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VOL. 1-NO. 214.
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in every style, neatly and promptly done.
~ Alexahder H. Stephens.— It is said tLat
the ex-rebel Vice President Stephen?, now
confined at Fort Warren, is soon to be re
leased and will return to Georgia to co
operate with ex-Govemor Brown and others
in the reconstruction and restoration of that
State to the Union.
The St. Albans Bask Robbery —lt] is
understood that the Secretary of State has
been officially informed l>y the Governor of
Vermont that the Canadian authorities have
paid to the banks at St. Albans in that State,
$39,512 75 in gold, and $30,010 in bank
notes, pursuant to an act of tho Canadian
Parliament, on account of the amount
deposited with those authorities upon the
arrest of the St. Albans marauders.
A young lady of Chicago, hardly seven
teen years of age, bnt very handsome and
“an heiress of great expectation," with
twenty thousand dollars already in her own
right, left the parental roof on Tuesday
morning last, to join her lover in Wisconsin,
whom the old tolks had discarded. Chicago
is enjoying quite a “sensation" over the lit
tle domestic affair.
The Newark Journal, says the New Jer
sey Railroad Company have reduced the
wages of their employees in the workshops
at Jersey city and other mechanics and la
borers along the route that of the mechanics
being reduced lo cents per day, and that of
the laborers ten cents.
A Washington despatch says—The Secre
tary of the Treasury denies the report that
he has decided to issue Five-Twenty bonds
in exchange for Treasury notes bearing
compound interest.
The Secretary has various financial mea
eures under consideration, but has adopted
none of them yet.
A movement has beer, started, in Phila
delphia, to form a national society for Cbris
lian work among the masses, like that of the
Christian Commission among the soldiers;
and a convention will meet in Cleveland, on
on the 27th instant, for the purpose of or
ganizing the society.
The Springfield, 111, State Register pub
lishes a call, signed by some forty five prom
inent Democrats of Springfield, for a graud
rally of persons favorable to the policy of
President Johnson on the subject of popular
sovereignty, to assemble in the Court House,
and give public expression to their senti
ments. __
Church and State. —We are happy to be
imformed, as we gravely are by the Pitts
burg Chronicle, that “the President will not
interfere with the Southern bishops. They
may unite with the Northern ebuveh or not,
just as they please. In reply to the remon
strance of the Radicals, he stated that the
Constitution was silent on the subject."
It is reported that the seat of Mr. McGregor,
Delegate elect from this Parish to the Con
vention, was contested, and his election set
aside as illegal.
Caution to Bathers. —A sailor, belonging
to one of the ships tying in the harbor, was
severely bitten by a shark, on Sunday after
noon, while taking a bath. He was rescued
with some difficulty, with the loss of two
toes, and a piece of bis heel.
Missouri is unequaled among her sister States
in the variety nnd quantity of her resources.
Iron may be found in thirty-four counties;
lead in thirty one; coal in thirty-six ; cop
per in twenty-two; silver in five. Petroleum
is yet to be heard from, though there is no
doubt that it exists.
The Southern Trade. —As an example of
the extent of the Southern trade, a merchant
informs us that in passing along the streets
of New York, be observed that nearly half
the packages of good 9 turned out for ship
ment were labelled for cities either in the
border States or the far South.— No* South.
The Trie! of the Rebel S'eamboat
Burners.
St. Louis, Sept 19, 1865.
The trial of the rebel steamboat burners
before a military commission began here to
day, and the case of William Murphy was
taken up. Colonel Mills, attorney for the
prisoner, has given notice that he shall sum
mon as witnesses Jeff. Davis, Secretaries
Mallory and Seddon, of the rebel govern
ment, and admiral Farragut at Porter.
Washington, Sept. 14, 1865. —Yesterday
and to day the President granted fifty-nine
pardons, distributed as follows : North Car
olina, 18: Virginia, 27; Mississippi, 12;
Alabama, 1, and South Carolina 1. The par
don business has not only increased the du
ties of the President and the Attorney Gen
eral, but those also ot the Secretary ot State
and some of his subordinate r Ulcers.
LZTTEH FROM CREtiDE.Vr JUAREZ.
lie is not Coming to the United States
He will not heave the Mexican Terri
tory.
A gentleman residing in this, city has just
received a letter from President Juarez,
dated El Paso del Norte, August 17, iu which
he says:—
I have established here the seat Os govern
ment, and 1 will have to remain here some
time, after which I shall fix my residence in
. one of the cities of the interior States.
Our enemies will probably announce the
dissolution of the Mexican government, but
you and our friends should not credit such
an imposition. I shall not leave the Mexican
territory. I shall fulfill the duty of preserv
ing the existence of the only popular power
established by the will of my fellow citizens,
and I do not despair of the success of our.
cause when I see the Maxicaus everywhere
resisting the yoke of the invador and main
taining the struggle in all our States.
By the foregoing letter it will be seen that
the news in veal ed by »t.e so-called “corres
pondent of the Philadelphia Press" Is false,
and involves the purpose of procuring the
recognition of ‘Maximilian by the United
States.
The cause of Maximilian must indeed be
weak when it is necessary to Tesortf to fabri
cation in order to bolster up the usurpation.
This simple letter of Vi evident Juarez dis-J
pels all the recent fabrications as the rising
sub dispels the morning dew. 1
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Xaarge Amount of Cotton and Sugar
Destroyed.
LOSS THREE TO FOUR MILLION’S.
LIST OF LOSSES AND INSURAN
CES.
Between 2 and 3 o’clock on Monday after
noon, fiames burst from a window in Messrs
Cne & Lawrence’s United States Bonded
Warehouse on Cherry, Water and East sts.,
near Grand. The building was one of the
largest in the city, having a frontage of two
hundred and forty feet on Cherry street, and
about one hundred feet frontage on the river
side. A fierce northerly gale prevailed at the
time, rapidly sweeping the flames through
the building, which was filled with cotton,
sugar, hemp, saltpetre, resin, linseed soil,
and a great variety of other merchandise on
storage Fortunately, the wind was “off
shore," else the destruction of property must
have been enormous. So rapidly did the
flames leap from story to story, that 15
minutes subsequent to the discovery the
entire edifice was a mass of nre, and before
the firemen had limbered their hose the roof
and walls of Coe's warehouse had fallen, and
there was*evidence that the adjoining five
story warehouses, which are designated as
No. 750 and A, B, C, and D Water- street,
and which were occupied by Mr. William
Lawrence, must also fall. Half an hour sub
sequent these five stores were a vast sheet of
flame, presenting one of the wildest of
imaginable scenes. Fears being entertained
that the Judd Oil Works and other establish
ments in Cherry and neighboring streets must
be consumed, and it being manifest that the
burning warehouses could not be saved, the
firemen bent their energies to the work of
confining the fire ; and in this they were,
happily, successful until about 4 o'clock,
when the fire again threatened surrounding
property, and Chief-Engineer Hingsland
sent a telegram for steamer Metropolitan,
No. 1, and other down-town fire machinery.
These soon reached the spot and went to
work with efficiency ; but even with all the
steam power thus added, the firemen were
unable to keep the fiames under, and at
about 10 o’clock last night the piers on East
street took fire, driving the Fire Department
off. A telegram was promptly sent for Har
bor Police-boat No. 1, but as she is lying up
for repairs, Chief Kingsland was compelled
to press several ferry-boats into service. The
fire was burning in an immense mass of cot
ton, hemp and resin, at our hour of going to
press, and the eastern heavens were illumi
nated.
Messrs. Thorbury & Waterbury’s spar yard,
adjoining Mr Coe’s warehouse, narrowly es
caped, as did the Fulton Foundry, on the
same block. The rigging of the schooner
Vista, which lay at a wharf near the fire,
was at one time enveloped in flame, but she
was towed out iuto the stream, and the fire
was extinguished with trifling damage.—
Several other vessels which were moored
near the fire was threatened, but being towed
off, they escaped uninjnred.
The nre was first discovered by the second
mate of the brig Belle ot the Bay, a craft
trora which 600 bales of cotton was landed,
last week, from New Orleans, and stored in
Coe’s warehouse, aud it was in this consign
ment of cotton that the fire originated. Ttiis
officer informs Assistant Fire-Marshal H. O.
Baker, that half hour previous to the discov
ery ot the fire himself and Mr. Stredson, the
first mate of the brig, were on the third floor of
the warehouse, where the fire commenced,
and they then found everything seemingly
safe ; they therefore assume that the cotton
was on fire when they took it into the store
house.
A rough schedule of the property which
has been consumed has been prepared as fol
lows : The Cherry and Water-street, ware
house, belonging to Mr. Chas. A. Coe, and
valued at $150,000 ; 16,000 hides, valued at
$4 each ; 2,000 bales of rags, 9,000 bales of
cloth, 20,000 bushels of salt, 3,000 bushels of
wheat, 3,000 bales of hemp, 1,800 bales
of gunny bags, 1,000 bales of wool, 18,000
bags of sugar, 15,000 bales of palm-leal', 60
hogsheads of molasses, and largo quantities
of other merchandise, in all, with the build
ings, valued at upward of $2,500,000. It is
supposed, however, that the owner and in
surance companies may be able to make a
salvage of about 20 per cent.
A strong police force was on the ground
from the Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Thir
teenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Wards,
and perfect order was maintained.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The New York papers of Wednesday
morning give fuller details of tko losses by
the fire on Monday night. The Times says .
The estimates of losses by the disastrous
conflagration to Mr. Lawrence's warehouses
are far higher than those which were pub
lished in yesterday morning’s Times, and it
is now thought that the aggregate will ex
ceed $4,000,000. The insurances alone are
estimated at $2,200,000, and are distributed
among nearly all the Insurance offices in
the city. The goods on storage belonged to
nearly one hundred firms, and consisted of
many kinds of merchandise, including cot
ton, wool, hemp, furs, hides and grain ; but
there was no saltpetre on storage, and the
reporters were incorrectly informed on Mon
day night. A report was circulated during
the earlier stage of the conflagration that a
large quantity of combustibles and explosives
were on storage in the warehouse, and hear
ing this, many firemen withdrew ; but they
suoscquently resumed work on being assured
that the report was erroneous. One of the
buildings was one hundred and fifty feet by
two hundred and fifty, and tbree stories
high. The second building wa9 one hundred
and fifty feet by two hundred and fifty, and
five stories high. These two warehouses
were separated by a space of five feet. At
the time of the fire windows of the bonded
stores were open, the flume almost instantly
communicated from the free to the bonded
stores'. Many of the owners had open ac
counts at these warehouses, and it U not
known precisely how much merchandise
they had therein at the time of the fire. It
will require the labor of two or three ac
countants a day or two to perfect a list of
the owners, losses and insurances. Mcan
sime we publish the following list of insu
ranfces ns far as they have been ascertained:
Republic $36,000 j Mercantile $t:,ooo
N.Y.F. A Marine.. 20.000 Yonkers 6,000
U ome l o'.utK, I Broad wav 9,c00
International 100,0001 Empire City 10,000
Ci inton 40,0001 White’s Agency 22,000
Grocers’ to.ooolNlagara 40,000
’rational 7,ooo'. Northwestern -10,000
Harmony Is,ooojcontinental .30,000
Gallatin 10,000 Manhattan 30,000
Hanover Sfi-OOriJctfereon 10,000
Relief 7,000 Mechanics and Tra-
Metropolitau 40,000[ de1'5’............15,000
Lamar. 20,000 Brevoorr lo.cno
Importers and Tra- | Astor 10,000
den 30,000 .rope 10,000
Montauk 12,000 —a-
Equitable 10,000 Total $730,000
Among the losers arc the following named:
Mr. H. W. Hnbbell loses 11,000 bags of
Manila Ougar; Mr. Henry Ayer, 1,400 bales
of hemp; Mr. L. Waterbury, 1,300 bales;
Mr. J. Atkins, 200 bales; Messrs Tucker &
Carter, 300 bates; Messrs. E. Wheoler *
Bro., 80 bales; Messrs. Henry Lawrence &
Bon, 43 bales.
Oftbe 1,100 tonles of jute, Messrs. Napier
(t Wetisford lose 400 bales; Messrs. Turber,
Carter&Oo, 3*o bates of juts; Messrs. W.
Wall & Son, lose 191 Sisal hemp; Messrs.
Dulith A Cos., own the 500 bales of rags that
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1805.
were in the place. There were 2,50 ft hales
of gunny cloth in the store, 300 of which
were owned by Messrs. Tobias, Hendricks A
Cos.; 100 by 'William B. Cooper; 200 by
Messrs Harbecks & Cos., and the balance by
Boston firms.
Three hundred tons of junk, valued at
$45,000 were owned by Messrs W. Ropes A
Three hundred bales of East India cotton
valued at $30,000 in gold, were owned by
Messrs Napier & Weilsford. and a large
amount of indigo and shellac by Messrs
Phipps & Cos.
It has been ascertained that only GOO bales
of cotton were in the instead oi
9,000 bales, as was reported yesterday.
ANOTHER LARGE FIRE
Ulwitroua Conflagration in South Street.
Destruction of the American Rice Mill*.
A most disastrous conflagration broke out
at!2oclock last night, on the fourth floor
of the five-story building. No. l.iii South
street, occupied by the American Rice Mills.
The fire was caused by friction in the ma
chinery, as the employees were at work, and
the flames spread with fearful rapidity. In
less than half an hour the whole building
was one mass of flames. The fire then ex
tended into the buiidiog No. 15/, adjoining,
occupied by Peats Brothers, ship chandlers,
and, at the the fourth and
fifth floors of tbaibuilding are burning fu
riously. The firemen were early on hand,but
all efforts seemed to avail but little in sub
duing the flames. As we go to press the fire is
still raging in all its fury, and it is greatly
feared that the buildings No. 137 and No.
158, which latter building is occupied by T.
L. Rindlett & Son, dealers in ship fixtures,
and Thomas Oweus «fc Son, and Owens and
Carnegie, will be destroyed. Fears are also
entertained tor the buildings in the rear of
those on fire and fronting on Front street
Assistant-Engineer Perley is in charge of the
fire, and is working manfully to gain con
trol of the fire, ably aided by Engineer
Everett and others. Captain Thorne, of the
Fourth precinct, with a large force of police
men, is also on hand.
It was stated that one ot the workmen in
the Rice Mills was severely burned about
the head and face while making his escape
from the burning building.
The loss, of course, cannot be at present
estimated ; but it will, no doubt, be very
heavy.
Dear rut II vc Fires in the Woods of liiaasa
chusetta.
[From the Boston Traveller, Sept. 18.)
There has been much damage to wood
lands by fire during the past tew days. Yes
terday fires were ragrog in several places
north ot the city, the high wind that pre
vailed causing the flames to extend to locali
ties not before reached.
Nearly a hundred acres of woodland lying
north of the Stoneham Horse Railroad, and
west of Greenwood station, on the Boston
and Maine Railroad, have been burned over.
Yesterday several hundred cords of wood,
belonging to Warren Green, were destroyed;
partially insured. A quantity of cord wood
near the Greenwood station, belonging to
Hon. S. G. Nash, was also destroyed.
The Stoneham firemen were called to save
a house which had caught fire from flying
cinders Many large trees were burned
down, and in one place where there was on
Saturday a heavy growth, the tiecs now lie
as flat as if choppers had been at work.
Quite an extensive fire was raging yester
day in the woods in tho northwest part of
Madden, endangering several houses. The
great scarcity of water rendered it exceed
ingly difficult to suppress the flames. On
Saturday evening last fires were also raging
in different parts of the town, though as far
as we can learn no dwelling houses or other
buildings have been consumed.
Fire broke out in the woods at Wilming
ton on Thursday afternoon. It was principal
ly confined to the Blanchard estate, where
trom forty to fifty’ acres (most of which was
a heavy wooded lot) were burned over. The
fire raged in a swamp on the estate, and so
dry was the ground that the roots of the
trees were burned causing them to fall in
every direction. In some places the fire ex
tendedlt wo or three feet into the soil. The
cause is stated lo be sparks from the engines
of the Boston and Maine Railroad ; but this
U uncertain. The fire is yet burning, though
subdued to a great extent, nnd it is thought
cannot spread further.
A terrible fire has also been raging in the
vicinity of Lynn for iwo or three days past.
Yesterday it had reached an alarming height.
It is reported that at least a thousand acres
of wood lots had been burned and three
dwelling houses. This lire was caused by an
Irishman, who set a quantity of b;ushon fire
to consume it. This fire is between Lynn
and South Reading.
There has been a fire in the woods between
Tewksbury and Lowell, destroying over one
hundred acres of valuable wood lots. The
lire caught in the vicinity of Tewksbury
church, and the burning limbs of trees and
cinders have been blown to such an extent
upon one of the roads that there is no pass
ingupon it.
Fires are also raging in the woods on Mill
stone Hill, Worcester, and in Auburn, near
Dunn's Mills.
General Slocum's Order Revoking Gen
eral Order .Vo. 22.
Heade rs Department or Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss., Sept., 4, >
General Orders, No. 23.
By direction of the President of the United
States, General Orders No. 22, current series,
from these headquarters, is hereby revoked.
No officer will, in any manner, interfere
with tile organization of troops pursuant
to the proclamation of the provisional gov
ernor.
The order which is hereby revoked was
issued as stated therein, from apprehension
of danger of conflict between the State troops
and the colored troops serving the
United States, and in the firm be
lief that it was in accordance with the policy
of the government.
It is the imperative duty of eveiy Untied
State officer serving in this department to
be guarded in the execution of all orders ; to
avoid giving nffense ; and in case of conflict
with either officers or soldiers serving under
the state authorities, to postpone action in
the matter, if possible, until it has been re
ferred to the district or department com
mander for decision.
By order of Major-General Slocum.
L. Warren Miller,
Assistant Adjutant-General
Collision Between the Military and Civil
Authorities in Alabama.
Nashville, Sept. 19, 1865.
. An investigation by a board ot officers will
soon take place in this city relative to tbc
detachment sent by General Thomas to Al«-
baraa in search of stray Government cattle.
While near Gaylcsvtllc the squad in command
of Lieutenant Thomas were attacked by a
sheriff with a posse of men, who- claimed to
be acting UDder orders from Governor Par
sons, ot Alabama. One tot the federal sol
diers was killed. Nineteen of the sheriff's
men were captured by our forces. The
sheriff whose Dame was Daniels, together
with a man named Eckles, who killed the
federal soldier, escaped. A thorough inves
tigation will be made by General Thomas and
Governor Parsons.
A spirited lady caortbt. be* JiftSband tbe
other day in the act of breaking np her crino
line hoops. The exertion, or something else,,
had a singular effect upon him.' His hair,
came out sit an astonishing rate.
The Rebel Cotton Loan in
Europe.
Important Letter from Secre
tary Seward.
Decision o£* the Vico Chuu
oellov.
Sast of the Bondholders.
Washington, Monday, Sept. 18.
The attitude of the United States Gov
ernment oa the subject of assuming the rebel
war debt is plainly set forth iu the following
official letter:
MR. SEWARD TO MR. ADAMS.
Department of State, >
Washington, March 13th, 1865.)
Charles Francis Adams , Ksq , :
Sir : An impression is understood to pre
vail in Europe, especially among the holders
of the insurgent loan, lor which cotton was
pledged as security, that in the event of the
restoration of peace in this country, this
government will assume the puhlic debt of
the insurgents, or certainly the particular
debt referred to. It is believed, however,
tliHt uo impression could be mote erroneous.
There is no likelihood that any part of that
debt will be assumed or recognized by the
United States Government. It is proper and
advisable, therefore, that by any proper
means at your commad, you should author
itatively undeceive the public in Enland on
this point.
I am, you obedient servant,
William H. Seward.
•MR. SEWARD TO MB. ADAMS.
Department of State, )
Washington, Aug. 10, 18G5.J
Charles Francis Ailams, Fsq., s’c :
Sir : 1 have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your dispatch, No. 1,022, together
with papers, which contain an interlocutory
decree which as beeu made by the Vice-
Chancellor, in the suit of the United States
against Priolean and others, which suit was
instituted for the recovery of one thousand
three hundred and fifty six bales of cotton ;
a copy of the Vice Chancellor's reasons for
the interlocutory is found among the same
papers. The Vice-Chancellor is understood
to have affirmed the title of the United States
to the property in question. It is with the
judgment of the \ ice-Chancellor and not
with the reasons he assigns for such judgment
that the United States are concerned. In
this view of tho subject it might seem prop
er for this government to leave the subject
unnoticej. The frankness, howeve r , which
ought to oe practiced in rbe proceedings of
Suites, requires an explanation of the views
which the government has taken of the ques
tion which the Vice-Chancellor has discussed
in his reasons before mentioned. The United
Slates do uot admit that the combination of
disloynljcitizens, which have raiscd t the stand
ard of insurrection, is now, or lias at auy
previous time, been a government de facto,
or in any sense a political power capable of
takimr, holding, assenting or maintaining
corporate rights in any form, whether mu-'
nicipal or international. It is true that a dif
ferent view of the character of the insurgents
has seemed to find favor with somelpnrtions
of the British nation, and even with the
British Government. It must be remember
cd, however, that as often as that antagonis
tical opinion has been advanced by Her Bri
tannic Majesty's Government in its inter
course with the United States, it lins been as
firmly, though as we trust, as courteously
denied. The United States controvert aud
deny the declaration of the Vice-Chaucellor,
that they are “successors" of the rebellion ;
and on the contrary they maintain that they
arc now, and during all the time of the re-
bellion, have been just what they were lie
fore the rebellion began—a sovereign StHte,
absolutely entitled to the regulation and con
trol of all property and persons within the
United States, subject only to the limitations
of their own constitution. It need hardly
be said that the United States will hold them
selves tinder no obligation whatever to ac
cept of or to so conform their proceedings
to the conditions which the Court of Chan
cery or any other municipal court of Great
Britain may have the presumption to dictate
or prescribe iu the present any other litiga
tion. They claim and insist upon tbe resto
ration of the cotton now in question ; and
while they are content to receive it through
the decree of the municipal tribunals of
Great Britian, they insist upon their absolute
right to the same through the action of Her
Britannic Majesty’s Government. You may
instruct the couusePwho are acting in behalf
cf the United States of tbe views herein ex
pressed. Her Majesty’s Government have
uot in auy way made themselves responsible
for the positions assumed bv the Vice Chan
cellor ; and, therefore, it would seem not
onlylunnecessary, but even improper, to bring
at the present time the subject herein dis
cussed to the attention of Earl Russell. If,
however, you should “discover that Her
Majesty's Ministers are laboring under any
misapprehension of the views of this govern
incct, which should seem to need correction,
will supply such correction upon a proper oc
casion, and in a friendly and courteous man
ner.
I am. Sir, your obedient servant,
Ww. H. Seward.
At a meeting held at the Linden Tavern on
the 14th September, of the holders of the 7
per cent. Cotton Loan Bonds of the Con
federate States, Mr. Cuamberlin, one of the
Solicitors on the part of the Stockholders,
thus expressed himself.
“ One of the questions to be inquired into
was, whether the Confederate States had
any property whatever on which tbe bond
holders might be considered to have a pre
ferential lien as against the Federal Govern
ment, which had taken possession ol' the
whole of tbe property of the late Confederate
Government and the Conferale States. This
was a very important question, and one that
would require careful investigation, for there
might be property in England or on the
coutieent upon which the bondholders might
be legally held to have the first claim. Upon
this point he might just allude to tbe decision
of Vice-Chancellor Wood in the case of the
“ United States against Prioli,” in which the
court upheld the right of Messrs. Prioli to a
loan of 20,000f. upon certain cotton that had
been consigned to this country from the Con
federate Slates against the attempt of the
Federal Government to defeat it, and this
decision ol Vice-Chancellor Wood was, he
believed, universally admitted to be good
law. Another question was a9 to the liability
of each Slate forming tbe Confederate States
to its fair proportion of -the liability ; and
then a* to Abe liability of tlm Federal Gov
ernment, which bad taken possession of the
property of those Confederate States and the
property of thcjConfederute Government, to
discharge tbe debts which attached to the
property- He. had.hoped to lay before the .
meeting the opinion of one of .the most able
Queen's Counsel upon tbis point,but although,
owing to the absence of that learned gentle
man from town, and other circumstances, he
had not received ills written opinion, he was
authorized to state that having given the
•matter the gravest consideration, the learned
counsel to whom he alluded was prepared to
adrlae that the several States which formed
the late Confederate Government ware ail of
them sovereign and individual States, and as
Ancto were each liable for their propot donate
share of ~thl» loan. (Hear, hear.) And
further, that looking at the Federal Constitu-
lion of the United States, the Confederates
had not forfeited, nor could they forfeit, their
individual aud sovereign rights—that they
could uot he considered to have beeu in such
a state of rebellion ns to make the loan void,
and that the Federal Government as a de facto
government, having taken possession of an
other de facto governm-nt was morally, and
according to all intci national law legally hound
to take this loan upon itself. He /Mr." Cham
berlain) would not attempt to argue the
question, nor to give his own impressions
upon it one way or the other. He was not a
bondholder, and therefore not personally in
terested. He was merely the agent of a num
ber of gentlemen who were bondholders to a
considerable extent, and who considered that
these questions ought to be looked into, and
they thought it might be well to appoint a
committee to investigate and consider them.
He ought to add that he had received several
letters from bondholders to a large amouut,
who did not wish their names to be known in
connexion with this loan, urging the appoint
ment of such a committee, aud with this ex
planation ho begged to leave the matter in
in the hands of the meeting.
It will he seen that Secretary Seward's let
ter settles, so far as the decision of tlie Uni
ted States Government can settle it, not only
the question as regards the Cotton Loan, but
in reference to all debts, loans, contracts,
&c., of every description, entered into with
the late so-called Confederate Government,
or iu behalf of the cause thereof, at home or
abroad. According to Mr. Seward's decision
everything in tho shape of cotton or other
property held anywhere as the property of
the so-called Confederate States is now the
property of the United State, <l* facto and dr
jure.
It may be interesting to our readers to
read the names of some of the prominent
bondholders ot the Coltou Loan. We give
them below ns follows, with the amount of
their respective Investments :
Sir Henry de Houghton, Bironet. ...£IBO,OOO
Isaac Campbell & Cos., of No. 71 Jer
myn-street, London, army contrac
tors 150,000
Thomas Sterling Bigbce.No. 50 Man
sion House-place, London, ship
owner 140,000
The Marquis of Bath 50,000
James Spence, Liverpool, correspon
dent of the Times (under initials). 50,000
Mr. Beiesford Hope 40,000
George Edward Seym our, Stock Bro
ker, Throgmorton-strect, London. 41000
Messrs. Ferme .... 3*ooo
Alexander Collie and partner 20,000
Fleetwood, Patten, Wilson, L.
Schuster, Directors of Union Bank,
London (together)..,.... 20,008
W. S. Lindsay, M. 11....I 1 .... 20,000
Sir Coutts Liudsay, Baronet 20,000
John Larid, M. P., Birkenhead 20,000
M. B. Sampson, City Editor Times. 15,000
John Thaddeus Delane,Editor Times 10,000
Lady Georgians Fane, (sister of Lord
Westmoreland)... 15,000
J. S. Giliiat, Director of B ink of
Euglaud 10,000
,D. Forbes Campbell, No. 45 Dover
strict, Picadilly, London 30,000
George Peacock," M. P 5,000
Lord Wharncliffe 5,000
W. H. Gregory, M. P 4,000
W. J. Ridout, proprietor London
Morning Post 4,000
Edward Ackeroyd 1,500
Lord Campbell. 1,000
Lord Donouglimore 1,000
Lord Richard Grosevenor 1,000
Hon. Evelyn Ashley, son of Lord
Shaftesbury, and Private Secretary
to Lord Falmerston 500
Right Hon. Win. E'vart, Great Wes
tern 2,000
Total £898,000
A Sligat Difference —On a small lot of
goods recently received in this city, the
freight from New York to Savannah was sl7,
from Savannah to Augusta SIOB. — Avt/usta
Constitutionalist.
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS.
HARDEN & LEVY,
Attorneys at Law,
OFFICE, 99 BAY STREET,
Three doors East of Drayton.
gcp!2 10
THOS CORWIN, WE 11. OWEN, THOS. WILSON,
0F OHIO. I.ATE COL. Q.M.P. OF IOWA.
CORWIN, OWEN & WILSON,
(Late Johnston, Corwin A Finn ell.)
ATTORNEYS
AND—
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
And Solicitors of Claims,
OFFICE, 222 F STREET, nkab TREASOHY BUILD
ING, IN REAR OF WILLARD’S HOTEL,
WASHING! TON, D.C.
Will practice In the Supreme Conrt of the United
States, the Court of Claims, and the* Conrt* ol the
District of Columbia
Particular attention given to Claims and Depart
ment business. Officers Accounts adjusted
au3o 3m
Law Notice.
I HAVE resumed the pnicUcc of my profession in
the city of Washington, And will also attend to
business before the Department s.
P PHILLIPS.
Washington, D. C, August 28th. sepfi-emll ra
W. W. PAINE,
Attorney «.t Xiaw,
SAVANNAH, GA.
sep3 1m
O. H. BROWNING, > ITHOS. EWING, Jr,
or ILLINOIS. j t or MANSAb.
BROWNING AND EWING,
attorneys
AMD
COUNSELLORS AT LAW.
Office No. 12 North A Street, Capitol Hill,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Practice in the Supreme Court, the Conrt of Claim*
and in the Departments.
ang24 __ ts
WINfON & BANKSTON,
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
TT7TLL nlao give strict attention to Superintending
m Buildings, and to all work entrusted to their
charge.
All kinds jobbing work done at the shortest notice.
Bhopon Bn>nghton street lane, between Whitaker
and Barnard streets. an2s-lm
I. C. FEATHER, M. D„
Office, 18 1-2 Merchants’ Row,
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
C. S. BUNDY,
Goporal A fi ent
AND
ATTORNEY FOR CLAIMS,
No. 247 F Smn, DxtKmn 13th akd 14rn Srnrtrs,
avptr Pay Department^
Whstxlxißtoxx, x>4* O.
Ju3o ts
FINANCIAL.
<3 XT OTATIONB
For £ out hern Bank Notes.
BANKING HOUSE
or
MANNING & DE FOREST,
19 WALL STREET, NEW" YORK.
VIRGINIA.
Dank of Berkeley ***7o
•• Commerce. Fredericksburg ‘I I
“ Charleston, chariot ton w
*’ the Gammon wealth >. _
" Ilowmdaville ' 'jq
“ Old Dominion at
“ Philippi «
•• Rockbridge '.'.'"iO
“ Rockingham an
“ ticottsvllle .
Virginia ....... ««
“ Wiucheater
Central Bank of Virginia. ie
Corporation of Alexandria. . J
Danville Bank, Danville Sjj
Exchange Ban k of Va., Norfolk.!!. »
Farmers’ Bank of FincaeMe . . ii
_ “ Richmond on
Merchants' Bank, Lynchburg ,7 0
Mont icello Bank * '_
Northwestern Bank at Jeffersorirtlie! on
Boutbwestern Bank, Wythesville I"". u
Traders’ Bank, Richmond
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Cape Fear
“ Charlotte 26
“ Clarendon
“ Commetce tin
“ Fayetteville , s
“ Lexington ??
“ North Carolina 30
“ Wsdeeborough * o„
“ Washington ' J.'
" Wilmington.
“ Yancevillo 7,
Commercial Bank, Wilmington ' *
Farmers’ Bank of North Carolina 26
Merchants' Bank, Newbetn aj
Bank of lioxboro' J:
Miners and Planters’ Bank. S?
Bank ofThomaavtlle .gjj
BOUT II CAROLINA
Bank of Camden , G
“ Charleston ... " ro
“ Chester ' w
" Geoigetown, i 10
“ Hamburg is
“ Newbury.
" South Carolina _ ’ ’ 20
“ State of South Carolina. . . is
Commercial Bank. Columbia 1 *
Exchange •• .. 1...... so
Farmers' and Exchange u
Merchants’, Cheraw ”) ] m
People’* Bank Sj
Planters' ••
Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bonk. in
State Bank S
pnioa Bank ' 45
GEORGIA .(
Augusta Insurance and Banking Company ... 13
Bank ot Augusta ~ jj
" Athens jn
" Columbus if,
* Uommerce
' Fulton 16
“ EmplreStatc 19
" Middle Georgia " 50
“ Savannah t •«,
Bank of State or Georgia \ \ \ \
Central Railroad Banking Company ...
City Bank of Augusta
Farmers'and Mechanics !.!;!!!!!!!' 16
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. ■ • 7u
Marine Bank... ja
Mechanics’ Bank
Merchant, and Planters’ Bank. in
Planters’Bank
Timber Cutters’ Bank. ....
Union •*
ALABAMA.
Bank of Mobile 0 ,
“ Montgomery gg
'• Selma...
Commercial Bank
Central •• S
Eastern Bank . Ji
Northern “ on
Southern “ jj
TENNESSEE.
Bank of Chattanooga. .-
" Middle Tennessee m
•• Tennessee 20
“ West Tennessee ,«
City Bank of Nashville
Merchants’ “
Ocoee “
Planters' «* 40
Southern “
Hhelhyvilie •• .I"'.". 2n
Traders' •• ]6
Union “ . .to
LOUISIANA.
Bank of America par
“ Louisiana *25
“ New Orleans 45
Canal Bank
Citizens' Bank ) nr,
Crescent City 40
Louisiana State Bank ”! 150
Mechanics’ and Traders' Bunk %
Merchants’ •> '(to
Union ” 1 4 p
New Orleans City Scrip <jo
STATE BONOS AND COUPONS.
Virginia Bonds • _
N Carolina *• _
S Carolina •*. . . .
Georgia •• ’ '
Tennessee •* ' _
MemphlsCity •• " ‘ '7O
Augusta.Oa. “ ' m
Savanna h,Oa “ • c E
The above Bonda are bonght with Coupon* incladed
rrom 1861 Included.
North Carolina Coupons 40
Memphis City •• jg
Tennessee “ M®4o
Oeoprto “ ...436460
Thboc Quotations are liable to flactuate, and cannot
be relied on for any length of time. nii.’b
EINSiIiILN
ROSENFELD
& Cos.,
Bankers,
N T o. 8 Broad Street,
Nr..-York.
We draw at sig.' •, and at sixty days,
on London, Paris, Frankfort, and all
other principal cities of Europe.
Parties opening current accounts, may
deposit and draw at their convenience,
the same as with the City Banks, and
will be allowed interest on all balances
over One Thousand Dollars, at the rate
of four per cent, per annum. .Order*
for the purchase or sale of various issues
of Government and other Stocks, Bonds,
and Gold, executed on Commission
HARRISON & CO,
BANKERS,
No. 19 New Street, Near Wall,
NEW VOZtK.
/COLLECTIONS made on all parta of the United
V ' State* Canada, West Inilea and Europe.
Coto. Government Securities, State. Citv and Rail
road Bond*. Coupons Stocks and Southern Bank
Notes bought and aula on commission.
Deposits received, to be drawn At wifi, end 4 per
cent interest per annem, allowed thereon,
Sterling and French Bills of Exchange negotiated
. HARRISONS* CO.,
No. 19 New street, opposite tbc Gold Boom.N. t.
HARRISON, GODDIN * APPERSON,
Richmond, Va.
Reference—Msecs. Deacon A Johnston, Savanna!,:
Barber A Son, Auguste. sep:-lm
PRICE, 5 CENTS
..
INSURANCE.
insurance.
Authorized CapUal~|lo,4o©,ooo.
COLBY A CO. are prepared to taka
aid 1° sny d °>ne«tf'- or foreign port,
AT THE LOWEST RATES.
COLUMBIAN MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY. *7 n00n..,
morris vrer. and inland insur
ANCE COMPANY 5.000,000
OMMEP.CE FIRS INSURANCE CO.HPY.. 200,000
STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMP’Y.. 200,000
BmwhOM^ B rnrln o .?'. eor ind Abercon. sts.
sepH “ 6t bra5 ’ ton » nd I'ryan streets.
Is your life Insured ?
Question tor every man and
affectittWmrewSfaro 0 ’ mother ’ “ “
SEE TO IT AT ONCE. 1)0 NOT DELAY
Ine ‘Knickerbocker Life Insnrance” of New York*
at rates in any aura from sloo
frA **s; issue the f .vorite TEN YEAR
NO\-FX)RFEITURE Policies, and will after two yiS
payment Rive a fell paid tip Policy for Twr Tenths the
whole Bnm, and Three Years Three Tsnths, and
on. Thus » Policy of slo*ooo. Two Premiums pai
upon it will be entitled tcfli paidup Policy of $2,000
and five years five-tenths*fer every additional year
For further information .apply to
A, WILBUR,'Agent,
« nw office of the Home Insurance Cos.,
J u27 © Bay at., Savannah, Ga.
THE NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Ol* BOSTON.
PURELY MUTUAL*
°i. the oldest and beet CooiptMiies in
Policies on Lives for any amount up to $16,000 are
taken by them
The Polices of these Companies were not cancelled
' var beard fr >3—a fact which shews
* lv r dealing nnd determination to be just and honor
able 1 n all cases. Apply to
l' l2T A, WILBUB, Agent,
THOS. W. BROOKS
MANUFACTURER OF
A^t'D'CENERAL
33* Dork Street, Philadelphia, P«.
N. B-—Ail ORDERS sent by Malt promptly at
tcniierito. jyai-tt
FOR RIO DE JANEIRO,
CALLING AT
Si. Tbomas, Para, Pernambuco
and Bahia.
THE United States aud Brazil Mail Steamship Com
pony will dlapatch regnlirly. on the 2Sth of every
month, a *• first class steamship," eommencinu with
the flue steamship
Costa Rica,
(x,aj>Q tou?j
to leave on the C?th of September," at 3p m., from
Pier No. 4:i, North Tlivert* All letters have to pass
through the Post Office. An experienced surgeon will
he in attendance on board. For freight or passage,
haviug splendid accommodations, apply to
THOMAS ASKNCIO & CO.,
scpltf 10 No. 17 Broadway, New York.
CEO. R. CRUMP & CO.,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
809 Broad Struct. Augusta, Ga.
lu7o 3m
Manning & DeForest,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. l*i AYali Street, Slew York,
Dealers in
Gold, Silver, Foreign Exchange
and Government Securities.
GIVE special attention to the purchase and sale <»
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia Alabama, New Orleans and Tenoessee Bank
notes, Southern Mates Bonds and Coupons, Railroad
Bondf* and Coupons.
Interest allowed on deposits. Jyls-3m
NEW SKIRT POR’OB
E I'' 1 '' ■! ‘!' I
The Great Invention of the Ace
IN
.Hoop Skirts,
J. W. Bradley’s Hew Patent Dnper Ellip
tic (or Double) Spring Skirt.
'T'HIS Invention consists of Dnplex or twoj Ellptic
1. Pure Refined Steel Springs, ingeniously braided
tightly and firmly together, edve to edge, making the
toughest, most flexible, elastic and durable Spring
everused. They seldom Bond or break like the sin
gle Spring-, and consequently preserve their perfect
and beautiful shape more than twice as long ae any
Single Spring skirt that ever has or can be made.
The wonderful flexibility and great comfort and
pleasure to any lady wearing the Duplex Elliptic Skirt
will be experienced particularly In all crowded Assem
blies, Operas, Carriages. Railroad Care, Church Pews,
Arm Chairs, for Promenade and House Dress, as the
Skirt can be folded when in use to occupy a small
place as easily and conveniently as a Silk or Muslin
A lady having enjoyed the pleasure, comfort and
great convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic
Steel Spring Skirt for a single day will never after
wards willingly dispense with their ale. For children
misses and young ladies they are superior* to all oth
ers.
The Hoops sre covered with 2- ply double twisted
thread and will wear twice ae long as the single yarn ’
covering which is nsed on all Single Steel Hoop Skirts
The three bottom rods on every Skirt sre also Donbla
Steel, end twice or double covered*) prevent the cov
ering Irom wearing off tfie rods when dragging down
stairs, stone steps. £c., which they are constantly
subject to when m nee.
All are made of the tew and elegant Corded Tapes,
and are the best quality in every part, giving to the
wearer the most graceful and perfect sbape possible
nnd are unquestionably the lightest, most desirable,
comfortable and economical skirt ever made.
WESTS’, BRADLEY A CARY, (late J. I. A J. O.
West,} Proprietors of the Invention, and Sole Manu
facturers, 97 Chambers and 79 and SI Reads sweets,
New York.
For sale in all first class stores in this city, and
throughout the United States and Canadas, Havana
de Cuba, Mexico, South America, and the West In
dies.
Inquire for the Duplex Elliptic for double)
Spring Skirt. jyS St!
"IT' ITHEB Transient or Permanent, to be obtained
JJJ in a pleasant situation, and very accessible to
business. In Broughton street, No. 184,
septic Sim
SOUTH ERN ~
Exporting ami Importing
COMPANY,
OF FLORIDA.
T'HIS aseociation is prepared to make advances in
A currency of Gold on consignments of Cotton.
Naval Stores, Lumber, 4c., to their agent in Liver-
P< Orders solicited for goods from merchants and plan
tere The strictest attention will be paid to all o-ders
however small, for goods ffom England, France or
Germany Our Savannah and Charleston Agents,
being salaried, make no charge for forward#* either
wav and wtll famish circular of details.
H. F FLOYD, President,
Jacksonville, Fla
Aoxms * —E. T. Pains. Liverpool, England: RE.
Screven, Charleston, S. C„- Henry Bryan, Savannah,
Oa Smos rjepl*
