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Is Cholera Contagions I
A very interesting pamphlet from the pen of Dr.
Shrimpton, of Paris, has just appeared, ooa subject
which has for the last half century led to an immense
amount of discussion, namely—Is cholera a contagious
malady or not ? Dr. Shrimpton pronounces in the
most decided manner against the theory of contagion,
, founding his opinion, first, on his own experience
i during the invasion of the formidable malady in
i France in 1832, 1849, 1853, 1854, and lately in 1860; and
; next, on the facts and observations set forth in the
—-
The Peace Proclamation.
Probably no one, not even the author of it, has yet
comprehended the full scope and bearing of this fruit
ful document. Hasty end excited persons will be apt
to attribute to it much more of aigni&tance than it
really possesses; while, at the same time, it will
doubtless be applied to settle the law of many cases,
to which it may now seem to have little or no relation.
Almost every day some new matter for its operation is
brought to view. The Philadelphia Ledger says:
The legal effects of the President's recent proclama-
l pv EBTIB ISO:
,j,, ra per Square of Ten Lines for first
One Dollar for each subsequent one.
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style, neatly and promptly done.
. m tiie London Daily Telegraph, March 24.]
.lol»>*son nnd tlie Radicals.
rt * - the progress of the American war, great as
■ er jt,. : icies of opinion among us, there was
" Id. i tion that commanded almost universal
t in-North might very possibly succeed in
r ” 1 it the resistance of the secession, but the
i i.. ii -such Union as is deemed inilispensa-
\ , . oiifdlerattoo
works of several of his learned colleagues who have • tion, declaring the war at an end, are much wider and
most frequently had the opportunity of watching the , more ramified than would at first sight be supposed,
disease in India, where its ravages have been so awful- ' There are several acts of Congress that have their ex-
ly depopulating. But if the cholera is not contagious, 1 iatence dependent upon the duration of the war. The
how is it produced, and in what manner propagated? [joint resolution of Congress, approved February 8,
Dr. Shrimpton on those points expressed himself as j 1805, exeluding eleven States from participation in
follows: “Without pretending to give any absolute | Presidential elections, because they had been declared
decision, for we do unt consider ourselves more able | in insurrection. The act or March S, 1865, creating
than other* to penetrate a mystery which has hitherto . the Freedmen's Bureau, expires by its own enactment
baffled all inquirv, we feel justified in saying that we | one year after the end of the rebellion. An act of
attributa the propagation of cholera to an electric ac- ! March 3, 1863, authorized the President “during the
tion. which acts directly, somewhat in the same man- present rebellion, whenever in hie judgment the public
ner as lightning, on the nervous system of organic I safety might require it," to suspend the writ of habeas
life. We do dot require any great stock of modesty to | corpus, and President Lincoln's proclamation of Sep-
confese that, as to this electric action, we should not | tember the 3d, 1863, suspending the writ, declared
be able to demonstrate it scientifically; but its ex- that the suspension should “continue throughout the
iatence nevertheless appears to us certain; in admit- duration of such rebellion, or until the proclamation
ting it we clearly explain to ourselves the character of shall, by a subsequent one to be issued by the Presi-
choiera, its progress, even its propagation; in reject- . dent of the United States, be modified or revoked.**
ing it we see only inexplicable enigmas, which become The present proclamation of President Johnson also
proportion as they are
rin
lf-gov'ermng States—could
■ ..f arms, was generally regarded the more and more sbscure
I'.ittH. .ii-*- Examples were drawn from the more deeply studied.
.-miiitries: Poland, Ireland, \ cnetia. This opinion, moreover, is not ours alone; many
' in turn, made prototypes of the con- eminent physicians share it with us. W'o should
ii the conquered section; and graphic pictures wish ail to ho wail convinced that researches must he
an of the endless but vain efforts that must made in this direction by those who desire to arrive'at
i tlie part el'the victors to efiect the memories : a i L .gitimatc conclusion as to the mode in which
i.te-t, and to heal tlie wounds indicted by ; cholera is propagated. With that view we recoiu-
Tin war was brought to a sudden j mend to our readers the following obligations, which
'\l i la-t and political inquirers scanned 1 we have often repeated,and which they iuav have made
on* 1 interest the intelligi ncc received by ; or msiy make as well as ourselves. Tlie cholera attacks
iviAsivr arrival. Contrary t*> ali anticipations, j persons the farthest removed from all contact with
t antagonism to the experience of the past, the j patients, prisoners in their cells, women closely con-
-t . omvpH thnm r ‘ nH - lined, ami sequestred even from view, in harems;
isolated individuals at sea and in deserts. No barrier,
no quarantine, no sanitary corodon can prevent the
approach of cholera, whatever care may be taken to
keep persons attacked at a distance from the spot
where we are. When thedisease makes its appearance in
a town,either sporadically or after the arrival of an iu-
fected person, far from following a regular course and
.gradually advancing in any particular quarter or from
one quarter to another, as healthy persons may
chance to come in contact with thoso having^th© mala
dy, it strikes, on the contrary, suddenly and siniulta
rmnYif tlitTSouthern p& pie proved them to pne-
" , r re in peace as in war. They bad
1 .‘.I'tiie world bv a Uoroism in battle, and a
'! r , , snfier.ug and privation, entirely foreign
. da racier usually attributed to them. Instead
ii. and luxurious slaveholder, pampered Into
nr ' v and spoiled into the waywardness that
i v iiui-be.ikeJ indulgence, we found men re-
\ j!** for euergy, patient enJurauce, manly self-
vu r uU'l self-restraint.
‘ ,,, Oration of toue and sobriety of language
*. l in tlin statu .papers and military dispatches
•l.utijern leaders, form a complete contrast to
• invvant gasconade which they had been ex*
.li-|-lav. The new revelation of character
..a the return of peace was equally sur-
t .,|uully at variance with preconceived uo-
it pr«*vi*d the Southerners to be an eminently
.j ...pi,*, capable of adapting themselves to
.rtit-vn^ necessities of their altered condition;
r U ,uat without weak repining a at the
. ; . of herished hopes, and of submitting in
\jl, to iIih arbitrament which they had voluu-
. pte.l when they appealed to arms in defence
aS8 ei e I rights. The language of Gen. Wude
illiant cavalry leader of'South Caro-
, i ’ : p.juple of his native Slate, undoubtedly
i tie* public spirit prevalent at the time:
,’ ;K which was launched a few years ago amid
v.jus acclamations, which was freighted with
ro . ; ,,us hnpes, and which was wafted by such
1ms suffered shipwreck. It behooves
changes the army and navy from a war to a peace foot
ing, reducing officers’ pay for commutation, for ra
tions, forage and horses, to which those of high grades
in the army are entitled. In addition to the laws men
tioned above, there are quite a number of other acts,
such as those relating to the militia, the national
forces, drafting, etc., which have reference only to the
continuance of the war.
On the same subject a Washington letter says:
The Peace Proclamation is generally understood as
abolishing the recent order of the Lieutenant-General
against the press, which, by the way, has not been
executed in a single instance. There are the best rea
sons for believing that the President has never given
his countenance to the order in question, as he is
known to be in favor of allowing the most liberal dis
cussion both North and South,;upon ail matters of
publio policy.—Xasliville Gazette.
College os Lookout Mountain.—A wealthy
Christian gentleman of this city, who is well known as
among the foremost in every good enterprise, Chris
topher R. Robert, Lsq., tlie founder of Robert Col
lege, at Constantinople, which he endowed with his
- x : own funds, has. for some months, been iu East Ten-
neou^ly, on the most opposite points does-not make ue gsee for the purpose of establishing a college for the
a second victim in a family where one has already ex- education of the white children of the South. He has
piled, whilst it will carry off several iu a family where p^d^ed the whole of Lookout Mountain, the scene
no signs of epidemic had appeared, and that in quit* of olle - of the m09t k otly contested and important bat-
4 different quarter, often the healthiest or one of the ^ war, a splendid site for such an insti-
healthiest iu the towu. Frankly, it seems to us im- tution, affording a splendid view of the Valley of the
,.-t
possible, in presence of facts eo positive, repeated
daily, and which may be verified by any one, not
to attribute the propagation of cholera to some kind
of electrical action, still unknown, but not the less
real, and the more so that the direction and violence
of the wind exercise no influence oh tho extension of
this formidable malady. Lastly, we believe that
this electrical action, to which we assign the origin ol
the cholera, is the result of two forces combined,
coming at the same time from the atmosphere and
the earth—a fact which renders the cholera endemi-
cal; we arc convinced th«t the electrical influence
affects moat seriously those persons whose nervous
system of organio life is weakened by moral or
to build of its broken timbers, as ; physical causes, such as negligence of the ordinary
may hope to i
i raft whereon
a iA rest and safety.
difficulty ol restoring the shattered Union
-1 thus to have existed only in apprehension,
, , i*o was nothing to cloud the brightness of the
. is till November last, when a fresh surprise
, ,.\emplilled the folly of attempting to prophei
j laws for preserving health, sensual indulgence,
I and in a word, all those excesses which occasion a
i grave depression of the vital forces.”
The Sea Island Negroei.
Tennessee. He has also purchased some four or five
hundred acres on Missionary Ridge, together with the
Government buildings, erected at an expense of $15<»,-
000, and either or both sites will be occupied, as may
seem most desirable.
The buildings already there will accommodate four
or five hundred pupils, and arrangements have been
made for opening the institution on the 16th of May
next. It will be under the caro of Rev. Edward Wil
liams, a graduate of Yale College and of Princeton
ThcologicaJSeminary.who is a scholar and a clergyman
of experience. Mr. Roberts having retired from ac
tive business, with an ample fortune, is devoting him
self, quietly but efficiently, to the work of doing good,
not only with his money, but by personal effort.. He
is one of those good and wise men who choose to be
executors of their o^rn estates, and thus secure the
appropriation of the funds in the way that will accom
plish most for the ends he has in view..—^Vetr York
Obsei'ver.
Last Fond Look.--When a lady twe are talking of a
*,u*i»» to union existed, not on the part of those
i been defeated in the attempt to sever it, but
rho’ks'l been successful in a war to maintain
The negro colonies founded by Gen. Sherman on tho w %
to American affairs. In defiance of all Sea Islands of South Carolina are thus described by a j lady in' the full height and breadth of fashion) has got
lit reason and probability, it turned out that 1 correspondent of the N. Y. Evening Post: j her bonnet and gloves on, and is perfectly ready, with
The appeals that have been made throughout the her parasol in hand, she always goes back to the look-
country and in Congress, that the negroes should not \ ing-gla9s to take a last fond look. Upon asking “a
be ousted from the lands which tftey occupy by virtue i dear handsomo duchess” if thi# were not the truth
of Gen. Sherman’s order, have either been made in
ignorance or are disingenuous. That order, which
was a military measure, providing for the temporary
disposition of the throng of negroes who had joined
his column during the “march to the sea,” has been
taken advantage of to secure possession to the occu
pants of the abandoned lands upon the Port Royal
When the hand ot an excited fanatic struck down
Abrt»h;*m L.n -oln in the very moment of bis triumph,
••rai-i'ivmgs peems to have disturbed tho compla-
with which the Republican leaders regarded the
:.lineal future. That Andrew Johnson, grateful for
elevation to power, would obey their behests and
rnlJ Ins policy to suit their purposes was taken for
tinted. The rage of disappointment which has been
ly his independent course, fatal as the radi
os believe to their own ascendancy, has driven them
• im opposition which shrinks from nothing for the
a 'v..i»u*»hnifiit of its purposes. The struggle pro-
violent than was at first deemed
9he had the charming candor to state:
“Yes, my dear Punch, it is the truth, but not all the
truth. No woman, take my word for it, is satisfied
with one look. A least, I know that I am not, for (and
here our duchess laughed as though she was pleased
with herself and all the world) I don’t mind telling
you 1 invariably take four—four good ones. The first
Island-*, all of whom are not black, and who had taken j look in the glass is for myself, that’s fair; the second
possession while Sherman was fighting the Conl'eder- look is for my husband, that’s nothing but just; the
ates years ago upon the banks of the Mississippi,
havs taken some trouble to get at the facts of this mat
ter, and I find that there are bat few negroes occupy
ing lsands South of the Savannah driver. Many of
fiein formerly belonged on the places. In the rear of
ihe city of Savannah there are several localities where
Tin* pulpit and tho press at the North are ; these people have herded together. They live on fish,
-•elded together into one powerful weapon 1 oysters and rice, and their clothing is ths remnant of
n the President, and the old Puritan war- j what hung to them before the war. Many of their
throughout the Northern States, i villages are not within the influence of the agents of
is not only assailed as a traitor, a rebel
. ouspirator against the Union, but the atrocious
• Lire*- 1 having plotted the assassination of Lincoln
r.:ha view f» succeeding him in office, is unserupu-
isly advanced. So shocking an outrage on decency
iLii]*r*'priety must be peculiarly offensive to the Pre-
rideut. since it cannot but recall to him a like inex-
. .«iblc accusation on his part against the Southern
i aierwho is now pining in unmerited captivity in a
Whatever !>e the. result of the contest between the
head m the Executive and the Congress, one consc-
queiia*, most unfortunate for the country has already
wmqc apparent. The feelings of the Southern pco-
eu completely changed by tlie persistent
— A strong-room recently constructed for a London
bank is thus described: The walls, two feet thick, are
formed of hard bricks laid in cement, and with boop-
- . - iron worked in. Tho room is lined throughout with
the Bureau; and the primitive style in .which they ; wrought iron half an inch thick. There are two doors,
third is for my friends, that’s only generous; and the
fourth is for my rivals, that’s human nature. If the
last look satisfies me, then I know it is all right, and
I assure you I never take any more!—London
Punch.
live would arouse the sympathies if it did not shock the
sensibilities, of the philanthropic South and North.
the outer a strong iron one with two locks, and the
inner one of combined steel and iron of extraordinary
negroes at work upon a patch of ground on one of the
sea island plantations. The surface of the earth where
they were digging was filled and tangled with grass
and weeds, which in ths four years of quiet had ob
tained possession of the soil. A short distance from
the spot several very good cabins had been built,
while near theeroad a number of men were engaged in
j repairing a gate—work that two men could have ac-
' coinplished better than six. One of the men to whom
I addressed the above question paused from his work,
w _ ' leaning upon his big twelve inch hoo, ■while he
tuilignaut hostility with which*” they have been i wiped the perspiration from his forehead with his
mu*.! since the rlose of the war, and the obstinacy dirty sleeve,
vik whicli the party in power resist their return to | “Ah, massa, dat am a solemn tact; dat ar groun’ am
ii.- ruioii The iusults and indignities which arc*, tugher nor a pino knot.”
i*aped upon them, the undisguised desire to treat . “Why don’t you use a plow? You would aecom-
tiinn permanently as a conquered race at the mercy j plishe much more.”
• the victors, the almost fiendish exultation fre* ' “Dar ain’t sich a ting on de islan’, nor a mule, nor
itatly exhibited when portions of the Southern peo- i nothin’ but these bands.”
despairingly turn their backs on their old homes “Well, if you work hard with them you may
c . -rk in exile a relief from their tormentors, have J be able to buy a mule and plow by and by. How many
•:.eiiT red sentiments more deplorable in their ef- i colored poopls are there on this plantation V”
■ i Imn those now produced by pitched battles. < “Nigh goin’ on ter sixty, sah.”
- * * * * * * “How many acres of cotton have you put inhere?”
Tint is to be the end of this disturbance? Is there . “Forty or a hundred, sab.”
i:bt<r.ela«t surprise, exceeding all that America “There is some difference between forty aud one
u* :t offered to our gaze? and is a separation finally | hundred. But you are mistaken; in this field there
: ih.Lv: placo by the definite refusal of the North to i can’t be more than five acres at the outside.”
1'i.lr the Southern States as members of tlie Union j “Yes, sah!” was the answer.
/re: wilding oceans of blood iu maintaining that | In the doorway of one of the cabins a stout negro.
•.:* -iliould not cea.-e to be such ? None dare venture surrounded by several half naked children, was
a ;;olKtion. but things aro not looking well in the! “mashing,” as he termed it, some corn in a wooden
' I Slates just now, and the struggle between the j mortar.
r: ki.’and Congress may yet produce results as “Where did you get that corn?” I asked.
* tod as any of the great events which have oc- 1 “In Sabannah, sah. Tcted it all de way down here.
.•;*r* j cilice 1861. The French Revolution lasted for | Git mighty little corn, sah, for the fish and ’isters we
i: ■»-, two generations ; is it certain that the great j tote dar.”
“You have a hard .job of it,” I said to a party of three , strength, with two locks throwing ten bolts. A safe
n il i
• is at an end in four or five years
I should think so. What do you have to eat be
sides fish^nd oysters and the corn ?”
“Nothing, sah; ah! sometimes mighty little of
dat.”
The above conversation will give you an idea of t*he
condition and prospects of a settlement of these freed,
people, who are an example of thoss who ars best
situated for raising a crop and taking care of them
selves.
Tirr C iiidnuati Gazette still thinks that treason is
v *>t of crimes—the sun of all other crimes,
n ..iily true when treason fails. If it succeeds,
‘ l .t is no crime at all, but a virtue, and it is usually
-1 in the highest veneration. Washington and his
a.iH• r* were traitors; but tb§ir deeds have come
- vd as amongst the noblest that men in any age
iii'e performed. The traitors of Mexico and Central
' v.ulk America appear iu history, not as traitors, Remarkable History of a Torpedo Boat,
V'Htnots. Indeed, nearly all the governments j a Confederate report of the defences of Mobile,
*l the world aro founded on treason. England i Ala., narrates the eventful history of a torpedo boat as
i;:.: constitutional government to traitors. It is follows
5 lh us to hold up our hands and roll up our eyes
•t&eifon.
u nt by declaring the right of a people, any
I* I * to set aside their government and institute
s: tUr at tlieir discretion, and we successfully main-
the right by the sword, and nobody doubts it,
^ uiii lately nobody has disputed it.
» k‘0 late to tell us about the crime of treason be-
of all villainies. That would do a few
“'"1 yean* ago, when governments existed by di-
'-t-rirht, and tho world, learned and unlearned, were
-::..Vogg, d with tho idea. No government exists
by divine appointment. Nobody rules by tbs
y* " J Goa, as men used to do. Any poople have a
1 • overset an old government and set up a new
k’. Mr.t them better, and they are tho exclusive
T-;;—s of ihe necessity. All they must make sure of
power, because the old government has also a
! give them a thrashing, and it is tho exclusive
! tho necessity. A blunder here is crime. Ha
t*ts r^vulution puts at hazard the lives, liberty
r * ^Ttunca of millions, aud if he fail, tho world
* ilU1 down as a reckless disturber of civil gov-
tr °ssent.
rfy , r 15 ri, hculous for the friends of our govern-
\ f n 01 treason and rebellion, and which began
^ - J •= ’.' inn declaration justifying it, to put on extra
r *‘ ! ’ Lt the sin of rebellion. In the late rebellion
J'7; ns ^ £rfe honest and earnest as men ever were,
thousands were exempt from all loyalty to a
ament thnt did not or could not protect them in
Y loyalty.
> admit that there may be great moral guilt
up a rebellion; but when it involved large
,7 atl tu.s. trying to set up a new political and civil
rnent , no human tribunal is authorized to pun-
or even competent to ascertain it. “Let
^ • ci.je them,” said even Abraham Lincoln.
.. . that the violent measures and ^volu-
vuucunent9 of the government are going far
•-'hT?- re bellion, and 8 ive a respectability
it never would have had on its merits.
'k'?* that treason is the greatest of
I s condemned by our own history and
tb'wc > 01 free governments in the world,
! i* K authors aro setting up pretensions to
i-r wi! • l * lat r ightfuilyno civil government fit
ainen is entitled to.—Louisville Democrat.
c . J"‘ E Buck Coaxmo to Ghief.—A Washington
iident thus makes a note of the change that
p cvcr the spirit of Chevalier Forney :
the .k^ cre t*ry of the Senate shows grief. Earlier in
One very remarkable vessel of this sort was con-
■trncted in Mobile and sent by rail to Charleston,
where it was used against the Federal fleet.
It wag built of boiler iron, was about thirty-five feet
long, aud was maimed by a crew of nine men, eight
of whom worked the propeller by band. The ninth
steered the boat and rogulated her movements below
the surface of the water. She could be submerged at
pleasure to any desired depth, or could be propelled
upon the surface. In smooth, still water her move
ments were exactly controlled, and her speed was
about four knots. It was intended that she should ap
proach any vessel lying at anchor, pass under her
keel, and drag after her a floating torpedo, which
would explode on striking the side or bottom of the
ship attacked.
She could remain submerged more than half an
hour without inconvenience to the crew.
goon after her arrival in Charleston, Lieutenant
Payne, of the Confederate navy, with eight others,
volunteered to attack the Federal fleet with her.
While preparing for their expedition tlie swell of a
passing steamer caused the boat to sink suddenly,
aud all Lands, except Lieutenant Payne, who was at
the moment standing iu th* open hatch way, perished.
She was soon raised and again mode ready lor
service. Lieutenant Payne again volunteered to com
mand her. While lying near Fort Sumter she cap
sized aud again sunk in deep water, drowning all
hands except her commander and two others.
Being again raised and prepared for action, Mr.
Aunly, one of the constructors, made an experimental
cruise in her in Cooper river. While submerged at
great depth, from some unknown cause she became
unmanageable, and remained for many dayjs on the
bottom of the river with her crew of nine dead men.
A fourth time was the boat raised, and Lieutenant
Dixon, of Mobile, of the 21st volunteers, with eight
others, went out of Charleston harbor in her and at-
taoked and sunk the Federal steamer Housatonic.
Her mission at last accomplished, she disappeared
forever with her crew. Nothing is known of their
fate, but it is believed they went down with ths
enemy.
Very Good.—The late Major General in the Federal
army who writes the following letter to the Governor
of Mississippi, sets a good example. If it should be
generally followed, “Adams A Co.’s Express” would
do “custom house business” in bringing home all
piano fortes, books, pictures, watches, jewelry and
“silver spoons” which were eloigned in the process
of crushing out the rebellion. We.wonder if even
the Beast” would not strain a point in his natural
We should like to see the in-
placed inside, weighing eight tons and throwing
twenty bolts, contains the cash and securities. An
alarm iu ths resident clerk’s bedroom is attached to
ths inside of the strong-room; so that if the outer
door is opened a gong is set going. A porter sleeps on
a bed iu front of tho outer door, and by pulling a
handle ho can set the alarm off if necessary, and there
is a watchman always on duty.
General Grant Arrested for Fast Driving.—
On Saturday while General Grant was exercising his
fast gray nag on Fourteeth street, officers Bailey and
Crown, after a sharp race, arrested him for fast dri
ving. General Grant offered to pay the fine imposed
in such cases, which, of course, the officers could not
receive; but the General expressed his doubts of their
authority to arrest him, and drove off. The case was
duly reported to Superintendent Richards.—National
Intel! igencer.
It was a bad example in General Grant to violate a
law, but-a worse t,one to treat the officers of law,
with* contempt. Ilicliniond Whig.
— A correspondent of the American Farmer gives
the following recipe for scratches on horses, which he
lias tried on many horses for several years, and never
failed in an immediate care: “Take a 9hovelfull of hot
aslies, (wood ashes,) and throw them under the fet
lock and above the hoof, the part always first affected.
If the horse be badly off with them, raise the foot and,
pour them on, dropping the foot directly. In two
hours tho horse will move with ease to himself, how
ever stiff he may have been. The disease is imme
diately tured by the application. The cracks in the
skin require a low days tp heal.”
— The New York Supreme Court has just decided
an important case under their law, in which a married
woman, in. business conducted by herself had amassed
the means of furnishing her house. In an action of
debt against ber husband by a third party, the tnrni-
turc was seized and a part of it sold. She claimed
damages, and tho full value of the furniture sold, with
interest, was awarded her. The decision of the Court
was in effect tbatfhe wife’s property cjxnad by her
self, was not liable for the husband’s debts.
: -s
— Fiance has at present $ f OOOM8sonic Lodges, with
1,300,000 members. The “GramlOrtent,” of Brussels,
Belgium, celebrated on the 11th^Inst a great Masonic
mourning service, in memory of their deceased
brother, King Leopold T. More than 800 brethren,
among whom were the representatives of all Masonic
authorities of Europe, were present. . The Provincial
Grand Master of Belgium, Senator Van Shoon pre
sided : Deputy Defre, the orator of the “Grand Orient,”
delivered the oration. .
‘ A Cheap Barometer —A German has recently in
vented a very cheap and easily made barometer. Take
a common glass wide-mouthed pickle bottle and fill it
to within three inches of the mouth with water; then
take a common sweet oil flash, cleanse lt thoroughly
ax\d plunge the neck into the pfckle bottle as far as it
will go. This completes the barometer, and in fine
weather the water will rise in the neck of the flask,
descending again in wet, windy weather. Before a
heavy gale of wind the water hw feattpto to leave
the flask altogether at least eight hdBT» JBeiore the
gale was.at its height.
***» he would trip lightly through the Capitol character and disgorge. We should lu
>, Jroi n the Senate to the Lower House, appear ventary of his personal confiscations .
tt 6 V, ’k' ; ba f of tlir House and lav a mesaage irom
Siiilt Me Mr. Speaker, -with a loud voice, a
Uti’/^ed countenance and an advanced stomach.
*7 \ * w ® ver ’ w hen be appears he looks dejected.
*ki<h 1° u in u f4int voice the titles of the papers
Vi- • cldH in bis bat, and slidos sorrowfully away
Wu*a' . lobby, for a few moments’ interchange
tbo sepulchral Kelly or the ghostly
*ioin ' Hi® loss of voice,* stomach aud apirit occa-
tis, wh-Ti u 111 ibe galleries among reporters and oth-
bke to catch the titles of Senate bills, and to
^rate “the cluck with the weak quack.”
C ( _ T: 11 Carolina Rice Crop.—Dr. Irving, on the
r riVfT ’ South Carolina, writes very dis-
tke °t the coming rica crop. Ho thinks
production of that region will bo about the same
^K'ar. He adds:
re negroes were emancipated, the annual
*tit£> OUof Cooper river was about twenty thous-
i e,i of rice, averaging six hundred and twenty-
Vw )uh 8 tierce; but last year, the llfet season a
yLjJ* planted by employment of free labor, not
7““ eight hundred tierces were made—a sad
indeed."
^ u the story of Jamaica over again.
some unknown scoundrel stole the
W* 1 - Vogel, leader of the band at the 8t. Louis
" 8t >«d it’l>v carrii “« *t over into the Illinois bottom
hree , I ? ud and leaves. The boy was only
•nit e irS* °™, and was fortunately discovered the
r »tnrned “ gacity of 8 hunter’s dog.
Lwvcasteh, Ohio, March 24, 1866.
To His Excellency tlie Governor of the State of Mis-
aisstppi, Jackson, Miss.:
Sir -In 1866, 1 brought to this State, from the Sonth,
several dozeu books belonging to the Mississippi State
Library. For the manner in which they came into
my possession, I have tho honor to refer you to my
“Military History,** ou file in the War Department at
Washington.
Tho period having, in my opinion arrived when
property that fell iuto the hands of officers and sol
diers during the war, can be safely restored, I have
the honor to inform you that I have placed the books
deferred to, in the office of Adams & Co.’s Express in
this city subject to your order. -
With the hope that your people may speedily recover
from the effects of the war, I have the honor to be
your Excellency’s obedient serfent,
Hugh Ewing, /
Late Bvt. Maj. Gen. p. S/V.
—An exchange says: In selecting Hour, fi«*l look
to the color. If it is white, with a yellowish straw
colored tint, buy it. If it la white, with a b“i3h cast,
or with white specks in it, refuse it. Second, examine
its adhesiveness—wet and knead a little/* it between
your fingers—if it works soft and sti^fy it is poor.
Third, throw a little lamp of dried/tloiir against a
smooth surface; if it fall* like /owder it -it bad.
Fourth, squeeze some of the flo/f tightly in your
hand; if it retains the shape gii™ l>T the pressure,
that, too, is a good sign. It i»t? *>«y that
will stand all these tests. Xffise modes are given by
all old flour.dealers, and t/T pertain to a matter that,
concerns everybody—the*taff of life.
RHODES’
Super Phosphate of Lime.
THE STANDARD MANURE, '
AT $62 50 PER TOST, CASH.
805 CITY ACCEPTANCE, DDE* NOV. 1.
aii-tf MILLER, THOMAS A CO.
SANDERSON & WILKINSON,
HARNESS .SADDLER!
AND
TRUNK STORE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Under St. Andrew’s Hall» Broughton St.,
SAVANNAH, g-a.
THE EYE, EAR, AND YHROAT.
D IL WRICIlf, of Toronto, Canada West, Physi
cian and Surgeon, Oculist and Aurist, can be
consulted o* Deafness, Discharges from the Ear,
noiaei in the Head, Catarrh, Diseases of the Throat
and Lung*.
AU diseases of the EYE, requiring cltheir Medical
or Surgical aid attended to.
OfflJe No. 41, in Dr. Tbos. Buckler's- old office on
-Lcsdigton street, Baltimore, Md.
Office hofirs irom 9 to 12 A. M., and 3to 5 P. M.
ia tf
Immense Improvement In Steam-
HICKS' PATENT DIRECT-ACTING, RE-
CIPROCATING-PISTON STEAM EN
GINES.
S AVE 75 per cent, in space, weight, transportation
friction, and parts over the best engines, with
great economy in steam and repairs. The cheapest,
simplest most compact, and durable made. Adapted
to all purposes. For circular address the Hicks
Engine Co., No. 88 Liberty street, New York.
fl9-Saw6m
Wine.
TUST received at the METROPOLITAN BILLIARD
O HALL, a large assortment of this new and de
licious Wine. Come in and try it.
AN EXHIBITION
OF
arts
MY OWN IMPORTATION.
Hotels.
LIVE OAKlLUB HOUSE,
No. 32 GEORG* STREET,
Charleston, South Carolina,
Is now open for the accommodation of transient and
permanent guests.
Choicest Liquors, Wines, Ales and Segars
ALWAYS ON BAND.
Terms, SB per Day.
alltr PETER JONES, Proprietor.
BY the steamer Tariff*, from France, I have received n large and Leantifallv assorted stock of of Paris’ finest
SOAPS, POMADES, HAIR OILS
TOILET, LAVENDER and COLOGNE WATERS,
CREAMS EOR THE COMPLEXION,
DENTRlTrCES and HAIR RESTORATIVES,
SACHETS POWDERS, all perfumes.
These goods are all from the celebrated houses of Chardin, Mouiib. lull Xevu, ylonpt'hs; Piver, Lubin and Condray.
CREME DE DUCHESSE, a pomade, the finest known in Pari;;, possess-' 0 , nil tho qualities of a Hair Restorative—is in itself the
perfection of art.
COUDRAY’S SAVON LACTEINE is the finest Soar) known, pioducing in me r. regular bath of milk.'
The JUICE OF LETTUCE SOAP, VIOLET and VANILLA SCATS.
PEACH, PINEAPPLE, BANANA and FLEUR DE LIS SOdTS.
HAIR OILS of different flavors,, BANDOLINE, HUILLE, CONCRETE.
CREAM of the JUICE of PEACHES, for - whitening tlie Lauds.
LOTION VEGETALE PREPAREE ATJX JAUNNES D'OOUTTS. to give the hair a brilliant and glossy appearance, to keep dand
ruff off and-stop the hair from falling out. %
LIPAROLLE TONIQUE, to keep the hair from falling out, and is a brilliant Hair Restorative.
EMULSION BALSAMIQUE and BLANCE DE PL RLE. for the complexion.
EAU DE PHILIPPE, ODONTHALINE, POWDER ODONTHFNE, K.-VU DF.NTRTFICE, for the teeth and gums.
Besides many other preparations, comprising a splendid: as .urtment.
These goods are immortal, and the French people through their nse have beeome renowned for their beautiful complexion, skin
and hair. , , v
AU articles shown with pleasure and explained when necessity requires.
Also, a few cases of CHATREUSE, from the, GRANDE < 'TTaTREUSE, a cordial seldom brought here.
ALS,n OS HAND
A11 the foUowing preparations of Casswell. Mack & Co., wider Fifth Avenue Hotel, N. Y.
FERRO. PHOS. ELIXIR CALASAYA BARK. _
COD LIVER OIL, a rare article. >
GLYOERIA, a lotion for tb« hair perfumed with Bay Lent
DENTINE, FORMA DENTA, LOTUS BALM, AMBER TOOTH and GUM WASH, TOILET aud COLOGNE WATERS.
Lippman’s Drug and Chemical Warehouse,
a!3-lmo
CORNER CONGRESS AND BARNARD STREETS.
Miscellaneous.
I N. WILSON,
Photographer.
PHOTOGRAPHS,
Porcelain & Ambrotypen,
IN THE HIGHEST STYLE OF THE ART.
Copying done in the best manner. Pictures made as
well In cloudy as in clear weather.
tir Call and Examine Specimen*.
SOUTH-EAST CORNER BROUGHTON AND WHIT-
alS-tf AKER STREETS.
Notice to Wharf Owners.
O WNERS of Wharf Property are hereby notified
that they can obtain sand for filling, at the foot
of Abercorn street, by hauling the same.
JOHN B. HOGG,
mis City Surveyor.
GEO. W. BERRY & CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
WALNUT, CHESTNUT AND PAINTED
CHAMBER FURNITURE)
Refrigerators, Bureaus, Wardrobes, die.,
I A 3 Holmes’ Block, Haymarket Squre,
f26 cod-3m
BOSTON.
•M4
C. K. HUBER, BENTLEY D. HASELL
General [Partners.
M. K. JESUP & CO..
New York, Special Partners.
HUGER & HASELL,
NO. 46 EAST BAY STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS,
AND DEALERS
IN
Railway Equipment ami Supplies, Portable and
Stationary Engines, Saw Mills, and all kinds
of Machinery required by Railroad
Companies, Contractors,
Mannfacturers, Machinists and Agriculturalists.
Advancea made on consignment of Railroad Iron;
also on Cotton and other Produce.
BENTLEYDT HASELL,
CIVIL, MINING AND CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
ESTIMATES MADE AND CONTRACTS
- TAKEN.
OFFICE 40 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON
s. c.
J25 imAtwtf
CRUTCHES
TjWRST and only premium swarded at the American
r • liistitutcFair, 1865, and State Fair ot Pa, 1865, for
Crutches. Hartman’s Patent Elastic Rubber Cratcnes
are pronounced by surgeons, and everybody else, to be
the very best ever invented.^Tiu-y^ are easy and con-
... m. i i. -«*t <]o away
use of all
. Send for a
circular. Agents wanted everywhere LOVSJOY *
TaYLOR, Sole Mannfacturers, No. «7C\ Broadway
N. Y. Sm-n23
TO PLANTERS.
W E will keep constantly on hand a full stock of
Plows, Hoes, Corn shelters, Straw Cutters,
‘Axes, and other Agricultural Implements of best
makers and patterns with which to supply Planters
and Country Merchants, whose attention we invite
to our stock and t hink we can make it to their inter
est to purchase of us.
BOUSE & BRYANT,
J28-tf 194 Bay street.
Peruvian Guano.
W E have in store genuine No. 1 Peruvian Guano,
. direct importation, end will sell in quantities
to suit purchasers.
fli-tf CRANE A GRAYBILL.
OATS, OATS.
f>RIME article, in tots'to suit purchasers, at the
I lowest market rates Apply to
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO
m80-tf .. Corner uay and Abercorn eta.
NOTICE.
P ERSONS holding City Lots, who are In arrear for
Gronnd Kent, are notified that additional costs
will be incurr d by them unless they discharge their
obligations at an early day.
R- T. GIBSON,
J24 City Treasurer.
lumber, lumber.
*T)HS old firm of MoLEOD A BHO. ia still alive, and
A la fully prepared to fill orders for the beet quel-
mywLrfteS^' -***** I ^ her ? eUvere3
. . dl other chargee
than the coat of the Lumber, which shall be ae cheap
as the cheapeat, and in quality as good as the beat
No charge for over-lengtha. Addreea '
MoLEOD A BBO ,
mao-lm Savannah P. O.
Southern Palace
I &
l
ORFF a WATKINS,
IMPORTERS AND
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS
1ST ATjXj ITS BXt^.MTOBZIS,
111 & 113 Congress St., Savannah.
Commission Merchants.
1. P. B .CSC. W. A. lluYANT.
Bouse & Bryant,
(Formerly ol Jarinoaville, Fla.,)
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
104 Btiy Street,
S1VAVN.1II, - - - - GEUKGU.
W ILL give prompt ar a to receiving and for-
v anling guede. sale, on consignment, and all f
ordcis; auJ will uisu i.ccp constantly on band a
good stock of Groceries, Liquors, Agricultural Imple
ments, Building MtttqDala, Fairbanks A Co’a .Scabs,
Ac., besides other goqp and manufactured articles
for sale on consignment, and for which they are
aeents. Orders aud consignments lsapectfully so
licited. alS-tf >
BLACK SILKS
ST. CHARLES SALOON,
B Y A. STAMM, Bay Lane, rear of Poet Office —
The best Liquors, Alee, Wines, Began, Ac.,
always on hand, including a choice article of SELT-
ER’S WATER, directly Imported from Hersagthum,
Nassau, and the best of Rhine Wines.
LUNCH every day at 11 o'clock. mlS-ly
THE VERANDA HOUSE,
A T WHITE BLUFF, will be open on and after
Monday, the 9th Inst., for the accommodation
or Boarders, transient or permanent.
The subscriber, from his long experience in the
bnsin°93. can safuly guarantee tue comfort of those
who may give him a call.
&G Im MOSES M. BBLI9ARIO.
VERNONBURG HOUSE.
T HE above well-known watering place at Vernon-
bnrg, eight miles from tlie city, will be opened
for the reception of-visitors on ihe 2d of April. Bath
houses, boats, Ac., in connection with the establish
ment.
For farther information, enquire of W. A R.
McIntyre A Co.
P. L. CONSTANTINE, Agent.
m27-lm* , Proprietor.
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
W E respectfully invite our old friends and the
traveling public to give us a call. Our house
is located in the heart of trade, and convenient to the
depots.[fB-3m] JONES A KICK.
Port Royal House,
HILTON. HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL A ROGG.
a. s. BiDanx.
PaOPBIBTOSS
m. r. avee.
Jo3-tf
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
fflUlS popular and well known Hotel, situated in the
I business portion of the city, has been newly fur
nished t hroughout bythe present proprietor, who bna
been sixteen years connected with the establishment.
ia26-tt W. WHITE, Proprietor.
PAVILION HOTEL,
Corner Meeting and Hasel Streets,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Ii. L. BUTTERFIELD, Prop’r.
OT* Board $3 per day. a2-lm
Dry Goods.
McKAY, BLISS & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
I \EALERS In White Oak dn<'< Yellow Piue Timber of
Lr g]| sixes. Cash advances made on consignments
of Timber, Cotton, Naval blares, Ac.
The above-named house offer unusual facilities for
ihe sale of Southern Products, and respectfully so
licit conslgnpients.
Moray, bliss a co.,
d21-tawtf 165 Broadway, N. Y.
GEORGE, PATTEN,
Forwarding and Commission HereMat
No. 182 Bay Street,
f22-3m* SAVANNAH.
THOMAS H. AUSTIN,
General Commission and Forwarding
MHRCIiArJT.
95 Bay Street, Savannah, Ua.
Rcress ro
Wm. M TnnnoA Co.. Savannah; Nourie A Brn<>K»,
New York; Epping, Hannerd & Co., Columbus.
m2n-tf
A. Duvcmnions,
Of Savannah, Ga.
Jon* M. W. Him..
Of Jefferson On., Fla-
A. DUTEKHOFER & CO.,
Shipping, Forwarding*
A2ii)
COMMISSION JWElUHAiYiS,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Prompt attention given, lq the purchase, sale and
shipment rtf cotton, lumber and oouutry pro
duce generally. Consip.imehts solicited,
on ujt idh literal ad ranees
.'••"* V * J rlfSathttudfe.
airxaxNcib:
Brigham, Baldwin & Co., Savannah Hiram Rob
erta, Savannah ; J: H. Zeilic A Co., Macon; Ga.; Dr.
N. L. Angler, Int. Bev. Col., Augusta; JamesM. Ball,
Eeq., Atlanta, Ga.; Wiilie Chlehoim, Atlanta, (ia.;
C. L Robinson, -Jocttonvlllr, Fla.; F. Dibble, Jack
sonville, Fla.; Col. W. L- Bailey, Jefferson county,
Fla.; D. H. Baldwin * Co.. New York; Bearden *
Co., New York. Warren Mitchell, Eeq., Louisville,
Kentucky. JU
GEO. a ARLEDGE,
SHIP CHANDLFiR, GROCER
. *sa-
Comnalaiion and Ferwardlag Merchant.
72 BAY STREET SAVANNAH.
d28-ly ‘ •
New York
Jas. C. Vaa Fkxt, |
Cuab, H. Ifomn,
Kaieigh, N. C.
Bennett, Van Pelt ft Co.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
FOB TRM SAIJI OF
C8TTH TMAMfl, NAVAL STME», ETC.
FOE THS PURCHASE AND KALE 09 STATE AND
OTHER STOCKS,
33 Whitehall St., New Yorlc.
We have associated with ua Mr. D. W. Cubtis, late
Public Treasurer for North Carolina. n*4m
RIDE.
W B i
Harneaa, which we t
JU-tf
Boggle* n&
U^u^UyC.' ***&*******
BOUSE A BRYANT,
IM Bay street.
: *9fi i.s
We have received by last steamers—
BLACK SILKS, of all widths
COLORED AND WHITE DRESS SILKS
MO? AMBIQUES,
GRENADINES,
BAREGES,
PINA CLOTHS,
PLAIN AND CHECK POPLINS,
LAWNS,
MUSLIN,
ORGANDIES,
and other Styles of Dress Goods.
EINSTEIN A ECKMAN,
m*4 151 Congress street.
Just Received,
A N invoice of the celebrated CHAMPAGNE
WINES of Messrs. Bruch, Foucher A Co., of
the following brands;
Xmo D’or,
Carte D’or.
in quarts and pints.
m80 F. W. SIMS A OO.
Notice.
All Taxes levied under the Ordinance of December
27th, 1866, are required to be paid between the 1st
and 10th of the present month, and are set forth be
low. The tax on real estate may be paid for the
quarter ending March 81st, 1866, or for the whole-
year.
On gross sales ol merchandise (including sales of
liquor) except cotton, n per cent.
On gross sales of cotton, 1-10 per cent
On all commissions derived from any business
transaction (other than merchandise) by any factor,
auctioneer, broker, forwaidlng, shipping or commis
sion merchants, 1 percent
On *11 Incomes derived from salaries and tlie pur
suit of any profession, faculty, trade or calling what
soever, except from real estate, 1 per cent
On gross receipts of any business transactions, not
included is the foregoing, and including all insur.
ance companies and agencies, gas companies, ex
press companies, cotton-presses, hotels aud restaur
ants, 1 per cent
On all receipts for freight or passage money which
are payable in this city, 1 per cent.
On gross earnings of every bank, bank agency or
hankers, 1 perceet.
on every horse and mule, except those actually
used in wagons, drays, trucks or other vehicles, for
which badges may have been taken out, one dollar
per month.
On every dog, three dollars per annum.
On the value of all lurniture, jewelry and plate
worth over three hundred dollars, 1 per cent
Every male resident between the ages of twenty-
one and sixty years, except only such as may be en
titled to registry and to vote at city elections, and
who shall register their names and pay for the same,
one dollar per annum.
On real estate,-1 per cent
R. T. GIBSON,
a2 Ciry Treasurer.
Notice.
(JIBE copartnership of Co^iby.^ lOllen A Co.
_ .. . itDa-
rien^Ga.. is this day dissolved by mutual con-
CHARLBS L. COLBY A CO.,
WALLACE H. MIL LEX.
K. MoLEA.
J. H. CARTER.
KENNETH McLEA & CO.,
Commission Merchanl
. MO* BAT STREET, '
IAVAFNAB, CtA.
Advances'made mi Consignments of Cotton
and other produce to our Mends in Liverpool and
New York. ——
W **ta veto, to cattou.
""*'**' 18 Stoddard's
ot labor can jot raise a crop double
*eu. Am! an * ' * ”*
TkTOnC*.—1
n.ktmadb
DRY GOODS
The undersigned having formed a copartnership
under the firm name of
Hiram Roberts’ Sons & Co.,
for the purpose of carrying on a general DRY GOODS
BUSINESS, have now opened, and will continue to
receive additional supplies of Imported and Domestic
Dry Goods, which they offer for sale at
xfo. 156 cusBomr BxrxiBzva
on Congress street, east or the Market, and at the
second store from the end of the bnlldlng.
JAMES H. ROBERTS.
DWIGHT L. ROBERTS.
f28 tf EDWARD 3. LATHROP.
TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
W E invite your attention to the largest aid most
complete stock of
DRY GOODS
to be found in ibis dty, and which la offerad~
AT THE LOWEST PRICES,
By
m?6
EINSTEIN A ECKMAN,
151 Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
Miscellaneous.
City Court of Savannah.
FEBRUARY TERM, 1846.
TXTHEREAS. Moses A. Cohen, Octavos Cohen,
Tv Henry D. Weed, J. 8. Tyson, Francis J. Cham-
I ioa; Edwin E. Hertz, Noble A. Hardee, Mo ca Y.
lenderson, Thomas Arkwright, Henry Bryan and
John R. Wilder were regularly summoned to attend
and be sworn at Grand Jurats for the February
Term, i860, of the City Court of Saraanah, made de-
fiult: It w ordered, thstthey be fined each in the
sum of forty dollars, unless they file good and
sufficient cause of excuse on or before the first
ay of the i ext term of this Court, on the first Mon
day is May next
And whereas, Henry Muller, J. B. Geudnr, James
Gibb, Laurence Dunn, Joseph Bnckert, B. H. Bruen,
Theodore B. Marshall, John J. Maurice, Joseph Sul
livan and Paffilck O'Toole were summoned to attend
and be sworn ee Petit Jurors for the February Term,
City Court of Ssvmnnah, made deiault: It is ordered
that they be fined each twenty dollar*, unless they
die Hood and sufficient cause of excuse on or before
the first day or tbe next term of this Court, on the
first Monday in May next.
And whereas, Peter P’Kelf, Henry Wettzber, C. V:
utchine, John Co eh ran, Lewis Fried, Hugh Mona-
_ m, James E. Be sen$ and Francis Kane, Tales Petit
Jurora, summoned to attend and be sworn as Petit
Juror* at the February Term of ths City Court of Sa
vannah, made default -• It is ordered that they bo
fined each in tbe earn of twenty dollars, Unless they
Alo good and sufficient rauae of excuse on or before
tbe a st (lay of the Mae Term of said Court
Tru - extract* from the minutes of the City Court.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, Jnn.,
Deputy Clerk City Court of Srti
*7-16 .
NEW BOOKS,
RECEIVED BY
Cooper, Olcotts & Farrellv.
The Man of theWorid; by William North
De Profusdie; by William Gilbert
try of the-War; hy Grant White
Leighton Court; by Wageley
LoA Tales of Minus; by Bulwer
Walter Goring; hr Annie Thomas
Travaileare De L. Mar; by Victor Huger
Honor May : u novel,
Godey for May
Pifianwnap Her May. '
M8T OF
Uncalled-for Freight
Remaining in the Warehouse of the Atlantic A Gulf
JMdlrord, Savannah, Apnno, m
John Ryan. 2 DW. empty Bottle*
McDonough. 3 hexes and 4 bieees Machinery
W. AR Mclntire 16 sacks Potatoes
J. W. Nevitt, I bale cotton
W. Knlftit, 2 tfols Iightwood
A. Leltar, tsack Wax
C. B. Rogers, a bbls Syrup
Nichole, Camp A Co., l bblTar
J. B. Cabbage, T bbl Syrup
B. PadeimL 7 bales Cotton
J Booth, l box mdae,» boxae, and is <
’HWw
CasoUaol