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VOL. 2-NO. 87. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20. 1866. PRICE, 5 CENTS. the Daily News and Herald, PUBLISHED BY S. W. MASON. JT 1" Pay Street* Savaiinad. Georgia. 1 ju.l'* - Tim (VnW. $3 BO. *10 00. 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. ,<>15 PRINTING, 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