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THE SAVANNAH DAI LY HERA LD. VOL. 1-NO. 214. The Savannah Daily Herald (MORNING AND EVENING) IS PUBLISH!!) BY H. W. MASON A CO., At 1U Bat ttrmECT, Savamkau, Qkobgia. 1 CBMB: Per c °Py-v»- FlTe £§“.£' Per Hundred. *O. Per Tear ® lu uu > . Ad v 1 1. tii t » a-. Two Dollars per Square of Ten Lines for first in sertion • One Dollar for each subsequent one. Ad vertisements inserted in the morning, will. It desired, appeal in the evening without extra charge. .JOB PRINTING, 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*