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The Savannah Daily Herald. BY S. W. MASON &. CO^ SAMVICI. W. Kditor. W. T. THOMPSON’. AsjwUlcEdiliMr. .SAVANNAH, MONDAY. APOCTT 2S, J«65. FOR I.(HU SITTERS SEE THIRD Pi«E. TO advertisers, Onr advertising patrons are reminded that adver -1 cement* inserted ia the Morning Edition of the Heiulc will appear in the Evening without extra i harge. Advertisement, should lie handed in as early as po"sible. hut will be received as late os 12 o’ooek at night. We adhere to onr advertised rates except for long advertisements, or those inserted f"T a long time, on which a reasonable discount will be made. MOW TO OBTAIN THE HERALD REG- I larly, We often have complaints irwm residents of Savan nah and Hi tor Head that they are not able always to retain the Krzai-n- The demand i« sometimes so ',-reat as to exhaust an Edition very soon afer iu issue. *r.a those who vrUh to have the Htaxt-P regularly, should Bab'cribe for It. We have faithful carriers In ia-.ar.nab and at Hilton Head, and ihrouch them we k'.cvays serve regular subscribers first. bisinkss directory OI SAVANNAH. Wc arc now publishing a column and more ofbrtei urines, announcements, carefully clauhied, urtder the general head of • Savannah Business Directory, it includes some forty leading hb.-mesc tnui end nr ms of Savannah. We propose to reulnthlsasa regular feature of the Ukrald. The expenseotlm M-rting cards In this department of the paper 1* very *maU, and we believe the advetUsere will receive more than a proportionate benefit. l'artles wßlunq to have their cards Included in this Directory, can do. *o bv sending them to our counting room, cr hand mg them to Mr. M. 3. Divine, who Is amhorised to receive them, rrepayment will be imarlably re quired. i ■ AS IMPORTANT SPEECH. Marge meeting of the citizens of-6pott sylvania coun'V. Va., was recently held in the town of Fredericksburg, to nominal, candidate* for State and county offices; and, at the solicitation of all preseut, General S. vl Harris, who commands that military de partment, addressed them upon some of the vital issues that aroee incidentally in the course of their deliberations. The speaker having Just frtnrned from the Federal capital, the importance and signifi cance of the views enunciated in his speech are greatly enhanced by the reasonable in ference that, in all he said, he was but the medium of communication between the com munities interested and the National Gov ernment. And if the grave statements of Gen. H. on this occasion, were indeed made by Government authority, we cannot reader our sJoutbera readers more valuable service than to lay before them the views and senti ments expressed by him, which wc do, with the earnest recommendation that they receive the degree of attention, to which, lu our present aaomolous condition, they are so eminently, entitled. Gen. Harris, after a few introductory re marks upon the character of our Govern ment and institutions, said, in substance, that it was not the purpose of the Govern ment to hold the people of the South under military restraint any longer than will be necessary to secure the great results of the war from which the country had just emerg ed, and to tfo less than this would lie recreant to the high trust confided to it by the people. There are some who will tell you that the contest will again be transferred to the field of politics. This will not be allowed. Where any contest has been submitted to the arbi trament of arms, that decision should be final, because there is no other tribunal to which it can be adjourned. And It would be wrong if the Government should again allow the contest to be transferred back to the field of politics, with the probability that after many years of varying results it would' again lead to bloodshed and suite. After announcing that he was a Virginian and went with the North in the struggle in obe dience to the dictates of his conscience, but had a heartfelt desire for the restoration of peace and prosperity to the South, he says the Government expects you to throw over board the old politicians and go among the masses, into the laboring and working class es, and select your representative men. It is due to candor to tell you that the eyes of the Government are constantly upon you, and if you can satisfy it by your conduct that the question of slavery will never be transferred back to the field of politics, you will be re ceived with cordiality and a complete resto ration of your rights. Pointing out the course which the Southern people should pursue, he states that in the beginning of the summer he was two months in Washington, and had the opportunity of conversing with leading men trom all sections of the North, who give as surances that if the Southern people will elect men who will vote for the adoption ol she Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and then alter the legal codes in keeping With it, and elect men to Congress who are Dot responsible for the war and its prosecution, ail will be well. But if men Hre elected to office who, though acknowledging slavery to be dead and themselves tired ol the war, yet cling to their own notions and are unwilling to give up slavery, no repre sentatives from the Southern States will be admitted to Congress. This he says will be a terrible thing, and urges the election ol men to Congress against whom there can be no objection. If this is done, the military will be withdrawn and all civil rights and privileges fully restored. The great point urged upon the consideration of all is the ab solute necessity of leaving nothing undone politically and otherwise, to restore mutual confidence between the recent antagonistic sections of the Union end the Government. That until confidence is restored things must remain as they are, however repugnant the saiUtary may be to the Southern people. On the subject of the Freedman, be pro ceeds to say, the freedom cf the negroes has been so sodden that it must be, to some ex tent injurious to both master and slave, but the change is unalterable and the conse quences must be met. The best po'icy would probably be to separate the races, but that can not be done. There is no separate country in which to colonize them. Then how can their iabor be made available? The Government having said to them that they are freedmen, they must be protected. The way to treat the negroes is to deal with them in a wise, lib eral and conciliatory manner, make them os intelligent and industrious as possible, and offer them every inducement that, a liberal, enligateDtc. and just policy can present. Nentsi H, said, in conclusion, don’t permit your minds to dwell upon the past, but go to b; *orlt and restore your damaged fortune* All uial u a.-ccseary to be done is to acat| t in go and faith the situation, and you tAus adopt a line of policy which will secure you the confidence of the Government and the people of the North. Sectionalism once re moved from the halls of Congress, the men from all part ot the country can meet to gether and devise measures the develope the great resources of a great country.” The people of Georgia will soon be called upon to exercise the elective franchise in the election of suitable persons to fill both State and Federal offlceo, and under circumstances, too, well calculated to embarrass and con fuse them, if not advised of thelwishes and views of the government at Washington, in reference thereto. Hence the importance we attach to the address of Gen. Harris, de livered after a recent interview with the au thorities at Washington, with the implied assurance, at least, that he spoke ex-cat he dra. Toe brie! synopsis here given may be read with interest and profit by all Southerners who expect to participate in the coming elec tions. Edinburg Review and Blackwood'* .Magazine. We have received from the publishers, Leonard, Scott & Cos., their reprints of the Edinburg Review for July, and Blackwood’s Magazine for August. The following are the contents of the Edinburg Review: tt'alton’s L\ft of Bishop Warburton. —An entertaining article in which the merits and Jefects of the Bishop’s literary character are weighed with an impartial hand. /J ot Asylums.—k paper no less character ized by fullness of information in relation to the life and habits of idiots, with the bisto ry of the institutions established lor their improvement, in various parts of the world, than by the sp : rit of humanity by which it is marked. Early Italian Art.—This is more than a mere catalogue of the most eminent of the masters of Italian art in painting and sculp .ure, but a highly intelligent accout, inter spersed with acute criticism ol their respect ive merits and peculiarities. Revision of the English Bible. —There are two parties in the English Cnurch as well as two parties in English politics—one of which is against all further translation or emenda tion of the scriptures, and the other in favor of a progressive movement. The author of this article is a Progressist in the work of emendation and revision of the texts of scrip ture. His article is copious in its informa tion as to what has been effected, and what has been omitted in these branches of theol ogy. He calls for an authorized version, through a Royal Commission. The Tunnel Through the Alps. —This is a clear and succinct account of one of the two most stupendous undertakings of the age, the tunnel through the Alps and the Sue? canal. The possibility of accomplishing ei ther of these works was deemed by the most skillful engineers in Europe impracticable, but, like the prediction of Or. Lardner, as to the scheme of crossing the Atlantic by steam, and the prediction of the English engineer, Stephenson, that the Sue? canal would prove a failure, both of these undertakings arc in a course of speedy accomplishment. Street's Gothic Architecture in Spain. —The most magnificent specimens of gothic arch itecture are found in Spain. The Reviewer has seized the opportunity in his uc counl ot Mr. Street's work to describe not only the architecture of the churches, but also to delineate the general architecture, the cities and the topography of the North of Spain. China and Japan.—The position is assumed in this article that the spirit of conquest and agrandbement in the Western nations of Europe towards the Eastern Is leading to important changes of a social as well as com mercial character in the people of the East ern hemisphere. Russia. England and France have extended and are extending their pos sessions in Asia, and their operations in China and Japan are in the same spirit of territorial acquisition, although dis guised under the resemblance of a desire to open those counties to a commercial inter course with the whole civilized world. This has strengthened the fanaticism of those Eastern nations towards the people of the West, resistance to the introduction of Wes tern ideas and usages being like an article of their religious creed. The work reviewed by the author of this paper recommends armed interference both as regards Cuina and Japan, that is to obtain Chinese and Japan territory it negotiation fails ot sue cess; but although the reviewer does not con cur in the application of force in one mode, he does in another; he is favorable to the policy of compelling the Chinese ana Japanese governments to establish central ization as the best means of compelling the observance of the faith of treaties, und sub due witbin the limits of those countries the spirit ot insubordination. Our limits compel us to abridge our remarks on the other articles. Twinburnts Atlanta in Calcedcn. —The ap pearance of anew poet in the character of a classical dramatist, is considered opportune by the Reviewer to mske some highly inter esting remarks on the cultivation of classical literature in England, while we are able, be observes, "to add that the author baa invested an old greek story with much modern in terest, and exhibited a brilliancy of potic dictionand a power of melody of a very high order.” I.adtf Duff Gordon's Letters from Kqypt. —A sojourner in Egypt for a number of years, Lady Duff Gordon has bad rare oppor tunities for observation of Egyptian character and customs, of which very little Is known in Europe, which opportunities she has greatly improved. Her account of the copts, a remnant of the ancient population, is par ticularly commended by tbs Reviewer. Mvr.io: —This is an instalment of a werii (the translation of Zacretius) com menced by the author eleven years since.— The translation Is praised as tbs next beat to Zacbmann a, celebrated by all who can ap preciate the Latin classics. Dissolution of Parliament. —The Writer of this article seems overjoyed at the occasion of praising the whig policy, and tt» wifi.. leaders, particularly Lord John Russell, to whom Lie awards® lawer measus®of.pane gyric than to Lord Paimety^V.''^ Fir* Cle-rtUn*. i-iuevja,i-ND, iHmio, Aug. 23. Outhwste, fcchtrmer & .Go's oil','refinety was burned last night, Loss ~r—- Mm Alex. b. iQCEPSteHrJkjiI has ordered tha its Faff WifHii to do all In his power to render Xtexaftflerß: Stephens, the distinguished prisoner in bis possession, as comfortable as possible Iht Worth Carolina ‘•Morle**’ at Ont race*-* 1 pon th« The Wilmington Herald, of the 15th inti., contains an official communication irpiu Mavor McLean, of Fayetteville, in which he •tales that, instead of two negroes being lied up and publicly whipped in Fayetteville, that one negro, after being tried and convicted of larceny, was whipped according to the sen tence and laws of the State. Also that the statement of negroes being “tied to trees and whipped and left tied un til a .•torm prostrated the trees" is false, tire report originating ftcm the fact that a mili tary officer caused two sheep-stealing ne groes to lie tied by their thumbs to a lamp post for two hours na a punishment for tbeir offence. The Mayor knows ot no cases of cruelty to negroes cither by civilians or the civil au thorities. If. \\ . Hardie, Sheriff ol Cumberland roun }y, states that the report that he publicly whipped two negroes at Fayetteville is false. : The K fcrcckv Elec rtox. —At last accounts \ the conservatives of Kentucky had elected ! nineteen senators ; the radicals seventeen, There are but two districts to hear from; there is hardly a doubt that by the result in these districts the conservative majority will be still further increased. For*y-five con servative representatives in the lower house of the Legislature are certainly chosen, to twenty-eight radical representatives. The tweUiy-sefcn districts to hear from will ! probably swell tbe total conservative vote in the House to sixty*, giving the radicals forty. The vote on State Treasurer is very close. Ninety-eight counties give Garrard, conser vative, 40,222, and Neale, radical, 38,866 — Garrard s majority 135. Two counties are yet to be heard from, but it is hardly proba ble that the Conservative majority wifi be reduced. Mr. Garrard recently died; tbe vacancy tims caused has been filled by ap pointment by the governor, Mr. Mason Brown having been chosen. The result ot the election tor representatives in Congress shows a return of five conservatives and four radicals. Cole lie* ter Convicted of being a Juglzr. Buffalo, August 23. The case of Colchester, the spirited medi um in the United States Court here, which has attracted considerable attraction, was givn to the jury last night. This morning they returned a verdict in accordance with the indictment, viz : that he is a juggler. Judge Hall has reserved the sentence.' A large number of spiritualist, male and fe male, attended the trial.. President Johnson has requested the At torney-General to suspend the- issue of war rants for pardon until further orders. I’his action has been taken in order to facilitate a general clearing up of the numerous and com plicated petitions now before the President, to give him the opportunity to adopt some plan which will prevent unnecessary and shameful intervention by the pardon brokers. 1 Negro Laborebs Going North —A Wash ington despatch says The demand for farm hands, laborers, and house servants upon the Freednien’s Bureau front the Northern. Eastern, and Middle States is very large, and threatens to go much beyond the supply. Orders have been sent to Richmond to forward several hundred hands. Marital Incendiarism. —John Cusick, re siding nt No. 00 Baxter street, New York, had a disturbance with his wife, Ellen, about 8 o’clock on Sunday evening, in tbe course of which he threw her on the floor and set tire to her clothing, burning her in a most shnk’mg manner. He was arrested The leading Massachusetts Radicals are uut with a long letter, elegantly printed on folio letter sheets, and circulated under the frank of members of Congress, to break down the President and his policy of recon struction. Marriage of Gen. Grovrp.. —Brevet Major Gen. Cuvier Grover, formerly in command here, was married at Northampton, Mass., last week, to Miss Susie Willard Flint. Mr. Dunlap, a Baltimore merchant, left Norwich on Friday with aerate of Maltese kittens, to supply the demand in Baltimore, where the feline species are very scarce. Popular Feeling At tlie South. It is amusing, and yet provokiug, to those who are In search ol knowledge under diffi culties, to read the contradictory reports of the state of things at the South which come to us every hour over the telegraphic wires, and every day in the mail bags. It is impos sible, however, tit expuct any thing belter until society at the South is reconstructed on anew and permanent foundatioh. The conduct of the people there ia of course affected by old prejudices, by thair personal losses in fortune and friends, fry their natural disposition, and again by the degree of rea*ou and individual judgment with which people meet misfortunes of any kind in lift in intuition to all tliis, we must make due allowance tor the pnjunices, the disappoint ments, and the erroneous judgment* of the litter-writeie It is worthy of remark that, the official re pons and the' letters of military officers lo cated at the South, are much more favorable than the average of other amounts which come to hand. The military authorities it may he presumed are less liable to have their opinions warped by Interest and prejudice tbau the outside adventurers and travellers who furnish reports lor publication, fr Some of ibe letters published in the pa pers are valuable for lDt'oimation, and we can generally judge from the internal evi dence whether the statements are to be re lied upon as correct, or are misrepsentations and exaggerations.— boston .fournal The editor of the Journal must have been reading some of the associated press reports from North Carolina. Teatcgwc Affairs. [From tfce :;**hviiie Vispeads. Gen- Ramsay, late of the rebel army, and in command of Knoxville when Governor Browolow and others were arretted and. put in prison, was arrested on Wednesday and sent to Knoxville to stand trial on the charge of murder. [From the Cbutaaecja Gazetted We learn that Gen. Stoneman he* recently been inquiring into the doing*" of a num ber of officers under his command, resulting in rather serious consequences to many who have heretofore stood high in the estimation of the community. As soon as we learn the facts, we shall give them to our readers. We team that Col. Miller, late radical candidate for Congress in tbe First District, Lieut. Kelly, his Brigade Quartermaster, and Lieut. Miller, his Commissary, are now under arrest. More berafter. Th* Calais, Maine, Advertiser, says that the rust has struck tbe potato crop in that region more severely this season than It has done for many years past. Many of the fiarmsrs have commencsa digging them up, hoping to 38Ve some of them Whole fields which looked finely a week ago, now look 8s Vlaek as If a fire bad run through them. LATERFROK HEW YORK. ARRIVAL OF THE ARIADNE. THE WIRZ TRIAL RESUMED. LATER FROM EUROPE. Action of the Mississippi Convention. THF. PRESIDENT TO IISIT RICHMOND By the arrival of the steamer Ariadne last night we have New York dates to the 24tb. The court martial convened to try Henry Wirz, keeper of the Andersonville rebel pri son pen, met on Wednesday, when Judge Advocate Chipman read a War DejiarUnent order dissolving the former commission in the case, blit convening anew one composed of tlie sarac members. These iieing sworn in; Wirz was again arraigned, and the charges and specifications in the main the same as the previous ones, were lead. They omit, however, the names of General Lee, rebel War Secretary Seddon and rebel Com missary of Subsistence Northrop, who were at first indicted with Wirz, but retain the charges of conspiracy, murder, cruel pun ishment and barbarity. The two gentlemen who acted as the prisoner * counsel objected to these proceedings, and ssked for a delay to give time to prepare the proper defence. Subsequently, however, both of them, after an extended conference with Judge Advo cate Chipman, abandoned the case and left the court room, and the latter gentleman was appointed by the President of the commis sion to defend the accused. The court then adjourned till noon to-day. The Mississippi State Convention has pass ed an ordinance declaring null and void tire ordinance of secession, and repealing all other ordinances of the secession convention excepting that relating to revenue. The members of the convention, at an informal meetiug, acquiesced in a petition to Presi dent Johnson, requesting him to pardon Jeff'. Davis and Clark, the rebel ex-Governor of their State. A committee of over one hundred citizens has been appoialed in Richmond to give President Johnson a fitting reception on Lite occasion of his anticipated visit. There have arrived in Richmond, direct from Europe, a large parly of Swedish emigrants who de sign settling in the upper part of the James River valley. The Canard steamship Persia arrived at New York on Wednesday, with two days later advices from Europe. The uon-airival of the Great Eastern was giving rise to all sorts of melancholy fore bodings in Eugland. On this side of the water the explanation is Very clear. The Great Eastern only started on her return voyage one day be tote tie Persia sailed from Queenstown. \Ve cannot expect to hear of her arrival in England for a full week. The political news brought by this arrival has no special interest. The cholctt was still making headway in Italy, The loyal Americans, resident in Paris, have presented Mon«. Malerpine, chief edi tor of the Opinian Nationals (Prince Na poleon's organ,) with a maguificent service of silver, in appreciation of his sympathy, as manifested during the war, for our na tional cause in the late rebellion. In the London money market, od the 11th inst., United States five-twenty bonds sola at (17 aC7 1-8. British Consols closed at 88 1-2 aBC 3-4. Cotton was unchanged. A despatch to the Toronto (Canada; Globe states that Robert E. L»e, late rebel General, is expected shortly tu arrive in Montreal. One of the members of the Canadian Cab inet announced in Patliament yesterday the intention of the government, at the earliest practicable time, to enlarge all the canals of the provinces, with the design of attracting the trade of our Western States. A man named Leinas, who, the telegraph states, is suspected of being an accomplice of the assassin Booth, was arrested at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Tuesday of last week. There was another railroad accident In Connecticut on Monday evening. A train on the New Haven and New London Kail road run over a cow near Branford.and three of the cars were thrown from the track.— Ten or twelve of the employes on the train and one passenger received severe injuries; but no one was killed. The White House was again crowded on Wednesday with persons desiring an inter view with the President. Among the num ber in attendance were twenty-five ladies, who were received by President Johnson at two o'clock, la a body, after which the doors of the President’s office were thrown open, and the gentlemen were admitted. During the morning Herscbel V. Johnson, candidate for Vice-President on the ticket with Douglas, and who was lately pardoned through the kindly intercession of Mrs. Douglas, succeeded in getting a private in terview, and remained in consultation) with the President for about an hour. Provisional Governor Parsons, of Alabama, bus telegraphed a request to tbe President to suspend all petitions for pardon heretofore recommended by him. The President has received a violently In sultipg letter from a Southern lady, rating him lor “the murder” as she calls it, of Mrs. Surratt FBOS WASHiVaTOK. 'Eke rieaioe Btatlw-Tfae lultc a States aad Saint Osmingo. Washisoto-v, Aug. 34. Despatch to the Commercial Advertiser: A feeble attempt is making here to renew the • Monroe Doctrine excitement” over the quarrel between Spain and St. Domingo But a can assure you that there la not the slightest ground for supposing that the Gov ernment will depart fa the least ftotn rte policy of non-interference it has adopted in regard to this and all similar cases. Ttov Boston Trias—Sentenced to Insrtson. mnnt Can V Adi. F Boston-, Aug. 24. The trial of Antoine Van Weijner, Goo. R. Northredge, Patrick Shay and John Dolan, charged with rape, was commenced and closed in the Superior Court yesterday, and at a late hour last night returned a verdict of guilty. Judge Russell at once sentenced the four criminals to tbe State Prison for life.— Tbe crime was committed oh Sunday the 13th Instant. Accident to «n Recursion Train. Boston, Aug. 84. An excursion train, filled with passengers, returning to tbe city last evening from a pic nic party at Ablngton. on tbe "Old Colony I Railroad, oamc in collision with a band-car « mi Hie track, in wfiloh were two men. Tlie inigpnc, lender, baggage. smoking, and lour pa*,, nger ears were thrown from the : track, three ot the luller being capsized down an embankment. They contained nearly one hundred and fifty passengars, including many ladies, who were taken out of the windows. It was found that less than half a-dozen had re ceived injuries and none of a serious nature. Several of the cars were badly shattered, and the track torn up. The Bnruina of Chamhrrsburg. Indict ment of (lie Hebei General Mt('*u«l«ii<i. [Despatch to tlie Philadelphia Inquirer.] Hareisbcbo, Aug. 23. True hills having been found by the Grand Jury of Franklin County, against McCaus land and others who were the immediate in strumentalities iu the burning of Chambers hnrg and the pillaging of tbs border by the rebels during the war, requisitions have been made m>on the Governors of Old Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland tor the rendi tion of these persons to the custody of the Pennsylvania authorities for trial at Cham bersburg. These men, if tried by a. jury of loyal Pennsylvanians, will have a hard road to travel. Gov. Curtin has sent officers to take these rnen into custody. A Ounbost Koimitm at Sne-Tlu Offirtra and Crew Saved. The United States steamer Donegal, Act ing Master George H. Avery, from Port Royal, arrived at New York on Wednesday morning. She touched Charleston and Beaufort. When the Donegal left Charleston, she had in convoy the United Stntcs steamers Phila delphia, Gialiolus, and Commodore McDo nough, and patted company with the two former oft' the Chesapeake, they being or dered to Baltimore. On the morning of the 22d the Commodore McDonough sprung a leak; the wind being Northwest and blowing, a furious gale with a heavy sea running, which caused her to fill so rapidly as not to admit of tbe officers or crew saving anything belonging to them. The bouts of the Donegal were lowered and the officers and crew taken off in safety. Laid by the wreck until 10:30 A. M., when, finding she was breaking up, leit her. Her eommander was the last to leave her. New York Money Market. Thursday. Aug. 24—P. M. The case in money continue*. Large amounts are offered helow the current rates, and the tendency is strongly toward tils low rates prevailing iieiure ihe secretary of the Treasury unde Hook to put the brake upon the market by bolding over $10,000,000 of cur rency in the Treasury. ■ - Tiie carreut rate on call loans Ls six per cent., with exception* at »per cent.; should the present relation of supply and deraund be continued, there is no im probability of a ronr or five per cent, rate within a tew days. Discounts are quiet at seven per cent, for A 1 names, and eight to ten per cent, for lower grades. Gold U weak. The speculative movement Is fee ble, "the street” being appsreutlr disposed to let the premium take its own course’, opinion Is less posluve as to tbe probability of an important foreign export of specie, which partially accounts for the weakness of price. The quotation ha* averaged during the morning about 142 New York Market. New York, Aug. 24—P. M. Cotton dull and drooping ; Middling 44 a 40c. Flour—Receipts 10,SOS bble.; sales 14,000 barrels; State und Western 5a 10 cents better ; State $6 80 asß 10; Ohio sS9O»sll ; Western $6 ssasß 25. Southern firmer. Sales WO ;bs. Mixed to Good $9 go a $lO 30. Fancy and Fxtra $lO 40 a sl4. Canada 50. a loc. better—sales 360 bbls. Common Extra $7 90 a $3 to. Fxtra Good to Choice $8 so a *ll. Wheat—Moderate request without decided change In prices. Sales 00,000 bushels. Corn 1 cent better; sales 60.000 bushel*. Western mixed 94a94ii. , Oats firmer; Northwestern file. Beef steady; sales 100 bbls. Pork firmer: sales TSO bbls. New Mess 32,76. Prime 24; Prime Mess 26 t2a23. Lard steady ; sales 200 bbls at 19.^*2S^. Bniter qnlct; sales of Ohio 22a29. State 3?533. Whiskey firmer at 2 20 for Western. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOUTH STREET, NEW YORK. Several Building* Destroyed. I.08s(8 fpward of Holt a flllllaw. At about one o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out at No. 204 South street, on the premises of T. Baxter and R. McVoy, ship joiners. On the arrival of the firemen it was ascertained that the flames had ex tended to Van Dyke’s Hotel and Restaurant, at the corner of Catharine and South streets. Tlie alarm spread rapidly, and ere long all the engines of the surrounding districts were on hand, while on immense crowd gathered around the burning buildings. Before the flames could be subdued several buildings were burned down, and losses sustained to tlie amount ot some $600,000. LOSSES AND INSURANCE. No. 401 Water street, J. J. Hicks, keeper —place burst open, and fire communicated to the goods before the flames were subdued. The store and contents were destroyed. No. 204 South street, second floor, Baxter & McVoy, ship joiners; loss about SSOO and insured lor that amount. Third and fourth floors, S. Adams and F. West, rigging loft; loss $1,500, insured in the Market Insurance Company for $2,000. The first floor, a por ter house kept by Joseph Munson; loss $600; no insurance. Basement occupied by James Hughes as a junk shop; loss $400; Insured lor $2,000 in the Manhattan Insurance Com pany. The building is damaged to the ex tent of $3,000. No. 205 South street, building and stock damaged by water. The first floor is oc cupied as u porter house by William W. Monk, and the upper part by D. Hooper, Shelton <& Smith, and William A. Moore. Their loss will amount to abottt $1,000; partly insured. The building is owned by William Valentine and is damaged about S2OO. No. 202 South street, Steamboat Hotel, F. G. Kleist; damage by watei about $2000; In sured for $2,500. Some of the rear rooms of Van Dyke’s Hotel were considerably damaged and tbe loss will amount to about $1,500 ; fully In sured; Building damaged abouut $l,0n0; I- surcd. The rear part of building Nos. 397 and 399 Water street, occupied by S. E. P. Smith <fc Cos., dealers in old iron'and copper, dam aged to the extent of SSOO. The building is owned by G. C. V. Roosevelt No. 401 Water street, bonded storage store, J. J. Hicks, keeper. Tnis building contained some 7,(HK) half chests of tea and 2,000 bags of coffee. In tbe cellar were a few cratesof crockery. Casey & Cos., John C’aswell & Cos., and W. H. Fogg i Cos. were the owners ol the tea, besides some others whose names could not be ascertained. Huger, Bennett & Cos. had a quantity of coffee ou the premi ses. The building is damaged to the extent of $4,000, and is owned by J. J. Hicks; said to be covered by insurance. The water flooded th* bonded warehouse of No. 403 and the lower tiers of goods will be some what damaged. Messrs. John J. Hicks £ Cos. had some 30,000 half chests of tea stored in their bond ed warehouse, Nos. 206 and 208 South street, and Nos. 401, 403 and 405 Water street, on Which Messrs. Westray, Gibbes A Hard cas tle bod $140,000 insurance la the Arctic, Lor illaid, Lafayette, Pacific, and other compan ies we could not learn. CASbALTIES. When the roof of No. 204 South street fell in the gable end tall on the roof of tbe build ing No. 203, on which were standing several firemen. The flames flashed forth instantly, and one of tbe men, J. D. Paneau, a mem ber of the Hose Company, was very badly bruised and was inured by the fulling bricks. Mtcbael Crane, a member of 21 Engine Company, was also badly bruised by the falling of the wall. The police from the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and Twelfth Preclnts were promptly on hand, and did good service. the origin or tax FIKS. From statements mads to the Aa«iat»n, Fire Marshal by Andrew Rlker, one of tfl* employees on tbe premises, it appears that Mr. McVoy was preparing some glue, and had just made a fire in the fire place, when hr turned around to speak to a person who had jttst come in. During this time the ilames spread to shavings on the floor close by, and all attempts to extinguish them proved unavailing. Financial and Commercial. New York Money Market. Wednesday, Aog. 23d, 1863. Moacy Hhowt, a steady tendency toward easier rate*. The prevailing rate* on call is s per cent., with excenftuus at 7 per cent. First-class borrowers iiave money offered them lu large amounts at 3 per cent. ; but lu the absence of profitable means lor employing funds there is little disposition to accept such offers. At present the prospect appears to favor an earlv return to five per cent. Gold Is vacillating, Uiough active. The current demand lor customs appears to lx-, to a large ex tent, met iiy tiie Treasury sales of gold. Yesterday's bleak in the firmness ol the exchange drawers, and tbe prospect that cotton shipments mav soon reduce the quotations for exchange, lmve al*o' a depressing effect upon the premium. This morning the quota tions have ranged at 143 Na 144. Foreign exchange is merely nominal. Drawers find that remitters do not readily respond to their advanced quotations, and at the close of yesterday's business, the steillug. go days, wu* sold at loss;. The stock market ha* relapsed into the condition of stubborn dullness, from which it was aroused by the Ketchum development*, in ail kind* of securities the movement is utmost nominal. Operators nave returned to their summer recreations, and there Is apparently no prospect of any revival of business until the hot season is closed. Governments are Ihe only securities that at all approach activity. Thera has been a slight specula tive movement lu Seven-thirties, attended with more firmness in quotations. Five-twenties show increas ing firmness. lu the race of a further decline in quo tation* at Loudon, and an easier tendency In gold and exchange. There is still a steady demuud n-om roreign houses for the old issue, which, though light, yet, wlrh the present scarcity of bonds, tells very di rectly upon quotations. The new issue rose S' at the board : ti'sol IWI were V, better; Seven-thirty Treas ury Notes higher, and New Certificates jf. London, Aug. 12—livening. Consols closed at 89a 89 X lor money. American Stocks.—The latest sales were : Illi nois Central Kallroud, 76; Erie Kallroad, 64 Sa66 ; United States Five twenties, G 7 a C7J4- Tiie latest return ol the Bank of France shows the following result as compared with the previous week's return ; Increase—Treasury balance, 3 k million*. Decrease—Cash, C 8-10 million*; bill* dis counted, 9 2-5 millions; advances, V; million ; notes, I million ; current accounts, 18 4-5 millions. Very little change lias taken place lu the value of money on the Continent. New York Market. ’ . , New yokk, Aug. 22. Cotton has advanced one to two cents, closing at 46. Whiskey $2 20. Wheat 3to Bc. higher. Coifte dull ; Sugar active at 12>;c., Porto Kldo 14y;. pork dull at * 12. Sierllug Exchange 109,’j. Gold 144 J». New Yore, Aug. 23—2 P. m. Fi OCR, Ac.—The FlouV market is 15c.n25c. belter with, however, scarcely s\ much doing. The advance insisted upon materially checks the uemaud. The sales are 13,000 fibls. at $6 flf>as7 26 for Super flue State ; $7 50u*7 75 for Fxtra Stuie ; $7 80a$s for choice do.; s# 63a57 26 I'oi Superfiue Western ; *7 06 a*s 15 for common to medium Extra Western ; $8 86 as9 10 for common to good shipping brands Extra Hound Hoop Ohio, and $s 25a51l for trade brands, tbe market closlug dull, with buyers rerusiug to pay the advance. Southern Flour is flrmer, with sales 860 bbls. at $9 26a510 25 Tor common, and $lO JOaJU for Fano and Extra. Canadian Flour is 16c.a25c. higher. Sales 400 bills, at £7 75a$8 for common, and $s loasu for good to choice Extra. Grain.—The Wheat market opened 2c.asc. better .on Spring, but closed dull at 2c.a3e. advance. Ship pers generally refuse to operate at iheudvancp. Provision*.—The Pork market is firmer, with a good ik-mauil, mainly speculative. Tlie Heel market is steady, with a lair inquiry, l'riuie Mess Is quiet; so tea. sold al S2O 50a$2i 26.’ Cut meats are firmer, with a moderate demand. Sales 48<> pkgs. at I4v,c.u 16t-„c. for Shoulders, and 19c.a23c. for Hams. Bacon is Inactive. The Lard market Is firm, sales 926 bbls. at I9>jc.a24j.c. Butter is lu demand at 22c.a£9c. for Western, and 32ea38c. for State. Cheese Is in ralr request at 10c.al6c. Whiskey—ls active and flrmer. Sales 650 bbls. at s2l9as2 20, closing firmer at the latter price. Tallow—ls less active ; sales s4,oooibs, at 12‘fc.a 13>je. * Freights—Are firmer. To Liverpool, per steamer, 200 boxes cheese at 405.; and to Glasgow, per steam er, soo boxes cheese at 405.; ",000 bushels wheat at 6d. The Corn market is a shade flrmer. Sales 84,000 bushels, at 92c. foruiisottud, and 93c. a 93 «c. for sound Mixed Western. Oats are heavy and lower, with sales of Western at COc. in store and afloat. Rice—is quiet and steady, with sales since our last so bbls. Caroline at loe. a lov;e. Coffee.—Tlie market Is firm with fair demand. Sales since our last 4,900 bags Kio, lu bond, at W tfc. gold. Sugar—ls firm and in good request. Sales since our last 1,200 hhds. at 11>; a 14J.C. for Cuba Mus covado ; 14V,c. lor Porto Rico, and 1,900 boxes Havana at 12c. a 14170. Molasses—is firm, without, however, nothing of moment doing. Way—ls steady at OOc a Gsc. for new shipping, and 60c. a 70c. for new retail lots ; and *oc. a 156 c. lor old shipping, and 90e. a 95c. for old retail lots. Tea -Is firm but quiet. No sales reported. A remarkable forgery and robbery came to light in New York on Tuesday lait. One George Gladwin obtained $200,000 in railway bonds sf one of the clerks of the St. Nicholas Hotel on a forged order, and also used a check for nearly $4,000 on a bank in that city with a forged endorsement. He was arrested in New-Haven, Conn., and at once confessed his guilt. The Paris correspondent of the London Star says the popular subscription of teu centimes for a gold medal for Mrs. Lincoln was still progressing. There were 25,000 sub scribers, and a committee appointed to raise the number to 100,000. A Danoxbocs Counterfeit. —A counter feit silty-dollar note of the United States was presented at the Mint in Philadelphia ou Monday last. It is apparently and doubtless from anew plate, and is pronounced u dan gerous lac-simile of the genuine fifties. The London Daily News says there is no prospect whatever of any further payments of dividends or principal of the Confederate loan. Robberies and murders are still the order of the day in Memphis. Many persons have had large sums of money and other descrip tions of property stolen from them. The Secretary ol the Navy is effecting re ductions at a rate that will soon uarrow down the effective force of the Navy Department to a total of not more than 10,000. The reported murder of the Hon. John Perkins, jr., of Louisiana, is contradicted. He is safe in Mexico, but was robbed of S2OO in gold and two of his guides killed. DeFRAUDINO THE GoVKRMCNT BV FOKOE biks.—Luther Gallagher, of Bloomfield, N. J., recently m the Quartermaster’s Depart ment, was arrested aud sent to Fort Warren on the charge of defrauding the Government by forgeries. v. Five tin-dads sold at auction in New Or leans recently brought enormous prices.— The Carrie Bassett was bought by E. C. Ave ry & Cos. at $19,500; tbe Nyansa by Captain Finnegan at $34,000; the Glide and Talla hatchie at $17,100, and the Fort Gaines at $9,600. t —i " ■ ' Building Lots for Sale. NOS. 37 and 38 Calhoun Ward, at corner Ltnsoln *? and atreetatiear St. Paul'* Church; be sim ple ; 67x100 feet Price *3,000 cask, U sold together. Also. City Coupons, Railroad Stock and Males. HBNRT BRYAN. CIRCULAR. OF FICE OP STREET COMMISSIONER, ) Savannah, Ga„ August 23,156C.J Ia accordance with General Orders No. 2s all Horses,Males and CaUlefonnd at large on tbe street* «sßstSfa,“Sss,«sysat mains In pound. 7 wuue ™ re- If not called for ia five daw, th* v *hnii vertised In tbe city papers for tfu-ee day*, ud Bvt Brig; G«n. DAVIS. snIAA SPWARD A. PARKINBON, *9244 Capt. and Street CommiMioner. XKW VDVI-iRTINEMKYTS. ATTENTION' Metropolitan Fire Company. The members of this Company win jkgL, attend the first regular meeting at' Fhe SSgPteXmau'.Hab, oa Monday nUUt, AuVc?i' JEEISL—Stkh, at 8 o’.lock previously. aiy—. ipectedtobspicacnt. ’ r Bv order of the PRESIDENT. Wu, -N. Vai-LOAt. secretary. Rti2g.j Merchant's Line Sailing Vessels FOR NEW YORK. Thc splendid caw extreme Clipper WSm&Z? ARTHUR EGGLESO, fiarrouJ. master, it ready to receivecar-o and have quick dispatch. For weight „ r superior accommodations, apply t# 1 Raving au -*’ tr C. L. CoLBY A CO., Agent a. FOR DOCTOR" TOYVJV. npHE light draft atezmer OAK. Canialc G W Tnesd^re" 11 , 1 reC T‘ W ** day and Tnesdey morning, Angttst 29th, at 10 o'clock. Fnr e wii m K?‘ pald b * th " snippers in For freight or passage apply to KEIN & CO (PANT, uVlodical otices. OEFICK and Kerideqce removed to corner 1 resident and Abercom etreets, in rear of Court House Dr. .1 VS. B. HEAD. strefis Knd Abercorn .treeiA ® htad - Residence South Broad an£s u 8id *’ 2d door Drayton street -- U . ’ l>r K iBT P MVHKB CAUTION. SUPERINTENDENT'S OF ICE C. R. R.,v T? Ut i W l , offire of the Central 'Rsdroad'tavln 1 A been broken open and a number 0/ tick teatolerf all persons are cautioned against purchasing UrkJ}: frrm any person except the ticket agent at the lienot . °- W- SCATTKRUOOD/ * Assistant Sop'L BAGGINO & ROPE. BEST Goods at tbe lowest nnrket p icer. bv „ „ , HAS. L. UCILLEUtJIIEt No. 9 Stoddard's Range, opp. Custom House Also—A few barrels and cases Bourbon Whl Key. HEALKg'Kfj .BUD l>ioi .'JI Uu .. Y _ „ Savannah, G«., am. 28, 1-05”"' l Gknspal Onnxa,) ® ’ No. 26 ; Puisuaut to General Order No. 18, Headcuarter* District of Savannah. Ist Division bepartment of Georgia, the following Taxes will be coitcied ude '' Tp * n,€ ■ , of «re«s, Clean •iT'hnnaiLwAO PK Cfl,t n P° D 811 lnCom«3 Os uxtiiundred (60. g UolUra or upwards from Heal hi * d - Tax on all Sales of Liquor as per General Order No. IS, from these Headquarters. 3d. Tax on all Traders, Dealers, Commission Mer of one n l P er cent, oush safes and commission?*. 4th. Them Taxw will be paid monthly, commcnc log on ahe 32at inrt., to the Tax Collector, ou at count Os sales and rents sworn to by parties Dt 6th All persons who have received Licenses with riot paying the license fee as specified in General Or dt?r Wo. J.t, from fhege Headquarters, are hereby no l fi^h h * 4 £ tkelr Licensee are revoked from this date iojftheir bultniwa. 11 *** W,U Utli. All persona coming under the provisions of this order will report immediately to Tax Collector mid register their names and place of business Ac Auv «?*»“ “•njOtex to comply with the requirements ol this order will be subject to a line 1 7th. Capt. Calvin H. Pike. 16M N. Y. Vols., is h«re “ I* 1 Collector,City of B.vsnirh He will be obeyed and respected accordingly By command of 4 Wm. H. Em;., a. A B A n Ü Br *’ E P TO CARPENTERS, mechanics, AND CONTRACTORS PROPOSALS nre solicited for planking Dillon's \\ hari, say 142 feet front by i4tj r eet Hand in vonr estimate AT ONCE ff you wiah to se cure a good job. ‘ Apply to aa36 ' 3 ERWIN A HARDEE. HAY, BRICKS,&c. piUME Eastrrn Hay, Spruce Boar 3, liricka and A. Shingle*, just received and for sale in lots to snit purcniiierp, by „ ~ _ horatiq pitcher, Harris Wharf, foot ot Lincoln street, BU - C Under the Blntf, Buy Your Claret AND SHERRY WINES —at y TONKINGS, IN REAR OF POST OFFICE, HiLTON HEAfi aag?4 . ü buyTourcoolHs —AT— TONKiNG‘B, IN REAR OF POST OFFICE, HILTCSft IXAD ts White Sulphur Springs, FLORIDA. A Popular and Healthful Resort. T H ?'“^ be L ta to accommodate Board , , •** ft the above named Springe, situated wUhln twelve miles of Lake City and eeven miles from Wei RMb ° n * he J,ctoon ' llle «nd Tallahassee Railroad. Stagea connect regularly with tbetrainato cooyej passengers to the The Sulphur Springs are notedforthe booatltal enp plr of water and for i,s roadidnt) virtues, nunycaael oGong a tending disease having been affectedby ttor Terms adapted to antt the timea. aul-dl „<a2aw2w W. A. TURNER LEGAL NOTICE, haring claims against tbe estoteof will present them, duly attested, snd those Indebted will mike p-iyment to .n?c OHAS - H olmstead, unstc-eod.i yuu,lfled.fc*«,:utor. SMALL FARM FOR SALE. 22 1.2 ACMS LAND, mostly first quality and * * aboat one half cleared -2,q inllea from town, close to Oge.ehce road; improvements destroyed. Bounded north and wett of lauds or e» tate Minis: east by Lawton, aud w<vr, by sloan Price, 550 per acre, cash »» 86 -- HENItY BRVAN. Boilers for Sale, 2CTLANDEB BOILERS, in cood .1..* .. hr i-sower Will oiuer, ft boot 15 Acrse power, wui be Bolder on i^piicaticn auSe-3 p - VONGE, Bay street. XX. tVIiITAJO. J. R X.lmtx p. a. W4ir Williams, Melntire & Cos., auction AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS BA7 STREET, o-a. Baldwin k Cos,; Krwln <fc Hardee, Oaden A L’nckies, la-a.- T> La bridge Roberta, JCsq.; Wy.ly Wood- WINTON A BANKSTON, BUILDERS AND CONTRACTOR L atao give strict attention to Sap<r ntandlng BsUttoga. and to Ml work omftXUtTuSE