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nrmtin 3. H. ESTlij,, PROPRIETOR.” S N A If. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1868. ESTABLISHED 1850. Site ^toning |tewg. So. ill Bay Street. largest Circniation-in City and Country. TERMS- • " ^" Daily $10 00 TrI-weelcly.... e_0O COUSJBT ffUBSCSBIPTlONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. ,. aB communications must be addressed to the pro- ^ penoub wishing the-paper famished for anytime l&t than one year-wall have their orders promptly at tended to, when remitting the amount for the time de- jlrsd- So city subscription discontinued unless by positive order left at the office. , m3" Correspondence containing important news, jrom any quarter, solicited. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. To Advertises*. A SQUARE is ten measured lines of Nonpareil of ' n rmm - i j First insertion, $1 00 per square; each subsequent ^B^ienta for one month or longer will be in erted at special rates, which can be ascertained at the office* *■ • 7 Vdvcrtisements outside of the city must be accom panied with the cash. by telegraph — TO — the morning news. From Washington. Washington, December ' 1.—Chief Justice Chase decided several confiscation cases, sus taining Underwood’s previous decisions. The decisions involve the declaration that the confiscation laws are constitutional, and that where there was no appearance and plea by defendants admiralty side, the District Court had fall jurisdiction to decree confiscation and sale. Mr. Chase, however, desired the question to come before'a full bench of the Supreme Court, and an appeal on writ of er ror vas granted. Richard A. Dana, of Boston, will represent the Government in the argument to squash the indictment of ex-President Davis. Commissioner Bollins has returned. There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day. The Revenue to-day amounted to $692,000. The segar-maker’s strike in New York ended by a compromise. i Gen. Grant in a letter to the Mayor of Bos ton, accepts with thanks the hospitalities of fered, but begs to be excused from any pub lic demonstration. He- will stop at the St. Janies Hotel, and will be glad to receive per sons who may call. Gen. Grant’s majority in California is 105. gold in the Treasury about $90,000,000. From New Orleans. New Orleans, December 1.—Dr. South- worth published in yesterday evening’s paper a card containing his correspondence with Gen. Rousseau concerning the paragraph in the New York Herald?s version of Gen. Rous seau’s repent t° Cfoxq. Grant, which does not appear in the copy on file at Army Headquar ters- Gen. Rousseau states that the para graph reflecting on Dir. Sontfeworth appearing IS {fle Iferqid^ forms a part of his annual re port t« Gen. Grant. Dr. Sonthworth adds that he never visited Gen. Rousseau’s head quarters except on business and in interest of peace and order, and qeyer uttered the ex pressions attributed to him in the interpola ted paragraph. He denounces the paragraph as false and malicions, and so far as refers to . > « S *r,_ 1 -. r •„ . , him entirely untrue. The publication of his report in any shape by the Herald was with- out authority from Army Headquarters and was entirely unauthorized by Gen. Rousseau. From Cuba. Havana, December 1.—Official reports state that there was fighting at Yiela del Cobra. The revolutionists lost sixty-two hailed' and many wounded. The Government lost three killefl and fen wounded. Many foreigners have joiqed the volunteers new in the field. Prominent Mexicans jhere deny that any Mexicans are concerned in the revolution. The only foreigners who hold prominent positions with the revolutionists are Domini cans. , , Commerce here is flat, merchants preferring to store q large porfroq of their goods .to await fte resu(t of the revolution. Merchants are Paly buying to supply immediate demand. Havana, December 1.—Later advices from Santiago, of the engagement at Viela del Co bra, increase the number of revolutionism killed. . FROM NEW YORK. Charter Election—Burning of Fort La- fayette;&c. *- New York, December 1. —The. Charter elec- : ion is progressing quietly. The election of A. Oakley Hall, tho Democratic <^dfiU&for ayor, is conceded by all parties. The Government sold $300,000 in gold to day at 35-100: . Fort Lafayette, in the harbor, is on fire. Danger is apprehended from the explosion of magazine containing thirty tons of pow der. The Tribune says the reported larceny, of $8,000,000 is the latest sensation in .the re- cordsedneeming the thieving in the Erie Rail road. y.jf, J. ....rjM ! The GoveThment hah ’ issued SI,990,000 in bonds to the Pacific Railroad during, the month of November. .ThCState’sAUqrhey General has taken pos- issionW the - Eritf Railroad, ttnd - pia&ed'-it' Under the management of" Jay Gould, wliiclf' virtually leaves everything as it was before.’ The Sub-Treasury balance is $87,500,000. The National Trade Convention, - Cincinnati, December 1;—The National Board of Trade convenes to-morrow. Many delegates have arrived. The Atlanta Municipal Election. Atlanta, December 1.—The Mayor and City Council have ordered the postponement ®f the Legislature in January, taking ground that negroes are not entitled to vote by the Legislative law granting the city charter, and that the election will be mill and void unless the present Legislature strike out the word “Vhite” iq tfle cjty clmpteT, The -Democrats alaim that the State Oonstitationand the Be- conatrnction laws give the negroes the right to vote, municipal laws to the contrary not- rtthstanding, and propose holding a, regular election, allowing the blacks to vote, leaving the Legislature to decide as to its legality. Foreign News, Liverpool, December 1.—The ship jPleefc- ^ing, of Quebec, recently abandoned at sea, Wrived here to-day. Parib, December,!.—The prjqters of this are on a qtpjke, tfOsnoN, December 1.—The present Liberal Majority is one himdred and twelve. It is reported that Napoleon as . suffering from diabetes, and the Empress Eugenie; is giving unusual attention to public affairs. From St. JLonl*. St. Loots, December . 1.—The Merchants’ hfiS passefl resolutions feyoring the hnion of the telegraph with the postal de partment. - - ■ ■ Bloomfield & Co.’s storage house was Loss, $150,000. Marlqe Disaster!. Qpeesstqwn, December !-—The ship, Isa bella, from Liverpool for New York, put in here damaged by a collision during a gale. Lisbon, December 1,—Tb* brig Gladiator, from New York, has arrived here leaky. {Completion of an Important Railroad. Augusta, December 1.-—The Columbia and Augusta Railroad is finished, from Columbia f° Grqniteville, ten miles from Augusta, '"'here it connects with the South Carolina Baflroad. Trains ran through yest erday. ' i.r r* — The Florida Muddle. Tallahassee, Fla.; December 1.—The ar gument on the motion last reported in the Supreme Court was continued all day. It will doubtless conclude to-morrow mi A Read Man Before an Arkansas Court. An Arkansas correspondent of the New Or leans Picayune tells the following story of the rigid manner in which justice is meted out to men in that region: ' Some years ago a man without a family or relations lived in a county in this State, and was possessed of an estate worth $5,000. He went to New Orleans, and was absent for years without being heard from. The pro bate judge granted administration upon his estate, wound it up, and discharged the ad ministrator. The man at length returned; he had been to Mexico. He applied to the judge for his property, when in open court the fol lowing dialogue took place: Dead man. If yonr Honor please, I want, my effects returned to me, as you see I am not dead. The Court. I know; .that is, I, as a man, know that you are alive and in court; but, as a court, I know that you are dead; for the records of the court say so, and against their verity there is no averment. Bo says Lord Coke and a good many other books I never read. Dead man. But I want my property, and it’s no matter to me whether your records lie or not. I am alive, have not transferred my property, and to deprive me of it without my consent is without all law. The Court If you insinuate that this Court lies the Court will send yon to jail. Dead man. Send a dead man to jai-V The Court. Mr. Sheriff, take the appari tion out. iz Sheriff. Be thou ghost or goblin damned, I’ll speak to thee. Come on; let’s go take something to drink. The Judge stuck to it that, so far as his. court was concerned, he was dead,* and he should stay deadr The poor fellow went into chancery and spent all he made in Mexico. The President's Message. The President’s message is said to be near ly completed, and is reported as being quite voluminous. One of the 'Washington corres pondents writes of it as follows. We reprint his utterances without vouching for their ac curacy: President Johnson, in his annual message, will congratulate himself npon the tact that it is to be bis last. He says no man has ever surrendered official responsibility with a moiety of the pleasure with ; which he will va cate the Presidential chair. His message will vindicate at length the past policy of his ad ministration, not for convincing those to whom it is addressed, bpt to place on record a full vindication of his official action. The message reviews the reconstruction acts, and compares the reconstruction policy of Congress with the policy of his administra tion as. viewed in the light of the Constitution as well as npon their intrinsic merits, as plans for restoring peace and prosperity to a dis tracted country. President Johnson is better satisfied: than ever of the wisdom of the plan of restoration which he proposed, and snys that time has tended to establish the fallacy of Congressional reconstruction. Referring to the general shock whicluthe Constitution had received at. the hands of the dominant party, he cites cases of tyranny and outrage which were its necessary results. This por tion of the message closes with an eloquent appeal to the Ameridan people to stand by the Union of theStates, but at the time not to forget' that the Constitution is the sheet-anchor of their'freedom. a &--- *-.**< v* ■ —~ • The Chief Justice’s Late Decision «JU the Test Oath, • r Chief Justice Chase’s action in dispensing with the “ iron-clad oath ” .as a test for grand jurors, is made the occasion of some appro batory comments by the New York Times. That journal says that the general judgment of the public will approve this action, and ..will ‘‘regard it as the harbinger of peace." The Times add: We hope the time may very soon come when this oath may be dispensed with alto gether, as a test for office involving either civil or political duties. That it should ever have-been required as a condition of serving on juries, seems absurd, tflongh cqses might arise in which a voluntary ana active partici pation in the rebellion might warp the judg ment and lead to an unjust verdict But we are glad to see that in the opinion of the Chief Justice the time for such fears has passed away, and that the ‘‘iron-clad oath ” heed ho longer embarrass the admin istration of justice in the Southern States. We hope Congress will deem it wise to dis pense with that oath in a good many other cases in whieh it is now required. An oath to support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States ought now to be , sufficient. | t Butler Alive and Deai>.—The-following is suggested' as a suitable text for Ren. But ler’s funeral - . ' ’ [• “And the basins and the firepans, and the cauldrons and the candlesticks and the spoons and the enps, that was of gold in gold and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the guard took away.”—Jer. 11, 19. If this is the text, the following will be the sermon, in imitation of another fronj a Yan kee brother, with a twang, baa been asked by some of bis congregation, and re- lnqtantly consented to deliver a funeral ad- ^“Dear brethren (said the reverend person of the pulpit, and most nasally), I have been asked I have been desired; I have been im portuned—to deliver tifts. oration, in this Church, over the body of this, our departed brother. He was a bad man, and we all Jrnowed it He had horses, and he druv ’em; he had cooks,' and he fit ’em. But (said the minister, looking more hopefully), they do sav be was occasionally useful at tunes. The bearers will now remove the corpse, while the choir will sing the very comforting hymn— >■ ‘With rapture we behold Tfio awfuleuaj renjoved.’’' With such a text and sneb a sermon on spoon's and candlesticks, Butler will live for ever, and ns Tliad. Sterns said of one of tas friends, whether iii immortal flame or fame, time will show.—V. Y.Fjrpress. Shot.—About 7 d'cloclt last nigbt. Dr. Pink Campbell was shot in tbe cheek bv BUI Burge. The latter had jnst had a difficulty of some sort vfith Captain Wyly, at Muhlenbnnk’s, after which he stepped into the street. In a few moments he retimied to the aoor ana banged away apparently at random, the shot taking effect as above stated, fho weapon was a Deringer pistol, large sized, loaded with bird shot The wounds of DbiG. are by no p.nnii dangerous. —Atlanta Constitution. LETTER FROM MIDDLE GEORGIA. Tremendous Crops—Conventions—Fairs— Tournaments. Midd:lk Geoeqia, November 28, 1868. Eiitors Morning Xetcs: A most stupendous tidal, wave of - agricul tural improvement is sweeping over our part of the State, and some of'the outer ripples are breaking over even the benighted,regions of thp. seaboard. We have become , the best fanners—orT'paper— that this' or any other' age hagHyerkbown. Just cast ybur Cyes over the pages"of ohr' journals,' ifcqgi daily and you will seeJjpch crops os wonkls cause-the eyes of a Euffin to twinkle with delight The Savannah papers, too, contain an occasional good field of cotton, corn- or rice, but they do not make the splendid dis play of cereals and “miime -snow” that ’ onrs do. Why, last ffliring, when' most of the cot ton in the,State was about six inches high, A certain gentleman made the statement, in the public prints, that his whole' crop averaged nearly two feet True, the Committee ap pointed to investigate the matter found that his “whole crop” consisted of three stalks, that volunteered to spring up in some shel tered comer of his garden, "but it was his “whole crop,” and the gentleman’s veracity came forth from the ordeal unscathed. Not even the smell of fire was fohnd on its gar ments. Other instances, almost as noteworthy, were brought to light during the summer. Va rious enormous crops, Of from forty feet square up to three-fourths of an acre, displayed the mrift extraordinary skill on the part of pro prietors and oxcellent managers. Seriously, though, many practical men are turning their attention to the solution of the problem how to adapt our agriculture to the new circum stances that-have resulted from the war; and they have shown that one acre can be made to produce' what three, ten, and in some in stances twenty, used to yield. Their experi ments have shown the most soul-inspiring facts. They have demonstrated that, whereas we once scratched over hundreds of acres of worn-out hill-sides to make -our twenty-five or fifty bales of cotton, our five hundred or one thousand bnshels of com, or Bkimmed over forty or fifty acres to got fifty or one_ hundred bushels of wheat, our soil all the" while washing away and leaving frightful gul lies to greet the eye, now we can select a com paratively small spot of level or beautifully undulating land, manure it highly, work it thoroughly, gather from it as mnch as we did from the broad expanse of poverty-stricken old fields, render onr landscape agreeable and pleasant to the eye, and vastly- increase the value of the land, instead of making it an eye-sore to the vision of the traveler, besides reducing it to that delectable condition in which it would hardly ‘‘sprout peas.” Far be it from me to ridicule such men or such efforts. On the contrary, I land them to the skies. I do commend and honor him who “makes two hinges pf grass grow where only one gy«w before,” and lpray Heaven to bless these benefactors of their seotiou and their race, But with the sudden impetus given to the discqsbion of such topics, tire scribbling and spouting about them, there is necessarily connected an Immense deal of unmitigated gas and hhmbug. The actual workers oan- not be praised too highly. "The mere talk ers,- who never did and never will do any thing, afford a good deal of amusement. Perhaps they do no harm. Possibly they ef fect a modicum of good. All this speaking and writing about the development of our resources, the increasing of our material prosperity, to the comparative exclusion of political topics, show the bent of our minds, it proves wqt w’C are at least interested in improving b.ny- condition as planters—as till ers of the sail—rather than befndillihg onr brains with the abstractions of Government mongers,’ or lashing onr passions into fury with the wild appeals of designing; selfish demagogues. You have seen hY the papers that several conventions have been called, to meet in Macon abo.ut th e IQth. of December, one to see aboht immigration, one of the old “Cot ton Planters”—something. I’ve forgotten what—and’qne of the State Agricultural So ciety. Rot haying a newspaper before me containing the. requisite information, I per haps fail to give the correct names. Of course aU these things show that the minds <ef onr people have been running upon mat ters of this sort; but the actual, immediate, moving cause for Ml this, caffing of‘conven tions, seems to be flue to what the Macon Teleyraph designates a s ‘-‘the very clever little exhibition" In the way of a fair, that eame off inEatonton, Rnttfllih county, commencing on the 21sf of October, Honor'to whom honor is due. I was there and onght to have sent the MoaNlNQ News .a- communication concerning it. I promise hereafter that Mr. Eatill and Mr. Thompson shall hear direct from aU such occasions of interest- That exhibition was really creditable, but it is too late to give particulars, However, from what the Bj. e Pqti ve Committee told me of their difficulties, J was surprised that they succeeded so W«iL Of one thing I am satis fied—that next yeAr they will have something, worth a ride, even from Savanhah. Macon, however, onr Middle Georgia city, promises something that will overshadow, though it cannot supersede; any county or district fair. The egraph and the Journal and Messenger have .told you all about it. Sa vannah must come to that. There yon will find something on. which to feast your eyes— something . to/,make you proud that you are Georgians^ Of. course thejFwiU have a tour nament, ' What would a Southern fair be without a tournament?—The play of Hamlet with"Hamlet left out Don’t big turnips and knight-errantry go hand in hand ? Fat beeves and blooded horses accord-well together. Tilting for the privilege of crowning a queen of youth and beauty) is an admirable coun- terpart for a ploughing match. A silver gob let for the best bull is os good o,s a silver pitcher for the young blood who makes the most “points” on'tha course—that is, it would be, if it were worth fut much money, which was not the case at Montgomery, where the successful l?nigtit received a piece of plate worth one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Subsumcivis. -—. .» ■ ♦ « < : [From the Louisville Courier Journal. Nov. 24th.] Five Men Burled Alive by tile Fall Of »• Brick Kiln-. A most distressing calamity ,occurred yes terday morning at s:30 O’clock, at McCol lum’s brickyard; near the old Portland road, between'. Twenty-sixth -and -.Twenty-seventh streets. As two white men and three negroes were engaged in removing the “centre” or wood work which had partially supported the arch of a large kiln in the yard, the whole o arch, an immense mass of brick and heavy prefer plank, suddenly gave way, bnrying out of sight the whole five. The groans and cries of the ernshed’ and bleeding men, as they strove to extricate themselves, were terrible to hear, anil as' soon as possible Mr.’ McCol lum and,half a doseh of his men set to work to rescue the unfortunates. Not less than ten thousand br(ck had fallen, hut in an al most incredible short time every one of the mangled forms were drawn nut from the rub bish. . . . • ‘ Thomas Curran, a white laborer, who had been in the kiln, was found to. tov? been crushed to death, nearly all of his bones hav ing been broken by the heavy .planks which had fa.l’;c-upon him. - Be was doubtless killed 'iriitiintgneously. Andrew Steelei an other wlnto'man, was severely injured, hav ing his-thigh broken, and sustaining a num- her of ugly bruises. :The negroes, Charlie f or sevBnu-ijuuuira, Turner, Joe Bowman. and Aleck ___-, we» ‘ was heard on flic badly bruised and cut, hut were not 'injured seriously. Mr. McCollum and three-of his workmen were on the arch as it gavei way, but saved -themselves by jumping. [Special Correspondence oi the Morning News.] Superior Court" of the Rustem Circuit. M’INTOSH COUNTS. - The November (1868) term of the Superior Court of McIntosh county began its sessions on Thursday, the 26ih ult, Hon. William Schley, ‘Judge,'" presiding, and‘‘Alford B. Smith, Esq., of Savannah,. Solicitor General. Quite a number of .attorneys, jurors, wit nesses, and other p ereohs; were in attendance at the session of the Court. Among the for mer were Messrs. Gignillatt, DeLorme and Dumvoody, of the local bar; Messrs. Gaulden, Easley’ ‘ Farmer and McConnell, of Liberty county, and’ MessrS: Bussinger, Lester and Smith, of Savannah, - "'d number of true bills, for various offences, mostly misdemean ors. v.'/.'E' ' A true bill was Ydfiad against Yonng G. Davis, for the cfimH of mthfder, charged to have been e:on»mitotd-in Aiigusb lasf.npon ■ the person of-one -Thnotliy Davis. The de fendant, after having been arrested, managed to make his escape from the custody. of the f'hniifT and lofljfiir gwrli piililiini 11 ■ ncrfegal jury toffike'^gnizanM of themri^** A number of cases on the Common Law and Appeal . Dockets were tried,,none of them being of much 'public interest’save the ease of Baily »s. Gogdell, whieh was an action .for false imprisonment. Some time during the year 1867, while Cogdell was performing the duties of Mayor of Darien, Baily was brought before him for some offence, tried, and sen tenced to pay a fine of twenty dollars, or, in default thereof to be imprisoned. He alleged before the Court his .detention and imprison ment, and that it was illegal, from the feet that Cogdell was not Mayor, and had no right so to acL Tne jury returned a verdict in fa vor of defendant. Dumvoody for plaintiff, Gignillatt and Lester-for defence. The -cake excited considerable interest among the peo ple of that section. Several questions of no public interest were argued by Messrs. Basinger and Lester. The Court adjourned for the term, on Sa- turday morning. The people of McIntosh county have erect ed a commodious Court House and jail, which, in point of style and convenience, reflects much credit upon their enter])rise; and which will meet the demand of the pub lic business for many years to come. LIBERTY COUNTY. The November (1868) term of the Superior Court, of Liberty county, was commenced on Monday, the 30th inst. The Court did not appear to excite much interest among the people,- and there were few present except jurors, witnesses and attorneys. Some little business was trans acted, but no case of particular importance eame up. The Grand Jury fonnd a number of trne bills, the most of them being for misde meanors. Indictments were also found against one himdred and forty freedmen, for false swear ing, alleged to have been done on the oeca-. sion of the election, on the 3d of October, in taking oath that they had paid all taxes re quired of them for the preceding year. It was alleged that the offence was wilfully com mitted, and a strong effort will be made to have the offenders properly punished by the law. The Court adjourned for the term on the same dev (Monday). No people in the South have suffered mora from the effects of the late disastrous war than the citizens of Liberty county. It is sad to behold the ruin and desolation -which prevail wheje once was wealth, desolation and happiness. The broad fields are laid waste; former happy homes are silent and deserted; and want- and suffering predomi nate where once was prosperity aiid plenty. Judge Schley, Major Smith, major Bass’in- ger and Mr. Lester have all returned to Sa vannah. The next Court °f the Circuit will be ht Id in Bryan county, on Monday next, the 7th instant . Alter that the Judge will. have a season of rest until -Chatham Superior Court meets in January next. A Newiy-Marrieti Couple SuDiieated l>y Gas—Tile AVI Ye DCail. [From tlie Biggsville (Ill.) Plaindealer.] On Wednesday morning, November 11, Mr. Peter Shea, of Greenville, left his home with Miss Helen Griffiths Boyer, about seventeen years of age, daughter of Sir. T. C. Boyer, of Greenville, and proceeded to Gales burg, where they were married the same evening, After they 'were married they went to the American House and took lodgings for the night, intending to return home Thursday evening. Thursday evening they went to the railroad depot, but arrived too late to take the train, and retraced their steps to the hotel, where they were assigned to the same room they had previously occupied, No. 29. On retiring for the night Mr. Shea turned the gas down low, leaving a small flame burning. About ten o’oloek, at the suggestion of his wife, he got up and turned it .off; but in doing so Air. Shea thinks he must have accidental ly turned it on again. In the morning they were missed at the breakfast table, and the -chambermaid looked through the keyhole and saw Air. Shea's foot hanging over the side of the bed, and noticed that both parties yvere breathing heavily. She repotrted.-’ker observations to the landlady, who, we are in formed, took no notice of the matter.— Singular as it may seem, • no attempt was made to investigate-the. subject until one o’clock, when, they not appearing at the dinner-table, ’the door was forced open and the room discovered to be full of gas, and Air. Shea and'his wife in a state of insensi bility. Air... Shea recovered his conscious ness about six o'clock, but his wife did not recover sufticiently’to recognize any one and expired at ten o’clock A, M. Sunday. Mr. Shea’s left side is completely paralyzed, but he has the power of speech.' His recovery is pronounced by the physicians to be impossi- AJr. and Airs. Boyer, npon learning of this terrible calamity, proceeded at once to Gales burg and did all that was in their power to help the sufferers. . Mrs. Shea was buried on Monday, at 4 o’clock, P. M., the funeral taking'place at the Methodist Episcopal church at Hazel Dell. Execution of an Indian—Not n Tear Sbed. [From the Green Bay Gazette, Nov. lfj The execution - of Jacob Powles for the Christmas and New Years’ PRESENTS. I - WOULD RESPECTFULLY INVITE MY OLD CUSTOMERS, Patrons, and the. public generally, to call and examine my Stock of FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, Clirystallzed and Glazed; FRUITS. GREA3I, JELLY, Fruits and Bonbons. Chocolate. Cordials, Jcc. TOYS, FANCY GOODS, &c., Fine Wax, Biak, China, Rubber DOLLS and DOLL HEADS; ! ' ’ Fine TEA .-U-'tj - - A BETS; FURNITURE, seta or single: WORK BOXES; TOBACCO BOXES; TOILET SETS; Fine Motto CUPSnnd SAUCEE9,MUOS, VASES, Ac. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: MECHANICAL TOYS, DRUMS, DOLL .CARRIAGES, GOAT WAGONS, , SULKIES, Ac. FIRE WORKS, Wholesale and--Retail, Together with the nehal variety of BASKETS, RETI CULES, and FANCY BOXES. The whole comprises an assortment of the choicest and most desirable GOODS to be found in the market; well adapted to meet the wants of all who may feror me with their patronage. ... R. Mi HUNT, Cor. Whitaker and State Sts., Savannah, Ga. nov20-lm : CLOTHING —-A.T — REDUCED PRICES. aflWttrancr. murder of Antoine Somers, of his own. tribe, took place on Friday afternoon, the 13th instant, at two o’clock, at the Oneida settle- A large crowd was present from the drank from his well, Coventry, Vermont, boasts of the -meanest man of the period.' He presented a hiii pf $35 for the water whichischqol children had: only aa a spectator, instead of the principal meat. __ BWWWBW city. Everything, was arranged in order by the cliiefirof the tribe;-a-hollow sqnare was formed around the scaffold; guards were set,. and’perfect military'Order kept "during tlie execution. At twenty , minutes before two o’clock the culprit was conveyed to the ) grounds, sitting -bn his coffin.' ■ The- .inter- itor of the Oneida Church ac- companiedTiim to the scaffold] after-which' tfle interpreter made some remarks to the people in the Oneida language. Powles then addressed himqelf to. his brethren, the.sub stance of which, interpreted, meant that “he hoped none would do as he had done, and that he had given his soul to God soon after committing the deed;” arid' s^oke hopefully of his future life. His mother and wife then appeared, shook hands and bid him good-by;' then several of the chiefs and men of the tri,bo, but not a tear was shed for the unhappy culprit Powles then requested to have his coffin opened; when lie bent over the -scaffold to -look; this was fdiir minutes to two-o’clock. At two o’clock precisely the drop fell, and the sobl oif JacolfPowles was” launched into eternity. A slight' twitching of the muscles shriek from hjgxqother 11 back of the'scaffold, -where she had gone after the farewell,,, and in a few minutes all was ovei\ The doctor ex amined the corpse, and in twenty minutes after he was out down and buried. Poxyles showed but little agitation during the proceeding; observing everything with a calm and stoical maijger, as if he was there, HEIDT, JAUDON A CO., H aving purchased the stock of heidt & LUDLOW, and JAUDON. CRAVEN & CO., will dispose oi the saine at PRICES THAT CANNOT FAIL TO GIVE SATISFACTION. All who \rish good a WINTER CLOTHING, At Low Prices, Can obtain them at .the old stands of HEIDT & LUDLOW 154 Congress Street. AND AT JAUDON, CRAVEN & CO.’ 117 Brouglxton St. JC5- THOSE WHO PREFER, SUITS MADE TO ORDER* Car be accommodated-by leaving thedr measures Hi Broughton Struct., / novlS-lm’ MERCANTILE MUTUAL [MARINE] INSURANCE COMPANY, SEW YORK. ASSETS $1,404,410 riYHIS COMPANYHAVING PERFORMED ITS FULL JL share of that service.which the mercantile com- munity have s right to expect fg>m Insnrange Corpo- ' rations, during a period of TWENTY —FIVE YEARS, we solicit a share of business for it AU Losses Promptly Adjusted and Paid. On FOREIGN SHIPMENTS in Liverpool, if desired, and on COASTWISE either in Sew York or Savan nah- a -■■■ i jfgr- Policies issued making loss payaW® in GOLD when desired: j K. H. F00T3IAN & CO., Agents^ novlT-ly * Office in City Exchange Building. ■ “ THE NORTH BRITISH AND MEBCAjVTIXiE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF LONDON - AND EDINBURGH. ESTABLISHED IN 1809. CAPITAL AND ASSETS (IN GOLD): Subscribed Capital. .....,810,000,000 Cash Assets 813,603,803.85 Annual Income .§3,300,635 mHE SUBSCRIBER, HAVING BEEN APPOINTED I Agent for the above Company, is prepared to ■take BISKS ON BUILDINGS, COTTON, and MER CHANDISE GENERALLY, at current rates. PoBciea issued in gold or currency, at option ox applicant. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. guoittfoss Jirrctcnt. PHOTOGRAPHS, SiC. P hotographs, ambROtitpes^pok- CELAIN, &C.—Copies of every kind from old Pictures, stereoacorie Views of Bonaventnro am. Savannah. Cheap Frame?. Fitting Caa<». CC-, »[wc, * on hand J- N. Wilhoji, nov24 S. E. cor. Broughton and Whitafcer et*. jy28—6m HENRY BRIGHAM, Agent, , 115 Bay street. UNITED STATES LLOYD’S MARINE INSURANCE. T HE UNDERSIGNED, Agent for the above named Association, is prepared to take Bisks on ship ment of Cotton, or other merchandize, on favorable terms. All losses promptly adjusted and paid ON FOREIGN SHIPMENTS IN LONDON, and coastwise, either in New York or Savannah, at the option of the insured. H. BRIGHAM, Agent. Office Southern Insurance and Trust Company, 115 RETDMM TO THE CITY AND WISHING TO REPLENISH THEIR SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MKE* ■ > -CHANTS. GOWDY, Commission Merchant, Q Drayton tEWfrMyniWtoBtfgq mwAiurrm oc!6—3m —f—r t ~ H W -■B. ADAM3, Ch-mmissiaa Merchant, Drsjfea • street, next to Boy. oc3-r*f Lteioa Merchant, /SaRL EPMNG A CO-, General Commt Htoa Mer- J vy chants, 149 Bay street. Savannah, Georgia, YXco- . Consulate.' 1 of Spain and of the Netherlands. —jjjf-CARL EPPDiG.-Tfanber Merchant, Darien, ati ' Brunswick, Georgia., ncv25-tt B ABNEY &Co„ Commission Merchants, No- 12 . Stoddard's Upper Range. * Liberal advanci* -made on consignments oi CottnnZ "Wool, Sides, ic., ' to our friends in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New YoriL ' ~ ^ J C. ROWLAND & CtXTStGmse and Oencral Gun - . mission Merchants. Cotton taken oa Storage in Battersby’s First Class Fireproof Warehouses. Particular attention given to weighing acd sampling. . J. a ROWLAND. ,. ILH. ROWLAND, JF3L t 1X7TLBLNSON & WILSON. Cotton Factors and Gen- eral Commission Merchants, No. W Bay stcoet, Savannah, Georgia. Liberal Advances raadeon con- signments to ouraelves or our friends tn NewYMk and EiverpooL : jy=7 -YT7M. D. R. COLLAR 157 Bay street. Commission VV Merchants, Dealers in BaUrcad Supphea, Agents for IngersolTs Cotton Press, and znanu&c- § ii ii. .# a .1. fliMsa. -1— a jy 23 BILLIARD SALOONS. M etropolitan- billiard rooms, (five ot PHsttnT,Itekcl—slkhfcl. Bow sU«Ui.np|in site Screven House. j^-FRIELUNCH every cvmlng. mh21 D. MCCONNELL. PropriAor. BROKERAGE, EXCHANGE AND MISSION. COM- LBCY COBB INSTmiTEh ATHENS, GEORGIA. REV. FERDINAND JACOBS A £, E ORMERLY PRINCIPAL 'OF A HIGH SCHOOL for young Ladifes,.in.Charleston,,S.O,; subrie- quenily President of the Lawrenceville Female Col lege, 8. C,.havingbeen'elec ted Principal of this Insti tute, twill be opened^ by him for the reception of.' Pupils, MONDAY, Januaryilfl* 1868- Accompliahed and approved Teacher a in all Depart ments, have been engaged.' For Circulars, address JohnH. Newton, Esq., Pres ident of the BoanLof Trustees, Athens, Ga.; or, Bev. Ferdinand Jacobs, (till Jan. 1) Berzelia, Ga.: alter that, at Athens. nov24-lm MAGAZINES FOR DECEMBER. L ESLIE'S LADY'S magazine FOE DECEMBER; Godey's Lady’-Bqok for December. % Demorest’s Monthly for December, Peter8on'a-Lady*s Magazine for December, Le lion Ton for December, . Le Petit Messjger for December, ' Lady’s Friend for December, Harper's Monthly lor December, Atlantic Monthly for December, Putnam’s Monthly for December, Ballou’s Monthly for December, - Tbe-Land We Love for-December, The Old Guard for December, The Eclectic May for December, The Galaxy for December, * The Catholic World for December, Leslie’s Pleasant Hours.for Decemb Our Young Folks' for December, LippinootVs May for December, Every Saturday (monthly part) for November, M’estminster Review (quarterly), Edinburgh Review (quarterly). For sale at -ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT, nov26 , . Bull street, next to Post Offiec City Marshal’s Sale — OF— ; Market Stalls. Savannah, on WEDNESDAY/ the 2d day of next, at 10 o’clock a. in'., the Beef, Small Meat, Vege table, Coffee and Bread Stalls. In no instance will the bid of a person who is npt s butcher or vender of meats, provisions or vegetables, be received. THOMAS S. WAYNE, nov21-10t City Marshal. JONES’ INDEPENDENT HYiDIt-A.XJIjIO PRESS AND THOSE Commencing Housekeeping, CAN BUY, TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE, ALL IU9TDS OF HOUSE-FURNISHING GOOD CHINA, GtASSWAKE, Toilet Sets, Fancy Articles, &c. FROM J.W.STANSBUBY&CO,. 109 BROUGHTON STREET, at the old stand of E. 3D. SMYTHE & CO. iVotire. mHE ORIGINAL FIRM OF E. D. SMYTHE A CO. I waa suddenly dissolved, on the;21at of. MarcR last. AH debts due,the late firnxare directed to be paid to HENRY D - E-AW only, or his attorney, JOSEPH W. STANSBURY. e^l2S -tf PHCENIX GUANO, From McKean’s Island, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN PER TON 2,000 POUNDS, CASH: Price at Savannah $50 00 At Augusta 55 OO WILCOX, GIEDS & CO’S MANIPULATED GUANO ! A mixture of PHCENIX and No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, and which has PROVED TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MANURE in use. PER TON 2,000 POUNDS, CASH: Price at Savannah $65 00 At Augusta 70 OO PURE No. Now landing, direct from the Peruvian Agent, at LOWEST MARKET PRICE. Also, 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, TTNDEH DIRECTION OF THE MARKET COR- RTllST LAND PTiASTER. _U METTEE, ! will sAI at the Market, in thecitfo X>JM * atT/eKET PRrciT COTTON JS- yow PREPARED FOB BUSINESS, AND THE attention of all parties interested is respectfully in vited to the facilities it affords. NORMAN C. JOSES. * DAVID WALDHAUER, Superintendent. ocS0-3m torr — * * • FOR SALE, is the dreadful scene. fJIHAT VALUABLE RANGE OF BRICK STORES, - Known as “Bolton’s Range,’/ extending from Whita ker street, east, to Messrs. R. Habersham & Co.’s building, having 150 feet front on Bav street, in the centre of business on the Bay. also, • The WHARF LOT No. 7, with the improvements, in rear of the above mentioned range, and fronting 150 feet on the river. > . ALSO,' ’ The BRICK BUILDING fronting east on Reynold's Square, and known as the Planters’ Bank. To capitalists this property offers advantages fox in vestments equal to any in the city. For terms, apply to - GEO. W. ANDERSON and H.W. MERCER, • novl9-lm Assignees for Planters’ gaqk. TO MACHINISTS AND BIACKSMTEflS. J UST LANDING PER BRIG FLORA M. HURL BURT, the best Brood Top Bituminous COAL, for Smithing purposes. Also, on hand, several varieties of best Anthnacite Coal, for House purposes. Terms cash. nov24-Ct GRANTHAM I. TAGGART. A No. 1 Plantation Tor Sale, L ying fourteen miles below bain- BRIDGE, Georgia, containing 1.217 acres. 350 cleared and un der fence; quite productive and healthy; good v-ater and a fine saw and grist mill, and all kinds of timber and a few cabins and cribe. For particulars, inquire of R. H. BUTLER, Agent, novl9-2w " ~ ~ ‘ * Tallahassee, Fla. jY ot ice, Ladies! ' JpiLUTING; pfSEISG, STAMPING . -j- *SD DRESS-MAKING, AT OTTmu: L. LOUIS' TSATAfg, acp23 1/ 133 BROUGHTON STREP, T.up stalls. FOR SALE BY WILCOX, GIBBS & CO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GUANO, COMMISSION MERCHANTS; ALSO, AGENTS FOR THE WILLCOX & GI SILENT SEWING MACHINE, No. 97 B^y^street, Savannah, and No. 341 t£S~ Onr Agents will sell at same prices, necessary expenses added. jjy9—ly BOOTS AM) SHOES. B y late arrivals from Philadelphia and New York we have received a HANDSOME ASSORTMENT of LADIES, MISSES AXD CHILDBED’S SHOES, OF VARIOUS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, AND COLORS. ttartBIDGE A NEFF. Commisaion Merchants sod H Brokers. 163 Bay street. . WHOLESALE GROCERS. Xff H. DAVIDSON. Wholeeaie Dealer in Gvocerias, VV . Wines, Liquors, Teas and Cigars. 150 Ray street. Savannah. Sole Agent in the State of Georgia for Masaey, Houston & Co.'a Philadelphia Ale. jyuA- WATCHES AND JEWELRY. F GBOS CLAUDE, Dealer In Watches, Jewels . and Silverware. Bull street, opposite Maaor^S’ Hall. Savannah, Ga. Watches and Jewdiy careruii repaired. ' nov7^tf ARCHITECTS AID ENGINEERS. -,|-TTT T .T.T:Tt..e'HRnYN. Architects and Civil and gc- iVJL chanical Engineers, sonthweat corner Bay and Bull Btrcete. up etaira. M. P. Mctuxb, Ctvfl and Me chanical Engineer; DeWitt Bbotv. Architect, tocta FAINTING AND GLAZIN' O. UBPHY It CLARK, Bryan Street, opposite tha Bant State of Georgia, House, Sign, Ship and Steamboat Painters, Gilding, Graining, Marblingsnd Glazing. ' Signs of every description. jyzS PLASTERERS. H any k nrr.T.Y. Plain and Ornamental Plaater- ers and Dealers in Laths, Lime, Pla.tcr, Hair, Cement and Building Material, Bryan street, between Drayton and Abercom streetB. aogl-tf BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS. lirM. ESTUX, Bull street, next to the Boat < W Dealer in Newspapers, Mi gaztnes. Boots Stationery. The latest New Yark and. other Daily and Weekly Newspapers received by every mail and steam er. - fr3* UNDERTAKERS. TTtUBUUSON O. DIXON, Undertakers, 120 1 [ ton street. Dealers In Fisk's Patent Metaiic. .ogany. Walnut and Grained Coffins, Ice Boxes for a£ew!ln»fllWWl>L^!PgBi» fgnpjsbadrttheshqrt* estnotice. Cmmtry orders promptly «tut^ved to. jjij. s CTOABJIAit5F f lCTPBER. SOLOMON, Ogar Macufcoturer, Bry^n atres^ I, between WhiUter find BuR streets, r shove the Pulaski House. Jy23 Change oi* Schedule. TRANSPORTATION OFFICE CENTRAL TL R.,1 Savassau, August Ii, 1863. J CTH INST., PAS- Central Railroad The puhUc are invited to caU and examine our stock, EESSTEES, ECK3L1X & CO., oc!3—tf 163 CONGRESS STREET. . THE FISHERIES. • . -■ i a - *iF SALE AND MADE TO ORDER THROUGH our friends, MESSRS. HARDEiG, HTJMPHRET& CO., BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA, jArtP 10,000 lbs. Cotton Seine Twine, Lines and Thread Hope, 10,000 lbs. Cotton Seine Netting, K to 8 in. sq., mesh, 2ft0 Fishing Seines, fitted for use. 5 to 100fith.-ms long, . - . Fites. Cast Nets, Ac., .Shad and Mullet Nets, knit to order. . “ Letters of inquiry, with stamps and estimates, promptly answered. AMERICAN NET AND TWINE CO., nov3-lm 43 Commercial street, Boston, Mass. KENTUCKY-STOCK YARD * —AND — SALE STABLES. r ) THE PLANTERS AND PEOPLE OF SAVAN NAH-—I have opened the stand formerly used by Henry H. Payne, On West Broad Street, Corner of Yor&, j Fine HLACk. R O N AND AFTER SU 5 u-u- senger Trains ontx' will run as follows : UP DAY*- LEAVE. Savannah —8:00 A. M. Macon ....6:40 P. !£* Augusta....':...*.....:.... ; .5:38 P. M. Mffledgeville .ii.i....8:58 P. M. Eatonton....... 11: CO P. M. Connecting with trains that leave AugusU.. 3:43 A. M. DOWN DAY TRAIN. Macon ......7:00 Savannah .....520 F. M. Augusta 5:3S P. M. Connecting with train that leaves Augusta.. 7:4« A. M. = ill- : upni "aus. Savannah .......T^ P. M. Macon 6^5 A. M« Augusta 3:13 Al MX Connecting with train that leaves Augusts.. 9:SS ?. M. « - A J DOWN NIGHT Macon. ,^-.0^5 Savannah JJdO A. K Augusta.......1:13 A- M. Millegeville ...4.-30 P. 5L Eatonton ...2:40 P. M. Connecting with train th>^' ^avea Augusta. .9^3 P. M, v A. M. trains from Savannah and Augusta, and P. M. train from Macon connect with MilitdgevUIa traia at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted. P. M. train from Savannah connects with through wati train cn South Carolina Railroad, and P. M. train from Savannah auA msta -with trains oa South Western and Aims lilroads. WM. ROGERS, aug 14-tl -•-t'g Martcr of Tranvpcrtation. * As a Stable, a General Stock Yard and Sale Stable, where I will keep on hand HORSES and MULES of every class, and am prepared to order every kind of STOCK from Tennessee and Kentuckv, on the shortest notice. I will be pleased to see all my old patrons. novlT-lm *GEO.. W. CONWAY. Augusta Chronicle copy and send bill to adver- -~*e for Sale. OUSE, in ofie of the best loca lly, containing fourteen rooms, 3 <t and wash bowl, with gpe in cd well of water in the yard end. Aiture will be sold WiA Th<$ bouse if desired. Vnmiturc ail new and in perfect order. Sold for no fault, bet the owner is about le&v« ing the State. Address Box 159 for particulars*. nov21-fit bathroom,. every room; a! v water in stable. ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD, > Savaskah, October 28th, 1868.) /"AN AND AFTER SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, V_/ Trains on this Road wfll run as foBowa, com mencing with 7:00 P- M. Train: NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN. Leave Savannah (Sundays excepted) at. .. 7:00 P. 2£» Arrive at Live Oak at.... ..... 3:20 A. SC. Arrive at Jacksonville at..... Leave Jacksonville (Sundays excepted) at.. 7J.5P. M. . Leave Lire Oak at......'...; ...V /... .11:40P. II. Arrive at Savannah (Mondays excepted) at. 8410 A. M- DAY TRAIN. Leave Savannah (Sundays excepted) at:... 7:00 A. 2dL Arrive at Buinbridgc at -10:90 ?. M. Arrive at Live Oak at .. 0 2$ P. M. Arrive at Jacksonville at........ 1:30.A.M. Arrive at Tallahassee at. . .....1^:57 A. M. Arrive at Quincy at. 3:1® A. H- Leave Bainbridge (Sundays excepted) at... 7^0 p. jf. Bfeave Quincy at —> A. M- Leave Tallahassee at. .........10:454. 31. Leave Jacksonville at ...:..10^8 A- M- Leave Live Oak at - Arrive ct Savannah (Sfundays excepted) at ^ Passengers for etations west of la^° &LiT Oak take Day Train, from Savannah Passengers from Bainbridge connectat with. Express Train for Savannah at 2.*00 A. M. Passengers from Tallahassee by Day Tnun connect at live Oak with Express Train for Savannah, at 11:40 P.M. fy SLEEPING CARS ON EXPRESS TRAIN. NO CHANGE BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND SAVANNAH ON EXPRESS TRAIN. . Steamers leave St Marks for New Orleans, Apalachi cola and Pensacola every "Friday. Leave St Marks for Havana, Key West; Cedar Keys and Tampa every Wednesday. Steamers leave Jacksonville for Palatka, Enterprise, and all points on the St -lo'una river, every Sunday and Wednesday, at 9:00 A. M. H. 8. HAINES, oc20-tjanl General Superintendent Change ot* Schedule. JTO CHANGE OF CARS BETW2HT SA- VAS5AU, AUGUSTA, AND MOIfT- GOMERY, ADA. .jM