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MORNING DISPATCHES.
TERRIBLE RIOT IN NEW
ORLEANS.
THE RADICAL CONVENTION BROK
EN UP.
FIFTY OR SIXTY KILLED AND MANY
WOUNDED.
New Orleans, July 30.—The Radical Convention
attempted to convene In this city to-day, whioh caused
a terrible riot.
The Convention met at 12 o’clock, twenty-six mem
bers being present. Large numbers of negroes
formed in procession, with drums beating, and
marched to the Mechanics’ Institute, where the Con
vention v&s in session. The most intense excitemen
prevailed. Indiscriminate firing occurred in several
streets, and a number of negroes were killed and
some whites wounded. The police surrounded the
Convention building and endeavored to maintain
order. On the meeting of the Convention, the
populace surrounded the building, and an immense
mob of negroes were both inside and outside. The
police and people finally became masters of the situa
tion, and the building was closely besieged.
The police attempted to enter the building, when
they were fired upon. The firing then commenced
from the outside on the mob inside. And finally the
parties inside surrendered ui a body.
Some fifty or sixty were killed in the fight. * Ex-
Gov. Hahn was dreadfully cut up. Dr. Dostick and
John Henderson were killed. The President of the
Convention and members thereof are being arrested
one by one and confined. A little more order and
quiet now prevails.
THE RIOT IN' NEW ORLEANS.
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Thirty Negroes Killed.
New Orleans, July 31.—Citizens are pursuing their
usual business avocations, and the prisoners arrested
yesterday have been released by General Baird.
The casualties sum up thirty negroes killed and seve
ral policemen dangerously wounded. Dr. Dostic, re
ported mortally wounded, has since died.
Later.
The following order ha9 just been received, and will
be prompt’y executed
“Washington, July 31,1866.
•‘Jo Andrew S. Heren, Attorney-General of Loui
siana:
-You wili call on whoever may be in command for
sufficient force to sustain the civil authorities in sup
pressing all illegal or unlawful assemblies who usurp
or assume to exercise any power or authority without
first having obtained the consent of the people of the
State. It .there is to be a Convention, let it be com
posed of delegates chosen from the people of the whole
State. The people must be first consulted in reference
to any changes in the organic.laws of the State. Usur
pation will not be tolerated. The laws and Constitu
tion must he sustained, and thereby peace and order.
[Signed] “Andrew Johnson.’’
No further disturbance is apprehended.
Later from Europe by Atlantic
Cable.
rrn> Crop.—Mr. Beoj. C. Truman
■- mu correspondent of the New
i who has been in the South ever
•s» of the war, closely observing
I': :;:al progress, has published a very
|" . rUer upon the cotton crop this
T r:.;i, lie eon.'iders very favorable in-
fiCauch larger than has been antici-
flis observations have been made
2 the nine cotton-growing States
vow. In these Suites, be flays,
Ewi.l be over 2,COO,000 bales of cotton
year if nothing else of a serious
fidsppen* Nothing can happen now,
Vi .ait storms or a drouth, to damage
ot The idea that the freedmea would
>ra this hot weather has entirely passed
They must work, like everybody
-‘■ir bread and butter depends upon
.MU’Jder. too, that tlie crop this year
: a beter picked, belter cleaned and
: packet, one than ever before.’’ In
->wu, be fcVes the following table, es-
>be crop .y States, compared with
Ii.tiberof balesinude in I860:
Liverpool, July 30.—Sales of couou to-day were
12,000 bales, the market closing firmer.
London, July 30.—Five-twenties 69. Consols 88
The New York Herald has the * following:
London, July 30.—Aigreat Reform meeting was held
to-day, at which 30,000 people were present. Resolu
tions were adopted declaring that they had no faith in
the Government. Petitions were read, which will be
presented to Parliament, demanding an inquiry into
the conduct of the Chief of Police.
The procession, which was immense, passed off
quietly.
Thd N. Y. Tribune’s special says peace was certain
1 at Berlin on Saturday.
Prussia carries all her points.
Austria’s naval victory was much overrated.
The Hyde Park riots and the movement to form ex
clusive Reform Leagues have perilled the Derby
Government.
Delegates from the District of Columbia
to the Philadelphia Convention.
Washington, Angnst 1— The National Democratic
Association last night elected the following regular
delegates to the Philadelphia Convention : John E.
Norrie, Richard T. Merrick, Joseph H. Bradley, Sr.,
and B. T. Smart. Alternates, Charles Allen, Jonah D.
Hoover, Richard Wallack, and J. B. Blake.
6,344,730
thit \ rlk Carolina will make 35,600 bale,
mi estimate to 2,675,000 bales for 1866.
Case of Jefferson Dnvia in Congress—
The Rhpt^f on fhe Subject.
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom
was referred the resolutions of the House of
Representatives of Apyil 9th and April 30th,
1866, instructing the committee to inquire
into the nature of the evidence implicating
Jefferson Davis and others in the assassina
tion of President Lincoln, and also whether
any legislation is necessary in order to bring
such persons to a sphedy and impartial trial,
if it should* appear that there was probable-
cause to believe that said persons, or any of
them, are guilty of inciting, concerting or
procuring the assassination of the late Presi
dent of the United States, and also whether
any legislation is necessary in order to bring
said persons to a speedy and impartial trial
for the crime of treason, submitted a report
to the House Friday. The report is very
long and contains a number of letters and
documents belonging to the official records
of the late Confederacy, now in possession of
the War Department, relating to what was
termed the ’’secret service” of the Confed
eracy. We take from the. Baltimore Sun the
following summary of the report:
With regard to the trial of Davis, the com
mittee are of the opinion that there are no
obstacles to a speedy and impartial trial
which can be removed by legislation. The
evidence in possession of the committee con
necting Jeff. Davis with the assassination of
President Lincoln justifies the committee in
saying that there is probable cause to believe
that he was privy to the measures which led
to the commission of the deed, but the in
vestigations .which have been made by the
War Department and by the committee have
not resulted in placing the Government in
possession of all the facts in the case. The
committee are of the opinion that a farther
investigation will result in a full development
of the whole transaction. The examination
of the captured rebel archives, though not
complete, has gone iar enough to throw light
upon the general policy of the rebel authori
ties, which in many particulars involved a
total disregard of international law and the
zes of civilized war.
Le committee in,.this connection give a
detailed history of the course pursued by the
Confederate Government towards slaves
found in the ranks of the Union army. Most
of this is taken from lhe published orders of
the rebel War Department.
In summing up this part of the report, the
committee says:
‘•The declarations made, and the acts done
in pursuance of the declarations, are conclu
sive proofs of the brutal and malignant feel
ings by which the leaders-of the rebellion
were controlled, and rendered it not only
possible, but probable, that they would at
once engage in projects for the destruction of
the chief men of the Republic.”
A considerable portion of the report of the
committee is devoted to th.e evidence in the
case of C. C. Clay, Jr. Clay'B tetter to Proa
ident Johnson, dated Novenfoer 23d, 186$,
is quoted, wherein he denies having been in
Canada at the time of the assassination.
This, the committee say is shown to lie a
falsehood, according to the evidence before
them. They say the falsity of the statement
goes far to show that be has some reason for
atttempting to conceal the' fact as to the
time when he left Canada, and inasmuch as
the statement was made in order to relieve
himself from the charge contained in the
President’s Proclamation, it has a. strong
tendency to convict him of complicity in
the dead. A number of letters are produced
to show that Clay was in Canada at the time,
and also that he was the originator of the
various raids on the northern border of the
United States. The first allusion in point of
time made to the presence of Clay in the
South among all the papers in possession of
the government yet examined, is a letter
dated at Richmond, March 6, 1865, and writ
ten by H. L. Clay to C. C. Clay, Jr. The
statement of Clay that he has never known
any of the persons accused and convicted oi
participating in the assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln is shown to be false by the
eivdence before the committee. Clay, while
in Canada, acted under the following com
mission : „
Richmond, Virginia, April 21, 1864.—Hon.
C. C. Clay, Jr., dsC.^-Sir: Confiding
special trust in your zeal, discretion and pa
triotism, I hereby direct you to proceed at
once to Canada, there to carry out such in
structions as yon have received from me ver
bally, in such manner as shall seem most
likely to conduce to the furtherance of the
interest of the confederate States of Ameri
ca, which have been entrusted to you.
Very respectfolly and truly:yours,
Jefferson Davis.
worthy sources. The couAnttee, however,
thought it wise to see and pxamine some of
the persons whose affidavits' had been taken
by Judge Holt. Several eC.the witnesses,
when brought before the committee, retract
ed entirely the statement* which they had
made in their affidavits, ind declared that
their testimony, as., giver, originally, was*
false in every particular. They failed, how- 1
ever, to state to the committee any induce
ment or consideration whitt seemed to the
committee a reasonable explanation for the
course they have pursued. The committee
are, therefore, not at this time able to say, as
the result of their investigation, whether the
original statements of these witnesses are
true or false. But the retraction made by
some of them deprives then^ of all claim to
credit, and their statement* so far impeach
or throw doubt upon the eridence given by
other witnesses whose affidavits were taken
by Judge Holt, that -the committee
in the investigation which they have
made, and in this report, have disregarded
entirely the testimony of all those persons
whose standing has been’ so impeached, j
On the other band, the committee have re- westward,
lied very largely upon doenments found in
the rebel archives, nnd have introduced only
the testimy of those persons whose reputa
tion for truth and veracity has not been im
peached by any of the investigations that
have been made. Nor has it been the purpose
of the committee to draw unnatural or
forced inferences from the trustworthy testi
mony which they have examined, but
rather to present a truthful statement of
facts.”
The report concludes with an expression
of opinion on the part of the committee that
it is the duty of the Executive Department
of the Government, for a reasonable time,
and by the proper means, to pursue the in
vestigations, for the purpose of ascertaining
the truth. If Davis and his associates are
innocent of the great crime with which they
were charged in the President’s proclama
tion, it is due to them that a thorough inves
tigation should be made, that they may be
relieved Irom the-suspicion which now rests
upon them. If, on the other hand, they are
guilty, it is due to justice, to the country,
and to the memory of him who was the
victim of a foul conspiracy, that the origina
tors should suffer the. just penalty of the
law. The committee are, therefore, of the
opinion that the work of investigation should
be further prosecuted.
will receive the concurrence of Coogreaa and
the people of the Unitad States.
I have the honor to be, rir, your obedient
servant, Wx. H. Seward.
The Hon. Frederick W. A. Bruce, Ac.
Oar New York Correspoafleiee*
[From Our Regular Correspondent J
New York, July 27, 1866.
CHOLERA
yet seems to more than hold its own with us,
and, despite the efforts of the respectable
members of the Can’t-Get-Away-Club, feebly
aided by the Health Board, is really on the
increase. To-day is what may be called a
good cholera-breeder in point of weather, for
it is both very hot and rety muggy, albeit we
have a livel^md cooling breeze from the
From Mexico.
New Yore, August 1.—The Herald's City ot Mexico
correspondence ears the reorganization of Maximil
ian’* army la progTeaalag finely.
American cltazeiis are pressing the Conaula 1Or natu
ralixatlon papcrs.on account of the impending dratt.
An attack on Jalapa waa going on when thia die
patch left.
Sale of Florida Railroad.
NEW Yore, Jnly 31.—A company ot capitalists have
purchased the Florida Railroad grant, and engineers
are already at work.
iexpiirt of Specie.
New Tobk, July 3L—The steamships Malta, for
Europe, took *125,000, and Africa, from Bolton, t<*>k
$45,000.
New York Market.
New Yore, Jnly 31—Gold 1*9. Exchange nomi
nal. Cotton quiet and unchanged.
■■ r. Mayor.— One J. Clark Swayze,
’■ ’.he Bureau at Griffin, addressed a
-Ztion to the Mayor of that place,
_ -j, not to proceed to collect a fine
tea imposed on one D. A. John-
; I States officer, for violating a city
and that the collection of the fine
I., resisted, w hereupon the Mayor seat
[" -'ring curt and pithy reply.
Mayor’s Office, 1
Griffin, Ga., July 12, 1866- {
Suoayze, Esq., Ayt. B. R. F. ^ A. L.:
11-Your communication of the llth in-
rcceived aud contents noted. In
|>t you will please bear in mind that
I-’ l’i y Ordinances dictate to me the
that I shall pursue in the dis
-tVe of my official duties, and when
these Ordinances are violated i
^rs not what may be the military or
Uxeress ParviLEOEs.—It will be remem-
bervi jhat some lime ago Mr. Ficklin, agent
of the -qtional Express and Transportation
Company^ gained a decision from one of
the Richm\j courts against exclusive con
tracts madh, railroad companies in
■Virginia for tbaVa.spoliation of freight, etc.
Since that decisiot^. m matter has assumed
a new aspect, accofy— 10 t he Alexandria
Gazette of Thursday which says:
The Adams Express ^\jpany has filed a
bill of injunction against\^ e Qnnge and
Alexandria railroad, to prohiik that company
trora carrying any express h^mr except
that forwarded by the Aaamho ae 'fhe
case will be argued inAhis city bel^ Judge
Underwood, United States judge the
district, on this (Saturday) morning.
‘ ‘ the Adams Express Com pan
kl>, out renrftoor | '
l>: carried out regardless
■faces.
'3 Suture 1 would advise you to confine
to the functions of your office, and
I” jo air. gate to yourself powers and duties
’ fci gn to your position.
Very respectfully,
A. Cellamy, Mayor.
Extra Pay to Volunteer Army
J-'.'icem.—The following is said to be a cor-
abstract of the amount that officers will
E h *ve under the act of Congress approved
|% 13, 1S66, which provides three months’
I’hu pay to all volunteer officers below the
i*iik of Brigadier-General who wcie In aer-
Match 31, 1865, as officers, and whose
| Agnations were offered and accepted, or
I’t j were otherwise honorably discharged
Ij^r April 9, 1865: Colonel of cavalry,
' ;i 3 so : Lieutenant-Colonel of cavalry,
75; Major of cavalry, $199*50; Adju
st of cavalry, $199 50; Lieutenant of caval-
r ! Slo2; Colonel of infantry, $271 76; Lieu-
I Wnt-Colonel of infantry, $22% Major of
S' 5 airy, $199 60; Captain of infantry, $171;
j: 1 *! Lieutenant of infantry, $142 50; Second
^“tenant of infantry, $128 25; Surgeon,
^8: Assistant Surgeon, $162.
Baldwin.
granted.
It is supposed the writ will he
The Philadelphia Wigwam—Its Erec-
005 Stopped.—Philadelphia, July 27.—
The parties engaged in erecting the wigwam
for the August Convention were attested
yesterday, at the instance of Dr- James, the
owner of the ground, who objects to the
use of hit property 'or the purp>se. The
building baa been stopped, and will have to
be erected elsewhere. The groum was ob
tained through an agent, without .he Doc
tor’s consent or knowledge.
—Information ofi character w»ch c
’ iaCficial cir-
cannot
be doubted, has been received
cles, that Napoleon has agreed tdiaband
twenty thousand French troops i - *"
allow them to enlist in Marii
eign legion.
—Thecfty jjjuatoritie* «? Ml
j ected thaipe MisfAi
permission to ©rect a mop 1
federate d«#d in BebmH'
The Committee say it is well established
by letters and documents derived from rebel
sources that Clay, under this commission,
was instrumental in organizing and execu
ting, with more or less success, the raids
upon the cities and towns along the border,
the plans for the iniroductiou of pestilence,
the organization of conspiracies to liberate
the prisoners confined in camp Douglas, Chi
cago; to destroy our commerce on the rivers,
lakes and ocean, and finally to thwart and
overthrow the Government by inciting a new
rebellion on the North. It is also ascertained
that Jacob Thompson, Beverly Tucker,
George N. Sanders, W- C. Cleary, Bennett
H Young and R. J. Stewart were all em
ployed in Canada as secret agents for the
Confederate authorities.
In proof of this the Committee produce a
large number of letters, orders and dis
patches which passed between these men
and the Confederate Government at Rich
mond, showing that they were actiDg di
rectly under its authority, and that they re
ceived orders to make the raids and other
offensive demonstrations on the northern
border of the United States, t
Testimony taken at the trial of the assas
sins, together with that taken by the Com
mittee, justifies them in the inference that
the murder of Piesident Lincoln was pro
cured by the use of money furnished by the
Richmond Government. The remarks 9aid
to have been made by Davis, on the receipt
of the intelligence of the death ot President
Tincoln, is in harmony with the conversa
tion of his agents, Thompson, Tucker and
others, as given by Richard Montgomery, a
witness who was before the Committee, and
also a witness in the trial of the conspira-
Uxs-
Thompson told Montgomery, in 18&4, that
he oould have the tyraut Lincoln put out of
the way at any time. He said he had his
triends all over the Northern States, and it
required only bis nod to have them do any
thing he waited done. Clay is said to have
talked in a similar vein about the assasstoa-
fion of President Lincoln. The Committee
wv there is substantial harmony between
he evidence furnished by the official
intents found in the hands of the rebel
lorities and the testimony of the various
brought before the Committee, is
to 1 “/participation of Davis, Thompson,
Clay, C— other8 in the scheme for
“Written of the President,
WitPreK ce tbe testimony in posses
sion of the BCjm c r Military Justice, taken
by Judge Holt—} on which President John
son based his PNj a m«tton, the Committee
makes the followibiigurtmneat-.
“When the Comim^e entered upon this
investigation, in Aprirw, vbe evidence in
the War Department, nvtceaptod as true,
was conclusive of thegnilt vj JeSerasn Davis.
The Judge Advocate-Generffk, had tman the
affidavits of several persons who profes^dto
have been in the service of the Rebel ~
ment, and who bad been present at
view between Surratt and Davis and 1
min.
“Those affidavits were taken by the Ju
Advocate General in good faith, and in
lull belief that the persona making them
were stating thfd staff which waa truaT' The
statement* mads by these wfe&Mte haaaon-
iza in every important particular with facts
The Fenians.
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT IN Re£ly TO THE
KESOLUTIONS OF THE HOUSE.
The President on Thursday sent to the
House of Representatives a message in re
ply lo resolutions of that body—first, re
questing him lo urge upon the Canadian au
thorities and also the Rritish Government
the release of the Fenian prisoners recently
captured in Canada; and, secondly, also that
he cause the prosecutions instituted in the
United States Courts against tbe Fenians to
be discontinued, if compatible with the pub-
lic interest.
A communication from the Secretary of
State is enclosed, in which he says, in regard
to the first resolution, that the Government
of the United Stated holds no correspon
dence directly, upon any subject, with tbe
Candiau authorities mentioned in tbe resolu
tion, or with the authorities of any colony,
province, or dependency of any other sov
ereign State; and that, on the contrary, all
its correspondence concerning questions
which arise in, or affect, or relate to such
colonies, provinces or dependencies is al
ways conducted exclusively with snch sov
ereign Government.
On the llth of June last a note was ad
dressed by the State Department to the Hon.
Sir Frederick Bruce, her Majesty’s Minister
Plenipotentiary residing in the United States,
of which a copy is annexed.
It is proper to say, in relation to that note,
first,that the reports mentioned therein.to the
effect that prisoners had been taken on the
soil of tbe United States and conveyed to
Canada, and threatened by Canadian agents
with immediate execution without legal
trial, wenfminii on examination to be un
true, andNnthout foundation iu fact.
It is due to the British Geverninent to say,
in the second place, that the representations
made in the said note have been received and
taken into consideration by the British Go
vernment and by the Canadian authorities
in a iriendiy manner.
The resolution of the House first recited,
harmonizing as it docs with the spirit of the
aforesaid note, will lie brought to the atten
tion of Her Majesty’s Government and of the
Canadian authorities, with the expressiou of
a belief on tbe part of the President that
affairs upon the frontier have happily come
into a condition in which the clemency re
quested by Congress may be extended with
out danger to tbe public peace, and with ad
vantage to the interests of peace and har
mony between the two nations.
The Secretary further says, he has already
received the President's directions that the
second of the resolutions be taken into con
sideration by the proper Departments of the
Government, with a desire that it may be
found practicable to reconcile the humane
policy recommended with the maintainance
of law and order, the safety of the public
peace, and Lhe good faith and honor of the
United States.
The following is tbe letter to Sir Frederick
Bruce:
Department of State, \
Washington, June 11, 1866.)
Sir :—The Secretary of War has laid before
the President several dispatches which were
received yesterday and to-day from Major-
General Meade, who is commanding the
United Stales forces on the Canadian fron
tier. . . . „' .
These communications warrant the Presi
dent in believing that the so called Fenian
expedition is now entirely at an end, and that
order and tranquility may be expected to
prevail henceforth upon that border.
I regret, however, that I am obliged to con
nect with this gratifying information the fur
ther statement that reports have reached
Maioi-General Meade to the effect that some
Canadian or British troops have crossed the
line and entered within the territory and ju
risdiction of the United States. It is even
said that tfie entry took place after tbe dis
turbers ofcthe peace, under the command of
their leadfer, named Spew, had relinquished
their forbidden enterprise and withdrawn
within the boundary line of the United
St The reports go so far as to say that pri
soners have been taken on the soil of the
United States *nd conveyed to Canada, and
that the Canadian agents have threatened
that these prisoners, tefiejj"* ^ such
stragglers as may now be found within the
Canadian lines, will be immediately exeented
without legal trial.
It is believed that these reports are exag
gerated. Care has been taken by Major-
general Meade to have tbena promptly m-
vestkrated. In the meantime l am instructed
by the President to represent to yon-and
through you to the British aud Canadian au-
thoritfes—that this Government could not
look without serious • “P 00 , the
practice of any uonec^tery *™nty, and es
pecially upon the exercise of retaliation or
nroceedines upon tbe persons of
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SYRUPS, AT E. W. MARSH * OO.’S,
jy20 Comer Whitaker and Congress street*.
Insurance,
other illegal proceedings Upon the persons
such of the offender* as have fallen, or shall
hereafter fall into the bands of the Canadian
aU I respectfully invite your attention to this
subjectTwith a confident expectation that no
proceedings that shall not “thomed by
and be in conformity with, law will be taken
against persona of that class, and in the hope
7u.t „™n ih« customary administration of
with special for.
that even the cnstoi
the law will be temi
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with the approval of _
and I believe that they !
UP-TOWN
presents iu many of the best portions quite
a lonely appearance. There are whole blocks
left entirely to *he tender cares of private po
lice, watchmen and joyful Biddies. Front
stoops are covered with dost, parlor blinds
hang heavily fringed with cobwebs, front
areas are mainly used for play-grounds for
rats, puppies and little baby cousins of the
Biddies, and in the evening a gay Patriok or
Michael enjoys his dudeen in the fashionable
parlors with his Dulcinea Bridget, while
the owners thereof are try tog to be faahion-
ably miserable in some circumscribed' hotel
garret.
THE CHOLERA WARD OF BROOKLYN
is an elegant place to reside in. It spreads
over a very large extent of land, embraces
the famous Atlantic docks, is washed On one
side by the dirty but classic waters of Gow-
anus Creek, is horribly sewered by Gowanus
Canal (a sort of slough like the Tiber of
Washington city), boasts of containing peo
ple with more square inches of dirt on their
persons than any Patagonian, worm-eating
Indians ever thought of revelling' in-—has
more stinks than the tamed city of Cologne
—and its destinies are held in the brawny
paws of one Alderman O’Keefe, an intelli
gent being who recently refused to allow the
few decent citizens of the ward to have it
cleansed at their own private expense. The
only reason given was that if tha ward was
cleaned his constituents would be without
the means of feeding their peripathetic hogs
and goats from the offal in the gutters and
on the waste lots. Nearly every case of
cholera in Brooklyn has either occurred in
this ward or is traceable to it. Dr. Crane,
the Brooklyn member of the Health Board,
squarely stated the case at a recent meeting,
and plainly averred that the numerous deaths
there could rightfully be attributed to the
action of this O’Keefe. He is considered a
model Alderman of our City of Churches.
FUNNY,
is the best word that can be used in view ot
the proceedings of our city government
sometimes. They meet about twice a week,
fan themselves in a style that shows many of
them are much more familiar with the
manipulations a pick and shovel than a
tan, vole certain things, and then adjourn to
Delmonico's, to drink up the city’s “con
tingent fund.” Their fulminations sometimes
are carried out—sometimes not. Last week
they solemnly voted to remove the Battery
Barracks because a half-dozen pot-house
politicians in the First Ward were afraid their
constituents would catch the cholera while
sleeping off their nightly debauches on tbe
stunted grass of the battery. The barracks
have been appropriated by the Health Board
as a cholera hospital, and a half-dozen or a
dozen deaths have occurred there ; and the
prospects are that the barracks will remain
for a long time to come, maugre the vote of
the gm-mill representatives who pretend
to be the exponents of vox populi of Man
hattan.
OUTTUR PERCHERS
are prevalent to even an epidemical extent
now-o-nights. Any person travelling through
the lower part of our city would be astoniahed
at the large number of door-sill wrnmers
who awake the echoes with their sonorous
snorings. At three o'clock this morning I
counted on Fulton street door-sills twenty—
three of these free lodgers, all snoring away
as comfortably as if they were enjoying the
cool breezes of Trauconia. Oar police call
them ”gntler perchers.”
TOURISTS
from the East and South go through this
city in the same style that Ellsworth's Fire
Zouaves, five years ago, threatened to “go
through” Richmond. You cannot prevail
upon any of them to^ stop hardly long
enough to hob-nob with you over an Ice
landic cobbler—they look scared the mo
ment they arrive, keep their hands on their
stomachs, repeat their orders for “brandy
and hot-drops,” watch tbe hotel clocks, look
sharp for their baggage, impatiently leave
by tbe first trains for the White Mountains
or Niagara, aniTVMtt withiiralgbt of- our
steeples thank God if they do not have an
attack of cramps! An Eastern editor was
here yesterday with his interesting family,
and was in perfect misery all the time, al
though his valise.iwas crammed with pain
killer, cholera preventives and old
Bourbon. He arrived safely at West Point
this noon.
FISHING EXCURSIONS.
are quite the rage now with those who can
spare a day fo; recreation. We have
hundreds of steamboats here that are “al
ways ready” to take from one hundred to a
thousand people down to the “oriny,” where
elegant opportuteties are afforded billons
people to indulge in Mrs. Partington’s
favorite summer pastime, i. e., see
They come back with noses polished to a
rubienndity worthy ot the oldeat toper, and
a string of fish attached to them, (not their
noses,) each one of whioh has coat them at
about the rate of one dollar per pound.—
However, we are bound to believe them when
they say they had “a big time.”
High-Handed. ~Abo ut ten o’clock on Sat
urday night, as a well known physician of
this-eity was returning on foot from a pro
fessional visit on Navy Rili, he was
the edge of the gulley, on Si\t street,
bv a negro carrying a musket Who de
manded the countersign. The command
was notnoticed till repeated for the second
tims* wheo foe doctor, rto^fo
armed, drew from hie pocket a. ^
pointing it at the negro; Inquired by who**
authority he waa acting a* a sentinel to atop
Umln from passing about the mrssts.
coolness tended to unnerve thetaseal,
-iasteed of tesHting upnw the
<*. We wad
t«*|«
have occurred in teat
SOUTHERN
BBANCH OFFICE
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KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
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Of New Tork City,
2STo. 89 Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Policies Issued and Losses Paid
A.T THIS OPPIOB.
m.
CREDITS]
Given to holdera of Mutual Policies of
OO PER CENT.,
if desired, when the premium amounts to
$50 or more, and is paid annually.
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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 from FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN
DRED AND TWENTY l*ER CENT:, ac
cording le age.
Ten Year, Non-Forfeitnre,
. ENDOWMENT,
AND
Life Policies
Issued by this Company.
No Extra Charge for Southern Resiience
Directors:
f Henry Brigham, president Merchants’ National
Bank.
Colonel WM. 8. Rocnrxu.
il. A. Crane, of Cnaa A OrajbUl.
John D. Hopkins.
A. A. Solomons, ot A. A. Solomons A Co.
K. A. SOULLARD
JL J. Moss*, or Brady, SRUth A Oo.
Fred. IL Hull, of Holcombe A Co.
M. A. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co.
A. WILBUR, General Manager
WM. R. BOYD, Agent.
Dr. E. YflfeeK, EiamlalM Pkjralclaa.
Dr. B. D. ARNOLD, CoBsalttag Phyalc’a.
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4. W. STEELE,
(Late Steala MhIwM *
MX Merchants’ Bow, ftfifoh Read,So. Cg
And comer aad Oeerp* Ms., Charleston,
STALLS the atteniap of WhoUsaie and Hot all
V' cbaaantobismpertorstecfcof
Militarv ,and Naval Clothing,
AMP
FURNISHING GOODB,
Uooda, nweb, and 1
u in jpair-i-- -
■Mata Vr/vea, Ae.£Ae.
Watcbaa. teoSka, Tansy Uooda,
Wan, Swotds. Sasbea, Malta,
Capa, Pie>d StaaMa, OanaMM*
■ and Plated
REMINISCENCES
OF CHARLESTON,
bx
PRICE.. ONE DOLLAR.
Just received and for tala by
E9ITLL * BROTHER,
Ball street, next to the Post oace,
ifittf -< .r ; BpwiEMa
600 Head Beef
From two yea aid w«Jip, issitefow at *>* iw
bead, demand at Palatka. er say. estataooUi <m the
St John* River, FIs** p ^
Pam**. Fla^ 1 Jnly 7. MW. IjjMjjg
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SAVANNAH, ga.
Insurance.
THE OGLETHORPE
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[■ ifcfcear.; _
Aiiiorxfitei:
Insurance Comply
OF SAVANNAH
Are prepared to take
iFire Risks on Reasonable Terms,i
At their Oflce, UT Bay Street.
H. W. MERCER, President.
CHAP. S. HARDER, Tice President.
J T. THOiue, Sec.
Direotor*:
H. W. Mercer M. S. Cohen
C. 8. Ha. i J. Lama
William Humor J. W. Nevltt
A. S. Hartridgc D G. Parse
A. Porter A. Fnllarton
R. Morgan J. McMahon
J. Stoddard L. J. Gollmartin
J. T. Thomas P. W. Sima
W. Rcmahart Q. Batter
F. L Que R. Lachhson
H. A. Crane E. P. Claton, Augusta
A. A. Solomons J. W. Knott, Macon
M. Hamilton . B. P. Roaa, Macon
W. W. Gordon W. H. Young, Columbus
myT-tf
S. B. HARRINGTON.
EVERY VARIETYIOF
FURNITURE
IS SELLING GOODS
Lower Than Any Other House
IN SAVANNAH.
HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS
FURNISHED.;
PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered.
FINE BED ROOM SETS, Walnut and Ma
hogany;
COTTAGREED ROOM SETS, of every
variety.
DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SETS.
MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILLOWS
of all kinds.
.sFatfi sffdoM ad3 jnr! • ’
KITTLE^ FOLDING BPMDiG RfiDS and
MATTKES8ES, the tt* Me,
BCTPEfilORto ail
LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO-
PIBB, and CANOPY FRAMES.
WAREROOMS,
178 Broughton Street,
nearly Ontiile it Aitrew’s Hall.
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