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VOL. 2—NO. 162. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1866. PRICE, 5 CENTS. Daily News and Herald. PUBLISHED J&Y S. W. MASON. ]Vt £ay Streit, Savannah, Gio TEKve: .Five Cents. •v $3 oU. w ::c $1000, oF ADVERTISING. , , Rr fl is t insertion, $1.50; each inser- 1,200 A s«»l A1JE is ten measured lines of Nonpa- : i - News and Hekalp. Advertisementsfhserted three times a week other day) for a month, or longer period, will irgfd tliree-foiirths of faf»le rates. A'lverti-euients twice a week, two-thirds of ’ Advertisements once a week, one-half of table Advertisements inserted as special notices will iced thirty per cent, advance on table rates. Advertisements of a transient character, not icd as to time, will be continued until ordered ir.-l charged accordingly. No yearly contracts, except f..r space at table will be made: and. in contracts for space, all ■os will \?e Isarged fifty cents per square for or i Wn~ti\ will b*' Mistness notices, for indi »ject to a charge of fifty iiau three dollars for each i iraii'i- :u Advertisements must be paid in 'lie Tri-feeiif News anil Herald lira s: jo pc-r year, or 7G cents per month, and ri'-e Weekly Mews and Herald ■ •" •-j eve;y Saturday at $3 per year. » «t i: PRINTING, . v ally and promptly done. COUNTY MEETING. At a meeting of the citizens ot Chatham I county, held at the Exchange Long. Room, j on Thursday eveniug, on motion of Hon. I Solomon Cohen, Hon. E. C. Anderson was I called to the Chair ami George L. Cope ap- | pointed Secretary. j After the organization of the meeting, lion, j Solomon Cohen, member of Congress elect from this District, rose and said that from J the position he occupied towards this Con- j grcssional District, and having but, recently ; returned from the North, he fell it his duty to say a few words in reference to the pro g posed Convention in Philadelphia. It was an — ! unquestioned truth, that without contact T5 and association there could he no 15s uuity of action among men. A fearful j.. war has desolated our land, the cherished hopes of our people had been crushed, the 225 stern arbitrament of war had settled 275 | questions aud principles to which our lives 325! had been devoted. Now is it the part of 37 _ wisdom to make misfortune darker and more i terrible by idle regrets, or by manly zeal to ’*■" | avail ourselves of the condition in which we 465 j are placed,and of the circumstauces by which 510 1 we ate surrounded- The South were now 6 _ 0 i neither in nor out of the Union. The fear- | ful fanaticism of the present ruling majority gave us the burthens of the Union, but none of its privileges. Mr. Cohen continued . “ Shall this state of things remain ? And can it ever be altered if the South folds its arms anil lies down in unworthy inaction—Mr. Chairman, I hope not. The conservative men of the North extend to us the right hand of fellowship—shall we spurn their oilers, or shall we unite with them in eveiy effort to restore the South to her rightful position in the councils of the country? We can do nothing by inaction—but we may benefit our country by becoming energy. Does any man want the present condition of affairs to con tinue? Does he desire the present prostra tion of the country?—I am sure not. Let us then unite in this Convention, aud even if no good shall result, we will at least have the happy consciousness lo know that the fault was notours.’’ On motion, the following committee was appointed by the Chair—Hon. Solomon »5'; 1,1401 Cohen, Coi. John Screven, Col. W. R. Symons and Dr. L. C. Knorr—to retire and nominate, for the approval of the meeting, four delegates to the District Convention to be held at Blaokshear, on Frida}', the '.’7th of July. After a brief absence the committee made the following report, which was unanimously adopted : “The Committee appointed to name dele gates to represent tills county in the Black- shear Convention, recommend the following gentlemen : Hon. R. D. Arnold, William DuncaD, W. T. Thompson, Wm. R. Symons. “And the Committee further recommend that if any of the delegates should be una ble to attend, that the others have the power to till all vacancies-'' A resolution was offered by Dr. Arnold, requesting the Chairman to ask the Presi dent of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad to give a free pass to the delegates to Black- shear The resolution being adopted, Col. Scriven stated to the meeting that free passes to and from the Convention would lie granted to all delegates ot the District. On motion, the meeting adjourned. E. C. Anderson, Chairman. Geo. L. Cope, Secretary. State Constitutions vs. Civil Riohts Bill —A negro having been drawn as a juror at Virginia City, Nevada, one of the counsel objected on the ground that the Nevada Constitution did not allow negro jurois- The THE CHOLERA. Notes of a Trip to the Quaran tine Ground. THE SICK ON THE SAN SALVADOR ALL RECOVERING. NO DANGER TO BE APPREHENDED. i The member of the News and Herald staff deputed to visit the quarantine ground, where the San Salvador is embargoed, did not reach here sufficiently early on Wednes day evening to admit of the publication of his extended report that morning, although we gat e publicity to all the facts relating to the extent which came to onr knowledge. The San Salvador arrived off’ Tybee be tween eleven and twelve o’clock on Wednes day, and reported immediately at quarantine. The news of the sickness on board her reached here about three o’clock, by Captain Ferguson, sailing master of the Abbie B, quarantine schooner, who, by extraordinary onergy, came up here in a row-boat in two and a half hours. Capt. Benj. H. Hardee, agent of the line, at once chartered the tug-boat O. M. Petit, Capt. James King, for a trip down, and was accompanied by Major R. E. Crofton, Com mandant of the Post; Dr. H*S. Schell, Sur geon of the Post; a representative of the News and Herald; Mr. Withington, ol the Advertiser, and others. The sail down the riVer was very fine, with tide in onr favor, aud a breeze which cooled the brow, but scarcely disturbed the water. The Petit first reported to the Surgeou in command of the U. S. quarantine schooner Abbie B., and in the meantime the San Sal vador steamed np above us, to change her anchorage. The Petit was peainitted to approach near enough to the infected steamer to allow Captain Hardee to converse with Captain Atkina, and permit some conversation with the passengers on the San Salvador. The San Salvador left New York ou Y Satur day afternoon, with sixty cabin passengers, four hundred and seventy-three recruits for the 7th Infantry (regulars!, now in Florida, and four officers. The troops wore under command of Brevet Captain Ellsworth, ot the 11th Infantry, with three subordinate offi cers. Obtaining the accurate facts, stripped of all exaggeration, we give tlieni as follows ; The San Salvador’s trip was very pleasant until sometime on Sunday, when severe sick ness broke out among the troops on the second deck. The attacks were very sud den, and Parser C. C. Cambridge and a con tract Surgeon who was on board, found the symptoms to be of the complete Asiatic type. Off Port Royal it was decided to put in'at Hilton Head, one of the fewregular military 'posts on the coast, and land the troops, io from Mexico. Dr. Schell that there have been three new j cases of cholera on shore among the soldiers, j but no more deaths. There are now in ell; Favorable Exports of (hr. Condition of.sir £: m . but none of them are' P™— 1 '}'* Imperial Draftfor 50,000 Troop* Santa Anna, Ay. twenty-eight eases, thought to be of a very serious’character. The passengers on the San Salvador aref still all well, and in good spirits. Oar Washington Correspondence. | From our Regular Correspondent. ] Washington, July 16th, 1866. The public mind has been greatly occupied with the troubles in the Cabinet for the last few days. All kinds of rumors were afloat. It was constantly stated that all the Cabinet would Tesign except Seward, McCulloch and Welis. So far ouly Speed and Dennison have actually withdrawn. Harlan will cer tainly 6 o soon, and Stanton will be relieved. The call for the Convention in Philadelphia has brought about this crisis. It did not permit the differences of opinion between the President and certain of his Cabinet to be kept longer in abeyance. The close union personally between Stanton and Seward de fers Stanton's resignation. Mr. Seward wants Stanton gently dealt with. He may be eased out of his position by a foreign mission. The President’s friends are very much gratified at these Cabinet disturbances. They think that it has been a misfortune for the President to have kept his opponents so long around him. The desire is strong for Harlan and Stanton to resign too. It is thought things will go on a great deal better when the President’s counsellors have the same political ideas he has. A good deal of speculation exists as to who will fill the vacant places, but nothing positive is ascertained beyond the appoint ment cf Randall as Postmaster-General. The position of Mr. Seward is a good deal discussed. Some think that he is shaky. Those who take this view attach a good deal of significance to the tergiversation of Ray mond. Raymond was for the President’s policy, including the call of the Convention, and Raymond is the mouth-piece of Seward; aud at the late Republican caucus Raymond backed out from all his conservatism and went back into the parly again. It is ar gued this shows what Seward is meditating. Seward’s letter to Senator Doolittle, just pub lished,gives some ground to question the sta bility of Mr. Seward’s position, for he advo cates the call for the Philadelphia Conven tion as a general convention of all parties to urge Congress to admit the Southern mem bers, and does not put it on the true ground, that it is an effort to organize a new political party- One so eminently careful of bis po sition is not apt to have thus fallen accident ally on to the ground he took. The proba bility is he intends thus to keep the question opeD for himself until after the meeting of the Philadelphia Convention. If the Con vention makes a new parly, (and that is the order to give them benefit of pure air. But j only thing it is called for, j Mr. Seward, if he they were stopped at quarantine, and on the j does not like the way the wind blows then, condition of health aboard being reported, may withdraw, on the ground that the Con- iele Tragedy.—Indiana papers rc- l iblo tragedy which took place near in White county. A man named opposing counsel claimed that the Civil who had separated from his wife .at of some domestic- trouble, met m town, accompanied by her little ii-'L he drew his revolver and shot her, miIj hiking effect m her body. The lud iheu threatened to shoot the boy if he ur out, and the little fellow started town Brummer, thinking he had killed of-, shot himself, and died, it is sup- J instantly, falling, across the body of iveiaan. The woman’s clothes caught eud were burned completely off, so that istancc- reached them, half an hour rword. she was completely naked, and ■h in many places burned to the bone. L- poor woman lived until about 4 o’clock tac afternoon, suffering intense agony. E.-uh uel’s Chief Signal Offi- —A Norfolk paper says the principal sig- ihi-er with \ictor Emanuel’s Italian ■ i- Colonel Victor Guerson, well and . tUi known as a member of the Inde- r Ln: Signal Corps, C. S. A. Mr. Guerson ti- p Confederate States service as a nue.r u: the First Louisiana Regiment, v .m - mm oerred to Captain Small’s First ‘■ e"-nl Corps, on its organization lehmond, in April, 18G’2. Victor Guer- ■ lorn in Hesse Cassel, is a German master oi several languages. It is tr,Ki; probable he left for Europe with • >.i B i regard, as he returned to Loui- sdter Lee’s surren er. * hi r iindi in the Treasury. loiOT.Uj- statement exhibits the amount of .s the ' Ian v, tits of the Treasury Department 'teak ending the 14th inst: ■ •«» $4,176,000 00 ies 4,187,086 00 ■1 442,917 60 021,378 99 2,560 00 488 00 760 00 notes.. 61,932.426 00 ’• hn:.!: :. : ■ -'£1. . $71,063,605 69 L-HeT’ A ‘' D Hls Tj dad Wife.—Thomas ; ,‘ as •■omposea the following inscrip- ic- to be placed on a tombstone over the fnve Ot las wife : «‘ Here likewise nowrests Ne \VeNh Carlyle, spouse of Thomas Car- ' ■ Chelsea, London. She was born 1 Idingtou. 14th July, 1801 ; only child of ■ above John Welsh and of Grace Welsh ! Rights bill annulled any conflicting provi sion of the Slate Constitution. The Virginia Enterprise says: A very animated discussion ensued be tween counsel, both exhibiting considerable warmth in their arguments, and the point was finally submitted to the honorable judge for decision. Judge Burbank said he should in this matter endeavor to do justice to all parties concerned. He was liable to be in error in his opinions- He had been before, and he might be on this occasion. He ably reviewed the points at, issue, as presented by counsel on both sides. He would give no arbitrary decision in the matter of the Civil Rights bill, but did not consider that it an nulled the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Nevada. He was ot the opinion that, as far as the qualifications of jurymen were concerned, the people of the State of Nevaua could only be governed by the Con stitution of the State, which clearly declared colored men disqualified lrom serving on a jury. He therefore discharged Mr. Brown, who at once took his leave. ""The court room was crow led with interested aud attentive spectators, this being looked upon as a test case, and the concluding remarks of his Honor were once or twice considerably ap plauded by the spectators present. Wholesale Starvation of Infants in Law rence—Coroner’s Inquest* Coroner Dr. W. D. Lamb held an inquest yesterday afternoon over the body of an in fant of four months, named Charles Healing, whose parents are in Lowell, which devel oped horrors enough to make one shudder. It appeared that one Mrs. Rogers, who is lo cated in a small building bn the alley be- iween Jackson and Newbury, Essex and Common streets, has been in the habit of re ceiving youug children, from the age of one month to one year, to board. Some ot the mothers were married and some not married. She had had as many as nine at one time, and a day or two since had six. The one upon whom the inquest was held died on Saturday evening, and on Mon day morning a neighbor looked in aud ILund the body of the child looking quite black, covered with maggots, and its eyes not closed. The woman, who was far from civil, said she was going out to make ar- Nkt iii jicnee she had more sorrows' tC 1 ST. f< ? r ilS burial * Hbe bel 1«5 0th ? mm-,i but also a soft invincibility, a ’ lbe samewge-a poor little at- jtr ' 1 l dlSce »“’ and a noble loyally aWSJT&l i wait which are rare. For forty years F e ' vas the true and loving helpmate of her jtiAund, and by act and word unweariedly fi-iude i Inin as none else could in all of lorthy toat she did or attempted. She died E-. b ?. ua , ou ' April, 1866, suddenly fn'toeu away from him, and the light of Ilia Iw has gone out. ” . cr i. EupEitAxcE.—The following sta- ■os show the condition of the Sons of en .', ; j =ra ' lC0 in the United States and the L ’ ' rovinces on December 31, 1865. L ] ii bo read with interest, especially by Fibers of the order: I,!,’!’ ,J T. f” embers of Grand Dtvieions i J Pao-tion members In. u of tobes admitted 4iabcr or lady visitors 01 --’ash received -d lor benefits ’ ; vn hand or invested jWeaCLtalives iu Grand DivlMonu.! ■Peientanve, in National Division leitirift '"a'Perance meetings held (dint r&,K ’ e . trac ^ a distributed 1,096 64,762 14.606 64,264 $100,626 68 *16.961 92 *174,916 86 8,278 489 2,878 yhich is probably not living while this is written. inJintf* 11 ' of ,lle one > n question, accord- heon nit,'! j °J T ' an ’ s own statement, must have tbat the wretchld n,am Sn CS9 , a TT* gers to the bone, and "uh,^ 9UCked fi “* Dies of starvation. The witness’also^'mf^ tioned several cases of the kind which tad occurred in that house, .«• among infautVim- incdiately after being removed Horn there They were led, to use the expression' of the witness, upon flour gruel scared with milk. Two of the witnesses testified to lhc horrible smell which pervaded the place, and the filth with which the house abounded. The evidence differs about the presumed guilt of the woman Rogers, thus far, though there may be further developments at the inquest this evening, to which U has ad journed.—Lawrence American, Tuesday. —The Committee C ifetem were ordered to anchor off Braddock’s Point. The water there being too low, Capt. Atkins, an experienced, judicious ocean commander, decided to proceed immediately to the Sa vannah quarantine ground, at Tybee Road, and accordingly steamed up there, where he was hailed by the officer of the quarantine schooner, Abbie B., and came to anchor. Up to this time twenty-eight cases of cholera had occurred on board, all among the the troops, with three deaths, and after com ing to anchor another enlisted man died. The troops were immediately removed on shore, those who were well to the seaward point of Tybee Island, and the sick ones far ther up the beach towards Fort Pulaski. The dead were taken ashore and bailed. Capt Atkins bad the ship thoroughiy.fumi. gated, as a matter of piecaution. At our visit alluded to we had a long conversation with Capt. Atkins, Purser Cambridge and several of the passengers, who expressed themselves thoioughly satisfied that there was no danger to any one on board. The ship was evidently well supplied with stores, and Capt. Hardee has since sent down every thing needful in the way of ship stores, medicines aud comforts. While the Or M. Petit was laying near the San Salvador, those on board coaid distinctly see a funeral on shore—four men carrying a deceased comrade in an army blanket to bia rude place of burial, a hole scooped in the sand near the beach, Where he was hurriedly consigned, without prayer or ceremony, re • viving the recollections of the war, when burials were incidents, and slaughter was a profession. The troops at the Point were at last ac counts enjoying themselves mnch, with good rations, fine bathing, and sports of all kinds. There is no danger of any spread of the dis ease, even among those who have been most exposed, and those who tear that Savannah may be infected exhibit only childish fears, which are not participated in by even the raw recruits from New York. We cannot bestow too much praise on Captain Atkins, Parser Cambridge, Captain Ben. H. Hardee, the agent of the line, Ma jor Crofton, Post Commandant, Post Surgeon Schell, Dr.] McFarland, Municipal Health Officer, the surgeon in charge of the quaran tine boat, whose name we have unfortu nately mislaid, and all who have been en gaged in the suppression of the epidemic. We are indebted to Capt. James King, of the O. M. Petit, for favors. By request, we reprint the following list of passengers on the San Salvador : Mrs. G. Pace and three children, Mr- Stapleton, lady and three children, CoL C. L. Schlatter, Miss Schlatter, J. Daly, Miss Daly, Mrs. Can’ and five children, Mrs. Faraham, sister and two children, Mrs. C. B. Chipman, H. G. Judd and lady, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. DeWitt and child, Miss Mary Kelly, J. Cooper, M. W. Drew.W. Randall, M. F- Massey, H. 4-. Mc Donald. J. Doyle, C. R. Braytoo, F. A Beard, P. Macombcr, E. H. Kirlin, E. C. Richard son, H. Pitcher, J. J. Thornton, G. H. Nye, Capt. Ellsworth, Lieut. Nickerson, Lieut Mays, Lieut Blicker, A. M. Wiliber, C. M. Graham, N. E. Warren, S. H. Avery, E. R. Hoyt, H. Eslor, J. Hallader, S. L. Waitz- fclder, B. Delmaser, A. P- Trippod, J. Mey er, H. Bacon, R. Stafford,-A McAllister, S. G. Rodgers, w. s. Dillon, C. Mehan, Mr. Glasor, five hundred United Statoa-Begul ars, and twenty-three steerage. The steamer Resolute went down to the quarnrU-- *V- ye- } - artern-on a ■b< ut hali-pa • < ok* . , , , geos: ; •* »turned about en o'clock ; • lean iron vention had not done what he expected it to do. Mr- Sewatd is in a very anomalous po sition: if he goes back to the Radicals he has □othing to expect; if he goes into the new party to be formed at Philadelphia, can he hope tor much when the Democratic element must be vastly in the ascendency. Mr. Se award may be considered now as iu the posi tion of waiting and watching. The Senatorial caucus have determined not to take up the bill limiting the tenure of office, which was gotten up to restrict the President's power of removal. A prominent Genera! of the United States army, a man of considerable intelligence, baa just returned troin the Northwest. He says that the people there are indifferent to the proposed amendment of the Constitution, but that they think something should be done before the question of reconstruction is dis posed of; that, in his opinion, what would satisfy the people there, and carry every thing before it, would be to leave suffrage to the action of each State, provided there was no discrimination on account of color. He says that property tests and intelligence tests could be applied, by which very few negroes would vote, aud the totally ignorant white people would likewise be excluded. Tburlow Weed says that he is authorized to say that General Grant will not be a can didate for the Presidency next time under any circumstances, and that be is opposed to any amendments to the Constitution until the Southern representatives are present to assist in their preparation. This is very good for Grant, as the Radicals have been flatter ing him extensively. Grant is as strong at the North as Lee is at the Sontb. Grant has constantly, since the end of the war, favored the kind treatment of the South. His politi cal ideas are entirely conservative. A correspondent of the New York World, writes a long letter from the City of Mexico, under date of June 30th, from which we make the following extracts: . ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE. If one were to judge by the accounts_pub fished in the United States newspapers, jrtbe empire would seem to be on its last legs but happening to be on the spot, I can as sure you that Maximilian was never in a firmer aud more assured possessiou at Mex ico than at the present time. It Is really amusing lo read the accounts of battles and sieges, which the ready pens of correspon dents, under Juarist inspiration, paint: to the gaze ot the American people. Excepting the Hermosillo massacre, where harmless, unprotected citizens—men, women and chil dren—were slaughtered in cold hood in the temporary absence of the Imperial fi>rces,thc “Liberals ’ have not gained a single victory, or eveu got the best in aDy important skir mish. The rumors of the capture of a large train, near Monterey, a few days ago, and subsequently of Matamoras, may be true. It is not unlikely. Most of the European troops were being wi'.hdrawu from that sickly region, and the Liberals will not be permitted to long enjoy their advantage. But with these exceptions it is not too much to assert that the Liberals have been beaten at every point. It fact, it is a regular scam per among them whenever the French or Austrians make their appearance. The Eu ropeans always have orders to charge if the disparity of numbers is not more than ten to one; and a Mexican was never known to face cold steel, bayonets being their extreme abhorrence even when pitted against each other. THE IMPERIAL DRAFT FOR FIFTY THOUSAND MEN. The determination of the Emperor to maintain himself after the departure of the French, with every means iu his power, is fully illustrated by tire decree ordering a military dratt. At first it will be carried into effect only in the three cities of Mexico, Puebla aud Qneretero, which will furnish, combined, 2,000 men for immediate pur poses. These cities will then be exempted from the general conscription throughout the empire which will be made somewhere about the month of November. The present one takes place iu Jul}'. 1 am not informed as to the number lo be raised by the general draft, but, as the war footing of the army of Mexico is to be a little under 50,000 men, the draft will probably call for about that amount. In a former letter 1 gave the proposed divi sion of this army among cavalry, infantry and artillery. ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL ARMY. The army will be organized and modeled after the French rule. It ought to make an efficient force. It wifi be well uniformed and fed, and the object will be to inspire the dif ferent corps with that soldierly ambition wbicb has hitherto been sadly wanting among the Mexicans. The dratt will call for men of the finest physical condition, who wifi do credit to the service. Hitherto a Mexican army has been composed of an indiscriminate mixture of size and color, many of tbe com panies exhibiting every imaginable hue, from jet black to cream color, while anything like drill and discipline was unknown. The pre sent army will be under European officers principally. The pay of these is already. stipulated, a General receiving about $7,000 in gold. This military organization is a twin movement with the new revenue regulation, by which a sum sufficient lor ail the purposes of the government will he raised by a uni form system of taxation. 13,SIGNIFICANCE OF SANTA ANNA’S MOVEMENT. The Santa Anna phase in the Mexican question excites some interest here, but neither his friends or his enemies attach any importance to his sojourn in the United States. Y'ou may be certain that the ex-Die- tator has no association whatever with the empire. Iu 1962, Marshal Bazine permitted him to land in Mexico, out of pity for a harmless old man. who professed himself de sirous of returning to die in his native land * but as soon ns he reached Cordova, he com menced his old game of pronunciamentos and gritos, and it was found necessary to send the old fellow away, as he would not promise any better behavior. He afterwards wrote an absurd letter from Havana, exousing his bad faith, and urging that he did not know what he was doing at the time ; but only ex cited the ridicule of his enemies and the dis gust of his friends. Whatever may be the fate of Mexico, your readers need not in clude Santa Anna in the programme as an element of the .slightest importance. Ife has no party and few friends in Mexico, where his selfishness and perfidy are remembered as something monstrous even in this land of excesses. PROBABLE MOVEMENTS CF THE FRENCH TROOFg. Until the army Is organized, the French troops will not be removed; and as tbe dratt and subsequent drilling wilt occupy some months, your readers may calculate upon the withdrawal of Napoleon’s army about a year from the coming fall. They may, however, be well assufed that Napoleon will not abandon Maximilian, and that be never in tended to be understood as meaning to do so when he publicly announced his policy of withdrawal last winter. Tbe French soldiers will not quit Mexico until the empire is placed ou a basis of security and self-sup port. Nor can this be construed into any con tinuance of a foreign military establishment over Mexico. Maximilian, as well as ail other rulers in this turbulent, volcanic coun try, must have power to preserve order and maintain his government from the attacks of tbe disorderly element here, alwas ready to overthrow where weakness invites, and to foment revolutions for the sake of the spoils wbi 'l. political commotions usually throw to tbe surface. “ARCTIC SODA WATER." drawn fHROUGH TUFT’S PATENT FOUNTAINS, WITH CHOICES; f*v(i SYRUPS, AT E. W. MARSH & CO « ‘ " Corner Whitaker and Congi as streets Insurance. southern BRANCH OFFICE IS:.' KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE CO., Of Hew York Oity, No. 89 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, 6a. Policies Issued and Losses Paid AT TZXIB OFFICE. CREDITS Given to holders 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 NOTE3, or ADDED TO THE POLICY. The latter or REVERSION ARY DIVI DENDS declared by this Company in 1865 were lrom FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac cording to age. Insurance. THE OGLETHOFvPl Insurance Com* OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to take Fire Risks on Reasouab At their Office, UT Bay 8tt H. W MERCEit. Prev J. T. Taoiua, Sec. H. W. Mercer O. 8. Hflr-i-e William nu..i r A. 8. Hartridte A. Porter R- Morgan i. Stoddard i. T. Thomas W. Bemshart P. L. One H. A. Crane A. A. Solomon. M. Hamilton W. W. Gordon myT-tf Directors: M. S. Cohe J. Lama J. W. New' D Q. Pars. A. Putlarti. -T. McMitlc. L. J. linilmir: F. W. Sims G. Butler R. Lachlis 8 P. Cl.to . ' J. W. Kno B. F. Rosa, ',5 W. H. Youiii Degrading Superstition in Sweden.—A a late execution in Sweden a vast crowd as sembied, some of whom endeavored to be come possessed of some drops of the blood or the victim, thinking they would so obtain a specific against epilepsy, cramp, and other diseases. It was even observed that a family in the higher ranks of society, in a large town, had gone from some distance to the place of execution for the express purpose of obtaining this talisman, which they were most eager to procure aa a remedy for one of their children who had been grievously afflicted. Immediately after the execution the crowd pressed around the scaffold, aud the military guard had great difficulty in keeping them off; but no sooner had the troops and the police been .wi men and women rushed the ground with their hi collect some of the blood)! subsequently crammed i the hope that they might diseases. Slang.—The Times justly condemns the practice of using slang terms, and thinks that no respectable person should “sling the paste-boards” when he piaye at cards, or oatt for a “torch” when he vomd smoke, or “sling a quill” when he writes. But it has no word of censure for the newspaper slang of the day, of which its own columns have recently famished such specimens as the fol lowing, referring tP the Fenian ihd, and printed in the largest display type: “Precipi tous Skedaddle” “The Ancient Henry to be Compensated and no TurpcntinoJWarmed, ? or, referring to the war in Germany, such a phrase as this: “Austria backs Down.” These are rather worse than the slang about “the devouring element and other “repor- erisms’ for which the Times snarply criti cised another morning journal on Sunday. — New'Hbric fast. 1 H —Gaslight is, after all, nothing but second hand sunlight, o* the sunlight of other davB; —There some talk of gMbg4o Fomey, tor our ill, '.stir-' r'-s :s 11* from coal! the champion dir- -nter, the contract to ehaw prod'cci J ! - th action. cl the j a tunnel Mississippi'river for rwl- sun* n.y» upon .vgesehlv matter dating the | reed r-.rpoiws This would settle the ques- Ages of tbe distant past - lion a* once. HThe Restored Martial Law in Florida. Tne following extract of a letter from an in telligent and reliable gentleman of Pensacola to a- citizen of this city, show's that the res toration of military rule in Florida is no idle tale, and that its severity is equal to that of last year. The letter is dated Pensacola, July 5th: ‘Martial law has been proclaimed in this and adjoining county, as well as several others in the State. And by way of showing us that onr masters meant something by the proclamation, a company of artillery .was sent to Milton, during the sitting of the Cir- lit Court two weeks, for the purpose of ipelliug the Grajid Jury to find a bill of tment against parties who killed a ;ee in a bawdy-lionse fight. The Jury j prudent men, the bill was found. Union man in this county was threat ened with a suit for taking some machinery during the war. General Seymour at once notified the proposed plaintiff’ that it would hardly consist with his personal comfort and safety tb institute tbe proceedings; and Judge Bash was notified that his cognizance of the case might be attended with disagraeea- ble consequences. “Does not this smack of Constantinople and. St Pertersburg ? Such proceedings would make life in tbis country intolerable bat for tbe hope ot better days in which we mast indulge, however, almost in. spite of reason. “I can see nothing in the prospect before ns but occasion for despondency. And yet days — “Yb» too will pass away, ” which the sages gave the Saltan to inscribe on bia signet to reboke him in prosperity and support himt in adversity.’’—Columbus Sun. Ten Year, Non-Forfeitnre, ENDOWMENT, , AMD Life Policies Issued by this Company. No Extra Charge for Men Residence Directors: gHSNRv Briobav, President Merchants’ National Bonk. ■ gi Colonel Wit 8- Rockwell. H. A. Crane, of Onaa AGrsyWil. John D. Hopkins. A. A. Solomons, or A. A. Solomons A Co. H. A. SOCLLAKB. : 5 “ E. J. Mosm, at Brady, Smith A Co. Few.m. hull; of MsiffombeA Oo, H- A. Cohen, Secretary Heme Insurance Co. V s*»iU . UK O* A. WILBU&, General Manager : Lit 77 U .ai . WM. R. BOYD, Agent. Dr. K. tOSUE,Ms—Ming FMystcta. Dr. R. D. ARNOLD, Comal ting PMjrslc’n. ■ ie7-tf . g ~ . r '-' i: ’ ; ’r- S. B. HABRINGTO EVERY VARIETYiOt' FURNITUK IS SELLING GOOD 1 Lower Than Any Other Hoc IN SAVANNAH. ! "1 HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS FURNISHED. PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered FINE BED ROOM SETS. Walnut and Ma hogany. COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, of every variety. DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SET MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILLOWS of all kinds. Healtb! Coafirt! Pleasure! THE SOMMER OF 1866. • . . 7 3 J.'nio , . 5.5a,, .V ‘ eoufbrt or pteaMUScffhrtng.th* Ad eipcncBR effieiwti ye*N _ that the necessities and tastaa of. all can. be loured The hoildinaa are located neap the Spring, With shady and phiaraat walvr’rti'—iw——ttr 9fee gen eral accommodations are welt adapted to the use of famIHst or tnraHffs. * For toe latormadoued ail. tfisjatoss lor Board are. Mated as follows: TWO DOLLARS, Single Day. TWELVE DULLABS. Per Week. PORT* UOLIaAJtUTMr Moatk. each trip, the teataEahd eeMcfc U awdsr the ni&- agement of Mr. CHARLES FOOTES—an old and ex perienced driver—who wilt weit open Melton upon the arrival of the trains at. Posntb, daily. Thankful for past farore, foe proprietor or the ELDER BODBE asm he phased to g*«et Ms Wends U j?U-2w l ° W. A. ELDER. sfusEEr: ,) AMU* Clothing, J. W. r-lAUMthdattstt Military- FCBNiSEINO GOODS, Watches, uawike. Vnner i-gj&krand Plated Sesfees; Belts, ffJWllihrtol, Boots fins, Field OlaS«e,0aaaUeta, Cftr.Tea, tc ,’i 14 KITTLE’S FOLDING SPRING BEDS an MATTRESSES, the best Bed it w and WARRANTED SUPERIOR *1. others. LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES. WAREROOMS, 178 Broughton Strict. Nearly Opposite St. Andrew’s Bali. jett-dm Mount Zion Select School MOUNT ZION, GA. WILLIAM J. NORTHS*, RECTt... T he next session will comment g the ant or August. 4IT. ZlON. OCtoLcr,. ,-i- Mr. Wm. J. Worthen has been sssorf»ted*m m durtns the Bwashfcysar (Use) ^ *«uh 2lor. gmajMSEagasasaaifa whole deportment hashem«^*« i*^ nU P^ a: ^; a chrltfffiu In = r ‘ eleammtohns tsDimowr n>U* zeal, induct: an sfcni In insrfung—ead *9 *?<L.I know of no i :u/:* SStR JhSraiWdK and fidelity as an Me-: >• I have greater confidence. C. P. Behan, it D DMTIMUk u. CEUiHJIA, JnIy29, 1-57. vmpletmrexojetatf to the comp x-.j ai»ta*eH*cvofJtr. W.J. Northeast a teacher ti, scholarship, tact aaff disciplinary p-wera of a Wrhorder. I recommend hls school wlr: y-n Kdenee to these parents who wWl lfc-r boya ,, ne properly restrained and thoroughly taught. P. H. *r-. tmmMU), September U, 133. njB tot optatfont mnch success, which Indeed yon deter 1 N. M. Cbawi . wu months After date epphcatlon win " iindi A to the Court of Crllaary of Bnlioch cou leave to sell all the lands b«ior fas to the i Amoa V Water:., deceased, for tbe henna? ? c.-j cera&i KUSHA K WILSON, Auai’r June 18, liu jeSr-Ixwzm