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nmi NEW YORK.
TIIK PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE TO
MAYOU M l|uFFAIAX’S ADDRESS.
The Markets.
by the
New York, Aug 29.—In response to the Mayor's ad
dress yesterday, the President, in a voice evidently
afleeted by emotion, remarked as follows: “To make
a reply to what you have just given utterance to un-
derthe circumstances wotfld be more than I could
| undertake. I am overwhelmed at the reception you
•accorded tome. [Applause.] Language is in-
I aue 1 uate to give expression to my feelings, I ac-
I jour invitation, and I now beg you will in re-
»vcept my most sincere and heartfelt thanks.
I 5ach an invitation from this great metropolis ought to
trage, aud it does encourage me in the faithful
I Charge of my duty. [Cheers.] It is peculiarly ac-
| ^kble at this time, lresh as we are from the battle-
• but there is still & greater battle before us.
tTs.j In reference to what I have done it is be-
you, and it is for you to determine what my con-
baa been. [Applause.] In conclusion let si-
-.peak for me what I ought to say and what I in-
[ to do. [Cheers.] In accepting these resolutions
| Q Panied by sentiments so gracefully uttered, I*
return you my sincere thanks.”
•• fat conclusion of the President's remarks he
*■ sTwted W ith three cheers,
id calls were then make for Secretary Seward,
^ J 831(1 “* fed that I am at home. I thank you for
Le welcome you have extended to me. (Applause
|. ' fcl more l bau that, for I have brought with me
_ yours and my home the President of the United
(Cheers.] United by the arms of our heroes,
'iriue of our citizens, and by the - wisdom and
• °f our Chief Magistrate,
thing is wanting it is the certificate which we
‘ r at the coming polls to bear us out in our]
II that the Uniied States should consist of thirty-
^ instead of twenty-five States. [Great applause.]
lhe 01 l y and State of New York, the people Bhould
v faithful first to their wives, then to their children,
‘ ta to the city and State, and then to the country,
’‘bis duty I adhere, and if persona were to inter-
j er& w dh me in faithfully carrying out this principle,
l °uld overbalance them, and still be faithful to the
[Great cheering.]
President, Secretary Seward, General Grant,
Farragut and Secretary Welles were quar-
at Dclmonico’s, while the remainder of the party
Provided for at the Fifth Avenue HoteL The
* -Sidont received many visitors last evening.
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
^b>SDON, August 23—P. M.—The money market is
J 1 out c hange. Consols, 89.^ for money. U. S
‘^twenties, 72^.
^bi. Eai>O01 Augugt 29.—The cotton sales to-day
10>000 bales; middling uplands, 13,^@13>^d.
riaroot, August 29—P. M—The breadstuff*
j. ^ bas a declining tendency. The provision
i 1 iS unchau Ked. with the exception of lard,
‘ c bas an advancing tendency.
From Cincinnati.
• r om CINNAT1, AuKU8t 30.—There were three deaths
cholera yesterday. The disease has ceased to ex-
apprehension.
Our Washington Correspondence,
[From our Regular Correspondent ]
Washington, Aug. 27, 1866.
The President starts on his visit to Chic
ago to-morrow to assist in the ceremonies of
laying the corner stone of the Douglas mon
ument. Seward, Wells and Randall, of the
Cabinet accompany him, with Gen.Grant,and
Admiral Farragut. It is hoped by the Pres
ident's friends, that political advantage may
grow out of the trip. The President is in
the highest spirits, and confident of being
sustained by the people.
Mr. Seward is preparing an elaborate
speech, intended as a great ^campaign docu
ment,,which is expected to be let off in Hew
York City.
The Conservatives are moving with great
energy in New York to carry the State elec
tion which comes off in November. The Con
servative Convention in that State will meet
September 11th. The greatest impor
tance is attached to the results ot that elec
tion. The city is certain to go Conservative.
And the New York millionaires are waking
up to the danger of- the Radical pro
gramme.
The public still continue to discuss the
withdrawal of Secretary Stanton from the
Cabinet. The pressure is very great for his
removal. He is denounced by the Radical
and Conservative press. The better opinion
is that he will be sent as Minister to Spain.
The President was lately informed by one
of his friends, that be had the most odious
man in his Cabinet of any man in the United
States. The President asked who that was,
and the reply was “Stanton.” His removal,
with that of Holt and Meigs, is necessary to
put the War Department on a peace footing.
It is stated that in various parts of the
South capitalists are going to establish man
ufactures. This is certainly in the highest
degree desirable. High protective duties
may be considered as a permanent fact in
this country owing to the necessity of raising
great revenues. And the South ought to
avail itself ot this legislation to get all the
profit it can. Instead of nullifying the law,
build factories.
It is Btaled in several of the papers that
Mr. Davis will be discharged soon on bis pa
role. I think this is a mistake. I do not
think he will be so discharged until after the
Fall elections. The Radicals would make
an immense outcry if he were released-now;
and it is very dangerous to give them any
more capital- Mr. Davis' confinement is not
in any degree rigorous now.
. The publication of Gen. Sheridan's dis
patches in full has revived the furore of the
New Orleans disturbances. The Radicals
are makiug a great deal of noise over these
dispatches. As Sheridan cehiures the or
ganization of the Radical Convention, he
appears to be impartial, hence his statements
of the violence of the police are very dama
ging North- His dispatches give support to
the idea too that there is a bitter feeling at
the South against Northern people,which en
dangers them. This is a lavorite topic with
the Radicals, and they make all the use pos
sible of Sheridan’s dispatches in this re-
gard.
The ratification meeting here on Saturday
night is pronounced a great success. The
majority of the residents here are opposed to
the Radicals. This was very evident last
winter when it was proposed to confer the
elective franchise on the negroes here. That
stirred up the people here amazingly.
The.advices of the establishment of peace in
Europe are hailed here with pleasure, but the
best informed circles think it is moie a truce
than a permanent peace. It is said the changes
are too momentous to stand as the result of
so slight a struggle. The war did not last
loDg enough to exhaust the parties. The
vast accession of power to Prussia and Italy
disarranges the European system, the result
of centuries of war. And then France has
gained nothing. But suddenly Prussia has
grown up to be a formidable rival to hem her
in on the side of the Rhine. The peace is
not likely to be permanent. At least that Is
the impression.
ttits-
'Hoed;
Hew York Market.
Vou^ hood, Aug. 30.—Cotton quiet at 33
flour declined 10 @ 20c; wheel and com de-
pork heavy; lard and whiskey dull.
; exchange 108X at sight.
p er le P° rt that Gen. Fullerton is to su-
/ Ct(lu Ge n. Howard, is not correct.,
Spiritualists’ Convention.
One ot the remarkable features of the age
in which we live, and ot a portion of the na
tion to which we belong, is the rage for what
is known"as spiritualism, and the number of
its believers and conjurors, including amongst
its partisans many prominent men belonging
to the higher positions in the State—even
that class of men who ought to be proof
against such intangible and unreliable things,
Viz; Judges. Most of them are persons Who
put no faith in revealed religion, yet show a
capacity of credulity in believing the whole
round ot mysteries included under the head
of spiritualism that is astonishing. Indeed,
they have constituted a sort of new religion
and a new faith out of the vague and decept
ive manifestations from the spirit world
through their mediums. And they discourse
with endless speech of these matters ip an
incompiehehsible and transcendental jargon,
which takes its character from their wild,
confused and undefinable nature. ;
It is Wonderful with what ease the large
community putting faith in these things de
tach themselves lrom all of the systems of
religious belief and social order which man
kind, in its best informed and most virtuous
slate, have adopted as good aud true. Hav
ing cut loose from the restraints of religion
and authorized morality, they have disre
garded human law and relieved themselves
from every bar to indulgence^ desire and
passion. Hence we find spiritualism, free-
love, woman's lights, abolition of all punish
ments, infidelity, and atheism, all com
mingled and fermenting together. The idea
has been expressed by a very learned divine
that the Almighty permitted these phenomena
of spiritualism in order that men who, in
their vanity, rejected the mysteries of the
revealed religion might be confused and eon-
founded by becoming believers in the contri
vances of evil spirits, which are devoid of
utility or good, and entirely incomprehensi
ble to their believers. Whatever be the in
tention of providence, certainly these disci
ples or spiritualism betray a wonderful facili
ty to moral depravity and social disorder.
A convention of these people was in ses
sion last week in Providence, Rhode Island.
We sketch some of the curious incidents of
their Thursday’s sitting- The body consisted
oi some three hundred delegates! presenting
the oddest array of all sorts of people.
There were long-haired men and short-
haired women—old skinny women with
shrill voices, given to scolding—young
momen with opera cloaks and languishing
eyes—women with sharp noses, spectacles
on them, and very suggestive of front wigs
and air-trumpets. The men were of almost
every variety save that having the appear-
ance of a well-bred gentlemen. He wasn t
there. , , . ,
A number of speakers wanted to know
what spiritualism had done ?—a vepr perti
nent question. Some seemed to think that
it had done enough by relieving its followers
“from the shackles of orthodoxy" and se-
curing freedom of all kinds, including frtt
love. Others were for central organiza
tions.
Many of the “Meejums’’ seemed to have
an axe to grind. Placards were abundant
announcing that certain persona would tell
all manner of news about love, business,
absent friends, and so forth. But a wag
gish reporter observed that none of them
seemed able to foretell the state of the
weather on the next day, as there was a pro
viso for the postponement of the spiritualists’
pic-nic in case of rain !
One Mr. Swan, of Conneticut, stated that
he was a licensed Methodist preacher for
sixteen years before he embraced spiritual
ism. He recited details of his prophecies
during the war, and -related free conversa
tions he had had with General Andrew Jack-
son. General Jackson had instructed him
to say that he thanks God that Andrew Jack-
son was taken out of our physical world,
and that Abraham Lincoln was in his place,
which was preferable on the occasion, as
Mr. Lincoln possessed another and special
organization of mind and body.
Swan recited a.communication, in dogge
rel, from the General, which we copy below
as being amusingly absurd, connected with
the name of'O.d Hickory. Swan said it had
met the approbation of Gov. Buckingham in
a Union Convention, he having made a mo
tion to print it. It is given verbatim:
A ooetical communicashion from A Jack-
son Delivered through Sanford B Swan Im-
pressionally Medium
Friend* of Friedom Awake
All that* dear is now at Stake
Girde on your armes for the Fite
Thus tdl with you will be Bight
God thus far ha* Crowned you with auckseas
Deale Justly and he will you Bless
With victory on the Rebel Host
His Angela will chase them from your cost
Tennessee where my Bone* doe Lay
Wboe long for Victdry dide prey
To-day in God’s name can shout
Knowing their Bebil foes are driven out
Grant whoe who never did surrender
He with vetron trupes came in splender
To chaterueugers Bloody Battle field
Where he made bully Brag to quale and yelde
His Bebil Columes are now broke iu Twain
While Loug Street did yelde in Paine
They say to fight the yankes their is no Funo
Look up suites of Friedom Behold them Bune ^
OU Hickory the lover of the Frie
Has not forgot the Old Liberty Tree
Which I Jackson helped protect and Train
In days that tryed our Boles with Paine
A Mr. Wheeler, of Boston, exhorted the
members not to make fools of themselves,
and act as though they had a patent right
for insanity. He called upon the ladies, who
were in the habit of clamoring for their
rights, to come forward and “talk.”
Miss Hutchings, a screechy and jerky
lady, exclaimed: “The ladies don’t clamor
for their rights: they take them.”
Mr. Dyoit, of Philadelphia, we suppose a
son of old Mr.Dyott, who physicked his
thousands to death, advocated what he called
the “lyceum system; ” defined to be “intel
lectual, physical, and affectional education! ”
The following resolution was the subject of
the discussion:
Resolved, As reason and experience teach
that an early education has a lasting effect
on our lives and opiuions, and is hard to
eradicate by reason, even when totally false,
therefore to be religious we should discoun
tenance the sectarian teaching and Sunday
School discipline of children, which fills
their minds with religious errors and false
ideas of God and nature, and lend our un
tiring efforts to build up such a system of
physical and mental gymnastics as are taught
in the children’s progressive lyceum of the
spiritualists.
Mr. Peebles moved to include iu the reso
lution “ moral gymnastics,” which meant,
he said, the exercise of the moral faculties.
Peebles deplored the errors of early trainiDg.
His mother had taught him that to look at
the moon over the lelt shoulder was unlucky,
and to this day he preferred to look at it over
his right. Peebles had done better if he had
followed the teachings of his old mother aud
steered clear of “moral gymnastics.”
Pierpont, the poet, read a.temperance song
for the Lyceums, all about water. [These
are some of the people that led the crusade
lhat brought on the late bloody war. How
strange that such creatures should have
power to inflict so much evil upon society!]
Mrs. Kimball, a spiritualist from Califor
nia, said they had a “Children'sProgressive
Lyceum ’’ in San Francisco, numbering four
hundred children: unfortunate little chil
dren 1
Henry T. Childs, of Philadelphia, com
pared spiritualism to a giant eighteen years
old, «nd talked a great deal of wliat he had
done. He confessed spiritualism had been
indifferent good, and believed it was grow*
ing better. This is rather proof that Childs
is growing worse.. He believed in “free
love.”
A Boston man sung a Reform chant, whose
chorusses sum up’the new religion or irreli-
gion tolerably well: .
“We’ll have no evil any more,’’ “No Cler
gy,” ‘‘No Doctors,” “No Soldiers,” “No Po
liticians.” “NoSlavery,” “No Paupers,” “No
Drunkards,” “No Tobacco,” “No Old Bach
elors,” “No Old Maids,” “No Hoop Skirts,”
“No Foreign Fashions,” and, finally, “No
Devil.” .»
The last actor of the day was Mrs. Town
send, of Vermont, who was tired of her
clothing. She.spoke of her devotion to the
“cause” of spiritualism. She felt oppressed
that custom compelled her to be trammelled
and fettered with long skirts. Her back:
ached and her shoulders ached with the bur
den of clothing which custom compelled her
to bear.
While remarking upon the fact that no
such scenes as these ever occurred in the
Southern States, as one that cannot fail to
strike the mind of the philosopher, we may
most profoundly thank the Ruler of Events
that snch is the fact.
TO THE CITIZBKS UF^tVAIIAB.
On the sixth of June the following letter
was sent to His Honor the Mayor, and a copy
to the gentlemen composing the Committee
on Fire:
Hon. E. C. Andebson :
Dear Sir The officers of the se*<
of Savannah had a meeting recently,
of taking into consideration the
status of the Fire Department of
ture deliberation they declare their
would be for the interest of the city t'reatablii
Board of Fire Commissioners, com]
riiiflf officers of ail the fire companies
said Fire Commissioners having the powers
vested iu the Savannah fire company.
The officers aforesaid believe that the company*
composed entirely of citizens, viz: 1, 9,1®, Metropoli
tan aud Mechanics working hand engines, have here
tofore been unjustly treated, having no voice in mat
ters appertaining to the Welfare of ..the Department,
nor have they a right to vote for the admission or ex
clusion of any person to said Department,.nor upon
any other matter. The officers of the companies
named have a representation of ten ex-officio mem-
, hers in the Department, while the Savannah Fire
Company, one single company managing four en
gines, manned by freedmen, are represented in said
Department by thirty-five membr
In the opinion of the officers.
Company could have no reasonablevpjection to such
a measure, as the status of the negrwbi, who compose
the working class of said company,^is changed, and
can in no way be depended upon to permanently
maintain the position he has filled so satisfactory to
the citizens ot Savannah in times past.
The officers further believe with the change in con
templation it will not be necessary to abolish negro
companies, nor does the Savannah Fire Company need
any change as they are, and should be a distinct body,
having lull control over tbe engines managed by them
and represented in such Board of Fire Commission
ers, according to the number of engines'under their
control. They further believe that when such meas
ure is accomplished by ordinance of the city, no addi
tional legislation is necessary, as the Fire Department
will then be on a'firm basis. Desirous to receive your
opinion in regard to this measure, I take the liberty
to solicit it, and remain, dear sir,
Henry Blun, Ch’n Com. p. t.
the me^perSi innmgb they may qi
never tronbta the public with what coi
themselves. Tbe author says “the
ness of combination oHkwo kinds- of
in hUfeaniJms b&n exhibit^! on
iral previous occaftras,” etc., etc. The.
graph treats^pon the very subject that 1
complainants hav#dmired tb brjpg to
amicable settlement The only way ia wh
Enameled Females.—An astonished and
indignant Newport correspondent thus vents
his wrath on the promonitions of tbe new
fashion of enamelling;
“ Where are these fantastic tricks, before
high heaven, going to end? Surely it was
enough that we allowed our “darlings” to
squeeze themselves into every shape, but
that of “ the human form divine,” by villain
ous corsets, that robbed them of their ease
and constitution. We said nothing or little
about the hideous waterfall aud the barbar
ous rats and mice; we merely exclaimed
against the foolishness of powders, poma
tums and tilting skirts; but when it comes
to this, that ladies must veneer themselves,
like a drawing-room table, in order to please
their vanity and command admiration, it is
time that we should spur ourselves up to the
expression of a loud and honest indignation.
This fashion, I believe, is quite the rage in
Paris. The Misses B. have been there, and
bad themselves “done.” More’s the pity.
They must deprive themselves of a great
deal of enjoyment. They cannot laugh
heartily. A sweet smile is all they dare at
tempt. A good, joyous ha, ha, ha would be
sure to crack them and smash them all to
bits. Then, the consequences are a long,
tedious journey to Purls, or a* second coat.
They cannot take more than three varnishes,
the fourth one being fatal.* Our beauties,
shining and glistening like a porcelain howl,
drive op and down the avefcue every ptwr-
noon. Thank goodness, the young ladfes
here do not, as yetT seem enamored of the
custom. The enameled females are evi
dently just now sent to Coventry.”
A Blowing Cavb.—There is a natural cu
riosity in Georgia known as the Blowing
Cave. It is situated on the plantation of
Colonel David Barrow, Decatur county, Ga.,
twenty-seven miles from Thomasville, tbe
terminus of the Savannah and Golf Railroad.
The cave is at the bottom of a small, natural
basin (whoso diameter will not at any point
exceed thirty feet), in a perfectly smooth
plane, and surrounded with a dense copsq of
wood. From the mouth of this cave issues
strong currents of air, with a continuous
roar that Is heard seventy yards of> At cer-
tam hours of the day a hat or veil, or other
light objects thrown at it, art blown six dr.
At a mass meeting of the white fire com
panies held July 9th, the following preamble
and resolutions were unaimously passed, and
a copy of the same transmitted to .the Hon
orable the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Savannah:
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION.
Whereas, At a meeting of the Savannah Fire Company,
held on the 2d of May, 1856, resolntious were ern
bodied into the by-laws of aforesaid Company, de
priving ex-officio additional members of that Com
pany of all rights and privileges.
1st. While contributing by fines towards the charter
fund, they arc not entitled to anyfn the benefits, nor
’ have they a vote in regard to the disposition of the
same.
2d. The ex-officio additional members are allowed to
vote for Chief, First and Second Fireman, but not
upon any question pertaining to tbe welfare of the
Savannah Fire Company.
3d. The ex-officiQ additional members are not allowed
to vote on the petition of any person for admission
nor have they a voice in the trial of any person for
dereliction of duty, whether such person is an ex-
officio additional or other member.
4th. Ex-officio additional members are compelled to
attend tbe meeting of the Savannah Fire Compapy
and ar6 treated with contempt there, and have not
even the right to speak on their own behalf;
And whereas. Said by-laws are still in force, and prac
ticed by said Savannah Fire Company to the fuU ex
tent of the latter;
And whereas, Said Savannah Fire Company is partly
composed of violent persons, of whom no satisfac
tory amendment can be expected;
And whereas, ^The officers and members of the 4
thorpe, Washington, German, Mechanics, and
tropolitan Fire Companies, anxious to have an ami
cable discussion npon the subject, with a view to
put the Savannah Fire Department upon a just and
equitable basis towards all organizations, have
authorized the officers to bring this matter before
said Fire Company;
And whereas, The officers of the Oglethorpe, Wash
ingion, German, Mechanics, and Metropolitan Firo
Companies met the Savannah Firo Company at their
meeting on Friday, Jnly 6,1866, aud their friendly
endeavors were repulsed; *
Aud whereas, Even insults were offered to the officers
of the Oglethorpe, Washington, German, Mechanics
an<f Metropolitan Fire Companies. Be it
Resolved, That we, the officers and members of the
Oglethorpe, Washington, German, Mechanics and
Metropolitan Fire Companies, in mass meeting as
sembled, do hereby instruct our several officers, ex-
officio additional members of the Savannah Fire Com
pany to notify His Honor, the Mayor, and Board of
Aldermen of this city, that from aud after this date
our officers will cease to represent our respective com
panies iu the meetings of said Savannah Fire Com
pany, unless guaranteed equal rights and privHsges
with the officers and inembers of said Savannah Fire
Company.
Resolved, That our officers consider it their duty to
obey all orders of the Chief, or, in his absence, the
Commanding Assistant.
Resolved, That we, the members of the Oglethorpe,
Washington, German, Mechanics and Metropolitan
Fire Companies will endeavor to perfect that disci
pline heretofore in practice in our several companies,
and in future increase our efficiency and merit the ap
probation of our fellow-citizens.
Resolvod, That we call the attention of the city au
thorities to the fact that every city of tbe dimensions
of Savauuah has a Fire Department, and that in no
other city does one company have that privilege of
acting As a Department, which consequently gives
said one company superiority over all other Compa-
u j«Sp as is the case in our midst.
ftasoiveil, That His Honor, the Mayor, and Board of
Aldermen be and they are hereby petitioned to pass
an Ordinance amendatory to the present existing Fire
Ordinances.
Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preanble and
resolutions be furnished His Honor, the Mayor, ac
companied by a request to have it laid before the
Board of Aldermen at the next meeting.
Resolved, That Oglethorpe, Washington, German,
Mechanics and Metropolitan Fire Companies be furn
ished with a copy of the same.
To ibe former Mr. C. C. Casey acknow
ledged tbe receipt, and stated that- it would
be duly considered.
Inasmuch as this letter, and also tbe reso
lutions, bare been published, they may serve
as.reference in regard to tbe report of C. C.
Casey, Chairman of Committee on Fire.
Mr. Casey, or whoever tbe author of the
report may be, leads off by noticing an ob
jectionable tone of tbe complaioants, and
evades to answer tbe preamble referring to
the action of tbe Savannah Fire Company at
fijneeting held May 2d, 1856, as mentioned.
Quoting some poetical author partly, be
makes light of tbe action of tbe white fire
bMtpjtaies, saying, “Suited, .perhaps, to the
ienpqralufe of a midsummer mass meeting,
they cannot be accepted as valid by calmer
men.” In poetical quotations tbe author has
certainly the advantage of the complainants;
but we can assure tbe author that tbe action
bad in mass meeting was deliberate, and may
be confirmed by action when tbe cooler days
will have approached.
We are treated in tbe same report, gratui
tously, to a history of tbe Oglethorpa Fire
Company, of tbe author’s own manufacture.
We are told that the Metropolitan and Me
chanics’ Fire Companies—the former only
having a charter from the Inferior Court—
can claim no right in Mr. Casey’s company.
The latter has even asked tbe amistatiee of
the Aldermen's Company to get apparatus,
etc. That the author ahouid parade that (bet
is actually astonishing. ' The citizens were
entirely ignprast that a Company, when or
ganized, must Oder their services through the
channel designated by ordinance. In ppn-
nectiou tvjib this fact, we would only (ay
that some of'Mr.'Casey’s subordinates ex
pressed themsehresthat the Mechanics should
have an engine, if they would not connect in
the measures proposed by tbe ottier white
fire companies. In fact, the author can ■ re
cognize none excepting tully chartered bodies
as entitled to rights which his company even
withhold from them. 1 .
His chances of re-election seem to be in
danger by the exhibition of uneasiness in re
gard to the avowed purpose of these compa
nies, to be felt at the approaching municipal
election. . ,. ......
The author goes on to say that some of
these persons have in other years been con
nected with his company, etc.” The per
sons to whom he objects on that score are
well known in tbe community. W* can re
collect with pride a deed performed by one of
them, that woold shed lustre upon any fire
company. That snch persons are uneasy under
the rule of a company lording it over the others
is but the natural impulse to repel an in
fringement of rights given by legislature and
Council, after which the author bestows a
general tickling on himselt hi* brother offi
cers, and on all of his fellow-members, airing
good deeds done in the olden time, and ex
pressing a desire for a life lease on the office,
in tbe company, charter hind, etc., etc^ We
can bring no argument to bear down all
points. The author thinks the organizations
the complainants represent of little import-
seems to trouble-bim most is tbst Savannah
has as yet not bad mBr Department,, as the
hours of the day, with a auction 1 datively
great, the mouth of tbe cave draws in any
such article placed near it.
—A womaq will toleratejobacco smoke in
a man she likes—and even say she likes it;
yet, curiously enough, how she dislikes it in
a mi™ she dislikes.
The ooly way
it can be done ia,1n Jhe opinion 041
plainants, Jby the creation of i^Flre
inent. The author has no ( other
offer excepting by the ftirtiier upholding ol
his company as a department, which is ~~
aggravation of tbe eviltilod no remedy,
are even treated t«tbe idea “ that tbe har
mony of the mixed organization
becojpromoted if tbe .right of ->
by thejfire Department [the authl
course his companyj of the two officers had
been continued in that body.” If the author
does gob know it, we desire to tell him that
we are no mixed organization—our several
companies are composed of citizens—tha,
irannab Fire on |y mixed organization of the city is
Casey'S company, officered by his mem
sad worked by colored men.
In regard to the Charter Fnnd, the author
says: “The ex-officio additional members in
common with the regular members, are lia
ble to fines. These fines are paid into the Trea-
hry of the Fire Department (Savannah Fire
Company). But by resolution of the Fire
Department (Savannah Fire Company), the
fines so paid into the Treasury are set apart
for tbe separate use of the independent
companies, from whose officers they are col
lected.” We have repeatedly called for a
statement and have never heard Bor seen
anything of the money so paid in, nor do we
believe that a separate account has been
kept It is only by reference to the minutes
of each and every meeting of the Savannah
Fire Company, that a correct account can be
arrived at. The complainants think,' and
with perhaps some show of propriety, that if
they have no voice in regsm to the disposi
tion of tbe Charter Fond, the Savannah
Fire Company should disgorge the amount
paid in by tbe officers of the white Fire Com
panies for disposition by the complainants.
The author concludes by conceding that
changes are neoessary, brought about by
changes of circumstances, but such only in
regard to equipment; and closing, suggests
the part of wisdom in Council to uphold the
present Department (Savannah Fire .Com
pany), recommending no action, toe.
YVe have above given the report such con
sideration as its merits demand at onr bands
and have but little qpre to say in regard to
the report.
The City Council referred the Preamble
and Resolutions to tbe Fire Committee, con
sisting then, in the absence ol F. L
of Messrs. C. C. Casey and Robert Lachli-
900, both of whom were known as unfriend
ly to anything like bringing tbe arbitrary
power exercised by the Savannah Fire Com
pany to any termination. Tbe former is Chief
Firemen, aud as such we think desirous to
retain a power long enjoyed; tbe latter
member of the same company for a long
term of years. Tbe complainants are wonder
ing, tbe report of tbe Committee thns com
posed, is no worse; whether these gentle
men, with their relations to the' Savannah
Fire Company, against which complaints are
made, are proper persons to act as' umpires
and treat tbe subject with the candor and
fairness necessary, we leave an unbiased
community to determine, and are,
With much respect.
Your bumble and ob’t servt.
ife Insurance.
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BRANCH OFWCE
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OF 8AVANNAI
Are prepared to JaJ^e . ..
Fisfi Ms on Reasonable Terms,
At their Office, UT Bay Street. ,,
H. W. MERCK
CHA**.. 9. HARDSSf VI
seven feet high into the aiy, and at other* complainants allege, his company having the
privilege of acting as a department We are
even tSd that until his organization (com
pany) waa patched—we must suppose by the
creation of other fire companies—the action
of his company was acrtptable, and pro
duced no discord. It is the only point on
which we must say the report stands con
firmed. As long as one company existed,
IN BEHALF OF OGLETHORPE FIRE COMPANY.
G L. Scrick, 1st Foreman.
Peter R. Magan, 2d Forenao
James Garey, 3d Foreman.
R. Wayne Russell, Sec’y.
IN BEHALF OF WASHINOTON FIRE COMPACT.
G. Murkins, Foreman.
Jas. Kearney, 1st Assistant.
YVm- Ryan, 2d Assistant.
Jas. Fitzgerald, 3d Assistant.
N. YVolf, Treasurer.
P. C. Brown, Sec’y.
IN BEHALF OF GERMAN FIRE COMPANY.
H. Blun, Foreman,
A. Schramp, 1st Assistant.
C. Herat, 2d Assistant.
F. Kolb, Secretary.
M. H. Meyer, Treasurer.
IN BEHALF OF METROPOLITAN FIRE COMPANY.
James Stewart, President
W. E. Gae, 1st Vice President.
T. F. Butler, 2d Vice President.
F. Rip. Sweat, Secretary.
J. McP. Berrien, Treasurer.
IN BEHALF OF MECHANICS FIRE COMPANY.
W. D. Dixon. Act’g Pres’t.
J. J. McKenzie, Act’g V. Pres’t.
' The Territorial Gains of Prussia.
The kingdom of Prussia, according to tbe
latest census of 1864, numbered 19,304,843.
In consequence of its recent brilliant cam
paign, the government will receive the fol
lowing additions:
1. In virtue of tbe treaty with Austria, the
two Duchies of Schleswig and Hototien,
in 1864 had a population of 960,996.
The people of Northern Schleswig will, how
ever, have a chance to vote on tbeir annexa
tion to Depmark. Thus th» nfmfcfr ol
In annexed jtd, Prussiajnjf recced
2. It has been announced that Prussia will
annex the whole of tbe four. .States, which
had, in 1864, the following population:
HaDOTC.- 1,923,192 | Haase C***«l. - 746,063
Nassau 468.311 | Frankfort..... 91,180
Together these States would add to tbe
Prussian monarchy 3,228,046 inhabitants.
3. Hesse-Darmstadt, by a special treaty
with Prussia, cedes to tbe latter Power tbe
former Landgravate of Hesse-Homburg,
which but recently, in eonsequence of tbe
death of tbe last childless Landgrave, had
been united with Hesse-Darmstadt. It has
a population of 26,817 inhabitants.
A. Bavaria is let off by victorious Prussia
with tbe cession of the district of Lichtenfels,
and tbe towD of Calmbacb, both in the circle
(kreis) of Upper Franconia. They may
represent a population of about 30,000 in
habitants.
Altogether, tbe territory which Prussia,
according to the latest accounts, intended to
iooorporate with its own dominions, has a
population of about 4-,050,000.
An Announcement.—A doctor latelyjLin-
formed his friends, in a large company, that
be bad been dght days in the country.
“Yes," said one of the party, “it has been
announced In the Times." “Ah," said the
doctor, stretching his neck importantly,
“'pray in what terms ?’’ ‘Well, as well as I
can remember, in the following: “There
were last week seventy-seven deaths less
than the week before.”
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Wanted.
'J'HE HIGHEST CASH PRICES will be paid for
HIDES, WOOL AMD GROUND PEAK
aa2»5t BELL, WIL^y »lCHBI9y|AH- f
T HE UNDERSIGNED has this day
himself Mr. SAMUEL 0. CATHEKWOOD, for the
parpoee of carrying on the Wholesale and Retail
Drag and Prescription Cosiness. The firm will be
known nnder the name and style of
T HOMAN M. TURIER * CO.
THOMAS M. TURNER.
Savannah, Angnst 13,1RM. - au2t-tf
Nab, Angnat 13, lfga
FOR SALE,
■ A HANDSOME RESIDENCE la Btoctton,
Ga. Stockton I* a beaattfal vllla^-, known
as Station 1*, A. A O. K. B. OaU nsMense
can be purchased ctiaap Also, aty form of
14<>u acrea.SOS acres cleared, 1* miles Mm No. U
and 10 mum from No. U. Tenaa to ank parchaner.
Por particulars address A, C. MAJfflH, ;>
*036-1 m* Stockton, Q*.
It’
WANTED
FOB
A TWO STORY BBICK DWELLING.
jabSsSeSu « ooi -••smsk&t
TQ PURCHASE,
0i • ■.
* KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Of Hew York.
RESIDENT BOARD 0? DIRECTORS.
Policies Written in every Form
Desired.
particular attention is called to the
Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture,
ENDQWKSH.T POLICIES,
by which plan them can bn no forfeiture after two
annual Premiums have been paid.
Foliciss Writieft & Cosses Promptly Paid
AT TBM OmOB,
w
No, 89 Bay Street.
gw~ Call and receive a Circular, with free ex
planation.
A. WILBUR, General Manager.
WM. R, BOYD, Agent.
anl6.tr
MtH AG111T iCCIDENTS
in the
mVELERSDISURANGE
COMPANY.
1 - L •- : _ - 1 !
A TICKET FOR ONE DAY,
Insuring tfcOOO iwhmat of Fsthl Aocident, and .75
per week la went of disability paused by Accident,
COSTS SIS OHNTT*,
:...■ 1> i
For One Monti, $5; Far-One Year, $25.
Do not Travel Without One.
No Person Should Neglect It.
r Call and gst a ChTfttiar. lt < t
WM. ft. BOYD, Agent,
aul6-tf
Ho. W BAY STREET.
BARGAINS IN DRY GOODS
IM
AT THE OLD STAND OF
IV MOOHAOBY,
He. 160 Broughton Street,
(Opposite Msesn. Wead,. Dorp well * Co.’s)
TTAVUIS raomtlr taken the Sion No. tSO Brough
XL ton street, and received a.
SELECT And EXPENSIVE STOCK OF STAPLE
AND FANCft DRY GOODS,
I respectfully invite the Ladles of Savannah and pub
lic generally to call and examine my stock, which 1
am tailing off at greatly reduced price*
" CONSISTING OF -
Blown naff bleached Sheetings and Shirtings,
Prints, Cot louder, linens, Jeans, Tickings,
Towels, Tabln Damask, Diaper, crash,
Irish Uaena had Corset Jeans,
Figured, striped and plain Brilliant*.
Jaconets, Cambric, and Nainsooks,
Bishop and VMorisLbffan,
S Darted Pwfose*. ...
Mosnmblqme, Grenadines,
Crap* and utapa Maseru,
Bercgs, Leones, Paredes, Mertnoes,
Ooboigs and Flannels, Manqntu Netting*,
Shawm, Vella, Htndkerchisis, Conan,
Hnatary andOlm
Hoop SUM* saff
, and Parasols,
viixcaev . C. J.-BEATTY
Mm*c
—Win be aold at the
L.
the
aom-lawM
J. T. Tboh.s, sec.
H. W. Mercer
C. 8. Hardee
William Hunter
A. 8. Hanridge
it. Porter
J. T. Thomas
W. Remsliart
P. L. Cue
H. A. Crane
A. A. Solomon.
M. Hamilton
W. W. Gordon
my7-tf
Directors:
M. S. Cohen
J. Lama
J. W. Nevitt
D Q. Purse *
J. McMahon
L. J. Gqtlmartln
F. W, Warn
G. Butler
R. La
E.P^
J w
b! F. Roaa,"
W. H. Young, Columbus
S. B. HARRINGTON.
EVERY VARIETYIOF
FURNITURE
IS BELLING GOODS
Lower Than Any Other House
IN SAVANNAH.
HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS
FURNISHED.’
PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered.
FINE BED ROOM SETS, Walnut and Ma
hogany.
COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, of every
variety.
DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SETS.
MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILLOWS
of all kinds.
KITTLE’S FOLDING SPRING BEDG and
MATTRESSES, the best Bed in use,
and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to all
. lOthers. ' ••
LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO
PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES.
WAREROOMSV
178 Broughton Street,
, t* *
Nearly Opposite St. Anirei’i SaU.
LOW PRICES!
Quick’Sales!
*» . . ; ■ ai hoM
W E harejnst reotived and opened the LARGEST
STOCKjg
GOODS
:tty, and wbkhwe offer at
iCKSthanthey esn^bs bought for at asy
to be l
LOWER
other hoi
Every variety of tire* Goods
Housekeeping Good#.
Doinerttcs and Prints
Cloths and (
Figured Linens and Drills
Embroideries and IMh*
wym-tf
mbroiSeries and 1
Hosiery and Glove*
Ribbons and Braid*
Half Eons m* Curie
Lice Point* find Veik
5» Bradley** Emprea* Trail*
1*1 Congrte* street, ’
■AVAHEAH. ga.
0.1. TRACY & CO#
SaeeeNors to D. S. Cali®**
imyobtkbs and jobbkm or
No. 303 Broadway, epfn^fffyhane street, , .
aug3-4moj|. . Nnw Tf»«^' .
GREAT SOUTHERN
210 Bay Street* Sraub ifia.'
PLATHER * BOffWOrarSmri <
r a hug* stoefoef Ledger? Writ
Piperi, of all vises and weights; uni
D*fd i Banrds,PrinteiW
Printing Inks.