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I Howard on Gineral SUcdmftn-
u t HeiiPTc the CommUiioutn.
v.iiitf letter ot Graupnil O. O. Howard, head
!u^n'§ bureau, to one Her. George Whipple,
r . it will b‘‘ seen that though “ I hare not
4 r ,, >,* ,rth Carolina/' “ you and your friends
that every nhadow of accusation of
lh rimr ou the part of those offleera there
g -ti» >ut foundation/’ This is the letter :
(fcorfje Whipple :
. sin When T *aw the article yon culled
written by a correapondeut from
i .day 7, 1 cut it from the paper and en*
u ieral Whittlesey. 1 have not yet re*
i’ou will iiotioo iny letter, published
Lhu next day. Now tho Kev. Horace
, c a ...ue who was Captain James, A. Q. M.,
Lai ever lived above reproach in all mat-
, thVse gentlemen owning plantations, I do
i'li-re is no speculation in tho matter.
iL many officers, ail through the South,
rAied to the i'reedmen’s Bureau, hare in-
, Httle money they could in this way. I
mutkI any cases of the prostitution of offi-
:i n-r private gain. Our volunteer offloers
the service, and, like provident men
... seek to secure eome livelihood. Gene-
.. v Jut 4 worked hard in tils official capacity,
v. !ie has never been charged with using
„r iti^n for the Government. I encourage
til idler* at work. The people cried, ‘Tho
work/ therefore I urged the renting
’ . plantations to afford practical exam-
•iu;e j )iut companies. The same malcon-
r4l „Ji tin* false alarm that tho negroea will
B i r eo lorn now seek to blacken the reputa-
oia!i who has shown the falsity of their
; -jcal demonstration, and declare that
: .;j is used to rob them of their hands.
. a nrmlations of poor people, and wo
JiBt work.
i yet the facts as to North Carolina, but
u. lrieuds may rest assured that every
,, i^ uion of complicity in crime on the
,4. 'i. L-rs there is utterly without founda-
denunciation of this Bureau, but the
.Lciatioa could be made against the Treaau-
ut. or any other department, and of the
with equal show of justice. The Bureau
n*ugh to secure the rights of the negro,
buc it Joes not burn negro churches and
... it does not reject negro testimony. It
• i .o prevent starvetiou until the next
... it will always keep its legitimate ob-
- in view of promoting industry, education
•Very respectfully,
“O. O. Howabd,
“ Major-General Commanding.
May 8, 1880.”
. ,.i Al illMSXEBEp BY THE “BUBBAC” AT
-The Memphis Argus, of the 10th, cites the
.»an instance of the way Justice ie adminis-
iet city by a choice spirit of the Bureau:
.ay a negro man, partially intoxicated,
... Harris, entered the nouse of a citizen on
»t, while the family were seated at the table,
tied buck nigger thurat himself into a seat
: the lady of the hpuse, and in the pres*
rumily committed an act of beastliness too
mention, and from the bare intimation of
unity shrinks with loathing and indigna*
iia across the street, attracted by tfie con-
.n sued, rushed over, and instead of a
•a act, which any man would have been at
ua to do, pulled the nigger out of the
'.-we him something of a drubbing. Offl-
aad Mcllvaine arrived on the ground
alter and arrested the wretch. Tuesday
was arraigned before this nigger guardian,
as'y, l r the offence, which was certainly
. •it.ous conceivable, to be short of violenoe.
who interfered was also present, and
Alness, and the charge was sustained,
the action of the scented court ? The
ifiaed *5, and the white man $25. No won-
•jurcau” is scorned by the Southern people.
Thim. -We take tho following from the
; t: Alabama, News. This man is but
f \A.zy now prowling in our midst, and the
i a i. k out for them. Tho News says:
mi <pi.iv, h white man, named Hill, alia*
. an cried in this place, charged with
u tli? negroea and proposing to sell
- .'h, by which they would be furnished
’iiv-ii• 'arms, on presenting them (the
; i at tho arsenal at Selma, Vicksburg
. Junction. For each uertiftoate he ww
H . represented himself as a Govern-
v, in the employment of the War De-
ii was a stranger here, but during bis
'••me five or six days), he had several
**!*- with the colored people, at which
ia that they had been badly treated by the
: i case where some negroes had been
and advised them to arm themselves
vir lights and persons against the as-
kiu race. The fellow was evidently
-iui< l t'j make a raise at the expense of
..ulc onug what the eff ects of his inceu-
* a.- might be.
. lloctions of flowers which were
■■lid Blues, ou last Thursday, was a
attracted considerable atltention as
•Judith Judah (colored). It wasaocom-
:‘.dn.viug feeling and pathetic letter:
Richmond, Va., May 10, 1866.
- • i my Milling contribution of flowers
• tuis gallant dead of the Richmond
r Llut.-i, oi which my husband was once
i*i»o fell in tho service. I hope they *11
. the river under the shade of
-ain %t another trumpet, as lovely and
>is, to flourish forever in the man-
[rrom the New York Times of 11th in si]
Chamber of Commerce.
Report qf the Committee on the Cotton Tax—Discus
sion on the Subject—Conor ess Asked not to Inter
pose a Tux of fioe Centi pel' Pound—Tmo cents
Considered Enough.
A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was
held yesterday, Mr. A. A. Low, President, in the
chair.
Mr. Maury, from the Special Committee to consider
and report upon the effect of the proposed tax by Con
gress of 5 cents per pound upon cotton, reported as
follows: . *
The Committee appointed by the Chamber of Com
merce to “consider the effect of the proposed tax by
Cong rest of 6 cents per pound on cotton/* beg to re
port ; They feel that the subject is one of vast interest
to that section of the country in which cotton is grown,
of great national concern, and especially worthy of
consideration in view of the political state of the
South.
They assume that in au enlightened community of
merohants, the importance of dealing justly with the
South at the present juncture will be deeply felt; and
adopt as the sentiment of this eominunity, that if any
error is committed in our national legislation, it shall
not be on the side of severity. If it is necessary to ex
clude representatives of the Southern States from the.
Halls of Congress because of disabilities growing out
of the recent wur, and measures are to be adopted
affecting the Industries of a large section and of a nu
merous people, these measures should be character
ized by a spirit of generosity,’ which will take the sting
from the declaration that “taxation without represen
tation is tyranny/’ It should appear in after years,
when prosperity in the South takes tho place of pre
scut adversity, and fraternal relations are again re
stored in and oni of Congiwas, that, in the days of hsr
weakness, the North and West did not take uqdue ad
vantage of the South, discriminating against her in
dustry, and imposing burdens too heavy to be borne;
but on the contrary, that a spirit of magnanimity
ruled in the councils of the nation disposing our leg
islators to deal generously with the people of the
South, thus to aid in restoring them from a state of
weakness to a condition of strength.
These are the views that animate your Committee,
and they are such as in their opinion, thkaChamber
should urge upon Congress as of most’ importance *
aiid in considering the amount of internal revenue tax
to be levied upon raw cotton, they. Are deeply im
pressed with tho feeling, as they suppose ail right-
minded men are, that the cultivation of cotton should
not be discouraged by onerous taxation; and your
Committee beg to present some of tho reasons which,
in their judgment, aro conclusive against a duty of
five cents per pound on the great Southern staple,
viz;
1. That the cotton interest in India, Brazil and
Egypt have accumulated large capitals from the high
prioes of the last three years, while our plantations, as
a rule, have lost all theirs.
2. That nothing has yet occurred to arrest the ex
tension of cotton production in those oO untries, and
nothing will arrest it short of material and permanent
decline in prices hereafter. .
3. That in the last five years railroads have been
opening to traffic in India, and other means of trans
portation have been improved ; and as the Indian
Government guarantees an annual dividend of not
less than five per cent, to railway stockholders, we
must suppose branch railroads will be made wherever
they are likely to pay.
4. That during the four years' famine of United
StateB cotton in Europe, great improvements have
been made in the manufacture of yarns and fabrics
from India cotton, so that eminent manufacturers,
who thought formerly that they could only use Ameri
can in making their standard fabrics, have found that
a mixture ot four-fifths India and one-fifth Ameri
can, or over nine-nineteenths India and one-tenth
American, produced the requisite quality ; at least, so
it is stated on authority wnich your Committee are
forced to respect, without being competent to indorse
it.
5. That the expenses in the United States of pro
ducing, transporting and selling at the ports, exclur
sire of tax, must be estimated this year at not less
than 13 eents per pound in case of a yield of 2.600,000
bales, and about 2 cents more if the yield is less. It ie
sometimes said, but very inconsiderately, that the cul
tivation of cotton in India and Egypt has been a fail
ure. Let us examine this up to the present time, to
give the latest .possible light upon the question.
The average Import into Liverpool, from the* 1st cf
January to the 20th of April, has been as follows :
India. Egypt. Brazil
For 3 years, 1850 to 1801, bales, 116,000 40,000 30,000
For 8 years, 1802 to 1864, bales, 198,000 90,000 64,000
For 2 years, 1865 to 1866, bales, 293,000 144,000 151,000
QUANTITY KNOWN (ON 20TH APBIL, AT LIVEBFOOL) TO
BB AT SEA FOB ENGLAND, FBOM INDIA (IN BALES.)
1866. 1865. 1864. 1863. 1862.
On April 20,ea. yr, 546,000 305,000 248,000188,000 184,000
Stock of all kinds,
cotton In L’pool
on 20th April... 820,000 675,000 472,000 203,000 422,000
India. Bgypt. Brazil.
Average Import of 12 months
into Great Britain in 10 years,
from 1843 to 1862 inclusive;
bales 214,000 70,000 120,000
The like during 1865 1,267.000 334,000 840,000
The sbove tables show that the production of cotton
has been an eminent success in Iudia, Egypt and Bra
zil, in quantity ; and, whatever may be said to the con
trary, the quality seen of India cotton ia good enough
ever to drag down our own growth, as happened in
Liverpool last month, to the extant of six pence sterl
ing per pound—equal to 16 or 16 contain our money—
in less than six weeks.
The natural oouraa seems now to be for cotton to de
cline, perhaps very slowly, and by fits and starts, until
it reaches hall its present value, if the growths of
1866 and 1867 are prolific; and it is equally natural to
suppose our planters must make two successive crops,
each of 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 of bales, and sell them
at very low prices before the cultivation in the Bom
bay district will' be materially curtailed. The pros
pective difficulties of the American planter, even with
out any tax ou cotton, are great, probably greater than
he supposes, as both in the North and South there are
still lurking ideas that ‘American cotton is king."
For if he secure a large crop, he is sure to meet a low
price ; while if his crop is short, and his earnings
of the Ceiled State., aad they be Kqnnrteil to present
the u» to their re. pec tire bodies.
The motion was adopted.
Hr. Maury moved that the present tax of two cents
per pound cm cotton ought not to be inereeeed.
Hr. Conkling eeid if eerenty-Are cents per pound
had not stimulated competition! auraly eighteen cents
would dot. Congress did not mean to make this a
special tax, but intended to treat all Interests alike.
The motion was adopted, and the Chamber ad*
journed. . .
[From the Baltimore San of May 16.]
The Indittss.at of Afltnon Dwvis.
In the Washington Chronicle of yesterday we find
in full the ibdictment for High treason preferred against
Jefferson Davis by the grand jury of the United States
District Court at Norfolk last week. We transfer the
document to our columns. It will be seen -that-the
indictment is s single charge of levying war against
the United States, the overt act oi which is alleged to
have been the assemblage of an armed array of five
hundred and moro persona in the city of Richmond
on the 15th day of June, 1864, with which armed array
he levied war against the United States, contrary to
his duty of allegiance and fidelity, and against the con
stitution, government, peace and dignity of the United
States. Following the usual form of indictments of
treason, the indictment discloses no other particulars
of the charge than the general averment of the as
semblage of an armed force at the timo and place spe
cified lor the purpose of levying war, and tho actual
levying and carrying on war in pursuance of the pre
vious purpose.
Contemporaneous history shows us that the act se
lected is some One military movement which took
place in the conduct of that fainoua campaign follow
ing immediately after the battle of Cold Harbor, and
connected, probably, with the transfer of <jen. Lee's
army from around Richmond to the front of Peters
burg, which wss then invested, under the supervision
of (ien. (irant, while (>en. Butler wss conducting the
subordinate operations at Bermuda Hundred. The
reason why an act of hostility so late in the progress
of the struggle was selected will be found in that pro
vision of the constitution which requires that in all
criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the
right to s speedy and public trial by an impartial jury
of the State and district wherein the crime shall have
been committed, which district shall have been pre
viously ascertained by law. The change in the polid- ;
cal structure of the State of Virginia, by the sever
ance of Western Virginia and its erection into a
separate State, made the reorganisation of its judicial
districts Imperative. This was accomplished by the
act of June 11, 1864, providing for thp whole of the
Stato of Virginia (that is, the remaining portion) be-
ing erected into one judicial district, and for holding
the sessions of its courts at Norfolk.
The date of the overt act charged in tho indictment,
it will bo observed, ia four years after the passage of
the law. The case cannot be tried before the Circuit
Court, presided over by Judge Chase, until November
next, without some change in the time of holding the
terms of the Circuit Court. While the siege of Kich-
mond was progressing. Congress passed the aot of
February 15th, 1866, changing the place of holding
the Circuit Court for Virginia from Richmond to Nor
folk, and providing that its seasions should be held bn
the first Monday of May and the first Mon
day of November in each year, at the latter
plta%. Hence the legislation Whioh Judge Un
derwood is said to have referred to on the part of Con
gress to enable the trial of Mr. Daria to be Drought on
in June next. It would require an act removing the
Circuit Court back td Richmond, and authorizing it
to hold a term In the month of June ibr the especial
purpose of trying Mr. Davis. Hhould this act be
passed in the form now urged in some quarters upon
Congress, the trial of Mr. Davis may take place at the
time suggested. Otherwise it'wil be postponed until
the regular term of the Circuit Oourt, in November
next.
We give the simple narrative of the facts in connec
tion with the indictment and the expected trial of Mr.
Davie as they stand, for the information of our
readers. The subject ie one of that gravity which
suggests to ue the propriety of abstaining from com
mentary at this juncture. Tho nation, and every in
dividual in it, is now charged to await the important
issue.. The eyes of the civilised world will scrutinize
every act and every actor through the progress of this
great cause. Every citizen should feel that 'be has
some part in the responsibility which will attach to
the spint and manner which shall mark the minutest
Incident! of the Judicial procedure. We annex the
copy of the indictment.
Tim Unilea SUM* of America, District of Virgtna,
' • to wit:
In the Circuit Court of the United States of America,
in and for the District ot Virginia, at Norfolk—May
Term, 1866.
The grand jurors ot the United States qt America, in
and for the District of Virginia, upon their oaths and
affirmations, respectively, do present that Jelfeiaon
Davis, late of the city of Richmond, in the county of
Henrico, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, yeoman,
being an inhabitant of and residing within the United
Ststeff of America, and owing allegiance and fi
delity to the said United States' ef America,
not having the fear of Sod before bis eyes,
nor weighing the duty ot his said allegiance,
but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the
devil, and wickedly devising and intending the peace
and tranquiltty of the aaid United .States of America
to disturb, and tho government of the said United
States of America to subvert, and to stir, move and
incite insurrection, rebellion and war against the said
UnitJU States of America, on the fifteenth day of June,
in tho year of our laird one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four, in the city of Richmond, in the county
of Henrico, in the district of Virginia aforesaid, and
within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the
United States for the fourth circuit in and for the
district of Virginia aforesaid, with-force and arms, un
lawfully, falsely, maliciously and traitorously, did
compass, imagine and intend to raise, levy and carry
on war, insurrection and rebellion against the said
United States of America, and in order to fulfil and
bring to effect the said traitorous compassiuga, imagi
nations and intentions of him, the said Jefferson
Davis, he, the aaid Jefferson Davis, afterward, to wit
ou the aaid fifteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and zixty-four, in
the aaid city of Richmond, in the county of Heurico
and. district oi Virginia aforesaid, and within the juris
diction of the Circuit Court of the United States for
tho fourth circuit, in and for the said district of Vir
insurance.
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ST. CHARLES SALOON,
RT A. 8TAMH. Bay Lane, tear of Poet Office —
bj*t Liquors Alee, times. Sega re, Ac.,
Including a choice article Of 8ELT-
WATER, directly imported from Uersagtham.
Nassau, and the beat of Rhine Wines
LUMCH every day at 11 O'clock. mtl-ly
good stuck t»i ttaVvcerteei, Liquors, Agricultural Impfe-
meuis. HeH.Hng M*t*rM*¥aM*a&< * e&t Neales,
Ac., beside* other goods and manufactured articles
for sale on cafeiigmueut, and for wlHeh they are*
agents. Orders and 'coustgnments lesoectfally so-
lotted. tl4-tf
therefore small, the cultivation in other oouutries will I giuia, with a great multitude of parsons, whose
continue to increase. Yet at this very time, when he I names to ths number of five hundred persona and up-
is struggling for existence, a tax of. live cents per ! ward, armed and arrayed in a warlike manner, that is
pound is proposed, which, being practically an export |.to say, witlucannon, muskets, pistols, swords, dirks,
duty, is equivalent to charging him with that amount i and other warlike weapona, as well offensive sa defen
se-.!
t inhering the Blues to me and
-I-'tnillv,
Judith C: Judah.
for the purpose of paying it over to the cultivation of
of Egypt, India and Brazil. And still it is expected
he is to compete successfully with those growers.
Our knowledge of the proposition is mainly derived
from the sketch of a bill for amending the Internal
Revenue Act, published some days ago in oiir papers.
We deem it reasonable to suppose that it was first sug
gested when cotton was worth fifty cAts and expected
by some persona to . be Sixty br seventy cents per
pound this summer, while the present average value
at the porta of the United States is little more than
thirty, and if it is to go to forty, it must lie from
sive, being then and there unlawfully, malicloualy
and traitoriintsly assembled and gathered together,
did falsely and traitorously assemble and join them
selves together against the said United States of Ameri
ca, and then and there, with force and arms, did false
ly and traitoriously, and in a warlike and hostile man
ner, array and dispose themselves against the said
United Statea of America, and then and there, that ia
-to aay, on the said fifteenth day of June, in t^e yearof
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four,
in the said city of Richmond, in the county of Hen
rico and distriot of Virginia afoi;eaaid, and within the
speculation for resale, chiefly to our spinners, and be- j jurisdiction pf the aaid Circuit Court of the United
: iii£ PiiESEUT SOUTHERN RaDI-
• -- ... ins report to the President,
: '-toheJ me xr. lhtcrestlng branoh of
■ -.l up the antecedents of those
- troops made their appearance,
; -■• tLiur professions of unwavering
•- i ; political human nature I Scarce-
- fit hid either accepted an ofiloe under
r P-;nif,ed his willingness to do so.”
■ '- thi:-:e men, says the Richmond
• L --y be written—for, obscure as they
-Ure a history. The countenanoe
— -atm they at present receive at the
1 - '-i- and the hopes they indulge of
: ri. tlieir means, keep up their spir-
tti to hear up with somo appearance
-•net t.',, contempt with which they are
- "ton,unities in which they live. But
. otic.- when the radicals will have no use
'• "f "til be thrown away like sacked
ttti whom will they have to look to?
--•Inal tiiture.
' =•= i.iox.—The names of the House
■i .'-atad to proceed to Memphis to ex-
connected with the late riots
■t-. -Washburne, of Illinois: Broomall.
*fid Shanklin, of Kentucky. The
named were appointed in the place
• ntw.ii an<i L e xjiond. who declined,
''' for Memphis on Friday last, ac-
• <*•' Buxton, doorkeeper or the House,
/“ i! ® Smith, the House phonogrepher.
i . 3 k Ucr writer says Oeneral Grant his
Stoneman the official aoeouat
a * Memphis. The Oeneral enters
<iie affair, giving a detailed statement
, C ’ ’eeme to bear pretty etrongly
?' * a ° commenced it. He blames the
0 .. /^ng up in the matter. It they had
>. j* tttehded to their own business, ths
'* T * been suppressed with little or no
-V, J 1B nv Indicate.—There ere light,
•ittc „ T Wa:a that involuntarily seem to at-
< Wr, it't do to tie to." The man'e
v, t j j - V|JU of his strength of purpoer aid
. ' •» tone contradicts hie speech.
■s--:-,,deep, strong voices, where the
a«, aa 11 tbe man owed humanity
■t it lt “ u t° pay it some day. That man's
t'tr, , ,r, 'tnble, and his friends may
of i’nrpose and ability to set
1 i,/^ • boisterous, dictatorial tone, ln-
'- : "»tiGn, vul G“r persons who have not raf-
JQ10 understand their own insignifl-
tfa^filous tone that ia full of s covert
\ .tott-can’t-dupo-me-air" intonation.
*■'- , , ln B. beseeching voice that says
as i f it uttered the word. It
CrJtm ; its words say, “I love you—
t'dT? ara everything you should be."
a „ l “ e tender, musical, compassionate
tlvtS es *°®3 with sharp features (aa they
*&twT ai * lt y °f feeling) end eoaeetimea
We », but always With genuine beaavo-
■w^ of affectation and pretence your voice
foil .
[^Hoejjj^bbheaty and strength of purpose
calm ' “td *»*“. consistent
deceptions, yoarvotoe Will fci
■»
without lta being known
t tSte P* 00 fro” 1 » DEtural to an
'■bs';.-, 11-/V/ being known that you are
cause of anticipated failure of the growth of this year.
The bill is baeed upon the assumption that thirty-four
mlUiona of revenue will be derived from this tax, and
connect! with the recommendation other irropoeed
changea In the. law, which are as lavorable to the
wealthier portion# of our country ss the tax referred
to ia oppressive to the South, viz:
1. The reduction of taxes on incomes.
2. A drawback on cotton goods when exported of -
five sente per pound, thus increasing the bounty on
their production from two to five cents per pound.
3. The abolition of the tax ot one dollar per barrel
on crude, and one-fifth of that on refiued petroleum.
There ia in these and other modifications suggested
in the existing law, a want of impartiality which, in ’
the judgment of izpur Committee, is calculated to
provoke hostilify.Mtihe South, and to excite in honest
minds at the North the hope that aucji a purpose will
hot prevail. It is not as though tbe people of the
South were prepared to enter into competition with
the manufactures of the North for the benefit to be
conferred through the payment of the proposed bounty
on cotton goods exported. They are not end cannot
be for years to come ; and the imposition of a dis
criminating tax which tends to make tbe rich of the
North richer, and the poor of the North poorer, op
erates as a discouragement to those who, with heavy
hearts but honest endeavors strive to regain their lost.
fortunes.
Your Committee feel that it would be wise and bet
ter to lift up those who are now cast down; by just
and generous legislation to inspire the Southern peo
ple with hope of better days, rather than by an op
posite course to prolong the era of political and com
mercial distrust. If itis true that when "one mem
ber suffers all tbe members suffer with it," your Com
mittee would urge a more moderate tax than that now,
proposed, not in the interest of the South alone, but
for the common good of all the States of the Union.
M. Maubt,
Jno. S. Williams,
Stewart Brown,
A. A. Low,
Paul Spovford.
Mr. OonkUng said that he thought the cotton crop
of the the United States, could pay a tax of five cents
if it could be produced for thirteen cents. He be
lieved that free labor could produce more than slave
labor, because free labor always brought with it im
proved processes for Us production. Cotton was used
as an article of clothing for nearly twelve hundred
millions of people throughout the world. In tbe
emergency which had passed away cotton had been
largely grown in Broil and in other fields, but we
wese able to oompete auocesfully with my rival cotton
growing country. He thought the entire cotton crop
of the world was about twelve millions of bales. The
highest crop in the United States had 'been five mil
lions of bales. If the American staple can be put
into the market at 16X Sent* par pound, surely it can
afford to pay the five-cent tax and still compete with
the world. The tempory cotton-growing demonstra
tions in other parts of the world had only proved that
the cotton grown in the Southern Statea waa superior
to all others, and would not suffer not the slightest
by the tax which Congress bad been so unanimous in
prasing. >
Judgt Marvut thought it would be hard work for
planters to produce cotton at 13 cents per pound de
livered at the port of shipment. The shipment to
Liverpool would ooet five ceate more, and this, with
'the tax of five oenta, would bring it up to 26 eents per
pound in Liverpool, and iu ten years we would to4
that that other fleld«f the world would be biutmht
to the teak of eompetstion.
Hr. OonkUng bagged to oorreot the speaker by In
forming him that the shipment of cotton frtan this
country only oost about one-half of a cent per pound.
Mr. Opdyke thought It unwise an the put of Con
gress to burden any staple such as cotton with a tax
which: must neoessarUy cripple our commerce. If it
was Intended to make the South aid in paying the vadt
debt it bad caused at to ooatract by Imposing thin
tax upon cotton, that waa a doctrine which would
hardly find advocates In that Chamber. He regarded
the policy by which inch a tax waa proposed drunwise
and ufilaat,
Cyrus W. Field said that the British authorities
were itteresting the facilities for the production of
cottofi fn India, and if this five cent tax waa imposed.
In • few ytton this deaand for our cotton would be
redueed to half of wbMffitonow. -
Xr. QrtUf W. I^eld moved that tile report be ac
cepted and adopted at the sense of ths Chamber, and
that it be sent to Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretory of
the Treasury; Hon. £. D. Morgku, of the Senate, and
Hon. Vo. S. Dodge,
States for the fourth circuit in and for the said distriot
of Virginia, in pursuance of such, their traitorous 1U;
tentiona and purposes aforesaid, he, the said Jefferson
Davis, with the aaid persoDa so aa aforesaid, traitorous-
ly assembled and armed and arrayed in the manner
aforesaid, most wickedly, maliciously and traitorously
did ordain, preparl, levy, and carry, on war against
tbe said United States of America, contrary to the
dirty of the allegiane and fidelity of the said Jefferson
Davis, against the Constitution, Government, peace,
and dignity of the said United Stater or America, and
against the form ofthe statute of the said United
States of Amerioa id such case made and provided.
This indictment .found on testimony of Jame9 F.
Milligan, George P. Scarbury, John Good, Jr.. J. Hardy
Hendren, and Patrick-O'Brien-, sworn in open court
and sent for by the Grand Jury.
8. Hi Chandlbb,
United states Attorney for the District of Virginia.
It will be seen by our Congressional report that the
bill from the House for changing the place of holding
the seasions of the UnltedBtstM Circuit Court for Vir
ginia back to Richmond, paaaad the Senate yesterday,
but with the elauae struck out whleh authorized the
calling of an extra term. Hr. Datria’a trial, it would
seem, must therefore be delayed till November, sup
posing Judge Chase is disposed to enter upon it
STATE ITEMS.
The Alabama and Georgia and the Chattahoochee
Manufacturing Companies, chartered by the last legis
latures of both State*, propose to have a "flow of soul"
on the 31st ot Hay, at which lime’ the corner stones of
the two factories will be laid .
Crops In Thomas county are dreadfully in the graea,
and likely so to continue. Freedman won’t work.
The crop* In Merriwathcr are not doing wall, ootton
is particularly bad.
A nsw hotel called th* National, situated on fye old
Concert Hall alto, oorner of Whitehall street and the
railroad,-has just bagn opened.in Atlanta.
The Athena gas works will b* ready for operation
by the 16th of July.
Gen. W. H. Browne has- retired from the editorial
department of th* Athene Banner.
The crops in Franklin county generally look well.
Very little ootton growing—making breadstuffi la the
first object af labor. Wheat la damaged by late rains.
The Borne Courier hie bean presented with speci
men stalks of rye, grown on a farm near that city.
Tbe a talks measure eight feet, with heeds eight indies
long. Alluding to the wheat crop that paper any* that
since Friday the weather bee been moderately cold and
windy, and so favorable to the wheat crop that the
apprehensions felt in regard to It have been to a large
extent dissipated.
A letter from' Erin f. -O., Ga., to the Griffin
■aye, "we have rain ‘world without end.' Wheat has
rust, at least on tbs blades. Crops ‘gone up' for want
of Work; a poor stand of ootton, for want of good lead
and sunshine; ‘general green' about to take this coun
try. Starvation now. feces us in all its hidecusneaa.'
We are requested to draw attention to en advertise
ment in thie-day'a paper ofthe New York DiainfoetiRg
Company, who have erected a large building in New
York for the manufitetere of disinfectants. Aa this ia a
matter of public interest we do so cheerfully, and b^
our readers to pay sU the attention possible to cleanli
ness (for, cholsra or no cholera, cl can liases is a godly
virtue), and spare no pains in aaaleting to ward off so
fearful a visitation aa this diamas, hy the free use of
the disinfectants, which ere mnommended by the New
Turk Board of Health. TM* to a rebatogtaal awnpany
we are told, and their article, coming recommended as
-it is, will be of Incoculabl* benefit to the public.
> Th* Foot Goodwix MasbAuax.—Sylvester Howry,
formerly ef the United States Army, In a latter to Gen.
Grant, published in the New York-World of Monday
morning? srtttetoaa in tbe severest terms the obnduct
of Gen. Condon, commanding forces in Artaooa, and
Imfobtant DnoasoR-—The Htatoort Supreme
Oeurt has decided that telegraph com pan tee ar* nut
'" for cm* tat message* not accepted ac-
' unless willful
fiber
mu
oi BffitresontatiTM was
s
ilt to reedkur damages for subetitutiug th* word
for euUtfi tm order to ship ash from Xaw York,
decidedInfoTer ofthe telegraph company.
a liberal discount. •
IT IS UNIVKUSAL
Tills Company insures against all aorta of acci
dents, whether they occur in traveling, working iu
the shop or tnctory, waiting iu the street, swimming,
riding, hunting, flailing, etc. It teaoea policies for
all persona, in ail parts of the United States. and
Canadas, uuii grants permit* to visit any part of the
world. This insurance is sought after and tallied
by till classes of men, rich or poor.
IT IS BEUABLE.
■ Tbe TRAVELER’S of Hartford is the oldest Acci
dent Insurance Company iu the United States, and K. HoLBA.
established on a firm basis. It has issued many
thousands of policies, pays claims for compiuthuietyt
almost daily, and iu business i$ i ‘
Us capital is ample, if* directr'
acter, and It has paid over 1
without contesting one. .z iiiw or ladT
NO MEDICAL KXAMUATION RE
- Rl’IRED.
[W Three cents a day will Insure a man for $2000
or $10 weekly compensation, for one year.
J. G. BATTERSON, Prealdent-
Kudnby Dennis, sec-
A. WILBUR,
, J. T. THOMAS.
GREEN’ 1FOOTMAN,
J, C. MeNULTY,
m20 , Agents, Savannah.
- MNETH McLEA <fc CO.,
“* i turn b»i. , — - -
^oWiHissioft Merchants
•AOS» BAT STREET,
SAVANNAH, CIA.
EW Advances made on Consignments of Cotton
and other produce to onr friends ia Uverpool and
New York. „.
WASHINGTOUIFE INSURANCE CO
NO. 98 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
CYRtJS CURTISS, President.
Clayton Newbold, V. P.‘; W. A. Brewer, 8ec.; Rob
ert R. Min turn, George Griswold, Roland G. Mitchell,
Thomas Hop*, William H. AspinwaU, A. A. Low and
others. Directors.
Cash assets, over $600,000.
Capital stock, $12frfN>0.
Policy holders receive all the profits wlthoat Incur
ring any liability for tosses. It has therefore all the
advantages and security of a Stock and Mutual Com
pany combined, without their separate disadvan
tages. ANDREW M. ROSS, Agent.
OSCAR CRAIG,
General Agent State of Georgia, Savannah, 6a.
W. R. Waking, M. D., Medical Examiner, Savan
nah, Ua. feblfi-Sm.
FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE AGENCY.
SECURITY INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus $1,600,0*0
PHtENlX INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus $1,600,000
INTERNATIONAL MS. CO.,
Capital and Surplus.-.t. ..$1,200,000
MANHATTAN INSURANCE CO.,
Capital and Surplus— $1,078,000
I1AKMOMY INSURANCE CO.,
. Capital aud Surplus. 500,000
Total cash Capital and Assets....’ $6,000,000
Fire, Harioe, and Inland Navigation Rtsaa taken
lu t he above highly responsible Companies on Build
ings and Merchandise to any amount, at-the lowest
rates corresponding with tbe risk. Losses equitably
adjusted aud paid promptly at this Office.
A. A. LANE,
>r» AGENT.
No. IA Stoddard’s Range, Bay Street, Sa-
vainiiali. Ga. fl9-3m
NOTICE.
B Y’ the Ordinance passed by the City Council on
the 27th day of December, 1866, the taxes upon
gross sales of every description of merchandize and
wares, upon freight and passage money payable lit
this city, and upon horses and mules, are required to
be paid monthly. The undersigned ie prepeted to re
ceive the above tax for the past month of April.
K. T. GIRSON,
inyl-tf City Tre at>uipr.
r.u-Kay, buss at co.,
Commission Merchants,
I tEALERS lu White Oiic ami Yellow Hue Timber oi
U all siyrs. Cash advances made on consignments
ofTinthoi , Oottorf, Naval Mores, Ac. -'
The uliovo-named bouse offer unusual facilities for
the sale of Southern Prudutfe, and respectfully so
licit consignments. - - * •
• ' MoKAY, BUSS A DIE,
.m-tawtf 156 Broadway, N.-Y
LIVE OAK
No. 3^ (koRa* . STREET^
Charleston, South Carolina,
Is now Open for the accommodation of transient au
; ow penny tat guests.
Choicest Liquors, Him, Ales ami Scgars
At.WAT* ON HAND.
Tctx-ma,
sum
*» per Say.
PETER JONES, Proprietor.
GEORGE PATTEN,
Forwariiu ail CsuMsiioi lenbait
184 Bay Street,
f29-3m* SAVANNAH.
J. H. CARTER.
THOMAS H. AUSTIN,
Gefleral Commission aid Forcarflim
95 Bay Street, Savuuuh, Ga.
Wm. M Tunno A Co.. Savannah; Hours* A Brooks,
New York; Bpping, Hanaerd A Co., Colombo*,
tann-ti
Miscellaneous.
J. N. WILSON,
Photographer.
PHOTOGRAPHS,
Poroeiaiu & Ambrotype*.
IN TOE HIGHEST STYLE OF THE ART.
Copying done la the (test manner. Pictures made as
well ia cloudy as iu clear weather.
IV Dull and Examine Specimens.
SOUTH-EAST CORNER BROUGHTON AND WH1T-
ais-tf AKER STREETS.
6E0. W. BERRY & CO.
Mannfac'urers amt Dealers In
WALNUT, CHESTNUT AND PAINTED
CHAMBER FURNITURE,
Refrigerators, Dureans; Wardrobes, Ac.,
1 A 3 Holmes' Block, ilaymarket Eqiere,
Kd eod-3iu- BOSTON.
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
CHARUEST0N, 8. C.
rnH» populat and Well known Hotel, situated in the
« k Station Of the city, has been newly fur
nished throughout by the present proprietor, who has
been Sixteen years connected with the establishment.
iu26-tl . W WHITE, Proprietor.
Insurance.
CH1JDA.T
Life and Accident
INSURANCE COMPANY
Of
NeyY Orleans-*
Capital,
8300,000
GM. JAINS LfflGSTREET, President.
▲as raaPAaiD to
take ItidKa
Port Royal House,
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL. A RUGU PaoptiiTOtt
juft-tf
THE DAILY NEWS,
PUBLISHED AT
CHARLESTON S. C.,
LARGEST CIRCULATION
, JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN THE STATE,
And le amversAlly considered
The Best Commercial
FAMILY PAPER
IN THE STATE.
% PARTIES. THEREFORE, IN GEORGIA, who de
sire to subscribe for a CHARLESTON PAPER, will
oousalt their interest byeending for THE DAILY
NEWS.
.$10 PER ANNUM.
Published in Folio Form, six* of th* New York
Herald. - ast-tf
TO PLANTERS.
W l will-keep constantly on hand a full stock or
Plows, Hoeta Corn Shelters, Straw Cutters,
and other Agricultural Implements or best
■s and patterns with which to supply Planters
and Country Merchants, whose attention we Invite
to our nock and think we can make it to their luter-
eat to purchase of us.
BOUSE A BRYANT,
136-tf 194 Bay street.
BELLS.
myil-tf
Term*,
WILLIAM C. COMDfS, Agent.
At Marine Bank.
HUE, MARINE,
L IF E
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
RIAK8 TAKEN
IN THE FOLLOWING FIRST-CLASS OOHPA-
’ NIEB:
„ , .. _ oamvAA.
Columbia Fire Insurance Company, of New
York. $608,000
Pnlton Fir* Insurance Company ot New
Tor *‘ .200.000
Excelsior Fire Insurance Company of New
York..............
Springfield Fire Insurance Company of New
York
Putnam Fire Insurance Company of Hart
fonl...
Washington Fire Insurance Company of
Baltimore
Gulf State Fire Insurance Company of Tal
i'
2601000
600,000
600,000
600,01*0
600,000
B ELLS of any weight required cast to order, at
■hart notice. An experience of over forty years
perK^qninty* 4 eD * >>lea 08 prodnee^them oi a ■»-
HENRY N. HOOPER A CO.,
Boa ton. Mass.
A. UuTEMKOOrxa,
Of Savannah,-Ga.
Joan M. W. Hill,
Of Jefferson Co., Fla.
A- DUTENHOFER & CO.,
Shipping, Forwarding,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS*
Bay Street, Savannah, da.
Pranipl attention .giceti to tlw purchase, sale and
shipment of cotton, lumber and country prer
dure generally, consignments sol toiled,
on which liberal advances
* will be made.
airmmon:
Brigham, Baldwin A Co., Savannah : Hiram Rob
erts; Savannah ; J. H. ZeiHn A Co., Maoon, Ga ; Dr.
N. L. Angler, Int. Rev. CoL, Augusta; James M. Bali,
Esq , Atlanta, Ga.; Willis, Chisholm, Atlr.uta, Ga. ,
C. L Robinson, Jacksonville, Fla.: F. Dioble, Jack
sonville, Ffe ; Uol. W. L. Bailey, Jeffeeoon county,
Fla.; D, H. Baldwin A Co., Key York; Bearden A
Co., New Yprk. Warren Mitchell, Esq-, Louisville.
Kentucky. ' j|l
J0HM GRAY,
DEALER IN
Wooden Ware, Brooms,
MAILS, BRUBHBN, MATS,
Twines, Cordage, Twbe, Ckaros, Cradles,
Wagons, Chain, Baskets, foe.
No*, ie JUvilton and BOS ITront Stn
NEW YOBK
Emigrants Can be Supplied
WITHIN TEN DAYS.
T HE undersigned are prepared to supply Planters
and other parties who may be iu want of WHITE
LABORERS, aud have made necessary arrange
ments iu the North to fl’l any orders for agriculture
laborers, Woodcuw.rs, Mechanics, etc., within Ten
or Twelve days front he day the order is given here.
The Laborers are to ue. received by the Employers
on arrival of the steamer here, and transported to
the poluta where they are wanted at Employers’
exponse, and the Employers have further to pay a
certain sum per heed to advance, partly as security
and partly for covering the expense* in bringing the.
Emigrants from the North to this port.
The rate at which Farming Laborers can be se
cured win average about $160 per year, the Employ
ers finding them.
For farther particulars apply to
WM. MOBV1LLK A OO.,
Jones’ Bock, Bay street,
One door East of Barnard street.
Savannah, Ga.
KKVKBKirCEl:
Jackson A Lawton, savannah.
John W. Anderson A Son, Sannsak.
Solomon Cohen, Savannah.
Jno. C. Fermi. Savannah.
Nlcholio,’ Camp A Co., Savannah
Geo. A. Cayler, Savannah.
W. R. Fleming, Savannah.
John Screven, Savannah.
Brigham, Baldwin A Oo., Savannah
Savannah National Bank, Savannah.
m2
JAMES B. DAWKINS,
Atiomey-at-iaw and Solicitor
in
GAINESVILLE, EAST FLORIDA,
li.lmrty • o ■. .n »■»»•— .
490 ACHES OF LAUD
For One Dollar!
TO BE RATTLED FOR,
O N the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hun
dred and stxty-six,
AT THE SCREVEN HOUSE,
in the city of Savannah, Chatham County, State ot
Georgia, by a committee of gentlemen selected by the
subscribers,
490 ACRES OF LAND,
Btealad lie Lewndai County, near Bill-
town, State of Georgia.
The projected Brunswick end Florida Railroad run
ning through the southeast part, offers great feciltty
for removing to the seaboard the fine cypress, pine
and other timber to be found on this lot, and a haniL-
eome sqm may be had from the Railroad Company
for the privilege of running tbelr cars through iL
Arrangements may also be satislhctorlly entered Into
with them (the Railroad Company) for making it a
wood station to supply their locomotives with fuel.
A stream of water runs through this land, and lov
ers of the piscatorial art con indulge their fancy at
all seasons oftheyear.
no quality of the soil in Lowndes county is too
highly appreciated for any comments to be made on
thffajoua. r
TITLES CLEAR—The winner paytof for the trans
fer of tike some to his name, and m (the winner) is to*
pay alm.-ona hundred dollars to the Savannah Fe
male Orphan Asylum. The present owner of the
land pledgM blmself to give one hundred dollars to
the savannah Metropolitan Fire Company, If all the
subscriptions are titon up.
Subscription—Tickets, six thousand in number,
at one dollar each.' Can be purchased ar the Music
Store of J. C. SCHREINER A SON, Congress street
Skvannah, Georgia, where a Plat or the above named
Land caa be seen. a9-tf
G. B. LAMAR, JUN.,
Successor toG. B. A G. W. Lamas,
General Commission Merchants
hfiiiM aaJ.aUpptac IgMfa,
Do. BAY STREET (up atalra.)
Refer to Geo. W. Andeieon, John C. Ferril as
B. Lanar, Savannah: W. E. JacKtaB. Iffifok
A Sans, J H and J. W. Walker, Augusta. Obun
meats aoUclted. : : T 10
tad 61
Sibley
Notice.
T W. NKVITT, of tho firm of Sertt, Lathrop A
tie Bogan, has associated himself with Lathrop *
Oo. in the Dry Goods business, at the old stand of
jl.y HENRY LATHROP A OO.
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A New Volume commenced January 1, 1866, ele
gantly printed upon very heavy wh te piper, and
neatly.stitched and trimmed in bcantMffi'UMWfo
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to the Fraternity at la g* by lbe OruA Lodge of
North Carolln-, and keenly foffiBg wulght of
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a most welcome visitor and companion with ad good
and true Masons—tbelr wives, sisters, matbetu and
daughters, m whom the some may coma grumtng.
pr specimen numbers sent to any part of the
counlr,^f^fg^SSSm ACO., PabNhem,
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ESTILL A BROl,
Boll street, near the Pout Office, Agents
»t5tf for Savannah.
THE HIE, EAR, AMD THROAT.
D R. WRUHT, of Toronto, Canada West, Physi
cian old Surgeon, Oculist and Auriat, can be
consulted th Deafness, Discharges from the Bor,
nofeto in thr Bead, Catarrh, Diseases ot the Throat
* All dteSsh hf the EYE, requiring attheir Medico]
or Bargtegaid attuhierl to. *• _
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Lexington street, Baltimore, Md.
Office htsra from * to 12 A. M-, and 6to6 P. M.
»-tr .
F I b5mtoef^aS!5SS*Mhrn!!iaSi!foP
Hartmun Patent Elastic Robbe* Gratae* I
are pronounced by enrgsone, end. everybody else, to be
the very beat aver invented. TMy are eeay and con
venient, they prevent paralysis of the nerve*, do sway
with all ths weartnem Inseparable from theaoeofafi
others,-and or* tat all romacto nniisallsd. Send f* a
circular. Agshle wanted everywhere LOVEFOY A
circular. Agents
’TaYLDB. Bat* Mi
H.T.
Ha «$M
First-class Board,
\U IyH oi without Booms: alaoffiMabte and Rooms
* v in the rear. Andy at 114 Bryan street, op
posite ths Market, to
t Vifl ' MRS. K VICK.
Copartnership Notice.
THE copartnership heretofore existing under the
M name of Ooeaetoek A Kinsey, will continue after
tkto dste sader the firm nams of
m I. L. HOMEY A OO.
BLANCEYILLE
ranecuniT.
VAN WIRT, POLK CD. 1 , GA.
Ofopl Stook.iOOOrOOO
SHARES, $•• EACH.
mr. Savannah. Ga
_ a Grannies, Macon, Ga
H. Marsh all. Atlanta Ge.
w AO^IDUNTT
Travelers’ of Haitford geotwoo
Marlixp stud I*lre.
Prtersbnrg Savings and Insurance company
of Virginia $600,000
Ehfsula Heme Insurance Company of Ala
bama....,
Georgia Home Insurance Company, Oolum-
200,009
bus.
■ • 660,000
nUMuti,
New England Mutual Life Insurance Ocm^..
pony or Bootoa $$,000,000
Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurant* Oom-
pany of Nsw York 1,000,000
°*x Open PojUotes
in Great Western, of Mow York.
In Commercial Mstaal, of Nsw York.
AARON WILBUR, Agunt
Na 8$ Bay Street.
LIFE- IMSURAMCEt
THE KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF N Y.
Siotken Brawl Olcr, irBar St.,
savannah, ga
No Extra Charge for Southern
« Residen€e f
ONE BATE OP Hjttdllroil ALL OVER
THE DKffiED BtAXEB.
urruietm written at tUs offic* tat say form do-
nred. 1 1 ■.. . .... ^
THE
CO.
TREASURY
w^s^&sssassssx,..
that •*ThS1Mmntato?»ai«Mml Hank of fcv*muth,»
'tfgssfsss
Curwncj.Tecurod br a ptedge of United
bond/Sd to*provMe tor the drculattoM mtd ro-
demptwn UiereoC” appewtad Jupe 6, l»64. mf jai
SSSlSSSatCTJSSSSSSSESS
the Curraacy, dohereby cexOtj that^rrtolfmrtmM
Notfoaol Bank of Satanaoh,’’ in tbs cRasa Savan
nah, in thr comity cf Chatham and State toQeo(jY
la authorized to commence the business of bank!
under the act aforesaid. _ __
oflmjSSSffimJeuSfSyof
lu
m*
”. Tn MiucHAins’ National Bank, I
Savajotau, March to. 1W. f
s
af elate, for lintels, for
id foV stay otiisr uses to which elate con
The quarry te convenient to tea dries of
, AsgseU, Macau, Albany and Columbus,
to foot ffititoof Raima Montgomery and Mobile,
Ala; tolfowOrtenita and will shortly be toHMu
p&sgtssA&atas
Orders awy be addremsd to
A. K. MABSHALL, 8*dy, -’
-f OT SAVAMNAH
AngHlparedtotske
Fin Bull a Beasiulle Tens,
At thefr OAcs, UTBsyStraer.
H. W. MEMOEH, PraalfienL
J. T. ’