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VOL* LXV.
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, SATURDAY CORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1865.
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A SOUTHERN FLIINKEI.
Mavor Calhoun writes |North to borrow money
■ ' i lie restoration of Atlanta. He seems to think
. lie Strengthens bis claims to assistance by
i'i,.nutising his fellow-sufferers of the South,
j i,_ proposing extraordinary devotion to those
‘whom, we suppose, he has in times past de-
n °”viar,ta might almost be said to be the oil -
, ring ot New York. Many and great are the
V-'vora we have received from her in the past, now
.'.ji, remembered by our people; and though
helped to punish us for our folly, we will go
' h , r ror favors again, and that with confidence
•■Of course, you know our city was destroyed
to 11 great extent,and our people were sent every-
h ‘f e >e exile, attended with great expense and
of property; and though we lost and sufler-
' i [hus m a common cause, (and in a poor oue.)
Vi a Southern sister has helped us to the amount
(l tVliv* does the Mayor make this fling at the
of the South? Have one ot them a cent to
:,,;. e v Cao Richmond, destroyed by conflagra-
* m or Charleston ravaged by Are and sword, or
i -.ieed any Southern city which has its own
•-,.r V to maintain and its own damages to re-
hu ' The Mavor of Atlanta is mistaken in sup-
, , sinK he recommends his application by aflected
Limrations of Northern men or contemptuous
concessions in the name ot the South. All true
Northern meD appreciate the brave who have
suflesed m a cause which was dear to them.—
Ih ev ‘ believe that men who have Suffered for
their opinions, are sincere in their purposes, and
i>, a i when they take the oath of allegiance they
n'-,,;: n good faith to maintain and abide by it.
These intense professions of Southern toyalty by
iiieu who were silent partners of tbe Unitin during
!lie war, are believed neither North or South.—
orthern meu had rather tak*- the word of Gen.
I ee who has fought, than Mayor Cailioun who
cothc.oed them. As Richard Cromwell is
V irted io have said in expressing his contempt
Vuvpi'critical pretenders to piety, “Here is Dick
iogoldsby who neither preaches nor prays, yet
would I trust him before you all.”
We find tlie above severe remarks on
the Mayor of Atlanta, in tbe Richmond
Commercial Bulletin. These strictures
cm Mayor Calhoun for his endeavor to re
lieve the city in this her time of need,.are
rather sharp, and in the case of Mayor
Calhoun unmerited. The fact of Mayor
Calhoun or any other Union man in the
South being silent partners of the Union
cause is well understood by both Nqyth
and South. Oue would be led to believe
from the abusive remarks of this rebel
editor, whose vindictiveness and spleen
ekes out in every line he has written in
relation to Mayor Calhoun, we should in
ter that there was the greatest liberty and
freedom of speech during the tyrannical
reign of Jeff. Davis & Co., when it was
ill a man's life was worth to dare pro-
• iaim his love for the Old Flag and the
true principles of which it was the symbol.
Wonder if this editor of the Richmond
Bulletin ever heard of the Rattlesnake
Clubs that were organized throughout the
fvuiui for the special purpose of tracking,
"atchiug, tarring and feathering, and in
Many cases murdering loyal men for the
avowal of their honest sentiments ? If
' •J- irate “Knight of the Richmond Rebel
V'till" will visit Savannah, we can point
out to him quite a number of tbe ex-
numbers of the Rattlesnake Club whose
''Gref occupation was in driving out hono
rable merchants for the heinous crime of
being born North of Mason and Dixon’s
line. The writer of the angry article
above, is vexed because Southern Union-
Ms who are now protected in the full
exercise of all the rights of American
freemen, come forward and link them-
•-Ives with true and sincere Union men
( > u the same ground that Mayor Calhoun
■' now attacked, we might with perfect
propriety begin to denounce suGh patri-
,J hcmen|as PrisidentjJohnson, of Tenues-
s «'. Dr. Mackey, of Charleston, John
lloiiir Botts, of Va., Wylly Woodbridge,
b>. Bennett, and others of our city, be-
i mse they did not deliberately place the
11 oel noose around their own necks by
uttering at all times and in all places
“-‘r disapproval of treason.
Headquarters,
Department of Georgia,
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 21,1865. )
GENERAL ORDERS, \
No. 16. j
The following General Orders are pub
lished for the information and guidance
of this command :
Headq’rs Mil. Div. Tennessee, j
Nashville, Sept, 13, 1865, J
GENERAL ORDER, I
No. 25. < , 1
Department Commanders in the Mili
tary Divisisn of the Tennessee, will re
quire of the District Commanders in
their several Departments, and through
them, of their Subordinates, the utmost
care and attention in the enforcement of
a strict discipline .among the troops of
tlieir command. The person and prop
erty of all citizens will be scrupulously
respected, and no unnecessary or im
proper intercourse with them will be per
mitted ; and no interference with or ar
rest of any citizen wiU be allowed unless
upon proper authority from the District
Commander, and then only after a bona
fide and well supported complaint has
been submitted for his ifaformation. All
complaints made by citizens for outrages
committed by either officers or enlisted
men, must be fully and fairly investiga
ted, when if the charges be sustained,
upon due consideration of the evidence
in the case, the offender will be held to a
rigid accountability, and summary and
severe punishment visited upon the
criminal.
By command of Maj. Gen. Thomas.
Signed W. D. Whipple, A. A. G.
Headq’rs Mil. Div. Tennessee, )
Nashville, Sept. 21, 1865. J
GENER \L ORDER, I
No. 29. j
In consequence of the many and re
peated applications made to these Head
quarters for protection against unjust
and illegal arrest and imprisonment of
citizens residing in this Military Division,
who have been in tbe Military service of
the United States, but are now discharg
ed, for acts committed by them while in
such service under orders of Superiors,
the Major General Commanding directs
that Department and District Command
ers will most strictly prohibit and pre
vent all such action on the part of the
civil authorities, and will not permit the
arrest, imprisonment, or trial of any per
son or persons for acts committed by
them as soldiers while in the service of
the United Sta.tes and acting under the
orders of tlieir Superiors.
This order will not be so construed as
to interfere in any degree with the re
quirements of General Order No. 25,
Current Series from these Headquar
ters.
By command of
Maj. Gen. THOMAS.
Signed :
W. D. Whipple, Brig. Gen. & A. A. G.
By command of
Maj. Gen. STEEDMAN.
Signed . S. B. Moe, >Bt. Col. & A. A G.
Official : , ,
Signed; Chas. R. Wilkinson, A. A/A. G.
Official:
W. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A- A. G.
sept 29—5
THE INDIANS.
An Audacious Robbery.
The Council at Fort Smith—The Treaty of
Peace and Friendship Signed by the Commis
sion and the Choctaios and Chickasatvs—Ad
journment of the Commission, <j*c.
Port Smith, Ark., Sept. 20.
Tbe Commissioners decline to rescind their ac
tion regarding John Boss. They disconnect his
case from the loyal Cherokees, and assure the lat
ter that their rights will be protected
The disloyal Choctaws, Chiokasaws and Serai-
nolcs have filed a statement explanatory of their
understanding of the treaty There is much des
titution among the disloyal Saminoles.
Seventy-five loyal and seventy-four disloyal
delegates, not including the chiefs, signed the
treaty of peace.
Fort Smith, Sept. 21.
A treaty was signed to-day between the Com*
mission and the Choctaws and Chiokasaws, pto-
vidiDg for peace and friendship between the Uni
ted States and said tribes; that they will exert ail
their influence in compelling the Indians of tbe
plains to maintain peaceful relations with each
other, with the Indians of the Territory and with
the United Statef; lhat slavery shall be abolished
forever; that the freedmen shall be suitably pro
vided tor; that lands shall be issued to tbe Indians
of Kansas and elsewhere; that the right of way
shall be granted to railroads, and that the con
solidation of the Indian tribes, with a territorial
form of government, shall be recommended by
them to their respective councils.
The Commission then adjourned sine die,
Colooei Sells goes to Humboldt, Kansas, to
conclude a treaty with the Osages.
A liar’Force of Indians Defeated by f/oi.
Conner near Big Horn—Several White OjfF
cers Killed and Wounded.
Fort Laramjz, Sept. 21.
Reports have been received from General Con
ner that he attacked and defeated a large force of
Airapahoes near Big Horn on the 28 th of August,
capturing five hundred head of cattle and a large
amountof plunder. We lost a number killed and
wounded, among them several offioers.
A New- York Herald Reporter Steals Oxer Six
Thousand Dollars Worthy/' Diamonds—He is
Arrested and Attempts to Shoot Himself, ffc.
fFrom the St. Louis Democrat, September 19.]
On Friday last not a very prepossessing
looking gentlemen, though with a glib tongue,
went into the store of Mr. 0. D. Sullivan, one
of our most extensive jewelers, doing business
on Fourth street, opposite the Planter’s House,
and desired to see some of his finest diamonds.
He was a correspondent and reporter of the
New York Herald, he said, and that as it was
fashionable to wear diamonds, he desired to
possess some of fhe glittering gems. Dia
monds were shown him, but he did not pur
chase—among so many he was at a loss which
to take- He called on Saturday—was still in
a quandary. Last evening, about seven o’
clock, he again visited the store apparently with
the firm resolve awaiting the order of buying,
but to buy. Laying a large envelope, which
he carefully carried in his hand, upon the show
case, bearing the inscription, “$5,750—Money
Package—American Express Company—For
Colonel M. Parks, Southern Hotel, St. Louis
—From Washington, D. C.,”with an end torn
off, and two or three bits of tissue paper pro
truding therefrom, on the corners of which
might have been seen the talismanic figures,
“1,000,” he proceeded to examine the precious
stones tfhich were politely shown him. The
attendants having gone to tea, Mr. Sullivan
was alone in the store. The gentleman seem
ed to be less particular in his ideas than pre
viously. He quickly selected the gems, viz:
One diamond pin, valued at $5,000.
One diamond brooch and ear rings (lady’s),
valued at $1,200.
Shoving the package over to Mr. Sullivan—
at the same time casting his eyes into tbe
street, up which a carriage was passing—he
exclaimed, “There is the money all right—
you can count it. There goes Lieutenant
General Grant—I must go !” Before Mr. Sul
livan had time to remonstrate or “count his
money” his customer had disappeared after tbe
carriage. Hastily dissecting the healtby-look-
ing papkage, Mr. Sullivan discovered that its
contents consisted of two or three old Demo
crats, and the same number of New York
clothing store lithographed advertising bills.—
He lost no time in locking up his store and ac
quainting Chief Laibold with the facts. The
Chief promptly dispatched Detectives Eber-
nich and Coring after the thief. Accompanied
by Mr. Sullivan, they made good time—per
haps as good time as has been made during
the present season—looking into this place
and that, Mr. Sullivan keeping a particularly
sharp lookout after pedestrians in gray. On
th,e corner of Sixth street and .Washington
avenne, between 8 and 9 o’clock, a person
wearing this color is observed crossing the
street—quick as thought Mr. Sullivan grabs
him and demands his diamonds. “He will
give them up if he is released.” He produces
them. Mr. Sullivan complies with the prom
ise made, upon which the “precious” man is
seized by the officers above named and started
io the direction of the Central station. Un-
observedly he draws a revolver, but the cock
ing of it betrays him and he is relieved of it—
he says he will kill himself, at aoy rate, with
or without a pistol.
On Teaching the police station, he was taken
into the office of Colonel LatHold ani searched.
He gave his name as John Henry, and said he
was from Ireland, though he has very little, if
any, of the “sweet Irish brogue;” said he was a
correspondent of the New York Herald, and had
in his possession bits of paper, upon which were
discovered the peculiar hieroglyphics of the
‘short-band man," as a proof of the assertion.—
He has traveled from tbe East with Lieutenant
General Grant and suite as such. The chief havr
jng been into the commissioners’ io>m alter the
search had been made, passed through the first
room into bis priva e ofiioo, the prisoner following
him. Colonel L. had previously taken off his
nniform coat, laying it upon the table, preparato
ry to donning a citizen’s coat. On entering the
prisoner must have seen a small revolver pro
truding from the breast pocket. Approaching
the tablo with great rapidity of movement, he
seized and cocked it, and, before he could be
prevented, he had placed it against bis breast and
fired. The ball entered the left breast just below
the nipple, coming out about six inches from the
place where it entered, hav.ng glanced on ,a rib,
and creating but a flesh wound. A surgeon was
immediately called in, who dressed the wound It
bled profusely, but tbe prisoner did not seem to
mind it. Be begged for his pistol, that he might
put an end to his existence. The weapon was of
course denied him, but he says he will kiil him
self yet—a pin will do it, and he knows how it is
flone. Bis case is a very clear one, which he ad-
mils; but he says his life is in his own hands, and
be shall take it before lying long in a dungeon or
going to the penitentiary. All concerned deserve
great credit for the promptness which character
ised tho proceeding attending the arrest.
Mwtype, NEW INK, NEW PBE8SES and
' MATERIAL of every kind, at the RE-
“flUCAN JOB PRINTING OFFICE.
Tbe Roms to Savannah.—For the information
‘ ccr readers, says the Augusta Transcript, we
>“ s ent the following reliable schedule ol the
“••e between Augusta and Savannah :
bains ou the Savannah and Augusta Railroad
“'e Augusta at 7 P. S{ , arriving at Waynes-
‘">(1 at a.;,o p. M. s ’
[’nnnrcttng at Waynesboro'with a line of hacks
z'jodwin A Brown, Proprietors,) running as foi-
beave Waynesboro at 10.30 P. M., arriving at
*'4Central Railroad at 3.45 P. M.
, '."““ ‘I Railroad train laaves for Savannah
’ j,'' *’• M., arriving at 8.30 P. M.
-[turning, leave Savannah at 4 A. M., arriving
‘•>’,43* at b 15 A. JJ.
s leave No. 43* at 8 45 A,
at
k .— -—.“ —u. t?a oko tx. M*, and arrive
o aynesboro at l.jfi A. M..
rain leaves Waynesboro at 1.45 A. M., and
0 . es at Augusta at 4 30 A. M., in time to con-
ant! the Georgia Railroad train for Atlanta.
w' ,b , Wsto ^any A telegram has been
I’/ , i . al Executive Department lrom the
Uieti., e . nt 8t > n f? that all persons coming rfhder
exception of the amnesty procla
imed ti, t le ls I eal y thousand clause,) who have
endm-«f~ a PP 1 ' cl *tion8 for pardon, and have tbe
to vote o,'- i 0f tlie GoTernor . will be permitted
ote f0 ‘ delegates to the convention.
Virginia Episcopal Convention.
Address of Bishop Meade—A Reunion with the
Church North Strongly Urged — Fraternal
Action of the Council, §■c,
Baltimore, September 22.
Richmond papers of to-day, contain Bishop
Meade’s address to the Episcopal Convention
of Virginia, strongly urging a reunion with the
northern wing of the churqo. Rev. Dr.-An
drews, chairman of the special committee mp
pointed to consider sq muflh of the Bishop’s
interesting and impressive address gs refers to
the future relations of tho diocese with the
general convention of the Protestant,Episcopal
Church of the United States, respectfully rev
port that, having had the documents referred
to therein under their most deliberate and
prayerful consideration, they recoBvm6?l4 ffid
adoption of the following resolutions ;
That the Christian-and conciliatory course
of our respected diocesan, in his correspond
ence with the presiding bishop, and other mem
bers of the Protestant Episcopal Church qf the
United States, touching a reunion with flip
general convention of said church, meets our
cordial approbation; that this council appre
ciates and affectionately responds to every
sentiment of fraternal regard which has been
manifested in the correspondence referred to;
that this council is of opinion that its objects
which all-the parties interested may be pre
sumed most to desire will be best accomplished
by referring the subject to the pext genera
council.
Tbe report was adopted almost unanimously.
The council then proceeded to tlect clergy
and lay delegate! to tbe grand council, which
CA»- VISIT ^ G business
B ,. 0 l a 'e8t end mpst fashionable de-
el!’ P " nted in tbe ve T best *tyle, and at mod- »uu
iv ( , J! r j, c ' 8 > at the RE UR Lie aN JOB PRINT* meets in Mobile, Alw, about the of Notem
OFFICE, Bay street, r tf , her'
Kev. John H. Caldwell, of Georgia.
This geDtleman, who is now in this city, and
will soon return to Georgia to resume his pasto
ral labors, defires us to make some corrections ia
the account of him which we copied some days
ago from a western journal. First, he says, he is
not a near but only a distant relative of John C
Calhoun. Second, he never inherited twenty
slaves; he was a slave owner, but not to any such
extent. Third, as to the amount o f his losses, be
says he never was a wealthy man, nor of suffi
cient property to lose as much us the western cor*
respondent asserted
Wefiod in the Cincinnati Gazette the following
OTder, respecting Mr. Caldwell, from General
Thomas :
Hkado’xs Min. Div. Tknnessbb, )
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1865 j
Special Order No 79.—[Extract ]—XIII.
The Rev. John H. Caldwell, a loyal minister ot
the Gospel, of the State of Georgia, having for
warded to these headquarters complaint against
John B. McGehee, presiding elder of the Methos
dist Episcopal Church South, and other disloyal
persons, for ill treatment and persecution receiv
ed from them, an investigation of the case has de
veloped the following facts :
The Rev. J H. Caldwell, pastor io charge of
Newman and Palmetto Station, in the Georgia
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, was duly and lawfully appointed to that
charge, according to the rales and discipline of
thatchnrch. Tho Rev John B. McGehee, pre
siding elder, contrary to and in violation of tbe
laws and customs of that church, has ordered or
required him to give up the pastoral charge of his
church, and threatened to turn bis family out of
the church pasouage, because he, Caldwell, did,
on the 11th day of June, 1865, preach a sermon
at Newman, therein setting forth the abuses of
the institution of slavery, and adviring the citi
zens to accept the Amnesty Proclamation offered
by the President of the United States, and so
become good and loyal citizens. «
It further appears that presiding Elder Mc-
Geebee ordered the Rev. Mr. Kimble, a re
turned rebel chaplain, to take pastoral charge
of Caldwell’s church, and ordered Caldwell to
Waraldson Mission, a place in a remote and
obscure part of the Lagrange district, where he
would have a very limited sphere of useful
ness, and no means whatever of snpporting his
family.
Itus accordingly ordered by the Major Gen
eral Commanding that the Rev. John H. Cald
well be immediately reinstated in possession of
the churches of Newman and Palmetto Station,
and that he be protected and upheld therein by
the United States military authorities of the
District of Atlanta, and aL-o that his family be
protected in the qniet possession of the church
parsonage until the expiration of the regular
term for which jie was appointed to officiate in
those churctes-
If the Rev. J. B. M. McGeebee, Presiding
Elder, or the Rev. Mr. Kimble, attempt in any
way to prevent the execution of this order, or
to interfere with the Rev. Mr. Caldwell in tbe
discharge of his pastoral duties in his proper
churches, they will be placed io arrest.
By command of Maj. Gen. Thomas,
[Signed] Geo. W. Howard,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Mr. Caldwell will, we hear, deliver a public
address in this city shortly, at tbe instance of
the Union Commission and of numbers of our
best citizens, who desire to hear him. He in
tends to return to Georgia, to maintain there
his right as an American citizen, to freely ex
press his sentiments upon all subjects. Mr.
Caldwell’s two sermons have been printed in
this city in a pamphlet.—N. Y. Post.
The Fenians.
MEKTISG OF THE o’MABONY CIRCLE—ADDRESSES ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION.
The O’ t6ahony Circle—called alter the Ameri
can chief of the Order—held a public meeting
last evening in DiDgeldeiu’s Hall, on Thud ave
nue, near Fifty-ninth street, for the purpose of
calling together in council the Irish nationalists
of the locality, to the end that concert of actipn
in the impending crisis might be had.
Brief reqjaiks were made by tbe Centre, Mr.
cGowan, and by Messrs. 8tevens, O’Connell &
iernan, tbe latter of whom asked explanation
regarding certain surroundings Qi Feniamsm, as
to its time of action, previous failures, enormous
power tq contend against, Ac., concluding by
saying that he was thoroughly with any move
ment that has for its motto “Ireland for the
Irish.”
Mr. McDermott was the next speaker. He
said it is true the revolution is not opened. It it
were, it is in Union square, not in a hall, they
would have a rally to-night. But should they
wait till the tocsin sounds ? No. Some may say
‘Stand still, and see the Lord;” but ideas will
not stand still. They will progress, or rot in
dull decay. They had innoculated Ireland with a
E regressive spirit; a new soul was burning in
er, and she is in tbe hands of men who were
not ot tbe stand still stuff. The yoice of salva
tion they long for is the roar of republican artil
lery. The London Times said the Fenians were
fern seed. TKon, 0 Lord, shall open my mouth,
aod my voice shall speak this country’s indepen-
flenoe—men clad jn invisible green. Tbe Times
had latterly thought better on it, and we now
hear other views. Tbe Times can see the Fe
nians now, and ail England will hear from ffieni
ere long. Tbe English military and naval power
were exaggerated. She bad an army ot some
one hundred and fifty thousand men ; eighty
thousand of them were required to keep down
ffie Sppoys- Her recruiting is becoming more
and more difficult. She cannot concentrate one
hundred thousand men on Ireland. Shg never
concentrated more than four hundred thousand
men ia aoy one place. She is scattered every
where aud hated. The Fenians were scattered
too aod were OU her track, They could present
two hundred thousand bayonets in Ireland, and
they could have oommiss&ry detachments all
over the globe at the same time.
He epoke at further length, and at the conclu
sion of his address several of those present
signed tbe roll.
Fenianism from an English Point of
View.
The London Economist, which represents
the solid men of England, looks with pro
found disgust upon the Fenian movement, as
witness the following:
Ireland is once more occupying the attention
of newspapers daring the dull season, and this,
not so much because the season is dull, as be
cause Ireland is turbulent. How is it that that
singular people are so incurably unlucky in all
their demonstrations—that we never hear of
them doing anything creditable, or being any
thing satisfactory. The phenomenon called
“Fenianism” is now up. A certain portion of
the population—probably consisting of those
ill-regulated and childish natures that are fas
cinated by mystery, and love to play at “sedi
tion, privy conspiracy, and rebellion,” and
flnd an irresistible attraction in whatever is
lawless and forbidden—has taken to marching
in step and drilling by moonlight. A gun
smith of Nenagh announces that, in conse
quence of the withdrawal of the proclamation
by which Tipperary was placed under the
t’Crime and Outrage Act,” he has laid in a
large stock of guns, pistols and ammunition,
which he is prepared to sell to the discontented
at the lowest price. We regard this Fenian
ism with no alarm whatever, but, we confess,
with very sincere regret. It probably means
nothing, but it certainly indicates much. It
is silly and contemptible, and in no way for
midable as a manifestation against the public
peace. But it is very sad, not as proving dis
loyalty and discontent, or as hinting at any
likelihood of action, but as showing with what
puerile excitements the Irish people can amnse
themselves, in what irrational hopes and feel
ings they can indulge, how rooted is still the
national propensity to grasp the shadow and
let drop the substance. Fenianism is a had
symptom, not as showing that the Irish are as
seditiously incfine4 as ever, hat as showing
that they are just as incupably foolish.
It is very singular if the Irish people are so
“incurably foolish” that they get along so well
in this country. Whatever may be the short
comings of the emigrants, in the way of edu
cation or natural faculty, a prolonged resi
dence causes them to disappear, while the next
generation differ but slightly from the rest of
onr population. If the Irish are worse off in
their own country than anywhere else, it must
be because they are worse governed ; and if
so there is abundant cause fqr their hatred of
the English pow^r, which explains the pbe-
of F<
The
9t Yip:
Episcopal CqnyenUon
giniA.
Baltimore, Sept. 21, 1865.
Richmond papers qf to day contain the pro.
ceedings of the Episcopal Convention of Vi r
ginia. Bishop Johns earnestly recommends a
reunion with the Northern branch of the
chureh. Considerable debate took place on a
motion to appoint a committee on the subject
semenou i
benianjsm.
road, and as soon aa the iron is put down to
Hawkinsville an increased traffic will be car
ried on-
So far as onr railroads are concerned, Ma
con is doing a business equal, if not exceed
ing, any point in the State.
Macon Messenger, 23d.
JEFF. DAVIS.
JUDGE BURNETT, OF TEXAS, TO
TO WASHINGTON TO INTER
CEDE FOR HIM.
GO
The Railroab(8.—We made a tour of ob
servation on yesterday through the different
railroad shops and depots. At the Southwest
ern Depot we found the whole building near
ly filled up with grain, and everybody busy
about the premises. We next went to the car-
shop. Here we found tbe hands all bqsily en
gaged in repairing the cars, which had gone
to rack during the war. They were at work
fitting up a passenger train, which, in appear
ance and coipfort, will compare with aqy (n
the South. 1’hc freight cars are being put in
good condition, so tpat the company will be
able to furnish any amount of transportation
that may he required- This road seems to be
doing a fjne business.
The Macon and Western Railroad Com
pany, being pressed for room, are putting up.
an extensive platform on the north side of the
depot- An immense amount 'of cotton is go-
iDg over this road at present. The road, judg
ing by appearances, is doing a nourishing
business. They have heavy trains both ways
on [he line. The Southern Express Company
are repeiving large shipments over this roqte.
At the shop they are carrying on an extensive
business in all departments. This Company
are turning oqt some as fine and finished jobs
as can he put np at any manufactory.
The Macon and Brunswick are putting a
new engine house up, and otherwise improving
their buildings, and enlarging their capacity
for business. A large amount of produce
continues to flow intq gqr m*ritet over Htia
a
The New Orleans papers publish a corres
pondence between a number of prominent
Texans and Judge Burnett, who seem yet to
be laboring under the idea that rebellion was
a meritorious affair, and Jeff. Davis a saint
and hero. Their interference, and the grounds
on which it is made, will only prejudice Davis’
case in the opinion of two-thirds of the Araer*
ican people. Their letter to the Judge says :
“You have lived, Judge Burnett, to see the
republic you aided to establish voluntarily an
nexed, as a sovereign State, to the federation
of the United States; and again to witness
her convention solemnly revoke the ordinance
of annexation, and unite her destinies, in al
liance with one-third of the States and popu
lation, and one-half> of the territory of the
United States, for the establishment of a new
Republic, under the name of the Confederate
States. You have, as a calm and philosophic
spectator, in your venerable years, witnessed
the herculean efforts made by Texas, with her
sister States of the South, to assert that same
principle of revolution and self-government,
for which be had battled with success against
the States of Mexico- You have seen her and
them after untold sacrifices of treasure and
blood (including the life blood of the last aHd
only member of your own family,) finally
overwhelmed by superior numbers and power.
And you now witness her Chief Magistrate,
selected by the unanimous suffrages of 7,000,-
000 of people, a prisoner, incarcerated in a
cell, not permitted the poor boon of inter
course with his own wife, children and friends;
and tbe object of the most energetic persecu
tion for treason and other horrible crimes.—
Y'ou witness the clamor of both people and
press for his life, long after every portion of
the States over which he presided (with a dig
nity, ability and public virtue acknowledged
by the civilized world) has snbmitted, and ac
quiesced in the subjugation and military law.
The imprisonment and prosecution of the
iate President of the revolutionary States, as
also of others of his distinguished associates,
when they are no more deeply involved in the
revolutionary movement than a million of
their arms-bearing fellow revolutionists, seem 8
to us (Judge Barnett) to call for spph efforts
as we may still make, not incompatible with
the military orders and proclamations which
now govern us, to relieve him, by means of
appeals to national law, to reason, humanity,
and enlightened counsels, from further prose
cution and from an ignominions sentence and
death.
All these considerations lead ns (Judge Bur
nett) to the main object of our present com
munication, which we will proceed to lay be
fore you. We have some faith that your great
age and your past history, as above recited, in
a parallel case, added to what you will permit
ns to say, we have observed in a lifetime's
knowledge of your prjvatp history, your ex
alted moral, religious and intellectual charac
ter, aqd your great enlightenment as a civilian
and statesman, would have some weight in
the counsels that are to govern the further
trial and prosecution of the late President of
the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis.
We would, therefore, beg o,f ypu, Judge
Burnett, what we would* not presume, under
less momentous circumstances, to ask one of
your great age, recent bereavements, and hab
itual abstinence from public matters, that yon
repair as early as possible to Washington pity,
and there lay before the President qf the Uni
ted States such considerations as may occur to
you, for the discharge of the illustrious pris
oner and his associates.
And should this fail, in the first instance,
that you devote your advices and influence to
his defence, before such tribunal as may be
directed to try him ; and, in general, that you
render any service in your power for the ame
lioration of his treatment, prior to his proba
ble conviction ; and that with your habitual
firmness, dignity and amenity, exert yourself,
to the very last, to save him from ignominy
and from martyrdom.
Our strong desire for your services and your
snccess is further prompted by considerations
of public policy, alike important to the peace
of the country, and to our feelings in the
premises. For we believe that an impressive
truth was uttered by the Springfield Republi
can when that paper announced these words in
a recent number: “There are in the South
millions of women who would dip their hand
kerchiefs in his blood, treasure locks offfiis
hair, and teach their children for a generation
to come to cultivate sentiments of veneration
for his death.”
Hoping that we may hear from you a favora
ble response to this our respectful prayer for
your benevolent servioeg.
The Judge replies as follows :
Richmond, Texas, Aug. 24, 1865.
To Messrs. J. O. McXeal, John Haynie, John
Duncan, and others:
Gentlemen--Your communication of Au
gust 1. has this moment been handed me.
If it were in nnywise needful I should feel it
quite impossible to find terms adequate to the
full expressions of the sensations your very in
teresting paper has elicited. If it be possible
for me to contribute anything to the relief of
our venerated ex-Fresident Davis, from the
painful circumstances that surround him, I
know of no worldly purpose to which the brief
remnant of my life would be more cheerfully
devoted. While I have noticed with deep sym
pathy the cruel exclusions to which his incarce
ration is subjected, I cannot conoeive it possi
ble that any respectable portion of the North
are desirous to consummate his sufferings by
the shedding of his blood, and transforming the
heroic Chief Magistrate of oor subdued Con
federacy into an acknowledged martyr to the
cause of political freedom. What benefit can
acpyue to tbe North, to the South, or to the
world by adding a few more drops to the ocean
of blood that has been shed in the late un
happy controversy ? It may gratify the ma
jority of a few that are clamorous for his blood,
but must offend tbe deepest sensibilities of
the right-minded in Christendom. When you
said “Virginia is mine,” be did not design, aa
I believe, that the blood of Jefferson Davis
should atone for the errors of the great eecessiou
any more than yours or mine.
Averse as I have long been to appearing be
fore the public on any occasion, and doubtful
of my ability to render aDj> valuable service to
Qur common friend, I submit myself to your dis
posal with the simple pledge to do what may be
possible for me, in tbe furtherance of your
benevolent intentions.
Very respectfully, your old friend,
Davtd G. Burkett,
Ake you io want of fine printing tastily exe
cuted with the latest style of ttpe just intro
duced in Savannah * Call at the REPUBLICAN
JOB PRINTING OFFICE,
Bill Heads, Circolabs, Posters, Maxiyests,
Iiabels, Receipts, Checks, Ac., printed in the
highest style of typographical art, by experienced
workmen, at the lowest price and shortest no
tice, at the REPUBLICAN JOB PRINTING
OFFICE. tf
Headquarters,
Sub- District of Ogeechee,
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27th, 1865.
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 32. f
General Order No. 26,from these Head
quarters, ishereby modified to read as fol
lows, viz :
Pursuant to General Order No. 18,
Headquarters, District of Savannah, 1st
Division, Department of Georgia, the*
following Taxes will be levied to defray
the expenses of lighting streets, cleaning
city, &c.
1st. Tax of three (3) per cent, on all
incomes of six hundred (600) dollars or
upwards, for real estate.
2d. Tax of one (1) per cent, per annum
on valuation of real estate not included
in first section of this Order.
3d. Tax of one half (1-2) per cent, on
gross sales of all merchandise, except cot
ton.
4th. Tax of one-tenth (1-10) per cent,
on gross sales of cotton.
5th. Tax of one (1) per cent, on all
commissions derived from any business
transaction (other than sales of mer
chandize,) by any factor, auctioneer, bro
ker, forwarding, shipping or commission
merchant.
6th. Tax of one (1) per cent on all in
comes of one thousand (1000) dollars or
upwards, derived from salaries, profes
sions or any business transaction not
included in section 3d, 4th and 5th of
this Order.
7th. Lioenses for sale of ales, wines
and liquors as per General Order, No.
13, C. S., from these Headquarters; li
cense for billiard tables, bowling alleys,
theatres, &c., as per General Order, No.
46, dated Headquarters, Post of Savan-
dah, June la, 1865.
8tfi. All taxes called for by this Order,
will be paid to the Tax Collector prior to
the 15th of each month for the month
preceding. Any person negleoting to
comply with the provisions of this Order
will be subject to a fine.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lt. and A. A. A. G.
5t
HA, 1
5. j
Headq’rs Dist. of Savannah,
1st Division, Dep’t of Georgia,
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 25th, 1865,
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 30. f
In compliance with General Order No.
29, current series, from these Headquar
ters, I hereby assume command of the
District of Savannah, 1st Division, De
partment of Georgia.
Brevet Major W. A, Coulter, Assistant
Adjutant General U. S. V., is hereby re
lieved from duty in compliance with or
ders from Major General Commanding
Department of Georgia, and will accom
pany Brevet Major General J. M. Bran-
nan.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut and Adjutant,
173d N. Y. Yols., is hereby announced as
A. A. A. G. of the District of Savannah.
1st Division, Department of Georgia, to
whom all reports and returns required by
existing orders and regulations will be
made.
EDWIN P. DAVIS,
Brevet Brig. General Comd’g.
Headquarters Sub District or Ogeechee, I
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 20, 1865. )
Circular, I
No. 22. J
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 aud summarily dealt with.
By command of
Brv’t. Maj. Gen. 3. M. BRANNAN.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A. G.
Fresh Beef, 1st cut , per lb 20
Fresh Beef, 2nd cut, per lb > 15
Country Dried Beet 15
Country Cured Beef. 15
Jerked Beef 10 to 15
20
20
15
25
15
15
15
15
20
40
25
40
40
25
40
10
15
, , - 3
7
40
20 to 25
40 to 50
*2 00
BUSINESS CARDS.
CLAYTON, ADAIR & PURSE,
GENERAL
aeon
COMMISSION MCRCKINTS,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA-
~PARTICULAR ATTENTION pddtotbo
JL purchase and sale of
Cotton, $U kinds of Produce, and
General Merchandize.
Special attention given to the purchase and sale of
Real Estate in the city, aud of Plantations in any part
of Georgia.
They will buy and sell Foreign and Domestic Ex
change, Stocks Co ; n. Bank Notes, and collect Notes,
Drafts, <fcc., with prompt remittances.
Engaged exclusively in a Commission Business, with
ample and safe storage rooms, they hope to merit a lib
eral patronage.
Kel'er to Phinizy & Clayton, B. H. Warren, and W.
E. Jackson, Augnsta, Ga ; Geo. W. Williams, Charles
ton; Samuel Tate, Memphis, Tennessee; 6. o. Torbett
and V. K. Stevenson, Nashville, Tennj Baldwin,Starr
& Co- and Tracy, Irwin A Co, New York.
WM. W. CLAYTON,
Late Agent Georgia Railroad Bank, Atlanta.
GKO. W. ADAIR,
Late of Anderson, Adair A Co., Atlanta.
ISAIAH PURSE,
Late ol Poullain, Jennings A Co., Augusta, Ga.
sep25 lm
BOUT. P. YOBK,
s. i. Williams,
J. E. MUNTIRE-
P. 8. WARD.
YU, IIUUHS, HUTI&l k CO..
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Bay Street, Savannah. Ga.
Consignments of Cotton and Lumber solicited.
Reference*:
Savannah—Brigham. Baldwin & Co., Gaden At
Unckles, Erwin * Hardee. Hunter A Gammell, Isaac
D. La Roche. Hiram Roberts, W. Woodbridge, L. C.
Norvell A Co.
New York—8. T. Knapp ft Bro., D. H. Baldwin ft
Co.
Sale days. Tuesdays and Friday^ sep5
A. T. CUNNINGHAM, D. G. PURSE,
aWIYUIIAM & PURSE,
PACTOKS, F OK WARDING
i AND
Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, Savannah, G:i,
References—Hobt. Habersham ft Sons, Hunter ft
Gammell. OctavnsCohen, Brigham, Baldwin ft Co,
Erwin ft Hardee, Clsghorn * Cunningham. sep6-3m
C. T. KEUTG-EN,
North side Bay street, between Whitaker and Bar
nard, always keep on hand
The Genuine Piper Heidsieck Ohampage.
Also all kinds of
Rhine Wine, Claref, Clay Pipes, Ac.
septl tf
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO.,
SHIPPING, COMMISSION,
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
JONES’ BLOCK,
CORNER BA Y AND ABERCORN STS.,
SA.VAHTSr-A.tr, Gr A.
liberal cash advances made on consignments to tho
firm represented in New York by lharles L Colby,
Esa., or to our friends in Boston.
ALEX. H. HOL AY, Resident Partner.
Retep-ences.—Messrs. Dabney. Morgan ft Co., New
York; Jarvis Slade, Esq.. New York; Gardner Colby,
Esq., Boston; Hon. T. Wiley Edmaads, Boston.
angI6 tf ’
HEYRl BRYAI,
Broker ao^ Commission Agent,
For Sale and Purchase of Stocks, Bank
Notes, Produce, &c., and for For
warding Cotton, O'
Bryan Street, next to Merchants’ and
Planters’ Bank Building-
ang!5
3m
Veal, per lb
Mutton, per lb
Liver, per lb
Fresh Perk, per lb
Bass, per lb
Drum, per lb
Fresh Water Trout
Salt. “ “
Sbeephead
Mullet, large size, per bunch.
Mullet, small size, per bnnch
Brim, per bunch of five
Perch, per bunch oi five
Suckers
Whiting.,,.
Codfish, per lb
Shrimp, per quart
Crabs, each
Sturgeon, per !b..
Sausages, iresh poik
Bacon, per lb, from
Batter, perlb ...... ..
Clams, per bushel "A.
Cabbages, each, from 10 to 30
Turnips, per bunch 10
Tomatoes, per quart 20
Okra, per quart 10
Sweet Potatoee, per bushel $3 00
Irish Potatoes,per bushel fi 50
Green Gore, each 2
W»**r Melons, from 15 to 50
Apples, per bushel §8 00
SAMUEL p. HAMILTON,
(Successor to WiJmot & Richmond,}
DEALER IN
Watches, Silver Ware, Jewelry,
Canes, Cutlery, Aic.
Cor. Whitaker, St. Julien and Congress Sts,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Watches and Jewelry repaired. Chronometers rated
by transit Cash paid for old Gold and Silver.
.17*8 a
A J BEAUT, WM. M. SMITH, —M.J. MOSES.
BRADY, SMITH & CO.
Oomtulaslon
AND
Forwarding Merchants,
AND
Manufacturers’ Agents
NORTH 8IDE OF BAY STREET,
Between Whitaker and Barnard,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton,
ftc„ to their friends in New York and Boston,
Referencee-Wm. K. Kitchen. Brest National Park
Bank. N. Y.- H. C. Tbaeber ft Co., Boston; Israel Co-
hen. Baltimore; Hall, Moses ft Co.,Colhmbns; Wyman,
Moses ft Co., Montgomery.
KIRLIN, BRO. & BURKE,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
ALES, WINES 1ND LIQUORS
Oor. Whitaker Street and Bay Lane.
june21 tf
MARCY, MY & CO..
808 B JX Y STRJBM: Ti.
North Side.
Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets,
WOOD, COAL AND GRAIN
and
GENERAL COMMISSi®* MERCHANTS
AND
Peaches per bushel..
Honey, per ib
Ducks, per pair
Turkeys, per pound..
Geese. (l •*
vwvwvj ;m.»ss».»s...»..*m
Fowls, grown, per lb
Bice Birds, per doz
Half Grown Fowls., j
Spring Cbiokena, per ptar
Spring Chickens, 2d size
Egg 8 , P«r dozen...
HAM. COBH, OATS AHD FEED.
At lowest market prices.is8
(8 00
I2 ^iwTa kamsJEy & 00
18
IB I
50
75
50
40
50
Qondensed Milk
mn subscriber harii ' ’"“ J * fc
JL American Deadest
GENERAL
Commission Mer chants
AND
AUCTIONEERS
1 308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
been appointed by the j
Agent here for ;
Robert Habersham ft dons, Savannah.
W. E. Stark,
Brown A Co* .
to any.
154 Bay street. T.
; Presiosat National Pa* Bank, H,