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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. Wanted. House Wanted A NY person having a House suitable for a small Ian ily. pleasantly sh unfed, can And a good tenant by addressing ", “ E. L. n.” Herald office. Sitnalion Wanted, A 8 Sliii>[>inz or Receiving Clerk. Beet of refer- kA. given: Addreea J. B. I’.,” Savannah Post Office, ffco WANTED. ^j^GENTS wanted, to procure subscriber:! for the Eclectic Magazine. This is one of the most valuable works published in the country. Its circulation throughout the South ern States has alwais l.cen large. Doubtless many old subscribers, upou application, will be found glad or the opportunity to renew their subscriptions. The fact that the Eclectic ts so well anil lavorably known will enable canvassers to secure subscriptions with less than ordinary effort. The best inducements of fered to responsible persons, either male or female. For further particulars address ' W. II. BIDWELL, feblS>-4. No. 5 Beekmuu st.. New York. DIAMOND RING WANTED. A NY one having a line Cluster Ring that they will ia sell reasonable, can find a purchaser by addresa- iug Confidential, box 390 Post Offlce. febl’J-i' * Situation Wanted. B Y a middle aged man, in a wholesale dry goods or grocery store. Understands packing, marking, snipping and receiving goods. The very best of ref erences given. Apply at 20? Bay stree', febl9-tj. WANTED. boose, plcasantlv located, by addressini box 213, giving particulars, ig P. n-tr WANTED. T WO pmart intelligent BOYS, to wait on the Sr vannah Club. None need apply unices they are well recommended for honesty and sobriety, 06 5 R. p. AKIN. For Sale. VALUABLE LOT FOB SALE, I OT No. 73 (In fee simple), corner of Liberty and _ Abercoru streets. Apply at this office. 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 ture, clothing and family groceries which they pos sessed. The accident was occasioned by a defective chim ney and the fire had made such progress when dis covered, that there was no time aUowed to save any thing. FOR SALE. T HE large and valuable Plantation known as the Cellar Grove Pluce, nine miles Lom the city or 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