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* italine between TerreU and Wilcox
K-Chettehoochee Mining Com:
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Xor tli Georgia Mining mid
Mining Company of.
A i.jfitr of Smith ville, Lee county.
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tLe Brunswlck
*;.:iviup“.'; „ " a Manufacturing Com-
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tie Seutliern Alining Company.
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VS^rmoming at9 o’clock.
SEN I t 1-
MII.LEDGEVILLE, Feb. 17.
^•“"C&bJrougn of the Mothodiat
[ by Ke v -
ve j the rocuusideratiou of the
ib««-- vcbterUay in the rejection of a
l lit ^ the Western and At-
MUiiiteii. The motion prevailed.
• 1 r .11 uout w matter was introduced.
f Tr lor uitr tlnv—a bill to relieve from
Y tie stockholders of the several
the bill in & speech of cousid-
P^ .ireJbvMf. Gib-sou on the opposite bide.
i “ :j ^nidjutirued.
■tvmet >t 9o’clock a. in.
tac yesterday on the bill to in-
a! keuurtiw MiuiiiK Company.
“ , Tt , iU u introduced a resolution that no
' afar the Wth inst., be entertained by the
of the dtty—the bill from tbeFi-
lY it'rr [o provide by taxes for the support
I. "Ynici.: ci the State*for the year 18Gti—was
The whole morning was occu-
-luueil.
rriviug at a vote.
SjUjCED 11V IHE GOVERNOR CONTINUED.
; j i:1,m-ize the Pluciiix Loan & Build-
u did the ruion Loan A Building As-
- 7 Atlanta. Ha., to resume business and
r^.i r< saul Assodation.
a!ue the Lues between the counties of
rr ::. 'effect a portion of the 5th para-
fe r jr,t sectiou ol the 4th article of the Oon-
,/jjj t state **f Georgia, ami to provide the
*a.tv;:j„’ .hues from the city courts of the
■uvinuali and Augusta and such other like
iiu'v hereafter bo established and for other
;c:-!:d «fc!ion 43fi4 of the Code of Georgia.
.:j,dr mi.l ti a the time of holding the Jauu-
: r courts of Ordinary in this State, from
a! Monday in said mouth as now fixed by
yirst Monday in January in each and every
l hiEend and alter section 4321 of the Code of
n mend the act incorporating the town of
utBrookscoinuy, and to confer additional pow-
tic«. mmisMoii-i s of said town and to pre-
rcabacatianol officers and voters of said town.
I pr^Tibe the oath to be administered to vo-
jBcmbers of the ueii'-ral A sembly, Governor
i sat* - , members of Congress, Judges of Su-
• C«nrts. state Attorneys, Solicitor Generals,
Lalter and amend an act entitled “an act to in-
rcthc tmm of Lawson, in the county of Ter-
|fcd Stile of beorgia.
relief of the Savannah Mutual Loan As-
ih-nrcthe Justices of the Inferior Court
mty to levy and collect a tax for county
IT Kiorize the sale of the Exile’s Camp in
V. Terrell county, (ia.
e the salary of the Superintendent of
I font £ Atlantic Railroad.
'3*tpnrate the Georgia & Alabama Railroad
ttd to grant certain powers and privileges
ual for other purposes, approved Feb.
h:i-salaries of judges and certain other
^ it state.
•* T. cod the charter of the town of Athens.
T ii !.d und add to 8,985 section of the code.
*-;«f and amend sections 4596 and 4597 of
■ tnlfcowm-re and possessors of mischievous
’i*» ns having charge of the same, liable for
•"ill for other purposes. •
ttiw- relief <>f the Muscogee Building and Loan
‘tin. and the Columbus Building and Loan As-
• alter Second and Third Congressional Dis-
‘ hra-! relat^H to the county <5f Schley,
w the relief uf all bona tide soldiers of the late
~ Nates for acts done or committed under
r .rjcrsfrom any officers of the same; also
- fficers for any act done by order of a supe-
A 'hnrize the Inferior Court of the county of
•n : levy an extra tax for the purpose of build-
^ -}' n tie recommendation of the Grand Jury
twmty.
RESOLUTIONS.
0 appoint a joint committee to draft a bill
!: “t> t>tabiishii4g orphan home or
, feting tlio i>enalty of the bond given by
^ lwoiiby, principal, and Edwin R. Hardin,
•quinnw the Comptroller General to furnish
* j-’r 'mixtion.
t° the commissioners appointed by the
r - eiuou to invostigate the financial condition
1861.
I t ur the ap]>ointment of a joint com-
I;-. ^ ;, xaiLiUt lnt0 the proceedings of the board of
l r *- - Ult(i for t,le NV ‘-•stern and Atlantic Rail-
I ;i ■ ^visional Governor.
tl,c ^vretary of the Treasury of the
^ - t-aspend the collection of the internal
^ eor K‘ a » or requesting Congress to
ie 10 assume and collect the same.
I REt K OF A U1UT1SH BARK ON 8T.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1866.
THE BILL. TO
FREIGHT
R
gvlate rates of
TRAVEL ON
ADS.
Report or Hon.G W rge 8. Owens, Cbnir-
mnn of tLe Committee on Intirnif
Improvements.
The following is the report of the Committee on In-
ternsl Improremsnts, of which our Senstor, Mr.
Owens, ie Chslrmsn, on the bill **toJ>e entitled u act
to regulate the rates for transportation of freight and
travel over the esveral railroads in this State, and to
punish for a violation theraof
1 'TII VHINE’S island.
Tht V *M«1 u Total Loss.
ali. hands saved.
J ,J f f ' ,0 1,1 Demere, purser of the
I 11,6 ca l )tHin ut tlle Jaa - a. Stevens,
I B r.ti,h Urt'o’ t * rtitll ' dl '“ concarn lng the loss of the
W, -America, on St. Catharine’s
Tit Er. te i gi * C0S! "- •
I L-n. ir ,; ^ '^ IUr ‘ 11 a wue bound to this port from
■■ Ni. *’ tt hi* a cargo o' eight hundred tons
ObFridar a
I h «wtoirtu J Ct * 1 ' at o’clock p. m., she went
I "Hi'.,, ti, .* " ll1 '’"-“Lera of St. Catharine’s Island,
' I nc iioavily until the whole bottom of
Mb. Pkksidk^t :
11 ie Committe on Internal Improvements, to whom
was referred a bill “to be entitled an act to regulate
the rates for transportation of freight and travel over
the several railroads of this State, and to punish tor s
violation thereof,*’ have had the same under consider
ation, and have instructed me to make the following
report:
As this bill has already passed the House, they have
considered that it would not be improper to present
some ofths reasons which have operated in bringing
them to the conclusion that it should not become s
law.
- The bill proposes to restrict the rates of charge both
for passengers and freight on all the railroads in this
State, to the limit prescribed in the charter of the
Georgia Railroad Company, "viz: Five cents per mile
for passengers, and fifty ceuta per hundred pounds
for every hundred miles, without regard to the char
ters of these roads, which are not controlled by such
provisions. It seeks to prohibit them from charging
.‘-.torage upon goods deposited with them, except upon
certain conditions: to prevent-them from the free use
of their cars and roiling stock, by farming or letting
them out at their pleasure; and finally, imposes heavy
penalties upon their officers for the violation of any of
its provisions.
Upon examination of the charters of the various
roads which have been established in the State, it will
be found that tbs Legislature has, but in few instances,
sought to control their action in these particulars.
Satisfied with throwing such safeguards around the
interests of the public, as would protect them from
imposition and oppression, it has left these corpora
tions free end unembarrassed in their management,
assured, as is manifested by the results, that they
would be so carried on sa to insure the rapid advance
ment of tbe material interests of the State.-
When these roads were incorporated, and their
charters accepted, they constituted formal valid con
tracts with the State, and the franchises thereby
granted could not be altered or recalled at tbe will of
the Legislature. The laws of the State provide the
most ample remedies for an abuBe of their privileges,
which must be pursued in the courts, and in that tri
bunal their chartered-rights can alone be invaded, by-
proof of auch acta on the part of the corporation as
would work a forfeiture of them. If any of them
have exceeded the just limits of their rights, an appeal
to the court will redress the wrong, but both court and
Legislature are powerless to affect those which are not
thus restrained.
By the solemn act of the Legislature, in granting
these charters, the corporators acquired distinct vested
rights, which are protected by the constitution. Their
mosey was invested, and their roads constructed on
the faith of them, and the State became bound to
maintain, not to infringe them. Of these rights, none
were more important, none more valuable, than the
right to uso their own property as their own judgments
might dictate; and to regulate their rates of transpor
tation and travel as should best subserve the interests
of the corporators.
For the Legislature now to intervene and assume
the right to control, as this biU proposes, the use and
management of their own cars, and to regulate the
rates of fare and freight and storage would be, in the
opinion of the committee, an act directly impairing
the obligation of the contract, and therefore obnox
ious to the 14th section of the 1st article of the Consti
tution. if it has the right to compel them all to con
form to the rates prescribed for the Georgia Railroad,
it would be equally in its power to reduce them to s
point at which they would be compelled to cease their
operations; for th* right once conceded, there remains
nothing to restrain its exercise. If to this right be
superadded tbe right to designate as a crime a de
parture from these terms, and to impose heavy penal
ties upon the officers of the roads, their charters be
come worthless, and these institutions, hitherto so
illustrative of the enterprise of the State, and so con
ducive to the material prosperity, must sink under
tbe burdens which may be imposed npon them.
But apart from the constitutional objection, tbe
committee are impreased with the belief, that snch a
law would be unjust to these roads st the present time
and most prejudicial to the commercial and agricul
tural intereats of the .State at large.
It would be unjust, because these roads have suf
fered moat severely by the continuance and result of
the war which has just closed. All of them have been
most seriously injured, by the incessant demands for
transportation, involving a ruinous use of their rolling
stock, and destructive wear and tear of their tracka.
borne have been totaVly destroyed, and are now
struggling to resuscitate themselves. Every article
necessary for their reconstruction and restoration
has enhanced enormously in value. Iron, which
before the war, was obtained at forty to fifty
dollars per ton, now costs ninety ; spikes which could
be purchased at five cents per pound, now demand
fifteen, whilst lumber, oil, machinery, and skilled
labor, have proportionally increased in value. The
absence from the State during the war, of most of
these essential elements to the muintainance of the
roads, rendered it impossible for such ol them as have
not been destroyed to keep themselves ni repair.
Every day was increasing the damage, and when the
great struggle ended, and opportunities for supplying
their want, presented themselves, they were without
available means. Their treasuries were indeed fuU
of Confederate and State securities and notes, but the
' unfortunate issue of tbe contest, and the action of the
Convention, annihilated them at one blow.
To repair these damages, and to offer facilities to the
public, for locomotion and transportation, they were
compeUed by a necessity over which they had no con
trol, to increase their rates, but aa far aa tbe commit
tee are informed, snch increase has not greatly ex
ceeded, except in a few instances, a price which would
make tbe depreciated currency equal to the usual cost
in gold and silver.
If those roads which were only partially injured,
have been forced, for self preservation, to pursue this
course, how much stronger is the esse presented by
those which have been totally destroyed, and what
gross injustice would be done by restricting them to
the prices of a time of peace J ”
That it would be unwise and most injurious to the
public at large, will appear from a casual consideration
of the consequences. Whilst a few only of the roada
have been limited in their rates, by their charters, it
it is a matter of notoriety, that all of them anterior to
the war, fixed their charges at a point much below
these Lffnita, and so graduated their prices as to im
pose the lowest possible rates upon those articles of
prime necessity to the people, as bacon, flour, corn
and salt, while articles of luxury or of greater market
value were properly made to bear a higher tariff. By
this means the cost has been equalized, the people have
been accommodated, and tbe roads have lived and
thriven. Corn has been transported at a cost of five
cents per bushel fur every hundred miles, flour at
thirty cents per barrel, and bacon and salt at almost
equality nominal rates, and thus the wants of the cum
monity have been supplied, and their necessities re
lived. Confine them to the fixed rates proposed, and
♦he system of graduation will be discontinued, and
these articles of consumption must and will inevitably
be placed upon the same footing with articles of lux
ury, and the cost of transportation so increased as to
make it burdensome to the public, or compel them to a
consumption inadequate to their wants. A bushel of
corn would than cost twenty-eight cents per hundred
miles instead of five. A barrel of flour one dollar In
stead of thirty cents, bacon filty cents per hundred
pounds Instead of fifteen, and sMt one dollar and up
wards per sack for the same distance, instead of twen
ty cents, and thus the consumer who Rves at a dis
tance from the place of production will be forced to
pay almost as much In freight is the original value cf
the article.
Such a result would be detrimental at all times; it
would be doubly disastrous in the present condition
of the country, when its wants are multiplied and its
means of supplying them so diminished; yet such
would be the inevitable consequence of the policy in
dicated by the bill.
That the expense of travel and transportation, may
have been greater than a period of flowing prosperity
would justify, is apparent to the committee, but it lias
been Induced by the excessive demand upon the few
roads which have been in operation, and the necessity
for means to relieve their exhaustion, and enable them
to respond to that demand; and it is an evil which is
daily correcting itself by the gradual bnt steady com
pletion of those which are being rebuilt, and which
are presenting additional facilities to the public; a re
sult which may be relied on to reduce the prices com
plained of, by the earnest and active competition of
rival routes, a remedy far more certain and effectual,
than unwise legislation would supply.
In view of all these facts, the committee are of the
opinion that the bill ia not only unconstitutional, but
that it would fail to accomplish the purposes designed,
and they therefore recommend that It do not pass.
A11 of which ia respectfully submitted.
Geo. 8. Owens,
Chairman Com. Ip. Improvements.
LATEST BT MAIL.
Highly
Important and
News.
Interesting
! the
abandoned. She will
to *,*r! 7-7- rtftec n in number, were ail
i.-” “‘“l iana...! U P l>y toe Steamer Chas. 8.
V ; Ur™ t bUry Lv Th .«y.'»? nt from
IvT “ternnun' 011,1 and cached Savannah
7 . Bri, i«h AnwH he Kt ™mer O. F. Potter.
'* citv. »„7 consigned to Chas. Green A
ty< and
Wfta full >' iuuured in European
Kivcr '
- Ac CH,;
^talGth CmH ^ * r ° m Hawltill8V iUe Dia-
*H'4? tout -V ,: *teruTv\ B ‘" Ts —This boat had her
Til. Pto. caused l,v'W 0I ? lnK ’ *® w4 “ tiring
tai, ' ;r >» eupjK.seii ,„ U i “ ck of water In the boilers.
SJb J * Imi-tuu ' “have been let off by some
Jit,' alie mi ’),r, 1,-1!)“ boilers were filled over
ablj be detained eight or ten
l«t Slt.v
ki ‘S I1 ? :i “^ ll c 0 »tSinw ler “ V8 r* 1 diy ® ° y labor
V ll r abandoned t . to raise this boat, the work
he‘hink tha i,,.’ , e Present. We are informed
in rai,iu « her two
»ai te/alv >° pa..; ei, : to her resting on logs he
Wf. desisted ( her bow and waist,
Mr * , 1 ann K she might break in
re-
' purpose. u 'he nver falls sufficiently
Small Pox In Macon.
Tbe smaU pox seems to be making severe ravages in
Macon. At a meeting of the Council of that city, held
on the 13th Inst., the following preamble and resolu
tions were introduced and ordered to lie over until the
next meeting of Council for action:
WUerean, The Mayor and Council of the city of
Macon, considering the extended ravages of the smaU
pox, feel it their duty to temporarily suspend certain
privileges of the people for their own good; be it
therefore
‘Rejoined, 1 St. That all churches, schools, theatres,
ball rooms, and all other assemblages of every charac
ter, be closed until such a time as the Mayor and Coun
cil may determine that they may be re-opened with
out injury to the health of the city.
‘ ‘Resolved, 2d. That all auction rooms be required to
close at 7 o’clock p. m., for the same reasons and for
the Bame time as aforesaid.
■Resolved, 3d. That the City Police be instructed
and required to disperse all gatherings of idlers about
the streets, and see that these resolutions are faithfully
carried out.”
—The Connecticut Republican State Convention,
which met at Hartford on Wednesday last, nominated
a.radical ticket, headed by General J. B7 Hawley of
Hartford, tor Governor, and O. F. Winchester of New
Haven, for Lieutenant Governor. The Convention
performed the famous equestrian feat of riding two
horse# at the same time—endorsing both the Presi
dent and the radical majority in Congress In ths asm#
jesolntions.
Washington, Feb. 17.—House.—Speeches
order of the day.
Mr. Cook of Illinois, argued that the power of recog- ’
nizing the aeceded States as being in the Union rested
with Congress. When the military power can rarely
be withdrawn and these States remain peaceable tn
the Union, of their own accord and not by foree, and
the Union men and fresdmen do not require a mili
tary force to protect them, civil government should be
recognized, but uo military power could set aside the
. enactment and judicial decisions of a State full in the
Union. While these acts were necessary the Southern
States should not be recognized.
Mr. Lawrence offered (befollowing:
Keaolvetl, That it is tbs deliberate sense of the House
thst the condition of the rebel States fuUy justifies the
President in maintaining the suspension of the writ
of habeas corpus in those States, and that he is enti
tled to the thanks of the nation for employing the war
power for the protection of Union oitizeue and the
freedmen in those States.
Lawrence said in the course of his remarks it would
depend on the people of rebel States when reconstruc
tion would be complete; it would be complete when
loyalty returns, when the Government is' so practica
ble ae to secure obedience to law with security for the
future assured, then can reconstruction be completed.
He would welcome the Southern Representatives
when they can come with guarantee of peace, security
and liberty.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Mr. Henry Rlvea Pollard
of the Richmond Examiner, having invoked in vain
the interference of the President to secure the re
scinding of Gen. Terry's recent order suppressing his
paper lor the expression ot disloyal sentiments, yes
terday visited Gen. Grant, before whom he laid his
grievances and of whom ha asked permission to re
sume the publication of his paper, uen. Grant, after
listening to Pollard’s representations, quietly inform
ed him that he would receive any written communi
cation addressed to him from Richmond, but that he
could not at present give his decision iu the matter.
The Buppression of the Examiner waa done iu pur
suance of positive orders from Geu. Grant, who an
nounces his intention of suppressing aU newspapers
in the South which have the audacity to come out in
similar |k>M denunqiafrons of the Government.
Gen. R. E. Lee was examined this forenoon by the
Joint Committee on Reconstruction.
The diplomatic corps are indignant over Mr. Ban
croft's oration, especially the Austrian and British
Ministers. The latter retracted his acception of an
iuvitation to dinner at the house of a Congressman,
as soon as he heard that the dinu'er was given iu honor
of Mr. Bancroft.
The story that Mr. Romero. Mexican Minister, was
refused admission to the Bancroft eulogy, and weut
away indignant, is explained. Mr. Romero presented
UimBelf at the main entrance to the haU shortly before
the exerciees commenced, when he discovered that he
had neglected to bring his letter of invitation. The
door-keeper, iu obeying positive instructions from the
committee, could not admit him without the ticket.
Romero appealed to Senator Foote, Chairman of the
Committee, who just then approached the door with
the President on his arm. Senator Foote could not
atteud to it then, and passed on. Romero then de
parted, and the Senator Bought him when the Presi
dent was seated but could not find him.
A communication wiU be sent to Congress on Mon
day by the Treasury Department, showiug that from
April 1st, 1865, to February 1st, 18«6, *28,000,000 of
all kinds of taxes have beeu received from the South
ern States.
In response to an application received yesterday,
Secretary McCulloch decided that uo general permit
can be grouted to importers of hides taken from ani
mals that have died from the effects of the cattle
scourge.
A gentleman just returned from Richmond reports
that the military order prohibiting the wearing of the
grey, adorned with Confederate buttons, in that city,
is being strictly carried out. One of the weapons
carried by the patrol is a formidable pair of shears,
which are brought in requisition whenever any for
mer Confederate in gilt buttons makes his appear
ance on tbe streets.
It is reported that Spain had two dozen ships build
ing in England, and that she is hurrying their com
pletion.
Two Chilian privateers have been seen off the coast
of Spain. The frigate Isabel haa received orders to
pursue them.
Dublin, Feb. 1.—A notice was issued by the Po
lice Commissioner last uight, prohibiting tbe bolding
of the fancy fair aud bazaar iu aid of the families of
the state prisoners, which was announced for to-night.
The concert announced, for to-morrow uight for the
same purpose is also prohibited.
Washington, Feb. 17.—Tweuty-three Senators de
clare they will vote against the couetitutioual amend
ment.
It is thought that the Freedman’s Bureau biU will
certainly be vetoed by the President.
New Yobk, February 17.—The Spanish naval ateam-
ere Carmen and Isabella de Catolica, which have ar
rived in our harbor within the past two days, are ly
ing oft' the Battery. They came|here with sealed or
ders. which cannot be opened until the vessels have
had a thorough overhauling in this port, when, it is
supposed, their offleere will find themselvee directed
either to proceed to reinforce the Spanish squadron off
the Chilian coast, or to cruise in this vicinity lor tlie
protection of Spanish commerce against Chilian pri
vateers.
New Yobk, February 17.—Yera Cruz advices to the
1st inst., state that there was great activity in French
military affairs at Vera Cruz, but not of a character to
iudicate an early evacuation of the country by tlie Eu
ropeans. French troops in large numbers were ar
riving at Vera Cruz from the interior and embarking
on transports. Large quantities of military stores
were still arriving at Very Cruz and being sent into
the interior. An Imperial train valued at J610,000 waa
recently captured by tbe Republicans.
St. Louis, February 17.—A Messenger of tbe United
States Express Company, wnile delivering a package
iu the upper part of a building on Third street, about
nine o’clock this morning, was garroted and robbed of
*40,000, nearly all the contents of his satchcL It is
evident tbe robbing was previously planned.
New Yobk, February 17.—Gold opened and closed
at 137 >4.
Cotton dull aud lower at 44c.
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Fire at Wtalteswille, No. 3, C. R. R.
On Saturday morning last at 3 o’clock,# fire occurred
at Whitesville, No. 3, C. R. R. which destroyed the
dwelling of the Rev. Geo. H. Eaton. Th c family, con
sisting of Mr. E., wife and six children, barely had
time to escape with their Uvea.
This disaster fallB heavily on them as they are not
only deprived of a home hut of every article of furni
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The accident was occasioned by a defective chim
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Savannah, on the Vernonhurg Shell Komi, on the
S ilts. Tli- place coin mis 1,350 acres, more or less,
or some of the .test lands lu Chatham County, and
eminently adapted to the cultivation of .-ea Island
coiton, provisions, Ac., besides a large portion is
heatiiv timbered. On the place Is a good dwelling,
stables, gin house, uegio quarters, Ac. Apply to
PALMER A DEPPISli,
fcbl9-C\ or to L. L. HOVER.
FOR
SALE.
rpriE two adjoining Lots on the corner of Jonee
* and Lincoln streets, with the Building in course
of construction, property of the Lite Brigadi. rUei.
Claudius u. Wilson.
Apply to K. K. Lester, Attorney-at-Law, corner of
Bay and Barnard streets.
fl3-tuAthtf J. H. HINES, Adm'r
A VALUABLE
STEAM SAW MILL AND SITE
FOR SALE.
Saw Mill, located lu Darien. Go., is offered for
sale on most desirable terms. Attached to the mill ie
about 17 acres of land, npon which are two llonsr
Lot” in the limits of the city. Also, a fine Boom and
Timber Pen. From its eil nation everything, even
Slabs and Edgings can be sold readily. For further
particulars, apdly to \VM. Z. COLLINS,
j27-tf Darien, Ga.
The Tbeasuby Depabtment. — The daily receipts
from internal revenue during the week ending Feb
ruary IU, 1866, were as foUowa:
Monday *1,258,157 63
Tuesday 723.821 23
Wednesday 1,013,779 79
Thursday 495,935 41
Friday 785,364 61
Saturday 492,056 73
Total *4,771,115 66
The Comptroller of the Currency, during the week
ending on Saturday, Issued *1,766,330 of national
bank currency. The total amount issued to date is
*263,116,380.
Tbe disbursements of the treasury during last week
amounted to *4,407,982 37.
The Treasury Department last week issued cirtifi-
cates of indebtedness to the amount of *510,000, and
redeemed of the same *3,000 during that period.
Marett Brandy.
•* A OCTAVES 1858, direct from l>ond, for sale by
1 w MACKY, BEATTIE A CO.,
n 203 and 206 Bay street.
Shipwrights, Caulkers and Spar
Makers.
rnHE undersigned would respectfully inform their
1 former patrons and the citizens generally that
they have resumed their business and opened a ship
Yard immediately opposite the city, upon the wharf
formerly occupied by the Dry Dock Company, where
they will undertake and contract for any work in
their line of business upon reasonable terms.
KRENSON A HAWKES,
Offlce on Bay street. Jones’ Block, foot of Abercora
street, over C. L. Colby A Co. feb7-lwAeodlm.
BLANCEVILLE
SLATE MINING COMPT,
VAN WERT, POLK CO., GA.
Cap! Stools., *800,000
SHARES, (50 EACH.
Direotob*—H. Brigham, J. F. Dever, E. C. Gran
nies, 'A. Wilbur and A E. Marshall.
PKxsmiNT—A. Wilbur. Savannah, Ga.
Vice President—E C. Graunlsa, Macon, Ga.
Skobraky—A. E. Marshall, Atlanta, Ua.
T HIS Company will aoon be prepared to 1111 any
orders for Slate, however large, for rondng. for
furnitare manufactured out of slate,, for lintels, for
lavement, and for any other uses to which slate can
►e applied. The quarry Is convenient to tbe dties of
Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Albany and Columbus.
Ga.; to the cities of Selma, Montgomery and Mobile.
Ala.: to New Orleans, and will shortly be to Mem
phis, Tenu.. and S'. Louis, Mo. The superiority of
slate for rooting purposes, and Its special adaptability
to various articles of furniture and for psreme.it are
well known.
Orders may be addressed to
A. E. MARSHALL. 8ec*y,
J8 Atlanta, Ga.
FOR SALS,
T HOSE very valuable Lots situated on the corner
of West Broad und Zubly streets, designated by
tlie letters C, E and U. Middle Oglethorpe Ward.—
Each Lot has a width of sixty-seven feel and six
ioclies. and is one hundred and eighty feet lu depth,
making an area of two hundred aud two and a half
feet by one hundred and eighty. This would afford
abundant room lor the erection or a Hotel of exten
sive proportions, or for any kind of manufactory.—
For any of which purpose’s these lots are iltgthlv sit
uated. being near to the Central Railroad Depot and
on one of the principal streets of the city. Tlicaliove
Lots may be treated tor at private sale separately or
together, and if not disposed of previous!v. will be
offered at public sale in front of the Court House on
the Hist 1 L'EsDAY in April next, by T. J. Waish.
At winch time ami place will also be offered Lot
No. 3 , Franklin Ward, on Broughton street, and the
Island of Great Warsaw, containing two thousand
acres. It. T. GIBSON. Executor,
fl2-eod of estate of Dr. C. P. Richardson.
FOR SALE,
25 000 Feet " lllte ] pine boards.
HUNTER & GAMMELL.
FOR SALE.
T HE WHARVES between Abercora and Drayton
streets. Known us Nos. 4 and 6, East of Bull
street, having a front of over two hundred feet on
the river.
fl6-lw R. HABERSHAM A SONS.
FOR SALE.
Two Wooden Dwellings on Congress street
between Abercoru and Lincoln streets.
Applv to
j27-tf BRYAN, HARTRIDGE <f CO.
FOR SALE.
78 BAHHKDS TAR,
In good shipping order.
CHAS. L. COLBY A CO.,
3-tf — — Corner Bay and Abercom sts.
FOR SALE.
M achinery for a s«w mih, complete, with
Planing Machine aud Grist Mill attached, hav
ing been run only six months. Engine forty horse
power. Enquire of
CHARLES L. COLBY A CO.,
fl4-tf Corner Bay aud Abercora sts.
FOR SALE.
SIX BALES SEA ISLAND BAGGING,
FOHDYCE, ANDERSON A JANNEY,
10 Stoddard’s Range.
To Rent.
Storehouse.
A GOOD and convenient Storehouse for Rent —
Apply st 194 Bay street J5-tf
ROOMS TO RENT.
P LEASANT ROOMS on tbe flpst floor, partly fur
nished, will be rented at No. 18 Liberty street, a-
few door# east of Bull street Single gentlemen pre
ferred. Apply to
GEORGE FREEMAN,
flt-S Comer B^and Drayton streets.
S0 U ! HL K N Pa laC t
DRY GOODS HOUSE
ORFF * WAT
IMPORTERS AND / -
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS
XCT ALL ITS BRAJfCnOES,
HI[A 113 Congress St* Savannah.
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE!
RISKS TAKEN
Iii the following First-Class Companies :
Colombia Fire insurance Company, of New York.
Fulton •• “ *• •>
Bxcelsior “ « «■ ••
Spriugfleld “ “
Putnam “ *•
Washington** ** *• of Baltimore
Gulf State “ “ ** of Tallahassee....V.
CAPITAL.
j........ Ir00,(»0
;... 260,000
300,000
of Hartford ." -V 600,0t)o
rtf Uall1m.ro - KM 000
500,000
SuO.uOU
ACCrDEUT-
Travelers* of Haitford ...$500,000
marine and Eire.
Petersburg Savings and Insurance Company of Virginia a... !. $600,000
Eufaula Home Insurance Company of Alabama 200,000
Georgia Home Insurance Company, Columbns 350,000
LIFE.
„ _ , , ’ . run. assets.
New England Mntnal Life Inrnranca Company of Boston $3,000,0(0
Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York 1,000,000
ON OPEN POLICIES IE
Great Western, of New York.
f21-eodlw
| Commercial Mutual, of JJew York.
AARON ’WILBUR, A^t,
No. 89 Bay Street
Books and Stationery.
Masonic Books.
M ACOY’S Masonic Manual.
The Freemason’s Pocket Library, by Chase.
Webb’s Pocket Monitor.
Oliver's History of Freemasonry.
New Masonic Trestle Board, by Moore.
Principles of Masonic Jurisprudence, by Symons.
Digest of Masonic Law, by Chase.
Masonic Jurisprudence, by Mackay.
Cross’ Masonic Chart, revised by Cunningham.
Also, M. M. and R. A. Diploma on paper, for fram
ing, and on parchment In tucks, at
ESTILL’S News Depot,
(Down Stairs) Bull st. back of the Post Offlce.
f!4
J\e$v Books, New Books.
RECEIVED BT
Cooper, Olcotts & Farrelly.
C ORA BELMONT, or the 81ncere Lover; the Car
dlnal's Daughter, by Robert M. Daniels; a Light
and Dark Christmas, by Mrs. Henry Wood; Half Mil
lion of Money, by Amelia B. Edwards; Social Lile of
the Chinese, by Justus Doolittle; Leonore and other
Poems, by Lady Clmtterton; Poems by Mrs. Anns M.
Spaulding; The Rsd Book ot Apiu; Story Middle
Ages; Miriam Rivers, the Lady Soldier; Colin Clonts
Come Home Again, by Spencer Leslie’s Magazine for
February; Demorest's Magazine for February; Atlan
tic Monthly for February; Harper's Monthly for Fel
rurary. 31
Fertilizers.
GUANO.
Haying made arrangements for a supply of
PERUVIAN GUANO,
we are prepared to receive orders for any amount at
$126 per ton of 2.000 lbe, delivered in savannah in
good order.
WRIGHT, GIBBS & CO.,
No. 7 Jones’ Block, Hay street,
fill Savannah, Ga.
Peruvian Guano.
W E have In store genuine No. 1 Peruvian Guano,
direct importation, and will sell in quantities
to suit purchasers,
fia-if
CRANE k GKAYRILL.
PURE BOLIVIAN Gl lNO.
FOR SALE BY
N. A. HARDEE & CO.
PRICE, 5 CENTS.
insurance.
FIRE AMU MARINE
INStTRA
AGENOY.
SECURITY INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus $1,600,000
PHCEHIX INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus $1,500,ooo
INTERNATIONAL IMS. CO.,
Capital and Surplus $1,200,000
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus $1,078,000
HARMONY INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus $ 600,000
Total cash Capital and Araets $6,000,000
Fire, Narine, and Inland Navigation Risks taken
In the above highly responsible Companies on Bnlld-
lngs and Merchandise to any amount, at the lowest
rates corresponding with the risk. Losses equitably
adjusted and paid promptly at this Offlce.
A. A. LANE,
AOKNT.
Nw. IS Stoddard’s Usage, Bay Street, 8a-
vann.h. Ga. * nsb3m
WASHINGTON LIFE INSDEANGE CO.
NO. 98 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
CYRUS CURTISS, President.
, Newb S W ’ v - p : W-. A. Brewer, Sec.; Rob-
ert B. Minturu, George GriswoldL Roland G. Mitchell
SaMM?" H -
Cash assets, over $600,000.
Capital stock, $125,000.
ring aM , ii#h!SJr Cei . Te aU Ule profita without incur
ring any liability for louses. It has therefore all tlie
advantages and security of a Stock and^Mutual Com
pany combined, without Utefr 0 £5^°dtaidS5.
Agent State of Geor^&reSnih,’ Ga.
nah'o^ WaRING ’ “-D., Medical Kxa miner, Savan-
naJ1 ’ Ud * feblo-3m.
Woodville Insurance Company.
The Stockholders of the Woodville Insurance Com
pany are notified that the Annual Meeting of that
Company will be held on the 1st proximo, at offlce, in
Eufaula, Ala.
The object of the meeting wtll be to elect Director,
for the ensuing year and attend to other matters of
importance.
nT C J. G. 8. MARTIN, Actuary.
SOUTHERN DISDRAHCE
AND
TRUST COMPANY.
OFFICK US BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
This Company continues to write Fire Risks of all
classes, on Buildings and Merchandise st the cus
tomary rates.
All Losses are fairly adjusted and promptly paid.
DIBECTOHS :
Henry Brigham, ^
J L Vlllalonga,
John Cunningham,
Aaron Wilbur,
T M Norwood,
George Patten,
J W Lathrop,
Asher Ayres, Macon
John M. Cooper,
Jas. G. Mills,
John B. Johnson,
Geo. L. Cope,
Wm. H. Tison,
Edward Lovell,
W. E. Jackson, Augusts
H. BRIGHAM, President.
J. C, McNULTY, Secretary.
Savannah, .lan. 7th, 1886. n . lm
New Books,
RECEIVED BY
Cooper, Olcotts & Farrelly.
A NOBLE LIFE ; by Miga Much.
The CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH; by Charles
Reade.
FAIR LILLI *8; by Pierce ^an.
SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON; by Trollope.
THE LOST BRIDE; by T. S Arthur. f!6
HISTORY OF THE WAR.
R eceived by cooper, olcotts a far
KELLY,
SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR,
complete iu four volumes, by Edward A. Pollard,
f 2
Professional Cards.
BOSWELL KING,
AT TORN EY-AT-LAW,
Augusta, Georgia,
Practices in the Courts of the Middle Circuits
ra-im*
JOSEPH GANAHL,
ATTOR IN EY-A^LAW,
Augusta, Or.,
Practices in the Courts Of the Middle Circuit.
f8-3w
UUWKLL OODB.
JAMMU JACK MON.
COBB & JACKSON,
fr^ttorneys-at-Ilfaw,
n29-3m MACON, GEORGIA.
LAROCHE & JOHNSON,
Timber&Lumber Dealers
300 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA. .
Financial.
Sight Exchange
ON
NE¥ YOltK,
In sums to suit' purchasers, by
sep28-tf R. F. MFTCAI FK A CO
EXCHANGE
Sigh-t.
The underxigned are prepared to sell
BANK CHECKS ON NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA,
in sums to snit purchasers. We are prepared also to
make advances on Cotton shipped to our friends in
New York, Philadelphia and Liverpool
f7-lm DUNCAN * JOHNSTON.
To the Planters.
W E are prepared to furnish, at ajpirt notice
Genuine Pervtayi Guano
Baugh’s Raw Bone Superphosphate
Bolivian Guano
Kittlewell'a Manipulated Guano
Potash and Plaster, by the barrel
Ail permanent Fertilizers
Whitlock's Superphosphate
Send your orders st once.
f!9 lm N. A. HARDEE A CO
LIME.
I fifin CASKS LIMB, now landing from schooner
■ul/U Georgia and for sale by
L. J. GCILMARTIN A CO.
A New Fertilizer.
YI7E have been appointed agents for the State of
tv Georgia for the "Eureka Amtnonlated Bone
Super-phosphate of Lime,” a new and valuable ferti
lizer, adapted to the cultivation and regeneration of
onr soil, and greatly to increase the yield.
We propose to sell on a credit upon the foUowing
conditions: The purchaser to give us a satisfactory
pledge that enough of his next crop will lie sent us
tor sale by first of January, 1867, to meet his bill, or,
if it is preferred, we wUl take factors’ acceptance or
personal security; In either case Interest to be
added.
These accommodating terms are purposed in order
that this article may be In the reach of all who de
sire to increase the value andtiroducuvcness of their
lands.
icijs-lm - F. W. SIMS A CO.
Soluble Pacific
GUANO.
UTB Invite the attention of Planters to this valuable
vf Guano, aa a matter of importance to their in
terest It is similar in appearance, odor snd compo
sition to Peruvian Guano, differing only in the pro
portion. of the same elements. It contain, leas am
monia, bnt nearly oneTmndred per cent, more of Phos
phate than Peruvian Guano, one-third of which is im
mediately soluble. It is quite as active as Peruvian
Guano, and la iess costly.
For further Information, apply to
B. C. WADE A CO., Agents,
Jf-Sm Savannah. Ga
Newspapers.
TO ADVERTISERS.
FLOSIM SENTINEL,
' Tallahassee, Florida.
Established In 1S88 V
THE ONLY TRI-WKEKLY IN THE STATE.
Address, far two days, Marshall House, after which
time, Tallahassee, Fla.,
W. A. SHOBER,
fl3-eodlw* Proprietor Flor da Sentinel.
Augusta Constitutionalist.
T HIS old established and popular Jonmal, having
a large circulation in Middle Georgia and South
Carolina, offer# a snperior medium to Ihe business
men of Savannah for making themselves known In
the middle region through which it circulates.
Mr. Cnaatra-E. O’Spiirvz* ia the authorized agent
for Savannah and vicinity. ^
STOCKTON A CO.,
fll-lw Propriettra.
STERLING EXCHANGE.
IQHT DRAFTS on Union Bank of London, in
,1 turn, of from one pound to twenty-Ava pounds
each. For sale by
fl6-.ni JOHN C. rBKRILL.
COAL,
A* BedLuoed Prloets.
AHA TONS superior jjrerpooi Parlor Coal, land-
Wu log from tiflp England's Queen.
4«u tone lamp Lachswana Coal, lor steamboat use.
460 tons Lacks wane Coal, egg and other sizes
For mle in Iota to anit purchase™, by
rr-eod2w CLAGHORN A CUNNINGHAM.
Reliable Southern.
Zuvuroiioe.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL LIFE INSU
RANCE COMPANY.
(Established In 1849.)
ASSETS SEPTEMBER lit y OYcr SS4 OOO
F. W. McMiBTXK^Actuary/ D ^ C8BDBE ’ '
T &a Xiss: ^
tee insure™.* 1 * Io " Pr ° flta returned to
J. B. READ,' M. D. Medical Examine?.
National Marine and Fire
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW ORLEANS
CAPITAL, $560,000
nnhHrt Je»»f *» tafenn the Insuring
Pi?- U L th t he been legally appointed Agent tor
toe above named Company, and is ready to take M
rine, River and Fire Rmke at customary rt
j2A-3m
customary rates.
__ _ O. C. MYERS, Agent,
Offlce over Hooter AGammell, 84 Bay street.
Fire and
INSUB
MERCHANTS’ INSURANCE COMPANY
Hartford, Connecticut
Cash Capital 800,000
PHCENIX INSURANCE COMPANY,
Halford, Connecticut.
Cash Capital r.: r $600,000
BALTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
New York City. «
Cash Chplta 1 $800,000
Resolute fire insurance oo.,
New York CRy.
Cash Capital and Snrplwe, $880,73®
Risks taken on m.arable property of every descrip M
tion iu the above-named Companies, on the most
Ctvorable terms, by application at Ihe office of the
undersign ted, Ne. 116 -Bay street, Savannah,
ff-lm H. BRIGHAM, Agent.
Hotels.
AUGUSTA HOTEJL.
- Proprietors.
depots.
[g-Sm]
JONES A RICE.
Port Royal House,
HILTON HEAD, 8. C.
RIDDELL A RUGG, Piopiistobs
*• unmau- m. r. mw.
10*4/
Notice.
G
OODS stored from steamer LEO will be ready for
delivery ou Thursday, February 16.
14 OCTAVUS COHEN. Agent