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' Y 3F ^.T ^ ■ f K+r ^ * -• yOU2--NO. 27. ;?MTsavannahD ai| y Herald ia PUBLISHED BY ki ff .MAS° N> •Jtehi't. Savanbah. Gioroia. lt il> «** S titumb: .Five Cents. #3 so. ViS'm :.::::: * 10 °°- ^vuT.-HB: r Siinare «f Ten Lines tor first in „ jinlL 1 * JjT , |,,r cai'b subsequent one. Ad- ° V 1111 " , „ the rooming* will, ir desired, »««*’« « !,r “ C * ,ar *‘* ‘ ,:n 015 printing, ^^^tlyandprompUydone. Solution of Copartnership. ,„»rshin « t" iB di, y dissolved by mntnal IC ’ P .I W Mason having became, by pnr- ( ” Lf nrtctor of the SAVANNAH DAILY i. sole Raines all liabilities, and is auihor- wid tall claims. c0 S. W. MASON A CO. oE orgV legislature. Vrom our special Correspondent.) ^ Milledoeville, F«b. 5, 1866. SENATE. * sente met at the uaual hour. . Dr M&B 8tjn ' , /. w Johnson, from the Committee appoinf U r J interest of the State in the Card Emitted his report. The report concluded 1 nlntiou Which was adopted, that the Gover- r b ; riested 'to appoint a commissioner to snake r equitable and final settlement of the State h Messrs Devine, Jones & Lee in regard to the , a interest in the card factory. Ur Strozier introduced a biU to repeal all laws in re- I TTbiUtoestablish and define the relations of Lbauil «nd wife, parent and child and master and tint, so tar as e term "negro. 1 SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1866. ItAi.1' relates to negroes, and to define Fifty copies of the bill were or- Lj to he printed. , F , ,, m . mau introduced a bUl to change the time of ■ llie courts ill the several counties of the Weat- I, Judicial Circuit. fiv special order of the day being a bill to repeal ■ 1 ’ . —j. 0 j uj C Code, and to substitute another .f, 'The object of the bill ia to allow parties to Lpv'u, cases where they themselves are interested, * *" , the J Ite a of credit to be given such testimony Mudgsd by the jury. The bill was amended so k lo apply io criminal cases only and passed. lUii) t. incorporate the North Georgia Mining and icturing Company. Passed. I Pill to incorporate the Cherokee Mining and Mauu- Lmriiig Company. Passed. T mn ., incorporate the Kenuesaw Minmg and Mauu- l mring Coininuy: capital to,000,000. Passed. | Hr jioore, liom the Judiciary Committee, reported I bill tu req ' ' *■**■ * * relations between master and ser- | Hill to incorporate the Home Insurance Company of lauta. Paaaed. \ mprfsage was received from his Excellency return- , without bis signature the resolution making valid iiiraoW between black and white persons. The !^ruor thought the resolution should not be retro- „tive. _ u.u to repeal an act in rurereuce to the payment of u the county of Taliafero. Passed. I 11:11 to repeal section *2035 of the code and to subati- i.i:. another tlierefor. The bill allows aliens to hold (mul m the State on their tiling an atlidavit that it is [Kir intention within one year to improve the same, ptwed. I bid to incorporate the town of Smithville, in Lee Jauty. Passed. Mr Oweus introduced a resolution which was 1 ipted, rB'pii Sting the Governor to ascertain whether ninis of the State will be received in payment of the tate's tax due the United States, and in case they will uswer, to issue and pay over the same. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD BEADING. ; Bill for the relief of the Savannah Mutual Loau Asso- lon. l'aased. Bill to change the time of holding Ordinaries’ Courts the 2d to the 1st Monday in January of each .... Passed. £.11 to allow* the Phenix Building Association and |thr Onion Building and Loan Association to resume business. Passed. Bill to change the line between Early and Miller ies. Passed. to amend section 45G4 of the Code. Passed. Bill to amend the act incorporating the town of JQniuiiau. Passed. Bill to amend section 4321 of the Code. Passed. Bill to allow* all persons unable to work to retail rituou9 liquors, and peddle without license. Lost. Bill to repeal all anti-distillation laws. Lost. Bill to prescribe the mode of carrying cases from y courts of Augusta, bavannah and other cities of fhe State to other courts. Passed. Bill to give keepers of livery stables lien on animals for keeping the same. Lost. Senate adjourned. House. The Dome met at 9 o'clock A. M. Prayer by the Chaplain. The Journal was read and approved. NEW MATTER. A bill to allow W. B. Quillian free transportation |on the Western & Atlantic Railroad. A inn locnange the county lines of Irwin and Wil- lux counties. A uni to incorporate the Georgia Paper Mill Com- ■pany. A bill to protect the passengers on the several rall ies of tins State. A inn to authorize the city Connell of Newnan, to It^'ue change bills. 1 A bin to discharge the clerk on freedmen’s af- r 11R . and disband the committee. I A bill to increase the jurisdiction of Courts of |Jn>tice. A Dill to pay Daniel B. Sandford for bringing up Ithe niiiiiiished business of Robert E. Martin, Clerk |the Supreme Court. A bill for the relief of maimed soldiers of this State. A bni to incorporate the Columbus Insurance Com- IW* A bill to change the time for holding the Superior Ivlins oi Muscogee county. I AbiUtumco.porate the Southern Mining Com- | pauy. Resolution instructing the Finance Committee to ■ certain taxes. Adopted. i "'-‘ lluuse adjourned till 3 o’clock p. m. of the democratic papers of the North are dia- Ipusedto ridicule the recent sensational accounts of I rt ‘kel plots and ujnspiraciea to frighten Mr. Sumner J but uf his wtta with a “mutilated negro finger,” to ^^issiiiate Senator Wade and rescue Mr. Davis from I fortress Monroe. They go so far as to insinuate that I startling stories have been gotten np by the Re- | pubacaua fur political effect The Albany Argus, de- bribing the scene between the philanthropist Senator l^ddc and the discharged workmen from the U. S. J • aV ) Yard, who, a* the story goes, in a threatening | Uiuiiiier and with Bowie Knife in hand, asked the sig- I former to his petition for re-employment, j u "fa kicked down the steps, gets off the following r parody; I Tdl wade. ■ Aa Mm} n i ile ‘ griDder ' h°w came you to grind knives? to u?h‘. kvellolder tyrannously use you ? e w lture, or parson of the parish ? Or the attorney ? i Vt ®OWlE-ENIFE GRINDER. ”*i*rv ? (l.,4 j i ' bni-,* a las. u r* you { 1 have none to tell, sir; i Tb;spuor oil 1 » 1 a dnukin l? in at Willard’s, u Hat and breeches as you see, were 1 should be ul»/i, . , Tom in a scuffle. A IM of beer •? l ° - VOUI honor’s health in ‘■in for n,y Ji 5 , ou 3 1Ve “*« an pence; • P ft 1 never wish to meddle With politics, sir. t give the * wade. retch, vvlium^ 11 ^' 1 Wl11 8ce thee damn’d first 1 K**ainv 1)0 of wrongs can rouse to ven- k'J' Uufi -' u lin« reprobate, degraded, (Kicks the k Shiritless outcast. ul W»ublu^’ S S? cr , down the stops in a_ tempest Particulars of the Loss of the Steamship London and over 900 L.lven^-Henrt* rending Seenen on Board. Tha London Times of January 18th, gives a de tailed recount of the foundering of Messrs. Money, Wigram & Sons’ auxiliary screw steamship London, in the Bay of Biscay, with upward of two hundred souls on board. The vessel cleared from London for Australia on the 1st of January, and encountered very- heavy weayber. She put into Plymouth, and sailed again on the Sth. The weather waa still very se vere; “On the 10th instant Captain Martin put the ship about for Plymouth. At 10:30 P. M., on Wednesday, the ship still rolling deeply in a heavy cross sen, and the wind blowing a whole gale from the Southwest, a mountain of water fell heavily over the waist of the ship, and spent itB destructive force upon the mdin hatchmay, over the engine room, cpmpleh - ly demolishing the massive structure, measuring twelve feet by eight feet, and flooding with tons of water this portion of the ship. No more than ten minutes after the hatchway had been destroyed, the water had risen above the furnaces and up to ths waists of the engineers and firemen employed in this part of the ship. “The lower decks were also now flooded with the rush of waters the ship was continually taking in. Finding his noble ship at length little more than a log on the water, Captaih Martin ordered his maintopsail to be set, in the hope of keeping her before the wind. This had scarcely been accomplished when the force of the wind tore the sail into ribbands, with the excep tion of one comer, under which the ship lay to through out the remainder of the night. The donkey-engine was supphed with steam by a boiler upon deck, and all the deck pumps were kept going throughout the night, and passengers of all classes, now aroused to a aense of their imminent danger, shared with the crew their arduous labors. Notwithstanding every effort the water still gained upon the pumps, and the gale continued at its height; crosa seas, with tremendous force, were constantly breaking over the veaseL The motion of ship became low and heavy, and she refused to rise to the action of the waves. At a quarter after 4 o’clock on Thursday morning she was struck by a stern sea, which carried away four of her stern-porta, and admitted a flood of water through the breach. From this time ail efforts were fruitless. Captain Mjctm had the terrible task of making known to the two hun dred passengers that the ship was sinking and that they must prepare for the worst. She wks then as low in the water as the main chains. The whole of the passengers and crew gathered, as with one con sent, in the chief saloon, and having been calmly told by Captain Martin that there was no hope left, a re markable and unanimous spirit of resignation came over them at once. There was no screaming or shrieking by women or men, no rushing on deck or frantic cries. All calmly resorted to the saloon, where the Rev. Mr. Draper, one of the passengers, prayed aloud, and exhorted the unhappy creatures by whom he was surrounded. Dismay was present to every heart, but disorder to none. Mothers were weeping sadly over the little ones about with them to be eu- gulplied, and the children, ignorant of their coming death, were pitifully inquiring the cause of so much woe. Friends were taking leave of friends, as if pre paring for a long journey; others were crouched down with Bibles in their hands, endeavoring to snatch con- solation from passages long known or long neglected. Incredible was the composure which, under such cir cumstances, reigned around. Captain Martin sta tioned himself in the poop, going occasionally forward or into the saloon; but to none could he offer a word of comfort by telling them that their safety was even pro bable. He joined, now and then, for a few moments in the pnblid devotions, but his place to the last was on the deck. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon, the water gaining fast on the ship and no signs of the storm subsiding being apparent, a small band of men determined to trust themselves to the mercy of the waves in a boat rather than go down without a struggle. Leaving the saloon. there fore, they got out and lowered away the port cut ter, into which sixteen of the crew and three of the passengers succeeded in getting in and launching her clear of the ship. Tnese nineteen men shouted for the Captain to come with them, but with tiiat he role eourage which was his chief characteristic, h e d - c iued to go with them, saying : “No 1 will go down with the passengers ; but. I wish you God speed and safe to land.” The bout then pulled away, tossing about helplessly on the crests of the gigantic waves. Scarcely had they gone eighty yards, or been live minutes off the deck, when the steamer weut down stern foremost With her c.owd ot human boiugs, from whom one confused cry of helpless terror arose, and all was silent forever. After the port cutter had got away from the Loudon,and iu the brief interval before the 'latter foundeied, a ru9h was seen to be m ade to the two remaining boats, but the efforts to launch them were ineffectual, and the suddenness of the foundering at last—the Loudon being an iron ship - prevented wlrnt might have been a successful second attempt to save a few more lives. Liverpool, Jan. 19.—The steamer London was valued at 85.noo pounds sterling, and her cargo was insured for 220,000 pounds sterling. It is confirmed that the ltev. Dr. Woolley, the new Bishop of Syd ney, and G. V. Brooke, the actor, were among the passengers. THE NEW FINANCIAL, BILL,. Funding; tlie Debt—Foreign Loan. Washington, February 1.—The bill introduced by Representative Morrill, from the Committee on Ways and Means to-day, provides as follows: “ First. That the act entitled • An act to provide ways and means to support the Government,” approved March 3, 1865, shall be extended and construed to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, at his discre tion, to receive any treasury notes or other obligations issued nnder any act of Congress, whether bearing interest or not, in exchange for any description of bonds authorized by the act to which this is an amend ment; and also to dispose of any description of bonds authorized by said act, either in the United States or elsewhere, to such an amount, in such manner and at such rates as he may think advisable for lawful money of the United States, or for any treasury notes, certifi cates of indebtedness, at certificate of deposit, or other representatives of value which have been or may be issued under auy~Jtt of Congress, the proceeds thereof to be UBed only for retiring treasury notes, or other obligations issued under any act of Congress. But nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any increase of the public debt, provided that the bonds which may be disposed of elsewhere than in the United Skates may be may be made payable, both principal and interest, in tha coin and currency of the country in which they are made payable, but shall not bear a rate of interest exceeding five per centum per annum, and provided further that the act to whish this is an amendment, shall continue in full force all its provisions, except as modified by this act. t’Pj.J enthusiasm and universal philan- i’HE Xp«, V ' ,rk f" 10BK FmE Department.—The New •Mil ,r1 ^ ^‘‘rinient has recently been re-organized tttious ' " a permanent footing as one of the insti- fuiu- tbat Clt -'' The paid department has thirty- tewes "I" *' rL eu 8ines, twelve hook and ladder car- iin a ' ae< ^ ^ twelve men each. The whole paid of,, psi lorce °i the department, with tha number ’■otupaniea, i s stated as follows; fcbtni No. Membership. Hook (Paid) 34 408 "i ladder companies do 12 144 Total.. — — 'H, u j 46 662 “‘oa-houk luunT, 11 * 8 I™!* 1 '*) • • • ■ S L nul ladder Cos., do 3 75 Total... — — titi *••••••••••...8 325 “umber umberof companies is 64, and the whole rhf nen le,s ‘ban 900. to tha e ° 8eS ° f t!le department are to be, according tW forth at<=a ’ J600 > 000 for the first year, and $780,- [ ne second year. WRECK OF A BRITISH BARK. Fourteen of tbe Crew and Three Pas sengers host. We learn from survivors who have reached Savan nah, that the British bark Jennie, of two hundred and aixty-flve tons, English burden, bound from Liver pool to this port, was wrecked off Cape Hat terms, on Sunday evening last. The Chief Mate Alex. Stewart, who with the boatswain. Win. Wall, were the only persons sayed, state* that tbe ship waa commanded by Captain Stewart, his brother, and had a erew of aix- teen men with three paaaengera, a gentleman, hit wife and child ; that they had a fine paaaage until Sunday evening last, when off Cape Hatteraa, at half past five o'clock, a gale sprung up, and the ship be coming unmanageable was run upon the shoals and became a total wreck. He and the boatswain clung to pieces of the wreck, and when mil hope had almost vanished a vessel ap peared in view which rescued them from their peril ous situation and took them to Hilton head. They came to this city on Wednesday night last entirely destitute, and were taken in and kindly sheltered by a negro living on Broughton street. * The Imperial Mexican Express Company, PAPERS RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COM PANY IN THIS COUNTRY SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY THE SECBETARY OF STATE. Washington. Feb. 2,1866. Papers relating to the organization of the Imperial Mexican Express Company in thi* country, under the authority ot the so-called Emperor of Mexico, • were transmitted to the House to-day by the President. On October 27, 1866, Sen or Romero called the atten tion of the Secretary of State to the exercise of author ity by the adventurer called Don Fernando Maximil ian, of Hapsbnrg, and especially to the point that the company engages to carry material of warfare of the invading army of Mexico, and that the agents of the company are special agents of emigration, under date of November 1. Mr. Seward says that whth such agents, or citizens of the United States acting with them, shall infringe in any way the laws or treaties of the United States, or the laws .of nations affecting the republic of Mexico proper measures of redress will be promptly taken.— On the same day Lieutenant General Grant send* in formation to the Secretary of the organization of the Express Company for the undoubted purpose of aiding the imperial government of that country. Mr. Seward replies the tame day that proper meas ures have been adopted to prevent the violation of the laws of the United States and treaty stipulations ’with Mexico. These measures are indicated in a note to the United States Attorney, Daniel S. Dickinson, in which he ia directed diligently to watch the operations of the Mexican Express Company, and to act in the premises as his sound judgment and discretion should dictate, to prevent any violation of the obligations of this government towards the constitution and recog nized government of Mexico. Communications during the present month prove the pretence that President Juarez had assented to the enterprise to be false. On the 31st of January Mr Seward acknowledges the receipt of a communication with lnclosnres from the Mexican Government. War Debts of the Loyal States. The loyal States—with the exception of Iowa, Kansas and Michigan and three Pacific States—have furnished to Mr. Blaine, Chairman of the Select Committee on the War Debts of the Loyal States, the amount expend ed by them severelly in supporting the late war. The footings, in most cases, include the amounts expended by counties, cities end towns, and the aggregates, in round numbers, are aa follows; Maine $12,600,0001 Maryland $8,600,000 New Hampshire 13,000,000| West Virginia.. 2,000,000 Vermont 8,700,000|0hio 66,000,000 Massachusetts*. 2t,100,000|lndian*r, 22,600,000 Rhode Island... 6,600,000 lllinoisiestim’d) 30,000,000 Connecticut.... 17,000,000, Wisconsin 12,UOO,OeO New York 111,000,000 ’ Minnesota. 2,300,000 New Jersey 26 I 700,000jMissouri 9,600,000 Pennsylvania... 54,000,OOOiKentucky 1,600,000 Delaware 1,100,0001 * By State alone, not including counties or towns. The remaining States wiU be soon heard from, and the total amount of expenditure will reach about $600,000,000, and this, it must be remembered, is in addition to all that class of war expenses by States which can be audited and paid under existing law. The notorious Jack Sbepgprd. Jf-> jS* 8 * ****“' self, again escaped from Sing Sing (N- -*•) prison yes terday afternoon. He dressed himself in citizens clothes and seizing a horse and sleigh standing in the prison yard, belonging to Mr- Brown, of the shoe manufactory, drove towards Plesaantville, on the Har lem Railroad. Jack had about fifteen minutes start or he prison officers, who are in pursuit of him. Robbery in Bures County.—The stable of Mrs. Greene, residing near HcBean Depot, was broken open and two mules stolen therefrom on Friday mom- ! ing. Parties were on the track of the thieves who were evidently hard pressed - and making for Au- ' gusts. GREAT FIRE AT HILTON HEAD. About five o’clock on Wednesday morning a lire oc curred at Hilton Head which did an immense amount of damage. The fire waa the work of an incendiary, and was started in the Forage Shed, into which the railroad runs, which was consumed, together with the guard-house and other buildings adjoining. Had it not been for the heavy rains which we have had for several days past the probabilities are that (in the language of our correspondent) the entire place would have “gone up.” About fourteen thousand bushels of com, ope thou sand bushels of oats, four hundred and fifty bales of hay and three hundred bales of straw were consumed. IN GENERAL. —The Louisville Democrat defines a “loyal man” to be "one who loves the Government so wail he must needs change it before he thinks it fit to live in.” The same paper says; .“The abuse of the doctrine of State rights has rendered Federalism popular: the great abuse of the latter will render the former equal ly popular after a while. One extreme always leads to the other.” —A movement has been inaugurated in Texas to provide a homestead for Gen. John B. Hood, of the Confederate army, iu that State, • which he claims as his home. —At one of the Brooklyn ferry houses a curious phenomenon was seen one cold morning recently. A pipe from the heating apparatus carried the exhausted steam into the air, the end of the pipe pointed up wards, and tlie force with which the steam issued caused it to ascend thirty or forty feet. While in the air it waa not only condensed but^cougealed, and came down in beautiful flakes of snow. —General Howard has received a very encouraging communication from General Tiilson, assistant com missioner of the Freedmeu’s bureau for the district of Georgia. —The internal revenue tax on whisky does not yield more than one-tenth of what was anticipated, and ad ditional measures wiU be taken to prevent frauds. •Telegram stamps are now issued in Belgium. They are of two colors, black for hall' a franc, and green for a franc. In shape they are hexagonal. —M. Guizot is said to have sketched the proper policy of France to a friend in the ministry in these words : “Stop at Rome, get away from Mexico as quickly as you can, and don't go near Belgium.” —The guards on the trains on the Swedish railway 8 are required to have a knowledge of the elements of surgery, that in case of accidents they may be able to render medical a.-sistance. An ambulance, fitted up with every requisite, forms part of each train. —Dry goods at Galveston, Texas, are selling at 15 per cent, below Nuw York prices, and boots and shoes are selling at less than first, cost. —All the ice companies along the Hudson are laying in largo quantities of the article. The N. Y. Ice Co. has 200 men and 70 horses at work, and expect to lay in about 130,000 tons this season. —Mrs. Swisshelm is trying to print a weekly paper at Washington with female compositors, hut says that the Printers’ Union throw obstacles in her way which she is determined to overcome. L. C. Baker, late chief detective of the War De partment, has been convicted at Washington of hav ing unlawfully restrained the personal liberty of Mrs. Lucy L. Cobb. » The soldiers in garrison at Montreal are going through the “snow-shoe drill, ” preparing for a possi ble rising by the Fenians. A warning needed at all ihshionahle assemblages, Loot out for Paint. A number of persons have recently been arrested in Richmond for wearing Confederate button*. An English opera, founded on the story of “Lallah Rookh,” is to be produced in London, this season. One of its notable feature* is to be procession of fif teen camels. The Kentucky Legislature, during the present season, has declared vacant the seats of ten or twelve Radical members, on the ground that they were elect ed by military interference. — The Sing Sing, N. Y., Republican learns that Ed ward B. Ketchum, lately convicted of forgery, ia treat ed the same aa the other prisoners; marches in to his dinner with them; and like them he is locked in hia solitary aeU every night, —A negro in Lynchburg deserted his wife a few days ago after living with her 30 year* because she was helpless through paralysis. He was arrested and compelled to take care of her by the Freedman’s Bu reau Agent. —The Massachusetts House of Representatives, by its Judiciary Committee, haa declared the right of a woman to solemnize marriage. The question arose in relation to the acts of Rev. Miss Olymphia Brown, pastor ol the Uuiversalist Society at Weymouth Land ing. —The New Orleans livery stable keepers got up a race last week, to raise funds to repair the famous “shell road,” the authorities having failed or neglected to at tend to it. Their business was greatly impeded by the dangerous condition of the road. The daily consumption of water in London is one hundred million gallons—filthy stuff, at that. It is proposed to bring a supply of pure water to the me tropolis from North Wale#, forming among lta moun tains a series of reservoirs aggregating over ten miles in length, and conducting the water 183 miiea by aque ducts and tunnels. —The war against tbe Apache Indians of the Plains is about to be opened by General McDowell with great vigor. The General has left San Francisco for Arizona to assume the superintendence of operations, and haa issued orders for the movement of troops. Other In dian tribes are co-operating with the national forces against the Apaches, and some of them have done excellent service, especially the Maricopaa of the Gila. New axiom—A thorn in the bush is worth two in the hand. i*, r —Minnie Warren, the Lilliputian lady traveling ^with Tom Thumb, recently had a narrow escape from burn ing to death, her dress having caught fire from the footlights at an exhibition. —Humboldt papers give glowing accounts of discov eries of diamonds, geld and silver in Idaho. —A Maine paper si ys there must either be rain sent to fiU the wells, which are almost dry, otherwise the Maine law wifi have to be repealed so that something can be had to drink. A married lady, only 17 year* of age, waa drowned on Tuesday while skating on the Schuylkill at Phila delphia. The ice gave way and five persons were pre cipitated into the water, four of whom were rescued. A correspondent of the Nashville Dispatch states that the man arrested in Texas in June last and taken to Washington was really John Surratt, and that noth ing is known of him since he reached Washington. —The • New York Saturday Press says that the Fenians are about to organize a’cavalry service, the chief of which will have the title of "Head Centaur." —Advices from Honolulu state that much trouble exists with the coolies, who are setting all rules and regulations at defiance. • —A portion of the galleries of the United State# Senate has been set aside for colored spectators, some of whom are indignant that they cannot take seats where they please. * A Hartford photographer has succeedej^u taking a picture of himself) trundling himself in a wheelbarrow. Royal W. Twombly has made at Niles, Mich., the extraordinary run at billiards of 8,000 points. Nothing approaching it was ever achieved before. —A London dairyman has preserved h is cattle from the plague by vaccination. —A waiter-girl at a hotel in Syracuse, N. Y., broke a plate over the head of one of the boarders. on Sunday last, for insulting her while she was waiting on the table, —The Chicagoans find their City Hall too small for the business of thsir growing city, and are setting about building a new on*. ’■ —Out of 300,000 marriages in England in 1863, only 182,408 were able to sign their names, —New Siberia and the Isle of Lackon are, for the most port, only am agglomoratlon of sand, ice and ele phant teeth. At every tempest the see casta ashore fresh heaps of mammoth tusks, and the inhabitants are able to drive a profitable trade in the fossil ivory thrown up by tbe waves. sa Packages Prime LEAF. OU For sale b. r sale by MACKY, BEATTIE A CO., 203 and 206 Bay street PRICE, 5 CENTS. Ch V. HUTCHINS, CRAIN AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, 135 Bay Street, Savannah. H ay. corn, oats, meal, seed, grain, bran, oilcake, AC., Ac., in qasntitiee to suit, at lowest market rates. ' J16-lm NOW TO FRENCH T’HB Wandering Jew, In French. X Just received by THOMAS J. STALKY, Corner of Bnll and State streets. SPRING MATTRESSES,: Which fold np complete for transporting. Tbe most comfortable bed for a warm cllmAte good uphol stered and best hair tops. 8. P. KITTLE, 160 Chat ham street. New York. .. . Every hing to complete and ianii9n & &ea. Toe place to buy is where the thing is made. f8-2m Proposals. P ROPOSALS WANTED for the erection of a Build ing suitable for a Saw Mill. Apply to COMSTOCK A KINSEY, fS-S • 164 Bay street. Notice* H E [LIT A LUDLOW wffl depose of the balance of tlieir Winter Stock, consisting of BUSINESS SUITS, CLOTH COATS, - OVERCOATS and SACKS, Ac., Ac., at reduced prices, in order to make room for their Spring Goods. \No. 154 CONGRESS STREET, 18 4 G’bhons’ Range. CORN. A AAA BUSHELS Western Mixed ‘r jUUU 100u bushels Maryland White. Jnat landed, and for sale low by S. G. HAYNES, f8-6 190 A 192 Bay streel, corner Barnard. Apples. MEN BARRELS APPLES, Arriving and for sale by CUNNINGHAM, PURSE & CO. Marett Brandy. 1 A OCTAVES 1858, direct from bond, for sale by a u MACKY, BEAT TIE A CO., 17 203 anil 206 Bay street. To Carpenters. A FIRST RATE Ship Carpenter, either white or t*- black, will find a permanent situation and good wages by applying at once lo ERWIN A HARDEE. New Books, R eceived by cooper, olootts a far- RELLY: Ned Musgrave, bv Theodore Hook Gny Dcverel), by the author of “ Uncle Silas” Mildred's Wedding, by Frances Derrick Simplicity and Fascination, by Anne Beale Lite of Stonewall Jackson, by a Virginian Appleton’s Railroad Gnide for February Southern Histoiy of tbe War, by an Englishman f 7 tOMMissltiA JlEiltllAi, J LAURANT, WAYNE & SWEAT. AUCTION, General Commission Forwarding Merchants, Bay st. between WkAaker and Barnard. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. S TRICT attention will be given to the purchase and sale of General Merchandise, Cotton, Tim ber, Lumber, Real Estate, Stock., Bonds, Ac. G. LAURANT, ERA WAYNE, jll-tf - SAML.B SWEAT, Gao. R. Crump, Augusta, Georgia. Wm, A. Wmuiht, Late of Richmond, Va. >. R. CRUMP & CO., General Commission Merchants AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Groceries, Lienors, Tobacco, Segars, SALTED &c. 209 Broad St., Augusta, Ga, tr Will purchase and sell on Commission Cotton, Tobaooo, Prouuol, and MebohxndIsx of every de scription. Refers to the Merchants and Bankers of Augusta, Ga., Richmond. Va.. and Jno. C. Ferritl, Esq, De- Witt A Morgan, Gaden A Unckles, A. A. Solomons A Co., J. T. Paterson A Co.. R. Molina, Esq., Savannah, Georgia.- CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. OCt4 G. B. & G. W. LAMAR, General Commifsign Merchants. Forwarding and Sh pping Agents, NO. tM BAY bTKnii i, (up stairs.) Refer to Geo W. Anderson, Jno C. Ferrel and G. P. Lamar, Savannah; W. E Jackson. Josiah Sibley & Sous, J. B. A J. W. Walker, Augusta. Consignments solicited. 6m-nov2 JOHN & SAMIS & CO., Forwarding and Commission MEBCHAN TS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Groceries, &c., NOS. 1 AND 2 SAMMI8’ BLOCK, Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida. *D. G. BiMMIB. OHAI. L. MATHKB tf W. A. BkidNT. Bouse & Bryant, (Formerly of Jacksonville, Florida,) Forwarding and Commission Merchants, 104 Hay Street, SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA. W ILL give prompt attention to receiving and for- wardirig goods, sales on consignment, and all orders. And will also keep constantly on hand a good stock of Groceries, Liquors, Agricultural Imple ments, Building Materials. Fairbanks A Co.’s Scales, Ac., besides other goods and maonmetured articles lor sale on consignment and for which they are agents. Orders and consignments respectfully solic ited. d27-3m GOURDIN, MATTHIESSEN i CO., Commission Merchants, No. 11 STODDARD’S LOWER RANGE. Southern Palace DRY S HOUSE, ORFF * WATKINS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN DRY GOODS I3NT AIjIj ITS BRANCSES, 111 & 113 Congress St., Savannah. HUU1I6S1Q5 1,1 nine HANTS, (iOaUUUlOS MERCHANTS. Hrnry Yongc. Jambs Yokgb. From Georgia. HENRY YONGE & CO., general Commission j8cr<Yts r j No. II BROAD STREET, *' New York, SOLICIT consignment* of Cotton, Naval Stores, sawed Lumber and Timber. a. Particular attention given to the purchase orftitil- ro.id Supplies. uraREsois: Hon. J. P. King, President Georgia Railroad, Augusta. i/ William M. Wadley, President Central Railroad, Savannah. — Ferdinand Phinlzy, B. P Clayton, Augusta. Charles Day, T. R. Bloom, Macon. Hunter & Uammell, Savannah. UBl3-tf Himbt L. Jrwrtt. Jam>a L Shidrb. Jewett & fstnider, ___ WHOLESALE COMMISSION MKRCHANTS AND GENERAL AGENTS, Second Street, Macon, Georgia, (Between Cherry and Poplar.) Prompt personal attention given to all consign ments of cotton, produce, manufactures and other articles of merchandise. Orders and consignments solicited from all parts of the country. Best attention given to orders for purchasing cotton. Agents for several first class Insurance Companies. n»-tf J. C. KOCH, No. 36 Beckman Street, Corner of William, NEW YORK, Mannfactnrer of Stationery, Photographic Albums, Music Paper, Folios, Books, Ac. n21-3m GEO. 1>. FOWL!. WM. K. HOT. ilUUi; KlOE FOWLE & CO., FORMERLY OF ALEXANDRIA, VA., Commission Merchants. Importers of Railroad Iron and Dealers in Railroad Supplies. Office, 70 Broadway, NEW YORK, oct26 6m JOHN MJC&RYMAN. B. U. WARING. JOHN MERRYMAN & CO., Farmers’ and Planters’ Agencv. F OR the sale of Guano, Fertilizers, live Stock, im plements and Machinery, Seeds, Ac. 67 W- Fayette street, BALTIMORE. Refer to John S. Gittings, President Chesapeake Bank • Chas. Goodwin, Cashier Franklin Bank, Haiti more; E. C. Wade A Co. and P. H. Behu, Savannah. ul43m JOHN L. VILLALONGA, COTTON FACTOR, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MER CHANT. No. 04 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA. octie Jas.T. Paterson, TIMBER, Lumber & Commission MERCHANT, No. 9 STODDARD’S LOWER RANGE, v Bay Street, Savannah, AND Darien, Georgia. dlS-ti THOS. H. AUSTIN, Forwarding and Commission Merchant, No. 95 BAY STREET, fug STAIRS) dl2-3m* SAVANNAH. 6E0R8IA. HAWKINS & FAY, Commission Merchants, NO. 47 PEARL STREET, NEAR PRODUCE EXCHANGE, N. Y. WM. B. HAWKINS, J- ROCKWELL FAY Particular attention paid to buying Produce, Provi sions, Whiskies, and Cigars, on order, and to con signments. RXTRBXHCO : CLINTON HUNTER, firm of Spofford, Tileston A Co , New York. Faucher A McChesney, 6 Water-tt, New York. Richard Ellis, 114 Water street, New York. Wm. B. Miles, #9 Christie sfreet. New Yoik. W. E. Sibell, 5 Wall street. New York. Lewis L. Jones. I 7 Br.>.*Ivyav- S. W. Ha”on A Co., Savaunah. 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. Hnnter A Gammell, Crane, John son A Graybili; Bell, Wylly A Christian; Both well A Whitehead; Miller, Thomas A Co.; M. A. Cohen, Esq. »eu29-f' A. MINIS, Auction and Commission Merchant No 3 STODDARD'S WESTERN RANGE, WILL GIVE ATTENTION TO Sales of Merchandise ana Underwriters' Sales; lo Purchase- and Sale of Stocks, Bonds and other Securities ; also Beal Estate, At Private or Pnblie Sale. jlOTm CHAS. L. COLBY & CO., Shipping Commission' and Forwarding MERCHANTS. JONES BLOCK, OORHZE RAT AMD ABBROORa SAVANNAH, GA. LIBERAL CASH ADVA Made on Consignment* o the firm of Quo. of New York, or to onr friends in Boetejfe^.. iiriiisoii; attMMPm?} Meaan.T*bnej^Motfpsn*Co-. Hon™I^WTley^KmRndA Boston. Gardner Co-by, Esq., Boston. A- Dutkmnbofkb, John M. W. Bill, Of Savannah, Ga. of Jefferson Co., Fla. A. DUTENHOFER & CO., Shipping, Forwarding, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Bay Street, &ivannah, Ga. Prompt attention given lo the purchase, sale and shipment of cotton, lumber and country pro- duce generally. Consignments solicited, on which liberal advances will be made. references: Brigham, Baldwin A Co., Savannah ; Hiram Rob- erts. Savannah ; J. H. Zeilin A Co., Macon, Ga.; Dr. N. L Augier, InL Rev. Col., Augusta; James M Ball, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.; Willis Chisholm, Atlanta, Ga. ; C. L Robinson, Jacksonville, Fla.; F. Dibble, Jack sonville, Fla ; I'oL W. L. Bailey, Jefferson comity, Fla.; D. H. Baldwin A Co., New York; Bearden A Co., New York. Warren Mltcbell, Esq., Louisville, Kentucky. jii A. JS. Jiartridge, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT. 92 BAY STREET, oct!4-tf SAVANNAH, GA. MITCHEL & SMITHS, G-onoral Commission Merchants, THIRD STREET, Macon, Georgia, Particular attention given to the sale, purchase anil shipment of cotton, cotton yarns, sheeting, shirting and general merchandise; also, to receiving and forwarding gooda. refer TO Erwin A nardee. Savannah Claghorn & Cunningham, Savannah. J. W. Lathrop, Savannah. Aaron Wilbur, Savannah. E. B. Long A Co., Augusta. Lloyd G. Bowers, Columbus. V. A. Gasklll, Atlanta.# William Bryce A Co., New York. A. P. Tapley, Boston. Grilling A Tobey, Memphis. S. G. Wood, Nashville. Gutene & Co., Louisville, Kentucky. j11-2m INSURANCE. SOUTHERN INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. OFFICE 11(5 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. This Company continues to write Fire Risks ot all classes, on Buildings and Merchandise at tbe cus tomary rates. All Losses are fairly adjusted and promptly paid. DIBECTOB8 : Henry Brigham, J L Vill John M. Cooper, illalonga. Jas. G. Mills, John Cunningham, John R. Johnson, Aaron Wilhnr, Geo. L. Cope, T M Norwood, Wm. H. Tison, Georgs Patten, Edward Lovell, J W Lathrop, W. E, Jackson, Augusta Asher Ayres, Macon H. BRIGHAM, President. J. C, MCNULTY, Secretary. Savannah, Jan. 7lh, 1866. f7-lm NOTICE. 1'kANIEL R. THOMAS has ibis day been associated U with me in the Insurance Agency. The firm will he Thomas A Son. J, T. THOMAS, 117 Bay street. Savannah. 1st February, 1866. ft-tf HUE INSURANCE! THOMAS & SON, AGENTS, A No. 117 BAY STREET, RE prepared to write for the following Com ponies at reasonable rates: MARYLAND, 1 MERCHANTS’ A MECHANICS’, V Of B dtimore. NATIONAL, I NORTH AMERICAN, i CROTON, VOr New York. STANDARD, \ WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, of Pittsfield, Mass. f3-tf Baltimore MARINE INSURANCE COHPY. ^yjEAN and' INLAND RISKS taken at enrrent rate*, by f3-tf THOMAS A SON, Agents, 117 Bay street. THOMAS & SON, No. 117 BAY STREET, SPECIAL. AND LOCAL AGENTS FOR THE Underwriters’ Agency Of New York, X CASH ASS^A; Three AfilUoorv Dollars, Insurance or CURRENCY. Me SU RANCH insurance. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY. SAVANNAH, ga. CAPITAL, / - - - 2,500,000. A.A.BOJST WILBUR, President. M. A. COHEN, Secretary. DIRECTORS: Andrew Low, Hurt Bauman, John Lana, D. H. Baldwin, Henry Lrthrop, AaaoN Wiluur, Wn, H. Stare, Jno. ft. Wilder, J.'Befh Liftman, Jno. W. Anderson, Octavos Cohen, Jno. M. Cooper. W~ For Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire, apply at the OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, 89 BAY STREET, - SAVANMH, GA. THE NEW ENGLAND MTTTnAr, T.TFR INSURANCE COMPANY. OftGANJZBD, 1843. Cash Assetts $3,000,000 Last Cash Return 750,000 Losses Paid....„. 1,731,000 Total Surplus Divided 1,247,000 Amount Insured V 24 849 481 All Classes of Life Policies Issued. T B. F. STEVENS, President. J. M. 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. Arthur, Secretary. Frederic B. Elliott, Supt. of Agencies. A. WILBUR General Agent South. FULTON FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. Cash Capital $200,000 WM. A. COBB, President. Jas. M. Rankin, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. EXCELSIOR FIRE INSURANCE COM PANY, OF NEW YORK. Capital and Surplus $260,000 MARCUS F. DODGE, President. Saml. M. Craft, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. PUTNAM FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. Cash Capital $500,000 SAML. WOODRUFF, President. Daniel Buck, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE hT- SURANCE COMPANY, SPRiNG- FIELD, MASS. a-h-CfcDita 1 $300,000 ft—«■ 31 W1LBUK, General Agent South. WASHINGTON FIRE INSURANCE COM- PANY, OF BALTIMORE, MD. Capital $500,000 . THOS. Y. CAWBY, President. F. J. MdSINNIS, Secretary. A. WILBUR, General Agent South. Reliable Southern SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE INSU RANCE COMPANY. (Katablished in 1849.) CAPITAL $278,000* Hon. W. F. DrSAUSSUBE, Prea. P. W. MoMabtxr, Actuary. This Company haa paid for losses to the Widow* and Orphans of the South near $400,000. The rates are low and profits regularly returned to the insurers. J. B. HEAD, M. D. Medical Examine?. THE National Marine and Fire INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS . CAPITAL, $500,000 The undersigned begs leave to inform the insuring public that he has been legally appointed Agent for the above named Company, and Is ready to taka Ma rine, River and Eire h£Sr rat customary rates. O. C. MYERS, Agent, Office over Hunter A Gammell, 84 Bay street. j29-3m Fire and Marine INSURANCE! MERCHANTS’ INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Connecticut Cash Capital $000,000 PH Csth Capital..yK.:. BALTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, i New York City. VmOs Capital $200,000 tii Risks taken on insurable property of every descrip ion in tbe above-named Companies, on tbe mos favorable terms, by application at the office of the nndersignted, Na. 116 Bay street, Savannah. *T-lm H. BRIGHAM. Agent. FOR SALE. SIX BALES SEA ISLAND BAGGING, —BT— FORDYCE, ANDERSON A JANNEY, _fi-tf 10 Stoddard’s ROPE. 1 AA COILS Flax Rope; a superior article to G: JUU leaf or any other brand. In store and lor sale by A mi Aft. L. COLBY A