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Newspaper Page Text\ VOL. LXV [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 248 national republican. J K, HAYES,KditoA and Proprietor advertising. tvr «anare of TEN lines Nonpariel type or space oc- J’/j I,y the same number of lines, $2 first insertion, [Tv. eacli continuation. . . . 5 1 i»lf Square—$1 for first Insertion; 50 cents for each 'TKIms -fiSToo per hundred; subscripUon [by mail . "rriVn $10 per annum; single copies, 5 cents. ' advertisements must be paid for at the Counting • , ! m previous to insertion, and if handed in by 8 p. -«HII appear In the morning edition. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. ,, 0 \DAV MORNING, OCT- 23d. tiding mattes on every page. VISIT TO FORT WARREN. Ui,ruling Interview with Alexander H- Ste- ,1s-ns—A Day with Judge Reagan, of Texas. «•„ the Editor of the Herald : 101 Boston, Oct, 10th, 1865. IUtIdk received a letter at Washington frdm j e , 0 ha H. Reagan, late rebel Postmaster (eiieral under President Davis, in which he ex- , r,,, e d a desire to see me, I obtained a pass from the Secretary of War and extended my visit from N P vr York to this city. . V e ,terday morning I went down in the govern ment boat to Fort Warren, where I spent the day Wilt) Judge Reagan and late VicePresident Alex- ndcr 11. Stephens, As this latter gentleman and ' e || T,ew up in tbe same neighborhood in I Vurma and as Judge Reagan and myself had • —* u ' u - —en- ave differences Served ic the same canvass against the Re-on tiie-slhve-trade-secession issue, I could not hi remembered subsequent political J: “'“ against them if I would. 1 was politely received by the orncer in com mand of the powerful fortress, whtch I will not roji.ie io describe, and conducted immediately to ,!„ room of Judge Reagan, without other ques tion than to know if I would return in tbe early boat or spend tbe day. Having answered that I would DOt return unt 1 evening, the officer left me m undisturbed intercourse with the unfortunate "prisoners the whole day. I found Judge Reagan , nCIC eiient health—1 say robust, his lace is a htile bleached by close confinement before his eo- luicement; but bis frame seems to have expand ed and his whole physique to have gained new strength. He was cheerful and took ‘a more philoso phic view of his situation than could one man in a thousand under like circumstances. I question whether so many months of his time were ever so studiously and profitably employ ed us those during his solitary confinement. — 11c has read a great deal, which he seems to have matured well; has written out his early memoirs, which, as a man who had to buffet against misfortune and the want of early op portunities, cannot fail to be interesting; has written some essays upon government And an address to the people of Texas, which he for warded through the authorities ~to Governor Hamilton. As it may have reached the public prints, or may yet do so, I will not do Judge ileagan the injustice of trying to repeat the contents from memory. I cannot be mistaken however, when I say, that Judge Reagan takes a more comprehensive view than thousands who have retained their liberty. He not ndly cheerfully “accepts the situation,” bat he re cognizes and accepts all the logical conclusions deducible from that situation. He maintains that the contest of opinion had assumed that form when the arbitrament of war could not be avoided; that the South claimed the right 10 secede; that he was not one of those who thought it a peaceful remedy, but expected a terrible war and adhered to his section, intend ing io abide the consequences. lie makes no technical, constitutional or legal quibbles, but says : “We staked all and lost all.” The government offers to restore to the great masses their rights, minus their slaves. While he thinks this a hardship to the loyal Union men, no one else has the right to complain. He advises all to regain citizen ship and a restoration of their rights nnder the constitution, in good fai)h, as soon sis they can. And he advises that in future they ac cept the logic of events, and do at once what he thinks it inevitable will have to be done ere lung—that is, to change the organic law to suit the altered situation; to adopt a free State constitution, and to ratify the emancipation amendment of the constitution of the United tsates, and to leave no room for further agita tion. While he would disfranchise no one now entitled to vote, he would in future extend the privilege to every intelligent man of every color who could read and write. He rfould also extend to the freedmen equal rights in courts. He does not think it possible that these measures can be long avoided, and he wouiq have them adopted at once. He pro posed other minor amendments of not so great importance. This latter view I understand to be, turely for quiet and repose. Wuile Judge Reagan claims to have always toecn a conservative man, and hopes ere long to he pardoned, or at least released from prison, he does not propose to enter into political life, but to exert himself for a support for a dependent fami ly. He has found public life the road neither to wealth nor happiness. Indeed, he thinks that those who were aetive in tbe secession movement °ught to yield public affairs to the better judg ment of those who oppose it. He says the doc* bites of secession, and all political claims “boded upon them, have been conquered and orist be surrendered. % conversation with tbe Judge was long, Ir-nk aod free. I slated to him frankly that I ooald O ' have embarked in tho work of resistance, be- 'ause I would have had a consciousness that I was vt uatiog the “supreme law of tbe land ” In our wnnirg conversations the Judge gave me many *? p,iitie view of the workings of the rebellion, which I will not gay more than that the e °tal hallucination was as great in high quar- lerj as iow. 1 found Mr. Stephens the same feeble, emaciat- .which he always was. His figure is anil7* M his face wrinkled; but his eye is keen ^ rf “ ls lIlt ell eot unimpaired. He suffered much that iL ■ enlar gement, and while he recognizes ,,.l ,| e 18 imprisoned as the seooud chief of the . ''lion, he feels keenly that men, as influential „ ! ffi8e i*. who had given their whole lives to the destroying the Union, have been over- K < ‘™’ ""bile he, who only yielded after the work , a ? c , 0m P li8 bed, was held a prisoner. I re- oecl hi® that the judgment or society was al- ji • s feverer upon the seduced than the seducer. ,!-Pbens conversed pleasantly about the W u ga and aDt ecedenta of our youthful boy. i„. ’ Ue looks with distrust upon the exceed- resnS l A lty of llje secessionists in tbe work of 1 ; 5, : atlon - He remembers them as tbe men of sehdu>1 10n man k>* whole life, he now finds him. i tinmen, u d b 7 those who bore down tbe Union 1 panm ‘l ““-Stephens has the constant com- 1 din blp bis brother Judge Linton Stephens, aent t„ not lbe disposition of the goveta- 11 tnnlri T 1 tbese distinguished prisoners, and lion of ’ therefo [ e > °“ly give them the oonsola- good f y .° u wn , hop®*, that if the States acted ^Uitt rh!' th i there 00 "'d be no disposition to if so lom. m Jl eyon d lhe period of restoration, plore th f'T “owever much we may always do. the r„- fact tflat so many of ‘ ‘ lent to'the *>«,, veil he ' Tei * h * of »Wnes and ser- >)« no one can regard them as the more guilty agents. They are entitled to clemency, and will doubtless receive nil that they merit. I partook of their simple dinner, which was not extravagant, although they are not wanting for means. In the afternoon we walked upon the para pet and reviewed the mighty modern improve ments for defence, which I will not undertake to describe, lest I should fall short of a truth ful account. Judge Reagan said I was the first Texan who had visited him since his con finement, In twilight of evening I bade these hopeful men adieu and was soon steamed back to Bos ton. My mind now grew melancholy and re viewed the past history of these men so far separated from their friends and families. Neither was born to fortune or affluence, but sprung from obscure parentage. They were poor and self taught. They were reared in a slave country, about which the great lie stil lives, that the sons of the poor are always degraded outcasts from society ! Wicked mendacity ! These men are only two among the thousands of liviug and dead proofs that nearly all the moral and intellectual worth tbe South sprung from the middle and poorer classes. Stephens entered tbe Bouse of: Repre sentatives ot the United States early ; and he won s national reputation which placed him among the very first minds who have distin guished that body. Reagan was younger, less polished, but little less intellectual ana promis ing. They were both Btruck down in the day of their usefulness by tbe tell spirit of destruction. Could not their constituency, and the constituen cy of hundreds of others of like histones, be sat isfied with a government where genius was so well rewarded, or Stephens had before him the example of Georgia’s great pride, William H. Crawford, whose unaided march to fame in spired so many of the humble youths of that State to hew their way to the widest fields of am bition ? I might name a thousand whose dis tinguished records would put to shame the assertions that the poor could not rise ia a South ern country. Reagan was born and grew np in the land where the present illustrious Chief Magistrate of the nation was then working his way from the tailor’s bench to the Presidency of the Uni ted States. Andrew Johnson stood not alone among native and adopted Tennesseeans who had thus riseD. East Tennessee first elevated Sam Houston, Hugh L. White and Justice Catron. The same State was the nursing mother of Andrew Jackson, the Joneses, F. W. Stanton, Archibald Yall, John Williams, Judge Sharkey and hundreds of others—noble men, who were not favored by wealth, early advantages, or education, nor enervated nor demoralized by slave nursing and the hope of inheriting slave plantations. Could not the South be satisfied with the honors which these, her self-made sons, had won ? Will not such examples convince the world that neither manual labor nor poverty degraded the poor Southern boy nor chained his intellect ? For such as Reagan and Steph ens I always feel a deep sympathy. Tfifef were my co-equals in the beginning of life. Their ambition took a different road, and they out stripped me. I envy them not; they studied politics more and law less than I. Let their constituents, who are the nation, sympathize with them. Geo. W. Paschal. Creorfia Items. Horrible Murder near Marietta, Ga.— Arrest of one of the Alleged Murderers.— Yesterday morning a man giving the name of Bums was arrested at the Crutchfield House, on the suapioion of being one of the parties to a hor rible murder, near Marietta, Ga-, on Monday last. The oircumstanees leading to bis arrest are as follows: Oo Thursday Colonel Gaw, the Com mander of tbe Post of Chattanooga, reoeived a telegraphic dispatch from a Mr. Brnnsby, of At. lant*, Georgia, informing him that the brother- in-law of the latter gentleman, whose name we believe to be Johnson, had been murdered on the day named. The murdered man was travelling from Athens to Marietta, ou horseback, accom panied by two wagons, earrying effects belonging to him. The driver ot one of theie wagons was this man named Burns; tbe other wagon was driven by a black man named John. The party, it is supposed, had euoamped over Sunday night, on a field near the road, about six miles from Marietta. About ten o’cloek next morning Mr Johnson was tound dead, his head having been completely severed from his body. A broadaxe lying near tbe body, aud covered with blood, was judged to be the instrument used in the murder. Information having been conveyed to the family of the murdered man, living in Marietta, they immediately communicated with Mr. Burn.by.— The latter gentleman then telegraphed, giving a lull description of the two wagon drivers, who were supposed to be the guilty men On this description Burns was arrested. The prisoner acknowledges that he has been driving one of the wagons, bat denies any participation in the murder. Burns was taken under guard on the cars for Marietta last evening. The negro John is described as being fully six feet high with large eyes, very prominent, bandy legged, and very black. A reward of $1,000 was offered for the arrest of BuYns, and $506 for the arrest of the negro.—Chattanooga Gazette, Ihtk.. j : Two Negro Prisoners Ekdbavobto Set the Court House on Fire—On Sunday afternoon two negroes, Albert and Fred, employed at Cook’s Hotel, were arrested at tbe request of the pro prietors fur gambling and other misdemeanors in the bouse, and lodged in the guard room, situated on tbe lower iloor of the Coart House. About sunset the policemen discovered that a fire had' been built in the room. The door had been so prized by the negroes that it could not be opened from the outside, and the two inmates retosed to open it until Capt. Creah, chief of police threaten* ed to fire upon them. On entering it was found that the negroes had broken up the guard bed stead and with the pieces endeavored in vain to prize the door open and thns escape. Tbe door was much sprung by their efforts. Failing in this,-they had, by means of matches concealed upon them, and splinters from the broken bed, kiDdled a fire npon the wooden floor, hoping doubtless, to sot the house on fire and set them selves free with a reputation The negroes were brought before the-Mayor yesterday, and were by him banded over to Capt. Slaughter of the Freed* men’s Bureau. They were placed under military guard, but what has since been done With then! we know not. It is doubtful if the pdfr e-*-* fc have escaped from the building, evening.,; bnrned it.—Aug. Chron. • Launching of the Steakk* Bourse*.— The steamer Eclipse, the building of which we noticed some weeks since, was lannched Sun day, from the yard of Mr. Mulliken. f ■ The boat was ready for launching several days ago, but the low stage of tbe river disal lowed it. The rains of Friday, however,, cans- lit ed a moderate rise, and, Sabbath though it D the builders deemed it advisable to take ad- " vantage of the opportunity offered, lest, by waiting till yesterday morning, they had been forced to wait even longer. And so it ; would have been; for last night the river foil at (east a foot. Considering the circumstances, the Eclipse was successfully lannched. She will soon be ready for her trial trip. Just before the launch, a large lighter broke from her moorings up tbe river, and, impell ed by the gale blowing at the time, came with almost resistless force against the railroad bridge. We are glad to say no damage. done either to tbe bridge or boat. While wind and water was disengaging thdlighteFlrom her lodgment,-ehe was secured by Messrs. Mulliken and hie chief workman.— Augusta Constitutionhst nth. Death of Me. H. C. Fbeeman.—This pro mising and popular youDg man came to his death at the residence of bis father, A. R. Freeman, Esq., in this city, on the night of the 16th inst., and among the many who have so recently been called from our mids, to render their final account, none, perhaps, more thoughlv enlisted the smypaties of those who khew him. He enlistedin the Confederate service at the commencement of the late war, and was captured at the fall of Fort Pulaski. He was carried to Jobson’s island, where he remained a prisoner about seven months,- and we are told that he was never thoroughly well after his release—laboring under the effects of that liugering but fatal destroyer, consumption.— He leaves a young wife, together with many sympathising friends and relatives, to mourn his untimely death.—Macon Telegraph, 18th. Frost.—We hear it said that there was a light frost in this vioinityfyesterdey {morning, but we did not see any ourselves. The morning was a cool one, and admonitory of an early visit from White Jack, even if he did not leave his own deli cate card.— Columbus Enguirei, 17th “Wiiat’s in a Name?”—Observing the name of Johnson so frequently occurring among the delegates elected to oar State Convention, we went over tbe list of members so far known, and found that there were already five of that name, viz: S. G. Johnson, of Campbell; J. C. Johnson, of Clarke; B D. Johnson, of Heard; D. H. Johnson, of Spalding; and D. Johnson, of Wil- oox. About forty counties remain to be heard from, and two or three more Johnsons may yet be added to the list. They will undoubtedly form a strong team in drawing tbe ear of State, and, with tbe direction of the Governor and tbe President, ought to be able to pull it out of any kind of a bog. The name seems to be coming into general favor. There are, so far, anly two Smiths (neither of them John) and three Joneses elected. But these families may make a better showing before the list is complete.—Ibid. Texas Bonds —Governor Hamilton, of Tex as, gives notice that one hundred and thirty-five United States Bonds, for one thousand dollars each, being United States Texan indemnity- bonds of 1851, with coupons attached, have been made way with by Pendleton Murrah, ex- Governor of that State, under a pretended coutract with Geo. W. White and John Chiles, which Governor Hamilton denounces as a fraud and conspiracy between Murrah and the others. The parties have fled, and carried the bonds with them, and notice is given that they have no property in them, aud a protest against paying them has been filed with the Secretary of the Treasury. As these bonds may find their way into this community, it will be well for business men to bear these facts in memory. —Ibid. The Highest Price Yet.—The highest price we have heard of as yet obtained for cotton, was on Wednesday by J. O. Mathew- son. He sold twenty-three bales fos 53 cents per pound.—Augusta Chronicle Sentinel, 20th. Cotton.—It was thought yesterday morning (says the Atlanta Intelligencer of tbe 15th inst.,) that the rains would bave a depressing influence on the cotton market, but the de mand wag lively all day, middling commanding 38 cents. We are informed that offers were made at figures even above that for some choice round lots; and that there are large orders in the city. Ready purchasers can be found, and parties along the railroad would do well to “sample ap.” At a meeting of the Augusta city council on the 10th, a report from the committee on rail roads, recommending the withdrawal of the right of connection of Augusta and Savannah Railroad with Georgia aDd South Carolina railroads; and a resolution authorizing the mayor to hypothecate 1,000 shares of Georgia railroad stock for loan purposes, were adopted. The Rome Courier learns that a Northern company has recently purchased the charter for a road between Marietta and Jacksonville, Ala., and will soon put a large force to work. The route lies via Dallas, Van Wert and Cedar Town. This looks very much like a specula tion, but if tbe Georgia and Alabama road is not built immediately it is not improbable that some rival line will be. Heartless Abandonment ot a Child— It is Thrown into the Road and At tacked by Hogs. A remarkable case of intended infanticide waa developed this morniDg. A few days since a two horse wagon with three young meu on tbe driv er's seat in front, and a young woman, half re clining in the straw that covered tbe bed in tbe rear, passed a house ou ihe Wildcat dirt road, going from town. The young men were laughing and chattiug pleasantly with each other as tbe horses jogged along at a round trot. A woman who stood in the door of the bouse observed somethiog dgpp from the waaon, and going out a few minutes later, was just in time to resene a new-born babe from tbe bogs, which had already attacked it. The infant—a splendid boy babe— was tenderly cared for, and seemed to hare sus tained no injury whatever from its unceremonious tumble from tbe wsgon to tbe road, Tbe occupaDts of the wagon were at once pur sued. Tbe young men disclaimed all knowledge of the affair. Tbe young woman was found m bed very sick, as sbe said, with “agne,” but on being closely questioned, burst into tears, and made a tall acknowledgment of her shame, im plicating a well-known citizen of Latayettej as tbe author of her ruin. She is quite young, and has hitherto moved io respectable circles. Her parents refused to receive theebiid under their roof, but true at last to her maternal instincts, the unhappy mother stole out of the house at night, and walked four miles to the bouse where the babe bad been left, and walked back with it in her arms.—Lafayette (Ind ) Courier. Lieut. Col. Carr Reinstated. Lieut Coi. Gouverneur Carr, the Commanding officer of the Second Duryee Zouuves (One Hun dred and Sixty-fifth New Y'ork Volunteers ) who refused to surrender the colors of his Regiment to Gen. Hatch at Charleston, S. C., and. waa dis missed by order of the Department Commander has been reinstated by tbe President. The fol lowing is the order of the War Department: General Court Martial Orders—No. 559. War Department, i Adjutant General's Office, >■ Washington, Oct. 5,1865. J Iff In the case of Gouvernenr Carr,late Lieutenant Colonel One Hundred and Sixty-fifth New York Volunteers, sentenced by a general court martial "to be dismissed the service of tbe United States, and to forfeit to th a United States Treasury bis pay proper from th* 14th of July, 1805,” as pub lished in General Orders, No. 25, Headquarters, Department ot South Carolina, Hilton Head. S. C., August 80, 1865, the President ot tbe United States is pleased to anfml the sentence, and tbe term of his regiment having expired, Lient. Col. Carr is honorably mustered out. By order of the Secretary af War. E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, Destruction of Cotton at Memphis— Nearly 1,600 Bale* Burned. The Memphis Bulleton of the 11th has the following: The steamer Tycoon left this port for Cairo on Saturday last, in the afternoon, freighted with fifteen hundred and ninety-four bales of cotton. At 2 o’clock on yesterday (Monday) the steamer had entered Prairie Bend, when it whs discovered that the cotton, in the forward part of the boat, was on fire. In less than ten minutes the boat was enveloped in flames. All efforts to save property were palpably unavail ing. The pilot, Hampton, whose coolness and courage are unexampled, turned the bow to the shore and every measure was adopted by him and Captain Ashford to save the lives of the passengers. Many of these leaped into the riv er; but the boat’s yawl was manned and every one in the river speedily rescued. Capt. Ash ford tfas perfectly self-possessed. He was the last man to leave the boat, and passed aft through smoke and flame. Pilot Hampton’s coolneess and self-possession be came more remarkable because his family, wife and children, were among the passengers. He stood at the wheel till his work was finished, the boat’s bow had reached the shore and then, preceding tbe captain, was welcomed on land. The cargo of the Tycoon consisted of fifteen hundred and ninety-four bales of cotton, which the flames enveloped almost instantaneously. The boat was worth $60,000, and her cargo about $400,000. The boat itself was insured for a very small part of her value'. What was the condition of the cotton in this respect, or who were its owners, we are not advised. The iron safe, boat papers, passengers’ property and baggage and everything, was lost, except a small nmout of money saved by the clerk. Affairs In Florida. Gentlemen who have travelled through Flor ida, report that the present crop of corn, though slightly injured by the drought in some neigh borhoods, will be "more than sufficient to sup ply home consumption, and the crops of pota toes, peas, etc., exceed in luxuriance that of any former year within the memory of the oldest inhabitants. The State has suffered less from the banefnl effects of the late war tban any of her seced ing sisters, aud it follows, of course, that her citizens are, comparatively, in easy and pros perous circumstances. The residents of the State are reported to be emphatically for the new order of things. The end of the struggle is everywhere acknowledged as a fixed fact. The people we rapidly settling down to peaceful pursuits. In East Florida there are some who avow themselves warm advocates for the political dis memberment of the State, and the annexation of tbe Eastern and Southern portions to Geor gia. This proposition was mooted quite ex tensive anterior to the war; but, we think, was not acceptable to the masses, and there has been no material change in popular feeling on this subject since the re-establishment of peace. Four gentlemen from Northern Ohio are on a visit to Florida, as a delegation from a large community of German farmers, to examine and report upon the character of the climate and soil, the price of lands and the temper and disposition of tbe inhabitants towards foreign emigrants; and should the deputation be favor ably impressed in their explorations, a large colony of people will be immediately trans ported from Northern Ohio and Germany to that State.—Augusta Chronicle tf Sentinel. The Planters’ Convention.—Several of our Alabama cotemporaries, says the Mont gomery Moil, bave published the suggestion put forth by us some time since that a Planters’ Convention be held in this city, during the com ing session of tbe Legislature, and strongly urge its importance. The Mobile Tribune, of tbe 10th inst., in an article on this subject, remarks that it is an excellent suggestion, and adds; “The prosperty of this State, and all these Southern States, depends entirely on the ques tion of labor. If we can get it in some reliable form, we shall have no apprehensions of tbe future. This is the chief thing which will en gage the attention of the next Legislature; and, therefore, the reason why discreet and practical men should represent us in it. A blunder in this cose will be equal to a crime, if not worse —for the evil of tbe blunder may be inherited by our posterity. Of course the Legislature will act under some measure of constraint. It will not bo at liberty to do as it pleases. It will have to observe the respect that is neces- say to the exigencies which lie between us and the desires of the President—which desires, we believe, are of such a nature as to deserve the regard of our people. Both the Convention and tbe Legislature will, therefore, be some what trammelled; but by some use of wisdom, each may assist the other; and thus some gen eral plan of labor may be devised which will help to make the negro usefuU and accomplish what, perhaps, may not be done by a lack of unanimity. One is very much puzzled in considering this important subject, and we can discover no means better to solve it than a Con vention such os is proposed by our Montgom ery cotemporary.” Fcix of People.—The city has been full of people, citizens and strangers, this week; the business streets were thronged with them, reminding one somewhat of Broadway, New York. In some localities a pedestrian could hardly pass, without pushing crowding and stepping on other’s corro. The lively, cotton market, and the gresjt sale of Government stock, attracted hundreds to the city, with pockets fall el greenbacks, which it if hoped they have left in large quantities with owr bu siness bo uses, MW. Mj/v, Severe Sentence of an Army Officer for Receiving Bribes, etc. War Dep’ment Adjutant General’s I Office, Washington, Sept. 27, 1865. > In tbe case, of Major John A. Haddock, Twelfth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, Acting Assistant Provost Marshal General Western Division of the State of New York, tried before a General Coart Martial which convened at Elmira, New York, May 22d,' 1875, and at Syracuse, New York, July 6th, 1865, for “violation of the ninety-ninth article of war, in receiving presents and large snms of money as bribes from substitute-brokers to in fluence his official action;” for “violation of the eighty-third article of war,and conduct unbe coming an officer and a gentleman” in writing certain communications for fraudulent pur poses; also for “fraud, malfeasance in office, abuse of official powers, complicity with bounty brokers in the Western Division of the State of New York, accepting presents and bribes, proposing to accept presents and bribes, agree ing to accept presents and bribes, being inter ested pecuniarily in reerniting and filling quo tas in the Western Division of the State of New York,” tbe court sentenced him “to be cashiertd and utterly disabled to have of holdi any office or employment in the service of the United States; that he pay a fine of ten thous and dollars to the United States, and be im prisoned at such place as the proper authority may designate until tbe said fine be paid—the period of said imprisonment nor, however, to exceed five years; and in conformity with the eighty-fifth article of war, tbe Court add in and to the said santence, that the crime, name and place of abode of the said John A. Hadock, to-wit': the town of Watertown in the State of New Y'ork, and punishment of the said delin quent, be puh^shed in the newspapers of the State of New York, from which particular State the said offender came, and where he usually resides;” which sentence was duly ap proved and ordered to be executed. E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Cotton Prospects In the Ouachltn He. * gion. . The Monroe (La.) Intelligencer, of tho 30th ul timo, says : We bave been at some trouble to obtain an ap proximate estimate of the number of seres in cultivation in cotton, and the following is the statement made by intelligent observers in the respective parishes named: Ouachita, about 100 bales; Jackson, about 75 bkles; Claiborne, about 150 bales; Union, about 50 baler, Morehouse, about 150 bales. . It will thus be seen that tbe crop for this year, throughout all Northern Louisiana, practically amounts to nothing., •>,- A good deal of inquiry is going on, as to tbe prospect of the eulMvation for the next year, and ifaknow of aome good planters who are making ieir arrangements to test thoroughly the new stem of labor. Among others, onr friend, W. . Gayle, Esq., so well known for bis business ergv and capacity, has leased tbe plantations of rs. McQuire and Judge Lamy, aud proposes to ;age in the cultivation of cotton npon a large le. We know that Mr. Gayla will give the plan aitborough trial, and if any one can succeed un der all the disadvantages of the present system of labor, bewill not fail. Many planters are yet desponding and undecided, and hesitate to risk so m nob capital in what they believe to be a doubtful experiment. A Hard Betislen. 1 Owing to the obecurity in the law of Con- providing for the payment of colored >eps, it has been decided by the Paymaster eral and the Comptroller, that the soldier* of the District of Colombia regiment, who carried their bullet-tom flag through the streets of Washington on Tuesday, and who are now t* be paid off, must prove that they were not slaves when they enlisted, before they can re ceive any bounty, and if that be done they can receive but one hundred dollars, instead of e three hundred dollars allowed white troops. k: -,is about the first instance known of sol- betng required to famish evidenoe before ig pay other than that found upon their FliVlNl'IiL AND COMMERMIL. Atlanta Market. Atlanta, Oct. 17. Factor! Goods.—Cotton thread, $2 70 to 3; osuaburgs, 20 to 22 cents; 4-4 sheeting, 23 to 80 cents per yard. Country Produce—Corn, $1 10 to 1 25; new, $1 30 per bushel; meal, $1 20 to 1 40 per bushel; oats, 65 to 80 cents per bushel; peas, $1 to 1 25 per bushel; batter, 40 to 50 cents per pound. Bacon—Hog round, 28 to 30 cents per pound; shoulders, 25 to 26 c per pouad; country hams, 28 to 32c per pound; canvassed hams, 36 to 38c per pound; sides, 30 to 33c per pound, lard, SO to 33c per pound. Flour—Extra family, $14; fancy, $16; super fine, $13 per barrel. Augusta Market. Augusta, Oct. 18. The heavy operations ot Toesday which was kept quiet in our market, caused an extra demand yesterday; and fuller prices were paid. We quote middling 48c; good middling, 50a52c. In gold, sales were made at 28a30c and 35c. Macon Market. Macon, Ga., Oct. 16. The general market has been tolerably active during the past week, and the demand pretty ac tive tor most articles. The stocks of Dry Goods, Clothing Shoes, Hats and Groceries have been largely added to, and several new establishments in tbe three former lines bave oeen opened. Tbe supply is ample, not only for local requirements, but sufficient for all country orders, so merchants need have no doubt as to having their bills filled. There has been considerable advance in both Com, Meal and Bacon, and the stock ot each on hand is very light. Owing to tbe appearance ot several Northern speculator^ m our market, and in view of the decided advance in New York, Cotton has takeD an upward tendency, and the staple is now quoted at from 35 to 41 cents, ac cording to quality aud condition. Bacon—Unchanged, but stock lighter than last week. Hams 30a35c. Sides 30a34c. Shoulders 24a28c. Cotton—There has been more activity visible a greater portion of the week tban has prevailed for some time, with a little advance in price. We quote now 42a43c. Domestics—Uuebanged. Augusta Shirting, 22 a95c; Gramteville, 21a2ic; Macon Sheetings, 30a 33 l-3c, Augusta, 27a30c; Graniteville, 27a30c; Osuaburgs 22a25c. Stock light. Columbus Market. Columbus, Oct. 14. Cotton—Tbe market during the week has been very active. Good cotton has been universally sought for. Tbe highest price we have heard is 40c. Good M.ddlings readily brought that price, though poorer grades were seeking purchasers Between 35 and 40c comprised a majority of the sale3 for the past four days. Dbt Goods—We quote tbe following as the re tail prices: Linens at 75a 125; Ladies’ Hose, 25a $1; hall Hose, 25a75o; Calicoes, 3oa40c; Bleached homespun, 45a60c; Brown SbeetiDgs and Shirt ings, 35c; DelaineB, 50ca$l. Domestics—Osnaburgs are retailing with some readiness at 30c, but at wholesale are dull at 25c. Yarns, $2 50a3 50 per bundte—demand great. Sheetings and Shirtings, 35c—stock considerable. Flour—10c per lb; $20 per bbl. October 18. Cotton—A material advance in our market has occurred this week We heard of sales of Mid dling yesterday at 43a44c, and one lot classed Strict Middling brought 45c. The inquiry is ac tive. Galveston Cotton Statement. Galveston, Sept. 30. . This Year. 1860-61. StockoD huod 1st Sept, 1865..13,857 3 168 Received at this Port to date. .10,016 11,253 “ at other ports....... 2,038 778 Total 25,011 15,109 Exported to Great Britain to date, 333 Exported to New Orleans 4,730 1,016 “ “ New Y'ork.. .5 007 3,011 “ “ Boston *62 10,732 1,097 5,189 On band and on shipboard not cleared .....15,179 10,075 Cincinnati Markets. Cincinnati, Oct. 14. Flour—There is a firmer feeling on the part o( holder, bat no improvement in tbe demand. Good brands ot superfine are offered at $8, extra at $8 50a9 5o for old and new, and family and fancy at $9 75all. Corn—A dull market, and prices declined to 55c for sound ear and shelled. Oats—A quiet market at 41c in elevator. Bay ers do not seem disposed to bid over 40c. Provisions—A dull market. City Mesa Potk is offered at $35. We heard of no hovers at over $34. Bulk shoulders are held at 18c, and sides cannot be had to any extent at lOj^c. Bacon is firm at 19)£c, 21Ke and 244 for Shoulders, Sides and Clear sides, loose. No Hans in the market. The stock of old Lord is about exhausted. Heir is offered si 88c. Groceries—The market is firm and steady with a fair demand. We quote fair to choice Rio Cof fee ot SOmSSc. Raw Sugar, 14>£al8c; hard refit ed, 2lV£a24c, and Molasses, $lal lover gallon. Butter—A qniet market with o fair demand for the higher grades. We qnote prime to ehoii Central tliqq-ot 45a48c per ponnd. Cksese—A fina and active mark demand at 19*a30c Western reserve and Hamb W*is*»—A firm nod s p*r g*Uon. set, with a gi aotufcl tare, tor r market at $8 8fi OFFICE ACT. SUB. AOT. COM., Bcbxau Retcores, F. ajjw A. Lands, District of Savannah, Ga., Savannah, Ga., Oct. 17, 1865. CIBCULAB) No. 1. { In compliance with par. 3, of Circular No. 2, from Office Act. Agt. Com., for the State of Georgia : All persons in this District desiring to employ freedmen, are respectfully re quested to make known the fact at this office, together with their address, or name of agent nearest of access, and a full statement of the number and kind of persons wanted, the kind of employment, and the compensation offered. It will be borne in mind that in many instances the freedmen have families for which to provide. Persons wanting laborers and having the means of fur nishing shelter, &c., for families, and willing to do it, are particularly re quested to state the fact. In furnishing laborers preference will be given to the parties offering the most liberal compen sation. HENBY L. STOWS, Capt. 103d U. S. C. Inf., Act Asst Com. Dist of Savannah. Bill Hsads, Circulars, Postzrs, {Manifests, Laesls, Receipts, Checks, Ac., printed in tbe highest style of typographical art, by experienced workmen, at the lowest price ,aod shortest no tice, nt the REPUBLICAN JOB PRINTING OFFICE. tf Notice. mHE firm known as Ames A Peabody, 178 M. Broughton street, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Wm. L. Peabody will continue the Whole sale Boot and Shoe business at the above place, and is authorised to settle all claims, and collect all debts on account of business transactions at Savannah. WM. L. PEABODY, J. M. AMES, Savannah, Oct. 16,1865. oct IT—6 rrEACHER*8 NOTICE.-A Lady, qualified A to teach Music on the Kano, and the French Language according to the best method, desires a situ ation in a Seminary or Private Family. Terms, Three Hundred Dollars per annum. Address “X. Y. Z.," at this Office. oct 12—tf (fllPPBU, BRil Hit Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods, No. 145 West Fourth Street, (BETWEEN RACE AND ELM) Cincinnati, Ohio* Every Description of DBT GOODS, AND EVERY ARTICLE Necessary to Make a Complete Outfit FOR A City or Country Store 'CAN BE OBTAINED AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT We will duplicate prices of any bill purchased in New York. We are determined to make it to the in terest of the 8ontbern States to purchase their stock af ns this fall. One of onr partners resides in New York, and consequently has great advantages, which we propose to extend to onr customers. We can sup ply every article kept In a country Dry Goods store. Chappell, Brace & Co., CINCINNATI, OHIO. oetlo jomltilliER, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND EVENING, A* Macon, Gborgia, Comer of Cherry and Third Streets. Largest Circulation in Middle and South- West ern Georgia. Tbe old “Jonraal A Messenger, 1 ' first established in 1809, and regularly pnbHafaed ever stage, has tbe Larg est Circulation of any paper In this section. We are offering liberal terms to advertisers, and merchants, and others, desirous of having their bnsi- generally known, will do well to Advertise in on columns. Oar Weekly • Contains thefegal advertising of some eight or ten counties and Is circulated throughout the Southern and Northern States generally. Parties sending their advertisements with tbe money Will be Insured satisfaction. Address 8. ROSE * CO. } Proprietors. sepH Claret Wines. I CARES 8t Julten Claret, W8U. - . In store and for sefcHJy*' 1 ** r8aax clare *' out*-* HI LTQK A ^BANggLL^ FOR SAI/E &F FICJG, JiT THIS JB& — !*•£ Bound Mm DeBow’s Review. WASHINGTON CITY, 1st Octet**, IMl. This Work of which I have been and Pzopri0- tor for over Twenty Tears, which has had a very heavy subscription and advertising list In every part of tbe Cnkm, is now established on a secure and permanent basis. My purpose in the future is to give it a National Character, and to devote all my energies and re sources to the development of the great material fnter- tereets of the Union—its Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Internal Improvements, and General Industry.; m In addition to these important topics, the work will embrace discussions upon such great question* of leg* islation as affect the relations of the States, the per manency of the Union, and the honor and prosperity of the Country. In an especial manner will it be devoted to the re establishment of O.nthem Prosperity, and the building np of its fields of industry and eatmpriae, rendered necessary nnder the new and altered condi tion of things. Tbe restoration of the Sooth can be effected npon tbe basis proeeded by the President, and no greater field could be opened for the Investment of capital now Invited thither from every quarter. Its abundant and fertile lands invite emigration, which it will be a prominent oblect to secure. Regarding the issues of the past as dead, about which a practical philosophy will not dispute, and those af the present as living and potential, It is the port of the Rcwuw to accept in good faith the situation, and de duce from it all that can be promotive of the bee* in terests of the whole Country. Offices of the Beview will be located at New York, Washington City, Charleston, Nashville, and New Orleans. octU Office, New York, 40 Broadway, J. D. B. DxBOW. SOUTHERN COTTON WAREHOUSE, Comer Lincoln and Bay Streets, SAVANNAH, GA. O’FALLON & GO., FACTORS, [FORWARDING. AND Commission Merchants, Respectfully invite attention to our facilities for the PUSCHASE OB MOVEMENT OF SOUTHERN PRODUCTS and will give prompt attention to all business entrus ted to onr care. Intending to establish permanently a boose In Savannah, expect, by Strict Business Principles, to merit and receive a portion of the Trade. Having a commodious VARRHOOSB FOB COTTON, are prepared to Huy or Receive on consignment to onr friends in New York or Europe, and will make advances on same—picking rebaling or mending all Cotton before shipping, thereby saving tbs esor moos expense incurred In Northern cities by this pro cess. We solicit a portion of the business of the Peo ple of Georgia and adjoining States. OFFICE, STODDARD’S RANGE, Cor, Bay and Lincoln Streets. Post Office Address, Lock Box 25. octT tf Cotton Gins BROWN’S Doable Cyliaier Cotton Gin, Tbe Celebrate! Georgia Gin, S O universally used by Planters throughout tbe South as to need no recommendation. Number of'Saws vary from 40 to 120. For sale by FRENCH A CO., octlO . ClarkIstreet. Nashville. Tenn. Lumber. tttuHITE PINK Rough and Dressed; W Spruce, Scantling-, Mahogany Oak, Black Walnut, Ash, Poplar, Cherry, Yellow Fine; Cargoes and small lots supplied. nou4m« Square Timber Purchased. Lumber dressed to order. ... RICHARDtON A BARNARD, oril*—Bay st, opposite Mariners Obnrcb. ON Int aepfiS Herald copy. i to suit purchasers, by & F. MBTOALFB A OO. MBS. KIRBY’S Ho Corner of Ball and Went Broad Streets, opporitei C. R. H. Freight Depot. too Styles or FKKKET BOOKS t SATCHELS, j^XAMPTE SAMPLES. Orders will be re- ■ 100‘* w “ “"“S VsHOt,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Savannah national republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1865-1866, October 23, 1865, Image 1