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atoftfttt /• VOL. LXV. [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26. 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 200 BIFPBLICAN ^.-Vr ^VES^KWTOa AND PROPRIETOR A DTE R tTsINcT TEN lines Nonparicl type or space oc- —-Mari’o' nmnl)er ofiines, $2 first insertion, the same _ h canUaimUon. a for first insertion; 60 cents for each .•[Square-"-* hundred; subscription (by mail N • Ci t**r annum; single copies* o cents. • -• ■' f-SXate must be paid for at the Counting - : o insertion, and if handed m by 8 p. - —vtli'U- zxriitirm — in tbe morning edition. mmm | C Schreiner & Son, 199 Broad ftueusta. Ga., are our authorized ' V' and Will receive advertisements ^•"ibscriptions for the Republican. The I of the latest dates can always ad for sale at their counters. 'TIviK^AH, GEORGIA. Tl jiaAY jtlOBNING, ATT CUT 2G. Cunt a mattes on every page r > I gia, > 5. ) GENERAL orders, 1 N'o. 18- ) Authority having been granted by the .. jpr Geu’tral Commanding the Depart- 1 jt of Georgia for the collection of a t() defray the necessary expenses of 'll cleaning, Ac., of the city of Sa- ,aaali, the Commander of the Post will immediately levy such tax on traders or Z.-'inl", or both, and in such manner V j 1L , ]u:l y deem requisite, to raise suffi- , . ?n t funds for the above purposes. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Will. A. Coulter, Assistant Adjutant General. IIeadq’ks Disx. of Savannah, ;,r Division, Deft, of Georgia, Savannah, Ga., Aug. ‘25th, 1865. GENERAL ORDERS, \ No. 19. i la compliance with orders from the Major General Commanding Depart ment, all United States arms or accoutre- ,, -;;ts in possession of white or colored j, rsons in the District, not United States nidiers, will he turned over at once to the nearest Provost Marshal of the re- s-ctive Sub-Districts, who will forward .ach arms with report to the Ordnance i i;Scer District of Savannah, at Savan- . i ; „, Ga., ou the last day of each month. Aii persons having such arms or accou trements in their possession, failing to , .ply with this order before the 1st day iSqitcmber, 1865, will he arrested. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANS AN, Will. A. Coulter, ft Assistant Adjutant General. 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 ioo SSf“