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VOL. LXV. [NEW SERIES.] bepublicaa SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 215 u . L- HAVES,Editor and Propriktor ADVERTISING. , of TEN lines Nonpariel type or space oc- r.^lSmc number of lines, $* first insertion, . 1 r"""t'; ,1 tor'!irst insertion; 50 cents for each • ’ u,!;L awJper hundred; subscription (by mail +lii ner annum; single copies, *> cents. 1 filaments nmst be paid for at the Counting ■ ’ l! ::; r STinsSn, aiid if.handed in by S p. linear in the mommi,' edition. , (j S' hbeiner X' Son, 190 Broad , Au'dista. Ga., are our authorized i *-md will receive advertisements A V Ascriptions for the Republican The of the latest dates can always 1( 1 for sale at their counters. ullUll saVANNAH, GEORGIA. „ > iTspav UlORNING, sept The Widow*’ Home, The lady managers of the Abrahams’ Home, tender their thanks to Professor Gorres, for the sum of two hundred and sixtv-two dollars and fifty cents, the proceeds of a Concert given by him for the benefit ofdhe aged inmates. They also return thanks to* Misses Woodward and Blair, Messrs. Ehrlich, H. Ward, J. New- j ed lively. A call was published for a meeting I to be held in Rome early in September to i nominate candidates for the State Convention, t The military garrison at Rome is Co. C, 29th Indiana, Capt. Ivyea. That part of Georgia is suffering from a severe drought, which has continued since the 16th of July; the crops are cut greatly short. Messrs. Noble & Bros, were busily arranging to rebuild their machine , Dr. Johnson and Mr. Pierpont, for the kind- 1 !?°P S and hmlh 7’ and £.M. . Anders °? & ’ r Co. were preparing to rebuild their rolling ly aid of their voices; to Mr. Schreiner for the I 13. h I jading* matter on every page. Our New York Letter. l r„m our Special Correspondent.] Ni.w Yoiik, September j, I860. |,■ 1111 Statten Inland. . ] dosed my last dispatch, news arrived a tearful murder perpotrated at Staten V ,4 on yestesday. It appears two armed men "..vrafew days past loitering about New and yesterday while pasting Richmond c-jce, they deliberately took aim at a young iiame ,i John Holt, a carpenter by trade, who , ;i ptaed to he pa-sing, use of the piano; to Messrs. Warde 1 A Co., for the use of the room; to Messrs. Butler, Nicker son, Bnley, and Turner for their assistance. The proprietors of the Savannah Daily Re publican and Herald are also entitled to a share of thanks for the gratuitous printing of bills, tiok- ets and advertising. During the past month the following dona tions have been received at the home : ] barrel of flour, from Mr. 0. M. Lillibridge. Half barrel of flour, from Messrs. Kein & Co. Half barrel of syrup and pea-, from Mrs. G. W. Wylly. 1 barrel of dried apples, from Mrs. Graham. S papers of coffee, from Mrs. Graham. 1 lag of dried peaches, from Wm. H. Darling A Son. 1 bag of jicc, from Mrs. Walberg. Mutton, from Mr. llitchoock. Cabbages, from a friend. Mackerel, from Mr. Wm. II. Dickerson. and shot him dead „ s . the son oi a poor widow and lad never ,• .reseen or known the parties. Immedia’ely ,.emitting the cowardly crime the assas- «!kcd slowly away and apparently with -C ,aai: satisfaction as though they had simply ■ #t a target and made a good hit of it. The 1 vtatjrs were at first so thunderstruck by the v- that no attempt was made to arrest the assae- a-.iii they had got some distance clear of the ; .*3, *hen chase was then given them, but they . 'uni’iJ :n conceal themselves in the woods.— p .-e was not the slightest provocation for the j f , and it is regarded purely as a wanton Jno woods are being scoured in all di- . .. nj },y ‘be neighbors, and it is thought that : „ murderers will be shot down like dogs as they ".rrve, the uiomemt they are discovered.— 1 ■ ■ jerries are also veil guarded, so that escape is lapussib e. Hi in,;,nl Soldiers. A movement is now on foot for procuring em- •>yiuent tor returned soldier?. Meetings will be e.d and eloquent addresses delivered, giving, • Atle.-s, a sad picture of those who have shed ■t blood for the inion, returning with broket I jjil, and broken hearts, only to hobble about : e streets by day in search of bread which they ariable to procure, and wearied out at last, to : .5s the night upon the hard flags in some cor- r where their mangled limbs will not bo likely . W walked upon, but which gives no security ::u their crutches may net bo stolen before the ruing. There is no doubt liberal subscriptions . be willingly banded in. J\ usioners. To-day a large number of persons have been '■ndiug in procession in Hanover street and ' o lunge Place lor the sums due them as pen- ners. It was truly a melancholy sight, and which excited the commisseration of the ■ege crowd of persons who witnessed it.— ’A men whose husbands were killed in the hi, ,'oine with children and all wearing more l'-“ shabby mourning, together with wound- '• soldiers, formed the procession. Many of h em appeared to have been broken down in • h 'h. The length of time that they are ob- -■ ’! to wait for their payment is the subject ►Teat complaint. Some of them have been " • ; ' in S since daybreak this morning, and are paid, nor will they be paid to-day, and , nave i,j come and wait to-morrow again. > 1 a>commodation or office room is provided v government for pensioners, so that they are 1 k 10 wait in the street with their haggard 1 and pale faces left to the gaze of an en tering crowd. Even now, while parties and r -einents in this city have commenced, such •Rctacles arc to be met with daily, and it is ‘ rtajouable to expect that the late terrible M: “‘9 long leave its sad traces in New York, *■'as other cities in the States. I" 1 I mhd Slate* Marshal for Georgia. Major \V. G. Dickson, formerly inspgctor of dlCr T on the stall' of Major General Barry, received the appointment of United States tor the State of Georgia. Major was for a long time General Sflcrman’s secretary, and the appointment is an client one, which will prove satisfactory to . *t Georgians. * i he Custom House. l l * lln K r y politicians are crowding daily to the ' em House in quest of appointments. -teinjiiji against the. Street Cleaning Com mission. ffain charges of corruption being made ' 51n,t tlle Street Cleaning Commission, Ee- ler Coffman was called upon to appear 1 answer those charges laid against the ■nussiouers for making a contract for clean- ' :ile s ’Teets under the act of Legislature of ■ "niter. The letter of Recorder Hoffman a ' published, denying the right of Governor on to summon him to respond to those . a '“ e ” The other Commissioners, it is be- i, will appear to answer to the charges, 1 some of them are anxious that an earlier , ' * lan 'he 26th instant, the day already ap- -nted, may be fixed upon for the examina- A Very Important Order. IIuAiMiu’s District o1 Augusta,') 11h Division, Dept, of Ca., Augusta, August 30, 1865. ) GENERAL ORDERS,) No. 7. j It having been brought to the notice of the Brevet Major General Commanding that par ties making contracts and agreements have therein named gold as the consideration to be paid for the performance thereof, it is hereby ordered that, hereafter, whenever contracts or agreements in writiugare entered into between parties, the consideration therein named to be paid shall be in lawful money of the United States—that is, in the paper currency issued and declared a legal tender by the Govern ment. All contracts or agreements heretofore en tered into by any parties whatever within the limits of this District which do not conform to the provisions of this order are hereby de clared null and void. By command of Bvt. Major General J. II. KING. J. G. Lkefe, Asst. Adjt. Gen. GEORGIA. R-nal ■'■Hte So Husi Ihe Business of New York. '►mesB during the past few days has in- , . 5ed wonderfully. Trade of all kiuds is s on rapidly, and the city full of buyers 1 the West and South, and by the way, the iN„,!u g " ° f animo3 Hy between Northern and and 6rR ' m ^ ers ‘ seem to have passed away -tua! confidence exists. Trade has now ton.'' a deC ‘ ded leap and il is 10 ba Hoped will tunttnue so. „ Cicerone. V**P^iu eW 0rUtM at 4ftC *» t0 tWM- I!i e Recent Murder, The murder of a young Federal officer at the depth of midnight, in the yard of one of our fel low citizens, has awakened a feeling of general horror and of general insecurity. We had not intended uoseasonably to discuss the subject, which is now under the investigation of a mili tary tribunal, but may be allowed to refer to it, inasmuch as a cotemnorary journal has published an article which, while just and manly in the main, certainly in one p&rticul.r fails to do justice to the feelings with which our people regard this terrible crime. In our honest judgment, this is no occasion for remonstrances against “eur cherishing impotent hate while the victors offer peace,” or for calls that the Confederate “flag” should be forgotten, and that “the war should cease.” The act was not the act of our people; they have no connection with it—no sympathy for it—no love for the bra vo,and no practice in his detestable midnight arts. The act was not an act of war; no deed over which the martial flag waves in triu nph or the heart of the hero glows; it was nothing more and nothing less, if its performers knew what they did, than a stealthy cruel, cowardly assassina tion. £nd we should be as much surprised, as ashamed, if such an act could find an apologist in the city of Augusta. It is not our province to express any opinion in regard to the surroundings of the crime, or any suspicion in regard to its perpetrators. It is our earnest hope that the young men who are charged with its commission may prove to be as guiltless as the honored and afflicted families to which they belong fondly and trust fully believe them to bo. But in the presence of this painful event, we muBl ask leave to protest against that infatuation which makes the war Ihe secret of every tragedy performed in our Southern country, and the text of every sermon preached by our Southern press. As if there was no other causes but sectional en mities to fire the youthful blood with jealousy and madness. And we are glad to know that the people of our city enjoy the benefit of an administration so magnanimous as to remove every possible justification for an excess of this sort. The Commanding General to whom the interests of Georgia have been entrusted, has so demeaned himself in his high office, has exercised a policy so firm and sagacious, so promptly just and kind, that our citizens esteem themselves as specially favored in belonging to his military district. They would deplore the murder more deeply if if were esteemed by him as an affront to his authority, as an insult provoked by popular semiment against his flag, as a wound intentionally inflicted upon that noble and gal lant heart. In truth, every consideration invites the peo ple to repress the spirit of faction. It is worse than idle to dwell upon a contest that has been settled. The time has come when he who yields to the pres-ure of events, and conciliates the striio of parties,is the truest friend of his country. And there is, farther, a civil respect due to those who rule over us, not in their own names or for their own interests, but by the cornu and of the supreme authority of the Union; to those who conserve the public weal, in the most perilous of cor junctures, and under whose auspices the work of civil restoration must take place, that Bhall ensure to us all our ancient rights and blessings. We deem the present a proper occasion for saying this. Every motive conspires to impress upon the spirit heretofore passionate and rash, the Wisdom, Justice and Moderation inscribed upon the escutcheon of the grand old State of Georgia [Augusta Transcript, 7th. The Trial. The Military Commission were engaged yester day in receiving further testimony on the part of the Government, Three or four witnesses were examined, after which the Court adjourned. The Judge Advocate said, although not prepared to formally announce the ease olosed on the part of the prosecution, yet he hoped to be able to do so this morning.—Aug. Const., 9th. Rome, Ga. \Ve are glad to receive the Rome Courier, which has been revived by Mr. Dwinell, and to place it again on our list of exchanges. From the Courier we learn that the citizens of Rome are fast returning to their old homes, and that a large number of business houses have been opened. The Courier says that the business of the place has increased nearly a hundred per cent, a week for the last three months. Among the absentees is Dr. H. V. M. Miller, “the Demosthenes of the Moun tains,” who, however, is expected to return to Rome soon. “Bill Arp” is still in that region, and promises to contribute to the colnmas of the Courier. Eleven hundred and twelve per sons had taken the oath of amnesty at Rome and the work still progress- mill. A line of first class stage coaches is running from Rome to Blue Mountain, Ala., where they connect with the railroad from Sel ma.— Columbus Enquirer, Gth. Sound Advice. We clip the following excellent paragraph from the Columbus Sun of Sept. 5th. It is coun sel that should be heeded : The election in Montgomery county, Ala., hav- | ing resulted in the defeat, by a very large ma- j jority, of the ticket s rpported by the Montgome ry Ledger, that paper expresses its fears that “the composition of the Convention does not em brace the materials which the circumstances and occasion so strongly demanded”; and that “political and party bias too generally swayed the minds of voters, resulting in the choice of delegates who will come hither to carry out tenets for former political faith as paramount to every other consideration,” etc. We do not know there is any just cause lor this imputa tion or not; nor do we see how the Ledger could base such an apprehension upon the result of the election in a single counly. But we are satis fied that there is a party at the North which will seize upon this declaration as evidence of the continued disloyalty of the South and cause for keeping our people longer under military rule. Lot us have no parties in Georgia in the elec tion of delegates to our Convention, and thus prevent such a misapprehension of our posi tion. Stealing. Cotton. We are informed that in some of the adjoining counties of Alabama cotton is being stolen to an alarming extent. Besides much direct stealing, they whip the devil round the stump as follows : Some rascally villain associates with himself a few of his own sort, and goes by night to where cotton is stored and marks it C. S. He then goes to the military authorities, and making statement that he has fou d a lot of concealed Confederate States cotton, gets a large reward for the informa tion. As a precaution we would suggest to all parties having cotton, to take responsible men, who have taken the oath, and get them to notice the marks on their cotton, so as to be able to swear to them in ease of improper seizure.—Rome Courier. Medical College of Georgia. We are authorized to state that the exercises of this old and well known institution will be rei sumed in the city of Augusta on the first Monday in November next. The official announcement will soon be given to the public. The Montgomery and West Point Railroad has again been reopened, the cars having com menced running through on the 2Sih ult. Maj. General John B. Gordon, of the late Con federate army, is preparing to establish himself in bnsiness in Atlanta. Something of the terms upon which our rail roads are to be turned over by the goverument may be reasonably inferred by the rules adopted for similar action in Tennessee. Gen. Thomas has appointed a board of appraisers, to assess, at a fair valuation, all government railroad proper ty on the roads to be released. Each railroad company is required to reorganize, and e'ect a board of directors of accented loyalty and will be required to give bonds that they will, in a year from the date i f the transfer, pay a fair valu ation for government property turned over to them. All railroads in Tennessee will be re quired to pay all arrearages of interest due on the bonds issued by that State previous to the date of its pretended secession, before any dividends may be declared and paid. Buildings erected by the government on tho line of rail roads, not useful for the business of the compa nies will not be charged for; neither will the building of bridges, etc , destroyed by the United States army.—Macon Telegrag/i. The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Mills- [From the Richmond Whig.] On the south side of Janies River, at the ter- Hishop Elliott and his Return to Al legiance. To the Editors of the Evening Post: The letter of Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, to the j editor of the Church Journal, which has been minus of what was known in olden time as 1 given to the public with the sanction of the au- Mayo’s bridge but now is dubbed King’s bridge, j thor, will be read with profound regret by multi- thereare three factories, known as the Man-I’tudes who love our country and honor loyalty in Chester Cotton and Woolen Manufactory, the tbechurch, with its sacred ministrationsthruugh- vucoici oviiuu uuu ,, , , out the wide scope ol its influence. James River Company y, n the 1 jn the trying and eventful hours that are now Washington Woolen Mill. I tasking the best powers and most faithfnl exer- The first named of these was established in j tions of those at the head of the government— 1832, with a capital of not less than thirty i the active resources of our statesmen, and the thousand dollars, nor more than one hundred ] deep solicitude ot the good and patriotic everv- thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dol- | where throughout our land for the speedy, safe, lars each, and nnder the presidency of Holden ha PP? and permanent reconstruction ol our gov- in 1 Rtfi in act was nassed an- ernment—tor the restoration of that brotherhood Rhodes, but in 1806 a p U 1 that was a unit in olden time—for that harmony thorizing the extension ot the capital stock to j that gives streugtli to government—for that ti- two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ; and \ delily that would lay its pledges and its honors again, in 1816, the company were empowered [ on the altar of our common country ; and lor the still further to enlarge tlie stock bv the sale of! extirpation of that heresy that blighted our herit- shares therein to a like amount, ’in the com- i “Ke and our Eden when secession entered, and mencement of operations the work done was j ^‘ied the integrity of too Union. In these vcuuui ui vi vji ; eventtul hours, it is sorrowful to nnd that Bishop principally in cotton yarns for country trade ; EUiott> aS the exp0 neut of the Episcopal Church but when, in 1836, the capital stock was first ; a j u ;e rebel estates has given in his letter no increased, two additional buildings were put up j unqualified pledge of his loyalty, no graceful for the purpose of manufacturing yarns and submission to rebel defeat, and nothing that is osnaburgs. In 1858 the company took out real’y worthy of the resources and duty ot the FLORIDA. Jackwonvilifc, (In., Exports. For the week ending this day, says the Jack sonville Herald of the 17th, 1,319 bales of cotton have been shipped from this port North, and to Savannah. This is the largest exporta tion of cotton we remember ever to have known from this city, for tiie same period of time. Governor Marvin, of Florida, has issued a proclamation ordering an election for dele- grates to a State Convention to be held on the 10th of Detober, and the delegates to assemble in Convention, at the Capitol, in Tallahassee, on the 25th October next. The Journal re ferring to the paper, says : It is a clear, con cise, comprehensive, well written document. Its directions will be easily understood by that class of our citizens who will most require to understand it—the inspectors or managers of the election, and those who have to certify the result. This is a matter of much importance, as it will expedite the business and prevent the mistakes sometimes made by those entrusted with this duty. It suggests, too, as clearly as such an instrument can, what will be required in the Constitution to be formed to admit the State back into the Union. up to the 31st ult., How TtrCompuTE the Income Tax.—Since the publication of tha income tax list, here has been considerable discussion as to the rate of taxa tion and the amount of the incomes of those whose names appear in the list. Some persons who have not read the law, suppose that five per cent, is the rate assessed upon all incomes, with out regard to the amount. This is incorrect. The law requires that all incomes over six hundred and not exceeding five thousand dollars, shall be taxed at the rate of five per cent., and tha excess over five thousand at the rate of ten per cent If an individual’s income be five thousand dollars per annum, the six hundred dollars exempted by law is deducted, and the remaining forty-four hundred assessed at the rate of five per cent. If the income be ten thousand dollars the rate wili be five per cent., on forty-four hundred and ten per cent, on the remaining five thousand dol lars. DEpow.—The g-eat Southern statistician has been heard from. Wife and family, bag and baggage, DeEow turned up in Washington re cently. From what point he came or where he has been keeping himself during the past year or two is not stated. Owing to some reason, per haps Davis’ hostility, he has occupied a very subordinate position in connection with the revs lntion which he aided so much in precipitating, and we bad began to think he had gone the way of Yancey and Floyd, wherever that may be, not withstanding that remarkable story which an evening ootemporary spun some months since DtBow has been doomed to a bitter disappoint ment. Y’ears ago he demonstrated on paper that the resources ot the South were aihply suffioient to make her a first class independent power.- There wore the figures, and “figures ean’t lie.” But somehow things have not turned out just as he predicted through his review, and at the Vicksburg commercial convention, and he now finds himself at the scene of his early labors an hamble suppliant, stripped of his fortune, and only too happy in securing the boon of life and freedom.—ylY Y. Advertiser. A fact is stated by a writer in the Mobile Ad vertiser, who has resided in Brazil many years, to which the attention of the few who talk of emigrating to that oonntry has not, probably, beon called. He says that though slavery is re cognised through the general government, it ex ists in a very mild form. The laws regulating it are “humane,” and “free negroes, of whom there are many, are politically upon an equality with the whites, and many of them socially.” Macon Tekqroph, some of the cotton machinery and put woolen in its place, when commenced and has since been continued, the manufacture (in addition to what was done before) of shirtings, kerseys, linseys and jeans. The man ufacturing capacity of the concern per annum is about one million and a half yards of cotton goods, with one hundred and eighty thousand yards of woolens. •From the time of the evacuation of the city -up to this date, the company has been working up for the military authorities a large quantity of captured yarn and wool. But they have also just commenced making on their own account cotton and woolen goods, and are now prepared to purchase any amount of wool that may^be offered them. Before and during the war the labor employed was white and black; in about equal propor tions ; but now white hands are almost exclu sively retained. The number engaged, when the mill is at full work, is about three hundred, and the wages are remunerative. The establishment is under the immediate superintendence of Mr. William Bradley, who is noted for bis skill in the business, and his talent as an inventor in the mechanic arts. In 1858 he invented a new sizing and dressing machine for warps, which is regarded as su perior to anything heretofore used for that purpose. On the morning of April 3, while the bridge was on fire, Mr. Bradley, and Mr. Holt, Su perintendent of the James River Mill, with a gang of twenty men to aid them, cut down a span of the bridge, and thus saved the mills and a vast amount of other property. The James River Manufacturing Company’s Mill was built in 185S, for the production of cot ton shirtings, sheetings, osnaburgs and yarns, its working capaoity being about 2.500 pounds of cotton per day. The mill and machinery cost about $150,000, and employs 150 operatives, all white. In 1SG0 the company was remodeled, and suit able warehouses were erected for the purpose of manipulating guano and other fertilizers, and the uccess in the now enterprise was very decided— the article prepared and sold by them being uni versally approved. For the last four years tho c unpany have been interrupted in this new feature of their business, but it wili be proseeated with renewed vigor du ring tho next yoar. A supply of Sombrero u&oo, one of the ingredients used by them for manipulation in combination with Peruvian guano, is on hand and this article is now being ground and bagged for delivery. Since April last, a contract was made with the United States Government to weave up a quanti ty of captured yarns found in Richmond, and this job enabled the company to resume opera tions, which they are now daily extending by the production of heavy shirtings, sheeings, cotton yarns and grain bags. The capital stock is $165,000. The Superintendence of the Mill is in the hands of Mr. Wm. L Holt, and the finan cial and c mmercial oper itions are conducted by Mr. E. Bentley. The Washington Woolen Mill.—This mill was established in 1859 with a capital stook of about $50,000, under the county court charter— It is capable of turning out about 250,000 yards of woolen kerseys and linseys per annum, and employs eighty hands, all white, and has never worked any other. Since the evacuation, the Company have been working for the Baltimore and New York markets exclusively, and they anticipate that by the aid ol Northern capital they will be able to make large additions to their works, in fact they are now negotiating in that dircct cn. .The Company are always in the market for the the purohase of raw cotton and wool. L’he works are conducted by Kelly, Tackett A Ford, with Mr. J. O. Tyler for Superintendent. Rebel Officers, in New York. The Mobile Tribune of the 2!th ult. gives publicity to the following private letter from Madame De Vere, of Mobile, now temporari ly stopping in New York : New Yoek, Fifth Avenue Hotel, \ August 6, 1865. £ Dear Friend:—I write to tell you of our safe arrival here at this magnificent hotel. We had a most delightful voyage to New York.— There was not a wave sufficient to rock the immense steamer, the North Star, or a cloud to dim the sunlight during all the weeks of our sea wanderings. I find New York full of Confederate officers—many just out of prison. They are most kindly treated here. At a su perb supper party given to us by Mrs, T -, there were five Confederate generals—Mar- maduke and IFheeler among the number— and colonels, majors and captains in profu sion. The Confederates are dined and supped by the yerv men they fought against. Every one expresses the highest admimtiqn of the Confederates, and I have not yet heard one word of bitterness against the South. Two publishers have called on me, hearing I in tended writing “Souvenirs of the IFar.”— They made me great offers if I will publish. I have serious thoughts of doing so. I assure you I shall do full justice to the heroic South ern soldiers. I often feel it is my duty to let the world know that the annals of all time do pot hold a parallel to the self-sacrifice and heroism of the Southern soldiers. They were cursed in many of their leaders, but ennobled in others. I wish you were here to enjoy this delightful hotel and these pleasant days. Maj O., of Texas, is here. He says that “Ben Bane is the most gallant man in the world, and the coolest in battle.’’ Although we have not sent our cards to any one, yet many of our friends have found us out, and tbroDgs have been to see me, inviting us to dinners and par ties (supper parties at this season) and every one manifesting the greatest respect and de light to see us once more in New Y’ork. It is said that there is an effort being made by poli ticians here to get up another revolution in the South. So much money was made during the war that they wish it to*begin again. God grant it never, never may. An old friend to whom my beloved papa rendered some great service in the “long, long ago,” invited us all to accompany himself, wife and family to Europe, offering to pay all our expenses, wonld gladly have gone ; but O- and N. pre ferred to remain here rather than cross the Atlantic again to stay three months, and we declined. Was not this offer an evidence that there is gratitude even in this hard age ? am just as grateful to the excellent friend of my dear papa as though I had accepted bis of fer. high prelate. The Bishop says : “I have been probably as earnest a southern man as anybody.” An honest conlessiou, doubtless, aud one that is not con fined in its application to the southern church ; butin its scope reached all the interests, preju dices, political, social aud revolutionary tflat mark and made distinctive the Southern charac ter in defence of secession, their “peculiar iusti- tutions,” and the formation ot a Southern Con federacy. That is what is meant hy his being “as strong a Southern man as anybody.” With that latitude and feeling and purpose, he connected the southern church, with all its exclu sive and sacred interests and obligations within the sphere of his influence and the prestige of his tunctions, with the blooSy struggle of rebellion gainst the government, the Union and the peace of the nation. In this ucnaiural, unholy and sa- criligious alliance of church and rebellion, the banner of the cross, under which alone apostles fight, was seen floating in entwined harmony with the bloody flag of treason. In the secession of the southern church, and the blight it has brought upon its highest spiritual and temporal con cerns, the broad face of the southern states in their waste and desolation bear testimony. Bishop Elliott,in his letter, says: “I think it is our duty to guard the memory of our deceased Bishops Meade, Otey, and escpcialty our beloved Polk. They have lived and died tor us, and how ever wrong others may think them, we revere their memory and weep over their graves.” How can wc reconcile this indulgent lamentation as a merited tribute to the “beloved Polk,” who went to his grave, his lawn crimsoned with fratricidal blood,andhis sword tarnished in the work of trpar son? For ih \t dark deed, which truth would call crime, and for which justice would have demand ed condign punishment, Bishop Elliott found in his “soul a drop of patience,” and the icaims of eulogy. UniniDdtul of Bishop Polk’s desecration of his high and holy office in the church, and his forfeited covenant as an apostle of the “Prince of Peace,” when he turned from the holy altar and from Lis diocese to take the sword and seek for carnage on the fields of civil war, with a persist ence and zeal that bad no pause until he was conquered in death, Bishop Elliott could see in this no wrong, nothing to lament; bnt oould find commei^ation enough to induce him to preach a “sermon over the body of [my] his beloved friend and brother Polk;” as if it was a deserved tribute to a saint and martyr who had fallen on the field of faith in defence of his Master’s rights. For all this pious lamentation over the memory of the friends he would have canon ized, he seems to have had not one tear for the many gallant spirits who laid down their lives for the preservation of the Union qnd the salvation of their country—not one ex pression of regret for the fate of the tens of thousands of loyal men who were starved to death and murdered in rebel prisons and pens, with no pious ministrations to point the way through death, and speak fhe words of conso lation to their departing souls. No, this ten der-hearted bishop could not bring himself to give to their memory one tribute, or to their appeals to humanity one word of consolation, lie was as oblivious as if his heart had no sym pathy but for saints made by rebellion, and could acknowledge but the one benediction that is limited to the latitude and longitude of the South. In reply to the editor of the Church Jour nal, in his good counsels to the southern church, Bi-hop Elliott says: “I can humble myself under the mighty hand of God, and pail my people to patience and endurance, but even through grace, 1 can do nothing more.” Is Unit all that he might have said most op portunely, and that might have been expected of him at a moment when he was responding from a standpoint where the country would give him audience, and when a divided church, alienated by years of non-intercourse, was pleading for reconciliation and restored broth erhood ? An ominous significance is betrayed in the words “I can do no more.” He was bouud to do all that was in his power to apply his healing hand to the wounds of the church. Ilis position and his iullueticc demanded it. The Bishop says further : “ I do not mean to complain; we entered upon this struggle, which was irrepressible, and forced upon us.” This is a most remarkable assertion from such a respon sible source. Political partisans, daring dogma tists, apologists of treason, have said the same thing, and it has been tho last desperate expe dient of rebels and rebel sj mpathizers everywhere, to vindicate the mighty scourge they have brought upon the country. Until Bishop Elliott essayed this hazardous declaration, no one could have believed that he would have placed himself so defiantly in the faoe of history, and consorted with the reckless multitude of adventurers who had preceded him in so palpable a misstatement of a fact. Had he paused for a moment when he was putting himself on the record, and thought of the testimony of Fort Sumtor, by which he was confronted, he would not have made issue with the reports of the guns that opened the overt aot of treaso i and proclaimed rebellion. Again,the Bishop says: “I have taken the oath of allegiance and I have advised my people to take it, Ac.” Ah 1 the oath of allegiance. It meaDS so much, or so little, as convenient inter polation may give to it, or a flexible conscience may use it. It is used as a mask for fraud and treason in the daily revelations of its history. It is a bridge over which rebels return to the Union live upon tha bounty of generous and confi ding loyalty. It is a safety lock upon the doors of the government, but not always secure against some who “break through and steal.” Without intending disrespect to the Right Reverend Bishop, his announcement that he has taken the oath is in form and language so trite, so meagre, so significant of submission to ne cessity rather than choice, that he returns to the friends he deserted with a pouting lip rather than a smiling face. Will he say that he took that oath in a yiirit of honest loyalty? Did he take it as a pledge of perpetual fidelity to the constitution and laws, and the integrity of the Union? It is in that spirit alone that the prodigal sons should return to the house they deserted, and share the blessings that a forgiving temper offers them. It may be a strange sight to behold Bishop Elliott’s flack leading him to the green and plentiful fields of the Union. Be that as it may, we will say to him “Welcome,” leading or being led. When time, that softens asperity, tempers pride, ex poses and cures many errors,. shall have its trials upon the Bishop’s mind and temper, it may find him where his best friends would have him—a Jealous, able and influential co-worker with a reconciled, loyal and united church, throughont the whole extent of the United States of America. “An Old Citizen of New Yowt,” Reported Massacre of Five Tennessee Union Soldiers in Perry County Two discharged Tennessee Union soldiers, who live in Perry county, came to Johnson- ville on Tuesday, and stated that they had been driven from home by rebel citizens of that county. Just before they left five respec table citizens of Perry, who had been dis charged from the Union army, had been mur dered by rebel citizens. An alarming state of affairs prevails there. Nashville Press and Times. Alabama Railroads.—The railroads in the country about Selma are being rapidly put in order and business is being resumed to a very consid erable extent. The railroad bridge over the Tombigbee at Demopolis, on the Selma and Me ridian railroad, will be completed in about a month. The Alabama and Tennessee road from Selma to Blue Mountain, is incomplete running order. Considerable trade and travel is passing over it. Monstrous Expectoration.—A little boy ten Tearsold, son ot Mrs. Ira Elliott, of Lincoln, Vermont, has disgorged, after dreadfully suffer ing from a dangerous cough, accompanied by violent spasms, a snake eighteen inches long ; this horrible reptile had the grace to vacate at last, the premises he had so long incontinently occupied, greatly to tte relief of the poor child. His lordship sported an alternately green and yellow striped skin, and appeared as lively as if he were fraternizing with his brothers in a Bengal jungle, tie was taken care of by Mrs. Elliott who intends to keep him as a family relic. Young Elliott has languished for a year, but rapidly improved from the moment this un welcome guest left him.—Macon Telegraph, OFFIOIAL. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Eg the President of the United Slates of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by my proclamations of the thirteenth and twenty-fourth of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- five, removing restrictions, in part, upon internal, domestic and coastwise inter course and trade with those States recent ly declared in insurrection, certain arti cles were excepted from the effect of said proclamations as contraband of war; and whereas the necessity for restricting trade in said articles has now, in a great meas ure, ceased, it is hereby ordered that on and after the 1st day of September, 1865, all restrictions aforesaid be removed, so that the articles declared by the said pro clamations to be contraband of war, may be imported into and sold in said states, subject only to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre scribe. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Uni ted States to be affixed. ( —*— ) Done at the City of Washing- ■< seal >• ton, this twenty-ninth day of ( —■—) August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President : William H. Seward, Secretary of State. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ) September 1, 1865. f The foregoing Proclamation is hereby promulgated for the information and guidance of Officers of the Treasury De partment. In conformity with its terms, articles heretofore regarded as prohibited may he transported to places in States heretofore declared in insurrection without any restrictions, except guns, pistols and am munition. Applications for the shipment of these should be made, in writing, to the proper officers of the customs, who will forward them to the Department for its decision, accompanied with such re commendations as they may be disposed to make. H. McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury. Headqis’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeeghee, ) Savannah, Ga., Sept. 10,1865. ) GENERAL ORDER, [ No. 29. f All taxes called for in General Order No. 26, dated Headquarters Sub-Dis trict of Ogeechee, Savannnh, Ga., August 28, 1805, will be paid in to Capt. C. H. Pike, 153d N. Y. Vols., Tax Collector, on the first day of each month for the month preceding, and all persons failing to comply with this order prior the 15th of the month, will be arrested and fined. By Command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A G. Sept. 11. 5t HIGHLY IMPORTANT ORDER. Headguabtebs Hep’t of Georgia, Office of the Pbovost Marshal General, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1865. Pro. Mar. Gen’s 1 Order No. 3. ) Information having been received at these Headquarters, that large numbers of Confederate and U. S. fire-arms are distributed over the State in the hands of designing persons ; and it appearing that the peace of the State, the lives of the citizens, and the security of property, is hereby greatly endangered; it is or dered— 1st. That within 30 days next hereafter, all such arms of every description, to gether with all ammunition and muni tions of war whatever, now in the hands of private persons, in this State, be turned over to the nearest Provost Mar shal. i 2d. That after the expiration of said J thirty days, all Assistant Provost Mar- j shals within this Department are directed j to seize all snch fire arms, and munitions ■ of war found in the hands of any one within their respective district, and all 1 persons found with snch arms will be ar- j rested and forwarded with the arms to these Headquarters. i 3d. Assistant Provost Marshals are | hereby authorized to grant permits to ■ such persons as in their judgment, are 1 entitled to them. To retain private arms 1 for sporting purposes, using their utmost discretion to prevent improper persons I from enjoying this privilege. By command of .„ ! 1 MAJ. GEN. STEEDMAN. 1 C. H. Geosvenob, i Brevti Brig. Ge». k Pro- Mar. Qen’l. BUSINESS CARDS. LEVI M. CHURCHILL, J* W. JOHKSTOK. CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON, DRl GOODS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS AGENTS OF STEAMER UNBON, 233 Broad st., opposite Masonic Hall AUGUSTA, GA. Will give prompt and personal attention to all con signment8 they may be favored with. Consignments solicited. Reft: ences in Savannah. Messrs. DeWitt & Morgan. “ Bell, AVylly & Christian, “ J. T. Paterson & Co., “ N. Tynn. Esq. in» ang25 J. J . ROBERTSON & CO. GENERAL Commission Merchants; AUGUSTA, GA Will give strict attention to the purchase and ship ment of Cotton, Domestics and Tarns. Also solicit consignments of Merchandize of all kinds, especially 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, Esq., President Bank State of Georgia, Savannah; Jno. Davison, Esq.,Presi dent Branch Bank State of Georgia, Angnsta. N. B.—We do exclusively a commission bnsiness. angS 3m E. M. 3RUCB, THOMAS S. MORGAN, E. M. BRUCE & CO.. 288 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., B ;INKERS A1V1) l OTTfftf FACTORS. Dealers exclusively in Foreign and Domestic Exchange, Coin- Un- current Money and Ootton. I H AV K this day taken into partnership THuMAS S. MORGAN, f do this in recognition and appre ciation of his unimpeachable integrity, and high ca pacity as a bnsiness man, and his long satisfactory and successful management of my commercial and finan cial affairs, and his fidelity to my interests, (having been with me almost without intermi-sion for moro than fifteen years.) I do therefore commend him with confidence to the business public. augl lm E. M. BRUCE. JAi. R. C AHILL, General and €ommlhs;on Merchant, ATJGrUJSTA, Cr-A.. Holders of Merchandize wishing to realize immedi ately, will consult their interests by consigning the same. Strict business attention will he given all consign ments, and prompt returns made, at the most reasona ble rates. Refer to Messrs. Hunter &, Gammell, C. L. Colby A Co., Hilton & Randell, A. r. Lomelins, Halsey, Wat son & Co,, and Stnart & Co. aitg!9 w. henry warren, {GENERAL Commission .Verehant, 255 BROAP ST., AUGUSTA, GA., Dealer in Cotton, all kinda of Forelgi and Dome»tic Good*, Groceries, Grain, Produce, etc. Consignments solicited, to which the most prompt attention will be given. References—Hnnter & Gammell, Hill Gowdy, n> L. Villulonga, Wm. Battc-sby, John C. Ferrfll, andt - the leading Merchants and bankers of Augusta, Ga., and Nashville, Tenn. 3m june20 W. A RAMSEY & GO., GENERAL Commission Rerclmiits AND AUCTIONEERS. 308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. r.BFKK TO Robert Habersham & Sons, Savannah. W. H. Stark, do. Bones, Brown*Co., Augusta. Ed. Thomas, Ho. , W. K. Kitchen, Presiaent National Park Bank, N Y. jyl» WM. B. JACKSON, L. WABKOCK JACKSON & WARROCK A.TJ CTION AND General Commission Merchants, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. CONSIGNMENT S SOLICIT ED . Personal attention given to forwarding Merchandize and Cotton.lm ang!9 TO COTTON SHIPPERS, ALEXANDER HARDEE Cotton Shipper, IS prepared to take cotton on storage, at the lowest rates, and has opened on the comer of Jefferson and Bay streets, for the purpose of Weighing, Repairing, Sampling, Clausing and Shipping Cotton for the public, at the LOWEST RATES, furnishing Ink, &c. jnlyT Wright & Co., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Kio de Janeiro, Brazil. Represented by oar Agent, JOHN 8. WRIGHT, Esq., No. 69 Wail Street, New York. june28 6m (■ADEN & UNCKLES CORNER OF Bay and Barnard Streets, H ave on hand and for sale at the Lowest Market Kate*: Extra Family Flour. SUGARS— Crushed, Granulated and Browns. Crackers and i ake*, in boxes and libls. NUTS—Brazil, English Walnuts and Almonds. TEAS—Black and Green. COFFEE—Bio and Java. Spices, Soaps, Olive OU, Cocoa, Chocolate, Mackerel, Syrups, Currants, Raisins, Com Meal, Grits, Cheese, Brooms, Pails, Ac., <fec. Have also for sale : Gmmy Bagging, Kentucky Bagging Rope, Manilla Rope, all sizes; Oakum Sizing Spun Yarn, Marline, Honseline, Rounding American Hemp Packing Yam. Kerosene oil, in cans, Hardware, all kinds. augl* iE Just Received, BY STUART & CO. F A MIC V FLOUB, In bills, half bbls and 38 lb sacks Clothes Baskets Market Baskets Hair brooms Pope’s Head Brushes Hair and Feather Dusters Long Handled Scrubbing Brushes' Also, a large lot of New Potatoes and Fresh Egg*. STUART & CO., cor. Bull and Broughton street*. Winchester’s Soap and Candles. TEST received on consignment, an assorted lot bj ° BRADY, SMITH * CO,
