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VI’DVESDAY MOBIHWG, APG’T 23.
beading MATTER ON EVERY PAG-E.
VitoM Alolsia.—The steamer Gen. Berry,
Capt. Henry, arrived yesterday forenoon from
. We are indeted to her pursers Mr.
!iobert II. Lewis, for Augusta papers to Sun-
Jay morniDg last.
OneDay Later from
the North,
DATES TO THE 18TH.
.lJv telegraph to the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
The Ketchum Forgery Cose.
New York, Aug. 18.
The Times says as far as the Ketchum forgery
C»se 13 summed up their loss iB stolen securities
,s between two and three millions dollars. The
balance due (consisting mainly to New England
Banks, amounts to three million five hundred
thousand. It has been confidently stated that
Vase, Graham A Co., paid on presentation two
hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars forged
gold checks Monday, and that Edward Ketchum
care them that morning two hundred and fifty
thousand ior that purpose. When Graham was
asied on Wall street did you pay two hundred
and eighty-tive thousand of these checks Monday
week, that Edward Ketchum drew that week for
three hundred thousand dollars betore he went
off, and did be give you money to pay these
checks with ? Graham replied : He gave me no
money, but checks for two hundred thousand as
was hts constant custom to meet his obligations.
Morris Ketchum refuses to honor it, although the
check was drawn by Morris Ketchum & Co., be
ll re the suspension, and was passed to the
bank where Ketchum A Son deDOsit. It seems
rather hard I should have to suffer this affliction
m addition to what I have already borne.
The World says the total loss by Ketchum’s
lingeries will reach four million of dollars.
Revolution Imminent in Sjiain.
The queen and her prime Minister are not on
good terms. A strong republican feeling exists
among the officers of the army, and a revolution
may be considered imminent.
The Trial,of Wirtz.
Washington, Aug. IS.
The court for the trial of Wirtz is being rapid-
ir reconstructed. Maj Gen’l Lew Wallace and,
ft is believed, Maj. Geu’l George Mott will be ad
ded to it.
Wagon Train for Kansas.
The Quartermaster Gen. has ordered five hun
dred six muie teams to be at once organized for
an overland march from this city to Leavenworth,
Kansas. They go out in charge of officers of the
Quartermaster's Department in two detachments
of two hundred and fifty teams each, with their
e'|uipments necessary to make this march fully
eijual to .Sherman’s march from Chattanooga to
lialtigh.
Cincinnati, Aug. 18.
The Democratic State Convention has nomina
ted A. Long for Governor.
Firthi/mihc in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Memphis, Aug. 18.
The shock of an earthquake was felt at Mem
phis yesterday morning, and more plainly at
Hollj Springs, Miss., and LaGrange, Tennessee—
oo particulars of the damage has been heard of.
Washington, Aug. 18.
Toe President to-day as usual opened the doors
to all visitors.
, The receipts from Internal Revenue to-day
were nearly one million dollars.
B[ig. Gen. Campbell, amongst several hundred
others, made application for pardon yesterday.
The Great Cable.
A dispatch from Cyrus W. Field states that all
C' ffinmnieation with the shore was destroyed.—
Alter picking up two and a quarter miles of the
cable on hoard,it was found to be caused by a
tieee of stout wire having been run entirely
through the cable. This portion of the cable was
recovered from nineteen hundred fathoms of water
Aker several days grappling with varying suc-
at i o’clock in the afternoon of the 11th of
Aug., the rope on board the Great Eastern parted,
and for want of sufficient rope the vessel was
obliged to return to England.
Gold Market.
;:-3
rid last night at Gallaher’s exchange, 142
August 13th, the trains of the Montgomery and
West Point Railroad will run to Shorter’s depot,
twenty-two miles from Montgomery, leaving them
daily at half past two in the morning, and con-
necting with all points North.”
Augusta market.
Saturday, August 19, 1865.
Gold—Buying, 40c prem.
“ Selling, 45c prem.
Silver—Buying, 35c prem.
“ Selling, 43c prem.
Sterling—4.44.
Bank Notes
Georgia It K Bank, buying at
Central Railroad Bank “
Bank State of Georgia, “
Marine Bank,
40 per ct dis.
50 “, .
80 “
70 “
80 “
80
70 “
70 ‘ “
80 “
80
SC, buying
I ni ted States Postage.
Transient Matters.
Ace. Jf. Rates of postage to be prepaid by
>.au | ps on transient and miscellaneous
|‘liable matter except unsealed circulars and
hocks ;
! _ Cents
ce P^kage, to one address, not exceed-
( , ln = iuur ounces m weight ‘
ne I sekage, to one address, over four
i, a ™ Bot exceeding eight ounces d
'-“ package, to one- address, over eight
n aJd not exceeding twelve ounces ;
e P ar kage, to one address, over twelve
™ not exceeding sixteen ounces 1
j. Books.
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*o s over four and not exceeding eight
^ounces
'oks over eight and not exceeding twelve
ounces
Oj ok» over twelve and not exceeding six-
ieett ounces
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■vaicd circulars, not exceeding three
to one address 1
,. e< * circulars, over three and not ex
ceeding S i x
“sealed circulars, over six and not ex-
ceding nine (
^<.aled circulars, over nine and not ex-
owdmg twelve 1
t., ^Yf'J^t of Packages Sent bu Mail.
Th t of March 3, 1863 f
tpygj , no postmaster shall receive, to be con
shal] ...J- "i ai1, an T packet or package which
W s T^'ur 1 ? ore l Nan four pounds, except
gr fe; I ,ubi| snedor circulated by order of Con
SoptriL G °“, ERy iHD W ** T Point R. R.—The
ton,. - u1? nt °* 'ki* r««4 requests the Mont-
h MaJ state that “on and after Sunday,
Bank of Savannah, “
Bank of Athens, “
Bank Middle Georgia, “
Union Bank, SC, “
S W R R B, S C, «
Peoples’Bank, S C, “
Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank,
at 80 per cent dis.
City Council Notes buying at 75 cts nominal
Cotton—The market has been quiet. The
news from New York of a decline has caused a
depressing effect, bat holders are unwilling to
give way, and very little has been done in
consequence. A few sales have been made at
21 cents in specie, and at 30a32 cents in cur
rency.
Dry Goods—There is very little stock on
the market. We renew last week’s quota
tions : Dunnell Prints, 40a45 cts per yard ;
Arnold Prints, 40a45 ; Merrimack, 45a50 ;
French Prints, 75a90 ; Muslin Delaines, 80a
$1 00; Crash for Toweling 28a35; Cottonades,
G0a80 ; Jeans (fine) 80a$l 00.
Factory Goods—The market is steady and
unchanged, at former prices ; 4-4 goods 28c
per yard, 7-8 goods 23c ; drills 28c ; osnahurgs
21a22c ; yams $2 G0a2 70.
Sugar—Unchanged. Common brown 25c
per pound ; lighter grades 28c ; refined C 32a
36c ; ground and loaf 37 l-2a40c.
Tea—Best Oolong $1 75 to 2 00 ; best
Young Hyson $2 50a3 00; best Imperial $250;
best Japan and Gunpowder $3 00 per lb.
Coffee—Rio 38a40c ; Laguyra 45a50c ;
Government Java 60c.'
Liquors—Our quotations eontinue same as last
week: French brandy at $llal6 per gallon; Bour
bon whisky, $oal(>; Jamaica rum, $7aS; Catawba
brandy, $4a5; Holland gin, $SalO; champagne,
$35a4l) per basket; Philadelphia ale, $30 per bbl;
Lager beer, $10al2 per half bbl; Kauffer’s home
manufacture, $5 per cask of ten gallons; Corn
whisky, $2 50a3; Apple and Peach brandy, $4a5
per gallon; good artiole.
Bacon—Has declined a few cents; hog round,
27; hams, 23a30; sides and shoulders, good quali
ty, 25a27.
Flour—Steady at $17al8 per bbl: —•
Tobacco—The market is dull with a full stock
of superior brands, manufactured and smoking.
We quote common at from 10 to 40 cents per lb;
medium. 40 to 75; fair, 75 to $1 25; prime, $1 50
a2 25.
Segabs—Market well supplied at prices rang
ing from $40all0 per thousand.
Boots and Shoes.—There is a fair supply
of Northern manufactured boots and shoes
on the market. Men’s fine boots are quoted
at $8 50a9 per pair by the case; men’s fine
shoes $5a$5 50. Ladies fine gaiters $3 50a
$4; Ladies fine kid calf gaiters $4; Misses
bootees and gaiters $2 00a$2 50; children’s
shoes, $la$l 25; good servants shoes $2a$3
50; boys brogans $2a$2 50. The above are
wholesale prices.
Hats.—We notice the arrival of some lots
of hats. Black French felt $45 per dozen,
Fearl Brown do $42 per dozen; Pearl Beaver
do, from $42 to $58; Wine Colored do, $36
to 38; Pearl Planters do, $40 to $45; Brown
Nevicbo Wool, $15 a $18; Light Young Ame
rican $18a$24, Black do. do, $18a$24.
Rope.—We quote green leaf at 30 cents,
and Manilla at 40 cents.
Bagging.—Kentucky Bagging, 50 cents.—
Gunny Bagging 40 cts.
Nails.—$7 l-2a8 per keg.
Lard.—In demand at 28 per lb.
Candles.—Tallow, 18 to 20 cts,- Adaman
tine, 35 cts., Sperm 50 cents.
Corn.—Active demand at $1 40 bushel.
Rrice.—20 cents per lb—retail price.
Cheese.—There is a fair supply and is sold
at from 25a30c per lb.
Mackerel.—$4 50a 5 per kit.
Herrings.—Smoked Herrings $1,00 to
1,25c per box „, ,,
Buckets.—Painted $6 50 per dozen; un
painted $8 per dozen. Northern cedar brass
bound, $20a22.
Brooms.—$5a7 per dozen.
Cotton Cards.—Whittemore’s $12 per
dozen.
Seives.—$8al2 per dozen, according to
size.
Judge Story on the Elective Fran
chise.
Jude Story, the eminent commentator on
the Constitution of the United States, has left
on record his opinion on tbe question of the
entire and exclusive right of each State to de
termine what persons shall be entitled to ex
ercise the right of suffrage therein. He clearly
shows that neither the president nor congress
have any say in the matter. Judge Story
say 8:
“When the revolution brought about the
separation of the colonies, and they formed
themselves into independent States, a very
striking diversity was observable in the original
constitutions adopted by them, and a like di
versity has prevaded all the constitutions of the
old States which have received the ratification
of the people. In some of the States the right
of suffrage depends upon a certain length of
residence and payment of taxes; in others, up
on the possessions of a freehold, or some es
tate of a particular value, or upon the pay
ment of taxes, or performance of some public
duty, such as service in the militia or on the
highways.
In two of these State constitutions will it be
found that the quaiifieations of the voters are
settled upon the same uniform basis. So that
we have the most abundant proofs that among
a free and enlightenedjpeople, convened for the
purpose of establishing their own forms of
government and the right of their own voters,
tbe question as to the due regulation of the
qualifications has been decreed a matter of
mere State policy,and varied to meet the wants,
to suit the prejudices, and to foster the inter
ests of the majority. An absolute, indefeasible
right to elect or be elected, seems never to
have been asserted on the one side or decided
on the other, but the subject has been freely
canvassed as one of mere civil policy, to be ar
ranged upon such a basis as tbe majority may
deem expedient with reference to the moral,
physical and intellectual condition of the par
ticular State.”
Expenses at Saratooa.—The Tribune's Sara
toga correspondent says : The ordinary expanses
of a single person at Saratoga may bo pot down
at from four to six dollars per day; but the extra
ordinary have no limit The addition of one
lady induces an additional expenditure of ten to
twelve dollars per day. A family of six or eight
travelling in modern stylo with all the accessories
of four horse carriage, servants and equipments,
may cost two hundred or three hundred dollars
per day. There are several such “establishments”
of this character, besides any number between
the extremes. Of course this estimate does not
include tbe cost of .dressy diamonds, opera
cloaks, and the thousand and osa mysteries of
these ravishing toilets, for tboir oost is fabu
lous.
General Lee During the Petersburg
Battle.
A correspondent of the World writes as fol
lows t
Soon after sunrise on the 2d of April, tbe Fed
eral eolnmns, in heavy mass, advanced from the
outer line of works, which they had carried at
daybreak, to attack General Lee in his inner in-
trenchments near Petersburg. When the present
writer reached the vicinity of army headquar
ters, on the Cox road, west of the city, a Federal
column was, rapidly advancing to charge a batte
ry posted in the open field to the right of the
house, and at that time firing rapidly. General
Lee was in the lawn in front of his headquarters,
looking through his glass at the column as it
moved at a double quick across tbe fields, and
knowing the terrible significance of the advantage
whieb the Federal troops had gained, I looked at
the General to ascertain, if possible, what he
thought of it. He never appeared more calm;
and if the affair had been a review, he could not
have exhibited less emotion of any description.
In full uniform, with his gold hilted sword, and
perfectly quiet look, he appeared to be witness
ing, with simple curiosity, some military pa
rade.
The movement of the Federal column became
more rapid, and the battery was soon charged;
it succeeded in galloping off under a heavy fire
of musketry. The column then pressed on, and
the Federal artillery opened a heavy fire on the
hill, before which the Southern guns—there was
no in’antry—withdrew. General Lee retired
slowly with his artillery, riding his well known
iron gray, and one person, at least, in the compa
ny forgot the shell and sharpshooters looking at
the snperb old cavalier, erect as an arrow, and as
calm as a May morning When he said to an
officer near, “This is a bad business, Colonel,”
there was no excitement in his voice, or, indeed,
any change whatsoever in its grave and courte
ous tones. A slight flush came to his face, how
ever, a moment afterwards. A shell from the
Federal batteries, fired at the group, burst almost
upon him, killing a horse near by, and catting his
bridle reins. This brought a decided expression
of ‘ fight” to tbe old soldier’s face, and he proba
bly felt as he did in Culpeper when the disaster of
Rappahannock bridge oconrred -when he mut
tered, Gen. Stewart told me, “I should now like
to go into a charge.”
The demeanor of public men on great occasions
is legitimate matter for history. Gen. Lee’s per
sonal bearing upon this critical occasion, when he
saw himself about to be subjected to the greatest
humiliation to the pride of a soldier—capture—
was admirably noble and serene. It was impos
sible not to be struck with grandeur of his appear
ance—no other phrase describes it; or to refrain
from admiring the princely air with whichMhe
old cavalry officer sat his horse. With his calm
and thoughtful eye, and perfect repose of manner
visible in spite of tbe restive movements of his
hoise, frightened by the firing, it was hard to be
lieve that he saw there was no hope, and for
himself would have oared little if one of the
bullets singing around had found its mark in his
breast.
Of Gen. Lee’s soldiership, the writer, who is
announced as one of Gen. Lee’s staff, goes on to
say:
If General Lee continued, of his own
choice, to occupy a position at Petersburg
from which, as events soon showed, he could
not extricate his army, it will go far to rob
him of that renown which . he had previously
won.
Upon the obvious view of the situation,
General Lee, in February, issued orders for
the removal of all the stores of the army to
Danville. Government cotton and tobacco
was hauled away from Petersburg ; hundreds
of the inhabitants left the place ; all the
surplus artillery was sent to Amelia Court
house, and even the reserve ordnance train of
the army was ordered to the same point. Then
suddenly, in th.e midst of all, the movement
stopped. The authorities at Richmond had
said, ‘Hold your position.” Lee countermanded
his orders and awaited his fate.
I say awaited Ids fate, because I am per
fectly well convinced that from that moment
be regarded the event as a mere question of
time. Yet he determined to stand at bay, and
fight to the last. The expected attack came.
General Grant rapidly concentrated his army
(amounting, General Meade stated at Ap
pomattox Court House, to about one hundred
and forty thousand men) on Lee’s right, near
Burgess’ Mill; his most efficient corps of in
fantry and cavalry were thrown forward ; and
a desperate attack was made upon the Con
federate works on White Oak road. A bloody
repulse awaited the first assault, but the
second was successful. At the same time the
lines near Petersburg were broken by a great
force, and the affair was decided. The Con
federate army was cut in two ; the enemy
held the Southside railroad, intercepting the
line of retreat; and what Lee’s clear military
judgment had foreseen, had come to pass.
Between his forty thousamd men, or less, and
D&nviUe, were the one hundred and forty
thousand men of Grant.
General Meade, it is said, expressed extreme
astonishment to General Lee when informed of
bis small numbers,’ declaring that if General
Grant had suspected this weakness, he would
have long before broken through tbe Confederate
lines, and this would have doubtless been done
sooner, but that up to this time his adversary, by
rapid movements of his small force from point to
point, and obstinate fighting, had invariably
foiled him.
After ’describing the difficulties of swollen
streams and broken down transportation which
aided the energetic movements or General Grant
in producing the final surrender, the writer
speaks of another scene in the retreat in which
General Lee appeared conspicnonsly i
In front of all was the still line of battle just
placed by Lee, thrown at tbe critical moment and
most unexpectedly, and waiting calmly. Gener
al Lee had rushed his infantry over Just at sun
set, leading it in person, his face animated,
and his eye brilliant with tbe soldier’s spirit of
“fighP'—but his bearing #nflurried as before.—
An artist desiring to paint his picture, ought to
have seen the old cavalier at this moment, sweep
ing on upon his large, iron gray, whose mane
ana tail floated in the wind, carrying his field-
glass half raised in the right hand, with head
erect, gestures animated,and in the whole face and
form the expression of the hnnter close upon his
game.
The line once interposed, he rode in the
twilight among the disordered groups above
mentioned, and the sight of him aroused a
tumult. Fierce pries resounded on all sides,
and with hands clenched violently and raised
aloft, the men called on him to lead them
against the enemy. “It's General Lee]”
“Uncle Robert I” “Where’s the man who
won’t follow Uncle Robert !” I heard on all
sides—the swarthy faces, frill of dirt and cour
age, lit up every instant by the glare of the
Federal signals near. Altogether the scene
was indescribable.
The end came at last. The great soldier
had fought as long as he could, and done all
in his power to extricate bis army from a posi- [
tion in which it had been placed by no fault of i
his. Now he did not hesitate in his course.— j
At first he had recoiled from the idefi of sur- |
render when it was suggested to him by, I ■
think, General Pendleton. This officer had i
informed him that his corps commanders were j
unanimously of opinion that surrender was in- j
evitable; but he had exclaimed, greatly shock- ,
ed, “Surrender ! I have too many good fight
ing men for that {" Now the current had set
too strongly against him, and he was forced to
yield, and the army, with less than eight thou
sand muskets, a very short supply of ammuni
tion, dad almost nothing to eat, was surren-
Interesting Sketch of Col. Mostly.
The Boston Traveller has been famished with
the following interesting sketch of Mosby:
The future historian will accord to Mosby a
bravery and sagacity worthy to p’ace him beyond
Marion and Murat. He began at the foot of the
ladder, haring at first enlisted, or rather he took,
up arms on his own account as did many others
who were in the first battle of Bull Run, where he
rendered good service. His thorough knowledge
of the country soon after attracted the attention
of Jeff. Davis, and he was promoted, and well did
he earn the rank of colonel, which he subsequent
ly held. His command, which at no time exceeded
500 men, harrassed ns more than any other 10,000
rebels. Ever since the first year of the war, his
raids have been a terror of the Union people in
the upper part of Virginia. Though nominally
in our possession, it has been unsafe for a Union
man to avow his sentiments. It he did so, all
his horses, stock, household goods, etc., were sure
to be gobbled up. Mosby entered oar lines with
impunity, securing what he required and return
ing in safety. He hung, sullen, defiant and dan
gerous on*our rear in a retreat, driving back and
burning our wagon trains, and destroying ail tho
forage which was likely to fall into our hands.—
He fought to win, and rarely entered into an en
gagement without good chances of success.
No prisoners were treated harshly, but all
were made to give up their money and swap
clothes, if his men were to be benefitted by the
trade. On one raid be captured two of our pay
masters, and, as tbe term is expressed by our
prisoners, they went through them. On a divi
sion made among those woo were on the raid,
each one’s share was $2,168. In person, Mosby
is not formidable. He is not over five feet seven
inches high, is thin and spare, and clasps his
body with bis bands. His age is about thirty
years. He is msensible to fatigue; knows no
such word as tear; has the piercing eye of an
eagle, and impresses a person with the idea that
be can fathom his innermost thoughts. Though
genial, be is exacting. He is a skillful horse
man and a dead shot; drinks no intoxicating
liquors, and his favorite beverage is strong coffee.
Be allowed no men of his command to make use
of ardent spfrits, and destroyed all that came
within his reach. Strategy was no myth with
him. On one occasion, being severely wounded
by our men, he ordered his aid to strip his insig
nia ot rank from bis shoulder aDd leave him to
his fate. Our soldiers approached him, stripped
him of his boots, and left him, seemingly in the
last throes of life, little dreaming that there lay
one feigning mortal wounds whose death would
have been worth thousands of men to our men
But to him this was only another exploit.
On another occasion Gen. Lee wished to
deal with a man by the name of Delanie, who
had left the Confederacy and come within our
lines at Alexandria, and he detailed Mosby
to capture him. In the evening, attended by
a single orderly, he made his way through
onr lines to Delanie’s house, and knocked at the
door, when his summons was answered by him
in person. Mosby informed him that he was a
prisoner, took him through the streets of
Alexandria, passed the pickets in safety, and
in due time delivered the man in Richmond.
There were no dangerous missions to which
he ordered his men which he was not willing
to share with them. Not a man who was in
bis command has a word to say against him,
and they express the opinion that he has made
nothing by bis raids. He loved excitements,
and a sharp contest was the bast place to dis.
play his coolness and naring. Before the war
he was a lawyer, of no great reputation for
ability.
[From the Atlanta “New Era” of August 1st.]
The Position of the Press of the
South.
Some thoughtless persons at the South seem to
overlook the accepted fact that the Southern Con
federacy is extinot; and because, forsooth, an ed
itor who has hitherto entertained secession senti
ments chooses to write loyal editorials, he is
denounced as a toady. So far as the editois of
this paper are concerned, we do not know, of our
personal knowledge, that any charges of this
kind have been preferred against us, but we have
frequently heard the remark made in public, that
the Press of the South was entirely two subser
vient. This is a gross libel upon tbe “fourth es
tate,” and wo feel it to be our imperative duty to
inveigh against such an unjust insinuation, i'he
duty of the Press of the South is too plain to he
misunderstood.
Most, if not all of the journals in what was for
merly known as the ^Southern Confederacy,”
yielded a cordial support to that Provisional Gov
ernment, while it maintained a belligerent atti
tude, and we do not hesitate to say that if the
advice of the President had been properly heeded
the Southern Confederacy to-day would have
been aw fait accompli. Bat now that we have
failed to obtain the object for which we were con
tending, to expect the Southern press to express
sentiments disloyal to the Government under
which we live, is more than any reasonable or
sensible man oould exact. The position of this
paper—and we presume that others of our cotem
poraries occupy the same ground—is, that it is
the duty of the people of tbe Sooth, now that
they have been compelled to yield to the “stern
logio of events,” to lend a cheerful support to all
measures which will contribute to restore law and
order, and promote the general interest of the
Government under which we live. It is idle to
talk about the justice of the cause for which we
fought -v r - •
We submitted the whole question to the arbi
trament of the sword, and have been defeated—
As honorable men, it is now our dutv to give a
cordial support to the government of which we
are citizens. To do otherwise would be the
height of folly.
Bat while the press of the South yield a cordial
suppqrt to the government, ft is not more sub-
servieutthan it is compelled to be, under the
oircumstances. The suppression of several lead
ing Southern journals is now fresh in our minds,
and for any injudicious expression, calculated to
engender distrust in tbe general government, an
editor subjects himself to imprisonment, and his
paper to b« suppressed. How- important, then,
aside from considerations of loyalty to the gov
ernment, it is ior'sn editor to be guarded in his
expressions, and not in a thoughtless hour sub-
jeot himself to the penalties ot sedition. While
we fight the radicals at the North, and oppose
the doctrine of negro equality with all the energy
of onr nature, at the name time we mast vieid
oar support to the administration of President
Johnson in all measures tending to promote the
general welfare of the country at large.
The government will not tolerate a newspaper
which expresses sentiments in antagonism with
loyalty to the Union, and calculated to stir-up
feelings of bitterness Tbe duties of conducting
a daily newspaper in * these perilous times, are
doubly responsible. While on the one band an
editor must fie true to the Union, at the same
time, in being thus, be subjects himself to ani
madversion upon the part of a few nltramen, who
have not tbe capacity to appreciate the order of
things, and are constantly charging him with
“toadyism.” The impntatioo ** groundless, and
the men who utter it are libellers. The press has
a high holy mission to perforin, and should go
forward in tfie discharge of its duty ‘'unawed by
influence and unbribeaby gain.
Tbe Temple Of Juno at Feta pell.
Mention was lately made of the discovery at
.Pompeii of a temple of Juno, with more than 800
skeletons. Those remains, which crumbled to
dost by degrees as they were brought to light,
were those of women and children who had been
hurried beneath the burning ashes thrown oat by
the volcano at the moment to which a sacrifice was
being offered np in the temple to the Queen of the
gods, no doubt to implore her to avert the terrible
calamity which menaced the oity. To the arm
of one oi these ekeletons, which from the rich
jewels with which it was covered i* supposed to be
that of tfie high priestess, was still attached, fiy a
gold ring, a oenser of the same metal filled with
calcined perfumes. This vessel is of the form of
those now used in the ceremonies of Catholic
ohnrobee, and is of beautiful workmanship and
inlaid with preolons stones. The status of the
goddess is one of the most magnificent relics yet
feud in thnt oity; its eyes ere pf enamel, W
the neck and arms, as well as at the ankles, are
jewels and bracelets of prooiouslstones of the most
exquisite finish and elegance of form. The pea
cock placed at her side is almost entirely compos
ed of precious stones. Tbe tripod before the
altar is,like the censer, held by the high priestess,
magnificently worked gold. Tbe temple also
contained lamps, artistically chased, of bronze,
iron, silver and gold; branches of foliage, vine
stems, interspersed with Sowers and fruit of the
most beautiful form. Tho space around the altar
is paved with splendid mosaics in excellent pre
servation, and the rest of tbe temple is inlaid with
small triangular blocks of white and purple agate.
The spot on which the sacrifices were made is
alone paved with marble. All the instruments
used on the occasion were still lying on a bronze
table, and the sacred vases were filled with a red
dish matter, whioh is supposed to have been
blood.
Scientific Items.
A chemist has lately been making gas from
the gases of the sewers, which is said to be
equal to coal gas. His invention consists in
pnmping the sewer gas into a receiver, and
passiog it thence through naphtha into the
streets—the fixed gas of the sewers retaining
the naphtha vapor sufficiently to carburet it.
Nous verrons.
To prodnee grapes without seeds, early in
the spring or late in the fall make a slit in the
vine, open and take out the pith, and pat some
putty in place of the removed pith, close the
opening, and bind up with some surgeon’s
adhesive plaster, to exclude the air.
There are hundreds of oil wells or dry holes
in the oil regions of no use but to give eclat to
some* flamiog prospectus of companies jnst
formed. We should like to have some com
pany put down a few inches of two-inch rope
of gun-cotton attached to a battery and ex
plode it. If that didn't reach the vein, no
“rimmers” wonld, on which so mnch money
has been expended. A charge of powder was
tried once with fair success, bnt too small a
charge. «
Mildew on grape vines may be effectually
removed and prevented by sulphur. The pow
dered sulphur may be blown on the vines with
a. rubber syringe. This kind of syringe may
be found at any drug store.
Wheat and barley or different kinds of wheat
may be amalgamated in the following manner:
Take a hollow glass tube with the inside about
the size of a pipe stem, not large enough for
two stalks of the wheat to grow separately.—
Put the two varieties of grain to be amalga
mated in the bottom of the tube, which should
be filled with soil; strick the tube in tbe
ground,- the two grains of wheat or barley will
sprout, the roots going downwards; the stalks
of each compressed to one by the smallness of
the tube will grow upwards out of the tube as
one stalk and one kind of grain, differing from
the parent seeds and possessing properties of
both. This is one way of making new seed
wheat.
A beautiful red ink is made as follows:
One-fourth ounce of aniline red from petro
leum and coal oil, dissolved in one ounce of
alcohol. This is to be added to one gallon of
water with four ounces of gum-arabic.
Polish blacking from petroleum and its pro
ducts: One pound of bone-black powdered, one
pound of molasses, one-quarter pound of waste
sulphuric acid from refineries, and one and a
half pounds of residuum of petroleum. Mix.
Amnesty Blanks.
The immediate attention of County
Ordinaries and Clerks is called to the
proviso in Gov. Johnson’s Proclamation,
authorizing the above officers to procure
at the office of the Savannah Republi
can the requisite number of blank forms
for the administering of the Amnesty
Oath. The Republican Job Printing
Office, having recently been established,
is well supplied with the latest and most
approved fonts of type, and we are now
prepared to furnish the blanks in such
quantities ss may be required at the
shortest notice.
The civil officers upon whom has been
devolved the duty of administering the
oath, will please bear this in mind.
For the information of the above offi
cers we wonld state that all blanks or
dered at the duly authorized offices as
enumerated in the Governor’s Proclama
tion will be paid for by the State. If
procured at other offices they will be
obliged to pay their own bills.
.FrencU Literature in 1864.
NOTICE.
Office Provost Mabshal, )
Savannah, Ga., August 21,1865. J
Gentlemen wishing to take the Amnesty
Oath toll apply at the office on Bryan
street between 9 and 12 A.-M. Ladies
will apply at the office in Custom House
between 1 and 4 P. M., each day.
W. S. NORTON,
Lient. and Asst. Provost Marshal.
1:1
“The Literary and Dramatic Year,” an an
nual publication continued for seven years past
in Paris by M. Yapereau, sums up the history
of literature in France for 1864 in a readable
style. The author gives poetry the place of
honor in his book, he says, albeit it cannot
claim the first place in the literary activity of
France during 1864. He blames the time in
which we live, which is hard and practical, and
repels poetic aspirations; and he complains
that French poets cling to old forms, and will
not endeavor to become interpreters of their* : |Kcked service
epoch. Last year brought to light some “J?Oy
etic Reveries and Conceits,” by the author “of
“Picciola.”
From poetry M. Yapereau turns to' fiction,
which, he says, was the most abundant, but
not the best literary fruit of France last year.
He notes the Dumas, the Ponson du Terrails,
the Paul Fevals, the Gonzales, feeding the
greedy feuilleton columns of the newspaper,
and then gathering tnese eolnmns .into cheap
volumes. It would be imposslttt£ within the
limits of an ordinary volume, to write even a
brief criticism on all tbe romances which are
poured from the French press very year. M.
Vapereau skims the surface, rapidly analyzing
such books as Paul Feval’s “Annettee Lais”
and his “Roger Bontemps;’’ M. B. Gonzales’s
melo-dramatic “Romanoe of the Black For
est,” through which fire and sword play in
cessant parts; the historical romance of Char
les Deslys, the “Heritage de Charlemagne;”
and the bapital military fictions of MM. Erk-
mann and Chatrian. A bettgr class of story
tellers are those whose fictions he describes as
literary and moral studies. The “Paula
Mere” of Victor Cberbnliez, which was the
hit of last year in the Revue dcs JJeux Moudes,
and is an excellent and severe study of austere
life in Protestant Geneva, is a work <■ far above
the violent mglo-dramas of a Gonzales; or
(hat unwholesome and dangerous story of
French sentiment by M. Louis Enault, called
“En Province.”
The list of French romances for any year
would not be complete without a few on that
eternal question, the dot—eternal because it is
ever in the minds of the Frenchmen of a mar
rying age, Last year M. Charles de Mouy
made a hero out of a man of business who re
solved not to marry until he could find a lady
who could bring him £8,000 ; and he earned
considerable popularity for himself among
portionless girls, by wedding his mercenary
hero at last to a poor woman with whom he
fell in love.
From fiction M. Vapereau passes to books
of sketches. “Talk during a Country Dance,”
by M. Narrey ; M. Claretie’s “Victims of
Paris;” Emile Zola’s “Contes a Ninon;” the
“Obole des Contours, u are the collections of
trifles, made cbietty from the literary papers
that supply railway libraries and to be found
lying about boudoir-tables or in artist’s stodios.
Nearly all the works of Charles Dickens are
by this time in circulation in nearly every part
of the French empire, *
From fictioq we turn to the theatre. More
tfian a hundred pages are given by M. Va
pereau to an analysis of the dramatic doings,
in France in the year 1864—the memorable
year when liberty was given to theatrical mana-
rhi^7J he # eCe8 i bey .^T A new invention and great auxiliary to ton wiu-
or hindrance. From the critical and histon- ing room. Orfera received bv , w count
„ C. F. BOUVB A CO.y •
Headq’bs Deft, of Georgia, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 5th, 1865. j
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 7. f
I. The following General Order, from
the War Department, is published for
the information of this command
War Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, D. C., July 8th, 1865
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 122. \
1. With the exception hereinafter
enumerated, the following is ordered :
L All Commissioned Officers of Vol
unteers, for both white and colored reg
iments, or independent companies, now
absent on detached service from their
commands, and not on duty within their
proper armies or departments, will pro
ceed, forthwith, to join their respective
regiments and companies.
2. Hereafter no Commissioned Regi
mental Officers of Volunteers will be
placed on duty, or transferred thereon,
out of the army or department in which
his regiment may be serving
The exceptions authorized under the
foreging are as follows :
1. Officers on duty mustering out and
discharging the volunteer forces.
2. Aides-de-Camp to General Officers
on duty commanding troops.
3. Officers on Court Martial or Mil
itary Commissions, and those on duty
in the bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, under direct
orders from the War Department, Adju
tant General’s Office.
2. All enlisted men absent on de-
from their regiments or
companies, and outside the armies or de
partments in whioh the, same may be
serving, will at once be sent to join their
respective commands, unless they are
absent therefrom by orders from Head
quarters of a Military Division, or supe
rior authority.
3. Commanding Generals of Depart
ments and armies, are charged with the
prompt execution of this order, and upon
its provisions being fuPy complied with,
will report the fact to the Adjutant Gen
eral of the army.
4. No commissioned officer or enlist
ed man, absent in violation of this order,
will be paid outside of the army or de
partment in which his regiment or com
pany may be serving.
By order of the Secretary of War.
LSigned,l E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assist. Adj’t Gen.
2. In addition to the requirements of
General Order No. 122, War Department,
C. S., it is ordered: That all Commis
sioned Officers and enlisted men of this
command now absent from their respect
ive regiments, companies or detachments,
on detached service, and not on duty
within their proper districts, be at once
relieved from suoh duty and ordered to
join their proper commands, nnless act
ing under orders from these Headquar
ters or superior authority.
Commanding officers will report by
telegraph when this order is folly com
plied with.
By command of
Maj. Gen. STEEDMAN.
(Signed) S. B. Moe, A. A. G.
Official:
Will. A. Oqultbb, A. A. Gen. 2
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cal books of the year, M. Vapereau selects M,
Taine’s “History of English Literature” u the
foremost and most important work, albeit the ■
French Academy refused to crown it with its
prize. Next in importance is placed Emile
Descanel’s “Physiology of Writers and Artists,’
being an essay on natural criticism. Victor
Hugo’s “William Shakspeare” and M. Jules
Janin’s “Annee Litteraire” precede a short
chapter on the inflnence of French cheft-dawvrt
op foreign letters. Then follow sober and
carefully prepared reviews of historical works,
and books of travel, M. About’g “Progress,”
and other notable works of moral or political
seienoe. The articles on literary criticism in
religious matters afford the reader a complete
view of recent sensational religions books
which have appeared in Fnmce.—phihthl-
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i, 1865. J
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OFFICIAL.
A PROCLAMATION
By Jae. Johnson, Provisional Governor.
To the People of Georgia :
For tbe purpose of enabling the people of
Georgia the more easily to prepare themselves
for the exercise of the rights of citizens, I hereby
proclaim and direct, that the Ordinaries in the
several counties oi the State, be and ars hereby
authorized to administer the oath ot Amnesty
set out in the President’s Proclamation of the
29th of May, 1865, to such persons ss shall bean-
titled to take and receive the same; and in case
of a vacancy in the office of Ordinary in any
county or counties of this State, then and in that
case, the Clerk of the Superior Court of such
county shall administer said oath; provided,
said officers themselves shall have previously
taken said oath.
It is further declared and directed, that when
tbe oath is administered as aforesaid to any per
son within any of tbe exceptions specified in said
proclamation, it shall be appended to the peti
tion of tbe applicant—which petition shall also
be verified before such Ordinary or Clerk, by the
oath of the party; and when administered to any
person not embraced within any of the excep
tions specified, the original oath taken and sub
scribed, shall be sent by the officer administering
the same to the Secretary of State of the United
States, and a certified copy shall be given to the
applicant.
and it is farther proclaimed and declared, that
all the civil officers of this State who have taken
and subscribed tbe oath prescribed in the pro
clamation aforesaid, if not embraced within any
of the exceptions; or who may have received
special Amnestv if embraced; shall proceed
thereafter in the discharge of the duties of their
several offices according to tbe laws in existence
prior to the 1st of January, 1861, so far as tbe
samj are not inconsistent with our present con
dition.
To facilitate the people in obtaining the Am
nesty proffered, the Ordinaries or Clerks, (as the
case may be,) are authorized to procure printed
blanks from either one of the following presses
most convenient, as the same may be needed, for
which payment will be provided on bills pre
sented at this office, viz : Savannah Republican,
Augusta Chronicle A Sentinel, Southern Watch
man, Atlanta Intelligencer, Rome Courier,
Macon Telegraph, Southern Recorder aDd Cot-
Timbus Enquirer.
Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the State,
on this tbe 7th day of August, in tbe year of
our Lord, 1865, and the eighty-ninth year oi
American independence.
Jas. Johksox,
• Provisional Governor of Georgia.
By the Governor:
L. H. Bbiscoe, Secretary.
NOTICE.
Office Provost Marshal,
Sub-District of Ogeechee,
Savannah, August 17th,
On and after this date all Drinking or
Billiard Saloons and Grocery Stores, ‘or
other places where liquors are sold, will
be closed at 10 o’clock P. M.; on Sunday
at all hours. The proprietors will be
held responsible for the fulfilment of this
order, any violation of which will be
summarily dealt with.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Sam’l Cowdrey, Capt. and Pro. Mar.
Sub-District of Ogeechee.
Headq’rsSub-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1865. >
GENERAL ORDER, )
• No. 24. j
Captain Clark H Remick, 103d TJ. S.
C. T., is hereby announced as Acting
Assistant Inspector General Sub-Dis
trict of Ogeohee. He will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 13th, 1865. . J
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 21. f
Capt. John Mullen, 12th Connecticut
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as
A. A. A. General Sub-District of Ogee
chee, as his regiment is to be mustered
out of the service.
1st Lieut. W. H. Folk, Adj’t 173d N. Y.
Infantry, is hereby announced as A. A. A.
G.of the Sub-District of Ogeechee. He
will be obeyed and respected according
ly. EDWIN P. DAVIS,
Brevet Brig. Gen’l Comd’g.
Head’qbs Sub. Dist; of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 14,1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, )
No 22. \
Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, 8th' Indiana
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty
as Chief Medical Officer Sub District of
Ogeechee, and will report to Command
ing Officer of his Regiment for duty.
Surgeon N. A. Baldwin, 173d N. Y.
Volunteers, is hereby announced as
Chief Medical Officer of the Sab District
of Ogatchee.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
Headqb’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 15th, 1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 23. f
Hereafter no carta, wagons or convey
ances of any kind will be allowed to as
semble in the vicinity of the Public Mar
ket, except during market hoars.
No goods of any kind will be exposed
for sale in the vicinity of the Public
Market, except during market hours.
All persons found violating this order
will be summarily dealt with.
The Provost Marshal is charged with
the execution of this order.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
NOTICE.
Office Provost Marshal,
Sub-District of Ogeichee,
Savannah, Ga., Ang. 11th, 1865.
The people of Savannah are hereby
notified that an office will be open at the
U. S. Custom House on and after the
12th day of August, 1865, where Lieut.
W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant
Provost Marshal, will be on duty for the
purpose of administering to ladies the
Amnesty Oath, _as prescribed by Presi-
Johnson’s
N EW .tUCKEBEtt(Codfish and Herring,
landing ana for sate W
a la Guuoer,
A
t’a Proclamation of
dent
1866.
(Signed) SAM’L COWDREY,
Capt. and Fro. Mar.
Sab-District of Ogeeehe*
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