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YOU 2—NO. 94.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL *8. 1866.
PRICE. 5 CENTS.
, Daily News and Herald,
PUBLISHED BY
S. W. MASON.
in
St ceet, Savannah, Georgia.
. .. Five Cents.
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*10 oo.
ldvebtising:
noii ’r? per Sqnare of Ten Lines for first In-
* v -une Dollar for each eubseqnent one.
jOB PRINTING,
ie, neatly and promptly done.
r ^ cr r jtyie.
u4L oF JAMES W, DUNCAN, BY
11 MILITARY COMMISSION
Alleged Cruelty to Federal Prisoners
at Andersonville.
orted lor the News and Herald.]
r - trial of J. W. Dunc&n was resumed yesterday,
t ke examination of witnesses for the defence
; 'hi to a close.
o. Smith wa9 called.
. , machinist; reside at Columbus, Ga; born at
Z--.ii:; V.I.; was a prisoner at Andersonville eleven
V.1,3; arrived there the 11th of July, and was
. i in tlio latter part of August, 1864; was on the
: ...itch at the cook-house. It was my business to
. ;i .l to aJl rations over night to see that nothing
cook-house after issuing hours in‘the evening
Uie next morning; neither Yankee nor Conied-
idler was allowed to take anything from the
. house; received very strict orders from Duncan.
... 1 first went to the cook-house there was no way
railing the beans or peas as they called them, and
. v re very dirty; there were 1U kettles, and each
held from 2 to 2% bags of peas; there was a
..-u amount of shucks and worm-eaten and bad
;;uiong them; the shucks were skimined off the
when boiling; sometimes a peck or peck and a
: shucks and dirt together came from one bag
ans. These shucks were of no use whatever; it
cu-rally hauled to the woods and thrown away;
kiy/.vji some of it to be taken to Duncan's house'
v . Uie hogs; think that hogs would get fatter
: re than these shucks.
!,c.t was generally killed in the evening or at
r ju account of the warm weather; it was hauled
.\-u(>k>hou.se and then cut up by the butchers
’’.vr., d*'!ailed from the stockade; it was weighed
" came into the cook-house and then boiled; when
L , . u was placed on a kind of rack or table built
lSlC cipre^s purpose of receiving the meat; if there
..y tu be boiled it was then placed in the beef-
2 .jil boiled; when there was no beef the rice was
. j ui clear water. The pork or flitch we received
: a vtry poor quality ; most of it was very mag-
Mi'i ihiu, sometimes not more than hall an inch
t.’jcinesss; a very small quantity of grease was ex-
•Ci.iej, ocurcely enough for the use of the bakery; the
•Via was very often baked in the pans without greas-
V , n consequence. Some of the pork was such a
V,- bad quauty that it could be boiled but a very
time; if boiled too long it would fall to pieces.
when done was taken from the iettie and
V. vuou tfie rack to train; it was then barrelled and
ju to the stockade in wagons.
We received orders every day of the number of
r.Q iijtide of the stockade to whom wc were to issue
They were dying ofl at the rate of from 100
:. 14U per day.
i^e order was sent to the commissary and the
::iaberof men that had died; their rations wers de-
tcilfrom the rations at the commissary before
uug to the cook-house. I referred to the new
iC,'iise; know nothing of the old cook-house.
Xuu the meat was brought to the stockade, the
-r.jr, heads, heart and liver were sent into the stock-
The tripe and heads were equally divided as
am rations and were regular rations; the heads
T?rc sent in with the hide on, and whoever it fell to
;et this hide made shoes of it. This was done by
I: .Orman and Duncan. When the meat was placed
-Ltueruck in the cook-house it was simply to cool it
cidrain the water from it. All the rations received
i'±tcock-house were sent in to the prisoners; Dun-
’.vis always careful of the rations, he gave us or-
t j be careful and waste nothing as the prisoners
it,? stockade needed it all. He was generally con-
ihrcdtbc most humane man outside the prison.
; iiicw of a man named Sands who was very
r.ji at the lower cook-house who received many kind-
from Duncan : he would frequently carry him
t-is.uits, light-bread and other delicacies. Other
wore a man of the name ofM^angdon, and one
:• uie name of Wostcott, who received many kind-
V-ces from Duncan ; his kindness was manifested
-:,y prisoner who was sick outside ; knew of Dun-
; . a having been instrumental in having prisoners
a.tied: Mime of these were friends and some stran-
iers-liavc known him to take out New York, New
Pennsylvania and Ohio men. as well as Virgi-
. ao not know of Duncan’s having killed any
;... • -or on or about the 13th of Juno, 1864 ; should
L.ve heard of it if he had killed one, by means of the
iptViUfc teieg reph,” which wasYiis method of send-
HonorabU Testimony to Southern Good
Faith.
At a special meeting of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, held on Thursday last, Mr. Opdyke, of the
special committee, to whom was referred a petition
and other papers, asking the Chamber to memorialize
the President of the United States or Congress in favor
of exacting from the States lately in rebellion, as a
condition precedent to their restoration to the Union,
the acknowledgment of their obligation to pay the
principal and interest of their respective State in*
debtedness incurred prior to the rebellion, made the
following report:
“That the voluntary action of those States since the
suppression of the rebellion furnishes gratifying evi
dence that no interposition on the part of the general
government is Deeded to secure the results asked for
by your petitioners.
No one of the States lately in rebellion has shown
any disposition to repudiate their liabilities incurred
prior to the war. On the contrary, most of them
have already re-acknowledged that liability, and many
of them have also been engaged in deviamg ways and
means for paying off the accumulated interest and
providing for the future payment of interest and prin
cipal.
“Your committee are informed that the Stato of
Georgia has already authorized the issue and sale of
new bonds sufficient to liquidate their entire back
interest, to the payment of which the proceeds of the
new bonds are to be applied.
“The Stato of Florida has gone further than this, in
inserting in her new constitution, recently adopted, a
provision that all the individual indebtedness of her
citizens existing prior to the rebellion shall be held as
valid, legal claims against them. Other of these
States are taking sued measures for resuming the
payment of interest on their bonds issued before the
rebellion as their present limited means and impaired
credit will permit.
“Equally honorable sentiments have been man
ifested by most of the citizens of those States which
are indebted to the North for purchases made ante
cedent to the war. Few, il any of them, have failed
to acknowledge their obligations, or to provide for the
future payment of such portion of them as their re
duced assets will allow.
“In view of these manifestations of honorable senti
ments at the South, on the part of both States and
individuals, it is believed by your oommittee that
no action on the part of the General Government
is called for.”
The report was accepted and the committee dis
charged.
[From the Baltimore .Sun of the 21st.]
Tfie Southern Relief Fair.
The lady managers of the Southern Relief Fair have
again commenced the sale of articles left over from
tne late great exhibition. These articles, together
with a number of valuable donations received since
the close, are now neatly arranged on the first floor of
the building on North Charles street, known as the
Southern Relief Rooms, and the sale will be continued
for some days. Last evening the apartment was well
filled, and a number of the articles found purchaser?,
whilst in another apartment some of the ladies were
kept busily engaged in selling ice-cream, cake, &c.
The present movement will doubtless be the means of
increasing the general fund considerably. On Mon
day evening, it will be recollected, the grand soiree
takes place ac the Front street theatre. Mrs. Benjamin
C. Howard, the president, and Miss Mary E. Frick,
the treasurer of tue association, have published the fol
lowing card of thanks:
The officers and executive committee of the Ladies’
Southern Relief Association, having heretofore issued
an appeal to the benevolent, feel it to be their pleas
ing uuty now to communicate to their friends the re
sult of the enterprise, far exceeding their most san
guine expectations. Already largely over one hundred
thousand dollars have been received; besides some
other sums have yet to come in. They should do in
justice to their feelings if they did not go on to ac
knowledge the exuberant kindness which has sprung
up all around them. In the first place, they wish to
express their cordial thanks to the committee of gen
tlemen who, with the spirit of the chivalry of olden
time, hastened to the assistance of ladies who wanted
help, and whose ardent and persevering care enabled
the lady managers to achieve a brilliant success. In
the next place, their thanks are due to the ladies who
conducted the sale tables and other supplies, whose
unwearied assiduity from morning till night and
cheerful deportment contributed very largely to the
success of the enterprise.
In the next place tneir thanks are due to the gener
ous donors, whether in our own State or elsewhere,
who loaded these tables with articles of great intrinsic
value and refined taste. In this category must be in
cluded the many benefactors who contributed money,
many of them from other States. The lady mana
gers also gratefully acknowledge tho valuable assis
tance of artisans of taste, and those who. furnished
lumber; all of whom, gratuitously, fitted up all parts
of the immense ball for the various purposes for
which it was destined. Passing to the lunch-room, it
is difficult to say enough in commendation of the
ladies who conducted it, or the warm-hearted con
tributors who furnished the tables with every luxury
of the land or water. He must be a chur: indeed,
who did not feel his heart warmed by tfie smiling
countenances and ready fianda which sprang forward
to minister to his wants.
Passing from the hall, our attention is attracted by
frum mouth to mouth through the , g re at liberality of the lines of railroads and stekm-
; i ’*- ami to the outside. Although I entered the i boats, which all reduced their rates of fare to suit the
. ir i Ju y I should have heard of any such oc- convenience of those who wished to attend the fare;
- . .u Tune, because it would have been talked ot all( j a i B o tfie great generosity of the express companies,
l ’ now 1 ,r,Tt/ ** T1 imnrannatfl anv who c&nveyed all articles, sometimes bulky, to tfie
fair free of expense. In this class must be included
the handsome donation of five hundred dollars by the
City Passenger Railway. The generosity of the
charitable has not been confined to our States; but
valuable contributions have come in from other
States, from Missouri to Massachusetts, inclusive.
From England, too, handsome sums have been re
mitted through the influence of Mr. Jas. M. Mason,
and since the fair-closed, boxes of choice articles have
never knew Duncan to appropriate any
v; i- ; prisoners to his own use ; do not know of
tr ratians being taken from the work-house for or by
j:::au , there were two men—the butcher, who cut
- ia?ar, and one who weighed the meat—who lived
.. a iiimity close by Duncan’s house, or perhaps, in
•iL.-au’s house ; they drew their rations and carried
in tlieir quarters ; never knew Duncan to curse
.. r abuse the prisoners.
th* Court.— Don’t know what become of the
u-.vitted man ; was not personally acquainted with j been received through the exertions of the Hon.
,l,'uii previously to my imprisonment at Anderson
bands was not either, to my knowledge ; among
prisoners paroled by Duncan were myself, the
LiU Westcott tiiat died, and almost every other man
*:tbc cook-house.
Lnow of one of our men—a Federal prisoner of the
:.a: ,c of Stanton—who was a policeman at the ration
u; he struck a man with his club, knocked him
. vf!i and otherwise abused him for picking up a
. ; oread that dropped from the wagon: this, I
- il:. hau;iened in September: 1 was outside on pa-
at the time; Stamon was threatened by the pris-
:.tr; inside, and he was consequently token outside
Ki paroled to work in the bakery; Stanton staid
"T:rr Dy« Kud was then exchanged and left Anderson-
~e: u- .rd came afterwards that the man he beat had
- r about the 15th of'June.I was with Hunter,
-i-rLynchburg, Va.;know nothing of events which
•-T place prior to my arrival at Andersonville except
report; have seen prisoners shot by the guards,
the stanton case is the only one of maltreaUnent
fc't came to my knowledge. I have not stated that it
iiiicineandnot Duncan that abused the prisoners;
••Mcr hrard Dune in say that they were killing more
Misers at Andersonville than Lee and Johnstou
: Tii; can’t say whether I should have heard of it if
epon the conclusion of the examination of this wit-
- is Judge O Byrno, counsel for the prisoner, entered
•••-- following request:
T Prudent and A[toribers of the. Commission:
i bt-g leave respectfully to represent that there are
y - witnesses who have been regularly subpoenaed to
•i; before this Commission, to testify in my behalf,
not > et reached this city. The testimony of
witnesses in material to a full hearing of my case,
knowing that you desire to give me an impartial
i f'-spectiully ask that I may not be required to
^ •• my deteuce until all means have been exhausted
• priori, their att.-udauce. J. W. DuucaH.
savannah, April 27, 1866.
Court was cleared for deliberation, after which
--Judge Advocate announced that the Commission
^ J -^lded not to grant the request of the prisoner.
O’Byrne then dosed the case for the defence,
Commission adjourned till Tuesday next, to
' -w Lai time to prepare the final argument for the
toner.
" i->rt Goods Again Advance ?—*On this sub-
:? tho NV
: Sun takes a negative position, and
-'■•"‘-Ui as follows :
7_ r liru -‘fc ot raw cottcn was at one stage of the war
. l0i ^ r per pound. Now the average price in
o ul \- :t -less than forty cents a pound, the de-
• ,j “ in 2 caused, not by an increase of supply.
*<> s tolton das been grown since the high figures
rent ’ >JUt caused by the certainty of sup-
t'v * *^ T :re \ decline in the value of imported
attr; stable * partly to the same cause, but
« tliG wec ^ n ® in gold. Now there ie no prob-
gdd will advance to any material extent,
'-’-casior i y aij y new cause will intervene to
■ J-H-oiv 3 ~ lr ' lst m reia tion to the supply of cotton ;
;i. e , * •‘! lt 5 * there is no ground upon which to base
air•' Q liiat P lices in the dry goods market will
! *Wiv««5 uce * Til0 P reBft nt decline has been very
*). ’J^ual. It has occurred in spite of the
Witm; n . U K )U8 °PP°sition of the speculative interest,
*2ect i t ,;. * et doWu aa the natural and legitimate
of tnmsition of a country from a condition
tlv fc cnn«/ n(1 fexcl temeut to a condition of compara-
Qutnce, stability and certainty."
T-xa^ •|-", ATER p »oduces Cholzba.—The Houston
isij a ' f,Q.f ru P h makes this statement; “In 1848,
Trai } )ro a , 2 chdera visited many places in Texas. It
i Cht t0 Houetoii, and wherever bayou water
vail rh« U 9ijrea< I and was fatal, but it did not pre*
s*Lemn’ re ,^ ure water w as used. In Western Texas
. the MnpriatiAB nraa f>tn ilrmo *'
^ j experience was the same
.- ^ r ‘ s been asserted that there is no purer water
the Savannah river when it has been
filtered. The subject is worthy of inves-
* aallon ^ thi 8 time.
Anderson Herbert, who recently spent some time in
Baltimore.
The lady managers present their cordial thanks to
the Masonic fraternity for their liberal permission to
make use, gratuitously, of their rooms on Charles
street. They are informed (and they believe correct
ly) that benevolence to their fellow creatures is the
comer stone of thi9 ancient and venerable institution;
and it is in fine harmony with this noble sentiment
that they have stepped forward to aid the present
charity. • Before concluding, the lady managers wish
to express their entire satisfaction with the conduct of
the police and other persons employed about the
building. Such was their gentlemanly deportment
that it was only necessary to intimate to visitors the
rules which had been adopted in order to ensure a
cheerful sad prompt acquiescence in their observance.
Not a disagreeable case occurred during the entire ex
hibition. Finally, the lady managers wish to say that
their thanks to their generous contributors are of lit
tle account when compared with the sweet satisfaction
which each one must feel when he reflects that suffer
ing and starving women and children will utter a
voice of thanks to their unknown friends; and it is
not presumptuous to hope that these thanks will find
their way to the great account which must be settled
hereafter.
The lady managers return their sincere thanks to
Messrs. B. fc. Jennings, Dr. J. C. Leamy, J. C. Mc
Daniel, Alexander Roinmell, J. L. Davis and A. 9. An
drews, for their valuable services so ably rendered
during the continuance of the fair, in serving the fount
of Mr. Jenning9. The treasurer acknowledges the re
ceipt of the munificent donation of $881 20 from
Messrs. N. Hyson Jennings & Co., from their spda
fount. The treasurer also announces the receipt of
the following donations: Mr. Charles Robb, of Phila
delphia, $50; Pell & Co., of New York, $100; VanNest
k Hayden, of New York, $100; Mrs. Judge Thurman,
of Columbus, Ohio, $75; Chas. F. Schmidt, of New
York, $25; Dr. Wiuchell, $50, and Mrs. Coles, from
Western friends, $200.
To the Memory of Mr. D* Bolin Roberts,
of Screven County, Ga.
It is frequently the case that those subjects to which
we feel the nearost allied, give us the greatest pain
when we come to express our thoughts to the world,.
Poets have told us to *
“Never breathe a dead one’s name
When those who loved that one are nigh;”
but when friendship prompts, poets, with their
dreamy sayings, are to be lain aside.
The humble writer of this sketch has seldom had a
more painful task than the one now before him, and
nothing but the dictates of the purest friendship
could cause him to undertake it. But nearly allied.to
tho subject of these lines by that holy tie I know
well how to appreciate his cause, and my inability to
do it justice. He was permitted to go through the
trying scenes of the late war only to close his life as a
sacrifice to remorseless Time. Y’es, in the happy
hour ot youth was he called from treading its rosy
path to the bod of disease, to sleep the eternal sleep of
death.
From a large circle of admiring friends has he been
taken, and though his face has passed from our eyes,
yet his image hangs as vivid in the halls of memory
as when he blessed us with his presence—with a
happy smile that ever played with such innocent
gayety around his noble countenance.
With a sigh can I recall the many happy hours epent
with him, and I am painod to know that one so noble,
so generous, so brave, could not have lived to be,' as
nature intended, an ornament to society and the ad
miration of his friends.
But such are thy mysteries, O Heaven! so deep
that the finite mind of man fails to comprehend
them.
Possessing the noblest traits of human nature—
bravery, gratitude and charity—he could not fail to
win the love of all who knew him. Brave in defend
ing the cause he espoused, grateful for a favor or
blessing, and ever charitable to the needy or depen- j
dent, he has passed away as the noble and good,
leaving his name as a monument to which men may
look for an example.
As a summer cloud that has dispensed its genial
shower, driving out the scorching rays of the sun, and
passed gently over, so his acts of kindness, distrib
uted with such magnanimity of heart, will live to
bless him when ages shall have passed and left no
trace of their greatness save in the names of the gen
erous and brave, in which list his will shine written
in golden capitals, as
“One of the few, the immortal names
That were not born to die.”
Drop me a tear on Balin's grave, and breathe a
sigh to the memory of the noble dead!
I will ever cherish his memory as a sweet dream
that has haunted my slumbers, and passing softly
away, has left its impression writtten indellibly on
my heart. St. Bernard.
Screven Co., Ga.
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ST. CHARLES SALOON,
B Y A. STAMM. Bay Lane, rear of Post OiBce.—
Tlie best Liquors. Ale*, Wine*. Secure, Ac ,
always on hand. Including a choice article of BELT
ER’S WATER, directly imported from Heraagtbum,
Nassau, and the beat of Rhine Wines.
LUNCH every day at 11 o'clock. mli-ly
PAVILION HOTEL,
Corner Meeting and Hasel Streets,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
II. ii. BUTTERFIELD, Prop’i
t&~ Board $3 per day. ai-ffc
On Friday last, forty-eight negroes, men and wo
men, boys and girls, who nad been confined iu jail at
Washington, D. O., awaiting to be tried for larceny,
were released and sent to Louisiana under the tharge
of an officer of the Freedman's Bureau. The U. S.
District Attorney entered a nul. pros, in each of the
cases, upon condition that the prisoners would go
South; which condition was, of couse, gladly accepted.
It is stated in the dispatch that some of these negroes
were - natives, - ’ meaning, we presume, that they
were natives of Washington; so Inat there can be no
pretext these people were being sent back to their
homes.
We are not advised whether the District Attorney acted
in this matter, upon his own responsibily, under the
direction of his official superiors; nor is it material.
We regard the act as an outrage upon the peojile of
Louisiana,and we feel constrained to enter our protest
against it. There is no warrant in the Constitution or
iu any law of Congress for converting any one of the
States into a penal colony iui the benefit of the others;
and if there were, the burden of supporting these
thieves and vagabonds ought not to be thrown upon
tho South in the present impoverished condition.
Emancipation has cursed her with several millions of
paupers, who ouoo were laborers and producers. That
is enough. Let the colored vagabonds and thieves of
Washington be sent somewhere else, to New Eng
land, to Kansas, but not to tbe already overburdened
South.— .Veu) York News.
IN GENERAL.
—The largest distillery on the confluent has been
opened at Louisville, under the name of the Kentucky
Bourbon Company. It is owned by New York, Boston
and Louisville capitalists, and has capacity for dis-
tillin gover a milltfen gallons of whiskey per year, be
sides grinding an extensive quantity of wheat.
—The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has decided
tfi&t a revanuo stamp on a llOto la no yai'. or it, and
need not be copied, nor does the want of a stamp on
the note affect the validity of it unless fraudulently
omitted.
—Reports from the creva3se9 along the Lower Mis
sissippi are very unfavorable. Much damage has
been done, and still more is in prospect. The Chinn
crevasse is over a mile wide, and every day it sweeps
away ninety feet of levee.
—The message of Mayor Brown estimates the
present valuation of taxable property in Nashville at
eighteen millions of dollars, or nearly four millions
more than five years ago, at the commencement of the
rebellion.
—The Chattanooga Union says tbe pistol shooting
nuisance is again becoming intolerable. After night
fall a peaceable citizen dreads passing out of his
house, for pop, bang and whiz greets him on every
hand.
—By order of Gen. Thomas, Isham Henderson was
arrested Monday night by Gen. Davis, commanding
at Louisville, to be sent to Thomas’ headquarters yes
terday. A writ of habeau corpus, in favor of Hender
son, from United States District Judge Ballard, was
served on Gen. Davis, who, in accordance with
Thomas’ instructions, refused to obey it. Henderson
still remains in Louisville, in custody of a Un.wd
States officer.—Nashville Gazette, ‘25th.
—We hear that several influential and wealthy
colored citizens, refused admission to the Boston
Theatre after having purchased tickets, arc taking
measures to test their rights by legal process, under
the recent anti-prohibition law of the State. Hotel
keepers will watch for the result also with interest.
BY the steamer Tariffa, from France, I have received :i large and beautifully assorted stock of of Paris* finest
SOAPS, POMADES, HAIR OILS
TOILET, LAVENDER and COLOGNE WATERS,
CREAMS FOR THE COMPLEXION,
DENTRIFICES and HAIR RESTORATIVES,
SACHETS POWDERS, all perfumes.
These goods are all from the celebrated houses of Chardin, Monilberon Nevu, Monpelas, Piver, Lubin and Condray.
CREME DE DUCHESSE, a pomade, the iiuost known in Paris, possesses all the qualities of a Hair Restorative—is in itself the
perfection of art.
COUDRAY’S SAVON LACTEINE is the finest Soap known, producing in use a regular bath of milk. „
The JUICE OF LETTUCE SOAP, VIOLET and VANILLA SOAPS.
PEACH, PINEAPPLE, BANANA and FLEUR DE LIS SOAPS.
HAIR OILS of different flavors, BANDOLINE, HlIILLE, CONCRETE.
CREAM of the JUICE of PEACHES, for whitening the hands.
LOTION VEGETALE PREPARES AUX JAUNNE3 D’OCUFFS, 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 «ut, and is a brilliant Hair Restorative.
EMULSION BALSAMIQUE and BLANCE DE PERLE, for the complexion.
EAU DE PHILIPPE, ODONTHALINE, POWDER ODONTHINE, EAU DENTRIFICE, for the teeth and gums.
Besides many other preparations, comprising a splendid assortment.
These goods are immortal, and the French people through their use have become renowned for their beautiful complexion, skin
and hair.
All articles shown with pleasure and explained when necessity requires.
Also, a few cases of CHATREUSE, from the GRANDE CHATREUSE, a cordial seldom brought here.
;1Z.50 ON HAND
All the following preparations of Casswell, Mack & Co., under Fifth Avenue Hotel, N. Y. '
FERRO. PHOS. ELIXIR CALASAYA BARK.
COD LIVER OIL, a rare article. *■
GLYCERIA, a lotion for the hair perfamed with Bay Leaf. / * ■
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CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. Cj
rjIHIS poputai »nd well known Hotel, sit
-I business portion of the city, ha, beci
in the
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nisfied throughout by the present proprietor.arho has
been sixteen years connected with the estabniunent.
ib-S-tt W. WHITE, Proprietor.
THE VERANDA HOUSE,
A T WHITE BLUFF, will be open on and after
Monday, the dtli Inst., for the accommodation
ot Boarders, transient or permanent.
The subscriber, from his long experience in the
bnsin-ss, can safuly guarantee the comfort of those
who may give him a call.
a6~Lm MOSES M. BELISARIO.
AUGUSTA HOTEL.
I A.' RIOEf’} Proprietors.
W E respectfully Invite our old friends and the
traveling public to give ns a call. Onr house
is located in the heart of trade, and convenient to the
depots. [18-8m] JONES A RICE.
Lippman’sDrug and Chemical Warehouse,
al3-lmo
CORNER CONGRESS AND BARNARD STREETS.
MisceHaneous.
J. N. WILSON,
Photographer.
PHOTOGRAPHS,
Porcelain & Ambrotypes,
IN THE HIGHEST STYLE OF THE ART.
Copying done in the best manner. Pictures made as
well in cloudy as in clear weather.
C>7~ Call and Examine Specimens.
SOUTH-EAST CORNER BROUGHTON AND WHIT-
alo-tf AKER STREETS.
GEO. W. BERRY & CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
WALNUT, CHESTNUT AND PAINTED
CHAMBER FURNITURE,
Refrigerators, Bureaus,WardroOes,(tc.,
1 & 3 Holmes’ Block, Hay-market Sqnre,
f26 eod-3m BOSTON.
C. A- HUGER. IENTLEV D. HASELL*
General Partners.
M. K. JESUP & CO..
New York, SpeciaA Partners.
HUGER & HASELL,
NO. 40 EAST BAY STREET,
CHARLESTON, 8. G\,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS,
AND DEALERS
IN
Railway Equipment and Supplies, Portable and
Stai ionary Engines, Saw Mills, and all kinds
of Machinery required by Railroad
Companies, Contractors,
Manufacturers, Machinists and Agriculturalists.
Advances made on consignment of Railroad Iron;
also on Cotton and other Produce.
BENTLEY D„ HASELL,
C r ° E SfFFEEEES IS GEOBOXA ASD A1.ABAMX. _
nt] n ? at * diRpatcl1 dated the 20th, says an appeal was
cal?. dUrin S 'Change to-day, by the President, in. be-
Jl tll(i ffiffering people In Alabama and Georgia.
0 ,' r ' i ‘ 3I:, ber of Commerce appropriated $1,800 out
in e t ana about $700 additional was subscribed
miDUtc * afterwards.
Trichina.
We have published several communications ou this
aubjeot irom medical men, indicating very olearly that
the dread which had been excited Of mortal disease
from eating pork, because of the hog being affected in
the living flesh by a very minute species of worm, or
trichina, was not justified to any considerable extent
by the known facts in connection with the disorder.
The truth seems to be, indeed, that all animals may
have trichina, and yet live in apparent health, so in
finitesimal is the little wire-worm, discernible only
with the inicrosoope, whloh hides itself in the muecles
of tbe flesh. The Chicago Academy oi Science has
had the subject under elaborate consideration for a
month past, and submitted a long report.' They de
clare that trichina have been found in swine slaugh
tered in that city, and that out of 1,821 examined,
twenty-eight, or about oue in fifty, were infected.
They unanimously declare that swine znsy be kept
from contracting tbe disease if not allowed animal
food, and that pork may be used without tbe slightest
apprehension it the following conditions are complied
with: That every portion- of the meat cooked ex
perience a temperature of at least 160 degrees Fahren
heit; or that it be properly salted and smoked for ten
days; or that it be thoroughly desiccated. In fact, in
old hams trichina is never found. Pickling, it ap
pears, produces but a slight effect.
It appears from the statements mads in this report
that trichina exists in the swine of this country to a
much greater extent than in Germany, the proportion
in that country being only one in 10,000; and, fur
ther, that the number of trichina in the infeoted hogs
is also much greeter—being, In some of the cases ex
amined, aa high aa 18,000 to the cubic inch. The
committee do not think there has been a single in
stance authentically reported in America of death
from trichina; yet a panic has been produced in the
mind of our public by the news which has reached ns
from Germany concerning the disasters which have
oooauousilT followed tbe consumption of pork in a
raw slate. In thair view, it would be folly.to discard
this kind of meat from our list of articles of food,
whan all possibility of injury attending its u« may
be avoided by the most simple means. Let the peo
ple but understand that only one hog in three hun
dred contains trichina in sufficient numbers to cause
considerable danger, and that even in these cases the
worm* are rendered innocuous by proper smoking,
drying or cooking—and we imagine that few sensible
persons will refuse pork as food, if it suits their con
venience to use it.—Baltimore Bun.
—If the latest advices from Utah are authentic, Brig
ham Young, taking a hint from Messrs. - Sumner and
Stevens, is about to expel the unregenerate heathen
from the Mormon Paradise. The Gentiles have been
ordered to leave the Territory, and the hint has been
made impressive by tbe assassination of some ten or a
dozen of their number.
—A detective from Montreal joined a Fenian expe
dition at Calais, and has not been heard from since.
Trouble is anticipated on account of the exclusion of
Catholics from the Mayor's Court for the trial of the
Cornwall prisoners.
Provisions will be pur-
^ ‘ at °fice and forwarded free to the sufferers. It
e '3ht or ten thousand dollars will be
ct --‘ '"ithin the next forty-eight hours. A tele-
„ m Maj. Gen. Thomas, commanding at Naah-
■ e . fully corroborate# the reports given of the auf-
riE “ la Sorthera Georgia and Alabama.
—A fetter from our correspondent at
'uforniB Sree n, Ky., received, too late for publication,
in tw ,' ia that a large mob collected before the jail
t) r! n yesterday, and banting their way in
koaovan nn% ro ^ e0- Sheridan, who murdered Patrick
101 tree untiiM f 2111 ’ an<1 incontinently hanged him
t ‘teu. 6 _ iv ^“®^^extinct. The excitement was
Fatal Tragedy at thx Funeral of a Confeder
ate.—The Bristol (Tenn.) News reports the following
particulars of a fatal tragedy which occurred last Sun
day at a church called Union, in the northeastern por
tion of Hawkins county, Tennessee. The funeral of
John Bills, Jr., who had been a Confederate soldier,
was to be preached by the Bev. R. M. Hickey, of the
Hols ton conference. Two men by the name of
Walters—perhaps brothers—manifested a disposition
to disturb the quiet of the assembly. Eldridge Hord,
Eeq., of that community, remonstrated against their
conduct Some angry words ensued, and Walters
shot Hord, wounding him severely in the thigh,
whereupon Samuel Smith, who had been a Confeder
ate soldier, fired twioe upon Walters, killing him on
the spot. The other Walters then shot Smith,wound
ing him slightly. Smith returned the fire, wounding
the second Waiters mortally, and then made his
escape.
The Work of Regulation.—The work of making
appointments which began at the New York Custom
House, is still progressing. The appointees, too, are
all of the true "Johnson reconstruction policy stripe.”
On the 17th tho President sent to the Senate the name
ofWm. P. Johnson, to be Collector of Internal Reve
nue for the Alleghany District, Pa., in the place of D.
N. White, removed. Andrew L. RobinBon hsa also
been appointed Post Master at Allegheny city, in
place of 8. Biddle, removed. It is also stated that the
Assessor of Internal Revenue in the same distriot will
shortly have to yield to some one equally well quali
fied. but who favors the "white man's" government
The New York Tribune’s Washington special says the
country is indebted to Senator Cowan for these Penn
sylvania removals. If it is trne, the country thank
him for it.—Columbus Sun.
Genebal Cass.—The editor of the Lacrosse (Wis
consin; Democrat, who is now in Detroit, writes as
follows: "General Cass is still alive, though his family
have gathered here In daily expectation of his decease.
The General is now in his eighty-fourth year. He
passes most of his time in sleep, undisturbed. At
rare intervals be wakens op sufficiently to aak for some
of his old friends, who are sent for, but on arriving,
even within the hour, he is generally saleep again.
His disease is softening of the brain, from years of
mental labor in tbe service of his country. He has all
the care, attention and nursing it fe possible to give.
His family look upon him with the greatest reverence
and affection, and pray that his last da; on earth may
be far distant. At times he is able to converse quite
freely and rationally with his family, but this is the
exception, not the nife."
NOTICE.
The citizens of Savannah are earnestly reqncsted
to co-operate with the authorities in remedying the
evils arising from emptying slop water and throw
ing substances that arc liable to putrefaction iu the
lanes of the city. Servants should be enjoined to
spread the water over as large a surface as possible,
never emptying more than an ordinary sized bucket-
full on one spot. All animal substances must be
confined to the refuse barret, as well as the sweep
ings of the yard, ashes, cinders, Ac. The lanes of
the city are being put in complete order, aud the
throwing out of everything lending to alter the
grade Is strictly prohibited.
Attention is also called lo the ordinanoe forbid
ding the driving through the lanes, by which they
are made uneven, and the water- thrown out from
the yards formed into unsightly and injurious mud-
holes. The labor of keeping the city clean would be
much lessened if the citizens would have so much
of the lane Immediately adjoining their premises
properly raked, ahd the collections placed in tbe
refuse barrel. F. L OUE,
Chairman Street and Lane Com.
REMOVAL.
—There are two hundred and fifty applicants for di
vorce at the present term tit the Supreme Court of
Boston,
rgsHB subscribers, having taken the store corner
Bay and Barnard streets, recently occupied by
Gaden A Unckles, are now prepared to furnish to the
trade; planters and others, a fine selection of Gro
ceries, Wine*, Brandies, Segars, Ac., including all
article* in tb*ir line, st lowest market price*,
a84 UNCKLK8 A SON.
CIVIL, MINING AND CONSULTING
ENGINEER.
ESTIMATES MADE AND CONTRACTS
TAKEN.
OFFICK 46 BAST BAY, CHARliBSTON
s. c.
J26 lmAtwtf
CRUTCHES
TjMRSTatid only premium awarded at the American
J? Institute Fair, 18C5, and State Fairol
_ Pa, 1H65, for
Crutches. Hartman's Patent Elastic Rubber Crotcnes
are pronounced by surgeons, and everybody else, to be
the very i»est ever invented. They are easy and con
venient- they prevent paralysis oi the nerves, do away
with all tho weariness inseparable from the use ofuli
others, and are In all respect* unrivalled. Send for a
circular. Agent* wanted everywhere LOVBJOY A
Taylor, afco Manufacturers, No. 47C* Broadway
N. Y. 6m-nM
TO PLANTERS.
W E will keep constantly on hand a foil stock of
Plows, Hoes, Corn ihellcrs, straw Cutter*,
Axes, aud other Agricultural Implements of beat
makers and patterns with which to supply Planters
itnd Country Merchants, whose attention we invite
to our stock and think we can make It to their Inter
est to purchase of ns.
BOUSE & BRYANT,
j55-tf 194 Bay street. -
Peruvian Guano.
W E hare in store genuine No. 1 Peruvian Gnano,
direct Importation, and will sell ia quantities
to suit purchasers.
IM-tf ^
CRANE A GRAYBILL.
NOTICE.
lERSONS holding City Lot*, who are In arrear for
m. Ground Kent, are notified that additional costs
will be inenrr d by them unless they discharge their
obligations at an early day.
B. T. GIBSON,
J24 City Treasurer,
LUMBER, lumber.
-TTIE old firm of MoLEOD A BRO. is ntiU alive, and
X is fully prepared to fill orders for the bort qual
ity of Pine Luiulwr. Waiying Lumber delivered on
auy wharf in Savannah, free of .ail other charges
thnn tlie cost of the Lumber, which shall be a* cheap
ils tho cheapest, aud in qnality as good ns the best.
'• ‘ for * JJ
No charge for over-lengths. Address
MoLEoD A BRO.,
m.-ft-l m Savannah P. o
TO THE PUBLIC.
H AVING been appointed by the Honorable the In
ferior Court of Chathr
ferlor Court of Chatham county for the purpose
of vaccinating the different people of the connty and
city, I give notice that I have an ample supply of
vaccine matter, and can be found at my house, cor
ner or Montgomery and Huntington streets, st all
horn* from 9 a. in. till c p. ra. on Mondays, Tuesdays
and Wednesdays. My charges will be moderate, and
to those absolutely unable to pay I will make so
charge. People residing in tbd country will be visit
ed agreeably to letter on Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays. Alt communications addressed to me to
be left at Jail of county.
apt-lm SOLOMON SHEFTALL, M. D.
CLO THIN C,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, n
At 149 Bay Street, in the Store Ikfneriy occupied by Mr. Wil
liams as a Book Store.
By order of the Administrator, a large etock of READY-MADE CLOTHING to be SOLD AT VERY LOW
PRICES, tot the -object of making Sales to Close the Estate.
The Aga-.t takes this opportunity of iiifurming the Citizens of Savannah and its vicinity, that he will
have a part of an extensive stock of
Men’s, Youths’, Boys* and Children’s Clothing,
OF TilB BEST MATERIAL AND MAKE, ,
which he intend* to effer at Very Low Price*, for the object of closing the estate. Also a large stock of
Grontlcmon’s XJndor-Clotlilzis.
Shirts, Cotiou un>i Linen Draweffi, lloriory, Gloves, Suspender*, Neck Tie*, Ac-, Ac.
a25 " f ' : t ". ‘ v. v ; .JtA3VCEl8- j60O':L > T. ^g;ent.
/, t rf a n -J i)
in mill ~i iioi/iscqqo niuuq eiii tiaiwouif Vl-Jtiq „;!
qUthern r a lace
ORFF * WATKINS,
IMPORTERS AMD
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS
XJNT A.T*Xj ITS BAAlffOSIlS,
111 <& 113 Congress St., Savannah.
Commission Merchants.
W. A. Bbtxnt.
Bouse <& Bryant,
(Formerly of Jacksonville, Fla.,)
10-4- Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, ... GEORGIA.
W ILL give prompt attention to receiving and re
warding good*, sales on consignment, and all
orders; and will also keep constantly on hand a
goodstock of Groceries, Liquors, Agricultural Imple
ments, Building Materials, Fairbanks-ft Co’* Neales,
Ac., besides other good* and manufactured articles
lor sale on consignment, and for which they are
agents. Orders and consignments lespectfolly so-
icited. a!8-tf
McKAY, BLISS & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
• .BALERS in White Oak and Yellow Pine Timber of
Yf a); tuzes. Cash advances mode on consignments
of Timber, Cotton, Naval Stores, Ac.
The above-named house offer unusual facilities for
the sale of Southern Product*, and respectfully so
licit consignments.
McKAY, BLISS A CO.,
d21-tawtf 1»5 Broadway, N. Y.
GEORGE PATTEN,
Forwarding and Commission Merchant
No. 182 Bay Street,
122-3m* SAVANNAH.
THOMAS H. AUSTIN,
General Cennmiet ait Fmrtlii
MZEROBCAMT,
05 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Wm. M. Tunno A Co., Savannah; Nouree A Brooks,
New York ; Bpping, Haiuerd A Co., Columbus.
mSD-tf
A< Dcnaniom.
Of Savannah, Ga.
Joum 11- W. Hill,
Of JeflHSon Co, lla-
A. DUTENH0FER & CO.,
Shipping, Forwarding,
AKD
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Bay 8tr««t, Savannah, Ga.
Prompt attention given to the purchase, sate and
shipment of cotton, lumber and oottntry pro
duce, oenermltp. consignments solicited,
on which liberal advances
* will be made.
Brigham, Baldwin Savannah i Hiram Reb
uts, Havant ’ " “
, WiQWin m W.| onvnuaw I AUareau amor
orts, Savannah, i. H. MUn * Co.. Macon, Ga.; Dr.
N L Anffier. lot. Rev. Ool., Augusta; Jama* M. Ball,
Em. Atlanta, Ga.; Willi* Chisholm, Atluita, Ga, ;
Oi Robinson, Jacksonville, Fla.: F- Dioble, Jack,
ravllle, Fla.: Col. W. L. Bailey, Jefferson county,
mi. - IX. H.Baldwin * Co., New York; Bearden *
Co., New York. Warren Mitchell, Esq., Louisville,
gen tacky. rft ffl-
SANDERSON & WILKINSON,
HARNESS, SADDLERY
TRUNK STORE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Under St. Andrew’s Hall, Broughton St,
SAVAJsnsrjua:. ga,
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Just Received,
A N Invoice of the celebrated CHAMPAGNE
WINES of Messrs. Bruch, Foucher &. Co., of
the following brands;
Xmo D’or,
Oarto
in quarts and pint*.
in 30
F. W. SIMS A CO.
Notice.
All Taxes levied under the Ordinance of December
87th, 1885, are required to he paid between the 1st
and loth of the present month, and are set forth be
low. The tar on real estate may be paid for the
quarter ending March 31st, 1SC6, or for the whole
year.
On gross sales of merchandise (including sales of
liquor) except cotton, % per cent.
On gross sales of cotton, l-lo per cent
On aii commissions derived from any business
transaction (other than merchandise) by any factor,
auctioneer, broker, forwarding, shipping or commis
sion merchants, 1 percent.
On all Incomes derived from salaries and the pur
suit of any profession, faculty, trade or calling what
soever, except from real estate, l per cent.
On grow receipts of any business transactions, not
included in the foregoing, and including all insur
ance companies and agencies, gas companies, ex
press companies, cotton presses, hotels and restaur
ants, 1 percent.
Ou all receipts for freight or passage money which
are payable inthis city, l per cent.
Ou gross earnings or every bauk, bank agencr or
bankers, 1 per cent. 3
un every horse und mule, except those actually
need in wagons, drays, trucks or oilier vehicles, for
Which badges may have bceu taken out, one dollar
per month.
X)n every dog, three dollars per annum.
On the value of all furniture, jewelry aBd plate
worth over three hundred dollars, x per cent.
Every male reskleut between tlie ages of twenty-
one and sixty years, except only such as may be en
titled to registry and to vote st city elections, and
who shall register their names and pay for the same,
obc dollar per annum.
On real estate, l per cent
GIBSON.
*2
K. MoLhiA.
fity Treasurer.
J. H. CARTER.
KENNETH McLEA & CO.,
Commission Merchants
lAVAHHAH, 0A.
xw~ Advances nude on Consignments of Cotton
and other produce to oar friends in Liverpool sod
Nnr York.
NOTICE.
TO ALL WANTING FURNITURE
I am opening for the Inspection of the public,
.a line stock of
CABINET FURNITURE, CHAJRS,
TRESSES, &c-, &c.,
To which the attention of all is invited.
0T Warerooms, 1T8 BROUGHTON STREET, sher
oek’soMDry Goods Store.
f»»«* L. B. HARRINTON.
Lumber Yard and Planing
laving control of several
we are prepared to HU order* at short notice. Lum
ber planed to order and delivered In any part of the
city. The bnslnsw will be carrlod on la the muna of
J.J. Dale EOo., at corner Price and Charlton streets,
near the A- $ 9. depot, Savannah, J Qa>
JAMHi W. HOBSON.
-■* i
Port Royal House,
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL A RU»G, PsofbistOis
E. ». HtDIin.L. M. F. BCOU.
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LIVE OAK GLOB HOUSE,
No. 32 GEORGE STREET,
Charleston, South Carolina,
Is now open for the accommodation of transient an
permanent guests.
Choicest Liquors, Wines, Ales and Segaru
ax.wavs oh hamd.
Terms, SB por Day.
alltf PETER JONES, Proprietor.
Dry Goods.
200 Dozen
HOOP SKIRTS
Received per steamship Livingston,
FOR SALE AT THE
AT REDUCED PRICES.
r20
DRY GOODS
Tlie undersigned having formed a copartners!ii,
under tlie firm name of
Hiram Roberts’ Sons & Co.,
for the purpose of carrying on a general Di6r GOODS
BUSINESS, have now opened, and will continue to
receive addit ional supplies of Imported and Domestic
Dry Goods, which they offer for sale at
XVo. 156 CUBBOHS’ BUX1SZN5
on Congress street, east of the Market, and at the
second store from the end of the building.
JAMES H. ROBERTS.
DWIGHT L. ROBERTS.
ISS-tf EDWARD 3. LATHROP.
Miscellaneous.
BLANCEVILLE
SLATE MINING GOVT,
VAN WERT, POLK CO., GA.
Cap! Stools., *000,000
SHARES, $60 EACH.
Oikbxotoks—H. Brigham, J. F. Dever, E. O. Gran-
and A. B. Marshall.
nis*, A. Wllbnr
PuatnBNT—A. Wilbur, Savannah, Ga.
Ties Pbhupbmt—E. C. Grannls*, Macon, Ga.
SaoBBTABT—A. K. Marshall, Atlanta, Ua.
T HIS Company will soon be prepared to fill any
orders lor Slate, however large, for roofing, lor
furniture mnnufnctnred out of slate, for lintels, for
pavement, and for any other uses to which date can
tm applied. The quarry is convenient to the cities of
Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Albany and Columbus
Ua. - to the cl tic* of Selma, Montgomery and Mobil*,
Ala.’- to New Orleans, and will shortly bo to Mem
phis, reuu.. and St. Louis, Mo. The superiority
slate for roofing purpose*, and Its special adaptabu. j
-to various article, ot furniture and for pavement, .
well known.
Orders may be addressed to
A. E. MARSHALL. 8*e-y,
)8 ,Atlanta,G i
490 AGEES OF LAUD
For One Dollar!
TO BE RAFFLED FOR,
O N the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-six.
AT THE SCREVEN HOUSE,
In the city of Savannah, Chatham Connty, btate of
by*
Georgia, by a committee of gentlemen selected by the
BUbecrlbera,
490 ACRES OF LAND,
Mlaalnl In hownde. Coauty, aear K11I-
tewn, State of Georgia.
Tlie projected Brunswick and Florida Railroad run
ning through the sotoheaatpart, offers great facility
for removing to the seaboard the fine cypress, pine
and other timber to be found oh this lot, and a hand
some sum may be had from the Railroad Company
for the privilege of running their can through It.
Arrangements may also be satisfeotoMy entered into
with them (the Railroad Company) for making It a
wood station to supply their locomotives with foel.
A stream of water run* through this land, and lov
ers of the piscatorial art can Indulge their fancy at
all aeaaons of the year.
The qnality of the soil In Lowndes connty la too
highly Appreciated for any comments to be made on
the
TmSs CLEAR—The winner ]
r - ___ nner paying for the trans
fer of the same to his name, and he (tbe winner) is to
pay also on* hundred dollars to tbe Savannah fe
male orphan Asylum. Tbe preeent owner or the
iiedgeer— ‘ '
landpledgsa btmeelftoglv* one hundred Adlan to
the Savannah Metropolitan Fire Company, if all tbe
subeeripdona are taken up.
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