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VOL. LXV.
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1865.
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•u YANNA.R, GEOKG-IA.
UtlDAY MORNING, OCT. 6th.
SEADING matter on every page.
Til l EPISCOPAL UOWENHON
Reunion with the South
ern Churches Unani
mously Indorsed
B1SIIOI* POTTER’S ADDRESS.
hie run uncial question re-
PEUHED TO THE TRIENNIAL
CONVENTION,
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'From the New V ork Herald, Sept. 28,]
TU. Episcopal Convention of this diocese reas
sembled yesterday morning at St. John’s chapel.
'P,pre was a full delegation present from all the
r ,!,es. At the close of morning prayer, in
; y! ,. cn the Rev. Drs. Geer and Peters officiated.
Tl»- convention was called to order by the Rev.
UrHaght who presided temporarily in the ab
sence ol” litsbop Potter.
/),/,</,it, .< from the Churches in this City.
The following is a list of the delegates present
from neariv all the churches in 'his city:
\,| v( , n t—Albert Cooper, Chas N Romaine, P R
Vasins. All Saints—W Small, W Miles, G \Y
j. It ,vt. Anthon Memorial—G Carter, T Bartow,
.i Wheeler. Calvary—S B Rugeles, W W
Wight, E S Winston. Christ—S K Greene, J
11X 01,1’ 1) Collins. Epiphany—J M McElligott,
y e l,von, W E McDonough. Good Shepherd —
.1 K Kinglet', H J liurchelf G D Andrews. Grace
jntic,' M Ulsfaoeffer. Holy Apostles—W
K Manv, J F Seymour. Holy Innocents
,s Keene, H Markoe, J S G Day. iloly VI ar-
• vrs _C UVawell, A McGowan, 'Jr, H Wiley,
incarnation—U F Nesbitt, H A Oakley, H Eyre.
,'nierces-ion—1. It Chesbroagb, R Vose, W B
Harrison. Mediator—I R Mumfoid, J Coles, Jr,
M E Greene, Nativity—W Moore, J Smith, C Q
Jh.wd. Redeemer—C Hudson,.! N Lewis, .1 A
Robertson Resurrection—L P Capers, J W
bans. St Ann’s, C C Lathrop RM MartiD, W O
Fitzgerald. St Bartholomew’s—S Cambreliug,
T W Riley, P H Holt. St Clement’s— Proal,
A.I S.lull’s, J Buckley, Jr, Du St Esprit—JJ
llurmn, L I{ Biiguoist, E D Garesche. St Geor-
A Lane, C Tracy, P R Pyne. St George
tn-.Maitvr—T F Frank, W C Talmadge, L Bai
ler. S: John Baptist—A Yoorhis, J J Marshall,
f'tvriarke. St Luke’s—A B McDonald, F Pott,
\ 1’Wallace. St Mark’s—H Fish, N Remseu, A
• = Throp. Si Mary’s—RL SchefFeion, -I Rich-
.o,,.i 1- (’ Tremann. St Mathias—J S Sutphen,
Will .mis, M Ely. St Michael’s—A F De Pey-
v.-r. I) r Grown. C S Wevman. St Peters—J
N Weil«, 1) M Hatch, C H Mount. St Saviour’s
-V o Town, H E Iridgetand. Trinity Church
-Vi'd, r Dnnscomb, ramuel Davis, Gouverneur
M Hgdea.
R/ei:tion of Committees.
The following committees were appointed:
try Committee — Rev Samuel R Johnson,
,i H Rev WmT Morgan, D D Rev Isaac H Tut-
... I) j, Rev Henry E Montgomery, D D, Rev
t. te A Hodman, D D, Stephen Cambreling,
K-j. George C Collins Esq, George Merritt, Esq,
Ji-iie, pott, Esq, Hamilton Brace, Esq,
'•n. iimi CommitUe— Rev John JlcVickar D
l 1 , lGv Ed Y Htghee, D D, Rev Wm E Eigenbiodt,
u ii. Rev Morgan Dix, D D, Hon Gulian C Ver-
;> ank Stephen P Nash, Esq Ftoyd Smith, Esq,
(tcorue T Strong, Esq.
Address of the Right Rev. Bishop Potter.
!h<hop Potter then delivered his annual ad
dress, which created profound attention to the
rinse, lie commenced by alluding to the mercies
'vh ch encompassed the chuicb and the nation
lo ony. How changed, he said, are the ciicutn-
stances under which we meet from those of last
year! Little as we may be inclined on occasions
like the present to enter into discussions connect
ed with civil government, yet it would be unwor
thy of us as Christians and patriots to reassem-
0"*, after the lapse ot a year, to re enter upon
- w tl rk of an annual synop, which so naturally
Mines our thoughts back to the former meeting,
without a g'ateful recognition of the merciful
Providence which has delivered us from the hor
rors of civti war, shed over ail our laud the bless-
:; as ol peace and restored to us a sa nation unity,
strong!h and honor
The Late War.
Oolv one short year ago great armies were
•."•trywhere arrayed against each other in the
•R.d, and, though the end might by anticipated.
' v: '• "as seen through the clouds and darkness,
o 'rd and strife '. To-day the great peril is van-
ished, and we see peace in all our borders. The
world, too, has beheld a wonderful spectacle. A
dGat nation (lushed with victory, girt about with
:,eet * and armies, but putting far away all
•noughts ot conquest,ail remembrance of wrongs,
dissolving her great armaments, and sending
o J to the workshop and the plow, to the busy
w»'k.s of trade and commerce, to the college and
•>torum, to the ten thousand peaceful pursuits
G, the heroic men who, but yesterday, were
•f :, v death in their country’s cause, and prov-
oy themselves invincible in war. Here is a vic-
'• greater than any ot the achievements ot war.
; ' : g those hundreds of thousands of hardy
s ! impetuous men who have become familiar
, ' hhmd ar.d carnage, who seemed almost as if
]];• kail forgotten all but tl e arts of war, and
o -1 tor none other—among them all we discov-
.' ' ir<; e!v a sign of repugnance to the great and
graceful change.
‘ "t'ert'ce Reunion with the Southern Church
Indorsed.
Among the many happy consequences of the
s , '“ration of peace will be, it is presumed, the
* ■ rpa PP e;iraDCe •“ our general ecclesiastical
°f the beloved brethren, bishops, clergy
1 1 ] 'tty, who ior four years have been separat-
^'font us by hindrances incident to a state oi
-r H will be a renniou that will arouse the
“ti-erest sensibilities of every Christian heart.
*kow that old affections h&ye only been re-
not extinguished, and that feelings long
r 'ltun claim a more than ordinary indulgence
• aemonstratgona 0 f love, respect, and sympa-
; 'V 1 ver ,!y believe, as I do most fervently hope
tern» y ’n at n °t one word ot reproach or bit-
Wl11 oe beard, not one look of coldness
WiY’ 10 mar tlle dignity and loveliness ot that
com, 3Cene - In that much-longed-for wel-
c. D u aur - We shall need no declarati m of prin-
a ctcr^nf indication of thepeacelulcbar-
bencp e .u n , 8tian “inistry. Divine Provi-
io reforon P° . n : Any words that we can use
things wiift, t0 the past ’ whether persons or
itig fo’ , a mer , e impertinence adding noth-
and onlv wu 8008 tlia !i 00me to ns from above,
into it,/ m ,“ d ' n .« to change celestial harmonies
horn passion er8 'rJ e dlscordant 8 °unds of earth-
iro diocesea rtl ® ‘T? rt fu ’ 1 aCts °‘ the Soulb -
••eparation fr n m° De wb , lle w er ® to a atate of
"it sanction ofth.’ a ° d W ^‘ ch tber cfore require
'l^’tionaW. L?® geD8 ^ al Spoventien, will uu-
0cce ' Thi^r re ®°8. n,ze d and confirmed at
f oey we only three in number.—
Tho election of Bishop Wilmer by the diocese
of Alabama, the erection of Arkansas into a
regularly organized diocese, and the election
of the missionary bishop of the Southwest, Dr.
Lay, to the Episcopate of Arkansas. These
acts were eminently proper under the circum
stances. The two distinguished brethren se
lected by the two dioceses named, are uni
versally esteemed throughout the whole church,
and there will not be a dissenting voice to the
action which will promptly place them upon an
equal footing with all their brethren. What
happiness and glory for the church which can
present such a spectacle to the world imme
diately after the dose of such a conflict! And
how little to be envied would be the judgment
and the feeling which could interpose with ill-
timed words to break the charm of Christian
unity and love, and make things which ought
to be sacred, seem common and unclean. Let
us oiler up our united prayers that the whole
church may rise to the height of this great oc
casion, and that if, unhappily, any one mis
guided spirit seek to trouble the peace of Israel,
it may only prompt to a demonstration, still
more emphatic, and of that Christian sympathy
which will undoubtedly animate the general
mind of the church. Let me avail myself of
this occasion to recommend to the favor of the
diocese all judicious and properly authentica
ted efforts which may be made to extend aid to
the church within the Southern dioceses.
Church edifices have been injured, and, in
many cases, destroyed—church property has
been lost—the ability of the people to restore
what lias been decayed, and to sustain the
ministrations of the church, has been widely
and grievously impaired; and to impart to
them of our abundance, where it may he done
with the sanction and under the direction of
our own bishops, a very essential condition,
should be esteemed by us as one of the greatest
of our privileges. It is true the distinguished
bishop of Georgia has, in his address to this
convention, spoken to his clergy and people
strongly against going abroad for exterior aid.
He exhorts them to rely upon their own exer
tions, and to be content with such provision as
they cau make with the means and appliances
left within their reach. And much to the
same effect is • the friendly response which I
have received in a private letter from the ex
cellent bishop of Virginia, in reference to a
suggestion which I had made, that assistance'
might be afforded, if desired, for the relief of
parjshes and clergy that had suffered heavily,
lie thought the people were inclined to be kind,
and the clergy to be content with such things
as they had. These are very natural senti
ments for those bishops to express. We can
not but respect the feelings that prompt them,
and we can very well understand why the peo
ple should be ready to welcome such instruc
tions from their chief pastors, and to act upon
them to the utmost extent of their ability.
Hut tile question is, if such delicacy aud re
serve are, under the circumstances, no.t unnatu
ral in them, what is the course of conduct which
will be most proper and most becoming in us ?
Truly there is not a heart that hears me that
will hesitate as to the answer. Be delicate, be
considerate in your modes of action ; but just
in proportion as they shrink from speaking, do
you be forward to minister. Wait not to be
entreated ; but try to find out where good can
be done, and then, with all tenderness and re
spect beg to be allowed to do it. There are no
nobler men in the House of Bishops—I speak
as if the last four years were an absolute blank,
and made no part of my history, and I speak
without fear of being misunderstood, for my
sentiments on national unity and authority
have been very well known—1 say there are no
nobler men in the House of Bishops than seve
ral tc whom I now refer, and whatever may be
their feelings of delicacy, or of allowable pride,
they will not desire to see ruins perpetrated, or
only tardily or imperfectly repaired, which
might be more speedily and more effectually
restored with the aid of kindly hearts and hands.
Again, then, flay, let us be prompt to avail
ourselves of every opening to do good. Let us
be forward to search out channels through, not
in a proud, patronizing spirit, but with a modest,
loving, Christian sympathy, we may pour out
the offerings which will help, not only to re
build the waste places in material things, but
also to repair and renew whatsoever may
have been deceayed in the hearts of your
brethren.
St. Luke's Hospital.
Tha bishop having referra l in eulogistic terms
of the House of Mercy lor Unprotected Females,
alluded to St. Luke’s Hospital. It is due, he
said, to the venerable and beloved founder of St.
Luke’s Hospital, Rev. Dr. Munelenburg, so well
known among us for his works of piety and
charit -, to record thefaot that he first, in our own
chorch in this diocese, if not this in country, called
to his aid and organized into a permanent agency
devoted Christian women who desired to be set
apart and associated together in the manner for
the sacred pu-poses to which reference has been
made; though in this case more especially for the
care of the sick. St. Luke’s Hospital, and the
Orphan’s Homo, and the Home for tho Aged and
Destitute Women, continue to be an honor and a
blessing to the church in this city.
The. Progress of the Church.
Allusion was next made to the progress of the
church and her unchangeable character as con
trasted with the denominations outside her pale,
the bishop declaring that just in proportion as the
church revered her rituals aud formularies, she
would advance and extend her domain. The as
surance of her stability, he said, gives ns peace,
and inclines to be patient and gentle and chari
table, earnest in our work, and little disposed to
be occupied with the thought of things which ap
pear to-day and disappear to-morrow. In regard
to all that is most vital and dear in the order and
principles of the church, we find among the great
body of the clergy and laity such an extensive
agreement, such a warm and rooted attatchment,
each inflexible habits, as make us feel, with deep
thankfulness to God, that we are strong to labor;
that even in tribulation our heritage is peaee and
our house founded on a rock!
Clerical Agitation Denounced.
One word of counsel let me venture to add
most respectfully, most affectionately to those
who appreciate the importance of the thoughts
just presented. Do not sgitate for the mere pro
pagation of your principles; do not form associa
tions to effect any local or partial object, do not
seek to spread an influence over young men, which
will convert them into meTO partisans, aud cause
them to hold even the faith, if they do hold it, in
i a narrow and controversial spirit. God’s troth
and the church’s is too broad and too lofty for
such iguobie uses. Work and teach in the gen
uine spirit of the Bible and the Prayer Book, ir
respective, as far as possible, of all conflicting
views and agencies. So wiil the truth, in your
hands, be efficacious for the sanctification of your
own souls, and the souls that are round about
you. You will be saved from the fate of those
who hold the truth as a mere weapon of assault,
as a mere instrument of pharasaical pride, and
with nhom the form remains without the life and
power. Taking that truth home to the soul in
simplicity and godly sincerity, it will cause to
spring up within the peaceable frails of right
eousness, love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentle
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance,
while in the ministry and the life it wiil shine
for; h in the beauty of holiness, making the world
not darker but lighter, winning the alienated,
kindling the cold and apathetic, cheering the
weary and heavy laden, and revealing in a clear
and engaging light the pathway that leads to the
gates of the heavenly oity.
The Church in the South.
Ex-Governor King then offered the following;
. Unsolved, That this convention cordially re
spond* to the sestimeoti presented by the bishops
of the diocese in his address, respecting the re
turn (if peace to our land, and the state of the
church in the Southern dioceses.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
llejiorts of Committees.
Reports of the Committees on the Episcopal
Fund, on the Agod and Infirm Clergy Fund, and
on the College of Anandale, were then read and
approved. Each showed that the institntkm it
represente 1 was in a prosperous condition.
The Provincial System.
Professor McViekar then offered the resolu
tions in favor of the establishment of a provincial
system in the church which were published in the
World of Thursday.
The Hon. S. B. Rupgles opposed the resolu
tions in some eloquent remarks.
Addresses were then made by ex-Governor
King and Rev. J. H. Hopkins, after which the
following was adopted as an amendment to the
resolutions: ,
lle.solucd, That in the event of the division of
any diocese, it is requested that the present gen
eral convention take measures to preserve the
local division of the States.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this conven*
lion that a provisional system adapted to the
present position of this country be established.—
It, therefore, prays the general convention to
make sueh provision as may be necessary for the
organization of the Protestant Episcopal Church
into provinces.
The convention then took a recess ti 1 7 p. m.
Evening Session.
At 7 o’clock tho convention reassembled, Bish
op Peter presiding.
Tribute to Departed Prelates.
The committee appointed to prepare a snitable
expression of the feelings of the convention at the
death of the bishops of western Now York, Con
necticut, and Pennsylvania, presented resolutions
of ooudo'.onoe at the demise of these prelates,
which were unanimously approved.
The Parochial fund.
Hon John Jay then presented a lengthy re
port of the trustees of this fund, whioh stated
that they bad received during the .last Jour, as
will appear more fully by the treasurer’s report
hereto appended, the sum of $2,602 45, which,
with the balance of last year, $417 33, makes a
total of $3,019 7S. The balance now in the
hands of tha treasurer is $IS4 IS, and $3,000 are
invested in government securities.
After referring to the neoessity of the fund to
support clergyman in need of aid, or in parishes
unable to support them, the report alluded to the
bt-netit which might arise from endowing a
church, quoting a remark of a clergyman, that,
assembled as they were in a chapel of Trinity it
would be difficult to deny the prospective and
permanent benefit of a farm given to a parish.—
Twenty-five or fifty acres now given to a rural
parish might, in the next century, sustain chapels
throughout the neighborhood. About fifty rever
end clergymen in this diocese receive each a sala
ry from their congregation of less than $500.—
Some of them range from $450, $400, $300 $250,
$200, $175, $150, $130, $125 down to nothing,
which represent the amount paid for his services
to an assistant minister in this city, who re
ceives no 6alary, but supports himself by wcular
employmenG From every part of the dioease oomes
the game story, that in numerous parishes the
support is notoriously inadequate.
The report closed by asking the convention to
recommend the bisbodto include in the parochial
returns to be made by the clergy such statistics
in regard to glebes, parsonages, salaries and per
quisites as may give, from year to year, an exact
and perfect view of the parochial condition of the
diocese, and enable the trustees to present the
subjeot more accurately than can possibly be
done by printed circulars.
A resolution in accordance with tho above re
commendation was adopted.
Remarks were 4h en made on the poverty of
some of the clergy by the Rev. Dr. Fiancis Vin
ton and the Rev. Dr. Montgomery.
The General Theological Seminary.
The Rev. Dr. Tuttle read the report of the com
mittee on this institution, whicn seated that the
number of trustees to which the diocese is en
titled at this time is seventy-six. The report
then nominated the requisite number of clergy
and laymen to fill these offices, and they were
unanimously approved. The whole amount con
tributed by the diocese to the seminary during
the year was $214,795 09.
§;Tbe report was accepted.
A report on the diocesan fund, and the largo
number of eburohes who failed to subscribe to it,
was then read, after which the convention ad
journed till 9 o’clock this morning.
Letter front Hawkinsville.
[Special Correspondence of the Macon (Ga.) Daily
Telegraph.]
Hawkinsville. Ga., Sept. 29,1865.
The cars of the M. A B. R. U. leave the car shed
in Macon at 3 o’clock, P, M., and arrive at Dyke’s
station at 6 o’clock. A hack drive of two hours
aDd a half, over a distance of 9 miles, at the ex
orbitant charge of two do'lars and a half, brings
you to the ancient village of Hawkinsville. This
village ot four or five hundred inhabitants i3
rapidly rising in importance. The railroad will
be completed in the course of six weeks, and
then Hawkinsville will be better known, and it
will soon double or triple in size.
The county of Pulaski seems to be pretty equal
ly divided on two sets of candidates. The two
that seem most likely to win in the race are Capt.
Norman McDuffie and Rev, J. L. Warren.
Three regiments of soldiers are stationed at
this place. There is at present in the village and
vicinity a large number of ricefield negroes,
claiming to belong to one Pierce Butler, of the
city of Philadelphia, their former master, whom
they still regard with the highest affection on
aceountof bis alleged good treatment towards
them in former times. These negroes represent
that they are about 800 in number, over one hun
dred of whom are children. Mr. Butler, through
his agent bad them all removed from comfort
able quarters, on an island in the vicinity of Da
rien, much against their wish, to the up conntrv,
to prevent their falling into the hands of the G.
States soldiers; and they are now most anxious
to return to their former homes on the island.
Should this meet the eye ot Mr. Butler, I hope he
wiil take some measure to gratify these negroes;
for he is represented here as having made a for
tune off their labor, which he is now enioying far
away from the sight or knowledge of the suflering
condition of these poor negroes.
Hawkinsville has been generally regarde d as
a perfect graveyard ; but I think the place has
been slandered in this respect. I do not see
why it should fare worse as regards health than
oar own city.
A considerable quantity of cotton was stored
in the different warehouses of Hawkinsville
during the early months of the war, but I re
gret to find that a large amount of this cotton
has been entirely ruined by the leakage of the
buildings. In some cases as much as one'
half or three-fourths of the cotton of parties
who never suspected any damage of the kind,
has been rendered worthless by the cause re
ferred to. It behooves all who have cotton
stored away in cellars or warehouses to look
into its condition, if they have not already
done so. They may find, to their sorrow, that
they have much less cotton to their credit than
they have been imagining.
I had an opportunity of conversing with
many farmers of the country in relation to
their prospects for another year. I regret to
find them gloomy upon the subject of free la
bor on the part of negroes. Their judgment
is certainly entitled to consideration ; but as
free labor is tha only kind we can ever have
from this class of laborers, all ought to be
willing to make the experiment.
I was pleased to find in Hawkinsfille a
flourishing school of near a hundred pupils,
under the supervision of J. L. Warren, a
thoroughly educated Georgian. A fine lumber
factory and buggy and furniture shop is in suc
cessful operation in the village- When the
railroad is completed 1 hope to visit Hawkins-
villo again, Majuhijx,
FLORIDA-
meeting ot Loyal Cililena.
[From the Florida Herald.]
Lake City, Fla., Sept. 16, 1865.
Tin meeting was called to ordar by B. R. Ives,
Esq., President. The Recording Secretary being
absent, the reading oi the minutes of the previous
meeting was dispensed with.
On motion, it was resolved that the purposes
and obligations of the order be mode public.
Tbe President then presented a platform of
principles as adopted by the Parent League, which
after some discussion was adopted, ana an order
for the printing of one thousand copies ior dis
tribution.
The nomination of candidates for the Conven
tion being declared m order, Win. M. Dukes and
W. H. Christy wera duly chosen.
On motion, it was resolved that the proceedings
oi the meeting be published in the Jacksonville
Herald, when the meeting ubjourned.
T. W. Caste a, Sec’y.
PLATFORM.
First. That the Federal Constitution, we hold
to be paramount law, and that no State authority
can absolve the citizen his allegiance or create an
antagonistic obligation.
Second. That we accept tbe overthrow of slave
ry, and look on it as something of the past—
without desire to recall it.
Third. That the Constitution and Laws of the
State should guarantee to all protection in person
and property, regardless of color, religion, or
birthplace.
Fourth. That we are unalterably opposed to
the recognition, directly or indirectly, of any debt
or obligation whatever, incurred by the State
while in rebellion, or of any statute passed by its
Legislature after the adoption of the Ordinance of
Secession on the 10th January, 1861.
Fifth. That a judicious system of internal im
provement is necessary to tbe development of
the wealth and resources of the State, and that
we favor,by]ali constitutional means,an early com
pletion pf our Railroad systod by a judicious ap
plication of the means granted by Congress for
that purpose
S xth. That the stability of Republican Gov
ernment depends upon the intelligence and virtue
of tbe people^and that we favor the early estab
lishment of a tystem of free schools fur tho educa
tion of all classes of our citizens.
Seventh. That the wealth and prosperity of the
State depend upon its industrial population, and
therefore that the largest facilities and induce
ments be granted for the encouragement of immi
gration from other States and countries.
Eighth. That free labor, free thonght, free
speech, free schools, and a free press shall bo up
held, and that Liberty and Uaion now and forever,
one and indispensible, hereafter be the watchword
of oar political faith.
Unanimously adopted, Thursday eyening,
September 16, 1S65.
From the above it will be seen that Lake City
and Columbia county is blessed with some live
men, and we trust that ere long their names will
be Legion.—Ed.
(OftlMERCJAL INTELLIGENCE.
Public meeting.
1st Lt. A. A. Knight has for some months
past been on duty in Lake City, as Frovost
Marshal. He has been relieved and made Judge
Advocate in this place. The following will ex
plain itself:
At a meeting of the citizens of Columbia
county, held at Lake City, on Saturday, the
10th instant, David Jones was called to the
Chair, and W. \V. Moore was appointed Secre
tary.
On motion of L. A. Ilardee, a Committee
was appointed by the Chair, composed of L A.
Hardee, J. L. Dozier and F. McLeod, who
having retired, returned and reported as fol
lows, viz :
1st- Resolved, That the citizens have been
much pleased with the courtesy aud gentlemanly
bearing of Capt. Adam C. Nutt, and Lieut. A.
Knight in the discharge of their official duties
in our midst.
2d, Resolved, That we feel sad at the with
drawal of Lieut. Knight to a more important
point of duty, but feel glad that Capt. Nutt is
still allowed to remain in the discharge of the
duties of his office among us.
3d. Resolved, That our best wishes follow Lt.
Knight to the forum and the field where he is
called to perform the honorable and arduous
duties imposed on him.
L. A {Habdee, Y
J. L. Dozier, > Committee.
F. McLeod. )
Which Resolutions were unanimously adopted
David Jones, Chairman,
Attest: W, W. Moore, Sec’y.
On the 23d inst, another meeting was held by
another class and the following was the result:
At a Convention of the people of Col
umbia county, after the ordinary business was
disposed of, on motion of Doctor O. P. Luther
a Committee ot three, consisting of Doctor O.
P. Luther. M Whit Smith and James A Goff, was
appointed to prepare an expression of the sense
of the people in reference to tbe administration
of Capt. Adam C. Nutt, and Lt. A. A. Knight, of
ficers of the United States Army, to whom has
been entrusted the delicate and responsible du
ties ot administering civil and military justice in
our midst.
1. Resolved, That we commend in tbe highest
term*, the ability, honesty, faithfulness and ener
gy, with whioh those gentlemen have discharg
ed tbeir delicate trust.
2. Resolved, further, That we deeply regret to
learn that Lt. Knight has been ordered to another
post of duty.
O P. LUTHER. )
M. WHIT.SMITH, [-Committee.
JAMES A. GOFF, )
We commend the action ot these meetings to
the consideration of one T. H. Lizor of Alachua
county.—Ed.
ITEacon market-
Macon, Ga., Oct. 1, 1865.
Cotton.—The trade in cotton is somewhat on
the increase. The market is more settled, and
prices rule higher than for several weeks. The
trade, however, is pretty generally confined to
the better grades, and tbe ordinary grades find no
sale at all. We heardjof one lot,below middling,
which was offered at twenty cents, and found no
purchaser. The principal buyers in the market
are fi ling orders for other parties, and these or
ders admit of nothing under middling. From
twenty-eight to thirty-two cents have been ob
tained m all the transactions we have heard of.
and we quote Slcents as the average price for the
week, although we have heard of two small sales
at 33—which we ire told was for extra fine grades,
and not considered in the market. Between one
thousand and eleven hundred bales have been
brought into the city during the week, and most
of it was sold by the producers. The cotton
presses in the city have their hands fall, repack
ing the cotton as it changes hands, and is taken
from the warehouses for shipment. On
account of the low condition ol the river,
very little cotton has been shipped daring
the week by that route. The quan
tity shipped by railroad will doubtless exceed
that of any previous week lately, but we were not
well enough informed to make a correct state
ment of the number ot bales. The activity of the
market tor the week has greatly encouraged those
engaged in the cotton business, and many who
have been continuously holding their means back
for some time are pn pan ng to enter tbe race of
fortune seekers through the medium of this great
but few changes have taken place either in prices
orthesta'eot the market. The leading necessi
ties of life are plentiful and the market is as
steady as can be expected under the circum
stances. We quote the following figures for the
leading articles :
Bacon—20 a 25c—stock good, and exceeding,
to some extent, the immediate demand .
Flour—$7X a 8% P er iOO D>a- Supply ample,
but not of tbe best quality. There is some demand
for the finer grades.
Sugar.—25 a 30c A moderate supply—best
qualities rather scarce.
Coffee—38c a 40;. The supply is not large,
buv equal to present demands.
Sirup—Cane, 75c a 30c; sorghum, 30c a 35c.
Dull.
Cheese.—25c a 35c. The supply is better than
before, since the wai—demand continues good.
Mackerel.—$35 per barrel, $5 per kit. The
market is well supplied, and considerable quan
tities have been carried from the city by country
merchants.
Columbus Market.
Columbus, Oct. 1, 1866.
We make but few changes in our quotations
this week, but the lew made lower the 6gures a
little. There have been considerable additions
to the stocks of goods daring tbe week, and our
merchants can supply almost anything wanted.
Preparations for a large and active winter busi
ness still continues. There is no doubt that we
will have lively times, and that Columbus can of
fer all tbe attractions tor the trade of tbe sur
rounding country that she ever enjoyed.
Headquarters, )
Sub- District of Ogeechee, V
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 2d, 1865. J
SPECIAL ORDER, i
No. 207. (
(extract.)
Par. 4. CaptianWm.S. Easton, 103d U
S. C. Infantry, is hereby relieved from
duty with his regiment, and will report
to these Headquarters to assume the du
ties of Tax Collector, City of Savannah,
Ga., vice Capt. C. H. Pike, 153d New
York Volunteers, relieved for* the pur
pose of being mustered out with his regi
ment.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Signed: W. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and
A. A. A. G. 3
The .withdrawal of nearly three hun
dred thousand able-bodied persons to a
greater or less extent from their usual
vocations has created a void which must
be filled or the lands of the State will re
mained nntilled, her great resources un
developed, and her future prosperity sacri
ficed:
The remedy, and the only remedy for
this condition of affairs consists in the
immigration of a hardy and industrious
white population to supply the places of
those who cannot be compelled to work,
and whose dispositions do not incline
them to greater labor than is actually
necessary to support life.
To such immigrants, no State offers
greater inducements than the State of
Georgia. Extending from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Blue Ridge, it embraces
every variety of soil and climate. The
Savannahs of the coast, the rolling coun
try of the interior, and the mountains of
the northern part of the State afford op
portunities for the cultivation of almost
every product of tropical or temperate
latitudes.
The grape is grown with great success in
many parts of the State, and its cultiva
tion has only been limited by the want of
persons skilled in the knowledge of the
vine and the mode of preparing its yield.
’Fan Grocery Market.—Since our last report State is also rich in gold and other
minerals, and nothing but energy and
the application of proper machinery is
wanting to the development of these hid
den treasures.
The raisingjof sheep of the finest breeds
has been carried on with success, and the
vast ranges of uncultivated land afford
excellent pastures for cattle and all kinds
of stock—rice, cotton, tobacco, corn,
wheat, rye, eats, sugar .cane, the grape
and all species of fruits find their ap
propriate soil and climate within our ex
tended limits.
The numerous rivers and smaller
streams taking their rise in the moun
tains and running through the State into
the Atlantic and the Gulf in their
gradual descent, furnish water power
unfailing inany season, and capable of
putting into operation any kind of ma
chinery.
The area of the State contains upwards
of thirty millions of acres, of which not
more than one-third has been cultivated,
and the virgin forest of the wild lands
afford an inexhaustible supply of lumber,
which formed a heavy item of the exports
of Georgia prior to our late 'difficulties.
These lands, which may be bought at
comparatively low rates, will give to the
new settler a homestead on whioh he may-
erect his roof tree and settle for life an
inhabitant and in time a citizen of the
republics-
In view of the foregoing facts the un
dersigned propose to organize a Compay
to be called tbe “Georgia Land and Emi
gration Company,” the principle office to
be located in Savannah, with the inten
tion of applying for a charter at the
next session of the Legislature; the capi
tal of said Company to be five hundred
thousand dollars, in twenty thousand
shares of twenty-five dollars each; said
Company to be organized by the choice
of a President and Directors when all the
shares shall have been subscribed.
The object of the Company is to induce
and afford aid to the immigration into
the State of Georgia of honest, sober and
reliable persons with their families, to
become purchasers of and settlers on
lands not now in use, or be laborers on
farms or plantations on which the freed-
men refuse to work, or to follow their
trades, or become house servants.
The advantages to be derived at this
present juncture by the influx of such a
class of population, are manifest. To
the large landholder it offers the prospect
of selling his land or farming it out on
advantageous terms. To the Planter and
Farmer it will supply that labor, in the
absence of which, the ownership of the
soil is a burthen, and to all persons in
those classes of life whose business re
quires or whose position permits the use
of the labor of others, it affords the op
portunity of obtaining such labor at a
reasonable rate, and of a reliable charac
ter. So also to the State will great bene
fit accrue; many of the immigrants may
bring wealth with them, all will bring
skill or industry, which is the source of
wealth, and this infusion of new life will,
we trust, in progress of time, restore
Georgia to her original state of prosperi
ty.
The Company, we believe, will be not
only self-sustaining, but a source of profit
to the stockholders. The fees paid by
those emigrants who can afford it, for
directions as to their settlement; the
commissions paid by the owners of lands
for sale, or leasing of their lands to the
immigrants, and by persons to whom
laborers are furnished, the profits to be
derived from a Savings Institution to
take care of the funds and profits of the
emigrants, which it is proposed to con
nect with the Company, will, we expect,
enable the Company to declare such di
vidends as will make it remunerative to
those who subscribe simply as an invest
ment. But independently of pecuniary
consideration, as citizens of the State of
Georgia who have an interest in its fu
ture wlefare, we ask your assistance in
this matter, in our opinion of vital im
portance. We may not leave the land of
our birth, let us make it once more a
land of promise.
Committee;
THOMAS E. LLOYD,
J. WALDBURG,
R. T. GIBSON,
JNO. W. MAGILL.
BUSINESS CABDS.
Boston money market.
Boston, Sept. 28, 1865.
The money market shows increasing ease, and
loanable lands are kccnmulating in many quar
ters in excess of the demand. Rates, however,
maintained, tne demand for mouey being
moderately active, both at the banks and of indi
vidual lenders. The rate for short time loans is
a 1% percent., and loans payable on demand
are freely offered at 6 per cent, on satisfactory
collaterals.
The discount market remains very quiet,
scarcely any desirable paper being now ottered
for sale. The current rate tor the first quality is
7 per cent., with a good demand, but there is lit
tle disposition to buy at lower figures.
Tbe gold market remains steady and firm, the
sales at the Broker’s Board being at 144 a 143%.
The New York quotations opened at 144, advanc
ed 1-8; receded to 143%, and afterwards closed at
144.
Exchange is rather dull at about 109% a % for
60 days sterling.
Cotton hasjnst been raised successfully in Ma
ryland. Tbe Baltimore Sun says:
Mr. VVm. Thornton has this year successfully
raised on his farm, at the head of Curtis’ Creek,
Anne Arundel County, three acres of cotton. A
sample pod which he has^ent us is of lair quali
ty, but not of such long fibre as that genera ’
produced in the States farther south. The sea
son and tempdreture in this section have this
year been particularly favorable to the cotton
plant. It is mainly tbe expectation of frost be
fore the 15th of September that deters the far
mers in our lower counties from attempting the
cultivation of cotton. Mr. Tnornton, by his ex
periment, is enabled to supply bis family and tbe
people on the farm with a sufficient quantity of
this important adjunct to their personal comfort.
A frisod has a dog so very serious that even
his tall has not the least bit of a wag about it.
Philadelphia Money Mgrkct.
Philadelphia, Sept. 30.
The payment oi November coupons in gold
ycsteiday, at the office of the L‘. S. Assistant
Treasurer in this city, amounted to $53,000. The
entire paymeuts on the same account at N. Yoik
up to ibe close of business on Thursday, that is
for four days, was about $850,000, a sum consid
erably smaller than the amount paid in on ac
count oi customers, lt is this demand, probably,
that so stiffens the gold premium, and, in the
hope of a further rise of gold, keeps the collec
tion of the November coupons back. Gold yes
terday was fiim aud % a % higher, closing at 144
a 144%.
Philadelphia General Markets.
Philadelphia, Sept. 30.
Cotton.—Tbe market is firm at about former
rates, with sales oi 160 bales of Middlings, in
lots at 45c per lb.
Flour—There is very little shipping demand,
and the market is firm, but dull at previously
quoted rates. Sales comprise about 600 bbls at
$9 25 a-9 50 for Northwest extra family, and
$10 50 a 11 for Pennsylvania and Ohio do. The
trade are buying in a small way at $7 25 a 7 50
tor superfine; $8 a 8 50 for extras; $9 25 a 11 lor
extra family, and $11 50 a 1250 for lancy brands
accordmg to quality. Tbe receipts and stock
continue light, and the demand is mostly for high
grades, which is getting scarce. Rye Flour is
held at $6 25 per bbl with small sales at that
price. Corn Meal is not inquired for, and dull.
Groceries— Sugar is more ac ive; 450 hhds
sold at 9 l-4c, in gold, and 13 1-2 a 15 l-2c per
lb, currency, and 2000 boxes at 19 l-2c in gold,
and 13 3-4 a 17c per lb, currency.
Provisions—The market is firm on the advance,
with a heavy reduced stock on sale. Pork is held
at $35 or 36 per bbl; salt Shoulders 18 I-2c, and
tierce Lard 30 a 31c; Butter unsettled and lower;
Bacon Barns are selling in a small way at 27 a
3ic per lb for plain aDd fancy.
Whiskey is dull and freely offered at $2 83,
without sales to any extent.
New Orleans markets.
New Orleans, September 27.
Cotton is dull. Sales of j200 bales at 45c,
Sugar and Molasses is quiet. Freights are ad
vaucing. On cotton to New York 1 I-2e. Ex
change is heavy. New Y'ork Checks 1 per cent,
discount.
TO THE NORTHERN PEOPLE.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
mmm mb immm t
Slavery or involuntary servitude is prac
tically abolished in Georgia. The Pro
clamations of the President of the Uni
ted States having given freedom to every
slave, and the oath of amnesty and the
conditions of pardon, forbid any attempt
at its revival in any form or condition.
The great mass of the Agricultural
Population of the State has been released
from their obligation to cultivate the soil,
except by their own volition, and it most
be apparent to the judicious observer,
however much to be tegretted, that the
voluntary labor of the newly freed popa
ation will not for the present, at least
apply the deficiency of labor.
CLAYTON, ADAIR k PURSE,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ATLANTA. GEORGIA-
pABTICVLAK ATTENTION paid to the
X purchase and sale of
Cotton, all kinds of Produce, and
General Merchandize.
Special attention given to thepnrehase and sale of
Real Estate in the city, and of Plantations in any part
of Georgia.
They will buy and sell Foreign and Domestic Ex
change, Stocks Coin, Bank Notes, and collect Notes,
Drafts, &c., 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, B. H. Warren, and W.
E. Jackson, Angnsta. Ga ; Geo. W. Williams, Charles
ton; Samuel Tate, Memphis, Tennessee; G. C. Torbett
and V. K. Stevenson. Nashville, Tenn.; 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.
IsAIAff PURSE,
Late of Poullain, JeDnings A Co., Augusta, Ga.
sep25 lm
sort. p. TORE,
M. E. WILLIAMS,
1. B. MTSTIRX.
P. H. WARD.
TORY, WILLIAMS, BUM k I,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MEBCHAXTS,
Bay Street, Savannah, Gra«
Consignments of Cotton and Lumber solicited.
References:
Savannah—Brigham, Baldwin & Co., Gaden &
Unckles, Erwin & Hardee. Hunter & GammsU, Isaac
D. LaKoche, Hiram Roberts, W. Woodbridge, L. C,
Norvell&Co. , . „
New York—S. T. Knapp & Bro., D. H. Baldwin &
Co.
Sale days, Tuesdays and Fridays. sep5
A. T. CUNNINGHAM,
D. a. PUB6E.
CUiVN INGHAM & PURSE,
FACTORS, FOKWABDING
AND
Commission Merchants,
Bay Street Savannah, Gra,
References—Robt. Habersham & Sons, Hunter *
Garnmell. Octavos Cohen, Brigham, Baldwin & Co ,
Erwin & Hardee, Claghorn A Cnnningham. sep6-3in
CHARLES L. COLBY & CO.,
SHIPPING, COMMISSION,
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS
JONES* BLOCK,
CORNEr'baY AND ABERCORN STS.,
S AVANNAH, GA.
Liberal cash advances made on consignments to the
firm represented in New York by Charles L. Colby,
Kso., or to our 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,
angle tf i
H E ARY BRYAH,
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.
aug!5
3m
SAMUEL P. HAMILTON,
(Successor to Wifmot & Richmond^
dealer in
Watches, Silver Ware. Jewelry,
Canes, Cntlery, Sec.
Cor. Whitaker,Si. Julienand Congress Sis,
.SAVANNAH, GA.
Watches and Jewelry repaired. Chronometers rated
by transit. Cash paid for old (told and Silver.
jy28 tf
A. J. BRADY,
WM. M. SMITH,
X. J. MOSES.
BRADY, SMITH & CO.
Commission
AND
Forwarding Merchants,
AND
Manufacturers’ Agents
NORTH SIDE OP BAY STREET,
Between Whitaker and Barnard,
S A~V ANN -A.H, GEORGIA.
liberal advances made on consignments of Cotton,
&c„ to their friends in New York and Boston.
References—Wm. K. Kitchen, Prest National Park
Bank, N. Y.; H. C. Thacher & Co., Boston; Israel Co
hen, Baltimore; Hall, Moses & Co., Colhmbns; Wyman,
Moses A Co., Montgomery.angT
JUST RECEIVED,
A T the Pioneer Saw Mill, a large quantity of Ash
Timber, which we are prepared to saw and furnish
to any size or dimension required, in large or small
quantities. We are also prepared to steam the same
in a new steaming apparatus we have recently erected
if purchasers so desire it We will also purchase Tim
ber astt arrives in this market. „„
14t ROSE A ARKWRIGHT.
KIRLIN, BRO, & BURKE,
WHOLESALE DBALEES IX
ALES, WINES AND LIQUORS
Cor. Whitaker Street and Bay Lane.
june21 tf
MARCY, MY & CO.
308 BAY STRKiK Tt
North Side,
Between Barnard, and Jefferson Streets,
WOOD, CGAL AND GRAIN
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
HAY, corn, oats and feed,
At lowest market prices. jy3
TTHH. JESSOP Sc SON’S CAST STEEL.
Tor sale by jwjHABDSON & ■ABNARO.
aepfil—tf B*y st, opp. Marinere c hnren.
mahogany,
<X%$StV£t
C’KYUIL Birrs/cfom Tto SOsawa, worked
w. A BAMSEY & OO.,
general
Conunlsiion Merchanto 9
AND
ajjctionekrs.
308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
urn to
Robert Habersham A Sons, Savannah.
W. H. Stark, do.
Bones, Brown A Co., Augusta.
Id. Thomas, ao.
W. K. Kitchen, President National Park Bank, N.
Y; »
RICHARDSON & BARNARD
CMMtissUaui Skipping Murehuts,
Bay St, opposite Mariner's Church,
SAVANNAH]