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Newspaper Page TextSAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. OL. 1-NO. 153. ■he Savannah Daily Herald (MORNING AND EVENING) IB PUBLISHED BY 0. w. MASON & CO., At 111 Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia. tiimi: advertising: Two Dollars per Square of Ten Lines for first tu ition ■ One Dollar for each subsequent one. Ad irtisements inserted in the morning, will, if desired, >pear in the evening without extra charge. JOB PBIN TING, i every style, neatly and promptly done. ||nsttrsifte. 1U R A n"c E ! ! ERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY —of E W YORK. 8 NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OP A MILLION DOLLARS. es of all descriptions, including the favorite YEAR NON - FORFEITURE POLICIES, Will be issued by this Company. ERASTUS LYMAM, President, P. Sniffbn, Secretary. A. WILBUR, Agent. At Home Insurance Company’s Office, w4w 89 Bay street, Savannah, Ga. IKRCIAL MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. Company, with over a Million Dollars as As -3 taking Marine Risk to and from New York mere and Sailing Vessels at usual rates. DANIEL DRAKE SMITH, President. A. B. HOLMES, Vice President. y Kino, Secretary. A. WILBUR, Agent, At Home Insurance Company’s Office, w4w 89 Bay street, Savannah, Qa. iUR LIFE INSURED? is an important question for every man and int also for every wile and mother as it affects ture welfare. S TO IT AT ONCE. DO NOT DELAY. ‘Knickerbocker Life Insurance” of New York lire you at the usual rates in any sum from SIOO , They also issue the favorite TEN YEAR DRFEITUKE Policies, and will after two years it give a full paid up Policy for Two Tenths the um, and Three Years Three Tenths, and so lus a Policy of SIO,OOO. Two Premiums paid will be entitled to a paid up Policy of $2,000. i years five-tenths for every additional year, irther information apply to A. \\ ILBUR, Agent, At the office of the Home Insurance Cos., 89 Bay st., Savauiiah, Ga._ NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSU RANCE COMPANY, OF BOSTON. PURELY MUTUAL. is one of the oldest and best Companies in a. es on Lives for any amount up to $15,000 are y them. 'olicies of these Companies were not cancelled ;he war uutil beard from—a fact which shews :aling and determination to be just and honor all cases. Apply to [ A. WILBUR, Agent. YORK AND MARINE INSURANCE AGENCY, REPRESENT IN O THE RITY INSURANCE COMPANY; RATTAN INSURANCE COMPANY ; NIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ; Averaging a CAPITAL of over FOUR MILLIONS. taken on all descriptions of Property on rea terms by A. A. LANE, Agt. Office in Stoddard's Range, Bay street, oppo la.i.i> office. i lmo HEADQ’RS. POST OF SAVANNAH.) Savannah, Ga., July 12th, 1805. > l Order, J allowing General Orders, Nos. 4 and 16, from arters Post of Savannah, are hereby published information and .guidance of all concerned. HEADQ’RS U. S. FORCES, ) Savannah, Ga.; Jan. 24, 1665./ General Order,) S No. 4. f Wgk All Officers of the Army on duty at this Post, those connected with Depots excepted, and all citi- Mits within the lines, are required, to report immedi ate any case of contagious disease which may come to their knowledge, to Surgeon J. C. Morgan, U. S. •Vols., Health Officer of the Post, unless the same may have been so reported before. Any neglect or failure on the part of any citizen to comply promptly with this requirement will be consid ered a misdemeanor and be sent before the Pro voßt Judge so- adjudication. v H: Commanding Officers of troops in quarters will be held responsible that the quarters of their troops 1i at all times in a thorough state of police. By Command of Maj. Gen. C. GROVER. ward G. Dike, A. A. G. HEADQ’RS U. S. FORCES, ) Savannah, Ga., Feb. 21, 1865./ neral Ordkk, ) No. 16. j . The occupants of buildings will be held respon se for the cleanliness of the same, as well as their lure anil out-houses, and sidewalks in front of, and eys adjacent to them. All rubbish and garbage licit accumulates, will each dag.boaput in boxes in a avenient place for removal. '*■' 11. Keepers of animals will causejlhe manure which ■umulatcs in their stables or yards where their ani ils are kept, to lie either removed outside the picket es, or to be distributed upon such gardens within 3 lines us are actually under cultivation, such distri tion being at the consent of the cultivator. 111. The Street Commissioner will establish such regulations with regard to the removal of accumula tions from the city, as he may see fit. He is also charged with the duty of causing frequent and careful inspection to be made of the police oi the city, and he will report to the Provost Judge any failure to compiv with the foregoing paragraphs of this order, who will take such action in the case as the circumstances re quire. ’ By Command of Brevet Maj. Gen. C. GROVER. Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G. By Command of , Brevet Brigadier General DAVIS. John Mullen, A. A. A. G. jyl2-T Q.EO. K. CRUMP 4b CO., AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 209 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Ju2o 3m SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1865. <soofcs stub (flowing. GOODS PER STEAMER AMERICA. 100 pieces Light Dark and Mahogany Calicos, Fine Black French Cloth and Caasimsre. Fancy Cassiuiere, Bird’s Eye and Scotch Diapers, Table Linen Dauiask, Huckaback Towels, White Brilliances and Traveling Dress Goods, Gents’ and Boy’s New Btyle Sort Mats, Ladles' and Gents’ L. C. Handkerchiefs, Jaconets, Nainsooks and Swiss Muslins, Linen Collars aud Setts, Black and Fancy Fans, And a great variety of Small Wares, for salejhy Jyio-fit • Dewitt ft Morgan. £ C. NORVELL ft CO. (Cor. Bull and Bay Streets,) ARE OUT THE BALANCE OF THEIR IMMENSE SUMMER STOCK, AT NEW YORK COST. Jyll 2w WHOLESALE and retail dealers in SUTLERS’ AND NAVAL BTOREB, DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, &0.. No. 5 Merchants' Row, Hilton Head, S. C„ W. O. RIDDELL, fjul3-tf] H. J. MURDOCH. r JX> THE CITIZENS OF GEORGIA The termination of a sanguinary contest, which for the past four years has presented an impassable barrier to all social or commercial lnteicourse between the two great sections of our country, having at length happily cleared away all obstacles to a removal of those relations which formerly bound us together in a fraternal union, I take the earliest opportunity afford ed me by this auspicious event, to greet my Sonthern friends, and to solicit from them a renewal of that ex. tensive business connection which for a quarter of a century has been uninterrupted save by the great pub lic calamity to which 1 have adverted. It is scarcely necessary, on the threshold of a busi ness re-union, I should repeat the warning so often given to my friends,—to beware of all those spurious and deleterious compounds which, under the specious and false titles of Imported Wines, Bra ndies, Holland Gin, Liquors, Ac., have been equally destructive to the health of our citizens and prejudicial to the interest of the legitimate Importer. Many Years of my past life have been expended in an open and candid attempt to expose these wholesale frauds; no time nor expense has been spared to ac complish this salutary purpose, and to place before my friends and the public generally; at the lowest possible market price, and in such quantities as might suit their convenience, a truly genuine imported arti cle. Twenty-five years’ business transactions with the largest and most respectable exporting houses in France and Great Britain have ass orded me unsurpass ed facilities for supplying our home market with Wines, Liquors, and Liquersof the best and most ap proved brands in Europe, in addition to my own dis tillery in Holland for the manufacture of the “Schie dam Schnapps.’ The latter, so long tested and approved by the med ical Faculties of the United States, West Indies and South America as an invaluable Therapeutic, a whole some, pleasant, and perfectly safe beverage in all cli mates and during all seasons, quickly excited the cu pidity of the home manufacturers and venders of a spurious article uuder the same name. I trust that I have, after much toil and expense, sur rounded all my importations with safeguards and di rections which with ordinary circumspection will In sure their delivery, as I receive them from Europe, to all my customers. I would, however, recommend In all cases where it is possible, that orders be sent direct to my Depot, 22 Beaver street, New York, or that purchases be made of my accredited agents. In addition to a large stock of Wines, Brandies, Ac., in wood, I have a considerable supply of old tried for eign Mines, embracing vintages of many past years, bottled np before the commencement of the war, which I cun especially recommend to all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries. In conclusion, I would specially call the eacly atten tion ol'my Southern customers to the advantage to be derived by transmitting their ordera without loss of time, or calling personally at the Depot, in order to insure the fulfillment of their favora from the present large and well selected assortment. UDOLPHO WOLFE, ju23 lm 22 Beaver street, New York. QHARLESL. COLBY A CO SHIPPING, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS. JONES BLOCK, CORNER BAY AND ABEBCOBN STREETS, SAVANNAH, GA. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Made on Consignments to the firm of Chas. L. Colby, of New York, or to our friends in Boston. MAUDE A WRIGHT, Agents at Augusta, Ga. KEFEBEN OES; Messrs. Dabney, Morgan A Cos., New York. Jarivs Slade, Esq., New York. Hou. J. Wiley Edmands, Boston. Gardner Colby, Esq., Boston. JelS—tf PRATT A CO., (Established in 1770.} Manufacturers, Importers and Wholesale Dealeb IN WHITE LEAD, ZINC WHITE, COLORED PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, ARTIBTB* AND PAINTERS' MATERIALS, PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS, Nos. 106 and 108 Fulton St., lm NEW YORK. HEADQ'RS DISTRICTSAVANNAH, l „ _ Savannah, Ga., July 0, 1866./ General Order, > No. 47. f I. Lt. Col. A. Neafle. 166th N. Y. Vols., having been assigned to other duties by Department Headquarters, i? from dut y « Collector of Military Taxes and Reliel Commissioner. H Capt. J. 8. Cooke, 26th Massachusetts Volunteers, ia appointed Collector of Military Taxes and Relief Commissioner, and will at onee relieve Lt. Colonel A. Neafle, 150th N. Y. Vote., in the duties of that otiioe. By command of Brevet Major Gen. BIRGE. J. B. Bauoook, Maj, and A. A. A. G. jylO 7 gTATIONKHY. TO MERCHANTS AND SUTLERS. We offer our large and varied Stock of STATION ERY at the lowest cash prices. Our stock In the above line lathe largest In the De partment, and all our goods are of the first quality, fresh and direct from Manufacturers. We solicit the attention of purchasers to our goods and prices. SAYILLE ft LEACH. Corner Bryan afreet and Market square, t Timber Cutter’s Bank, Savannah, Ga.,. AND— MERCHANTS’ ROW, HILTON HEAD, S. C. Jyl * ts gAVILLB A LEACH, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. MERCHANTS’ ROW HILTON HEAD, S. C. , —AND— CORNER BRYAN STREET AND MARKET SQUARE, SAVANNAH, GA. mayßo ts §ot*ls. gEA ISLAND HOTEL. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TUESDAY, JUNE 20ra, 1606. This new Hotel, situated on the most desirable spot on the eastern bank of Hilton Head Island, affords a fine view of the Pier, Bay, Ocean, and surrounding Islands. The scenery is quite as pleasing and inter esting, in every respect, as the famous watering place of Newport, R. 1., aud is altogether as comfortable and healthful a place to spend the summer months.— It has a fine hard smooth Beach, seventeen miles long affording a more charming drive than the celebrated Beach at Nahant, Mass., and as fine sea bathing as at that place or Cape May. The House has over seventy large, airy rooms, and verandahs on three sides of ail the stories ; the furni ture is entirely new, and the tables will be furnished with the best that can be procured here and in the Northern markets. Every effort will be made to ren der tbe Hotel all thattho most fastidious can desire.— Billiard Rooms and Sea Bathing houses will soon be in readiness for guests. ju23 ts JJOTKL FOR SALE, THE SAXTON HOUSE. —AT— BEAUFORT, S. C., Formerly the property of Dr. Johnson, Is for sale.— Apply to C. W. DENNIS ft CO., • No. 4 Merchants' Row, ]u29 ts Hilton Head, 8. C. pORT ROYAL HOUSE, HILTON HEAD. S. C. RIDDELL A RUGG, Pbopbibtobs. B. S. RIDDELL, M. T. BUGG. ju3-tf pULASKI HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GA. BARTELS A RIDDELL, PiomiToai. J. O. BARTELS. E. S. RIDDELL. ju3-tf »■ .-.hi J£IRLIN & KIENZLE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ALES, WINES AND LAGER BIER. OUR HOUSE, 165 BAY STREET, __ Ju2l ts jyJILITARY CLOTHING. FURNISHING GOODS, HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, *o„ —AT H, A. TOPHAM'S, NO. 138 CONGRESS STREET. This Store is well stocked with a superior quality of goods, which will be sold remarkably cheap, as the P.oprietor wishes to make room for anew assort- jyi-tf RIVER AGKICULTRAL WORKS. GRIFFING, BROTHER A CO., Proprietors, 68 AND 00 COUBTLAND STREET. NEW YORK. Manufacturers of Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, Cot ton Sweeps, Corn’Mills, Cotton Gins, Ac. • Every implement wanted by the Planter, Also, dealers m Field and Garden Seeds. Also, Agents for Bruce's Concentrated Manure, Bone, Ac. Send for circular. ju2o 3m JOHN MoMAHON. COMMISSION AND PRODUCE MERCHANT. Strict attention given to all Consign ments. Corner Broughton and Jefferson Stbeebb. Ju3o T B. DAVta GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 283 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Consignments solicited. Will give personal atten tion to business entrusted to him. BEFEBS TO Crane A Graybill, Savannah. Claghorn A Cunningham, Savannah. 8 Palmer ft Son, “ Mr. A. Wilbur, Pres. Home Insurance Company, Savannah. Mr W Gumming, Cashier Bank State of Ga. Mitchell A Smith. Macon. John B. Habersham A Cos. Macon. Wright A Alexander, Augusta. E. B. Long A Cos., “ C. V. Walker O Cos., “ ju!6-lm J C. FEATHER, M. D. *OFFICE, no. 18* MERCHANTS' ROW, HILTON HEAD, S. C. ju29 * SKIRT FOR 1866. THE GREAT INVENTION OF THE AGE IN HOOP SKITS. J. W. Bradley's Nrw Patent Duplex Elliptic (or Double) Spring Skirt. This Invention consists of Duplex (oi two) Elliptic Pure Refined Steel Springs, ingeniously braided tight ly aud firmly together, edge to edge, making the toughest, most flexible, elastic and durable Spring ever used. They seldom bend or break, like the sin gle Springs, aud consequently preserve their perfect and beautiful shape more than twice as long as any Single Spring Skirt that ever has or can be made, The wonderful flexibility and great comfort and pleasure to any lady weariug the Duplex Elliptic Skirt will be experienced particularly iu all crowded Assem blies, Operas, Carriages, Railroad Cars, Church Pews, Ariu Chairs, for Promenade and House Dress, as the Skirt can be lolded when in use to occupy a smifll place as easily aud conveniently as a Silk or Muslin Dress. A lady having enjoyed the pleasure, comfort and §reat convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic teel Spring Skirt for a single day will never after wards willingly dispense with their use. For children misses and young ladies they are superior to all others. The Hoops are covered with 2 ply double twisted thread and will wear twice as long as the single yarn covering which is used on all Single Steel Hoop Skirts. The three bottom rods on every Skirt are also Double Steel, and twice or double covered to pre vent the covering from wearing off tbe rods when dragging down stairs, stone steps, ftc., which they are constantly subject to when in use. All are made of the new and elegant Corded Tapes, and are the best quality in every part, giving to the wearer the most graceful and perfect shape possible and are unquestionably the lightest, most desirable, comfortable and economical skirt ever made. WESTS’ BRADLEY 4 CARY, (late J. L A J. O. West,) Proprietors of the Invention, and Sole Manu facturers, 97 Chambers aud 79 and 81 Reads streets, New York. For Sale in all first class stores In this city, snd throughout the United States and Canadas, Havana de Cuba, Mexico, South America, and the West In dies. £0“ Inquire for the Duplex Elliptic (or double) Spring SkirW jyß Stf A SMITHS. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Sheeting, Shirting, Oenaburgs, Yarns, Rope, Bagging, Manufactured and Smoking Tobacco, Ac., Ac. Particular attention given to the Purchase, Sale and Shipment of COTTON. Ralston's Granite Range;—Third Range, MACON, GA. References.— Erwin A Hardee, Claghorn ft Cun ningham, Savannah; L. G Bowers, S. M. Farrar, Cos lumbus; E. B. Long ft Cos., L. B. Davis, Augusta; P P, Pease. V. A. Qaskill, Atlanta. ju2Blm 3500 TONB OF— ENGLISH RAILS, Os best quality, 60x68 per lineal yard. For sals by Jul 9 6m FOWLS A CO. WiJIHB HOSPITAL TRANSCRIPT." The paper above named is published at Hilton Head S. C., by M. J. McKenna, It is designed by the Publisher to make an Interest ing and Instructive Paper, not only for SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS, but a WELCOME WEEKLY VISITOR to all residents of Hilton Head. It will contain Original LOCAL NEWS, a summary NORTHERN NEWS, and carefully Selected MIS CELLANEOUS ITEMS. 'i3-tf HEADQ’RS DEPARTMENTS THE SOUTH,) Hilton Head, S. C., July 3, 1866. f General Order,) No. 108. J We following Circulars from the War Department are published tor the information of this command: WAR DEPARTMENT, I Adjutant General's Office, > Washington, May lk 1866. j Circular, ) no. i9. ; I. Under Paragraph 111, General Orders, No. 94, May 16, current series, from this Office, the following State Rendezvous, to which troops mustered ont will be forwarded for payment, are announced, viz : Maine—Augusta, Portland and Bangor. New Hampshire--Concord and Manchester. Vermont—Montpelier, Brattleboro and Burlington. Massachusetts—Boston, (Readville and Galloupe’s Island.) Rhode Island—Providence. Connecticut—Hartford and New Haven. New York—New York City, (Hart’s Island,) Alba ny, Elmira, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Sackett’s Harbor, Plattsbnrg. and Ogdens Dmg. New Jersey—Trenton. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, and Pittsbnrg. Delaware—W ilmington. Maryland—Baltimore and Frederick. West Virginia—Wheeling. Ohio—Cincinnati, (Camp Dennison,) Cleveland, (Camp Cleveland,) Columbus, (Camp Chase and Tod Barracks.) Indiana—lndianapolis. Illinois—Springfield and Chicago. Michigan—Detroit and Jackson, Wisconsin—Madison and Milwaukee. Minnesota—Fort Snelling. lowa—Davenport and Clinton. Kansas—Lawrence and Leavenworth, Missouri—St. Louts, (Benton Barracks), Kentucky—Louisville. Lexington and Covington. 11. When the muster-out roll of a regiment has been completed, aud it is ready to start for the State, (see Paragrhph 5, General Orders, No. 94, current se ries, Adjutact General's Office,) the Assistant Com missary of Musters for the Division to which it be longed will immediately report (by telegram, when practicable,) to the Paymaster General of the Army, Washington, D. C„ its numerical designation, number of commissioned officers, number of enlisted men, and renaezvons in the State where ordered for payment and final discharge. By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Ass’t Adit. General. WAR DEPARTMENT, 1 Adjutant General’s Office, ' > Washington, June 6,1865.) Circular,) No. 23. f ■Volunteer soldiers entitled to discharge, and wishing to enlist in the Regular Army, under the terms of Gen eral Orders, No. 99, current series, will be forthwith mnstered out at their several commands, receive their discharges, and will not be sent to rendezvous under the provisions of General Orders No. 94, current se ries ; bnt on enlistment in the Regular Army will re ceive fiiAl payments under the requirements of Para graph 3, General Orders No. 99, current series. The attention of Commanding Officers of regiments, batteries and detached commands of the Regular Army is called to the immediate necessity of appointing Re cruiting Officers for their several commands, in order to obtain the advantages of General Orders, No. 99, current series. In designating these officers, Com manding Officers will be governed by the requirements of Paragraps 986 and 987, and 988, Revised Regula tions for the Army, governing Regimental Recruiting Service. D TOWNBEND, , Ass’t Adj’t General By Command of . . __ _ Major General Q, A. GILLMORE, W. L. M. Bubgkb, Ass’t Adj’t Gen. Official! > v .q , J, B. Babcock, A. A. A. G, jy l2 "* PRICE. 5 CENTS The Tombs and Its Inmitts. [From the New York Tribune.] Prison life is always an interesting study for the philanthropist, more especially the novelist, the hangman and the newspaper re ?>rter. There are many prisons in New ork, bHt the Tombs is the best representa tive of them all. It is the largest; it is of architectural pretensions; it recalls the pen itentiaries of what we know and imagine of Europe, the of the Ptolemys; it is , moreover, of great notoriety, and its very name implies that who enters there abandons Lope. The exterior ot the edifice; U too familiar to require description. The in terior, however, is not so well known, at least to law-abiding citizens. You enter by the Leonard street side, and, by the permis sion of the warden, Mr. Sutton, you have freedom to wander whithersoever you desire, up and down long gloomy galleries, which run by grated doors, behind which many of your fellow men are incarcerated—perhaps with the terrible doom of death hangin° r over their heads, and only kept by a filament of the slightest texture. The largest and most commodious portion of the interior is used aa THE MALE PRISONS. You stand in the center of a corridor, the length of the prison as it runs on Centre-st., with the root tor ceiling, and four tiers or galleries extending around the sides, with a plain iron railing to each. The upper tier is used for parties accused of the slighter offences, such as petty larceny, drunkenness and the guileless recreation of fisticuffs ; the third tier is the receptacle of criminals of deeper dye—for instance grand larceny, incendiarism, assault and battery with intent to kill, burglary, etc. The se cond tier is occupied by prisoners still more obnoxious in the eye of the law, and, in point of importance is about the same as the first tier or ground floor. Here are confined prisoners who are awaiting transportation to Sing Sing ; here also are confined the con demned to death the restless criminals whose doom is as yet uncertain, and the wretched ones who plead for mercy, but whose hearts are not yet made quite sick to death with hope deferred. THE FEMALE PRISON. This portion of the prison is not so roomy and airy as the male quarter, Bnt the pris oners are allowed greater freedom. In the day time, all the doors of the cells are open ed and the inmates are permitted to wander up and down the gallery and converse with each other. Most of them present counte nances even more depraved than the men. “When woman falls, she falls so far The depth is terrible.” There are, however, many who seem strangely out ot place in their imprisonnfent. Frances Stanley, one of the inmates, who leaves at an early hour this morning for a term of two years and six months in the State Prison, has been there before for a longer term. Her crime is shoplifting. St e is handsome and intelligent, with consider able refinement of manner. She is evidently the victim of the deplorable disease of klepto mania, but accepts her fate with philosophic indifference. Most of her fellow prisoners, however, are among the vilest of their sex, with debauchery and crime written upon their every lineament, though pity must be the prevailing sentiment of the thoughtful visitor. THE CELLS. Want of ventiation is the gravest objection to the Tombs as a place of incarceration. It is especially so with regard to the female de partment, where, unlike the grated cells of the male prison, the outer doors are of wood, with three or four round apertures as breath ing holes. As these doors are invariably closed at night, the atmosphere within, in this state of the weather, must approach suf focation. The male prisoners also complain greatly of the close and heated air of their cells. The apartments are, in many res pects, kept scrupulously clean aud white with lime, but they are nevertheless vermin infested. The beds are densely inhabited. Some of the prisoners informed us that they never went to bed at night on account of the vermin. It may be that they are only rife in the heat of the summer, or that the authori ties use their best endeavors to cleanse tbe cells in this respect; but one would think that in this day of inventions—of number less “Insect Exterminators,” “Patent Pow ders,” and other nostrums, fallacious or genuine, the prisoners might be effectually and permanently lid of the vermin addition to their punishment. A French mason named Gaibant, father of five children, recently blew ont his brains in this strange manner: He filled a long apothecary’s vial with gunpowder and intro duced the closed end into his mouth; he then applied a lighted match to the open part, and the powder exploded. His bead was blown to pieces in a dreadful manner. The cause of the suicide is unknown. —General Hancock will soon make bis headquarters at Baltimore, in pursuance of general orders, and the forces of bis corps will relieve most men in that region. Applicants tor position in his corps, who have passed ex amination, are now receiving orders to re port for duty. —Secretary Welles has issued an order re ducing the navy to a peace establishment. The order will reduce the force trom sixty five thousand effective men, to not more than fifteen thousand. —Secretary Stanton is worn down by hard labor, and, though not confined to his bouse, has been at the Department but about three hours per day since last Friday. The New York Board of Councilmen have adopted a resolution appropriating $3,000 to procure portraits of Generals Grant, Sher man, and Sheridan. —The President is understood to be unfa vorably disposed to the Richmond petition, to relax the twenty thousand dollar excep tion clause. The roadsides in Spain are all lined with fruit trees, for whenever a Spaniard eats a peach or a pear, he digs a hole in the ground with his feet and covers up the stone or seed.