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seW * ■r •- •, ,.$8 VOL. 2-NO. 277. I'L'ULIHbKl* BY S. W. MASON. Ill |5* V SriiKKT, Wav auk ah, Qbo Utiitl! . .. Five Ceuta. ■ :: : :*?o 5fc OP .lDVEBTI-tIlV&. it;A.KK, tirsi Insertion, Jl.50; each luaer ilr.-i, Vo cents. SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. WEDNEsbAY. DECEMBER &. 1866. , L . . j fr fri-fcclly News and Herald “ U , j jt j<; por year, or 75 cents per month, and Th , Weekly News and Herald ' % i«-ue.l every Saturday at $3q.er year. jOB PB1NT1NO, r cully and promptly ilonr, RESIDENT'S MESSAGE. r.fiiuM'S 'l' iif the serials ami lloiut of tiepretmtatlves : brief interval the Congress of the United i:W ' umei ire annual legislative labors. An all- ’‘’ ' Tinrn 'Ii'l l’ r "Viiletiee has almted the peeti- u u .u, d our shores, leaving its calamitous •* i n some portions of our country. Peace, > rt am iity,aml civil authority haa been formal- ;rr 'i 11* 1 exist throughout the whole of the United J ‘ln»H of the States civil authority has super- s ‘ ’iirwr.iou of arms, and the people, by their --" a ^nou, »re maintaining their governments ' f iiruy and complete operation. The enforce- ,,ne laws is no longer • obstructed In any -' c ,„ u hinatioua too powerful to be suppressed ^ 'rdiuiry course oi judicial proceedings;" and L ‘ .mmiisities engenderJ by the war are rapidly ■* 'j, t »„. henclieeut influences of our free inatitu ■"dMtije kindly effects of unrestricted social L iiiiuier.-ial intercourse. An entire restoration ruJ l le riing must be the earnest wiab of every ‘ r nclitMit; and we will have accomplished our nation^ achievement when, forgetting the rUta ,,j tin- past and lemembering only their in- ‘ 'te lessonh, we resume our onward career as a urit-l'eroUH. iind united people. " v iiitr-=^t.* of the 4th of December, 1805, Con- " ' informed of the measures which had been i,v the Executive with a view to the gradual • ration of the States in which the iusurrection " t-d to their relations with the General Govern- T provisional Governors had been appointed, - cDtiows called. Governors elected, Legislatures ' u td and Senators and Representatives chosen Tiouertss ol the United States. Courts had , ,.| U (i for the eiifoj cement of laws long in aboy- ’ ihfc blockade havl beeu removed, custom- i * v .ii-estabii.’'Jied, and the liiterual revenue Jaws ofortft. * u th.TT the people might contri- 10tbe national income. Postal operations had 1 icaewed, and efforts wore being made to restore i. their former condition of efficiency. Tho tli* lust Ives had been asked to take part iu tbe 7uui-tn»ii ol amending the Constitution, and of u .Miicti*)tung the i xtmctiou of African slavery as i ;ije legitimate results of our internecine strQg- HiwDj,'progressed thus far, tbe Executive Depart- n.oud that it liatlaeeomphshed nearly all thatwas 7: tii-. sco,»c of its constirutiouai authority. One 7 l •wtver, yet remained to be done before the ri i testoratiou could be completed, and that was asioii to Congress ot loyal Senators and Rep- wut.vc- Ireui the States whose people had rebelled 7*;the lawful authority of the General Govern- ^ inis question devolved upon the respective .... winch, by the Constitution, are made tbe 77die election nquriis and qualilientions of their .i.ambers; and itJconsideration at once engaged . i^cLtwn of Congress. jxr un-auume, the Executive Department—no i:jiuii luvmg been proposed by Congress—cou- ; u Knits to perfect, as far as was practicable, . -yWMtiou of tuo proper relations between the ;»-L:ui the respective States, the Stales, and the i.-JujVfrnu.eni, extending, from time to time, Hike interest seemed to require, the judicial, r^ii-.aiiil postal s\stems of the country. With tcvkt ami cun sent of the Senate, the necessary i L. were appointed, and appropriations made by ujms fur the payment of their salaries. The pro- 1*141 taaiueinl the Federal Constitution, so as to itthe existence o: slavery within the United s.*.;auy place subject to their jurisdiction, was al loy ioe requisite number of States; aud on the ji Lv : December, 1865, it was officially declared t; ir oeconw valid as a part of the Constitution of A-~UiU*dStates. All oi the Slates iu which the m- uv i. had existed promptly amended their Con- is so as t<> make them conform to the great .a,curns dhcicii iu the organic law of the laud; .^. t Juuland v-nJ all ordinances and laws of se- i.,v,:v\i\iduted all pretended debts and obliga- u jm-jinlior the revolutionary purposas of tho rti. .. proceeded, in good laiib, to the en- 1 v>:. Ilucasures f./r the protection and ameliora- I i. :iri iiulitinii ill the colored race. Congress, IJ y«-t hesitated to admic any of these States to 1^ -:i.*n; and it wa« not until towards the close I - ...will month of ibe session that an exception I in favor of Tennessee, by the admission of II vaiiors and Representatives. I It a subject of profound regret that Congress |>_s.'4r iaiJed to admit to seats loyal Senators U.-.ri^matnes from the other Slates, whose in- Kw with those of Teunessee, had engaged in p .dioh. Ten States—more than one-fom tb of |- ! 4ic number—remain without representation: •t fitly members in the House of Representa rn eiity members iu the Senate are yet v»- ky ihcir own oou^ent, not by a failure of • but by the refusal of Congress to accept their uls. Their admission, it is believed, wduld iLphshed much towards the renewal ftud .ruing ot our relations as one people, aud re- thous cause lor disconteut on the part of the cid ol those Stales. It would have accorded B ivut principle enunciated iu the Declaration ..v*n Independence, that no people ought to c Mir. ien ol taxation and yet be denied the :: risen tali on. It would have beeu in conso- •.tli the express provisions of the Constitution, -u Suite shall have at least one Bepreaenta- :..j that no State, without its consent, shall wni oi its equal sulfiage in tbe Senate.” These were miciiiied to secure to the people of suic the tight ol representation in eacn House ages*; aml so important was it deemed by the >uf th«* t.ohwliluuou that the equality ol the the Senate should ot* preserved, that not •. an aiumdiuciit oi the Consiitutiou can any - viiiiuiit iti consent, be denied a voice in that tlif National Legislature. . . haa been assumed that the existence of * terminated by the rebellious acts of i iiahis, aud that ihe iiiHurrecUon having ,:es>cd. they wore thenceforward to he con- ‘ctt ij us conquered territories. The Legisla- uioe ami Judicial Departments of the Gov- W'f, however, with great distinctness and ‘-uswumey, reiusedto sanction an sssumfi- ‘■•-ua*pauble with (he nature of our republican - *u<i witli the professed objects of the war. ‘ut the ment legislation of Congress, the -vi makes itseli appareut, that these ten luumiies are nothing less than Slates of At the very commencement of the rc- iiuuec declared, with a unanimity as re* 7 : “ s *iwa3 aiguiiicant, that the war was not r our part, in any spirit of oppression, • ^yimrposf of conquest or subjugation, nor acrthrowiug or interfering with the rights *■ •^<*1 iutUiutiohs of those States, but to de* *- ajaititaiu the supremacy of the Constitution ‘-^Uiaiie m pursuance therein, aiui to pie- kuioa with all the dignity. cqu.Iiij- aud •-c-'cicia: States unimi*aired; and that as ‘•m: objects” were ••accomplished, the war in Home instances. Senators were • 1; ooiitmue their legislative functions, •-<: itatances, Representatives were elected ■m\ ii, t, iLir ac lld u *p t . r their States had for- tie ir right to withdraw from thu Union, tuduuvoring to mamUiu that right by force Ad ut tue states whose people were; in in- -■ ^.Mated, were* iucludea in theapfH>rtijn- hre t tax of twenty millions of dollars upon the United btales by the set ap- 1401 August, 186L Congress, by the act of •*•2. uuu by the apportionment of represeu- '7-ii(ler, also lecognized their presence as 7-"l’aion; and they have, for judicial pur- . - dividea into districts, as States aloue can ^uvrecoguition apjiears iu the re- • l i a in l. ii-rcnce to Tennessee, which;evi- ,'.‘; 5a Wu the fact that the functions oC thn Ut -dcatiujed by the rebellion.but m«i-eiy' ^ tdat principle is ol course applicable 7* Wludi, Urc Tennessee, attempted to re* iu Union. Executive Department of the Gov* < ru,' B object has been equally definite ^ •‘Hd the purpose of the war was specitt- t. 7“,^° * )rocittmi4tlo l | issued by my prede* ^•..* *-d or September, 1862. • It w f as then Luue,l ami declared that “hereafter, as <a *ar will be prosecuted tor the object of the constitutional relation be- . •‘Ut-a Suited and each of the States aud the 111 which States that relation is or may ur dibturbed ” ut the states by the Judicial De- »veriiiiieiit has also beeu clear aud ■ * tSn 4 foceeiiugs affecting them as States, P;. ‘‘Pf'-iue, Circuit aud District Courts.’ - * of Seuators and Representativ«is they are, the right of representation will be njo stronger—the right of exclusion will be no weaker The Constitution of the United States makes it the duty ot the President to recommend to the considera tion of Congress “such measures as he shall judge necessary or expedient.” 1 know of no measnre more imperatively demanded by every consideration of na tional interest, sound policy, and equal justice, than the admission oT loyal members from the now unre presented States. This would consummate ttw* work rentonUoajaad Axartamaat aalaUry influence on the re-establishment of peace, harmony and fraternal feeling. It would tend greatly to renew the confidence P* “ American people in the vigor and stability of institutions. It would bind ns more closely to- i v M a nation, and enable us to show to the world the inherent and recuperative power of a Government founded upon the will of the people, and established upon tbe principles of liberty, justice and intelli gence. Our increased strength and enhanced pros perity would irrefragably demonstrate the fallacy of the arguments against free institutions drawn from ohr recent national disorders by the enemies of repub lican government.- The admission of loyal members from the States now excluded from Congress, by allay ing doubt and-apprehension, wool l turn capital, now awaiting an -opportunity tor Investment, into the channels of trade &nd industry. It would alleviate the preeent troubled condition of those States, and, by inducing emigration, aid in the settlement of fertile regionanow uncultivated, and lead to an increased production of those staples which have added so greatly to the wealth of the nation and the commerce of the wor.d. Hew field* of enterprise would be opened, to our progressive people, and soon the devas tations of war would be repaired, aud all traces or our domestic differences effaced from the minds of oar countrymen. Iu our efforts to preserve “the unity of Government which constitutes us one people,” byrestoring the States to tbwqopdiUon - ~ ,, ^ Uld be dduaouW^ our nation from perils ot threatened disintegration, *• •—**--■* •• • - * were sort to consolidation, and in the end absolute despotism, as a remedy for the recurrence of similar troubles. The war having terminated, aiid-with it all occasion tor the exercise of powers of doubtful consti tutionality, we should hasten to bring legislation with in the boundaries prescribed by the Constitution, and to return to the ancient'landmacks established by our fathers for tft« ggqk}&|iCe of sucpbS&tiii^.gtnarikloas. “The Constitution which at any time exists, until* changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.” “If; iu the opinion of tbe people, the distribution ur unxliflcation of the constitutional'powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way in which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ;* r for “it is the customary weapon by which free Governments are destroyed.” Washington spoke these words 10 his countrymen, when, followed by their love aud grati tude, he voluntarily retired from the cares of public life. “To keep in all things withiu the pals of our constitutional powers, and cherish the Federal Union as the only rock of safety,” were prescribed by Jeffer son as the rules of action to endear te his “couutry- men the true principles of the'ir Constitution, and promote a union of sentimeut and .action equally aus picions to their happiness and safety. ’ ’ Jackson held that the action of tlueGeneral Government should al ways be strictly confined to the sphere of i£s appro priate duties, and justly and forcibly urged thac our Government is not to be maintained nor our Union preserved “by invasions of the-rights slid powers of. the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong, we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals aud States as much as possible to themselves; in making itself felt, not in its power,^but in its-benefieence; not in its control, bat in its protection; notin binding the States more closely to the centre, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper constitutional orbit.” These are the teachings of men whose deeds and ser vices have made them illustrious, and who, long since withdrawn from the scents of life, have left to their country the rich legacy of their example, their wis dom, and their patriotism. Drawing fresh inspiration from their lessons, let ns emulate them in love of country and respect for the Constitution and the laws. The report of 1 he Secretary of the Treasury affords much information respecting tbe revenue and com merce of the country. His views upon the currency, and with reference to a proper adjustment of our revenue system, internal as well as impost, are com mended to the careful consideration of Congress. In my last annual message I expressed my general views upon these subjects. \ need now only call aitention to the necessity of carrying into every department of the Government a sypteip of rigid aaconatabiiity, thorough retrenchment, aud wise economy. With no -exceptional nor unusual expenditures, the oppressive burdens of taxation can be lessened by such a modifi cation of our revenue laws as will he consistent with the public faith, and the legitimate aud necessary wants of the Government. The report presents a much more satisfactory con dition of our finances than one year ago the most sanguine could have anticipated. Duriug the fiscal year en ling the 30th J une, 1865, the last year of the war, the public debt was increased $041,902,537, and on tbe 31st of October, 1865, it amounted to $2,640,- 854 750. On tbe 31st day of October, 1&G6, it had been reduced to $2,551,310,006, the diminution, duriug a period of lourieen months, commencing September 1, 1865, and ending October 31, 1800, having been $200,3X9,565. In the lusiaunual report on the state of the finances, it was estimated that duriug the three quarters of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June iaat, the debt would be increased $112,194,947. During that period, however,.it was reduood $3-,196.387, the receipts ol' the year having beeu $89,905,905 more, aud tue expenditures $200*529,235 leas than the esti mates. ’Nothing could more clearly indicate’than these statements the extent and availability of tbe na tional resources, and the rapidity and salety with which, under our form of goveruineut, great military and naval cst iblishuients can be disbanded, aud ex penses reduced from a war to a poaee footing. During the fiscal year endiug the 30th of June, I860, the receipts were $558,032,520, aud the expenditures $520,750,940, leaving an available surplus of $37,281,- 680. It is estimated that the. receipts for the fiscal \ear ending the 30th June, 1867, will be $475,061,386, and that the expenditures will reach the sum of $3t6,- 428,078, leaving in the Treasury a surplus of $158,- 544,308. For the fiscal year ending Juue 30, 1868. it is estimated that the receipts will amount to $350,- 2£7,641—showing an excess of $83,752,359 in favor of the Government. These estimated receipts may be diminished by a reduction of excise and import du ties; but alter aU necessary redactions shall huve been made, the revenue 1 of the present aud of iol- lowiog years will doubtless be yufficient to cover all legitimate charge* upon the Treasury, spd leave a large annual surplfts to be applied to the payment of the principal of the debt. There seems now to be now no good reason why taxes may not be re duced as tbe country advances iu population aod wealth, aud yet the debt be extinguished within the next quarter of a century. The report of the Secretary ot War furnishes valua ble ik^l important information iu reference to the op erations of his Department during the past year. Few volunteers now remain in the . Service, and they are being discharged as (apidiy as they can he replaced by regular troops. The army has been promptly paid, carefully providt‘4 Hith medical trea-ment, well shel tered aud subsisted,aud is to befqmisbed with breach loading small arms. The notary strength of the nation has beeu unimpaired by the discharge of vol unteers, the disposition of unserviceable or perish able stores, aud tbe retrenchment of expenditure. Sufliceient war materialto qu*et any emergency has Std»nd U 8ii h tS“»^^?i ele Th IlUlou , 84n ‘ , H i “ e . bliI “- ! Atluun t • c.ttieo of tbeUnlfcri 8«te« for io- nUl. ini<M. ^ .. 2?he mail ear\u*e U ra* ilemnity for apoliatiaoe committed on-tbe tueti eeee Fta d 8leX^7un«iur > i l ^n? fi U ^o t , Wl '°'i. couutry : '■“ ,i i by tl,e >’«uch authority., iu tbe exereie. of* belli- their matota ^ “"f bL,U " m;icat * , o*-rent power against Meiion. haa beeu met Ky tbe ^ Browing importance of 'lie r.ovtrmueutof.Frauce.witb e propoaitton to defer SSS^nt G™at m Br7Sii i ,,0n ' The . P ‘ ,St 1 “a til a mutual cou.euEm.for tbe adjunt- our own h** 1 ’** “Br*®* 1 ! nt all claims of eitizeuaeud aubiecta ol bulb which it is beUeved vif/nr'ir 11 ue w‘ , ‘' !iU1 ‘' ouvel * 1 * j countries, arising out of the reasut ware ouihiacou- wn.cn it is bettered will prove eminent y boueiiml to I tincut, shall be agreed upon br Ibe two countries ^ Bf ,h » Vb,u * ««**••>*. >nsa. | The suggestion iTuot d^Ld uuroi^S^ butit much as it contemplates a reduction of the iiiteri- " —~ “.‘““A **“*'——““s tionsl letter postage to oue-Lalf tbe existiug rales reduction of postage with all other countries to ami from which corre-pondeuce is transmitted in ti e British mail, or iu dosed mails through the Uuited Kingdom, tbe establishment of uniform and reason able charges for the sea aud territorial trausit of cor respondence in closed mails; aud an allowance to each Poet Office Department of the right to nse all mad communications established under the authority of the other for Ihe dispatch of correspondence, either iu open or closed mails, on the same terms as those applicable to the inhabitants of tbe conutry providin', the me axis of transinisMioii. The report of the Secretary of the Interior exhibit* the condition of thoue branch, s of the public aorvi. e which are committed to his supervision. During the last fiscal year, 4,629,312 acres of public Uud were dis posed 1,892,516acres ol wiiich were entered under the homestead act. The policy originally adopted relative to the public lands has undergone essential modifications. Immediate revenue, aud uot their rapid setUcii em, I was the cardinal feature ol our land system. Long ex perience aud earnest discussion have resulted in ihe conviction that the early development of our agricu - tnral res.»urces, and the diffusion of an energetic population over our vast territory, are objects of tar greater importance to the natiouai growth au l pro*- pefity than the proceeds of the sale of the land to the highest bidder in open market. The pre-emption Uv s tioh of “unoffered lands” at the minimum price. The homestead enactments relieve the settler irom the payment of purchase money, aud secure him a perma nent home, up. in the condition of residence for a term of years. This liberal policy invites emigration from the old, and from the more crowded portions of the new world. Ire propitious results are un doubted, and will be more signally manifested when time shall have given to it a wider development. Congress has made liberal grauta of public land to corporations, in aid ol the construction of railroads and other internal improvements. Should this poli cy hereafter prevail, more stringent provisions will be required to secure a faithful application of the tund. The title to the lands should uot pass, by patent or otherwise, but remaiu in the Government aud subject to its control until some portion ot the road has been actually built. Portions of them might then, from time to time, be conveyed to the corpora tion, but never in a greater ratio to th*i whole quanti ty embraced by the grjnt tbau the completed parts bear to the entire length of the projected improve ment. This restrictiou would uot operaio to tin- prejudice of any undertaking conceived in good taifcli, and executed with reasonable energy, us it is the set tled practice to withdraw from market tbe lands fall ing within the operation of such grants, and Ihus to exclude tbe inception of a subsequent adverse right. A breach of the conditions which Congress may deem proper to impose should work a forfeiture of claim to the lands so i|ithdruwn but uaconvened, and of title to the lands conveyed which remain unsold. Operations on the several lines of the Pacific Rail road; have been pr.»secuted with unexampled vigor and success. Should no unforseen causes 01 delay oc- cnr. it is confidently anticip tied, that this great thor oughfare will be completed before the expiration ill the period designate. 1 by Congress. During the last fiscal year the amount paid to pen sioners, including the expenses of disbursement, was thirteen million four hundred and fifiy-uiue thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars; and fifty thou sand one hundred and seventy-seven names were ,.d- ded to the pension rolls. The entire number of pen sioners, June 39, 1866, was one hundred and twcuty- six thousand seven hundred aud twenty-two. This fact furnishes melancholy and striking proof of the sacrifices made to vindicate .the constitutional author - lty of the Federal Government, aud to maintain in violate the integritv ot the Union. They impose upon us corresponding obligations. It is estimated that thirty-three million dollars will be required to meet the exigencies of this branch of the eei vice duriug the next fiscal year. Treaties have been concluded with the Iudians, who. enticed into armed opposition to our Government at iifferua- j belongs to Congress to direct the in which c j aim8 *or indemnity by foreigners as well as by citizens of the United States, arising out of the late civil war, shall be adjudicated and determined. I have no doubt that the subject of all each claims will en gage your attention at a convenient and proper time. It is a matter of regret that no considerable advance has been made toward an adjustment of the fliffnretires between the United Staies and Great Britain', arising out oi tho depredations upon our national commerce and other trespasses committed during our civil war by British subjects, in violation of international law and treaty obligations. Tbe delay, however, may be believed to have resulteji in no smrtll degree from the domestic situation oi Great Britain. An entire change ot ministry covurred in that country during the last session of Parliament. The aiteution of the new ministry was called to the subject at an early day, and there is some reason to expect that it wiU now be com* sidtred iu a b< coming an.I lrieudly spirit, Thu tin, portance of au early disposition ot Tbe question can not be exaggerated. Whatever might be tbe wishes oi tne twvstiovcrmaentb, it in insuUnst that good-will uud friendship between the two countries cannot be eMahlisheu until a recipiocity in the practiced!' good- luith aud neutrality blioil be restored between there* speedve nations. On tbe 6ih of June last, in violation of our neutral ity laws, a military expe.mion and enterprise against the British N>»rth American Colonies was projected and attempt-, d to l>e carried on within tho territory und jurisdiction of the United Slates. In obedience to the obligation imposed upon the Executive by the CYustituiiou, to see that the laws are faithfully exe cutes, all citizens were warned, by proclamation, against taking pail in or aiding sucU unlawlul pro ceedings, and the proper civil, military, and naval office ra were directed to take aU necessary measures lor the enforcement of the laws. The expedition tailed, but it has uot been without its painful conse quences. Some of our citizens who, it was were engaged in the expedition, were captured, and huve beeu brought to trial, as for a capital offence, in the Province 01 Canada. Judgment and ****>>dunof death have been pronounced against some, while others have been acquitted. Fully believing In the maxim oi government, that severity of civil punish ment misguided persons who have m revolutionary attempts which have disastrously filled is unbound and unwise, such representations have been nude to the British Government, in behalf of tin* convicted persons as, being sustained by an en lightened aud hum .ne judgment, will, it is hoped, induce iu their cases an exorcise of clemency, a judicious amnesty to all who, were engaged in the movement. Counsel has beeu employed by the Gov ernment to d lend citizens of the Uuited States on trial lor capital offences in Canada; aud a discontin uance ol tho prosecutions which were instituted in the Courts of tho United States against those who took part iu the expedition has been directed. 1 li a v c regarded the expedition as not only political in its nature, but us also an a great measure foreign from the Uuited States in its causes, character and objects. Tne attempt was understood to be made iu ■sympathy to an insurgent party in Ireland, and, by striking at a British province on this continent, was designed to aid ill obtaining redress for political grievances which, it was assumed, tue people of Ire land had suff ered at the hands of the British Govern- inent during a period of several centuries. The per sons engaged iu rt were chiefly natives of that coun try, some of whom had, while others had not, become citizens of the Untied states under our general laws •ti naturalization. Complaints of inir*g‘ tw **rn m **nt * n Ireland continually engage the attention of the British nation, and so great an agitation is now prevailing in 11 elaiid that the British Government have deemed it necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus m that country. These circumstances must necessarily modify the opinion which we might otherwise have i ntertaiusd in regard to an expedition expressly pro hibited by our neutrality laws. So long as those taws remain uuoii our statute books, they should be Yaiih- luily executed, and if they operate harshly, unjustly or oppressively, Congress aloue can apply the remedy, by tueir modification or repeal. Political anil commercial interests of the United Insurance. The Knickerbocker the outbreak of the rebellion, have unconditionally Elates are not unlike to he affected in some degree by submitted to oqr authority, and maiurestetl an earnest ‘ Vents which are transpiring in the eastern regions of L ’* : -cj ;»lIoi the 'states,' there can bernb /tst i*. •■aeusinu that persons who are disloyal the powers of legislation; for this ^‘-’Urreij "’heu ihe Coustituiton and the laws r. 4 iui V M and faithful Congress. Each “ Ju,| « e of the elections, returns, ” "t it s own members,” and may. « iue of two-thirds, expel a mem- ‘dor or Representative ureuoutu his meut for -the year eni t ■ >•« »»>•' t oifTu ^abutted or — — ~~ t * lerc bo any question as to his a 1 /j i L ‘ nllal3 hiay bo referred for*investi. 4 ^’us.i,. i,rii4te committee. W admitted, to *■ sWhV "h uu evidence satisfactory? to the tstl S'.: till)M lii,i*rm,ua J hik*,4liA«q||g klk * llu, ‘ l>“onn» 4 mrroberfthat lit i; ron-Hinthmal *n<Hi-{Jal qnali- K^.iiee, ^foiaaiou as a meut bar for want fi llil: tfoveriuneut, and returned P'iti t„“W’ are admtmiehed that none but ‘ uu *d Slates will be allowed a fo* 11 foie, ,’ e 1 * j » u o1Ib of the Nalfon, and |** t 'Wvai >nu fooral influence of Congress INiio!;, J tXcrt *d iu tbe Interests Of loyalty li.? 11 qaeTi “ UJ •‘‘‘“lily to the Union. '-Mon “, u Vlti *llj' affecting tiiereetora- _ leroin.*" 11,1,1 l*ernunency of our present m,,1 m y oonvictidua, heretofore ex- tr'ojr, “' r * une no change; but, on thecon- 1. I 1168 lias been confirmed by reflec- Jj* nxiZ.v!^ admtaion ot loyal members to Hu usee of Oougresa was wise lv lr “ uo le ** wlaeandeope- 1 *■< ‘‘‘"‘nalouB condition le right now— ■ 1 *^* w lultoe 0n t,leae Htateaat Hin .meant the * e Btateaat tSe ^ the “ fro “ repreeeL. .. question will be changed by tbe forty* been retained, and, fromthe disbanded . volun teers standing ready to respond to tbe uatioal call, large armies can he rapidly, organized, equipped, and concentrated. Fortification, qu the coast and fron tier have received, or are being prepared for more powerful armaments; lake auiveya and liarbor and river improvements are iu course of energetic prose cution. preparations have been made for the pay ment of the additional bounties authorized during the recent section of Congress, under such regulations aa will protect the Gtoverutueut from frauds and se cure to tbe honorably discharged soldier the well- earned reward of bis faithfulnoaa aud gallantry. More tbau six thousand maimed soldiers have re- ctivid artificial limbs or other surgical apparatus; and forty-one national cemeteries, containing tbe re- maius of 10i,52S Union soldiers, have already been established. The total estimate of military appro priations is $26,205,069. It is stab d lb the report of tbe Secretary of the Navy that tbe naval force at this time consists of two hun dred and seveuty-esfht Traaala, armed with thro thou sand three biuniredaiid tifty.odB gun*. Of Cheae^yule hundred and flheW vahselsj Carrying one and twenty-nine gu|a, fre in cdiimiMion, di chiefly among seven tupiadrem*- The numb in tha service ia thirteen thousand eix hundred. Great activity uud vigilance have been displayed by all tbe squadrons, and their movements have been judi ciously and efficiently arrauged -iu such manner aa would beat promote American commerce, and protect the rigbta aud interests of onr countrymen abroad. The vessels unemployed are undergoing repairs, or are laid up until their services maybe t. quirad. Most 0 f thSJron-c sd fleet is at League Island, iu the vi cinity « Philadelphia, a place which, until decisive action should be taken by Congress, was selected by the Secretary ot the Navy aa the moat eligible loca tion for that class of vessels. It is important that a suitable public station should bo provided for the iron clad fleet. It ia iuteuflad that these vessels shall be in proper ooudilfobi *)rlny eBergtofcJ.Md tfcia dte gtreble that the biHuftc3p?iug fceajue Island for usVsl purposes, wbieff niiiflil tbe House of ffappMOwfiflu at its last session. Should receive final action at an early period, iu order that lhere may be « stotoble public station for this class of vessels, as well as a navy*vard of area sufficient tor tbe vtuts of tbe .ser vice, on the Delaware river. The N*T*1 Pension fraud amounts $ 11,750,009, Raving been increased $2,759,900 duriug the year. The expenditures of the Depart- rneut for the fiscal year ending 3 >th June last, were A43.324.fi26, and the estimates for the couiing^year amoiiai to $23,568,436. Mlenuou invited fo ffie condition of our seamen, find |lhp gislutive meaanreafor their ftlier aba improvement. The suggestions in behalf of this deserving class of oqr fellow-citizens are earnestly recommended to the ffivorable attention of Congress. The report of the Postmaster-General presents a most satisfactory condition of the postal service, and submits recommendations, which deserve Hto*opii. tidchttion ofCongres*. TUB*V+ U *** meut for The year ending June Jutb, 1S06. were $M 386,9B6, aafl the expenditures $18,392,019, show- hig W ixrere of the latter of $965,093. ta anUclpa- tiun of this deficiency, however, a epeclal apjwoprffi- ss;srrS% iu operation six th.uitind' nine lMfolredtadtbutf nine hundred and ' “ annual ouat, inetud The length of railroad and ninely-iwo mflea, _-™ rtss.sssas&sg-s transportation thrM desire lor a renewal ol friendly relation a. During the year ending Seprember 30, 1866, eight thousand Beven hundred aud sixteen patents lor use ful inventions and designs were issued, and at that date the balance in the Treasury to the credit of the Patent fund was two hundred aud twenty-eight thou sand two hundred aud ninety-seven dollars. As a subject upon which depend* au immense amount of the production and commerce of the coun try, I recommend lo Congress such legislation us may Oe necessary for the preservation of the levees of the Mississippi river. It is a matter of natiouai impor tance that early steps should be taken not only to add to the efficacy of these barriers against destructive inundations, but for the removal of all obstructions to the free aud safe navigation of that great channel of trado and commerce. The District of Columbia* under existiug laws, is not entitled to that representation iu the National Councils which, from our earliest history, has beeu uniformly accorded to each Territory established from lime to time within our limits. It maintaius peculiar reUtiojD') to Cougress, lo whom the Constitution has crouted the power of exercising exclusive legislation over the seat of government. Onr fellow-citizens re dding in the District, whose interests are thus cou- fided to the special guardianship of Congress, exceed in number the population of several of our Territo ries, and no jnst reason is perceived why a abnegate of tlieif choice should not be admitted to a scat in the House of Representatives. No mode seems so appro priate and effectual of enabling them to make known iheir peculiar condition and wants, and of securing the loci) legislation adapted to them. I therefor* re commend the passage of a law authorizing 111.: elec tors of the District of Columbia to choose a delegate, to be allowed the same rights and privileges as a dele gate representing** Territory, ‘i he increasing enter prise ayd rapid progress of improvement m the Dis trict are highly gratifying, and 1 trust that the efforts of the municipal authorities to promote the prosperity of the national metropolis will receive the efficient and generous co-operation ot Congress. The report of the Commissioner of Agiipulture re views the operations of his Department during t past year, and asks the aid of Congress in its efforts encourage those States which, scourged by war, a now earnestly engaged in the reorganization of do mestic industry. -ir It is a subject of congratulation that no . combinations against our domestic peace und said or our legitimate influence among the nations, hu been formed or attempted. While sentiments of re conciliation, loyalty, and patriotism, have increased at homti a more just consideration of our national character and rights has been manifested by foreign nations. Tha entire success of tbe Atlantic Telegraph between the coast oi Ireiaud and the Province of Newfoundland is an achievement which has been justly celebrated in both beiinsphereii ** to e opening ot up era iu the pro gress of civilisation. • There is reason towxpect Dial equal sulcce s will attend, aud even greater re-sulIs f 1- iow, the {enterprise for connecting tne two continents j » -- - through the Pacific uceau by tbe projected line of tele graph between Kamschatka and the Russian posses sions in America. The resolution of Congress protesting against par dons by Foreign Governments of persons convicted ol infamouk offences on condition of emigration'td our country,! haa been comuiuuicated to the Slates with which wh iqajntinu intercourse, and the practice, so justly thh subject of complaint on our part, has not been renewed. The#otigratnlations of Congress to life Emperor of Bosnia, bpou his escape Iro n attempted assassination, have been presented to tnat huuiauo aud enligUtened ruler, aod received by him with expressions oi grater ful appreciation. The Executive, warned of an attempt by Spanish American adventurers to induce the emigration of ireedmeii of the United States to a foreign -country, protested against the project as one which, it consum mated, wjouid reduce them 11 a bon tage even more oppressive than that from which th^y have just beeu 1.1 Assurance has beeu received from the it of the State in which the plan was rna- the proceeding will meet neither its cn- urageineut nor approval. It is a question worthy your consideration, whether our laws upon this subject are adequate to the prevention or punish moot of. the criffie thus meditated. In the mouth of April last, as Congrest is aware, a friendly arrangement was made between the Kinpero.* of Frauc4 and the President of the United Stales for the withdrawal from Mexico of the Flench expedi tionary military forces. This withdrawal was to bc effected iu three detachments, the first of which, it was understood, would leave Mexico in November, now past, the second in March next, and the third and last in November, 1867. Immediately upon the com pletion of the evacuation the French Government was to assume, tho same attitude of non-intervention ju regard to Mexico as is held by the United States. Re pealed assursnoOi liave been girth by tho Emperor sines that; agreement, that he’ would complete The promised evacuation within the period mentioned, or TOk reasonably expected that tho proceedings thus contemplated would produce a crisis of gro.it po litical iu tercet ill the Republic of Mexico. The ue*ly- appointed Minister of the Uuited States, Mr. .Camp bell, was therefore sent forward, on the 9th day oi November last, to assume his proper functions as Minister Henipotentiary ot the Uuited States to that Republic. It was also thought expedient that lee should be attended in the vicinity of Mexico by the Lieuten- aut-General of the Army of the. Uuited States, with the view of obtaining such information as might be important i> determine the bourse to be pursued by the Un^tod States in re-establishing and maintaiug ne cessary and proper intercourse with the Republic of Mexico. ^Deeply interested iu the cause oi liberty and humanity, it seemed an obvious duty on our part to exercise.whatever influence we possessed tor tbe re storation and permanent re-establishment in that country of a domestic aud republican form of Gov ernment. Such was the condition of affairs in regard to Mexico when, on the 2Jd of November lost, official informa tion was received from Paris that the Emperor of France had some time before decided not to with draw a detachment of his forces iu the month of No vember past, according to engagement, but that this decision was made with the purpose of withdrawing the whole of those forces in the, ensuing spring jDi this determination, however, the United Stems bad not received any notice or intimation; aud so soon as the information Was received by tbe Government,- care was taken to make known its dissent to the Em peror of France. I cannot forego tbe hope that Franco will reconsider the subject, and adopt some resolution in regard to the evacuation of Mexico which wiU conform as nearly is practicable with the existing engagements; and thus meet the just expectations of the United States. The n*!**" relating to the subject will bo laid before s believed. that., wi State* wookl remain. Tbe expression, ot tbe £m- neror aad people of Fiance warrant a hope that tbe tndiUooanririendship between tbe taro countries T ~* | ceaebe renewed and permanently re- Europe, and the time seems to have come when oar Government ought to have a proper diplomatic repre- .scntatiim iu Greece. This Government has claimed for all persons not convicted, or accused, or suspected of crime, aa *bso- hue political right ol self-expatriation, aud a choice of new national allegiance. • Most of the Eihropeau States have dissented Irom this principle, and nave claimed a right to hold such of tlieir subjects as have immi grated to uud beeu naturalized iu the United States, •ilnl afterwards returned ou transient visits to their nutivc countries, to the poiformance of military ser vice in like matioer as re sideut subjects. Complaints arising from the claim in this respect made by Foreign -States, have heretofore been niauersof controversy be tween the United Stales and some of the European lowers, and the irritation consequent upon the failure io settle this question increased during the war in which Prussia, Italy audAostria were recently engaged. While Great iiriuuu has never acknowledged the right -*» expatriation, she has not piactically insisted upon it. France has been equally forbearing; and Prussia aus proposed a c onpremise, which, although evincing iMCivused liberahty, bus not beeu accepted by the Doited States, peace is now prevailing everywhere ai Europe, and the present seems to be a favorable tunc lor au assertion by Congress of- tbe principle so long maintained by the Esecutive department, that uatiiraiizaticn by one State fully exempts the native- o.iru subject of any other State from the performance • *f military service under any Foreign Government, so 1«mg us he does not voluntarily renounce Us rigbta uud benefits. In tbe pertormance of a duty imposed upon me by tbe Constitution, I have thus submitted to the repre sentatives oi the States aud of the people such infor mation ot our domestic and l’oreigu affairs as the puo- tic in ererest8 seem to require. Our Government is now undcrgt ung its most ti ying ordeal, aud my earnest prayer is that tne peril may be successlUUy aud finally passed, without impairing its original strength teid symmetry. The Interests of the nation may beat be promoted by ihe revival of fraternal relations, tbe complete obliteration of our past differences, and the i'eiiiaogiiration of all the pursuits of peace. Directing •nr efforts to the early accomplishment of those great • nils, let us endeavor to preserve harmony between tin- co-ordinate Departments of the Government, that • u-h m its prrtper sphere may cordially co-operate uitu tbe other iu securing tbe maintenance of the Con-dilution, the preservation of the Uuion. and the perpetuity ot our free institutions. Andrew Johnson. Was!Liny ton, Dec. 3, 1866. LATEST FASmOHS DEMAND BRADLEY'S CELEBRATED Duplex Elliptic S K I RTS, yyniGU arc mirersallj recommended by tb. -'aehitiQ Magazines as ihe Standard SKIRT of the /dohionflble World. J LADIES will And all styles, including the EMPRESS TRAIL, PRIDE OP THE WORLD, PARIS TRAIL, IMMOVABLE, 4d, For sale at the lowest market prices, by J. O. Maker & Co* Of New York. Haviflg Mtabllahadfi Southern Braneh Office Are prepared to JOT POLICIES DIRECT, Subject only to the approval of couaniiine and ex- Physicians. A party may make application aid receive Policy In ONE DAY! Miscellaneous. PRICE, 5 CENTS. Miscellaneous. Losses Promptly Adjusted Here. NO DELAY. A Local Board of Directors, who; with Mana ger, Agent and Physician, are In sured in this Company. THIS IS THE ONLY BRANCH OFFICE SOUTH WHERE POLICIES ARt! WRITTEN AND ISSUED. FLORIDA PROPERTY For Sale. A SPLENDID RESIDENCE. ALSO, A . LARGE TRACT; OF VALUA- BLE LANDS. TT^pra! and by virtue of a decree of the Bos IJ WqylM Baku, Judge of the Middle Circtrtt.of Fiorida,! wUl tdhrfonwfc o«UU«I>X¥ T U-.i;th oi December, before the Court House door, in the town of Qaiocy, Ga.ie(ien Count/, Florida, at public out cry, to the bfituest bidder, a voiy desirable dwelling house and lot located Au binkJown. -fi m dwelling contains nine elegantly.liutassa roan*, and is fur nished with gas fl3rtarc»-c:U*ia ,)Mi utlf rooms conveniently *«rrarKe<r. Sail lor has on It an neces sary out houses, cou-Uatlag ef * kitchen, Morehouse, servants’ houses, carnage boose ami stable in good repair. Adjoining tain fot, which c.;.fipriaes two aerre, are nine acres o. lantfowhica will tie arid there- Also, at the same itifle an i place, a Plantation con taining twenty-eight hundred acres of good cotton land. Well improved, lying and iieihgja. the <Smnt> and Stale aforesaid, about eight mile, east of Uuiocy, T'-fie.” and described aa the aonth hair Sectiim Vu, Section ai. lhe soatheast qaar. t.r, tbe east half of sunihwdstqwsrwr. and tliemth- west quarter of soul!iwest quarter of Section as. tts wast half ami tbe soutliwfet quarter of Bection 34, in T. 3 R. 3, uorih and west, the northeast quarter o; southwest quarter-or Section'$, the north balfol Section 4. the north halt the southwest quarter, and the tve,t half of southeast quarter of Section ., the northwest q.ai ter or Section a, the east half of north east quarter of sec'inD T, Ihe Southeast quarter and the east half of northeast quarter of Section 6, in T. 2 R. 2 U\ Saul land - sold aa tb. property ot the es tate of Harriet K. <iunn, deceased, and will be divid ed, If desired into lots to salt purchasers. Teima^-Oae.tbinl of part-hase money cash; the balance payable on the flisf day ol Jancary, 1858; note* drawing eight per cent. Interest from date, se cured by mortgage on the land sold WILLIAM H. OIBSOJf, Do2l-2awtda Administrator. Every kind of Policy NOW in nse can be obtoine^ here. A Life Policy at tbe age of 30 years casts $23.08, for $1,000. A Ten Year, Non-Forfeitore, same ago and amount, costs $51.17. Where tbe premium amounts to more than $50, one-half may remain on credit. Iaisraare EflTeeted to Ut Asiosst of $50,000 on a Single Life, IN THIS AGENCY. This Company was represented In Savannah be fore the war, and points to a record of jnst and 1 MURPHY & CLARK, honorable dealing with all insured ia the Sooth. Ho person, with family dependent upon them, should neglect to Insure. Cal) and get a Circular. EA8TON TONCE, Bx-Physlclaa. K. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Physician. A. WILBUR, Manager, WM. R. BOID. Agent, nO-2-eod 68 Ray afreet. FOWLER & WARD, 87 Water street. New York. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN RICE. C ONSIGNMENTS solicited, on jabich liberal ad- ii.ee.adits will be mads. aarsa to SAVANNAH NATIONAL BANK. MkRUHANTS* NATIONAL; BANK,,of IMf Tfirk city. . no7-tm* NEW ARRIVALS FROM . PHILADELPHIA. JUST H S.-Eivao, and now offering at the Invert prices, A fine assortment of Ladies’ POLISHED FRENCH KTD BALROHAL3, ~ ,- Ladies’ FRENCH fill) RMFRKA BOOTS, (tents’SINGLE AND DOUBLR SOLI BEHIERT -- CALF BOOTS AND GAITERS. EINSTEIN, KCKHAH A CO., dcc3-6t MS Congress SI refit Sft it , AfTBIiave Increased our fieOIMn*. and are jefifr yV. iug by every mail and steauetube latest. t;. , NEWSPAPERS. PERIOIHGALS, MAHA- ZJNES, AND CHEAP LTraflATURK ' Foreign Psfellcatlons gnppUsd tq ffdw. . . Any Ameiifian workprocuwslto order atpaMinh ere’ prices. je4. SOLD MEDAL SHERRY, PORT AND MADEIRA, HARVEST BOURBON, WHEAT NUTRIENT, . ... L OLD HOMESTEAD RYE. In addition t>our hoalueaH of selftag Wines, etc. in original packages, aud in order to Insure to con sumers Pure Llqmus in a compact and coovenleut form, wevommencerl ibe eni ‘rpriaeof bottling and packing in cases out well Kn.'wil Wines, Brandies. Wbislties, etc., aud have.sent ihetu pul taastyf* that would fir dude the p-issilnlity «i their being tam pered with Indore reselling the purchaser. The gen eral appreciation and H ntteij ii.g snocesa that <1*11 re warded our efforts has encouraged a* to *nri- , *‘- the standard as regards quality, also, to make In- cressed efforts to retain the confidence and patron age which has beau so liberally bestowed upon as. B1NINQKR A CO., Established 1778.] , Importers of Wines, Ac., No. IS Beaver street. New York. Tbe above popular guode are pat np in caere con taining one dozen bottles each, and are sold by H. C. SOLE AGENT FOR TI SAVANNAH. ' 1 ' u ' and all prominent Drugs lata, Urocetm. etc. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The name of Blulnger A Co., No. 15 Beaver street, * guarantee of i£w intact and literaltmth of whal- rer they represent.—N. Y. Cum. Advertiser. The importing bouse of UinlngK A Co.. Nik 15 Beaver street^ bsoSdacted nponptlnfiiples ormteg- rity, falrntam, and the highest honor,—N. Y. EUeang Jefl-DepdhWly. rtf?STATg^DF^ EORGIA, RHODES' Super-Phosphate of Lime THE STANDARfi MANURE; AT $614 SU PER TOR, CASH. elS-tf MILLCR, THOMAS A CO. Butter. Flour, Bacon, Pork, lard, etc. CA HOGSHEADS Oesr Ribbed ffides JU $9 hogsheads Shoulders, Baltimore cured. 39 tierces Lard, Baltimore Leaf 5* barrels Pork. Prime, Prime Mesa and Mess SPkSgunM half kp$8 Ratter, Choke Goshen 100 boxes Cheese 10 tierces Hama, New Sngar Cored. SUGARS, COTFEE, TEA. SOAP, CANDLES, io. 50 hogsheads Sugar, St. Croix, Porto Rico and Mascovado 100 barrels So ar, A, B and C 50 packages Tea, assorted qua'itlea 100 bags coffee, Rio 50 pockets Cqffee, Old Government Java 150 boxes boap, all 4ualities lcO boxc. Candles, .adamantine sud Tallow * ICO boxes Tobacco, ail qasHtiee. Cubs Molas-es in hozsbasds and barrels Hay, Corn, Oa's and Cow Fe-d cjudtuiitly ou'Iiand. landing and for sale by ' SCRANTON, SMITH i -O r r. • • «' llodgifciu’. BifMing. °°27 Bay street, oopori'r A-.i'r-i-n. '. ELEGAHT FORHITUBE. Geo. J. Henkels, Lacy & Co., THIRTEENTH AND CHESTNUT. STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. Valuable Wharf Property FOR RENT. T HOSE valnable WHARVES and TIMBER BA SINS, known on the map of the city aa O’Byme’a Wharf, having b front of 300 feet on the Savannah river, and running back to giver street. The Basina have a capacity Or ducking 500,000feet of ilcaher. ' For panknlar*. apply to noai-u JOHN F. O’BYRNE, on tha Wharf. STORE TO LET, I N the best liusineaj part of the city. Inquire at the corner of Drayton street and Congress street Land. * oeg For Sale, 6 000 Btr3HE:LS ? ei -£ow wrn. 9 Aypqrto *■ CflAS- U OOLBY A Ca. n*14-tf Correr Bay and Abercorn streets. Cams; Kubphv. HOUSE,. SIGN. SHIP AND STEAMBOAT PAINTERS. LLDINO, Graining. Marbling* and Glazing. Signs \I at every description furnished and painted at short notice. ill - AU orders leQt.at onr shop win meet with prompt andfsilhfnl sttentiun. nn8-ly w* haves salt of ■* t - |film. Roosts, Kllgsslly Carpeted, • And farnlihed complete aa ' PARLORS AND CHfiMBEKS. Purchasers can see bow a4uit of Fornltore wUl appear in THiSR. HOUSE, and can, tr„m ti^sc rooms, make a better selection than they can from Furniture promiscuously placed in large warerooms. IMPORTED AND DO ti QUO I _ .0Ds aiock is.equal to any la the dtj. Cslland judge for yourselves. * - no27 SCRANTON, SMITH A CO. Corn and Oats oiJi; FOR SALE. 6 000 landing from Brig * “ GEORGIA.” no27 N, A. HARDEE A CO. DANIEL H. LONDON. NO. 63. BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Siripptng aad CoBURlssiPU Mereluut, W ILL ae!! all kinds ol Jobicco, Cotton, Bagging. Grain, Seed, Ac., and will execute orders for buying Merchandise and Produce ot every detcrip- lion. Consignments aad orderfc solicited. RBFEKENCES. f la Savahmah—Major A. Porter. Duncan A John ston, N. A. Hardee A Co., E. K. Hertz A Co., John Stoddard. IK NSW Your—W. C. T andey A Co., Barclay A Livingston, Wes. Watson AO*. Liberal advances allowed on, Cotton, stopped to Messrs, gyre’ Evans A Co- LlVfifpool. ncL3m NOTES: DISCOUNTED DAVID R. DILLON, Banker, saggar aa'4 DAY ITB1CE7;, Established in 17'8Q't S0AP9 CMM8I STGflCHI N*, *4 PARK ROW, IEW TURK, Invite* the attention of bnyera to hia aneqaalsd stock of fivfiry grade of Staple and Fancy Soaps. Hoaey Soap, Demulcent Soap, Palm Soap, Wind«>rSoap, Glycerin - Soan, Poocln* Soap, White Soap, bhavtog Soap, Almond Soap. Upward. sfOmHanilnd Stylos. Soera. Ateiailise aiiMBfCQilGS. OBmsntjy on hand And tor sal* by KANDILL A OX, and many other'dealers. auto sodtiu LAW NOTICE. nnHE UNDERSIGNED are smOcistefl SO pakinerp, X and pretpsae to prttttoa 4n the Stoss dsnita of Law and Equity for the districts of Barn wall, BeaatoH sud Colleton, under the. name “DXYANT.” oOce. for thspnssnk at OHUatoVlll*, BoMh Cteto v R4 sc.'* F. BROWN, .. : 1 tana Jeweler and Watchmaker. i libel - fTMlB ENORMOUS aud rainoni rsata now nehr^ for Ciigibie stores has induced the anhacrilMr to rsmove kia Jewelry and WhtohtoMklng bsslasai to Broughton strest, over Cullen’s Crockery store, next to WaU- holgWMw More, wherehf |* preppareA aMl Jperefo ry/Wstchen and all other goods in his Uns at greatly reunced priita, and lower -than am other eelablish- meut hr the city. CoHiJkflBak . p«wVl«1iiliiilAiiliB bra Georgia, dettott ROBT. HABERSHAM* BOM. REMOVAL. WM - J . t' L A)) C Hi I N , DEALER IN W all Paper and . . - Window b a de s, Haa Keuiovcd to the First Fleet OVER HUXaJLqrS^fiRUfl: STORE,. A large assottment of WafiPrerr, Window Shades Gilt Cornices, Curtalu Lauda, Picture Frames, Gilt MuuMu-ga, Ac., Ac., s!ways? OB hand. OBDEBS FOB^ HOUSE. StfUUNftMiTIVE i PAIN; F 1 il : Gi PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. o2S-lm 1 ^pfr~>V Wh olesaj^e a<r,H-«ii PAPER for Priutere and Bookbinders; Air Dry- A Goods, Hardware and p >vt sud shoe Dealers; t* Geocers sad Druggists. Printer.* Supplies of all expstimssflfiaVl u< ~ * **'. \ -WAKRSN BROTHERS, 1 Bairstrsat. Canal that h* Order hexes to be woobyard! between Htotw lfl—111 1 to thauHp) to Remfor «*• Meson. Rdbt MbMUtiu h sinsi Bey 1 f* Lovell h Lai ~ Mr. E. Ehrlich’s Or ■ ■y.MttmMVBmgt Ordsre forall, kinds of ; Wos*i mssonehl" terms as can be had ai ROBT. It. HABKBHHAM. ■ot- r xl sjorotmu .euta :u .of absolute null-y to every I Agents preferring to war* a*retoee»$2# to gse per day. endlom sUm^iUMPdRp^^.j X19« llli! “f dWV.stl'SiL' H o > . JOperitq OtU T -1 «» FOf -«■/*» - j ' s» miLevitL^SSmjS,. MHilRItoMelREW. barea‘1 *** fish G OOD BOARD eon be oMMned,witheflmhuge rooeswith flrepleee, by early ippfirMtim at No. - Proposals Wanted* P ROPOSALS are requested for the following named Public Works, as directed by resolution of City Council: First—To restore the banks of Screven’s Canal. SAcquil—'To restore the culvert under tbe Central Railroad embankment, being part of the wreck of ■ the wooden sewers running through the lands of Re-srs. Giles k Bradley. Third—To build a brick sewer four feet deep, east of end parallel with the Canal. Fourth—To dig a continuation of Bilbo’s Canal, from tbs Thunderbolt Culvert to the opening of the Park sewer. Parties wishing information to relation to the above work are referred to the Oity Surveyor (Offles, third aiory Exchange Batiding,) for drawings and detail.-^ and will submit their bids to writing (stating lowest price and nature of securities) to EbWARD C. WADE, - Chairman Committee ou Dry Culture. UO22-10C SAVANNAH MUSEUM, CHIPPEWA SQUARE, J^EXT door to the Theatre, open dally, Sundays excepted, from » a. m., to 9 p.m. Colored people will be admitted on Tuesdays and Fridays. noae-lm* THRO. MEYER. TO HUNTERS. fpHE highest price can be obtained for GAME 'of X any kind, by applylug at the OUK HOUSE. c40 Gardening Land For Sale. OAA ACRES, in M or 50 acre Lots, situated on the oUu Louisville road, five miles from Savannah, well wooded, and adapted to raising all kinds of pro- visions. Apply to M. J. BUCKNER, At Einstein, Bcknun A Co.s shoe a For Rent or Sale. TITHE subscriber offers h:s property in Effingham X county, fifteen miles from the city, tor relit or sale. It consists of Two Plantations adjoining, each containing one thousand acres. The laud fe wry flue. For particulars sppty to tout, ou fius, ucrs-i, second door from Whiuker, or to George TV. Wylly Esq., of the firm of Bell, Wjllj A I'hrtttiae ' WM. .H,CUll.Ut. . no22 0. V. COMMISSION MERCHANT AND WHOLES.. LE BkaLKB IN HAY, GRAIN am PRODUCE C«wn., Of.t«, MeaL Feed. Bran, 011 Oonst.htly recetriag, and ior. Me at the lowest wUoieeale rates. . . ( . >. Agent Sarsonah Flow Mills. 106 Bay Street, S» oc4—eni vannah. Enw. O’Bran. , J. H. O’Brflax. £dvr. O’Dyrwe A ,8m. . -t Mmw.tu.ti aw> Rcgaft. Duuu to Gaooaaaas, Liqcoks, Aa. Aa BebUcHasAareofthepatrcuge of *6ur friend* waoD, Ooxw oe Araaemnccna, Fioarea.) &SNERAI. coMMiaannr Affi> . ; FOKWARUDiVl .MERCHAHT, Na lo dtoddard’a Lower Ra*g*. Bay Btmat, SAVANNAH, GA. to t0 U * . I a., ..... -<>'WMDIMIH ■HD'— *b-- '.^Riat. / :C|>A*-«.iioY JHtokaft j*ifh. akree/Umto, - a-jkni . ■/.» >ui- r ,, St0P6 to 1 Mvim io ’*> i2->^ *'* j awoj j-...! v- Lid = l QRHHUe b«M Wanda to thpeflp lpr a nteil te*M- weter «WW*in stIMBiy eWBeti fcot of JCBh ttoto |Rtf -. ;j-:aL;.eoafiH - ! *^ ■>■■ ■ lo a pr- ryrTTTHrri-TO't «3 A' XIH^l' hi thM day di*. '' Hitf’AU IteWlLee of Gouretd * byth»a Attit King si HUflHF. GRANT, R.D GUKRAJUX $L BOLOOMBR.