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The Savannah Daily Herald. WEDNESDAY, AVGUST *, 1865. FROM OUR EVEIIMG EDITION OF YESTERDAY. THE REPORTS ABOUT MEXICO. We do not place much credence in the statements contained in the despatch about Mexico, published elsewhere, for several reasons. The news comes from the same source as did the astounding intelligence, a few days ago, that Gen. Grant had assassi nated President Johnson. We have no hun dred thousand troops on the Texas Border, and scarcely one-tenth of that number. That Maximilian may increase his army, from apprehensions in regard to our demon strations on the Rio Grande, is probable, hut we regard ourselves as none the wiser in ref erence to what he has done or will do, for the sensational despatch referred to. LATER NORTHERN NEWS. Dates to tlxe aatii - major General J. G. Foster on his way to Assume Command in Florida. By the arrival of the &. R. Spaulding at Hilton Head, wfe have files of New York papers to the 28th. We are indebted to Captain H. E. Lord, C. S. V., and Captain Seward, C. S. V., for papers. By the Spaulding, Major General J. G. Foster arrived,' on his way to sssume com mand of the Department of Florida. Gen. Foster was accompanied by his wife and daughter. Foreign News.— We have no later Foreign news than that brought by the Scotia, and contained in the extracts from New York papers of the evening <?f the 26th which we published yesterday. A RIGHT SMART CHANCE FOR THE WOMEN. Shipment of Three Hundred of the surplus Fe males of Massachusetts to Washington Terri tory. • (From the New York Sun.) The United States Steamship De Molay; Will leave New York in the early part of Au gust, with three hundred working women bound for Washington Territory. The his to’y of this female emigration appears to be as follows: Governor Andrew, of Massa chusetts some time ago, was very much dis tressed by the destitute condition of several thousand female operatives in the old Buy State, on whose behalf he appealed to the public at large. The Hon. Mr. Mercer, a member of the Executive Council of Wash ington Territory, wrote to the Governor that the women were so much wanted out there on the Pacific Coasts, that the Council would provide for the passage of three hundred fe males from Aspinwall to the Territory. Gov ernor Audrew was delighted but had no means of sending the women .to Aspinwall, but promised to use his influence with the authorities to procure a government vessel for this purpose. Mr. Mercer accordingly visited Washington, and after a great deal of running back and forth Between the Depart ment, Secretary Wells finally consented ip entertain the proposition, it someone could be found to take the responsibility of endorse ing such a manifest innovation upon the ac customed routine of the Navy Department. The President was appealed to. Mr. John son referred the matter to General Grant Giant wanted Howard’s endorsement, ob tained It, and made a requisition upon Wejles for a steamer. The order of the Commander in-cblef was duly honored by the Secretary of the Navy| "Who placed the De Molay atthe disposal ot Mr. Mercer, at the same time cautioning that honorable gentleman against the sailors, who kre such gallant tellows, that a cargo of women would be likely to in duce the men to desert, if not closely watch ed. M r . Mercer promised to take the, chances, and Governor Andrew has notified three hundred women of Massachusetts that thej can make arrangements to depart for Wash ington Territory, and upon their arrival there, good husbands will be provided for every one of them, under the supervision of the Executive Council us the Territory. Success to them 1 The Boston Transcript is authorized to 1 say that the estate of President. Lincoln, with the addition of the contributions made in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York, will amount to one hundred thousand dol lars ; and that the active labors of those ob taining subscriptions to the Lincoln Fund have now ceased. —At a gay party in Mount Zion, 111, a few weeks since, a beautiful young lady sudden ly exclaimed, “Oh, lam so sick,” and fell dead. A physician who was present, after an examination, announced that her death was caused by tight lacing. —A Paris correspondent writes that Ade line Patti wan betrothed on the 18lh of June to a gentleman of Milan —mercantile, not musical. It is estimated that there are fifty thousand persons in the Southern States who were ex cluded under the amnesty proclamation of the President. —Miss Estelle Anna Lewis, an American poetess of some note, has sailed tor Europe, where she will remain a year, publish a boflk in London, and marry a count. —lt is estimated at the Freednmn’s Bu reau that at least forty thousand freedmen have learned to read and write. —The principal danseuse at the opera in Yienna is paid eighteen thousand florins per annum. —A handsome marble statue of the late President is to be placed in the centre of the town of Lincoln, busßex county, Delaware. —The three latest fancy drinks in Califor nia are called “ladie’s tear punch," ‘♦anti-di vorce cocktail/’ and “soul-stirring solace." A Sensation Report from Mexico. Report that Maximilian is Raising an Army. The Federal Demonstration, on the Border the Cause. Cincinnati, Thursday, July 27.—The Ga zette has 4- despatch front Cairo, dated the 26th instant, conveying the following re markable intelligence : The Galveston correspondent of the Hous ton News writes, under date of July 1, as follows: Orders have been issued to the officials of Matamoras to prepare accoutrements for thirty-five thousand troops of the empire, the troops to consist of French, Austrians and Algerians. . The reason given for this collection of troops is because the United States have a similar number at Brownsville and adjacent points’ French officers assert that there is no reason why the Uiiiied States should send an armv of eighty or a hundred thousand men to Texas, unless it was designed to make aggressive movements upou Mexico- The spirit of the two armies is described as being exceedingly hostile, and there is no affiliation between our officers and those of the empire. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. [From the New York Herald, July 27,] The stock market was very strong yesserday, and Erie rose rapidly to 97%, under the manipulation of the bull clique. Governments were firm. Gold has been very firm all day, notwithstanding the arrival of the Scotia, reporting five-twenties at 71% @% on the 14th lust, in London. The opening price was 143%, after which it declined to 143, and then advanced to 143% ® >4, at which it stood at Jive P. M. The supply of cash gold is abundant, aud cash purchases have been made, in some instances, at % below the regular rate. There was less activity in breadstnffs and provi sions yesterday, but prices were generally firmer.— Cotton was steady, bpt not in much request. There was more doing in groceries at former quotations. The freight market was more active, with 194 vessels of all classes in port. The change in other articles w'ere unimportant. There was a sale by auction of two thousand bales Os New Orleans and North Carolina cotton to-day on government account. The former brought from 31c. io 39c. %) lb for good ordinary and 46c. for strict mid ling, and 39)4c. ® 43c. lb for the latter. [From the N. Y. Times, July 28.] The day was one of renewed excitement in the Railway speculation on the Stock Exchange. Erie Common Stock was again the leading staple. The sales at the regular and open Boards and on the sireet were very large, very much excited and ex tremely variable in price. The successful Bull oper ators in the stock are, of course, greatly elated. It is said, indeed, that the advance has run ahead of their own calculations, and the. consequence, to-day, was a certain measure of suspicion among themselves as to who should get out at the top rates first. At one time there was a difference of 3 cent iu about as many minutes ; that is from 96% down to 95, and up to 98 f! cent. The very highest sales were be fore the early Board at 99@99% cent. The large advance of yesterday in Hudson River to IK f) cent, was sustained. New York Central went ahead or the best sales of yesterday, and the Extreme additional rise on Reading was 2), cent. The Western roads were active. Speculation ran strong on Pittsburgh aud Michigan Southern. At 4 o'clock, the following quotations, after repeat ed alternations up and down in the market, were made on the Street. The Railway maket firm, with a fresh advance on Michigan Southern to 68% cent. Wed. Thurs. i Wed. Thur. U. S. 1040s 97 N. West Pref... 63)4 04 U. S. 5-20S. 105% 105% I Rock 151aud...108% 108% N. Y. Central.. 95% 95% | Fort Wayne 99% 99 Erie 97% 96), I Cuinl/tand 00a1.42% 48 Hudson 115 115% quicksilver — 57% 67% Reading 106% 108% Mariposa 10% 10% Mich. Southern. 66% 68% Canton 40 41 Illinois Central .127 128 Atlantic Mai1...166% 165 Mich. Central. ..108 109 Brunswick li n Pittsburgh 72% 74 I Ohio Certificates 26%' 25% Northwest 28% 28%| American Gold.. 143% The Money Market has assumed much steadiness at 6%i cent, at call to the Brokers. Exceptional trans actions are made as low as 5 aud as nigh an 7 | cent., according to the class of collateral. The price of Gold was %®l cent, firmer in the forenoou than on Wednesday, and further advanced after Change hours. The Gold Room was transfer red from William and Beaver to Broad and New street, this morning. The first sales in the new arena were at 143%®144 cent., aud the latter salts 145® 145%. The Customs demand tor Gold yester day and to-day was quite large. There is no export demand. Ou the contrary, Exchange for Saturday’s mail is not over 108%®i09 Gold lor the highest sig natures, 60 days’ sight, while 4-days bills have been done at about tlie same figures, drawn against Uni ted States 5-20s. The deiuaud for these Bonds for transmission abroad continued to-day, at 105%®105% cent. Other descriptions also Ann. New lokk, Thursday evening, July 27. Cotton—Has been in more demand at firmer prices ; Middlings 46e. ® 48c. ft lb. ; sales 2,800 bales. Tlie quotations yesterday were : , Upland. Florida. Mobile. iV. O. <£• T. Ordinary 35 36 37 38 Middling 46 46' 47 47 Good Middling. .48 59 50 51 Coffee—Has been quiet but steady to-day. We quote Java at 24>*c. ® 25c.; Rio at 18c. ® 22c.; Maracaibo atl9c.®22. ; at. Domingo at 17> a e.®l8e.; Native Ceylon at 22 >,0.® 23c. lb., in gold, au in voice of Java was sold on private terms. F'lpitk and Meal— State and Western Flour con tinues in lively demand, mainly on speculation— Prices Lave again advanced lac.@2se. bbl., the market closing iirmly. Sales since our last amount to 16,000 bbls., including very luferior to choice Su perfine State and Western, at $5 95@e 75 ; poor to choice Extra state, at $8 Bo@ 7 00, chiefly at $6 87 @7; round-hoop Extra Ohio, inferior to good ship ping brands, (wnich are very scarce,) at $7 90® $8 25 bbl. superfine State and Western $5 96@56 75 Extra State 6 85® 7 40 Extra Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ac. 6 90® 9 75 Extra Oluo.a-ouud-hoop, sliip’g brands 7 90® 8 25 Extra Ohio, trade and family brands.. 8 25® 10 00 Extra Genesee 7 50® 9 75 Poor to choice Extra Missouri 7 50®n 75 Southern Flour continues in moderate demand at higher prices. Sales since our last, 700 bbls., at $7 50 ®sß 70 for poor to good, and $8 75®512 26 for good to very choice extra brands, bbl. Canadian Flour Is also dearer. Sales 500 bbls. Extra at $8 90®$9 bbl. Rye Flour Is in demand, including supernue at $5 50® $0 bbl. Sales 200 bbls. Corn Meal is in light supply and good request at $4 90® $5 for Jer sey, and »o 76 for Brandywine, %i bbl. Grain— Wheat lias again advanced 3c.®Sc. ft bushel, on au active Uiquuy, partly from speculative buyers. Sales 95,000 bushels, including Wiiite West ern at $2 25 ; Amber Western, at $1 06®$2 xo ; Red Western, at $1 so® $1 95 ; Amber Spring, at $t uo; Chicago Spring and Milwaukee Club, at *1 60®$1 5s Y bushel. Corn has also improved le.®2c. bushel, on a good demand, partly lor export, Sales so,uoo bushels at 86c.®8ftc. for unsound, and BSc.®9oc. for sound Mixed Western ; 90c.®9ie. for Western Vel low. Western Oats have been quiet at 62c.®62>»c. ft bushel. Rye continues in request, including West ern, at 96c.®97c. bushel. Barley aud Barley Malt a.-e quiet aud uomiual. Provisions.— Pork was more active and much firmer. Sales have been reported since our last of u.uoo bbls. in lots, at sl2®s33, closing at $32 75 for New Mess; S2B 26®528 oo lor 1863 —1 Mess; $25 75® $26 ior prime Mess; $36®536 5u for Clear; and $23 76 i0,524 50 for Prime, ft bbl.; also, 1,260 bbls. New Mess, August delivery, sellers option, at s3o® s3l 62,Q bbl. Cut Meats have been pretty active at 15c.®17c. lor Shoulders, anti 19>4e.@20c. for slams, sales equal to 60 pkgs. Bacon in more demand; 126 bxs. ice-cured Strauord sold at le&c. Lard is again firm er. Sales 1,300 tcs. aud bbls., at I8‘ # c.®24c., the lat ter rate for very choice kettle-rendered, lb. Beer Is in demand, at sio®si4Tor Extra Mess: $8 60®i2 for Plain Mess. Sales 800 bbls. Tierce Beef rules quiet; a small lot of Beef Hams was sold at s3l oo $ bbl. Butter continues quiet at 27e.@34c. for poor to prime and 85c.®40c. for lancy state, aud 20e.®27c. for Wes tern, tt. Cheese is inactive at 9c.@l6>ic. for poor to very cUoice lb. Hat—Continues tn good demand at sl@sl 20 for old, and 70c#S5c. for new, 9 ioo lbs. Molasses—Has been in moderate request; 230 hhds. Cuba and Muscovado were sold at 45c.®55c., and 76 hhds. Porto Rico at 85c. V gallon. Naval Stokes—Have been in more demand to-day, Including Spirits Turpentine, within a range of from $1 so®(i 55 V gallon, and Rosin at |5 50@517 50 $ <2BO tbs. Oils—Have been in moderate request at uniform rates, Including Crude White at sllo® |l 16; bleached do., at $1 2o®asl 25 ; Crude Sperm, at $1 Ss@l 90; unbleached do., at $2 15®$2 25 ; Lard Oil, at $1 85 ®1 95 ; Unseed, at $1 18®$1 20 V gallon. Sugabs.—Have been in fair demand and firmer to day. Sales since our last,i 980 hhds. Cuba, Ac., at 11c.@14%c., aud 1,170 boxes Havana at 12c.®16%c. lb. Refined Sugars are in less request at 15c.® 20c. 1) lb. Tallow.— Sales 85,000 lbs. at 10%c.@17%c. for very iuferior to choice, aud 25,000 lbs. Grease at lie. f) ib. . Whiskey.—Sales 200 bbls. Western at $212@212% For Liverpool the engagement to-day concluded 250 bales Cotton at 1%d., by sailing ves sel, and 7-l6d. by steamer, $ lb. For Glasgow, by steamer 14,000 bushels Com at 4d. per bushel. The New General Hospital at Hilton Head* —The U. S. Army Hospital here is now progressing rapidly towards completion, after designs by Dr. J. F. Huber, the Sur geon in charge, aided by Mr. John Lindsay, Chief Carpenter of the Department. The entire frame of the centre or “ad ministrative” up and ready for the boards. This building is torty-lour feet wide, one hundred and forty-eight feet long; three stories high in front, surmounted by an octagon tower of fine proportions. The re mainder of this building is two stories high.— New South. Circular from Bishop Andrews, of Mo bile, to the Methodist Churches. —A special dispatch from Mobile to the Times, dated the 22d inst., says: . Bishop Andrews has issued a notice to the Methodist Episcopal Church, requesting the annual Conference to hold sessions this fall to elect delegates to a General Conference, commencing in April next. He also requests the churches to meet iu Columbus, Ga., for consultation at an early day. Receipts of Cotton.— The receipts of Cotton in this city, by the South Carolina Railroad, from the 'first to the twenty-fifth inclusive amount to nine hundred and thirty eight bales. During the last two weeks the Cotton receipts have increased nearly four fold as compared to the receipts at the be ginning of the month.— Charleston Courier 27th. —The schoolmaster may be abroad, but it would seem that he is certainly not afloat. The Gloucester Telegraph meutious that two vessels were in the harbor at that place on Tuesday, one of which had on its stern, as its name, the worl “Austrilitz,” and the other “Cimpithy.” * —ln Bangor large tanks are to be placed at several convenient points on tbe public streets, and filled daily with pure water and ice, tor the relief of thirsty pedestrians. A portion of the expenses of this arrangement is to be borne by a public-spirited citizen and the rest by the city. —From a Bengal paper we learn that it cost the young Maharabjah of Putiallah half a million pounds sterling to get married. Here it isn’t the getting married that is so expensive—it is the staying married, and all the other things. —Gen. Butler's resignation, which was sent on the first of June, has been returned marked “not accepted,” and he has been sent tor to Washington, where he is likely to be assigned to duty connected with the Freed men's Department. —“Peruvian Hair Restorative,” read and repeated Quilp, as he spied it on the ferry ga*e ; “welt what do we want with that stuff in this country—we are not Peruvians —let ’em take it to Peru. ” —ln 181d John C. Calhoun at a dinner fiven to Mr. Adams, at Browns’s Hotel, in Washington, gave as a sentiment: “Univer sal Suffrage and Universal Education.” —At some of the collieries in Pennsylva nia the price of labor is reduced forty per cent, since last year, and at some points a further reduction is insisted upon. —ln Richmond, since Lee and hi 9 troops went out, the grasshoppers have come in, and the Express says there enough ou every lot to feed a large family of chickens. —An impertinent fellow wishes to know if you ever sat down to tea where skim milk was on the takle without being asked, “Do you take cream ?” —The Richmond Republican estimates the Southern losses by the war at five thousand aud eight hundred millions olj dollars. STATIONERY, <Stc. , STATIONERY. TO MERCHANTS AND SUTLERS. We offer our large and varied Stock of STATION ERY at the lowest cash prices. Our stock in the above line is the largest in the De partment, and all our goods are of the first quality, fresh ard direct from Manufacturers. ’ We solicit the attention of purchasers to our goods and prices. SAVILLE A LEACH. Corner Bryan street and Market square^ Timber Cotter’s Bank, Savannah, Ga., ani> —- Merchants* Row, Hilton Head, S. C. jyi ts NOTICE. OFFICE COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE,! Savannah, Ga., August Ist, 1865. / Sealed proposals to furnish this post with six thou sand pounds of Fresh Beef per week, for three months, commencing September Ist, and ending December Ist, 1860, will be received at this Oflice until Tuesday, Au gust loth, 1865, at 12 o’clock noon, when they will be opened in public. The Beet to De furnished on days to be designated by the Commissary, aud to be of good and marketable quality—dressed in equal proportion of fore and hind quarters, excluding necks, shanks and kidney tallow. Persons submitting proposals will state the average net weight, quality, &c., of the Beef they propose to furnish. Proposals will be subject to the approval of the Com missary General of Subsistence. HENRY R. SIBLEY, aul-tl& Oapt. and C. 8. U. Vols. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, 1 Ist Division, Department or Georgia, > Savannah, July 29, 1866. j Special Order, ) No. 14. f [extract.] I. Capt. John Martin Lussine, Schooner “Mary Agnes," having violated General Order No. 69, Head quarters Depai unent of the South, May 6, 1866, estab lishing quarantine regulations for the Diet, ict of Sa vannah, Qa., in allowing communication with the shore, is hereby lined the sum of One Hundred Dollars. He will be kept in confinement until the above amount is paid. By Command of m . Brevet Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Will A, Coclter, Capt A A A. G. Jy3l LOC AL MATTER 8. Arrival of the U. 8. Transport Fairbanks, from Baltimore. At noon this day the transport Fairbanks, Captain Hunter, arrived here from Baltimore, July 29th.— -Captain Hunter reports that he passed going into Chesapeake Bay the steamship Blackstone, under sail, being disabled in her machinery. North of Hat teras, she passed at anchor several schooners, wait ing for winds, light and loaded. We are indebted to Mr. Frank Lunt, of the Fair banks, for files of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washing ton and New York papers. Amusements.—The Virginia Minstrels, composed principally of Savannahans, promise an excellent entertainment to-night at St. Andrews Hall. The Belton Ministrels announce a benefit to two of their stars to-night, at the Marshall Hall. This is their last performance but one. REAL ESTATE. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. THE subscriber offers fqr sale his three story brick dwelling house, situated on Montgomery street one door south of York street. There fe gas fixtures through the house. To a person who desires a com fortable home now is'their chance. A dwelling house and store fe offered by this sale. jy26-2w PETER STRAUS. OFFICIAL.—MIL. DIV. OF TENNESSEE. HEADQ’RS MIL. DIV. OF THE TENNESSEE. Office Provost Marshal General, Nashville, Tenu., June 23, 18C5: Circular: To secure uniformity throughout the Military Divis ion of tbe Tennessee, iu administering the Amnesty Oath prescribed by the President in his Proclamation of May 9th. 1565, and to preserve the records of such oaths, the Major General Commanding directs that such oaths be subscribed in triplicate ; two numbers on sheets or rolls, one of which is to be filed at De partment Headquarters, and one to be forwarded to the Department of State at Washington, and one con venient copy to be given the party subscribing the oath. Blanks for* the purpose will be furnished each De partment from tbisofflee. The Amnesty Oath will hot be administered to such persons as are excepted from the benefits of the Presi dent’s Proclamation, except for the purpose of ena bling them to apply to the President lor special par don, and in such cases but one copy of the oath will be subscribed, which copy will, by the officer administer ing the oath, be attached to, and form a part of, the applicant’s petition for pardon. In all special applications for pardon, the applicant must state clearly and fully, under how many and which of the exceptions named iu the President’s Proclamation his case comes; he must also state whether the Govern ment has taken possession of any part of his property, also whe her any proceedings are pending against him In any of the United States Courts tor treason, or for con spiracy against tire Government of the United States, and the facts stated in such application.mnst he sworn to betbre they will be forwarded. The petition will then bo forwarded by the officer ad ministering the oath to the Department Commander, who will, before forwarding tbe same to the Department at Washington, refer the petition to the Governor of the State in which his Department is, to enable him to in vestigate tlie merits of the case, and to recommend to the President sucii action as to him seems just and pro per. Each Department Commander will designate suitable officers to be conveniently located .for administering tbe Amnesty Oath, and such officers will be governed by these instructions. The name and rank of such officers, witli a statement of the points where stationed, will be reported to this office. By Command of Maj. Gen. Thomas, J. O. PAKKHURST, Brvt. Brig. Gen. and Pro. Mar. Gen. Mil. Div. of the Official: Will A. Coulter, A. A. G. jy27 7t OFFICIAL—SUB-DIST. OF OGEECHEE. HEADQUARTERS, I Sub-District op Cgeecuek, >- Savannah, Ga., July 26, 1865. j General Order,) a No. 16. / All Schools now in session in this city nnder the control oi the military authorities, will be closed this 26th day of July, and remain so closed until October Ist, 1865. By C ommand of Brevet Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. General. Jy26 HEADQ’IiS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHEE, I Savannah, Ga., July 24th, 1865. / 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-Distrlct of Ogeechee, Headquarters at Savannah, comprising the following named counties: Liberty, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Bulloch, Tatnall. Scriven, Motgomery. Emanuel, Bnrke. The following named officers are hereby announced on the Staff ol the snb-District commander: CapL John Mnllen, 12th Conn, lnft, A. A. A. G. Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, Bth Ind., Ghief Medical Officer. Surgeon N. L. Show, 153d N. Y„ Health Officer. Capt, Chas. H Cox, 75th N. Y, Provost Marshal. Capt. Warren H. Boynton, 30th Me., Street Comm’r. Capt. R. B Grover, 30th Me., A. A. Q M, Capt. E. F. Goddard, 12th Me., A. A. u- M. Lieut. O. T. Hall, 163d N. Y„ A. A. D. C. . Lieut. J. S. Bergen, 173d N. \ T ., A. A. Q. M. Lieut. J. H. Chariot, 169th N. Y., A. A. Q. M, Lieut. D, B. Knowlton, 176th N. Y., A. A. Q. M. All returns and reports required by Army Regula tions and existing orders, will be forwarded to the A. A, A. General at #ese Headquarters. EDWIN P. DAVIS, Brv’t Brig. Gen. Official; Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. Q. jy2s HEADQ’RS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHEE, Savannah, Ga., July 28, 1566. General Orders) No. 18. J Captain Charles H. Cox, 75th New York Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as Provost Marshal, Sub- District of Ogeechee, 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 Ogeechee, and will be obeyed and rqj spected accordingly. By command of Brevet Brigadier General DAVIS. John Mullen, A. A. A. G. jy29-7 HEADQ’RS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHEE, savannah, Ga., July 28th, 1665, General Order,) No. 17. f Ali citizens in this Sub-District who are engag ed in Legal, Medical, Mercantile, or any business, who coihe under the provisions of the Amnesty Oath, prescribed by President Johnson’s Proclamation, .dated .Washington, D, C., May 29th, 1865, and have not taken said Oath, will be required to do so, or discontinue their business at once. To this end all persons in business who have not taken the Amnesty Oath will report to the Provost Marshal Bub-District of Ogeechee tortbwith. Any violation of this order will be summarily dealt with. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS Jno. Mullen, A. A, A. G. jyns 7 NOTICE. OFFICE PROVOST MARSHAL, Stm District of Ogkechek, .i Savannah, Ga., July 27, 1865, THE citizens of Savannah are hereby requested to report at this oflice all able-bodied persons, cither white or colored, who are found loitering about the Streets. Market Houses, Wh.rfes, or other plaees within the limits of this Command, without visible means of support in order that they may be prompt ly arrested and put upon Government or other work CHARLES H. COX, Capt. and Provost Marshal, jy2B-tf Sub District ot Ogecohee. THOS. W. BROOKS, MANUFACTURER OF FURNITURE AND GENERAL • UPHOLSTERY, 834 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. N. B.—All ORDERS sent by Mail promptly at tended to. . jy3l-tl RESTAURANTS, 4k. METROPOLITAN SALOON, FOOT OF LINCOLN STREET, Fronting the old. N. Y. Side-wheel steamship Wharf. P. WHELAN, .7771 J. T. RONAN, PRO PRIETORS. A LARGE and well selected stock of ALES, WINER BRANDIES, WHISKIES, SEGARS, TOBACCO MINERAL WATERS etc., on The situation of the Metropolitan Saloon fe convenient to all who vfeit or are doing business on the wharves, and thev are requested to call in. aul-3 ANCIPATION SEEMS TO BE THE I End of onr National Troubles. THE HILTON HEAD HOUSE, Cor. Johnson Square and Brykn Sts., IS NOW in good running ordor—a place where the weary can find rest, and where the waiters have no rest. BURTON’S EAST INDIA PALE ALE. COOL LAGER, ON ICE. LUNCH AT 11 O’CLOCK A. M. No crippled jawb wanted in this establishment in bnsiness hours. Old acquaintances ne’er forgot. “For particulars see small bills.” BILL WILLIAMS, Jyl9-tf Proprietor Hilton Head House. As CLAMS ! CLAMS ! ! XHAVE the best Clams at Hilton Head, and the best Cooks, in proof of which statement I adduce the following testimony from Mr. Beuj. Honey’s ad vertisement in the Savannah Daily Heralih of the last oi two: “There fe no man in Port Royal that can serve up Clams in every style better than Mr JFitzgerald, at the Eagle Saloon, in rear of the Post Offlre. “Tuere is Where the Laugh Comes In.” My dear Ben we wish yon a long life and a merry one. In addition to the above luxury, we furnish as good a meal a* can be obtained at Hilton Head, or any other place in this Department. GIVE US A CALL, And we feel confident that you will leave our estab lishment satisfied that whatever we advertise yon wili find to be correct. Do not forget our old established house, in the rear of Post Office. PETER FITZGERALD, ju3o Proprietor. OFFICIAL—BUREAU OF FRKKDMEV. WaR DEPARTMENT, ) Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Aband’nd Lands,' Washington. July 12,1505, j Circular, ) No. 11. / Instructions to Assistant Commissioners ana other Officers. Each Assistant Commissioner will be careful, in th: establishment of sub-districts, to have the oflice of bii agent at some point easy of access for the people of tue sub-district. He will have at least one agent, either a citizen, military officer, or enlisted man, in each snb-district I This agent must be thoroughly instructed iu his du ties. He will be furnished with the proper blanks for contracts, and will institute methods adequate to meet the wants of his district in accordance with the rules f of this Bureau. No fixed rates of wages will be pre scribed for a district, but in order to regulate fair wages in given individual cases, the agent should have in mind minimum rates for his own guidauce By care ful inquiry as to the hire of an able-bodied man when the pay went to the master, he will have an approxi mate test of the value of labor. He must of course consider the entire change of circumstances, and be sure that the laborer hasdue protection against avarice aud extortion. Wages had better be secured by alien , on the crops or land. Employers are desired to enter a into written agreements with employees, setting forth I stated wages, or securing an interest in the land or 1 crop, or both. All such agreements will be approved!' by the nearest agent, and a duplicate filed in his offlce.R In case there should be no agent within reach, theaj nearest postmaster will forward the duplicate of cou-w tracts direct to the Assistant Commissioner for tbe 1 State. Attention is specially called to section 4 of the law i establishing the Bureau, with regard to setting apau -1 land to “every male citizen, whether refugee or freed- * man,” Ac., and the same arrangement' is recommend- 1 ed when it can be effected, between private parties. ' Already many farmers have rented lands to freedmen • and refugees This course is a recognition of the gen eral principal in the law. In order to enforce the. fulfillment of contracts on ' both contracting parties, the Commissioner of the Bu reau lays down no general rule—the Assistant Com missioner must use the privileges and authority he already has. Provost courts, military commissions, local .courts, when the 'freedmen and refugees have equal rights with other people, are open to his use. in the great majority ol cases his own arbitrament, or that of his agent, or the settlement by referees, will be sufficient. No Assistant Commissioner, or agent, is authorized to tolerate compulsory unpaid labor, except for the legal punishment of crime. Suffering may result to some extent, but suffering is preferred to slavery, and is to some degree the necessary consequence of events. In all actions the officer should never forget that no substitute for slavery, like apprenticeship without proper consent, or peonage, (i. e., either holding the , people by debt, or confining them, without consent, to the land by any system,) will be tolerated. The Assistant Commissioner will designate one oi* moreot his agents to act as the general superinten dent of schools (one for each State) for refugees and freedmen. This officer will work as mudh as possible in conjunction with State officers who may have school matters in charge. If a general system can be adopt ed for a State, it is well; but if not, he will at least take cognizance of all that fe being done to educate refugees and freedmen, secure proper protection to schools and teachers, promote method and efficiency, correspond with the benevolent agencies which are supplying his field, and aid the Assistant Commission er in making his required reports. Surgeon C. W. Horner, Chief Medical Officer of the / Bureau, will have the general supervision of medical < matters connected with refugees and freedmen. The Assistant Commissioners will instruct their ■ medical officers, as they have instructed other officers. . to make the medical department self-supporting as far as possible. All public addresses of a character calculated to create discontent are reprehensible ; but the Assistant Commissioner and his agents must explain, by con- K *i stunt recapitulation, the principles, laws, and regula tions of this Bureau, to all parties concerned. It la recommended to the Assistant Commissioners to draw up in writing a careful summary to be publicly and privately read by agents throughout their respective districts. O. O. HOWARD, _ aul-7t Major General, Commissioner. _ OFFICIAL—DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH ypjjTRDJT OF SAVANNAH, I Ist Division, Department of Georgia, f Savannah, Ga., July 26th, 1865.) Special Order.) No. 11. / I. At his <#wn request Ebeu Parsons, jr., Judge oil the District ProVost Court, is hereby relieved irmn i duty as such. By command of „ j Brvt. Major Gen’l J. M. BRANNAN. Win- A. Coulter, Ass’t Adj’t Gen. jy26 HEADQ’KS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, I i Ist Division, Dep’t of Georgia, r Savannah, Ga., July 26, 1865. ) General Orders, ) No. 8.- j . • • » • • • * The District and Post Provost Courts as heretofore organized, and presided over by a Provost Judge, are hereby dissolved, and any decisions rendered alter tne date ol receipt of this order, by any such Court or Judges in the District will be conpideredjiull and vow • « » • • • • By Command of . _ _ * Brvt M*|. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Will. A. Com im, A. A- Jl™