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Jr 11 VOL. 2-NO. 154. • SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, TUESDAY**JULY}'IQ,. 1866. PRICE. 5 CENT' The Daily News and Herald., THE PORTLAND FIRE. Further Particulars of the Ditaatcr. PUBLISHED BY S. W. MASON. At 111 Bay Strvki , Sava.nn.uj, Geo jnve Cents. $3 50. *10 00. Per Copy Pi.r Hundred P.ii Year RATES OF AOVGRTI^IJiG. ONE SQUARE. 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Z7T Advertisements twice a week, two-thirds of table rates. ^ Advertisements once a week, one-iialt of table rates. asr* Advertisements inserted as special notiees will be eharrred thirty per cent, advance on table rates. or* Advertisements of a transient character, not specified as to time, will be continued until ordered out, aud cliarged accordingly. J2'” No yearly contracts, except tor space at table rates, will be made: and, in contracts for space, all changes will be charged fifty cents per square for each change. CST 1 Editorial, local or business notices, for indi vldual benefit, will be subject to a charge of fifty • ents per line, but not icss man three dollars for each susertion All transient Advertisements must be paid In advance. The Tri Weekly News and Herald Is published at $6 per year, or 75 vents per month, and ~ V ‘ ' / News and Herald y Saturday at $3 per year. PRINTING, . y and promptly done. TWO THOUSAND BUILDINGS DESTROYED. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $10,000,000. Portland, Mf.., July 4—7 P. M.—A terrible tire commenced in Commercial street, and has swept northerly through that street into the wooden build ings between Centre and Cross streets, consuming everything as it goes. PoRTEAsro July 5.—The fire has completely swept through the city from the foot of High street on Mun- joy, destroying everything in its track so completely that the lines of the street can hardly be traced, and a pace of one and a half miles loiig by a quarter of a uile wide appears like a forrest of chimneys, with ragmenta-of walls attached them. The wind was blowing a gale from the South, and a remendoiifc sheet of ilarae swept along before it, <le- ouring ever;, thing in its passage, and the utmost ex- irtions of the firemen, aided by a steamer and band of ngineers from several other places, could only suc- :eed in preventing it from spreading in new direc- do more than tiee with their families to the upper part of the city, saving such goods as they could carry with them, though every vehicle in the city was em ployed with excellent elfect in moving .goods. The Custom House, being lire-proof, escaped, though greatly damaged. The court records in the upper story are probably destroyed. The splendid city and county buildings on Congress street, which were uearly tire-proof, were considered safe, and were piled fall of furniture by the neighbor ing residents, aud they were swept away with their contents. Half the city is destroyed, aud that half including nearly all the business portion, excepting the heavy business in Commercial street. The fire commenced a little below the foot of High street, in a boot shop. It Afext burned Upliftin'* flouring mill aud Brown's sugar house. It next swept what is •ailed -Graham's corner, composed of smaller wooden bull dings., clean.. It burned up us fur as the old Var- nuin House, on Pleasant street, one-third the way up Center street, and half the way up Cotton street. It also completely burned up Cross street, Union street, Temple street, and Exchange street. It made a clean sweep on the Southerly side of Cumberland street, and the same was the case with Congress street, and everything else to Fore street, as far east as Gar den street. All the banks are gone, aud all the newspaper offices, only three printing offices being left. Also, all the jewelry establishments, all the wholesale dry goods stores, several churches, the telegraph offices, nearly all the stationery stores;* and the majority of the business places are destroyed. The fire is still raging below Cumberland street, making back to the westward the wind having changed. Captain Inman has telegraphed for 1,500 tents to ac commodate the houseless inhabitants. It is almost impossible to tell where tSe people lived, the ruin aud destruction is so complete. Xha Portland Society of Natural History, fora*ec- ondtrais, h«ta lost its valuable collection, a misfoitue which will appeal to '-he pfiflerosity of other sociaies through out. lie country. ft is estimated that about two thousand build ngs are burned aud property destroyed to the amoa it of ten millions of dollars, which is probably insured about one-half. The State valuation of the eitj pro perty was $28,000,000, aud the real valuation mist be over $30»0uo,000. Fully one-third must have beeu destroyed. Nothing can be done in the city today, o take care of the homeless, aud that is active ly being done. Everybody’s latch strings liau^ out, and a cheerful aud buoyant feeling prevails, ’ here was no uonfusion or struggle during the lire. Ivery one was courteous and kind, aud all worked earnestly together. The firemen from abroad worked nobV and assisted greatly in saving property. The churclnsand many other edifices are thrown open for the louee- less, and committees are appointed to relieve tie dis tressed. For some hours during the conflagration, conmu- nicattou was cut off between the front aud backof the city, except by over a mile journey around. The Lowell Base Ball Club, of Boston, renderet gal lant assistance in saving property. There is aot a power press in the city to strike off a paper upon At ! the present writing the flumes are still troublesone in some quarters, and; are working down into the Cus tom House badly. Almost all the hose in the citj has bursted, aud some of tue engines used up. Theloss of John B. Brown k Sons must be at least $1,020000, they owniug a large amount of real estate in e ery quarter of the city. They are insured for about >ne- half the value. BELZEF FOB THE SUFFERERS. New York, July s.—The Adams Express t 'omimy are taking contributions for the Portland sufferers ree of charge. Boston', July 5.—Prompt measures have been taten to send liberal contributions of cooked and uucotked food from this city to Portland this afternoon, wicro several thousand people have been made homeles by the fire, and who are also without foed. Mayor Lio-'oln, the members of the city government, and hundreds of private citizens are moving actively in the outer. ANNEXATION OF THE BRITISH PROV INCES. Alt important Report. 'rl.von Liff’^Dr. Craven. luring a recent visit North met Dr. jf the “Prison Life," at tl»o houai k. New jcr»ey, gives the C’harles- nng account of the interview, from oe extracts 'ight his book, then numbering *; which he permitted me to read . c. Power, of Charlotte, North at. Our circle was select and ap- amily whose guests we were sym- .v.tii suffering Southerners, having joinething of persecution in Balti- Dr. Craven is a man of quiet, ince and deportment—firm in his < and jneposseasions ; and these haracter—but still there could be his manner or his speech to indi- •iif-gratulation in consequence of oction. Like many others on the ubmitted to the hardships of the ers of the battle field, he rather ;o see just^p done to every one. 1 anxious that we should read his >ress our views a9 we progressed, ead to the select l audience, aud In nee opinions were freely luter- tliey were of a decidedly political <o when reierring to the person he author’s subject.* Dr. Craven > ed aud respectful attention, and lositioua or different portions of ig the utterances which developed D.tvis under now auspices—all of the Lead and heart of Ihe iorzuer .er. . Davis he was prohibited from conversation with him ; but it Uibition was not enforced in a order until after be had had fre- •y interviews with him. He was •se with him only on professional the ceaseless vigilauce of the irtment and torturing the very e was compelled in the most ..terchange thoughts in low whis- y oppressed the communicative .joned ststesman. The doctor ■ ve memory everything that fell and immediately on returning jld transfer every thought, with , to paper. No one who is ac- is’ pure teare and philosophic •peaking will fail to recognize wliat was so well remembered urgeon. Like Boswell—though ted biographer's impudent in- lose uud untiring surveillance of . Jo raced every opportunity to subject, with whose name liis •dated in history, me, “It has been denied that when first incarcerated, but I ng of the fetters, and my tes- The most colemn and im- belisld in my life," he con- ‘tustration of the communion to *■ v, ,ls thought he would certainly * J^mnea* and resignation In Va H ' l .pJ jlc faith he exercised in *ti of Dootor lolly expected to tient wi l £?Y 9C . “offering before .a very ; to go ’ >Lr. Davis; auj of Miles, the allusions to ihiL buok coU tains a title Uriel author^^haaiu a was to expose his it was on Miles’ o is order forbidding auyoffi^ He said inhumanity. lv " authority .o Ur. Daria the o‘rdhJ^!®“J° r a, thAtminh nf tlw. I ... r even * the touch of the hat. ever}- peraon about theVort'in recognize the prisoner as a di S citizen, and to ' acknowledge not but feel—his superiority - ier respect; and thia vexed the head keeper. It were scarcely •m recalling Hatnlet. when he •lsun of Hyperion and Satyr to ly opposite Danish characters, the ubservatiun that the book the Doctor, but its appearance e him in serious trouble. He t one object in view, aud that r. Davie. 5io one who has ever ;udlv contact with the President y will bo surprised at tue deep upon bis. medical attendant. - bid me adieu ho remarked that ue subject of his memoir should nd,” said the Doctor, changing .o one of enthusiasm, "it he as- justly represented him I shall be t desire." GENERAL JACKSOVS Secretary McCulloch recently sent to the Base of Representatives a report on the trade of the Inited States with Canada and the lower provinces, t was prepared by Thomas \V. Taylor, .special agenofthe Treasury Department for the District of Mieiesota, aud contains a proposition in reference to animation. According to this plan the British provinrei are to be consolidated in the States of Nova Scotl, New Brunswick, Canada East and Canada West, .ud the territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan aud Ccumbia. All public lands and works, not sold or grama, shall vest in the United States; but all other publ; prop, erty shall belong to the state governments respect ively. In consideration of this transfer tliS United States is to assume and discharge the publildebtof the provinces to the amount of 585.700,0Jo togeter with an annual grant tor local expenditure of 5 siuG.OOO- Tho new States will be further aided in the omiOe. tiouof their canals aud caUroads, aud the United mates will assume the expense of surveying -he ter ritorial acquisitions. This project, whioh re have only partially summarized, Air. Thomas ha embo died iii a carefully expressed bill, which ho reposes . that congress should pass as an open proosition. He adds: "If the foregoing plan of union should be flly con summated, the United States would immcdiiely as- surnu an annual expenditure as, lolluwa; 1. Interest at five per centum upon the con * soliduted provincial debt, with obliga tion to discharge the principal at a fu ture period, say A. D. 1900 £4.-65,000 2. Annual gi ants to new States in lieu ol pro vincial power to levy import and ex port duties 116.000 3. Five per cent, upon sums applied to rail way construction between Bangor, in Ma'ine, and St. Johns, in New - Bruns wick, aud for purchase of the chartered rights of Hudson Bay Company no,000 Total iG,il,000 It is probable that the system of ship caul im provements, which is so prominent a portion ,(the plan, could not, with the utmost diligence, bt con summated beiora 1875. It would, doubtless, indie a ship canal by the route of Lake Champlain or by 111c route of Oneida lake aud the Mo hawk river, to tide-water in the the Hudson, am the ample enlargement of the Welland and St. Lawiuce canals, it might also be extended to tbeconstruiou of the Niagara and (ieorgiau liay ship canals , bufor tbe Ottawa canal project the Ottawa at Sault St Arie railway is Intended, and would bo accepted as a 11b- stitutc. Tbe anuual statement, after 1375, wild therefore be Expenditure annually as above *6,53 vX) Five per cent, upon the cost of the St. Law rence system of ship canals.. . . 2,501100 HENRI H ADDRESS. ‘ i The Athens correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist, in the course of' his letter describing the Commencement exercises at the University of Georgia, on the 3d inst., gives the following sketch of the Address de- livered.by our distinguished townsman, Gen. Henry B, Jackson, to the graduating class. The writer says: After 8 feeling prayer Ijv the Rev. Dr. Mell,; the Chancellor, Br. TipBcomb, intro duced General Jackson- Deep silence prevailed everywhere, even the noisy boys in the galleries held their peace, when the distinguished orator rose to greet the audience. His tone was at first so low as to be scarcely audible, but with the word “subjugation,” bis voice rose, and front that time I had not the slightest difficulty in understanding every syllable he uttered. The subject of the address of the gallant speaker was an elaborate and striking exposition ol the political principles the Southern States had judged it necessary to vindicate by the force of arms. Yet the splendid production of General Jackson was not a mere defense of State sovereignties—it was a complete tableau of the original Constitution of the soceo-poUtical status of the South, from the . very time when King George, of England, The fire j e / e g ate( j ids powers to Oglethorpe to rule the colony named after him. The charter under which Georgia was, so to speak, called into being, is find ever must be considered as the fundawontum of Georgia’s political system. To assume otherwise would simply mean to throw away the experience of ages and to re trace our steps to the confusion of mediaeval barbarism. It would be impossible for me to do justice to the splendid arguments of the speaker by a mere synopsis—imperfect as it must be—but sopie of the many striking passages I cannot refrain from repeating here: One of the youtufu! speakers of the morn ing had said that we had lost everything, save our honor. He did not agree with hint; besides our untarnished honor, there was beneath our leet still Georgia’s soil; above our heads still Georgia’s skies; around us, still Georgia’s hills and vales, aud rivers and flowers. Georgia, our mother, bleeding and torn, her beauteous limbs defaced and lacer ated, was still our mother. Her sons, though impoverished, vanquished, surrounded by misery and sorrow, were Georgians yet, and still stood erect. The name of Georgia and tbe name of Georgians it was beyond the power of aught on earth to ever take away. We had, therefore, left much to" five for. Look at the condition of Georgia a few moons ago, how utterly prostrate; already we had gained much. We were now governed by one of Georgia's noblest sons, voted for our own legislators, and were again governed by Georgia’s laws and judged by her sons. As for disfranchisement iu the Federal Congress we might well bear that loss as long as the country was ruled by a fanatical faction. Triumphantly had we vindicated our honor; nor had we lost our State sovereignty. On the contrary, the last war had demonstrated its imperishable foundations; it was now stronger than ever before. And the speaker might have justly added, how clearly has the late war demonstrated the fact that without Stats sovereignty national liberty is in the greatest danger of being utterly subverted. The general impression is that the late war was a triumph of Federalism over State sovereignty; to him it was rather a combina tion of State sovereignties in order to usurp the powers of the Federal Government. He brought vividly before us the difference between Federalism and State sovereignties. The one a thing of the head rather than of the heart; the other emphatically the creation and the treasure of our hearts. The one artificial; the other the natural sequence ol primeval society. • The misapplication of the term ‘loyalty” was prominently adverted to. We cannot be loyal to a thing that is merely founded iu interest—loyalty commands all the affections of our hearts The king to whom his subjects are bound by all the bonds of love and mu tual protection, who is all to them, and all whose powers proceed Irom them, are united by loyalty; our home, whose sod nourishes us, wnose woods shade us, whose products make us peaceful; our State, in whose bounds that home is, call for our utmost love and affection, for our loyalty. We must be true to it. But to speak of loyalty in our Federal re lations is simply absurd. For somo time past we bave never loved, aud we now can- The Tariff-Strong Talk. The West, naturally enough, shrinks from the bounties proposed to New England inau- uu/Official. Insurance. AN ORDINANCE ‘6? City ufacturers and to Pennsylvania coal, iron auaiie* of.tW and steel men. Even the East itaelf -that is Marshal, tbeChs^rveyor'ThrjMiOT^UMMtaen- New England manufacturers, sicken, it is j oacM. 0 ™” 1 ^ Scavenger, and the Health said, ol paying 150 cents dnty on Nova Sco- sgc _ j ^ 1L hi the Mayor and Aldermen tiau as a bountv to pay for hauling, carting of tlie clty dr Savannah In Council assembled, and tt ’ ‘it- ,. T1 , . : is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, and slapping coal Irom the Pennsylvania 1 That from ami after the first day of June in the SOUTHERN published for the iuformaliou of the eitu JAMES STEWART, jy3 Bt Clerk of Connell. AN ORDINANCE ■ -•:) : To prevent the opening of bather shops on Sunday, or Lord's Day, and the doing of any work therein on said day. mountains to the’New England coast. Hence t Uie salary oi Clerk of oo*u»i 0 sluili be ai Uiti rate of eitfUtceu hundred dollars *m»p we have such talk, as the following from a j annum ; of the City Marshal at ibe'r&te of < v v _{* __ j‘ . 1 a • i liuiidrefl dollars per annoin ; of tbfc Citj tourvewor organ of tne radicals in the ^orth- j att | te rate of ci^iztetm hundred dollars per annum ; wpciV the Chicago Tribune: I of Uio Jailor, lor himself aud assistant, at the rate * __ , ... j of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; “The Western members generally are in j C f the M**seiiger of Ooericil, nine hundred dollars favor of a tariff that will yield the largest i per annum: of the Scavenger, at the rate or one amount of “LtZntttt ! “^1^ lord adequate piotecnon to American inanuri au( § g^jy dollars per afftinm ; and that ail ordinances faetures. As the existing tarra does both j and pane of ordinances, so far aa they militate with those things to a remarkable degree, the i UUs ordinance, be and the same are hereby repealed Western members are opposed to impairing j iTc^Ncr, June 27,1866. its usefulness, or 1 educing Its revenue-pro-j First reading ol an ordinance aud ordered to be ducing power. They want to “let well " enough alone.” It affords from forty to sixty per cent, of protection to American manufac tures, and it poured into the National Treas ury one hundred and seventy millions of rev enue in gold for the fiscal year ending .Thly Vlffiifi. On !he other hand, tbe Eastern members sec. i. Be it ordained i.v tlie Mayor and Aldermen are clamoring for a prohibitory tariff, that of the eity of savannah, 'in council assembled, and shall cut off irnnortationfl and reduce the i it is hereby ordained by lit, authority of the same, revenue from *w^rt^ 8 «ftv Tnat.lt shall u.it hereatiei be lawful fur any person re Xf. nue * roln import* fifty to seventy 1 to open, within the city of Savannah or the jarlsdlc- millions per annum. This is the issue. It is tlunst limits thereof, any barber ahop on Sunday, or safe to say that ninety men of every hundred I h?" 1 ? or f?’*? 01 cai “® 1,0 d ® ne . an l work in the Western States are nnremed to reduc- thareln ' “W day, under a penalty of not more 1J toe western suites are opposed 10 reouc tlwn — dollars for every violation of this ordl- ing the revenue from the tariff by mskiug 1 nance: and that all ordinances and parts of ordi- tbe impost prohibitory. And it may be | nances, so far as they militate with this ordinance, further stated, that the flHnnia member who i be and the same •» hereb y repealed. - ’ betrays the interests of the West and of the National Treasury, by supporting the prohibitory scheme, most surely digs bis I mSSkSSKSiSS: political grave. If be is resolved to vote for 1 JAMES STEW ART, it we advise him to secure his pay in ad- jyjNjt clerk of Connell. vance, and to charge the ring of speculators | an ordinance enough to enable him to retire from Con gress aud spend the remainder of his life “in famous and contented.’’ This is strong talk, and even New England itself will soon be talking so. Compelled to pay donblc price for coal, iron, steel, wool, and much of the raw material for manu factures, the instinct of New England itself will soon feel that it Is better without such a “system of protection” than with. When every body is to be “protected” in every thing, every one loses by paying for such universal protection. The “Fourth'” mt the North—A Slavery Society Celebration—A Nigger Speaks. and Wendell Phillips Follows. The New York papers of the 5th came to us overflowing with accounts of the celebra tion of tbe “Fourth” throughout tbe North. The Herald has nearly twenty columns of OFFICE Sd 1 SdC9<iX9 Orf 19VI UD Knickerbocker LIFE INSURANCE CO., > \ a*, In Council, Jane 27,18G6. First reading ol an ordinance, and published for To repeal an ordmanco entitled an ordinance to be en-. titled an ordinance to change tbe Sunday ordinances against the sale of soda water and ice cream, on tbat day, passed in Conncil 14th Jnne, 1966. Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen 1 of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it it hereby ordained by the authority of the same, Tbat the ordinance passed iq council on the fourteenth day of June iu the present year (1866), entitled “an ordi nance to be entitled an ordinance to change the Sun day ordinances against the sale of. aoda water and ice cream on that day," be and the same is hereby re pealed. j In Council, June 27,1866. First reading of au ordinance, and published for in formation of the citizens. JAMES STEWART, jy3-6t Clerk of Council. AN ORDINANCE To permit the continuance of the present railroad track ob Liberty street, between the depots of the Atlantic and Gulf railroad and the Central railroad, during the pleasure of the City Council on certain conditions, and to provide for the removal of said track. Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in council assembled, and it - . . . is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the Day IQ numerous Cities aod Villages, i permission is hereby granted for the continuance of the present railroad track between the depots of the Atlantic uzd Gulf railroad and the Central railroad, on Liberty street, and the use of locomotives and the 1 running of trains thereon, during the pleapup* of tiha City CounciL on condition that the rate of speed over said track, by an engine, car, or train of c£rs, shall not exceed the rate of speed of two miles and a half per hour; and that all other precautions, in relation to said track, and the running of engines, cars and troins over tbe same, required by any ordinance or resolu tions of Council, be observed the permission hertby granted to exist and continue (hiring the pleasure of Council, and no longer. t, Sec- 2. Aud bu it iiu tlier ordained by the authority aforesaid, That from and iiiinn .Uately after the expira tion of thirty days notice given by theV'ity Council to the proper officers of said'railroads respectively of the terminatiofi of the permission hereby granted, it shall be the duty of the authorities of said respective rail roads to have removed the said track; and that for every day's neglect to complete such remove: af ter the expiration of said thirty days, the party In fault shall be fined In a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars; and the said Mayor and Aldermen may, m addition to said penalty, remove the said track at the expense of the said party or parties in interest, and to issue exe ution, as in other cases, for the recovery ol such ex- and incidental murders, fights, fires and ac cidenta. The most noticeable feature of the day was the Anti-Slavery Convention, held at Fram ingham, Massachusetts. Miss Anna| Dickinson and Wendell Phil lips were present, and Fred Douglass sent a letter excusing his absence. The meeting was addressed by an emancipated slave from Savannah, Georgia, named Henry Gwinn. who, however, had nothing indicative of the African race in his person(U appearance. He said he was opposed to taxing tbe people for the education of the freedmen. He would ask nothing for liis people but tbe means of sustaining tbemaelrcs t.y tt>—. labor. Tbe feature ot tbe occasion, however, was tbe speech of Mr. Phillips. That gentleman en tered into a tirade against the President and , l a _ ^ __ the Radical majority io Congress. Speaking \ p“nsre andaH rest a of the new amendment just proposed to the | Stales. He says. “Our leaders in CoDgress know tbat the amendment will be rejected. Of course it will be. The President has put his loot down against it, and has warned the Southern States not to endorse it. He has told them in so many words that they will bave his support in refusing to ratify it. It is not possible, therefore, that the amendment will 6e accepted. The Republican partv does not waul itiat amendment accepted- ti>c worst possible news tbat Tbad. Stevens could hear would be the ratification of tbe amend- Is Council, June IT, 1866. First reading of an ordinance, and published for in- formation oi tbe citizens JAME9 9TEWABT. jy3-6t Clerk of CounciL Emigrants Can be Supplied WITHIN TEN DAYS. Total in 1875 $9,03000 “Meanwhile the continental railway would bin progress, and its two section, eastern irom HaUfil to Quebec, and western from Ottawa to the Pa fie coast, total 3,700 miles, might and should be Suited and in successful operation by the year 1880. iie fu^I amount of the guaranty of stock in aid olits construction would be a charge upon the Tr.iasu' of $5,550,000 per annum. This addition to the am last stated would make an ultimate annual liabili' of $15,081,000. The public revenues of the five eas-rn provinces, in 1864, as we have seen, were $13,260 D. The credit side of the account would seem tob- viate any objection on flnaucal considerations. “The public domain of the eastern provinces, tbe transferred to tbo United States, would be 214,28117, acres. British America west, within its liabitble acres, contains 320.000,000—a total of 534,28*^17 acres; aud yet I hesitate'to claim tins vast dotnfc of land as a source of revenue. The programn of union has already appropriated 47,360,000 acres ttvid the construction of a continental railroad; the cai of 100,000 Indians will be another charge upon the Jad from land sales; 50,000,000 acres in the western t ri- tories will be required for the endowment of schris; further grants for internal improvements will be nlie; live per cent, of sales of land is also applied tcre latter object; and although mineral lands may retm- ably be expected to yield an income to Governmit, still the homestead policy, from which there will bno backward step, must concur, with oilier causes, k e- duce the proceeds of the public lands to the exposes of their survey, administration, aud sale, if, by ul- way construction, cheap water transit, aud systeq;tu; colonization, the population of the northern provibes (hereafter States) shall reach 10,006,000 in 187a^he Government would possess a sure means of indeoilty for the proposed enlargement of its obligations -he average revenue per head of population now colloid in the provinces is $3 45, which, applied to ten lil- lions of people, would be nearly $35,000,000. Makig d»s- \ ® v «*y allowance for the due proportion cf this am, applicable to the support of the National Governm<;t, mere would yet remain an ample provision for «•- nt iu tere»t aud ultimate discharge of principal." tlo^of 8 ?? retary of the Treasury in calling tho atu lire***!,, '“ u K r «s» to this scheme, refrains from-x 1 Sm « a «y “Pinion on its merits. kinson has, since the open- e season last autumn, given cl fifty three lectures and files. She is now preparing Heaven help her victim! K._?L He - P^Posod National Convention tdbe 7 city in August next, seins tbe radicals. This is ot 1. * lt ' t here is too much Uiliu about it to sutislv the disunion element thais now howling at ft all „v ft , Ullj \ vmy name ofNational h, s bcco J to their teehngs. Had it been Sectioil they could have borne with it i„ L n JXa of patience. But the fact that delei-atas every State iu the Union—the whole Unif not the confined territory which the Ru.n Congress imagined' it governs—win more meet in council, is such a heavy b w to their thorough and complete disunioffiu, that they cannot help showing how much ;e movement hurts their feelings. [Philatl- phia Age.] Conservative State Convention—The President Indorsed—Delegates Elected to tie jihia Convention. St. Louts, July fi.— The conservative State Convention adjourned yesterday, subject to the call of tbe President and a majority of the Vice Presidents. Resolutions were adopted requesting Gov ernor Fletcher to withdraw the troops au thorized at the late session of the Legisla ture, declaring that it is unconstitutional for a State to keep troops in service in time of war without the consent ot Congress, except when actually invaded or in imminent dan ger; indorsing President Johnson’s action in relation to the Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights Bill, and in other measures adopted■ by him for the restoration of the Union; con demning tbe effort of Congress to amend the Constitution while one-third of the States are unrepresented; protesting against the at tempt to have the amendment ratified by Legislatures elected, one or two years ago, ana heartily approving the course of Repre sentatives Hagan and Noejl in Congress. The Convention elected foer persons from eaeffi Congressional District, and nine from the State at large as delegates to tbe Fbilai- delpbia Convention^ - _ The Atlanta New Era says a little girl made her appearances on the streets on Wednesday With about a half bushel of ap ples, which she was glad to sell for thirty cents. She had carried the apples ten miles, and then had not money enough to buy a peck of met’ to takp home wittr, her. l.etter From President Johnson. The following letter from President John son was read at the celebration of the 4th of July at Tammany Hall, New York; Washington, D. C., July 2, 18C6. -Sir—I thank you for the cordial invitation of the time honored Society of Tammany to participate with them in the celebration of (he approaching anniversary of our national Independence. The national tone and patriotic spirit of tbe invitation meet my hearty approval. They are_ indications of a growing public sentiment, which, now that tbe blitter strife of civil war has ceased, requires a renewal of the pursuits of peace and a return to the constitution of our fathers, rigid adherence to its principles, in creased reverence for its sacred obligations ;a restored, invigorated and permanent Union, and a fraternity of feeling that shall make us as a people, oue aud indissoluble. There cau be for the patriot no higher duty, no nobler work, than the obliteration of the passions and prejudices which, resulting from our late sanguinary conflict, have retarded reconciliation and prevented that complete restoration of all tbe States to their consti tutional relations with the Fedferal govern ment which is essential to the peace, unity, strength and.prosperity of the nation. Regretting that my puhlic duties will not permit me to be present at your celebration, I am, very respectfully, yours, Andbew Johnson. To the Hon. John T..Hoffman, fifcc , &c„ City Hall, New York. Novel Employment.—'The New Orleans Times tells a story of a man who some years ago was doing an extensive business in tbat city, and, owing to his singular blending of roughness and severity with gentleness, ac quired the soubriquet of the “Artful Dodger.” One cold November morning an urchin ap plied to him for assistance, and, in answer to his sharp interrogatories, the boy stated that his mother was a widow and supported her- PhilaJel- 3e 'f by her needle, and during the summer she had been attacked by the yellow fever, and had hoit yet recovered from the debility which it had produced. Up to this time tbe boy had been going to school, and expected to enter the high school, but was compelled to go to work. For some time the Dodger sat buried in profound thought; then sud denly turning round, be stared the petitioner full m and thus delivered himself: “Boy, you are employed; I give you fif teen dollars, a month, but on express condi tions. Saturdays you shall have to your self—all boys should have time to play; but I pay in advance, but when I hire people I expect them to work—work hard, you un derstand. You give me your time—I give yon my money- If I do what I please with your five days in the week, yon do what you please with my fifteen dollars.” He then turned to his desk, scribbled off a note, and then took six two dollar and a half not love the Union ; but it is our solemn duly ment. I do Dot disgrace the whole proceed- j to revere it, to respect and to uphold its Con- logs when I say tbat it is a parly trick.” 0 r TweUe (lavs froauh. stituliou. Loyalty at the Nortb means noth- ing but Bostou patriotism, Boston loyalty. Hitherto the Federal. Government having been usurped by New England, all the acts of that Government have been for tbe I benefit and interest ot tbat section. Let j once the action of that Government clash j ever so little with the prejudices of New | England and her material interests, and we shall soon perceive what chimeras Boston patriotism and Boston loyalty in reality are. The time would come when those hypocri sies would jbe exposed and punished. The signs of the times point to such au event. But there were good men at the North whom it was our duty to take by the hand aud with whom we must co-operate. A time there was in our history when a complete Union, not in name merely, but oue founded in mu tual interest and respect, might have been possible—when we had victoriously asserted towards England our right to self-goveru- rnent—when in fact we rejoiced in unalloyed State sovereignties. That time was past, and he came nigh regretting that when ol- fered-to him, Washington did not accept the royal dignity. That one auspicious moment in our history had not beeu seized; might we ever hope for the recurrence of such au op portunity—for the glorious times when the Star iipapgledjjanner. would once more float over a trappy, ami united country ? HiVydung hearers lntrst be true to thyir mother, Georgia. No. act, of theirs must cause her pain and saffering.. TUey must live for Georgia and for her noble women, to whom he paid a tribute commensurate to their glorious conduct under most trying circumstances. If need be, we must not hesitate to die for our native State. Allotv me to express the hope that General J. may be prevailed upon to publish his oration. Wherever read in tbe Sooth it will do good. Such a production should not be withheld from the universal perusal of the people of Georgia and tbe other States. Missouri. TOIL undersigned are prepared to supply Planters , . noUSiJlf r P artl ea who may be in want of WHITE in made necessary arrange- merits in the North to ijix any orders for turrlcnltnre Laborers, Woodcno.re, Me,*Mu2!!eti wfthln Ten orTwehe days tTomt Ue day the ^uer i Sven here The Laborers are to ue received by the Kinpioven on arrival of the steamer here, and transported to the points where they are wanted at Employers’ expense, and the Employers have farther to pay a certain sum per head in advance, partly as security and partly ror covering the expenses In bringing the Emigrants from the North to this port. The rate at which Farming Laborers can be se cured will average about $160 per year, the Employ ers linding them. For farther particulars apply to WM. MORV1LLE A CO., Jones’ Block, Bay street. One door East of Barnard street. Savannah, Ga. BEFEBKNCBS: Jackson tt Lawton, Navannah. John W. Audorson A Son Savannxh. Solomon Cohen, Savannah. Jnn. C, Pen-ill. Savannah. Nicholls, Camp J Co., Savannah Geo. A. Cuylcr, Savannah. W. R. Fleming, Savannah. John Screven, Savannah. Brigham. Baldwin <* Co., Savannah Savannah National Bank, Savannah. m2 —. Notice. A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE “Farmers’ nod Mechanics' Bank-’ Is hereby called to take place at the office of Messrs. N. A. Harden A Co, In the citv of Savannah, on the 21st day of Jaly, 1866, at 11 o'clock s. m.. to consider the present condition of the Bank and take sack action as may then appear necessary and proper. JOE a. CLAOHOKN EDWARD C, WADE. A. H. CHAMPION. A. H. CH&MPiON. Trustee. N. A. HARDEE. ». W. CORNWELL A. R. LAWTON. JOHN RICHARDSON A. A. SOLOMONS tt CO. R. T. TURNER. JOHN B. JOHNSON. JOHN COOPER. 24-td GEO. S. OWEN8. Of New York City, No. 8& Bay Street, SAVANNAH, Ga. Policies Issued and Losses Paid AT THIS OFFICE. CREDITS Given to holders of Mutual Policies of OO PER CENT., if desired, when the premium amounts to $?0 or more, and ia paid annually. DIVIDENDS . made to holdere of Mutual Policies as follows; PAID IN CASH, APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTE3, or ADDED TO THE POLICY. The lattar or REVERSIONARY DIVI DENDS declared by this Company in 1865 were Horn FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN DRED AND TYhZSlTS PER CENT., ac cording to age. Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture, a ENDOWMENT, AND Life ^Policies Issued by this Company. No Extra Charge for Southern Residence Directors: Hknry Baioaax, President Merchants' National Colonel Wh. S. Rockwell. H. A. Ohans, of Crane £ Grayblll. John D. Hoi-xins. A. A. Solomons, of a. A. Solomons a Co, E. A. SOeiliABD. E. J. MOSES, of Brady, Smith A Co. Feed. M. Hull, of Holcombe A Co. If.-A. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co, insurance. the oglethokpe Insurance Comp 3 OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to take Fire Rishs on Reasonaih: ' At their Office. llTBay S.rcc: H W MERC T. TnorvAS. Sec. H. W. Mercer C. S. Hardee William Hunter A. S. Hartriflgo A. Porter R. Morgan J. Stoddard J. T. Thomas W Romshart F. L. Gne H. A. Crane A. A. Solotncus M. Hamilton W W. Gordon myl it Directors: M. S. Oh t. 3. Lama J. W. Nev D G. Pms A. Foliar r j. McMali. L J. Gall n„ F. W. Sim G. Bntlcr R. Lachiis ; E. P. Clatt J. W. Knc B- F. Rosa W. H Ton ; S. B. HARRINl) EVERY VARIETY Of FUENITl IS SELLING GOOD!: Lower Than Any Other IN SAVANNAH. ff f HOTELS AND ST^AM? FURNISHEI T > f in A. WILBUR, General Manager WM. R. BOYD, Agent. Dr. B. TONGE, Examining Phjrslrlaa. Dr. IL D- AMIVOLD, Cnuamag Phyiic'a. JeT-tf ■- VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, LEXINGTON, VA. 1. tt iliii.:.. . ■ IJIHE BOARD OP VISITORS will meet at tha Vir- N fitting, P*owe 11 <fe Co., mi'SSS 1 BANKERS, / .VI A. c; O 1ST'. Gr E O j ^ C. A. NUTTING, A. H. POWELL, ISAAC SCOTT. je“8 Uiu EDWARD PADELFORD, h SAVANNA# j- 11 Rare Opportunity, Superb Up-Country Residence for Smtevjbrthe gold pieces qut of hm safe, which he placed in tbe boy’s hand, and told him to deliver the letter. . A few days since tne old man’s missive came to light, which read thus; “Mr. —-, Principal of SchoolI bave hired —— st fifteen dollars a month. His time is my property, and I will most cer tainly dispose of it es I see fit. I choose that be shall go to school. If you find him negli gent, let me know, end be will be immedi ately discharged. RMpectfuliy, ——. ’ The salary was paid promptly until the old gentleman's death, ana the novel employe now occapiea a goodpoeition in a large com mercial house in Texas. <- ■ CONTEMPLATING a change of pu*8uK*L I wilt dispose Of “MOUNT AIRf/' one oh the most inviting and delightful residences in Middle Georgia, on a commanding emi nence, within a short mile of the ettj ot Griffin, and admired by all; healthy m the mountain, of Vir ginia; society excellent; water unsurpassed. TBe * neceaswy.em., d in tasMalioes acre*, conveniently subdivided into orchards, gardens, lots, .pastures, Ac. Fruit flue aud abundant; gardens atm straw berry tiwn extenjlvefvcgeUblep, early aad late, most abundant; Irish and -sweet potato grounds luxuriant; corn, pea* and oats auffleteat. la a word, the place is abundantly supplied with every thing necessary to the ease and comfort of a tetH family. The residence Is handsomely furnh throughout, all of any part of whim may he pur chased; ' ~ Ac., AC. also, horses, vehicles, cows, pigs, poultry, This desirable homestead, with or without the outfit,shay he purchased at a Iqw price, amt on very, favorable terms. For further particular* ‘ sol Dr. C. A. IJUlea, H- Melnbard Sable, ol JAIL IN LIBERTY COUNTY. about thirty hy twenty feet, aad to oontaln not lea* than turn 100ms. Bidders will submit plans, Mata aad swart to Clerk of the Interior Court, gQ 000 „ Mtfartrwuav*. -.13^15 .U - : . OF VIS gluts Military Institute on the nth of June, to e .ppofatmentaor Cadet*. Applications for Sute “ - ~ made to theun- testimonlal* mast be exempt from betmuM M and 2t years, and “—Ru must satisfy the expense* of be able to read and rwrfVna with facility and accuracy ithtrN the four ground rules ol sduettea, of simple and compound of vulgar and decimal fraction*. - 1 — - —-h-Senatorial District) wlU . tuition without charge, been made by the Hoard high-edeatffic character (anil operation iu well Of dtadpline and instruc- 1 of the institution will in on the 4th of July. The Wence on the 2Tth of June, / until completed. Tbe public ttedtoall of these exercUee.' Information, application will be FRANCIS H. SMITH, Superintendent, please Insert six times, mayVMtw. W. STEELE, (Latest eele A HurbenkJ. »1 MrreNniti’ Kew, Hilton Henff,^. C., And comer King and George t0e.,crutrte*ttm, an<r4efaB ?he *ut>ecrlber on tlie premises. Act at once,’< ^(MUitwy.ilwd Naval Clothing, lose a favorable opportunity to secure a choice places je30-law5w ROBT- A, CRAWFORD. PARLOR SETS, extra well upL FINE BED ROOM SETS, Wal. hogany. COTTAGE BED ROOM SET: variety. DINING ROOM and LIBRARY S! MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS ami Pi; of all kinds. ’A tri j®otn "fr.-smerr o’ f. FOfiDING SPRINt. H’ MATTRESSES, the best Bt-i - and WARRANTED SUPERIO others. . a LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES WARDROOMS, 178 Broughton Sim-i Nearly Opposite St, Andrews aa:!, jel2 6m - Mount Zion Select School, MOUNT ZIQN, GA. WILLIAM J. NORTH EN, BtltJUK. T HE NEXT SESSION WILL COMMENCE • the Ant of August. - Mt. Zion, Ocnbtr, , -. Mr. Wm. J. Northen has been associate - m during the present year (18SS) in the - High School. In all my Intercourse wit: unfformly found him kind and ebllgt . , whole deportment baa been that of a sti:< ■ ..« a Christian. In parting with Mr. N !*. - pleasure to bear testimony to his zee' in'll, skill in teaching—and to add, I kno r, s man In whose abUIttea and fldelity » .’ bave greater confidence. c. Pj Bck.i U.NtVXMITY OF GXOBGIl Uif git gives me plsasnre to testify to , and efficiency of Mr. W. J. Northen a- M mames scholsrshln, tact and disc, a high order. Ireoommendhfa t, 1 ; fldenee to those parents who ****?„ ’, b ‘ ‘ r , ' >”• ?< - properfy restrained and thoronghiy ta cgiu PExrruLD, Sep' ro wr ’ rw I know of no better school for pups- i- -.y- , Ctdlege than yoorw *“® ,In ba PPJ M-rr-s- t).t opinion to you, ss 1 have expresgec o r.rts. wiMi yen moeft succeea, which lafk i u jB7dw» N. M 8UGK8! BRICKS 120,000 WELL Burnt Brick ;orsc '. LATHS. On Savumoh and Ogea^ee Canal & NOTICE •ilffi OXIOI LATHS, to ?. l mar * oo. UAktUM. F^wffibUrt sad for the Vic.xuer a; at Florida wharf. F. M. MTRKIX. a t. > 2...-,