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GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 7, I
L Tie following General Order, from
5l, e V7ar Department, is published
for
ti, ( . information of this command :
War Department, )
Ad.tct.vnt General’s Ofeice, V
V,' ; ishington, D. C., July 8th, 1865. )
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. T22. j
I. With the exception hereinafter
enumerated, the following is ordered •
All Commissioned Officers of Vol
unteers, for both white and colored reg
iments, or independent companies, now
absent on detached service from their
Laumands, and not on duty within their
proper armies or departments, will pro
ceed, forthwith, to join then- respective
n giuients and companies.
•j Hereafter no Commissioned Regi
mental Ofiicers of Volunteers will t)e
placed on duty, or transferred thereon,
smt of the army or department in which
hi> regiment may be serving
The exceptions authorized under the
fureging are as follows :
1. Officers on duty mustering out and
discharging the volunteer forces.
2. Aides-de-Camp to General Officers
on duty commanding troops.
6. Officers on Court Martial or Mil
itary Commissions, and those on duty
in the bureau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, under direct
•ders from the War Department, Adju
tant General’s Office.
•J. All enlisted men absent? on de
tached service from their regiments or
companies, and outside the armies or de
partments in which the same may he
serving, will at once he sent to join their
respective commands, unless they are
absent therefrom by orders from Head
quarters of a Military Division, or supe
rior authority.
3. Commanding Generals of Depart
in' nts and armies, are charged with the
prompt execution of this order, and upon
its provisions being fully complied with,
will report the fact to the Adjutant Gen
era! of the army.
4- No commissioned officer or enlist
ed man, absent in violation of this order,
will be paid outside of the army or de
partment in which his regiment or com
pany may be serving.
Tv order of the Secretary of War.
[Signed, ] E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assist. Adj’t Gen.
-■ In addition to the requirements of
General Order No. 122, War Department,
f ■ 8., it is ordered ; That all Commis-
■v.oued Officers and enlisted men of this
command now absent from their respect-
iveregiments, companies or detachments,
on cietaohed service, and not on duty
v.ithin their proper districts, be at once
relieved from such duty and ordered to
join their proper commands, unless act-
lS " ™der orders from these Headquar
ters or superior authority.
Commanding officers will report by
telegraph when this order.is fully com
plied with.
Dy command of
Maj. Gen. STEEDMAN.
.Signed) S. B. Moe, A. A. G.
Uitieial:
^ ILL - A. Cot’lter, A. A. Gen. 2
Headers Dist. of Savannah,
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5. )
1865.
savannah, Ga., Aug. 15th,
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 13. [
AH commissioned officers and enlisted
N® belonging to the 75th New York
' ' 60th Maine Vols., and 26th Massa-
“ 1,et l s ^ ols., on detached service and
bDsent from their commands, will be re-
UL 'ed at once and ordered to join their
'espective regiments for muster-out.
By command of
, Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN.
^ lLL A, Coulter,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Be i
g.
Gen
■totyi s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
savannah, Ga., Aug. 15th, 1866. j
ERAL ORDER, 1
No. 23. \
Hereafter no carts, wagons or convey-
v ^ ai * y fcijjd will be allowed to as-
’ da in the vicinity of the Public Mar:
' ’ exce Pt during market hours.
- 0 goods of any kind will be exposed
U viciuit y of the Public
iiket, except during market hours.
All
will be
persons found violating this order
summarily dealt with.
- ”” Provost Marshal is charged
® execution of this order.
By Command of
with
ife
Bvt Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Wm ' H. Folk, A. A. A G.
His Burial and Exhumation—New Revelations
— Midnight Work of Union Men Securing the
Body.
[From the Richmond Republic, Aug. 5.]
The mouth of March, 1364, is m»morable in
Richmond for one of the grandest Union raids
that up to that time had menaced the Confeder
ate capita!—a raid which was the immediate pro-
Snrsor ot Gen. Grant’s famous campaign from
^iie Wilderness to James River. The history of
his raid is too familiar to the minds of alt of
our readers to make necessary any recapitulation
of it, even if it comported with our space. It is
known that Col. Dahlgren, after the attack on
Richmond on Tuesday, the 1st of March, did not
succeed in forming a junction with Gen. Kilpa
trick, and while pushing through King and
Queen County,, toward Gloucester Point-, was
killed on the night of Wednesday, March 2, near
lYalkeiton. It is also known that his body was
brought to Richmond, but wbat disposition was
made ot it by the Confederate authorities was
kept a mystery at the time, and the tacts, even to
this d*y," have never been published. We pur
pose to give them'to the public for the first time,
vouching for their entire authenticity.
When intelligence was received in Richmond
of the death of Col. Dahlgren, messengers were
dispatched to bring it to the city for identifica
tion. It renched&ttie city on Monday, March 7,
by the York River Railroad, and laid during that
day at the depot, where it was examined by large
uutr.be's of persons Ilis death bad been caused
by a gunshot wound in the head. The little fin
ger cl one hand had been cut ofi on the field
where he fell by some one anxious to securej
with the least trouble, a valuable diamond ring.
That night the body was carried to Gen. Elzeys
office, in Belvin’s block, and the next day, having
been placed in a common pine coffin, of the kind
then used for the burial of soldiers, which in turn
was placed in a box, and was transferred to Oak-
wood Cemetery, a mile east of the city. The
hoarse used on this occasion was a four-mule
street wagon, and the attendants consisted of a
Confederate officer of inferior rank and two
soldiers. Arriving at Oakwood, which was the
burial place ot all soldiers who died at Chimbo
razo, Howard s Grove, and other hospitals in the
eastern portion of the city and suburbs, the negro
grave diggers and other attendants about the
cemetery were driven oil and ordered to absent
themselves until notified that they might return.
One of the negroes, nov’living in the city, having
his cariosity excited, secreted himself in the
woods near by, determined to see what was to be
done. The two soldiers dug a grave, placed a
box in it, and covered it up. They then shouted
to recall the attendants of the cemetery, and get
ting into the wagon, returned to the city. The
only circumstance in the proceedings that struck
the negro as unusual, was the mystery observed
and the circumstance of the box, no corpse ever
having been brought there before except in a
pine coffin ; but-there having been a great deal
of talk as to what was to be done with the body
of Col. Dablgrrn. he at once decided that this
could be no other than the corpse of that officer.
He, however, kept his opinion to himself at the
time.
The question, what had been done with the
body of Dahlgren ? was the subject of inquiry
and conversation for many days in Richmond,
to be revived from time to time up to the day
of the evacuation. And there were many
stories on the subject—that it had been burnt,
sunk in the river, &c. A erty paper of that
day announced, with a solemn and knowing
air, that it would never be fouud until the
trump of doom should sound. A number of
Union men of the city, believing it possible
that it might be recovered, were anxious to se
cure and preserve it for the family of the de
ceased. Prominent among them was Mr. F.
W. E. Lob man, a grocer doing business near
the New Market. Mr. Lohman at once began
his inquiries and investigations—which, in the
then state of popular feeling, it was necessary
to conduct with great cafttion—determined, at
whatever cost and risk, to ascertain its fate.—
After nearly a month’s patient and untiring
inquiry, be, with the assistance of Mr. Martin
Meredith Lipscomb, whose business it was to
attend the interment of all the Union prison
ers who died at this post, made the acquaint
ance of the negro grave-digger, whom we have
mentioned as being the sole spectator of the
burial of Col. Dahlgren. They found him at
Oakwood, pursuing his regular business.—
When first approached on the subject, the ne
gro was very much alarmed, and protested that
he would have nothing to do with the matter.
But after repeated assurance by Mr. Lips-
c^pib, whom he knew well, that he might rely
upon Lohman and that no harm should befall
him, he consented, on Mr. Lohntan’s giving
him a $100 note, to point out the grave.—
This he did by walking near and casting a
stone upon it, while Lohman and Lipscomb
stood at a distance He was afraid to employ
any other method lest he might excite the sus
picion of the superintendent pf the pejpetery
or some of the attendants. The grave lay
among thousands of those of Confederate sol
diers. Subsequently, after a great deal of per
suasion and the promise of a liberal reward,
the negro agreed to meet Mr. Lohman at the
cemetery on the night of the Otfy of April, at
10 o’clock, and exhume the body.
The appointed night having arrived, Mr.
Lohman, his brother, John A. Lohman, and
Mr. Lipscomb, started for the cemetery in a
cart drawn by a mule. The night was dark
and stormy, and well suited to conceal their
movements. The party left the city at 9
o'clock, and reached their destination about 10,
and there found waiting far them the grave
digger and two assistants, The negroes being
assured that all was right, began toeir work of
exhumation, the three white men remaining
with the cart outside the inclosure of the cem
etery. The heavens were hung with their
deepest black ; no object ten feet distant could
be distinguished, and no sounds broke upon
the loneliness of the plaee save the bowling of
the winds and the chopping of the resurrec
tionist’s spade. Once the mule, snuffihg the
tainted air of the city of the dead, attempted
to break away, but was quickly quieted by a
firm hand.
In twenty minutes from the time the negroes
began their work they approached the cart,
bearing between them the coffin, which being
badly made, fell to pieces as ‘tiiey rested it ou
the ground. It was then discovered that the
body had not decomposed in any perceptible
degree. Mr. Lohman satisfied himself of the
identity of the corpse by passing his hand over
it. The little finger, torn oft' to secure the
jewel it bore, and leg lost in battle, were mis
sing. He paid the negro with whom be had
contracted $1,500, and placing the body in the
cart, the party started on their return. The
mule, alarmed qs animals frequently ape when
drawing a dead body for the fwst time, became
difficult of management, and with Hie darkness
of the night, made the first part of the expedi
tion one of no little peril. More than one hour
was spent in reaching the gas lights of the city
on Church Hill. It was part of the plan to
convey the body to the boose of William S.
Rowlett, a Union man, living on Ghelsea Hill,
a injjf mile northeast of the oity, there to re
main until a metallic cn^ecoolq be procured tor
it. From Church Hill, Mr. Lohman drove
down Broad-st. to Seventeenth-st., thence up
Seventeenth-st. to its northern terminus, and
thence up the hill to Mr. Rowlett’s, reaching the
last place at 2 o’clock on the morning of the
7th of April. Here the body was wrapped in
a blanket, and Mr. Lohman came to the city in
Search of a coffin, which he obtained by the
aid of Mr. Lipscomb. Qn his stay into the
city from BoVlett’s, Lohman notified a number
of person* of Union sentiments, among whom
were several ladies, where the body bad been
placed, and they hurried out to see it. Several
of them person* hafisetn Gob Dahlgren whUfi
he was exposed at the York River Railroad de
pot, and immediately recognized the body as
his. The metallic coffin having been pro
cured, and the body placed in it, the two Loh-
mans, at noon on the 7tb, set out with it, con
cealed, in a wagon loaded with young fruit
trees, for the farm of Robert Orrieks, a Union
man, living in Henrico, two miles from Hun
gary station.
At 4 o’clock that evening they reached Or-
rick’s, and buried the body under an apple
tree, in a field, avoiding the grave yard for fear
of exciting inquiry, which might lead to dis
covery.
The rest of this story may be told in a few
words. Orrieks, some months after the second
burial of Col. Dahlgren, succeeded in getting
through the Confederate lines, and seeking an
interview witli Commodore Dahlgren, informed
him of what had been done to secure the body ] aw 0 f Virginia, and under the greatseal of the
nf hie vtnn Tho rtf tLo cnlHiur lair] in ! <. * v « i i 1 3 • i sr .
of his son. The corpse of the soldier laid in
this, its second grave, until the evacuation of
Richmond, when an order having been sent
for it by the War Department, it was again dis
interred by the two Lohmans and sent to Wash
ington.
It has been our object to lift the veil of mys
tery from an obscure and interesting event.
In doing so, we have confined ourselves to facts
strictly relative to the secret fates of Colonel
Dahlgren’s body from the time of its arrival in
Richmond, which, until after the capture of
the city, remained, to all except the few indi
viduals named by us in the course of onr narra
tive, qne of the most impenetrable mysteries of
the war. Many Confederate officials knew that
the body had been deposited at Oakwood, but
they were ignorant to the last that it had ever
been removed. It has at length foudd its last
earthly resting place.
1 Vho Stole Dahlgren's Watch.
As a matter of interest and information to
the numerous friends and family connections
of the late Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, U. S. A.,
says the Norfolk Post, we publish the official
report of Captain Herman, of the recovery of
the Colonel’s watch, in connection with that of
his remains, by the Richmond Union men:
Head’qrs Military Police,)
Norfolk, Va., July 31, 1865. )
It affords me great pleasure in having been
instrumental in capturing and returning the ac
companying relic of the heroic and renowned
Colonel Dahlgren, to his relatives and friends.
This watch was taken from the body of Col.
Dahlgren, after he had fallen a victim to a
successful ambuscade, by one Lieut. Hart, of
the Rebel cavalry. It was proudly shown in
rebeldom as a very important relic, until Col.
Quid entered into negotiations for its recovery;
then fearing to be dispossessed of it, its captor
concluded that it would be more safely con
cealed in other hands; it consequently changed
hands several times. I received information
which made it positive that the watch was in
the possession of a certain gentleman, a resi
dent of this cjty, but lately from Richmond. I
arrested him in person, told him I must either
have the watch or himself, and convinced him
that I would take no refusal.
I finally released him under a bond of one
thousand dollars to produce the watch, which
he said was in Matthews county in his wife’s
trunk, inside of forty-eight hours the watch
was placed in my possession, and by me turned
over to Brevet Brig. Gen- O. L. Mann, com
manding sub distsier, Norfolk, Va.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) W. Hoffman,
Captain 6th New York Artillery,
Chief of Police.
The Richmond Election.
The Richmond Whig of Monday says:
‘.‘In response to the resolution of the meeting
of Friday last, there was a meeting at the City
Hall on Saturday afternoon last, of the gentle
men “elected at the late municipal election, to
hear the report of the committee appointed on
Friday to confer with the military authorities
and the Governor, and to report accordingly.
“Mr. GUzebrook was in the chair. Mr.
Saunders, chairman of the committee appointed
at the last meeting to draft a report bearing on
the suppression of the late meeting when the
election was declared null and void, made a
partial report. He said the committee was not
prepared to report at present. He would, how
ever, state that the committee had waited upon
the governor, and notified him that the election
ordered by bis authority, aud by the supreme
State, had been declared null and void. Mr.
Saunders further said that the Governor had
the matter under advisement, and would im
mediately communicate with the military au
thorities here and the authorities at Washing
ton, D. C-
“The meeting adjourned without appointing
any particular time for re-assembling, it being
understood that the report of the committee
would call them together again, upon proper
notification.”
Educational Convention-
Meeting oj the American» Institute of Instruc
tion— Very Dirge Attendance—Election of
Officers—A Letter Jrom Gen. Howard.
VIRGIJYlsi.
Governor Pierpont on Office-Holding
The Richmond papers of yesterday contain
an official notice from Governor Pierpont to
the justices of the county courts of Virginia,
calling their attention to the provision of the
State Constitution, which declares that no per
son shall vote or hold office under that Consft-
tution who has held office under the so-called
Confederate government, or any rebellious
State government, or been a member of the
rebel Congress, or a member of any of the
State legislatures in rebellion against the au
thority of the United States, excepting there
from the county officers.
Governor Pierpont says he lias reliable in
formation that in a number of counties in the
State persons have been elected common
wealth's attorney, sheriff, and to other offices,
who are disqualified by this clause of the Con
stitution, and who have not' been relieved by
acts of the General Assembly; wherefore it
has come to' his knowledge that a person elect
ed justice of the peace labors under the disa
bility referred to. The Governor has refused
to commission all such. 1
He directs justices of the courts to take care
that of justice to whom a commission has been
issued, and who is disqualified under said class,
be permitted to qualify, and that no person so
disqualified who has been elected to offices re
ferred to shall qualify or enter upon their du
ties. That such offices shall be considered va
cant, and new eleci ions be ordered immediate
ly to fill vacancies.
In closing, he gays : “J take it fctr granted
that this seeming disrespect for the Constitu
tion has arisen from a want of proper consid
eration. I am loth to believe that it hqs heen
done in any ipstaaice through any disrespect for
the Constitution and laws of the State, but I
feel it incumbent on me to see that the organic
law of the State is enforced,”
How the Richmond Ranks Invested
During the War.
The Richmond Republic says : “We present
below some statistics relative to onr state banks
and their stocks. The information is official, be
ing obtained from the oliice of the State Treasur
er;— v,..;
The Bank of the Commonwealth at Richmond,
daring the war, sold her state bonds at rates be-,
low par. snd bought Confederate bonds above
par. The Bank of Commerce at Fredericksburg in overthrowing the authority ot Uie
invested $35,000; the Farmers’ Bank of Finoas- j States. Slidell, therefore, loses .all his
tie, $20,000; snd the Banket Richmond, $2,3,000
in Confederate bonds. We call attention to the
list which we have below : / i
Bank of Berkeley. Martinsburg.... 930,000 00
Central Bank of Virginia, Staunton. 33,000 00
147,800 00
168,000 00
8,000 00
2,655 00
4,400 00
20,560 00
Bank of Commerce, Fredericksburg
(Confederate bonds, 935,000
Banjc of the Commonwealth, Rich;
' ’ mono, (all Couferhrate bonds j.
Fairmount Bank, Fairmount
Farmers’ Bank of Fincastle.Fincastle
(Confederate bonds, $20,000) 180,000 00
Bank of Howardsville, Howsrdsville 150,508 35
Bank of Manassas, Front Royal....
Manufacturers’ and Farmers’ Bank
ot Wheeling, Wheeling../........
Monticello Bank, Charlottesville....
Merchants’ Baqk of Virginia, Lrnch-
1 burg I,-,-.
Baitk of the Old Dominion, Alexan
dria..... *••*•••*••••
Bank of Phillippi, Phillippi...
Bank ot Richmond, Richmond, (Con
federate bonds, $28,000)
Bank ot Rockbridge. Lexington
Bank of Rockingham, Harrisonburg.
Bank ot Scottavdle, Scottsnlle ‘
Southwestern Bank of Virginia, 1
Wytheville.l
Trans-Alleghany Bank, Pearisbnrg.
Bank of -Weston, Weston ;
Bant of Wheeling, Wheeling
Bank of Wiodbeeter, Winchester.,.
New Haven, Aug. 9.
The American Institute of Instruction held
| its second session to-day. There are present
at lfcast J,000 delegates from abroad, mostly
from the Northern States, and of whom two-
thirds are ladies. B. G. Northrup was re
elected President. The question discussed to
day was, “What dnty does the return of peace
bring to the friends of education, especially in
reference to Freedmen ?” Speeches were made
by Rev. Mr. Streeby and Rev. Mr. Abbott, of
New York; Professor Hart, of Philadelphia ;
Professor E. B. Bassett, (colored) of Phila
delphia ; Bishop Smith, of Kentucky; Mr.
Wood, of Illinois; Professor Thatcher, of
Yale, and Professor Zachor, of Andover. Mr.
Abbott said he had letters from Govs. Holden
and Brownlaw urging missionary work in the
North to establish public school systems in
Tennessee and North Carolina. Professor
Bassett urged co-operation with the blacks to
accomplish the object. Freedmen would have
more confidence in negroes as teachers.
A letter from Gen. Howard was read, of
which tie following is a portion :
I am particularly rejoiced at the proposed dis
cussion of the subject relating to the education
ot American freedmen. My purpose is to aid
the work of education by every means of en
couragement that are, or may come, within my
power, as Commissioner ot Freedmen or Refu
gees. I will have the general superintendence of
the work Jin the ^States, where I have assistant
commissioners, and have already provided, where
possible, that the teachers shall have quarters
and luel, and they are permitted to have the
army ration by purchase, which lessens the cost
of board one-half. When the blacks have re
ceived money or wages enough they will feed as
many teachers as the benevolent agencies may
send them. So they promise. Then send the
teachers and organize as many schools as possi
ble. The difficulties wiil be front the oppositiou
pf blind prejudice qr renl ignorance. Some men
will shut their plantattous, as far as they can,
against loyal teachers, aud we ranst meet them
in the spirit of missionaries. My agents are in
structed to give full protection to the schools.—
They will always have the power to call for mili
tary aid; but I am much induced to exercise
every other method before calling for military
force. We must do what we can to overcome
prejudice and opposition by carrying with us the
spirit of Christ into every nook and corner of
the South. Rejoice over every foot of ground
gained, and never be discouraged at contumely
or failure. ...
The whites need much real effort in their behalf.
I scarcely ever found a white obild that could
read in passing through Georgia and Sooth Caro
lina. The union of the different benevolent agen
cies is really a move in the right direction. It
will harmonize and encourage the efforts of those
whose hearts gre longing for a successful fulfil
ment of the promise of this wonderful revolution.
Work and schools go hand in band when free
labor is well regulated and properly settled, as
will soon be the case. With a large influx of loy
al immigration, and a purchase or rental of laod
by freedmen, more or less extended schools and
churches wilt spring into existence and' thrive.—
More than 20(4 000 people, old and young, have
learned to reiid in (he l§st tffrec years. ' The sol-
diets of regiments and the schools established all
over those States attest the energy put forth with
the government, the loyal Christians and the ne
groes on the one side, working night and day.—
What will be the efforts of a few blind guides on
the other but demonstrate with increasing wick
edness and folly of shutting out the light of
truth. It is for the interest of the Booth to co
operate with us; and God grant, sons and
daughters the wisdnta to do so before he »(diets
them further.
Very truly, your*.
Q. Q. Hbiyi’Sn. Major General.
Gov. Andrew will speak to-momny.
Foreign Claims Upon SoqUitirn Prop-
A case has been decided in the United States
Court at New Orleans, which is not only In
teresting In Itself, hut is highly important as a
precedent. The Southern envoy to France,
John Slidell, left a large amount of real estate
in Louisiana, which was of course liable to
confiscation ; for the purpose of saving this
property Slidell apparently mortgaged it to the
French banking house of Macuard & Co.,
shortly: after Bis arrival ia France, and this
firm subsequently brought an action for tfie re
covery of the property under the mortgage.—
The case has now been decided adversely to
the Slidell interest, the Court holding that the
mortgagees knew that Slidell was an enemy'pf
the United States,' thdt they took the risk re
sulting from 8i}ch knowledge, and that their
hopes of repayment were founded upon the
prospect of the success of the Southern States
in overthrowing the authority of the United
* ' ‘ *’ valua
ble property in Louisiana, and the clever
dodge by wbiefi he hoped to saveTthas proved
abortive. It is reported that a vast amount of
property belonging to wealthy Southerners has
been mortgaged to parties in Europe since the
beginning of the war, and as tfee decision in
tfie case of Slidell wifi probably form a'prece
dent for oil of them, the claims off the foreign
creditors will be declared invalid.
The most difficult subject of this character,
however, will be the settlement of cotton
428,602 86
374,000 00
37,000 00
68,000 00
125,000 00
257,770 00
86,630 00
168,400 00
2,700 00
4,905 00
1,000 00
100,800 00
next, will be called upon to note many vacancies ' dropped them in astonishment from his hands
i n the House of Bishops. Since the last meeting | and looked up—that boy of twelve—and said
of this body in Philadelphia, in 1356, eleven of; “Nay, nay, fathers, he only can find rest who
the Bishops have died, including Bishops Brow-M^eg k| s brother as himself and God with bis
r.ell.Conn.; Delaney, N. Y. ; p°ane,N. J.; Pqt;,| *hole heart sad soul. He is greater than fame,
ter, Pa.; Meade, Va.; Cobbs, Ala.; Otey, Tenn.; weftlth and powar . happier than a happy home
Freeman, Ark.; Polk, La.; Boone, China, and
Onderdouk. Ail but the last two were members
of the House of Bishops,
Honye Swin-
Uuarti-r Del-
Tlie Itletnpkis Custom
die—A million and a
Xars Stolen.
The vail of suspicion that has for months, and
that of mystery which has for some days hung
over the Custom House of this city, are beginning
to fade away. It has become pretty evident that,
while hy reporting to Washington that Parkman,
Brooks & Co., had deposited many thousands of
without it; better than honored age; he is law to
himself above all traditfob.”
. The doctors war* astonished. They said, “When
Christ cometh, shall He tell us greater things ?
And they thanked God.for they said, “The old men
are not always wise. Yet God be praised that out
of the mouth of that young suckling has His
praise become perfect.”
The mail fiom New Orleans.
By the arrival of the steamship Mariposa
„ OT>1! „„„ „ rollw ^ t at New York on the 7th iust., we have New
dollars for the pnrehase of Seven-thirty Bonds, i Orleans papers to the evening of Jnly 29th
the books were male to balance; and while the j The New Orleans Picayune announces the
Seven thirty Bonds sent on were sold to Mr. Page 1 death of Mr. Albert Converse, connected with
for checks on the Commercial Bank, there has • the great shipping honse of J. P. Whitney &
been somehow over $1,200,000 of the money of Co.
the Federal Government lost, squandered or
stolen.
It is believed that the Government will be able
to secure such assets as will reduce the net loss to
somewhere between $475,000 and $520,000. The
general opinion is that the money was first ad
vanced to carry through cotton speculations, and
that the great fall in the pric. s brought ruin,
which has been until very recently hidden br
financial manoeuvring.
Mr. Jesse Page was yesterday arrested and im
prisoned in Irving Block. It is the general Im
pression in financial circles that his transactions
will be found legal, and that he will only be af
fected as the bondsman of Mr. Carlton. Where
Mr- Carlton is has not transpired. It was report
ed that he had sent a telegram that everything
was explained, and that he was on bis way to
Memphis. It is odd that the Secretary of the
Treasury did not telegraph a correspondent mes
sage.
Many persons tried to get permission to see Mr.
Page yesterday. The military authorities refus
ed all applications, and said fuch permission
could only come from Mr. Root, the agent of the
Treasury Department. Mr. Root is repotted to
have intimated that Mr. Page would probably be
set at liberty on Monday. The closing of the
Commercial Bank will not ultimately affect the
interest of depositors.
It is ssid that yesterday some parties who held
Mr. Page’s paper made considerable sacrifices to
get rid of if, but so much confioenoe is felt in him,
and so general is the opinion that no complicity
in the Custom House defalcations can be attribu
ted to him, that such sale of his paper is gener
ally regarded as a mistake.—[ Memphis Bulletin,
July 30.
The True Delta’s money article of the 29th,
says:
The receipts of cotton for the past thirty-six
hours have been fully np to expectations. The
’ position of the market this morning, including
all receipts up to 8 o’clock last evening, was as
follows:
Estimated stock on hand, Wednesday
morning, 2Gth, bales..... 53,84G
Receipts Wednesday, 26th.*. 551
Receipts Thursday,'2 7th 1,493
Receipts Friday, 28th 6,566
Receipts by Jackson Railroad... 240
Receipts by Mobile 222
9,074
Total bales 62,919
Exports for Liverpool 591
Exports for New York 890
Exports for New York 27th 2,113
Exports for New York 28th 1,985
79
A Rebel Geucral Seut to tUe Work*
house.
Last night officers Saffell and Hurdle, of the
Fourth Ward, arrested at the National Rotel a
man who was very drunk and was behaving
very disorderly and indecently, who they took
to the station, when he gave the name of Benja
min G. Hill, and his occupation as a farmer
from Tennessee. From papers found on his
person, he proved to be the Rebel Brig. Gen.
Benjamin G. Hill, of the Confederate States
Provisional Army. He had on his oersqu a
memorandum book marked Benj'. G' Hill &
Co, McMinville, Tenn.,'in which was a copy
of terms of surrender of himself and forces to
Brig. Gen. H. M. Julah, U. S. V.,, command
ing District of Etowah, dated Chattanooga,
Tenn., May 16, 1865, which are exact in lan-;
gunge to the terms agreed upon between Lee
and Grant, an unsigned cheek on a Philadel
phia Rank for $150, payable to the order of
Andrew Johnson, and a pass from the com
mandant of McMinnville and Provost Marshal,
for any number of days, to visit New York;
also a certificate dated Office Secretary of the
Senate, C. S. A., Richmond, December 1, lg6^,
that Benjamin G. Hill, of Tennessee, was that
day confirmed a Brigadier General, “with tem
poral- rank, under the act of May 31, 1865, in
the Provisional Army, C. S. A., to raise troops
in Tennessee, within the enemy’s lines, tq rank
from confirmation,” signed James H. Nash,
Secretary.
Hill has been on a bender here for some time,
and the night before he was in the hands of thq
Police for paying a hackman his fare for
hacking him several hours, in Confederate
money, but was released on asserting that he
had unintentionally made a mistake,and forked
over the amount of good money. He has here
tofore stood high in Tennessee, and for a num
ber of years had been in the Legislature for
some time as Senator.
The law is no respector of persons, and h«
not having in United States funds the amount
of fine, Justice Walter committed him to the
workhouse for 30 days, where he will doubtless
do a little labor for the benefit of the corpora
tion.—Saturday's Washington Star.
Parts Fashion# tor Augnst.
Among the host of bonnets invented by the in
exhaustible ingepui y of the Parisian modistqj,
the chapeaux empire, for ceremonial purposes, are
the adopted favorites. They are simply orna
mented with a ^wallow, a colibri, or a bird’s wing
placed opon corn or upon a little veTdnre; as fer
gold and steel ornaments and spangles, thqy we
no longer patronized. In the way of fenoy hats,
round black chapeaux wiihlwhitoorjblqe feathers,
and yellow straw with black leathers, are the
most distinguishable.
An agreeahle innovation is the general adoption
of white, blue or green gauze veils for all descrip
tions of bonnets. They should be very long, and
thrown on od0 side, so as to drape gracefully, and
not be turned over the bonnet, when desired to bd'
removed while in conversation, or f«r greater free
dom of respiration. Even with fancy hats we
have seen many of these graceful veils, a yard
long, worn with much advantage, particularly hit
youthful ladies.
Walking Dress.- Plain slate colored foulard
robe. Blue silk casque open at the sides and
trimmed round the edge on the corsage with black
passementerie. The small and simple bonnet is
in bine crape, reached, but without any other
ornament.
Morning Dress.—Nanhoen colored taffeta robs,
ornamented over the joatps and round the bottom
of the sltirt with black silk pinked niching; the
corsage a basques is turned over the seams in a
corresponding manner. Rioe chip bonnoQ or
namented with black lace and ears of Indian
oorn.’
Dress for the Seaside.—The whole of this toilet
is in very light gray muslin. The skirt is drawn
up, and ornamented on each width with blue silk
oording, finishing with tassels. The lower jnbe,
as well as the ample oapucin scarf, is also trim
med with bine silk oording. Pa ! e rose colored
parasol, with carved wooden handle;
Dress for a Little Boy.—Ail (his costume is hi
grey jean, the long vo'*t and the trowsers being
ornamented with stripes of red worsted. The
double pointed waistcoat is fastened with coral
buttons. The cravat and the hand round the
black straw Derby hafrare both in soarlet silk.
claims. A large proportion of the. Southern > Thaodnr . fn „_u, n x' Th .
cotton is claimed by foreigners as their right- L of hi. discourse Rmt.” IT
fnl property, on the gronffd that they bought 1( J
froi the c^neis (tod jgid for R before the
Southern porta wpre declared closed. Wher.
ever this fact can be established In court, the
foreign creditors will be entitled to their cot-
Beautifcl Leqshtv—IFe find to a tendon of
_ _ sub
ject
They tell a story that one day Rabbi Judah and
his brethren, the seven pillars of wisdom, sat is
the oonrt of the temple on fast day, disputing
about rest 0oe said it was to have attained sfife
fioient wealth, vet without sin. Th* sjqond said
I nc
ton, but the extensive field which this opens up j !t w “ fcme 8nd P ra5s# °f »«“• The third,
for fraud upon the Government will doubtless lt WM P°’ se “ ion of P ower to rule the 8tate.
cause a vast amount of litigation.
Augusta Chronicle.
The Bead Bishops of the Episcopal
JflMir -
—
SI
-
arch.
The Philadelphia Bulletin says- that toe re-
mams of Bishop Porter, of Pennsylvsqia, will
leave Sen Francisco by the steamer of the 18th
last, and will arrive in New York in aifoqt three
weeks from that time-
The General Contention of the Bpisoopal I
Church, wkifib nest* in Philadelphia in Owner in| with ffiiee in hi* lap, and, hearing the
The fourth, that it consisted only of a happy
home. The fifth, that it mast be only in the old
age of one who is rich, powerful, famous, and
surrounded by children and children’s children.
The sixth said ail were vain unOt a man kept all
the ritual of Moses. And Rabbi Judah, the ven
erable, the tallest of the brothers, said, “¥a have
■spoken wisely, bqf one thing more is necessary.
He" only can find rest who to all things add '
this—that he keep the tradHioas of the a''
There sat in the court a fair-haired hoy,;
Estimated stock on hand, on ship
board and in warehouse..... 57,330
For the information of the North, and Liver
pool, we have to state that the total receipts
fronLWest of the Mississippi since the 3d of
June last, the date of the first arrival from
Red River, up to la-t evening, are only 40,708
bales. Not much encouragement for the long
crop estimators of 800,000 bales from that sec
tion.
5.)
Headqb’s District of Savannah,
1 st Div., Dept, of Georgia,
Savannah, Ga., Aug, Hth, 1865.
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No, 13. • f
AH eommisaioned officers and enlisted
men belonging to the 14th Maine, 8th
Indiana and 18th Indiana Vols., now on
detached service within this District, wi$
join their commands at once far muster-
out. _: c . .. ; • H -..
- ily command of
B?fc Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN,
Will. A. Coulter,
2t Assistant Adjutant General.
Hlvo’ssRS Sub. Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 14, 1865. j
GENERAL ORDER, I
No 22. \
Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, 8th Indiana
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty
as Chief Medical Officer Sub District of
Ogeechee, and will report to Command
ing Officer of his Regiment for duty.
Surgeon N. A. Baldwin, 173d N. Y.
\olanteers, is hereby announced as
Chief Medical Officer of the Sub District
of Ogeechee,
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
Headers Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, 1
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 13th, 186jL j
GENERAL ORDER, J
No. 21.
Capt. John Mullen, I2th Connecticut
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as
A. A. A. General Sub-District of Ogee
chee, as his regiment is to be mustered
out of the service.
1st Lieut. W, H. Folk, Adj’t 173d N. Y.
Infantry, is hereby announced as A. A.
G.of the Sub-District of Ogeechee. He
will be obeyed and respected according
ly. EDWIN P. DAVIS,
Brevet Brig. Gen’l Comd’g.
NOTICE.
Office Provost Marshal, 1
Sub-District of Ogeichee, >
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 11th, 1865. )
The people of Savannah are hereby
notified that an office will .be open at the
U. S. Custom House on and after the
12th day of Augnst, 1865, where Lieut.
W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant
Provost Marshal, will be on dnty for the
purpose of administering to ladies the
Amnesty Oath, 'as prescribed by Presi
dent Johnson’s Proclamation of May 29,
1865.
(Signed) SAM’L COWDREY,
Capt. and Pro. Mar.
Sub-District of Ogeechee.
Headq’bs Dist. of Savannah,
1st Div. Dep’t of Georgia,
Office of Provost Marshal,
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 10, 1865.
The following is published for the in*
formation of all concerned:
By Telegraph from Augusta, dated
August 10th, 1865.
ToLt. Col. R. P. York.
Your dispatch received. My Order of
August 3d, applies to women and chil
dren as well as men, and they must taka
the oath before the privileges can be
granted.
C. H. GROSVENOR,
Bvt. Brig. Qen. & P. M. G.
Dept, of Georgia,
By Order of
Bvt. Maj. Genl. J. M. BRANNAN,
Robert P,.Yobk,
Lt. Col. & Provost Marshal.
Headq’r% Sub-Dis’t. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., August 9th, 1865 . j
SPECIAL ORDER, I
No. 20. j
Hereafter and until further orders all
Commissioned Officers of the United
States Army visiting this City will be re
quired to register their names at these
Headquarters, stating authority and
length of absence.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
Headq’rs Sub. Dist. of Ogeechee, f
Savannah, Ga., August 6th, 1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 19. |
All Apothecaries and Druggists in tlie
city are strictly prohibited from selling
any poisonous drugs, such as Opium or
its preparations, Strychnine, Corrosive
Sublimate, &c., without the prescription
of a Phjsician of character and standing
in the profession, or a Medical Officer of
United States, which prescriptions must
be kept on file by the Druggists for in
spection.
All suspected or acknowledged cases of
Small Pox, Varialoid, Yellow Fever,
Measles or Typhus Fever must be prompt
ly »reported to the Health Officer, comer
Broughton and Bull streets, by the
Physician attending or by any person
cognizant of existence of such diseases.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen. A. A. A.G.
Humanity’s .Appeal.
Help tlie Widow !
The undersigned, a Committee of the Abra
ham’s Home tor poor and worthy widows, make
this appeal to the benevolence oftbis community.
The Home is a permanent charity of the city,
and before the war was self-sustainine. Now it
is without any available means of support. It
contains thirty widows from 60 to 90 years of
sge. They have been selected for their good
character and entire dependence. They have no
relatives to whom they can look lor help.
For six months (hey aave been amply supplied
hy the government through the military com
manding at this post. Now this source of sup
ply fails. What ia to be done ? We cannot—we
must not see them starve 1 Humanity forbids it.
Yet without help they must starve.
We appeal to all the people residing in Savan
nah, and to the officers aud soldiers, to aid us in
supporting these aged widows. Some of our
merchants have perishable articles which would
be of great use. They might bo sent directly to
the Homs, corner of Broughton and East Broad
Streets.
There are soma subscribe™ who have not paid.
Let them remember that this is toe hoar of need i
We leave this paper at the ‘tewapaper offices
for subscriptions of money or food. Articles of
food qr rnffimy may he sent^jb any member ot the
Committee. God has said: “Ihou shaft not
harden thy heart or shut thy hand from thy poor
brother.” Let not this call be disregarded.
COMMUTES.
Mas. CL L. .Cor*,
Mas. 8. Lttxnau*.
Mas. T. B. Mills,
Mas. G. W. Wyllt,
LUSH.—
r Herrings, to bbls and boxes; Mackerel, in kits,
bblaand haubblaand canned. For sale by
RICHARDSON <fc BARNARD,
angl Bay st- opposite Mariner*! Church.
TEST RECEIVED and for sale low-
el 160 bWe Potatoes
SO bbls Onions.
' GADKN * UNCKLES,
■augM cor. Bayaad Barnard streets.
lOO
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m.
Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, 1
Savannah, Ga., August 5, 1865. J
CIRCULAR i
No. 14. j
To insure a more thorough inspection
of the sanitary condition of this City, it
will be divided into six (6) Wards, and
each Ward will be provided with one (1)
Inspector.
It shall be the dnty of each Inspector
to examine their respective Wards and
report daily to the Health Officer any
violation of the sanitary laws of this city
heretofore published, which violation
will be punished by a fine of not les3 than
five (5) dollars and not to exceed fifty
(50) dollars.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
Headquarters Sra District or Ogercxee, \
Savannah, Ga., July 28, 1865. f
Circular, I
No. 12. )
Ou and after this data articles in toe Pnbfie
Market of this city will-be sold at the fallowing
prices. Pei sons violating this order, win be re
ported to ibis Office and summarily dealt with.
By command of Brv’t. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
Fresh Beef, 1st cut, per lb on
Country Dried Beet 15
Country Cured Beef 15
Beef. 10 to 15
Jerked
Veal, per. ,1b....
Mutton, per lb..'.
Liver, per lb
FreA Pork, per lb
Bass, per lb..,
Drum, ner lb
Fresh Water Trout
Salt “ “ ~
Sheephead
Mullet, large size, per bunch,
Brim, per bunch of five
Mullet, small size, per bunch of five.
Pereh, per bunch of five
Stackers
Whiting..... ■—.«*•*.».... .t..... *
Codfish,per lb.....:
Shrimp, per quart.
Crabs, each.........
Sturgeon, per lb
Sausages, fresh pork
Bacon, per lb, from
Butter,, per lb
Clams, per bushel
Cabbages, each, from..
Turnips, per bunch
Tomatoes, per quart.
Okra, per quart.
Sweet Potatoes, per bushel
Irish Potatoes, per quart
Green Corn, each
Water Felons, from
Cantelopes, from.. ;
Apples, par bushel
Peaches per bushel
Figs, per dos
Honey, per:b......;
Ducks, per pair
Tforkfiy*. each, from
Gb«*e. per pair
slf Grown Fowls
«te*isesttt«s
imi&m
—1
20
20
15
25
15
15
15
20
40
40
25
40
40
40
JO
...... 15
...... 8
i...... 7
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20 to 25
50
...... 2 00
15 to 40
10
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8 00
10
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15 to 50
10 to 40
2 «0
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$2 to 2 SO
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