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Newspaper Page TextThe Savannah Daily Herald. 8. W. Mas-on & Cos Pbowuktobh. Samuei. W. MiW Editor. SAVANNAH. SATURDAY, JULY ‘l9, 1866. FOR LOCAL MATTERS SEE THIRD PAGE. PJLU'IL'S 7> THU SOVTHERN STATES. Political parties are fast beginning to show themselves in certain of our Southern States. In the States which hare latest been restor ed to a settled status with the general gov ernment, among which may be included our own State, the Florida, Alpbttma -and Mississippi, the parties of the coming year? are yet in embryo. The old political leaders have generally been too much occu pied with ascertaining their own personal re lations with the government to edneem themselves about the prospects of their form er parties. The progress of events will call xtew leaders to the head of new political or ganizations*. Upon what issues these parties of the future are to founded, and by what lines they are to bo defined, it would be dif ficult to prognosticate at present. Perhaps the most significant indications of the chan nels which political currents will take, are to be found in the States farthest advanced to wards their future normal condition, “such as Louisiana. Instead of attempting to defend or uphold slavery, Southern politicians are organizing parties on the basis of the suffrage. In Louis iana there is a Universal Suffrage party, man aged by a Central Executive Committee, Thomas J. Durant, President. This gentle man, so late as 1862, addressed a letter to President Lincoln protesting against the abo lition of slavery. Now he favors negro suf lrage, and appears to have a considerable party at his back. Ho urges Governor Wells to “extend the elective franchise to all the inhabitants of the State who are loyal, with out distinction of color or origin.’’ Governor Wells refuses to comply with this request in a letter which has just been published in New York, He holds himself to be bound by the present Constitution and saws of i ouisiau<| and as these do not con fer upon the negroes the right of suffrage, he declares his inability to do anything in the case. Without deciding which,of the two parties is right, or likely to be the stronger In time to come, we can at least express satisfaction over the fact that the Southern people have commenced the discussion of this vital ques tion. Yet this is by no means the only ques tion upon which the public mind of the South Is exercised, during the present period of transition. Through the candid expositiou of Southern views in the course of discussion, by the statesmen, and the voluntary action of the people, the element of the great prob lem of re-UDion will finally become fully known, and a safe and permanent settlement bd attained. The Herald as an Advertising Medium. —One evening last week we had three ad vertisements handed in at our business couuter of articles lost. Before noon of the next day, all three of the advertisements had been answered by the finders of the articles lost, and Mr. Fay bad the pleasure of restor ing all the lost property to its owners. We recently had an advertisement of Wanted, with directions to apply at the Her ald office, and in less than six hours after the paper bad been printed, and before the coun ing room was opened, applicants had appear ed at the Herald Editorial rooms. We be lieve tho HArald is unsurpassed as an adver tising medium—it goes among all classes, and we strive to make it useful and acceptable to all. Another Conflict of Authorities.— There is a conflict between the military and civil authority at Chattanooga, tho former obstructing sheriffs in the execution of their orders from the circuit court of the State. The President has appealed to. Some ot the civil officers are of the opinion that cannot execute the civil laws in cases arising between citizens, there is no neces sity for their holding their offices. A Difficcltt occurred at a picnic at Rock Springs, Tenu., ou the Bth, between returned Union and rebel soldiers, resulting in the death of three and the seriously woun ding of seven others. As Excellent Reform.—lt appears from a number of the Nassau P.j Guardian before us, that an “Early Rising Movement’’ has been inaugurated with great success at that place. The Guardian remarks : It gives us great pleasu re to perceive that the Early Rising movement has already had its beneficial effects. Young' ladies, we felt confident, only wanted one or two good ex amples, by way of keeping them in counten ance, to iaduce them to rise a little before that great luminary which gives light to all the world. How pleasing to see the youth and beauty ot Nassau on the Esplanade at 5 1-2 o’clock a. m., watching: the sun peering above the eastern horizdn, with his rays of many-colored hue, beginning to perform his daily woik! One of our writers remarks, with much truth, that those who worship the Sun are rile most excusable of all idolators. >V ith what adoration was his approach ob served by the ancient Mexicans ! It must enc^ anl >ug. sight to have be held the \ trgins of the Sun, as they were called, kneeling around the Halls of Monte zuma aud _ awaiting his approach to eive him adoration i Who knows but the aboriei nal inhabitants of this colony might not have done the same ? • —Nelson Kneas, the author of the famil »r air “Ben Bolt,” died in a drunken fit in vujiunati, a tew days sines. SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL DOMIN ION OF THE POPE. The dominion of the Pope, spiritual and temporal, has endured for six centuries. There are three epochs into which the histo ry ot the Popedom may be divided: 1. The occupation of the Papal chair by Giegory the First, at the end of the sixth century.. 2. The dethronement of Pope Pius the Seventh, by Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1312. 3. The union of the States of Italy, under the rule of 4 Yictor Immanuel, which threatens the severance of the spiritual from the tem poral power of the Pope. It was at the first of these epochs that the liold project was conceived of the union of sacerdotal and secular power, consummated under the pontificate of Gregory the Seventh. It was he that contemplated the reduction of the whole of Christendom to a feudal subjec tion to the Holy See, assuming the right of appointment, notjonly the of whole body ot the dergy to vacant Sees, but the succession to every throne in Europe. History tells us that it was the excesses o f the Roman clergy which wa9 the immedi ate, moving cause of the Reformation, and the decay of the Pope’s power. But Philos ophy teaches a different les-on, and the re formation was more a symptom than a cause of that intellectual revolution which has un dermined the Popedom. The most re markable feature of this combined ecclesi astical and temporal dominion was that it owed nearly every thing to moral influence, and very little to force ; for altbpifgh the Pope maintained at Rome a regular army, and occasionally took part in the military operations of Europe, it was more as an auxiliary than as a principal. His power owed every thing to opinion. The seat of its supremacy was in the mind. But an intellectual revolution was at hand. . The people of the Middle Ages were having their mind stirred to their • utmost depths. The nearly simultaneous appearance in different parts of Europe, of Wicklifte in England, of Hujs in Bohemia, of Luther and Zuinglius in Ger many, of Calvin in Switzerland, of John Knox in Scotland—gave evidence of tho all pervading influence of the change at hand.— These independent thinkers were the off spring of a mental illumination that kindled a glow of light, wherever inEurope it was allow ed to gather materials. Like all revolutions the movement was promoted by a few who direct and guide popular opinion, but there was a wide basis of sympathy in the general mind; there were general causes in opera tion that g tare it support, and of which lead ers like LUVher, Calvin and Mclancthon are the exponents. The next great blow received by the Papal, authority was the imprisonment of the Pope in 1812 by Napoleon Bonaparte. This was accompanied by so many circumstances of degradation that although much personal sympathy was felt, the effect as regards the moral influence of the Papacy was highly in jurious. It was on this occasion that Bona parte materially reduced the Temporalities of the Pontiff, and first drew the line be tween his spiritual and temporal authority. Having annexed his dominions to the French Empire he could not accomplish all his pur poses. The public was not prepared for so great a change as he wished to effect, but the blow neverihele-s was irreparable. Venera tion for the See of Rome had met, with much abatement. St. Peter’s was as much throng ed as ever with devotees, but the general in fluence of the Roman Catholic Church was lessened. This was the first attempt made in Eu rope to draw the line between the Pope’s temporal and ecclesialical authority. If the elder Bonaparte had lived to mature his plans, the separation would be complete. The Nephew has every wish to follow the example, in this respect, pf.tlie Uncle, but is restrained by of policy. In this brief historical survey our object has been to show that the source and founda tion of the Papal power, being a moral in fluence, has lost its hold over the mind of a large part of its supporters and followers —that they may still,bow before its shrines, but have lost for it that sentiment of vener vation witboat which, its ritual and ceremo nies afford no compensation. These appeal to external sources of Influence— that to the in temalr—these appeal to the senses and imagi nation—that to the reason. Do not the events in Piedmont aud Mexi co furnish a confirmation of these views? Victor Emanuel and Maximilian are follow ing those impulses to which their own inter est and opinion in their respective States conduct them. The feud between the form er and the. Pope widens every day, as does that between the Pope and Maximilian. , < **+ Negro Suffrage. —lt is stated that twelve of the original thirteen States had no clause in their Constitutions prohibiting the negro from voting, up to forty years ago. South Carolina wa9 the one exception. Emigration to the South.— A Richmond paper calling upon the emigrants who land at New York, English, Scotch and Irish, to come South where they are very much wanted, says: “Our fields want them ; our forests arc sighing for them ; finance wants them ; the fireside wants them ; politics wants them We have -broad acres and a welcome for many a day’s importation of them ; yes, many a month’s cargo, even at this high rate, and we have a genial country, a hospitable peo ple, easy employment, indulgent task masters and abounding room for all.” Joe Jobmston's Opinion of Davis. —A letter from Richmond says : # Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, in a letter to a friend in this city, remarked that the South ern cause could not have tailed with anybody else but Jeff Davis as its leader. That opin ion seems now to gain ground very rapidly, and public sympathy with him is diminishing in proportion as this fact is beiug realized. Col. Notbrop Davis,. Commissary General and peculiar proteye, condemns without re serve the policy which he pursued. The Colonel says that so disgusted did lie become with the whole cause that he refused to speak to him for nearly twelve months before the evacuation of Richmond. He said that at the battle of Drury’s Bluff, TJavis, who was near the scene of battle, feared to order hi 9 Generals to change the plan of actioo, though be knew it was wrong. The Colonel says, moreover, that, for the la9t twelve months before the close of the war, Davis’ mind was very unsettled, so much so that he rarely issued au important order which he did not afterwards countermanded. He changed his opinions constantly, except in regard to some Generals who we obnoxious to him. His hostility to them and his opin ions of their inefficiency remained uniform and unbated. Reduction of the Abmy. —The reduction of the military forces is going on with rapidi ty. In the Army of the Potomac, the Pro visional Corps, which was formed by the consolidation of the old troops, had only a short-lived existence, from tie 28tli of June to the 7th of July. That army, therefore, recently so powerful and destined ever to be so memorable, no longer exists. A week or ten days may be consumed in the mustering out. Gen Auger s troops, employed in the defense of the works about Washington, are also beiug reduoed to a mere garrison force. The Cavalry in Virginia is to be materially reduced at the discretion of Gen T6rry. Slocum’s Army of Georgia is to be cut down to less than 10,(WO, and Logan’s Army of the Tennessee, is to be reduced to a few di visions. As organizations, the two great Western armies will substantially disappear within a week. But little more than one hundred thousand men will soon be left in arms throughout The country, nearly three fourths of whom will be under the command of Gen. Sheridan in the Southwest. The ageuts of the Quartermaster’s Department, during the last week, sold over 10,000 mules and horses, and 2,500 ambulances and army wagons, besides a vast amount of harness Spd other material. We may add, also, that ecretary Welles is reducing the Navy, wltji corresponding vigor, and will ultimately bring it down from 05,000 men to 12,000 or 15,000. — Boston Journa/e A Cukiocß Confidence Game.— One day last week a youDg man 16 years old, belong ing in Boston, who makes a liviug by retail ing sewing siik at private residences, by the skeih, was met in Hanover street by a man who represented that he did business in State street, and who had a bundle which he dp sired to send to New York by special mes senger. He asked the young man to go and handed him a ticket. The dupe consented, under the further representation that he could get employment at SOO per month in Gotham. The young man left a bundle containing S2O worth of silk with the stranger for sate keeping, and went to New York. Arrived there he could not find the parties to whom the bundle was directed, and upon opening the latter found it to contain pure saw dust, when he for the first time realized that he had been \sold.” He reached home through the assistance of his father, to whom he wrote. The individual who fools him again will undoubtedly have to be smart.— Boston Herald. The Methodist Church South.— A meet ing of the ministers of the Methodist Church South was held at Palmyra, Mo., last week, at which the proposition from the Methodist Episcopal Church, for the Southern branch to abandon its distinct organization and form one body, was debited aUength. The result was the adoption of a resolution which sta ted that. “we consider the maintenance of our separate and distinct ecclesiastical organ ization as of paramount importance and our imperative duty.” Iu the report which pre faced the resolution the committee state that “the abolition of slavery has not destroyed all the differences that existed between the two bodies;” that “the question upon which the church divided was not whether the in stitution of slavery was right or wrong, per se, but whether it was a legitimate subject for ecclesiastical legislation and to go into the Methodist Episcopal Church “would be to yield the position we have so often taken, ad mit thf charges we have so ofteu refuted, and bv accepting political tests of chqrch fellow ship, stultify ourselves, compromise the es sential principles of the Gospel, and admit the charge that with the institution of slave ry we stand or fall." From Florida. —The Tallahassee Floridian and Journal has the following :j Hon. D. S. Walker, of tills, city, has gone on a mission to Washington, for the purpose of having a conference with Presideni John son, in reference to the restoration of civil rights to the citizens of Florida. The Railroad from Lake city to Jackson ville is now in complete running order. The cars were run through ou Thursday, 13th instant. Terrible Cattle Epidemic in Arkansas.— Late advices from Wittsburg, 'Arkansas, state that a terrible epidemic was raging among the cattle, resembling cramp. The first ap pearauce wa9 a twitching of the muscles and cords of the limbs, killing in from eight to* twenty hours. The disease also attacks horses, hogs and sheep. Thq farmers were much alarmed at the prospect of losing all their stock. Rules for Redemption of Defaced Frac tional Currency.-— Fractional notes shall be redeefned, it not mutilated, by any Assistant Treasurer or Designated Depository of the United States, or a National Bank designat ed as a Depository of the United States, in sum 9 not less than three dollars. Defaced notes, it whole, are not considered as muti lated ; jior is an evidently accidental injury, not reducing the note by more than one tenth its original size, regarded as a mutila tion. Government Seizure of Cotton. —The Al bany (Ga.) Patriot states that the govern ment has seized all the cotton in that city, some twenty-eight thousand bales. —The luggage van of the Boulogne ex press train lately caught fire, and destroyed all tUe toilettes ot tbe French ladies who were on their way to the Ascot races. Fruit* of Stock-Gambling. The New York correspondent of the Prov idence Journal relates the following melan cholly incident of metropolitan life: “Whilst descending from the upper part ot the city this morning, I found in the cars an aged clergymen, long since retired from the pulpit, but. whom 1 recollect as one of the most popular preachers of other days. As I sat beside him I inquired after several clergymen with whom 1 was formerly ac quainted. Among the rest was the Rev. Mr. . ‘When I last saw him,’ said the aged clergyman in to my inquiry, ‘he was quite well. His departure was most unfortuuate and melancholy.’ ‘You amaze me,’ said L ‘pray, s.r what do you mean by his departure?’ ‘Why, he was dismissed,’ returned my aged triend, have you not heard oTit?’ On, my replying in the negative, and con tinuing my expressions of surprise, the old man related the following narrative ! “The Rev. Mr. , as you know, succeeded my father in the pulpit. He had'one of the larg est and most lashiot able, certainly tne wealthiest congregation in the city of his sect, representing from five to six millions ot dollars. They adopted thp spu a9 their pastor before the death of nis lather, and showered on him every favor, benefit and good office. His salary was seven thousand a year, and the gifts of his parishoners, to gether with church fees, would probably amount to as much more. He was beloved and honored by everybody. Two years ago his lather died and left him, his only son, sixty thousand dollars. Two years and a half ago the Rev. Mr. was induced by a friend to purchase ’ a few shares in railway stocks in Wall street. He was lucky at tho outset; was induced to dip further ; was again lucky ; and luck led him on to ruin. From that time up to about a year ago he kept his Wall, street broker employed, with varied success. From deal ing in stockslie went into gold gambling; the end of that need hardly be related. He soon found himself not only bankrupt, but he had sacrificed all his mother's estate, had involv ed hi 9 wife’s father to the tune of one hun dred thousand dollars, and had rendered two of three of his wealthy parishioners liable to the loss of sums varying from one hundred and fifty thousand to forty thou sand. He now found himself but little better than a beggar in the world. The proper ecclesi astical authority interferred, took the matter up, and manifested great indignation. I was selected as a go-between for both parties. I accepted the office. I found the authorities unanimous agaiust the Rev. Mr. , and advised him to resign, as it wouid be idle and absurd to contend with that body. He adopted my advice, resigned, took his family to a sequestered retreat in a neigh boring State, where they reside, consigned to poverty. Some months ago a few members ot the Rev. Mr. ’s congregation raised*a fund of thirty thousand dollars for him, and urged him to quit his native laud for awhile and sojourn, in Europe. He accepted t heir proposition, and is now in Germany. His sad fate should be a terrible warning to all clergymen against stock gambling.” u The Bicgest Oil Stort Yet.—As indi cative of the enormous new oil wells to he bored this season, the Meadville (Pa.) Re publican states that within the pa9t two months 9,000 engines have pass through that place en route for the oil regions. HEADQUARTERS POST OF SAVANNAH, I Savannah, On-, July 19, 1565. j ■ Ge.neku. Obdeb,) No. 13. J I. General Order No. 41 from these Headquarters, dated June 9th, ISCS, is hereby revoked, and the fol lowing regulations will hereafter govern the sale of liquors, &c., ut this Post. 11. All Licenses issued from these Headquarters prior to this date will remain in force as heretofore. 111. A limited number of Licenses will be issued for the sale of Ales, Wines and Liquors as follows Ales, Wines and Liquors at Wholesale, ($100) One Hundred Dollars. Ales and Wines at Retail, ($100) one hundred dollars. Ales, Wines and Liquors at Re tail, ($150) one hundred and fifty dollars. IV. No Liquors will be sold or otherwise disposed of to enlisted men of the United States Army and Navy at this Post. V. A few Licenses will be given to responsble par ties, authorizing the sale or Ales, Wines and Liquors at Retail on the payment of a License fee of ($150) one hundred and fifty dollars, or an additional fee of (SSO. fltty dollars wnere a License fee of ($100) one hundred dollars has heretoulre been paid. VI Proprietors will be held responsible for the pre servation of good order on their premises and for the good conduct of their employees. And any person who shall be convicted of having violated any portion of the foregoing regulations will be summarily dealt with. VII. On and after this date -no pwiou will he allow ed to expose goods of any kind for sale at Auction in the city without first having obtained a License irom these Headquarters, fur which a fee of (sluoj one huu drud dollars will he required. VIII. Applications for License will he made in wri ting to the A. A. A. General at these Headquarters. IX. Printed Licenses wid be furnished, which will be required to be conspicuously posted in the premises of the seller. By Command of Brevet Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS. Jno Mullen. A. A. A. G. jyl9-7 HEADQ’RS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, ) * Ist Division, Dep’t of Georgia, y Savannah. Ga.,‘ July 24tb, ISOS. J General Orders, 1 ’ No. C. / The following Officer* *ts hereby announced on the Staff of the General Commanding “District of Savan nah," and will be obeyed and respected accordingly: Capt. Will A. Coulter, A. A. Gen., U. S. Veils., Ass’t Adj't Gen. Lieut. Col. R. P. York, 75th N. Y. ijfe. Infantry, Provost Marshal. w Major John Tienor, Jr., Surgeon U. S. Vole., Sur geon in Chief. Capt. Fred. J. P. Chitty, 153d N. Y. Vol. Infantry, Act’g Aes’t Insp’r Gen. S. 8. Starr, A. Q. M, U. S. Vols., District Capt. H. R. Sibley, C. 8., U- 8. Vols., District Com mis’ry Subs’ce Capt. John Montgomery, 18th Me. Vols. Infant'/, Act’g Ordn’ce Officer. Capt, Geo. E- Moulton, 30th Me. Vol. Infantry, Ass’t Com’y Musters. Ist Lieut. M. M. Davidson, 176th N. Y. Vol, InPry, Aid de Camp, Capt. Mark Cox, 176th N. Y. Vol. InPy; Chief of Escort. Ist Lieut. W. H. Foster, 30th Me. Vol. Ini’y, Am bulance Officer. By command of * Brev. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Official: Will. A. Coulter, Ass’t Ad/t General. jyßs HEADQ’RS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, 1 ' Savannah, Ga„ July 15, '1865. j General Orders,) |No. 50. / In compliance with provisions of General Orders, No. 3, from Headquarters, Department of Georgia, dated Augusta, Ga., July 10th, 1865, I hereby relin quish the command of the District of Savannah to Brevet Mifi. Gen. John M. Brannon. , „ HENRY W. BIRGE, *yl> i Brevet Major General U. S. VolS. headquarters district of savannah, i Ist Division, Department of Georgia, > Savannah, July 22, 1865. j General Order, > No. 9. f On and after tuis date all orders heretofore in exis tence in this District, levying u.tax upon imports, im posing a tax for the sale of Liquors, and instituting the 3 per cent, iucome tax are hereby revoked. By Command of Brevet Maj Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. WillA. Coultkb, Capt, AA. A G. jy22 I |jjeto ||fcbtrltßtittents. gAVANNAH TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. The regular meeting of the above Union will be held this Evening, at 8 o’clock, at the room, corner of Whitaker street and Bay Lane. Members will come prepared to pay their dues. J. M. HARRISON, President. W. G. Flinn, Secretary. ANTED. A Furnished Room, facing south, without Board, in a private family, with bathing privilege, by two young gentlemen. Address box 610 Savannah P. O. jy29-2 piONEER LINE. FOR NEW YORK; The U. S. Mail Steamship PERU, Capt. , will sail for the above port on her regular day, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3p, at - O’Clcck. For Freight or Passage, having superior accommo dations, apply to HUNTER & GAMMELL, jy29 £4 Bay street. pOR SALE. 4 150 papers of the Celebrated ZEPHYR PUFF SMOKING TOBACCO, One Pound Package. jygp-tf ' N. A. HARDEE & CO. JJNDERWRITER’S SALES. OCTAVUS COHEN WILL SELL ON MONDAY NEXT, 3 Ist INST., At 10 O’Clogk, AT HIS STORE, NO. 62 IBAT STREET, \ 100 cases CLARET, F. Dignet & Cos. 12 baskets CHAMPAGNE, P. 73 cases ASSORTED WINES, [A H i 74 cases CHAMPAGNE CIDER, [P] 94 cases CLARET, quarts, [P] 6 cases CLARET, pints, [P] 108 cases GIN, [P] 96 cases KENTUCKY BOURBON WHISKEY,[P] 4 cases RYE WHISKEY, jP] 8 rases SHERRY WINE, [P] Damaged on board SchooneA J. S. Lane, on her voyage from New York to this Port, and sold under inspec tion fonarcount of the Underwriters and all concerned Terms cash. jy29 JUST ARRIVED, BY SCHOONER “ELECTRIC SPARK,” A Complete Assortment of family groceries, AND— LIQUORS OF ALL KINDS. These goods were bought very low for cash, andean be sold AT A Vi£RY WW FIGURE, AT W. A. BEARD’S, jy29-tf 134 Cdhgress street. c hee s e - TWENTY-FIVE BOXES OF CHEESE. For sale by frgP-g HUNTER & GAMMELL. HEADQ’R S SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHEE, Savannah. Ga., July 28,1566. General O rules) No. 18. / Captain Charles H. Cox, 75th New York Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as Provost Marshal, Snb- District of Ogocchee, as his Regiment is now serving out of this District. Captain James E. Smith, 12th Connecticut Veteran Infantry, is hereby announced as Provost Marshal, Sub-District of Ogeecfiee, and will be obeyed and re spected accordingly. > By command of Brevet Brigadier General DA VIS. . John Muu.en, A. A. A. G. jyi.9-7 J^OTICE OFFICE PROVOST MASHALL, Scu District of Ogef-gure, Savannah, Ga., July 27, 1665, | The citizens of Savannah are hereby requested to report at this office all able-bodied persons, either white or colored, who are found loitering about the Streets. Market Houses, Wh rfes, or other places within the Umits of this' Command, without visible means ol support, In order that they may be prompt ly arrested and put upon Government or other work CHARLES H. COX, Capt. nr.d Provost Marshal, jy2H-tt Sub District of Ogecohee. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT QF SAVANNAH, i Ist Division, Department of Georgia, > * Savannah, July 22d, 1865, ) Gfnbkai. Order, > No. 3. J * - In many cases Horses and Mnies bearing the brand or the US.Government, in possession ot tne inhabi tants of the rural districts, having been abandoned by tpe Government or exchanged by the troops for more serviceable animals. It is hereby directed that Com- Branding Officers of troops within the boundaries of this District prohibit the further i-eizure ol horses and mules bearing the brand of the United States, lound m the possession of citizens, except in cases where the persons having such horses and mules bearing the Government brand, are known to have come into possession of them in an illegitimate manner By Command of * TtT Brevet Maj. Gen. J. M^KANNAN. Will A. Coulter, Capt. &A.A. G. ~ jy22 HEADQ’RS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGHECIIEE, , July 24th, 1565 j General Order,) No. 15. / In accordance with orders from Headquarters Dis trict of Savannah, Ist Division, Department of Geor gia, I hereby assume command of the siib-Districc ot Ogeechee, Headquarters at Savannah, comprising the following named counties: Liberty, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Bulloch, Tutnall. Scriven, Mbtgomery. Emanuel, Burke. The following named officers are hereby announced, on the Staff ot the sub-District commander: * Cupt. John Mullen, 12th Conn. Inlt, A. A. A. fl. Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, Bth Ind , Ghief Medical Officer, burgeon N. L. Snow, 153d N. Y., Health Officer. t Capt, Chas. H Cox, 75th N. Y, Provost Marshal. Capt. Warren H. Boynton, 30th Me., Street Comm’r. Capt. R. B Grover, 3oth Me., A. A. Q M, Capt. E. F. Goddard, 12th Me., A. A. W- M. Lieut. O. T. Hull, 153d N. Y., A. A. D. C. Lieut. J. 8. Bergen, 173d N. Y., LAQ.M. Lieut. J. H. Chariot, laiiln N. Y., A. A. Q. M, * Lieut. D, B. Knowlton, 175th N. Y., A. A. Q. M. All returns and reports required by Army Regula tions aud existing orders, will be forwarded to the A. A A. General at these Headquurters. EDWIN P DAVIS. Brv’t Brig. Gen. Official ; Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G. jy26