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Savannah News and Herald.
BY 8. W. MASON.
SAMUEL W. MASON, Editor,
W. T. THOMPSON Associate Editor,
Official Paper of the City.
LAR6E8T CIRCULATION IN THE CITY AND COUNTY
TUESDAY, JUNE 6. MS6.
To OUB Commit Fbiendf.-As much interest is
It throughout the country in rcgard.to the pros
pects of the cotton and other crops we will be grate
ful to our planting friends and others in tho interior
for information on that subject. Those who have op
portunities for obtaining valuable information in
regard to Ihe growing crops, the working of the free-
labor system, and kindred matters, of general interest,
will confer a favor by communicating the same to us.
DESTITUTION IN ALABAMA.
A letter has been received at the Freed-
men’s Bureau in Washington which discloses
a sad state of destitution amongst the poor
people of Alabama. The writer, GoRprnor
Patton, says he has no hesitation in saying
there are not less than one hundred thousand
widows, orphans, old men and women, and
men disabled by the late war, who are real
objects of charity, suffering for food. Du
ring the war Alabama lost forty thousand
men, over one-half of whom were heads of
families, ajid there are sixty thousand white
women and orphans: They could raise no
crops last year on account of the presence of
the armies. The Legislature, at its recent
session, authorized the issue of State bonds
for the purpose of procuring food, but they
failed to make them negotiable, and the Gov
ernor purposes going North for the purpose
of putting them on the market for provi
sions. The citizens who are able contribute
freely, and the mortgaging of farms and
crops to raise food is universal. Feeble
women and decrepid old men walk miles to
obtain rations, and it is quite customary to
meet frantic mothers on the road side, crying
with their starving children.
Col. Fitch’s Argument on the Constitu
tionality of the Test Oath.—The Atlanta
Intelligencer publishes the argument deliver
ed by U. S. District Attorney Col. Henry S.
Fitch, before the District Court, in the case
of Judge Law, involving the constitutionali
ty of the Lawyers’ Test Oath, and remarks :
“The legal profession of this State, for whose
special benefit we copy from the Savannah
papers this argument of the District Attor
ney, will see that it is the effort of one whose
attainments in legal science, skill in its prac
tice, and dignified professional courtesy,
cannot but command their respect. Mr.
Fitch is a native of Indiana; a gentleman of
high literary, and as he demonstrates in the
argument which we publish, of profound
legal attainments. Though personally un
known, his reputation as a lawyer and his
eloquence as an orator, have long since been
known to us. We only regret that his pro
fessional position called for so earnest a de
fence of what we conceive to be an unconsti
tutional and unjust requirement.”
Wedgkwood's Government and Laws of
the United States.—We have before us
copy of “The Government aud Laws of the
United States” by Prof. Wm. B Wedge wood,
LLD. It comprises a complete and com
prehensive view of the rise, progress aud
present organization of the Slate aud Na
tional Governments. As a condensed aud
careful digest of information important to
every citizen, but which could be only oh
tained by a rigid search through extensive
law libraries, we regard it as an Invaluable
work. Major Lackland McIntosh has been
appointed agent lor Georgia, Florida aud
Alabama, and is obtaining subscriptions
The books will be delivered to Savannah
subscribers at the office ot the Index by
Capt. Geo. Johnson. The work is pub
lished in two styles, one cloth, at $3 32, and
one in law library style at $4 36.
The Southern Railroads—A Washing
ton dispatch recently stated that President
Johnson, without authority of law, had
given the Government rolling stock on the
Southern railroads, valued at $200,000,000,
to those companies, receiving their notes in
payment, which notes had been protested,
and that the whole amount had thus beer*
lost to the Government. This, as we learn
from the Philadelphia Ledger, was alto
gether erroneous. The sale of rolling stock
on the Southern roads was authorized by
law, and was carried out by the Secretary of
War and the Quartermaster General, the
President having nothing to do with the
matter, except to approve the general orders
under which the sales were made. Two-
thirds of the amount of the sales were made
for cash, and the money was at the time de
posited in tbe Treasury of the United States.
The credit sales, instead of amounting to
$200,000,000, as stated, amounted to but
$7,400,690 61, and these credits were se
cured, first by the deposit of railroad bonds
to double their amount, and secondly, by a
lien on all tho property sold—that which hud
been paid for, as well a9 that which was yet
to be paid for. Instead of their notes being
“under protest to millions," as stated, the
purchasers have already met all the instal
ments due on accouut of their purchase,
having paid $768,655 47 on account, leaving
a balance due the Government of $6,839,-
690 40, including interest, amply secured.
The Congressional Committee on tbe Mem
phis riots have already examined over a
hundred witnesses, and are proceeding vig
orously. It will bj; aqme days before they
will complete their work. Since 'the burn
ing of the colored school-houses, at the Mem
phis riot, a building of sufficient capacity for
the accommodation of four or five hundred
scholars lias been erected by tbe Freedmen’s
Bureau, with the name of Phoenix Educa
tional Institute. It was opened on the 30th,
with a good deal of ceremony. Speeches
were made by General Fisk, General Ruukle,
and others. Arrangements were being made
for a grand celebration, by the freedincn of
Memphis, of the occupation of the city by
the Federal troops on the 6th of June, 1862.
Pure .Brandt.—The infamous practice of
adulterating brandies having become so com
mon, that a genuine article is the exception,
it is of vital importance to those requiring it
for family use and invalids, that it should be
of undoubted purity and efficacy.
We are pleased to notice that the old and
popular wine importers, Bininger & Co., No.
15 Beaver street, New York, are very oppor
tune in calling the attention of families to
their “Gold Medal Cognac,” of which they
say that, “with a view to meeting the popu
lar demand for a reliable brandy in its natu
ral state, free from alcbobolic flavor and im
purities, and fully apppreciating the fact that
it is often recommended by the Medical Fac
ulty as a sustaining stimulant, when all other
remedies fail, we are u6w bottling and sell
ing, at reasonable rates, a, brandy of our own
Importation from one of the most responsi
ble houses in France, and known aa “Blnin-
gert Geld Medal Cognac.”
TWa standard article is sold by all of the
prominent druggists
THE SPIRIT OF FACTION.
If additional evidence is needed to con
vince gny portion of tbe American people
that tbe ruling men in Congress are com
pletely under the dominion of tbe fell spirit
of faction, it may be found in tbe recent pas
sage, by the House, of another freedmen’s
Bureau bill. That tbe Bureau, if required
at all, has long since completed its work:
and that preparations should be made for the
immediate 'termination of its functions, is
now generally admitted by thinking people
in both sections of the Union. This is shown
by the general acquiescence of tbe people
in the defeat of tbe first bill by tbe veto ac
tion of the President. Not because they are
indifferent to the welfare of the freedmen,
but because they believe that the Bureau, if
continued, would probably become a mere
partisan machine, and that tbe restoration of
the SouBi to harmony and prosperity will
proceed more surely without the Bureau than
under its influence.
That this view of the question is sustained
by more than an average amount of evidence
must be acknowledged. For months past
tbe Bureau has beeu a subject of investiga
tion. Had we no further knowledge of its
working than has been derived from the ex
position of its corruptions In many parts of
the South by Generals Steedman and Fuller
ton, there would be no difficulty in arriving
at an intelligible conclusion. But to remove
all doubt as to the impolicy of longer retain
ing this expensive and useless military ap
pendage, Gen. Grant has thrown the weight
of bis great Dame in the scale against it.
He has done justice to tbe Bureau by poiut-
iug out wherein it has been useful; be has
shown in what particulars its management
lias been mischievous, and in what manner
he would apply the remedy; he has even
gone so iar as to affirm tbe existence of kindly
relations between the planters and those who
were lately their slaves, aDd the consequent
expediency of gradually dispensing with tbe
active labors of (be Bureau. And who does
uot feel that Gen. Grant said all that was
necessary to tbe formation of a souud esti
mate as to tbe general merits of the Bureau
question ?
But despite tbe overwhelming testimony
of such men as Grant, Steedman and Fuller
ton, adverse to the longer continuance ot a
decayed excrescence upon our system of
government, the “Radical Directory” at
Washington have resolved to browbeat, if
possible, the President and the country into
an approval of another partisan performance,
by setting aside as unworthy of consideration
the calm discrimination of Gen. Grant and
the impartial examination of Generals Steed-
man and Fullerton.
The agitators at Washington are always on
the alert. They introduce their measures
with great vigor, and have been remarkably
successful in forestalling public action at the
the North by vigorous effort to control and
influence public sentiment. Everything has
been in the right direction for such a result,
They have made an untenable issue against
the President; it can only sustain itself by
distorting facts and prejudicing the com
munity by arranged testimony, improvised
panics and false alarms. To accomplish this
it has skillful aud energetic allies in the
South. Among these are some of the at
taches of the Freedmen’s Bureau, who living
out of the public treasure, must make their
exceptional occupation good by proving its
necessity. Hence the anxiety of the Radical
leaders to continue the Bureau. It has with
in it a political agency which looks for its
reward to an indefinite continuance of their
lease of power. But there will be a day of
retribution for these enemies of the Adminis
tration and the country, when the miserable
libels, formidable as they now appear, and
their wicked perpetrators will go down un
der the resistless surge of popular indigna
tion and rebuke.
By Telegraph.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Washington, Jane 4.—The Post Muter General
sent to the Senate to-day a communication against the
Improved plan of uniting the telegraph lines of the
country with the postal system. He says; “As the
result of my investigations I do not think it wise for
the Government to inangurate the proposed system,
not only because of its donbtfnl financial success, but
of its questionable feasibility under onr political sys
tem.
The fourth and fifth sections of the reconstruction
resolutions .passed the Senate to-day by a two-third
vote. The Radicals voted do an several amendments
offered by the Conservatives. Mr. Hendricks, of In
diana, reviewed the proceedings, chsracterizing them
as.extraordinary, unwise and unjust, and declaring it
as bis conviction that the people would never endure
them. Dorn in caucus, the proposition wu disguised
to suit the political necessities of a party, and not to
promote the interests of the country. The Senate
adjourned without final action on the resolutions.
In the House the resolutions of Mr. Williams, of
Pennsylvania, calling on the President to inform the
House whether any Government employes in the
South have in any way countenanced public honora to
living or dead Confederates; also whether the privilege
of honoring the graves of Union soldiers has been in
any instance denied by the local authorities with tha
acquiescence of officers of the Government, was te
up aud passed under the gag rule, Mr. Raymond, of
New York, and others being refused the privilege of
debate. The resolution is based on an article in the
Loyal Georgian, a paper published in Augusta, Go.
Mr. Lawrence, of Pa., introduced s bill providing
a temporary government for the territory of Lincoln.
The resolution to return to the States lately in in
surrection their political rights, was discussed and
laid over until Monday.
Mr. Marshall, of Illinois, presented the credentials
of the Representatives elected from the State of Mis
sissippi, which were referred to the Reconstruction
Committee.
Both Houses adjourned.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Nova Scotia.
DECLINE IN COTTON.
New Yobe, June 4.—The steamer Nova Scotia ar
rived at Farther Point to-day, via. Londondery, with
dates to tho 35th ult. The political situation in Eu
rope is unchanged. More failures in England are re
ported. Financial affairs are gloomy.
Cotton had declined a half penny (>£d.) for Ameri
can during the week, and a half to three quarters of a
penny (} 3 to > ; *d.) for other descriptions. Uplands
were quoted at 12d. The sales of Friday were 5,000
hales, the market closing dull aud weak. Breadstuff's
were nominal.
U. S. five-twenties are quoted at 04 a 64 'i- Consols
86 ja a 86%.
A Brussels telegram says a Paris letter states that
the Government is raising to the full compliment all
the regiments belonging to the army of Paris. The
army of Lyons will be on a war footing in a fortnight,
ready to he placed as a corps of observation on the
Germau and Italian frontiers.
Robiuson, Cranston & Co., of Manchester, hare
failed. Their liabilities are not large.
France, England and Russia are arranging the terma
of a note to be sent to Vienna, Berlin, Frankfort and
Florence. It is hoped that the conference will ac
complish a peaceful rosult.
LATEST FROM THE FENIANS.
Tub Object of Santa Anna's Visit.—Thu
object of the sudden appearance of General
Suuta Anna in this country, about which
there has been so much unsatisfactory spec
ulation, is no longer veiled in mystery. It is
now confidently stated that he is urging upon
Congress, through his friends at Washington,
the importance of enforcing the Monroe doc
trine toward Mexico, and that material aid
in the shape of money, arms and ammuni
tion be furnished to the Liberals in that
country; on condition, however, that they
unite on him. and fight under his leadership.
If this is don/i Santa Anna proposes to go to
Mexico with Mr. Campbell, and on entering
the country to announce that he comes as
the liberator of Mexico, that be is supported
by the United States Government, that aims
and ammunition will be furnished by the lat
ter, and that the United States Minister is
with him and will march with him to the
Mexican capital. Should the plan be adopted
he is confident he would soon find himself at
the head of such a Mexican army as would
enable him to dethrone and expel Maximil
ian and restore the Republic.
It has been suggested that if the stability
of Maximilian’s government is guaranteed by
both France and Austria, it is not likely our
Government will suffer itself to be complica
ted in any schemes of Santa Anna.
NO MORE FIGHTING.
Leaders Captured by tbe United
States.
New York, June 4.—Gen. Sweeny tyas issued a
proclamation to the Canadians, in which he styles
himself “Major General, Commanding the Armies of
Ireland.”
Buffalo, June 4.—All quiet this morning. Colo
nels O’Neill, Spalding, Farr, Hoge, and other officers
of the Fenian army, have been captured by the
United states steamer Michigan.
Buffalo, Juno 4, P. M.—All quiet to-day. Among
the captured Fenians are Cols. O’Neill, Farr and
others. The arms of the Feuiaus aud the British
colors captured at the Ridgway battle are ou board the
XJ. S. steamer Michigan. A British officer demanded
the latter, but Col. O’Neill declined giving them up as
they had been surrendered unconditionally.
General Sweeny passed through Watertown to-day
with 150 Feniaus going North.
Tbe Trial of Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, June 4.—Judge Underwood has notar
rived, consequently there was ho U. S. Circuit
Court to-day. Eminent lawyers express the opin
ion that the adjournment of the Circuit Court frpm
Norfolk to iticlimond after the indictment of Jefferson
Davis was unauthorised by law, and hence the order
for adjournment is a nullity. If this opiniouion is coi*
rect the only action of the Court here will be to discharge
Ihe Grand Jury. Under the recent act of Congress
ihe Chief Justice may order a special term of the
Court to be held in Richmond, before which the trial
of Mr. Davis may be demanded, or motion for bail
submitted. But no such order has been issued.
GEN. SCOTT.
*ar_
' Rartitalan rf Ui UrtHamia.
[Correspondence of tbe New York Herald.]
Wist Point, May 29. 1866.—Gen. Scott came here
by special steamer on Thorsday. tile 10th Instant. At
that time he was very feeble, as, indeed, he has bean
for some years past. In spirit, however, he was as
cheerful as usual, although to bis intimate frisnda he
frequently stated’that he believed his end was drawing
nigh. On the day of his arrival be said to Captain
Boynton that he bad come to West Point to die.
Captain Boynton replied that he hoped not; but the
General repeated bis statement, by which it would
seem be had a presentiment that bis mortal career was
rapidly reaching its close. Notwithstanding his
feeble health, however, he was able to rise as usual
every morning, and went out riding every afternoon,
until Sunday, when his physician advised him to re
main at hit rooms. On Stturdsy afternoon he not
only took his accustomed drive, but devoted several
hours to writing letters. He was exceedingly weak
after this labor but apprehended no ill effects from
it. During the ’night ho slept soundly, and in tbe
morning seemed to be much refreshed; but he kept
his bed for most of the day, in obedience to the physi
cian, the assistant surgeon of tbe poet. Dr. Marsh.
On Monday his daughter, Mrs. Hoyt, who came upon
a visit from the city on Saturday, returned to New
York, leaving her father, aa she supposed, on a
tkir way to noovary. During Monday night he expe
rienced a chill but tbe doctor thought it would peas
off in tha ordinary manner. From that time until his
lips were closed forever he uttered but a few words.
Even this fret did not create any alarm among the offi
cers of the post, the Gene ral had experienced so many
attacks of illness during his sojourn at this placn pe
riodically. At 9 o'clock this morning he was known
to be very 111, but although he died at 11.6 o’clock, it
was not until 10.45 that it became evident that death
was very near. At this time the chaplain of the poet,
theBev. J. A French, was sent for, and immediately
hurried to the bedside of the dying man. General
Scott waa unable to speak a word, but signified, by
look and motion, that he was conscious that he wae
soon to die. The chaplain took his hand and asked
him several questions, which were answered by a
slight pressure, which conveyed to those present tbe
assurance that the dying chieftain waa resigned to hie
fate, was ready to die like a soldier, a Christian, and a
man. Her. Mr. French then solemnized tha last sa
cramental offices and while he was giving utterance
to a prayer the spirit of General Winfield Scott took
its flight. Besides the chaplsin, there were present at
the time General G. W, CuUum, Superintendent of the
Military Academy ; Assistant Surgeon Marsh, and the
General’s body servant.
A correspondent of the Herald says that' General
Scott, about twenty-five minutes before hie death, ad
dressed his hostler, Allen, saying, “James, how is the
horaeT” “Heis well. General.” “Take care of him,
James," and that these were the laslintelligibl^yords
he uttered.
Special Notices.
Ancient Landmark Lodge, No*231
A:
An extra Communication of this Lodge
'will be held at their Ball This Evening, at 8
, o’clock.
Punctual attendance is requested.
By order. jas. M. PRENTISS,
le5.Secretary.
Mechanic Fire Coijiany.
THE Regular Monthly Meeting of
this Company will be held this WED.
NESDAY evening, 6th inst, at s o'clock,
at their Room.
Every member is reqegied to be present, and to
come prepared to pay his dues.
By order of H. H. LINYILLE,
Bknby Bosaxdus, President.
Secretary.
Savannah. June 6, 1366.je6-lt.
Notice.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE,
U. S. Internal Revenue, 1st Dist., Gsosoia
93 Uay street, Savannah, June 6, 1366.
All persons upon whom “Annnal Tux Lists" for
1866 have been served, are required to return the
g ame to this office within TEN DATS FROM DATE,
and all who hive received no notice, are hereby no
titled to report within the same time.
All persona engaged in any business or profeaion
for which a license Is required by law, moat make
application for the same on or before the 9th Inst., or
the penalty will be enforced, viz; “besides being
liable to the payment of the tax, be subject to im
prisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both."
CHARLES H. HOPKINS,
je5-2 Assessor.
Special Notices.
NOTICE.
8KIDAWAY SHELL HOAD COMPANY, \
SAVANNAH, June 1, 1866.1
A further installment of twenty per cent, (to p. c.)
upon the capital stock Is hereby called in, payable on
or before the 8th last. C. W. W. BHUEN,
Jefl-td Secretary and Treasurer.
OFFICE OF THE BLANCHVILLK SLATE MIN-1
inq Co, Van West, Pqlk Co, Ga., J
May 14,1366. )
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Com
pany, held this day, an instalment of eevea dollars
and fifty cents per share was called for upon the un
paid capital stock of the Company; payable on or
before the 15th day of Jane next. Either of the offi
cers or directors of the Company are authorized to
receipt for the amount due upon this Instalment.
A. B. MARSHALL
m22-td Secretary and Treasuer.
Notice.
The undersignedis the General Agent of the BAL
TIMORE MARINE INSURANCE CO. and MER
CHANTS* MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF BALTI
MORE. Persona baring cotton or merchandise dam
aged, insured as above, will please call upon and
confer with him.
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Official.
REGISTRY LIST-1866.
— CITY OF SAVANNAH, \
Office Clerk or Counoil, June 5, 1866. f
SECTION 2. Be it further enacted by tbe authority
9 of the tame, That from and after the passage of
this Act, all persons shall be qualified to vote at the
election of Mayor and Aldermen of the city or Sa
vannah and Hamlets thereof, who are citizens of the
(Jailed States, have resided in the State of Georgia
for one year Immediately preceding this election, and
continue so to do up to the time of election, aud
within tbe corporate limits of Savannah for one
month immediately preceding their registration,
who have attained the age of twenty-one years, and
have paid all city taxes, or have in their own right
sufficient reel estate to satisfy any tax executions
wUich may be issued against them, who have made
all returns required by the Ordinance ef the city,
and have beeu registered according to the provision!
of this Act. [Extract from the Registry Laws, pass
ed 22d Janaary, 1852-J
Extract from Ordinance passed Dec. 2T, 1366:
Sac. 4. And be it further ordained by the authority
aforesaid, That every male resident of said city, be
tween tbe eges of twenty-one and sixty years, shall
be liable to a poll or capitation tax of one dollar an
nually, except only such of said persons as may be
entitled to registry and to vote at city elections, and
who shall register their names and pay for the same.
The following named persons have registered their
names since tbe first Monday in Jannary, 1866:
A.
Ax.on, J S K
Notice.
SAVANNAH, Ga:, Jane 4, 1866.
A regular monthly meeting of the Stevedore’.
Benevolent Association will be held at their Hail
THIS EVENING, at S o’clock.
Punctual attendance is requested.
By order ® M. J. FORD, Pres,
n. C. Sun iTAN. Secretary, S. B. A.JeS.
Important Law Case Decided.
New York, June 4.-In the case of Lamb and others
against the Camden and Amboy Railroad for cotton
burned on the company's pier in this city, the jury
rondered a verdict for the plaintiff for $81,600.
Tiic Cholera in New York Harbor.
New Y'obk, June 4.—The Cholera still prevails at
quarantine. Twelve more deaths have occurred.
a 40.
New York Markets.
New York, Jane 4.—Cotton nominal at 3'
Gold 43Ji. Sterling at 60 days 10—Sight llJi-
New Y'ork, Jane 4. P. M.—The cotton market is
steady, holders refusing to . accept lower sales. The
sides to-day were 1,000 bales at 37a40 cts. The market
closing dull.
Sugar has advanced an eighth (!£); Muscovadoes
10 ‘^all cts. Molasses quiet and steady.
Debris of the Wail—General Grant has
ordered the mustering out of six more col
ored regiments. But 17,000 of them will be
retained in the service. A number will be
sent to the far West. The whole number of
negroes that were in the Federal service du
ring the war is 186,017. The highest num
ber in service at one time is 123,156 more
than one-half of the highest number in the
Confederate service at any time.
The following table, showing what amounts
the people of the several Northern States
paid for commutation during the war, is in
teresting ;
Maine $ 610,200
N. Hamshire.... 288,500
Vermont 593,400
Massachusetts... 1,610,400
Rhode Island... 141,300
Connecticut 467,200
Now York 6,485,799
New Jersey 1,265,700
Pennsylvania ... 8,634,300
Delaware 410,100
Maryland $1,131,900
D. Colombia.... 96,900
Kentucky 997,530
Ohio . 1,978,887
Illinois 15,900
Indiana 235,500
Michigan 614,700
Wisconsin ..7... 1,533,600
Iowa 22,500
Minnesota 316,800
Total
$26,366,316
The Lumber Trade.—As an indication of
the extent of the lumber-trade which has
sprung up on the-eoaSfT of Georgia since the
return of peace, onr attention has been called
to the fact that on Thursday last Measrs. S.
L. Burns & Co., lumber dealers at St. Marys,
Ga., cleared a British bark fo£ Queenstown,
Ireland, with a cargo of lumber, assorted as
follows : Four hundred and ten thousand
feet of pitch pine, twenty thousand feet of
yellow pine and one hundred and eighty-one
bididles of cane reeds.
There are perhaps one hundred saw mills
in operation on the Georgia coast which are
receiving orders from all parts of the world
for every description of lumber.
A Novel Ceremony.—A novel ceremony took piece
at St. Luke’s (Episcopal) Chnrch, New York, on Tues
day afternoon, namely, the solemn consecration of a
young lady, by Bishop Potter, aa a member of tbe
newly organised sisterhood of St Mary, an amocia-
tion which, on tbe Catholic Bisters of Charity prin
ciple, is to devote itself to works of mercy amongthe
She received from Bishop Potter tha nams of Sister
Agnes.
Sisters of the organisation sat in the pewa
?*** «W*»red in the Mack robes of
the ogler, their drees resembling that of the Catholic
' [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
The Modilied Resolution on Constitu
tional Amendment.
Washington, May 30.—Thirty-five votes in “the
Senate are claimed by tbe Republicans for the modi:
tied joint resolution matured by tbe Senate caucus.
It is also believed that it will pass the House by tbe
requisite majority. The struggle between the ultra
radicals and the conservative Republicans will be
upon tbe legislative acta carrying tbe constitutional
amendment into effect. These, acts may be passed
by a majority, and in tbe same way they may be re
pealed. But they cannfft, especially in tbe form
proposed by Mr. Stevens and Mr. Sumner, pass tbe
Senate over the President’s veto, which they will
certainly receive. They may be entirely defeated, or
so modified as to be of tittle account. But the radi
cals will insist upon such provisions by law as will
ex clude any of the eleven States from representation,
even if the constitutional amendment be accepted,
and if tbe test oath bo taken by their Senators and
members, unless they first extend the right of suffrage
to the blacks.
There is nothing in the modified caucus plan which
provides for the present admission even of loyal men
into Congress from the eleven Southern States. It
only presents a mode by which, at a future time, after
tile ratification of the amendment proposed, those
Suuators and Representatives who can take the iron
clad oath shall be admitted to seats. This amend
ment is undoubtedly to be proposed, whatever may
become of the two bills accompanying it. Until next
session no one of the States lately in rebellion can
avail themselves of it, for the session will terminate
before they can act upon it. Tbe Republicans desire
the adoption of this plan by Congress as an issue
favorable to them at the coming Fall elections. They
will go before the people on this plan, instead of no
plan, of restoration.
BANK OF COMMERCE, t
Savannah, Jane 4, 1866. (
A meeting of the Stockholders of this Bank will be
held at the office or the Cashier, on FRIDAY next,
8th Inst., at ten o’clock A, M.
By order of the Directors.
je5-4 JOHN C. FERRILL, Cashier.
Notice.
All persons having Lumber In the Savannah and
Ogeecbee Canal, between Gay’s and the Eight
Vile Lock, are notified that the water will be drawn
off on the 24th or this month for tbe purpose of re.
pairing said Canal.
FRANCIS BLAIR, •
President Canal Company.
Edward F. Blair, Secretary. je5-eodS
Savannah.
MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION.
A regular monthly meeting will be held at the Ex
change on Monday, 11th inst., at 8 o'clock p. m.
The following extract from the By-laws is published
by order of the Board of Directors, with a view to Its
rigid enforcement:
Sec. 4. Should any stockholder fail to meet bis or
her monthly dues as often as the same shall be prya-
ble as aforesaid, he or she shall forfeit and pay the
additional eum of Ten cents for every such failure, and
for each dollar thus unpaid, the same to be charged
with the monthly dnes.
JOHN M. GUERARD,
Je2-eodtd Secretary.
PAVEMENTS OR SIDEWALKS.
MAYOR’S OFFICE, I
Savannah, May 9,1866. (
All persona owning a lot within tbe limits of the
city, whether the same be owned in fee simple or
held under the usual title from the city, are hereby
directed to have their pavements or sidewalks re
paired. where in bad order. In thirty days from this
date.
If not attended to within the time specified, the
ordinance will be strictly enforced.
EDWARD C. ANDERSON,
my9-lm Mayor.
Rhetoric on Stilts.—A writer in the Cresent
Monthly, published in New Orleans, speaking of Gen.
Lee’s surrender, remarks as follows:
“The supreme hour has now come, when from
aaross Fame’s burning ecliptic, where it had traced,
in flaming sheen, its luminous pafb of glory, the
proud Aldebaran of Southern hope, in all the Bplendors
ot its express, Hyades brightness, should sink to rest
behind lurid war clouds, in the fateful western heaved,
there to bring oat, on death's dark canopy, tbe im
mortal deeds, and spirits great and glorious, shining
forever down upon a cause in darkness, like the glit
tering hosts upon a world in night.”
Homicide.—A man named James Webb, who lived
near the city, was killed early yesterday morning at-,
what is known as Marchman’s place,on&mile from the
city, on the Whitehall road. Ike deed was perpetra
ted by a man named Charley Strong. Or the particu
lar cause of tbe difficulty nothing is known. It is said
that James Webb was coming to the city, and was
overtaken in the road by Charley Strong, when a
quarrel ensued from some previous misunderstand
ing. in tho fight a knife-: waa several times thrust
into the is sly of Mr. Webb, inflicting wounds of a
nature so serious os to cause his death almost instant
ly. Deceased is said to have beeu a clever young
man, aud tbe unfortunate affair has caused much re
gret. He was a younger brother ef the Bailiff Webb,
who waa killed near Thompson's Hotel several years
ago. Charley Strong had not beon apprehended
yesterday morning.—Atlanta IrUeltiyencer,
Slaters of Charity.-
“on service, after i
S"?* *•* 40 the altar sttdasal
tun won ln wbioh ate hu 1 ~
A Praxes fob Jefferson Davis.—The rector of
St. Lazarus Episcopal Church,'Memphis, Bev, 8. W.
Rogers, issued a Whit-Sunday pastoral letter to bis
flock last Sabbath, in which be exhorts his congrega
tion to offer the following prayer “ every night when
yon go to bed, end every morning aa soon as yon
rise:”
■O God. whose mercies are everlasting, and whose
power is infinite, look down with pity ana oompeeaion
upon Thy servant, whom Thou hast laid in a place of
darkness and the deep. Give him always a sorrowful
sense of his sins and of Thy fatherly love and corroo-
tion. Give to hie judges tenderness end compassion,
aqd to him n meek and forgiving spirit toward all
those who have confined him. w-i«» u, friends to
pity end relieve him. Give Me tha oom-
of Thy Holy Spirit, and so sanctify his aflUettoae
“ ss?/****
tha* they may work for him _ ....
through the nusttsef Jeans Ghstot
A PHYSIOLOGICAL View of HARKIAOB
Containing nearly 300 pages and 130 fine Plates
and Engravings or the Anatomy of the Human Or
gans in a state of Health and Disease, with a Trea
tise on Early Errors, Its Deplorable Consequences
upon the Mind and Body, with the Author’s Plan of
Treatment—the only rational and successful mode
of cure, aa shown by the report or cases treated. A
truthful adviser to the married, and those contem
plating marriage, who entertain doubts of their phys
ical condition. Sent free of postage to any address,
on receipt of 26 cents in stamps or postage currency,
by addressing Dr. LA CROIX, No. 31 Maiden Lane,
Albany, N. Y.
The author may be consulted upon any of the dte
eases upon which his book treats, either peraoaaify
or by mall, and medicines sent to any part «ff the
world. octlOAm—34
S. T.—1860—X.
Drake’s PUitatiei Bitters#
They purify, strengthen and invigorate.
l They create a healthy appetite.
TOey are an antidote to change of water and diet.
\Th«v overcome effects of dissipation and late boom.
They strengthen the system and enliven tbe mind.
They prevent miasmatic and intermittent feters.
They purify the breath and aridity of the etoesaeb.
They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
They cute Diarrhoea, Cholera and Cholera Korim.
They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache.
They arethe best Bitlers In the world. They make
the weak strong, atm are exhausted nature's great rs-
etorer. They are made of pure St. Croix Bam, the
celebrated Caijgaya Bark, roots and herbs, and; are
taken with the pies sure of s beverage, without regard
to age or time of day. Particularly recommended to
delicate persons requiring a gentle stimulant. Sold by
■11 Grocers, Druggists, Hotels andSaloonai Only gen
uine when Cork Is covered by cmr private U. 8. Stamp.
Beware of countcrMts and refilled bottiar.
P. H. DRAKE ft CO.,
oct 28-eodlv 91 perk Row, New To r
TREASURER’S OFFICE
Barron, Jas A
Bolshaw, T H
Baahlor, J H
Bashlor, Valentine
Buntz, Henry
Barthelmess, R M
Butler, Gilbert
B-
Bulloch, Wm H
Burroughs, Jno W
Burroughs, W Berrien
Bullock, Wm G
Byck, Simon E
Berrien, J M
c.
Colding, S M
Cameron, Geo H
Crawford. Hembrie
Champion, Aaron
Cope, James E
Cohen, Solomon
Cooper, John
Cunningham, H C
Casey, C C
Cohen, Octavus
Corey, Wm B
Carmody, Jas
Callanan, Phillip
Cornell, L M
Colson, Theophilas
Dumas, Henry B
Deacey, Jno
Dortch, Jno
Dixon, W D
Dowling, Patk
F.
Ferrill, Jno O
Footman, Robt H
Furguson, D
Ford, Thos C
Fairchild, L J B
Fulton. 8ilas
Ferrill, B B
Green, William
Gardner, S
Hunter, W P
Haywood, Alfred
Hover, LL
Honig. A H
Hengcs, Henry
G.
Gilbert, Calour L
Gleason, Solomon W
H.
Howard, J G
Hudson, Geo A
Haupt, Jas L
Henry, E
Heppe, William
J.
ice ceil
FROM DOW’S FOUNTAIN.
THE COOLEST AND MOST PLEASANT SODA WATER
The Syrups are from the purest Fruit Juices. The Pineapple- Rasnhr
berry were made under my own observation whilst North. Tim Wine r y an< * s
Wine SyrSp* 1
Wines.
any poisonous cxtrsc’ts or r g ‘ vin ^
SYRUPS.
BLACKBERRY,
VANILLA,
PINEAPPLE,
RASPBERRY,
CATAWBA.
CLARET,
HOCK,
ROSE.
strawberry
COFFEE,
GINGER,
sarsaparill \
ORGEAT
nectar!
CHERRY,
ORANGE.
It is my endeavor to keep a FIRST RATE AFFAIR, worthy of the
citizens of Savannah, and in keeping with a
Patronage 0 [ ^
s tock of imported articles rarely found in any drug fct.t,
MENT IN THIS COUNTRY. ^TABLBh.
A.t
LIPPM AN’S
Drug and Chemical Warehouse,
je4. CORNER CONGRESS AND BARNARD STpcct,
New Advertisements.
CITY LICENSES, 1866.
CITY OF 8 A VANN AH,
Office Clerk or Council,
Jane 5tb, 1866.
Parties carrying on business under tbe following
heads, and who have not taken out the necessary li
cense sre notified that all defaulters will be placed on
the Information Docket of Tuesday, June 12tb, 1866,
on which date the Register will be closed untill after
July 1st, 1866—the ceusus has been taken and is on
file in tliis office:
WHOLESALE LIQUOR LICENSES.
RETAIL
COTTON PRESSES.
COTTON PICKINGS.
PAWN BROKERS.
PUBLIC STABLES.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS OB FACTORS.
GRIST MILLS.
SAW MILLS.
SHIPPING MASTERS.
STEVEDORES RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENT.
WAREHOUSES.
COAL AND LUMBER YARDS.
MASTER MECHANICS, taking in contracts for
work
SOAP BOILERS.
GAS FITTERS.
ATTORNEYS.
PHYSICIANS.
DENTISTS.
PHOTOGRAPHERS OR AMBROTYPISTS.
NON RESIDENT VENDERS.
HUCKSTERS.
KEEPERS OF COOK STOVES OR COOK SHOPS.
PORTERS. —
JUNK SHOPS.
DROVERS—HORSES AND MULES.
Extract from Ordinance, Dec. 27, 1865.
New Advertisements,
HEWSPAPER DEPOT,
W K have increased our f icilitieg, and .. .
ing by every mail and eteaiaei til ' rteir '
inner the latest
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS maid
ZINES, AND CHEAP LITERATURE
Foreign Publications supplM tonr.ior
ert’p y rit“. eiiC ‘ n W ° rk Pr '’ UUrCd u ™ r * MM
Je4.
ESTILL & BROTHER,
(Down gtatre) Bull street, next to Puett*,
SEALS, SEAL
AND
Cancelling Stamps.
And any person subject or liable to take out any
sucb license or badge, and failing to do so for ten days
after the said first day of January in each year, shall
be liable to a fine of not more than thirty dollars for
every day’s default on conviction before the Police
Court.
JAMES STEWART,
je5-9t Clerk of Council
For Sale.
CITY OF ATLANTA 8 PER CENT.
COUPON BONDS,
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY of ACT of LEGISLATURE
These Bonds have fifteen and twenty years to run,
and are payable (Interest semi-annually) at the
national Park Bank, N. Y. City.
T HF undersigned are receiving orders for f-ElL5
and SEAL PRES-ES, tuilable lor the toil
County Officers. Notaries, Societies, Lodffi ltd
Business men generally.
We are al>>o prepared to furnish Canreilinz stl
Business Stamps of any pattern at malcr'i price.
Send for a circular.
ESTILL A BROTHER.
Ncag Dealers.
Bull street, ncx t to the Po«t OScf.
je4 Saritnab.
For particulars apply to
MERCER ft ANDERSON,
No. 10 Stoddard's Upper Range,
je6-tf Bay street.
Jordan, Francis D
Johnson, Jno R
Josephs, Antonio
Jachen, Claus
Jansen, Adolf
Knorr, Louis
King, Jno
Kirk, Thos J
Killorin, Patrick
Knapp, N B
Kelly, Jno J
Kollock, P M
L.
Loftus, Jas
Law, Wm
Lippman, Joseph
Logan, Jas J
Lltche, H F
Lodge, C L
Lampe, C
Lamps, Montgomery C
Lovell, IMBj
Lloyd, Thos E
Landrum, Sylvan us
Levin, Michael
Lee, Chas
Lewis, Jno W
Lark, Peter
M-
McDonald, Donald
MoNelty, JO
Mercer, Geo A
McConaghy, Jno
McCarthy, M D
McGee, Jas
McGuire, Thos
Moon, Antoine
Hallette, Dan
Markins, Geo
Metzger J no C
Meyer, M H
Magill, C A
Miller, AC
Morel, William
Nichols, Geo 8
Olcott, D G
Olcott, W H
N.
Nugent, T, Jr
o.
O’Mahony, Jno
Proudhomae, Joseph
PUtuer, CbmsG
Palmer, T H
Parse, Thos
Prendergust, Edw M
Pease, H W
R.
Ross, Andrew M
Bead, Jas B
Bussell, Isaac
Ryan, Chas E
Reilly, Jas
Ruckert, Francis
Robinson, Alex H
Rogers, E T
Bussell, Waring
Ripley, Jos B
Bimehart, W
Ray, Jas
Russell, Philip M
Ruckert, F I
Riddle, W P
Robinson, Chas E
Rogers, Geo F
8.
Silva, Jas S
Shlels, P K
Swoti, Wm
Sadler, Alex H
Stuart, Lyman S
Stephens, Henry C
Slnney, Jno
Schneider, Frank
SouUard, E A
Stoddard, John.
Schley, Jas M
Stamm, Anton
8mythe, Edw D
Savage, John
Skehan, James
T.
Tapper, F A
Tom son, David
Taggart, Grantham I
Tilden, B G
Toriay, A F
Thomas, Jno T
Y.
Vroom, Wm L
Vielsticks, Henry
w.
Wayne, B A
Walker, R D
Weeks, W H
Weicheimer, Jacob
West, J J
Wiltberger, Wm H
Wheaton, Jno F
Wade, John
All persons wishing to register are informed that
the Registiy Book is now open at thlB office. Ail
persons, white or colored, subject to the capitation
tax will at once retain their names at the Treas
urer’s office.
JAMES STEWART,
je3-10 Clerk of Council.
State of Georgia, Chatham Co.
Crrr of savannah, April **, lass. }
doe Ooupossi of (Mj Beads win be leoetved
in Feyment of-Qroead Beam, Thxee aad Tleeaen.
JL T. GIBBON,
To thk Hon. the Judge of the Superior Court
of Chatham County :
T HE Petition of James Stewart, William E. One,
Thomas F. Butler, William N. Vallcau, John A.
Feuger, J. McPherson Berrien and Stephen R. Harris,
i behalf of themselves mod others, respectfully
sheweth: That your petitioners, in connection with
other parties, all of them citizens of the county and
State aforesaid, have entered into an association
called “ The Metropolitan steam Fire Engine Com
pany of Savannah U’ that the object of their smocta
lon is to keep on hand a suitable steam fire engine
In the city of 8avannah, and with said engine and
their personal exertions to aaelst in tbe extinguish
ment or fires in the city oT Savannah, and tu the pro
tection of the property of their fellow-citizens; that
the capital stock of said association Is six thousand
dollars, paid in and invested In a steam fire engine.
And your petitioners pray that they, with the other
members of their association, may, for tho purpose
-Toresaid. be incorporatod by the name audYtyle of
Tbe Metropolitan Steam Fire Engine Company of
Savannah,’’ for the space of twenty years, with the
privileges incident to corporations created by courts
m provided by the statutes of tbe State.
And your petitioners will ever pray, Ac.
THOMAS E. LLOYD.3S
Att’y for Petitioners.
A true copy of the petition of file In my office.
WM. H. BBLLtXJB-
my*6-law4w Clark C.C.C.
S TATE OF GEORGIA—CHATHAM COUNTY.—To
1 all whom It may concern
Wheswaa, Bernard Stamm will apply at the Court
ef Ordinary for Letter* of Administration on the es
tate of Edward Paris, late of ^d county deceased;
Theee are, therefore, to ette sad admonish ail whom
M mag oorara, to b* and appear befOramdd Oout to
■ —g oomcara, to be sad appaar before said uoort to
sssss
^ttaseamy official
5 S SM5
This Delicious Tonic,
Especially designed lor the use of the
Medical Profession and the Faiily.
is now indorsed by all the prominent Physicians,
Chemists and Connoisseurs, as possessing all those
intrinsic medicinal qualities (tonic and diuretic) which
belong to an
OLD AND PURE GIN.
We trust that onr established reputation—founded
upon eighty-eight years of experience—abundantly
vindicates our claims to public confidence, and guar
antees the excellence of this Standard Article.
Put np in cases, containing one dozen bottles each,
and sold by H. G. RUWE, Savannah, and all promi
nent Druggists, Grocers, Ac.
A. M. BININGER A CO.,
[Established 1778.] Sole Importers,
No. 15 Beaver street, New York.
Opinions of the Press.
The Biningers, No. 15 Beaver street, have a very
high reputation to sustain, as the Oldest and best
house in New York.—Home Journal.
The house of A. M. Bininger ft Co., No. 15 Beaver
street, has sustained for a period of eighty Tears a
reputation that may well be envied.—N. Y. Evening
Poet. je5-eod-d*wly.
DISSOLUTION.
The firm or Cunningham, Purse A Co. is this day
dissolved by mutual consen’. Mr. D. G. Purse will
close the unsettled business of the firm.
A. J. CUNNINGHAM,
D. G. PURSE,
R. J. LARCOMBE.
Savannah, Ga., June 4,1S66. je6-10t.
NEW MAGAZINES
Just Received.
B LACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE for May.
Leslie's Ladies Magazine for June.
•n’s Railroad Guido for June.
American Miscellany.
Leslie's Budget of Fun, for July.
W.th onr usual assortment of New York Weakly
and Daily Papers.
ESTILL ft BROTHERS,
Comer Boll street and Bay lane, down stairs.
j*4. '
Notice.
For Sale,
A RESIDENCE in Sparta, Ga., and firm ad)aceu:.
The dwelling is on an elevated bill. 1
colonade in front, contains tight rooms be.-i lr< test-
ment, with large hall above and below rttta*. Ttee i
is a fine oak grove in front of tbe house, ml
lawn ou each side. And in the Orchard, a choice :
variety of Apple, Pear, Cherrv and Peach tret
Figs and Grapes arc in great abundance. TheSKj
pemongh Arbor Is known f.i he the largft*
Georgia. The water in excellent. The entire p®
ses contain 325 acres, 12e of which are woo-lin
Bight laborers can be employed profitably on Hi |
farm.
Tbe location is very desirable lor health, and as I
proximity to i lie best schools in Georgia. In ibetc
lage the Episcopal. Presbyterian. Methodirt and
Baptist denominations have regular wondnp. Tk
railroad from Augusta will be completed to ?px r J
by Fall, and In the following Spring to MilledgtriSc
Bonds of the City of Savannah, bonds or stoebo.
the Georgia, the Central or S. W. R. R. Companies
will be taken In payment. PossesHlon given imme
diately. A bargain may be had by an early epplio-
tion to
HUNTER A GAMMELL, Savannah,
or E. G. DAWSON, .“parts. Cl
A Billiard Table, (one of Phelan's he-t) perfectly
new, can Ire purchased with the place, dko. to®
pieces ot furniture.
Republican copy one week.
jet-ini
House Wanted.
F a pleasant portion of the city. Apply to
LIPPMAN BROTHbRP-
163 Congives street-
Notice.
Office Fbeight Depot A. A 0. E E, t
Nayahnah, May A
,H and after Saturday, Janes,
O ceived at the new warehouse Atlantic—.
Railroad Depot, and no Jonger at the dq»
Central Railroad cotton Yard.
jel-3t
C H. WILLIf#"
Agent Freight nepanroe^-
ICE-CREAM!
at the
YOLKS GARTER
SAVANNAH HOTEL,
street: FREE .^CS^eresp" 1 -
h. Piu.on. and the public arerfc
C ONGRESS
NIGHT. The citlsens and tliepni
muni. Liuaco “— -- - . - 0 pefl«H^
folly informed that this garden ha* ™ 1 ^ bo i c ^
day. All sorts of refreshment! 1 and t ^
Cream always on hand. Private bow*
fitted up for ladies. . nenlARTZ.
my24-3m unriaaND A SLiie
WEIGANDAj
NOTICE.
B Y the Ordinance passed by ^axea upon
the 27tb day of December, MR l "A, n diie
gras* sales of every description of u> f ,nje *
wares, npon freight and P** 5 *^®^reu<l oired A
this dty, and upon horses and muleS' ^.ort-
aaasftJBSiSSi®,, i
^^LL claims against the schooner SCIENOK mnst
be presented at onr office by the 6tn inst., othsr-
lee payment will not he made. —
By order BELL, WYLLY ft CHRISTIAN.
Savannah. June 4,1866.
je4-3t
COFFEE.
GA SACKS Bio Coffee
JSU IS sacks St. Domingo Coffee
40 nuts very superior Java Coffee.
For sale by
HILTON ft RANDKLL,
jot-St 193 Bay street.
Important to Planters.
T HE undersigned have been appointed Agents for
mannfactnrera tor the following celebrated Fer
tilisers
Lister A Bra’s Raw Borne Maper-Pltae-
phote of Lime and fare droned Bom#
Berger 4k Bata’s Excelsior aad Aaaaao>
aisled gmper^Phoepkate of Llaae.
-Being the most reliable, durable and economical
fertilisers im use—fifty pound* equaling an ordinary
ox-cart load of good stable manure.
Orders promptly executed. ,
- farther information, apply to or address
, WEST
Fori
LaBUCHSJ
’ ft DANIILS,
Lime, Lime-
, WM. JONKS’ 0i
W landing from schooner "*■
for sale low, from wharf, by —mi * CE.
Jat-tt L J. GUUj»*SiS-—-j
Charter Wanted
VESSEL for St. Jago, and °n«
A v KOSHL ior ot. nngu. ”T„„rtb
Lumber, nnd home to s port no
wlthmgaia.
Jal-St
80KRELL^££tre*
Bread! Bread!
r*iHE subscriber has °P? ne< '
i York street, between Price and “ frt4 b ™
where he will keep every
and Cakes, fte.
Jel-tm
CITY SHERIFFS
Under and-by virtue of F1F*-* t l, 0 r ot '“Tjhd
Hon. City Court ot Savannah, m'“ 9bie w tbe^
Kohorts VS. Francis McNeil,
im* "KiWfnifaVof W? ,
andwiil seif "on the 1st i^'^’.LrtnnsIh'
Court House,in the Cl y. *“,*««*.*•
Chatham and State
IxmfaI hnnrfiof Hfllfl. the followi e ttuddfl®
legal hours of sale, the ’"and«
JBaBasa5feSa.,.jgf.
J*4td
CHA&HSJ^rC^
SUGARS*