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.wii- ■=== OL. 2-NO. 99. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1866. PRICE, 5 CENTS. News and Herald, rUDLlSHED BT s w. MASON. , , v SlUEET, SAViKNAU, GeOUOI*. tesub: Five Ceiita. $3 50. : aio no, ADVEBTIBIMO: ,„ r Square of Ten Lines for first In "linllar ior each subsequent one. t) j{ i* It INTI IV O, , n er.t,ly and promptly done. U* 1 \ !< of the Financial Poil- \ National Debt—Our Re- ir w jth Europe-The Conflict Bo- I*' " tlii) President and Congress, &c. I’"' 1 rjospondence of the Baltimore Sun.] , 0 \pril 27.—The financial position of is 9«» otroug, in the view of the radical , ('‘••'tigress, that it will beaT the test of a ' * ‘ :ii.:l;ition of “national blessings” in the ' TJ ..hf. it has been our boust that we could : .shortest space of time, the biggest that any nation was ever burdened that mode ol'^lief measures before Con- The popularity-asking projects be- ‘ . ri . s $ will involve the country in an addition- jut Id millions on billions. The bounty • jinre some live hundred millions. The id Niagara ship canal as much more The Fire in Atlanta—The Masonic Hall Destroyed. [From the Atlanta Commercial Bulletin, of the 3d.] Just before daylight on Tuesday morning, May 1st, the “Blue House,” adjoining Masonic Hall on the west, was discovered to be on lfre. The house being wooden, and very dry, it was soon enveloped in flames, which communicated with another wooden building west of it, owned and occupied by Garrett & Bro. In a short time both houses were burned to the ground. There were two small brick tenements west of these on the side of the Trout IJou9e, belonging to Gen. Austell, the roofing of one of which (which was un occupied) was burnt off, but the other, occupied by G. W. Parrott, who removed his stock to a place of safety, escaped comparatively uninjured. In the meantine, as the wind blew from a westerly direction, the flames were pressed against the walls of the Masonic Hall, east of the burning buildings, which entering the unprotected windows soon gained a lodg ment, from which all efforts to force them proved un availing. About sunrise the devouring element burst furiously forth through the roof and windows, wrap ping the building in one almost unbroken sheet of flame; and this splendid structure, which had passed unscathed through the long continued severe shelling of the siege of the city, and escaped destruction when almost every other prominent building was laid in ruins by the departing Federal troops in 1864, has fallen a sacrifice to the non-enforcement of a city ordi nance forbidding the erection of wooden buildings within boundaries covering this locality. The base ment and first floor of the Masonic Hall were owned by E. E. Itawson, Esq., whose loss is probably $10,000, and who, wo are very sorry to learn, contrary to his usuaL foresight, had no insurance. The second and third floors were the property of the Masonic Fraternity, whose loss was also about $10,000, fully covered by insurance. The basement was used by Mr. George Sharpe, Jr., as a warehouse for bonded merchandise, all of which v enough tliat this Congress will do u:.r H reconstruction, and that they will • s .utkern representatives on any terms. • ■iMpo*.: no terms. The President will, it is ’*, \ , ,1, at an early day, follow up his peace ;i i»y a withdrawal of a large portion of the iVoin the South and a restoration of the ‘, lU .. this will deprive Congress of that the President is inconsistent in liis li in liio Tallahassee (Fla.) Sentinel.) \ Needle uml Thrcud. I - diking sn"ng the street to-day we observed I lag glitieriug in the sand, and on picking it up | credit was a common needle with a btrand of r:,cotter iu it. We were immediately borne back I - v.mgs of imagination to the events which suc- L- iu French Revolution, and reminded of a b title episode in the lifs of that truly great I J. Emperor Napoleon. r 31 the many institutions which he planned and vf/. f.ir the common benefit of his people, none . larger share of liis attention than those of aud of the large number which ho oatablish- 37juded the flourishing Female Seminary at . ..ml which was under his own supervision. :.:i: • i, one occasion, to mako an unexpected |. 7.:-i s tie found tho young ladies engaged in L :k, iu which he appeareu to take a great deal rlr v.aiut asked one oi them how many needles’ L L.'jui it would take to make a shirt. She very r uai\ ety replied, ” Sire, I would require but [’ . lid have that sufficiently long.” The Em- r-. : iAiso much charmed by the ingeniousness of (7,that he immediately placed around her Lijiaadsome gold chain as a present. The name llr.ung lady was Miss Brouurd, and the gift of became to her, of course, a priceless trea- - his fall, however,i and the restoration of the I j every effort and the most contemptible Essen, employed to efface all recollection oi him I. minds of the French people ; and among .. -:.s of petty tyranny that were practiced by L. :.v. in-lit, ihey sent an armed guard to the Sem- L; demanded this chain xrom Miss Brouard, p: j'.iuieiy refused to surrender it, for uhifih L.uWos thrown into prison, and suffered a |_ .■,.v.tv, until at length becoming ashamed of L . .. iiini done the authorities released her from out she still retained the chain, her arrest, the Duchess de Augoulenie, Lav: «w the Bourbon lamily, took occasion to L,:.sir ti.i ims school, and gave orders that when I . , i ni.ii.e her appearance among tho pupils I _.. . <.. . . “vive lo ltoy ;” but when she entered La. . her utter consternation, they all with one uiL-d, “vive l’Empereur.” .mi a-historical incident, wo think, might L . l-'iuiiic lesson of practical wisdom to “the | .t u. and teach them that unnecessary tyr- L .« i.. ct the reverse of what is intended, and I- :tin.- affection more closely to its object, i :.. - ’..u-. true that an old grenadier of tho L .. who for many years resided in this Ur.«. a.! -from persecution in his own country, L*:. . aui. i..» pass tlic tomb of Murat, in the Epis- .. .. :y in this city, without in the full burst I-; i enthusiasm pulling off his hat, and pi-- ic l’Emperuerl” [ii.- ir Northern friends, and the Hobbses, Ie: : think we are rebellious, treasonous, or L it borne of our gallant old veterans of the r. Northern Virginia should ocfcasionally [. v . mo Bonnio Blue Flag,” or cheer when \ of President Davis is exhibited to us, \ i sor Cevor’a Stereoscoptioon or some p mu sings iu gleeful notes tlic song of L-Li.il. By no means should‘they do so, be ll.- ,i-t the very reverse of what is true of our f . arc actuated by an universal,and one com- i ) preserve peace, to assist iu restoring [-•; ii.mcnt, and the general business of the I- aguiar action aud healthy vibration, so as > io do something for an honest living, to [ ur crushed and ruined country a share of y - : prosperity, and to prove to the world that y • li v oi liberty has not been lost to mankind in ■ of States and gush of the National life One tenement of the first floor was occupied by Lowe k Thrasher, Commission Merchants. Goods removed, loss inconsiderable, and all covered by in- ’ t through with them. To keep the eleven . States in territorial subjection will colt, in j was removed to a place of^safety^ . if the next four yearH, half as much as it ~ - U “Ji out the rebellion during the previous a foreign war is courted, and if we can- with Frauce, it is now proposed to have it 7.;’ria. The radicals are “spoiling for a light.” 7, - Mexican question is not so far. settled that • t bo revived in a manner that wiil force the Luiperor into a collision. The conflict be- jj'ress and the President blinds the former ‘••iul condition of tho country, financial, po- ,. i uit« ruationaL Nearly two hundred repre- ' « hi tho House aro laboring for re-election, - iccccd in maintaining a two-thirds anti- •Vii'jrity they will control the next Presi- surance. . , _ The other tenement was occupied by Geo. Sharpe, Jr., as a billiard saloon and bar-room. Everything nearfy a total loss. Stock and table worth $7,000; in surance $5,000. The second floor was occupied as offices for various purposes and a dancing school. Loss not heavy. Tlic third floor was occupied as a Lodge room by the brotherhood of the Mystic Tie. The Jewels and furniture were all saved. The “Blue House,’ on the west was divided into two tenements, the one next the Hall being occupied by Air. Geo. Johnston as a bar-room, whose loss is about $1,000. No insurance. Tho other was occupied by Bergen & Pease, as an eating saloon, and was known as the “Blue Hotfse Restaurant.'' Loss about $1,000. Insured for a small amount. The house was worth about $2,000; belonged to Mr. Johuson, and was not insured. Messrs. Garrett A Bro. occupied the house adjoin ing this on tho west. Stock and house worth $25,000. Insurance $12,000; except some $3,000, the loss falls on consignors. The aggregate loss is about $5p,000; amount insured about $27,500. The fire is supposed to have originated by a negro making a fire in a stove in the Restaurant, and going to sleep, some of the fire falling on the floor, igniting it. Another cause has been intimated to us, which should be calculated to put everybody on their guard. Our brave, ever-ready firemen, did all it was pos sible for them to do, but found it impossible to save the property. A Kcniavkubk Case. -.rkiible case, in which a Boston lady is inter- - •; l v»" oil trial before the Superior Court at ;r - « vim. The particulars are given by the p :: • F si. as- follows : Mrs Dreshon, now Mrs. Mary Jane Rand, - - l buaiou, hud a boy by her first husband. ! several singular marks on his person, and w impediment in his speech. When five and a half years old it died suddenly - ■ m .Liter was asleep. * The singular appearance _ ? led her to have un autopsy made, and she i •“ -• cuted the attending physician and • - , had furnished the medicine. Rufus - a* her counsel at this time, j Some two or alter,Mrs. Rand observed affifcildiu Boston 7 ^iLblcd hors so closely that she followed it ' Uue. tut finally lost sight of it and its at- I ;; 4 -\ i;r -> years or more elapsed before she I ; ^‘un, iiiid found out that it was in the Asy- | 7 deaf aud dumb in this city, being a chari- I • • : ' :u :h<* state of Massachusetts. A picture I aiid, whom she claims was the father of I • Au \ shown to him, when he instantly ex- I "7, v '‘ laa he could, and iu the presenco of I htaeasc-s, “That’s my father ; he lives in Bos- I “ ’.-lamination lias been made of the boy by I ' ‘ stteuded lnm during a three months' I 'T 7 1 says that “God might have made I ' c r . s ‘ ‘ D( ‘ ar alike, but that this was the first ; &C kmd tliat had come to his knowledge.” ... 7 i U ‘ 11 tlic hoy now here correspond exactly k; , ‘‘handed, and who was afflicted with a h the boy at the Asylum had timouy occupied tho court dur- “ day, Tuesday, and her counsel. Mr. ■ ; -. ‘ • ^^d^rable more testimony to introduce, I' ..7' ‘' '*annot fail to convince any reason** I ic child of Mrs. Rand was taken away I - , : u ‘ ( r slept aud another one substituted. I - • jiiind, tho putative mother, Mrs. Phil- I : t ‘ ‘' "‘‘d* i- and Frost, she having married I ' ' la un3 to be able to substantiate her I w h° she says is hers, by Mr. Frost. I 10 the Asylum 6ome four years ago, of Edward Frost, and is now thirteen I '- .li*’’ * h as we have said before, as a charity I -c . : ;.^jd,Ubett8, but during this time his ino- I .:; t - ."7 claims to be such had paid little or* I ih. 10 him. Ir-'-'-b.vi? ^ the strangest on record, and will I < c..' 7 tor several days, an«l.a great deal of iu- 7**e a ted in the result. L> *7 nRrriY of Punishment Disowned by f h*RCHiiEN.—In addition to the sermon late- -7 s at Chai>el Royal, by Rev. Charles Kinge- I * nl ‘'tber clergymen of the Church of Eng- L-.. l u ^hslied their dlsbelA in the eternal pun_ wicked. The London Patriot says: I; M. A., the Rev. Thomas Da>*is, M. \ < u 7 ‘7 nt °t Rulindhay, and the Rev. John Dar- 1--^ °f RivenhaU, Essex, all contend \ K,^ jnd immoriahty of the soul cannot be cs- ' • 1 .-“ atr hy reason or Scripture—that eternal - l ’ : ‘ God through Christ upon the re- " •l 7^7 1 hat ih° wicked arc destined literally to . - havehcara, though we arc somewhat authority, that Mr. Darton has been " "’ut ^ or hook by the Bishop of Roches- ii i6 .‘ ci “ le decision in the Wilson case, it is not I - tii .r he or any of those who think and aw,;S will be hiuder^ from promulgating J? 0F . TiiE Blockade.—A distinguished - u.f. ‘ .J United States navy, In recommend- 1 . wdon ' “ ~ the stringency of the blockade, for Tlie Evacuation of Mexico by France. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.] The official documents on the subject of the evacua tion of Mexico by the French have just been printed by the government printing bureau. The principal onos appeared in Tuesday morning’s newspapers, but in addition to that information it may be interesting to learn that M. Drouyn de L’Htiys informed Minister Bigelow in January that the French government had no intention to take tho Egyption troops to Mexico, but that it adhered entirely to the polioy heretofore announced to our -Minister on that subject. On Mr. Bigelow’s asking him if he could give an idea of the guarantees which he hoped to obtain from Mexico, M. Drouyn de I/Huys replied that they did not, of course, expect to get the money owing them, but they hoped for something which they might regard as an equiva lent. That, however, was a matter of negotiation be tween them and Mexico. Mr. Bigelow says: “I then asked whether it would no.t be possible, in some way, to arrest the useless and demoralizing warfare that was carried on in Mexico between Maximilian and the Juarists, at least while these negotiations were going on, that is while the French occupation should last. He said lie wished tbero was; that the atrocities prac ticed there were really too dreadful to speak of, but he did not know that he could do anything to discourage it, and asked if I had anything to suggest. I said I supposed that if the Juarists were' sure that the French were intending to leave-Mexico within a short time, .which seemed reasonable to them, and that they would then have a fine chance of trying conclusions with Maximilian’s party, they would be willing to leave him undisturbed if undisturbed by him; and that if France or Maximilian had any indirect means in coming to such an understanding with Juarez it might render the situation less embarrassing to all parties. His excellency replied that he would be very glad if that wero practicable, as it would enable them to leave the country so much the sooner, but they had no means of communicating with Juarez, and he asked me if I could suggest any mode of accomplish ing that purpose. I replied that we had relations, as he was aware, with Seuor Romero, and ' anything that he would authorize me to say, we should be most happy to say, of course, that would have a tendency to terminate this brutalizing strife. His excellency promised to speak of this, and also of the form of the assurance which we had been discussing to the Em peror. Skchetaby Sewaed’s Views on Reconstruction.— The New Hork Herald’s special dispatch from Wash ington of May 1, says: “ A casual conversation to-day between Secretary Seward and a gentleman from Virginia may throw some light on the former’s opinions concerning re construction and Mexico. Mr. Seward said he had lately received a letter, which hafl been forty days on the way, advising him to act cautiously in the French and Mexican imbroglio, because of a strong possibility of a recommencement of hostilities between the North and South. The writer assured Mr. Seward that so far as Virginia was concerned he need have no appre hensions. The Secretary replied, nor so far as any part of the country is concerned. .The country has had enough to last it for a long time. An intelligent and virtuous woman who has taken the first step in a life of sliamo never ceases to deplore her misfortune; but an indolent, ignorant woman will continue to take many sueh downward steps as long as she lives. Such a country as Mexico may be given over to political revolutions and war, but a virtuous, enlightened and exemplary country, like the United States, will not be likely to repeat push folly very often.” Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. Howard, the Assistant Commissioner of Freedmen’^ Affaire for the District ot Columbia, has issued an order releasing from all control of the Bureau, to Mrs. Maria Syphax, colored, seventeen acres from the “Arlington” es tate, situated in Alexandria County, Va., she claim ing to bo the legal owner of tho above said tract by virtue of a title gained by an undisturbed possession for a period OI upwards of thirty years. We fear, says the New York News that the above extract, from the Washington City National Republi can discloses tho fact that radical ingenuity has de vised another plan for the ruin of the white people of the Southern States—the virtual confiscation of their property, by the establishment of the doctrine that the residence of a slave upon his master’s land is such a possession as gives title. Let no one think that because this pretence seems monfltrous and ab surd, it may not, ip a twelve mouth become an axiom of tho radical political philosophy. It is neither more absurd, nor more monstrous than the new established dogma of the radicals-that the freedmen are citizens of tho United States, and as such entitled'lo all rights that attach to the citizens of any State—would have seemed to any well regulated mind twelve mouths ago. Kentucky Politics.—A large number of influential Kentnckflks have published an address to the people of that State, appealing to all men of all parties who desire the restoration of good government and the preservation of the Union to meet in mass convention at Louisville, on the 30th of May. They wish to give utterance to the sentiments of Kentucky upon the question of reconstruction; to restore the friendly relations of the State with all sections of the country; to demand that the Constitution shall be observed in all its parts; to have civil authority restored, and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus again made the citizen's rigfct. The address is signed by more than a hundred prominent Kentuckians THE South American War.—The French mail steamer from Rio Janeiro, at Lisbon, with Rio dates to tho 25th of March, reported that the allied army crossed the Parana river on the 14th of that month. A Florida Enterprise.—The Tallahassde Floridian of April 24th, in speaking of the Indian River enter prise, says that the operations of the company arc progressing encouragingly. Large quantities of oys ters have boen canned aud very many fine turtles caught, which would be shipped North at an early day; " •‘Mhi** V ' is D0W receiving merited credit, kept LULdr ^1 C0Untr y to the magnificent amount of 7- millions of dollars in greenbacks, or 7'-5 tfc. 7; millions in gold, which, since ths clos- i>rM,, ^ e hion has come to the relief of the na- S %*\ T ;7 llC national currency and the tax payers " Cj &? 0i l ^ e ^ n ^ on 10 tb 0 other.”—Wasfiing- 7j’4 n ^' Stephens’ advice had been followed by J erate authorities at the outset this would ! ‘ H PDme<i, and the Confederate currency of our defeat) would have been sus- t; ' 1 Sl',',.v7’ ed “‘ I * u «ned Ito Aldridge, is to play a characters at the French Thea- 7fi7tv?° r e ' He •rill deliver his part in pace nr* support will use ithe French lan- The Darkies on the Rampage.r- The oolored popu iation are beginning to feel their civil rights. We hear of four or five of them promenading into a fhsliiona- ablo restaurant, sitting down among white ladies and gentlemen, and appealing to the Ciyil Rights bill to mer ‘ protect them from ejectment. This little game will probably be tried at our churches, theatres and other places of resort, and it will cause some temporary in convenience and annoyance; but in course of Time all these things will settle themselves, and* the darkies will be quietly regulated by the force of public opinion. “ ■ “ ips the most amusing instance of the civil _ the presentation to the Senate of a pe- EoiTeigned by a couple of dozen darkies, for the ex pulsion of Senator Davis, of Kentucky. This absurd petition, with such names as “Sam,” “Jeff,” “Ras,” “Bill” and “Clem” attached, was gravely presented by the irrepressible Sumner, and the Senate as grave ly referred it to the Judiciary Committee, instead of laying it on the table, or under the table, or in* the waste basket. We do notsay that Senator Davis does not deserve this token of remembrance from the chil dren of Africa, for he has been pretty hard upon them in his time; but certainly the Senate ought to have sufficient respect tor its own dignity not to encourage such petitions and petitioners.—N. T. Herald. IN GENERAL. / —The nearest parallel to the murder of the Dee ring family in this country occurred In 1782, in the town of Wethersfield, Connecticut ajr. Beadle, an En glishman doing business in that town, having lost his property by a depreciation of tho currency, through depression of mind killed his wife and five daughters and then himself. So enraged were the peo ple that it was with great difficulty the body of the murderer and suicide found burial. —The volcano Manna Loa, on the island of Haw*aii, displayed some first-class fireworks in January. • A column of fire 1,000 feet high and a river of .flame 35 miles long wrere among the attractive features. ^—The Troy firemen are getting aesthetic. One of their engine houses has been furnished with a fine piano. —The ^ew York “house agent, "who was lately sen tenced to three years in the State Prison still carries on his profitable business, weekly reports of ^profit and loss being sent to him at Sing Sing. His busi ness consists in hiring valuable houses for a day and holding auction sales of poor furniture, advertising it as on account of the departure of the family for Eu rope. —A Norwalk, Conn., paper says that some body- snatchers dug up the body of a young lady who had been buried in tnat city, and succeeded beyond their anticipations. She had been buried while in a cata leptic fit, and upon being exposed to the night air animation was restored. The resurrectionists fled and she walked home. Her parents refused to admit her, believing her to be a ghost. She then went to the house of a young man to whom she was engaged. He took her in, and on Monday morning they were mar ried. —An Extract from Bigelow’s New “Pome.*” Aprul’s come back; the 3 wellin’ buds-of oak Dim the fur hillsides with a purplish smoke; The brooks are loose an’ singing to be seen, (Like gals), make all the hollers soft an’ green; The birds are here, for all the season *s late; They take the sun’s height an’ don’ never wait; Soon ’z he officially declares it -b Spring Their light heart lift ’em on a north'ard wing, An' th’ ain’t an acre, fur ez you can hear, Cau’t by the music tell the time 'oyoar. —The depot* of tho Detroit and Milwaukee aud of the Michigan Southern Railroads, aud the ferryboat Windsor, were destroyedHby fire in Detroit on Thurs day night, involving a loss of over two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. A lamentable loss of life occurred on the boat, tw r euty-eight perrons being missing, who aro supposed to have been burned or drowned. The fire was occasioned by the ignition of a barrel of kerosene oil. A Mrs. Gleifn, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, on the Pith instant, saturated her clothing ivith oil and then set fire to it. The llaraeB were extinguished with great difficulty, and she was found to be so badly burned as to render her recovery entirely hopeless. The lady, who is of a highly respectable family, has been for some time subject to melancholy derange ment, and several times previously attempted to close her existence. Mary Nepper, of Cleveland, Ohio, in compand with several other girls, built a bonfire on Monday* and while holding a kind of fairy dance about the burning pile, her clothes took fire aud she was burned arisp. Her mother was also fatally burned in at tempting to rescue her. Another new large English iron screw steamer, similar to the ill-fated London, is believed to have foundered, with every soul on board. She was the 1,357 tons register, commanded by Capt. Hardy, belonging to the Bombay and Bengal Steam Shipping Company. She sailed from Liverpool for Bombay on the 13th of November last. —The Springfield (Mass) Republican says : If mem bers of Congress will take pains to _ inquire, they will find that not a few of the most a stauncli and influential Republicans all over the country believe that loyal rep resentatives from the ‘South should be admitted io Congress, and that their continued exclusion threat ens ruin to the party. —Congratulatory messages have passed over-the newly constructed telegraphic line between Washing ton and Vancouver’s Island, in the Pacific. The Gov ernor of the Island sent greeting on the 24th inst. to President Johuson, and the latter, two days after, re turned a cordial response. A dentist in Philadelphia says he has adminis tered nitrous oxide gas to more than 30,000 persous.of from three to eighty-four years of age, aud has never known any bad effect to follow its use. It is equal to chloroform as an aniesthctic, and is believed to bo safe. . —The receipts from the customs at the ports of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, in the week ending April 21, were as follows : New York, $2,536,375 49 ; Philadelphia, $179,857 84 ; Baltimore, $59,981 05. To tal receipts, $2,776,214 38. —The Treasury Department has received through the United States Consul at Birmingham, England, four thousand live hundred dollars in gold, which was subscribed by the citizens of that place for the benefit of the freed race of this country. — Aaron A. Bradley, the colored lawyer formerly of Boston, who was tried for stirring up sedition among the negroes of tliis city, by a milit|*y-commi39ion, has made a speech before the Equal iSwTrage Associa tion at Washington. Tho new Constitution of Texas fixes tho basis of representation on the white population ; tho old one fixed it on tlie free population. The Legislature is en joined to encourage schools among tho freedmen. —Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, says : “After all, the Southern States are better off in regard to Con gressional representation than the Northern ones* for non-representation is better than misrepresentation.’ —It is asserted that if every clerk under the govern ment in Washington wero discharged, there would not be places for one-tenth of the applicants seeking situations. * —Two young men in Troy, N. Ywhile serenading a young lady, were badly scalded by enraged papa’s throwing hot water upon them. —A man named Peter August Madison has been ar rested in Washington, supposed to be an accomplice of Probst, the Philadelphia murderer. —A man in Worcester fainted the other day on seeing Heller perform the trick of cutting off a man's nose. A party of eightsmeu at Crittenden, Ky., fired pro miscuously into John Robinson’s circus on Wednes day last, because they were refused admission. —In marriage the heart of a widow is like a furnish ed room, where one is apt to find somethingdeft there by a former lodger. —Tho Summit (Miss.) Commercial says a salt mine has been discovered near that place. The brine oozes out and crystalizes upon the surface of the ground. —Gen. Cauby, at New Orleans, refuses to recognize writs of habeas corpus in the cases of government agents who have been arrested. A negro groggery in Norfolk has‘been closed by the military authorities, on the charge of having fur nished the negro rioters with liquor. —One of the regular writers for the New York Tri bune is a lady, the wife ef a prominent cu9tom-house official. . —It is announced that tight pantaloons are becom ing fashionable again in Paris. — The British fleet for the coast of North America will consist of twenty-eight vessels. —The first volume of a Hindostanee translation of Sliakspeare has been issued at Bombay. —The name of Matamoras, Mexico, has been changed to Concepcion. Tlie Trial of Major Gee. With reference to the trial of .Major John H. Gee, the following telegram was sent by the President to Governor Worth: Washington, D. C., April 27. 1866. Vo Governor Worth: I am directed by the President io inform you that by his Proclamation of April 2, 1866, it was not in tended to interfere with Military Commissions at that time’ or previously organized, or trials pending be fore such Commissions, unless by special instruc tions the accused were to be turned over to civil au thority. General Ruger has been instructed to proceed with the trial to which you refer, but before tlie execution of any sentence rendered by such Commission, to re port all proceedings to the War Department for ex amination and revision. There has been an order this day prepared, and will soon be issued, which* will relieve and settle all em barrassment growing, out of a misconstruction of the proclamation, of which 1 will send you a copy. Edward Cooper, Acting Private Secretary. A N E X HI BI TIG N OP Head Cextbe Stephens. —This (lUtiDgnUhed per- lonage was feted by the Harqni* de Boiiey, In Faria. Information baa been received at tbe Fenian Head- quorters in New York that Stephens was to leave Havre on the 38th ult., by the steamer Napoleon III, and is consequently expected to arrive shortly in New York. He will make a tour ot the principal cities of this country on important business. am i-ZB The Brown low faction in East Tennessee seem de termined to make that portion of the State a desert waste. Tbe Bristol News of the 37th, speaking of the unsettled state Cfsociety in that section, says: ** We learn from reliable partiea near Jonesboro', that quite an unfortunate state ot adairs exists in Washington county. \ {large number of those who sympathized with the South in the late war are being whipped and maltreated, and that a still larger num ber are receiving orders to leave the country, being notified that If they do not comply they will suffer the penalty of death." —General Hood can't he of the full-blooded chivalry. He has refused to receive money raised for him by subscription. It is the first instance we have ever seen recorded of a ‘‘ Southern gentleman" too proud or too self-reliant to accept filthy lucre, come from what source it ipay. —Albany Evening journal. We have yet to hear of a Southern General receiving a bouse and lot, or a present of money. All of our Generals came out of the war poor men, and General Leo, we know, is straitened. We applaud Hood’a dignity. —Richmond Times. Did Gen. Butler ever take anything? We never heard of his taking a battery. ,. The Public Debt.—Washington, May L—The puh- lie debt statements, to be issued in a day or two, will show a decrease of about-six millions during the month of April. . ' ' MY OWN IMPORTATION. BY. tlie steamer Tariffs, from France, I have received u lurge and beautifully assorted stock of of Paris’ finest SOAPS, POMADES, HAIR OILS ' ' ' TOILET, LAVENDER and COLOGNE WATERS, . CREAMS FOR THE COMPLEXION, DENTRIFICES and HAIR RESTORATIVES, SACHETS POWDERS, all perfumes. These goods are all from the celebrated houses of Chardin, Mouilberon Nevu, Monpelas, Piver, Lnbin and Coudray. CREME DE DUCHESSE, a pomade, the finest known in Paris, possesses all the qualities of a Hair Restorative—is in itself the perfection of art. ' * • ‘ COUDRAY’S SAVON LACTEINE is the finest Soap known, producing in use a regular bath of milk. The JUICE OF LETTUCE SOAP, VIOLET and VANILLA SOAPS. PEACH, PINEAPPLE, BANANA and FLEUR DE LIS SOAPS. HAIR OILS of different flavors, BANDOLINE, HUILLE, CONCRETE. CREAM of the JUICE of PEACHES, for whitening the hands. LOTION YEGETALE PREPARES AUX JAUNNES D’OCUFFS, to give the hair a brilliant and glossy appearance, to keep dand ruff off and stop the hair from falling out. LIPAROLLE TONIQUE, to keep the hair from falling out, and is a brilliant Hair Restorative. EMULSION BALSAMIQUE and BLANCE DE PERLE, for the cqmplexion. EAU DE PHILIPPE, ODONTHALINE, POWDER ODONTHINE, EAU DENTRIFICE, for the teeth and gums. Besides many other preparations, comprising a splendid assortment. These goods are immortal, and the French people through I and hair. ' ^ All articles shown with pleasure and explained when necessity requires. Also, a few cases of CHATREUSE, from the GRANDE CHATREUSE, a cordial seldom brought here. ALSO ON HAND All the following preparations of Casswell, Mack & Co., under Fifth Avenue Hotel. N. Y. FERRO. PHOS. ELIXIR CALASAYA BARK. COD LIVER OIL, a rare article. GLA’CERIA, a lotion for the haic perfumed with Bay Leaf DENTINE, FORMA DENTA, LOTUS BALM, AMBER, TOOTH and GUM WASH, TOILET and COLOGNE WATERS. Lippman’s Drug and Chemical Warehouse, people through their nse have become renowned for their beautiful complexion, skin al3-lmo CORNER CONGRESS AND BARNARD STREETS. sew Miscellaneous. J. N. WILSON, Photographer. PHOTOGRAPHS, Porcelain & Ambrotypen, IN TUB HIGHEST STYLE OF THE ABT. Copying done in the best manner. Pictures made aa well in cloudy os in clear weather. BT Call and (examine Specimen*. -©# SODTiJ-EAST CORNER BROUGHTON AND WH1T- ulG-tf AUER STREETS. GEO. W. BERRY & CO. Manufacturers and Dealers in WALNUT, CHESTNUT AND PAINTED CHAMBER FURNITURE, Refrigerators, Bureaus, Wardrobes, <tc., lit 3 Holmes’ Blork, Hay market Stare, f2fl cod-3m BOSTON. G. K. HUGER, IERTLEV 0. HASELL 1 General Partners. M. K. JESUP & CO.. New York, Special Partners. HUGER & HASELL, NO. 46 EAST BAY STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS, AND DEALERS IN Railway Equipment and Supplies, Portable and Stationary Engines, Saw Mills, and all kinds * of Machinery required by Railroad Companies, Contractors, Manufacturers, Machinists and Agriculturalists. Advances made on consignmentzif Railroad Iron; also on Colton and other Produce. BENTLEY D. HASELL, CIVIL, MINING AND CONSULTING . ENGINEER. ESTIMATES MADE AND CONTRACTS TAKEN. OFFICK 46 FAST BAY, CHARLESTON jffi im&twtf S. C. CRUTCHES F IRST and only premium awarded at t he American Institute Fair, 1805, aud State Rairot Pa, 1805, for Crutches. Hartman’s Patent Elaatfc Rubber Crutcnee are pronounced by surgeons, and ererybody else, to be tho very best ever invented. They are easy and con venient, they prevent paralysis of tae nerves, do away with all the weariness inseparablefrom the use of all others, and are In all respects unavalled. Send for a circular. Ageuts wanted everywhere LOVEJOY dk TaYLOR, Sole Manufacturers, No. 476>J Broadway N. Y. Cm-n2» C LO T H I N G, ... - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, _ • - . , r r Q ’j'.. r.UTO-:> > >- At 149 Bay Street, in the Store formerly occupied by Mr. Wil liams as a Book Store. By order of the Administrator, a large stock of BEADTrllADB CLOTHING to be SOLD AT VERY LOW PRICES, for the object of making Sales to Close the Estate. The Agent takes this opportunity of lnformfaf the Cftlaens of Savannah and its vicinity, that he will have a part of an extensive stock of , . Men’s, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing, . OF THE BEST MATERIAL AND MAKS, wldrh he intends to offer at Very Low Prices, for the object of closing the estate. Also a large stock of G-outlemexi’M Under-Olothiug, Shirts, Cotton aud Linen Drawers, Hosiery, Gloves, Suspenders, Neck Ties, Ac., Ac. a25 ~'f JAMES SCOTT, ^Vgent. IMPORTERS AND Kl NS, DEALERS IN DRY GOODS IN AIjTi ITS BRANCHES, 111 <fc 113 Congress St., Savannah. Insurance. HUE, Minim LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE R I 3 K 8 T, A K E If IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST-CLASS COMPA NIES: aarrraL. Colombia Fire Insurance Company, of New York $600,000 Fulton Fire Insurance Company of New York 200,000 Excelsior Fire Insugance Company of New York 240,000 Springfield Fire Insurance Company o( New York 300,000 Putnam Fire Insurance Company of Hart ford 300,000 Washington Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore 100,000 Gulf State Fire Insurance Company of Tal- lahaasec 300,G00 a.oo: Travelers' of Haitford $300,000 Marine and IHre. Petersburg Savings and Insurance Company of Virginia $500,000 Eufaula Home Insurance Company of Ala bama 200,000 Georgia Home Insurance Company, Colum bus ! 340,000 mu iaarr* New England Mutual Life Insurance Com pany ofTToston I...$8.0110.000 y. Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York 1,000,0; 0 On Opon Pollolem. ,q >fh Great Western, of New York. © lb Commercial Mutual, of New York. AARON WILBUR, Agent No. 89 Bay Street. w* SOMETHING NEW! UNDER THE SDR!! unrivalled in the History publishing ... «., i. uuiei wuiub, uj njBuuuitniis. xocy wui, every two weeks, present to their subscribers one hundred pages of reading, both entertaining and amuaiug. Thus, in a vear everv sub scriber will possess a library of standard work*, wldch, for cheapness, Ii unparall“led 3 7 Each number of our issues, containing one hundred handsomely printed oases, will he sold to non. subscribers at TEN QENT8. Yearly subscriptions, embracing twentyVx Smea $2'^" oe sow to non Our first publication if for popularity, and the intense interest ot its contents n of Modern Romance. „ “ THE COUNT OF MONTK-CKIOTO,” J . - By Alexander Dumas, noveitiesin prep^'^flre on. of which wUl b'e issued every two weeks. Among other "THE THEBE 6UARD3HEM,” (by the same author.) - ” OIL BLAS,” (by Le Sage.) ‘•THB ARABIAN NIGHTS,” “ DON RUIXOTTK.” 'dec., Ac. Subscriptions for each work will also be received at the fallowing rate: For the Count of Monte-Crtsto. M cepts; Three Guardsmen, 86 cents; Gil Biss, 7B cunts; Arabian Nights, 80 cents; Don Qutxotte, $1 30. Single numbers, 10 cents. Subscription price, $2 30. » All communications to be addressed to the Actuary of the Company, my3-d2tw2 A. J. BRODIK, New York City. Commission Merchants. TO PLANTERS. W K will keep constantly on hand a full stock of Plows, Ho68, Corn Shelters, straw Cutters, Axes, and other Agricultural Implements 6f beat makers and patterns with which to supply Planters ana Country Merchants, wlose attention we invite to our stock and think wo ctn make it to their inter- eat to purchase of ua. ^ ^ BRYANT, j2S-tf I#* Bay street Peruvian G-uano. I. P. Bods*. - ' “ W. A. Betant. bouse & Bryant, (Formerly of Jacksonville, Fla.,) Farwariiii aii Csmmlssita Mails, 104 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, ■ V . - GRURGIA. -NTTILL give prompt attention to receiving and for- W warding goods, sales on consignment, and all order*; and will also keep ouaatautly on bands good stock of Groceries, IAqnora, Agricultural Imple ments, Building Materia*, Pairbank- A Co’s Scales, Ac., beside* other goods and manufactured articles for teals on consignment, end for which they are agents. Order* and consignments lespectfolly so- icitpd. a!8-tf XX7E have in store genuineNo. I YV direct Importation, andwiil t to Suit purchaser*. fl2-tf CR^NE A GRAY BILL. Peruvian Guano, sell in quantities NOTICE. P ERSONS holding City Loto,yto are to arreer for Ground Rent, are notified that additional costa will be incurr d by them unttsa.they discharge their obligations at an early .lay. , R j24 ■ - 'City Treasurer, J. w. STEELE, . (Late Steele ABurbank,) 11 Merchants’ Row, lilton Head,So. Ca. And corner-King and Obrge Sts., Charleston, C ALLS the attention of Wholesale ana Retail P*r- 1 chasers to his superior aock of Military and Ntjiral Clothing, FURNISHING GOODS, Watches, Clocks, Fancy Gooo, Jewelry and Plated Ware, Swords, Sashes, Held Embroideries, Boots, Caps, FieM Glasses, Gauntlet Gloves, As., Ac. D B ELLS of any weight . short notice. An < in casting bells enablss perior quality. m9-3m HENRY N. MeKAY, BLISS ito. Commission Merchants, 1YKALKB8 In White Oak and Yellow Piue Tlmbsr of u all sixes. Creh advanceamade on conaigomemta of Timber, Oottoa, Naval Stores, Ac. The above-named, haaa* offer nnseuai facilities for the sale of Southern Products, and respectfully ao- lidt conateuments. lfeKAY. BLI88 A OO, d21-tawtf US Broadway, N. Y. K. MoLBA. J. H. CARTER. KENNETH McLEA Si CO., Commission Merchants 303 BAY STREET, lAVANMAH, O A. Advances made on Consignments of Cotton and other produce to our friends in Liverpool and New York. &3-3m LIFE INSURANCE! THE KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE OF N1 Mien Brascl Oflce, 80 Bay St., . SAVANNAH, GA. JA.. Wilbur, Ma&agor. No Extra Charge for Southern ~ Residence, ONE RATE OF PREMIUM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. JV Policies written at this office in any form de sired. ao THE OGLETHORPE INSURANCE GO. OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to to take Fire Risks or Reasonable Tens, At their Office, UT Bay Street. H. W. MERCER, President J. T. Thomas, Sec. *U GEQ*££ PATTlta, Fervariiu att CoBniuin lerelait ITo; 182 Bay Street, f22-3m* SAVANNAH. THOMAS H. AUSTIN, ecunl CiuisiR aii Fnvarint inmcaxHT, H BaySweeV Wm. M Tmnno A Ox. Savannah; Noons $ Brooks, New York; BppUg, Ha*esrd k Co , Columbus. REMOVAL rrtHB subscribers, having taken tbe store comer A Bey and Dirwil rtreela.recentty ooonpied by GadsndiCncklea, are now prepared to furnlah to the trade, planters and others, $ fine selection oTGro cerim. Wines, Bnmdise. Begat*, inclufiing all NOTICE. TO ALL WANTING FURNITURE I tt> ofMring for the Inspection of the public, u Hue stock of CABINET FURNITURE, CHAIRS, T TRESSES, &e-, Ac., To which the sttsUnn of all is invited. BT Wireroomt, 178 BROUGHTON STREET, 8her ock’soid Diy Goods Store. !_ ns-tf L. B. HARRINTON. NEW BOOKS, RECEIVED BY Cooper, Olcotts & Farrelly. Barrel! on Asiatic Cholera The Naval Lieutenant; hy F. C. Armstrong. Woman against Woman; by Florence Marryst. TbeGoidBriek; by Mi*. Stephens. Tbs CicBUS; by Anae Argyle. Leslie’s Manatee for May. Pemowst’ePsahlons for May.. AtteOc Monthly for May, The Galaxy for May. a» NOTICES B Y the Ordinance pasted by the City Cooncit on the 2Tth day of December, 1064, the laxas upon 'iS^rts^sssAsssss. Jobe’s Infallible Itch Ointment A Bore cure for the Itch, Balt Rheum, and nil Skin A- Diseases, Frosted Feet, Ac. MORGAN, LORD A CO.. Wholesale Druggists, 44 Dey street, Now York. . __ Wholesale Agents for the United States end Canadas. For sole by all Druggists. alB-lm SANDERSON & WILKINSON, HARNESS, SADDLERY Aim TRUNK STORE, WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL Under St Andrew’s Hall. BrMgbton St, SAVANNAH, GKA-, PAPER HARGDIGS, Window Shades & Gilt Cornices .Sittlpgjkm* pnen, chamber, Dtritf iooa sat newand pricee'to^a^theoid stand, 1$ i treet. one door foam Whitaker. • Styles J alien street. ■S84 MRS. MARY TURNER. FOR SALE, A GOOD bargain can be had for as eight-horse power Engine and Shafting, Betting, 4c. Al most new and In perfect enter. ' J MoPHEBSON FAKE, Agent, Ferry Wharf, foot of Cm line re BUL ■JW* Dissolution of Copartnership. iremer O. W. LAMAR, turn. I wffi continue the Commierirsi and ffiarwi Butenes* and reepectfully rolictt a sham of the] rtSSEk-irexea - “ V Jyprtiinghs, ' ■ i ajjgg^» as csaid*£«a odw3 -V ^ JBIBEfafiaiMpi ■ ~ \