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The Savannah Daily Herald. 8. W. A Cos., ...Pnorni front,. tV. Mason Editor. SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE -«• WE ?ROtLA«4IIOS OF GOV. HOI.DE.V OF FORTH CAROLiVI. The proclamation of the new Provisional Governor of North Carolina will, we pre sume, attract much attention a« giving an example of the policy to be pursued in the ipstoration of the lately rebellions States to their constitutional relations with the Fed eral Government. The plan to be followed in this work, as indicated by the proclama tion of Governor Holden, is as follows : I. A convention is to be held, composed otfiy of such delegates as shall have taken the oath prescribed, to support the constitu tion of the United States, and to ‘’abide by all aws and proclamations which have been made during the existing .rebellion with re ference to the emancipation of slaves No person will be allowed to vote for dele gates who shall not have taken the above oath: still further, “no person not util affected towards the Federal Government, ar.d r.ci loyal thereto,” will be permitted to take said oath, or to vote in 3aid election IL The Convention thus assembled will alter or amend the Constitution of the State, to be submitted thus altered and amended to the voters of the State for their acceptance or rejection. 111. The election by the people of a Gov ernor and Legislature is to be provided for by the Convention ; and two Senators to Congress will be elected by the Legislature to represent the State of North Carolina. The Governor then announces that he will, by special authorization, appoint Justices ot the Peace, and establish certain Courts for the purpose of maintaining the laws, and promoting the peace of society; also that he will appoint the State Directors lor the vari ous corporations in which the State is inter ested, but will relinquish the control of them for the action of the Convention. Such is an outline of the programme to be gone through in the re-construction of the State of North Carolina. It seems to be ex ceedingly simple and direct, and to allow the State, as it were, to rise at a bound from a position of subjugation and inferiority to one of influence and equality. The full rights of citizenship are granted to the people upon a simple assurance of loyalty; and with the assembling of the Convention vanish all tra ces of territorial or provisional government for the State, det we cannot see wherein this policy should be distrusted as unsafe or ineffectual. The Government will lose no thing of loyalty among the masses, or of strength in its fabric, by freely placing the re sponsibilities of sovereignty, where it right fully belongs in a republic, in the hands of the people. It will certainly go a long way towards restoring confidence in the justice and purity ol the national administration, to demonstrate thus practically that in the ui umph of its puissance it can resolutely bid a vast and elated section to lay aside its claims to wrath and thirst for vengeance against a vanquished and repentant people. It will be specially noticed that the Pro clamation is silent upon the matter of negro suffrage, nothing being said in reference to the delegates to the convention being elected by the votes of the “whole loyal people,” etc. The views of the Governor upsu the posi tion of the freedman, and of the administra tion, which he may be supposed in some de gree to represent, are, nevertheless, clearly enunciated in the remarks which he appends to the proclamation proper. In addressing the colored people of the State, Gov. Holden says: “lour race ha3 been depressed by your i condition iu slavery and br the legislation ot your former masters, for two hundred years, it is not to be expected that yon can com- j ■irebend and appreciate as they should be ! comprehended and appreciated by a self- ' governing people, the wise provisions and limitations of constitutions and laws'; or that y*u can now have that knowledge of public affairs which is necessary to qualify you to discharge all the duties of the citizen. No people has ever yet bounded at once into the full enjoyment of the right of self-govern ment. But you are free, in common with all •onr people, and you have the 'same right, regulated by law, that others have, to enter flie pursuit of prosperity and happi- Such words as these cannot be mistaken. They indicate that President Johnsou is not to be pushed back from tire position taken by him in his proclamatiou establishing a provisional government for North Carolina, in 9pile of the clamor raised against him by the Wendell Philips school ot politicians.— The negro is to have the rights of a free man. So much is irrevocably and finally se cured to him. The promise of whatever else he may qualify himself for, he again receives in the proclamatiou of the Provisional Gov ernor. Accident—On Monday evening last, Mr. Robert Aruntage, in passing across the pjut iofm from the counting room of Messrs. An drew Low & Cos,, on Eiver street, leading to , ®iiy street, fell fioin it and sustained injuries of * severe nature. Mr. Arefitage was im mediately taken to his residence c.»d received surgical treatment. From Adovsta— The 3teamer Standish, Capt. Moore, itora Augusta, arrived last evening. She passed, hound up, the Lees burg and Jeff. Davis. The river « in very good boating order. Passed two fiatg going down laden with cotton. THIS CKXTRAL RAILROAD, The ft op'd >s to he CominenGid a* Once— Contra'* Made for the llrfntilding of Forty-sir Milts j from Savannah —The Work to he Completed i n Thirty Days. We are grntified to learn that yesterday morning the Central Railroad Company com pleted a contract with Messrs. Spratt and Callahan lor rebuilding forty-six miles of their road, front Savannah to Station 4 1-2, on the Little Ogeeehoe River. The work will commence just as soon as tools and the re quisite materials can be brought here. It is believed flu* contract will be completed inside of thirty days. The contractors are efficient, enterprising men, and will push the work to the full ex tent of their ability. This will be a great step towards the re opening of railroad communications, and the Company deserve credit for hastening the improvement Mr. Win. E. Johnson, oT Macon, has been elected President of the Board of Directors. The Superintendent is Mr. Geo. W. Adams. WARNING TO THOSE WHO SELL Li 3VOR TO SOLDIERS- In our Court department wiii be found the sentence inflicted by Juage Rundlet, of the Second Provost Court, in the cose of two par ties charged with disposing of liquor to a soldier. While we have never sympathized to any great extent in fanatical movements for blue law sumptuary enactments prescribing what citizens shall eat, drink or wear, we still, in common with all reasonable people, soldiers as well as civilians, recognize the propriety of such special restrictions and regulations for the army as shall best couduee to thorough discipline. The army regulations very wisely dictate what a soldier shall wear, to a certain extent what he shall eat, and restricts the use of liquor except to the limited extent which may be regarded as purely medicinal. It is important to the efficiency of an army that prescribed regulations shall be carried out as regards uniforms and rations,and it is most im portant of all, that enlisted meu shall not have free access to intoxicating liquors. Nothing is so demoralizing to troops, in active operations, in camp or in garrison, as drunkeness, and while it would be unjust to class even a majority of our brave troops among those who know not moderation and must have their appetites curbed by law, facts show that there are .always a sufficient number who have no self-control to make liquor-selling or liquor-giving to enlisted men a crime, to say nothing of the sin of intemperance and the encouragement of the vice. We know nothing of the circumstanaes connected with this special case, except that we are informed the parties convicted prove good characters: but we desire, for the information of all interested, to call especial attention to this action, as indicating the determination of the military authorities to stop entire)* ail traffic in liquor with sob diers Judge Rundlet has shown by the severity of his sentence, that this offence is to be re garded as a Heinous one, and is to be punished as such. The Norihern Se#s —Our Extra of Tester* day. The Northern news received yesterday, although not of itself of the greatest import ance, lias still great interest attached to it from the fact of its being six days later than the last previous direct advices from the North. Within thirty minutes of the arrival of the Port au Prince, we commenced issuing a large edition of Extras which were sought for by the public with great avidity. The supply proved inadequate, for within au hour after we ceased printing, not one could be had. We give to-day full extracts from our files. Amongst the important news will be noticed the rise in gold to 146 7-8. We give full cotton and other market reports, and much interesting general news COTTON. . RemovgS of the ‘J. r » per rent Tax. Col. T P. Robb, Purchasing Agent ol the Treasury Department, has received an offlei-' al dispatch announcing that on the 13th inst., the President, by Proclamation, re moved the 25 per cent, tax on cotton, r#caU ( d>for Despatches. I‘. S. M. r iK££OßAt>ii Office, > Savannah, fayct UI), 1865./ I riie following telegrams remain uncalled for at this office to date John A. Milson, M. Daneubaum, J. B. j Young A Cos., Greenbaum. Dr E. S. I Robbing, B. Guiss, Thomas F Wright, 8. S. Gooden L. Lafford Lcveilla, G. J. Fuller, Supt. A. li i F Brown, Col. J. Richards, G. W. Carlisle, JJrs. Harrigan, H. S. Bane, IN. A. McCarthy, Thomas fho\ps, O. 9. Terry, Hon. A. M. Gammol, Louis Joy/e, I E. Radford, B. Raystill & Cos., Mr. B. Miller, George Nc-wton, C. £ Baine, N. H. Enher. P. C- Havens, Manager. PcF.toyyi..—Lt. Col. Ames, Chief of Artil lery, anand Officer, ou Gen. Gillmope’s Staff, arrived 1 here yesterday. • f • Capt. J. R Gilmore, of Gen. Gillmore’s Staff, Superintendent of Military Telegrupb, : is on an official visit to Augusta. Lt. Col. Meredith Clymer, Chief Medical ( Officer, returned to Hilton Head, yesterday, after a brief visit here. j T. P. Robb, Agt. U. S. Treasury De partment, returned hither from Augusta. LATEST SOUTHERN JEWS. v*. VS.V .vxw/ A&RIF.4L OF THE PORT At PURE. Sii Says Later from Setv York Su3Ti>mier of the Tran«*3liiilMippi \aval Depart oient to Gen. Cnuby. THE ASSASSINATION TRIALS. C Dnfederatc Soldiers doing to Mexico. Nffro Suffrage—The President a Pailcy, Su Indian Troubles in the West> OES. ORAIfT’g MOTEffF.m. Arrest of John MitehelL GUERILLAS SCATTERED. SCOSS? GOLD PRICES CROPS US VIRGINIA- Mrs, Johnson in tire Wlsite House. By the arrival of the steamship Port au Prippe, which left New York on Friday, the 16th inst., we have Northern advices and pa pers to the 16th of June, inclusive. We beg bore to express our thanks to Capt J. R. Curtis, and to Mr. Callanau, who were good enough to take charge of and deliver our important despatches and files from the North. Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Con federate Navy. Secretary Welles of the Navy Department lias already received the necessary official documents for the surrender of the Trans- Mississippi Rebel navy* from its commander, and before this time these vessels have been turned over to the keeping of Uncle Sam s Agents. We learn that Commander Fitzhugh has fur nished the Navy Department with an account of the surrender to him. in accordance with the stipulations agreed upon between General Canbv and the agents of the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith, of the interior rebel navai establish ment of the Trans-Mississippi Department. On the 3d of June,Commander Fitzhugh met up Red Biver Lieutenant-Commander Carter, commanding the rebel iron-clad Missouri, who surrendered his vessel, stating at the same time that it was the only remaining armed one the rebels had on Red River and its tributaries, and with it he gave up him self, officers and men. The number of men surrendered was small Commander Fitzhugh proceeded on to Shreveport, La., to secure the rebel naval property located at that place. The Assassination Trials. Little of Importance has occurred since our last advices—the examination of witnesses on both sides, with possibly one or two compar itively unimportant exceptions, was conclu ded on Thursday, .June 15, and the argu ments of counsel were to commence on June 17th, Saturday last. Confederate Soldiers Going to Mexico. One of the New Orleans correspondents pf the New York Herald states that twenty-five thousand men of the late rebel force in the Trans-Mississippi Department will shortly be in Mexico; and, he adds significantly, that the sympathies of their leaders will not be with Maximilian. Negro Suflfcagc- The Virginia State ilov ernment. [From the N. Y. Herald, 16th.j The republican politicians who have arriv ed iu Washington during the past week from different sections of the country almost uni versally upprove the President's course in re ference to negro suffrage. Only a very small number favor conferring the right of voting upon the emancipated negroes until they have been fitted to exeffcise the privilege by education and a number of years probation, at least. Botts is here, and is understood to be op posed to negro suffrage and to the division of the State of Virginia. His torpidity during the whole rebellion, and his want of nerve in risking his personal interests to resist it, neu tralise the influence fie might otherwise have enjoyed at this tijjj.e. More lutiU» Ti»»hi«s, The Sioux Indians are again making hostile demonstrations in Nebraska. On Wednesday morning of the week beginning June 11, five hundred of them attacked one hundred men of the 11th Ohio cavalry, fifteen miles west of Port JVlitchell, and killed four and wounded seven of number of the Indians were killed. Numerous applications tor pardon have been filed in the Attorney General's office.- The attending to them is necessarily slow, as the papers in each ease have to be carefully examined before presentation to the Presi dent for bis determination. JJ’h tfy Hen. Grant Is. Gen. Grant has been to the (jreat fair at Chicago, with his wife, and while there, and while going and returning, he was re ceived by the people with the most enthu siastic applause. He reached Washington on his return on Wednesday, the 14th inst. John Nlttlutl'i Arrctt, This dotorioufi rebel, who was the editor of the Richmond Inquirer until lie was com pelled to leave that rebellious city, and who ! "'as lately invited to New York by Ben. [ Wood to edit that most malignant organ of the Northern rebels, the New York News (which was always rejected and repu diated by all gentlemen who were engaged in the rebellion j, has, it seems, by our last advices, been arrested by thp government.— Mitchell should be hung by a Canada-made rope. • Dispersion of the Guerrilla Bands. Accounts from Southern Tennessee and Northern Georgia and Alabama represent that the guerilla hands of rebels who have been so numerous and so pestilent in that re gion have quietly dispersed and gone to 1 heir homes. Many ol these men, who have beeu guilty of almost every crime against humani ty, now surrender and utiblushiqgly ask and expect amnesty tor all their past enormities. About Gen. Srott. Lieutenant General Winfield Scott comple ted the seventy-ninth year of his age on Tues day last, June 13, and in honor of the event and the distinguished chieftain, a number of bis friends and admirers at West Point pro ceeded to bis lodgings and serenaded him. In return the General expressed his thanks, but declined to make a speech How Gold Rules. The stock market was active and buoyant June, 15. Governments were firm, with an upward tendency. Gold was very strong, and after selling at 147 1-2, closed at 146 1-2 on the street. At night the highest quota tion was 147, and the lowest 146 7-8. The rise in gold occasioned activity and buoyancy in commercial circles and though business was not large, fair sales were reported in all the leading articles. Groceries were active and higher. Cotton was steady. Petroleum was steadj*. On ’Change flour and grain were more active, and prices higher, but provisions were irre gular, being 25c to 37 1.2 c. lower than on the previous day, but closing about the same. Whiskey was heavy and i cent, lower Henltii of Secretary Seward aud his Sou Secretary Seward's health continues to im prove, He now regularly attends to busi ness, and converses cheerfully with his friends, though his jaw is still supported by an iron framework. The condition of Frederick W. Seward continues to be most encouraging. There has beeu no hemorrhage of his wound for the past twenty-one days Great Fire In Harrisburg. A fire in Harrisburg, Pa,, on the morning of the 13th. which is attributed to incendia rism. destroyed about thirty one thousand dollars worth of property, including a portion of the Daily Telegraph printing establish ment. The total receipts of the Chicago Sanitary Fair, for the two weeks ending Saturday, June 10, were one hundred ana eighty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-three dollars. > Virginia Cropa Are represented to be in a bad. way from lack of seed, tools, etc. Tlxe White House Is of course to have anew mistress, and that lady is Mrs. Patterson, daughter of President Johnson, who is expected daily, to preside at the White House. The summer residence of the family will be at the Soldiers’ Home. The Twentieth Army Corps. This fine organization has ceased to exist as an independent corps. Out of its forty five Regiments, twenty-two have been mus tered out. Th* Rebel State Prisoners (From the Boston Traveller, June 14. j _ We learn that Hon. A. H. Stephens, late Vice President of the rebel confederacy, now at Fort WarreD, is allowed to walk in the open ajr daily, from niie to ten in the fore noon, in company with an officer. His health is very feeble, and it is feared that the im prisonment is fast undermining his weak con stitution. He is kept in a room by himself, guarded all the time by two soldiers. Postmaster-General Reagan, who is simi larly guarded, is allowed a daily promenade between six and seven p. M. Boston, June 15, 1865. Sixty one prisoners were released from Fort Warren to-day. (From the New York lit: aid, I6th-> Financial and Commercial. Tuesday, June 15—6 p. m. The chief interest of the day has been cen tred qq goJ4, the market for which is active aud strong. The closing price last evening up town, was 143 ?‘-3; and the opening one this mqruing 14 5 1-?; from which it advanced rapidly and steadily to 147 1-2; after which there was a relapse to 140 1-2, at which it stood at half-past five p. m. Thg stearpship Pennsylvania took out fIOQ,- 000 in specie, qqd » lafge shipment (3 expect ed on Saturday. The conviction is becoming more settled in the commercial and fiuancial mind that there is bnt one way for gold to go under the present conditions of our home and foreign trade. We are witnessing large aud increasing imports and light and declin ing exports, aud at the same time an exten sive migration to Europe of people who have made money by the war is going forward. “Shoddy” is ojj to Europe to be lionl?ccl, ftn 4 Shoqdy ! tjfkes gqlq’ wherewith to decorate and glorify itself, find the more gold that leaves the country the more remote is the prospect of a return to speeie payments. Gold is becoming. scarce ou the street, and a sixteenth is freely paid by borrowers, while many lenders ask an eighth and get it. The uncovered “short” interest is still large Breadstdfks. —Receipts 13.022 bbls. flout, 56 do. and 983 bags com mealT 21,756 bush els wheat, 48,Q62 do. com, 10,000 dp. ipafi, 10,158 do. Oats and 7,700 ao. rye. The flour market whs active, tinder the advance in gold, and prices were 10c. a 15c. higher.— These remarks apply equally to all kinds. The sales were 9,500 bbls. State and Western.. Canada aud 7% do. Southern r ' I teHTS; •&“!£**» *■ & j Superfine Stnle mid Western Flour sfl I Extra State * loor 70 a o 15 ‘ Choice State.. * ®** n 66$ j Common to Medium Extii. UW.lr»i I**® 3 76 I Extra rcoiiii l hoop Ohio " 2 '• 6?Q Western trade brands I JJ" R 7 iO Extra St. Louis.... ' c 7* n 47t Common Sonthei n o uo a \<> .Fnucv extra do .....[] •- j? 8 0!» Common Canadian .. « 6 **ood to choice aud extra . ,? *0 Bye flourisuperfine) ' n Tt. Cjrn meal, Jersey 1 f u o S5 Corn meal, fl rum i vw j n ;;; ’ J? “ * ■*■ Brandywine, * er h active and lp - a 2c. hi fii. sffick Tho SiIIeSWCrC moderatfi f»r want of butwe hennl ' F f ero t s ,°. rae brings to Europe, sale* were 6-S(? 0 i h ‘? e t COnSUn ‘ rn&ted , , erp b,.O(H> bushels, at #1 41 «on fom *7*--3» 3 V- 3 '»■ Wbte We,' 2v S\t, n lCe Michigan, $1 60 for v in own. v ’ ps,ein (Common;, and $1 fn for No. 2 Milwaukee club. Ry e was dull fw 4- a a«n' hn b Q i d 2 °' hipl,e,; ,he sales wer -4;>,0f0 bushels, a? 87c. a h?c for mi--*; Western. 93c. a 95c. for kin dried, Uc a <£ for white and S2c. a 84c. for beated Barfe and malt were quiet. o ats were active and an V C \s lg ler ’ Witb at 7Sc J 80c. tor M es-*™, af ot , 77c. to arrive and 61c. for Prince Edwaius Island. Ordinary Florida- Mobile. S 0.4 T. Good ordinary... l*£ 32 7 2 -Uiddiing $1 4- " Hood Middling.. 4b 46 i', 21 Middling lair... 4& 4S -49 % Coffee.— lhere was a movement in this article, but it was kept private, and the trans actions did not transpire. Freiohts.—The market was decidedly buoyant, and better rates were realized though the amount of stuff offering was mod erate. Tile engagements were —To Liver pool 250 bales hemp, private ; 200 bhds. to bacco, 205.; 50 hhds. tallow, 7s. Gd- per steamer, 300 bales cotton, 3-Sd:; i,OOO boxes cheese, 30s. Two vessels were chartered to Cadiz, with staves, at #26 tor light pipe, tmd others in proportion.- one to Marseilles, 2,6% bbls, petroleum, private terms, and one to Morehead City at #lO 50 for hay, and #6 % for oats. Molasses.— The market was quiet but firm Pao visions— Receipts 1,600 bis. pork, 9? do. beef, 53 pkgs. cut meats, aud 183 ’do lard. The pork market was unsettled, and in spite of the raise in gold prices came down about about r »oc. per bbl. The sales were 10,000 bbls., cash and regular, at #2B 25 a S2B 75 for new mess; $24 50 a $25 for old do.; $lB a $lB 50 for prime, and S2O a S2O 50 lor prime mess; also 4,000 bbls. new mess, for June and July, at from S2B to $29, and 1,000 bbls. for August, at $26. Beef was quiet,,with sales of 400 bbls., at $lO a sl6. including all kinds. Beef hams were steady, with sales of 200 bbls., at $25 50 & $2 7 50. Bacon was dull with sales of 250 boxes at 15 l-2c. for short ribbed and 15 l-2c for long clear Cut meats were active and firm; the sales were 500 pkgs. at ilc. a 14c. for shoulders, 12c. and 12c. a 12 i-2e. for dry salted, and 14c. a 18c. for hams. Lard was ia fair demand at 15 3-4 c. a 16 l-4c.; the sales were about 2,240 pkgs. within the range. Butter and cheese were/ steady. Petroleum was in fair demand, and prices were higher, especially for bonded oil. The sales comprise 3,800 bbls. crude, on the spot and deliverable all June, July and August, at 34 l-2c. a 35c.; 3,000 do. refined, in bond, here and Philadelphia, at 51c. a 52 l-20. on the spot, and 1-.400 for August and Septem ber, at 57c. a 58c.; free was quiet and nomi nal at 70c..a 71c. Rice was quiet, but held firm. Sugar.—The market was active, any prices advanced l-4c. a 3-4 c., with sales of fair re fining as high as il 3-Bc. all l-2c. The sales were about 1,100 lbs. at 9 3-4 c. a 15 14c. foi Cuba muscovado, and li l-4c a 15c. for Porto Rico. Stenrine. —We note sales of 25,000 lbs. prime at 17 5-Be. a 18c., and 80,000 do grease at 10c. Tallow—The demand was active, prices advanced. The sales were 166,000 lb 9. at iO l-4c. all l-4c. Tobucco.— I The market was firmer, though not active; 100 hbeb. Kentucky sold at 7c. a 30c. Whiskey.—Receipts 170 bbis. The mar ket was quiet, with sales af 300 bbls. Wes tern $2 03 a 2 05. . SBKDFOXLTAJfT CAPTraiL Another Wagon I'rom Jeff Davis' Train Found Important Private Letters aai Papers Captured IHF DOCUMENTS TO BE FORWAKfIXD TO WASH INGTON- . The Florida (Jacksonville) Union of June 17th says We learn from reliable authority, that on Wednesday last a discovery w r as made, based upon the information furnished by the negro driver of the wagon containing it, of a por tion of the private baggage of the late rebel President, near Gainesville, Fla., consisting of two boxes and one trunk, containing many important private letters and papers The wagon containing this baggage seems tohaTe been in advance of the flying party, and when the news of Davis’ capture was received if was abandoned by the payees flaying if iff cflapge. Qcn Vogdes. acting upon imbrata ti'on furnished by tne djiyer, seflt Capt. Bry ant, Asst. Provost Marshal/ to hunt it up and take if iq charge. The Captain succeeded in securing it and returned in safety the follow ing day. We understand that the documents will be forwarded immediatelyto Washington The Return of the Soldiers. —The fol lowing quotation from Coleridge’s translation ot Schiller’9 “Piccolomini'" is printed by a Northern paper as appropriate to the return of the soldiers: O! day thrieo lovely j wfien at lpngtk tbe spldiet Returns hnifce into fife; whey "he becomes A fellow man among his fellow men The colors are unfurl’d, the Cavalcade Marshals, aud now the buzz is hush’d, and hark t Now the sof' peace march beats, home, brother*, horn*-. The caps and hemleti are all garlanded With green boughs, the last plundering of the fields The city gates fly open of themselves, They need no longer the petard to tear them, The rampaits are all dlled with men and women With peaceful men aud women, that send onwaajs Kisses and welcomings upon the air, Which they make breezy with affectionate gesttnea From nil the towers ring out the merry peal, Ihe joyous- vespers gs a bloody day. O. happy taan, O fortunate, lor whom The well known door, the faithfnl arms are open, The faithful, tender arms with mnte embracing A FINK NfcCK TIB- GO To IVES’.