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SAVANNAH DAILY HEEALD.
VOL. I—NO. 57.
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The Northern News of March 11*
FURTHER DETAILH.
Wc gave iu our last evening’s edition lib
eral extracts from northern papers of the
11th. The following are further ones, which
will be found interesting:
Washington, March 10, 1805.
NARRATIVES OP EHISOXERB.
Within a few days past ten paroled and
escaped Union prisoners have arrived at the
Washington Navy Yard. These came from
the stockade prison at Florence, and belong
ed to various vessels, having been captured
at different times. The escaped men state
that when Sherman marched towards Flor
ence they wbre hastily placed on the cars
and started towards W ilmington ; but when
that place was threatened they were taken
buck to Goldsboro, wdiere they remained a
short time and were sent back to Wilmington.
A tlag of truce, it is said, was sent to Gen
eral Terry asking if they could be exchanged
through him, to which he replied that it could
not be done for several days. While thqy
were in Wilmiugton quite a number escaped
and were hid by the citizens, and these men
say that several hundred must have got away
in this manner by the aid of Union citizens.
One of these escaped prisoners, George
Anderson, of the Monitor Passaic, who was
captured in Warsaw river on the sth of De
cember, escaped while being taken with other
prisoners from Wilmington to Richmond, he
and fifteen others .jumping off the train when
it was about thirteen miles from Wilming
ton. Two of tlu so men were shot by the
guards from the tops of the cars and killed,
but all the others made their escape, and
were iu the city when onr forces entered.
There were about five thousand prisoners
brought away from the Florence stockade,
one thousand sick being lelt. behind. This
place has been in command of Colonel Iver
son, of the Twentieth South Carolina regi
ment, and it was said that he was a prisoner
in Richmond for some cause when these
men left.
JOHN I>. HALE MINISTER TO SPAIN.
Ron. John P. Hale, of New Hampshire,
has been appointed and confirmed as Minis
tei to Spain. This nomination has taken by
surprise some of the particular personal
friends of Mr Lincoln, who have been syste
matically persecuted by Mr. Hale for" two
years past. They say the surest way to the
President's favor is to oppose his policy and
abuse his friends.
IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT
REGARDING RECONSTRUCTION AND PRIZE
CASES.
An important decision was rendered by
Chief Justice Chase, in the Supreme Court,
to-day, which settles the policy of recon
struction. It arose on the great prize case
f rowing out of the cotton captured by tho
lississippi squadron during the Red river
expedition. During the military occupation
of the Red river country, in March last, the
navy seized large amounts of cotton on the
plantations near the river. The cotton was
sent to Cairo, and libelled in tho Southern
District Court of Illinois as lawful prize for
the navy. Nearly all the cdfton seized was
claimed by private individuals.
The case appealed was that of the United
States against seventy-two bales of cotton,
Elizabeth Alexander, claimant. The court
below decided iu favor of the claimant, and
the United States appealed. The counsel for
the government and the navy claimed, in
their argument before they Supreme Court,
that the cotton was the enemy's property,
captured in the enemy's country, and was
condemnable as prizes of war. ‘ The claim
ant's counsel denied the right of land cap
tures by the navy, and also claimed that tne
country at the time of the seizure of the cot
ton was not enemy’s country, but occupied
by the Union forces; that au election was
held and delegates elected to the constitu
tional convention, which had met, abolished
slavery and estalished a civil government,
thus securing to the people all the rights and
privileges of the United States.
Chief Justice Chase delivered the opinion
of the court to-day, sustaining the decision
of the court below, and decided that the cot
ton was not a prize of war, and that the
navy could take no prize interest in tho pro
ceeds. Tho court also heid that the cotton
should have been turned over to an agent of
the Treasury Department; also that it should
have been disposed of iu pursuance of the l
act of Congress of March I*2, 1863. This
ac t allows loyal claimants to recover pro
ceeds of their property in the Court of
Claims. In addition to this, the court de
cided that the election hehl in that part of
Louisiana, during Gen. Banks’ occupation,
and in pursuance of his orders, was null,
void and of no effect. The federal occupa
tion was declared of so short duration as not
to remove the character of the enemy’s
country. The court directed the libel to be
dismissed.
DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT IS SLAVS
TRADE CASKS. ,
l hree cases arising under the law for the
suppression of the slave trade were decided
to-day in the Supreme Court—among them
tho case of the Sarah. In each of these
the decision of the court below was
affirmed, anti the vessels and cargoes con
demned.
TRADE REGULATIONS.
It is understood to be the intention o£ the
SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 18G5.
Secretary of the Treasury to revise, as s<x>n
as possible all the trade regulations hereto
fore adopted, and make them more practical
and available for the purposes for which they
were intended.
SALARIES OP OFFICERS.
The second comptroller of the Treasury
has made the following decision:
Trsasi ry Department. )
Second Comptroller's Ofeice,
March I, 1865 )
The salary of an officer which is prescribed
by law is the basis of taxation, exempting
filly dollars per month. Pay and commuta
tion of allowance constitute salary. Credit
ing these, the tax on any excess beyond the
fifty dollars exempted should be deducted.
It there are penalties or stoppages they
should bo deducted from the sum thus ascer
tained.
I. M. Bkoadhf.ap,
Second Comptrolh r.
SECRETARY OF Till! INTERIOR.
Day before yesterday Hon. James Harlan,
Senator from lowa, was nominated by the
President, ami unanimously confirmed by the
Senate, as Secretary of the Interior, to suc
ceed the Hon. John Usher, who hail tender
ed his resignation, to take effect on May 1.
THE MARKETS.
[Fiow the N. Y. Herald, March 11.]
The fall in gold, combined with and grow
ing out.of the increasing indications that the
rebellion is in its last throes, had the effect
of unsettling the markets yesterday, and
prices of nearly everything on the calendar
were nominal. Almost any kind of goods
could have been bought at lower prices than
on Thursday, and nearly all the sales report
ed were at lower prices. Cotton was dull
and 6c. lower. Petroleum was also dull and
nominal. Groceries were decidedly lower.—
On ’Change the flour market ruled quiet, and
prices of the choice grades declined 25c. a
30c. per bbl. Wheat was more active, but
sc. a 7c. lower. Cora was In limited demand
and lower, new having sold at a decline of
Bc. a 100. Oats were dull and heavy. The
pork market opened dull and decidedly low
er, but closed firm, with a fair inquiry. Beef
dull and depressed. Lard was l-2c. lower,
while whiskey declined lc., with only a mod
erate demand. Freights were scarcely ever
so dull, and rates were nominal.
CONGRESS.
In the Benat e yesterday the credentials of
Mr. Creswell, the new Senator from Mary
land, were presented, and he was qualified
and took his seat. Mr. Lano, of Kansas,
moved that the resolution allowing pay and
mileage to claimants of seats from Louisiana
and Arkansas be considered. The Auditing
Committee of the Senate have reported ad -
versely on the proposition. After some de
bate, Air. Trumbull moved to amend the res
olution so as to pay only the Louisiana
claimants, and pending this question the
Senate went into executive session, and af
terwards adjourned. Among the nomina
tions confirmed was that of ex-Senator John
P. Hale, of New Hampshire, as Minister to
Spain.
RE9UMTOON OF SPECIE PAYMENTS..
It is the expectation of the new Secretary
of the Treasury, that from the proceeds of
ihe large amounts of the Southern products
known to have fallen into the hands of our
various armies, a sum will soon be accumu
lated which will enable the government to
resume specie payments much sooner tfian
is generally believed.
SHERMAN.
Washington, March 10, 1865. — The city
has been filled to-day with all sorts of ru
mors in reference to Sherman’s operations.
In the forenoon it was announced that he
had fought and whipped in detail all the va
rious forces opposing his progress or at
tempting to harrass his rear. 'This evening
it is said he has met with serious disasters.
The War Department has no official infor
mation to confirm either statement. The
disaster is utterly disbelieved. It is un
questionably a canard, manufactured for the
consumption by bulls.
There is reason to believe that Sherman’s
veterans have completely demoralized the
rebel forces in his rear endeavoring to con- j
ceatrato to annoy him. These were proba- j
bly Hardee’s forces, from Charleston, and 1
Cheatham’s, from Tennessee. This informa
tion proves that no reinforcements from the '
South have reached Johnston’s army, and the ;
road is as free for Sherman forward as it has
been at any time since he left Savannah.
A large corps of army surgeons, and an
additional quantity of medical supplies,
started for Wilmington to-day. This is no
doubt a precautionary measure to provide
for the exigency of a battle in that vicinity.
• The Sanitary Commission has just sent by
the steamer Uncast, to Sherman's army in
North Carolina, as soon as it communicates
with the coast, an assorted cargo of hospital
and field relief supplies. It has now another
steamer loaded with supplies to replenish its
stock at Newbcra and Wilmington (at which
latter place an exchange of prisoners is now
going on); and another load has been order
ed for emergency to North Carolina.
Washington, March 16—Midnight.
Notwithstanding the rumors set afloat by
speculators this evening, of disasters to Sher
man, the War Department lias no informa
tion of the kind.
The Richmond papers of to-day contain no
news whatever of his movements; and if he
had met with even the slightest repulso, they
would have glorified over it exceedingly.
Savannah Theatre. —The bill of the pre
vious night was repeated last evening, with
the eame marked excellencies in the perfor
mances of the principal members of the
company as were noticed in yesterday’s
paper; while fewer drawbacks tp the success
ful presentation of the pieces was observed.
A careful attention to details, and a determi
nation r, -> make every effort to please, were
apparent. “All that glitters is not gold,’’
moved smoothly to its close, and the laugh
able farce of the “Young Widow," kept the
house in a roar to the end. Mr. Davenport
is becoming a great favorite with the Savan
nah public, and his able supporters arc
bound to succeed in their endeavors to m&ko.
the Savannah Theatre a permanent and popu
lar institution.
TONE OF THE REBEL PRESS.
Later Extracts from Confederate Papers.
SHERMAN PLAYED OUT.
[rrom the Richmond Whiß, March-6.]
Sherman is played out. If our readers do
not hear or read of any good news from
South Carolina, it is a nonsequitur that there
is none to communicate.
In a few days they will hear where Sher
man is and what has befallen him. Let ev
erybody be patient. Sherman's opportunity to
establish a militarg reputation has jlzJ, and we
will soon hear of his discomfiture and dis
grace.
ENCOURAGING NEWS.
[From the Fayetteville Telegraph.]
It is not the wish of the government to
conceal anything from the people, but to
prevent, if possible, the Yankee forces in
Wilmington and South Carolina from learn
ing anything of the movements of each
other. Their means of communication are
very limited and uncertain, and it is our pol
icy not to make improvement for them. We
hope the condition of affairs will be so ma
terially changed in a few days as to enable
us to dispense with this reticence. All our
information thus far is of an encouraging
character.
ABOUT GEN. LEE.
[From the Charleston Bulletin, Marc h l 1
If the army of General Lee defeated that of
Grant at Spottsylvania and around the V ir
ginia capital, when the Yankee commander
counted his two hundred and twenty five
thousand men, and we had less than"sixty
thousand, why may we not severely punish
two oi the. combined federal armies, wtio.se
aggregate will be less than one hundred and
fifty thousand ? The lines around Richmond
are impregnable ; the resources of Virginia
have been held in reserve. Nothwitbstand
ing more than a month has elapsed since the
giainaries of Georgia and a portion of South
Carolina have been cut off, Lee's men still
live on full rations, and there is no reason to
apprehend that they will fail to enjoy plenty
to the end. Under the guidance of Heaven
they are more than a match for the wily
and wc have never felt more con
fident than at the present hour, than he is
destined to come to grief.
Lot our people then be patient until our
arrangements ire completed anil our plans
consummated. Day will break at last
through the darkest gloom. The mighty re
action that must follow victory will compen
sate us for all the present reverses, and, al
though bleeding, our couutry will still be
found in the arena wielding with spirit un
quenehed, the sword with which she has so
long defended the principles of truth, justice
and independence.
Whistling to Keep tii& Courac* Up.—
The Richmond Whig of the Bth in°|., cen
biius thft following sweet soccimoMfefof the
musical operation hinted at in our headline*:
BHERMAN “PLAYED OCT.”
If our readers do not hear or read of any
good ne.ws from South Carolina, it is a non
sequitur. that there is none to communicate.
In a few days they will hear where Sherman
is, and what has befallen him. Let every
body be patient. Sherman’s opport unity to
establish a military reputation has fled, and
we will soon hear officially of his discomfit
ure and disgrace.
The Charlotte Bulletin of the Ist instant,
in an article on the situation, says If the
army of General Lee defeated that of Grant
at Spottsylvania and around the Virginia cap
ital, when the Yankee commander counted
his two hundred and twenty-five thousand,
why may we not again as severely *punish
the two combined Federal armies, whose ag
gregate will be less than one hundred and
fifty thousand ? The lines about Richmond
are impregnable. The resources of Virginia
have been held in reserve. Notwithstand
ing mere than a month has elapsed since the
granaries of Georgia and a portion of South
Carolina have been cut off,, the men of Lee
still live on full rations, and there is no rea
son to apprehend that they will fail to enjoy
plenty to the end.
Under the guidance of Heaven our leaders
are more than a match for the wily Sherman,
and we have never felt more confident than
at the present hour that he is destined to
qome to grief. Let our people then be pa
tient until our arrangements are completed,
and our plans consummated. Day will break
at last through the darkest gloom. The
mighty reaction that must tollow victory will
compensate us for all the present reverses,
and, although bleeding, country will
still be found in the’ arena, wielding with
| spirit unquenched the sword with which she
has so long defended the principles of truth,
I justice and independence,”
Tub Improvements in the Herald.— The
Republican gives the following handsome
notice of tho improvements in the Herald ;
According to previous announcement, our
enterprising cotemporary of the Herald ap
peared yesterday morning greatly enlarged
and otherwise improved, presenting, a sheet
of which the proprietors as well as the pub
lic may feel proud. We wish our neighbors
abundant success in their new enterprise,and
trust their patronage and support will in
crease until it is commensurate with the ef
forts they have made to provide the citizens
of Savannah with a first class daily newspa
per.
Sr. Patrick’s Day. Our reporters occupy
a large portion of our space to-day with
their full accounts of the observance of this
anniversary, without, however, crowding
out our late Northern news, or any other
matter of importance.
On the receipt of the news of the capture of
Wilmington, Gov. Fenton sent a despatch to
the Secretary of War, offering ten regiments
of the State National Guard for one hundred
days service in garrisoning the forts at Savan
nah, Charleston, Wilmington and other ports.
The offer was referred to General Grant, who
declined to accept the regiments. The Secre
tary of War sent a despatch to Gov. Fenton
ooncnrring in the decision of General Grant.
COLUMN OP PERSONALS).
Brigadier-General James H. Ledile, late
commander of the First Division, Ninth Ar
my corps, lias resigned his commission on
account of continued ill-health.
It will be remembered that Gen. Ledlie i9
one of the live General officers who were
censured in General Orders for the failure of
tie Petersburg Mine.
Captain Albert G. Ransom, Commissary of
Subsistence, who was summarily dismissed
the service some three months since without
charge or trial, has been reinstated to bis
former position, with rank and pay to date
from the day of dismissal.
How it could be that.a man should be dis
missed the service without charge or trial,
we cannot understand. However, wo are
happy to set the Captain right on the record.
The Prince Napoleon seems disposed to do
prettly nearly the right thing at last. The
French, for whose shortcomings or over
doings he cannot be held have
all the time been rather on the fence until the
late demonstration iu Mexico. Now, as an
offset to that rather audacious experiment,
we have the following statement :
At Prince Napoleon's bal , a short time
ago, no membei of the Soutuern Confederate
party was present, and none had received an
invitation, while invitations were liberally
given to Americans ol Northern politics. It
is, of course, quite notorious that the Prince
is a warm sympathizer with tire cause of the
North.
All very well Mr. Prince, but we have a
pretty sweet account to settle with certain
French gentlemen of whom we wot, and you
arc quite right to try and keep so far outside
the party, that you will not, by any chance,
be. called on to settle any portion of the bill.
The Military Commission at Indianapolis
returned a verdict of “guilty” against Horsej r ,
Bowles aud Milligan, the conspirators en
gaged in the Dodd and Sons Liberty treason.
Their sentence is death, and Ihe United
States Attorney General has approved of it.
The matter is uow iu the hands of the Pres
ident.
Mrs. John Bell is living in Philadelphia.—
Unless this lady is libelled, she drove her
husband into the secession party and so
ruined him.
Tho correct title of the Emperor’s new
work is not “La Vie de Cesar,” hot “L’His
toire de Jules Cesar."
A novel, from the pen of Madame Ratazzi
(nee Sol me s), and entitled “Les Mariages d’
utie Creole,” has been pounced upon by the
French authorities, and its issue stopped.—
Czar Alexander and Emperor Napoleon
continue to be cold toward each other, and
their coldness is spoken of as being on the
; increase. So deep is the Czar’s hostile feel
ing that he will not even go to France to look
alter his wife and heir, who are in that coun
try, seeking health for the prince; but has
arranged to meet them in Germany.
The Dutch papers claim Gen. Sherman for
a Dutchman. A few years ago he was a
journeyman dyer in Pilburg,aud subsequently
emigrated with a few. of his fellow-workmen
to America, in consequence of a commercial
failure in which they were concerned in
Amsterdam.
The sum which at latest Boston dates had
been subscribed towards the statue of Everett
to be placed alongside of that of Dftnlel Web
ster, in the State House yard, in Boston, was
$25,772. The American sculptors, Ball and
Story, has each his iriends and advocates
among the subscribers as the proper artist to
execute the work.
Iliram Powers writes to his brother that if
the son of the latter, his namesake, who is in
Union army, comes home on a wooden leg
and is obliged to write with his left hand, he
shall feel more pride in the name of Hiram
Powers so written than iu his own engraved
on the marble of all his works. Good for
Hiram. As an our friend of the old Knicker
bocker would say, Iliram never “sculped”
anything better than that sentiment.
Gottschalk has fallen into a settled mel
ancholy. He recently lost his trunk and had
to appear at a concert in his overcoat and
without his white kids.
It would seem that the Russians, whom
we usually put down as being a few cen
turies behind every body else in adopting
mechanical and social improvements, has her
eyes particularly wide open when anything
relating to war is the subject of dis
cussion. In a late communication from St.
Petersburg, we find the following paragraph.
The Russian authorities are building six
teen monitors. They are built exactly ac
cording to the American monitors of the
Passaic class, with the, addition of some of
the latest improvements tested in this coun
try.
This incident is too good to be lost. Pres
ident Lincoln recently received the following
letter, to which he responded by procuring
the “forlou” for the soldier and sending him
home to “git doctored.”
No. the 81864.
J/r. Abraham hncoln
N Y< Cyuga Cos Ny
Kind sir i hav a husben in the army qnd he
is sick end hes ben ever sence he Went in
the surfiss his name is t GRof Cos DNy
artillery york town Va Captain P ’s Com
piny end he hes ben in the survis one year
hant ben able to dew duty end i Woul be
obliged if you Wood seo that he cood hev a
forlou if not but a shot time to git doctored
no more at presint pliese Write end let me
know end i will see that yuer payed for yuer
trouble.
Prince Napoleon has given a severe repri
mand tp the French Minister who sent a com
munique to that paper that said- a bitter thing
about him. The Prince is not ofle of those
false friends of freedom who cavil fowthe
glory of the press as long as it flatters, and
pound it to death when It is opposed or com
mits ap error.
PRICE. 5 CENTS.
Thf, Annual Settlement.— ln an eastern
village there lived three neighbors, quiet,
peaceful and happy. So much confidence
liad each one in the other's integrity, that
really there was no need of keeping a strict
account in Belling or lending. Their way
of settling accounts, was very commenda
ble. A sample of which is given :
On a stormy day we find Messrs. A. B,
and C. seated around a small table, each one
with his pile of money before him, and his
slip of paper containing his account, pre
sented iu turn, as follows :
Neighbor A. Dr. to B. To Hos and Wag
gin g.tin to mill, once since and twice before
that, four shillings.’
Here A. takes from his pile and hands over
to B. aud the charge is crossed out. Now
lor A’s turn.
Neighbor B. owing, To A.—“To baking of
flour."
B.—“ How many pounds ?”
A. —“ Ask wife how many pounds she calls
a baking."
Wife. —“ Say seven pounds.”
B. —“Wheat or rye ? One is worth more
than ’tother.”
A. —“Don’t know; call it half wheat and
half rye."
Hero B. bauds back from his pile.
Neighbor A. to C. Dr.—“To Pork."
A. —“How much?"
C. —“About fifty pounds.”
A.—“ Neighbor B. how much ought a man
to carry ?"
B. —“I should think about twenty-fire
pounds.”
G.—“ Split the difference.”
A.—“ Was is-sow pork or barrow? one is
worth more than 'tother,
C. “Don't know. Wife, do you remem
ber?"
Wife.— “ Law me! Split the difference."
C.—“ Twenty-five pounds, half sow, half
barrow,-t-$3 00."
Here A. hands over.
A. and 0. Dr. ‘To Damage dono by Pigs,’
B. in trying to say that each pig ran off with
a pumpkin, through tho fence as though the
devil was after him, stated as follows: ‘Each
punkin took a pig and run through the dovii
as though the brush fence was alter him.’
This brought out a general hurrah and
laugh, during which they upset the table,
and the money was well mixed in one pile.
Here, one would suppose, was a case of
trouble, but they managed it satisfactorily.
Says
A. to B.—‘How much did you bring?’
. B.—‘Don’t know. Neighbor C. bow
much did you bring ?’
G.—Don’t know.’ Here they divide oven
aud passed receipts as follows:
A. balances with 8., C. balances with A.,
aud my wife witnesses a balance with each
one on this day of our Lord Domini Anno,
1812.
The Way to Quiet Wakeful Babies.—
Russell, the correspondent of tho London
Times, in his Indian Diary, imparts the fol
lowing piece of information, which will no
doubt be gratefully received by those whose
responsibilities, though small, are on that
account none the less burdensome: “Our
friend the Thakoor also visited us, and ho
excused the non-appearance of his little son
on the ground that he was asleep under his
waterfall. I had almost omitted to mention
the curious habit of the hill-people to which
this phrase of the Thakoor’s related. When
ever a woman wishes to put her child to
sleep, she takes it to one of the numerous
places for this purpose, which are all over
the mountain sides where there is wateL—
They consist of a shed or sheds in which ■
there are stone troughs filled from a running
stream; and from these troughs are little
pipes made of reed or hollow stems from the
trees, which spout out water with a gentle
trickling fall, under which the child’s head
is placed at the distance of a few inches.—
The effect is almost immediate. The child
closes its mouth and eyes, and falls into a
profound, sweet, and healthy sleep, which
endures so long as it is left under the water
spouts I have seen a dozen of children thus
lying fast asleep-, and, as far as I could as
certain, no evil effects whatever can be at
tributed to the practice. It certainly seems
an admirable preparation against colds in
the head; and it a devoted mother would
only make the experiment in this country
aud it were found successful, she would be a
blessing to her species, in introducing such a
deligdtiul custom, pleasant to children and
invaluable to parents.
The Washington correspondent of the Nor
wich Bulletin writes:
“A queer thing is the prejudice against
color. Yesterday a woman who was riding
in one of our street cars asked the conductor,
“Do you permit colored people to ride in this
car ?” “No, madam; but there is no color
ed person here,” was the reply. “Yes there
is,” said, she; “tho woman sitting next me is
colored. “Why, madam," exclaimed the
astonished conductor, “she is whiter'than
you are.” And so she was, but she had to
be turned out at the demand of the darker
white woman. A few evenings ago a couple *
of flashily dressed Irish domestics entered
one of the cars of the Metropolitan railroad,
and began to cast about for seats. There
was omy one vacant place next a colored
woman. aDd after some unavailing effort to
squeeze into other seats, they were compell
ed with many open expressions of disdain,
to deposit themselves next this colored party
While they were elevating their noses and
giving way to other expressions of contempt,
a gentleman in the car remarked audibly,
“Just look there; those girls have come
straight from washing pots and kettles, and
now they are above sitting down by that
black woman.” Thereupon there was a
general guffaw in the cars, and the airy
creatures became crimson with rage and
shame.
A commission, of which Vice Admiral f is
the head, is in session at the Navy depot at
Philadelphia, for the purpose of revising
the grade and pay of staff officers to the
Navy, which includes Surgeons, Paymasters
and Engineers. As soon as this commission
reports, the Naval Committee of Congress
will take action in the matter.
Major General Meade has returned to the
Army of the Potomac from a brief visit to
Philadelphia, whMher he had been called on
account of the death of bis eldest son.
