are made almost daily.
A great discovery is reported near Denver
in Colorado. The’Denver Gazette says “an
extensive area ot land, covering an extent of
over 1300 acres, is literally saturated with
the crude petroleum. One gentleman as
sures us that the clay can be taken in the
hand and the oil wiungfrornit like a sponge.
Another tells us that iu a trench dug about
four feet square the oil wns perceived oozing
out from numberless orifices." That will
do. We shall hear next that it is only nec
essary to tap the trees to secure a steady
flow of “ile.”
In Canada there is much activity, and va
rious wells are yielding small amounts. Ti e
“Pepper Weil” at Bothwell, opened by a
Boston company, is giving fifty barrels per
day. Oil engines are arriving at Bothwell
at the rate of five a day.
The Philadelphia North American states
that the exports from all our Atlantic ports
up to the middle of July were over thirteen
aud a quarter million gallous ; more than
twice aud a half their amount for the 9ame
time last year, though less by over five mil
lion gallons than ior tlie same period in
18C3, which was the great year for petro
leuin.
Cooper River Plantations.
Tbe rice lands on tue eastern and western
branches of the Cooper River, for many years
bciore the war, were held at very high prices,
aud they were seldom offered in the market
unless the owner was compelled to sell to
get clear of financial embarrssment. This
was not so much owing to their money
value as an investment, winch was but small,
but from their having been possessed by tbe
forefather of the present owner lor several
generations, aud from the proximity of the
rice fields to the city. The lauds on this
river are considered "very fertile, and when
ever tlie rains have been sufficient to freshen
the stream, the yield of rice lias always been
heavy. For some years previous to the late
troubles tbe crops failed for nearly . every
other year ; but since the war, the rains and
seasons haviug been suitable, the crops have
been regular aud good. A successful year
on tbe river will give a yield equal to about
j twenty-five'thousand tierces of rice, which
at present prices would bring one million five
huudred thousand dollars. These are great
results produced from the river front of a
small stream of water, but it affords an in
stance of tbe great agricultural wealth of the
South, when managed by skill and expe
rience. We regret to say, however, that for
the present at least, the valuable products
lof these lands will be lost to the country,
| and that for the crop now growing we may
I expect the most indifferent results. Weaie
| informed that ihe demoralization among the
| negroes on this river has been of such a
j nature as to prevent them from producing
| much more than will be sufficient for their
j sustenance, and some planters think that the
! crop lor market will not equal one thousand
! tierces. This has not been from any fault of
tlie weather, but from an indisposssion to
work on the part of the laborers—the grass,'
in most cases, taking possession of the crop.
This is truly a sad state of things, and if
remedial measures can be applied, they
should be used without delay.— Charleston
-Veres.
Mississippi Intelligence—Tlie Result of
tbe Election—t'limuelcr of the Dele*
gates.
If it be true that coming events csst their
shadows before, we think we may safelv pre
dict, from the returns already received, that
a very decided majority of the Convention
will be disposed to ignore quibbling, and
ready to meet tbe great issue of tbe hour like
men of sense and candor. We have arrived
at this conclusion, as much from a knowl
edge of the names of the successful candi
dates in the several counties, as Irom any
published platforms or addresses.
The vote throughout the State is very re
spectable, under the circumstances. In many
places the people had but a short time in
which to qualify. There are comparatively
few, however, that have not taken the am
nesty oath; and the number is very small
that do not intend observing it in good faith.
There were doubtless some who, having
qualified, declined to vote. They wished to
have neither part nor lot in the matter. Their
political nerves were too delicate for so near
an approach to tbe ballot box. We do not
question their motives, or judge of their con
scientious scruples; but we regard it the
solemn duty of every citizen in this trying
hour to act, and not by sullen indifference,
stand idly by while breakers surround tbe
ship of State and threaten her destruction.
Enough of her citizens, however, have come
to tbe rescue, and ere many months Missis
sippi will find herself in position to demand
and maintain all those rights not lost by the
revolution. —Jackson Mississi/yuan.
A regiment of colored soldiers was paid off
at Louisville last week. That night a party
of colored damsels visited them, nnd haviug
supplied themselves with chloroform, they
succeeded iu robbing quite a number of the
sable heroes before mornlDg.
At Ada and Lyons, Mich., Mr. Van Auken
is extensively engaged in growing pepper
mint for distillation. He has nearly two
hundred acres growing in the two counties.
This is an easily grown and highly remu
nerative product, giving lour crops from one
planting of roots. The one hundred acres
devoted to this crop last year gave a net
profit of five thousand dollars.
Dr. Lancaster, one of the metropolitan
coroners, makes the appalling statement that
there are 12,000 mothers in London—in the
capital of “the most religious country upon
the earth"—who have murdered their own
children. Infanticide,factual, wilful child
murder—is terribly frequent in England.
To avoid the exposure and identity of
person, the ladies at Newport have introduc
ed the fashion of wearing masks in the wa
ter. These are made of thin white cotton
cloth, fining tightly to the face, with places
cut for the mouth and eyes. The disguise is
perfect.
The formal recognition of Prince Allied of
England as heir to the Duchy of Saxe-Co
burg took place at the capital of that State
op tbe 6th of August, beiug ,he twenty-first
anniversary of ins birthday
Murder Upon Murder.
A horrible sequel had followed the uiur
cer of three children in London, as re
ported by the steamer. The murderer, af
l. i committing the deed in London, proceed
to Ramsgate and there killed bis wife and
daughter, from whom he had been parted
for several years.
THE FIRST CRIME.
William Forward, the monster accused of
tlie terrible crimes, has for some years made
his living as a billiard sharper, under the
name ol Southey. He had been separated
from his wife for some time, and had been
leading a disreputable life, maintaining all
tbe time an illicit intercourse with a married
woman named White. They were her three
children he took to the Holborn coffee house
and poisoned, and it is said that he himself
was the father of them.
THR SECOND CRIME.
Early Hext morning Ramsgate was thrown
into a state ot intense excitement by a re
port that a man had committed a double
murder iu a dyer's house in King street. —
Unfortunately, upon inquiry, this rumor
proved only too tine. It apears that For
ward, who was formerly a banker in the
town, left Ramsgate some eight years ago,
leaving his wife and little girl behind him in
a state of almost destitution. From time to
time anonymous letters have been sent to
his wife, ‘ some ot which have contained
small sums of money. On Wednesday eve
ning Forward suddenly appeared in Rams
gate, and made his arrival known to bis
wife. He requested her to take a walk with
him, but she declined, giving as a reason
that as be had been away for some
years, he was a comparative stran
ger, and she did not like being seen
out in the evening with strangers. She then
invited him to go into tbe bou9e of a person
named Ellis, a dyer, residing in King street.
About twenty minutes past eight Forward
went to Ellis's house. Shortly before nine
Mr. Ellis went into bis workshop, and while
there his daughter told Forward and his wife
that it they had anything to say in private
they might go upstairs. They both went up
stairs, aud had not been there many minutes
before the daughter of Forward went up to
them. She had hardly got there when Air.
Ellis and his daughter were startled by two
rapid reports of a pistol, and on the’latter
rushing up stairs she arrived at the landing
just in time to see Forward's daughter fall
down dead, she having* been shot by the
prisoner. She then called out to liar father,
who immediately came in, and on rushing
up stairs he saw" Forward standing at the top
of the stairs, just in the sitting room. He
said, “ What have you done, Forward" and
seeing that he had a pistol in his hand he
called on him to give it to him, which he
did. Forward had a black mustache and
dark whiskers on. Ellis then saw the teet of
Forward's wife, and on looking over the table
lie saw her head, and that blood was oozing
therefrom. He told Fotward to sit down”
and he then perceived that lie had neither
mustache nor whiskers on. He asked For
ward where they were, and he replied that
they were under the grate. He looked there,
but could not find them, and Forward then
gave them to him. He then called out to
send for the police and a surgeon. Forward
added, “ Yes, send for a policeman." He
was then given into custody.
FORWARD AND LORD DUDLEY.
The murderer complains that a son of
Lord Dudley, who lost over a thousand
pounds with him at billiards, had refused to
pay him. He recently brought an action
against Lord Dudley for turning bis para
mour, Mrs. White, out nt his house, where
she had gone to dun him for the money. Af
ter his examination before the magistrates he
made the following strange and incoherent
statement, which sbems to show that he is
insane:
STRANGE STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER*
Poi,icb Station, Ramsgate, Aug. 10, ’65.
On Alonday, the 7th instant, I took three
children, whom I claim as mine by the
strongest ties, to the Star Coffee House, Hoi
bom. I felt for these children all the uffec
tion that a parent could feel. I had utterly
worn out and exhausted every power of
mind and body in my efforts to secure a
home and it future for those children, and
also other five persons who doubtless weie
dependent on me. I could struggle and bear
up no longer, for the last support had been
withdrawn from me. My sufferings were no
longer supportable.
Tlie last hope had perished by my bitter,
painful experience of our present iniquitous,
defective social justice. I shall be charged
with their murder—with their criminal mur
der in the truest and strongest sense of tbe
charge. I deny and repudiate that charge,
aud throw it back on the men who have by
their gross criminal neglect so brought about
tins sad and fearful crime. I charge back the
guilt of the crime on those high dignitaries
of the State, the Church and Justice who
have turned a deaf ear to my heart broken
appeals, who have refused fellow help in all
my lienzied efforts and exhausted struggles,
aud who have thereby impiously denied the
sacredness of humau life, tlie mutual depen
dence of man, and the fundamental and sa
cred principles on which our social system
itself is based. Foremost amoug these I
charge the Hon. Lord Dudley, tbe Bishop of
London, Sir Richard Alayne, Lord Palmer
ston, the Attorney General, Sir George Grey,
Mr. Gladstone, the Earl ot Shaftesbury, Lord
Ebury, Lord Townshend, Lord Richo, Sir E.
B. Lytton, Mr. Disraeli, Lord Lyttelton, Sir
John Packington, Lord Derby, Lord Stanley.
Sir Francis Crossley, the Bisbop of Bath and
Wells. Under all the terrible run of my life
I did the very best.
FUNERAL. INVITATIONS.
The friends and acquaintances of Miss ANN O’-
REILLY, Mrs O’Flynn Prendergast and the Rev. 0.
C. Prendergast. are respectfully Invited to attend the
funeral of the first named, from the residence of the
second, on Fahm street, next to Southeast comer In
dian and Fahm streets, This Afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mr». Robt
Balfore, are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral
of LENORA bURANA, their youngest child, from
their residence on York street between Barnard and
Whit ,ki r. This Afternoon at 4 o'clock.
HEADQ’RS SUB-DIST. OFOGEECHEB,)
Savannah, Go , Ang. 09,1995. f
Genpp.ii. Ordib, )
No. *C. I
Pursuant to Genera! Order No. 15, Headquarters
Dio trice of Savannah. Ist Division Department of
Georgia, the following Taxes will be collected to de
tray ihe necesaary expenses of lighting streets, clean
tag of city, <Sc.
I«t. Tax of three (3} per cent upon all Incomes of
six hundred (60. >; Collars or upwards from Heal Es
tate.
2d. Tax on all Sales of Liquor aa per General Order
No. is, from these Headquarters.
3d. Tax Oil all Traders. Dealers, Commission Mer
chants, and Shippers of one (ij per cent, on all sales
and commissions.
4th. These taxes will be paid monthly, commenc
ing on the 31st inst., to the 3ax Collector, ou account
iif sales and rents sworn to by psrties.
sth. All persons who have received Licenses with
out paying the license fee as specified in Geueral Or
der No 13, from ihese Headquarters, are hereby no
tified that their Licenses are revoked from tbie date,
and that new Licenses will be required before continu
ing their business.
otii. All persons coming under tbe provisions of this
order will report Immediately to Tax Collector and
register their names aud place of business, Ac. Any
person neglecting to comply with the requirements of
this order wlh be subject to a fine.
ftb. c»pt. Calvin U. Pike, 163d N. Y. Vole., la here
by announced as Tax Collector, City of Savannah. Be
will be obeyed and respected accordingly
By command of
Brv’t Brig. Gen. K. P. DA Via
Wa. H. Eolx A. A. a. O. an2B
Buy Your Claret
AND SHERRY WINES
—AT
TONICING’S,
IN REAR OF POST OFFICE, HILTON HEAD.
. »ng24 t s
Notice.
TSfClfr Connell. Stitt Regular Meeting on the
S'P^berwill elect aClerkand
snertff of the (Sty Court of Savannah for the present
nuexpired lent. The compensation consists of fees
Persons Intending to be candidate* for;the above offices
uereqnsMed to hand to their applications to then"
derslgued, with the names of the two aecurluee re
qulrea.
R T. GIBSON,
sngK'-Sleoc? Clerk of Council.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT!.
H KADQ UARTCR^73^^^os^™
Savannah, Ua., Aug. as. fses. f
General Order, i
No. 3. )
I. The death of Captain William Robertson Cos r
iroiu Uijuric., received h> u fall, w hereby anniiuuceu
to this command. ’ “
nl/ed m<irlH as “ *° lJier have been frequently recog.
He was Ist Lieutenant of Cos. A from the date of the
organization ol this Uckiui. m (in the tall of istr’i
until the surrender ot p 0! t Hudson, when tie was
promoted Captain. Ha lias tieeu in command of his
Company ever since. “ 1
Captain Robertson was originally Orderly Sergean’
In Capt. Baroque's Company, lath New Yorkbtofo
did “ u, y withttthree months
Since September ilth, 1362 (the date he joined this
regiment,l he followed the fortunes of the 173d and
participated with it. and the Army of the Gulf, In the
battles upon the Teche—the seige aud assault upon
Port Hudson—the 2d Teche campaign—Expedition
to Sabine Pass (all In 1863.) the Red River campaign
(Spring of 1864) participating iu each of the four hat.
ties therein. Sabine Crass Roads—Pleasant Hill
Cane River and Mansura.
In the expedition to Deep Bottom (Armv of the
James) July, 1864, aud in the Armv of the Sheuai
doab, in Sheridan's brilliant campaign, in that his
torical valley (Summer ami Kail of 1864.)
Through all these various scenes and campat -c
In the midst of many perils, he passed with afety o
eud his military career near the close of his ie..u of
service, In the city of Savannah (Leoartment of
Georgia,) and In a time of profound peace
11. His funeral will take place mtu lust.’. at3P M
under direction of Oapt. Cowdrey, who will command
the Escort, hull military honors will be pud bye >. r.
* * * * a a a'*
A copy of this will be forwarded for lmormauon of
his friends, and for publication iu the Brooklyn ne
pers, late the home of deceased.
By Command or
„ „ _ Colonel LEWIS hi. PECK.
M. Conway, Ist Lieut, aud Act. Ad’jt. au29-i
HEADQ'RS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHEK,
Savannah. Ga„ Augiat 2S, ls#f.
Grsznu Orders 1
No. ST. /
Hereafter no Commissioned Officers, enlisted men
or civilian, will be allowed to drive or ride lh“rlowed
through the streets of Savannah faster than a trot un
less on official buslnesa, and then the envelope will be
marked gallop.
The Provost Marshal is charged with the execution
of this order.
By command of
Brevet Brigadier General DAVIS.
W«. H. Folk. A. A. A. G. sneSS
Notice.
CAPT. CALVIN H. PIKE. Tax Collector, has his
office In the Exchange building, foot of Bull
street. Honrs from if a. m. until 3p. m. nti2»
NOTICE TO~STOCKHOLDERS.
The Stockholders of steamer SWAN are requested
to meet at 12 o'clock m.. on Wednesday,Augu-t 30th,
at the office of the Home Insurance Cos. au29-2
ACADEMY OF ST. VINCENT OFPAUL,
Navnunnh, Gcorjjiii,
CONDUCTED HY THE
SISTERS OF MERCY
THE Fall Term of this Institution will re-open on
September isth and close on Febinsry 13th,
1566.
The Spring Term will commence on February 16th
nud close on July 16th.
Terms per Session, inclndlng hoard. Tuition In
English. Washing, and use of Bed and Bed
Tuition In French so do
do Mnstc on Piano 30 Ob
do Music on Guitar 30 to
do Crayon, Drawing and Painting In
Water Colors. 20 co
Tuition in Oriental Painting, per coarse 16 to
do Wax Fruit and Flowers 20 oo
do Embroidery 10 to
For further particulars apply to the Superioress at
the Institution. an29-2aw lm
STAR LINTE.
FOR
IMEW .jjjgpYOßK,
THE new and elegant first class U S. Mail Steam
“hip IDAHO, Captain Holmes willpossi
tirely Ball for the above port on
Wednesday, Aug. 30tfa, at % o'clock p, m.
For freight or passage, having splendid accommc
dttions, npplv to
BRTGHAM, BALDWIN A HO,
Stoddard’* Building, opp. Post Office.
FOR NEW YORK.
Merchant's Line Sailing Vessels.
The splendid Clipper Schooner
RvTE S. bammh
Capt. WM SMITH, Is now loading for
the shove port, and will have quick despatch.
A ? P CHAS. L. COLBY A CO.,
_ _ au2b-ti cor. Bay and Abercom streets,
FOR AUGUSTA,
The light draft Ste .rusr
General Berry,
will start on
Wednesday, 80th, at 10 a. m.
Apply to CHAS L. COLBY ACO ,
cor. Bay and Abercom streets.
.TUST RECEIVED
—BT—
STUART & CO.
A Frash Supply of
FULTON MARKET REEF;
Smoked Salmon,
SMOKED HALIBUT,
ALSO A GOOD SUPPLY OF
HECKER Sc BROTHERS
SELF-RAISING FLOUR.
Wholesale Druggists,
aan» ssa&xks 2sr
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, Sc,, Sc,
ORDERS WITH REMITTANCES PROMPUV EXE
CUTED AT LOWEST MARKET NICER.
HARRAL, RISLEY & TOMPKINS,
No. 141 Chamber* aud No. 1 Hudson Sit.,
NEW YORK.
James Harral, formerly of Chsrketon, S c
li- "W. Ridley, formerly of Augusta, Oa
0029-Sl3t
SUGAR, COFFEE, &(L
BAGS Rto Coffee
35 this. Crashed and “C" Sugar
£6 hhds. Bacon, side, and shoulders
* Dearbm’a Cotton Scales
~m a 100 bales Gunny Cloth. Forssleby
* n - 9 ' e OCTAVCa COHEN
CENTRAL r. r.
AND
SAVANNAH, ALBANY & 6UIF H, E.
STOCKS,
FOR SALE. APPLY AT THIS OFFICE.
au»-3
MACKEREL.
laa KITTS NO. 1, landing from steamer Zodiac.
lUll For sale by
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