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Hkadq's, District of Georg**, 1 |
Macon, Ga., May B 1887. )
General Orders No. 6.
I. The use of the “ Chain Gang ”
aa a’mode of lpgal punishment in this
Stato. hiving been abused by the au
thorities empowered to inflict, such
punishment, is hereby discontinued,
except in cases connected with prison
ers sentetioed to the Penitentiary.'
All Post Commanders within the
limits of this State arc hereby directed
to enforco this order, and report any
action on the part of the civil authori
ties who refuse to obey the same.
By command of Col. Caleb S. Sibley,
U. S. A.
("Signed) Jno. E. Hosmer,
Ist Lt 16th U. S. I. & A. A. A. 0.
Official:
(Signed) Jno. E. Hosmer,
Ist Lt. 16th U. S. I. & A. A. A G.
Stale Convention of the Teachers at
Tallahassee. The Teachers of all
public schools in the State, and of the
neighboring counties of Georgia, and
all others who as teachers, feel an in
terest in the cause of education tho’h
not now actually engagud in teaching,
r xaua&ic,
on Monday the 20th of May.
All persons expecting to attend the
convention, will notify the Rev. Chas:
Kenmofe, of Tallahasse, the chairman
of the comittee of arrangements- of
such intention, on or before the 15th
of May, and report themselves imme
diately upon their arrival at Tallehas
§ie to this committee, who Will fcc in
waiting at the Capitol.
A Novelty in Navigation.
Yankee skill is perpetually at work'
devising and perfecting ingenious con.
trivances, both useful and ornamental,
r.t which the world marvels and stands
aghast with adorning awe; and when
it is supposed they have reached the
acme of their sublime inventive power,
the entire universe is again startled
with the announcement that the indo
mitable Yankee kas discovered some,
thing a thousaud fold more wonderful
than was ever before dreamt of in
map’s philosophy. The latest inven
tion of this kind that it is our province
to chronicle is of tho nature of a piece
of marine machinery, but which will
obviate the necessity of steam, and will
at the same time do away with the
masts, thus discarding the sails proper,
and yet receiving the motive power
from four fans or sails of canvass.; in
short, tho invention is nothing moro
nor less than a windmill ship, the ma
chinery of which is very simple and
easily kept in repair.
An upright tower, seven feet in
height from the deck, composed of
wood, and hollow in tbe middle, after
the fashion of a pump, contains an
iron rod, which is attached to a re
volving head on the top of the tower,
Kelson, where by the means of two
mitre wheels, working at right angles,
a direct acting shaft is made to turn
an ordinary propelling wheel. The
rod is confined to its proper place in
the contre of the tower by means of
journals. Capping the tower- are two
mitre wheels, working on tho rcvolv>
ing head, and through this head passi
es the counter shaft to which the wind
mill is attached. The fags furnish the
motive power, and are comp >sed ol
four oak frames, in the form of a cpm
monwrindow frame, the space in the
centre being occupied with canvass,
working an iron rod, which, by means
■of halyards leading to the*dccks, can
bo reefed at will. A reversing motion
is obtained from a double wheel on the
propelling shaft, and working by a
clutch leading aft to the cock pit. An
iron rod leading from the revolving
head to tho deck, and hell there by a
set screw, and working on a sedgment
of a circle on tho deck, enables the
navigator to lay her as close to the
wind as any ordinary sailing vessel.
The credit of this invention belongs
to Captain John Powell, a native of
Brooklyn, who is now engaged in
building a small vessel, about the size
of the famious Red, White and Blue,
to be worked on this novel principle,
in which he proposes taking passage
for Europe about the middle of June
next. Tho dimensions of his vessel
will be as follows; Length, twcntyi
six feet'; breadth of beam, seven feet
and depth of hold, three feet. In the
■ease of storms he oan easily reef or take
in his sails, and heave his vessel to with
a drag. Captain Powell feels confident
that he can make between six and sev
en knot* per hour in an ordinary breeze.
—A r . Y. Herald. ’• »
Dis franchisement—An lmportant
•Construction. —The Washington cor
respondent of the New York Commer
cial Advertiser writes that the Attor
ney General’s elaborate opinion on tho
disfranchising clauses gs the Recon
•truction Acts, will put a stop to the
proscriptions of the Board of Registra
tion in Louisiana and other Southern
States, by which nearly every whitp
oitizen has been excluded from the
polls. The Attorney General is ol
the opinion that every doubt must go
in favor of the citizen, and ho gives a
very liberal construction to several
provisions of the Acts in question.
Among other legal positions taken
in interpreting the disqualifications,
it is assumed that the words “giving
aid and comfort to the enemies of the
Lnited States,’ when they occur in
the Constitution, and consequently in
any Act of Congress, have no meaning
whatever where the enemies are reb
els, but apply exclusively to foreign
wara, and to alien public enemies.
So sayß every authority, English and
American, since tho orgir.al words
Sere first used in the ancient status of
ie twenty-fifth year of Edward 111. \
.
The situation ia decidedly military.
ixmtijcni
= SEMI-WEEKLY.T
L. C. BRYAN, : t * : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, OA.:
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1867.
jgrAn interesting letter of corres
pondence from the Editor, will be
found on this page.
A WORD TO THE FREEBMEN-
We have been asked to speak a few
words to the Frcedinen. .What shall
it be, or how shall we clothe our feeble
thoughts so as to make them effectual
for good ? So much has already been
said by wiser heads than our’s, that it
becomes a difficult task, cither to im
prove the advice by tho addition of a
single good idea, or remodel the pro
per and appropriate language in which
that advice has been spoken. How
ever, having consulted the oracles of
observation and experience, we are in
clined to tne belier, twit a tew words
kindly spoken may not be out of place.
“ Whatever thou takest in hand
look unto the end thereof was the
counsel once given by a beggar to a
king. So forcibly was the king struck
with tbe far-seeing wisdom' contained
in those simple words of caution, that
! ho ordered it to be engraved in golden
characters on the bottom es his wash
bowl, where he might daily view it, as.
he bathed his temples iu the cooling
element. Ever acting up to its wise
admonition, his roigu was orowned
with the happiest results. It ohanced
however, that on one occasion, a con
spiracy was entered into to destroy his
life. Suspecting one of his courtiers,
he had the wash-bowl placed before
him, and desired the courtier to bathe
his face and hands. The inscription
at once arrested his attention, and fear
ing that if he went any farther with
the plot he might he detected, he made
a full and free confession, thereby sav
ing his own as well as the life of tho
king.
As the beegar said to the king, so
say wo to you :—“ Whatever thou tak
est iu hand look unto the end thereof.' 1
Before you determine to follow the
counsel of men sent from the North,
ponder and reflect well —do nothiug
hastily. But let us tell you, plainly
and distinctly, those men are not your
friends. They only desire your votes,
for the purpose of making an already
powerful faction, more powerful still;
and should they attain the object they
desire, by and through your influence,
greater oppression and suffering will
be entailed upon the white people of
the South. If they suffer, so must
you; because each of us, drawing as
we do, our livelihood from the same
we are united as one body. What
stops capital and credit in the hands
of one man, stops the hammer in the
hands pf another. To attempt, there
fore, to carry out the reverse of what
we have stated, would produce an end
equally os calamitous to you, as it
would be to the white man If this
bo true, and it certainly is, it follows
as a necessary pnnseqnonoe, that tbs
well-meaning white people oßlie South
are your only true und reliable friends.
Stick to them, do your duty faithfully
to yourselves and them, and the end
will find you prosperous and happy.
Freedom is only glorious when pro
perly used. If it be devoted to the
acquisition of industrious hubits, moral
and religious training, sobriety, and
the acquiring of useful knowledge,
then indeed is it a high and noble
Erivilego. On the oilier hand, if abused
y a lazy and indolent life, it will soon
sweep your race from the face of the
country, and you will only be remem
bered as a thing that was—accursed of
God and detested by your follow men.
Seek then to make your freedom a lib
erty of noble and praiseworthy resolves,
ever keeping in view, no matter how
trifling the duty may be, that it ia ne
cessary to u look unto the end thereof'’
in whutever you may undertake.
RELEASE OF MB. DAVIS.
We are rejoiced to learn that the
long hoped frr release of Mr. Davis
is about to take place. Ho is to bo
arraigned for trial during the May
term of the Supreme Court, to bo held
at Richmond. Should he fail to re
ceive k hearing at that term of the
Court, it is rumored, that he will fllo
his papers for pardon in accordance
with the conditions of President John
son's proclamation.
Wc sincerely trust that this noblo
and distinguished Southern statesman
and chieftain, may soon bo restored to
the bosom of that country for whioh he
has luborod so faithfully and suffered
so much. Nothing would give us
greater satisfaction than the knowledge,
that lie was once more breathing the
free atmosphere of the South.
HON ROB’T J. WALKER.
We have just road the argument of
the ahyvo gentlemen, delivered before
tho U. S. Supremo Court, on the 3rd
inst., in relation to the Georgia and
Mississippi Injunction cases. For great
constitutional truths, profound think
ing, deep research and thrilling ora
tory, it “ caps the olimnx ” over any
thing, as a legal production, we have
over read. We have uever had any
doubts as to the uncoustitutionality of
the Sherman Military Bill, and wc
now teol ten-fold stronger. The argu
ment of the opposition melts away as
does the snow-flake before the rays of
the burning sun. He soars as nigh
above Stansberry, as the eagle over the
buzzard. sf-wc had space for it every
Word should be published.
EMIGRATION.
Within the past few weeks it has
been our unfortunate privilege to no
tice many good and industrious men
en route for Brazil. Wo say unfor
tunate, because wc feel and believe
that it will prove so to many who are
leaving comfortable homes for the un
tried field* of foreign countries —not
one-tenth part of them will ever real
ize their golden expectations, whilst
hundreds, before they oun become ac
climated, will sink into premature
graves. If you will emigrate lot it be
to some other portion of the South ;
but for ycur own sake, if you would
act wisely,, let Brazil, Nicaragua and
Central America alone. Men who per
suade you to desert the old homestead,
for the purpose of moving to either of
the above named places, hare not your
interest at heart so much as their own.
They are generally men of much
shrewdness, always op the lookout for
anything that will promote their own
advancement, notwithstanding their
glriwinz descriptions and fair promises.
In this respect, shun them as you would
the fatal simoon of the desert.
Beforo you dissolve your connection
„;,K „1A oiotiotio and friends, con
sider well what you are doing. Here
your boyhood and probably the best
part of your manhood has boon spent
Here yo-ihavekindrcd, friends, health,
strength—there you may have neither ;
or at least it will take you a consider
able ttmo to form now acquaintances
and friends. Here you have a com
fortable home —only a little dissatis
fied with it, that's all —and if the soil
is not as rich as you desire it to be, a
small*amount of patience, industry and
fertilizing will soon set it right. '1 here
you may get rich land, but remember
that you have to clear it, fence it,
build houses, and perform much other
hard labor, that, in your present situa
tion l as'already been overcome. Be
sides the time thus employed, you will
have to spend much money before you
can give to your new heme “ a local
habitation and a name,” —all this you
must do yourself— slavery is dead, and
the freedtnan not yet reliable The
same means and industry applied to
your present abode, would more than
render you iudepondfcnt and comforta
ble. The sequel of all your endeavors
to better your condition is soon told—
furrowed check, exhausted strength,
and a skeleton home. Then will you
sigh for the old Georgia homestead and
tho happy scenes ot other days.
Considor also that the South needs
tho aid of all her sons in building up
her prostrated energies. Daily she
is speaking to you in tones that cannot
be mistaken. You would not desert
a true friend in the hour of his suffer
ing—she has boon to you the truest of
friends and her sufferings are greit.
Stand boldly up to her ; no matter
“ how high the breakers may run, ot
loud the-storm may howl.” l)ou’tsay
you hare no influence—your veryjny
your position, however humble, will
not be without its reward. The .first
will be instrumental in unfolding the
rioh treasures of her soil, and tho lat
ter in giving back to her the American
Liberty of 1776.
HON. JAMES L. SEWARD.
The following oxtraot from an At*
lanta letter to the New York Herald,
may impart some satisfactory informa
tion as to tho recent visit paid by our
distinguished fellow citizen, Hon. Jas
L. Soward, to Gen. Pope, at Atlanta,
und about which there has been so
much conjecture :
“Gen. Pope to day had an interview
with Hon. James L. Seward, formerly
a member of the United States Con
gress from this State, and tendered
him tho position of Superintendent of
Registration in Georgia, whioh Mr.
Seward could not accent, as he is
among those who aro disfranchised
Thii is to be regretted. Mr. Seward
would have filled the office well, and
he is very earnestly devoted to the
work of registration under the late acts
of Congress. Oeneral Pdpe was not
aware of this fact when he tendered
the position to Mr. Seward, and very
deeply regrots that tho services of so
fitting a person for the plsee are not
available on this account.”
The Habeas Corpus in Case of
Mr. Davis.
Richmom), May B.—lt is now nn<
derstood that Justioe Chase will arrive
here Monday. Mr. -Chandler, the
prosecuting attorney, has not yet arri
ved.
U. 8 Marshal Underwood to.day
received the following writ and will
leave for Norfolk with it to morrqw ;
The President of the United Siatoa to
Brig. Gen. Henry S. Burton, and to
any person or persons having the
custody of Jefferson Davis, greeting:
We command you that you have the
body of Jefferson Davis, by you im
prisoned and detained as it is said, to
gether with the cause at such impris
onment and detention, by whatsoever
name the said Jefferson Davis is oullud
or eburged, before our Circuit Court
of the United States of the district of
\ irginia, at the next term theieof, at
Richmond, in said district, on the
second Monday in May, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, at the
opening of the Court on that day, to
do and reoeive what shall then and
there be considered concerning the
said Jefferson Davis.
Witness, Salmon P. (. base, our Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, this first day of May,
1867. -
W. 11. Barry,
Clerk Circuit Court. •
Mr. Davia, when he arrives onSnnday,
will still be in military custody, aud
will uot be produced in Court till
Monday. It is stated that he will bo
kept in the Libby Prison where apart
ments will be assigned him.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN.
IPg-Our Fruit crop promises a heavy
yield. Many trees are scarcely able
to*bear their own weight.
_*
jafWo arc rejoiced to-learn that
the recent heavy rains with whjch this
section was visited, have done very
little damagdfcyond tho packing ot
the ground.
CORRECTION,
In our noticoof the babbath School
celebration, owing to being wrongly
informed, we were made to say, “Mas
ter Patrick Shefton,” instead of Mas
ter Tatnall Shcfftal- “Honor to whom
honor is due.”
THE EMBANKMENT-
The embankment on Main Street,
situated directly on the Railroad line,
is daily growing “small by degrees and
beautifully less,’’ under tho sturdy
strokes of the laborers. Mr. E. B.
Brown is tho contractor.
gardens.
No family wlio value health, economy
and good eating, should be without a
garden. To the poor man, they are
money in hand paid, and require very
little labor, on ordinary land, to yield
a bountiful supply of wholesome food.
Those in this locality are in a fine
growing state, and bill fair to produce
an abundant yield. Many of our citi.
sens have for several weeks past, been
tickling their palates with peas, beans,
Irsh potatoes, Ac. The cut worm and
oattcrpillar are a little troublesome, but
•not sufficiently so to affect the rr.ising
of plenty.
LARGE CABBAGE.
In behalf of the Editor, we thank
his friend. Mr. 11. Wychc, for his pre
sent of a fine large Cabbage, grown in
his garden the present season. We
will now let Mr. W. do the talking
himself:
“ Capt. L. C. Bbya.n I send you
a specimen of my Cabbage. I have a
fine garden. I wish you and your
family were near enough to spend a
day with me. C can treat y° u to Cab
bage, Peas, Beans, Squashes, Irish Po
tatoes, Ac., Ac. I have Corn as high
as my head in my garden.*
.4 Your friend, 11. W.”
A IN TIME.
Individual! liable to do Street Work,
will do well to give heed to the follow
ing Resolution, passed by Council on
the 7tli instant. The streets must be
worked, and either your money or la
bor must do it. You will act wisely
by reporting- promptly, arid thereby
save the issuing of an Execution s
Resolved, That every person liable
come forward to the Clerk of Council,
on or before the 15th inst., and signify
his consent to work on the streets for
ten days, or pay the sum of five dol.
lars for exemption ; and any one so lia
ble, failing so to do, the Clerk shall
pncced immediately after that time to
isauo an Execution against him, and
th« Marshal is hereby directed to col
lect the amount of five dollars and
costs from each delinquent.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN
THE FINE ARTS. A
It will ho .'etui by reference to Mr.
Jeffers advertise merits, that he is spar
ing nether skill nor expense, in fur.
nishing our citizens with all the late
improvident* in his beautiful art.—
llis galley is without exception, the
best arranged we hove ever seen, and
lie has fitn-d it lip in tho most beauti
ful mating.
Mr. T. Itarbnek, hi* new Br tjst, is
certainly tic best that lias over visited
and wo doubt if he has
any superior in the South. He has
anew pVooen by which he takes Pho
tographs of thildron in the short space
of five second.
“GOURiINa A WIDOW,”
Is said to b«one of the most delight
ful employmeis known to the art of
love. Ihe bet evidence we can give
of its truth is tie fact, that oor young
and esteemed flllow-citiwu, Mr. Jas
E. PysoN, wasbnited in wedlock to
the handsome id intelligent widow,
Mrs. Mary A. Itkoau., on the Bth
inst. 'J he nupLl ocremouins were
performed by thi Rev. 31. C. Smith,
at the residence *ltho bride s mother.
We trust that 6eir pathway through
life may bo strok'd with the richest
blessings, and t|b S’m of their exist,
enec long hang ssptnded in the west
ern horizon ore t shall set.
MORE NEV lUILDINGS.. ‘
f
In our notice »f “ New Buildings”
published in ourissft of Tuesday, we
omitted the forcfoitj for the waut of
space and tin « :
Mr. J. ('. has recently
completed a snug lifie residence, and
no doubt realizes thrfnet, that a “poor
man’s cot is letter two » rented* pal
ace.”
Mr. Lebbeus Delo is engaged in
the building lino, re are not advised
whether it will be ff rent, or shelter
the head of some “ taet warbler ”
Donald MoLean, Bsq., has lately
finished throe coiuui iops brick •stores
on Jackson street; me of .which is
occupied as a by .
31 r. T. p. p,-rry formerly of the
“Oar House " firm, engaged in put
ting up a building, i ieh will soon be
ready to roceive his tnily.
Mr, James \\ ootc is also erecting
a residence near the ariety Works.
Dr. R J Bruch h dso ndi ling ano
ther r.ew building to ie largo number
hr already pocsrsscsj- •
The Baptist colored people are now I
worshipping in,a new church built by j
themselves.
The Methodist colored population ,
also have in embryo the erection of a
house of worship.
Besides the above improvements,
Dr. Seixas has added anew roof to
the old frame ; * so also have Mr. Jno.
Pittman and Mr. Chas. 31ertz.
Quite a number of new fences have
been built, and where the frame would
justify it, old sills have given place to
new ones.
The truth is, briefly stated, progress
and improvement is visible on every
hand.
SUWANNEE NEWS.
We have received tho second nutm
of anew paper bearing the above
title, published at Lake City by Jacob
C. Moore, and edited by W. M. Ives.
It presents a neat appearance, and we
trust ourfiiend Jacob inaybe liberally
sustained.
Editorial Correspondence.
Savannah, May 7th, 1867.
It is a rainy day and having noth
ing else to do, and not being very fond
of running about and having a jolly
time at the saloons and other like pki*
ces of modern popularity and resort, I
seat myself to write a few lines about
Savannah, and thenie npon which our
•0“ untry cotemporaries delight to dwell,,
and our city cotemporaries fond of co
pyihg. It may be because the former
when visiting the city arc kindly -re
ceived and courteously treated by the
latter, or it may be because there are
so many thrifty merchants and other
business men in-the city, that there is
a large advertising patronage to be. dis
tributed in the various fields of Com
petition. We do not pretend to say
which of these inspires the pens of
our cotemporaries, or that either of.
them has any thing to do with it; but
certain we arc’, that every fresh editori
al arrival is the beginning of anew
correspondence on that ever fresh and
inexhaustible tlrcme the “Fofest City ’’
We have read many of these elaborate
eulogies front the four points of the
compass, making Savannah the hub of
the U 5 wheel, and naturully
enough we began to desire a -taste of
the sweets tf> be enjoyed there, and
to dip our sluggish pen into that pro
metfiean fount.
Well, We have arrived upon the en
chanted ground, and are now engaged
takings jn-ospcctive view of tho elysian
fields. The streets are not paved with
gold, nor has the city any walls at all,
but dim tin the outskirts may si ill be
traced the tig zag remains, with here
and there a mound of what appears to
have been in a former age, sdme kind
of defensive work, as if this sacred lo
cality was once menaced by a hostile
force. Whether-such was ever fc-ally
**■*- . min - ( *. .
beon the reseu relies of some of < ur learn,
ed modern cotemporaries in to the anti
quities of the place, that some of them
have demonstrated, and offered incon
trovertible evidence to sustain the (acts
elucidated by thorn, that this singular
and important city was riot only men
aced by a hostile army, sown time dur
ing the period of eighteen hundred and
silty six, about four thousand years
after the flood, hut that it was actually
besiegd and taken,, and its laws and
iustitotiojis subverted. There are
evidences the city was inhabited
by Uzvd istfWT races of peoples, one of
which beoame'Vjr/fwct in the body poli
tic audvorpaiafe, and it i.«r yet a matter
of some dispute which of these two
races gained the ascendenoy, although
wc believe the learned l)r. Thaddcns
Sti'ccns, who labored so long and inith
iully in this field, has furnished the
world sufficient proof to shule th - ques
tion, in his learned disquisition, onti.
tied the ‘‘Sherman Bill * Whether
the surviving race, however, ever really
regained the privileges they claimed,
under an antiquated instrument known
as the Constitution, and which they
curiously regarded as a guarantee ol
their liberties, has not yet been fully
determined.
But we must dwell no longer on
these interesting topioa, upon which
whole volumes might be written for
the edification and instruction of mod
ern civilized nations. Wo therefore
return from this instrwtire digression
to our own narrative.
The late incessant rains appears to
have covered the uumerous streets and
alloys of this wonderful- city, with a
dark moist looking substance, which
we found, on chute examination, to con- *
Bi*t of a species of mud or muck,
which exhibited an affinity for shoe
leather, and readily adhered to the
boot of the pedestrian.
Nut that the curious visitor is eon.
detuned to stem the flood aud brave
tho forbidding aspect of this mud, in
his walks a trout the city, far from it—
the thrifty, industrious and enlighten -
od people, who constructed here their
habitations, evidently had an eye to
comfort, elegance and even ’luxury,
for wc find here, in a fine stats of pre-
servation, elegant stone pavement* on
which pedestrians may traverse the
whole city, wiiboutooming in and * igree«
able contact with the tuouttnrn ol iht
open streets. Splendid umnaiotts ave
seen on eveiy hr.ml, while the solemn
• spires of magnificent churches pierce
the skies, as if pointing the treaty
traveler to that rv*t so often mentioned
in the history of the place, as having
bean It ught beneath their lofty domes.
Idiot the inhabitants of
memorated the deoils of tluw heroes
is also evinced iff the discovery cf two
monuments, on oge of which thg name
“ l WusAri " can he distinctly »ei n.—
This monument is in a fine state of
preservation and js a splendid triumph
of art, rivaling the best works of the
Jtiod in our own enlightened a£e. As
eviffenes.that the inhabitant- of this
city were fond of ease and p’easure, j
not far above this wouument described
above, is a park, most beautifully laid
out, on tbe outskirts of the city, sever
ed with a native growth «f pine,lnter
spersed with other rara and valuable
plants, evidently placed there -b jr hu
man hands. ‘ The park, or, as history
has it, “ Forsyth Place,” or as a Re
publican editor wrote it, “ Forsyth
Pbrhf has wide and narrow, regular
ainl irregular walks, beautifully bor
j ilered,' with green vegetation, wtia
; mented and made compact with a cu
| rions Substance of a White color, 1 av
! ing the constituent chemical properties
iof a mineral called lime. The outer
edges of this park are bordered with
an ornamental work of great beauty,
composed of solid material and run
ning so regularly and systematically
around the premises, as to give the
idea of an intentional enclosure. But
the strangest as well as the most beau
tiful and interesting object that strikes
the eye of the beholder in this park, is
a work of art, about the centre of the
grounds, seemingly a pool, basin or res
ervoir, into which a number of strange
looking creatures, half man, half fish,
and evidently half floating on tbe sur
face, are perpetually blowing water out
of home , to supply the pool in which
they seem to have taken up their
abode. It is conjectured ' that the
classic inhabitants of the city, con.
Rtructcd these creatures and placed
them there, to represent the legendary
animals known as Tritons, and famed
as having drawn the watery car of a
Mythological Sea King, who bore the
name ot Neptune, As these are oply
myths, however, the writer does not
risk his reputation, as an antiquarian,
ou the statement.
But to. conclude his remarks on the
discoveries recently' made in thjs park,
he will simply state,that wonderful ns
It may seem, nevertheless it is true,
that every object in this park, both
natural and artistic, and everything he
has described, appears at this day .as j
fresh and betsßful, and bears as strong
evidence of a high and perfect state
of eulvatioti and occupation, ns it did,
perhaps,, at any period in the palrnest
days of the city. This givee sufficient
evidence we ekiitn, that the inhabitants
of the city were distinguished also fur
their love of pleasure and their high
cultivation of'tbe arts and sci&tces.
We shall now refer to but one more
of their characteristics, and leave the
aitztous student, of history, who desires
further infarmatjen on these all absorb
ing topics, to search diligently tbe
vokmiinot s, but very valuable works
extant, upon the authority of some id
our ablest cotemporaries. The cliarac
teYistie we refer to, partakes of the na
ture of ‘-pleasure’' -arid has especial re
-lation to the gratification of the appe
tite. The subject might be treated of
as taste, but it might then also be
confounded with that sensibility to
harmony and propriety which manifests
■ itself in human nature, when called
•*■*-. .—*_ ,„k;Vk ►«l„tes to appetite and
denominated cue of the -‘ jive smses ’’
| manifests itself internally, and by exi
terrial operation's it is gratified‘by in
i tojrnal applications The subject being
i now fully explained wc will proceed
l with the narrative.
The strongest evtdenco wc baVe
\ been able to find, that the inhabitants
of this city were accustomed to luxury
and Jhe fullest gratification of a eg /{/-
vatetl appetite, is still to be soon in
the erection of a Siambor of immense
hotels, where all journeymen, pleasure
.-eekers, travelers of both sexes, and
the public generally, were all feast and
at splendid tables, covered or burdened
with all the substuptials and dolieaoes
of all seasons, aud from all climes and
countries, without stint, ai»d that, too
in the uiidijt of splendid woijd, painted ■
briek an f moulded or mm hie halls, os- .
pecially fitted up with eifery possible i
convenience for that purpose. • One of
these, caljed tho Screven House, has
attracted our especial attention, and
we have devotee much time and labor
to examining and commenting upon
the splendid preparations found in this,
establishment, for those who were so
fortunate as to pay it a visit. Brer it?/,
however, will not allow us in this
placo, to give the careful reader the
full benefit of our views and discove
ries— suffice it to any, that wo in
vito the curious, the pleasure, seeker,
and tho business men of all sections, to
vis t it when they gp to the city, with
the full assurauoe of ouo of our ablest
anthers, that they will find there suf.
fie ion t food both for the mind and for
the s'otuaoh.
Savannah, .May Bth, 1867.
We arrived here yesterday utomiug
by the Gulf Hoad, after a night's tra
.velof two hundred miles, through one
of <he heaviest, and must incessant
rains that has fallen in this section for
j many years. Wo were comfortably,
housed, Os course, in one of those ele
gant pass-nger cars, now summon to
, the Gulf ilwd, and therefore not ex
posed to th« fory of the pitiless elei
; meat; l ut at every station throughout
• the two hundred miles, from Thomas
v'lfk to Savannah, wherever the train
stopped, so that it*could be hifeard, the
, same unerasing roar gave evidence that
the flood was- still descending. All
day yesterday it continued also in
showers, butrto-d ay is bright and beau
tiful, as if u« lowering elouds bad
{a»vcd over Hie eity. The rain must
ave been very extensive, for airvadv
we hear of it from points -IpO miles
apart, and the damage it inflicted must
hivo keen conddenthis. In some le
ca Mitts, no doubt it overflowed, ami
drowned out the voting corn and ffit
tou, while in others every thing must
have been washed away by its torrents.
Business in S»vaunah is dull.
L. 0. B.
6»Sri’«elve thousand dollars have
been offered and refused for a span of
fast horses in Buff'd r*
U. S. District Court Richmond r ?
tiy V-. N R Ofo ON Tilt UK AN D JURY
i HAKGF. OK XUH ifOO! .
•>—
Richmond, May 6.—Tli© U. 8. Di*'
trict Court,'.!udge Underwood presi
ding, wet to-day. Among the mein
. fairs of the Grand Jury were Jno. M.
Bolts, James Segar, Lewis McKcnize
and five colored men. The Juilgc m
his charge congratulated the Jury. It
was threatened wjth destruction by tho
assassin, yet, thanks to Congress, it
met now in security. This promised
better things for Richmond, a city
wlicre the press had reached the low
est depths of profligacy, and the pulpit
had been prostituted by ministering
guy Lotharios, and licentiousness had
ruled until half the births were illegiti
mate. The Jury, he said, would have
a good deal of work, much of it created
by tho demoralization of the people by
a disloyal'press, which had encouraged
peijury and counterfeiting to cheat
the Government. lie called attention
to the fact that negroes were not al
lowed the freedom of street cars.
The Examiner has information that
the session of the Ccurt will he pro
longed until tfee adjourment of tba
Suprem i Court, when Chief Justito
Chase will come here and pres de at
the trial of Mr. Davis. L. H. Chan
dler, the I’rosecuting Attorney, is now
in New York, consulting wiih Mr.
Eviu-ts, Davis’ counsel, about the trial.
Davis, will probably be brought here
Saturday and then held by the eivfl
authorities till trial. .Mr. Chase is ex
•pcctid next. week.
Interesting Case before the Su
preme Court.
Washi.vq to,n% May.7.—The case of
the Commonwealth of Virginia v»,
.West Virgio-a, was Up to-day, and is
still on argument. J his ease raises
the question of the stutus ol Virginia
as a State of the Union, as West Vir
ginia denies the right of Legisla
ture to make valid enactments. The
immediate question is jurisdiction over
certain counties claimed to have been
tTai sfeired by fraudulent represents,
tions. A decree is asked reinstating
these counties to Old Virginia. The
argument will probably oeewpj two
more days. Messrs. Stowton, Allison
and Revcrdy .Johns n represent Wes*
Virgiira, Andrew ITuuter add Benja
min 11. Curtis, of Boston, represent tfc»
Old Dominion.
Tho Injunction Cuses.
Mr. Stansberry closed the argument
iu tho Gcorgiixand Mississippi injunc-r
tion eases, lie spoke as to general prin
ciples, denying the jurisdiction of tho
Court There was hi the cases, hA
continued, no basis of property on
which relief could be given. Only
two of the ten States affected were
here ; it was not known but that eiglj*
were content. 'Hie Attorney General
argued that tho Supreme Court.was in
’ ‘ *- r srcj .-. nhiell might so
not as to destroy the efficiency of tho
Court by impeaching its Judges on
tiiise. accusation, qf by denying the
salaries requisite to their support. It
rested with the people to secure honesty
ol legislation, and to this basis we
must look for the. preservation of tho
rights of citizenship and the iutegri'y
of tiie States. °
'J he <'curt adjourned immediately
on the close of Mr, Stansberry's ar-ti
m nt. **«
Murries <\f Tight-Lac ing. —While
we are growit.g very sensible indeed
in led (.local skirts, i arm stocking* and
high necks, wc are degenerating in
some otlior matters quite as important.
1 he corset is not a necessary part of a
womans wardrobe; and a us ! when a
woman does begin to Wear corsets, ahe
will wear them too small, and will tug
at the lacyt till tho breath becomes
short, and she feels it necessary to.rc
train from anything liks a comfortable
meal. Wc say nothing against a well
shaped corset worn lossely, but there
lies the difficulty. A loose corset in
jures the appearance, instead of im
proving it, and people wear corsets
that they may bate small waUts. All
we can sav is, don’t squeeze, whatever
you do. You may have stna 1 waists,
hut you are exposing yourself to a
dozen mi-fortunes w hich are as bad as
) a largo rva sf. First, you will surely
| have dyspepsia, and grow yellow and
crOs«, and unhappy; secondly, your
hands will grow red; thirdly, your
Iioso; fourthly, y„ u will be unable- to
walk a mile at onoe ; sixthly, your
shoulder blade wiii increase in size al
titude ; seventhly, your eyes will grow
weak, eight!j you will break down at
thirty, or thereabout 1 , and be a sickly
obi woman from that time forth. If
those truths do not ’frighten women
from tight corsets, perhaps tho infor
mation that gentlemen do n->t admire
whut dressmakers call a ‘-pretty figure,”
so much as natural one, have some
influence
■ From Europe - France augi Prus
sia rapidly Arming-Distrust in
Financial Ciroles. *
London, May J. —The Government
has accepted the amendment providing
- that lodgers shall be franchised.
McCufferty has been convicted of
high treason at Dubfo’o.
Notwithstanding the preliminaries
•looking to peace, France and Prussia
are both rapidly arming, thu* produi •
cing distrust in tig: financial circles
here and elewhere.
lx ideal Oration in the South
The New I ork Dr press nays : It is
a suggestive feet that tho Radical on
tors who aro now overrunning the
South, -angling for the freedmen’s
votes, bilong to a class that took good
care to keep away from the Sooth
when volunteers were wanted up here
| to go there to put down the rebellion.
Senator Wilson is one of that class.--.
AVilson raised a regiment, it is true,
bnt souif how or other he never got
• “ to the front ” with it.