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2—NO- 26. ivannah Daily Herald ' ~ IS PUBLISHED BT VV. MASON' AaVASNAB* GKOKGIA. | Bit Street, Savannah. TKB “ I>: Five Cents. fc'ulilarod ;;;;;; »o w*. A „VERTIR> He! I Mnmirc of Toll Lines tor first In- koDK |1,n: „l"]Hr li.ren.h subsequent one. Ad- r t nie. thc morning, will, if desired, pX^ sith'-u, eiira charge. plllNTING. I (iyle , neatly and promptly done. ["solution ofCopartnership. " hip is tills d»y dissolved by mutual ,i' c ' p,r „,HV Mason having became, by pui- r" 1 ' proprietor of the SAVANNAH DAILY !«• * le Lasrun.es ail liabilities, and la autlior- P aL!l „ .i,„ na ■ ...lie.tall ciaima. S. W. MASON & CO. , , erf? 181W I Mli.laCS- |Y TELEGRAPH. LITER FROM EUROPE. I nnn Announces the Withdrawal of P" F , rll< h Troops from Mexico. LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Feb 0. — The steamship Palestine, from f " 1 i on the 23d, has arrived. ti^roiDcror Napoleon's speech announces that the p “; „.,u he withdrawn from Mexico. kj! cotton market was heavy and un. ni ; Lies on them 8,000 bales. Pouaols 8dJ»<@r8 . I,,.,,.1 Suns 5-20’s higher; closing easier. \EAV YORK MARKET. _ w yoaSi Feb. (l.-The cotton market is steady, lies to-day 1,000 halos at 48c. GEYSHERMAN’S report. . „ f from the President Submitting Ithe Report of General Sherman on the |< umliiion of Affair* in hia Department. President communicated the following to the Jiittto on tlit* -J inst: •> ruf senate OT THE United States : [< t tiie resolution of the Senate of the 30th , tiie President, if not inco -npatible with uubhc intercHtB, to communicate to the Senate a fcuvot the late report of Mujor General Sherman upon •.uulitiou of the States in his department, in j tie has lately made a tour of inspection, I trans it herewith a cojiy of a commnnication dated De- tuibi lodii. addressed to the headquarters of the L mV by Major General Sherman, commanding the Knitarr division of the Mississippi. “Andrew Johnson. Washington, Feb. 2, 18GG." i GENERAL SHERMAN’S REPORT. ••HeaiVr* .Military Div. of the Mississippi, • Sr. Lul ls, Mo., December ‘22, 1SG5. (drii J A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C.: it.’; I have just returned from a partial in- t the department of Arkansas. It was my iha\o extended my visit up to Fort Smith; |ut the Arkansas river was too low, and I limited it to JCf I Alter dwelling at considerable length upon the con- Inn of the roads and railroads in Arkansas, the re- [ort goes on to say: ••I found all the troops in Arkansas in good condition inlKdkfiiimanded, General Sprague being adiuir- fbly idiptod to his command. General Sprague also die respect of the civil and military* authorities ucgrocs in Arkansas can all hud profitable and it;\.employment, and are protected in all their s <iiid property by the civil authorities. I met no nuzeii or soldier who questioned or doubted that freedom was as well assured in Arkansas as in Governor Murphy says that negroes could ro title to real estate or auy liftid of property, and i the courts, both federal and State, would protect . There was an universal expression of coufi- e in the present condition of affairs, except on the 1 of Home loriner rebels, who thought the present nth prescribed for them was too stringent and i t a convention ot them, convened X know not , was in seuajou at Xante Itock When I was tneTB, ' a committee from it waited on General Reynolds myself, inviting us to attend. We agreed to go pro- lit i aw debate or proceeding were in progress din ing I On oar entrance to the hall the President addressed a language as loyal and earnest as possible, and id oar advice. I responded, and gave them the it advice I knew how, amounting substantially as llows, That political matters, since the conclusion of 1 ttiliueti, had progressed, and were still progressing fast as they could expect; that I doubted if any ac- w their pan would be regarded as the act of Ar ia. but that any respectful representation of facts t* them in their individual capacities in the nature a Petition to General Reynolds, to President John- f L or to the national Congress, would doubtless re- pie every proper consideration. At the same time I P’ed their attention to the poverty of their country, pd Luu mudi better it would be for them to give ir personal attention each to his own affairs rather P m bother themselves with the general matters of K> itics. I Alter leaving Little Rock I learned that the conven- ■cn nad adjourned, so that I hope things will remain F c ‘ u;el afi before, indeed, so far as my observation there is perfect satisfaction felt by all classes of V except on the part of a very few, who are look- - fo future combinations involving the local and un- iportant State offices. I found everywhere in the a urge number of our officers and soldiers look- •' ai lor luliJ employment, and I doubt not that ting the next year all the land which is cleared will under cultivation—a large part of it under the di- C u! “ CiiL! - etic young men—and that all branches V 111 Arka bsas will be stimulated by the pre- 'IkVm, 1 I claso ' 1 men wh iGh has not heretofore ex- ^ ’drtuat Sta'if. single individuals now travel un- evl if?? 11,110 P art Ml T bc State to another, and Gen. • ‘Ur is ran ly called upon to afford military pro- 1,. 1 white or black. ’ Wlta a spect, your obedient servant, W. T. Sherman, Major General Commanding. f nt WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP RICHMOND. Particulars of the Disaster. ln ^°uucemcnt ol'the wreck of this tine steamer ,u preV:uu sly made, but the following facts re- rt ut. 1 ^ disuater ’ foun d °f interest Tliey , )u £n fr ° ni tLe Caltiw °re Gazette of the 27th : r niin P last there arrived in this city, in nm i bomua Kelso, the crew and passen- *' c ba.iiin. L’. ul the iron steamer Richmond,.of the n r ii; ancl ^ uvaUD &h Steamship Line, convex- |bur« lie.r r ■)''? ce tliat lh e steamer named had gone Uv n roV(t ^oimcomico Island, and would pro- 'steamer ^ loss - Mr - L - w - Emory, the purser L Moud.iv tliat alie left Savannah at noon P l ton a I1( i ut v, ’ passengers and 253 bales of r'Led Soiejv r m ace haueous articles, and had pro- u hou about fir llL - U i al ? out milea of Hatteras lu- ' '' v-ut H.-hi >[•,//■ 1 tiie morning of the 24th, > 'k b<c ii ..„ v a 1 lll « Chickomicomico Island, and it tv e her. at that nothing couldbedonetore- n,lr, »exposur«iA C o W alid P ass « n gers, after several 1; “ ' a tey 1 © storm, reached the main- uu, ‘0savea l0Pf und » it is hoped, will be lt *ill prohni i-i th« cotton, but the majority rove a total vrre, 1- 0o J ost - The vessel will doubtless “““ d in lialtlm, wa9 valued at $90,000, and is J eand h'ew York offices for $48,- -Despatch,, IS tiEXE RAE. “ :,u N'ration Department Indicate that -;. t ,r rjscoo ,“, EUr,Jpeto the United State* will i.mian r,,-.. 1 “ uf au y previous year. All the " PeClaUy are flUin 8 U P withperaons i e p ro c e . ! Dg a P as8a ge to this country, “ e . Wegtaiii,' 0 ].'* ““^er "erious consideration to put » T char-e nf^i Un ?, tl10 Principal mail routes e % iacrtasM f„‘:L e Po8t Ofilce Department, with -The United/ K ' 3 lor the P ubUc - '“iafor s cw v;.L ts steamer Narcissus, from Pen- K e y,... was lost duringa storm on Eg- jJrd ’ “tout tinny S0u O l3 “ mpa Bay ' EbL *> witb an «n L' keld‘m K ^“rtbem Pacific RaU- Phn .jt ,h e “ m Boston, it was announced as •oMruttion of 80v J ai i y 'enter upon the immediate the water, ‘ f ™ dred niile8 of 016 road, con- “ie waters of the Superior with the navt- ®HtU;d m t h ree ^umbta river, the work to be l0 »-ing°^m ST O f EATI:8 THE UoxnfTitT.*t—We clip the !0s - ot Intelligence from the Memphis rr «*"n/"bZnLLLL, thit Ge n. N. Bedford ,“ r ‘ag, as we are tol!? I tw d to le * Ta the country. " ar ' v “s out for ’n an order from 016 Seere- i Bhmgton for trU1 L t hl8 MTe** and deportation to arse, concluded thaut eemmlaaion, he, of ^ Me«co ,pe r h.p s aahub * at P° llc y “emi- SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1866. *«mwT*r»a«- Letter from Boston. The Sleighing Carnival in Boston—LiJb on the Brigh ton Hoad—AUem.pt to Abolish the Abolitionists— Capt. Burke of the Fredonia—Handsome Testimo nial — “Consolation" 1 and '‘Recognition'' — The Opera Season—Death of “Johnny Fell"—The Mas sachusetts Legislature, dc., dc. Boston. Jan. 31, 1886. Since my last w# have had a week of very fair alaighing, and as it has been almost the first and only of the season so far.it has been generally improved by everybody who owns a horse or esn gfford to hire one. The price is not a light matter. You are required to pay from ten to fifteen dollars for a sleigh horse in a cutter for the smallest kind of i sleigh-ride, while a double team coats from 15 to 25 dollars for the same service. This is pleasant for stable-keepers, but not for those who hire or go without the peculiar sen" sation of e sleigh ride. A large number of fancy teams are owned in Boston end vicinity. The num ber of elegant matched spans has doubled in the last two years and quadrupled since 1860. You can see them all out on the Brighton road any day, and as they whirl by you over the glassy snow Burface, a more inspiriting scene cannot be imagined. To go out on the Brighton road when it is good sleighing requires a steady hand in the driver, and a constant eye to the windward. There ere many reckless drivers, and it is not an uncommon thing to see a wreck by the wayside, and a horse who has freed himselfFrom his incunbrances wildly careering over the road. The other day, at an hour when the road is thronged with teams, a spau of horses broke their fastenings at one of the Brighton hotels, and came into town—some five miles—at a spanking gait, passing everything on the road, but avoiding obstructions and doing no dam age. Little events of that sort add a spice to the sport and make it more exciting. As it happened during the last week, there was a conjunction of moon and sleighing, and the evening sleighing parties were not the least enjoyable. Some livery sleighs for parties in this city hold fifty people comfortably, and are drawn by six horses. Such a team as that is very gay, and as a dance and supper at some country hotel are gener ally included in the bill, these sleighing parties are very pleasant, At the thirty-fifth anniversary of the American Anti- Slavery Society held the other day in this city, the proceedings were quite interesting, the only question discussed being a recommendation from the Board of Management, through Mr. Garrison, that the Society be dissolved, as an organ without a function, slavery having been abolished. Mr. Garrison, who is a con- sistant abolitionist liivored the abolition of the society, of which he is the father and leading spirit. Wendell Phillips opposed the recommendation, and there was a warm discussion. Phillips has been the oratorical Ishmaelite of the Bociety, and Garrison has been its executive head. The two men are as unlike aa two men can be. Garrison would be a contented citizen if other people would think a* he does. Phillips would be more discontented than e ver if he was not allowed to occupy his own ground alone. His life is to go against the stream. He would not float with the tide if it should promise to bear him to the Elysian Fields. Phillips was sustained in the society by all those who would have no hobby to ride if this one should be destroyed, and carried the day. But Garrisod and tiie most logical of his followers retire, and will probably continue their reforming campaign under some other banner. It will, perhaps, be the banner of Equal Suf frage, but fts a question to be settled by tbe States, if possible,' rather than by the national government. I believe it was in my last that I told you about tbe arrival at thia port of three hundred shipwrecked emi grants, yvho were saved by the efforts of Capt. Burke, of the bark Fredonia. The merchants of Boston took the matter up, and a fund of thirty thousand dollars was very quickly raised to carry out their intentions. It is proposed to give CapL Burke $10,000, each of the mates $500, each of the crew $200, and to devote the remainder to reimbursing tbe owner for loss of cargo thrown overboard to make room for the shipwrecked people. Capt. Burke, who is a very modest man, finds himself quite a lion all at once. A fine picture, of common interest to all sections of the Union, is now on exhibition in this city. I refer to Constant Mayer’B “Recognition," reoenfly com pleted. The subject is the recognition of two wound ed brothers on the battle-field, they having been sepa rated in the opposing forces, and fighting against each other. It is one of the saddest phaseB of civil war, aud it has been presented on tbe canvass witb lile-like effect. By the way, I learn that the artist took a Southern view of the war, and that his earlier picture, “Consolation,” representing a wounded soldier visited by a Sister of Mercy,- was first painted with a gray uniform, which was afterwards changed for the blue. lt is well that art should commemorate the scenes of common suffering rather Gian the triumphs obtained in fraternal strife; for while the latter cannot fail to engender animosity, the former appeal to our common feelings and interest. The opera season just closing here has been the most brilliant ever known in Boston, for attendance and dress, if not for the character of the music. The extravagance in dress displayed goes b.-yond any pre vious exhibition. The great Boston Theatre which seats thirty-five hundred people, and allows four thou sand to be squeezed into it, has been crowded every night, the ladies generally in full dress, and sparking with diamonds. I know not how many shoddy fortu nes have been introduced to the ton by this means, or how many lair necks and bust? have been enabled to come out by happy strikes of “lie.” But this I have noticed, that some patrons don't know where the ap plause ought to dome in, and that the general tone of criticism is not so severe as it might be upon tbe artists. Common-place singers are as likely to receive applause as any. Well, they will learn in a few winters, if the oil continues to flow. The new Continental Theatre has not proved a good speculation for Morris Bros Pell aud Trowbridge, tbe builders. They run it four weeks, and gave it up as a bad bargain, leasing it to Messrs. Wilder .v Stool, of New York, who seem to be bent upon making it a sensation show of the Bowery stamp. They lead out with a trump of that suit, Lucille Western, and the line will probably bs sustained. "Johnny Pell," well known as one of the famous Morris BrOB., Pell A Trowbridge Ministrels, and a capital “endman,'' died a week ago. Hie real name was John A. Davin. He.ls said to have left a fortune of $40,000, which he ha^accnmulafed in the business. His place in the troupe is supplied by Eph Horne.— Two days before he died, Johnny Pell was married to a young woman in Boston, probably in view of his ap proaching dissolution. Our Legislature drags its slow length along. The veteran soldiers having petitioned for equalization of bounties, the adjutant general has shown, in response to an order of inquiry, that it would cost $16,000,000. It is rather a large sum—so large that the measure will be defeated as impractical. Iota. THE SEA ISLAND PLANTATIONS AS SIGNED TO NEGROES. LETTSB FBOM UtNIKAI. s HERMAN. Messrs. Tresscott and Whaley, who are in Washing ton city on behalf of South Carolina and the owners of tbe Sea Island plantations which were assigned to the negroes by General Sherman’s celebrated Field Order No. 16, of 1865, have Indirectly succeeded in drawing from the latter tbe following reasons for its Issuance and the extent of the possessory title intend ed to be thereby conveyed: Washington, Feb. 2, 1866. To Andrew Johnson, President of the United States: Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge fhe receipt last evening of your letter of February 1, and in compli auce with your request enclose herewith a copy of Field Order No 15, of 1865, with this brief history of its origin and tbe reason* for making it. “The Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, came to Savannah soon after its occupation by the forces under my command and conferred freely with me as to the best method to provide for the vast number of negroes who had followed the army from the interior of Georgia, aa also of those who had already congre gated on the island near Hilton Head and were still coming into our lines. We agreed perfectly that tbe young and able bodied men should be enliated as sol diers or employed by the quartermaster in the neces sary work of unloading ships and for other army purposes; but this left on our hands the old and feeble, the women and children, who bad necessarily to be fed by the United 9tates. Mr. Stanton summoned a large number of the old negroes, mostly preachers, with whom he held s long conference, of which he tooa down notes. After this conference he was satisfied the negroes could, with some little aid from the United States, by means of the abandoned, plantations on the Sea Islands and along the navigable rivers take core of themselves. He requested me to draw up a plan that would be uniform and practicable. I made the rough draft, and we went over it very carefully, Mr. Stanton making many changes, and the present or ders No. 15 resulted and were made public. “I knew, of course, we oould not convey title to land, and merely provided ‘possessory’ titles, to be good so long aa war and our military power lasted. I merely aimed to make provision for the negroes who were ab solutely dependent on ns, leaving tbe value of their possession to be determined by after events or legis lation. At that time (January 1865) it will be remem bered that the tone of the people of the South was very defiant, and no one could fortcU when the period of war would ccaso. Therefore I did not contemplate that oventas being so near at hand. •I am, with great respect, your obedient sorvant, “W. T. Sherman, Major GeneraL" Gen. Lorgstrejet’s Opinions.—The Cincinnati En quirer publishes tbe following extract of a private letter from Gen. Longstreet: “ I see thatspme Of the public men of the North are still inclined to doubt our loyalty at the South and to hold us in onr present condition for further guarantees. What can we 46 to satisfy them ? We, are willing and anxious to do anything that is wanted of ua, provided we are allowed to get on some constitutional platform. I do not suppose that there are a thousand men in the South who Blink differently from myself on this sub ject; and I have some doubts whether there are as many us that who would leave tbe Union to-day, if they were offered fhe choice to go out or return upon terms of equality.” Thx Bed—One third of our lives are spent in bed, and that portion natureaeems to demand for the recu peration of our energies. Eight hours out of every twenty-four to repair our humah maebina. Hpw i»-" portant then is it that the bed on which we repose be an easy, comfortable and healthful one, inviting quiet repose and refreshing sleep. Those advertised In onr columns by S. P. Kittle, ISO Chatham street, N. Y„ are strongly recommended aa possessing .tha above quali ties, besides being convenient to handle and very eco nomical. LETTER FRUM GOVERNOR ORR, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO THE SEC. RETARY OF THE TREASURY. The Sen Islands of South Carolina. Governor Orr has addressed a letter to Secretary McCulloch setting forth’the distress which the sale "of the lands oil the Sea Islands for tsxea has brought upon the State. The Governor shows that, according to the statement of the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue, the sea board districts of South Carolina have paid largely in excess of their apportionment of the direct tax. The letter says; “The condition of these lands Is such that, owing to to the action of the direct tax laws, the original owners are ousted of possession, while the system of leases and allotments, and in some portions the field-order of General Sherman, have caused their distribution among the freedmen and created a strong expectation among them of continued and more extensive distri bution. 1 would submit to you, and through you to the Government, whether any principle of justice sanction such a double punishment as first to compel tbe owners of these lands to bear the whole burden of the State’s taxation and then to confiscate the very lands which had been so taxed. For, as I have said before, now that the cessation of war has given the opportunity, these owners are perfectly willing to pay their taxes, and ask simply that the principle of re demption, incorporated in the acts themselves, shall uot be made barren by being limited to a point of time before whioh it was clearly impossible to use it “But there Is another point of view from which the condition of these lands assumes even graver impor tance. The question of the relation between tbe white population uf thin statj and ti.. uew freedmen ha* been a very perplexing one, and not altogether free from danger. It ba* been for a long time doubtful whether the if eedman would contract for labor at all, and the great difficulty iu the way has been hi* con viction tnat the lands of his former master, were to be given to him. This delusion ie not yet dispelled. In the interior of the State, where there has been no dispossession of the owners, the freedmen are grad ually becoming convinced of the truth, and are begin ning to find that work is a necessity, and by contract ing for labor at fair wages, only can they secure work. But in the lbW’country the case is different. Difficul ties still seem impossible to be overcome and serious disturbances have occurred. General Sicklee, by en ergetic and practical action, iB making some progress to a more wholesome state of affairs. But there i* one obstacle too strong for him, or the planter, or the State. This is, the existence in the State of a large tract of the richest and ruoBt valuable lauds, from which the white owner is excluded, to which the freedmen look with the assurance of future pos session, and over which the State possesses no con trol, and the military authorities of the United States can exert no beneficial influence. “As long as these lands remain in this condition, so long the freedmen of the low country willrefuse to work for wages, and the freedman of the up-couhtry will work discontentedly. Although I see a proposi tion ha* been made in Congress to confirm the grant mado by Gen. Sherman’s field order, 1 cannot believe that either the justice or wisdom of a great govern ment will permit so fatal an injury to this State as must be the establishment of a negro colony upon her borders, wasting her moat fruitful lands, obstructing her largest harbors, and shutting out from the sea, by a belt of barrenness, her enterprise and her industry. But the delay in deciding the status of these lauds is acting most injuriously upon the fortunes and fu ture of this State. It would seem that the appeal of Governor Orr has uot been entirely without effect, as from a Washing ton letter we learn that the House Committee on Freedmen’s Affairs are ready to report book the Sen ate bill concerning the Freedmen’s Bureau, with sev eral amendments, one of which, it is stated, was adopted to satisfy the Governor of South C» relina and others who made objection to the bill as it passed the Senate. The amendment bill provides that wbanever thc lands are restored to their former owners, by the agreement of the occupants, the latter shall receive from the Government forty acres out of the public lands. Judging, however, from the reception given recent, ly to the party oi i .nd speculators from Pennsylvania by the Freedmen who at present occupy the Sea Is lands below CUai:jston, it is not very probable that the lands now in their possession will be “restored to their former owneis by agreement of the occupants." While the matter is left by Congress to the option of the negro squatters, they will not be likely to relin quish the lands they now hold for forty seres of other land. VIEWS OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE UPON HOLDING CIVIL COURTS IN THE INSURRECTIONARY" STATES. He Declines to Hold a Circuit Court with in a District under Martini Law. The President, on the 2d instant, communicated the following to the Senate, in accordance with the request of that body : 2to the Senate of the United Stales: PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE. Executive Mansion, i Washington, D. C., Oct 2, 1865.) “Dear Sir—It may become necessary that the gov ernment prosecute some high crimes and misdemean ors committed against the United States within the district of Virginia. Permit me to inquire whether the Circuit Court of the United States for that district is so fur organized and in condition to exercise its functions that yourself or either of the Associate Jus tices of the Supreme Court will hold a term of the Circuit Court there during the autumn or early winter for the trial of causes. Very respectfully, Andrew Johnson. Hon. S. P. Chase, Chief Justice Supreme Court. chief justice chase’s reply. Washington, Thursday Evening. Oct. 12, 1865. Dear Sir—Your letter ot the 2d, directed to Cleve land and forwarded to Sandusky, reached me there night before last. I left for Washington yesterday morning, and have just arrived. To your inquiry whether a term of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Virginia will be held by myself or one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court during the autumn or early winter, I respectfully reply in the negative. Under ordinary circumstances the regular term authorized by Con gress would be held on the fourth Monday of Novem ber, which this year will be the 27th. Only a week will intervene between that day and the commence ment of the annual term of the Supreme Court, when all the Judges are required to be in attendance at Washington. That time is too short for the transac tion of any very important business. Were this other wise, I so much doubt the propriety of holding circuit courts of the United States in States which have been declared by tbe Executive and legislative departments of the national government to be in rebellion, aud therefore subjected to martial law, before the complete restoration of-their broken relations with the nation and the supersedure of the military by the qivil adminis tration, that I am unwilling to hold such courts in such States within my circuit, which includes Virginia, un til Congress shall have had an opportunity to consider and act on the whole subject. A civil court in a dis trict under martial law con only act by the sanction and under the supervision of the military power.— And I cannot think it becomes the Justices of the Supreme Court to exercise jurisdiction under such conditions. In this view lt is proper to say that Mr. Justice Wayne, whose whole circuit is in the rebel States, concurs with me. I have had no opportunity of consulting with tbe other Justices. But the Su- S rente Court has hitherto declined to consider cases rought before it by appeal or ont of error from circuit or district courts in tbe rebel portions of the country. No very reliable inference, it is true, can be drawn from this uction, for circumstances have changed since the court adjourned, but so far as it goes it favors the conclusion of myself and Mr. Justice Wayne.— With great respect, yours very truly, S. P. Chase. What thc Colored Delegations Think and Wnnt. A delegation from South Carolina, Florida, Missis sippi, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas sachusetts, Rhode Island and other States was recently at Washington,'composed entirely of colored men, to urge equality before the law for all American citizens, without regard to color. Having acted up to the present without organization, they met last evening and organized for concerted action. George L Downing, who represents six New Eng land States, was elected President; Lewis H. Douglas, Of Maryland, son of Frederick Douglas, Secretary; and John Jones, of Illinois, Treasurer. These dele gates had an interview with Gen. Howard, to-day. They are unanimously opposed to the colonization or massing of the colored persons in any place in of out of the United States. They wish for a continuance of the freedmen’* bureau, with an enlargement of its powers. -s They desire unqualified franchise for colored citi zens, so long as that shall be, as at present, the gene ral rulo'bf the State. While they cherish no resentful feeling toward the States lately in rebellion, they are opposed to their being allowed political power in tbe councils of the nation, until they shall give practical evidence of the adoption in spirit of the amendment to the constitution, by abolishing legislation in fevor of a privileged class. C.V. HUTCHINS, CRAIN AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, 153 Bay Street, Savannah. H AY. HORN, GATS, MEAL. SEED. GRAIN, BRAN, OILCAKE, Ac., Ac., in quantities to suit, at lowest market rates. jl5-lm F. M. MYRELL, STEAMBOAT AGENT, GENERAL COMMISSION AND FOR WARDING MERCHANT, BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. Harris' Buildings, 2d door west of A Low A Co.'s. Refers to Messrs. Hunter A Gammell, Crane, John son A Graybill Bell, Wylly A Christian ; Bothwell A Whitehead; Miller, Thomae & Co.; M. A. Cohen, Esq. eeu29->- ESTABLISHED 1826. WM.H.LEE WAKE BOOHS 199 Mon Street, PRICE, 5 CENTS. Southern Palace DRY GOODS HOUSE ORFF * WATKINS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN DRY GOODS IN’ ATiT. XTI BRANCHES, 111 A 113 Congress St., Savannah. tUMlIUSsUia ■■HSKCHAN’Th, dfe. Hknry Yonoe. COMMISSION MERCHANTS*. A. DuTKNNHOrXB, <Jf Savannah, Ga. John M. W. Hill; Ul Jefferson Co., Fla. A. DUTENHOFER & CO. Between'Broadway A Greenwich Street. oct27-3m Soap. 70 FOXES Family Soap. For salfe by BBIGtlfi J’Ji-tf IAM, BALDWIN A CO T H B Singer Sewing Machines. Principal Office for the State of Georgia, 116 BU0II6HT0IV STREET, H. D. HAWLEY, General Agent. A large assortmeut lor sale at New York prices. Sewing Machines ot all kinds repaired at short notice. 8titching neatly done. nil Latest from EgyptI P ENNY’S NEW EXTRACT OF THE EGYTIAN LOTUS, a new and exquisite Perfume tor the liandkurchief. Cleopatra and the ladies of the present day using the same perfume. THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS! THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS!! THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS!! t Manufactured by F. A.Penny, Brooklyn, New York, E. A. LOVEJOY, Agent, nR ' it »3 Fnlrnn street. N. Y. Family Dye Colors. Patented October 13, 1863. Black Black for Silk Dark Blue Light Blue French Blue Claret Brown Dark Brown Light Broun Snuff Brown Cherry Crimson Dark Drab Light Drab Fawn Drab Light Fawn Drab Dark Green Light Green Magenta Maize Maroon Orange Pink Purple Royal Pnrple Salmon Scarlet Slate Solferino ; Violet Yellow. For Dyeiug silk. Woolen and Mixed Goods Shawls, Scarfs, Dresses, Ribbons, Glo/ea, Bonnets, Hats, Feathers, children’s Clothing, and all kinds of Wearing Apparel. tr A SAVING OF 80 PER CENT. For 25 cents yon can color as many good* as wonld otherwise cost five tiroes that sum. Various shades can be produced from the same dye. The process Is simple, and any one can use the Dye with perfect success. Directions in English, French aud German, inside of each package. HOWE A STEVENS, 260 Broadway, Boston. For sale by druggists and dealers generally, octlii-fim - » % CRUTCHES F IRST and only premium awarded at. tihe American I nstitute Fair, 1865, and State Fair orYa, 1865, for Crutches. Hartman’s Patent Elastic Rubber Crutcnes are prononneed by surgeons, and everybody else, to be the very best ever invented. They are easy aud con venient, they prevent paralysis of the nerves, do aw ay with all the w rariness inseparable from the use of all others, and are in all respects unrivalled. Send for a circular. Agems wanted everywhere LOVEJOY * TaVLOK, Sole Manufacturers, No. 47C1, Broadway N. Y. 6m-n23 Condition of Affaibs in Tennessee.—Judge Pat- tenon, Senator elect from Tennessee,' wa* before the Reconstruction Committee on Friday, but was not ex amined at much length. In reply to questions on dif ferent, subjects he replied that in East Tennessee the people needed no Freedman’s ~ there were treated witirgn^t humanity by ters before the war, and he doubted not v their new relation*. He said, “All the people of Ten nessee need is liberty to protect thamaelvra—they are m no danger from rebels.’’ In deference to tbe appre hensions of a portion of the people he would not re commend the Immediate withdrawal of all govern ment troops from tha Stats, but he twyaitbtUos be lieved it j—— 4 *'- a-— US’ otice. OFFICE ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT) CHARLESTON * SAVANNAH R. R. CO.. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 6,1866. J A LL perrons are prohibited from removing any property belonging to this Company from the line of road, or otherwise trespassing upon it. Of fender* will ill every instance be prosecuted to the utmost extent of the law. H. 8 HAINES, i‘22-e odlm Engineer and Hupetintenden W. M. WALSH, W HOLESALE Druggists, corner Barnard and Broughton streets, Savaanah, Ga., General Agent for the Sonth. CLOCK’S Hair Restorer Restores Gray Hair. CLOCK’S Hair Restorer makes Hair grow on Bald Heads. clock's Hair Restorer Stops Hair from Falling Out. CLOCK'S Hair Restorer Prevents Headache. CLOCK'S Hair Restorer is elegantly Perfumed. CLOCK’S Hair Restorer Is all that can be claimed as a dressing. CLOCK’S Hair Restorer possesses all the merit claimed for it. A single trial convinces the most sceptical of its value. If, after a thorough trial, of two bottles lt does not give perfect satisfaction, the mouey will he refunded. Sold everywhere at $1 per boitle. Six bottles for $5 dl8-eo«i tf To Rent. Y ALE ROYAL MILL SITE, with basins and privi leges for several mil Ions of timber. Also a FARM, containing ISO acres, more or less with am ple dwellings and barn, Immediately adjoining the city, west of the canal. FOR SALE. 3,000 BUSHELS BLACK SEED OATS, 32 pounds to . th* bushel, at $1 10 per bushel, Including sack. Apt ly to . R- BRADLEY, IB.lw M# Bay street. Notice. C ONSIGNEES per steamship LEO, from New York, will please attend to the reception of their goods, landing this day at iMUis’ wharr. All goods remaining- on the wharf after sunt own will lie stored at risk and expe *e of owners. IB OUTAVU3 COIIEN, Agent. Shingles. T?1FTY THOUSAND Cypress Shingles jnst received J 1 and for sale in lots to salt purchasers, at our wood yard, foot of Fahm street. fg-3"’ ' BLAKEWOOD * DAY. LOST. —On the sSdof December, in latl 40 N., km. 48 W., what wet roppoeed to be one of the Atlantic eehle buoys wee seen by e passing ship. L AST Bight, in Broughton street, a POCKET BOOK, containing a email sum of money; also some valuable papers, of no use to ary one but the owner. -The finder is welcome to the money, if they w(fl return the papers to Hr. Schenck, Metropol itan Billiard Room, corner of Broughton end Bull ».rc eta.16 8 MUH13I, BULBAHK A WHITFIELD, BANKERS AND CLAIM AGENTS, given -to the. cPlkKtfonof < States C i Government. cnler attention ie ■ against Ufe mated J26-lm From Georgia. HENRI TONGE & €0., eneral Commission ^crclj’is, j Shipping, Forwar ding, No. 11 BROAD STREET, AN1J COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. New York, SOLICIT consignments of Cotton, Naval Stores, Sawed Lumber and Timber. Particular attention given to the purchase of Rail road Supplies. REFERENCES: Hon. J. P. King, President Georgia Railroad, Augusta. William M. Wadley, President Central Railroad, Savannah. Ferdinand Phtnlzy, E. P Clayton, Augusta. Charles Day, X. H. Bloom, Macon. Hnnter A Uammell, Savannah. J13-tf Henby L. Jewett. James I. Snider. Jewett & Snider, WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND GENERAL AGENTS, Second Street, Macon, Georgia, (Between Cherry and Poplar.) Prompt penonal attention given to all consign mc-uts of cotton, produce, manufactures and other articles of merchandise. Orders and consignments solicited from all part* of the country. Best attention given to orders for purchasing cotton. Agents for several first class Insurance Companies. J. C. KOCH, No. 35 Beekman Street, Corner of Wiliam, NEW YORK, M&nufactnrer of Stationery, Photographic AlbumB, Music Paper, Folios, Books) Ac. n21-3m shipment of cotton, lumber and country.pro dnve generally. Consignments solicited, on which liberal advances ' will be made. references r Brigham, Baldwin A Co., Savannah ; Hiram Rob erts, Savannah ; J. H. Zeilin A Co., Macon, Go. • Dr N. L Augier, IntiRev. Col., Augusta; JamesM. Ball, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.; Willis Chisholm, Atlanta, Ua. - C. L Robinson, Jacksonville, Fla.; F. Dibble, Jack sonville, Fla ; Col. W. L. Bailey, Jefferson couuiy, Fla.; D. H. Baldwin A Co., New Yoik; Bearden A Co., New York. Waireu Mitchell, Esq., Louisville Kentncky. ju H O ME INSURANCE COMPANY. WAVANNAH, GA. CAPITAL, - - - 2,500,000. AARON WILBUB, .. . — President. M. A. COHEN, Secretary. DIRICTORlt Andrew Low, Wm, H. Stake. Hknrt Briouam, Jno. R. Wilder, John Lama, Jusefh Lippman, D. H. Baldwin, Jno. W. Anderson. UENBY LaTHBOP, j UOTAYUS CoHBN. Aaron Wilbuk, | j mo . M. Cooper. For Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire, apply at the OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, 89 BAY STREET, - SAVANNAH, GA. GEO. D. FOWLS. WAI. X. HOT. FOWLE & CO. FORMERLY OF ALEXANDRIA VA., Commission Merchants. Importers of Railroad Iron and Dealers in Railroad Supplies. Office, 70 Broadway, NEW YORK, oct25 6m A. S. Hartridge, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT, 92 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA JOHN MERRY MAN. B. H. WARING. JOHN MERRYMAN & CO., Farmers’ and Planters’ Agency F OR the sale of Gnano, Fertilizers, Live Stock, Im plements and Machinery, Seeds, Ac. 07 W. Fayette Street, BALTIMORE. Refer to John S. Sittings, President Chesapeake Bank ; Chas. Goodwin, Cashier Franklin Bank, Balti more ; E. C. Wade A Co. and P. U. fiebn. Savannah. nl4-3m CHAS. L. COLBY & CO., Shipping Commission and Forwarding H EHCHANTS. JONES BLOOR, CORNER DAT AND AUER CORN STREET SAVANNAH; GA. LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES Made on Consignments o the firm of Chas. L.-Colby, of New York, or to onr friends in Boston. BEFEEEN OE8; Messrs. Dabney, Morgan A Co , New York. Jarivs Siade, Esq., New York. Hou. J Wiley Edmunds, Boston. Gardner Co.by, Esq., Boston. sep 18—tl JOHN L. VILLALONGA, COTTON FACTOR, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MER CHANT. No. 84- Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA. MITCHEL & SMITHS, Greneral Commission Merchants, THIRD 8TREBT, Macon, Georgia. Particular attention given to the sale, purchase ana shipment of cotton, cotton yarns/sheeting, shirting and general merchandise; also, to receiving and forwarding, goods. REFER TO Erwin & Hardee, Savannah Claghorn & Cunningham, Savannah. J. W. Lathrop, Savannah. Aaron Wilbur, Savannah. E. B. Long & Co., Aagnsta. Lloyd G Bowers, C-elumbus. V. A. GasRill, Atlanta. William Bryce & Co., New York. A. P. Tapley, Boston. Grilling & Tobey, Memphis. S. c*. Wood, Nashville. Gnterie & Co , Lonlsville, Kentucky. j11-2ra LAURANT, WAYNE & SWEAT. AUCTION, General Commission Forwarding Merchants, Bay st. between Whitaker and Barnard. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. CTH1CT attention will be given to the purchase kj aud sale of General Merchandise, Cotton, Tim ber, Lumber, Rear Estate, Stocks, Bonds, Ac. G. LAURANT, K. A WAYNE, in-lf SAML.B SWEAT, Goo. K. Crump, Augusta, Georgia. Wm, A. Wriout, Late of Richmond, Va. GEO. R. GRUMP & GO., General Commission Merchants AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Groceries, Lianors, Tobacco, Segars, SALTED FISH, &c. 209 Broad St., Augusta, Ga, W Will purchase and sell on Commission Cotton, Tobxooo, Produce, and Merchandise of every de scription. Refers to the Merchants and Bankers of Augusts. Ga., Richmond, Va., and Jno. C. Ferrill, Esu„ De- Witt* Morgan, Gaden <Ss Unckles, A. A. Solomons A Co., J. T. Paterson A Co., R. Molina, Esq., Savannah. Georgia. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. THE NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Organized, 1843. CashAsseUs. r. $3,000,000 Last Cash Return...; 750,000 Losseb P&id * «i> | iwuv Total Surplus Divided... ' l’047’nnn Amount Insured 2 4 849 48L All Classes of Life Policies Issued. ’ T ,, „ B F - STEVENS, President. J. Al. Gibbens, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent Georgia and Florida. COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPA NY, OF NEW YORK. Cash Capital $500,000 TIMOTHY G. CHURCHILL, Prest. John D. Arthor, Secretary. Frederic B. Eelioxt, Supt. of Agencies. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. FULTON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Cash Capital $200,000 t WM. A. COBB, President. Jas. M. Rankin, Secretary. A WILBUR, General Agent South. EXCELSIOR FIRE INSURANCE COM PANY, OF NEW YORK. Capital aDd Surplus $260 000 0 MARCUS F. DODGE, President. oaml. M. Craft, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. PUTNAM FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. Cash Capital $500 000 SAML.WOODRUFF, President. Daniel Bdck, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE IN SURANCE COMPANY, SPRiNG- FIELD, MASS Cash Capita]................... m $300 000 EDMUND FREEMANi President. VV m. Connar, Jr., Secretary. A WILBUR, General Agent Sonth. WASHINGTON FIRE INSURANCE COM- PANY, OF BALTIMORE, MD. Capital non F J CAWBY, President. -h • J. MCGINNIS, Secretary. A WILBUR, General Agent South. Jas.T. Paterson, TIMBER, Lumber & Commission MERCHANT, No. 9 STODDARD'S LOWER RANGE Bay Street, Savannah, Darien, Georgia. d16-L1 G. B. & G. W. LAMAR, Genml Commission Merchants. Forwarding and .Shipping Agents, NO. BAf STREET, (upstairs.) Refer to Geo. W. Anderson, Jno C. Ferrel and G. B. Lamar, Savmmaiffi; W. E Jackson, Josiah Sibley A Sorts, J. B. A J. W. Walker, Augusta. Consignments solicited. Cm-novS THOS. H. AUSTIN, Forwarding and Commission Merchant, No. 95 BAY STREET, (dp ST AIKS) 2-3m* SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. HAWKINS & FAY, Commission Merchants, NO. 47 PEARL STREET, NEAR PRODUCE EXCHANGE, N. Y. WM. II. HAWKINS, J. ROCKWELL FAT. Particular attention paid to buying Produce, Provi sions, Whiskies, and Cigars, on order, aud to con signments. . _. janiMM_ CLINTON HUNTER, firm of Spofford, Tfleston * Co., New York. Fancher A McCheaney, 5 Water-et, New York. Richard Rllir, 114 Water street. New York. Wm. B. Miles, 89 Christie sireet. New Yoik. W. E. Sibell, 6 Wall street," New York. Lewis L. Jones, iv Br> s. W. Maron A Co., Savannah. SOUTHERN AND WESTERN IkAWDs Collection and Commission Agency, handle Southern land and property of all descriptions. Parties wishing to sell sre invited to forward data.— Numerous applications now on file from partied wish ing to purchase. Make collection* on all parts of the country. Pay especial attention to the sale. am. dkpooal of Southern products, and make advances on direct consignments. MATTHEW H. BRIDGE, Manager, No.» Brood sl, New York. Hon. Beniamin Fitiroairick,-Ex-Gc*ernor of Alabama, P. Harmony, Nephews A Oo., Bankers, 38 Broadway. Messrs. H. B. Clafin * Oo . Importers, N*w York. A. W. Greenleaf, Esq-, Banker, N. Y. niLSm JOHN S. SAMMIS & CO., Forwarding and Commission MERCHANTS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Groceries, &c. NOS. T AND 2 SAMMIS’ BLOCK, Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida. ■D. G. SAMMIS. A. MINIS, Aociion and Commission Merchant No 3- STODDARD’S WESTERN RANGE, WILL GIVE ATTENTION TO Sales of Merchandise and Underwriters' Sales: to Purchase and Sale of. stocks, Bonds and other Securities ; also Heal Estate, At Privateor Publie Sale. jlO 1m I. P. Bodak. W. A. Bk\ ~nt. Bouse & Bryant, (Formerly of Jacksonville. Florida,j Forwarding and Commission Merchants, 104 Bay Street. SAVANNAH, - - - - GEORGIA. tl/Ki ffl™ prompt attention to receiving and for- “ . warding good*, sales 011 consignment, and all orders. And will also keep constantly on baud a good stock of Groceries, Liquors, Agricultural imple ment*, building Materials, Fairbanks A Co. 's Scales Ac., besides other goods and manufactured article* tor *ale on consignment and for wh ch they are agents. Orders and consignments respectfully solic ited. i!27-3m BtllLM LOTN FOR NILE. S EVEN choice Lots, 60x90 each, fronting wcat on the Parade Ground, corner of Drayton and Gwinnett streets; fee simple and free from city tax. Tens a etnr. Apply to 123 JBBYANe HARTBIDGE A CO. Hellablo , Insuranoo. SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE INSU RANCE COMPANY. (Established in 1849.) CAPITAL 9378,0004 F. W. MoMASTT^ZYjf- D * AV3 *VnE, Pres. a^as the WId0WS thlmsurere. ar ' '° W a “ d Pr ° fltS regu,arl T returned to J. B. READ, M. D. Medical Examiner. National Marine and Fire INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS CAPITAL, .$560,000 , "“^(tned begs leave to inform the insuring . P L,^ L th t h ,*f, be#n le S a,, T appointed Agentfor the above named Company, and is readv to take Ma rine, River and Fire Rieka at customary rates. A<a „ O. C. MYERU, A pent, 129-3m ffi Hunter & Gammell, 84 Bay atreet. NEWYOEK FIRE AND MARINE _ ^ ~ Insurance Agency. SECURITY INSURACE COMPANY. Capital and Surplus $1,600,000 PHOENIX INSURANCE CO. Capital and Surplus $1,500,000 INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO. Capital and Surplus $1,200,000 MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO- Capital and Surplus $900,000 Risks taken in the above highly responsible Com panies on buildings and merchandise of til descrip tions, at the lowest rates corresponding with tha risks. Apply to . A. A LATTE, Agent, 5 # - U Stoddard's Range, Bay street. txt oTICB is hereby given that I have made applica- XN tion to the Court of Ordinary of Chatham county for leave to sell nil the real and personal prop erty of tbe estate of Frederick Jachens, deceased. C. JACHENS, f6-eow2m Administrator. MHfRfllH, IATfHIESSENHO.7 Commission Merchants, f6-lw Ha n STODDARD’S LOWER RANGE.p FOR SALE. SEX BALES SEA ISLAND BAGGING, JFORDYCBi*ANDERSON A JANNKY, S-tf ]0 Stoddard’s Range. 1 AA COILS Flax Rope; a superior article to Green- J W -leaf or any outer brand. In store and for sale fry 12 CHAS. L. COLBY A CO-