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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.. IOK LOCAL XiTTRti SEE THIRD PAGE. TO ADVERTISERS. Oar advertising patrons are reminded tliat adver tisements inserted in the Morning Edition of the Hrt.i o will appear in the Eveuiug without extra charge. Advertisement 1 * should t>c handed in as early ... poaaihle, but will be received ns late *s 11 o'c.ork at night. We adhere to on* advertised ralea exeepi tor long advertisements, or those inscitedfT a long time, on which a reasonable discount wilt be made lIOW TO OBTAIN THE HERALD REG ILARLI.• We olten have complaints from rt.-iienta of Savan nah and Hilton Head that they arc not able always to obtain the Fi*ai.i>. The demand is sometimes ao rreat as t3 exhaust an Edition very soon apvr its issue, slid thoee who wish to have the Hukcu* regularly, should subscribe for It. We have faithful carriers in Ma\ annah and at Hilton Head, and through them we always servo regular subscribers ttret. 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 ADVERTISING RATES. ONE SQUAtI Two weeks $ 6 W 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 »• One Month, do 15 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