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The Savannah Daily Herald.
BY S. W. MASON &c 6.
SAMVEL* W. MASOS Editor-
W. T. THOMPSON, Associate Editor.
SAVANNAH. Tl* By DAY, AVGUST 22, 1365.
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BVSINKSS DIRECTORY OP SAVANNAH.
We are now publishing a column and more of brief
business announcements, carefully classified, under
the general bead of ''Savannah Business Directory.'
it Includes some forty leading business men and
firms of Savannah. We propose to retain this as a
regular feature of the Herald. The expense of in
serting cards in this department of the paper is very
small, and we believe the advertisers will receiv e
more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing
to have their cards included in tills Directory, can do
no by sending them to our counting room, or hand
ing them to Mr. M. J. Divine, who is authorised to
receive them. Prepayment will be invariably re
quired.
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[From the Savannah Republican of Yesterday.]
To the Public.
The editor of »be Savannah Herald,having
seen fit to reward the proprietor of this pa
per for extending the use of the Republican
press to print the small edition of their neutral
paper while the : r press was being repaired,
by publishing a false and malicious article in
a letter to the N. Y. Herald,ws have refused
to strike off another issue of a paper con
ducted by one who has publicly exhibited
his magnanimity towards us. Wc regret
that a regard for our self respect should com
pel us to retaliate upon the author of this
personal assault, but inasmuch as this paper
and its editor have been publicly character
ized by titles of a very uncomplimentary
nature, we reluctantly decline to have any
thing more to do with our Heraldic and dig
nified cotemporary.
As the editor of this paper is gravely
charged in the above card with publishing
“a false axi. malicious article” in his
letter to the New York Herald, and with
having committed a ‘‘personal assault” on
the editor of the Savannah Republican,
which, in the opinion of that gentleman, not
only justified but “compelled” the measure
of ‘Retaliation,” which in “regard forjiis self
respect’’ he has seen fit to adopt, we deem it
clue to the editor of the Herald, now absent
from the city, that the public should be in
-ibrmed of the facts in the case, in order that
they may judge to what extent the allega
tion! of the editor of the Republican are
justifiable. With this view we give below
the letter to the New York Herald, alluded
to:
| From tlie New York HeraM of July 13.)
Savannah, August 5, 1 BGo.
A RENCONTRE AT THE PULASKI HOUSE.
On Friday afternoon last au affair took
place at the Pulaski House, which was of
itself of little consequence, but which,
through the indiscreet conduct of certain
parties, has been brought iuto undue promi
nence. Two returned rebel officer*, one of
whom was the brother ot Mrs. Jeff. Davis,
while somewhat intoxicated had a personal
difficulty with a Union officer. Accounts
differ as to the progress and issue of the
fight, but agree in ascribing its origin to the
abusive language made use of by Howell,
Jeff. Davis’ brother-in-law, while drunk.—
The affair was ended by the interference of
the guard and-tlie imposition of a fine by the
authorities. Here the disgraceful affair
might well have been suffered to drop from
public attention, but the Republican seized
upon it as an occasion for one of those dia
tnbesftrgainst the people in general for which
that paper has become notorious. * The thing
was introduced the next morning, with the
following array of head lines at the top of
the editorial column:
“/{ebels Publicly Insulting United States officers,
aud what came of It—One Yankee Whips
Four of the Boasting Chivalry—A Relative of
Jeff- Davis Bleeds Profusely,
'‘A full column of closely printed matter
followed, of which the subjoined extract is a
sample;—'The gentle reproof was not, we are
sorry to-say, received in the right spirit, but
resented as’ an invasion of the rights of free
speech, and an unwarrantable usurpation of
those rights guaranteed to every American
citizen, '“among which are file, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness.” To interfere with
a crowd of men who were enjoying happi
ness by denouncing the Union was more
•than Mrs. Jeff. Davis' brother could
stand, and he forthwith prepared to de
rnandh is rights, t-i et armis." The honor of
dealing the first blow at the Union officer, we
believe, was conceded to Mr. Howell, Jeff'.
Davis' brother-in-law, but in less time than
we can write it the over and above sensitive
mudsill had floored his rebel antagonist in
spite of the united efforts of three of his con
freres to reinforce the fallen rebel. Blows
were falling fast and quite indiscriminately
from the excited little “Yankee,” who ap
peared to be nothing more than a large
bunch of unstrung nerves, vibrating at every
point with lightning velocity. With bruised
head and eyes all sore, and nasal organs full
«t gore, the rebel lay upon the floor, gazing
out the open door, as though he lain some air
would take to ease his sore and aching pate
before retiring from the field which Yankee
valor made him yield. The blood oozed out
of his open jaw, as he muttered “ one Yan
kee whipped four,” and straightway went to
the druggist's store for Mrs. W inslow s Sooth
ing Syrup, or something else, to make him
chirup (cheery); but, sad to state, he got In
stead a dose of lock-up, for men in blue
came in by two, and e6cort gave to him who
dew in passion at the red, white and blue
and down the street tha prisoners went, la
menting at their malcontent, which them unto
a guardhouse sent. Before concluding this
mournlul tale poor 1 of old Robinson Crusoe,
oh! how could he go and do so," we should
state that Short No. 2 of the Jeff Davis party,
after beholding how well (Howell) the •■Yan
kee” had periormed the task assigned him,
stepped up to criticise the manner in which
it Was done, which resulted in his receiving
a (gashing) gushing reply upon the left
cheek. The ghastly wound will gape long
enough, we trust, to teach rebels that not
even four stalwart, men can offer offence to
the government without getting properly
punished. ”|
it is needless to say that every Union offi
cer and every Northern man who saw this
undignified and uncalled for article of the
Republican’s was vexed and disgusted ; and
a feeling of satisfaction was universally ex
pressed when it became known in the course
ot the day that General Brannan, command
ing the district, had summarily reprimanded
the editor of the Republican for bis past con
duct in dealing with similar matters, and
sharply cautioned him as to his future
course.
. femperance Convention at Sarato
ov? 9 resolutions against tha Use
li« j 1 , 11 ” 8 wines in the communion aer
Pte’oi iuSwTw* 1 lte maoufftctu «“ d
Tkt < losing or the Uh.
The announcetaeut a few day* sioce that
the Seven Thirty Loan had been closed by
the receipt of subscriptions, though an event
of the first importance, seems to attract but
little attention.
A fact like this is striking enough to de
serve more than a passing notice, even if the
public debt grows rapidly and the public ex
penses diminish at a very slow pace. No
facts could possibly more impress the powers
of Europe than this,that so many loans have
been taken so rapidly, and that the number
of small contributions to and holders of gov
ernment bonds is very great. This is a sub
ject apart from the management ot the loans,
the expenditures of government or any thing
else; and proves the exiraordinaiy confi
dence of the people of all classes, not less
by eminent bankers than humble citizens, in
the faith and credit of the United States.
It now well becomes the Government to
uphold its credit by at once preparing t'uo igb
a sinking fund or some other mean,,to reduce
the indebtedueES of the Nation, and though
this may not be done at once, there is a way j
of securing still greater confidence, not by
telling us that “a national debt is a national
hlessiug,” but by pointing out a plan for
gradual and certain relief from this enormous
burden. It is stated that government bonds
are now in increased demand in Europe, and
this demand will continue if all goes well at
home, and if any honest and earnest dispo
sition is shown'to reduce the public debt. It
is for the President and .cabinet to say, by
their skillful management of public affairs,
whether, as the bonds of the Government
fall due, there may not bye-and-bye be a
great national saving in the rates of interest
from seven thirty and six pet cent, to five.
Another encouraging feature in the finan
cial history of the present period is the ex
pressed determination of the Secretary of the
Treasury uot to increase the expansion of tlie
currency by the issue of more Treasury notes;
nor will he appeal to the Banks for addition
al loans, but will rely upon the current rev
enue and other strictly governmental re
sources to supply the means that may be re
quired to meet the demands upon the Treas
ury between this and the meeting of Con
gress, in December next. Should the Secre
tary adhere to this determination a decided
improvement in the appreciation of the re
lative value of our circulating medium may
be looked for with confidence, and the no
less important result obtained of checking, to
some extent, at least, the villainous specula
tions of capitalists and traders in tlie leading
articles of food, who attempt to shift the odi
um of such haltless conduct lVom themselves
to the existing fluctuations in the market
value of “greenbacks.”
The disposition of capital'ts to speculate
in breadstuff's is one of the alarming evils of
the times, as was illustrated in the Northern
markets a short time since by the article of
flour having been put up one dollar per barrel
in a few days. The speculation was starteifon
a falsehood as to the state of the crops.
There was just a speck of truth in a whole
horizon of untruth,but the damage was done,
owing to the popular credulity in believing
whatever is asserted by telegraph, written
in letters or printed in the public journals.
If the Government and people intend to
put down such shameful trifling with the
public interests, much would be accomplish
ed for the cause of humanity.
The Cotton Question in Exoland. —The
London Times’ correspondent says that the
cotton question is far from settled yet, ahd
the great doubt as to the American produc
tion hinders all calculation. Before the war
England paid *38,000,000 a year for cotton,
of which 24,000,000 went to the United
Slates. Now, for a half supply, she pays
nearly double that amount—say *60,000,000.
Chiuo, Japau, India, from which so much
was expected, are practical failures. The
best they can do is to supply limited quanti
ties of an inferior article at double the price.
Egypt does a little better, but not enough.
If labor can be re-organized in the South so
as to produce cotton in former quantities and
at former prices. America may again have
the monopoly and supply the world.
Macon Daily Gazette. —We have receiv
ed the first number of anew paper with the
above title, published in Macon by an asso
ciation of printers, recently thrown out of
employment by the discontinuance of the
Herald, and the suppression of the Journu’
& Messenger by the military authorities,
under the firm noma nf W I
The Gazette is a handsomely printed sheet,
is ably edited, and begins with a liberal ad
vertising patronage. We wish its projectors
success.
Excitemknt.in Virginia on the Franco-
Mexican Question.— A widespread and gen
erally accepted rumor prevails in Richmond
that an order has reached that city from
Washington forbidding the selling of any
more government property, and it is said and
believed that a war with France relative to
the expulsion of Maximilian from Mexico
and involving other European Powers is im
minent. These rumors have found their
way throughout the Stale, and great excite
ment everywhere prevails upon the subject
of a foreign war.
Suit against the United States—Ten
Millions of Dollaks Involved.— Ex-Judge
Allen has commenced a suit in behalf of the
leading brokers and bankers of Wall street
and vicinity, to restrain Assessor Gilbert
from levying, and Sheridan Shook from col
lecting certain taxes. The Internal Revenue
authorities claim to levy a tax on all sales
made by brokers on afieir own account, tbe
same as for stocks, etc, and on commission
The brokers, through their counsel, have
given notice of their intention to apply for
an injunction to Judge Nelson, to prevent
the collection of the tax. They claim, un
der the decision of Judge Nelson in fa vor of
their position. Mr. Samuel G. Courtney,
Assistant District Attorney, intends to cou
test the application, on the ground that the
decision of Judge Nelson having been ap
pealed from, the taxes must be paid till that
derision 19 sustained, and also that the eouit
ab e powers of the Court could not be in
voked in a case of this kind. The argument
will take place some time during the latter
part of this month.
• arsenal in Richmond contain
ing fiftefcu thousand shot and shell, together
with a great quantity of cartridges and am
munition for small arms, took fire and ex
ploded on Tuesday afternoon. One soldier
was killed and a negro severely wounded.
The loss is between sixty and one hundred
thousand dollars.
A quartermaster's clerk, named Edward
Russell was also arrested at Cincinnati cn
the 13th, charged with absconding with
twenty thousand dollars in government
funds. Mr. Russell was in company with a
woman, and bad in his possession eight thou
sand dollars in cash, besides diamonds and a
watch.
PR EVIDENT JOHNSON A NII Ilia CAR*
ISTBT.
Inf. OuvU to bt TWed by Jury.
Washington, August IS, 1865.
THE PKESIDEXT’s I'OI.ICT ANI> HIS CABINET.
Publications have recently been made of
reports, speculations and inferences about
ditfer.-nces of opinion between the President
ami his Cubinet with regard to the policy
proper io tie pursued in restoring tlie South
ern States to their former relations to the
Unioq, and particularly involving the ques
tion of negro suffrage in the work of re-es
tablishing the civil government, the military
measures to secure which have already been
taken through the agency of the Provisional
Governors. The proceedings are strictly
private, ufid it is not known that any of the
members ure in the habit of improperly re
vealing them. Therefore, the publications
professing to give reports of what takes
place in the Cabinet council, are, to say the
least, unreliable.
But it may be said with confidence, as an
answer to many of the speculations, that
there is not now, nor is it believed that there
will be, any substantial or material difference
Itel ween the President and his Cabinet with
regard to the restoration of the Southern
States. One of tlie reasons for this assertion
is the fact that all the proclamations appoint
ing tin Provisional Governors are preeisely
in the same words, founded oa.lheTen
ioi see arrangement, and maturely
considered by the President and ap
proved by the Cabinet, showing a carefully
considered plan, the amnesty proclamation
being in aceoidauce with that document.—
Tile President, it is known from the repre
sentations ot his intimate friends, is deter
mined to pursue substantially the recon
s:ruction programme thus laid down, having
reasonable evidence from the South that it
will Le successful. Many of tlie accounts
from thiit section are exaggerated, and mis
represent the true nud favorable condition of
public opinion:
THE TRIAL OF JEFF. DAVIS.
As the result of carcfiil inquiry it is believ
ed that there is au unwillingness on the part
of a portion of the Cabiuet to have Jefferson
Davis tried for treason, while there is reason
for asserting that the President is persistent
in having him brought before a civil tribun
al. Ciiief Justice Chase is expected to arrive
here in the course of a few days for consul
tation with the President as to the time, the
manner and the place which shall be desig
nated. The ablest counsel in the United
States are also being consulted upon the
subject. There is a fixed determination on
the part of the Executive that there shall lio
an immediate and fair trial by a jury of the
country tor high treason. It may, in addi
tion to this, lie confidently asserted that the
President has determined, as soon as prac
ticable. to withdraw the orders suspending
the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus
and to dispense with military courts.
Mrs Davis—An Interesting Incident.—
A clerical friend of ours, in passing through
one of our streets a few days since, to perform
a ministerial duty—attending to the sick and
wounded in the Hospitals—a duty which he
has long and cheerfully performed—encount
ered a stranger, who accosted him thus: “My
friend eaa you tell me if Mrs. Jeff. Davis is
in tLe city 1 of Augustu?"
“No, sir,” replied our friend, in his usual
kiud and pleasant manner; ’« she is not.” •
“Well, sir,” replied the straDger, “you
may he surprised at my asking such a ques
tion ; and more particularly so when I inform
you that I am a discharged United States
soldier. But, (and here he evinced great
feeling j sir, that lady lias performed acts of
kindness to me which 1 can never forget.—
When serving in the Valley of Virginia,
battling tor the Union, I received a severe
and dangerous wound. At the same time I
was takcu a prisoner, and conveyed to Rich
mond, where I received such kindness and
attention from Mrs. Davis that I can never
forget her ; and now, that I am discharged
from the Army, ami at work in this city,
and understanding that that lady was here, I
wished to call upon her, renew my expres
sions of gratitude to her, and offer to share
with her, should she unfortunately need it,
the last cent I have in the World!”
Our clerical friend passed on to his allotted
work, deeply moved by- the humble but elo
quent tribute to the good lady whose charity
knewjjio such cruel word as ‘“toe.” Oh, may
we uot hope that such a Charity will inflame
the hearts of all our people ? That mercy
may come to temper justice, and bid our
young Nation to rejoice once more iu unity
and prosperity ! for, as the great Bard truly
and beautifully expresses it .-
- The quality of Mercy Is not strain’d ;
Ii Urojipeth as the gentle rain from .Heaven
Upon the place beneath ; It Is twice blessed :
If Idesseth him that gives and lUni that takes ;
'TI9 mightiest in the mightiest ; It becomes
The throned Monarch better than his crowu ;
His sceptre shares the rare nj temporal power,,
the attribute to awe and majesty,
W hereto doth set the lear and dread of kings ;
Bat .Mercy is above this sceptred away ;
It is an attribute to God Himsoir;
Augusta Constitutionalist.
The New York papers are filled with
further details of the late fradulent financial
operations in that city, but give no new tacts
of interest. The Herald of Thursday says:
“The financial excitement continues. It is
no longer confined to Wall street, but is
spreading through the couutry. The neigh
boring cities have taught the contagion, and
the pleasure seekers at the watering places
aic iua.a c , r - —t. men lUftrcßlS
It is now stated that from three to five mil
lion dollars are involved in the Ketckum
frauds. The whereabouts of young Ketchum
is unknown, but it is supposed he has fied
from the city. Mumford, the gold operator,
has been arrested and committed for trial in
default of thirty thousand bail. His arrest
caused quite a sensation on the street.
Jeremiah Townsend, assistant cashier of
the Townsend Savings Bank, in New Haveu,
Connecticut, who, it is alleged, absconded
with about one hundred thousand- dollars be
longing to that institution, in May last, and
was recently arrested in Liverpool, England,
by two American detectives, is on board tiie
steamship EtDa, now overdue at New York,
whence he will be taken to New Haven for
trial. Nearly all the stolen money has been
recoveied.
A Matamoras paper revives the story that
ex-Seaator Gwin is at the head of tbe imper
ial government of the Mexican State of So
nora, at nu annual salary of sixty thousand
dollars, but without any ducal or other noble
title.
The Cuoleua in Sfain.— Latest advices
from Europe state that thirty cases of cholera
were reported at Valentia, Spain. Cholera
> had already appeared in camp at Gibraltar.
New Your Insurance Dividends. —Tbe
Lorillard Fire insurance Company, oi New
Y r ork, has declared a semi-annual cash divi
dend of five per cent, also a scrip dividend
of thirty per cent, interest on outstanding
scrip. Tills company has increased its capi
tal from $500,000 to $1,000,000, and Its pre
sent assets amount to $1,812,000.
The Security Insuiance Company, of this
city, has declared the following dividends.;—
A cash dividend of seven per cent, on parti
cipation premiums, deliverable October I,
and an interest dividend of six per cent, on
outstanding scrip, payable October 1 ; all
free of tax.
The E xin, the Moniteur of jewelers, states
that a piece of silver plate, remarkable for
its wormai k-Uip and great antiquity,has been
discovered by some masons employed In tak
ing down an old bouse at Toulon supposed to
have been built by tbe Homans. This mas
sive silver article, representing an ewer for
holdingwater, is ornamented with a figure
of the Holy Ghost, with extended wmga,
and is supposed to have belonged to the early
Christians.
fISHi
i Daybreak Cpon tlie lulls !
slowly, behind tlie h.Mhigi.i mark an.l trail
Os 11, lone storm, light brighten*. cure aiul I "tie.
Ami the horizon mis.
Not ! .earing swift release,—
Xol with quick reel of triumph, hut with trea I
August and solemn, following her 'lead,
Cometh, at last, our Peace.
Over thick graves grown preen.
Over pale iames that gravele,* he arid bleach.
Over torn human hearts her path Uuth reach.
And lleaveuis dear pity lean.
O angel sweet and grand '
n lute-footed, from beside the throne of Oo;t,
Thon utoveM. with the palm and olive-rod.
Atm day bespreads '.lie lanu-
Hi.s day wc waited for!
With faces to me East, wc praosl ami fought :
And a faint music of the dawning caught,
All through the sounds oi war.
Our souls are sllll with praise !
It la the dawning—mere Is work to do :
n lieu we hare borne tlie long hour's burden through.
Then we will pirans raise.
God give us. with the time.
His strength for His large purpose to the word !
To bear before Him, la ns iace unfurled.
His gonfalon subitme:
Ay, tve erre strong! Both sides
Tne misty river stren-h Ills army's wilts- :
Heavenward, with glorious w heel, one liauk lie dings,
And ono front still alddes !
Strongest where most bereft !
His great ones He doth ull the more command :
For where lie hath prepared it, they shall stand
On the Right Baud and Lett!
[A tlantic for August.
Opinion of the Attorney General la Rela
tion to the Trial before a Military Com
mission.
Wasuinoton, August 10, 1865.
The .Attorney General in response to an
inquiry of President Johnson whether the
persons charged wilh the offence of having
assassinated the late President should be
tried before a military iribuoal or a civil
court, gave a written opinion sustaining the
former mode of trio). This opinion lias been
printed. It maintains that a military tribu
nal exists under aud according to the Con
stitution in time ot war, that tlie iaw of na
tions constitutes a part of the law of the land ;
aud that the laws oi' war constitute the greater
part of the law ot nations. The laws of war
authorize human life to be taken without
legal process, or that legal process, contem
plated by those provisions in the Constitution
that are relied upon to show that military
judicial tribunals arc unconstitutional. The
law of nations, which is the result of the ex
perience and wisdom of ages, has decided
that banditti, &c., are offenders
against the law of natious and of war, and
as such amenable to the military. Our con-
stitution has made those laws a part of the
law of the land. Obedience to tlie constitu
tion and law, then, requires that the military
should do their whole duly. They must not
only meet aud fight the enemies of the coun
try in open battle, but they must kill or take
the secret enemies of the country, and try,
and execute them according to the law . The
civil tribunals of the country cannot right
fully interfere with the military in the per
formance of their high, arduous and perilous,
but lawful duties. The attorney general
characterizes Booth and his associates as
secret, active public enemies ; and he con
cludes with the opinion that “the persons
who are charged wilh the assassination'of
the President committed the deed as public
enemies, as I believe they did ; and whether
they did or not is a question to be decided by
the tribunal before which they are tried.—
They uot only can but ought to be tried be
fore a military tribunal If the persons
charged have offended against the laws of
war, it would be palpably wrong for the
military to hand them over to the civil courts,
as it would be wrong in a civil court to con
vict a man of murder who had in time of war
killed another in battle."
New York Custom House.—The Hod.
Preston King on Wednesday last executed
his bonds as Collector of the port of New
York in the sum of two hundred thousand
dollars. His bondsmen are Messrs. Andrew
Carrigan and R M. Blatchford, who justify
in two hundred thousand dollars each. The
bonds were executed before Judge Betts, bis
Honor subsequently administering tjje oath
of office to the new iqguiqbent, who Will en
ter upon the duties of his office on tire Ist
September next.
Moses F. Odell Ims been appointed Naval
Officer of this port, relieving Mr. Dennison.
The Trial of Wiiu — l The trial of Capt.
Wirz was to have commenced in Wu-hington
on Wednesday last, but was further post
poned until Thursday. Several government
witnesses were in attendance. The accused
has for counsel Judge Hughes, General J,
W. Denver and Messrs. Peck aud Bchade.
The prisoner is a Swiss by birth. When the
United States forces captured New Orleans
he deserted his plantation and negroes in
Louisiana, and, with his wife aud three chil
dren, went to Vicksburg. In 1868 the rebel
government sent bim to Europe a3 a military
commissioner. He remained there eight
months, when, returning to Richmond by
running tlie Wilmington blockade, he was
appointed an assistant adjutaut general, with
Luifiufot* tfie Andersonvilie prison.
Fearful Railroad Disaster.— The Hou
satonie River Railroad, in Connecticut, was
the scene of a dreadful disaster, on Tuesday
last. A passenger train, by becoming dis
abled, was delayed, and was run Into with
fearful violence by anew locomotive
out on a trial trip, which demolished several
of the passenge cars, dashiog entirely
through the hindtost one, and, on reaching
the second one, efploded. killing ten persons
and mangling am scalding about seventeen
others, several of whom have since died.
The Atlantic .'able —The New York
Herald, of Wedwday last, says—Additional
discouraging newiin reference to the Atlan
tic telegraph calehas reached us. The
schooner First Fnt, which arrived at Harbor
Grace, Newfoumand, on Monday of this
week, communitted with the steamship
Great Eastern an her consort, the Terrible,
on the 6th Inst, he cable parted on the 2d
inst, at a point abit six hundred miles from
the Newfoundlaqconst, and a beacon buoy
had been anehorl where it was last seen.
Up to the 6th Inint the telegraphic fleet
was still in the yinity, with hopes of being
able to recover tfccable, renew the connec
tion and continutie work of laying; but it
does not appear It full confidence of suc
cess was en tertaij.
Policeman Thfes Walker, of tbe Twen-.
ty-ninth preeinc New York, was shot
through the beadiout two o’clock on Tues
day morning, street, near
Seventh avenue, one of a party of young
men whom he ft another officer were en
deavoring to tatato custody for attempted
violation of the pon of a woman, and died
from the effects the wound about four
hours after. A mounted John Ward, who,
it Is supposed, fi the fatal shot, and sev
eral of his comuons were arrested and
committed. __
Gen. BeacrbOl —The Louisville Jour
nal, of the 9th ill says; Gen. Beauregard
takes bis deportnn a few days for Europe.
It is said he inteioffering his military ser
vice to Louis Njpeon. The Federal gov
ernment permthm to go, subject to the
pledge of neveftting against the United
States.
Readooartsas DFt or Georgia, )
j Office of lhe Prov. Mar. General, -
Augusta, Ga„ Aug tl, 1865 )
Provost Marshal General's)
Order No. 2. j
In the matter of charges and specifications
against Thomas 8. Metcalf and Leopald
Colin, for attempting to bribe an officer of
the United States Army, to-wit: Brevet
Brigadier General C. H. Grosvenor, Provost
Marshal General, by offering him two hun
dred thousand dollars to decide a certain
question as to the title of a lot of eotton in
iheir tavor, and said Leopold Cohn having
j made the following endorsement on the copy
of the charges and specifications, to-wit:
“Augusta, Ga., Aug. 10, 1865.
I admit the truth cf the charges and speci
fications contained herein, in every particu
lar. and appeal to Major General Steadman
for clemency in my tiehaif.
[Signed,] L. Cohn.”
And said Metcalf having disclaimed in
writing ail intention to offer any bribe iu
connection with said Colin, and having made
full and complete apology lor bis improper
conduct, aud said Cohn and Metcalf having
appealed for the clemency of the Major Gen.
commanding, aud it appearing that the in
tegrity of the officers of the United States
hag been fully vindicated, and believing that
the interests of the service and the public
will be subserved by exteuding the clemency
prayed for by the guilty parties, it is or
dered,
L That the charges aud specifications now
pending in said action bo withdrawn, and
the said Cohn and Metcalf be released from
arrest and custody.
II- That said Leopald Cohn shall leave
the Department of Georgia within twenty
four hours, to wit: on or before twelve
o'clock, m., of the 12th day of August, 1865,
and take up his residence at a point not near
er Augusta than Chaiieston, S. C., and not
to return during the military occupancy of
Georgia, under penalty of arrest and punish
ment for disobedience of orders.
' HI. That the money deposited by said
Metcalf and Cohn, the property of said Met
calf with said Brevet Brigadier General
Grosvenor, in part payment of said offer of
two hundred thousand dollars, to wit: the
sum of eleven thousand dollars, be disburs
ed on the order of the Major General com
manding, for the relief of the poor of Au
gusta.
IV. Lieutenant Colonel Benedict, 18th O.
V. 1., commanding Post ot Augusta, is
charged with the execution of this order.
Major General STEEDMAN.
C. H. Grosvenor :
Brv't Brig. Gen. and Pro Mar. Gen.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
New York Hour) Market.
Wednesday, Evening, Aug. 16,1565.
The street iS not quite as much excited to-day hut
every one Is busy looking after his own ait'alrs, and
trying to put them, into good shape, In ease there
should be a liiiauchil storm. We do uot look for a
gale yet, and It is likely we shall have a number of
such flurries as these ere the burrleanv comes, tiefore
which shoddy fortunes are to totter into ruin.
Money is in good supply, and with the most un
doubted securities call loans are readily obtained at
. per cent. Business paper of the very best class Is
in moderate request at ; per cent., anil other well
known signatures are passed at 10 a 12 per cent per
annum discount.
Gold opened at 142, sold down to 141 V, ailvaneed
to 142 q, and is selling as we write at I*2.
low goiV 8 * U f * ir and sells at s 's a be-
There is very little doing In Foreign Exchange.—
Leading bankers ask losq for 60 days' sterling.
Yhe stock market was dull anil quotations were
lower at the opening on the street. At the board on
the first call there was a disposition manifested to
realize, aud there was a general decline In prices.—
The market was weak throughout, but towards the
c ose was rather more steady, ami rallied consider
auiy lu tiie afternoon. Governments were a little off
from yesterday’s rates and iu moderate request.
Now York Market.
Wednesday Evening, Aug. la.
Bhelustcefs.—The market lor State and Western
Flour opened 6 cents higher, closing Inactively. The
salos arc 8,500 hbs, at i« a $6 30 for superfine State ;
$0 65 a *6 .5 for common extra State ; So 80 a *0 90
for choice do ; sii 05 a $6 30 for superfine Michigan
Indiana Ohio, lowa, ic„ and s<i T 5 a $7 15 ror extra
do.. Including shipping brand* of round hoop Ohio
|lo* S 20 a * s aml tra!te brands of do. at $8 50 a
We quote:
ExtraStatc ..... .. go
!&<*»*► :::::: lto iSsS
Rxtra Geneweo
fcxtra St. Loultf ~..!.’!’!!!!!
Southern Flour Is steadily held. The sales In
clude 450 Uhls, at $3 a $9 25 lor superfine Baltimore,
and $9 no a sl2 oo for extra do.
Canadian Flock has advanced 5 cents, with sales
ol 300 bids, at $6 T 5 a $0 95 for common, and $7 a
$9 80 for the range of extra brands.
FTNERAL INVITATION.
The friends and acquaintance of Mrs. TH OS. PEN
DEROAST, and Mrs. Singleton and finally, are re
speetfnlly invited to attend the funeral of the former,
from her late residence, corner of Jones snd West
Broad streets, at 4 o'clock This Afternoon.
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NOTICE. ~
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consultation at Columbus, Georgia, Aug J “re iZ
several Annual Conferences whl meet at tiie re Z
times and places this fall and winter • and
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day* April;,,* phtceto be announced at an e,£
This disastrous war.-through which we have nass
ed, has greatly disorganized us re our oZZZZ'
but now that pea. e is restored, the ChunTwm
organize ana enter earnestly on her rimrnn
u-otk of spreading scriptural hoiiue*. thiougS
offiual—ukpr. op georcm,
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Gsnibal Obdzb, » A “ euMa ' Ua " Aagwi Sin,
No. 7. /
I. The following General Order from the w.-r.
partmen, l. p„ bll . nedfor the reformation o*
WAR DEPARTMENT.
D T “ Wd TaNT liINKRA.L'O OfflOE
Gxxebii aah,l, ” tou ' D ' t -’-' J“'r
No. 122. /
foUowiuglaorclereu t * naherelna «« turners,ed. the
Departments, will proceed, lortu,vuh P rn nhf, r^ n “ :,,0r
ppecltve regiments.nd compames tOJO ' U lhelr re '
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or - wSffia?
ss foifowsT 110 ”* a ° tUor, " d nnder foregoing are
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2, Aidea-dc-Campg to General Offirem nn
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lng, will ai once 0c aeut io join iiihip
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of the army or Department 111 which hi, P ? ld 1 ° lUß ide
company may be serving Cl * hls or
By command of the .ecretarv of War
'Signed; K. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
d e“Nof2A Wu a r‘ o D^!2e a ,rec eU 3 “ °,“
That all Commissioned Oihcere and ’enlisred
this command now absent irom their iv T , ° f
meuts, companies, or dotaenmeuts, na aS /! 6 '
vice aud uot on duty wilbm tdeir
at once relieved from auen duty and muered m imn
their proper commands arrimV „,5L 10 •’ om
frem these Headquarters
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this order is mily complied with 0 Meet* ph when
* By command of
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