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VOL. 2-NO. 92. ^Toaily News and Herald, rUDLIBHUD BY s. W. MASON. •11 iSav Stkkft, Savakkad, Geougia. ..Five Cents. $3 60. $10 00. , llVEBTIBlOU: ... i«. p,;r Square of Ten Lines Tor first In- ' Oiio Dollar for earh subsequent one. jolt PRINTING, .-vie, neatly snd promptly done. 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 Restorative—is in itself tbe BY the steamer Tariff*, from Franoe, I have received a large and beautifully assorted stock of of Paria’ finest SOAPS, POMADES, HAIR OILS TOILET, LAVENDER and COLOGNE WATERS, CREAMS FOR THE COMPLEXION, DENTRIFICES and HAIR RESTORATIVES, $REME e DE D°imHKHU 1 F br * Ud h ® u »« of ctar( i i n. Monitbefoa Nevu, Monpelas, Piv^L^b^a^O.u,^’ ^ perfames - perfection ofari; t>UCHE8SE ’ a the finest known m Par>>, possesses all the qualities of a w.i. Restoi COUDRAY’S SAVON LACTEINE irthc finest Soap known, producing in use a regular bath of milh LETTUCE SOAP, VIOLET and VANILLA bOAPS. PEACH, PINEAPPLE, BANANA and FLEUR DE LIS SOAPS. "AIR OTLSof different flavors. BANDOLINE, HUILIE, CONCRETE. CREAM of the JUICE of PEACHES, for whitening the hat An. raff JSSfbSSS ACX JAra!<E3 ITOC ' TFS ' “ B ‘™ ll “ t “ ir * brnll “‘ “ d 8'°** ■»“» *» ‘“P d “ d - 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