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that is, a contract that can foe executed in a few
SPECIAL NOTICES.
BY 8. W. MASON & CO.
SAMUEL W. .llASOS, Editor,
\V. T. THOMPSON Associate Editor.
TUESDAY JANUARY 9. I860.
STEAMBOAT DISASTERS.
The closing months of the past year have
been fearfully crowded with events of dis
aster by sea a'oag the Southern Atlantic sea
board. Toe wreck "f the Constitution is the
cb sing catastrophe of a season of accidents,
which, for destruction of life and property,
is perhaps unprecedented in the history
of cc an navigation.
Tue contemplation of this melancholy
truth does not tail to tXCito inquiry iuto the
OlUi-l-s of the fatality which has been marked
by such horrible consequences. The heavy
weather and roug > seas experienced hy the
mariner during the brief period referred to,
although severe, have uot exC:eded in vio
lence i return> demons rations of the storm
king wnic i were attend d but by 1< w if any
accidents of the Ch ir ic er whicj uavc signal ■
iicii the autumn of 18K5.
The knowledge of this fact has given rise
to the .unpleasant apprehension that many of
the accidents which have recently occurred
are traceablu either to tlie want of proficiency
on the part of the officers in charge, or un-
aeaworthlness of the unfortunate vessels
themselves. This appreheusion is greatly in
creased by contrasting the insecurity of
Steamboat navigation between our northern
and southern ports with the security which
has so uniformly attended the navigation o
similar crafts between New York ami Liver
pool. We have in vies a remarkable instauce
of what prudence, care aud good manage
ment can do towards preventing “accidents"
in the Cunard steamship line. Many of the
readers of this paragraph must know wbat
a voyage across the ocean is, and particular
ly duriDg the winter. Besides the hazards
of the wiuds, which for a part of
the year. hurry the Atlantic like
so many furies, aud of the waves, that are
tossed to the skies by so many mad monsters,
those very iarge steuto-hips incur peculiar
ilsks from tire aud from the breaking of
m .caineiy. What are the dangers of our
steamers luuuing coastwise, iu sight ol land,
compared with a voyage across the ocean ?
But mark the triumph of human genius
guided by good sense and care. The Cuuard
steamship line began its transit across the
ocean, if we have been correctly informed, in
the year 1840, and has been consequently
Just twenty-five years,‘ or a quarter of a cen
tury in operation. During that time its
■hips have made about three thousaud pas
sages. They have passed over more than
seven millions of miles of route, which is
equivalent to about twenty-eight times
around the entire globe. In this enormous
course they have carried, at all seasons aud
In all weathers, some four hundred thousand
passengers. Well, during this time (let our
steamboat men read aDd ponder):
1st. Tney have nevqr failed to sail on the
appointed day, and almost at the appointed
hour.
2d. They have never lost a pa;3etiger by
any conduct of their own. Oice or twice
passengers have lalleu or jumped overboard,
and once the Europa rau into another vessel
during a dark aud stormy night.
Id. No injury has ever occurred to aDy
passenger from accident to, or arising from
the in ichiuery.
N:.w, these facts may seem extraordinary,
and, measured by the standard of our usual
American practice, they are extraordinary.
But they are none the less easy of explana
tion. The tnauagers of that liue knowing
the laws of nature, knowing too, the usual
experience aud dangers ot the sea, take care
to provide against them as far as human in
genuity cm do so. The con-equence is
“good luck,” as it is called, or an almost
complete exemption from these preventabh
Casualties w >ic;i we cdl accidents.
T-i y h ivu no iiccid_nts, simply bectu-e
tiny provide ng.iust them by adopting
means to mat end.
It might be tue same with other steamboat
if the managers would adopt tlie same pre
coition, by the purchase of substantial ves
sels and tuo employment in all ca.es of skiil-
fm and prudent officers. Tnere is no reason
why wu reap a crop of frightful steamboat
accidents iu sight of land when it may be
avoided by proper foresight, cautiousness and
cure. Tue law of nature, of materials and
motion are invariable, and we only need to
adopt our works to their immutable rule to
render them perfect, to lift them above every
contingency and mishap.
Unless the hazard of transportation by sea
in our American steamers is greatly dimin
ished by tbe use of precautions which have
tieen found effectual in other and more dan
gerous waters, the travelling public will be
forced tq seek other routes ot travel, however
Circuitous and expensive they may be.
“As long as the only form of money wa9
specie it is shown that no increase in the re
serve capital of a country could take place
without an increase of the precious metals
The amount of these metals needed for the
ordinary transactions of the country would
not diminish—on the contrary, it ever aug
ments, in consequence of tbe steady increase
of these transactions. So that, as long as
nothing but specie passed for money, each
progres-ivo country would require an in
creasing amount of the precious metals to
carry on even its internal business, payment
of tuxes included. And still more bullion
would be required if (as always happens)
ihe reserve capital as accumulated profits
were likewise increasing. More specie can
not he stored, whether in bank or in its own-
era' coffers, unless more bullion i9 hi ought
into the country. And bullion can only Come
in as o consequence of the exports exceeding the
imports. H uce toe old mercantile system,
which aimed at keeping th , e exports always
in exess of the imports, which teas qu,te right
in in das As long us specie was the only
w-e<> iiizoil kind ot money, and the only
f.irin io w ica reserve Capital could be Stored
it was advantageous for a progressive
count v to keep its exports in excess ol its
imports, otherwise it would have no means
„t suitably storing the capital which was ac
cumulating.” ,
It is impossible for more false doctrine to
be comprised iu the same space. Because
the Bank of England has been clothed with
■ he power, by raising the rate of interest, to
prevent the export of gold, leading to fluc
tuations ia amount of credit, because there
who occupv them, or their mourning drapery
remind B8uf the tact. Retire to the seclusion
and privacy of otir own homes and the absence
of our loved ones still reminds U3 of our hu
miliation Go into the country, and smoking
ruius, dilapidated terms abandoned home
stead's aud vagrant negroes repeat tbe melan
choly tale. There is, however, a bright side,
or rather a side not so dark to this picture.
Wu believe that the policy of the present
Administration, so far at least as it cau be
is abuse of this power, therefore it is argued
that it would be wise to impose an export
duty oil gold iu order to produce a favorable
balance of trade. Would not the remedy for
the abuse of the power with which the Bank
of England is clothed destroy the monopo
ly? Would nut the corrective be found to
lie In permitting competition, both iu lend
ing capital and the issue of paper money,
with proper safeguards against an abuse of
the privilege of such issue by giving ade
quate security against the abuse, as the Na
tional banks are now compelled to give ?
This is the very remedy for the evil proposed
by the writer in Blackwood, in his previous
numbers. Why revive the exploded doc-
trine of the balance of trade ? If England
is occasionally compelled to export gold
tiorn an unfavorable harvest or for the pay-
meut of subridies, this is the fault ot her
legislation, and is not imputable to any ima
ginary excess of imports over exports. Aoy
such imaginary cause can only be of tempo
rary duration, and will correct itself. It is a
bad sign when an enlightened Journal like
Blackwood’s Magazine seeks to justify the
mercantile system in order to put down the
monopoly of the Bank of England and the
errors of its administration.
That the land of Adam Smith should have
given birth to such false doctrine surprises
us. “That bullion can only come in as a
Consequence of the exports exceeding the
imports” is a principle that the facts of his
tory ia hourly disputing. What becomes of
the large stores of gold and silver which
have been the produce of California and
Australia within tbe last fifteen ypars? Have
'hey not been distributedamoDgcommercial
nations in proportion to their wants? Have
the sums required by the wants of trade
oeen acquired by a part of those nations at
the expense of the remainder? Or are they
uot the consequence, not of a balance of
trade, but of the wealth of those nations in
which all have participated? Qr let us imag
ine that tbe wants of nations had outgrown
the supply of the precious metals, would not
those substitutes which were found adequate
at a later period have supplied those wants?
INVISIBLE CAPITAL.
The December number of Blackwood’s
Magatiuo has, under tbe above title, pub
lished a queer articlo. The author of this
paper has ic several previous numbers
1 aunebed some well written invectives against
the. monopoly of tbe Bank of England as
well as the administration ot its affairs. In
pur-uiog his inquiries the writer has gener
alized with success, but wilhout nove ty, the
principles that underlie the subject of mo
ney and paper currency, tracing them to that
economy of Capital from its origin in the use
of money to its latest development—the em
ployment of substitutes in the various forms
of credit. But in this development he has
propounded the extraordinary theory that in
tbe "successive steps of this progress tbe
mercantile system of political economy, ns it
baa been called, was a necessary sequence
of the progress. The phrase “Invisible Cap
ital” has been adopted by the writer to ex
press the various forms ot credit, such as
back notes, bills of exchange, cheques and
book debts that perform all the functions of
capital without capital being at all visible, to
the amount of millions. In his historical
view of the progress ot banking be traces
the progressive adoption ot banks of deposit,
of circulation and clearing houses with suf
ficient accuracy. But it will startle our read
ers to know that England has returned to
tbe mercantile system, which is well known
to be that of legislation to effect a favorable
balance of trade—an excess of exports over
imports, the difference being received in gold
or silver. The following extract will sur
prise all who are conversant with the history
of commerce and the causes of its prosper
ity which is made to depend not on repipro-
cal advantage, but gains on one side a ad
SUPE
IOR COURT OF CHAT
HAM COUNTY.
Charge of Judge Fleming to tile Grand
Jury.
The January term of this Court wa9 com-
neuced yesterday morning at ten o’clock, at
.he C urt House, Hon. Wm. B. Fleming
Judge, presiding.
T <e following grand jurors were empan-
.lied:
Foreman—John Stoddard.
\\ m. Hunter, Wm. Starr, Alexander T.
Habersham, Wm. Readick, Levi B- Hart.
-James Lachlison, Aaron H. Champion, Hen
ry J. Thomasson, Samuel "B. Palmer, John
R. Tebeau, Daniel G. Olcott, Andrew J. Pol-
Wrd, John B. Pinder, Charles E. O’Sullivan,
John C. Taylor, Jefferson Roberts, Nathan
iel C. Mills, Alfred Haywood, Macphereon
B Millen, Joseph M. Solomons, Alfred L.
Haitridge.
The grand Jury having been empanelled,
Judge Fleming deliyered bis charge, at the
close ot which Mr- John W. Heidt, Solicitor
General, placed several bills in the hands ol
the Foreman of the Grand Inquest, and they
retired. They returned after being closeted
one hour when they brought iu the following
irue bills;
State vs. John E. Hayes, Libel,
do do do do
do do do do
Tbe Grand Jury, through their Foreman.
Mr. John Stoddard, made the following pre
sentment :
1’he Grand Jurors of the county of Chat
ham sworn and empanelled at tbe January
terra ot the Superior Court for 18G6, recom
mend that tbe Justices of the Inferior Court
of said county be authorized to raise hy taxa
lion a sum sufficient to defray the necessary
current expenses of tbe past years not liqui
dated, and those of the present year.
Signed. John Stood a bd,
Foreman.
January 8th, 1868.
The Court then adjourned until ten o’clock
this morning.
Very few new cases are on Abe Dockets of
the Court. The following is the
CHAROK TO TH* GRAND JDRT.
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemenof the Grand Jury:
Though under circumstances very differ
ent from wbat we, or at any rate I hail hoped
and expected, yet I am happy once more to
meet you in an official capacity. Since our
last meeting our beloved Georgia has passed
through deep and troubled waters. The iron
car of war has passed over our beautiful
hills and fruitful valleys, and ruin and deso
lation have marked its track. Our fields
have been laid waste, oar homes have been
made desolate, our churches have been dese
crated, our families have been dad in mourn
ing. Scarce a household but has a vacant
seat at its table, a vacant place at'itafireside.
Sorrow and mourning have entered alike the
mansions ot the rich and the humble log hut
of the poor- Look where you will and yon
see the evidence of broken fortunes, enter
what dwelling you may and you Tned with
broken hearts that mount some dear one ab
sent—absent, never to teturn. Everythin*
around os reminds us of our condition. Q5
into tbe streets, and the meeting of unfa
miliar faces and the sight of military garbs
possible—bub not remember so keenly oar
humiliation.
In looking at the past such is the picture
presented to our view. The truth, the un
welcome truth, the humiliating truth
stares us in the face, that in the
battle for the right of self-government we
have lost; that in the game for independence
we have been check-mated. The why and
the wherefore of this result does not now
concern us. The fact and its causes belong
to the past. The historian may hereafter
enter upon the-enquiry, aud discuss it for the
instruction and benefit of mankind. Our
business is with the present. Let ns accept
the truth iu all its length aud breadth, with ail
its consequences, aud enquire as to the duties
devolving upon us, and as far as possible ac
commodate ourselves to the circumstances
surrounding us. However dark the future
may be lei us not make it darker by inacti
vity and despondency. We must put our
shoulders to tbe wheel and work alike for
individual prosperity and the prosperity of
our State. We may not rebuild again the
portions we have lost, but by industry, econ
omy aud perseverance we"can at least sur
round ourselves with all the comforts and
most of the luxuries of life. We may not
again furnish the same amount of cotton for
foreign, consumption, nor in my judgment is
it desirable that we should; but we can at
least always raise enough for our own con
sumption, and more than that is by uo means
necessary to our happiness and prosperity.
Our mild climate ami fruitful soil are the
best securities we can have that we shall
never waul for bread. And if we have food
and clothing for ourselves and families, what
more has the richest man on earth ? Resolve
to buy as litile as possible. Do uot entertain
the idea toi|a mornei t that anything can be
bought cheaper than, or indeed as cheap us It
can be made. It is s iid that figures cannot lie.
As a general'truth, I am not disposed to dis
pute the proposition, but in the matter of
agricultural economy, and I am now address
ing those of you who live aud expect to
live, by digging th< earth,) figures are fre
quently, indeed almost always at fault. Let
me give you an example: an acre ol’ ground
will produce cotton, the sale of which will
furnish the means of buying more corn than
you can rflake on the same acre. You can
make the calculation for yourselves: an acre
of ground that will produce twenty bushels
of corn wifi yield at least one hundred and
fifty pounds of chain cotton. With the cot
ton you can buy three or four times more
corn than you cau make. Now, wbat is the
conclusion to which these figures bring you ?
figures that cannot lie. The conclusion is
that it is cheaper and more profitable for a
farmer to buy his corn than to make it—a
conclusion that we know to be false. We
know it to be false, although we may not be
able to answer the argument, except in one
way, and that way is this : If It be true that
figures cannot lie, it is also true that facts are
stubborn things. Now what is the fact ?
Did you ever know a thriving, prosperous
farmer who bought his corn ? I venture to
say you never did. No thriving farmer ever
buys corn. And this fact is the only answer
we can give to the argument. The answer
is complete. We know that the fact differs
from the conclusion to whieh the argument
brings us. We therefore know that argu
ment is defective, although we cannot say
iu what the delect consist.-.
The same is trus in regard to clothing. Ac
cording to the argument from figures, it is
cheaper to sell your cotton and buy your
osuaburgs, stripes and calicoes; but let me
leH you, it will bo an evil day for Georgia
when the 'hum of the spinning-wheel
is h DO longer heard and our domestic
looms are laid aside as rubbish. Every
;aimer in Georgia should manufacture
his own clothing. Let Northern and South
ern factories supply the dwellers in cities,
but let the tiilers of the soil spin and weave
the cotton that they grow, at least to the ex
tent of their own wants. If there he a sur
plus, sell it and purchase such luxuries as
you may want and as cannot be raised on
the farm. But do not aim at growing a large
surplus. Belter turu your attention to the
rai.-ing of grain;—in thi9 way you will be
enabled to raise your own beef and bacon,
your own horses aud mules*- I have not the
statistics before me, aud therelore cannot
tate the amount which the South pays an-
lually to the West for these articles, but it
oots up a very large amount- This heavy
ax we can save by pursuiug the course I
nave recommended. And you remember
what poor Richard t-ays in his almanac: “A
penny saved is a penny gained." Let it be
our object, not so muen to make money as
to save it. This is the only road to inde
pendence that is now left open to us. It is
broad and it is easy. We can travel it and
oo man, North or South, has any right to
complain. We are certainly under no obli
gations moral, religious or political, to buy
f om others what we c-.in make for ourselves,
iu this way we may achieve a bloodless in
dependence. We shall not have occasion to
•.nourn as we now mourn the gallant, (will it
be treason to add?) the patriotic dead who
sleep upon a thousand battle-fields.
I have no doubt that the course 1 have re-
commeuded can be successfully carried out
uuder the system of free labor, for it con-
t -mplates small farms, and a higher and more
improved state of cultivation. This has
now become a matter of necessity
with us. The plantation system is
forever at an end, lor slave labor
is necessary to that system. That system
amounted simply to this: we made io!tou
to buy negroes, and we bought negroes to
make cotton. Our constant aim wft9 to add
to our acres and the number of our slaves.
Tuis is a marked distinction between the
planter and thefarmcr. The aim ot tbe farmer
is not to add to his acres, but to the fer
tility of those that he has. He has no wish
o add to his laborers, for, however rich hia
lands, he will reqirc no more laborers to work
them than it they were poor. I know
there are some who think the plantation sys
tem can be successfully carried on with tree
labor. I am uot of the number, and my
opinion is based on my knowledge (perhaps
it would be more modest to say my opinion)
of the negro character. The plantation sys
tem requires unintermitted aud continued la
bor during the whole year. And there are
certain seasons of the year when an inter
mission of labor for a very short time is the
certain loss of the crop. Now, it is at
least problematical whether the negro can be
kept to this continued uninterrupted labor
without some stronger force than the obliga
tion ot a contract. There may be, there
doubtless.are exceptions; but as a class they
don’t seem to have any idea of tbe binding
nature of a contract. Such, at least, has
been my experience since emancipation.
Their sense oi moral obligation is not very
nice: their sense of personal honor not very
high. Now, if the contract upon which the
employer relies for making a crop be broken,
where will be find redress? Do you tell me
that the negro forfeits bis wages? Ip
wbat respect does that benefit the enre
ployer? The negro loses bis wages, but
the employer loses his crop* Do you tell
me that damages may be recovered? That
is very well if yon will go a little farther and
tell me how to get “blood out of a turnip.”
In this respect field Jiands differ very widely
from house servants. If a house servant
violates bis contract and leaves you he for
feits bis Wftges, and, althottgbyoumay foeput
to great inconvenience, yob will at least fiaye
haq bis services during the time tbaj he re
mained with yon for nothing. But it your
field bands leave you at a critical time of the
crop you lose not only the fruits of their ia-
bor but tbe fruits of your own labor sad at
tention, and in addition you lose all the ex-
days or weeks, but lie is sure to get tired i.t
n contract that o/nhraCes the whole year, and
wheu tired of it lie will have lilt(e or no scru
ple in breaking it. The liberty’ to break his
contract is a prominent feature in bis idea of
freedom ,• tbe obligation to work a prominent
feature in his idea of slavery. It is for these
reasons that I hope to see the fanning sys
tem adopted in Georgia. I believe that un
der that sy.-tem we may rot become a great,
prosperous and independent people, * *
jwrt
By special order of Brig. Gen. TilUon, Actln^ASf t.
Commissioner, State of Georgia, Issjied from Boreaq
of Kelugess, Freed men, Act, Dec. 22d, 1866, R 4®-
made o’olrgjttory hpon'all freed tnenlu tilts State to
oMaiu employment fcr thetrowh support, and at’
freedmen who shall refuse or fall to enter into eon
tracts for employment on or before the lctli. Inst,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Landmark Lodge, No. 251
’ ’ ^'HegiiUr Communication of this Lodge trill
be-he'.d at their Bail, Thu Evening, ot 7%
o’clock.
controlled by the President, will lie such as ,
make us forget, no not forget, that is im— *eems, no longer wish it. I ineau that indc-
shah i>e lured uuder contract, or If miuoN, bonud
t f __ ,.rmjT-.ni C in I do i ont under proper regulations to such persons as will
not mean politiaiHu^ependeuce—that has i k |t ® ,hem employment t.y the authorizedagente of
now become an obsolete idea—our people, it ■ al<1 Bure * n - who are re.mired by said order so to no.
pendeuce whieh results from living entirely
within ourselves. An independucce that
violates no constitutional or other compact.
No construction ot ihc Constitution as yet
has gone so far as to deny us the right to
supply our own wants.
Such are very brieflf my views of the du
ties we owe to ourselves and to Georgia. I
must not omit to add that we also owe some
thing to the Union of which our Slate is a
member—or rather of which we hope she
soon will be a member. There may be some
who feel that they will never again exercise
jilp rights of a citizen ol the United States.
That is a matter that every one may right-
1 dlly determine for himself, but whether you
claim the rights of a Federal citizen or not
you are equally hound obey the Constitu
tion and laws of the country iu which you
are living. The great majority of our peo
ple, however, will not only claim, but exer
cise the rights of Federal citizens. One of
these rights, and the one we will have most
Request occasion to exercise, is the right of
voting. ■ Upon the proper exercise of this
right depends the welfare of the country—
depends the welfare of our beloved Georgia.
To exercise this right wisely aud properly
is by no means an easy matter. We are loo
apt to be led astray by personal and party
feelings. VVe should be particularly guard
ed in regard to these influences, and cast our
votes for the best rneu. And by tlie best
meu, I do not mean the men of greatest in
tellect—1 mean honest and upright men.
Give me an houest heart and I am willing to
risk the head. Honesty, integrity and up
rightness have always been imp>rtant, but
perhaps more important now than ever be
fore. It is certainly more important now, if
it be true as some think, and I fear rightly
think, that oue result of the war has been to
centralize aud consolidate the Federal Gov
ernment. It is perhaps too soou to come to
any definite conclusion on this subject. We
have not yet had sufficient time to observe
the working of the Government uuder the
new order ot tilings. But if it be true,
how importaut that the Administration be
always iu the hands of upright, honest aud
patriotic men. Just in proportion as the
power of the Government is increased, is it
important that we have wise, honest aDd up
right men to administer it. The question, it
is said, was once propounded to the seven
wise men of Greece—“which is the best form
of Government? ’ One of them answered,
and I think answered wisely: “That Gov
ernment is best which is best administered."
Aud no one I suppose will deny that that
Government is best administered, when all
tbe powers of the Government are exerted
for the promotion of the public good. It lEien,
it be true that the Government has btc une
consolidated, how important that the great
powers with which it is c othed be exerted
for the promotion of the public good. If this
could be secured to us, which, however, ia
Impossible, its great power would lie rather
a blessing than a curse; for just in propor
tion as a Government has the power for evil,
it has also the power for good. Take lroin
a Government the power to do evil and you
necessarily take from it also the power to do
good. I am not advocating or justifying an
increase of power in the Federal Govern
ment. Few men cau resist the temptation
to abuse power,—it is not, therefore, sale to
entrust any man or set of men with too
much power. Wbat I wish to impress upon
yon is this: that if it be true, as some sup
pose, that the Government has become con
solidated ; that all tbe checks to the abuseof
power by State Bights and State Sover-
eigntyhave been removed, then the greater
is the necessity that we ulways have a wise,
honest and patriotic administration—that we
always have the Government in the hands
of those who will use its powers for the pub
lic good. And the way to have a wise,
honest and patriotic administration is to cast
our votes at all times for wise, houest and
put liotic men. To accomplish this we must
be particularly careTul uot to indulge in
strong and violent party feeling:;. Parties
are perhaps unavoidable in any government
short of absolute despotism, and if kept with
in, proper limits parlies are useful. They fur
nish a check to the abuse of power by mak
ing it tlie interest of those in power to do
right. But that blind party zeal, which
moves ami is moved only by the spoils of of
fice will sopner or later destroy any govern
ment. Especially avoid sectional parties. I
1 have at my office, in the Court House, all the ne
cessary blank forms for freedmen’s contracts and
indentures. Tlie attention of Freedmen and per
sons desiring to contract with them are invited to
tlds subject. Freedmen will take notice that the
lime speeifled in Oen. Tillson’s circular expires on
the lOlll hut. DOMINICK A. O’BYRNE,
Ordinary Chatham Co.
Office of U. S. Direot Tax Com
missioner.
DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, \
Savannah, Dee. 13,1865.1 '
Owners ot Lots, Lands and Improvements in the
eity of Savannah, Ga., are notified that the Tax Roll for
said city U completed, and the taxes due thereon may
he paid to the undersigned within sixty (60; days from
this dele, at our office, north-west corner of South
Br^ad and Lincoln streets, in said city of Savannah.
For non-payment of the but, the Act of Congress
prescribes a forfeiture of the property taxed to the
United States.
Office hoars from 9 to 12 a. m., and 2 to S p. m.
T. P. ROBB,
S. A. PANCOAST,
J. C. BATES.
F. 8. Direct Tax Commissioners, Diet.
d!3 tf of Georgia.
Ball’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Benewer
Has proved itself to be the most perfect preparation
for the hair ever ofiered to the public.
It is a vegetable compound, and contains no injuri
ous properties whatever.
IT WILL RESTORE GRAY HAHt TO ITS ORIG
INAL COLOR.
it will keep the hair from falling out.
It cleanses the scalp and makes the hair soft, ma
trons and silken. *
It is a splendid hairdressing.
N o perdoio old or young; should fail to use it.
IT IS RECOMMENDED AND USED BY THE
FIRST MEDICaL AUTHORITY.
IF*Ask for Fall'e Vegetable Sicilian Ha i Renewer,
and take no other.
B. P. nALL & CO.,
Nashua, N. ,H., Proprietors.
For gale by alt druggists.
BARNES, WARD & CO , .
New Orleans, La.,
n23-6m Southern Wholesale Agents.
"Punctual attendance is requested.
By order- jas. M. PREJUftAS.
j9 Sucre ury.
D. S. CUSTOM HOUSE.
Savannah, January 8, 1Sou,
JpROPOSALS wl!!_be received for rebuilding the
Revenue Boat House, in the dock foot of Hast
Broad street.
. - WYLLY WOODBUrnOE,
Collector.
. - T h u u t >
Lassees and Manager*. .Maura. i;, r
TUESDA1
aerresi
Li o 23.
1,1 6 : "I A ft UAliy 9 ,
Last week of tnb young and boauilui *
ASIaig , jj
aud tlie tlis inguiehed actor,
Mr. X>- Hanohqtt.
Re-apperrancj or
Mr. T.
First appearance of
Jtr-l
TIMBER CARRIAGES.
r|V)R SALE, two of Page tf Co.'a Timber Ows-tares.
1' seven and a- half feet wheel wbh five inches
face, with rollers,chains! <&c , complete.
CALLAHAN. SPRAT'* & CO..
,Corner of Bull and l;ay streets,
J9-S*. - Up stairs.
-"~ l —-r-
A. MINIS,
No 3 STODDARl ’d WESTERN RANGE,
Mod and Common MercW,
• WILL SELL
Stocks, Bonds and other Securities, also Beal Estate,
J9-lm At Private of Publie Ade.
WANTED.
A
CENTRALLY-LOCATED LODGING ROOM
Those huving such to rent by trie month, to a
good tenant. wW please iidd ess B,x l MU Post Office,
Immediately, stating location aud U rm*.
J9-3 A SOUTHERNER
Liverpool Salt.
1 AAfi SACKS tn store and for sale at a bargain.
* UUD Apply Immediately to
J93
WRIGHT, GIBBS & CO..
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
No, 7 Jones' Block, B;ly »t.
LIME, LIME.
do Dot mean by tuis that we should uot pra
ter a mau of our own section. This is natu
ral; and in my judgement it is right, provid
ed he be a proper man for the office. That
is to say, a man who will not injure one sec
tion of the country for another, but who will
protect equally the rights and the interests of
all. This is not that sectional partyism
against \ hich I caution you. All other tbiDgs
being equal, it is perfectly right and pioper
to support for office a man of our own sec
tion, but if our sectional feelings carry us
beyond this, we will be wanting in our duty,
not only to the Union but to tbe State of
Georgia.
There are many other duties devolving upon
us as citizens, besides that of voting. I have
called attention to the exercise of the elective
franchise particularly, because that is the
duty we will huye most frequent occasion to
diiChargc. Permit me in this connection to
refer to another class of duties,—I mean
those duties which arise from the new rela
tion iu which we stand to the negroes. In
our dealings with the' freedmen let us be not
only just, but liberal. We must remember
Hint they have now no kind master to pro
vide for their wants, or take care of them in
sickness and old age. They must provide
f>r themRelve3, and in doing so must judge
for thennelf-'S whether it will, be for their
interest to remain with their former masters.
In a majority of cases it will be a great error
ot judgment to leave their former masters,— '
for no si ranger will or indeed can feel the
same interest in their welfare. Still it is a
matter of which they must judge for them
selves ; and whatever be their judgment it
can be no just cause for unkind feeling. For
myself, the only feeling I leave for the negro
is a feeling of pity,—pity lor the sufferings
immediately before them,—pity for the doom
that certainly awaits them in the future—a
doom of absolute and total extinction. The
negro free, cannot live by the side of the
white man. must waste away and dis
appear. The Barnum of a hundred years
henee will have a negro in his museum as its
greatest attraction, provided he be able at
that time to find one, which is very doubt
ful.
When I gay we mu9t be liberal in
onr dealings with the freedmen, I mean
liberal in the terms and conditions of tbe
contracts we may make with them; but when
the contract is made they should tie held to
the strictest performance. T.n this way only
can they bo made to understand the binding
nature of contracts. Their ideas npon this
subject, as already intimated, are yery loose.
They seem to think that it is a part of their
liberty to break their contracts at pleasure.
Such, at least, is my conclusion from my own
limited experience, qnd from information re
ceived as to the experience of others. They
must be made to know better, and the beat
way to teach them Is-tp hold them (a a strict
performance of all that they promise. The
great difficulty here is to know bow to do
this. The right to recover damages amounts
to nothing, for not one in a tbonsand could
respond in damages. Some legislation on this
subject, it seems to me, la necessary.
I have submitted these remark* gs ivfitatys
t°, W «|reum»tance8 In which wo find our-
eelvesy and from a sincere regard to what I
conceive 4o be the tree interest of the people
pf Georgia. I love Georgia—J love her peo-
ple»| rove her pilqwte and her «ofi. hfy
{Continued on Fourth Pagt )
A PHYSIOLOGICAL View oOMliKIAUE
Containing nearly 300 panes, anti ISO fine Plates
amt Engravings ol' tlie Anatomy oi the Human Or
gans lu a state ol Health and Disease, with a Trea
tise on Early Errors, its Deplorable Consequences
upon the inlnti and Body, with the Author’s Plan ot
Treatment—the only rational and successful mode or
cure, as shown by the report ol caaes treated. A
truthful adviser to the married, and those contem
plating marriage, who entertain doubts ot their phys
ical condition. Sent free of postage to any address,
on receipt of 23 cents, la stamps or postage currency,
by addressing Dr. LA CROIX, No. 31 Malden Lane,
Albany, N. Y.
1 he author may be consulted npon any of the dis
eases upon which his book treats either personally or
by mail, aud medicines sent to an; part of the world,
octio -cm
FJIHK^ carg
of the schooner Bay State, consisting
800 BARRELS
ROCKLAND LIME,
is row landing at tlie Exchange Bock.
Purchasers are requested to send orders early, that
they may ne filled from the wharf,
j9-l F. W. SIMS & CO
FOR SALE.
5,000 Havaua Oranges,
jf-i
CUNNINGHAM, PURSE A CO.
NAILS,
Assorted size9, for g do by
j9-2
A. MINIS,
No. 3 Stoddard's Western Range.
Powder and Shot.
OTA KEGS, half and cases Powder
OI ” 150 bags Shot, Buck and Dron, ali sixes
300,000 P-ercuss-Jon Capa. G. b. and waterproof
Joat received uud for sale by
RANDELL & CO,
B.iy sfrect corner of Barnard.
Harry Crisn,
ThisEveaiog. by request, the greet p|„ cf
camillf
Camille.... ‘
Nickette ^^
MOUS. Duv.il *" bOl'Iv,
" r i. Hatniituc
Mous. Buv’ai
Armand Duval
LOOK OUTFORFu^j
St. Andrew's Hall.
THE NEW ORLEANS
CAMPBELL'S MINSTRELS
comistgj
For Three Nights Onlv
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY" *
.Ton Ifltk i«.i _ . *
r-2
i.WJ - -
Jan. loth, nth aud Mb.
U^APt.-DN, Agp n t
.-ettiAe MOTIOKS.
KEROSENE WARE;
Lamps, Chandeliers, Brackets, Harp Ur.ngcrv,
Backs, Side Lamps, with ami without Reffi ctorg; r ttc -
cy Hail Lamps, Lanterns, Basra, aud Foodu
Patent Gian Cones, Hamers, Globes, rhimnies and
Wick, DRUGGISTS’ FLINT* GREEN GLASS, Crock
ery Dealers' and Confectioners' GLASSWARE. G^oda
Of ali kinds made to order. KEROoENE OIL
JAMES T. WRIGHT,
225 Greenwich Street, Tw<> doors b low IqjUaj, N. X
novl-Sm
LYON’S KATHAIRON.
We have learned not .to be astonished at anything.
Years of experience and a correspondence extending
throughout all nationalities or the habitable globe
have turned theories Into facts and established a basis
from which we need uot err. We are not surprised
at such facts as the following—although the persons
who write them are. We know the persons and eir-
umstances. hence feel at liberty to indorse their
statements;
“Nbw BxdFobd, Mass., Nov. 24,1663.
Dear Sir,—I have been afflicted man; years with
severe prostrating cramps tn my limbs, cold feet and
hands, and a general disordered system. Physicians
and medicines failed to relieve me. While visiting
some friends' in New York who were using Plantation
Bitters, they prevailed upon me to try them. I com
menced with a small wine-glassful alter dinuer. Feel
ing better by degrees, iu a few days I was astonished
to find the coldness and (ramps had entirely left me,
and I conld sleep the night through, which X have Dot
done for years. I feel like another being. My appe-
tite and strength have also greatly improved by the
use of the Plantation Bitters.
Respectfully, Jcmm Bmit.
Rceksbubt, Wis.. Sept 18, 3863.
* * * I have been in the army hospitals for four
teen months—speecnless and neatly dead. At Alton,
III., they gave me a bottle of Plantation Bitters. •
Three bottles restored my speech and cored me. *
C. A. FfcASii.
The following is from the Manager of the Union
Home School for the Children of Volunteers:
“Uaveukyeb Mansion. 57th St, )
„ , New York, August 2,1863. /
Da. Dbake :—Your wonderful Plantation Hitters
have been given to some of our little children sufieiiug
from weakness and weak lungs with most hapuv
effect. One little girliu particular, with pains in her
head, loss of appetite, and daily wasting consumption,
on whom all medical skill had been exhausted, has
been entirely restored. We commenced with but a
teaspoonful or Bitters a dav.. Her appetite and
strength rapidly increased, and she is now well.
Respectfully, Mrs O. M. Devoe "
'“ * -* I owe much to you, for I verily believe
the Plantation Bitten have saved my life.
Kev. W. H. Waooonkb,
Madrid, N, Y.
Thou wilt send tue two bottles more of
thy Plantation Bitters. My wile hag been greatly
benefited by their use.
Thy friend.
Asa Ccbbim,
Philadelphia, Pa."
• • * I have been a great sufferer from Dyspep
sia. and bad to abandon preaching. • • The Plan
tation Bitters have cored me.
Rev. J. 8. Catbobn,
Rochester, N. y,
• • I have
. . . . .. 8' v “ a fi* Plantation Bitten to
hundreds of our disabled soldiers with the most as
tonishing effect..
G. W, D. Andbkws,
Superintendent Soldiers’ Heme, Cincinnati, O."
"* * * The Plantation Bitters have cored me of
Liver Oomplaiut, of which I was laid up prostrate
and had to abannon my basine99. '
U. B. Kinuslet, Cleveland, Ohio.'
»*» * * The Plantation Bitters have cored me of
a derangement of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs
that has distressed me for years. It acts like a charm.
- L. C. Moose, No. 251 Broadway.”
«C., ic., Ac., Ac, Ac.
The Plantation Bitters make the weak strong, the
languid brilliant, afid are exhausted nature's great re
storer. They are composed of the celebrated Caiisaya
Bark, Winteigreen, Sassafras, Roots, Herbs, Ac., all
preserved in perfectly pnre SL Croix Rum.
cork unmotilated, and our signature on sted-pUte
side labeL
Bold by respectable dealers throughout tbe habitable
world, *
P. a DRAKE A CO.,
oct2T-3m 808 Brokdway.H, Y.
STB
The Original and Best In the World! Tbeonlytrge
and perfect Hair Dye. Harmless. Reliable and inytyn
taneoqa. Frggffte* jam«dUte.y a splendid Black or
natural Brown, without injuring the hair or »Mt.
RemadtM the ill effects of bad dyes. SoldbyaU Prog-
gists. The genuine Is signed Wtffiw* X Batchelor.
AJ«q t
REGENERATING EXTRACT OP MILLEFLKURS,
For Restoring and Beautifying the Hair.
su!4-ty CHARLES BATCHELOR, New YoA.
COPPERAS.
10 BARRELS IMPORTED COPPERAS.
For s-ls by
IIILTOX & IUNDFLL,
19R Ray street.
J9-5
TOBACCO, SE6ABS.
50 000 S?SARS varion ’ braRfl3
_ _ _ 2h boxes, pound-. Nsvv Tobacco
100 boxes, hair pounds, -‘Kuiqht Teuipiar" To
bacco
20 boxes Natural Loaf and XO'a Tobacco
For 3ale bv
HILTON A R-INDELL,
it*.: Bay street.
Vinegar, Molasses
J9-S
Oft BARRELS superior Wine Viueirar
25 bbls Porto Htco Molassea
For sole by
H.LiuN 4 RANDELL,
, 193 Bay street.
Teacher Wanted.
A SINGLE man, of good moral eba acter, to tske
charge of a waall school in the country Applv
*“ R. McInTiri; a to.,
Near Market Square.
J2-2*
ANTHRACITE GOAL.
JJED ASH, egg «lga. for sale, to errive, by
A. MINIS,
No. 8 Stoddard's Western Range.
THE EYE, EAR, AND THROAT.
D R. WRIGHT, of Toronto. Canada West, Phvgi-
c “ffi sad Surgeon, Oculist and Auriet, can b
consulted on Dearness, Discharges from the Ear.
n °.ke s In the Head, Catarrh, Diseases of tlie Throat
and Lungs.
All disease* of the EYE, requiring eltbeir Medical
or Surgical aid attended to.
Office No. 4t, in Dr. Thos. Buckler’s old office on
Lexington street, Baltimore. Md.
Office hours from 9 to 12 A. 31., and Sto 5 P. M. ’
City of Savannah Coupons,
R ECEIVABLE for lnx°8 and Ground Kents, for
sale iu sums to suit purchasers, try
A
J9-2
.. „ „ A. MINIS,
No. 3. Stoddard’s Western Range.
s. T.—1360---X.
Drake's Plantation Bitters*
They purify, strengthen and invigorate.
-They create a healthy nppetite.
They are an antidote to change of water aadcBef.
They overcome effects of dissipation and Lte hour,".
They strengthen the system and enllvcu the mind
They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fewis
They purify the breath aud acidity of the vtomath.
They cure Dyspepsia aDd Constipation.
They cure Dlarrbceu, Cbolcra and Cholera Morbm.
They core Liver Complain’ and Nervous He-d^che.
They arethe beat Bit ere in the world. They make
the weak strong, ana are exhausted nature's great r*
storcr. They are made of pure SL Croix Ram, the
celebrated Caiisaya Bajk, ; roots and herbs, and are
taken with the pleasure ofw beverage, without regard
to age or time of day. Particularly recommended to
delicate persons requiring a gentle stimulant, bold by
all Grocers, Druggists, Hotels and Saloons. Only gen
uine when Cork is covered by onr private U. S. Stamp
Beware of counterfeits and refilled bottles.
P. H. DRAKE A CO.,
°ct28-eodly 21 Park Row New York.
Hagan’s Magnolia] Balm*
This is tbe most delightfbl and extraordinary articled
ever discovered. It changes the run-burnt face and
hands to a pearly satin texture of ravishing beauty,
mpirtlng the marble purity of youth, and tbe distil,-
Que appearance «o inviting in the city belle of fashion.
It removes tan, freckles, pimples and rongdaesn from,
the skin, leaving the complexion fresh, transparent,
and smooth. It contains uo material injurious to"
tbe skin. Patronized by Acti rases and Opera
Singers. It Is what every lady should have, sold
everywhere. Retail price, «0 cents.
Prepared by W. E. HAGAN, Troy, N. r.
Address ail orders to
DUMAS RARNKS A CO.,
OCtST-eedly New York
POWDER, SHOT, CAPS.
100 ? e ” 3 -»• l 2 % ma «« lbs Hazard’s Electric
1VW Soorting POWDER
Soorting POWDER
260 bags assorted Drop and Buck SHOT
2C0 in. G. D. Percnrsioa CAP3
Forisaie i>y
. . IllLTON A RANPF.Lt,
J2-5 123 B>\ -tret.
$40 REWARD
UTOLF.N from No. 2, Central Thiilrnad, on the night
-9 of tbe Jth, one dark Bay STALLION, wiih biacK
MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY.
An Essay of Warning and Instruction for Young
men, Just published by the Howard Association, and
sent In sealed letter envelope* free of charge.
Address Dr. J. SKILLIN’ HOUGHTON, Howard
Association. Philadelphia, Pa. octl2-Sra
mane and tail, branded SC on Jeit fme shoulder,
and A on left rump. Also, one dark Bav Ifi-rsE,
medium height, with white saddle spots oh back, a
reward of twenty dollars each will tie paid for de-
livery to A. Fawcett, Savannah, or to ’lie sni-scriber.
No. 2, Central Railroad, aud twenty-five dollar* for
proof to convict the thief. 19-1*
Mess Pork, Adamantine Can<
dies and Whiskey.
JjlOR sale by
a. jircis
So. 3, Stoddard’S WesteVu Range.
9. T.-IMtt-X.
Persons of sedentary habits, troubled with weak
ness, Insult ode, palpitation of the heart, lack of appe
tite, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation,
Ac., deserve to suffer if they will not try them.
They are recommended by the highest medical au
thorities, apd are warranted to produce an immediate
beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable,
perfectly pore, and harmless.
■ Nonox.—Any person pretending to sell Plantation
Bitters in balk or by tbe gallon is a swindler and im
postor. It is put up only in our log cabin bottle Be
ware of bottles refilled with imitation deleterious stuff
for which several poisons are alreafy in prison.' Set
that every bottle baa ogr United States stamp over the Chftwing OUd BmoklZl^
HAVANA SEGARS,
PIPES,
TOBACCO.
n subscriber has Just received a Urge stod
Havana Segars,
> which h# would Invite particular attention.
He fea*«J£o ex Motive assortment ot
jMeershaum JPipes,
MMA.lt TUBES and BRIARWQOD PIPES.
The various brands of Chewing and Smoking To
bacco at his Establishment are ail of the first quality
Fleaae call and examine for yourselves. „t
Jl-t*
„ „ * CONSTANT’S.
Bull it, opposite Post Office.
FAIRBAM’S
Standard Scales
Are furnished at manufacturer’# prices, by
BRADY, SMITH & CO., Agents.
Stock of various styles and eixesat their wardroom.
North side of Bay attest, between Whitaker a^.d Bar
nard.
These firsLclass and unequalled Weighing Machine*
need no other recommendation than that they have
received the unqualified approval of business men tor
forty years.
STRENGTH OF CONSTRUCTION.
DURABILITY AMD ACCURACY,
ADAPTATION AND CONVENIENCE,
•re fodKd combined in the
Fairbanks Standard Scales,
to an extent unknown in the various imitations de -
nnmlsnttng HEW PRINCIPLES AND IMPROVE
MENTS. Qf such lot business men beware, and
suffer naone to tntpose upon them with, worthless end
•ore liable goods.
. \
OT Aff style# sad Sizes fUmLhed promptly.
>s-lm
Liverpool Salt,
For sale by
J*-3
W. & ADAMS,
96 Bay street.
WHISKEY AND CHAMPAGNE.
_ raagfl yery superior Bonrboh Whiskey
•w— Caw* Hetdjick Champagne
J8-3
PHILLIPS « MYERS,
S5 Bay street
K&thniron U from the Greek word “Kathro," i,r
‘Kathairo,” signifying to cleanse, rejuvenate aud re
store. This at tide ii what it* name signifies. For
preserving, restoring and beautifying tbe human hair.
is the most remarkable preparation in the world.
It is ngaia owned aud put up by the uriginal proprie
tor, and is now made with the same care, skill and at
tention which gave it a safe of over one miiilor, bot
es per annum.
It is a most delightful Hair Dressing.
It eradicates scurf and dandruff,
it keeps the head cool and lean.
It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy.
It prevents the hair from falling off and tqrnicg
gray.
It restores hair npon bald heads.
Any lady or gentleman who values a beaatfuj
hair should use Lyon’s Eaihairou. It Li known
and used throughout the civuized world. Sold by ni
re«pectable dealers.
DHHAB BARNES A 00.,
oct2T-eodly iot ,„
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