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k VOL. LXV. a - H Jj [NEW SERIES.] REPUBLICAN. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1865. [PRICE 5 CENTS.] NO. 240 , (.; haVKS,Kditob andTroprietor advertising. ,„n ro of TEN lines Nonpariel type or space oc- ■' r , : 7, 1 ' i|„. mine number of lines, $2 first insertion, f a Vh rontinnntion. *V,"'if liwrc *1 for first insertion; 50 cents for each insertion. .... ,, „ tr, so jKr hundred; subscription fby mail ’ ‘ , tin lier annum; single copies, 5 cents. 1: .riWmeuts must bo paid for at the Counting ' . 'viousto insertion, and if handed ill hy 8 p. s Til! appear in the morning edition. ^VANNAH, GEORGIA. ,KII*AV PIOBNING, OCT. 13lh. jading matter on every, page. Xiic POLITICAL C4MPAI6?!. V;iii Burcn’s Speech at Al ii aiy Lift Evening. H* 1 Takes President Johnson, in His Arms, ami Pets Him iiud Praises Him. He Speaks a Few Words About the Colored Gentlemen. i\/, /.i//»sa /.////,/•; Miorr the lil'M'iCl! 1 1'S IX THE WAR. H A GREAT MANY MORE THINGS ri.H'ClllNtl THE SITUATION. A li;\V WORDS BY MAJ. GENERAL SLOCUM. im-isl Dispatch to the New York Times ] Annany, Oct. 5. H,,_. fi-ui .i-rats of Albany Couniy held a grand H it-an,,n meeting this evening, in the Cafitoi 1 us A copious rain dampened the ground and mrtlered the atmospheric and other surroundings a- 'inpIcHsant as they could well be. General <l,„u al and tieneral Patrick arrived by the 5 k train and wore greeted with enthusiasm, .real exertions had been made to secure a rra'iil turn "ut, but the cold, driving wind and the .[iviiii tbowers which continued throughout the •■ern'.'in and evering, rendered all attempts at ;litr effect utterly futile. Roman candles were dwrally distributed among the crowd with these iirertmns: “.Vow, you fellers, d n’t yer fire •fet-e yere till Slocum-comes up, and then let ’em ||i i sherifT Uhandall called the meeting to or- -r. an I nominated Geo. H. Thatcher as Presi- vnt. John Tracy presented a long list of Vice . x-idents and Secretar es. (Jon. Slocum then ■luis.upnn the platform, but not being known to r„ people, was in no way recognized He sat ue'.iy and entirely uninitiated, while a comrnit- ... : -cretiieen eminent people, headed by Amasa Parker, retired to prepare a set of rescluiions, lotted copies of whioh were liherally scattered j|',|i the platform an hour beforehand. ■in *0.1 Parker made a brief address, eulogizing I rtfiient J'hnson and the Democracy, and re- !.r;mg to the soldiers of the Union. He then pre-ented Major Gen. Slocum, who was 'greeted win, cheer.- and a perfect shower of Roman ean- ,i, which burned everybody on the platform, ani replied to he put out until they had done their worst toward scattering the people in a bun died ways. Speech af lien. Slocum. •••■n. Slocum spoke substantially as follows; 1 lid not come here to make a speech I am u.. d lu a different kind of a campaign j bat, not- wuhiianding that, I am still engaged in the same S’ea 1 -au-e—the restoration of the Union and the tpia ry of the .States. We and all our soldiers f-ugbt for but one object—the Union. It was I r that we fought in war; it is for that we fight in price. The only issue bel ie us is the sup- P-rtof the President’s policy, and this issue will t un I,e decided in favor of those who stand by kirn. When this is settled, we can return to the 'moderation of other matters, such aw the re- ‘j talion of a gold-paying currency and the re- ‘' i n of the fearful burdens which now bear so j ? »vily upon all If, by my exertions this Fall, ‘ ’’M ha.-ten these results, I shall feel compensa te! ty what I have done, rogardless of the mo- ' that inav be attributed to me. '•lien. Slocum approached the conclusion of • * rum iika several ward delegations filed into Park, and the people, in their eagerness to "- mo their brethren, igndfed the speaker, who Somewhat abruptly closed. udge Parker then read the following Resolutions. Ke-iilvcd, That ve accept and approve the pattern] 0 f principle* adopted by the Demo- rst > .Sute Convention ; it is sound enough : " r ■*!! Democrats j it is broad enough for all I 1 e-. it meets the living issues of the day and | a>ns and strengthens the President of the d'l states, Andrew Johnson, in his great Vt'riotic work of restoring the Union. ■ ‘ lved, That we approve of the nomina- ' * made by the convention, and pledge to : our uuauimous support. That we recog- j, 1 ' 1 " the gallant soldiers Slocum, Patrick and ‘ " ( tt, men who deserve the people’s gratis ., ,r serv * te s in the field, and in Robinson, v |, r ! n ’ Armstrong, Sweet, Grover, Brown ■ 1 errine, men who, in civil life, have won 1 confidence of the masses. Ived, That as the American people, £ “ ar was brought upon them, showed -Klvcs capable of the utmost devotion, ^ Mtli mutual spirit, resolute^and brave, so '* ■lien peace has been conquered they de- _ that it shall he a thorough peace, found- , n , concc > r d of States, fraternal feeling, ;;; mu!u »l recognition of rights, and tending ."snp' te t ' le Inasscs °f a D sections in a common kmicnt uf nationality ; and, in co-operation , ( ' r ‘-huihination, to renew that career of pros- L„ J * 8 destined to place us in the front j, of civili 2a tic> u an( j progress- ' i-olved, That tlie vast proportions which ; 11() " aUonal debt has reached, the present ex- "Ker >< «j lr ^ ens being insufficient to pipy the zi'vm* 1 ” lcreon , and the current expenses of ""‘de'nf eDt ren ^ er l ' le question of the proper II ;, wo ! ? X1D ® vita ‘ importance to the peq- wcll ’ tter efore, declare that the burdens, as LttlvL t b,e8s * D Ks of government, should be tent "of c 'l ua Uy distributed, and that any sys- a , Uou is °PP ress ‘ v e to the people and tines nr.t ° n Ve . r ^ American principle which acd . < e l ua Hy include all classes of people fcutpbon '? !>erty ’ a,| d that we regard the ex- " J n -nrlv ori° f Vern .u Cn r sec4rities i being equal 'he eountrv r f ° Ur . th °- th ? w '* ole P ro Pevty of -virnination tax ii 10n ’‘ 3a m °st unjust dis- pcouif gai . n8t iro rights of the masses of tMcy in t0 creatQ a tn°n>od aristo- ? m 0Br tfiidst— to make the rich richer, and the poor poorer," and to weaken the obli gations of public faith ; and we pledge mu- selves to increasing efforts to secure such a change of national and State laws as will insure equal taxation upon all, including gov- ernment securities, without any exemption what ever. ' KeRolved, that as the declaration of Andrew Jackson the “ Union must and shall be pre served," endeared him to the people and com mended him to posterity, so the declaration of Andrew Johuson “the Union must and shall be restored," bus won him the confidence of the masses, and will serve to place him along side of his great example in the estimation of history. Resolved, That wc repel the libels which a partizan press has cast upon our Generals and the soldiers identified with the Democratic cause. They are an insult to the people and a disgrace to them and their*—a grateful peo ple will cherish the reputations of our heroes and stigmatize with enduring infamy these slanderers. Resolved, That we intend to elect the Demo cratic ticket in spite of all the devices and im pediments which our opponents have placed in the way of free white suffrage, and that wa only ask a fair field and an honest count to insure a Democratic victory. Speech of Mr. John I an Buren. Mr. John Van Buren was theu introduced, and said, substantially: It gives me pleasure to speak to you to-night. It is, a* you may well suppose, never difficult or unpleasant to meet ihe people of Albany. From this place I have so often spoken, that I feel as it holding a familiar conversation with my friends and acquaintances. We have passed through a fearful struggle. A rebellion has for some years existed, and I congratulate you that it has been put down. The first hope of all good men is to avoid any angry political contest. We pass- through such a one last Autumn. Wewerede- leated, and the Democracy submitted to the re sult. 1’rovidence was pleased to remove the Pre sident and the Vice President succeeded him. The rebellion was closed by the successful exer tions of Grant and Bheruian, and Sheridan and Slocum. [Cheers.] It was then our duty to re duce the burthens of a war protracted unneces sarily by the incompetency of our rulers. A convention of Democrats met here, and finding a President in office whom they respected they sustained h m. They nominated men here who are highly respected by the Republicans. The Evening Post, in speaking of our nominations said, on the 18th of September, that. “General Slocum is a Union man, yet we do not see that he is au enemy to President Johnson, nor do we be lieve ihe PiesiJent will see it.” In the judgment then, of the Republican party, Gen. Slocum was most acceptab e so late as the lclth September.— The Tribune of the 8th of September said that Mr. Robioson is to-dav what he always Was. Sir. Van Buren read from an article in the Tri bune predicting the’noniination of Mr Robinson at Syracuse. This was greeted with gieat laugh ter.1 The Tribune was nearer the truth on uiis 'occasion than it usually is. We had also J udge Brown, and in regard to him Mr. Fullerton, one of the ablest lawyers on the Republican side, said "lie is a good Union man, and has been through out the war, and has done great service to the lanulies of soldiers. He is able and honest, and is sincere in his conv ctions,” Jndge Grover was elected by the Republicans, and now holds the office. I do not aliude to ihe individual who ad dresses you. I never heard that any Repnblican ever proposed to vote for me, and I trust never may. For twenty years I have held no pffiee and uever received a vote in any .nominating conven tion. For one, I never have been troubled with nominations. It was notorious to these Repub licans that I did not want this office. Hud they nominated Mr Cochrane, I should have support ed him. Why were we called upon to go into this contest? Why were the friends of Johnson compel ed to divide at this time ? It was said we had sunetulered, why d.d’nt they accept usY We know they would’nt let the South surrender, but they might have taken us. Why nominate an other ticket? Mr. Depew told me the Republi cans intended to nominate a clean ticket,and have a square stand up figh*; Depew, probably, not thinking he would be the first oue killed. He said they would’nt nomir.aie military men, be cause they had noneot sufficient strength to op pose Geo. Slocum. I sugges'ed Gen Barlow.but he thought he was not sufficiently known. Their tieket was made—their convention was Controll ed by Weed, Raymond and Seward. They did'nt want to support Johuson nor Johnson's platform. They passed a resolut on in regard to the recon st uettou ot the Southern S ates. It is evident (hey did not intend to permit the return of any Ciiate until it allowed all the colored people to vote. Resolved, That we approve as eminently wise and just the sentiments of jcindness anq confidence which JAresidcnt Johnson has evinced toward those of the communities and individuals lately in rebellion, who accept the perpetuation of the Union aud the perpetual prohibition of slavery as-the legitimate and ir revocable results of the war; that we approve the initial steps which he has taken toward re laxing the bond* of military authority in the Southern States, and in restoring to their peo ple full and complete control over their local affairs just as soon as maybe found compati ble with the preservation of order, the mainte nance of peace, the exclusion of slavery, and the fulfillment of the constitutional obligations of the national authority to guarantee to every State a republican form of govern nieht; and that we confidently look forward under his wise and patriotic administration to the establish ment of more cordial relations, of greater mu tual Tespect, and of a stronger interest in each other’s^ welfare between the Northern and Kouthern]sectiqns of the Union than have hith erto prevailed j and that in all the measures he may adopt tending to tfio attainment of these just and beneficent ends, we pledge him our cordial aqd hearty support, Now, the theory of these people is that, un less the colored people can vote, they do not have a republican form of government- They tell us in the next resolution what a republican form of government is. They state that qo State is republican unless all men have the rights of ciiizeusbip extended them. No man could have drawn that resolution but the little geutlem .n of the Times, lie made this plat form with this negro ifl it, hoping that the people of the State wouldn't see n, while those of the West would. It was small, to be sure, but bv 1868, when Seward is to be trotted out, it would be quite considerably grown; for you know that Mr. Seward has cammitted himself against the Monroe doctriqe, and so it became necessary to- get under at over it, and this was the way they di<! it • Resolved, That wo have entire confidence in the direction, nndcr President- Johnson, of our intercolir.se with foreign nations, in hi A prompt enforcement against them of all just demands in securing redress for national in sults and wrongs, and in maintaining the fixed policy of our government, by which the inter ference of foreign Powers with the institutions oF this continent is regarded as hostile to ourj peace and menacing to our independence- They v»on’< do anything abous-it under Sew- ard. When Congress attempted to interfere with Maximilian, Seward wrote to the Emperor a lay ing his fears and modifying all that Congress has said or done. Then oomes ihe only resolution which speaks of a man, and tfiatman is W. II. Seward, w -o is thus brought out in opposition to the Johnson rosrlution of the other pla'form^— No matter what had be -n the declara'ion of a few men in this State, tbo leafie a are Ofiaae and Beecher, wnd Greeley and Sumner, and no mat ter what others may say, the Republicans are committed to this policy. The osirich of Seward may hide its little head, but the tail and feathers and legs ot Cha^e and Sumner and Beecher stick out, and disclose the nature of the animal. We have a race of 860 000 adults, ignorant, without marital relations, and we bays to take care of them. What do the Democrats and Johnson say ? “You must take care of your children and s'lppott yourselves.” This, one would think, was sufficient for them to do all of a sudden. But no. This Seward party say. you must be taught to read and .write, and study the constitution and vote. These me-' are determined to keep the Union divi ed. Confusion and anarchy like this will require a standing army as large as that we haveju-t disbanded. The Republicans propose to keep out the States until the negroes can vote, and members from New York propose to go to Washington and compel these States to do what New York has refosed to do, Connecticut is in the same boat. This means civil war and noth ing else. People assume to doubt whether we are sincere in our support of the President. They did not doubt us when in opposition, why now?— It’s the same old question—we have no right to interfere with other States Seward and his par ty have always been interfering with the domes tic instituiions of the South. What caused the war but the interference with slavery? Oar members used to go to Washington and black guard men because they^owned slaves. Wash ington hel i slaves, and Jackson held s'aves.— President Johnson says this must be stopped; you must mind your own business. Slavery is abo iehed, and under Johnson can’t be revived.— Let the Southern people manage the question.— They know the colored people, and we don’t. The President’s policy is sound and humane, and one which the Democracy instantly seized. All over the country it was said : “ this is right. 1’U sustain it;” and just so the Republicans so soon as a Democratic and Stato Right proposition i3 announced they oppose it. The-Seward party is organizing in the South. They oan’t have any white men in it. The mean whites are not men enough to join,.and I doubt if even the negroes would. If the Southern negroes join the Repub lican party, it would consist of the white men of North and the black of the South. The Demo cratic party of the South ceased to exist in I860. When Breckinridge was made the candidate of the South, the party there was broken. The name was never used at the South. The leaders there have forfeited the coDfidauce of all, Northand South. . They were abominably stupid not to know that a contest such as they started cou'dhave but one result.— Jeff. Davis, of al 1 men, should h ive known better. He was educated at West Point, and had had abundant opportunity to know that courage was an element of the American peo ple. He was told by Dickinsoif and Cushing and Ben Ilutler that the North would go with them; but he should have known better. He should have known that a creature like Butler, who voted fifiy-two times for Davis, would have been the first to jump upon them when they were down- Still there are Democrats at the South, and they will soon be found at the head of their State and local governments.— There are Gov. Perry and Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, for example. What can the Repub licans do in Congress? They can exclude the Southern Representatives. What’s the conse quence? Its an injury to the representatives and to the States. But if Johnson says to some Southern man, “I tender you a place in my Cabinet!” Suppose he says to Governor Aiken, “I will accept the resignation of Sec retary Stanton, who is anxious to retire; I make you Secretary of War.” He has then a Southerner at the Capitol to represent the in terests of the South. At the next Presidential election the Southern States vote, and I rather suppose that Johnson would see that their volts will be counted, and they won’t be likely to be cast for any leading Republican. Many are afraid, or averse to say anything many years in advance about the candidates before a Pres idential Convention. It is said in regard to Johnson, he may die. 1 answer, that if he is a Ileiuocrut he won’t die. it is remarkable, that all the Federalists who have been elected have died in office, and the Vice-Presidents who succeeded them have been good Demo crats. Harrison. Taylor and Lincoln died, and good Democrats succeeded them. Do you not see the fiuger of Providence? Who, then, shall we nominate ? If I -should speak the sentiments of many Democrats, I should say Gen. McClellan; hut it is to be remembered that we require the wisest and most experi enced of statesmen than of soldiers. There are other military chieftains. Grant has many supporters throughout the country. I have no idea he would care for the office, and I should not support him if he did. The President had to disavow Gen. Sherman’s actiou, and Graut allowed Sherman to make tfie arrangement even after he bad been sent to car- reel him. \ye have oar own Gen. Slo :um, and tpapv men in the navy—Farragut and others. But I doubt if the pe< pie will call a soldier to this office. A different course is needed, and a statesman must be selected We have here in the State of New York a statesman whose abili ty and courtesy might induCT us to present h.s name, but in my judgment our next candidate must be a Southern man. It_has been our cus tom to alternate in this way with the North. In my humb e judgment Andrew Johnson ought to be elected President of the country at the close ol his present term I am often told I am incon sistent; well Seward and Weed are consistent, aud consistency is showu by always voting the same ticket, and [ never in all inv life voted the same ticket with W. H. Seward unless Tburlow Weed voled for Seymour in ISti-Z. which hestoutly de nies. I would like to know when er Seward will support Johnson or Chief Justice Chase. The latier has been at work organ zing a party in the South, talking to blacks —a Ct ief Justice of the United States ! I think it hard we poor w hites cannot have a Chief Justice to speak to us pm hopelessly white, and can’t teach the Federal tint, and I object to this distinction of mere color. \pili these people darq announce their intention lorlSUS? 1 don’t want seward, or Chase, or the Times, or the Tribune to say they will support him jf he is tfie Republican candidate, tor they will see that he is uo such thing, Johuson has. always beeD a Democrat, and he has risen from the humblest ranks to the bights position in the country. I resent the attacks upon his personal character as slander. 1 bad an mtei view with the President some four weeks since, and a lull conversation upon his policy of restoring the country, and even Jackson himself could not tiave given a more satisfactory announcement of his determination faithfully and honestly to servo tfi? people ol the country. The tqen who stood by Jefferson when Jay and Hamilton led the Republicans; the men wdio stood by Jackson when Webster, Calhoun and Clay opposed him, and have now to meet these Lilliputs, must want to turn from these contests as unwilling to fight, unless they mept a fellow of their size, and his will he an easy contest. J spy. I don’t know what Preston King’s course will be. In our last contest the Collector of New Y"ork was against us; fifteen thousand officers were against us; contractors and the government were against us ; aud a couple of Democratic Major-Generals sent sol diers from their ranks and exposing tbeir flanks, and yet we gave 35,000 majority tor Geo. B. McClellan. We can do it again, and I say to Mr. King that if we do do it, and his chiefs head rolls jn the basket, he musn’t com plain if we ask him to keep company. I want to speak to the black voters of New York. No one is less prejudiced than I. I do not wish to see them excluded from the cars. I have al ways employed them as servants, because I think a whtre roa” CAD something better Gi do. I have employed them as barbers. I think they ought to be allowed to testify in the .Southern courts, and the State which don't let them does not abolish slavery nor sustain the policy of the President. But these Republi cans don't care for the blacks here, hecause here toey can get along without their votes. They need their votes at the South, so they urge the suffrage question. The Seward mode of befriending a measure'is its sure destruction. They are the friends of the anti-renters, and the canals and the temperance party. The anti- rentors are in jail, the canals embarrassed, tho famous law of the temperance people is pro nounced unconstitutional. A war of races is inevitable between tho whites and blacks. A letter from a lady at the South, dated Sept. G, says: “Everything is quiet here, owing to the removal of the negro troops. None of the blacks will .take a word of reproof from any body without resenting. They are quiet now, but I fear we are sleeping over a volcano which most break forth before the 1st of January.” Another letter says: -‘The blacks are idle, lazy devtis, defiant, doing ■ xuctly as they choose, and assuming the airs of ladies and gentlemen.’’ This shows the feeling of the whites. Let this excite ment go od; let the blaclfs be told they must vote, and vote, too, against those who foimerly owned them, aud a war must come. 11 it comes it will be a war to the knife, and it's well enough for them to know that the wh.te people of the North and Ea,t will stand by the whiles of the South, and the extermination of the blacks is as certain as fate.' Thev will be assisted by Gep. H. Ward Beecher and by Gen. Weodell Phillips, and bv Col. Ueqry Wilson, aud if these gentlemen are as slow in getting into that war us they were into the last, the poor blacks will be killed before their reinforcements get up. If this government is to be destroyed, it wiil be by corruption of those in office. I look upon stealing in office as worse than stealing out of office. I think all the candidates on ourlicket are the best that could be had, and worthy of the confidence of the public. The time of the administration of such menus Wright bag returned if we elect our candidates. We have nothing to do but to vote. It we vote our full vote, we shall have enough, and 50,000 to spare above the demands of the ticket. The last eieotion we did Dfft, owing to the insufficiency of the polling accommodations, get in anything like our lull strength. In the cities of Brooklyn and New York we shall be able to roll up tremendous majorities, and I consider the result safe —the conclusion, a glorious victory for the Democracy of the State. Mr. Van Buren closed by exhorting the voters to stand by the ticke', and requested three hearty cheers for the Democracy auU Andrew Johnson. The attendance had continued numerically un changed; it was believed that Gov. Seymour was to follow Van Buren, and when that gentleman closed loud calls were made lor Seymour. The announcement that that gentleman was in Phila delphia, in attendance upon the Episcopal Con vention, did not meet tne approval of the faith ful; and as the meeting broke up universal dis satisfaction bade fair to counteract the argument of the distinguished gentleman who had talked himself hoarse, bareheaded in the drizzle. Georgia Items. AtiqLsrA and Maooh Railway.—Four months ago the Telegaph took occasion to invoke public attention to that line of railway bed, between Milledgeville and Mayfield, constituting a por tion of tho track ofthe Augusta and Milledgeville Railruad. Thirty three miles of rails and cr< ss ties are all that is needed to Drew Macon in the great line of travel between the North and South west—a lino so straight that it will save just about the distance of its own length between Au gusta and Montgomery on the present route via Atlanta. A line which will give us cheap, easy and rapid transportation from all the Northern marts, and put at once a new phase upon the business position and prospects of Macon, while it will lairgely increase the carrying trade of all other lines of railway diverging from this city. Now. as-we have intimated, the grading of the entire track of this road is done, and what is more, it is paid for. Tne company is out of debt, and it has $800,000 in negotiable bonds with which to secure the iron, \yhat it neejs is ready cash to bujld a bridge or two—to buy cross ties and pay for trqck laying. With this it oould go ahead anil fill up this gap of thirty three rnilei in throe months—say by the first day of next January. Impressed with the importance of moving at once in this matter, we learn that the Presi dent of the road, Hon. John P. King, and the Mayor of Augusta, are corresponding with functionaries here to ascertain what Macon cqn do in the premises, and they say if she is pre pared to stand by pagt engagements, the work shall be done. • What Macon can afford to do and ought to do, every merchant in the city can answer, if he will but glance at the freight bills. Hereto fore her citizens have displayed a lamentable indifference in regard to this enterprise. The private subscriptions were few anfi sraaii—alto gether less in amogqt then vyould be saved in freight* in the course of one month- Augusta, with far less perceptible interest in the road, hqs left qs out of sight, and she is now more than ever ready to take advantage of the singu lar conjunction of circumstances which have induced the construction of ibis little con necting link of thirty-three miles of rail way so important in the way of saving about 200 miles of overland transportation via Atlanta. Occupying such a position as this, which the road will do for a year to come, it will possess unrivalled value as stock. The business of all the roads is now large. The Georgia road summed a hundred and £fty thou sand dollars last mpoth, aud will do better this. The Central and Southwestern have a vital interest now in pushing this track through, and if Macon will do half right, the work, we Sare advised, will he done and done speedily.—Ma con Tetcj/raph. Iliou Rents.—If the soldiers here would only exchange their ‘Hiiue” for “grey,” one would be hard to convince that Confederate times had passed away. Such enormous prices as are asked now for rents can only be the pre cursor of misfortune. No man can pay the price for store room which our landlords now demand, and pay out from the profits of his trade. It is folly for any one to dream of it. Yet every house in town is occupied ; but we predict that the stores which are now renting tor $1800 and $2000 can be had at half those rates in six months’ time. In fact, some men foresee the evil and are retiring from business now. Men who occupy their own b.^iiqin(j4 will make money, while olheoa who are com pelled to pqy these high prices, will fail. It would be far better for business men to pur chase than rent, for the rent of any property now in market would pay for the properly in three years’ time. We shall see what we shall see.—Macon Messenger. Si ddkn Death —We have been informed of the very sudden an.4 mysterious death ot Mr. Samuel Huflsss a member of Go. D, is7tb Ohio Yoluu- teers, cu Monday last. He was thought to have been in good health for some time previous to his death having been known to complain very little. Il is staled that he was sitting on a bed at the Ocmulgee hospital, where lie was on duty at the time—conversing with another person upon a religious subject, not more than thrge minutes belore he died. The person who had been con versing witn hiqt had started out of the room, when he happened to look back and discovered that he (Mr. II.,) had lallen over on his back, and returning to bis side, found him dead. He was a Mason of the highest standing in the fralernity, and enjiyed the reputation ot being a thorough Christian gentleman. Oqr citizens who had formed his acquaintance, join Ins comrades in a deep feeling ot regret at his sadden removal from their midst.—Macon Te)graph, Oct. 4. Bidcctiox os Ocr Naval Forck.—The speed with, wi.ich the navy is being reduced is uuly par alleled by the swif<nes8 with which it was built up to the enormous proportions ofi>the opening of hi). In December last there were six hundred and seventy-one vessels of all descriptions, fin ished or in process of construction in the navy. About lour hundred were purchased aud captur ed. Since the close of the war three hundred vessels have beensoid and two hundred and fifty ordtred out of commission and laid up in ordina ry. AU but three of our seventy-one iron-clada are, for the present, out of service. We have afloat four foreign squadrons These are the European ot four vessels, the East India of five, the Hraxili&n of seven, the Pacific of fourteen. Poston sRuVMin, Almost a Fatal Casualty.—On Wednesday last while the steamer Cosmopolitan was lying in dock at Beaufort, S. C., her pilot, Josiah Beals, attempted to reach shore by crossing over to a sohooner, thence walking on a Udder, one end of which rested on the piar. The continual surging of the schooner displaced the ladder so that only a small portion of the extreme end remained on the pier, and while io this position Pilot Beals placed his whole weight upon it. As a conse« quence, the ladder dropped down, and down with it into the water fell the Pilot. As speedily as possible the Mate and others, on board the Cos mopolitan, hastened to his relief, and, although they exerted themselves to the utmost in the res cue, i: was quite twenty minutes before they suc ceeded in getting the Pilot on deck. He was found to bo id an almost lifeless ponditiot; but by good medical attention he was brought to a state of con ciousuees. Pilot Brals is an elderly man, and is well known as one ofthe most faithfnl and efficient officers in the Government Marine Ser- Thk Postoykicb. — A Washington dispatch ^slates that Hon. I. N. Arnold, Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, in co' juuction with the Postmas- tej General, is engaged in overhauling the ac counts of Ihe late Southern Postmasters, and in stituting suits for the recovery ot such balances as may have been due the Department at the breaking out of the war. The correspondence upon this and similar subjects with the Southern Postmasters, is beoeming extensive- Some Post master come forward and offer to pay the balance which they owed; others send claims for pay due them for services up to the time their respective States seceded. Some questions connected with these money relations of amnestied parties to the General Government will probably require the action of Congress before they are finally ad justed. Can the F.xccptcd Classes Hold Seats in Ihe Convention f By direction ot Gen Steedman, Judge E. Starnes of Augusta sent a telegram to the President about the 14th September, asking his construc tion of the mooted question ol excepted persons, having taken the amnesty oath, being allowed to vote and hold seats in ihe Convention of Dele gates. Of this telegram Judge E. in a published note speaks as follow.-: Augusta Sep. 27th, 1865. Mv Dkar Sin: The President nas’not yet re turned au answer to the telegram. And consid ering this fact, and seeing that in South Caro lina public notice has been given by the Gover nor without interference from the President that persons who have applied for special pardons snould be allowed seats m the convention if elec-, ted, and the right to vote, Gen. '.-teedman has au'horized me to say, that think that the same ru e should apply in Georgia and the question of right left the Gouvention, if uny one cnooses to make it there. This decision may be acted on safely, I think; for I bar e oo idea the Convention will decid i dit- lerently, should it be deemed necessary to raise the question there. And I presume the Presi dent does not rneau to interfere, or he would be fore now have replied to Gen, Steedmau’s mes sage as he has mvswered others forwarded since this was seut. Very respectfully, yours, etc., E Starnes. J. M. Pace Esq., Covington, Ga. Colored Odd Fellows Procession in HaTtiinore. • Baltimore, Oct. 6. 1865. The colored 0 Id Fellows had a procession this morning. The turn out was quite large, and the displav highly c-editabie to the taste and liber ality of those concerned. The procession marched to Monument square, where a stand had been erec ed aud handsomely dec mated. Speeches wore delivered. The turreted monitor Monayunk, built at a cost of $68,000, by a firm in Pittsburg, and finished off' at Cairo, had a trial trip a day or two agor A run of sixteen miles up the Ohio was made in three hours and forty minutes, which is pronounced good time for vessels of her class. An order, the Cincinnati Times says, has been issued for all the monitors lying off Cairo to leave for Delaware Bay as soon as the stage of water in the Mississippi will allow. It is not believed, however, - that they can get away before n>*xt Spring. NEW TV! E, NEW INK, NEW PRESSES and NC.W MATERIAL of every kind, qt the RE PUBLICAN JOB PRINTING OFFICE. Notice. I HERKBY "ive notice that three months lifter (late I will apply to the * ityHJouncil of Savannah, Georgia, for renewal of the ll^Uowin^ < ertificatc of r^ock, taken fron* n^e by Gen. .Shermau’s army iu February last, viz: City o£~>HVHuuah Stock for Internal Improvement, Subscription to tlie iSavanuah and Albany Railroad Company, Bonds 3S. r > and i&i>, for $500 each, issued Dec. 1, 1853, payable Dec. 1, 1>*SS. PAUL TRAPIER. Camden, August 3, 1865. Iam3m scpS Notice. A CL persons having demands against the estate of Mrs. Emcline 28. Roberts, deceased, of Chatham county, are respectfully requested to h ind them in, pn»i>ei lyanthenticated; and al! persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to JAMES J. HUMPHRIES, sep7 lawim . Kgccutpr. NOTICE. S TATE nrnEORGIA,Tattnall Conn ty —All iKTsons interested aie hereby noticed that iwo months afrer date application will hie made to the Honorable the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to Fell the real estate of A J- llearu, decea*- ed, late of said county. S. J. BREWTOX, Adm*r. ^uptemher 4th, 1865. law2m pep7 C 'FzOKGIA, Uryan Comity. — To all I whom itm »y concern : «• hcreas, Tm. H. Strick land will apply at the Court of Ordinary of Bryan county for Letters of dministration on the estates of Jiio. X’. and James G. Strickland. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, t«* tile their objections with said Court tif any they have) on or before .the first Monday in X'ovcmb-’r next, oth erwise said Tetters will be granted the applicant Witness, W. II. Hymans, Ordinary for Bryan conn- t* this ‘inli September, 1865. **pvs . H- IIATM \NS, O. B. C. G EORGIA, Bryan County.—To all whom it may concern < Whereas, Wm. II. Sirick- Maud will apply at the <’onrt of Ordiuary of Bryan county, on the first Monday in X*oveml>er next, for Letters of Administration on the estate of a m. 2Strick- laud, late of said comity, deceased. Tbe-e are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and siu^ubu*, the kindred aud creditors of said deceased, to file their objections with said Court (if any they havej, on or before the first Monday in X T ovember next, oth erwise said letters will be granted. Witness, Win. II. Hay mans. Esq.. Ordinary of Bn an county, this *28th {September, 1S**5. aop30 WM. H. HATMANS, O. B. C. Ci TATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham B County. —to all wh- m it may concern : Where as. Jacob Weinheimer will apply .at the Court of Ordi- na r v for 1 etters of Administration on the estate of W illiam Henry Cantina, deceased. > These are, 1 herefore, to cite and admonish all whom ti may concern, to be and appear belore said Court to make objection (if any they have) on or before the first Monday in November next, otherwise said letters will be granted. witness whereofi I h*ive set my hand and official; aicnature, this*7th day of eeptemlier, 1855. sep29.P. A. Q'BYltNR. Ordinary. O SI BOX F.8 assorted Candy lorsale Dy c, l. Gilbert, <Ktfl Headquabteks, ' ) Sub Dist. of Ooeechee, (. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 9th, .1866 \ CIRCULAR. To facilitate the collection of the tax enumerated in paragraph 6, Special Or ders No. 32, dated Headquarters, Sub District of Ogeechee, it iij hereby order ed : That officers x)f banks, insurance, ex press and other stock companies, manu facturers, merchants, professional men, and all others who receive a salary or employ labor for which compensation is paid, amounting to or exceeding eighty- three and one-third dollars per month, will render to Captain Wm. T. Easton, Tax Receiver, city of Savannah, Ga., prior to the 20th instant, a certified re port for the months of September and Oetober, 1865, stating name, occupation and amount of compensation received or paid. By command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS. Signed: W. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A. G. 15th Bill Hkads, Circulars, Fosters, Manifests, Labels, Receipts, Checks, Ac., printed in tbe highest style of typographical art, by experienced workmen, at the lowest price and shortest no tice. at the REPUBLICAN JOB PRINTING OFFICE. * tf R. I M’PIION & CO., (Formerly of Knoxville, Tenn.) General COMMISSION MERCHANTS CORNER OF LINE AND DEPOT STREETS; NEAR TROUT HOUSE, ATLANTA, Ga, H AVING established themselves in Atlanta, per manently, adopt this method ef iiilorming their numerous FRIENDS AND 01D PATRONS That, they are ready to give their prompt and pern nal attention to all businees cntmBted to them. Having acted as agents for the sale of COTTON YARNS, SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, and OSNABURGS, For the numerous A Manufactories of ’the South, Gives ns peculiar advantages in this line, and we will soon have it in onr power to fill ORDERS TO ANV EXTENT, u m. McPherson & co. oct 7 DEPOT, No. 154 Bay Street, Savannah, Q-a- W E keep on hand, and furnish to order at Man- ufaclurer*’ Prices, Engines. Foot and Hand Lathes, Planers, Brills. Ate.. Ate. Wood At Mann “Portable gleam En gine.. Hoisting Engines, Wood WorK- ing Machinery of eveiy Oeecrlptiou. Cotton Gin* and Presses, Stationary and Por table Saw Mills, Rubber and Leather Belting. All kinds of Wood and Iron Working Machinery. General agents for the West Point Foundry, E. A. Woods’Steam Guejjea and Boiler Feeders. Send for a Circular, - COMSTOCK & KINSEY, No. 154 Bay et„ Savannah, Ga. oct 5—2m mwf Cotton Gins BROWNS Double Cylinder Colton Gin, The Celebrated Georgia Gin, -I CO universally used by Planter* throughout the oath as to need no recommendation. Number of Saws vary from 40 to 120. For sale by FRENCH £ CO., octlO Clark street, Nashville, Tenn. FOR SALE. A TRACT of pine land iu Burke county, contain ing 15,000 acres, aud lying on the bavannah river. Pine timber and cypress shingle are now being cut here for market For terms apply fo sep30 -3awlm EOBT. HABBHSHAM A SONS. S TATE OF GEORGIA, Liberty Coun ty.—To all whom it may concern; Whereas, William E Warnell applies to me for Letters of Ad ministration on the estate of John B. Girardeau, late of said County and stale: These, are. therefore, to dte and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and cretito-s of aaid deceased, : lobe a nd appear at mv office within the time pre scribed bv law; and show cause (if any they have; why Letters o'r Administration should not be issued to tbe applicant. Witness, William P. Girardeau, Ksq_ Ordinary for Liberty county, this *d daj of •‘ctober, 1805. ! WILLIAM P. GIRARDEAU, o. l. o. oct 0 Tin Northern Hay. r f \ BALES prime Northern Hay, landing oer * DU steamship Idaho, for sale by ^ ^ ocrt BRIGHAM, BALDWIN & CO. THE NEW YORK NEWS. •... i DAIIY, SEMI-WEEKLl AID WEEKLY. THE NKW YORK Weekly and Semi-Weekly News GREAT FAMILY NEWSPAPERS. 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