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SAY ANN AJEI, QA:
k u4 Or4*f Tfeket
Fir Mayor.
ID. a ANDERSON.
Fir Althrmt*.
TV*. S. Wnjvf.
J4i N. Lewis.
A. N. Miller.
QUbert Duller.
Dr. SoL Sheflell.
Jus. <1. Rodger*.
ChM. ¥. Mills.
Dr. Chss. Weet.
J. D. Uullie.
Richard Bradley.
John Mailery.
R. A. Allen.
BY TELEGRAPH FOR THE REPUBLICAN
# Prsi|MCt of Peace.
New York, Dec 2.
A dispatch from Berlin, received in Liverpool
previous to the sailing of the last steamer, states
positively that preliminaries are heiug arranged at
Brussels, with the asseut of Russia, for the rcsuiup-
tioa of peace negotiations. Russia has prohibited
the export of breadstuff* from her dominions.
Dam
aestte Markets.
_ Nbw York, Dec. 2.
Cotton has declined $ cent. Middling Orleans
worth 9}, Uplands 9. Flour is active, hut lower.—
Southern $9.87. Wheat lower ; Corn languid.
New Orleans, Nov. 30.
To-day 2,500 bale* of Cotton were sold, tho mar
ket being firm. Sales of the week, 40,000 ; re
ceipts 00,000, against 34,000 for the corresponding
week last year. Stock on hand 238,000.
Sales of Coffee for tho wecek 20,000 sacks.—
Stock on hand <6,(TOO.
Vote Early and Look to your Ticket.—Be
sure to vote early. Let neither business nor ploas
uro keep you from the polls. Having deposited
your ballot, go in search of your friends, and rest
not until every one of them has votud. Much may
depend upon a single vote.
Be sure too, to examine your Tickets.
See that no other name is upon them, hut those of
the American and Order Candidates. Above all, do
not scratch your ticket; vote the ticket, tho whole
ticket, and nothing but the ticket.
MB' No docision has yet boon mndo by the
government ou tho three million drafts of Santa
Anna.
giwnel* afl shallyMd to the arbitrary and ty-
■Mtoni 4kmm ef party. Democracy is their oaly
IftfrhatMt 'MtftilMR'M a spurious, autt-
Jaefcm, bapM Demmeraey al that They have
plead aoihiag eke «br their pruaeal attempt to over-
threw what Is aakaowtedgad or all haads to have
been a model adminlstraMoa of oar city affairs.—
They kaow that the argusaent and the Jnstioo of
the eaae is against them) that they oaa neither
plead their own merit nor the delinquency of those
whom they are panning ; that they stand naked
and defenceless, stripped of every rational excuse
for this unpatriotic warfero—this rnoro stru a glo for
the spoils—and hence, in their desperate extremity,
they catch at the old Democratic “straw,” as the
ouly hope of salvation.
But it is urgod that a Democratic administration
originated all the great measures of oity improve
ment and reform, aud that therefore an accoptnblc
administration should bo removed to make way for
them. Tho feet alleged cannot be provod; but take
it for grauted, what has it to do with the prescut
election ? Wo are not seeking for rneu to originate
measures of reform—we have already reforms
enough—but for men who have tho ability und
tho will to carry out, in tho practical government of
the city, tho salutary measures uow upon tho atutest
book. Edward C. Anderson and bis associates
have done it, and to a perfection novor approached
by any former administration; and bonce their
claims to tho public approval.
Nor was it to tho present Democratic party—the
men now evoking to appropriate tho good deeds of
others as well os their own—that the city is in-
debted for her excellent laws and material progress.
Muuy of the Doiuocrats of tho past, when Demo
cracy meant something, and who hnd an active
hand in theso measures, arc now members of the
American party, and have done nothing to lose
thuir claims upon tho public. Edward C. Ander
son is as good a Democrat to-day as Jomcs 1*. Scre
ven, and the only difference is that bo refuses to
follow him in his departures from tho faith of
tho Democratic Fathers, and in pursuit of
tho shadow of a substance that has fled.—
The s&mo is true of a majority of the Amer
ican ticket, many of whom were instrumental in
originating the “reforms” now sought to be as
cribed to tho Democratic present party. Lastly, wo
have already shown that, be the intentions of the
opposition ticket what they may, they nro not to be
relied upon, to carry on effectively the present ad
mirable system. This is fairly inferrable from the
fact that many of tho party to whom they are look
ing for power, aro opposed to some of our most
valuable reforms. This thing is evident, and tho
true friends of good government will not fail to
rnat their votrt wUh a full appreciation of the
danger.
■•IMM t »• h.1 iNH «t H* «t
the throe Dcmoeratio papers of the oity propound
ed certain questions which 1 propose to answer, u
Under what oily administration wee ths Old Canton-
meat Ogtothnrpo. procured for tho city of Haveanah, and
tU alto verted la it la Fee KUaplet
By a despatch to tho agents, we lenrn that
the steamship Augusta, hence for Now York, arri
ved at that port Saturday morning at 5 o'clock.
jF®- Mr. Alexander’s complimeuts to tho Geor-
gian and its corps of contributors, and would con
fess that, for very good reasons, he has made but
few visits to the Jail Uiis year in hi* capacity of
Alderman. Tho same cannot lie said however of
tho “anti-Know Nothing” party which is now
permanently represented in the Jail by nine most
honorable cititent, who were put there under a
charge of illegal voting at the late election.
Search wurranL* were issued for some fifty others
of the same sort, but up to tho present time it hns
been impossible to lay bauds upon them,tiny having
taken to their bools in the confident belief that
there is moro virtue in u pair of good legs than in
twelve honest jurors. But for this flight from their
country for their country's good, it is more than
possiblo that the “anti-Know Nothing" representa
tion in tho county Jail would have been sufficiently
large to havo dispensed with any visits whatever
from tho chairman of tho Jail committee—unless,
as some may think, tho greater their number, the
greater should havo boon tho vigilance of the chair
man. Bo this as it may, tho Georgian and its friends
should havo been tho last to complain; for derelic
tion of duty on his part only increased opportuni
ties of their imprisonod friends’escoping and being
voted through at the present election.
The Municipal Dictatorship.
J2ST About noon, yesterday, while many of our
citizens were returning from church, a large ox
broke from a drove that was coming into town,and,
entering the city, of which ho seemed for tho timo
to be master, spread general consternation wherev
er he went He first dnsbod furiously down West
Broad to the foot of Congress st, where ho ttafecd a
negro man some twenty feet into the air. He tboucc
went down the Bluff, in hot pursuit of a ronn, whom
he forced to jump overboard; not liking np|»enrancos
here, he immediately returned. Coming up tho
Bluff, he pitched another negro lnto|thc air. On
the Bay he encountered an Irishman by tho name
of John Gallagher, whom ho gored severely, and
continued his furious peregrinations, carrying off
upon his horns a portion of Mr. G’s coat tail as a
trophy. He then made his way across towards the
market, and while turning a corner, nttuckcd a la
dy, bearing off a portion of her dress, lie dnshed
through Congress-street into Bull, thence hack in
to Whitaker, through to Liberty, thence back into
If ono will east hi* eyes over the wnsto of words
in tho Georgian of yesterday, ho will lind that
nearly nil its spneo is devoted to tho llopuhlican.
It would seem tbut its editors and contributors are
suddenly struck with alarm, lc.-t after idl, the peo
ple may not bo misled by the nonsensical und irroli-
vnnt rigmarole nbout “democracy,"into a rejection
of tried and faithful public servants. There is one
text, however, in which, even in the wl Je range of
their lucubrations, they fuilod to houor with a com
ment. No doubt they found it. troublesome, and wore
glad to avoid it. We allude to tho centralization of
so much power in the hands of a singlo ma i. in
the event of Dr. Scrcvon's election, lie is already
President of the Savannah & Gulf Railroad,
Head of the Water Works, and State Sena .or,—
This looks sufficient to satisfy the ambition of most
men, but to this must be added the Mayoralty of
the city of Savaunuh.
Iu the Island of Cuba they havo an official
styled “Captain General,” and if tho Savannah de
mocracy ure to have their own way, it verily looks
as though we wore to havo a re-enactment of tho
office, if not the title, on our own republican shore*.
We intend no disparagement of Dr. Seroven in-
doprccatiug tho multiplication of offices in his
hnnds ; we only monn to say that it is an unwise
nnd unsafe policy, and we would not bo willing
pursuo it in rcgnrd to any individual.
dimple!
Under a Democratic! Board, a large number of
whom, if not a majority—aro uow allied with Iho
American party.
Undi-r whose administration or by whoso aid wo* the
chart* r of tho OenUal Uail Hoad procured 1
Thera was no Democratic or American Party
In those days. The people wero then divided on tho
questionof Union or Dis-union. Thoseadvoenting
tho formor wore denomluntod Union inun ; those
advocating the latter, woro styled “ States Rights
mon.” Tho charter of tho Central Rail Rond, was
ohtainod by tho Influenco and active exortions of
mon of all Purtiet. Wo aro more particularly In •
debted, howovor, to the late Win. W. Gordon, Esq.,
than to any ono olso, or porliaps than all tho rest
put togetbor, for that charter; ho was a “Union
man.” How thou enu it ho claimed as a Demo
cratic meusuro, particularly when only throe or
four yonrs back, those who uow profess to be the
“ Siiuou pure” Democracy, read all tho Uuion men
out of tho Party, and declared them un-demo-
erntisod ?
Who originated tin* Savannah, Albany and Qulf Hoad ?
Winnow support it, und who aro its opponents t
Nelson Tifft, Esq. of Albqny, Gn., und an Eng
lishman by the uurno of Kcillo, both of whom hnd
largo bodies of lund to bo henoAttcd und made
saleable by tho project, and who gulled our people
into the boliof, that Englishmen had milliont ready
and anxious to invest in tho enterprise, and only
waited to lie asked for it. So soon an they ac
complished their purpose, they “ stopped out.”—
The city of Savannah in her corporate capacity,
together with a few privnte subscriptions, not cou-
finod to cither party, sustains tho work. I imagine
Uo one is opposed to the Road itself, it is only the
want of energy on tho part of ttie Direction, in
pushing it to a completion, that makes any one
dissatisfiod. Tho soonur they get to work, tho
sooner wo will be relieved of taxation on its ac
count
What man during the darkest days of our torrildo Ep
idemic of 1851, fulfilled the duties of Mayor when that of
ficer was prostrated liy sickness !
Dr. James P. Screven, who is entitled to and hat
tho warmest thanks and grutitudo of tho whole
community, irrespective of party, but who now oc
cupies the positionsof Prcsd’t Albany and Gulf Rail
Road. Chairman Board Water Works, State Sena
tor, President Savannah Hotel Company, nnd Imp
a large estate of his own to innnngu, who therefore
cant find timo to properly fulfl tho duties of the
Mayoralty to which he aspires.
What city administration project**! the Ou* Work*, by
\>hii.h our city l* nightly lighted t Who the Wuter
W. iks, wliloli r.-tid-r our property secure from the m-
v.itfi- of fin*, ami contribute to tho health und conve
nience of onr citizens!
No city administration projected tho Gos Works;
it was an offspring of necusbity, to enable us to
keep oven with the times. We are indebted to the
enterprise of our citizens, and not to any party for
it, tho city ouly t-iklng tho small sum of $25,000
of the Stock. Wo are particularly indebted, how-
over, to tlie Democratic party, then in power, for
t'.»o contract undo with Iho Company for lighting
tho streets. The President of the Company, one
of tho Aldermen, by which wo nro taxed thirty-
three and one third per cent, more than wc can get
tho same done for now by n Company anxious to
g »into operation to break down the present mono-
poly. The subject of introducing Wuter into our
city, wr.y long talked of before anything was done
towards its construction. If wo arc indebted to
anyone man more ilmn another, that man is .To.
soph Story Vuy, who was instrumental in hr vg ng
it conspicuously bo rc tho pithlic, who directed
their representatives tin; Aldermen by Resolutions _ _ , _
in town nicoting, to i -sue bonds for tho prosecution j * r owa labors,
of the work. If an;, honor is due, however, to the
quality of tlmt water, (which in warm weather is a
nuisuAcc,) let him who claims it, have it.
Who laid out th ■ IV k oil I. bind Grove, nnd throw
the eitv lot* into market at a lime to common I the high
est prices ?
Tho Park and Lnnrcl Grove, were demanded by
tho* wants of tho people, who forced a reluctant
Board to comply, witli their reasonable and just
duinnuds.
“ Yankee (James.”
Tho foreign organ to this city charges tho Ame
rican pnrty with a base intrigue fo defeat a portion
of thuir own ticket, und characterizes it as a
“ Yankee game" unworthy even of tho party who
plays it. It is a favorite policy with that journul
to reflect upon the virtue und character of tho hon
est New Englanders who have cast their lot in our
midst. Such conduct is us impudent as it is un
just, one of tho editor* of that paper being a Yan-
kco himself, und the other an Irishman.
The Chatham Delegation.
It is snid, ns we reinnrkcd in our Inst issuo. tlmt
if Dr. Screven is not oloetod Mayor of Savannah,
his influence will be destroyed in the Legislature,
nnd the interests of the city inndc to suffer. This
is a model argument, nnd would take a prize in
an exhibition of logicians. But grant it to he
true, we would inquire, who is looking after our in
terest in the Legislature now ? Tho Senator nnd
both Representatives arc in town, ono being indi*
posed nnd the other two engaged in u political
i crnmblc. Aro theso tho fuithfui gunrdians tlmt
wero to be? Could not one remain at his post, to
BuU-atreet, leaping the fences of the squnres, nnd ‘ see that tho interests of tho city, about which
madly dashing at every thing that came in his way. 1 much is snid, were duly cored for? Aro all of them
Be was hotly pursued through tho greater part of
his course, by a number of the mounted police nnd
several hundred eitiseus. Numerous pistol shots
were fired et him, some thirty or forty of which took
eibet, though they failed to stop his progress. He
■ finally brought to bny at the head of Liberty-
sick? Wc only n*k for information.
The Election To-day.
The issuo to ho decided to-dny is good govern
ment or bad—whether tho people of Savannah
shall approve or repudinto an administration that
street, much exhausted, though gnmo to tho last.— j bus watched over their interests with sleepless vigi-
Hcre a negro seized him by tho tnil,^vhilo a hurley lnuco and unswerving fidelity for tho year that i
Emcraldcr brought him to the ground with a brick,
and with a knife put an ond to his adventures.
Macok Depot'Dinino Saloon.—A great conve
nience to the traveling public has recently been
established in Macon, by Messrs. Logan A Mcara,
the enterprising hosts of the Lanier House. Bee
their card in another eolutnn.
The Know Nothing organ is much exercised
lest Senator Dr. Sercvcn should he elected Mayor,
and thus be forced to neglect tho duties of one or
the other of those offices.
They are strangely oblivious. They did not ob
ject to tho present Mayor, Mr. Anderson, running
for Senator in Ortolier.—Cor. Morning Mac*.
Answer: Had Mr. Anderson been elected to
the Senate, he would havo resigned the Mayoralty.
If Dr. Hcrevon is elected to tho Mayoralty, will he
resign his seat in tho Senate ? or shall tho Mayor
of Savannah, for (probably) two months of bis
term, bo a resident of Mil/edgeeille. Dr. Hero von,
In his card published Saturday, pledges himself, if
electod to the Mayoralty, to rctign “uny nnd every
passed. Let every good citizen who feels
tcrest in the welfare of our community, both go to
tho poll*, and use whatever of influence ho has, to
reward the deserving und to defeat the ends of a
political faction. The enemy is uctive. They mny
ho soon in every work-shop, stable nnd nmrkct
stall in tho city, pleading anil importuning for tho
votes of freemen. Be up, then, Americans, and
doing all that jt become* a freeman to do. Use
every honorahlo effort to triumph; humiliation the
country ran require at the hnnds of no citizen.—
Wc feel sure thut if this election is fuirly conducted,
and with a proper exertion on your part, the wor
thy men now brought forward for rc-clcction will
he returned to tho post of duty by a majority that
shall he nn net of justico to them, mid rebuke to
their uuuinics. •
Savaxram Nov. 29th, 1119.
Present—Ills Honor Edward C. Anderson,
Mayor t Aldermen Lewis, Butler, Rodgers, Herts,
MeUery, Wilder, West, Miller, Allen, Alexander,
Gar many.
Minutes of last mooting and Information end
Fine Dockets wore reed end confirmed.
REPORTS reap ard adopted.
The committee on Fire Department to whom
was referred the petition of Dr. J. A. Wragg. re
port—Thut the alterations desirod on his wooden
building nro such os havo herotoforo been disap
proved of, in cuusidoruliou of tholr boing In di
rect violation of the existing ordinances of tho
City. Wo therefore report against the petition.
Jour R. Wilder,
Chm’n. Com. F. D,
Tho Committee ou Public Sales and City Lots to
whom was referred tho petition of E. II. Bacon,
Esq., in reference to lot number four new Frank
lin Ward,
Would recommend that tho prayer of tho Peti
tioner ho granted so far ns postponing tho sale for
one month. But your committee in this case, ns in
nil others, report against renowing looses on any
lots iu tho city, nnd recommend sales by . public
outcry as promoting tho best interest of tho city,
nnd tho equal rights of tho citizens.
G. W. Uarmany, ■)
Edwin E. Hurts, V C
J so. R. Wilder. J
The Committoo on Market, who wero appointed
to receive proposals for building a now market
house, report—That three proposals woro received,
all exceeding tho sum appropriated by u largo
amount, so much *o that your committoo do not
feel justitiod in uskiug of Council an additional
appropriation.
We therefore recommend that your committee
Ihj authorised to havo tho plan amended so ns to
use less costly materials, reducing tho cost to
within tho sum appropriated and advertiso for
building tho the sumo us amended.
A. N. Miller,
Chntu'n. Com. ou Markot.
Tho other committees to whom matter had been
referred, on which to report, not having sufficient
time, thin being the last meeting of tho present
Board, asked to ho discharged, which was granted.
Annua? Ucpnrtt of Committed.
OR t’lRARCE.
Tho Clinlrmnn stated ho had no other report to
make than tho one recently published iu the May
or’s annual report.
STREETS AND LARES.
The Committee on Streets nnd Lanes report that
the railings nround the squnres arc in good order.
We have hnd a brick walk put iu Lafayette Square,
•it n cost of eighty-tour dollars, nnd are of the
opinion thut brick walks in tho squnres uro cheap
er in the end tliun the walks heretofore used.
The Streets nnd Lane* are iu good order. The
plank roads have cost considerable this year to
keep them in order, nnd will require a larger ex
penditure hereafter. Whitaker street hns been
paved from the Bny to President street, nnd vve
would recommend n continuation of tho work, ut
least a* far South ns Liberty street, nnd thence to
tho Rnilrnnd Depot. We also recommend the pa
ving of Buy, West Broad and Drayton streets. To
plank tho snino surface of ground will cost over
two-third* ns much ns paving, at the present price
of materials.
The tScuvougcr's Department has been well at
tended by the present contractor, Mr. LnRoeho.—
Tho subject of drainage will bo referred to by
C'ommittvo on Docks uml Wharves.
OiLDKiiT Butler,
Chm’n. Com. .Streets aud Lancs.
IlltALTU ARD CEMETERY.
The Committee on Health nnd Cemetery in sub
mitting their annual report congratulate their con
stituent.-, upon their exemption from disease du
ring tho past sonson, und so far ns this mny ho at
tributable to sanatory measures, commend tho dil-
igen-e of tlie present efficient Bonrd of lIcAith.—
Experience tenches ns tlmt diseases !iko nil other
evi.a are readily buui>-hud where no cause exists for
their continuance. We feel assured that a well or-
giuizcdnud efficient Buurd of Health cannot be
too highly appreciated, aud we believe the present
sy«t ui the best adapted to our wants, each member
bo'n; deeply interested in the benefits resulting
tkeai are set forth in general terms in the Mayor’s
lepert already puhlithed.
0. w. Garmaev, )
Jeo. R. Wilder, V Committee.
Edwin E. IIkrtz, J
•f AYR MM NT OF BXPIRMD LEANER OP CITY LOVE MB-
PEERED TO IE TUB ABOVE REDOUT.
The leaee of Mrs. Elisa A. Jewett of h-t No. 2
Now Fruuklln Ward, at twenty dollars pur annum,
has expired, hut thorn Is no evidence on the Regis
try of city lots shewing whou said lease did ox-
pira.
The luaso of John Doyle, deceased, of lot No. 4,
Now Franklin Ward, *1 thirty dollars per annum,
oxpired on 22d Mny last. This lot has been snhi
to other pnrtios. it has beou re-entered upon und
ndvcrtixud for snle.
Tho luaso of Mrs. Caroline Henderson of lot No.
5, New Franklin Wurd, ut twunty-ouo dollar* per
nnuuiu bus expired. This lot has been valued utid
is udvertised for huIo.
The lease of Elizabeth Smith of lot No. 0, New
Frnnkliu Ward, ut fifty-live dollars per annum, ex
pired on 13th November, 1855.
These nro believed to lie nil tho lots on which
leases havo expired. There nre several lots tho
lenses on which will expire iu 1850.
MARKET.
Your committee havo to report the present con
dition of the Market Houso us being out of repair
und altogether insufficient for tho comfort of pur
chasers or seller*. Council iu its liberality how
ever, to tho wants of the public, have appropriated
the sum or fifty thousund dollars for the purpose of
crcctiug a new und more commodious building.
The committee hope soon to congrntulute the com
munity on mi curly commencement and speedy
completion of the snino.
Tho ordinance requiring the attendance of the
Marshal or his deputy during Market hours has
boon enforced with good effect, checking uinnv
violations of Market ordinances which would other
wise have passed undetected.
The ordinance establishing a uniform system of
Weights and Measure.* is also in operation under
the direction of your committee, proving salutary
in its operation aud honcficiul to the community, u
matter which hud been too long neglected, and
from which some wero reaping a rich harvest.
Some weight* nnd measure* brought to tho In
spector’s oflics for adjustment have been found from
ten to fifteen per cent, short of tho standard, while
very few have exceeded the snine.
A. N. Miller, 1
J. N. Lewis, }• Committco.
It. A. Allen. J
PUMPS.
Upon ncecssion to office your Committco found
the pump* iu rather bud order, mid required tho
former contractor to put in five new pump* and
repair others. The present contractor hns put iu
five new heads aud four new platform.*, nnd has
painted nil tho pumps. They aro uow in good or
der. with the exception of the one nt tho corner of
Liberty nnd Abercorn streets, which is ncnrly dry,
but has given a full supply of water until within
tun days past-
One new well and pump has just been plnccd,
by resolution of Council, in tho southern part of
West Broad street continued.
Your Committee cannot refrain from saying that
the present contractor, J. B. Harvey, Esq., has
spared no troublo or expense iu keeping the pumps
in order. He has incurred considerable expense
by some evil person throwing bricks, tobacco, assa-
l'vetida, aud other articles, into tho pumps.
Gilbert Bi tleii, I „ „ ...
Jons Mallory. J Committee.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The committee on Fire Department in innking
their nnuuiil report take pleasure in according to
the Chief Fireman, as also to his assistants, their
public acknow ledgement of their promptness and,
general efficiency, in subduing the ravages of that
dement with which it is their privilege to contend.
Your committee have over found them prompt nt
their posts of duty, and ready nt nil times to ren
der such assistance as would facilitate our opera-
tlW MUfMag yards. The present sewe*
net •EfficientHeeeeut to mny off tho water m
fast as is necessary. A sower can bo built to Bry
an in WhiUkur street aud rvu uasl to Umi Crook
before building the others, which would obviate
Uio abovo uamod difficulty.
Gilbert Btin.EE, \ Commlu ~ —
G. W. Garmaev, J *'« nu »“**«*eie
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
In compliance with e resolution of Council, pass
ed 22d March last, referring to the undesigned
tho petition of Messrs. John fitoddunl, A. Porter,
and Solomon Cohen, sohool commissioners for thu
City of Savannah, praying tho erection of the
"Masxiu School llouso” from tho fund bequeathed
for that purp ,lBU ’ tho Committee reported in favor
of the mine, nnd renointncndcd thut the sum of
nino thousand dollars should Ihj appropriated out
of thu Marsio School Fund for the erection of a
building to bo known ns the “Mssslo School House;”
four thousand dollar* to bo suppllod during the
present yonr, 1855, nnd five thousand during tho
year 1850. They further recommended tho adop
tion of the model of thu prc*oiit Public School, on
an enlarged scale, and the work to lie commenced
aud carried to completion w ith os little delay tfi
, possible. The above report was rend aud confirm
ed by Council. Plans, specifications, aud druw-
| ingx, lmve lieen submitted, nnd u coutract entered
j into with Mr. John 8. Norris.
The building i* now in course of construction,
and will he completed iu May next, wliuu it will he
o|»encd for the instruction of tho youth of Savan
nah.
Edward C. Anderson, - )
1\ IV. Alexander, VCom’toe.
Charles W. West. J
GAS.
Tho committee on Gu» report that the lamps
have all been furnished with new burners during
tho pust yonr, consuming in quantity a* per con
tract; tlie lfimp.XNill in good order. There are nt pre
sent four hundred and ton street lamps, thirty-livo
Market lamp* and twenty-three on the wharves.
The oil lamps formerly used for lighting the Docks
havo been replaood by Gas lamp*. There bus l>eon
expended for Gas the past year, from 1st Novem
ber 1854 to date, fifteen thousand and thirty-three
dollars, anil for oil three hundred and (wenty-uine
•17,100 dollars. Your committoo have made effort*
to get a reduction iu the price of gns consumed
by the city, iu consequence of the large Qdditiou
iu number of lamps required from those contem
plated us per contract, but so far their efforts have
not been successftil. Your committee are com
piled to complnin of the quality of the gus furnish
ed by the Gus Company iunsmuch ns thu price
paid [us per contract, thirty-three dollars eueii
lamp per unuuui] would seem to warrant the
furnishing to the city a very tnperior quality of
gns.
James G. Rodgers,]
A. N. Miller, > Committee.
Gilbert Butler, J
f owtuary.
Dnarfeff this Ms or the morning »f lh* l*u, u iu*.
.lOfWr. GUILM AlPTIN, £aq^ aged thirty-ui,,,.. " 'S
six Month*. '
Mr. UnllMNrtki waa admitted to lh* Ur in J*nu.^
18*5. In !A r *», he wm eterted Cl< rk <>r th*-
luE-rlnr 4 oitrt*, sad reelectH in IHA'Zsiul 11W. „
epring of this yonr determined not to bo h r»in:i,|«: .
rewloctluu. lie lies fallen iu the vigor aid ll*:| U l I *L i ,, *
manhood, nn the rvff of the expiration of hi* Hurt!!*?
of office, leuviuK roanjr frlnade So bemoan llie I,** , ( l *T*
jrtKHMt heart wa* ever ready to symiathiz" win,
Catholic in his i hariti**, frwi from Itigolri in |.i t
Kio». and fomurublc in lii« d<*lin K « with hls’f |;,, w
in- was admired l.y ell who had lh* pkoimie o! ,„*•
cornea. Hot it WHS at liumti, w|it • hi* ofli«
that hi* manly virtue# ware clip fly roi, k j.| „
could woman's devotion to tlie lin«l»ui,.| and il„.
have nrr*->t<-d the aim of tlie destroy.-r. hi* -i.Ir:t ■***
Mill animate the mortal frame of the fra ud of u, 1
ami th • orphan.
His footprints haw disappeared with th
were. Ill* virtue*, lire Titled on lie- h< ;• '*
will never be er.i*<-d. while life and nn '
This frelil” tribute iiciut uj-on hi* i ■ > .e l.y
after nn acquaintance of yearn, can **iy, that 1 w.
him but to love him," and can uever nai.-» 1 •
praise.” JL*
COMMKRCIAL RHfDHD
(SAVANNAH MARKET.
BATIKIUV. D*«. I, p j,
COTTON—There wo* a liaiiud demand to-dty,
imountlnr to 315 halt*, v it: 09 at V, 76 at DJi, 111 M
it 9.‘«, and to hale* at 9?^c. / *' B
(Saviyinali Exports, Dec. 1,
IVr ihip Katakdin, Havre—2uVj l ain Cotton.
tions.
The present Police system, which was so obnox
ious to the self-styled Democracy, the Foreign Par
ty, n yonr ago, was “ conceived” by n member of
tlie present American Bonrd of Aldermen, then ns
note a Democrat, and “ inaugurated” by the Dem
ocratic Pnrty, a large number of whom nro now
Americant.
Who procured for tho city, tho Springfield Plantation,
of which our new cemeteries have been laid out, uud val
uable property still remains to our credit t
Francis S. Bartow first suggested tho idea of
purchasing tho Springfield Plantation. Hu recom
mended it to tho Bonrd, of which lie was n member.
Dr. Seroven went in, ns Mr. Bartow went out, und
to him nro we indebted for the consummation of Mr.
B's. recommendation.
Under what National Administration was the appropri
ation of $11/0,000 for removing tlie wrecks in the Savan
nah lUver, procured t
It was under the present National nnd pretent
city administrations, thnt the appropriation of
$1(10,000 was secured, nnd whom nro wo moro in
debted to, than the present incumbent of thu May
oralty for getting the hill through Congress ? No
one. I trust, Messrs. Editors, I havo answered sat
isfactorily nil the questions, and thanking you for
tho uso of your columns, I am respectfully, yours,
Tim.
Savannah. Doe. 1, 1855;
[communicated.]
‘•Ily their work* ye ahall know them.''
Who was it that pledged himself in town meet
ing, to give eighty to one hundred thousand dollars
and two years of his life to tho Albany A Gulf
Railrond, nnd who, when elected President of the
pest house.
As no suitable place ha* yet been found for its
removal, some repair* will bo needed for tho pres
ervation of tiie present budding, and tho comfort
of those whom uffiu-ti<ui may send there.
CEMETERY.
Laurel Grove is in very good condition, nnd on
ly require* a more sightly nnd substantial enclo
sure to render it quite acceptable to the commuiii-'
t,v. This mutter has engaged tho attention of your
committee for some time pant, but the amount re-
otiivoil from ■nlo* "f lots unit fee* exceeding but
slightly tlie expense of keeping it In order, they
have not been nblo to devise nny means for a per
manent enclosure without uu additional tax upon
tho community, which they nre unwilling to ad
vise. John Malleuv, ]
Charles W. West, > Committee.
James G. Rodgers, J
JAIL.
Tho committee have nothing favorable to say in
their final report about the Jail. It is in wretched
condition, and is incnpuhlo of being repaired. It
is also unhealthy, rendered so by it* peculiar con
struction und want of ventilation. It should he a
enuso of grntulation that tho subject hns boon
brought before tlie Legislature, nnd that authority
is now sought from that body to levy n tax to erect
a new nud suitable building. Of the propriety and
absolute necessity of building a new Jail nt a
more suitable place, nnd of appointing nn energetic
nnd active jailor to superintend it, there can bo no
doubt.
Cn.uu.Es W. West, j
DRY CULTURE.
The committee ou Dry Culture beg leave to re
port the state of tho city interests, nuder its care.
Tho Dry Culture contracts have boon generally
faithfully observed and tho lands during tho year
kept in a statu calculated to promote thu health of
the city, with one exception.
That portion of Hutchinson Island belonging to
tho estate of W. W. Starke, was nbnndonod by its
owner enrlv in spring of 1854, nnd the cnibnnk-
uients around a largo part of it wero nil washed
away und the ditches filled up by the storm of
September of that year, exposing a large part of
Tho Fire Department of the City of Savannah is
now in excellent condition, both ns regards ma
chines and hose, uud its requirements for the
coming year need be but small, save those named
below, nod such ns nre of usual necessity in keep
ing their apparatus in its present good order.
During the past your, tho Fire company have
been furnished with a new Hook and Ladder
Truck, we would suggest thut it he supplied with
such ladders ns will ho moro suitable for the con
venience of tho company, and that those at present
attached to thu Truck be sold.
The Engine Houses nro in good order, with the
exception of one located in Reynolds square, which
requires considerable repairs.
Tlie cisterns are in good order nnd during the
past year havo been kept filled, giving security of
a sufficient supply of water ut nil times, in tho
event of nuy accidental failure of tho usual tupply
from the Water Works.
Thnt portion of our city known ns Walton Ward,
being distant from the present location of any of
tho Fire Bngines, wo would suggest the propriety
of placing one in that Wurd, and would recom
mend Hint number six bo need lor that purpose.—
WATER WORKS.
Tlie Committee on Water Works in making their
annual report feci duly impressed with the impor
tance of tho subject und would speuk nt soiuo
length, did not the full and detailed annual state
ment of the Commissioners render it unnecessary;
wc refer you f.»r particulars to said report.
The works have been c.iustouted at the rather
heavy exjiensu of two hundred und seven thousand
dollars, and as yul have yielded hut a small in
come, nut sufficient to meet the current expenses
of furnishing tho water. They are yet however,
in their infuuey and much has to be done to render
the water acceptable at nil seasons of tho year.—
There hns been much coiuplnint from takers of wa
ter tho causes of which lire no doubt very plausi
ble, hut wo hope there «111 soon he no just ground
for dissatisfaction. As in the words of tho Com
missioners, “tho value of the works should not he
“ estimated iu dollars und cents only, hut in tho
“ security they givo to property, and the coinfort
“ they betftow upon thu citizens.”
Wo would earnestly recommend to the good citi
zens of Savannah to encourage tho enterprise so
us to cnnblu the Commissioners to make the water
desirable; when its general use would inevitably
follow, its character and quality improve, nnd thu
income grcutly increase.
Robert A. Allen, ]
John Mallkhy, > Committee.
Edwin E. Hertz. J
This Engine nt tho present time is not used by tho
Fire Company, and with some slight repairs, we
think would he found sufficient for nny exigency
... . ... an y exigency
winch may arise ih tlmt quarter.
During the past year n quantity of condemned
Hose lodouging to the city was, with the consent
of your committee, shipped by thu Chief Fireman
to New York, for sale: the proceeds, amounting to
one hundred nnd twenty-five dollars, are still in
New York. Wo recommend thnt they be drawn
for nnd placed to thu credit of tho Fire Department
in the City Treasury. About two hundred nnd fif
ty lect of old Hose have also been sold by the Chief
Fireman to Individual« in the city, nt twenty-five
cents per foot.. Wo roccminend that the eitv’Mar
shal procure hills of the snino from the Chief Fire
man, collect tho amount und place it to tho credit
of the Fire Dupnrtinent.
Two of the old Engines being unfit for use, have
recently been sold at auction by Mr. tf. J. Walsh;
the prococds, amounting to about eighty dollars,
huvo nut yet been collected.
John R. Wilder, ]
A. N. Miller, > Committee.
James G. Rodgers,)
the Island to the diurnal flowings of tho high lido
nnd a monthly complete overflow from spring tides.
This state of things, ultcruatcly wet and dry. must
have jeopardised to a grent ilegreo tho health of
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
In accordance with custom, wo beg lenvo to hand
our report as Committee ou Public Buildings.
CITY EXCHANGE.
During the past year tho repairs on this build
ing, which hnd been commenced tho previous yonr,
have been completed, with tho exception of a’ bal
lister rail in the lobby of tho building, nnd tho
painting of two rooms on tho second floor. Re
cently by resolution of Council, one hundred dol
lars woro appropriated for painting the ceiling of
tho Council Chamber, nnd thnt work is now com
pleted. Tho amount expended on the building
has been necessarily large, hut it is well known by
our community during tho autumn months. Tho | those acquainted with the repairing of old buildings
city having no ownership in these lands, hut cx- | t* m t when repairs are comiiionced on such, it is no
raising by legislative authority a power of com- ea8 >' matter to cnlculnto how much they will cost;
Tlie (icorglau’e Scrlbblcru nml Ournt-1 vee
Wo havo too much respect for ourselves,nnd too
good an opinion of thu intelligence of the public,
to attempt any dolcncc against tho charge of li-
VtOUWU W —uv -- — J — V . ■ —J,.. ...... >
office that may conflict with tho discharge of its 1 contlousncs* brought against this journal hy sun
duties.” We hold him to tho pledge. It is im
possible for a infra to reside in Millcdgovillo nnd
discliurgo the duties of Mayor of Savannah; und
if Dr. Screven is elected (of which wo hove no
fears) we shall see what Is to become of tho fiviis-
torship.
Ohbabau Beat.—Tho Morning Nows of Satur
day speaks of a “Mammoth Potato” measuring ; fectly willing to submit tho issue to the* Intelligence
dry anonymous scribbler* in tho Georgian "f yes
terday. Wo simply stnto tlmt nny man who de
liberately charges that any thing has been admit
ted into tho Hopublicnn thnt can lie juetly charac
terised ns “low,” “libellous,” “scurrilous,” “un
scrupulous,” is cither ignorant of what he snys, or
states that which ho knows to bo untrue. The
coursoof thin journnHs no secret, nnd wo arc per-
tL’iltfl) u venr imlnrv tit has Bolling the mmen of thorn to keep thorn in to pro- i I»il4ra rrlilch it must bo rocolloctocl thnt Iho Kx-
tom pan}, uinnn icu , u jear salary (ii nns " r vm.r .-ommiim l.n.l Hip niter. 1 change was built in eighteen hundred and ono.
been cut down to $2,500) and subscribed hut $10,-
000 to tho Capital Stock ? I)r. James P. Screven.
Who is it that want* an additional $1,000,000 sub
scribed on the pnrt of tho City (and tho citizens
taxed to pny it) to tho j^lbany A Gulf Railroad?—
Dr. James P. Sercvcn.
Who is President of tho Savannah Hotel Com
pany, and promised that that enterprise should bo
“put through hy day-light”? Dr. Jntuos P. Serov-
28 Inches in circumference, nnd weighing upwards
of 7 lbs., grown on the plantation of Mr. McDon
ald, Oisabnu Island. Wo have ono on our round
table, from the farm of Lewis Turner, Ksq.. Whita-
marsh Island, that measure* 27 inches one way, 20
the other, and weighs 11 pounds. It’s ahead of the
“Mammoth,” and wo suppose might be classed
with the Meatodon species.
flalntarKMcunrci.
We ere gratified to eoc that our Democratic
friends have appointed a largo committoo to koep
order at tho polls. Thcro is no necessity for
e corresponding committee on our part. Keep
the Democratic population straight, and all will bo
welL •
We era also plaosed to see that sundry Demo
cratic doggeries in the vicinity of the polls hnve
been induced by the Executive Committee to closo
ep for the day—for “a valuable consideration.”
Here again no corresponding movement hy the
American party is necessary. Thoy havo no dog
geries In the vicinity of the polls, or elsewhere—
and if they hud, thu proprietors would, doubtless,
w good enough eitlzeiiH to closo them hy request,
without a r.ontidcratioH,
nnd moral sense of tho public.
To those who know us, wchopo it is cqunlly un
necessary thnt wc should offer any denial to thobnso
insinuation that the interest of the Republican in tho
ponding election is dietatod hy unworthy and mer
cenary considerations.
Tho government of Rlvns, set up in Nicaragua
hy tho California filibuster, Walker, has been
formally recognizodhy Mr. Whoolor, tho American
Minister. This is n nucleus for something stirring,
whether a glorification or a muss, remains to ho
seen. Perhaps Hint West India fleot may go down
to tako a peep ut thu now ordor of things iu that
quarter.
Church Tower Blown Down.—llnutc Cut m
Twain.—Early Saturday morning thu tower of
tho now Episcopal Church in Hudson, N. Y., tho
tower of steeple being upwards or 200 feet high,
was blown down by a gale of wind. It fell with
terrific din, and in its descent cut u frame dwelling
literally in twain^
Who whs it that rented tho Hotel property for
$000 (it will readily rent for $1200) and iiccum-
(dished thu masterly act of getting the $000 col
lected l»y the payment of $300 ? Dr. James P.
Screven.
Who is it that gets one half for the collection of
rent? due tho Hotel Cotnpnuy? Mr. Solomon Co
hen, thu “polite nml efficient'' Post-master, who is
now u candidate fer Alderman of the City of Sa
vannah.
Who was, is, and has ever been, Chairman of the
Water Works Committee, nnd who 1ms supplied us
with water unfit for me—other than putting out
fires inul watering htreuts—ind that is positively u
nuisance during the summer months? Dr. James
P.Sarcven.
Who is it that was elected to tho Senate of tho
State of Georgia to represent tho county of Chut-
ham, aud who is now from his post electioneering
with his friends nnd ncqimiutuuccd for thu Mayor
alty, declaring, tli.n nnlu.-s he he elected, thu city
of Savannah “will go down, down, dnien," nnd the
influence of tho dolour-t!-i i destroyed ut'Millcdgc-
ville? Dr. Jamos P. Screven.
Where is tlie Act (ho Chatham Delegation suc
ceeded iu passing, or tho inun thoy succeeded in
electing to office hy their influenco ? Echo answer*
—whore.
What is necessary to dofent nny hill, or nny
body, before the Legislature of Georgia? The
support of the Clmthnm Delegation—vide tho pro-
eeudings of the Legislature.
Where are tlie member* of tho Legislature from
this county ? In thin city, electioneering for the
Democratic ticket for Mayor and Aldermen.
. Q-
Madame Rachel arrived in this dtv yesterday
afternoon, end U now at the Gilmor House. Her
health is very feeble, nnd slm will not he able to
(icrform here, much to tho regret of our citixons.—
Haltimore Patriot 28th till.
Kx-Oov. Foote.—Senator Gwin, now or lately in
Washington, expressed tho opinion thnt Kx-Gov. t
Foote, Into of Mississippi, would ho olectcd to tho
Senate from California, hy thu Know-Nothings, ol
which parly ho is n member.
A bill has been introduced iu the Tonncssoo legis
lature for tho purchase of tho llormltago by tho
stuto ofTonnosioo.
per state of dryness, your committo had the alter
native before them of letting this state of these
lands continue or of advising the restoration of tho
ciubnukraenta nt tlie expense of tho city under
tho uncertainty of remuneration. Diligent efforts
were made and continued for some months to as
certain the legal proprietorship of theso hinds, but
without success : All tho pnrtius interested, dis
claiming the power to net- The season wns draw
ing near when their continued overflowing would
risk the health of tho city, nnd through tho con
sent of Council these embankments were mndo nt
nn expense of thirty-two hundred nnd fifty dollars.
Such nn extonsive fresh embankment required tho
watchful eye of nn interested owner to keep them
in proper repair, this they have not had nnd fresh
breaks in tho new work hnve occurred, and now
the work must either lie prosecuted to completion
and then watched over, or abandoned entirely un
til a responsible owner shnll take clmrgo of them.
This latter course will ensure the loss of tho grunt-
! or part of the labor already bestowed and place tho
j City in danger of claims from the overflowing of
! tho lands of tho estate of Green which takes place
! from Starke’s lands, and also again jeopardize tho
health of tlie City during the coming summer.—
' Your Committco therefore beg lenvo to urgo upon
! Council the thorough restoration of theso embnuk-
I ments, and authorize a daily supervision of them
| until an interested owner shall tuko possession of
| them.
I A part of tho lands of the Springfield Plantu-
• tloii have been leased fer five years, yielding an
| unmuil rant to tho City of three hundred and nino-
i ty dollars, and your Committee would recommend
! that as much n« possible of the cleared portion ho
i toured on as favorable terms ns can ho obtained,
believing that with the asristance of interested pnr-
tics, the groat ohjijot of salubrity will ho hotter se
cured than by it* laying waste and uncultivated.
Charles W. West, ) ColnluUtoo .
John N. Lewis, J
IM BI.IC HALLS AND CITY LOTS.
Tlio CnmmWoo (in l'ulillo S»lo» mid Cily J.oU
submit tho following report:
We find many or the lot* belonging to tho City
are now, and havo been for many year*, under
leases at a mere nominal sum, in Homo instances
not one third or their value. Wo also find that
particH holding those leases consider themselves
entitled to pny for their improvements when tlie
leases expire, no matter how long they havo had
thu leasei, nor at how low a price. Wo therefore
during thu whole of our term of offico far the
yonr, have in all cases reported against the renew-
al of nny leases, and in favor of tale* oe fust us tho
present lenses expire. , , , ...
We still recommend that nil such lots bo sold in
some equitable manner, that tho owners of tlie im
provements get justice, and that the City may get
the income that i* due to her, and that thereby
equal justico ho done to all her eitizeuH.
Tho oeriipnuts of the lot* would ho henofittod
hy n perpetual title tlmt would justify permanent
and valuable improvement*, and the city henofittod
iu uppoiimuuo uud in the incrottio of taxes.
■hnngo was built in eighteen hundred and ono,
since which time it has never been thoroughly re
paired. Tlie joists which supported tho floors’wore
in many places so decayed that they fell as soon ns
the old flooring wns removed. Thu whole building
hns been thoroughly overhauled, nnd is now in
better condition than it hnsovet been sinco it was
first built. A portico has been added to its front.
City Water hns been introduced to tho third floor.
An iron safe lias been placed in tho Treasurer and
Clerk’s office,Jin which the City records, which were
before exposed to tho danger of tire, aro now kept
in safety.
fireman’s IIALL.
This building which wns contracted for by a
previout Board has hut recently been completed,
and is not only nn ornament to tho city, hut u
becoming (dace of meeting for our gnllant Firemen
hy whom tho property of our citizens id protected.
The buildings nt this plnco arc in good condition
nnd.timlur the supervision of the city Scavenger,
whoso duty it is, hy ordinance passed 29th Decem
ber 1853, to keep them in good repair.
Edwin E. Hertz, ]
John Mai.lkrv. V Committee.
James G. Rodgers, j
DOCKS AND WHARVES.
Upon accession to office^ your committco found
the public Dockt aud Wharves in rather a dilapi
dated condition. Certain repairs were actually ne
cessary, hut owing to tho constant uso at that sea
son of the year, nothing could he effected until
Into in the year. Aware of the many onlls on the
Treasury, your committee wero lend to adopt tho
most economical course, and havo only expended
the sum of six hundred nnd seventy-four 87-100
dollars. They nre at present in goml condition.—
This lionril arc aware complaints have been made
hy Wlmrf owners of injury they have sustained hy
tho plan of conducting water from the streets into
tlie river, nt tho foot of West Broad and Wliitahor
streets. Tlie draining of tho streets through theso
sewers necessarily conveys n great deal of sand in
to tho river, which is deposited along the Wharves
and render them so shoally ns materially to hinder
tho approach of vessels of tho larger class. This
is a serious matter nud must inevitably involve
thu city in a great expense, whilst it shews tlm im
policy of over having theso sowers emptying into
thu rivur. Thu difficulty is in some incnsiiru obvi
ated in Whitaker street by its being recently paved.
The sower in West Broad street can only ho reme
died by (Hitting a sewpr down in Bryan street to
intersect the sower on tho north side of the Canal.
Tho most effectual (dan would lie to havo a sewe
commencing from tho top of tho Bluff in West
Broad street, theneo to Hull street, thence a main
sewer through Hull street emptying into tho Creek
on tho east side of the city. Sowers ran be led
into tliis from nny part of the city, from cither
north or south. This plan would require a large
amount of looney. Your committoo nre aware
something effectual should he done to carry tho
water which collect* during heavy rains [iu Whita
ker si rout, opposite thu First Baptist Church,] aud
accounts.
The committco on accounts report thnt thoy have
July examined the several account* coming before
them during thu past year. Those nccompnniqd
with proper vouchers hnve boon passed as correct,
others without such vouchers have been rejected.—
For further information in relation to litis Depart
ment the committee would beg to refer to the
Mayor’s report.
Jxmkh G.B0D0Yn 8 ,J Commute..
Robert A. Allen, J
RESOLUTIONS OFFERED AND ADOI'TED.
By Alderman Hertz—
liettilved, That the Mayor authorise the Captain
of thu l'oliec to detail two supernumeraries from
the Watch, for the protection of tho Jail.
By Alderman Lewis—
llctolrcd. That tlie Treasurer he authorised to
have two thousand copies of tho Mayor's report
published for distribution.
by AMorntnn llvrts—
llctolrcd, Thnt tho sale of lots which havo been
advertised, and on which the leases have expired,
lie postponed for one month.
By Al lcrmnn Lewis—
llctolrcd. That the Treasurer he authorized to
pay Joseph W. Roberts, Ksq., tho sum of two hun
dred dollar* for signing Bonds.
By Alderman Hertz—
Jhtolvcd, Thnt a committee of three Aldermen
be appointed hy his Honor the Mayor, to memori
alize the Legislature in reference to an appropria
tion made to establish a Lazaretto, and the propri
ety of increasing said appropriation.
The Mayor appointed Aldcriucu Hertz, Miller
and Rodgers snid committee.
By Aldormnn Rodgers—
Jtctolved, Tlmt the Committee on Gns he author
ised to have n lamp placed at tho corner of Jeffer
son and Alice streets.
His Honor tendered to the Board of Aldermen
his thunks for tho courtesy extended to him during
tho past your, aud for their cordial support in en
forcing the Ordinances of thu city.
At tho request of Alderman Hertz, tho Mayor
withdrew from tho Board nml Alderman Lewis
took the Chuir, tho following resolution wns offer
ed hy Ahlornmu Hertz, and unanimously adoptod.
Jlctalred, Thnt tho thanks of this Board l:o nnd
are hereby tendered to His Honor tho Mayor for
his firm and zealous devotion in promoting tho
public good, and for his determination nnd success
in putting down the system of river piracy, which
hns too long existed in our port.
Accounts passed—$2,115.
Council Adjourned.
A. C. DAVDNPORT, c. c.
IlecelpU Pep Central Hallrouri Dec, |,
.'It I«ixe* Copper Ore, 21 *»* l»le»Cotton, M, »v:k> W*
a-. Corn, 15 <l«. M-.il, I.Vi Jo Flour, 7 ».*!*» I) .iu-«t;.. '*
to J Join-*, Ilu-iioD, FIciuIdk A C--, llarkws-.li * t. ..... j,
A Wuliljuru, Wm A Tnvlor, £ Parvui A (J^i.run , .t 4 *
OliobsA Hertz,/ l*Hr,,k»,J WLathrupi I;
UlotijM, N A HarJcc A Co, Rabun A Numb, Ru, j, ' "
l**ii7, Franklin A ilrautly, Hunter A Oaiiim-.ll, \ i,. , , ,
l'utt-n, Iliitt- n A Co, laick- tt A Snelliii**, Uri/I K- , .
C'o, A S llartri'lae, Uehn A Foster, C A Lamar, W |,.,, ,
M i lark.-, C H R. M I! W. Lynn A Hnlder, Cra.. . \\ ; , r
L (it/.-.raM, Min K C Stilei, Yonnr, Wyatt A O,. 1) li l •'
witr-ri.i. v o.
W It Crisp.
ATLANTA, NOV £9, I*. (M.-Colton-Uood domaui « u
1C
.urn i* »elllng at A6afl»c,- Corn Met! 00c per
Wheat—KuJ $1 INI to 1 52)^0 per Lu*l.el. Oati,
and icarce.
CHATTANOOGA, DEC I.—Clear aid cold ha*
ate of the weather for th* j^ait week—alLr-iin; a r.r.-
portnnity to farmer* for gathering fall crop*. Our u.irkV.
trjnsvtiui;* for tho week havo not been large nor tot bti
change ill price* have occurred.
Wheat—'There hav* been but itnall purchase* n.»!c lr,-
:hu wagon at 81 60 uxctuiive of tack*, aud the quar.'tty in
-oinuiUaion huuie* ii aiuall. Tlie activity that ha* b-eo t
... in thu wheat market unit tea** a* nearly all i..
bought and »hippc *
~ ‘ dnl
Corn—Little doing at present figure*, which are 4.V—f.~.
•* nro h-Iding on in the belief that it w ill be high -
Ozli-Actir* -• ’*-■ r “— •-
3J«— fair la market.
NEW PORT, NOV 2*— Cotton ooine* in briikly, v Rh •»
,t our -|Uotatiou» : Inferior, nominal; Ordinary - to (,
.inary, 7: Low to Strict Middling, 7>4»7?-i; Good Ali-iaiar u
it-wnrd*ac.
Freights to Now York *«c.
APPAI.ACHICOLA, NOV 23-Cotton Statement—*,
in hnud lit September
Received past week
Total receipts
Exported past week....
" previously....
is
Total Export*
On hand and ahipl*oard
COI.I MUUS, NOV 30, P. M.-Tho receipt, in ourCMtaa
market continue very heavy, auifthe demand aU.ut equal j
tlm supply, but iu consequence of stringency iu m«nov, prim
may be regarded a shade lower. We however .iu .ie sum
Middling s* a : Good Middling Middling Fair bet*.
CHARLESTON, NOV ut).—Cotton—There wo* quite in»N
tiv •• demand for this nrtiele to-day, tliv sale* liav ing r*acH<*
fully I ale*, at a vary full rang- of pro •... The tram*
tioii* may >s> elaaa-ida* follow*, via: 1" Laics at - 1 ., JI at
li*.' at t>* ,, 31 at U\, Tl'J at2W at !•*.. ul at 9 11-10, 174s> i
U' 4 , 31 nt 9 I3-If>, and 60 at
MEMPHIS. NOV 23—Cotton—Onr Ian report left a tw
mi hnnd of KI07 tale*; received during tlie past week ltVB
bulc*; und ihippcd in the *ame time ‘.lid bale*. The ab-ck-i
hand we hud to be 12,5t'»* bales in »t >re, 4,017 on the bluff *l
on L-nrd of packets—a total of IG,tU6 bate*. The receip 1
were, by railroad 0,*d'I bale*, by wagon* 7 r '<M, and I. -:, >
river. The total receipt* since September 1st are t».V
against 06,n'J to this date last year, aud 68,171 the pr- v. .a.
year. The shipment* to date I bales, aganot
same date last icueun.
MKill'Hia QUOTATIONS,
(Assimilating to thovu of New Orleans.)
(Assimilating to thosu of New Orleans.)
Inferior to Good Ordinary 6>.a 7)1
Low Middywg...?....*. 7‘Ia 7,.
ddyi
.modliug I?4* o
Good Middling All«« t>)i
Mid time Fast
lair .9‘.*a 10
St.VTLXKHO UT COTTOK.
Stock on hnnd Sept 1st 1,151
Received tlm past week 16,32'•
Received i revioiilly .6*,642—*6,
Shipped iho past week to New Orleans 7-327
Shipped the past week to Ohio rivar 763
Shipped tlie past Week to St. Louis.
"—vie— 1 **
Previously
euiu-ew
Stock on hand
At thi* date last year
.MOBILE, NOV 2*— Cotton—The demand to-day
active, and sales reached s.iW bale*. The market tketi
still w ith uu npward tendency.
NEW ORLEANS, NOV 27—Cotton—Tho demand entitl
ed and fully 10,INN) tales found diirelmser* at firm price*.
Inferior 1) a 6 I Middling 9
Ordiunry 7'<a 7?* 1 Good Middling
G-«l Ordinary s a [ Middling Fair 1" 4
Low Middling s',i» Fair 11
COTTON statement.
Stock on hand Sept 1, 1S53
Received since
•' yesterday
juce or ‘*a‘i. Fair to fully fair 6’,afi 1 ,c.
Slolasse*—IM) olds were sold at 2-u_".l',c for slightliT'i
irlrne. and Including 301 bbls very choice anil u»*l tU
Ing to pi
prime Red Itiver
Wheat—13.998 sack* were pnrchi
oral lot*, at $1 !>S per bushel.
Corn—7tNW to nmu sacks prime w
decline of leper bushel.
Oats—31(iO sacks St Louis were sold, in twevicti,
2200 sack* old at .’k'e |>er bushel.
Whisky—31 l td* Raw told at 42'jCper pall n.
Rico—'JO tierce* were sold to arrive at .’> •
y ne broker, in i*v
■Sd, in 2 lets, at toe.
Freights—Cotton shipping to fill up at ',d, hut tieuteri
1 gaged vessel* refuse to give consigumcut at ,' s d.
Exchauges—Demand fair.
London i>.Ha7,'4 and 74, per cent premia*
New Y. rk Sixty liars .'..'.*2a2’ 1" dcr cent
New Yorq Sight i ja » s pcr cent d;.-e
NEW YORK NOV 2*. 5 P. M.—Cotton--The market
tinues heavy, with sales of :s*i ). a j e , n , 91^ p or Middling V,
nds. aud f-
Grain—The Wh,
Uric*
market i* rather t atier. with a 1
, 1 homo consumption; safes of 10,.-
ols red 11 ciiiu-hm-c ut Ob I2‘_,a'j 15 (part to arrive); II,IW ru
of White California at 8:1
me lorn market 1* without important change, and the it
maud 1* moderate; >a.-« t.'t.tWW* bushel* Western mixed, a'.
in. in More, and I u.nl Ik.*., delivered. Oats in moderate i
nue«(, and the market is without important change; sales
a'oid for Mate aud \\ cstern. 0
[Correspondence of tho Savannah Republican.1
Macon. Oa.. Dec. 1, 1«55.
Messrs. Au.xvni.er & Sneed, Savannah.—Gentlemen:
lie low I annex statement of stock and receipts Cotton ut
thi* point, as compared witli Inst year,
Tli-iv lino been hut little animation iu our market (lu
ring tho week closing to-day. Buyers have generally
withdrawn, and left the trade to a few; prices have in
meantime declined Ju'aJaC.
Receipts continue very heavy; nbout 1,500 bales wero
weighed into the warehouse! yesterday.
10 •• Atlantic's" accounts received lust night, hare
canned a complete cessation, and nothing hns been done
to-day. * Yours, truly, II. E. B.
eipt* in November, ls55
cipts iu November, 1854
Receipts to 1st I>eo., 1855
Receipts to 1st DcT., 1854
Stock 1st Dec., 1854
Stock 1st Dec., 1855
Decrease
8,200
Democratic Ticket.-
The following ticket for Mayor and Aldermen
was nominated by the Democratic party last night,
/’or Mayor,
Dn. JAMES P. SCREVEN. •
For Aldermen,
Dr. Richnrd Wayne, John G. Fnllignnt,
Col. Robert D. Walker, Solomon Cohen,
Aaron Chnmpiou, William S. llussingcr,
Dr. Richnrd D. Arnold, John J. Kelly,
Hubert Lnchlison, John M. Cooper,
Dominick A. O'Byruo, Dr. John F. Posey.
[Communicated.]
A writer in the Georgian of Sunday morning, express
es tlie hope “ that tlie Justices of the Inferior Court will
not 1k> sent to tlie Guard House for during to execute the
lav# according to their oaths.” From the-above, it would
seem YuuHoiinhle to export them to do their whole duty,
and thut too. in 1111 im|>arlial manlier. 1 hope they may.
There are some of llieiu 1 ku»w will, but fiom what oc
curred nt tlio October election, it i* unreasonable to ex‘
peel .In*life Cutnmliig to be one of them. Did ho not
refuse to demand mitunili/ntion paper*. iq>on tho ground
that there was an oath pre-m-ribed, and that he had no
right to require anything more than the taking of it!
Di I he not say that lie would administer it to any and
nil who were willing to take it, and if any voted illegally,
tlie remedy was a criminal prosecution f Did lie not re
fuse to administer tlie oatli to rv»|>cctahlo citizens and
refuse their votes, nml Immediately after, administered it
to tho crews of the shi|i* Moultrie and Georgia, notwlth.
standing he was assured by one of the challenger*—him
self 11 shipping master—thnt they had Just a day or two
before' arrived from a foreign port, nml that he was will
ing to make an affidavit of the fact I In conclusion,
permit mo to express the ho|H*. thnt hr- will not pre-aide
but leave it to his four associat
MARINE LIST.
Savannah, (>a„ December 1, 1BAO.
AftlllVISD.
Ellon Maria, Lennox, Liverpool, talt to Brigham, Kell
Schr Henry C**tt..ff, Gardner, Havana. Fruit to W C O
Driscoll.
Steamer Seminole, Shaw; Palatka, *0—S M Laffitean.
hate* I Cotton and mdte to J 3V Andora»n, Tison k Mack*:
II. stun A 5 i!lal<>nBa. C"UKer k Fraser. J A llrow n. Crate
Wells k Co, h I WH.>3, Einstein k Krkinan, J V Conners:
Charleston Boat. S M lien wick, CAL 1-ainar.
Steamer W m Libby, King. Matliow s Bluff, with ISO Vtle*
Cotton nnd mdse to N A Hardee k Co. Cruger k Wade, U»L»
A loiter, John Richardson. J F l'eloj jtl A Cohen. O C-firs,
Charleston Boat. Ruse, Davis A Long.
Steamer Planter, McNolty, Centrevillage—Crane. Well*
l '. 12 bale* S I Cotton, 47? Cowhides, 13 bundles do. UW U«
R'.mii. and mdse to Tison k Maokay, King i Sons, Mr Mabel
* 1,11 ‘•-.V’"* ' HIMonpv. Fawcett k Co, Hardee l C\
o * Co,W U rhomaa. O W' Owens. Dr Kollock, Con per 4
Fraser, II It Fort, Webster k Falmcs, J W'aldburg, and !b«
Schr Cotton Plant Arnow, Ogeechoe, sritn 37di) bushels
Riee to Habersham Jt Son.
. .!‘ r •\" r * I , u ' ru Ifrlh Stephens, Back River, with 3200 bad-
el« Hough Rice to llit>er*ham k Soli.
Clieeru * Flat, from plantation, wi*h 2200 bushel* Um
Rieo to Habersham A Son.
li Rose * Flat. Savannah River, with700 bushels Rough He#
to Habersham k Son.
King s Fiat, fnuu plantation, with 1500 bushels Rough Rk#
toilalK-rsham k Son.
WtnWor'j Flat, from plantation, with 1000 biuhels Roof)
to Z N Wlnltlt..
l.anghorn's Hat. aaranuah River, with W50 bushels Roog)
Riee to J Williginion.
Potter's Flat, In.m plantation, with75 tilrcc? Itlcs to i W'i>
liams.
DEPARTED.
Steamer St Johns. Freeborn. 1‘alatka, ke.
Si- amor Gordon, llardeii. Charleston.
Steamer Fashion, Johuson, Augusta.
PASSENGERS
Per steamer 8cmin.de. from I’alatka, Ac—J Trirr.
Hutchinson and son. It Filto, F S llartow, J Cooper. S b
wick and boy, W S llasienger. M E Papy, Drisdale, j M-h-
K White, Roll, Mis* ll -r.inin. Capt Caroisa. T P 11;*"'
son aud svt, W D Roger*. M II Hill, C T Buchan. 1. N
irk. .,ain, T B Neil, Milieu, 11 Thomas, Capt R 11
and 0 deck.
MEMORANDA.
Baltimore, Nov 28—Cld, ship Epauiinonda, Savannsh.
Philadelphia, Nov 2s—Cld. brig Willie, Jacksonville rt*
v 11-r-n.........u......... 1.
N 11 T Thompson, Savannah.
Now York, Nov 28—Ar, schr Geo Davis, Smith. R days —5
Savannah, with Cotton, Ac, to Gillmoro k (X 81st in»L •*
Charleston, encountered a heavy gale from NK: lost
jibb.N.111, split flying jib and maintopmast staysail#. 2W. **
llaiteras, in a gale from ENE, sprung the main gaff; 2dth.
Fire Islamr, experienced a heavy gale fr m NVV, which »*'- T
fore-topmast, head of foremast, split sail#. A.-
Holmes' Hole. Nov 27— Ar, bng« J: 1* Sweet, from Savanna*
lor Boston, and Viator, from Jaeksonvillo. fffr do.
Mystic, Nov 27—Ar, bark Richmou.l, s-avannah.
* to «l» si
m
Fittl I’LAY.
Death of Hon. Dudley Selbbn.—'This gontlo-
iuiiii, lor many vein * a prominent member of the
liar of Philadelphia, ami ntono time Rtnomlver of
Congress, died in Paris about tho first of November.
Glynn Slieriil’ ’s Sale.
W ILL he eold. on the first Tl'KMUY in JannMJ
n-xt. at the dtmr of tire- iVwrt lfeu-*' i» »bvTo«
of llniiisw il k. between the legal hour- of rale, n
House and Outhouse*, on u haw'd lot from John B. Mini
by John B. Arnold, and tho un.'xpirc.l lease for *«■
years. levied on us the property .'f Mrs. Arnold, low
isfy a ll. fa., issued bv the Tax Collector to Ntllrfv it#
f.,1, ....I County TU.;. for jjT*«..rtff C. C
“Chatham SfieriS ’s Sale.
I i«* *o‘..t • i. me lirst TUESDAY in Jnnuzri
\V .i.iHtur hi. i"t»i
in I ..re known in the plan <»f the City of Savannah.#
untmr to. 17. is. 1W, Sstt. ai. 23, rituetevl o„ rt# nerij
su e of Jones street. Also. Lot* number 27. 2N »»
31 ;v* ;u. on the south side Jones street, levied on a»IM
,,'rtv of Michael Prendcrguat, by virtue ol n
issued out of the Honorable Superior Court of Uluvlh*®
I'oimtv, in favor of llolromb, Johnson A Co., vs. Mu'M"
Pn ii.hrgust. deel A. THOMAS,
than two (2) ton*.
of 2.240 lb*. Money to In' sv
delivery order/,
dec 3—<Iw
Household t'oaU, ikt Hnindoii. *■*
i.plhHl i “
( 3OAL81
j now disrlmrging, and will bo Miiqil
iu quantity
Price eight dollars p»'i i>' n >
with the nppliratleii »
ANDREW -LOW * &>■
S URGICAL STRUM ENTS.—For sale *1
O• ■ '
eecvlingly low, for cash or city acceptance.
JOA M. TURNER. Asent<
vice a Market 8 41;*
1 .11 UK PKRFVMERY.-A genewd ossortnwri
1 Just received, and for rate by
dec 3
JOS. M. TURNER. Agent.
Market Square