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VOL. 2-NO. 92.
^Toaily News and Herald,
rUDLIBHUD BY
s. W. MASON.
•11 iSav Stkkft, Savakkad, Geougia.
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BY
' L OF JAMES \V. DUNCAN,
MILITARY COMMISSION
ui(S e,l Cruelty to Federal Prisoners
Wbseling, Va., when we were both boys; have known
him for fifteen years; don't know whether the prison
ers to whom Duncan showed kindness were all old ac
quaintances of hia; can't say where I was on the-13th
June, 1861; somewhere near Lexington, Vs.; should
have heard, when I arrived there, of what happened
on that date by the reports in the camp; don’t know
what tecame of the meal condemned at the bakery;
Duncau was kind to the prisoners, both inside and
outside the stockade; he gave us permission to send
food iueide the stockade, but cautioned us against let
ting it be known; the prisoners who received favors
from Hr. Duncan were from all States; don’t know
whether he was previously acquainted with them or
not; Duncan said to me, when cautioning me about
<}lf» mtintlH "ftFfirt/O wliafavow I»nn ..tat. —
nt Andersonville.
'Reported for the News and IIejulp]
, CfBB is8lon met again yesterday morning, pur.
'■‘p adjournment
t i-jaDiinatiou of James P. Stone, witness for
" ace, continued.
re j my paroio from Mr. Duncan; it was over
' 1 rf o signature, but Mr. Duncan did the buai-
n9( novel- paid Duncan anything for this;
-Jared to do so; we saw him the next day after
j al Andersonville, and told him if he would
f lt would pay him for it; he said that ho
1U * rjclit to tike any pay, and did not; Duncan
. ‘\ uu liabit of cursing and abusing the prison-
^^-Icuried sometimes, like other Bweuring men;
ft ^ t ‘ ulQa i liabit more than with other men.
Advocate.—Did you ever know Duncan to
any of tbe rations at the cook-houae or
^ n-tu hii own use V if ao, state the particular*.
"W—Well, I have known Duncan, when we
^ Vfreoli beef, to take a piece to roast; he did
tliree or four timea. Hia dutiea were to
-nd the baking of the bread; also, before the
: vk-h -use was built, of the cooking of the meat,
haiiie*' business to send the rations inside the
i jjocause he always had charge of it. I do
v ui his appropriating the contents of boxes
pmonera; know that all the boxes were or-
’.’.vtjfii. Winder to b« searched, to see that there
:h:ug contraband in them; whiskey was one
Y red contraband, and nevepwent inside
^itodttds; don’t know what became of it.
* >» niece of meat which Duncan took would weigh
-ill;*., enough for dinner I auppose, he had a
Jfjiiiil*; Duncan had more or loss prisoners at
- V- ail the time; there was one prisoner that al-
j.ped there. 1 think he said the reason was
jrc'kuew Duncan before the war. This man al-
“lw# tt uer this meat, never saw Duncau take it,
s>: u questioned he said it was for Duncan.
.-sL I went into the bakery I had scarcely any
rY ; hid ehirta, drawers aud aocks that were
by iJine individuals In Georgia. When we
f. 3 - into tiie bakery to work Dunoun allowed us to
sucks which the meal came la to make pants
Jen jti of. My condition was no better than that
,;Y r prisoners; I was j ust recovering from rhuu-
aric:ev*r when taken out. •
itthiximsl was captured I was connected with
jjaj Brigade of Horse Artillery, Gapt. Graham,
^sanding; waa at that time citizen clerk, was
JYftyi uu the 26th of October near Warrentou,
k^ima.
rneioavai we baked varied In size; we usually
at the weight of the bread by the size of the
rl winchouiisisted of twelve loaves baked in pans;
a, ,.ard to tell how much was lssusd to a man, be*
jgrae rations constantly dsoreaeed. When we
*s vent to Andersonville we had all we wanted, aud
n tn« number of prisoners Increased we had lesa,
euUS&QUsutly many of the men no doubt starved
irith. lbero was no difference in the treatment of
ticneri liiiids aud outside the stockade ae regards
nee. We uad outside all the wood aud ail the
ugTantsd, and plenty of water to keep dean
; never saw any grease removed from the oouk-
in; beard of Its being done. Waa once at the
whip* they weru searching boxes there.
Hud Duncan were searching them; don’t
‘‘Mt they did with the contents; a great many
% boxes went inside the stockade, a great many
ciJ not go in.
Cm diets wan not nearly enough meal aent to the
i t. In the month* of June and July, although
..nuber of prisoners waa double, there wore no
- rations itailed than in May. It was about this
saat Duuo-u complained to his superior officers;
• iu w how mauy hogs Duncan kept, should
;i 15 or 20; should think there were collected at
;Xfk-bouse 6 pails full of greaee in 12 houra, dur*
drst two weeke; it was all needed to grease the
ta:the bakery; never supposed Duncan’s hogs
eM af all, as they were running about loose;
,ew the witness Leary at Andersonville.
the rations, "George, whatever you can buy with your
own money, or save from your own rations, and gather
up from the other prisoners on parole of honor, I will
grant you permission to send into the stockade; but
do it on the sly, or it will get me into trouble." He
then said: "But for God’s sake don't touch a prison
er’s rations, for they have got small enough rations,
and what they have got let it be equally divided among
them all." Duncan told the sergeant to let Ritchie
carry anything I might want to send in; never sent in
anything to the camp suttlers, but to my friends who
had no money. All the paroled men at the bakery
were allowed to send in things to the prisoners.
The Commission here adjourned, to meet this morn
ing at ten o’clock.
LaxeCity, FUl, April 18, 1860.
Editors of News and Herald•
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Arrival or the Persia—Foreign Dates to thelth.—
Ihe Attitude of America and Prussia Unchanged.
—Great Political Excitement in France.
The Cunard steamship Persia, Captain Lott, which
left Liverpool at noon on the 7th, and Queenstown on
the 8th instant, has arrived nt New York.
gfce C. Iloopsr called.
hi: knew of Duncan's killing or maiming any
demonv;lle; U he killed a man I should have
every opt to have known of the circumstance;
a o known by means of the polioemen
a n^tib) coming outside after rations in the night,
b hoepital stewards and others. The police was
4krbsd In the prison or about the 2d of July,
y I recollect of Duncan’s getting two men out of
:ks uho belonged in the bakery. Not having
I tbt stockade, I could not say whether there
irony policemen there before the 2d of July;
d think from circumstances there were not, men
killed aud robbed and brought cut dead every
ert Tate was noxt called.
can was kind to the prisoners; have known him
! a nick man from tho cook-house to his own
and keep him there for weeks; was a carpenter
f-itiide the stockade; was in the habit of visir-
: Duncan’s houser never saw any contents of
iers* boxes there; saw some at Harris’ and
»r’s b uses; Duncan gave his hogs' the sweep-
! the bakery, dough, corn meal and crusts of
which was carried away in bags or barrels
ww anything fed to them that was of use to the
hers; Duncan hud about eight hogs; the hogs
li'-t penned up ull the time, there was an open
tit in tho fence for them to come out: never
^ u: Duncan's having killed a prisoner on or
the d:h of June, 1864, until I arrived; if such
\zt case 1 should have heard of it; nothing
^cdiLMde the stockade but was known outside
.le extended one mile north and south and
t the stockade* but did not allow us to go to the
** put in the stocks if we violated our
‘ ’..ever saw the half-witted man; never heard of
*?~i there; should have heard ol it If he had
'•Urr, wa* acquainted with Duncan before meet-
Andersonville; knew him in Riohmond;
: i»'4er at the prison there and used to give four
oread; that was all the acquaintance we had with
- t-edto see coffee, sugar, tea, suspenders, shirts,
F dnt«, combs, needles and thread taken from
• 3.T."* °* i' ri *oners at Humes’ house; made a table
out of the boxes, planing the names off;
. - MvDuncan take anything; never saw anything
England.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field has returned home in the Per
sia. Prior to his departure from Loudon Mr. Field
gave a splendid banquet at the Palace Hotel to a very
distinguished company, including, Mr. Adams, the
American Minister, sundry members of Parliament,
the leading electricians, and others engaged in the
great work oi the Atlantic Telegraph. Speeches of a
fraternal nature were made, aud there was a very
friendly interchange of sentiment between the Eng
lish and American guests assembled. Of course the
Atlantic Telegraph was the subject of comment. Great
confidence was evinced and warm hopes expressed
for its success, During his brief stay in Liverpool
Mr. Field had for his guest, aud waa accompanied on
board the Persia by that distinguished friend of
America, Mr. John Bright.
MU. GLADSTONE ON THE FENIANS.
Tli# banquet given to Mr Gladstone by the Liberal
party of Liverpool was a brilliant aud successful af-
air. Mr. Gladstone emphatically declared that the
government would stand or fall by the reform bill
which they hud introduced. In the course of his
speech ho referred to the Fenians in America, and in
strong terms denounced their threats against the in
nocent citizens of Canada aud New Brunswick as a
means of redressing supposed wrongs with which
they had nothing to do. He assorted that in the event
of the Fenians proceeding to such a diabolical act,
they would place themselves beyond the sympathy of
the whole world, aud all the resources of England
would be freely spent to assist her colonies in the holy
work of self-defence. The Duke of Argyle and Mr.
Goscheu were among the guests at the banquet, aud
made speeches in support of the reform bill.
REFORM MEETING.
On the following evening Mr. Gladstone addressed a
great Reform meeting at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool.
He adduced strong arguments in favor of the Govern
ment measure, and his remarks were applauded with
the greatest enthusiasm. He pointed to the exertions
of Amerioa in the late war as proof of the benefits re
sulting from trust in the people, and looking at the
energy displayed on both sides he said :
"I am bound to say—in common justice I am bound
to admit, they developed an amount of heroism, a
power of self-sacrifice, an energy, a perseverance, s
forgetfulness of every personal interest, an amount of
actual force arrayed, marshaled by these subjects in
sujjpQrt of thsir chosen rulers, such as I know not
where to seek for in the annals of the history of the
world. (Loud applause.) Well, gentlemen, what T
would say is this, let us learu lessons where we can,
and among others let us learn where we can learn
them from our own brethren, from the children of
our loins in America.’’
FENIAN TRIALS.
Ssrgeant Darrah, tried by court-martial for Fenian-
ism and planning a mutiny iu Cork garrison, had
been found guilty and sentenced to be shot. Her
Majesty had, however, commuted the sentence to
penal servitude for life.
A select committee had been appointed by tho
House of Commons to inquire into tho unsatisfactory
state of the telegraphic communication with India,
with a view to its improvement.
THE CATTLE DISEASE.
The weakly returns of the cattle disease continued
to show u satisfactory dimunition iu the number of
animals attacked.
! «Hill was called.
*_ ic York city; am an engineer by trade;
»->r .it Andersonville from the middle of
, the iuid'lie of October; was iuside the
nine; never saw Duncan issuing ra-
~ " -fftockade; saw him inside once or twice
' can treated the prisoners pretty ^well so
never beard of Duncan's having killed
*„* * certainly should have known it if he had;
Y’U* 8*te and he couldn’t come iu or go out
: him; should have known
Jv’*"V *ke police came on about the
yYii ? 19 °* July; never saw Duncan
U81D R Prisoners; never saw him trading
vi; e ' -77 u * Ilf, ' v atockade was opened about the
«. liD-u’t know the names of the men
in the stockade; one was a tall,
whiskers, whom I had seen in
r:r-°L, *aw or heard of one of our
,; s uofttddowii by the men who issued ra-
two gates to the prison, I was near
>:, : -• t * 1, *y weie about 500 yards apart.
NjyJt .Jteride in Wheeling, West Va. Am a
, pation; was in battery B, 1st West.
,* V: "us a federal prisoner at Ander-
• - ; itb July, 1SG4. to 11th March, 1865;
2Lt day of July; was employed
'* jY-f I er til4t: Duncan superintend* d the
j-* a l • JMaetiine iu November; the meal was
oakery m bags from the commissary;
put into the trough at a time; it
then fchovf'tafl nut rm tn a tuhlA* WP
- ' vT “hoveled out ou to a table;
. bakiug while the other was
—'•i t t ni , ' en ,ije bread was baked it was
j P“'t>nn, tnd afterwards loaded into
. si ‘ : e al ' va 5'* V ®T careful of the ra-
i T ‘„ tue bakery; hia instruction* tome
''. ‘; car ®fol not to waste of the rations,
'?■• ‘I ' J ‘ J ‘ v ’ tre arnall enough as it was, and
Duncau once, when
■ 'i- i„if e llier ® wet and In hard lumps, not
• *- U*I10ttri lifllrn it ei,/l La a*nt. M Lo im 41
uh not to bake it and he would have it
ab ^udemned and hauled away from
? ** uear e rall . u . nB received were sent into the
:v bv p 7 fciuld be ; they were received from
• Uicu.e aud Maguire while I was there
^ pne day was one or two sacks
- j'j. ‘ m oerof prisoners was there;what it was
^uiubcr of prisoners I could not say;
r . ... j otiijiUK lueju w
1 , uu 'be trough and from the crumbling
• *-er it was baksd: t Jihread aumotimes
■<' “ '’ ,,a ba k®d; the bread sometimes
■■■ 1 ' u “i making considerable waits. Dim-
- in* -vt •' uu a-iy ui*rm w d pn^uw,
o' ■■ uwli I Ultu lo do * 8 re8t deal of good for
: cl tu. mfim-nce to have a great many
Iv, , L ." "b’ckade on parole, and also to fur-
'•■■''■' : 'ieiv..V- ^b^bce when sick at the bakery,
■ ■ '. . . ..b'' 111 food from hie own house when
l be rations; Duncan was not in the
- ~ tr 'j y "brealeulug and abusing theprls-
, - ; j j.' 411 * anything of hie killing a man on
"dtile 1 waa at Andersonville;
.' ; • 1 ; Jlt *1 should b*ve beard almost any-
it-'- with o' 1 'I 14 * happened ; was oorrea-
• .Caj,, 'be prisoner* insido the stockade
"‘5 k li a ,j,, e 1 »as there,and should have heard
„ lrre d; anything of importance that
.£* till „ uf Kt!Ilcra »y known all about the prison,
ki ; deiUn ‘b a short time; the first men that I
•r: j H 'be rations were Bitchie and Maguire,
i,. 1 aud Vermillion, who waa Brow-
. •hr. , b.t how stockade was built when I ar-
1 “id come to thia city with Leary, a wit-
mat him on booed the steamer; he
“nd spoke to me, and took me to the
ii^foie Drear and Philllpe joined us; we
2; ilait““mg together; some one addressing
%!■ lu the j! <ir 5 er ; *eked him If be waa going
J4 e " tc of th e ^*!, o£ P«uoan; think he said he was;
on., '*d hi. said to Leary that Duncan
Wj. tGr bln,; w “ 8°mg to do all in his
remember
Iht 4 wtuaUon%no,r
/ * ut 4 eituaUonoTielJ.il? “'Khfcahove Dun-
e t9ur (—Kn*w tha 11 ^ 814118 ^Terhment.
w «rl»0B« before th* war.
France.
GREAT POLITICAL EXCITEMENT.
It is said that political excitement in Paris was
scarcely ever greater than at present. Tor a long
time there was a disinclination to believe that either
Prussia or Austria meant anything beyond indulging
their passions lor bluster; but now tbe probabilities
of war ura upon every tongue, and the only means of
escape are thought to be in connection with a con
gress, to which, it is understood, the Emperor Na
poleon is still wedded.
Despite the contradictions given to certain reports
of warlike preparations in l'rauce, the Paris cor-
rsspondtnt of the Morning Herald positively asserts
that I’ranee is quietly getting an army of observation
together, aud that several oi the French garrisons are
being reinforced.
1'he weekly returns of the Bank of France show a
decrease of three and a half million francs in the
cash in hand.
file Paris Bourse on the 6th was quiet. Rentes
ciossd at 67 60.
Austria anti Prussia.
THEIR ATTITUDE UNCHARGED.
Tlic relations of Austria and Prussia Jiave undergone
no change. The attitude of Prussia is represented as
still uncompromising and warlike.
The Emperor of Russia is stated to. taken the
important step of tendering bis mediation. He ad-'
dressed autograph letters to the two sovereigns, which
ware delivered at Berlin and Vienna by a special en
voy—General Richter.
The London Times of the 7th in its “City Article’’
says: “Nothing new transpired yesterday with regard
to the prospects of war in Germany, but there seems
to be s strong hope on ths part of the leading firms
connected with that country, that Prussia will find it
expedient to pause, owing to the representations made
to her by the leading European Powers."
The official Karlsruher Zeitung publishes a Uttar
from Vienna, in which it is asserted that besides the
dispatch to ths minor Germun States, Prussia has
also addressed a circular note to the non-German
Powere. In this note Prussia expressed her apprehen
sions that she would hardly be able to avoid the ap
pearance of au aggressive policy if, to preveqt
tfie now threatening attack of Austria, ah* should be
compelled to commence hostilities.
The Berlin Kreuzzeituny and the semi-official
Norddeutohe Allyenieiiie Zeituuy, referring to the
□ote presented by Count Kraolyi to Herr von Bis
marck, state that before communicating thia note to
the Prussian Government, Austria had notified to the
Middle Slates that in case the Prussian reply should
prove unfavorable, tbe Imperial Government would
propose that, in accordance with Art. ll.of tho Federal
Constitution, the members of the Confederation
should jointly declare the peace of Germany to have
been disturbed by ths members of Prussia. In order
to add weight to this declaration, Austria would pro
pose the mobilization of the Seventh, Eighth and
Tenth Federal Army Corps. According to the above
.journals, thia proposition did not meet with approval
of the Middle States.
A Vienna telegram asserta that all the middle States
of Germany had communicated to the Austrian Gov
ernment their thorough satisfaction at the note pre
sented to Herr von Bismarck by Count Karolyl.
The Berlin Correspondez Provincial, which is re
regarded aa the organ of Count Bismarck, declares
that the pacific declaration made by Count Karolyi ou
behalf of Austria, is insufficient, and that the Prus
sian Government will continue their armament
Wurtemburg, following tbe example of Bavaria,
was placing her forces ou a war footing.
A Vienna telegram states that Count Von Bismarck
has replied in very brief terms to tbe note of Count
Ksrolyi. He declares that the intentions ascribed to
Prussia, and protested against by Austria, arose from
circumstances brought about by the warlike prepara
tions initiated by Austria herself. The Prussian
Government has taken note of ths assurance that
Austria does not intend to attack Prussia, and Count
Von Bismarck does not hesitate to declare that Prus
sia has no intention ol attacking Austria.
Since my arrival in this city, which la situated near
the oentre of that portion of the State adapted to the
culture of the long staple eotton, I have bean able to
gather a few Intereating particulars with regard to the
growing crops. Everybody, If preeent Indications
continue. Is goingAo grow cotton this year. From the
two hundred bales planter to the enterprising freed-
mau who hopes to raise one or two balea, there U a
general determination that evary man shall have his
own “cotton patch,” and preparations have bean made
all over Eaet Florida for the moat earnest and univer
sal worahip of King Cotton that haa aver been known
here or elsewhere. Many shrewd gentlemen with
whom I have convened believe that the am»n planters,
who employ but few hand*, and work with them con
tinually themselves, and whose children help in the
work of the farm, will sucoeed; but that the large
planten, who cultivate hundreds of acres, and conse
quently employ many hands, entrusting the entire
management to overseen, will fail, partially at least,
for the reason that freedmen will not work in large
numbers under managers with the regularity and as
siduity which (Aaracterised them as slaves under
overseers, and which are unquestionably essential to
the successful production of cotton on a large seals.
I am satisfied from the reliable information I have re
ceived from many of my old frisnda in this ssotion
that the old plantation system will, of necessity, be
abandoned after this year, and the large tracta how
owned and worked by individuals will be aub-dividad
ipto small farms unlssa the present anticipations of
the results of the labor revolution is most agreeably
disappointed. The expense# of a large plantation is
enormous, aud in the present financial condition of
the country, were a crop to fall it would prove ruinous.
Take a plantation of five hundred acres, employing
thirty field hands, with the requisite number of mules,
implements, Ac., and a moderate allowanoe tor re
pairs, casualties, and the necessary expenses for a
year for wages and sustenance for hands and stock,
and other essential outlay, will amount to mt least
$10,000. On such a plantation say half, or fisO acres
are in cotton. This will yield a half bale to the acre
on an average, or 133 bales of 300 pounds each, pro
vided the season be favorable and th* full amount of
work done. This crop, at seventy cents per pound,
which it is supposed will be the highest market price
paid this fall, would yield a gross sum of $26,250,
from which ars to be deduoted the cost of rope aud
bagging, the expense of moving to market, and the
interest of the capital employed, whioh would still be
a very handaome return, supposing everything
worked successfully. But should the season be ad
verse, or should the work fail and the crop fall con
siderably below the foregoing estimate, the oondilion
of the now cashless planter would be as unfortunate
as it is generally considered to be prosperous The
above estimate applies to this year’and to this section
of Florida, and is made on the basis of the present
absence of ready money or meant of raising it, excapt
on the security of future production. The balance of
the land in cultivation over and above the portion In
cotton, will raise corn, peas, Ac., whioh will go to snp-
porting the planter for the second year, nearly all
these things having to be bought at th* present high
rate for the year.
Sanguine calculators believe that th* 9*a Island sot-
ton crop of East and South Florida for ths present
year will amount to 100,060 balsa; but th* most pru
dent among competent judges think it will not ex
ceed 73,000 bales. According to present indications of
the good disposition of the freedmen generally, thsir
readiness to make contraota, their disposition to
work, the absence of all turbulenee or dissatisfaction,
and the general cheerful willingnesa of th* employers
to give fair wages and encourage the negro to industry
and good conduct by generous treatment, I am In
clined to think the sanguine calculators will prove to
be not very far wrong, and that with a favorable
season, from eighty to ninety thousand bales will be
produced and ready for market by next Christmas.
During ths past winter a considerable number
of foreigner* settled in the Southern part of the
State; and I am pleased to learn that with a few ex
ceptions, they are delighted with the climate, and-are
succeeding well in the culture of cotton.
The effects of the recent war in ohanglng the fortunes
and relations of many of our people are brought home
to us every day, in many striking and even romantic
forms. A few week* ago, in a case before ons of the
District Courts in this State, aa I have been Informed,
which involved an inquiry«u>to the solvency of a
security, one of the witnesses stated that he knew the
security was hopelessly insolvent before th* war,
whereupon the Judge remarked very sensibly and
truly: “The fortune* and positions of many of our
people had been reversed by the effects of the war;
many who before th* war were Aid had been for many
years wealthy, were now hoplessly insolvent, and
some who had struggled for nearly their whole lives
against poverty and adverse fortune, were now in
easy and affluent circumstances.” One of the
lawyers engaged in the case stated that he could cite
an instance within his own experience, confirmatory
of the justice of hia Honor’s remarks. He himself
had been quite easy and comfortable before the war;
but when be returned to hie home without a dollar in
his pockets, and applied to his former wealthy clients
to pay some fees dus him, he found that they wet* as
poor ag he was;and the only peraoi^who cam* to his
assistance and promptly placed him In funds was a
man whom he had known aa an Insolvent for many
years. Although Florida had suffered less than any
other portion of the Sonth from the late war, thsrs is
much poverty aud some distress, owing to the scaroi-
•ty of money and the Inability of many to obtain the
requisite supplies for a fall and successful prosecution
of business.
MY OWN IMPORTATION.
ST. CHARLES SALOON,
These i
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EAU DE PHILIPPE, ODONTHALINE, POWDER ODONTHINE, EAU DENTRIFICE, for the teeth and gums.
Besides many other preparations, comprising a splendid assortment.
and hair 1686 8 ° 0dS * re ' immp - rta1 ’ ““ 4110 French people through th»ir use have become renowned for their beautiftd complexion, akin
All articles shown with pleasure and explained when necessity vequirea
Also, a few cases of CHATREU8E, from the GRANDE CHATREUSE, a cordial seldom brought here.
ALSO OX HAND
AU the following preparations of Cassweil, Mack & Co., under Fifth Avenue Hotel NY *
FERRO. PHOS. ELIXIR CALASAYA BARK.
COD LIVER OIL, a rare article.
GLYCERIA, a lotion for tbe hair perfumed with Bay Leaf
DENTINE, FORMA DENTA, LOTUS BALM, AMBER, TOOTH and HUM WASH, TOILET and COLOGNE WATERS.
B tk SJAIOL Bay Laos, tsar at Boat OSea.—
The beat Liquors; Alta, Wtsea. Sagan, Ac.,
always on hand. Including a choice article of BELT
ER’S WATER, directly impacted bom r
Nassau, and the beat of Bum Win*
LURCH every day at U o'clock.
mlt-ly
Lippman’s Drug and Chemical Warehouse,
a!3-lmo
CORNER CONGRESS AND BARNARD STREETS.
Miscellaneous.
J. N. WILSON,
Photographer.
CLOTH ING
WHOLESALE AND. RETAIL* '
At 149 Bay Street, in the Storeibrmerly.Mr. Wil
liams as a Book Store.
PHOTOGRAPHS,
Porcelain &, Ambrotypes,
IN THE. HIGHEST STELE OF THE ART.
Copying done in the beat manner. Pictures made a*
well la cloudy aa In dear weather.
tw~ Call and KxamlB* Specimens. *wg
SOUTH-EAST CORNER BROUGHTON AND WHIT-
alOrtf AKER STREETS.
GEO. W. BERRY & CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers In
WALNUT, CHESTNUT AND PAINTED
CHAMBER FURNITURE,
Refrigerators, Bureaus, WarOrobes, Ac.,
Block, Hay-market Sqaro,
1&2 Holmes'
f23 eod-Sm
BOSTON.
C. K. HUBER, BEITIEV B. HABELL 1
General Partners.
M. K. JESUP A CO..
New York, Special Partners.
HUGER & HAS EL L,
By ontor of the Administrator, a Urge stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING to be SOLD AT VERY LOW
PR1CL& for tbe object of mating Sals* to Close the Estate.
Tbe Age ,t takes this opportunity of Informing th* Cltlacna of Savannah and Its vicinity, that ba will
nave a part of an tittaelro stock of
THE VERANDA HOUSE,
A T WHITE BLUFF, will bo open an and
wkruen, transient or psrmuisnt.
ICCOBBQditfOB
who may give him a call. v
• 4S lm MOSES M.
TEBI0IBDB6 HOUSE.
T HE above welLhnown watering place at Yernon-
bnrg, eight mile* from the cl?y, will be opened
—option of vlattora on the M of AprlL Balk
establish-
for the reception of vlattora on t „
houses, boat*, Ac., in connection with
Mclntyie’jt'cc,. lEfonBltion > **lU«> A B.
P. L. CONSTANTINE, Agent,
Proprietor.
mST-lm*
AUGUSTA HOTEL, w
zi a! rice 8 ’} Pro P rlet01 *’
W E respectfully invite our old Menda and tho
traveling public to give na a call. Our bona*
is located In the heart of trade, aad convenient to the
depots.
trade, aad convenient to the
[B-lml JOSES A RICK.
Port Royal House,
HILTOW HEAD, 8. C.
RIDDELL A
a. a. anmnuk
Ju*-tf
8060,
Paoraiav&B*
M.r.1
CHARLESTON HOTEL
CHARLESTON, S. C.
been sixteen years counseled with the establishment.
m»tl W. WHITE Proprietor.
PAVILION HOTEL
Youths’, Boys* and Chlldrsn’a Clothing,
OF THE BEST MATERIAL AND MAKE,
which he intends to offei a; Very Low Filcca, for the otdsct of closing the estate. Also a large stock of
C3reutlcxnen'«j[ t!n4or-01omixi«.
8hirt«, Cot ton and Liu.- Drawers, Ho-'ery, Glove*, Insydite, Nesfc'Hm. Ac-ySfir :
l i,T ' .~uTrV) •;.•<•!V ni .:e*si to i >a T
JAMES aaQyyji agfenAA. t:
TTTFT?
Southern Palace
DRYGOODS HOUSE.
Corner Meeting and Hnsel Streets,
CHARLESTON, 8.0.
H. Id* BUmERPISLOg Proper*
Board $3 per dfty. tS-la
Dry Goods.
200 Dozen
HOOP SKIRTS
Received per steamship uvlogaton, ' ■>;••
• ■. f» hroilomq •• ml i■> e* fr>oio
ORFF A WATKINS,
IMPORTERS AND
Trlchiuiasis In Chicago.
Tbe trichina question has received some promi
nence in Chicago, reosntly.' A commute of physi
cians was appointed some time since, to report
whether the trkbine existed in Western pork. They
have examined portions of the muscle, of 1,894 hogs
in the packinghouses and butter shops of Chioago,
and found triclinae in 28 of tha number, showing
that of ths hofa brought to the Chicago market on*
in fifty is affected with tiiobiniasis In some degree.
The committee observe:
■We must confess our surprise at arriving at this
result, which indicates, with little doubt, th* start
ling fact that frichinisais in pork is even more com
mon in this country than in Germany, where it
cansed so mach suffering and death. For Instance,
in tbe cjty of Bruuawiok, where a moat carefulul in
spection of 19,747 bogs waa made in the years 1864.6,
only two were found to contain trichina in their
muscles ths proportion beiug ons to fifty as before
stated in our country. Th* comparative Immunity
from disease which our own people have enjoyed un
doubtedly results from our habit of cooking mast be
fore eating it. whil* in Germany it is eaten raw by the
poorer classes on account of the high prioe of fa*L“
[By Telegraph to Queenstown ]
Livebpool, April 8.—The eteamabip Africa, from
New York, arrived out-to-dav.
It is expected that the Government majority on th#
Reform Bill will exceed twenty. *
The Paris Bourse closed quiet; rentes 6Gf. 60o.
The Paris correspondent of tho Observer says that
France intends occupying Vera Cruz, Tampico and
other pruuuuatVorts as a guarantee for the expenses
of tha expedition and security for French commeraial
' ca U r. oi prisoners x couiu uu. esy; j uter „,.„ r
w-JUud The.Pru.sian reply to the Austria?, note oreated very
unfavorable impression at Vienna.
—A suieide of an extremely ghostly character has
been committed in Loudon, Charles VaUance, a man
fifty years of age, having almost severed his head
fi-om his body by means of a rather ingeniously con
trived guillotine. Tbe deceased was found lying on
bis bock on a form, his head being nearly cut off by
an axe, the haudie of which was screwed to a bedpost.'
so that it might be held firm- Tbe bed was drawn,
close up to a cupboard, ou the top of which a roller
had been placed, aud to tho eud of a rope some four
feet long the deceased bad tied a largo stone weighing
about ninety pounds. Having drawn up the stone to
the top of the door, so as To give it a fall of four feet,
he had arranged matters so that tho stuns was placed
exactly over the head of tho axe. The dacaaed' must
have laid down on ths form, placed his head under
the edge of th* sxe, and out the rope by which th*
stone wa. suspended with a razor.
A Gioantio Specimen.—An immense hog waa
brought into the harbor at Norfolk a few days ago.
The Day Book says 1 "The said hog was In a large
wagon on boahd of the ateamer Emma. This monster
was raised in Hartford county, N. C., it nine reet long,
at least four feet high, and weighs 'between 1,600 and
1,700 ponnde. We understand tills hog Is on* of th*
largest, If not tbs largest, raised in this aaotlon of ths
■country, that la, as for as the recollection of our oldest
fellow-citizens goes. We learn that ha la destined for
Barnum’s Museum."
—The strike of the New York oar-drivers has ended.
ths oUl drivers have resumed work.
A Pheenolocist in Tbouble.—Th* Paris True
Kentuckian says “Prof. O. S. Fowlar waa in our
city last week, digaged in lecturing, while th* negro
Burt was being langed by the citizen* for outraging
and murdering HoUie Dolan, a most interesting and
respectable Irish girl. Fowler was stopping at the
Bourbon House aid was vary much excited and his
sympathies aroustd for hia poor unfortunate brother
who wa* being so icruslly abused and murdered by
the hated slave twners. During 'the proceedings.
Haggle Short, an Irish waiting girl at the Hotel, de
clared that hanging was too good for torn. Fowlar ax-
claimed that she ought to be tarred and feathered for
saying ao. This a-oused her sugar, but aha waited
until he had goua fa tha depot to leave, wban she se
ct)* ted him in the bresenee of a large orowd of ladles
and gentlemen, will stick in hand, and told hint that
h* was an old abolifion scoundrel com* her* to swindle
th* people of theirmoney, that he waa no better than
thauagro, etc. Sla was In the Sot of striking him,
wban Tom Green irferfared and prevented hia having
another knot on his, head which, phrenologlcally de
scribed would be—Appose the “ bump of negroism."
His olerk, expresdng similar sentiments, waa lad
out of th* Bourbon fiouse by tha whiskers by one of
the Proprietors, fisthsy refused to pay for the no
tice they ordered in ike Kentuckian, of course w* do
not sympathise with fiem greatly.”
NO. 46 EAST BAY STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. C. f
ME ROHANTS,
COJYERIISSIOIT
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS,
AND DEALERS
IN
Railway Equipment and Supplies, portable and
Stationary Engines, Saw Mills, and all kinds
of Machinery required by Railroad
Companies, Contractor*,
Manufacturers, Machinists and Agricoltnrallsa.
Advances made on consignment of Railroad Iran*
also on Cotton and other Produce.
BENTLEY D. HASELL,
CIVIL, MINING AND CONSULTING
ENGINEER
ESTIMATES MADE AND CONTRACTS
TAKEN.
OFFICfi 46 BAST BAY, CHARLE8TOH
E. C.
j2t lmitwtf
CRUTCHES
17UBST and only premium awarded at the American
a? Institute Fair, 1863, and State Fair ot Fa, 18M, for
rvn.nhni - Hartman’s Patent Elastic Rubber Crutea**
Crutches.
are pronounced by aqrgeons, and everybody else, to be
the very best ever invented. They are easy and con
venient, they prevent paralyse of the nerves, do away
with all the weariness inseparable from the nae of AD
others, aud are in all respects unrivalled. Send for a
tied evei
N. Y.
Cm-nM
TO PLANTERS.
W E will ke
Plows, 1
J i constantly on hand a fall stock of
oes, Corn ihellera, straw Cutter*,
Axes, and other Agricultural Implement* ot best
makers and patterns with which to supply Planters
and Country Merchants, whose attention we Invite
to our stock and think we can make it to their inter
est to purchase of us.
BOUSE A BRYANT,
jss-tf 194 Bay street.
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS
X3ST AXiX» ITS BRJLIffOmns,
111 & 113 Congress St., Savannah.
Commission Merchants.
1.1. Boses. ' W. A. Bbtant.
Bouse & Bryant,
(Formed/ of Jacksonville, Fla.,)
Firwuiit ni Milfoil Merchants,
Bijr Street.
UMk
AAV ABN AH, > • • «BOH«tA.
to raoaivlag i
consignment, aid all
also keep loutiBUy or hfodi
good stock of Groceries, Liquors, Agricultural imple-
its. Building Materials, Fairbanks A Co’s Scales,
tides other goods sod (ganufactarad articles
are
Just Received,
th ® celebrated CHAMPAGNE
J^foifow BraQh ’ FoacheT 4 Co - oi
Liao D’or,
Cart* D’or,
m quarts and pints.
m>0 F. w. SIMS A OO.
TOR BALE'AT THE
or vot? TTi • : . : n
Southern
-'ftUACE
DRY GOTO
HD USE
TOTLL gi ve prompt a
ordara; and^jf°a^o
3 mam
for sale on ooaslgtimant, and for
agantei Ordara anti eaa sign saw tj j<
letted.
att-tf
McKAY, BLISS ft CO.,
Commission Merchants,
nlAIRfi in White Oak aad Yellow Fine Tlmbsr of
" all size*. Oaab advances made on conaigumsots
of Timber, Cotton, Naval Store*, Ac.
Th* above-named huu* offer unu.nal forth ties for
the sale of tioetharn Products, and respectfully so
licit aonalgnmentt,
McKAY, BLISS A OO.
dSMawtf U5 Broadway, N. Y.
GEORGE PATTEN,
TaYLWL^oI?Manufaetur«»7 Na 4T6^°Broaidway Fort aiiim h( Mian Mertofi
No. 182 Bay Street,
ISS-Sm* SAVANNAH.
Peruvian Guano.
W E havo In store genuine No. 1 Peruvian Guano,
direct importation, and will sell in quantities
to suit purchasers,
ns-ir
CRANE A QRAYBTTT.
NOTICE.
TJERSON8 holding City Lota, who are In anaar for
ST Ground Kent, are notified that additional coefo
will be incurr d by them uaieee they discharge their
obligation* et an early day.
R. T. GIBBON,
J14 City Treasurer,
{-—The straits to whioh Euro-
nue* reduced by the vigor of
carioue reeutta. A German
A Pusatt-'T Asm
peso editors art
th* censorship _
journal ifciGuty.iubUahud at HUdburgbauaen, a
thriving town in Bsxesleiitlilgvsi, recently appeared
i with a leading article ctosiating of two verses of the
Bible, and nothing mo*. The verses are to be found
in Micah vii., 3 aud 4, and are as fogowa : “That
they may do evil with mth hand* earnestly, the prince
-iketh.for a reward; and the
ts mischievous desire; ao they
[them is as a briar; tha most
thorn-hedge; th* day of
tatioa cometh; now aball
w
: LUMBER, LUMBER.
TMI
X is folly pi
n of MeLBOD A BRO. la *t&laHvm«ad
repared to SO ordara for the ban
old firm
I to anonwra tor tne bestqaal-
ity ot Pine Lnmber. Warping Lumber delivered on
any wharf is Savannah, free of all other chutes
than the coet of the Lumber, which shall be as ’
aaksth, and the judge i
great man he nttereth 1
wrap it up. The beat c
upright is sharper tha
toy watchman and thy
be thsir perpl^fr-"
It is nsedlss* to add
diately rscalvad a "i
an the coet of the Lumber, which shall be ae cheap
the cheapest, and in quality «* good aa th* bssfa
No charge for over-langtha. Address
MoLEOD A BRO.,
Bavannah p. o.
to* fiorf Zsttung imme-
TO THE PUBLIC.
Honoas to Mb. Geo.
ces say that a royal auh
George Peabody, Esq.
Peabody was about lea
him how deeply She l
ly munificence by wh
London poor. A baron*
him, but he fait debarred i
tion. Th* Qdeea ]
surmnceof her
out.—Late Amiga advl-
latter haa been sent to
hearing that Mr.
Quean
AVfNG been appointed by the Hcoorahle the In
ferior court or Chatham county for tha porpgae
of vaccinating th* different people ot tbe coanty and
oily, I give notice that I nave aa aasple supply of
vaocine matter, andean be found at my houaa, cor
ner Of RontMMy ami- Hr w
houraftomt*. m. tlDIp. n _
and Wednaadar*. My ciiaigas will ba .
to thoa* absolutely .unabla to pay I will make no
charge.. People rdalffng la the country will be
ed agmeably to letter on —
—The cholera t
people in]
(thousand four hundred
m. -aWSKianayasss
be left ut Jail of county,
apt-la tOLOMON
<BXrTALL,S,D.
THOMAS H. AUSTIN,
taral Cttalnin Hi Fwariiu
U Bay ScrMC, Savnah. Ga.
Wel M Tunno A Oo.Savannah; Nourse A Brooks,
New York: EppUg, Hanserd A Co., Oolumbua.
mto-tf
lorn M. W. Bill,
Of Jeflteann Co., Fto.
Of Bavannah. G*.
A. DUTERHOFER 4 CO.,
Shipping, Forwarding,
COMMISSION^MKRCfliATS,
Bay 8trsst, 8avannah, 6a.
Prompt rntmtktm ffosn to tSs »w>ifoj1i and
sktpmmt of ootum, lumber and oountry yro.
duo* gerteraliy. consignments toHcltsd,
msotSbtJUeral admmass
Brigham, Bai
erteBavsanaa
B. L. Angler, Ir
Es^, Atlanta, Ga : WUlto
Baldwla A Co., Savannah, Km Bob-
A, J.H. ErtUaAOa.MaeaB.Oa.; Hr.
lab Hav. Ooh, Aagasta; JaauahL Ball,
Notice.
AD Taxes levied under tha Ordinance of December
•Tth, ISM, are required to be paid between the let
end 10th of the present month, and are set forth be
low. The tax ou real estate may be paid for the
quarter ending March Slat, 1888, dtr for the whole
ItK ^ -
On gross aalss of merchandise (Including sales of
Uquor) except.cottim, % percent
w m aalea of cotton, 1-18 par cent
On all commlaMona darived fr
from any business
trsneaction (other than merchandise) by any factor,
Ecttonter, broker, forwarding, shipping or sommis-
sion mehchants, l percent,
OaatrinoomMderfrediramealniieeBnd the pur
suit ot any profession, faculty, trad* nr calling what
soever, except from real estate, l per cent *
*r?^ii^l!Kt« r S re, ? ,t or P “ M * ( money which
al» pajftole in this city, l per cent.
bMkfS"? ^ * ¥ * ry ^ egenoy or
tm every hone end male, except those actually
Jrt£hhIH51 n l!:* n P' tr 5f£* or < ^ htTT * kw «*-
which badges may have bean taken out, one dollar
per month.
On every dog, three dollars per annum.
On. th* value of all furniture, jewelry and plate
worth over three hundred dollar*, l par cent
Evary male resident between tbe age* of twenty-
•f ce « >t onl J sneha* may be *n
to vot * *1 clt T election*, aad
m ““ W *° r * he
on real estate, 1 percent
.. R. T. GIBBON.
" City Treasurer.
AT REDUCED
*10 -
PRICES.
DRY GOODS
The nndsralgned having formed a aopartnanhl,
nndar th* firm name ef
Hiram Roberts’ Sons & Co.,
for the purpose of carrying on a gvaarml DRY ffOOM
BUSINESS, have now opened, aad will coutlno* to
r*c*lv*Additional ■ applies of Imported and Ifonwatlc
Dry Goode, which tlmy oast fob sale at
Wo. 186 OZBBOW8* IUZ&9Z1IS
on Congnea street, salt of ths Market, and at the
second store from the end of the ba
JAMES H.
• DWIGHT L. ROBERTS,
ne-tf EDWARD S. LATHROP.
Miscellaneous.
NEW BOOKS,
RECEIYB) BY
Cooper, Olcotts &, Farrellv.
K. MeLKA.
J. H. GARTER.
KENNETH McLEA & CO.,
CoinmissioB Merchants
0T Advances made on Oonsigameate of Cotton
“
other produce to our (Heads In Li’
Mew Task.
"3&*
NOTICE.
TO ALL WANTING FURNITURE
Robinson, JachaonvUls, Fla
aouTUteTFlLYt'ol.w7L. Bailey,
h‘BaMwfo A O*., New York; ffsarfiea A
Oa/ltew York. Warren Mitchell. Eaq., LootevSIe.
Krtstadty. " W
SAMDEESOI! WILKINSON,
77 Jv! ^t‘J3TiO'TO f
TRUNK
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
(MrM.laSMN
. BAT,
I am opming for the lnapeetkm of the paMie,
a fine stock of
CABINET FURNITURE, CHAIRS, T
TRESSES, Ac-, Ac.,
To whMh (he attsAtiou of an la Invited.
^ToStooSdi T stS? irQHir0N 8TEHCr *
nAtf UR HARRINTON.
HABHES& SiMLERT Lumber Yard and Planing Mill.
” SyM. the mafiSralgara. ksva forwmd a cOpartaerahli
*T for the purpose of bulMtaig em^uuMg tmi
daaliag in lamaar. Bavtegeoatrol
wuhfojregawdtoincpImaafSi
itor -
dte.' ThebaalataaMBbacaSalouteUTunae of
The Mas of the WorM ; by William Bosth
De Profundi* ; by William Gilbert
Poetry ef tbe War; by Great White
try ef
Leighton Court: 1
Loch Tale* of T“
Walter Goring; by i
Travailears Da L> Mar; by Victor Hauer
Honor M*y; a novel
Oodey for May uiJSfi
Peterson** forMag.
au
BLANCEYILLE
SLATE nmifi GOVT,
VAN WERT, POLK CO., GA.
** TuBMWIWE 0 ' 000
Dissbotoss—H- Brigham, J. F. Derm, R O- Gom-
nlaa, A. Trill ur ia ~ * T M.ishsll
mHI8 Company will
A order* for Sato, I
furniture manafoctared oat of
pavement, and tor any other ase* te
be applied. Tbe quarry h *
Atlanta, Angaste, “
1 attest