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0 i!NC DISPATCHES.
FROM NEW YORK.
Marine"' Disasters.
TOE MARKET.
Yjee. October 18.—The steamer James S.
*r ui Georgetown. South Carolina, arrived this
• oiii reports that on the 14th saw a large
.jw, twelve miles south of Fenwick Island,
: akiug over her. On the 17th, saw a schoon-
.Miles north of Barneglt. On'the 16th,
^er Monti cello, from Savannah for Boston,
tie Delaware Break watery short of coal.
y hook. October 18.—The propeller Empire,
,'iftiugtvn, North Carolina, is ashore on the
.oi the Hook. She is logged, and has three
ti !er in her. Her cargo, of rosin, is strewn
.. beach. She went ashore last night,
jpf ns. Noon—October 18.—Cotton dnllat 40@
r_ :r and Wheat firmer. Corn firm. Pork
«•/. EKchange firmer at 108>a-
I'll EUROPE.
ATLANTIC CABLE
the market.
uK , 0Li Ocl. 17.—Cotton firm and unchanged;
eg Uplamle lo.^d.
T3S,0ct. 17.—Consols, 89>£. Fives, 68
From St. Louis.
;TE\;»I boiler explosion.
Destruction of JLiife and Property.
L'is, Oct. IS.—A terrific steam boiler explo
ited litre this morning in the turning shop
Cn. r on Franklin avenue, totally de-
>g the shop and two other buildings. Twenty-
onsaretnwn io have been buried in the
Prom Washington.
fral shenuan Sustains tlie Presi
dent’s Policy.
toiiKaTw, Oct. 18 —A letter has been received
-*s city hon Lent. 0 on. Sherman discussing the
tita. MinaL'OD, and emphatically approving of the
eiJcfiKiicy of restoration. .
A ■ -A* -
PRICE. 6 CENT’S.
MR. DAVIS.
Important Official Correspondence in
Relation to his Trial—His Status De
fined—A Removal firom Fort Monroe to
Fort Lafayette Refused.
FRO.fl LOUISVILLE.
IB. Thomas Chit ages Lis Headquarters
shile, Oct. 17.—Mai. Gen. Thomas, corn
er* e Department of the Southwest, t .-.-bracing
■; Jcnnbsaee, Georgia, Alabama, and Missou*
-Mtoiinh his headquarters here on the 1st Of
FROM WASHINGTON.
ipinsion of Military Quarantine.
asKos, October 18,^-The Secretary of War, on
^'Emendation of the Surgeon General, with
es on the first of November next the military
toe established in Virginia, North and South
itt > Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou-
ffid Texas.
METEORS.
lie Expected Shower iu November—In-
terciting Scientific Speculations.
J'puaon, of the National Observatory in
•togton. it making arrangements to take scientific
^ on ® 01i the expected meteoric display in No-
‘'uxi. The subject of meteors and shooting
4 , the attention of eminent astrono-
• in the lwt century to a greater extent than
• , f r *i a,n0Ii R them Piofessors Olmsted, Twi-
. 4 Newton, have written valuable papers in
- nwuji
annee of shooting stars is quite common,
Uit mouths of August and November of each
Vv S( ‘ en greater numbers, generally
^ *oth of August aud the 12th of November,
meteoric shower of 17SD seems to have
ksKis al!enuon ast rouomers more particularly
s* 4 * 01 * and from that time to the recurrence
-- ^eteonc showers of 1833, and up to the pres-
have been endeavoring to refer the dif-
a, ;r a%fc - “ Ilf l characteristics of the phenomenon
•/ , fi * jTt - «nd to establish the exact anniversary
^•;PP<araace.
• -^‘ortue more brilliant of these meteoric show-
~ urredat intervals of thirty-three years;
• • n v ^ es P6cially distinguished by the im-
: . 2r moving meteors to be seen at once,
‘z'\l^markable size and. splendor of many of
. -- “g the myriads of blazing meteors visi-
^ ^ asi 0n , one was seen at several places
‘ : D . . tn t- It was recognized byseveralob-
.jj-.,..-'.. 11 * extraordinary size aud brilliancy, as
. of time its train' remained visi-
»bout ten minutes. The luminous
;‘7' i ! 1 follow the. meteor in s serpentine
l -tolly disappeared in a nebulous cloud,
' -i'i th.au the moon, and which contin-
. 'toAura with a velocity greater than the
.•;^c Displays of 1799 and 1833 were charac-
“t fad of meteorites, which, rushing to-
***** of the earth with a loud noise, pen-
it several lest. The periodicity of
- lowers is not so definitely ascertained
: .V* Hie day as to the year. They have oo-
or less degree in the months of
-’OVLinbcr, from 1833 to 1839; but the
01 them have appeared on the 12th
^-*7..’ or b- tween that date and the 14th.
: V I: ^I'tu r auce of the meteoric phenomenon,
• 3 '^tptcU-d on or about the 12th of next
observations of astronomers have dem-
^ tJ,f * shooting stars are more numerous
and suurise, and the majority oi
ii v :ufl ^ug the radiant point—that point in
!b. described by the metedTa in tb^ir
^ -ictke (d>netellatioii |<eo f limiting the
*' to the immediate vicinity of Begd’
The President has addressed the following letter
to the Attorney General. in regard to the trial of
Jefferson Davis:
Executive Mansion, 1
Washington, Oct. 6; 1866. j
Sir: A special term of the Circuit Court of the
United States was appointed for the first Tuesday of
October, 1866, at Richmond, Virginia, for the trial of
Jefferson Davis oh the charge of treason. It now ap
pears that there will be nu session of that court at
Richmond during the present month, and doubts are
expressed whether the Regular term (which by law
should commence on the fourth Monday of November
next) will be held.
In view of this obstruction, and the consequent
delay in proceeding with the trial of Jefferson Davis
under the prosecution for treason now pending in
that court, and there being, so far aa the.President is
informed, no good reason why the civil courts of the
United States are not competent to exercise adequate
jurisdiction within the district or circuit in which
the State of Virginia is included, I deem it proper to
request your opinion as to what further stepe, if any,
should be taken by the Executive with,* view to a
speedy, public and impartial trial of the Vvmwd, ac
cording to the Constitution and laws of the united
States.
I am, sir, very respectfully, yours,
j. £ * Andrew Johnson.
To the Hon. Henry Stanbfery, Attorney General.
REPLY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The Attorney General made the ftfflowiug reply:
Attorney General*s Office, 1
Washington, Oct 12,1866. /
The. President :
Sir—I havc.the honor to state my opinion upon the
question propounded in your letter of the Gth, as to
wpat further may be proper or expedient to be done
by the Executive in reierence to the custody of Mr.
Davi9, and the prosecution for treason now pending
against him in the Circuit Court of the United States
for Virginia^ g .
1 am clearly of opinion that there i9 nothing in the
present condition oi Virginia.to prevent the full ex
ercise of the jurisdiction of the civil courts. Ike ac
tual state of things, and your several proclamations of
peace and of the restoration of civil order, guaranty
to the civil authorities, Federal and State, immunity
against military control or interference. It Beema to
me that iu this particular there is no necessity for fur
ther action on the part of the Executive in the way of
proclamation, especially as Congress at the late ses
sion required the Circuit Court of the United States
to be held at Richmond on the first Monday of May
and the fourth Monday of November in each year, and
authorized special or adjourned terms of that court to
be ordered by the.Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
at such time and on such notice ?s he might presMibe,
with the same power and jurisdiction as at regular
terms.
This is an explicit recognition by Congress that the
state of things in Virginia admits the holding of the
United States Courts in that State.
The obstruction you refer to, it seems to me, can
not be removed by auy Executive order. So fkr as I
am advised, it arises as follows:
Congress on the 22d of May, 18G6, passed an act
providing that the Circuit Court of the United Srates,
for Virginia, should be held at Richmond on the first
Monday of May and on the fourth Monday of Novem
ber, in each year, and further providing that all suits
and other proceedings, which stand continued to any
other time and place, should be deemed continued to
the place and time prescribed by the act. The spe
cial or adjourned session, which was ordered by the
Court to be held in the present month of October,
was considered as abrogated by force of this act.
This left the regular term to be holden on the fourth
Monday of November; and if there had been no fur
ther legislation by Congress, no doubt could exist as
to the competency of the Chief Justice and the Dis
trict Judge of that court then to try Mr. Davis. But
on the 23d of July, 1866, Congress passed an act to fix
the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and to change certain judicial circuits.
Among other changes in the circuits made by this
act, is a change in the fourth oircuit, to which the
Chief Justice has been allotted. As this circuit stood
prior to this act, when allotted to the Chief Justice, it
embraced Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro
lina and West Virginia. It was' changed by this act
by excluding Delaware and adding South Carolina.
It is understood that doubts exist whether this
change in the States composing the circuit, wijl not
require a new allotment. Whether tbi9 doubt is well
founded or not, it is certain .that the Executive cannot
interfere; for, although, under peculiar circumstan
ces, the Executive has power to make au allotment of
the Judges of the Supreme Court, yet these circum
stances do not exist iu this case. A new allotment, if
necessary, can only be made by the Judges of the
Supreme Court or by Congress—perhaps only by Con
gress.
Mr. Davis remains in custody at Fortress Monroe,
precisely as ho was held in January last, when, in an
swer to a resolution of Congress, you reported coin-
municationsjtrom the Secretary of War and the Attor
ney General, showing that be was held to await trial
In the civil courts. No action was then taken by Con
gress in reference to the place of custody. No demand
has since been made for liis transfer into civil custody.
The District Attorney of the United States for the
District of Virginia, where Mr. Davis stands indicted
for treason, has been notified that the prisoner would
be surrendered to the United States Marshal upon a
capias under the indictment, but the District Attorney
declines to have the capias issued because there is no
other place within the District where the prisoner
could be kept, or where his personal comfort and
health could be so well provided for. No application
has been made within my knowledge by the counsel
for Mr. Davis for a transfer of the prisoner to civil
custody. Recently an application was made by his
counsel for his transfer from Fortress Monroe to Fort
Lafayette on the ground chiefly of sanitary considera
tions. A reference was promptly made to a board of
surgeons, whose report was decidedly adverse to
change; on the score of health and personal comfort.
I am unable to ace what further action can be taken
on the part of the Executive to bring the prisoner to
trial. Mr. Davis must for the present remain where
he is, until the court which has jurisdiction to try
him shall be ready to act, or until hia custody is de
manded under lawful process ol the Federal courts.
1 would suggest that, to avoid any misunderstand
ing on the subject, an order issue to the commandant
of Fortress Monroe to surrender the prisoner to civil
custody, whenever demanded by the United States
Marshal, upon process from the Federal courts.
I send herewith a copy ot a letter from the United'
States District Attorney lor Virginia, to which 1 beg
to call your attention.
I have the honor to be, Ac.,
Henry Stanbbrx,
Attorney General.
Office U. S. District Attorney fob- Va., I
Norfolk, Ootuber 8,1866. f
Bern. Hem'llStanbery, Attorney Gene*alofthe United
States: , _ .
Sir:—In compliance with your request, I submit
herewith the substance of the verbal statement I made
you a few (lays since in answer to your inquiry, “Why
no demand had been made upon the military authori
ties for the surreBder of Jefferson Davis, in order that
he might be tried upon the indictment found against
him in th6 United States Circuit Court’ at the term
held at Norfolk in May last.”
Two reasons have influenced me in not taking any
steps for removing him from their custody. The one
relates to his safe-keeping, the other to his own per
sonal comfort aud health. I have never had any doubt
but that he would be delivered to the United States
Tt^rahai of the District whenever he should have de
manded him on a capias or any other civil process.
But you can readily understand that so soon as he
goes into the baud* of that officer, upon any action
had by me, his place of confinement would be one of
the State jails ol Virginia.
At Fortress Monroe all necessary pmesuoona can
be, and are taken, to prevent his escape. Over the
internal police of a State jail the Marshal haa no an-
thority, and the safe custody of the prisoner could
not be secured save at a very great expense.
‘ite .****« bru»«Sh7t MaTmtat afMt'oii^l rwHnuttuettOT 1 rataon by emigre... This' commit
l tee constate p» Colonel Moss, of Missouri, President;
Governor Hamilton, of Texas; Bingham, of Alabama;
Griffin, of Alabama; Tucker, of Virginia; Eaton, of
Tennessee, and Randolph, of Louisiana.
Tbs loyalist deputation is now dissolved. • Every
where they have met the moat cordial audiences, and
everywhere their pleas for impartial suffrage have
been enthusiastically receivod, even in the supposed
strongholds pf conservatism in Indiana and Illinois.
Nashville,'Tenn., October 12.—Governor Brown-
low and staff arrived this morning. The Governor's
health has improved.
f cl1 Uie earth is several-hour* in pass-
cf0u « J, , rva tion6 have not been sufficiently
< :ln«. )li8il l l* e exact period of the earth's
tnttborj, j, the orbit. During the flight of
tetai^So'rcmbcT, 1833, much apprehension
*8^',j.i* rum the fear that ono or more of
l ;but tome into collision with the
' fy i iron, tn 0 n ° disastrous consequences have
•s sr.jy.j® Ki'aiid celestial display, and althongh
's : to believe that an event of this
-it if» . 1 Relieve that an event of this
• ^entific men unite in the opinion
“ Polity is not within the bounds of prob-
In General* •
—Anew county, called Hood, is to be es
tablished in Texas.
—General Wool says he 'will not ran for
Congress.
—All the young Princes of the 'Imperial
family of Ranh are to make a tour of the
United States. .?
A Pittsburgh gentleman died recently
whose life was insured for $80,000.
—James Brooks and Fernando Wood
have been nominated for Congress by the
Mozart Democracy in New York city.
—A New York milliner haa jost paid
$95,000 cash for a palace on Fifth Avenue,
for business purposes.
—The Round Table, in au elaborate ar-
ticfe, declares its preference tor Chas. F.
Adams lor the next President.
—The baaishmeot of the liberslists In
Spgia is on- a large scale—the press is
gagged, terror reigns and discontent prevails.
—Immense quanliUtles of rails, damaged
by Sheridan’s raids, are being sent to the
Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, to be re
paired. ' , .
—Prentice says Congress has “negro og
the brain,” but precious little braip on the
negro.
—Goldschmidt, the astronomer, just de
ceased, discovered fourteen telescopic planets
with an opera glass.
—It is demonstrated that the use of soft
instead of hard water in London will save
its people $3,375,000 yearly on the three ar
ticles of soap, tea and coffee.
—It is annonneed that the British Govern
ment has other intentions, in sending troops
to Canada, than that of repelling the Fenian
invasion.
—The father of General Grant made a
speech at a Republican meeting in Cincinnati
the night previous to the election- He took
a decidedly radical stand.
—Gen. Fremont made a little speech in In
dianapolis the other night. He didn't com
mit himself, bnt confined himself to the flag
and the eafele. ,
—Col. Rush C. Hawkins, an intemperate
Radical, says in the New York Herald that
Gen. Grant went as tar as he could toward
compounding the highest crime known to
the law of nations in bis terms of surrender.
—The New York Journal ‘of Commerce
proprietors have purchased the property in
which their newspaper has been published
for thirty-five years, and refitted the building
throughout.
—The weekly mortuary statistics of New
York present the startling fact of wide-spread
destitution in that city. Twelve persons died
in that city last week from starvation. It
this be the rate for seven days at this season,
what are we to expect the coming winter?
—John Minor Botts has returned to Vir
ginia. He denies that he was one of the
“Southern loyalist pilgrims,” and says that
their sentiments arc “atrocious.” Mr. Botts
refused the invitation to accompany the
Browulow party.
—Professor Ferguson, of the National Ob
servatory at Washington, is making arrange
ments for scientific observations of the mete
oric display which is set down for November
12tb. It .is predicted that the display will
be unusually brilliant and particularly worthy
the attention of scientific men.
—Mr. Haddieston, an M P., and counsel
for the Queen, arrived at Baden Baden, and
dnly registered bis name. Seine mischief
maker, in a good counterfeit hand, added to
the signature “tuft-hunter and toady,” and
the oflcnslve insinuation appeared in full in
the innocent German morning papers.
—A Boston correspondent of the National
Intelligencer writes; I -have learned here
that,Mr. Boutwell, who is good authority on
this point, has given assurances that articles
of impeachment will be offered, and -carried
by the House of Representatives at the next
session.
—A project is on foot for supplying New
York city with gas manufactured at. the coal
mines in Pennsylvania. It is proposed to
convejrit through iron pipes, a distance of
one hundred and fifty miles, to the city. It
is asserted that it can be furnished at a much
cheaper rate than is now paid.
—A Toronto dispatch s4ys: The city au
thorities state that the English Government
intends demanding a suppression of the
Fenian organization b f the Administration,
or they threaten to aid the copperheads in
dividing the Union with a few Armstrong
gons.
—An eminent mathematician has demol
ished various theories of solar heat, and de
monstrated that for 30,000,000 years to come
the sun will continue to afford sufficient cal
oric to sustain the human life npon the sur
face of the earth. This is about as long as
any of ns will be personally interested in
the matter-
—France is getting afraid of the United
States. The Opinion Nalionale, a prominent
newspaper of Paris, has a- long article nrg-
ing the necessity of a confederation on the
part of the Western nations of Europe to
oppose the alliance between the United
States and Russia. It thinks that Russia
should be driven back in Asia, and that tbe
United States ought to attend exclusively to
the American continent.
» ut —The Mississippi papers are perplexed to
Mr. Davis ta now in as comfortable -Ibarters ss tbs Unit nntwha Lhp nrnnnH wpre whose names arc
oat of those occupied by tbe army officer, at tbs nod out wno tne persons were wuoee names arc
- - — — — given as the representatives of that State in
Jack Hamilton's Convention. They cannot
most—— ——-—
fort. The location is a healthy on6. His family have
free access to him. He has full opportunity for exer
cise iu the open air
If his health be feeble, remove him to one or the
State jails, and bis condition, instead of becoming
bettered, would In all these respects, be much for the
worse.
His counsel probably understood all this, end, I
thiuk, will not be likely to take any steps whicti would
decrease the personal comforts or endanger the life of
their client.
I have the hon ir to be,
Most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
L. H. Chandler,
United States Distaict Attorney for Virgin!*.
Tbe 8onthcrn Loyalists—Their Tour End
ed—Appointment or a Committee to Ag«
Ittte Impartial Suffrage as the Basis*
[Special Dispatch to the New York Tribune.]
St. Louis, October 12.—The, Southern loyalists pre
pared an adaress this morning to the people of the
United States before leaving Springfield.- They urge
the people to insist in behalf of the true loyalists, on
still farther conditions precedent to the admission of
the rebel States than those enunciated in tbe Congres
sional amendment, because tbe present State Govern
ments of the South are not legal bodies, and there
fore cannot legally ratify the amendment They plead
that thopeople insist that their representatives shall
at the next seasiou declare the present State organism-
V/tocl; of iii« ii on others assign tho l*c tions in tho Soutl1 illegal, aud proce^ to organize
rtu 10 the eoukieolation Orion. ^ 1 governments baaed upon the principle of impartial
‘v;.?.'** Kenerally accepted in accounting ***. “.SSL.,.. ,
A committee ef seven was appointed to keep the snb*
ffgitv* i l lllfc, tfcoric showers, is that au unusual, .. .. •«* - -—- — « —-
•hi, • 'f tijne asteroids exist, in -the ptane* ject bJore tlie people uuul the tiuol dectaion of tbe
v- u- w-iuiuB l iisw *u ■ MAnnatmrtinn nnrahnn hv Tn....
•Ttrrihi r L —
!,| i r« ,!■ 6lorms and floods have recently
* S ; ;: 'r Virginia. A Richmond
“i l.y u,. a ^ (1*? damage done to the rail-
lt,n "tiiiii • “ w '" cause a suspension be-
aud Washington for two or
^Wrn ,1 1 llje Richmond and Freder
ic a, j l * lrce culverts were washed
'J U:e) lr ;?i a tlle Orauge and Alexandria
l(rs liver f at ® e,ton was swept off. The
''y fjj n 13 much swollen by present
I
—Tbe Republican majority in Ohio will
exceed 40,000. Sixteen Republicans are
elected, to Congress and three Democrats,
which is a Democratic gain of one represen
tative.
—John Minor Botts made a speech at Pat-
terson, N. J., recently, in which he expressed
the opinion that the negroes were not pre
pared for safftaga, and if i^ |t«W given them
they would vote for “Bob Lee” for President
in.preference to either Grant or Johnson.
find that they ever were in the State, and tbiuk
they mast have passed through it on some
raid. *
—The Radicals are growing nervous over
the Net that there are eight monitors laid up
at New Orleans, and arms and munitions
enough deposited at Baton ltouge to arm
and equip two hundred thousand men—all,
aa tbe Radicals allege, inefficiently guarded.
They evidently apprehend anqther rebel
lion. ‘ ‘
Gen. Blair at Cape Girard*aa.
Tbe following aceooat of tbe die graceful mob of
Radicals, who attacked Gen. Stair on Moods; taat, ta
from the Cairo Democrat of the loth:
The people of Cpe Girsrdean, Mo., invited Gee era!
Frank Hi air to address $^pi on last Monday, at die
boor .T la o'elect, A. m; The General accepted tbe
invitation mid took passage on die steamer Belle
Memphis, which was due af the Cape early Saturday
morning, bnt unfortunately the bout grounded on s
bar mid'was detained several hours, mid did net resell
there nntil 8 o’clock in dta evening. An immense
number at people from the cotmtrj kill into the
town early in the day, and tad patiently waited nntil
night, in order to hear the views of the distinguished
soidtae on the topics of the dsy, but their hopes were
doomed to disappointment, mid the crowds left for
their homes.
The red-mouthed Rads, being largely In the majority
at Cape Girardeau, were overjoyed at the disappoint
ment of uen. Blair's' friends, and when ■ .the General
arrived they determined to take advantage of the ab
sence of his friends and mob and kill him if they
could, in case he attempted to speak. What taw decent
people there are in that'town, when the; betid the
General was at the St Charles Hotel, proceeded to
gether in front of the building, and load calls being
made fur him, he appeared Upon the balcony of the
hotel and commenced to speak, when the organised
band of murderous cowards commenced to boot and
yell at bins, cdliug him a liar, and, although many
ladies were present, shouting the meat obscene lan
guage they could lay their foul tongues to.
General Blair stood unmoved snd undaunted, and
looked quietly at tbs btrions rabble. He then told
them they were a Bet of contemptible cowards and
ruffians—the stripe that garroted honest men in d.vfc
alleye, and that mobbed unarmed men for daring to
defend tbe -Onion and Constitution. He told them
that he had seen traitors before—armed traitors, who
dared take up arms and figbrfor their treason, and be
wonld not be intimidated w cowardly stay-at-home
rattans. When the imarttrooe crew found they
could not scare the old soldier, they gathered in a done
mob and commented staging “John Brown,- so aa to
drown the speaker’s voice. The General and his
friends then retired to a hall near by, and organized a
meeting, and then the rioters, when they could sneak
around without lacing the old soldier, commenced
stoning the buildiug, breaking the windows, and at
tempted to set the building on file. Many of tbe
stones and bricks that were thrown into the windows,
tell with great force among the audienck, one of them
hitting Gen. Blair and another striking one of the
most estimable ladies of the town oc-the temple, in
stating a serious and probably a fatal injury, and
when she wae being carried in an insensible condition
from the building, one of the leaders of the loyal
rioters, the deputy marshal of Cape Girardeau.
shouted, “Good, served the b just right." A lad
abuut fourteen years old, the only support of a
widowed and sick mother, had been attracted by
curiosity to enter the building, when he was struct
by a missile and his arm broken.
Keep it Before the World.—The follow
ing statement, says the Macon Telegraph,
said to be authentic, and published by its
some weeks ago, will lose nothing by repeti
tion. It should be kept before tbe world as
a triumphant vindication of the Southagainst
the slanders of her former enemie*, tbe lat
ter, themselves, being the witnesses:
According to an official report of tbe War
Department, tbe number of Union prisoners
taken during tbe rebellion was 230,940;
Rebel prisoners, 200,000. Nnmber of Union
prisoners who died in confinement, 22,576, or
a little over eight per cent.; of Rebels who
died in Northern prisons, 26,430, or thirteen
per cent.
President Johnson and ihe Result.—
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Washington
correspondent writes under date of Thurs
day :
Until this afternoon tbe President was con
fident in the belief that Clymer was elected
jn Pennsylvania, and that there was. no loss
in the Congressional delegation, but that
there was a gain in tbe Fifth District. He
has been deluged with telegrams from va
rious parties claiming “Democratic gains’’ in
nearly every county in Pennsylvania and In
diana. To-day be concedes that nearly all
is lost, but is assured by Secretary Seward
that the people are a little wild now, but will
be as bad the opposite way before another
year. , •
The Baltikohi Elections to be Contested—
Radicals Dissatisfied.—They would rather have had
defeat and a riot than the victory withnot a riot. It
leaves the outrageous frauds bv which their victory
was attaiue i altogether too bold sid glaring. They
try now* to shield themselves behind the solitary opin
ion of one single fifth-r.te lawyer against the opinions
of such distinguished jurisls as William Price, Wm.
Schley, Robt J. Brent, and Reverdy Johnson. Their
one legal adviser argued that the registry law was ap
plicable to the city elections, but he did not furnish
any excuse for the appointment of three Radical
judges of eleotion ot<each precinct, nor did he coun
tenance tho various preparations for the intinnd’ition
and exclusion of opposition votes, which were, nntil
election das’, an agreeable pastime to the Radical
Mayor and bis coadjutors. They have, however, been
caught in their own toils. They have overdone the
matter, and thes r are now distressed at the result.
They know that the election will be set aside aa a stu
pendous fraud, and they will not have the satisfaction
of pleading a case of riot in defence.—National Intel
ligencer.
No Formes Slaveholder shall ever be
President or Vice President.—In a recent
Boston speech, Mr. Boqtweli said the Presi
dent bad disgraced the country, bnt he
would not be impeached for it, and added :
I' want to say one thing, and so deeply am
I impressed with the conviction that no man
can ever hereafter be trusted in tbo office of
President or Vice President who has bought
or sold human flesh, that I conjure you and
my fellow citizens forever after to make'it a
rule of your puolic policy that no such man
be clothed with the highest office in the gift
of the people. [Great applause, and cries of
“good.” |
r
A Good Story.
From Ohio cornu a capital tamporsnoe story-
Judge Quay, the temperance lecturer, in one of his
efforts there got off tbe following: . . y ,
An of those who in youth acquire a habit of drink-
tag whiskey, at forty years of age will be total abstain
ers or drunkards. He one ran nse whiskey for year?
in moderation. If there tea person in the audience
before me whose ewn experience disputes this let him
make it known; I will account for it. or acknowledge
that Ism mistaken.
A tall, large min arose and, folding bis arms m a
dignified manneracroas Us breast, said:,,
“I offer myself ss one whose own experience contra
dicta your statement."
' “Are yon a moderate drinker V said the Judge
“I am." * - .
‘How kmg haee yon drank in moderation ?"
‘Forty years.” •
-And ware nsver intoxicated J"
'■Sever.” .. ,
“Well,” remarked the Judge, aaanung bis sub
ject closely from bend to foot, “ yours ja a;singular
case, yeti think it is easily accounted f$jr..I.; am re
minded by it of a IMe story. A affored^nsn, with a
loaf ot bread and flabk of whiskey, eatdown to dine
by tbs bank of a dear stream. In breaking tbe bread
some of tho ernmbs dropped into tbs Wstar. These
were eagerly sotaedand eaten by the Osh. That cir
cumstance enggeeted to the dtikey the idea of dip
ping the bread in the whiskey and feeding it to them.
He tried it IfwMked well. Some of the fish ate of
it became drank, end fioeted helpless on the water.
t- **•* 1 It nstly nsselil ■ writ number. Bnt in
the stream was a large ’ffsh very unlike thereat It
partook finely of thabread and whiskey, but with no
perorpdblecffeet it wae shy of every effort ot the
“He urnfivufi to have it at til hoards, that bs might
lorn its nose and nature. He procured a net end
after much effort canghf it carried it toe oofere*
neighbor, and asked his opinion of the matter.’ 3be
other enireyed the wander a moment and than mid:
"fiambo, I undewtends die esse. HatfiSta a mullet-
heed. It hsin't got any brains.” “la stow words,”
added the Judge, "alcohol affectatankr tfitahrmta, sad,
of whips, (how having none maydMnh witbout ln-
,U T*> storm «f tangtiarthti foUqw«d drove tbe mod
erate drinker suddenly ft-oan the boose.
EXITED STATES SALE OF kiOTS AUD
HANDS IK ST. HELENA PARISH,
SOCTHC AKIIU.VA,
U nder an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to con-'
timio in force and to amend ‘An Act to establish
a Bureau for tbe Belief of Freedmen And Refugees,
and for other purposes,” attested by “Edward Mc
Pherson, Clerk Hcnse of Representatives of the
United States,” and by “J. W. Forney, Secretary of
the Senato of the United States,” July 16, 1&86, and
more especially under the 8th section of the said Act
We, Wm. Henry Brisbane and William E. Wording,
Untied States District Tax Cpmmiswoners for the
District of South Carolina, do hereby declare and
maknknown that a public Bale will be held at tbe
office of the Commissioners aforesaid, in tho town of
Beaufort, Parish of St. Helena, Beaufort District,
State ol Sonth Carolina, commencing on Thursday
tlie first day of November, 1866, at W o'clock, A. Mi,
lor Uie disposa 1 of the following block*: ■
Lots and bouses situated in ths said town of Beaufort
State of South Carolina, to wit: Blocks 2, 8, 5 and 7
lots A, B. snd C ill Block 9; lota A and B in block 11;
blocks 17,18, and 19; lot A in block 26; lots A and D
in block 37; lot D in block 38; lots Band C in block 39;
block 42; lot B in block 44; lot C in block 48; lot A in
block 36; lots C and D ia block fill; IcAmA. B. and C ta
block 61; lot E in block 70; lot B in block 71; lots D,
E and F in block 72; lots A and C in block 81; lot 0
in b'oek 90; lots A Bin block 91; lot Bln Mock 99;
lot B in block 116 snd blocks 116,117,118.
Also at the same place, on Monday, November Mb.
1806, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M., the lots And par
cels of land comprising the city of Port Royal, and
embraced within section fourteen (14), fifteen (IS),
twentv-two (22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-seven
(27), Township 2 south, range 1 west, by United
States District Tax Commissioner’s survey of the
lauds ta the aforesaid Parish or SL Helena (excepting
those heretofore sold, namely,. 106 lota on. Aatqr
street, 29 on Bunulia street, 1 on DcKalb street, 1 on
Franklin street, 6 on Greuno street, 7 OB Izard street,
4 on Marion- street, «-.o* FutasU ktoeet, snd 6 on
Quincey street), being m<*e thsfi 2,0*0 lots on the
high land, aud about 800 marsh lots.
Also, at the same place, ot 10 o’clock A. M. Monday,-
December 3d, 1866, all tbe Government School Farmui
in tbe said SL Helena Parish, numbered from 1 toSS
inclusive^ each either entire or in two or more dlvt-
sioifii, as tbe Commissioners may deem expedient, the
minimum price being ten dollars (fflO) an acre.
Some ot t)ie above named property being now
leased, wall be sold subject to-the respective leases.
The aforesaid salts may be adjourned, as may
be expedient, from place to place, snd from time to
timp hv nroclmuatUm, or by written notice, or hy
pri&flUdverdssment, nfltiUIUbe afore«M prapeE-
ty is disposed of to the highest boiui fide bidder.
Terms cash iu all cases; and if not paid within two
days alter being struck ofi, the prQpert^; takeu
by any persoifl giving tbe same amotint, w be set up
again for sale to the highest bidder, at the discretion
J otf.ihe Commissioners. _ .
Office Ui S. Direct Tax Comission, Beanfoig, S. C.,
detober 1st, 1866. ^ HENRY BRISBANE,
W. E. WORDING,
. .. U. 8. Direct Tax CommissiowMW
oc2-dlm
foe South OsToUmu, 1
jn; utting, Jt*owell «fc Co.,
BANKERS,
-UAOO IV.
O. A. NUTTING,
A. H. POWELL,
ISAAC BOOTT.
je28-6m
BDWAHDPADM’WM^aH.
iohnstpn, Woods &
CeifonUCwnmls’n
gtsddsid’i Dower Rssge,
•spl-tr •
SAVANNAH, GA. ; j £ , ,
oc9-tf
/ Insurance,
General Insurance
- V*- e :
’ -
AGE N C Y,
FIRE, MARINE,
Life and _A.ccident.
*
INSURANCE EFFECTED
. aw>
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID.
89 BAY STREET,
Savannah, Ga.
WM. R. BOYD,
Superintendent ot Affency.
A. WILBUR,
aepystf General Agent.
Insurance.
THE OGLETHORPE
The Empire State
IMR1M COMPANY,
CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF
Georgia.
C, F. McKAY, President,
AUGUSTA, GA.
ASSETS ON FIRST OF APRIL, 1866,
1369,489.21.
DIRECTORS.
EDWARD THOMAS, B. H. CLAYTON,
GEORGE. G HULL, 8. D. LINTON,
C. F. MoCAY. GKORGK GIBBONS,
J. i. RICHARDS.
The undersigned, having been appointed Agent of
the above named company, SB prepared to tab Fire
Risks on reasonable terms.
C. W. V. BRUKN,
oc4-3taw2w Agent
“THE NEW YORK”
Life Insurance Company.
Assets, - - Over $5,000,000
Divrozsns (SO Pint Cist.) Diolasxd Amidallt.
Mobris Franklin. President.
Wm. H. Brers, Actuary.
SAVANNAH BRANCH OFFICE:
6 Sorrrl hihloino, corner Bay and Ball streets.
LOCAL BOARD OF REFSBRNCK-
J. W. Lsthrop A Co. Miller A Itaother.
sorrel Bro hers. DeWltt A Morgan.
Wilkinson, Wilson A Co.
MEDICaL EXAMINERS:
W. G. Bfflloch, M. D. J. G. Thomas, M. D.
This Company is strictly mutual, the policy holders
receiving the entire profits.
HENRY HARNEY,
(Late oi the “Bank of Richmond,” Va.,)
seplO Dtawtf General Agent for ■
insurance Comp*y
OF SAVANNAH *
Are prepared to take
Fin Rate it tamable ferns,.
At their OHce, 117 Bay Street.
• H. W. MERCER, President
CHA8. & HARD**, Vico President.
t. T. Tiomas, Sec. ,
H. W-Mercer
C. £ Hordes
WIIHsmr Hunter..
A. 8. Htitridge
A. Porter
LStodSrt
t. T. Thomas
W. Remahart
F. L. One
H. A. Crane
A. A. Solomons
M. HamfltM
W. W. Gordon
myt-tf
Directors:
M. 8. Cohen
3. Lama
J. W. Nevitt
••
f. McMahon
L. 3. Uhllmartin
F. W. Sima
G. Butler
R. Lachlison
X. P. Ciaton, Augusta
J. W. Knott, Macon
BTF. Ross, Macon
W. H. Young, Coinmbur
KNICKERBOCKER
LIFl INSURANCE CO.,
..it U . JiV - e ,v H V ‘.H 1
Hew Tark. »
SOUTHERN *
BRANCH OFFICE
89 BAT STREET,
GA.
RESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TO COTTON SHIPPERS.
WE ABE PBEPARED TO MAKE
Cash. Advances
ON CONSIGNMENTS TO THE WELL KNOWN
HORSES OF
Messrs. Norton, Slaughter & Co
New Yorlc,
Messrs. John K, Gilliatt & Co.,
Liverpool.
W E CAN SAFELY PROMISE the fullest ml Mic
tion to all PATRONS of the ABOVE RICH and
FAVORABLY KNOWN FIRMS,
Oar Al‘sots At Columbus, Americas, Albany, Mseon,
Griffin, West Point, LaGrange, Newnr n,
. Atlanta^Hxdlaoto aid the
MESSRS. E. FHETCLLFE&CO.
Havannah,
si e at an timed prepared to take CHABGI07, PAY
TAXES and other EXPENSES, and make liberal
ADVANCES upon consignments.
B. XI. BRUCE A CO.,
BANKERS AND COTTON FACTORS,
ocB-lm Augusta, Ga.
For Rent,
A large aid desirable RESIDENCE, rtt-
nated second door east from the northeast
gorn.r.of South Broad aad Ball streets.—
-Apply** . -
JOHN W. ANDERSON’S SONS,
Or VT. T. CHI3HOLM.
NEW STORE.
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND
.¥2$3 sliHrn useY teS 0G0;c'<
CLOTHING,
At Wholesale and JfetaH.
-drol l, it BY
Einstein Edamur fe Co.,
NO. 168 CONGRESS STREET.
TTTE are now recrfvfog. iked ready u esMDftonr
large and well selected stock of the above Men-.
tamed good. «wm the best manuttiitnwie, aad pot
op erpremiy far the Mrsegla mm Fieri da trade.
Merchants
xreiavtted toe
Wanted,
B
«T.'
OABD WANTED by A _
| wife, child and servant, in a _
where the eemftvts of a home
for himasM
Sr*
Policies-Written at the Branch
Office and Losses Prompt
ly Paid.
50 Per Cent. Credit Given,
WHEN DESIRED.
PAID
DIVIDENDS
DDED TQ FOUCY,
t I
OF NOTES.
Nofl*ForMttnre,
j ■<
Endow me n t
AND
Life Policies* Written.
’ Call and ge%l
JT_ We have one rate or PremjamJtir every J?an
of the United States, Nolimits of travel within t he
civilised settlements. ‘Alls feature is especially fa
vorable to Southern customers, aa -aMs£ Cottpaale*
ate intbe bahttof charging extra rates for the privi
lege of residing South during summer months.
"awsT'
R. D. ARNOLD, Counting Physician.
EASTON YONGE,' l&xainiribig Physician.
Hpii-tt ■ TKIDQ&AH OOOWaeOH
puma s HOTEL,
AUCtMTA, GA.
Kill FOiiSfflffi&imO
UNSURPASSED BY
ANY HOTEL
• -
WILL BE
Reopened To the Potolie
TjOTljbtODA
T. 8. NICKKR60N, Proprietor,
Miscellaneous.
eVEWT VARIETY OF
FURNITUKE
. IS SELLING GOODS
Lower Than Any Other House
IN SAVANNAH.
HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS
FpBNISHBD.
A'
PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered.
FINE-BED ROOM SETS, Walnut and Ma
hogany. •
COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, of every
variety. ’
DINING ROOM a&d LIBRARY SETS.
MATTRE8SES, BOLSTERS find PILLOWS
of fill kinds.
KITTLE S FOLDING SPRING BEDS and
MATTRESSES^ the best Bed in use,
and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to
1 others. •
LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO
PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES..
WAREROOMS
178 Broughton Street,
Nearly Opposite St. Andrew's M
ie!2-6m
GBATa.xLw iomOouKT. , ”
At CHAiriiBia, September 26,1800, f
I T la eomaldered aad Meted by the
Coart that the Tax Collector of Chataam county
be, and he is hereby authorized, empowered aad
directed to aseem and collect, aa a tax for the pre
sent year lb;- county purposes, fifty per cent, upon
the amount of the Kate tax for the pram tit year, lira.
And it Is further ordered, that fifteen (it) cento on
every one bandied dollars worth of property re
turned he collected, aa alto one dollar open each and
every male inhabitant of this county, on the first day
of April last, between the .ages of twenty one mad
tint; iT.rg, is nn rrtr. 1st fur ednr.tlnnsfnnipoma
to pay the county debt, to meet erpwi... Ol the
County Court, and laereaoed expenses of the J.U at
tbe present period, aad other uuforesees expendi
tures.
And it is farther ordered, teat fifty per eeatam so
the state tax be collected tram all practtuenee* of
law; physio and dentistry, from every iHgitmiian.
ambroty (ta, photographic, aad similar erttotot from
every auctioneer, from every keeper of a pool or b0-
:md from the keeper of any other table, stand or
p ace for any other game or play with or with- at s
name, unlcse for exercise or a amusement only, and
not prohibited bv law; Sad from every agent ot, er
person engaged in any gift lottery, or enterprisee(
like character la Chatham eoauty.
GEO. P. HABHtoON. 3. LfiOLO.
JOHN SCREVEN, J. I-a c. a
JNO. WILLlAHSUE.3.1. QOtC.
True extract from the mfastia.
WM. H. BULLOCH,
OC9-S01 qatk La ft
Notice
I S HEREBY GIVEN that the paitnentfps hereto
fore existing uadsr the a mass of Miller. Thomaa
a Co. In Savannah. Ga., aad Thomas. Livingiaon A
Co., MadMon. Fla , have been dltlvuil by the tank
of D. G Liviugstoa. one «( the partners.
A. 3. MILLER win give Ms attention to tbe bust-
new iu Savannah, and 8. B. THOMAS to the hnatBist
in Madison, in liquidation.
A. J. MILLER,
8, B. THOMAfi,
Augnst, ISM. SurrivingPartasn
Tbe tubt^ribeia will centlnae thsOrsoary sate Oca-
mission Business in Savannah, Sn, at the store oc-
cupted by the late firm, aw Ea^-ltaM
August, ISM.
The aabecrlber solicits Mr the new a eeettaoaacv
of ’thep-.tronage extended to the late Stm.
8. *. THOMAS,
Onset tseaarvtvortt
Angnst, 1866. . . as: 4^
Memphis (Tonn.) Coupons and
. Past Duo Indobtodnoso.
BV,^2?SS!3JSS!JraS tS£'
uslned that tbe past dne Baade aad Cottpn— Inofbt
edness of the City of Memphla be raoMvad tor data
o tag the city, are refundable <a ao-ytar finmto ot
il.too each drawing M per cent, iate eat Bed paya
ble ta the City ot Memphis aembananally, tot the
foUowtfig Bonds tad Coupon tatted iM Wlortvd
b, M t emphis,Tetm^cUy Bonds wid Oonpoaa past doe.
M«a>pM». T«nta,aud UtneEiwhEslirBedGunpana
pact doe.
MempbtfiThn.. a»d(>ai1aMonE«lltnadOoapaaa
pantdue. .
Memphis, Tenn., Ohio Railroad Coapona past daa.
Memptao, lto. n Mtalmtppl aad taaMMl
Coupons past due.
Inquiries for fnriherpfirHcnlata. hy luff or etheri
wtee.wairataT.prarautitim.tron. Adtoem^
City Oontrnher, Memphis.
For Sale.
- IOFFEEforatis are Eetidraac. wtalto
tesKssw^Kvaaafi:
d; the Orchard ontatas many varieties of ea-
ceiieut irate, and the Vlnoyard three vaitoUeaof
IRE STU0ABD EAfiOIK
AT BfififiOr
aim