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The Savannah Daily Herald.
Saiutel W. Mason, Emtor.
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SAVANNAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 18C5.
FOR LOCAL BATTERS SEE THIRD FACE.
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TO ADVERTISERS.
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charge. Advertisements should be handedfo as early
as possible, bat Swill be received as late »s 1* <fdork
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for long advertisements, or those inserted for a long
time, on a reasonable discount will he mads.
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CLARLV.
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nah and Hilton Head that they are not able alwnyi to
obtain the Fzasr.n. The demand is sometimes so
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and those who wish to have the Herald regularly,
ehosld subscribe for it. We have Duthful carriers in
Ba\annab and at Hilton Head, and through them we
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY OK SAVANNAH.
We are now publishing a column and more of brief
business announcements, carefully classified, under
the general head of “Savannah Business Directory.”
It includes some forty leading business men and
firms of Savannah. We proposo to retain thU as a
regular feature of the Herald. The expense of In
wrung cards in this department oT the paperts very
small, and we believe the adrertlsurs will receive
more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing
to have their cards Included in this Directory, can do
so by sending them to our counting room, or hand-*
mg them to Mr. Af. J. Divine, who U authorised to
receive them. Prepayment will be invariably re
quired.
OUR DUTY AS A NATION.
Now that the unity of this great Republic
is established on an imperishable basis by
the final settlement of questions, the agita
tion of which culminated in the® te bloody
war, the Government and people should ob
serve the greatest caution in readjusting the
policy which is to govern our intercourse
with foreign nations.
Recent popular demonstrations have dis
closed the existence of a considerable politic
cll* organization, having for its object the
direct intervention of this country in behalf
ot European Liberals in their conflicts with
despotism. The leaders of this party assert
that it is the duty and mission of this coun
try to interfere abroad for the assertion of
the democratic principles that underlie our
institutions. They openly charge in their ad
dresses to the public that our National Gov
ernment, in its refusal to adopt their peculiar
views upon this subject, has been influenced
by selfishness and a want of sympathy for
the cause of liberal principles in Europe.
The '‘let alone’’ policy of our Government
of which they complain, has been dictated
not by selfishness, but by commendable pru
dence. In husbanding our resources and
economizing our strength, wo have not been
acting in our own interests simply, but in the
interests of humanity. If in placing free in
stitutions upon an imperishable basis, in rear
ing a race of freemen whose influence will be
mighty and enduring, and enlarging the area
of freedom by colonizing the sparsely settled
districts of our vast territory, our energies are
chiefly expended, the gain to 'republicanism
and to political equality will be immensely
greater than if those efforts were directed to
the overthrow of European absolutism.
f -The mission of this country is rather to
auc? *MP to them theF
land of welcome and protection, than to re
suscitate effete monarchies by quickehing
ind purifying them with the breath of free
lorn, or to waste our strength iu the promo
ion of revolts which prove to be fruitless.
This is not selfishness. It is acompre
tensive grasp of the most fittipg means for
.he attainment of the greatest good of the
jreatest number. *
We have emerged in safety from a civil
struggle whose gigantic proportions are well
calculated to give the world an appreciation
of our rapidly preponderating strength. Our
great family quarrel is ended, and we shall
henceforth boa re-united and vigorous peo
ple. All sections will combine their energies
for the common welfare, emigration will
swell our population and power, and our re
sources, North and South, .will increase in a
scale of colossal mngnitude.
Then, if we are true to duty and to des
tiny, we shall be prepared for the coming
struggle between freedom and tyranny on
both hemispheres.
The policy we have here indicated has
been adhered to by our Government from its
foundation to the present time, and the coun
try has no reason to believe that it will be
departed from by those now holding the
reins of government at Waslrington.
the thadk of savannah.
The increased nativity of business in all
branches of trade during the past week has
been apparent to the most casual observer.
The gradual re-opening of some of the ob
structed channels of communication with the
interior has caused this improvement; and
affords a gratifying indication of that ex
pansion which must necessarily follow the
entire completion of the repairs now pro
gressing on the railroads, and the contem
plated enlargement of the facilities of trans
portation on the Savannah liver, and coast
wise to Florida, embracing the numerous in
termediate points, commercially, tributary to
the city.
The immediate re-opening of communica
tion with the counties of Southwestern Geor
gia by the running of steamers from here to
the Altamaha river, until the repairs on the
Savannah & Gulf Railroad are completed,
and for which we aro indebted to Messrs.
Erwin & Hardee, of this city, will be hailed
with pleasure, as an event of the first im
portance.
The most interesting feature, however,
now presenting itself in connection with the
affairs of this road, is the practical inaugura
tive of its long-expected intercourse, over the
branch road just completed, with the roads
of Florida. We are not advised of the ar
rangements that have been made for trans
portation over this road, but in view of the
immediate importance of the connection, we
may venture the assurance that operations
thereon will commence simultaneously with
the renewal of the suspended communication
with Thomasville.
We shall not inflict upon our readers a re
capitulation of the benefits to be realized
from such intimate commercial relations
with Florida. We have said enough on this
subject already.
As the period is now at hand when onr
communications with the interior will be re
established, we deem it proper to announce
to all classes of the people of Georgia and
Florida that the stocks of merchandize now
oil hand Are sufficiently large and dviAf
sified to meet all their wants and Decent
ties. And the appreciating the
financial difficulties of the crisis through
which they are passing, have avow
ed their determination to be satisfied with
small profits, and do everything in their
power for the relief of the industrial interests
of the country.
TOO BARBAROUS FOR BELIEF.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Journal is responsible for the follow*
ing:
An atrocious case, illustrative of slave
bolding barbarism, was told by a
negro who appeared at the s>fflce of the
Frcedmen’s Bureau to-day, asking for relief.
This colored man says he was formerly free
and, working for wages in Maryland across
the Eastern Branch. He went South in
1857 with a Dr. Lee,-for whom he had been
working, persuaded by spurious promises of
higher pay, going first to Athens, Georgia,
afterwards to Knoxville, Tenn., where Dr.
Lee for a time kept the Knoxville hotel, and
subsequently removed to Jonesboro*. Re
ceiving wages at first, he was at length held,
and treated as a slave. In the winter of
18C3, Dr. Lee hired him out to the rebel Post
Quartermaster at Jonesboro’. After remain
ing eight or ten months he attempted to es
cape to the lines of the National forces. He
got twenty miles away, but was captured
and taken bock, when bis rebel quartermaster
took him to Surg. Williams, in charge ot the
rebel hospital there, and ordered him to cut
ofFtois feet and hands, to prevent, as be said,
his attempting to run away again. The Dr.
partially compiled amputating both legs just
above the ankle. He left the stumps undress
ed Over night, hut finding him alive the next
day, said, “What, you nigger I are you
alive yet? I intend to kill you." He
tbeh had him placed in an ambulance and
taken to the but of an old colored man,
where he remained until our troops occu
pied the place. This colored man brings
vouchers from white people corroborative of
his statements, which are believed by officers
of the Bureau.
The correspondent who furnishes the
above to the Boston Journal is a mere daub
at his business, and should be discharged at
once for incompetency to meet the require
ments of the truth-loving philanthropic
public. Such barbarities as he describes are
of every day occurrence and are nothing in
comparison with the brutality to which the
intelligent contrabands are even now con
tinually subjected. It is by no means un
common to see venerable old negroes hob
blifig about our streets minus a leg or arm
or both, their limbs having been taken off as
punishment for some trivial offence. Cases
are known where cruel masters have sent
their negroes to Confederate surgeons to have
n leg or arm amputated, and sometimes to be
skinned alived. There are several cases
known in which the original epidermis has
been entirely removed and the poor victims
having. survived the inhuman torture, are
now going about like soft-shelled crabs, with
only a thin filmy covering through which
may be traced cutical veins, and the whole
phenomena of veinous circulation observed
with the naked eye. Cases in which this
operation was performed by bungling or
drunken surgeons proved fatal, but no notice
was ever taken of them by the authorities.
In several instances in which poor negroes
were sent to the operating rooms tq have a
leg taken off to prevent them from running
away, the barbarous Confederate surgeons,
in their stupidity and drunkenness, got hold
of the wrong ends of their victims, and took
off their heads instead of their feet. None of
caaea qprviyed to tell the
Wets are welf finestwr oomJßarnref*
vouchers from white people, and are believed
By some officers of the bureau." There is a
Confederate surgeon now in Savannah, who
having been directed to amputate both feet
of a spirited and valuable negro, to keep him
from escaping to the enemy, by mistake got
hold of the biting end instead of the pedal
extremity of his intended victim, and had
three of his fingers and a thumb bitten off.
A DESERVED PROMOTION.
Major W. L. M. Burger, Adjutant Geueral
of the Department of South Carolina, has
been promoted to a -Brevet Lleuti-Colonelcy,
for uniformly meritorious services ia the dis
charge of his duties.
We have known Col. Burger long, and
have a high esteem for him as a gallant offi
cer, an' Adjutant General«of rare ability, an
bonorable, courteous gentleman, and a firm
friend. His rare qualities have made Idm a
host of friends, who will bo rejoiced at this
official recognition of bis services.
Col. Burger was formerly Adjutant of the
Ist N. Y. Vol. Engineers, and was at the
taking of Port Royal, In November, 18C1.
He served ns Acting Assistant Adjutant
General to Major General Gillmore at the
selge of Fort Pulaski, and, subsequently,
for seven months in Kentucky as Assistant
Adjutant General. In the latter capacity he
continued with General Gillmore throughout
the operations against Charleston j and while
the 10th Army Corps, with Its commander,
was absent at James’ River, he remained at
Headquarters, Hilton Head, as Senior Assis
tant Adjutant General with General Foster.
He still occupies that position on General
Gillmore’s staff.
Aid for thb Navajoe Indians. —Secretary
of the Interior, Harlan, and the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs had a very satisfactory con
ference on Monday last, in Philadelphia,
with prominent Quakers of that city, who
propose to assist the government in its deal
ings with the Navajoe Indians, by establish
ing and maintaining among them schools
and other civilizing institutions. It is ex
pected that the plans for this philanthropic
enterprise will shortly be agreed upon be
tween the Interior Department and the Qua
ker gentlemen alluded to.
“National Financks. —During the week
ending with Saturday, $1,596,000 were is
sued by the Treasury in certificates of in
debtedness, and for the same period $1i,749,-
000 were disbursed fore the redemption of
outstanding certificates. In the course of a
a few days about $10,000,000 of interest in
currency on the 7.30 loan will be paid.
Thirty-five lods of mail matter are daily
received at the Poßt Office iu Washington,
and ane qual amount is sent away, making
70 tons handled every '24 hours. The re
ceipts in six months of 18C5 amount to $855,-
929 52. _.
The Belleville Countryman places the
“stars and stripes" at the head of its columns;
and says: “We nail the old flag to the mast,
hut we don’t want to fight under that flag—
nor any other.”
Health of the President.— The President
held a protracted Cabinet meeting on Tues
day last, the first in ten days.
Gen. George B. McClellan is said to be a
candidate for the position of engineer of a
Western railroad, with a salary of SIO,OOO a
year.
LATEST FftbM MEXICO.
One Hundred Thousand Men Required by
the Imperialists.
Defeat of Maximilian's Forces at
ITepalla.
New Orleans, Aug 7.
The Times’city of Mexico correspondent
of the 11th ult. says that the French organs
state that they will require one hundred
thousand more men to destroy the bands of
Juarists. The rising of the people daily takes
larger dimensions. Reports of French suc
cesses are unfounded.
Gen. Alvarez has just Inflicted a heavy
blow on the Imperialists at Yepalla, com
pletely routing them, taking three pieces of
artillery. Great disappoioment is felt at the
failure of the combined French and Imperial
forces against Negrete, in the pass of Buena
Vista. Cortena ’ reigns * supreme from the
gates of Mattamoras to Monterey.
The receipts of the government are some
what reviving by the French lottery, but the
expenses are terribly increasing.
Ex-Minister Corwin has written a letter to
Maximilian's Foreign Minister, from which
Borne infer he will influence Mr. Seward to
recognize the Emperor.
French reinforcements are arriving to fill
vacancies. Juarez is still at Chihuahua, un
disturbed.
Brownsville advices of the 2d state that a
train of one hundred, and fifty wagons from
Maiamoras was corralled by a party of lib
erals of eigiiteen. A short skirmish ensued.
In which the captain of the train was killed
and ad Imperial colonel woufaded. The Im
perialists claim a victoiy.
Cortina proclaims to the people of Mato
moras that unless they support the Republic
he will proclaim them traitors, and confiscate
their properly.
The liberals bold the entire State of San
Luis, except the city of San Luis Potosi, but
have their lines within three miles of there.
sxPDO&xozr or a steamer
Hundreds of Persons Blown into the
River.
TWENTY KILL ED AND
( DROWNED.
The Vicksburg Herald of August 1, gives
the particulars of the explosion of the Joseph
Pierce, a brief mention of which was made
by telegraph a few days since. The accident
occurred at Palmyra Lauding, twenty miles
below Vicksburg, on July 31, while the boat
was taking on board the Sixty-fourth New
Orleans Colored Infantry, Colonel Miatlcard
commanding. Her starboard boiler explod
ed with terrible force, after she had lieen lay
ing at Cairo about half an hour, blowing
away fifty feet of the center of the boat.—
Hundreds were blown ■ into the river, but,
strange to say, .the loss of life was very
small. James Kane, fireman, and two deck
hands arc known to be killed. William Mc-
Gee nbd M. O’Brien, firenyrh, and Samuel
Stewart, Company P,-Seventy-seventh Penn
sylvania, two colored women and a negro
hoy, are all that are known to be missing.—
It is thought, however, that perhaps about
twenty arc drowned, but their names are not
to be found, and the supposition may not
prove correct.
Chief Engineer Wm. Nicholas is badly
burned, ana will scarcely recover. Two
deck hands are badly burned and scalded.
Twenty-four colored soldiers and Isaac Lit
tle and James West, mechanics, were more
or less severely scalded or bruised ; some of
the injured men had legs and arms broken.
There was but oue lady passenger, Mrs.
Saley, who with her child, was saved, but
badly bruised and cut. About five minutes
after the explosion occurred, and about ten
minutes before the main body of the col
ored regiment were ready to be marched on
Amu-cLV wounded were oink*
fatigue parties engaged in putting the bag
gage, etc., of the regiment on the boat. No
apparent cause for the explosion is given.—
The engineers were considered among the
best mi the river, one of them having twen
ty years experince.
Army aml Navy Personal.
The following officers, formerly or now in
this Department, have been brevetted by the
Secretary of War for meritorious services:
Major A. V. Elliott, Chief Paymaster.
District of tLe South, Hilton Head, S. C.
Major Dwight Bannister, Chief Paymas
ter, District of Ohio and Kentucky, Cincin
nati, Ohio.
Major Russell Errett, Paymaster in charge
of Station, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Major R. G Usher, Paymaster in cbnrge
of Statiou, Boston, Mass.
—all to be Lieutenant Colonels by brevet.
Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, U. S.
V., commanding this Department, has been
breveted Lieut. Col, Col., and Brig. Gen. of
the Rogu ar Army.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Stewart L Woodford.
Chief of Staff of this Department, went
North on the Steamship McClellan last Tues
day. We learn that he has tendered his re
signation, and may not return. i
- Wheelock Pratt, U. S. V., Depot
Ordnance Officer of this Department, has
been promoted to the rank of Major U. S. V.
The Secretary of the Navy, in commu
nicating to Rear-Admiral Dablgren the order
detaching him from the South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron, says:
“ In relieving you from a command which
you have conducted with ability and energy
lor two years, the department takes the oc
casion to express to you its appreciation of
your services, and of the services of those
7? ho have been associated with you in the
efficient blockade of tbe coast and harbor* at
a Central and important position of the
Union, and in the work of repossessing the
forts and restoring the authority and suprem
acy of the Government in the insurgent
States.—Pori Royal New South.
The Cholera in the East. —A Trieste
paper gives the following account of the chol
era among the pilgiims at Mecca :
“The Mussulman fesWvals of the Kurban -
Bairam took place during the last twenty
days of May, when six hundred thousand to
seven hundred thousand pilgrims annually
assemble iu Mecca and upon Mount Ararat
to celebrate their pilgrimage with the usual
religious ceremouies. The mode of line, ut
terly opposed to all rules of ditetlc prudence,.
pursued by these crowded masses for ten or
fifteen days at holy places yearly entails a
numbered' diseases to which many are sacri
ficed. This year the cholera, or as
the government prefers to call jt choleri
ne, was added to the customary pests,
and is said to have carried off twen
ty thousand people at Mecca and upon
Gebel Ararat within the short space of two
months. Private accounts place the loss of
pilgrim fife at one hundred thousand—au es
timate obviously exaggerated, as these do
not even include the deaths by cholera. We
in Alexandria have no more exact details as
to this terrible drama, which made no extra
ordinary impression upon the pilgrims them
selves, who, in their religious fanaticism,
believe every one certain of Paradise who
dies during pilgrimage. The country being
at all times inaccessible to European medi
cal men the meagre reports we have are de
rived from a few Egyptian military surgeons,
ordered by the government to accompany
the pilgrims from Egypt.”
Fibs at Portland.— Boston, August 6.
A fire occurred this morning at half-past five
in the Evans' building in Middle street, occu
pied by Lewis, Rollins & Bond, clothing
dealers, who lost SB,OOO to $9,000; insured
for $7,000. The fire broke out in the third
story, used as their manufacturing room, and
extended to the second story, occupied by
Merrills & Lewalls, jobbers and dealers in
fancy goods, who lost SIO,OOO to $12,000;
insured for SB,OOO. The Are was extinguish
ed quickly. The building was damaged to
the extent of $2,000 to $3,000, chiefly caused
by water and smoke.
Will Jittntk Darts t* Tried Before a
Civil or BHUtaryWrlbsusal I
A Washington correspttident of the New
York News says:
“ I am preparefi to putMt rest all specula
tion concerning the trial of Jefferson Davis,
so far as it relates to a military commission.
I positively assert that President Johnson has
decided that Mr; Davis aall not be tried by
a military commission, notwithstanding he
has been persistently urg and to that course by
the Radicals, who thirit for more blood.
And, moreover, I feel p« fectly satisfied that
he will never be tried, bi I eventually will be
permitted to leave the country."
The Tribune having pronounced the above
“ pure guess-work, an&aot good guessing at
that," the editor of the News thus pointedly
replys: •*
“ The Tribune undertakes to throw doubt
upon the statement of our Washington dis
patch of a few days ago tonching the dispo
sition of Mr. Davis. We may observe, how
ever, that our cotempgjpry does not contra
dict the announcements©! that telegram with
absolute directness Be this, however, as it
may, we are in a position to assure that jour
nal, and the public generally, that the asser
tions of the dispatch are true, and to affirm,
as we do here editorially, that Mr. Jefferson
Davis will not be tried, if at all, otherwise
than by a civil court.
The Kentucky Election.
LooisriLufkr., Aug. 7, 1866.
The vote in this city for Congress is as fol
lows :
Rosseau, (administration), 4,502, Mallory
1,789, Mundy 121. Jfiji election of Rosseau
from the fifth districTTs conceded.
“ All four of the administration candidates
for the State Legislature from this city are
also elected.
Columbia g*ves Harding 201, Taylor 78,
Gerrard 102. __
Cainpbellsvilie— heard from—
gives Harding 502, Taylor 190.
Cave City gives Grider 141, Lowry 42.
Glasgow gives Lowry 115, Grider 228.
Colesburg gives Taylor 25, Hai ling 29.
Russellville gives tinder 157, Lowry 107.
In Franklin county the anti-constitutional
amendment ticket has prevailed by 3,000
majority. But a smaU vote was polled.
Mumfordsville—The anti-constitutional
amendment ticket hah 160 to 200 majority.
Covington—The approximate vote of Ken
ton county gives aboot 1,100 Union majority.
Campbell county gives 850 Union ma
jority.
Pendleton county. Bowling Green, gives
Grider 261, Lowry 16C.
Hopkinsville gives Yeatman 202, Ritter
165.
Mount Vernon gives, at tar as heard from,
Randall (Union) 433, Garrard (opposition)
163.
Nicholasville give 3 Franklin (conservative)
16C, Fry (Union) 91.
The Plaquemine district gives 220 majority
for Fry.
Richmond—The majority in Madison coun
ty for the constitutional amendment candi
dates is about 400 to 450.
Somerset gives about 700 Union majority.
Lebanon gives Harding 249, Taylor 78
Montgomery county gives a conservative
majority of over 400.
Danville—Boyle county gives Fry (Union),
for Congress, 300; Franklin (conservative),
464.
Paris gives Franklin 279; Fry 138.
Bourbon county will give a large majority
against the constitutional amendment.
The majority foY Franklin (conservative)
for Congress, at noon to-day was 500.
Bagdad gives Harding 206; Taylor 33.
Louisville, August 8.
In the Sixth district Green Clay Smith is
undoubtedly elected to Congress.
Randall uppears to be elected in the Eighth
cistrict.
Oldham county gives Mallory 405; Ros
seau 149. 4
Ls xinoton, Ky., August 8.
The conservatoes have carried every
couuty in this by the following ma
jorities: FawJHHDFranklin 556, Boyle
majorities by counties—Bourbon 500, Scott
800, Jessamine 300.
Elizabethtown, Ky., August 8.
The following is the vote in Hardin county
for Congress—Harding 865, Taylor 338.-
Henry county gives 230 majority lor Mal
lory for Congress.
From Richmond, j— Riciimono, Tuesday,
Aug, 8, 18(15. —The American’s Richmond
correspondent suys : The municipal ticket
has not yet been appointed by Gen. Teny.
The middle of tbe week will probably be as
early as it will be done, nml I have it from
most respcctuble authority that there will be
no more attempts to give to the people of
this city an opportunity to hold a charter
election At least until December.
A distinguished officer of the late Confed
erate army has just returned from Washing
ton, where be bad been to procure a pardou.
He is cognizant of die fact ot Gen. Taylor’s
application to the President. It was not for
permission to sec Mr. Davis, nor for a par
don ; it was to be allowed to leave tbe coun
try for Frauce. President Johnson told him
he could leave if Ue desired, but that he had
better stay, and try and lead his people in the
right way hereafter.
The police, carrying out the orders of Gen.
Grant, laßt night pounced on the faro bank of
Flannigan & Cos., on Broad street, and cap
tured 15 people including the newly-elected
Magistrates of the city and a “ lay out” for
faro. The firm is from Baltimore. The
Provost will dispose of the case.
Tme Southern Mails.—A' Washington
dispatch says:
Many of the former contractors for carry
ing the mails in the States recently in rebel
lion, are beginning to make their appearance
in Washington, claiming the indebtedness
due them for services'prior to tbe rebellion.
The Auditor for tie Postofflce Department
declines to recogofee their claims, and they
must consequently await the action of Con
gress. The work of re-establishing the postal
routes and postofflets in the South is rapidly
progressing. The post Office Department
last week re-opened twenty-two postofflees
in the Southern Slates.
Fire at Trov—Trot, August 6,1865.—A
threatening fire occurred in the lower part of
the city this afternoin, destroying over 1,000
cords of wood, beloagiug to the Hudson Ri
ver Railroad Company, at the Adams street
depot. The flames were stayed in the midst
of an immense quantity of wood by the
united efforts of steam fire engines of
this city, West Tray and Eansingburg. At
one time the whole southern section of the
city was in danger. The cars and locomo
tives were ruu out in safety. The telegraph
was temporarily imerrupted. The total loss
was sß.oo<> to $10,(100. The fire was cuused
by sparks from a locomotive.
The Marriage oi Negroes.— Col. Thom
as, Assistant-Commissioner of the Bureau of
Refugees, Freedmet and Abandoned Lands,
bus issued a letter to the clergymen of the
State directing than to affix the following
declaration to the muriage rite of negroes :
In accordance wita the ordinance of God,
and by authority of the United States, I pro
nounce you tp be btsband and wife.
Internal Revenue Receipts. —From the
Ist of July up to n«on on Tuesday last the
receipts of the Bureau of Internal Revenne
amounted to $32,00«,000. The increase has
been heavy for several days past from the In
come Tax, and will 'ontinue to be for some
weeks to come.
The great race at Saratoga for the Saratoga
cup, dash of two and a half miles, was won
Tuesday by Kentucky. It was very close
and exciting. The second race of-mile heats,
was won by Areola in two straight heats.
Time 1:45 1-2, and 1:45.
The Mobile papers state that the Mobile
and Great Northern Railway will toon be
running trains from Mobile to Montgomery.
MiIOHIC HYMN,
Sweet is the peaceful hoar.
When Mason? throng
And in their lodge mam poor
wl&ffitKar bowed.
They seel their heavenly friend,
God's choicest bicsdngi crowd
While prayers aseend.
Trwst hi their Father, God,
These brothers own !•
The pstbs their tethers trod
Lead to its throne:
The heavenly Father’s care
Sweetly directs their way,
No Night, po sorrow there.
Bat endless day.
Hope cheers each tainting soul
'Mid roomless ills.
Tints sombre donds that roll,
Lite's cup it dlls
Hope's holy indnence there
Scatters each lowering cloud.
Disarms pale, haggard care,
Life's sorrow's abroad.
Love, peerless Jewel, there
Their lives Illume,
Destroys desponding fear,
And carting gloom.
Love Is their polar star.
Whose mild celestial ray
Will guide us safely there
Where, endless day.
AT TWILIGHT.
We alt by the window, toy baby and I,
In the fading sunset light,
Watching th» darkness creep over the sky,
Oof or the eastern night;
We see the stars come trembling out
In the track of the fallen sun.
And we feel the quiet, within and without,
That comes when the day is gone.
What have we been doing, all day, all day,
Since the rosy morning smiled!
Plavlng at work anti working at play,
Clod help us, mother and child :
But much I fear those little bands
Have pnt me to shame to-day ;
For God, who 1* earnest, understands
Truly onr work and play.
I think of kindness left nndone,
Thut might have brightened the day ;
Os duties dreamed of, but never begun,
Scattered along my way;
You Ue with peace in yourvlolet eyes—
You have not learned regret—
For the sorrowful years that make us wise
Have not come to my b&oy yet.
And stIU, os I sit in this twilight hour.
At the close of a weary day.
Even sorrow and sin do not quite have power
To keep a blessing away—
A blessing that tells like the dew from heaven
On the parched and thirsty ground :
And in loving much, because much forgiven,
My deeper peace is found.
Your llfA my baby, Is Just begun,
And mine Is growing old :
But we’re children both in the eyes of One
Whose years are all untold,
Hsholds us both Id bis loving hand,
He pardons all our sin.
And, hy-and-br, to the same sweet land
He will gently let us lil
The Model Yaang Lady,
bt Marian doculas.
Every one calls her remarkably good ;
All or her virtues are well understood ;
Spotless her laces, and smooth is her hair ;
She Is Propriety’s self, sitting there
With her bland fliQlle and her satisfied air.
“Cheerful!" What of It f She smiles when you smile ;
Lets yon the wearisome momeuta beguile ;
Takes your red roses and weaves into crowns ;
Lists while the voice of your flattery sounds :
"Cheerful !” do, provo her with shadows and frowns.
“Loved find loving!” She has a now ring,
Jewelled and costly, an exquisite thing;
Par too Imposing a token to hide,
Pledge of hep conquest, she wears it with pride ;
Pleased to be chosen as Luxury’s bride.
“Free from quick passion !” Her heart-beats are slow;
How sbonld the half-empty chalice o'erflow f
Pew are the feelings she has to restrain.
What does she know of the torturing pain
Os the racked heart and the agonized brain !
“Pattern for others!” What tempts her to stray
Where could she flnd a more sunshiny way v
Changing her path were to darkeu her hours;
Sliming means thistles, and saintliness flowers ;
Duty leads onward through vineyards and bowers.
Not that I Judge her ; Oh, bitter and stern
lessons. In future, her spirit may learu:
Nectar, by keeping, may change Into gall:
Angels turn demons when tempted to fall;
Uooduess untried is no goodness at all.
Not the frankincense and gold from the mine.
Not the sweet fragrance or dallilee’s wine.
Not the rteh ointment the penitent poured,
Not the bosanna's triumphant aecord—
Thorn-wreath and cross proved the love of the Lord.
Our Touiig Folk.*.
A meeting of discharged soldiers and sail
or* was held at Pythagoras Hall, in Canal
street, New York, on Tuesday last, to take
measures for the relief of the large numbers
of them out of employmept. They determ
ined to form in procession on Friday morn
ing of last week and march In a body to the
office of the Mayor and other city officials
and the business places of the leading em
ployers, to solicit work and assistance.
President Jobnson has given our military
commanders in Texas injunctions to continue
observance of a strict neutrality in the con
test on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande
between tbe republicans and the imperialists.
Linen Manufactures. —From tbe census
report ol manufactures now approaching
completion the following extracts are taken,
exhibiting total manufacture of linen goods in
the United States for I860: 10 establish
ments; $638,797 capital invested; cost of
raw material, $32,770; hands employed, 528
—251 male, 277 female; cost of labor, $113,-
048; annual value of product, $699,570.
Indian Affairs.— The Commissioners ap
pointed by tbe President to meet delegations
from the various Indian tribes lately in league
with the now defunct Southern Confederacy,
will leave Washington on the 16th inst. The
place of meeting has been changed to Fort
Smith instead of Fort Gibson. The neces
sary preparations are now being made, and
everything will doubtless be in readiness by
the time specified.
On account of the troubles with the Lake
Superior miners, which have been of a peri
odical character the last two years, a garri
son will be maintained on the Peninsula. It
will at present be located at Negounce, the
heart of the iron region, and consist of 100
men.
flYallow Fever at Havana.—New Or
leans, August 5. —The Galveston Bulletin of
the 4tb, says: The yellow fever is prevailing
to a considerable extent at Havana. The
proportion of deaths is greater than usual.
Secretary Seward and Attorney-General
Speed have returned to Washington from
tbeir sojourn at Cape may, much improved
in health.
Ettrick’s cotton factory at Petersburg, Va.,
was destroyed by fire last Thursday. Loss,
$200,000, which is insured for $50,000. Three
hundred hands are thrown out of employ
ment by the fire.
Arrangements are beink made with the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
to put the Memphis, Clarksville, and Louis
ville Road in operation.
The army worm is threatening with entire
destruction to the cotton crop of Wharton
county, Texas. *
Special- Notice.
THE undersigned having bees appointed Agent of
the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, Athena,
Georgia, ia now ready to resume the business of said
Company.
Can be found at N. A. Hardee A Co.l Office, Bay
street
anlS 2 JOHN N. LEWIS,
THOS. W. BROOKS
manufacturer of
FURNITURE AND CENERAL
UPHOLSTERY,
SU Dock Stmt, Philadelphia, Pa.
N. B.—All ORDERS seat by Mali promptly at
tended to. jygl-tt
HEADERS SUB-DISTRICT OF OOEECHES,
Savannah, Qa., August 9, 1864,
Gsmxral Oaura,\
No. ao. f
Hereafter and until furthers, all Commisrioned Of
ficer. of the United States Army visiting this city will
be required to Register their names at these Head
quarters, stating authority and length of abeence.
By command or Rrfj. Qen. DAVIS
J«0. Xvllsn, A A A. G. auto
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Mower Market.
New York, Wednesday, Aug. 9th, P. M.
The demand formonev Is leas active,and tbe loan
market tends toward ease. The rate on call loans
remains chiefly at 7 $ cent., wijU slight exceptions
at » *>• cent. There Is bnt a light demand for dis
count ; the supply of A1 bills is limited ; but of pa
per not strictly first class, there la more offered than
Is wanted, and the rates are proportionately high.—
The quotations range at 7 a 12 II cent., according to
names and dates.
Gold is without special excitement. The premium
continues steady. The demand from importers is
quite active 5 but It is probably offset to a large ex*
tent by tbe sales of the Treasury Department. It is
presumed that after the loth, when the interest on
Seven-thirties fall due, tor which it Is supposed the
sales of gold are intended to provide, the Treasury
will discontinue its sale of coin.
The board opened at lU‘i and closed af 2 P. M. at
143;..
Foreign exchange is dull, as usual on the sailing
day of the steamer. There is, however, more firm
ness in rates, arising from an Increase in tbe im
ports cotemporaueously with a telling off In tbe ex
ports.
Die following shows the exports (exclusive of
specie) front New York to foreign ports, for the week
ending August 7, and since the beginning of the
year.
1863. 186 k 1866.
Pm the week *2,184.980 *6,168,846 *3,894,479
Prev. reported 108,132,063 121,298,736 92,334,336
Since January-1. .$111,947,033 *127,762.6*2 $96,228,915
The steamship Cuba brings London advices to July
29 and 30. On the 29th Five-twenties were quoted
69 q ; Illinois Central, soq ; Erie 54*. The Paris
Bourse was firm ; Rentes closed 67.62.
The funds on- the 28th were steady. Consols
slightly improved—closing at 9oq
„ The expected advance In the bank rate of discount
to 3.q ¥ cent, having taken place on tbe 27th, the
dlscqunt market had become quieter, and the sup
ply showed an Increase. Good bills were taken at
3* ¥ cent.
The weekly bank returns show a decrease in the
bullion Os £679,688.
Baring Bros. A Cos. quote bar silver at 6s. qd. a
6s. qd.; Dollars 4s. liqd. a 4a. 11*<L ; Eagles 70s.
3,qu.
American securities ha dbeen rather diiii and ir
regular, but were firmer ou the 28th. United States
Five-twenties closing at 69* a 69* ; i’linois (x all,)
80. q a Biq ; Erie, 64\ a 64*.
New York Dry Goods Market.
Nsw York, Tuesday, August 8,1366.
Trade in dry goods at the opening of the week was
dull and drooping, but toward the close a better de
mand sprang up and tbe market closed quiet firm.
Brown sheetings and shirtings ore in moderate re
quest at unchanged prices. Bleached sheetiugs and
shirtings are firm with a fair demand. Drills are
quiet and unchanged. Cotton flannels are in good
request and prices rule Arm. Stripes and ticks are
qalet unchanged. Denims are active and Arm.
Printing cloths are dull and nominally unchanged.
Prints arc Arm with a more active'demand. Ging
hams are quiet and unchanged. Mons. dc lalnes ara
quit* active and prices rule steady. Cloths are higher
with a better business doing. Kentnckr jeans are
lu better request at firmer prices. Flannels and
blankets are In better demand, but prices are without
decided change.
FoKEttiN Goons.—Desirable goods are in active de
mand and prices rule firm, while the Inferior qualities
are dull and holders are more disposed to realize.
There has been a pretty large business doing at tbe
auction rooms. N
New York Markets.
New tore, Aug. 9—2 P. M-
CoTToit.—The market was dull; prices again de
clined abont lc. per lb. on low and middling grades.'
The sales were 900 bales at onr revised quotations.
We quote—
L’plaiu). Florida. Nobile. A". O. «* T.
Ordinary 32 S3 34 36
Middling 46 46 46 46
Good, Middling. .47 48 49 53
Fuira, Ac.—The Flour market Is 6c. a 10c. better,
with more doing. The advance is clileflv upon Extra
State.
Die sales are 12,000 bills, at $6 76 a *6 10 lor Su
perfine State ; $6 40 a $6 60 for Extra State ; 16 56 a
*6 00 Tor choice do.; *5 75a *6 15 for.Supcrfin* West
ern; *6 40 a *6 75 for common to medium'Extra
Western : *7 75 a *8 lor common to good shipping
brands Extra Round Hoop Ohio, and $3 10 a $9 eo
for trade brands, the market closing quiet.
Southern Flour is a shade firmer. Sales 460 bbls.
at *7 76 a (9 for Common, and $9 10 a *l2 26 for
Fancy and Extra.
Canadian Hour Is live to ten cents better. Sales
300 bbls at *6 60 a *fl 80 for common, and $6 9u a
*9 for good to choice extra.
Grain. -The wheat market isle, a 2c. better on
Winter, and 3c. a sc. higher on Spring ; the advance
Is chiefly caused by speculative Western orders.
The Corn market opened dull and heavy, and clos
ed rather more steady. Sales 83,000 bushels at 87c.
tor unsound, and 87 q a 88c. for sound Mixed West
ern, and Bs,q a 89c. for High Mlxtd, nearly Yellow.
Oats are miner, with a fair demand, at etc. a 62c.
for Western, clUedy at the latter price.
Rice Is dull.
Coffee—ls more active and firm. Sales since our
last 610 mats Java at 26c., gold, and 6 130 bags Klo
on terms not made public.
Suuab.—The market Is without decided change,
with a moderate business doing. Sales since our
last 1,300 lihds. ut 11,qc. a 13*c. ror Cuba; 14.qc. for
Porto Rico, and 140 boxes Havana on p. t.
Molasses— ls firm. Sales 76 lihds. Porto Rico at
80c. & 86C. *
Hay—ls steady, at 75c. a 80c. fornewShlpjilng ;*1
ror old do.; and 80c. a 90c. for new retail lots; and
*1 10 a $1 16 for old do.
Tea—ls steady. Sales 1,300 half chests Oreens on
private terms.
Tobacco—ls active and Arm. Sales 860 hhds. Ken
tucky at 7. qc. a 20c.
Naval storks.—Spirits of Turpentine are quiet,
and a shade easier, at *1 35 asl 40. Rosin Is dull!
and unchanged. /
Provisions.— I The Pork market Is dull r.nd lowef.
Soles 1,750 bbls. ut $33 60 a $34 for New Mess, cloy
ing heavily at $33 60 cash ; $29 a S3O for 1868-t dot;
*24 for Prime, and *26 25 a $26 60 for Prime Mess.
The Beef market is steady. Sales 060 bbls. at $8 a
*l2 60 for Plain Mess, and *lO a sl4 60 for Extra
Mess.
Beef Hams are unchanged.
Cut Meats are tlriu. Sales 370pkgs. at 15c. a 17c.
for Shoulders, and 2<X\ a 2S.qc. for Hams.
Bacon Is inactive and nominal.
The Lard market Is more active and steady. Sales
1,160 bbls. at loqc. a 24qc.
Butter Is In demand at 23c. a 28c. for Ohio, and! 23c.
a 26c. for State.
Cheese is Inactive at 10c.a16 qc?, the latterprlce an
extreme.
WntSKEY.—Tbe market Is quiet, with sales of 125
bbls. Western at $2 19, and a small lot a $2 20.
Frkiohts.—To Liverpool, per steamer, 1,000 boxes
Cheese at 405.; 300 bales Cotton at qd.; 600 hrklus ot
Butter at 40s. «
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, Monday, August 7,1865.
Cotton.—Cotton is quiet; sales 2,000 bales at 42a
44c. Sugar active ; fair to fully fair, Ual4qc.—
Freights 1a 1 X e. on cotton to New York.
Notice.
OFFICE PROVOST MARSHAL,
Scb-Disisiut of Oaeaease,
Savannah, Qa.. August U, ISCS.
The people of Savannah are hereby notified that au
office will be opened at the U. 8. Custom House on
and after the 12th day of August, ISCS, where Lieut.
W. W. Morton, 143d N. T V., Assistant Provost Mar
tha), will be on duty for the purpose of administering
to ladies the Amnesty Oath as prescribed by President
Johnson’s Proclamation of May 29th, 1864.
(Signedj • BAM’L COWDRY,
Capt and Provost Marshal,
aul2-7 Sab District of Ogeechee.
Notice.
'■(•'HE lease of the PULASKI HOUSE to Barteis A
A Riddell, having been cancelled by order of the
mill tary authorities, and the Pulaski Honse property
havingbeen, by the same autbority, turned over to
W. H Wiltberger, the owner thereof the firm of BAR
TELS A RIDDELL, late proprietors of the Pulaski
House, is dissolved from this date. All persons hav
ing claims against the firm of Bartels & Riddell will
please present the same for settlement to
JOHN O. BARTELS.
Savannah, August 12th, 1864. aul2-C
VALUABLE
Timber & Turpentine Lands
FOR SALE.
0
gfl,ooo Acres In Pierce and Ware Coun
ties, Georgia.
e'
THE subscriber offers for sale 20,090 acres of Supe
rior Timber and Turpentine Lands lying in
Pierce and Ware counties, In this State. These lands
were selected with a special view to the timber and
turpentine business, and to a Company contempla
ting the prosecution of that business on a large scale,
offer the greatest possible advantages, as the lands
lie in a body, on the line of the Albany and Golf Rail
road, and near the junction of that Road with the
lines of Railroad leading from Brunswick to Albany
They are also watered by the Satllla and AUapaha
rivers, navigable streams for rafting to Brunswick
and Darien, Ga. The timber is heavy, and of the first'
class of ranging timber, the trees yielding turpentine
in the greatest abundance, while the land ia of good
quality for farming, yielding good crops of Com, Cot
ton, Sugar, Ac., Ac.
The range is very fln4-Zor stock, the country being
also well adapted to the reining of Sbeep. The water
la good, and the neighborhood one of the most
healthy sections of the State, being free from fevers
and the ordinary diseases of the low Southern coon-
desiring to purchase, are refen ed for fu>
ther particulars to Messrs. Erwin A Hardee, Savan
nah, or to the subscriber, at Blackabear, Fierce conn
ty, Georgia.
au*-tf E. C. WADE.
v n|cw An yeKtlse VENTS. _
Oglethorpe Fire Company, Not 1.
A Meeting of this Company will be held at the Court
Mouse on TUESDAY EVENING, 15th test., at half
past 6 o’clock.
ah honorary members and old members are respect
fully invited to attend, as business of importance tjUI
be transacted. By order PHILIP M. RBSSKLL,
President.
Attest: C. L. Loro* Acting Secretary. aul4-2
Georgia Historical Society.
The Regular Monthly Meeting of the Geobsia His
torical Sooirrv will be held This Evening at 8 o’clock.
EABTON YONGE.
anl4 Recording Secretary.
A CARD.
StTAfiSAB, Aug. 14, 1865.
We regret that, from circumstances over which we
had no control, we were compelled to close our busi
ness for the past two days. Our House was estab
lished in 1860, and we never before failed to meet all
demands the year round.
We ere now receiving a fresh supply, and can with
safety assure onr friends and the public that our ar
rangements are complete, and that in future there
need be no apprehension of a failure to fill aH orders.
OUR HOUSES.
On Market Square, on corner of Bull andAbereorn sis,
and on South Broad street, are now open for the sale of
ICE, and we reapectfully ask a renewal ofthose favors
heretofore so liberally bestowed.
aul4-3 HAYWOOD, GAGE A CO.
BATCHSXtOK’S HAIR DYB I
The Original and Best in the World I The only true
and perfect Hair Dye. Harmless, Reliable and Instan
taneous. Produces immediately a splendid Black or
natural Brown, without injuring the hair or akin.
Remedies the ill effecte of bad dyes. Sold by all Drug
gists. Tbe genuine is signed William A. Batchelor.
Also,
REGENERATING EXTRACT OF MILLEFLEtTRS,
For Restoring and Beautifying the Hair.
aul4-ly CHARLES BATCHELOR, New Yoajt.
PIONEER LLNE FOR NEW YORK
; T* lß O- 8. Mai Steamship PERU,
- C*Pt- E. A. Dklanot, will sail for the
above port on her regular day,
Thursday, Aug. 17th, at O’clock,
For Freight or Passage, having superior accommo
dations, apply to
BUNTBB A GAMMELL,
aul4 4 84 Bay street
FOR PHILADELPHIA 1 .
rriHE Al q Schooner, PILOT'S BRIDE, now loading
E for the above port, wants Deck Freight to com
plete her cargo.
Apply to L J. GUILMARTIN Sc CO., Agt*.,
sal 4-2 No. 148 Bay et,
FOR DOCTOR TOWN,
VIA DARIEN.
THE New and Light Draught Iron Steamer WMaG.
GIBBONS, Capt Pbllpot, will leave Dllloh'e
Wharf, as above, on TUESDAY MORNING, Uthlnst,
at 9 o’clock
Freight will be received up to 3 o’clock on the morn
lug ot departure.
Freight payable on the wharf.
Liability of tbe boat to cease when the freight is
landed.
ERWIN A HARDEE,
aul4 2 Agents.
House Wanted,
WITH seven or eight good Rooms, within one
fonrth mile of the corner of Bay and Drayton
streets, if possible; furnished or unfurnished ; lease
not required before the first of November, but will be
taken immediately If necessary to secure it. Apply at
the BAVANN iH HER \LD OFFICE. ts aul4
WHISKEY IND TOBACCO
AT AUCTION.
THERE will be a Sale at Auction of U barrel*
WHISKEY' and 12 cases TOBACCO, at
the Depot Commissary of Snbslst-
Aug. ai f ’O3,
/3ALE TO COMMENCE AT 11 O'CLOCK A. M*
jtN' Terms Cash, in Government Funds.
C. S. LANGDON,
_ 9014-6 Captain and C S. Volunteers.
NEW GOODS.
J c « fssraotirasfl'SKs’ffsi
market. Call and see them.
... „ C. M. HILLBMAN,
Ru ‘4-G cor. Bull and Brongbton sts.
Hay and Cow Peas.
24 bales best Northern fiAY,
25 sacks COW PEAS,
In store and for sale by *
. L J GUILMARTIN A CO.,
au^‘l 2 No. 148 Bay street.
GUNNY CLOTH
FOR HALE BY
SUI 4-4 Octavus Cohen.
HEADQ’RS SUB-DISTRICT OF OGEECHEE, 1
Savannah, Qa., August 13,1866. f
Gknebai. Obdke, I
No. 21. /
M a i' en ’ 12t *i Conn. Infantry, is hereby
m/ S 8 A . General, Sub-District of
tQe**enrtce ** **** ® egiment to be muatered oat of
Ist Lieut. W. H. Folk, Adiutant 173d N. Y. Infantry,
ta . h .t re^ m !? lmc *S" A A - A - ° of the Snb-Di strict
®K*s<*ee. He will be obeyed and respected ac
cordingly. EDWIN P. DAVIS,
anl4 1 Brevet Brig. Gen. Comd’g,
STATIONERY.
rAMSJFS. “ r *»»
For sale by
„ • SAVILLE & LEACH,
aul2 (for. Bryan street and Market Square.
And Merchants' Row, Hilton Head, S. C.
EXCHANGE WANTED.
WANTED, FIRST CLASS EXCHANGE
ON NEW YORK.
By THOMAS PEPPER,
anl2 - 3 115 Congress street.
Iron, Iron, Iron.
WANTED immediately. Fifty Tons of wrought and
prwe. Bcrap 11011 “ and Metals ' W>e»t cash
Manufacturer* supplied. -
OLIVER A CO.,
*°l2 Forest City MHls, Savannah.
DON’T TRADE FOR THAT
DUE BILL.
ALL persons are hereby notified not to trade for a
Due Bill given by me to E. G. Wilson snd paya
ble to his order for two hundred and forty dollars Mid
twenty cents, as said Due Bill has been paid by me
long since. The due bill is dated February 19th, I*9.
aa!*- 3 _ WM. SWOLE.
GUEKARD & FERRELL,
THE undersigned having entered into Copartnership
as Factors, Brokers and Commission Merchants, will
sell and purchase on Commission Cotton, Timber,
Produce and Merchandise. Orders and consignments
solicited.
EDGAR L. GUERARD.
BENJAMIN B. FE KRILL.
Rerzaasosa—Robt. Habersham A Sons, Geo. W.
Anderson, Anthony Porter/Hunter A Gammell, Jno.
L. VUlalonga. 6 aul2
~ DOG LOST,
A suitable reward will be paid for his recovery at
Stamm's Barber Shop, comer Bull and Bryan streets,
or to me.
«ul3-tf EDWARD <3, DIKE, Capt. *A,A. 9,
