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V0L . LXV. [NEW SERIES.]
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jsDAV MOIININGj OCTOBER 3*
;£1 DING mattes on every page.
Botli Sides.
jfiring tile present important political
. when the ablest leaders of both
i, Republican and Democratic parties
,-xpoupding their platforms, and dis-
•• ssiuc the merits and defects of each
1 articular plank, we have, concluded to
"' ri „ eu t i u our columns from day to day
J, lie iU i,tresses and speeches of the most
...uninent Northern and Southern men.
pi i. we trust will meet]with the approba-
{our readers, who desire to
t;,iU "1
hear
(i„ views of both parties, and see how the
T«at political problems of our country
ari , s( ,ived by men of widely different po-
litical opinion.
We give, in another column, the able
.ue-eli "f Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, and
will shortly publish those of Gen. Cox,
jOhio; Gen. Sumner, of Massachusetts;
lieu. Butler, and others.
The Weather.
During the past week we have been in the
in|l ivment of delightfully pleasant weather.
IV davs have been quite agreeable, and the
isiiirnings and evenings have been just cool
cuough to make one enjoy a comfortable sleep.
The "Indian Summer’ is now upon us, and is
.me o( those seasons only to be appreciated
au j enjoyed by those doomed to suffer the
,Va;s of a southern summer sun. With a con
tinuance of such fine weather we may bid
adieu lo chills and fever, and can enter on the
iasiness of the day with an energy fitted to
,:8 [oil-, and fatigues.
Vessel* for Southern Port*.
Xiie following vessels are advertised at New
V ,rk to leave for Southern Ports on their respec-
i;te ialos :
F ,r Apalachicola—Steamer Western Metropo
lis Hilton, Sept 30: steamer Linda, Theobold.
bet ■>: bark A C Adams, Collam, Oot3; schr R M
Demiil, Henderson.
lieaulurt, S C—Brig Mary Cobb, Duncan.
Charleston, S C—Steamer Andalusia, Beards,
ley. Sept 2,'u bark Sacramento, Hussey; sabre
V. Ita, Perry: Mary Stodman, Pearoe; J A Ryd r,
Ryder: Mott Bedell, Bedell.
' fernandina, Fla—Sofar John Lenthall, Tut-
bi'l.
neurgctowD, 8 C—Sehrs Sarah L, Carson; Thos
'i'iaans. Briggs.
J.ickfonviMo, Fla—Steamer II II Mount, Back-
•, .-th Sept; brigs Mai land, Hillman; Matron,
11 lluiau; sehrs Onrust, Thompson, Sept 27; Al
bert Rarer, Chase; A B Terry, Favrell; Fleet-
wire, ; Hannah Matilda, Price; Ed J Pal
mer, Palmer; Navigator.
Key West, Fla -Steamer Lindo, Tbeobold, Oct
y steamer Honduras, , Oct 5; schr J P An
ger, Aldrich.
Newport, Fla—SohrWm Holmes, .
Pensacola, Fla—Brig Geo Amos, —; schr
Alice. Oliver.
fort Royal, S C—Brig Mary Cobb, Duncan;
rchr) orktown, Woglom.
Pot Bluff, S C—Sobr Thos Winans, Briggs,
'avanoah, Oa—Bpg Clara Pickens, Howes;
tetri Sarah Jones, Smith; J B Elliott, Smith; H
M Mays, Ward; Ocean Star, Coleman;. M ary
J»ne, —; ‘steamer Geo Washington, Rogers,
'*pt 2<
ct Marks, Fla—Brig Arthur Eggieso, Clifford;
sehrs Win Holmes; ; J P Anger, Aldrich.
Tatar a Bay, Fla—Steamer Honduras, ,
bet i
This is no doubt an error, as the George Wash-
'rgtnQ is running between New York and New
Orleans.
Au west to the Steamship Ben De Fobd.—
Lut favorite steamship, on her last journey North
It in Hilton Head via Charleston, was struck by
lightning when north of Hatteraa. Her foremast
nearly torn out of her; the fluid then tor^tff
the top of the pilot bouse, passing from thence
a ;, r., the upper deck to the main saloon, break
ing a large mirror, tumblers, and destroying the
dining table, settees, Ac. The whole damage
‘ill amount to about $500.
Export* of Cotton from New York.
The exports of cotton from the port of New
1 ork io foreign ports, from the 1st to the 25th
I'rptember, lb05, have been as follows:
To Great Britain 19,820 bales.
jy France 500 «
Tu North Europe 137 “
Making a grand total of 19,057 “ •
ine total exuorts for the same time
► "j U>;i was ISO “
Acd for the sume period in 1833.... 484 “
h will be seen by these figures that the ex
ports from New York to foreign ports have been
Ter 7 heavy, and Lave exceeded those during the
“time time in 1864, by 19,777 bales, and those of
thejear previous by 19,523 bales.
Btu Heads, Cibculahs, Postebs, Manifests,
“ All *u, Receipts, Checks, Ac., printed iu the
Hhest style of typographical art, by experienced
*orkmen, at the lowest price and shortest no-
ti=e , at the REPUBLICAN JOB PRINTING
OFFICE. tf
Conflict of Authority in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La., Sept. 23, 1865.
lhe Provost Marshal of Freedmen has ar
rested the Judge, Sheriff, District Attorney
“ nd *0 Jury of the Tenth Judicial District,
or trying a negro on the charge of larceny,
he Superintendent of the Freedmen says ju
risdiction over the negroes during the existing
interpretation of the civil law belongs exclu-
tveiy to his bureau. The judge gives notice
of an appeal, i • ' ■
The ioientiao name of the cattls murrain in
phoifc 11 pa * awoni * P*°°rum epizootics ty-
OUPv NEW YORK LETTER-
[From Our Special Correspondent.]
NewYokk, Sept. 22, 1865.
Reception oj Secretory Stanton.
At the mansion of Ex. Governor Morgan, in
Fifth Avenue, a grand reception was given to
the Secretary of War, Mr. Edwin M. Stanton.
At about ten o’clock about one hundred and
fifty persons, including nearly all the metro
politan notabilities, had arrived and were pre
sented by the Governor to the Secretary in the
drawing-room. During the entire evening
there was nothing formal beyond the ceremony
of reception. The reception rooms were got
up in a maghificent style, and among ail par
ties the greatest cordiality prevailed. Party
feeling was thrown entirely aside, and the hand
of friendship was cheerfully extended to the
Secretary by all. Several ladies were also
present, wl o did the honors of the occasion,
and amongst them were the daughters of the
Governor. On the whole, the reception was
one of the most brilliant New York has as yet
seen.
The Coinin'/ Elections.
It is expected that the coming elections will
be of the most exciting character. There was
a large meeting of negroes, this evening, at
Brooklyn. They made a great noise about
universal suffrage, and several of the Ciceros
predicted that President Johnson would be as
sassinated, because he was not standing up for
the black man. A few more meetings of that
description here will teach New Yorkers what
universal suffrage means, and will quickly
knjck the party who hold out for it “into a
cocked hat.” The proceedings were of a most
violent and ludicrous character.
The Court of General Sessions will be occu
pied during the entire of next week in the
hearing of murder cases, when the details of
the most atrocious crimes will be laid before
the public.
Financial and Commercial.
The money market is abundantly supplied
with loanable funds, but the demand is some
what more active. Gold closed to-day at
143 7-8. The stock market closed quiet but
steady. The Secretary of the Treasury an
nounces that on and after Monday next the
November interest upon five twenties will be
payable at the sub-treasuries.
Cicerone.
Remarks of the lion. Alfred Huger.
The Columbia correspondent of the Charles
ton Daily News has sent to that journal notes
of the remarks of the Hon. Alfred Huger, made
in the Convention, at Columbia, on the 13th
inst.. in reply to the oft-repeated charga that
South Carolina has not been republican. The
address was made in seconding a motion that
Governor Pickens’ ordinance should be taken
np and considered. Mr. H. spoke as follows ;
Mr. President—I second the motion be
cause it is necessary to the respectability and
individuality of the State. The State passed
the Ordinance of Secession, and though I
differed with her, I loved and went with my
State, and I am for the individuality and re
spectability of South Carolina- I hesitate to
go into debate, and I have no doubt that you
may have occasion to call me to order. If you
do, attribute it to the feelings of eighty years
and the influences of a heart that never knew
any other feeling than love for his State. I
cannot agree with Mr. Orr that South Carolina
is not a republic. If not, I have no birthright.
If this State is not a republic, how did it pro
duce John liutledge, Cheves, Lowndes and
Calhoun? T knew the State when it was an
honor and a privilege for any man to take a
part in her society, and I know personally
when Carolina gentleman was a passport on
both sides the Atlantic; and I would not have
valued that passport had I not believed myself
a republican.
I remember being in the city of London at
the time of a financial crisis, and was thrown
among men who spoke much of money and
some of politics. On one occasion they were
speaking of the bonds of different States, and
asked if I was buying. I said that I was not;
but that I would give par for a South Carolina
bond, and I learned with gratification that none
were on the market.
I have no doubt that I have a weakness for
the house in which I was born. As I expect
ed, I am exhausted before I finish. Here he
complimented Mr. Dudley for a conservative
speech, and continued : If we are to desert
the old Constitution, and every man is to use
his scalpel, I having no taste for|science, must
be pardoned at feeling pain. It is but a cajiut
mortui; but yet it has my love. If South
Carolina had not been a republic, she would
not have sent Col. Orr to Congress, and given
him a reputation on both sides of the Atlan
tic. Even he would not have been strong
enough to have stood without her republican
form of government.
My voice will probably not be heard again.
I stand upon a bridge, one foot resting upon
the abutment of Time far behind, and the
other on the abutment of Eternity, not far
ahead. I do not speak because I doubt the
vitality of the State. Were I not entirely
identified with her interests, I should doubt my
legitimacy. She has a glorious past, and her
present fills me with emotion. I will not tres
pass again upon you, but ask leave to say to
those, many of whose fathers were my asso
ciates and friends, and that my last hope will
be for my country’s liberty; and however large
is that eonntry, South Carolina is to me the
centre- We have passed through an agony
and a bloody sweat; and I now say may God
speed every man in doing his duty, bravely
before man and truthfully and hopefully before
God. Let South Carolina’s word be as it has
always been—better titan her bond. Let po
Carthagenian faith form a part of her charac
ter. No matter what he has to remember—no
matter what be has to forget—let every man
feel that if he goes back to the Union, he goes
back faithfully to the Union.
Applause greeted the venerable Nestor at the
council board of a State in agony, as he took
his seat—for though the Convention is not
united on many subjects, every man seem? to
feel the necessity of speedily and honestly re
storing the State to her pique in the old Union.
1Vool Sales at Boston.
Boston, Sept. 28, 1865.
The Commercial Bulletin reports the sales of
wool as very heavy. The sales ol one bouse atone
for the week foot up some 690,000 pounds ; ol
another 650,000 pounds; of another 460,000
ponnds ; of another 278 Ouo pounds, and several
others upwards of 100,060 pounds each, footing
up a grand aggregate of about two millions of
ponnds, all domestic staple, and almost the entire
amount taken tor actual consamptjon.
Every alfc-bodied negro, who was onoe Wade
Hampton’s slave, is now hired by' hint; men at
$'lfl per month' women at $8, without beard. He
expects to raise 300 bales of eotton this
season, and means to give free negro labor a fair
trial.
A Bold Speech by Gov. A. J. Hamilton
—Delivered at the City of Houston, j
July 28, 1865.
Texas had less of excuse fot rebellion against the j
United States than any other State. T. e United
States found her a -famishing babe in the wilder-
nes,” and nursed and cherished the “foundling,”
giving it vitality and strength u- der the benign
influences of its Constitution, and the protecting
aegis of its flag.
The flag waves over us now. She had never
wronged the State, or any citizen of the State, in
any particular. If any man in this andienoe
thinks be ha? been wronged by the Government,
let him get np here and proclaim it. So it was
with all other States, and all their individual
citizens. History would pronounce the rebellion
as the most unprovoked “naked and unadorned
conspiracy ever beard of, against the best Gov* j
eminent ever moulded by the hand of ■
man.” Bat it was said it was not the Gov- j
ornment that was charged with wroDg to the!
South, but a majority of the people of the North.
That party, Gov. Hamilton said, had elected a
President according to the form| and without
any violation of the principles of the Constitution.
The Slaceocracy.
The institution of slavery was made the pre
text of your course. You were atraid the natur
al antagonis^between free and slave labor—that
one would eat out the other. That was true—the
fear was well founded. One of the greatest seces
sionists in the Convention, or CnDgress, at Mont
gomery, (evidently meat ing Mr. Yancey,) ac
knowledged this to be the true view of his party.
He said that he was ashamed of any man who
would base the course of the South upon any
wrongs inflicted by the North.
We have no qnaual with them. We qnarrel
with the principles^pihe democratic government.
We want a strorg government. The men who
vote in the North are laboring men as well as
capitalists. We want capita! to control not only
the labor, but also the government, so that the
power ‘ shall be in the head and Dot in the heels ”
If we continue in connection with the North,
their principles will gradually pervate the South,
and must upset our whoie system. That was
true—it would have done so. These were the
principles of the Southern leaders
Violence and Falsehood of the Rebel Leaders.
The people were not told the truth. They said
to yon, come and vote—vote as you please—but
remember the “ready rope and convenient limb.”
vote openly—you shall fold your ticket.
Who denies all this ? “Many valiant gentlemen
hereabouts promised to collect all the blood that
would be shed in a lady’s thimble.” All they
shed conld be so collecied. Some of them are
here to day, who still have the audacity to advise
yon as to whom you may trust. But I shall
never make sucb a mistake in my recommenda
tions—Dor advise yon to trust them. Remember
all they said and predicted and bow all their
predictions have been falsified, “They haye lied
to you from beginniog to end.” It may be said
that all this is not conciliatory. I am done con
ciliating men who at heart are rebels to -fbeir
government The man who, after the experience
of the past four veat s, does not admit that his
course has been criminal, is an unconquered
rebel. He is joined to bis idols—waste do time
upon him.
The North, you said did not love slavery.—
They had a constitutional right not to love it.—
Yon seemed to think “God bad employed tile
last twenty-five years of eternity in perfecting
this institution.” You would not allow free
thought and speech. Slavery was too sensitive.
You did murder men and maltreat tender women.
Yon would not even allow a man to be silent. If
he attempted it, you made him run round and
hunt up his neighbors to prove his soundness.—
Talk to me about a free man with the right of
free speech and conscience! The meanest dog
in the community could bring you before a vigi
lance committee.
Thank God, if the war has done no other good,
it has secured the liberty of conscience. You
never dreamed that if you were whipped you
would lose the beloved institution. You told
the United States, when they ottered to treat with
you for peace, go your way, we will have nothing
to do with you. The Richmond papers said that
not only the Confederate States, but all the slave
States, must be allowed to separate uncondition
ally ; then we will treat with the United States,
holding our noses in the mean time.”
The Emancipation Proclamation.
After using every other means to restore the
UnioD, the emancipation proclamation was issued
in conformity with the constitutional authority,
to suppress iosurreotion. Mr. Lincoln would not
let the Union he destroyed without availing him
self of every means to save it. Slavery chal
lenged the government to mortal combat, and one
or the other ha! to go down.
At last Mr. Linooln accepted the issue, and’
said, slavery shall die, by the grace of God.—
The world said adieu, and I believe God ap
proved.
The President advised with me, as to the good
effect of the proclamation, which some doubted,
unless enforced by armies. I said, your armies
will make it effectual. Slaves escaping to your
lines heretofore bavo been sent back to their
masters, but now, wherover the armies go they
will break the institution down. I told him for
eign intervention was threatened, but no foreign
nation would dare interfere in behalf of slavery
after the promulgating of his proclamation. Re
cognition, after this, never would have come,
though the South had waited ten years.
Some think the proclama ion only a military
order, and that slavery can he revived after the
resump'ion of civil rule. This is folly. To say
nothing about the constitutional argument, it is
the law of war that a Commanding General has
a right to destroy the property upon which his
antagonism depends, and thus break him down.
You claimed that slaves wore property, and only
property, aod the President has the right to de
stroy any of your property, especially slavery,
which was the cause of the war. (A voice—“Do
you proclaim that the slaves are free?”) Ido!
They ate free by the msjesty of the law and gov
ernment, through the voice of the martyred
President, and will forever be defended in their
freedom. The man who now opposes it is more
guilty than the man who at first favored the re
bellion.
Address to the Negroes.
Governor H. here addressed the vast throng,
cheered by tbeir unbounded enthusiasm. They
werajrequired, he said, to remain on the plan
tations of their former masters, for the good of
the country and their own, to gather the present
Crop. But at the beginning of another year
they could make their own arrangements,
without hindrance, supported by the law and
government, and work for those who paid the
highest. Your enemies say yon will not work,
that you will steal, &c. They have lied In
every thing they haye predicted; let this be the
last lie proved upon them.
To the Late Masters.
You who are sore upon the subject must re
member that the Government could do no less
than it has done. You may go down to your
graves believing that slavery was right. It is
dead—let us bury it out of sight.
It is hard to convince a man that it 13
better tp work than to have another work
for him. What will become of the negro,
do you ask? Tell me what will become
of the white man and I will answer. If
we do our doty to the negro, he will live
and prosper. " He is inferior, you say; it
is onr duty then to elevate him. Some would
drag angels down rather than lift others up.
Your former slave cannot be forced upon your
society, nor upon your table ; nor can yon force
yourself upon his. Conduct and character will
prove which is the better man. I am willing
to take my chances with the black man, and if
he has a better moral character than I have, or
better moral conduct, his claim to bfe the best
plan is just.
Equality.
IJow, some pro-slavery man will go off and
say Mthis man Hamilton is ing favor of social
equality between the whites and the negroes,”
can do as he pleases on the subject. Are you
mad with the negro ? What for ? Had he any
thing to do with all this trouble? Nothing
whatever. All that has been done in this
Country will have to be accounted for some day.
The midnight conclaves for murder will be
known, and the names hung on high. You
charged that Lincoln would take your lands
and divide them among your negroes, and you
did not believe a word of it. But every negro
believed in his heart, from the moment of Lin
coln’s election, that he would some day be free.
Yon said servile insurrection would be stirred
up. How have the negroes behaved during
the whole war? Never was there among a
people so situated, and having such hope, such
order, such good behavior, such God-like pa
tience. What do you say to it ? (to the ne
groes. “True, true,” they cried). Make the
best of the condition of things. Will you go to
the black man, with your superior intelligence,
and talk as one Christian to another, or will
yon strive to have your predilections of him ful
filled ? The black man has enough to attend
to; let the question of voting alone for the
present. Dream not of gradual emancipation
—graduating what does not exist. Until your
State recognizes this, her Congressmen and
Senators will never be admitted. “But we
must control the labor of the negro.” How
control it ? “Well, he wont work.” Well the
laws suppress vagrancy, and we shall take up
and punish both white man and negro equally
for it. They will be treated precisely alike.
Proper Legislation.
It is painful to tear you from the idol of sla
very. It is like drawing a cat by the tail.
Butithas “gone glimmering.” “But we want
a law to make the negroes fulfill their con
tracts.” Well, pass any law on the subject
you please, so it acts equally on both white and
black men, and treats them both alike. Kid
yourselves of the idea of treating the negro
differently from the white man in any particu
lar. The action of any convention which
compels a negro to do what a white man is not
compelled to do, will not be received. Can
you expect better things ? You have been told
by your journals and leaders, that if you were
conquered you would be toe most abject people,
and the most thoroughly ruined upon earth—
that your property would be taken, your fami
lies mistreated, etc. The conqueror is there
to-night, the representative of the government
which has conquered the rebellion^ How has
he deported himself? Has he demanded the
delivery, on bended knee, of the keys of your
city, or had your chief citizens dragged at his
ebarriot wheels ? Has any man’s life been
taken ? Misrepresentations, deliberate false
hoods, have led you to believe these things.
N 3 man has suffered for opinion’s sake in the
loyal States. But withiyou no man dared to
say: “This is a military de-potism.” Many
of your wives and daughters found homes in
New York, while you were fighting htye.
They were not driven out. You did not so
treat the wives and daughters of your enemies.
I mention these things that you may under
stand the magnanimity of the United States.
The President does Dot desire to humiliate
you, and you know it; otherwise he would not
have sent me here to grant amnesty to all, ex
cept a few, who will receive it also if meritori
ous.
If your minds are not fixed “in the eternal
rut of falsehood,” you will be just to the Pre
sident. If you refuse to restore civil govern
ment on the plan proposed, a government will
be established for you, whether you like it or
not. Every effort of my life will be devoted to
the restoration of the State to the Union. I
invite your help. If, then, you have done with
me, remember, this is all I demand. You
have been spared and blest in comparison with
other States, especially South Carolina. You
will live to thank God that slavery does not
exist. I thank God for it now. It made yon
arrogant to all the world, and it was rightly
taken away. We can now talk about all our
institutions without danger of being hung.
•onstant consultation with other citizens of St
Louis seeking and preparing to overturn the then
State government of Missouri; that S3 one of a
committee of safety appointed by President Lin
coln, I ffged on General Lyon the use of all his
power and arms to depose said s’ate government
In short, I was loyal to the United States and
disloyal to the State government I would, there
fore, respectfully ask of the honorable court to be
excused from serving as a Grand J^ror.
I am, respectfuUy, your obedient servant
John How.
St Loqfs, September 4, 1865.
Mr. Spencer also presented his “Protest,”
which was also ordered to be filed :
* St. Louis, Sept. 4, 1865.
To the Hon. Judge of the St. Louis Criminal
Court:
Dear Sir:—Having been summoned to serve
as one of the grand jurors of the State of Missou
ri, I respeotlully request to be excused from tak
ing the “Oath of Loyalty” contained in section
six, and including section three of artiolo second,
in the “New Constitution,” as I am opposed to
several of the provisions of that Constitution. I
boli- ve that it is contradictory in its provisions—
in contravention to the Constitution of the United
States; and would prefer to wait until that ques
tion has been decided by the Supreme Court of
the United States, or until the objectionable fea
tures shall have been repealed or amended.
‘Having voted ogainst it at the election held on
the 6th of Jane, I cannot now consistently swear
to “support” said Constitution. Very respect
fully, sherman Spencer.
The oath protested against by these gentlemen
is precisely the same as the oath taken by every
voter at the fast election.
(OWIERIIUa IMKLLIGEXl'E.
New York Honey Market.
New York, September 27, 1865.
The gold mat ket remains firm, and loans are
made at 1 16 a % per cent per day. The opening
price was 144 1-2 followed bv an advance of % and
a subsequent decline to 143%. It then reacted to
144, and remained at that point till the close of
business. The export of gold by the steamer
Kangaroo was about $300,0O0. The Boston steam
er took out no specie.
There were no noteworthy transactions in
foreign exchange, but quotations remained nom
inally the same as yesterday
Tht moDey market shows increased activity
undefthe brisk demand for discounts and the ac
cession of speculative business on the Block Ex
change. Gall loans command in most cases six
per cent, although there are still exceptional
transactions at five.
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A LI Vi JLY SCENE IN COURT
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which will be a lie, for I have said every man
Disloyal Lawyers in St. Louis Baled Out.
The St. Loqis papers describe a set De in the
Criminal Court in that city. A large crowd of
lawyers, witnesses, jurors and spectators assem
bled in the court room on Monday, and as it was
whispered arouqd that several of the gentlemen
supbeenaed to serve as grand jurors would refuse
to take the oath ol loyalty, soma anxiety was felt
to see what course Judge Primtn would pursue.
Judge Primm lost no time in defining his po
sition. He informed the members of the bar that
the Constitution made it his duty to see that no
attorney was permitted to practice in the Crimi
nal Court until he had filed the required oath.—
He was not upon the bench for the purpose of
deciding upon the constitutionality of a law, but
to enforce the laws as he found them.
R. 8. McDonald protested against the ruling
oi the Court, He thought tt was not the pro
vince of the judge to decide a question that would
soon be brought betoie tbetjupreme Court. If a
member ot the bar should be indicted tor practis
ing law without previously taking the oath, be
would be tried before the Criminal Court, and
his case would be prejudged by the rulipg of the
Court.
Judge Primm remained firm, and stated that
he would adjourn the Court until eleven o’clock,
to give the members of the bar an opportunity to
file the oath.
Mr. John How, subpoenaed as a grand juror,
stated that he had scruples about taking the
oath,because it required him to swear that he had
Devor given aid or comfort to persons engaged in
armed hostility to the state government—refer
ring to his co-operation with General Lyon in the
capture of Camp Jackson,
Judge Primm repliad that the eleventh section
of the second article made it the duty of the
Court to require the oath of jurors, and ho could
not evade it. If the constitutionality of the pro
vision was io be tested, the point must be made,
and the case proceeied with in regular order. He
did not thiDk the spirit of the oath was in
tended to include those who had been in armed
opposition to the disloyal state government in
18*1. Mr. How rotaaikeq that this was what the
oath sqid, whether it meant it or not; and cited thq
case of Judge Owens, of the Circuit Court,
in support of hjs view. He begged the privi
lege of making a protest against this part of
the oath.
On the reassembling of the court, at eleven
o’clock, the list of grand jurors was called, and
the deputy clerk, Mr. McGrath, was proceeding
to administer to them the oath of loyalty, when
Mr. John How, Mr. Sherman Spencer and Mr.
Mathias Steitz made objection (q taking the
oath.
Judge Primm c tiled one of the recusant jurors
forward, and asked him if his objections were
based on conscientious scruples, orupon the opin
ion that the oath is unconstitutional.
“Because it is unconstitutional,” replied the
juror.
“You, sir. oannot be permitted to judge of the
constitutionality of a law,” answered the judge.
Mr. Steitz stated that if he was compelled to
serve as a grand juror, he would not vote for in
dicting any one for not taking the oath, especially
a minister of the gospel.
Judge Primtn informed Mr. Steitz that he had
no control over his action in the jury room, and
woold not on that ground exouse him from serv
ing
Mr. Jjohn How drew from his left breast pocket
his “protest,” which Judge Primm informed him
would be filed. The document is in the follgwiDg
words:
Hon. .fudge Primm, Criminal Court:
In view of article third ol the new Constitn ion
which is referred to in the oath I am requir
ed to take as a Grand Juror, I wish to state that
in the winter of 1880 ond ipting of 18011 was in
New York General markets.
-New York, Sept. 27.
Breadstuffs.—The flour market was rather
quiet, and interior and common grades declined,
as shown in our annexed quotations, while good
to choice brands were very firm. The sales of
State and Western Hour comprised 9,500 bbls.—
Southern flour was modera'ely active, with sales
ol abort 400 bbls. Canadian flour was in light
request. The sales embraced 300 bbls. Rye
Hour was steady. Corn meal was firm, with sales
of 300 bbls. Brandywine at $5 a $5 15. We
quote: —
Superfine State and Western $7 50 a
Extra State 7 S5a
Choice State 8 10 a
Common to medium extra Western 8 00 a
Extra round hoop Ohio 8 65 a
Western trade brands ..... 9 15 a 14 30
Common southern .. 8 60al0 50
Fancy and extra do 10 60 a 14 50
t ommon Canadian 8 00 a 8 40
Good to choice and extra 8 50 a 11 25
Cotton.—The market was somewhat irregular,
and closed heavy, though no material concessions
were made. The sales were lair, comprising
3,500 Dales, at our annexed quotations:—
Upland. Florida. Mobi’e N.O &T.
Ordinary....35 36 36 37
Middling... .44 44% 44% 45
Goqgl Mtd’og45 46 46 47
Pro visions.—Bacon was negleoted and quite
nominal. Cut meats were in moderately active
demand, and prices were steady; the sales were
about400 packages,at 15%c. a 16 >-2 for shoulders,
and 19c a 22 l-2c. for bams. Butter was in ac
tive demand and very firm at 28c a 43c. for Wes
tern and 40c. a 52. for State. Cheese was steady at
12c. a 15 l-2c. for common to prime factory.- The
lard mat ket was dull and drooping; the sales were
confined to 350 bbls. at 27c. a 31c., the letter an
outside rate, and only obtained for antall lots
very choice kettle rendered.
Rice was steady but quiet at previous nominal
quotatonj.
Freights.—The market ruled steady and rates
to European ports have undergone no essential
change, though cotton, owing to a scarcity of
room, tends npward. The engagements were: —
To Liverpool, 500 bales cottoD at4d.
Whiskt.—The demand was moderate and prices
were steady We note sales of 400 bbls Western
at $2 29 I -2 a 2.30.
Headq’rs Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, 1
Savannah, Ga., Sept.. 30th, 1865. )
GENERAL ORDER |
No. 33, f
The Free Public Schools for the Edn*
cation of White Children of this city, vizi:
two Grammar and one Primary School,
will re-open on 2d Wednesday in Octo
ber.
The Board of Education will be com
posed of the fallowing named persons,
and subdivided into the following Com
mittees :
Rev. S. Landrum, U > n „
Rev. A,M. Wvnn, \ Bo ^ Grammar -
AnthS/p™™*’ } Girla ’ Grammar -
lair^K.l^scu.oi,
Mr. James F. Cann is appointed Su
perintendent of the Free Schools, and
will at once proceed to organize these
Schools as provided for in 1st paragraph.
The Massie School building is designa
ted for the use of th,e Girls’ Grammar
and Primary School.
The School building corner of Barnard
and Taylor is designated for the Boys’
Grammar School.
The Committee will visit the Schools
assigned them twice a month and make
written reports monthly to the General
commanding. They will be particular
in giving all details.
The Superintendent will also make a
monthly report to the General command
ing of the condition of the several
Schools under his oharge.
All Teachers will be appointed by the
General commanding on the recommen
dation of the Superintendent.
Their salaries to be fixed in the like
manner, and paid by the Post Treasurer,
on certificates of service rendered, sign
ed by the Superintendent and approved
by the General commanding.
The Committee, in conjunction with
the Superintendent, will establish suoh
rules and regulations for the government
and discipline of the Schools as ^all be
deemed advisable, and all children will
be admitted free, subject to such roles
and regulations.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lt. A, A- 4, G-
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,}
Office Pbovost Marrttat.
Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee,
Savannah, Geo., Sept. 30th, 1865,
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
On the 4th day of October, 1865, there
bq^ig an election to be held for Delegates
to the State Convention, all places in
this city where ales, wines or liquors are
sold, either retail or wholesale, will be
closed from six o’clock P. M., October
3d, until six o’clock A. M., October 5th,
1865.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Samuel Cowdrey,
Capt. and Provost Marshal.
Headquarters, )
Sub- Distbict of Ogeechee, >
Savannah, Ga-, Sept. 27th, 1865.)
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 32. (
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.
48, dated Headquarters, Post of Savan-
dah, June 15, 1865. *
8th. 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 neglecting 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 ‘
Hkadquartirs Suh District of Ookkchei, 1
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 20, 1865. f
Circular, )
No. 23. f
On and after this date articles in the Public
Market of tljis city will be sold at the following
prices. Pei sons violating this order, will be re
ported to this Office and summarily dealt with.
By command of
Brv't. Msj. Gen. J. M. BIUNNAN.
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
Veal, per lb 20
Mutton, per lb.... 20
Liver, per lb 15
Fresh Pork, per lb 25
Bass, per lb..n,.,.. 15
Drum, per lb., 15
Fresh Water Trout 15
Salt “ “ 15
Sheephead 20
Mullet, large size, per bunch 40
Mullet, small size, per bunch 25
Brim, per bunch of five 40
Perch, per bunch oi live 40
Suckers 25
Whiting 4o
Codfish, per lb 10
Shrimp, per quart 15
Orabs, each 3
Sturgeon, per lb 7
Sausages, fresh pork 40
Bacon, per lb, from 20 to 25
Butter, per lb.. 40 to 50
Clams, per bushel $2 00
Cabbages, each, from.
Turnips, perbnneh
Tomatoes per quart
Okra, per quart.
Sweet Potatoes, per bushel.
Irish Potatoes,per bushel...
Green Corn, each
Water Melons, from
Apples, per bushel
Peaches per bushel
Honey, per.b.
Turkeys, per pound
Geese, “ “
Fowls, grown, per lb...
Rice Birds, per doz
Half Grown Fowls.......
Spring Chickens, per pair
Spring Chickens, 2d size..
EggZjper *
JUST RECEIVED,
BUSINESS CARDS.
10 to 30
10
20
10
$3 00
$1 50
2
15 to 50
|3 00
*3 00
15
Ducks, per pair $2 00
18
18
18
tO
75
60
40
50
CLAYTON, ADAIR & PURSE,
GEIVEBAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
- -J J -* CT/j. j i
ATLANTA, GEOR0IJ>- - r i
pABTICIILAB ATTENTION paid to Uta
J. purchase anil sale of
Cotton, all kinds of Produoe, and
General Merchandize.
Special attention given to the purchase and sale of
Real Estate in the city, and of Plantations in any port
of Georgia.
They will buy and sell Foreign and Domestic Ex
change, Stocks Com, 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.
Refer to Phinizy & Clayton, R. H. Warren, and W.
E. Jackson, Augusta, Ga ; Geo. W. Williams, Charles
ton; Samuel Tate, Memphis, Tennessee; G. Torbett
and V. K. Stevenson, Nashville, Term.; Baldwin,Starr
& Co., and Tracy, Irwin & Co., New York.
WM W. CLAYTON,
Late Agent Georgia Railroad Bank, Atlanta.
GEO. W. ADAIR.
Late of Anderson, Adair & Co., Atlanta.
ISAIAH PURSE,
Late of Ponllain, Jennings A Co., Angnsta, Ga.
sep25 lm
bout. p. TORN.
M. E. WILLIAMS.
J. R. MTNTISI.
P. H. WARD.
M WILLIAMS, Mlimil & 1.
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Bay- Street Savannah, Ga.
Consignments of Cotton and Lumber solicited. >v
References i
Savannah—Brigham, Baldwin & Co., Gaden 4k
Cnckles, Erwin & Hardee. Hunter A Gammell, Isaac
I>. La Roche, Hiram Roberts, W. Woodbridge, L. C.
Norvell & Co.
New York—S. T. Knapp & Bro., D. H. Baldwin A
Co.
Sale days, Tnesdays and Fridays. sep6
a. T. CUNNINGHAM,
l>. a. PURSE.
CUNNINGHAM & PURSE,
FACTORS, FORWARDING
AND
Commission. Merchants,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga,
References—Robt. Habersham & Sons, Hunter As
Gammell. Octavos Cohen, Brigham, Baldwin A Co,
Erwin & Hardee, Claghorn A Cunningham. sep5-8m
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO.,
SHIPPING, .COMMISSION,
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
JONES* BLOCK,
CORNER BA Y AND ABERCORN STS.,
S^YVATSTN^ATI, GA.
Liberal cash advances made on consignments to the
firm represented in New York by Charles L. Colby,
Esn., or to onr friends in Boston.
ALEX. H. HOL ■' AY, Resident Partner.
References.—Messrs. Dabney, Morgan * Co., New
York; Jarvis Slade, Esq.. New York; Gardner Colby,
Esq., Boston; Hon. J. Wiley Edmands, Boston.
ang!6 tf
HENRY BRYAN,
Broker and Commission Agent,
For Sale and Purchase of Stocks, Bank
Notes, Produce, &c., and for For
warding Cotton,
Bryan Street, next to merchants* and
Planters* Bank Building.
attglS 3m
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON,
{Sdcceesorto Wilmot A Richmond, j
DEALER IN
Watches, Silver Ware, Jewelry,
Cane*, Cutlery, &c.
Cor. Wlulaker,St. Julian and Congress Sis,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Watches and Jewelry repaired. Chronometers rated
by transit. Cash paid for old Gold and Silver.
jy2S
tf
A. J. UBADY,
WM. M. SMITH,
E. 3. MOSES.
BEADY, SMITH St CO.
Comuxission
AND
Forwarding Merchants,
AND
Sfaniit'actiirers’ Agents
NORTH SIDE OF BAY STREET,
Between Whitaker and Barnard,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
liberal advances made on consignments of. Cotton,
Ac„ to their friends in New York and Boston.
References—Wm. K. Kitchen, Prest National Park
Bank, N. Y.; H. C.Thacher A Co., Boston; Israel Co
hen, Baltimore; Hall, Moses A Co.,Colhmbus; Wyman,
Moses & Co.. Montgomery. augT
KIRLIN, BRO, & BURKE,
WHOLESALE DIALERS IN
ALES, WINES AND LIQUORS
0or. Whitaker Street and Bay Lane.
jnneSl tf
a;
T the Pioneer Saw Mill, a large quantity of Ann
A» Timber, which we are prepared to saw and furnish
to any sire or dimension required, in large or small
quantities. We are also prepared to steam the same
in s new steaming apparatus we have recently erected
if purchasers so desire it We will also purchase Tim
ber as it arrives in this market
sep% I4t ROSE A ARKWRIGHT.
M.ARCY, DAI & CO.
a o 8 B -A. Y 8 T R E E T.\
^ North Side,
Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets,
WOOD, COAL AND GRAIN
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
HAY, COBN, OATS AND FEED, 4R
At lowest market prices. ir 8
CLOCKS ANR TIME PIECE
A&ssss.y*’' and Marine Brass
j*
sep2»—8
ieby
BELL,
WYLLY A CHRISTIAN.
w. A KAMSEY & GO.,
general
Commission Merch»nl8
AND
auctioneers.
308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
W^FofSebJ* * 8 ° W ’® CAST STEEL.
sep21—tf
RICHARDSON Sr BARNARD, .
Bay st opp. Mariners' t hnreh.
I lmBER—
J Ship Timber, and Yellaw and Whit*
Pine, rough and dressed; Aah, Cherry, Oak,
Mah.gauy Ao^Per»ieby, _ MRIfARI) j
Eareb to
I Robert Habersham A sons, Savannah.
W. H. Stark, do.
Bones, Brown A Co., Ai
Ed. Thomas,
lurch.
C'oStTBN oBHU^romT to80 saws, worked
* 0nenua> by “"‘PchMoN & BJJIN 8 '
»N>n-u w
jsa. inomas, _ uo. _
W. K. Kitchen, President National Pork Bank, 5.
Y. »
RICHARDSON & BARNARD
Commission a*4 Shipping Merchants,
Bay St, opposite Mariner’s March,
tawM
savannah
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