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VOL. 2-NO. 125.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 5. 1866.
PRICE, 5 CENTS.
The Dailv News and Herald.
PUBLISHED BY
S. W. MASON,
AT ill U»v STitiiET, Savannah. Gao
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HOLLYWOOD.
\ DAY WITH THE CONFEDERATE
DEAD.
Woman's Tribute to tlie Martyrs of a
Lost Cause.
roou GRAVES DECORATED WITH FLOWERS.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
THE PEOPLE THRONGING TO THE CEMETERY.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
Swfet ter than the breath of summer breezes over
• Us "I rosea iir»*. the offerings of affection to the mem*
ury "i ihe departed. Let them be sighs or prayers, or
tn- tatting tributes of sympathizing nature, their ut
terance ami their aroma are preserved when their
im Uncholy tones and balmy exhalations have gone
hum the earth forever. Hollywood now, as in other
days, bears upon its bowery bills a thousand tokens of
memorial Jove. Wherever we wander there we find
them—wherever
—“ The spirit of the spot shall lead
i Mir footsteps amid slopes of green access,
in. re, like an jufuni’s smile, over the dead,
l . iight of laughing flowers along the turf is spread.”
Sm h are, however, for the most part, the tributes
i sad hearts in times of peace; yet many another,
uoi ii h um the agonizing bereavements of war, blooms
.j-il;. and gloriously there. And now that scarcely
„c unhappy soul, whose tears in peace nourished
p in. in. muriid llovver in Hollywood, does not mourn
. un son or brother lost in wa~, it will not be long
all us tailless shrines will grow green and “blos-
?1 ,:u like a garden”—and the pride of patriotism,
blending with the natural sorrows of bereavement,
dill dnect ti»e footsteps of friend and strangers thither
ir i a spot both sacred aud historic.
THE DAY.
Yesterday was observed—universally observed—by
... itizcns of Richmond aud its vicinity, as a day of
: in Ling and beautiful ceremonies in honor of the
, a l < i Hi. late Southern armies whose remains are in-
;,rred at Hollywood. The stores aud business houses
.; He city were all closed at an early hour. Carriages,
u; -ii. hes, buggies, wagons, and every other form of
..•hide, tilled with ladies, children and flowers, might
. seen pursuing the avenues leading to Hollywood.
Hie streets were everywhere thronged with persons
; both sexes and all ages, all bcariug flowers, uud on
rticir way to the sacred spot where, “commingling
.v;y with heroic earth,” sleep tlio rumuius of ten
ih.nir>dii.l of those who gave their lives to a cause
.(lien to them was the symbol ol honor, liberty aud
hereditary rights, liy twelve o'clock the city was
miiiMsi u« scried, and Hollywood, the habitation of the
. j.i, 1*. c.»me l.»r tbe time populous with tho living,
.. i liu ibbeii with the pulses of existence, if it were
1 «aible lor the dead to feel a momentary quickening
. unpulf'e of renewed vitality—the thousands who
... .ii i:.»ld obstruction” within the precincts of Holly-
.1 would yesterday have had imparted to them a
ewiisibic warm motion” by the proseuce amoug
i i.i "I thousands of living, pulsating hearts. Hit
• possible for such a miracle to be, how sweet
■ mi be the reflection that the dead were yesterday
ii-1 led by the consciousness that they are not lorgot-
u by the living, aud that their survivors are not uu-
*urthy of them I
in surveying the graves, all freshened, restored and
ifecoruted, nut only with flowers, but still more with
ue living forms of tiie young aud beautiful who
:ied lroui grave to -grave like ministering angels,
was re »ay to exclaim—“O Grave! where is thy
• t <ry ? O Death! where is thy sting?"
i< 'Urday the living were forgotten, aud the dead
i. nu mbered and honored. .Standing in that
i.al camping-ground,” where “kingly Death
Ulils ins pale court,” anil where thousands of young
iii.i manly forms, liberated liom “the oppressor’s
. u_‘. he “free among the dead,” we could but feel,
l-**»ked upon each separate grave aud thought ox
•Heath makes no conquest of this conqueror,
Y r ii"W lie lives in lame, though not in life.”
lu th. scenes enacted yesterday there was nothing
. artless, empty, dramatic show. There was no
*; t money in costly pomps aud pageants, and
’>-r« none of the “divers sorts of hypocrisy in
... i. ' And though there were many forms “draped
- i. livery of woe,” there were none donned for
• display—no face8 schooled to a studious expres-
•. . ut griff There was mourning in many hearts,
■ i. • unseemly expression of it. All appeared to
• k .ii iIn* scenes in the midst of which they stood
- llt th. sources of consolation thau the subjects of
aiii. v came to honor the dead—to make their
resting-places bright and cheerful, and not to
. du- the occasion dismal with outbursts of uuavail-
sorrow.
THE WEATHER.
The day was beautiful—wonderfully so. The sun
•- ..•• with tin* mild radiance of the latter spring; the
~ was soft and balmy; the birds flitted from tree to
ringing their sweetest notes; the stream that
-•-aders through this beautiful cemetery soothed the
•- with its sou murmurmgs. Everything conspired
make tbe day propitious.
THE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
TLu Ladies’ Memorial Association assembled at
ught o’clock, at Grace Church, where, dur-
La* preceding day aud constantly yesterday
i-TLiug, contributions of flowers were deposited by
people residing in the city and from many miles
*•' uiiu it. Several other churches were also opened,
—ruing services were held, aud floral tributes coi
tal. But there were thousands of people who
--it up llural offerings iu their own home circles,
Ja> tlitre was no specillc concert of action further
:Ut which the occasion itself suggested, by nine
* churches and residences gave forth moving
p'- and processions of ladies, children, and
>r.g uud old men, all laden with flowers, fashioned
fevt-ry iimaginable device which the sacred
• minty of their purpose might suggest. Then be-
i!-o the movements of vehicles engaged or con-
r.jutut l r the occasion, mauy of them splendidly
*■• r ft«d with evergreens, roses aud immortelles,
- r filled with ladies and children, and wreaths and
• u*. tM.quets aud crosses, composed of the
- >t ilowfeia—the “moss rose # and the lily,” the
^rLona. the beautiful tulip, the lilly of the valley,
and every variety ol sweet-scented buds and
delicately ^interwoven with holly, Ivy, cedar
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS.
; «remnants of the different volunteer military or-
““•iatiunB assembled at their several rendezvous,
' distinguished by badges, and carrying boquets,
"•’ded on towards Hollywood with the'general
j Every street between Marshall add Canal,
intersecting streets for their entire lengths,
I at this hour filled with people and people-laden
moving all towards the shrine of the gallant
• Hollywood.
THE CEMETERY.
Jj-t lung before 9 o’clock immense throngs had
their way thither aud strewn hundreds of
*•* -8 with dowers. By eleven, the Cemetery pre-
• spectacle of unequalled interest and beauty.
n.7 aeime was lined and the green sward along
j ~ * •’! the beautifully wooded hills, underneath
j -- •sleep the dead of yesterday aud long years
it I' , J aa covt *red with groups oi the earlier comers
the fatigue and reviewing the spendid
I i tit-fore them. To the north of the old limits
•‘-•t ceiuttfcry.the principal part of the perpetually
; throngs bent their course. There slept the
dead of those who fell by shot and
- 1 - "r perished from disease in the eer-
1 1 u native laud—privates iu the ranks, with
•■ Wi-l there an officer, over whose deathbed, per-
1 yv lriiuii from home gave the soothing influ-
i v 1 ‘ s sympathy. Amidst these thickly-studded,
I ; ‘. luouuded graves, the daughters and mothers of
I threaded their way, aud on every grave
I V Wr cath after wreath, cross after cross, clus-
cil t»ter of beautiful flowers. And all were done
'**' •' '*/ lU Uuilerly. There was no demonstration,save
i^uliuoi
1 tilen 14 sigh for tho sake of some pbor uu
‘W borer,to whom the tribute of sympathetic
ia*.! KUc ‘k utterance. Many eyes were be-
' a “tid ah hearts were instinct with the natural
hiu occasion; but there was little of the
Us sorrow that is frequently witnessed when
oi lbved ones are visited. The general
k s* cm fed rather to be that of*—
A holy concord and a bright regret,
A glorious sympathy with suns that set.”
I ~,q\ UtlIu1 ’ impressive,* touching was the scene.
| 'v ^ dll,|s °f brave women—aud beautiful as brave
fell who had learned lessons both of tenderness
| ‘ ,f 6la ticy under the severe tutorship of war—
I Wit li the treasures of Eden in their hands,
l'aivo- tliat Ia ^yrinth of death, dropping them oare-
: r llle ^n^ts that had been bared to the storm
i Wr Ul| d bl «dtill the crimson tide wrought for
I ‘-*iy °y, 6 r ‘‘3plendent—roses of paradise and immor-
ilm known aud the unknown shared the hon-
rtichw ay ’ but tbere were especial shrines upor
I ^re«; ere perhaps, more bountifully, but not
1 itn'a UctJ [‘ ei y, the tokens of our noble countrywo-
I r ', hll d patriotic love. Away, amidst the
yi"jt£ •• reab * of the cemetery, in “cool, sequestered
«, rt I>ose the remains of Stuart, the Pegrams,
. I.‘J r V r ’ Archer, Starke, and many others who
wi fri ‘* udl y arms were open and at hand to clasp
I : time aud circumstances united to ensure
* 'Was Cai0 iov tlreir martyred bodies, and they
ti r n , anf i honored burial in the shade near by
I I *iv i , Uf 'ble comrades. To these the sadly,
■ ’liirl ? ltf:riu g throng bent their way, gathered
tjiji;.’ aU(1 tipon the green motmds lavished their
tribufeB.
HIE MILITARY A*SOCIATIOH».
•ill' '“tiubers of the various military asBocistions.
■t, ' . , ' r ' ll, ’b iu this city by the aurviving membara or
'•..il,' “uiitar y companies, mot at an early hour yea-
k»„ . ‘“'niunr, and, preceded by a band of mnsio,
kj,to Hollywood, and there nnited in (he sacred
Variate' ceremonies—strewing garlands upon
* 4v fch of
gallant Pegrams, Lieutenant Ellett, and other mem
bers of those commands killed in the late war.
OVB DEAD CHIEFTAINS.
In the imposing vault of our late esteemed fellow
citizen, W. W. Dunuovaut, are deposited the mortal
remains of General John H. Morgan, that preux cfw-
valier whom Kentucky furnished to the armies of the
Confederacy. This vault remained open during the
day, aud hundreds of visitors eatere^ this silent abode
of the once bold and dushibg idn^oan. ^ Upon his
coffin rested several beautiful wreaths, sent from Lex
ington, Kentucky, by the Misses Jackson, as a tribute
of love and admiration for their renowned country-
man.
THE GRAVE OF GEN. J. E. B. STUART.
All day long crowds hung around the spot where
rests all that is mortal of Virginia’s noblest cavalier,
General Stuart. This grave Uad received especial at
tention, being completely covered with the most fra
grant and beautiful flowers and evergreens. Near the
grave of the lamented chieftain was erected a niche
or arch of evergreens, inside of which and upon a
pyramid made of sweet flowers rested the recently
completed bust of General Stuart. This bust, which
is a triumph of art, is, as has already been stated, the
work of our young townsman, Mr. E. V. Valentine. It
is an admirable likeness of the great original, and
seemingly possesses so much of life that we can al
most imagine we again hear
“a ringing bugle!
A merry, clauking sound—
With the din of clattering hoof-strokes
Upon the frosty ground!—
And Stuart with his sabre keen,
And floating plume appears,
Surrounded by his gallant band
Of Southern cavaliers!”
On the top of the pedestal which sustained the bust
was the following inscription—“Stuart : dead, yet
alive; mortal, yet immortal.” Near the bust was fast
ened a small piece of white paper, upon which was
written the following beautiful inscription, by, Mrs.
Dr. George :
“Olt mav the tear the green sod steep,
And sacred be the hero’s sleep;
And ne’er beside liis noble grave
May Southron pass and fail to crave
A blessing on the fallen brave.”
Near the General sleeps bis little daughter, Flora,
who died in this city some months previous to the
wounding of her father. At her side also rests the
remains of Minnie Brewer, daughter of Dr. Charles
Brewer, of Maryland. Little Minnie was a niece of
General Stuart.
While standing near the grave of General Stuart we
saw a beautiful lady enter, bearing a sword made of
evergreens and flowers, complete in every particular,
and deposit it upon the grave of the fallen hero, and
then, with the tear of affection glistening in her eye,
turn surrowfully away. Low-speaking, respectful
groups, coming and going, stood about the grave
of the great leader all day, aud continually fresh
offerings from fair and gctle hands were laid upon
it :
Thither tho maidens came, sweet flowers to twine
Above his form, so still, and cold aud painless;
Whose deeds upon our brightest records shine,
Whose life aud sword were stainless.
They well remembered how lie loved to dash
Into the fight, festooned from summer bowers;
How, like a fountain’s spray, his sabre’s Hash
Leaped from a mass of flowers.
* * * * * ,*
And none of all that bright, heroic throng
Shall wear, to l'ar-offtime a semblance grander;
Shall still be decked with fresher wreaths of song
Than this beloved commauder.
THE GRAVES OF GENERAL AND COLONEL PEGRAM.
Upon a gentle slope of the farthermost hill, a few
hundred yards from the tomb of Monroe, side by side,
lie the noble brothers, John and Willie Pegrain —the
first a tutored soldier, accomplished in the science of
war, uud illustrating upon the field, not the art mere
ly, but the genius of generalship, as well as a daunt
less courage—tho other with the down of boyhood on
his face, and with the gentleuess of a maiden in his
eye, doing deeds more daring than have won duke
doms tor others, with a calmness that seemed uncon
scious of danger, and a modesty that ignored all
thought of merit—
“ Gentlest and bravest, in the battle’s brunt
He bore his banner to tho very front
Of our immortal youth.”
One in blood, one in the holy associations of home,
one in the stem trials of war and in the bloody conse
cration through which they passed from duty here to
its reward hereafter, together now—
“ They rest in tho star-lit shadows,
And their brows are white and still.”
Both of these graves were beautifully decorated
with magnolias, hollies, lillies, roses and evergreens*
aud during the day were visited by hundreds of fair
women and brave men. At the head of General Pe-
gram’s grave is a marble slab, upon which is inscribed:
“General John Pegram, killed at Hatcher’s Run.
‘ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see
God.’ ”
The grave of the younger brother bears a3 yet no
other inscription than his name, but that is enough.
Earth, that all too soon hath bound him,
Gently wrap liis clay !
Linger lovingly around him,
Light of dying day !
Softly fall, ye sumnife.r showers—
Birds and bees, among the flowers
Make the gloom seem gay!
THE GRAVE OF GEN. W. E. STARKE-
The grave of Gen. W. E. Starke, of tbe Second
Louisiana Brigade, also bore mauy garlands of affec
tion, deposited there by those who have not forgotten
the services of the brave man who battle^ so heroically
for our “Lost Cause.” Gf-n. Starke was a native ot
Virginia, and was killed at the battle of Sharpsburg,
September 17th, 1863. Near the grave of the General
rest the remains of his son Edwin, Adjutant of the
Seventh Virginia Infantry, who died of wounds re
ceived at Seven Pines.
OTHER GRAVES.
The graves of Gen. Armistead, Gen. Archer, and the
gallant Wheat, were also strewn with flowers. On the
grave of Col. Wheat was a beautiful cross, upon which
his last words were inscribed: “Bury me cu the field,
boys.”
THE DEAD CAPTAINS.
The graves of the dead Captains of the Blues, O. J.
Wise and Frederick Carter, were again ornamented
with flowers, and were visited by thousands. At the
foot of Capt. Wise’s grave was a confederate flag,
worked beau til ally in different colored flowers and
evergreens. At the head of the grave was a handsome
boquet, which bore tho following inscription :
** But he; his country's sword and shield
Still in the battle front revealed
Where danger fiercest swept the field.”
THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
Very many of the graves are unmarked with name
or number. Who is the occupant of each must remain
unknown till the great day when the sepulchres give
up their dead; but these undesignated mound9 re
ceived like loving care with all others. It was enough
to know that in each “ narrow cell’’ lay the moulder
ing form of one who had worn the gray; and that,
falling among strangers and lying undistinguished and
unknown, there were those somewhere whose hearts
ached when he came away, and bleed yet that he has
not returned:
— He was somebody’s love;
Somebody’s heart enshrined him here;
Somebody wafted his name above,
Night and morn, on the wings of prayer.
Somebody wept when he marched away,
Somebody’s kiss on his forehead lay.
Somebody clung to his parting hand.
THE GRAVE OF PRESIDENT MONROE.
The grave of President Monroe was not overlooked
in the general distribution of flowers, but was deco
rated and garlanded with wreaths of rose9, and, dur
ing the day was visited by large numbers ot persons.
FINIS.
From early mom to the midday hour, and long
after, one might see the whole city pouring oat its
whole population, until Hollywood was filled with over
twenty thousand people. Amongst all that vast
crowd, of all ages and both sexes, every one of whom
almost was a bearer of a tribute of flowers, the great
est order aud decorum prevailed—all being deeply
impressed with the solemnity of the occasion.
During the day a band played solemn dirges in va
rious parts of the grounds.
We noticed that all the express companies and
hotels placed their vehicles, ftee of charge, at the dis
posal of our people, and that these vehicles were
wreathed in immortelles and emblems of mourning.
Thus has passed a day that ever will be remembered
and that proves the respect of the Southern heart for
chivalrous devotion to principle Not one grave was
overlooked; for teuder and affectionate hands paid
equal tribute of tears and wreaths to them all.
The Fenian Movement,—It is stated at
Fenian headquarters in New York that the
commander of the expedition against Cana
da just undertaken is Colonel O’Neil of Nash
ville, Tennessee. The Fenian circles
throughout the Province are understood, to
be acting in concert with their brothers
from the American side. This, it is sup
posed, will tend to overthrow the confidence
of the authorities in the Irish in their en
deavors to resist the invaders by aid of the
militia. As for the regular troops, there are
but 6,000 of them, of tvliorn a large propor
tion are in full support-^ and fellowship
with the Fenians. There is. therefore, rea
son, according to official authorities, to an
ticipate an early uprising ot the Fenian
population, and a fraternizing of the British
soldiery with the people, as in the days of
the barricades in Paris.
It is. also claimed that not only the Irish
inhabitants of the provinces, but the French
Canadians are connected with this conspira
cy, |and will at the proper time add their
compensation. It is possible that their oc
cupation of Fort Erie is but one attempt to
divert attention, while a blow more decisive
will be struck at a more valuable part of the
British Empire in North America. In that
event, we may expect to see lower Lawrence
responding at an early day to the call of the
Fenians.
litd,
comrades that in the deadly strife
l6e med their patriot vows with life.
Lifter
the samaras.
Hollywood, the old members of the
^ uw Usll !! w ' Letcher and Otey Batteries with
"“covered, marched around the (raves of th
Mil Davis.—The Fortress Monroe correspondent
of the New York Herald, writing on the 26th of May,
■ays:
Jeff. Davis shows undisguised appreciation of his
parole of the fort. He has been oat to-day as much as
the weather would permit, and made several calls.
He talks with undisguised frankness regarding his
expected trial and places no credit in the ramor that
be will not be tried for several "months yet He oer-
♦siiiiy siprsesnn m.ion« than ever that
no each postponement will take piece.
[From the Augnsta Constitutionalist.]
The Anguts Factory.
The most important and complete cotton factory in
the United States, south of tbe Potomac, is located iu
the city of Augusta. Few enterprises, either North
or South, have been conducted with such signal suc
cess as the Augusta factory. Its prominence deserv. s
more than a passing notice; and we propose, tiiert-
fore, to give such details as will convey some idea oi
its workings. What wo have to say, however, ia in
tended more for the eye of those in other States than
for the people of Augusta and vicinity, who are pre
sumed to be in a measure familiar with the operations
of this great home enterprise.
At this time, particularly when the labor system of
the SSuth has been disrupted, and former pursuits
made less remunerative from the disastrous results ol'
war, it behooves the people of the South to turu their
efforts into other channels of industry. Manufactu
ring enterprises promise to be tbe most profitable.
Prior to the war New England manufactured the raw
material, and tbe South consumed the goods and filled
the cofiers of .the enterprising New Englander. Agri
cultural pursuits, and, to some extent, commercial,
occupied the attention of tho Southern people. The
producers and consumers, tbe South paid largely to
the East for all manufactured articles, aud thus bgilt
up that section to the fatal detriment of the South.
We disliked to be called “shopkeepers and mill-dri
vers,’’ and were content to permit the North to run
the “mills and shops,” for which the South forked
over to the tune of one hundred per cent, aud some
times more, on all manufactured goods. «
The dislikes and objections to what may have been
considered not respectable vocations base been ex
ploded. and our people must now enter upon new
callings. They must become manufacturers. The
euterprise and industry of the East have built up that
section, its manufactories have enriched its people
and given the most powerful influence in-the conduct
of political, affairs. The same avenues are now open
to the South. Our people have but to apply them
selves with assiduity and properly directed efforts g-
build up their broken fortunes. Cotton will be tne
regenerator of our impoverished South. But it must
uot only be produced, but manufactured at home.
Build them up in every State. The raw material
grows at our doors, and can be purchased at first cost,
while New England will have to pay at least 10 per
cent. more. Labor and -material can be. had as cheap
at the South for these purposes as in any other sec
tion. W r ilh such advantages in our favor, the South
will be thus enabled to defy Northern competition.
This is evident, and needs no farther elucidation to
prove the great necessity of manufacturing interest
for the recuperation of the South.
There is one condition absolutely essential to suc
cess. Neglect it, and failure threatens. Experienced
practical men must be at the head of such enterprises,
if they cannot be found at home, get them from
abroad. The Augnsta Factory has been a great suc
cess, because the right men hare been at the head of
affairs. This ia the model enterprise' of the South,
aud as such we desire to hold it up to all parties who
contemplate entering upon like pursuits. As such in
terests are now being agitated throughout the Sonth,
some facts in our possession will be of importance,
and we will therefore present them.
The present company, Wm. E. Jackson, President,
purchased the factory firom the city of Augusta for
i140,000, the original company having turned it over
to the city. Improvements on improvements have
been going on from year to year, until it is now com
plete in all its departments. The space of ground oc
cupied by tbe buildings of tbe company cover twenty
five seres. There are two mills, each' five stories
high, two hundred and eighteen feet long by fifty-
two feel wide, with an ell one hundred and fifteen
feet long and five stories high attached. The number
of looms in operation te four hundred and sixty-three,
running sixteen thousand kpindlea. The factory
gives employment to six hundred and forty operatives
(all white.)
In 1859, when the present Superintendent, Mr. F.
Coggin, took charge of the mills, the operatives
worked thirteen hours per day, making an average of
t wen ty-uiuo yards to the loom. The number of work
ing hours is now reduced to eleven hours, and an
average of forty-two yards to the loom is turned off.
The eleven hour system was adopted two years ago
by tho Augusta Factory, and has since been adopted
by other Southern mills.
New machinery of the most improved description is
now being introduced into both mills, the cost of
which amounts to very near $100,000. Thcso im
provements do not, however, interfere with the opera
tions of the mill, as the plan of introduction is so ar
ranged as to keep the old machinery working while
the new is being supplied.
The capital stock of the company was increased du
ring the war from $200,000 to $600,000. From the re
port of the President and Directors, made for the six
months ending December 16th, 1865, we have been
permitted to make some interesting and important
extracts with respect to the working of the company,
showing expenditures, receipts, etc. It may be proper,
to add that reports are ouly made every six month;.,
and that the next one will be submitted on the 16th of
Jane, 1866. From the last, it appears that the
Capital stock is $600,000 00
Mills, machinery and real estate 400,527 81
Commercial capital $199,472 19
The Internal Revenue tax paid on sales, cotton and
real estate, from May 1, 1865, to May 1, 1866, shows:
Taxon sales $78,093 54
Tax on cotton 38,205 00
Tax on real estate 466 67
Total.. .-$116,765 21
Dividends are paid quarterly to the stockholders,
or tbe last four quarters they received $120,000.
The following allows the description and amount or
goods manufactured for six months:
- Pounds. Pieces. Yards.
4-4 516,455 40,567 1,536,670
7-8 353,651 33,088 1,244,314
Drills 51,052 4,102 143,784
Total 921.158 77,757 2,924,768
Whole number of looms iu operation 463
Average number of looms running 4eo 11-13
Average number of yards per loom per day. .40 2-3
Average number of hands employed 640
Aggregate wages paid $92j019 13
Aggregate amount of sales..- $876,450 68
The lollowing are the number of bales of different
descriptions of goods made for six months :
4-4 1,656
7-8 1,336
Drills 203
Light 2
Yarns 148
Total 3,351
The foregoing extracts illustrate how admirably the
Augusta Factory has been conducted under the
management of its President, YVm. E. Jackson, Esq.,
w ho manages tbe financial and general business de
partment in behalf of the stockholders.
Iu every respect and without exception the Augusta
Factory is second to none in the whole country. The
provisions made for the support and comfort of the
operatives are ample, while the moral and education
al wants of both parents and children are looked after.
There are two Churches, a Baptist and MetboJist for
the benefit of the employees, which are mainly sup
ported by the company. On tbe grounds there are
one hundred and eighteen brick tenements two
stories high, pleasantly located, well ventilated, aud
comfortably built. We omited to mention that the
Factory has attached to it, carpenter shops, machine
shops and gas works.
Mr. 3. C. Bodfish arranged the motive power, and
Mr. M. F. Foster aided materially in arranging the
machinery. Both gentlemen performed their respec
tive duties in a very satisfactory manner. There are
others also who are entitled to credit iu this connec
tion, but their names are not remembered.
Mr. F. Cogin, the general superintendent, is one of
the most systematic, practical and indetatigable of
workers, and great credit is due him for the perfec
tion which has been arrived at in the inside opera
tions of the factory, and for its present flattering con
dition. After several years of industry, his well di
rected efforts iu bringing the mills to their present
condition have been crowned with success.
similar enterprises conducted on the same principle
aB the Augusta Factory is what Is wanted to build up
the Southern States. Parties contemplating the build
ing of cotton factories will know no such word as fail,
provided they are conducted with the same skill, en
terprise and industry as has characterized the Augusta
Factory.
[From the Coiambus Enquirer.]
To tbe Women of Georgia.
We make an appeal to all the true-hearted women
of our State, and especially to those who haTe not had
their homes laid waste daring the late war, to assist
us iu the last sad duty we owe our brave countrymen
who fell at the battle of Resaca, 14th and 15th of May,
1864, and whose bones still lie bleaching on tbe hill
sides around ns.
The immediate retreat of our army after that bril
liant but disastrous engagement, and the occupation
of the country by tbe enemy for more than a year af
terwards, prevented the proper interment of our
dead.
Bqt shall they lie unburied, a silent reproach to ns?
Shall those whom we delighted to honor while living,
be less dear to our hearts now, after having sacrificed
all in our common cause ?
No 1 not the response comes, eagerly though mourn
fully, from the warm, sympathetic hearts of onr
Georgia women, ever ready for every good work dur
ing the last five eventful years, and they will not deny
themselves all that is now left to ns—the burying and
mourning onr dead.
We would suggest that the ladies of each city form
committees for the purpose ol making collections to
be appropriated to this sacred use.
Mr. John F. Green, a citizen of this neighborhood,'
has given a beautiful piece of ground for onr proposed
cemetery, and he will gladly receive, and use a» di
rected, all racney sent for the purchase of coffins, and
a suitable enclosure of the ground—assisted by the
Woxkn of Resaca.
Resaca, May 24, 1866.
Southern exchanges are requested to copy.
A Pkegkast IsquiBY.— Mr. Boss, a member of
Congress from Pennsylvania, in a late speech in the
House of Representatives, put the following query
to Thad. Stevens k Co., who hold that the Southern
States arc out of the Union in consequence of the
war. He said:
“If these States are actually out of the Union, why
were some of their Representatives detained in Con
gress, witlftmt objection, after the passage of their or
dinances of seccsssion, and daring the prosecution of
the war 1 In August, 1861, Congress imposed a direct
tax oh these eleven States of between five and six
millions of dollars, which recognized them as being
in the Union. In March, 1862, in apportioning rep:
reaentation among tho States, fifty-seven members
were assigned to the eleven States whose Representa
tive are now excluded from this halL Why appor
tion them Representatives In Congress if they were
out of the Union?"
■Not one of Hie radicals found it convenient to an
swer these Interrogatories.
—A housebreaker lately stole from a poor man at
Boston two bank books, representing $1,4*5, and
burned them up- Both circumstances have been
proved in court, bnt tbs banks refuse to give the man
the money or new books, unless ha gives sureties to a
considerable amount that be WfB set make another
demand for the money, or reoovar It by action of law.
Tbe man ia unable fo give sureties, and Is, therefore,
likely to lose his manay.
MANUFACTURED BY
J. M. VENABLE & .Co.,
2?etei?sbmrg’, V a.
Also Manufacturers of Superior “Maccoboy,” “Rappee,” and other Snuffs, Chewing and
Smobiug Tobacco of every grade.
Josiah Macy’s Sons, Sole Agents,
189 & 191 FRONT STREET, NEW YORK.
Commission Merchants.
L P. Bouse.
W. A. Bryant.
Bouse & Bryant,
(Formerly of Jacksonville, Fla.,)
Forwarding anil Commission MercM,
104 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA.
W ILL give prompt at: ention to receiving and for
warding goods, sales on consignment, and all
orders; and will also keep constantly on hand a
good stock of Groceries, Liquors, Agricultural Imple
ments, Building Materials, Fairbank- & Co's 3calts,
&c., besides other goods ami manufactured articles
lor sale on consignment, and for which they are
aVenta. Orders and consignments -respectfully so-
icited. ” alS-tf
McKAy, BLISS &L c;o.,
Commission Merchants,
■ .BALERS in White Oak anu Yellow Pine Timber of
all sizes. C:ish advances made on ^nsignmentg
of Timber, Cotton, Naval btorc-s, Ac. ^
The above-named house offer unusual facilities for
the sale of Southern 1’rodncts, aud respectfully so
licit (onsignmeuts.
MoKAY, liLISS A CO.,
d21-tawtf 156 Broadway, N. Y
K. MoLEA.
,1. H. CARTER.
KENNETH McLEA & CO.,
Commission Merchants
282 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, G A. "
fW* Advances made on Consignments or Cotton
and other produce to our friends iu Li vet pool uud
New Y'ork. a3-3m
THOMAS H. AUSTIN,
General Commission aud Forwarding
iVrEXlCIIiLIMT,
9.» Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
REFERS TO
Wm. M. Tunno A Co., Savannah; Nourse & Brooks,
Now York; Upping, Hanseril & Co., Columbns.
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DAVANT & WAPLES
FACTORS,
Forwarding and General
Having associated onrserves in the above business
we respectfully Btilicit couaignmeuts.
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 cottou or merchandize on
stoiage.
R. J. DAVANT, Jb.. W. D. WAPLFS.
Of the late firm of Da7ant & Lawton. al8-tf
M & SAMMIS & 1.,
Forwarding and Commission
MERCHANTS.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Groceries, &c.,
NOS. 1 AND 2 SAMMIB’ BLOCK,
Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida.
ED. G. SAMUIB.
Jas.T. Paterson,
TIMBER,
Lumber & Commission
MERCHANT,
No. 153 Bay StTeet, Savannah,
▲HD
Darien, Georgia.
■ Orders for Lumber solicited.
J. SHAFFER,
fir>wi i amlon Dealer
tn an kinds of
FOREIGN AND IX1ME8TIC FRUITS and PRODUCE,
Wist WAsantovoN Mabkvt,
Opposite 143 West et., Bulkhead between Barclay and
Vesey sts.,
N K W , T O R K.
Potatoes, Apples and Onions constantly on hand, and
put np for the Southern market
All consignments promptly attenked to.
rgp- Refers to A. t. Bradley, A. Haywood, T. J.
Walsh, and J. H. Parsons.
i,H eodiy
"BLAIR & BICKFORD,
LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, AND
DEALERS IN TLMBER AND LUM
BER OF EVERY DESCRIP
TION.
DOORS, SASH, AND BLINDS.
Mill and Lumber Yard on Canal, near Bryan street
Office 180 Bay street,
‘ d2S-tf Savannah, Ga.
East India Rice.
SACKS Prime Kas India Bice, in store and
For sale by
TLTON
HILTON A BANDBLL,
193 Bay street.
Hotels.
ST. CHARLES SALOON,
B Y A. STaMM, Bay Lane, rear of Post Office.—
The best Liquors, Ales, Wines Segarg, Ac.,
always Oil hand, Including a choice article of SELT
ER’S W ATBR, directly imported from Heraagthnm.
Nassau, and the best of Rhine Wines.
LUNCH every day at ll o'clock. m12-ly
THE VERANDA HOUSE,
A T WniTE FLUFF, will he open on and after
Monday, tbe 9th lost., for the accommodation
ol Boa;del i. tranfii ut or ptrm«!ntiit.
The subscriber, lrt.m fits long experience in the
business, chu sately guarantee the comfort of those
who may give him a call-
my26-u MOSES M. RBLISABIO.
LIVE OAK GLUB HOUSE,
No. 32 GEORGE STREET,
Charleston, South Carolina,
Is uow upeu for the accommodation of transient an
pc-rui uieiil i: aLbti.
Choicest Liquors, Mines, Ales and Segars
A {.WAYS ON UAND.
Terms, S2 per X)ay.
alltf FBTKK JUNKS, Proprietor.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
T HIS popului and well known Hotel, situated in the
OUMueeg portion of the city, has been newly fur
nished throughout hy the present proprietor, who has
been sixteen years connected with tho establishment.
ni'J6-i! W. WHITE, Proprietor.
Port Royal Housed
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL ft HUGO
a. s. ainixu,
ju3-tf
PbofbiitObs
h. r. auuo.
490 AGUES OF LAND
For One Dollar I
TO BE RAFFLED FOR,
O N the sixth day or June, one thousand eight hun
dred aud sixty-six,
AT THE SCREVEN HOUSE,
in the city of Savanlhah, Chatham County, State'of
Georgia, by a committee of gentlemen selected by the
subscribers,
490 ACRES OF LAND,
Situated In Lowndes County, near Mill-
town, State of Georgia.
The projected Brunswick and Florida Railroad run
ning throngh the southeast part, offers great facility
for removing to the seaboard the fine cypress, pine
and other timber to be found on this lot, and a band-
some sum may be had from the Railroad Company
for tlie privilege of running their cars throngh it.
Arrangements may also bo satisfactorily entered into
with them (the Bailroad Company) ror making it a
wood station to supply their locomotives with fuel.
A stream or water runs through this laud, and lov
ers of the piscatorial art can indulge their fancy at
all seasons of the year.
Theqaalityofthe soil in Lowndes comity is too
highly appreciated for any comments to be made on
tbe above.
TITLES CLEAR—The winner paying for the trans
fer of tlie same to his name, and he (the winner) is to
pay also one hundred dollars to the Savannah Fe
male Orphan Asylum. The present owner of the
land pledges himself to give one hundred dollars to
the Savannah Metropolitan Fire Company, if oil the
subscriptions are taken up.
Subscription—Tickets, six thousand in number,
at one dollar each. Can be purchased at the Music
Store iff J. C. SCHREINER.% SON, Cougrcss street,
Savannah, Georgia, where a Plat of the above named
Land can he seen. , aO-tf
Advances.
R. ATKINSON & CO., New Yort.
JAMES HEWITT & CO., Liverpool.
Advances made on Cotton consigned to
above Houses.
Insurance.
myio ira
G. P. MACMUBDO,
Office at O. Cohen's. 82 Bay street.
GEORGIA STATE DIRECTORY.
For 1866 and 1867.
BY CAPT. JOHN C. BRAIN, OF
SAVANNAH, GA.
r !3 valuable work of reference will be published
on or about the 1st day of July next It will
embrace tbe exact location of every business and
professional roan in the Siste of Georgia, as well as
the private residences in all the cities, and will be the
most extensive and complete directory ever pub
lished. No business mas should be without it, and
none should fail te advertise tn It, as it is doubtless a
splendid medium throngh which to communicate
with substantial classes throughout the country.
In the City of New York alone the publisher has
nearly five hundred subscribers, and thstUsMs daily
on the increase. Tbe price of subscription ts within
tbe reach o' every badness msa, however limited his
means. The advertising terns are likewise reason-
ab Capt Brain and his General Agent, J. Orrie Las,
of Charleston, may he confuted with at XstBPsNews
ikpoTnatt^f As* OSes, each day ffw tho next
week, after the hoar of oae P. M. my3p-lm.
NOTICE.
F
BOM this data aad for (be
office will be at Flarids wharf.
F. M. Kittle
INSURE
AGAINST 4
ACCIDENTS,
Pioneer Company
OF TIIE SOUTH.
THE SOUTHERN
Accident Insurance Co.,
KYNOBBUSff, VA.
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000
INSURES AGAINST
ALL ACCIDENTS,
Giving tbe holder of an Annual Policy the
tull amount insured in case of death, and
compensation each week, if disabled, for a
period
NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX WEEKS.
SHORT TIIE POLICIES,
(S3,OOO FOR TEN CENTS!)
Travellers’ Tickets, from one to thirty
days, may be bad at tbe Railroad Ticket
Offices, Steamship Agencies, and at tbe
Office of the General Agent.
The Stock of this Company is exclusively
in Sonthem 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.
OFFICERS.
PRESIDENT AND TREASURER,
COL. MAURICE S. LANGHORNE.
VINE PRESIDENTS,
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia.
GEN. HARRY T. HAYS, of Louisiana.
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON,
Chief Agent at Atlanta, Ga.,
Agent for the State,
h
O. C. MYERS,
General Agent,
my23 * SAVANNAH, GA.
Insurance.
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
Life and Accident
INSURANCE COMPANY
. • OF
iNTew Orleans-
Capital, - - - $300,000
GEN. JAMES L0H6STREET, Presileit.
ASS PSKPABKD TO
TAKE RISKS
Xkeaaonablo Terms.
WILLIAM C. COSENS, Agent,
mj21-tf At Marine Bunk.
oglethorpe Insurance co.
OF SAVANNAH
Are prepared to take
Fire Risks on Reasonable Terns,1
At their Office, UT Bay Street.
H. W. MERCER, President
J. T. Thomas, Sec.
Directors:
H. W. Mer.-pr M. 8. Cohen
C. S. Harucc J. Lama
William Hunter , J. W. Nevitt
A. S. Hart ridge D G. Parse
A. Porter A. Fullarton
R. Morgan .1. McMahon
J. Stoddard L. J. Gullmartln
J. T. Thomas F. w. Sims
W. liomshurt G. Butler
F. L. Gue R. Lachlison
H. A. Crane K. P. Claton, Augusta
A. A. Solomons J. W. Knott, Macon
M. Hamilton B. P. Ross, Macon
W. W. Gordon W. H. Young, Columbus
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LIFE INSURANCE'.
THE KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE COFN.Y.
Sontherii Brancli Office, ANTBay St.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
a. Wilbur, Marfftger.
No Extra Charge for Souther
Residence,
ONE RATE OF PREMIUM ALL OVE
THE UNITED, STATES.
gWPolicies written at this office in any form'd
sired. a9
Tbe Oldest Accident Insurance Comu’y
IN' AMERICA
IS THE
Traveler’s Insnrance Co.
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
Net Cdsh Assets, Feb. 1, ’66, $600,849 72
Insures against Accidents of all
Kinds,
CAUSING BODILY INJURY OR L088 OF LIFE.
IT IB CHEAP.
A policy for $5,000 in case of fatal accident, or $25
per week In case of disabling injury, costs but $25
to $30 per year. Any sun. from $500 te $.o,ooo,
with $3 to $50 weekly compensation, at proportion
ate rates. Policies written for three or five yeai s, a
a liberal discount.
IT IS UNIVERSAL.
This Company Insures against all sorts ol acci
dents, whether they occur in traveling, working in
tbe shop or ffictory.walkifig in the street, swimming,
riding, hunting, fishing, etc. It femes policies for
all persons, in all parts of the United States and
Canadas, and giants permits te visit any part of the
world. This insurance ia sought after and valued
by all classes of men, rich or poor.
IT 18 RELIABLE.
The TRAVELER’S of Hartford is the oldest Acci
dent Insurance Company In the United States, aud
established on a firm basis, it has issued many
thousands of policies, pays claims for compensation
almost daily, aud its business ts steadily increasing.
Jis capital is ample, its directory of the highest char
acter, and it has paid over One Thousand Losses,
without contesting sue.
NO NIKDICAL. EIABNATIOS RE-
RUIBED.
Three cents a day will insure a man for $2000
or $10 weekly compensation, for one year.
1. G. BA1TBRSON, Prealdent-
Rodnxt Damns, sec. ;
A. WILBUR,
J. T. THOMAS,
GREEN ft FOOTMAN,
J, C. MCNULTY,
miff Agents, Savannah.
FIRE, MARINE,
LIFE
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
RISKS TAKEN
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST-CLASS COMPA
NIES:
n . . OART Alto
Columbia Fire Insurance Company, of Nsw
- Tork
Fulton Fire Insurance Company of New *
York 200,000
Excelsior Fire Insurance Company of New
T0rk 2*0,000
Springfield Fire Insurance Company of New
York 300,000
Putnam Fire insurance Comp&ny of Hurt-
ford r 5oo,ooo
Washington Fire Insurance Company of
BaItimore 500,000
Gulf State Fire Insurance Company of Tal-
tah *» ee -" 300.000
AOOIPHWT.
Travelers’ of Hartford $500,000
Marine and Z*lre.
Petersburg Savings and Insurance Company
of Virginia. $500,000
Eofaula Home Insurance Company of *i»-
bama 200,000
Georgia Home Insnrance Company, Colum-
850,000
J. N. WILSON,
Photographer.
PHOTOGRAPHS,
Porcelain &■ Ambrotypes,
IN THE HIGHER 1 STYLE OF THE ABT.
Copying done in the best manner. Pictures made a
well in cloudy as in dear weather.
(V Call an* Enuniae Specimens. -YS
SOUTH-EAST CORNER BROUGHTON AND WiHT-
al6-tf AKER STREETS.
S1IDEBSSI & WILKI8S0H,
HAERE88, SADDLERY
AMD
TRUNK STORE,
(WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
URier SMAaimrH HdbBnagMMi St.,
New England Mutual Lite Insurance Com
pany of Boston $ft000,060
Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York LOOS,000
On Open Pollali
. 1
In Great Western, of New York.
In Commercial Mutual, of New York.
AAEON WILBUR, Agent
No. 80 Bay Street.
J. W. STEELE,
(Late Steele A Burbank,)
II KerchEBt*’ ®*w» HUtoffi €•
And comer JCtwg <md George Nta, Ofewfefeow.
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fiAIXS —
t ; chaser* to Uu
Military and
AMO
FURKBUUm GO0D8,
. Watches, CMttilfeffi Obi*A Awrefey ffffffi
ival Qothinfe