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Newspaper Page Textmmwhmnwmiihimm Oil t tSJJ 1'i * * ^ r +141fIff V f ; t A VOL. LXV. VA :s [NEW SERIES.] SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19. 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 220 , v haYES,*)ditob and Proprietor - ah v ektising comm of TEN lines Nonpariel type or space oc- same number of lines, $2 first insertion, ii^^re-^forfiretinsertion; 50cents for each «32!5Sp« hundreds subscription (by mail ‘ S) till per annum; single copies, 0 cents, s n'rtisements must be paid for at the Counting to insertion, and if handed in by 8 p. j^S linear in the morning edition. " T ,, N c Schreiner & Son, 199 Broad b-Jet Augusta. Ga., are our authorized iwnts and will receive advertisements 1 subscriptions for the Republican. The. T'bUcnn of the latest dates can always ^ found for sale at their counters. SlYANNAH, GEORGIA. i m . r , JSDAV MORNING, SEPT’K 19. OUR NEW YORK LETTERS. SHADING matter on eyeby page. Another Presentation. Tie employees of the Government Engineer Works, some weeks since presented the superin tendent of the works with a testimonial of their c i;i;em—an account of which appeared in our col our,s at the time. Saturday evening last was the occasion of another pleasant assemblage at the l( S for a similar purpose. The compliment tiii tiine being paid to Mr Rufus P. Hawkes, Chi f o! the Ship Carpenter’s Department. Mr. ,j ^ (irr i gi i n behalf of his brother employees, in •caking the presentation, an elegant double cased watch, chronometer balance, accompanied it with the following remarks : /fairies .—In behalf of the employeea#f • xe Marine and Engineer Department, I have the h„nor to present to you this watch a<= a token of ,, ar highest esteem, and also for your gentleman- ir deportment, and the ever kind attention that wc have received from you. During your associa tion with us we have always found you to be kind and respectful to all, for which we now pre fect you this token of oar sincere triendship, „hic:, we hope you will ever appreciate. Receive it, sir, from the givers, who wish you !i)D? life and happiness, and as you behold on its dial the fleeting moments of time, which should ever teach us to remember the Great Architect „f the I'niverse, under whose Omnipotent hand all that is mortal must decay. See how the moments pass, How quick they flee away; In this instructive glass, Behold how life decay. At the close of Mr. Norris’ remarks, Mr- Hawkes, in receiving the present, replied in the following appropriate acknowledgment of the compliment paid him: Pef/uir Employees of the Engineer Depart. „„ „t : I have not the gift of oratory to make you a speech, nor the power or faculty to express my feelings of gratitude lhr this token of your esteem. *1 accept it with many thanks as a memorial of your friend ship, and as I pass through life’s varied scenes of joy or sorrow, this will remind me of the many pleasant days we have spent together, which will be as gleams of sunshine to light my course of life. Again I thank you and wish you all success and happiness and long life to enjoy it. The presentation over, all present, in turn* contributed their social aid in wit, song, and sentiment, to give zest to the good spirits that ruled the hour, and which made the time glide on most p’easantly. The watch was manufactured by the American Hatch Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, and valued at $250, and bears the following inscrip tion ; Presented by The Employees of tbe t Marine Engineer Department To Mr. R. P. Hawkes, As a Token of Esteem, Savannah, Ga., Sept. 14, 1865. The good feeling that prevails among all the employees at these works ts a gratifying exhibi ts of the proper kind of discipline adopted, and explains the advantages that enable the Depart ment to facil date its operations with commenda- Vi: despatch and efficiency. Narine and Engineer Works. At a meeting held on the 15th inst. at tbe •'! nine and Engineer Works, on motion the meet- ,I '? was organized by calling fo the chair Mr. A. h'.n, and Mr. Geo, F. Palmes was req tested to w. as Secretary The Chairman explained the t'tiect of the meeting to be to take some action in regard to giving Mr. R. P. Hawkes a testimonial w appreciation of the esteem and regard he is Ml in bv the employees of the Marine and En gineer Works. bn motion, a committee was appointed, con- vviugot the following named gentlemen : James ■'wkenzie, Jno. Withington, W. Wallace, Thos. tbhantyne, M. Hogan, Jno. Bohan, Wm. Bur- ■ an, F McAlier, who, after retiring, submitted •te following resolutions to the meeting, which "ere unanimously adopted: That this meeting of the employees . ’Pe .Marine and Engineer Works, have the vzhttit regard for Mr. R.P. Hawkes, as a skillful ■"rename and a kind gentleman, a u That we len d er to Mr. R. P. Hawkes ^ coid watch, through our Chairman, and ask bis i-eptance of the same, as a mark of our esteem regard. . That Mr. N. Norris, foreman of ship be selected by this meeting to pre- ,' the watch to. Mr. R P. Hawkes, on such a y, as rciay suit his convenience. b» v’ k, That tl) e proceedings of this meeting published in the Savannah papers, r;.. r, _ A. Irvin, Chairman. F - Palmes, Secretary. , Savannah, Sept. 15, 1865. Mr K- P. Hawkes: ^ear Sir—In compliance with Resolutions Dsred at a meeting of the Employees of the , Jr ' ne an< l Engineer Works, which is enclosed, 1 l,; >ve the pleasure, as their Chairman, to ask • nr acceptance of a Gold Watch, as & testi- ®onial of their esteem and regard. Please bale at what day it will suit your convenience lJ receive it. Your ob’t. serv’t, r „ A. Ibvin, Chairman. Geo. F. Palmes, Sec’ry. ! Savannah, Sept. 15, 1865. A. /«•;«, Chairman of the Committee; EAS S**'—Your note of this date is before q 6 ’ ten< Jering to me, as a testimonial, a ^ at °h, in behalf of the Employees of the ^ arme and Engineer Works. I cannot express Otv. nn^u grat ' ta ^ e f° r tb'8 unexpected kind- rine and l* ? art 0I ~ tlle em P'°yees of the Ma- •lieiu f >a *? lneer Works, and while thanking Crdav th ' 8 token °J would name wl fv ?! a time would suit me to re- e “■ Very respectfully, R- P< Hawkes. [From Our Special Correspondent.] New York, Sept. 11, 1865. Inhuman Treatment of Emigrants on their Passage from l-ondon to Hew York. % This day the investigation into the charges against Capt. Anderson, of the ship “Villa Fran ca,’’ by the passengers who sailed in that vessel from London, took place before Mr. Cummings, Superintendent of Emigration, at his office, Bowl ing Green. The passengers represented almost all European rations, and were loud in their de nunciations of the Captain of the vessel. The charges set forth acts of savage cruelty on the part of the Captain and crow towards the pas sengers. The greatest complaint was that Riey were almost starved to death, that they did not get one fourth of tbe complement of rations spe cified in the contract, and the little that was served out to them was so bad that the greater portion of it was unfit for use. The beef and pork could not be touched, as it was absolutely rotten, and the tea was full of maggots, so that such of the passengers who had not brought their supplies were obliged to live during the whole own voyage on biscuits. For an entire week’s food inaDy of them only received five biscuits and four potatoes, and ihe quantity of water was very far short of that specified on the contract tickets, and while all the women and children were cry ing for water during the very hot weather, the Captain took no notice, but saw that the cattle he bad on board for his own use bad a plentiful supply. When several of the passengers com* plained of the provisions and the scarcity of water they were knocked down and kicked on tjie head and fkce by the Captain and crew, and fre quently when they were waiting fax their provis ions, perfectly exhausted from starvation and thirst, the crew amused themselves by throwing buckets of salt water on them. Instead of two persons occupying feach berth, they ivere made to hold three, and the young women were subjected to indecent insults, especially by the ship carpen ter. Mr. CummiDgs told Capt Anderson that for every day each passenger received short allow ance he was entitled to three dollars. The Cap tain replied that they might sue for it, that he would do nothing in the matter. Mr. Cummings then referred the complaint to the United States District Attorney, who will fully investigate it, and it is to be hoped that, if those acts of cruelty be fully proved, an example will be made for such oonduct. The Great Ocean Yacht Race. The race between the yachts “Fleetwing” and “Henrietta” took place this morning. The ques tion of'speed between those yachts has been lor a long tinftdiscussed. Both vessels started from off the light ship, near Sandy Hook, and will sail as far as the light ship at Cape May. Although the stakes are comparatively nominal great ex citement exists about this race. The Henrietta is a fore and aft rigged yacht, one hundred and eight feet in length and over two hundred tons burden. The Fleetwing is a large yacht, one hundred and six feet in length and about two hundred tons burden. The weather was beauti fully fine, ana just enough wind at the start to sweep the yachts out of sight in about half an hour. The result of the race is anxiously awaited. Concerts. The initial Concert of the Fall season took place this evening at Irving Hall. The Hall was crowded to excess. Mr. Bateman, who acted as Manager, presented the following dis tinguished artists: Mdlle. Euphrossye Parepa, Her Carl Rosa, and Mr. Edward Dannreuther. The orchestra was commanded by Mr. Theo dore Thomas. The principal attraction of the evening was Mdlle. Parepa, whose soft soprano voice won the enthusiastic applause of the au dience. At the Academy of Music, Herrmann, the Prestidigitatcor, appeared before an admiring audience and performed several wonderful tricks. A Grand Opera Company is expected to be here in a fortnight. A foot race came off to-day for $150 a side between the renowned runners Mills and McCabe. Mills, tbe English runner who whipped all before him in his own country, is only a short time here, and has not made a bad beginning. He actually ran away from McCabe. A negro named Horace Alleck, escaped from the Queen’s county jail a few days since and has not yet been arrested. He was committed for a burglary and immediately after his escape he deliberately proceeded to the house where he committed the burglary, Hempstead Mea dows, and finding all parties absent with the exception of the lady of the house who was in the garden, he rushed upon her, filled her mouth with clay, and committed an outrage on her person, after which he entered the house and brought away all the valuable he could lay his hands on. The neighbors on hearing of the outrage, turned out with guns and pistols and sconred the country for miles around, but without any result, the nigger had escaped. Financial and Commercial. The money market is well supplied with loanable funds. The general market for call loans is five per cent., with exceptional trans actions at four and six per cent. The foreign exchange market at the morning board was quiet, but prices are firm, and in most cages above those of yesterday. Gold closed to-day at 144£. Cotton was mneh more firm and active. The arrivals of cotton to-day exceed 7,000 bales, as much coming from Savannah and New Orleans as all the other towns pnt together. In cotton goods the prices are on the advance. Various opinions are entertained- relative to the cotton trade, the prevailing one being that it will be excellent notwithstanding all the drawbacks. New York, Sept. 12, 1865, The American Institute Fair—Opening of the Industrial Exhibition in Fourteenth St. At 8 o’clock this evening the Indnstrial Ex hibition in Fourteenth street was opened . The assemblage was very large, notwithstand. ing that the arrangements are not yet com pleted so as to have more satisfaction as re gards the order of the various things to be ex hibited. The committee considered that it would be better to have the opening on the day appointed, rather than have any disappoint ment in the matter, but the result, as was na turally anticipated, was that great confusion and disorder existed in the placing of the al ready numerous stock. Major Gen. Sickles addressed the assemblage in eloquent terms.— He said the national exhibition of the useful arts was a gratifying illustration of the peace which now blessed the country, and was also suggestive of our great strength in war. The entire address was one of congratulation on the achievements of the Northern armies, which were mainly owing to the assistance they received from all the new inventions of warfare. He then wound up by saying that the old bitter sentiments created by the late division between North and South should yield to the kindlier sentiments of common nationality, common interests and common destiny. The South was -represented in the councils of the nation by the President, who of all men knew that the South could be trust ed by the whole country, and the' President should be supported and aided by all in his endeavors to bring about tranquility and pros perity in the Southern States. Every man should do all in his power to consolidate the people once more in their ancient attachment to the constitution and the Union, and if the victors in the late war would be magnanimous the vanquished would be loyal. The Ilobokeu Fall Races. The sfbond annual fall meeting of the Hud son Connty Agricultural Society was com menced to-day at the Hoboken Course, Seca- ens, Hudson county, New Jersey. The affair came off with great success, the racing excel lent and betting spirited. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keane continue to play every night at the Broadway theatre. The money market is without change, with 5 per cent, on call, with exceptions at four or six per cent. The gold market during the day was dull.' The price ranged from 144 3-8 to 144 3-4, closing at 143 7-8. The stock market closed buoyant, with a tendency toward higher prices. The cotton market was firmer bnt quiet, with, sales of 2,800 bales at 45a46c. for Mid dlings, closing dull. Cicerone. Patriotic Speeeh of Governor Maivin, DELIVERED AT QUINCY, FLORIDA. We have been kindly furnished by a gentle man who was present, with a copy of the speech delivered by Gov. Marvin, on the 5th inst., at Quincy. It is proper lor us to say that the Gov ernor wat not aware that the vpeuch was pre served, and that there has been no opportunity of presenting it to him for revision or correction.— But we have no doubt that he will see in it a very oorrect likeness of himself as he appeared on that occasion, so far as tbe living Orator can be trans ferred to print. Alter being handsomely introduced by Judge Du Pont, the Governor stopped forward, dressed cap-a-pie in white, and certainly the personnel of His Exoellenoy was inviting. He said: Fellow-Citizens : I am happy to meet so many of you this morning, and, beneath the shade of this grove, discuss the great questions which at this time are of suoh overwhelming interest to the State. Though not a native of Florida, my youth and the pride of my manhood have been spent among yon. I have sorrowed in your sorrow, and your happiness has been, and sill is, mine.— I am willing, in this emergency, to do my full share of labor to restore to our beautiful country more than its ancient prosperity. When the rebellion tailed—for as snch it will go into history—by the surrender of the Confed erate armies, our State Government, which had been identified with it, and supported it, also went down a ruin among the general ruin which overwhelmed the States of the South. Florida was, then, without a government of any kind, and remained in that condition of anarchy and confusion for a few days, till the U. S. Govern ment extended over the State martial law, and such is onr status at present. After much discussion by the best and soundest thinkers in tfie nation, the' question has ~ been settled with much unanimity, that secession of a State is an impossibility. A rebellion cannot be a success, unless it amounts to a revolution, af fecting alike all sections of the country. The very soil embraced within ihe American Republic oorns to receive the impress of but/ one govern- meu at the same time, It follows that Florida has never oeased to be a State in the Union—but she has been a State in rebellion, and by her acts, has destroyed her State Government,. and particularly the institntion of slavery, whioh was nursed in its bosom and defended by it. She is now held by martial law in a state of tutelage, with her political rights in abeyance, and will be kept there tilf she organizes for herself, on a new basis, a new government. You have the eredit at Washington and throughout the country— after having done all that mortals could do, but vainly, for the success of the rebellion—of submitting nobly to the issues of the war; and on the supposition that you were prepared to inaugurate a new govern ment, which shall be republican in form and spir it, constructed upon the basis of the new order of things, the President of -tbe United States has honored me with the appointment of Provisional Governor oi Florida, aud I am here to open the way and assist yon in this delioate and urgent business I am not authorized to establish, by appointment, oivil authority myself—that is pre-einineotly your work, and martial law will prevail till you take it in hand andaccomplishit. You have seen my proclamation ordering an election on the 10th October, and a meeting of the delegates on the 25th, and I would perhaps be justified in leaving the matter thns, but, being able from my standpoint to look over the whole ground, and weigh all the impending difficulties, I feel it a duty I owe to you and to oqr common country, to ca ( your attention to a few matters which must characterise the constitution to be framed. Every element whioh entered into the war seemed concentrated on the destruction of slavery. It was without constitutional basil or legal protection when yonr State Government we* destroyed—it has been extinguished by mili tary orders and by Presidential proclamations, and may be considered as thrice dead and pluck ed up by the roots. Any attempt on the part of the convention to revive and reinstate it, would be labor end time spent in vain. The future constitution of Florida must guarantee freedom alike to ell—it mnst not be black or white, bnt FREE! , , And I am free to confess that, in view of the disorganized state of our society, it is well, in my judgment, that slavery has passpd away forever. Supposing the institqtiqn remained, and the 150,- 000 oolored troops, who have been thoroughly drilled in the use of arms, end instructed in the rights of freemen, and who have exhibited on many a bloody field, gnd in the storming of bat teries, a steadiness and a courage equal to that of the white man, were turned loose among us, how long would that institution last, or whose life or property would be seoure ? In that oaee, slavery would disappear in oarnage and in rivers of blood. Thank God, the thing is out of the way and we are safe I The future of Florida, la this respect, is that ot every other State in the Union, exoept Kentucky and Delaware, and shortly these States must be free. As citizens, before the law, the freedmen most be in all respects our equals. I do not mean tbat as a race they are or can be nfade during many generations, if ever, the equals personally of the Caucasian race, or can enjoy the same political or social position, but that is no reason why constitution or law should discriminate against the-r. Tbe right of suffrage does not neoessarily follow, for that is not a natural but a political right, which may be granted or withheld, as -ound policy may dic« tate. But, that the Government may be convinced that we are acting in good faith in framing a Constitution, the Convention must, in my opinion, incorporate into that document the amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude, except when the party has ^£ en duly convicted of crime, by due process oflaw, and which also accords to the United States the power to enforce this provision. If we are in Earnest in recognizing the complete freedom of the blacks, and in perpetuating that freedom, we shall have no objection to the adoption of that amendment. Against such action I have heard two objections urged. The first is, it would be assenting to abolition, and we prefer having it forced upon us. Very well, it is forced upon you by Government, and by ac complished facts, and you must consent to it or you are a belligerent. Y'our consent must be put on record in the most formal, solemn and binding manner, as a condition precedent to peace and a restoration of State rights. The second objection is, ‘ ‘we are unwilling to im pose abolition upon others.” You do no such thing. ’ Congress demands this of all the late insurgent States. Six of them have already complied with the demand. In so doing, they acted simply for themselves. Let Florida frame a free Constitution, adopt the amend ment, and you give evidence to the world that you are taking steps which neither you nor your posterity can retrace, and you prepare the way for admission into the great sisterhood of States. Furthermore, the Constitution must declare that persons of color shall be admitted as wit nesses in all our Courts of civil jurisprudence. The law, in this respect, must know no dis- tinstiou of color. I am aware that this is a hard doctrine to many, but it is not, and never was, such to me. Some think the negro constitutionally a liar— that falsehood is marrow in bis bones, and that it circulates in his blood. Now, tbat is not true, in whole or in part; and the statement is a slander upon both God and man. An ex perience of thirty years in the South has satis fied me that the slave has often told the truth, whilst the master has lied. All classes of wit nesses stand before the Court and jury upon their own merits; and their testimony, by Jidge and jury, is taken for what it is worth.- They would no doubt often perjure themselves, but who does not know that every court room is the theatre of more or less false swearing ? But we owe it to the bounty of a wise Provi dence, that justice is seldom perverted by false witnesses. Perjury is suck a monster—has so many and such horrid heads—that the hissing of their tongues makes a sort of Babel of the j witnesses’ stand, warring with each Other and with reason, and with a thousand circumstances which surround, reveal and guard the truth. For some years I occupied the Bench, and many are the instances in which I have known guilty parties to go unwhipped of justice because colored people couid not come into the Court a d testily. The admission of such witnesses would have given the State’s prison or the galiovs its due, and relieved society of bad and dangerous characters. 1 have much feeling upon this sub ject, because the impressive and painful lessons ot years crowd in upon my memory. You Know that the menial classes of all nations are permit ted to appear in Court and test.fy, and that in some instances Lords and nobles have been sent to the gallows on the evidence of house servants. Our colored population are as well qualified to testify as them. You keep the negro out of Court, and what chance has he for justice ? 'Just none at all. Tbe Government and the world are aware of this; and I do not think Congress will regard the Constitution you may frame as republican m form, or calculated to secure the ends of justice to ail citizens, unless the negro is’ permuted to come into Court as a witness. I may be mis taken, but should that wrong be perpetrated, and your Constitution rejected on that account, for one 1 shall acquiesce iu the justice ot the deci sion. The lact is, we have no other course left us to make a clean breast of this whole business, da full justice to the negro, though be is of an interior race, and remove the whole subject growing out of his slavery, emancipation and status, from the theatre of politics. Fdlow-citizens, during the past two years I have resided at the NortD, and think I know the tone ot public sentiment there. I assure yoq that whilst no unkind feeling prevails among aqy class, a stern (^termination exists everywhere that slavery, in n|t its forms and phases, shall be buried so eternally deep, that it will know no re surrection. It is still fisrther tbeir determination that the elements which enter into the founda tion of our Government shall be of universal ap plication, making us a happy and powerful people. Onr loyalty may not be tbs most ardent and proud at the present time. Our property lies ruined and scattered in tbe wide sweeping and bloody paths of war. But the ruin wrought is not tho only aspect of the case that should be oousidered. The suffering has not all fallen to your lot. The sacred remains of 200,000 North* men lie buried in Southern graves ! The sacri ficing heroism of your Northern brothers, which has challenged tbe admiration and uonder of the world, touches the chivajrous feelings pf the South, and teqohes ps that we were conquered, not by menials or oowards, but by foemeu wor thy of our steel. Their wealth and resources have astonished the nations of the earth, as well as ourselves, and let me siy to y>u that tbe North is so firmly fixed in its position that the confiiot of the last tour years, oajling tq tfie field a mi lion and a half of men ami spending money in proportion, hag had but the slightest effect upon either business or socie y; and the Govern* meat was never so strong in men, resources and the affections of the people, as when the war closed. At the time of Lee’s surrender, Grant had under his command 800,000 men, and could have held every position he occupied, and con centrated at any given point 500,000 of his veter an troops. The wonder is, not thaf 7 0U were conquered, hut that yoq were able (o hold out 80 long against such fearfal ofids. The Southern people are brave as the braves j but it is folly for them to think that one is a match for ten of the same blood, and eaeh as braye as hlm 4 elf. The United Stages agvpr so pQwprfql dor so mqch respected by other nations as at present. Not even in tbp darkest hour of the late struggle, when you seemed to be a fall match for the Great Republic, did France and England combined dare to insult the old flag. Their sympathies weMjcMtoou, but they dare not make them of any practical value, and now both nations are ready to get down on their marrow-bones at her bidding! Now this great, jxiwerfnl and honored ReDtihlir. iq yqurq. Yon form a part of it, and shard in its glory.— Whep a fe\y years shall have passed away, and the exasperation* of the present are healed, none will be prouder than yourselves to say, “I am an American citizen !” The Governor farther called the attention of aqdience to some imperfections in the qld nstitntjon, which he wished to gee remedied |n $l»e_ new—to the importance of utterly squelching the regulators—of making duelling a crime to be severely punished by law, and varioua other reforms—Jrcksonville Herald. Queens Coontt.—Rbv. M. M. Crawford, Col. Y. P. King and CoL Milas W. Lewis have been ’ nominated to represent Green* county in the State Convention, A REMARKABLE LETTER. What General iSheraan Said to a SidTh-m Fri od in 1864. WhyHe Went into tlie War. [From the Huntsville Advocate, Aug. 31.] Mr. D. M. Martin has handed us the following letter from General Sherman to himself, which we beg our readers to read carefully. It shows the animus of tbe country in fighting for toe Union, and (he stupendous, insane folly of secession, by which fatal act the South has lost so much: HEADyUARTKRS MILITARY DIVISION OP THE Mississippi, in the Field, near Atlanta, Georgia, August 10, 1864—D. M. Martin, Sand Mountain, opposite Bellefonte.—My Dear Old ' Friend -.-y When in Larkinsville last winter 1 inquired aftfir you and could get no positive answer. I wish you had sent me ycur letter of January 22— which I have just received—for I could have made you fi.-eLi ease at once. Indeed do I well remember ou*ld times about Bellefonte, and the ride we took to the corn mill, and the little farm where I admired the handsome colt, and tri«d to buy it. Time has worn on, and you are now an old man, in want and suffering and I also no longer young, but leading a hostile army on the very road I came when I left Belletoute, and at this moment pouring into Atlanta the dread missiles of war- seeking the lives ot its people. And yet I am the same Williarn Tecumseh Sherman yon knew in 1844, with as warm a heart as ever, and anxious that peace and plenty shall prevail in this land, and to prove it I defy Jefferson Davis, General Lee or General Hood to make the sacri fice for peace that I will personally and officially. I will to-day lay down my power and my honor —already won—will' strip myBelt naked, and my child, and wife—stark naked in the world as we came, and begin life anew, if the people of the South will but cease the war, elect their members of Congress, and let them settle by argument and reason the questions growing out of slavery, instead of trying to divide our country into two angry halves, to quarrel and fight to the bitten end of time. Our country cannot be divided by an East and West line, and mnst be one, and if we must fight let us fight it out now, and not be queath it to our children. I was never a politician, but resigned from the army and lived in California till 1857, when I came back with my wile and three children, who wanted lo be near home—Mr. Ewiog’s, not vr. Corwin’s—but I had the old army so ground in my composition that civil pursuits were too tame, and I accepted an offer as President of the Louis iana Military Academy. Therefore, at the time of Lincoln’s election 1 was,at Alexandria, on Red river. I saw, and yon mnst hare seen, that the Southern politicians wanted to briDg about seces sion, separation. They could haye elected Mr. Douglas, but they so managed that Lincoln’s election was maue certain, and after they accom plished this, was it honest and fair for them to allege it as a cause of war? Did not Mr, Breck inridge, as Vice President, in bis seat, declare Mr. Lincoln the lawfully eleoted President of tbe United States? Was it it ever pretended the President was our Government. Don’t you know that Congress makes the laws, the Supreme Court judges them, and the President only exe cutes them ? Don’t you know that Mr. Lincoln of himself could Dottake away your rights? Now, I was in Louisiana, and while the planters and mechanics and industrial people were happy and prosperous, the politicians and busy-bodies were scheming and plotting, and got the Legislature to pass an ordinance of secession, which was submitted to the people, who voted against it—yet the politicians voted the State out, and jiroceeded to take posses sion of the United States mint, the forts, the arsenal—and tore down an old flag and insult; ed it. That, too, before Mr. Lincoln had got to Washington. 1 saw these things, and beg ged Bragg and Beauregard and Qqv. Moore, and ^a host of personal friends, to beware; in that was high treason. But they answered the North was made up of mean manufactu rers, of traders, of farmers, who would not fight. The people of the North never dreamed of interfering with the slaves or property of the South. They simply voted as they had a right to do, and they could not understand why the people of the South should begin to take possession of the United States forts and arsenals till our Government had done some thing wrong—something oppressive. Tho South began the war. You know it. I and millions of others living at the South know it, but the people of the North were as innocent of it as your littie grandchildren. Even after forts had been takeD, public arms stolen from ( ur arsenals and distribute 1 among the angry militia, the brave and hone*t free cl open of the great North could not realize the fact, and did not until Beau regard began to fire upon a garrison of the Uni ted States in a fort built by the com mon treasure ot the whole oountry. Then as by a mighty upheaval, the people rose and be gan to think of war, and not until then I resign ed my post in Louisiana, in March, 1864, because the puhlic acton the part of the State iu seising)of the United States arsenal at Baton Rftuge, and went to 8t. Louis, where I readily got lucrative employment, hoping that some change would yet avert the war. But it came, and I and all of military educa tion had to choose I repeat that, then as now, I bad as much love for the honest people of tbe South as any man living. Had tney remained true to the oountry I would have resisted, even with arms, any attack upon their rights—even their slave rights. Rut when, as a people, they tore down our old flag and spit upon it, and call ed us cowards, and dared us to the contest, then I took up arms to maintain the integrity of our country, and punish the men who challenged us to tbe c inflict. Is this not a true picture f gup- po ing the North had pa’iently submitted, what would have hepn the verdict of history and tbe world ’( Nothing else hut the North was craven and onward. Will you say the North is oraven and ooward now '! Cruel and inhuman as this war has been, and must still continue to be, it was forced upon us. We had no choice. And we have no choice yet. We must go on even to tho end of tim e < even if it result in taking a mi lion of lives, and desola ting the whole lend, leaving a desert behind. We must maintain the integrity of our oountry. And the flay will coqie when the little grandchild you love so well w 11 bless us who fought that the United States of America shoo’d no t siftk into infamy and worse than Mexjoaq anarchy by the acts of Southern politicians) who care not more for yoq, or such as you, than they care fer tbe Hottentots. I have never underrated the magni tude of this war, for I know the alxe of the South and the difficulty of operating it But I also know that the Northern raoes have, ever since the war begun, had more patience and perseverance than the Southern raoes.. And so it will be now —we will persevere to" the end. All mankind shall recognize in us a brave and stubborn race, not to be deterred by the &ugnitqde of tie dan ger. Cjaly three years have passed, and that i* but a minute ia a nation’s life, and see where we are.— Where are the haughty planters of Lou isiana who compired onr bird working, intelligent whites of the North with their ubv groes t The defeats we have sustained have hardly made a phase irr our course, and the vaunted brayes of Tennessee, Missis sippi, X/Oiiisiana, Missouri, etc., instead of walking roughshod over the freemen of the North, are engaged in stealing hor*e* and rob bing poor old people for a living, while onr armies now tread in every Southern State, and the biggest armies in Virginia and Georgia lay behind forts and dare not come ont and fight ns cowards of the North, who have come five hundred miles into their country to accept the challenge. But, my dear old friend, I hare bored you too mqch. My handwriting is not plain, bnt you have time to study it ont, and as you can understand, I bare a great deal of writing to do, and it mnst be in a hurry. Think of what I have written. Talk it over with your neighbor*, and ask yonrselves if, in yonr trials and tribu lations, you have suffered more from the Tjnion soldiers than you would had you built your barn where lightning was sure to barn and tear it down. Did you not all invoke the punish ment of an indignant God and Government ? I care not a straw for niggers. The moment the master rebels the negro is free of course, for he is a slave only by law, and the law broken, he is free. I command in all Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The paper I enclose you will be of service to you. Love to Mrs. Martin. W. T. Sherman, Maj. Gen. Head’qbs. Sub Dxst. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Sept. 16, 1865. ) [CIRCULAR.] Any soldier or citizen at this Post found watering any animal or animals “within thirty feet of any public pump, (except under the bluff,) shall be arrested and fined not less than thirty (30) dol lars,” and on failing to pay the fine im posed, will be imprisoned in the city jail of Savannah. Bycommand of Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BBANNAN. Ed. A. Parkinson, Captain and Street Commissioner. 6t Headq’bs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, ) Savannah, Ga., Sept. 14th, 1865. J GENERAL ORDER, 1 No. 30. j On and after this date any persons found “EXPOSING” for sale Ales, Wines or Liquors without license, as prescribed in General Order No 13, from these Headquarters, will be arrested and fined, or imprisoned. The Provost Marshal is charged With the execution of this order. By command of Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lt. and A. A. A. G' 5t Headouaetees Sub District of Ogeechee, 1 Savannah, Ga., Sept. 13, 1865. f Circular, 1 ' No. 20. f On and after this date articles in the Public Market of this city will be sold at the following prices. Peisons violating this order, will be re ported to this Office and summarily dealt with. Bg command of Brv’t. Msj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN. Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A. G. Fresh Beef, 1st cut, per lb 20 Fresh Beef, £n<l cut, per lb 15 Country Dried Beet 15 Country Cured Beef 15 Jerked Beef P. 10 to 15 Yeal, per lb 20 Mutton, per lb 20 Liver, per lb 15 Fresh Pork, per lb 25 Bass, per lb 15 Drum, per lb 15 Fresh Water Trout 15 Salt “ “ 15 Sheephead..,, 20 Mullet, large sixe, per buneb 40 Mullet, small size, per bunch,.,...... 25 Brim, per bunch of five... 41) Perch, per bunch ot five 40 Suckers..,, 25 Whiting 4q Codfish, per lb 10 Shrimp, per quart 15 Crabs, each 3 Sturgeon, per lb 7 Sausages, lresh pork 40 Bacon, per lb, from 20 to 25 Butter, per lb 40 to 50 Clams, per bushel 32 00 Cabbages, each, from.. 10 to 30 Turnips, per bunch 10 Tomatoes, per quart 20 Okra, per quart,,,. 10 Sweet Potatoes, per hush el... $3 00 Irish Potatoes,per bushel $1 50 Green Cora, each 2 Water Meloos, from 15 to 20 Apples, per bushel f3 00 Peaches per bushel $8 00 Honey, per ih.,,,., 45 Ducks, per pair $2 00 Turkeys, each, from |2to 2 50 Geese, per pair $2 00 Fowls, grown $1 to 1 25 Half Grown Fowls 75 Spring Chickens, per pair 50 Spring Chickens, 2d size ’ 40 Eggs, per dozen 60 HIGHLY IMPORTANT order. Headquarters Dep’t of Georgia, Office of the Provost Marshal QrM&al, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1865 Pro. Mar. Gen’s ? Order No. 3. J Information having been received at these Headquarters, that large numbers of Confederate aud 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 ” ©citizens, and tbe security of property, is 'hereby greatly endangered; it is or dered— 1st. That within 80 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 tbe nearest Provost Mar- sbfd. 3d. That after the expiration of said thirty days, all Assistant Provost Mar shals within this Department are directed to seize alTsnch fire arms, and munitions of war found in the hands of any one within their respective distrtot, and all persons found with snob arms will be ar rested and forwarded with the arms to these Headquarters. dd-. Assistant Provost Marshals are hereby authorized to grant permits to such persons as in their jndgment, are entitled to them. To retain private anus for sporting purposes, using their utmost discretion to prevent improper persons front enjoying this privilege. Hy wiwaandci MAJ, GEN. STEEDMAN. H • UB08YKNOB, Brevt, Brig. Gen. & Pro. Mar. Gen J, PWENIX ASSURANCE CO, IA, OF LONDON, IRS st Ore. The Brick Bisks I undersfirned will also corer"first in the Interior dries of this State. HOST. HABERSHAM * SONS, Agents, anglj eodsm Bay street, Savannah. rtOSHEW BUTTER and Cheese, landing and „ C, I* GILBBRT, BOSIN&SS OAKDS. I. A. yAlllffiB & CO., FORWARDING * AND Commission Merchants, STODDARD’S BUILDING, SAVANNAH, Q-A. Will make liberal advance* on all consignments to onr friends in New York. sep9 Pi M. NIGHTINGALE, HUGH* NIGHTINGALE & HUGER, Forwarding and Commission Merchants, sep7 Darien, Ga. lm L*V1 Me CHURCHILL, j. r. w. JOHHSTOH CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON, HBY GOODS AID GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS AGENTS OF STEAMER UNION, 233 Broad St., opposite masonic Hall AUGUSTA, GA. Will give prompt and personal attention to all con 8ignments they may be favored with. Consignments solicited. References in Savannah. Messrs. DeWitt & Morgan. “ Bell, Wylly & Christian, “ J. T. Paterson* Co., “ N. I yon, Esq. lm angttt J. J. BOBEBTSOIT & CO. GENERAL Commission Merchants; AUGUSTA, GA. Will give strict attention to tbe purchase and ship ment of Cotton, Domestic* and Warn,. 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 Tork; A. Porter, Esq., President Bank State of Georgia, Savannah: Jno. Davison, Esq.,Presi dent Branch Bank State of Georgia, Augusta. N. B.—We do exclusively a commission business. ang8 3m JAS. B. CAHILL,. General and Cuinmission Merchant, AUGUSTA, G-A.. Holders of V erchandize wishing to realize immedi ately, will consult their interests by consigning the same. Strict business attention will be given all consign ments, and prompt returns made, at tbe most reasona ble rates. Refer to Messrs. Hunter & Gammell, C. L. Colby * Co., Hilton & Randell, A. 1 ’. Lomelins, Halsey, Wat son & Co,, and btoart A Co. aogl9 w. henry warren; ■GENERAL Commission Merchant, 255 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., Dealer in Cotton, all kinds of Foreign and Domestic Goods, Groceries, ' Grain, Produce, etc. Consignments solicited, to which the most promni attention will be given. References—Hnnter & Gammell, Hill Gowdy, n> L. Villalonga, Wm. Batte'shy, John C. Ferrill, andt - the leading Merchants and bankers of Angnsta, Gal and Nashville, Tonn. 3m june20’’ W. A RAMSEY & CO., GENERAL Commission Merchants AND AUCTIONEERS. 308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. nXFEB VO Robert Habersham & Sons, Savannah. W. H. Stark. do. Bones, Brown & Co., Augusta. Ed. Thomas, do. W. K. Kitchen, Presiuent National Park Bank, H Y- jyl» WM. B. JAOKHON, £. WAEBOCK JACKSON & WARROCK AUCTION AND General Commission merchants, JACKSONYILL®, FLA CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. Personal attention given to forwarding Merchandize and Cotton. lm auglb TO COTTON SHIPPERS, ALEXANDER HARDER 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. Classing and Shipping CoUms for the public, at the LOWEST RATES, famishing ink, Ac. julyT ' Wright Si Co., COMMISSION MERCMNTS, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Represented by our Agent, JOHN 8. WRIGHT. Baa No, 89 Wail street, New York. jnne28 6m GADEiM & UNCKLfiS CORNER OF Bay and Barnard Streets, U AVE on hand and for sale at the Lowest Market •CL Bates; Extra Family Flour. SUGARS— Crushed, Granulated and Browns. Crackers and Cakes, in boxes and bbls. NUTS—Brazil, English Walnuts and Almonds. TEAS—Black and Green. COPFEE—Rio and Java. Spices, Soaps, Olive Oil, Cocos, Chocolate, Mackerel, Syrups, Curranta,Baii«lna, Cora Real, Grits, Cheese, Brooms, Pails, Ac., At- Have also for sale: Gunny Baeging, Kentucky Bagging Rope, Manilla Rope, all sizes; Oakum Suing spun Yam, Marline, Houseline, Rounding American Hemp Packing Yam. Kerosene Oil, In cans, Hardware, all kinds. augl4 lm Just Received, BY S T U-A R T Sc CO: XNA MULV FEDUR, In bUa, half bbto and * lh r Clothes Baskets Market Baskets Bair t*rooms Pope’s Head Brashes Hair and Feather Dusters Long Handled Scrubbing Brushes Also,»large lot of New Potatoes and Fresh Eggs. STUART A CO., . sng3 cor. Bull and Broughton streets. Candles. assorted lot by BRADY, SMITH * CO, TU8T received on consignment, tl Agents,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Savannah Republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1858-1865, September 19, 1865, Image 1