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The Savannah Daily Herald, SI'XDAVi MARCH 1U» iß6s ’ FKO.W OI K EVEXWG EDITION OF YESTERDAY. HOW TO TELL WHO IS WHO. Mauv people are much bothered when they see upon the soldiers who throng our streets various badges, in silver oi other metal.— Home wear a star, some an acorn, some a Maltese Cross. These badges are no part of a soldier's uniform, that is. he is not com pelled to wear them, uor are they provided by Government as are the clothing and other equipments—the badge is bought and paid for by the soldier himself, and is the distin guishing mark of his individual Army Corps. These badges are a matter of great pride to the man himself, for a good soldier is always us proud of the organization to which he be longs. and of the officers under whom he serves, as he is of his own individual prow ess., In fact, it is well known that more quarrels arise and more bitter'bad feeling is engendered among soldiers by discussions aljom the bravery and merits of their iv- FpUCvo commanders, than by any talk about their own personal deeds. The budges which we see here designated respectively the 14th. the 19th, and the 20th Army Corps, though those organizations are by no means present iu our city, being ab sent in certain positions, where, Gens. Sher man, and Grant, and Schofield, and Thomas, and the rest of them knows best—but there are a number of officers on detailed duty, and some convalescent men who are trying the best they know to get well enough to rejoin their comrades in the field. It is on these men that we see the badges of which we speak. The corps badge is worn either on the heart as a medal, or on the hat, generally the latter. They are lor the most part made of silver, and colored and ornamented with colored enamel in order to give them the hue that is required. They are distinguished according to a very simple hut perfectly effective plan, by which the Corps and Division of a soldier may be told at a glance. Every Corps is supposed to be composed of three Divisions. Each Division is designated by its own color—which are red for the First Division, white for the Secoud Division, and blue for the Third Division. The acorn is the badge of the Fourteenth Corps; the Maltese Cross belongs to the Nineteenth Cfll’ps : and the Five Poiuted Star designates the Twentieth Corps. By now bearing in mind this fact, and remembering the order of the colors the observer can in stantly decide, by a glance at his badge, to what Division and Corps he belongs. Thus an acorn-sligped badge, colored red, signifies the First Division of the Fourteenth Corps, —a badge, white or silver-colored, and bearing the form of a Maltese cross, would denote the Second Division of the Nineteenth Corps, while a fine pointed Star, colored blue, would show that its wearer be longed to the Third Division of (lie Twen tieth Corps. By having in mind these sim ple rules, that the corps is designated by the shape and the Division, by the color of the Badge, it is a very simple matter to distinctly determine to what organization any badge- Itenring stddicr belongs. A Man Hiiot vr by t.ik Police. List nisrht tlic silence of the small hours was startled by the report of muskets in tlie \i cinilty of Johnson Square. Arriving at the spot, our reporter gathered the* following particulars • At about one o’clock iwo sus picious looking characters were observed by our efficient police to be loitering in the ally in rear of the office of Headquarters of l*. J3. Police.. From their conversing in under tone and from other auspicious movements, it was at length deemed necessary to arrest them. A descent was accordingly made up on them, when the suspected parties inline llifttoly began playing drunk. Their ro/e.< worn but indifferently sustained, however, and the illusion was not sufficiently perfect to deceive our keen soldier police. In the course of tlieir efforts to carry bodily the more refactory one of the two, the other made an attempt to escape. As he ran the police fired upon him, but it is supposed without effect, ns they failed to overtake him. The remaining prisoner was soon so bered by an application of the button, when he was taken to the guard-house and locked up. His name is James McLougnn.. Hour.kby.—Thursday night last, the store of Mr. A. 11. Oumming, Masonic Hall, cor ner Bull and Congress street Lane, waff en tered by some means unknown, and a tin box on the desk in the rear of the store was taken away. It contained about* five hun dred dollars. It is to be earnestly desired that the thief be arrested, and when he gets through with that unmerciful friend of rogueaejudge Eben Parsons, he will not. be very ftg&to sin again. Death ok Gf.n. AVhitino. —The rebel Major General Whiting, lately captured at Fort Fisher, died of his wounds on the loth, at Governor's Island, Arrested. —Our efficient U. S. Police ar rested yesterday-Wm. Lewis, Cos. I, 128th New York Volunteers, who passed on a col ored man, a few days since, a worthless bill, resembling the U. 9. currency. Lewis is in the lock-up. Important Proclamation by the President. fit/ the President of the United Stares: — A Proclamation. Washington, March 10, lgf>>. Whereas. The twenty-first section of the act of Congress, approved on the :5d instant, entitled “An act to amend the several acts heretofore passed to provide for the enroll ing and calling out of the National forces, a lid for other purposes,” requires that in ad dition to the other lawful penalties of the crime of desertion from the military or na val service, “all persons who have deserted the military or naval service of the United States who shall not return to said service or report themselves to a Pro cost Marshal within sixty days after the proclamation herein mentioned, shall be deemed and ta ken to have voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their rights to become citizens, and such deserters shall be forever incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under the United States, or of exercising any rights of citizens thereof. And all persons wh# shall hereafter desert the military or naval service, and all persons who,, being duly en rolled, shall depart the jurisdiction of the District in which he is enrolled, or go be yond the limits of the United States; with the intent to avoid any draft into the mili tary or naval service, duly ordered, shs.il be liable to the penalties of this section. And the President is hereby authorized and required forthwith on lire passage of this act to issue his proclamation settiug forth the provisions of this section, in which proclamation the President is requested to notify all deserters returning witlfin sixty days as aforesaid, that they suall be pardon ed on condition of returning to their regi ments and companies, or to such oilier or ganizations as they may be assigned to, un less they shall have served lor a period of time equal to their original term of enlist ment.” Novv% therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Pres ident of the United States, do issue this, my proclamation, as required by said act, order ing and requiring ail deserters to return to their proper posts ; and I do hereby notify them that ail deserters who shall’ within six ty days from the date of this proclamation, viz., on or before the 10th day of May, 1805, return to service or report tliemselVes to a Provost Marshal, shall be pardoned on con dition that they return to their regiments and companies, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, and serve the re mainder* of their original terms of enlistment, and in addition thereto a period equal to the time lost by desertion. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this 11th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and ot the independence of the United States the eighty-uiir.h. Abraham Lincoln. By the President— William H. Reward, Secretary of State. SPIRIT OF THE REBEL PRESS. Extracts from late Confederate Papers. ILLNESS OF HON. JOHN BULL. [From tho Lagrange Reporter.] Miss Bell, daughter of Hon. John 8011, of Tennessee, who has recently passed out of the Yankee lines into the confederacy, passed through this place on Wednesday morning last, on her way to join her father, who is at present sojourning with Mr. Janies Freeman, at or near Fiat Shoals, Meriwether county. We deeply sympathize with him, having lost all his property by his devotion to the South, and is now a refugee from home in ids old age and infirmities. A true man to his coun try. we honor liis name and shall ever revere his memory. MOBILE NOT EVACUATED. [From the Meridian (Miss.) Clarion.] A refugee from Mobile "mforms the editor of the New Orleans Times that “the evacua tion of the place commenced on the day of ins departure, and that guns and ordnance stores were going to Selma by rail and water.- Simultaneously with this movement a sweep ing conscription was going on among the citizens of Mobile, to escape which the-peo ple were fleeing from the city by squads.— Ii was the general impression in Mobile that no defence of the city would be attempted. Its garrison ’was small, and composed of militia alone, under the command of Gens, iaylov and Maury." This will be news to the Mobilians, certainly. If the editor of ol the Limes could witness tho preparations that are being made for Granger A Cos., he would lmidly credit tiie stories of skulkers in future. Semper peratus is the watchword oi General Taylor. MAHUI.UiI? OV A SON OF ADMIRAL PORTKIt. [From the Richmond Despatch, March a] Married, on Thursday, the 2d of March, by tlte Key. Dr. Norwood, Mr. William I). Porter, Confederate States Navy, sou of the late Admiral Porter, United States Navy, to Misa Mary E., daughter of Robert Gilliam, Esq., late of Prince George county, Virginia. A Dangerous Character Disposed op.— Last evening John Duggan was arrested, drunk on the streets, having four hundred dollars in his pocket. He was immediately recognized as an individual whom, a few days since, Judge Parsons fined and ordered to leave the city in twenty-four hours, lie which he has failed to do. Thi3 morning Judge Parsons, who considers Duggan a most dangerous character, he being a professional thief, burglar aud loafer, incieted a fine of two huudred dollars, aud the prisoner was ordered to jail until he can be cent out of the Department. _ Wrong Date.— By a mistake this morning, our paper* for to-day was dated “Friday, March 17th. ’’ Probably the mistake was complimemnry to St. Patrick’s Day in Sa vamiah,. as indicative of a desire that it should continue 24 hours longer. Church Directory. —We publish this evening, a carefully prepared church direc -1 ,OI 7) which will be of use to strangers in Savannah. The Fulton is undoubtedly at Hilton Head ere this, but the news of her arrival has not yet reached hue. SHIPPING! IKTELLIGEiVCE. Arr ved—steam r Enoch Dean, Halict, Danfuakic i Island. Cleared—«chr Marcus Hunter, Orr, New York; j steamer Hudson. Vanpelt, Hilton Head. CHURCH DIKKCiOU V . [_ Compiled express!)/ for the. Sir in 'nh Daliy j Herald, j CATHOLIC CHURCHES. Catheral of St. John the Baptist—iu rtheast corner of Perry and Drayton streets. -Mass ; C 1-2 a. in., 8 1-2 a. m. High Mass 10 1-2 a. m., Vesper 14p. m. Sunday School 2 ! 2p. ; m., Stations of the Cross; concluding with the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacra ment, Friday evening, 7 o’clock. Clergy— Right Rev. Augustus Verot, D. D. Bishop of j Savannah; T. F. O'Neil, Sr. Vicar General; j Rev. Peter Whelan, Rev. Peter Dufau, Rev. Henry P. Clavreul. St. Patrick’s Church—southeast comer of West-Broad and Liberty streets. —Rev. Clias. Prendergaet,— Mass 8 1-1 a. m., High Mass j 10 1-2 a. m. I'KOTKSANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES. Christ's Church—east side of Johnson j Square; Rev. Charles Coley Assistant Rector. 1 Service 10 1-2 a. m.; Sunday Sehooi 4 p. m., | Prayers Wednesday and Friday 11 a. in. St. John’s Church—west side of Madison Square.; Rev. C. F. Mcßae, Rector. Ser- 1 vice 10 1-2 a. m., 3 1-2 p. m.; Sunday School 9a. in.—Win. S. Bogart, Superintendent, i Prayers daily at 5 p. m. METHODIST CHURCHES. Trinity Church—west side Bt. James , Square; Rev. A. M. Winn, Pastor. Service I 10 a. m.; Sunday School 3 1-2 p. m.; Mr. j Magill. Service Tuesday at 4p. m. LUTHERAN CHURCHES. Savannah Lutheran Church East side Wright Square. Rev. D. M. Gilbert, Pastor. Services 10 1-2 a. m., 3 1-2 p. m., Sunday School 9a. m.; John T. Thomas, Superin tendent. Service Thursdays 3 1-2 p. ni. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES. Independent Presbyterian Church—South- i west corner Bull ami South Broad streets, j Rev. I. S. K. Axson, D. D., Pastor. Ser- j vicee 10 1-2 a. m., 3 1-2 p. m., Sunday School 1 9 a. m.; John W. Anderson, Superintendent, i Service Thursday afternoons. BAPTIBT CHURCHES. Savannah Baptist Church—West side of! Chippewa Square. Rev. Sylvanus Luwdrum, Pastor. Service 10 1-2 *a. m. Sunday School ; Goo. W. Davis, Superintendent. Service COLORED CHURCHES. First African Baptist Church—West side Franklin Square. Rev. Wm. Campbell, Pan tor. Service 10 1-2 a. m., 3 1-2 and 7p. in., Sunday School 2p. m.; James Sims, Super intendent, Charles L. De La Motta, Assis tant. Church service Thursdays 7 p. m., prayers, Mondays 7 p. m. Second African Baptist Church—West side Green Square. Rev. John Cox, Pastor.— Service 10 1-2 a. in., 3 1-2 and 7p. m. Sun day School 2 1-2 p. m.; Herman Eves, Su perintendent, Wm. Gorgan, Assistant. Pray ers, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 p. m. Third African Baptist 'Church Bryan, near Fahan street. Rev. E. Houston, Pa s tor. Service 10 a. m., 3 and 7p. m. Prayers j Mondays and Thursdays 7 p. in. Fourth African Baptist Church—Liberty, i near Montgomery street. Rev. Isaac Brown j Pastor, Rev. Henry Taylor, Assistant Pastor. ! Service 10 1-2 a. in., 3 1-2 and 7 p. m. Pray- j era, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 p. in. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church West | side Calhoun Square. Rev. James Porter, i Lav Reader. Service 10 10 a. m., 7p. m. ’ i Wesley Chapel—New street, near Fahan street, north Central Rail Depot. Rev. Wm. Aentley, Pastor. Service 10 a. m., 7p. ni. SAVANNAH MARKET PRICES. BErOBTKP EXPRESSLY FOR TOE SAVANNAH DAILY i HERALD. SATURDAY, March is. isos. The market la now well furnished with provisions, ’ and the prices rule lower as the facilities for receiving supplies from the country are increases]. Tho following arc the average retail price* this mom- j ing:— Freeh Beef, per ib gfo ! Choice Stoats-. 40 Fresh Pork _._q Corn-fed 55 Suited ’ Pork Sausage 50 Shad, each 1.00@1.50 Mullets, per string. 75 Salt-water Trout, per string j 00 Oysters, opened, per quart r. () Oysters, in shell, per bushel ) 50 I Clams....- 11 t*o Chickens, per pair .1.005? j Eggs, per dozen gyo j Northern Turnips, per peck ’. .;a Northern Beets, per peck 75 Savannah Turnips, per bunch <^s Savannah Spinach, per bunch .“5 Savannah Celery, per bunch ,* o 5 1 Potatoes, per peck - 1 Corn Meal, per peck 1.25 ‘ Corn Grits, per peck 1.50 Butter, per tt> -5 Cod Fish, per lb 45 Lard) per ib 40 Onions, per peek jjjq Sugars, per lb Cheese, ;>erlb .40 Cooking Soda, per lb .33 Mackerel, No. 1, per kit 4.50 Mackerel, No. 2, per ib . 3.75@4.00 Jj'UNERAL INVITATION. The friends and acquaintances of WILLIAM .TAMES BULLOCH, and oflns mother and family, are invited to attend the funeral services, at the residence of the family, (corner York and Lincoln streets,! This vfter noou, at. 5 o'clock. i mails EV>UND. f Two Cows, which the owner can have by prov ing property and paying charges. Inquire 'in the Brick i ard, near the Corral on the Louisville road, of m * f l* 1 MICHAEL DIMSEY. (> W. DENNIS & CO., ■A No. 5 Merchants' Row, , Hilton Head, 8. C.» Wholesale and retail dealers in WTjER-HEESE. CIGARS, CAKES, CRACKERS, POTATOES, FLOUR, CANNED FRUIT AND MEATS, STATIONARY, HARDWARE, Ac., Ac., jan to ts Headquabtbbh, Dkpaihmknt of thr South, Hilton Head, S. C„ Feb. 28,1565. General Orders,! No. 24. ) lieut.-Col. James F. Hall, Ist N. Y. Vol. Engineers, having been, on account of receiving leave of absence, temporarily relieved as Provost Marshal General of this Department, in General Orders No. 11, current series, from theae Headquarters, and having since been piuinoted to be Colonel of his Regiment, now serving in the Department of Virginia, will turn over all re<> ords and property pertaining to the office or Provost Marshal General, which he may have in his possession, Ir ®v C<^ s 1 or ’ Stewart L. Woodford! hiißegiment ’ ***** P r °ceed to the Headquarters of By command of m run Miffor-General O. A. GILLMORE. W. L M, Bcbosa Assistant AcU’t General. (Official.) Headq’bs, Drr.utT.MENT or the South, Hilton Head, S. C., Feb. 24, ISGS. Genet.ai. Orders,! -.0. 26. f I. Pursuant to Special Field Orders No. 13, dated January 15tb, ISCS. fiom the Headquarters of the Mili tary Division of the Missi'-'-ippi, reguiating commerce within the Department of the South, trade stores wll be permitted at Beaufort, Hilton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, and Charles ton, in ail articles of food and clothing, groceries, ladies’ and childrens’ goods generally, and articles not contraband of war. # Persons desiring to trade will apply to the Com manding Officer of the Post, and obtain his written consent, specifying the kind, nature and extent of the trade; and when -ach p-g-ons requTe importations from Northern Cities or from Fernandina and Hilton Head, to any of th'- other places above named, they will in like manner rpply to the Commanding Officer of the Post, asking him to request from the Secretary of the Treasury, a permit to ship the desired goods. 11. If the Post Commander approve such request for the importation of goods from Northern Cities, or from Hilton Head and Fernandina, lie will addrt ss to tiie Secretary of the Treasury, through the Depart ment Commander, a request, in duplicate, in the fol lowing form, viz • Headquarters, " V ...is.. Sir;— I hereby certify that the shipment proposed to be made by from consisting of articles specified iu the annexed invoice, is required for Military purposes, at this Post: and in accordance with Genera! Sherman's Special Field Order No. 13, I request that you will authorize a clearance to be granted therefore to for subject to the condition that all parties interested in the shipment, shall have first taken the prescribed Oath of Allegiance to the Government of the United States, and will conform strictly to such regulations as may be prescribed, by tiie Treasury Department. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Commanding Post. Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. INVOICE. Here the articles, and quality of each article should be specified. Post Commander. 111. As Hilton Head (Port Royal) and Fernandina, although named in the aforesaid Special Field Order No. 13. have been relieved from the effects of the blockade, no restrictions are imposed by law or the regulations of the Treasury Department, on sDip ments thereto, except articles contraband of war, which can inly be cleared in the manner, and by the authority stipulated in the last clause of a Circular from the U. S. Treasui-y Department, dated November 23d. ISC4, and whicn Circular is in the following words: CIRCULAR TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. - Treasury Department, November 23, 1864. In pursuance of the provisions of the Proclamation of the President, modifying the blockade of the ports of Norfolk, Fernandina, and Pensacola, and of the. Regulations of tiie Secretary of the Treasury relating to trade with those ports, no articles contraband or war will be permitten to enter at either of said ports, and Collectors of Customs will accordingly refuse clearance to vessels bound for those ports, or cither of them, with any such articles on board. Until further instructed they will regard as contra band of war, the following articles, viz: Cannons, Mortars, Fire-arms Pistols Bombs, Grenades, Fire- Picks, Flints, Matches, Powder, Saltpetre. Balls, Bul lets, Pikes, Swords, Sulphur, Helmets or Boarding caps. Sword-belts, Saddles and Bridles, (always ex’ cepting the quantity of said articles which may he necessary for the defence of the ship and of those*who compose the crew.) Cartridge-bag material, Percussion and other Caps, Clothing adapted for uniforms, Rosin, Sail Cloth of all kinds. Hemp and Cordage, Masts, Ship Timber, 'l’ar and Pitch, Ardent Spirits military persons in the service of the enemy, dispatches of the enemy, and articles of like character with those speci ally enumerated. They will also refuse clearances to all vessels which, whatever the ostensible destination, "are believed, on satisfactory grounds, to be intended for ports or places in possession or under control of insurgents against the United States, or that there is imminent danger that the goods, wares or merchandise, of whatever de scription, laden on such vessels, will fall into the pos session or under the control of such insurgents. And in all cases where, in their judgment, there is ground for any apprehension lint any goods, wares, or mer chandise, shipped at their port, will be used, in any way, for tne aid of the insurgents or insurrection, they will require substantia] security to be given, that such goods, wares, or merchandise, shall not be transported to any place uudor ins arectlonary control, with or by the consent, permission, or connivance of the owners, shippers, earners, or consignees thereof, and shall not in any way, be used to give aid or comtort to such ill surge., ts. They will be especially careful upon application for clearances, to require bonds, with sufficient sureties, conditioned for mltUiing faithfully all ihe conditions imposed by law or Departmental Regulations, from shippers of the following articles to the ports opened, or to auy other ports from which they may easily be, and are probably intended to be, reshipped in aid of the existing insurrection, namely: Liquors of all kinds, other than ardent spirits, Coals, Iton Lead, Copper, Tin, Brass, Telegraphic Instruments, Wire, Porous Cups, piaiina, .Sulphuric Acid, Zinc, and all other telegraphic materials, Marine Engines, Screw Propellers, Paddle-wheels, Cylinders, Cranks, Shafts, Boilers, Tubes tor Boilers, Fire-bars, and every arti cle or other other component part of an Engine or Boiler, or any article, whatever, which is, can, or may become applicable fHhc manufacture of marine ma chinery, or for the Armor of Vessels. N B.—Persons desiring to ship to either of the ports named above, any of the articles enumerated herein, or articles of like character, regarded as contraband of war, or prohibited by military orders, must make ap plication, for permission to do so, to the military ofii cer commanding the. Department or District embrac ing the port to which the shipment is to be made When approved by him, and also by the Supervising or AssistaarSpedal Agent of tne Treasury Depart ment, resident there, the application so approved will be presented to the Collector of the Customs at the port from which the shipment is to be made, who will thereupon grant a clearance as requested, on the ex ecution of the required bonds, Ac. And this Circular will, until otherwise ordered, apply to all ports here tofore opened by proclamation, as well as to those named above. I am, very respectfully, (Signed) W. P. FESSENDEN, Secretary of the Treasury. *y.- Dnt as the trade within a Military Department must, for Military reasons, be so far subject to the conttol of the Army authorities as not to permit con traband trade with the enemy, no persons will be al lowed to sell goods at either Hilton Head or Fernan dma until they have obtained the consent of the Post Commander, as indicated in Paragraph I, of this order. In such cases, the Post Commander will immediately forward to these Headquarters a copy of the permit granted with the invoice of goods attached. „ / • AU existing permits to conduct any kind of busi ness within the Department will expire on the first day oi Slay, 1865, and all persons holding such permits rnnsh in order to continue their business, obtain from tne Post Commandant the authority required by Para graph I. ot this order. VI. Each Post Commander will make, on the first of each month, to the General commanding the Depart ment, the report required by the Fifth Paragraph of SgnoaheMiSpl. 16 ' *•*»*«*»&«* VII. Ail permits for trade or any business. K Post Commandants, as hereinbefore provided ohu d y at any time subject to be revoked by either the p . or Department Commanders. ne 1 VIII. Special Field Order No. 13, dated ters, Military Division of the Mississippi, ISOS, is herewith re.published for tne mformioi 5th ’ the command; rotation of Headq’rs Military Division or tub Missis*.™. In the Field, Savannah, Ga., Jan fr'Ti- Speciau Field Orders, ) ’ 15> 1 *«- No. 13. J The Department of the South having boon . within the sphere of this command, and it beino si T‘i and desirable that an uniform policy prevail tonchms cDm* merce and intercourse with the inhabitants of South, the following general rules and prtadolea win be udnered to unless modified by law or the .F-a* W i the War Department. * the ord «re of I. Commerce witn foreign nations cannot be re mitted or undertaken until the national antwi? 0 ' established to an extent that will t he W courts and officers to control and manage surh nf? ters. Trade will be confined to a mere barter ' proportioned to the necessary wants of the am, “ S of the inhabitants dependant on it for the of life and even that trade must bekept strict military control or surveillance P Bu * Ject 10 11. Trade stores will be permitted at Beaufort n , ton Head, Savannah, Fernandina, St. Au*ustim, ™ i Jacksonville, in all articles of food and clothing ceries, ladies’ and childrens’ goods generallv <■„* cles not contraband of war. 8 era,,J ’ and «ti -111. To trade is a privilege, and no person win 1. allowed to buy and sell for profit unless he be arm >P of the United States, and subscribe to mw A? or obligation that is or may be prescribed by Taw <?, *! at points threatened by any enemy, the office! com minding may further exuct as a condition thm .l trader shall himself engage to serve, in some milli?® capacity, to aid in defend of the place ,I,ai ' y IV Persons desiring to trade will apply to the cc m manding officer ot the Post and obtain his who?' consent, specifying the kind, nature and extent of th trade, and when he requires importations from North eru Cities he will in like manner apply tor his ft! ,' The commanding Officer of the Post may a.S tome good officer to superviso these matters.' wh requently inspect the stores, and when there sufficient competition will fix the prices of sale TW stores wifi In like manner be subject to the snm.7 vision of the Commanding General of the Denartnwm. of the South by himself, or an Inspector General ° Bt V. In order that purchases may be made' with economy, the Commanding officer of each p 0 «t w %iake reports of his action in regard to trade with !),! names of traders, amounts of goods desired for , &c., to the commanding general of the department’ who will In like manner, make full report to the !,'/ retary of the United States Treasury, to the end th«i he may instruct the collectors of ports from whir l, shipments are expected as to the necessary nern iu and clearances. It being utterly impracticable that a general commanding military operations should vivo ms personal attention to such matters, it is desirahu that as much power as possible should be delegated to Post commanders, and thev should be held to th« strictest account that no trade is permitted injurious to the military interests of the United States J 10 ♦1 V |': u a, t* c ? f s ot S? n wiU be restr! «ed absolutely to the United States Treasury agents, and no title in cot ton or bill of sale will be respected until after the cot tan Is sold at New York. Country people having small lots oi cotton are permitted to bring the same iu to be exchanged for food and clothing for their fami lies. The Quartermaster will set aside a store or warehouse, to which each wagon bearing cotton, will af ter entering the military lines, proceed direct, to whers an agent 01 the Treasury Department will receive and weigh the same, and pay for it the price fixed in the bth section of the Act oi Congress, approved July ISG4 viz, three-fourths the' value of cotton as quoted in the £*ew lork market; and the Secretary of the Ireaanry is hereby requested to make appointments ot agents to carry out the provisions of 6aid act at the posts of Iltlton Head, {savannah, Fernandina and Jacksonville. commanding officers of Posts may not be neglected or slighted by the changes incident to rauk and changes of troops, the Commanding General ot the Depart ment oi the South will appoint a special officer to com mand at each of said Posts, with a small garrison, not to be changed without his orders; and when other troops, commanded by a senior, are added or arrive, the command of the post will not change, but the ad ditional troops will be encamped near by and act ac cording to special instructions. By order of Major General W. T. Sherman /, L. M. DAYTON, x, „ , # Major and Asst. Adj't. General. By Command of _ T ,, „ Ma - ,or General Q. A. GILLMORE. W. L. M. Burger, Asst. AdJ't Gen. 3 marlli jpiRE INSURANCE. UNDERWRITERS'- AGENCY; THE GERMANIA, ..HANOVER, NIAGARA AND REPUBLIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, Or NEW YORK CITY, Have entered into an arrangement for Jhe purpose of transacting toukthfk the business of Insurance against LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE I And in order to carry the superior advantages of such an anangetnent into effect, have established ail Agency in this city. ONE POLICY of Insurance is issned by the FOUR COMPANIES, through the Underwriters’ Agency. By the conditions of the Underwriters’ Policy but ONE SET OF PAPERS is required to prove a loss to the several Companies insuring under it, thereby making the adjustment simple and expeditious. The cash assets of the four Companies ou the 2d •January, 1865, were as follows, viz : Germania $ 65C,*® 35 Hanover 636,380 64 S ia £ara 1,270.353 40 Republic < 523,643 13 Making a security in the aggregate of $2,987,100 56 Affording an abundant guarantee. J. T. THOMAS, Agent, Office, Bay street, south side. Next East of the Railroad Bank, ,narlG ts Between Bull and Drayton JT)RY GOODS. lathrop, ludington & co.g nos. 320, 328 and 330 Broadway, n. y., Have now on hand an Extensive Stock of DRESs GOODS, - CLOTOS, WOOLEN GOODS, SHAWLS, , PRINTS, SHEETINGS, HOSIERY AND GLOVES, WHITE GOODS. AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS, &c., & c Which they offer by the riEOE OR PACKAGE, AT THE LOWEST MARKET mar tk-lm ,