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I / mMM im 'mi0 .fxHak'* .0 5; U VOL. LXV- [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 199 [R' s iia BESRBLICAJ'i • ;;^A^Ls^Kmxoa and Proprietor Advertising. „ of TEN line* Nonparicl type or space oc- same number of lines, $2 tot insertion, ^"i.-'l^re^snbrtot insertion; 50 cents for each hundred; subscription fby mail Tha*" Jm ner annum; single copies, 5 cents. 0! ^iLements must be paid for at the-Counting ^‘Vn^ioa. to insertion, and if handed in by 8 p. ” ,^r in the morning edition. . "TTis C Schreiner & Son, 199 Broad "° t Augusta, Ga., are our authorized .to and trill receive advertisements AS l subscriptions for the Republican. The TLblmn of the latest dates can always i e ouad for sale at their counters. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNINR, APC>T 25. RIDING MATTER PIT EVilitY PAGE. UI2 AJiDERSOSflLLB TORTlfEW. More Evidence. Bad Food, Filthy Water and no Shelter—Wirz and his Inhumanity. The following additional evidence of the inhumanity of Win and the horrors of the Andersonville prison appears in the 'Washing ton Chronicle of yesterday : Douglas Hospital, Aug. II. J'-> the Editor of the Chronicle: Sir : I have'read the two accounts of the treatment of Andersonville prisoners, written bv a Georgian farmer, in the columns of your paper. I think your readers may be more in terested in reading a description of thesuffer- irgof the aforesaid prisoners written by one of the sufferers. I arrived in Andersonville on the 24th day of June, 18(14. The prisoner! in the stockade were divided into detachments, each suppoesd to number two hundred and seventy men. Whenever vacancies occurred, from death or otherwise, new prisoners, who were arriving almost daily, were put into the different detachments, to fill up the vacancies as far as possible ; but these would not average over nine hundred and forty men. Ir, the latter part of J une and part of July, there were seventy-eight detachments, number ing altogether nearly nineteen thousand men. At the time I arrived the stockade enclosed eighteen acres of ground, leaving out three acres of a swamp in the centre of the prison v«rd, and two acres fenced off by the dead line. There were bnt thirteen acres for the prisoners to occupy. In the latter part of July, ar. addition was made to the stockade of ten acres, leaving out one acre of this fenced off for the dead-line. The prisoners then oc cupied tweDty-two acres. The number of de tachments had increased to one hundred and twenty, swelling the number of prisoners to nearly twenty-nine thousand. Here were near ly twemv-nine thonsand men made to occupy only twenty-two acres of ground, in the hottest season of the year, three fifths of the men being entirely destitute Of shelter, and exposed to the burniug rays of a hot southern sun and the cold, raw, damp nights peculiar to the southern climate. Starvation. The rations of the prisoners were of the coarsest kind, there not being facilities to cook for all the prisoners. One-half received cooked rations, those receiving daily, four days in the week, one-half pound of corn bread, made of corn and cobs ground up together, with no salt in it, and one-quarter of a pound of bacon per man; the other, for three days, instead of bread, received one pint of half-cooked mttsh, without a particle of salt in it. Those getting raw rations received daily per man one pint and a half of meal, and a quarter of a pound of raw bacon. Each man received every three hays a piece of wood, about two feet long and two inches thick, to cook his rations with. It was an impossibility for a man to cook his rations with this miserable pittance of wood, Mai many a time I have seen men compelled 10 eal their rations raw ; yes, many a time have 1 done it myself. For seven months the prisoners of Andersonville subsisted on these rations, with no change of any kind. Thous ands were carried to their graves, disfigured, potrid masses of corruption, victims to that horrible, loathsome disease—scurvy, Kunning through the prison yard wasa small stream of water, about two yards in width, and in one place over a foot and a half deep, this, stream was naturally unhealthy, flowing as it eid through a swamp some distance from the stockade. About a quarter of a mile outside :,e stockade, along the stream, a great ma- J ‘ ‘ty of the rebels doing duty at Anderson- . e " ere encamped. They did all their bath- MJ and washing right outside the stockade, yose to the stream was a cook house, where , !o( ri was prepared for prisoners, peeking •■ready with the filth from the rebel encamp- ®ms, the stream, flowing on past the cook- rouse, receiving all its filthy refuse, pollated yo poisonous, entered the stockade, where I ('’“sands of starving, thirsty wretches vainly • r yd to quench their thirst with its warm and mucous waters or dense their diseased and ii, . f iorms ’ Diarrhoea arising from the ,l* 0 this water numbered its victims by orousands. • The “AndereonmUe- Raiders." an,i^ ere ex * sted 1° Andersonville in the spring par ‘ 9 1 trie summer of 1864 an organized hardened villain took no notice of their qom- plaints, encouraging their oppressors in their inhuman barbarities. An Outbreak. There is a limit to man’s forbearance. In the mouth of July, after inducing Wirz to promise them all the facilities be could to carry out their plans, the strongest of the prisoners arose en masse, arrested about fifty of the most desperate raiders, established a court of justice, tried them, and sentenced about six, of the worst to be hung, and the rest to wear a ball and ebatn until they should be paroled or exchanged; they were thea to be handed over to the United States authori ties, with a statement of their case. The six men sentenced to death were hung on a scaffold erected in the stockade, in full view of all the prisoners. Wirz, according to his promise, furnished the prisoners with the materials to make she scaffold. The culprits, after their trial, up to the time when they were bung, were »e- curelv confined in the rebel guard-honke outside of the stockade. About an hour before the exe cution, 'Wirz, with a guard, conducted them from the guardhouse to the gates of the prison, and handed them over to a party of the prison ers appointed by their comrades for that purpose, at the same time saying that he would throw the responsibility of banging the condemned on the prisoners ; that they must not expect him to be responsible in any way. In spite of all Wirz can say, he was the cause of their being bang.— if he had done his duty as keeper of the prison, and seen that order was maintained, the prison ers would not have been compelled td take jus tice in their own hands. When the prisoners would complain to Wirz or his subordinates of the small quantity of rations they were receiv ing, they would remark, “It is enough for you d—d Yankees; we only intend to give you enough to keep life in you.” The Roll Call. ■ Every day the roll was called in the prison by rebel sergeants. Each sergeant had charge of a ceitain number of detachments. If at the time the roll was called, there was one man missing who could not be accounted for af onee, 1lis de tachment would have to go without their.rations for that day—two huudred and forty men starved and lamishsd for the fault of one man. This was one of Wire's just laws-. While I was io the prison, twenty de.achments, including the one to which I belonged, were kept without their rations for two days, because a man belonging to one of the detachments had made his escape from the prison sou his absence had not been made known at roll call. * y Freezing. Many a cold, raw night, with thousands of other miserable wretches, I hare sat on the damp, £lchy ground, nothing to cover me but an old ragged shirt and a pair of pants, looking over the stockade at the distant camp-fires burning brightly on the surroundihg hills, longing for a little fire to warm me. “If 1 only had a little Ire,” I would think, “just enough to keep me from feeling so cold, I could do without the shel ter o; a blanket or tent.” Why did not; Wirz, seeing most of us prisoners were . entirely desti tute of shelter, famish us with wood to keep us warm during the damp, -chilly nights? We could almost reach over the stockade and touch the woods, an 1 yet we had to suffer with the cold. Starving us was bad enbngi. Theymigut have let ns have a little wood to keep ns warm at night. • > Sickness. When a man took sick in i be stockade, he had to lie and suffer His stomach” weakened by sick ness, he loatoed the coarse food he had been liv ing on. He might long for something nourishing to eats some one to sympathize with him and nurse; he could have neither. His comrade, ly ing by his side, Weak and exhausted from starva tion, hardly able to take oare of?: himself, with but one thought—-how he might satiate the gnawing hunger that was consuming him slowly everyday—could not help him. Mortality. In August the deaths .of prisoners averaged fifty per day. The dead were carried oat on stretchers one at a time, two prisoners with a guard to each stretcher. Only two bodies could be carried out at a time. Lucky was the poor wretch of a prisoner who got a chance to help carry out a body to the dead-house out side, and some distance from the stockade. He would'bring in some wood on the stretcher when he returned. Then he might cook hi§ miserable pittance of food, or have a fire some cold night to warm himself- Often have! seen men sitting by a dying man eagerly wait ing for him to die, begrudging him his life, that they might carry out his body and get a little wood to help them keep life in themselves. The dead were carried to the dead-house, when the name, company and regiment was taken down in a book. They were then thrown roughly into a wagon, hauled to some distance from the stockade, thrown into shallow trenches, and a few shovels foil of dirt thrown carelessly over them. , Such was the manner of burying the victims .of Andersonville'. This is but a Short account that I have writ ten, but I tbihk that I lute written enough to give the readers of this an insight into the sufferings »f the prisoners. No one can folly realize their sufferings, unless, like myself, they have experienced them. Very respectfully, B. H., Co. ■‘C„’ > Eighth Penn, cavalry, ARKANSAS, Address of Governor Murphy tp the People. Letter from Dr. T. M. Jacks. The GovemoJ of Arkansas has issued an ad dress to the people of the State, in which he says : “The civil Government of your State is avain folly organized. Peabe and apparent harmony prevail. The law can he faithfully enforced, if you so will it. On yon rests the responsibility for the good or evil that may ensue. The future will take its character from your present action. If your course is guided by calm wisdom and patriotism, peace and security will be observed ; if by the impulses of passion and the prejudices of the past, confusion and demoralization will ce the resalt. “Your condition is critical, and the approach ing eleotion for members of Congress will be a test of your wisdom and self-control. The great sorrows and sufferings ot the last four years have ernshed the public energies, and produced a reek less and traitorous state of mind, which a sudden excitement might render ungovernable. You must guard against this. “Listen to no one who is disposed to irritate old sores. Listen only to those whose words are calculated to calm the temper and to soothe the wounded feelings. “The fate of the State is in your hands. Should you elect men who by the laws are disqualified,* they will be rejected; and inasmuch as the grati fications of members of CoLgress have been materially modified by Congress passed daring the rebellion, I have deemed it my duty to place it before you, that yod? may be enabled, in your selection of candidates, to act intelligently, with a full knowledge of the facts. “To vote for any person as a candidate for Congress who cannot honestly and truthfully take the above oath, is discreditable to the voter, and an insult to the majesty of the law, besides being a vote thrown away, and should such disquali fied person be eleotei, the most disagreeable con sequences are sure to follow, both to him and to the State. “In so important a matter, I trust the people will be wise and watchful, as an imperative doty. T alio call your attention to the qualifications of voters in this State. Each voter, before deposit ing his ballot, in addition to former qualifications, must take the following oath; “I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this S wte,' afid that I have not voluutarily berne arms against the United States or this State, nor aided, directly or indirectly, the so-called Con federate authorities, since the 18th day of April, 1864. “ The above oath must be taken by every voter, ot his vote will be considered worthless, and he will subject himself to indiotmenl for perjury for a violation of theaot. “The returns of the election of offioers made to the Secretary of State must show that the oath has been taken at prescribed. I trust, therefore, yon will see the propriety and necessity of yield ing a cheerful obedience to the requirements of the law, until repealed or declared unoonstitu- tionai by competent judicial authority. It is the law of the land and must be enforced. The" Ex ecutive is bonnd in the most solemn manner to enforce the laws, and with the help of God, he will try to faithfully perform his sworn obliga tions. “To voters we would say, select good men and true men to serve you. Do not be governed by those who seek office. They generally seek their own profit, not yours; and be sure to choose those whose disposition and capacity are to build np and restore. Show all those whose inclinations lead them to pa 1 down and destroy, we have had enough of that. Let all the laws be exeonted faithfully. . r “The good God seems to have returned to ns in kindness and mercy. Let us humble ourselves under His mighty hand, and ask of Him wisdom, and that He will be our guide and counsellor. Isaac Murphy, Governor of State.” repnbCe. It will be well for ns and for human liberty if we deceive not onrselves as to the mag- nitudo or the importance of this work. Let it be remembered, and constantly bornedn mind, that no republic up to the present time has ever sur- rived a great civil war. Those that nominally lived after such wars, lived only in name; with tho wars they ceased to be republics in fact. Shall history repeat itself in this particular in America? The people by their acts must say. “Lasting peace cannot be restored to any por tion of the American people until law and order bear rule in the South. Mobs and wholesale law less murders have marked tho wane of liberty in every land. Inaugurate them here, and our own America will rapidly follow in the wake of mighty nations gone before.” WASHINGTON. Washington, August 17,1865. Applications for Pardon. Q Several hundred applications lor pardon were received to-day, and among them that of the rebel Brigadier General Alexander W. Campbell, of Tennessee. Pardoned, J. W. Dillard, of Albemarle county, Va.; Alex. Dudley, President of the Richmond and York Biver Railroad, and Richard T. Foster, banker, of Richmond, were to-day pardoned by the President. Mr. Dudley will at once proceed to rebuild the railroad over which he has presided for many years, the iron of which was taken up by the confederacy to construct the Piedmont Branch Railroad. Pis pardon was specialty ask ed for by Governor Pierpoint. Mr. Foster’s ap plication had been pending for seme time. He concluded to retain Hon. Thomas Corwin by a five hundred dollar fee. The latter procured the pardon at once. We chronicle this as a notable exception to the general worthlessness of legal interference. The hotels of the city are principally filled with Southerners at present, who are here to ob tain pardons for themselves or friends. Mr. Titus, of Memphis, Tennessee, obtained his to day. The Interments at Andersonville. Captain James M. Moore to-day telegraph ed from Andersonville that he yesterday fin ished the suitable interment, of the Union pris oners who died at that prison. The Fees of Mrs. Surratt’s Counsel. The statement that has been going the rounds of the press to the effect that the coun sel of Mrs. Surratt demanded during the last hours of her life a fee of thirty-five hundred dollars, secured by a mortgage upon her house, and that since the demise of the latter they have attempted to sell the house to secure their fee, is emphatically contradicted. It is affirmed that during the progress of the con spiracy trial, early in June last, Mrs. Surratt gave her note for three thousand dollars, for sixty days, to her counsel, who, after the exe cution, and several days before the note be came due, notified several of the intimate per sonal friends of Mrs. Surratt that they would settle the note in question at a heavy discount. The latter subsequently informed the counsel that but one thonsand dollars coal’d be raised, which sum was accepted in full consideration of the note for three thousand.—N. Y, Herald• POLITICAL. selv? k ardened 'Villain# who-styled them- vas'i 6 Andersonville raiders. This gang 5 about two hundred strong, and was eom- ■'-0 oi men who had deserted from the.TTni- a. 5l!des ar ffiy With the intehtiori' of taking e® a:il °i allegiance to the Confederate gor- At| , ent - The rebel authorities pilt them in A|.. ersonv ‘U e with the captured v qrrisotiers.— ti| 0u jto these men were not allowed to take , , the rebels favored them as much as Bin t j a ri° w ing them to go outside of the ihr- e - t0 wot * 5 i® trie day time, for which L. ; '^‘vad more gnd better rations than si' lii e prisoners, and at night they were tbuld t0 take 88 mu!dl wood as they tat- , Ca F y ' course, having a plenty to able i P- j °* exercise, they were strong, f msei ° i men .> and they had the other poor, f 0r , d > starving prisoners completely cowed „°,5? tIme ’ prisoners arriving in An- "ere „n e were attac ked by the raiders (who of ,1. ,t5 med witl1 hea vy clubs) and robbed, left them thlU T J alcabl ? the reb ®^ «a*f?rit have, ; .. e inhuman wretches. Wirz was aware The Peace Impracticable#, and Bogus Democ at# of Ohio Holding a Con* ventiont Nomination of A. hoof as a Candidate for Governor. Cincinnati, August 18. The bogus Democratic Convention .assembled at Columbus yesterday. Mr. Mitchell, tit Knox county, was appoipted chairman; and W. H. Mum,ell, of Highland county, secretary; Alex ander A. Long, was nominated for governor* and Clinton Aar White for Uententat 'ffoteftritw. ? , >’ ; Stroog State sovereignty, resolutions were adopted. •' ' ' • - . - - [Special Dispatch to theTribune.] Columbus, Ohio, August 17. The radical wing ot ihe democracy held « con vention to-day and effected an independent or ganization. A State ticket, headed by Alexan der Long for Governor and Cl in .on A. White for Lit utenanV Governor, was nominated. The plat form indorses state sovereignty to the fullest ex tent; denies the right of the general government to raise armies by subscription; pretests against the suspension of the writ of habeas- corpus; de clares military commissions lo only vigilance committees; opposes pub'ic debt, national banks and paper currently; favor* uniform '.taxation and tree trade; denies the right of th*_*overik- meat to emancipate slaves; condemns aagrifsof- frage; denounces Getr Cox’s colonization scheme, and closes with a- ftgrffaratiop that the tyeetqrn democracy has been divided oh these doctrine*, and that success can phly feet-reached by recon structing the party on the basis of. »tetej eovef- eignty. The speakers all declared- the war a failure, becauae.it had settled nvtbtng. The new party is already strongly organized in aeverW sections of the SLate, and is being led by earnest and most determined men. Hie regular Dea - cratio Convention 'will* be heTa neil week.' of the ons. dat 10 ^ ex !! t J en< ; e , of *“.gang and their deple ted '^ dftlth O"8l» their poor victims time »g»m complained of them to him, the Letter from Hr. Jacks. A letter from Dr. T. M. Jacks, dated at Helerih and addressed to the people of Arkansas, sets forth the condition of affair in that State very plainly. The doctor says : “Secession was not the willing choice of the people, though the people helped to bring it upon themselves. They had forgotten that eternal vigilance was the price of liberty ; they had for gotten that American freemen, to continue free, must think and act for themselves. They had forgotten that party politicians are generally cor rupt meo. They had lorgotten that following in the wake of corruption leads to the same evil consequeDcea as though they bad been corrupt themselves; they had forgotten that partisan zeal was not patriotism; they had forgotten that pas sion was not principle; they had forgotten, in short, all the high prerogatives of the American citizen; they bad delegated their thinking and apting to those they knew to be dishonest—never dreaming of danger, they willingly followed him ot ‘tbeir party’ who talked and blustered mbst. The people have been led into all their troubles because they would not think for themselves.— All that the country has suffered has been brought about by unprincipled men imposing upon and appealing to the bad passions, not the sober judgment of the people, and by the people gubmisaiv-ly obeying tbeir wicked behests. The-' difference between the enmraahtv oi the leader# and the people is: The leaders plotted mischief, the people inspected do harm; the iorm.r sin ned intentionally, the latter thoughtlessly. “Though the change in ihe last five years ha* been terrible and apparently sadden, yet the training ot the people for it has been the.work of more than a generation. It required a long and persistent course of denunciations and false rea soning to persuade, to drive the people from their allegiance lo the government of their fathers. The Clergy. » * * “To facilitate their covert and wick ed designs, southern politicians called to their as sistance a much respected add influential class of men, who, though in their sacred commission they are commanded to ‘keep their garmeota spotless jrom the world,’ forgetting the high character of tbeir calling, they dishonored God's Holy Sanctuary by converting it into « forum for the disenssion and promulgation of party politics,, Thus beguiled, both in church and state, bk‘priest ana king,’is not so wonderful that the people should have been thrown from tbeir balance, and tfaatunder great excitement, they should have been induced to commit seri ous and woeiul indiscretion*. Uninfluenced, and left to their own sober judgments, the people oj Arkansas would never have rebelled #L^_ authority of the United States government. Guerillas. * * “Perhaps yon shall ask me what ahall be doa# with th* guerilla ? Shall he be treated kindly ? Shall he be forgiven ? I answer, he is an enemy to society, he is an Can’t defend Mm, charity can’ military law does not recognise him as a soldier; civil law repudiates him as a citizen. 1 He is al- jeady pondemtoBd. The only, question is, how PriUT *«* a W**- (Ay “Oun Own SLuaaA*D”— Who is determined? at last, to do sombtlting.) ^Su^ay-Daypf rest; pf co^e, nothing Monday-Being early in the weeks don’t be-too irecipitaie in beginning anything. ' ‘ Tuesday—Determine not to let tbe week go by vithout achieving something briliuint! 3 Wednesday—Resolve on vigorous measnree or to-morrow ... s^teawBsssstei one next « Speech of Secretary Harlan—The Ad ministration. Secretary Harlan was serenaded at Washington recently, and acknowledged the compliment in a patriotic speech, and after the band had played several airs, the Secretary was called oat by the ctowd, and spoke as follows: “I have no doubt that nothing but a feeling of friendship for me can acconnt for the presence of the great number of you here to night. It any are prompted by any other motivo, I do not doubt that it is on account of their respect for the gov ernment, which now domi iates over onr entire and common country, and for the Administration that is now enforcing the laws of the republic from Maine to California, and. from Minnesota to Texas. And possibly I may be indebted for this compliment on aooount of my connection with this administration. Ton must not expect me to-night to develop what will be in the : future the policy of the individual eleoted to the highest po sition in the gift of the Amorioan people, No one is authorized to speak for him but himself; and I doubt very much whether be now knows what will be the policy which he will be compelled bv circum stances to follow in the future. We may, however, jndge of the future from his offioial acta in the past. “I know a large portion of the Ameriean people feel a deep solicitude on the (abject ot the proba ble success of his administration, and there are those- who are the enemies of this administration, as they were of his predecessor, who are anxious to array against him those by whose votes he wsb ing, practical men, that trees will party, and as a result suffering the country to be destroyed, are they now a sufficient cause to permit this great party to go to pieces and the country to ruin as a consequence ? The party which throngh the military power, sup pressed a rebellion which has had no parallel in history, has now the great responsibility imposed upon it to keep its columns intact and its men massed until the disorganized States are reorganized, and a feeling of friendship and unity is restored thronghont our whole country. If then, we, as Union men, have no cause to complain of the President for any thing which we could not allege with equal force against his predecessor, let ns see that we give him no cause to break with us. Allow me, in retiring, to thank yon for the honor ot this call.” Tlie Result of Obstinacy, [From the Wilmington Herald.] Gen. Amec, Gen. Duncan and Col. Donellan have recently retorted from an official visit to Fayetteville and vicinity. From these officers we learn that we were premature in annonneing the marah of troops to that place. Goo. Ames and company went thore with a view of ascertaining the truthful cess of certain reports that have come down here regarding the treatment of oolored people in that vicinity. Tbe result of this visit, we are informed, is tbe substantiation of the fact that the negroes have been cruelly treated by not only civilians, but theoivil authorities there. Two negroes were tied np and publicly whipped by the sheriff, on the sentence of a magistrate in the town of Fayetteville. Other negroes were tied to trees and whipped, and then left tied until a storm prostrated the trees, and the poor negroes fell with them, and laid a long time before being relieved. Citizens, too, have presumed to exercise the au thority of masters over these people, and to pun ish them at their will with snch severity as to them seemed fir. It is even reported that negroes have been killed by tbe cruelty of those who should be brought to punishment. Ail these things are not only contrary to the policy of the government and military orders, bnt positively forbidden by the laws of the St«t«?of North Carolina All negroes are now free. Why will not the people learn this faot and be wise? Because tbe people of Fayetteville would not admit this fact, they have now got to submit to it by the compulsory power of the bayonet in negro hands. The troops are now under orders to go there. The government will enforce its policy.— If people will submit willingly, well and good; otherwise they will be compelled to submit. -■ i —— PLANTERS’ BUREAU. elevated to his present position- Many, ! doubt not, have ipuoh'solioitade on this subject. Some may fear that now that he has been elevated to place and power he nqay tarn against those who elected him. Those who fear know bnt little of the toan they have honored by their votes.— [Cheers.] I would ask those who have tears upon this subject, was he not nominated by the same convention that nominated the lamented Lincoln. M ‘ “Did he not accept the nomination, and place himself voluntarily upon the same platform ?— Was he not elected to the second place by the same electors who chose the lamented Abraham Lincoln to.tbe first? And alter succeeding to the cBafr inadfr vacant (yr the foul ScYof the assassin was not his first apt a notice to- the Cabinet offi Mowing ts. Pasturing Orchards, I want to express my opiuion respecting the two way9 of saving the grass grown in orchards— making hay of it or feeding it off I have oome to tho conclusion that if good, thrifty trees and abundant crops of nico apples are the object, it would bo better never to remove a crop of grass from an orchard I know many make it a prac tice to mow their orchards, without any inter ruption, except to plough a year or two and re seed when the grass rnos out. There are quite a number of such orchards thak have come under my own observation, and the scraggy, mossy trees, and small, imperfect fruit, generally pro duced by each management, give evidence of a soil reduced by repeatedly removing its annual harden without any corresponding return. Per haps in newer and more fertile localities the re sult would not he so apparent as here; but a good, crop of grass,if removed, evidently draws so hard on the soil that tbe trees are deprived of some of their needed nourishment. Tfie following are some of the reasons why I would not mow an orchard: FirRt—it is too ex- hanstine. Seoond—The difficulty of mowing among the t ees, especially with a machine.— Third—The danger of barking their tranks — Fourth—the necessity of having trees trimmed up if grass is to bo cut under them, which is very un- na ural for a tree standing out alone, and as inju rious in several ways as it is unnatural. Fifth- In a meadow the windfalls aod wormy fruit oan- not be destroyed, which gives a host of depreda tors time to mature and inflict their injury in tarn. Sixth—The unpleasantness of picking np apples among stubble. For the above reasons, and facts warrant them, I think it may be set down as a rule, that an orchard and a mea dow should not both occupy the same field at once. Allow me to give what I consider the best way to treat an orchard after it haa been seeded to grass ; that is, to pasture it with Sheep. They seem just fitted for the purpose, as they remove very little from the soil that is not re turned, they eat what apples drop early be cause of worms, together with the pests them selves, and keep the grasB down short, making it good picking np the fruit. I know, by my own experience and the testimony of observ- thrive and bear large crops of fruit, almost free from knots and worms, when sheep are allowed to ran amoDg them until the fruit begins to ripen —while other orchards that have been mowed will make only a small growth, and produce only second or third-rate fruit. There are certain conditions that I deem im portant and desirable in orchard management^ which I will briefly state, and then I aoq done ? First—Grass and vegetation pf all kinds, ex cept the trees, should he kept down as short as possible. Second—All that grows in" ah ordbard, except fruit, should be returned to tbe soil. Third—Trees should be allowed to branch low in order to shade the gronnd under Amnesty Blanks. The immediate attention of County Okditi&ri&i and Clerks is called to the proviso jn.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 most approved fonts of type, and we are now prepared to furnish the blanks in such quantities as may be required at the shortest notice. 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 then - own bills. WHO UUf Uio UIQ»#V* O UUMVC Ml tun UOUIUO* um- . J 1 , . • • . ' _ _ , eei s of his predecessor that he desired *a contiou- j them and keep grass from growing. I lta<$ ance of their serrioes ? And have they not con- • that apple trees with branches just high enocigh tinned, each with bia accustomed portfolio, with 1 for sheep to go under do npuqh better than those a solitary exception; and that change was mads frimmed up four or five feet, in pursuance of- an arrangement made by .flirpre- qihe above remarks refer to hearing orchards ; of coarse young trees demand and receive cultivation, or else die.—G., Hew Haven Ooun- decessor t Did he not,"when th* tima came, reiterate ihe proclamation of emancipation,which bad been issued hy his predecessor, sod distinct ly inform the leaders of th* rebellion that they mast accept as’rifle result of tbe terrible struggle throngh' which #• have passed, that slavery cannot hereafter axist to the United States r— lApplause.] •‘Has h* ever faltered in tbe declaration of tbe doctrine that the rebellion is a great crime, and that those who perpetrated it muet suffer the pen-, altv of tbe law unless they apply to the Execu tive for clemency ? [Cries of *No’ and ‘Good ’] What act ot President Johnson differs from those of his predecessor in any material point of yiew? Does any one suggest the policylor the restoration of tbe Southern States? When he came into office seven States previously in rebel lion had been entirely or partially, reorganized by his predecessor—Missouri, Arkansan, West Virginia, Virginia, fqnnegSM, 'Ebuislana and Texas—l am rffminaed that I may iuciud* th* State of Maryland also. I belie ve, however, that tUi latter Stats was not pro forma out of the Union. In short, may I ask, does toe plan Presi- dent Johnsun"cuw proposes for the Carolines Georgia, Florida. Alabama and Mississippi, .differ from that applied to toe other States I have men- , turned by Preeftlent Lincoln ? Can any one name outlaw, justice any important dfflerenee between the two class- t plead for him, w? I apprebend'nqt. ' him as a soldier: ‘-‘Hbi can #i*y one suggest that tbe question any one suggest that tbe question of suffrage was settled differently in the States firtt named from the latter. Now may I in tend " by whom shall he be executed ? This io j qniro of tbe friends of the late President, those praotioe will hate to be arranged in eaeh comma-1 who thought his policy good enough for the BltyInfested by these marauding bands. Society . American people, what cause have they to Must b* freed from these brigxnds, bnt it should 0 fthe policy of President Johnson ? be dope tosneba way Poes any one beKeve that if President Lin- pieo m doiog it. If the guenUft- Woola stfiehd- occunied tha Prodifonriat aU.;. h;- his way* aod live, he ean only expest to do hy changing hi* location aa wall as hi* habitat The Future. [ * * Can we of the Snath aria* from bur shame and reatorp ourselves to toe high estate, K ta whiob,'hy Qonfederate despotism, we have in dragged, is a question which an anxIoiM world is now debating. Th* work is before n* •nd Willson be upon us. As we do onr pari, well«» foolishly, so will ha (ha future not only of too 8outo«* State* hot of W trhdo Araerieao coin had occupied the Presidential chair, his own policy would be changed hy hiiqaelf with oo$ a material change of circumstances 2 If not, who hag a right to complain of hp gn<j- pesso? I t -- - “We may have our individual opinions on. the collateral question* which have arisen, and whtoh may arise; bat we had these'dlflferencea of amnion white President Lincoln occupied tte&randeotial chair. If they were not theh . A sufficient cause for supderiqg toe Union ' ■ — • r —- —• ty, Conn.—Moore’s Rural Rota Yorker. Thatchivk BuinuNSa.—A gentleman from Iowa writes me, inquiring as to thatching build- iDgs, requesting an answer throngh the Uountry Gentleman, when abroad I saw frequently thatched buildings, stacks, Ac., and many of tbe buildings mnat have had the covering on for very many years, and it was still useful as roofing.— The manner of putting on the thatch ia this : Tbe straw should be fresh and sound, without braises it practicable. Wheat straw is best for tbe purpose, though rye is used where wheat can not be had. When long straw is made nee Of the Operator begins at to*.oaves or bottom of the foof-dehositinglitin handful Is in regular breadth* till the top is reaohed—the different handfolls be ing so placed endways as to overlap (ilhSc, and tbe upper ends being constantly pushed a 1 little into the bottom parte of the sheave*. In this manner the operator gradual It nreBiBdaz breadth after breadth,' til] toe whole roof is qnv^ ei ed, which is usually done to tfie thickness of tour er five inches. 1 To retatn the thafeh in ita S lace short, sharp-pointed sticks are occasionally irust in, in a slanting direction upwardt-bot aa tie water ia apt to follow the course of the stick, it is a better praotice to make use of rope* or twisted Straw for the purpose, and the thatch carefully prepared and secured win laal for along time. This is a brief outline of a thatch upon a Stack or roof of bmlding. The ingniry fs made, how long will a thatched roof last? If made complete, five inches thick, and carefnUy attend ed TO, if will last as long as the wooden erection Which it covers. I inquired s few dqys siuoe of an English gentleman from Canada aa io the durability o? thatch roofing to Great Britain—h* said they will last for ages. Where straw ia aa plenty aDdobeap as rnlowal should think ■ (batched roof a good investment. J. [Country Gentleman. CIRCULAR. Office of Stbeet Commissioneb, J Savannah, Ga., Aug. 23, 1865. ) In accordance with General Order No. 24, all horses, mules, and cattle found at large in the streets and squares of the city, on and after Friday, the 25th inst., will be impounded under the following regulations : For first offence—Impounding fee will be fire dollars, and one dollar per day while the animal remains in pound. For second offence—Impounding fee shall be ten dollars, and one dollar per day while the animal remains in pound. If not called for in five days they shall be advertised in the city papers for three days,' and sold to pay expenses, or turned over for military purposes. By command of BVt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Edw. A. Pabkmson, Capt. and Street Commissioner. Headq’bs Sub-Dis’t. .of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., August 9th, 1865. j The following Order is republished for the information of all concerned : GENERAL ORDER, I No. 20. f 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. Sno. Mullen, A. A. A. G. AH Commissioned Officers not on duty at this Foflt will report at these Head quarters, and show by what authority thay are in the city. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. au23-7 NOTICE. Office Provost Marshal, ) Savannah, Ga., August 21,1865. ) 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. 8. NORTON, Lieut, and Asst. Provost Marshal. NOTICE- Office Provost Marshal, -dy Sub-District of Ogeechee, Savannah, Augurt 17th, 1865 Oh and after this date all Drinking or Billiard Saloons and Grooery Stores, or other places where liquors are sold, will be dosed kt 10 o'clock P. M.; on Sunday at all hours. The proprietors will be held responsible for the fulfilment of this order, 1 ' any violation of which will be summarily dealt with. By oommand of Byfc. Brig. Gen- E. P. DAVIS. Bah**! Cowdrex, Capt., and Pro. Mar. Sub-District of Ogeechee. •List, of Ogeechee, ) ivannah, G*i, Aug. 16th, 1865. J GENERAL ORDER; i No. 24. f Captain Clark H Remick, 103d U. 8. C. T., is hereby announced as Acting Assistant Inspector General Sub-Dis trict of Ogechee. He will be obeyed and at respected accordingly. Bycommaud oj . Bvt Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS. Wr. 1$. iFosfik, & A. A. G. BUSINESS CARDS. E. EHRU H, Wholesale §nd Retail Always on hand choice Family Grsserissi tFiaes, Liquors, Ac , of the beat qnality. at nng49 lm No. 30 WHITAKER STREET.^ J.J.E0R£BT§0>&€0. GENERAL Commission Meffchsnts, ATJGTJSTA, GrA.. Will give strict attention to the purchase and shijJ^ ment of Cotton, Domestics and Taras. Also solicit consignments of Merchandize of all kinds, (Sped illy Bagging Rope, Refined Sugars and Coffee; and will remit in every instance as soon as sale is made. Refer to Wm. K. Kitchen, President National Park Bank New York; A Porter, Kaq., President Bank State of Georgia. Savannah: Jno. Uavleon, Beq.,Presi dent Branch Bank State-of Georgia,. Angusta. N. B.—We do exclusively a commission business. angS 3m B. M. BBUCB, THOMAS 3. MOEGAB. E. M. BRUCE & CO.. 288 BROAD ST., ACGC8TA, GA., B IVKfiftS A\l» * «TT HI t Ai lOKS. Dealers exclusively in Foreign and Domestic Exchange, Coin, Un- current Money and Cotton. I HAV this day taken into partnership THOMAS 8. MORGAN. 1 do this io re- ognltion and appre ciation of his unimpeachable integrity, and high ca pacity as a business man, and his long satisfactory and successful management of my commeicial and finan cial affairs, and his fidelity to my interests, (having been with me almost without intermi aion for more than fifteen years, j I do therefore commend him with confidence to the business public. augT lm i E. M. BRUCE. wy. B. JACKSON, . t. WABBOCK. JACKSON & WARROCK AUCTION AND General Commission iileribanfs, JACK80NYILI.F, FLA, CONSIGNMENTS SOI, I CITED. Personal attention given to forwarding Merchandize and Cotton. lm __ anglfi ~JAS. B. CAHILL, General and Commas on rlerchacf, ■A.TTG-TJST.A, Gr-A.. Holders of Merchandize wishing to Realize immedi ately, win consult their interests by consigning tha same. f trict business attention will be given all consign ments, and prompt returns mute, at the most reasona ble rates. Refer to Messrs. Hnnter £ Gammeli, C. L. Colby A On., Hilton & Randell, A.\ Lomelins, Halsey, Wat son & Co,, and btnart, * Co ang!9 w. W. ALEXAIBEB, (Successor to Wright & Alexander,} GENERAL COMitllSSiOJK MERCHANT « Ne. 268 Broad Street. AUGU8TA, GEORGIA. All consignments and orders will have prompt at- tention.2w ang!4 W. HuiNRY WARREN, 'GENERAL Commission Merchant, 255 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., Dealer In Cotton, all kind* of Foreign and Domestic Goods, Groceries, Grain, Produce, etc. Consignments solicited, to which the most prompt attention will be given. ReferenceeA-Hunter & Gaminell, HU! Gowdy, Jno. L. Vital onga, Wm. Battemby, John C. Ferrill, and to the leading Merchants and tankers of Augusta, Ga., mile, ” and Naahvllle, Tenn. 3m june20 Horton & Walton, .General Commission Merchants, 287 Broad Street, -A.TTGi-XJci'A-A., GKOTiGi-IA.. apg4 lm DO Boot; 1 LUMBER OtJGB and Dressed Boards: 8 and 4x6; Shingles; Nails, A 8 ; Meat Beef; fortes’ 8x4, 4x4 Family Btysfreto Per Steamer America, K‘<’’ A fide assortment of Liquors. St. Croix Bum, And a variety of the finest brands of Lunch Served at 11 O’clock A. M., , riTV A.8TA3UD*. ChjrUa*, in Rear of Custom Home. TOTEl, keen « iW'ScalasofSts as low ae can be on ;.3j;o iwsx. aagT ire* * CO. , ■ _ ’i r ngrtnn and coaster i in Savannah, and wl» be sold GLaOWT. W. A KAMdRY & kO., GENERAL Commission Merchants AND AUCTIONEERS. 308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. XEFEB TO Robert Habersham & ons, Savannah. W.li. Stark, do. Bones, Brown & Co., Angusta. Kd- Thomas, ao. W. K. Kitchen, President National Park Bank. N jyB TU bOTT> N fcHlPrfcHS. ALEXANDER HARDEE Co ton Shipper, S prepared to take cotton on storage, at the lowest os, and has opened on the corner of Jefferson and r streets, for the purpose of Weighing, Repairing, Sampling, Classing and Shipping Cotton tot the public, at the LOWEoT KATES, famishing Ink, ftc. ; jnlyl Wright & Co., COMMISSION MEfiCBhWS, Bio de Janeiro, Brazil. ■ w : • -j. : • Represented by oar Agent, JOHN S. WRIGHT, Eeq., No. 69 Wail street,- New York. , - 6m te CORNER OF ,y and. Barnard Streets, c TJAVE on hand and toe sale at toe Lowest Market! JtL Kates: Extra Family Flour. 8ITGABS— Crashed, Granulated and Browns. Crackers and t akeg in boxes and bblg. NUTS—Brazil, English. Walnuts and Almonds. TEAS—Black and Green. COFFEE—Rio and Java. Spices. Soaps, Olive on. Cocos, Chocolate, Mackerel, Syrups, Currants, Raisins, Cotn Meat, Grits, Cheese, Brooms, Pails, Ac., Ac. '■■ ■ Have also for sale: 0oanrBaasii«,Kent«*y Bagging Rope, Manilla RopaaU spnn Yam,- HonseUne, Konttdtng American Hemp Packui Kerosene oik in-cana, Hardware, all kinds, angi* —— - - lm Useful, Cheap, AND , V DE8IRA.BjLJi!. e JJDSON’S Patent Stamp Cancelling Machine* for stamping Revenue Stamp* Checks, Envelopes, A new invention and great auxiliary to the count ing room. Orders reodved by , ■ C. F. BOWS A OO., augis , iOO g5f“’“ IOT 5’