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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.