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IheSavarmth Dalljftterald.
MONDAY. USB 9, ISM.
FROn OIJB EVENING EDITION
OF SATURDAY.
RkMOVAL OK OIIBTHIICTIONS IS TIIK SaVAX
nah River. —Tbc steamer Standish, Captain
Moore, returned this morning from up the
river, wheie she bas been for a week at work
on the obstructions near Stoney s Bluff. Sbe
pulled up eleven piles obstructing the in
shore channel. Sbe was obliged to come
down after new gearing, but will probably
soon return and liegin work on the main
channel.
Capture ok a Dißtim.eky.— On Thursday
night last, about half-past ten o'clock.
James Hivvcr, of the detective force,
United States Police, captured on the
premises of John Connell, on Bryan street,
near West Broad, a distillery. Connell-was
yesterday morning tried licfore Judge Bene
dict and fined ten dollars. Capt. Pillsbury
had the still and worm removed to his head
quarters and deposited in a safe place, where
it will not run for some time.
THE COURTS.
.yrflrfvr PROVOST COURT —JUDGK Eli ON' PARSONS
JR , PKESIDISG.
No busiuess was done in this Court yes
terday.
SECOND PROVOST COURT —CAPT. M. RENEDI CT
JUDGE PRESIDING.
Capt Benedict was yesterday quite busy,
and his iabors extended far into the after
noon. The following is a list of the cases:
United States vs. Daniel O'Connell, charged
with having in his possession a Distillery and
manufacturing liquor. Fined $ 10.
United States vs. Carrie Jackson, (colored.)
charged With stealing money and silver
spoons. Sent to jail for ten days.
United States vs. Jordan Low and Samuel
Williams, (colored,) charged with stealing
Government mules. Sent to jail for sixty
days.
Rina (colored,) vs. C. Mark; action for
recovery of wages. Verdict for plaintiff for
eleven dollars.
Samuel Ham vs. Morris White and M.
Shefftal^; action to collect amount of bill lor
lieef sold. Ordered that defendants pay to
plaintiff fourteen dollars and twenty cents,
amount of bill.
Samuel Harn vs. Morris White and N. W.
Hackless, (colored;) action to recover bill
for beef sold. Ordered that defendants pay
to plaintiff fifty-six dollars, amount of bill
Street Commissioners vs. R. H. Lilleuthal;
violation of street department. Respondent
lined live dollars.
John Brown's daughter now teaches con
trabands in Henry A. Wise’s pa:lor.
There are indications of a great rush of vis
itors to the White Mountains the coming
summer. Snow is three Teet deep there in
some places.
It is said that Benjamin F. Wade, James
R. Doolittle and Simon Cameron have jointly
purchased one of the great cotton plantations
in South Carolina.
The late Duke <lf Northumberland had not
drawu his half-pay for the last twenty years,
and the executors have put in their claim for
it, which will of course be duly honored.
There are six hundred miles of streets in the
city of Brooklyn, as ascertained by actual
surveyors by direction of the common coun
cil committee on renaming and renumbering
the streets.
Lieutenant Genera) Grant has presented to
Colonel A. 11. Markland, the agent of the
Post Office Department, who had been dur
ing the whole war with ‘he armies, thcGrins
ly saddle, ridden by General Grant in all the
battles in which he has been engaged trom
rort Henry, 1862, to the surrender of Gen
Lee.
ihe Grand Master of the Free Masons in
Italy has forwarded an address of condo
lenee upon the murder of Mr. Lincoln to
Mr. Marsh, Luited States representative at
runu. and an order lias been issued to drape
the Masonic lodge-rooms throughout Italy
in mourniug duriug nine days.
A correspondent of the Boston Journal
suggests that the coming fourth of July Ik;
celebrated with bonfires on every mountain
and hilltop from the eastern borders of Maine
to the shores of the Pacific, from the great
lakes of the North to the sunny waters ot
the Gull ot Mexico.
King George of Greece is engaged to the
Princess Olga, daughter of the Grand Duke
Constantine ot Russia The Princess is only
fourteen, and the nuptials will not take place
for two or three years. The alliance will
have much political significance, and im
portant results iu increasing the iuiiuencc ol
Russia.
Roger A Pryor, admits tnat the South is
fumy whipped, and says that whoever don’t
give in now ought to be treated as outlaws.
' * l,l he says, “I yield that the
I ' ,|K ; k " ss \ aud “ I only left two
mukb to work a lew acres of laud with iu
part pay tor those that Hheridnu’s men took
Sa'lif! I»atk to the „l„„ g h
my auty as a loyal citizen. ’
Nearly three hundred rebel prisoners were
disclaimed cm taking the oath of
on Monday and Tuesday. Thev seemed
much pleased to get out of prison! and we
thuik a large proportion of them will co
home and go to work. They Were dischar?!
° rt,er ot ' the Secretary
of War. —ArLawms Uiuou, Afm/ n, •’
A forger named Morgan, awaiting trial in
jail an Keene, N. H. was so sick’ tlmt his
wile was permitted to nurse him. By a little
adroit management, both parties escaned
leaving the keeper to contemplate a “man of
straw with a hair wig and white Iwndage
«ro Ch r VaS e t sound, y sleeping in the place
of the live man. who with his wife has been
heard of travelling swiftly towards the rising
fiMWi in AttUßgrroft.
I>ut* 1 * to tile Hint.
Sentiments of (he Planters on (he Cooper
River.
Important Action of the African Mctho
• distil.
Wc have received files of the # Charleston
Courier to May 31st, from which we make
the following extracts:
The Planters aud the Freed men.
Ensign C. C. Neil, who left here on the ar
my transport W. W. Frazier last week, for
the purpose of visiting the planters on the
Cooper River and enlightening them as to
the orders of General Hatch concerning the
making of contracts with the freedinen, re
turned to this city last evening. lie called
upon various planters in St. Thomas and St.
Dennis' Parishes, and found them cheerful
and willing to do all in their power to pro
mote the interests of -the common country.
Their great annoyance are the depredations
committed by roving bands of idle and disso
lute people, the majority of whom are colored.
They are eager to obtain a supplv of field
and farming implements, and are also in
want of horses, mules and wagons. Large
crops are not looked for this season.
The planters received Eusign Neil and his
associates with the utmost civility, and
spread before them the best that their houses
contained. Iu their conversation they admit
ted the total failure of the rebel cause, and
expressed themselves solicitous to see harmo
ny aud re union again prevail. During this
trip Eusign Neil had the pleasure of witness
ing the siguiug of contracts of labor between
planters and men who were formerly slaves.
The contracts were made in accordance with
an order issued by Geu. John. P. Hatch.
In the course of his travels Eusign Neil
discovered fifteen pounds of powder iu the
possession of a negro, and while in the act of
destroying the mass he uufortnnately re
mained too near and received an ugly burn
on one side ofhis face. His injuries are not
serious. We congratulate Ensign Neil on
the success with which he met on his late
mission, and trust he will meet with like suc
cess on bis next expedition.
The Patapsco Victims.
Captain Churchill, of the schooner Hope,
is still superintending the raising of the vic
tims who perished at the time of the sinking
of the monitor, Patapsco. Since our last re
peat only fragments of the unfortunate beings
have been brought to the surface. The water
in which the vessel is submerged is very
dense and muddy—a circumstance which
greatly impedes the operations of the divers,
as they are compelled to feel without having
the power of seeing. A large aperture has
been discovered in the hull of the Patapsco;
caused by the explosion of the torpedo which
sent her down. Several articles of furniture
have been taken out. The' vessel itself is
considered not to be worth the raising, in
consequence of her injuries nnd the length of
time she has been under water, Her’ guns
have been already raised.
Important Action of the Colored Meth
odist*.
At two meetings held in Zion Church by
the members of the Methodist Churches in
Charleston (colored), for the purpose of con
sidering their best interests as a religious
community, after ’a careful consideration of
their former and present relations, tiic fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were unan
imously adopted at both meetings:
Whereas, the operation of the war has
changed our relations as it respects our
rights us citizens and loyalists to the govern
ment of the United States, and the guaran
teeing to us religious liberty, to make such
regulations as we fleem best' for our eleva
tion ; and whereas, we formerly were, by
force of circumstances, members of tiie M.
E. Church, South, subject to religious bond
age, with no rights but to obey orders; and
whereas, tho said M E Church has ceased
to exist, and w’e are free to choose for our
selves and organize on the basis of loyalty to
the government under which we live, there
fore,
1 . Resolved , That we do by this act sever
forever our relations to the M. E. Church,
South, and from its acts ot disloyalty to the
government.
2. Resolved. That we, members’of Bethel,
Trinity and Cumberland Churches, formerly
belonging to the M. E. Church, South, do
hereby re-organize ourselves as a religious
body, to be known as the African M. E
Church, in the United States of America.
and Resolved, That we place ourselves
under the Annual Conference of the African
M. E. Church, of the South Carolina Dis
trict, Bishop D. A. P.\yne, I). D., presiding.
4. Resolved , By this act w.e do not relin
quish our claims to the Church property
which we have purchased by our* labor, but
will abide our time, and trust that we shall
have justice done us by those in authority,
so that we may re-possess our Churches.
JOHN GRAHAM,» ~, .
JOHN EVERETB, Cha,rmen -
Edward Roach,! „ . .
Robert Scott, j Secretaries.
The Treasury Department.
Hon. T. C. Callicot, Supervising Special
Agent of the Treasury Department, arrived
here yesterday morning from Hilton Head.
He has been assigned, by order ot the Sec
retary ot the Treasury, to the supervision of
highth Special Agency, which comprises the
State ot South Carolina and so much of the
State of Georgia as lies in and East of the
valley of the Ogeechec River, including the
city of Savannah. His office will be at
Charleston.
Mr. Cullicot has had long experience ns a
Special Agent of the Treasury Department
at Helena, Ark., Vicksburg, Memphis and
Nashville.
The boundaries of the Fifth Special Agen
cy, which remains under the supervision of
Mr. Browne, have been modified, so ibat it
composes the S tilth and East part of Flor
ida, including Key West and so much of the
State of Georgia as lies South and West of
the valley of the OgeecJiee River.
The late conflagration in Richmond deve
loped a curious incident and tact, which may
1m; valuable, if rememlcred. Some week or
ten days after the fire, the iron safe of the
Enquirer office was opened, when, imme
diately on the admission of the air. the smoke
and papers were ignited and consumed.—
And such was the case ot all other safes
which were not in brick vaults.
A young lady belonging to one of the first
tamilies in New liaveu went to New York,
and while in a large dry goods store stole a
piece of valuable goods, was discovered and
sent o the Tombs. Her family obtained
her release with difficulty.
j xfcotto ittrsios rfiHtiitst
ifoiißSGira pou\,
The question of negro stiff re Is looming
up as the great political issu in the work
ot the reconstruction of the r filious States.
| On this subject and various c ers connected
j with the Alrican race, especi y with their
! political lights and claims, 3 publish to
i day a chapter of very intc iting extracts
trom Northern and Soufcrn newspa
pers.
In the Tennessee House! Representa
tives, for instance, of the inkl Legislature
elected under their new Ireefitate oonstiUi
tion, a motion to print five Infired copies of
a petition from the cinauci|jed blacks of
the Stole for the right of sn‘agc was ad
opted by a vote of forty-one > ten. This is
I an indication in favor of the ticks, and it is
probable that their petition ill be granted.
The arguments presented iu lie debate iu
support of the petition are st>ng, and the
new Governor of the State, lrson Brown
low, at one time a travellir defender of
slavery against the Northern politionists, is
now earnestly 'in favor of njtralizing the
disloyal whites of the State bjtlie votes of
the loyal blacks. This will jrve to show
the wonderful revolution at wrk upon this
question among leading ljal Southern
men.
This policy of a reorganizath on the basis
of <he abolition of slavery, anfeaving negro
suffrage to the State Legislate, will doubt
less be adopted in every rebebus Slate, un
der the rules and regulation of President
Johnson, in the interval to tliregular meet
ing of Congress.
The new Provisional Goynor Pierpont,
chosen by President Johnsdto put old Vir
ginia in her new garments a free State,
"ill shortly issue, we lcar/a proclamation
from Richmond, which if I show that the
Tennessee plan of Andrew Johnson is to be
followed up, including tli< imitation of the
right of suffrage, iu the inii live proceedings
ot reorganization, to whitmeu of unques
tionable loyalty, if they an mt only to five
thousand, more or less, in ti commonwealth.
We understand that Lsident Johnson
does not feel authorized, vliout, the advice
of (Songress, to broach thi lubject of negro
suffrage It w ill, therefor remain an open
question, unless this bram of the work of
reconstruction be delayed i the meeting of
Congress. Upon this coi agency will per
haps depend the question icther negro sut
frage or the financial protm shall be the
controlling issue of the nexf residential cam
paign.
It requires no gift of propfcy to foresee that
it unsettled in 1808 in tiupouthern States,
this thing of negro suffrage ill give usanother
Presidential election, with! sectional divis
ion of the electoral vote, iJicugli negro suf
trage. so far as it coneernthe general gov
ernment, may by that tir* !iave become a
mere idea. The power may have passed
•over to the several Stites,jbu the idea will
control the Presideilial eliction. In this
connection wc may netioi tint in the Legis
lature of Connecticut, in which this question
of negro suffrage wa takeu up the other
day, the republicans n a bock ranged them
selves in favor of thedacks, while the dem
ocrats, as by inst inct.were fcind en masse on
the other side. Fro< this example we may
guess how the issue ’ill be settled if carried
to a Presidential div!ion of jar ties.
The war has put n end to slavery; the
blacks of the South rnve turned the scale
against the rebellio; and in favor of the
Lmon. They are fr.- ; they ask the right
to vote. Can we rest this application ?
Not long. What darer is there in it, when
even in the slave date of North Carolina, ‘
down to the yearijßs—when the
abolition agitatiocsiiut it off—free blacks
possessed the rigL of suffrage ? But, with
the extinction of a very, where is the dan
ger? We rely upa the experience, discre
tion and sagacity 4 Plesident Johnson. He
might, settle the qustiqi right away by call
ing Congress togetler | but we presume that
in the interval io he regular meeting
of Congress he will sin ie his course of re
construction in such a way as to avoid any
issue betw’een tiie F,xe< itive aud Legislative
departments, especiall; as the approval of
Congress will be need 1 to make good any
act of reconstruction, tt is a great work,
and will not be kurriec o a conclusion, when
•he necessities of the e rnusted, impoverish
ed and disorganized Sc them people, whites
aud blacks, call for soi: provisional regula
tions of labor which w keep their souls and
bodies together throui the next winter.—
New York Herald.
ALEXANDER STEPHENS,
Interesting lute iew with Him.
One who saw and c iversed with Alexan
der H. Stephens, on oard the steamer at
Port Royal, writes i follows in a private
letter: \
He looks much old r thaniwhen I saw him
in the House in ’57. !e converses freely and
docs not appear at a like ijprisoner of war.
He says he never sau so im«ked a change in
four years, in anytvVo ineiJas iu Abrabam
Lincoln and Jefferion Davis He expressed
great regret at the Presklfift’s assassination,
admitted the ConfederacyWa3 played out,
and seemed anxious to hatebeace declared,
and the matter settled as stxtiily as possible.
His idea is to have the diiefcnt rebel States
repeal the ordinances of section and accept
the Constitution of the Upled States, und
vote on the Constitutional a ’ndrnent.
He expresses the opinion it the seceding
States, will not pass it. L acknowledged
that .his Milledgeville speccli ’as almost pro
phetic, and that lie went Hi the popular
current to prevent any clash -tweeh himself
and Toombs. He appears to ive no concern
for liimselt; savs be is oul anxious to se
cure as honorable terms as lossible for his
State and people, the major r of whom he
says never were secessions . He is bent
over much, liis hair is nearly bite, his voice
is lower and not so shrill as*f nerly, and his
hand trembles when he uses ; but be talks
as smoothly as ever, and bis es Hash as in
days gone by.
A Kiss to Catch a Re< irr.— Duncan
Mackenzie, an old Peninsull «>ldier, aged
nearly ninety, died at Elgin. Duncan was
a Highlands, every inch of In, and that,
too, a stalwart one, tor he w i more thau
six feet in height, und must h e been (as he
was wont to say) as trapping low when lie
kissed Jane, Duchess of Gori n, in taking
“the shilling” from between h teeth, to be
come one ol her regiment—th< lordon High
landers. Duncan delighted t ell how he
was enlisted, and he has not *ft, we pre
suine. one alive to tell the sa ! tale about
Kissing the Duchess in the ma et.
Mourning draperies, to the alue of ovar
#2,000, have been received b Col. Collier,
of the New York State Agency ind distribu
ted to the soldiers' widows am >rphans.
FflßStPSitf JQRMM fIKWI.
Report of Rtt Important With
Him«
fFrom the Augusta Chronicled Sentinel 31s{ 3
We were pleased to meet Monday after
noon with our old friend J. L Dunning, Esq.
of Atlanta. Mr. D. has been for many years
a leading man in all business enterprises iu
the “Gate City,” and tbrougout the war dis
tinguished for his loyalty to the United States
Government. He has just returned from
the North, and when, but a lew days since in
Washington, together with A. N. Wilson and
Win. Markham, Esqs, also citizens of Atlan
ta, had an interview with the President
touching the condition of affairs in Georgia.
Mr. D. has authorised us to mention some
facts in connection with that interview that
are of much interest to the people of the
State.
President Johnson expressed himself very
kindly toward the masses of our people, who
he believed had never been at heart the ene
mies ot the government, but that they had
been overreached by the cunning ot artful
and unscrupulous leaders.
The chief obstacle lie thought to the res
toration ot good feeling would be in prompt,
recognition of the fact that slavery was dead
forever and ever. That tact cordially ad
mitted, tiie remaining difficulties might be
easily removed. He was indisposed to con
tinue the military Government in Georgia be
yond the period when tie civil administra
tion might be safely resumed. At present he
considered the civil offices of the State of
every grade as and all the actings
and doings of their occupants from the com
mencement of the rebellion as null aud
void.
The President thought if the people of
Georgia really desired a loyal civil Govern
ment organized in Georgia that there would
be some spontaneous movement in their pri
mary assemblies.
Mr. D- also says that President Johnson
would prefer appointing a military Governor
from the State if a suitable one can be found.
Otherwise he shall be compelled to select
from some other State. Mr. D. informs us
that iu his judgment very much depends on
the action of the people themselves in regard
to the reconstruction of their State Govern
ment. Men who were prominent in the late
rebellion will not be allowed to assume con
trol of the matter of reorganization.
THE PROGRESS OP THE TRIAL, OF
THE ASSASSINS.
The sessions of the court martial in Wash
ington engaged in trying the assasination con
spirators were resumed, after an intermis
sion of two days, on the 25th ult. A con
siderable portion of that day’s testimony
related to the treatment by live rebels of im
prisoned national soldiers. In reply to an
objection of counsel for prisoners that such
evidence was irrevelani, the Judge Advocate
General decided it to be pertinent, on the
ground that history has proved the connec
tion between the rebellion and the assassina
tion of the President. Witnesses testified as
to the shocking bad character ol the treat
ment and food received by our imprisoned
men iu Richmond, producing the most fright
ful results ot disease and death. They were
told by Major Turner, the Libby Prison
keeper, that such treatment was good enough
for Yankees. Witnesses stated that Major
Turner had informed that the Libby wras
mined and ready to be blown up at the time
of Kilpatrick's raid around Richmond, in
case the Union troops should get possession
6t the city.
The case for the defence was at last open
ed, and the Rev. Fathers Wigett, Boyle and
Stone-street, of the Catholic church, testified
that they had known Mrs. Surratt for a long
time; that she had always appeared to them
to be a truly Christian woman, and that
they had never beard her utter disloyal sen
timents. John Hallahan, one of Mrs. Sur
rett’s boarders, stated that he had seen Payne
at her house, and that the said Payne was a
Baptist minister. Witness had also seen
at her house Atzerott, whom Mrs. Surratt
said she would not board. »
The proceedings on the 25th in the ♦rial of
assassination conspirators were equally as in
teresting as those of preceding days, and the
court room was again crowded by curious
auditors of both sexes. Witnesses for both
the prosecution and the defence were exam
ined.
Mr. Maulsby, brother-in-law of O’Laugh
lin, testified that the latter aud Booth were
schoolfellows, and that when O’Laughlin
learned the officers were in search of him lie
did not endeayor to escape, but,gave himself
up voluntarily. Maulsby said , O’Laughlin
was in the rebel army between 1861 and
1862.
For the prosecution, William Charhberlain,
at one time a clerk in the rebel War Depart
ment, testified that be was well acquainted
with the handwriting of John A. Campbell,
formerly rebel Assistant Secretary of War,
and Colonel Harrison, the private secretary’
of Jefferson Davis, aud that he identified their
endorsements on the communication to Davis
of one Lieutenant Alston, which was intro
duced in court on last Monday. In this com
munication Alston offers himself to Davis for
secret service, to “rid the country of its
deadliest enemies.”
Henry Finegas testified to having heard a
conversation between George N- Sanders and
Wny Cleary, on the Isth of February last, in
St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal, in which, while
speaking ot the then approaching inaugura
tion of President Lincoln, Sanders saiit that
“if the boys have only luck Lincoln will not
trouble them much longer.” Sanders said
that Booth was the boss of the job.
Additional witnesses were introduced to
show the fiendish treatment which impris
oned national soldiers received from their
rebel keepers. Charles Sweeney, wlio was a
prisoner at Richmond and Andersonvilie,
testified that Gen. Howell Cobb said on one
occasion that the graveyard at the latter
place was large enough'to hold all the men
in the stockade, and that they intended to
starve them to death. Cobb alib said that if
the rebels caught President Lincoln they
would hang btW-
The commune of Buonanotte, iu France
is hourly menaced with utter destruction
Five manufactories have already been over
thrown, and sixty-four more are threatened
with imminent ruin. The inhabitants have
fled in the'greatest consternation to the
neighboring villages. The cause of this dis
aster is a sudden and violent depression of
the soff, which is for the present accounted
for by one of two reasons, either the fall ot
an immense mass of earth in the west of the
district, or the yielding of an extensive sub
terranean cavern. But in reality nothing
certain is yet known as to the cause of ihe
deplorable event. Meanwhile, a number of
civil engineers have hastened to the spot, and
prompt measures are in course of adoption
to prevent still greater disaster.
'UtMUWiATM f >
SEVEN*THtIiTY 10 A N ,
¥hibd SERIES,
TWO HUNDRED ani, THIRTY Mil LION DOLLARS
By authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the
undersigned, the Genera) Subscription Agent for the
sate of United States Securities, offers to the public the
third series of Treasury Notes, bearing seven and
three-tenths per cent, interest per annum, known as
the
SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN.
These notes are issued under date of July 15,1866
and are payable three years from that date in curren
cy, or are convertible at the option of the holder into
U. S. FIVE-TWENTY SIX PER CENT.
GOLD-BEARING BONDS.
These Bonds are now worth a handsome premium
and are exempt, as are all the Government Bonds.’
.ffimi State , County , and ManMpul taxation, which addl
fi mu one to three per cent, per annum to their culue, ac
cording to the rate levied upon other property. The
interest is payable semi-annually by coupons attached
to each note, which may be cut off and sold to any
bank or banker.
The interest at 7.30 per cent, amounts to
One cent per day on a SSO note.
Two cents per day on a SIOO note.
Ten cents per day on a SSOO note.
Twenty cents per day on a SI,OOO note.
One Dollar per day on a $5,000 note.
Notes of all the denominations named will lie prompt
ly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions.
The Notes of th.s Third Series are precisely similai
in form and privileges to the Seven-Thirties already
sold, except that the Government reserves to itself the
option of paying interest in gold c in at C per cent., in
stead of C 3-lOths in.currency. Subscribers will deduct
the interest in currency up to July 15th, at the time
when they subscribe.
The delivery of the notes of this third series of the
Seven-thirties will commence on the Ist of June, and
will be made promptly and continuously after that
date.
The slight change made.in the conditions of this
THIRD SERIES affects only the matter of interest,
The payment in gold, if made, will be equivalent to
the currency interest of the higher rate.
The return to 9pecie payments, in the event of which
only will the option to pay the interest in Gold be avail
ed of, wonid so reduce and equalize prices that pur
chases made with six per cent, in gold wonid lie fully
equal to those made with seven and three-tenths per
cent, in currency. This is
THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
Now offered by the Government, aud its superior ad
vantages make it the
(iREAT rOPUI.AR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE.
Less than $230,000,000 of the Loan' authorized by
Congress are now on the market. This amount, at the
rate at which it is being absorbed, will all be subscrib
ed for within sixty days, when the notes will undoubt
edly command a premium, as has uniformly been the
case ou dosing the subscriptions to other Loans.
In order that citizens of every town and section of
the country may be offorded facilities for taking the
Loan, the National Banks, State Banks, and Private
Bankers throughout the eonntry have generally a; reed
to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select
their own agents, in whom they have confidence, and
who only are to be responsible for the delivery of the
note i for which they receive orders.
JAY COOKE, Snbscription-Agent,
No. 114 South Third Street, Philadelphia.
may‘26-15t
J IMPORTANT NOTICE TO COTTON OWNERS.
OmoE of Tint JLS. Purchasing Agent, l
Savannah, "Ga., May 22, 1865. )
The Attention of cotton owners, is called to the fol
lowing extracts from the “ Amended Regulations for
the purchase of products of the insurrectionary States
on Government Account,” issued from the Treasury
Department of date May Uth, 1565. and approved by
the President of the same date.
“I. Agents shall lx- appointed by the Secretary of
the Treasury, with the approval of the President, to
purchase for the United States, under special instruc
tions from the Secretary of the Treasury, products of
the States declared to be in insurrection at such places
as may«from time to time be designated by the Secre
tary of the Treasury as markets or places ol purchase.
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111. The operations of Purchasing Agents shall be
confined to the single article of Cotton; and they
shall give public notice at the place to which they
shall be assigned, that they will purchase, in accord
ance with these regulations, all cotton not captured
or abandoned, which may be brought to them.
IV. To meet the requirements of the Bth section of
the Act of July 2, 1564, the Ag-nts shall secure all
cotton so brought, and forthw th return to the seller
three-fourths thereof, which portion shall be an aver
age grade of the whole, according to the certificale of
a sworn sampler or expert.
V. All cotton purchased and resold by purchasing
Agents shall tie exempt from ail flue und all internal
taxes. And the Agent selling shall mark the same
“FREE” and furnish to the purchaser a bill of sale
duly and accurately describing the character and quan
tity sold, and containing a certificate that it is exempt
from taxes and fees as above.
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IX. All Agents are prohibited from purchasing any
tirodnet of nu insurrectionary state, which shall have
ieen captured by the m litary or naval forces of the
United States, or which shall have been abandoned
by the lawful owner thereof.
X. “These regulations, which are intended to revoke
and annul all others on the subject heretofore made,
will take effect and he in force on and after May lotto.
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The undersigned has been appointed Purchasing
Agent at Savannah, and hereby gives notice that he is
prepared to purchase, in accordance with the regula
tions, of which the above paragraphs are extracts, all
Cotton not captured or abandoned, which may lie
brought to him.
The war is virtually closed, and to the end that the
people may, to as full au extent as possible, commence
to reap the benefits of a state of peace, it is desiraole
that the old and regular channels of trade be re-estab
ed, new ones opened, and the occupations of the peo
ple, both in city and country, he resumed. It is ex
pected that Ihe purchase, by the Treasury Department,
in good laith of the cotton in the country now in the
hands of its owners, returning therefor a lair aud hou
C r t ., t i f l uivalent ’ largely tend to bring about a state
oi things so much to be desired by all.
BRestrictions upon trade are now virtually abolished,
and citizens may, with a few unimportant exceptions,
now purchase aud take away whatever their necessi
ties require, and I feel satisfied that the disposition to
do all that may be done to bring about once mote a
normal and healthy condition of tiade will not be
wanting. Cotton owners may rest assured that it is
now perfectly safe fso far at least as any interferer.ee
on the part ol the Government is concerned) for them
to.bnng in aud dispose of their cotton, The fullest
protection will lie guaranteed, upon its arrival iu Ha.
vannah, and such other protection and sale conduct aa
the Agent may tie able to obtain for cotton in transitu
will toe freely afforded
It is hoped that before lorg enterprise irffl open up
beiter and safer means of communication with, and
transportation to, Savannah from the interior than
now exists. In the meantime, and until that takes
place, owners of Cotton at distant point* desirous of
marketing it at Savannah, will doubtless be able to
devise temporary expedients for accomplishing that
end.
. T. P ROBB,
U. A Purchasing Agent,
AiTßovEn:
„ C. GROVER,
Brevet Major General Commanding,
may 23 jf
HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES,
_ Savannah, Ua., May 27, 1865.
General Order,)
No. 33. f
Genera! Order No. 21, forbidding the passing out or
in through the military' lines of this Post, of letters
newspapers or written communication, is hereby re
voked.
By command of Brvt. Maj. Gen. GROVER
Ehwabu G. Duce, A. A. O, may 2.