SAVANNAH
REPUBLICAN
1862
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Republican.—We commence the year by presenting the Republican
to its numerous readers, considerably reduced in size.
Our object is simply to economize in the cost of paper, which has become
necessary both from the loss of advertising business and the difficulty of
procuring supplies. While it serves
us a good turn, we intend that it shall work no injustice to our readers, as we
shall make no reduction in the amount of news and other information we have been
in the habit of furnishing them daily.
The Republican enters, to-day, on the sixty-first year of its
existence—an old machine 'tis true, but we hope, with proper care and youthful
engineers to run it, it may neither break down nor run off the track.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
There are thirty factories in Georgia engaged in making cotton and woolen
goods, besides several smaller factories that spin yarn only.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Enamelled
Cloth Manufactory,
Macon, Georgia.
We are now successfully engaged in the above business, and in a few days
will have 1,000 yards ready, of a good quality, to be sold at wholesale.
Enclose stamp to us and get a sample.
Lovi & Burke.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
A good book and a gifted woman are excellent things for those who know
how to justly appreciate their value. There
are men, however, who judge both from the beauty of the covering.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
There's
but one Pair of Stockings to
Mend To-night.
An old wife sat by
her bright fire-side,
Swaying thoughtfully to and fro,
In an ancient chair whose creaky craw
Told a tale of long ago;
Wile down by her side on the kitchen floor,
Stood a basket of worsted balls—a score.
The good man dozed
o'er the latest news,
Till the light of his pipe went out;
And unheeded, the kitten with cunning paws,
Rolled out and tangled the balls about;
Yet still sat the wife in the ancient chair,
Swaying to and fro in the fire-light glare.
But anon, a misty
tear-drop came
In her eyes of faded blue,
Then trickled down in a furrow deep,
Like a single drop of dew;
So deep was the channel—so silent the stream,
The good man saw naught but the dim'd eyebeam.
Yet marveled he
much that the cheerful light
Of her eye, had weary grown,
And marveled he more at the tangled balls—
So he said in a gentle tone:
"I have shared thy joys since our marriage vow,
Conceal not from me thy sorrows now."
Then she spoke of
the time when the basket there
Was filled to the very brim,
And now there remained of the goodly pile
But a single pair—for him;
Then wonder not at the dimmed eye-light;
There's but one pair of stockings to mend to-night.
I cannot but think
of the busy feet,
Whose wrappings were wont to lay
In the basket awaiting the needle's tines—
Now wandered so far away;
How the sprightly steps to a mother dear
Unheeded fell on the careless ear.
For each empty nook
in the basket old,
By the hearth there's an empty seat;
And I miss the shadows from off the wall,
And the patter of many feet;
'Tis for this that a tear gathered over my sight;
At the one pair of stockings to mend to-night.
'Twas said that far
through the forest wild
And over the mountains bold,
Was a land whose rivers and darkening caves,
Were gemmed with the fairest gold;
Then my first-born turned from the oaken door,
And I knew the shadows were only four.
Another went forth
on the foaming wave
And diminished the basket's store—
But his feet grew cold—so weary and cold—
They'll never be warm any more—
And this nook in its emptiness, seemeth to me,
To give forth no voice but the moan of the sea.
Two others have
gone towards the setting sun,
And made them a home in its light,
And fairy fingers have taken their share,
To mend
by the fire-side bright;
Some other baskets their garments fill—
But mine! Oh!
mine is emptier still.
Another—the
dearest—the fairest—the best—
Was taken by the angels away,
And clad in a garment that waxeth not old,
In a land of a continual day.
O! wonder no more at the dimmed
eye-light,
While I mend the one pair of stockings to-night.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
A Female Spy on Horseback.—The Washington correspondent of the New York
Post relates the following incidents:
A horseman, clad in a sort of cavalry costume with a heavy overcoat and
slouched hat, had been noticed for some time dashing about the city in rather a
conspicuous manner. At last the
authorities felt themselves warranted in arresting him, and accordingly, one
morning, when trotting down Pennsylvania avenue, he found himself suddenly
surrounded by a file of soldiers, and was carried off to prison.
But the funniest part was to come. The
investigation that followed resulted not only in the discovery of certain
papers, but also of the fact that the cavalier was a woman.
How long she had been at the game it is impossible to guess.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Pea Nut Oil.—Messrs. Grant & Tennant have commenced the manufacture
of oil in this city from the pea nut. We
are in receipt of a specimen, which we expect to try on our power press in a day
or two. Oil made from the pea nut,
near Wilmington, N. C., has been successfully used down there, both for
illuminating and lubricating purposes. The
specimen now before us has a clear, handsome appearance, resembling sperm.
It is an enterprise that must pay the energetic manufactures handsomely
for their trouble and outlay. Whale
oils have almost entirely disappeared, and but few will use lard oil, if that of
the pea nut is accessible.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Ball.
By Permission of the Mayor and Aldermen,
The Colored People of Savannah
Will Give
A Ball,
At Saint Andrew's Hall,
On Wednesday Night, 22d inst.
The proceeds, over the expenses, to be appropriated for the benefit of
the sick and wounded soldiers in the service of the State of Georgia.
The Mayor has appointed a committee of gentlemen, who will be present to
see that the Ball is properly and orderly conducted.
Tickets $1.50; may be obtained of either of the following Managers:
Moses Bently,
William Milledge,
Eugene Harriss,
Edward Clark,
George Dolly,
Henry Bland,
George Lucas,
Mrs. Harriss, lady Mang'r.
Music by Ross' Brass Band, from Macon.
Al persons who desire to aid the cause and encourage our efforts, are
respectfully invited to send their contributions to the Committee, before
Wednesday morning.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Expulsion of a New England Teacher.—The Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat,
of the 8th, learns that a New England teacher, Miss Annie M. Kellogg,
who formerly taught in that city, has been requested to leave Oglethorpe county,
Georgia. It was recently discovered
that she had written to Gov. Brown, of Georgia, for a passport to Canada—not
New England—and the trustees summarily expelled her by resolution setting
forth the above facts.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Norah
McCartey.
A Reminiscence of the Missouri Campaign.
During the stay of Col. Jones in Nashville, we have had the pleasure of
many fireside talks with him upon affairs in the West, which he discusses with
ready frankness, interspersed with many anecdotes and illustrations.
These stories have led us to believe that, thus far, Missouri has the
better of other seats of hostility for the real romance of war. Most assuredly the fight there has been waged with fiercer
earnest than almost anywhere else. The
remote geography of the country, the rough, unhewn character of the people the
intensity and ferocity of the passions excited, and the general nature of the
complicity reduced to a warfare essentially partizan and frontier, gave to its
progress a wild aspect, peculiarly susceptible to deeds, and suggestive of
thoughts, of romantic interest. None
of these struck us more forcibly than the story of Norah McCartey, the Jennie
Deans of the West.
She lived in the interior of Missouri, a little, pretty, black-eyed girl,
with a soul as huge as a mountain, and a form as frail as a fairy's, and the
courage and pluck of a buccaneer into the bargain.
Her father was an old man—a secessionist.
She had but a single brother, just growing from boyhood to youthhood, but
sickly and lamed. The family had
lived in Kansas during the troubles of '57, when Norah was a mere girl of
fourteen, or thereabouts. But even
then her beauty, wit and devil-may-care spirit were known far and wide; and many
were the stories told along the border of her sayings and doings.
Among other charges laid to her door, it is said she broke all the hearts
of the young bloods far and wide, and tradition does even go so far as to assert
that, like Bob Acres, she killed a man once a week, keeping a private church
yard for the purpose of decently burying her dead.
Be this as it may, she was then, and is now, a dashing, fine looking,
lively girl, and a prettier heroine than will be found in a novel, as will be
seen if the good natured reader has a mind to follow us down to the bottom of
this column.
Not long after the Federals came into her neighborhood, and, after they
had forced her father to take the oath, which he did partly because he was a
very old man, unable to take the field, and hoped thereby to save the security
of his household, and partly because he could not help himself; not long after
these two important events in the history of our heroine, a body of men marched
up one evening, whilst she was on a visit to a neighbor's, and arrested her
sickly, weak brother, bearing him off to Leavenworth City, where he was lodged
in the military guard-house.
It was nearly night before Norah reached home.
When she did so, and discovered the outrage which had been perpetrated
and the grief of her old father, her rage knew no bounds.
Although the mists were falling, and the night was closing in, dark and
dreary, she ordered her horse to be re-saddled, put on a thick surtout, belted a
sash round her waist, and, sticking a pair of ivory-handled pistols in her
bosom, started off after the soldiers. The
post was many miles distant. But
that she did not regard. Over hill,
through marsh, under cover of the darkness, she galloped on to the headquarters
of the enemy. At last the call of a
sentry brought her to a stand, with a hoarse—
"Who goes there?"
"No matter," she replied, "I wish to see Col. Prince, your
commanding officer, and instantly, too."
Somewhat awed by the presence of a young female on horseback at that late
hour, and perhaps struck by her imperious tone of command, the Yankee guard,
without hesitation, conducted her into the fortifications, and thence to the
quarters of the Colonel [illegible] Yankee officers, with whom [illegible]
politeness, "to what am I indebted for the honor of this visit?"
"Is this Col. Prince?" replied the brave girl, quietly.
"It is, and yourself?"
"No matter. I have come
here to inquire whether you have a lad by the name of McCartey a prisoner?"
"There is such a prisoner?"
"May I ask, for why?"
"Certainly, for being suspected of treasonable connection with the
enemy."
"Treasonable connection with the enemy!
Why, the boy is sick and lame. He
is besides my brother; and I have come to ask his immediate release."
The Yankee officer opened his eyes; was sorry he could not comply with
the request of so winning a suppliant; and must really beg her to desist and
leave the fortress.
"I demand his release" cried she, in reply.
"That you cannot have," returned he, "the boy is a rebel
and a traitor, and unless you retire Madam, I shall be forced to arrest you on a
similar suspicion."
"Suspicion! I am
a rebel and a traitor, too, if you wish. Young
McCartey is my brother, and I don't leave this tent until he goes with me. Order his instant release, or" here she drew one of the
aforesaid ivory-handles out of her bosom and levelled the muzzle of it directly
at him, "I will put an ounce of lead in your brain before you can call a
single sentry to your relief."
A picture that!
There stood the heroic girl; eyes flashing fire, cheek glowing with
earnest will, lips firmly set with resolution, and hand out-stretched with a
loaded pistol ready to send the contents through the now thoroughly frightened,
startled, aghast soldier, who cowered, like blank paper before flames, under her
burning stare.
"Quick!" she repeated, "order his release, or you
die."
It was too much. Prince
could not stand it. He bade her
lower her infernal weapon for God's sake, and the boy should be forthwith
liberated.
"Give the order first," she replied unmoved.
And the order was given; the lad was brought out; and drawing his arm in
hers, the gallant sister marched out of the place, with one hand grasping one of
his, and the other hold of her trusty ivory-handle.
She mounted her horse, bade him get up behind, and rode off, reaching
home without accident before midnight.
Now that is a fact stranger than fiction, which shows what sort of metal
is in our women of the much abused and traduced nineteenth century.—Nashville
Banner.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Negro Labor in Texas.—The Gonzales Inquirer says at a negro
hiring there last week, negro boys and men hired at from $75 to $231, and women
from $130 to @205. Negro labor
don't appear to be cheapened much by the war.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 25, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A
Southern Play.
We recently alluded to the publication of an original drama, at
Montgomery, Ala., entitled "The Confederate Vivandiere, or the Battle of
[illegible] three acts, and has been performed at the Montgomery theatre, by an
amateur company, for the benefit of the first regiment of Alabama cavalry, under
Colonel Clanton. This amusing and
spirited melodrama, in which music, the clangor of arms, and all the
"circumstance of glorious war" take the place of song, is understood
to be the production of Captain Joseph Hodgson, of that regiment.
Clara Brandon is the Vivandiere.
GEN. EVANS (loquitur)—I shall send this girl, to her friends in
Frederick, to gain intelligence for us. That
she has courage, I am convinced, and she will not shrink from the task.
'Tis one of danger, but one of glory, if successful. The women of Charleston and Savannah gloried in such
enterprises during the revolution. A
woman's shrewdness is of't superior to the courage of man. Let her be disguised as a gipsey, and join a roving band of
that people, just across the river.
COL. PEMBROKE (loquitur)—Since Beauregard has fallen back to
Centreville, the Federalists have become emboldened, and advanced from
Poolesville, with the evident intention of crossing the river, and turning our
left wing, whilst McClellan designs an advance upon our centre.
CAPT. VAUGHN—I presume he relies upon his boasted California regiment.
Baker is unprincipled, but brave. If
his men possessed half his courage, we would have a dangerous foe.
Finale—Concluding scene of battle.
[Music. Terrible shouting
and yells. Drums beating, rolls of
mustering. Baker falls reeling,
waving his sword; falls at the feet of General Evans.
General conflict, Southerners victorious.
The stage bursts into flames; the whole region illuminated.]
Curtain falls.
It is understood that this military drama is to be reproduced in
Richmond.
Captain Hodgson is a graduate of the University of Virginia, of the class
of 1859.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Newspaper Mortality.—Seventeen of the twenty six newspapers, that were
published in Florida twelve months since, has been forced to suspend, by reason
of hard times. The remainder, with
the exception of one, a Semi-Weekly paper, have been reduced in size.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 28, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A
Lay Sermon on Dancing.
[From the Richmond Whig, Jan. 15.]
Not only are dancing and junketing in bad taste at such a time as the
present, but they are inhumanly disrespectful and foolish.
If a father or a brother lay in mortal peril in an upper chamber, would
it not be brutal in his children to be "cutting the pigeon wing" below
stairs? Hundreds and hundreds of
fathers and brothers are languishing in the hospitals of this very city, and
thousands upon thousands of fathers, sons, husbands and lovers are exposing
their lives in the field, to save us from subjugation; and there we are,
protected by the living wall of their dauntless breasts, kicking up our heels
and tripping on the light fantastic toe in the most joyous manner.
This is not the way to show a decent respect or a merely human sympathy
for our suffering defenders. This
is not the temper which will or ought to save a people from conquest.
Far be it from us to arouse needless fears or to repress innocent
amusements. Properly guarded, dancing is a delightful, healthy
pastime—infinitely better than the dry and dreary re-unions where only
conversation, half scandal and whole nonsense, is allowed.
But, if we must dance, let us confine ourselves to the old-fashioned,
decent and respectable dances—the cotillion and the like.
Heaven save us from the "round dances," as they are
called—the loathsome products of a prurient French taste.
We regret extremely to hear that these "round dances" are
becoming all the rage at fashionable parties and at the "big hops" at
the great hotels. Words cannot express our detestation and abhorrence of these
dances. They ought not to be
tolerated in the Confederacy. The
girl who dances them ought to take Hamlet's advice to Ophelia—"get thee
to a nunnery."—They will do well enough for the ramping female animals of
Yankeeland, but they ought to be scouted by every pure-minded and refined
Southern lady.
We know that the advocates of these shameless dances will throw in our
teeth the old adage, "evil to him who evil thinketh."
A suspected Cyprian might do the same thing.
These dances are utterly disgusting.
They are a disgrace to respectable society.
They seem studiously devised to prompt the worst suggestions and
sensations. To say that the
wraggling, worming, whirling, squirming, bobbing up and down motions of these
dances, are grossly indecent, is to say the very least of them.
No good man can look at them for the first time without being shocked; no
good woman without feeling her cheek tingle with the scarlet flush of terrible
shame. Only when the frequent
repetition of them has dulled the natural sensibilities, can they be viewed with
anything but disgust.
There is a very simple test by which the round dances and all other
amusements of young people may be tested in regard to their decency.
Are they proper and permissible in private?
What father would like to catch his daughter dancing the Polka in the
arms of a young man when by themselves in a parlor? What father who had never before witnessed the filthy
spectacle would not kick the young man out of doors, and send the young woman to
an asylum?—dancing the Polka in public does not make it less intrinsically
indecent. We are mortified and
indignant to think that these abominable exhibitions are becoming popular in
Richmond.
We are getting corrupt too fast. What
with cheating, extorting, drinking, and dancing the round dances, we are leaping
into the foul depths of Washington degradation at a single bound.
If we must become rotten, let us rot a little less rapid.
Let us taboo and kick out of respectable circles immodest and impure
dances, and them that dance them. If
not, if we prefer to rush into the fashionable depravity of the European or
Yankee capitals, let us by all means do it with an impetuosity and absolute
license that will in some sort redeem our depravity.
Let us have "the German" in our churches, after morning
service, let us introduce the "Canean" into our private drawing
rooms; and have "Model Artist" exhibitions every night in the parlor
of the Exchange and Spottswood.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 28, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The Ladies Forever!—The following articles, together with $5 in cash,
consigned to the Editor of this paper for the benefit of sick soldiers on the
coast, have come safely to hand:
1 bundle of linen, 11 pairs of sheets, 4 pairs of blankets, 8 pillows, 14
pillow cases, 5 bed spreads, 4 mattresses, 1 quilt, 3 comforts, 5 towels, 1
table cloth, 3 pairs of socks, 8 bottles of wine and cordial, 1 bag of dried
fruit, 3 bundles of sage, 1 bundle of catnip, 3 bags of pepper, 4 bags of meal,
3 bags of grits, 1 bag of salt.
The liberal donation comes from the ladies of the Back Camp Aid Society,
of Burke county, to whom, in behalf of the soldiers, we return most grateful
thanks. The latter can never suffer
so long as their countrywomen thus come to their aid in sickness and in health.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 28, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
We find the following graceful acknowledgment of Savannah liberality in
the Nashville papers:
Mrs. Frances B. Fogg and the ladies of the Tennessee Clothing and Blanket
Association, present their most grateful acknowledgment to the merchants of
Savannah, Georgia, for the donation of one hundred and seventy dollars, and also
to Mr. Hodgson, of the same city, for the handsome New Year's gift of a large
bale of cotton containing 500 lbs., for the manufacture of blankets for the
destitute soldiers of the Southern Army. A
new enterprise, which, with the aid and support thus extended to us by noble
Georgia, cannot fail to succeed.
M. R. Fogg, President.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Colportage
Among the Soldiers
The Rev. A. E. Dickinson, General Superintendent of Army Colportage, is
now in Savannah, and will gladly receive such aid as our citizens may be willing
to give him in the prosecution of his good work.
We cheerfully commend him to their kindness, and his work of Christian
benevolence to their liberal consideration.
Among the letters which Mr. Dickinson has received are the following:
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21, 1862
Rev. A. E. Dickinson, Gen. Sup't Army Colportage:
Dear Sir:--I send you a small sum in aid of the pious work to which you
have so worthily devoted yourself: that
of carrying to the soldiers the highest instruction and consolation.—My
observation of the army is, that the better man, the better soldier; and I go a
step farther in our sacred cause—the better Christian, the better soldier.
We are now fighting not only for political and civil liberty, but for
existence, and, as I solemnly believe, for the purity of our religion, in
separating ourselves from the debauching influence of alliance with a people,
half infidel, half fanatic. When
President Davis announced to Bishop Polk his appointment of Major-General, the
Bishop said, "I accept it, believing in my soul that in fighting for the
South, I am fighting the battles of my Master, the Lord Jesus Christ."
Teach a soldier to die like a Christian, and he will be very apt to fight
like a patriot.
May God prosper you in the excellent work you have undertaken in His
cause, and the cause of our country.
Very truly and cordially,
Your ob'dt serv't,
Jno. S. Preston.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 20, 1862.
The Rev. A. E. Dickinson is engaged in a most holy cause, and one that
should commend itself to every Christian or patriot.
The soldiers are not only exposed to the bullets and steel of the enemy,
but the contaminating influences of camp life, and should, therefore, be
furnished with the Word of God, and the writings of pious men, that their
leisure hours may be spent in useful reading, rather than frivolous
conversation, or, what is infinitely worse, idleness and dissipation.
I hope that success may attend his efforts.
Wm. H. Gist.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 9, 1862.
The bearer of this is the Rev. A. E. Dickinson, who is about to visit the
Southern States of the Confederacy, in furtherance of his Christian Mission as
General Superintendent of the Army Colportage.
He is commended to the generous public as a gentleman of character,
reliable and well esteemed by those who know him.
Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 8, 1862.
Rev. A. E. Dickinson, the General Superintendent of Army Colportage, is
engaged in collecting funds to supply our soldiers with Testaments, Tracts and
religious publications.—Under his energetic superintendence much has been
accomplished. He is a Christian
gentleman, of active and intelligent piety, and zealous of good works.
There is nothing of offensive sectarianism in his labors and
objects—most cordially we commend him to the kind attention and active
sympathy of all who feel that, in this national conflict, our trust is not in
chariots, nor horses, but in the strength of the High and Omnipotent one,
"who doth His will in the armies of Heaven and among the inhabitants of
earth."
J. L. M. Curry,
A. W. Venable,
James S. Harrison,
A. R. Botteler,
James A. Seddon,
S. H. Ford,
A. H. Garland,
C. M. Bell,
T. N. Waul.
Members of the Confederate Congress.
The following is from Gen. Wise, of the Confederate Army:
"I have no hesitation in bearing my testimony, from experience in
command, to the value of religious teaching, preaching and instruction in the
camp of the army. The men are fond
of any reading, and especially the romance of the Scriptures is attractive to
them. I recommend Hunter's sacred
biography to be published in lectures and tracts.
"Henry A. Wise."
Mass
Meeting in Behalf of Army Colportage.—Last evening, a meeting of much interest
was held in the Baptist Church of this city.
Rev. A. E. Dickinson, from Richmond, Va., who was present and addressed
the meeting, said that not less than 50,000 of the soldiers in his State are
destitute of a Testament; that the Society, whose operations he superintends,
has brought out an edition of the New Testament, and published some four
millions of pages of religious tracts. He
has now in his employ fifty colporteurs visiting the camps in Virginia, through
whose efforts much good has been effected.
Rev. Mr. Dickinson is now soliciting funds with which to supply the Georgia
regiments in service in Virginia, and also to establish a Depository of
Testaments and tracts, by which to supply the soldiers around Savannah.
In
Charleston, Mr. Dickinson raised $1,700. We hoe that our people will do what they can.
Surely there can be no better cause than this.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Religious
Reading for our Soldiers—An Appeal for Aid.
Editor Republican:--The following interesting facts have been forwarded
to me by an influential chaplain. "As
an evidence of the moral and religious character of our army, I have found only
one thorough infidel, and he is of foreign extract.
Six hundred Testaments and six thousand Tracts have been distributed by
me. From these efforts I have
fallen upon the following results: From
the Tract 'A Mother's Parting Words to her Soldier Boy,' eight precious
souls date their conversion to God. 'Are
you a Soldier?' and 'I am a Soldier' have resulted in the conversion of five.
I have met with seven instances in which souls have been savingly
converted from the reading of other tracts.
What may have been done beyond my knowledge God only knows, but I believe
that good has been done. One came
to me a few days since, with tears flowing from his eyes, and said: 'My friend, I would not take ten dollars for that tract you
gave me; I have been a wanderer from God; my mother has wept over me again and
again, and it was left for a little tract to bring me back.
O, sir, I reel to-day that I am a new man, and am determined to live for
God, as well as my country.'"
Such letters as the above are received almost every day.
Heaven is smiling upon the effort which is being made to save the souls
of our brave soldiers. I have heard
of hundreds who have found the "pearl of great price" since they went
forth to the field of strife.
We now have fifty pious colporteurs, going from camp to camp, supplying
and distributing Testaments and religious tracts, engaging in [illegible] on
personal religion, holding [illegible] good to the souls of our soldiers
[illegible]
I am here for a few days to arrange for supplying the soldiers in the
vicinity of this city with Testaments and tracts, and also securing funds with
which to supply the regiments from this State now in service in Virginia.
Any person disposed to aid can do so by leaving his contribution with the
Clerk at the Pulaski Hotel.
Yours, &c.,
A. E. Dickinson,
Gen. Supt. Army Colportage.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, January 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Rules
for St. John's Hospital for Sick Soldiers.
1. No soldier will be admitted to the Hospital without the
sanction of one of the Attending Physicians.
2. One Nurse only will be allowed to any number less than five
sick soldiers.
3. Only those in attendance on the sick will be allowed beds or
meals in the Hospital.
4. The Hospital will be closed at 9 o'clock at night, after
which hour no one will be allowed to come in, except patients who may be
brought.
5. No patient will be allowed to absent himself from the
Hospital without the consent of one of the Physicians.
6. The Physicians will discharge the patients as soon as they
recover, when they will be expected to leave Hospital and report themselves for
duty.
7. Commanders and Surgeons will please take notice.
By order of the
Board of Managers.
E. L. Campbell, Sec'y.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
To
Free Persons of Color.
City Marshal's Office.
February 1, 1862.
The following Free Persons of Color are in default to the City for Taxes:
Double
and Single Tax.—1860.
Elizabeth Lloyd
Ann Stiles
Virginia Ann Johnson
Sarah Verdere
Susan Sheftall
Fanny Williams
Sarah An Silons
Double
Tax.—1861.
Polly Batties
Sarah Ann Myers
Minda Campbell
Matilda McIver
Isaac Dujour
Nancy Odingsell
Mary Dungees
Margaret Reed
Samuel Garey
Susan Sheftall
Sarah Harris
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Harris
Susan Taylor
Manan Harris
Nancy Williams, Est. of
Isabella Kirk
Eliza Wallace
Jane Kirk
Jane Wallace
Single
Tax.—1861.
Julia P. Baker
Mary Jane McCormick
Susan Ann Bourquin
Margaret Moultree
Adriana Boyd
William Odingsell
Mary Jane Boyd
Sarah Odingsell
Mary Ann Buster
Sally Robinson
Eliza Claghorn
Amanda Rose
Mary Cooper
Thomas R. Scott
Susan Denaler
Sarah Ann Sharpe
Elizabeth Greene
Julia Thompson
Susan Harden
Emily Williams, Est. of
Henry Jenks
Eliza Willy [?]
Francis McCarty
Ann Willy [?]
Elnaldo McCormick
If payments are not made on or before the 15th day of February
inst., the ordinance will be enforced.
Thomas S. Wayne,
City Marshal.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 6, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
First Regiment State Troops.--An interesting ceremony took place
yesterday, at Camp Harkie, five miles up the Central Railroad, being the
presentation of a Beauregard Battle Flag to the First Regiment Georgia Army, by
a young lady of this city. The
occasion was a most interesting one, and we shall allude to it more particularly
in our next issue.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
First
Regiment State Troops—Flag Presentation.
Camp Harkie, on the Central Railroad, presented a lively scene Wednesday
last. By the polite invitation of
the officers of the First Regiment, a considerable number of ladies and
gentlemen repaired to the encampment to partake of their hospitalities and
witness the presentation of a Battle Flag to the Regiment by Miss Carrie Bell
Sinclair, of this city. The
Regiment—which is one of the very best in the service, whether we regard
discipline, drill, or the appearance of the troops—among other
accomplishments, boasts of a goodly number of fiddlers, who enabled the company
to while away the morning hours with a country dance.
A very excellent dinner, provided we learn by the wives of the officers,
who are now on a visit to the camp, followed next in order, after which the
Regiment was formed on the parade ground preparatory to the presentation
ceremonies.
The flag was a very beautiful one, of silk, and most tastefully wrought
by the hands of the fair donor. Miss
Sinclair presented it in person, accompanied with a very handsome and patriotic
address, which was gallantly responded to by Sergeant Major R. D. Chapman, in
behalf of the Regiment. The
addresses have been furnished to us by the officers of the Regiment with the
request that we give them a place in our columns.
We cheerfully comply, and they will be found annexed:
Address
of Miss Sinclair.
Gentlemen of the
Regiment:
In presenting you with this banner, the emblem of Power, Justice and
Liberty, need I tell you that a spirit of pride and patriotism has prompted me
to the deed?
Feeling a deep interest in the cause of the South, and proud of the boys
of my native State to whose care I now commit this sacred ensign, I have woven
these bright colors together, and as star after star has been added, prayed that
such might be emblazoned in glory, that it might float in triumph over our land,
a terror to our foes, and the pride of every Southern heart.
Unlike the stars and bars, our battle flag has yet won but few laurels,
nor has it been made sacred to us by a bloody baptism.
But it will yet float victorious over the battle field, and return to our
sunny home with many a bright garland around it.
I might point you to the battlefield and tell you how proudly the flag of
the South has floated there, and in what brave hands it has been borne; but the
victory of Fort Moultrie is still fresh in your memory, and the glory of
Manassas still written upon its folds. The
wreathes twined 'round it by the brave sons of the South have not yet withered,
nor has the star of our glory grown dim.
What eye does not kindle with pride as it gazes on that glorious banner?
Where is the heart that does not swell with devotion to the cause of
Freedom, or the arm that would not strike a blow in defense of Liberty?
The man that would prove as Arnold to his country—the man whose bosom
swells not with love for his native land and hatred for its base invaders—the
man whose soul is not filled with pride and patriotism as he looks on the blood
stained banner of our glorious Southern [about six paragraphs too faded to read,
some including poetry]
But I would [illegible] you remember that those for whom you have braved
danger have a lover for freedom as strong as that bids you battle for the right.
We have not the strength of our hearts in our hands, nor may we answer to
the call of the bugle and go with you to the battlefield.
It is ours to soften the pillow of sickness, and ministering angels,
around the couch of the suffering. Yet,
while not forsaking this holy sphere, we may still cling, with true devotion to
our country, and make ourselves heroines in the cause of Liberty.
We can boast, with pride, the name of Ann C[???], the heroine of Tampico,
who, during the Mexican strife, remained alone in a country at war with her
nation, and held the Consul House in defiance of the Mexican army; and when they
threatened her life if she did not give it up to them, her answer was "Come
and take it, but you will only enter it over my dead body."
In vain did they try to battle this brave woman, for she did not once
blanch; but, with the enemy all around her, hauled down, in their very sight,
their flag, and run up the stars and stripes.
Georgia may yet produce the one who, with the heroic daring of this brave
woman, will plant the flag of the Southern Confederacy in the face of the enemy.
Have you not been urged to deeds of heroism by the encouraging words of a
wife, mother, or sister, as, with tears at your parting and prayers for your
safety, she bid you go wherever duty took you.
[Another long illegible faded out section]
Response
of Sergeant Major Chapman.
Miss Sinclair:--In expressing the thanks of the Regiment for the honor
you have conferred upon us, my language sinks into insignificance and is by far
inadequate to the task assigned me.
I assure you, this beautiful banner will meet with a hearty welcome, and
be cherished by every member of this command.
Its beauty, its splendor, its origin, and the patriotic manner in which
it has been presented, will give it a warm and enthusiastic reception.
Emblematic, as it is, of your own character, you, too, merit a place in
our [illegible] with the offering we so [illegible] appreciate.
The kind generosity you manifest toward us in the presentation of this
beautiful banner, will guarantee to you a high position in the estimation of our
Regiment and believing that you are actuated by feelings of pure patriotism, we
will wave it in the defence of your rights, till it shall float in triumph over
the entire South.—And though fate may bid us part, we will bear it with us, a
specimen of southern industry, and an evidence of the patriotism of our southern
ladies.
Thus cheered on by the smiling approbation [rest faded out.]
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The
New Flag.
We gave yesterday a sketch of the new Confederate flag, agreed upon and
reported by the special committee of the late Provisional Congress.
Our readers will recollect its particular parts, and save us the
necessity of describing it in detail.
To our mind, this flag is the poorest and most insignificant of any we
have yet seen proposed, in Congress or elsewhere.
It is both unseemly and destitute of point—an immense blood-thirsty and
defiant looking affair—with hardly a single recommendation.
It may do for the groundwork of our national colors, to be improved upon,
refined, and endowed with something that will speak; but, as a complete work, it
is almost beneath criticism. Can
anybody tell us what on earth is represented by the four stars arranged stiffly
in a square on the union? We have
not the slightest idea. A rising
sun, surrounded by stars representing all the States of the Confederacy,
would be far more appropriate, and even beautiful.
The project of a white cross would also be preferable, though we have not
particular fancy for the device.
And again, if we are to have the tri-color at all—and we confess to a
liking for the combination—why confine the white to such small objects as the
stars, which will be invisible at a very moderate distance?
The outer quarter, corresponding with the union, might very well be
white. It would give a pleasing
variety to the whole, and be visible at a greater distance than the red.
With these changes, we think the new flag might be considered very
respectable in design and general effect. But,
will any change be made. The Examiner
informs us that the one reported has met the almost unanimous approval of the
Provisional Congress. We hope the
permanent body will entertain very different tastes and views, and give us
something upon which every citizen of the new Republic will look with pride and
exultation.
A still better suggestion may be, as legislators have proved themselves
no flag makers, that they divest themselves entirely of the trust, and commit it
to the hands of a committee of gentlemen of well known taste and literary
attainments. Such a committee would
give us a stand of colors worthy of the country and that would challenge the
admiration of the world.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Destruction
of Schley's Mills.
Augusta, Feb. 25.—Schley's Cotton and Wool Factory, near Augusta, was
destroyed by fire last night. The
loss is very heavy and near two hundred people are turned out of employment.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
"Thirteenth Georgia."—Owing to the pressure of a large amount
of telegraphic matter at a late hour of night, we have been compelled to lay
over the flag presentation for our next issue.
[next issue on reel is March 3]
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, February 26, 1862, p. 4, c. 2
To
the Public
Savannah, June 24th, 1861.
The undersigned are constrained to increase the subscription price of
their respective papers. This
necessity arises from the diminished income of their offices, growing out of the
stagnation of business generally, while the expenses are largely increased and
cannot be curtailed without injustice to our readers.
Advertising, ordinarily so large a portion of a newspaper's revenues, is
almost wholly suspended, and will continue so during the war, while the price of
paper has largely increased, and telegraphic expenses are nearly trebled.
It is not reasonable to suppose that the Proprietors of papers will
continue their publication at a loss when there is no immediate prospect of a
change for the better. We have too
much reliance upon the sense of justice of our subscribers, to apprehend that
they will complain at our course; on the contrary, we hope for and need a
generous support from them, and cheerful efforts on their part to increase our
subscription lists. It is only upon
this support and those efforts we can now depend to maintain the usefulness and
value of our papers as full and reliable vehicles of information at this most
critical period in the affairs of the country.
From the 1st day of July, our terms of subscription will be
For the Daily, one year
$8.00
" "
" six
months
4.00
" "
"
three months
2.00
" "
"
one month
1.00
" "
Tri-Weekly, one year
5.00
" "
"
six months
2.50
" "
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three months
1.50
The Weekly will be as heretofore, for one year
2.00
Apart from existing exigencies, it may not be generally known that the papers of
Savannah and Augusta have long been furnished at a price far below that of the
journals of other commercial towns in the South, and on terms wholly
unremunerating. In proof of this,
we refer to the following statement of terms. It shows that we do not ask more for our labor and capital
than is promptly conceded to others engaged in the same business.
Charleston.
Daily.
Tri-Weekly.
Courier
$10
$5
Mercury
10
5
Evening News
8
4
Mobile
Daily
Tri-Weekly.
Advertiser & Register
$10
$6
Tribune
8
New
Orleans.
Daily
Picayune
$12
Crescent
10
Bulletin
12
Delta
10
Memphis.
Daily
Tri-Weekly.
Avalanche
$10
$5
Bulletin
10
5
Appeal
10
5
Nashville.
Daily
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Union & American
$8
$5
Banner
8
5
Montgomery.
Daily
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Advertiser
$8
Mail
8
$5
Contracts for subscriptions unexpired on the day indicated, will be
completed at our former rates.
All orders for subscriptions MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH THE CASH.
F. W. Sims,
Proprietor Republican.
Theodore Blois [?]
Proprietor Morning News.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, March 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
[From
the Macon Telegraph.]
Gunboat Fund.
Macon, March 6, 1862.
Mr. Clisby:--Sir: We see by
the Charleston papers, that a young lady, Miss Sue L. Gelzec, of Summerville,
has started a subscription to build a gunboat at Charleston, by the ladies of
the Palmetto State, which is being responded to by the ladies of Carolina.
We propose that her noble example should be followed by our own native
Georgia. And as an earnest of our
intentions, we herewith enclose you our subscriptions of five dollars each, to
build a gunboat for our own gallant, war-worn veteran, Commodore Tattnall, who
oft has bared his breast to the "battle and the breeze."
We know that there is patriotism enough among the ladies of the Empire
State of the South, to raise the necessary fund to build one that will do credit
to Georgia. We would, therefore,
propose the following names to act as agents to receive funds from the ladies of
Georgia:
For Macon—Editor Georgia Telegraph, Editor Georgia Messenger, Col. L.
N. Whittle, James A. Nisbet, Esq., Mrs. Washington Poe.
Savannah—Savannah Republican, Savannah Morning News.
Augusta—Constitutionalist, Chronicle & Sentinel.
Columbus—Times and Enquirer.
Atlanta—Intelligencer and Confederacy.
Milledgeville—Southern Federal Union and Southern Recorder.
Albany—Richard H. Clark and Sims & Rust.
Americus—John J. Scarboro and T. M. Furlow.
Cuthbert—Edward McDonald and Otho P.Beall.
Saundersville—James S. Hook [?], Esq.
Waynesboro'—Mrs. Shewmake.
Covington—William P. Anderson.
Not being sufficiently acquainted to name agents in the various counties
of Georgia, we would recommend the ladies to appoint agents in their various
towns and counties and remit their collections to a committee in Savannah, to be
composed of His Honor Edward J. Harden, R. R.
Cuyler, President Central Railroad, G. B. Lamar, President of Commerce.
Respectfully yours,
Mary Ann & Ella.
All newspapers in Georgia please copy.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, March 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The proprietors of the paper Mills of Greenville district, (the one
formerly owned by B. Dunham, deceased,) will in a few days, commence the
manufacture of writing paper.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, March 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
In the Wrong Apparel.--On Thursday night last, a soldier disguised as a
woman, crinoline and all, was taken up by the city Guard and put in the lock-up. He was, as he stated, under the impression that he was not
committing an offence against the laws. The
Mayor turned him over to the officers of the company to which he was attached,
for punishment.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, March 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Masonic
Hall.
Mago del Mage,
the Great Southern
Wizard and Magician,
Will exhibit at the above Hall
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
March 18, 19 and 20.
On this occasion, Mago Del Mage will introduce the startling and novel
experiments in Natural Magic, Chemicals, Mechanics and Philosophical Wonders.
Admission
50 cents.
Children and Servants
25 "
This (Tuesday) Evening's Entertainment will be for the Sick Soldiers in
Savannah.
For particulars, see small bills.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, March 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
A few Southern ladies visiting in Europe from Louisiana and Alabama, have
forwarded $1,700 to the "Ladies' Relief" in Mobile, and write:
"Our efforts have been untiring to enlighten the British mind in
regard to the merits of the Southern cause, and it is gratifying to see how
great a change has taken place in this country in favor of our glorious
Confederacy."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, March 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
The
Sprit of the Ladies of Baltimore.
A Baltimorean, who recently came South, on the Underground Railroad, and
in whose statement we have full confidence, sends us the following sketch of an
amusing scene which actually took place at Fort McHenry a short time
ago:--Charleston Mercury.
The ladies of Baltimore, notwithstanding Lincoln's proclamation, appeared
daily in the streets, in secession colors, to wit, "red, white and
red." Bonnets are so
constantly trimmed with a red, a white, and again, a red rose, that even the
manufacturers have been prohibited from making these rebellious flowers, in
order "to support the government."
Yet, the ladies, who are equal to every emergency, were not to be outdone
in this matter. The insulting
Yankee soldiers, on several occasions, spoke to the traitorous desmoiselles, and
even went so far as to tear the trimming from their bonnets.
One day a party of four ladies, determining to wear the southern colors,
arrayed themselves, and drove to Fort McHenry to see General Dix on the subject.
Now, it is a fact, that General Dix is really in awe of the Baltimore
ladies.—The sight of one at the fort generally brings on a nervous chill,
which disables him for several days. Imagine,
then, the effect of four, in rebellious array, before him.
A clerical gentleman was talking with the General at the time, and the
ladies were seated until the colloquy was over.
The clergyman was from the South, had been North for his health, and was
trying to urge General Dix to let him pass the Federal lines to reach his house.
"Sir," said the general, "I cannot accommodate you.
I have not the power to grant passports."
"I have heard of an underground railway," said the clergyman.
"Possibly you could give me some knowledge of its operations,"
etc.
"I, too, have heard of the same, sir," said the commander,
"but with all my vigilance and detectives, I have been unable to discover
the depot, or the conductor. Apply
to any of the rebel ladies of Baltimore, they will send you or your letters;
they seem more than equal to the exigencies of the times."
One of the ladies now stepped forward, and asked the clergyman for his
name. Finding him a gentleman, and
anxious to return home, she said, handing him her card:
"Call on me to-morrow, at twelve o'clock.
I can send you South. I am
recruiting for the Confederate service, and have armed and equipped one hundred
and eighty stout men, who will go South in a day or two; they will, no doubt, be
glad of your company. I have, also,
a daily mail South, so if you wish to send a letter, appraising your friends of
your intention of joining them in the Confederacy, I can, as Gen. Dix says, send
it for you."
The clergyman, amused at the young lady's independence, took a seat to
hear her encounter with Gen. Dix. Turning
to him, she said: "We are four
rebel ladies of Baltimore, Gen. Dix; we have come to the fort to ask your
permission to wear the bonnets we have on.
You will see, general, they are very stylish and becoming, especially to
the handsome brunettes before you. I
am too Celtic for red, but my country's colors at this time enthuse me, so I
wear them, although Madame Etoffe, my modiste, tells me my hat is in bad
taste. Now, you will allow,
general, that I am imbued with the purest patriotism, when I tell you I have
sacrificed the becoming for my country."
The General, utterly confounded, made no reply, when the lady continued:
"Do not keep us in suspense, Gen. Dix. Let us know your decision at once. You know we cannot trust the miserable poltroons that now
infest our beautiful city. I hear,
sir, in case Gen. Beauregard attempts to relieve us, you have made arrangements
to shell Baltimore. Do you know why
this fort was built? For our
protection, not destruction. How
you have hated us; how jealous the Yankees have always been of us; even the
Yankee ladies could never speak of the ladies of this city otherwise than
invidiously. You know the Baltimore
ladies are noted for a rare refinement and beauty, foreign to the daughters of
your soil, hence their envy. You
would like to destroy this "new Sodom," and fear is all that prevents
you, for you think the Confederates would retaliate upon your "big
Babylon," and other cities. If
I had my way, I would send every Southerner away, and set fire to the city
rather than have it, as it is, under Yankee rule.
Since the 19th of April, that memorable day, when your
Massachusetts troops were so enthusiastically driven back by our unprepared
citizens, the Northern press has styled this city the "headquarters of
mobocracy." We like the name;
indeed any remembrance of the day that proved to the South we were theirs,
though taken by surprise, and without arms, we were ready to shed our blood for
their cause. Yes, any allusion to
that day fills my heart with generous enthusiasm.
Then we were free, now we are but galley slaves of the Abolition
Administration. If we, the 'rebel
ladies,' as you are pleased to style us, could have been armed, I believe the
city at this time would be rid of the hostile troops that now surround it. But I have digressed, General Dix. Why do you not speak to me about the bonnets?"
Before the General could answer, two sable maids came forward, one with
some samples of red and white ribbon. Her
mistress had sent to ask Gen. Dix if her little infant might be dressed with
such trimmings; the other came on a similar errand relative to some red and
white socks which little master Harry wished to wear.
The General, overwhelmed by these weighty matters, sank back in his chair
in utter hopelessness. The young
lady aroused him by inquiring:
"Do you now feel debased when you reflect upon the miserable cause
you have espoused? No wonder you
dislike to see ladies here. They
are apt to tell you of the shameful character of a government that causes
infants to be arrested and taken to that diabolical stand—the office of the
Provost Marshal—because they happen to have a red ribbon around their
waists?"
The young lady's criminative attack proved too much for the veteran
officer. He was carried to his private apartment, put to bed, and kept
his room for a fortnight afterwards.
The young lady would now be in custody with Mrs. Greenhow and other lady
prisoners, but that her father happens to be an Englishman.
Since the Trent affair, the Yankees are very circumspect in their
treatment of British subjects.
The clergyman called to see the lady next day at the appointed hour.
She actually sent him South with the recruits to which she had referred,
and, thanks to her daily mail, the Maryland soldiers constantly hear from their
friends.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Cotton
Seed as a Substitute for Coffee.
To the Editor of
the Charleston Mercury:
Seeing a notice, some time ago, that cotton seed was a good substitute
for coffee, I was induced to try a mixture of two-thirds cotton seen and
one-third coffee, and found it answered extremely well.
The seed merely requires to be washed and parched before grinding, the
same as coffee. We have been using
it for six or seven weeks constantly in our family, and many of our friends who
drank it without knowing what the mixture was, pronounced it equal to the best
coffee.—A friend suggests that parched cotton seed in future may be known as
"Carolina Mocha." As
there are times in which all are called upon to practice economy, I send you the
result of my experiment, requesting an insertion as early as convenient, in your
paper.
An Old Housekeeper.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Successful
Movement in Middle Tennessee.
The following is Capt.
Morgan's official report of a late movement of the forces under his command.
The gallant partizan is doing good service:
Shelbyville, Tenn., March 19, 1862.
Maj. Gen. W. J. Hardee,
Commanding First Division:
Sir:--I have the honor to submit the following reports of the operations
of a party of my command on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th insts.
At about 4 o'clock p.m., on the 15th inst., with Col. Wood and a
detachment of forty men, I left Murfreesboro' for Gallatin, having learned that
the Federal forces remained at that place.
The chief objects of the expedition were to intercept the mail, to
destroy the rolling stock on the road, to make prisoners, and to obtain
information of interest to the service. . . .
The whole country through which we passed turned out in masses to welcome
us. I have never before witnessed
such enthusiasm and feeling. Men,
women, and children never wearied in their efforts to minister to our wants.
All expressed themselves gratified at the presence of Southern soldiers
in their midst. A handsome flag was
presented to us by the ladies of Gallatin, and some accompanied us even to the
ferry. . . [fold in paper hides signature.]
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Wanted.
Musicians for the
Brass Band of Thirteenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers C. S. A., now stationed at
Canston's Bluff, near Savannah, Georgia. The
Instruments vacant are one Bb Bass Tuba, one Bb Trombone, one Bb Tenor, two Bb
Altos, and two Eb Altos. To insure
a position, apply early to
M. Douglas,
Col. Comd'g.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Alum
and Copperas.
Kingston, April 2, 1862.
Editor Savannah Republican:
Dear Sir:--There is a locality not far from this place offering
extraordinary advantages for the manufacture of alum and copperas, and connected
with these, if desired, of sulphuric acid.
The property can be bought low. It
is 18 miles from the State road. The
manufacture of the first two articles is very simple, and is within the reach of
any sensible planter with negro labor. The
profits of the manufacture especially of copperas would be very great, its
present price being exorbitant. Our
supply of it will soon be exhausted, and its want will be severely felt in
dyeing clothes. The manufacture of this article would be a public utility,
besides being a source of large profit to the manufacturer.
I am prompted to address you this communication, in consequence of having
learned that there are now numbers of negroes below Savannah who are without
employment and a source of expense to their owners.
I have no interest whatever in the property referred to, other than the
desire that it should be developed for the public good.
The cost of apparatus for the manufacture is small, probably not reaching
one thousand dollars. An
examination of Ure's Dictionary will give information of the details of
manufacture. If this communication
should reach the eye of any planter disposed to employ his negroes in this
manufacture, I will cheerfully give him
all the information in my power as to locality, &c.
I am, yours truly,
C. W. Howard.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Louisiana Cottonade.—We translate from L'Avant Courrier the
following:
The Creole women of Attakapas have been making, for a long time, out of
the cotton grown upon the soil, certain goods much esteemed in the markets of
the South. A woman can make
twenty-five ells (an ell is a yard and a half) of cottonade a month, and this is
worth three dollars an ell, which makes seventy-five dollars.
The expenses of fabrication are small.
Two years since a Tennessean brought into Attakapas a certain number of
machines to clean, card and spin the cotton. There are now in this region about a hundred of these
machines, capable of making 300 ells of cottonade a month. The cottonade sells at a price reduced to one dollar and
seventy five cents an ell. The
machine imported from Tennessee does not occupy more than four or five square
feet, and can be worked by two children.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Castor Oil.—A druggist tells us that this article is very scarce and
dear, yet nothing grows more luxuriantly or is more easily cultivated on every
plantation in the South than the Palm Christi plant, out of which it is
made.—The two facts taken together is almost ludicrous.
They make striking commentary upon the absurd and slavish policy which we
of the South have so long been pursuing of depending almost exclusively upon
others for what can be easily and cheaply made at home.
Castor oil ought to be twice as cheap in the South as in the North.
Importing it is like importing fresh tomatoes and okra in hermitrically
[sic] sealed cans, while these articles will grow much better here than in the
places from which they are brought!
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The Women of Mississippi in Motion.—The New Orleans Delta publishes the
following despatch, dated Natchez, March 29:
The girls, one hundred and three rank and file, each in herself a Joan of
Arc or a Maid of Saragossa, have completed their military organization, and are
in for the war. They will leave
here by steamer for New Orleans on Monday morning.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 12, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Blind
Tom,
The Negro Boy Pianist!
The Inspired Musician!
The Wonder of the World!
The Greatest Marvel on Earth!
A Living Miracle!
Will give four of his
Inimitable Entertainments,
at
Masonic Hall,
On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Evenings.
Doors open at 7 o'clock; to commence at 8.
Admission 50 cents; children 25 cents.
At each entertainment, TOM will perform his soul-stirring and thrilling
composition, "The Battle of Manassas," performed by him every evening
for seven weeks, in the city of Richmond, to thousands of delighted hearers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Presentation
of a Flag.
Valdosta, Lowndes Co.
A flag was presented at this place a short time since to the Valdosta
Guards, by Miss Hennie R. Scruggs. I
give the address of Miss Scruggs, which was replied to by Lieut. S. L. Baker,
which was replied to by Lieut. S. L. Baker, in a few brief remarks, in behalf of
the company.
Miss Scruggs was dressed in homespun of her own manufacture, to show her
independence of the Yankee invaders.
Address.
Soldiers:--It is my happy
privilege to be the bearer of this banner, that I trust is to be your guide on
the battle field. Would that it
might never leave the shores of our own beloved State, but should duty call you
to participate in dangers of the most perilous kind in any of our sister States,
[illegible] is a glorious mission! Our
rights, our liberties, and our sacred homes are all at stake; and you are called
upon to defend them. Will you do
it? yes; all honor to the brave sons of the South.
By the help of an all merciful God, you are both able and willing to do
it, for I know there is not one, this side of Mason and Dixon's line, who calls
himself a southerner, that will submit and wear a yoke of bondage.
Then if it is requisite, we say take our last man, and we, though frail
and weak by nature, can and will ourselves conduct the forms [sic—farms], and
all other necessaries for our own, and the support of our brave defenders.
Then onward, ye sons of Dixie, and know no such word as fail; but let
your motto be liberty or death!
Our little Confederacy is comparatively weak in numbers, but doubly
strong in courage and pride; she is too proud to ask aid of any other nation,
though dark clouds are gathering thick and fast over her horizen [sic], and
threatning [sic] at any moment to burst upon us.
She prefers to fight her own battles; and before we will yield one inch,
or let the Yankees claim to have subjugated us, the whole sunny South must be
one vast funeral pile, and our posterity forever blotted out.
But let us look to God, whose ears are ever open to our cries, and He
will protect our rights (though it appear long to us) eventually restore peace
to our now troubled land; then take courage and be bold.
Should dangers assail you on every hand, let the sight of this flag rally
and cheer you on to duty, and if I am permitted ever again to behold it, though
its colors be dimmed by the dust and smoke of the battle field, may it float as
proudly then as now, having never been tarnished by cowardice or shame.
I consign it to brave hands; take it, guard it with your lives; and
should you fall, let it be your winding sheet in death.
Hennie R. Scruggs.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Castor Oil.—The New Orleans Crescent has been furnished with the
following recipes for preparing castor oil from the castor bean:
Strip the seeds of their husks or pods; then bruise them in mortars.
Afterwards they are to be tied in linen bags, and boiled in water until
the oil which they contain rises to the surface. This is carefully skimmed off, strained, to free it from any
accidental impurities, and bottled for use.
Pressed castor oil is obtained like almond oil, by bruising the seeds
into paste with water, and distilling the mixture, when the oil passes over.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Prayer
for the "Virginia."
The following form of prayer has been issued by Rt. Rev. Stephen Elliott,
Episcopal Bishop of Georgia, to be used in all the Churches of his Diocese:
"O, Eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the Heavens and rulest
the raging of the sea; who hast compassed the waters with bounds, until day and
night come to an end. Be pleased to
receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of thy
servants, the officers and crews of our fleet and especially of the Virginia,
now engaged in active service. Preserve
them from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of the enemy; give them
victory in their various conflicts, that they may be a safeguard unto the
Confederate States of America, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon
their lawful occasions; may they return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the
land with the fruits of their labor, and with a thankful remembrance of thy
mercies to praise and glorify thy holy name, thro' Jesus Christ our
Lord—Amen."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A
Scene among the Female State Pris-
oners at Washington.
A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore News Sheet,
communicates the following, which is rich enough:
While I think of it, I must mention a remarkable ride which occurred in
the prison yard the day before yesterday. The
lady prisoners are allowed a half hour's exercise in the narrow yard surrounding
the prison every day. Mrs. Greenhow,
who is remarkable for her cool courage and self possession, proposed to seize
and appropriate the horse and market wagon of the Superintendent, which stood in
one corner of the enclosure, and enjoy the novelty of a ride.
The suggestion was instantly adopted, and the ladies, unmindful of the
remonstrances of the sentinels, jumped into the wagon and whipped up.
Mrs. Morris had been making a large and beautiful Confederate flag, and
she stood now in the front of the wagon, waving it over the heads of the enraged
sentinels, who followed the flying party around the enclosure, shouting and
cursing, and making lunges at the horse with their bayonets, which only
increased the mirth of the gay riders, and frightened the horse to his utmost
speed. The uproar became terrible.
First came the captain of the guard, shouting, at the top of his lungs,
"stop that vehicle; it's contrary to the rules."
All in vain. Mrs. Greenhow
whipped up the harder, and cried out, "it's the Southern wagon—clear the
way." Then the officer of the
day rushed in, shouting, "What's all this?" followed by the soldiers
from the neighboring guard house, who rushed madly forward to stop the flying
animal. It was a scene altogether
ludicrous and indescribable in the extreme and has made more comment in
Washington than a little. The
evacuation of Manassas is nothing to be compared to it.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A cute Yankee in Kansas sells liquor in a gun-barrel instead of a glass,
that he may avoid the law, and make it appear, beyond dispute, that he is
selling liquor by the barrel.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
From
the Twelfth Georgia Regiment.
[Special Correspondence Savannah Republican.]
Camp Shenandoah, Augusta Ga., Va.,
}
April 11th, 1862.
}
Mr.
Editor:--On Wednesday of last week, our whole command took up the line of march
from "Camp Alleghany [sic]," in this direction.
The day was exceedingly cold and uncomfortable, and hence we had an
unpleasant march to Monterey, about sixteen miles.
Here we quartered for the night, as well as we were able, in the vacant
houses, many of the citizens having left their homes, in prospect of the early
abandonment of this country by our forces.
The next day we came about ten miles, to McDowell, a beautiful little
village in a most beautiful valley, where we overtook our wagon train that had
started one day in advance of us. Here,
pitching our tents, we remained until Saturday morning.
Friday, the day we spent in McDowell, was a most lovely spring day. The sun shown out with a genial warmth and influence, such as
we have not been accustomed to during our sojourn in this land of snows and
mountains, and it was refreshing to see how appreciatingly the men enjoyed it.
Many of them were weary and footsore from their two days march, having
lain so long idle in their cabins on Alleghany, and were stretched out on the
dry grass of the meadow, reveling in the genuine luxury of a vernal sun-bath,
and indulging the recollections and fancies, and "small-talk," which
the situation so aptly engendered. Other
parties were engaged in various portions of the meadow in games of ball, base,
&c., which forcibly brought to mind one's school-boy days. Another party were engaged in a wild chase after a luckless
hare, that had unwittingly strayed from its covert, perhaps, to enjoy the
sunshine in the open meadow with us. A
number of the fair also visited us during the day, to speak their adieus to
their friends in the army. I sat
for a long while on a high hide that overlooked the entire valley in which we
were encamped, and the scene was one of striking and varied beauty and
loveliness.
Saturday morning we resumed our march, reaching in the afternoon our present
camp. A portion of our command is
stationed on the top of the Shenandoah mountains, a position which Nature has
made so strong that it would scarcely be improved by artificial fortifications.
The remainder of the command is posted, at intervals, to the rear of
this, and within easy supporting distance, our regiment, for the first time, not
being in the front. And there is no little relief in the thought that, after
having been for nine months in the extreme front of our lines in the most
exposed position we are at length thrown a even little ways to the rear.
We are encamped in the woods amid the tall pines, and under the shadow of
the mountains; a beautiful stream running in the margin of the camp, tempts the
[illegible] of the rod, and, if I remain here long enough, and the Federals
allow me the pleasure, I intend to yield to the temptation.
Sunday, the first day we spent here, was a most lovely, beautiful day,
and we seemed to be, again, in the land of spring, the land of blooming flowers
and singing birds. We contrasted it
with the rains, and cold and snow of Alleghany and Greenbrier, and praised the
good fortune [illegible] to be the only real Sabbath we had enjoyed in
the service.
Ere
sleep, however, had converted the recollections and scenes of the day into
dreams, orders came around to have the men ready to march in the morning at 4
o'clock, with two days' provisions, cooked, and a blanket.
Sad end, this, to a happy day. Yet,
we slept, well as we were able, and were ready betimes, without knowing whither,
or for what purpose, we were going. The
order was given, and the line filed slowly up the road, towards Alleghany. By dint of persevering enquiry, I at length learned that a
cavalry force we had left at McDowell had ascertained that a force of the enemy
had appeared at Monterey, and we were needed to drive them back.
It was an unwilling march, for we could not exactly comprehend the policy
of seeking still to hold and defend, by laborious marching and scouting, a line
which we had already abandoned to the enemy; and, to add to the unpleasantness
of the march, it began pretty early to rain, then to snow, and, when we reached
McDowell, about noon, it was snowing very briskly.
Here we took quarters for the night, intending, under cover of darkness,
to approach Monterey, and see and do what we could.
It continued to snow, without abatement, through the night, so that by
morning it was out of the question for us to continue our march, with the hope
of accomplishing any useful purpose. Besides,
in the meantime, we had gathered some intelligence which induced us to return to
camp; so that we simply marched up to McDowell and then marched back again.
And such a march as we had on the return!
The snow was several inches deep, and melting, so that the road was ankle
deep with mud and water, and snow. Thus
were our hopes of spring, for the present, at least, blighted, and we found
ourselves again in mid-winter, so far as climate and comfort are concerned.
To-day, a portion of our command has been ordered to McDowell again, with
rations for two days, and blankets; among them five companies from our regiment,
viz: Capt. Scott's, Capt. Brown's,
Capt. Patterson's, Capt. Rodgers', and Capt. Hardeman's.
I am uneasy every minute, for fear the remainder of us will be ordered
after them. Every footstep that
approaches my tent alarms me, lest it be the Adjutant with orders to get ready
to march to McDowell, with blankets and rations for two days.
Gen. Johnson is in command of the party up there now, and I have no
doubt, if the opportunity is presented, will strike a telling blow.
Our
camp is full of rumors of fights and victories, in various directions, and if
the half of them prove true, we have already retrieved the losses that so sadden
us recently. We had become too
confident, and needed reverses to stimulate us to proper activity.
These came, and with them the spirit of our people was stirred.
Their energies have been aroused to the terrible struggle that is before
them, and our enemies are but beginning to feel the power of their adversary.
R.T.D.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
The
Yankees in Onslow—Their True
Character—Atrocious Outrages.
We are enabled to lay the following facts, now rumors, before the public. They ought to be sufficient to open the eyes of all to the
nature of the enemy to whom we are opposed, and the character of the contest in
which we are engaged. If these
facts do not show the value of the professions contained in the hypocritical
proclamation of Burnside and Goldsborough; if they do not convince all that
there are but two alternatives, victory or absolute ruin; if they do not make
the blood of every man in the State tingle through is veins, and every heart
swell with the desire for revenge, then nothing can.
These are the mild-mannered saints, the pet lambs that came to revive the
Union feeling in North Carolina, and make proselytes to the sway of Abe Lincoln.
The enemy, in their late visit to Onslow county, brought over one
regiment, one piece of artillery, and one baggage wagon—such at least seems to
be the most correct account. In the
neighborhood through which they passed, they committed the most unheard of
depredations—carried off all the prominent citizens in irons and ropes, and
went so far as to paddle Mr. Henderson, a very respectable man, for having free
negroes bound to him. Mr. Pelletier
they cowhided, also a Mr. Buck. They
took off everything of value they could get hold of; they broke upon
trunks—took jewelry, blankets, carpets, towels, everything.
In fact they ransacked every house they came to, using the most abusive
language to all, and the most insulting to the women.
They incited the negroes to fight against their masters, telling them
that in a few days they would have a line of pickets from Newbern and
Swansboro', that they would be back in 7 or 8 days with reinforcements.
The robberies committed at the house of Mrs. Sanders are fully confirmed.
They even stole all her gold and silver, gold and silver plate, jewelry,
gold watch, notes, title deeds, and so forth.
In fact, the half of these outrages has not been told.
They took everything they could carry off.
Their only excuse we hear of was that Mrs. Sanders had given
entertainment to a body of Confederate cavalry some time before.—Wilmington N.
C. Journal, 18th.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Battle Flags.—In the late battle each corps had its separate battle
flag. The New Orleans Delta's
correspondent says that that of Hardee was a blue ground with a white globe or
circle, that of Bragg was our ordinary battle flag with yellow trimmings, that
of Polk was a tasteful banner of light blue with white stars on a red ground.
They were distinct and easily recognizable at a distance.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
The Columbus Times is responsible for the following hit at Congress on
its complimentary vote to the women:
"The women, in full committee, and after a short debate, beg
leave to report, 'It's a pity we can't reciprocate!'
"Nancy Hart, V. P."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, April 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Ladies Making Shoes.—A number of ladies of this parish have commenced
making their own and their children's shoes, and they do very good work.
We have seen several pairs of these home made shoes, and they are not
only strong, but they are very well proportioned.
The cheapest way that they make them is to take the soles of old shoes,
soak them in water until they are very limber, pick out the old stitches, fit
them to the last after the cloth is fitted to the same, sew the soles to the
cloth with strong waxed thread, and then turn the shoe, nail the heel to its
place, and the shoe is done. It is
cheap, serviceable, and a very good cloth shoe.—Planters Banner.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Death of a Noble Woman.—We take the following merited tribute from the
New Orleans Bulletin of the 24th ult.:
Death of Sister Regis:--It is with no ordinary feelings of sorrow that we
announce the death of one who has been so long revered and beloved by our entire
population, irrespective of nationality or creed.
For more than a quarter of a century Sister Regis has been identified
with the cause of Charity in New Orleans, in its most touching and beautiful
aspect. Under her judicious plans
and energetic administration, the Asylums for the shelter, support and education
of female orphans have increased in usefulness and number, and been perfected in
all their arrangements and regulations, until they have reached a point where
they are hardly capable of further improvement.
In the St. Vincent's Infant Asylum, the Camp Street Orphan Asylum and St.
Elizabeth's Industrial Asylum, the female orphan is sheltered and nursed in her
infancy, supported and educated in her childhood, and taught a remunerative
trade in her maturer years, that enables her finally to quit the happy home of
her youth and go forth into society with fixed principles to guard her against
the temptations of the world, and industrial skill to secure her independence.
For this harmonious, comprehensive and efficient system the public are
mainly indebted to the provident forethought and unwearied labors of Sister
Regis. It has been under her
ministering love that all this has been designed, arranged and effected. The charitable of all denominations have felt both a pleasure
and a duty in aiding her in its accomplishment.
All will deplore her loss. All
will feel that her summons to receive the immortal crown due to her
self-sacrificing devotion to the cause of charity, has broken a tie that united
them in this life to one whom they loved and honored while living, and whose
memory they will never cease to cherish and revere.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Trophies
of Shiloh.
Personne, the intelligent correspondent of the Charleston Courier, in
writing from the battle field of Shiloh, gives the following account of the
trophies of the field and the camp:
"Among the trophies of the battle I have seen are some of the
Federal shields with which the courageous officers and men, who can afford it,
are worn to envelope their valuable personal indentities [sic].
They are made of steel, and completely cover the body from the neck to
the thigh joints, being supported by adjustable bands which pass over the
shoulders like suspenders. One of
them, taken from the body of an officer, had a dent in it, made by a minnie
bullet, deep enough to embrace the head of your thumb, yet the metal was not
pierced, and the life of the wearer was reserved to be sacrificed to an
uncharitable bullet in the head. Their
weight is thoroughly inconvenient, and must prove a terrible drawback to the
Yankees when they run. Probably the
next invention will be a bomb and bullet-proof helmet, and possibly a complete
personal masked battery. One of our
soldiers put on the shield to which I have referred, and allowed another to
strike him with an iron bar with all his strength, but it produced no more
effect, except to bend the bar, than if the blow had been aimed at a solid rock.
They are undoubtedly a great invention—for cowards.
Of other trophies we have an abundance.—Fully nine tenths of our army
are now wearing Federal hats and overcoats, and look like very aristocratic
Yankees, but woe to them if they show themselves during a fight.
They would be killed by our own people without a scruple of deliberation.
Needle books, hair oil, pots of preserves and jellies, handkerchiefs,
daguerreotypes, letters, watches and Federal money, are floating about on the
curious wave of camp life in abundance, and many of our men have added valuable
acquisitions to their heretofore limited stock of luxuries.
Much more might have been supplied to the army could it have been brought
away, but this being impossible, the plunder was consigned to the inexorable
flames. Many of the officers' trunks were found packed with the
finest of clothes, as if they had come to stay, and expected to make a brilliant
dash in the streets of some of our cities.
How they must have been disappointed."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
"Secesh" Crinoline in Clarksville.—Notwithstanding the
presence of the Lincoln soldiery in Clarksville, they have been unable to
squeeze out the patriotism of the ladies of that city.
A correspondent writes us as follows:
Secesh girls in Clarksville, Tenn., are conquered but not subdued; for
they have, right under the very noses of their Yankee oppressors, formed
themselves into a bona fide company, well drilled, which they call, very
appropriately, and doubtless in derision of the well known feats of said
oppressors, "The Rebel Masked Battery."
They appear on the street frequently in complete Confederate uniform,
which consists of rather a short grey dress, blue stripes down the sides, coat
sleeves, blue cuffs, tight waists, with blue lapels, standing collars, secession
cravats, and the whole profusely trimmed with gold lace and brass buttons, ad
infinitum. Turned up black hats
with a long black feather in front, with a gold star and white buckskin
gauntlets, complete the dress, deadly pistol and dagger; there are about seventy
five in the company. The Federals
are on the qui vive to find out where the young ladies drill, but that
they manage to conceal with woman's usual strategy.
Hurrah for Clarksville girls.
We suggest that the Feds at Clarksville had
"Better
let the girls alone."
Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal, April 22d.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Chinese
Blue,
Prussian Blue,
and
Antwerp Blue,
John Oliver's,
10 Whitaker st.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Yankees in North Alabama.—Gentlemen from North Alabama represent
the Yankees at Huntsville and vicinity, committing all sorts of outrages on the
people. The soldiers have been
guilty of the most brutal treatment to the negro women in the presence of their
mistresses, and if their masters interfered they were shot down.
They are running off all the negroes they can, and have scoured the whole
country, seizing mules, horses, wagons, provisions and cotton, deterring the
citizens by threats from burning their crops. The people were of course generally loyal, but a few
disaffected persons who were before under suspicion from Marion, Fayette,
Winston, Walker and Lawrence counties, had gone through the farce of holding a
convention to declare their allegiance to Lincoln.
These persons do not count all told a thousand persons.
The Roman virtue which animates the true men of North Alabama is nobly
illustrated in the case of Dr. Fern, of Huntsville, who was approached to take
the oath of allegiance to the Yankees.—The "venerable old man is reported
to have said he had not gone into the revolution without due consideration, and
not having long to live," would rot before he would take the oath.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 2, 1862 p. 2, c. 4
Great
Attraction!
Burton's
Grand Dioramic
Panorama
Will be exhibited
At the Athenaeum,
For Three Nights,
Commencing on Tuesday, May 6th.
Turtle Ram Fight and Panic at
Manassas.
Constructed and Painted by Professor Burton, of Memphis, Tennessee,
containing five thousand square feet of Canvass.
H. Forrest, Agent.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 6, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Straw
Hats!
115 dozen Canada
Straw Hats
40 " Palm
do
7
" Ladies' Flats
90 " Leghorn Hats,
various grades
10 " Gennit Hats
12 " Canton
do
For sale at
N. K. Barnum's
Hat and Cap Store.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 6, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Tailoresses
Wanted
Fifty Good Tailoresses can find employment with
Henry Lathrop & Co.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
A Snake in the Crinoline.—A remarkable escape from almost certain death
occurred a few days since to a female at the Waterloo estate, near Sidney.
A woman and her husband had been taking a walk in the vicinity of a
lagoon, and had sat for some time near the edge of the water.
On rising to return home the woman fancied she felt something at the back
of her dress, but as nothing could be seen there no further notice was taken of
the matter for some time. On
passing a friend's house, however, at a short distance, she stopped to speak to
one of the inmates, and while doing so, again felt a movement, as if something
alive had got between her gown and petticoat.
Becoming again alarmed, and placing her hand on her dress to ascertain
the cause, she was horrified to perceive a snake drop to the ground from beneath
her garment. It proved to be a
large death adder, the most venomous of all Australian reptiles.
The deadly intruder was soon dispatched by the husband by a blow on the
head. Her escape under the
circumstances is truly wonderful.—Sidney Empire 24th December.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Augusta
Auction Sale.
By W. B. Griffin.
Package Sale of
Military Goods
Direct Importation
By the Steamship Nashville.
Tuesday, 14th of May instant, in store, commencing at 10
o'clock, will be sold, a large and valuable assortment of Military Goods, direct
importation, as follows:
200 Ready-made Uniforms, grey suits
500 Blue Cloth Caps and Covers Army Regulation
200 Oil Skin
"
"
"
"
Officer Service Swords, of the
most approved London manufacture
Army Buttons, according
to regulation
Sword Belts and Sword
Knots
Grey Flannel
Black Broadcloth
Artillery Blue Cloth
Blue Flannel
Scarlet, Yellow and Blue
Facing Cloth
100 Military Grey Overcoats, English Regulation
Oxford Grey Cloth
480 yards Grey Milton Cloth,
water-proof
20 pieces Blue Serge
Blue Broadcloth
Black Doeskin
Grey Blankets
White Blankets
600 pair Blucher Boots, English Army Regulation
Black and Whitney Brown
Flax Thread
White Spool Cottons and
Needles
A large invoice of India
Rubber Goods, consisting of Coats, Pants, Leggings, Blankets, &c.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 17, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The Pioneer Paper Mills, near Athens, have been rebuilt, and are now in
operation. There are many newspaper proprietors who will receive this as
welcome news. The article of
printing paper is extremely scarce, and while many journals have been compelled
to suspend from the impossibility of procuring supplies, others have kept up
only by the most extraordinary shifts. There
is a paper in Mississippi that came to us in five different colors by the same
mail.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 17, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A "Personal" Paragraph.—We copy the following from a late
Northern paper:
They have had a grand ball lately in Richmond, according to female
secession authority in Baltimore, at which Miss Hetty Carey, one of the pretty
daughters of Mr. Wilson Carey, a prominent secessionist teacher of that city,
figured most conspicuously. The
story goes that she appeared at the ball dressed as a captive slave, with her
hands tied at the wrists, and bearing the shield of Maryland on her bosom,
indicating thereby the chains by which that State is kept in the Union.
Jeff. Davis came forward during the evening and released her manacled
hands by untying the cords that bound her wrists, and thus, in the person of
lovely Miss Hetty Carey, freed Maryland from her bondage to the Union power,
amid the stormy applause of the company. Miss
Carey and one of her sisters are earning a livelihood as clerks in the
Confederate Administration.—This event has created the most intense delight
and sympathy in the upper crust of secessiondom.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 21, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
From
the 12th Georgia Regiment.
[Special Correspondence Savannah Republican.]
Staunton, Va., May 13, 1862.
Mr. Editor:--I have not written you an earlier account of the fight at
McDowell, on the 8th inst., for the reason that, having been wounded
in that engagement, and disabled, I have not been able to write, except with
great pain, and on my bed, as I now write, I shall not attempt any detailed
account of the incidents of the fight, but only a brief and hasty sketch of such
facts as transpired under my own observation, referring your readers to other
correspondents for information which I would gladly furnish, if I were able to
do so.
On Tuesday, the 6th, about noon, we left our camp at Valley
Mills, and began our march towards the mountains again, Gen. Jackson's command
being just in rear of ours. That
night we bivouacked near the summit of Buffalo Mountain, some eight or ten miles
from our starting point. Resuming
the march early the next morning, we came upon a camp of the enemy, (about a
regiment of infantry and some cavalry) near our old position at camp Shenandoah. We killed some eight or ten of them, and captured two or
three prisoners, the rest fleeing in a perfect panic, leaving tents and equipage
of every kind. Resting for the
night, upon the top of Shenandoah, we continued the pursuit Thursday morning,
having routed another camp of about two regiments.
As we approached McDowell, we learned that reinforcements from Monterey
had met the party we were pursuing, and that they would make a stand at the
former place. Immediately, a
reconnaissance was ordered, which was accomplished under a fire from the sharp
shooters and artillery of the enemy; and a portion of our forces put in position
to meet, or make an attack. I did
not then know the disposition of the several commands, nor have I since had the
means of learning anything in regard to it.
Our regiment and two others were placed upon a high hill, in such form as
to pre angle, a portion of it on one line and the remainder on the other.
The enemy very promptly moved to attack us in this position, on both
fronts, and the fight beginning about 5 o'clock, raged with unremitting
fierceness for about four hours, when they retired, leaving us on the very lines
we occupied in the beginning. During
the most of this time the 12th Georgia Regiment were exposed to a
cross fire, the fire from both columns of the enemy converging at the angle
occupied by us. Yet they stood it
like veterans, without flinching or quailing.
Never were soldiers subjected to a severer trial, and never did they
abide the test more faithfully or gallantly than did the 12th Georgia
on this occasion, though at a fearful cost.
Their loss, I understand, was over one hundred and eighty killed and
wounded, though what proportion of each I know not.
We suffered very severely in the loss of company officers.
There were killed Captains McMillan, Furlow, and Patterson, and
Lieutenants Woodward, Goldwire, and Turpin.
Among the wounded were Captains Dawson, (since died), Davis, and
Blandford, and Lieutenants Massey (since died), Etheridge, Brigs, Marshall,
Pryor, and [illegible]
I cannot furnish the details of casualties in other commands, for I have
not had the means to learn them. I
am unwilling, however, to close this list without recording the names of my own
brave companions—members of my company—who
in this severe conflict. Out
of about fifty of the "Putnam Light Infantry," who were engaged in the
fight, twenty-five are numbered among the killed and wounded, viz: Killed—Sergeant E. S. Davis, Privates E.
B. Reid and F. M. Williams—3; Wounded—Capt. Davis, Lieuts. Etheridge
and Marshall, Sergeants J. T. Batchelor and R. H. Jenkins, Corp. H. H. Marshall,
Privates J. C. Adams, L. Batchelor, Jas. Beall, Jas. A. Beall, G. T. Dismukes,
J. T. Denham, A. W. Gorley, J. W. Little, J. R. Parker, W. T. Pearson,
A. H. Reid, H. Rickerson, T. J. Stubbs, W. W. Slather, L. H. Thomas, and
T. A. Walker—22. Total, 25.
Every effort is made that can be for the comfort and welfare of our
wounded, and to mitigate their sufferings, as far as skill and kindness can do
it.
After the engagement had ended the enemy, under cover of darkness,
retreated from McDowell, destroying what they could not take with them.
Our army began pursuit in the morning, and I have heard nothing more than
rumors from them since. Among other
things, it was rumored, yesterday, that we had captured the entire force, a
thing not improbable, as plans had been well devised for that purpose.
In the foregoing, Mr. Editor, I have only written briefly and partially
in reference to our own regiment, for the reason, as already said, I have not
the means of gathering information. I
have written thus much only for the gratification of friends, who I knew would
expect to hear from me through your columns.
R.T.D.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Transportation
of the Dead.
As the peculiar circumstances of the times renders this sad duty to our
friends often necessary, and generally very expensive, or even impracticable to
procure iron coffins for the purpose, we would call attention to the following
simple means by which it can be effected, at any season, at a very moderate
cost: Take any wooden coffin, and after the body is deposited in
it, wrap it in a cotton cloth which has been perfectly saturated in tar that has
been hot to a boiling point. This
renders it even more impervious to the escape of effluvia than the best iron
coffin. This can be placed in a box
of much less than those usually used where charcoal is introduced, to fill the
space between the coffin and box, to absorb the effluvia.
It if it wished to show the face of the deceased, glass can be inserted
in the lid, and covered with paper so that the cloth can be cut and the features
exposed—the paper preventing the tar from interfering with the glass.
The writer has seen bodies transported long distances, in this manner, in
warm weather, without the least inconvenience.—Macon Messenger.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Watermelons.
We hope our people throughout the country have bethought themselves to
plant largely of this agreeable fruit, and we would strongly advise them to
continue planting as they have opportunity, while the season permits a fair
expectation of the melons ripening. They
will prove very refreshing and salutary to the sick and wounded in our camps and
hospitals, especially in the absence of ice, of which we shall be deprived in
most parts of the Confederacy.
Even in districts remote from the scenes of actual war, what might seem a
superabundance of the melons need not be wasted, as excellent molasses can be
made from them, and that is another article which will be lacking.
We have used molasses made from the watermelons, and found it very
palatable. The process of
manufacture is simple, consisting in scraping out the pulp, pressing it in most
convenient mode—in a gunny bag, for instance—and boiling the juice
immediately as it sours very rapidly. Good
molasses is also made from the pumpkin, but we know nothing of this except from
hearsay. It would be well for
agricultural journals to call attention to the subject, and describe
particularly the process of manufacturing molasses from both these products, as
well as from corn stalks.—Mobile Register.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Roswell Factory.—The picking department was destroyed by fire on the 16th
inst., which will materially retard its operations for some time.—Macon
Messenger.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Army
Correspondence
of the Savannah Republican
Army of the Mississippi,
Corinth, May 17th, 6 A.M.
. . . Gen. Beauregard has issued an order, requiring all subsistence officers to
purchase and transmit by railroad to Corinth, such vegetables as can be
procured. The people along the
lines of the different roads are urgently requested to bring to their respective
depots from day to day such as they can spare.
Transportation will be furnished by the mail trains.
These vegetables are wanted, not more for the sick than for the well.
Bad water, salt meat, and half cooked bread will in time tell upon the
health of the most robust. Even one
vegetable meal a week would promote the health of the army.
Both man and beast require something green and fresh at this season of
the year. A spring chicken, a mess
of green peas, and a cup of cold water—but I forbear; the subject is too
touching to dwell upon.
If not too late, allow me to suggest to gardeners and planters about
cities and along railroads within two hundred miles of any point where our
forces are stationed, to raise as many as possible.
They cannot do the soldier a greater favor, or do more to secure his
health, than by adopting this course. In
Virginia, there was a liberal supply of fresh beef and mutton, and of fruit and
vegetables. In the South and South-west, however, but little beef and
mutton are raised, and vegetables are grown only for the use of the family,
except in the vicinity of towns and cities.
If the plan suggested is not adopted, our troops will be compelled to
subsist through the hot summer months upon bread and salt meat alone.
Fruit, if properly put up, can be sent five hundred miles.
And where this cannot be done, let it be dried and put up in sacks.
Indeed, everything in the form of food, whether for man or horse, should
be carefully husbanded.
Sixty-one Federal prisoners were paroled and sent to Gen. Halleck under a
flag of truce two days ago, and one hundred and nine yesterday.
The party encountered the enemy's pickets four miles from town on the
Monterey road. Perhaps some account
of a flag of truce between two armies would not prove uninteresting to some of
your readers.
When the commanders of opposing armies desire to communicate with each
other, either for an exchange of prisoners, the burial of the dead, or the safe
passage of non-combatants through their lines, or for any other purpose, it can
only be done under a flag of truce. The
party bearing the flag may consist of ten or fifty men, as the case may be, who
are usually mounted. If the object
be to convey a written communication, a small party only is sent with it.
If it be to conduct prisoners through the lines, then the number of the
escort or guard depends upon the number of prisoners to be delivered.
The party is always accompanied by an officer, whose duty it is to
deliver the letter, or turn over the prisoners under his charge.
Having passed beyond their own lines, the party proceed in the following
order. First comes a man on horseback, with a white flag in his
hand, which he continues to wave, in order to attract the attention of the
enemy's pickets and prevent them from firing upon him through mistake.
By his side is another man, also mounted, who is provided with a bugle or
trumpet, which he continues to blow incessantly.
This is called "sounding a parley."
The object is to notify the adversary of your approach, and of your
desire to communicate with him—literally, to talk with him.
Next follow the officer, bearing the dispatch, and the escort, some fifty
or sixty paces in the rear of the flag. When
the party have reached the lines of the other side, they are halted until word
can be sent forward to the officer in command of the forces at that point, or
they are conducted to his headquarters. Arrived
there the object of the visit is explained, and the letter or prisoners
delivered. If the business be such
that only the commander-in-chief can attend to it, then the communication is
forwarded immediately to him, who either returns an answer at once, or promises
to do so at an early period.
During the pendency of the negotiations and the time necessarily consumed
in going and coming, there is a temporary cessation of hostilities—a truce—between
the party bearing the flag and the opposing forces.
And hence, the flag under which the negotiations are conducted is called
a flag of truce. It is
regarded as highly improper for either party to take advantage of this necessary
intercourse to examine the works of the other, or to pry into his condition, or
to receive secret intelligence from any of his disaffected troops, or to
approach them with corrupt propositions.
But my letter is growing long.
P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
A North Carolina Amazon.—The Charlotte Democrat has been informed by a
soldier from Kinston, of rather a novel incident which occurred there recently.
A short time ago some recruits were brought into camp for a company from
Caldwell county, among whom was a man named Blaylow, who was drafted in
Caldwell. Week before last Blaylow
got a discharge, and immediately another soldier applied for a discharge,
stating that he (or she) was the lawful wife of Blaylow. It appears that when Blaylow was drafted, his wife cut her
hair off, put on men's clothing and went with him into camps and enlisted for
the war. She drilled with the
company and was learning fast, when it became necessary to make her sex known in
order to accompany her husband home. The
boys were sorry to part with such a good soldier, but they were unable to
determine which she loved best, Blaylow or the Confederacy; but it was
unanimously voted that Mrs. Blaylow is "some pumpkins."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 23, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
The
Yankees Find Out the Spirit of the
Southern People.
A letter from General Mitchell's (Federal) Division, at Huntsville, Ala.,
to the Cincinnati Times, says:
The white inhabitants of this part of the country are the most rampant
and vicious Secessionists I ever met with.
They will hardly speak to an officer when they meet him, but look
sideways, lest they might inhale his "Yankee" breath.
No matter what the nation, creed, or color of a man, if he is for the
Union he is a Yankee. The ladies
save the mark [sic?]—are more vicious, fierce, and rampant than their men.
An instance: A few days ago,
Major Moore, of the Tenth Ohio Regiment, seeing two women, whom he supposed to
be ladies enter a carriage and finding it difficult to close, stepped gallantly
forward for the purpose of closing the door, when one of the termagants put
forth her hand and pushed the door most violently.
The Major looked crest fallen for a moment, and after a pause said,
"excuse me, I thought you were ladies."
This brought the crimson to the cheeks of the she devil, but she said
nothing.
Another correspondent, writing from Columbia, Tenn., says:
This place is rotten, rancid with treason.
I am told it is regarded as the staunchest secesh population in the
State. Very likely. It
is quieter than Nashville; not so insolent or so candid. But its still waters are running mighty deep.
Last night a clever subterranean scheme was squelched by our vigilant
provost. He said to me at dark,
"Their very stillness betrays them. I'll
block a tall game to-night." And
he did. Certain gentlemen in jeans
are evidently playing into the hands of "certain cavalry" in the
distance. The long roll beat at 8.
I passed the guards with the provost, who inquired, "Leaded—cap
on?"
"Yes sir."
"Keep your eyes open. No
man passes without the countersign—no man; do you understand?"
"Aye, aye, sir."
That would have been a night of blood to some noble souls, but for the
alert provost. They who have smiled on us were to have been spirited away,
and so on, and so on. Two half
grown boys were captured in concealment at the Court House, who, in great
trepidation, told who brought them there, but denied having any notion as to why
they were brought there. [illegible] proved to be a wrathful organizer of some
deviltry or other—we cannot determine precisely what.
He utters the most revolting imprecation upon the American flag, and vows
that he will teach his children to imitate their father in his hatred and
blasphemy of the "Yankee banner."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 28, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
[Correspondence
of t he Mobile Adv. & Register]
Letter from Corinth.
Corinth, May 21, 1862—10 P.M.
There is a dead calm prevailing to-night—that terrible still as which
precedes the storm. And what a wild
storm of human strife is there not in the little cloud of war which sleeps
quietly on the horizon, increasing every hour with its portentious threatenings.
Our little town is all but deserted, and seems to-night like a country
village on the Sabbath. No beating of drums was heard as usual in the camps—no
martial music by the bands. The
chirp of the cricket repeating its nightly song alone is heard upon the stilly
air. It is a glorious starlight
night. On the surrounding hills
loom up against the darkness camp after camp of snowy white tents, stretching
out on either hand for miles, against a back ground of dense woods and forest
trees. But they, too, are
unoccupied and deserted, a few smouldering camp fires alone indicating the
presence of a camp-guard. But what
a different picture do not our trenches present?
There, bivouacked, sleep our army, on their arms!
Let the enemy
"Beware the confines of the wolf; nor spread
His snares for foxes on the Orchahan hills." . . .
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, May 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Navy Beans for the Army.—We would earnestly recommend the cultivation
of this important article of food to the attention of farmers.
Now is the time to plant. It
has always been found to be one of the most convenient, healthy and nutritious
articles for the army and navy. When
roasted (which with a simple apparatus for the purpose it can easily be done and
in large quantities) and ground into meal, it can be made into soup in five
minutes. Being already cooked, it
is only necessary to cut the pork into slices, put in water, into which, when
brought to a boil, the meal is to be stirred until it attains the proper
consistency, when the soup is made and ready for use.
The whole process, with a good fire, will not require more than five
minutes, and will be found to be not only nutritious to the highest degree, but
exceedingly pleasant to the palate, far better than eating fat meat without any
other accompaniment than bread, which now constitutes about the sole staple of a
soldier's food. The earth yields
nothing more abundantly and with less labor and pains to the husbandman than
this bean. Its cultivation,
therefore, in large quantities, is earnestly invoked.
As this is a matter of the greatest importance, we suggest that the
papers generally call the attention of farmers to the hint we have thrown
out.—Richmond Whig.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Army
Correspondence
of the Savannah Republican.
Army of the Mississippi,
}
Corinth, May 26th.
}
This is the last letter I shall be able to send you from this point.
Gen. Beauregard has issued an order, requiring all newspaper and other
public correspondents to retire from the army.
This step has been taken in consequence of the alleged indiscretion of
one of the correspondents of the Memphis Appeal, who writes over the
signature of "Sparta." No
complaint has been made of any thing I have written, or of the letters of other
writers from the army. On the
contrary, the letters of some of us have been referred to frequently, by persons
high in authority, in terms of warm commendation, and information of interesting
character has been voluntarily imparted to us that it might be laid before the
public. And yet all of us alike,
the innocent as well as the guilty, are made to suffer for the sins of one man.
It is believed by some that General Beauregard has been induced to issue
this unjust and tyrannical order by General Bragg, the most waspish officer in
the army, or by some one of the swarm of gaudy butterflies who bask in the
sunlight of his presence—many of whom are volunteer aids or officers whose
merits have not been duly appreciated by the independent writers of the day.
The truth is, the characters to whom I allude are the bane of the army.
There is hardly a general officer in the service who is not surrounded by
a multitude of volunteer aids, with whip and spur (the latest style of
riding) who follow in the train of their chiefs like the tail of a comet, and
who, though ornamental, are seldom useful.
For the most part, they are young men who have wealthy parents, and who
have not the patriotism to enter the ranks and perform the duties of a true man
and a soldier. They are pert,
insolent and impudent; they ride fine horses with gay trappings, use an immense
amount of gold lace, swear like a trooper, and render themselves generally
disagreeable and ridiculous. This
is true not only of volunteer aids, but of many officers whose heads have been
turned by their sudden elevation, and who think they are required to exercise
their power every hour in the day, lest somebody forget what "mighty men of
valor" they are. These
characters are generally known, in the army, but the vulgar but expressive name
of "squirts." . .
Without the aid of the women, the Pulpit and the Press, the revolution in
which we are engaged would long ere this have proved a lamentable failure.
I, who have done the least of all the writers from the army, can say this
without presumption. This fact is
patent to all the world, except the arrogant and silly officials in the civil
and military service of the Government. And
yet a "puff" as long as your finger would purchase from many of them
permission to do and say almost what you please. . . . P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Yankee
Anticipations.
The Memphis Appeal publishes a letter found on the person of a
deceased Illinois Sucker in the Federal army, dated 27th April, and
addressed to his wife, Mrs. Sue Donely, Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Donely finds the people in Tennessee very rough, but likes the land and
will dispose of both in this way:
"Well, when that time comes up, we will make the rebels feel the
weight and power of our steel. They
present a woebegone look.—They look like they never had any advantages of an
education. I noticed some of the women's dresses. You ought to be here to take one gaze at their huge
appearance. Their hoops are made of
grape vine and white oak splits. I
feel sorry for the poor ignorant things. Well,
we will teach them, in a few days, how to do without white oak and grape vine
hoops. They are now the same as
conquered, and one more blow and the country is ours.
I have my eye on a fine situation, and how happy we will live when we get
our Southern home. When we get possession of the land, we can make the men raise
cotton and corn, and the women can act in the capacity of domestic servants.
The women are very ignorant, only a grade above the negro, and we can
live like kings. My love to all the
neighbors. Kiss all the children
for me, and tell them pa will come back again.
Adieu, my dearest Sue.
James Donely.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Fine Regiment.--The 3d Georgia Regiment, commanded by Col. A. R. Wright,
made its appearance in Richmond yesterday.
As Yankee overcoats were considerably sprinkled about, we judged that
they had a brush with the wooden nutmeg makers somewhere, and such on inquiry
proved to be the case, as they met and drove back not long since, at South
Mills, N. C., a large body of Hessians, and possessed themselves of some of
their toggery. The 3d Regiment numbered about 1,200 men, and were
accompanied by a full brass band. They
brought along, as a trophy, a flag which they had taken from a Vermont regiment.
The men were all healthy looking, young fellows, and will make their
mark, we have no doubt.--Richmond Dispatch, 30th.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
[For
the Savannah Republican]
To the Presidents
of the Soldiers' Relief Societies Throughout the South:
My Dear Sisters:--I address you on a subject which interests every woman
in the South, viz: The
establishment of a "Home for Invalid Ladies."
My heart warms, and many grateful emotions swell up as I read of the
exertions made by Dr. T. S. Powell,
Professor of Midwifery in the Atlanta Medical College, to carry out this most
laudable enterprise, inaugurated by his tender regard for suffering woman. He has done everything man could do. He will use his own means for the erection of this
"Home." But such a home as he designs, beautiful and complete—a
luxurious retreat for invalid ladies—will require a large outlay to furnish
medical apparatus and appliances, to fill a library with choice [illegible] to
adorn the walls with fine [illegible] institution of the kind in [illegible]
pride of our beloved South. That
every woman may show her appreciation of this beneficent enterprise, for the
benefit of her sex, contribute one dollar; and the better to ensure
action on this suggestion, I appeal directly to you, who are Presidents of
Societies, to make an immediate effort to collect from every member this small
amount, and forward the same by express to Mrs. Dr. J. N. Simmons, Atlanta, one
of the finance committee appointed to receive all contributions of the kind.
Dr. P. nobly offers to hold the amount thus raised, (although expended as
mentioned above,) as a charity fund for the benefit of worthy indigent
sufferers, who may not be able to pay for medical services.
Shall we, the benefited party, in the face of such true benevolence,
withhold our mite and let this enterprise fail?
No! Our gallant soldiers,
after offering their hearts as bulwarks to protect woman, and who must
necessarily leave many a wife, mother or sister, who may need the benefits of
this Institution, and who are now increasing our obligations by themselves,
donating large sums for this work; shall we not then act at once, and without
delay? There is more money now that
there will be when the war is closed, and if the home is not now completed,
where will we find medical treatment for those maladies, which cannot be well
attended to in private practice? Shall
we place ourselves under obligations to our enemies, with no place of the kind
to seek relief save at the north? Or
shall we permit ourselves to suffer without mitigation?
I know the response of every heart!
Let your action be prompt!
A Georgia Matron.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Recipe for Making Soap.—A correspondent gives the following recipe for
soap-making, and adds, that it would be worth one thousand dollars in the hands
of a selfish person, and the world would have to untie the purse strings to get
it, but here it is free gratis:
Take six pounds of potash,
Four pounds of lard,
One fourth pound of rosin.
Beat up the rosin, mix all together well, and set aside for five days,
then put the whole into a ten gallon cask of warm water and stir twice a day for
ten days, at the expiration of which time, or sooner, you will have some
excellent soap.
It seems to us that every family should make their own soap in these
times of high prices.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Cargo
Sale at Auction of
4,731 Packages
English Goods,
Direct from London, and put up expressly for this Market,
By R. A. Pringle,
Jas. H. Taylor, Auctioneer.
On Wednesday morning, June 11, at 187 Meeting Street,
commencing at 10 o'clock.
Groceries.
500 sacks Liverpool
Salt
3000 bags Stoved Salt
250 boxes Crown Mottled Soap
250 boxes Crown Soap
12 boxes Cheshire Cheese
10 boxes North Welsh Cheese
1 box Shelton Cheese
6 chests Congow Tea
10½ chests Young Hyson Tea
20 hhds Claret
5 hhds White Claret
58 casks Ale
20 casks Porter
5 boxes Cochin Ginger.
Drugs.
6 casks Lump Alum
50 barrels Soda Ash
50 barrels Soda Crystals
12 cases Old Brown Windsor Soap
Hardware.
76 kegs Cut
Nails—sizes 1 ½ to 3 inches
1 cask Screws
2 casks assorted Bastard Files
4 cases assorted Hinges and Butts
4 casks assorted Tacks
2 cases [or casks] Fords, and Spoons and Scissors
1 case Steel Pens and Pencils.
Stationery.
19 cases Letter,
Foolscap and Note assorted Paper
7 bales Letter, foolscap and Note assorted Paper
82000 assorted Envelopes.
Boots,
Shoes and Hats.
29 trunks of
Ladies' and Gents' fine Boots and Shoes
17 cases of assorted Magpie, Kip and Army Bluchers
1 case Gents' Tweed Hats and Caps
1 case Gents' Brazilian Hats
1 case Gents' Brown Drab and White Brazilian Felt Hats
Clothing
and Furnishing.
1 case, 445 pair,
Men's Black Alpaca Pants
1 case, 280 pair, Men's Brown Grass Cloth, Merino Jackets
1 case, 534 pair, Men's Brown Drill Trowsers
1 case, 90 pair, Shepherd Plaid Suits
9 pair, Child's Dress Plaid Suits
7 pair, Men's Fancy Melton Melbourne Jackets
1 case assorted Men and Child's Suits
1 case Men's Shirts, Linen Fronts
1 case, Boy's Shirts, Layover Collars
1 case assorted Gloves, Drab, French and Lisle
2 cases Youths' Brown Cotton ½ Hose, and Men's do, assorted
1 case Women's White Cotton Hose
2 cases Men's Gauze and Merino Shirts
2
cases Men's West End, Collars and Regatta Shirts
1 case Drawers and
Chemises
3 cases Men's L. Cloth shirts
Dry
Goods.
39 cases Fancy and
Madder Prints
10 bales Brown Denims
8 cases Brown Linen
1 bale Towels
8 bales Brown Union Drills
1 case Granoville Mixture
8 bales Blue Denims
13 cases Printed Muslin
1 case Crossover Muslin
1 case Fancy Printed Muslin
1 case Twill Checks
8 cases Printed DeLaines
5 bales Indigo Blue Twills
1 cases Printed Cotton Hdkfs
3 bales Bordered F. Tweeds
2 "
Fancy Twist do
1 "
Angelo Check
1 "
Cambroons
1 "
Check Tweeds
1 "
Striped do
1 "
Light Twill
1 case Men's Alpaca Coating
1 "
Black Lustre
1 " "
Cordroys
1 "
Nainsook
2 "
Brown Hollands
1 "
White Linen
4 bales "
Crogdous
4 " "
Stouts
1 "
Universal Shirting
2 cases Drab Imitation Drills
3 "
French Denims
7 bales Grey Domestics
1 case Cambric Prints
2 bales Blue Mottles
2 "
Heather Denims
2 "
Union Tweeds
1 "
Coatings, Union Check Drills and Gambroons
1 "
Grey and Fancy Tweeds
1 case colored Dobourgs
1 "
Striped Brilliants
1 "
Tape [?] Checks
6 bales White Long Cloth
122 bales Stout and Fine English Grey Shirting
40 cases pure English White shirting
7 bales Blue Twill Regattas
4 bales Cotton Ticks
20 bales India Grey Domestic
10 cases Fancy Prints
2 cases Brown Glace Sewing Cotton
2 bales White Cotton Quilts
1 case assorted Needles and Buttons
1 case Mosquito Netting
1 bale Stripe Checks
1 case Mixed Pins
1 bale Towels, Bleached Dowlas, &c.
8 cases Clark's assorted Black and White Glazed Spool Cotton—2,200 dozen, 100
yards
8 cases Geo. Mosley's 3 Cord Colored, Black
and White Glaced Reel—100 and 200 yards
2 cases assorted Black, White, Brown, Drab and Machine Flax
1 case Silver Flax, Imperial Chinese and Dutch Tape
1 case Colored Patent Silk Gloves
and Gaiters
2 cases Expansion [or extension] Skirts
61 pieces White Flannel
41 pieces Red Flannel
8 [?] pieces Blue Flannel
2 pieces Dark Twill Flannel
8 pieces Osnaburgs
3 [?] pieces Blue Denims
3 pieces Brown Kersey
1 piece Canton Flannel
46 pair Blankets
100 Coverlids
18 pair White Berlin Gloves
1 lot White and Black Bone Buttons
57 doz. Damask Military Shirts
17 doz. Men's Cork Soles
9 doz. Ladies' Cork Soles
3 pieces Blue Military Cloth
8 pieces Brown Cloth
27 doz. White Tape
39 doz. Linen White Tape
10 great gross Agate Buttons
72 pair Boys' Brogans assorted
64 pair Men's Brogans, assorted
18 Ladies' Lace Belgium Mantillas
50 Ladies' Superior Lace Belgium Hdkfs
1 piece Fine Silk Elastic for Gaiter Gores
12 pieces Swiss Muslin
1 box containing 1 pair Pistols, Flasks &c.
1 pair India Rubber Overalls
4 Superior Cloth Lined Overcoats
1 package Sulphate Quinine
N.B.—Catalogues will be ready for delivery on Friday, June 6th,
for any parties desiring to forward to friends in the country.
The sale will commence at 10 o'clock, and continue until 2 o'clock each
day until finished. The Goods will
be sold in order of Catalogue, commencing with the Groceries and concluding with
Dry Goods.
There is no impediment to the transportation of Goods per
Railroad.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Sewing
Machine
Hands
Wanted:
Fifty Sewing Machine Hands, for important Government work.
Those having machines of their own preferred.
Apply to
D. & E. S. Lathrop,
140 Congress st.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
The
Cheapest Light in
the World!
New Southern Discovery
Terebene Oil
It can be used in Kerosene Oil lamps, with a slight alteration, and
retails at $1.60 per gallon. For
sale by
John B. Moore, Druggist
Gibbons' Range.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A
Yankee Letter.
The letter from which the following extracts are made was picked up in
the camp of the enemy on Saturday last. It
was dated Steversville, New York, in Van Wyck's district, always noted for its
abolition sentiment. It is worthy
of attention, as a sign of the times:
"Dear _____: *
* * We have received a letter from you dated the 25th.
* *
* I send you the Watchman every week.
The Caucasian (newspaper) that I sent you, with Davis' Message in it, is
the last of that paper. So goes our
liberty of speech and freedom of the press (it seems that the Caucasian has been
suppressed by the government) that the Constitution guarantees to us, and for
which grand father fought and spilled his blood in the war of the Revolution. *
* *
This war is going to use up a good many of our very best young men.
A vast multitude have already laid their bones on Southern soil, far away
from friends and the home of their childhood.
More, George, than 100,000, and there will be fifty or sixty thousand
more before the 1st of June. This
negro question and Chicago platform is going to destroy us, I fear, and make
white slavery instead of black. They
are out now in the papers begging for the negroes Lincoln's Generals have taken
from their masters as contrabands. They
want old clothes and anything you have got to give them.
Let them who got them from their masters take care of them.
They always used to have enough to eat and to wear when with their
masters. Whoever heard of
slaveholders begging for his needy blacks?
Suppose the whole four millions were free, what should we do with them?
This negro freedom is all a humbug.
Col. Van Wyck is to work in the House of Representatives to free the
negroes. He has no political
friends here but the blackest of black abolitionists.
* *
* *
You speak of coming home; do so if you can get a furlough.
Your steers are looking nice.
Write soon.
Steadman Fox.
To Geo. H. Fox.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
The Influence of Woman in this War.—What the Yankees do most deprecate
in this war—the influence of the lovely woman—is our greatest boast and
pride. Undoubtedly her love and
devotion to the cause, nerving her to all danger and sacrifice, has inspired the
breasts of many fathers, husbands, sons and brothers, who, fighting far away,
have remembered the injunctions of love and duty, and won fields and captured
batteries, unmindful of wounds and death. Writers
to Northern papers from Winchester, Norfolk and New Orleans all confirm this
self sacrificing, never dying, never deserting confidence in the cause, and
their determination to suffer all that man can inflict before yielding up
"the faith that is within them."
Says these writers: "We
can get along well enough with the women, simply because they are women; but the
men are the d---l, seeming inspired with the ferocity of demons by the women. They fight us as it were under their eye, and death were
preferable to their bad opinion."
This revolution, as others gone by, will furnish its Molly Pitchers and
Charlotte Cordays—the one to load a cannon, and the other to drive a dagger
home to the heart of the usurper of a nation's rights and female honor.
Instances are on record already of displays of moral heroism surpassed by
the women of no revolution either in the past or present century.
What historian will write "The women of the Second
Revolution?"—Richmond Examiner.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Editor Savannah Republican:
Dear Sir: Not wishing to
intrude upon you, matters of mere local interest, the following report was
prepared for the Thomasville Times but not desiring to make use of that
organ for special reasons, we would ask you to kindly favor us, by allowing us
the use of your columns, for the benefit of your numerous readers in this
section.
Second Report of the Thomas County Ladies' Association, for the Relief of
the Sick Soldiers.
Another month having elapsed, permit us to occupy a space in your columns
again.
The continuous and increasing sickness among our troops, and the
consequent suffering therefrom, have not only stimulated our efforts during the
past month, but require renewed and redoubled energy in the next.—Through the
kindness and liberality of the people, we have been enabled to reach several
different points, and accomplish much good.
While we return earnest thanks for what has been done, we as earnestly
beg our friends to aid us still. This
is a work that must not flag until the last battle is worn, the final victory
gained, and we stand before the world a proud, free nation!
proud of the gallant sons of our young republic, and free to enjoy the
rights they have won for us, by their indomitable valor, and unfailing
fortitude.
A thousand blessings on the stout arms, and strong hearts of our brave
defenders! God be with them! whether
upon the battle-field, where our prayers, like winged angels, would fain follow
and protect them from the foe, or in the camp, or (still more sad than either)
upon beds of suffering and death, since we cannot, oh may God be with them
there!
Our indefatigable and faithful nurse, Mrs. Douglas, has been in Augusta
for some weeks, attending not only our individual sick, but others.
The people of Augusta have been very kind to our sick, and in return, we
have tried to do what little we could for them, having forwarded them supplies
twice this month. Dr. David D.
Ford, of the Medical Hospital in that place, returns thanks to the ladies of
Thomas county, and "highly appreciates the benevolent and patriotic efforts
for the comfort of the sick soldiers, and commends the wisdom of the plan for
carrying them out;" (through Mrs. Douglas).
If our sick are retained at Savannah, and her services required there,
she will return to that place hereafter.
Our first lot of supplies this month, were sent to Dr. J. P. Logan,
Medical Director for Georgia, and distributed at the General Hospital Savannah,
our second lot to Augusta; our third to Oglethorpe Barracks, which Dr. Julius
Haring gratefully acknowledges in behalf of our sick, of whom there are many
there. Our fourth lot to St. John's Hospital, the receipt of which
is also acknowledged by Mrs. Campbell, Secretary of the Ladies' Committee there.
The grateful acknowledgments however should be wholly on our side, as our
sick have received the kindest attention from those who gave liberally
"without money and without price," of their time, strength and means,
to aid and relieve our sick. The
heartfelt thanks, not only of the soldiers themselves, but that of loving,
anxious, relatives at home, are abundantly theirs.
Our fifth and last lot, sent during the present month, was sent, as
before stated, to Augusta. Our
especial thanks are due to Mr. Geo. Patten, commission merchant, Savannah, who
kindly received and forwards to their intended destination any article we may
send, and by punctually and promptly notifying us of the receipt of such
articles prevents confusion or mischance. We
are happy to state that every article sent from here has been safely received,
and, as far as possible, judiciously applied.
The frequent fears as to the safety of the supplies sent, or the
misapplication of such supplies, after they are received, are erroneous and ill
founded, and we beg our friends to still send, and trust to us, and we pledge
ourselves to use every effort and precaution, so that articles sent may reach
and benefit fully those for whom they are designed.
We shall endeavor to have, hereafter, a special agent in Savannah to
distribute our supplies and return us the articles containing such supplies, as
the failure to do this, heretofore, has greatly retarded our operations. Many of our things, however, have been returned this week,
and we will be responsible, hereafter, for the safe return of articles sent
through our hands.
Last, not least, our young agents merit and receive our cordial thanks
and warmest approbation. Enthusiastic
and untiring in their continued efforts, they have enabled us to do what could
not have been done without their aid. While
our brave boys are at their posts, our no less ready girls maintain their right
position. Men!
with such women to fight for, will you ever yield?
Women! with such men as ours
in the field, can we ever tire?
We are indebted to many for aid; our special thanks are due to the
following ladies, as well as some others whose names we have not been able to
obtain: [list]
Also, through our energetic and persevering young agent, Miss Pinky
Hayes, from Duncansville: [list]
Also, many articles through another of our fair agents, Miss Matty Mash,
of Duncansville. To many others we
are also under special obligations.
Julia M. Fisher.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 11, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Letter
from a Yankee Girl.
The following letter, written in a very pretty, delicate female hand, was
picked up on the battle field of Shiloh:
Home, January 24, 1862.
Dear Patriot and Soldiers: Your
kind favor of the 10th came to hand this evening.
Need I say I was delighted at its reception?
No; you know that everything relative to the armed champions of my
bleeding country is to me highly interesting.
I love, revere, and delight to honor a soldier.
A military dress is an immediate pass to my affections. O,
that I were a man! Wouldn't I be a
hero" The laurel chaplet should crown my brow, or death should early claim
me. But fame should not be
an incentive to deeds of heroism and valor in this struggle. A love of country, a desire to restore her to her former
prosperity and greatness—to crush the Hydra, Rebellion, alone should inspire
the heart and nerve the arm. Accursed
be he who would seek glory in his country's ruin. And yet, alas! how
many are doing it.
Need I say to you be brave and heroic?
No, for no doubt you enlisted with this worthy resolve nerving every
fibre of your patriotic soul! But I
will say to you, be magnanimous, be merciful to the fallen foe.
"Spare him as thou wouldst be spared."
I would say more, but will you thank me?
I would say, Strive to be a christian warrior.
Yours is a precarious life—You know not how sudden and how terrible
death may be. Oh then, how
important to be ever prepared for its coming.
We have news of a bloody battle and brilliant victory in Kentucky, but it
needs confirmation. Everything
needs indisputable proof now-a-days, before we can believe it.
Well, George, I do most sincerely wish you much success in your shooting
sports. May you fell the
"deer" every shot—those to be pitied deers peculiar to the Southern
climate, I mean. But as you level
your carbine at their devoted heads, say an "Ava [sic] Maria for their poor
souls. Poor misguided one, how I
deplore the stern policy that dictates such compromising measures, but alas,
thus it must be. Should you ever be
so unfortunate as to stand over a poor dying rebel, pity his misfortunes, and
soothe and lessen the pangs of bitter death as much as possible, and tell him
for me there is one girl in abolition Ohio who commiserates his unhappy fate,
and were she near she would pillow his dying head upon her bosom as tenderly as
though he was her brother, and sorrowfully weep over his bitter doom.
I must close, as these thoughts have made me gloomy, and I am tired of
writing. May God keep and guard you, and at length, when sweet peace
is again restored to the "land of the free and the home of brave"
return you to the loving embraces of home and friends.
B. L. McCasley.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 11, 1863, p. 2, c. 1
Up Country Hotels.—We do not conceive that the Press can do a man a
greater service than to inform him, where, when retreating before the Yankees in
the mountains or on the sea board, or wearied by days and nights of dusty
travel, he can find a home among strangers, and a clean and hospitable pillow
upon which to rest his weary head.
The MARIETTA HOTEL, situated in the town of that name, and among the
health giving hills and pure waters of the piedmont region of Georgia, is
emphatically a place of the character we have described.
The hotel building is one of the most elegant and commodious in the
State, and would do credit to any city in the South.
Its present management is, in all respects, most efficient, as is
abundantly testified by the large patronage that flows in an unceasing stream to
its hospitable roof. If anything is
wanting to complete the comfort of its guests, it is only because these
troublous times and an exhausted country cannot afford it.
The TROUT HOUSE, in the city of Atlanta, is another establishment for the
accommodation of the public, where the traveller never fails to receive a true
Georgia welcome and to be cared for in all that concerns his bodily comfort and
pleasure. It is the best furnished hotel in the State, so far as our
observation has extended, and the long experience of the proprietor, Mr.
McGinley, at the Mills House, Charleston, affords a guarantee that none will be
neglected who commit themselves to his care.
Hotels, like newspapers, feel keenly the hardships of war, and the man
who keeps a good one in times like these, deserves to be gazetted for his
energy, perseverance and skill.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Notice
Extraordinary.
Good News for the Ladies.
Arrival of 2000 dozen Coats' Spool Cotton, Nos. 20, 30, 40, 50.
This Thread will be put up in packages of six of each of the above
numbers (20 spools) and sent by Express to any part of the country, on receipt
of Five Dollars. Or one dozen of
each of the numbers will be sent on receipt of Ten Dollars.
We design that all shall have a chance to procure thread at something
like a reasonable price. No person
will be allowed to purchase more than four dozen spools.
Also, a few thousand of Wheeler & Wilson, Singer's and Grover &
Baker's Sewing Machine Needles, that will be sold by the single dozen only at $2
per dozen.
Address,
G. S. Pattison,
Atlanta, Geo.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Domestic Tea.—Our esteemed friend, J. B. to whom the readers of the
Courier have been often indebted for acceptable and useful communications and
contributions, and especially in the department of Botany, sends us specimens of
a tea of home growth, which is thus described:
"Ceonothus Americanus, New Jersey tea—called by the country people
Yellow Root—grows abundantly in every district of the State.
Dry the leaves in the shade and use a little more than half of the green
tea. I have used this tea for the
last two months. It is the best
substitute for black tea that I have ever met with."
The specimens thus presented and avouched were gathered by David Riker.
It will be a favor to many readers if any Botanical friend can furnish a
full description and materials for identifying this plant.
We shall be pleased also, to receive reports of other cases of its trial
and use, and of any applications of our own Flora to any household purposes, or
to new uses.—[Charleston Courier.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Our
Virginia Correspondence.
Camp near the Chickahominy,
}
June 21st, 1862.
}
Mr. Editor: To-day is
"General Review and Inspection."
We are but poorly prepared for such an imposing event.
Our guns and side arms are in good order, and will pass a creditable
inspection; but our uniforms! There
are not a hundred men in the brigade who have hats or caps alike; the greatest
variety imaginable, of every style, shape, quality and description, that can be
found in or out of the most extensive combination of hatteries in the
world, may be seen in our brigade upon this auspicious "Review Day."
There is scarcely less variety in the matter of coats, pants, &c.
This is owing, in a great measure, to the constant and laborious duties
to which General Toombs' brigade has been subjected for the past three or four
months. But what matters all this?
If we do not make a great show upon the review, and carry off the palm as
the best looking brigade in the service, we can shoot as fast, yell as loud, and
charge the Yankees with as much impetuosity as the finest dressed troops in the
Confederate army. I am not certain
but that our in-different uniforms will make us fight harder, for it
won't make much difference if we do get them soiled, bloody or torn.
The inspiring strains of a first-rate band wafted by the "balmy
breeze of early morn," tell us that the "Review" has begun, and
we must don the "paraphernalia of war," and be ready to undergo the
scrutiny of a strict inspecting officer. Review
over—a very creditable affair, all things considered. . . V.A.S.P.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The first Peaches made their appearance in our market on the 21st
inst. This is four or five days later than usual.
They are of the "Early Tillotson" variety.
The peach crop in this vicinity is but middling compared with that of
last year, and varies considerably in quality and quantity in different
localities.
[Macon Messenger, 25th.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Knit
Jackets.
50 Jackets,
Suitable
for Soldiers. For sale by
Holcomb, Cope & Co.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Chrome
Yellow,
and Other Paints,
Dry and in Oil,
John Oliver's,
10 Whitaker street.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Baths,
Baths.
Hot or Cold Baths,
from this date FIFTY CENTS. Sorry
to be compelled to raise the price of bathing; but, from the high price of
living articles, I cannot help it.
Gentlemen finding their own soap can get three tickets for $1.00.
J. M. Haywood.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
More Yankee Vandalism.—The Yankees and tories in their wild retreat
from Chattanooga, a few weeks since, went to the house of a poor old lady in
Sequatchie county, who had an only son in the Confederate army, drove her out of
her house, killed her cow and calf, not even sparing her dog, carried off all
her chickens and family supplies, tore down the fencing from around the house,
and then threw down the chimney. They
passed on to the next house, owned by a gentleman in the Confederate service,
killed or drove off all his stock, offered indignities to his wife, burned his
outhouses, and tore down the fences from around his growing wheat and corn
crops. All this was done by the
tacit permission of Gen. Negely who telegraphed from Shelbyville that he had won
a "brilliant victory" at Chattanooga "after two days hard
fighting, completely routing the rebels" with severe loss, and that the
"Union" was in a fair way of being "restored" in that
section!
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
A Female Prisoner.—Some excitement was created on Thursday by the
arrival of a female prisoner, in the uniform of a Fille du Regiment.
She is said to have been for some months following the Third Regiment of
East Tennessee Renegades in Kentucky. Her
name we learn is Sallie Taylor; she is from Anderson county, where she has
respectable relations. She was
captured somewhere in the neighborhood of Jacksonboro.
An examination before the Provost Marshall, we understand, elicited some
valuable information from this romantic damsel, in regard to the movement of the
enemy.
[Knoxville Register.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Athenaeum.
The Rarey Horse Tamer!
H. Forrest, Jr.,
of Montgomery, Ala.,
Formerly Agent in the Southern States, Cuba, South
America and Mexico, with the
Celebrated Rarey,
Will divulge the whole secret, by giving a Prac-
tical Illustration of
Taming a Wild and Unbroken Mule!
Which has never been ridden by any human being.
Commencing on
Wednesday Night, July 2d,
And remain for a limited period.
Mr. H. will impart to the audience the Secret Art, a la Rarey, minutely,
viz: Taming wild and vicious unbroken Horses and Mules; how to
redeem faulty horses of every description.
N.B. Quick method to accustom Artillery and Cavalry Horses to the
use of Firearms for the battlefield.
A
Benefit Will Be Given to
The Georgia Hospital.
Admission:--Parquette and Dress Circle, 75 cents; Gallery, 50 cents;
Children and Servants, 25 cents.
Box Office open on Wednesday
from 10 ½ a.m. until 2 ½ p.m. Doors
open at 7 ½ o'clock. Lecture and
Training at 8 ½ o'clock.
E. W. Dennison,
Business Manager.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, June 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Printed
Organdie Muslins
A few pieces, of desirable colors.
Just received by
Nevitt, Lathrop, & Rogers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Letter
from the Thirteenth Georgia.
Frederick's Hall, Central R. R. Va.,
}
June 22d, 1862.
}
Mr. Editor:--I know that it is against your rules for your correspondents
to write upon both sides of the sheet, but circumstances alter cases, and I
think this is one of the cases where I shall be compelled to violate your rules,
and you will excuse me when I explain to you that paper is one dollar a quire,
small sheets, and scarce at that. And
besides that, the soldier, having as they say up here, to pack all he has
on his back, and not knowing where to get more paper when the supply gives out,
I think is a sufficient excuse.
I wrote you from Staunton, giving you something of a history of our
travels from Savannah to this place. It
was generally thought that our next move would have been toward the Shenandoah
Valley, but the result showed that we were all a set of Know Nothings, and I
assure you as far as the movements of this army are concerned, we are nothing
else. We can, Yankee-like, guess,
and I should guess from our movements that the forces here are intended to get
in the rear of McClellan. We are
fifty miles above Richmond on the Central Railroad, which is as far down the
road as the cars go. We left
Staunton on Wednesday afternoon for Gordonsville, where we arrived on Thursday,
travelling by railroad a distance of sixty-one miles in twenty-four hours,
cooped up in box cars without seats and not room to stretch out our legs, which
made the trip very unpleasant. Well,
in course of time we got to Gordonsville and were marched to the edge of the
village and there pitched our tents or I should say pitched what we had, one
tent to ten men. We have had fair
weather so far, and the lack of tents is no inconvenience.
Indeed the men are generally willing to do without the tents, provided
they can get their knap-sacks hauled. d I have found, since I have been up here
that the nights have been very cool, although the days are warm. . .
Well, in the evening we arrived at Frederick's Hall, and marched about
three-quarters of a mile into the woods and camped.
All we had to do was to spread our blankets and go to sleep; we had
nothing to cook, nor anything to cook with, for, by getting on the train, we
left the wagons, with the cooking utensils, on the road, and they did not get up
until ten this morning. And now
here we are, with orders if we have any dirty clothes to wash them, for we shall
have to march again in the morning. I
don't know whether you will get this, or whether I shall be allowed to send it,
as the rules here are very strict about letting a person out from the
encampment. . . . Yours, truly, U.
T.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 2, 1862, c. 2, p. 5
Just
Received,
A Small Lot of
Choice Goods
Recent Importations:
4-4 Printed
Cambrics
Printed Shallies
Grey Toile de Linde, for Travelling Dresses
Figured and Plain Swiss Muslins
Birds'-eye and Scotch Diapers
For sale by
DeWitt & Morgan.
Rags,
Rags!
Five Cents per
pound will be paid for clean Linen and Cotton Rags delivered at any Railroad
Depot in Georgia or South Carolina. Address
Bath Paper Mills Co.
Augusta Ga.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 2, 1862, p. 2, c.
2
. . . Lastly, though not least in these days of no ice and hot water,
mine host of the Marshall House, whose good cheer we have enjoyed for many
months, has complimented us with a Georgia specimen of the "Spanish
Monkey," which the uninitiated will understand as the title of an
earthenware vessel for holding and cooling water, the latter process being
accomplished through the agency of evaporation.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Brunswick
Riflemen--Flag Presentation.
Lawton Battery, June 30, 1862.
Editor Savannah Republican:
Dear Sir--Our Company (Brunswick Riflemen) having received orders to go to
Virginia, and being presented with a banner by the ladies of St. Marys, I
enclose a copy of the presentation by Sergeant John L. Rudulph, and the answer
of Captain J. S. Blain, which you will please give place in your paper and
oblige our Company. Respectfully,
your obedient servant,
Urbanus Dart, Orderly Serg't.
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Address
of Sergeant Rudulph.
Capt. Blain and
Brother Soldiers of the Brunswick Riflemen:
The pleasing duty having devolved upon me to present to you, in behalf of the
ladies of St. Marys, this banner as an evidence of the high esteem in which this
command has always been held by them . . [he
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
A Heroic Woman.—One of the most heroic acts of the war has just been
reported to us, as having occurred near Germantown, Tenn.
Two Federal soldiers entered the dwelling of an old citizen, and after
being well treated, they demanded the old gentleman's money, and one of the
ruffians sought to force a compliance with their demand by levelling his gun at
the head of the house. The old lady
interposed herself between the gun of the miscreant and her husband, and while
the coward hesitated to shoot, a daughter of the aged couple came from an
adjoining room, and seeing the situation of affairs, seized a double-barreled
shot gun, with which she shot the ruffian through the head, killing him
instantly. His companion fled,
while the inmates of the house remained uninjured.
The heroism of that gallant young lady will be remembered when the
history of the war is written.—[Memphis Appeal.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Saturday
Night and Sunday—The Enemy in Full Flight!!
. . . The Federal
Flag made by the Yankees to float over our Capitol was captured by Maj.
Bloomfield, of General Magruder's staff, in the Federal camps, and was
exhibited, with great applause, to our troops.
It is an immense piece of work, fully twenty feet long, having thirteen
stripes and thirty-two stars thereon! We
understand McClellan received it as a present from the ladies of the city of
Boston, and promised to plant it on the veritable "last ditch" to
which the rebels should be run, and afterwards would elevate, with all military
honors, on our Capitol at Richmond. How are the might fallen!
Verily, George B. McClellan will be decapitated, and such is the fate of
the Greatest living Liar!
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Condition of the Memphis Press.—Our information from Memphis, with
reference to the present status of the journals remaining in the city is, that
the Argus has been placed under surveillance, and the censorship of two
correspondents of Eastern papers—one of whom is the regular contributor of the
New York Tribune. The censors were
first sent to the office to edit the paper, by Gen. Wallace, but the
proprietors, to their credit be it said, refused to continue the publication
under such restrictions. The
difference was finally settled by a modification of the original order from the
Federal commander, so as to allow them to publish a news journal, they
refraining from the expression of an opinion upon the questions at issue.
The Avalanche "pursues the even tenor of its way"
unmolested—its conduct not having so far, voluntarily, accommodated themselves
to the new order of things as to have met the entire approbation of the powers
that be. Its tone, which has long
been fishy, is now so cringing and subservient as to deserve no milder
designation than that of treasonable. No
one who has read its columns under the new editorial regime, for four months
past, will be surprised at this natural and legitimate finale.
We believe one of its editors once conducted a journal in the Panhandle
portion of Virginia, now the seat of the abolition Pierpont dynasty, and another
of them was alleged by the Avalanche itself, before his connection with that
journal, to have spent a considerable portion of his time in the Sing Sing
prison in New York.—[Appeal.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
HORSE TAMING.—Mr. Forrest entertained our citizens at the Athenaeum,
last night, with the novel performance of horse-taming.
The subject was a wild young mule from the Confederate stables, which the
ostlers and wagon drivers had given up as wholly impracticable.
This animal was brought upon the stage and made to face the gas lights
and a large audience, circumstances rather unfavorable to the success of the
undertaking, especially when we take into the account a regiment of yelling boys
in the gallery, who made noise enough to have frightened a tame animal off the
stage.
Mr. Forrest, however, proceeded with his work, the first step in the
process being to raise the left foot of the mule and secure it to his side by
means of straps. This was no light
job, and required much perseverance, the animal snorting, shying, pawing, and
trying to bite the greater portion of the time.
The foot, however, was finally secured, and this seemed to be the chief
secret in the operation, as it placed the mule on three feet and pretty well in
the power of the operator. The rest
of the treatment was gentle, and designed to secure the confidence of the
subject.
The manipulation being over, Mr. Forrest found no difficulty in doing
pretty much what he chose with him—led him, rode him (he was never backed
before), stood erect on his back, walked from his tail to his head, rubbed his
hind legs, raised his feet at pleasure, &c., &c.
Indeed, the animal was completely subjugated, and the performance,
apparently, an entire success. The
audience were satisfied that Mr. Forrest could do all he professed to do.
He will give another exhibition of his art to-night at the same place.
We hoe a policeman will be admitted along with the boys.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all
men.—Paul.
To
the Citizens of Savannah.
Dear Brethren:--I am in your city for the purpose of presenting to your
favorable notice, the claims of the South Carolina Tract Society.
It is engaged in the noble work of furnishing our soldiers with religious
reading, hymn books, tracts, &c., peculiarly adopted to their condition and
wants. It has already published
over twenty-five millions of pages of religious matter, and is issuing an
edition of "The Soldier's Hymn Book" of 256 pages.
About three millions of pages of these tracts, and four thousand of the
hymn books, have been circulated in the army in Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, and have been eagerly read by the
soldiers.—Three Agents are engaged in the work, in connection with the
Chaplain of the various regiments. The
Society is now about $2,000 in debt, and we come to ask aid.
We feel that no special appeal is necessary.
All who have correct views of religion will see at once the great
importance of this noble work. The
Society is composed of the various evangelical denominations, and calls upon all
alike for the means of carrying on the enterprise.
When we visit you we hope not to be disappointed.
As you have done nobly in supplying all the temporal wants of the
soldier, surely you will do equally well in this.
We have received a liberal donation from one of the congregations in this
city, and we earnestly ask the others to do likewise.
J. Hawkins, Agent.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
The
American Horse Trainer,
And B. F. Rarey's Manual for Horsemen, embracing the History of the
Horse, How to Breed Horses, How to Break Horses;, How to Ride and Drive Horses,
How to Redeem Faulty Horses, A Chapter on Mules and Mustangs.
Published by F. Barclay; with additions, including the proper kinds of
Bridles, Saddles and Harness, and How to Doctor a Horse.
Beautifully Illustrated. Received
and for sale by
R. Knapp & Co.,
140 Congress street, West side
Monument square.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Fine Syrups.—Messrs. S. D. Br[illegible]y & Co. have just prepared
a large supply of syrups suitable to the season, such as Lemon, Pine Apple,
Raspberry, &c., &c. In
absence of Soda, Lemonade, &c., they make an excellent and wholesome drink
for summer, and having tried them we feel no hesitation in recommending them to
the public.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Two spirited young ladies.—A Memphis correspondent of the Appeal, in
referring to the bad treatment of citizens by the Federal soldiers, relates the
following:
The most [illegible] and brutal act that I know of is their treatment of
the two Misses Coe. Levin Coe,
their brother, was at home, discharged from the army.
They surrounded the house before the family knew they were on the place.
Fortunately young Coe had gone fishing, and two of his sisters escaped to
the garden and ran to warn him not to come home.
The Yankees saw the way they went, and followed them, but the sisters
outran them and gave their brother information of their coming.
They came up with the ladies at a house in the vicinity of the creek, and
attempted to arrest them, but they were both armed, and dared the six big
strapping Yankees to lay their hands on them.
One would say to another, "She's got a pistol; take it away from
her." And she, a weak woman,
stood at bay and told them to touch her at their peril.
And, they, the craven wretches, dared not do it.
At last, to get them from the neighborhood of their brother, they agreed
to go to headquarters with them. It
was then noon, and these girls had run two miles, and then those scoundrels
marched them off on foot four miles to town.
At every step they tried to get their pistols from them, threatening them
with instant death if they did not give them up.
Three times they placed their pistols at those girls' heads, with them
cocked and their finger on the trigger, telling them they would kill them.
Each time the girls replied, "Shoot—I can shoot as quick as you
can." And they never did give
them up until their brother-in-law came up with them and told them to do so, and
gave himself up in their place. Levin
Coe escaped.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
The
American Horse Trainer,
And B. F.
Rarey's Manual for Horsemen, embracing the History of the Horse, How to
Breed Horses, How to Break Horses, How to Ride and Drive Horses, How to Redeem
Faulty Horses, A Chapter on Mules and Mustangs.
Published by F. Barclay; with additions, including the proper kinds of
Bridles, Saddles and Harness, and How to Doctor a Horse.
Beautifully illustrated. Received
and for sale by
E. Knapp & Co.
140 Congress street, West side
Monument square.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
For
Sale.
Five rolls India
Rubber Packing, by
Claghorn & Cunningham.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Brooms
and Camp Cots.
10 dozen
Brooms
1 dozen stuffed Camp Cots
For sale by
Lovell & Lattimore.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Sensible Prayer.—The chaplain of the New Hampshire Legislature opened
as follows one day last week: "We
think every member of the House, O God, is in favor of a short session, and
frequently manifest their appreciation of short prayers.
We pray Thee that they will also conceive a love for short speeches,
speak only when they have something to say, say it and then stop."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Our
Virginia Correspondence.
Camp Near Richmond,
July 14, 1862.
Mr. Editor:--Never before have I experienced as fully the tyranny of
military rule as now. For weeks we
have been on the most active duty, performing long, fatiguing marches, fighting
battles, sleeping wherever night found us, on the damp ground, without tent,
fly, or blankets, eating hard bread and bacon, broiled upon the
coals—sometimes without anything at all to eat.
We have suffered every conceivable privation and hardship incident to a
soldier's life, and without a word of complaint.
We suffered and toiled for our beloved South; for southern independence;
for the "loved ones at home"; and we suffered joyfully.
We thought ourselves happy men to be privileged to suffer in such a
glorious cause.
During this campaign there was of course no chance to get changes of
clothes. We were scarcely
recognizable by our best friends by reason of the dust, tattered garments, and
almost bootless feet. I venture the assertion many of us would have taken our image
in a looking glass for some other person—perhaps an Arab—from the long,
uncombed hair and shaggy beard. In
the battle of "Malvern Hill" (Tuesday, 1st July), I lost my
sword scabbord [sic]; On the 4th July, some thievish soldier stole my
pistol—Colt's Army Revolver, model U. S. M. R. No. 14,877—and sword belt.
My feet rebelled against "the powers that be" and burst their
prison bonds; my long worn fatigue suit showed signs of giving way; and the
broiling sun threatened to crisp my little glazed cap into the size and shape of
a tin dipper, leaving my brain to fry in the merciless heat of the sun.
These facts were all stated in respectful language, and leave of absence
for two days to visit the city asked, only three miles distant, for the purpose
of re-equipping myself. While this
application is on file at "Division Headquarters," an order arrives
from Gen. Lee forbidding any leaves of absence, under any circumstances,
"during the near proximity of the enemy to Richmond."
Now, doesn't any reasonable man know I could come from Richmond before
the enemy could get from behind his James river earth works and abatis of fallen
trees, thirty miles below Richmond to save his neck?
Even if Prof. Lowe were to furnish each man of the "Grand Army"
with a balloon with a strong wind to assist their "On to
Richmond" flight, they could not get in gunboat range—a distance they
prefer—before I could be at camps, "habilimented" for the struggle.
Now, this I call tyranny. . .
V.A.S.P.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 19, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
Augusta
Auction Sales.
By W. B. Griffin.
Coffee and Chickory.
Tuesday, the 22d
instant in front of store, commencing at 10 o'clock, will be sold,
100
Bags
Prime Green Rio Coffee
and
100 Bags
Chickory,
A very superior substitute for Coffee, generally used
as such in Europe.
Terms Cash.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 21, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A Beautiful Tribute.—Yesterday being the anniversary of the Battle of
Manassas, a number of ladies repaired to Laurel Grove Cemetery and commemorated
the day by appropriately decorating the graves of the gallant Bartow and his
comrades in arms who fell in the memorable struggle of the 21st of
July. It is a fit task for noble
woman, and we hope her patriotism and love for the dear departed will move her
annually to lay these beautiful tributes on the resting places of the brave.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Gen. Hardee and the Arkansas Raw Recruit.—An anecdote is told of
General Hardee, which shows, in a very amusing light, the kind of material out
of which an army of volunteer soldiery is formed.
About the beginning of the war, the General was forming the nucleus of an
army in southeast Missouri, and being a great disciplinarian, was very active in
teaching his men the rules and duties of a soldier's life.
It happened one night that a sentinel had been placed to guard some
stores near the entrance of the General's headquarters.
Returning home rather late from a tour of inspections, he passed the
sentinel a few paces from his door, and not being honored with the usual salute
of "present arms," he halted—and in a kind but commanding tone,
said: "Don't you know who I
am?" "No, sir,"
replied the uncouth Arkansian; "who are you?" "I am General Hardee, sir!" Whereupon the raw recruit advanced a few paces, put out his
hand for a shake, and said in a most familiar tone:
"My name, General, is Bill Dickerson, and I'm right glad to make
your acquaintance!"
The General was too much amused at the soldier's innocent manner to deal
harshly with him, but quietly pointing out what his duty was, he retired to his
cot—to muse, probably, on the trials and troubles of manufacturing soldiers at
short notice.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A Union Flag Displayed in Atlanta.—Quite an excitement was raised in
our city yesterday morning, by the display from the window over Hunnicutt &
Taylor's of a very large and handsome Lincoln flag.
An excited crowd soon collected, and men were hastening along the
different streets in that direction. Some
one came into our sanctum, and, with considerable emotion, told us to look out
at the ensign of treason. We
looked, and there it was! in full
view from our window, spread to the breezes waving to and fro, the beautiful
flag of the once powerful and honored, but now broken and disgraced, United
States, involved in bankruptcy and steeped in perfidy by the conduct of her
rulers, sustained by the endorsement of a degenerate and wicked people.
At a second look, however, we discovered that the Union of the flag was
down. The crowd soon found out
that it was a Yankee flag captured at Murfreesboro', and their rising wrath
subsided.
We visited the room, and found it to be a magnificent trophy—the flag
of the 9th Michigan regiment. It
is the largest and handsomest flag we ever saw.
It is of the finest silk, the brightest colors, and most tastefully
wrought—the stars and the name of the regiment being in the most elegant
needle work, and the whole surrounded by the finest silk fringe.
[Atlanta Confederacy.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Royal
Etiquette—Dining with the Queen.
If you should receive a card from the Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's
household, commanding you to dine with her majesty, it might be interesting to
know how to conduct yourself. One
who has been through the ceremony thus describes it:
First of all, the guest must put himself into a court dress, which makes
him look like a footman in private life, with knee breeches and silk stockings,
lace cravat and ruffles, amplest of waistcoats and shad-bellyist of coats.
Then if he does not keep his own coach he must hire one, looking like a
private vehicle, for it is doubtful whether, since creation commenced, any one
walked to a royal dinner, and the idea of going thither in a cab would probably
have a mortal effect upon the enormous porter, in scarlet and gold toggery, who
receives your card of invitation when he admits you.
Now, supposing all the preliminary trouble ended—supposing that you
have found your way into the drawing room, and bowed to the Queen, and
stealthily looked around at the pictures, and counted over (all this time in
solemn silence) the spots and flowers on the carpet for the tenth time, and
marched in file into the salle a mange—supposing all this, do not
imagine that you are going to enjoy yourself.
No, indeed. None but Mark
Tapley could be jolly at such a feast.
Royalty has already dined, about 3 o'clock, probably off the hereditary
leg of mutton and turnips, and added to the usual quantum of rice pudding and
the bit of old Cheshire or Rich Stilton, or double Gloster cheese, and imbibed
the accustomed mug or two of Guinness or Meux.
This repast, called lunch, is really a good homely, filling dinner, and
at the solemn repast, five hours later, people are expected to merely taste and
sip through several courses, so that one is reminded of the famous feast of the
Barmocide.
The viands are of the best, the cuisine perfect, the vintage
superb—but one can merely taste. Royalty's appetite was blunted on a leg of mutton and
pudding, the cheese and bottled porter, and the guests should have taken the
edge off their by a similar process.
At these solemn reunions dull silence grimly reigns.
There is not even a whisper to your neighbor—if you know him. The etiquette is, do not open your mouth unless royalty
expressly condescends to speak to you. Do
not expect such a compliment, that is reserved for a few favored guests in the
immediate vicinity of the regal hostess.
The dinner occupies from sixty to ninety minutes, and, when ended, the
queen rises, all other ladies rising and retiring with her.
The main guests remain some ten minutes longer, silently sipping their
wine, or whispering in small knots with bated breath.
At last the senior officer of the household present rises on his legs and
majestically gives "The Queen" as a toast, which every one drinks.
If any member of the royal family be present he bows an acknowledgement.
Coffee follows, and the guests depart—a few to the drawing room, where
the maids of honor are yawning, the rest going home, where it is to be supposed
each man gets out of his livery at once, and gets rid of his gnawing hunger by
means of oysters and stout.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Watermelons.—Savannah is famous for her large melons, but we have yet
to see the first one the present season that comes up to her past reputation.
About thirty pounds is the largest we have seen in our market.
Perhaps the season has been unfavorable to that particular fruit, though
they appear abundant such as they are.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, July 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
New
English Goods,
From the Last
Auction Sale in Charleston.
1 case Mourning
Calicos
1 "
yard-wide Colored do
[illegible] yards fine English Shirtings
White Corde Skirtings
1 bale fine Saxony Flannels
Lisle Thread Gauntlets
Ladies' Black Silk Gloves
White Cambric and Swiss Muslins
White Pique Cloth
Irish Linens
For sale by
DeWitt & Morgan.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
A New Tent.—Lieutenant J. A. Letondale, of company A, Twelfth Alabama
regiment, has obtained a patent for a new style of tent, which if generally
adopted, says the Richmond Examiner, promises to be one of great advantage to
the army. All the tents at present
in use, being designed for the accommodation of from six to ten men, are heavy
and cumbrous, and, in all sudden movements of an army, either in advance or
retreat, are, of necessity, left in the rear.
Mr. Letondale's tent is intended to accommodate but two men; it weighs
but four pounds, and is so constructed that, when struck for a march, it can be
used by its occupants as knapsacks. The
fly and front of the tent may at any time be detached, and, being fitted with an
opening for the head, may be used as a wrapping by the sentry or guard.
On picket duty and on force marches, in which baggage is left behind, the
tent will be found to be the long-wished desideratum.
The idea of its construction first occurred to the inventor during the
long campaign at Manassas, and having fabricated one with his own hands, and
tried it during all of last winter, he was emboldened to apply for a patent.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Confederate States of America,
Medical Purveyor's Office
Savannah, July 31, 1862.
Wanted.
The following, for
which the highest prices will be paid, delivered at either of my offices, in
Savannah or Macon:
Seneka Snake Root,
May Apple,
Blood Root,
Butter Nut,
Wild Cherry Bark,
Fever Root,
Indian Turnip Root,
American Hellebone,
Pleurisy Root
Bitter Sweet,
Ipecac Root,
Skunk Cabbage,
Blooming Spurge,
Jamestown Weed,
Indian Physic,
Hemlock,
Indian Tobacco, or Lobelia
Henbane,
Poke Root,
Pipsissewa,
Cranesbill Root,
Rearberry,
Marsh Rosemary,
Flea Bane,
Deerberry, or Blackberry,
Scotch Broom,
White Oak Bark,
Pink Root,
Meadow Sweet,
Jerusalem Oak Seed,
American Colombo,
Winter Green,
American Gentian,
Horse Mint,
Persimmon Bark,
Flag Root,
Centerary (herb),
Sassafras Root,
Boneset,
Wild Ginger,
Virginia Snake Root,
Queen's Delight,
Dandelion,
Slippery Elm,
Wild Senna Leaves,
Bene Leaves.
W. H. Prioleau,
Asst. Surg. P.A.C.S., Med. Purveyor
Fourth Depot.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Just
Received and for Sale,
1,000 Confederate Wooden Pipes,
Also, a fine lot of
Chewing and Smoking
Tobacco,
and
40,000 Good Segars.
R. Molina,
Cor. Whitaker and Bryan sts.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 1, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Home-Made
House Brooms,
Made from
Georgia-raised broom corn. For
sale, wholesale or retail, at the manufactory, on Canal street, opposite the
Florida wharf, near Rose & Arkwright's machine shop, or at the sales room,
on Broughton street, two doors east of Jefferson.
E. M. Connor & co.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 7, 1862, p . 2, c. 1
Enterprise of Southern Ladies.—We have before us an admirably made sun
bonnet or "Shaker," made from the palmetto, by Mrs. M. E. Rossetter,
of Bellville, Florida. It compares
favorably with any thing of the kind we have ever seen from the land of wooden
nutmegs, and is by far superior in point of durability.—Yankee Doodle may now
"go in grass" while the Southern matrons cling to our own
"Palmetto."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Savannah
Market.
Mr. Editor—There are some facts connected with the Savannah market to
which I desire to call the attention of the people of Georgia and South
Carolina, who live convenient to this city:
Sweet potatoes are selling here at 25 cents a quart, or $8 per bushel;
green corn at 5 cents an ear, or six ears for 25 cents; peaches, for from 15 to
40 cents a quart; watermelons of ordinary size at 50 to 75 cents, and the
largest, weighing from twenty to thirty pounds, at $1 and $1.25 each; chickens,
(half-grown) at $1 a pair; butter at 70 and 75 cents a pound; lard at 40 cents a
pound; eggs at from 40 to 60 cents a dozen.
Again: Pine wood sells for $7 a cord, and oak wood $9 a cord.
I have enumerated some of the leading articles, with their prices, in
order to show the people around Savannah what profits they are allowing to slip
through their fingers for want of a little energy.
I am informed that peaches sell in Macon and Augusta at $1 per bushel.
I also learn that thousands of bushels in and around Aiken, S. C., are
rotting for want of a market. This
fruit could be picked in the afternoon and sold in this market the following
morning. Why do [illegible] a penny
both to their own and our advantage? They
have the fruit, and we have the money, as is shown by the ready sales of fruit
here at such extortionate prices. Why will not the producer engage some reliable agent here and
supply the market?
Equally astonishing is the fact that the prices of wood should rule so
high where two railroads and one river leading into the city are lined with
millions of cords, which could be sole here for more than a hundred per cent
profit. A little energy would put
money in the purses of many whose produce and wood are now selling for but
little and rotting on their land.
Buyer.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 9, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Federal
Outrages in Arkansas.
Every report from the vicinity of the Federal army at Helena, brought by
the refugees who have been driven from their homes, confirms our previous
statements—indeed magnifies the history of the wrongs perpetrated to an extent
unparalleled in warfare. Numerous
outrages have been perpetrated in this war, but it remained for Curtis and his
hirelings to overshadow all other atrocities, and entitled themselves to the
doubtful honor of being the most heartless freebooters the North has yet let
loose upon the people of the South.
The ruinous work of wantonly destroying plantations continues, scarcely a
single one having escaped. In every
instance the useful stock and all provisions and produce has been seized, and
the negroes carried off. Many of
the latter have been armed, and are allowed to roam at large.
We have not heard, however, of any outrages committed by them,
notwithstanding the example set them by their Yankee protectors.
Many plantations have been left without a servant to cook, so general has
bee the seizure of the slaves.
The hanging of the overseers—three in number—is confirmed by a
gentleman from the immediate neighborhood.
Their hostility to this class of the population is great, and they are
particularly assiduous in hunting them up.
A complaint made by a negro, that he had been punished at some time, is
sufficient to insure the greatest activity against the accused, to whom no mercy
is shown when captured.
We also learn that numerous outrages have been committed upon unprotected
females, some of them so hellish a nature as to almost forbid repeating.
One widow lady had her plantation and stock destroyed, her able-bodied
negroes and provisions carried off. To
her remonstrances no attention was paid, when she became irritated and denounced
the party in unmeasured terms. As a
punishment, she was tied upon the floor, and the old negroes left were
threatened if they should render her any assistance whatever.
Another lady was seized by six of the soldiers, who successively
accomplished the last outrage upon the sex, and left her helpless.
These outrages, be it remembered, are committed upon
non-combatants—upon people who are not in the field.
Unjustifiable under any circumstances, they are peculiarly so here; and
the general who gives such license to his command cannot fail to secure a
mention in the roll of infamy whenever the history of this war shall be read.
The Federal force remains the same as mentioned heretofore—no new
movement of troops having taken place—[Memphis Appeal.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 9, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
General Grant and the Sister of Gen. McDowell.—Gen. McDowell, of Bull
Run notoriety, has a sister residing in Memphis, the estimable lady of Col.
B. A. Massey, whose strong
Southern proclivities, by the way, have rendered him quite conspicuous since the
commencement of the war. It appears
that McDowell wrote a letter to her some time after the occupation of Memphis,
and enclosed it to Gen. Grant, with the request that he should deliver it in
person. Accordingly, a week or two
since, he repaired to the residence of Mrs. Massey on this mission, and after
introducing himself and conversing with her a few minutes, observing that no
doubt his room was preferred to his company, he rose from his seat with the view
of completing his mission and leaving.
"I have madam," he said, a "letter from your brother Gen.
McDowell, which he requested me to had you," and he pulled the document
from his pocket and proffered it to Mrs. Massey.
"I bet your pardon, General," she coolly and dispassionately
replied, "I once had a brother, Charles McDowell, but I have never known
the General," saying which she bowed so rigidly polite to Grant that he
returned the unaccepted epistle to his pocket and soon found his way back to
headquarters, it is though, "a wiser, if not a better man." Snubbed in this severe manner by a lady from whom he least
expected it, this tyrant will soon learn to appreciate the feeling with which
Southern people in the manner born regard himself and his invading
cohorts.—[Correspondence Mobile Tribune.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 9, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The Contrabands in McClellan's Camp.-- . . . The negro women seem to have
more energy than the men, and are very expert in carrying heavy loads upon their
heads. I have seen them daily carry buckets of water on their heads
up the side of the bluff without spilling a drop of the water.
The negro women look cleaner, in a measure, than the men, and on a Sunday
sport pink and sky-blue chintz dresses, with immense hoops.
The colored cooks and servants of the camps seem to be in great favor
with these colored lasses, and on Sundays do immense promenading with them
around the various camps.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
A Chance to Get Tooth Brushes.—Everybody knows how impossible it has
become, now-a-days, to get a good English tooth brush.
At the recent sale of imported European goods, the lot of tooth brushes,
in consequence of their very great scarcity, excited much competition. There were many eager bidders from several States of the
Confederacy; but as the people of Charleston and its neighborhood needed the
article as much as our more distant friends, Messrs. Stevenson & Co., were
determined that the brushes should remain here, and purchased the lot at the
very extravagant price of $18.50 per dozen.
The purchase was made with a view to accommodate our people and to supply
a universal want. The brushes will
be sold at retail by Messrs. Kenifick & Skrine at a slight advance on the
above cost price.
[Charleston Mercury.
We recommend to Georgians, before submitting to any such blockade
imposition, to go back to the primitive black gum and hickory bark.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Tailoresses
Wanted.
One hundred good
tailoresses can find employment with
Henry Lathrop & Co.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Our
Hospitals.
As there is no subject upon which more general interest is felt, or less
information received, than in regard to the arrangement of our Hospitals, we may
be permitted to make a few remarks.
It has been our business, and it has proved a pleasure in some respects,
to visit the various institutions in and out of the city, and note carefully
everything that came under our observation connected with them; the examination
has proved truly gratifying, and has removed many an erroneous impression
hitherto formed.
And in the first place, let us premise that we must not expect too much;
sickness even at home, and surrounded by most favorable circumstances, still
gives the patient much cause for complaint, and where hundreds have to be cared
for by comparatively few it is not surprising that much has to be left undone. One thing, however, is certain, the condition of our sick is
daily improving, and everything is being done by those in charge for the farther
amelioration of their sufferings; but while these strenuous efforts [illegible]
themselves with commenting on, or commiserating the condition of the sick,
instead of lending a helping hand for their relief.
If each of us would remember our individual responsibility in the matter
and perform our whole duty we should find we had less reason to complain of
others. We have found in almost
every instance good rooms, cleanly kept and well ventilated, and supplied with
every comfort that could reasonably be expected or procured; comfortable beds,
attentive, kind physicians and nurses we found in every establishment, and we
feel confident that every effort is made for the comfortable accommodation of
the sick.
Still there is much needed to be done; but to whom should we complain or
look for relief? Not to those in
charge, for they can do little more, but to our people generally.
Nurses and nourishment are much needed, and how can this want be
supplied? They have not the means,
and there is not the possibility of procuring such articles as the sick
absolutely require, except from the interior, and we believe many a man might be
saved to his family and his country if he could receive the proper nourishment.
There are four Hospitals in the city of Savannah, viz:
The Georgia, the St. Johns,
the Medical College, and General Hospital or Barracks.
Donations from individuals or associations would be most acceptable to
either of these. Guyton Hospital,
located at Whitesville, No. 3, Central Railroad, is now a very important point,
being (together with Springfield, where a convalescent camp is located) the
headquarters of the sick from every point.—Here preparations are being made on
a large scale for the accommodation of patients from the other Hospitals and
camps, and daily accessions are being made to the large number already there.
Vegetables of every kind, and greens and collards even will be
most gratefully received. Convalescent men have to be fed and strengthened, and their
appetites crave their old familiar home diet.
People of the country! many
of these men are dying by inches for your protection; see to it that they do not
suffer for want of what you can so easily supply.
New sweet potatoes will be coming on—you could not send them a greater
luxury. And will not our
housekeepers supply them with the article of soap?
And our ladies generally remember the necessity of cool hospital shirts?
Also, towels and common handkerchiefs.
Springfield, six miles from Whitesville, is a beautiful location, where
several hundred convalescents, still unfit for duty, are rapidly improving.
Thanks to the wise forethought of those who originated and executed this
admirable plan in connection with Guyton Hospital. There is a hospital attached to this camp also; there is a
want of proper nurses and nourishment there.
We trust that want will soon be supplied by the people of the surrounding
country.
In conclusion, we must say that much of the prejudice existing against
hospitals, is, though natural, unfounded. In
many cases the patients do better if suffered to remain in hospital than when
removed to a small, close private apartment, and we were gratified by the almost
universal reply to our questions, that the soldiers (like ourselves) had found
better accommodations than they had expected to find or had hoped to meet.
In conclusion, we only wish we could transfer to the minds of others the
impressions left upon our own, and especially the ineffaceable remembrance of
the hundreds of sick sufferers, who, far removed from all they love, still
suffer, if not cheerfully, at least uncomplainingly, for our sakes.
May God remember them, and help us to remember them also!
An Eye-Witness.
August 11th, 1862.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The soldiers in the vicinity of Savannah think they are imposed on in the
matter of prices, and there are not wanting evil minded persons who are ready to
poison them towards the city and its inhabitants.
It is a notorious fact, that high as is our market—and all have to
share the burthen, citizens as well as soldiers—most of the necessaries of
life are cheaper in Savannah than any other large town in the Confederacy.
We quote a specimen of prices elsewhere from the Augusta
Constitutionalist:
Tall Prices.—An Army correspondent writing from near Richmond, says
that the grounds of the 10th Georgia Regiment are visited daily by
several traveling groceries, of which the following are the prices current of a
few articles: Coffee, $3 per lb.; Sugar, $1; Butter $1.25; Irish Potatoes,
50 cents per quart; Onions, 10@25 cents apiece; Tomatoes, 90 cents per dozen;
Bread, 10 cents per loaf; Ginger
cakes, 25 cents apiece; and everything else at prices ranging equally upward.
The soldiers of the 10th Georgia Regiment must certainly live
high.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Widows'
Benefit.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather the theatre was closed last
evening. The performance was
intended as a benefit to the destitute widows of Savannah, and the Manager
desired that the receipts should be such as would carry comfort at least to a
goodly number of the beneficiaries. The
same bill, with the same benevolent object, was postponed until this evening.
We hope the weather will be good, and the house such as will testify to
our sympathy for the bereaved and needy amongst us.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A
Hint to Dwellers in Tents.
Savannah, Aug. 13th, 1862.
Editor of the Republican:
If you think proper to publish the following hint to our soldiers, you
will confer a benefit on them:
In pitching your tents, elevate the fly from four to six inches above the
tent cloth, and you will at once realize that you have not only promoted your
comfort by making it much cooler in this hot weather, but that you have
discovered the real use of it, as it is intended to keep off the rays of the sun
from the tent as well as to break the force with which the drops of rain are
projected in a violent squall. As
now used in your camps around the city it is simply ridiculous, and of no
earthly use.
S.
P.S.—I have lived three years together in a tent.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 16, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Theatre.
Saturday Ev'g, Aug. 16, 1862.
Second week of the
Queen Sisters, or Thespian Family
and the
Palmetto Band.
Entertainment for the Benefit of the Widows
Society, and under especial patronage.
By request the beautiful Comedy of
Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady
Singing and Dancing.
Patriotic Song, "There's Life in the Old Land yet," by Miss
Laura.
Music by the Palmetto Band.
To conclude with the musical Comedietta of
The
Loan of a Lover.
Doors open at 7½ o'clock; commence at 8½
Admission: Parquette, 75
Cents; Family Circle, 50 cents; Gallery, 25 cents.
Tickets for sale at the Hotels, Music and Book Stores.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 16, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Charleston
Auction Sale.
English
Blankets!
By R. A. Pringle, 137 Meeting-St.
James H. Taylor, Auctioneer.
62 Bales
Damaged English Grey Blankets
Will be sold on
Wednesday, August 20,
Commencing at 10
o'clock a.m.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 16, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Brown
Windsor
Soap.
One Case,
Just received by
Recent Arrival Direct from Europe,
A. A. Solomons & co.
Druggists.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Richmond, Va., Aug. 13, 1862.
Mr. Editor.: . . . Richmond is unusually dull.
There is nothing to disturb the reigning monotony.
All the mercantile fraternity have supplied themselves with very
convenient articles—elastic consciences!
They can now ask you $35 for a common pair of boots without a blush. They charge you the following very moderate prices:
15 cents for common cigars; $1 per dozen for peaches; $2 to $3 for
watermelons; $1.25 for butter; $1.25 for chickens (as large as partridges)
&c., &c. And what is
strange, they markets are full. Dry Goods scarce.
V. A. S. P.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Theatre.
Monday Ev'g, August 18, 1862.
Third week of the
Queen Sisters, or Thespian Family
and the
Palmetto Band.
The celebrated
Drama of
Toodles.
Singing and Dancing.
New Song, "The Soldier's Adieu," words by Miss Laura, music by
G. Wiegand.
Dance, "Secession Polka," by little Fanny and Julia.
Music by the Palmetto Band.
To conclude with the laughable Commedietta of the
Rough
Diamond; Or, Cousin Joe
Doors open at 7½ o'clock; commence at 8½
Admission: Parquette, 75
Cents; Family Circle, 50 cents; Gallery, 25 cents.
Tickets for sale at the Hotels, Music and Book Stores.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Attention.
The citizens of Atlanta, and the community generally—not only of our
own State, but others at large—are respectfully and kindly solicited to
send the "Ladies' Soldiers' Relief Society," of this city, all the
half-worn clothing they can conveniently spare from their homes, for our sick
and needy soldiers who are arriving daily in our midst in a very destitute
condition. It is impossible to
procure material for making clothes, therefore any donation of the kind will be
grateful and acceptable.
Vegetables, butter, milk, &c., will also be thankfully received.
Mrs. John Collier, Prest.
L.S.R. Society.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The Baltimore Sun, of the 8th inst., says:
Wm. D. Parker was arrested yesterday, on the charge of making a pair of
slippers, on which was a Confederate flag.
He was taken before Gen. Wool, and discharged after taking the oath. The slippers were confiscated.
Wm. H. Gaultree, was arrested on the charge of cheering for Jeff.
Davis. He was released after
having taken the oath.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 21, 1862, p. 2,
c. 1
Refugees from Maryland.—The Richmond Examiner of Monday says:
Numbers of Marylanders, fleeing from the draft to come, are daily
crossing the border, and hurrying on to Richmond.
Thirty reached here yesterday morning, and five hundred more are on this
side the Potomac, making their way on foot.
On one day last week, two hundred seized the steamer Patuxent, and
crossing the Potomac, set her on fire, and burned her to the water's edge.
Another party are reported to have seized and similarly disposed of the
steamer Planter.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 21, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Richmond, Aug. 16, 1863.
Mr. Editor:-- . . . Traders are, as usual, busy upon the streets, and in
their shops, selling goods, or soliciting trade at very moderate prices. Out of curiosity, I asked the price of various kinds and
sizes of pipes. A neat wood pipe,
nicely varnished, with horn mouth-piece, and perhaps a brass band around the
stem for ornament, is selling for the reasonable sum of six dollars!
An imitation Merschaum, (or at least, second rate,) is worth forty
dollars! What is surprising is
that there is no scarcity in that article. . . . V.A.S.P.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Mr. Editor:--If it is absolutely necessary that "young officers"
should annoy the ladies by puffing smoke on Bull street, I would recommend
"grape vine" to them, as less offensive than bad tobacco.
It is what we used at their time of life, and then again it can be had in
abundance.
Old Sogers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 26, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Catfish Oil.—The Vicksburg Whig says that the proprietors of a tannery
in Marshall county in that State, recently set hands to work catching catfish
and boiling out the oil. In a very
short time they obtained a sufficient quantity to last them a year.
Thos. Redwood had a tannery at Milldale, near Vicksburg, some years
since, and used catfish oil altogether.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Printing
Material Wanted.
The proprietor of the Examiner desires to purchase twelve or fifteen
hundred pounds of type. Bourgeois
Minion and Nonpareil—also, column, head, advertising, and dash rules enough
for a whole sheet the size of the Examiner.
Persons having such material for sale, either new or not much worn, will
find it to their interest to communicate with the proprietor of the Examiner at
once.
Richmond, Va., August, 1862.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 26, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Lager Beer.—Mr. Valentine Basler, proprietor of the Market Square
House, Bryan street, has just received from the brewery of C. J. Kontz, of
Atlanta, Ga., a large supply of the above beverage.
The medical faculty recommend lager beer as a beneficial medicine in
cases of debility, consumption and many other diseases; it is also beneficial in
many female complaints. Families
will be supplied on reasonable terms, it is also offered for sale on draught at
the market Square House.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, August 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Oiled Silk and Enameled Cloth.—Among the many things we did not expect
to see manufactured in Macon was a handsome and durable article of black
enamelled cloth. We are quite aware
that attempts to make this article are very numerous, and result in a coarsely
daubed cotton canvass, which softens in the sun and rubs off with every
abrasion; but the highly polished, soft and durable enamelled cloth, as good as
was ever imported, is made in this place by Mr. S. J. Gustin, in large
quantities. He is fabricating it
into various articles for the army, and it is needless to say the demand is
greater than the supply. So of
oiled silk! he produces as beautiful an article as was ever seen, and though
behind orders, has furnished the medical department of the army with ten
thousand yards, and they certify it is equal or superior to the foreign article.
Oiled silk is used for protecting wounds from the atmosphere, and
represented to be almost indispensable in the army hospitals.—[Telegraph.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
More of the Ingenuity and Skill of Our Ladies.—Mr. S. Overstreet, of
Blackshear, Pierce county, laid upon our table two beautiful specimens of the
handiwork of Misses Elizabeth and Matilda Baggs, of Johnston's
Station, McIntosh county, in this State.
The first is a most exquisitely braided ladies' fashionable Palmetto
flat, with curved rim, plumes, &c. The
plumes are of shreds of the palm leaf, very gracefully laid over each rim, while
around the crown are bows formed of the same material and as unique and
beautiful as the plumes. The plaits
of the palmetto are very evenly made. Taken
altogether, it is a very tasty and elegant hat for a lady.
The other is a Beauregard infant's cap, without rim, of similar braiding
as the flat, trimmed with ornamental tassels and bows, of palmetto—a very
suitable and attractive cap for children.
The whole work is of the stripped leaves of the cabbage palmetto, and not
to be excelled for its whiteness, and more than all for its symmetry of
proportion and elegance of style. The
Yankees can never compete with our ingenious ladies, in anything their hands
find to do.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
"Blankets for the Rebels."—Under this head, the New York
Tribune, of the 12th inst., editorially says:
A gentleman who has recently arrived from Mobile states that there is not
a single carpet to be found in any house in that city, every one having been
given up last winter to be used as blankets by the army.
The rebels began it, and the Unionists—of whom our informant insists
here still remain a considerable number—followed suit, because they feared
their omission to do so would lead to their denunciation as Northern
sympathizers and traitors. The
South is now destitute of blankets, and of any substitute.
Under these circumstances, considerable sums of money have been sent to
England to buy blankets for the army, with orders to ship them to Charleston.
Cannot this traitorous next be broken up altogether, or else the blockade
be rendered what it never yet has been—thoroughly effective?
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Newspapers.—Many people like newspapers, but few preserve them; yet the
most interesting reading imaginable is a file of newspapers.
It brings up the past age with all its bustle and every day affairs, and
marks its genius and its spirit more than the most labored description of the
historian. Who can take up a paper
half century old without the thought that almost every name there printed is now
upon a tombstone or at the head of an epitaph?
The newspapers of the present day will be especially interesting years
hence, as containing the current record of events fraught with tremendous import
to the cause of freedom in all the civilized world.
We therefore would urge upon all the propriety of preserving their
papers. They will be a source of
pleasure and interest to them hereafter.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Important Item for Housekeepers.—In view of the exceeding great
scarcity of "soap grease," and the necessity that exists among all
classes for keeping a supply of the article on hand for the promotion of
cleanliness, the following receipt for making soap without grease, from a valued
lady friend, will be found very valuable at this time.
It has been sufficiently tested to assure us of its great importance and
usefulness: To four gallons of
strong ley add ten pounds of distilled rosin, or eight pounds of pine gum not
distilled and free of trash is better; boil steadily until there is no rosin to
be seen, and if the quantity of ley is not sufficient, add more and continue to
add until the rosin is out, and boil until it makes a brown jelly soap.
I have used this soap a year, and it is equal to the best soap made with
grease.—[Exchange paper.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Covering
for the Sick Soldiers.
We are in receipt of a letter from the Surgeon of the Guyton Hospital, to
which all our convalescing soldiers are sent, stating the fact that the patients
are wholly unprovided with blankets, comforts and other covering to protect them
against the approaching cool weather. The
government cannot purchase blankets on any terms, and it rests with private
citizens to prevent the suffering that must surely ensue without such aid.
Will not our citizens take a review of their bed clothing, and send us
what they can possibly spare? Anything
that will keep out the cold will answer, and we hope to receive a prompt
response to the appeal, both from city and country.
The inmates of the hospital have relatives and friends all over the
State, who should do what they can for their comfort.
All packages sent to this office will be promptly forwarded.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 6, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
What
the Women of Georgia are Doing for Independence.
We extract the following paragraphs from the letter signed
"Countryman," written from the "Piney
Woods" to the Thomasville Times:
But among the hard things to get in the country, let us not forget shoes
and hats. I have met with [illegible] very wearable styles of
wiregrass. In another settlement a
woman makes a very comfortable [illegible] cover for your head made of Palmetto
for fifty cents. As for wool hats
and caps, it remains to be seen how we are to get them, or do without them.
The ladies, Heaven bless them, are at the end of the "bonnet
agony"—they have found out all about it.
I saw in a loom not many miles away in the piney woods, just the thing
for bonnets, made of the long wire grass for filling, while the warp is dyed to
suit the fancy of the maker, [illegible] bonnets on the heads of the ladies
about the towns. Wonder who wove the fabric before they were cut and trimmed
into fashion? Don't tell me, for I
know you would say, some country-woman.
Almost every neighborhood in the country between the Alapaha and the
Ochlockonee rivers, turns out their little tanneries, in which we get better
terms than of yore. All the hides have been called into service—even hides that
have been used under beds have been drawn out and put into the vats; white oak
mats taking their places. Nearly
every tanner is a shoemaker.—The Gibeonites who took Joshua in with old shoes
could supply themselves hereabouts.—Edson or Miles, of Philadelphia, would, no
doubt, laugh over the jobs in the same line; but we mean to wear such, or worse,
or none at all, in preference to theirs, world without end. We mean to get our leather made up into shoes at about 50
cents a pair. If we can't raise the
money, we will pay for it in work. If
a contraband can't make a pair of shoes, he can get to the shoemaker and work on
his farm while the shoemaker turns out the number of shoes wanted; and who is
the loser by it? And this is the
way we mean to defeat that grand scale of swindling—the greatest now out—of
charging $8, $10, and even $12 for a pair of shoes, worth before the war $1.50.
So, you will see from this that the mist [? illegible] heretofore falling
into the pockets of the avaricious shoe mongers will soon be over, so far as the
piney woods are concerned at least.
And I should say a word about Homespun, real Georgia Homespun, that is
made and worn to mill, to meeting, and to market, by all grades in the country.
Believe me, Mr. Editor, I have been much pleased with many of the neat
plaid and striped homespun dresses I have seen, worn by a good form, neatly
made, and then the pretty face was shaded by one of those pretty home made
bonnets, and a halo of patriotic industry all over it—it was the very love of
a dress. Mr. Editor, if you want to
make a paper for the country people, you must go among them, and see what things
they fasten on. You must listen to
the music of the wheel, and the scratch, scratch, of the cards, as the rolls are
being prepared for the wheel—and then it may be out by the side of the house,
under a shelter—listen to the bang, bang, of the real Georgia loom, as some
female member of the family plys [sic] the shuttle, shifts the triddles [sic]
and waves the batten, in making the fabric that will place us in a state of
independence of Lynn and Lowell and Manchester.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 9, 1862, p. 3, c. 3
Dry
Goods,
Etc., Etc.
Ladies' Silk Under
Vests
11-4 & 12-4 White Bed Quilts
Ladies' Mode Colored Hose
Black Thibet Shawls
Silk Sleeve Linings
Tooth Brushes
Wide Linen Braid
White Tarletans
Mull Muslins
Just received and for sale by
DeWitt & Morgan.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 12, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A Georgian's Answer.—One of the Yankee surgeons left in charge of their
wounded at Culpeper Court House, asked a Georgia soldier why our army, then
passing through, was so badly clothed? "We
always put on our old clothes when we are going to butcher hogs," was the
answer.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The Great Rock Fight.—We referred yesterday to the fact that a North
Carolina regiment, having exhausted their ammunition in one of the late battles,
took to pelting the Yankees with stones, and actually held them at bay until a
Louisiana regiment came to their relief. The
Richmond Examiner corroborates the statement, and gives the result of the fight
as follows:
Two gentlemen who, since the battle of the 30th ult., have
been engaged in burying the dead on the plains of Manassas, arrived at
Gordonsville yesterday. They report
that near a rocky cut in the railroad, which runs through the battlefield, they
counted seventy Yankees who had been killed with pieces of rock.
The rocks, clotted with blood, lay near, and in many cases upon, the
inanimate forms of the Yankee soldiers. This
account corroborates the story which we had previously heard of a regiment of
our men, during the battle of the 30th, after having exhausted their
ammunition, assailed their adversaries with stones and pieces of rock.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Circular.
Whereas the President of the Confederate States did, on the 4th
day of September, issue his proclamation setting apart Thursday, the 18th
day of September inst., as a day of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for
the great mercies vouchsafed to our people, and more especially for the triumph
of our arms at Richmond and Manassas in Virginia, and at Richmond, in Kentucky,
and did invite the people of the Confederate States to meet on that day at their
respective places of public worship, and to unite in rendering thanks and praise
to God for these great mercies, and to implore him to conduct our country safely
through the perils which surround us to the final attainment of the blessings of
peace and security.
Now, therefore, I, Stephen Elliott, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Diocese of Georgia, do recommend to the Clergy of said Diocese, to
open their several places of worship on Thursday, the said 18th day
of September, and to unite with their congregations in thanksgiving and praise
to Almighty God for all His mercies, and especially for our signal and manifold
victories over the invaders of our country, according to the following form:
Morning Prayer as usual to the "Venite Exultemus"—Instead of
the "Venite," let the Psalm of Praise and Thanksgiving after victory,
to be found in the "Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea," and beginning
"If the Lord had not been on our side, now may we say" be said or
sung.
For the Psalter—Psalms 136, 144, 146.
Gloria
in Excelsis.
First Lesson—2 Chronicles: Ch.
20 to V. 31.
The
Te Deum.
Second Lesson—1. Timothy: Chap.
6 to V. 17.
Before the General Thanksgiving introduced, the Collect for Victory, to
be found in the "Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea," beginning
"O, Almighty God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world," changing
"this happy victory: into "these happy victories," and "this
great mercy: into "these great mercies," wherever the words may occur.
Introduce likewise the "Collect for Peace and Deliverance from our
Enemies," to be found among the occasional thanksgivings.
It not being a Litany day, the Litany will not be said.
The Prayer set forth by the Bishop to be used ruing the continuance of
the war, will also be omitted upon this occasion.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 15, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Meeting
of German Jews.
Savannah, Sept. 13th, 1862.
At a meeting of the German Jews of this city, held this evening, Mr. M.
Loewenthal was called to the Chair, and Mr. A. L. Crabfelder requested to act as
Secretary.
The Chairman stated the object of the meeting, when on motion of Mr.
Joseph Rosenthal, a Committee of five were appointed to draft suitable
resolutions for the consideration of the meeting.
The Committee consisted of Messrs. J. Rosenthal, S. Gardner, M. Selig, H.
Meinhard and M. Brown.
The Committee retired, and returning, reported the following preamble and
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, we have read with amazement and contempt the proceedings of a
meeting at Thomasville, held on the 30th August last, in which German
Jews are denounced in unmeasured terms—are prohibited from visiting that
village, and banishing all those now resident in that place.
This wholesale slander, persecution and denunciation of a people, many of
whom are pouring out their blood on the battlefields of their country, in
defence of civil and religious liberty, is at war with the spirit of the
age—the letter of the constitution—and the principles of religion—and can
find no parallel except in the barbarities of the inquisition and the
persecution of the dark ages. We
feel that we have no remedy but in an appeal to an enlightened public opinion,
and to that we do appeal.
Be it therefore resolved, That whilst we do not indiscriminately
eulogise our people, yet we boldly aver that as a class, they are as honest, as
true and as faithful as their persecutors and slanderers, and to this end refer
to the criminal courts of the country.
Resolved, That we hold all concerned in that meeting, as enemies
of human liberty and freedom of conscience.
Resolved, That all newspapers giving currency to this slander and
intolerance, are participating in the foul wrong, and we recommend every Jew to
withhold from the same his patronage and support.
Resolved, That the
Savannah Republican, and all other papers which support civil and religious
liberty and are opposed to persecution, be requested to publish the above.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
M. Loewenthal, Chairman.
A. L. Grabfedler, Sec'ry.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Hurrah for the Women.—On Monday last the conscripts from the north
regiment in this county marched from this place to take the cars at High Point
for the camp of instruction at Raleigh. Upon
their arrival at the latter place the roll was called and the astonishing fact
became apparent that there was aboard one more soldier than the enrolling
officer had names upon his list. This,
of course, involved an investigation, when it was discovered that the features
of one claiming to be a conscript were quite too fair and fine for that of the
sterner sex. The soldier was
charged with being a female, when she confessed the truth and acknowledged that
she determined to accompany her friends in the perils of war, and avenge the
death of a brother who fell in the fight near Richmond.
We have heard of nothing in any degree to implicate the good character
and standing of this gallant heroine.
[Winston (North Carolina) Sentinel.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Stealing Furniture.—The Lynchburg Virginian learns upon unquestionable
authority that during the occupation of the Valley by General Banks, for a
portion of the time, he used the house of a wealthy gentleman, named Lewis
Washington, as his headquarters. Mrs.
General Banks was with her husband, and selected the best of the furniture in
the house, and shipped it north, to her home in Massachusetts.
Upon her return, Mr. Washington found his house dismantled and robbed of
its furniture, and inquiry disclosed the fact that the wife of Major General
Banks had sent it off to ornament her Northern home.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The
Evacuation of Huntsville, Ala.
Vandalism of the Yankees.
We learn from a gentleman just arrived from North Alabama, that the
Federals evacuated Huntsville between the 1st and 4th of
this month, Gen. Buell and staff having left there a week or two previous, and
Gen. Rosencranz some days after, leaving Gen. Lytell in command.
They left via Stevenson, but returned suddenly in a day or two, and left
again permanently, having committed great depredations upon the citizens.
They took from Madison county probably 1500 negroes, many of whom went
voluntarily, and the others were forced away.
They also took horses and mules in large numbers, which were immediately
branded "U.S." and taken without being paid for.
The negroes were employed as teamsters and in other kinds of labor, for
which their previous trainings fitted them.
Some of them made their escape and returned; others were secured by their
masters, who pursued them, but the number recovered was small. Most of those taken were negro men, but in some instances
men, women and children were taken, leaving plantations entirely destitute.
Some of the plantations were desolated and turned into barren wastes.
In one instance, near Huntsville, not a panel of fencing was left around
the entire place—in others they were consumed for miles, and stock left to
graze and destroy at pleasure. In
many cases it will be almost impossible to gather the crops, or to prepare for
next year's planting. Huntsville
was but little injured, but the suburbs and vicinity suffered greatly, and the
machinery of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad depot was broken up and
destroyed; the depot buildings were not burned.
Between Huntsville and Stevenson the country is desolated and deserted. Jackson county has been left almost entirely without
inhabitants or any signs of animal life. The
depot at Camden is destroyed. The
town of Woodville is burned to the ground, and from that place to Bellefonte
scarcely a house is left standing—blackened ruins is all that remain.
The bridge over Paint Rock river (probably 200 feet long) was
unfortunately burned by our own men after the Federals had passed the road the
second time, and the depot at Larkinsville was, we fear, causelessly destroyed.
The Yankees are said to have declared the independence of Jackson county,
admitting that they had sustained more loss and stouter resistance from that
county than from any portion of the country elsewhere.
Of the 4th Ohio cavalry, numbering perhaps 1,000 on their
arrival, not more than 500 remained; they were mainly bushwhacked.
The citizens, with very few exceptions, were wild with rejoicing at the
enemy's departure. Judge George W.
Lane left with his friends. Jere
Clemens remains, but he boarded Federal officers during their stay.
Nick Davis is considered true. Some
few bought and sold cotton, one of which, Hickman, former proprietor of the
Madison Hotel, was required to give a bond of $40,000 for his appearance.
The Federals at their departure left far fewer Union men than they found,
and their bitterest foes are in Athens, Ala., the last place in the State to
acknowledge allegiance to the Southern Confederacy.—[Chattanooga Rebel, 14th.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 20, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Near Frederick, Md., Sept. 7, 1862.
Mr. Editor: At 3 p.m.
Friday, we resumed our march towards Leesburg, through a most beautiful country. Either side of the verdant valley through which our hosts
moved slowly along like a huge anaconda, was lined by blue hills and lofty
peaks. The extensive corn fields,
and vast plains of waving clover and grass bespeak the opulence and industry of
the people. It is emphatically as
pretty a country as I ever saw in the wild West, where Nature's beauty, unmarred
by human industry, shines resplendent; or even among the hills and valleys and
winding streams of Tennessee.
Our approach was welcomed by the fair daughters of those beautiful hills
and dales, with waving handkerchiefs and every demonstration by which they could
show their gratitude and joy on being freed from the tyranny of a military
despotism they hate.
Leesburg is an ancient and pretty town of considerable size, numbering,
perhaps, five thousand souls. Many
of the buildings are stone, and comparatively few are wood.
Every balcony on the main street, as we passed through, was crowded with
beautiful women, smiling upon their deliverers and waving their white
handkerchiefs, cheering us on. I
have rarely seen more beautiful women. The
sombre weeds of mourning were laid aside, and all appeared gay and joyous.
Here all our sick and barefooted men were left.
When they were marched in they looked as large as a brigade.
Many of them will doubtless join their companies very soon.
Yesterday morning we crossed the Potomac.
I imagine that to the ancient Israelite the crossing of the river Jordan
was not fraught with more interest than was the crossing of the Potomac to the
conquering Southron.
The first sight of its broad surface was hailed by a shout from the whole
column that made the hills echo for miles around, and told how rejoiced were
their hearts.
Here I witnessed a novel sight. Preparatory
to wading the stream, (at this ford about four hundred yards wide and two and a
half feet deep,) the army, officers and all, bared their legs and waded over!
While every variety, color and style of coat could be seen, there was
perfectly uniformity in the lower dress! At
a distance it was an amusing sight. (I
would advise my lady friends to shut their eyes while they read this paragraph!)
Many persons on the Maryland side hailed our approach with demonstrations
of unfeigned joy. The young men say
they had already been enrolled by Lincoln's officers, and were to have been
drafted on the 16th of this month.
All the people, however, are not Southern.
Some in the little village of "Buckettown," (I believe this is
the name,) refused to take Confederate money.
Many ladies, however, gave us a cheering welcome.
There are avowed Lincolnites in the neighborhood, whom we leave to the
quiet enjoyment of their opinions. We
are determined to show our superiority over the Federals in every respect, by
not imitating their nefarious example. Their
property, by a very strict order recently issued by Gen. Lee, is to be
scrupulously respected. We are not
allowed to burn a rail or pull a roasting ear. How different was the conduct of the vandals towards our
people! How different, in fact, was
the conduct of our own soldiers! Between
the two armies, the country from Gordonsville or Orange C. H. to within a few
miles of Leesburg, is a barren waste, an Arabian desolation.
Scarcely a fence remains to mark the boundaries of once splendid
estates—and in many instances the mansions of the wealthy sympathizer with the
"rebellion" are stripped of everything valuable, and then laid in
ruins. The clover and corn fields
are worn smooth by being encamped upon. Such
is not the case with Maryland. The
Federals, to win over all of doubtful loyalty, have scrupulously respected
private property—in this section, at least—and for the same reason Gen. Lee
has issued stricter orders.
The country so far, is unsurpassed in beauty.
The distant mountains, the blue fringed hills, and the vast green fields,
stretching out like an ocean on either side, presenting a prospect, in my
notion, unparalleled in beauty. It
is a modern Eden, favored by Nature in every material respect. . . V.A.S.R.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 20, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
The Roswell (Cobb co. Factory)
proposes to distribute gratuitously one thousand bunches of yarn to the poor of
ten of the counties adjoining, during the month of October.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 20, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Native Copperas.—We saw in a wagon on our streets, yesterday, a
quantity of crude copperas, from Henry county, Ala.
It was represented to be nearly pure, and was selling for 50 cents per
pound. We did not learn what the extent of the supply in Henry
county. [Columbus Enquirer.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Meeting
in the 32d Regiment.
At a meeting of the German Jews of the 32d Regiment Georgia Volunteers,
held at Battery Harrison, Sept. 16th, 1862,
Lieut. Morris Dawson was called to the Chair and M. D. Gortatowsky
requested to act as Secretary.
The Chair then called upon Mr. C. Wessolowsky to explain the object of
the meeting, who on rising, returned thanks for the honor, and proceeded as
follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen:--I indeed regret very much that the
cause of our meeting to-day is based on matters which never should have occurred
in such an enlightened century, and in such critical and troublesome times; but
gentlemen, no doubt all of you have read the article in the Daily News of Friday
last, headed "unlocated traders," in which you find a meeting held in Thomasville, wherein we as
German Jews, have been calumniated and persecuted by them to such an
extent as to prohibit our settling in their village, and that those residing
there should leave after ten days notice, and after that period, to be forcibly
driven from their homes. How you
must have felt at hearing of the existence of such an unjust act at this age I
can judge for myself. As a people,
willing as we were, and are, to struggle for our adopted country, to sacrifice
all that is dear to us, to abandon our second home, and leave our wives and
children to the care of strangers not belonging to our society, or fraternity,
we, our armor buckled, enduring all toils and hardships of a camp life, ready to
shed our blood for the defence of our country, now to be denounced, slandered,
and accused of unfidelity, and disloyalty to our country and government.
I would refer the gentlemen of Thomasville, to the multitude of companies
now in camps, that are filled with none but German Jews and foreigners, and ask
them to cast a view upon the 70 Regiments of our noble State, and see how many
Jews and foreigners, more or less, are in each; ask them to peruse the lists of
donations, and see how liberal and free-hearted the German Jews and foreigners
are in behalf of aiding their adopted country.
We are accused of speculating upon the necessities and wants of a people
in the gloomy hour of its nation's trial. But,
gentlemen, admitting that there are a few who practice extravagance, and are
guilty of the charges preferred by the gentlemen of Thomasville against us; yet,
as a people, we can flatter ourself to be as honest and true as any; and why
should they condemn the whole mass for a few individuals?
Let us look at the gentlemen from Thomasville who claim nativity to
Thomas county, and are entitled to citizenship of their village, and see if they
themselves don't partake of this extortion.
Behold them coming to market, the one with fowls and the other with eggs;
ask their price, and "two dollars for a pair of chickens and seventy cents
for a dozen eggs," will be the reply.
Now, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, what is the cause of those high prices?
Is it the scarcity of the articles, originated by our blockaded ports?
Does it take more labor, expense, and time now to raise those articles
than usual? or is it their zeal and
patriotism towards their country in elevating the suffering of the sick and
dying soldiers in hospitals? I, for
myself, Mr. Chairman, can answer that it is neither, and only the love for
money, and the knowledge that necessity compels us to buy the same, is the sole
cause of this extortion! The German
Jews pictured in that resolution as itinerant traders and merchants, can obtain
their goods only through immense troubles and hardships and enormous
prices—must they not sell them with more percentage than usual, and especially
when they have to pay those outrageous prices for provisions?
Surely they must. Now, Mr. Chairman, if you ask the gentlemen of Thomasville
who are the extortioners, they will push the whole of the crime upon the German
Jews and clear their own skirts by asserting their nativity,
We therefore, gentlemen, have met to-day to appeal jointly, as soldiers,
to an enlightened public, in the name of our brethren and kinsmen who are far
off in the midst of dangers and perils of the battle field, enduring the toils
and hardships of camp life, and who have not the opportunity of asking
justification from the public; and I hope you will take the proper and necessary
steps to provide for the same.
On motion of Mr. P. Morris, a committee of five were appointed to draft
suitable resolutions for the consideration of this meeting.
The committee consisted of Messrs. A. H. Wopolowsky, Chas. Angel, H.
Baer, H. Hopp, and Ph. Singer. The
committee retired, and returning reported the following preamble and
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, We have read with astonishment and surprise the
proceedings off a meeting held at Thomasville by its citizens, on the 30th
ult., wherein German Jews and foreigners were denounced in unmeasurable
terms—the former accused of all faults and vices of human society, and the
latter even held as unfit for train hands, &c., &c.:
Be it therefore
Resolved, That we esteem the members of the meeting held on that
day at Thomasville with contempt, and deem the motive of the same based only
upon selfishness and envy.
Resolved, That we advise all German Jews and foreigners henceforth
to cut off all communication and friendly ties between them, and be separated
for the future, as we deem them unworthy of the same.
Resolved, That we regard the resolutions adopted at that meeting
in Thomasville as unbecoming and unworthy of gentlemen.
And be it further resolved, That the Savannah Republican, and all
other papers in our State which are opposed to such foul slander, be requested
to publish the above.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
M. Dawson, Chairman.
M. D. Gortatowsky, Sec'y.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
In Front of Fredericktown, Md.
Sept. 8th, 1862.
. . . and mothers and their children have been stopped in the streets and rudely
stripped of their bonnets and sashes where they happened to correspond with the
colors of the Confederate States. . . .The army has been resting to-day along
the shady banks of the Monocacy river, cooking, washing and bathing.
It is reported that we will move to-morrow, but in what direction I am
unable to say. . . . Whatever be our destination, however, we hope to be able to
clothe and shoe the army wherever we may go; but as this is not absolutely
certain, the people at home should strain every nerve to provide for the comfort
of the troops. The sick and wounded
in the rear should be the special objects of their attention, even if we should
succeed in furnishing the army in the field.
Fredericktown, near which we are bivouacking [sic], is a place of several
thousand inhabitants. All the hats,
clothing and shoes in the town have been bought up by the quartermasters or the
troops themselves. We have found
less trouble bout our currency than was expected. The farmers and merchants
prefer Maryland or Virginia money in exchange for their produce and wares, but
still they are not indisposed to receive Confederate notes at some discount.
Those who are unwilling to take them are generally Unionists, who close
their stores and barns against us. As
we advance away from the Potomac, and the brokers and sharpers come upon the
board, the trouble will doubtless be increased, unless we are speedily and
completely successful. It would
have been wise, therefore, for Mr. Secretary Memminger to have made some
arrangement with the Virginia banks to supply a sufficient amount of their notes
to meet the immediate wants of the army. The
plan was suggested to him, and it may be he will yet adopt it. . . P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Right Spirit.—A patriotic lady of this city has sent us a large
package of bullets, the history of which is somewhat curious.
They were moulded by her husband in the war of 1812 to be used against
the British, and have been kept as a relic in the family from that day until
now. She freely gives them up to be
used against the Yankees, with the prayer that each one may make the enemies of
her country less.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A Yankee Dulcinea in Trouble.—The following letter was picked up on the
battle-field near Manassas. It
affords an illustration of Yankee social life:--[Ed. Rep.
West Philadelphia,
May the 8 1862
Dear Michael: I embrace this
opertunity to Write you a few lines to let you know that I am well and hoping
you are the same what is the reason
you did not come and see me before you went away I should think you could come
and bid us good by the day that the Regiment went away
I seen your aunt and she asked me if I knew you and I said yes
she said she thought so because she seen my likeness
she told me you are leaving a wife and 2 children and you go way to war
she said you had 3 children but one died Michael tell me Candidly if it is so
for I would not have a married man to come and see me no matter how much I loved
him for I think it is a shame for any man that has a wife go and see a girl
I never heard of it before perhaps your aunt was Jelous but It hurt my
feelings very much I want you to
write as soon as you get this for I am anxious.
Mother send her best Respects to you and I send my love to you.
Yours,
Kathe A. Paullin.
Excuse this writing.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Printing
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Fonts of Pica, Small Pica, Bourgeois, Brevier and Nonpareil, together
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Also one Adams' latest Rotary Job Press, and one good medium Smith Hand
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Everything but little used, and in good order. Enquire at this office.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Domestic Industry.—We had exhibited to us yesterday a specimen of
sewing silk, manufactured by Miss Lavinia Fryermouth, of Effingham county.
It is very even and beautiful, and shows how very independent we are if
we would only be convinced of the fact.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 23, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
From
Our Army in Maryland.
Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 13, 1862.
Mr. Editor: Let me try to
send you a letter from this place, the length of which will depend upon the time
allowed us to remain here. . .
Who can describe the wild delight manifested along the streets; the
deafening shouts of the populace once more beyond the control of the despot?
I'm sure our soldiers never felt happier since the war began—feeling
that their presence had created so much joy.
Women fed the soldiers as they marched along, from baskets filled with
provisions prepared for their advent; the little boys shouted hurrahs for Davis,
and the men plainly told by their firm looks that their day had come and the
Unionists had better stand clear. One
surly chap of that most wretched body, more courageous than his compeers—for
most of them, afraid of our vengeance, had sought the dark holes of the
city—said, as we marched along, "There goes the d----d dirty
Rebels;" but the words had scarcely passed his lips before a Maryland
"Secesh" had stretched him on the pavement.
The fact that our soldiers had soiled clothes, and many were barefooted,
only served to strengthen the admiration of our Confederate friends for our
army. They wore the aspect of
toiling, enduring men, just such as they desired to see. Then the Unionists were forced, too, to respect the army for
the kindness exhibited towards them concerning their homes and private property,
and the toleration for their sentiments towards our government.
The expression of southern sentiments was not as strong in Frederick as
in this place. The people there
were warm enough, but there seemed to be a kind of restraint, from fear that we
could not carry our point in this State. I
am quite convinced that if we can induce the people to believe we are only as
strong as we profess, there will be many, now lingering, to come over.
The Unionists are more numerous now than when we first arrived.
The news has gone before us that our army are not the barbarians
represented to them. Some have
taken advantage of this to come out boldly and defy us; others argue the
question sharply with our men and swear they mean to die under the stars and
stripes.
. . . On the way from Frederick to this place we passed a little town in
which every door was closed against us, and not a smiling face appeared from the
windows, and not a handkerchief waved to greet us.
But it was very gratifying to read nothing but Dutch names over the
doors. The doleful faces of the
Unionists, trying to affect scorn when the "secesh" citizens were
shouting around us, was more amusing than offensive to our soldiers. The boys went through the streets of the little town crying
"sold out" at every closed door.
The irate folks tied their repulsive countenances, which were never very
prepossessing in the fairest times, into various shapes of anger at these
thrusts. . . Tout-le-Mond.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Just
Received from Charleston,
A fine lot of English Tooth Brushes and Windsor Soaps, and also the
following Handkerchief Extracts: Kiss
me Quick, Frangipanni, Verbena, Moss Rose, Violet, Patchuly, Rondelitia,
Carnation, Jockey Club, Piccolomini, West End, Spirit of Love,
At the Drug Store of
S. D. Brantley.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 25, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Hagerstown, MD., Sept. 13th, 1862.
. . . On Wednesday, 10th inst., the army moved towards Hagerstown.
As we passed through Frederick city, hundreds of ladies, secession
sympathisers, assembled on the streets, and gave us a most flattering welcome.
The ladies waved handkerchiefs and small Confederate flags, which called
forth the most vociferous cheers from our soldiers.
Our bands played Southern airs, which created the wildest enthusiasm,
fully shared, it appeared by the citizens.
One would conclude, from all he saw and heard, that the city was
intensely Southern, when in fact, it is about equally divided. . .
At Middletown my company was stationed as a Provost guard until the army
passed. It is intensely Union, if not abolition.
It is a German settlement. I
found two or three sympathizing families, who were afraid to express their
sentiments. They informed me that
they had even been treated kindly by Yankee soldiers, but bitterly persecuted by
the Unionists.
At Boonesboro, Benevola and Funkstown we met with few open Secessionists.
Some, however, were bold enough to display Secession badges; while other
ladies wore Union flags upon their bosoms, and looked "daggers" at the
"rebels" as they marched through the streets.
Very different, though, was our reception at the beautiful city of
Hagerstown. The streets were lined
by the fair daughters of Maryland, who gave us a most hearty welcome.
Hagerstown, only five miles from the Pennsylvania line, is the warmest
Secession town we have entered in Maryland.
Certainly two-thirds of the citizens are Southern, judging from the
enthusiastic reception given us. Our
cause is in great favor here, if we can satisfy the people that we will hold the
country. They admit our victories,
and grant that the Northern army is demoralized. . .
I found the stores closed, and very few that would take Confederate
money. This would indicate that the
business men at least are unfavorable to our cause.
But I was told that all the business houses had been closed by the
military authorities. All of the
clothing, hat, and shoe establishments were bought out by our quartermasters;
but the supply thus obtained was inadequate to our wants.
For instance: My company
received only four pairs of socks! At
Frederick my regiment received, as its share of the quartermaster's stores, four
pair of shoes, one pair of boots, and about a half dozen shirts!
These were divided among the companies by lots.
Company "D" drew a blank.
Mr. Steiner, a kind-hearted Union man, seeing my bootless
condition, gave me a pair of old boots, which I had mended, and am now very well
shod. Had it not been for him, my
feet would very soon have left traces of blood upon the rocks; but that historic
notoriety was thus opportunely denied me. . . V.A.S.P.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, September 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Sock Manufactory.—An enterprizing firm in Wilmington, N. C., has a
factory in operation in that city that turns out daily 1000 pairs of thick
strong and soft socks, suitable for soldiers' wear, which are supplied to North
Carolina troops. The same firm, we
see, are endeavoring to establish a branch of their business at Montgomery,
Ala., for furnishing the troops of that State in like manner.
It would be a great blessing to the army could a similar factory be
located on a large Scale in every Confederate State.
These and clothing establishments, and tan yards, and shoe shops, are
eminently worthy of the attention of capitalists of liberal, patriotic spirit,
as contra-distinguished from those public scourges—those sons of Balial, those
worse than Pagans—those infinitely degraded creatures who, human in form, wage
war against humanity itself, and put the religion of the Gospel, which many of
them profess, and the church of Christ, of which many of them are members, to
open shame, by their insatiate race for lucre, and their heartless exactions.
We mean, of course, the Extortioners.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 1, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Smithfield, VA., Sept. 19th, 1862.
. . . I am frank to say I was in favor of the movement into Maryland.
I am equally ready to admit that, under the circumstances, I now think it
was a mistake. This conviction
gradually forced itself upon my mind after I came up with the army and saw the
miserable condition in which it was. A
fifth of the troops are barefooted; half of them are in rags, and the whole of
them insufficiently supplied with food. Men
in this condition cannot be relied on to the same extent as when they are
properly clothed and subsisted. The
best soldiers, under such circumstances, will straggle both on the march and in
battle. Since we crossed into
Maryland, and even before, they frequently had to march all day, and far into
the night for three or four days together, without food of any kind, except such
apples and green corn as they could obtain along the way.
Our supply of food was limited at best, and the base of our operations so
distant, the intervening country so barren by reason of the spoilation
perpetrated by Pope and his myrmidons, and our transportation so limited, that
it was quite impossible to subsist the army as it should be.
The difficulty of passing Confederate money in Maryland was another
fruitful source of trouble. . . P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Charleston
and Savannah in War
Times—As Seen by a Yankee Lady.
The New York Journal of Commerce prints the following as "the
substance of a conversation with Mrs. Livingston, of New York, who was brought
from Savannah under a flag of truce, after a sojourn of several months in
Dixie." Mrs. L. evidently appreciates the Yankee fondness for the
marvelous, and hence she "lays it on thick."
When here she passed herself off on the authorities as Mrs. Henley:
Mrs. Livingston, whom I find to be a very intelligent lady (and who is
the wife of a Captain in the Federal army,) says she has been treated with
uniform kindness and respect since her detention in the South, which dates back
to the commencement of the war. From
personal observation, she believes Savannah may be taken, but Charleston, never.
She has seen sixteen forts which are already completed, and the rebels
are still engaged in making more numerous the fortifications between Fort Sumter
and the city. The rebels say there
are to be no more New Orleans. There
is no property, except real estate, within a dozen miles of Charleston.
All the furniture, stores, and indeed everything movable, was sent into
the interior immediately after the battle of James Island.
Two provision stores only remain. Many
of the inhabitants reside about three miles outside the city, in barracks
similar to soldiers, and use only the most indispensable and cheapest kind of
furniture. No Sabbath day services
are held in any of the Charleston churches; all the church bells have been cast
into cannon, and even the iron railings and fences have been collected together
and made into cannon. It is
reported as a mistaken idea that there are Union men in the South.
Mrs. Livingston does not believe there is one. She never saw a people so united and so determined.
There's not a lady in the entire Confederacy who owns fifty dollars worth
of jewelry. It has voluntarily been
given for the cause, and the proceeds have built many of their finest boats.
The blockade is ineffectual; she has seen three steamers enter Charleston
harbor on one day—and during a short visit at Charleston, one steamer made
three trips to Nassau, N. P., bringing medical stores enough to last the entire
army a full year. Nothing but the
most common qualities of wearing apparel can be obtained—and shoes are very
expensive—the pair she wore, worth about one dollar and a half, costing in
Savannah twelve dollars. Necessary
provisions were cheap, but the luxuries were very expensive.
A free market had been opened in Charleston, where any body could
procure, on application, three pounds of fresh beef, and half a peck of potatoes
per day. Besides the heavy war and
State tax, every male resident of the Confederacy is taxed two dollars per year
for the support of the families of soldiers.
The utmost contempt and indignation is felt for Gen. Butler, and that
order is universally regarded as infamous.
The Rebels expected to be defeated at Richmond, and had made all
preparations to fall back upon Columbus, which place was strongly fortified. The buildings for the capitol, and those for the residence of
the officers of State, had been selected. All
the cotton had been removed to the interior.
The Governor of South Carolina has caused all the negroes to be colonized
near Greenville, some three hundred miles in the interior.
They are under the supervision of agents appointed by the Governor, and
are to plant corn and potatoes for the subsistence of the army, and are to be
fed and clothed by the Government during the continuance of the war.
Very few slaves were found in Savannah or Charleston—they were so
scarce as not to be procured for servants, even when one dollar and a half per
day was offered for them. The
rebels were most sanguine of their ability to procure their independence—and
regarded it only a matter of time. Boys
of eight and ten years of age were formed into "Home Guards" at
Charleston and Savannah, and had acquired so much skill in the use of arms as to
be able to hit a mark formed in the shape and size of a man at a distance of
thirty rods. These precocious
defenders, it is said, were to mount sheds and fences, when the cities were
invaded, and shoot down the Yankees.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October, 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
"You'll
Tell Her, Won't You?"
"Another (soldier), shot through the lungs, clasped a locket to his
breast and moved his lips till I put down my ear and listened for his last
breath—'You'll tell her, won't you?' Tell
who or where I could not ask, but the locket was the picture of one who might be
wife, sweetheart or sister."—[Army Letter.
You'll tell her, won't you? Say
to her I died
As a brave soldier should—true to the last;
She'll bear it better if a though of price
Comes in to stay her, the first shock o'erpast!
You'll tell her, won't you? Show
her how I lay
Pressing the pictured lips I loved so well;
And how my last thoughts floated far away,
To home and her, with love I could not tell.
You'll tell her, won't you?—not how hard it was
To give up life—for her sake so dear;
Nay, nay, not so. Say 'twas
a noble cause,
And I did die for it without a tear.
You'll tell her, won't you? She'll
be glad to know
Her soldier stood undaunted, true as steel,
His heart with her, his bosom to the foe,
When the blow struck no human power could break.
You'll tell her, won't you? Say,
too, we shall meet
In God's Hereafter, where our love shall grow
More holy for this parting, and more sweet,
And cleansed from every stain it knew below.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
The hymn we heard in the meeting the last time--"Oh, take a pill, oh
take, oh take a pill, oh take a pill-grim home."
The hymn we heard--treble and soprano by the fairer part of
creation--"Oh, for a man, oh, for a man, oh, for a man-sion in the
skies."
The one Plunkins heard the base singer at--"Oh, send down Sal, oh,
send down Sal, oh, send down Sal-vation."
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 2, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
Good Retort.—When the flag of truce steamer, containing the Confederate
prisoners to be exchanged at Vicksburg were lying at Memphis a few days since, a
poor Irishwoman went down to the wharf, for the purpose of seeing her husband
who was on board one of them. She
asked an officer on duty to let her go aboard, and stated the object of her
mission, but was refused. She still
persisted in her effort to get aboard. The
officer not liking her continued appeal, hallowed out to her:
"Madame, you cannot come aboard I say, I wish you would go to hell
and let me alone." The woman
was roused, and putting her arm akimbo, replied, shaking her head:
"I can go to hell, can I? Say,
misther officer, do you know one Stonewall Jackson?"
"Yes, what of him?" "Well
he has been sending so many Yankees to that place now that be Jabers there is no
room for dacent people there, and the ould divil himself has to sleep out of
doors." Good for Biddy.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Sound
Feet for Soldiers.
Major Winthrop's advice to volunteers on the subject of proper care of
the feet, ought to be pondered and remembered by new recruits.
It will be found in his article on the New York Seventh regiment,
published in the Atlantic Monthly for June, 1861, which we publish below for the
information of those concerned:
And let me say a word to my fellow volunteers, actual and prospective, in
all the armies of the States.
A soldier needs, besides his soldierly drill,
1. Good feet.
2. A good stomach.
3. And after these comes the good head and the good heart.
But good feet are distinctly the first thing; without them you cannot do
your duty. If a comrade, or a horse, or a locomotive takes you on his
back to the field, you are useless there. And
when the field is lost, you cannot retire, run away, and save your bacon.
Good shoes and plenty of walking make good feet.
A man who pretends to belong to an infantry company, ought always to keep
himself in training, so that any moment he can march twenty or thirty miles
without feeling a pang or raising a blister.
Was this the case with even a decimation of the army who rushed to defend
Washington? Were you so trained, my
comrades of the Seventh?
A captain of a company who lets his men march with such shoes as I have
seen on the feet of some poor fellows in this war, ought to be garroted with
shoe strings.
If you find a foot soldier lying beat out by the roadside, desperate as a
sea-sick man, five to hone his heels are too high, or his shoe too narrow or too
thin, or his shoe is not made straight on the inside, so that the great toe can
spread into its place as he treads.
I am an old walker over the Alps, across the water, and over Cordilleras,
Sierras, deserts and prairies at home; I have done my near sixty miles a day
without discomfort—and speaking from large experience, and with painful
recollections of the suffering and death I have known for want of good feet on
the march, I say to every volunteer:
Trust in God, but keep your shoes easy!
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
[Communicated.]
Savannah, Sept. 30th, 1862.
I hereby give notice to the public, to the officers and soldiers, who
wish to avail themselves of my professional services, that I am again at my old
post, and the Drug Store of Park & Co. open for business.
On the 15th of last month I was employed without my
solicitation, by the Surgeon General
as agent, in the following words, to which I have his signature:
"Sir—I desire to inform you that you can be employed by the
Purveying Department at the rate of two hundred dollars per month, for the
purpose of collecting and preparing for use as speedily as practicable the
Indigenous Medicinal Remedies of the South.
If this offer is accepted, you are requested to notify this office of the
same in writing, and will then report for duty to Assistant Surgeon W. H.
Prioleau, at Savannah, with whom you will confer as to the cost of establishing,
running and keeping in repair a Distillery for the preparation of vegetable
extracts, reporting as early as practicable the result of your
investigation."
Dr. Prioleau and myself failed to agree or co-operate, he requiring that
my name should not be known publicly in the work assigned me, and claiming full
control of me and the credit of whatever was done in the collection, and
preparation of the Remedies. I, of
course, objected to so humiliating an arrangement; and regarding the work
assigned me of great importance I put forth my whole energy.
And feeling a deep interest in the work, as any one would, who had so
long advocated these Remedies; and believing that thousands of our soldiers were
dying for the want of a proper collection, preparation, and administration
of them, I admit I manifested a delight which might be construed by those of the
opposite profession as an endeavor to promote the Reform Profession, when really
my great aim and desire was for the relief of suffering humanity.
Dr. Prioleau so construed it and reported me to the Surgeon General as
endeavoring to promote the Reform Profession, and thereby arousing his antipathy
to the Reform Profession and causing him to discontinue my agency, which
discontinuance, under the circumstances, met my hearty approbation.
For to be used secretly for the benefit of my knowledge and
experience in the collection and preparation of the Indigenous Medicinal
Remedies of the South, I would not suffer it for any amount of
consideration. With the rank and
position due me, I shall serve for just enough to keep soul and body together.
W. T. Park, M. D.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Personal.--We had the pleasure yesterday of a call from Col. Atkinson,
the gallant commander of the famous, but almost extinct, Twenty-sixth
Georgia. It has probably
done more marching and fighting for the time it has been in the field, and lost
more men than any other regiment in the service.
Its flag has over forty bullet holes through it, and its staff is
shivered, whilst less than a Captain's company has been left to bear it aloft. .
.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Soft
Soap!
We are now making a superior article of
Jelly Soap.
Price 12½ Cents per Pound,
By the Barrel.
Orders are respectfully solicited.
A. Dutenhofer & co.
Atlanta, Ga.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Mr. Editor:--A few days since the writer had a long and interesting
conversation with an intelligent soldier, wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg.
He was a member of the Terrell county company of the 13th Regiment.
His narrative was so interesting, and to every appearance so perfectly
truthful, that I shall make it the subject of a communication to your paper. . .
He relates a beautiful incident touching the Regimental flag.
Three color bearers were shot down--the flag staff had been twice cut,
and consisted of three distinct pieces. The
last color bearer shot down, still held to the stump of a staff, and turning
upon his back held up the flag until it was rescued, but before the succor came
a shell burst over him and tore the beautiful folds of the flag into shreds.
He said it was the most beautiful flag he had ever seen in the whole
army, and was presented to the Regiment by Miss Mollie Long, of Chatham county.
Miss Long has had the good fortune to present her flag to a heroic band,
and to have it made immortal. . . R.H.C.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 7, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Clothing
the Army.
. . . There is a
corresponding obligation on the part of the citizen to do a part toward the
relief of the army, and that part is the full measure of his ability, even
should it be attended with self sacrifice and reduce the number of comforts
around him. In his quiet and
peaceful home he should think of the poor soldier while braving the storms and
plodding over the snow-clad mountains of Virginia to defend us from the grasp of
the oppressor. It is no time for
selfishness. Every man that has a
blanket should send it to the soldiers. In
this genial climate we can readily save ourselves from suffering with cotton
comforts and other means of command. Every
man who has a wool mattress should spare it to the government, and resort to
cotton and moss, which are abundant. There
are thousands of light half-worn carpets that might be cut into blankets 6 ½
feet by 5, and sent to the army. And
then, again, insignificant as it may appear, there is an abundance of warm
winter clothing, already made up, stored away in our closets and wardrobes, very
much of which could be spared without any serious inconvenience to the owner.
Let all these things be brought forward from their hiding places and
forwarded to some convenient point to be shipped forthwith to the army.
Coarse cotton socks are also in great demand, and the women of Georgia,
by an effort, could supply every soldier from the State with two or three pairs
before the close of the year. . .
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Noble Contributions.—As a specimen of the right spirit to animate the
Southern people at the present crisis, we would mention two instances of
liberality that have come to our notice, with the hope that the parties will
forgive us for the liberty we take with their names:
Messrs. W. H. Wiltberger & Co., the worthy and public-spirited
proprietors of the Pulaski House, called on us yesterday, through a member of
their firm, and offered the entire stock of carpets of their establishment, to
be converted into covering for the soldiers.
Some idea of the munificence of the donation may be formed when we state
that it comprises the carpeting of one hundred and twenty rooms, and when cut up
will make over five hundred comfortable and good sized blankets.
The second is not less commendable.
Our old friend, Mr. S. Z. Murphey, the faithful Superintendent of Union
Society's farm at Bethesda, and a man of very moderate means, called on me
Saturday and left $50 as his contribution to the needy soldiers.
If there are many such men in the country, there will soon be no needy
soldiers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Thomasville, Thomas Co., Ga.,
October 4th, 1862.
Mr. Editor: The earnest
appeal of your correspondent, "P.W.A." finds immediate response in the
hearts of thousands. . . Meanwhile let government supply us at home, through the
proper officers, with cotton cards, and warp (No.6), and our ladies will shortly
furnish an excellent article of cotton blankets; and warp of finer
texture, for clothing, and our people will exchange, and give cloth already in
their looms, rather than keep our men unclothed while weaving more.
Cloth for com-[illegible] must be furnished by government; [illegible]
cotton and make the quilts. The
people are ready, only let the government officers act with them, and
furnish what they cannot obtain, and the means of transportation, and
Georgia and Florida will both proudly and promptly come to the rescue.
We are confident this can be accomplished, with proper effort, and let
all begin the work, as you suggest, Mr. Editor, AT ONCE.
J.M.F.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Confederate Flag.—Congress has at last adopted a design for the
National Flag. Its peculiarity consists in a circle of white links in a blue
ground. The links are themselves
circles, and interlocked so as to form a large circle.
Their number is equal to that of the States.
Each link being in itself complete, is symbolic of State sovereignty,
while their Union represents the Confederation.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 9, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
The Jewish citizens of Wilmington, now in Fayetteville, have raised
$1,100 for the relief of their suffering city.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Taking the Oath.—A very shrewd, sensible man, in Maury county, Tenn.,
who had been a strong Union man until the Yankees got there, but who, after
that, became equally as strong a Southern man, went to Columbia one day, and was
brought before Gen. Negley. "Well,"
said General Negley, "Mr. B. you must take the oath before you go
home."
"Very well," said B., "just have it boxed up, General, and
I'll take it out."
"Oh!" said Gen. Negley, "you don't understand me; you must
take the oath to support the government of the United States."
"Why, General," said friend B.
"I have a wife and several children, and it's as much as I can do to
support them. I am a poor man, and
I can't think of supporting the whole United States—that's rather too
much."
By this time Negley became rather impatient.
"Here," said he, handing B. the printed oath, "read it for
yourself."
"I can't read," said B.
"Well, then," said Negley, turning to the Provost Marshal,
"give him a pass anyhow; he has no sense."
And thus he went home without taking the oath.
The Yankee General was outwitted that time.
We give this incident as vouched for by one of the exchanged Donelson
prisoners.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 11, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
We are permitted to make the following extract from a letter from an
intelligent officer from Georgia, who bore a part in the recent expedition into
Maryland. He writes from Winchester, where he is now confined by
sickness:
. . . Whether or not if McClellan had let us alone, we would have
advanced after the fall of Harper's Ferry, is a sealed book to us.
For myself I very much doubt it. I
give but one reason—our army was in no condition for such a move.
We had left everything, having what we had on our backs, at the Rapidan—we
had marched for nearly a month steadily and often by forced marches, and had
been frequently engaged with the enemy. None
of the men and few, very few, of the officers, below a Brigadier, I dare say,
had seen a change of clothing in the whole time.
Consequently our clothes were ragged—some of the men were almost naked,
and as for our under clothes I would not do to speak of them.
I might speak of something worse than dirt, but I forbear. I have not mentioned the fact that a fourth, or at best a
fifth, of the army were bare footed, and another fourth with shoes just holding
to their feet. In addition to all
this the men were worn out, completely exhausted.
By the time we reached the Potomac I think I can safely say at least a
fourth of our army had fallen behind.
We now cross the Potomac; matters are no better there, we have still to
continue the tramp day after day, tired and exhausted.
We have taken no shoes or clothes from the enemy that we might throw off
the dirty rags of a month's wearing. So
far from being any better, things are worse.
The army is more fatigued, and there are a greater number of stragglers.
Then, I say, the army was in no condition to advance into an enemy's
country. If the object had been to
invade, there would certainly have been better preparations made in the way of
clothing, the men would not have been marched to death.
My North-western campaign, that all thought so severe, cannot compare
with the campaign our army has just gone through. . . .
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 13, 1862
From St. Augustine—Banishment of Families—Inhuman Treatment of Women
and
Children—The Federals at New Orleans.
We yesterday had an interview with the lady of an esteemed citizen of
Savannah, who, with her family of five little children, had just arrived from
St. Augustine. She gives an account of Yankee barbarism and the hardships
she had to encounter in her efforts to reach her home in this city.
In the early part of September a meeting of the citizens of St.
Augustine, male and female, from the age of fourteen years and upwards, was
ordered, by Gen. Saxon, to assemble at the Presbyterian Church.
The meeting being assembled at the appointed time, Col. Beard, of the
Provost Guard, opened his address as follows:
"I do not know whether to address you (alluding to the ladies
present,) as ladies or women, as all Broadway crinolined women are
called ladies!" It was
soon ascertained, from the speaker's remarks, that the object of the meeting was
to have the oath of allegiance to the United States administered.
A guard was stationed at the door to prevent any from leaving.
Those who refused to take the oath were required to go in the
galleries—some two or three hundred men, women and children.
The others were furnished with certificates and allowed to depart.
Those from the galleries were then called down to receive, as Col. Beard
termed it, their "benediction." They
were forced to register their names together with the number of their respective
residences. This having been gone
through with, he told them that when he was ready he would give all the women
and children among them who had relatives in the Confederacy "a free ride
across the lines."
He then gave orders to the guard to permit the ladies to pass to their
homes. Their residences were duly
labeled, and about a week after the meeting, wagons were sent for their baggage,
and these banished people were taken on board a transport.
The steamer left for the St. John's river with some fifty
families—about 150 women and children huddled together, without a bed to rest
on, or any accommodations whatever, and kept two and a half days outside without
food or water save what they took with them, and in their sea sickness were
refused even water to drink. Fearing
to enter the St. John's, as our informant supposes, they were taken back to St.
Augustine, and when near that place it was ascertained that the vessel was
leaking badly, having some four feet of water in the hold.
It was supposed on board that the negroes had attempted to scuttle the
vessel in order to drown the "Secesh."
Our informant, who was among the sufferers, having been furnished a pass
which had been some time previously promised her, was placed with her young
charge and her baggage in a cart and taken across the country to the St. John's
river. The cart having broken down several times on the way, they
were forced to walk and seek shelter in a negro cabin, with nothing but the
naked floor to sleep upon—their feet and limbs sore, and bruised, and their
dresses torn by briars. Arriving at
the St. John's, they were taken across in a small boat, where they procured
another cart and reached the railroad at Trail Ridge.
They were, after severe suffering, some ten days in their trouble to get
to our lines. Taking the railroad
they came by way of Lake City, and reached this city to the great joy of
themselves and friends Saturday evening last.
Gen. Mitchel sent notice from Hilton Head to St. Augustine, previous to
her leaving, that he would send a boat to that place and take all the ladies who
had refused to take the oath, to Jacksonville.
She states that the poor of St. Augustine are regularly furnished by the
Federals with rations; but it was reported they intended soon to stop the
supply.
The troops are respectful to the ladies in passing them in the streets,
and are very orderly. .
. .
No articles of silver or gold will be allowed to leave St. Augustine in
the baggage of those who are sent away, which is regularly searched, in order to
prevent them getting into the hands of Confederates to be coined into money.
Groceries of all kinds are selling at very low figures, for gold or
silver only. She saw no paper currency in circulation.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Georgia Letter Paper.—Mr. George N. Nichols has presented us with a
sample of buff letter paper, manufactured at one of the mills in this State, a
supply of which he has on sale, at his Job Office on the
Bay. It is a very fair
article, does not blot through, and with a good pen offers a smooth surface for
writing. He sells it at about half
the cost of Yankee or English letter paper.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Looms
Wanted.
The Committee on Manufacturing Cloth invite proposals for Looms suitable
for weaving stout cloth for soldiers' wear.
Application to be made immediately, to
Joseph Lippman,
Chairman Committee.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Committee
Meeting.
Council Chamber,
Savannah, Oct. 10, 1862.
At a meeting of the General Committee, held this morning, the following
gentlemen were present: Hon. Thomas
Purse, John Stoddard, George L. Cope, Jos. Lippman, W. T. Thompson and George A.
Cuyler.
The committee appointed for Heathcotte ward being unable to serve, the
following gentlemen were appointed: Robert
McIntire and Thomas Henderson.
The following preamble and resolution were introduced by Joseph Lippman
and adopted:
Whereas, cloth suitable for soldier's clothing is at present very scarce,
and only to be purchased at most exorbitant prices; and whereas, there are many
unemployed women, who are capable weavers, and are anxious to be employed in
producing cloth for their husbands, sons and brothers in the field; therefore be
it
Resolved by this General Committee, That a committee of three be
appointed to enquire how many looms can be obtained, what number of weavers will
accept employment, and at what rates and at what cost yarns for weaving can be
obtained; and that they report to this Committee at the earliest possible day.
Committee appointed: Joseph
Lippman, John Stoddard and W. T. Thompson.
The Committee respectfully states that Captain Robert Hardie will attend
to the receiving of goods at the store on the corner of Broughton and Jefferson
streets, formerly occupied by E. F. Wood & Co.
The store will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 3 to 5 p.m.
Thos. Purse, Chairman.
R. W. Cope, Sec.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Near Winchester, Va.,
Sept. 30, 1862.
Mr. Editor: So quiet has
everything been since my last, it is hardly worth while wasting paper to write
this letter. Another strong reason
for further silence is that the sun shines warmly after a cool, airy night just
past, inviting the soldier who has shivered it through to come and doze in its
genial rays. Winter you'll perceive
begins to grow a little bold here, rising under cover of night behind the
Alleghanies [sic], to blow his agued breath upon us just while blankets are
scarce. 'Tis not difficult to lie
at night and watch the stars "in the quiet skies," for Winter's sly
breath keeps nudging one to wakefulness, and the Pileades [sic] do not march
silently in their nocturnal rounds unobserved.
Besides, the difficulty of writing in camp—which, of course, should be
overcome—present serious obstacles to sending letters regularly. Paper crumpled and greasy out of a haversack don't write
well; seated flat on the ground a la Oriental is tiresome, and angling
for thoughts over a piece of flour barrel for portfolio amidst the noise and
confusion of a rebel camp is very discouraging sport, to say the least of it.
Excitement in camp now has to depend mainly on a few daring culprits,
denominated by the men "Roastin'-ear Rangers," "Poultry
Scouts," &c., who are occasionally captured and brought in from the
country by the Provost guards. The
ceremony of marching these refractory chaps in is usually attended with
"immense applause," furnishing a little extra refreshment outside of
beef and bad biscuit. The groves
have become camps of instruction, by order of the General Commanding, strict
instructions having been issued to have two company drills, one drill in the
manual of arms for the "barefoot squad," one battalion drill
and dress-parade. Besides this,
very proper orders have been read to regimental and company commanders to have
careful inspection of arms, ammunition and cleanliness of the men daily.
Thus, you perceive, while an interim is prevailing between the bloody
acts of this fearful tragedy, we are preparing to execute our next appearance in
the best manner. . . Tout-le-Monde.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Covering
for the Soldiers—A Lady's Suggestion.
We take great pleasure in giving publicity to the following proposition
from a patriotic, whole-souled woman of Georgia.
Let those to whom it is more especially addressed respond to the call.
Either party may avail themselves of our services whenever they may be
useful:
Waresboro', Ga., Oct. 8th, 1862.
Mr. Editor: You who have
appealed to eloquently in behalf of our noble defenders, will not refuse us
sufficient space to put in a petition for them.
Our tailors, and contractors for clothing for the army, must have many
small scraps—remnants of cloth which are useless to them—which might be made
into comforts for our soldiers in Virginia.
A little labor might accomplish much good; if only a few were benefited,
it will be a pleasing reflection that we have "done what we could."
A single quilt, comfort or blanket, from each woman in the Confederacy
would furnish our army and hospitals.
Who, after reading "P. W. A.'s" appeal to us last week, could
hesitate to lend a helping hand to our dear defenders?
Something must be done—and done quickly.
Will not our cotton factories aid us a little?
Their most inferior fabric would make excellent comforts.
I shall be happy to receipt to the "Republican" for any
material which may be left at that office, engaging with the assistance of my
lady friends to return the comforts as soon as they can be finished, where busy
fingers and willing hearts work together. They
may be placed at the disposal of the donors, or the "Republican," to
be sent where it is deemed they are most needed.
Mrs. C.W.S.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Clothing
and Shoes for the Army.
The Press cannot too often urge this subject on the minds and hearts of
their readers. We therefore copy
and adopt an eloquent appeal from the Richmond Dispatch.
It says:
We cannot avoid again recurring to this subject.
It is the most important one that can at present engage the attention,
not only of Congress and the War Department, but of the whole country. If our troops can be properly clad, properly fed, and
properly clothed, we may defy the enemy to do his worst. For the article of food we learn that ample provision has
been made. For the article of shoes
we observe that Congress has passed a law to organize a corps of 2,000
shoemakers for the public service. They
are enough, if it be possible to procure leather, which we believe it is.
It is here, especially, that the patriotism of the men and women of the
country might come in as a powerful aid to the government.
Let everybody who has a scrap of leather that can by exercising the most
severe self-denial, devote it to the service of the country.
Let nobody who has leather part with it to anybody but an agent of the
government. Let everybody who has
no leather, but has money, contribute as much as can be spared by any possible
means, to purchase leather. Let it
be bought if possible wherever it exists, even from speculators, at any price
however exorbitant. Send all the
old shoes you may have and can spare, to be half-soled for the troops.
Rake and scrape together every scrap of leather you can possibly lay your
hands on for this holy purpose. If
the whole people will set to work, the army can be shod and kept in shoes, and
we feel assured that they will set to work in right good earnest.
So in the way of clothing and blankets.
Send everything you can possibly spare.
Get osnaburgs, where you have no blankets to spare, sew the pieces
together, and stuff them with cotton. Learn
to sleep under as few blankets as possible, that you may send the overplus to
the soldiers. . . .
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Another Outrage Threatened.—The Federal commander, at Memphis, as will
be seen by the following, is determined to punish the women and children of that
city for the acts of our forces on the river:
Special Order no. 254.
Headquarters 5th Division,
Army of Tennessee,
Memphis, Sept. 27, 1862.
Whereas, many families of known rebels and Confederates in arms against
us have been permitted to reside in peace and comfort in Memphis, and whereas,
the Confederate authorities either sanction or permit the firing on unarmed
boats carrying passengers and goods for the use and benefit of the inhabitants
of Memphis; it is ordered, that for every boat so fired on ten families must be
expelled from Memphis.
The provost marshal will extend the list, already prepared, so as to have
on it at least thirty names; and on every occasion when a boat is fired on, will
draw by lot ten names, who will be forthwith notified, and allowed three days to
remove to a distance of twenty-five miles from Memphis.
By order of
Major-General W. T. Sherman.
L. M. Dayton, Act'g A. A. Gen'l.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Who are Extortioners.—The following from the Cleveland (Fla.) Banner
will serve as an answer to the question. Everybody
complains of extortion and everybody is extorting, except the printers.
We heard a master shoemaker the other day abusing the leather dealers
roundly for extortion, when on an accurate calculation we could prove to him
that, all expenses paid, he cleared from $10 to $13 on footing a pair of
boots. But to the Banner's
illustration of "the world as it wags":
"Mack, why in the h—l don't you give it to these
speculators," says a farmer. What
speculators, we ask? "These
infernal merchants." We
promised him to do so, but he hardly gets out of sight till a merchant steps in
and says "Mack, I want you to rake down the farmers generally—they are
asking three or four prices for everything they raise—they have got chickens
up to 50 cts. a piece; butter to 50 cts. per pound; eggs 30 cts. per dozen, and
everything else according, and I can get nothing to eat."
These are the ejaculations we frequently hear, but after mature
considerations, as everybody is speculating who has anything to sell, we have
concluded that we were all nothing more than a hungry set of cannibals trying to
eat each other up, and plunging headlong to the devil as fast as the wheels of
time can carry us, where we will land sooner or later if we don't do a good deal
better than we have been doing. There
is no use of jumping on one class of men for speculating where every body that
can raise a few dollars is engaged in the same thing.—The "almighty
dollar" is all the present generation lives for or cares for.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 15, 1862, p. 1, c. 6
An
Exhortion to Plunder.
The following is a speech made by Gen. Paine, the Federal commander at
Tuscumbia, Ala., to his troops upon the occupation of that place:
Soldiers! This country is
yours; these people have unwittingly planted everything we need in this
beautiful valley, and it shall be dealt out to you with a lavish hand, and not
stingily. If you want corn, these
waving fields will supply your wants; take it.
If you want fruit, vegetables, chickens, or potatoes, take them, they are
yours. If the cows need milking,
milk them yourselves, or make the milk-maids do it for you.—Everything here in
this rich and beautiful country is yours and for your use—enjoy it; you
deserve it all, for you are in arms, exposing yourselves in defence of your
country against rebels and traitors, who have no rights.
They own no property but through the Government.
They are outlaws.
But, remember soldiers! we
are not done yet; there is work yet to do.
The idea of a restoration of a Union as it was, is now a humbug—it has
passed away. It is now a war to the knife, and to the hilt, hilt and all.
Yea, soldiers, it is a war of extermination.
Then I say to you take everything you want; it is yours—but remember to
preserve your discipline.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
An Exempt.—The following, the Zanesville (O.) Courier says, was picked
up near the desk of the Drafting Commissioner's office in that city:
I certify that I am lame, have a broken back, hip out of joint, a cracked
arm, and am railroad engineer, am clerking in the Postoffice; also have charge
of a telegraph office, and a wife and baby, and am opposed to fighting—have
joined the Quakers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 16, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Liberty County, Oct. 15, 1862.
Mr. Editor: The sufferings
of our ill-clad soldiers in Virginia, as portrayed by your able Army
Correspondent, will not fail to enlist the feelings and arouse the sympathies of
every man, woman and child throughout the length and breadth of our land, and
all that a generous people can do will be done for the relief of those who are
battling for our homes and independence. But,
Mr. Editor, what can the people do? Their
souls are full of sympathy; they have willing hearts and ready hands.
But where is the mother to get cloth out of which to make garments for
her noble son? Where is the sister
to purchase yarn to weave a coat for her gallant brother?
We are cut off from all trade with foreign countries.
We are almost wholly dependent on the few Factories in the Confederacy
for the supply of our clothing. Now,
men are naturally selfish; few of us can resist the opportunity when it offers
of profiting by the misfortune that befall our neighbors.
Lincoln's blockade brings a bright, a sunny day to Factory owners; and
knowing that the people are forced to get clothing, these Factory Companies have
not been slow to find out that they have a monopoly, and to turn that knowledge
to a profitable account, by raising, to unreasonable rates, the price of their
yarns and cloth. We say unreasonable
rates, because it is no secret that Factory stockholders are receiving
quarterly enormous dividends.
We do not say that these corporations have no souls; we do not say that
they have no bowels of compassion; we do not say that they have no patriotism.
These elements may exist in their body corporate.
But as in the physical, as in the moral world, a substance may exist in a
body, but exist only as a trace. If
they have these noble qualities, now is the time to show it.
Let their owners be satisfied with less profits—let them put
down the price of yarns, osnaburgs, &c.—let them give the people an
opportunity of buying the fabrics of their looms and spindles at a reasonable
price, and soon, the faces of wives, mothers, sisters, will be clothed with
smiles, every hand, every finger will be in motion, and there will not be
wanting Tabithas to furnish "coats and garments" to our suffering
soldiers in Virginia.
M.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 16, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Wood Gas.—The supply of coal being exhausted, we commenced last
night the use of wood gas. The
effect of the change was very perceptible, especially in the streets, where many
of the burners had not been attended to, to suit the new state of things.
The new or altered burners seemed to emit a sufficiency of light, but we
observed that all of them gave forth a forked instead of a solid flame, owing,
probably, to the roughness of the tube. This
defect remedied they may be made to answer a good purpose.
The old burners afforded a light about equal to a sperm candle, and we
care not how soon they are got rid of. In
our office the light was very fair, though the first night can hardly be
regarded as a test, there being considerable quantity of coal gas still in the
pipes.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Winchester, Va., Oct. 8th, 1862.
. . . Large numbers of persons have arrived here from the South in search of
friends reported to have been killed or wounded in the late battles of
Sharpsburg. Many have found their
trip unnecessary, since the circumstances must be urgent and peculiar that will
induce Gen. Lee to grant permission to pass his lines.
And when they cross the river, it is only to fall into the hands of the
enemy, by whom they are detained as prisoners.
Some have passed their friends on the road; some have found them only
wounded when they were reported killed, whilst some had received only slight
injuries, who were reported to be mortally wounded. All accounts concur in one respect that cannot be otherwise
than gratifying to absent mothers and fathers—viz:
the kind treatment extended to our wounded who fell into the hands of the
enemy.
The Federal army is provided with a full complement of Surgeons, who have
ample supplies of medicines, ice, lemons, bandages, &c., and who are in a
condition to give our wounded better treatment than we can ourselves.
A few of the Confederate Surgeons have been allowed to visit our wounded
at Sharpsburg, and such is the report they bring back.
It is reported, also, that flags of truce have been passing between Gens.
Lee and McClellan for some days past, but for what purpose, I am not informed.
It may be, however, that some of our Surgeons will be furnished with a
statement of the condition of our wounded in the hands of the enemy, which will
doubtless be published for the information of the public.
P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A
Refugee from Savannah.
A Mr. Spencer, a New Yorker, but for some years past a workman in the
jewelry store of Wilmot & Co. (now Richmond) in this city, was sent down the
river a few weeks ago under a flag of truce, under representations that he had
children at the North who were suffering in his absence.
The gentleman has arrived in new York, and like his predecessors, has
told his story of men and affairs in the South.
It appears in the New York Times, as follows:
The feeling of the citizens of Savannah with reference to the rebellion,
Mr. Spencer represents as being nearly unanimous in favor of continuing the
course they have begun, and of never yielding until they have gained their
independence. Many of them openly
declare that they would prefer becoming the subjects of a foreign power to a
reunion with the National government. Not
a few openly avowed that they had mediated the movement for twenty years past,
and that in the election of Lincoln they saw their opportunity. The Northern men, of whom there are a great many in Savannah,
as well as all the Southern cities, are mostly Union men at heart, but they are
obliged to disavow, or at the best to conceal, their sentiments.
There is, however, nothing like the reign of terror visiting them at
present there was at the beginning of the rebellion.
The "Rattlesnake Club" and "Vigilance Committee," at
whose instigations so many outrages were committed on Union men and strangers at
the commencement of the movement, have pretty much died out.
The better class of citizens were compelled to discountenance them in
self-preservation, and to save their whole social fabric from tumbling into
anarchy, and their opposition, together with the fact that the leading
desperadoes, with most of their rank and file, have found their way into the
army, has at length relieved the city from much of the terrorism that formerly
existed. Considerable freedom of
expression is now allowed, provided it is judiciously indulged in, and with
reference to the demerits of the neighboring State of South Carolina, the utmost
latitude is permitted and even approved. Mr.
Spencer says he has often openly expressed the hope that the war would not end
until Charleston was utterly extinguished and blotted off the map, and his
sentiments always met with an approving echo.
They accuse Charleston of having got them into the scrape, and charge
cowardice upon the South Carolina troops in battle.
At the time of the capture of Port Royal, Mr. Spencer says Savannah could
have been taken with the utmost ease. It
was the universal expectation that it would be taken, and the failure of the
government to follow up the victory at Port Royal greatly disheartened the Union
men in Savannah. If the city ever
should be captured, he says the government will find the same state of things
existing as at New Orleans; there will be no manifestations of Union feeling
until it is settled beyond a doubt that the government is able to maintain its
position. With reference to the emancipation proclamation of the
President, Mr. Spencer is of opinion that it will prove to be impolitic.
The news of the proclamation had not reached Savannah when he left, but
it had been long anticipated; and the repeated averments in the Southern
newspapers that the Federal government intended to adopt such a measure has
already, as he thinks, added 10,000 to the Confederate army.
The Union men of the South, who have heretofore argued that the war on
the part of the United States was for the maintenance of the Constitution and
laws, will now be met with the remark: "There,
I told you this was a war for the niggers," and the result would be that
every man would be forced to take sides with the South.
This advantage to the Union cause he thinks will not be counterbalanced,
as many who favor the measure anticipate, by any effort on the part of the
negroes themselves calculated to strengthen the arm of the national government
or weaken that of its enemy's. He
deems the idea absurd, that the mass of plantation negroes in the interior will,
in consequence of this measure, be induced to strike a blow for their own
freedom, or in fact that they will ever hear of the proclamation.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Camp Cots. Tufted camp cots,
received and for sale by Lovell & Lattimore.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18,1862, p. 2, c.5
Just
Received:
10 bales Factory
Yarns
15 bales 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Brown Shirtings
bales Brown Drills
bales 10 dozen Extra Heavy Drills
English Grey Poplins
Georgia and Tennessee Colored Homespuns
Scotch Ginghams
Georgia Grey Jeans
Georgia Grey Twills
For sale, retail or wholesale, by
DeWitt & Morgan.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Tents,
Tarpaulins, &c.,
Of Every Quality and Dimension.
On hand, and made
to order on the shortest notice.
At
the Lowest Prices.
T. B. Marshall & Bro.,
Harris Wharf,
Foot of Lincoln st.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Gas.—Our lights from the new gas continue intolerable.
It is clear to our mind that the difficulty rests at the gas works, and
consists of a lack of the proper amount of pressure.
We tried a still larger burner last night, but with little effect.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
The Price of Flour.—A contemporary, in considering the high price for
flour, says: "The millers pay
on an average about two dollars and forty cents per bushel for wheat, and yet
they charge seventeen dollars for superfine flour.
Now, in our day, it used to be that four and a half bushels of good wheat
would make one barrel superfine flour, leaving offal, and allowing an eighth for
the profits of grinding. This
calculation would make this quality of flour worth $11.
Then why is it held at $17? Has
wheat taken the disease of extortion, and refused to yield as formerly when
ground into flour, or is it pure unadulterated extortion of the millers?
We fear it is the latter.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Savannah
Ladies' Christian Association.
There will be a special meeting of the Savannah Ladies' Christian
Association, at the Lecture Room of the Baptist Church, (Whitaker street
entrance,) This Morning at 10 o'clock. The
object of the meeting is to commence working up the material which has been
given for the soldiers, and we cordially invite and earnestly insist upon the
attendance of all the ladies in the city who are willing to co-operate in
providing our suffering army with comforts.
The work should be speedily done, as their necessities are urgent,
hence the importance of aid from all who are able and willing to assist.
The ladies will assemble at the hour of ten, from day to day, until their
mission is accomplished. They will
please come provided with thimbles, scissors, &c.
By Order of the Directress.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 20, 1862, p. 1, c. 3-4
Winchester, Va., Oct. 12th, 1862.
. . . Nearly two weeks after the battle of Sharpsburg, two young gentlemen, of
irreproachable moustaches, were introduced into my room at a hotel in this place
by the landlady, who informed me that they would be my room-mates for the
present. It appeared from their
conversation that they had just arrived from Richmond—that they had been
acting in the capacity of assistant surgeons there for nearly a year, and that
they had been despatched to Winchester to assist in taking care of the wounded
in the battle of Sharpsburg. Two
questions of much magnitude occupied their attention for half an hour or
more—to wit: 1st,
whether they should report to the surgeon of the post in person or by note; 2d,
whether, in the event they reported in person, they should "dress up"
or go as they were. They finally
decided to dress first, and then send up their report in writing.
The consideration which brought them to this conclusion arose from the
fact that they were without paper, and the idea of going into the street to
purchase a supply in their present plight, could not be entertained for a
moment. Nearly two hours were
devoted to their toilet. After
washing and scrubbing ever so long, their hair and moustaches had to be
carefully cleaned and oiled, their uniforms, covered all over with gold lace,
neatly dusted, and their boots duly polished. One of them put on a ruffled calico shirt with a large
diamond pin and immense gold studs, a pair of white linen pantaloons, and a
handsome black cloth coat made up in the extreme military style.
He first thought he would wear a pair of gaiter shoes, but on consulting
"Jim" (his companion,) it was finally agreed that boots would become
the set of his pants better. So he
put on the boots.
Having finished their elaborate toilets and started out of the room, the
following laconic dialogue ensued:
Boots.—I say, Jim, don't you think we had better take a drop before
going out?
Jim.—Yes, I do think we had. I
feel rather shaky after last night's affair.
They courteously inquired, after a moment's hesitation, whether I would
not join them; but I was suffering at the time from fever consequent upon a
chill, and a still fiercer fever of indignation that such stupid creatures
should be sent here to attend to the wounded, and I declined to participate.
They returned to the room after an hour's absence, complained that they
had to walk so far through the heat and dust to get a little paper, prepared
their note to the Chief Surgeon of the post, and sent it up to him in due form.
The Chief Surgeon, who is represented to be a man of industry and energy,
replied promptly, ordering them to a certain hospital, which they proceeded to
take charge of next morning—nearly twenty-four hours after their arrival in
town!
You are ready to inquire, of what use can such dainty gentry be in a
dirty hospital filled with stern sufferers—men with broken bones and ghastly
wounds, whose bodies are covered with filthy rags and alive with vermin—with
nothing to lie upon but a little straw, and the air they breathe poisoned by
exhalations from the festering of wounds and feverish bodies around them?
The answer is, they are of no use whatever. . .
One think has impressed me more painfully than all others connected with
the army. It is the little concern which the government, its officers
and surgeons show for the preservation of the lives of their troops.
A great parade is made over a single piece of artillery captured from the
enemy; and yet what is such a trophy compared with the life of an able-bodied
man, even when considered as to its military value!
We have none too many men in the South that we should adopt a system so
disregardful of life. The whole
country is interested in the life and health of every man in it, and if some of
the energy displayed in forcing feeble and unhealthy conscripts into the
service, were shown in taking care of the sick and wounded, the army would be
all the better for it. A planter
who would take as little care of the health of his slaves as the government does
of its soldiers, would soon have none to care for, while he would be driven out
of the community by his indignant neighbors.
P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Concert
and Tableaux at Grahamville.
Mr. Editor: Knowing what a
deep interest you feel in every enterprise calculated to relieve the sufferings
of our brave volunteers in Virginia, I am persuaded to give you a little
information, which may be interesting to some of your readers, regarding the
recent Concert which was gotten up in Grahamville a few nights since, the
proceeds of which are to be applied to our sick and wounded soldiers in the
"Old Dominion." The
entertainment was held in the large but unfinished house of Dr. C. DuPont, the
completion of which was interfered with by the agitated state of the country.
The principal managers were Mrs. W. H. Howard, Mrs. C. C. DuPont and Miss
Emmie Howard. These ladies deserve
much credit for the splendid style in which everything was done up.
Such a display of silver has never before been seen in this District; in
fact, everything presented the most magnificent appearance.
The entertainment consisted of a Concert and Tableaux—some of the
finest musical (amateur) talent in the country was engaged—all furnished by
the patriotic gentlemen of the "Ashley Dragoons," Capt. George Heyward.
The pieces performed exhibited much taste, and were extremely spirited
and entertaining. The banjo
performance by Mr. P. C. was the best I ever heard.
The Tableaux was beautiful. The
scenes were graced by the presence of the prettiest daughters of Grahamville,
and presented a sight well worthy the artist's brush.
The different brilliant costumes contrasted well behind the gauze, and
the angelic faces, particularly of Misses A. G. and P. G., made the heart of
many a young soldier, who had forgotten his absent sweetheart, beat time
with the music. Such a rare
collection of beauty as was present that night can but seldom be met with.
The proceeds of the entertainment will sum up over two hundred dollars,
and I am informed, will be sent off immediately to the Rev. R. W. Barnwell, at
Richmond—who will dispose of it for the relief of the South Carolina soldiers
in Virginia.
This is but one of the many donations this place has contributed since
the beginning of the war, and if every village in the State would follow the
patriotic example of the Grahamville ladies, the sufferings of South Carolina
soldiers would be at an end. May
every daughter of S. C. exert herself to the utmost—determined to deny herself
of every luxury—and make a universal move in the right way to conquer an
honorable peace. The appeals of your valuable correspondent, P. W.
A., have not been in vain in this neighborhood.
St. Lukes.
Gopher Hill, Oct. 18, 1862.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Clothing
for the Soldiers—Despatch
from the Secretary of War.
As our correspondent's testimony regarding the suffering in the army had
been questioned, and a statement given to the public, on the assurance of army
officers, that the government was abundantly supplied with shoes, clothing, and
other necessaries and comforts for the army, which would be distributed at a
proper time, and that private individuals were making unnecessary sacrifices
under a mistaken view of the case, we determined, if possible, to satisfy both
the public and ourselves on the subject. We,
accordingly, addressed a note of enquiry to the Secretary of War, who promptly
replied by telegraph, as follows:
Richmond, Oct. 21.
J. R. Sneed:
We desire all the assistance in supplying shoes, blankets and clothing
that can be furnished.
Geo. W. Randolph,
Secretary of War.
This settles the question; and now, let all the people go to work.
Shoes, socks, drawers, vests, neck ties, indeed clothing of every
description should be made up as fast as possible and forwarded to the army.
Parties in this State can safely entrust all packages to the Georgia
Hospital and Relief Association, at Augusta.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 23, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Winchester, Va., Oct. 14, 1862.
. . . The officer who furnished me the foregoing information touching Gen.
Stuart's expedition, tells me that the women of Frederick and Baltimore of
Southern sentiments, insisted upon the separation of the Confederate wounded who
fell into the hands of McClellan from the sick and wounded of the enemy. Many of our wounded captured at Boonsboro' and Sharpsburg
were removed to Frederick, and our female friends asked that they might be
placed in distinct hospitals, where they could attend to them. It is represented that their request was granted, and that
they have supplied the sufferers with comfortable cots and mattresses, sheets,
blankets, warm clothing, medicines, and every delicacy that sympathy could
suggest or money secure. Does not a
warm "God bless them!" rise involuntarily to your lips as you read of
their heavenly goodness? It is but
just to add that the enemy have treated our wounded with marked kindness.
An acquaintance who was taken prisoner at Sharpsburg, while endeavoring
to bring off the body of a dead officer, informs me that the guard in whose
charge he was placed, and all the Federal officers and soldiers with whom he
came in contact, were both kind and considerate in their deportment towards him.
One of them gave him an overcoat, whilst other prisoners received gifts
of clothing, &c.
I am the more particular in making this statement, in order to relieve
the minds of persons at home whose friends may have fallen into the hands of the
Federals, and because it is but just and manly to give the enemy credit for
their humane conduct. Whilst many
of our men may have been cruelly treated by the brutal tyrants who have charge
of the forts and dungeons of the North, I have never believed that our wounded
or prisoners taken in battle were subjected to the outrages so generally
attributed to the enemy by the Confederate press.
There may have been exceptional cases; indeed imprisonment of any kind is
irksome; but the general rule had doubtless been one of quite as much kindness
as we have shown to those who fell into our hands. . . P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 23, 1862, p. 1m c, 4
Another "Nancy Hart."—In the following letter our readers
will see that another "Nancy Hart" exists in this vicinity, in the
person of Mrs. Nancy Vaughn, a good lady, whom our "butter ball" says
is a most excellent caterer for several families in this city, and who is also a
most excellent and patriotic lady.
Headquarters Camp Randolph,
Decatur, Ga., Oct. 19, 1862.
Col. G. W. Lee, Atlanta:
Colonel—I send in charge of Sergeant Byers, one of your "Jail
Birds," arrested to-day by a squad I sent out.
When the squad found him he was already in arrest; a Mrs. Nancy Vaughn,
living three miles below Decatur, having him strongly guarded with a
double-barreled gun, in her own hands.
There was no other person about the house save herself.
I have a detachment of infantry in pursuit of two others, whom I am in
hopes of overhauling before morning.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
John B. Weems,
Lt. Col. Commanding.
[Atlanta Intelligencer.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 18, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Richmond, Va., Oct. 186th, 1862.
. . . I am glad to learn that my appeal in behalf of the army has been received
with so much favor throughout the Confederacy.
It has been a coal of fire even upon the back of the Government, which
has already begun to send forward supplies of clothing and shoes.
Thirty wagons loaded with winter supplies reached Winchester the day
before I left, and I met others en route for the same destination.
I called at the Clothing Bureau in this city this morning, for the
purpose of improving my own wardrobe which is none the better for the Maryland
campaign, but was told that there was not a yard of officer's cloth in the
establishment, the supply having been exhausted some time since.
There was a considerable stock on hand of coarse strong cloth, which is
being made up for the troops as rapidly as possible.
An officer connected with the Bureau informed me that 33,000 garments had
been sent up to Gen. Lee's army within the last twenty days, and that clothing
for the army was being made up at the rate of 9,000 garments per week. The Government has fifty-eight tailors in its employ, whose
business it is to cut out the garments, and two thousand seven hundred women who
make them up. The scraps of woolen
cloth left by the cutters are sent to the Penitentiary, where they are converted
into quilts, &c., for the use of the army, whilst those of cotton fabrics
are dispersed to the paper manufacturers.
Allowing three garments to the man—coat, pants and shirt—the 33,000
pieces sent up to the army will furnish an outfit for 14,000 soldiers.
This will afford very great relief as far as it goes; yet it will fall
far short of the necessaries of the army. Estimating
the clothing manufactured at all of the government establishments in the country
at 20,000 garments per week, and the number of troops in the field at 350,000
men, it would require more than a year at this rate to furnish each man with one
suit of clothes. I do not include
in this estimate blankets, shoes, socks and gloves, which are absolutely
indispensable in a climate like this.
I have no means of knowing how many complete suits of clothing the
government will be able to provide; but estimating them at 100,000 including a
blanket, pair of shoes, two pairs of socks and one pair of gloves, there will
still be left 250,000 men, who must perish unless they are supplied by the
people at home. If we suppose the
government will be able to furnish winter outfits to 200,000 men, there will yet
be 150,000 who must look to the open hearts and willing donors at home.
The government, however, will not be in a condition to supply so many of
the troops either with blankets, shoes, socks or gloves.
Indeed, I am not aware that any provision has been made to secure a
supply of either of these three indispensable articles.
Possibly some action was taken by Congress to have the shoemakers in the
army detailed temporarily for the purpose of making shoes; but the shoes are
needed now. This step, to have
been of any benefit, should have been taken months ago.
It is too late now to procure supplies of leather, thread and pegs; and
even if we had an abundant stock of each, it would be months before a sufficient
number of shoes could be manufactured to meet the present wants of the article.
These facts will enable the people of the country to appreciate the
magnitude of the labors before them. All
my figures are merely rough estimates, especially in regard to the number of men
in the field; but they are sufficiently accurate for the purpose for which they
are offered. Whilst the country
will be amazed that no more effort has been made by those in authority to
provide the army with suitable clothing, it will readily perceive the necessity
of the most prompt and energetic measures on the part of the people if they
would meet the shortcomings of the government.
If every man, woman and child in the South were to exert themselves to
the utmost in this good work, still there would be many a brave fellow in the
field who would suffer all the pains of a vigorous winter, if not of death,
before the much needed relief could be received.
A statement appeared in one of the Richmond papers yesterday, based upon
the report of a "passenger by the cars," to the effect that the
condition of the troops was excellent, and that all they needed to render them
entirely comfortable was a supply of blankets.
Such statements as this may be gratifying to the public, but they are a
cruelty to the army. I know, as
every other observing man who has been with the army knows, that the condition
of a vast number of our troops is deplorable.
A few regiments and companies may have an adequate supply of clothing and
shoes, but a large majority are in no condition to encounter the rigors of the
approaching winter. Why, there are
men in the hospitals at Winchester who are as naked as babes just born, and I
saw here in the heart of Richmond this morning a poor emaciated soldier, who was
hardly able to drag his bare feet along the cold pavement!
In the army I know there are thousands of as true men as ever fired a
musket, who have neither shoes nor stockings, nor more than one suit of clothes,
and that a summer suit, and dirty and ragged at that.
But I forbear. Nay, I dare
not tell the people all I know of the condition of the best and bravest army
that ever trod the earth. If they
knew how many men in this army are without shirts—how many wear pants that do
not cover their nakedness—and how many stand guard tonight upon bruised and
bleeding feet—men, too, who have been accustomed to every comfort that a
reasonable mind can desire—if they did not rise with indignation against those
whose neglect has reduced the army to this deplorable condition, they would at
least see that their most urgent and sacred duty is to come to its instant
relief. . . . P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Homemade Candles.—Mr. L. N. Felitgant [sp?] has presented us with a
sample of his Forest City Adamantine Candles, manufactured by himself.
They are well made, very firm, emit a good light and require no snuffing.
They also consume all the tallow, thus wasting nothing by running.
It is the best candle we have seen of home manufacture, and Mr. F. will
doubtless find a ready sale for all he can make.
Though the light is very fair, we would suggest that it may be improved
by saturating the wick in a weak solution of saltpetre.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 28, 1862, p. 2,
c. 2
Unparalleled Atrocity.—On Tuesday afternoon last about 4 o'clock, six
deserters arrived in Marietta from Atlanta.
They were led by a man of the name of Crawford.
About dusk, they assaulted and beat several of our citizens without
provocation. Between 7 and 8
o'clock, they marched to the depot, halted near the Telegraph Office and
Crawford gave the order to fire—firing himself first among the large crowd
assembled of men, women and children. A
young soldier, of estimable character, who had just bid adieu to his aged
father, of the name of Stephen Griffin, of Paulding county, was instantly killed
and another wounded. The order was
given to reload, but before any further opportunity was given to fire, the
citizens with sticks and rocks knocked down and secured four of the party.
The fifth was secured towards daylight.
Crawford escaped and is at large. The
five taken were carried back to Col. Lee to Atlanta.
This outrage would disgrace the annals of Mexico.
It was savage and apparently without a motive, save that which would
animate a fiend.
The Atlanta Confederacy in its account of this unprovoked outrage and
murder has so mixed up truth with misrepresentation as to produce a very false
impression with reference to our lace. It
is true that bar rooms are open in Marietta (we regret that it is so, though
they are not as numerous as formerly) and it is very probable that the deserters
drank at them, but they had obtained liquor before they arrived at Marietta.
They commenced their outrages an hour or two after their arrival by
knocking down unoffending men on the side walk.
And it is not true that "they got into a furious row with some of
the people of Marietta." This
would make the impression that there were two parties engaged in the row, when
the shooting among the crowd was unexpected—unprovoked by all those who had
assembled (as is usually the case) at the depot just on the eve of the arrival
of the train.
We learn that the men have been turned over to the civil authorities of
this county. This is, perhaps, the best disposition of the case and here
we leave it.—[Marietta Advocate.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 2-3
Practical
Hints for Hard Times
"What man has done, man may do."
NO. 1 – SHOES.
1. The earliest protection to the human foot was the sandal.
This was a simple sole, or at best, an open shoe, fastened to the foot by
thongs. If we are to infer its
history from its name, (derived from sanis sanidos, the Greek for board,)
it was at first made of wood, though afterwards more commonly of leather, and
sometimes among the wealthy, of silver and gold.
The earliest sandal was a flat sole; then it was improved by a raised and
hollowed piece at each end to keep the foot from slipping lengthwise, and
lastly, the sides also were slightly elevated so as to give a nice fit all
around the foot. The want of
elasticity in the wooden sandals was in some measure atoned for by giving to the
bottom of the sole the same curve that is to be seen in the human foot.
Now, it must be admitted that the sandal is a very poor substitute,
especially in winter, for the nice high quartered shoe, or boot, to which most
of us moderns have been accustomed, but it is certainly better than no shoe at
all; it is also within the reach of every shoeless man, woman, and child; and
more than this, being the only shoe worn by our Savior during his three and
thirty years' pilgrimage on earth, it may be well endured, for a while, without
murmuring, by those who revere him as an example.
2. The French Sandal, or Sabot, used extensively among the
peasantry of Europe, and sometimes to be seen in America, is nothing more nor
less than a shoe made out of a solid piece of wood.
It looks for all the world like a large flat shoe last, hollowed out to
receive the foot. Those which were
worn by old and young of a colony of Europeans that settled in the upper part of
Georgia a few years since, were made principally of the poplar or tulip tree.
The only tools necessary in their manufacture are an auger, two or three
gouges of a shape suitable for excavating the interior, and a drawing-knife for
shaping the outside. Of course,
they are clumsy and noisy, and no one would ever think of putting them on to
help him in a foot race; still, they are substantial and cheap, outlasting, it
is said, two pairs of leather shoes, and costing not more than a franc (20c) a
pair. Being perfectly impervious to water, it is questionable
whether, aside from its cheapness, it is not the best shoe possible for our rice
plantations, and for all persons who work in wet soils.
3. THE AMERICAN SANDAL OR MOCCASIN.—A barefooted Indian could
shoe himself in the course of an hour. The
process was this: Planting his foot
upon a piece of tough deer skin, which he drew up close around the ankle, he
made a seam at the heel, and another from the toe to the instep, and after
trimming off the surplus leather, his work was done. The Indian did not usually have the sole in his moccosin
[sic] any thicker than the sides, but this was no reason why the white man
should not; the Indian made his shoe of deer skin, the same substance which
supplied him with clothing; the white man may construct his of leather, cloth,
canvass, osnaburgs, or anything else of a strength and thickness sufficient for
the purpose. Whosoever would make a
thick soled moccasin of cloth, carpeting, blanket or water-proof osnaburg, would
do well to sew the sole to the uppers first, and then draw the uppers around his
foot or a shoe last of the proper size, for the purpose of sewing the same.
4. The ancient buskin (bootkin, little boot,) or cloth
urnus of Rome and Greece, was high heeled and thick soled sock of cloth or
soft leather, worn by tragic actors on the stage, for the purpose of adding to
their hight [sic]. It was a kind of
half boot laced pretty high above the ankle; or it may be described as the
product that would arise from uniting the gay, high topped moccasin of the
American Indian, with the thick, wet weather sandal of the early Hebrews.
It was a favorite shoe with shepherds.
For winter wear it will be found excellent.
5. Of anything in the shape of real shoes, the simplest
and most easily made, as well as the cheapest, though not the most graceful, is
the shoe with a thick wooden sole, to the sides of which the uppers are
strongly fastened with ordinary three or four-ounce tacks.
The making of it requires no awl, no needle, no thread, not even a shoe
last, but only a properly made sole, and the uppers cut right and fastened
together by a hammer and tacks. To
make it shape out a sole of wood rather thicker and narrower than usual,
and fitting close up into the hollow of the foot, let the uppers be made in two
pieces, as chamber slippers are sometimes seen to be—the heel part in a kind
of new moon shape, having its sharp point tacked not quite half toward the toes,
and the toe and instep part extending back so as to overlap the heel piece and
tacked about half way of the heel. The
uppers may be of two thicknesses of osnaburgs, blackened with a water-proof
mixture, or, what is better, of enamelled cloth, lined with strong canvas. Any person who would make a shoe of this kind without loss
must first of all make himself a pattern of cheap materials, and try its
fitting.
6. The fatigue shoe, used of late in European armies, and
occasionally to be seen in our own, consists of a soft hempen sole, very
grateful to blistered feet, and an upper of soft leather or cloth.
To make the sole, take the ravelings of a rope, and plait three strands
together into a flat braid as wide as the sole is to be thick, say five-eights
of an inch. The, on the same plan
by which a negro makes a mat of braided corn shucks, put your braided strands
together, and sew them flat sided, in the shape of the sole desired.
The upper and the soles are then sewed together by means of a large
needle; but the operation will require a last.
The bottoms of the soles may be saturated with the waterproof and made
available for out door use.
7. GRASS SHOES.—Among the curiosities brought home by
travelers in China and Japan, are those made entirely of tough grass.
A thick sole is first plaited, beginning at the bottom; then the long
ends of grass which are left projecting from the upper part of the sole, are
woven around a last so as to form the upper part of the shoe, the long ends at
the toe being turned back toward the heel, and the long ends at the heel being
turned toward the toe, crossing each other and being crossed by the ends
projecting from the sides. It is said that even their horses are sometime shod with
grass shoes which endure an incredible length of time. Why would not the tough wire grass of our piney woods serve
the purpose as well as the grass of China?
It is made into the most enduring of hats; why not shoes?
The tough inner bark of the Wahoo tree, and the still tougher filaments
of the bear grass or silk grass (Gucca filamentosa) may prove good materials for
the purpose.
8. SHOES OF WHITE OAK SPLITS.—Someone was speaking a few days
since, within the writer's hearing, of having seen, in the upper part of
Georgia, a shoe sole made of white oak splits.
The process was not described, but the following thought occurred—if
the sole can be made of it so can the upper.
As is proved by the Chinese with their grass shoes; and a most enduring
shoe the white oak would make. It
would be necessary that the uppers be made of splits finely divided, and that
the shoe be lined. And why may not
the tough leaf of the cabbage palmetto be converted to the same use?
The ancient Egyptians wore sandals woven of the palm; and nothing is more
common with us than a palm leaf hat.
9. KNITTED SHOES AND BOOTS.—Persons skilled in crochet work
can produce a fabric which is as thick, as tough and as inelastic as leather.
It has been proposed to make shoes on this plan and to render them fit
for out door use by giving them a sole, and by saturating the uppers with water
proof or enamel.
10. BRAZILIAN BOOT.—On the extensive pampas of South America,
afar from awls and shoemakers, it is said that the hunter's worn out boots are
substituted by a very simple, though it must be confessed, not a very inviting
process. A suitable portion of the
green hide, in tubular form, from the leg of a recently slain cow, is stripped
off, tied or sewed at the smaller end, then drawn on the foot and leg of the
bootless man, and there allowed to dry—a process which, in that pure climate,
requires but a few days. Now,
whether this "traveller's story" is true or not, it may suggest to
some one a cheap and easy plan for manufacturing a pair of extempore boots for
shoeless feet, and half the horror of the process will be avoided by suffering
the green hide to dry upon a pair of boot lasts instead of upon the living leg.
11. One word, in closing, on the subject of leather and its
substitutes. There are two modes of
preparing skins for use: one is by tanning,
and the other by tawing. The
first of these require months or years; the last only a few weeks; the first
produces thick leather, the latter thin. In
tawing the skin is soaked and scraped to get rid of the hair and putrescrible
parts; then treated with alum and salt; then stretched, and scraped and rubbed
to make it flexible, and in some cases saturated with animal fat.
It is only by custom and convenience that we are confined to leather in
the making of our shoes. Any
substance which will exclude water and which will endure rubs and thumps given
by the foot will do for shoes. A
hatter can make an excellent shoe out of the same felt and by the same process
which he uses in making hats; using one other mold, and some water proof mixture
in the sole to keep out the wet. A
farmer may make very pleasant shoes out of an old wool hat, by providing a
suitable sole; and he may provide a suitable sole by combining several thickness
of felt with a little wax and rosin, or wax and India rubber, or tallow, rubber
and rosin, inserted between the layers to keep out moisture.
Osnaburgs boiled in linseed oil, or linseed oil and wax, and then
blackened, will do very well for the uppers, only it will require a lining of
osnaburgs again to make it sufficiently strong and to keep the blackened fabric
from defiling the foot. The skins
of a pair of squirrels tawed, would make a pretty and pleasant pair of shoes for
a lady. Soles of shoes for men
(besides the substitutes already mentioned), may be made of old saddle skirts,
leather gin-bands, tough cloth of any sort sewed together and saturated with
water-proof—or they may be compounded of several things—the outer of leather
or hardened felt, the inner of cloth or double osnaburgs, or duck, and between
the two a broad and flexible split of white oak, hickory, palmetto stalk or
birch bark.
This is the time for the exercise of Southern ingenuity, and these hints
are thrown out merely to give that ingenuity a start.
Marooner, Sr.
P.S.—Since writing the above, and just in the act of sending to you, I
am informed of what appears at a little distance to be a beautiful French gaiter
of slate color, made by a lady of this place for herself, of ordinary osnaburgs
doubled. The osnaburgs were used as
"the upper" of the shoe; and to the rest she was indebted to one of
her worn out shoes (ladies seldom wear out soles) which she trimmed so as to
give her a nice sole with heel and toe.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 29, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Clothing.—About 7,000 coats, 2,000 overcoats, 3,000 pairs of pants and
6,000 blankets have been handed over by the State Quartermaster General to Col.
S. McGowan, acting for the Quartermaster General of the Confederate States. This clothing is intended for the South Carolina soldiers in
Virginia.
Our State authorities are taking active measures to replenish their stock
and continue their supply.—[Char. Courier, 28th.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 30, 1862, p. 1, c. 2-3
The
Factories—Gov. Brown—The Bar-
tow Petitioners—Dorcases, &c.
Mr. Editor: There are some
facts about certain Factories which can be states, for the information of some
persons in this State, who are disposed to abuse this branch of industry,
because the war has given it a wonderful degree of prosperity.
Let it be remembered that most capitalists, who, in the former days of
Yankee rule, ventured to invest in cotton manufacturing, lost one half or more
of their investment. Now, there is
an opportunity, it would seem fair to have them double what remains, especially
as the machinery is rapidly wearing out under the present impossibility of
suitable repairs and the heavy pressure of work forced upon them by the demands
of government and the necessities of the community.
But another fact is, the Factories are not to be blamed for the high
price of their goods, for if there were fewer or none, the price would, like all
foreign commodities cut off by the blockade, have become almost fabulous.
The fact is, these factories, established by enterprising Southern men
years ago, have saved the country from Yankee domination, for without them the
Southern Confederacy would by this time have been forced into subjection, or
like the ancients, been "clothed in sheep skins and goat skins, being
destitute, afflicted, tormented."
Kind and gentle ladies, do not abuse the friends who have rescued you
from such a savage condition. Do
not become ungrateful for small favors because they cannot grant you all you
desire. They have others besides
yourselves to serve.
Again, it is a fact that some of the factories of Georgia tried to keep
down the price of yarns, &c. A
circular, issued about a year since, is proof before the country.
But all in vain. Like an
inflated balloon, the thing would go up, and up, notwithstanding all efforts to
keep it down. And manufacturers
discovered that merchants and speculators were receiving the profits without the
labor, capital or risk of their business. It
was their duty, and they took steps to take what was due.
They put their goods up at auction, and they brought them the market
value, no more, no less. If the
factories continued to sell their yarn at a dollar a bunch, the state of things
would have been the same, but the profit would have gone to Jew and Gentile, who
had done nothing to earn it but speculate!
There is a law of trade, inflexible as gravitation, which caused and will
sustain the present and even higher prices for goods, viz:
"Where the demand exceeds the supply, the price rises
proportionately." The
factories might give away their goods, and yet this would be true;
hundreds would need what the few might have presented to them, and each would
become a competitor with the other, till the highest bidder would secure the
needed article.
During the last summer the writer was spending a short time near a large
manufacturing establishment in Georgia, which, for months, had been retailing a
large part of its production to families applying at the mills, for half
the market [illegible] repeatedly occurred when [illegible] bunches of yarn,
re-sold [illegible] full market price before they left the place!
Was that factory and its liberal managers to be blamed for this?
It is very hard that the poor women, "whose husbands and sons are in
the army, and need clothes," cannot get the yarn; but the factories are not
to be blamed. It is the war and the blockade, developing the practical
results of the theory of free trade. When
a country, like the South, has given no attention to manufacturing, and depended
entirely upon a foreign supply of manufactured goods, and suddenly, as by this
terrible war, has had all commerce cut off, it must suffer, and can never be
independent and prosperous until its necessary supplies are raised and
manufactured in its own territory. Instead,
therefore, of blaming the factories for what they cannot prevent, let all our
capitalists build more of all kinds of manufacturing establishments, and
speedily secure Southern independence of England and France, as well as the
North! It does seem as if this is
the only legitimate remedy—increase the supply.
Let some encouragement be given by government, that capitalists who
venture upon manufacturing will not be ruined when the war is over by free
trade with England, Yankee-land, and all the other lands, and millions of
idle capital will go at once into machine shops and manufactories of all kinds;
while, the wants of the country being supplied, the price will become the same
as formerly.
But the gentle ladies of Bartow seem to think another plan better.
They petition Gov. Joseph E. Brown "to seize and work the factories
of the State." For whom, the
owners or themselves? Good ladies,
it is written, "Thou shalt not covet."
If the factories were like some farmers, "withholding corn in the
time of need," for higher prices, the same book says, "let the people
curse them." On the contrary,
they, the factories, are pressing their goods into the market as fast as they
can be produced; selling some at half price, giving away hundreds and thousands
of bunches, and yet utterly unable, with all the zeal and skill of private
interest and experienced knowledge of their business, to satisfy the demand.
If Gov. Brown should work the factories for the ladies of Bartow, he
could hardly reach the wants and answer the cries of the distressed Dorcases of
Liberty. The supply furnished at
the hands of the manufacturing Governor would be seized by the eager populace at
the very doors of the factory.
The right of petition is constitutional, but the fair petitioners had
just as much ground for asking Gov. Brown to become farmer, and seize and work
the farms of Bartow county, because farmers are selling corn at more than
three times its usual price, flour about ten times its customary
rates, and bacon in much the same ratio!
Cannot these good ladies see some reason for the high prices they are
asking, from the manufacturing operatives, for food?
They look at their corn cribs, flour bins, and pig pens, and say such
prices by the farmers are not "extortion," because the demand
exceeds the supply. Sugar cost
the merchant four cents, yet he has been selling it at twelve times the
cost, and gives the same reason, "the demand exceeds the supply."
Oh! Gov. Brown will work the factories, increase the
supply, cheapen the yarn, fill the looms of all the women in Georgia, and our
brave boys will then have plenty of clothing.
Most heartily does every manufacturer wish the ladies all they desire,
and our noble soldiers all they so richly merit from their fellow citizens,
whose homes and property they have so courageously defended.
But the good ladies (God bless them for their good works,) are mistaken
in the means for the accomplishment of the desired object.
The manufacturers, stimulated by high prices, cannot now meet their heavy
contracts with the Confederate government, at low rates, and at the same
time meet the popular demand for goods. The
fact that the government is now, and has been for a long time, making such heavy
claims upon all cotton and woolen manufactories is one great reason for the
present prices. But even if another
party could produce more than the owners and agents of Georgia manufactories,
experience proves Gov. Brown is not the man "to work the machine."
Gov. Brown went into the banking business, and now we have neither gold
nor silver, or even "a quarter of a cent!"
He undertook the management of military affairs, and came near involving
Georgia with the Confederacy; and now, as commander-in-chief, has brought the
tax payers of our commonwealth of Georgia an extra war debt of a million
or more dollars! Hurrah, for Gov.
Brown! He turned merchant and
speculated in salt when it was $15 a bag, and now, behold!
it can scarcely be had for $150! Hurrah,
for Gov. Brown!
Should the Governor follow the advice of his feminine counsellors, and
try his skill in manufacturing, reasoning from past experience and analogy, he
would soon have yarn, now selling at 47, scarce at $70!
Hurrah, for Gov. Brown!
Ladies and gentlemen, let the Governor mind his own business, and the
manufacturers theirs, for, by proof of word and deeds, they have shown
themselves as patriotic as he, or any other class of Georgia's sons.
K. B. C.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Gloves for the Soldiers.—These articles of comfort, we fear, will be
overlooked. They are almost as indispensable as socks in a cold climate,
yet few seem to think of the necessity of supplying them. As almost every little girl in the South can knit a pair of
gloves, we would earnestly call the attention of the ladies to that particular
article of soldiers' wear. Make
them of wool, and the thicker the better.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Extract from a letter received by a lady of Charleston, dated Baltimore,
October 7th, 1862:
. . . Many secessionists have left Baltimore, since the last battles, for
Frederick and Hagerstown, to nurse the Confederate wounded and sick. [illegible]
medical and hospital stores have been sent to Frederick, in the care of
secessionists, to see that they get all that was sent for them.
I have been sending all I could; so has everybody else—besides clothing
the prisoners to be exchanged.
I had a
conversation with a Confederate private, a Mississippian, by the name of _____,
an intelligent young man. I sent
him clothes and made him comfortable. They stay about in our best houses, and are taken great care
of, I assure you. They express
themselves delighted with Baltimore. Everybody
has been scraping lint and making bandages for the wounded.—Thousands of
dollars have been raised to supply them with everything, by the truest kind of
Southerners here. Our society has
turned out over eight thousand garments this summer,--(I had two hundred made
myself.) Now we are beginning to
work up flannel for winter use, and stockings and shoes. One gentleman sent to the society five hundred pairs of shoes
from his wholesale establishment. . .
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Pantechnoptomon
at Masonic Hall.
Lee Mallory's
Illustrations,
or Automatic Drama!
Showing a series of the most striking events that have
occurred in the War for Southern Liberty, will
open at the above Hall on
Thursday Evening, Oct. 30th,
With the representation of the great
Battle of Manassas,
In which thousands
of working Automats will perform their life-like parts in the great contest—manoeuvring,
firing, &c., with astonishing precision.
The exhibition is composed of more than
590,000
Separate Pieces!
Also, faithful Views in New Orleans and rural Louisiana and Virginia.
Descriptive
Lectures Every Evening.
The Illustration of the Battle of Manassas will commence every evening
until further notice.
Admission 75 cents; Children, 50 cents.
Doors
open at 7; commence at 8 o'clock.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Georgia
Canton Flannels
2,000 Yards Canton
Flannels, just received and for sale by
Nevitt, Lathrop & Rogers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Masonic Hall.—The "Pantechnoptomon," or automatic
representation of the war, commenced its series of exhibitions last night to a
crowded house. It compares
favorably with such exhibitions generally, and portions of it are very amusing.
During the time we were present, we were forcibly reminded of a duty that
has long been neglected in our city, viz: the
preservation of order and decency in public assemblages.
A rowdy, ill-bred set of boys are ready for every such occasion, and last
night they took possession of the hall, and, regardless of the presence of
ladies, whistled, squealed, yelled and blasphemed to their heart's content,
without the slightest interruption from any one, although we heard that a
policeman was present. We hope, for
the credit of the city, that the Mayor will look after this thing and abate the
nuisance at once. The government is
quite as much bound to protect ladies and gentlemen in public assemblages as it
is to protect them in the streets, and it is to be hoped it will use its power
to keep these wild colts in order. Some
thing must be done, or ladies will be excluded altogether from our places of
amusement.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
The
Nobility of Europe
Always Use
Chiccory,
to
Improve the Flavor
of
Coffee
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, October 31, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Every
One Who Use
Chiccory
Say it is
The Best Substitute
for
Coffee.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
To Dye Wool Yarn a Durable Black Without Copperas.—Place in your kettle
a layer of Walnut leaves, then a layer of yarn, then a layer of leaves and
another of yarn, and so on till the kettle is full, pour on water till all is
covered, and boil all day. The next
morning pour off the liquor into another vessel, and put fresh leaves with the
yarn in layers as before and pour the same liquor over it and boil again all
day. Then hang the yarn in the air a few days after which wash it,
and it will be a fine black.
The Walnut leaves should be gathered in the autumn, just as they begin to
fall from the trees.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Fort Delaware.—All our returned soldiers who were taken prisoners by
the enemy and imprisoned in Fort Delaware, agree in their statements of the
inhuman treatment they received at the hands of the Federal officials there.
All possible indignities and cruelties were heaped upon them.
The conduct of these petty tyrants is a disgrace to humanity.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Panechnoptomon.
Lee Mallory's War Illustrations.—This beautiful Diorama of War
incidents, beginning with the farewell parade of the Washington Artillery in New
Orleans, their departure for Virginia, and ending with the battle of Manassas,
will be exhibited again this evening at Masonic Hall.
It is truly worth seeing, and more than once.
Can any one tell us what is the meaning of the word Pan-tech-nop-to-mon?
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Wool
for the Soldiers!
The General Committee of Savannah, for the relief of our soldiers in
Virginia, are in want of a large amount of wool, to be woven into cloth for our
soldiers. The subscriber, Chairman
of the Manufacturing Committee, invites those who have wool for sale to give him
the preference over purchasers for speculation, and to send their wool to him as
soon as possible, for which he will pay the market price.
Donations in wool or yarns for weaving into cloth for the soldiers, will
also be duly acknowledged.
Joseph Lippman,
Chairman Manufacturing Committee.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 4, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Practical
Hints for Hard Times.
"What man has done, man may do."
ADDENDA TO NO. 1,
ON THE SUBJECT OF SHOES.
Since the publication of No. 1, two suggestions, promising usefulness,
have been made to the writer, both on the subject of soles.
Addendum 1st: A
shoe in actual service and very convenient for chamber use, is reported to be
made with a sole of quilted cloth.
Addendum 2d: A gentleman
noted among his intimate friends for his ingenuity proposed an improvement upon
article 5th of No. 1. The
upper of the shoe is made of enamelled cloth tacked firmly to a thick wooden
sole; but the sole itself has a joint about half way between toe and heel
so as to give flexibility in walking. The
hinge, made either of leather or metal, is inserted in the body of the sole, so
as to be entirely invisible. So far
as tried it promises to work well.
No.II—LIGHTS.
Our fathers used little artificial light.
They preferred the cheap light of day.
For this reason they went early to bed and were all the more healthy and
wealthy for their practice. The
chief light of their houses, like that of the nobility of
England a few centuries back, was a ruddy glare from the hearthstone.
1. PRIMITIVE LIGHTS.—The earliest artificial illuminators of
which we have any record, were lamps. These
at first, consisted of nothing more than a cup of oil or grease, with a wick
lying against its side. Its shape
was soon improved in convenience and elegance.
2. A HASTILY EXTEMPORIZED LIGHT.—The writer was one of a
family party who were belated in the mountains of Georgia and compelled to seek
shelter with a family who owned neither lamp or candle.
Our ingenious hostess, however devised a light for the table.
It was made by means of a slice of fat bacon, (do not laugh, reader, I
tell the simple truth.) This slice
was spread in the bottom of a saucer, and on this was laid some candle wick, the
burning end of which was kept elevated by being passed through a tailor's
thimble.
3. RUSH LIGHTS.—Among the poor of Europe, a very cheap and
easily made light is constructed of the ordinary bulrush stripped of its skin,
except enough to hold the internal pitch together, and saturated with suit [sic]
or wax.
4. CONFEDERATE CANDLE.—This rivals the rush light in
simplicity, and far exceeds it in serviceableness.
To make it, melt together a pound of beeswax and a quarter of a pound of
rosin, or of rosin fresh from the tree. Prepare
a wick 30 or 40 yards long, made up of three threads of loosely spun cotton.
Saturate this well with the mixture, and draw it through your fingers to
press all closely together, and to keep the size even.
Repeat the process until the candle attains the size of a straw or quill;
then wrap around a bottle, or into a ball with a flat bottom.
Six inches of this candle elevated above the rest will burn for fifteen
or twenty minutes, and give a very pretty light, and forty yards have sufficed a
small family a summer for all the usual purposes of the bed-chamber.
5. LARD TAPER.—Equal to our mountain friends bacon light in
cheapness, and yet more pleasantly available for the necessities of the sick
room, is a light made up of a saucer half full of lard and a little wisp of
spongy paper. The paper twisted so
as to form a short pointed wick with a broad base—say two thirds of an inch
high and an inch broad—is set in the midst of the lard, and by the heat it
generates, aided by the shelving sides of the saucer keeps itself supplied with
fuel until the lard is all consumed. The
papers can be shaped on the point of one's finger, and the burning and twisted
quite small. It should rest on the
bottom, and the vessel should be shallow—a saucer, not a cup.
6. LARD LAMPS.—At the present prices of illuminating material,
the most economical by far for those who live in the interior and afar is lard.
This requires a lamp whose wick tubes are of thick metal for the purposes
of conveying the heat of the flame into the midst of the lard, and keeping it
melted around the wick. The lard
must be melted when the lamp is lighted or it will not burn well.
The wick should be several thicknesses of spongy cloth.
7. LARD OIL.—When combined with one fifth spirits of
turpentine, will burn in an ordinary lamp and afford a beautiful light.
To obtain the oil, enclose lard in a strong, close canvas bag, and
subject to gradually increased pressure. The
indurated mass left in the bag is not required for culinary purposes.
8. CANDLES OF TALLOW AND PRICKLY PEAR.—Whoever can command
tallow for candles, will greatly improve them in firmness and in illuminating
power, combining with a few leaves of the prickly pear, in the proportion of
about one part by weight of the last, to four or five of the first.
The leaves should be kept in the heated tallow until all commotion
ceases, and until the tallow itself reaches the boiling point.
Of course, the heated mixture will need straining.
It is said by those who profess to know, that the longer tallow is
boiled, the whiter it becomes in case it is not burned.
The vessel containing the tallow should be heated in a sand bath (another
vessel partly filled with sand) and not set immediately on the fire.
9. WAX CANDLES.—Beeswax gives a light almost equal to sperm.
It may be moulded like the tallow candles; or it may be rolled by
enveloping the wick in a thin stratum of wax spread on a board, and afterwards
smoothed evenly by rolling between two boards.
The combination of wax and tallow need not be suggested.
10. Wax and rosin, mixed in equal proportions, afford an
excellent light though liable to smoke unless supplied with a suitable sized
wick.
11. Myrtle Wax is obtained by boiling the berries of the swamp
myrtle, on which it is to be seen as a greenish white cover.
The myrtle is found abundantly in all our seaboard counties, and has been
seen by the writer as far inland as Macon and Forsyth.
Its favorite locality is a swampy though not wet ground.
The berries should be boiled in a bag, and the clarified wax, which is of
a pretty green color, mixed more or less largely with tallow.
12. The value of our ordinary pine tree as an illuminator remains
yet to be developed. Camphene
is nothing more than the highly volatile spirits of turpentine—it is that part
of the spirit which first rises from the still after heating the virgin gum.
That which comes after is more or less mixed with the heavier rosin.
Burning Fluid is made by mixing camphine [sic] (or even the purer
varieties of spirits of turpentine) with four or more times its bulk of alcohol.
The high price of alcohol has arrested the manufacture of burning fluid;
but the camphene remains as abundant as ever in the pine forests of the whole
South, and awaits only the magic touch of some who will devise a plan for
rendering it inexplosive, to furnish the country with one of the best and
cheapest lights. WILL NOT SOMEBODY
TRY? Rosin is the
inspissated juice of the gum remaining in the still after the volatile part, or
spirit, has been separated by heat. It
has resisted all efforts hitherto made to mould it into candles or to use it in
lamps, being too hard for the one and too soft for the other; and, moreover, it
burns with a dense and unpleasant smoke. But the smoke may be consumed by attaching a glass chimney
with a strong draught, when a flame is produced almost as brilliant as that
of Kerosene, and, no doubt, a suitable lamp for it can be constructed.
I venture the prediction that it is yet to be used as an illuminator in
other ways than at the gas works.
Marooners, Sr.
Any person having valuable hints, of a practical character, on the
subjects already discussed, or on those of clothing, food, &c., to
communicate, are invited to publish them, or to address "Box 154, Macon,
Georgia," not 54," as published in No. 1.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Home Manufactures—We have had laid on our table four specimens of plain
linseys, made by the hands of Mrs. Neill, near Powelton, Hancock county.
They show what the women of the South can do when they put their dainty
hands to the work.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Lee Mallory's Pantechnoptomon.—We are glad to perceive that the public
feel disposed to appreciate this beautiful work of art.
Masonic Hall is crowded nightly with quiet and orderly audiences, and the
automata seem to perform their parts to the great gratification of hundreds.
It is a work for the times, and gives a very fair representation of camp
life.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Destitution in our Western Army.—The correspondent of the Mobile
Advertiser and Register writes thus from Holly Springs, under date of 20th
ult.:
How poorly our Western army is prepared, none but those who have seen it
can judge. Everything that contributes to a soldier's comfort in the
field is sadly needed, every species of quartermaster's supplies being out.
It is a safe statement to put forth that one third of the soldiers in
this department are without a single blanket.
On the marches to and retreats from Iuka and Corinth one half of the army
lost their knapsacks, clothing and blankets, and there is no supply now on hand
to relieve their destitution in this respect.
I know of a quartermaster of one division having a hundred or so of
blankets for the division and no more are expected.
It is stated that there is not more than one thousand blankets within the
department for Price's corps. All
those who are desirous of assisting in mitigating the sufferings and [illegible]
of our soldiers, cannot do so in a more substantial or welcome manner than by
sending blankets, coverlets, or bed clothing of any kind.
Any supplies thus donated may be addressed to Major Isaac Brinker, Chief
Quartermaster Army of the West, Holly Springs, and they will quickly find their
way to the suffering troops—more rapidly than by any other means.
Supplies thus forwarded should, when convenient, be sent by either the
Pioneer or Southern Express companies. Under-clothing,
socks, etc., are needed equally as bad as blankets, and without the ladies of
the South again exhibit the self-sacrificing patriotism which has been their
glory, the poor fellows in the field who are battling and suffering for these
very home endearments, must indeed pass a cold and comfortless winter.
The recent snow storm was severely felt, no winter quarters having
previously been erected, and the command being entirely destitute of tents.
At a brigade or division encampment, scarcely enough tents are visible
for the sheltering of a hundred men. It
is true, there are 13,000 tents—a full supply for the whole
command—somewhere within the department.
But where? Certainly not
where our army is quartered. They
are principally off the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and will be sent forward to
the troops so soon as the railroad is put at the disposal of the Quartermaster's
department, but, in the meantime, the "eager, nipping air" is
penetrating to the very bones of the shelterless thousands.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
War Illustrations.—The popular current still sets towards Masonic Hall.
Lee Mallory's unique representation of the battle of Manassas, by
automata, comes so near nature that some of the soldiers rise up in their seats
and seem ready to rush into the conflict. The
audience are also convulsed with laughter at some of the comic scenes.
On the whole the exhibition is an interesting one, and well worthy of
public patronage.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 7, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
War Illustrations.—The Illustrations of Lee Mallory continue to attract
crowds. There are, in some of the
scenes, four panoramas moving at one time, and the train of cars, with
the engine, remains stationary, while three panoramas are moving.
The illustration is effective, for most of the spectators think the cars
move with the scenery. Let
everybody witness it while they have a chance.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
Factory Burned.—The Houston Factory owned by Messrs. Tooke &
Cooper, was burned down yesterday morning.
The wool, cotton, and what little they had manufactured, was
saved.—[Macon Telegraph.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 8, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Wool Spinners Wanted.—See the advertisement of Joseph Lippman, Chairman
of the Manufacturing Committee for the soldiers.
We trust that every effort will be made to procure the services of wool
spinners immediately for the Committee.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 11, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Richmond, Nov. 4th, 1862.
. . . Thus our losses in ten months of the present year may be estimated at
75,000 men, who have either perished or been disabled.
If the whole truth were known they would probably reach 100,000, by the
end of the year, for the deaths from disease, in the hospitals, in camp, and at
home, generally exceed those in battle. For
every year the war continues we must expect our casualties to be quite as heavy
as they have been the present.
These heavy losses fall entirely upon the young and able-bodied—upon
those on whose shoulders the country rests its hopes of present independence and
wise statesmanship in the future. The
effect of such a drain as this upon the population of the country, though
painful and deplorable, cannot yet be fully realized.
The withdrawal of one hundred thousand laborers from the industrial
pursuits of life, and of one hundred thousand husbands and marriageable men from
the walks of society, and with them the loss of vast amount of physical and
mental energy, is a calamity from which it will require generations for the
country to recover. The loss of one
hundred or two hundred thousand marriageable men, as the case may be, carries
with it, of course, virtual loss of an equal number of marriageable women.
This fact, taken in consideration with the policy of restraining foreign
immigration in the future, especially from the United States, cannot fail to
attract the attention of every reflecting mind.
It would seem as if the time spoken of by Isaiah was about to be realized
by the women of the South:
"And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying:
We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel, only let us be
called by thy name, to take away our reproach."
They will have the priceless consolation of knowing, however, that they
have done more than any other race of women ever did since the foundation of the
world towards the establishment of their country's independence.
Neither the wisdom of our leaders, nor the valor of our soldiers, could
ever have wrought out our liberties but for their unceasing prayers and labors.
If their husbands and brothers deserve immortal honors for their deeds on
the field, so also do they merit eternal happiness in that bright world beyond
the sun.
P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Battle of Manassas—So popular is the automatic representation of
this great battle that Mr. Lee Mallory has been compelled to yield to the
solicitations of many families, and proposes exhibiting it for a few nights
prior to his changing to the Great Naval Engagement in Hampton Roads.
We would, therefore, advise all who have not seen it to make use of the
opportunity offered.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 11, 1862, p. 2, c . 5
Looms!
Looms!
Make Your Own Cloth.
We have for sale and are now manufacturing a Hand-Loom which we claim to
be superior to any of its kind in the Confederacy.
This superiority [illegible] changing; that the shuttle is thrown,
treadles operated, warp unwound off, the warp [illegible] the cloth wound up on
the lath beam by the simple and single motion of the lay back and forth.
All the operator has to do being only to move the long [illegible] the
shuttle and change the temples. Price,
complete, $160. Call and examine
for yourselves before buying. Fully
three times as much cloth can be made on them as on the old Loom in the same
time.
[illegible]
Columbus, Ga.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Wool
Spinners Wanted.
Persons understanding the spinning of Wool into yarn suitable for
knitting socks for our Soldiers in the cold, will call on me.
Liberal wages will be paid.
Joseph Lippman,
Chair, Manufacturing Committee.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 13, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Recipe for Molasses Custard.—One cup of syrup or molasses, one cup of
brown sugar, four eggs, one tablespoon full of butter, beat all together.
As soon as the custard is removed from the oven, moisten a little sugar
with water and spread evenly over the top of the custard.
Bake it in one crust. Try
it, and you will be very apt to try it again, whenever molasses gets down to a
reasonable price.—[Columbus Sun.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Sweet
Potatoes,
in Boxes of Two Bushels,
at $1.75 Per Box.
For sale by
DeWitt & Morgan.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Pantechnoptomon
At Masonic Hall.
New Series
of
Lee Mallory's
War Illustrations
On Monday Night, Nov. 17th,
And every night until further notice, will be produced
the great Southern
Naval Victory in Hampton Roads,
Painted by Lee Mallory,
From Sketches taken upon the spot by the late
R. W. Armistead, C. S. A.
Views of Sewell's Point, Fortress Monroe,
Rip Raps, Newport's News, etc.
Correct working models of the Virginia, Monitor,
Cumberland, Congress, &c.
Also,
The Great Naval Duel between the Virginia and
Monitor.
The wonderful Mechanical Figures of the Wounded Steed and the Rider.
Descriptive
Lectures Every Evening.
Admission 75 cents; children 50 cents. Doors
open at 7; commences at 8 o'clock.
See programme.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Matches.—Our thanks are due Mr. Wm. H. Farrell, for a liberal supply of
Matches, from the Confederate Match Company's establishment, Macon, Georgia.
They are a very good article, and we take pleasure in recommending them
to the public. The establishment
has cost the Messrs. Farrell & Co., near $20,000, and is now in successful
operation, giving employment to some thirty families. While it is a money-making enterprise to the proprietors, it
is doing a service in assisting others.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Confederate
Matches,
For sale by
Octavus Cohen & Co.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Looms!
Looms!
Make Your Own Cloth.
We have for sale and are now manufacturing a hand-loom, which we claim to
be superior to any of its kind in the Confederacy.
This superiority consists in the fact that its parts are self-changing;
that the shuttle is thrown, treadles operated, warp unwound off, the warp-beam
and the cloth wound up on the lath beam by the simple and single motion of the
lay back and forth. All the
operator has to do being only to move the long lay, fill the shuttle and change
the temples. Price, complete, $160.
Call and examine for yourselves before buying.
Fully three times as much cloth can be made on them as on the old Loom in
the same time.
Nelson & Co.
Columbus, Ga.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Practical Hints
for the Times.
"What man has done, man can do."
No. III—CLOTHING.
Besides the garment of fig leaves,
extemporized by our guilty parents in the garden of Eden, the first suit of
clothing worn [?] on earth was made by divine suggestion of skins, taken
probably from the bodies of beasts slain in scripture [?].
From that day to the present the clothing of the race has exhibited every
[illegible] variety, both as to form and material, from the most simple to the
most [illegible].
1.
Robes of Skins.-- The costly robes
of ermine, worn formerly by the high dignitaries of the English bench, were not
more comfortable than would be a similar robe made from the skins of the
American hare or of other furred animals. Indeed,
we occasionally meet even now with a person wearing a most enviable vest of
otter skin with its rich coating of fur.
What more tasteful tippet for the shoulders of either matron or maiden
can be devised than one made from the skin of the small striped squirrel, unless
it may be one made from the skins of some of our wild fowl, with the glossy
feathers attached, sewed firmly to a base of strengthening cloth?
It is within the memory of many that garments or prepared deer skin were
not at all uncommon, and it is also recollected that of all suits these were the
most enduring.
Robes of sheep skin are yet to be seen as the ordinary clothing in the
East. Why should garments of like
character be disdained by our suffering poor, in these times when necessity
should override fashion?
2.
Knitted Garments.--The crochet—or hooked—needle gives such rapid
results that it is surprising we do not see more of its products in common use.
For coarse work, its advantage over the common knitting needle is as ten
to one. In the articles of male
attire—the ladies will pardon my non intrusion into the secret domain of the
toilet and bureau—the crochet needle would be found superlatively useful in
furnishing the country with gloves, socks and stockings—with the heel and toe
knitted in the ordinary way, to avoid the rough knots—cravats, scarfs for the
ears and neck, undershirts, drawers, and what would be as exceedingly great
comfort to our soldiers on night duty a helmet of woolen yarn, made to protect
the head, ears, chin and neck, and worn under the military cap.
3.
Winter Yarns.--The scarcity of wool compels us to look around for
substitutes. The warmest pair of
gloves ever worn by the writer was made of rabbit fur, carded and spun with
cotton. The negro clothes
manufactured by our Yankee friends, in former years, were more or less
intermixed with cow hair. The idea
may be useful.
If all the scraps of tattered blankets and worn out carpets that are now
left to decay, on every square mile of these Confederate States—to say nothing
of the wool locked up in mattresses—were picked to pieces, and carded with
cotton, they would probably suffice to furnish more than half the socks now
needed by our soldiers. True, the
staple will be found short and crisp, and probably the barbs of the wool would
be worn smooth, but these defects will be met and remedied, in part, by mixing
the wool with cotton.
4.
Spinning Thread or Yarn.--When factories fail to supply the demand, and
spinning wheels cannot be had, and even when cards are beyond reach, there is
yet a resource to be had in the instrument used before either factories or
spinning wheels were known, and mentioned by Solomon in his last chapter of the
book of Proverbs, where in his graphic picture of the virtuous woman, he says:
"She layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the
distaff." The simple process
to which he alludes, and which was then the only mode of spinning, was this:
The wool, flax, or cotton was loosely distributed over a small branching
rod or leafless bush from which it was fed to the spindle and the last of steel,
like the spindles of our ordinary spinning wheels, or of tough hard wood, was
loaded near the blunt end with a disk of metal or a ball of hardened clay, and
was twirled by the fingers like a child's chincopin or button with a straw stuck
through it. The revolutions of this
spindle accomplishes the twisting of the thread, as we do now by the more rapid
and convenient instrumentality of the wheel or the throstle.
Slow as the process may be, it can be made to give excellent thread and
yarn, which may be more economical than the now costly hanks of the factory.
Many years since there was a poor person in the neighborhood of Savannah
who plied one of the instruments just described, with surprising dexterity and
success. It can be done again.
5.
Weaving.--It has been conjectured by some of the learned that the art of
weaving preceded that of spinning, "the first cloth being what we now call
matting, that is, made by weaving together the shreds of bark, or fibrous parts
of plants," also hair, rushes, &c.
Many a negro's bed has been made more comfortable in winter, by the
addition of a coverlet of woven bark such as is seen in certain imported shoes.
No tree of India or China affords shreds better suited for such weaving
than the Wahoo abounding in our swamps. Were
the idea once started among our negroes, no doubt their ready ingenuity would
produce many a useful result.
6.
Quilted Garments.--Any think stuff may be made suitable for winter use by
doubling and enclosing between the two surfaces a spongy stratum of cotton
batting, wool, or down. This last
may be obtained in quantity by stripping from the part of the feather next to
the skin of all of our large birds, such as turkeys, geese, barn door fowls,
&c. This down should be
inserted in each quilted square as soon as three sides have been produced by the
needle. The warmth of such a
garment can be known only by experience. It
is exceedingly light as well as warm. Would
that each of our boys who shiver in the bleak valleys of Virginia had the trial
of one.
7.
Substitute for Socks.--In Galton's "Art of Travel" an English
work containing many useful hints, it is intimated that in some respects a foot
square of soft cloth is more pleasant to the foot than a sock.
To wear it, he says the foot must be placed on one of the diagonals, the
corners being toward the toe, heel, and sides; the corners of the sides are to
be first folded over the instep, then the cover at the toes; lastly, the foot is
to be carefully inserted in the shoe, so as to leave no wrinkle, for every
wrinkle will raise a blister. "Socks
similar to these," he adds, but made of blanket, and called, "blanket
wrappers," are in use at Hudson's Bay, instead of shoes.
Should any one living in a city wish to wear a substitute of this sort, a
pair of high gaiters, either knitted or made of cloth, will probably be
necessary for appearance sake.
8.
Bedclothes.—A bed cover so warm as to be almost uncomfortable during a
bitter cold night, was one so light that it could scarcely be felt—it was a
comfort of eider down.
No
family that owns a feather bed need be in want of plenty of bed cover—only let
the feathers be quilted into coverlets.
The
secret of warm sleeping of a cold night consists not so much in having a soft
nest in which to half bury the body, as in keeping the outer air from having
access to the person, and especially to the feet.
The wagoners in Germany practice a device from which we may learn a
lesson; when away from home they use what they call a sleeping bag; this is half
filled with straw, into which the person inserts himself and draws the mantle
close around h is neck. The outer
air is thus excluded and warmth is ensured.
Persons troubled with cold feet will luxuriate in the comfort to be
afforded by a pair of drawers, or its equivalent, drawn half way up the legs and
[rest illegible—out of focus]
Cowhair
Blankets.--[ all of this section illegible]
10. Buttons and Pins--[all of this section illegible]
Marooners, Sr.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Recipe for Making Soap.—Pour 12 quarts of soft boiling water upon 5
lbs. of unslaked lime; then dissolve 5 lbs. of washing soda in 12 quarts of
boiling water. Mix the above
together, and let the mixture remain together from 12 to 24 hours, for the
purpose of chemical action. Now
pour off all the clear liquid, being careful not to disturb the sediments.
Add to the above 3 ½ lbs. of clarified grease, and from 3 to 4 ounces of
rosin. Boil this compound together one hour, and pour off to cool.
Cut it up in bars for use, and you are in possession of a superior
chemical soap, costing about 3 ½ cents per pound.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A Cheap Light.—"Take a saucer and cover the bottom of it with
lard, a quarter of an inch. Then
cut a piece of newspaper in the shape and size of a silver dollar.
Pinch up the centre about a quarter of an inch in height, so as to form a
slight protuberance. Saturate the
paper thoroughly with the lard, before lighting.
Set fire to the little pinched up knot, and you will have a light about
one-fourth the intensity of a candle. The
lard in the saucer will last a week, 2 hours a night.
The paper must be replaced once or twice a week."
The foregoing is from the Educational Journal.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 14, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
Richmond, Nov. 8th, 1862
The course pursued by the newspapers in the interest of the Government,
and the unpardonable misrepresentations of officers in the Quartermasters'
Department, have had the effect, I fear, to mislead the people in regard to the
deplorable condition of the Army in Virginia.
With every disposition to give the authorities credit for what they are
doing, I have accepted their statements since my return to
Richmond for the truth, and have felt the sincerest satisfaction in
notifying to the public that sufficient supplies of shoes and clothing had been
forwarded to the army to afford at least temporary relief to the more destitute.
It would now appear that not only the people at a distance, but the
residents of Richmond, who are in daily intercourse with Government officials,
have been deceived, and that whilst partial supplies of clothing and blankets
have been sent up to the army, the condition of thousands of the troops is still
as wretched as it can be.
I suppose it will be necessary to sustain this assertion by some show of
proof; for it would appear that the speculators and extortioners who are growing
fat and rich by an unholy traffic in the life and blood of their own defenders,
require every statement which involves an appeal to their sordid souls to be
supported by incontrovertible evidence before they will open their swollen
purses and flinty hearts.
Let us then proceed with the proofs:
1. The Secretary of War, who ought to be well informed upon the
subject, in answer to an inquiry from the Editor of the Savannah Republican,
says the government wants all the clothing, blankets and shoes the people can
furnish.
2. An officer, just arrived here from the army, makes an earnest
appeal through the morning papers for shoes and clothing.
He says there are 2,600 men in a single corps of the army who are now
barefooted! This, too, at a
time when the snow was four inches deep in Richmond, and possibly a foot deep in
the mountains upon whose bleak spurs these barefooted men were keeping guard!
And this, too, notwithstanding the supplies the government has sent up to
the relief of the army! An appeal
is now made to the people of Richmond for their old shoes and clothes to put on
the frozen feet and naked backs of our defenders!
A brigade, composed for the most part, if not entirely, of South
Carolinians, passed through this city yesterday, many of the men in which were
badly clothed and destitute of shoes. Their
feet were as naked as when they first came into the world; and yet they marched
over the frozen streets through a furious snow storm, and right under the eye of
the Government officers by whom they have been so cruelly and shamefully
neglected! They passed along the street just in front of the War Office,
whether by design or accident I am unable to say. Nor do I know what brought them to Richmond, nor whither they
are going. I only know that the
snow-clad streets of the Confederate capital have been crimsoned by the bleeding
feet of its own defenders!
Such is the evidence. Is it
sufficient to reach the hearts of the speculator and extortioner?
Of course it is not. They
are the bitter enemies of the army—the enemies, indeed, of the Confederate
States, and of freedom itself—and it would require the same proof to make them
our friends that it would to win over the Abolitionists themselves. These soulless extortioners—these scheming, hard-hearted
speculators—who go up and down the earth, buying all the wool and leather and
other necessaries of life they can lay their greedy hands upon, and hide them
away for enormous profits, they are the most dangerous and implacable enemies
with whom the South has to contend in this fearful struggle for liberty.
They are fast destroying our currency, and are now doing all they can to
put it out of the power of the people to cover the naked feet and shivering
limbs of the army. . . . P.W.A.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Remember
the Poor.
Winter is coming, and we again call the attention of our citizens to the
necessitous condition of the poor of Savannah.
Something must be done, or a vast amount of suffering will soon stare us
in the face. Wood is now selling at
$12 per cord—how many thousands have we among us who are utterly unable to
purchase it at that price? The
consequence must be intense suffering, in many cases of women and children whose
protector and support is now in the army fighting for our liberties.
We urge this matter on the attention of Council, and hope they will
forthwith appoint a committee to investigate and report a plan of relief.
Not a day should be lost. We
must take care of the poor, and let us not delay until many have passed to their
graves from indifference and neglect.
The railroads in other sections of the State are doing much for the
relief of the poor—will not our wealthy and strong corporations also volunteer
in the good work?
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 3
[For
the Savannah Republican.]
Practical Hints for Hard Times.
"What man has done, man may do."
NO. IV.—FOOD.
1. PRESERVING MEAT WITHOUT SALT.—We need salt as a relish to
our food, but it is not essential to the preservation of our meats.
The Indians used little or no salt, yet they preserved meat and even fish
in abundance by drying. This can be accomplished by fire, by smoke or by sunshine;
but the most rapid and reliable mode is by all of these agents combined.
To do this select a spot having fullest command of sunshine.
Erect there a wigwam five or six feet high, with an open top, in size
proportioned to the quantity of meat to be cured, and protected from the winds
so that all the smoke must pass through the open top.
The meat cut into pieces suitable for drying (the thinner the better) is
to be suspended on rods in the open comb, and a vigorous smoke made of half
decayed wood, is to be kept up without cessation. Exposed thus to the combined influence of sunshine, heat and
smoke, meat cut into slices not over an inch thick can be thoroughly cured in
twenty-four hours. For thicker
pieces there must be, of course, a longer time, and the curing of oily meat,
such as pork, is more difficult than that of beef, venison or mutton.
To cure meat in the sun, hang it on the south side of your house, as near
to the wall as possible without touching.
Savages cure fish by pounding it fine, and exposing it to the bright sun.
2. PEMMICAN is dried meat, pounded fine and packed in its own
grease. Mr. Ballantyne, who was in
the service of the Hudson Bay Company, gives the following account of the
preparation of dried meat and pemmican: "Having
shot a buffalo, the hunters cut lumps of his flesh and slitting it up into
flakes or layers, hang it up in the sun or before a slow fire to dry, and the
fat can be dried as well as the lean. In
this state it is often made into packs and sent about the country to be consumed
as dried meat. But when pemmican
is wanted it has to go through another process; the meat, when dry, is pounded
until it is broken into small pieces; these are put into a bag made of the
buffalo's own hide, with the hair on the outside, and well mixed with melted
grease; the top of the bag is then sewed up and the pemmican allowed to cool.
In this state it may be eaten uncooked; but the men who subsist on it
when travelling mix it with a little flour and water and boil it, in which state
it is known by the elegant name of robbiboo.
Pemmican is good, wholesome food, and will keep fresh for a great
length of time." Galton, in his "Art of Travel," says:
"The best pemmican is made by mixing five parts of pounded dry meat
with four parts of melted or boiled grease, and put into a skin bag or tin can
whilst warm and soft. The grease ought not to be very warm when poured on
the dry meat."
4. WHEAT FLOUR.—"The finest of the wheat" is not
always the best; the whiter the flour the less the nourishment.
In pure white flour, the heart of the wheat (answering to the eye of a
kernel of corn, and known as the sweetest and most nourishing part of the grain)
is all sifted out. This rejected part is all contained in the cream colored
"seconds" or "shorts," which are usually sold at flour mills
at half price.
5. WHEAT BRAN.—It is stated by those who profess to know, as
an important chemical and gastronomical fact, that there is more nourishment
in one pound of wheat bran than there is in two pounds of white flour.
6. GRAHAM BREAD, or bread made from unbolted wheat, is coarse
and rather unpalatable, but it is far more nutritious than bread made from more
costly flour, besides which, it will go nearly twice as far in housekeeping, and
prove ten times more wholesome.
7. MATURE BREAD.—When a wheaten loaf is allowed to stand and
cool for some hours after being taken from the oven, it undergoes certain
chemical changes which better prepare it for the digestive organs, and which
make a less amount of the bread sufficient for the demands of the system.
The difference in economy between the hot loaf and the cold is such that,
in times of scarcity in the old countries, laws are sometimes passed forbidding
the use of bread under a day old.
8. LEAVENED BREAD, when baked at the proper time, is more
nutritious and more economical than the unleavened, because the sugary and
glutinous parts are more fully developed. There
are three stages of fermentation. Baked
in the first of these, bread will be light and sweet; baked in the
second, it will be light and insipid; and in the third, it will be light
and sour. It is only when
baked in the first of these stages that leavened bread is either economical or
wholesome.
9. RICE FLOUR AND BREAD.—Rice consists almost wholly of
starch. It is this which makes the
fine bolted flour of rice so clammy and adhesive when wet, that it is difficult
to be converted into palatable bread. This
tendency to clamminess is best corrected by intermixing with it something which
shall tend to keep the glutinous particles apart.
Equal parts of bolted rice flour, corn meal, and the pulp of the sweet
potatoe [sic], with a slight admixture of wheat flour, lightened with leaven,
and made into a very soft dough, gives a pan (not loaf) of delightful
bread.
A much more manageable form of rice flour, than the bolted, can be
produced by pounding in an ordinary mortar.
The rice grain must be softened by water, then partially dried, and the
pulverized. The coarseness of the flour is a partial preventive of
clamminess.
10. CORN MEAL AND BREAD.—Any field negro at the South can make
better corn bread than can be found in Northern hotels. The simpler the process the better the bread.
The only art practiced by the negro is in mixing well, and in allowing
his dough to stand half an hour before baking; it is then in the incipient stage
of the saccharine fermentation. Corn
dough, allowed to stand over night, will rise without yeast.
Corn, when ground into meal, is apt to become musty or acid after a few
weeks. This renders it unfit for
army use, or even for storage at home. Whoever
will take the trouble to kiln dry it, will find it no more difficult to keep
than the flour of any other of the cereals.
What a treat the kiln dried meal would be to our boys in the army!
Will not some one start a kiln for their supply?
11. GRINDING.—No doubt many a poor family has been straitened
for want of access to the mill. Let
such remember (if the information can reach them) that in the old Revolutionary
War many a peck of wheat and other grain was ground in coffee mills and
sifted in a sieve.
12. INDIAN SAFKEE [?], OR BIG HOMINY.—The Indians, who had no
mills, had no difficulty in preparing their corn for use. One mode of preparing it is by means of lye.
The grain is steeped in good strong lye until the cuticle or outer skin
is dissolved, when it is thoroughly cleansed from the lye and boiled until soft.
Another mode is by means of hot water and the mortar.
The corn is to be scalded just long enough to loosen the cuticle without
softening the grain. It is then to be pounded in a mortar and rubbed by hand until
the husk is separated. Another mode
pursued by the Indian was by the mortar and pestle alone. the mortar was a slightly dished block of wood, with a small
cavity in the middle, about two or three inches wide, and the same deep.
The pestle was like a rail splitter's maul, and the part used for beating
was the handle—the corn being put into that little cavity in the mortar
and then beaten to powder.
13. SUBSTITUTES FOR COFFEE.—Except in its stimulating
qualities, and its peculiar and delicate aroma, coffee can be so perfectly
counterfeited as to defy detection, by mixing together [illegible] the following
substitutes in such [illegible] that the coffee taste of all of them shall
predominate, and the peculiar flavor of no one of them shall be perceived:
viz: Rye, wheat, barley
(scalded and then parched,) okra seed, rice (parched black, but not ground,)
sweet potatoes (cut into ribbons, or into dice, dried in the sun and then
parched,) corn grits (parched to a dark brown,) sweet acorns, chiccory (parched
brown, then broken and ground.) These
should be parched separately, and then combined in about equal proportions, or
in such proportion as experiment shall decide to be necessary.
If possible, a little coffee should be combined, simply for
truth's sake. The best critic can
scarcely distinguish between the spurious compound and the real coffee.
14. [Illegible] THE SWEET POTATO.—All persons who have enjoyed
the sugary sweetness of the sweet potato, [illegible] so as to bring out its
candy. But has any one ever tried
to extract that sweetness in the form of syrup?
Who will make the experiment and let us have the result?
Marooner, Sr.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, November 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Domestic Manufactures.—We were shown some days ago, a blanket made of
what is generally considered worthless materials, that for comfort is equal to
the best. It is composed of numberless scraps of thick grey uniform
cloth sewed together, and the edges handsomely bound, and is the handiwork of
Miss Amanda Rhan, of Effingham county. Thousands
of such scraps are daily thrown away, whilst this patriotic lady has proved that
with a little trouble they may be made to secure the comfort and preserve the
life of many a brave soldier. Let
others imitate her example.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 4, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A lady, living five miles north of Ozark, Arkansas, with an axe, a saw, a
chisel, and an auger, made herself a loom out of oak rails, upon which she now
weaves eight yards of coarse cotton cloth a day.
The thread is furnished by Major N. B. Pearce, and woven into cloth for
army purposes.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Condition
of the Troops in Virginia.
Savannah, Dec. 4th, 1862.
Editor Savannah Republican:
Dear Sir:--We are frequently surprised by receiving letters from home,
congratulating us upon being so well prepared for a winter campaign in Virginia.
This is probably true with regard to most of the Georgia troops in
Virginia, but in reference to Lawton's Brigade, it is very far from the truth.
This error has probably been promulgated through the papers by letters
from members of other Brigades. . .
Lawton's Brigade is composed of the 13th, 26th, 31st,
38th, 60th, and 61st Georgia Regiments, and I
venture to assert that a more gallant set of men were never embodied under one
command. . . At the last report from our Brigade we had seven hundred and five
(705) men without shoes, and there are numbers without a single blanket to
shelter them from the cold. This is
no fiction, but a simple statement of the truth.
Georgians! think of this,
think of such a number of these men, who have aided in making the name of
Georgia illustrious, marching twenty and twenty-five miles per day, with nothing
to shelter their feet from contact with the snow, frost and rocks, and without a
blanket to shelter them from the chilling blast at night, and this, too, without
a murmur at their hard fate. . .
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
James S. Blain,
Capt. Co. A, 26th Georgia Reg't.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
From
Milledgeville.
[Correspondence of Savannah Republican.]
Wednesday, December 3.
House.
. . . The special
order, the bill to protect the rights of married women.
Mr. Gibson moved, as a test question, to lay the bill on the table for
the present. The ayes were 85, nays
43. This is considered equivalent
to killing the bill. . .
Cotton
and Wool Cards.
The House on yesterday passed the measure relating to a supply of cotton
and wool cards. The bill proposes
to authorize the Governor to pay Messrs. Lee & Co. sixty thousand dollars
for a half interest in their works, and to furnish half the means necessary to
duplicate twenty machines. It is
stated that they can be made in a few weeks at the Penitentiary, and put in
operation. Estimating the work of
each machine at 30 pairs daily, these machines would turn out 15,000 pairs a
month. This would very soon supply
the wants of the State, and enable our heroic women to clothe the people without
resort to the arbitrary measures of seizing factories.
It would save also a great portion of the appropriation of $1,500,000 for
clothing the soldiers. Therefore,
this cotton card measure is of the highest importance, and should be disposed of
without delay, and in a liberal spirit. Sixty
thousand collars is considered by some a high price for half the establishment.
Messrs. Lee & Co. are entitled to a handsome reward for their timely
foresight and the risk incurred in getting through this invaluable machine. They can get it duplicated elsewhere, and enjoy a monopoly of
the business, while if the State will take an interest in it, her citizens will
reap the benefit, and she will secure a certain return for the investment in a
few weeks. Whatever objection there
may be to the principle of State aid, in this instance, it is to be hoped that
there will be no delay in efforts to improve a bill matured by the committee
after patient investigation.
Other States are seeking to secure the works of Messrs. Lee & Co.,
and Georgia should not suffer an enterprise of such inestimable importance to be
moved from her borders, or appropriated for the benefit of others.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 5, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Georgia Cotton Cards.—A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, writing
from Milledgeville, says:
A box of cotton cards manufactured by Messrs. Lee & Co.,
Cartersville, were exhibited at the Milledgeville Hotel to-day.
They are perfect models of the Whittemore card, and are made on a
Whittemore machine, which was brought through from Baltimore by some of the
enterprising members of the firm. They
sell the cards at $10 per pair. I
saw a letter from Gov. Shorter, of Alabama, inquiring on what terms 50,000 to
100,000 pairs could be furnished for that State, and offering to make any
advance necessary to facilitate the contract.
It is proposed for the State to take an interest in the establishment,
and members of the firm are here now to negotiate some arrangement by which the
State shall be supplied. These
cards formerly cost about 15 cents a piece at wholesale, and a supply ought to
be furnished the State at prime cost, which is about $3 per pair at present. Messrs. Lee & Co. deserve credit for putting the price of
them at even $10 when the demand is clamorous at $25 and $30 per pair.
They have secured a splendid enterprise and well deserve any harvest it
may reap them. If the women who can
use them were promptly supplied, there would be little occasion for the issue of
the $1,500,000 appropriated to clothe and shoe the soldiers.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 5, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Savannah
Segar and Tobacco Manufactory,
Corner Congress and Whitaker Sts.,
Offer for Sale.
40,000 Segars from
$70 and $120 per thousand
Oronoco Smoking Tobacco, ¼ lb. bags, at $20 @ 100
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Chewing Tobacco, of all brands
French, Rappee, and Maccaboy Snuff, Powhatten Pipes, &c.
All orders from the country for Segars and Tobacco promptly executed.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
Substitute for Copperas.—The following is a recipe which answers every
purpose in dyeing where copperas is used in setting colors, or for dying
copperas color: Half pint vinegar, half pint syrup or molasses, three gallons
of water. Put the above into an
iron pot with nails or other rusty iron, and let it stand twenty days.
It is of no use to buy copperas for dyeing at one dollar per pound while
this will answer every purpose.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
25
Tailoresses
For Making
Uniform Coats,
Wanted Immediately.
Apply to
H. Haym,
No. 176 Broughton street.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Concert.
A Grand
Musical Entertainment
Will Be Given
At Walthourville,
On Friday, 12th instant, at 8 p.m.,
for the
Benefit of the Soldiers' Hospital Fund.
Programme.
Part First.
1.
Soldiers' Glee
Quartette
2. Larbeard Watch
Duette
3. Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
Solo Tenore
4. Blow on
Quartette
5. Girl from the South
Comic Solo
6. Battle Prayer
Solo Bass
7. Mynheer Van Dunck
Trio
Part
Second.
1.
Come where my Love lies dreaming
Quartette
2. Kitty Tyrrell
Solo Tenore
3. Two Roses
Quartette
4. The Humbugged Husband
Comic Solo
5. Spring's Delights
Quartette
6. Kathleeen Mavourneen
Solo Tenore
7. Gently sighs the breeze
Duette
Tickets One Dollar, to be had at the Hall on the evening of the Concert.
Doors open at 7 o'clock; Concert to commence at 8 precisely.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
To Cool the Atmosphere.—Brag of another woman's good looks in the
presence of your wife.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The
Poor of Our City.
The time is approaching when our city authorities can no longer postpone
the question: what shall be done
for the hungry and suffering poor of Savannah?
The people must be fed or they must starve; they must be clothed or they
will freeze to death. These things
must not be allowed in a Christian community, nor should we suffer another
disreputable state of things to exist among us—open defiance of the law and
plunder in order to meet these necessities.
Such a think is greatly to be deprecated, for violence once inaugurated
there is no telling to what excesses it may lead.
We have no particular plan to propose for supplying the wants of the
unfortunate. The poor have been fed and clothed in other cities, and it
can, and should, be done in ours. We
simply desire to bring the question prominently before the authorities and
citizens, with the hope that their serious thoughts may be directed to its
solution. One thing, though, seems
absolutely essential: we must have
a public granary, from which corn, peas, potatoes and other of the less costly
articles of food can be dispensed. We
have commenced our labors with wood—they should be extended to bread.
Others are more competent than ourselves to devise a plan for carrying
out the object suggested, and we leave details to them, hoping the matter will
receive their early and serious attention.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 13, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Fair
For
The Benefit of the Sick Soldiers.
A Fair, for the benefit of the Sick Soldiers, will be held at the Armory
of the Savannah Volunteer Guards, south west corner of Bull and York street, on
Wednesday Evening next.
The Hall will be open at six o'clock.
Tickets, to admit a Lady and Gentleman, Twenty-five Cents each, and will
be on sale at the door.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 17, 1862, p. 2,
c. 3
500
Yards
Striped and Blue
Homespuns
and
Confederate
Grey Jeans,
For Sale by
DeWitt & Morgan.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
The
Great Battle of Fredericksburg.
Hamilton's Crossing,
December 12—8 o'clock, p.m.
. . . The citizens, several hundred in number, who had returned to the town
under the delusion that it would not be attacked, left it during the day, single
or in families, and sought for refuge and safety in the country.
They are now scattered about, some in cabins and some in the open air.
This morning I met two women, each with an infant and several little
children, wandering along the railroad. The
children were all barefooted, and it made the heart bleed to see their little
blue feet treading painfully the frozen ground, blindly following their poor
mothers who knew as little as themselves where to seek food and shelter. Nearer the town we saw three women with a number of children
who had established themselves, in a three sided shelter built of rails, and
covered and lined with wheat straw. The
open side of the shelter faced the south, and the unconscious children, warmed
by the genial rays of the sun, were playing as merrily as if there were neither
war nor trouble in the world.
In two cabins, within a mile and a half of the town, between twenty and
thirty women and children were crowded. An
old gentleman, who was standing near one of the huts, informed me that at the
time of the threat of the enemy to shell the town he had moved his household
goods and personal property into the country, but that a few days ago, thinking
there was no danger, he had carried them back.
His house was burnt yesterday, and everything he had in the world
consumed in it. I am afraid that a
number of citizens have been caught in the same way.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 22, 1862, p. 1, c. 5
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express, who has visited Hamilton,
North Carolina, writes that the Abolitionists burnt forty-three houses, large
and small, in their recent raid upon that place.
They entered the churches, knocked the altars down, and cut the sashes
out of the windows; robbed the Masonic Hall of its bible and every vestige of
regalia, clothing, jewels, and records. Ladies
were robbed of all their wearing apparel, save what they had on their persons.
Beds were taken into the streets and burned; furniture was used for
firewood or destroyed by the axe. Pianos
were broken in splinters and the ivory stolen from the keys.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 23, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Liberal and Patriotic Donations.—We had an interview yesterday with a
gallant member of Gen. John H. Morgan's Brigade, Mr. B. F. Hibler, who was en
route to the army in Tennessee with three hundred and twenty-six pairs
woolen socks, and a lot of blankets, a donation from his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Peter Wier, of Sumter county, Alabama, to our soldiers there in need of such
articles. This is one of the most
generous and patriotic donations, of which we have heard; well timed too, and of
articles more needed now than any others by our suffering soldiery in the snow
covered mountains in Tennessee. We
learn, also, that this is only a tithe of what this patriotic and benevolent
lady has done. Heretofore she has
contributed largely, nay lavishly, from her ample means, to our suffering
soldiers, having furnished them with a large quantity of jeans, drawers, and so
forth. Alabama may well be proud of
this noble woman!—[Atlanta Intelligencer.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 23, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Driven to the Wall.—We never saw this old adage more fully illustrated,
than by a copy of the "Confederate States," published at New Iberia,
La., for which we are indebted to Lieut. E. W. Lindsley.
It is printed on the white side of wall paper—the other side being
beautifully covered with fancy paintings. The
proprietor was verily "driven to the wall" for the want of printing
paper.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
The
Veritable Headquarters
of
Santa Claus!
The Home Confectionary of
J. E. Hernandez,
On Broughton Street, near Barnard,
Where Candies, Confectionaries, Cordials, &c., suitable for the
Holidays, can be had warranted free from deleterious substances.
Being daily manufactured under the immediate supervision of the
undersigned, he is prepared to fill orders from families or dealers with care
and despatch.
Grateful for the patronage of the past, he solicits a continuance of the
same.
J. E. Hernandez.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Chiccory.
50 Barrels.
For sale by
A. A. Solomons & Co.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 25, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Christmas.
We congratulate our readers on the return of this great festival.
If it does not find them "happy," we trust they will at least
be resigned to such dispensations as a kind Providence may have meted out to
them. The great secret of life is
to be contented with our lot. Good
and evil are allotted to all, and true christian philosophy teaches to bear the
one with meekness and the other with patient resignation to the will of Him who
doeth all things aright. May he
smile on the fortunate, comfort eh distressed, and bind up the broken-hearted!
These solemn times dictate a suggestion.
Let frivolity and extravagance find no place in the present festive
occasion. Let good deeds take the
place of idle compliments, and the thousands lavished on friendship be devoted
to the alleviation of the sufferings of our brave and needy defenders.
This will make Christmas a festival indeed, one on which the Most High
will be compelled to smile.
Pursuant to our custom, no paper will be issued from this office until
Saturday morning. Important news
will be given in the form of an Extra.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 25, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Choice
Groceries.
Sugars.
5 hogsheads choice
White Crystalized Sugar
5 hogsheads choice White Refined Sugar
10 hogsheads choice White Clarified Sugar
50 barrels choice New Orleans Sugar
Rice,
Flour, &c.
For sale by
David R. Dillon,
150 Bay street.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 27, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
A Lady Shot by a Yankee.—Not long since a young lady, by the name of
Miss Brown, was riding out on horseback, in Fairfax county, Va., when a bullet
from a Yankee musket struck her and broke one of her legs.
After she was conveyed to her home, a message was received from a Federal
Captain in the neighborhood, apologizing for the outrage, and saying that she
was mistaken by the soldier for a Confederate spy.
The officer at the same time sent a surgeon to attend her, and all
necessary appliances for dressing her wound; but the lady sent them all back,
saying she had seen enough of Yankees, and wanted none of their attention.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 29, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Theatre.—We feel satisfied that our readers will share with us the
regret we feel in announcing that this will be the last night that the Queen
Sisters, who have ministered so acceptably to the tastes of our
theatre-going people, will appear in our city, at least for the present.
The crowded houses that have attended their performances offer the best
commentary on the success of their efforts to please, and we sincerely hope we
may be enabled to announce a speedy return to a field where their talents and
character are held in so high estimation. Their
bill for to-night offers great attraction—Master Andrew as the inimitable
Toodles, and as Tim Moore in the "Irish Lion."
The "Lancers' Quadrille," in costume, by the Troupe; and last,
not least, Miss Laura will appear in homespun and sing the "Southern Girl's
Song;" words by Miss C. Sinclair. Attraction
enough to insure a crowded house at parting.