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Mainary in Massachusetts.
Mr. WheUuoD, in his memoir of Solomon Wil-
v I tTe‘ the following interesting list of works
art .a this Commonwealth :
I ■ r Saviour, a copy from Thorwaldsen, on tbe
I afv:. at the pediment of the church of the lm-
maculate Conception, Boston, marble.
' agin Mary, in a niche in front of the same
".'bington, by Sir Francis C'bantrey, in the
- ' Mali ot the ntate House, in marble.
. onington, by Uoudon, in the Boston Athe-
: in . a copy in plaster ot that belonging to the
' 1 " ot \ irginta, at Richmond.
■ Miiilio. oy Horatio Greenough, in front of
r! :r i.LH. Boston, cast in bronze at Chicopee,
i V. nuhrop, by Horatio Greenough, in the
tajpe at Mount Auburn, in marble.
I Eau Adams, by Randolph Rogers, at Mount
I Auburn in marble.
“ u bus, by Thomas G. Crawford, at Mount
I -.ii.ro, in marble.
■' -eph \1 arren, by Henry Dexter, at Banker
:r. marble.
ha:.niton, by Dr. Rimmer, of Chel-
' : ti.onwealth aveDue, Boston. Presented
' " v bf Mr. Thomas Lee. Cut in white
I “ mle ’ P r °oably the first in that material in the
t QBtrr.
* 1 r, t story, by W. \V. Story, at Mount Au-
in marble.
--.an ei Bowditch, by Ball Hughes, at Mount
-‘ l ,. r f; c ' s,in bronze tit Boston. The model is
- «e Boston Athenaeum.
-> swl ?. eb8ter , *>y Hiram Powers, in front of
- -! e r use ' casl > n bronze at Munich.
SiT:- aaD > by Miss Stebbins, in front of the
?/o caa ^ ln bronze &t Munich.
i n r, or „ a l0u ' b J Edw. A. Brackett, at Mount
| “, “ r ”, m marble.
"m Mniocv.by Story, yet at Rome, ordered
’ i College, and is to come
• ... - .■~j~"Ory,
10 “"ston™ 01 R arfar “ C
i % in . Louisburg square, Boston, im-
, Jo -' e ph lasigi, and owned by the
C ™h “'M e r equare ; ‘n marble.
I. . -bV-vr * the ^eil trom the Earth,) in
u -v',k” uare ’ ,nl P orte <l by Mr. Iasigi. and
'“n residents; in marble.
B;. r . r ? D ’k • ^’ boin as G. Crawford, in Music
C:,i 'p , otue al Munich, the gift of Mr.
r!; Jf ,n 8, of Boston.
I 01 n ?! !in ; 8y E. Stephenson, in the hall
: -rife cantl e library Association, Boston,
stdite < ? rmlegR *) Heroic size, in the
■ iteon„i“? < l 'j sarne association. A copy
- 1 10 tbe island of Milo, in
T .;-now , n lbe L ou T re.
:i5: ^bi ! cT,K? ephe j d B °y- b y w ■ w - stor y>
:a ' ct ^Q«j ^ l ° rar J) Beaton, presented by sev-
I i^pl^ter^ * nfant ’ Mary’s Institute, Bos-
I l;5t ']iai; 4 A n AD ? e *’ a group, at the House of the
1 ’ ln Rozbury, carved in wood.
'•'r furme.i? * ?ro [ I P s > 00 Octagon Hall, in Rox-
r—— ? oa old Boston almshouse.
I ''- 'i tjiit^ re v are many others in theCcmmon-
I "F'i'tbe e not fbougbt it expedient to
I if. and ar . 81 ' ib°se named are of life or heroic
I -id i-i opeu 10 Public inspection. Of an-
V : ~‘iiost„ a? 1 statuar yis a large collection
' •ei.,w~ a A, “ enaeum i aD d more or less in
b' eS s IOn ' ^bere are also at Mount
I : > i a j es numerous monuments which
l! s, r«iim»n r 0st 'y wor bs of art, many elabor
sau! P t ure and statuary in
. -: rf t, a rea< iy mentioned. The sam.
p.,„ 0B } e . T Mdl and other cemeteries.
irj7 sl L naa , Statue of Washington, by
■ ■'* ‘ttibuin “ aB , been moulded by that artist
l'* 1 ::i Won™ ,he Publto in Boston, {t is to be
id tho b!1 j bas not yet been placed in the
m '°, nnd ers.
1 tij 'M nma h e 5‘ t Flora and Pomona, which
It. ■ ir e to bplr'' 8 ^^ Martin Milmore, of Bog-
' "fa 1 H ,M ere . Cted ID thetront of the new Hor-
ti e “ e ‘‘’Jf“ 0 nt street, Boston. Ceres
feet t„ ? et b, 8b; Flora and Pomona,
‘me granite.
J" T r-es h» VP lat ® Edward Everett, whose
I s .° frequently mentioned in
addi-
same may
Frigrlitful Accident at tlie Cincinnati
Opera House—Fall of Thomas Han
lon from the Top of the Theatre—
An almost Miraculous Escape—His
Injuries Severe, but not Dangerous,
[From the Cincinnati Commercial, August 15.]
The Opera House was the scene, last night, of
an accident of thrilling horror, such a one as it
is the misfortune of few assemblages to look
upon, and such as none who saw it last night Will
ever lorget. The Opera-house, as bas been tbe
case since Ibe engagement of these celebrated
brothers began, was full, hardly a vacant seat
appearing m tbe spacious auditorium. The first
part of the programme, consisting of comic
songs, dances, etc., passed off as usual, whan the
VcdielU pcrilleute (the dangerous ladder), which
concluded that part, was reached. The appara
tus lor the act consisted of a ladder with three
rounds, suspended from the middle of the pro
scenium arch, at a height of forty secen fett.—
This was fastened in a horizontal position by four
ropes, to prevent any oscillation whatever.—
Thomas Hanlon, who is tbe eldest of the brothers,
came promptly on the stage when this feat was
rung on, and immediately ascended to the ladder
by means of a perpendicular rope. Oncethere,
he went through a series of perilous gymnastic
exercises—swinging by his hands from end to
end ol the ladder, hanging by his feet to its
rounds, and performing other characteristic feats
that never fail to inspire in an audience a feeling
of admiration mingied with an instinctive and
lively apprehension. The conclusion of this act
is of the most sensational character. Suddenly
recovering himself from a position in which his
head is hanging downward, the gymnast stands
upright on the end of the ladder, gives a powerful
spring toward the proscenium boxes, and seizes
a v ertical rope that hangs suspended at a distance
Of eighteen or twenty leet from the point of de
parture. Hanlon having accomplished his other
leats with the utmost fearlessness and apparently
without a moment’s calculation, appeared amo-
uient gathering himself lor the terrific spring,
and the next moment was flying in a dizzy arc
toward the rope, the lower end of which was held
by two of his brothers.
He reached the rope, grasped for it, missed
it, and fell with a confused flash in the air,
striking the stage with fearful momentum, and
rolling over, unconscious and bleeding, into
the parquette. The audience, on whose lips
an expectant sigh of relief had hovered, rose
to their feet with a murmer of horror, sub
dued, but universal. Some ladies cried out,
and some parties, in their consternation,
turned to leave the theater. The wings of the
stage immediately became peopled with mem
bers of the company, and the auditors nearest
the unconscious gymnast lifted his form to the
stage, across which it was borne out of sight,
a mass of bloody finery—a strange contrast to
the light-footed athlete who, a few minutes
before, had scaled his way to his dizzy perch
with all the ease and indifference of a squir
rel.
In a few moments one of the company ap
peared on the stage, called for a surgeon in
the audience, and stated that the injuries were
not serious—a statement made with a view of
quieting the alarm of the audience, who ap
peared undecided whether to remain or not.
The performance, after a very short delay, was
resumed, and while the counterfeit negroes
went through their—considering the occa
sion—ineffectual mummeries, a pale group was
gathered around the senseless artist behind the
scenes. The danse use, with her skirts gathered
tightly in her hand, looked on with colorless
face and an occasional murmur of terror, and
the contrabands hovered around on confused
errands of mercy. The prostrate man lay on
a cot breathing heavily, a fearful gash over his
left eye, another on the chin, and a slight one
on the thigh. His shirt was saturated with
blood, and his tigbts dappled here and there
with moist, repulsive wafers.
Dr. Miller, who was in the audience, ex
amined the wounds, and was presently joined
by Drs. Mnssey and Blackman, who found no
fracture of tbe skull, and strange to say, no
Broken bones or serious contusions of the limbs
or body. The gash over the eye was about two
inches in length and exposed the skull. The
cut on the jaw was not severe.
The patient recovered consciousness in about
fifteen minutes, and seemed more concerned
about the middle finger of his right band,
which he repeatedly manipulated, than for his
other injuries. His wounds were carefully
dressed, and he wag removed to his hotel in a
carriage. Two hours after the accident he
had recovered almost entirely from the shock,
and expressed a desire to be permitted to re
appear during the week.
It has been seven years since Thomas Han
lon fell before. The accident occurred in St.
Petersburg, and was, perhaps, less serious than
that of last evening. His training bas evi
dently included the art of falling with com
parative safety, for few men could repeat the
accident without a fatal result.
These six brothers—Thomas, George, Wil
liam, Alfred, Edward and Frederick, varying
in ages between eighteen and thirty-two, re
sembling each other in stature and general ap
pearance—at first view do not realize the pop
ular notion of athletes. On the contrary, they
would more readily be taken for students of
law, divinity, or medicine, from their seeming
delicate organization, and we suspect that this
physical refinement tends to heighten the ef
fect of their displays.
Ten years ago, when these gentlemen had
reached the ultima thule of the acrobatic, gym
nastic, and aerostatic proficiency then known
in Europe and America, they met in St. Pe
tersburg an enthusiastic French physician, who
inoculated them with his theory that there was
no limit to physical any more than mental im
provement. ,
They immediately commenced a deliberate
regimen according to the accepted theory, and
since then have eaten, drank, slept, and re
created themselves in accordance with an in
variable rule.
To each was assigned an especial province,
being governed, of course, in the selection by
any marked proclivity that either had devel
oped—one to be strong, another agile—one to
sustain prolonged exertion, another to be at
home in the clouds. Still they have suffered
but two accidents, both arising from defects in
the fastenings of their apparatus, and both
cured in a short time. Their bones, it is said,
unite with the “first intention” as it were, like
flesh-wounds with people whose system is in
good order.
The momentum of the spring made by
Thomas last evening, added to the severity of
the fall, and it is simply wonderful that he es
caped so easily. The cause of his missing the
rope is said to be the result of the lights blind<
ing him, or causing a refraction in the air,
which made the rope appear to him in a false
position.
,
i The Offense is Rank,—We hold it
j inexcusable in any person, male or female,
; when they subject us to an annoyance
! which a very little trouble on their part
Something About Dress.
Modem Styles and Innovations—Ab
surdities and Needed Reforms.
would obviate. Especially is this the
i case where the unfortunate possessor of
; a bad breath will persist in button-hold'
, ing and intruding his views upqn us,
to our manifest medtal.and physical disr
comfort. If these good people would use
the Sozodont is would not only render
them acceptable acquaintances, but wonld
at once greatly improve their teeth and
breath.
,: Sold by all Druggists. lweod
A late letter of the London Review diconrses
thus of modern dress:
‘‘There are certain questions of social reform
which afe, front time to time, brought before the
public, discussed with more or less ability, and
having afforded ample scope for ingenious sug
gestions, are again allowed to drop into oblivion.
It is the fate of onr national costume—or rather
let us say Qf European costume (for it contains
hut little element of nationality)—to be treated
in this manner. Male attire in this country is not
only unbecoming, but frequently inoonvenient,
and in somerespscts'unhealthy to the wearer.—
Bat an Englishwoman’s dress promises to add to
these three unfortunate qualities a fourth, whioh
we will leave the ultra moralists to defioe. Mr.
Dupin has just published a pamphlet ‘Ou the
Unbridled Luxury of Women ’ If in a country
where fashion holds her sternesta way, the extra
vagance of Parisian belles has attracted the
attention of the state, let us hope that some pro- ,
test will follow on this side of the channel; for
whatever value we may set on the taste of the
French milliner, tfcero aro higher considerations
than the cut of dross or the shape of a bonnet,
whioh wo should be sorry to see our wives and
doughtors lose sight of. It is, however, much
more easy to cab sure the follies of modern dress
than to propose a remedy for them, or even to
assign a cause for their existence.
Crinoline.
“Take, for example, that often and justly abus
ed invention—crinoline. Under the names of
hoop and farthingale it was twice in vogue in this
country before it was revived for a third time in
1S57. We have abundant proof that it was both
ridiculed and seriously condemned by onr ances
tors. Yet neither satire-nor sermons seem to
have affected its use. All that wo know is tbe
fact that women wore it as long as it pleased
them, and left it off when it ceased to do so. _But
the old hoop, it wil be urged, seemed appropriate
to the eostume which accompanied it; it went well
with patches, high heeled shGes, and powdered
hair. Besides, it was a more honest and less com
plicated affair than the present one, and not re
quiring so much stuff to cover it; there was less
danger to be apprehended frem fire. But is it
probable that these reasons, or any similar rea
sons, ensured a popularity for the hoop or farth
ingale which the crinoline will not command ? Is
it not a faot that, in spite of many petty incon
veniences which it occasions—in spite of its
being utterly unsuitable to the rest of a lady’s
toilet—in spite of tbe charges of indelicaoy and
extravagance which have been so frequently
brought;against it—in spite of the terrible and
untimely deaths which bare ensued from its use,
this wretched invention still confines in full favor
with women, after eight years’s trial in this boast
ed nineteenth oentury?
The not.
“Take another instanoe—the modern gentle
man’s hat, of which the beaver prototype was in
troduced here about the time of the French revo
lution. Could anything more ugly, more incom
modious, more unhealthy, more generally objec
tionable, be devised as a covering for the head ?
Yet, so far from its use being discontinued as was
thought probable during the year of the first Great
Exhibition no part of a man’s dress appears to
be further removed from all chance of improve
ment than this. No one who values his position
in society—no one who cares for the public re
cognition of bis friends—would venture to wear
any substitute for it in the streets of London.—
Men go on enduring this evil with aching brows
just as women vo ou enduring anothef sort of
martyrdom—simply for the sake of appearances,
and because, as civilized life is now constituted,
singularity of dress would be considered, in nine
oases out of ten, a vulgar affectation.
Male Costume.
“ Hopeless as reform seems to be, as far as hats
and hoops are concerned, it if satisfactory to think
that some slight improvements in dress have been
made during the latter half of the present cen
tury. If tbe exhibition of 1851 had not the effeot
of exterminating the ‘chimney-pot,’ it brought
over thousands of foreigners, who bad long es
chewed the nse of the razor. Englishmen began
to ask themselves whether tbe prejudice against
beards, which had existed in the days of the
f great unwashed’—our forefathers—should be
allowed to extend to our own time, when every
gentleman takes his morning bath. Was it not
absurd that we should continue day by day, with
no little pains and inconvenience, to rasp our
faces for the purpose of removing an appendage
which nature had given us for use if not for or
nament t The ‘beard movement’ rapidly became
popular—the newspapers took up the cause, and
said what they could in its favor. In tbe course
of a few years, a clean-shaved man became the
exception In a crowd.
“Thenceforth the hideous and uncomfortable
vater-nwrdeu—the stand-up collars, whioh had for
more than a quarter of a century prevented us
from freoly turning our heads to the right or left,
were banished from young England’s wardrobe.
An unpleasant reason had been assigned for the
origin of tbe modern stock. It was whispered
that a late monarch swathed up his neck in folds
of silk cambric to conceal a natural blemish, and
that a polite Court followed the royal example.
Be that as it may, no precedent for the fashion
continued to exist save that which might be found
in the dress of a few old fogies and antiquated
elubrioangers. 7 Even the thick silk handker
chief, which succeeded to the stock, gave plaoe
at last to that light and comfortable tie or scarf
which is now almost universally used with a tarn
down collar.
“But the progress of reform did not stop here.
Wellington boots were, after all, only a modifica
tion of the old • Hessian’ type, whioh, however
convenient when pantaloons were worn, became
unnecessary under tbe folds of the modern
trouser; Acoordiogly the ancle-boot was adopted.
At first it was fastened with buttons, and this led
to tbe invention of the button-hook—an article
which was perpetually beiog mislaid, and which
generally tore out more buttons than it helped to
fasten. Bat tbe later manufacture of ‘Balmorals’
for oountry wear, and the ‘side-spring’ for ordi-
naty use, left nothing to be desired in this re
spect. It is hardly necessary to entttaerate the
various modifications which have helped to im
prove tbe appearance of a modern gentleman’s
dress. Most of us recollect tbe old coat collar
bioh used to pise from the shoulders of the
Wearer in a padded roll un til it tonched the back
of his head. That ungainly feature has long
since resumed its proper place and proportions.
The waistooat now terminates not as formerly
across the widest part of the chest, bat at tbe
waist- Even sleeves and trowsers, the most un
compromising details of a man’s attire, b&ve of
late been allowed to partake in general outline of
the shape of those ljmbe which they enclose.
The.morning ooat, though not,-perhaps, as pic
turesque ae it was a hundred years ago, is in
finitely better than that which was in vogue in the
early part of this century.
What is Wanted.
“Still there is great room for improvement.
We want a style of dress which shall be at
once picturesque and comfortable. It must be
fitted for the ordinary vocations of life. It
must Bit of a material which will not spot or
spoil in a shower. It must be of a design
which either a tell or a short man may wear
without making him look too conspicuous.—
The knickerbocker suit, for example, fulfils
all these conditions admirably, and we believe
has been adopted for ordinary wear In many
country gentlemen’s houses. With some slight
alterations in point of material, &c-, it might
be used very well in towns, and those who
bave had to walk in trousers through London
mud would soon learn to appreciate tbe change.
Above all, onr evening dress needs radical re
form- How it happens that black cloth has
come to be associated with occasions of pnblio
which we must leave posterity to solve. But
it is certain that in the existing state of socie- s
ty, Englishmen wear the same dress at an eve-,
ning party and at a funeral. We might go
farther, and remind our readers that many a j
host who entertains his friends at dinner has a j
butler behind his chair who is dressed precise- '
ly like himself. To add to this confusion, the
clergyman who rises to say grace might, so .
far as his apparel goes, be mistaken for cither, i
This is not as it should be, and we were glad !
to hear some time ago that *tbe Prince of
Wales contemplated the suggestion of a com-1
plete change in evening dress. It is only j
through the agency of such an example that
we could ever hope to escape from the conven
tional ugliness of a modern tail-coat, and look
ing at the subject from, a common-sense, as
well as an artistic point of view, we really
think that his Royal Highness might turn his
attention to this matter with great benefit to
the public.
Ladies’ Dresses.
“With regard to ladies’ dress in England at
the present time, a little alteration would make
it—in form at all events—a very pretty and
picturesque costume. In the early part of this
century ‘waists’ were far too high. About fif
teen years ago they were much too low.—
Now, they are just where they should j be.—
Skirts are full and of ample, length; bodices
and sleeves are deftly shaped and decorated.— !
The arrangement of the hair (always suppos- I
ing it to be real, is perhaps, on the whole, as j
good as it ever has been in this country. But
two abuses remain to be rectified—namely, the
elaborate bonnet and the obtrusive crinoline.
No doubt, in course of time they will be recti
fied. Meanwhile we are content to wait. The
ways of the world are continually changing.
There is a fashion in music, in poetry, in
painting, in medicine, in politics, in religion.
We need not therefore be surprised to find one
in dress.”
American Characteristics.
BV VIRGINIA PESNV.
The active, restless spirit of Americans is pro
verbial. Their temperaments, their fast ways
of living and transacting business, and the poor
health induced thereby, will mostly account for
it. Their excitability and their proneness to
excess is to be lamented, and its effects are being
seen in the rapid increase of lunatic asylums.
The Americans are too sensitive in being toid
of their defects. It seems to be an individual and
national failure- It reminds one of spoiled
children. Tbe Americans are prone to hero wor
ship, as is evinced by the orection of oostly mon-
uments. As a trading people the Americans have
become famous. Until tbe present war the Amer
ican flag was known and respected in all waters.
The idens of.- liberty with foreigners in our
country are inconsistent and false—their ideas of
j ustice extremely vague and undefined. Tbe in
dependence ot American character is favorable to
bring about reforms that take plaoe more slowly
in older countries, and require the rank and
wealth of those countries to indorse.
The readiness of . American women to relieve
suffering and sympathize with the distressed is
well known. American men are generally more
self indulgent than women, because they can bet
ter afford it.
The pride and vanity of Americans have be
come proverbial with foreigners. It has brought
about an extravagance that at times has threaten
ed to overturn our Government. It bas intro
duced a fondness for display that is not unfre-
quentiy gratified at the expense ot all that is
good and honorable. I would rather, refer tbe
reader to Mrs. Graves’ “Woman in America,”
pp. 103 4-5. Wealthy Americans have indulged
in luxury to a fearful extent. Their houses are
lurnished with velvet cushions, tapestry carpets
and French mirrors, and they sink in effeminacy
trying to follow in the footsteps of the old aristo-
ctatic nations of Europe. The vices of these Eu
ropean nations are likely to be introduced with
their refinements. Mr. Sedgwick says, in his
“Public and Private Economy “Much finery
is made in Paris and in other parts of France
principally for our markets, in the same way as
we buy and make heads, and other trinkets to
send to savage nations.”
Fashionable ladies in tbe United States pride
themselves on their effeminacy. Some one has
remarked, “The pride manifested by people in
reduced circumstances is gseater than their in
genuity.” But little pride is attached to learn
ing by those who pAisess it, yet it is of all prides
the most excusable. The American women of
tne middle classes are charged with being prond
and frivolous. We do not know what compari
son they bear to those of other countries but
wb?n it does exist it generally arises from the
want of home training; and the fast aad extrava
gant way of living common in the United States.
The fashion of giving frequent and costly en
tertainments by those not able to afford it is
sometimes a source of embarrassment: We think
if the German plan of reunions could be adopted
in our country it would tend to advance tbe in
tellectual and retard the growth of animal appe
tites.
Dress was even given to Adam and Eve in their
shame and guilt. It betokened the displeasure
of the Almighty. Yet now it is a sun roe of pride
to many, and occupies moat of their thoughts and
time. If their means will admit of it young peo
ple should not be restricted in their dress so as to
feel odd or ont of plaoe in assembly. A feeling of
meanness and inferiority follows such restric
tion and has had effects. On the other hand we
would not encourage au extravagant, wasteful, or
■illy expenditure of time, or money, in dress. But
good material made up in the prevailing style, so
as not to render the individual conspicuous in
any way, is most desirable.
Few, Amorfeans are satisfied with what they
acquire. The more they Mcumelate the more
they toil. As a general thing they devote too
much to the acquisition of wealth. The conse
quence is men and women aro too much estima
ted by their oircumstanoes, not enough by intrin
sic worth. I fear we tread in the footsteps of onr
ancestors, the English, in permitting wealth to
exert so great an influence and command such au
ascendancy. Much pride of birth and wealth is
felt in American society by those who think they
have a claim to precedence so founded. Dissipa
tion and its enervating effects always atteiid
wealth. The minds and hearts of men engrossed
in the great struggle for honor and wealth are in
danger of neglecting the moral and mental, social
and religious training of their children.
Tbe Americans cannot tolerate a want of chas
tity in women. It is well. Bat why should not
as severe a condemnation rest on men that ltck
purity? Why may the seduoer be received in
seoiety when the seduced is forever branded with
infamy? The North American Indians are more
jtist. A guilty man is abandoned by them, while
a woman is more lightly judged.
The freedom that exists in our oountry in
creases the responsibility of individuals. It
calls peremptorily for the acquisition of valua
ble knowledge. But. more particularly does it
demand that deep rooted principles of virtue
be implanted in youth, such virtue as will lead
them not only to consult their own welfare,
but observe strict justice ia their intercourse
with others. Their government lies almost
entirely in self. Therefore let them be trained
to govern themselves with firm and positive
reins. Their own happiness, and that of oth
ers, will depend on it.
The better class of New Yorkers have a
happy mingling of home and foreign life.—
There has heen in their nature an amalgama
tion of elements entirely distinct aqd diverse.
It has jpven that vigor of mind and activity
of manner that enables people to accomplish
much in a short time. With the Philadel
phians there is a want of individuality.
. . Fash
ion has made a tiresome sameness in dress and
style of vails.
and private festivity in common with occasion* j There are twg kinds of characters in most
of public aad private mourning is a riddle ‘ society of civilized countries—positive and
negative. The positive are those of strong,
determined will, with energy, enterprise, fear
lessness, courage, &c. The negative are those
possessing patience, meekness, fortitude, sub
missiveness, and all the tamer qualities that
belong to a passim mind. The negative
usually possess a great deal of cunning and
servility, by which they attain their ends as
frequently and as fully as the positive.
Field, Tier/ and Farm.
Interesting Letter from Constanti
nople.
The following is au extract from a private let
ter to a gentleman in this city from a distin
guished American, dated
ConstANTiitopLB, Jnly 6, 1865.
DbabS****** :—The assassination of Presi
dent Lincoln produced among tbe masses here a
greater excitement than if all the sovereigns of
Europe had been killed at one blow. His early
struggles, obsc ire birth, and even his rough
features, had so thoroughly stamped him as one
of ibe people, that then felt when he was assassin
ated as it the blow had been inflicted on them
selves as a class. They were proud of his success
in obtaining the highest political honors, and
still more on account tbe sigGal ability, skill, and
wisdom he had of displayed in the administra
tion of the Government during such a critical
period of our history.
When tbe news of his assassination reached
here, I saw many a man who could not speak a
word ot English weep like a child Many who
had not yet heard of the event, on seeing the
American flag at half-mast on the residence ot
tbe American Minister, strangers as they were,
rang tbe bell to know tbe cause of this sign of
national mourning. When informed of the hor
rible deed, they hung about the door, giving vent
to their sorrow and rage in the most expressive
terms. r
More than ever, I now (eel what a deep-seated
attachment.exists towards our beloved country
among the mil Honed masses of Europe.
Their rulers know and fear it, and the ex
pression of popular sympathy threatened to.be
take such a fiercely demonstrative form that,
for policy's sake, these sovereigns were them
selves obliged to take the lead aud assume to
tbe organs of popular feeliDg on tbe subject.
I rejoice in this striking manifestation of the
hold of the United States on the popular mind
of Europe, because it comes in such generous
contrast with the cold-blooded indifference
and covert hostility of the aristocratic
classes.
Four years’ residence in Europe during this
civil war of ours has intensified my republican
ism to a red-hot degree. I enclose the speech
made in France to the Greeks on the occasion
of the assassination of the President, by our
Minister, the Hon. E. Joy Morris, they having
waited upon him to express their sad feelings
and to offer their condolence on the occasion.
Mr. Morris speaks Greek tolerably well,
though be did not wish to trust himself to use
that language on this occasion. He also speaks
the Turkish language, and is the only one of
the diplomatic corps residing at Constantino
ple who does speak it, and he is also well
versed in, and speaks familiarly, the French,
Italian, Spanish, and German languages.—
Constantinople is snch a perfect Tower of
Babel that one must be something of a poly
glot! to have any intercourse with the people,
and the more extensive are his linguistic ac
quirements, the greater his influence as a
Minister. The American Minister here speaks
more languages than all the other members of
he diplomatic corps combined,
t There is a very wholesome fear of President
Johnson prevailing among the Governments of
Europe. The^ think him an iron-nerved, iron-
willed man of the ultra American progressive
stamp. This is for us a wholesome idea, as
fear is the feeling which should prevail among
the governing classes. They do not, and
never will, love us, and we can only force
them to respect us by an exhibition of our
power and a willingness to use it if necessary.
Cold in Virginia—Northern Capital.
The Richmond Kepubliaan says :
“Even prior to the Independence of the Uni
ted States, gold was known to exist in Buck
ingham, Goochland, Lonisa and other cen
tral counties of Central Virginia, and from
time to time feeble efforts at mining in these
districts have been made, but always to be
abandoned on the first discouragement. In
only one or two localities were operations ever
attempted on a scale or with the machinery
necessary to any considerable success. Yet
sufficient quantities of the precious metal have
invariably rewarded every enterprise, however
insignificant, and we can only account for the
supineness of our people on the subject but by
recalling the inertness that has always perva
ded all branches of Virginia industry. Marl
beds of untold value have been allowed to lie
almost untouched on the York peninsula, sur
rounded by thousands of acres of worn-out
land. The great bulk of the incomparable
oysters of York river (the invaluable fmdum)
were raised and sold by northern men. With
a water-power here in Richmond sufficient to
turn the mills and factories of a continent, we
have imported onr wagons, machines, and
even our wooden buckets. Just as these certain
sources of wealth were neglected, the gold*
dust has been for centuries allowed to lie
around loose in the hills and valleys of Gooch
land.
“But it makes us rejoice to believe that a
new era is dawning upon Old Virginia.—
Northern capital and enterprise are, we hope,
about to do for us what we bave so Jong failed
to do for ourselves—develop our agricultural,
manufacturing and mineral resources. We
mentioned some days ago that two ‘ of the
largest plantations on the lower James had
been leased, and were being put into a high
state of cultivation by a Northern firm ; North
ern capital is causing tbe ‘burnt district’ of onr
city to arise, 1’hcenix-like, from its ashes, and
Northern skill, science and capital a^e already
prospecting our mining districts. A number
of practical ^nlogists and mineralogists have
recently explored these districts, and their re
ports are flattering in the highest degree ; and
as the best evidence of their sincerity they
have made for themselves and parties in New
York heavy investments iu the lands of that
section. It is proposed to start in a very short
time quartz mills and all other gold-extracting
machinery. With the first successes of these
enterprises we may look for a rush of immi
gration, which shall impart a new vitality to
our state. When that time arrives, as we
hope it will quickly, a flourishing trade wil! be
at once secured to Richmond, * and even the
present rate of rents will be justified,” *
Horace Greeley Means to “Write
JLeas<»
Horace Greeley writes to his “Frientf
Reid” the following familiar letter, under date
of August 14th, in answer to “laughable in
quiries” of the latter :
Thank you for yonrs of the 3d. Your in
quiries are laughable. The facts are these :
We elect an editor of the Tribune annually
by a stock vote, (one hundred shares one vote
each.) Once, many years ago, two votes
were cast against me for editor—none before
or since.
I have never beard that any stockholder
desired my withdrawal from the Tribuae.
/ mean to reduce my work on it at the
earliest moment, and have so stated to all who
have a right to know. I am overwhelmed
with labor. I grow old, and want rest and
comfort. My idea is to get somebody else Ut
take tbe laboring oar, receive the kicks and
cuffs, and let me farm a little, travel a little,
fish some, and write when in (hq spirit, Snob
is my dream. I hope to realize at least a part
of it during the year 1866 ; but I may not* till
some time later. You know how circumstan
ces control everything.
Atpreeent I am writing about an average of
two columns per day for the Tribune—too
moch : I mean to write less whenever I can.
That's all I know about tbe matter. Perhaps
they know more at the Herald office.
Vol, II., I grieve to say, does not get on so
fast as it should. I have too much other
work,- a very sick wife, and am not very well
myself, and the weather is good for corn and
turnips, but bad for bistory. I hope for im
provement in many, if notin most respects.
Yours,
(Signed) Horace Greeley.
Amnesty Blanks.
The immediate attention of County
Ordinaries and Clerks is called to the
proviso in Gof. 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 jiow
prepared to furnish the blanks in snch
quantities as 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 would 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.
Headqb’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, |
Savannah, Ga., Ang. 24th, 1866. J
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 25. f
Captain E. A. Parkinson, I53d Reg’t
N. Y. Yolsis hereby announced as
Street Commissioner City of Savannah.
He will be obeyed and respected accord
ingly.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A G.
CIRCULAR.
Office of Stbeet Commissioner, \
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 23, 1865. )
In accordance with General Order No.
24, all horses, mules, and cattle found at
large in the. streets and squares of the
city, on and after Friday, the 25th inst.,
will be impounded under the following
regulations :
For first offence—Impounding fee will
be five dollars, and one dollar per day
while the animal remains in pound.
For second offence—Impounding fee
shall be ten dollars, and one dollar per
day while the animal remains in pound.
If not called for in five days they shall
be advertised in the city papers for three
days, and sold to pay expenses, or turned
over for military purposes.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Edw. A. Parkinson,
Capt. and Street Commissioner.
Headq’bs Sub-Dis’t. of Ogeechee, {
Savannah, Ga., August 9th, 1865. f
The following Order is republished for
the information of aH concerned ;
GENER4L ORDER, J
' No. 20. f
. Hereafter and until further orders all
Commissioned Officers of the United
States Army visiting this City will be re
quired to register.their names at these
Headquarters, stating authority and
length of absence.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
All Commissioned Officers not on duty
at this Post will report at these Head
quarters, and show by what authority
they are in the city.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
"Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. au23-7
NOTICE.
’ Office Provost Marshal, )
Savannah,Ga., August 21,1865. j
Gentlemen wishing to take the Amnesty
Oath will 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,
Lieut, and Asst. Provost Marshal.
NOTICE-
Office Provost, Marshal,
Sub-District of Ogeechee,
• Savannah, August 17th, 1865.
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 qf
Bvt- Brig, Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Sam’l Cowdrey, Capt. and Pro. Mar.
Sub-District of Ogeechee.
Headers Sub-Dist . of Ogeechee, 1
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1865. j
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 24. f
Captain Clark H Remick, 103d U. S.
C. T., is hereby announced as Acting
Assistant Inspector General Sub-Dis
trict of Ogechee. He will be obeyed and
respected accordingly.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E P. DAm
n Wm. H, POM. 2u A. A.
,1
BUSINESS CARDS.
E EHflLI H.
Wholesale &nd t Retail
Always on hand choice Family Groceries,
Wiaei, Liquors, Ac , of tbe best quality, at
ang!9 lm No. 30 WHITAKEK STREET.^
J. J. BOBEBTSOH & CO.
general
Commission Merchants;
AUG-U8TA, G-A-.
Will give strict attention to the purchase and ship
ment or Cotton, Domestics and Tarns.
Also solicit consignments of Merchandize of all
kinds, cspeciiUy Bagging Hope, Refined Sugars and
Coffee; and will remit in every instance as soon ae sale
is made.
Refer to Wm. K. Kitchen, President National Park
Bank. New York; A Porter, Esq., President Bank
State of Georgia, Savannah; Jno. Davison, Esq.,Preai
dent Branch Dank State of Georgia, Augusta.
N. B.—We do exclusively a commission business.
angS 3m
B. M. BBUCB, THOMAS S. .MORGAN.
E. M. BRUCE & CO.. *'
288 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA. r
B .MiERS AVi) I OTT J» h ACTORS.
Dealers exclusively in
Foreign and Domestic Exchange, Coin, Un-
current Money and Ootton.
I H AV L this day taken into partnership THOMAS
8. MORGAN.
(nation of his
parity as a business i
successful management of my commeicial and tlnan-
rial affairs, and his fidelity to my interests, (having
been with me almost without intermi-sion for more
than fifteen years.) I do therefore commend him with
confidence to the business public,
angl lm E. M. BRUCE.
WM. B. JACKSON,
L. WABEOCS,
JACKSON & WARROCK
A.TJ CTION
AND
General Commission Merchants,
JACK80N VILLF, FLA.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
Personal attention given to forwarding Merchandize
and Cotton. lm anglfl ■
JJL$. B. CAHILL,
General and Commhs on Merchant,
-A.TTC3-TJSTVA, GrA_.
Holders of Merchandize wishing to realize immedi
ately, will consult their interests by consigning the
same.
strict bnsinesq attention will be given all consign
ments, and prompt returns made, at the moet reasona
ble rates.
Refer to Messrs. Hunter & Gammell, C. L. Colby &
Co., Hilton A Randeil, A. tl. Lomelins, Halsey, Wat-
son & Co,, and Rtnart A Co. , angl>
W. W. ALEX IA DEB,
(Successor to Wright* Alexander,)
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT
No. 266 Broad Street.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
All consignments and orders will have prompt at
tention&w angH
W. Hj£NRY wakeen,
^ . fGENERAL
Commission Merchant,
255 BROAD ST„ AUGUSTA, GA.,
Dealer in Cotton, all kinds of Foreign
and Domestic Goods, Groceries,
Grain, Produce, etc.
Consignments solicited, to which the most prompt
attention will he given.
References—linnter & Gammell, Hill Gowdy, Jno.
L. Yillalonga, Win. Batte-sby, John C. Ferrill, and to
the leading Merchants and bankers of Angnsta, Ga.,
hvffle “ " ~
and Nashvfile, Tenn.
3m
jone20
Horton Ut Walton,
General Commission Merchants,
287 Broad Street,
GEORGIA,
gngl, .. . lm
W. A KAM3EY & tO.,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants
- ’ fi AND
AUCTIONEERS.
308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga,
Robert Habersham & song, Savannah.
W. H. Stark, do.
Bones, Brown & Co., Angnsta.
Ed. Thomas, - do.
WV K. Kitchen, Presiaent National Park Bank, N
Y.
Jyi®
TO COTTON SHIPPERS.
ALEXANDER HARDEE
Colton Skipper,
.: io Jli * GO -i' ■
IS prepared to take cotton on storage, at the lowest
rates, and has opened on tbe comer of Jefferson and
Bay streets, for the purpose of
Weithitig, Repairing, Sampling,
Classing and Skipping Cotton
for the public, at tbe LOWEST RATES, famishing
Ink, &c. jnlyl
Wright & Co.,
COMMISSION MEREMNTS,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Represented by onr Agent, JOHN S. WRIGHT Sea
, _ No. 69 Wail btreet, New York. ’
)nne28 6m
GADfiN & UNCKLES
Bay
CORNER OF
and Barnard Streets,
H AVE on hand and for sale at the Lowest Market
.Rates: Extra Family Flour. SUGARS—
Crushed, Granulated and Browns. Crackers and
l akes, in boxes and bbls. NUTS—Brazil, English
Walnuts and Almonds. TEAS—Black and Green.
COFFEE—Wo and Java. Spices. Soaps, Olive Off,
Cocoa, Chocolate, Mackerel, Syrnpe, Currants,Hairing,
Com Meal, Grits, Cheese, Brooms, Pails, &c., Ac.
Have also for sale:
Gunny Bagging. Kentucky Bagging Rope,
Rope, all sizes; Oakum Sizing spun Yarn, Marline,
Hooaeiine, Rounding American Hemp Packing Yam.
Kerosene ufl, in cans, Hardware, ail kinds.
angl4 lm
Useful, Cheap,
AND
DESIRA.BL.jtJ.
TVERSON’S Patent Stamp Cancelling Machines
ULfor stamping Revenue Stamps. Cbecks, Envelopes,
Ac. A new invention and great auxiliary to the count
ing room. Orders received by
C. F. BOUVE A CO.,
angl* idc Bay street T
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