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Jkrcattuali g! lily itenUcl RT S. W. MASON AND CO. WEDNESDAY, JAN. ?r>,*l«Gs. irRATSHNAL RELATIONS. Ths cities of New York and Boston. <anssfced and unsolicited, have contribu te c£ their abundance to relieve the ne- •sitics of JLhc people of Savannah.— Vad*uelphia is making up her contribu tions. Every town and village through out tee Northern States would willingly Join in this contribution were they called upon. The freeness of the gift show's <she temper of the people of the North towards the South —towards tlios, who Mi&irifest a, willingness to again give their salleglince to the United States. Tae people of Savannah asked only for * commercial interchange of rice for beef and pork: but the answer is not «ons of cold formality, it is rather one of ■■ftrotiy, friendship, peace and good will, and the citizens of Savannah, so far as our observation' extends, accept it as This expression on the part, of the people of New York, Boston and Phila t/defphK is a memorable event in the his tory, not only of Savannah, but of the mrion. There is not a like instance on record in the history of all nations who ftsve been at war. For four years Fed eral rule has been ignored in this city.— TUefiig of the Confederacy has waved from our flag staffs, and every effort has bees made to establish permanently the rule cf the Confederacy. The sons of Sa- Tjuma.lt have been in every battle of the .; their bones are Weacbing every where, but the attempt to be a separate E>eople has failed. The city has been •only a month under Federal rule, but a Ifm&neas towards us has been thus quick y ttJVinifestad will compel respect. .Sw this exhibition of the temper of the people 01. tke North, any one can see that shat they are. not animated by a spirit- of hate and a desire for revenge, %»•;*% by that mightiest moral power of the «. uwxae—-Love. If is mightier than the *w<w*a. for with the sword we only con quer the body, but Love readies the soul, *ublue3 the proudest spirit and the bit •'lerart Thate. Deep indeed must be that ■ of moral affection which can resist true Christian charity, which comes gratuitous and free- We are tliat the citizens of Savannah *viU show to the world that they arc not A mundful of the expression of good will. We fare confident also that this unexam pled instance of fraternal kindness will lay the foundation and be the beginning -of a commercial prosperity for this city, sunk as never was dreamed ot in the days of the past. To Ont S u escuinicr * . —W<• 1 iave just discovered that a deceptive contraband, dither gross incompcteucy, or dis perfidy, whom we contracted with for the delivery of the Herald to mix city subscribers, has scarcely carried <r>ne of the papers entrusted to his charge *o their proper destination. We shall remedy the error at the earliest moment, :i»d will either furnish back numbers or the subscription from the com meaoenaent of regular delivery, as our «*rty patrons desire. We have arrange m oils made for auother and more com petent carrier, who will soon be in the riorusance of bis duties. PrmsosiAi#. —C. C. Coffin, lisq. of M dden, Mass., better known as the well-known author and corres j-'MdLftttt, is in town and stopping at the i u&ufei House. THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN GEORGIA. The resolutions adopted by the citi zens of Savannah, in which, recognizing their position towards the Government, they expressed a desire to return to the Union and again enjoy the blessings of a State Government under the old re gime, are, we observe, enjoying an ex tended circulation among the citizens of the interior of the State. We have gratifying confirmations of the re ports that reached us some time since of their favorable reception among the right-thinking of all classes in the State. Already have meetings been held in fifteen or more important and wealthy counties, in which the spirit of the Savannah resolutions have been adopted and embodied in resolutions looking towards a return to the Union.— The meetings referred to have been at tended, we learn, by large numbers of citizens, among whom are those who have been influential and powerful in all public movements affecting the political affairs of the State. A general desire for peace has been manifested by all these meetings, and measures were adopted to carry out their wish. Other count ies are taking up and agitating the question; the attention of the people is being drawn to the matter; a closer view of the sit uation and relations to the Union, is given the people; old errors are correct ed and perverted views set aright, and the people are rapidly making right con clusions. Day after day the good work goes on, and we trust the time i3 not far distant when the sound patriotic senti ments of the citizens of Savannah will be adopted by Qie entiih State, which will then swing back into its old place in the Union, and become what it has been in days gone by—the Empire State of the South. Her ancient traditions point out but one path of safety and honor, and we trust that she will tread it bold ly and as becomes a great State. That path leads to the Union aud the old flag. HEW YORK NEWS OF THE 2©TH« The New York papers of the 20th con tain no important news. Gold had de clined to 208, aud was still going down. We shall probably publish some extracts to-morrow. The Steamer D\mkl Wesstbu at tue Dock.— The steamer Daniel Webster, after several days delay in the mud In the Soulh channel, finally succeeded in extricating herself from her soft bed and got back into the North channel. She brings the first instalment of the sup plies obtained by Col. Allen, partially on account of the city. It, is understood that still another steamer loaded with supplies will leave New York for this point. Col. Allen is still vigorously at work, throwing his whole heart into the grand operation he has undertaken, and we predict a splendid success. Col Allen will doubtless return to this city in his next steamer. To Correspondents.— Several corres pondents, who have sent us long com munieations, containing offensive person al allusions, military criticisms, or polit ical discussions, are informed that these topics are out of our line. The Herald is a newspaper, and is not designed as a medium for making personal grievances public. If any of our correspondents wish to improve the management oi this army or the government of this city,they must go to the military authorities with their suggestions, or write to them, ami not to us. We are always thankful for news proper to be published, and willing to pay for it: or for readable skctohe.s poetry, or brief essays on subjects which it is proper for us to discuss PUBLIC MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF SAVANNAH* RESOLimoiVS Tftanks to the Staoors of Pro visions. THE RiaiTlOffg OF THE CITY TO TOE C. ft. CM) VERY HEIST. ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF HON. EDWARD EVERETT. Avery large meeting of the citizens of Savannah was held at the Exchange at noon to-day. Mr. H. Brigham called it to order, and the Mayor was (railed to preside. He took the chair in a few appropriate re marks. 11. 0. Freeman and John Gam mi 11 were appointed Secretaries. Mr. Chittenden, of New York, and one other gentleman of that State ad dressed the meeting. They promised the fullest assistance from the North to the people of the Sooth, o:i the sole condition of their re turn to their allegiance. A Committee oil Resolutions re ported the following : Tin spontaneous and unsolicited liber : ality and benevolence of the citizens of New York and Boston, in raising contri butions and purchasing and forwarding provisions for the uee of the destitute of the city of Savannah, cail for no ordinarv expression on the part of its citizens. Deprived tor years of all external trade, cut off from the commercial world by a rigid blockade, the resources of the town were gradually wasted away, until we had reached the point of almost positive starvation, when the occupation by the army of Gen. Sherman took place. The transition state of society compli cates our situation. The military power must obtain, so long as any portion of the Southern States maintain an armed resistance to the Union. Civil govern ment cannot be established nor the chan nels of ordinary intercourse be opened. While this lasts the people are compara tively helpless. Such is the situation of Savannah, and such, in succession, will be the condition of the various portions of the country as they again fall into possession of the ha ti onal government, The hand of sympathy and fellowship so generously extended to us by tins citi zens of New York and Boston, affords the most gratifying evidence that a large portion ol our Northern ft How-citizcns arc desirous of re-establishing the amicable relations which formerly existed between the various sections of our wide-spread Republic, and ought, to carry conviction to every unprejudiced mind that there is but one course to pursue, and that is to aim at a speedy termination of the un fortunate strife which has been devasta ting tue country for nearly four years.— Having appealed to anna to decide the question, the weaker party, in such a contest, must abide the issue of events and cannot dictate terms- But the Proclamation ot President Lincoln has i>ointcd out the only way in which the United'States, with her un exhausted aud inexhaustible materials of war will consent to Peace, and one of the largest meetings ever held in this city, on the 28th of December, placed rhe peopb 1 of Savannah in the category presented by the Chief Magistrate. The meeting called to and *»y to con vey the tbauks of cur citizens to the generous donors of the provisions which arc to be distributed gratuitously to the needy, is the direct fruit of this action, | dictated as it was by the reasonable hope of retrieving the mistakes of the past, and re-establishing, as far t ;in possibly the prosperity which once blessed our land Whatever may l>e the action of the United Btates Government in the future, this meetiag.has to-day a duty to per form to the citizens of New York and Boston, in giving expression to the sentiment of the tmm in relation to the munificent bounty of which it is the grateful recipient. The city is in the same condition as it was when the meeting of 28th Decem ber was held. The great difficulty is in the fa-fct that the people are witlioot re munerative industrial occupation, which the early opening of our port would speedily relieve. Let us hope that this may be remedied in reasonable time. Meanwhile the contributions of our gen erous donors are literally a Godsend, for as the scanty resources of living which were in the city when captured have been gradually consumed, literal st nation stared us in the face. We are now relieved from any immediate fear of this calamity, and have at least respite until the present chaotic de ments of onr situation shall subside into order. Be it, therefore, Resolved, That the citizens of Savan nah tender their heart-felt gratitude to the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, to the New York Com mercial Association of the Produce Ex change, and all the liberal citizens of the city of New York, who contributed means to purchase provisions; and also to the New York and Washington Steam ship Company which so generously placed the steamship Rebecca Clyde at the service of the Committee, for the transportation of ttw provision* hither Resolvent, That- the same acknowledg ment is due to the citizens of Boston for their prompt and liberal notion in raising contributions and sending out provisions for the relief of our citizens, and also to the owners of the steamship and Greyhound for their gener osity in furnishing transportation for the provisions ; and that the place of their meeting in Faneuil Hail, the Cradle of American Liberty in the days eft* our common struggle for independence, wae .tn appropriate one for the renewal of those ties which have bound Massachu setts and Georgia in common bond. The eloquent and touching letter of the Boston Relief Committee to an un fortunate people is treasured for the children of many a family. Resolved , That these expression* are not alone an offering from those whose necessities may induce them to accept the bounty so liberally bestowed, but are the wide utterance of a grateful com munity. Revolted, That the thanks of the cit izen a of Savannah are eminently due and are. hereby gratefully returned to Col. Julian Allen of New York, for his kindness in offering to advance the funds and to make purchases for the corporate authorities of the City of Savannah, un til he could be re-imbursed by ship ments of rice, and also for his philan thropic exertions in bringing to the no tice of the citizens New York and Bos ton, the destitute condition of onr people of which ho became personally cognizant while among us. Resolved,, That our most cordial thanks are due, and are hereby returned to Messrs. Archibald Baxter, H- P. Bab cock and Frank Lathrop, the Committee on the part of the New York contribu tors, and to Mr. L. E. Chittenden, one of the owners of the Rebecca Clyde; and to Messrs. 11. O. Briggs, W. H. Bald win and Henry D. Hyde, committee oti the part of the citizens of Boetoa, who, at this in cement season of the jeer have sacrificed the comforts of home, and braved the privations of a winter voyage to fulfil their mission of marcy. Resolved, That the citizen* of Savan nah heard, with profound regret, of the death of the Hon. Edward Everett ; hi* name and fame arc the common pride of the country, but the city of Savannah Will claim to hold in especial remembrance the fact that the last public act of hi* life was in behalf ot her suffering peo ple, and under circumstances which evinced that the kindness of hU heart was not even exceeded by the brilliancy of his intellect; they knew he. was greet, they feel he was good. The resolutions were imajwiatnuly adopted. As we go to pres* other ad dresses are being delivered.