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VOL. 2-NO. 121.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
Y,
1866. W W ruE? /
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Che Freedmen’s Bureau.
General Steedman’ft Tour Through Geor
gia and Florida.
{specially Reported for tho Savannah News and
Herald.]
Generals Stcedman and Fullerton, the Commission-
, as appointed bj* the Government to investigate the
.t i kings of the Freedmen’s Bureau, left Savannah
u Sunday, the 9th inst., in the^Government steam-
i.oat “Planter,” for a tour among the sea islands of
i i« <»rgia and Florida. On the way up the river an
it. i.lent occurred which is much to be regretted, as
being calculated to give the Commissioners an er
roneous opinion of the disposition of our people. The
Planter,” it will be remembered was run past the
i. rts at Charleston by tho colored pilot Small, who
now commands, her and was surrendered to the
Federal licet. Tho steamer Fannie, plying between
here and Charleston, is the property of the firm that
formerly owned the planter, and in this way proba
bly a«'ine ill fcojing had arisen, which accounts for the
occurrence about to be uarruted. It became necessa
ry for General Steedman and Fullerton to return to
Savannah for a short time. As they were on their way
hack the Fannie overtook them and attempted to pass
ihi iM without blowing the three whistles required by
the regulations. There was room enough in the
channel for this to be done, but Capt. McNelty, of the
Fannie, suddenly brought his helm round, foiled the
planter and evidently tried to put her on the obstruc
tions. The two vessels went down the river closely
locked for about half a mile, and at last tnebow of the
Planter began to crush in the weather boarding of the
Fannie. The next thing we know the muzzle of a
Colt’s navy revolver was pointed from the wheel-
house of the Fannie, by Capt. McNelty, at Captain
Small. All this time not a word had been spoken on
either cide. Small ran into his cabin and brought out
a double barrelled shot gun loaded with buckshot,
rained it to his shoulder, and was about to fire when
Gen. Fullerton iuterposed. Gen. Steedman at tho
parne moment sprang upon the railing and ordered
i aptain McNelty to put down his pistol, which, with
some reluctance he did. The pilot-houses of both
vessels were surrounded by passengers, and had not
the dilliculty terminated as it did several lives would
unquestionably Lave boeu lost. McNelty then sheered
off and went ahead, as he could have done from the
first had he so chosen.
This unpleasant incident over, nothing further oc
curred to mar tho enjoyment of the trip. Threading
the tortuous narrow inland channel, we made St.
Catherine’s Island on Sunday afternoon. On this
island, a few months ago, a strange state of things
prevailed. A full blooded negro from the North
named Tunis G, Campbell, was appointed an agent of
the Bureau under General Saxton, and assigned to
duty at 9t. Catherine’s and Ossabaw Islands. He im
mediately constituted himself a kind of Emperor,
formed a Senate and House of Representatives,
appointed a Chief Justice and Circuit Judges, Sheriffs,
Marshals, Corouors and Delegates—in short, estab
lished an exact parody of the government of the U. S.
ami all fur the control of three hundred niggers. This
dons, he issued a proclamation “by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the President of the U. S.,
aud Major General Saxton,” setting apart a day of
public thanksgiving for the blessings bestowed upon
st any white may be disposed
.way any of these aforesaid
standing army of nigger soi
ls on the beach to drive off
pted to land. Gen. Tillaon,
jtie Bureau in Georgia, at once
fcf Tycoon Campbell, and his
the position of delegate at the
ich is or was sitting in Savan-
if his rule aud the infiueuce of
ra permit from one of General
came upon the island xireach-
selliug whiskey, are still appa-
andjudicious officer in charge
at the present time, matters are
ring. There is only one pianta-
, on St. Catherine’s Island, and a
on it is. Messrs. Winchester and
rk, have leased the farm and are
one third of the crops and their
s liberal arrangement the negroes -
y and well, and are doing incom-
the darkies at the other end of
fess to be cultivating land under
but iu reality are doing as much
erine’s wo went to St. Simon’s and
where we found much the same
That is to say the freedxnen who
^on contracts were doing well and were
Q)y the planters, aud those who were
* by themselves, were doing but in-
’ ff**rently. The 6ea island cotton looks far more
i i mining than the short staple I have seen in other
fait* of the State. If all goes on well 1 believe there
**J1 fct least a one-fourtli crop of sea island cotton
rn^d.
' ,h May 21st we reached Fernandina, on the coast
f Florid*, and found it a very warm spot in'more
than one. There is an investigation going on
-ere, by order of the President, into the manner in
*uieh tho confiscated lands and houses were sold by
•iie Tax Commissioners. The result, of course, is the
^scovery of a series of frauds and rascalities whioh
^•tiling but the municipal records of New York city
uld equal. The progress of the investigation, aud
the discovery that not one title in three is good, has
naturally caused great excitement in the community,
the former owners are hoping to get back their pos-
et 's8ions: the Northern purchasers will leave no stone
^turned to retain them. The position of things is
dangerously complicated by the fact that some un-
^rupulous men from the North have incited the ne
■ rot810 :, nn, and there are several hundred drilled"
te k’rofc3 ready for riot and bloodshed.
Governor and General Foster, military com
mander of the Department, are earnestly laboring tb
oppress these elements of strife.
u * the further progress of the investigation in Flo
* ua and Georgia I will speak in a future letter. There
r *mam several points of interest yet to be inspected.
Letter From Fernandina.
[Special Correspondence of the .News and Herald.]
Fernandina, Fla., May 30,1866.
Circuit Court—Judge Long—Fei'nandina Courier—
D. C. m Truman—Tax Commissio)iei's—Business,
dc.y (tc.
The Circuit Court, His Hon6r, Judge Long, pre
siding, commenced a session in thia city yesterday.
This will be the first session of the court since the
war, and the first held in this city, the county seat for
Nassau county having been changed from Callahan to
Fernandina at the last session of the Florida Legisla
ture. The Court has jurisdiction of civil, criminal
aud chaucery proceedings. The charge of Judge Long
to the Grand Jurors yesterday is said by the lawyers
who heard it to have been very able, discriminating
and loyal in its tone. The Judge is the youngest on
the bench, and is a man of unquestioned ability. He
lost heavily during the rebellion, and starts in the
world anew. It is said that he has political aspirations,
or with more truth, perhaps, that the people of Eas 1
Florida are beginning to looks towards him as their
candidate for the United States Senate at the next
election.
You will have perceived before this that we have a
weekly paper, “The Fernandina Courier,” published
by J. M. Doty & Co. It is a well got up paper, aud fs
alive to all the important topics of the hour. It is to
be hoped that it may be permanently pecuniarily sue"
cessful.
Col. B. C. Truman, whose report, hitherto published,
on the condition of the South has excited much and
well-merited encomium, is at present investigating
the doings of the Direct Tax Commissioners for the
State of Florida. He has now been here nearly three
weeks and has “pitched in ” to the Tecords of that
Board in earnest, and has taken testimony from all
sources. Mr. Truman comes hare from the Hon.
Secretary McCulloch, by the direction of President
Johnson, and when his report shall have been made
the country will be astonished.
Business is slack. The lumber mills are not doing
much, and several Northern capitalists who have in
vested in these enterprises are willing to sell out at
cost. Messrs. Appel & Cohen, one of our largest mer
cantile firms, are selling out their stock at auction and
propose to relinquish business here entirely.
- There can be little doubt that this will some day be
come a large city. But the present uusetttad and
vexatious condition of land titles, and the unpleasant
animosities engendered by reason thereof, are at pre
sent a serious bar to its prosperity.
The large hotel has not yet been opened to the pub
lic. But tho enterprising proprietor, Dr. Payne, has
leased the house known as “The Fernandina Hotel,”
aud is doing a good business. The Doctor knows how
to keep a hotel. T
Wc have plenty of steamboats now. Tho steamer
Kate, Capt. T. J. Lockwood, made the trip on Monday
from your city to this port iu thirteen hours. The
steamer Helen Getty arrives on Sundays. Th« Sylvan
Shore and Dictator on Wednesdays. The Lizzie Baker
used to arrive ou Saturdays.
I have just Been a letter written to Mr. Truman by
one of the editors of tho New York Tribune, in which
he says that he believes his (T*S) report to be a truth
ful report and a masterly production.
[From the New York World, 24th instant.]
The Torture of Jefferson Davis.
It is no longer a matter of newspaper rumor that
the treatment which Jefferson Davis has received
during his incarceration in Fortress Monroe has been
such as to break down ^his constitution, and to put
him, after twelve months of protracted suffering, in
iminent peril of death.
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the
Treasury, the President of the United States recently
ordered the Post-Surgeon at Fortress Monroe to make
a careful aud thorough report upon the condition of
Mr. Davis’ health. That report has been made and is
now published. It cannot be read by any honorable
and right-minded American, no matter what, his
sectional feelings or his political opinions may be,
without a sickening sensatioii of shame for his coun
try, and a burning flush of indignation against the
persons who have prostituted their official position to
inflict upon the American name an ineffaceable brand
of disgrace by the wanton and wicked torture of an in
valid lying a helpless prisoner in the strongest for
tress of the Union.
The report of Post-Surgeon Cooper is all the more
damning that it is perfectly calm and formal in tone,
and that it deals only with the strictly medical aspect
of the investigation which its author was ordered, to
make. We hear nothing, for example, from Surgeon
Cooper of the stories which have been repeated over
and over again, in all varieties of tone, but with a sin
gular consistency in the main details, by correspon
dents of all shados of opinion, in regard to the petty
insults heaped upon Jefferson Davis in the routine of
his daily life. The refusal, by express military or
ders, of the common .courtesies aud simplest decen
cies of life to a man who for four years wielded the re
sources of eleven belligerent States against the whole
power of the Union, while it would be unspeakably
disgraceful to the authorities perpetrating it, might be
of very little consequence either to the health or the
spirits of the captive at whom it was aimed. A man of
strong and self-sustained character might be annoyed,
indeed, at finding himeelt in the hands of persecutors
so paltry; but they would scarcely be able to disturb
his digestion or his sleep.
The American people, should these stories prove to
be true, will have a serious account to settle with the
functionaries who could thus misrepresent and be
little them in the eyes of Christendom and of history.
But the crying result of Surgeon Cooper’s report, the
result which demands the most prompt and emphatic
expression possible of the popular indignation, if we
are not to be written down all of us as accomplices in
the vile transactions which it reveals, is this, that
the health of Jefferson Davis, which was notoriously
poor at the time of his capture, has been systemati
cally broken down by a cruel and deliberate perse
verance k in applying to him one of the worst tortures
known to humanity.
If the members of the Congressional majority at
Washington are not weaker aud more wicked men
than the sternest of their political opponents would
willingly believe them to be, they will compel a
prompt exposure of the authors of this shameful
thing.a prompt exposure and a punishment as prompt.
The President has done bis duty iu laying bare the
facts, and WiU do his duty, we doubt not, in arresting
at once andj summarily this continuous outrage upou
the national character. But we live in an epoch of
Congressional inquiries into national scandals and
national rumors of all kinds ; aud the conscience of
the country will hold the present Congress to a dread
responsibility if it shirk or evade in any way a duty
more important to sur national honor4han any which
it has as yet assumed.
Pride of Rack.—It seems that on Wednesday last
tiie Sunday School anniversary exercises of
* Pattern District Sabbath Association, the children
n n i m t0 tbe Scho °l the Gothic Methodist Epis-
P*i Church, Grand street, refused to fall into line
the children of a colored Sabbath School, and
en peremptorily ordered to do so by their officers,
. peremptorily refused and withdrew from their
}^ ce lh the line. This action of tl>e children has
ttU8 p considerable comment in the District, and
ani ♦K Var “ 1 feellu 8 is .exhibited by those who approve
“ th ‘ 8tt who disapprove their course. The local
l p r i s adding j Uli x to th e game aud holding the
imrch responsible for the action of the Sunday
S, children. This is condemned on all sides, as
Jf e officers of the Church and School used their au-
ptlty with the children to make them conform to
■w programme, without effect. The boys did not ob-
in ? l i° ,he color ed children walking in the procession,
Jy c ‘iaimed the right of taking precedence of them on
of their numerical superiority. But pride of
was doubtless the main cause of the juvenile
^oeuion—Sew York Tribune.
Those Brooklyn Sunday School children have not
^‘become sufficiently educated and ehlightenod-
they grow up and become renders of the Tri-
u he, they will be bettor able to appreciate their in-
Priority to tho black raco.
Uek. Wheklee.—The friends of Ueu. W., as well ma
^Bcers and men who wore under bis command,
urgiug liinj t 0 write a history of his campaigns.
* wiil probably comply wit)i the request, and has
iiready eaUed
upon his subordinate officers to turotsh
1111 Wit h the details of the service of their regiments.
1118 hook will be a great suecess, undoubtedly, for
appealing, as it does, to every bad who served in the
v *'Alry of the West, vory few of the twenty, thirty, or
lort J thousand will bo without it—^Mobile Register.
Mother Decision Against -a Test Oath.—At the
rftc *ut session of the Circuit Court of Hampshire
Jj° Unt y. Wes^'Virginia, Judge Hunker pronounced his
J* lBlon upon the law requiring suitors to take the
* ° alh la the following dear and -emphatic lan-
|..V7 ?
c ou»b£« Uw ia , »iol*Uon Of the Federal and State
th ® oaaantial principles of oar
i0D '- nt ' * nd *• therefore illegal and of no dbliga-.
S»w« from Washington.
The French Minister. M. Montholon, had an inter
view on Saturday with Secretary Seward. It is under
stood in Diplomatic circles that he expresses ths opin
ion very freely that the war cloud which suddenly ap
peared in Europe, after the Emperor’* speech, will be
dispelled. He says the Emperor has no idea of going
to war. Sir Frederick Bruce, the English Minister,
received advices per laat mail, ths tenor of which is
more pacificatory. The financial difficultiea in Eng
land, it is believed, are passed.
One of the principal objects of Mrs. Davis’ visit lo
Washington is for the purpose of finding out, if possi
ble, when the Government intends to try her husband.
She is very anxious to get a trial at once, but it is un
dorstood that she has been informed by pretty good
authority that it will probably be several weeks, per
haps months, before the matter can be arranged for
bis trial, the present indictment being regarded by
the Government as worthless. Mrs. Davis has been
in receipt of a large number of calls. The President
has granted her permission to remain with her hus-
band at Fortress Monroe.
Treasurer Spinner, in a communication to the New'
York Herald, aays that, according to the act of Con
gress, the Government is liable for The face value of all
notes of National Banks, and that no case has arisen in
which note holders have suffered any loss ; in other
words, the Government does not act in the capacity of
jonit trustee of National Bonks and the holders of their
notes, to pay the latter such sum at it may realize
from the sales of securities of tbe former, but it stands
as tbe perfectly secured indorser of every circulating
note issued by a National Bank. -
Charles O’Connor and George Shea, counsel for Mr.
Davis, left for New York this evening. ’They were in
consultation with Mr. Davis most of yesterday. They
say they found him in better health than they antici-
pated.’and though worn out by long confinement he
is in possession of the keenest faculties, and is alive
to the important issues involved in the trial. They
said they only obtained permission to visit him after
many futile attempts during tbe past year.
[From the Biehmond Whig.] '
The Banslag ofCslmabta.
When General Wade Hampton indignantly denied
the allegation of General Sherman that the city of Co
lumbia was burnt by hia (Hampton’s) order, and chal
lenged an investigation, pledging himself to prove
that Sherman was responsible for the act, the New
York Tribune, affeeting to consider Gen. Hampton’s
assertionnot “worthrefuting,” availed itselt, never
theless, of “positive evidence” and “credible testi
mony” (as it was styled by the Tribune), impugning
the veiaoity of General Hampton. This positive evi
dence and credible testimony was an affidavit of W. B.
Nash, to the effect that the city was on fire and cotton
burning in the streets before tbe Federal forces enter
ed. Tbe first discovery made in regard to this testi
mony was that the person whose name an signed to
it was a negro! The Tribune had concealed mis fact.
The seeond discovery was tfoit the negro had made no
such statement—had given Wo such testimony, and that
his signature to the affidavit was forged. The third
discovery—a natural sequence—was that the Freed
men’s Bureau had had its dirty finger in the dirty job.
We copy from the Columbia Phoenix of the 23d inst.:
“We called upon W. B^Nashyesterday, and received
from him the following affidavit, which demolishes
the testimony of the Post. The conversation he had
was with a Dr. Ruff, connected with the Freedmen’s
Bureau, and he distinctly and emphatically Baid that
he told this officer that Gen. Sherman burned the city
of Columbia; that his men set fire to his own house,
which, with the assistance of inends, was extin
guished. Beverly was perfectly in lignant at the use
made of his name, and at the mntu.tioo of his mere
statement, and the falsehood that he had made an af
fidavit. Here is now his solemn declaration under
oath :
“ State op South Cabouwa, )
-■ Richland District. )
“ Personally appeared before me, W. B. Nash, who,
being duly sworu, says that he never made an affidavit
in relation to the burning of Columbia; that he made
a statement of the blowing up of the depot by acci
dent, and that a few bales of cotton were burned by
private parties, to an officer connected with the Freed
men’s Bureau. Deponent further states that General
Sherman, or men acting under his permission, burned
the city of Colombia, and that Gen. Hampton had
nothing to do with the nefarious transaction.
“-W. B. Nash.
“ Sworn to before me, this 21st day of May, A. D.,
1866- W. B. Johnston, Magistrate."
The Indianapolis (Indiana) Herald states, on the
authority of soldiers who formed a part of Sherman's
army on that occasion, that the Federal soldiers
burned Columbia by the orders of their immediate
commanders, but whether the latter were acting under
instructions to that effect from Sherman was not
known.
Conscripts m France. —John Mitchell, the Paris
correspondent of the New York News, says :
year have been called upon. Tbe price of a man is Row
In France, the conscripts whoso service is due this
$400, or 2,100 francs—that is to say, if one of con
script age desires to buy himself off such ie.tlie fcrice.
The conscription, which did not exist under the old
monarchy at all, has now entered completely into'the
life and habits of France, or seems to work smoothly
; lhou «k no doubt, there is many * hard
leave-taking when the conscript officert make their
ut the French
conscript _
swoop upon some country - village,
take it gaily ; as they take most other things. They
seem reconciled to the notion that those predestined
Boao “ ! i® lr8 , belong, to their country, and to glory,
and ta thedrapeau. The system also has its advan-
ln i giving to most young Frenchmen an oppor
tunity of seeing somewhatfil the world ogtside their
native valley.
t,la cn<l of tll *‘i r Sevan years,
* h ® l ’J w4dl, ' st »'‘d must estimable part
of the population: and the tales thoy bars to toUof
their advtsitures stimulate the youngsters, who, per-
ba,>8 ’ Ur S ” ther Pleased than sorry when the dav ar
rives and the sergeant comes round to gather up' the
contingent of the village. 1
That Is always a kind of gaia. Tho conscripts are
covered with ribbons and rosettes, and are marched
repeatedly through all the streets preceded by a fffo
and drum; their frlenda escorting them, treating them
to wine in nome caje gardens, and' making them little
presents. All daj there is. an^ppc&rance of noiav
festivity; though sometimes the mothers havered
eyes. And iq tbe evening the party ia marched off to
the nearest railway station, ready for any country aud
for service;Tor they have not only “h«frd of battles,”
but they have beard of .the orange groves of Blidah,
that paradise of Algeria, and of the tropic splendors of
and Mexico with Senorites.
Letter from Mexico.
We are indebted to Rev. N. W. Smith, of Jonesboro,
Ga., for the following letter from Mexico. It will be
interesting to those of our friends who propose mak
ing homes in that lovely, but, for the present, un
settled and unsafe land:
Office Colonization,
13 San Juan DeLetran, Mexico,
April 17, 1866..
Dear Sir:—At the time I stated that the transporta
tion to Mexico would either be furuisbed emigrants,
or their expenses paid, or refunded by the Imperial
Government, such was actually the case, and agents
were appointed and sent to the United State* for that
purpose. But the Federals arrested them, and refused
to permit them to act, and strict orders to that
effect were really issued from Washington. Therefore,
the generous intention of His Majesty has been frus
trated, and that portion of the decree which promises
it has been virtually repealed.
It was never intended to pay the expenses of every
one that wanted to come to Mexico. There are thon-
sands of men in the United States whom we would
not have here on any account. To distinguish between
the good and the bad, the desirable and tbe un desire-
able, to aid the former and retard the latter, were the
duties of the agents.
Since we are not allowed agents, wc cannot exercise
the discrimination; and sinoe it would be an impossi
bility, as well as very undesirable, to pay the expenses
of all, we cannot pay the way of any.
I would be glad if yon would have thia letter pub^
lished, that it may correct the impression made by my
former letter, which represented on this point a state
of things that now does not exist
Respectfully,
Richard Liteanry,
Sub-Commissioner.
[From the Atlanta New Era.]
An Editor’s Trials in Utah.—The Vidette, a
wide-awake Gentile paper, has, for soma time past,
been published in Salt Lake City, bearding the Mor
mon devils in their own den, tp the great discomfort
of their “Saintships.” The editorjrecently received a
letter written in bloood—or red ink—which reads—
Skedaddle 1 It is the “red hand” of the Destroying
Angel, and threatens assassination. The editor is not
much frightened by the order, but aaya :
“Well, we shall keep the docament, and leave our
readers to judge whether we are much frightened. If
these miserable hounds aud cut-throats think they
can intimidate the Vidette, why, they are simply mis
taken. We have spoken plainly in the past, and we
shall speak stiff more plainly in the future, holding
ourselves accountable only to God, our conscience,
and the laws of the land.”
The following day the editor received smother warn
ing, ol which he saya: “We stop the press to give
place to tho fcUowiug: ‘Now.’ as the lark said to her
young ones, ‘it is time for us to leave! ’ We could
stand the ' bloody hand ’ and the * skedaddle ’ of ths
other warnings, but the following gets us:
Salt Lake City, April, 1866.
Mr. Editor Vidette : If you don’t quit abusing Sten-
house and the Mormons, we’ll come and marry you.
We don’t 'mean blood,’ but we won’t stand to have
Stenhouse maligned; so look out.
f ^’ 27 Mormon Women.
We weaken on tbe turn. Will some one take our
place? ‘27 Mormon Wom^n! r We apologize. We
don’t edit the Vidette—Stenhouse is a good fellow-
brave man—and he can look a dog in the face! Be
sides, he never did borrow a pair of brass knuckles.
O Lord have mercy ou us poor miserable sinners 1
Don’t shoot this way! We oreAiot the man! 27 wives 1
We’ll go I .
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CAUSING BODILY INJUHY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
IT IS CHJdAl?.
A policy for $5,000 in case ol fatal accident, o i $-25
caae disabling Injury, costa bui'«£
cTo . pe £- 3re * r - Aoy su “» from $5uo to sji.o.tK'j.
compensation, at propoitiou-
i m**S*Y Pohcies written tor tliree or five (cai.-. a
a liberal discount. -
it is tnvKas&L.
This Company Insures against all sorts oi acci
dents, whether they occur in traveling, working in
the shop or factory,walking in the street, swimming,
nding, bunting, fishing, etc. It fesues policies for
all persons, in all parts of tiie United suites and
Canada», and grants permits to visit any part of the
world. This insnrance ls.6ought alter and valued
by all classes of men, rich or poor.
IT IB REUABLIi:.
The TRAVELER’S of Hartford is tbe-oldest Acci
dent Insurance Company in tlie United States, aud
established on a linn basis. It has issued many
thousands of policies, pays claims for compensation
almost daily, and its business is steadily increasing,
its capital is ample, its directory of the highest char
acter, and it has paid over One Thousand Losses,
without contesting one..
NO MEDICAL. EXAMINATION KE-
Q.CIKED.
tW“ Three cents a day will insure a man for $2000
or $10 weekly compensation, for one year.
J. G. BA1TTBRSON, President-
Insurance.
FIRE, MABIRE,
L I F E
AND
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
Eoomt Dsnkis, Sec.
A. WILBUR,
J. T. THOMAS,
GREEN A FOOTMAN,
J. C. MCNULTY,
Agents, Savannah.
INSURE
ACCIDENTS,
Pioneer Company
OF THE SOUTH.
IN
RISKS TAKEN
THE FOLLOWING FIRST-CLASS COMrA-
260,000
300,000
600,000
ALIVATS on HAItn.
J. B. OASTBR.
7 Deaths in Houston.—We are pained to (hear a re
port that the Hon. John M. Giles died recently at his
residence in Perry, of a wound received from the horn
of a cow, which subsequently gangrened and proved
incurable. Hr. Giles was a distinguished lawyer and
most estimable gentleman.
We also learn with much regret the death of John
H. Powers, of the same county, a brother of the late
Hon. A. P. Powers, of this county, and kell known to
our citizens generally,—Macon Messenger.
An Odd Epitaph.—A Trenton paper says: “A walk
through the Morrisville burying ground, just over tbe
river, win bring to one’s notice a qneer epitaph. It is
to Samuel McCracken, a former resident of that vil
lage, and bears tbe following addenda, of the record of
his birth and death‘If all the leading politicians, and
priests go to Heaven, I want to get off at some other
station. ’ To put this on hia grave-stone was the order
of the man by directione found in hia will.'’
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE,
LEXINGTOK, VA.
r E BOARD OF VISITORS will meet at the Vir
ginia Military Institute oh the 27th of June, to
mako appointments of Cadets. Applications for State
and pay Cadet appointments will be made to the urn
dersigned, accompanied with the nsuti testimonials
of good moral character.
Candidates for appointment mast be exempt from
bodily disease, of ages between 16 and 26 years, and
in the case of Slate Cadet applicants, must satisfy
the Board of their inability to meet the expenses of
the Institution.
Candidates for admission most be able to read and
write well, and to perform with facility and accuracy
the various operations of the four, ground rules of
arithmetic, of reduction, of simple and compound
proportion, and of vulgar and decimal fractions.
State Cadets (one for each Senatorial District) will
be supplied with board and tuition without charge.
Every arrangement has been made by the Board
of Visitors to maintain the high scientific character
of the Institute, and to put in full operation its well
tried und distinctive system of discipline and Ins true-
The graduating, exercises of the institution will
take place at the Institute on the 4th of July. The
examinations will commence on the 27th of June,
and be continued daily until completed. The public
are respectfhltyinvUed to all of these exercises.
For ail further information, application will be
made to the Superintendent.
FRANCIS H. SMITH,
Superintendent..
Augusta Constitutionalist please inMrt six. times,
anil send bill to tills office. may*^-St w.
BDRR, ESOPUS
COIiOGNE
MiUStuseSr
BOLTING CLOTHS,
nEL-ium, r '
Smith Machines,
Hoisting .add Lighter
Screws,
Don Proof staffs. Mill Picks, Ac. ...
HE subscriber can now furnish the above goode,-
us well as .
MILL FURNISHING GOODS GENERALLY,
of the very best quality and at lower rates than
ANY OTHER HOUSE
in tbe country, a* he is importing stock In largo
quantities for supplying the trade— MiilwrielitH aud
Millers direct.
JOHN J. BELL.
Importer and Manufacturer, .
ma»5S-tr. No. 66 Robinson street. New York.
KENNETH McLEA & CO.,
Commission Merchants
303 BAT STREET,
- SAVANNAS, OA
fy Advances made on Consignments of Cotton
and other produce to onr friends in Liverpool and
New York. a3-Sm
THOMAS H. AUSTIN,
toral Commission and Forwarding
MHROBAWF, -
93 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
arm to
Wm. M. Tunno A Co., Savannah; Nonrse A Brooks,
New York; Epping, HshrerU A Co., Columbus.
m20-tf
DAVANT & WAPLES
FACTORS,
Forwarding and General
Having associated ourselves in the above business
we respectfully solicit consignments.
In connection with the above, we have a large
brick fire-proof building, known as the Southern
Warehouse, at the corner of Bay and Lincoln streets,
and are prepared to take cotton or merchandise on
storage. ■
R. J. DAVANT, Jk, ' W. D. WAPLES.
Of the late firm of ffiavant A Lawton. a!8-tf
s.
&
Forwarding and Commission
- MEBCHANTO.
WHOLESALE AND RET AH. DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries, Ac«,
’ NOS. 1 AND 2 BAMMIS’ BLOCK,
Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida. -
Jas.T. Paterson.
TIMBER,
Lumber & Commission
: merchant, '
No. 193 Bay Street, Savaaaah,
TcrxuMf
alltf
OS per Day.
PETER JONES, Proprietor.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
been sixteen years connected with tho establishment.
tc36-tt W WHITE, Proprietor.
Port Royal House,
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL * BUGG
FtormtOti
s. r. nw,
j03-tf
THE DAILY NEWS,
PUBLISHED AT
CHARLESTON S. C.,
HAS TUX
LARGEST CIRCULATIOTT
‘ • cr *xr
JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN THE STATE,
i . w .
And is mdreisaUjr considered
Tlie Best Commercial
AMD
family paper
IN THE STATE.
PARTIES. THEREFORE, IN GEORGIA, who de
sire to subscribe for a CHARLESTON PAPER, will
coneult their Interest by sending for THE DAILY
NEWS. •’
THE SOUTHERN
Accident Insurance Co.,
ITNONina, VA.
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000
INSURES AGAINST
ALL ACCIDENTS,
Giriilg the holder of aD Annual' Policy the
lull amount insured in case of death, and
compensation each week; if disabled, for a
period
NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX WEEKS.
Columbia Fire Insurance Company, of Now '
York
lulton lire Insurance Company of New
York
Excelsior Fire Insurance Company of New
York..;
Springfield Fire Insurance Company of New
York
Putnam Fire Insurance Company of Hart
ford
Washington tug Insurance Company of
Baltimore
Gulf Stato Fire Insurance Company of Tal
lahassee....
AOOIDBNT.
Travelers* of Haitford. ><i ,600.000
Marino and Fire.
Petersburg Savings and Insurance Company
of Virginia....... $500,000
Eufaula Home Insurance Company of Ala
bama 200,000
Georgia Home Insurance Company, Colnm-
bna 360,000
LIFE.
nu ASSETS.
New England Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of Boston .$3,000,000
Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York- : 1,000,000
On Open Policies
in Great Western, of New York.
In Commercial Mutual, of New York.
AARON. WILBUR, Agent
tnl^-ff No. 89 Bay Street.
TERMI.
$10 PER ANNUM.
Published in Folio Form, size of the New York
■HeraW. : .... ass-tf
Darien*
‘ Orders for Lumber soUctted.
J. SHAFFER,
Omv»rr| 1 jpl Dealer
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS amdPRODUCS,
c Warn Itimsoios Maikit,
DppoMte Mfi-WaMMy^fthsad between Barclay and
• h s w Z__y ’ o b £
Potsidiffi'ApWes.inff Offioto constantly onhand,mfi-
pfii up for the^— —
For Sale,
deep, about 60 ax inch tubes lO feet long..
boiler is very strongly braoed. Will be sold very low
if applied for immediately.
Also a Cylinder Boiler, 26 feet long, 30 Inches ia di
ameter.
For farther particulars apply to
___ C. L. COLBY * CO,
my»0-tf corner Bay and Absrcorn streets.
BLUR & BICKFORD,
LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, AND the Buvannal^fetropoUtiui Fire Company, if
DEALERS IN TIMBER AND LUM* M t*criptiortAre_wwre »p..
BER OF EVERT DE8CRIP-
. WON.-.., ’
DOORS, Sfi8H,.fitD BUJipg
udLaabet Yard ou Canal, near Bryan street
nuinriiMiiu, i
WITH or without Rooms
If in the leu. Apply
posits the Market,-to
MJl
. . also, jtohls and Moo—
Apptynt U4 Bryan street, Op-.
MBS. B. VICK.
490 ACRES OT LARD
For One Dollar!
TO BE BAFFLED FOR,
fXft the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hun-
KJ- died and Mxty-six, -j ;<•
AT THE SCREVEN HOUSE,
in thS city of Savannah, Chatham County, Stats el
Georgia, by Aeqannittae of gentlemen selected by the
subscribers,
‘ 490 ACRES OF LAND,
Situated 111 Lswudii Cshuty, near Mil*-
: ..a loWu, 8tat« or Georgia*.
some sum null oe iiaa irom. i
for ftipiprtvafeg* rumrinff
SHORT THE POLICIES,
($3,000 FOR TKN CENTS!)
Travellers’ Tickets, from one to thirty
days, may be bad at the Railroad Ticket
Ofices, Steamship Agencies, and at the
Office of the General Agent.
Tbe Stock of this Company ia exclusively
in Southern hands, and represented by a
Directory widely and favorably known
We, therefore, appeal with confidence to the
good will .and patronage of the Southern
public, b
FXOBR
niBDiH AND TRKASUBEK,
; COL. MAURICE S. LANGHORNE.
VEU PRESIDENTS,
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia.
GEN. HARRY T. HAYS, of Louisiana.
GEN. JOHM B. GORDON,
) chief Agent at Atlanta, Ga.,
Agunt for ths State.
o. c.
MYERS,
General Agent,
-- SAVANNAH, GA.
for re; „ —, . „„
ual other timber to i*e foeniTon tide let,
be had from, the Jfoilraed
I their duel
making Os *
supply tiwtr foeodiedvee with fuel.
A stream of water rnuathrough this land, and lov
srrofths piscatorial art can indulge ifietr fancy at
*11 seasons of tire year.
“to. The anhlltyof the soil in Lowndes county is too
Haywood. T. upiuertetod for ah v eouitgeirtt to be made on
«°dlT U rnLTO CLEAR—The winner paying for the trans
fer of the seme to bis, name, sad tiedllie wtmer) Is to
du, aMo one hundred doUam to the Savannah fo
imsinffik Slut nMMt of rim aF tho
m«)e orphan Asylum. The present owner of the
pisriees hjmaflftogirejmo hundred doVtiutn
Subscription—Tiekcfa, six thousand ln number
•tehe dollar sash.. Cun be pwn hwunl st the Muatr
Store of#. O. SCHUKINKit A SOM, Congress street
• Georgia, where a Plat of tbe above
can be i
aD-tf
J. H. WILSON,
Photographer.
Photographs,
Poroelafaa Ac Ambrotypcs,
» THt IMBBBSr STYLE OF THE ART.
ibeet manner. Pictures made a
‘res iu dear weather.
mento<
VtMl uud Enualae Specimens. SM
SOUTH-RANT CORNIER BROUGHTON AND WHIT-
il«4f - AKER STREETS
UDES80R11ILR1KS0N,
CRY MARSHAL’S SALE. IHiMEDS. SADDLERY
V 6k. dtmaA IRnWOTtfiV TmU .rewt «- - * *■«- - . V
THE G-PLEAT
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
Life and Accident
INSURANCE COMPANY
/
/ OF
1STew Orleans-
Capital,
$300,000
BEK. JAMES LOHGSTEEET, President.
ARE PREPARED TO
TAKE RIMKH
Reaffion.a'ble Ten
my21-tf
WILLIAM C. COSENS, Agent,
At Marine Bank.
OGLETHORPE INSURANCE CO.
OF SAVANNAH *
Are prepared to take
Fire Ms oh Reasonable Terms,!
At their Office, 117 Bay Street.
H. W. MERCER, President.
J. T. Thokas, Sec.
H. W. Mercer
C. 8. Hardee
William Hunter
8. Hartridge
A. Porter
R. Morgan
J. Stoddard
J. T. Thomas
W. Remsbart
F. L. Gue
H. A. Crane
A. A. Solomons
M. Hamilton
W. W. Gordon
my7-tf
Directors •. .
M. 8. Cohen
J. Lama
J. W. Nevitt
D G. Purse
A, Fullartbn
J. McMahon
L. J. Gnliuisrtin
F. W. Sims
G. Butler
JL Lachliaon
K. P. Clatoo, Augusta
J. W. Knott. Macon
B. F. Hoes, Macon
W. H. Young, Columbus
LIFE INSURANCE'.
THE KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO..OFN.Y.
c SAVANNAH, GA.
Wilbur, Msaxtagor.
No Extra Charge for Souther
Residence,
ONE RATE OF PREMIUM ALL
• THE UNITED STATES.
RTPolicies written at this <
OVE
SA.'FaATKAJHC,. GA,