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Savannah fjaih} Ihrattl. BV 8. W. MASOK AHfD CO. SAVANNAH. FRIDAY, JAN. 2*), 1565. THE SUPPLIES FOR THE POOR OF 81 VANNIII* 23I3’T2UBtTTIOW Or TTLH&H aanAT. Tbe Other Provisions to be Soon Distribut<‘4. At the meeting of the Mayor and Council, yesterday afternoon, briefly no ticed last evening, Capt. M. Veale. of Gen. Geary's Staff, who bus charge of the distribution of the supplies sent from New York, on the part of the military, briefly addressed the city officers, giving Gen. Geary's views on the subject. A general conference followed, and in the evening, pursuant to a call from the Mayor, published in the Herald, the Ward Committees met at the Council Chamber to perfect the plans. The result was that each Ward Com mittee was assigned the duty of distribu ting tickets to the inhabitants of its ward, entitling them to draw a share of the fresh beef and mutton included in the Itebecca Clyde’s cargo. The meat was first distributed, and it was decided to use less discrimination in regard to the necessities of applicants, as it was fear ed it could not be preserved for a great length of time. The form of the ticket used was as follows : No. —. Mr. W. H. Dwis: Deliver to bearer three pounds Fresh Beef or Mutton. Ward Committee. Ward —. The distribution commenced at the market this lorenoon. and is progressing radidly and successfully. The number of applicants is very large, embracing many who have the means to pay for food, but have been unable to find a market to purchase in. The amount of meat received was from 20.000 to 25,000 pounds. It is now' nearly ail discharged from the Clyde, and the other goods will soon be unloaded. The Mayor and Council, the Ward Committees and Captain Yeule. are la boring very assiduously to make the dis tribution as impartial and perfect as pos sible, and they deserve great credit for their energy. Mr. J. W. Forney, Jr, would be pleased to see Mr. O'Donnell at the Planter's House. igg* We are indebted to Mr. W. D. White, of Adams Express, for late Northern papers. LITE PUBLICATION. Mu. dc Mer: A Tale of the Sea- By a well-known officer ot the Army. This admirable story is not only re plete with thrilling incident and start ling tragic effects, but it contains vivid illustrations of experiences involving discoveries iu eccentric and gyratory laws. The .writer uses the nom dc pfameoi “Ajax.*’ MARINE NEUN. Arrived steams hip Ajax, Carpenter, York td earn ship Ben DeFord, Loveland,-Hilton Head: Steamer Ami Maria: Fish. Hilton It-oui; bark Rathburn, Pratt, Hilton Head; steamer Mary A Boardman. Jordan, H'itci: Head : steamer Nor olk, Robbing Alexandria. Ya, ; steamship Pe tit, Hilton Head ; st\-irnvr.p < resceut. Lothaai, Hilton Head. Tfoe Loss of th« Petapseo. FURTHER PARTICULARS. THE I3SICLT OT FORT FISHER lioss by the Explosion of a BXagazm-e. FROM OIR SPECIAL CORRES PONDS: XT. Off Charleston, Jaa. 17, 1365. I have now permission to state that the monitor Petapsco, Lt. Com. enbush, was blown up and sunk by a torpedo in this harbor on Tuesday morn ing last, by which catastrophe between fifty and sixty men and several officers were drowned. She had been sent up t to Fort Sumter, to cover the operations of a number ol small boats, dragging for torpedoes in the channel, and w as at an chor. Nothing unusual occurred until the vessel swung to an ebb tide, when she struck one. which exploded, and she sunk instantly, carrying down all but Captain Quackenbush. Lt. Samp,son, and three other officers, and about twenty men with her. The names of the lost can not as yet be ascertained. The rebels have been exceedingly ac tive since the capture of Savannah in planting a large number of torpedoes in the channels leading to the city, and our boats have been equally as active in dragging them out. The torpedo that exploded under the Patapsco was doubt less one sent down on the ebb tide for just such a purpose. Ensign Johnson, of the estimable F,eet Surgeon, was lost. Intelligence has been received of the capture of Fort Fisher, by an assault by Gen. A. H. Terry’s forces from the 24th Army Corps, Army ot the James. With the Fort and its guns, wc captured one rebel Major General and two thousand prisoners, and gained command ot the entrance to Wilmington. Our loss was about 500 : 2DO of which were killed by an explosion of one of the magazines of the fort as they entered the work. Ope rations continued successfully at last ac counts. THE LOrs'S OF THE IffIELYILI.K. The news of the loss of the steamer Melville, will carry the deepest anguish to the hearts of hundreds of people whose relatives and friends perished with her. and the appaling loss oi human life is saddening to all. Os all the happy’pas sengers, the officers and the sturdy crew , only four were saved to tell the tale of horror, and they as if by miracle. The account which we publish else where is quite full and graphic, and will be read with special interest in the De partment of the South, where so many of the passeugers were well known. We deeply regret to find among the names of the lost those of Mr. C. X. Lee and lady. Mr. Lee has been for a year and a half the efficient Postmaster at Port Royal, in which he gained great popularity among all classes, by his courtesy, his geniality, his kindness towards ail. He was returning from a wedding tour with his bride It is feared that among the passengers is Mr- Phineas Osborne, who. it is sup posed, was returning from a journey home to carry the remains of his son, Mr. Galen H. Osborne, late special corres pondent of the New York Herald. Mr. C. N. Bellows, the well known merchant at Hilton Head, loses two brothers, as we arc informed. Mr. W. C. Gray, another meichant at Hilton Head, is among the lost, Mr. George B. Lang, whose name ap pears in the list, was formerly a clerk in the Port Royal Postoffice. The Mr. SkurtieflVko.se mime appears was a member of the firm of Hilton & Sliurtleff, ot this city. [From the New York Time-. January IX] RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAVANNAH. It would be ungracious to undervalue in any degree the efforts of the great mer cantile community represented by the Chamber of Commerce and in the Pro duce Exchange, for the relief of the poor of Savannah. But we think we have a right, looking to the lengthy dis cussions which have taken place in the first named body, as well as to the ela borate resolutions passed in the Corn Exchange yesterday, to suggest that prompt action, accompanied with less verbiage, is exceedingly desirable. We are quite aware that, h' certain members of the commercial body were not permitted to give vent hourly to their patriotic impulses, they-would burst.— But this Savannah business is not one for high blown orations. It is a matter of humanity. These people at Savan nah are in no position at this crisis, either io help the public enemy of the United States or to help themselves. If they formed the community of a South ern inland town, there might be a chance left them, if they were evil-minded—to pervert what good we sent them to dis loyal uses. As it is. they are as effec tually cut off from connection—commer cial,‘social or political—with the rest of rebeldom, as if they were inhabitants of the Feejee Islands.* The prime question is this, that some twenty thousand people, residents of our common country, occupying a town with which New York maintained, for long years, the most intimate commer cial and social relations, are now short of food—mainly by reason of a war j which not live in ,i thousand of them probably had any hand in originating.— j Even if they *were a rebellious commu- ! nity to-day. they have the claim of a subjugated people upon us. unless this war is one of absolute .-aterminations, The prime duty of C oi. •Allen, the Sa vannah agent, we take it. was to repeat here in a few soldierly word? what Gen. Sherman authorized hint to say. Hav ing done this, his mL-sion was explained, and in response thereto the duty of the merchants of New York became so sim ple that ponderous resolutions and la bored speeches were altogether thrown awar. PRINTERS AY ANT E D. Five good can obtain steady employment by app tying at this office, 111 Bay street. NOTICE TO THE PATRONS OF THE PALMETTO HERALD. The. proprietors of Tiir Palmmto II sk ald have bee? granted* permission tef publish a daily paper from the office of the Savannah News. It i? designed to remove the establishment there, and to issue a live daily paper, devoted to such news as is not contraband. Subscribers to The Palmetto Herald can have the money refunded them for the unexpired term of their subscription, or receive the daily instead, for a proportionate time. Confident that we have fully met the ex pectations of our many kind patrons, in the publication of a weekly newspaper, we invite a continuance of their custom, and promise our best endeavors to make a daily one interesting 2tv.*;/ ORIKRMWS RA9O. Cairo, Thursday; Jan. if. The following further particulars of Grierson’s recent raid are irora a reliable source. They brought in 700 prisoners, including two Colonels and a number of others. 1.000 able-bodied negroes and 1,000 horses* They killed and wounded 150 men. Among the prison ers is Brig. Gen. Ghoison. A fortification called Egypt, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, was carried by assault, and the garrison of 500 rebels captured, whilst Gen. Gardner was ia sight with 2.000 infantry, which General Grierson held at bay. while Coi, Karge’s brigade charged the stockade on horse back. ' • The whole country was iu arms by this time, and forces were even brought from Macon, Ga. Hampered by the large number of prisoners, anti opposed by great;v supe rior forces, Grierson could not go toCa kawba to release our prisoners, as di rected by General Dana, but struck for Grauada. and then tor Vicksburg. Forty miles of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad are so badly damaged that Hood's whole army cannot repair it in. months. New pontoons, new wagons, and a large amount of supplies, en unite to Hood, were destroyed in the ears. Besides the factories, a large amount of cloth, wool, leather and shoes were destroyed at Bankston. The railroad and public property were destroyed at Nevada, and also SOO wa gons and 500 new English carbines for Forrest, and large quantities of ammu nition. Grierson's loss was twenty’-five .killed and eighty wounded. The steamer Armada, tn m Evans ville, reports Union town, Ky.. in pos session of guerillas, who were* firing into passing steamer* Larkin W. Ray, who murdered Bur-, geon I). G. Saddler, was hung at Baton Rouge on the both nit- Forrest is reported to be concentrating a large force at Paris, Tennessee. A great number of hi? men are hovering •around their homes in Tennessee Kentucky, conscripting, robbing aqul murdering Union men. Rumors prevail of a force having been organized to attack Paducah again One hundred and seventy-two rebel officers, prisoners from Johnson's Island, have arrived here, en route to New Or leans. for exchange. Surscrihfrs who wish to scud the Sa vannah Daily Herald North, are assured that their order- wiU lx* promptly at tended to. We charge nothing for wrapping tic* papers and delivering them at the Post (’flier, and we take ail pains to forward by *e very mail. Orders can be be left for any number of issues, at the current rates. Ora Ilors?:. —This old favorite res taurant of Savannah. on Bay Street, near the corner of Whitaker Street, is now open by *\Y. T. House. Weils& Cos, ait army boy?, who have served their time faithfully and received ;:-a honorable dis charge. They have a good bill of fare, excellent books, attentive waiters, and ’ fine accommodation?. The human heart is like a leather bed —it must be roughly handled, well l shaken, and exposed to a varietv of turns, 1 to prevent Us becoming hard- T a:; 1»r Or vice of the Savannah Daily Herald is at No. 111 Bay street. Masonic. Wc have in our editorial room a complete file, of Thm National Fkli; Mason, for ISffU-d. with the Jan uary number for 1 H<>s, which wc shall be happy to allow the examination of by any ot the fraternity. Health Omem— The office ot Bur geon John ( Morgan, Health Officer of Savannah, is a the Centra( Railroad. Bank building.