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Newspaper Page TextThe Savannah Dally Herald, by s. w. mason & co. NAMVKL W. MASON..... W. T. THOMPSON..... h-aelat< K<lU ‘ >l ’ . SAVANNAH. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1866. ■siaTiiniß «■ TBIRP PA<-E --p yknivo kuition op the herai.d. liv an accident to our press we were obliged pend oar Evening Editiott temporarily, circumstances now lead us to announce tinuance lor a few days longer. Wc shall putufcauon very soon. « TO ADVERT, S;dth.tadver- Onr advertising patrons aw® 1 Kdition of the tipements inserted m the' Mom witUout exlia Haasu) wiU appear in th han<ted to M early • Barge. Advertisements eW ]gte , g ls! O ., ;iock as possible, bnt will be re" adl , ( . niw and except at night. Weadhere to • jase rtedf-w a long, tor long advertipeme»» win hc made. time, on which a reaaona j „OtV TO OBTAIN THPHEKALD REG ILAKIarb _ - Mte complaints from residents of Savan hlirfffilwn Head that they are not able always to ™r d tK. Frr.Ai.D, The demand is somet.mes so ° amt «to e Aanst an Edititm very soon aPer its issue, fed those who wish to have the Hebald regularly, ehoald sub-cribe for it. We have faithfiil earners in Savannah and at Hilton Head, and through them we always serve regular subscribers first. THE CHOLERA. The European papers announce the dis agreeable intelligence that this terrible pes tilence continues to spread with fearful ra pidity throughout Western Asia, Northern Africa and Southern Europe; and its piogiess seems to be as swift and as sure as of old. It is stated that in three days it slew six thousand pilgrims in Mecca and Medina, Canals and roads were strewn with the dead. More than four hundred people perished at Cairo in a day. Since the middle of July the power of the disease has decreased in some parts of Egypt, but has been spreading along the coast of the Mediterranean. It has thrust itself into Sicily, raged' at Constanti nople; and at Ancona in Italy, and establish ed itself at Marseilles in France, and even in Spain, It travels in the same sort of epi demic waves as have marked its progress in former cases, and the time of year in which it threatens coincides with past experience. The tendency of the disease to assume an epidemic \ype is marked on this occasion as it has -been heretofore. Cholera attacks those districts where foul water and impure .Air predominate, and where ventilation, cleanliness and drainage are neglected. The poor, who live in over crowded tenements, are reckoned as among those especially liable to be swept off by this disease. It is bred jn the streets where garb age and filth accumulataand stagnant wa ters are left io pollute the atmosphere. Its very existence seems to depend on such con ditions. It is predicted that ttie plague will not stop in its westward march until it has crossed the Atlantic and again visited our shores. Its insidious approach, walking in the darkueßS and wasting its thousands at noon, ing stealthily like the destroying Angel, makes it an object of profoundest dread. Because a city has hitherto escaped its wrath it cannot, therefore, calculate on immunity in the future, unless all sanitary precautions are taken both by individuals and municipal authorities. It passes from one.crowded dis trict to another, and the strictest quarantine regulations are seemingly powerless to keep it out. Whertvej- putrifaction and decay ex ist, there is work for municipal authorities— work which cannot be lightly set aside, if the community is to be kept free from disease in its most , destructive form. We learn from an interesting historical article on the disease, contained in a North ern paper,.that the Asiatic cholera has huag over India like a pall for ages. Several times since that country has been known by the English, has it been devastated by that dread ed disease. Upper Hindoston lost thirty thousand • inhabitants by it in 1764. It. has been native there for many centuries. But the great epidemic which made the tour of the world nearly a quarter of a century ago, originated in 1817, on the delta of the Ganges, about one hundred miles North of Calcutta. It suddenly burst its usual confines in the marshes of the Gangesjn August of that year, appeared in Calcutta WSeptember, and raged there for more than a year. Thence it ex tended Northward to the mpuntaius and Southward to the Island of Ceylon and Ma lacca. In 1819 it raged Eastward over the Birmese Empire, and in 1820 arrived in Bom bay, where it destroyed one hundred and fifty thousand persons. Then the East In dies and China, Madagascar and Eastern Africa, and other places were overrun. In 1821 it took thd course of the rivers and public roads to Persia, Arabia and Asia Mmor, where it seemed to pause for a time, but reappeared with new violence in 1823, and swept through the whole of Central Asia. By the end of 1830 it traversed Russij and arrived at Moscow. The next year saw it spreading through Central Europe, and in October it reached England. In January, 1832, it was in Edinburgh ; in London in February, and in Paris i a March.’ On June die 18th, 1833, it broke out in Quebec, the first place in which it appc Wecl on tUs gi(Je of the water. June loth it was at Montreal the 2ist at New York, the immediate dis trict escaping a visitation. In J u \ v it traced its way to Philadelphia, Albany an4R o ehes ter, N. Y.; in Augustrlo Boston BaUi more and Washington. It came back u, this country in 1834, but has not ravaged exu. n sively here since that time. In 1835-0-1 \ t reappeared in Europe. From English statis tics it appears that 38 per cent, of the cases 1 resulted fatally-mote than twenty thousand dying in Great Britain, and five thousand in London alone; in Paris eighteen thousand perished, or 49 per cent.; in Russia the mor tality was fearful—GO per cent. In St. Peters burg it was just as fatal in the intense cold of winter as at other times. The per cent,age of deaths in this country was f rom forty to fifty in a hundred-half of those oc curring within twenty-four hours after attack HOB. K. M, T. HtINTKK. This gentleman, who has been confined in •Fort Pulaski for several months past, is now in this city, having been released on his pa role. y We learn that he will leave for his home in Virginia by the first steamer hence for Aew York. The steamship Costa arrived Monrtt ,rom on Friday, ught near,y s dollar, ip .p^i e .. ' The PmUwt«iuUuu Bwtl~r Skark.r The aspect of affair* in Mississippi, re marks the New York Sun, is as changeable os a weather cock Governor Sharkey late ly gave orders for the formation of two com panies of militia in each county, for tfie pur pose r>f suppressing crime and enforcing the civil laws. Thereupon General Slocum, ; commanding the military department of Mis | sigsippi, issued an order prohibiting the exe cution of Governor Sharkey's purpose, and this conflict of authority was relerred to the authorities at Washington for arbitration. A few tfcys ago the decision of Secretary Stan ton in the case was made public, in which the action of General Siocucn was endorsed, on the ground that the military were still in the ascendant in Mississippi. Now we have a letter from President Johnson to Governor Sharkey, in which permission is given to go on with the organization of a State militia force, as “the people must be trusted with their government.” The Presi dent avows his belief in the disposition of | the people of Mississippi to act in good faith, and do all in their power to establish their old relations with the gouernment. This sentence of the President is especially sig nificant: ‘The proclamation authorizing State Governments requires the military to aid the Provisional Gove roor in the perform ance of his duty as prescribed in the procla lamation, and in no manner to interfere or throw impediments in the way of the con summation of the object of his appointment, at least without advising the Government of his intended interference.” This looks very much-like a contradiction of Secretary Stan ton’s language about the military being su preme in the reclaimed States. It certainly amounts to a reversal of that gentleman’s de cision in favor of General Slocum, and will form an important precedent for the future, in relation to the status of tlie military and civil authorities under provisional Govern ments. The “conservatives” of Louisiana, w r ho seem to be regaining all their former influ ence in that State,, have just issued a circular address, laying down * platform and proposing the organization of ‘ ‘conser vative’ clubs. The platform proposes the support of the Union, the administration of President Johnson, and the re-organizution policy of Governor Weils ; the maintenance of the right of suffrage as now established bv the constitution of Louisiana in opposition to the dictation of congress, - or its* extension to the colored population ; the sustaining all rights of the State as they existed before the war, except slavery ; opposition to religious questions in politics, and seeret political or ganizations, and full and complete amnesty relative to the late secession. The Washington correspondent of the Bal timore Sun states that in addition to the in formation heretofore given that the President bad promptly annulled the instructions issued by the freedman s bureau for retaining the lands of Southerners who had been fully pardoned, it may also be stated that he, about the same time, ordered the Southern Metho dist churches, which had been in the hands of Northern minister by military agency, to be restored to the ministers, of the church South,'who now assume their ministerial du ties in New Orleans, at Memphis, and else where. The war department, of course, took the necessary steps in each case for car rying out these purposes. * A despatch from Washington Bays that Major General Howard has ordered the Gov ernment Agent for Loudon county, Vs., to suspend action with regard to property claimed to be confiscated,-until'the record can be carefully revised and corrected. Much consternation and excitement prevailed in consequence of the order of confiscation and appropriation by the Bureau of Refugees and Fcvedmeut of farms la this couoey, vrAicA, it is thought, this order of Gen. Howard will materially allay. All the white soldiers in Kentucky are so be 'shortly mustered out of service. The ten. regiments, of colored troops serving in the State have been organized by General Palmer into one division, to (be command of which General James H. Brisbin has been assigned. Geo. Palmer and Brisbin are the only general officers of the national army now on duty in Kentucky. A Blockade Within a Blockade. —A cu rious question has arisen for the solution ot those who have denied the efficacy of tbe blockade of the late Confederate States by the National Govemmont. The war on the River Platte has brought up a point of mari time law, which probably has never before presented itself. The Brazilian squadron or dered to blockade Paraguay is in turn block aded by the batteries which the Paraguayans have mounted on the banks of the Parana. Vert Good Looking, but You Can’t Come in.— Of the long list of names published in the Richmond papers, of persons appointed to act as a committee of reception for Piesident Johnson, aU but twelve have been notified by General Terrv that they will not be permitted to serve on account of former Confederate proclivities. ■ . The Vicksburg Herald exposes the usual ittendacity of a cel-tain Southern correspon dent of the New York preps, who lately re ported -the father-in-law of Jefferson Davis to have made known to him lately, at Jack son, Mississippi, in profane and coarse terms, bis desire that Mr. Davis should be bung. That paper states that Colonel Howell, the father of the present Mrs. Davis, died three years ago. President Johnson has declined to interfere With the action of the Southern Bishops. He sayu they may unite with the. Northern Church or not, just as they please. The Insure of the radicals was strong; but, in re l% to their remonstrances, he said the Constitution gave him no power to interfere; it was silent on the subject. There is good authority for denying the statement that Gen. Lee is engaged in writing a history of the war. He has had numerous ° era, trom publishers on both sides of the Atlantic to do so, but has declihed all of them. J T °i GoVKRNOR Aikbjc—The Charles ton Daily News say S; W e are pleased to n ion that our fellow-citizen, the Hon. yesterday received by mail, , 18 T-xcellency Andrew Johnson, a full and complete pardon. ” powa .. “ they excite no uneasl re dtv ™.n UeMffient - health of i the city generally was never belter. f WIPORTAKT FROM MISSISSIPPI, Tkr Pristatout Order* thr Troop*.not to lult rfrrc with the OrfCanixatton at Stair MUltia. The Cincinnati Commercial liaui despatch dated Jackson, Miss.,* which sfls General blocum has issued au order by direction pf the President, enjoining upon his officers not to interfere with the organization ot the State Militia ordered by Provisional Governor Sharkey. Thig is directly the reverse of the determination of the Government upon this subject as reported a few days since, and is accounted for in the fact that the Govern ment is looking to the gradual suppression of the Federal troops by the State Militia in order to diminish the national expenses. Letter from President Johnson. Hifi Instruct ion* to Provisional Uovrr nor Sharkey—Tin* People to be Trust ed--Andrew Jolinton Nominated for Xext President. Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 5. Governor Sharkey publishes the following correspondence: It is believed there can be organized in each county a force of citizen militia to pre serve order and enforce the civil authorities of the State, and of the United States, which would enable the Federal Government to re duce the army, and withdraw, to a great ex tent, the forces from the State, thereby redu cing the enormous expenses of the Govern ment. It there was any danger from an organiza tion-of the citizens for the purpose indicated, the military are there to suppress, on the first appearance, any move insurrectionary in its character. One great object is to induce the people to come forward in defence of the State and Federal Governments. General Washington declared that the people, or the militia, was the arm of the Constitution, or the arm of the United States, and, as soon as it is practicable, the original design of the Government should be resumed under the principles of the great charter of freedom, handed down to the people by the founder of the Republic. The people must be trusted with their government, and if trusted, my opinion is, that they will act in good faith, and restore their former constitutional rela tions with all the States composing the Union. The main object of Major General Carl Schurz’s mission to the South was to aid, as much as practicable, in carrying out the policy adopted by the Government for re storing the States to their former relations with the Federal Government. It is hoped such aid has been given. The proclamation authorizing the-restoration of State Govern ment, requires the military to aid the Provis ional Governor in the performance- of his duty as prescribed in the proclamation, and in no manner to interfere or throw impedi ments in the way of the consummation of the object of his appointment, at least with out advising the Government of the intended interference [Signed] Andrew Johnson. The Jackson (Miss.) News has hoisted tITe name of Andrew Johnson for next President. Thr State Road, Preliminary to the reception of the State* or “ Western & Atlantic Railroad.” by Gov. Johnson from the military authorities, who have had and still have charge of it, in ac cordance with negotiations still pending be tween the Governor, on the part of the State, and Major Gen. Thomas, on the part of the Government, the following appointments have been made by Gov. Johnson: DIRECTORS. Richard Peters, of Atlanta Robert M. Good man, of .....Marietta J. R. Parrott, of. Cartersvil e Robert Batey, of ; .Dalton W. U Whitman, of Ringgold SUPERINTENDENT. j Robert Baugh, of Atlanta TREASURER. Miles G. Dobbins, of. Griffin Should the road, which has not yet been turned over to the State, but which it is be lieved will be,then tiie foregoing named gen tlemen will constitute the principal officers to whom its conduct will be entrusted. Most of them are widely and favorably known to the people of Georgia—all of them are enti tled to public confidence. Governor John son has been fortunate-in these trying times to secure the services for the State of gen tlemen who are “without fear, and beyond reproach.” Major Gen. Thomas, under directions from the War Department, has proposed to turn the Road over to a “Board” composed of “true anW loyal Directors” whom he can con scientiously approve of, and accept, and upon the further conditions that bond shall be given, and an account shall be taken of expenditures,' receipts, &a These terms have been complied with by the Governor, and the Board is now proceeding to comply therewith —when consummated, the Road will again bo under the control of the State, and not until then. To satisfy the natural curiosity, any anx iely of the pgople of this State, who stand in relation to it, as the stockholders of any other Road do theirs, we make, by authority, the foregoing statement. In a day or two, wo may be able to go further into particulars connected with the restoration to Georgia of her great “internal improvement work,” and of the appointed officials into whose hands and to whose management, the Road will be entrusted. Possibly ere we go to press, we may have more to say, connected -with this important transaction. — Atlanta Intelligencer. . General Canby has forbidden the Mayor of New Orleans to interfere in the sale, lease or disposal of the wharves of that, city, claiming them as captured properly of the national government. A grand charity ball for the benefit of both Union and rebel disabled sol diers is to take place in New Orleans on the night of the 16th inst. A Richmond correspondent of the New York Herald confidently reasserts his former statement that President Johnson, accom panied by the members of Ins Cabinet and several military officers of distinction, will shortly visit that city and other portions of the South, and that he will preside at an im portant council in the late capital of the rebel confederacy. The Secretary of State, at Washington, lias called the attention of the Press , of the United States to a verbal error which has ap peared in many of the newspapers, occa sioning much needless expense to parties ap plying for pensions, as well as trouble arid annoyance to the Department, The error consists in the use of the word ‘‘or” in place of-“and” in that'clause in the law which gives a pension of twenty dollars a month to those “who sha'l have lost ’ a foot and a leg in the military service of the United States.” To entitle one to this pension, he must have lost both a foot had a leg, and not one or the other,, as heretofore supposed by those misled by this verbal error. Macon Journal & Messenger. —After a short suppression, the above named paper, which is probably the oldest in the State, having been established in 1809, is again under way, with our old friend, its untiring and indefatigable proprietor, Mr, Simrl Rose, at its head. The prospectus of the Messenger, which we recommend to our business men as a good advertising medium, will be found in another column. i The fire at Shreveport, Ift. ’ ZJ. ’ • ' Immense Uestnielion of Prop erty. The New Orleans True Delta confirms the reported burning of Shreveport, and states: The fire began in a cotton press, near the Shreveport Hotel, which wa9 stored fujl of the combustible staple, amt as a stiff breeze was blowing, it spread with great rapidity. Several adjacent warehouses and presses, all filled with cotton, caught fire, and the flames in immense volume rolled with uni ontrolable strength in all directions. The fire spread most rapidly in the direction of the river and woods, below the hotel, and were only stayed by the material giving out. The fire u:sr> spread diagonally toward Texas street, the buildings on which wefe burned. It also reached to the conrt-house, but we believe this building was saved. The extension of the flames wa9 stopped by Conrt-house Square. The portion of Shreveport laid in ashes was the newest, most substantial and hest part of the city. Alt tiie largest and best bu siness houses and stoves were in this section, ami theii blackened and charred ruins form a sad monument over the activity and bustle of trade which so recently prevailed there. From Central anil South America. Panama, Aug. 31. Panama has been kept in constant excite ment on account of the revolutionary move ment going on in the interior, hut which ap pears to result in nothing. 'The present government may be over thrown, Imt there is little likelihood of any oul break in this city. The contending parties have aboutJJOO men each under arms, but both appear afraid to. fight, and there is small probability of any great sacrifice of life. A good deal of excitement has been occa sioned by the Government here appropriating nvouplo of American vessels for iransporta tion purposes. The vessels were sold here by the United States Consul, who furnished them with the documents requisite, as the purchasers thought, to navigate on this coast, and under which they have been sailing for nearly two years. It now appears they had no right to these documents, and their owners can claim no* protection, either from the Consul or Ad miral, although the negligence or ignorance of the Consul in his duties, may be consid ered the whole cause of the trouble, and he is generally censured here for his conduct in the matter. These two topics have• monopolized all others during the past fortnight. The Costa Rica arrived at Aspinwall on the 25th. and the Ariel, with troops for San Francisco, on the same day. HORRID BARBARITY —THE INQUISITION AGAIN ENFORCED IN TANAMA. One of the most ntocious pieces of barbar ity ever perpetrated since the dark ages, is that reported to have been inflicted on Sun day night last, on a sailor of the American schooner General Harney. " Soon after the arrival of the vessel in port, the unfortunate man wa3 arrested and placed in jail as a witness to prove tiiat the Harney had brought rebel troops from Buenaventu ra, and landed them near ■Panama. The au thorities being suable to get any statement to that effect by fair means from the prisoner put him on the rack, in order to force false evidence from him against the vessel and her owner. Tiie man says he was suspended by the heels, and his legs pulled apart until he thought he should lie torn in two, but he still maintained the truth time no troops were brought up on the vessel. In this way he was tortured until his tormentors feared they had carried their brutality too far, and ho was released from his fearful position.— - During tiie torture the man retained his senses, and stoutly defended the innocence of the captain and owner of the vessel, but on being set at liberty he fell senseless on tbo ground. The poor fellow’s legs are sadly swollen and mangled, and he • could hardly move with pain. , v I'ROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION. A good deal of excitement was created on Tuesday night, August 29, by the report brought from La Villa de los Santos, that the revolutionists had passed through Chitre i*i Sunday, without any opposition from the forces of CM. Goitia. They were marching toward Panama. Later in the day, General Olarte, with the forces under his command from Panam, passed, through the same vil lage, and in the same direction as the revolu tionists. The probability is that Gen. Olarte would come up with the enemy at Santa Maria River,' where we may expect to hear of a fight taking place in a day or two. A French vessel of war is expected .at As pinwall,* to lie stationed permanently at that port. TRIAL OF BARRIOS. . From Salvador wd learn that ex-President Barrios was undergoing his trial, and that within eight days he would in all probability be sente.nced to* be shot. It has been decided that the treaty entered info between Nicara gua and Salvador, to the effect that, if the former delivered Barrios over to the latter, his life would be preserved, is illegal; as it placed a restraint on the sovereignty of the laws and tribunals of the country. . . _ FROM CHILI there is nothing of interest. Business is dull and arrivals few. Exchange on London, at Valparaiso, 45 l-2d. a 46d. per dollar. The revolution in Peru still progresses, and the rebel fleet had entered Callao, where they were awaiting a "reply from President Paget to their ultimatum before attacking the town. Still it is not certain that the revolution will succeed. Exchange at Lima, on London, 37d. The Holy Land. —There is nn interesting movement now being made in England for the more thorough survey and exploration of Palestine. Ages of civilization lie buried beneath “the boiy city,' 1 ' which no proper ef fort lias yet been made, to excavate ; and the same may be said of a large portion of the land east of tbe river Jordon. The most interesting regions are fillfed with mounds, which, when fully opened, will doubtless con tribute largely to complete or illustrate the long and varied history of the Jewish people. Enough lias already been brought to light to show the importance ot such excavations. T-lie expedition now on foot will be a purely scientific and archicologieal one ; and it is supported by the Archibishop of York, the Bishop of London, and Lords Russell and Derby, with the patronage of the Qneeu. It will he carried on by men whose tastes and studies have peculiarly fitted them for the work, and the result must not only-be a great service to the history of civilization aud art, but the reflection of much valuable light up on tbe Holy Scripture. Excitfment in Lansingbcrg—Ten Persons Poisoned. —On Wednesday evening a well known citizen of Lansiuglnjrg, Mr. Charles Houghton, died from tbe effects of poison.— Mr. Houghton was proprietor of a boarding house, and on Monday night ten of his boarders were taken suddenly ill, with every symptom of having been poisoned. A phys ician wa9 sent for, but, after examining the patients, he camo to the conclusion that they were affected by the warm weather. All of tbe ten recovered excepting the landlord, Mr. Houghton, who continued to grow worse. He was in terrible agony, and yes terday the physician despaired of saving his life. At half past eight o’clock last evening the jmtient e'xpired. The affair has created considerable excitement in the Burg, and suspicions of foul play were at one time en tertained. Subsequently it was ascertained that poisoned cheese caused the sickness.— Troy Whig, Thursday. Fatal Boiler Explosion—Taunton, Mass., Sept. B.—By the explosion of a boiler at Ola Colony Iron Works, in East Tauton, this morning, John Powers, a puddier, was in stantly killed; Owen Drum dangerously scalded, and another workman slightly iu-' Jured. - . ttatttifratift*. • There is, says the Philadelphia V ftaa i M much difference lie tween emigration aod immi gration as between insurance and assurance. A man effects an insurance on his property and an assurance on his life; a man may emi grate with his family, but it is immigration when numerous families (clustering, as it were,) permanently remove, in large bodies, from one country to another. Since the year 1851, the grand total of Irish immigrants has_ exceeded a million and a half, and the greater number of these have settled in the United States. This depopulation was greater than ever last year. The agricultural statistics of Ireland, for 1864 just published by the British Government, informs us that “the emigration from Irish ports during the year 1864 amounts, ed to 114,903 persons, of whom 61,125 were males and 53,778 females, being a decrease of 2,917, compared with the previous year.” About half of this number emigrated from Munster—nearly 10,00<) from Queenstown (better known by its old name of Cove) and Cork city alone. The majority, 18(>4, and, indeed, ever since 1841, were between the ages of 15 and 35. It has to be noticed that emigrants or immigrants from Munster are usually better informed, mote respectable, ahd much better off than those from Ulster —commonly called “ the black North” —or Connaught." As yet, this extensive immigration has car ried off only the surplus population of Ire land. This is proved, beyond question, by the. fact that the rate of wages—which may be estimated at twenty-five cents a day an able bodied man—has not yet been raised by the exodus. No wonder that a country, is miserable in which a man and his wife, with at least two or throe children, have to be supported—supplied with food, clothing, lodging and fuel—out of a quarter of a dol lar a day. No wonder, either, that America is a veritable E Dorado to such people— While Ireland is an agricultural country, de pendent on the caprices of the season and the soil, it is to be expected that her popula tion will sometimes lie in a starving condi tion. The linen trade and the provision trade are her great staples, and their mate - rials are supplied by the land and the cli mate. A severe winter or a wet summer will ruin the grazing and the harvest. The standard food of tiie country, too, is the po tato, the least nutritive of all food, and when that fails there is nothing between the people and starvation. , To this country, as the genuine Land of Promise, the surplus population of Ireland must gravitate for many coming years. Im migration, which was not checked by the war, will be immensely increased, it cannot be doubted, now that nence is returning to us, with prosperity and plenty as her attend ants. We have a vast country, large enough for millions of industrious and enterprising people. Race or language or creed makes no difference where equality is the rule, and universal toleration the reigning principle. - Religion* Freedom in Chill—The Congress Attacked by a Mob of Women—Fniiuti cul Harangue of n Priest* The Congress of Chili has lately established religious freedom in that country. The meas ure met but little opposition except from the priests, and they, it seems, were obliged to appeal to the women to interfere for the pur pose of staying the progress of liberal ideas. Stirred up by the political vaporings of a priest, a band of women actually attempted to mob the Chilian Congress. A South American paper gives the following account of the starting scene: At about 8 o’clock in the evening of the 20th of June, Senor Recabarren was inter rupted in his speech in favor of religious tol eration by a sudden uproar in the street out side, amid shrill cries of “Long live our holy religion!” “Death to the heretics!” Struck with alarm and astonishment, the Intendant and several members of Congress issued out, and behold! a feminine emeute—au excited crowd of about two hundred women flaming with a religious zeal caught fresh from the light of the Church, the pyrotechnic artist, Juan Ugarte. . The soldiers at the doors could at first scarcely prevent them from entering the hall, but the horses of the chasseurs stationed In front soon frightened them away. Almost the last on the field was a miserable toothless little old creaturr, who exh; U led the whole force of her luugs in screuming, “Vivale religio-o-o-on! Mueran los protesta-a-a antes!” However, not' less ridiculous than this ebulition was the priestly eloquence that had inspired it. The Reverend Juan Ugarte -had just preached in the church of St. Augustin an “allocution” in one of his happiest moments. The minister of peace and good will toward men denounced to .his hearers the iniquitous crime that sundry blasphemous members of Congress were committing in demanding t hat all manner of intamoijs sects, dislioguislied bv the most glaring immorality, should be allowed to exercise their worship in Chili. “ The hour of your apostolate has arrived, my sisters, ann now that men are silent or applaud, it is necessary that you, if you do not wish to see the streets of Santiago wa tered with the blood of your sons, should imitate the heroic Esther, %nd Judith, who had the courage to cut off the head of the barbarous Holofemes. “It is necessary tbat you do not suffer yourselves to be outdone by the women of Lima, who, when this question was discussed there, rushed altogether to the Chambers, carrying crowns of "flowers for the champions of religion, and hay and clover for those who blasphemed it. This, my sisters, is a su blime idea—fodder for animals soouid be given to those blasphermers. Thus it is ne cessary, if you wish not to be outdone by the women of Lima, to cry aloud. “ In order that you may see what these in famous dissenters are, I will relate to you a thing that lately occurred, although it shames and horrifies me to' mention it. “ When the pestilence was iavaging all the northern districts, a commission was named to request alms and assistance in food and clothes. A gentleman who had himself scarcely enough to live on, wished to give something, but having no money, took from his drawers a p£ir of new trowsers, and re; paired to a Protestant Bishop, of Valparaiso’ who is neither a Bishop nor anything else, and requested him to forward them to the sufferers. The heritic thanked him, put the trowsers in his own wardrobe, and now walks about in them, the shameless creature! “As I havejalrcady said, I as Member for Jesus Christ (as well as Virgin Mary’s Post master General,) and will cry aloud fearless of revolvers and daggers, but you must cry aloud this very night, for this crime may be consummated at any moment.” The Power op Chloporm Given Inter nally.—Recently a man named Anthony Duffy, aged thirty-five, laborer in VVasliing ton Square, was on returning from his work,, seized in Fourth street with hemorrhage, from the lungs. Seating himself on the steps of a dwelling, he became insensible, and roil ed upon the pavement weltering in blood. While blood was streaming from' his mouth and nose and he appeared gasping for breath in the- agony of death from suffocation, a physician appeared and poured the contents of a vial of chloroform, probably two tea spoonful, into bis mouth, and from that mo ment the hemorrhage ceased, twice after ward the remedy was repeated in smaller doses, and the man was relieved, rescued as by a miracle from impending death. It is now claimed for this remedy tbat it relieves the chill of fever, sunstrokes, con vulsions and all kihdred affections rupposed to be dependent upon congestion. -But it must in all cases, be given by tbe mouth and "not by inhalation.— IV. Y. Paper. Great Fire in Toronto —Toronto, Sept. 8. A large fire oecurred in tbis city this morn ing, commencing in -Dodgeson, Shields & Co.’s grocery "store, comer of Gonge and' Temperance streets, which was entirely de stroyed, together with Edward’s stationery shop, several dwellings on Temperance street, and the new Methodist Church. Loss over SBO,OOO. Boston, Sept. B.— Ex-Governor Page died this morning at Ms residence, In Haverhill, New Hampshire. Liter sdvices trm Mexico cocflrtn th* re ported disasters to the Liberals on tbe fron tier border. Their retreat from Chihuahua to E! Paso is said to bare been the result of stratec gcombinatfons on the part of tbe Im perialists, who have lately received large re inforcements, and are in a much better con dition to operate successfully than they have been heretofore. It is thought the continued resistance ot Juarez would be impossible, without foreign aid, even in his stronghold at El Paso. The accounts of the civil war in Peru ap pear extremely favorable for the revolution ists. Their fl«et had entered the harbor of Callao, and they were awaiting a reply from President Pezet to their demand for its sur render before commencing an attack on the town. The republic of Chili continued tran quil. Ex-President Barrios,* of San Salva dor, was being tried in that country by n court martial, and it was supposed that he would be shot for his alleged implication in the late attempt at revolution there. Rev. Mr. Wilmar, Episcopal Bishop ot Alabama, instructs his clergymen that it will not be necessary to resume their pravers for the President of the United States until civil authority is fully restored in their State. Bishop Green of Mississippi, has taken the same position. • The New York Herald says, Chattanooga is to be a permanent millitary post. There is over seven million dollars worth ol stores now in the place. *l,Texas. —The Provisional Governor has issued a proclamation, ordering the neces-* sary steps to enable him to call a convention ot delegates to be selected by the people who are loyal to the United States. Some Indian outrages have been committed near Austin. A number of prominent Texans have re quested the venerable Judge Burnett to go to Washington and intercede in behalf of Jeff. Davis. “Should he fail, he is requested to act in behalf o! the arch rebel in any couit in which lie may be tried. Judge Barnett has accepted the trust. He was the first Presi dent of the old Republic of Texas. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Money Market. Saturday, Sept. 9, 2 P. M. Money is in moderate demand, with symptoms of a hardening tendency as respects iates. Tlicre is less money offering, and an Increased demand w ould probably produce a rise of la2 per cent on the street rate. To-day the rate is precisely.s per cent, and, with exceptions, at 6 per cent. Discounts show no change ; gold hills are wauled, but scarce ; the rates range at eyfaio per cent. • Gold is rather stronger, the average quotations for tiie morning being 14437. Tiie City of Washington and Hansa takes out together *217, 70s of specie ; the total export for the week is $422,202. Foreign exchange is nominal, as usual on Saturday. Yesterday’s quotations are continued. Bankers are indisposed to reduce quotations, assigning as their reason that the importers have postponed their re mittances very largely, and must soon be very heavy purchasers, when they hope to realize higher tliaii even present quotations. On ’Change to-day. Flour was sc.alOc. * better. Wheat was 2c.a3e. better for Spring, and quiet and Arm for Winter. Sound -Corn was firm, while un sound ditto was heavy and lower. Oats were a shade firmer. Whisky was firm. Pork was dull, and Beef and Lard were firmer. Ncyv York Markets. Nf.w York, Sept. 9—2 P. M. Flour, etc.—Tiie Flour market Is five to ten cents better, with, however, only a moderate demand. The sales are 10,200 bids, at $7 a $7 55 for superfine State ;$790 afB for extra Stale ; SBOS asß 15 for choice do.; $7 10 a $7 65 lor superfine Western ; $8 a $8 50 for common to medium extra Western : $8 85 as9 20 for common to good shipping brands ex tra round hoop Ohio, and $9 30 a sll lor tia e brands, the market closing steady. Intruded in the sales are 1,000 bbls. extra state ior the first half of September, at $7 85. southern Flour is steady. Sales 680 bbls, at $9 60 a $lO 60 for commqn, and $lO 60 a sl4 for fancy aud extra. Canadian Flour is sc. a loc. better. Sales 350 bbls. at $ 3 a $8 30 for common, and $8 35 a sll for good to choice extra. Grain.— The Wheat .market is 2 a 3c. better for Spring, and quiet and firm for Winter; speculators are about the only operators at present. Sales 56,000 bushels at $1 60 a $l 64 cj for Chicago Spring ; $1 82 $1 65 for Milwaukie Club,faud $1 66 for Amber Mil waukee. "* V Sound Corn is firm, while unsound is heavy and lower. Sales 66,000 bushels at 80 a 89c. for unsound, 9lc. for sound mixed Western. Oats are a shade firmer at 66 M a..57MC. for West ern, and 52 x a 55c. for State. Rice— ls quiet and unchanged. * Coffee — Is quiet. * Sugar —ls steady, with "a fair business doing.— Sales since our last 1,500 hhds, at 12>f a 14,M c. for Cuba Muscovado ; Porto Rico on private terms, and 3,700 boxes Havana at 13 a 16c. Molasses— ls firm, with sales since out last 600 • hhds Porto Rico, at 80 a 95c. Hay—ls quiet at 60c.-for shipping, and 70 a 80c. for tiie better grades for city use. Tea.—The market Is active and firm. Sales 8,100 half chests Oolongs, 1,000 do. Green, and 500 do. Sou chongs, all full prices. Tobacco —ls firm: 983 hhds Kentucky at 7X a Provisions.— The Pork market is dull aud heavy. Sales 3,650 bbls. at $32 a $32 25 for new mess, closing at"s32: S3O a s3l for 1863-4 do.; s24'a $24 50 for prime, and s2* 25 a S2B 62 y„ for prime mess. Beef hams ard dull. Cut meats are steady. Sales 460 pkgs, at 14K a lG.qc. for shoulders, and 19 a 23c. for hams. Bacon is dull; 150 boxes short clear middies sold on private terms. The Lard market is firmer. Sales 850 bbls at 20}i H.26>ic. Butter is in demand at 23 a 32c. for Ohio, and 32 a 40c. for Suite. *. Cheese Is steady at 10j£ a IG?*C. for (common to prime. Petroleum— ls quiet at 34e. for crude, and 58e. for refined, in bond. Whiskey—ls firm. Sales 450 bbLs, Western at $2 24a $2 25, chiefly at $2 25. Tallow— ls firm, but quiet. Sales 67,000 lbs at 14’7 a 15.<jc.; 10,000 lbs stearlne at 23MC. Freights—Are quiet. To Liverpool, per steamer, 250 bales cotton at jgcl. British brig, 1,600 bbls Pe troledm. from Philadelphia to Genoa at 6s. 3d., and Bremen bark, hence to Venice, 250 hhd3 tobacco, at 40s. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Maliliel Lodge ’No. 15, F, A. M. a The Regular Meeting of this Lodge will be This Evening at 8 o’clock, at the Hal corner Bull and Broughton street. Members of the Fraternity in good standing are In vited to attend. By order WM. GREEN, W, M. J. Houston, Secretary. * sepl4-l STAR LINE. Fort NEW YORK. THE new and elepant flrpt clp.pr U. S. Mail Steam ship AMERICA, Captain Clift, will poasi tively sail for the above port on .Saturday, Sept, lGth, ot 4 o’clock p. m. For freight or passage, having splendid accommo dations, apply tp BRIGHAM, BALDWIN A CO, Bcpl4 Stoddards Building,, opp? Post Office." .PIOISTLER LINE. FOR NEW YORK. , THE new and elegant first class 8. Mail Steamship ZODIAC, Capt. Buckle*, will positively sail for iSsssSmStetthe aboveport on Satnnlay, Srpt. 16th, at o’clock m. For freight of passage, having splendid accommo daUors, apply to • HUNTER A OAMMEI.L, sept 4 Agents. For Liverpool. THE A1 American Snip NEW ENGLAND, fRQSjO Hodge, Master, having a large portion of ijHEEjE’her cargo engaged will be ready to receive ■li i . t.e cargo at Lower Hydraulic Press on the 18th inst. seplAtt Eht °rp, M age.p & l yto BALDWIN k CO, To Rent, rrwo LARGE LOFTS, Suitable for a Wholesale -l Business, in a good location. Possession given Immediately Inquire at tUs office. eepl4-« Stm-DWBe* OF O&BMHtt 1 Ba\’auu»h,Ga , Supt. 13, 1863 f Circular,! No. 2ft J On and after this date Nicies in the Public Market of thiacitv will be sold at tbe following prices. Persons ibis order, will be reported to and , , 11/ i '.mru ’ livt. Mu ; ,' Fresh Beef, j < Country Dried J.-.-t', Jerked Beet' . per Mutton, per lb. Fresh Pork, per lb . Fiesh Water Trout Salt Vs Sheepbead W.. - 2 ? Mullet, large biftcHli Mullet, smaii {Hr bunch... 2 r , Brim,, per bunt* of five.... 9 r Perch, per bunch of five l! Suckers... I’ Whititat Codfish, Shrimp, per , r Crabs, ] Sturgeon, Sausages, FtbPpoTu|t» 40 Baeon, per lWffrom to o s Butter, per W % Clams per buWc-1. 2 on Cabbages, each, trom. •, 0 ?() Turnips, per bunch...' 1( j Tomatoes per quart... 90 Okra, per quart Sweet Potatoes, per bushel :. \ 3no Irish Potatoes, per t#hS 1 r 0 Green Corn, each...;— , Water Melons. fromMHB' 50 Apples ba-hc ib Fowls, grown.: Half Grown*Fowis *. *- 5 boring Chickens, peripair v, Spring Chickens, 2d size ... Eggs, per dozen 50 sep!4-tf /p . HEADQ fljfelST. 6F SAVANNAH/! IST Smr Dep ’ t of Georgia, > cUbSn Ga ' Sept 18 ’ All applidraons made by persons within the boundaries of 4 bis District of permits to retain tire nrn», in compliance with Provost Marshal General Orders No. 3, dated Head quarters Department of Georgia, Augusta, Ga., September Ist, 1865, will be forwarded by tiie Assistant Provost Marshals, to whom they are presentad, td their respective Sub- District 1 'omffM*:, giving iujhe endorse ment tiie applicant? By comraanrWf Bvt J. M. BRANNAN. Will A. Coulter, Bvt Major and A. A G. sep!4 , . 2 FOR AUGUSTA, The Steamer Laura, WITH TWO FLATS, Will have IMMEDIATE DESPATCH for Augusta, leaving Dillon's Wharf This Afternoon, at 6 o’closk, ERWIN & HARDEE. FREIGHT FOR AUGUSTA THE Steam Towed Caual Boat MARTIN No t, will EVENING, lAUS 1AUS “ te THIa CT “» Shippers having freight for the above place will do well to avail themselves of this opportunity, as w» draw only 16 or 18 inches. 3 Insurance the same as by other steamers For farther information apply to sep!4-l BELI* WY'LLY & CHRISTIAN. LOST, TT'ROM Steamer Resolute, ftt Hiiton Head, oneiarcre jp red TRUNK, marked A T. It is supposed to have been taken through mistake. If left at the Sea Island Hotel the finder will bej:e\varded. scpl4 2 A. $, 11ASTRII)GE 5 Factor anil Commission lorcliant. BAY STREET, SAVANNAH. To be found, at present, at office of Messrs. J. T. Thomas A Cos„ next to Central Railroad Bank. sepl4 2w Notice, OFFICE OF STREET COMMISSIONER ! , Savannah, Ga,. Sept IS. 1865. ( The owners of the following described animal will call at this office, prove property and pay expenses on or before the close of Saturday, the 16th Inst., or the same will be sold or tamed in for Government nse. viz: / ■ One Sorrel Mare. In public pound since Sept. Tth, 3885. • ~ „ EDWARD A. PARKINSON, ®epl4-3 Capt. and Street Commissioner. THE V 7 SELMA INSURANCE ' —AND Trust Company, OF SELMA, ALABAMA, PROPOSE to resrimo ■ their Agency at Savannah having ample assets in COTTON. Then- 5-ell known promptness and liberality In set tlements of losses in the past. Is a sufficient guarantee for the fnture. . MARINI, RiViR, «nd FIRE-RISKS TAKEN ON AS REASONABLE TERMS AS ANY OTHER GOOD COMPANY, BY JF. T. THOMAS & CO., Agents, s'erH-tf No. 11l Bay street. BALE ROPE. 100 Gails BicMß'i.taletfiqe, For sale by _ * scpl4-3 HUNTER A GAMMELL. FOR SALeT” Three Lots,onwhich thereare four one story frame Howes and three fwo»jjtoir frame Hnnnoa uated corner Roberts, Wilson and Stewart * , QUO. GEMENDEN, ‘‘ 8e P 14 " 3 Planters- Hotel. GOLD, BACON, CHOICE FLOUR. • For sale by Bf Pl4-2 HENRY BRYAN. Real Estate for Sale. BUILDING LOT suitable for Retail Stores or Ware house, corner Broughton and Montgomery streets. Terms cash. Eligible Lot, southeast corner of Whitaker and Gordon streets. Terms cash. Garden Lot No. 8 Gaston Ward, lOOxfiOr hat five small homes. Price low for cash. tepH-lw HENRY BRYAN.