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[TlONi 2—NO. 223. — SAVANNAH, GEORG Cl. MONDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1866. PRICE. 5 CENTS. News and Herald. PUBLISHED BY L ^v. MASON. ’ SXVANWXB, Gs> 5,1 S***" 1 piye Cents. $3 60. <J. ;;;;;;;;;; *u»oo. (""iBVEBTWING. . , insertion, $1.50; each inser- ?Diladolpi4 ¥ had ehnl *tion, whi ntecd t> West, i jurist, , om the] r tlieTlj heir Mel old ofl'.ci 3to 5 r. | >lfs? VERJ a, Fa. romiitlv { iv.U-r cCq TT 0 to 5 w , a' z ‘ ? \t gj o g c a B o p K o, p lull! f ) % 1 ■ 1 '3 ■ ■ j-—i— f3S $ 44 $60 $ 65 t 75 j l! 55 66 77 85 110 126 • i ,,i 5 1 90 105 115 155 175 ; 95 114 133 150 200 226 , k ' 115 13S 161 185 245 275 ■t i" 135 162 1S9 215 285 825 1 ( ;j 11' 155 1S« 217 250 325 375 :j r> 175 *210 245 280 365 420 - i ; 5 ; 142 195 234 273 310 405 465 so 1 15i 215 255 298 340 445 510 [ 931 lfia 230 27C 322 370 480 65.0 1 100j 1» 24S 297 347 395 615 690 '' ‘263 315 366 420 550 330 ... IB 805 2S0 336 392 445 685 670 1 • ! 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[The Newfoundland lines have been prostrated by a heavy gale, and after the following short dispatch was received, the operators report them again out of or der.] Manchester, Sept 24.—A great meeting of the friends of reform will be held here to-day. Bright will be among the speakers.. Florence, Sept 24.—The band of Rebels, who have been rioting near Palermo for the last few days, have been routed by the military. London, Sept 24.—The money market is easier Consols 89. Five-twenties 71%. Liverpool, Sept. 24—noon.—Cotton has materially declined; middling uplands opening at 12%d. Mar ket active. To-dya’s sales estimated 16,000 bales. Breadstuff's generally without change. Corn ad vanced; mixed Western 28 shillings. ' London, Sept, 25.—The presence of three United States vessels of war at the Island of Candia attracts attention. Consols 87%; Fives 71%. Queenstown, September 25.—The steamer City of Boston has arrived from New York. Southampton, September 25.—The Mayor of South ampton has invited the officers of the United States ship to dinner on their return from Russia. Berlin, September 25.—Bismarck continues ill,and there are fears he may not recover. Paris, September 26.—It is said Spain accepts the good offices of England and France, as mediators be tween herself, Chili and Pern, Liverpool, Sept 26.—Cotton advanced a quarter of a penny; sales 20,000 bales; Middling Uplands 13%. Breadstuff's firmer. Southampton, Sept 26.—The steamship Teutonia sailed to-day for New York with two million francs in gold. The steamer Bremen also sailed with £142,000 in gold. London, Sept. 26.—More troops are to go to Canada. The steamer Henna is engaged to take 1,000. From New York. ed for Hold •Dtad Duck" Forney on tlic Spit. iGci W. Patton, formerly an associate of oo 'V r 1 orncy, having for some reason be- J»eembittered against him, has published ::: letter in the Philadelphia Sunday W’fripL reviewing the political course of t tail buck” in a manner that must be *ing but agreeable to him as a candidate niie office ot United States Senator from pnsykania. Gen. Patton, from his former bmacy with Forney, is entirely competent I lay bare hia plots and counterplots, his Kndships and trickeries, and he does it torout»\i\y, and, as far as can be determined, Uhout any scrupled of delicacy. The letter I addressed to Forney, and the following pcimens will give an idea of the character its contents: rORXET MAKES $10,000 OUT OF A CON- I TlUiT FOR SriTLYING M. C.’S WITH BOOKS A- nnancial Mkill is a valuable qualification in a ^ States Senator, espeeiallly if he should be :ix»n the Finance Committee, I will state some to snow your possession of it iu a preeminent I v-n after you were elected clerk of the House of e^tauyes. .Mr. Morrison, of the firm of W. M. £ Co booksellers, on Pennsylvania avenne, mil kin:ngton city, said lo me one day: “General • Vo11 a &d Colonel Forney seem to be on iuti- | tc J erin - I want you to do me the favor to ne- l.'.T* r,tt J 111111 to give us the contract for supplying 1^^ of Congress with the books to which they ■ --tilled. As he will probably expect a bonus for • ^ any tell him that we will give him $5,000 for _ J^ 1 would do it with' pleasure. I informed i re< l Ufe 8t and the amount of bonus he *‘ , :but v°u said he must do better than that; you r • r! 4 ii P . for it* Said I, Colonel, £hat seems U * 11 U1> P rt “tty steep, and I doubt whether [ n ^ 1L to give it. Well, you said, I don’t care I >••'// ,:au or not » there are other parties com- •*.‘ ur lf > 3,1,11 can get it. I reported to Mr. Mor- . v,,u had said, and he said that the bonus v ,Jwu ,ie e *pected to pay, but tha| he would i -.'l , 1 save them the contract and^they gave I - IIO.OOO in cash. Now, Colonel, as the. only C^, of ^crecy imposed upon mein this matter tr..? t° e t P- Barry Hays, your chief clerk, know ‘.rT^^ut it, and as he has gone to that “ bourne 110 traveler returns,” I do not thereforo ^tttns disclosure a breach of confidence. Douglas’ private opinion of forney. & ja A^u went over to the support of Judge T «jnu ve R°od reason to suspect that yourde- j: i( a 1 ii m was warmed up by a bonus of some A.A may l>e no news to you; but as the i ^ tfoue to his long home, I will now tell you ; *'*>P that will be new to you. The Judge and Lj^iifUleutial friends; and he talked freely and with me. On one occasion, when you were I 5. of our conversation, he privately said* to gurney is a regular Cossack, without principle, JN tight best with those who pay best.*’ If you I ( hijsrn the opinion the Judge entertained of you, * h »rdly think you would have been quite sc jour laudatory encomiums upon him. ‘ 3i *A>i the TRUSTEE of FORNEY’S WIFE’S PROPERTY. omitted to mention another incident that had its j. Jr <tUi slmre in turning you against Mr. Buchanan, appointed the trustee for your wife’s property ^Stith street, Washington, which I am under the jJJ ^ion he gave to her. Yon wanted him, in vio- ^^ 'fhis trust, to sell the property and give you j. PhAfceds to invest iu some enterprise of yours. iv i^ uiuteriiy refused to do it, which refusal great- rj..you against him; And although he re- •ju,' ,(1 l bct some one else might be appointed In bis even suggested the name of your special Mr Plitt, he is still retained in bis fiduciary o,. 1 i [l lhe face of all tbe abuse yon are daily ^‘“Supon him. Mu ' SEHAT ' Da ™ H dntek AND the Vibginia iNsm-cTE.—A writer, signing him- j- i , Lnion,” in u long letter to the New tef. i lmes ’ Attempts to justify General Hnn- Hi t , ttniction of the Virginia Military In- hui .i lbi Ubrar y and scientific apparatus, it, '“ fc sitaling of Hubard’s statue of Wash- u P?u the ground that the Institute “ military post, with an armed garri- , ttj j and Governor Letcher’s private tied ti* 00 ’ oul ol which Mrs. Letcher was de- irer’ ttle P rlvllc 8 e °C removing even herchil- p j S elotll iug before k was laid in ashes, ft, “P s that, too, was a military post. Gen- “l' • t ?, tller (who is no doubt the identical Santa Anna Opens A Mexican Bureau. New Yobk, Sept 29.—The Herald says Santa Anna has located hia headquarters on Staten Island, and has opened a regular bureau for the transaction of matters looking to the delivery 'of Mexico from French authority. Ho is said to be constantly occu pied with various people on that subject, and has en listed the sympathies of the Fenian Brotherhood. The leaders are educating the Irish to that belief.. It is further reported that Santa Anna will soon return to St. Thomss. Six steamers sailed for Europe. The Cityof London and Fulton took $28,000 in gold. FROM NEW ORLEANS. Yellow Fever—Markets. New Orleans, SepL 29.—Seven yellow fever deaths for forty-eight hours ending this morning. Cotton sales eighteen huudred bales at 35@36; flour, superfine $11; oats, 53c.; pork, $35; bacon shoulders, 18c.; ribbed sides, 22c; gold, 45; sterling, 56. From Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Sept. 29.—Charles Alexander, the oldest journalist of his time, and one of the most ex tensive publishers in the United States, died this morning. From St. Louis. . . St . Louis, SepL 29.—George H. Hall was yesterday nominated for Congress by the Conservatives of the Fourth Congressional DistricL New York Market. New Yore, September 29.—Cotton unsettled, and no sales reported. Flour firm. Wheat 2@3 cents bet ter. Pork firmer—$33 06; Lard heavy. Gold 146%. There is moro inquiry for Sterling at 8% lor 60 days B^ew York, SepL 29.—Cotton active. Sales 4,000 bales. Uplands at 39. Orleans? 4L Flour Arm- Wheat more active at 2@3c. better. Pork firmer at $33 12. Lard drooping, at 10%@18%. Sugar steady. Coffee steady. ~ T — 1 27® 32. Naval stores steady, Texas wool Mobile Market. Mobile, SepL 29.—Cotton sales to-day 500 bales mid dling at 35c. Demand good in morning; but Liverpool advices reporting decline stopped sales. Radical Riot in the West.—A disgraceful riot oc curred in Shelbyville, Iud., on Saturday night lasL Hon. D. W. Voorhees had addressed a Democratic meeting during the day, at which there was consider able disturbance, and a fight ensued. After the meet ing bad dispersed the sheriff of the county arrested a man named Ereott, who bad just come out of the penitentiary, and was under an indictment tor felony. A number of Radical politicians, who were supposed to tie under the lead of the favorite candidate for Sheriff, attacked the present incumbent of that office and essayed to rescue Ereott. The officer gavo the prisoner into the charge of two of his assistants, and arrested a man named Gilbert, who was one of the party attempted to rescue the prisoner. He succeeded in lodging Gilbert in the connty jail, and was subse quently attacked by a bob and driven into the Ray House, where he was closely beaeiged tor several hours. The mob finally left the Sheriff, and proceeded to the jail, where, with improvised battering rams, they broke open the doars and released all the prisoners, including Gilbert. . Tbex&ir created s great excitement in tno sur rounding country, and numbers of armed men came into the town on Sunday, and threatened to born it down. The citizens of both parties held a meeting, and succeeded in quieting the people. Ereott was subsequently arrested and lodged In tail; Gilbert surrendering himself, and gave bail. Another attempt was made on Sunday night to release Ereott, but the mob was not sufficiently formidable to suc ceed, and quiet was finally restored. A Shot at Gen. Grant.—Miles O’Reilly— Col. Halpine—has an articlue in this week’s Citizen on “certaiu military poppycock,’’ which opens with this happily expressed paragraph: “We have the utmost admiratien and re spect for Gen. Grant, regarding him as one of tbe few truly wise and gVeat men of this dismal period. But not even our gratitude to the great soldier can blind us to the fact, that in bis present avowed disapprobation of tbe course of all soldiers who take part ip political movements, there is quite consider able poppycock—to use the mildest phrase. It is part and parcel of the dishonest cant of the Radical press, and we grieve to see Gen. Grant allowing himself to bo used as a quill through which this old and stale dnvel is to be re-driveled down the spine of wn unso phisticated public." subi ’V 11 enlighten the world on this Uin m llls recollection of the exploits of dnJJw, and fellow raiders at Lexington are, “oubtlesB, vivid. Aulgnmeut of the N.tlomol Company. Naw York, Sept. 24 —On Saturday last, at Richmond, vn.. Jfhe _« e National Express and Transportation Compa- njr, of which Joseph E. Johnson is made an assignment, to Messrs. _ K.eliy * Efierta, for the benefit of creditors and others. The Sew VorkTlaei Predict* the Bae- eese of the Radical*. The New; York Times (whose editor, H. J. Raymond, was, be it renumbered, the prime mover and tbe great high priest of the Phila delphia Convention,) says, editorially, in its issue of Tuesday: It is -very evident that the public mind dreads the renewed ascendancy of the Demo cratic party more than it does the continued exclusion of tbe Southern States. While it regards the latter as a temporary indbnve- nience, involving no important or lasting consequences, it looks upon the former as lull of permanent peril to the country. Per haps, too, a sentiment of justice has quite as much to do with this- feeling as any distinct foreboding of specific evils. What tbe Demo cratic party would do if folly reinstated in power—by what definite action it would damage the future of the nation—those who dread it most might not be able to say. But there is no difficulty whatever in feeliDg that the party which opposed tbe Government during the war ought not to assume control of it when tbe war is over. Tbe instinct of the country is that those who stood by it during its time of peril sbonld have charge of its fortunes when the danger has passed. This sentiment underlies the resolute resis tance of tbe people to the struggle of the Democratic party for a renewal of power. All other issues are overlooked. Nobody stops to discuss questions of constitutional law or to caDvass tbe chances of another war. The right of representation—the scope of the power conferred upon Congress—the eftect of hostile legislation upon public sentiment in the Southern States—these and other sub jecis of grave importance are dismissed, as having nothing to do with tbe imipediate issues to be first decided.. They are post poned lo some more convenient season. The North feels conscious of its power to crush opposition and to insist upon such measures as it deems essential to the public good- While we believe tbe great body of the people desire the speedy restoration of peace and harmony to the UnioD, they are not in clined lo purchase this at tbe cost of restoring the Democratic party to power. They will trust the work of restoration to tbe Union party, and to none other. They find it much easier to check tbe excesses and rebuke the fanatical passions of its extreme and reckless men than lo infuse into the Democratic or ganization the spirit of progress, of reform, and of political liberty which tbe emergen cies of the times demand. They find that party still filled with all the narrow and illib eral prejudices which marked its action be fore the war. The same hatred cf tbe col ored race—tbe same unwillingness to extend and broaden tbe basis of our free institutions —the same attachment to caste and arbitrary distinctions in the distribution of political power—the same clamor for the largest 11 cense to vice and immorality, and tbe same lack of sympathy with all efforts to elevate the degraded and to improve the condition of the ignorant and tbe down-trodden members of our republican sociely, marks its action now as before the great tempest which, in sweeping away human slavery, has destroyed the great bulwark of all the injustice and all the inequality by which our free institutions were formed and marred. The people will not trust that party with tbe reorganization of our political society. They dread its in fiucnce on national affairs. They dread es pecially the alliance it will form with what ever remains of the influences of slavery in tbo Southern States. And they mean to avert this danger by excluding the Demo cratic party from power. General Grant a* a Politician. We published * few days ago what purported to be an authorized account of General Grant’s relations parties and politics, written by tbe correspondent of tbe Chicago Bepublican, who was aboard the train that conveyed tbe President and hia party back from Chicago. Another correspondent, who was also on the train (Mr. B. C. Tinman), who, we believe, represent ed the New York Times, makes a publication' in the Providence Post, ridiculing and discrediting the ac count of the Kepnblican’s man. We make an ex tract : I saw enough of General Grant dnriug the Presi dential trip to know that ho makes no political state ments whatever, and no gentleman will bore him on such matters. You.may depend on it that when poli ticians or newspaper men profess to have been in conversation with General Grant npon political affairs, be they Itadicsfs, Conservatives, Republicans, John son men, or Democrats, and state this or that authori tatively as bis political opinion, they speak falsely and disrespectfuUy. General Bawlings, Grant's chief of Btaff, said to me one day, “ 1 tell you, Trhinan, Grant never talks politics. He is no politician, and if lie en tertains any political opinions whatever, I am not aware of the fact. It is decidedly ludicrous,” he added, ” to aee first one side claim him and then the other.” Well, to retnm to the Bepublican reporter, be did what no other gentleman did on board, and that was to bore General Grant on political matters. General Rawlings, Senator Patterson, Mix W. W. Warden, Mr. Chadwick, Mr. McGuinness, Mr. Spofford, Gen. Custer, Mr. Cadwallader, (and myself) were in tbe same car and' witnessed his impudence, and will en dorse what I here say. Said the reporter: “General, is that speech as reported In the Cincinnati Enquirer true? Did yon make any such remarks?” “Well,” said the General, “to tbe best of my knowledge, the substance of my reply to the committee is es has been published.’’ “Word for word as has been published in the Enquirer, for you know General, that’s a nasty rebel sheet?” impudently remarked the reporter. “May be not word for word,” said tbe General, “bnt tbe substance is aa has been published;” and Grant turned partly away from him in his seat. “What inference shall we put upon it. General?” continued the bore. “Tbat’e altogether your own matter, you may place what inference you please npon it.” At this juncture the reporter turned around, and wit nessing the displeasure of the entire party, and espe cially of General Bawlings and Senator Patterson, he carried on the balance of his conversation in a lower tune, and cut it short; after which he retired to the end of the car, and wrote vigorously for half an hour. He again approachod Grant and aaked,him a question, and again retired, and put himself vigorously at work. Grant did not beckon to him, as he falsely writes, bnt gave him the cold shonlder throughout. Whether there is any truth whatever in his statements'wiil pro bably never be brongbt to light, as General Grant wU". not even be urged into politics through tbo prooese of contradiction. Nobody who was aboard of that train, however, believed a Word of what appeared in the Re publican, bnt they do know that General Grant was exceedingly annoyed by this impudent reporter, and that he was ordered oft the train in consequence. » a * ’ * * * . * Mark what I say : If General Grant’s reticence con tinue, he will yet ‘be declared a traitor, and in six months’ time ho will be the recipient of tbe most un heard of maledictions and vituperative attacks. There will bo nothing strange in that, however. If Presi dent JobnBon, Secretaries Seward, Welles, Randall and McCulloch, and Generals Granger, Bossean, Steed- man, Fullerton, Custar, Stoneman, Giliam, Davies, Crittenden, Couch, Slocum, and hundreds of other brave soldiers are traitors is it not probable that Grant will yet be lb their midst ? Jnst so snre as the shod dy manufacturers are the patriots par excellence- The Grand abmy or the Republic.—We clip the following item from the Madison Coorier, of the' 15th, as one of the evidences of tbe secret character of the organisation know aa (he “Grand Army of tbe Re public.” Of course none bnt the initiated under stand the number indicated by |*t: “The Grand Army of the Republic is moving suc cessfully ou. Over two hundred posts have been planted iu seventy counties of this State. The or ganization in Manison now number* i*t members.” Tbe Cincinnati Enquirer says : “This is a revolu tionary and traitorotts society, intended to back np tbe Bump Congress In its proposed removal of the President from office, and in the plunging of the country into civil war, which would thereupon ensue. Let peaceable and well-disposed citizens mark the dlreotion the Jacobins intend to march if they are successful in the oomlng election." Retdrhbd.—The Selma Times mentions the return ol Major Robert D. Gersucb, who went to Mexico after tbe surrender, where be had been employed as a civil engineer. \fajnr Gersucb‘s account does not appear to be favorable to emigration. “He represents tbe natives as hostile to tbe settlement of foreigners. The pubUc men declare m their ipeecbes that large colonies of strangers witn enterprise and wealth will soon wresl from them the management of their own affaira, and control the State to sail themselves, and that the lands of their fathers will pass ftom them, and they will become vagabonds in their own country. They utterly despise Maximilian and his retainers, and surround them with a perfect net-work of spies. The Frenchmen are shot npon the pwiCK high ways^ whereas the quiet Americans are sim- & robbed. In short, the Mexicans are t upon occupying their own country, in their own lawless* lazy, worthless way, and will bulb-whack and thoat-cut, a V outramce any or set of men who attempt to exer cise a changing influence.” Tkc CtEiplncyW H»Bf Mr. Dprli. In reply to tbe speda* charge made against Holt by the Washington correspondent at the New York Herald, that be tried to suborn witnesses to swear away Mr. Davis* life, the Washington Chronicle published an article (written dobntleea by Holt Mm* self) in which it was attempted to be shown that Holt was himself the victim. Whereupon the Herald’s correspondent rejoins as follows: But the following letters, the genuineness and truthfulness of which we challenge the Judge Advo cate General—not the Chronicle—to deny, will, we think, set at rest the question, if there is any question about iL whether that officer was one of the conspirar tors, or only their stupid catspaw. Philadelphia, Dec. 13,1865. . General—l am glad to be able to report that 1 have succeeded beyond my expectations. Besides . tbe parties I had in View, we can count on two, and per haps four’Others, who will testify to all that may be required. «After securing Harris, who will prove the moat important witness we hive yet had, he assured me-thst be had several friends in Harrisburg whom be was confident would assist us; and as tbe expenses wonjd not be great, I deemed it advisable to dispatch him. at once to confer with them. He is discreet and shrewd, and no fears need be entertained of bis blundering. I received a letter from him this morn ing, which I enclose, and this afternoon I shall sefr out to examine the parties be refers to. If satisfied that they will answer onr purpose, I shall, sa soon as 1 con get them thoroughly posted, come on with them. 1 am fearful if I engage all that we have in hand, that my funds will not hold out, so that you had better send me $1<H) more, to be used if needed. Direct your letter simply to Philadelphia, as I put up from time tdwime where I find it moat convenient to keep track of the witnesses already in hand. Respectfully your obedient servanL 8. Conover. Brigadier General Holt, Judge Advocate (ieneraL The following is the letter referred to as being en closed in tbe foregoing: Harrisburg, Dec. 11, 1865. Friend Conover—I saw Morgan the night before last, and he is ready to go in up to his neck on the same condition as myself. Herman and Boss have both gone to New York. ' We went yesterday to see two female friends of Morgan’s whom he thought would back us. We felt of them cautiously, and 1 am satisfied they will swear to anything you want. One, whose husband ran away from the draft to Canada, knows Clay, and is down on him like thunder, as he enlisthd her husband for the Rebel army and sent him South, where he was killed. She baa only been back from Cauada a few months. She says she has heard Clay say that he was going to have Lincoln put out of the way ; aud it may be true. She seems se rious about it. At any rate yon have only to put into her mouth what you want her to swear, and she will spit it out in style. Their appearance is first-rate, and if womeu will do, you can't get better ones. You bet ter come right on and see them yourself. They are worth a trip here to see, whether they will do or noL I am stayiug with Morgan, and will wait till 1 see or hear from you. Truly, M. N. Harris. The foregoing epistles are from the letter-book of Conover, which came to our bauds with the letters of Judge Holt aud others, already published. Conover appears to have kept a complete record of all letters written aud received by him in relation to this infa mous business. The fallowing is the reply of Judge Holt to the one given above: War Department Bureau of Military Justice, Washington, December 15, 1865. Mr. S. Conover : Dear Sir—Your letter of the 13th instant has been received. Enclosed please find draft for $150, which 1 suppose will be- needed, from tbe number of witnesses you’ seem to have in hand. Sign th# receipts aud return them to me. Make a|l the haste you can; but do your work thoroughly, and do uot lose sight of any witness you msy deem im portauL Campbell has returned, having failed iu hit mission. "Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. Holt, Judge Advocate General. Here we shall leave the subject with the simple re mark that the mission of Campbell rolerred to in Judge Holt’s letter was the endeavor to suborn « wit ness in St. Albans, who refused to “sell his soul” for less than $3,000, as shown in my letter of the 6th ulti mo, aud was, on account of the high price deman dec, not taken.- • « Burning of a Tenement House Im New York—The Lodgers Jump from the Windows-A Whole Family Burnt to Death. At one o’clock last Sunday morning a large tenaaant house in New York, occupied by a number of families, was destroyed by fire. Tbe family of Cornelius Hote lier, consisting of himself, his wife and three daugh ters, aged res Dec Lively eight, ten and sixteen years, perished in The flames, while the other inmates of the house were saved by leaping from tbe windows. From tlia detailed accounts of the tragic affair, published ip the New York papers, we take the fol lowing : A citizen saw a man holding a child out of the win? dow on the fourth floor of the burning building, ai thoqgh- he was about to throw it down. He was hal- ioed to and told to hold on until they could get some ladders. These were not readily procured at that early stage of the fire, so the citizens shouted"*) the man to throw down some bedclothes, which he did. Four men then grasped these bed-ooverssud the man, who subsequently proved to be Mr. Hartz, carefully dropped his daughter Catherine, aged eight yean, she being caught in safety by those below. Hartz then threw out his two yons, Edward, nine years of age, .uH Adolph, aged foil* years, both of whom were caught, but they sustained severe injuries. The police having procured a bed, the farther then threw out his little daughter, Amelia, two years of age, who was slightly bruised. Mrs. Cathe rine Hartz was the next to follow, the parents having witnessed the comparative safe descent of their chil dren. The husband seized his wife by tbe wrists and low eling her as jar as possible by his outstretched arms, let her fall. She struck fairly upon the bed, but her weight was such that the lall caused several severe injuries. Hartz then followed his family, but he did uot take sufficient precaution, and overleaped the bed, striking heavily upon the sidewalk and re ceiving severe injuries. His shoulders were dislocated and Lwo of his ribs were fractured. In the meantime, those living on the second floor, who could reach the awning on the avenue front, jumped out, and so reached the street in comparative safety. Mr. George’s family aud Mrs. Kopp andher two daughters escaped by these means, all being com pelled to do so in their night clothes, so imminent was their peril. The Malone family all jumped out of their windows upon the awning, aud others upon tho w*. two of which had been procured by that time. Those who jumped on tbe awning received severe contusions. The Orowve family all sprang from the fourth-siory windows on the avenue front, lighting on the awning, which broke their fall and lesaened the extent of their injuries. One or two persons leaped from the fourth-story windows on the Thir teenth street side, and were received in safety on the bedding. The cry of “Save those people up stairs” was then raised, aud the ladders were surrendered for that purpose; but it was too late, as tbe flames had mounted almost to tbe roof, and as it was supposed that all the inmates had jumped from the numerous windows, the firemen carried their hose up to the fourth floor and poured in a torrent of water, which soon had the effect of extinguishing the flames. Tho floors of all the three upper stories were burnt to a crisp aud rendered unsafe. The flames having been extinguished all further interest in the matter was being abandoned by tbe spectators who had gathered near tbe scene. Their attention, however, was soon reawakened by the startling news that five persons had been discovered burnt to death on one of tbe upper floors, and the ex citement grew apace. On reaching the fourth floor the firemen were horrified on discovering the dead bodios of five persons, a man. a woman and three children* The two adults were tightly clasped in each other’s arms at the foot of the shuttle-ladder, one of the cbildien lying at the head of the stairs, while the other two were huddled near their parents. All had evidently been suffocated before tbe flames had reached them, though even then their forms were not much disfigured by tho flames. The dead were soon carried down ladders into the streets, when it was ascertained that they comprised the entire Botegier family, who resided iu the front part of the third floor The Are was the work of au incendirary, for whose arrest a reward of one thousand dollars has been offered. Wearing of the Gray.—The New Orleans Times, of the 22d, has the following: A few^lays ago Mr. Doyle arrived in this city a9 correspondent ot the New York Herald. Owing to the change in the weather he yesterday donned a heavy suit of citizen’s gray clothes, which, when buttoned up, as he wore the coat last evening, had much the appearance of a Confederate, uniform. On Baronnc utreet, near Perdido, if a negr& dog- gery called the Belle Poule, over which is a negro recruiting saloon. As Mr. Doyle pawed this place two negro soldiers rushed out, knocked him down and beat him, injuring him severely in "the head and leg. Being armed with a loaded walking cane, he iaan- aged to struggle to hia feet and give one of the scoundrels a blow that stretch^ him on the banquette, and caused the other to draw liRok w hereupon Mr. who saw other no- coating^fled through the unfinished irman Theatre budding and1 hy way of Carroll street. He entertains, we understand, no doubt that he would have been murdered but for the weapon he m vig- orousiy wielded. There was no quMrel, the only words ultered during the one of the negroes, d—d rebel,’’ as he struck at the man be evi dently supposed was an ex-Coe federate sol- d ‘Will the New York Tribune correapondent send the partiettiara “5-“ ‘^° lber .riT£ seUtiSf bf X Sfy proveTtakui W™• oWler8were f^ to disguise) and, asftis, bis extensive imagina- tioTmight somehow fix it np for an election eering card. —Itia estimated that4 will take800mil lion feet of lumber to rebuUd the burnt dis trict in Portland—or about the entire product f Maiim for two yean. Q-eorgia Items. . Tea District Conference of the Methodist EpnRpai Church is now in session in this 'ty. The attendance seems to be respectable in point of numbers.—Wvsesboro Timet. The fljoffinStar says General Tilson visited that pl^r on Thursday last on business con nected with the Freedmen’s Bureau. The Star compliments him npon his efficiency, and hopes he may be as fortunate in the set tlement of the many vexed questions that may comq before him as he was in arrengin the Bureau affairs of Griffin. Th* Penitentiary.—Tbe Milledgerille Re corder says : “In a visit-a few weeks since to the Penitentiary, we reported 98 convicts, white and black. Last week we took another report,-. 180 convicts—60 whites and 120 blacks—with some thirty in the different county jails a waiting ther time to be brought here.” Apples.—There were qoite a number of wagons in tbe city-yesterday, laden with ap ples, which are fine in quality. We saw some brought from Columbia connty, that, in appewance and flavor, would compare with tbe best Northern apple. They found rapid jam two dollars per bushel.—Augus ta PriK^Stgt. 28.’ • ~ * The Early county News says that almost every farmer in that section is now tight run for provisions, and many are now feeding al most entirely on beef, and. gathering new corn for bread. Corn crops have been very poor, and attention lor the past year has been paid almost exclusively to cotton. We hope this will not be doDe again. With bad cereal crops, and cotton being rained by the rain, prospects ahead are not very flattering to the speedy regaining of lost property. The City of Atlanta.—Atlanta is a "won drous place—it is an enigma requiring moro philosophy than we possess to solve the true cauie or causes of her prosperity. Sur rounded by a country which, in point of fer tility of soil, is the poorest of the poor, At lanta is rising from her prostration in gigan tic strength. Every kind of improvement is in progress. Business and dwelling houses arc going up by the hundreds, and there is a constant din of the workmen’s hammers all the day long. Manufactories and shops of all kinds Are springing into existence as if by magic, and where we saw bnt a few weeks ago smouldering rains of desolated homes, we now find tasty residences, adorned with tke latest improvements in architecture.— Lagrange Reporter, Sept. 26. ffouTiiwESTEBN Geoboia.—A gentleman of Baker county, writing to the Macon Tele graph, says: I policed in a late issue of yonr paper, some comments npon the call in the “Early County News," for a meeting of tbe Farmers of the surrounding counties at Fort Gaines, for the purpose of selecting a Com mercial Agent to send to New Orleans this winter to receive and sell their cotton, pur chase supplies and ship as may be needed. A similar movement is on foot in this section, and it is owing to tbe course pursued by the commission merchants here, that planters do pot understand why there should be such a difference iu the price of cotton in Albany, Macon, New York and New Orleans ? Other planters here speak of consigning their cot ton to qgkannab, and getting their supplies there. Indeed, some are already doing this. I am a planter myself, and shall seek that market where I think I can do best. AI1 with whom I have talked, say they only in tend to sell enough of the present crop to meet their liabilities and hold the rest, be lieving a laige cottou crop wiU never again be made in the county. I learn that a merchant informed a planter, a tew days ago, that it co9t nine cents per pound to ship cotton to Ney York. Important from Mexico.—Tbe Naw Orleans Times baa had the pleasure of meeting B. B. Gorauch, Xaq., who was engaged (or years in (he oonitracboa ot railroads iu Mexico. He has jnst returned (Tom Maximilian’s imperial city, and reports every interest sud institution of that country in a state o( utter de moralization. The Empire la without vitality —the Emperor without hope. Brigandage is everywhere rampant. The so-called Liberals, united tor s time while their (ortunea seemed desperate, have revived all their ancient (ends, now that tho Imperial Govern ment ie tottering to its (all. and anarchy Of the darkest type is threatened. The few statesmen In tha country look towards the United States at the only quarter whence deliverance can come. The latest intelligence (rom that distracted country is that San Luis Fotoql had (alien into the of the Liberals, and even Vera Cruz was in danger. It is clear that without foreign help tbe Empire WiU not endure much iouger. Miscellaneous. LOW PRICES! Quick Sales! W E have Jnst received bad opened the LARGEST STOCK of DRY GOODS to be (bund la this city, and which we offer at LOWER PRICB8than they can be bought for at any other house, consisting in part of Every variety of Dress Goode Honsckeeplng Goods Dolneeuca and Prints Cloths and Camimeree Figured Linens and Drills Embroideries and Laces Hosiery and Gloves Ribbons and Braids Hair Rolls and Curls Lace Paints and Veils Bradley's Empress Trails Handkerchiefs Ac., Ac., Ac. EINSTEIN k ECKIHAN, myai-lf STEAM ENGINE AND SAW MILL FOB 8ALE. A FIRST CLASS SPECIMEN STEAM ENGINE and Saw Mill, manufactured to order at the Ful ton Works, Ne * York. Consists of au eusiue of 40 horse power, return flue boiler, with all the conve niences complete; iron frame, 40 feet carriage; M inch saw; patent self-eeltlng head blocks; 100 feet log chain; with pulleys and first class belting for the mill complete. The whole la perfectly new and ean be purchased low ou application to nn3o tf Laroche, west a Daniels. Notice. J W. NBvrrr. of the Arm of Nevtt, Lathrop A a Rogers, has associated himarif with Lathrop A Go. in the Dry Goods business. At the old stand of Jl-tf HENRY LATHROP A no FOR SALE, A SERVICEABLE DRAFT nORSE. Apply at Pulaski House Stables. - G. MoQINLY, auSO-tf Screven House FOR SALE. Jute. Hope, A superior article, by CHARLES L. COLBY A CO. sapt-tf Corner Abeccorn and Bay streets T —HE UNDERSIGNED WILL CONTINUE fSi FACTORAGE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS on his own account, and respectfully noHdts con signments of Cotton and other prodace. Office *8 B y street. 8ava»ha*, Hep. 6,18C4, ROBT E. ALLEN, s«p«-im Bale Rope. 10OO oon * a-inch ran for and good. DARIUS ALLEN, aspt-im m Pine street, Naw Tort, For Sale, 0NE Ration A Blakc’i STEAM-PUMP, In esmplata ' order. aep» CHARLES L. COLBY A XXL, Oor. Bay and Abercon itrisffi. Insurance. KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE GO. Of Hew York. SOUTHERN USANCE OFFICE 89 BAT STREET, t^k.xr^.sa’sr. RESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Policies Written at the Branch , Office and Losses Prompt-, ly Paid. 50 Per Cent Credit Given, WHEN DESIRED. DIVIDENDS PAID IN CASH, ADDED TO POLICY, )1 D IN PAYMENT OF NOTES. Non-Forfeiture, En d. o wment AND Life Polioieffi Written HT Call and get a Circular netting forth rates. “SA Hr We have one rate of Premium fot every pturt of the United State*. No limite of travel within the civilised settlements. This feature is. especially, fa vorable to Southern customers, aa many Companies aye In the babR of charging extra rates for the privi i of residing South during rammer months. A. WILBUR, General Manager. WM. R. BOYD, Agent. R. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Physician. EASTON YONGE, Examining Physician. sepll-tf “THE NEW YORK'” Life Insurance Company. Assets, - - Over $5,000,000 DrviBBnne (60 Pss Cut.) Dmlaxvd Akotaixt. . Mosaic Fbamlik. President. Vs. H. Btana, Actuary: SAVANNAH BRANCH OFFICE: 0 Sousl fttncniMO, corner Bey and Bull streets. LOCAL BOARD OF REFERENCE - J. W. Lathrop A Co. Miller A Brothe-. Sorrel Bra.hers. DeWitt A Morgan. Wilkinson, Wilson A Co. MEDICAL EXAMINERS: W. G. Bulloch. M. D. i. G. Thomss, M. D. This Cdhrpanv iertricttr mutual, tho policy boldcn receiving the entire pioffis. HENRY HARNEY, jlaleoi the “Bank of Kiebmoud,” Vs.,) - iplh eodtf General Agent for Qeorgij. Emigrants Can be Supplied WITHIN TEN DAYS. nHE undersigned are prepared to supply Planter* L and other parties who tnby be in want of WHITE LABORERS, and have made Deceasery arrange ments in the North to flu any orders for agricalture Laborer!, Woodcuv.rs, Mechanics, etc., within Ten or Twelve days fro ait he day the order M riven here. The Laborers are to so received by the Employers on arrival of the steamer here; and transported to the points where they are wanted at Employers’ expense, and the Employers have further to pay a certain sum per head in advance, partly aa security and partly ror covering the expenses in bringing the Emigrants from the North te this port. Tbe rate, at which Farming Laborers can be se cured will average about glfO per year, the Employ ers lading thorn. rttcnlxra u _ WM. MOBtflLLB A OO., Jones’ Block r Bay street, Om door East of Barnard street, ■ah, da. Insurance. THE OGLETHORPE Insurance Comp’y OF SAVANNAH Are prepii.cd : u take Fire Ms os Reasonable Toils, - ' At their Office, 111 Bay Street. RCKR, President. B, Vice President. _ H. W. ME CHAS. S. HARDEE, J. T. Thomas, Sec. Directors: H. W. Mercer M. 8. Cohen C. 8. ITiiMm J. Lams William Tnnter J. W. Kentt A. 8. Hartrldge D G. Parse A. Porter A. Fnllsrtoa R. Morgan 3. McMahon J. Stoddard L. J. Gnflmartin J. T. Thomas F. W. Sims W. Ramshart G. Butler F. L. One S. Lachlison H. A. Crane 8. P. Claton, AHgUBta A. A. Solomons J. W. Knott, Macon M. Hamilton B. F. Rose, Macon W. W. Gordon W. H. Young, Coltunbur my7 : tf S. B. HARRINGTON. EVERY VARIETY OF FURNITURE IS SELLING GOODS Lower Than Any Other House IN SAVANNAH. HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS furnished. PABLOR SETS, extra well npbolstere^. FINE BED ROOM SETS, Walnut and Ma hogany. COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, of every variffiy. DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SETS. MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILLOWS of all kinds. Jackson A Lawton, savannah. Joint W. Anderson ABqn, savannah, golosnrm Cohen, Eavannah. Jno. C, Ferrill. Savannah. Geo. A. Cnyler, Savannah. W. R. Fleming, Savannah. John Screven, Savannah. Brigham, Baldwin d Go., Savannah m3 i National Bant, 3?lan.ters 5 RICE POinnHHC HLL! The nnderelgaed. having become proprietors of the property known as the “LOWER SAVANNAH RICE MILL,” Intend at once putting in all new and aeeesmiy machinery for making U n FIRST-CLASS RICE FOUNDING MILL. No pains Will be spared to have Rice thoroughly cleaned and prepared for market, and to the Planters and Factors who give us their patronage wa can promise fall attention to Having ample facilities tar storing Rice, Planters and Factors can ship at any .time to the Mill to suit their convenience, to remain on storage or for winding. LLOYD D. WADDELL. WILLIAM ffiTTUNNO. ROSE A ARKWRIGHT. Haring tahen entire charge of the working of above named Mill, we would renpietfnlly are of Planters and Factors living m the vicinity of Savan nah their patronage for the costing season, and in so doing ws can h«t ysmslnss r.isfUl sttentioa to their Interest, baaed npon oor past baahiean connection and experteaes in that line of buMrant Ae Mill ^fap-ffiffiopdwfar^^fa^rto, 1 the Q-uimy Oloth. 5Q BARNARD KITTLE S FOLDING SPRING BEDS and MATTRESSES, the best Bed in use, and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to all others. LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANQp PUS, and CANOPY FRAMES. WARE ROOM Si, 178 Broughton Street, nearly OMe St. iilnnr’i M Jeli-dm BACON! BACON! Fifty Hognbeado Shoulders and Sides, Inhaadreme order. Jnst received aEd for sale by W. H. Whitney k Co., Semi-Weekly Floridian, TALLAHASSEE, FLA. DYKE A 8PABHAWK, Pbopmetdbs. mHB completion efthe Live Oak Oooaeetfcmopena datffigjht war, and drealatea In all pasta of » country. ■wax* MOTHER am Sgenta forth* Ek> Wan > fa motive advartttajtai* srw'ft