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*’ SATUKDAyTdECEMBER 19, 1868.
A R03U1CE OP THE SOUTH ATLAN
TIC—A YANKEE COMMUNITY ON A
LONELY ISLAND.
Prom an article in the London Athempum
on the recent voyage of Prince Alfred in the
frigate Galatea, we extract the following ac
count of a curious little community dwelling
in mid-ocean: *
On quitting Eio, the romance of the voyage
began by a call at Tristan d’Acunha, the
largest rock in a lonely group of islets i#the
great waters—a group which is said to bo
further away from other settlements than any
other land in the world. Here is a pri ue fact
for romance. One of the three rocks is called
Inaccessible, a second Nightingale, and the
third Tristan. The nearest sjiot on which
men live is St. Helena; and that dwarf islet is
a. trifle of 1,200 miles to the north. A little
story, something like that of the Pine Island
ers, like that of the Pitcairn Islanders, lends
charm to the lonely group. Dining the early
days of Napoleon’s captiyity in St. Helena, a
few sappers and guards were thrown npon
Tristan, who dug a ditch, raised a battery,
threw up log huts and cleared a patch of soil.
When they had been ayear on that lonely sta
tion, they were fetched away, no one knew why.
A corporal by the name of Glass got leave to
stay behind,. and kept the place for the
British Crown. Three Yankees had been
there before, one of whom, a man named
Jonathan Lambert, had taken possession of
the*islet, not for the great republic, but for
Jonathan Lambert himself, who was declared
by Jonathan, in a regular proclamation, to be
sovereign owner and prince of the then
lonely rocks. Jonathan being gone, Glass
took up his sceptre, and persuaded two fel
lows to stay and share his empire. Happily,
Glass had a wife, a creole woman, and two
children, so that human interests came into
play at once. The little party, after making
Glass Governor of the island, fell on the soil,
part of which Lambert had cleared, and
Harvested vast quantities of potatoes. Now
and then a stray seaman joined the colony,
and two women came among them from the
distant Cape. Seven years after Glass nnd
his folks were left alone, the colony had
grown into twenty-two men and three women.
Glass told the captain of H. M. S. the Ber
wick, “ that they only required a few more
women to make the place an earthly paradise.
Glass is now dead, and his little colony exists
without either governor or government; the
men growing potatoes and making shoes,
and the women, strange to say, wearing
crinolines.
The Prince want on shore and visited the
shanties of those curious people, to whom the
chaplain offered his services in baptizing all
the youngsters nnd marrying all the stray
couples who might be virtuously inclined and
ready for the yoke. The youngsters came up
in troops to be baptized, but when Hie rev
erend gentleman mentioned marriage, the
maidens were coy and the bachelors slow to
appear. Perhaps they did not like marrying
in the Prince’s presence. Air. Hiller gave
them two hours to consider the proposition,
and lingered in vain. As he says, with much
professional regret, there were seven girls on
the island old enough to many, and seven
young men, all of whom were “eligible” for
the sacrifice, yet the two hours slipped away
without bringing the young men and blush
ing girls to the altar of hymen. The Prince
could not wait, and the British chaplain,
though burning with zeal to bind these be
nighted swains and nymphs in holy matri
mony, had to push off for the Galatea, leav
ing them as wild in morals’ and free in life as
they had been before his advent. Who will
not sympathize in such a case of clerical dis
tress?
Sussing §ivttt«mj.
S. S. MILLER,
PHOTOGRAPHS, «&C.
T)HOTOGRAPHS, AMBROTYPES, POR-
1 CEL AIN, &C.—Copies of every kind from old
Pictures. Stereoscopic Views of Bonaventure and
Savannah. Cheap Frames, Fitting Cases, kc.. always
on hand. J* N. WILSON,
nov24 S. E. cor. Broughton and Whitaker fits.
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MER
CHANTS.
T BERRIEN OLIVER,
#JP • General Commission Merchant,
decl4-ly No. 97 Bay street,
TT GOWDY, Commission Merchant, if Drayton
f~l # street, between Bay and Bryan streets.
oelG—3m
'llf B. ADAMS, Commission Merchant, Drayton
> t • street, next to Bay. * oc2—tf
TTENRY BRYAN,Broker aud Commission Merchant,
f~l 101 Bay street, Savannah, Ga. au26-tf
TTARL EPPING & CO., General Commission Mer-
Vy chants, 149 Bay street, Savannah, Georgia, Vice-
Consulates of Spain and of the Netherlands.
ffifCARL EPPING, Timber Merchant, Darien and
Brunswick, Georgia. nov25-tf
TTARNEY & Co„ Commission Merchants, No. 12
11 Stoddard’s Upper Range. Liberal advances
made on consignments of Cotton, Wool, Hides, Ac.,
to our friends iu Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New
York. aug30
T C. ROWLAND k CO., Storage and General Com
ei • mission Merchants. Cotton taken on Storage
in Battcrsby’s First Class Fireproof Warehouses.
Particular attention given to weighing and sampling.
J. C. ROWLAND. H. H. ROWLAND,
jysi.
YTTILKINSON k WILSON, Cotton Factors and Gen-
t V eral Commission Merchants, No. 90 Bay street,
Savannah, Georgia. Liberal Advances made on con
signments to ourselves or our friends in New York
and Liverpool. jy27
TTTM. D. R. MILLAR 157 Bay street, Commission
W Merchants, Dealers in Railroad Supplies,
Agents for Ingersoll’s Cotton Press, and manufac
turer of Axle Grease, kc. jy 23
BILLIARD SALOONS.
~jV|"ETROPOUTAN BILLIARD ROOMS, (five ol
ItJL Phelan’s first class Tables), Bryan street, oppo
site Screven House. 43~FREE LUNCH every evening.
mh21 D. McCONNELL, Proprietor.
BROKERAGE, EXCHANGE AND COM
MISSION.
A L. HARTRLDGE, Commission Merchant and
• Broker, 1G3 Bay street. mh21
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
Tir M. DAVIDSON) Wholesale Dealer in Groceries,
TT • Wines, Liquors, Teas and Cigars, 150 Bay
street, Savannah. Sole Agent in the State of Georgia
for Massey, Houston k Co.’s Philadelphia Ale. jy24.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
¥7' GROS CLAUDE, Dealer in Watches, Jewels
JD • and Silverware, Bull street, opposite Mason?
Hall, Savannah, Ga. Watches and Jewelry carefull
repaired. nov7-tf
PAINTING AND GLAZING.
X/TURPHY k CLARK, Bryan Street, opposite the
ItJL Bank State of Georgia, Honse, Sign, Ship and
Steamboat Painters, Gilding, Graining, Marbling and
Glazing. Signs of every description. jy23
PLASTERERS.
G RADY k TULLY, Plain and Ornamental Plaster
ers and Dealers in Laths, Lime, Plaster, Hair,
Cement and Building Material, Bryan street, between
Drayton and Abercom streets. augl-tf
BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
TT/'M. ESTILL, Bull street, next to the Post Office
V V Dealer in Newspapers, Magazines, Books ant
Stationery. The latest New Yark and other Daily an
Weekly Newspapers received by every mail andstean
UNDERTAKERS.
XT'UBGUSQN & DIXON, Undertakers, 120 Brough-
P ton street; Dealers In Fisk’s Patent Metalic, Ma
hogany, Walnut and Grained Coffins, Ice Boxes for
Preserving Bodies. Funerals furnished at the short-
est notice. Country orders promptly attended to. jy27.
CIGAR MANUFACTURER.
A Haunted House.—The Greensburg (In
diana) Herald is responsible for the following
account of a haunted house in that place: It
says the honse is situated near the railroad
track, and had been occupied for some time
by an Irish family. The ghost makes its ap
pearance every night, just as the clock strikes
twelve, and for an hour makes itself at home
by throwing chairs, tables, cooking utensils,
<$»., about the room in a promiscuous man
ner. The family stood it as long as possible,
and then moved oat.
Another family moved in, but got enough
in one night. The owner offered twenty-five
dollars to any one who would “lay” the
ghost, and a young man, possessed of more
courage than money, offered to do the job.
He armed himself and repaired to the house.
Just as the clock struck the hour of midnight
a slight noise was heard, followed by a groan.
About this time doors in the upper part of
the honse commenced shutting in a mysto
rions manner. This continued for some
time, when the door of the room in which
the yonng man was sitting suddenly opened,
and a lady, dressed in black and deadly pale,
stoo.d before him. He started toward her,
when she vanished through the door, and on
going to the doof she was nowhere to be
seen. The house,, several years ago, was the
scene of a most bratal murder, in which a
man killed his wife by cutting her heart oat.
He left the country, and did not return until
the war broke oat, when he enlisted in a
New York regiment, and was killed daring
the storming’of Vicksburg.
> <
New Teem.—A countryman gave as an ex
cuse for not leaving his wagon to take a drink,
that “there are too many d—d scantelopes
about—they might steal something.” We
don’t know about the term, bat ms ideas
about stealing from his wagon were about
light—CWumfow 8m.
C< SOLOMON, Cigar Manufacturer, Bryan street,
between 'Whitaker and Bull streets, three doors
above the Pulaski House. jy23
GUJA^IsTO!
PHCENIX GUANO,
From McKean’s Island,
SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
PER TON 2,000 POUNDS, CASH:
Price at Savannah $50 00
At Augusta 55 OO
WILCOX, GIEHS & CO’S
MANIPULATED GUANO !
A mixture of PHCENIX and No. 1 PERUVIAN
GUANO, and which has PROVED TO BE THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL MANURE in use.
PER TON 2,000 POUNDS, CASH:
Price at Savannah $65 OO
At Augusta 70 00
PUKE No. 1 PERUVIAN OUANO,
Now landing, direct from the Peruvian Agent, at
LOWEST MARKET PRICE. Also,
BEST LAND PLASTER
AT MARKET PRICE.
FOR SALE BY
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GUANO,
• COMMISSION MERCHANTS;
ALSO, AGENTS FOB THE WILLCOX * 01
SILENT SEWING MACHINE,
No. 97 Bay street, Savannah, and No. 211
Broad street, Augusta, Ga.
43- Our Agents will sell at same prices, necessary
expenses added. Jy9—ly
AND-BILLS, SHOW-BILLS, POSTERS and
10GBAMMES print'd at THE MORNING
JOB OFFICE, V>~ - street.
— DEALER IN—
MAHOGANY, WALNUT jimi PINE
FURNITURE,
155 aud 157 Broughton St.,
(NEXT TO WEEDS A UNWELL,)
oc22—6m SAVANNAH. G-A. •
HOYT & GARDNER,
Bankers and Brokers,
5 NEYV ST., NEW YOKK.
BUY AND SELL ON COMMISSION
GOLD, GOVERNMENT AND STATE SECURITIES,
Storks, Bonds and Sterling Exchange.'
TMPORTERS FURNISHED WITH COIN FOB CUS-
X TOMS DUTIES at lowest rates.
Stocks, Bonds and Gold purchased and carried, and
sold short on deposit of margins. Interest allowed
on margins. Interest allowed* on deposits, subject to
check at sight. novl8-3ttw,tlaw2m
TAKE NOTICE
W E, THE UNDERSIGNED, WOULD RESPECT
FULLY call the attention of the public to our
LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK
— OF —
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
H ATS,
./UKX IZARD MIDDLETON,
Cotton Factor and Commission
Merchant,
NO. 7 SOUTH ST., BALTIMORE.
P ARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE
sale of Cotton, Rice and Southern Produce, and
purchase of Grain, Flour, Guano and Plantation Sup
plies. Liberal advances made on consignments.
Refers to H. &R. N. Gonrdin k Co., Savannah.
nov!8-lawl2t
EDW’D D. BOIT.
LOW
DEFY ALL
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
OF ALL STYLES AND DESCRIPTIONS, which we
offer at such
PRICES
AS TO
COMPETITION!
Onr stock being MANUFACTURED BY OUR
SELVES, we can warrant them in every respect as
represented, and as wc have but
ONE PRICE!
Every one can be assured of fair dealing.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS, and all those in want
of anything in our line, are respectfully solicited to
call and examine our stock, as we consider it no trou
ble to show or price our goods.^
CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER
AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
I. L. FALK & CO.,
ONE PRICE
CLOTHING WAREHOUSE,
1-16. Congress, aud 65 St. Julien Sts.
Branches at Charleston, S. C., No. 157 Meeting and
303 King streets.
MANUFACTORY IN NEW YORK:-No. 44-Murray
nov21-eodlm
CLOTHING
-AT-
KEDUCED PRICES.
HE1DT, JADDON & GO.,
H aving purchased the stock of heidt
k LUDLOW, and JAUDON, CRAVEN & CO.,
will dispose of the same at PRICES THAT CANNOT
FAIL TO GIVE SATISFACTION.
All who wish good
boit & McKenzie,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
JOHN OLIVER,
DEALER Df
Sashes, Blinds and
Doors,
PAINTS, OILS, GS-LA-SsJ
Painter’s and Glazier’s Tc
Mixed Paints
OF ALL COLORS AND SHADES.
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING, Gl
ING, Ac.,
No. 6 Whitaker St., Corner of Bay Lan
jys—ly
II. Gr. BIT WE,
Wholesale Liquor Dealer,
Agent for Bininger,
aclO—ly
WEST SIDj
-E MARKET SQUARE.
CHRIS. MURPHY.
Murphy & Clark,
W. A. MCKENZIE. Housej Si n rn? sMp and Steam*
boat Painters.
Bay
dec2-3m
Street. Savannah;
GH OLSON, WALKER A CO.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
- LIVERPOOL,
M ake liberal advances on consign
ments OF COTTON, NAVAL STORES, Ac.
The senior partner, Mr. Gholson, will be in Savan
nah during the season, and may be found at the office
of J. W. LATHROP A CO. nov20-lm
Emus L. Gcssann.
Edward l. Holcombe.
GUERARD & HOLCOMBE,
Cotton.Factors -
AND
COMMISSION MERCftAJfTS
NO. 5, STODDARD’S LOWER RANGE,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Liberal Advances on Consignments.
CLASON & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SAVANNAH, GA.
L iberal advances made on consign
ments to their houses in New York and Liver
pool, and to their friends on the Continent.
novlG-3m
PHILIP DZIALYNSKI,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
186 Bay Street, Jones* Upper Block.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
Branch Offices at Qnitman, Georgia, and at Madison,
Florida.
novl2-tf
WINTER CLOTHING,
At . Low Prices,
Con obtain them at the old stands of
HEIDT & LUDLOW
154 Congress Street.
AND AT
JA UBON, CIIA YEN' <& CO.’
117 Broughtoi^. St.
g- THOSE WHO PREFER
SUITS MADE TO ORDER,
Can be accommodated by leaving their measures at
117 Broughton Street. novl9-lm
STERLING EXCHANGE
Purchased and for Sale by
CHA8. GBESN, SON & OO.
nov!7-TnAThtf
FOlt SALE,
^ LARGE COPPER TURPENTINE STILL
Apply to
nov21-tf
A. DUTENHOFEH,
74 Bay street
GA8TRINE
HOLD AT
Tatem’s Drug Stores.
dscl-tf
s. PAGE EDMANDS. JOHN H. GARDNER.
EDMANDS, GARDNER & CO.,
GENEKAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Savannah, Ga.
L iberal advances made on consignments
to onr friends in New York, Boston and Liverpool.
Messrs. Dabney, Morgan & Co., New York; Jarvis
Slade, Esq., New York; Hon. J. Wiley Edm&itds, B
ton; Savannah National Bank, Merchants' Natio
Bark, Savannah; Lathrop k Spivey, Banl-ers, Sa-
sej>28—tf
E.- W. DRUMMOND, G. C. DRUMMOND,
Of the late firm of L. J. Guilmartin k Co.
E: W. DRUMMOND & BRO.,
GENERAL SHIPPING
—AND—
Commission Merchants,
154 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
aul—tf
REMOVAL.
H. H. COLQUITT.
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant.
Office moved to 69 Boy street, near Steam Bakery.
novM-lm
Dr. Edwin W. L’Engle,
DENTIST,
(Masonic Hall,) cor. Bronghton and Bull Sis.,
CP STATUS,
(ENTRANCE ON BROUGHTON ST.)
Savannah, Georgia.
Jeia-ly
,500 BOXES
TOBACCO!
:~1?
IN STORE AND FOR SALE AT MANUFACTURERS*
PRICES BY
THAXTON, CREWS & CO.,
163 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
Gilding, Graining, Marbling, Glazing
and Paper-Ranging,.
TTTE ABE PREPARED to SELL AT WHOLE-
T T sale and retail. Paints, Oil, Glass, Potty, snd
Varnishes, Mixed Paints, Brashes of every descrip
tion, Machinery and Harness Oil, Axle Grease, etc.
77 Bryan St., between Ball and Drayton,
mh!4—ly SAVANNAH, GA
C. V. HUTCHINS,
GENERAL COXHISSIOX AND WHOLESALE
DEALER IN-
HAY, GRAIjV, &c.
C ORN, OATS, P14S, BRAN, RYE, FRESH GRIT
and MEAL, At., kc., on hand mud for sale a
LOWEST HABKET\PBICES. Grain Warehouse, 155
Bay street, Savanna!. oc!4—tf
F. W.
HARDWARE,
BAD
i W'
lElIJEE IN
DUTLEBY, AGRICULTU-
AXES, HOES,
TRACES, Ac.
R. A. WALLACE,
General Commission Merchant,
PAPER, PAPER STOCK, MACHINERY
WASTE, MOSS, <fce., «Sce.
P ARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO CONSIGN
MENTS of PRODUCE or MERCHANDISE.
JONES' UPPER RANGE, BAY STREET, •
River side, between Whitaker and Barnard streets.
JylA—ly
TOT. Eg
NEWSDEALER
— AND —
BOOKSELLER,
Bnll Street, Next to the Post Office,
(DOWNSTAIRS,)
Georgia.
CITY MAPS.
rjTHE NEW MADS
Of the City of Savannah,
Can now be obtained by application to the City Trea.
orer, at five doRara each. novll-tf
Notice.
r IE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF MERCER A ANDER
SON having been this day dissolved, theunder-
lfl S£ ed . wlU continue the business on his own account
Thankful for past ffivors, he will endeavor to merit
their continuance, which he respectfully solicits.
EDWARD C. ANDERSON. Ja.
decl-tf
Notice.
LL PERSONS HAVING SOLD OR PURCHASED
Beal Estate within the taxable limits of the city
the year, are earnestly requested to make the
* my office as early as possible.
. . JOHN WILLIAMSON,
noTlittf, city I
Notice.
nPHE UNDERSIGNED IS THE ONLY IMPORTER
X of I
i by him
F. VOSS.
No. 1 Peruvian Guano in
by his agent at Baltimore, Maryland, B. F.
R. C. FEBGU880X,
Agent for Consignees of the Peruvian Govt,
- 42 - -
him and
Notice, Ladies!
^LUTING, FINKING, STAMPING
AND DRESS-MAKING, AT
MADAMW. Zu tOUXS- BAZAAR,
ly * 133 BROUGHTON 8TREE T.up stairs.
LAND FOR SALE.
ACRES, LYING NEAR THE CENTRAL
at Station No. X Good rice land, and well
wooded and timbered. Will be sold low for cash.
A. dHtenhofeb,
74 B
m.
Apply to
nov21tf
novlg-V
COFFEE.
BAGS COFFEE, JUST ARHIVEED PER
Mayfield, direct from Bio de Janeiro,
For sale by
WEEDS A CORNWELL-