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The Savannah Daily Herald.
MONDAY. JUNE 19, 18G5.
rttOM 0(11 lIVCMXi EDITION
OF SATURDAY.
ADVERTISERS
Will please bear in n.iud that all adver
tisements inserted in the morning Herald,
appear in the evening editions without extra
charge.
REVIEW OK THE WEEK.
Much news of importance has reached us
from the North dating the past, week, not
the least important of which was the official
report of the evidence taken at an early stage
of the trial of the assassins and suppressed
by the Government. It seems that some !
/oalons newspaper correspondent having
given it to the world in a garbled form, it j
became necessary for the government to
publish it entire. In this manner the public
has possessed itself of the most startling dis
closures concerning the plots of the Canada
cabal through whose agency the assassina
nation of President Lincoln was accomplish
ed. This vile murder it would appear was
but a minor part of an extensive scheme, in
cluding a wholesale destruction of property
and shedding of innocent Mood throughout
the North. We doubt if the annals of authen
tic history can furnish, a parallel to this hor
rible plot as it is now developed before us in
all its immense wickedness anJ inhumanity.
It is needless to say that the publication in
this city of the news replete as it was with
the most damming evidence of the compli
city and guilt of the Richmond government,
caused a profound sensation.
The depredations of the forestallers at the
market reached a climax at the end of last
week, and on Monday, the schedule of prices
was again enforced in the market by orders
of Gen. Woodford, much to the relief of the
citizens so long imposed upon by the extor
tionate forestallers. The market is now
again well supplied, and cleared of specula
tors.
The steamer Standisb arrived from up the
River on Sunday last with the gratifying in
telligence that the obstructions which have
so seriously impeded navigation are removed.
The last piles have been taken up so that
the largest of our .river boats, the Amazon
can now pass with two flats abreast, up or
down without, difficulty.
Geu. Washburn left Savannah on Monday
lor his new command, which embraces
forty-five of the lower counties of Georgia,
aad extends entirely across the State. Gar
risons are to be posted in all the principal
towns.
The paying off of the troops commenced
on Monday last. About fifty thousand dol
lar9 were handed over to the boys by Pay
master Fleming.
The vicinity of the market was the scene
of about half a dozen street rows ou Satur
day last. Nothing serious resulted, how
ever, as the disturbances were summarily
quelled by our United States city police.
Our market is now well supplied with 9um
mer vegetables. Tomatoes, okra, apples,
melons, etc., are selling at reasonable rates.
The first watermelon of the season was made
a present of to Major Geu. Birge, by Nicholas
Geil, market gardener, and the first musk
melon to the Herald, wherein we modestly
opine that we got the best of the General.
Reports reached us with the Northern
news published on Thursday, that the Geor
gia delegation at Washington recommended
to the President, Isaac Scott, of Macon, lor
Provisional Governor of Georgia. Mr. Scott
is well known in this State, anti, indeed, lias
a European reputation as a banker and
financier. There is no doubt that his ap
pointment would meet with the hearty ap
proval of the people of Georgia.
Several persons have been brought before
the Second Provost Court during the past
week, and fined for violation of the regula
tions of tlie Street-Commissioner concerning
garbage and house-offal. We learn that the
dechive action of Capt. Stearns iu this mat
ter has given rise to some little feeling.—
Nothing it would seem, could be more un
reasonable. The requirements of the Street
Commissioner are tew aud easily complied
with : and it people will violate and disre
gard them it is his manifest duty as guardian
of the comfort and health to call them to ac
count. We should be thankful that we have
so faithiul and zealous an officer in the im
portant position of Street Commissioner.
Several bodies of troops left this citron Wed
nesday and Thursday for Georgetown, South
Carolina
Ex Gov. Brown arrived in the city on
Wednesday last, and was the guest of D.
Meyor, Esq. Tne Governor received many
congratulations>on his return, and expressed
himself satisfied with the line of policy pur
sued by President Johnson.
the Augusta Post Office has been re-open
ed by Special Agent Harris, and mails art
now regularly transmitted between that city
and Savannah.
Relics of the late disaster to the steamer
Gov. Troup are still seen by boats passing up
aud down the river. Six dead bodies have
recently been found in the river at different
poims below where the Governor Troup was
was burned. The bodies were all of colored
persons, with one exception.
Active preparations are being made to have
i the Fourth of July celebrated this year in a
I marked manuer in this city. The people
I generally, business men and others, appear
to be deeply interested, and the HkAald’s
; subscription list ’lor fireworks was speedily
filled up to the requisite amount. The cele
| bration programme is not yet fully matured,
but it is sale to say that no exertion nor ex
pense will be spared to make the observances
lilting lor the great occasion
One of the most interesting events of the
week was the visit of Ge n eral} Wood ford,
Po<t Commander, Major Manning, Superin
i intendant of schools and the Board of Eduea-
I lion, to the Public schools yesterday morn
ing. fc/The various schools appeared re
markably well, and the visitors were highly
pleased with the results of their inspec-
tion. The General and the new Superiuten
dant were well received by the juveniles,
who looked their prettiest, recited their best,
and sang their stiongest in honor of their
visit Gen. Woodford made a little speech
in the Boys’ Grammar School in response to
an address of greeting, as will be found (re
ported in this morning’s paper.
lion. Wm. P. Smith, the new British Con -
sul for this city arrived last evening at the
Pulaski House. He succeeds the late Hon.
E. Molineaux, H. B. M. Consul.
The city is well provided with amusements
at present. Sweatnam’s Varieties is giving
a series of legitimate dramatic performances
witli a very good company. TII9 Queen
Sisters are performing at the Theatre.
Uncalled far Despatches.
Savannah, Ga., June 17th, IBGS.
Tiie following Messages remain uncalled
for at the U. 9. Military office to date:
Maguire & Deforest, Capt. Metcalf, George
Newton, F. Brown, lion. A. M. Gammell,
Murray A Compy, E. Killons, G. W. Wyllie,
11. L. Colvitt, F. Schuster, O. S. Terry, Dr.
E. G. Robbing, H. G. Bane, 11. G. Tilden,
Tbos. Phelps, W. C. Butler, Louis Joyle, L.
Lafford LftK-llia, B. Miller, B. Guiss, Roe
theicke, Lt. W. H. Daniels, W. A. McCarthy,
S. W. Gooden, Thomas W. Wright, Capt. E.
Geisey.
Very respectfully, Ac.,
P. C. Havens,-
Manager N. S. M. TANARUS., Savannah, Ga.
Good News for our Augusta Friends.—
Our friends in Augusta will next week have
a chance at obtaining a few' greenbacks, pro
vided they have articles suited for their cus
tomers. Major Lockwood, Paymaster, and
Mr. Ashur M. Chase, his Assistant, will leave
Savannah this day for Augusta, Georgia. At
this point they will pay off the Thirty-Third
Regimeut U. S. Colored Troops, under the
command of Lieut. Col. Trowbridge. The
fund to be disbursed will be near sixty-five
thousand dollars.
The Post Bakery.— Many, perhaps,
may be surprised when told that fifty bar
rels of flour, weighing over one hundred and
ninety-six pounds each, are kneeded and
baked into bread eacii day. The bakery, at
this present time, is short of bands, and those
now T employed are now over-worked.
Thanks. —Col. Aaron Wilbur has our thanks
for late interior papers.
Governor Picrpmst’s Advice to the Color*
cd People.
Governor Pierpont, in answer to an in
quiry of the Secretary of the National Freed
man s Relief Association as to what he, and
his co-laborers could do for the freedman re
plied :
You ask if I have any advice to offer you
and your co-laborers m this great w r ©rk. I
answer by counselling you to impress upon
all with whom you come in contact, the es
sential lessons of industry, frugality and
subordination to the laws.
Industry is essential to his moral as well
as Iris material welfare.
By frugality alone can be hope to reap, and
maintain the lull aud permanent reward of
his industry.
By subordination to the laws lie will win
the respect of his fellow-men, and the right
1o enjoy in peace the fruits of his labor.
The law is a terror to evil-doers, and a
praise to him that doth well. He who does
not violate the law need not tear the law.
Teach him what the law is—tlie first and
comprehensive lesson of which is laid down
in the ten commandments of the Bible.
If he is taught to understand and faithfully
to observe them, I will undertake to stand
between him and the magistrate.
If these simple precepts are inculcated,
and the freedman can be led to rule his con
duct thereby, we may flatter ourselves that,
his future issured, and that his nation will
faithfully, and successfully discharge the
trust which has bceu confided to it by Divine
Providence.
1 am yours, Ac., F. H. Pierpont.
Lumber sells at low rates in Maiue, and
there is but little demand in the State.
—The Boston Traveller and Transcript
have reduced their price to three cents a copy.
—The Soldiers’ Reading Room in Phila
delphia was formally closed on the 2d June.
—Two loyal newspapers are now publish
ed in Fredericksburg, Va.—the Ledger imd
New Era.
—A geography and history of Vermont
has just been published at Montpelier, in that
State.
—The survey of the Hudson river north of
Waterford to Lake Champlain is likely to
prove a failure, in cob sequence of a defect iu
the bill authorizing it,
—The sinking of the earth under the Ger
man Lutheran church at Pittsburg, Pa., has
so much injured the structure tiiat orders
have been issued to have it taken down.
—The city of Buffalo does not possess, to
day one-halt tlie hotel accommodations which
it had twenty-five years ago. Iji the mean
time the population aud business have more
than doubled.
Another Account of tlie Capture of Jeff.
/ ' Davie.
The Detroit Free Press has received from
3 ajor Hudson of that city, who commanded
tl L> squad of the Fourth Michigan cavaly who
e ptured Davis, the following story of the
si me. which contains some new’ points.
‘•To Major Hudson was given the duty of
ei rroundiug the tent of the rebel chief. He
p 'ked fifteen of his best, men and proceeded
t< execute the order, which was done with
ci nsummate skill, and to the entire satisfae
ti nos his superior officer. The place of
Ci ptuic was about one hundred and tweuty
; fi e miles south of Macon, in the woods
a Joining the small town of lnvinsville.—
A ter the order had been properly executed
of surrounding the tent, the Major proceeded
14 the tent of Davis, where be' was met by
Mrs. Davis, somewhat en dishabille. She in
buired if they intended to invade the privacy
♦f a ladies apartment. The Major thought
y>t*
; At this juncture an individual having the
ijtpearanco of an antiquated grand dame
pressed with a lady's water-proof cloak and
shawl, minus the inevitable hoop-skirt, how
i(i r er, accompanied by a young negro servant
dirl, bringing a small bucket, emerged from
the tent, apparently for the purpose of going
tb the spring for a bucket of water. This
i as an ingenious device of Mrs. Davis to get
er husband through the lines. The ruse
died, ana Jefferson Davis was discovered,
he servant girl ran. back to the tent and Jef
ferson was soon effectually secured. For some
time he remained sulky, very much after
(lie fashion of£an old lady in need ot her usu-
M compound extract of strong tea; but the
‘‘President,” after a while, got over his “fits”
!nd became quite communicative, convers
ig freely on ordinary topics, but maintain
ig a prudent silence on current military and
political events.
“On their way up to Fortress Monroe Mr.
tnd Mrs. Davis spoke in pleasant antiripa
tiopsof meetieg old lriends in Washington,
inquiring about old associates, and evidently
expecting to be lionized and feted upon ar
riving at the capital Davis had attempted in*
vain for lonr years to destroy. The details
iof placing Davis in the casefnats of Fortress
Monroe we will not repeat, as they are the
same substantially as have already been
given to the public. Aftei being confined
lie was placed in irons, to which the rebel
chief pretested by a vigorous resistance,
which required four men to overcome. The
‘President became irritated.' Alter wearing
the chaim for about one week, owing to
symptoms of a decline in health, they
were removed.
* ‘Upon Colonel Pritchard receiving the or
der from Secretary Stanton-to forward the
garments worn by Davis at the time of his
capture, Major Hudson was sent for them.
He called upon Mr. Davis. Mrs. Davis was
very indignant. She accused him and his
party of taking her jewelry and her money,
which of course, was a feminine falsehood, as
that distinguished lady retained some $.0,000
in gold, and all the valuables and money that
she had in her possession. After a good deal
of parleying, the Madame consented to give
up the cloak and shawl, against which Mrs.
Clay most violently protested, calling Ma
jor Hudson all sorts of naughty names,
insisting he should furnish her with anoth
er shawl. Asa compromise, there
being no particular humiliation in compro
mising, a respectable garment of this kind
was obtained. But it didn’t suit the wife of
the ‘President.’ Shepiotested that it was no
better than a negro’s blanket. -She was,
however, obliged to accept of the ex
change.
“Major Hudson brought with him Jeff.
Davis’s pistol. It is an elegant silver-plated
instrument costing about forty-five dollars.
The case contains the initials ‘J. D.,’ together
with the letter ol the admiring donor, the
maker of the pistol in London, altogether
forming a delicate morsel and significant ex
hibition of British ‘nentralit}'. ’ ”
W hy the South Should not be Punish
ed.— Gerritt Smith, well-known for his ac
tive connection with all the radical reform \
movements of the day, recently delivered a
discourse at the Cooper Institute, New Y ork,
which from the originality of the views ex
pressed ha 9 attracted much attention.—
With reference to the much agitated question
of t lie punishment of the South, he said :
All over tlie North there is a clamor for the
blood of the rebels, whom we have capt ured,
and those whom we hope yet to capture. I
have no sympathy with this clamor. The
South having fully surrendered, let all blood
shed cease and alt punishment. (Applause.)
Os course I make no reference to the
asssassination of our President, or to
the starving or murdering of * our
prisoners. Jjet all merited punishmeut
fall on those who are guilty of tjiese iniam
ous crimes. (Applause.) My position is,
simply, that the South shall not be punished
for the rebellion, or, to use another word,
tiiat the South shall not be punished for
treason. I don’t say this because I think the
South does not merit it. I don't say this lie
cause the safety of the North requires no
more suffering in the South. I don’t say
this because I think there arc any valuable
interests in the North to be made moie
secure by more suffering in tlie South.
I don't say it because others have
not been guilty of treason, but I say
they should not be puriTshed for treason,
because we have agreed that they shall not
be. When we entered upon this war we
agreed—somewhat reluctantly I admit—to
conduct the war according to tlie rules of
war. Now I hold that our making this
agreement was an entire surrender of all right
to punish the South for treason. We came
to ibis agreement to conduct this war accord
ing to tlie rules of war, the fact is undispu
tafile, for we accorded to the South beliger
eut lights. The Supreme Court has ack
nowledged these rights: We have acted on
this agreement, by treating their soldiers who
fell into our bauds as prisoners of war;
as enemies in war. Then from time to
time we have exchanged their prisoners for
those the enemy had takeu from us. There
have been truce held between the enem
and ourselves, for burial and other purposes.
There. has been formal as well as uuformai
negotiations, during the war, between the
North and the South. By these negotiations
we recognized their de facto nationality, aud
by the selection of the President himself, of
blessed memory, as a Commissioner, and also
the Secretary of State. And these gentle
men did not wait until tlie Southern Com
missioners came to them, but honored the
Commissioners of the South by going more
than half way to meet them. [Applause.]—
Now all this, and much more, goes to show
that we agreed with the enemy to
conduct this war according to the
international laws of . war. And such
an agreement is a perpetual agreement, and
we must uow treat our prisoners as enemies
in war. Now, how was it we consented to
conduct this war according to the rules of
war? In the first place, we came to do so
because the laws of war required it. Let
me read some authorities on the question.
The speaker then quoted at length from
Yaltel and Hallam, Macauley, and a Ger
man writer named Welkin, to sustain his
position, and said, that of two parties to
a civil conflict, the numbers on each side be
ing so numerous the vauquished.party cannot
be treated as traitors, or in the language of
Edmund Burke—‘‘l don’t knowhow to frame
an indictment against a whole people.”—
(Cheers.) They are too numerous to treat,
like anything else but prisoners of war. Tlie
next thing I would speak of is in regard to
the pardoning ot these men. To pardon
them, I think, is a disgrace to human nature.
I, for one, am not willing that it should go
down to all ages that millions of my country
men were pardoned traitors (Great applause.)
Another reason why this civil war should be
conducted according to the rules of war, was
this; Where great masses of people take very
momentous and responsible positions, it is
not only probable, but it is generally conclu
ded, that they had a sincere and deep belief
in the wisdom and righteousness of their
cause. And one thing more: It is probable,
also, that they had, in fact, no little season
for taken such steps. Wheie such great
numbers of men carry on a war, we may well
believe there has been suffering enough in it
—especially to the defeated party—without
adding punishment, at the close of it, for
Reason. [Hisses, and cheers— renewed
several times, the cheers prevailing.] At
the close of such a war, God speaks to the
Destroying Angel, as He spoke in icgard to
the destruction and punishment of the Jews
—“lt is enough; stay thine'hand.” [Ap
plause.]
Curious Coincidence. —Washington was
born February 22, 1782, inaugurated 1789:
his term of service expired in the 6Gth year
of his age.
John Adams wrs born October 19, 1735,
inaugurated 1797; term of service expired
in tbe GGth year ot bis age.
Jefferson born April 2, 1743, inaugurated
1801 ; term of sen-ice expired in the GGth
year of his age.
Madison born March 5, 1751, inaugurated
1800; term of service expired in tbe GGth
year of his age.
Monroe born April 2, 1759, inaugurated
1817; term of service expired in the G6th
year of his age-
The above is a list of five of the Presi
dents of the United States, (all men of tlie
Revolution,) who ended their term of ser
vice in the GGth year of their age.
—Last week Thomas Nicholson, residing
at Marblehead, Mass.pbommitted suicide in
a singular manner by stretching himself out
upon his lace in a stream of water about six
inches deep, which ran beneath the flooring
of the cellar of his house. When found, it
was supposed that he might have fallen in a
fit, but as lie had no clothing but his night
shirt, and a plank in the floor had been taken
up as if for the express purpose, it became
evident that he bad committed suicide. He
was sevChty years of age.
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Xrribals,
PORT ROYAL HOTEL, [HILTON HEAD,] June 15.
F H Tarapleh, Beaufort, jJ S Grant, St Helena.
W H King “ ! A J Wakefield, Surgeon,
G W Adams, Bth Ind Vols. i Beaufort.
TJ Spencer, Sherman's C F Reynolds, H Head.
army. A Leffler, Savannah.
C Hcwen, Jacksonville, hy BJoy, “
H W Rosebr 00k, H Hes and,! O P Pasey, < •
J~ B DAVIS.
GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
. .No. 283 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, G A.
Consignments soHcited. Will give personal atten
tion to business entrusted to him.
REFERS TO
Crane & Graybill, Savannah.
Claghorn <fc Cunningham, Savannah. ,
S. Palmer A Son, “
Mr. A. Wilbur, Pres. Insurance, Savannah.
Mr, \V. Gumming, Cashier Bank State of Ga.
Mitchell & Smith,.Macon.
John B. Habersham & Cos. Macon.
Wright & Alexander, Augusta •
E. It. Long <fc (’a, “
C. V. Walker O Cos.? “ iul6-lm
B. DAMS.
JIEADQ’RS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH,>
Savannah, Ga., June 9, 1365 j
General Order,!
No. 33. /
To enable residents of this District who nuy desire
and are qualified to avail themselves of the benefits of
the President’s Amnesty Proclamation, of the 20th of
Mav, 1865, Post Commanders are hereby directed to
appoint, subject to approval at these -Headquarters,
suitable officers to-administer and record the Amnesty
Oath prescribed in said Proclamation.
Such officers will be guided hy and strictly adhere to
the rules and regulations established by the Secretary
of State in the following circular •
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, May 29, 1865.
Sir A copy of the President’s Amnesty Proclama
tion of this date is herewith appended. By a clause
in the instrument the Secretary of State is directed to
establish rules mid regnlatious for administering and
recording the Amnesty Oatti, so as to insure its bene
fits to the people and guard the Government against
fraud. Pursuant to this injunction you are informed
that the oath prescribed in the proclamation may be
taken and subscribed before any commissioned officer,
civil, military or naval, in the service of the United
States, or any civil or military officer of a loyal State
or Territory, who by the laws thereof may be qualified
for administering (laths. All who receive such oaths
are hereby authorized to give certified copies thereof to
the persons respectively by whom they were made;
aud such officers are hereby required to transmit the
originals of such oaths, at as early a day as may be
convenient, to tins department, where they will bede
positedand remain in the archives of the Government.
A register thereof will be kept in tip- department, and
on application, in proper cases, certificates of such
records will be issued in the customary so rm of official
certificates.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM n. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
In all cases the officer administering the oath wil
require, in addition to such other evidence as he may
deem necessary, the affidavit of the applicant that Ikl
Is not excepted from the benefits of the Proclamation
by any one of the exceptions therein made.
No persons, othei than officers appointed for the
purpose, are authorized to administer the Oath in this
District.
By Command of
Brevet Maj. Gen. H. W. BIRGE
Robt. F. !\ iMUNSON,
Major and A. A. General. j n i:s
HEADQUARTERS IT. S. FORCES,
Hii.ton Head, St. Helena, DauWhkie
and Bulls Island,
Hilton nead, S. C., June 6, 1865.
General Ordees,!
No. 23. /
I. Ist Lieut. 8. C. Leavens, 32d U. S. C. TANARUS, in addi
tion to his duties as A. Q. M., will have command of
St Helena Island, with Headquarters at St. Helena,
All U. S. troops arriving on said Island wifi report
to Lieut. Leavens, and will be subject to his orders,
By order of
Brevet Brig Gen. M. S. LITTLEFIELD,
Commanding Post.
Charles Sever. Capt and A A A U. julO
Official.,
jMpokl’an'l' MoWcb id cottc^Wn^
Office or the U. 8. Pcrciiabing Agent l
"Savannah, Ga., May Si H6SH ’ v
The attention of cotton ownere is called to Humri
owing extracts from the «Amended t
the purchase of products of the insurrectiouarv s?« „
on Government Account," issued fronT tln Tr,.^ o ''
Department of date May 9th, 1865. and atwro-To 1 y
the President of the same date. p,uo ’ eu b i'
“I. Agents shall be appointed by the Sen „<■
the Treasury, with the approval otYhe pTK' t ° Q f
purchase for the United .States under special inst 7
tions lroia the Secretary of the Treasury, nrodn-YJ
the States declared to be in insurrection at such
as may from time to time be designated by the LTf
tary of the Treasury as markets iir places or pm cha*.'
111. The operations of Purchasing Agents shall ha
confined to the single article of Cotton; and thet
sha give public notice at the place to which
shall be. assailed, that they will purchase, in acco rd
anee with these regulations, all cotton not!S
or abandoned, which may be brought to them P and
„ . r ° lhe requirements of the Kth senir,,,
the Act of July 2. isfo, the Agents shallS e
cotton so brought, and forthw th return to th an
three-tourths thereof; which portion shall he an aw
age grade of the whole, according to the certificate Yf
a sworn sampler or expert. u e 01
V. All cotton purchased and resold by purchase,
Agents shall be exempt from all fine and all intem u
taxes. And the Agent selling shali mark the
“FREE" and furnish to the purchaser a bill of sal*
duly and accurately describing the character and cmam
tity sold, and containing a certificate that it isexrannt
from taxes and fees as above.
1 * * * * •
IX. All Agents are prohibited from purchasing anv
product of an insurrectionary state, which shall have
been captured by the m litary or naval forces of ih .
United States, or which shall have been abandoned
by the lawful owner thereof. “
X. - Tttese regulations, which are intended to revoke
and anuni ail others on the subject heretofore made
™ take eftect and be m force on and after May 10th,’
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 mavhr.
brought to him. J
The war is virtually closed, and to the end that the
people may, to as full an extent as possible, commence
to reap the benefits of a state of peace, it is desiraele
that the old and regular channels of trade be re-estib
ed, new ones opened, and the occupations of the neo
ple, both in city and countrv, be resumed It is er
Sected that the purchase, by the Treasury Department
1 good faith of the cotton ip the country now in Un
hands of its ownere, returning therefor a fair nndhon
cst equivalent, will largely tend to bring about a state
of things so much to be desired by all °
upon trade are now virtually abolished
and citizens may, with a few unimportant exceptions’
now purchase and take away whatever their
ties require, and I feel satisfied that the disposition to
do all that may be done to bring about once more a
normal and healthy condition of trade will not be
wanting. Cotton owners may rest assured that it is
now perfectly sufe fso far at least as any interference
on the part of the Government is concerned; for them
to.brmg in and dispose of their, cotton, The fullest
protection will be guaranteed, upon its arrival in Sa
vannah, and such other protection and safe conduct as
the Agent may be able to obtain for cotton iu trausitu
will be freely afforded
It is hoped that before long enterprise will open up
better and safer means of communication with, aud
transportation to, Savannah from the interior than
now exists. In the meantime, and until that takes
place, owners of Cotton at distant points desirous of
marketing it at Savannah, will doubtless be able 10
devise temporary expedients for accomplishing that
end.
T. P ROBB,
U. 8. Purchasing Agent.
Approved :
C. GROVER,
Brevet Major General Commanding.
may 23 ts
HEADQ’RS. POST OF SAVANNAU
„ , , Savannah, Jane 13th, 1865.
On and after this date, articles in the Public Market
of this city, will be sold at such prices as are herein
after specified. Persons violating this rule, will be
rejiorted to this office, and dealt with as the military
law dfrects.
By command of Bt. IJtig. Gen. WOODFORD.
Edward G. Dike,
Asst, Adjt. General and Post Treasnei.
Docks, per pair 2 00
Turkeys, each.'. $2 00<252 60
Geese, per pair 2 60
Fowls, per pair 1 00® 1 60
Spring Chickens, per pair 00
Beef, fresh, best cut, per lb 20
Beef, fresh, second cut, per lb 15
Pork, fresh, per lb.. 26
Eggs, per dozen 50
Bass, large size, each per 1b 15
Lass, small size, each per lb 15
Drum, per Jb 15
Crabs, each 03
Shrimp, per quart 20
Whiting, per bunch of 6 40
Sheephead, per lb 20
Suckers, per bunch of 6 25
Cat Fish, per lb 10
Perch, per bunch of 5 40
Beans, snap, per quart 10
Mutton, per Id 20
Veal, per lb 25
Country Dried Beef, per lb 15
Liver, per lb 20
Terrapins, per pair 30
Mnllets, per bunch, large size 40
Mullets, per bunch, small size 25
Sturgeon, per ponnd %
Trout (salt water; per lb 15
Trout (fresh water] per pound is
Bream, per bunch ol r> 40
Blackberries, per quart 15
Whortleberries, per quart....... IS
Sweet Potatoes, per bushel 4 00
Green Peas, per peck. *... SO
Honey, per lb, 15
Bacon, per lb 200 v 25
Irish Potatoes, per quart
Jerked Beef, per lb
Turnips, per bunch 5
Tomatoes, per quart 30
Sausages, fresh pork, per lb • 40
Butter, per lb so
Clams, per bushel 2 00
jnnel4
HEADQUARTERS TJ. S, FORCES, '
Savannah, Ga., June 9,1804.
Geferai. Order,!
No. 41. /
I. Paragraph 4, General Order No. 71, Headquarters
Department of the Sonth, is hereby published for the
information of this command.
“4. While military restrictions upon trade are thna
removed, still District and Post Commanders arc re
minded that they are expected to keep such a military
control over all merchants and traders as is necessaiy
for the maintenance of good order and a proper Po
lice within their commands. To this end they are Vrrr
thorized to so regulate the sale of intoxicating liquois,
ales and wines, as may seem to them requisite."
U- All existing permits to sell liquors, ales and
wines, either at wholesale or retail, are nereby rc
v tft ' T ThIP rev °cation will take effeet on June 15th.
HI. Licenses will be given to a limited number of
responsible parties authorizing the sale by them of li
quors, ales and wines, for which a license fee of One
Hundred Dollars will be charged.
Printed licenses will be furnished, which will be re
quired to be conspicuously exposed in the store win
t Applications for licenses will be made in writing to
the Assistant Adjutant General at these Headquarters.
IV. The regulations prescribed iu General Order
No. 5 1, current series, from these Headquarters, are
hereby changed to read as follows, and will be rigidly
enforced:
“1. Lipuors will not be sold or otherwise disposed
of in less quantities than by the quart, aad will not bo
drank upon the premises of the seller.
“2- No liquor will be 3old or otherwise disposed of
to enlisted men of the Army or Navy.
“3. Proprietors will be held responsible foi the
conduct of their employes, and any person who shall
be convicted of having knowingly violated any portion
of the foregoing regulations, 111 addition to sufferng
the penalties adjudged in the Provost Court having
jurisdiction, shall be required to leave this District, not
to return.”
V. Capt. Edward G. Dike, Ass’t Adj’t General is
hereby appointed Post Treasurer, and will assume the
duties of that office in addition to those wit h which he
is already charged. t
By command of
Brevet Brig. Gen. S. L. WOODFORD
Edward G. Dike, A. A. G. jull*
HEADQ-RS POST of savannahT'
„ Savannah, Ga., June 14,1805
General Orders,!
No. 44- /
General Order No. 26, dated April TANARUS, IBCS, regnlating
the price at whieh Quartermaster's .Vouchers ra«y b. -
purchased within the limits of this command, is here
by revoked.
By Command of
„ Brevet Brig. Gen. S. L. WOODFORD,
Ed vard O. Dyer, A. A. G. jttls
