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8B0RG 1 Dally. Trl-Weclttj «ul Woklr- 0 Betti Paper of the City and County R. B. HILTON & GO. PROPRIETORS AND PUBLISHERS* B.I. HILTON, - M. P. HAMILTON^ - - - - Editor. Assistant Kdltor THURSDAY MORSMO, Nor. *2, IBM. lihMripUon Price* of Savannah Paper* By common understanding, (be proprietors sod publishers oi tbs three paper* tamed in Baranoah, bsve adopts! the following unif >rm rmtes of mb tcrtpUoe, to Uke effect Ibis day Dally Paper, per annum, in advauce $6 00 Tri-Weekiy “ “ 4 oo Weekly, aut|le copy, in advance - 00 Weekly, bre ooplee, to one address 8 00 Weekly, e*bt *• “ 10 00 Weekly, tea ** “ “ 12 00 Weekly, twenty “ “ “ 20 00 When noi paid within one month from tbo time or subscribing the charge for tbo Daily will be «m» dollars, and for the Tri-Weekly^re. The Weekly w ill be sent only to those who pay In advance. The paper will invariably be diaconlined upon the expiration of the time Tor which it ha* been paid. Tbs above rate* to take effort from and after this date. SNEED A SIMS, lUpvlli.an. R. B. HILTON k GO . Gtorgian <£• Journal. THOMPSON k WITH1NGTON, Nevt. Savannah, July 1, mo. BY TELEGRAPH. Ofllelal Vote of Louisiana. New Orleans, Nov. 26 .—The official returns ihow the vote of Louisiana to be for Buchanan 22,164, for Fillmore 20,709. Return of Uae Marlon. New York, Nov. 26—The steamer Marion has again returned from her search for the passengers of the Lyonnais. She saw nothing. *The ship Hope, for Savannah, put back into Liverpool on the Oth. New York Market, New Yobk, Nov. 25.—The Cotton market Unlay showed a slightly firmer feeling, without however any change in quotations. Sales of the day 15,000 bales. Middling Orleans 12$c. Floor declined from 6 to 12$ cents. Wheat from 1 to 2 cents. Mayor's Report The Mayor’s report received at a late hour yeaterday occupies onr space this morning to the entire exclusion of editorial. For miscel laneous matter the reader is referred to the outside. Wood’s Museum,—CoJ. Wood the proprietor of Wood's Museum of “Living Wonders” arrived yesterday and is stopping at the Pulas ki House. The Museum with its wondrous phenomina will Ire along next week. To the Ladies—We take occasion to re turn onr thanks to the ladies of the Fair, who sent to onr office on last evening, a waiter of delicacies to tempt the palate of a hungry and tired editor. We found no difficulty in making room for the articles and can assure them, tiiat such favors never come out of season. The Mayor's Anaal Report of the City . ofSavannah, Mayor’s Office, Savannah, • November 20,165C. f To the Citiens of Savannah. The Mayor’s Report, together with a state ment of the receipts and disbursements of the City Treasurer, from November 1st, 1855, to the 3l*t of October, 1856, inclusive, is here with submitted to you. Under the head of pay ments made for medicines for the sick poor, ap pears the sum of £2,715 67. This item of ex penditure, laudably benevolent in its intent, seems extravagant as applied under the unex ampled state of health which has prevailed iu the City daring the past year, and is referred to the consideration of the incoming Board of Aldermen. CENTRAL RAILROAD.STOCK AND BOND?. Since the date of my last annual report, there have been sold two hundred and thirty shares of Central Railroad aud Banking Com pany’s stock at a nett premium to the City of 62,274. The proceeds have l>een applied to the redemption of twenty-one Bonds of the City loan for Internal Improvement for the year 1839—leaving yet outstanding aud due ou the 1st of February, 1857, bonds to the extent of $198,000. Amount of Central Railroad stock remaining unsold 2,322 shares, par value $232,- 200. STREET AND LANES. In this account is embraced the cost of pav ing Whitaker street and the causeway leading to the Exchange Dock, amounting to $3,738 93. Construction of stone walls, etc., at the head of Barnard, Lincoln, and East Broad st*., 610,416 37. Bepairs on Plank Road and ciw* logs, 62,043 94. Squares, Streets, and Lanes, 64,710 90-in all 622,510 14. scavenger's DEPARTMENT. This department was re-organized on the 29th December, 1853, by ordinance, and the present system of keeping the streets, squares, and lanes in order, let by contract for a period of three years, at a cost to the city of 625,000. The work is accomplished by the employment of sixteen carts and drivers, with a few extra hands and mules in reserve, together with the addition of two carts and mules, the property of the corporation, furnished by resolution of Council on the 7th of February last. The gen eral cleanliness of the city for the past year has been satisfactory. I am convinced, how ever, that the same results can be obtained at a much less rate of expenditure than at present, by a return to the old system of cleaning t he ■treeti, viz; the ownership by the city of all apparatus connected with the Scavenger's Den partment, are the employment of the Deputy as superintendent over the same. Tim present cost, as has been shown, averaged by contract annually ' $8,333 33 Add to the above the expense of two carte, mules and drivers 704 00 Total. 69,037 33 Old System—Cost of keeping 20 mules per year, allowing nine g uarts corn and fourteen lbs. ay per day to each mule... .62480 Hire of 18 negroes, at 6228 each W per annum 4104 ear and tear of apparatus per annum 100 0,084 00 $2,353 33 MAS8JE FUND. This fund, the charitable bequest of the lato Peter Massie, ceases to appear in the statement of “Resources” for the past year. It was paid over to the city in 1849, und since then, by ju dicious Investment, has been largely accumu lated; it was devised for educational purposes la compliance with the application of Messrs. A. Porter, John Btoddard, et al, School Com missioners for the county of Chutbarn, Council, by resolution on the 6th of April, 1855, decreed that nine thousand dollars of the above should be expended in the erection of a building to be bt known os the Massie School House. The work wa« commenced In December last. To meet the cost of construction, there have been ■old and paid over to Mr. John Stoddard, Treas. are? of Commissioners, 21 shares of Central BUlroad stock, 62,248 60; two thousand shares Savannannah Gas Light stock, 65,397 88; twelve hundred and ninety-two dollars twenty- five centSACcamulated dividends on the above »nd one coupon Southwestern Railroad bond for635—hi all68,976 63. There remained 1*8 shares Savannah Gas Light stock, and I bond of the Southwestern Railroad Company, which has been trusferied to the School Commissioners by rsJBUoo of Cooncll, for educational and other purposes connected with the esUbllshmcnL The edifice was completed on the 1st of October last, and the school or ganixed on the 16th of the same mouth, with about ooe hundred and fifty pupils In attend ance. The number now Is 225. Forty-five of these pay tuition, the rest are received without charge. The institution Is calculated to accom modate 280 scholars, one hundred and fifty In each department, and when In full operation will be presided over by nix teachers. GOVERNMENT APFBOFBIATIOSi, SAVANNAH RIVER. Through the courtesy of CapL Gilmer, I am enabled to lay before you a statement of the operations of the past year for the Improve ment of Savannah River, under the apppro- priationofll61,000, approved March 3d, 1855* The work of dredging at the' wrecks has been so far advanced as to give a cbannal way ovc r these obstruction*, about two hundred and fif ty feet wide, and eleven feet deep at low water or seventeen feet at high tide. Recent sound ings have been made throughout the extent of the excavated channel, and it was found that the depth remained about the same us when the dredging was completed. I am pleased to inform you that since the date of my last an nual repprt, the Act of Congueaa of 3d March 1855, appropriating one hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars has been so far amended as t° make the unexpended balance applicable to the removal of the Bar's shoals, banks and other impedimenta caused by the hulks at the wrecks Since the passage of this amendment, four cuts have been completed through the upper part ofGarden Bank, with the view to give the same depth at that locality as had been pre viously gained over the obstructions below, and the result has been a channel at this point of abont 110 feet in width with a debth of over 17 feet at high tide. In tho further pros ecution of the improvements undertaken by the Government, C'apt. Gilmer proposes, in order to give permanence to the channel way which has been opened through the wrecks, to turn part of the water from the Back to the front River, by means of a deflecting work placed just above King’s Island, and to give greater width to the channel along the Southern edge ofGarden Bank and at other points of the River, by dredging as originally proposed. In accordance with the same plan the dredging machines will be worked at the wrecks until the channel is increased to the width Of three hundred feet If necessary the deflecting.work at the lower end of Fig Island will be built also to torn a portion of the tide from the Back to the Front River. RANGE L1011T, BAY-STREET. On the 19 August, 1855, a communication wai addressed to the Light HouteJBoard at Wash ington, asking the establishment of a Beacon at the head of Bay street, os a range light for ves sels commiog up the river after night-fall. In Compliance with the above, an appropriation of two thousand dollars was made at the last session of Congress for the erection.of this structure. The Work will be pot up in the com- ming winter. It is proposed to erect a cast iron shaft about thirty :eet in height, ornament in design, with a Fresnel light on the summit; the whole to be enclosed with a suitable iron railing. An area of land twenty feet square has been ceded to the United States by Act of the Gen eral Assembly, for its site. This grant ba3 also been coufirmed by Ordinance of Council. THE KNOLL. Two and a half mile3 above Tybee Light in in ascending the Savannah river Irom the sea, is an impediment of sand, mud and shellei stretching away across the entrance from Cock’ spur Lsland and known among seafaring men us the “ Knoll.” At low water it is a serious hinderancc to vessels of heavy draft bound, in affording as it does, only the insecure anchorage* of an open roadstead. To remove this obstacle to the commerce of the port, application was made iu January last through our delegation in the Legislature for State aid to the extent of $25,000, to dredge a channel way through this troublesome shoal. A bill introduced to timt effect was lost by six votes in the House of Re presentative. Deeming the work of vital con sequence to the commerce of the State at large and especially to the interest3tof this city, the following communication were submitted on the Oth of March last, to the members of the of the Board of Aldermen : Gentlemen Your attention isiuvited to the following considerations, relative to the pro' posed improvement of the savannah river at the Knoll, opposite Cockspur Island. As the subject is one of much importance to the com merce of Georgia, as well as to the success of work now in progress under the appropriation from the Federal Treasury for the removal of obstructions at the wrecks, 1 deem it advisable to bring the matter to your notice, particularly at this time. Tho subject was discussed and the improvement strongly recommended iu the report of the Commissioners, invited by the Chamber of Commerce of this city, to prepare a plan for the improvement of .Savannah river. The Knoll is the only serious obstruction which cannot he removed with the funds of the Gov ernment appropriation, when the Act shall have been amended, as now proposed to the War Department, h* as to be applicable to the taking up of ull impediments consequent upon the sinking of the wrecks, and as the General Assembly of the Btatc has failed to grant the sum of $25,009 solicited for this object, it be comes a question of serious import to the intc- of Havanuah, whether the heccssarv funds funds for removing it should not be advanced from tho city Treasury. By virtue of uu ordinance pushed on the 2d of June, 1853, authorising the issue of houdsto the amount of one huudred aud sixty thousand dollars, to he advanced to pay for the improv ing of the navigation of the river and burbor of Savannah, provision is made that the pro ceeds of or tho moneys arising from the sale of said bonds, ahull he expended iu such sums, and at the times, and iu sncii manner a)> the Mayor shall deem most expedent for the pur pose of carrying ou the proposed improvement, By dredging over the Knoll there would at one* be obtained a channel deep enough to ad mit vessels drawing 21 to 22 feet, from the mouth of the river to Venus Point anchorage, or within six and a half miles of tho city, thus conmmlng within the scope of the Government appropriation for tho removal of impediments, Ac. The depth over the Knoli, therefore, should be increased at an early day. In fact there is every reason to believe that this part of the general plan of improvement would have been recommended by ttic commissioners, as the first operation to he undertaken, had it not been so important to the commerce of the port to have au increase of depth over the wrecks at the earliest possible period. Much difficulty has been experienced by the Pilots recently, in bringing the larger vessels that enter this port over the Knoll. Within tho past few days tho ship Kertch, with a draft of 18 feet 3 inches, has been detained on her outward voyage by grounding on this troublesome ob struction. By cutting u channel way a trifle over one- third of a mile in length, by three hundred feet in width, with an additional depth of three feet, increased faculties will lw afforded to nil branches of tho Savannah trade, as there would be consequently less restriction os to the ton nage and draft that could engage in it Large quantities of sawed lumber and heavy ranging timber are shipped annually from this port, and aa met of the raagtif timber exported is taken foot rafts la the rim, it could be ship ped front the anchorage at Venus Point with nearly the aame economy and convenience as •breast of the city, with the additional advant age of leaving the river In front or the wharves clear for vessels of lighter draft. 4 learn from Captain J. P. Gilmer, U. 8. Engineers, that he has received authority from the Department at Washington, to contract fora dredging machine ot greater power and working capacity than the oue now employed daily on the wreck*— He has already taken measures to have the larger machine built, and there U every reason to believe it will be in complete working order by the first of Jane next. At that time, or soon thereafter, arrangements might be mide to employ this dredge, the 'expenses to be de frayed from the City Treasury, In accordance with the provisions of the ordinance already allnded to. The summer months afford favor- able opportunity for performing the work, on account of the calm weather which usually pre vails at that season, and also from the fact that operations would be less liable to interruption by the frequent passage of vessels in and out of harbor. Feeling fully assured that the dredging of the Knoll cannot fail to advance the commercial interests of Savauuah, by the admission of a larger class of vessels into her port, and that the prosecution of this work will have a favorable bearing upon the efforts now making to deepen the channel over the shoals above, by the increased volume of flood tide which will be free to ascend the river and scour off its bottom wheu returning to the ocean, I desire earnestly to solicit fur the sub ject, that careful attention and coiisidarution which its importance demands. Accompany ing tho paper is a tracing of the locality of the proposed improvement, together with a com munication from Captain J. F. Gilmer contain ing estimates of cost, etc. All which is respectfully submitted. Edward C. Anderson, Mayor. Savaumth, March 15th, 18.56. Savannah, January 3d, 1856. Hon. K. C. Anderson, Mayor of Savannah : SirHerewith I have the pleasure to trans mit a sketch of the mouth of Savannah River, showing the depth of water over the “Knoll and the extent of that obstruction. The sound- logs placed in the map show the depth of water at mean low tide, and the rise of tide is nearly eight feet (7 feet 11 inches.) By examination of the soundings, it will be perceived that the average depth of water over the Knoll at low tide Is about 11 feet. It should he made three feet deeper, so as to furnish a more uniform channel, and the width of this poiut should not be less than 300 feet. To cut such a channel through the Knoll will require the excavation of about 66,000 cubic yards of broken oyster shells, mud and sand. The cost of dredging, in a position so exposed, ought not to be estimated at less than 37$ct& per cubic yard. To do the work, therefore, would require $24,975, or in round numbers $25,000. If this obstruction be once removed, a mod erate expenditure will serve afterwards to pre* serve the desired depth of channel. With the expenditure of the above sum, the Knoll can be so far removed os to make the Savannah river a.Buitable outlet fur the products of Geor gia. Vesseels drawing 21 feet can then be brought up the channel to an anchorage and harbor commodious in extent and perfectly se cure from storm and danger. I am, Sir, with high regard, Your obedient servant, J. F. Gilmer, C'apt. of Engineers. The Committee to whom the foregoiug com' munications were referred reported in favor of the project, and recommended the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, “ That the City of Savannah will undertake the cost of removing the obstruction in the river known as the Knoll.” “ Resolved, That the Mayor address a commu- ‘ nication to the Secretary of war requesting ' that the officer in charge of river lmprove- ‘ meuts may be instructed to cut away the ' KnoJ as early as he can, and that the City * will pay the expense of working the dregg- ‘ machine, and ail the necessary boats and * flats.” In compliance with the foregoing resolutions application was made to the proper authority and the work of dredging through the Knoll bugun ou the ltith of August, under the super vision of Capt T. F. Gilmer, and Lieut. G, W. Custis Lee, the oficers in charge of the Govern’ ment operations.—The dredging for the city was continued for about six weeks, when in consequence of the boisterous weather pre vailing In tlie mouth of September at that ex. posed point, it was suspended for the season and the dredges removed to Garden Bauk, in the regular prosecution of the improvement undertaken by the General Government. The result has fully realized tho expectation of the Engineer. Six thousand seven hundred and fifty-five cubic yards of sand, mud, aud shell, have been removed, and a channel way forty feet wide, fourteen feet deep at low tide (or full21 feet at moan high water) aud about oue third of a mile ia length, has been excavated To render this channel serviceable to vessels entering and leaving port this winter, Iwould recommend to the Commissioners of Pilotage to place a few spar buoys along one edge of tiie cut with a view to mark the nicest ac* curacy, its position und direction. It cun lie done at a trifling outlay. The expenses of the work at the Kuoll, viz hire of of Captains, Engineers, ^Seamen, aud laborers, the cost of fuel repairs aud all other current expenses incidental to the undertaking) have been paid out of tho City Treasury, Cush statement of City lunds in the hands of Mr. R. Dunning, disbursingagent: November 1st 1855 $667 02 Received by him from City Treasurer since 3000 00-63,667 02 Expenditures for the year 2,409 98 pfopttwpn—t.tloaof ftiminiln «t| Wuhtaftoii.Uie natty to be Brie b, am.! nil. Id •abiding that Kick great fwStUe. to | tbe Nnj of our county will be niataned to u from tbo Federal Treuoiy.nndIf notthooco, the cUim •houlil We Utd before tbe Leglabtnrn of oorown Stite. I doubt net It win be foror- •Wjr acted upon. COMMI.HCK Of SAVANNAH. Statement of EzioiU bom lb. port of Pweiub, bom the liiof September, 11*4, UMitAegen, 1855* inclusive. "4 »AfiiUjD,**.l,l iilrid Ml gmM • ttie^b tS trwmiy eftbe «•»•» hTUMk, ftwwa Uu 1M aflmnitn, IMA, M Um M mf Oibbtr, IB*. IwMe Advanced to S2iw*?.^*.?°! f Jo8c 7# 12222 to-siew et DR. fobnuoo m par but Annul Paid eondry bum per atatt- “ e ““ *' VtVdf*, 606 00 TnfiTnm - Received Item the Clerk of Le« paid for Mass SMktaf MU.. MM 00 To Bnu PATA Received for Mayer's aetes discounted To Bonds— Received for Beads for im provements of tee Sevan f { Wife*! 1 Ail: gi_6—£ : :?ff ter construction of Sevan- neiiy Albany end k Golf Utilised.,....... Received ter Bonds touted tor construction of Water Works To Bourn or Hum— Received of City Mar- stuff for sale* mad impoua To Cm I Roc laa^etor’asalarv. MdAMMU,lnlMi. Md fer MU MleeMe, and ■ndrlMWoSm. .777.... 1MM beafeee paid MR. M ** M *'?ISr«i w ..M*y Man I Paid lor Prortrlou, Oil and in T.i ,i 1 wood 2,e*4 tr • I Pzld hr MxUclua, lluk.U nod WhUewuhlng »ltt Paid fee repalre U* H- ij »a |y bowel Drove CtnMUiy— ’ I Paid Kacpm'i eatery. MOO W laid far uibur on 00 mid Ibr rdpeln ind iUUoo- 000,000 00 U,t«t ST pSdlbei iinf for theft.. 26 00- 2,449 01 87 08 667 76 * M K K 7L S g p ... I 3 i 3 8 Si Statement or the Exports from the Port of Savan nah, from the let day o! September, 1856, to the Slat clay of August, 1856, Inclusive: 1| ef 61,259 04 I cannot too earnestly recomincml the early redemption of this important work iu the en suing summer, or os soon thereafter us arrange ments cuu be made with the War Department, for the use of machinery, boats and flats, under tho management of the officer in charge of tho Government operations, us was effected during tbe past season. A ship channel over the Kuoll is of vitul importance to the commercial interests of Savannah aud taken iu connection witli the works now going on in the river above, under the appropriation of the United States, should be urged forward with all practicable dispatch It cannot be prosecuted during the fall, winter, or early spring months, on account of the great exposure to beay seas and storms, bat must be done in tho summer time and should be continued uutil a channel way of sufficient depth and width, is obtained to admit the heaviest class of merchant vessels now bnilt, Into our waters. You will thus widen tho range of competion for charter by bringing within its scope a class of ships which from their great draft have been hitherto excluded from our port, and instead of being confined in contract to vessels drawing a-limited number of feet, there will he opened up to your enter prise the tannage of tho country to seleot from. In a national point of view, it is equally im portant, as affording to onr first class frigates and steamers, an Atlantic port of access south of Cape Hatteras, where ia tbe event of war or stress, they will find safe anoorage under the guns of a fortress already completed, to protect them from affront by a superior force in the offing. There Is every reason to believe that upon a if 3 oj, ? : i g k F 2ts8 : |si| !:§ !js; : : s = : : 1 i =f« Ml : 1:1 Mg ;gl! : : i : i: 5 s: S3 13 I f\ i t ii i ii I ii y.3 S ss % UM To UlV Rec’d for Texes collected is 1862 . U 4. 4. .* ms 42 00 •• « •» “1854 1,10700 -* “ “ 114* 16,607 *7 ,« .. it “ ltM 96,166 93 LeMsaouat refunded....1,841 60- 107,900 90 ToCittCocRB— , ... ^.i Rec’d l.om Clerk of Fee*. 1,011 00| ToDmoow— Received for Dividends on Slock in Central Rail road k Banking Cempany. Received ter Dividends on £tato Bank of Georgia. Received tor Dividends on South Weetern Railrrad ^ 1 Company 20,000 001 To Fob— Received iron Harbor Mu ter. and Clerk of Council for Licenses 3,000 28 j To Fixes— Received tor Fine* collect ed from Mayor’s Fine Book and Information Deckel...1,331 SO Less amount retendet*. *“ Fir* DnMKTMXT— Received from sale of old w pros’) By Mamie ffeWl Paid to J. StoddardyTreaa'r School Oosa'srs of faalham Coolly 16,073 13 By Market- Paid Clerk’s Salary 076 00 Paid tor hire of laborers... 190 02 Paid ter repairs, materials, stationery and painting.... 000 62 Paid for lights and repairs to lamps. By Manhattan Bank. New York- Remitted them to pay inter- City— J - By Opening Btn ntid John & MomtmoUin for opening Jonas street 40 00 Paid Lloyd k Owens, Att'ye for M. Prendergaat 60 00 Paid Law k Bartow, Att’y* for Harrington, trustee 1,610 78 Paid Uw, Aartow k Lovell Arrived. S, 8 ’ 1 ' Jota * w > r.r-T-j I »,0» H Hudol^i. Yard, Aqjoiu, W81lll , „ ClenreU. Btt&UAIwt., Kmi, kClt 4.9MT4 s ^ I Sc*North8UU, Horton, Bs.ua-Ojda, su^.,1 Sumnar Gordon, B«iltn,Qurle 1 t/,c_j P3 D. parted. StMiuer Gordon, Barden, Clur| ei!w , Bttuner Rudolph, Wud, /.oguju. HnlltdT ~ BUuuhip Knoxville, Led loir, x,* v„ r , Btewnlblp Tolun, Jlorle,, Bnllnnore* * Consignee,, Par .leaner Swnn, from Lemere'. bile, cotton, ISbnge mc»l, end Mndrt.' .It 1 * A VUlnlontn, L c Wede, HtberXemiA ? S , wdnon, IT'Hater., A s B»rtrid e l°&bXi, S<t I Hardee ii Co,Char boat, end otheri. I Per iteamer Randolph, i,c u ,, cotloo, S8fl boxen copper ore, to L C Wnt!' H fc Potter, S K Ulllleiu. ’ * *- Ml | CM 40- 3,122 M 2,100 24 I.To»PUX. 24,400 OOt Ait-J.lbr John HaopP>....3,054 80- 4,444 M Dividends on I ** 'SSSMr-,.. .. . igo 92 109 001 Paid ter repairs, etc I By Printing and stoilonery— 10 00- 1,321 36 n .3 i 88 ’ 111 ii BKHABB9. Cotton.—The exports of Cotton from thin lort lor the season joet closed, exceed those of 855 by 4,217 bales. Rice.—The exports of Bine for 1856 exceed those of 1855 by 21,687 casks, and in vnlne $550,292. Wheat The table above will show that both the quantity and value of this article of report are materially less than in 1855. This may be accounted for, in part at least from the fact that the deprecation in price may not have warranted the transportation to market from a distance. Copper Ore.—-The receipts and exports of this article are also materially leas than last season. Whether the mines are leas productive, or it has found new outlets to market, are points yet undetermined. (sundries.—The items which are comprehend ed under this head have increased over any irevions season, and. are over estimated at 61,- 90,000. The total value of our exports, show an in crease of this over the last season of about 10 per eent., which is exceedingly gratifying, and with increased facilities for the transportation of produce, together with the greater accumu lation of banking capital we may reasonably hope for the continued advancement ef our commerce over all competition. Very respectfully, Edward C. Anderson, Mayor. Statement of the Resource* of the City of Sa vannah, Octoter 31*f, 185C—Stock at par value. 2,322 shares Central Railaoad & Banking Co. 6232,2M 00 10.000 shares Savannah A Gulf Rail road—00 per cent paid in UQO.OQC 00 2,517 shares August* 4s Waynesboro’ Railroad Co 251,700 00 2,500 shares Southwestern Railroad Company 250,000 00 1,058 slmres Montgomery k West Point Railroad 105,800 00 60 share* Ogeecbee Plank Road slock. 5,000 00 13 shures of the Bank of tho State of Georgia 1,300 00 2 bonds of.Jouu.I Kelly, for payment of Lot Liter E.Heathcote Ward,paya. bio in tl a ml 3 years, each of $1,300 bearing interest 2,600 00 $1,448,600 00 CITY DONA1X, 644 lots in 22 Wards, under lease, val ued at $489,902 60 36 lots in Spr'gfl'id planta tion 19,234 60 $509,737 0q Lots laid ofl'uud\nlued,not underlease 70,200 00 Approximate value of land not laid off nor valued— 20lota south of Hospital.. 18,000 00 20 lota east of “ .. 20,000 00 9 acres of land of tho old Cantonment, reserved for City lots 20,000 oo Remainder oi'lbe Spring- Held plantation...i.... 80.000 00 •Site purchased tor Water Works 22,000 00 739,337 00 Water Work* valued at 200,000 00 883 6$ 16108 1,199 10 409 78 400 53 463 70- *3,121 97 3,363 78 14 00 67 501 To Ground Rents—Received from City Lott in Wards, Brown Ward 1*86 *1 CeluaDie Ward 1,011 79 Chatham Ward 1,279 34 Calbotu Ward 1,266 92 Crawford Ward 93967 Charlton Ward 263 44 Elbert Ward 1,294 70 Forsyth Ward 2,288 38 Fraeklia Ward 017 IP .New Franklin Ward 515 59 Greens Ward * 749 89 Jackson Ward 1,193 09 Jasper Ward 1,37346 UFayette Ward 57 Liberty Ward 083 14 Monterey Ward 2,020 21 Pulaski Ward Resold* Ward Troup Ward Warren Ward Washington Ward Wesley Ward To Jail— Received for Jailor’s Fees To Ixodistal Exraxcas— Received from sale or Book of City Ordinances. Received from tale ot Bonds of Savadnab, Albany k Q ulT Railroad C-unpany to refund amount of prelimi nary Survey advanced... 12,787 37- 12^01 38 ToLaurxl Gnovn Curixst— Received for sale of Lota 380 00 “ “ Burial fees.. 801 63- To Dc*wa*— Received from Retailers and Exhibitors ToMarxit— Received for Fees, Rent of cull*, he To Ms»«a School Fund. 15,073 13 Less received as per leas year’s statement 1,2*8 25 Received for dividends on Control Railroad stock... To Paving Low- Received for Paving To Poor Hocse a*d HosrrrAL— Received for State Taxes on Auction sales To PCICBAS* OF StTXFOX Nsw Guard Hocss— Received tor two Bonds JJ Kelly, dated 6th July, 1854,and payable in 2 an 3 years ToRbnt— Received lor Rent ot Wharf Slips To SrauronDD Pkantatiqx-- Received for Rents,Wood, fee To Hals of Citt Lora- Received for East hair of Lot No, 3, Jasper Ward.. ToSrocx in Central R.R A B Co- Received tor sale or stock.. To Watie Worxs— Received from Secretary Total value of Stout and Domain, ax above $2,387, r 37 00 This statement does not include the public buildings, five lots in possession of the Academy aud Uniou Society, under lease, which expires on Gth of June, 1802, Wharf lot at the foot of West Broad street 46£ feet, vacant, slip on the canal, one-bslf of Fig Island, and a small en croachment by lot No. 3, Decker Ward; also, 27 horses and other property purchased for the Police, Also, two carts and two mules, purchas ed for the Scavenger’s Department this year. fended debt. Statement of the Funded Debt of the City of Savnnnah, including all the Bonds issued and outstanding, 31st October, 1856. Amount of Binds issued. For what. Interest. Total. 6109,000 00 Cen. R R & B’kg Co.613.930 00 150,000 00 S. W.RR 10,6C0 00 200.000 00 Aug. k W. R 14,000 00 27,840 00 rpringfleld plantation 1,048 00 100,uOO 00 Muscogco Branch R R 7,000 00 5,000 00 Ogoocbce Plank Road. 350 00 22,000 00 Purchase land Water W 1,540 00 5,090 00 Savannah Gas Ugnt Oo 350 00 100.000 00 Mont, k W P R R 7,000 00 200,000 00 Construction WatorW 14.00 00 03,000 00 ImprovementSav R. 4,410 00 000,000 00 riavh. k Gulf R R 42,000 006117,02860 1,057 60 Corporation Notes probably destroyed 1,327 00 City Scrip outstanding. 1075124 60 BONDS TO BK ISSUED, 400000 00 8av. A GulfR. R. 628,000 00 25000 00 Imp’nt Sav. R.R. 1,760 00 200000 00 Main Trunk 6117,028 80 14,000 00- 43,760 00 6160,778 80 2300124 60 Amount or Mayor's Notes now running in the Banks of Savannah 618,000 00 Amount or Bonds, 1839, now outstanding and unredeemed 199,000 00 Savannah, Nov. 20, I860. It is said that 400 persona in Connecticut were deprived of their vote in this month, by the new constitution provision requiring thu they should know how to read and write in order to vote A lady relating her matrimonial experlene said: "At first, on retiring of a cold _ husband used to »y to me, ‘put ypur tootles with mine, bat soon it was, ’keepyour cold hoofooff me.” 13) h 1,211 50 19,660 01 4,810 00 .780 88 64 00- 13,864 88 1ST 791 733 7U Paid for advertising end stationery 1,109 30 By Poor House end Hospital— Paid Wm. Duncan, rree’t.. 1,050 00 By Quarantine- Paid Health Offlcer’staler v, 202 60 Paid the Keeper of the Pest House salary 326 00 Paid for Libor at Pest House and expenses of Patients 332 68 Paid for building Bridge at Pest House 61 00 Paid for conveying Health Officer to Quarantine.... 42 25- 1,013 48 Bt Prnra— Paid Centractor’e salary and sundry repair*.... 1.303 00 By Springfield Plantation- Paid for labor on Ditch- _ ing, 6m— 837 U By Baitrica— Paid salaries of City offi cers * 7,524 94 By Stock- Paid for Stocks in Sav- anah, Alb’y It Gulf Rail road by issoeofaty Bonds 300,000 00 By Scavenger’s Department- Paid Superintendent’s •alary for contract 8,016 07 By Streets and Lanes— Frid for labor on Streets, Lanes and Squares.... 12,357 08 Paid for drayage, and paving in Whitaker st.. 3,738 93 Paid tor materials and building wall at foot Bar nard atreet 3,483 84 Paid for Labor and ma terials on wall at tool of East Broad street 1,097 84 Paid tor two muleaand carte 340 00 Paid for crossings Tor streets and paving in La- Fayette square 491 85- 21,610 14 By Savannah Water Works- Paid pay Ml and for la bor...... 4,644.86 Paid tor woa, coal, lum- her, oil, uKgbt, *c, v . l,608 to Paid tor npurs 901 41 Paid for &toi> cocks and hardware *25 25 Paid for desk, boxes, and filter box 85 12 paid draft of James U. Morse..... 32,884 08 Paid tor printing and stationery...... 170 W- 40,995 92 TO balance this day... 7,103 11 •Decree ot Court. 760,457 93 2,000 00 408 751 910 72 492 00 24,260 OOj 9,204 51 760,467 93 We, the undersigned, Committee of Finance, have examined the accounts of the City Treas urer, from the 1st Nov., 1855, to the 31st Oct 1850, inclusive, and find the aame correctly stated, as per vouchers produced, showing a balance in his bands of seven thousand, one hundred and three dollars and eleven cents. A. Chamncn, John J. Kelly, Richard. D. Arnold Savannah, Nov. 1,1850. 60 oo 626 11 36 260 00 10 00 3 CO 6 00 25 00 6 Memoranda, FOREIGN POETS. Bristol, Nov 4-Put back, How, Walkiu I lb, leaky, towed up ty a steamer ^ | Paasengtrs. Per steamship Knoxville, tor Sew W, u eenken and art \V n nion’ i d. .. CJ *“Kn and a Bee per steamer Swan, from Demere's r.J: J Lawton, J W Lawton, Dr Erwin, lady, svte, Caps Erwin, lady, child and 2 ivts. rW 1 ler, A T Mason, L P Cone, A C*uU q n Sotert^W Humbert, Mrs Humbert ° I untntUrt, a a Uutmui I Beeelpb Per Central lUHrtud, Nor. 28.—1.09 bate cotton. Sbalfiden i„ I hides, and mdze to Behn k FogteJ bSS&& I ardKiCo, wDuncan, W»,ii.,w I Ntra SUujtrtumtnts. Mi LANIER HOUSE, MACON t t QEoSQlil LOGAN & MEARA, Propeittors, I THE Proprietors of this well ktoital Ubhshment respectfully gtre ucce i&l they are still candidates for the uuo£ I .Of the Traveling public, ud mintw to omit nothing to deserve well of Urn I guests and maintain the roiuutionoftt*E«* P FREE TRANSPORTATION’ or Passengers and Baggage, to and Iron • ,cL» I by a fine new omnibus and baggage wspt m I ther have provided for that purple, I wilt hereafter be a', no expense whateverfortm. 1 portetionof them-clves and their barn.-* ihr I way between the Lanier House and ttekfj l stations in Macon. We ask a anunuatcedKNjl patronage andpromUe attention and cott.!ortuc3l guests. L'.GAN & ULiBi r Macon, Oct. 14,1S56. L0 WANTED. A SITUATION as coachman, by a jotrg ul from the North, who i* u*ed to the bu-iul and well qualified to take care of boms, r Apply at this office* norlMt | > Committee. Bv Bills Payable— Paid Mayor’s Notes By Board or Health— Paid for Medicines for the Poor Paid Secretary and Me*. scoger for services 360 00 Paid for Lime, serving Notices, 6w Paid for Burial of Paupers Paid Sec'ry for Charities (services] Bt City Court— Paid Judge’s Salary.... Paid tor Printing and Stationery.... By Ciit Bark or Nsw Yore— Remitted them to pay in. torest on Oily Bonds.... By City Police— Paid tor serrlces of Po-) Itcemen ,36,244 62 1 36,694 27 lias Fines 360 2fr ( raid for Hay, Cora, Ac. Paid sundry bills Paid Hostlers and Paid for Gas Lights... Paid for Wood By City Loas roeliraurAL 186,600 00 2,716 07 860 82 69 60 400 00- 8,885 99 1,000 02 126 16- 1,126 17 0,416 15 6,186 74 1,162 88 614 36 487 OS 103 60- 43,344 77 INCIDENTAL EXPENSES FOR 1856. Paid—John Dillon, storage of Ume 72 00 . Post Office box-rent aud postal sumps . 10 20 . Lloyd A Owens, Att’y a, tor profeM’ual services 310 DO . Ward A Owens ♦♦ “ 200 CO . George A. Gordon proresa’nal servin'* 450 00 . Joe* W. Roberts, signing, Ae, bonds and coupons 533 00 . DL Cohen, balance of repairs to Ex change 485 73 . Sundry small bills 18 47 . Coftl for the Exchange 109 26 . Michael Feely, in part for painting Hy drants . George M Oonn, frame for Mayor’s Office , Kennedy A Beach, spittoon’s, Ac, tor Council Chamber . Treasurer, for soaking Tax Digest.... . WP Brown,. Surveyor, services or laborers 144 37 . Marshall House,dinners tor City Court Jury . Lovell AiLattimore, repairs to safe... , JT Jones “ “Ac.. . Th a Smith,boat and bands to Tybee . John F O’Byrne, Lumber ,. Capt Gilmer,dredging foot West Broad street 313 38 David R Dillon, building foot West Broad stand 1 year’s rent of same 039 80 Martin Duggan, repairs to sloop in jured by lire Engine C 00 J BHogg, making copy Map or Savan nah River and Brunswick 46 00 R D Walker, bill of sundries 62 19 P Snider, healing dead horse 5 00 J. E. Falligant, moving, Ac., fence on lot No. 10, Washington Ward 13 97 Phoenix Office, for Insuring Barracks.. 90 63 Expenses of delegates to Thomasville Convention 156 OO City Marshal,work en Major Stark’s land 261 20 .. 8. N. Papot. boat hire for SUrke’a place 8 60 r. G.M. Wlllet, negro hire during epidemic 97 50 Lovell A Lattimore, for sundries 9 75 Dr J Read and others, services at Nor folk during epidemic 3,000 00 Keepers or telly sheets and list of vo ters at elections 100 00 Messenger of Council and other’s bills of sundries 13 87 Coal for Exchange 36 00 City Marsha), boat-hire to Hutchison’s Island..... 12 60 John Broughton, dinner tor superin tendent ef election 15 00 Clerk of Council, tor sundries 11 70 Griffin A Gordon, professional services 239 29 J G Falligant’# bill for Mayor’s office.. 12 00 Cit^Surveyor, establishing lines at Pest ^ ^ City: Surveyor, for services of iaborers 10 S3 W H Bulloch, for copy of records 17 37 Certified copy of City Amended Charter 10 00 O C Casey, building dry well at canal.. 5 00 Ann K Morrell, hauling dead horse.. 5 00 (fierkofClty Assessors for services.. 100 00 68,019 12 [CCA RLE TON ADVTMIiEtDT j Valuable Body of xtice Liad on New R.ver. it til lower part of Beaufort District. BY THOMAS 31. HUME. Will be sold, at private tale, a rff <ibl« mail Land, consisting of three hundred md liitfml acres of prime River Swamp Land, on the yrmI side or New River, and within twenty miles util city of Savannah, Ga. This Land U cruiterdal tremely valuable; is at a very fine pitch of tie, adjoins lands of Allan and other*. Planters u! others disposed to treat can inspects pl.t cf u same, and receive further information by jq-jti as above, at 89 BKO.sD SlfctET, 1 nov26—It Chsriesun, S.t I NEW YdRK, Nov lllh, W.l M&srs. Editors :—In the fire at No i9Vw| street, on the morning of the Oth ln=Uni,f'UW valuaSle books and papers were exposed iorti-ll six hours in one of Steam-* -V Marvtn'i firt-fr* Safes. Wo say Jlre proof, uot Itrai;.-- they are {olMfl but because we have so pn-wJ them C'tiWl and papers came out uninj ireti, luveihota^l the books, occasioned by steam. 1 f Our store was fire fturics above ground siij stories below, oocnpii-d ir»rn celler to garret r intensity of the heat can bo attested hr any fins who witnessed tt- No furnace could bo i trived by the ingenuity o' man to create sq intense beat. We voluntarily give tins mbute to the u 1 * these Safes aud select jour widely circulate!® merclal journal to iutorruthe mercantile comma what estimate to p.aoe epon Stearns h liirr - Wilder’a Patent salamander sales. Respectfully. _ HAY)LAND, I1ARKAL AP1SUTJ Wholesale Drugfissl If All patterns and sizes or the above JMrip Sales for sale by C. H. CAMPF nov20—lm Paid for 20 Bonds re- By City Clocks— Paid Keeper's salary and repair* By Ci.y Excuanus— Paid for repair*, paiat- ing.glaxing, Ac Paid tor Insurance for one^year,to SlstNov^ Pald tor Gu Ughts.. Paid for Furniture, Ao Bt Cuhdt- 20,000 00 (fmnmtrnal Migran. Savannah Market, November 167* 200 331 COTTON—The same good reeling that has char acterised onr market for tbe past tew days still continues; buyer* freely operate; the market is largely attended by them; price* are a little stifier, but there Is no perceptible change; tbe offering stock 1* not large; inclement weather has prevent- 7 60- 3,070 891 *d factors from obtaining sample* of Urge lots or the staple. Bale* of yesterday 1,988 bales, vis: 80 1,810 69 261 00 Ml 00 1M5IUttX.MMMXtSttMX.MOrtH, «■»*»><. Docks and WnAxvra— I 218 at llji* 526 at 11*^, 74atllM, 010 at II Ji, 48 Bv Docks and Wxary»— Paid for MaterlaU and Re al 1111-16,170 at HX, 82 at \\%, 14 at 12, 24 BrOeun*-- 8,1 u I Jtthro M UK, end 31 bttttKutod.ti M 14o. Paid Inspector’s salary 276 00 Bxporu. 'blSm«SI l »l!*wiiStS NEW YOBK-SteutuUp tale. ottHutcnlmon'a blutd... HI T4- 1.022 74 upUtadcoUon,17 4«m4o,l50Milutlc., 701w|ee Bv Fax Dstartedt- Paid sundry bilta of the Fire Company’s 6,390 97 Paid for Work on Freman’s. Hall, Engine-house* and m ■teriflf 107 14 Paid for repairs to Itegines. 392 12 Paid GUrk’a salary M 00 Paid Sexton of Church ter ringing alarm bell 72 00 W P^<2!S5K.“ W OO- 7,411 «| n. . JR JOHNS, N. E-Brig C F O’Brien-116,039 1,800 001 ft p p timber, 42,110 ft sawed lumber. ’ CHARLESTON—Steamer Gordon-234 baits up- I land cotton, 42 do 81 do. 19,266 ill 22 rolls toother, 10 aks dried fruit, 35pkgs I sundries. BALTIMORE—Steamship Totten—166 bales cot* | ton, 16 bbds bacon, 26 do molaues, 808 boxes cop per ore, 33 bales dom., 18 boxes mdzo. 6 bigs I teathsrs, 1 do beeswax, 20 bdla corn bags, 60 casks | rice «nd mdse. BOSTON—Brig Bonaparte—120,000 feet sawed By . Paid Harbor MMter’e salary ter 18 months Rv Gab Lamps— Paid for lighting and repair. ing Street Lamps Bv iMreovxxsxT ov Savaxkah Paid ter Dredging at the Knoll 8,000 00 By lmxBrT Account— Discount on Mayor’s Note* and Interest on City Bonds 91,912 6# Leu this amount to debit Manhattan Oo....2,798 17 Less to debit City Raak.New.Y<**.-Mtt » Lett received pro* mium on stock eetel ,104 oo GODIY’R LADY’* BOOK JE^OrSiraPs nfustrated Monthly tor December, Mrs Stephen’! New Monthly tor December. Arthur’s HomeMefssine for December, —MORI OF— i Live end Learn, a guide ter all who wish to speak ind write oorrectly. For sate by I 7 WARNO0K k DAVIS, BOvUaUers and Stationers 0*28 146 Outgree* street. PFIKI.l*. AwiLt for Maculae':-. I 17 Ray street, Scvaiui CHRISTMAS PICTORIAL. f^BANK LESLIE'S MatnmMh Pictorial J* per, for Christina.*. Grauatu’s Blagazine for December, Godey’s Indies Book for December, Harper’s Magazine for December. TiiepeJ number of Harper conimenciig a new those wishing to subscribe will beaccommodutB J. fl. CUBBEHjZ Ai‘Af nnv‘22 t’nrter ihe Marshal Hog SWAiN it €0’s. LOTTHKIWI [ACTROKKID BY THK KIA1E OF AUBUU-J f ^aoiberu Militant tataiijM CI^ASS K. To bo drawn In tbe City of Mobile. in public, on WEDNESDAY, December w •» on the plan of m SINGLE NUMB ESI John Hurtil and W. W. McGvibs, E.q, CcU | 30,000 Tickets—3,289 Prl»M| More than One Prize to every Ten TWW BRILLIANT llTIzo or....640,000 1 “ .... 12,000 1 Prize of.- 10 Prizes of... 5,0001100 2,000 100 1 “ .... 1,000 j APPROXIMATION- FRIZES-’ 4 prizes of *180 .pprozim'g to 1 } I'm " • sIcioosk j d*" " 3,000 “ 40 3,280 prizes amounting to PRICK OF TICKET!*. -m Whole Tickets <10; Halves $5, 30,000 Pr to of *40 will be O'J'rf (i| lut figure of Ute Number tbat JJJJ'mbI Jf tb.Nambfr rods with No- J *SL where tho Number cud. In *40, ud zo on to 0. 10 u u d>| CertlfiMte. of rackegee »lb be ■ lowing r.tei, which is thcrUk- Tl (j,t,- Certificates of Packages of 10 Whole , | u .. it) quarter - njutoFTHEionwf- 80,000 Numbora corrcipoudltl « ^ tij Tl-ket* are placed in ul | a Prizes .re placed iu iijti drawn from tho Number yjJftjS, z»«J Ume . Prize ia drawo Mmf imUif dr *o , orderiug TickeU {SPl dross tor the Tickets ordered, 09 - ■ dross tor the llckeia oruereu. - • a ■ they will be forwarded b >’ flr * l S The List of Drawn Number* ihl lent to purchasers immediately r °%rd.ra rorTtckeu sbould bc'ic" 1 *^ d^Purcbzsere will Ioud,)' 1 ately after the drawing,—other l Prlxe Ticket* cashed or reneweu j nofW