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The Savanhah Daily Herald. BY g. W. MASoN AND CO. SAVANNAH. TUESDAY. APRIL 11, 1*66 Homicide. —On Sunday night last about eleven o'clock, at the Ice Cream Garden ol Alfred Young (a colored man), on the cor ner ot Huntingdon and Lincoln stieets, east of the Marine Hospital, Burton Jenkins, of Company A, 103d United States Colored Troops, was killed by James Hopkins, Com pany D, of the same Regiment. The following are the circumstances : The deceased and Hopkins run the guard of the camp, which is near by, and visited Youngs saloon. The deceased entered a stall in the saloon and was treated to a supper. Hop kins who partook of refreshments ordered at the counter of the saloon, as soon as he had finished his meal advanced with a re volver to the stall where Jenkins was seated. Upon entering the stall Hopkins pushed aside Peter Williams, (colored) waiter of the Saloon, drew a revolver and fired on Jenkins, who immediately fell from his seat, having received a ball in the head. Tho murderer made his escape 1o the camp of his regiment and teigued to be asleep when the alarm was given. Jenkins was removed to the Savannah Medical College and died about three hours after being shot. Yesterday forenoog, Drs. Barteaux and Girard made a post mortem examination of the deceased. The ball entered the frontal bone a half an inch to the left of the median line, and one inch above the supra orbit al ridge.and passing through the cerebrum, and lodging near the occipital protuberance. The military authorities will fully investigate the. homicide. Grand Review of Colored Tkoofs. —On Sunday evening at 4 o’clock the Brigade of colored troops," stationed at this place, under command of Colonel Wm. T. Bennett, were reviewed on the flue grounds immediately adjoining tlio Park. > The reviewing officer was Col. C. W. Foster, Ass’t Adj’t General and Chief of the Bureau lor organization of colored troops. Col. Foster is an old Regular Army officer of much experience and skill, and it is a cu rious fact, that, although he has organized and put into the field 138 regiments, amount ing to over 130,000 men, he never until on Sunday evening, witnessed a parade and review of colored troops. Col. Foster expressed himself highly gratified with the exactitude and precision of the movements and evolutions, and also was highly pleased at the soldierly bearing of the officers, and the neatness of the dress and all the accoutrements of the men. Not a cartridge box, not a belt, not a buckle was out of place. The uniforms were as trim and clean as the most exacting drill officers could demand. Though the rain drizzled in a most unpleasant manner, still the Colonel remained throughout all the evolutions of the Brigade Drill, and at the close exoressed himself pleased exceedingly with all he had seen. There can be no doubt that Col. Benuett and all his officers deserve the highest credit for the high state of perfection to which they have brought their respective regiments and companies. Second Provost Court.— Judge Walton disposed of the following cases yesterday: Robert Cooper vs. Paul Floyd—charged with sterling shoes from plaintiff. The de fendant and plaintiff in this case are colored persons. Judge Walton ordered that de fendant be placed in confinement three weeks and pay to plaintiff the sum of $ 15 damages. William Biondelle vs. James Greenlaw and James Ward—charged with intrigue in order to extract money from plaintiff as re ward to recover a cow supposed to be lost. Ordered that defendants be fined in the sum of ten dollars each, and hie permitted one Week to pay the same. Street Commissioner vs. Andrew Farry and Mrs..M. Scott—charged with violating General Order No. 16. Defendant fined five dollars. Patrick Summers vs. Richard Sipp. Claim for recovery of a horse, the property of Plain tiff and now in possession of the United States. Ordered that ihe United States re tain possession of said horse. Street Commissioner vs. Martin Quinn.— Charged with violating General Order No. 15. That Defendant pay a fine-of $2 50. Transgression of Citv Ordinance.— An Ordinance of the City prohibits swimming withiu 9ight of the wharves, or within the city limits, \ esterday atternoon several per sons were seen bathing in the river at the dock, foot of Abercom street. It is only ne cessary to call the attention of the Police to this fact, to insure the suppression of what some people consider a nuisance. Palm Sunday.— At the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, on Sunday last, in the fore noon, the Rev. Augustin Verot, D. D., Bishop of Savanuab, performed tlio sacred riteo peculiar to Palm Sunday, also of presenting palms. The ceremony was of a most inter esting character, and the congregation un usually large. First Provost Court. —ln this Court yes terday twenty-nine persons were permitted to take the oath of allegiance. Judge Par- Bons closely scrutinizes all who are referred to him and desire to take the oath. THE PRESIDEIT AT FLTEXSBIRti OH THE 3d. Peace Overtures from Jeff. Davis Last Week. New York, April 4. The Herald’s despatch from Washington at midnight, say 9 “President Lincoln de signs going himself to Richmond, but passed the day in Petersburg, and relurned to City Point to-night.” The Herald positively assarts that Jeff. Davis early last week made direct overtures to President Lincoln, to surrender on the Rebel behalf everything to the United States Government, and asked but one considera tion, viz: that, all who bad taken part in the rebellion, should be restored to citizen ship. Mr. Lincoln replied that he bad not the power—Congress alone possessed it. Fighting began forty-eight hours after. EXPECTED NAVAL BATTLE OFF THE COAST OF SPAIN. The Niagara and Sacramento to Engage the Rebel Rama. [From the Independent News Room.] New York, April 3.— The Herald has im portant special correspondence from Forral, Spain, dated March 12th, that the rebel ram Oiiiula was lying there. An engagement was expected between her and the U. S. steamers Niagara and Sacramento. The Stonewall is lying there, and is ex pected to go to sea about the middle of March. AMUSEMENTS. Savannah Theatre.— The theatre was crowded last evening on the occasion of the benefit to Col. Grant Taggart, tendered him by his friends in military and civil circles at Savannah. Col. Taggart has won, during his brief stay with us. no little personal populari ty, as well as public favor, from the mauner in which he has conducted the Savauuah Theatre as Lessee aud Manager. The over flowing house last evening testified to the lively appreciation in which his liberality, courtesy, and managerial ability are held by the public. The bill was well selected, comprising “Six Degrees of Crime,” and “Slasher and Crasher,” and each participant in the unusu ally strong cast appeared to use every exer tion to make all pass off successfully. The powerful drama, “Six Degrees of Crime," was effectively rendered, and the curtain went down amid enthusiastic applause. Loud calls were made for Col. Taggart, and in re sponse to the persistent demands of the au dience the beneficiary appeared, and after a hearty reception addressed the house in these words: “Ladies and Gentleman”— Necessity com pels me, as you are aware, t Q bpg your in dulgence ; but although mv voice is failing, my heart can not fail, while I see myself sur rounded by so many kind and generous pa trons. This moment of triumph ih my earn est- efforts to please the public, is one of the Proudest of my life—a moment rivalling that in which the soldier, after a hard-fouclit fight, sees victory perch upon hi) standard. In conclusion let me thank my friends from the bottom of my heart for this generous benefit.” The performance wound .up happily with “Slasher and Crasher,” in which Mr. Hern don as “Slasher” aepuitted himself to the im mense satisfaction ot the audience. THE FALL OF RICHMOND. Our exchanges teem with accounts of joy ous demonstration in all portions of the loyal North over the fall of the Rebel Capi tal. The enthusiasm of yesterday, so uni versal in its character, ‘lias not had its parallel since the war begun, and we could fill columu9 with merely an abstract of the jubilations. It is sufficient to know, howev er, that all classes and conditions of people were joyous to the top of their bent, end ex hibited their gratification in the way that best suited them. It is mentioned that Secretary Seward, in his remarks yesterday at the jollification in Washington, said : “I cannot make you a long speech at this time. I am to-day to write my despatches to go abroad, and what shall I say to the emperor of the French ? I shall say to him that if tire rebels have n«t consumed their Tobacco by to-morrow lie will find it safely stored in Richmond. And now what shall I say to John Bull ? I shall tell him the Cotton is bought cheaper by paying duty for it to the United States, than by ruuning the Blockade.” Mr, Seward concluded his remarks by say ing, “ Peace and Good will to all mankind, and no interference in our affairs by any one." A large transparency, appropriate to the dav, was displayed at the New York Post Office. It read: _ “Mails for Richmond if II close by order of den. Grant.” The stampede of curiosity Seekers for the ex-rebel Capitol has commenced; several Congressmen and quite a number of News paper Correspondents left Washington for Richmond yesterday. The Richmond papers were defiant to the la9t, hurling bitter epithets upon the Yan kees. A FEW MORE NOTES. The latest news from Richmond , aside from the official despatches received yesterday, is to the effect that the fire there was not seri ous,it bein" confined to a few Tobacco Ware nouses. The Necro Troops and Yankee of ficers were greeted with enthusiastic wel come, and many Union Flags# which had 1 ;ng been concealed waiting their day, were displayed upon tho entrance of the Federal army.— Boston Herald, April if. Paid Off. —Yesterday a portion of the 103d U. S. C. TANARUS., under the command of Lt. C 01. John A. Bogert, were paid their bounty, etc. These funds will neaily all change hands in the city and it will make trade thrive. Gold 145 7-B.—Gold closed at Gallagher's Evening Stock Exchange, New York, April 3d, at 145 7-3. OTHER NORTHERN NEWS. From the New York Herald, April 3. President Lincoln still remains at City Point. It is reported that General Grant has promised him that he shall enter Richmond within a very few days, alTd that he will from that city issue another proclamation offering amnesty to the rebels, on the condition of submission to the national authority. The effect of the news from before Peters burg yesterday was to cause a great excite ment and rejoicing, not only in the city, but throughout the North, every portion of it bearing a most favorable character. The advance of General Stoneman s cav alry force, which recently moved from Knox ville, Tenn., and which the rebels have re ported as designed to strike at Lynchburg, Va., entered and captured the town of Rome, North Carolina, on the 27th ult., after rout ing the rebels stationed there and inflicting on them a loss of ten killed and over sixty wounded. Boone is the county town of Watauga county, in the northwestern part of North Carolina, and is two hundred miles from Raleigh, in a direction a little north of west. The rebel papers report that General Stoneman’s command cofisists of about six thousand cavalry, and that he is accompan ied by the 4th Corps of national infantry, under General Stanly, numbering at least fif teen thousand men. A despatch in reliel newspapers from Montgomery, Alabama, says a Yankee raid ing column, estimated at twenty-five hun dred, principally infantry, struck the railroad twenty miles below that place on last Monday morning, the 27th ult., captured two trains, and then moved on down towards Greenville. Great alarm wa3 caused by this Yankee ap parition, and Gov. Watt had called on the people to organize for resistance. In view of an anticipated engagement be tween the United States naval steamers Niagara and Saeramento and the rebel ram Olinde, alias Stonewall, still lying in the port oi Ferrol, Spain, at .the date of latest ac counts,, our Corunna and Ferrol despatches and the accompanying illustrations will prove interesting to _ the American public. The Stonewall, which is a rather formidable ves sel, having a spur twenty feet in length, and being furnished with two stationary turrets, one carrying a three hundred pound gun and the other two two-liundred pounders, arrived at Feirol on the 4th of last February,' where she still remained on the 12th of March. During that time she had been re ceiving repairs, and it was thought that men and munitions had been secretly placed on board of her. She is commanded by Captain Page, formerly of the United States navy, and was expected to go to sea about the mid dle of March. A small, and very swift steamer, called the Louisa Fanny, supposed to be the tender of the Stonewall, had visit ed Ferrol harbor, communTPated with her, and then sailed away. The Niagara and Saeramento were lying at Corunna, suffici ently near Ferrol to watch the Stonewall and to attack her when she moved out. Our next foreign news may, therefore, bring us ac counts of another battle between national and rebel vessels, Theie were several fires in the city yester day, at all of which the firemen promptly appeared, and labored with their accustom ed energy. A lire broke out about eleven o’clock in the forenoon on the corner of Broadway and Houston street, aud extended to the adjoining buildings destroying altogether property valued at about seven ) teen thousand dollars. Other fires occured at 219 Fulton street, 2G9 Greenwich street, 335 First avenue, and at the corner of Third avenue and One Hundred and Eighth street; but they did trifling damage, and five hun dred dollars will probably cover the losses by all of them. A crowded meeting of the American Union Commission was held last night in the Acad emy of Music. Dr. Curry, from Charleston, and o®i. Taylor, from East Tennessee, gave graphic descriptions of the utter disintegra tion of Southern society which resulted wherever the Union arms, went, and urged the necessity of immediate action and relief. The organization has lately undertaken the care of the rebel deserters, and propose to establish schools in the South. One hundred thousand dollars are needed for these ends. PETERSBURG. details of the three days fighting. New York, April 13, 1865. Giant’s movements wefe begun by Sheri dan, who, on Tuesday last, began to push his cavalry along the rear of our lines toward and beyond Ream’s Station. The enemy quickly detected this movement, and their pickets at once grew uneasy as they sounded the alarm. On Wednesday morning, the 2d and sth Corps moved iVom tlieir"works "to follow and support Sheridan. Tnen follow - ed a rain storm, whereby movements on the next day (Thursday) ware mrterially retard ed. To return to Wednesday ■„ Our infant ry met very little opposition, receiving only here and there a sprinkle bf musketry until the first division of the st\i Corps bad got to the juncture of the Boydtotyn with the Quaker road, where the had a fight which lasted about an hour and a half, ind our loos was some 380 of which number about forty were lulled and the rest wounded. The rebel loss was about 250 in killed and wounded, an(P 100 prisoners. The enemy Was finally driven from his works, and he retreated to another lmebeyond tließoydtown road.and our troops of the first division followed up and took a pqwtion with the left, about two miles north of the road. The entire losses -f tiie First division for the day were a- little ovel- 450 After the light here alluded to, the Second and Fifth corps formed a junction and advatced slow ly, driving back the rebel skirmisliers, until darkness compelled a suspension of opera tions. This was all the important during Wednesday. The enemy, however* enlivened the night by a furious cannonade along the lines in front of our Ninth corps evidently in the hope of finding a weak spot butt liey were disappointed. On Thursday the rain began very early, about midnio-ht and lasted until 4 p. m., rendering the roads impassable for artillery, and necessarily sus pending active operations. A lively fire of artillery was kept up by the enemy, and picket fi mg was rapid and continuous, bi ll no serious damage was done. Cn Friday morning the enemy became fully awake to tbe danger threatening him; Lee himself, so prisoners say, was at The front, and speedily began the day’s work by a desperate rush upon our left, which he forced back upon their previous position on the Boydstown road. Here our men rallied and iu turn (t Sf enem y with considerable loss, ever , the distance he had gained, taking posses sion of the W hite Oak road. At the same time the enemy made an attack upon the right flunk ot the Fifth corps, but by a sud den and llliant charge our men drove them a long dknee,and strewed the ground with their deagnd-wounded. The of the day’s work was the cap ture of sq battle flags, about one thousand prisonerand a considerable advancement of our lin. It is thought that the enemy lost aboil,2oo men during the day. Very soon aftethe attack on the Fifth Corps, the rebles attked Sheridan, at a point about three mi| from Soulhaide railroad, with in fantry ajcavalry, and as usual gained a slight afcntage for the moment ; but all wa9 quicy recovered, aad something gain ed be sis. On Saturday the struggle became pre general, and a furious fight raged nolj all day. The position called the FiveiSrks thus recaptured, and Sheridan on our it carried everything before him, large number of prisoners and several jtterie9 of artillery. But all this heavy ar successful fighting was only the prelude ?) the grand effort of yesterday, when Gteral Grant ordered an attack along the who line. At 8 clock the rebel lines had been broken and th battle was raging with desperate energy Sheridan was sweeping down from the wt; Ord was engaged and all ap peared&vorable. At 11 P. M. the President telegrshed : “All is going on finely. Gens. Parke,Wright and Old s lines are extending from he Appomattox to Hatcher’s Rvn. Tneyave all broken through the enemy’s entre’hed lines, taking some forts, guns and psoners. Sheridan, with his own cav alry, le Fifth Corps, and part of the Sec ond, - coming in from the west, on the ene my slank. Wright is already tearing up the fiuthside railroad.” Afew hours afterwards another bulletin waseceived from Grant, dated 10:45 A. M. Eve thing had been swept from the left of thexiutli Corps. The Sixth “Corps had taki 3,000 prisoners. The Second and Twity-fourth had captured guns, forts and primers. The army was closing around thevorks envelopiug Petersburg. Sheridan notieard from & hours later Grant telegraphed that his me were all up in unbroken line, aud in a feviiours be entrenched from the Appomat to»elow Petersburg to the river above. Our elite captures were at least 12,000 men and fill guns. The despatch closes thus : “All sefis well with us and everything is quiet jiqnow.” ISK IN THE RATE OF INTEREST. NO. I. lie Edinburg Review for January last caains an article headed “Seven Per Cent,'' in. liich it is assumed that within the last yer the rate of interest has risen two per cet. above the average rate in Great Britain, atHiich rate it continues. This remarkable evht lias caused much surprise,if uot alarm, in ;1 the moneyed circles there. The im prison seems to prevail from such an un usul state of things that some great finan cial brisis is impending. So remarkable a pifeaomenon has excited much speculation aso its cause and probable results. The Rview undertakes to elucidate the subject, stributing the rise, and, consequently, the tihanced value of money, to the increased demand, not only in England, but all over Europe, for loanable capital, inconsequence of the great extension of commercial enterprise, rhe writer appears to think that a period of dear money has arrived, and is probable to be the natural, and not an abnormal state of kings. In this question the United States are deep y interested. We have been borrowers in Europe at every period of our history. We lave effected nearly all our plans of internal inprovement by means of borrowed capital. Ve have have borrowed in peace and in war. lelatively cheap money in Europe has en a>led us to develope our resources with un e;ampled rapidity. We are as much inte rfiled, therefore, as those in Europe who tlink cheap mouey an essential element of mtional property. An investigation into the course and probable results of so unusual a plenomenon as a permanent rise in the rate of interest cannot be without its importance at this financial crisis. It would seem impossible to determine whether the high rate of interest is or is not abnormal and likely to be permanent. It would appear to us to be dependant on con tingencies which defie human penetration. The reviewer dilates at some length on the great, supply of loanable capital in England, in consequence of the adoption of the prin ciple of limited liability in banking aud insti tutions of credit, generally. This has led to the formation of a great number of joint stock Companies, the effect ot diminished hazards from such investments. Nearly all the surplus loanable capital in England now finds its way abroad after fill ing all the channels of employment within the domestic sphere. The reviewers, as we have seen, explain the peculiarity that an extraordinary demand had sprung up throughout Europe for loanable capital, and that England being its great reservoir, resort is had to that country for the needful sup ply. This, however, furnishes ODly one part of the explanation, namely, such a demand as greatly to elevate the rate of interest. The question still remains for solution, to wit: by <v hat means is such a supply of loanable papital furnished beyond the average de mand ? The Reviewer is of opinion that the recent inducements for tbe formation oi joint stock companies with limited liability have operated to bring into activity all the dormant, unemployed capital of the United Kingdom, a large part of which, after Ailing all the avenues of domestic employment, have overflowed into foreign channels. The demand has been greater than the supply, large as that is—hence the rise in the rate of interest. The diminished risk attendant on invest ments where the risk being diffused is shared by many, under the law of limited liability, has led to the almost unprecedented forma tion ot joint stock companies. “It will be found," says the reviewer, “that the high rates of interest which have so lately and so long prevailed, are the result not of any arti ficial tampering with the natural course of things, but, precisely on the contrary, 0 f giv ing the natural course of things fair play.— It will be .ound, we think, by those who pa tiently study the subject, that the rise in the price of loanable capital is, above all things, due to the growing availability and diffusion of English capital for foreign purposes, and that this growing availability and diffiuaion are in their turn the consequence of the new organization provided by the comparatively sudden aud vast expansion of joint stock systems, and of the birth of so many finan cial companies capable of undertaking the largest operations.” As regards the influence of the principle of limited liability, the reviewer adds: “It would be remarkable that the principle of limited liability, en commandite, was coe val with the history of banking in the Unit ed States were it not explained by the fact of the scarcity and high price of capital in a new country with an abundance of fertile territory. It would have been impossible to have formed those large aggregates which constitute the stock of our banks and simi lar enterprises, requiring associated cap ital, and the principle of unlimited liability. More importance is attributed however to the efficacy of the principle of unlimited lia bility as a security against losses from over banking than its merits. The principle of unlimited liability was in force in both Eng land and Scotland when the private and joint stock banks in the former have failed extensively in different periods of her his tory, while in Scotland there have been few failures of banks, showing that thereds 9ome other feature besides unlimited liability on which such security depepda. “The limited liability of each share holder became one of the chief elements in the un paralleled suction, the minute and complica ted drainage brought to bear, as we have shown, upon the scattered capital of the country. Under the system of unlimited liability few, except a small section of bank ers and merchants throughout the country, would engage in foreign enterprise, and those who did were prone to keep within certain traditionary grooves marked out by the cau tion ol former generations, but now owing to the vast number of share holders and. the limitation of their liability, the timidity of each invester is indefinitely diminished, while any remaining coyness is overcome by the golden harvest in prospect.” In Wiltshire, Eng., as two rams were grazing together in a meadow, they were observed to retire a short, distance, so that the space between them was about fifteen yard 9, and after facing each other for some time, they suddenly rushed together, their foreheads meeting with a crash. Immedi ately after, one wa9 observed to fall, and, on examination it was found that the force of the collision had broken his neck. Among the many improvements' in photo graphic apparatus, one of the most impor tant is that made recently by M. Dubroni, of Paris. He has contrived a most complete set of apparatus, which a photographer on his travels can akno9t put in his pocket, and by means of which ladies can practice the art without risk of soiling their fingers. HOTEL ARRIVALS. PULASKI HOUSE, APRIL 10, 1865. O W Wood, U S N. Col Kimball, 12th Maine. Major Hastings, “ J M Oaodwin, “ G L Lambert, Hilton Head. E S Jordan, “ Mrs SE White, Adjt Kendall, 12th Me. P C Rogers, St Helena, S C. J W Grosvenar, 3d R I Art. Mrs Ives and two children. Hilton Head. IIA St ult s, “ John Heyes, M D, “ John Eheroardt, 20th Mass. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF SAVANNAH, APRIL 10. Arrived—Steamship Blackstone, Berry, Boston; steamship Relief, Barlow, Hilton Head ; tag Standish, Hallett, Hilton Head; Bteamer U S Grant, Dobbs, Hilton Head. Cleared—Schooner Houston, Lippincott, Philadel phia ; steamer Edwin Lewis, Savage, Hilton Head, via Fort Pulaski. MINIATURE ALMANAC—THIS DAY. Sun Rises 535 Moon Rises 703 Sun Sets C 27 High Water, m. ’7 21 - ' gAVANNAH THEATRE! Lessee and Business Manager meant tauqabt. Director of Amusements a. h. da yen poet. Stage Manager.... - ,y. j, uebndon. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1866. - . Will be presented the Excellent National Drama, in three acts, entitled IRELAND AS IT IS. oe, inn srrrxsa'Os or tue coos or ieelasd. Dan O’Carolan Mr. Thomas Weir Neil O’Carolan Mr. A H Davenport Ragged Pat Mr. J W earner Mona Voyage Mr. Saulsbnry Old Stone .jjr Simpson Connor O’Flaherty. ...Nlr Rogers Judy O’Trot Miss Florence Lalond Honor Mias Maude St. Leon Florence Miss Elsie St. Leon After which a Comic Chinese Pas de Deux, in Cos- tume—Mias Mande St. Leon and Mr. J W earner. To conclude with the Farce of CONTENTMENT vs. RICHES OR, A PLEASANT NEIGHBOR: Christopet Strap Mr T .T Herndon Sir George ' Mr Rogers Nancy Strap Mies Prestige L idy Eli; a eth Jdiss Elite St Li«.i To-morrow evening the great moral play of THE DRUNKARD: Notice.— ln future the doors will open at 7 and the curtain rise at 8 o’clock precisely. Box office open from 10 until 2 o’clock. ear prices of admission as usual-^i All bills must be presented weekly. aprO