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; . l-NO. 303. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1866. e Savanna . n ;i, r UnralH You cannot try me under the laws of Caro- il Uanj HOiaiu lina or of Massachusetts, or of any other D EVENING) irer BT JON A CO., Savannah, Gzobuia. Five Cent*. $3 60. ;;;;;; juo on. rip i n o: of Ten Lines for first in- ach subsequent one. Ad- e morning, will, 11 desired, iiuul extra charge. HINTING, iromptly done. i\r Cotton Case. G. B. LAMAR BEFORE ITARY COMMISSION. OF THE ACCISEW , y Commission engaged upon ■ i B. Lamar, re-assembled U-iduy, having adjourned on ti c evidence being all in, un- i the . equest of the counsel of to prepare tbe argument ■ )n the assembling of tbe . u . aday, Mr. Julian Hart- ie accused, read the plea 1 w. the prosecution was made public proceedings in the . , finished. We are obliged ant of the Judge Advocate , L ia ., c . The following is the TUB ACCUSED: • / (Jeullemen of the Commission: .uitin which has been made of ■red against me has been ; laborious. Numerous witness- miued by the prosecution; . ters, official and private, leers of tbe Government, or .. -seizure of private papers, • i i in your hearing; able couu- ! t 1 the officer ot the Court, ■•I;,;: abilities and experience and , i■ 'it investigation; the power of n;, civil aud military, exercised soldiers. Treasury agents aud detec- . |, • brought to hear upon the ml accumulation of evidence ...: the nassof matter accumu- ■\n to so stupendous and for- .;z<: as almost to render hopeless i, Mjj n my part to overthrow it. "myself to the effort lo do so ••ident belief that an unpriju- tion of the character of the out against me, and the nature of ah. used as evidence to condemn »■. ;lt in a conviction upon the tin- examiner, that I have been ,.) violation of law, civil or mili- v iffis, because 1 am assured that will feel itself bound by those gen ius of law and justice which lie : >n of all codes, civil and mil^- ; j.arture from which inflicts in- . a the individual immediately 1 also, upon the community . ry. I shall invoke these priu fence, that the light emanat- may scatter these dark shad- huge mass of evidence has haracter. , m to clear myself from the . against roe I should weary our patience, remember that ais case involves for me, all dear—property, liberty, rep- hat I may well be excused for . ertion in my own behalf, t of inconvenience to others. . j and specifications against me .a • diKiact and material accusations v«t. .st, a conspiracy with other ;o . ,cai cotton from the United States; or stealing cotton from the uos; and 3d, a conspiracy with ■ bnlv officers, civil and military, of .died States, for the purpose of de- the United States by stealing eer- •uon in my argument I shall take • hi: charges in an order different from which they have been arranged by veriH jCDt. 1 invite your attention :ue charge that I have stolen cotton ihe Government. I do this be- regard this as the only accusation 1 in ail these charges and specifica- ,i'OU which 1 could be legally eon- ,'onrt if the evidence sustained other charge or specification - of a violation of any law, civil i make this assertion confidently, gc the judgment upon it of any . authority in the land. It cannot a if. ,t no man can be put upon trial ii i ion of au act unless that act •. .j come law. There are but tlirte . -1,1 this country which a man can in i : first, “the rules and articles second, “the laws of war,” and civil laws.” It is not even pre- i have violated any of the “rules ---rrf war.” They relate entirely 10 the government of the army .nd violations of them are tried uartial. I am not in either the I am expressly called a civilian . . : s and specifications; nor is this ., i al before which I am being tried, nnot be convicted of any viola te “rales and articles of war,” even ■v charged with such offence; but tbe . md specifications allege no such ol- : tbe charges and specifications con- r. v allegations of violations of the “laws These, according to Lhe opinion of irncy Geneial of the United States, ,rt of Lhe ‘ law of Nations” applic- H “state of war,” and involvo the 1 : parties who are “open and active , =- to oue of the belligerents, or else .,<■ but secret participants in the hostih- sec opinion ot Attorney General, p. 8. . 1 the highest authorities known to •■courts, Benet, in speaking of the lion of military commissions, says : on war in a portion of country „ 'or' threatened to be attached by an whether within or without the tv ol the United States, crimes ,ry offences are frequently commit- wi-icL ure not triable or punishable by is-n. rtial. and which are not within the liciiou of any existing civil courts, “It and custom of war among all ClVU- natu.uri, to refer such cases to a duly tituted military tribunal.” Sec Benet Military Law and Courts-Martial, ” pp. id 15. c 1 barges against me contain no-aljega- ; t u lation of the “laws of warthey nothing recognized by any court or . as an offence triable as such a vio- : he “laws of war” are hot now of mis country; and I am not arae- ,:em. I am charged with takrog the the Uuited States, and with eon- ribe its officers and steal its cot- 0 are not violations of any “law am not being tried for any viola tes and articles of war,” or of war,” it results that I must be .■ violation of the “civil law. aese charges and specifications ich offences, except the charge ' > Healing. ’ ro l«!oh T must, he State. I am not a resident of such State, or amenable to Its laws. I am a resident of Georgia, and for any act committed on her soil lam to be tried if it be a violation of her laws or the laws of the United States. I am charged with conspiring to steal cer tain cotton; and with conspiring to bribe cer tain officials of the United States. Are these crimes under the laws of the United States ? There are mo crimes known to the laws of the United States except those created by the Consti tution and the statutes of the United States. You canuot go outside ol that Constitution and those statutes to discover an ofl'ence agaiust the laws of the United States. There is no such thiii"' as a common law crime under the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States; all crimes of which they have juris diction are the creatures of statutes. This proposition is so universally admitted by the ablest jurists of tht^Country, and has been so often established by the decisions of the Courts as not to need argument to support it. It has been settled by tbe Supreme Court of tbe United States as tbe law of the land. See U. S. vs. Hudson & Goodwin, 7 branch 32; U. 3. vs- Coolidge, 1 Wheaton 415; Cur tis’ Commentaries, p. 20; 1 Kent’s Com. p. 338. This principle being established, let us see if the statutes of the United States have created any such offences as the two 1 have referred to. The only kinds of conspiracy re cognized by these statutes are a conspiracy to cast away a vessel at sea to defraud the underwriters, and a conspiracy to defraud the Government by obtaining the payment or allowance of a false claim for money against the Government. No such offence is created as the offence of conspiring to bribe an officer, or conspiring to steal. An exami nation ojj the statutes of tbe United States will satisfy any one of the correctness of this position. There is recognized by these statutes the offence of bribing a member of Congress or an officer of any of the depart ments, but no such offence as conspiring to bribe them. And I am not accused in these charges ol having bribed any one; only of have conspired lo do so. It is clear, then, that 1 cannot be tried on the charges of conspiring to steal, and con spiring to bribe, as violations of the laws of tixe United States. Can I be tried for them as violations of the laws of Georgia! The crimes which are recognized as such by the laws ot Georgia are to be found enu merated in the “Penal Code” of the Slate. There are no common law offences known to the laws of Georgia; all offences are the crea tures of statutes. The Supreme Court of the State have so declared. See William (a slave) vs. the State; 18 Georgia Reports, p. 359. There are no such offences as the two I have referred to recognized by the ''Pena! Code” or the statutes of tieoryia. Consequently I cannot be tried under the laws of Georgia for any such offence. I have thus shown you, may it please the Court, that I cannot be tried, under these charges and specification®, for any violation of the “rules and articles" of war, or of the “laws of war,” or of any “civil law.” Will yon undertake, then, to pass judgment upon me in reference to these two charges? I address you as I would Any other tribunal charged with the decision ot my fate, vested with the power to pass upon my liberty and my reputation. I have the right to do so. You have overruled my objection to your jurisdiction in this case, and have de cided that you have the power to try and to acquit or condemn me. The same duties and responsibilities devolve upon you, then, as would invest any other tribunal charged with so grave a matter as the fate of a citi zen. The origin of your power, the mode of your creation, make no difference^ in your responsibilities aud your duties. You are to be controlled by the laws ol tbe laud, civil or military; and I have shown you that neither will justify my trial or conviction on these two charges. 1 am but oue man contending against the power of a Govern ment, unexampled in its strength aud re sources; therefore it is that I invoke the aid of the principles of the law and the Constilu* tion which should shield every citizen from the encroachments ot power as well as from the assaults of individuals. Yon are, in this case, the ministers ol' those principles. It is incumbent upon you to see that they are re garded and obeved; not only your duty but your interest; for the time may come when, baviD"- laid aside the arms of the soldier, as citizens you may need the protecting shield of the Constitution and the laws. Havin'*- endeavored to show you, may it please the Couit. that the charge ol larceny or stealing is the only one of these charges and specifications upon which the Court can con vict me, let us come back to the consuL-ra- tion of that and of the evidence adduced to support it Waivin g all technical objections which I might raise against the form ot this charge and the specifications under it, there arc still certain material requisites, both un der civil and military law, to establish the offence of larceny or stealing. It must be proved that the property was actual y taken by tbe accused; that it wa's| the property of the party from whom it is alleged to have been taken; and that it was tyke 11 fraudu lently and with, intent lo steal it- The only cotton shown in this case to have been taken or moved away from the place where it was stored, either by myself or my nephew, were the bales re moved from Spain’s plantation, in Brooks county, tiie cotton marked D. A. H , taken from No- 18. A G. R. R-, aud the eight bales removed from Grover’s, No. 17, Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. No other cot ton is proved to have been moved by either of ns None is proved to have been moved by myself personally. The only evidence of removal at all of auy cotton by anybody is to be found in the letters and acknowledgments of my nephew,—acknowledgments made openly and without reserve to Mr. A. G. Browne, Jr-, that he had “openly and above board and by military permits" removed these lots of cotton. No acknowledgment that he had stolen cotton belonging to the United States, as alleged by detective Bun nell: for this is disproved by Mr. Browne himself, who says he propounded a carefully prepared question. lo JVJ-T- Lamar, “by what show of right he had moyed these lots of cotton.” How, then, in the removal of these lots of cotton was there any larceny or stealing ? How were they moved ? By virtue of mili tary permits of.Major Hastings, the Provost Marshal of the district. Where were some of them moved from ? From under guard of soldiers. Surely no court can say that a removal thus ffifide by order of tbe military officer in charge ’of them COT bs brought against me as stealing or larceny. The ageDt of the Treasury Department; A. G. Browne, Jr, himself declares that two of these lots of cotton were moved under military permits. In his letter from Thomasville, of Dec. 2d, 1865, addressed to Lieutenant Colonel Bogart, qsking him to seize these lots of cotton at Poctortown, he uses this language : “These lots went down the road under military per mits as far as far as Doctortown.” They were seized b^ the military authorities at Poctortown. it would be unprecedented to sny that option or any article delivered by the military authority having control of it to me was stolen by roc. And I alone am charged with the stealing; no confederates or accomplices are alleged to have acted with me in this charge or the specifications under it. The cotton was removed, qs the letters disclose, on the 24th of October. The cotton was removed by my nephew. “ Ul * above board, under military permits. Where then was the stealipg op my ? But, again, some of these l°t® 0^, never were in the possession of the lioveip- v - -ere seized at Do r lortoWD- v of fy Treasury, in hif orders under date of September 29th, 1865, says: “ Whenever, therefore, any property owned or claimed by one of these blockade running companies is found within your agency, you will take charge a P" treat it as property which was used to aid the rebellion, and, therefore, belonging to States by the right of capture- Tins is intended to apply only to such property of the class named, as may have been collected and kept together as the property of such com panies, and is not intended to authorize agents -to search for on different plantations, and to seize small and scattered lots said to have been pur- chased for, or by such companies, but which lias not been collected by them in distinct lots and so Ae/<7.” I ask the particular attention of the Court to tliis order, as I shall have occasion to refer to it frequently in the course of my defence. These instructions from the Secre tary ot the Treasury were repeated after wards, under date of November 14th, 1865, in his letterto A. G. Browne,Jr., in which he says : “In regard to this (the cotton claimed as I. & E. Co’s, cotton) it is only necessary to say that 1 desire that the instructions upon that subject, transmitted to your father under date of September 27th, shall be fully carried out.” From this, then, it appears ihat the Treasury Agents had no right to cot ton scattered about the country in small lots on plantations. Such cotton was never legally in their possession. One of these lots I am charged with stealing; the 67 bales marked [8.] was on Spam's plantation in Brooks county. It never was in the posses sion of the Treasury Agent. Mr. Browne, Jr., says be never took possession of it. Mr. Browne, Jr., says he never saw it until he met it at Doctortown. They never had a constructive possession of it, because the orders of the Treasury Department above re ferred to, forbade their taking it, even if it be longed to tbe I. & E. Co., as they assert. And yet this is the only lot mentioned by name in this cnarge and specification for stealing. I could not have taken it from their posses sion, for they never had it. If it was taken from their possession it was by virtue of a military permit, as above showu, giving G. B. Lamar Jr, permission to take seventy bales of cotton from J. W. Spain's planta- tion. 1 But, again: there is a well recognized prin- Ifciple ot law which declares that _ if a man ’'takes property under the impression that he tins a right to it, it is not stealing or larceny. See Wheaton's Am. br. Law, 1,T70. If this was my private cotton I hail a rigtit to it ; because the authorities had, as has been repeatedly shown during the progress of this trial, given up to me my private cotton aud prohibited its of ficers from taking it. If this was t he cotton of tbe I- & E. Co., I had a right to it, as Pres ident ot that company, under the orders of the Treasury Departmeut, as I have already quoted, it being a scattered lot on a planta tion and the other lots were scattered about the country also. In either case i acted, in the language of the law, “under the clearest impression I had a right to the cotton.” If I have sustained tbe propositions I have advanced I cannot be convicted of stealing cotton in this case; and this I have eudea- vored to show is tbe only charge preferred against me ot which I can be legally con victed, if the evidence maintains it. But I am willing to go farther, and answer to the facts brought up against me in refer ence to the charge of “Conspiracy to bribe aDd to steal.” Before examining tbe facts in reference to the charge of conspiracy to steal cotton, let me call your attention to the condition ot affairs in Southern Georgia at that time, as disclosed by the evidence. There were thou sands arid tens of thousands of bales of cot ton stored all over the country, in the towns aioncr the line ot the railroad, and on the plantations. This cotton belonged to differ ent States, and some to tbe Importing and Exporting Company of Georgia. The Trea sury Department was taking possession of certain classes of this cotton, and among others of portions of that belonging to the I. & E. Co. They did not pretend to take the cotton of individuals, with small excep tions, nor of all that belonged to the I. & E. Co., as the orders so otteu referred to dis close. Its agents were all over the country seeking for cotton to seize. Their reward was to be a portion ot what they got, some times as much as 1-4 or 1-3. Under these circumstances is it strange that in some in stances these agents took cotton they had no right to take ?—cotton of individuals, or coming under the classes of company cotton which they were prohibited from taking? Is it strange, either, that their invariable reply should be to the party seeking redress, “Y ou most go to Washington with your claim ?” Ot course they put every obstacle in the. way of parties seeking to obtain tbeir rightful cot ton, or, at least, afforded them no facilities for doing so. My individual cotton bad been turned over to me by the Government; the permits and orders read prove this. But still these agents Rad taken possession of some of it, or were seeking for it through the coun try. So with the cotton of the I. & E. Co.; they had seized lots which they had no right to take under their orders, and were seeking for and hunting up others. Under these circumstances my nephew and myself acted in endeavoring to secure my own cotton and that of the Company, which was being illegally seized. It was on account of the course pursued by these agents that he was obliged to conceal as much as possible from them his intentions and his actions. The whole correspondence between us establishes these Tacts. Certain expressions in his letters are to be distorted into evidence of a conspiracy with me to steal this cotton. Have any directions or in structions been read, sent by me to him, to take any cotton 1 had no right to ? or any instructions of any kind, except that I trust ed in bis judgment and wanted him to send my cotton forward as speedily as possible ? Do I not repeatedly call his attention to the fact that my own cotton has been turned over to me, and does he not see the order to that effect? Do I not, also, iterate and re iterate the orders of the Treasury Depart ment that the agents are only entitled to Jhe cotton already seized, and not to be found through the country? In spite of these facts, in the teeth of these orders, all kind of obsta cles are placed in his way, and he is pre vented from obtaining the cotton he is legal y entitled to. It is to this kind of lota he refers when he says he will ship all u» my marks. Am I to l»e convicted of conspiring to steal because I seek to obtain cotton I “honestly believe (in the language of the law) I have a claim to ?” The very agent of the Treasury, A. G. Browne, Jr., tells my nephew he does not blame me for seeking to obtain my pro perty. Under the view that the Treasury Department has no right to take the cotton of the }. & E. Co., I resort to the civil courts to secure what 1 be, lieve to be my rights- The agent and representative ol the Federal Government, tbe Provisional Governor, had by solemn proclamation declared the civu courts open to the people, and that they might appeal to them once again to redress their grievances or decide upon their rights. Tbe officer in command ot the district, a gentleman of character aud high standing m nis profession, Colonel Kimball, in his letter dated October 27, tells me that if aggrieved I can “seek the remedy that the laws ot ihe country afford.” I did seek a. remedy from the laws of the State through the officers of the State. The Judge of t ’j e , Su P®"”L C ™. h of that district administered to me the oath required bribe J<»wa of Georgia; the Clerk »f the Cpurt issues the writ qnder eyery pre caution required by;the law pf the State, and tbe Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff endeavor to serve it. I am present with them and offer lo aid them in such execution. Surely I can not be charged with conspiring to steal be cause 1 make an attempt to bring the matter before a legal tribunal qualified to decid e it It is not fair to decide it upou isolated ex pressions or fragmentary declarations. Take the whole course of my aonduct together.asul decide upon that. The fact that certain marks were returned as private property, and afterwards as Importing and Exporting Company, is one of these circumstances which, standing alone and unexplained, might look suspicious. And yet, the Trea sury Agent Liuiselt; Mr. A G. Browne, Jr., says he never regarded that as an act of fraud on my part, but as arising from con fusion among so many bales of cotton. And so of othei circumstances which are easily susceptible of explanation to an un prejudiced mind. - - Aud now foe the charge ot conspiring to bribe; for although 1 deny the right of the Court to convict me upon a charge based upon no law, civil or military, and tiust that I will be sustained in this position, still I am ready and desirous to meet the accusation upon the facts disclosed in evidence. I am charged with conspiring with my nephew and others to bribe Colonel Kimball, Major Hastings, A. G. Browne, Jr., and VV. A. Beard. Who the others were with whom I conspired has not appeared in evidence. I am, therelore, confined in my detence to the conspiracy with my nephew. What other persons I conspired to bribe be sides the lour above mentioned has not been disclosed; nor, if they had been, would it have availed tbe prosecution anything. The parties I am charged with conspiring to bribe must be named, with certainty and pre cision in the charges and specifications. It is contrary to law, justice, and common sense', to charge me with conspiring to bribe officers and soldiers without telling me who they are; for that would necessitate my pre paring myself to repel accusations in refer- eience to the whole army and Treasury De partment. First, then, what proot is there of my conspiring with my nephew to bribe Mr. Browne? The evidence, if there be any, must be found in the correspondence that passed between us; for nothing else has been produced that at all bears upon such a ques tion. No evidence has been submitted to show a bribe given or received, or a bribe proffered and accepted or rejected. None of these gentlemen has declared that any such proposition was ever made to him. With all my cash books, check books, and books of all other kinds in their possession, the pros ecution has not shown a single item or entry in any of the money paid, which could even be suspected of having been used in this way. True, I sent money in different sums to my nephew for his expenses; but these are too contemptible in amount to be construed into bribes. All tbe evidence, then, that I conspired to bribe Mr. Browne must be found in expression in our letters. Even if there were anything in this cor respondence which was susceptible of an in terpretation such as the prosecution seek to put upon it, there is one plain and undeniable fact to be found patent to it, which would entirely prevent its being met as evidence of a conspiracy. It is a principle of law, as well as of common sense, that two are necessary to constitute a conspiracy. Wharton’s Am. Cr. L. § 2339. A man cannot conspire himself, alone; there must be an assistant, an accomplice. In order to make a conspiracy between the two they must agree. If one proposes to do an act, and the other advises against it and refuses to take part in it, this is no conspir acy. Now, what are the facts in reference to Mr. Browne? The Government will endeavor to show that I sent two letters to ray nephew to be delivered to Mr. Browne, and will seek to show that these letters contained offers of bribes. Recoliecl that these letters were found sealed and unopened m the possession of G. B. Lamar, Jr., on the day of his arrest. In my letter to my nephew of Nov. 13th, I say “I send you two letters for A. G, Browne, »&c. In the answer to that letter written to me by my nephew, be says, under date of Nov. 19th, “your two letters of 13th instant, were handed me by Capt. Beard- I found en closed two letters addressed to A. G. Browne, Esqr., and one to O’Fallon & Co. It would be madness to make the slightest proposition to Browne. I found him at my first and only interview cold and rigidly polite, and ex tremely bitter againat you on account of your letters to his father and to others against him. I, of course, have not delivered the let ters, and I advise against it most decidedly." Iu the latter part of the same letter be says, “send me a certified copy of your paidou. Have it certified to by the military. 1 may be able to work Browne a little with that. I have no fears of Mr. B., either personally or officially ; but he is immovable, and talking aud writing from one of the family will do him no good. All through his subsequent correspoudenc • he repeats his assertions in reference to Mr. Browne. Here, then, even if on my part there was an intention or effoit to bribe Mr. Browne, there is conclusive evidence that no such conspiracy ever existed. There was no agreement of any sort between the parties alleged to have formed it; but on the part of one a disapprobation of the pro position, and a refusal to entertain it. There is nothing else to indicate even a desire on my part, except expressions in some of my letters which are interpret ed into an intention, and perhaps an attempt to bribe all these gentlemen- To these expressions I desire to direct your at tention. But, first, let me say in reference to Mr. Beard, that the evidence shows that my attitude towards him was hostile from the beginning, and so was his towards me. The only two interviews we had were in refer ence to the service of a writ upon him by the Sheriff, daring which I offer my services to arrest him. Here, then, was no appearance of any understanding between us, or ot any chance to effect one. My nephew’s only ex pressions in reference to him are that he could do nothing with him at Thomasville while Browne was there; meaning that he could not induce him to release my owu cotton, to which I was entitled by orders, or the cotton of the company illegally taken, while his superior officer was there to over rule his action. The expressions used in my letters, upon which alone any suspicion of my guilt can be founded are applied to each and ail of these four gentlemen. Without repeating each of them, particularly, it is sufficient to say that they amount in sub stance to this: that 1 was wi ling to give them a certain per cent, for all ot my own cotton they got released lor me, and a. cer- taiu per cent, for that B* ,^°* 3 which was turned over to me. This is the sum and substance of all these expressions which have been read as evidence agaiust me This is, also, the whole meaning of the copy of a letter found in my letter book ad dressed to Mr. Browna But here I must be permitted to say there is no evidence that any such letter was ever sent to my nephew; on the contrary, a close inspection of the cony in the letter book will convince the Court that the words “not sent” were origi nally in that copy, and have been in some wav Dartially removed. Now the question is: what did I mean by these expressions re ferred to? Wh»t did I mean when 1 wrote that I was willing to pay fiye per cent, for rny own cotton ? Surely that was not an at tempt to bribe anybody in the language of the specification?, to steal cotton of the United States. The cotton was my own, given up to me by the very orders read m your hear ing- I was declared by these orders entitled to receive or take it. Theproposition, then, to nav for removing obstacles out of my way m getting my own cotton tyas no suph offence 5s is alleged agaiust me And the proposi- 1 tion in referente to the I. & E. Co.’s cotton i is always coupled in the same sentence with that in reference to my own. It meant the same thing—that I was willing to pay for the (Ckmtimiedon Fourth Page.) PRICE, 5 CENTS tore, wniim Monram & co„ llimM llil COMMISSION HltllNIS. 152 BAT lIKBBf, SAVARVAB, OA. 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TT O M E INSURANCE COMPANY, SAVANNAH, (i ; a CAPITAL, - - . 2,500.000 AARON WILW! |j, M. A. COHKN, Secretary. D I It K c; T O K S : Andkiw Low, i ur u h Jo*r E r BlUOHA “’ i WK. U'iMOik. n* U H Jcarre LieeawH, D. H. Baldwin, J„a. V, A-vessii Hiney Lathkop, , Octaves ’ Aabon Wileir, Jno m . , Dr. R. Q. STACY. Office removed to BROUGHTON STREET, THIRD DOOR jl5 4* EAST OF BULL. The new and elegant iron steamers CHARLES 8. HARDUE, Capt. R. Johnson; TWO BOYS, Capt. ThomuB Daniels, having elegant accommodations for freight and passengers, will ply regularly as above, leaving Savannah every Thursday morning at. 9 o'clock; Hawktnsvllle every Thursday morning at 9 o’clock. It Is the desire of the Agents of tills line to make a permanent connection between Macon and Savannah and t he landings on the Altamaha and Ocmuigee rivers, and with this object in view they ask the sup port of the merchants of Savannah and Macon, and the merchants and planters along the tine of the above named rivers. INSURANCE EFFECTED AT THE VERY LOWEST RATES. Freight received at all times at our warehouse, foot of East Broad street. W. B. DAVIDSON, I B. A.-WILCOX. I ERWIN A HARDEE, Agent at Augusta | Agent at Macon. | Agents at Savannah. The following steamers being of exceedingly light draft, and having ample and complete accommoda tion for freight and passengers, will ply regularly as follows: Iron steamer WILLIAM Q. GIBBONS, every Sat urday. Iron steamer AMAZON, every ten days. Wooden steamer LAURA, every Wednesday. Our Captains and Pilots are the oldest and most experienced on the river, and no effort will he spared to meet the wauts uCtbe travelling aud freighting public LOST, E ITHER on Bull street or on Congress, between Bull and Whitaker, a GOLD BRACELET. The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at the counting room of jt* F.RWIN * HARDEE. CITY COUPONS’ R ECEIVABLE at the City Treasury, will lie sold at liberal discount by BRYAN, nARTRIDGE & CO., jfi-lw 163 Bay street. GUNNY CLOTH. 130 Bales. For sale by J6-4 W. BATTERSBV <£ CO. “MARSHALL HOUSE,” BROUGHTON STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. r IMlIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL has been remodeled A und newly re-furnished and put In perfect order throughout. The traveling public may rest assured they will find comlortable accommodations at this house. A. B. LUCE, dec27-lra Proprietor. THOS. W. BROOKS MANUFACTURER OF FURNITURE AND GENERAL UPHOLSTERY, I'M Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. N. U. —AU ORDERS sent by Mall promptly at- ended to. jy31-t! CONSTITUTION WATER Is, without doubt, the only known remedy tor DIABETES, CALCULUS, GRAVEL, BRICE DUST DEPOSITS, IRRITATION OF THE NECK or THB BLADDER, INFAMMATION OF THE KIDNEY’S, CATARRH OF THE BLADDER, AMD ALL FEMALE IRREGULARITIES. Certificates of cures from well-known persons from all parts of the country in circular, will be sent on ad dressing MORGAN * ALLEN, Ag'ts, d!2-3m No. 4(5 Cliff st, New York. RAILROAD HOUSE, restauhant. BAR-ROOM AND BARBER SHOP ON BRYAN ST., JOHNSON SQUARE- MATILDA TAYLOR R ESPECTFULLY Informs the public that the above Establishment is now prepared to furnish Oys ters, Fish, Game, *c., at all hours. Dinners, Suppers will be furnished at the shortest notice and sent to any part of the city. Wines of all kinds and of the very beet always on hand. In addition, four Dining Rooms has been fitted up in the neatest style ror the accommodation of Ladieg and Gentlemen. Excellent Cooks and accommodating Waiters in Attached to the Restaurant is extra Dlrlng, Sitting and Bed-Rooms. A Barber Shop, with competent Bathers. Is abo connected wlib the House. All customers will hive their private cups with their names on. Transient Boarders and Travelers will find It to to their advantage to call 3 he patronage of the public Is solicited. ABRAM BEASLEY, d2S-tf Superintendent. HAIR, HAIR. A QaOD lot, and other materials for Building pur poses. For sale by BOUSE * BRYANT. d2S-tf 194 Bay street KENT’S EAST INDIA COFFEE. EQUAL TO JAVA 1 HBS^t HALF THE PRICE! GOES TWICE AS FAR I Recommended and Used by All! CLERGYMEN, PHY8ICIAN8 and Professional Men, as the cheapest healthiest and best beverage in the world 1 FOR SAL* BY ALL GROCERS NORTH AND SOUTH Tne Southern trade, to which tt Is specially adapt ed, supplied through the New York city Wholesale Grocery, or direct from tha Manufactory. new YORH4 RICHARD DAVIES, Proprietor- Wholesale Dealer In '('•as and Cofieee. RIVER STEAMBOAT For Sale. STEAMER PLATO Is now offered at private sale. She Is 110 feet long and 36 feet wide, over all. Her engine is 30 2-luo inches c) Under and 6 feet stroke. SHE HAS JUST BEEN Thoroughly Rebuilt AT TUI UNITED STATES MACHINE SHOP AT SAINT HELENA, Ik lu Perfect Order. Application for purchaae must be made to Col. C. R. BRAYTON, J0-tt Postmaster at Hilton Head, S. C. '3 HOLIDAY GOODS. Direct Importation from Londo and Paris. J UST RECEIVED, a large and varied assortment of Imported Wares aud Fancy Articles, suitable for the coming season, embracing in part: Statuettes—Bronze, Besqneand Pariat Toilet Setts Clocks Perfumery Ladies' Traveling Bags French Parasols Portemonnales Milliners’ Fancy Wares Osier Baskets And an endless variety of Fancy Groods, ordered for this market and Just 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, Comer Congress and Bull streets, •121-tt Monument Square. IHE EYE, EAR, AND THROAT. D R. WRIGHT, of Toronto, Canada West, Physi cian and Surgeon, Ocnllst and Aurlst, can be consulted on Deafness, Discharges from the Bar no.ses in the Head, Catarrh, Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. All diseases of the EYE, requiring eitheir Medical or Surgical aid attended to. Office No. 41, in Dr. Thoe. Buckler's old office on Lexington street, Baltimore, Mil. Ofllce hours from 9 to 12 A. M., and 3to 5 P. M. J9-tf ANTHRACITE GOAL. J^ED ASH, egg size, for sale, to arrive, by A. MINIS, J9 No. 3 Stoddard's Western Kknge. Liverpool Salt, To sell at 100 BAGS OR UPWARDS. Apply to J6-4 WM. BATTERSBY * Co. Dundee Bagging, ROPE AND TWINE, For sale by J9-3 W. B. ADAMS, 96 Bay street French Brandy, IN 20 GALLON PACKAGES, For sale by JS-3 W. B- ADAMS, 95 Bay street. SKIDAWAY SHELL ROAD COMP’Y. T»OOK of Subscript**,?f D at «> e House X» (or ten day* da • Savannah, Jan. \ COLT’S REVOLVERS AMD GAPS. A L80 Smith * Wesson** t»oeoive~ and eh<*ip A gle Shot Pistols, fi- boy-;, nn» MARIO'S JEWELRY - J4-1W Co- • ton 4 Vi n’-.aker rt J . WT For Insurance agaiust Loss Fire, appl/at the Damage by OFFICE OF THE COMPANV, 89 BAY STREET, - SAVAXN.1H, «A. THE NEW ENGLAND MUTU.uTliFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Okoanizkd, 1843. Cask Asaetts $3,000,0<jo Last Cask Return 7'.0;000 Losses Paid 1 731,000 Total Surplus Divided l'247!oOO Amount Insured 21.S49 481 All Classes of Life Policies Issued. B. F. STEVENS, President. J. 1L CriBBENS, Secretary „ A. WILBUR, Ueneral Agent Georgia ami Florida. COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANf K COMPA NY, OF NEW YORK. Cask Capital $.300,000 TIMOTHYG. CHURCHILL, Prest. John D. Akthur, Secretary. Frederic B. Elliott, Supt. of Agencies A. WILBUR, General Agent South. FULTON FIRE INSURANCE COM PAN Y OF NEW YORK. Cask Capital >200,000 WM. A. COBB, President Jas. M. Rankin, Secretary. A. WILBUR General Agent S. I. EXCELSIOR FIRE INSURANCE ( PANY, OF NEW YORK Capital and Surplus >,. MARCUS F. DODGE, ‘i ident Sami.. M. Craft, Secretary. A. WILBUR General At ri' - : • PUTNAM FIRE INSURANCE . • >:f ., , OF HARTFORD, CONN Cash Capital fooo SAML. WOODRUFF, President Daniel Buck, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent Soon . SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND M A U SURANCE COMPANY, ip' FIELD, MASS. Cask Capital . EDMUND FREEMAN. Pr Ws. Connar, Jr., Secretary, a A. WILBI General Agee WASHINGTON FIRE INSURA N PANY, OF BALTIMORE, Capital THOS. Y. CAWBY, Pr F. J. MeGINNIS, Secretary. A. WILBI x., General Agent South. I NS UK AIDE. Authorized Capital, $10,400,000 C HARLES L. COLBY A CO. are prepared to ta l Marine Risks to any domestic or foreign pm and Fire Risks in this city iu the followup (. aiir first class New York Companies, AT THE LOWEST RATES. COLUMBIAN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY *6,000,6i MORRIS FIRE AND INLAND INSUR ANCE COMPANY c.r-w,,* COMMERC FIRE INSURANCE COMP'y! ’as.'rt STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMP’Y SoO.Oi Office In Jones' Block, corner Bay ami A.be-cor streets: Branch Office, corner of Drayton undBrya streets. dli-u NEW YORK FIRE AND MARINE Insurance Agency. SECURITY INSURACE COMPANY. Cnpital and Surplus $1,600,009 PHCENIX INSURANCE CO. Capital and Surplus $1,500,000 INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO. Capital and Surplus $1,200,000 MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO- Cf.pital and Surplus .-i900,000 Risks taken in the above highly responsible Com panies on buildings and merchandise of el: oescrlj,- liqns, at lhe lowest rates corresponding with the risks. Apply to A. A. LANE; Agent, n9-3m No. 19 Stori.tflrd'- Hmre. i Holla KJXt- OOUTBloTU National Marine and Fire INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS CAPITA!* *** The undersigned begs leave to inform nsorirg pnbficthathe has been legally appoint Aaenttor .he above named Company, and Is ready ’• take Ma rine, River and Fire Risks at customary i'.ea. O. C. Y 3Re. Agent, Office over Hunter A 84 Bey street. Ref:fences—O tavus Coir . ir A Gdmmel!, Erwin A Hardee. «m OCtSS