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NATIONAL* REPUBLICAN,
SAVANNAH:
WEDNESDAY MOHfHRU, NOV. 1st
THE STATE CONVENTION,
Georgia Follows tlie
Kvample of the Otlt-
. er litotes.
Tiao
Hon Horsehel V. Johnson
Unan’mously f lccUd
President,
HIS SPEECH HORTBUTTO THE POINT
4-
Con>pHaientary
Hon. Chas,
Votes to
J. Jenkins,
The Dogates Prefer to have Him on
Floor.
THE AMNESTY OATH.
SLAVERY A BOLISHED FCREVER
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR.
So Hope of Recover!liar Money Ex
pended During' the Rebellion.
LA WYERS WHO SA Y THERE JS NOT
TO BE BELIEVED.
Tiio Financial Condition of
State.
Startling Disclosures.
REMARKS OF THE DELEGATES.
Election of Secretary and Other Officers-
Everything Working in Perfect Harmony.
.A. GOOD G I ME COMING-.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE STATE
HOUSE.
Ac., Ac., &c.
From Our Special Correspondent.
Millkdgevillf, Oct. 25, 1865.
The Convention.
I arrived here yesterday.
The convention assembled at 12 o’clock this
dry. Great interest was manifested in the
proceeding by the citizens of Milledgeville.
Long previous to the commencement of any
busincss the delegates were in their seats, and
occupied themselves in reading newspapers or
chatting over past events and future prospects.
The gallery-was crammed almost to excess with
anxious spectators eagerly waetching the move
ments of the delegates and the progress of the
proceedings^ •
The Goveraor, in calliog the Convention to
order, said that as the time for the assembling
of the Contention had arrived, he would, with
the assistance of .the gentlemen present, proceed
to organize the body for the deliberation and the
dispatch of such business as might come before
it. The hrst business in order was to call the
counties, and the gentlemen present would.pleuse
respond to the Secretary on their names being
called. The Secretary tben proceeded with the
calling of ihe roll, dnrmg which the Governor an
nounced that be was informed that many of the
seals were occupied by persons who were not
delegates, and such persons were requested to
allow the delegates to occupy their seats. The re
quest was at once complied with.
• The Amnesty Oath.
At the conclusion of the calling of the roll, the
Governor said that on the call of the counties, it
was ascertained that there was a quorum pre
sent, and he was instructed to have administered
to them, before entering on the discharge of their
uty, an oath—the amnesty oath—which would
be administei-ed by Judge Harris. The Secre tary
would call the names, and gentlemen would come
up eight at a time and take the oath.
The oath was willing y taken by all the insm.
bers present, and during the time itwas being ad
ministered the greatest silence was observed by
• both visitors and delegates, which gave the pro
ceeding a somewhat solemn character. From the
iarge number of delegates, the proceeding occu
pied a considerable time. Traces of indignation
and flashing eyes might be.seen among some of
the faces in the gallery, but not a word was ut
tered, nor anything attompted to disturb the har
mony and solemnity of the entire proceeding.
The amnesty oath, although pretty generally
Jtuown, may haVe been forgotten, or perhaps the
wording of it entirely ignored by some of you r
readers; and, as it would bo well that a faithful
record of the plooeedings and of the oath admin,
istered to the.present Convention might be pre
sented in the files of your paper, I do not con-
aider it out of place to give it here word for word.
It is as foUtiws :
“You and eaoh of.you do solemnly sfroar in
the presenoe of Almighty 4Wfc,pih»t you kilt
heooefoith faithfoijy support protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States, and the
nnion of the States thereanaer; and that you will,
in like manner abide by and faithfully support all
lawa and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with "reference to
the emancipation of slaves.”
Election of a President.
The Convention then proceeded with the elec
tion of a president.
Mr Wm. A . Harris, of Worth, moved that th e
Hon. Charles.!. Jenkins be elected president,
S " areot the 'aet that the
delegates hid determined to keep that gentle
man on the floor, in order the better to have the
advantage of hie valuable u- ? f®
WtJ ^ gl J ° ff r (Wln<lth ‘ t what -« votes were
recorded in his favor would be regarded mere v
' complimentary, he (Mr. Harris!
ThTdelegate from Clinch repeated hi. former
The" Governor announced that the election
would be by ballot, and not otherwise
A delegate here asked if it were competent for
the Convention to elect a president by aeolama-
tioxi. -
Governor—Ceriainlj. if there is no objection.
Mr. A. H. Chappell, of Muscogee, remarked
that he could not say he had any greet objection
jp the elecdef of a president by acclamation,
but he would prefer Ihit tbe election should
be by ballot. - The present was a grave as
semblage convened for a grave purpose, and he
trusted that from the outset and .throughout
the entire proceedings, every step to be taken
would be characterised by the most perfect
gravity and solemnity. Tbe inode of electing
by acclamation was familiar to gentlemen in
ordinary assemblies, in meetings for selecting
candidates for office and other matters, bnt the
election of a president by acclamation struck
him (Mr. Chappell) to be somewhat unsuit
able as a matter of taste and io point of solem
nity for a Convention of the present kind, re
presenting ns it did the State of Georgia, and
convened to act upon the most solemn and
important matters that could be possihly
brought before a people. He therefore trust
ed that the motion to elect a president by ac
clamation would be withdrawn.
Governor.—Do 1 understand you to object ?
Mr- Chappell—1 do object.
After a little further discussion it was decid
ed that the election of president should be pro-
t llO ceeded with viva voce when there appeared:
Johnson, 245; Jenkins, complimentary, 27.
The Governor then declared the Hon. Herschel
V. Johnson, of Jett'ersoD, duly elected President
the It was tben movtfl that a Committee be ap
pointed to wait iipoif Mr. Johnson to notify him
of his election.
A delegate moved that as Mr. Johnson was pre
sent, he would take the Chair at once.
The motion was carried.
Speech of the lion• Herschel V. Johnson.
The lion. H. V. Johnson th n took the Chair,
and was received with loud applause. He said
Gentlemen, of the Convention : Please accept
my gra'etul acknowledgments lor this evideDce
of your kindness and confidence. I regret that I
cannot promise any great efficiency as your pre
siding officer,for 1 can bring to my aid neither ex
perience nor uatural adaptation lor tbe discharge
of tbe duties Assigned me. 1 will, however, do the
very best I can, rel/mg on your aid and your
generosity to lorgive error, and to sustain me in
ihe maintenance of order and decorum. We are
convened under extraordinary circumatances.—
The past,with its scenes of chastisement and sor-
•row, and the present with its stern and tangible
realities, admonish us to act with caution and
the wisdom. It is not for me to say what ypu ought
or ought Dot to do; that is your province,
■ind lies in your responsibility to a confiding con
stituency. I may be permitted, however, to sug
gest that the duty ol the Convention is clearly
indicated by the surrounding gircuinstancss. Let
ns perform what these circnmetances indicate,
and let us do nothing more, least by attempting
too moch we might engender sch sm and exoite-
mont, and thus hazard tbe usefulness of our de
liberations. We cannot correct or ours the error,
of the past, but it is our duty, as far as possible,
to rescue ourselves and tur posterity from their
consequences. Let us address ourselves with the
dignity of manly purpose to tbe task which is
liid before us, humbly relying on the Fathi r of
Lights to illuminate our understanding. Gentle
men, renewing the expression ef my gratitude
and invoking a spirit of conciliation, harmony
and patriotism, and bespeaking your support and
indulgence, I anaonnee the Convention as organ
ized and prepared to enter npon the performance
of its labors
Election of Secretary.
The next buiiness wa%the election of a Secre.
tary. There were five candidates. Tbe elec
tion wa3 proceeded with by ballot. Col. J. D.
Waddle, of Polk, was almost unanimously elected*
Election of. a Messenger.
Mr. J. C. Austin was unanimously elected Mes
senger. He has for many years filled the same of
fice wi'h ability, and has always shown himself
most obliging.
Mr. J. Roberts was elected Door-keeper
The flections having closed, /
It was unanimously Resolved, That a Commit
tee of Sixteen Delegates, to be composed of one
from each DLtriot, be appointed to prepare and
report business for the aotion of the Convention.
A delegate remarked that it would’be merely
a matter of courtesy to notify the Governor of.
the fact that they were ready to receive any com
munication he might desire to make. He would
therefore, more that a committee of three be ap
pointed for that purpose.
Mr. Harris, of Worth, did not think such a
course was at ail necessary. It was not done in
tbe Convention of Alabama nor in nay of tbe
other Conventions.
A delegate remarked that it had been done in
South Carolina.
Mr Harris said that made no difference as they
did very queer things in that State.
The motion, however, passed.
It was then unanimously resolved that a com
mittee be appotuted to await on and secure the
services of a clergyman to often the Convention
every Xorning with prayer. —
A resolution was also adopted unanimously
“that editors and reporters be invited to occupy
seats in tbe Convention.”.
At this stage of the proceedings the tfiessenger
announced a
Message from His Excellency the Governor.
On the adoption of a motion that it be taken
up.and retd, the Secretary accordingly read the.
message as follows :
Gentlemen of the Convention:
Tbe circumstances under which you'have as
tumbled.make it proper in my judgment,that you
should have set before yon atnmmary of tbe fi
nancial condition of the State, that yon may be
better prepared to give appropriate directions to
Executive officers touching the discharge of im
portant duties necessary to be performed before
the legislature will assemble. Upon entering on
the duties of my office I ascertained from a source
deemed reliable, that the cotton which bad been
previously purchased by the State had either
been captured or consumed by fire,and that all of
tbe assets the State held abroad, bad been drawn
against to the full extent of their value.
The Western A Atlantic Railroad yielded us no
income, and tbe stock belonging to the State in
Ranks and other Railroads were entirely unavail
able. Our'chariteble institutions, the Academy
for the Blind at the city of Macon, and the Lunatic
Asylum at this place, were without funds and are
now compelled to resort to such credit ae they
obtain to procure supplies necessary for the main
tenance of their unfortunate inmates. The Peii-
tentiary, with its shops and machinery, has been
nearly destroyed—to such an extent, as to render
it wholly inadequate to accomplish tbe purposes
designed—and nearly all the convjcta have either
escaped or been discharged.
It will be necessary .therefore, to make some pro
visions to carry into eflect tbe judgment of tbe
conrts against certain criminals lor offences com
muted in violation of existing laws, of which may
be committed, until new laws shall be madwpre-
scnbing new penalties and other modes of inflict
ing punishment for orime.
Atlan r t'ir g R^ p, ^ gft “ of , ,he w ‘ r the Western k
about the 25t!i of last month, when it was turned'
over to the
sed by the L niterTlstata*. Host of the
the road, and the wqykehops on it,
oross-ties to
motioo, and moved that the Hon H ^ th j r f W hlS
be elected to Ml that office.' ' Joh,won
e repaired or rebuilt;
shea and much of the iron to hie relaid.
>;heavy
dei
are to
be furnii
The bridges, over the streams were fount
frail and liable to-be swept off br'the first
freshets. - < •
Such being the case, the superintendent and
directors did not hesitate, wife my approval,
to enter into contract for the immediate con
struction of peraanent-and substantialbridges.
They are fourteen fo nambar, and by the tense
of the contracts are to be completed by the 15th I . Mi
of'December next. The rolling atock on the j very
road being insufficient, the superintendent and fire t
directors purchased of the United States nine
engines and about one hundred cars. This
outlay cannot be met by tbe proceeds of the
road,"but will require, it is estimated, more
than a half million of dollars. ~ , J
I have caused some repairs to be put upon
the State House and the Executive Mansion.
These will require further appropriations to
replenish and put them in proper order. Hav
ing no available assets with which to pay the
mileage of the members of the convention or
their per diem, I borrowed, oh the faith of the
State, from citizens of Augusta, about the sum
of fifty thousand dollars, to be used by the con
vention for that purpose. Special contracts
have been made with the citizens lending the
money, to whieh contracts I invite your atten
tion and respectfully ask that they be approv
ed, and that provisions be made to meet them
prohhAly. * ..
Since our last election for inembe;8 to the Con
gress of the United Sla'es, a new apportionment
of Representatives has been made under the Cen
sus Returns of I860 ; and by that apportionment
the number allotted to the State of Georgia is re
duced to seven. It being desirable that Repre
sentatives should be elected at as early a day as
practicable, it wiil be proper that tbe Convention
shall, by resolution or otherwise, divide the State
into tbe requisite number of Districts, and order
that the elec don for members to Congress be held
on the same day as ibat on which the Governor
and members of Ibe Geaeial Assembly may be
directed to be holden.
The change, which the war audits results have
made in our property,.population and resources,
suggest that some corresponding changes or mo
difications be made in the organid law, fixing the
basis and £he mode of representation in each
branch of tbe General Assembly. To approxi
mate perfect justice on this subject, is, under tbe
most favorable circumstances, almost impossible;
but with us, at prcsent.it is still, more difficult,
beoanse of tbe want of accurate statistical infor
mation. For the purpose of aiding you la per
forming the delicate task, I have prooured for the
use of the Convention “Vol. Population” of the
census of IStiO, and which wili be furnished when
desired.
Within the past fow years we have made seve
ral experiment on our judicial system These
experiments, Pthink, have demonstrated that the
judges should be independent of the Executive,
and that sound polioy and the wholesome admin
istration of law, require that the Governor be
deprived of the appointment of all judicial func
tionaries. The administration of justice will,
under the new condLion of society, require that
the organic law be so made, as to allow the Legis
lature to establish interior tribunals in eaoh coun
ty with jurisdiction over certain classes of civil
aDd criminal causes. The sessions of such courts
should be frequent, so as to dispatch business
without delay, and should be held subject to
legislation from time to time, as the public exi
gencies might require.
In this connection 1 cannot forbearearnestly
recommending to your deliberate consideration,
the propriety of ordaining that the Su
preme Court shall hold its sessions at one
place, and that one place shall be the seat of
Government for the tjtate. The advantages
resulting from it will be many *and great. It
will better secure the convenience of suitors,
and approximate Ynore nearly^ in distributing
justice to each man’s door. It will add con
sequence to our Capital, give more digDity to
the Court, and more authority to their deci
sions.
Tbe public debt of the Slate as reported by
tbe Comptroller amounts to about $20,813,-
525. Of this sum $2,007,750 were contrac
ted prior to tbe commencement of the war,
the balance about $18,135,775 doridg its exis
tence. On the amount incurred previous to
hostilities there is now due and unpaid, about
the sum of $234,000. The liabilities incur
red before the war is. in every sense a debt,
and the State is bound by every consideration
of good faith and public morality so to regard
it, and to make provision for the prompt and
faithful discharge' of such liability. No rea
sonable doubt can be entertained that such will
be her pleasure aud her action. Hut tbe debt
created during the war stands on a very dif
ferent basis. It is of no legal or moral obliga
tion because it was created to aid in the prose
cution of a war of rebellion against tbe United
Slates. The purpose sought to be accomplish
ed was unconstitutional aud all who particiDa-
ted in anywise in the effoit to sever the coun
try, where violators of law and can therefore
set up no claim either legal or equitable for
money advanced or for services rendered.—
Fuitbermore, these contracts, from which a
liability is said to re-ult, were made with Geor
gia in revolt—with Georgia as a member of
tbe Confederate Siates.
Government- tbe Government to which she
tben belonged, has been overthrown, and with
its overthrow all Confederate debts became ex
tinct. .Georgia as a component part of it, no
longer exists, and her debts then incurred, have
in like manner been extinguished. She is now
nolougeriu revolt. She is one of tbe States ol
ihe Federal Union,and in her return to reconcilia
tion, her allegiance to tbe Government requires
that the act of secession be cancelled, and all
other acts done and performed in aid of tbe re
bellion be declared void and of none effect. Tbe
ultimate redemption ol tbe currency, both State
and Confederate, was madeldependeut in fact and
in terms upon tbe result ol tbe fatal struggle. No
one expected paymeut if finally defeated in our
efforts to secure independence, and therefore no
plighted faith is violated by a refusal on the part
of Georgia to assume to pay an indebtedness de
pendent on the issue. .The currency and.lhe
cause flourished together while in life, aud now
that the acuuse has no longer a being, tbe cur
rency that sustained it may well be interred in
tbesame grave.
To call a refusal’on the part of tho State to ac
knowledge or pay these extinct demands, repudi
ation is but a uerversion of the use of language,
and presents an appearance of an attempt to sus
tain and uphold a desperate cause by a resort to
odious words and opprobious epithets. Onr
burdens are ulready great and our strength great
ly diminished. The assumption of such a debt
will still add to our weakness, impair our credit,
increase our taxes, deter immigration, prevent
capital from seeking an investment among us,
and will embarrass us in a variety of ways for
years to come.
To transfer this great question to the Legisla
ture will be considered as a. quasi endorsement
of its justice. The Legislature will have its own
peculiar burdens to bear, aud will be pressed
with business beyond ibat of any one that has as
sembled in our day. It will be Oharged with
framing and passing tax laws, police laws, penal
laws, laws relating to contracts, and to all tbe
manifold relations of iile Such subjects will be
sufficient to consume tbe time and tbe talents of
tbe most able and industrious of men, and tbe
public welfare will demand that, to these subjects,
tbe members of ibe Legislature shall
give tbeir earnest, best and undivided efforts.
Let not that body, when in session, be besieged,
from day to day, by claimants and their agents
and attorneys, urging the assumption, in whole
or part, of iis nncoi'S'itutional demands. Let the
hope' of reward ia such efforts be entirely cat off;
let this ovejflnntiog fountain of corruption be nuw
and forever dried up ; and let tbe record of your
aotion on this subject discourage, in the future,
all premature efforts to overthrow long and well
established governments. In a word, ordain
solemnly and deliberately, that no Legislature
now or hereafter, shall, directly or indirectly, in
whole or in part, assume to pay, in any manner,
these demands, unconstitutional in their creation,
and many of them without even the countenanee
of equity to support them.
The events of this year will constitute an
era in history. Slavery has been abolished in
these States. Georgia, in Convention, is call-
ed upon to put on record an acknowledgment
ef the accomplished fact, to give assurance to
mankind that involuntary servitude shall not
be hereafter, in any form, or by virtue of any
device, exist within her borders,- to enjoin on
succeeding legislatures that they shall guard
by* law tbe community from the evils of sudden
emancipation: shall secure those emerging
from bondage in tbe enjoyment of their legal
rigSts; and shall protect the humble, the igno
rant and the weak from aggression. Such are
some of the unforeseen and wonderful results
of the war. In passing through this revolu
tion onr chastisements have been severe, and
ur calamities have been heavy; but we should
do well to remember,; that this great change is
of Him, who does all things-wisely, and J ‘ac
cording to'the counsels of His will.”
.... J. Johnson,
Provisional Governor of Georgia. *
At the conclusion of the reading of the Gor
•Wo*’*
ofSftei
the Coarentfijjti. Carried unanimously.
A motion having then been made and carried' j
empowering the messenger to appoint an as
sistant, . ' c ip
The Convention adjourned to 9 o'clock on the
following (Thursday) morning.
BURNWi CF AN UNKNOWN
SHiMiB.
Tbe Vessel is Blown into Frag
ments.
OcL 31st, JOHN PULASKI, adopted toiaet „„„ ^
John T. Raymond, age one month. \
FimruAL
The friends aud acquaintance of IVa H-. H.
and family,' and of A. L. Bradley and family, ate re.
spectftilly invited to attend the fnneral of the wife of
the lonner, and (daughter of the latter, MARY It.
1 OUISCt, from tli .fr residence, corner of Ball and
.West Broad streets, This
fternoon, at 3 o’clock.
B^parture of
V.
Drinking
■old to be
Ky commend of
A FEARFUL SPECTACLE.
We learn from passengers who arrived here on
Sunday last in tbe steamship Weybossett, from
New York, that on Friday, somewhere in the re
gion of Cape Hattons, a steamer was discovered
to be on fire about ten mile* from the Weybossett,
and a short while after a terrific explosion took
place on board, th* report ot which was distinct
ly heard. The Weybossett ran down to her, bnt
could see nothing to indicate where she was from
or when bound, the only vestige left of the craft
being the -fragments of wood and floating bar
rels and boxes.
Wo have been kindly permitted to make the fol-
lowing extract from the log book of the Weybos
sett, whioh gives all the pariienlars a* far as
known of the terrible catastrophe, for whioh favor
.we are indebted to the obliging mate of that
steamer: e
“On th* 27th October, at eight o’olock, A. M.,
Cape Hatteraa bearing N. N. W ,15 miles dis
tant, saw a vessel on fire, with another vessel'
apparently a bark, lying alongside of her. The
bark left her about fifteen or twenty minutes
after we first saw her. As soon as she was dis>
covered to be on fire we ran down to her, and
when within abont fire miles of her she blew up,
and nothing was afterwards seen but a few .pars’
boxes, bales, Ac.” •
The mate ef the Weybossett thinks she was a
small size river steamer, and no dunbt used as n
transport; and that she had a large quantity cf
powder on board, as the explosion was evidently
eansed by that material. She was painted white*
He has no donbt the persons on board were taken
off before she blew i p, by the reseel seen along
side of her.
T j form a faint idea cf the fearfol power of the
explosion, it is only necessary to state that a large
piece of one of the masts was blown into the air a
distance of over two miles.
FOR NEW YOBK.
Steamship Raleigh, Wednesday, November 1, 4
O’clock, pm.
Steamship b'eybueset, Wednesday,- November 1, —
I o’clock.
Steamship Hunter, Thursday, November 2, at ! —
| o’clock.
FOR BALTIMORE.
(Steamship North Point, Saturday, November -tth, at
| — o’clock.
Steamship Fannie, Saturday, November tl, at —
| o'clock.
FOR PALATKA, FLA.
Helen Getty every arorday
Iteifmer
10 o’clock.
r tewner Fountain, every
o'clock.
morning at
Tuesday morning at 10
FOR DOCTOBTOWrt, ETC.
Steamer Scorpio, every Saturday,
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
OFFICE OP
issued from tbe office of the
Enb District of Ogee-
17, 1805, ordering all
Ac./irhtee liquors aw*
10 o’clock. P. M., to hereby revoked.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. ^HANNAN
(Signed.) CLARK. H. REWICK,
nori—It Capt. and Provost Marshal
MAYOR’S OFFICE, > ~
Savannah, Nov. 1, 1st*. }
The following persons having been an
pointed oo the City 'Police, will call this
forenoon at the Clerk's Offla, at the Exchange, to
t-ike tbe Oath and give the Bond required by Ordi
nance, viz.: Patrick Dillon.as regular Police; as 8uper-
numeriea, to till qpthe complement: John SulHvan,
John Daily, Thomas Conway, Richard Smye, Thomas
Haber. b. D. ARNOLD, Mayor,
aoyl—it
RAYMOND * IlAMiLTONT ^ m
WE E8DA
«ri*tition,h i . Dtdre , ofthe80 ^*O^ t , t ,
Flowers of the Forest
THitGIPSEy^^
To conclude with the
Notice.
SA VANN AH, OCTOBER SI.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Zodiac, Bulkley,*New York, to Hunter
& Uammcll.
cteanuhip Nevada, Carpenter, New York, Brig
ham, Baldwin A Co.
steamship North Point, Smith, Baltimore, to West,
Bryan, A Co.
rchr Witch Queen Parish', Boston, to Richardson <fc
Barnard.
Steamer Laura, Garnett, Augusta, to Erwin & Har-
dec. *
f steamer Resolute, Cannon, Hilton Head,
a CLEARED.
Vanina, Whitehurst, New .York, J R
Steamship
Wilder.
teamsbip Idaho,
Baldwin <fc Co.
Steamer Lizzie Baker,
Claghoru & Cunningham,
steamer Emilie, Bender, Hilton Head.
Steamer Ella, Rollins, Jacksonville, M A Cchcn.
rteamer W G Gibbons, Philpot, Dootortowu;
win k Hardee.
Craw, New York, Brigham,
Richardson, Charleston,
Er-
MAYOR’S OFFICE I
Savannah, Nov. 1; 1865.)
All the members of the City Police will,
with tbe exceptioimf the-Relief ,on duty,
parade at tke Police Barracks at 9 o’clock,' A. M.. This
Onj- ’ K. D. ARNOLD, Msyor.
novl—It
o’clock.
Green Turtle Soup will be served at the
Pulaski House Bar Room This Day at 11
novl—It
NOTICE,
* DL. A. W. 6TONE, Attorney at Law.
will attend to all business entrusted to me
during my absence-
novl—2w J. e. BENEDICT.
Crowded Out.
Ia consequence of the favors of our
advertising friends and the arrival of an
unexpected batch of interesting proceed
ings from the State Convention, we are
compelled to omit much interesting mat
ter prepared for this issue. We hope our
correspondents will bear with us for a
while.
liwiiiii nui if Jiff, lifis.
The Trial to be Before the Su
preme Court.
Passengers
Per steamship Nevada, from New York.—Ed'
Caffrey, G Stuart, llWaggeniein, Mrs Hall, Miss
Hall, Mrs Tuuisoo, D B Camp, K T Robinson,
Vfn A Beecbeg, E*l Ivor*, Jacob Vizel, W L Sey
mour, Geo Wellington, Sam Prunt, Simon Engel,
J Crossby, Wml Bireb, J A1 Coleman, wife and
child, F Fisk, Mr Clark, Mr Wilkerhouse, J H
Kendall and wife, C I* Robinson, wife, 2 children
and servant. Geo Patten, wife and child, Mrs
Hinat and child, Mrs HamtuerO, S H Eckerman,
wife, child and servant, Mrs Bell, Miss Beil, Mrs
LiKoche, E Maohold and wife, J H Blaurett, J
T Eaton, H A Richmond, wife and two daugh
ters, E H Van Ness, Jas King, Jno Bolan, E E
Holliday, John Cunningham, Col Ed Houston,
Geo t* Pole, J C Ei.ke, Wm H Garieft, Walter
Burns, Ed Champlin, Ed Duffy, Jos Hilton, Jas
EntriesUa, J K Btrouts, Henry Blalh, W tl Bs1s,
John Taff, Mrs Mell, M M Ruggles, Wm H Aid-
rich,* J L Baldwin, R S Conner, Wm L Robin,
son, T C Douglass, R Grant, J M Cooney, Ur
Sheverick, W A Bryant, T M Smith, J G Bailey,
W E Alexander, W S Jones, Mr Crqwsl, and - 20
steerage.
Per steamship Zodiac, from New York—C G Moore
aud lady, Airs Smith, W eteventon, lady and servant,
o B smith, and 11 stoerage.
Per steamship North ctar, from Baltimore—Judge
Randall, Dr Craig, W LeComple, Mrs Bandall and
daughter, liobt Grover, Mrs Walthall and daughter,
Henry Cotter, O K Hillard, and steerage.
Per steamer Vanina, from New .York—M Benedict,
J C North. K P Latshek, o A Silverhill, and the 156th
regiment New York Vole. .
Per steamship Idaho, from New York.—H H
Linville, R W Roundtree and steerage.
Per steamer Laura, from Augusta—J W Brown, N S
Crowell, W P Reinbert, wife aud 8 children.
STiliifU (]{)MMUM(hTM\
BETWEEN
smm & Baltimore.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM
We*»es*y Night,
FROM
B TO 12, p.
M,
AT THE
ASYLU
BUILDING,
BwaTStnrea'lJnOThi^lJru ^ “ ti
Store; also at the Door. “ 40(1 Kulmiv r;..
M the Supper you pay only for what
Md Moliov,
Joaget.
Wines, Liquors,
O t cases "Crown” Sherry,
ASO 5o cases “Old Tom". Gin '
so do. “Star Whtakv,’
30 cases Claret, • “St. Jfc*
HILT0N. 4 RAXDEU^
Mfojitor.
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Important Naval movement.
ALL THE AVAILABLE STEAM VES
SELS-OF-WAR ORDERED TO
BE GOT READY FOR SEA
IMMEDIATELY.
The Fifty Miltons of Eive-Tveaty Bonds
All Taken.
The Georgia Loan.
Washington, Oct. 26, 1805.
Jeff. Davis' Trial.
It is now positively known here that the
trial of Jefferson Davis has been decided upon,
and tbe arrangements have been nearly com
pleted.' . Tne trial will be for the crime of
treason, and will take place either in this city
or Richmond, and before the. United States
Supreme Court. T(ie counsel fo» the govern
ment have been selected by the Attorney Gen
eral, and the friends of Mr^Davis have selected
and retained counsel for him. Now that the
Wirz trial is concluded, it is supposed-that
that of Davis will immediately follow.
Important Naval Movement.
It is said that the Secretary of the Navy haa
directed that all the available steam vesaels of
war shall immediately be got ready for sea. It
is supposed that it is the intention of the gov
ernment to be prepared for any eventuality in
any quarter of the world.
The Fifty Millions of Fife-Twenties all
Taken.
The Secretary of the Trees'llry to-day addressed
the following to A. H. Vandyke, Assistant
Treasurer at New York :
The subscriptions for th* $10,000,000 five-
twenties being full, assistant treasurers sod
national banks will receive do further subscrip
tions alter this telegram comes to their notice-
H. McCulloch
Secretary of tbe Treasury.
Tbe subscriptions already made, for which
notes are in transitu, will be recognized.
Loan for the Stale of Georgia, ,
M, r - Duncan, State agent for Georgia, is on
his return home from New York, and has soc-
ceeeded in negotiating a loan of one hundred
thousand dollars for one year, at seven per
cent, on the faith of the provisional State gov
ernment of Georgia.
Consignee*
Per steamship Zodiac.lrotn New York—Adams’
Ex co, B, B.A co, Brigham,B k oo, R B Bulloob,
Blun k Meyer, Bell, Wylly k oo, Brady k Smith,~
Bothwell k W, Cunningham IP, 8 M Coding,
Claghoru 4C,MA Cohen, Crane, Johnson k G,
F Champion, A M Cohen k Bro, Darlington k B,
E J Deyo, Einstein & Eckrnan, E Ehrlich, Er
win k Hardee, M Ferst k co, C L Gilbert, J Gil
liland k oo, Hunter k Gammell, N A Hardee k
co. R Habersham k Son, J D Je-see, E Koetchke,
N B Knapp, J Lama, W W Lincoln, (UUUV
Lamar, LaRuche, G k U, J Lippman, P Laugh-
lio, Lovell-A Lattimore, M Lavin, J McMahon,
F M Myrell, H G Mehrtona, J G Mehrtens,
Mather k West, Mallett k co, W H May, J K
Norton, Geo T Nichols, 0-Driscoll, Thoa Pepper,
Capt Russell, Rogers k Cano, J L Roumillat,
Randall A co, Stuart A ot, A H Solomons k oo,
Scranton, Smith A oo, Schuster A Heinsius, E
Zacbarias, R M Hunt, J C Scareiuer & Sou, W
Starr, W H Stark, B G Tildes, H A M M, 0
Cohen, B [B.j J T Thomas A co, J L Villalooga,
G T Dortio, A Resoher A oo, J R Wilder, W H
Wilberger, C L Gilbert, W M Nichols, J G Watts
A co, M Gordon, W M Walsh, A H, G L Willy,
Young A Nixon, T M Turner, Scull Shoals Mf
oo, H S Topbam, Halsey, Watson k oo, and
others.
Per steamship North Point, from Baltimore—
Brigham, B A co, Henry Ryan, if Bryan, 0 K
Hillard, H Ditman, Mucder A Wright, M A
Cohen, Sohueter A Heinsieus, Bryan A West, N
Hardee A oo, G 0 Cramp A co, T ' Schuster, 0
Cohen, Claghorn A Cunningham, LaRoche, G &
U, Sorrell A Bros, T Locke, Soranton A Smith,
Kein A co, R C Smith, W', Hunter A Gammell,
Blun A Meyer, Brady, Smith k co, S G Courtney,
J Ressoil, Lowenthal A co, Express Agent,Erwin
A Hardee, J B Barks, G 0 Marey, S G Haynes,
and order. «
Per steamer Laura, from Augusta—N A Hardee So
co, J A ..mleraon A Son, W’H Stark, M Ferst k co,
Krwin A Hardee, C L Colby & co, J5 & Hertz, and Ex
press co.
Per schooner Witch Queen, from Boston<-Maud St
Wright, Woodhridge Bros, J D Butte Brady, Smith. St
co, Minn k Briggs, A A Solomons St co, Octavus
Cohen, Claghorn St Cnnniugham, M A Cohen, M New-
mark, M and D a adley. Hunter St Gammell, T A.
Goodwin, F cchuster, W U stark, Milieu St Wadley.
J R Wilder, Richardson St Barnard, H Pitcher, S, L
Wiley, H H Williams St co Albert Willey, S s Mil*
D Falvey aud others.
cpME new and fast sailing clipper steamship
I NORTH POINT, Captain Smith, will-leave this
port for Baltimore on SATURDAY, next, 4th instant
at It o’clock, A. M.
The North Point has elegant Btate-room’accommo
dationa for passengers.
For freight or possage#applv to .
WKST. BBYAN ACO.
Bryan street next to Provost Marshal's Office.
N. B.—Passengers by this route for New York will
save two hundred miles of Sea Travel, and will receive
through Tickets at theSume rate* now uncharged by the
New York lines.
Freight will also be checked through to New York
as low as by any other route. novl
BALTIMORE I SAVANNAH
STEAMSHIP LINE
rilHE steamer FANNIE. Capt Gaggin, will leave
X Baltimo e for savannah on Saturday, 4th Novem
ber, at 3 o'clock. P. M„ returning will leave t arannah
on catniday, 11th Nov., at — o'clock.
WBsT, BRYAN A CO.,
novl Agents, Savannah.
Consignees.
lCHR Witch Queen, from Boston, commence
O diacharging this morning, at Exchange Wharf.
RICHARDSON k BARNARD,
Notice to
i*
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Bay st, opp. Mariner's thnrcb.
CliCKtn , PILOT BREAD.
50
novl—4t
ES. Soda Crackers,
do. batter do.
do. Boston do.
do. Oyster do.
Pilot B
HILTON
do.
Bread. For sate by
- JS:
k RAJS DELL,
193 Bay street
To Bent.
A N upper store in - toddard’a Range; also a Wharf.
Apyly at No.13 Stoddard's Range.
O N Consignment
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FOR SALE
Iff, 90
bbls. of Sweet Cider.
YONGB A NIXON.
To Wheelwrights.
I’O good Wheelwrights caq get permanent em-
ympnt and liberal wagea by application to
“ ’ None but good workmen need apply.
STUNT * WAKEFIELD,
notl—2t At H. H. LinviUe’s old stand.
JENKINS’ PATENT
COMPOSITE IRON RAILING
FORMERLY sold by Hutchinson A Wicker,
f sham, is now for aile by the Manufacturers'
Agency,
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HUTCHINSON, DAVIES A CO.,
No. 467 Broome st, New York.
Just Received,
P EK steamships Idaho and Weyboeeet from New
York, a large assortment of
FELT HATS,
JOCKEYS,
STRAW GOODS,
RIBBONS,'
. - FLOWERS, *
VELVETS,
Also a complete assortment of
FANCYDRESS GOODS
eohLaUow Prices. ° f * 00eived ’ “ d wlU «*
Ladies trill please give’us a call.
Re., kti
oct31-4t
Under St. Andrew'sjSfeS»n\,
1 One doot from.Bruughto n.
THOSE LATEST STYLE OF
SILK ADD VdViT BONNETS
H ATE arrived at ‘
- . _ . U.Q. EHRLICH’S,
UjOer 8t, Andrew’s Hall, Jeffereon street.
9W-”St One <fo« from Broughton.
Receipt*.
Per steamer Laura, from Augusta—4
cotton, and mdze.
bales upland
Experts.
Per steamship Yaruna, for New York—603 bates up
land cotton, 12 pkgs domestics, 67 do mdze, 4 horses,
Ac,
Per steamship Idaho, for New York—490 bales
land cdttou, 4 du sea Island, 33 bbls fruit, 8 empty l
and mdze.
MemepuMa
The schr Oco Har' y, now, for this port, Cleared at
New York Oct 20.
The schrs R E Pecker, Marson, and Wenonab, War
ner, from Jacksonville Fla., arrived- at New York Oct
25. 4
The brig Olive FraneB, Small, for this port, cleared
brig I
at New York Oct 26.
The bark Fjee Trader, Foster, for St Marks,
at New York, Oct .6.
The schr Albert Masou, Brown,
cleared at New-York Oct 26.
The ship Co.onist, Taylor, for this port, sailed
Liverpool Oct 7.
The ship Exchange, from Charleston, arrived at
Uverpool Oct la.
cleared
for. Charleston,
.TATEOF GEORGIA, Liberty Con
O *T.—To ail whom it may concern: Whereas,
C. Dunham will apply at the Court ol Ordinary „„
Utters of ^dmlnls-ration on the estate of George W.
Douham. •
These are, therefore, to dte and admonish all whom
it may concern, to be aud appear before said Court to
mukc objections, (if any they have), on or
first Monday in December next, otherwfee i
will be granted.
Witness, WTP. Girardeau, Esq., Ordiusry for liber
ty county, this 25th October, 1865.
hovl W. P. GIKARDRAP. o. l. o.
gT^TEOF GEORGIA,BryanCeuuty
MnaiL,
Smith will apply at the Court of
of Aduinfstnffion on the estate of
Whereas, A. G.
for Letters
late of
are, thcrefc
whom kR
Court to
the first Monday^. . .
letters will be granted.
Witness, W.
ty. this 30th day of
novl
to dte and admonish
to be and appear
fff any they hav
ennui
W ANTED.
John B, Fuller,
Manafaeiimr and D -lr,
•Vo. 8 Bey Street, ,V. y,
Has In store and ready for immediate shipment end,
manufacturing to order,
Portable and
Mationary steam Ft.
tee and Beilere,
2 to 250 horse power; Circular aud Upright Siw Jit,
of the most approved construction, of all «»»
ting 700 to 1500 feet of lumber per hour • Gr it v '
MiR Irons, Water Wheels, and every th of K
dunery: Sugar Mills, Paper aud Minin? Mactoer
Tools, Tanks, Ac., for Oil and Shit Work!; Cottot m
Woolen Machinery, Ac
-Vertical Planers,
Iron Planers,
Engine Lathes.
Drill Lathes,
Boring Machines,
Slatting Machines,
Upright Drills,
SteaQt Pumps,
Force Pnmps,
Lifting Pumps,'
Suction Pumps,
Hydraulic Jacks,
Screw Jacks,
Woodworth rUnin? h
chiaen,
Gray & h'ood’j Huiu
Maihhus, ^
Daniels’Tlanio? Michin^
Moulding Machines,
Sash Machines,
Tenoning Machines,
FoWer Mortidng Machine,
Foot Morticing Machines
Boring Madmen
Blind elat Tenoning Xt
chines,
Shafting Pnlleys and Hsn-Circukr Saw Benches.
gers, W right’s patent Scroll Ss*i
Rubber, and Leather Belt-Patent Bdt Scroll saw
fogs, Circular Deserving Milk
Leather and Robber Hose,Upwright Deserving Milk
Plumbing and Gas Klt-Bota'y and Mining i’nmjs,
ings. Every description of Mi
Steam and Gas Pipes, chloery and Railway Sup
Steam and Water Gauges, plies.
COTTON BINS. COTTON GiHS,
Taylor, Eagle, Brown, Southern, Craven, Hiceta'
and McCarthy Cotton (Jins, with engines or hon'
powers, and everything required for the eame. in store;
and for sale at the lowest price. Your orders are ti
spectfully solicited. novl -ty
.CHARLES BRUNO,
1MPORTER Ot' AND DKALU IN
Weal Instrument*,
ROBERT NUNNS'
(Late mures A cuss’s
PIANO FORTIS,
, AND
c. F. Martin’s
GUITARS
581 BROADWAY, [Up stair*,]
(OPPOSITE THE METEOrOUTi-V flOlM
NEW YORK.
N. B.
Brass Instruments, Clarionets, Flm» *■
Bands made to order and wunll r, t - U ,
Wholesale.)
novl—lm
W ANTED to hire a Small Cotton Plan
tation, embracing from 300 to 8U0 Acres.
Address J. A ft-, Savannah National Republican
Office, stating Terms and Location,
novl
West, Bryan, & Co.
tltHE undersigned have formed a Copartnership for
J. the transaction of Commission, Shipping and
Forwarding Business, under the name of
*EST, RRYAIf It CD.
8triet attention given to consignments.
This firm desire to confine themselves to Commis-
MBit
"MS
Agents
we
for Baltimore and Savannah
Steamship
request or-
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it fbrsame,
cstem produce, BED
J »S. B. WEST,
ot Baltimore.
HENRY BRYAN,
of Savannah.
ALFRED L. HAKTRIDGE,
Of Savannah
B. J. Beck 6 Co,
No. © Pine Street, New 0
Susfactsrtog stationer?'
MMaten
andLUStfraM**
Wholesale & Eetail Dealers in FM <**■
OFFICE FIXTURES- ^
•SSfe-SBSSsS'iu 3 '
Bills oVKxdmge, biii Hcsd*, C* nfc ’
e Orders by mail will tecAn; PJ’PSg^qwIJdB,
Type Foundry & Printers B»pori*® 1
[established 1S'S.J /
HAGAR & C Y\ k cup
Ne 38 6*1* Street, f»ew *
£ MS old '* h ‘
fiqdlitks ,-, _
Printing Materials ot every
Presses Of all manufactures.
Orders mav be addressed to
Foundry, ^
-Sssfe'S
•lonfcw**
description,
Di'wofHtlofi of C opartnership,
lypisi firm of C. P. IOPEZA OO. is this day dis
orders may l
novl—eod6m
a-* >2SSeSi
,fitmofC:P. TOPKZAC©:
lred by mntoal consent.
. C. P. LOPEZ.
A. FERNANDEZ.
Savannah, Nov. 1, 1865. . . - '
COPARTNERSHIP-^
, f the undersigned, have '•vsssessgg
business of the
' solicit a
Business
H.BMO
facilities on ^
SfeSBSTB-
New York. October 2, 1965
Jellies.
~ sasorted ■«“<*> ^
50 quarts, feMUgrtr i
Transient and Parana
for Bryan
W. H. HAYMAN. o. s
!«xW