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<K>e > t mm back, keep tnem back, sir,” iWmd White, “the British have sur ri j erc d. Move your mcß off, and send V* ‘hr ‘c guide* te conduct them to the •\ va irican post at Sunbury.” The three -mdes ariivt and. Tin live vessels wero burned, and the British, urged by White :o keep clear of his racn, and to hasten -heir departure from the enraged and 'brand tbie Americans, pushed on with Teat celerity, whilst White retired with one or two of Ills associates, gating hat ho would go t.o his troops m the -car and restrain them. Ho now em ployed himself in collecting the neigh borhood militia, with which he overtook his guides, and conducted them in safe ty to tae Banbury post. This took .place on the lot of October, 1770. Lee -a his memoirs, winds up his narration ,viUi the foilowing sentence: “The ex -rraordinary address ot White was con rasted by the extraordinary folly ot french, and both were necessary to pr<>- Icce tuis wonderful issue. The affair approaches too near the marvelous to lave been admitted into these memoirs, •>nad it not been uniformly asserted, as uiiformly accredited, and never coutra licted. Capt. Elliolm was an officer of Pulaski’s Legion. Capt. Melvin, it is •idiered, licet and died in Savannah.” Col. White was an Englishman by -birth, by Irish parentage, and was at me time a surgeon in the British navy. On leaving the naval service, he em larked with his family for America, and purchased a saiCbU* residence near Philadelpnia. When the Revolution and all a!ions were ordered :o quit the country or to take the oath if allegiance, be preferred the latter, saying “that ho had fought for die King as long as he ate his broad, but. that now America was his home, and for America he would now tight.” He entered the army as a captain, and was promoted to the rank of colonel. His regiment (4th Hebrgia Battalion ) was ordered to Sav annah. His exposure and fatigue •.brought on a pulmonary disease, of which he died in Virginia. IDSPECULATOitS AND SITUATION SE EKEKS. “ New Youk Ctrv, Jan. 12, 1865. Editor ,S tvrana he raid I have beu ou£ .ff buisness the last sicks munths, an ho ughi 1 might doo well in Say van a I want too goe ixto buisness, and will 3>utt my time against a mans capital but if t halt is not I would work for a gud -all ary l can do anything but doaut want to work t :o hard as lam troubled with Xewralgy. if thare is ea. ny charnce to go into a specknlatioi. you sliant •loose by it please wright to nie at once. I can keep books or clerk, it or write tor papers. PSi can make 3 thousand dollars a year easy here write to Box NY P 6.” The above is a sample letter from a -eore or more we have received, and the reply will answer tor nil. The orihogra jphy does not recommend the writer ih a book-keeper, or an editor. We are not. allured by bis brilliant promises. U he can make “3 thousand”.a year North he bad better do it. lie forgot to •Adose a postage stamp tor the reply to his moderate requests. We are not speculation or situation brokers. Any e wanting a partner with capital, or a salaried position with large pay and ■light work, can advertise for it as long ts he sees fit, in the Savannah Daily Herald, at the rate of 20c. per line tor first insertion, and 15r. per line for each subsequent one, paid in advance. The Gold Room was depressed this morning by tfie reported capture of Fort Fisher, with its en tire garrison, and the lowest point of to-day showed a decline of over throe percent from the dosing rates lust, evening. The speculative feeling for ;i rise is very tame, •»nd the bear interest is decidedly in the ascend ant. ‘ 10:30 k. m 217 10:50 215 11 ;05 .215 5-8 11:15 - ; 215 3-4 .11:30 216 1-4 II: 50 ? 215 1-8 12:00 nooii. 214 1-2 1:00 p. m .214 3-4 Arm y or jk j’Jxpvc.'tx Jan. 17. Aid iron Swank au — Dkcautukd of tub D.oikl WVissmn. —' The third and! last vessel the Daniel Webster with pro-j visions for the suffering people of Sa vannah departed on her charitable mis sion last evening. The Dahiel Webster has a cargo of $4,000 bis, besides Gov ernment supplies, assorted as follows; 1,000 bis of potatoes, SOO bis of beet, 200 bis pork, 100 tierces of lard, 03 tierces of hams, 800 bis of kiln-dried corn meal 300 bis of pilot bread, r>o hogsheads of sugar. Os this cargo Boston contributes 330 bis of corn meal, 500 bis of potatoes, 100 bis of beef, 100 bis of pork, 1.000 pounds, of ham, besides other provisions. A large quantity of ham and coin meal could not be got aboard of the vessel, and ha Ito remain behind. Col. Julian Allen left on the D. W. to superintend their distribution in Sanaav»ah. FliOX W A9HINGTOH —WanHIXGTON, Jail. 17. —The large room iu the north wing of the Patent office is to be used for the Presidential Inauguration Ball. The train bound to Fairfax yesterday was fired into by a party of guerrillas between. Springfield and Accotlnk Bridge. The conductor was informed by the Captain commanding at Spring field, that there were some guerillas in the vicinity, so he was on his guard. When first seen the guerillas were piling timber on the track. The Engineer at once reversed the engine and saved the train. Some shots struck the smoke stack. No other dam age was sustained. A missionary, recently riding on an omnibus in Loudon, told the driver that he had been in China. John was much interested, and promptly asked, “Are they a civilized-like people about there, sir ? do they take their gin of a morn ing?” MAUL INKS MEWS. Arrived—SchocnerVauee, Smith. Hilton Head ; schooner W C. Duval, Mathis, Hilton Head; steamer Gee. Leary, Doming, Hilton Head. HEJUKiU.YB.T2RB Mil.. DIV. OF TEE MISSISSIPPI, In the Field, Savannah, Ga.. Jar. 16th, ISG3. •.Special Field Op.ders, > No. 15. f I. The islands from. Charleston, South, the abandoned rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns riv er, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negroes now made free by the acts of war and the Proclamation of the President of the United States. 11. At Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savan nah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville, the blacks may remain in their chosen or accustomed vocations; but on the islands, and iu the settle ments hereafter to be established, no white person whatever, unless military officers and soldiers detailed for duty, will be permitted to reside ; and the sole and exclusive management of affairs will be left to the freed people themselves, subject only to the United States mili tary authority and the acts of Congress. By the laws of war, and orders of the President of the United States, the negro I $ free and must be dealt with as such. He cannot be subjected to conscription or forced military service, save by the written orders of the highest military authority of the Department, under such regulations as the President or Congress may prescribe, domestic servants, black smiths, carpenters, or other mechanics will be free to select their own work and residence, but the young and able-bodied negroes must be encouraged to enlist as soldiers in the service of the United States, to contribute their share towards maintaining their own freedom and se curing their rights as citizens of the United States. Negroes so enlisted will be organized into companies, battalions and regiments under the orders of the United States military authorities, and willjbe paid, fed and clothed according to law. The bounties paid oh enlistment may, with the consent of the recruit,- go to assist his family and settlement- in procuring agricultural implements, seed, tools, boats, clothing and other articles necessary for their livelihood. 111. Whenever three respectable ne groes, heads of families, shall desire to settle on land, and shall have- selected for that purpose an island or a locality clearly defined, within the limits above designated, the Inspector of Settlements and Plantations will himself, or by such subordinate officer as he may appoint, give them a license to settle such island or district, and afford them such assist ance as he can to euable them, to estab lish a peacable agricultural settlement. The three parties named will subdivide the land, under the supervision ot the Inspector, among themselves! and suph ; others as may choose to settle near them, so that each family shall have a plot of not more than (40) forty acres of tillable ground, and when it borders on some water channel, with not more than eight hundred feet front, in the possession of which land the military authorities will afford them protection until such time as they can protect themselves, or until Congress shall regulate their title. The Quartermaster may, on the requisition of the Inspector of Settlements and Planta tions, place at the disposal of the Inspec tor one or more of the captured steamers, to ply between the settlements and one or more of the commercial points here tofore named in orders, to afford the set tlers the opportunity to supply their necessary wants and to sell the products of their land and labor. IV. Whenever a negro has enlisted in the military service of the United States, he may locate his family in any one of the settlements at pleasure, and acquire a homestead and all other rights and privileges of a settler as though present in person. In like manner negroes may settle their families and engage on board the gunboats, or in fishing, or in the navigation of the inland waters, without losing any claim to land or other advan tages"derived from this system. But no one, unless absent on Government ser vice, will be entiled to claim any right to land or property in any settlement, by virtue of those orders." V. Iu order to carry out this system of settlement, a General Officer will be de tailed as Inspector of Settlements and Plantations, whose duty it shall be to visit the settlements, to regulate their police and general management, and who will furnish personally to each head of a family, subject to the approval of the President of the United Statds, a Dossessory title in writing, giving as near as possible the description of boundaries, and who shall adjust all claims or con flicts that may aiise under the same, subject to the" like approval, treating such tides altogether as possessory. The .-ame General Officer will also be charged with the enlistment and organization of the negro recruits, and protecting their interests while so absent from their set tlements ; and will be governed by the Rules and Regulations prescribed by the War Department for such purpose. VI. Brigadier General R. Saxon is hereby appointed Inspector of Settle ments and plantations, and will at once enter on the performance of his duties. No change is intended or desired' in the Settlement now on Beaufort Island, nor will any rights to property heretofore acquired be effected thereby. By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. SHERMAN. L. M. Dayton, Maj. and Asst. Adj’t Geu'i. A SMALL SHOW CASE WANTED. Apply to or address R., Savannah Daily Herald office. jan2s ts Boots and shoes made and repaired At No, 2 Broadway, Hilton Head, S. C. Choice Segars and Tobacco. Beer, that cannot be beat. Apples, prime Butter. Also. Shoe-findings for Sale at the above place. WM. M. WILLIAMS, Proprietor. lleadqeartebs U. S. Forces, Savannah. Georgia, January 24,1565. GENERAL ORDERS,) No. 4. j | ALL OFFICERS OF THE ARMY ON ** duty at this Post, those connected with de pots excepted", and all citizens within the lines, are required to report immediately any case of contagious disease which may come to their knowledge to Surgeon J. C. Morgan, U. S. Vols., Health Officer of the Poet, unless the same has been so reported before, Any neglect or failure on the part of any citizen, to comply promptly with this require ment* will be. considered a misdemeanor, and sent before the Provost Judge for adjudication. 11. Comaianding officers of troops in quarters ; will be held responsible that the quarters oi' ihejr troops are at all times in a thorough state •of police. < By command of Brv't Maj. Gen. GROVER. ’ Edward G. Djxk, A. A. A. Gen’i. Dramatic association. Ladies or Gentlemen wishing to ioin a- FIRST CLASS DRAMATIC ASSOCIATION, Can do so by applying to C. R. F., Drawer 135 P. 0., Savannah. Ga. y gRUBBABEL LODGE. No. 15, F. & A. M. A regular meeting of the Lodge will be held at their Lodge Room, This Evening, at 7 o'clock. Members of the Fraternity in good standiug die invited to attend. WM. GREEN. W. M. M. Loewenthai.. Sec’y. jan26 \\T ANTED—By a citizen, (one who is well > ▼ acquainted,) a situation as Clerk, in or out doors. The best of references can be given. Enquire at this office. jau 24 dkKA REWARD WILL BE PAID AND NO qp?Jv/ questions asked, to any person who will return to this office the VALISE, taken from No. 140 Congress street, on Monday, Jan. 23d ; as the contents were of much value to the owner and of no nfee to any other person. Jan 25 * 3t M. R. FLINT. CW. DENNIS & CO., * No. 5 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head, S. “Wholesale and retail dealers in BUTTER. CHEESE, CIGARS, CAKES. CRACK ERS POTATOES, FLOUR, CANNED FRUIT AND MEATS, STATIONARY. HARDWARE, &C„ &C., &C. jyi I*s ts Roberts & lewis, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN SUTLERS’ GOODS AND LUMBER, Mitciikll Avenue, Hilton Head, S. C« b. s. no iiekts, [jan3o—w&s3w) onAB. w. lew is. U S. CHRISTIAN COMMISSION. Rooms 147 Bay street. Preaching at Wesley Chapel, corner of Lin coin and South Broad streets, every evening. Ser vice, commencing at 6 o’clock. Preaching on Lord’s day at 10 o’clock A. M., and at 3 and 6 o’clock P. M. All are invited. ts jan 25 \\T P. GILLETTE, VY • COMMISSION MERCHANT. And GENERAL AGENT. Solicits Goods of all description for Sale cn Com mission. Office Bay street, two doors <ast City Hotel. P. S, —The services of GEO. J. SMITH, to as sist in the business have been secured. jan23-6t WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjutant General’s Office Washington, February IS, ISG4. General Orders, ) No. 04. f REFUGEES AND REBEL DESERTERS. Whenever refugees from within the Rcbe[ lines, or deserters from the Rebel armies, pre sent themselves at U. S. Camps or Military Posts, they will be immediately examiued by the Provost Marshal with a view to determine their character, and their motive in giving themselves up. If it appear that they arc honest in their in tention of forever deserting the Rebel cause, care will be taken to explain to them that they not be forced to serve in the U. S. Army against the Rebels, nor be kept in confinement. 'Hie President’s Proclamation of December 8, 1563, will be read to them, and if they so desire, the oath therein prescribed will be administered t<*> them. They will*then be questioned as to whether they desire employment from the Uni ted States; and if so, such arrangements as rtmjr be expedient will be made by the several Army Commanders for employing them on Govern ment. works within their commands. Those who come to the Army of the Potomac will be ior warded to the Military Governor of the District of Columbia, at Washington, with reports ia their eases, that employment may be given them if desired; or, if not, that they maybe sent as rar North as Philadelphia. By order of the Secretary of War : E. D. TOWNSEND. Assistant Adjutant General. Official : W. L. M. Burger. Assistant Adjutant Genera Heado’RS U. S. Forces, Savannah, Ga., January 25, 1865. General Orders,) No. 5. ( . . I. Hereafter authorized dealers ol goods im ported from the North and retailed to citizens of this city, officers and soldiers, will be allowed to sell at an advance of fifty per cent, upon the cost price of the same or similar goods in New York City, and in no case will any dealer be al lowed to sell at a greater prufit. Vegetables, game, fish, oysters and wood, brought from outside the lines and not imported IronAhe North, will not be exposed tor sale at a "renter profit than 200 per cent, above the retail price of the same before the rebellion. II Authorized hotel and boarding-house keep ers will be allowed to charge not upwards of 15* per cent, advance upon the established prices be fore the rebellion. . . , HI officers, soldiers and citizens are invited to report any violation of the foregoing para graphs to the Provost Marshal, who will, upoit Acli report, arrest the offender, close his place of business—if he has one—and turn the case over to the Provost Judge for adjudication. IV, Retail wine and liquor shops, and sales or wine and liquor to soldiers, are prohibited. V. Until further orders, no letters will be de livered at the Rost Office to citizens not actually within the hues of the defences of Savannah, and until the census can be taken, and the names or citizens present registered, no letters will be de livered without satisfactory evidence oi identity.. No written communications will be pei muted to pass outside of the lines into any district m re bellion, except such as are directly authorized from these headquarteis. By command of „ „ Bv’t. Maj. Gen. 0. GROVER. Edward G. Dike, A. A. A. G. ;an2(i