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SAVANNAH,, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20. 1866-
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HONORS TO THE CONFEDERATE | LETTER FROM INDIAN SPRINGS i [From the Philadelphia Age.]
DEAD IN CHARLESTON. IndianSpring, Ga., June 14tli lSriti. Tilt LulMt InCaiuy,
The Charleston Courier of Monday con- j Editor News and Herald:-A few items from this ^*° m ** «*>”" of
tains a full account of the interesting *nd i .”»* wdMmown rammer resort may interest I IHE ajm^MKsi-PmiwnTioK for
impressive exercises in honor of the Confed
erate dead, buried in the various cemeteries
and graveyards around thst city, which took
place at Magnolia Cemetery on Saturday af
ternoon, under the auspices of the Ladies’
from many Bourcos that the passenger boats, bound
North, are loaded with pleasure seekers from Sttvan'
Memorial Association. From the Courier seotiOMof F,orida: but
j i°* T readers ; people of. your beautiful city have immediate state action.
been rt long-out off from immediate communication! .. PlIILADELpHI ^ Ttlurflda> . j„ nfc u.iaid.-Afler the
witu tins sectiou of the Empire State, I am afraid Senate had adopted the constitutional amendment,
has had a demoralizing effect upon them. We hem- 1 ju»t concurred in by the H.-uee of Representatives]
from manv munwa that , , Governor Curtin addressed a circular hitter to the
Governors pi all the loyal States suggesting the pro
priety of union and action in calling together their
Legis)ttur«fe for the ratification ol that amendment. It
we make the following extracts :
Shortly before twelve o’clock all the principal stores
on King, Meeting, Broad, East Bay and other streets
comenced closing, and by noon there was an almost
entire suspension of business. Some of the largest
houses had draped their doors in mourniug. By one
o’clock in the afternoon all the line omnibusses, hired
and private carriages, and other vehicles were con
tinually filled by crowds on their wav to witness the
celebration. At the Ann street depot of the South
Carolina Railroad long trains of cars, kindly placed
at the disposal of the Ladies’ Association, by the Pres
idents and Superintendents of the South Carolina and
Northeastern Railroads, were constantly filled with
passengers, including a large proportion of ladies and
all classes of citizens—native and adopted, young and
old, and of all denominations.
Long before five o'clock, the hour appointed for the
commencement of the exercises, a large assemblage
had gathered around that portion of the grounds at
Magnolia which embraced the graves of between six
and seven hundred of the heroic spirits whose me-
mory, and the principles for which they fought and
died, the ceremonies of the occasion were intended,
by the patriotic ladies who inaugurated the move
ment, to revive and perpetuate. Many of the ladies
present were attired in deep mourning, while a large
number of the younger members of the Ladies’ Asso
ciation and spectators were arrayed in white.
The graves had been previously cleared and raised
with fresh made mounds. In front a small stage for
the speakers and choir had been erected and dressed
with evergreen, with a frame surmounted by a draped
Palmetto shield, bearing the inscription, “Though in
moumincr not. rliaVwvnr\re»rl *’ A t t V> n.
■port untrue. Your merchants
and business men cannot find a better opportunity for
renewing their former relations with the country
merchants, during the present dull summer, than by
visiting this point. Most of the lat&r will be sojourn
ing here, and it will add greatly to the enjoyment of
all parties should your people pay us a visit. I am
sure all true Southerners will find congenial society
hero, which they cannot enjoy at any Northern water
ing place. More than all, they will hero find a health
restorative which is not equaled by any mineral water
in the United States. Now, that the Central Road is
completed, a large number ol the beautiful and elite
| of your city are anxiously looked for.
mourning, not dishonored.*’ At the foot was a wreath
inclosing a bent Palmetto' tree, with the inscripfWh
underneath, “Bent, but not broken.’’ Among others
who took an active parr, and manifested intense in
terest in the proceedings, were a number of youths in
uniform, red shirts and black pants, members of a
juvenile lire company named after the illustrious Gen.
it. E. Lee. A colored man, who had lost a limb light
ing tor the Confederate cause at the battle of Secession
ille, was also present, watching with interest and as
With regard to the qualities of the water at this
point 1 know many of your readers are posted : but
as some may not be, I will give a list ol the diseases it
almost invariably cures, if properly tested, namely :
rheumatism, dyspepsia, fulling of womb, gravel, and
all diseases of the skin. It also frequently cures liver
disease, paralysis, dropsy and jaundice. It works
upon the whole system, yet at the same time affects
most the organ most diseased. It assists the plivsi-
cian in the cure of any and all diseases except ‘con
sumption. So, if your people are sick, let them come
and be healed; if they desire to escape epidemics and
diseases incident to the season and climate, this is the
place for them to visit, for physicians have no prac
tice worth talking of in this neighborhood
With regard to accommodations, they have never
been better. There are three hotels in operation—ail
well fitted up and furnishing the best of living. The
bill of fare is suited to the most exquisite appetites;
c ot iSecession- | but I would remark that none have exquisite appetites
isting in the arrangements and decorations of the after a stay of a fewfdayg;—the water renders strong
i' cS ‘a. c I necessary to satisfy the cravings of hunger. Mr.
Memorial AMoc’ia'tten“-preceded “by^His‘^nor ' ColUer ’ of th " Mclntosh House ’ iB in element, and
Mayor I*. G. Gaillard. with Mrs. M. H. Snowden, Presi
dent ol the Association, Hon. C. H. Simonton, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, Revs. C. P. Gadsde
\V. S. Bowman, and W. B. Yates, followed by the
and members of the Association, - members
hoir and others—was formed and proceeded to
< »lticer
of the
the stage.
Accompanying this procession, and forming a con
spicuous and component part of it, was the “Garland
Committee ot- the assiciation, arrayed uniformly jn
white muslin dresses, with mourning collars, neck-
ties and belts, and wearing a badge on the left shoulder
ot black ribbon, adorned with a minature Palmetto
ee.
Arrived at the stage, the exercises were opened with
prayer by the Rev. W. B. Yates.
All impressive and eloquent address was
delivered by Rev. J. L. Girardeau.
The address was followed by the following
60n; Tooj soo, 1/50j 1,200 beautiful and soul-stirring ode, which was
sung by the choir:
fully sustains the reputation of anti-war times. His
house lias been renovated and refitted, and. indeed,’
is now understood that such uniform action will be
had, and that before the adjournment of Congress a
ratification of the amendment will be iname.”
We had nore than once heard a hint that n scheme,
of the kind hero boldly avowed, was in contemplation
and liad long been a matter of secret discussion in the
councils of the Radicals. But we did not believe it.
It seemed incredible. There was nothing in Governor
Curtin's recent political course on which to ground a
suspicion that he would h ud himself to such a shame
less work, but. on the contrary, there were many
things to justify an assured conviction that he would
spurn any connection with it. But it seems that we
were mistaken. We honored him overmuch. He has
not merely given his assent to this base scheme for
forestalling the judgment of the people upon a ques
tion of vital Interest'-to them and to their posterity,
but has taken the initiative in it, and appears before
the public as its author. Let us consider what it is
that he proposes to do.
It will be remembered that the Legislature ot Penn
sylvania, which he proposes to convene in special ses
sion, was not chosen by th. people in anticipation that
any such amendments to the Constitution as those
which have recently passed Congress would be sub
mitted to it. We venture to assert that not asfngle
candidate for a seat in tiiat body dared to avow him
self, pending the election, an advocate of negro suf
frage. We know positively that every Republican who
was chosen did his best to convince liis constituents,
when he solicited their suffrages, that no such pur
pose as that of enfranchising the blacks was in con
templation by his party. There cannot be a doubt
that had the people understood that this question was
an immediate and practical one, that it would come
up for settlement by their representatives before an
other election, and thaf by choosing a Republican
Legislature they Would give tlielr assent to the estab
lishment of negro equality within their own borders
and throughout the land, they would have cast such
an overwhelming Democratic vote as would have left
their opinions in no doubt. But they were deceived,
and the parly which got control of the Legislature got
it on false pretense. Their hypocracy was all along
manifest to us, but we did not suspect them of a de
sign so outrageous as that which Gov. Curtin’s circu
lar foreshadows.
It is now proposed to take away from the people the
opportunity to say “yea” or “nay” to questions of
nearer concern to their rights and interests than any
that have ever been presented to them since the Con
stitution was formed. Their judgment is to be antici-
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i/i Deceptive Constitutional Amend,
ment—Il«* Final Passage.
constitutional amendment ultimately agreed
by the committee, of. fifteen atul senatorial
s has finally passed the House of Representa-
It has been most artfully framed for the
' «*f effecting tin- i-xtreme purposes of the radi-
mImts of Congress. of avoiding the appearance
a conflict with the President of the United
md i*t* deluding the honest impulses of the
:n r* -peel of the real design of its framers.
hen :of, .re shown that some credit was di
: aiikue-s o; Mr. Stevens, who disclosed by h
whole scheme of the radicals, and put th
•n their guard as t*> the true issues, while the
1 constitutional amendment is framed to de
•*1 betray the people. The management of the
ti Congress seems to have been successful
• on,* of the Representatives from Baltimore
Ip*. whose antecedents in respect of the issu
. the President and the radicals, and i
ii bearing upon the interests of Maryland, ha
•ustituents to believe lie would not thus easi
bi-en entrapped.
. : undi rstaud the whole scope of this amend
it must l>« taken in connection with the repor
Kt .instruction Committee, which is a full com
aud an exposition of the views of the framers
measure, and with the bill which is to follow
> r* pose of carrying the constitutional amend-
■ ■ effect. This bill requires the assent of the
1 States to the terms of the constitutional
• nt as a condition precedent to their admis
representation in Congress. It embodies the
• t i the fourth proposition of the report
mittee, that the seceding States forfeited all
• ip >litical rights and privileges under the
1 Constitution, and the}'can only be restored
by the permission and authority of that con
i al power against which thev rebelled and by
they were subdued.
will be seen that the constitutional amend
ing coupled with their report, aud with this
.r-complement, is the broad avowal before the
that the Southern States are no longer States
; ; > be represented in Congress, aud can never
;t*-d again to representation until Congress
< given a permission which it may couple
condition it pleases, and which by this bill it
q 1* with the condition that the constitutional
nt shall be first accepted. Now, as it is
that the Southern States will not accept the
• Ti*»nal amendment, the second section of
.• prives them of their present ratio of repre-
: unless upon the condition of admitting
the right of suffrage, aud the third section of
•.eludes from public trust, whether in the
Federal government, almost every living man
i ; •uiinence in those States, it was of couri
. to retain in the constitutional provision the
t \elusion front the elective franchise until
of all who had participated in the war.
states are, under the present arrangements,
vitably excluded until after 1870. there was of
“o need to say so iu offensive l^guage, be-
: '-e radicals know that the instinctive sense of
•i the American people would not suffer them
..11 .11 power, avowing unqualifiedly the' exclu-
i.« States from the clearest privilege of free-
• right of representation; but they hoped to
the people, as they have deluded JRepresenta-
* ips. by dividing the propositions and hiding
gical consequences ot their action. But all the
ami all the sophistry in the world canqot prevent
j*i- from seeing that the gulf is as wide as the
ion oi right from wrong between the constitii-
luu J men t and its accessories and the policy of
ot Johnsou. H<; asserts that the States ar<- in
' '•»'’»». have always been in the Union, and now,
• ng to its authority, uro entitled to immediate
-• illation. The Committee, and Congress as their
are iu substance that the States have for-
ti- lr civil and political rights, and can never be
• i until permission is obtained ironi Congress.
• 1 and unjust legislation is abhorrent to the
• 2 freemen. The low tricks of politicians who
•it to f i« vc i vc the people by ambiguous resolu-
pai ty platforms are contemptible, but fraudu-
- isiation by the representatives of a great peo-
•akHS oi the cowardice as well as ol the cruelty
U<>man tyrant who wrote his laws and affixed
pillars so high that the people could not read
•i order that he might have a pretext to punish
• oi case they innocently violated his decrees.
• -t il interest which the. people oi Maryland feel
■ -ult «*t the fraudulent effort of Congress thus
• q> the people into the immediate admission of
uffrag.* anti into u surrender of tin* whole power
government iu all its Crunches for the next
. • ars. will not permit their intelligence to he
• 1 by any evasion with which the congressional
:Tl * * try t-. tude their mischievous purposes from
public. —Haitimore sun.
Euk-Savisg Batiiino Apparatus.—A French
•t. named Desen, is exhibiting iu London a
apparatus, which is also a life-preserver. It is
vnqii,. construction, resembling a child’s cradle,
upper part having a cylindrical cork-float, caii-
•*d over, nearly surrounding the machine, which
1»- the bather afioat with the greatest ease, and
ty. The body consifts of a net, with light iron
' u,a: ' a i,,r supports, aud the bottom or bed a
f t vJlcd tick, at the foot of which there is a
• • Jppcr rudder, which turns upon a swivel, with
: o-’ <*1 cork soles the shape of the loot Against
' l ko bather places his feet, and is thus enabled to
. or steer himself iu any direction, while by the
f a handle attached to the left side of the cylinder
enabled to propel himself or recede. This in-
on can be used in open sea, as welt as on a river
- lake.
ODE—BY HENRY TIMROD.
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves—
Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause,
I hough yet no marble column craves
The pilgrim here to pause.
In seeds of laurels in the earth
The blossom ol your fame is blown;
And, somewhere, waiting for its birth!
The shaft is in the stone !
Meanwhile, behalf the tardj* years
Which keep in trust your storied tombs,
Behold your sisters bring their tears,
Aud these memorial blooms.
Small tributes! but your shades will smile
More proudly on those wreaths to-day,
Than when some cannon-moulded pile
Shall overlook this bay.
Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!
There is no holier sppt of ground
Than where defeated valor lies -
By mourning beauty crowned!
Alter an appropriate address by Rev. W.
Bowman, Rev. C. P. Gadsden offered up
Uiu closing prayer, which was followed with
the Benediction, by the Rev. E. T. Winkler,
D. T).
Hon. C. II. Simonton then announced the
closiug of the exercises by the singing of the
ast Ode by r the choir, during which the
iadies of the Association would decorate the
graves. The choir then suug the following :
or>E —“TEARS AND FLOWERS”—COMPOSED BY REV. E. T.
WINKLER, 1>. D.
The sea-born City mourns, but none in shame,
H* i heroes laid iu state beneath the dome
Ol skies and solemn woods. She chants their fame
Because they fought and fell for her, for heme,
And liberty. Rest, rest, ye glorious braves!
While we with tears and flowers bedeck your patriot
We cannot live forgetting how yo died—
The cheek of youth that wore its velvet bloom.
The brow ot manhood in its strength and pride,
^ The hoary helm—devoted to the tomb!
Ye warriors, free as were our winds aaid waves,
\\ ith tears and flowers we deck }'Our uacriticial graves.
Could ye a dearer gift than life bestow ?
Sires, husbands, sons, who braved the battle shock,
And gladly gave the crimson tide to flow,
As Shepherds of the People, for your flock !
Ye louglit, ye died, that we might not be slaves,
Alas, what slight return we scatter on. your graves !
}• rail emblems wreathe around your holy shrines:
But love, for which ye bore the mortal stroke,
Bids Nature plant her monumental pines,
And rear her dark green mounds of Southern oak,
And all her swelling tears and voices craves,
Instead of griel-wet flowers, to 00118601*816 your graves.
A happier age may bid the pile arise,
W ith trophied symbol and with martial name.
A juster world invest you with the prize
Or palm and plaudit in the lists of fame;
The care that guards your homes, the debt that saves
Your living blood, we pledge, in fiowers, upon vour
graves!
The graves were all visited in turn, and beautiful
wreaths, bouquets and evergreens placed upon them
by the ladies. The scene was one of indescribable
loveliness, and can never bo forgotten by those who
witnessed it. Tears flowed freely, not only from the
c}’es of fair daughters, but also from the eyes of many
of the surviving companions of the heroic dead.—
Urtder the guidance of the courteous keeper of
Magnolia Cemetery, Mr. J. J. Stroub, the graves of
those in other parts of the cemetery, also those In St.
Laurence's Catholic Cemetery, were each separately
visited by the ladies and decorated.
all the houses have undergone a like operation. Sher
man's locusts destroyed most of the furniture and
bedding’of the hotels during liis devastating march
through Georgia to your city. The old Ya *ner Hotel
has been leased by I)r. Whitehead, well known
to former visitors, and he keeps his establishment in
apple-pie order. The. Doctor had charge of Floyd
House hospital, in Macon, during the so-called rebel
lion, and says he intends everything shall move us in a
hospital—like clock work. The Doctor has rare con
versational powers, and his guests will be entertained
by him as they could be no where else. Mr Elder still
conducts his house across the creek. His reputation
as a landlord is established. He is said to make all
feel as it they were at home, which is most comforting,
especially to the feeble. His house is worthy of pat
ronage, and will, as heretofore, receive a due propor
tion.
There is one feature here I cannot fail to recom
mend—the electric baths—given at a bathing estab
lishment near the Spring. For nervous disorders it
is a certain cure, and also aids in the cure of most of
the diseases enumerated above. For bracing up tho
system and leaving an agreeable feeling, it is even
beneficial to the well man. Warm baths in the min
eral water are also given here. The establishment is
kept by Mr. Allen, a gentleman and planter, from
Southwest Georgia, who has moved his family t<* this
point that they may enjoy health.
The scenery here is beautiful, and this beauty is na
ture’s own, for man has done but little to adorn the
spot. It is a pitj* that capitalists do not take the mat
ter in charge and improve the place as it should be-
Were this spring in a Northern State, it would soon be
surrounded by a thriving town, and be visited by
many thousands annually. A New Yorker, at present
stopping here, who has visited all the mineral springs
of note in this country, says he has not found any to |
equal this one for the real efficacy of tho water.
A tornado visited this section on Monday, 4tli inst., |
which unroofed and threw down many houses, caus
ing the death of half a dozen whites and .several !
pated. A partisan Legislature is to be called together,
in special session, to hurry through a work which dare
not be trusted to their successors, who will be elected
with ppen eyes and a lull knowledge on the part of
their constituents! of the interests which will depend
upon the choice they make. The Washington Chroni
cle declared last winter that if the Republicans should
go before the people of Pennsylvania upon the issue
of negro suffrage they would be beaten hopelessly and
everywhere. In this declaration lies the secret of Gov.
Curtin’s haste. It is hoped by giving a speed}' ratifi
cation to the amendments not only to assure their
adoption, but to take the questions which they involve,
and which the radicals dare not meet in the campaign,
out of the arena of discussion.
No grosser violation of the spirit of the Constitu
tion than this was ever conceived, even by the party
which have distinguished themselves by their con
tempt for it. The provision which requires amend
ments to be submitted to the Legislatures of the re
spective {States is, of course, designed to secure
an expression of the sense of the people of each
State, speaking through their representatives. But
here tho Legislature is summoned to Harrisburg to
decide a question of vital importance upon which the
people ot Pennsylvania have not passed, and have had
no opportunity to pass judgment- This is a fraud—
a gross and palpable fraud—one which must rouse the
indignation of every honest breast. We hope that it
will be exposed and denounced as it should be by the
whole Conservative press of the Commonwealth. It is
the latest and basest of those multiplied outrages upon
law, justice and decency, by which the Republican
party has hitherto managed to maintain its power.
We protest against it, not merely because of its intrin
sic wickedness, bnt because of the strife it promises to
engender—the stormy future which it forbodes for
this country. Because we would not see revolution,
we protest with all the might that is in us against an
outrage which it would almost seem is intended to
provoke it.
ST. CHARLES SALOON,
M.lii;
Liqnoi
(1, iucli
B Y A. STAMM. Liny Lauo. renr of Bpsf Office.—
Thu bust Lion ora. Ales. M'iuea Se«
Tbu bust Liquors. Ales, Wines Saga™, Ac
always on hand, including a choice article of SKLT-
KR’S WATER, directly imported* from iter.a;;lhum,
m!2-1y
Nassau, and the beet of Jthlue Wines.
LUNCH every day hr it o'clock.
LA PIERRE HOUSE
PHILADELPHIA.
flMIK SUBSCRIBERS' havin'* leased this favorite
* House, it has been
REFITTED AND UGFURNISBED
IN AN ELEGANT MANNER
Anil is now Prepared wit a the Most Per
fect Appoint incuts for thr Krrrp
tlon of Guests.
The first position among first-class Hotels will bu
maintained iu the future, us in tlie past.
_jel2 tf BAKER & FARLEY.
THE VERANDA HOUSE,
A T WHITE BLUFF, will he open un and after
Monday, the nth iust., for the accommodation
of Boarders, transient or permanent.
The subscriber, from bis long experience in the
bus! ess, can safely guarantee the comfort of those
who may give him n call-
my26-tf MOSES M. BKLISARIO.
LIVE OAK GLOB HOUSE,
No. 32 GEORGE STREET,
Charleston, South Carolina,
In now open for the accommodation of transient ai
permanent guests.
Choicest Liquors, Wiues, Ales and Segars
ALWAYS OK'WAJiD.
Terms, *2 per Day.
alltf PETER JONES, Proprietor,
Dogs and Drums —When the war in Italy com
menced, the Zouaves embarked for Genoa; but as
they were going on board the ship they saw a formal
order forbidding tho entrace of all dogs upon the ves
sel. As they were very much Attached to their dogs
they were stricken with grief. Ii was not easy to de
ceive the sharp look-out kept by the- in ten dent, for
every soldier advanced along the narrow gangway one
by one, as their names were called. Necessity is the
mother of invention. The drmnmcn
theirs
conci
Whet
this
mus
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
T HIS populai aiul well known Hotel, situated in the
business portion of the city, lias been newly fur
nished throughout by the present proprietor, who has
been sixteen yoars connected with the establishment.
m2fi-tt W WHITE, Proprietor.
Port Royal House,
HILTON HEAD, S. c.
RIDDELL A
K. S. BIDDXLL.
Iu3-tf
PSOPSIITOIS
m. r. BUBO,
Miscellaneous.
GEORGIA STATE DIRECTORY.
ICorl86G and 1867.
BY CAPT. JOHN C. BRAIN, OF
SAVANNAH, GA.
T HIS valuable work of reference will be published
on or about tbe 1st day of July next. It will
embrace the exact location of every business and
professional man in the M :ite or Georgia, as well as
the piivute ri sidenr-s in nil the cities, and will be the
most exteM-ive and i .impleto directory ever pub
lished. No l.tninees m.m shonld be without it, and
none should foil to advertise in It, as it is doubtless a
splendid mrdinm tluoui.li which to communicate
with substantial cln e s throughout the country.
In the City of Saw York aioue th-- publisher has
nearly five hundred ■ nli.-cnbi rs, and that list is dally
on tile incr. use. The price of subscription is within
the reach o' every business uirui, however limited his
meam. The adverti-dng tei ms are likewise reason
able.
Cap! Braiicond hi^ General Agent, .1. Orrie Lea,
• fed wlih ut T.Jtiil’s News
each nay for tbe next
one P. M. my30-lm.
negroes, besides seriously injuring many. Fences I the
were blown down, and the wheat leveled with the | * ace llfiifhmer?—every one of whom had a dog
ground, causing the loss of a great part of that crop, j IS?' T^Co^C
The storm traveled from West to East over several angry aud bawled to know why the drums did not
Counties, and along several narrow strips, twenty to I U ea *- There was but one thing to do and that was to
thirty .wards wide, nearly all the trees were either
beat.
beat. The moment the drums began to beat innu-
, merable dogs began to howl and to bay, to the aston-
blown down or broken off’ halfway to the top. It was : isbment of everybody but the Zouaves. Everybody
the most severe wind witnessed here since 3831
Freedmen in this section are doing comparatively
well. They do about three-fiftlis as much work as in
1860. Cotton is very small and comparatively little
growing, the cold, rainy weather and defective seed
liav
seeded with tlie staple and replanting them in corn
looked right, left, backward, forward—no sign of a
dog anywhere; and yet, the more the drummers beat
tho more the dogs howled. At last a spaniel fell out
of a drum, rolled over and over the ground, got up
and took to his heels howling louder than ever.
Roars of laughter greeted this explanation of the mys
terious howls. The attendants ordered the drummers
resulted in plowing up many fields originally I to advance on board, one by one, and roll the drum as
he came. If a barking was heard, the drum was un-
, screwed, and tho dog put ashore. Only one dog got
Only one-third of a wheat crop will bo realized. Corn, j on board; this was Teuton, who kept quiet through
though backward, looks exceedingly well, and with rolling. It need not be said the third
sufficient rain for one month longer, an extraordinary ^ 0 ^ a ' e9 a ^ 0re Teuton. He made^his entry into Paris.
crop will be made. The farmers do not seem to re
gret the failure of tlie cotton crop. Many have be
come thoroughly convinced that free African labor
will not do to depend on raising the fleecy staple, aud
some are preparing to turn their attention to stock
raising and fruit-growing. This is as it should be.
Y’ours, Arc., Central,
at their head, a few days since.—Paris Lettei'.
Singular Suicide of a Lady.
Last night about six o’clock, says the Syracuse, N.
Y., Journal, of Wednesday, a resident of tfiis city,
Mr. Mosely returned from his work and found Mrs.
M. lying on the lounge, who asked him to read to her,
which he did, she laughing at several paragraphs. She
finally teld him to go and eat his supper, «whicli was
on tlie table iu another room, remarking that “lie
would find some of the nicest bread lie ever ate,” and
then throwing her handkerchief over her face, turned
over, remarking that she was “tired and sleepy.” Mr.
ThbSFashions. —A lady writing from New \ r ork on
tlie fashions says, taste and elegance has given place
to unbounded extravagance in every department of
the toilet. “That these excesses show a low tone of
intellectual and moral training,she further remarks :
Never did dress more clearly indicate the state of
society than it does at tho present time.- Never have
people strayed more widely from the old landmarks.
Never was a moral reform more called for than at
this moment. The style of conversation, the tone
of thought, the manners and appearance of all classes,
particularly the young—cry loudly lor reform.
.City Marshal’s Sale.
TINDER RESOLUTION OF THE Cl Y COUNCIL
U of Savannah, and under direction of the Com-
Tue Health of American Women.—The Cincin
nati Times has recently compiled some curious sta
tistics concerning the health of American women be
tween twenty and forty years of age, A table is given,
founded upon the returns of burials of males and fe
males between these ages in forty-five cemeteries
situated in Ohio, Illinois and Michigan, the places of
burial having been selected with due regard to their
representative character. The figures from this table
are: Males, 80G; of females, 1,289—showing that, at
least in the West, fifty per cent, more women than
men die between the ages of twenty and forty. The
limes makes still further deductions, as follows:
“1. That in the oldest yards of the country, in which
the first settlers buried their dead, the number of the
sexes who died between twenty and forty years of age
were the most nearly equal—in many cases the males
outnumbering the females, while in tho new yards at
the same places the females greatly outnumber the
males.
’2. That in private or select yards, where the upper
classes bury exclusively, the number of female dead
during this period of lifo is very greatly in excess of
the males.
3. That in yards where the foreigners chiefly bury
their dead, the males usually exceed the females be
tween those ages. ”
an be Supplied
1? TEN DAYS.
T HE unfiersiirned are prepared to supply Flamers
and utiier parties who may !>e in want of WHITE
LABORERS, and have made necessary arrange
ments in the North to ltd any orders for agriculture
Laborers, Wooden**: rs. Mechanics, etc., within Ten
or Twelve days from' he day the order is given here.
The Laborers are to <.e received by tlie Employers
on arrival of the steamer here, and transported to
the points where they are wanted at Employers’
expense, and the Employers have further to pay a
certain snm per head in advance, partly hs security
and partly for covering the expenses in hringmg the
Emigrants from the .North to this port.
The rate at which Fanning Laborers can he se
emed will average about $150 per year, the Employ
ers finding them.
For farther particulars apply to
WM. MGRVILLE * CO.,
Jones' Block, Bay street.
One door East ot Barnard street,
Savannah, Ga,
RKFERBNOESi
Jackson & Lawton, savannah.
John W. Anderson & Son, Savannah,
Solomon Cohen, Savannah.,
Jno. C, Ferrill. Savannah.
Kicholls, Camp <£• Co., Savannah
Geo. A. Cnyler, Savannah.
W. K. Fleming, Savannah.
John Screven, Savannah.
Brigham, Baldwin <£■ Co , Savannah
Savannah National Bank, Savannah.
m2
SOUTHERN
KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
Of New York City,
89 Hay ©tree
SAVANNAH. GA.
Policies Issued and Losses Paid
AT TZZX8 OFFICE.
CREDITS ’
Given to holder* of Mutual Policies of
SO PER CENT.,
if desired, when the premium amounts to
$50 or more, and is paid annually.
DIVIDENDS
made to holders of Mutual Policies as follows:
PAID IN CASH,
APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTES, or
ADDED TO THE POLICY.
The latter or REVERSIONARY DIVI
DENDS declared by this Company in 1865
were Irom FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN
DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac
cording to age.
Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture,
ENDOWMENT,
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
Life and Accident M
,t .jon't. -i-j i.ut .bi-2fftfions i.' :i-i
COMPANY
or
ISTew Orleans*
Capital, - -
9300,000
i
6EK, JAMES L ON GST E EET, Presilei I.
RISKS
ON J 2
KH.oA«oual3l<
TAKE
iti
mj2t-tf
le Terms.
WILLIAM C. COSKN8, Agent,
At Marine Bank.
THE OGLETHORPE
Life Policie
Issued by this Company.
s
Insurance
OF SAVANNAH
Are prepared to take
Fire Ms on R
At their Office, UT
J. T. Tnonu, Sec. H *
Directors:
H. W. Mercer M. a Cohen
C. 8. Hardee j. Lama
William Banter J. W. Nentt
A. 8. Hartridge D G. Parse
A. Porter a. Foliar ton
R- Morgan J. McMahon
J. Stoddard L. J. Gall martin
J.T. Thomas F.W.BUna
W. Remshart 8. Batter
F. L. One B. IAchltaon
H. A. Crane g pTcjaton,
A. a. Solomon* J. W. Knott, Maeon
M. Hamilton B. F. Bom,
W. W. Gordon W. H. Young, Colombo*
myT-tf
INSURE
ACCIDENTS,
No Extra Charge for Southern Residence
had asked
and see
Moseley’s waist, and Mr. Moseley replied that she was i i.otat contains t wo and three-quarter acres and
asleep, he guessed, bnt that he would wake her, and fro , lts leet on tlle Ogeechee Canal
stopped to the lounge and lifted the handkerebi, ffrom Lot 3S co tains lliree an I, three-quarter acres and
her lace, and immediately saw that something was the f, ont8 on tho Ogeechee Canal
matter with her. as her eyes were open and turned \ L t ?.fl . Onbilns three and a hal acres nnd fronts
back. He immediately went for tlie physician, who ;je < f,. ot on lh( . Ogeechee Cifal
administered the proper antidotes, but without relief . q Vriu . ; of sa | e: Twenty per cent, cash on the ag
io the sufferer. One ot the friends on looking about I grcglte valuation and Increase ramey and inter t
the room, discovered the following letter lying open i.aluucc of the purchase money to he Mid
on a stand, with a pencil, several rings, and a thimble mni annua v, on the first day of January a d July
lying on it: at the City Tre sury, at the rate of s ven percent]
XT . . « -1, . , r 11 esday—f. m. pur nnna01, with the privilege to the purchaser of
Dear Husband—i will "rite a few words m regard t paying inrothe City Trensary the balance remaining
1 unpaid f the purchase money and all interest due
L ' Q uisle Suicide.—A determined double suicide,
EL i--is, has just been brought to light. A river-
2 '"- r OIi the Marne, while passing along the banks
-r u.iuviiiG-ie-pont, observed the bodies of a male
•k 1 ’’-male il *ting near the aurfhee. Having brought
l :- IU tu f^d, they were found to be bound together,
?,•-], iuau s lelt arm to the woman’s right, while the
r L . fcbont ten pound weight .of stones in
l* They were each elegantly dressed, bore
i of violence, and had apparently been in the
about a fortnight.
De Tocqueviele’s clear conception of the natnre of
our government and of its defects is nowhere more
strikingly displayed, says tilt; Philadelphia Age, than
in the following passage, which, in the light of present
events, displays a sagacity and forethought, truly mar
velous :
If it be supposed that among tho States which ape
united by the Federal tie, there are some which exclu
sively enjoy the principal advantages of Union, or
whose prosperity depends on tho duration of that
Union, it is unquestionable that they will always bo
ready to support the central government in enforcing
the obedient* of others, lint the government would
then*be exerting a force not derived from itself, but
from a principle contrary to its nature. States form
confederations in order to derive equal advantages
from their Union; and, in the case just alluded to, the
Federal government would derive its power from the
unequal distribution of those benefits among the
States.
If one or more of tbe Confederate States have ac
quired a preponderance sufficiently great to enable it
to take exclusive possession *of the central authority
it will consider the other States as subject provinces,
and it will cause its own supremacy to be respected
under the borrowed name of the sovereignty of the
Union. Great things may then be done in the name
of the Federal government, bnt m reality that go veru-
metit will have ceased to exist. In both of these cases
the power which acts in the name of the confederation
becomes stronger the more it abandons the natural
State and tlie acknowledged principles of confedera
tion.
Buffalo, Jime 1*.—Thc Exptcss flguers tip the re-,
ceipts of grain at Buffalo for yester* "
2,609,252 bushels, the largest amount
the same time at any port in the woi
to what 1 am about to do. I take poison because I am
tired of living. Tell the public it is not caused by ill-
treatment, for you have always been very kind to me.
I attempted the same thing several years before I was
married, blit was discovered and saved, and L have
always blamed them for not letting me die then. It is
useless for Coroner Didaua to make any examination,
for this will prove that I killed myself with my eyes
open and in the full enjoyment of my senses, aud will
also prove what I have always said that I am not afraid
to die. I want yon to send my mother all my clothes;
and remember, ’tis my dying request, that you shall
always help her as long as you have anything left to
divide. Give her what you would have given
me had I lived. I should have done this long since,
but for her—it has been my constant study for the
past year. Do not mourn for inefl love you both
and do not wish to make you trouble, but I am so tired
of life I cannot bo liappy myself nor make others
around me. I shall take fifty-five cents worth of mor
phine [5.15 P. M.] “Mrs. Mary Moseley.
‘‘P. 6.—Keep me two or three nights certain. Spread
my blue, veil over my face, not a sheet. It is twenty
minutes past six, and I took it five minutes ago. Good
bye, darling. Don’t forget to help mother.
“LATEB..
“I am not sorry nor frightened tbe least, though I
know I am dying. Do what yon think best with my
rings and trinkets. Remember, I always loved you.
Love to friends.”
This explained the illness of Mrs. M.. and Drs.
Searle and Mercer were also called, but the large dose
and length of time it had been taken, prevented all
efforts to overcome the effects of the poison, and she
died ubout elevefi O’clock last night Mrs. M. was
ag«sl alxmt twenty-two or three years, and lias been
married nearly three years. She was a woman of ex
cellent qualities, and during yesterday she was engaged
in soliciting subscriptions to aid a poor woman in
purchasing a sewing machine, and collected $6, which
she handed to tlie w oman for whom it was intended.
She washed and dressed herself with scrupulous care
before taking the fatal potion, and from circumstance*
must have -written the first part of the letter prior to
taking the poison, as the two latter portions of the
letter were written very poorly, allowing that Rhe was
under the influence of the drug. Mrs. M. was a Spir
itualist, and believed that she could be present with
her husband in spirit as well as m body, and this may
have been one of the inducements which led to the
sad act.
the ton up to Ml lime „*f said payment and receiving
fee simple title.
THOMAS. S. WAYNK,
9f City Marshal.
City Lots for Lease.
U NDER resolutions of the City Coui cil of , c avan-
nah, I will lease on SATURDAY, tlie 23(linst.,
at 11 o’clock a. m„ on the premises, for one year from
the first day of July next, all that Wharf Lot and the
improvements lying at the foot of West Broad street,
am 1 now occupied by Moran A Logan.
After which, at same place, I will lease all that strip
of Land lying on the canal and occupied by Albert
Freeman. THOS. S. WAYNE,
jvRe" 1 City Marsh’al.
lfi!!TOn&T)!!!iii;:i .Villi II
BREWEBS OF FINE PA LE ALES&PORTER
WEST 18^S T EETV 7&8AVE? NEW > ORK
•THE undersigned having been appointed sole agents
M for the city for the above well known and su
perior Ale, (warranted to stand in any climate),-are
now prepared to supply the same lu packages to *nit
purchasers.
12-3mo CUNNINGHAM. PUR3K A CO.
GREAT SOUTHERN
PIPER WittEIH
210 Bay Street, SararnU 6a.
hand
APPlng
Card Boards, Printers’ Cards, Envelopes,^Twines and
Printing Inks.
Having had long experience In the business, and
buying our goods in large lots direct from the mann.
lactnrers enables ns to compete with New York
prices.
Agents for Wade’s celebrated Printing Inks; Agent*
in tills city for the Bath Paper Mills.
The highest cash prices paid for all kind* of paper
Directors:
Henry Brigham, President Merchants’ National
Bank.
Colonel Wm. S. Rockwell.
H. A. Crane, of Crane A Graybiil.
John D. Hopkins.
A. A. Solomons, of A. A. Solomons A Co.
B. A. Socllard.
E. J. Mosks, of Brady, Smith A Co.
Fred. M. Hull, of Holcombe A Co.
M. A. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co.
Pioneer Company
OF THE SOUTH.
II
A. WILBUR, General Manager
WM. R. BOYD, Agent.
Dr. E. YONGE, Examining Physician.
Dr. R. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Physlc’n.
jel-tf
took.
SUGARS.
BARRELS A. B, C, AND EXTRA C SUGARS,
2, ;.Uriels (Tushod and Powdered Sugars
l i boxes Havana Sugors,
for sale liy HILTON & RAX DELL,
J 1 * 9-3t 123 Bay street.
Residence on the Salts to Rent.
SUMMER RESIDENCE on the Salts tor
sile or to relit. Possession given immedi
ately. For particulars enquire of Dr. p p
ELMER, corner or Broughton and Price
: ■ . ■ jeKS-lw
Serious Difficulty in Clay.—Wo are pained to
learn that a serious.<liificulty occurred in Clay county,
near Fort Gaines,, on Friday last, in which Mr. Gus.
Cone, sheriff of (hat county, was severely, perhaps
mortally wounded, and a freedman killed. The cir
cumstances, as we learn them, are, that the freedman
had become unruly, and was ordered to report h> the
Bureau. ■ Mr. McLendon, agent for that county, in
structed Mr. Cone to bring hin* to town. Upon ar
riving where the negro was, Mr. Cone told him that
he must go with him, whereupon the negro suddenly
drew s knife and made a terrible asesult upon Mr. C.,
‘ - *-"“the ground. .The negro
Mr. Cone had bnt re-
e of bis duties.—
NEW MAGAZINES
Just Received.
D E BOW’S REVIE W for Jn-e.
Peterson’s Magazine for July. .
Blackwood’s Magazine for .May.
Leslie’s Ladies Magazine for June.
Appleton’s Railroad Guide for June.
Leslie’s Budget ofFun, for July.
W.th our usual assortment of New York Weekly
and Daily Papers.
ESTILL ,V BROTHER,
Corner Bull street and Bay lane, down stairs
jell
THE LAWYERS TEST OATH.
United States District Court
Southern District of
Georgia.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE,
LEXINGTON, VA.
rpHE BOARD OF VISITORS will meet at tbs Vir-
A ginla Military Institute on the 27th of Jnne, to
make appointments of Cadet*. Applications for State
and pay Cadet appointments will be made to the nn
THE SOUTHERN
Accident Insnrance Co.,
innima, va.
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000
INSURES AGAINST
ALL ACCIDENTS,
Giving tbe holder of an Annnwi Policy th*
lull amount insured in case of death, and
compensation each week, if disabled, for a
period
NOT EXCEEDING TtfENTY-SIX WEEKS.
THOS. W. BROOKS
MANUFACTURER OF
FURNITURE AND CENERAL
UPNOL8T
»a* D*cJt Street, .
N. R.—All ORDERS sent by
endedto. ’
Argument of
HON. HENRY S. FITCH,
XT. S. District Attornhz.
IN PAMPHLET FORM.
PRICK FIFTEEN CKNTS.
For sale
ESTILL & BROTHER,
Ball street, corner Bay lane, -
SCHREINER Ac SON - ,
Congress street,
And
COOPER, OLCOTT? A FARKELLY.
iei-*C
notice.
B Y the Ordinance passed by tbe City Council on
tbe 27th day of December; 1861, the taxMupO*
gross sales of every description of merchandize *nd
wares, upon freight and passage money
this dty, and upon hoives »nd moles, ate
be phid monthly. The undersigned is pre,
eetre the above tax for the past month of ai
ft. T. GOBS
mjl-tf city Treasurer,
. accompanied with the usual testimonial*
of good moral character.
L Candidates for appointment mnat be exempt from
bodily disease, of agee between ifi and Stryeirs, and
in the case of State Cadet applicant*, must satisfy
the Beard of their inability to meet the expenses of
the In*UtQtion.
Candidate* for admission must be able to read and
write well, and to perform with facility and accuracy
the vs* ion* operations of the four ground rules of
arithmetic, of reduction, of simple and coaaround
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 tbe Board
of Viaitoca to maintain the high scientific character
of the In*tttnt«,‘aiid to put in mil operation lu well
tried anddittMetive system of discipline and Instruc
tion.
Tne graduating exercises of the institution will
take place s^ the Institute on the 4th of July. The
examinations will commence on the 27th of Jane,
and be conUnaed daily until completed. Tbe public
are respectfully tnrftcd to all of these exercises.
Far all further tnformation, application Will be
mad* to the Superintendent.
FRANCIS H. SMITH,
Superintendent.
Augusta Constitutionalist please insert six times,
ami send bill to tfeieoffice. nuj28-et w.
J. W. STEELE,
BNN V“N ■ oarDSIUE,/
IX Merchants Bow, Hilton Hend,So. C i
Tfnd cornere»d Geprp* Ate., Charleston,
I and BetaB
““■St as# Fm^ 1 Clothing,
FURNISHING GOODS, i - ui.
ssmm
J00 CA818 WNX CLAHET WINE far m), by
3. W. MARSH *<»•. '
lw Corner Whitakerand Congress (treats.
SHORT UK POLICIES
(•3,000 FOR TEH C It MT1I)
Travellers’ Tickets, from one to thirty
days, may be bid at the Railroad Ticket
Offices, Steamship Agencies, and at the
Office of the General Agent.
The Stock of this Company la exchuitbly
in Southern bands, and represented % •
Directory widely and ftWftBbly known.
We, therefore, appeal with cotiddefeceto the
good will and patronage of the Southern
public.
ntnnitR jjr> nxAsura,
COL. MAURICE S. LANGHORNE.
vine MtKsromTS,
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia
GEN. HARRY T. HAYS, of Lonkfcma
GEN. JOHM B. GORDON, •
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