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VOL. 2-NO. 159. "^ ir *" —— SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY* JULY 17, 1866. he Daily News and Herald. prjBLZSHXD BT V S. W. MASON. £ T ill Bay Street, Savannah, terms: jflve Cents. pW..WF---- ... .$3 oi*. :. - _ ;;;;;;;;; $To oo, v TES OF ADVEBTI8DVG. ’ .cqI'ARE, first insertion, $1.50; each inser- ■5 centa. • tlrft, N iraber \ - 1 *° 1 M 1 2 \ z * 1 3 3 3 9 Mont 3 s ; 1 r ' I i § ? ? £ - — — l'J j i 30 $ S3 $ 44 i 50 $ 65 $ 75 J J 55 6C 77 85 110 125 . 1 1 t ' 9 « 105 115 156 176 ; Of 114 133 150 200 225 11'» 133 101 195 246 275 J 10 . >35 i® 1S9 215 285 t 325 O-’t 11 155 is-; 217 260 325 375 E .j ( , s 17 j 210 245 280 365 420 : tv: 195 234 273 310 405 405 ' 5f. 153 til'- 255 29? 340 445 510 f ' t; ics 230 27 * 322 370 480 650 . 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From all 1 can learn, 1 think the cause of his resignation is this: He has been on a visit to his home, and he finds the bulk of the Re publican party violently opposed to the Presi dent's policy. In his Department was more patronage than in all the other Departments combined. Togo on with the President, and carry out the removals which were necessary, would subject him to immense odium. The prospect appalled him, ami he thought it best to retire before the storm. This blast of un popularity no doubt drove Senator Lane into suicide, and it has driven Dennison to resig nation, which is a less fatal remedy. This clinging to popularity aaibB^MBgeme good is the curse of the times. The Northern people wish slaves in office, and have no tolerance for independence of opinion. The resignation of Dennison created a batch of rumors—that the Cabinet was going to pieces; that at least three more resigna tions were taking place—Speed, Harlan and Stanton. It is curious that Speed and Har lan hold on as they do, as they are in avowed opposition to the Presidents policy. But the Radicals urge them to do so, because the President is weakened by having enemies in his Cabinet. These two last named gentle men cannot remain much longer in the Cabi net, for matters are tending to a crisis. If they had the proper delicacy on the subject they would resign ; but delicacy is not, in all probability, one of their weaknesses. Mr. Montgomery Bla'rr is making a push for Dennison's position. Blair is a violent conservative now. He has been immensely sympathizers in Maiyiand. This should be remembered to his honor. The radicals are trying to make something out of the call of the Southern loyalists for a Southern Union Convention, but it is rather an up-hill business. The movement is a fee ble affair. It is singular taste, in these Southern gentlemen, who have signed this call, to unite their fortunes with the radicals. But if this party maintains its present as cendency, this will be the only passport to Southern men in search of Federal office. The radicals are determined, as soon as they can, to restrict all the patronage of the gov ernment at the South, to those who act with merits inserted as special notices win th *“- If the. Radicals succeed some very ! thirty percent, advance on table rates. ordinary persons at the South will get good il«emcn*s* of a transient character, not to time, will be continued until ordered areed accordingly. iriy contracts, except for space at table •mil in contracts for space, all . . i hi* ' in Tin i fifty cents per square for • ^ thought the wur will he short, sharp and j decisive. The expense is so great that the /Hdi. . -ai or business notices, for indl 1 end must, it is said, come soon. •Hr, will be subject to a charge of fifty ;;»• NKWS AND HERALD. \ i. itiseraents Inserted three times a week . other day) for a month, or longer period, will .j’/o.-P tin ■-•••-fourths of table rates. “ A■ivirrtisvmenis twice a week, two-thirds of tiles. r * Advertisements once a week, one-half of table offices The impression strengthens here in the best informed circles that France will be drawn into the Prusso-Auslriaa war, but it i iii. hut les a than three dollars for each Ui transient .Advertisements mus* be paid in Tri-Mly News anil Herald -t’. r d u: *■' i * i year, or 7." cents per month, and |he Weekly News and Herald "very Saturday at per year. ! PRINTING, ally nnd promptly done. It is amusing to see the fixedness of party in this country, as illustrated by the call for the Executive Comnlitteesof the Bell, Breck- enridge and Douglas parties of I860, to meet in Richmond, to determine whether Virginia should join in the proposed conservative Philadelphia Convention. This is equal to the respect of the Bourbons for the principle of legitimacy when Louis XVIII considered, on his return to Paris wiili the allied armies, that his reign had never been interrupted. The Radical party leaders in shuffling off the tariff until next session have played a smart party trick. The bill was creating a disturbance in their parly, especially the Northwest was getting restive. Under these circumstances, after getting it through the House, they let it drop in the Senate on the THE ASSASSINATION PLOT. Strange Disclosures—Witnesses Suborned bytlie Radicals to Prove the Complicity of Sfr* Davis. [ COMMUNICATED. ] loiitfistency, tl»ou art a. Jewel.” h. ini tor:—Why is it that the meehau „u, eitv-acknowledged to be the J plea ofuot fearing time to attend to it properly, and sinew” of every community—after Thus they will go into the Fall elections With L. ail entire six days, and who would twofaces-for the utmost protection, and not for it. These party leaders have the strength of •Sabbath holy’' in a recuperation ysieal energies by innocent exer- iopen air. should be compelled to re- 11. a “licensed grop shop for “bottled R '.rater' to quench their thirst, which, lild the proprietor be out of, we must in- td take a claret punch or a gin-cock-tail? -tr. with the limited knowledge of ivnt supposed to be possessed by our lathers (especially the mechanical portion Lvl; . I would appeal to them whether latter beverage or a glass of ice-cool soda ci would most contribute to a recreation (••-* ajuausted frames, ule bar-rooms are kept open on Sunday ii“ other lacilities are afforded us (and apprentices! to indulge in a more harm- w«v. we. as a body, must demur against ' l oiiig of soda fountains on the Sabbath, can purchase segars and pomade for the why not a glass of soda water? "itli due deference, A Mechanic. ! COMMUNICATED, j -rs Ewrons:— At the conclusion of intticle in this morning s paper headed, pnvocaium oi Loyal Unionists of the "*’• - v " u tntk, Who are George W. Ash- |ne and Henry S. Cole, of Georgia?’’ Of i know nothing. George W. Ash- -v naa been lor twenty years a citizen of I lbs. and is probably a native of tbe State. I entered one of our schools to prepare for Jai.nistrr, but became involved in some , ’ r '" s ' R * ,i was expelled from the school vic'd lrom the church. Subse- r - i,e '- v "‘ 3 tbu k <*per of the hotel in afterwards of a public house jkookout Mountain. At the beginning of | "ar he was in the vicinity ot Macon, ummg involved in some difficulties, he | the State, going in the direction of Nash- f aud Kentucky. He joined the Federal P- 7 - and held a place upon the staff of some r ~perhaps that of General Buel—with I l ank of Colonel. At the close of the I he returned to Georgia. Where he re- I I Jo noi know. Without cuteriDg into p ulisrs. these general statements will give ome idea of the man. cunning. They are up to all these party tricks. A very stringent order has been issued from the War Department authorizing the military in tbe Southern State? to arrest any persons charged with offences when tbo civil author ities fail to enforce the law, and to keep such persons in confinement until the courts can be trusted to try them. This is the establish ment of martial law in a degree- it is said to be done on account of lawlessness in the Southwest. It is to be regretted, for it gives our enemies an argument against us. 1 editor of a Cincinnati [paper recently p, _ision to pay a visit to Dayton in the says lie noticed a geutleman and S: 'tiiiZ in a close juxtaposition, and ’8 'rmn their conduct one would wo'l t’ up '-hat they were exceedingly intimate. • 1,1)1 "f t lie comfortable pair sat two gen- ‘-;litors ol two German papers in -iinmi. When near Dayton tbe train !llr, ugb a long, dark bridge. Among . “UmleriDg and ratiiing of the cars, a concussion was heard by those P'” Hie lady and gentleman alluded to. P- '-merged into the daylight, one of the P au editors slowly drew his spectacles pon his nose and exclaimed: “Well, I r* hat ish a tam bad bridge. I heard him fit tw°, three, four times!” The lady E , ller veil, and for the remainder I e U| P 'be pair were mute and nuiet Death of Senator Jim Lane. The death, by suicide, of Senator Jim Lane, of Kansas notoriety has been announced by telegraph. Tbe Augusta Constitutionalist, citing his melancholy end as an illus tration of the retribution that often follows in this world, tbe perpetration of high crimes against social order and tbe public good, says : He was one of the bold, bad originators of tbe border broils wlrch stained tbe soil of Kansas with fraternal blood, and contributed prominently to the culmination of tbe war. With a cloud on bis domestic life, and a na tive proclivity for aggression and agitation wrankling in his heart, bis thirst for blood, and love for strife must have thoroughly sated, and it is fit, while tbe country is op pressed with tbe desolation resulting from the folly and wickedness ot him and bis brother agitators, that he should desire to turn his face to tho wall and die. It is to tbe honor of Senator Lane that some of the recent Congressional acts indicate a convic tion that there has been enough of strife, and a desire to close Ids career with some measure of atonement for a life whose best years were waged in a career which fixed on him tbe unenviable distinction of leader ship as a “border ruffian.’’ God rest his soul. Distress in Prussia.— : A correspondent writes. ••( heard yesterday from Prussia, worn a private source, that the distress in country is already great on account of me great deficiency of manual labor caused Dj the withdrawal of so many men from I.?®", “vocations. Women are being el s m places relaying the sleepers Whe fih» t heorin- Vays rec f uire d repair. These are the beginnings of trouble.” Vienna, June 217. Patriotic subscriptions are now taking place in all the German pro vinces Of Austria to support the costs of the war. The committees appoi, lted lor tlli8 object receive not only money but jewelry and plate. Tho contributions, however, up to the present, .are of unimportant amount. Nrw Orleans, July ll.—In pursuance of a call for a convention to meet in Philadel phia, on the 14th of August, the Democratic State Executive Committee met here last evening, sinking their party organization and invitiDg all the triends of President Johnson to co-operate, selected the following delegates to the Philadelphia Union National Conven tion : From the State at large.—Randell Hu0& John Ray, John E. King, Richard Taylor, A. Voorheese, George Williamson, JudgaW p liVor, n a n, r The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald of the 6th, furnishes the follow ing, he having, he says, obtained the facts from the Congressmen while they were drunk on the 4th. The investigations of the Judiciary Com mittee of the House of Representative* in re lation to the alleged complicity of Jefferson Davis, Clay, and others, in the murder of President Lincoln have developed one of the most villainous conspiracies ever concocted in the civilized world. Strange to tell it is not the conspiracy for the assassination of President Lincoln and his cabinet, but au equally bloody and tar more cowardly one, to murder, through the forms of law, ex-Presi- deut Davis and others of the defunct Con federacy. The Judiciary Committee, as soon as autho rized to investigate the charges against Messrs. Davis, Clay and others, entered zealously upon their duties, and sent for such persons and papers as they had been led to believe would furnish criminating evidence. The principal persons sent for had already been examined ex parte in the Bureau of Military Justice, and the papers sent for consisted mainly of the depositions of these persons, and some letters of doubtful import, written by supposed rebels before the assassination, allot which were under the care of the Judge Advocate General. To re cite from memory the papers verbatim would be impossible, and it would be no less so to give in extenso the examination of the persons before the committee; but enough will be given to show the most develish and damn able conspiracy, the most disgusting and dastardly perfidy, aud the coolest and cheap est perjury you were ever called upon to chronicle. Immediately after the execution of Mrs. Surratt and her feilow-culprits, the Judge Advocate General tet to work io dead earnest to procure evidence lor the conviction of Da'- vis, Clay and others as co-conspirators. Sev eral detectives were employed to hunt up and hunt down every person supposed to have had any correspondence or communication witb the suspected parties, or any knowledge tending directly or indirectly to connect them with the conspiracy. But, after weeks of industrious labor and research, the detectives failed to discover anything of tbe slightest consequence bearing upon the subject. This result was commu nicated to tbe radicals in tbe Cabinet, and by them confided to the leading radicals—then about to assemble—in Congress, and proba bly to many, certainly to a few celebrities of their faction not in any office. These parties, as will be readily surmised, were disappointed and sorely grieved. They bad already arrived at tbe conclusion that it would be futile and impolitic to try Davis and other rebel leaders for treason, and their thirst for blood and vengeance, and desire to increase the humility and ignominy of tbe Southern people, by banging like a dog tbeir late cbiet, was aggravated by tbe unexpected report that nothing bad been found to impli cate him in the assassination - But the blood thirsty are neither easily discouraged nor over scrupulous as to what means they em ploy for obtaining their ends. Another agent ot great experience and shrewdness was en gaged to perform the work which the others had failed to accomplish. He was charged to find the necessary witnesses at all hazards; to proceed a la Forney, or in any way he deemed best calculated to insure success, but on no account to fail. With a zeal worthy of a better cause he entered upon his duties, and in a few weeks produced nearly a dozen witnesses who deposed nnder oath, in the Bureau of Military Justice, to matters and facts enough to hang both Davis and Clay higher than Hainan. One of these witnesses, calling himself William Campbell, deposed that he was a native of New Orleans, and had been a Con federate soldier; that in the latter part of March or 1st of April, 1865. he was called on at Richmond by John H. Hnrratt, who bore a letter of introduction from William C. Cleary, then in Canada; that said letter re quested him to introduce Surratt to Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, with whom he (deponent ) was intimately acquainted,and assured him that Surratt would unfold a grand scheme in which he (deponent) was earnestly solicited to participate; that Sur ratt did, on the same day, disclose to him the plot to assassinate the President and Cabi net; further, that in compliance with Cleary’s request, he introduced Surratt to Benjamin, when, after an interchange of civilities, Surratt delivered to the Secretary a package of letters, which were immediately opened and pernsed; that Benjamin then turned to address Surratt on the subject of the letters, when deponent arose to with draw, but, owing to a suggestion by Surratt that he (deponent) was one of the parties to engage in the murderous work, was requested by Benjamin to remain; that the letters so delivered to Benjamin, after referring to Sur ratt’s business, requested him to present the bearer |to the President, and help him through his mission; that his mission was to obtain express authority from the govern ment to execute the plot for the destruction of Lincoln; that Benjamin said there wus no doubt but the President would give the au thority desired, and proposed to go to him at once, which was done, deponent, by invi tation, accompanying them. That after they had been preseated to the President his Excellency and Benjamin re tired to another room and remained for half an hour or more in close conversation; that on returning to tbe room Davis requested Surratt to explain precisely what was de sired, as the dispatches from Canada stated that he would do so more minutely than they did; that Surratt then explained at length that several determined Confederates and others in tbe North had resolved to make way with “Old Abe’’ and bis Cabinet, if tlie project would be authorized by the Govern ment and the adventurers promised protec tion in tbe event of their being captured; that Davis replied that there had “been so many schemes set on foot for this purpose, all of which had proved miserable failures, that he had ceased to hope tor any good results from any such project; but that at any rate no special authority more than the agents in Canada could confer was necessary to war rant tbe proposed proceedings; that Lincoln being tbe Commander-in-Chief ot tbe armies of tbe United States, Confederate soldiers had tbe Same right, and that it was as much their duty to destroy him, if they could, as to kill aiiy private soldier in his armies, and that if they should be captured while engaged in such an undertaking they must be treated as prisoners of war. Suppose that two or three Yankees should steal into my bouse, aud, without warning, attack and kill me, can there be any doubt that tbeir Govern ment would applaud, protect and reward them, and declare tbeir action legitimate warfare? Not at ail. That Surratt replied that all his Excellen cy had observed was undoubtedly true, but that some oi the parties anxious to embark in the enterprise were not wholly satisfied that the government would recognize their action, and with the assurances of protection given by the agents in Canada, inasmuch as the protection promised by tbe agents in other cases—tot instance, in Abe case of Beall, Kennedy, Burleigh and tbe St. AI* bans i aiders—had not been extended, and the present project could not be executed without express authority and assurance of protection from the government; that after so ®‘L further conversation between Davis and Benjamin, which it is not necessary to give here, the President iireOfod Suratt fo eall the next day at noon on the Secretary, when he would recei ys all the authority hP rpnmrpr •sen sent to rected, but the papers had not U *o return him; that as Surratt was. anxious i * once to the North immediately, Benjamin a, started with them to Davis’ office ; that i_ vis pleaded indisposition for not having the papers ready by the time indicated, but said they had just beeu finished. (Sutvel was now presented to His Excellency as one of the braves ready to enter upon a bloody work.) That alter a little codversaiion, du ring which Davis inquired of Surratt wbat route he intended to take and when he ex pected to pass the Federal lines, His Ex cellency placed a letter in Surratt’a hand, sayiug “This is for Colonel Thompson ; it confers all the power he requires, to au thorize the proceeding proposed, and to promise for the. government tbe necassary protection to all who engage in it.” That be then shook bands with each of them, and said that he “trnsted they would behave bravely and that their efforts' would be crowned with success.” That Snevel then observed that they “must act bravely and succeed; for if caught in the act they would all be made to dance on nothing.” That Benjamin replied, “No, if any ol you are captured, aud the Yankees threaten to hang you, we will give the Yankee Government notice that for every one they hang a dozen will be executed in retalliation.” That Davis responded, “Yes, you shall be fully pro tected. The undertaking proposed is, under the circumstances, perfeclly just, and in per fect harmony with the laws of war.” And again be illustrated with the query, “Sup pose two or three Yankees should steal into my house and, without warning, kill me, can there be auy doubt that their Government would applaud and protect them,and declare tbeir exploit in accordance with honorable warfare ?” That Benjamin again chimed in, “that it was just like falling npon and sur prising a camp and putting the foe to tbe sword, without giving him time to seize his arm9 and get in line fur defence.” That Bur- rat, Snevel and deponent then bade the Pres ident and Secretary farewell, and departed. Such, almost word for word, is the depo sition made by Campbell for the Bureau of Military Justice, and his statement of what was said and done by Davis and Benjamin alter the alleged presentation of Snevel to the rebel chief was fully corroborated by Snevel in another deposition made at tbe same time, tor tbe same Bureau and for the same end. Aud here we come to the most astounding part of my disclosure. This man “William Campbell,” and hia friend, “ Snevel,” whose first name, or ratber alias, I do nut remember, on being brought before the Ju diciary Committee for examination, acknowl edged that the above names did not belong to them, but were fictitious; that they had never been in the tebel service nor in Rich mond ; that they bad never seen Davis or Benjamin, or Surratt in their lives; that they had never heard of any plot to destroy Lin coln until after bis death; that there was not a word of trnth in tbe depositions they made for tbe Bureau of Military Justice; but that they made such depositions for a pecuniary reward, being first furnished with the state ment they were desired to swear to, and com mitting it to memory for tbe purpose, and that of tbe other parties, some seven or eight in number, who made depositions for tbe Bu reau referred to, every one of them deposed under lalse names to false statements for pe cuniary considerations. Tbe depositions of other “witnesses,” un der the assumed names of Wright, Williams, Patten, Douglass, Meredith, Knapp, Ac , ac cused Davis of complicity in the assassination just as positively, and were as ingeniously concocted as those of Campbell and Snevel. Having accomplished so much in tbe way of procuring e videDce, tbe radical conspirators urged President Johnson, with all their force, to appoint a t’ommissloc for tho trial of the distinguished culprit. Campbell and other witnesses were taken before his Excellency and the Cabinet, in order that their trank de meanor and honorable appearance could be observed, and were asked a few questions by tbe President and examined at considerable length by Mr. Seward, to tbe apparent satis faction of all that they were teiliug the truth, and nothing but the truth. Tin; President, as is known, did not at once appoint the com mission, but be was prevailed on to call for the opinion \)f the A Homey General as to tbe legality and propriety of trying by mili tary court parties implicated in the assassi nation, and the Attorney General soon after gave tbe opinion aod tbe argument upon which he based it, that it would not only be legal and proper to tiy parties so accused by a military court, but it would be clearly ille gal and improper to arraign them before a civil tribunal. The radical conspirators now regarded Davis as good as disposed of, and licked their jaws with glee. But, unfortunately for them, the President wonld not be hurried into ordering a military trial. His penetrating eye had probably dis covered something about Campbell and others paraded before him sufficient to con vince him that they were falsifying. He knew Davis well enough to know that if he wonld descend to conspire at murder at all, it wonld only be with men of honoi—that kind of honor to be found among thieves and bold desperadoes—who would sooner die than compromise themselves or their chief, and not with men of ignorance or low standing, and comparatively unknown to him, like the witnesses paraded, who were willing to swear to their own shame und betray their master for thirty pieces of silver. Finding it impossible to induce the Presi dent to convoke a military court for the im molation of the rebel chief, the radicals were bitterly disappointed, and some of them were furious. They determined, however, not to be beaten altogether, not to throw aside as worthless, “evidence” which had been pro cured at so much trouble and expense, but if possible to turn it to some account. With Machiavelian adroitness they conceived a scheme whereby, if they could not hang Mr. Davis, they conld at least load him with in famy, aud at the same time wreak exqnisite vengeance on President Johnson for declining to aid their murderous designs. The process relied on for the consumma tion of this double-headed project was re markable for its simplicity. The depositions of tbe spurious witnesses were to be pre served in the Bureau of Military Justice, and at a proper time rendered accessible to the press and the historian. None of the alleged criminal proceedings of Davis, set forth. in the numerons depositions, with the excep tion of those pretended to have occurred in tbe presence of Benjamin (who, being accused ts partiefys criminis, would not be believed), were susceptible of refutation, all his crimi- nal conversations and transactions being, as alleged, in either the presence of prominent rebels, since deceased, and the witnesses, or in the presence of the witnesses alone. Da- vis could and would, therefore, be published td the world as a monster and a murderer, deserving to be cursed like Cain and driven n,rioiDm(nm ■ and no matter how much he require- 1 That ot; ;‘;t and deponent; named r *t.-i day they (Surratt oy * xr.an from Christendom; and no matter how much he might say to vindicate himself or bow eloquently his friends might expatiate on his Christian character and high sense of honor, tbree-fourths of his countrymen, and pos terity generally, would believe him guilty. This the Radical conspirators thought would effectually dispose of Davis, and be as great a punishment as he could bear. But how were they to reach Mr. Johnson? He had already been denonneed for his leniency toward the rebel leaders, and with endeavoring for political purposes to ingra tiate himself with the South, and they wonld now go before the country with the argu ment that bis failure to put lMvis on his trial for tbe murder ol Lincoln, in face of the over- mhelmiog evidence that could nave been brought agaiust him, aa aPP^f®“ dm depositions in the Bureau ot IBiitary Justice, was the result of his desire and scheme toob- tain the friendship and Ikvor of the South, and ol bis gratitude to Mr. ^Davw foir re moving his predecessor and thus elevating him to the Chief Magistracy ot the nation. It will be readily seen that a most power- fo) wesson could have ber-” : j against Mr. Johnson ic the Nurtl Ah. & ; p : - v that beautiful a scheme . , .. j rqtoUod But ,i is another «e ‘ .cation he 'nitird'X will out Railroad Contention. ( OLUMBUS, Ga., July 12, .AT, vention met pursuant to adjournment °° n ‘ Delegates from Tuscumbia and otW came forward aud took seats in the 0(5^“ tK M. ' L “? d3a -V 1 a delegate from the city of Ttmourn ^ add ^ ea , sed the Convention ia from tSTbuilding 01 fhe SiiVannah Me “- Ph ilr! De Wolf, iu beliaJ f °i'^ e ., Comini ‘ tee appointed to prepare matte* e consider- ation of the meeting, made th^ Allowing re- P° rt: . All Whereas, A railroad connecting the Atlan tic at Savannah aud Brunswick with the Valley of the Mississippi at Memphis by a more direct route, lias long been felt; and whereas, the one indicated by wliat is known as the Savannah and Memphis road, via Columbus, Opelika, Childersburg and Tuscumbia, from its directness—being almost an air-line road— running its entire length in a southeast and northwest course; and whereas, it is shorter than any other route connecting these two important points—either in operation or contemplation, or which, from the pecu liar tormation of the country, can be con structed—being a saving in distance of about six'y miles; and whereas, from the great amount of mineral wealth—consisting of coa), iron, copper, marble, slate, petroleum, etc., contained within the territoiy over which the unconstructed portion of tile road will pass, which material is important in building np tbe manufacturing interests of the Sooth and West, and which will make the road, as a local freight road, second to no road in the Union; and whereas, cheap coal and iron are essential to the manufactu ring prosperity, not only of Colnmbns, but of all the cities and towns with which the road connects; and .whereas, considering, as we do the great value of these articles to the manufacturing and industrial interests of Co lumbus, be it Resolved, That in addition to tbe hundred thousand dollars heretofore subscribed, tbe City Council ol Columbus be requested to make a subscription of five hundred thous and dollars to the Bavauuah and Memphis Railroad; the bonds to be issued whenever satisfactory evidence is furnished to tbe City Council by the President or the Directors of tbe road that a sufficient umonnl ol bona fide stock, including the Columbus subscriptions, has been subscribed to build the road. Resolved, That Savannah, Brunswick, Ma con, Opelika, Tuscumbia, Memphis, and the railroads forming tbe connecting links in the line of tbe Savannah and Memphis road—all having a deep pecuniary interest in its early construction—be respectfully requested to give liberal aid to the enterprise. Resolved. That the cities of Louisville, Cincinnati and St. Louis, from their position to tbe Savannah and Memphis road, and the easy and cheap access it will give them to large and valuable consuming markets for the products of the West, are deeply interested in tbe early completion of the road. Resolved, That as soon as practicable a committee of be appointed by tbe City Council of Columbus,to visit those cities and place the claims ot the road before their re spective corporate authorities, boards ol trade and capitalists, and solicit their aid and co operation in the great work. Resolved, That the President and Direc tors of the road be requested to employ, at the earliest practicable period, a competent civil engineer to make a survey or surveys of ODe or mote routes over the unlocated portion oi the road, and make estimates tor tbe same, with a view of ascertaining the amount that will be required to make the road bed ready for the iron, and the amount of iron (T rail) necessary to lay it down. On motion of Mr. Salisbury, the report of the committee was received, and tbe pre amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. Mr. Allen offered the following resolution, which was nnanimously adopted: Resolved, That this meeting does earn estly recommend tbe holding, at an early day, of a general Convention, the time and place to be hereafter determined, for tbe purpose of securing a full attendance of del egates from every section of tbe country in- Ha r vann d ahRmiroil diDE ° f Mem P hia “ d Mr. Allen moved that the Chairman ap point a committee of three to corresuond with parties interested in the building ofthe road, in the various cities on the line, as to when and where the Convention shall be held. . The Chair appointed Messrs. Allen, Bow ers and De Wolf that committee. Mr. Goodwin, a delegate from the city of Tuscumbia, addressed the Convention at some length. His remarks, which were spir ited, were well received. Mr. De Wolf offered the following resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That this meeting instruct the City Council to carry out—so far as to snb- mit tbe question to the voters of Coiambtis for ratification or rejection—tbe terms ot tbe agreement entered into by our delegates witb the Montgomery and Entanla Railroad Com pany, at the Convention in Montgomery in June. On motion of Mr. DeWolf, it waa Resolved, That tbe papers of Colnmbns, Savannah, Macon, Opelika, Tuscumbia, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Cairo, aud Chicago be requested to publish the foregoing proceedings. ’ On motion of Mr. Mostian, the Convention adjourned. A. R. Lamas, Secretary. Insurance. SOUTHERN branch office KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSIMANCE GO., Of New York City, T^To. 89 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, hH. Policies Issued and Losses Paid onpzoB. CREDITS Given to holders of Mutual Policies of SO PEH CENT., if desired, when the premium amounts to $50 or more, and is paid annually. DIVIDENDS made to holders of Mutual Policies as follows: PAID IN CASH, APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTES, or ADDED TO THE POLICY. The latter or REVERSIONARY DIVI DEND9 declared by this Company ia 1865 were from FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac cording to age. Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture, ENDOWMENT, AMD Life Policies Issued by this Company. No Eitra Ciarge for Sontliero Residence trice, « cen insurance. the ogleth^ Insurance Conm ? OF SAVANNAH Are prepared to take Fire Risks on Rsasonak; ’ At their Office, UT Bay St rec r „ _ H. W. MERCt R. Pf J. T. Tbokas, Sec. H. w. Mercer C. 8. Hardee William Banter A. 8. Hartridge A. Porter R. Me J. T. Thomas W. Renuhart F. L. One H. A. Crane A. A. Solomon* M. Hamilton W. W. Gordon myT-ff Directors: M. S. Cnhc J. Lama J. W. New * D G. Purs A. Fullartc ;. 3. McMaho L. J. Guiln.ar F. W. Sims G. Better R. Lachllso/ B. P. Clato . J. W. Knot i , B. F. Ross, K , W. H. Tonin' <: S. B. HARMCTOIf, Emigrants Can be Supplied WITHIN TEN DAYS. T HE undersigned are prepared to supply Plan tare and other parties who may be in want of WHITE LABORERS, and have made necessary arrange ments in the North to fill any. orders tor agriculture Laborers, Woodcu’t.is, Mechanics, etc., within Ten or Twelve days fromt he day tbe order la given here. The Laborers are to at received by the Kmployeri on arrival at the steamer here, and transported to the points where they are wanted atBmployera’ expense, and tbe Employers have farther to pay a certain sum per head in advance, partly aa security and partly for covering tbe expenses iu bringing the Emigrants from the North to this port. The rate at which Farming Laborers can be se cured will average about $150 per year, the Employ ers finding them. For farther particulars apply to WM. MORV1LLE * CO., Jones' Block, Bay street. One door East of Barnard street, Savannah, Ga. REFERENCES 1 Jackson A Lawton, savannah. John W. Anderson A Son, Savannah. Solomon Oohen. Savannah. Jno. C, Fermi, Savannah. Ntcholls, camp A Co.. Savannah Geo. A. Cuyier, Savannah. W. R. Fleming, Savannah. John Screven, Savannah.' Brigham, Baldwin <t Co., Savannah Savauoab National Bank, Savannah. m2 VALUABLE MIDDLE GEORGIA Plantation for Sale. I AM OFFERING a desirable Summer place for sals, three miles from MlUedgeville, containing 700 acres of good corn and * cotton Und, with Improvements. Mne peach sal apple orchards, with other fruits. Water and health unsurpused in Mid dle Georgia. Stunted on ths main rood to Sander, Title, convenient to good schools, and a good market for all that can be -produced on the place. Prioa, $18.50 per acre, in two payment*. Addrem BOXS47, MUleqpevffle, Ga.' Cf-'W Valdosta Institfite. HHHB REGULAR EXERCISES of this Institution X (both Male and. Female Departments) will be re sumed on the First Monday In August prox. , Terms as daring last amnion. TUITION- 1st Class, per session of Twenty weeks, M M “ Jftanch, Extra “ Instruction in Music as CURomatJ. Wmrtfa pleaeamfam^a^UjWffion^ IXT» BATS al:.“ date appiichtton wtr * Directors: . t Hrnbt Biionx, President Merchants’ National lank. Colonel Wm. 8. Rockwell. H. A. Cram, of Crane A GraybllL John D. Hopkins. A A. SOLOMONS, of A. At Solomons A Co. K. A. SOCLLARD. B. J. Moors, of Brady, Smith A Oo. Fred. If. Hull, of Holcombe A Co. M. A. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co. EVERY VARIETY! 3F FURNITU t IS SELLING GOODS Lower Than Any Other Hous* IN SAVANNAH HOTELS AND STEAMB FURNISHED. A. WILBUR, General Manager WM. R. BOYD, Agent. Dr. B. YOSGX, Kxmmlnlwg Pliyslclam. Or. R. D. ARNOLD, Couwltimg Phyiic’R. «f. W. STEELE, (Late Steels A Burbank.) 11 Merchuts’ Sow, Hiltom Head,So. C» Ana corner King ana Georfc am.. Charleston, fALLS the attention of WhOlMote and Retail V ' chaser, to Ala aupetloa meek of Military and Naval Clothing, -AMD ‘ FURNISHING GOODS, Watches, Rom*. Famw “ W.ro, Swords. Sashes, Helm, fiflnQerles, Boots Caps, Field Glasses, Ganatlata. Gk/vest Ae.£Ac. >4 - - THOM. W- BHOOKM MANUPACrCHm OF ■ FURNITURE ANP CENTRAL PARLOR SETS, extra well upholsti FINE BED ROOM SETS. Walnut t bogany. COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, of variety. DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SE MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PH of all kinds. fc’13 KITTLE S FOLDING SPRING BE] MATTRESSES, the best Bed it ;? and WARRANTED SUPERIOI tc others. LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO < , PIES, and CANOPY FRAJMRB. IU Owe Si N. a—AU United to. JOHN V. WELLS / Ubst for Dtvocm la Bryan Hope. W. T rtor Court. MART WELLS. } D$as$ib#r Twm. UR. RULE TO PERFECT SERVICE. r ’ APPEARING to the Court by the return of the Sheriff that ths difimfiast m the ahure asset fr not to be found ia *h- miff, sad » further appsar lag to tbe Court that she doss not rertd* la the State of Georgia, an motion <ff A. Bl Bmltli, attorney for It is therefore ordered. That the said dsfeodallt be required tolls her anew* (if any site has) oo arby the flret day or tbs next term of this Copit, or, hi de fault thereof, the MMM Mowed- And it fa further ordered, lished in one of Hie public once e month far f term of this Court. Or Brian ScrxRtoR Oocet, April Arm, 1808. John V. Wells ^ in »*s fore ordered that the same helOMMRiderenting to WAREROOMSi, 178 Broughton -Stow. Nearly Omniite St. Altai's ; NIMb 8 to llu. l tt ■Hi be made .. . of v lia-py of McIntosh county far I O made to is ; cdpik-e#<wnfa*f s—it the re* .fiate of Oharto Buteti, fata . • leave Wseil ttu M*eiE**gg25,' runty, deecs* j 1 “ fate of i irrT.frtn.rnnt j Jade MU. is* It^TirpSS i itnintstrato!. )«« Mount Zion Select Sch r , MOUNT ZION, ga. WILLIAM J. 80RTHE5, HEC1 >«< T IE NEXT SESSION WlLOhCOMMEt t li the Ant of August. *y. Zion, Octobei. Mr. Wm. J. Northen has beeu associated w.ia during the peasant year (MM) in the Mou. High School. In all my interotmree with hiu .»v unlfonuty found him kind aad obUging; lnd whole dsportment has been tbet cf e gentian a Christian. In parting with Mr. N. It ifa •>- Measure to bear teatimony >o his zeal, indas ihiU la w»*ref «"d to add, I know ol no man la wham abintlee and fidelity as an mi I bare greeter confidence. C. P. Behan, university of Georgia. July ss8&fcsnB-aw» a iS^l*‘ pwm* 1 3>< septemberdi, test* I know iff no better fixxAtat preparing favslc: ci£27taui>om%iS> d am happy to expres tr:. * ,T » ctjrowid it to others 2B«nmu£ ^ixaer which Indeed you deecr . "tjrMW* H. M. CRAWT.3P >w *aEafti; l mdQgnchn ($nUi above Swayt- ' notice; c9k* ^rlU Oe «