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The Savannah Daily Herald.
BY S. W. MASON & CO.
SAHEL n. MASON Kiittor.
w. X. THOMPSON. AMOfUtf
SAVANNAH. SATURDAY. AUGUST 26, 1965..
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF SAVANNAH.
We are now publishing a column and more of brief
easiness 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 Hriuifi. The expense of in
erting cards In thi9 department of the paper Is very
small, and we believe the advertisers will receive
more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing
to have their cards included In tills Directory, can do
.1, by sending them to onr counting room, or hand
'rog them to Mr. M. J. Divine, who Is authorised to
leeeiv* them. Prepayment will be Invariably re
quired. ______
IMPORTANT OPINION.
A question of much importance having
arisen between the Department of Internal
Taxation and the State authorities, in rela
tion to the constitutional power of the latter
to tax the National banks, the opinion has
been sought of Mr. George T. Curtis, an
eminent lawyer by the Manhattan Bank of
New York. It occupies several columns of
the New York World of the liftli, aud is ex
tremely able. As the question is one of much
interest we will endeavor to present a synop
sis of the chief points made in this elaborate
and carefully-considered opinion. It involves
the very question made and carried by ap
peal to lire Supreme Court of the United
States, when that tribunal was presided over
by Chief Justice Marshall, in the celebrated
cases of McCulloch vs. the State of Mary
land, and Osborne vs. the Bank of the United
States.
The first point made, under the general
question, are associations organized under
the act of Congress, entitled an act to provide
a national currency, &c.; approved Feb. 25,
1863, taxable by the State of New Yoik re
lates to the character of the associations them
selves. “If they are public instruments se
lected or created by Congress for the execu
tion of any of the constitutional powers of
the Federal Government, or necessary to that
end; or whether they are mere private hank
ing associations incorporated by Congress,
but having no relation to the public func
tions of that government, and fulfilling no
lunation but that of making private profit for
their shareholders in the trade or business of
banking.” These questions turn precise
ly on those which occupied the attention of
the Supreme Court, a* our readers will re
collect, in the eases ot Mr. McCulloch vs.
the State of Maryland, and Osborne vs. the
Bank of the United States. The answers
must be the same, as the National banks are
designed for precisely the same purposes as
the Bank of the United States. ‘ ‘ From this
character, says Mr. Curtis, of a public in
strument impressed upon it by the public
uses for which it was designed in contradis
tinction to a mere private corporation created
solely lor purposes ol private profit, was de
duced the exemption of the Bank of the
United States from the State power of taxa
tion.”
In discussing in detail the reasons in sup
port of this view the opinion is expressed
that there is “a solid distinction between a
paper currency that is not and one that is
made by legislation a compulsory legal ten
der in the payment of private debts.” It Is
well known, says Mr. Curtis, to the gentle
men who hare submitted these question that
my opinion is a Federal paper currency of
the latter description, so far as that feature
i6 concerned, passes the limits of constitu
tional power, and violates obligations which
the Constitution imposes upon the Federal
Government towards the people of the United
States." It will be recollected by our readers
that as far as moral obligation goes, this
opinion is more consonant to its dictates than
-as that under which the British Govern
ment acted when it made the paper of the
Bank of England a legal tender everywhere
within the limits of the United Kingdom,
except at the counters of the Bank of Eng
land and its branches.
The only other point of general interest
embraced in Mr Curtis’ opinion is expressed
in the following terms : “Can the shares of
the capital stock in the national bank, owned
by the citizens ol the State of New York, be
tsxed by the State?” This question was
brought before the Supreme Court of the U. S.
in the cases of Weston v». the City Connell,
of Charleston, and the bank of Commerce vs.
the city of New York, with this difference,
that in the latter the question related to
stocks of the United States, and in tlie for
mer, to States or City stocks, the tormer be
ing exempt from taxation and the lat
ter liable to taxation, on the same
principle that the banks themselves are ex
empt in their shares or capital stock, and by
necessary implication, their circulation and
deposits, although nothing is said in the
opinion in relation to deposits and circula
tion. The principle laid down, therefore, in
these cases was that the public stocks of the
United States were exempt from taxation by
State authority, whether held by an individu
al, as part of bis private property, or by the
banks as part ot their capital, leaving as sub
ject to State or municipal taxation, the in
come or dividends, after being received, in
common with other property of the same
general description, “thus creating a dis
tinction between income or dividends derived
from the stocks of the United States, held by
citizens of the States, and the stocks them
.•elves, the sources of that income, and be
tween such stocks If held by individuals, or
held by the national banks as part of their
capital.
The question of contract between the
Carted States and purchasers of their
stocks is coMtdered, sad tbs optoion is pro
nounced, that public stock* do not coine
within the denomination of a commit be
tween the parlies, la this opinion the Brit
isli government has been acting all alung.
It must also be interred, it is indeed af
firmed. that the promissory notes of the na
tional bank are part oi the incidental powei
ot these institutions, as tile instrument ot
instruments of financial prerogatives of banks,
and, consequently, as exempt from State aud
municipal taxation, in addition to the fact,
that Congress has provided for the security
Jof the notes by a pledge of United States
stocks, thus endorsing the notes issued by
j those associations and investing them with
i certain special privileges, such ns being re
| ceivable tor all public dues, excepting pay
nient of duties' and payable for all obliga
lions of the United States excepting inter
est on the public debt.
\y e have thus presented as briefly as pos
sible the conclusions of this important opin
ion, as no doubt forming the grounds of the
decision by the l niled States Supreme
Court, when the case comes before it. Mr.
Curtis beiDg second to no individual in the
country as a sound, constitutional lawyer.
THE MISSISSIPPI CONVENTION.
This bodv assembled in Jackson, Missis
sippi last week, and is the first State Conven
tion held under a Provisional Government.
Among the duties that will devolve upon it
are to authorize a Stat* and Congressional
election, to propose such amendments to the
State Constitution as are necessary under the
new order of thiug#; and to make such
other provisions as may be required to reor
ganize the State upon a Union basis.
It is not improbable tbat a large number of
the members composing this Convention
have been, in one capacity or another, con
nected with the rebel government and
armies ; and in view ot this fact Its proceed
ings will be looked for with marked interest,
at home and abroad.
Having the start of other seceded states
in holding its Convention, it Is quite likely
that Mississippi will be the first to frame a
voluntary state Government under Union
auspices. The Convention, says an exchange,
will designate a time tor holding an election,
and when the state officers shall have been
chosen, the functions of Provisional Gover
nor Hhaiky will cease, and the State will be
relatively Just where It was previous to the
act of secession; and as Governor Sharky lias
authorized all local officers who were elected
or appointed durmg the time of secession, to
continue in the discharge of their duties, the
work of reconstruction will not be very diffi
cult.
The latest intelligence we have from the
Convention is that several committees have
been appointed to whom were referred the
interesting subjects alluded to above, for im
mediate consideration and report.
We are not aware, ns yet, of the existence
of any impediments in the way of a speedy
and satisfactory readjustment by the Con
vention of the political status of that State,
and we sincerely hop* that none will be ex
perienced.
THE MONROE OOCTRINK.
The minds of excitable politicians aud ex
pectant news mongers have been greatly, if
not painfully, exercised for some weeks past,
with the apprehension of an immediate and
violent rupture of the pacific relations of the
United States with Mexico and France; and
among the reasons alleged to justify their
conclusion on the subject, the leading one is
found in the concentration by our Govern
ment of a large military force in Texas, near
the Mexicftn borders.
Relief has been afforded, however, by the
recent action of the Government in ordering
the greater part of Sheridan's army to be
mustered out of the service. By this action
there will only be troops left for police duty
in Texas.
This,to our mind,demonstrates that Presi
dent Johnson will leave to Congress the
great question of the Monroe doctriue and
the peculiar complications which stand in the
way of its enforcement. That body can de
termine the policy to be pursued at a time
sufficiently early for all national purposes.—
This view of the matter we know Is not
agreeable to speculators of all kinds, who
are deprived of a present opportunity for the
advancement of their fraudulent schemes of
self agrandisement, but no one will be sorry
on that account.
General Sheridan has promulgated an or
der announcing new boundaries for the Di
vision of the Gulf. Louisiana Is made Into a
separate department. Texas belug taken
from General Canby's command &ud placed
in charge of General Wright. Major General
Slocum commands Mississippi, and Major
General Foster has control of Florida.
The Courier of the Teche, of the stb, per
emptorily denies £the statements of the New
Orleans correspondent of a New York paper
that guerillas were infesting the Teche re
gion about Franklin. It says the people fully
recognize the authority of the United States
authorities, and are all following peaceful
avocations.
The property of the firm of Hover & Lud
wig, in Richmond, Va., who did the rebel
government engraving, and who are immen
sely wealthy, has been libeled for confisca
tion by Government.
At a recent Abolition meeting in the city
of Pittsburgh, Pa , a resolution was passed
denouncing Catholics as “arch traitors to
civil aud religious freedom throughout the
world.”
Two men have been arrested in New Or
leans for attempting to blow up a Mississippi
River steamer while underway, near Vicks
burg. They removed the key of the doctor
engine, and made an attempt to blow up the
boat, thus endangering the lives of all on
board and much valuable property.
Canadian traders complain bitterly of the
‘‘silver nuisance,” and call on the govern
ment to put a duty on It—make the banks
receive it as legal tender to any amount, or
do something to relieve them of the “stuff' 1
they are compelled to take instead of bills.—
Poor Canadians!
The Austin Gazette states that the amount
of funds turned over to the United States i
authorities by George J. Durham, late Col
lector for the Confederate States, Isas fol
lows Specie, stißl 15 ; Government liabili
ties, $1,:!93,731 34. •
A man in Illinois Las invented a horseshoe
which needs no nails or screws, and Which,
after being fitted, can be taken off and put on
by any one
The rise and fall of tide on this side of the
Isthmus Is only about fourteen inches, while
at Panama, on the Pacific, the rise and tall
ia about twenty-two feet.
Uult an* the tailed Si.lm.
an:.it.aiios niaciikSti* and uhxotNCMh.
A Quebec dispatch t>> the Toronto Leader,
ol August It, any*:
Some conversation has been caused to-day
by an incident that occured politicly last
mglit in the St. LouL Hotel, iu the office
of that establishment acvcrul American
tourists were conversing with u number of
members of Parliamenr. among them Mr.
Christie, of the Upper House, Mr. White, of
Halton, Mr. Oliailorau, of Mississippi, Mr.
Magil. of Hamilton, Mr. Wnlsh, of Norfolk,
when the subject turned on the probability
ot war with the United States. Messrs,
Whit- and O Halloi.au expressed the convic
tion that the event of war not one-half of the
active militia people of Canada, would con
sent to serve against the Americans, and tiiat
the manifest destiny and only safety of this
Province was annexation to the United
States. Mr Magill, indignant at these senti -
ments. warmly repudiated them, and con
deniued in just terms men who, having sworn
as members of Patliament to sustain the
throne aud uphold toe constituency, cast
such slanderous imputations upon the loyalty
o! the |ieople of Canada He also censured
the “grave senator" Christie for listening
quietly to these disloyal utterances, aiul giv
ing a tacit assent to them. Then, turning to
the Americans, who might as well go away
with the opinion that Cauadiausare disloyal to
the tore, Mr. Magil asked them whether, the
ease were reversed, they would not despise
men who acted towards their country as
Messrs. White and O'Halloran acted to
wards tii is.
Mr. Magill has beeu much praised for bis
manly vindication of Canadian loyally, and
his castigation of the faithless Canadian legis
lators.
Tue di-count on American invoices lor the
week is 29 per cent.
Thx Fenians of Chicago had a grand ex
cursion and picnic on Saturday. There
were several thousand of them There are
two regiments of Fenians in Chicago. One
of the speakers declared that a blow for the
freedom of Ireland is to be struck within a
year. The Right Rev. Dr. Wood, Bishop of
Philadelphia, lias sent the Catholic Mirror, of
Baltimore, the following missive from Home,
in relation to the position of the Holy See to
ward the Fenians, in which it w ill be seen
that the decision attributed to that tribunal
by certain Fenian journals in this country is
pronounced to be “utterly false
Rig ft t }{f. Junes K. f Vdthl,
iHshop of Philadelphia :
The Sacr. Cong. Yen. Inq. lias desired uie
to signiiy to your lordship that tiie assertion
made in certain newspapers to the effc-'t that
tin- billowing decision lias been given by the
Holy See, to wit: 11 1'ShiuitO* 7ion esse inqnie*
tanJos.” “The Fenians are not to be disturb
ed,” is utterly false.
I communicate this at the request of the
aforesaid congregation lest it should be sup
pose*! by any one that anything in favor of
tills society has emanated from the Holv
See.
In the mean time, &c,
Alex R Card. Barn a bo.
Fiu.ino ce no: Factories.—One thousand
persons were added to the population of
Great Falls, N. H., in three weeks, by the
influx of factory operatives. A like increase
lias taken place in other factory towns.
Lowell has probably made up the six thou
sand inhabitants she , lost lrom 18. VJ to the
enumeration of 186'.. When the factories
started up there and elsewhere, a few weeks
ago, they sent advertisements to all parts ot
New England and the British Provinces, of
fering such wages that a migration fever at
once sprung up. Thousands of Canadians,
in the rawest and rudest state, were collect
ed by runners employed for tbat purpose,
and rushed forward. Ia a train on the Ver
mont Central railtoad. ti.e’otlier day, we met
one ol these ngenls who had collected fifty
hands for a Connecticut factory. They were
of different ages, sizes, and colors—a mixture
of English, French, Indian, aud Canadian,
showing in speeeli aud appearance their
origin. Such parties can lie seen in the
railroad cars every day. There has never
been such a movement before ; it equals the
migration of men to California in 1849. —
Stuburyport Herald.
From Utoßou.—Bishop Pierce has issued
an address to the preachers and members of
the Georgia Conference,” relative to the pres
ent state of the church, in which he says
Iu various ways I have learned that some
discussion has arisen, and that some anxie
ty is felt iu relation to the future policy of
our church. The question has come up’— if
the Methodist church, North, proposes re
union—shall we accept? Opposed to this
proposition, some have suggested that we
seek refuge from strife in the bosom ol the
Episcopal church.
Now, I beg to say that the agitation of
these questions is premature and fraught
with evil. Iu the first place the Northern
Methodists have not proposed reunion, and
1 predict will not. except upon terms so de
grading aud repulsive as to preclude even
their entertainment—much less tlreir accept
ance. I iound this opinion upon their past
history—their antecedants belore and during
the war, and their policy as declared in a re
cent meeting by their Bishops
From Arkansas —The Washington (Ark.)
Telegraph says • * •
Breadstuff* are likely to be a drug ou the
market very shortly. This arises from the
cessation of the army demand and the total
want of immigration, with the scaicityof
m >ney. We hear of engagements of new
corn, in the field, at ten cents per buahel. In
Jefferson old corn Is now quoted at thirty
cents. All the productive industry of the
country was this ) ear devoted to breadstuffs,
and the crops were pretty well made before
emancipation look place. Next year it will
be differem.
On* thousand persons were auded to the
population of Great Fails, N. 11., in three
weeks, by the influx of factory operatives.
A like increase has taken place in other sac
tory towns. Lowell has probably made up
the six thousand inhabitants she lost from
1860 to the enumerations of 1805. When the
factories started up there and elsewhere, a
few weeks ago, they sent advertisements to
all parts of New England and the British pro
vinces, offering such wages that an emigra
tion lever at once sprung up. Thousands in
the rawest, rudest state were collected by
runners employed for that purpose and
rushed forward.
In 16- r <4 a trial took pime in Connecticut,
under the section of the blue laws prohibit
ing kissing The offenders were Sarah Tut
tle and Jacob Ncwtou. it appears that Sarah
dropped her gloves and Jacob found them. —
When Sarah asked for them Jacob demand
ed a kiss for his pay, and as the demand did
not seem extravagunt she adjusted it forth
with. The facts were clearly proved, and
the parties were each fined twenty shillings.
Among the persons arrested for an attempt
to kidnap the rebel Geotgs N. Sanders in
Canada, were Amoß Stetson proprietor of
the Franklin House, Greenfield, Mass., Wm.
E. Brown, of Deerfield, and Brown Burllng
ham, of Providence. Seven In all have been
arrested. They offered a detective SIO,OOO
to help them and their plan included the sei
zure of Sanders, Tucker, and other Canada
rebels.
Ernest Bigelow, a promising lad of five
years, son of our minister in France, died
recently in Paris, after a short illness. Mrs.
Bigelow was In this country, visiting, and
starting for Paris immediately on hearing
of her son's illness, met on the way out the
steamer which brought his body to this
country for burial.
“Wife,” said a married man, looking for
his boot Jack, after she was in bed, “I have
a place for all things, and you ought to
know ft by this time. “Yes," replied she.
“I ought to know where you keep your late
hours out I don’t.'
MY LIFE IV LIKE THE SOMMER
nusit.
kt tm lai> mi-k* m,iv. m
‘•My life b* tike the Summer rose
l'nsi upon* to th*- moraine si.j;
Rat ere the shad*- of evening iTo»e
Is scatnred on the ground to dir.
Yet on the ro-e9 htunble bid
The sweetest dews of night are ahed.
! Aa if ehe wept the waste to see;
But none shrill weep a ten: for me
"My life is like the Autnm leaf
That trembles iu the moon's pale ray,
lta hoid i* lral 1 , it- ’if*- ia brief,
Itest’ess, and soon to pass aw »v;
Vet ere tbat leaf shall tall and fade,
The parent tree ahail mourn its shade.
The uinda lament the leafless tree.
But none shall brealhe a a’gh for me
“My life ia like the print which feet
Have left on Tamp .‘a desert straud:
Soon aa the rising tide shall beat
All traces shall vanish from the sand:
Vet aa if grieving to efface
All ventage of the human race.
On that lone shore loud mourns the sea,
But rone, alas! shall m* urn lor uie."
1 Answer to “My I.«fe is like the Summer
Hoar.”
ut a naa. nrcki.EV, ot i.ai.tinow.
1 Tie* dews or night may fall from Heaven,
Upon the wither’d rose's bed.
And teara of fond regret be given
To mourn the virtues of the dead;
Vet morning's sun ihe dew will dry,
And tears will fade from sorrow’s eye,
Affection’, pangs be lull'd to sleep.
And even lovelorget to weep.
The tree may monru Its fallen leaf.
Ana Autumn winds bewail Its bloom
And friends m*y heave the sigh of grief,
O’er those who sleep within the tomb
Vet soon will Spring renew the flowers.
And time will bring more smiting hours;
in friendship's heart ail grief will die
And even love forget to sigh.
The s.a may on the desert shore
Lament each trace it bears away:
The lonely heart its grief may pour
O'er cherish'd friendship's fast decay;
Vet when all trace is lost an I gone,
Ttte waves dance bright and gaily on .
Thus soon affection's bonds are lorn.
And even love forgets to mourn.
Extruordimiry Ciiac —A Young Girl Fires
Three Hours.
(From the Philadelphia Ledger, lath]
A girl, 14 years old, who resides w ith iter
parents in Reckless street, Second Ward,
bail a hearing at the Central Station yester
day on the charge of arson. It would' seem
lrom the circumstances of the case, tiiat the
girl lias a mania lor the commission of arson.
On the 22d of July, the dwelling No. 8 Reck
less street, tmm w hich the family of the oc
cupant, Mr. John Wilson, was fired by throw
ing a match through a broken pane of glass
in the seccnd-story back w indow, which was
reached from a fiat on the top of the kitchen.
The fire was soon discovered, and exting
uished beiore it made much progress. Its
origin was of course a mutter of surprise at
the time, as there had not been any fire in the
part of the building iu which it commenced
for a long time. On the following day there
were five fires in Nos. 4 aud 6 Reckless street,
kindled in different parts of the houses with
in a short time of each other. One of them,
gave rise to an alarm of fire, and fire appa
ratus was drawn to the place.
As tile affair was involved in a good deal
of mystery, much excitement was naturally
created. One of the fires was kindled on a
second story back window sill, readied from
a flat: another to a tidy on a chair back, in a
secourt story room ; a third in a be*»; a fourth
in a closet, and the flith in a loti. Though
the girl was not seen to kindle any ol then),
it wus quite certain, from the circumstances,
tbat site alone could have made them. On
one or two occasions she was seen to go up
stairs, and the fires were discovered imme
diately after she r.-turned. The matter was
investigated bv the Fire Marshal, and he was
not long in saiislying himself who the guilty
agent was; hut to put it beyond a doubt, she
finally made a. full confession. Upon this
confession she was yesterday commuted for
trial. During tire bearing the accused ap
peared to be much affected. Her iucendiary
acts cannot be accounted for on auy other
hypothesis than that she is a monomaniac on
the subject. There could not have been any
feeiiug of revenge to gladly, for her own
father s house was fired almost immediately
after the match was applied iu one of the
other dwellings.
—“Ma, ’ said an intelligent thoughtful boy,
‘'l don’t think .Solomon was to rich us they
say he was.” “Why my dear, what could
have put that into your head ?” asked the
astonished mother. “Because ilie Bible savs
he slept with his fathers, and I think it he
had been so rich he would have had a bed of
his own.”
—Max Maretzek has returned from Europe
with anew opera troupe, comprising tlie
celebrated Spanish tenor Morim, the buffo
Uoveru, the soprano Bossissio, aud the basso
Aulouucci, aud sixteen male and leinule
chorus singers. He will engage another
oontralto iu place ol Moreusi, and Lolti the
tenor is engaged by Gruu for SBOO a month.
j —A fire at Williamsburg, N. Y, Thursday
! afternoon, desiroyed the Umpire glass works
aud Sherrill’s tannery. Sherrill’* loss was
$40,000. The loss of the giuss company was
>150,000 ; insured for >50,000, mostly in
New York aud Brooklyn offices. Two fire
men were badly injured.
An old fellow out in Wayne county, who
has “advetrised” his wife six or seven times,
hod the assurance recently, to ask the ge
nial editor of the Lyons Republican to print
the customary advertisement for half price,
iu consideration of being u “reguiur cus
tomer. ’’
John JI. "Boris has visited me president
and writes to a friend that the $20,000 clause
in the ainucsly proclamation duu’t apply to
southerners wuu did not actually participate
iu the rebellion Old men aud detailed far
mers are not included iu it.
A duel fought near New Orleans about au
actress, resulted alter twelve shots, iu the
death of one and the mortal wouudiug of the
other. The last shot was fired by one of the
duelist ou his knees, being unatue to stand
from the loss of bl„od.
—The shoe trade is brisk at Haverhill,
Mass., larger wages are paid than ever be
fore, and girls are making from $ 1 u day to
>lO per week, at eyeleting, punching and
pasting.
—Voliaire says : “A phvsician is an un
fortunate gentleman who is every day called
upou to perform a miracle—to reconcile
health to intemperance.”
The republic of Hayti has indulged in elev
en revolutions during the past six years, and
eighty-six men have been shot for participa
ting in them.
Gen. Robert E. Lee has been offered the
presidency ot Washington College, at Lexing
ton, Va r ,
CIRCULAR.
OFFICE OF STREET COMMISSIONER, >
Savannah, (ia.. August SS, 1866. J
In accordance with General Orders No. 24, all
Horsea,Mules ond.Cultlefound at large on the streets
and squares of the city, on and after Friday, the 26th
Inst., will be impounded under the following regnta
lions:
For first offence—lmpounding fee will be five dol
lars, aud one dollar per day while the animal remain
in pound.
For second offence—lmpounding fee (ball be ten
dollars, and one dollar per day while the animal re
mains In pound.
If not called for In ire day* they shall be ad
vertised In the dty papers for three days, and sold to
pay axpeuae* or turned over for mUltsiy purposes
By command or
Bit. Brig, Gen. DAVIS.
EDWARD A PARKINSON,
•sS44 Capi. and Street Commissioner.
Xrfnn la Naw OHsaai «>, gacalloa af
SaCraytMjaljn AWdrl *.«•' Coalrtbaait*
anil Negro kuHraßv A(UKiun.
The charge of Judge Abdel was delivered
on the 7th instant, anu trom it we quote as
follows ;
The calling together a Grand Jury at this
season of the year is unusual, but 1 yield to
the earnest request of the Attorney General
of the btale, lion. B T. Lynch, who has a
better opportunity of knowing the pressing
demands of public interest than a Judge oi
the bench could have.
It is the congregation of contrabands in
this city without employment, or disposition
to procuie it, crowded together in filthy and
unwholaome dens, ill-piovided for. They
will invite disease and epidemic, and be
come food for its ravages, and will greatly
endanger the general health of the city.
I counsel you to confer with the best in
formed of your fellow-citizens in different
portions of ihe btale and city aa to the Best
mode of providing against this influx, and to
devise and suggest ways and meens of em
ployment for them in the country at remu
nerative wages.
There is, gentlemen, a Bureau of Freed
men's labor existing in the State, erected by
an act of Congress regulated by military
authority. It was created, I believe, as a
war necessity, and having tilled its misssion
by the return of peace, I entertained no
doubt but that it will soon Ire removed, aud
the whole subject ire referred to the State
authorities.
Every honorable means should lie used
that can be devised to induce the Govern
ment to remove it at the earliest day pos
sible.
It appears toTre at war with the best in
terest of the colored people, and destructive
of the producing interest of the State. Plant
ing and farmiug cannot be regulated by
hours; they are required to be pressed at
certain times and seasons, which is followed
by corresponding relaxation at other seasons,
which more than compensates for the extra
exertions of laborers.
These unfortunate people leave a perma
nent home, where they have no rent to pay,
a healthy air to breathe and a fair compen
sation for ttieir labor, and drift in herds to
the city, where you find them crowded to
gether in filth and idleness.
The Bureau, it appears to me, if continued
in time of peace, would go to histoiy as a
nursery of discontent ana a school of va
grancy, alike destructive to the interest of
the freedmen and the State and city.
Labor must regulate itself upon the meri
torious couduetjof laborers. If the mass of
these people can be induced to remain at
their old homes, where they are comfortable,
have a pure air to breathe, aud their morals
protected, they would have more ready cash
at the end of the year than by drifting from
place to place.
The former owners were induced by the
Constitution and laws of the United States
and of this State to invest large sums of
money in slaves and houses for their protec
tion, and it is just an,! fitting tiiat these peo
ple, now that they are free, l>e encouraged
hy the Government to remain at home.
Gentlemen, there is a class of politicians
among us who seem to think their political
merits can lie discovered, understood and
appreciated by the colored people only.—
They induce many of them to believe that
all they now require to make them great and
happy, ia to be admitted to the right of fran
chise. This creates discontent. With these
gentlemen I differ. lam of the mind that if
the colored race advance in knowledge, civil
isation or wealth, it will tie by honest con
duct, faithful, constant and persevering in
dustry. And this I believe to be the lan
guage of the true friends of the colored man.
The respectable and well behaved among
them iu the city of New Orleans have ac
quired their property and standine in that
way and not by voting.
If ndmitted to the ballot box the}' would
bo herded to the polls to vote for a favorite
of their employees, and if mv premises ard
correct, these politicians would be gravely
disappointed, and should be well satisfied if
they received one vote of a hundred.
Gentlemen, I recommend you to appeal to
the authorities at Washington in favor of
encouraging the colored people to remain at
their homes by every means in the power of
the government; and lain sure that Major
Gen. Canby, whose very name is honor and
discipline to the army, strength to the gov
ernment, and confidence to the people, will,
as far as consistent with his owh instructions,
not turn a deat ear to respectful suggestions
or appeals you may make for stopping the
ingress and turning the tide of these contra
bands to the country, where they can find
employment and be useful to the State and
themselves.
We are bound by our oaths to obey all
all acts of Congress, ail proclamations of the
President of the United States, until abro
gated, repealed or declared unconstitutional
hv tlie Supreme Court of tin- United States.
Every good Southerner will implicitly obey,
for the sake of upholding law and order; but
his right to petition and remonstrate isin
alienable, as long as we are a free people.
A God-inspired Trojan said :
“ To speak hU thoughts-ls every freeman’* right,
in peace and war, In counsel and In fight.”
Your powers In the premises are limited
to suggestions, petition and remonstrance ;
let them be respectful, let them be earnest
and just.
PHY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
H A TOPHAM,
13* Congress Street, Savannah, Georgia.
NO. , NIEKCn ANTS’ ROW, IIO.TON HEAD.
t i ALLS the attention of Wholesale and Retail our
Z chasers to hia superior Stock of
NAVAL and CITIZENS’ CLOTHING,
SHOES,
REGULATION HATS,
CAPS, and
„ GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
For sale at the Lowest Market price.
Additions to the Stock received by every Steamer
from New York. Ju2l-ti
Carllart, Wliitl'ord & Cos.,
Manufacturers aud Wholesale Dealer* in
READY MADE CLOTHING,
Jiiii and 333 Broadway, ook. Worth Street,
NEW YORK.
J; F. Card art, j Henry Shafeb,
Wm. H. Wuitford, j A. T. llamiltvn,
J. B. Vah Waorkkn.
Office of Payan A Carhart In liquidation
Jy<i_ 3m
RIDDELL & MURDOCK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
SUTLERS’ AND NAVAL STORES, DRY GOODS
BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,
Genti. embn’s Fcrnisu ino Goons, Ao„
No. 5 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head. S. C.,
w. n. BiniiEi.i.. tjul3-tfj a. j. mitkdook
STEELE k BURBANK,
II Merchants Row, Hilton Head, No. Ca.
CALI, the ittention of Wholesale and Retail pur
chaser* to their superior stock of
MILITARY AND NAVAL ( LUTHIVU,
AND
FURNISHING GOODS,
Watfhe*. Clocks, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, and Plated
Ware,Swords, Sashes, Belt*. Embroideries,Boots. Cans
Field Glasses. Ganntlet* Gloves. Ac.. Ac.. Ac.
THE NEW MKIRT FOR 1865.
A WONDERFUL Invention for ladles. Unquestion
ably superior to all other..
Don’t tail to read the Advertisement In the Savannah
Herald containing fall particular* every Saturday
morning. jyo jtawSm
BEADQ’RS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, j
Ibt Dm. ION, fiae.BTinNT or Ueosoia, '■
Savannah, (ia.. Aog. 26,1886 t
Gensbai. Quotas, l
No. 12. f
In compliance with order* from the Major Gene ret
Commanding Department, all United States anna or
accoutrements In possession of white or colored per
sons In the District, not United States soldiers, will
be turned over at once to the nearest Provost Mar
shal of the respective Sub-Dt#trlct«, who will forward
aach arms with report to the Ordnance Officer District
of Savannah, at Savannah, Oa„ on the last day of
each month.
All persons having such arms or accoutrements in
t heir possession, fall Ing to comply with this order be
lore the Ist day of September, 1806, will be arrested
By Command of
_ . „ Brevet Major General J M BRANNON
Wm. A. Couztu, A. A. Gen. au2«-a
TRIBUTE OP RESPECT.
FIJU MAN'S HALL I
Savannah. August 2 Mil. lags. {
At a meeting of Oglethorpe Fire Company, No. 1,
held at the Fireman's 11.11, in the city ofSavannah,on
tbeeven'ng of the 2Vih inst., l»t Foreman Francis 1..
Guc-in the Chair, Ihe following preamble and resolu
tions were unanimously passed:
Whereat, it has pleased Almighty God to remove
fi-nin from among us our esteemed fellow citizen,
WM. JAMES BULLOCH; and whereas, this associa
tion deem it right to make some public expression of
their eorrow on the loes of one who has in life been
connected with them a, an Honorary member and
Ist Foremsn, now be it Resolved.
First. That the Oglethorpe PlreCompany,No. l.have
learned with feelings of unfeigned regret and sorrow
the decease of one whose qualities of mind contributed
as largely to the efficiency of the Company as the
qualities of bis heart dndeared him to the members.
Second, That we recognize lu his death the loss of a
valuable and public spirited citizen, a true and Leve
led friend, and a high toned and honorable man.
Third, That we tender onr heartfelt sympathies to
hi* bereaved family In iheir grief for his untimely
death.
Fourth. That these resolution,* he published In the
city papers, and a copy of them be sent to the family
of our deceased friend.
A trne extract from the Minutes and R»cord» of
of Oglethorpe Fire Company.
JOSEPH C. CORNELL.
Recording Secretary.
Hswav H, Epl\, Corresponding Secretary
NEW ADV ERTISEMENTS.
SAVANNAH TYPOGRAHICAL UNION
A Regular Monthly Meeting of this Union will be
held THIStVENING, 26th init, at their rooms, at 8
o'clock.
Members are requested to be punctual, as the roll
will be called and fines entered against absentees.
By order
W. G. FLINN, Secretary.
ATTENTION!
f©Ußg America Fire Cos. No. 6.
The members, and others desirous of
.BfggC-V connecting themselves with this romps
JoE*_j2r_ny. are requested to assemble on THIS
(Saturday; EVENING, at. 1 ; o'clock, at the Fireman's
Hall, for reorganization.
Punctual attendance ia requeated.
au -° CHARLES J. WHITE.
PIONEER T.TTJTf!
FOR NEW YORK,
The U. 8. Mail Steamship ZODIAC,
Oapt E. M. Bi i-kUir, will sail for the
above port on her regular day,
Thursday, Aug. Hist, at - O’clock.
For Freight or Passage, having superior accommo
dations, spplr to
HUNTER A GAMMRLL.
Bn2e 84 Bay street.
For Philadelphia
Philadelphia aud
Steamship Line.
Th * v - 8 - Mail Steamship MINNE
TOrlEs, 1,00(1 tons bnrtben, J. W.
Balch Commander, will leave for the
-asr l . Eegw above port on
SATURDAY, SEPT. Id.
For freight or passage, having elegant accommoda
tions, apply to
» u3c HUNTER 4 OAMMEtL.
MERCHANTS’
Line of Sailing Vessels
FOR NEW YORK.
r i 'HE anr clipper hark HARVEST MOON, Staples,
Master, will commence receiving cargo for the
above port on Monday, the 2fith Inst.
For freight or passage apply to
OH AS. L. OOLBY A CO.,
tf Cor. Bay and Abercorn sts.
Dr. J. C. LeHardy,
HAVING returned to the city, will resume the urac.
tlce of his profession.
Office on York street, opposite the Court House.—
Office hours 9toloa. m , and 3to4p. m. au26-3
LEGAL NOTICE.
Persons having claims against the estate of
Charlotte Veader, deceased, will present them, duly
attested, and those indebted will make payment to
„ „„ CHAS. H OLMSTEAD,
an26-eoda Qualified Executor.
SMALL FARMFORSALE.
23 I m Q ACRES LAND, mostly first quality and
sew s a, about one half cleared: 2V5 miles
mom town, close to Ogcechee road; Improvements
destroyed. Bounded north and west of lands of es
tate Minis : east by Lawton, aud we»t by Sloan.
Price, sso per acre, cash
HENRY BRYAN.
Pianos for Sale.
TWO FINE TONED PIANOS,
COMPLETE. WITH COVERS AND STOOLS.
For sale low by
JOHN n. DEPPISH,
AA 148GIbbons’ Range.
anC6 3 Congress street.
Boilers for Sale.
2 CYLINDER BOILERS, in good order, about 16
horse power Will be sold knv on application
10 „ W P. YONGE,
»°- 6 -S Bay street
M. E. WiiLUMi, j. R. Mclniisi P. H Waed.
Williams, Meliitire & Cos.,
AUCTION
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH. OA.
References In Savannah—Brigham, Baldwin A Cos,:
Erwin A Hardee, Gaden A Unckles, Isaac D. La-
Roehe, Esq , Hiram Roberts. E«.; Wylly Wood
bridge, Esq.
References in New York—Messrs. Samael T. Knapp
A Bro.; D. H, Baldwin A Cos. an2C-oodlm
TO CARPENTERS,
MECHANICS,
AND CONTRACTORS
PROPOSALS are solicited for planking Dillon's
Wharf, say 142 feet front by 140 feet deep.
Hand in your estimate AT ONCE If you wish to se
cure a good job.
Apply to
•U 26-3 ERWIN A HARDER
HAY, BRICKS,&c.
PRIME Eastern Hay, Spruce Boards, Bricks and
A Shingles, Jnat received and for sale In lots to salt
purrhasftY, b?
HORATIO PITCHER,
Harris' Wharf, foot ot Lincoln street
au26 Under the Blntf.
UEADQ’RS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, V
Ist Division DarasTNENT or Geokom, k
Savannah, Qa„ August 2R, 1566. J
Gsnebal Oxdebs.)
No. I*. (
collection of a Tax to defray the necessary expenses
Unn^A 1 " 01 , o .* °‘ fee rityTsS^aniXttl
P0,,w . 1u Immediately levy such
eeplrtor both, and In such man.
tortti b .b^Vu^^ e<lUl * I, ' *° rSt “ f “ d *
By command of
m ar* Brt M ljor Gen J. M BRANNAN.
Witt A. Coulter, A. A. G. suZS-2
QtTOTATIouj
For Southern Bank
BANKING HODSt
or
MANNING & DE FOR ES!
1» WALL STREET, NEH
VIRGI N I A .
Bank of Berkeley t J
*' Commerce, Frederick* hn~
. K!**j! es,on ' CkaKonT*
•• Howards ville
*' Oid Dominion
“ Philippi
“ Rockbridge
" Rockingham. ...”
“ Scottsviiie
“ the Valley
*• Virginia
“ Winchester I
Central Bank of VirgiuU i
Corporation of Alexandria
Danville Bank, Danville .
Exchange Bank of Va., Norfolk
Farmers'BankofFincastle...
__ *' “ Kichtnoud.
m 55555..." v.v:.”
Northwestern Bank at Jeffersonville
Southwestern Bank, WythesWJle * ‘' *
fraders’ Bank, Richmond p
WORTH CAROLIg.
Bank of Cape Fear *'
“ Charlotte * s
“ Clarendon ..*
“ Commetce ;«
*' Fayetteville ij
“ Lexington ,
“ North Carotin. t
“ Wadeaborough.. j
“ Washington
“ Wilmington *
“ YancrrUle.......
Commercial Bank, Wilmington
Farmers' Bank of North Carolina
Merchants'Bunk. Newbern
Bank of Roxboro' \
Miners and Planters’ Bank
Bank of TnomasviUe . $
SOUTH CAROLINA
Bank of Camden
“ Charleston
“ Chester ,
“ Geoigetown Z •'*"*’•
•• Hamburg
“ Newbury *
“ South Carolina ■ ■<,
“ State of Booth Carolina
Commercial Bank. Columbia. -I
Exchange •• •• j.'
Farmer*' and Exchange a
Merchants’, Cheraw * If
People's Bank »
Planter*' “ Ij
Planters' and Mechanics' Bank IS
South W.H.R. :o
State Bank 5
Union Bank IS
t
GEORGIA.
Bank of Angnata! 6 * n< | B4n * £ * D 2 Company ~
“ Athens
** Columbus if
• Commerce ””
“ Fulton *
“ EmpireState
“ Middle Georgia
*• Savannah
Bank of State of Georgia *
Central Railroad Banking Comoani-
City Bank of Augusta.
Farmer*' and Mechanic#. *
Mechanics' Bank !!”!” J
Merchant* and Planters' Bank 14
Planters'Bank 1*
Timber Cutters' Bank .” 15
Union >• r
ALABAMA.
Bank of Mobile
“ Montgomery B
“ Selma «
Commercial Bank *
Central “ f
Eastern Bank .' i
Northern “ *
Southern ••
A
tew liEssKK,
Bank of Chattanooga ,
** Middle Tennessee . . "
*' Tennessee J
*' West Tennessee
City Bank of NaahvUle ■
Merchants' •* .... -
Ococc " !
Planters' “ "
Southern “ ‘
Shelbyvtlle " ....
Traders' •> !
Union •• J
LOUISIANA
Bank of America
“ Louisiana **
*' New Orleans L
Canal Bank ?
Citizens'Bank i
Orescent City I
Louisiana State Hunt- J
Mechanics' and Traders’ Bank.. a
Merchants' •• J
Southern •*
Union •* P
New Orleans City Scrip I'.'.””"”".!.'”!”*
STATE BONDS AND COUPOVv
Virginia Bonds
N Carolina " "t
S Carolina •• ”
Georgia •• '
Tennessee “
MsmphleClty " ' v
Augusta.ua. “ n
Savannah, Ga •• ”. «
from * Sm" In eluded
North Carolina Coupons. . u
Memphis City ■■ "
Tennessee ••
Georgia - c i: :«|r
These Quotations are liable to fluctuate, and cant
be relied on for any length of time. auJ:"l
THE DAILY EXPRESsI
PETERSBURG, VA.
Has entered upon Its Fifteenth year, In an enlup
form, with new type, under auspices highly flstterk
It has a large and daily increasing circulation, and <
feis to merchant* aud others desiring to commas:::!
with the Southern public, advantages surpaued;?
none
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One month o oo
Two months io oo
Three months y ;. u oo
Six Months J 4 00
i One Year «u W
two squAUts.
Two weeks. $lO <W
One month is oo
Two months is (n
Three months uti
Six months 30 W’
One year COW
Persons desiring .greater quantity of space the*
above designated, will be accommodated cu life*
terms. > •
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Single Copy, fmilledj I »•
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Three Months, do $8 00
Six Months do 3 60
One Year do 6 00
Addbxss,
A. F. CRUTf'HFIEED A CO;
PETERSBURG.
Buy Your Claret
AND SHERRY WINES
TONKING‘B,
IN REAR OF POST OFFICE, HILTON HEAD,
eugii '
White Sulphur Sprint
FLORIDA.
1 Popular and Healthful Resort
'T'HE subscriber la prepared to accommodate Boar
A er* at the above named Springs, situated wW
twelve miles of Lake City and seven mils, from W*
bam Station, on the Jacksonville and TsllahasF
Railroad Stag** connect regularly with the trains 1
convey paasengers to the Springe , .
The Sulphur Springs are noted for the boontlfhl n?
ply of water and for Iu medicinal virtue*, many c*w
of long standing disease having been affected by the
use.
Terms adapted to suit the time*.
aus-dlw*Saw3w w. A. TURNER