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Newspaper Page Textthe Savannah Daily Herald. BY 8. W. MASON AND CO. SAVANNAH. FRIDAY, MAY 19. 1563. Oub.Mockmxo Dkviok.— On our first page we present to our patrons and to the country a monumental funeral design, dedicated to the memory of our dead President—ihe man whom we all loved so dearly'; from whom the world has hoped so much, who has doue so nobly for Civilization and Progress, and who has finally given his life for that Liberty which he loved far better than his life. In shrouding our little paper in mourning, and in printing this sad epitaph, we have done what little we could do to show our heartfelt grief at the unexampled.calamity which has befallen the country. It is not an occasion for tnauy words, and without speak ing further we commit our humble tribute to the judgment of our friends. Tut WoBKINO or THU NEW THADti ReGCI.A- Tios9 at this Pour.—The effect of the late orders removing to a great extern the res* trictions hitherto imposed upon commerce at Savannah, in common with the other South ern ports, is already to be observed iu the busy scenes upon the wharves, in the lively appearance of the streets, and in the Increas ed activity in bU3incs3 circles. There is stiil however some little embarrassment amending the landing- aud reception of the newly arrived goods into the port. In accordance with military orders, the Treasury Deportment is to attend to the landing of goods in the absence of Custom House officials. No vessel can be discharg ed without the number of parcels beiug counted, and its being seen that the goods discharged agree with the manifest. • Goods regularly cleared cau be lauded under the eye of au officer. No-products can be shipped from this port at present, except as indicated in the instruc tions of W. P. Mellen, General Agent of the Treasury Department, to Mr. A. G. Browne, Special Supervising Treasury Agent-at Sa vaunali, published in the Herald of the 17th inst. The only lax still levied upon goods com ing here—the military tax —is collected by- Lieut. Col. Neafie, Supervisor of Trade, in accordance with orders from Gen. Gillmore, assigning that duty to him. Capt. A. H. Holway is the acting Revenue Officer of this port, and ail who may have business with him will find him an active, courteous and upright official. The duties of A. G. Browne, Esq., Treasury Agent, will during his absence devolve upou his efficient and gentlemanly aid, Mr. L. A. Dodge. It j 9 now confidently expected that a Pur chasing Agent and a Collector for the Port will arrive in Savannah in the course of a few •seeks. THE COURTS. SECOND rRt. 1 1 SJ CO CRT. Yesterday Judge Benedict had a heavy docket presented to him for adjudication. The following are the dispositions of the cases. Sam. Norman (colored) vs Mr. Macoune, claim for recovery of mule, the alleged pro perty of plaintiff. Judgment rendered in fa vor ol plaintiff for non-appearance of defen dant. Couusel for plaintiff, F. W. Johnson Esq. . * Mrs. Miua Berg vs. Mrs. Waring, recovery of possession of store, case held under ad vertisement Mrs. O’Connor vs. Mrs. Papier, recovery ofrenl. Ordered that defendant, in conse quence of non-payment of rent according to agreement, vacate the premises she now oo cupies, the property of plaintiff, within three ays from date. 1 John C. Schreiner & Son V 9. L. T High tower, receiving goods under false pretences and absconding with them. Ordered that the accused be placed in coutiement thirty days. , ’ ; . Street Commissioner vs. Sam Pingrass (colored), Jeremiah Mcßride, Mrs. Cooper, Grace Farley (colored,) Susan Haide.—Vio lation of orders of Street Department. Or dered, the first named defendant, in conse quence of not obeying the summons of the Court, be placed iu confinement five days; in the second case the defendant is fined five dollars, but iu consequence of his pecuniary embarrassments, he is allowed until the 20th inst. for payment of said fine ; l in the third case the defendant 'ls allowed ten days to comply with orders of Street Department; in the fourth case the defendant is excused ; in the fifth case the same judgment as in the tnird case. Special Police vs. Rose (colored), Daisy (colored)—Theft of clothing, the property of Y\ A. Cooledge. Ordered that Rose be placed in confinement ninety, and Daisy sixty days for said crime, and the stolen property recovered be restored to W. A. Cooledge. Eq John Hampton vs Mary Grant and Reuty Peas. .Recovery ot boat. Ordered tiiat in consequence of the non-appearance of the defendants in this case, judgment is render ed in favor of plaintiff- Counsel for plain tiff F. W. Johnson. In the case of John C. Geil vs. John C. Miller. Claim lor recovery of a colt, the alleged property ot the defendant, heard ou the 17th, and held under advisement. Or dered that the colt in dispute be turned over to plaintiff, the legal owner. « Permission is granted to George R. Rqt tey and Mary E. Hester to enter iuto the bi>nds of matrimony, according to the laws made and provided in such cases. GitOLAKD f OURttsPO.VDKSCK. ■AW FJitjhml in the war anti after the u'ar — The Metropolitan Police Project Jor Boston and r c'ultj—Legislative Excursion to set- the li Gor~ iliiut ’ — 1 he, i 'Vonsercat.re" Troy Parti / oj Sc r Eujht.il out of Llts'nss — Boston M r Enterprise — The June Demonstration in His ton — Various Item* o f Interest. Boston, May 13. To the Si' anna t Herald : As we have scarcely been able to rMali 's that tho country w as engaged in a great civil war. of almost unpaialleUd magnitude and horrors, so now it is as hard to take in the whole of the glorious fact that the war is virtually over aud that peace his and twned upon our glorious country. We feel ourselves almost ready to ask sometimes if tills season of strife and sensation is not a horrid night- mare which has oppressed us through a long and [terrible night, and the only reminders we have of its reality in this section so re mote from actual scenes of war, are the ab sence of many loved ones, with mourners iu almost every house, the heavy taxes which we are called upon to pay, and tiie thrilling tidings stiil fresh in our hearts, of grind victo ries achieved. I believe New England is richer and stronger than ever it was before, notwithstanding the fact that it has been be hind no other section of the country in con tributions of men and money for the defence of the. common country. Taxes will come heavy upou us, but we can stand it. for we are rich. Capital and labor have never been more richly remunerated than during the war. Business enterprise has not been checked in the least; charitable contributions have been flowing in bounteous streams to wards the families of our soldiers, the starv ing refugees and loyalists of the South; the indigent of foreign lands, and every work iu which Christian fpliilanthropy has found a reason to engage. The expenditures for educational and religious purposes in New England have been, anel are now, on the most lavish scale. Every' day' I see in New England papers, accounts of the erection or endowment of un academy, a public library, an art gallery, or something of that sort. Normal schools have been established in Maine and agricultural colleges in nearly all of the New England States while the war continued with its tremendous burdens. And business enterprise is constantly seeking new channels for expansion. Manufactures of all sorts are being perfected, factories improved, and new branches of industry opened. While the war went on, Boston found time and means to build anew City Hall and a City Hospital—both maguifieent ornaments to the city —and to provide for the erection of stat ues, several of which will be completed this Summer. It has also made new land enougli to plaut a large city upon, while it has been constantly widening its avenues, and making important improvements in its parks and public squares. The useful and the beauti ful are alike attended to. There is a con stant active restlessness in our people to do everything better than it has been done be- fore. This spirit it is which lias made a great, powerful and wealthy State on a ster ile soil and a rock-bound coast. It gives rise to new ideas—some good, some absurd— all of which have to* be brought to the test of experiment, and sustained or denounced according as they are proved. The Metropolitan Police Bill is one ex pression of this mental activity of New England, into which, though, enters another element—the proscriptive spirit of the old Puritans. It is the spirit which is always intolerant of the opinions of others; which, having strong prejudices and unalterable con victions, is never satisfied until others are made to conform to them. Boston no more needs a Metropolitan Police than a bliud man needs pictures. The peace is well pre served, and, so far as lies in the power of the police, all the laws are executed. The Maine Liquor Law i9 obnoxious to a large portion of our population, and it is impossible to ob tain a jury, without packing it, which will convict an ordinary rumselier. Nuisance cases are abated without trouble ; the Sun day law is easily enforced ; but further the police to find it useless to go. The law pro videsjfor a Metropolitan Police District com posed ot Boston and the neighboring cities— Charlestown, Roxbury, Cambridge and Chel sea. Only one representative out of over forty from these cities favors the bill, though many of them are temperance men—-Maine Law men, even. Nine teuths of the people interested, are opposed to the bill, and con- it au outrage. Y urious amendments have been attempted to extend the provi sions of the bill to other cities, to the whole Commonwealth and so on, but in vain. It i9 well argued, that the Legislature might as well appoiut Mayors and all other municipal officers for the cities included. The friends of the bill dodge the unanswerable arguments, and blindly adhere to it in its original shape. They will undoubtedly «put it through. It has already been passed in the Senate, and to a third reading in the House. Our only hope is that the Governor will veto it, as he did the bill to pack juries for the same purpose. Governor Andrew has no delicacy or sentimentality about veto messages. He lias issued eleven since he has occupied the gubernatorial chair, and has thereby neutralized much pernicious legisla tion. The total abstinence men are as mad as they can be with him, on the Jury Bill issue, aud lie will encounter no new political peril by knocking over the Metropolitan Po lice project. P. S— When the House came to a final vote upon the passage of the bill, there was an unexpected change-due, I think, to the unanimous ridicule aud protest of the Press. Amendments making the bill ridiculous were adopted by a small majority', * and finally another and entirely' different bill was substi tuted for it. The new bill provided for a spe cial constabulary force to carry out the Maine Liquor Law, but I don’t thiuk it will pass.— Any' way, we are saved from an iniquitous measure, which the prejudiced ruralists strongly threatened to carry ou f at one time. The Legislature went ou an excursion down the Haibor the other day' and visited Fort Warren. About a hundred prisoners ate still held there, including quite a large number of prominent rebel officers. The of ficers of high degree remained iu their quar ters, and me country members failed to get a view of them. But they were somewhat amused by the antics of a party of guerrillas held there, who acted a good deal like “go rillas” for the entertaiumeat of the General Court. Some of the rural representatives were not a little surprised to find that these terrible fellows, of whose exploits they had read in the Berkshire Sere amcr, were very much like human “critters. ” # Tlie “conservative” tory class in t his sec tion is altogether ont of employment. Such dodging and shilly shallying has rarelv been seen. They declared the w.r for the Union a failure, and were accustomed to draw com parisons between Grant and McClellan, un favorable to theSfonner. Now what shall they say? They had a brief revival the other day, when they seized upon Gen. Sherman and joined the train of his admirers, though they have ordinarily pitched into him, be cause they thought (with his equally blind assailants) that he had done something dis loyal. Sherman is too good a man to be made the hero of those who declared that the Avar in Avhich he had played so promi nent a partis “a failure, aud his prompt obedience and brilliant triumph keep him altogether out of their line. The Boston Courier is the only newspaper of this city' which never learns anything. It has subsisted ever since the war commenced upon the cold victuals of a small but pes- tilent company of traitors, and now that Slavery is abolished, and the war virtually ended, its basket, in its regular rounds, will not be likely to receive any further contri butions. I hear that it is for sale. It affords a good field for some person to discourage the devil by spending money, but for no other person. One report is to the effect that Geo. S. Hillard is to take the editorial management, and make it a decently loyal sheet, said Hillard having decided that the war is not so much a failure as it was. I also hear that Hillard has taken a solemn oath never to speak in public in Massachu setts again. His last attempt was on the occasion of Lee's surrender, when he at tempted to joiu in the congratnlatory elo quence witli a puff for Lee’s magnanimity in surrendering to save tire further effusion of blood, —after he had fought his army from 9ixty-flve thousand down to fifteen thousand half armed men! The crowd plainly in formed him that no such speech was wanted or would be tolerated. Poor conservative! The School Committee of Cambridge voted the other night to make arrangements for pio curing substitutes for his “readers” used in their schools, as a rebuke for his course during his country’s peril. Winthrop and Hillard, and the others of their kidney, made a sad mis take when they parted company with the la mented Everett on the question of the war for the Union. Another wing of the Northern Copperheads is led by Ex-President Pierce, of New Hampshire. They have al ways believed the war a failure until recent events opened their eyes, aud now they seize upon the financial situation, and say that the National Debt will be repudiate and. They are played out just as much as Davis und his The country has passed by and left them croaking in the ditches by the wayside. The ino9t sensible of those who opposed Abraham Lincoln in his first cam- paign are now ahead of where he was then on national questions. The world doe 9 move, you see, and sometimes it moves fast. Boston merchants are making arrangements to secure their share in tbe prosperity of the future. They are discussing, as I have informed you be fore, several projects, including anew hotel, new steamship line, <kc. They have already had one stunning trade sale this j'ear, and others are pioposcd. r fhe Boston Board ot Trade have invited delegations from the Boards of Trade oi 9t. Louis,Chicago, Cincinnatti, Detroit and Milwaukee to visit this City during the month of June. The matter has been under consid eration for some weeks, aud at the last meet ing of the Board a committee ot arrange ments as appointed and further measures t iken to carry out the project. About one hundred gentlemen are expected. It is an ticipated that their visit will extend over three days, and the hospitalities of the occa sion will include a trip to Lawrence, an ex cursion down the Harbor and a public dinner. The city government have also appointed a committee to attend to the guests of the city, #nd Faucuil Hall has been bespoke for the occasion. The demonstration in this city on the Ist day of June, in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s memory, will be quite an extensive thing Charles Sumner will deliver an eulogy upon the lamented Patriot,and there will be a pro cession, civil and military, which will be worthy of Boston on such an occasion. The important interests of Agriculture and Manufactures in New Hampshire, piomlse very well this year. The State House at Con coid is being repaired at au expense of about $200,000, which will make it quite an ele gant structure. The first meeting of the corporators of the Vermont Agricultural College Avas held at Montpelier the other day, and arrangements were made to raise funds for its establish ment —to the amount of $100,00,). A special meeting has just been held in the church of the Unity, in this city, in memory of the dead soldiers of the United States Anny. Au appropriate discourse was preach ed by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hepwoi th, from the text Second Corinthians, 15, —“He died for. all. that they which lived should no henceforth live unto themselv'es.” He spoke of war, and the death of martyrs as a neces sity in the bringing about of great national movements, and cited from the history of England and America to illustrate his point. Re A'. David A. Wasson has been installed pastor of the 18th Congregational Society, the field of Theodore Parker’s faithful labor aud profound scholarship. Wasson belongs to the mj'9tic school, Avith not a title of Parker's power. On the occasion of the installation the exercises were opened by Wendell Phil lips, Esq. Devotional exercises were then conducted by Mr- Wasson, after which he delivered an address, Avhich he styled a state ment of the Radical Creed, embracing the be liefs that will command and animate his ac tion in exercising the functions of minister to the most radical church iu America. Anew line of telegraph has been construct ed from Meredith village to North Conway, in NeAV Hampshire, which connects all the mountain hotels. There will be offices at Centre Harbor,Tamworth and Conway. Col. Robin3on„of Concord, Superintendent of the White Mountain Company, deserves much credit for the enterprise. lota. LATEST rROM AVQUSTA. Dates of the 13tli inot. No Meeting of the Legisiaiuret GOVERNOR BROWN’S ARREST Gsa, Wilson to the Rebel Gover nor, etc. No Meeting of the Legislature. Brev. Maj. Gen. Wilson, in pursuance of instructions from the President of the United States, has given notice through the Macon papers that “neither the Legislaturee or any other political body will be permitted to assemble under the call of the rebel State au thorities.” The people of the State, General Wilson says, “are earnestly counselled to resume their peaceful pursuits throughout the State, and are assured that the President of the United States will without delay,exert all the laAvful powers of his office to relieve them from the bondage of rebel tyranny, and to restore them to the enjoyment of peace and order, with security of life, liberty and pro perty, under the Constitution aud laws ot the United States and of their own State.”. Bov, Brown’s Arrest. Hd. Qr’s Cavalry Corps, M. D. M.,) Macon, Ga., May 9, ’65, 2.30 P. M. j Sir —ln pursuance of instructions received this day IromJJ Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec retary fcof War, I have the honor to in form you that your telegram of the 7th inst., forwarded by sanction, has been laid before the President ot the United States, and the following are bis reply and orders. Ist, That the collapse in tne currency and the great destitution of provisions among the people of Georgia, mentioned in your telegram, have been caused by treason, in surrection and rebellion against the laws of the United States* incited and carried on for the last four years by you and your Confed erate rebels and traitors, who alone are re sponsible for all the waste, destitution and want now existing in that State. 2d. What you call the “result which the fortunes of war have imposed upon the peo ple of Georgia,” and all the loss and woe they have suffered, are charged upon you and your Confederate rebels, who have usurped the authority of the State and as sumed to act as its Governor and Legisla ture, made acts treasonable to the United States, and by means of that usurped author ity provoked the war to extremity, until compelled by superior force to lay down their arms and accept the result which “the fortuuts of war” have imposed upon the peo ple of Georgia, as the lust penalty of the crimes of treason aud rebellion. 3ff. That the restoration of peace and order cannot be entrusted to rebels and trai tors who trampled down the order that had existed more than half a century in Georgia, a great aud prosperous State. The persons who incited the war and carried it on at so great a sacrifice to the people of Georgia and of all of the United States, will not be al lowed to assemble at the call of their ac complice to act airain as a Legislature of the State, and again usurp- its authorities and franchises. Men whose crimes spilled so much blood of their fellow citizens, aud pressed 9o much woe upon the people, de stroyed the finances, currency and credit of the State, and reduced the poor to destitu tion, will not be allowed to usurp legislative power that might be intended to set on foot fresh acts of treason and rebellion. In call ing them together without permission of the President, you have perpetrated a fresh crime that will be dealt with accordingly. lam fiariher directed to inform you that the President of the United States will, without delay, exert all the lawful powers ot bis of fice to relieve the people of Georgia from destitution by delivering them from ilie bon dage of military tyranny which avowed reb els and traitors hqye long imposed alike upon pppr und rich. The president hopes by restoring peace and order, giving security to life, liberty and property, by encouraging trade, arts, mat u metures and every species of industry, to re cover the tinauciul credit of the State and de velop it 9 great resources, that the people will again soon be able to rejoice under the Con- Btitdtioti and laws of the United States and of their own State In the prosperity and han pinesa they once had. To all good peoni P who return to their allegiance, iiberalitv will be exercised. 1 If any person shall presume to answer or acknowledge the call mentioned in your tele gram to the President, I am directed to cause his immediate arrest and imprisonment and hold him subject to the order of the War D’ partment. I am, sir, very resp’y your ob't serv’t, J. H. Wilson, Brev’t Maj. Qen. Joseph E. Brown, Milledgeville, Ga. Fuse in the Jail.— The upper portion of the Augusta Jail, on Walker street, was de stroyed by fire between ten and eleven o’clock Saturday night. It was evidently the work oi an incendiary. The fire had been built between some Avooden sheeting and the brick wall, and ran immediately to the roof, which was soon enveloped in flames. By the ener getic exertions ot' the firemen, the fire only burned the fourth story and roof, the lower part sustaining no injury except from water. For Neav York.—On Tuesday, at 2p. m., the fine steamer Chase, will leave Savannah for New York direct. She is an elegant boat and her passengers cannot fail to receive every attention to their comfoit. This is the first steamer Savannah has sent to New York for what seems “many a year.” A Chance for a Bargain.—We call the attention of those who desire to purchase the furniture etc., of the Franklin Ward House to the advertisement of Mrs. Sophia Demere. SHIPPING INTJBLMOENCE. PORT OF SAVANNAH. MAY 18. Arrived. V S Hospital steamship Gen- J K Barnes, Mortor, Hit ton Head: schooner R F Dillon, Lndlam, Hilton Head ; steamer Sylph, French, Hilton Head; steamer Resolate, Cannon. Hilton Head. Cleared. A Steamer U S Grant, Briggs Hilton Head; steamer Jeff Davis, Henry, Poor Robin; steamer Emilie, Ben der, Hilton Head; steamer Planter, Small, Beaufort; steamer Edwin Lewis, Savage, Hilton Head. MINIATURE ALMANAC—THIS WEEK. High Water |Snn Rises Sun Sets Moon Setsl morn. 15 | M... 5 1 | ti 51 1 111 j Io 54 1C Tu .. 5 0 | C 52 I 11 43 I 12 26 IT W ...| 6 0 652 | morn | eve. 22 18 Th ..I 459 653 I 016 j 120 19 Fr .. I 458 | C 54 1 6 222 20 ! Sa.. I 458 I 664 145 I 324 21 | S ... I 4£7 I 655 | 227 j 427 LINE." “ FOR NEW YORK. The First Class Steamer AMERICA, Captain Ciift, will leave for the above port on SATURDAY, 20th inst. For freight or passage, having splendid accommo dation, apply to maylT ts BRIGHAM, BALDWIN St CO. JpiONEER LI NE . FOR NEW YORE DIRECT. The fast first da: s STEAMSHIP C n A S E , Captain W. L. Rogxiw, Having handsome stateroom accommodation, will positively sail on * TUESDAY*, MAY 23d. AT 9 O’CLOCK A. M Cabin Passage, S4O Steerage, ' - 20 For freight or passage apply to HUNTER St gXMMELL, may!9 td TO CONSIGNEES. Consignees per steamship Chase are notified that said steamer Is discharging at wharf foot of Abercorn street. It is necessary that Consignees obtain their permits for thel goods from the Treasury Agents.— All goods not called for during working hours will be stored at risk aud expense of Consignees. HUNTER & GAMMELL, may 19 1 Agents. ANTED TOJRENT. B* One Room or Hall, 100 to 120 feet by 40 feet, on Bay street or Johnsons Square, for which a good Rent will be paid. Address for particular* Pulaski House. M. L. S., Room 81. mnjlß 1 CHANCE FOR A GOO? BARGAIN. The undersigned offers for sale the entire House hold Furniture, Kitchen Furniture and Fixtures of the Franklin Ward House, southwest corner of Bay and Jefferson street. ALSO, A gentle Horse, a Buggy In good order, and Black smith Shop complete. Call Immediately to secure a bargain. mayl9 2 SOPHIA MOORE, JUSjT OPENED. A I. AEG I AM) NSWLT BILZCTED STOCK OT FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, &o. The attention of the public is Invited to our fresh and full first class assortment of D R Y GOOD Sill Just received from the New York markets, and now for saie at the Store NO. 11l CONGRESS STREET, fXRIAIEOR’S OU) STAND J By PRESDEE St ORFF, maylS 3 111 Congress street, Savannah QOLUMBiAN (MARINE} INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Cash CAFITAL $3,300,acr. The undersigned are prepared to Insure under Open Policy from the above Company to the extent of SIOO,- 000 in property m any first class Steamer, and from $50,000 to $75,000 on any first ciass sailing vessel, on the most favorable New York terms. For further particulars apply to CHARLES L. COLBY & CO, Jones Block corner Bay and Abercorn streets, maylS ts Savannah, Ga.