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The Savannah Daily Herald.
BY S. W. MASON &. CO.
SIHIIL W. HAMI B4*tor.
W. T. THOMPSON, Auoci»lc Editor.
SAVANNAH. WEDNESDAY. AVGUST 30, 1K66.
FOR LOCAL HATTERS SEE THIRD PAGE.
EVENING EDITION OP THE HERALD.
By an accident to our press we were obliged to sus
pend our Evening Edition temporarily, and various
circumstances now lead ns to announce its discon
tinuance for a few days longer. We shall resume its
publication very soon.
TO ADVERTISERS.
Our advertising patrons are reminded that adver
tisements inserted in the Morning Edition of the
Hvast.D will appear in the Evening witbont extra
charge. Advertisements should he handed in as early
ns possible, but will be received as late »s 12 o'clock
at night. We adhere to onr advertised rates except
tor long advertisements, or those inserted f”r a long
time, on which a reasonable discount will he made.
HOW TO OBTAIN THE HERALD REG
ITLAHLY.
We often have complaints from residents of Savan
nah and Hilton Head thst they are not able always to
obtain the Dxaai.n. The demand is sometimes so
.•rest is to exhanst an Edition very soon aP er its issue,
and those who wish to have the Hnaann regularly,
thOiild subscribe for it We have faithfoi carriers In
lao annsti and at Hilton Head, and through the* we
always serve regular subscribers first
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF SAVANNAH.
We are now publishing a column and more of brief
t islness announcements. carefully classified, under
the general head of “Savannah Business Directory.'
It includes some forty leading business men and
linns of Savannah, we propose to retain this as a
regular feature of the Herald. TDe expenss of in
getting cards in this department of the paper is very
small, and we believe the advertisers will receive
more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing
to have their cards included in this Directory, can do
so by sending them to our counting room, or land
ing them to Mr. M. J. Divine, who is authorised to
receive them. Pn . . men*, will be invariably re
• iiUred.
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Enterprise anil Energy of tlie
Directory.
tut: road repaired to station
FORTY AND A H ALF.
The Iron Horse Again on the Track,
Resumption of Through Travel to Augusta
via Atlanta.
efrrt of the KfOpciung of Kaiiro&d
('ommunlratlon with the Interior.
Large Supplies of Cotton Ready
for Shipment to Savannah.
Prosperity of our Southern
Railroads.
Husmess;Prospects this 'F’all.
The ?Bth o f August, 1666, has boenf dis
tinguished by an event in the history of the
Central Road scarcely less interesting or im
portant than the day on which it Was origi
nally completed and started on its brilliant
and profitable career
We hare already announced to the public
the extent of the damage committed upon
this road by Generai Sherman s Army on
its approach to this city, in November last,
which resulted in the abrupt suspension of
all communication with Augusta and Macon.
When Savannah was occupied by the Fed
eral army, this road, with all its appuite
nances passed into the hands of the Com
manding General, under whose authority it
remained until repossession was granted the
Directory by a military order from General
Sherman : and as soon there after as practic
able, the work of reconstruction was com
menced, which did not progress as rapidly
as had been anticipated, owing to the diffi
culty ol securing effective and continuous
labor, a result which proved to be wholly
uuattainable by the contractors so long as
they were compelled by force of circum
stances, to employ the lazy and worthless
freedmeu who were straggling through the
country, with no object other than that of
procuring subsistence without work. But
notwithstanding the almost inseparable diffl
culties experienced by the contractors in the
prosecution of the work, the road has been
placed in running order to station No. 4 1-2,
forty-five miles irom this city. The Presi
dent ot the Company, knowing the impa
tience manifested by a large portion of the
traveling public for the immediate restora
tion of communication with Augusta by this
"oute, resolved to consummate it at once by
the use of stages from Station No. 4 1-2 to
Waynesboro,There travel can be resumed by
rail road to Augusta.
So, in conformity with this new arrange
ment, the first train under the new dispen
sation, left this city on the morning of the
vißth instant, freighted with passengers, seek
ing to reach their various destinations in Mid
dle and Northern Georgia, via Augusta and
Atlanta Arriving at Station No. 1 1-2 a little
before ten o'clock, a. ra., in a few moments
several neat and comfortable Jersey wagons,
drawn by mules, made their appearance, and
were soon filled by the somewhat excited
passengers, who were tearful the capacity of
the coaching would be insufficient for the ac
commodation of the crowd tn route for Waynes
toro - In this, however, they were most
agreely disappointed by the prompt iapro
visal of all additional facilities required to
meet the exigencies of the occasion, and in
ieas than thirty minutes after the arrival of
the cars the caravan moved off in handsome
style for Waynesboro’, distant fifty-one
miles; where they should have arrived,
agreeably to the time schedule, at half-past
one o'clock the succeeding night, to go
thence by rail to Augusta, reaching the lat
ter place at 4 o'clock in the morning The
whole journey haring been thus made inside
of twenty hours, —which time will be con
siderably abridged, we have no doubt, by
improvements and attentions which will be
Buggested by the experience of a few days,
when the pleasing announcement will be
made that the entire trip from this city to
Augusta is accomplished inside of sixteen
hours. And this arrangement, if preserved,
v 'iU prove eminently satisfactory until the
whole work of reconstruction la completed
and uninterrupted transportation resumed
k ktween the different termini, which is ex
pected to occur on or befcre the first of No
vember next.
We need not say that the re-appearance of
the regular passenger train was hailed by the
people with many hearty demonstrations of
delight. They had been pining for many
months for regular communication, as of
yore, with Savannah, and for relief from that
unhappy state of mind attendant upon the
non reception of mails and a protracted iso
lation from intercourse with the outside
world. Even the “darkles" participated in
the general Joy ;—one of them declaring ]
“that emancipation and the steam engine
would save the South, if everything else
should fall."
We heard enough from different persons
from the interior of the State, who accompa
nied us on our return from No. 4, to warrant
the assurance that a large quantity of cotton,
now that transportation has been extended
to the interior, will soon find its way to this
market, as well as many other products
which have accumulated on the hands of the
farmers, from inability to get to market.
If it be true that coming events cast their
shadows before, we think we may safely
predict a large influx of agricultural products
between this and the middle of December
next, and a corresponding increase of de
mand for merchandise of every kind. Already
wagons loaded with cotton are making their
appearance at Station No. 4, and as the work
of repairing progresses, what appears now
to be a very small commercial rivulet, will
gradually assume the volume and propor
tions of a deep aud rapid steam.
It was the general impression that after
the war the traffic by passengers and freight
on the different railroads in the South would
show a large falling off. It has been sup
posed tbat the loss of the immense transpor
tation business of the rebel government dur
ing the war would cause a corresponding de
crease in the receipts of nearly every Com
pany. But the facts show the contrary to
be the case with such roads as have been in
running older. They were never, perhaps,
in a much more flourishing condition than
now.
But it is not only in the railway business
that our State shows signs of returning pros
perity. Nearly every branch of trade has
greatly advanced in the last two months, and
the wide expanse of country which will soon
be thrown open by the completion of this
and the Gulf road, to the enterprise of our
people, will afford a surpassing amount ol
material for investment and development.
THE ENGLISH MONOPOLY OP INVEN
TION.
Our English cousins are always disposed to
claim a monopoly oi Invention and discovery
since the days of Sir Isaac Newton and
Liebnitz, when the honor of having dicov
ered Fluxions was disputed by these eminent
philosophers; down to the present day, there is
scarcely an invention or discovery of which
they have not pretended to be the original
discoveries. The most recent instance of the
kind is a discovery in practical Banking.—
Our readers will recollect that the Legislature
of New York enacted in 18— what was de
nominated the Free Banking Law, by which
banking was permitted to all who were able
and willing to give the proper securities
without first obtaining a charter. Among the
securities provided in the enactment was the
deposit with the comptroller of that State of
public stocks in proportion to capital as a
safeguard against the over issue of notes
The act in its original form, allowed the de
posit of United States and State stocks,
but some of the States having subse
quently repudiated their public debt the
act was modified, limiting the pledge of
stocks to those of the State of New York,
and the United States. This was deemed
so important a feature that it was incorporated
in the act of Congress In their law of 1862,
organizing the National Banks.
In Blackwood’s Magazine for the three
last months have appeared a series of arti
cles entitled the “Rite of Interest’’ written
with unosual practical ability. The object
of the writer is to show that the recent fluc
tuations in the rate of interest in England
is attributable to the monopoly of the circu
lation given to the Bank ot England.
As the system of National banks organ
ized by Congress approaches more near
ly that recommended by the writer in Black
wood than any we have yet seen, it Is our
purpose to offer a pretty Tull analysis of it.—
It combines that extent of restriction as re
lates to currency, with that degree of free
dom in Banking that constitutes, in our
opinion, a sound and safe system. Be sug
gests two tests of a perfect scheme of paper
currency. “First, the validity of the Note—
that is to say, Us constant acceptability by
payments and other transfers of capita’.. Sec
ondly, the steadiness of the Measure of Value,
In which all contracts are made, and all busl
ntss carried on ; so that when a man en
gages to pay a certain sum of money, when
the time of payment arrives, shall- possess
neither more nor less value (as measured by
goods or other property) than it did, at the
time when the contract was made.
Tbe writer in Blackwood contends that
by this monopoly violence is done to the
principle of Competition, as It is by its unre
stricted operation, that the supply of loan
able capital is rendered commensurate with
the demand. He Insists that by the law ot
1844, called Sir Robert Peel's act, by which
the Bank of England is compelled for all
sums it issues beyond its capital, .£14,000,
to have an equal amount of gold, at the same
time limiting the issues of all the other
banks In the United Kingdom. The author
of the article In Blackwood, further insists
that If the Bank of England waa deprived of
its monopoly there would be steadiness im
parted to the English monetary system, tor
then competition would regulate the rate of
interest.
The writer sums up hit argument in the
August number of Blackwood in the follow
ing manner. “There are three distinct forms
in which a paper currency established,
1. As issued by the State. 2; By a single
Bank of fosue. 3. By several Banks of is
sue—either restricted in number, or estab
lished on the principle of freedom and com
petition." He discusses the aubjeet uuder
each of these heads, showing the benefits
and disadvantages of each. He would pre
fer a Slate currency on account of foe vail
dity it Imparts to the Note “that Is to say
Its constant'acceptability by the community
as a valid tender in payments and other
transfers of property.”
But It is defective In the other requisite of
“a perfect system of currency, steadiness of
the measure of value in which all ooptracta
are made, and all business is carried on ; so
that when a man engages to pay a sum of
[ money, that sum when the time of payment
at rives, shall possess neither more nor less
: value (as measured by goods or other pro
perty) limn .1 did at the time when the con
tract was made.” He arrives at this con
| c usion, that “a State currency attains the
lir.-t of these objects—namely tlie validity of
the note—tully. State notes are necessarily
a valid tender at all times and under all cir
jcu instances. The State expenditure is made
| In these notes, and the State taxes are paid
in these notes. They thus possess a value
independent of their being convertible Into
the ptecious metals. Whether there is much
specie in the country or none at all, these
notes are always a legal tender. Hence the
validity of such a form of currency is perfect
and unquestionable," but “tbat a State cur
rency does not insure the other requisite—
namely, the uuebangeabiency of the mea
sure of value.” To maintain unchanged the
measure of value (1. the value ot the cur
rency) two points must be attended to 1. The
currency must not be increased while the
monetary requirements ot the country re
ain unchanged—otherwise, the measure of
value will be depreciated. 2. The currency
must not lemain at the same amount when the
monetary requirements of the country are
increased—otherwise the measure of value
will be enhanced. Under a right monetary
system, the amount of the currency and the
requirements of the community will always
be commensurate—the currency In such a
case increasing or diminishing according to
the natural law of supply and demand.
But a State currency, he continues, is
Dot necessarily based upon this princi
ple. The weak point of a State curren
cy is, that the amount of the note is
sues has no necessary connection with
the monetary requirements of the com
munity, and therelore of itself gives no se
curity tor the maintenance of the measure of
value. The peculiar defect of a State cur
rency is its liability to excess—producing a
depreciation of the measure of value. It is
possible, of course, to conceive a case in
which a State currency might be inadequate
to the monetary wants of the community.
This might happen if the State issues wen
restricted to the amount of each year s taxa
tion. The monetary transactions of a com
munity arc regulated in extent partly by the
condition of trade. But the money require
ments of trade and the amount of taxation
.are not mutually dependent; and a currency
system which is regulated by the latter only, ,
cannot be adjusted for both. Hence, under i
a State currency, strictly limited to the j
amount of the year’s taxation, the measure |
of value might be enhanced—in consequence j
of there being no provision for an enlarge- j
inent ot the currency when upon an increase
takes place in the money requirements of
trade.
But, as a matter ot fact, the tendency of a
system ot State Issues is quite the other way.
It is always prone to run into excess. In
exceptional times—for example in time of
war—the Government cannot cover nil its
expenditure by means of taxation. It must
havp recourse to loans. And it is quite rea
sonable that, in the life of a nation, the ex
ceptional seasons of war sliquld borrow from
the normal seasons of peace; just as a mer
chant. in bad years must have recourse to a
portion of the profits which he makes in or
dinary times. But instead of contracting
loans, a Government which has ft ee power
to issue State money has every Inducement
to meet the extra expenditure by means of
an increased issue of its notes in this way
the State obtains the requited sura without
having to pay interest for it. This may be
called a forced loan ; strictly speaking it is
taxation in a disguised form. If the extra
issue of notes were really accompanied
by an increase In the monetary require
ments of the community, no deprecia
tion of the currency would take place,
and the result would be a pure gain
alike to the government and to the commu
nity. And no doubt an increase of the mon
etary requirements of the country generally
does, to a certain extent, occur in these ex
ceptional times; the very increase of the
government expenditure of itself occasioning
an increasea requirement for currency.
Moreover, if the general trade of a country
be not diminished (and sometimes it is not)
by the occurrence of war, then the war of
itself, by creating anew branch of trade,
augments the monetary requirements of a
community, and tends to absorb the extra
isstt es of State currency. But however these
causes may lessen the depreciation of the
currency, which naturally ensues from an
extra issue ol paper money by the govern
ment (in lieu of contracting loans), they are
seldom or never so potent as to prevent a de
preciation ol the measure of value. This is
a serious objection to a State currency ; be
cause although the community may lose no
more (in the end it generally loses less) in
iUi» way than if a loan were contracted the
temporary alteration in the measure of value
inflicts great hardships upon individuals—
creditors losing aud debtors gaining; and
when sue ha system i9 carried to the length
it has been recently in America, a widespread
spirit of gambling is generated, which is in
imical to the interests of honest industry, and
demoralizing upon the coma unity at large.
In fine, a system of State currency insures
in the most perfect manner the validity of
the note, but it does not insure the mainten
ance ot the measure of value. That Is to
say, a State currency Tenders the note at all
tiroes a valid tender, but it does not insure
that the value of the note, relatively to goods
and other kinds of property, shall be always
the same.
We have thus presented the views of this
very able writer on the first branch of his sub
ject. because many of his remarks are appli
cable to the system of currency we have in
stituted by the organization of National
banks. His remarks on the two other main
branches of his subject we must defer to an
other opportunity.
Literary <i«a t}euM>4 t« Mm ttruph Mo'tw
ot Corpora**.
Foremost among them, unquestionably, is
Mr. John Stuart Mill, who owes bla return
to the impression made on the public by his
thoughtful and admirably reasoned works.
Tbe position occupied by a man ot this das*
when he stands representative of foe metro
politan borough or Westminister, is a proud
one, that authors in Englaud have heretofore
rarely aspired to reach. The Pew member
for Lambeth, Thomas Hughes, whose fa
miliar Tom Brown at Rugby reflects a good
deal of hia own manliness and heartiness,
has always been an able advocate of the
rights of the lower classes. Mr. Torrens,
the member for Finsbury, is author of sever
al books, including an Industrial History of
Free Nations, Life of Sir James Grahame,
«tc. Mr. Goschen, one of the members for
tbe City of London, has written a really
scientific book on that puzzling subject, The
Theory ot Exchanges, and Is a gentleman of
high mathematical talent. Mr. Henry Faw
cett, returned member for Brighton, la Pro
teaser of Political Economy at Cambridge,
and author of & manual of that aftlenoe. The
list might be (briber extended, proving un
doubtedly that foe old stigma against “theo
rists” and literary men is In a fair way to
vanish before the spread of information and
intelligence.
I A. Want on the Atlantic Cable.
BuldiusviUc, lujiacuy, Sep the onct, taJcS-.
I I was summoned home from Cinsinoaiy
quite andain by a letter from the Supervizers
of Baldinsville, savin ns how grate itiing was
on the Tappis in that air town in refferunsc
to the selebratin the compleshun of the Sub-
Mershine Telegraph & axkio me to be Pres
sunt. Lockiu up my Kaugeroo and wax
wurks in a sekure stile I took my departer
lor Baldinsville—“my own, my nativ lan,"
which I gut intwo at early handle litin on
the folh-rin night & just as tlie sellerbrashun
and illumernashun ware eoraraensin.
Baldwinsvilie was trooly in a blaze of
glory. Near can 1 forget the surblime speck
ticui which met my gaze as I alited trom the
Staige with my umbreller and verliae. The
Tavern was lit up with taller handles all over
& a grate bon fire was burning iu frunt tbare
of. A Transpiracy was tied onto the sine
post with the follcrin words—“Giv us Liln-r
--ty or Deth." Old Toinpkiusis grosery was
illuiuernated with 6 tin lantuns and the lol
lerin Transpiracy was in the winder —“ The
Sub Metalline Telegraph A the Baldinsville
and Stonetield Plank Road—the 2 grate
eventz ot the 19th centerry —may intestines
strife never mar they grani.jure." Simpkinsis
shoe shop was ail abiase with kandles and
j lantuns. A American Eag.e was painted on
! to a flag iu a winder—also these wards, viz
—“The Constitooshun must be Presarved.”
I The Skool house was lited up in grate stile
| and the winders was filled with mottoes
j amung which I noticed the folletin—“Trooth
I sniasued to erth shall rize again—you cau’t
! stop her.” “The Boy stood on theßuin
in Deck whense awl but him had Fled.”
“Prokrastinasuun is the theafoi - Time.” “Be
virteous and you will be happy.” ‘Tntem
perunse has cawsed a heap of trouble—
shun tlie Bole," and the folletin seutimunt
written by the skool master, who graduated
at. Hud-on Kollige. “Baldinsville sends
greetin to Her Magisty the Queeu, & hopes
all hard feelins wuich has heretofore privis
bin felt between the Buperyizeis of Baldins
ville and the British Parliament, if such
there has been, may now be forever wiped
trom our Escutshuns. Baldinsville mis
night rejoises overwrite geriorious event which
sementz 2 grate oasbuns onto one anutber
by meaus of a clccktric wire under the roar
in bille.-S ot the Nasty Deep. Quosque tan
trum, a butter, caterlina patent nostrum /" Squire
Smith's house was lighted up regardless ot
expense. His littlesuu William Henry stood
upon the roof tirin ors crackers. The old
'Squire hisself was dressed up in soljer clothes
and stood on his doorttep, pintin his sword
sollumly to a American dag which was sus
pendid on top of a pole in trout of his house.
Frequently he would take ors his cocked hat
& wave it round in a impressive stile. His
oldest darter, Mis lsabeiler Smith, who has
just ennt home from the Perkinsville Female
Instei toot appeared at the frunt winder in the
West room as the goddess of liberty & sung “I
see them on their windln way.” Booteousl,
sed 1 to myself,yon air an angil & nothin shor
ter. N. Boneparte Smith, the Squire's oldest
sun,dre9t hissed'up as Venus the God of Wars
i and read the Deeleraciou of independunse
j from tue left chamber winder. The Squire’s
I wife did'nt jine in the festiverties. 3he said
| it was the tarnulest nonsense she ever seed,
i Sez she to the Squire, “Cum into the house
and go to bed you old fool, you. Tomorrer
you'll be goin round half-ded with tlie ru
mertism A won’t gin us a minit’s peace till you
git well." Sez the 'Squire, “Betsy, you little
appresiate the importance of the event which
I this nite coniine aerate." Sez she, “Com
mt-merate a cal's tail—cum into the house
this instant, yon pesky old critter.” • 'Bet
sy," says the 'Squire, waving liis sword, “re
tire." This made her just as mad as she could
stick. She retired, but come out agin putty
quick with a panfull of Biiin hot water which
sue thro wed all over the 'Squire, & Stirs, you
wood liav split your sides larfin to see the
old man jump up and holler & run into the
house. Except this unpropishus circum
stance all went merry as a carriage bell, as
Lord By run sez. Doctor Hutchinsis offlss
was likewise lited up and a Transpirancy on
which was painted the Queen in the act of
driukin sum of "Hutchinsis invlgorater," was
stuck into one of the winders. The Baldins
ville Bugle ol Liberty noospaper offlss was
also illumernated, & the follerin mottoes
stuck out—“ The Press is the Arkermejian
leaver which moves the world." “Vote
early." “Buckle on your Armer." “Now is
the time to subscribe.” “Franklin, Morse &
Field.” “Terms $1.50 a year—liberal reduc
sltun to clubs.” In short, the village of Ba'ld-
Insvllle WB9 in a perfect fewroar. 1 never
seed eo many pcple tbar befour in ray born
days. lie not attemp to describe the scenes
of that grate night. Words wood sale me if
I should try to do it. I shall stop here a few
periods and enjoy my “Oatem cum dig the
taters,” as our skool master observes, in the
buzzum of my fameriy, & shall then resume
the show bizness, which I’ve bin into twenty
two (22) yeres and six (6) months.
Pbbtty Waiteroirlism—A Boston!an|Ta
kxs is by a Bools Marriage Certificate.—
The following story is told by a New York
correspondent of.a Western Journal •
An “unfortunate accident” occurred here
recently to an eminently respectable and
prosperous merchant from Boston, who,
though a man of family and entirely correct
in his habits, allowed himself so much li
cense In New York as to become intoxicated,
and visit the pretty waiter-girl saloons on
Broadway. While there, Bacchus conspir
ing with Venus, he became enamored of one
of the unchaste nymphs of the establish
ment, and made desperate love to her. She
stood upon the moral pedestal, and refused
to listen to his wooing unless lie would wed
her. The merchant, intoxicated as much
with passion as with liquor, consented to be
married, and iu a brief while a magistrate
waa present, who made tbe two man and
wife as far as the law goes. In the morning
the Bostonian awoke with a violent head
ache, and entirely oblivious of the proceed
ings of the night previous Imagine bis hor
ror, then, at the announcement from the girl
that be was her husband, and the pleasant
state of his feelings, when he thought of Mrs.
Smith and the four children in Beacon .street,
thus suddenly deprived of their natural pro
tector.
The merchant declared the statemen> un
true ; but tbe production of the certificate
compelled him to believe the evidence of bis
own senses. He had no other recourse but
to compromise tbe matter, and he did so by
paying two thousand five hundred dollars for
his emancipation. Mr. Smith returned to
Boston by the first train on that eventful
day, a more wedded aud a wiser man, and
it is to be hoped that his recent experience
will teach him hereafter on coming to the
city to avoid the temptations and dangers of
tbe metropolis. There is an old saying that
“no one is safe in a large town," aud the
truth of the remark is often corroborated by
the inexorable logic of events.
“ Rashly Importunate."— Aq inquest was
held yesterday, by Coroner Goyer, No.
416 East Thirteenth street, ou the body of
Mrs. Mary Hugbe3, a youog woman who
committed suicide by taking creosote.
Several witnesses were examined by the
coroner, and their testimony tended to show
that the deceased had been married to John
A. Hughes in January last, aud that, up to
the time of her death had lived at the above
place, apparently on the best of terms with
her husband. A short time since Hughes
became Jealous of his young wife, for some
reason which does not appear, and accused
her with entertaining a greater affection for
some other persons than for himself. Mrs.
Hughes, being of naturally a hasty tempera
ment, took great umbrage at this, aud said
that if her husband told her so again she
would destroy herself. On Tuesday evening
Mrs. Hughes paid a visit to a friend in Fifth
street, where she spent tbe day, apparently
in cheerful spirits. Her husband called for
her and they returned home. They soon be
came Involved in a quarrel, when her hus
band renewed the former charge and applied
to bis wife a very opprobrious epithet. She
became very much excited, aud retiring into
her bedroom cloie4 foe door. Her husband
returned soon after and found hla wife lying
Insensible on the bed, she having swallowed
a quantity of creosote, a most subtle poison.
She remained in this unconscious condition
until she expired yesterday morning from the
effects of the poison A verdict of suicide
\v;o rendered by the jury. The deceased
was tint eigbteen'years and six months of age,
and was a naiiveof Ireland.
Newport Scene*.
[Correspondence of the New York Tunes.]
Newport, R. L, Aug. 10, 1865.—1n my
last letter I promised you a sketch of the
ocean bath, or “dip,” as it is generally call
ed. The morning dip commences about 10
30 o'clock, and lasts away along until after 2,
and is more numerously attended than the
post meridian bath. The early birds and the
“ trash " arrive at the beach at 10 A. M;
about 11 a middling class—say professional
gentlemen and their ladies—appear upon the
beach, and at 12 the natiobs put in an ap
pearance. The former “tramp, tramp,
tramp," or come on foot; the middling class
come down in lumbering omnibuses, at fifty
cents ahead, if you know the ropes, or all
the money you've got, if you're a stranger.
Hack-drivers stick close to the Scripture in
this particular—if you arc a stranger, they
take you in—they do, Indeed. The nabobs
dash down in elegant equipages, in style and
structure, all the way Iron* a chariot down
to a bread basket. For the sum of fifteen
cents you enter a hugs cracker-box and dis
robe yourself and make divers preparations
lor Neptune’s embraces. Those who own
bath habiliments are lucky. Those who hire
them are more apt to be lousy, especially if
the exercise of one's skill can manage to
keep the dilapidated trowsers together dur
ing a bath.
At 12 o’clock the excitement is at its ze
nith. All classes and all shades ot society
are represented either on the beach or in the
water. Millionaires and million-heiresses,
tradesmen, professionals, mechanics, and
gentlemen and ladies of elegant leisure—
better known as gamblers and courtezans—
make up the dramatis persona. “Ah ! there
comes a rattling equipage; the lady drives
berselt, with her coachman by her side;
what a lovely creature—how divinely made;
what a bust;—and what a waterfall; what
rats, what mice, what—what—what else do
the ladies wear upon their heads ?—not much
bonnet, certain. She alights—what an ankle '
There—there she goes, this Venus—the
sight of her produces a sort of melting luxu
riance of ecstacy—into booth No. 24." * *
* * “Lord gracious! who is that, or what
is that, coming out of booth 24 ? She looks
like a shrimp. Where under the sun has
that well-turned aukle disappeared ! where
is that Hebe bust? and where, oh where is
that waterfall ? What a fall was there, my
reader! Where are the rats and mice, and—
oh, where is the woman? Alas! she has
left most of herself in booth 24.’•’ A few weeks
ago I engaged, iu Nashville, to take a lady
to the English Opera. She was gorgeously
arrayed when 1 arrived at her house, and
was in the act of adjusting a collar. Says
she: “My gracious! I hav’nt got anything
to put on but a paper collar." “All right,
madam," I rejoined, “I had as lief see you
with nothing but a paper collar on as not.”
But I taite it all back, alter witnessing
the transformation in No. 24. Halloo
there comes a right smart-looking girl. Oh|
there’s an excursion to-day from Fall River,’
I see; she’s a factor}’ girl' and makes four
dollars a week attending to spindles sixteen
hours a day. This is her first idle day for a
year, and she gets “docked” sixty-six cent"
and seven mills for it. However, she’s no
earthly account. She's got a beautiful face,
a splendid form, is a good, honest, upright,
virtuous girl, but she hasen t got a cent—
sbe'9 no account. Thi9 “creature" goes into
booth No. 25. Miss 25 prepares herself for
the batu aud trips it down the beach along
side Miss 24. They dash into the embraces
of old ocean, who knows no grade, and
come to the surface together. The lotundi- i
ty of Miss 24 has ceased entirely to exist.
She looks for all the world like the last rose
of next summer, while Miss 25 is left bloom
ing alone. Neptune has knocked to smash
what seeming voluptuousness still existed in
the bathing dress of Miss 24, but on the con
trary has Uirther developed the charms of
Miss 25, as her wet clothes hug closely to
her handsomely-chiselled limbs. Miss 24
quits the baih, looking more than anything
else I can think of now, like a long wet
stocking- but soon after dashes through
Touro-street a gorgeous female. Miss 25
leaves the ocean as sue entered it —a woman.
“Ah! who is this elegant Brigadier? i
never saw or heard of him before. He goes
into booth 30," I’ll tell you who he is. He
is a coward. He is a Captain in one of the
regiments in the regular brigade. He got
this appointment through political influence.
At the battle of Stone River he was taken
sick before the commencement of the fight
and carried to the rear. At Shiloh he was
away on leave, and his company was com
manded by another officer. Through his
shrewdness he became detached, aud saw
none of the Tennessee campaign. During the
Atlanta campaign this son of Mars was made
a Colonel, but up to this time had never seen
a battle—bad never snuffed gunpowder. He
was assigned to a colored regiment, but never
commanded it in the field. This regiment
fought gallantly at the battle of Nashville.
Here was at least an opportunity for this
elegant Brigadier But he couldn’t see it.—
Late in the day of Friday’s battle he snenked
out to the field, and took a position behind a
tree, over a mile and a half from where his
regiment was fighting. He is now a Brig
adier-General. All the officers and soldiers
in the Army of the Cumberland know this
man. He is universally ku< wn is the coward,
par excellence, of Gen. 1 1 om s’s army. In
booth No. 21 is a veteran so, iier—a private
in the Fitteenth Regain s, .eadquaners at
Fort Adams, Newpor. Hr has been in
seventeen battles and las een wounded six
times. Old ocean treats them both alike,
though.
The rage this season Is coachmen and foot
men, to an extent never indulged in before.
In most all cases their livery Is of the most
costly and luxurious character. Why not
do them the honors, as we do the ladies at
sensation balls ? thus :
Mrs B 's elegant equipage is driven by
John ; a broad-shouldered Milesian, with a
turnip nose aud carrotty hair, which can’t
be beat. His coat, vest and paints are grey
pgssiinere, with a superfluity ol brass (washed
iu gold) buttons. Hu wears white kids. On
his hut, which is a little fatigued on the left
flank, he wears a red rosette. John thinks
he is the best looking coachman in town.
He gets a good salary.
Hits. T -'s double greys are driven by
Solomon, net a Jew, but a nigger, with a
mouth like a freight depot, and a nose ot
rectangular shape. He dresses iu green to
keep up the style of the house, and has four
rows of pure (German; silver buttonsonhis
coat. He carries a watch, aud Mrs. T. often
asks hint what time it is. He often tells her.
He wears a white hat with a black crane.
Solomon thinks he is the most elegant coach
man in town. He gets a tair salary.
Mi»* 0 s carriage is driven by a short
fellow ns mod Longfellow. He has but ODe
eye—tbe other was punched out several
years ago in any affray he bad with one Lord
Hardings in the county Tipperary. This
short Longiellow wears a high black hat
with gold lace around it. He dresses In drab,
with drab buttons to match- He never eats
meat on Friday—in public—and never drinks
whisky—without setting info a fight. He
goes one eye on Mfss C., who smells of pe
troleum and old age. Longfellow thinks he
it the most dashing coachman in town. He
is. He threw Miss C, out of her carriage a
few days ago, and like to have dashed her
brains out—which wouldn't have made a
grease spot. He gets a decent salary.
Mr. W.’steam is driven by a French gen
tleman, from Cork, named Fish. Fish was
born in 1885, in the quiet village of Sque
dunk, No. fwo-two* and a two Kerdusen
houser street, during the temporary illness
of one of his parents. At an early stage of
his life he was an infant, and waa weaned on
whisky, which he has never touched »foee
out of the same kind of a vessel. He was
formerly a atone mason, and came to this
country from Eogiand, via Botany Bay. He
dresses to gray clothes, covered with gold
lace and brass buttons. His pants are tTiit
tle too short. Hia bat is a beaver, made out
of cat fur, with a red and white rosette. He
often carries a brick in said chapeeu. His
habits are very loose, although he gets very
tight sometimes. He has a bald spot on the
top of his head, but is taking Mrs. Winslow s
Soothing (Syrup. He says there is a great
deal of emenriousßeas-ness-ness about it
He thinks he is the most lancinating coach
man in town. He gets a liberal salary.
Mr. R. was here last Summer. He is a
gay customer, Sometimes he fights the ti
ger, and sometimes he gets drunk. Last
Summer he left here, owing a faro bank $2,-
200. Night before last he went into the
same bank with SI,OOO in cash, and increas
ed it to $4,000, and stopped playing. He
followed up his success by getting gloriously
drunk, and, late at night, was put to bed by
his urbane host. Betorc retiring, the gam
bler wentjto R's. bed, took out his pocket
l)ook, and abstracted $2,200, made out a re
ceipt for the amount, and placed it in one of
the sections of the pocket book, and went
to tied in the same room with Mr. R. The
next morning the latter gentleman arose
early, and, after divers cocktails, commenced
counting bis money. Presently he shouted
to his friend—“By"all that’s good, I’ve been
robbed.” “Oh, I guess not I put you to
bed, and locked you in.,’ “Didu’t I make
$3,000 last night?” asked R. “Yes,’’ said
the other. “Well, I’m if I’ve got $2,0u0
here." “Well, well, my dear fellow, don’t
you recollect paying me tbat $2,000 odd
that stood over from last year?" inquired
the gambler. “No; good gracious, did I?”
said R. ’.Why, yes," said the other, “and
I gave you the receipt in full, for fear you
would not remember it, and you placed it
in your wallet." R. fumbled over his pocket
book for a moment, took therefrom a piece
of paper, perused its contents once or twice,
and fell over on his pillow, muttering, “I
always make a fool of myself when I’m
drunk.”
I will relate you one more little joke on
four Puritans from the Hub. This took
place on the third floor of the Ocean House
this morning. These four Puritans were out
ou what is termed “a |lark" last night.
They tumbled up stairs and rolled in this
morning at an early hour. About 6 o’clock,
one of the gentlemen, who belonged to an
adjoiningroom, got up and skirmished for a
drink, He found whisky and sugar, and
presently came across what he took for bit
ters. He bethought him to make four stout
cocktails, aud wako the boys up. He used
whisky ami bitters freely, and made what
he supposed were four regular old eye-open
ers. He awoke the Puritans, and hauded
them their rations. “Here's fun.” and down
went the cocktails. I cannot describe the
faces, nor can I give you the fainiest idea of
the concert of four voices which followed ; I
will merely slate, however, that the bitters
used was Van Buskirk’s Fragrant Sozodont.
(For the Savannah Daily Herald.)
AN ODE TO TIME.
BY r. .1. MxtONF.
What '—let the dreamer go. Mad, recklen still,
Hurled by the vast, Inevitable tide,
Eternity’s old sexton will indite
A record or his passage thitherward,
And give the glided bangings beautiful
To alter ages
I.
How swiftly hath thy chariot rolled
O’er wastes or myriad ages, Time
Thou monarch letterless, controlled
But by the will and word Divine i
Existing still thorn end to end
Careworn, refreshed, at home, estranged,
Os all earth's Mends the foe, the Mend,
Kind, heartless, changeable, unchanged
11.
O, thou who as the world grew old,
And planets, satelltes and suns
Rolled onward—thou who didst uphold
The pride of man to crumble thrones :
And In whose wake remains the dream—
Falut relic of the past alone '
Earthquakes that troubled not thy stream—
Temples aud palaces are gone !
in.
Oft hast thou seen, as on thy way
Unheard of systems did combine
To light thee with perennial ray,
Muttons of glorious suns decline,
And millions rising from afar,
Like sparks from an abysmal same—
Thou, mounting on from star to star,
Didst blight and ruin all the same.
IV.
Past years are hut what thou hast been.
The Present what thou art to-day,
The Future, Present, Past—one scene—
The end of Time—what then are they ?
When ages numberless are past,
Earth, burdened with her voiceless sigh,
'Roused t<) her fate, rolls back aghast—
Thy waves, 0 Time ! are drifting by.
The Latest Snake Story—An Anaconda
on tbe Looie in Ohio.
[from the Ohio Statesman, Aug- 9.]
Some two weeke ago we saw in the New
Philadelphia Democrat, some account of a
big snake which had been seen iu the neigh
borhood of Newcomerstown aud Port Wash
ington on the P. C. and C. road. We regard
ed the tale as a myth ; but the Democrat of
tbe 11th inst. returned to the charge, and
said the big snake was no myth, and added :
He was actually aqjn, aud is as much of a
verity as the great sea serpent ever was. A
fanner from the neighborhood told a gentle
man of this town that be bad been seen a
year ago, trying to swallow a rabbit. His
presence in ttiat locality L accounted for by
the fact that about ten years ago a menagerie,
travelling through the country, had one of
the wagons break down, and a young ana
conda made its escape. He has now grown
to full size, and many be considered a living
wonder. The ’snake was seen by Andrew
Stocker, of Salem township, some time in
June last, while he was plowing to his field.
It was as large as an ordinary stove-pipe,
and was standing with its head erect and as
high as ltia He made a hasty retreat, but
said nothing at the time, fearing that his
story would not be believed. Mr. S. is a re
liable farmer, and bis statement Is entitled to
credit. The snake has its lair near a culvert
on the P. C. and C. Railroad, about a mile
above Port Washington.
The Democrat of the 18th inst., which has
just come to hand, is silent in regard to the
snake. But from a gentleman ot this city
who passed through the locality said to Ise
infested by the presence of foe huge reptile
early yesterday morning on the P. C. &C.
road, we learn that the whole country in the
vicinity oi Port Washington and Newcomen
town was iu a state of intense excitement,
aud that an immense concourse of people of
both sexes, and of all ages and occupations,
find assemMed at the former place for foe
purpose of bnviug a graud hunt yesterday
for the big snake who was said to have his
headquarters in a large swamp in the vlcini
ty.
Some time before, the fanners to the neigh
borhood, it waa said, had offered a thousand
dollars reward for the capture of his snake
ship, whom they accused of milking their
cows without leave or license from their
owners. The snake was estimated to be at
least thirty-two feet in length, and it was
stated that where he had crossed the roads
he left a trench in the sand of eight inches in
width. We shall await foe result of yester
day’s expedition to capture the monster with
some interest.
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