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Newspaper Page Text.*»— - piii_, MaJll m wmm.. _ _ ■ftiliiHi ^ 1 Tim * ..... * iuiiiu.il I. »».. w nnah Daily Herald PUBLISHED BY f . JlAHt ,N ' Bavamnah. Georgia. teems. KiYC Cents. ....$8 60. ...sin oo. * of 'Toil Lines Tor flrat ln- P‘T N| ...li .-ill,sequent one. .Ad- Pl>ue iilllio morning, will, if desired, wiilioul Oil™ 1 i charge. l>ltlNTlNO, i jy and promptly done. rVxEW VOKK DKMOKSTRA- 5A qlO>. endorsed by «•** People. the codbse ,„y. DM/. 11. SEWARD. Asembled on Tuesday evening Sew Y.irk city, to endorse ttie i bureau bill, and to ei ilie Fn edine ! , for the instant re-establishment of nal' relations between the Southern ,V. rumeiil by the admission of the 1 of these States to their seats iu Cou- ; presented by Mr. David a too long for onr crowded war was fought, not “ for mi. the Constitution and the and that this people now eaee; nut merely a cessa- but public tranquility, nil government has no elective tranchiso in any ct of Columbia where it IjJ that in the lustre 1 , ,1 would be unwise and dangerous to ■onfer the right of suffrage i the refusal of Congress It pronoun Southern Representatives, who can t)l a manifest usurpation, it justly I tllf prcsi K tit for virtuously declining “the c aUl | power, civil and niilitavy,” which mid give him, and expresses the concur- geueral doctrines of his SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1866. ******’» oontumapious disobedience, he period of eight months, and mo longer, and eventually denounced him, disinherited him, disowned him, and ’ * • • *- " J declared he never would see him again. When the man of nerve heard of the Right of his daughter he immediately summoned his dependents, whd~ sought to restore her (o her hither. “One parent wa ‘ parent was* all pas- sion, the other was all decision. While they were comparing their mutual and common grief «pifl disap pointment, the married lovers came trembling into their angry presence, and kneeling down, asked for giveness and parental blessing upon what was now ir revocable. What was the parents* surprise to find that the runaway match was just precisely the one they hsd planned, and the supposed failure of which had so deeply excited them. The man of nerve ac quitted himself with becoming resignation, and, it had all ended right, he extended to the lovers the boon they begged. The nervous man refuaedialto- gether to be comforted, propitiated, or even sootlied. He refused, aud declared that he would persist forever in refusing to receive back agtun the son who had been so disobedient. When his outburst of psssion had somewhat subsided, the mah of nerve said: “Well, now, old friend, why don’t yo a forgive him? Have you not got the matter all your own way, after all ? ” “Why, yes,” replied the nervous man, “I have got it all my own way.” “Then, why will you not forgive him ?” said the man of nerve. “Why, damn it, I hav’nt had my own way of having it.” This, I think is the difference between the President, wh<S is a man of nerve, in the Executive chair at Washington, and the nervous men who are in the House of Repre sentatives. Both have got the Union restored as they originally planned it should be. They have got it res tored, not with slavery, but without it; not with seces sion, flagrant or latent, but without it; not with com pensation for emancipation, but without it; not with compromise, but without it; not with disloyal States, or representatives, but with loyal States and represen tatives; not with rebel debts, but without them; not with exemption from our own debts for suppressing the rebellion, but with equal liabilities upon the rebels and the loyal men; not with freedmen and refugees abandoned to suffering and persecution, but with the freedmen employed in productive, self-sustaining in dustry, with refugees under the protection of law «d order. The man of nerve sees it has come out all right at last and he accepts the situation. He does not forget that iu this troublesome world of ours the most to be secured by anybody is to have things come out right. Nobody can ever expect to have them brought out altogether in his own way. The nervous men, on the other hand, hesitate, delay* debate and agonize— not because it lias not come out right, but because they have not individually had their own way in bring ing it to that happy termination. I have said that I apprehend no serious difficulty calamity. This confidence arises from the conviction which I entertained that there never was and never obtained, in broken fragments, the^compromises which ,{the meeting , „ a ,„i their readiness to support him in r ond measures for the public welfare. If.Mowing rcs«>lutioiis, reiterating the opinions L ,1 ia the address, were unanimously adopted: i fj lit the citizens of New York, here as- i l,aui t" the restitution and the Union, and iiruifiplc:?-which have carried the coun- [ii’iluutly through the war, are convinced of urly and complete pacification of that the people may all engage in their r ; ni , s and n ap the just rewards of their j That, therefore, we desire to see the res- juaical and constitutional relations be- h,! States and the Federal Government at i j,ra< tieable period, and to that end we fa- jii-n ii nit.* Congress of all loj’al represen- tii. stat« s lately in rebellion who were ,1 ijiid can take the oath prescribed by Con- ,.1, i misw. rving loyalty through all the ml peril "i tin* rebellion. . That w« approve the general principles l.v the President in his annual message la*i message, explaining the reasons for ..'iiisa-s, in to the bill for the continuance .no ut . f the Freedmen’s Bureau; aud |.,i ss this approval, we give him our con- i j.M.iui • him our continued support iu all ,iiiys for the restoration of constitutional ; m ail parts of the country. That w. also take this occasion to express [■,; ul f.f flic action of our Senator, Edwin D. oinl . nr ivpresentatives, Henry J. Raymond tain A. barling, in sustaining the President. n/.That notwithstanding the fadure of the .• passed through the two Houses of Congress . Notion <d the freedmen we wish it under lie claim for them the full possession and Hut all civil rights equality with any other anfcut'the country, by which we mean all {person and property, including those without lie others arc useless—the right to r sue and to i uni compu te equality before the law—aud we n>s and the President are bound to f.tkmeans which the Constitution has given to secure that end. -il, That the Constitution la at once our raid defence: no magistrate can go beyond it; tmentuftke government however powerful, e or executive, is permitted to transcend it; rwr benevolent or otherwise merritorious a nuy 1.. if it be not within the powers granted •iistitutimi it cannot be adopted, and wc in- f.iTy one of our public servants shall conform j the wn.de -people, as manifested iu the •iik act, which is antecedent and superior to Ttrameni itself. | .Seward’s entrance into the Hall, was greeted * wont rapturous applause, the whole house |ind cheering vociferously. • of the Hon. William H. Seward* i::i nm I have been in the habit, as you . of addressing—*{a voice, louder.] You rue tu speak louder, because my utter* u broken. You must not, if you have tyfcriue—you must not a3k me to speak louder, •an tell you here, 1 cannot speak louder. : for the information of those who hear me rho cannot hear me, that it bad been my r-r many years pqst to address my fellow- sure of New York on the eve of the it this old aud honored State of New I " tvh< r. aud I spake then what I thought nt to public affairs for a whole year, ••fcHkPs' i.f friends in the city of New York * - Im k after the expiration of only three • -Third* maud is, I confess, rather hard upon cirr tin circumstances. Nevertheless, I obey. fccttwionMt. 1 profess to understand how to :i1 - "-tnuittUilM of the people of my own State, 11 '-"lMiiig my allegiance to the United States. *:*t ►hall 1 speak of or about ? The call of ^fing Kpccilies the subject; but firat, fei me it I am n. t here as an alarmist; I am not here Hm* tjatuij is in peril or danger—in peril if it »!:• opinions ot the President; in peril if iwttbcm; in peril if you adopt the views of the •nt ur real majority of Congress, or if you reject I: ls t"*t in peril anyway; nor do I think ’ l *liberty and human freedom, the cause of " liviioration or civilization, the cause of .. dggraudizeineiit, present or future, material r -. in danger of being long arrested, whether l’ 1 w,i ‘ set of political opinions or another, --•ii—that is to say, the nation—has been Ir m all its perils. The nobis ship has passed F efflprfit aud billows into the verge of a safe I;®'* ls n " vv securely riding into her ancient ^tuoiit a broken spar or a leak, starboard -JW, fore or an. There are some small reefs “ ,le approaches those moorings. One ihat she may safely enter directly through 0 J! 1 ‘* r K ays that she must back, and, lower. 1,1 to b'<J around them. That is all the r ~2tU i* the difference of opinion ,.. l ul0!s - 1 should not practice my habitual ni , 1 ’“‘t admit that I think them both uri i° u ' 'f ; l vessel will go in safely, , al “** ,,l bci. The worst that need happen • • ’Making the wrong instead of right • e\,h taking the right passage and u.d»M w . ,uU b' ‘■•ue, the vessel may roU 'UienontHt. capable, and even deserving • statt*Hm#-T» i>- • ’ • - — ^ashtrd icr.,.,1 I should be sorry for this; t b, helped, it can be borne. If.I am .. , un . ’’"'ibw, let no friend be concerned on ■ sifeanm as B0,)d ’ “ capable politij sKineu and President yrih I"'imaoiid I'.,.hci'catter. faater than needed, |ft« u, h’ nii ' ve ll and as wisely i t. a i, ( .r, 1 1 , et, ' 1 “ r ? “lalked tbejr hour upon I r “tud „ 1 i,ti'.'“ 8 " 1 "‘bn niid U mpeat that al- r , "' 1 'Mih,;t, 1 " avl(;ilti0D - Nevertheless, al- r '■ -day i, wo-rb’ ' ml :lre * u a crisis, the qyes. !• raiion. j!,, , 01 'h liberate examination and riu 1 r- i.unijf, a “‘T'ortant, in going into a "'"'■i'ahoui. r,lu '"" beparlnrc, to take ac- r • 1 ■ r.-w1' to ascertain whether the ' 1!l t'««l sailia,, * u good fastenings and “■'i. !■ in, . ; The subject before us i; * l-'ftu’.*1. "’.. Jl ’" li that revoalw hut too 4IJI . c, bi\(; Administration of the 'esi.l. I,, lslatlvo counseloiB of the j..,., y as lve all see. is a man of de- ii- ' ‘E.slativu leaders, if we may with arc trying to decide „ , 0 ,;, a ion. They have ap- ri ^ em - I Bill trv S ."' > aru ’ *° l >rouounco be- „f ! w 'he difle ' : ‘ iatr ''- Veil ,n"‘ ail - v ' have been occasionally " •'polarity euine v... remc,,| her a play that had ud "’e Man of v,.'“ rH entitled The Nervous 'docounirv r . r ' i0, h of these characters early ‘ Tphtlemen. They had been ■,;!?**■ 'nicy Thy,1 friendship grew with niicug ma,; !!~.i 11 /hstant I '•r.un,"' a,| e daughter. t part of the country, hopeful son; the man of • By some feak of for- , these young people had ‘•fM m, atC, “ ,;r M the watering place, aud ry J“'A#titue u, a , i 1 unknown to thels-parents. 'vnucto on arvous IU111 a ud the^man of ” people to., l .,h;. P aH1 ' w ''hent, to marry the two A.,'Wifely T in v r ' u “Jer a belief that they K'^thean^S ^. cat ' U uthEI - ^ I (j . ^‘Uiucr. Tii,. ” ient to bis child'in a mys- h wa,. b hwuuus man’s sou was .T 111 he Has aim.. w 3' r .l e .^ tc a >“ unknown lady 1,,?^°' UlUat Ij, luve at first sight, but Hie dauahter* 11 ? UIitil ft e day of the I ^rWe&timli^ miln of uerT ® **- '■at? P'fcnt was Lach lover pro- 1,* 1 ' a natural 1 :h? reu >Ph>ryi each lover ipa- I H tr “. Httite naiim] '.'“equeuce, both ran away, - dandetitinelv ’ - ^ ^sme tegether and , learned. When the nervona can be any successful process for the restoration union and harmony among the States, except the one with which the President has avowed himself satisfied. Grant it that the rebellion is dispersed, ended and ex hausted, dead even at the root, then it follows neces sarily that the States sooner or later must be organ ized by loyal men iu accordance with the change in our fundamental law, and that, being so organized, they should come by loyal representatives and resume the places in the family circle which, in a fit of caprice and passion, they rebelliously vacated. All the rebel States but Texas has done just that thing, and Texas is doing the same thing just now as fast as possible. The President fa in harmony with all the States that were in rebellion. Every Executive Department and the Judicial Department are in operation, or are rapidly resuming the exercise of their functions. Loyal rep resentatives, more or less, from these States—men whose loyalty may be tried by auy constitutional legislative test, which will apply even to representa tives of the Stales which have been loyal throughout —are now standing at the doors of Congress, and ha been standing there for three months past, asking be admitted to seats which disloyal representatives, violence of the rights and ditties of the States, as well as of the sovereignty of the Union, had recklessly abandoned. .These representatives, after a lapse or three months, yet remain waiting outside the cham ber, while Congress passes law after law, imposes bur den after burden and duty after duty upon the States which, thus against their earnestly expressed desires, are left without representation. So far as I can judge of human probabilities, I feel sore that loyal men from the now loyal States will, soouer or later, at this session, or at some other, by this CoDgreas or some other, be received into the Legislature of the nation. When this shall have-been done, the process of res toration will be complete; for that is sll that uow remains to be done. If, iu this view of the sub ject my judgment is at fault, then some of those who uphold the opposite oue can show some other pro cess of restoration which is practicable, and which can be and will be adopted, and when it is likely to be adopted. Does any person pretend to know such i plan ? Other plans have, indeed, been mentioned They were projected during Mr. Lincoln's adminis tration : they have been projected since. Briefly de scribed, these plans have been such as this: that Con gross, with the President concurring, should create what are called Territorial Governments iu (he eleven States which-once were In rebellion, and ijtat the Pres ident should administer the Government there for an indefinite period by military force, and that after long purgation they sbonld be admitted into the Union by Congressional enactment. This proceeding was re jected by Mr. Lincoln, as it is rejected by the Presi dent. If it ever may have been practicable it is now altogether too late. If the President could bo induced to concur in so mad a measure at this date, it would be impossible to execute it. Say what you will or what you may, the States are already organized, in perfect harmouy with our amended National Constitu tion, and are in earnest co-operation with the Federal Government. It would require an imperial will, an imperial person, and imperial powers greater than the Emperor of France possesses to reduce any one of these States with the consent of all the other States, into what you term a territorial condition. Maximil ian’s task, though he engages two Emperora and two Imperial organizations, with their forces, is thought not the most wise and hopeful polities! enterprise of the day. On the other hand, we have no Emperor, blit only a stern, uncompromising, radical Republi can, a Democrat, call him what you will, for President, who refuses in every way to be a party to any imperial transactious, and he would hand them back to Con gress, if they were to offer him the men and money to prosecute such imperial enterprises. Suppose that' be could give place to another President, whether by election, or even assassinations, where will you find in the United States a man who would want to be elected to that place to plunge this coun try into civil war for a political chimera ? If there be such a one, what chance is there that would be elected for a such purpose ? That scheme, then, is at an end, and ia hot now even seriously men tioned. Is there any other plan i Congress has had Reconstruction Committee, as it is called,composed of fifteen members, who have stopped the wheels ef legislation three months to enable them to submit a process or plan different from that which is now on the eve of a happy consummation. And what have they given list One proposed amendment to the Con stitution, to compel the excluded States to equalize suffrage upon the penalty of an abridgement of repre sentation. I do not dismiss its merits, Either the amendment will or will not be adopted, The ezpec tation is that it will fail even in Congress. In any case it implies a full restoration of the southern States. It is therefore no plan or process of reconstruction at alL The committee prove this to be the true character of the proceeding, because they fall back upon a process not of restoration but of obstruction. The resolution which they submitted on Tuesday last, and which has passed the House of Representatives, directly declares that loyal representatives shall not be admitted from loyal States until Congress shall pass a law for that pur pose—by which law it would seem that every member Who votes for it must know it cannot be enacted with out the President's approval, which cannot be consis tently given ip view of the opinionathit he is known to entertain. This last concurrent resolution, then, is not a plan for reconstruction, but for indefinite ponement and delay by the concurrent action of the two Houses of Congress. I know that the scriptural instruction is not always accepted as an infallible guide of faith and practice in these latter day*. I do npt, therefore,, ask you whether the United States Government ought not now to slay the fatted calf and invite onr prodigal brethren to so luxurious a feast; but I do venture to say that when this nation became disorganized five years ago by fla grant secession and rebellion, we did determine to humble the rebels and bring them back again to their cunstitutional aeat at the family table. I know that we have humbled them, and have brought them back witb humiliation and repentance suing for restoration. J know that when Congress was convened, and when tbs Jgst elections were held, which gave utterance to the popular voice, it was their expectation that with out unnecessary delay that table would beset, and that aU the members of the family, however prodigal they had been, would be received 9t the board. There being, then, no further plan of restoration, what are the chances of carrying out the system of obstruction to which 1 have referred ? It is as imprac ticable in its character as I think it is vicious. If I have read the history of the country correctly, it has settled these three things: First, No State can keep it- self out of the Union or keep itself in s Territorial condition under the Union. In he very beginning four .States refused to enter; with wry faces they all cam j in afterwajd—making the whole number of States thirteen instead of the nine first consenting. AU the region cast of the Mississippi rushed rapidly through a brief Territorial privilege into the Union. We bought provinces from Spain, from France, from Mexico.— From the Mississippi to the Pacific they have rushed or are rushing with railroad speed, after a brief Terri torial existence, as States into the Union. If it were possible, we might acquire still more pro vinces, north or south. You cannot easily go further West. Every province that there might be gained, -whether white or black, old or young, alien or native- born, would be immediately rushing, as with railroad speed, as States into the Union. Another thing which our national hiatory teaches is, that the States which are in the Union cannot be taken or kept out of its limits; and that is the great lesson of the rebellion.— The third thing which this eventful war teaches us is, that the States which are in the Union cannot keep any States that are outside from coming in. Congress Is habitually inclined to this experiment It hesita ted about Michigan and Missouri: it reeled and stag gered before Texas and Califonm, and it convulsed the nation in resisting tfansss; yet they are all in the Union, aU now loyal, and most of them cheerful and happy. How many committees of conference did we have, how many joint committees did we Hot have, on this momentous question? How many joint resolu tions, denying that Congress ever would consent to the admission of such unwelcome intruders? Row many compromises, securing guarantees for freedom, securing guarantees for slavery, were ■ broken ana scattered, when one after the other these States came in, as if by a headlong thrust, and hurled by an Al mighty Providence, who was determined that the peo ple of this continent shall be not many discordant na-. Hhnfl hut nnn nnUu<l «« A * • >« am. * darned. tibns, but one united and harenoniou* nation. I entered Congress iu 1849, when the Joint Com mittee of Fifteen was skillfully, and it is but just to say, honestly framed to obstruct the admission at California until the majority of the nation should com promise and silence forever the debate upon slavery. m 1 it sought. That compromise w*f by Its terms to be perpetual. The compromise of I860 lingered, how ever, just four years, and then perished, giving place to the incipient and . now happily consummated ad justment of the slavery question, by the oomplete and universal abrogation of that institution. Fleft Con gress in 1801, when committee and convention clus tered in and around the Capitol, demanding stipula tions (which Congress refused) that fetters should be put upon New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado. You can never keep States out of this Union, never, no never! If we do not like them; we may, in the words of the old proverb, “lump them.”. The present dis trusts of future States or of existing States have no substantial ground. They are begotten ’of miserable perishing fears and factions. California was suspected of secret or ultimate complicity with slavery. All the men in the Union knew the hard feelings her people entertained as free Boilers, who were their most earn- est advocates. We gave her two years of pro-slavery democratic rule. The ten years are now up, and she is calm, perhaps distrustful of some of ns yet, be cause we are willing to admit the States that have sinned and reputed as she did. If ever this thing of keeping out States by joint resolution of Congress could have hsd any chance of per manent success, that time has passed away. No State has ever been hindered in coming into the Union except upon questions growing out of the system of African bondage. But African bondage has now gone to the dogB, and they have made a sure Quish of it.— Not even enough of its shriveled Skin or disjointed limbs remain to sbarpen the cupidity of the race that were once railed slaveholders, or of that other race that which was' known *to the country as “dough faces. 1 ’ No State, therefore, will ever, hereafter, be hindered or delayed in coming back into the Union upon the ground of slavery# You may think that the irressistible tendency to the union which I have de scribed, may have something slarrmnp in it. This would be a grave error. I think no such thing. The people in any territory want to be a State because it is a pleasant thing and a good thing to have the mu nicipal powers and facilities which belong to a State within the American Union, and to provide by its own laws for the maintenance and security of life, liberty and property. A territory wants to be a State and a member of the Federal Union because it is a pleasant and a good thing to have its protection against foreign enemies, and to possess the privileges and immunities guaranteed to a State by the National Constitution, f therefore would uot consent to hold a State in a Ter ritorial condition, or to deny it the advantages of fel lowship in the .Union a day longer than I should be compelled. Nor do I see anything calculated to ex- eite alarm, anything transcending the poltical ability of our statesmen, in the present situation of the freedmen. In the beginning, practically, every State iu the Union had slavery. We abolished it in several States without disorder nr civil cotu mo tion , until slavery raised itself in rebellion against the government of the Union. When it took that attitude we abolished it out and out, throngh and through, completely and effectually forever. This is what the American people had the sagacity and the courage to do in a period of ninety years. These American people are a great deal better and a great deal wiser to-day than they were ninety years ago. Those of the generation that is now- crowding us will be a great deal wiser and a great deal better than we who are on the stage to-day. Do I think, therefore, that we shall lack the wisdom or the virtue to go right ou and continue the work of melioration and progress, and perfect in due time the deliverance of labor from restrictions, and the annihilation of caste utit class. We have ac complished what we have done, however, not with an imperial government — not with a Pro-Consular or Territorial system. We have done it in States, by States and through StateB, free, equal, untrammeled, and presided over by a federal, restricted government, which will continue to the end the constitutional principles witb which we so wiscy began. They are settling the whole case of the African id the West Indies just as we are, and it win be done with the same results and the same beneficent effects. I have not given prominence in these remarks to the conflict of opinion between the President and Congress in reference to the Bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees. That conflict is, in itB conse quences. comparatively unimportant, and would ex cite little interest and produce little division if it stood alone. It is because it has become the occasion for re vealing the differences that I have already described that it has attained the importance which seems to sur round it. Both the President and Congress agree that, during the brief transition which the country is mak ing from civil war to internal peace, the freedmen and refugees ought not to be abandoned by tha nation to persecution or suffering. It was for this transition pe riod that the Bureau or Freedmen was created by Con- greHS, and was kept snd is still kept in effective opera tion. Both the President and Congress, on the other band,agree Ibat when that transition-period shall have been iiily passed.and the harmonious relations between the States and the Union fully restored, that bureau would be not only unnecessary but unconstitutional, demoralizing and dangerous.and therefore that it shoul cease to exist. The President thinks that the transition state has nearly passed, and that the original provision for the bureau is all that is necessary to secure the end in view,while tha bill submitted by Congress seems to him to give it indefinite extension in time of peace aud restoration. He vetoed it for that reason. He declines to accept, us unnecessary or uncalled for, the thousand or ten thousand agents, the increased powers and the augmented treasure which Congress insists on placing in their hands. Congress, on the other hand, thinks that the Freedmen’s Bureau is not adequate, aud ibat more patronage, more money and more power wonld, like Thompson’s door plate, purchased at auction by Mrs. Toodles, be a good thing to have in a house. I agree with the President in the hope that the extraor dinary provision which the bill makes will not be ne cessary, but that the whole question may be simplified by a simple reference to. the existing law. The law of March 3,1866, which created the Freedmen’s Bureau, provides that it shall continue in force during the war of rebellion and qna full year thereafter. When does that year expire? .In the President's judgment, as I understand the matter, the war of the rebellion has been coming and is still coming to an end, but ia not yet fully closed. It is on this ground that he main tains an army, continues the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and exercises martial law, when these things are found to be necessary in rebel States. The existence of the rebellion was legally announced by Executive proclamation in 1861. The end of the rebellion ought to bo, and may be expected to be, an- nouned by competent declaration of the President and of Congress, or of both. For all practical pur poses, the rebellion will, in law, come to end if the President or Congrees, one or both, officially an nounces its termination. Now, snppose this an nouncement to be made by the President and by Con gress, Of by either of them, to-morrow. Iu that case, the Freedmen’s Bereau is continued by virtue of the limitation prescribed |p tjjo apt of March 3, 1865, one year after such proclamation shall |iave beep made. Thus the Freedmen’s Bureau would contipue, by th@ original limitation, until the 23d day of February, 1867—a very proper day on which to bring it to an end. If Congress should then find it necessary to prolong ita existence, it can at once take the necessary- steps, for it win at that date have boen in session nearly three ipoptbs. Ought the President of .the United States to he deiioqnceij in the house of his ene mies—much more, ought he to he denounced In the house of his friends for refusing, in the absence of any necessity, to occupy or retain, and to exercise powers greater than those which are exercised by any Impe rial-magistrate in the world ? Judge ye I I trust that this fruit of declining Imperial powers, too hastily tendered by a too confiding Congress, may be for given by 4 generous people. It will be a sad hour for the Republic when the refusal of unnecessary pow. era, treasure and patronage by the President shall be held to be a crime. When it shall be oonBidered, tbe time will have arrived for setting up at the White House an Imperial throne, and surrounding the Ex ecutive with Imperial legions. Mr. Seward retired amid thunders of applause. Tbe speech of Mr. Seward was well received by the immense meeting, The News says his declaration in favor of the admission of the Southern members to Partnerships. Dissolution of Copartnership. * Ulia day dls- Mr. B phmp^,T 0b “' COQ9Cnt - . Nf- ™ 1 JP Daialjmskl is alone authorise* to re ceive and receipt for the late firm. ~ ten in many young men a reckless, careless, thought less manner, whigh, in many instances, lands them to disregard aU rales of propriety and seriously anm those who attend lectures for profit as well as pleasure, and not Tor a frolic. Nothing can be more annoying to a speaker, than to observe such conduct in an audience he may be ad dressing. It is bis right to demand of those who come to see and hear him, that earnest attention, whick a subject of interest enough to attract them deserves at the hand of every well-bred lady or gentleman: The respect due to ourselves, and the regard we have for the reputation of our city, requires of every one that all improper and indecorous conduct should be frowned upon wherever noticed. “Order is- Heaven’s first law,’’ only one person can address any . assembly at a given time without confusion. If several I T*““ I™ of Lafbarrew A Timmons Is this Hav by the withdrawal of O.HLnfburrow. PHILIP DZIALYN8KL JULIUS SLAOKR. v - atiSa by 81 ”” 88 be Hereafter conducted at tho old fl °- lln PHUJPJglALYN8KI DISSOLUTION. are whispering, laughing, or talking in an audience, they not only annoy the speaker, and show a decided . • j — mmuiam iu eum want of good breeding, but spoil the entertainment I liquidation. All parties indebted are teqnetted to for those who are peaceably disposed, and who are I p° me , forward and make payment, find all Dartiea hav- tempted by the noise to turn their eyes from the I “*g claims will please present them fur settlement. ..... 1 O. fl. LUPBURROW. Augusta, Peb. 13,1.866. IS. K. TIMMONS. speaker, and lose the benefits of his remarks. Young aud inexperienced speakers are often excessively em barrasHed by such proceedings. Want of punctuality is another source of annoyance. , . It is bad enough to enter a lecture room, or church, I Having purchased the interest of Mr. O. H Lufbnr. alter the service has commenced; but when necessity I r °w- in the Forrest City Foundry, in this citv I will compels it, the person doing so. if he have any regard I continue the business In my name. Thankful for for propriety, will do itae quietly as possible, that the | P?**if ?ors , I respectfully solicit a continuance of the attention of the audience may not be distracted. It ia l “Oeral patronage heretofore extended to the late extremely tiresome to sit quietly and listen to a dull I “Ha. FRAS. E. TIMMONS prose speaker for an hour; but if this is anticipated, 1 the proper remedy is to stay away; if not, and one . n 0 -i„„ ftncls himself likely to£e bored; it is far better to take tater ^ !n t*»e Arm of Luf- it cpollv, and consider that we cannot remedy the mat- I Timinnna x*!™»f°m ™^ t / ormer H ter, or add to our reputation as ladies or gentlemen by | no .„ ^ Patron- being restless and noisy under the infliction. I have penned the above lines with a sincere hope that an improvement will soon be observable in this regard, feeling that more is due to a careless thought less spirit than any other cause, and because the nu merous comments from strangers who are daily vis iting the city as well as from our citizens attracts atw tentiou to it. Savannah. fcgc extended to the late firm to my successor. O. H. LUPBPRBOW. S P R I N C PRICE, 5 QENT& ? JUST OPENED AT LA TER OP k CO’S, OoMlmtins in part of Plaid Silks ' Fniilard Silks- Chenc Poplins Mozambiques Organdie Muslins Jaconet Muslins Solid Colored French Cambric and Chambrfiy Silk Parasols, &c. Scotch Gingb&ms We will make large additions to our stock during the coming week, in DRESS GOODS? TRIMMINGS AND EMBROIDERIES, fOA A .- . - " Strayed arad Stolen* IN THE LATEST STYLESL STRAYED, People leaving churches precipitate themselves from the pews with oue aocord as soon as the benediction is ended, thereby choking the aisles, and walking with mincing labored step, less they rend the dust sweeping trains which impede the way. This is un seemly. If, os seems probable, the object aimed at is to get away as soon as possible, let the pews nearest to the door empty themselves first, then those fur ther off in their ordqr. In this way you will get home the sooner and more gracefully. Yesterday, from my yard, corner of Llb- ‘ l S|Ccriy and Lincoln streets, a large white w*Afcra»8KTThJ{ SLUT, with brQwn head and light brown spots on her sides. She has on a chain collar, with the name of Col. Dearing engraved on the plate. A suitable reward wili be paidior her de- 1 livery to me. ™-t f THOMAS H. HARDEN. SotmtcRN Palace DRY GOODS HOUSE | dteoe. adJ to alqioiT adi to 5oi orf: ov> ■ :rm ,, - _ . T . „ ORFF * WATKINS, IMPORTERS AND IN DRY GOODS its BRAsronras, 111 & 113 Congress St., Savannah. Miscellaneous. LETTER FROM BOSTON. General Dullness Prevailing—The Concord Bank Robbery—Given, the Malden Murderer—Tar and Feathers Politically Considered—Grand Ball to come off at the Boston Theatre—Grand Scheme for the improvement of Boston—Amusements, the Weather, dc., dc. Boston, Feb. 20, 1866. To the Savannah Herald : I have not written to you for some time for the very good reason that nothing has transpired in this sec tion of a general interest. It is verily a dull season for business aud news, though in the matter of amuse ments there has rarely been a more lively season than the present. Not even the State Constabulary can fur nish an item, and as for the sleighing, that is among the thingB that were—gone to associate with all onr bitter and sweet experiences of the sunny and shadowy past. It was lively while it lasted, but in Boston even, so far towards the Arctic regions, and so generally 1 'lp/I nut in inn nnlri’ 1 liv aM Qnl 44- i. it x DRY GOODS j; The undersigned having formed a copartnership, under the firm name of Hiram Roberts’ Sons & Co., IN ATiTj ITS BRAN for the purpose of carrying on a general DRY GOODS BUSINESS, have now opened, and will continue to receive additional supplies of Imported and Domestic Dry Goods, which they offer for sale at left out in the cold” by old Sol, it is one of “the most transitory of human pleasure. — One of the most interesting events which has tfous- pired since my last is the discovery of the Concord bank robbera, which was chiefly brought about by the sharpness of our Boston detectives. That robbery as it turns out by the story of the principal actor in it, was one of the coolest and most elaborate “breaks” which tne criminal annals of this country show. The burglars visited the bank no less than eight)- nights, taking impressions of locks, &c., before they had pre pared everything for the attempt, and at the last mo ment, finding that the combination lock of the vault was only left uulocked in the day time, they effected the entrance while the cashier was at dinner, in broad day, and secured booty amounting to over $306,000. Some $200,000 has been recovered. Much of the propperty stolen was in the form of securities deposited for safe keeping. It was said at the time of the -break” that the philosophic Emerson had lost nearly all his property, and that was probahlv true. The e.ent shows that bank robberies are no't very- profitable enterprises in this section, added to the les son furnished by Green of Malden, who murdered tlie youthful teller of tbe Malden bank, -and now lies in tbe jail at East Cambridge, awaiting that sentence of death, which is, however, likely never to come. About’ Green it is reported that ex-Gov. Andrew, who has returned to the practice of the law, has notified Gov. Bullock that if Green is sentenced he will bring a writ of error and do hiB best to quash the proceed ings. He is not moved by sympathy for Green, but takes the ground that lie was sentenced on his plea of guilty, the degree not having been found by a iurv. It is queer what shifts politicians will make to serve their own ends. At the tints of the assassination of President Lincoln, a man named Stone, Swampscott, some twelve miles from here, expressed his great pleasure at the deed w? -neighbors assembled and rode hitq on STo. 156 aXBB01f8 , BVZU>QT5 on Congress street, east of the Market, and at the second store from the end of tbe building. JAMES H. ROBERTS. DWIGHT L. ROBERTS. 126-tf EDWARD S. LATHROP. GENTLEMEN'S GREY FLANNEL SUITS, For'Spring and Summer Wear. We invite attention to a very^desirable lot of Ready-made GREY FLANNEL SUITS, manufactured expressly for this market, which are being offered at very low prices. THE ETE, EAR, AND TBRflAY. D ll. WRIGHT, of Toronto, Canada West, Physi-J clan and Surgeon, Oculist and Aurlst, can be 1 consulted on Deafness, Discharges from the Ear, no.ses iu the Head, Catarrh, Diseases of the Throat aud Lungs.- All diseases of the EYE, requiring eitheir Medical or Surgiral aid attended to. Office No. 41, in Dr. Thoa. Buckler’s old office on Lexington street, Baltimore, Md. Office hours from 9 to 12 A. II., and 3to 5 P. M. LATHROP & CO., *• * Corner of Congress-and Whitaker Streets. Wanted. WANTED. T WO WHITE 8ERVANTS, one small family, and the other tf> HOLCOMBE & CO. as Cook for a be Waitress and Chambermaid. References required; wages liberal. Apply at this office. f27-6 ” Situation Wanted, LANDING. A S Shipping or Receiving Clerk. Best of refer ences given. Choice Muscovado Molasses, tierces and barrels. in hogsheads, Address “ J. B. C.,’’ 120 Savannah Post Office. IN rail, tyrml sail feat he ret} tyim, ajjd committed other acU against the dignity of tho commonwealth, and to STORE. 400 barrels and half barrels Flour, various | grades and brands. 2”0 barrels Peach Blow Potatoes. 3500 pounds Codfish. 25 bags Prime Rio Coffee. Nurse Wanted. A RICE tidy girl to take care of a child eighteen O, months old. Apply to S. M. COLD1NG, <21 No. 163 Congress street. Situation Wanted. the serious injury-of Bald Stone. The case made con- . sidcrable noise in the papers at the time, and the act was generally applauded, owing to the excited state of popular feeling. The first man to apply the tar and feathers was an old vetrran of four-ecore years, who had assisted at a like operation some fifty years ago when *-o]H Find Tpasoy, with hi. hunt 1 , ALSO, gY a middle aged man, in a wholesale dry goods or 200 packages Hazard's Powder. 200 bags Shot. grocery store. Understands packing, marking, I shipping and receiving goods. The - very best or ref- prpnrpft crivpn Annl* othAT PNv afrPrxf *'■> ’ For Sale. FOB SALS, Each Lot lias a width of sixty-seven Inches, aud is one Imndred and eighty j making an area of two hundred and , feet tty one hundred and eighty. Thii abundant room lor the erection of a 1 sive proportions, or for any kind of 1 For any of which purposes these lots uated, iteing near to the Central Bali on one of the principal streets of the city. The above Lots may be treated for at private sale separately or together, and if not disposed of previously, will be offered at public sale In front of the Court Honse on the first TUESDAY in April next, by T. J. Walsh. At which time and place will also be offered Lot No. 3 . Franklin Ward, on Broughton street, and the Island of Great Warsaw, containing two thousand acrc3 - R- T. GIBSON, Executor, of estate of Dr. c. p. Richardson. fl2-eod FOB SALE. Plantations on Ocmnlgee River, in Irwin Co. when ‘-old Flud Treson, with his hard heart, was 1 tarred aud feathered and carried in a cart by the women of Marblehead,’’ as narrated in Whittier’s ballad. Stone afterwards brought his action for damages, and the matter was settled by his acknowledging satisfac-1 -»- u, , ,, ■ tion. Butthe Grand Jury found bills against the I .1. th ,°. fl P°. of . 1 ? ev *h PattHop & [ . GOOD tenant may befound fora comfortable tly came up & 4 A house, pleasantly located, by addressing F. O. Notce. WANTED. | Co. in the Dry Goode business, at the old stand of D-tr HENRY LATHROP A CO. JOHN GRAY, DEALER IN Wooden Ware, Brooms, their seats in the Sqdate and House, was received with the intenseetmanifeatations of delight; while hi* al lusions to jbe manifest destiny of this country to em brace the continent, elicited almost sqqa) applause- After the Secretary pf Stgte had coqclqded his speech, the Postmaster General, Mr- Dennison, spoke, defending with great ability the veto of the Freed men’s Bureau bill. The concluding speech was made by the Honorable Mr. Raymond, who was greeted upon his appearance on the stand, and repeatedly du ring his speech, by t^e enthusiastic applause of the meeting. The News thus concludes its notice of tbe meeting: “ We hail witb delight this unmistakeable manifes tation of the purpose of the people of New York to sustain tbe President in his efforts to defend the Con stitution against the assaults of the Radical* and to perpetuate our republican instltffti.ins. Of course there are many things in the address, the resolutions and the apeeches to which We cannot give our assent; but we are glad to know that tbe mass of tbe Republi can party in this city have, under tbe guidance of their wisest leaders, bravely and patriotically separated themselves from the fanatical fiction which controls tbe Congress, and rallied around the President, in support of the Constitution, and of the principles enunciated in his annual message, and in his veto of the Freed men’s Bureau bill. This is the .great and essential mint. It establishes these facts; that the Freedmen’s lureau will never be permitted to blight tbe industry of tbe 8outh and destroy the liberties of tbe country; that tbe right of suffrage will not be conferred upon the negroes against the will of the people of the several States in which they live; and that while An drew Johnson is President the republic will survive. “Let good men everywhere take heart again. Let them everywhere meet together and pledge to the President that they will be trne to him so 101 shall be true to the Constitution.” principal perpetrators, and the cases recently for trial before Judge Lord at Salem. The Judge is a very conservative man of the “old Whig” stripe, and, as it happens, the District Attorney is another of the aaiqe kind, The counsel for the defendants asked for a postponement, so that Gov. Andrew, the senior coun sel, could be present. The Court did not see any ne cessity for the postponement. Neither did the Dis trict Attorney, and the case seemed bound to go on. But “ there is more than one way to kill a cat.” A measure was immediately introduced and put throngh the Legislature ordering the Attorney General to ap pear for the commonwealth in all such cases, thus su perseding the District Attorney. Tbe measure was ably opposed by the Democratic minority, but of course, without avail. It was one of those questions which argument could not affect, and which show very plainly that the “if” and “if" of some patriots only came in when it ia their hull that has gored somebo dy’s else ox. The opera having departed, the Ravels are drawing almost as large audiences at the Boston, though the ladies, with nice discrimination, do not find it neces sary to honor this troupe with full dress. • A great social event to come, which is now talked of agreat deal is a grand ball for the benefit or soldiers and sailors at the Boston Theatre on the 15th of nexf month; The tickets are to be J$15 each, and all kinds 1 rsvnvna a T a „n, „• . r . , ,, of liquors are to be excluded. Unfortunately the I IJHGPOSALS_will be received for the repair of the managers are a set of snobs, and tbe affair will not] -*- ."'®“ ew °ri £ between Hutchinson and Fig Islands. 1 box 213, giving particulars. 1-tf To Rent. A PL ANTATION containing about 2,000 acres, 600 iff- °\ which Is under good fence. On this place there is a good Dwelling with outbuildings, Barns, aDd Screw, with good quarters for 30 hands, and one of the b€3t Wood Landings this side of Hawklnsville. A portion £k e J a , Dl * was planted in corn last yeiu: &nd Yielded 95 nnshels to the acre. 100 head Cattle, 200 do. Sheep and a lante stock of Hogs will be sold at the same time; if desired _,‘b Coffe. county, a Plantation containing about 1500 acres, and possessing all the advantages of the above one. For farther particulars, apply to __ l. j. a on, Martin a To Rent. ^AILB,.BRUSHES, MATS, Twines, Cordage, Tubs, Churns, Cradles, Wagons, Chairs, Baskets, Ac. Nos. 15 Fulton and. 303 Front Sts, NEW YORK jS'-Sm fflHREB ROOMS hiw rwid—ta near the Park, eon- fe sidered one of the most pleasant and healthy locations in tbe city. i,, Apply at thfs office.' — J ^ 1 * f-»7-3 m BOJT FOR SALE. TnHE Screw-Tag RELIEF, 08 tons, wood hull: t A length on deck, 67 feet; draft, 7 feet 10 inches; Storehouse. A GOOD and convenient Storehouse for Rent.— Apply at 194 Bay street. 15-tf To Mechanics. uiuxiuqviu aaxv. a Uvv ul Olivvo, aiiU VMw otli.lt will liU. I A . . , . , , _ . * ^ ^ • bo likely to reflect much credit on the city, Or to do I Applications must be addressed to the undersigned, much good to the class for whore benefit it Is ostensi- 11 h “ ir " , “ r ’ bly provided. A mammoth work is suggested for this city—a work like one of those grand Parisian evolutions by which Louis Napoleon has beautified the French capital. In one section of this city there are several crowded streets, embracing about five hundred houses, mostly of brick, which are suffering from defective drainage, caused by filling up tbe back bay. The defect has be come a nuisance. At high tides the cellars arc flooded and the whole region thre tens to become a fever neat. It is proposed for the city to buy the whole eection, re move tbe houses, elevate the grade sixteen feet, widen the streets, and sell the new lota thus made. -The scheme involves the expenditure of about $2,000,OUO, ' all I Chairman Dock aud Wharf Committee. 116 JOnN WILLIAMSON. To Rent. Tie Store mier St. Andrew’s Hall, Sc CO., No. 148 Bay street. lias one high pressure engine, anchors, ihains, Ac.! Ac., Ac. -■-Impure of R. c. Mclntire SC Co., Hilton Head, South Carolina, or YORK, WILLIAM% -McINTIRE A CO., * 28 Savannah. TT Notice. . A LL persons having demands against the estate of Edward G. Wilson, deceased, of Chatham county, are respectfully requested to hand thcmln properly au thenticated ; and all persons indebted to Mid estate are requested to make immediate payment to ANA IS WILSON, Administratrix. Corner of Jefferson St. and Broughton St. Lane. POSSESSION GIVEN IMMEDIATELY. Apply on the premiae*, to but it is believed that it wotlid pay all expenses and a \ r rx Pscl-so-ps nct.ves ami on m h«iu —- profit besides, besides being a great improvement to 50 sale torte trade bv Q ’ ^k^ 8 gra<Je8 ’ for the city. I — As I have said, amusements are lively and well SHERRY WINE. T. W. SCHWARZBNBACH. long as he ftoiannacATED.] Behavior in Public Assemblies. I have been excessively annoyed several times of late at public places of amusement, and even in some instances while attending divine service, by young persons who chatige seats, whispered, laughed, made signs, and even in some cases talked aloud, while the lecture or other performance was going on. It must be perfectly evident to all who frequent pub lic assemblies that this evil is alarmingly on the in crease, and that indecorous conduct in such places is far more frequent now than it was in this city ten years ago. In moat cases, we presume, a variety of causes have qnspirtti to bring about this Undesirable state of hings* foremost among which may be mentioned the demoralizing effects of the late war, which has begot- patronized. The Ravels are at the Boston; at tbe Museum they are presenting nightly to crowded houses a fine spectacle called “The Sons of the Cape,” (Cod), written by Dr. Jones of this city, who wrote the “Silver Spoon,” "The People’s Lawyer," and numer ous plays so well known; at the Theatre Comique, they MACKY, BEATTIE SC Co., 2i'3 and 205 Bay street.- SUNDRIES FOR SALE. FOR SALE. 50 BBL&POBE VINEGAR have "^ntominre^and bMlct; at the Continentel, the 1?NGLISII ALE botthd and In bulk, per British Hanlan Brothers; at the Howard, horse-opera, ex-| ^^P Golconda_ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ travagazizas, Ac. Besides these a great variety of negro minstrels, panoramas, concerts, lectures, and various other “shows” are well patronized. The weather is delightful today, after a warm rain, which has swollen the streams in the country and re newed the ham of industry on their hanks, Iota, Orates of Crockery, I Ground Nuts. BRYAN, HARTBIDGE A CO , 163 Bay street PER STEAMSHIP CUMBPIA, f2T-2 Saddlery. ROOFING. w are now prepared to take contracts for apply- Fordyce, Anderson & Janney, 10 Stoddard’s Range, up stairs. E. L. NEIDLINGER, CORNER OF Bamari ail Brongliton. Streets, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WARREN’S FIRE-PROOF ROOFING, I or to famish the material. It possesses all the requisite merits, i* water-tight I | and fire-proof, will uot expand and contract with beat and cold, is not injuriously affected by change of temperature, will bear more than doable ttie heafof metal roofing without damage to the boarding be- [ neatli it, is easily and quickly repaired ir lnjnred. Gutters of the same material may be formed on the roof. Lard. tff Packages Prime LEAF, uv For sale hr MACKY, BEATTIE A CO.. 203 aud 205 Bay street. Notice. The felt sad cement being aon condnctora of beat, — V jbgo. from New Lnd** 1 ^ so Cool In Sommer nor so wdrtn in winter, f T ork, will please attend to the reception of their W OULD respectfully announce to his friends and the public generally that be ha resumed the SADDLERY BUSINESS. | Its cost Is ranch leas than that of aay other Fire-proof Roof now la wee. Roods, Press. landing this day at Lamar's wharf. Lower next door to his former stand, and by strict attention and moderate prices, hopei to receive s liberal share of the trade. He Is ~ ” all orders for For more detailed particulars, price of roofing, tes timonials, Ac:, apply to BOUSE * BRYANT, fS-lm -194 Bay street. All goods remaining on the wharf after sundown wll.be stored atrtskrad^nreofownrra.^^ prepared to make up promptly HARNESS, BRIDLES,' ETC. Hie brother, Mr. If. a ^gJTOEB. wMl be found nijiinii iiiiii ■ yinuMlm Just Received, gg FIRKINS Extra Leaf LATd t nedUioffd Frloem. TONS superior Liverpool Parlor Coal, land ing from ship England’s Queen. tons lump I ir|mneap iflruli mr stea CHARLES L. COLBY * CO. . 400 tons Lackaws , For rale in lota to I fT-eod2w CLAGHORN St CUNNINGHAM. FOR SALE. . l.-tr :^br ■ its sotiu i Schooner ABBY B, 50.83-100 tAfe-;^.-.. Li burthen ; length, 64 feet; breadthJW’J ' feet; depth, 7 feet. Lately repaired , and painted, and is in good condition for sea. Foresail and rigging new, and • mainsail in good condition. Will be sold low, if applied for immediately. f-G-5 EDWIN B. HERTZ k CO. FOR SALE. 7B lit good shipping order. CHAS. L. COLBY k CO., Corner Bay and Abercorn etc. FOR SALE. ACHINRKY for a Ban ivL Planing Machine and G , - Mill, complete, with Planing Machine and Grist Mill attached, hav ing been ran only six months. Engine forty hors* power. Rnqnire of CHARLES L. COLBY Sc CO., fI4-tf Corner Bay and Abercorn sts. FOR SALE. Two Wooden Dwei between Abercorn Apply to j27.tr BRYAN, HARTBIDGE d CO. illings on Congress street and Lincoln streets. FOR SALE. I OFFER for sale the aciUhein half of the known an F Bryan County, «»the ealtr. It is considered one of the most heathy locations in the Slate. There la abotit five or six hundred acres ofland, with Dwelling. Kitchen, Sta ble, Carriage House, and brick store room. Forfar- thar particulars, apply to me through thia office. BM WILLIAM PATTERSON. SIX BALES SEA ISLAND RAGGING. t-»v— FOBDYCE, ANDERSON k JANNEY, . 18 Stoddard's Range.