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Supplement tu ®he jailp Jerald. The Savannah Daily Herald Difficulties between Spain and Chili. The steamship Ocean Queen arrived at ITew York on Friday trom Aspinwall on the 31st October, brings important news from the West Coast of Soul k America: The difficulties between the republic of Chile and Spain, which for a Considerable time have worn a threatening aspect, have at last culminated in a positive refusal by the former of the demands of the latter and a declaration ol war. These demands grew out of the late hostilities between Spain and Peru, during the continuance ot w hich sup plies were refused the Spanish war vessels j n Chilean ports. For the losses and incon veniences thus suffered, the Spanish govern ment demanded indemnity of Peru, and au thorized Admiral Pareja, commauder of its naval squadron in the Pacific, to act, if ne cessary, in the double capacity of minister and warrior—to negotiate sot reparation,and, if not successful iu that manner, to seek it at the sword's point and cannon's mouth.— The civil portion of his mission was a com plete failure, owing to the peremptory and indignant refusal of the Chilean government U> accede to his demands, which were made in an insulting and threatening manner, and therefore, on the 24th of September, be as sumed the beligerent portion of bis mission, and instituted a blockade of the coast of Chile. Immediately afterwards the Chilean Congress declared war against Spain, author ized a loan of twenty millions ot dollars, and granted the President, unlimited power to raise troops and increase the navy. Up to the date of latest accounts no collisions be tween the hostile forces had occurred; but Admiral Pareja kept up his blockade, and threatened to bombard the city of Valparai so, and the Chileans were arming. The Spanish squadron, however, is emirely une qual to an efficient blockade, and even from Valparaiso two well armed Chilean war ves sels, ou an undivulged expedition, succeeded in getting to sea through it. Thu foreign Ministers had held meetings and protested against the action of Pareja. Peru is, meaqtinie, convulsed with a civil war. The revolutionists and the government forces appear to be about equally matched. Council of the Kpio-opal Church. The Augusta Constitutionalist of the Bth inst., says of the important Church Council now sitting in that city : This body, composed of the Bishops, cler ical and lay deputies trom several Southern dioceses, meets iu St. Paul's Chutch this morning at 10 o'clock a. m. The action ot the Convention recently con vened in Philadelphia was so conservative and conciliatory to the branch of the Church South that it is believed the unity of the church, North and South, will be accom plished. The effort of some members of the Phla delpbia Convention to introduce matters of a purely political character into the delibera tions of that body, was voted down by an overwhelming majority. The radical lay members and their loyal resolutions, insult ing alike to the dignity of a Christian body aud the feelings ot Southern deputies were discountenanced, and everything was done to bring about a reunion of the Church. In this Connection we publish this morning an article from the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, an ultra radical sheet, which speaks of the influence of that distinguished prelate, Bishop Elliot, and the part which he took in the deliberations ot that body. Makriaoks op Consanguinity. —Toe Ar chives de la Medicine Naval of Prance, con tain a scrap of curious information respect ing marriages of consanguinity in the black race : In 1849 there died at Wldah, in the King dom of Dahomey, a Portuguese trader nam ed Da Souza, well known to ail navigators who have visited the Western Coast ot Atti ca. He was an important personage in the country which lie had inhabited many year., and had made an immense fortune by tra ding with the negroes. Ou his death ne left behind him a number of children, the issue ot the four hundred women kept in his ha rem. ’ The political policy of the kings of Dahomey being hostile to the establishment of a mixed race, the numerous progeny of Da Souza were shut up in an enclosure by themselves under the government of one of the sons. Here, subjected to the surveil lance of the agents of the king,—the most despotic of all the monarchs of the earth,— these metis (people of mixed blood) could unite in marriage only among themselves in other words, they lived in the most shame less promiscuity. In 1803 they counted the children of the third generation. The color of their skins wa* returning rapidly to deep black, though all qj'them preserved some traits ot their Eu ropean ancester. Among all the descen dants of Da Souza, —we are able to state this from personal observation,—forming among themselves unions at once the closest in relationship and the most monstrous, there are neither deaf mutes nor blind, nor cr 'ins, (idiots,) nor feeble or deformed lroiu birth. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1865. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT OP THE PRESIDENT’S POI.ICY. Presentation of the Proceeding. of the North Carolina Couventioa tolhc Presi dent. On the 10th inst., members of the late North Carolina Convention and other gen tlemen of that State visited the President, when Hon. Mr. Reid, on behalf of the Con vention, over which he had the honor to pre side, presented for his favorable considera tion certain of its proceedings, saying, among other tilings, that the first act of the Convention was to declare her uninterrupted connection with the Union, and that the or dinance of May, 18G1, by which she was at tempted to be severed, was null and void.— This was done by a vote very nearly ap proaching unanimity, and thus the first issue in the late war was yielded. The next thing done was to prohibit slavery, and this was by a unanimous vote; and a committee of able lawyers was provided to prepare whole some laws for the consideration of the Legis lature; and thus the second issue in the late war was yielded. The Convention having yielded what was involved in the war. and being of the opinion that the State was, aud always had been, in the Union, and that her relations hud only been disturbed and not destroyed, respectfully asks the President to declare, on the part of the authorities ot the United States, as the State has done on her pari, that her governmental relations have been reconciled. The Convention instructed the Legislature to provide for the payment of the debts o£ the State; declared all debts contracted in aid of the rebellion to be ille gal, and prohibited the payment of the same. Mr. Reid continued: We have heard that, notwithstanding the State might yield, and as she understands it has yielded, all that was involved in the war' aod notwithstanding our people were sub missive, well disposed aud anxious tor fra ternal relations, her delegation in Congress would not he admitted unless they had quali , fications not prescribed by the constitution ; that they would be required to take an oatli w’hich few meu in the Slate can take, affirm ing, not merely that they are right now, but that they have never been wrong. The ex clusion ofher delegation upon any such test as is suggested would be felt by our people universally as such a deep wrong that it would put their strong devotion to the gov ernment and their lively hope of perfect re conciliation to the severest trial. They can understand the bitterness of strife aud the aversion to treason ; but they will be con founded at the repulsion of offered friendship and avowed loyalty. The Convention, there fore, respectfully asks Cougress to repeal the test oath. I have thought it respectful, both to you and to Congress, that this request should pass through your hands, with the hope that your Excellency’s magnanimity would add to it some reflection which would avail that body. After further remarks by Mr. Reid, in which be spoke of the confidence reposed in him by North Carolina, the President res ponded as follows : Hon. Mr. Reid ; —I receive from you, with pleasure, a copy of the proceedings of the Convention of North Carolina. 1 reciprocate cordially tlie conciliatory spirit iu which you have addressed me. The Convention ol North Carolina has done much and well towards restoring that State to her proper national relations ; but something yet re mains to be done to reoder that restoration immediately practicable. An acceptation of the Congressional amendment abolishing slavery throughout the United States by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina is, in my judgment, practically important to the successful restoration which is so much de sired by all. Without answering specifically the questions you have proposed to me, it will be sufficient to say that my action must depend upon events, aud that Mr. Holden will be again instructed to continue the ex ercise of bis fuuclions as Provisional Gov ernor until he shall have been expressly re lieved by orders to that effect. Mr. Grant, a blacksmith in Halton, Cana da. has lately beeu the victim of an unlucky joke. His name is the same as that of the American General, and about seven mouths ago, when that soldier was pounding at Richmond, he made some jocular remarks aDout goiug to Washington. His creditors hearing of it, prepared an affidavit that he intended to “skedaddle,” and put him in jail, from whence he has only just emerged. Cooper Institute is self-supporting, the in come for rents being about $25,000. The gallery contains 400 pictures, the library 4,- 000 volumes, and the reading room 160 newspapers, besides periodicals. The School of Design, a leading feature in the institu tion, numbers at present about 200 pupils. The scientific department is supplied with valuable philosophical and chemical appa ratus. The night sebool, which opened Oct. 2d with about 1,500 pupils, is a very in teresting and admirable feature. —The Steamship Ocean Queen, which ar rived at New York on Friday last, from As pinwall brought a million aud a quarter in specie. Dancing*, Dancing. MR. H. G. Ward would inform hi* friend* that the Second Swaion of his Dancing School for Young Men will begin ou Monday Evening, the 2»>th instant. Those wishiugto avail tbemselve* of the opportunity thu* offered to acquire the art will leave their limned at Van Newton A Ward'* tJroceiv. No. 1 -3 Broughtoq street, or at the St. Andrew's Hall, on Monday Eve ning. The Afternoon Class tor Young Ladle* and Children meets on Tuesday aud Thursday AUeruoops, at3.V, o’clock. lw nl3 NOTICE. I3ICKFD UP, floating in the SUvannah River on the . 7tli day of April. I$G5. a Flat Boat, 42 feet 0 inct.es in length, 13 feet beam. 3 feet 6 inches deep, and not painted. Negroes on nearly every plantation on the Savannah river claim the above Flat. Notice is here by given to the legal owner to come forward, prove property, pay expenses or said Flat will be sold. For further particulars apply to the watchman at Fig Island Mill. P. W. SEARS. Dl4-10 Notice. \ LL persons having dexn.oids against the estate of -ia. Edward G. Wilson, deceased, of Chatham county, are respecttully requested to hand them in properly au thenticated; and all persons indebted to said estate •are requested to make immediate payment to ANAIS WILSON, nl4 Administratrix. AGENCY. [.AHUE Paper Collar Manufactory is desirous Opening an Agency, IN SAVANNAH, GA. To a first class Wholesale House, with large con nections. who could command a large trade, liberal arrangements will be made. The Collar is of the very first class, with a space for the Cravat. Address Box 2163, Boston Post Office. nl4-3 A CARD. PlasteriiiE, Repairing anil Wliitewasbins THE Subscriber respectfully announces to his friends and the public that he has returned to Savannah, where he will resume the business conducted by him during the past twenty years. He is prepared to do Plastering, Repairing, Whitewashing. &c„ in a man ner to give safcWaction, and respectfully solicits the orders of his old friends and patrons. nl4-lm ISAAC BRUNNER. The Fisheries. FOR SALE—Englich and Spanish Cast Nets, Cast Net Lends, Thimbles, Hand and Lead Lines, Fish Lines, Cotton and Hemp Seine Twine, Cotton and Hemp Seine*, Flax Gilling Twine for mullets and shad. Tikes. Turtle Nets, Quail Nets. Minnow Seines and Dip Ni ts, Cork and Cedar Floats, Right and Left-laid Net and Seine Rope. Every kind of Net and Seine made to order. American Net and Twine Cos., 43 COMMERCIAL STREET, BOSTON. nS-10 COMSTOCK & KIIEYr MACHINERY DEPOT, Oice Ho. 154 Bay Street.Sayannah Ga, WE keep on hand and furnish to order at Manu facturers' Prices, Engine,Foot and Hand Lathes, Planes, Drills. Chucks. Bolt < utters, Geai Cutters. Wood & Mann “Portable Engines,” Hoisting En gines, Wood Working Machinery of every description, Stationery Steam Engines and Boiler.-. Cotton Gins and Pres*»*s. Saw Mills, Rice Mills, Grist Mills, Circu lar and Mill Saws, Rubber and Leather Belting and Hose. Glaring, shafting. Hangers and Pulliea, Hy draulic Jacks and Punches, Pumps of all .kinds. All kinds of Wood and Iron Working Machinery and supplies. Agents tor the West Point Foundry, E. A. Wood’s Steam Guage and Boiler Feeders. C3T- SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. COMSTOCK & KINSEY, No. 104 Bay street, oct4-Tu,Th&S2m Savannah, Ga. KEROSENE WARE, Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets, ITarp Hangers, Side Backs, Side Lamps, with and withont Reflectors; Fan cy Hall Lamps, Lanterns, Bases, Pegs and Fonnts- Fatent Glass Cones, Burners, Globes, Chimnies and Wick, DRUGGISTS’ FLINT 4 GREEN GLASS, Crock ery Dealers’ anil Confectioners’GLASSWAßE. Goods of all kinds made to order. KEROSENE OIL. JAMES T. WRIGHT, 225 Greenwich Street, Two doors below Barclay, N. Y novl-|m away with spectacles. OLD Eyes made New, without Spectacles, Doctor or Medicine. Pamphlet mailed free on receipt of ten cents. Address E. B. Foote, M. D„ No. 1130 Broadway, New York. n9-2w Architecture aud Engineering. MULLER & BRUYN, Architects and Engineer*, are now prepared to furnish Dr..wing9. {Specifica tions and Estimates for Buildings. Also for ail kinds of Machinery, such ns Saw Mills and other Mills, Facto ries, Ac., and to superintend the building of the name. Surveying done in all its branches. Levelling. Ac. Office in Sorrel's Building, corner ol Bull ana Day sts, second floor. M. P. MULLER, Civil aud Mechanical Engineer. Da WITT BRUYN, uov4-lm Architect. HOTELS. Port Royal House, lIILTON II RAI), S. C. RIDDELL A KL6 O , Pbopr ietOis E. S. RIDDELL. M. P. HUGO- Ju3-tf SEA ISLAND HOTEL HILTON HEAD, S. C., NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BUCKLY & BANCROFT, Proprietors. Kmv.tui TANARUS„ Jones, Agent. ts oetlO HEWITT’S GLOBE HOTEL, Augusta, Gra. fIYIIE OLD GLOBE HOTEL, corner Broad and Jafk -*■ son streets, having patted into the ham is ol W. C. Hewitt, late of the “ Hewitt Hiuse,*’Va., has been thoroughly renovated, and is uow open for the recep tion oi visitor* to the city. He will be most happy to see his old friends and the travelling public gen erally at the Glohr, where they will receive every at tention and meet with the very he*t accommod.ition the Southeru country can affonl. W. C. HEWITT, Proprietor. Col. G. H. Jones. Clerk. i»8-lm R. MOLINA, Corner Bull and Congress Streets, under Srreven House, IMPORTER and Wholesale Dealer In Havana Se gura, Leaf and Smoking Tobacco. Alm>, all kinds of Virginia Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. Mcr sebaum. Brier Root, and all other kinds ot Fancy Pities. sep3(V3m State and County Tax Col lector. THE Subscriber is a Candidate for re-election, and respectfully asks the suffrage of the citteens of Chat h im County. obtito SEABORN OOODALL. LINVILE & GLEASON. SAVANNAH. A&EIWTB FOR MERRITT, WALCOTT & CO., 64 Courtlandt Street, New York. MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF BOLTS, NUTS AND WASHERS Bridge, Car, Ship cr Band Hook,» AND BOILER BOLT , SETT SCREWS, COACH OR LAC SCREWS. Hot and Cold Pressed Nuts, ROUND AND BQUARE WASHERS, Tumbnokles, Bolt Ends, Taps and. Dies. &o. ALSO DEALERS IN RAILROAD SUPPLIES. LOCOMOTIVES, CARS, HAILS, CHAIRS, SPIKES,TIKES, AXLES; CAR TRIM MINGS of every description, and every article used in constructing or operating Railroads. STEAMSHIP SUPPLIES. ENGUVEERS’ STORKS. COAL OIL. TALLOW, WASTE FELTING, BEMP, AND RUBBER PACKING; LAMPS, PAINTS, VARNISH, Ao.; ENGINEERS’ TOOLS, of every description; CHIPPING AND RIVETING HAMMERS, SCREW PUNCHES,FILES, CHISELS, Ac, TELEGRAPH MATERIALS. WIRE, INSULATORS, BATTERIES, IN STRUMENTS, ACIDS, SULPHATE COPPER, &c. Also Manufacturers of the BEST OAK TANNED BELTING. MACHINERY. LATHS. PLANERS, DRILLS. PUNCHES AND SHEARS, STEAM ENGINES, STATION ARY AND PORTABLE SAW MILLS, SAWS,«fcc. septS ts