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Newspaper Page TextThe Savannah Daily Herald. by s.w. mason&co. SAMI El. W. MASOX Kd llo *- W. T. THOWMK. Amo»I»I« Editor. savannah, fkiday. September s, ISCS. HI LOCAL BITTEBB SEE THIRD PiCE. F VEXING EDITION' OF THE HERALD. B\ an accident to oar press » e were obliged to sus pend ear Evening Edition temporarily, and various circumstances now load us to announce it* dtscon ttnnance for a few- days longer. We shall resume Its pui<i*odU*»ii &oou. TO advertisers. Oar advertising patrons lire reminder that adver tisement* inserted in the Morning Edition of the Krutn tviß appear in the Evening without extia rbarge. Advertisements should be handed in as early a* possible, bnt will be received as iste »s 12 o'clock at night. We adhere to onr advertised <*> except lor long advertisements, or those inserted for * tong -time, on which a reasonable discount will he made. HOW TO OBTAIN THE HKRAI.D REG. I'LARLY. We often have complaints from lesidents of Savan nah and Hilton Head that they are not able always to obtain the Fraai.n. The demand is sometimes so gieat as to exhanst an Edition very soon aPer its issue, and those who wish to havt the Hkbai.d regularly, should subscribe for it . We have faithful carriers in Susannah and at Hilton Head, and through them we always serve regular snbarriDers first. BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF SAVANNAH. We are now publishing a column and more ofhriel business annonneements, carefully classified, under the general head of "Savannah Business Directory. ii Includes some forty leading business men and firms of Savannah. We propose So retain this as a regular feature of the Herald. The expense of in sorting cards In this department of the paper Is very small, and we believe the advertisers will recoil e more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing to have their cards incladed in tills Directory, can do so hy sending ttiem to onr counting room, or hand ing them to Mr. M. J. Divine, who Is authorised to receive them. Prepayment will be invariably re quired. —— EKCTI RE DF ( APT. J. H. THOMAS. This lecture was delivered on Wednesday niglit, if not to ft numerous, to a select au dience, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, the vestry of which] generously gave the use of (heir place of worship for the Itcnevo thnt object for which the lecture wns deliv ered. The lecturer after a neat apofogv for his appearance, stated that it was at flic so licitation of a number of young friends for the relief of a Confederate soldier who had lost both of his eyes at one of the recent battles in the vicinity of Richmond. The art and practice of lecturing has be come of late one of almost universal enjoy ment. While it affords a fine field for ora torical power, there is no topic in literature, ■scieuce and art—in politics or religion to whicli it may not be- made subservient. While it addresses itself to the sympathies of an intelligent and cultivated audience by many points of contact, it can be made the most attractive powce of knowledge by the aids of rhetoric. Even the abstract truths of science may be rendered interesting by felicitous illustration, by theblanishmentsof language, by those graces of delivery that bring the resources of a captivating rhetoric within the magic circle of lire lecturer who knows how to use them. Much of the pow er in this respect ol Edward Everett, the most popular and accomplished lecturer , in the United States, arose front his command of these aids and resources, in sddition to his general ability, his earnestness in the communication ot knowledge, and his highly cultivated mind. Both the eye and the ear were satisfied, while the understanding was exercised and the imaginatiou filled with .beautiful imagery and appropriate illustra tion Hence the lecture room has become the source ot instruction and the means ol popularizing knowledge.’ Capt. Thomas took for his theme .Mora! Heroism, which from its didactic nature, is difficult to render attractive, and to handle sk Rally, nevertl e iele: a ecared the undivid ed atten-tion of the appreciative audience In such a field there are not many laurels to be gathered, still in the various aspects in which he presented the subject, and the earnest animated manner in which he treated it his auditors were throughout interested. - ‘ His exhortations aud appeals were priu lipally addressed to young men, showing how much they would, perfect the purposes of their being by that moral discipline that strengthens the more unobtrusive virtues of selt-reUauce, and self-sacrifice than by those thowy accomplishments that minister to am bition and the selfish instincts. This is mor al heroism. It braves opinion, it defies per secution iu performing the duties associated with fortitude, with self-command, with pa tieuce under suffering. The requisitions of conscience are theu best satisfied, and one of the purposes of a moral education are an swered, which is not alone to cultivate the intellect, but to invigorate the moral facul tics, and particularly that moral heroism that finds its appropriate sphere as well in the domestic circle as in the tented field.— The orator cited as an instance of moral he roism, John C. Calhoun, who was as much a representative man of the South as Mr. Everett was of the North. The orator brought liis lecture to a close by calling on bis young friend is to do their duty to their native State—the Empire State of the South. While recording her sacrifices during a four years bloody war, he exhorted them- in a patriotic strain, to be be prepared to uphold her honor in any fu ture sacrifices she may be called upon to Ynake. CANDIDATES FOR THE CONVENTION. The coming October election, remarks the Macon Telegraph, will naturally influence for good or for evil, thu political and social fortunes of our State. The issues at stiike will not be, as in former years, of au unitn portaqt character ; the questions submitted will not be of a passing and transitory inter est, but will embrace all that is held dear by the Southern people. Subjects which, in times gone liy, appeared too evident to ad mit of argument, and so clear as to be be yond all speculative discussion, w ill be view ed in all their bearings, and analysed aud dissected with all the care which trie anato mist bestows in dissecting the human body. At this critical juncture of our affairs, an almost criminal apathy to their future well . being, seems to fetter the people at large.— Tbe philosophical historian, whose task it will be to portray to posterity the events of these times, will feel at a loss to account for this strange and freezing indifference, to our most vital interests. This suicidal inanition, 'Hi* moral catalepsy, (possibly the natural Ie 4tt, bn of long sustained, and violent ex- die aunt) ougbt to tie deplored, oait Is seized ii|<on, sadpmliljr interpreted tiy the radi cal party at the North as the sullen silence of vindictive hostility ; as the passive lavs, the slumbering thunder of the volcano, riad}' to brHfc out in violent explosion the moment restraint is removed—the moment we are re stored to the exercise of our former political rights and privileges, to plunge the country once more into anarchy, confusion and civil war. The aid we therefore tender, indirectly and unconsciously it may lie, but with none the less certainty, to mint ma terially assist to cripple and paralyze the well meant efforts of the President, and all conservative men at the North, to restore us to our former status and influence in the po litical arena, anil as & uecessaiy consequence to our former prosperity. These truths are self-evident, as to require no elaboration. Should the people providentially shake ofi this strange lethargy of thought and action, our next duty is the selection of suitable men. Many who fully enjoy our confidence and who wotfld doubtless discharge the trust reposed in them, will lie ineligible, as' not vet having become the recipients ot the President’s pardoning power. Any neglect of this precaution, any loophole left open, will be quickly taken advantage of, by our enemies, and the rights ot such representa tive anti gainsaid. The banelul spirit ol faction and party strife, seeking like an insidious repiile to creep into our discussions, must be carefully excluded.- The time-honored maxim, “mea sures, not men," must lie religiously observ ed in spirit and in letter ; and the greatest good of the greatest number—the lasting benefit of all—override every consideration of individual prel-.rineut or party claims.— Thus, and thus only, can we emerge from our present embarrassments, anil by aiding ourselves aid those who would gladly aid us. NEW YORK HKOKEHV BOARD. The recent exposure of the financial op erations of the culprit Edward .Ketchum, hastiirected considerable attention to what is generally known in New York as the Brokers’ Board and many who have no great interest in the ordinary run of financial mat ters will bo glad, no doubt, to know some thing of the Internal structure and the history of the New York Stock Exchange, an extended account of which is furnished by the New York Times. Young Ketchum was a member of this Board and has been expelled since his arrest. The history of the organization as narrated in the Times shows that near the end of the last century, certain old merchants ol Man hattan found themselves rather inconve niently changed with financial business for their country correspondents, as the buying or selling of a share of Bank stock, or tlie negotiation of a bill of exchange. This busi ness they gradually came to commit to certain active and reliable men, who transacted it for a slight commission. These agents Seat ing that they even interfered with each other's profits by under bidding, carue lo a mutual understanding and Gnally organized. There was in the early history of tlie Board, no difficulty in obtaining membership, by paying the fee of SIOO and signing the roll. As population and business increased, how ever, a different course became necessary in regard to this, lor the reason that in tlie manner of transacting business which pre vails at the Exchange, by rapid verbal con tract, transactions proceed, to a much greater extent than usual, upon the basis ol umtual confidence as to moral and pecuniary responsibility. At the present time, in order to obtain mem bership, one must have been a broker, or clerk, for a year; the candidates named must be conspicuously posted lb full view of ail mem bers for at least ten days; the vote is by ballot, and eleveu black balls exclude; there are some two hundred and seventy five active members ;*the fee is $3,000, except to a clerk who has served three years in a broker's of fice, who is admitted for half that sum, as being better fitted by training to the busines The writer in the Times asserts that the word and the memory of bro kers in every hundred are as good as tlie bond ofninrty-nine in every hrndred men out of the Board. \ The business of the exchange is super vised by two Vice Presidents and a Secretary, the President's position being honorary. Ou the reading ol the lists, brokers.from their places, offer and.take up offers on the stocks as they are called, with i rapidity and ener gy which makes the scene somewhat confus ing to an outsider. The record of business is kept by the Secretary and is binding on the members. A fine new building is being constructed in Broad street for the use of the Stock Ex change to cost about $60,000, with a superb vault of solid granite, having in it some two hundred iron safes, in which members may deposit securities. • A large proportion of the business of the Stock Exchange is of coarse legitimate, and seems to be conducted in a ipost honorable manner, but tbe practise which lias givcu the exchange a bad name, that of selling stocks not on hand, to he delivered at a price above or below the market, for the purpose of af fecting prices, and buying or selling without touching or seeing stocks, merely paying the difference between the price stipulated aud the market priee'on the day of delivery, this is a kind of business which needs' some sophistry to make it appear legitimate, and those who use mouies committed to them by confiding clients in any such operations, either personally or through agents, should never be entrusted with tbe people's money. It is stated that Morris Ketchum, the father of Edward, has not been of late years con nected with the Stock Exchange, but it is in timated that he was understood to be largely engaged in speculative operations through the agency of Mr. Chas. Graham, who is a “well known aud highly respectable member of the board ” Tie elder Ketchum, a self made man, possessing a high and extended credit in New England, does not seem to have agreed well with the Board of Brokers, and fold them with displeasure at some de cision against him. jt. ihe Boston Journal informs us lhat Vice President Stephens and Postmaster General Reagan, were offered the alternative of being released upon condition of leaving the country, never to return, or remain in prison, and take the chance of pardon by the gov ernment. They made choice of tho latter privilege to secure the liberty which would be most agreeable to their tastes, and hence their detention until their cases are acted upon. THE VIEW X OF THE CONSERVATIVE NORTHERN I'HNSSi Amid the storm of post-bui and prejudice, remark* Hie Charleston Courier, it is refresh intr to hear at times the voice of moderation and reason. Ii is gratifying to learn that there are those at the North who. while the contest raged, were opposed to the political views of the South, and to its appeal to arms, who yet, when peace lias ensued, aud war with its “grim visage" no louger sits enthroned over the land, are willing to ex tend a cheering word to aid her in the work* of reconstruction, and to receive her clad in the panoply of respective States, into a com - plete participation‘in the affairs of govern ment’ They, it is true, threw the whole weight of their influence in favor of a nation one and inseparable ; but now that the unity of the States has been definitively established, they are ready to bury the* past in one com mon ot row, and to promote the common welfare. They desire not vengeance, but re comtruotioD. They, wish no* to add .desola tion to ruin, lint to l.uild up and restore.— They sternly resist those who would now subject Hu* South to continqed aud total prostratiou. Whether they are strong and influential enough for this end time alone can determine. They w ill have a fierce struggle. They will have poi*rful combatants to meet, both in the press, on the stump and in tin- halls of Congress. We have great confidence in tiic good sense of tlie American people. They must know that the welfare of the whole country depends upon the destiny of the Southern people. Their prosperity is efsec tially interwoven. Their liberties must stand or fall together. To adhere and aauv into effe’et the provisions of the is to administer justice and establish right.— To strike this down for the attainment of party purposes is to change and revolutionize the whole character of the Government, Republican iu name, it will be no longer Re publican in reality. Party supremacy will take the place of principles, aud a common ruin involve the fate of all. The true interest of the North is the re instatement of the South. Their earnest aim should be the complete Restoration to every Stale of political aud civil freedom. And why should Ibis not be? Is there a single element for which the contest began, to which the South has not given its adherence? What more does good faith and justice re quire? Hate and a desire for continued heart-burnings and strife may, but order, peace and tranquility cannot. The National Intelligencer is one of the oldest {tnd most conservative papers at the Noitli, and in this connection* we have thought it not inappropriate to call atten tion to the extracts which we iSsert below, as illustrating the sentiments of those who are opposed to the extreme aud radical party. Wc hate reason to believe that the article is from the pen of Mr. Seaton. to thu people. or Tier south. We cannot consider it a presumptuous act when the National Intelligencer addresses itself to the people of ihe South. For nearly fifty years past this journal has been a house, hold word among the citizens of the whole South. * * * ■' We need not" remind tlie*Soutli that the course of the In telligencer has never yet gratified any ex tremist, for it has never believed that safety dwelt in extremes. It has always kept in view the varied interests at the whole coun try, and the vital fact—embodied in the his tory of all that belongs to our Constitution, and incorporated in the provisions of trial glorious instrument itself—-that the American Government is one of forbearance, conces sions, consent anti compromises, as well as a positive Federal power, sovereignty and au thority. These lessens were ever taught in the days of Gales and Seaton, the latter of whom yet remains to us. * * * * The parent government, through a long and terrific struggle, has finally maintained itself; and row this old journal would come to you to couuscl you as it did of yore, men of the South, and to protect you, as far as its strength is able, against all the mischiefs that threaten your future—from mischiefs among yourselves, and trom the baleful effect ol poisonous and dangerous factions that lived before the war. and which stilt survive, and of others that have sprung out of the day of battles. * * * * - Yon have formally, and as we think, truly, submitted : and now your instant duty ii io accept tbe new condition of things, and to go to work actively and unanimously to res t ore our common country. The North will not accept any condition ot restoration which aftes not embrace the extinction of slavery |t>y positive constitutional law. The patriotic j and eminent President, of the United States has informally declared this fact; and liis lamented predecessor emphatically avowed it when lie referred the ultimate question on his emancipation proclamation to tho courts. Contraband of war, slavery has perished by the sword, and it is only a renewal of civil war to assert any claim to it. It lias met the fate to which, in flic order of Providence, it was doomed, and this fate was decreed by yourselves at the moment when the flag of our country was fired upon as it floated over Fort Sumter. Pray do not deceive, do not stultify yourself on this point! What ever absurd politicians in the North may 9ay or attempt to the contrary, slavery is doom ed hy the people, and those are only your enemies in the North who seek for party purposes, to delude you that tiiere is the slightest, hope for that institution in future. Just so long as any claim ls set up for the resuscitation of slavery, by anything Hint eau be made to look like a- conspiracy to that effect among the politicians North and South, just so long will the masses of the North justly insist that you shall be held dowu in a territorial condition, and that you shall be denied equality as States within the Union. We beseaeh you, thou, to have done with she few of such false guides, of pre tended friends, and of devilish prophets, as would lure you to certain ruin by profes sions of friendship like these! - Whether iu the North or in the South, they are guides from the bottomless pit. * * * And these remarks apply with like force to all State legislation wince diverges' from the great, judgment, pronounced by tlie American people who have now suppressed the aimed rebel inn. As will might n silly moth attempt, with its lluttering wiDgs, to reach and to obliterate the stars of heaven, 'fts for the South to Imagine itself, either by intrigue or force, able to defeat the great is sue that the nation has won through 9iteh precious sacrifices. And therefore it is in dispensible to southern interests, to their speedy equality, to the life of commerce, to their national representation, to the supre macy of civil law, Jo the freedom they covet irom tbc military power, established now among them, that they shall fly as it were Imput at rest the possibility of future na tional disturbances on account of slavery, by accepting the amendment to the Consti tution of the United Stales, and by ratifying the same unanimously, if possible, which in terdicts slavery forevermore on our soil. Let this be done “with ft will,” hnd superodd to this the selection of candidates for office from among men of honest intentions and senti ments towards the new order of things; give expression by Conventions and resolu tions to the sentiments which your newspa papers declare that the great masses of the people of the South entertain ; throw away as unworthy, evdn of 'the few who so act, such mottoes as “Subdued but not con qu Ted,” strive dally against disturbance with j tue wretched, and often insolent blacks: Do I these things, and it will be out of the power either of tin cneiiAes iu your midtt who mv ligu you t<* the Freaideut and to the | nblic through inti rented sources, or of ihe extreme radicals of the North, to subject you long 1 1 the burdens and humiliations of which y*<tt complain. You will thus relieve- the Presi dent and his Administration, as we fi el quite sure, of a weight ol doubt and sadness; joti will battle your enemies, because you will thereby cir.ply their magazines ot oflence, and you witi entitle yourselves to the open uud earnest support of the Northern masses as against all the tricks of conspiring politi cians. Then these Northern aggressivcs wjl! yield voltinlarily. or be forced to yield by a just people, who, while they arc resolved thut the Sou'll shall give up forever all the pointieacquircd and won by the hard-fought war—and mis for the sake ot the future of the whole nation —are, nevertheless, the de fenders of the South, even as their breth ren, aguinst mere cruelty, bigotry and perse cution Parties are now drilling in the North With reference to local elections, and the old tricks of the trade, just cropping out, should admonish the South to disavow any affiia tions with any party in the North whose candidates or whose platform is s died by the two headed beast,' whose duplicities and secnonal appeals and sectional insinuations have resulted in onr civil war. It might not, we may be permitted to say, be amiss to give open expression of Southern rebuke to any Northern act of this sort w hose signifi cance by implication, or in any w’ay, under the guise of pretended friendship, points to the South as disposed to achieve by trnud what it ha 9 lost by force in the results of the war. There may, and' probably will be, candidates of bad antecedents presented,and silly resolutions passed by political bodies in the North, whose efforts will surely he crushed by utter defeat, whose effect may be to feed Northern radicalism in its consti tutional demands against the South, by pub lic. meetings and addresses, to disavow and to rebuke these jugglars, who me not incor porate with any great Northern organization, but who only play local parts for local ends. Be not deceived by sm:h ! The great body of trie North marches oue wav, under tuc present guidance of the President, and that way the war bas demonstrated as we have hereinbefore explained. So, on trie other hand, other patties will defile to set up the rebellion only to knock it down again, as much political thunder, brutum /,,/mi a. But let tiie South be not discour aged nor dismayed ou that accouut, for these likewise are bat the games of local politici ans, aud they will simply react and strength en the South, if trie South will only promptly, instantly, assert itself in act ns it represents itself iu the Southern journals, and through the voice of wtfil known Southern gentle men- The South must hasten to place itself above suspicion by all its public acts, .if it would get rid of the numerous “ misrepre sentations” ot it complains. The time is short, tor prejudices soon harden into ada mantine walla of separation—aud the Union is the only place ot refuge and of hope for the South—the Union, w-here the loyal Northern masses long to see aud to welcome her. The President of the United States—we affirm this from his public acts—bas no de sign to force negro suffrage on the South.— Therefore let this, “bugbear” die! Such an issue would defeat any party iu trie North —that is, unless the South sriall turn out in the end to deceive the hopes of its Northern friends. The Chief Magistrate reposes*on a clear aud immovable position, life policy, in effect, says: “ You see the provisions of my Act of Amnesty ; I have also given you the form of civil lite; I also desire to see a new order of patriotism in the South. While I recognize the Slates as within the Union, I demand likewise for the nation ail the re sults for which the war Was fought. It is for you to do the rest. I garrison the South for au obvious reason. It is tor ihe South herself to say whether her probation shall be long or short." And these things he has a constitutional right to* say and to de mand. Now, a few remarks on the subject, of “probation,” and we are done our too hastily written appeal. To prove tlio exact staUsof the Southern temper to the satisfaction of the country is difficult. Therefore, ihe great iihportance of Southern political acts. No doubt, in the South there are attempts at oligarchy. Ambitious and unprincipled men, no doubt,- would like to flatter the President bv denunciations of the South, aud by praises of themselves, and so far get into his favor as to receive a i *of his pa tronage in that quarter, and so to hold his ear perpetually and perfidiously while oth ers find it an easy way to be elected by a ballot (necessarily anihproperly) crippled by unusual" law ; mid such is the infitinity of of human nature, it is not, improbable that ell men of this kidney dcsiroSouthern "pro bation” be as long as their selfish ambition may covet power anti distinction uud money. And men like these will misrepresent the South, will do injustice to its loyalty, will seek to corrupt to their selfish uses all the public channels of information. But, if they are liars, their'foundation rests on the sand and their lace will be short. We believe'the President lo be an able, sound-headed, patient, patriotic, humane, firm, curious ant candid roan, whose heart’s desire it is io crowu liis administra tion with the Union ot these States—a re ward higher and brighter 'than any other within mortal power to confer; and he is shrewd enough to see through tricksters when their game : s clearly before him, if it shall be exposed as a foul game hy the un devialing loyalty of tire South. * * * .And, furthermore, let the South he assured, if'they are pstiepl and true, that behind 'lie Presi dent there is a Northern sentiment even stronger than her myriad of resistless armies, and which is, that our Uniqu of consent and equality shall be restored on the basis of uni versal freedom and of one overruling sove reign nationality. Let the South instantly ac cept, and everywhere declare, and politically sict upon this platform, and onr glorious Union is alive again in all its original spirit. Then those foul birds, called dema gogues, will flee, for a time at any rate, from before tbe face of a re-awakened and united nation, aud we shall indeed be one people. All our hopes rest with you, men of tlie South —in your jxitriotism, patience, self de nial ami saijacitif. Thr Stale Railroad. The Macon Telegraph learns that the mili tary authorities of the United State? have proposed to turn over to the provisional gov ernment of the State the State railroad, with its appendages. The conditions upon which tlie transfer is to l>e made are liberal and sat isfactory ; and Gov. Johnson is now en route with a view to complete the nrrangenient as speedily as possible. This is the most im portant public improvement in whicli tlie State lias an interest direct, nnd that it can be operated to result more beuefieinlly to the State, and the interests of the public gener ally, until civil management than when con trolled by tlie military managers, there is not a doubt. Heretofore tills road has yielded to the State au immense revenue annually, and will do so again; but for some time hence this cannot be expected. Tbe rolling stock of the load is in bad order; some of the bridges are temporary structures, and all the depots, car and wood sheds, were destroyed by the contending armies. But tbe profits of the road will enable these difficulties to be over come, without taxing tbe public treasury, in a reasonable time. Gov. .Tohn-on expects to complete arrangements for the transfer of the*road without. Some interesting experiments have Just been made at L’Orient, on board the French frigate Coligny, the object of which U to utilize the electric light at sea. By means of a submarine reflector tbe water was illumi nated to a great depth, ao that it was possi ble to look down from tbe deck and see the fi»b, attracted l.y the liglM, swimming _ round the lump >sif in »n aquarium. A kiuu of diving bell with a large glass eve "b om side, mid arranged to supply aii to a diver, was also let down to a depth ot thirtv eight fathom*. Trade vvllii Sjils and E«) P<- Mr J. Augustus Johnson, American Cou- , sul at Beirut, Syria, has prepared “Notts on Syrian Commerce*,” winch arc cicmt n e of attention. The tr«de of that region is now carried on by European vessels, and steamship lines have been established, which the respective governments of France, Rns sia and Austria have subsidized. English . vessels previously occupied the field. The government of the Uniteu States nns ; treaties with the Ottomon government, grant inz to our citizeus p.nd shipping the privil eges and immunities of the must favored nation ; in virtue of which all kinds of goods and merchandise, whether the growth and produce of the soil or manufactured, or car ried under the flag-arms and munitions of war excepted—are freely admitted into the dominions of the Sultan on payment ot a duty ot eight per cent, ad valorem. The ex ports of those countries also pay a duty ot six per cent Mr. Johnson proposes that, as there exists a direct trade between the cities ot Boston and New York and several ports of the Medi terranean, a regular line of ships with auxili ary steam power and a coal depot at Malta, be established—part of the ships to visit Alexandria, Egypt, and Syria, aud the oth ers Greece, Smyrna and Constantinople. He also suggests the adding of two or three packet ships to one of the lines plying be tween this country and Liverpool, with trio purpose of continuing the line from trial city to the Levant countries. The articles of export which can be ad vantageously imported from Syria are the follow ing: Raw silk of live finest quality, wool of all grades, madder roots, yellow berries, nutgalls, dried fruits, drugs, rags, etc. The following articles are in great de mand in Syria: Machinery, clocks, lurnrture, ffnpleuunls and Utensils, lumber, metals, sheet copper, rice, cordage, cct. A general cargo of petroleum, copper in sheets, lnrni ture, stoves, iron, coffee, sugar, sacking for bales, will, at all times, command a market. American influence in the East is not dreaded by tlie Government, because there exists no suspicion that we cherish any de sign upon the dominions of the Porte and the liberties of the people. France holds the first place in Syrian com merce, and a French company has actually undertaken to construct a good harbor at Beirut for its further development. A rail road is to be constructed trom Jaffa to Jeru salem aud the Euphrates. This will dissi pate much of the awe that still hang around “the sacred places,” but Will be a powerful commercial agency. Austria stands next to France, and the house of Lloyd 9 carry cotton, silk and wool- Jeu goods, hard ward, &c., in their steamers to Syria, Asia Minor and Constantinople. Cheap goods are preferred to costillers ar ticles. . One of the lines of ships now plying be tween New* York and Liverpool, Mr. John son declares, could establish a ship, to use both sail and steam, to effect in the begin ning monthly voyages from the latter port to Alexandria and .Beirut, the chief ports on trie coasts of Egypt and Syria, calliDg at Malta ou the wav. If not,two or three mer cantile firms might combine to charter sail ing vessels lrom New York for the voyage, filled with assorted cargoes of lumber, Mus covado sugar, petroleum, chairs, rice, gay calicoes and sheet copper, A supercargo agent might settle at Beirut. Election of Dbleoatks to the South Ca rolina Convention. —The Charleston Courier of Tuesday gives the result of the election in that city for delegates to the State Conven tion. The following is a list of the names of the delegates elected, with the vote received by each: Charles Macbeth, 881 ; H. D. Le sesne, 863; VV. 11. Gilliland, 862; P. C. Gail lard, 845; James Conner, 838; J. A. Wag ener, 735; H. Gourdin, 72C; C. H. Simonton, 698; F. Melchers, 690; W. S. Henercy, 656; G. W. Williams, 639; E. Frost, 606; A. O. Andrews, 601; Alfred Huger, 560; W. Rave nel, 556; John Sclinierle, 475; P. J. Coogan, 468- W. M. Martin, 467; Right Rev. P. N. Lynch, -4157; James Rose, 454. Speaking of the election, the News says : The election declared yesterday terminated as we supposed it would, iu the absence of any fact to disturb the harmony of public feeling. There was no excitement ; no evi dence of the slightest interference of the mili tary, orrfif the purpose,in any way, to advance the’ success of any ticket or any individual; and there is nothing in the result to indicate the prevalence of any distinct political prin ciple or proclivity. Several ot the gentlemen elected are known to have had feelings op posed to the secession of the State; others, in about an equal number, are known to have been active and zealous in that move ment ; and as we anticipated, therefore, dis criminations to that effect could have had no influence upon the result. One fact noticeable in the returns is the impartial distribution of success among trie several professions and callings of the city. The merchants ate most numerously represented, of wUpm there are seven. The lawyers, who have usually monopolized the tickets, are not nearly so successful. Os these, there are but three, if we exclude the Mayor, who is better known in Ills official charactor, and in that character, doubtless, was most consid ered in the election. For the rest, there are 1 Bishop, 1 President of a bank, 1 President of an Insurance Company, one representa tive of the Press, one Machinist, and one ex-Mayor of trie City. In such a fair repre sentation of leading interests, it can hardly happen that tljc bearings of measures will not be justly felt; and if there be not as many lawyeis as usual, there will, perhaps, be less speaking, and as much work, which now seems the desideratum ; and as there atill be enough to give form to proceeding, the ab sence of others will not be of detriment to the public welfare. Notice. % w MR. GEO. C. FREEMAN, coturr Bay and Drayton streets, will during a few days ab wuce. aepT-tf HENRY BRYAN. HEADQ'RS DIST. OF SAVANNAH,) Ist Division Dki’c of Ukokuia, > Savannah. Ga., Sept. 7, 1865 ) Gknijiai. Oku Fits, 1 No. 24. > Capt. 8 S. Starr, A. Q M., U. S. Vols., having been relieved from duty as Chief Quartermaster District of Savannah, and or dered to Department. Headquarters, Brevet Lient. Col. E. B, Carling, A. Q. M., U. S. Army, is hereby announced as Chief Quar termaster District of Savannah, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of Bvt. Major Gen. BRAIJNAN. Will A. Cocwbr, Bvt Major, A. A. G. sepß 2 BUY YOUR COOL TAYLOR’S ALE —AT— TGNKING’S, IN REAR OP POST OFFICE, HILTON HEAD. aug24 ' BUY YOUR COOL DRINKS —AT JONKING’S, IN HEAR OP POST OFFICE. HILTON HEAD. *nyS4 ts miK'H. INVITATIONS. The frltitiU miU a.<]'iaiidcia.* of Mr. Iliurjf *i„l Mr". Ma-litk are United Ur »lUml Ihe fuueial of their no* .IACOU. Thi* Morning at lu o’clork. from their residence on Thunderbolt Rood. The relative* tnrl friend* of Mr. tnd Mr*. SAMUEL JUNES are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral of ihe former from hit ltte residence. Taylor street near Whlltker, Thl* Moraine tt 9 Wtkk IkW ADVERTISEMENTS. Aaeieit Laid Marti Loilgu N0.231 g. A Special Communication of thU Lodge be held at their-Hall. THLS MORNING o’clock, to pay the labt tribute of re spect to our deceased Brother, SAMUEL .TONES. Members of other Lodges are respectfully Invited to attend. By order sepS JAB. M. PRENTISS, Secretary. ~ A CARD. Savannah Theatre. IT having been anderftood lhat a COMPLIMEN TARY BENEFIT ha* been proponed for Mr Phil Milton, of Ihit city, the undersigned wishes respect fully to Announce to h!» ratlitury aitl civilian friend* of Sawnnah that he relinquishes hi* own intended to have come off on Saturday Evening next, S-pt. 9th—in favor of Mr. Milton, who. it ap pear*. i» desirous of playing on that evening, either at the Theatre or St. Andrew’s Hall. The Benefit of the undersigned wilt take place at the Savannah Theatre on MONDAY or TUESDAY night next, when he hopes that he will have the hearty co-ope.ation of his Irienda, and especially of hi* old brotLera iu arms of the 19th Army Corps. W p ß GKO*. CECIL BRYDON. A.tliinti«* Couwt Mi»4l Steam ship Company. FOR NEW YORK, The First Class St-amship ARIAD fUj * ' NE. G. H. Craav, ‘.'ommander, will —rdlTO positively sail on her regular day, THURSDAY, the lath lust., at J o'clock p. m. For Freight or Paaaage, having very superior accom modations, apply to JOHN R. WILDER. Ship’* Bill* of Lading fuml-hed and signed at the office of Consignee. sepS foTfreight or charter; The fast sailing Schooner Tima COQUETTE, Os Savannah. JAMES FEEGUSON, Master, Lying at the Lower Rice Mill, is now ready to take Cargo on board for anv place on the coast of South Carolina, Georgia or Florida. For freight or charter apply to J. W. ANDERSON A SONS, Merchant*. Corner Drayton and B yan si reels. gepß-5 Savannah, Go. Freight Wanted, For Macon, Milledgeyille, Augusta, OR OTHER POINTS IN THE INTERIOR. Apply to » A. M. SCARBOROUGH A CO. aeps.l UO Congress and LI St Julian streets. . Notice. CONSIGNEES per steamer Express will attend to receiving their eon-lgnmenta landing this duy at Ferry Wharf. aopS-l «, F. M. MYRELL, Agent. House Wanted, UNFURNISHED, by X family of throe, or won id be willing to rent a portion of ft house. Address Downing Box 4i.T P O Rue, Whitney & Cos., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS 202 BAY STREET. Have in Store for sale. OATS, BRAN, SOAPS, SU GAR, SYRUPS, Ac., Ac. Sole agent* for Anncars’ Blacking. aepS-3 S. E Bothweli,. B. Wbstehead. BOTHWELL & WHITEHEAD. flracery, Cnissin ami Forwarding MSBOSANSB, NO. lOi BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. tepS lip J. E, GRADY, At Molina’s Segar Store. Agent for the NE W ERA, PUBLISHED AT GAINSVjLI.E, East Florida. Has the largest circulation or any paper in the State A* an advertising mcdlnm. offers great inducements to the merchants of Savannah. acpSMf w. H. ROBERTSON, Proprietor. LINVILLE & GLEASON. SAVANNAH. A&EWTS POH MERRITT, WALCOTT fit CO., 64 Courtlaudt Street, New Yori MANUFACTURERS OF ALL HINDS OF BOLTS, NUTS AND WASHERS, Bridge, Car, Ship or Baud Hook, AND — „ BOILER BOLTS, SETT SCREWS, COACH OR LAO SCREWS. Hot and Cold Pressed Nuts, ROUND > AND SQUARE WASHERS, Tnrnbnokles, Holt 3-Eruls, Taps ami Dios, &e. ALSO DEALERS IN RAILROAD SUPPLIES. LOCOMOTIVES, CARS, RAILS, CHAIRS, SPIKES,TIRES, AXLES; CAR TRIM MINGS of every description, and every article used in constructing or operating Railroads. STEAMSHIP SUPPLIES. ENGINEERS’ STORES. COAL OH, TALLOW, WASTE FELTING. HEMP, AND RUBBER PACKING; LAMPS, PAINTS, VARNISH, 40.; ENGINEERS’ TOOLS, of every description; CHIPPING AND RIVETING HAMMERS. SCREW PUNCHES,FILES, JJjRISELS, Ac. ■ TELEGRAPH MATERIALS. WIRE, INSULATORS. BATTERIES, IN STRUMENTS, ACIDS, SULPHATE COPPER, &c. Also Manufacturers of the BEST OAK TANNED BELTING. MACHINERY, LATHS, PLANERS, DRILLS, PUNCHES AND SHEARS, STEAM ENGINES, STATION- - ARY AND PORTABLE SAW MILLS, SAWS.&c. «epß ts NOTICE-POLICEMEN ur Applications of the follow** person, hartcr Been appaoved by the Brevet Brfc. Gen. Command 4 the Post, ail pereou* whose names art hereto attach id are requested to call at the offloc of the Pro. or Mamhal at 9 o’clock a. pi. September 7th, UC: Michael Dowd, Ml hael DUlon, Jeremiah Hagetty, J M Barber, Thomas Wade. Wm ilafeaty, J E Conyers. John Counts. John Riley, * Peter Counoily, August Gerber, ' Mac Mcßride, John Hamilton. Lawrenee Utageraid, Lewis Smith. Herman Kreltman, Wm Folllard, John Murray, W D Heddlceton, Thoe McDermott, Thomas Hlultey, Thomas Bell, Andrew McKetm, Thomas D Bnrfce. George A Rose, Patrick Reliiy, J B Deugan, loon Keating, Charle>Eox, Daniel Ciancey, Wm O Godfrey. Michaei O'Brtea, Thos Demsey, All who have received warrants will‘report at thy City Gnard House by 9am., Sept 7th. SAMUEL COWDREY, sepT * Capt. and Provost Mrrshvi “A CARDT WILLIAMS, M INTIBE 4 CO. HAVING associated rol. Rnbt. P. York with then in hmiiu'ss, under the firmnsme of York, Mil. lLiina. Mclntire A Cos., are now prepared with ample storage accommodations to receive any nnd all c o n eignmenw, with rooms for those who desire lo low aftersales of their oun goods, and will give prompt personal attention to all interests enlnmted to tbetr care. Regular sale day* in front of store on Bav street— Tuesdays i.nd Friday*. Niglit sales at store on Broughton street will com mence un Ist October. Consignments of all kind* are respectfully solicited aepS-ld YyRK, WILLIAMS, MoINxW 4( 0. A HATIE OXTA3VCE FOR INVESTMENT. ANY person having a capital of one thonssnrt dol- 4 lars can meet with a rare dilutee for investment in a good paying business, already established in this city, ns the present owner 1* obliged to go North Address, with lull name, staling where an inter view can be had, A. B. 0., Hcrnld office. sepS-2 Active Partner. A GENTLEMAN connected with Sthe South would invest a sow lhotts,nd dollars in a well established business in either Savannah or Atwust t _ Produce, Commission, Cotton, or Wholesale Grocery preferred. 1 Address “Partner." 11. P. Bttshe, Esq , 171 Wed street. New York, with fall particulars. sep7-rt boarding! Ten OR TWELVE GENTLEMEN can be accom modated with Board and Lodging, at moder .tc rates, coraer Jefferson and Bay streets. • J. RIESKR. Just Received, • CASKS BACON SfIOULIM&IS, •" G 5 cnße« Tobacco, 2<»o bushel* Salt* 20 boxes English Dairy Cheoae. For sale by Efl S-ts C. K. OSGOOD BRINCKERHOFF & MILLsT \XriIOI.EBALE DEALERS IN TEAS. Orders for II all kinds of Tens, in any sired packages de sired, filled at the lowest market price*. Parties or dering will please send remittances. Terms cash Orders solicltiqi. S.,utbern Troduce received anti sold on rontmis sion. Will also re ceive deposits of money for dis bursement, No. 177 Pearl street, near Wall, New York, aept lm THE Christian Index, BY- the first of October, or as soon as the malls are • re-established, I will renew the publication o; the “CHRISTIAN INDEX" and of the ‘UHILD’S I'v DKX” I have been publishing. % Price of “Index," per annum «s 00 Trice of “Child’s Index,” r g (A dednetion made for Clubs / Money may be remitted at once, as my determination is positive. My desire Ls to seenre a "large subscri;. tlon list with which tb begin, and 1 issue this Pro;- that snbscrlbers may have t:mo to forward their remittances. It Is my Intention to issue Erst ciass papers, and no pains or expefise will be sp tred to seenre that end The best writers and correspondents will be secured, and the highest religious and literary talent will he given to the piper*. The Child’s Paper will be pro fusely illnst tuted and will, in every seuse, be made to conform to its new title, THE CHILD’S DELIGHT. Money may be sent by Express or otherwise—if by Express, at my risk, if tbe Express receipt is sent mi. on the resumption of mai facilities. My connection w ith the firm of J. W- finrke A Cos. is dissolved, hilt I w ill establish an efliro in Macon, On where communications mav be addressed. aulC-iiw SAMUEL BOYKIN. PROSPECTUS OF THE Mercantile Mirror A Weekly Commercial and Advertising Sheet, WITH AN EDITION OF 10,000 COPIES, FOR GRA TUITOUS CIRCULATION. Tii be Issued an or about the 15 th of July, ISCfi, Bt J. W. BURKE & CO., MACON, GA This enterprise is undertaken at the snggestlon of many of the lending mercijtots of the country, ns * method of extensively affrertislng their linsiniss While wo will publish the advertihementa of nil who may favor n. wfi h their patronage, the paper will also contain Priee* Current of the Markets In all the princi pal Cities, Rate* of Exchange, Brokerage, Ac., and Commercial New* of every description that will be of lntereat to the Mercantile Community. Nor will the “ MIItROR " be exclusively filled with advertisements; hat the paper will oc sufficiently large to leave ample room for Editorial*. Correspondence, Select Heading Mutter, Ac. It will be a rviv, a* wmi.t. a* a uusi.NFßs rAi'F.n, and we Intend that It shall visit every City, Town and Village in the Country All can perceive the advantage of advertising In a paper of this description. OUll TEKM3 WILL BK LIBERAL. Wc arc unable to publish them In this Circulnr, not knowing what number of our friend* will want their Bnslnes* Curds, Notices, Ac, brought be fore the Pnbhc through this medium. We will only nay to all, send yonr Advertisement* lo n* lmmcdt ately; stare how mi ch space yon wish them to occu py, direction*, &c. Wc have a large stock of Fancy Type, Cnt* and matitlal dir displaying them, and fee] confident of meriting tne patronage aitd approval ol all Business Men. A* noon a* we arrive at the amount of matter and sire of paper required, we wilt make .an estimate, and publish tne rates f r advertising, in the first number. Tu*v will be as low as tossiklf. to allow us to ruuLisu tue ever a. Deeming It snperflu oils to argue the benefit of thi* enterprise to the adver tising world, we leave the subject with It, feeling as sured It will meet its cordial co-operation *nd sup port. Address J. W. BURKE A CO., Macon, Ga. Agent In Savannah: Hro. N. Nienoire Bay Street. lylS-tf THE % NEW ORLEANS TIMES^ The Leading Journal of the South. PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY, Devoted to Literature aud General News—Tho Discus sion of State and National Topics—The Wel fare of the Planting Interest—The Progress of Southern Commerce, and the Degeneration of Prosperity in tlie Southern , States. The Proprietor* of the New Orleans Daii.t and Wevrly Two. enrviiraged hy the liberal support given to their journal, have made amplnarrungementa for It* Improvement, with a view to making it, in every respect, a FIRST-CLASS SOUTHERN FAMILY AND NEWS PAPER. Term* of the Daily, sl6 per annum ; half yearly, $S ■ Quarterly, $4. THE WEEKLY TIMES Is devoted t. > the discussion of topics of vital Import ance to the Interests of the Gulf States; coniairs a carefully prepared compendium of the news of each week, original and selected literary and miscellaneous matter, tales, poetry, etc., correspondence from ail part* of the country and abroad, letters from tho peo ple, a resume of im- New Orleans market, etc., etc. Terms of the Weekly, $1 per annum. TO ~ CJIYCnBJS. The Weekly will be furnished as follows, when sent to one address: ; 2 copies .....$ 9 {0 | 0 copies'..., $26 00 3 “ 14 00 1 7 “ 29 00 a .. ~. 18 001 A “ 33 Oil j •• 22 501 9 “ 37 00 10 copies S4O. An extra copy wUI be given to any one getting up a ■Club ot Ten. Terms Invariably Inadvancc. Address WM- H. 0- KING A CO., an 14-ts Proprietors N. O Time*; No. 70 Camp St.