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VOL. 2“NO. 286. • SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. SATURDAY. ifoeEMBER 15. 1866. ’— 1 1 ■ . «• .kjjjc-i !•' I!,. sv-j,, , ■ *H • r.H PKICE, 5 jCENTS. v T* lj a ily News and Herald. PUBLISHED BY g W. MASON. ,jl »** dTSZST, SAVANNAH, GXO rKBHII Five Cent*. •» *o. j8juarw—_; 819 oo. I '"“ f a OF ADVERTISING. I 7oe first Insertion, $1.50 ; each lnser first. < News and Herald , or 75 cent, per month. and Weekly News and Herald ” ., -very Sa .’■rday at $3 per year. Th® .^cd every Saa.rday at $3 per yei ’ oJ i pBINTINO. J t(!tt ly and promptly done. DISPATCHES. Ay Telegraph. horning From Washington. Dcc . it.—Senate.—Mr. Fessenden. ^ ^Finan'ee Committee, reported the Hoose hill S **.. ipprepriation to supply deficiencies in the s*“* j ( or tlie fiscal year ending June, 1867. ; ’ 1 times and passed, with amendments. ;i r 0l jjj.GOO for facilitating telographic com- Vtweeu tlie Atlantic and Pacific States is “' ^d- of the hill as it came from the House. laid before the Senate the written in- C secretary of the Senate whether the Ten- : utora should he paid from the date of their [0 tw , body, or from the commencement of Mtnt Congieas. Referred to the Judiciary I pas tor increased pay of army officers were I " iJ and referred. I ' _Kev. Mr. Boynton. Chaplain, in his prayer | ^'thanked God that tho Government had juris- I ^' 0 ver one place where all men were enfran- | '' issson introduced a UU1 to authorize tho pur- I construction of a military or postal line of ■mil, muler the direction of tho Post Office De- I .ist Beferrod to Post Office Committee, and I Urjdto he printed. ’• Ifishburne, of Illinois, introduced a bill for the lion of a Government telegraph line from I Ti^ion to Sew fork city. Samo reference and r. siielaberger presented a memorial of loyal " Louisiana, asking Congress to establish, un- | an ,arc of the United States Government, a Go* I "aunt for that State. Tho memorial is signed by . Tier Wells and several thousand electors of saaa. Heferred to Select Committee on New I -jairiota. I I Julian iutruduced a bill providing for civil go- I .-rriite for tho districts lately in revolt against the I - yj states. The bill provides temporary Terri- :i Governments iu all the late rebel States except ;cirisee; suffrage being given to all males without I v*vt to color, and all who have borne arms against fluted States or held civil or military office under iuufederaey to be inelligible either to hold office . vote. Heferred to the Committee on Recon- Xew York Market. p Yobe, Dec. 14.—Cotton quiet and steady, at ;i1 ^6c for middling uplands. Gold, 37 % ; money at <J; market strong and excited, cong the passengers by steamer Cuba is Alfeistant ciurrof the Navy Fox. Tdtgl THE HI LEGISLATURE. tlie Pope—Answer of the Pontiff. i Baltimore Catholic Mirror publishes the follow- •• cut readers are aware, the prelates lately assem- v; lco!iucjJ sent a cordial greeting to His Holiness srA me Atlantic telegraph. The wording of the iarara ns as follows. It left Baltimore on the 9th • saV, and reached Rome the same afternoon, in vu minutes, making allowance for differ- Archbishops and forty Bishops, met in ^..imaniuionsly salute your Holiness, wishing — life, with the preservation of all the ancient cared rights of the Holy See/ 7 1* dispatch carried joy and conaolation to tho isd heart of the Pontiff, as appears from the fol- xrcletter, addressed by his direction to our Most i-’Ar. hbnhop, by Cardinal Barnabo, dated October The telegram which the Bishops of tho States of c-iUi'-ncan l niou, assembled in council, had tho Xpy thought to address to the Holy Father, proved of jreat comfort and consolation to His Holiness; chi. highly did he appreciate its spirit, that he or- -vvi it to be immediately published in the Official • rtaU.f Home, for the edification of his Roman I-rjle and of the faithful at large. His Holiness looks with interest for the acts and asws ut the Plenary Council, which ho expects, to ss*e in due iiim\ and from which he hopes a new •f.rOand continued increase to religion in the "tited States will result. He has, however, directed -•tc'express directly to your amplitude, and through Puoail your colleagues, his great pleasure, and to' •Tpest you to thank them for the interest they have and still take in defending the Holy See and in. ^dialing its contested right. Moreower, His Holi- learued with satisfaction that the papal loan •ding, also through the co-operation of the* iaennii Episcopate. He thauks them particularly tins, and nourishes the hope that such co-oper*-, -on will uot cease, and that thence a prosperous re-i r -lt may be: obtained. In the meantime, I pray the that He will long preserve and prosper you. “Rome, from the Propaganda, 24th Oct., I860. “Moat affectionately, your servant, ••Cardinal Alexander Barnabo, “Secretary. *-the Most Rev. Martin John Spalding, Archbishop & Baltimore.” on Out of toe Union.—A very strong point has •Allude on the Radicals by the publication of tha ^*ing: Executive Mansion, 1 Washington, September 29, 1860.) &Urur& Stanley: Ivar Sir—Your note informing me that you »'> for North Carolina soon, is received. Your ict as Military Governor of that State, as re- dlt., me by Gen. Burnside, and as I have hearfl ■«'*nally from yourself, has my entire approba- y- «id it is with great satisfaction that I learn you CrLow to return to the same capacity, with the ap- *f-oat'en of the War Department. * *'ill be much gratified if you can find it practica- "* fc have Congressional elections held in that Stato •tore January. It Is my sincere wish that North .-roUiia m a y again govern herself conformably to ttye Station of the United States. Yours, very truly, A. Lincoln. from this it is very evident that Mr. Lincoln did Coa «der the “rebel” States out of the Union or ®entitled to representation in the Congress, if they iesirtil it. { J EE Boot Tit ansferrbd to tbs Other Iamb.—A gentleman of the Queen City, by the name ot advertised his wife as having left his bed and and warned all persons not to trust her on his ^ unt. she came back to him with the following ** which appears in the Cincinnati Commercial NOTICE. •fr. Editor .'—I observed in your issue of yesterday, ‘^d signed Corneal s. McCoy, warning all persons --iL trusting me on his account, as I had left his bed board without just cause or provocation. I there- : r *takc this method of informing the public that he -• T *r had a bed ; the board baa always been furnished •Vuysrlf, and as to anybody trusting me on his ac- ■■uat, I know of none who would trust himselC His itdit has always been below par. so much so that he ^d uot get trusted for his own shirting, and now »*r8 some of my under clothing on his back, slightly litercd. GkOBGiana McCoy. The Tennesbbe School Fund.—The Nashville Ga- lR te contains the foUowing paragraph; A startling rumor found currency on the street yes- i*y, that the School Fond of the State, which w*j sted in United Btmtes seven-thirties and deposited - fie- of the Memphis National banks, has turned up fusing. The amount is stated at $618,250. Tho. let- '• r of Gov. Brownlow, read before the Senate yester- and published in our legislative proceedings, is frtamiy alarming. Il Sfctms, from the message of the Governor alluded that hia sute Treasurer loaned the bonds-4he ^ool Fund—to the Memphla Bank, without eren His Excellency, or any one other officer of the ^octru know anything about it. Minerve, of Montreal, says: . “After the^arraat accomplices, Surratt took refuge to Canada, aere he remained in hiding for several months. i*W were on his steps, and more than <mc# hia pciict v place w’ 01 refa 8® was near being .discovered. Thunks. 40 the 1 afiiiS4U»rdians, who retoe^ * brilliant offers made by some of the American J/Jj 08 * was able to remain at liberty till the ffio- m of his departure for Europe." ‘ j [specially EBPOBTRD FOR THn NEWS and herald.] * r SENATE. AFTERNOON SESfiiiON. Miixedgetellb, Dec. 12, 1866. The afternoon session was spent on the Tax bill, which was passed. The Governor sent in his veto of the Stay Law, which. ,waa laid on the table for the present. r ~ EVENING BBBSION. In the evening the Senate met and took up the Stay Law, which was passed by a con stitutional majority over the veto of the Gov ernor, yeas 21, nays 8. HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING. To incorporate the Villa Rica Mining Com pany. Passed. Bior relief of G. W. Pnckett, of Cherokee county. Passed. To change the lime of bolding the Superior Court of Bitie Uidge circuit. Passed. To change''the time of holding the Inferior Court of Lee county. Passed. “ 1 o legalize marriages between freedmen and freedwomen by colored ministers. Parsed. ,. To provide lor the expenses in travelling of (maimed soldiers in going and returning from the places designated for them at whicti to obtain artificial limbs. Passed. A seat on the floor was tendered to Gen. Phil Cook daring his stay at the capital. The Senate concurred in the resolutions of the House tendering the thanks of the peo ple of Georgia for certain com received from Kentucky to be distributed among the indi gent of Georgia. 3 The Senate adopted a resolution commend- ry of the Southern University series of school text books. .• MORNING SESSION. Milledoeville, Dec. 13, 1866. The Senate met at 9 1-2 o’cloci and was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Manson. of the Senate. The Senate reconsidered its action in re jecting the Appropriation bill and passed the same. The memorial introduced yesterday by Mr. Butler to the Congress of the United States, with resolutions in relation to the appoint ment of a commissioner from the State by the Governor to ascertain .on what terms Georgia can be admitted to the Union, were taken up, and, on motion of Mr. Blount, laid on the table the balance of the session. HOUSE BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. Bill to make it penal to hunt or fish on en closed lauds in certain counties. Passed. To incorporate the Atlanta Depository. Passed. ’ To incorporate the Gainesville and Dah- lonega Railroad Company. Passed. To incorporate the Atlanta Manufacturing aud Mining Company. Passed. To make it penal to hunt with fire arms or a dog or dogs on the Sabbath day in certain countiesthefein' named. To change the name of the Georgia Air Line Railroad Company to the New York and New Orleans Air Line Railroad Com pany. Passed. . To incorporate the Atlanta Mining and (Land Company. Passed. To change the times of holding the Infe rior Couits in the counties of Colquitt,Brooks, Lowndes and Thomas. Passed. To amend tbe act incorporating the trus tees of Christ Church ia the city of Savannah. Passed. Adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. afternoon session. Millkdgevillb, Dec. 12, 1866. SENATE BILLS ON THEIR PASSAGE. For the discharge of insolvent debtors. (The Bankrupt Law-.) Lost. To declare the force and effect of a bond issued by Campbell Wallace, Sup’t. W. & A. R. R., and..endorsed by John Jones, Treas urer of the Slate of Georgia. Passed. To amend the act organizing the County Court. Passed. To amend the road laws so far as relates to Worth county. Passed. To amend section 4,220 of the Code. Passed. To authorize the redemption of certain bonds of the State. Passed. For the relief of Martha A Kritt. Passed. To pay jury fees in Worth county. To repeal all laws authorizing aliens to own real estate. Passed. To punish insurrection in the Penitentiary with death- Passed. To compel persons having demands against the bankB of this State to present their claims in twelve months after the piissage of this act. Lost . To change the line of the Central Rail road. .Passfed. *\ To remit the tax on liquors for the first quarter, 1866. Passed. For the relief of J. H. Holland. Passed. To amend section 980 of the Code. Passed. To iucorporate the Albany and Atlantic Railroad Company. Passed. To remove obstructions trorn Middle river in Banks county. .Passed. The message of the Governor, vetoing the hill in aid of the completion of the Air Line Railroad was received and read. THIRD READINGS CONTINUED. . To incorporate Lewis Manufacturing Com pany. Passed- To proscribe the time Marine and Fire In surance Companies, not incorporated by the Legislature of this State, may do business in ibis State. Indefinitely postponed. Adjourned to 7 o'clock this evening. evening session. To establish a permanent board of educa tion for Savannah. Passed. To allow disabled soldiers to peddle with out license. Passed. To allow Bibb county to issue bonds to build a court bouse. Passed. To amend act for the relief of the people. Laid on table. To provide for the appointment of Judge when the Judge may be a party interested. Lost- To incorporate Richmond County Agri cultural Association. Rated out of order. To incorporate the Savings Bonk of For syth. Postponed for the present. To amend the act relative to the city courts of Savannah; Passed- The veto of the Governor on the stay law was read, and the bill was passed by a vote of yeas 103, nays 7. To amend section 3,401 of the Code. To limit the time of leasing real estate by administrators, executors. Ac. Lost. To provide for filling the offices of Judges of the Superior Courts. Passed. To amend charter oT Planter’s Bank and Loan Association. Passed. > To protect the rights of married women in thia State. Passed. \ For the relief of executors, administrators, guardians and trustees. Lost. 6 To amend charter of Madison Petroleum Company, of Georgia. Passed. To incorporate the Southern Railroad Com pany. Passed. continue in force the act incorporating the Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad. Passed. In relation to bnilding party walls or fences in BaT- ntlft h Passed. An act declaratory of the. effect of stay laws on municipal taxes. Passed. ' To amend charter of Sweet Water Mann- ssor.—-Whilst Mr. H. H. Ivey, our poitmaster, ™ “IB way home from tbe depot, night before last, hs hi. tbrce “bote, aupposed to be from a pistol, to ““ay, either of which would here produced death. L itey was regarded by oar dbHH S* > Ciffet and mil‘ ne m ““. “nd it la tobefiopfed that tome clue i<ir,, b4 . t . r b c€d U P. whereby the party or parties who >“«d the font deed Jill bebl ~ a)xX «<!/ [Fla.) prett. Mr. Hudson moved, to reconsider bill (passed yesterday) to organize Georgia schools. Motion lost. Mr. Moses moved to reconsider tbs bill (lost yesterday) to compel holders of notes on insolvent banks to present the aame to the assignee of said banks within 12 months. Motion lost. SENATE BlpLS ON FASSASK. To farm ont the Penitentiary. Passed. To incorporate the Savings Bank of For syth. Passed. Forthe pardon of John McMahon, a con vict nowin the Penitentiary. Lost. Adjourned to 3 P. M. c. Supreme Court Decisions. Evans va. Walker—Complaint from Taylor. Lumpkin, J. 1. Under the ordinance of tbe Convention, the Judge hee no right to tell tbe jury not to coneider evidence of tbe value of Confederate currency at tbe time the contract was made, and restrict them to tbe veins at the time the debt became due. The ordinance being constitutional, this result follows indisputably from its terms. Judgment reversed. Stewart, for plaintiff to error. B. Hill, contra. Irwin, administrator,)' vs. V Illegality from Terrill. ■ Turner. ) , Lumpkin, C. J. If the defendant in fl. fa. has removed hie property, after Judgment, from the county of hie residence to another, is ground for proceeding with the fl. fa.-, tbe same as if he ia about to remove it, and tbe case tally within the spirit of the exception to the atay ordinance of tbe late Convention. 2. Tbe plaintiff need make no affidavit to entitle him to bave a levy made on the ground that the de fendant is within the exception to the ordinance. 3. The defendant may file an affidavit to arrest the ft. fa., if he desires to controvert the fact of hia case falling within tbe exception to the ordinance. He may bring an action of trespass for an illegal levy, but thia ia not the only remedy. Judgment affirmed. Hood, for plaintiff in error. Lyon k Irwin, contra. Webb 1 va. j Injunction from Chattahoochee. Winn. ) Lumpkin, C. J. 1. Although the remedy at law may appear adequate, yet if a Judge enjoins a common law case, pending in his own Court, and there ia not a manifest abuse of his discretion, the Supreme Court will not interfere. Judgment affirmed. D. H. Burt, for plaintiff in error. E. G. Baiford, contra. Morrow va. Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank of Savan nah-Complaint from Terrill. Habbis, J. 1. Alter the notes of a bank have been pleaded as s set off to a suit brought by it, the bulk can amend tbe declaration by substituting another plaintiff as its ice. 2. It Is an error to strike off set off to such esse. Judgment reversed. Morgan for plaintiff in error. Taylor 1 vs. } Arbitration from Dougherty. Flint. ) Habbis, J. 1.. It is necessary that the bill of exceptions specify the errors complained of. A general allegation that tbe Court erred, where several -points are made, is improper. 2. When there are two sets of children the ap praisers assigning a year’s support are to set apart snp- port and furniture for each set. 3. The ordinance for construing and settling con tracts, made between 15th of June, 1861, and 16th of June, 1865, is constitutional. Judgment reversed. Samuel D. Irwin, for plaintiff in error. Hines and Hobbs, contra. Slaughter ) vs. > Foreclosure of Mortgage from Mitchell^ Culpepper.) 1. If the jury, in administering the ordinance, re duce the debt lower than any of the evidence will au thorize, it is not error for the Court to grant a new trial. 2. The ordinance does not impair contracts—it but prescribes a rule of evidence and gives up the case to the jury to be decided upon on equitable principles. Judgment affirmed. Hall, Lyon & Irwin, for plaintiff in error. Strozier k Smith, contra. Carter, ) vs. > Certiorari from Thomas. Commander. ) Walkeb, J. 1. A judgment of the County Judge upon posses sory warrant, though not rendered in term time, may bo corrected before the Judgo of tbe Superior Court in the manner prescribed in the Act orgauizing the County Court. Judgment affimed. Seward k Wright for plaintiff in error. W. B. Ben nett, contra. Geo. R. R k B. Co. J Q liare clausum freget. Tres- Kirkpatrick. ) from DeKalb - Walkeb, J. 1st. The Act of 1859 as to scrvics of suits against Railroads, except so far as it is incorporated in the Code, is repealed by it. Therefore, though the injury in the case was committed in the county of Dekalb, suit should have been brought in the county of Rich mond. Judgment reversed. Glenn k Son and Bleekly, for plaintiff in error. Candler for defendant The Chief Justice being a stockholder in the Goo. R. R. Co., did not preside in this cas^. FLORIDA PROPERTY For Sale. Miscellaneous. MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. ANNUAL INCOME—M,000,000. Important new (Mtara In Dividend* lad Insurance, smallest ntea of Mortality. ' less than any Gssk Company. Liberal ment of PrenriBins. Inna mm" bona* ever given. Dividends nude participating Policies. NO CLAIM* UNPAID, j, AU kinds of non-torMttox LIFE and HNDOW MBNT POLICIES lamed. lrollclSk lncobtsstiWe. LOANS made OR PoBdea. AMPu’i yean nonJbrfeMabi*. SAVASIAH ASBICT, B. H. FOOTMiN. Agent. Dm. J. T. MoFABLAND. Medical Examiner. deel3—lw I. M. MABBETT. JOHN C. J. N. J—1II1IOB. NATIONAL Horse InsuramaiCompany. HOME OFFICE : Cobnkb Fou*vh And Jaerassw Inan, LOUISVILLE. XY. it f • CAPITAL..«6a30,000, • Insures live 8tock against Loss by Theft and ' established by tfae expadenco of a Death. Bates century in ffngland. \f. W. SHOCK KNOT. Preside*. D. B. DEWEY, Secretary. Subject only to the approval of Consulting and ax PbyMclyr A party may make application and racaiva Policy In ONE X>A.Y! Losses Promptly Adjusted Here. * NO DELAY. A. F. PARROTT, Local Agent, Office on Bryan street. One door ea-t of Merchants’ k Planters’ Bank. References—Colonel H. D. Walker, J k Son, A. A. Sulomons k OS., E. L. NS' decll—If ■ OILS, OILS, No. 1 Machinery Oil, 1( ' ’ v d V .t j, * - C| Priwe Lar4 Oil, LiaaecJ MM a*4 Raw. THE ABOVE . OILS ARE FOR SALE BY THE GALLON or BABBBL, CASE & HARRIS, decll 10 lua Bay Mraot. SODA WATER! $25 REWARD A SPLENDID RESIDENCE. ALSO, A LARGE TRACT OF VALUA BLE LANDS. TTNDERi and by virtue of a decree of tbe Hon. J. II Wayles Baker, Judge of tbe Middle Circuit of Florida, I will offer for sale on MONDAY, tlie 17th of December, before the Court Honee door, in the town of Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, ut public out cry, to the highest bidder, a very desirable dwelling house and lot located in Raid town. Slid dwelling cdtatains nine elegantly finished rooms, and is fur nished with gas fixtures—closets and bath rooms conveniently arranged. Skid lot has on it all neces sary out houses, consisting of a kitchen, storehouse, servants’ houses, carriage hooBe and stable in good repair. Adjoining said lot, which comprises two acres, are nine acres oi land, which will be sold there- with* Also, at the same time and place, a Plantation con taining twenty-eight hundred acres of good cotton land, well improved, lying and being in the connty and State aforesaid, about eight miles oast of Quincy, known as the “ Gibson Place,’’ and described as the sonth half Section 29, Section 32, the southeast quar ter, the east half of southwest quarter, and the south west quarter of southwest quarter of Section 39, the wast half and the southweet quarter or Section 34, in T 3 K. 2, north and west, the northeast quarter ol southwest quarter of Section 3, the north half ol Section 4, the north half, the southwest quarter, and the west half of southeast quarter of Section 5, the northwest quarter of Section 8, the east half of north east quarter of Section 7, the southeast quarter and the east half of northeast quarter of fiecuon 6, in 1. * B 2 W Said lands sold ss the property ol the es tate of Harriet B. Gunn, deceased, and will be divid ed. if desired, into lota to suit purchaser*. Terms—One.third of purchase money easli; the balance payable on the first day ol January, notes drawing eight per cent. Interest from data, se cured by mortgage on the land sold. !r,ti! 5 tder hM Just been received at San Francisco otajtngtaa, for-tWO barrels of ftirar. flneat grads*, telcl? , 8 ** 6 ™ tranmnlttad t« and overland and the order filled and advices return ad trspS. * 6t,der 01 the Older tbe same day, by Ms- i i m i Passed. To legalize special tax in Randolph county. ^?or*"relief of certain securities in Pike county. Fagged. Adjourned till 0 1-2 a. m. to-morrow. A KOBimlO SESSION. ‘ ' vr-rs T tnnrULLE. Dec. 13. Mr. Pottle moved to yesterday) to change the rules of e It makes persons rendered infamous b or who are parties at interest, competent witnesses. Lost. F or proof to convict ant per son of TrsNckias ia Bottlw lug My Name, asut Marked IMS.—T1 boulea are made expreaaly for me, to my own private mould. I neither sell or give them away, and. NO OTHER PBBSON HAS A BIGHT TO DO 80. From time t& time, for many years, I bare- nMfilil parties receiving from mo their supplies of Ends Wa- ter, Porter and Ale that I furnish them only on condi tion that they become responsible far the bottles, and return them when empty. A contrary couroe would be iuconeietent. aa I charge but 75 cents per dosen for the contents; while the aotual cost of the bottla. with the patent fastener attached, and which ia loat with each bottle lost, is 15 cents, or SI SO per dozen. My actual weekly loan of bottles at the present time ia from one to two hundred dozen, or about (300. These are facts, and can be vouched lor by those to my em ploy aud proven by my books, also by atatainantaftpm the ghtsB manufacturers, which will show the thou sands of dollars annually paid them by ms for these bottles which have been lost, without any ranranare- tion by those to whom they were entrusted, and who 1 attach so little value to them, simply beeuae they bave never been compelled ts pay for any. But they should bear in mind that they may at any time be brought to an account My best efforts and, in fact, the beat part of my life has been devoted to this business, and with a da- sire to conduct it in such a manner as to givs general satisfaction to all, and to furnish all articles to my tine (which I have dons) at as low a price and of a au, erier quality to any similar articles offered. Such uas been my past, such shall be my futon course: aud in now asking my patrons to be more careful of my bottles, aud retnrn them sil to me when empty, 1 simply ask my rights. Those tailing to comply with my very just demand will be compelled to do so le gally. "Respectfully, declO—2w JOHN EVAN. Insurance. The Knickerbocker LDP MIR COMPM, Of New York, ... * Hariiif eeUbUahed 8 I - Southern Branch Office ■ . ; SAVANNAH, Are piapirad to LATEST FASHIONS • DEMAND ■ ■ - BRADLEY’S CELEBRATED _ Duplex Elliptic S K I RTS, “ , oils) ■ * YTTEIOH are universally recommended by the Fashion Magazines ss .the Standard SKIRT of tha Fashionable World. ’ LADIES will And all styitm, tooiultaf the EMPRESS TRAIL,! PRIDE OF THE WORLD,j PARIS'TRAIL, 'l IMMOVABLE, Ac., For sale st tbe lowest market prices, by J. C. Maker & Co. A Local Board of Directors, who, with Mana ger, Agent and Physician, are In- . sored in this Company. THIS IS THE ONLY BRANCH OFFICE SOUTH WHERE POLICIES ARE WRITTEN AND ISSUED. Every kind of Policy NOW in use can bs obtained here. A Life Policy at the ago of 30 years costs $33.08, for 91,000. A Ten Year, Non-Forfeitore, same age and amount, costs $51.17. Where the premium amounts to more than $$0, one-half may remain on credit. ImasBrnmce Rfffeetef tm the Aiuoaat af $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 Jut and honorable dealing with all insured in the Sooth. No parses, with family dependent agon them, should neglect to Iasurs. Osll and gut m Circular. EASTON YONGE, Ex-Physician. (. 3. ARNOLD, Consulting Physician. M WILBUR. Manager, WM. H. BOYD, Agent, no2-eod 9S Bay street. no21-2awtds WILLIAM H. GIBSON, Administrator. Soluble Pacific Guano. VHIC composition of this GUANO is identical with . Peruvian. It differs only i i the proportions of the same elements. While it contains less Ammo nia. it has nearly twice the quantity or Phosphate o; Lime, fifteen per cent, of which is IMMEDIATELY SOLUBLE. Its effects on cotton the past season have in many instances excelled Peruvian Guano. It has to nu ease proved less active to the early growth of the crop. Wuen drought intervenes, the crop does not suffer from its use, ss in the ease with Peruvian Guano. By reason of the presence in it of so large a per cent, of Phosphatejof Lime, its use improves the soil to an extent that cannot be realized from Peru- vi in Guano. Every cargo of this Guano is subjected to rigid INSPECTION ANALYSIS, and is solo on a basis of actual value. The undersigned agent is pre pared to furnish the testimony of wait known Geor gia and south Carolina planters, in evidence of the superior excellence of this Guano. dec6-eodJm E. C. WADE k CO., Agents, Savannah. Ga. A First-class Spring Wagon For Sale. A PPLY to D. O’CONNOR, Blacksmith, Bay street, opposite Mr. Bennett’s Carriage Manufactory, nolf-eodtf - Rope, Repe, Rope! of ••Missouri Mills” HOPE, a supsriorartiele, Drily equal to their celebrated •‘Omen Leaf” tan& shdfor sale on reasonable terms by touqhaii, HOLST k OO. ocll-dlwAeodtf ' TO HUNTERS., j^sr^sst. , isss&^‘£ CENTRAL RAILROAD. Important to Stockholders. I T is very desirable that a majority of tbe capital stock of this Company ehonld be repnseatoJ st the approaching Annual Meeting of stockholder* In thia city,, on the 2oth instant, aa au Important amendment of their charter will hs submitted for adoption. Stockholders at a distance, who cannot attend, are respectfully requested to send their proxies to some friend to the city, or to the under- ' Iyned ' WILLIAM M. WADLEY, President. Savannah, Dec. 11th, 186S. decIMt Cumberland Valley INSURANCE COMPANY, OF VASHVlrXr, TEVN. (Fire, Marine and Life.) j - OFFICE IH SAVANNAH. 157 BAY STREET. Authorized Capital, i I $300,000. rpHIS COMPANY Is prepared to Issue Policies on X as favorable terms as any Eastern Company. GEORGE a LENOIR, President. 8. L. Tuppb, Secretary. bbfbbbncbb: Wing, Tbbey k Oo., Bankers, Nashville. Hon. W. Hat. Brown, Mayor, Nashville. Hon. W. H. Wilkinson, Recorder, Nashville." Hoo. G. J. Stubblefield, Attorney General, Nash ville. > General N. B. Pearce, Wholesale Grocery and Com gsisalom Merchant, Nashvll.c. Stratton, Cheney A Roy, Cotton and Commission MSrctaaais, Nashville. a Miss k Oo, Fnntitur* and Oommladon Mer- NiohYille. W. J. Parka A Co, Druggists, Nashville. D. Wlei A Oo., Dry Gouda Merchants, Nashville. D. J. Meyarhsrdt, Dry Goods Mecchant,Naahville. W. C. Collier, Book Dealer, Nashville. R. B. Singleton, Rook Dealer, Nashville. F. C. Dnmrlnffton A Co, Editors util Proprietors sf tha Union aad American, Nashville. Menu A Hill. Wall Paper Dealers, Nashville. Dr. Fraxiar, Senator, Nashville. J Rhea. Editor Tea ntease Steals Zeitnng. A Myer A Oo, Wholesale Grocers. Nashville. Genet tl J. B. Palmer, Attorney, Marfrenboro. General James R. Chalmers, Attorney, Memphis. b F.C. Brook*. Banker.Memphis. Hon! Benjamin G. Humphreys, Governor of Mlash- •*&,. T. T. Swann, Auditor of Hisaissippi. General E. O. Walthall, Attorney,CoffSsvilla Miss. General W. P, Brantly, Attorney, Greenait»ro Mias. General 8. D. Lee, Brooksville, Mias. General J. Wheeler, Cotton Factor, New Orleans. General l. B. Hood, Arm of J. B. Hood A Co, New Orient a. Generals Gibson A Austin, Attorneys, New O ana. Frofmeor J. P. Logan, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Kemp P. Patties, Treasurer of Stats, Raleigh, North Carolina. General N. B. Forrest, Memphis. NMW ENGLAND FIRE™INSURANCE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CT. Authorized Capital of < -1 S400,000. wm.rTsymoss, Agent for Savannah, nolS-lm 18T Bay street. T o Rent. One of the mo t valuable PLANTATIONS oa the Carolina side of the Savannah river, 45 mi las from this city, Had only AH miles from the old Statin’ Party Landing. It taadapted to the culture of effi- lon, corn ana rice, and affords the finest pasturage for stock of all kinds. For particulars address mm. «IB1B s. MAKER, meat Bsbertville. Sonth Carolina, or, DAVANT a WAPLES, decll—lw Savannah, GA . 6. R. Armstrong, MASON AND BUILDER, r ) prepared to execute all work ta Me ilae la a workmanlike manner, with dispatch.. Olden left with Mr. J. W. MCDONALD. 164 Bay Street, or at Mr. W. E. STOMA’S, on Taylor street, between Whitaker and Barnard, wUl bs promptly at- tended to. no27-ll * 2,000 Coffee. BAGS COFFEE, Direct importation from Rio de Janeiro, For sale bv ocl-8m* WEEP A OORHWEU. Ten Pin Alley. PRIZE WATCH AUD CHAIN. Bull, will award a fine Wsti* aad Gtaato son rolling thehmt ffemapf TsttHaq la ssdss&;«tfa» T ^ 1 Potatoes, Onions and Cab pttanNi.aM(ttMiatr ' p. tflATJ.AJgATf A notl-tf Ootnf HmUifiliiti tmaBraihilQfffi^ FOHfi, ^ FIRE, MARINE AND ACCIDENTAL INSURANCE AGENCY. Capital and Assets. ■ecwrtty luaraact Co $1,600,000 Pkaatalmariace C*. 1,093,000 lalaraa lisas I Imemramce Co.... 1,4*3,000 :e to 1,078,1 IV* 300,1 Is—rsaie te . 800,000 ’Malta! Casta Capital aad Assets.$7,094,000 Haw Yark Areldcnttal In*.Cta.... Capital. eonUspoadMc with tbe risk. Loseeseqnttably adjusted and promptly paid.- - A. A. LANE. Agent, Ha. 12 Stoddard's Raa^e, Bay street, ■QlMfo Savannah, Georgia. NOTICE. rpHHaMdaaignadhBvuMitana lato a Unritsff part. JL BeriUa, under tha firm asms of A. T. CUN- MOiaHAM, Ar tho BuamMtaofa General Com donate te the common stock. to untiBA&A on tke Int of Jinwy, »l|ltif Hnn- toi—Mto| toll ‘ CLOSING OUT SALE. :'|S.llO 7t5l iii J. The undersigned, intending to make a change In his business, offers his extensive stock AT HEW YORK PRICKS FOR CASH. This stock consists of a SELECT ASSORTMENT OP Groceries, <,■•«..* Liquors, - Wines and Ales, Together with a fine >tock of BOOTS AND SHOES. RETAIL MERCHANTS and COUNTRY DEALERS will find It to their advantage to call and examine these goods, which are to M Foaltlvrly Dis posed *f before the first of January. FIERCE SKEHAN, 176 Bronghton atreet. F. BROWN, Jeweler and Watchmaker. rpHE ENORMOUS aud rninous rents now asked for eligible stores has Induced the subscriber to remove hia jewelry and watchmaking business to Broughton street, over Cullen’s Crockery store, next to Wald burg’s new store, where he is prepared to sell Jewel- ry, Watches and all other goods in his line at greatly reduced prices, and loiter than any other establish ment in ths city. His stock embraces Gold and Silver Watches, Diamonds and Jejrels of all kinds, Silver and Sliver Plated Ware, noU-tf Clocks, Broches, etc., etc. MIsceNaneous. ELEGANT FURNITURE -# Geo. J. Henkels, Lacy & Co., THIRTEENTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PldbAOMUHIA. w* have s salt ol Mime Bo—s, Klsgatatly Carpeted^, And furnished complete aa] - PARLORS AND CHAMBERS. Purchasers can sss] how n salt of Furniture will appear In THEIR HOUSE, - and can, from these rooms, make a better selection than they can from Furniture promiscuously placed in Urge ware rooms. » no27-2m Assignee’s Sale. TJOFFER for sale the Building known ms the Bank X of Commerce, si tasted on the southern one-third of lot No. 14 Jejdtyl Tytbing, Derby Ward, fronting .yton, and sixty feet on Bryan Is weH adapted for carrying on a thirty feet on-1 •street. The Boildii large Banking - ! ALSO, The middle one-third of said lot No. 10, and the Improvements thereon, the ground upon which both buildings are situated Is fee simple. ALSO, Thirty bonds of one thousand dollars each, or the city of,Colnmbus,gninuiteed by the Mobile and Gi rard Hailroad Company, and thirteen bonds of the city of Columbus of five hundred dollars each. In terest on all the bonds seven per ceneper annum, payable semi-annually. TYie ahm-c -tr-erlhed real estate and bonds are of fered at ,..u . .. ealo, and If not disposed of previous ly, will be sold at Auctiou by Bell, wylly A Christian, on the first TUESDAY in January next, at the Court House, In this city. JOHN C. FERKILL, no29-tda . Af.flgnee. 'Horse Shoe Plantation for Sale. I OFFER (or sale my Plantation, lying on the west bank of the Oconee river, Montgomery county. Oa. The tract contains about four thousand acres, seven hundred cleared, and In order. Good Gin Bouse aqff Screw, and cabins for one hundred ne groes. Tnere la labor enoogh on the p ace to carry It on. I will aUo sell five hundred bushels of Corn, thirty head of Cattle, and some stock Hags. The place Is well timbered, and the range unsur passed. Address T. C. ARNOLD, No. IX Way’s Station, Gulf Roaff, Or JOHN W. ANDERSON A SONS, '* dec5-2w Savannah. Notice. R. 10LINA, Importer of Havana Segars, H AS inat received a large and well selected stock of EVERYTHING usually found in a first-clam Segar Store. He offer* to ins friends and the public the following, as among the brands : 7&.000 La Ksuepclon, 50,000 l-n Jenny Lind, 20,000 “ Uncle Bob Iaie,” /. 20,000 La Kapanola, 20,000 belle of the-Sonth, 20,00" La Ouachita, 20,000 La Lc-''.timidsd, 20/100 La India. Fine Virginia Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. Anderson’s and Lillientbal’s, Fine Cut Tobacco. Loriilard’s and Cook's Snuff. A fine lot of genuine Meerschaum, Briar Wood, Lava and Clay Pipes, Matches. Ac,, at Wholesale and Retail, CORNER BULL AND CONGRESS STREETS, decs 3m Under Screven"Ilense. CiLVEKTON, Hancock county, ) December 4tb,18M. J I PROPOSE to open a School for Boys at my residence, to the above named village, on the 21st of JANUARY NEXT. There will be two terms of (20) twenty weeks each. The charges for board and tui tion per term will be (150, half payable in advance and half at the middle of the term. Everything usual in country boarding furnished, except candles. The location ia aa healthy and the community as virtuous as can be found anywhere. 1 havo tanght six years (fonr before the war and two since), and am allowed to refer to Rev. C. P. Bemaw, Mount Zion; Bishop Pierce, Professor R. M. Johnston, Colonel T. M. Turner, CoL A. J. Lane, Sparta, Ga.; E. A Sopllard, Esq., Savannah. Application should be made soon, as I shall receive only a limited number. declO—Fw» - D. 8. HAYNES. R. M. Hunt, KEP8 constantly on baud the finest and pnrest French and American COR. WHITAKER 4 9MTE ITRBET.1, K CONFECTIONARIES and CHOCOLATES, Jellies, Cordial, Syrups, Figs, Nutt, etc. AtSO, * China and Fancy Goods, India Rubber Toys, Doha and Doll Heads; Wax, Marble and China Dolls and Doll Heads, Doll Carriages, Fancy Baskets, etc. novl—2m Valuable Wharf Property FOR- RENT. T HOSE valuable WHARVES and TIMBER BA SINS, known on the map of the city aB O'Byrne’s Wharf, having a front of 300 feet on the Savannah river, and running back to River street. The Basina have a capacity tsr docking 500,000feet of timber. For particulars, apply to nu20-tf JOHN F. O’BYRNE, on tbe Wharf. Cauls. Mrmvn. < : , ■ Chas. Ct.abk MURPHY & CLARK, HOUSE, SION. SHIP AND STEAMBOAT PAINTERS. ri ILDING, Graining, Marbling, and Glazing. Signs \3T of every description fhrnished and painted at abort notice. All orders left at ont sbnp will meet with prompt and faithful attention. no8-ly NOTES DISCOUNTED BT DAVID R. DILLON, Banker, sep«-tf 394 BAY STREET. 'W'h.olesale P APER for Printers and Bookbinders; for Dry Goods, Hardware and Boot and Shoe Dealers; for Grocers and Druggists. Treaters' supplies of sil kinds. Also. Binders' Boards, Paper Bags, Envelopes and Twine. . AU goods sold at New York prieee, with expenses added. WARREN BROTHERS, i,ta |f ...... 210 Bay street “ GILLIAM’S OLD MILL.” GKH8, GBITS, MEAL. LUDDINGTON A CO. Bay i country orders to give ns their patronage. Wo re- ■psrZftiliy aotieft a call from sit who nse the above. Depot for shippers at 8. O. Bayne’s warehouse, l' and 192 Bay street, center of Market Dock. LUDDINGTON k CO., oeMf Cor. Habersham and Liberty strata* . - Jii t i- A. *. OUMNINGMAM. JOHN J. STOPPARD, • MARTIN J. ATTORNET at OFFICE, fita 7* fiRYAfi MW )jl{ra SA.VANMAR.GA. - valuable Rice Plantation to lease. ^ EKJM PLANTATION ota Satilta river, ta Oaradra aouaty, oa* of tha brat oa ths rirar, naff anpplted with every lmprorearatwfflb* teased for tatarn<**tt*ou •nUwttoStotatanad.ntaMd. ' J. S. fiNRHD, Maoota, Ga Law Notice. 1 t:hU jun/r f lt Fwvrm Ml* ill—*~~~ hia Law Office to m tim taeatad floor of tha old City Hotel Bonding, HENRY WILLIAMS. Gardening land For Sale. 200 jgSSjrgj walk wooded, Md kdepto Eva-alias ta Savaah. MtoiffiOM ahMstore. •J^Ld-b 11 tl LJVoJ'iVi . t Notice. T HE nndenigned, under the name and atjrle of PUR8K A THOMAS, have this day formed a lim ited partnership for the transaction of a Geneial Commission aad Brokerage business in tbe ci<y of Savannah, to continue until the first day of July, 1859. Daniel G. Pone and Daniel R Thomas are the General Partner., and Albert H. Stoddard is the Spe cial Partner, and has contributed Ten Thousand Dol lars to the common stock of the Co-partnership. D. G. PURSE, D. R. THOMAS. A. H. STODDARD. Savannah, Dec-1,1M5. decfrCw • Notice I S fl BREST GIVEN that ihe partnerships hereto fore existing under the names of Miller, Thomas A Co., in Savannah, Ga., and Thomas. Livingnton A Co., Madison. Fla., have been dissolved by the death ol D. G. Livingston, one ol tbe partners. A. J. MILfcEK will give hi* attention to tbe busi ness in Havsnnah, ana 8. B. THOMAS to the business in Madison, to liquidation. A. J. MILLER, & B. THOMAS, Surviving Partners. August, ISM. The subscriber* will mission Business in Sa copied by the late ft August, 1855. The subscriber solicit* for the new a continuance oi the patronage extended te the late firm. . S. B. THOMAS, One of the survivors. August, 1956.»n‘r.-tf FURNITURE. DEGRAAF & TAYLOR, 87 tatad 89 Bowerjr, sad 03 Christie St., raw WORK. S TILL continue to be the largest Furniture Manu facturers in the city. PARLOR, DINING-ROOM and CHAMBER FURNITURE, Canopy aad Victoria Hediteads, • FOR THE SOUTHERN TRADE, At go percent, reduction in price. oc3 DANIEL H. LONDON. NO. 68, BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Shipping and CrnRhato Merchant, W ILL sell nil kinds of Tobacco, Cotton, Bagging, Grain, Seed, Ac., and will execute orders for buying Merchandise aad Produce of every descrip tion. Consignments and orders solicited. REFERENCES. Ia Savannah—Msjor A. Forihr, Duncan k John- ston, N. A. Hardee k Co., E. B. Hertz k Co., John Stoddard. In New Yoke—W. C. Langley k Co.. Barclay k Livingston, Wm. Watson k Co. Liberal advances allowed on Gotten shipped to Messrs. Eyre* Evans A Co., Liverpool. ocl-3m Southern Bag Manufactory, EXCHANGE WHARF. M. P. BEAUFORT. ALL GOODS SOLD AT NEW YORK PRICES. F X)UR BAGS, 11%, 25, 49 aad 190 pounds, neatly stamped, with name, bnetaeas, Ac. Two, three and fonr Bushel Bags for Corn, Rice, Osts, he. Gnnny, Osutburg and Second Hand Bags for sale. Sail., Tents, Awnings and Flags made to order. Rope, Canvas, Bagging and Twine ior sale, decs To The Public. mHE PAVILION HOTEL, Charleston, Sonth Caro-- J. Una, so ban atad ably conducted by the late H.L. BUTTERFIELD, will Mill be kept open for the accom modation of tbe traraBtog public. Ita former friend, aad patrons win find the usual accommodation, and attention beatowed on them aa formerly. Mid the pub lic flavor, already so wall aaf.bii.hed aa The Hotel of tha mraDtaaMSrahnnti et tha Booth, wffl, by ear- neat afforto.ba faithfully prsaan.iL ocU-tf . New Bice for Salefr AT PLANTERS’RICE POUNDING mtt.t. I4IH0U And Midffitaf Man Btaa Flour sad Small* TV Mtea. to qnMiWMaa to p—rrrv <**!-«* 1 * 11A ARKWRIGHT. Nutting, poweii* Co- bankers, MA CON, GBO . al: JeW-aa