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ali mm\ VOL. LXV. [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1866. [PRICE 6 CENTS.] NO. 196 ]T[iaVBS,1 ( ;ditob and Proprietor S'" Idvertising. . of ten lines Nonpariei type or space oo- ■ same number of lines, $2 first insertion, : ■ ^uare-i 1 - for first insertion; 50 cents for each M per'hundred; subscription (by mail ‘ Timer annum; single copies, o cento. : irr: .'. T rficeineuts must be paid for at the Counting insertion, and if handed in by 8 p. :^lunpear ia the morning edition. “7Z S c SchesineR & Son, 199 Broad ' lu^usta, Ga., are our authorized i!re ' tV anil will receive advertisements AS Uiibscriptious for the Republican. The r I lim n of the latest dates can always befonnd for sale at their counters. rANNAH, GEORGIA. yl fSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22. reading matter on eveey page. AbWVAL or X1IK Steamship Chase.—The JmUip Chase, Capt. M. L. Rogers, from \ l .,v York on Thursday last, arrived at her •vlarf at ac early hour yesterday morning.— K 0 are indebted to her obliging purser, Mr. S. McGrath, for full files of late papers. VKKIVAL OE T1IE STEAMSHIP VARUNA.— ; Vsteamship Varuna, Capt. Whitehurst, i r :n y ew York, arrived early yesterday morn- i, bringing dates to Thursday last. We are indebted to her purser, Mr. Henry Bentley, i jr papers to Thursday evening. yield. Turf and Farm. i Vjr i as t batch of Northern exchanges con- tained the first number of a new weekly paper r.i;h the above title, and which is designed to be •‘The Sportman’s Oracle and Country Gen- "leman's Newspaper.” As its name very ap- propiiatcly indicates, it will be devoted to the interests of the Field, Turf and Farm, each issue containing a digest of all the various im provements* in these branches- “The Field, Turf and Farm” is a paper of 16 pages, ele- gintly got up, presenting a model of typo graphical neatness, while the contents embrace an endless variety of useful and entertaining n-ading matter. The paper will be read with pleasure and profit by the professional man as well as the planter and sportsman. S. D. & II. G. llruce, New York, are the editors and roprietors. We are glad to place the Field, Tarf and Farm on our exchange list. New Paper in Charier.toil. We received by the last Chasleston mail the r.rst tws numbers of the Charleston Daily Metes , new newspaporial aspirant for public patron- ago. The Metes in typographical appearance re- •emblcs the Charleston Courier, and its pages re- veal the band of taste and the skill of practical ; rlnters. The salutation breathes the proper sfirit, the editor acquiescing “in the new order of •.lings" himself, and counselling others to do like, »;se. We wish our Dew cotemporary an abun- dar.ee of prosperity, and trust Messrs. Cathcart, M.’Millau and Morton will meet with that success wri.-h will be commensurate with their efforts to establish a live newspaper in Charleston. Be- tween the Courier and .Yews, the Charlestonians be well supplied with newspaper literature, and taere can be no excuse for their not being we., posted on the great issues of the day. New York Markets. New York, August 17. Tae gold market has sympathized in some degree with the unsettled state of feeling in flic street, but has been, on the whole, nearly •ivadv. The Sqb-Treasury is understood to “ ave temporarily suspended its sales of coin, J a ot the condition of affairs; but a far itrgt-r amount than the government could have *oi'i has been passed upon the market to close ' Ketehum accounts, and it is estimated that i:<u! Ilv o millions and a half of cash gold so .^ Monday evening by the banks f ‘ l inra:e parties. The opening price was trom which it had declined at one P. M. HI .>-8. jt subsequently rose to 142 1-8, •at relapsed before the close, at half-past five, |h j-8a3-4. •jttos —The market was quiet and prices * ere 'v'Uiout material change. The sales were v-*- 1 " bales. We quota: Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.O.&T. 35 35 43 43 45 47 a .„ te.—Southern flour was only in moder- - ('jaest, hut ruled very firm ; the sales com- ^ls. Canada flour was in steady S'*: , at an advance of 5c.; the sales con- i • ; ^Ws., die market closing steadily •'“grades at our annexed quotations. Rye 8 ' !Uiet and unchanged. and Western $6 00 a 6 60 6 66 a 6 — medium extra Western 6 T5 a 7 U .. ., ■;•top Ohio 8 20 a 8 ' - .'•il, n, t ;, brimds S 50a 8 l S( Y? tbe ™ 8 00 a 9 25 • I he Com market at the opening s 'ir;ot k ' )rice8 [“led a shade lower, but sub- '' -r ima ca ?' e firaier > the market closing era /“J demand, in part lor export, sound l ere -i>,500 bushels, at 85 a 86c for un- L AiV 0 ™ r so «nd mixed Western, 88>£aS9c Were ' ed ’ and for yellow Western. Wady, a fair business was done in , ;ii ‘“«V,a<j7c. Ut :s *~J be market was moderately active and " ■ -her 2Jfi eff hat firmer, though not quota- o' i, e 8al es were 800 hhas Cuba Mus- choice n tbe latter P rice for > Ketl ned remained steady at our t,. 'Rotations. : -= liilp* 8 ! 8 [ tead Y f° r all descriptions. We 4 01 hogsheads Kentucky at 7%a ■' Miiag ,. .491 - l,,! t Mia’ng 35 43 46 market wag fairly active at full • sales were 115,000 pounds at ll%a , , * i ‘l«wiv~2 e . < i a 'P t3 4 5 barrels. Tbe market li; J.wuh sales of 350 barrels, mainly at - '-S. LATKT. bswYobk, August li ' pened “141%, sold at 142%, st 17,1 p. m. anil closed InI* — I a ! St y. onof fhe Czar of Russia, who late- I’' rance . was 2J years old. H ■irk* 0 *^ tas> lovely Brinoess Dagmar, of < W S .YT erof the brinoess of Wales. f “is situ caused his death was oocasion« ' *hs • tittio ootin g down on the snow to rest while F taken f ° ne 4iy ’ about a year ago. He | \ warm bath only a little while be- aiih'i'n r .V een some very snocessful races at ■ b ®airiet u 8ome of th8 jockeys got hurt.— ll 1 f ,? 8tn e r ’s groom got thrown and in- I '** e i <wn 0 f ? 4r ? tt# Cashman was more for- I her norses took prijes, U is s»id, I.ist of PrisonerK of War who have Died at Jackson Hospital, Rich mond, Virginia, front the Evacua tion of the City to 31st July, I860. As numbers of inquiries are daily made in regard to friends and relatives who were at this hospital at the date of the evacuation, we nave been kindly furniseed by Dr. C. S. Spencer, Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Army, in charge, the following list of deaths from April 1, 1865, to July 31, 1865, inclusive. The list comprises about two hundred and thirty names, and doubtless its publication will lie gratifying to those who have friends aud relatives here, and of whose fate they arc uncertain. Southern papers- will be doing an act of humanity by publish ing it ; A Clements, co A, 5th Geo regiment; F Benton, co H, 46th Ga regiment; W B Big- ham, co H, second engineer corps ; J Butner, co B, 57th N C regiment; L Bigger, col, 48th N C regiment; W C Bishop, co C, 45th N C regiment; W T Conrsey, co C, 21st Ga regi ment; C Collins, Sleigh’s Battalion; G-Car- ney, co G, 20th N C regiment; F Carlton, co F, 52nd N C regiment; J Coiner, co D find Ya regiment; R J Dycus, co I, IstTenn regiment; L E Dempsey, co D, 14th Ga regiment; C C Emory, co E, Holcombe Legion; R Ethridge, co j, 3Gih N C battalion; S A Fincher, co E, 22nd S C regiment; J J Francis, co A, 2nd N C regiment; B A Godwin, co G, 1st N C regi ment; B W Green, co B, 31st Ga regiment; E Glover, co B, 12th Ga regiment; J Q Grail- ton. co E, 40th N C regiment; A Grubbs, co K, 44th N C regiment; J E Garrett, Seaman Confederate States Navy; E M Hawson, co C, 4th La battalion; J J Johnson, co H, 35th Ga regiment; V Jenkins, co F, 26th Va regiment; IIJ Jones, co A,55th N C regiment; M H Jor- dain, co H, 35th N C regiment; W T Keeling, co A, COth Ga regiment; M Killingsworth, co G, Orr’s rifles; Wm Kelley, co A, 45th N C regiment; Thos Lilley, co K, 26th N C regi ment; I Moore, co C, 21st N C regiment; J H McRae, co F, 2nd N C battalion; W T Nnby, co K, 12th Ga regiment; T J Nance, co D, 49th Ga regiment; M Overstreet, co G, 11th Ark regiment ; D Parker, co B, 54th N C regiment; I Quesenbury, Company I, Fif tieth Virginia regiment; I 8 Quatbley. landsman Confederate States Navy; E C Riley, 00 D, First (4a regiment; J K Rowell, eo K, 9th (la regiment: T B RaddeD, co O, 10th N C regiment; JMC Ra mey, co H, 12th S C regiment; I M Rieks, co E, 37th N C regiment; J H Spurlock, co C, 36th Va battalion; E P H Shuler, co F, 25th S C regiment; M Sasser, co K, 31st Ha regiment; L Sykes, co I. 36th N C artillery; A White, co A, 18th Va cav alry; S S Williams, co E, 39th Ala regiment; S H Y oungs, co D, 26th N C regiment; S Clark, co C, Blouni’s artillery; J. Parker, co B, 56th Ga regi ment; J T Rook, co I, 3d Ga regiment; W H Frai- ley, co B, 58th Va regiment; F Sims, co G, 64th Ga regiment; E Clements, citizen of Tenn; H P McP.ay. co H, ISth Tenn regiment; H W Samp son, co A. 40th Va regiment; N J Todd, musician lith N C regiment; W T Powell, co E, 45th N C regiment; W Renker, co D, 4flth Va regiment; R A Dawson, co A, 1st Maryland regiment; I T Ausborn, Pegram’s battery; W Askea, co G, 7th S C cav regiment; A Abernathy, co K, 36th N C regiment, J J Blanton, co H, 2d Ga cav regiment, J Brewer, co H, 9th Miss regiment; C Black, co D, 48th N C regiment; W Bagley, co B, 50th Ga regiment; J J Bradberry, co K, 27th N C regi ment; E W Cla-k, co G, 38cb Ga regiment; W A Canby, co F, 22d N C regiment: John Carr, C S Navy; C A Dinkle, co C, 5th Va regiment, I D Daniel, co C, 35th Ga regiment; W H R Darns- ley, co A, 9th. La regiment; J B Evans, co B, 2d Fla regiment; L J Griflin, co B, 29th Ala regi ment; P Daniel, co F, 18th N C regiment; W W Hoppin, co D, 38th Ga; C A Harwood, co B, 24th Virginia regiment; T A Jeffreys, co 1,19 th Mis sissippi regiment; I E Jarvis, Virginia Navy; A Leary, company I, 10th Louisiana regiment; D Lewis, co D, 12th Virginia cavalry regiment; C N Lee, co E, 49th Georgia regiment; John, (co lored) Confederate States Government employee; J H Marshall, 10th Va battalion reserves; J Mil ler, C S Navy; E Nobles, co K, 57th Ala regi ment; J Nichols, C8 Navy; D O'Sullivan, co H, 7th La regiment ; F Owens, company E, 1st N C regiment; J L Shelton, Wilson’s cavalry; S Tic kle, co K, 47thYN C regiment; J G Tiller, co E, 38th Ga regiment; Unknown, Ala regiment; A Vaunoi, co I, 1st Mo regiment; H White, co F, 33d N C regiment; B Williams, co A, 43d N C regiment; D D Warren, co F, 52d N C regiment; J P West, co K, 11th N C regiment; G W Ward, co K, 34th Miss regiment; J Huff, co K, 12th N C regiment; C Gillis, co B, 7th Ga regiment; S B Jones, co D, 56th Va regiment; J W Crafton, C S Navy La; W Coates, co D, 18th Va regiment; W Griffin, ■ 0 G, 22d Ala regiment; L C Carter, co G, 51st Va regiment; J H Ford, co G, 36th Va regiment; H Brantley, co E, 21st N C regiment; W B Culvert, co I, Phillips’ (Ga) Legion; W J Thompson, co K, 4th Ala regiment; W Veale, co A, 8th Ky cavalry ; A Black, co E, 52d Va regi ment ; T Leaver, co I, 62d N C regiment; D Ha- nev, C S Navy; G McBrayer. co E, 14th Ga regi ment; C A Lawson, co D, 37th Va regiment; J H Rhew, co H, 56th N C regiment; J M Posey, co C. 59th Ga regiment; J G Godwin, company C, 53d Ga regiment; E M Parker, co B, 6th Va regiment; B Prater, co B, 5fth Ala regiment; W H Byrd, co B, 49th No Qa regiment; J Fisher, Confederate States Navy; H Brown, eo I, 48th Ala regiment; J K Redman, co A, 2d Va Bate.; M Herley, co A, 1st Va Cav regt.; L B Bowen, co E, 26th Va Batt.; J C Reid, co B, 1st Engineer Corps; James Carr, co F, 49th No Ca regiment; J Leard, co G, 14th So Ca regiment; M A Gunn, co F, 11th Tenn reg iment; G W Hands, co D, 30th Va regiment; E W Davis, co K, 40th No Ca regiment; J C Davis, coB, 46th Va Batt.; T Nenery, co K, 3d Tenn regiment; G Garrett, co O, 35th No Ca regiment; S A Simms, co B, 20th No .Ca regiment; S C Creekmore, co H, 8th Florida regiment; F T Stelea, co G, 2d Maryland regi ment; B F Neesom, co H, lfith La. regiment; F A Henley, co I, 10th Missouri regiment; C Crescy, co li, 18th Va regiment; J W Fears, co I, 20th Mississippi regiment; Thos Waller, co C, 17th Va regiment: S D Elliott, co F, 52d Va regiment; J M Walker, co A, 4th Miss regiment; R B Smith, co D, 61st Ala regt.; A H Hammond, co D, 26th Miss regiment; C S. Martin, Hayes’ Louisiana Batt.; T W Hendrick, co M, 12th La regiment; B Gray, co D, 27th No Ca regiment; S Sawyer, C S Navy; W Slaughter, co G, 49th Ga regiment; R R Hill, co C, 34th No Ca regiment; O P Beardon, co H, 1st So Ca regiment; J A Rob ertson, co H, 6th No Ca regiment; J W Shel burne, Goochland Artillery; J M Ashworth, co G, 24th ya regiment; WC flash, cop, 39th Va regiment; J Quigsly, Georgia Marine Corps; G W Brownlow, co I, 19th 80 Ca reg iment; J S Skipper, co E, 59th Ala regiment; J M Carver, co H, 2d No Ca regiment; C H Stant, C S Navy; J W Powell, co E, 40th No Ca Artillery-, G A Souls, cd B, 26th Va regi ment; R Kinin, co I, 44th No Ca regiment; R ,H Sutherland, co H, 3d No Ca Cav.; A Cooper, co I, 61st Va regiment; R Prnitt, citi zen of Alabama; J P Adcock, co B, 2>th Va Batt.; W H Parrish, co F, 3d No pa regiment: J F Elam, West Louisiana ^.rtilleiy; W J Harrington, company H, Twelfth Georgia regiment; W F Morphey, company K, 10th N C regiment; S Dalton, co O, 24th Va regi ment; R CTarkston, co D, — Ky; E A Chambers, 00 C, 11th Ala regiment; H Braodiger, co B, 15th Va regiment; J Lemmons, co E, 8th Va regiment; W S Hampton, co G, 54th B C regiment; W A Wilkerson, co D, 25th Ya battalion ; R Osborne, co H, 2d N C battalion; F L Bowen, co C, 28th Va regiment; W A Tidwell, co A, 13th Ga regi ment; J H Pugb, 2d Rockbridge artillery; T Johnson, co E, 28th N C regiment; J Onsley, co F, 1st Ky cavalry; W Fulton, co G, 21st N C regiment; H Terry, co E, 1st Alabama artillery; J L Coaltrain, co E, 17th NC regiment; Doctor Tenso, Colonel First Engineer Corps; D D Bur nett, co C» 6th N C cavalry; J Ray, 00 A, 5th Tenn regiment j T B Boydjr, co Q, 98U» y* regiment j W H Thomas, co H, 24th Va regiment; J Cole, co B, 44th' Ga regiment; 8 G Smith, co B, 61st Ala regiment; C Gray, co G, 54th N C regiment; G C Bruce, co G, 13th N C regiment; G W Willis, 00 D, 1st Va battalion; A G Weldiman, Lincoln connty, N C; Chas McCollum, co G, 28th N C regiment; John Land, co B, 11th N C regiment; E P Walton, co C, 46th Va regiment; RG Payne, 00 F, 1st Va regiment; R A Johnson, co I, 24th N C regiment; J Barbee, co H, 14th Ky cavalry; H C Damewood, co C, 28tb Va regiment; John Ecard, co B, 41st N C regiment; A Hatching, co E, 54th N C regiment; W W Proctor, co I, 45th Ga regiment; J Pilkinton, co K, 56th Va regi ment; H Pickett, co E, 06th N C regiment; P H Hawks, co D, 51st Va regiment; tv J Wade, co E, 89th Ala regiment; W A Henderson, Wright’s V a battalion; J W Bass, co K, 60th Ga regiment. J3F" Southern papers please copy. D. C. Spkncir, A. A. Surgeon, U. S. A., in charge. GEORGIA. [Correspondence of the Macon Telegraph.] The Code of Georgia. Pjsrhy, Houston Co., Aug. 8, 1865. Eds. Telegraph : The radical change in our social institutions, brought about by the revolution through which we have just passed, will require a revision of the code, not its ab rogation ; and that revision will necessarily ex tend to but a small portion of the whole. To facilitate the labors of inquirers I give a list of (having just read the code and noted) the sections in which the terms, ‘Confederate States,’ ‘negro,’ ‘slaves,’ ‘free person of color,’ and T er son of color,’, occur, or which in any way refer to ‘negros,’ ‘slaves,’ ‘free persons of color,’ or ‘persons of color,’ omitting in said list those sections in which the said terms oc cur, in ‘the ordinance of secession,’ ‘the consti tution of the State of Georgia’ and ‘the consti tution of the Confederate States of America,’ (all of which occur in the code as a part there of,) and referring to them separately. (1.) Sections in which the term ‘Confederate States’ occur. Nos. 10, 22, 25, 44, 49, 52—4, 27, 60—1, 63, T14, 134, 227, 229, 235, 262, 334, 366, 371, 729,731, 833, 765, 865, 895, 998, 1004-09— 17,—54,—55,—87,—88,—90,—91,—92,—95 ; 1101,-02; 1222,—55,—48,—51,—82 ; 1338, 1553, 1527, 1595,1633,1881; 2402,-60,-96; 2668, 2733,-42—43 ; 3221, 3441, 3644, 3747, 3809, 4234, 4369, 4459, 4365 ; 4756,-85 ; 4807,-75. In all these sections the only change re quired is effected by striking out ‘Confederate’ and inserting ‘United.’ (2.) Sections which have reference to ‘negros’ or ‘slaves’ or ‘free persons of color’ or ‘persons of color.’ Nos. 6,50—1, 108, 306, 417, 5185, 588, 739, 757, 760, 788, 811, 811, 853, 858, 995, 130S, 1330—36, 1354—77, 1408. 15SS—63, 65, 83, 91. 94, 1500—1612, 1649—64, 66. 1781—82—85, 1816—1833 1849—88, 1953—4,1978—1983, 2040 —54, 56, 2060- 2072, 2159—80, 2236—38, —40, —41, 2380, 2451, —54, —55, —61, 2593, —05, —18, —29, —21, —27, —46, —50. 2610, —20, —44, 55, —63, —64, —65, —72, —91,2700, —01, —68, 2892, -93, 2903, —04, -20,2991,-76, -78,-82,-85, 3009, 3173, 3224—5, 3351, 53, 3574, 3619—22, —24, —59, 3772, 3942, 3940, —56 4012 -72,-84. 4199, 4200, —01, -10,-11,13, —14, —17, —33, —38, —48, —40, —66, —79. 4305—06, —88, 4445, —48. 4487—4515, 4620, 4692—4730, 4764—66, —79, —81, 4881—2, 5116. In some of these sections the only change re quired is effected by striking out the term ‘slave,’ &c.; as in Nos. 2978, 2985, 4062, &o. Bat gener ally, or in most instances, the entire section will have to be stricken out and new legislation adopt ed, as in Nos. 2982, 3009, 4199, 4200, Ac. ^3.) The ordinance of seoession. Nos. 4S86—87. (4.) The constitution of the State of Geor gia. Nos. 4888—4996. (5 ) The constitution of the Confederate States of America. Nos. 4997—5100. (3) and (5) will of course have to be stricken out entirely, and (4) new modeled to suit the re sults of the revolution. Tbe changes indicated above are those that must be made, though others will doubtless be proposed and adopted An important one suggested by eminent law yers is, to reduoe tbe number of justices of the inferior court from jive to one, to enlarge the ju risdiction of said court so as to give it the cogni zance of nil criminal offences under the degree of felony, and to provide for monthly sessions of said eonrt. D’Apas. August 9,‘1865. Bad State of Affairs ill JjortU-East Georgia* A gentleman recently returned from a visit to Habersham county informs us that while there he learned from creditable persons that a bad state of affairs prevails in some of the Nfcth -eastern counties of Georgia, particular ly in Union and Towns counties. Robbery, bushwhacking, etc., seem to be the order of the day. It is well known that during the late struggle the population in that section were divided in sentiment, and formed them selves into clans, somewhat after the Scottish style. The feelings -engendered during the war did not subside with it, and their perni cious effects are now being felt. Our informant learned that there are some sort of military companies each in Union and Towns counties. A prominent Colonel in the late Confederate army recently visited bis home in Union county and returned to this place without molestation. While there, fioiy- eyer, he was advised that it would be danger ous for him to remain. The Towns county company censured the Union coqnty men for not killing or arresting him, and threatened to arrest and punish them for their neglect. Th e Union men replied that they would be at a per tain place lust Thursday, when the Towns men would have an opportunity of arresting them. It was generally believed that a pitched battle would be fought on that day. No intelligence of the result has been received. We also learn that several citizens have re moved their families lower down in <np>e- quence of the existing lawlessness. This is certainly a lamentable state of af fairs, and should be corrected, if possible. It is the duty of every man who has the prosperi ty of the country at heert to 4° all in his fiow- pr to allay the bad feelings produced during the war. It is the interest of all parties that law and order should resume their sway. Re venge is one of the worst passions of the hu man heart, and should not be indulged in for real or fancied w'rongs. Where every man takes the law into his own hands there is no security for life, liberty or property. It is to 1 be hoped that better counsels will prevail J among the citizens of that section, and that they will address thetaseLes to the duty of pa cification Instead of strife and bloodshed. Athens Banner, The Ladies op Georgia and the Re lease and Pardon of Jefferson Davis.— I Mrs. F. A. Kimbell, Miss A. A. Bull, and ' Mrs. S. W. Swanson, of LaGrange, appeal to the ladies of Georgia to move at once in the ! matter of petitioning President Johnson for the release and pardon of Jefferson Ilavis. ! The ladies of this city are requested to meet 1 at the Masonic Hall on Tuesday morning, the 15th inst., at 10 o’clock, to take such action as may be deemed advisable. We have been requested to urge upon our fair friends a punctual attendance. This is an important work, ladies, an4 is well \yorthy jioqr atfenfiou,—4« S u4t» CvfstitutiqmlifU Mrs. Davis—An Interesting Incident. A clerical friend of ours, in passing through one of our streets a few days since, to perform a ministerial duty—attending to the sick and wounded in the hospitals—a duty which he has long and cheerfully performed—encountered a stranger, who accosted him thus: “My friend, oan you tell me if Mrs. Jeff. Davis is in the city of Augi-sta?” “No, sir,” replied our friend, in his usual kind and pleasant manner; she is not.” “Well, sir,” replied the stranger, “you may be surprised at my asking such a question; and more particularly so when I inform you that I atn a discharged United States soldier. But, (and here he evinoed great feeling) sir, that, lady has per formed acts of kindness to me which I can never forget. When serving in the valley ot Virginia, battling for the UnioD, I received a severe and dangerous wound. At the same time I was taken prisoner, and conveyed to Richmond, where I re. oeived such kindness and attention from Mrs. Da vis that I can never forget her; and now that I am discharged from the army, and at work in this city, and understanding that that lady was here, I wished to call upon her, renew my expressions of gratitnde to her, and offer to share with her, should she unfortunately need it, the last oent I have in the world?” Our clerical friend passed on to his allotted work, deeply moved by the humble but elo quent tribute to the good lady whose charity knew no such cruel word as “foe.” Oh, may we not hope that such a charity will inflame the hearts of all our people ? That mercy may come to temper justice, and bid our young Nation to rejoice once more in unity and pros perity ! for, as the great Bard truly and beau tifully expresses it: “The quality of Mercy is not strain’d ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes ,- Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned Monarch better than hi* crown; His sceptre shares the fate of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth set the fear and dread of Kings; But Merey is above this sceptred sway ; It is an attribute to God Himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God’s, When Mercy seasons Justice. ‘ ‘Consider this— That, in the course of Justice, none of us Should gee Salvation; we do pray for Mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of Mercy.” From Atlanta.—The City Council of Atlanta, Ga., has paBsed aD ordinance declaring that all ordinances and parts of ordinances making the negro guilty of different crime* from the whites, be, and the same are hereby repealed ; and that hereafter negroes be subject to tbe same ordi nances as whites, and tor violation of them be punished as white persons: Provided, that on failure to pay any fine or costs, they may be sen tenced to work upon the streets or other public works of the city for such time as will pay the same at the rates paid to persons doing such work for said city.—Montgomery Mail. TENNESSEE. Proclamation of Gov. Brownlow Re* lativeto the Late flection. Nashville, Tenn., August 22, 1865. The Press and Times this morning contains a proclamation of Governor Brownlow, proposing certain qnestions to clerks of county courts and sheriffs, with the view of ascertaining whether or not the elective franchise act was fully complied with in conducting the recent election. Infor mation has reached the State Department that in some of tbe oounties it was erroneously construed, others willfully evaded it, and in some instances it was totally disregarded. The Governor invites ali loyal citizens to communicate information in relation to the question. He assures the loyal citi zens of tho State that no array of members how. ever great, no. censure of disfrsehised rebe’s how ever loud, no combination of apostate Union men however respectful or valued, will prevent the execution of said law according to the substance and spirit of it. RICHMOND. Richmond, Va., August 13, 1865. Explosion op an Arsenal. Shortly after four o’clock this afternoon the late rebel shot and shell arsenal situated in this city, on the James river and Kenawha canal, above the Tredegar Iron Works, half way between Belle Isle and the pump house, took fire from some unknown cause. The building contained fifteen thousand shot and shell of all sizes, together with a great quanti ty of cartridges and ammunition for small arms. The explosions in consequence were of the most terrific character, killing certainly one man, John Haley, a soldier of the Eleventh United States regular infantry, and wounding a negro severely. The inhabitants of Oregon Hill were all driven from their homes in the greatest terror, as the fragments of the mis siles came crashing through the doors aud roofs of their houses. The alarm throughout the city was great, crowds of people rushiDg to the Capitol square and to the highest places of observation in order to get a good view of the terrible scene. The loss will range between sixty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. Tbe Experience of a Rebel. The following story is told by the New Orleans Picayune : A gentleman of thja oity, vjho has been a very prominent,earnest and effective rebel, ifas captur ed anj brought some weeks ago to Raton Rouge, where he was delivered intq the hands of General Lawler. Now the general is one of the kindest hearted and most genial of men, aqd to the sur prise of tbe captured rebel he received him with the greatest benigity and courtesy, and after taking his parole and otherwise kindly obliging him, asked the heretofore obdurate rebel if his man (United States soldiers) had not recently captured a horse and baggy of his. The Rebel, with a resigned but melancholy air, answered in the affirmative, adding, “you will find him an excellent horse.” “Yes,” remarked the General, ‘I have so found him, but as you are in greater need of him, and have a better (itfe to him than I have, here is. an or'dtfr fox him Wheyeflpop o.Rr Rebel’s pensive and melan choly air continuing, the General inquired if he coold do any thing more for him. “Not so, sir,” was the reply of the astonished and humi liated Rebel, “I beg you wont, for you have already made me feel worse whipped than I have been during the war.” Oar subjugated Rebel came to tbe city, and was mnch distressed to find his family ejected from the homestead, and in great need. He had been a prosperous merchant, of good credjt, and seeing no oLhet mode ! df ’raising the money he required, he wrote ’ to an old mercantile mend at the North, who had been as strong a Union man as he bad been a Rebel and Seces sionist, stating his circumstances, and asking if his old friend coaid loan him a sum of money which he required for present purposes. He received a prompt response, that all the money he needed was placed to his credit and at bis tests that if he receives any further such to kens of kindliness and magnanimity he will be under the necessity, for fijs own relief, of hanging himself to (he most convenient lamp- post! ' * “ Msjor the hi ral Terry fsjor Rsasr; honor of a Brigadisri boon rewarded with . . , - ..J In tho regular ar my, M»| th* only volunteer thus «*tinfuiihod. To tlie Travelling Public. At a meeting of the passengers on board the steamer Varuna,. from Savannah to New York, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That onr thanks are eminently due, and are hereby cheerfully tendered to Captain Edward Whitehurst and his officers for their kind and courteous conduct during the pas* Resolved, That in the steamer Varuna we find a sa‘e and speedy meaDs of conveyance, and cordially recommend her to the travelling pub lic. Resolved, That Steward Booth is entitled to our thanks for the bountiful supplies provided, and that he has no superior as a oaterer. Resolved, That feeling ourselves, as passengers, to having had a specially agreeable trip, owing to the good qualities of the steamer and kindness of her officers, we design in the above resolutions no mere formal expression of our thanks, but a sincere and cordial acknowledgment, whieh we are persuaded is, under the circumstances, pecu liarly due to the Varuna and her offioers. Miss T Barrett, Charles Beckmann, Mrs Kate Jones, Miss Anna Ball, Mrs M F Adams, Cbas L Schlatter, Mrs J E Clark, Jacob Cohen, Mrs M P Dzialynski, Philip Dzialynski, Miss Augusta DsialynskiJames F Tucker, Rev J H Meyers, RD Walker, Patrick Donnelly, Jacob Burkhim, J Simon, Henry Leon, K Clatsbek, E Brown, Mrs P Cohen, F Brown, Mias Hannah Ball, James Hnghes. Steamship Varuna, Aug. 13, 1865. A Remarkable Story—A Woman Two Days Afloat on a Spar with.an In* fant. In the steamship Bellona, Captain Dixon, just arrived at New York were two steerage passengers, concerning whom a thrilling inci dent is related. Franz Meyer, aged twenty- three, and his wife Anna, aged nineteen, from Canton Soleure, Switzerland, were passengers in the ill-fated William Nelson, recently de stroyed by fire at sea. In the confusion inci dent to the efforts to save life the husband and wife were separated. The husband was picked up by one of the ship’s boats, which was soon fallen in with by the brig Mercury. The wife, young and enciente, was not discouraged at the uncertainty of her husband’s fate, but prepared for her own safety. Self-preservation could not suppress her woman’s instincts so far as to ignore the feeble cries for help from an infant only fourteen days old, left to perish by its distracted parents, but regardless of her own state, she plunged, .with her self-imposed charge, into the sea. For two whole days did this brave young girl support herself and the infant on the remnant of a ship’s spar, without food or water, sustaining the infant’s life by the moisture from her own mouth 1 Late on the second day the same vessel in which her husband was saved, having ceased cruising, without hope of rescuing more life, fell in with this heroine, and saved her and her little charge. Eventually the family were landed at Havre, France. Personal.—The Danville (Va.) Appeal has this paragraph ; “It is rumored that General Joseph E. Johnston is willing to accept the po sition of Superintendent of some railroad. For this position his high executive ability and great scientific attainments eminently fit him, and one of the many reconstructing roads of the South would do well to secure his services. The stockholders of our own R. & D. R. will soon be called upon to elect a President, at which time they could not better subserve their interest and the State’s than by uniting the offices of President and Superintendent, and appointing Gen. Johnston thereto. His mili tary status cannot be urged against his holding a place so entirely separate from politics ; and his practical good sense, combined with his thorough knowledge of the improvements in the science of mechanics, will soon make the road the best in the State, as it is already the most important.” There was a piblic meeting at Columbus, Tenn., on July 31st. Gen. Pillow was one of- the speakers. We learn from the Nashville Press and Times that be frankly acknowledged that the South, though fighting gallantly, had bsan as gallantly whipped. He endorsed the State Gov ernment, and said the people had the right to or ganize law aud order just as they had done;that the franchise law was correct in principle. For one, he shonld abide by it, and he advised all others alike situated to obey it He continued in this style for some fifteen minutes, making a temper ate, sensible and spirited speech. Amnesty Blanks. The immediate attention of County Ordinaries and Clerks is called to th« proviso in Gov. Johnson’s Proclamation, authorizing the above officers to procure at the office of the Savannah Republi can the requisite number of blank forms for the administering of the Amnesty Oath. The Republican Job Printing Office, having recently been established, is well supplied with the latest and moat approved fonts of type, 31$ we are now prepared to furnisV the blanks in sqch quantities as may be required at the shortest notice. The ciyil officers upon whom has been devolve^ the 4fity of administering the oath, will please bear this in mind. For the information of the above offi oers we would state that all blanks or dered at the duly authorized offices as enumerated in the Governor’s Proclama tion will be paid for by the. State. If procured at other offices they will he obliged to pay their own bills. FAIRBANKS & GO. \\l IJ.L keep, a stock of Platform and Counter VT Scales of all sizes in Savannah, and will be sold as low as can he ordered of them, by their Agents. BRADY, SMITH * CO., North side Bay street, ■ angT between Whitaker and BannuA Useful, Cheap, AND DfEaiRA-BIzE- cr CUISOBpSl Pateut Stamp Cancelling Machines JLAfor stamping: Revenue Stamps, Checks,Bmrelopea, ®c. A new invention and great auxiliary to the count” ingroom. Orders received bv „„ C. F. BOTJVE A Ca, »°g la 156 Bay street FRESH ARRIVAL ! Fer Zodiac. O r BBI.S Jno. Gibson’s best Whisky Ai d 10 bills R. Bond’s old Bourbon 10 bbls Mountain Dew 25 bbls old Rye 100' bbls Crushed Sugar Fog sale CHEAP to dose the^conaignmentj^ july20 opposite the Poet offlML \TEW MACKEREL, (Codfish and JM landing and lac sale by uemu* MglS c, L, GXLBKRT. The Steamer Wm. G. Gibbons—A Card of Thank*. DoctortoWn, Aug. 16,1865. - Southern and Southwestern Georgia may be congratulated upon being once more brought in to communication with the outside world. The steamer “ Wm. G. Gibbons” has made her trial trip on the route from Savannah to Doetortown, and success has crowned the energy and enter prise of her owners and officers. On Tuesday morning, the loth inst,, she left her moorings at Savannah, remained at Darien during the night, and in twenty running hours arrived at Doetortown at half past twelve o’clock p. m, on Wednesday, tbe 16th. As an fumble tribute to the projectors of this enterprise and the efficient officers who have in control the steamer and her destiny npon her present line, we, the passengers on this her first trip, unite in a cheerful expression of our grati tude to Messrs. Erwin A Hardee, the owners, for the prompt and successful manner in which they have demonstrated the recuperative energies of the South, the enterprise of our own immediate seaport, and the determination of our people not to sink under adverse fortunes. The “ Gibbons ” is all that conld be expected or desired for speed and comfort, while she ia so admirably officered as to make a trip in her saloon an absolute luxury. Capt. Fbilpot, her able and efficient commander, haa no superior for skill, courtesy or kindness to passengers, while her experienced, urbane and accommoda ting clerk, Mr. Wm. B. Farr, is as indefatigable in bis efforts to render comfortable his guests as his familiarity with his duties and promptness in their execution, challenge admiration and ap- t proval. . The engineer, Mr. Geo. A, Nicol, a eon of Savannah, and his two efficient assistants, for their skilful and perfect management of tbe engines; and the Steward is especially entitled to our notice for his courteous and unceasing efforts to make us comfortable and happy. It is with high confidence and sincere pleasure that we commend tbe “ Gibbons ” and her officers to the traveling public, and bid them God speed in the noble work of re-uniting our people with tbe seaboard and the commercial world. C. H. Hopkins, Chairman. Andrew M. Ross, Secretary. Carey W. Styles, W. P. Bievard, C. B. King, N. Leopold, G J. Fulton, Tillman Ingram, James M. Cooper, L. C.‘- Tebeau, B. F. McDonald, Wm. H. Davis, M. Roseufield, S. McGlashan, T. A. Hall, S. T. Hart, Thos. J. Naylor, L. J. Leavy, J. P. Sanderson, Cbas. Center. The Offense is Rank.—We hold it inexcusable in any person, male or female, when they subject us to an annoyance which a very little trouble on their part would obviate. Especially is this the case where the unfortunate possessor of a bad breath will persist in button-hold ing and intruding his views upon us, to our manifest mental and physical dis comfort. If these good people would use the Sozodont is would not only render them acceptable acquaintances, but would at once greatly improve their teeth aud breath. Sold by all Druggists. lweod Headq’ks Deft, of Geobgia, ) Savannah, Ga., Aug. 5th, 1865. f GENERAL ORDER, | No. 7. ( I. The following General Order, from the War Department, is published for the information of this command : it War Department, Adjutant General’s Office Washington, D. C., July 8th, 1865 GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 122. f I. With the exception hereinafter enumerated, the following is ordered 1. All Commissioned Officers of Vol unteers, for both white and oolored reg iments, or independent companies, now absent on detached service from their PQWHWlds, and not on duty within their proper .armies or departments, will pro ceed, forthwith, to join their respective regiments and companies. 2- Hereafter no Commissioned Regi mental Officers of Volunteers will be plaoed on duty, or transferred thereon, out of the army or department in which his regiment may be serving The exceptions authorized under the foreging are as follows : L Officers on duty mustering out and' discharging the volunteer forces. 2. Aides-de-Camp to General Officers on duty oonpuauding troops. 4- Officers on Court Martial or Mil itary Oomnpssions, and those on duty in the bureau of Refugees, Freedmen anj Abandoned Lands, under direct orders from the War Department, Adju tant General’s Offloe, 2. All enlisted men absent on de tached servioe from their regiments or companies, and outside the armies or de partments in which the same may be serving, will at once be sent to join their respective commands, unless they are absent therefrom by orders trom Head quarters of a Military Division, or supe rior authority. d- Commanding Generals of Depart ments 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 eral 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- ~ ord^r- of the Secretary at War. ted,} E- D, TOWNSEND, Assist. Adj’t Gen. 2. In addition to the requirements of General Order No. 122, War Department, C. &, it is ordered : That all Commie* sioned Officers and enlisted men of this command now absent from their respect ive regiments, companies or detachments, on detached service, and not on duty within their proper districts, be at once relieved from such duty and ordered to join their proper commands, unless act ing under orders from these Headquar ters or superior authority. Commanding offioers will report by Wegrajj|h^rheo this order is fully com- By command of Map G«n. 8TEEDMAN. B. Mob, A. A. G. Wn*. A. OqmffBB, A. A. Ova. OFFICIAL. A PROCLAMATION By Jas. Johnson, Provialonal Governor. To the People of Georgia:. For the purpose of enabling the people of Georgia the more easily to prepare themselves for the exercise of the rights of citizens, I hereby proclaim and direct, that the Ordinaries in the several counties ot the State, be and are hereby authorized to administer the oath ot Amnesty set out in the President’s Proclamation of the 29th of May, 1865, to such persons as shall be en titled to take aud receive the same; and in case of a vacancy in the office of Ordinary in any county or counties of this State, then and in that case, the Clerk of the Superior Court of such county shall administer said oath; provided, said officers themselves shall have previously taken said oath. It is further declared and directed, that when the oath is administered as aforesaid to any per son within any of the exceptions specified in said proclamation, it shall be appended to the peti tion of the applicant—which petition shall also be verified before snch Ordinary or Clerk, by the oath of the party; and when administered to any person not embraced within any of the excep tions specified, the original oath taken and sab- scribed, shall be sent by the officer administering the same to the Secretary of State of the United States, aDd a certified copy shall be given to the applicant. And it is further proclaimed aDd declared, that all the civil officers of this State who have taken and subscribed the oath prescribed in the pro clamation aforesaid, if not embraced within any of the exceptions; or who may hive received special Amnesty if embraced; shall proceed tbereaiter in the discharge of the duties of their several offices according to the laws in existence prior to the.1st of January, 1861, so far as the sam* are not inconsistent with our present con dition. To facilitate the people in obtaining the Am nesty proffered, the Orainaries or Clerks, (as the case may be,) are authorized to procure printed blanks from either one of the following presses most convenient, as the same may be needed, for which payment will be provided on bills pre sented at this office, viz : Savannah Republican, Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, Southern Watch- mao, Atlanta Intelligencer, Rome Courier, Macou Telegraph, Southern Recorder and Col umbus Eoquiier. Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the State, on this the 7th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1865, and the eighty-ninth year of American independence. Jas. Johnson, Provisional Governor of Georgia. By the Governor: L. H. Briscoe, Secretary. NOTICE. , Office Provost Marshal, Sub-District of Ogeechee, Savannah, August 17th, 1865. On and after this date all Drinking or Billiard Saloons and Grocery Stores, or other places where liquors are sold, will be closed at 10 o’clock P. M.; on Sunday at all hours. The proprietors will be held responsible for the fulfilment of this order, any violation of which will be summarily dealt with. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS. Sam’l Cowdrey, Capt. and Pro. Mar. Sub-District of Ogeechee. Headq’bs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1865. > GENERAL ORDER, > No. 24. f Captain Clark H Remick, 103d U. S, C. T., is hereby announced as Acting Assistant Inspector General Sub-Dis trict of Ogechee. He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS. Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, ? Savannah, Ga., Aug. 13th, 1865. J GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 21. j Capt. John Mullen, 12th 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. 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. Head’qbs Sub. Dist. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Ang. 14, 1865. ) GENERAL ORDER, | 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. Volunteers, is hereby announced as Chief Medical Office; of the Sub District of Ogeechee. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS- Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. Headqb’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, } Savannah, Ga., Aug. 15th, 1865. } GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 23. ( Hereafter no carts, wagons or convey ances of any kind will be allowed to as sembtle in the vicinity of the Public Mar ket, except during market hours. No goods of any kind will be exposed for sale in the vicinity of the Public Market, except during market hoars. All persons found violating this order will be summarily dealt with. The Provost Marshal is charged with the execution of this order. By Command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. ,1 NOTICE. Office Provost Marshal, Sub-District of Otjekhee, 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 tho 12th day of August, 1865, where Lieut. W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant Provost Marshal, will be on duty for tho purpose of administering to ladies the Amnesty Oath, as prescribed by Presi dent Johnson’s Proclamation of May 29- 1865. (Sighed) SAM’L COWDREY, Q»L and Pro. Mar. Sub-District of Ogeechee*
