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M-W \ Hi* til ■ny# ! II 4 W i 'W' H 3 ;% * >• < J ;» M VOL. 2-NO. 150. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, ) JULY % 1866. PRICE, 5 CENT^s. he s. w. ‘U Bay Steel i MASON. Fa U to Per Ha lr< one syi tlon uitei Nor/ Five Cents. ■_■■■■’. $3 50. : jVERTItSING. | -.••■lion, $1.50 ; each lnser- i . . j MinM^ of PBtels T«y Daily News and Herald, Decided by the Supreme Court at Mttttdgtville, ptinLisBE. - ' bt ' Ga., June Term, 1S6G—Contined. " Amos j Indictment for furnishing Slave vs. !- with spirituorfs liquors. The State. ) From Talbot. ■j-\ Walker, J. i - 1. That the person to whom the liquor was furnished was a negro, was prima facie evi dence that he was a slave. \ 2. If the accused was owner, -overseer, or employer of the slave, that was matter of de fence, and the burden was not upon the State to prove the contrary as a part of th$ original case.—Judgment affirmed. ,• Bethuno for plaintiff. Sol. Gen’l for the State. Wise i vs. v Murder. From Butts. The State. ) Lumpkin, 0. J. ■■Ff 1. Section 3165 of the Code as - to adver tising the adjournment of the Superior Court is directory to the Clerk, and if not complied with, still the Court may be held at the time fixed in the order of adjournment; and a party not prejudiced by the omission of the Clerk cannot complain. 2. The plaintiff in error was not injured by such omission in the present case. 3. Though the charge of the Court oa the j subject of drunkenness, was in some Cespects. ■ inaccurate, yet the jury were not misled, and a new trial should not be granted.—Judg ment affirmed. . Doyal <fc Beck for plaintiff in error. Hammond, Sol. Gen’l for defendant. Orr vs. The State, Walker, J The verdict in this case was not authorized by the evidence.—Judgment reversed. Johnson and Lester & Bell for plaintiff in error. 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From Hall. . measured lines of Nonpa- • t-ltALD. erted three times a week -until, or longer period, will ■is of table rates, twice a week, two-thirds of ice a week, one-half of table rerted as special notices will t. advance on table rates, i a transient character, not be continued until ordered lingly. ts, except for space at tabic 1. In contracts for space, nil I lliI v cents per square foi Parker 1 vs. - Simple Larceny. From DeKalb. The State. I Lumpkin, C. J. 1. A juror answering “ that he was not satisfied that he was perfectly impartial— that he had partiality in his mind”—but ex plaining “that he did not personally know the prisoner or the facts of the case, and had no prejudice against him as an individual; but in all such cases, because of the offence, he was prejudiced,” is not incompetent. 2. In charging the jury on the subject of confessions, the law applicable to hope as well as to fear, ought to be stated, if the evi dence calls for it. 3. The Judge ought not in any case to say to the Jury, “the defendant, is guilty and you ought to find him so,” even though it be not stated absolutely, but conditional^' upon the existence of certain facts, and the find ing of those facts be referred exclusively to the jury. ■1. The verdict in the present case was right upon the evidence, and the errors of the Court were not such as to call for a neu trial.—Judgment affirmed. Candler and Barnett A blecklev for plain tiff'. Hulsey, Sol. Gen’l. for the State. Both Our New York Correspondence. [From Our Regular Correspondent j New York, June 29, 1866. heat has predominated this week to a degree bor dering on intensity, and even the bloodless gold speculators actually perspired until to day, when the clerk of the weather took mercy upon us and favored us with a nice ice cream sort of a North wind. Of course our confectioners, root-beer and soda ped dlers to-day don’t look so pleased, and do not assume such dignified and patronising airs towards the poor sweltering crowds of hu manity they put on when the sun is powerful ly blazing on them. Linen coats, bare throats and palm leaf fans are cot so plenty to day on the streets as they have been, and no one appears to be afraid of sun stroke to-day. We feel grateful for the refrigeration of to day and hope it will continue. THE LITTLE SHIP in which Captain Hudson proposes to cross the Atlantic is at anchor at Whitehall pier, near the battery, and attracts the attention of hundreds. She is a metallic life boat, of the Ingersoll pattern, rigged in full ship trim—has what is called the ; ‘Boss rig” to her sails, by which they can be furled or un furled by lopes on deck. I saw her yester day, and she is a perfect picture—is twenty- sis feet long, (uot near as long as some of of the Charles river sail-boats,)-is sharp at both ends, draws about two feet of water, and is about four feet beam. She measures at the Custom House just four tons. Capt. Hudson says if he arrives on the other side safely that he shall take his craft to the Paris Exposition, probably under escort of the Seventh Regiment and Boston Steam Fire Engine. He will sail iu a few days. ONE OF THE MOST, if not the very most creditable feature of ancient history is that of the influence of mothers in State affairs. At the present da}', unless upon some great occasion, such for instance as the late rebellion, we seldom hear of our matrons exerting themselves to ac complish any great public good. They are at work, however, nevertheless, in quiet, un assuming ways, and doing as much as would make the world ring with their praises, were it self trumpeting men that’were thus occu pied. But a few years since this noisy city was resonant with what is called “street cries” of hucksters ot all sorts. "Stra-w- w-ber-r-e-e-s! “ Ras-ber-r-e-e-s!” “ Owl- dats!” “Tu-r-b-s t’mend!” “Rags 1 Rags!! ter the otherfday from the agent vbere the boring was going on, in which be read, among other announcements, that “the work men on the well have struck." He Instantly sprang from his Beat, seized his hat, rushed down into Wall street, and bought in all the stock of the company he could get. One of the stockholders, thinking something was up, telegraphed to ascertain what had happened to improve the stock—whether they had struck oil. He received a prompt reply: “No; but the workmen have struck for higher wages. ” Forthwith he sold his stock out, and forthwith the other one found that there were other than oil strikes. Our Washington Correspondence. I From nur Regular Correspondent J Washington, June 3rtth, I860. The Democratic members of Congress have, after consultation, determined, to publish an address sustaining the call for a National Union Convention- This.is a sjcp of immense importance. The difficulty in meeting the future consisted in the melan choly fact that the various shades of coax servalism could not be united in harmonious action- The Democrats manifested a de termination rather to perish under their old names and obsolete ideas than to secure success by a new organization. The Con servative Republicans could not for very shame enlist under the banners of that party against which they had been hurling de- fiunce and obloquy for years. Between these difficulties, it seems like there was nothing before us but the precipice of Radical Re publicanism over which we had to go nolens vo/ens. The action of the members of the Democratic party removes the obstacles to the formation of this great netv party, which, if there is common sense exercised, it is con fidently predicted, will carry the country, and restore matters to their best possible po sition. It is anxiously desired here that the South should be numerously represented. It is thought good policy to hunt up all your good Union men and send them on as delegates. Strange to say, there are people here to advocate the annexation ot the British North American Provinces to the United States. When will these greedy cormorants of empire slop ? If they swallow up British America, then they cannot resist the temp tation of Mexico, especially as Mexico is floating about derelict property, with infinite mines sparkling with gold and glittering Wu slncss notices, for lntfi •ct to a charge of flitj r 75 cents per month, and vs and Herald lay at $3 par year. Habeas Corpus. From Han- Glass Walker, -I. Iu a contest lor the custody ot a minor, between a half-brother and the grand-mother of the child, the Court below on the special an three dollars fur each i facts of the case, refused to change the cus- | tody from the latter to the former. Held: enicnts must he paid in ; That the discretion of the Court thus exer- j cised will not be controlled by the Supreme _ j Court.—Judgment affirmed. _ .. | Perryman for plaintiff' in error. '■iWS ailll Humid j Banisay for defendant Moore j ts. ^Slander. From Marion. Colley. ) Lumpkin, C. J. Notwithstanding a plea of justification, and the full support of the plea by proof, the juty found a verdict for tbc plaintiff. The Court set aside the veidict as contrary to evidence. Held: That the Court did right.—Judgment affirmed Blanford & Crawford for plaintiff it. error, Smith for dofcuUaill Wilkinson ) vs. - Complaint Davis, Ex'r.) Harris, J. with silver. It seems like we are henceforth were a few ot the screechiugs that j to follow only our imaginations, and to build split and rent the air, and, worse still, the t up a power such as the world has never tympanum of the ears of invalids—in season ; known before. The Yankees are smart: and out of season. But worse still: no soon- j they want to invite everybody into the er would a tired mother, with her hands full 1 pleasant entertainment of paying off their of household duties to perform, get her babe huge Natinnnl debt, that after all is becoming asleep and put it down than one or lice horrible nuisances would’stop in front of tbe house, bawling at the top of his voice. For years the poor, afflicted, yet patient mothers endured this horror, until, at length, their case was brought to ' he notice of the city authorities, and the consequence was—just somewhat of a mill stone. The Congress w« mad on tbs Ot protection. Perhaps it is as well for them to run protection into tbe ground, that when tbe reaction does come, which come it must, it may be more thorough and resistless. It is iuipussiblu’lhei.'lTete and exploded sys’ems IN «, mplly done ii i • ■ 1 tiers who Fought ■ i* . Union. ug of honorably dis- fa- hie to President John- r, took place in Phila- ■ning. Gen. William cted President, and .n was appointed Sec- appointed Captain cl F. Cloak and Private committee on Resolu- . d the following, which usly : . d “Soldiers’ Conven- I at Pittsburg, iu Penn- retence of expressing itizen soldiers of the are survived the perils i to their homes, on the public opinion ; and ion. with some distin- rabie exceptions, was .' “home guards,” and ds, and quartermasters, and some who had such ights that they did not ae " State line and the rank aud tile who ueipeu to tlo the fighting, and those officers who led their men to the front, demands that they should not be excluded from an expres sion of their opinion, or be betrayed by inter ested politicians into voting against the cause for which they fought : therefore, Resolved, That those soldiers who believe r the uuion of all the itulion is the supreme lor which they took it fight to alter our nment, or to give the nd social rights of free .ho believe President secure for the people Ihe late victories won mag the Slates to their preserving the Union .titution as Washing- ers, and who are op- he so-called Congress ■ -republican and de al prosperity and bap- iple—all such are in- mrg ou the day n convention, to ex- »d sign their names what it ought to be. The city authorities , of political economy, cast off by the intelli- are men, say what you may of them. They j gence of the age as so much dead weight, have memories, and, undoubtedly, recollect- can be permanently lastened as so maDy fet ed how they, in their youth, were disturbed j ters in the great energies of this rising eoiin- by these street howlers. If they did notj try so alive as it is to its material interests, recollect this, they did, perhaps, recollect | The Committees of the two Houses are to their children and their wives, and having a j meet to-day on tl>* —*'•-> differing pretty good idea of home comforts, they have promptly suppressed this st’ So mote it lie in all cities. tying nut From Be . ling the impeaching evidence, reversed. West and Vason & Davis for plaintif] error. Warren & Floyd for defendant. ui tne two Houses on tbe cotton tax. It is said the 9enate will stand firm for the lower tax- If tLey should not, and the House tax pas3 ou coltou. tbe President will veto it. Mr. Jenks, the author of the Bankrupt bill, expects it to be taken ap in the Senate, and is sanguine of its passage if it is taken This is a bill of immense importance to the South. It is curious to see what strange positions are taken by the advocates of a hieh pro tective tariff. Mr. McKee, of Kentucky, yesterday stated in debate that iron imported from Europe sold on the Ohio river at four cents per ton less thau it could be manufac tured in that locality, aud then the speaker : the met A VERY AMUSING INCIDENTS daily occur on our ferry boats, not a tenth of which ever find their way Into the public press; and so common are they that they The rule as to'laying the foundation for ! “me aud go with the moments they occupy. impeaching a witness by statements made , At tbe present time a noticeable featuie in P out ot Court, was not complied with in this : our mixed population is the ponderously 1110 case, ana therefore ihc-re was error in admit jj eavy i 00 k of wisdom assumed by our Ger man citizens—and a Teuton can look wise if he chooses. The German embroglio, which, from last accounts, has assumed a phase threatening to become a war, is the cause of Durham ) Motion to Dissolve Injunction, j the excessively wise aDd additionally pou rs. > j i derous look woru by our Teutonic friends. Sessions. ) trom Let. , j 0ne of these was In conversation with a gen-i drew the conclusion that heavier duties Harris, J. tl( , man on a ferry boat the other day, and i should he laid on iron lest his constituents The dissolution of an injunction upon, the of their ta'k 1 should be injured by buying iron cheap, coming in of tbe answer, tuough the equity j this was a P art 01 lnc ' r la ’ K ! of the bill be sworn off, is not mailer of right, Gentleman.—This By-smark— but of discretion. In the present case,' the Teuton.—Beezemarck ! discretion was properly exercised by retain- i Q eu tlcman.—Well—Be Smart, then— »—«*• *«* Vason & Dkvis for plaintiff in error. ■ , don’t say it right, Mynheer. West lor defendant. Gentleman.—Well, well. You know what Chapman ) Pogseggory Warrant. From Tat- 1 mean. He appears to be a Hoosier! cs • J f Ju t Teuton.—Hoosier! Nein, Mynheer. He batman. ) j ! is no Hoosier. What is dat—Hoosiet ? Lumpkin, L. j Gentleman.—Well—a corn-cracker I. A judgment setting aside an award, is; _ Oh t Mvnheer' He's tbe Prus- conclusive upon the parties until reversed;] Teuton.—Oh Mynheer. He® tue and to procure its reversal, exception must sian Minister. CorncrackerLgli. Gentleman.—You don’t appear to under be taken to it in proper time and mode. 2. The evidence being in conflict, the judg ment of tlia Court betow on tbe facts will not be disturbed.—Judgment affirmed. Perryman for plaintiff in error. Bulloch for defendant. Serious apprehensions exist amoDg the fi- uancicrsjis to the future of our paper money. One thousand millions of it are now in cir culation. Under the reckles legislation of the radicals and protectionists, is it not ob vious that wc are among the breakers ? If anything serious occurs politically, and a panic ensues, what will become of gold, and what will paper promises be worth? The impression is 9trong with the Presi - dent’s triende, that upon the adjournment of Congress the Cabinet will be teorganized, and other important steps taken by the stand me. He’s a rouser—a whole team.! President. He has, it would seem, initiated and carried through all this botheration over there, and intends to sink or swim, survive or perish, in its result. He must be half horse and half alligator— Teuton.—Oh! mein Gott — nein, nein. He’s a man—no horse—no alligator. He don’t sink aud swim. He don’t survive and Ice as a Medicine.—Quite marvellous re sults have lately been noted Iront the uses of ice applied to tbe spinal nerves. Its frequent application in some severe cases of apoplejcy i has relieved the patient. It is applied to the ■ lumbar plexus ot the nerves over the spinp, i ... , ;lr . alternated with hot water to the leet. A case ' pensh. He s a man like yon—like me like of undoubted hydrophobia has been cured by : everybody. following that treatment. The patient was | Gentleman —Damnation! I didn’t sav he bound to the bed, face down wards, and a i horse—an alligator. 1 didn’t sav he thorough wet cupping from the head down ■»«n““ ore J » • tbe whole length of the spine, followed with j survived and perished. ( an t you uuder- ice applications for two or three days unin- stand me 1 terruptcdly. Pulse and breathing became Teuton (very gravely and throwing a whole quiet, pain gradually left him, and complete j j ( f wl3( i OIU j n his countenance).—My recovery was the result. In the French hos- pilals ttie ice treatment in cases of nervous j friend, do you understand what you are say- •mi.iiifv naralvaio of the motor nerves, oro- ,'i.rr rnnrwlf? Do vou know anything about ■en was appointed on 1 u i whose duty it ext meeting, s in retereuce to the be meeting adjourned . evening at u,e same I debility, paralysis of the motor nerves, pro >t and Union. \ lapsus Uteri, convulsions from teething and I puerperal convulsions, lias been successful “The Apostles,' ] UR t wilhou; a drop of medicine. The great se- snid to be’ some i e, ‘«<f the mode of treatment consists in using ' tonic effects requires great the medical attendant, as short ap- plication* of ice are powerfully neurotonic, while its to:, lengthy application debilitates the patient J * cent word-paintina ' li ": ic « long enough to get its u's that has ever ap- which is a nice point, and of New York will -- Iro,, > the medical attendan ihortly publish a translation of this remark- ible work, and ut the same time issue the ‘Menu irs of Junius Brutus Booth, "the ceie- irated actor, and father of Edwin Booth. •Two other books, one the fourth series of "Walter Barrett’s “Old Merchants of New York, and the other, a pieasunt volume of EbBUVS, bv “Sf»nlini*l ” of th*» N«*w Ynrk 1 Essays, by “Sentinel,” "of the New'York | World, entitled “Who Goes There,” will be [■immediately published by Mr. Carieton. The Tax on .Matches —The little tax cf i one cent upon every box of matches netted [ the Government 81,500,000 last year. Ac cording to that estimate 150,000,000 bunches r or boxes of matches must have been used in ! this country during the year, or five bunches r —equal to five hundred matches—for every - W um-« ..nd "hild "W e have embraced every opportunity of fered, to ascertum trom planters throughout the State the couditiou of the cotton crops. From information received b v us from vari ous reliable sources, and from different parts of the State, we write it down as a settled thing that no more than onc-lourth of a crop great staple pointed. will find themselves disap- ing yourself ? Do you know anything the German question? Do yon know who Beezemarck is ? Gentleman.—Of course I do. I know all about it. I know Bysmark, or Besmart, or however you pronounce his name, is a Prus sian diplomat; and I was only saying that he appears to be a man of much inflnence— aa energetic, strong willed man, who, if his wisdom is equal to his energy, will hereafter occupy a prominent place in European his tory. N Teuton.—Oh! dat is all. Now I under stand. I thought you was thinking he cracked com, like a horse, and was a horse, will be made, if tnat. Cotton buyers who are , that sort of thine looking forward to an abundant yield of the and “ and aU Uiat 1 ■ tb g ' [Here the Teuton resumed his air of gravity again, and looking wondrously wise for a mo- Cottonmnst advance in P" ce -‘ he J a £ 8 r I ment, added. ] Yaw! Beezemarck is every ot trade insure it—the demand Will be far j 1 greater than the supply, and the cotton sel-1 great man. lers will hold a “stiff' tipper Up” for some time to come.—Mississippian 24th. that August —Mrs. Millard Filin'...re in cue ■! *bt 1 -i u e late eii of fashion iu Paiu an • splayj ).»- mouds with a refre ■uiz.t, orr.’, m.. y [of C3 ■ temf ' ides rot • AN OIL SPECULATOR, imm-*—” 4 mercurial ived Quack! !! Quack!! Quack!—Forney ha found a veritable “mare’s nest." He writes as follows from Washington to the Philadel phia Press, putting the important informa tion in a “leaded" postscript: “I have information, upon which 1 place full reliance, that a complete plan of opera tions has been adopted for the purpose of nreventing the different Legislatures of the South, and even those of the North, from ratifying the amendment to the National GonstitutioD. The same appliances that were resorted to in New Jersey to defeat the Union candidate for Senator are now used with a malignant desperation that baffles de scription. The call of the Tennessee Legis lature tiy Governor Brownlow has so excited the resentment ot Andrew Johnson that he will leave no stone unturned to prevent a quorum of that body from meeting! In or der to effect this, the system of “bolting,’ which was tried under his auspices a few month. 2go in that State, in order to de feat the bill disfranchising tbe rebels, will be again encouraged. Wherever patronage can bi used to prevent the Southern Legtria- tnres from acting, it will be done. Ot course, the whole object is to give effect to that por tion of the policy which, through the influ ence of Seward, insists that the rebels shall be returned unconditionally io to Congress upon the existing basis ot representation- This startling plot only »owg bow utterly Lauda for thr Aegrora. The President has affi xed bis signature to what is known as the Supplementary Home stead bill, by tbe provisions of which all th$ public lands in tbc States of Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida arc thrown open to actual settlers in eighty-acre homesteads, with a provision that persons who “favored the rebellion” shall not enjoy the privilege till next year. Tbe object is is to give tiie negroes and Yankees the first choice. A correspondent of the Boston Ad vertiser says: The managers on the part of the House in the conference committee would not have consented to tbe limitation of the exclusion of active rebels trom the benefits of the act to the next six months, bat tor the assur ance of the Freedmen s Bureau that this space ol time would be sufficient to accom plish the object of tbe bill—that is to en able the loyal people | the negroes] of the live Stati s to enter land under it. General Howard, aa soon aa the President has signed tbe bill, will send out special instructions to tbe agents of the Bureau to take every pains to inform the colored people of the na ture oi tbe act, and to induce them to exer cise the right of selecting homesteads on the public lands conferred upon them by it. The New York World predicts that this hill will, “if the intentions of its projectors are carried cut, produce a mortuvital change in the condition of the negro race at the South than even the transition from slavery to freedom. The mere abolition of chat tel slavery did not materially change tbe status of the negro as a laborer. He was compelled to work in the cotton-fields before the war by the will of his master, and he still works the same ground to earn wages upon which to live. The new Homestead bill, however, aims to make him a freeholder ami thus break up what is left oi tue present labor system of the South. It is safe to pre dict that, if the designs of the Radicals wiio passed this hill are accomplished, in two years’ time the amount of negro labor avail- ubl e for cotton cultivation on a large scale w ill be reduced fully one-half." “The negroes will become possessed of a small freehold; will raise their corn, squashes, chickens and pigs ; and will work no more in the cotton, rice and sugar fields. In other words, their labor will become unavailable for those products which the world especial ly needs. Tbe history of negro communities prove that when the blacks can live on the soil they will not work as laborers. The following is the amount of public land to be donated the negroes- In Arkansas 9,298,012 In Alabama 6,732,058 08 In Florida 19,379,635 61 In Louisiana 6,228,102 45 In Mississippi 4,760,736 03 In all forty-six millions three hundred and ninety-eight aud odd acres, of which thirty millions is known to be good arable land. This will give near! y four hundred Ibonsand homestead?, and support Dearly two millions of people. “The title ot this law ought to have been, ‘A bill to get rid of the laboring class of the South, aud make C'uffec a self supporting nuisance.’” *— i from our accidental President.’’ —Information of» reliable character baa been received in Washington to the effect that the Tennessee Legislature is again to be brought to a dead-lock in the approach ing extra session- It understood that the members who are OPP®*^ 1 tional amendments will refuse . which will leave ihe General Assembly least two members snort of a quorum, to. this way the Democrats hope to defeat the ratification of Ihe amendments. I'auit: of thf IVur Bel ween Prussia a Austria. There are many readers who, not having kept up will* the current history of political affairs in Europe, now that war has actually begun heiweiu Prussia aud Austria, desire to know the exact cause that has set these two great Powers by the ears. Every body knows tbit it U something about Schleswig and Holstein ; but what is it ? Here it is: By tbe defeat of Deuuiark, whom England encouraged to go to war and then deserted, the two great German Powers became, in 1864, joiut possessors of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Less than a year aferward Austria sold her rights in Lauenburg for two million five hundred thousand thalers, and by the Convention of it was agreed that the joint occupa- take Do°sses3ffin"£>r n! Vf’ lhst Austria should take possession of iio:.,,.:,, and p rU88ia ol Schleswig. Tins was one step u, |ia tion by which Prussia expected ultimate?, to become master of both the Duchies, but beyoud this point Austria refused to go, aud rejected every proposition for the final cession of her rights to Holstein—a province of little value to Austria, but of great value to Prussia on account ol its nithrness to her frontiers, and its seaport, Kiel. As tbe di plomacy of Prussia grew more and more urgent, Austria, on the first of June last, handed over the question to the Federal Diet of Germany. This step Prussia instant ly denounced aa a violation of the Conven tion of Gastein, since by that Convention it had been agreed that all matters relating to the Duchies should be settled between Austria au4 Prussia independently of tbe Confederat'«*. Prussia, therefore, declared that Con /Aition at an end, and insisted that, as a consequence, her right To the joint oc cupation ot Holstein was revived. She marched troops into Holstein, and at the last advices had crossed the frontiers ot Sax ony and was marching oa Dresden. Beuedek, the Austrian commander, will Also attempt to seize Dresden, the possession of which will be a most important advantage to either side obtaining it, as an army once established there could not be dislodged without a long campaign. Just south of Dresden lies the ground which tbe wars of Frederick made famous, and which lias since been reckoned an impregnable position. Attempted Robbery.—The Newbern t,N. C.) Commercial reports the following out rage : On Friday night last a party of negroes, six in number, went to the house of Mr. Mal- lerson, ou the north side of Neuse river, at the mouth ol Smith’s creek, thirty miles be low this city. The object of the gang was robbery. There was no one at Mr. Mailer- son's house except himself, and a pedler, who was stopping there for the night. Upon en tering tii'- lower apartmeut. two of the ne- gioes lushed upon‘Mr. Mallersou, seized niui, threatened him with instant death if he made any outcry, and kept guard over him, while the other’four started up stairs in the direction of the room which had been as signed to the pedler. The latter, having heard the commotion below, 'and correctly surmising that the house had been attacked by a band of thieves, had leaped from his bed, seized his revolver, and prepared to de fend himself and his property to the bitter end Throwing the door of his room open, he waited until the first ol the lour uegroes who had mounted'the stairs had reached the top step, when he fired. The ball sped un- erringlv to its mark, and'the negro fell heavily upon the steps., a corpse. The other three ran down stairs, the pedter pursuit Upon the appearance of the latter, brandu inc his revolver, those who were guarding Mr Mallerson fell back, thus releasing their prisoner Alight now commenced between the two whites and the five negroes, which was shortly terminated by the flight of the without any ot the booty which they had hoped to secure. futile is every hope of reconciliation with or ^ Boston 'Swindle.—We are constantly discovering, in onr exchanges from distant cities and towns, advertisements of a literary weekly, “devoted to tbe interests of profes sional literateuis,” called, The Spirit of the Press, and an illustrated weekly, with a most brilliant list of writers and an astonishing The .ait ot tr.- apprrs ftted —* '). bill .or w)'«t tu UK<: or postoffice box is given.' By the amount of money spent in advertising, it would that thi* firm is doinfi a very Iifgebnaii * b¥ofy zo‘*f Tta cotton mof. i ■ ■ w tia •nffre'y fictltio n butty, there being no - net paper uV r r ' ai. uoauc fun : n-ru to ihe ’.C • !’• ’ Insurance. SOUTHERN • * BRANCH OFFICE ' KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE CO., Of New York City, ■No. 89 -Bay Stre e SAVANNAH. OA. Policies issued and Losses Paid AT THIS OFFZOI1. CREDITS Given to holders of Mutual Policies of GO PER CENT., if desired, when the premium amouuts 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 trom KORTY’-FOUR to ONE HUN DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac cording to age. Tew Year, Non-Forfeiture, ENDOWMENT; ^ AND Life Policies Issued by this Company. ho Eifra Charge for Southern Residence Directors: Henry BriOhar, President Merchant,' National Sank.i Colonel Hu. S. Rockwell. H. A. Crane, ot Crans A Grajhill. Jobs D. Hopkins. A. A. Solomons, of A A. Solomons A Co. K. A. SOULLARD. K. J. Moses, of Brady, Smith A Co. Fred. M. Hull, ot Holoombe A Co. M- A. Cohen. Secretary Home Iuanrante Co. A. WILBUR, General Manager WM. R. BOYD, Agent. Or. lit. YONOK, Examining Fhyali laa. Or. H. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Phystr’n. JeT-M VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. LEXINGTON, VA. T HE BOARD OF VISITORS will meet at tha Vir ginia Military. Institute on the S7th of June, to auk* appainMnaats of Cadet,. Applications for State and Day Cadat anoointmenta will be made to the nn- ~ With Ihe nanal testlmonUla iaihftcftsepf Slate Cadet applicants, meet satisfy ike Board of tbelr inability to meet the expense* of Ibe-faatilQlion. _ iTamFrtM— for admlaafon must be'able to reatland write welt, and to uertorm with facility and acraraej ihe vaiiowa operations ot the ftmr groondrulee ol arithmetic, of redaction, of ylmpteirad cam;onnd proportion, hod of vu)£ar and dertma fraction* State Cadets lose-for each Senatorial District) wlU be eapphedSdlkboanr add tnUtoa without charge. Eriij arraagemaa* has Deeh mad* by the Hoard of VUitoiatomaintaiathe high adentffle character Of the Instltate, and Id pot tow 1 l 4 * tried and distinctive system of discipline and Instrnc- ll< !?ne ersdasttor exercises of the Institution will atthelsstUatoon the 4tli of July. Tbe on the 2Tth of Jane, r I completed. The public are reapecuuuy lurltsd to all of these exercises. Fur all further Information, application w.lt be mmlo to the Superin,endeat^^ ^ * Superintendent Augusta Constitutionalist please insert six times, and send bill to tin* office. may2 G -€t-w. 4. W. STEELE, Ohldflteeia 4k Burbank,) 11 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head,So. Ca And comer King and George #*., Charleston, STALLS the attention of Wholesale and Retail chasers to Mi superior itock of Military and Naval Clothing, sao FURNISHING GOODS, Watches. <te«fcd.Fdfar UP^s, Ware, Swards, Saehe*, Delta, * Gaps, Fle*U (Haases, Gauntlets, Qlnve* Ae.,.*e- . fc*- " — For Bale to Arrive. Insurance Cor p y OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to take Fire Risks ou Reasonable tnes.” At their Office, UT Bay Stre H. W. MBRCET J. T. Teoscas. Sec. H. <v. Mercer C. 8. Iiardce William Hunter A. S. Uartriilse A. Porter R. Morgan J. Stoddard J. T. Thomas W. Remeharl F. L. One H. A. Crane A. A. Solomons M. Hamilton W. W. Her t.m inyT-n Directors: M. S. Coder j. Lams 3. W. Neviti D G. Parse A. Fullarto . .1. McMaho' I, . J. Uullm . F. W. Sims G. Bntler K. L&ciillsoi K P. Claton. . . J. W. Knot:. St- r B. F. Ross, lUic. . IV. H. Young, S.B.HARRINGTOjy EVERY VARIETYiO* FURNITU \ v 'n h L IS SELLING GOOD - Lower Than Any Other h. usi- in SAVANNAH HOTELS AND STEAMBOA FURNISHED.! PARLOR SETS, extra well uphoist .1 FINE BED ROOM SETS. Walnut eni ira bogany. COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, a e-cry variety. DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SETS MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILL - - of all kinds. I KITTLES FOLDING SPRING BE c oi MATTRESSES, the best Bed iu use, and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to all others. LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES WAREROOMS:, 178 Bronghtoii Street, Nearly Opposite St. Andrew's M. jelT-Sm BOARD IN BROOKLYN. N. ¥ F urnished rooms, with good boaed. s_-.- offered by a lady from Georgia. The home nar all the modern Improvements, and Is plsa*&n.ly sit uated to an airy and hsakhy part of the ct’.y. «r; :t cars pass the door every few minutes for ihe Fulton ferry. Address Mss. READ, southwest c. roer of DeKalb avenue and Adelphl street. Rrooklya 1e?6 eodCt Grain- Cradles, Offal-lm 194 Be; tue,. RECORDS AND DOCKETS * yoP 5ALS BY Cooper, Olco ts Farrelly 4 GOOD ASSORTMENT OF RECOPID'BOOKS. DOCKETS. &C FOR USE OF COURTS A fit) OOUNTIl' jew-tr - rf«wo months after date, application i-c u-U X to the Court of Ordinary of Bnlloc a coir.<’ leave to sod *n thelaMa heionelue to tha estate ,1 _ “ ... rB0 „ 53TLA.' D,M~;SK, Ac.o-m^rr.-a.Jjn deceased r ■ y.-t • KSFoC-KD ttv*. I alt ococ." avd- •i «.4t-barrels heat 'jn**. ,efc!if l.i.ci Apply ro 2 HADLET, SILL -i ' O