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cation of which was as weak and inefficient
as the attempt was Improper and illegal. The
report Is .signed by A. B. Wade, chainnan ;
Z Chandler, Geo. \Y. Julian, B. F. Loan.
D. W. Gooch dissents from the views of the
majority, concluding his report as follows:
Whatever there may have been of feeling
between the army and the navy in relation
to the seizure ot cotton, an examination of
all the testimony will show that the military
operations were not delayed or interfered
with by any operations in cotton. The de
lays at the points where these operations
were carried out were occasioned wholly by
other causes. During the progress of the
expedition meetings were held at two places,
Alexandria and Grand Ecore, for the election
of delegates to a convention then about to
meet for the organization of a State govern
ment in Louisiana, it does not appear that
any officer or private, or Anybody connected
with the expedition in any way, interfered
with or participated in these elections, or
that thev caused the slightest delay to the
movements of the army or the navy, or in
fluenced or controlled the expedition in the
slightest degree. . ,
Lort Fisher.
The committee in their report on the Fort
Fisher expedition, say, from all testimony
before them, that the deteimination of Ger.
Butler not to assault the fort seems to have
been fully justified by all the facts and cir
cumstances then known or aftei wards ascer
tained.
The Commit tee on the Subject of Light
Draft Monitor*.
So, when it was I‘ound that these vessels
were failures as origiually designed and con
structed, Mr. Stimers was removed from the
position he had held in relation to them, and
they were placed in charge of other officers
and altered as recommended by the commit
tee appointed to examine them. The fire
changed into torpedo boats were altered at a
cost of from silty thousand to sixty thousand
dollars each. The other fifteeu were altered
at a cost of from eighty to one hundred thou
sand dollars each. With these alterations
they would appear to be a very serviceable
class of vessels, though not so servicable as
they should be considering the expenditure
of time and money upon their construction.
Except these fitted up as torpedo boats,
which are of little utility, your committee
cannot refrain from the expression of the
opinion that it was unwise to order the con
struction of so many vessels upon precisely
the same plan, without first testing the ques
tions involved, by the construction of one or
two at most, carryiug them so far forward as
to euable the department to understand and
remedy the defects which have been shown
to exist in those light draft monitors.
The Savannah Daily Herald
8. W. Mason & Cos., Proprietors.
S-uiuel W. Mason, Editor.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1366.
The Public Meeting To-Niglit.
We call especial attention to the call for
the public meeting to-night, at the Hail of
Georgia Union Club, over the Express office.
It will be a very important meeting, and
should be attended by all citizens .who take
; au interest in the welfare of the St%te.
THE POLICY OF THE NATIONAL AD
MINISTRATION AND THE POLICY OF
THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
We'have published in the news columns of
' the Herald, without especial comment, full
reports of several county meetings in the
State of Georgia, in the proceedings of which
Ex-Governor Brown was, either directly or
indirectly, complimented on his wisdom in
calling for a meeting of the Legislature.
That this expression does not accord with
the policy of the national administration—it
may have been made in ignorance of it—is
forcibly proven in the arrest of Ex-Governor
Brown, and the forbidding of the assembling
of the Legislature.
No one can dispute the right of the United
States Government to take such action, and
its decision on this point has been officially
announced with sufficient plainness, or fore
shadowed with enough significance, to leave
little doubt that this course is noufor special
expediency, hut a part of a permanent policy.
The alleged right of a State to secede was
fought by national men in Congress and on
the stump, for many years. It has been met
and totally defeated upon the battle-fields of
this rebellion. To attempt to uphold this
fallacy in any form now is practical treason.
Its total abandonment has been voluntarily
assented to by Gen. Lee, in his acceptance of
Gen. Grant’s terms ot surrender; by General
Johnston, when he made his second capitu
lation to Gen. Sherman ; and in all the sur
renders which have taken place. • Had not
this assent, been thus given, the war would
not be ended.
The defeat of the rebellion has thus estab
lished in fact what was from the first true in
law, that no State had a right to secede; that
Becession was and is treason ; that the pre
tended exercise of State Sovereignty did not
shield a single man who participated, direct
ly or indirectly from the guilt, the responsi
bility and tbe penalties of treason.
It therefore follows that any remission of
these penalties is an act of mercy, and not
of legal justice. And, Secession being Trea
son, it therefore follows that all State ordi
nances and laws declaring, abetting-or in
any manner recognizing the pretended seces
sion of Georgia, are t< - lay practically, and
have been from tbe beginning legally, abso
solutelv void.
. Tbe power of the United States Govern
ment to control and shape the status of the
insurrectionary States, so far as national inte
rests are affected, is thus apparent, and has
been vindicated in the result ot war.
From President Johnson’s proclamation
with regard to the State of Virginia, which
lias been published in the Hbrald, and from
Maj. Gen. Gillmore’s terse, cogent and de
cisive Order, No. 65, which has repeatedly
appeared in the Herald, and from the tenor
of recent acts of Congress as well as of the
Admin|>tratiOß,U will clearly he sees that the
Government proposes to exercise this right,
and to permit the resumption of their sepa
rate State Governments by the people of the
insurrectionary States, only upon the terms
of an absolute aud practical renunciation of
the politicul heresies which have deluged the
South in blood, and upon clear and unmis.
takable proof that the people of these
States have determined to be hereafter obe
dient to the national authority, and loyal to
the uational flag.
Slavery and the alleged right of secession
are dead. They can never be resuscitated.
They were twin allies of the rebellion, and
were alike buried in its grave. The Presi
dent, in the exercise of his official functions,
has said so; the sentiment of the North and
the loyal South sustain him; and the dis
loyal people of the South have, by their own
voluntary, deliberate action, deprived them
selves of any opportunity to influence the
decision. One of the County Convections
adopted a resolution expressing confidence
in a disposi'ion on the part of the General
Government to protect the people of the
South in their property; that confidence is
well-founded —but slaves are no longer prop
erty, any more than Jeff. Davis is a National
Executive, or Gen. Beauregard io command
of Savannah.
There are many people m Georgia, we re
gret for the sake of the State’s prosperity,
who still suppose they can vote themselves
in or out of the Union, and vote slavery
alive, and vote traitors into office, and vote
various things that theGeneralGovernmcnt not
only wishes aud claims, but should have and
does have, the right to forbid. The sooner
they understand the error, appreciate their
exact relations, learn that rights and privil
eges are dependent off the performance of
duties, and adapt themselves to the new
state of things, which their conduct has not
only rendered possible but necessary, the
better will it be for them, the sooner will
trade be revived and prosperity return, the
people resume the condition*of self-govern
ment, and the State its rights of partieipa
tion in the National councils.
Slavery is dead.' Secession is dead. De
clared traitors shall uot govern. Disloyalty
disfranchises. Joseph E. Brown is uot
Governor of Georgia, but the State is at pres
ent under the direct coutrol of the Natiouai
Government, which has the power aud the
right, and will exercise them, to prescribe
conditions to people in States which have
vitiated their 1 11 prerogatives and now ask
for new ones. That strict loyalty is the only
essential condition enforced, is an evidence
of its liberality—unprecedented in the treat
ment. by a powerful government, of the
participants in a suppressed rebellion.
Georgia has long shown symptoms of a re
generation, affecting social, political and all
important relations, which, if thoroughly es?
fected, might make her prosperous aud pow
erful, one of the proudest members ot the
sisterhood ot States. She has resources
which can make her rich aud important.—
With her soil fertilized by free labor, with
productive plantations, with cotton-factories
and flour-mills, with her own shops,
with her internal and foreign commerce
extended, with all classes of her people ele
vated and made useful to her by a liberal
educational system, she can shortly rise to a
condition of prosperity and influence which
she has never reached. .
In the old days of a mutual struggle for
national independence the record ot the State
was brilliant. Her soldiers were conspicuous
ly brave, her statesmen were able, and her
people patriotic.
She did wrong to engage in the war of the
Rebellion, yet it is no reflection on the
courage of her soldiers that they were oblig
ed to submit to superior numbers. But now
her inhabitants must abide the results, they
must acknowledge the supremacy of the gov
ernment, they must deserve the protection
of the Stars and Stripes by their loyalty to
them, and they must conform in all respects
to their new condition, to be a prosperous
people. This is their duty, this is their
policy, and this is tbe only successful course
they can pursue.
•UR DESPATCHES OF YESTERDAY.
We yesterday forenoon gave a summary
of tbe Northern news to the 25th, from our
special correspondent at Hilton Head. It
was transmitted through by signal, a por
tion of the way, on account of an interrup
tion in the telegraph line, and our thanks are
due to Lieut. Webber, U. S. Signal Corps,
for his assistance in forwarding it.
Only one error occurred, and that was in
giving the price of gold at 145 1-3 instead of
133 1-3, but the error was obvious to all inte
rested.
Secretary Welles Coming Here—
A Large Excursion Party on
the Way.
By the arrival of he Arago we learn that
on the 26ljb the stea mer Santiago de Cuba,
Capt. Glisson, was to leave Washington for
Charleston and Savannah. Sbe will bring a
distinguished excursion party, including Sec
retary Welles, Postmaster-General‘Dennison,
wife and daughter ; Chief Glerk Navy De
partment William FaxQu, Calvin Day, wife
aud daughter, Mrs Jaokson, Mark Howard
and wife, Charles D. Tborner (Editor of The
Press) and wife of Hartford, Conn.; Matthew
P. Merritt, wife and daughter, Stamford,
Conn.; Mr. Morgan and Miss Morgan, New
York. The party will visit Wilmington and
Richmond on their return.
There is a Pennsylvania soldier who has
lost both arms, both legs, and one eye, and
remains alive to teU the story.
AB&ZVA&OV MOXffSY!
Three Million of Dollars Sent to
the Paymasters.
Disburse tuents to Commence in about a
Month.
By the arrival of the Arago three millions
of dollars was received by the PayJ Depart
ment at Hilton Head. The money is to be
distributed through the Department, to be
used in paying off troops.
Major Elliott, Chief Paymaster, is now
absent at the North on official business, and.
the rolls are yet to be made out. A delay
of from one month to six weeks will doubt
less be necessary, and disbursements through
out the Department will then commence.
DEATH OF A GOOD CITIZEN.
Mr. Richard Brown died Wednesday. 18th
day of January, 1865, in the 59 th year of his
age.
Mr. Brown was born in the county of
Limerick, Ireland, and early emigrated to this
country. He has been a resident of this city
for the la9t twenty-five years. He was a good
Christian, upright and honorable in bi s deal
ings, a kind aud loving husband, au affec
tionate fattier and an excellent neighbor.
In short his character in all the relations of
life was most exemplary, his many virtues
endeared him to ail who had the pleasure of
his acquaintance.
Nearly a year ago his property, which he
accumulated by years of toilsome aud the
most assidous industry, was consumed by
fire, which left his young aud helpless family
in the most dependant circumstances. The
cruel and wicked .war of Secession, together
with the loss of his property, so far preyed
on his constitution th it he sunk under a fit
of pneumonia, to the inexpressible grief of
bis alflictcd wife and two children, who now
mouru his loss. May He who tempers the
wind for the shorn lamb, grant them conso
lation, and may his soul rest iu the realms of
eternal bliss. Amkn.
THE COURTS.
SECOND PROVOST COURT —JUDGE BENEDICT PRE
r SIDING.
The following cases were called and dis
posed of:
Mrs. Goldsmith vs. Mr. Tuckler, re
covery of rent; case dismissed.
J. B. Hewlet vs. Mrs. E. Goldsmith, re
covery of house rent. Judgment lor plaintiff
in the sum of thirty-seven dollars and fifty
cents.
Mrs. E. Goldsmith vs. Mrs Polly Furman,
action for recovering of house rent. Judg
ment for plaintiff in the sum of fifty-eight
dollars aud thirty-three cents.
United States vs. &. McNeil, charged with
drawing a knife upon Daniel Ross. Sent to
jail for ten days.
States vs. Raymond Demere; charge
of larceny. Respondent sent to jail for nine
ty days
Samuel Dotson vs. Lemuel Hewlet, action
to recover of a cow. Ordered that the cow bo
turned over to plaintiff.
The L t . S. Steadier Jepf Davis.— The U.
S. Government, by the destruction of the
railways leading to the seaboard citizes of
Charleston, Savannah and other points have
been compelled to transport and forward to
the interior by steamers, all'supplies for the
army. Upon the evacuation of Savannah
the steamer Jeff. Davis was not destroyed.
This vessel the government has had plying
between Savannah and Augusta, as a trans
port ; she is a sternwheel steamer, and new,
having been built on the upper Savannah
River since the war. She has had her en
gines thoroughly overhauled, the furnaces
enlarged s>o tnat coal can be used for fuel,
and at the present time is one ol the fastest
steamers plying up the River. We annex
the list of officers:
Captain, Isaac Henry; Mate, Wm. Dexter;
Chief Engineer, Thos. L. Carter ; First Assis
tant, John Slocum ; Second Assistant John
Shannon.
The Steamer Amazon. —From the Phila
delphia Public Ledger of the 22d inst., we
make the following extract :
‘•The Steamer Amazon.— Judge Ca lwal’a
der, of tbe U. S. District Court, has made an
order of restoration of the steamer Magnolia
to her owner. The vessel was captured by
the U. S. gunboat Pontiac, in the Savannah
River, loaded with cottou, which it was
proved belonged to the so-called Confederate
Government. The owner of the Magnolia,
who was also the the Captain, made a claim
for the vessel, and produced documentary
evinence to show that he was a Union man,
aud the Judge was satisfied of the fact. Since
the capture of the steamer, she has been used
as a transport by the U S. Government.”
This Magnoiia is none other than
tbe steamer Amazon, owned by Capt. David
R. Dillon, who brought hei to Savannah
having ruu the blockade from tbe Upper Sa
vannah river. Upon her arrival near Savan
nah, she was seized by Capt. Luce, of the U.
S. gunboat, as a lawful prize to bis vessel.
Arrival of the Steamship Wm. P, Clyde
from Fortress nonroe—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis and Family Among the Passengers.
Tbe steamship Wm. P. Clyde, from Fortress
Monroe, arrived at this port yesterday after
noon,'having ou board iis passengers Mrs.
Davis and four children, the family of Jeffer
son Davis, late President of the" so-called
Confederate States, now confined in Fortress
Monroe, Mrs. C. Clay, wife of tbe former
Hon. C. C. Clay, Miss Howell, aister of Mrs.
Davis. Tbe party have taken rooms at tbe
Pnlaski House. Mrs. Davis her family, Mrs.
Clay and Miss Howell, will make Georgia
their place of residence for the present.
Aorival.— The Steamship W. P. Clyde,
from Fortress Moaroe. arrived at Hilton
Head on Wednesday with 190 men of the 2d
: Division, 19th Army Corps, in charge of
Lieut. W. 0. Townsend and Lieut. Jos. W.
Grant. Four officers and thirty parolled
Confederate prisoners on board; also Mrs.
Jefferson Davis and four childreu, Mrs. C.
C’. Clary, Miss. Howell sister of Mrs. Davis.
Ice for the U. S. Hospitals. —The schr.
Union Flag, having on board three hundred
and fifty tons of ice for the U. S. Hospitals,
is discharging her cargo at the wharf foot of
Drayton street. The ice is being housed at
Wilteberger’s Ice House, on Drayton street,
near the corner of State street.
Accident to the Steamer Dela
ware.
4ien» Jones at Hilton flea«L
[Special Despatch to the Savannah Herald.]
Hilton Head, S. C.,1
May 27, 1865. ,
The steamer Delaware went ashore, in a
gale, just inside of St. John’s Bar, last Wed
nesday'.
The passengers all got ashore safely.
The Delaware has her hog-frame broken
in three places, and is badly 9prung, so that
she leaks a good deal. The Achilles has
gone to her assistance.
Gen. Sain. Jones and his staff are here on
parole.
It is said that Gen. Lee and his family are
iu a destitute condition,-and that the Gener
al’s shabby grey uniform is the only clothes
he has to wear. ■ .
~ A CARD.
On Board Steamer Savannah, )
10 miles from the City of Savanuan, -
Savaunah River, May 27tb, 1 865. )
Capt. Eldsidge : Captain—
We, undersigned, passengers on board of
your beautiful boat on its recent trip from
Augusta to Savannah, made in (20)
twenty running hours, the fastest time on
record, take this method of tendering to you
their thanks for your uniform conrtesy and
kindness shown them, aud also their appre
ciation of the energy and zeal displayed by
you towards the Government of the United
States, and we trust that in the voyage of
life, you will ever lie with the flood, and
turn its many, head-lands as successfully as
your craft has turned the many difficult wind*
ings of the beautiful Savannah, under your
skilful pilotage.
Respectfully yours,
L. D. Waddell, Cos as, Farnsworth, Char.
H. King, Gideon Hamilton, A. N. GammeJ,
Wm.C. Bellous, Eben Parsons,Jr., Jos.Co9eti.
E. B. Carding, Isaac A. Reed, A. A. Hyde,
George Forrester, Peter Costellar, Assistant
Surgeon 14th Maine ; Wm. R H. Bruen, S.
H. Higgins, D. D.; Wm. Shear. W. R. Ellis,
New York; C. C. Thomas, A. P Pelzer, H.
D. Buckley, Geo. W. Adams, J. D. Daniels,
W. H. Prioleau, Chas. Purse, Win. Nelson,
D..Phillips, R. H. Tatein, E. D. Manes, At
wood, C. F. Anderson, T. M. Wells, Ben
Deshia, Telfair Hodgson, Geo. G. ‘Harrisson,
jr, W. R. Waring, A. S. Kennard, F. M
Willis, L. J. Solomon, Jas. Bancroft, jr.,
John Farley, E. Einstin, J. A. Greenwood,
C. J. Barne9.
pUBLIC MEETING.
All LOYAL residents of Savannah who endorse the
policy of the President. of the United States as Indi
cated by his past history, are requested to meet at the
“Georgia Union Clnb Hall,” over the Express office,
corner of Bay and Drayton streets, on TUESDAY',
30th inst., at S o’clock p. m., for the purpose of con
iidering such measures. In harmony with the present
Administration as w'li conduce to the welfare of tbe
State.
Loyal men! there is work to be done. Turnout.
Public speakers will be present aud aodress the
meeting.
WM. H. STARK.
inay29-2 President Ga. Union Club.
Jv E 9 ~ '
•GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPORIUM,
Comer Bull Street end Bay Lane,
Opposite Post Office,
SAVANNAH, GA..
A FULL AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF FINE
FURNISHING GOODS.
HATS, CAPS. CLOTHING,
UMBRELLAS, NOTIONS,
TOILET ARTICLES, Ac.
may2B—eod2w
OHECKS ON NEW YORK,
IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS
AT FAB *
-■ —nv—
L, C. NORVELL S CO.,
ruu. street (opposite Post Office.}
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[Official.:;
' HEADQ’RS DEFT. OF THE SOUTH,
Hilton Head, 8. C.. May 22,15(>9.
Generai. Orders,!
1 No. 67. /
The following Dispatch from the War Department,
Is published for the information of this . ommnnd •
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Wabuinotcx, 2;20 P M., May ltith, 1806.
To Major General Q, A. tiiu.siosE, Hilton Head
The Secretary of War directs that the provisions of
General Orders 77, current series, be extended to in
clude all patients who, although requiring further
medical treatment, are able to travel aud desire to be
discharged; also, all men yet iu Hospitals recently
translerred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, as soon as
tbe interests of the public service will permit The
order for tbe discharge from Hospitals should be libe
rally interpreted. The word -patieuts” lu Telegram
Os Mtfy 3d, was Intended to include all enlisted men
who were in Hospital except the guards aud nurses of
the Veteran Reserve Corps.
, SAMUEL BRECK,
_ Assistant Adjutant General.
By command of Major General Q. A. GILLMOKE.
W. L. M. UiiK.EK,
Assistant AdJutaut General.
T. D. Honors,
_jnay23 7t Capt. 36th P. S. C. TANARUS„ A. A. A. O.
CIDER FOR SALE,
To families by tbe quart or gallon, at
O’MEARA A CO’S
over Adame’ Express Office. Bay street
ffihM
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Braudreth’. Pin. a General AssUtanTot
Nature*
What is health f What is disease f
Health is when the supply and expenditure are
equal. Disease when the supply and expenditure are
unequal. w kre
Brandreth's Pills Impart certain expulsive powers
to all matters in the body whose life |g below the
standard or the surrounding part s, or which havers
mained longer than the time nature destgn-d So in
fevers and all that class of eases which soon run Into
mortification. Brandreth-s Pill* have marvelous cura.
tive qualities. Our bodies are continually ehaugiua
and it is by this change we live. Should matter r
main In organs beyond the time nature
and Inflammation set In, which is nothing more
a preparatory effort for our good. All Brandreth's
Pills are supposed from the results to do is simply ai
slating these efforts of Nature,
Sold by all respectable Dealers In Medicines.
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||eto .
T E STILL LIVE
AT
THE ‘‘OFFICE,-.
No. I yi Mebchanz’s Row,
PORT ROYAL, 8. C
I do not advertise my Bill of Fare because it is alter
ed every day and a »riuted BUI of Fare is put on each
table every morning. *
THERE IS WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.
My Ice Houses are now fiUed with Turkeys. Cblck-
Beef. Pork, Fish, Mutton, Po tk Sausages, Vege
tables, and Salads of aU descriptions. °
THERE 19 WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.
I have now on hand abouttwelve hundred p ounde
oflce, so that I can make Ice Cream EVERY DAY
aud keep my Soda Water aud Beer cool.
ICE WATEB FOB EVEBVSODr
THERE 18 WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.
I have three Punkahs and several girls with fans to
keep the flies from the ladies and gentlemen while
eatiug their cleanly served up meals.
THERE IS WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.
My Cooks, Waiters, <fcc„ are all clean. My Saloon
has been newly papered, painted, whitewashed, £c.
THERE IS WHERE THE L kUGH COMES IN.
There Is bo man in Port Royal that can serve
up Clams in every style better than Mr. Fitzgerald, at
the Eagle Saloon, in the rear of the Poet Office,
THERE IS WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.
There are many men In New York who go to Water
street, where they can get their whiskey for three cents
per glass. But you wfll flud that GENTLLE.uEN will
go where they get the best articles regardless of ex
pense. *
AND THAT IS WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.
HONEY IS UP. AND SUGAR IS DOWN.
BENJAMIN HONEY,
Proprietor
QOMPLETE FILES
■tor rax
NEW YORK HERALD.
FROM MAY lflia TO MAY B«x«.
For sale at the
SAVANNAH HERALD STORE.
gAVILLE Sc LEACH,
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.
MERCHANTS’ ROW,
HILTON HEAD, 3. C.,
—AND—
CORNER BBTAN STREET AND I» ART JET SQUARE,
SAVANNAH, GA
may3o ts
JPOR SALE
DRIED APPLES,
MUSTARD,
PRUNES,
DUTCH HERRINGS,
CURRANTS,
SPLIT PEAS.
PEARL BRANDY.
Apply to
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO., .
Corner Abercoru and Bay street.
may3o 2
25 PACKAGES CHOICE GOSHEN BUTTER.
FOR SALE TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENT.
ALSO,
A fine lot of fine Groceries, Flour and Potatoes now
landing and for sale by
W. H. SHERWOOD,
Comer of Whitaker and Broughton.
May 30,1866. v 2t
QOTTON! COTTON 11
U. S. PURCHASING AGENCY,
savannah, ga, Slav 29, 1806.
All persons, owners, bringing Cotton into tbe City
on private account, either by land or the river, are
hereby required to report and register the same at this
office. Purchas, is are also requested to make dauy
reports at this office of their purchases; of whom
bought, number of bales, and weight of each bale.
TV P.'ROBB.
• U. S. Purchasing Agent.
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Tbe Highest Cash Price* paid for all kind* of Rajfk
Rope, Waste Paper, Iron and Metals, Bottles, Wool,
Hides, tea., Ac., at the Forest City Mills. __
D.- OLIVER
Savannah, May2C.
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