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VOL. LXV. [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 198 j.K HAYES,Kditob and Proprietor ' advertising. „f ten lines Nonpariel type or space oc- r !’y K the same number of lines, $2 tot insertion, '■'I-! o-ic'i continuation. A . , •".■ u ,'irc —$1 lor first insertion; 50 cents for each • *.ni , nt insertion. _ . r.0 per hundred; subscription Cby maiJ 1 *’ 1 • r i jir ]K-r annum; single copies, 5 cents. : ,11 advert laments must be paid for at the Countin'? A i nrcvious to insertion, and if handed in by 8 p. !! "*Sl iiiipcar in the morning edition. ions C. Schreiner & Son, 199 Broad , 'V 4 n <T U sta, Ga., are our authorized j r n u , u °,i -will receive advertisements nl subscriptions for the Republican. The 1 of the latest dates can always tefouml for sale at their counters. M" VANN AH, GEORGIA. rill KSPAV MORNING, ACC’X 24. BEADING MATTER 0U EVEBY PAGE. WASHINGTON. Washington - , August 17,1S65. njiiitin'l Postal Routes at the South. The 1 ostuiaster General has ordered a contract eh the Central and North Carolina Railroad Comnany tor the conveyance of the mails trorn < IdsboTo igti to Charlotte, North Carolina, m- ' iVoirthe intermediate offices. The distance is •A hundred and twenty-three miles. Service a, I be resumed on the other Southern routes, |. 0 .‘„ time to time, as soon as it shall be reported tiiat the roads have been repaired and are in run- r.iiie eider. ... . , . T ,r- . The Inal ot If'/rt;. The Military Commission organized for the ,. T , 0 [ was again adjourned this morniDg, iadit is understood will be put off from day to ?av until Hie preliminaries are more fully ar- , ' r -ed. It is represented alse that the court is in be tiirtlieraugmented by the introduction of Muj ,r Geo. Geary. Quite a large number ot K-inesees are present in the city, principally Aimers who have experienced imprisonment un- ,| c i ihe immediate supervision of Wirtz, and who are anxious to testify of the wrongs they hart suffered at his atrocious hands. Among the hii"st reports of the evidence that is to appear almost the prisoner is one to the effect that whin; the small pox was raging in Anderson ville „:ul vicinity Wirtz caused a large number of our prisoners to be inoculated with vaccine from the st malignant cases afflicted with that loath some disease, and thus introduced it with fear ful virulence into the crowded prisons. Tin Interments at Andersnnril/e. Captain James M. Moore to-day telegraphed from Audersonnlle that he yesterday finished the suitable interment of the Union prisoners who died at that prison, A'. W Stores Cuplnred at Moron by General Wilson- An inventory, taken by direction of the Chief of Ordnance, of rebel stores captured a: Macon, Ga., by General Wilson, shows eighty-seven pieces of artillery, ten steam en gines one hundred and fifty pieces of various kinds of new machinery, a great many naval mores, brought up from Pensacola, together with the hooks of the Pensacola Navy Yard, sixty thousand pounds of cordage, lighthouse furniture of every kind, one hundred thousand pounds of copper in sheets, bolts and rods, four hundred tons bar iron, fresh from John Hull's dominions; immense quantities of chem- i'.uk ten thousand rounds shot and shell, he-hly cast; ODe thousand tons cast iron, thir ty thousand stand captured arms, together with a large lot of pistols in process of com panion. The estimated value of these stores i- two million dollars. J iro Ladies Accidentally Shot. hast night at Camp Barry, near this city, a sentry on duty was ordered to lire on an es caping prisoner, and in doing so accidentally shot Miss Mary Good and Miss Eliza Ward, "ho "ere walking in the vicinity with a gen tleman. The wound inflicted upon Miss Ward '•its slight, hut Miss Good was shot through tne hack and lung, and her injuries are sup- pu.-ed to he mortal. She is a resident of Bal timore. WASHINGTON. Washington, Aug. 18, 1805. Cabinet Meeting. i tie u-ual Cabinet meeting was held to-day, mi \ery few visitors were therefore admitted. ■ s nators Doolittle and Poster were among the favored. The Trial oj IFire. The military commission before which ” t/. is to he tried has been increased by the addition of Major General Lew Wallace, , ■: ,,r General Geary, Major General Mott and Atijor General Lorenzo Thomas. The Court i- announced to meet to-morrow, for reorgan- ‘ration. It is also asserted that Wirz will be • itlon totally different specifications from ihosc recently published. in contradiction to the above,- an opinion confidently expressed to-day by parties 1 •inpetent to judge, that the government will E '>t nndertake the trial of Wirz, but will cause ' n person to give States evidence in the ap- P aching trial of Jefferson Davis, whereby it 1,1 IC proved that the rebel President was the lr ctt and prime instigator of the cruelties u I )on Union prisoners and the nutn- ' c-s other atrocities which were from time at tune committed in defiance of the usages of i ar '. Hie continual delay that has occurred in joRjang Wirtz to trial, which has now been “pending for upwards of a month, argues . jug, v in favor of the above statement. It is “ ! jvn that Wirz has expressed the desire to ln) portant revelations as to the extent •i-p'v 'v S was implicated in the outrages of e ouuthern prisons. The Cholera in Spain-. ; cverr.merit has been officially informed j. ! er dated Port Mahan,’ Minorca Island, a ; ■">mat the cholera had made its appear- .{• ? the coast of Spain. The civil Governor j,. had given direction that proper care .i t0 Prevent the spreading of the disease 0 l - vessels arrive having it on board. Internal Revenue Officers. r ■James B. Gamble was appointed Collector of ' er ual Revenue for the district of Florida. Ford's Theatre Building. contra, t-for converting Ford’s Theatre ,.' j “re proof building, as a depository for the ;. ' e ® rc hiveg, has been awarded to Richard Dun- ,of Brooklyn, at $28,000. "‘"H o/ the Route of the Oregon Gentrql Military Railroad. fcA 8 President of the Oregon Central Military' p t' aci Company has forwarded from Eugene ■ t ^regoD, to the General Laud Office a survey sections of public lands designated by odd num bers, and three sections in depth, lying on each sive of the route for the distance above described, were granted the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of this road. Abandoned anil Confiscated Lands in the South ern States. * A circular from the Freedmen’s Bureau to its commissioners and agents in the Southern States is to be issued in the course of a few days defin ing the action of the latter in reference to the lands abandoned or confiscated, and now held by the Bureau. The Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Telegrams wereieccivod from Major General Pope to-day at the Indian Burean containing a communication from General Sully, now conduct ing the military expedition in Dakota, announc ing that there is no doubt that a permanent peace can now be secured by the government with the Sioux and Cheyenne tribes on the Upper Mis souri river. In endorsing this intelligence and referiDg it to Secretary Harlan, General Pope suggests that no civil or military person in the section resided in by these Indians should be ap pointed a commissioner for treating with them.— In addition to the anove, General Sully remarks that iD that quarter the inhabitants are appre hensive that the coming winter wili be one of great severity, and it is feared that the troops wiil suffer even more than they did last season.— All efforts the present season to produce garden vegetables for'the use of the camp were futile by leason of the ravages of insects. 8PAIN IN TROUBLE. THE MATE SHENANDOAH. Her Depredatioas Among the H hal- iig Fleets. Threatened Revolution—General Prim in Madrid Preparing for Action—Strong Pe- jmblican Feeling Among the Officers of the Army, foe., foe. OCR PARIS CORRESi'ONDEffCt. Pakis, August 4, 1865. I have private information from Spain which leads me to anticipate a grave political con vulsion, and perhaps a revolution, in that country very soon. The Queen, who hates her present Prime Minister, Marshal O’Donnell, only accepted him as a pis alia, because she bad arrived at the conviction that the intelligent part of her subjects would no longer put up with Narvaez, and she feared a revolution from one hour to another. Narvaez well knew that Gen. Prim was conspiring against him, and that was the reason why he summoned him to appear at Madrid. Prim knew better than to obey the summons, and the first act of O’Donnell’s ministry was to conceal it. Thereupon Prim, seeing the radical change in the situation, at once left Paris for Spain, where he now is, and preparing to play a great game. O’Donnell, by recognizing Italy, emancipating the press and many other liberal measures, besides still more numerous liberal professious, has bid high for the support of the progressists against the clericals ; but, according to my letters, which come from a thoroughly reliable source, he has not bid high enough, and the progres sists have resolved to get power into their own hands. 1 have little doubt that within a fortnight demonstrations will take place simultaneously in most of the principal towns of Spain which O’Donnell will not be strong enough to re press. He fancies that he is master of the army, but he is not. In' Spain, it is among the upper classes, which supply the officers of the army, that republican sentiments prevail. The lower orders, in general, are contented enough to obey the priests and civil powers that be. The upper classes are now bent upon a revolution, and I have reason to think the time is at hand when they will achieve their object. Prim is at present the leader of the move ment, but it is quite possible that, as he goes on, he may be supplanted by somebody of more advanced ideas. Prim is a man of energy and ability—far superior to Espartero, who has been greatly overrated. Espartero’s name will, however, probably be put forward as what the French call a drapeau, and Prim may very likely acknowledge him aa his nominal chief; but, in reality, he will only make use of him. Olozaga, a very\onest liberal and hith erto .considered a very advanced one, will be one of the leaders of the pronunciamento, un less, indeed, he should hang back on the ground of its being too radical even for him; ofSvhich I am told there is some chance. I think it very doubtful whether the Bour bon dynasty in Spain will survive-this year. San Domingo. Proposal to Cede the Island to England—A New Consul General A/ipointed, Etc. [From the Paris Patrie of August 3.] A serious event has occurred at San Domin go. After the signing of the treaty between the provisional government and the general commanding the Spanish forces the House of Representatives was convened, and at the sec ond day’s session Mr. George Henneken, the Vice President of the provisional government, an Englishman by birth, although resident here for over twenty years, put a motion pro posing to transfer the island to England.— The proposal was taken into consideration and a committee of three members appointed to examine and report upon the motion. We believe that the English government has had nothing to do with the project, and that England never dreamed of taking possession of the Dominican territory recently evacuated by Spain; but we cannot refrain from remark ing that Mr. Hood, formerly her Britannic Majesty’s Consul General' kt San Domingo, where he made himself public by preaching annexation to England, has recently been re appointed to his old position. The Rio Grande. San Francisco, July 21, 1865. .The latest accounts from the Shenandoah are to the afternoon of the 23d of June, when she was near Cape Thaddeus, steering north west, towards where a fleet of sixty whalers were known to be previously. Captain Nye had left the bark Milo during a fog, in a small boat, for the purpose of warning the fleet of the danger. The Milo also spoke a French whaler, which immediate ly put away towards the fleet, having considera ble start of the Shenandoah. While the Shenandoah was at Ascension Island in April, she burned the New London bark Pearl, the New Bedford ship Young Hector, besides a San Francisco and a Hawaian whaler. She next burned the New Bedford bark Abigail in Ochotsk Sea, then the Thompson in Kamtschatka Sea, and then several New Bedford whalers, as reported yes terday, in Anadair Sea, where she arrived on the 20th of June. It was feared that unless the French ship’s open whale boat could succeed in warning the fleet all would be captured, as the Shenandoah knew exactly where to find them. They were hovering along the southern edge of the ice fields, drawing closer together as the ice drifted toward Behring Strait, through which they were seeking a passage to the Arctic zone, as the ice permits. There being no efficient government vessels nearer this port than Acapulco, the merchants are circulating a petition to the Navy Yard commandant, asking him to telegraph to Washington for permission to charter and arm the steamer Colorado and dispatch her imme diately in pursuit of the Shenandoah. Boston, Aug. 18, 1865. The whaling bark Pearl, of New London, while on the passage from Honolulu to the Artie Ocean, was destroyed by the pirate She nandoah. This capture is additional to the fleet before reported destroyed. Gen. Merritt’s Cavalry-Gen. Slaugh ter Exculpates Mejia from the Charge of Assisting the Rebels. New Orleans, August 10,1805. The Matamoras Ranche, of the 8th inst., un derstands that General Merritt, with nine thou sand federal cavalry, was reoenlly at Austin, Texas, and is now en rout» to the Rio Grande. The rebel General Slaughter publishes a letter fully exculpating General Mejia and thejintperial forces from the charge of assisting the rebels.-— He says that not a rifle or a musket ever crossed the Rio Grande or otherwise entered the confed eracy throu ;h the imperial lines. Being offered some pieoes of artillery he oalled on Gen. Mejia to make arrangements to get them into Texas.— The latter replied unhesitatingly that he would take active steps to maintain a strict neutrality; consequently the artillery was not purchased. Goods have advanced from fifty to one hun dred percent, in Matamoras. The defection of General Canales aod his son from the liberal eause and Am imprisonment of the latter by the republican government is re futed. •: Travel on the Rio Grande is now considered safe. „ The troops of Cortina are not allowed to smug-s ' r uto extending from the above city in a gle through Brownsville any longer arms and mu- easterlv rii. a ».i n _ t. — nitiona of war. Governor H>milton hssfoeommenead making appointments for the State of Te$Ma r ; - ' A 8t- Lome merchant lost his daughter, his cashier and tl»500 all in the same night. <-U is ki ' r o. me proper emigrant roqte. By an inppoaedthe faughter gfi] money aooompuiied 1 Con rw««. approved July 2,1&4, the sntprprUinj caahisr. irom me aoove city m a *Li,'n e T fe . r y direct ’ on for some thirty six miles, mw.. . lSiaD ®e is already in successful running 'ral ,r'° n '. line ot the road takes the gen- tecuonof the Middle fork of the Willia- YiidIk 1?er i? 11 ? pursues It* route to the eastern th 6 i:“ ry . 0 ^ if 18 from whence it may follow . llD8 of the proposed emigrant roqte. “ The Whaling Fleet—Further Particulars of the lineages of the Shenandoah—The Vessels I.table to be Attached. [From the New Bedford Standard, Aug. 16.] Mr. James O. Aveline, mate of the bark Jireh Swift, of this port, burned by the pirate Shenan doah, arrived in this city to-day from San Fran cisco, by the Nicaragua route to New York. The Jireh - Swift was captured on 22d June, about 3B miles east of Cape Thaddeus, in the Kamtsohat- ka sea. She had four hundrod barrels of oil, all taken within eight days previous. Ships Sophia Thornton and Milo, of this port, were captured the same day. The Sophia Thornton had no oil, and was burned, and the Milo was bonded and sent to San Francisco with the crews of the other captured vessels on board. The first vessels de stroyed after leaving Melbourne were ships Hec tor, of this port, and Edward Carey, of San Francisco, formerly of Nantucket, at Ascension or Koop island, latitude eight degrees north, longitnde one hundred and fifty eight degrees east The Edward Carey had one hundred and fifty, barrels sperm oil. The next was bark Harvest, of Honolulu, formerly of this port, captured on the passage from the Sandwich islands to the North Pacific fishing grounds. The commander of the Shenandoah pretended to find a flaw in her transfer papers, and declared his belief that she was an American vessel trying to save her self by false papers. Ship Abigai , of this port, was captured about 12th June, lyiog in the ice and trying to work her way into the Ocbotsk sea. She had no oil. Ships William Thompson and Euphrates, of this port, were captured some dis tance south of Cape Thaddeus, a few days before the Jireh Swift. The William Thompson had taken one small whale. Mr. Aveline knows no thing of the reported capture of brig Susan Abi gail, of San Francisco. After the captured crews- were put on board the Milo sbe was allowed to take provisions from the Scphia Thornton. While this was being done the Shenandoah was cruising at a distance of fifteen miles, and Captain Ebene- zer F. Nye, of Sandwich, master of ship Abigail, with praiseworthy courage, seized tbe opportunity to start with two open boats in the hope of finding other ships and giving warning of the Shenan doah’s proximity. He has not since been heard from. Ths Shenandoah is commanded by Wordeli, of Cape Cod, formerly an officer of -the Ala bama. He resigned a commission in the United States navy at the opening of the re bellion to enter the Confederate service. Thomas Manning, of New York, and John Dowden, of this’eity, second and fourth mates of the Abigail, have shipped on board the She nandoah, the former as pilot. Manning is a native of Baltimore, was in ship Hillman in the North Pacific ocean, last season, and was in ship Magnolia, of this port, and barkR. L. Barstow, of Mattapoisett, a few years ago.— Dowden is well known in this city. He sailed from here last as boat-steerer in bark Martha,- 2d. When last seen from the Milo, the pirate was bound for Cape Behring, farther north. There were fifty whalers in the Kamschatka i, and we may expect to hear of more cap tures. It was thought probable that after cruising a few days in the Kamtschatha sea, the pirate would return to the Ochotsk sea, where some of the most valuable whaleships are supposed to be, and would arm a prize and send her into tbe Arctic ocean. It will be re collected that the last news from the Shenan doah, previous to the arrival of tbe Milo at San Francisco, was brought to the Sandwich Islands by a schooner, which spoke the pirate near Ascc'nsion Island. The pirate then in quired if there were any whalers in that vicini ty. Hardly any one belipvecj the report, .how ever, at that time, the general opinion being that the skipper had a passion for yarn-spin ning. Mr. Aveline reports the following ves sels spoken or heard from within a few days of 22d of June : New Bedford—ships Hillman, boiling one whale ; Cornelius Howland, 400 barrels; George Howland, 2 whales; Bartholo mew Gosnold, 1 whale; Eliza Adams and Em ma C. Jones, clean; Isaac Howland, 1 whale; Mount Wollaston, 2 whales ; barks John P. West, cutting a 150 barrel whale ; Fanny, 2 whales; Coral, 600 barrels; John Howland, 2 whales; Helen _ Snow and Stephania, clean; Martha, 2d, 2 whales; Oricle, 3 whales; Grat itude, 2 whales; . Flizabeth Swift, 2 whales. Fairbaven—bark Davorite, clean. New Lon don—bark J. D. Thompson, 250 barrels. The Mount Wollaston probably escaped, having been warned by a French whaler as the Milo was starting for San Francisco. These reports are very favorable for so early in the season. Census of Georgia, I860 Whites ft 591,550 'Free persons of color 3,500 Slaves ........462,198 Indians... 38 1,067,286 THE MISSISSIPPi CONVENTION ReconstrncLnary Moveoeni h the State. It was stated by one of the speakers at a re-, cent meeting of colored men in New York that the censtis shows that in that city the ne groes pay twenty-five thousand dollars more than the cost of their own poor; that in pro portion to population thirty-seven of them went to the war to every twenty-five white men, and that the number who cannot read is only one in seven, while of whites it Is one in five. Proposed Batification of the Proceedings of the Eebel State Officials, &c. Jackson, Miss., August 17,1865. An ordinance ratifying all judicial proceedings in the courts, including all judgments, decrees, deeds and indictments; also ratifying all mar riages, contiacts and sales; also ratifying all State laws passed during the war, was passed to a first reading. An ordinance prohibiting the Legislature from passing any law imposing any civil disability or punishment, or forfeiture of estate, upon any citizens engaged in the late war with the United States, or Tor tbe political opinions occasioned thereby, was also passed to a first reading. A memorial was adopted, to be presented to the President of the United States, praying him not to garrison the State with negro troops, which was referred to General Osterhans, to be by him forwarded to the President. A memorial was also presented praying that steps be taken in behalf of Jeflersou Davis and Governor Clark. The Constitutional Committee made a report that such change be made in the constitution of the State as will hereafter prevent slavery or in voluntary servitude, except for crime, and strik ing out all portions of the old constitution rela ting to slavery. An ordinance was also reported providing for the election of Congressmen, members ot the Legislature, Governor and other State officers, on the first Monday in October, to serve two years ; also providing that all judicial and ministerial officers now in office shall continue to hold their offices for the remainder of their unexpired terms. The second committee also presented an ardi- nance ratifying all the acts of the State officers not made in aid of the recent war and not incon sistent with the constitutions ot the United States and the State of Mississippi. Both reports will be adopted. Towntend, tbe New Haven Bank De. faultcr, at Home. From the New Haven Journal, August 17.] Yesterday morning the steamer Etna, with Jeremiah Townsend,in charge of tbe detective Parlin, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Townsend, of this city, arrived in New York with ninety- nine thousand dollars of the stolen funds.— The party immediately went to the New Haven depot and took the quarter-past twelve o’clock train, and arrived in this city about half-past three. A large crowd was at the depot, who rushed and struggled to get a sight of the m3n, but he was quickly conducted up stairs through the Merchant’s Hotel to State street, where a carriage was in readiness, in whicR he took his seat, remarking that he was surprised to see so many of his friends on hand to meet him. The carriage was hurriedly driven up Crown street and thence to the jail, the com pany being increased by the presence of the chief of police. Townsend took things quite coolly, but seemed to desire to pass up street unnoticed, drawing the enrtain of the carriage to screen himself. The crowd at the depot ran around into Chapel street, expecting the carriage would be driven up that street, but in this they were disappointed. Townsend and Booth are now both lodged in jail and will soon have a hearing. Booth was to have had a hearing this morning, but it will probably be postponed. It seems that the officers in their search tor Townsend were wholly off the track, and it was principally Townsend’s desire to communicate with Miss Booth and make arrangements for meeting her that led to tbe discovery of his whereabouts, bis intentions, and filially to his arrest. Townsend, after shaving off his beard in New York, assumed a military uniform and went South, disposing of a bond in Philadelphia. This bond was discovered by Parlin, the detec tive, and was the first clue obtained to the route Townsend had chosen. This bond was disposed ot probably to obtain nfioney to pay travelling expenses. By wearing a military dress he was enabled to pass through the South undisturbed. He went to New Orleans and took a steamer for Havana. On arriving at that place he wrote a letter to Miss Booth, s'ating that he would meet her ^a certain hotel in Liverpool at a certain time. He then gave one ot the bonds to a mao there to take the letter to New York and get it iDto the hands of bis Dulcioea. This man came on to New York, tried to sell his bonds and was immediately marked and arrested, and this letter found in his effects. This becoming known, Dr. Townsend, the brother ot James M. Townsend, then went with detective Parlin to Boston and took the steamer China for Queenstown on the 13th cf July, eleven days after Townsend left Havana. As the Havana steamer had to stop on the way, the China arrived first The pursuers poshed on across Ireland and the Channel; and found their man stopping at a hotel in Liverpool. Parlin called on him and told him his business, He said he knew no such man as Dr. Townsend, and be did not wish to be insulted. It was no go, however; the game of bluff would not do. He soon became con vinced of his error, and quietly submitted to his fate. The money was then secured, when tbe party immediately took passage on the Etna, and arrived as we have stated- It was Townsend’s idea to hare Miss Booth meet him in Liverpool, when they were to settle down in some interior town and live npon the inter est of the bonds; but his fatal letter, and tbe thorough measures taken, to prevent the sale of the bonds, forever defeated bis singular plan. The Absconding Philadelphia Bro ker. [From the Philadelphia Agp, Ang. 17.] Up to yesterday nothing had been heard of the Third street broker who parried off twenty* five thousand dollars of his partner’s and of borrowed money. It was supposed that be had gone to Indiana, and the partner started in pursuit more than a week ago, and he has not been heard from by the detective officer who had the matter in hand. The Confederate Vice-President Stephens and Postiuaster-General Reagan at Port Warren. [From the Boston Traveller, August 17-1 There are now but five prisoners at Fort War ren. Vice-President Stephens for the last ten days has been released irom close confinement, and is permitted to walk wherever he pleases in the lort between reveille and retreat, and even aseend the ramparts. He is always unguarded, and seems to appreciate bis relief tram bis dun geon. Another prisoner is Mr. Reagan, tbe late confederate Postmaster-General. A third is Charles Cheshire.tormerly one of the supervisors of Brooklyn, New York, who is in close impri- j sonmeat for frauds perpetrated in the recruiting [ department, his sentence being six months rim- i pnsonment sad tine of $2,000. His cell is so sit- j uated that he can see from his window the whole ' interior ot the fort, and be was soon recogizued by acqiintances cf the Seventy-first. A fourth prisoner is a British captain, a blockade runner, and a fifth party who refused to take tbe oath of . allegiance. Reagan is allowed to take an hour’s ; walk eaoh day, attended by a guard. - J A Sight to See —A Nashville correspon dent «ty# ; I visited the capitol and found my j old friend, Capt. H. H. Thomas, busily en gaged in counting the ooin belonging to the State,,which was captured at Augusta, Ga. The sight was a refreshing one. Fonr hun dred ana thirty thousand dollars in gold and silver coin, most of it just as it came from the mint, was a sufficiently dazzling light to blind the eyes of a person accustomed to see nothing bat greenbtaks. Florida. Mobi'e. N.0.4T. 36 37 87 44 44 44 46 47 48* New York Markets. New York, Aug. 19. Gold Market.—The gold market has shown increasing firmness. The opening price was 142 1-2, from which it advanced to 143, then relapsed to 142 5-8, but afterwards rose to 143 l-2ao-8, at which it closed. This accession of strength is owing to the tempora ry suspension of gold sales by the Sub-Treasu ry and the improvement in the rates of foreign exchange, which have now reached a point at which specie could be profitably exported.— Leading drawers have asked 109 7-8 for their sixty days’ sterling ; but a few sales were made, second hand, at 109 3-8a5-8 early in the day. The demand, at the same time, is not large.— Should no advance in five-twenties take place abroad an early resumption of coin exports must ensue. Cotton.—The market was more active, and prices, though not quotablv higher, were some stronger, especially towards the latter part of the day, the market closing steady at our quo tations below. The sales comprised. 2,500 bales. Wo quote: Upland, Ordinary.... 30 Middling... .43' Good Mid’ng46 Floor.—Southern was fairly active, and prices were again firmer; the sales comprised 700 bbls. Canada flour was in good demand at an advance of 10c.a25c.; the sales were 450 bbls. We quote: Superfine State and Western $6 10 a 6 60 Extra State 6 95 a 7 10 Choice State 7 15 a 7 25 Common to medium extra Western T 00 a I t>0 Extra round hoop Ohio 8 60 a S 75 Western trade brands 8 80 a 10 50 Common eonthem 8 50 a 9 76 Fancy and extra do 9 80 a 13 00 Coffee—The demand was only moderate, be ing confined to the jobbing trade; but prioes were generally firm at our quotations annexed. The stock in first hands at the present time is estima ted at 69,484 bags, including tbe varions descrip tions. We quote: Ordi aey to fair, 13al4 l-2c; good fair to prime, 15al6 l»2c, cargoes, fair to good, 14 l*2alo l«2e—gold, cash, in bond. Fish—New mackerel were in good demand, and prices ruled very firm: tbe sales were 1000 quintals, at $25 for shore No. 1,$10 for shore No. 2, $8 50 for shore No. 3, $16 for bay No. 1, $1J for bay No. 2, and $9 25 for large size bay No. 3. Old mackerel were pretty well used up, and the remaining stock was dealt out sparingly for oon« sumption at our previous nominal quotations.— Herring were in active demand, and prices were very firm; the sales were 10,000 boxes, at 50c for scaled and 40a for No. 1. Molasses—The stock at the present time consists of 10,670 hhds, including all grades. We quote : Cuba muscovado, 40a60c ; Cuba clayed, 36a40c: Cuba centrifugal, 28a36c; Porto Rico, 62a85c. Nails—The market was very firm, with a fair demand Tor both kinds. The sales of cut were at 5 l-4a6c; clinch, 6 l-4a6 1-2; copper, 50c; yellow metal, 35c; forged horse, thirty for 8d, and zinc, 20c, cash. Naval Stores—The demand for spirits turpentine continued good, and retail parcels brought full prices, while whole lots were a shade off. The sales were 700 bbls, at $1 30a 1 35 in the retail way, and $1 27 l-2al 28 for large lots. Crude do continued to arrive pret ty freely, but was taken up quickly by dis tillers, who are busy in converting into spirits. The sales were at $7a7 50. The demand for rosins continues brisk, and full prices were obtained. The sales were about 400 bbls, at $Ga9 for common No. 2, $ 10al2 for No. 1, and $12al8 for prime pale, as to size. The supply of tar was light, and with a fair de mand; prices ruled very firm. The sales were at $8a9, according to size. PitcE was firm and moderately active, at a basis of $7. Provisions.—The beef market was less-active, but prices continued steady. The sales were 400 bbls at $8 50 a 12 50 for plain mess, and $10 a 14 50 for extra mess. Beef bams were in light supply, but not much wanted, and prioes were only steady. Bacon was dull, and prices were entirely nominal. -Cut meats were m moderate request and prices were firm. The sales were at 14>£ a 16j^c tor shoulders, and 19 a 23e for hams. Butter was in fair request, and prices were Borne firmer. The sales were at 21 a 29c for old, and 30 a 36c for State. Cheese was fairly active at lull ptices. The sales were at 9% a 16c, the out side prices for choice factory in small iota. The lard market was active, and prices were well sus tained. The sales were 1,300 bbls at 19 a 24J£c, the latter an extreme price for small lots choice kettle rendered. Sugar.—The demand for raw was active for all grades, and prices were some stifier, but not ma terially changed. The sales of Cuba muscovado were 2,000 bhds, at 11% a 13%c, inoluding re fining to grocery grades; also 100 hhda Porto Rico at 12 a 14c. Refined wag steady. Tobacco was only moderately active, but prices were well sustained. The sales, were 80 hbds Kentucky at 7% a 26c. Tin was firm, with a fair demand for straits at 27c; Banca at 28%c, and English at 24 a 24%c. Tallow.—The market was aotive and prices were steady. The sales were 180.000 lbs at 11% a 13c. Whiskey.—Receipts, none. The market was moderately active and prices were steady. The sales were about 400 bbls at $2 19 a 2 20 for Western. A Good Appointment.—CoL T. P. Robb, so long know as tbe State Agent of Illinois* in tbe South, and later as United States Treasury agent at Savannah, has recently been (appointed by tbe President of tbe United States as direct Tax Agent of the State of Georgia, with headquarters at Savannah. It is an important position to the Government, requiring in the occupant sterling integrity and a fine perception of what eonathn- tes equity as well as justice. We think the place has been worthily bestowed. Col. R. daring his short stay in this State by his Official oondaet, proved himself to be deserving of the confidence ef the Administration and the people. His friehda in onr midst, and they are many, will be glad to learn that ha is aoon to return to Georgia. Southern Staples.—During the fonr years of war, the cultivations of tbe great Southern sta ples—cotton and tobacco, aa also riee and sugar —was almost entirely stopped, and wheat .and corn took their place. We hope to see the culti vation of tbe old staples renewed, in even more than its former magnitude, in tbe coming year.— We hope to see the great fields of Alabama, Mis sissippi, Georgia, Sooth Carolina, and the States on the other side of the Mississippi, white with their crops of cotton. We hope to sen the rioe fields on the Savannah again producing rice, the sngsr plantations of Louisiana once more fur nishing sugar, and the tobacco lands of Virginia and North Carolina yielding the fragrant leaf No one, even the most radioal of radieala, desires to see any change in tbe Southern States in this respect Trne, aooording to the raw order of things, industry must be more diversified than formerly. There must be more producers for the benefit of many—that is, there mast be produ cers who are working direetly to benefit them selves. But then with this great change then should be no diminution in the growth of tbe staples for which the South is so eminently adapted, and wbieh an snch a source of national' wealth. The South offers gnat prospect* and mvards for intelligent labor in the fu’ure- Those who promptly take advantage of them will obtain the benefit.—Augusta Sentinel. [ Cotton Stealing in Mississippi.—A dis patch from Meridian, 12th inst., staj stealing is rampant through Mi Many persons have been arrested and impris oned, and the jails are getting fuU. Many more, it is said, will be arrested. Negroes failing to comply with their con tracts will cause a large loss ia the fodder crop. So says the Mobile News, Hqn. H. V. Johnson was in Atlanta on his w$y to Washington, Aug. 15, Amnesty Blanks. The immediate attention of County Ordinaries and Clerks is called to the 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 Offioe, having recently been established, is well supplied with the latest and most approved fonts of type, and we are now prepared to furnish the blanks in suoh quantities as may be required at the shortest notice. v The civil officers upon whom has been devolved the duty of administering the oath, will please bear this in mind. For the information of the above offi cers 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 be obliged to pay their own bills. Headq’ks Dist. op Savannah, 1 1st Division, Deft, of Georgia, V Savannah, Ga., Ang. 22nd, 1865. ) GENERAL ORDERS, i No. 17. f Lieutenant Colonel R. P. York, 75th New York Vols., having been relieved from duty as Provost Marshal, District of Savannah, in ‘order to be mustered out of service with his regiment, Lieut. Col. M. T. Holbrook, 173d New York Vols., is hereby announced as Provost Marshal, District of Savannah, 1st Di vision, Department of Georgia, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly. ’ By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BBANNAN. "Will. A. Coulter, 2t Assistant Adjutant General. Headq’rs Sub-Dis’t. of Ogeechee, Savannah, Ga., August 9th, 1865.—*— The following Order is republished for the information of all concerned : GENERAL ORDER, I No. 20. [ 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. All Commissioned Officers not on duty at this Post will report at these Head quarters, and show by what authority they are in the city. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. NOTICE. Office Provost Marshal, ) Savannah, Ga., August 21, 1865. j Gentlemen wishing to take the Amnesty Oath will apply at the office on Bryan street between 9 and 12 A. M. Ladies will apply at the office in Custom House between 1 and 4 P. M., each day. W. S. NORTON, Lieut, and Asst. Provost Marshal. Just Received, BY STUART & CO. mmiLY FLOUR, In bbis, half bbls and 25 lb X sacks Clothes Baskets Market Baskets ^ Bair brooms Pope^Head Broshes Hair and Feather Dusters Long Handled Scrubbing Brushes Also, a large lot of New Potatoes and Fresh Eggs. - STUART & CO., ang3 cor. Bull and Broughton streets. JUST RECEIVED Per Steamer America, A fine assortment of Rhine Wines I Wines Hocklaeluier, Nierstiner, Eiebfrannailk. Liquors. St. Croix Hun, Jamaica Bun, Fine Brandies. And a variety of the finest brands of Also. Lunch Served at 11 O’clock A. M., At A. STAMM’S, jy22—tf St. Charles', in Rear of Custom House. FAIRBANKS & CO. W ILL keep a stock of Platform and Counter Seales of all sizes in Savannah, and will be sold a. tow ~ cm bn ordngltfttam bfttofo Agnrta, ang7 * 00., North side Bay street, between Whitaker and Barnard. Useful, Cheap, AND DB8IRA.I3LJS- TTXIDSON’S Patent Stamp Cancelling Machines n.for stamping Revenue Stamps. Checks, Knvelopes, 4c. A new invention andgreat auxiliary to the connt- Q, 1 ?. BOUVE 4 OO. tag room. Orders receiv MB Bay street ARRIVAL ! Per Zodiac. i Q cr BBLS. Jno. Gibson's beat Whisky ' AO *9 bbtaB. Bond's old Bonrbon 10 bbls Mountain Dew tS bbls old Rye M0 bbls Cradfc Sugar CHBAPto closet ForaaioC thee KBIN 4 COMPA opposite the Post office. and Wr™ gaum. j OFFICIAL. A PROCLAMATION By Jas. Johnson, Provisional Governor, To the Peojile of Georgia : For tbe purpose of enabling the people of Georgia tbe 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 of the State, be and are hereby- authorized to administer the oath ot Amnesty set ont in the President’s Proclamation of the •29th of May, 1865, to such persons as shall be en titled to take and receive the same; and in case ol a vacancy in the office of Ordinary in any connty 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 tbe oath is administered as aforesaid to any per son within any of the exceptions specified m said proclamation, it shall be appended to the peti tion of tbe applicant—which petition shall also be verified before such Ordinary or Clerk, by the oath of tbe party; and when administered to any person not embraced within any ot the excep tions specified, the original oath taken and sub scribed, shall be sent by tbe officer administering the same to the Secretary of State of the United States, and a certified copy shall be given to the applicant. And it is further proclaimed and declared, that all the civil officers of this State who have taken and subscribed the oath prescribed ia the pro clamation aforesaid, if not embraced within any of the exceptions; or who may have received special Amnestv if embraced; shall proceed thereafter in tbe discharge of the duties of their several offices according to tbe laws in existence prior to the 1st of January, 1861, so far as the samj are not inconsistent with our present con dition. To facilitate tbe people in obtaining the Am nesty proffered, the Ordinaries or Clerks, (as the case may be,) are authorized to procure printed blanks from either one of the foflowing 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 4 Sentinel, Southern Watch man, Atlanta Intelligencer, Rome Courier, Macon Telegraph, Southern Recorder and Col umbus Enquirer. Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the State, on this the7ih day of August, in the year oi our Lord, 1865, and the eighty-ninth year ol American independence. Jas. Johnson, Provisional Governor of Georgia. By the Governor: L. H. Briscoe, Secretary. x NOTICE. Office Provost Marshal, Sub-District of Ogeech-ee, 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 heM 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 Cowdbet, Capt. and Pro. Mar. Sub-District of Ogeechee. Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, 1 Savannah, Ga., Aug. 16th, 1865. j 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’qrs Sub. Dist. of Ogeechee, 1 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 dnty. Surgeon N. A. Baldwin, 173d N. Y. Volunteers, 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. Header's Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Ang. 15th, 1865. J GENERAL ORDER, ) No. 23. f Hereafter no carts, wagons or convey ances of any kind will be allowed to as semble in the Vicinity of the Public Mar ket except during market hoars. No goods of any kind will be exposed for sale in the vicinity of the Public Market, except during market hours. 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. NOTICE. Offtoe Provost Marshal, ) Sub-District of Ogeichee, t. 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 August, 1865, where Lieut W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant Provost Marshal, will be on duty for the purpose of administering to ladies the Amnestv Oath, aa prescribed by Presi dent Jonnson’s Proclamation of May 29, 1888. u (Kgnea) SAM’L COWDREY, Capt and Pro. Mar. * Sub-District of Ogeechee.
