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THE SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOL. 1-NO. 297. The Savannah Daily Herald fMORUING AND EVENING) 8. W. MASON ft CO.. Ac 111 Bat Sum, Savannah. Gsoegul. tllll: Par Copy Fite Cent*. Per Hundred N to. Per Year $lO 00. ADYEITIII NR: Two Dalian per Square of Ten Lines for ant la. sertioo; One Dollar fe each sufcecqueat one. Ad vert ieeinfnte Inserted la the morning, will, IT desired, appear ia the evening without extra charge. s ioafniNTiNG, In afary style, neatly and promptly done. Tfte Lamar Cotton Case. TRIAL or MR. G. B. LAMAR BEFORE A MILITARY COMMISSION. SIXTH DAT. i.At £ q a-~; .... [Reported for the Herald.) On the assembling of the Commission yes terday morning, Mr. Wm. A. Board, witness for the prosecution was called, and being duly sworn, testified as follows: Question— Judge Advocate. State ysur name and present occupation. Answer. —Wm. A. Beard, merchant of Savannah. Question. —State where you were and what yon were doing in September last. Answer. —On the 2nd of September I was at ThomaavUtA I was contractor under Mr. A.! i: Browne, Supervising Special Agent of the r.th Special Agency, Treasury Depart ment. I waa engaged in loading cotton on cars, under a contract from the Goverment. At the time, I had 393 bales at the depot to load. Mr. Wright and Mr. Seward came to the depot together. Mr. Seward inquired for Mr. Browne, who had left that morn ing for Savannah, alck- He stated that I was the only man then there in the room of Mr. Browne, and he, (Mr. Wright,) aa Agent and Attorney, for Mr. Lamar, said that I must stop loading that cotton, as Mr. Lamar bad taken the Amnesty Oath of May 28th, I think, of President Lincoln, and he thought that all the cotton and properly of Mr. Lamar would be given back to him again ; and if I peisisted in loading the cot ton be would sue out a writ of hail and tro ver, and prevent me from so doing. Question. —What cotton were you then loading—l- &E. Cos. cotton, or Mr. Lamar's individual coilou ? Answer. —l was loading I. &E. Cos. cotton. I told Mr. Lamar that my orders from Mr. Browne were to forward this cotton with all possible dispatch to Savannah -, and if it waa molested to call on Col. Kimball, command ing the post, for assistance; whereupon he replied, ibat he would hate to come in con tact with the military authorities, and re quested me to go up with him to Col. Kim ball’s headquarters, which I did. He there stated the case to Col. Kimball, who told him his orders were to turn the cot ton over to Mr. Browneand to render him mi litary assistance if necessary. I referred the matter to Col. Kimball, telling him that I would do as he thought most advisable iu the matter. Mr. Seward then said that he would like to refer the matter to Washing ton, which he thought would take about nine days. I then said to Col. Sewacd that I had already been at a great deal of expanse in material aod labor; whereupon he stated that if Mr. Lamar got hia cotton, he wouW ace all or those expenses paid. Col. Kimball awid, that under the circumstauces he should advise me not to load any more cotton—to stoii and let the matter be referred to Wash ington. i men requested Mr. Seward to give in writing his reasons for interrupting and stop ping me, which he did. The paper was presented by the witness and read by the Judge Advocate. Thomasvillk, Ga., Sept. 2, 1865. A. G. Browse, Esq., Agent &c., or Ids Representative : I am the agent and counsel of G. B. La mar, and am directed by him to institute le gal proceedings to prevent the removal of his cotton held by him immediately, and aa President ot the Importing and Exporting Company represented By him. I have said to Capt. Beard that I should be compelled to sue out legal process unless some accom modation should take place by which the cotton should remain in store until full infor mation is obtained in regard to the rights of the parties. Mr. Lamar claims that by taking the amnesty oath under President Lincoln’s Proclamation on the 6th of Janua ry, 1868, he is pardoned. There can be no doubt of this, aod it would devolve upon the Government to show some act upon the part of Mr. Lamar which places him under any disability dbder the Proclamation of President Johnson. Capt. Beard, upon con ference and friendly advice, has agreed to let the cotton remain in store at present un til further advice, upon the understanding that legal proceedings will not be taken un til further instructions shall be given him. Very Respectfully. James L. Seward. Mr. A. G. Browne, Jr., beiog recalled re cognized R letter a*’having been written bv A. P. Wright, in behalt of Sqward and Wright, to G. B. Lamar, and Detective Bun nell, recalled, testified to finding in potees sion of G. B. Lamar on bis arrest—among the papers re seized. ' This letter, which was read and put into the Case, is as follows i Thomasville, Ga., Sept. 29tb, 1865. G. B. Lamar, Savannah, Ga. Dear Sib. -—Yours of the 18th was received this day, and we are truly glad to hear from you, and to know that you have returned. In your absence we have done everything in our power to protect your rights. We have had a very severe Struggle with the military to keep them from removing it to New York via Jacksonville. It was truly fortunate for you that your letter reached ua when it did, for they were loading a number ot trains with your cotton— they bad one hundred bales on the cars, and we had to tell the Colonel and the Treasury Agent that we would airest them it they re moved the cotton. The Col. said he bad nothing to do with it, as be bad turned it over to the Treasury Agent. After a great deal of w* had the cars unloaded, and your cotton palely stored in a large shed in the depot. We enclose you a full statement of all the cotton we know of to this county. We shall go again to Brooks on Monday next, and take such steps as are necessajn.- to- protect your interests there. We weft down last week, and we have an agent looking up every hale of cotton that is missing of yours, and tor evidence if he can procure, it to con vict the parties or have the cotton restored. It is unfortunate that yon did not write us earlier, for we could have done what we have done since yon empowered us—pro tected you fully. We have bad more trouble in Burke than anywhere else In looking after your cotton, for there was a regular organ ized bsnd of theivea, and we have bad more trouble on account of the military authorities being your enemies, and they were all the time swearing that yoar property ought to aod would be confiscated. -We VFould be glad to see you out here, butyoa ought to be send us a schedule of your cottons at once, irom this fact; before you wrote us, a brother of W. W. Cheever, bad got an order from the military authorities and bad removed about one hundred bales of cotton that we believe to be yours, Every fact in relation to the removal of your eottou shall be fished up and brought to light We are respectfully, Ac. Seward A Wrioht. Write ua by every opportunity. We think we have all of your cotton secured In this county, save some cotton that was removed by Browne before we had any authority to act for you, from DanL A. Home. Wedrrwax Evening, Oct Ist, 1865. Since writing the foregoing we have re ceived your communication of the 24th ult. We hare notified Messrs. Evans and Parnell, the Railroad Agent, and the Treasury Agent and every party that we know ot not to in terface or move your cotton. As soon as we received your letter. Sunday as it was, we notified E. Remington A Son—the senior member ot the firm is gone. I enclose you the note at the junior. We go again to Brooks to-morrow, and from there wiH give you full Our Mr. Seward thinks be will go down to aee you this week, aa there ia some Information he wishes from you. ir he possibly can, be will go from Brook* to Savannah to aee you. We have been, at great trouble and expanse, but we will continue to do all in our power, sad we know that your rights can be protected by us if we caaxwly get a track of the thieves. Your interests shall be as faithfully leaked after mV they Were our own. Every chance you can, let us know especially about Cheever. He says the cotton he is getting off never belonged to you. Yours, S. & W. Mr. Beard's testiutoay proceeded with; Question. —What did you do after you re ceived the letter from Mr. Seward. Answer. —I returned hack,to the depot and ordered the cotton to be unloaded from the cua, and to be stared in the abed adjoining the depot, and leflit under a military guard. On the sth of September I left for Savan nah, and reported to Mr. Browne what had taken place On the 24th ot October, I went from there toTbomaaville again. I arrived there on the evening of the 26th. I bad instructions from Gen. Brennan to return to Thomasville to take all I. AE. Cos, cotton, but none of Mr. Lamar’s private cotton, and to forward it aa soon as possible. On the evening of the 26tb, I went to Col. Kimball’s headquarters with the despatches I bad received from Gen. Brennan, requested Col. Kimball to detail oue officer to take ac count of the weights marks and bales, which he said he would do on the following morning, on which I wished to commence operations. On Friday morning the 27th, in company with Col. Kimball and my employees, we went to the warehouse of Evans <fe Parnell, where the cottoo was then stored, and there for the first time I saw Mr. Lamar Sr.; waa Introduced to him by Col. Kimball. Col. Kimball stated to him that I had come to take the I. & E. Company cotton. Mr. La mar asked me what I waa going to do with private cottott,—wbat I going to do where the marks were obliterated so that we could not tell it. I told him I was not going to take the private cotton, and where there was any doubt, I would throw it in his fa vor. He asked what I was going to do with the 27 bales of his cotton marked L. taken from Goldberrv’s warehouse. Question —Did he say those 27 bales were private cotton ? Answer. —He did. I told him I was not going to take those 27 bales. To which be re plied, “you are not going to take the other either,” I told him Ishoula take it it I lived. He then left the warehouse somewhat ex cited. I saw no more of him till to the after noon between 3 and 4 o'clock. He then came to my bote), and requested to see me at the door. I went to the door and found Mr. Lamar Snd another gentleman in the employ of the Railroad Company, of the name of Chisholm. He asked me If I was going to deliver him that cotton in Hie depot, to which I replied, “No, air.” lie then called on Mr. Chisholm to take notice what I said. 1 turned and left them standing at the door. On the 28th I commenced breaking out, getting the marks and weights and turning out the cotton. Being, at about 11 o'clock in the farther end of the warehouse, near the press, Mr. Lamar came in with another gentleman, %nd said, “You are here getting my eolton, ard yoo ?” I said “No sir, I am getting cotton belong ing to the U. 8.,” whereupon this other gen tleman with him, approached me with a paper. Lamar said to this gentleman “Ar rest him, Mr. Sheriff. aud take him up to Judge Hansell’s.” I told him’) shouldn't go with him to Judge HaosWtl's. The writ for the arrest of Mr- Beard waa here read to the commission with the ac companying. paper*. THR WRIT. State or Geoboia, 1 Thomas County. > To the Honorable Superior Court of Thoma* coouty:, . -vy. .x>..’ . The petition of Gaza way B. Presi dent of the Exporting .and Imparting Com pany of the State of Georgia, abowetb that Wm. A. Beard hath damaged yoar petitioner ip the eum of seventy-nine thousand and tour hundred dollars for that, whereaa your peti tioner heretofore, to wit; On the 27th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-five, was lawfully possessed of as President of the Ex porting and Importing Company of the State ot Georgia— ) • [Here follows an enumeration of lots of cotton-] The whole number of bales of cotton being three hundred and forty-seven (347) of .the great value of seventy-nine thousand four hundred dollars- And being so possessed therefore, your petitioner afterwards ait the day and year above mentioned, to wit: On the day and year aforesaid, in the connty of Thomas in the State aforesaid, casually lost said cotton aforedesrribed out of his pos session, and said cotton aforedescribed to wit, on tb« day and year aforedescribed came to the possession of one William A. Beard by finding. Yet the said WUIUm A. Beard, well knowing the cotton aforedeecribed to be the property of your petitioner as Presi dent of the Exporting spa Importing Com pany of Georgia, and ot right to belong end appertain to him, bat contriving and fraudu lently intending craftily and subtlety to de oeive and defraud yoar petitioner, in thlsjbe bslf hath not os yet delivered said eolton to your petitioner, although often requested so to do, and hitherto wholly refused so do and afterwards, to wit, on the day and year afore said in the county aforesaid William A. Beard converted said cotton aforedescribed to his own use, to the damage of your peti tioner, seventy-nine thousand four hundred dollars, and therefore he brings suit and prays process may be' issued requiring the said William A. Beard personally, or by At torney, to be and appear at the next Su perior Court, to be held in and for said county, to answer your petitioner ip . an action of Trover and Bail (Signed) Sewabo A Weight, Plff*. Atty 'a. State tm Gkohqia, I Thom** County, j In person appeared before me, uaz&way B. Lamar, President of the Imparting and Expoi ting Company of the jHjitf, of Gnofgia. who being duly sworn deposeth and i Mdffi; that he ia about to commence action of Tro ver in the Superior CotUt of said county teen hundred and sixty-five, for three hun dred and forty-veven Men of option, mark ed of tki value of.seven ty-nine thousand four hundred dollars; that deponent does verily believe and bona £d* claim said cotton as Pnildtnt es the fai porting and Exporting Company as their SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1866. own right and property, and that said de ponent hia reason to apprehend that said three hundred and forty-seven bales of cotton wilt be eloigned and will not be forthcoming to answer the judgment that shall be made in the case unless said Wm. A. Beard is re quired to eater into cognizance agreeably to the statute in each case made and provided. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this Oct. 28th, 1866. (Signed ) Astana P. Weight, Notary Public, Thomas Cos. Ga. Statb or Gboboia, Thomas Cos. To the Sheriff of said county : G. B. Lamar, President, vs. Win. A. B ?££&r , mL, 4 . Beard, is here by required personally, or by attorney, to be aud appear at the next Superior Court, to be held in and for said county on the third Mon day in December next, then and there to an swer your petitioner's complaint in an ac tion of trover and bail, as in default thereby the Court shall proceed as to justice shall ap pertain. Witness the Hon. A. H. Hansell, Judge of Said Court, this 28th day of October, 1865. (Signed) L. Deans, - Clerk. The following endorsement appears on the writ: Thomas Sup. Ct. Dec. Term, 1865.—G. B. Lamar, President, vs. Trover and Bail, Wm. A. Beard. Copy Sworn to, $79,400. Sheriff take good bail in twice the amount, $168)800. Oct. 28th. 18M- Seward & Wright, Plaintiff & Attorney. The Deputy sheriff’s return is aa follows: Served a copy of the original on William A. Be*nl defendant, who refused to ackaow ledge tlie authority of the civil officers of tin State of Georgia, aud said be knew nothing but the United States, and threatened me so Si to make me itndsrstand that he would avs me arrested by the military authori ties, for be called a gusrd of United States polored troops, who came forward, where upon I found I could notproc ;ed any.further as I had no force to protect ic>»elf. , Oct. 28th, 1865. G, WIHON, Dept’ v Sheriff of Thomas county. The Sheriff banded me the writ, which I took, but told him l acknowledged no authority but that of the United States, and then threw the writ on the ground.'— Mr, Lamar told the Sheriff to take hold 'of me, that be would take hold of oue side, and urged him to take hold of the other; whereupon I told (hem that they rnuan’t take hold of me, that I shouldn’t go to Judge Hansel Is. I told Mr. Lamar that I had often heard of hfs browbeating every one he came in contact with, but he had at last found bis match. Whereupon he said that I was a big man, a great man, and was there stealing his cotton. 1 replied that I was not stealing his cotton, but was getting the Government Cotton. He asked the Sheriff if be aHoWed me to sat the authority ot Georgia at naught, .urging the Sheriff again to take hold -of me, as he would take bold of one side. The Sheriff replied that “I refused to be arrested, and that he couldn't lot-* me.” Whereupon Miy Lamar said that he would get mare help to wren me, and went out of the warehouse, the Sheriff following. Question. —Did you call for a military guard ? Answer. —No, sir. I requested Lt. John son, uf.ur Mr- Lunar went »«ay, to send (or a guard, that I might protocol jay work, and not be disturbed again, i Question.— Was there any military guard there, or did any appear or come forward during the proceedings you have described. Ansmei'. —-No, sir : | I saw neither Lamar nor the Sheriff any piore at the warehouse. Col. Kimball came down in the afternoon, Said -he had had an interview with Mr. Lamar, that he was going so leave that night for Augusta, and from (here for Washington. •On tbe-BtstofGetober, Mr. G. B. Lamar, Jr., came into the warehouse in the morning quite early, about nisq o’clock, (he was then unknown to me.-yand offered me a letter of introduction from Col. Kimball. He stated that he was acting there for his uncle ; that he was soon going to commence shipping the cotton that was in the warehouse; that he hoped we should get along without any trouble. I told him we should, it be treated me like a gentleman. He wished to know under whose orders I was working. I took out a letter to Mr. Browne from Secretary McCulloch, and let him read bis orders iu regard to I- & K. cotton, He remarked: “1 see by this letter, that you are not to go npon plantations to search for small lots." I re plied, “no." He then asked me what I should do with the cotton where the marks were blotted nut. I replied that where there was reasonable doubt, 1 should throw It in bis favor. He asked if I would give him the marks of the qottou I was- then taking. His uncle, he Stated, had a great deal or cotton stoien, and it would assist him very much, as bis marks and receipts were lost in getting his own cot ton. I told him that I- would render him , any assistance that I could, consistent with Sy own duties. He said that was ail be ould ask. In the foregoing he asked What I should do with the lot of cotton marked [Lj—l told him 1 should not take it. On the 31st October I loaded this erntoe, Which I left in September, 303 hales. 27 bales qf this were L. eotton, which I did not load; 276 bales were taken from McKennon’s shed originally. 1 found them 41 bales short, and then took enough from Evans’ and Parnell’s warehouse to make up 325 bales, all being I. AE. cotton. With this 325 bales I started an Nov. Ist for Savannah. Xeame to get io structlons from Gen. Brennan or from Mr. Sampson, Asst. Treasury Agent, as there Were so many difficulties occurring. At Doc tortown, I met for the first time Mr. A. G. Browne, Jr.; reported to him, and of the troubles I had encountered, and gave him the copy ot the writ served on me. He or dered me to tom back with him again, which Question —Have yon ever had any other interview with either of the Lam <rs ? Answer. —l had another toterview with Mr. Lamar, Jr., Mr. Lamar came into the ware house one morning while I wae at work He told me that be had put up a press, and wanted to know if I would deliver up that L. cotton that I had left in the warehouse, I told him that Mr. Browne had arrived with me and relieved me trom all duliea except as a simple contractor. He said he did not care about coming in contact with Mr. Brown. I told him that be would find him a very gentlemanly man, that I was an older man than be was; and not to approach him ia the way that his uncle approached me ; that he had got to come in contact with Mr. Browne and I advised him to go to the hotel and see him. He did so, and saw Mr. Browne. I never met him afterwards except ttt the street. Mr. Lamar, fir, I saw once again while I was on board the steamer Orient on my way to Tnomaaville. Ho came up near the steamer on the wharf and asked if I was going to ThoasasviHe, and wanted to know a I would take * letter.,- I told him 1 would. I took the letter, which was addressed to O B. Lamar, Jr., at TbomT asville. On arriving there I handed the let! ter to Mr. Lamar, Jr. out of the window of t|e CAT. Question —Have you stated all the inter course you over had with the Lamars, or either of them 7 • « any farther attempt made to serve on you the writ of which mention has been made ? Answer —l cant state the date, but some where near the- 90th of November, late in the evening,—l think after I carried the let ter to Mr.Laraar Jr., the Sheriff, accompa nied by five other persona armed with large sticks, came into tne -warehouse, and asked if I acknowledged that writ that had been attempted to be served on me. Ttoid him no, I did not acknowledge the service of the writ. He and the other five persons then tamed about and left the warehouse. Question— Was sot this on the 25th ? Answer. —l coot state any more exactly than I have already. It was about sunset. Question— By defence —You say Mr. La mar told you the 27. hales from Goldberry were his cotton ; did be not say to you that tbis-cottou was stored in Goldberry's ware house. Answer. —l don’t recollect of his saying 80. Question —By defence.—Have you a copy of the instructions to Mr.- Browne from the Secretary of the Treasury which you stated Mr. Brown* was acting under. Answer —I have not. Question —How do yon account for the loss of the forty-one bales from McKinnon 's shed, it being under a military guard ? Answer— l cannot account for it. I was at the North. Question —Did Mr. Browne, Jr., ever give you any instruction with regard to your intercourse with the Lamars? Answer —Yes, sir. . He told me to keep on good terms with them and not to quarrel with them. Mr. Browne told me to tell him all that passed between ua, which I always did. The witness was then dismissed. Col. Wm. K. Kimball was next called. Question .—Please state where you were, and in what capacity you were acting on the 27th of October last. Answer,— <l wm acting as military com mandant of the Sub-District of AUamaha, and oh that day was at Thomasville. Question— State whether you bad any con versation with Mt. G. B. Lamar in regard to cotton claimed ty him, and if so, state what took place. Answer.-r-I did havfe conversation with him in tegard to that cotton, and In consequence of that conveisation I communicated with him in writing, a copy of which letter I have. I cannot say whether the communi cation iu writing with Mr. Lamar was made at his request or not. I think it was. Question,—Did you deliver the original of which this is a copy? Answer. —l could not state whether I de livered the original. I delivered the original or a copy, I cannot state which, to Mr. La mar. The communication of Col. Kimball, ad dressed to Mr. Lamar, was read by the judge Advocate as follows: Headquarters Suu-Dis’r Altam aha,l Oct. 27th,|1885. ) G. B. Lamar, Esq.: Dear Sir :— I have the honor to inform you that I am in possession of orders from Brev’t. Major Gen. Brennan, Commanding First Division Depart mentfot Georgia, to de liver to the Special Agent of the United States Treasury Department, all the cotton In this Sub-District “belonging to the Ex porting and Importing Company of Georgia. ” That order is subject to revision by the au thority fmm whence it is issued, or by supe rior authority, hut not by mu. The execution of the order is the only mat ter with which I a&t charged, and in the per formance of that duty, I cannot allow or permit miy interference or impediments by citizens' Os the State. I shall proceed to exe cute the order as I understand it, and any loyal citizens aggrieved at nty proceedings can seek (he remedy that the Laws of the oouutry afford them. I address this note to you, for the reason that I am credibly in formed that you propose to impede the exe cution of the order. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Wm. K. Kimball, Col. Coffi’g. Sub District. Question —You say that you were iu pos session of orders Irom Gen. Brennan. Where are those orders ? Answer. —Left on file and delivered to the Acting Assistant of my successor, Lieut. Col. Bogart. Question. —by Did you not read to Mr. Lamar the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. McCulloch, of the 27th of Sept. 1865, and stale to him explicitly that the course you would poysue would be to deliver all the cotton of (be I. A E. Cos., tphich had been turned over to Mr. Browne, in August 1865, and to confine them to that cotton ; and that they would not be atlowed tq look up any other, and that Detective Crow ell would be dismissed and sent back to Florida ; that any private cotton would be delivered to him under the', permit of Gen. Steedman, countersigned by Gen. Brannan, and did not Mr. Lamar express his assent to that arrangement, till he could go to Mil lcdgeville, Augusts aud Washington city ? Answer.—l did read thei tetter of Mr. McCulloch to Mr. Lamar. 1 never stated explicitly to any person the oonrae I intended to pursue with reference to the cotton turn ed over to the Treasury Agent and embraced in his receipts of Aug. 14th. I did express to Mr. Lamar, or his couose’, or both, my opinion of what action could betaken under that order and think I notified Mr. Lamar that no additional seizures, would be made of any cotton by nay authority, hav ing received orders to that Meet from War Department, and did not exhfess to him or Uis counsel, any intention to con trol the action of ithe; Treasury Agent, in relation to Detective Crowell, he was there without my knowledge or consent. I think I did express to Mr. Lamar, dr bis counsel that he‘ would not be retained, with the concurrence of Captain Beard, there beidg no Treasury Ageat then present. I think, I have no doubt that I did so—l did sky to him, or his counsel, that bis private cotton would be delivered to him under the permit of Gen. Steedman, countersigned by Geaerni Brannan. Mr. Lamar did notex press assent or dissent. There was no ar tkngement in any way or shape, proposed by him or me. I wish to add, that in conse quence of the conveisation jvlfo him, which Was quite brief, I advised him, to go to Au gusta and tee Gen. Steedman. Question. —Had you not previously told Mr. Lamar that the lot marked L., 27 bales, found in Goldberry's warehouse in hie name and taken by Mr. Browne in Afignst, would be returned to him ? Answer. —After the reception of the order of General Steedman, sent to me by General Brannan, I supposed that all tire private cot ton of Mr. Lamar would be returned to him. I cannot state distinctly in relation to that cotton, bnt it was returned to me by Mr. Goldberry as being the private ebtton of Mr. Lamar, aod was so understood- to be when it was received by Mr. Brofrne. I think I. expressed the opinion fostinctiy to Mr. Lamar, that all bis tflrate cot ton would be restored to him. Question —By Detence—Were not the eight or ten bales stored at Groover’s part of La max's cotton, received from Bellamy, which bad been saved by a wan named W ilson who bad been employed by Capt. Burke to fake charge of it, allowing him one third of what he migbt save,’aod he, recovering twenty seven bales, kept seven, and those eight nr ten bales were all that could be found of the fourteen ? Answer —ln the receipt of Mr. Browne there is a specification relating to this cotton. It was reported to me as the debria of the large lot of cotton at that station I made an arrangement similar to one already made by Capt. Burke with a Mr. Jones, to take that cotton, bale it, and if it turned out to be the property of the U. S., he should receive the same compensation as Capt. Burke had offered him as agent of Mrs. C. A. L. Lamar. After that I know nothing of that col ton. Question —by prosecution.—Did Mr. Lamar teli you that those 27 balss from Goldberry's warehouse were his private cotton, and make a claim tor them as such ? Answ-er. —l think that I made the suggest ion to Mr. Lamar, having the record of Gold berry in my possession, that that amount of las private property had been taken re connection with the I& E Cos., cotton, some of which had been taken from McKin non s shed Question —Was not the order'receivcd from the War Department, alluded to by you, qualified by the words, - “unless at the re quest of a Treasury agent,” or words to that effect ? Answer. —That order|was so qualified, or rather, I had a seperate order directing me to furnish assistance to Treasury Agents calling on me to do so. Question. —Did you give any information whatever to Mr. Lamar implying that the military would not make seizures if duly re quested by Agents of the Treasury. Answer.— l did not intima'te to Sir. Lamar that the military would not make seizures if requested by the agent of the Treasury De paiiment. I have always made seizures at the re quest of a Treasury Agent, but have made none as a military sisn since the receipt of the Special Orders of the War Department Os June 26th, 1865. On the conclusion of 001. Kimball’s testi mony the Commission adjourned till this morning at nine o'clock. A High Handed Outrage.— On Thursday some colored troops went to the house of Mrs. Freeman, a lady residing about a mile from the Arsenal, and grossly resulted her. One of them, we are told, threatened her life. Her son making his appearance, pistol in hand, the party left. Early in the even ing eight soldiers went to the house, and de manded admittance. Being refused, they endeavored to force an entrance. A well directed shot from a window, however, brought down one of the party,' and checked the movements of the balance. The wound ed negro was taken up by his companions and carried to the Arsenal. Iu a little while S large party returned to the bouse. In the meantime, a son of Mrs. Freeman, and two other gentlemen, who fortunately happened to be in the house, made prepara tions to give any one who might attempt any deeds of violence a warm reception. The lawless wretches as soon as they ar rived made a regular attack upon the house, aud succeeded in breaking down the door. The family retreated to an upper story. The negroes, then, commenced a regular raid on the furniture, at the same time using the most violent and obscene language. They entered the parlor aud broke in pieces the piano, and other furniture and articles of value. Having done all the injury in their power in this part of the building, they returned to the hail, and endeavored to ase'eud the slairs to the room where Mrs, F. and family had taken refuge. A well aimed bullet from Mr. Freeman's pistol finished the career of crime ol the negro in advance. Nothing daunted another viliian followed in the footsteps of the first one and met the same just fate. En raged at being thus foiled, two more rushed up the stairs—oifiy to Increase the heapibf carcases pn the floor. Both felt under the fire of Mr. F. and his friends. By this time an officer, arrived from the arsenal, and put an end to the proceedings. He immediately ordered thu remaining sol diers back to the arsenal, where they were immediately put under arrest. Hia arrival at the scene of action was indeed a fortunate occurrence, for the negroes had torches, and might iu their fury and desire for revenge have destroyed both the house and inmates Uy fire. We are told that three of the negroes were liadly wounded—aside from the four who Were killed. —Anynsra Chronicle, 30th. From Chinn- Dates from HongkoDg are to the 10th of October, by way ot San Francisco. Foreign relations with China are as unsettled as ever in consequence of the bad policy of Sir F. Bruce. The steamer Wanatnh is said to ; have been captured by pirates while on the j way from Shapgbae toFoo-cbow. Mounted , banditti have been ravaging the country southeast of Pekin, and had plundered with in 200 miles of the capital. The rebels bad abandoned their last stronghold in the pro vince of Kiabgsi, and retreated to Fubkien. A force Os Mahnmedan rebels in Shensi had surrendered, and were forthwith butchered without mercy. From Brazil. Brazil'news is to the 2d inst., from Rio Janeiro. There bad been no further fight ing, but the Brazilian army was suffering liucli from sickness. The scheme of emi gration from our late rebel States was being pushed forward. > The agents ot the affair had selected a site for a town near Ataquara, ia the Proviuce of San Paulo, near the Rio Tietean important affluent of the Parana. We judge this location to be about four hundred miles west of Rio Janeiro. A tract of eight million acres of unoccupied public land had been selected, and the rush of Confede rates was expected to begin forthwith. The location seems 1 to be jnst under the topic of Capricorn, corresponding to the latitude of Cubs. The birthday of the Emperor was fitly celebrated on the day the steamer left, on which occasion the Emperor released a number of prisoners. The Brazilian fleet was still at Corrintes, on the Parana. Spurious Bane Notes. —We would cau tion the public ugainst receiving certain Ten nessee bank bills that are in circulation to a considerable amount id this section of the State, and perhaps elsewhere. They con sist chiefly of bills on the City . Bank of Nash ville and the Ocoee Bank. The plates are genuine in both cases, the bills being a por tion of a large lot, which were not filled out and sent in that form to Southwestern Geor for safe keeping during the war. How they got into circulation we have not heard. The spurious bills may be detected from their signatures, those on the City Bank of Nash ville having H.._ Gales, Pres’t., and Charles Powell, Cashier, men of straw ; while the genuine signatnres aie Dyer Pearl, Pres’t., and E. J. Pearl, Cashier. We have net seen the spurious bills of the OcOee Bank, but learn from our brokers that a large number of them are in circulation. —Macon Telegraph. Lime! Lime! rpHE cargo of Hie schooner Bay State, consisting 800 bbls. Rockland LIME, will be sold to arrive. It will be engaged In lots to suit purchasers, or the cargo will be sold at a low rate. ji-3 F. w. sims & CO. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE mHE undersigned have this day entered intoaco -1 partnership under the name of Phillips 4 Mvers, for the transaction of a general Auction, Commis sion and Forwarding Business, at Do. 86. Bay street, .Savannah. B. PHILI-lrS, Jl.lw F. MYERS. BOOTS&SHOES. Philadelphia Made- IN Great variety tor Hen, Women and Children, from the most reliable makers. I Just received and for rale by .< M. GOLDING, jl.lw 153 Congress street insurance. London and Lancashire fire mum corn. CAPITAL, .... £1.000,000. EQUAL TO ABOUT $7,000,000. Riski taken by JAMES T. STEWART, Agent, At the office of Reid A Stewart, d3o ' 7 98Bay street. “MARSHALL HOUSE," BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. 'T'HIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL has been remodeled and newly re-furnUbed and put in perfect order throughout. *)•• 'reveling public may rest assured they will find comfortable Accommodations at this house. . „ , A. B. LUCE, . Pronlietor HOLIDAY GOODS. Direct Importation from Londo and Paris. TUBT RECEIVED, a large and varied assortment of ts Imported Wares and Fancy Article., suitable for the coming season, embracing In part: Statuettes—Bronze, Besqneand Pari&i Toilet Setts Clocks Perfumery Ladl< s'Traveling Bags French Parasols Porte monnaies Milliners' Fancy Wares Osier Baskets And an endless variety of Fancy Goods, ordered for this market and jnst received by ship County of Picton, and other vessels now arriving. Fancy Goods by the original package, to which the attention of Milliners and others is invited. W. W. LINCOLN, Corner Congress and Hall streets, : d2t-tf , Monument Square. GLASS GAS SHADES. A LARGE invoice jußt received at the Queensware House, 109 Broughton Street. d23-tf E. D. SMITH A CO. BLAIR & BICKFORDT LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, AND DEALERS IN TIMBER AND LUM ' i 4 BER OF EVERY DESCRIP TION. DOORS, SASH, AMD OLIVO* . Mill sad Lumber Yard on Canal, near Bryan street Office ISO Bay street, . d2B-tf Savannah, Ga. PICKLES. LANDING from steamer Cumbria, Plckios hi bbls. For tale by RUE,‘ WniTNKY A CO., d3O-3 Harris* Block, Bay street. Mules & Horses. A SUPERIOR lot just arrived and for sale at the Stables on West Broail street, opposite H. ury Wayne's Stahles, Savannah <l3ll 4* Labrador Herring. JUST Received, and for sale on consignment, 75 bills very choice Labrador Herring, To tibia Bhore Herring. And 150 boxes Scaled Smoked Herring. EENNKUH MoLKA&CO., dSS-lw 202 Bay street. PORK AND BEEF. MESS BEEF an<l Rump and Prime Pork, suitable lor Ship Stores. for sale by KENNETH MoLEA A CO., <l2B-1 w 202 Bay street. “HAMS AND SHOULDERS. FOR SALK on cousignment, put up in barrtU of about i*oo Iba each. KENNETH MoLKA A CO.. «l‘2B*lw 202 Bay street.^ BAKER’S fLOUR JUST Received on consignment, per San Juciuto, and for rale cheap, 449 bbls Extra Wisconsin. Round Hoop aud Su per hue Flour. The attention or Bakers and Retailers is especially directed to this advertisement KENNETH McLEA <f CO., J2B-1 w ■ 2Q2 Bay street, Canada Butter. K A FIRKINS and tabs Choice Family Butter. t>\l KENNETH MoLKA & CO., d2S lw 202 Hay street. SMOiym SHOULDERS & SIDES. OR SALK on consignment a large assortment of Bacon, Shoulders and Sides lor sale cheap. KENNETH McLEA A CO., d29-lw 2028ay street. LEAF LARD. | PACK AGES, Tabs and Firkins, on conslgn meßt' KENNETH McLEA & CO., d2B-lw 202 Ray stseet. WASHINGTON HAMS. 6 CASKS of those celebrated Hams on consignment. For sale by KENNETH MoI.EA ft CO., ’ U23-1W 202 Buy street. WOThTarledge, SHIP CHANDLER, GROCER, AND Commission and Forwarding Merchant, 72 BAY STREET. SAVANNAH. _d2B-ly Baltimore Meal. IAO BUSHELS Fresh Ground, of Superior Quality, tUv just received, and for sale low by S. Q HAYNES, d2 8-1 w 190 Bay street, corner Barnard. SUNDRIES. OCA HT -I ft and half barrels Extra Family Floor, 40” 60 bbls Self Raising Floor, 26 bbls Buckwheat, new hailed, 100 bbls Crackers, fresh; Sugar, Soda, Wal nut, Ac, 100 boxes Assorted Crackers, 76 boxes Assorted Candies : 25 do in Sticks, * 60 boxes Pickles In Glass, 26 cases quarter boxes Sardines, 250 drums Figs; lOcases Figs iu cartoons, 60 bbls Walnals and Aliuonds, new crop. For sale at lowest prices. BANDEI.L A CO., d3O-6 _ Bay street, corner Barnard. Hulls; Soap and Candles. ARA BOXES Yellow Soap. 1 and 2 pound bars, 160 boxes Patent Mould Candles, sixes, 200 boxes Adamantine Candles, sixes, 600 gross Fancy Soaps, every kind aud grade, p u up in fancy paper boxes, of Huil’b make. • For sale by RANDBLL A CO., d3O-lm Bay street, corner Barnard. PRICE, 5 CENTS inscrancb. liOAlK^ INSURANCE COMPANY. SAVANNAH, 0.4. CAPITAL, - . . 2,500,000. -AaVRoN WILBUR, M. A. ronEN, Secretary. President. n I REC TOR s l An,,*™ Low, Wm. H. 9.ua Bswhaai, j ko . K WI -S', D H lUldwin, Jso"w L aTd-*'' HsnhvLaW, Aazon Wilbub. Jno. M. CuortjL t W For Insurance against Loss or Damage bv Fire, apply at ttie ** ’ OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, 89 BAI STREET, . SAVANNAH. GA. THE NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Organized, 1843. Cash Assetts t^tvmnoo Last Cash Return Total Surplus Divided ’247 £oo Amount Insured | 24,’849481 All Classes of Life Polities Issued. ’ To r D. F. STEVENS, President. J. M. UiiinENS, Secretary. „ , . A. WILBUR, Qeoeral Agent Georgia and Florida. COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPA NY, OF NEW Y*ORK. CaSh $500,000 TIMOTHY- G. CHURCHILL, Prest John D. Arthur, Secretary. Frederic B. Elliott, Supt. of Agencies. A WILBUR, General Atrent South. FULTON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY of new York Cas, ‘ Ca P ilal Jas m r WM u A COBB ' President. jas. Kankin, Secretary. „ A. WILBUR, General Agent South. EXCELSIOR FIRE PANY', OF NEW YORK Capital and Surplus ‘5200,000 Saml. Preßident ' A. WILBUR, General Agent South. PUTNAM FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN Cash Capital .$500,000 n SAML WOODRUFF, President. Dani»:l Burn, Secretary. „ A - VYILBUR, General Agent South. SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE* COMPANY-, SPRING FIELD, MASS. Cash Capital *300,000 EDMUND FREEMAN, President. \\ m. Conn ar, Jr., Secretary. A." WILBUR, General Agent South. \V ASH I NOTON FI RE I NSURANcFcoST I’ANV, OF BALTIMORE, MD. Capital .$500,000 ui , ~ *• CAWBV, President, r. .1. MctilNNl.s, Secretary. A WILBUR, General Agent South. INSURANCE. Authorized fapital, $10,400,000 C'™.!' ; S° L£iV a C - uc to take j ,n any domestic or foreign noit. ytaj'* .his ettylu the foliowing named flrst class New York Companies, AT THE LOWEST HATES. COLUMBIAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY , *6,00.1,000 MORRIS FIRE AND INLAND IN3UR ANCB COMPANY. g ,«no,#no COMMERC SIRE INSURANCE COMP'Y,. 200,000 STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMP'Y 200,000 ‘V Block, corner Bay and Abercora si reels' Ur, " lc ' offlce ' corner of Drayton ami B.yan streets. dl6tf -N EW YORK FIRE AND MARINE Insurance Agency. SECURITY INSURACE COMPANY. Capital aud Surplus $1,000,000 PHIENIX INSURANCE CO. Capital and Surplus $1,600,000 INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO. Capital and Surplus $1,200,000 MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO- Capital aud Surplus $900,000 Bisks taken in the above highly responsible Com panics on buildings uhd merchandise of ail descrip tions, nt llte lowest rates corresponding with the risks. Apply to A. A. LANE, Agent, nS Bin No. 12 Stoddaid's Range, Bay street. 11 odia to A o Southern Insurauoo. THE National Marine and Fire INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS. CAPITAL, $360,000 The undersigned begs leave to inform the insnring public that he has been legally appointed Agent for the above named Company, and is ready to taka Ma riue, River and Fire Risks at customary rates. O. C. MYERB, Agent, Office over Hunter* Gammell, 84 Bay street. References—Octavos Cohen, Hunter A Uammeli, Erwiu * Hardee. 6m oct29