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N. S. MORSE. dljrantffe & UnrtiittL 0 m*. J D. BTE&DMA Oar readeisTHre interested in kaowiog ail that pertains to the civil and military career of this distingtiMir-d officer, who now bag tall it:ny camTmn 1 of Georgia lie is, wo arc informed, h native of Pennsyl vania ; and having inherited but little worldly fortune was apprenticed when a boy lo tbe printer's trade. In early roanliood, however, he manifested that pa«sk>u for military life, in which lo has earned such high distinct Rltt. AeoordingFy, in 18%, when only fifteen years of age, he deter mined. against the wishes of bis friends, to join a military expedition then organizing and fittln % ont-foi Texas under the leadership ■of Henry Clay, Jr. For this jjurpose he re paired to L‘>«tfcvilte, Ky., the place of vous, and after two weeks drilling weson tbo <ove of staitlpg for \’>w Orleans, wK-i he "was reclaim-id by gtßarJian/ lie Nv»s srlii In'ent, howfvarf'ou thi* adventure, and not long after started on his own account hut reached New Orleans after the expedition had Bailed. II- th-.-n engaged as a ‘ jour’’in the Picayune office, where be remained but a »hort time. Subsequently he worked in the ♦‘Sentinel’• office at Vicksburg and afterwards *wds employed on the Louisville Journal. Soon af er leaving Lou'sville bo became a >cU zjn of Ohio, and a contractor on several largo Internal imp 'o vein mt enterprises. The practical ability which ho exhibited iu this de .partment, secured his election to the Presidency *of the B >nrd of Public Works. About this time he was also elected to the Legislature of Ohio, where he acquired much reputation as a Safe and judicious Legislator. lo 1857 ho was elected Public Printer to the llouse of Representatives at Washington, ho ling at this time the editor and and proprietor •of, the Times & Herald, published at Toledo, Ohio In 18li0 lie was a Douglas delegate to (the convention at Chiriesion, and in the suae year was defeated tor Congress in the Toiado District. It will thus bo seen, that Gn. Steeduien was a consistent, National Democrat 1 and when the rebellion commenced ho became an ardent supporter of the wav waged for its suppression. In April, 1801, he enlist'd in the service of his country as a priv.it , and from the ranks he was elected as Colonel of his regiment.— From that position be has risen to the inf.rrae diate grades to a 51 aj >r Gcncr.ilsaip. This was the reward ol his gallantry on sev eral hard fought battle fields, as well as for his unnrailed qualities as a disciplinarian. llis first battle was at Garrick’s Ford, where be bo signally ff ? '*■ ated Gen. Garnett ; cat taring the greater portion of his command. For his gallaut services in th it battle, !;o was promoted to a Brigadier Generalship. lo ilio spring of l8t»2, he participated in the hardest fighting at Fishing Creek, where Crittenden was beaten and Zollicolfer killed. Ilia command was also ti in the battle of Perryvltle, and i 1 the last battles with Mood at Nashville. There are two pn&ugeg, how ever, in the military career of Gee. Steed-nan Which merit special consideration. It will be remembered that Gen. Wheeler at One time invested Dalton with a cavalry foreo Os live thousand and deiumdcd it.s uncondi tional surrender By some singular oversight ho failed to cut tlio telegraphic wires comma bleating with Chattanooga. The Colonel c--u» branding at Dalton telegraphed to Genera ISteedman at Chattanooga, and he with twelve hundred coloved troops reached Tunnell llill that night, and next morning attacked and voutod Wkcelei’a force. The rapidity of this movement and (he lr.il tliiicw of ils execution, won him the highest Commendation from his Government. But per haps his moat signal bucoess was achieved at Chickamau ga. U# had been stationed with BiX thousand troops to deSeud an important position on the left wing cf the l lion army, feeiug satisfied that th ' attack on ids position Was a fjint, aud ascertaining vliat the Union fttmy was being over powered by the Coulcd- Ytrale forces, he abaudoued iris po.-nimji con trary to order's and hastened t > its relief. lie rlVed on the field at two o’clock, and was heavily engaged until sunset,. saving by the timely movement the Union force* from a Complete and Sisiwlrous overthrow. Doling the tight ho lost sixty seven poteent of his force, but 80 conspicuous was iris bravery and so skiliul his dispositions, that he won g idea opinions from the commanding General, and was pro moted to a Major Generalship. For some time past Gen. fcb has been the commandant of the District of Etowah, with bis headquarters at Chattanooga. He has Gone much to introduce order and quietness Into that distiieß by the suppression of all factious and treasonable proceedings. Ho undoubtedly possesses administrative talents of a high order. There is method in hH his plans and finances in their execution. He i* particularly vigilant in the enforce ment of his police regulations. While he is not deficient iu the tnuiviUr in tuodtf, he is perhaps nine distinguished for the iorhler m tv. This combination of qualities*, has made him everywhere a tenor to evil doers, and a protector to loyal and well dis posed citizens. We regard Ids appointment ,to his proser,t responsible position as one emi nently proper. Let him Lav ■ have the cordial and undivided support of the Meads of the • Government. Wht Gem. Ewell Joisio ths Southern Army.—Gen. Ewell, in a letter written from Fort Warren, hie present abiding place, to a friend, furnishes his statement of how he became engulfed in the maelstrom of the rebellion. Ewell said ho saw prominent Northern men in :-and out o! Congress advocating secession and ’declaring that the rebels wave light, and he was thus led to believe that a disolution of the Union was inevitable, and there lore, though very reluctantly, resigned his commission in the national army and entered that of Jeff. Davis. Ex-Gov. Brown. —The Milledgevillo Record er states that Ex-Gov. Brown, as soon as he has recovered from his indisposition, .will re move to Atlanta, i Ova Roply to tub Forced Loyal Pbwss t>f [ Auodsta—Oar attention has been call*d to a paragraph which.first appeared in the Trans cript, and wa3 copied Into the Constitutionalist of Sunday morning. As in commercial transactions the endorser is oftentimes of more importance to the negotia bility of the bill than the drawer; so in this case we should not have noticed the paragraph in question, bnt for its repubUcation. A3 re spects the Transcript, we should as soon think of fighting a pitched battle with an offensive animal as t o bandy epithets with the ostensible manager of a sheet whose distinctive quality is its unadulterated meanness. The attempt to make us editorially respon sible for the contents of aq advertisement, is in strict keeping with that code cf professional etiquette which has been pursued tor the last .two years by the Constitutionalist towards the Cusoxicle St Sbstine*. Because forsooth we did not bow the knee to lhal and give a sup port to the Richmond wo~ did notsee lit to follow the Constitutionalist aud (ho officials it upheld in their rotten and ( corrupt course; because we did what was j right and had the manliness to oppose des- | potisrn and tyranny—the Constitutionalist did i all it could to injure our legitimate business ! by continually uttering the cry of Yankee! | Yankee !! It did its best to have patronage j withdrawn from our office and to prejudice the \ public against us because we were bora North j of the l’oloniac. And finally when ve took a bold conservative stand in favor of light it en- j deavored to incite a mob spiiit in the cdmina- { uity to destroy out office .and to have the editor j and proprietor of this-,; ~«u shot down in his ! chair. Fur all this chtvalrous conduct wo ! tender the Constitutionalist as we have once I before, our supreme pity and contempt. We j also tender it both our pity and contempt for i the underhanded course it has lately pursued | towards us and lor the great endeavors to in- | jure us with parties who do not agree with us iu our political views. Both the Transcript us well as the Constitu tionalist—two papers who are only ioy 1 be causo they are afraid tp be otherwise—are too cowardly to attack the signers of the advertise ment. They spit their venom at the Cnuosicnr. & Sentln'sl. In this way they disguise Iheir real purpose, which is to bring odium upon United States colored troops and their ifliierr. And yui such men c’aim to ho the representa tives of Southern chivalry. The bare preten a on is libel on Southern character and op the Southern soldiers. They have talked aud written 3 vast deal about batt'es and sieges, but *a oy were care ful to keep out of tango of Yjhkee bullets. The time is at hand when the people of this section will spurn such bliiATgutdes and their secret incendiary sheets. When Bob Acres is immortalized for bis courage and J ide Falstaff is cannoaizd tor hie virtues, then may such braggarts and black gu ode expect to be reckoned as patriots and gentlemen. Ai'i aus is Tennkxsub —A Memphis corre - pendent of the Chicago Tribune, states that same of the most loyal ciFzjns of Tennessee are now the returned soldiers They have had enough of war, dernagogueisra,and sectional ism, and are willing to accept the condition of things as they exist, and become loyal and tru e to tin IJuited States government. They are opposed to those who brought the late troubles upon the country, as well ae bombproof pa triots who remained at home during the strug gle, ever again holding any officio. We are glad to learn these facts. We trust the relumed soldierr in every section will prove good cftizsnG and will also take the same posi tion as their Tennessee brethren towards tire corrupt office holders of by gone days, aud those who remained at homo and protracted the war in order that they might bebenelitted thereby. Tub Ti iucoo Tax —Under the Treasury regu lations respecting the collection of taxes in Stales lately in insurrection, recently promulga ted, lire Commissioner of Internal Revenue fixes the following as the rates of tax on manufac tured tobacco, when sent beyond the limits of the States lately in insurrection, viz :—lf removed from the place of manufacture prior to Sept. 1, I*o2, no tax ; if removed between September 1, 1563, aud July 1, 1864, fifteen cents per pound ; if removed between July 1864, and April 1, 186.'), thirty-five cents per pouncf; and it re moved since April 1860, forty cents per pound. The present owner will be required to prove when the property left the place of manufacture. An Decision.—A very important decision has just been decided by Judge Lewis, of the U. S, District Court iu Massachusetts. The matters were the United States vs claim ants for seventy baleß cotton. The cotton was licked up floating off Wilmington,North Caro lina, by the steamer Vicksburg. The United States libelled it as property derelict. The decision is now given that the property is a prize of the United States. It has heretofore been fiie practice in New York to allow the under to keep the cotton and goods so picked up, although the point has not been, previous to this decision, adjudicated The dedeiou estalishes, therefore, a very valuable prece dent. Tne Gkeat Bistillkkt Cass. —The Peoria (HI) Transcript, rearing to the Danne-Fuller distillery case decided ia that city, says The defendants failed to appear, and judgment wa’ rendered by default. The parties wre assess ed $187.7)29 28. The tax penalty on what was confiscated amounts to $98,000. The number of gallons confiscated is 46,882 32- 100. The whole amount of tax penalities, value of prop erty confiscated, Ac., amounts to over $300,000. Th® whole number of barrels found shipped in cxcees of report is 835. Thus far this is the largest case that has occurred ia the country among the distilleries that have been seized by the government. Extra Mail F acuities Col. Harris, the efficient Post Office Agent has received instrue tions from tbo Post Office Department to make up a mail for Savannah by every steamer leav ing for the city from Hilton Head, Charleston, or Beaufort. By this arrangement, probably two Northern mails per week will arrive at Sa vanaah. AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MCDpTFL, JULY 19, 1865, EVILS OF WAR. | We heard on iast Sabbath, at tbe Church of [ Atonement, an exceedingly appropriate dis j oouiee on this most fruitful them;. Tho Rev erend speaker, after a beautiful teoidimn ou Isaiah’s vision of Millenial glory and blessed ness, proceeded to set forth the chief obstacles to the realization of universal peace. Amongst these obstacles was that eclat which invests martial deeds alluded to in tho Shaksperean phrase as constituting ‘’the pomp, pride and circumstance of glorious war.” He thought the minds of the young should bo disabused of this prejudice, and that the arts of peaceful husbandry and the other pon strvauve a.encies of Christian civilization should enjoy the popular preference and praise* The reality of war, observed the speaker, is something altogether different from tho fancy sketch of Sophomoric orators. The frightful scopes of .carnage and (LsolivlUm to curdle thejdooiof the spectator and so in cTuco the phranthropist to desire its abolish ment throughout the world. He wa3 willing enough to allow that there were circumstances under which wars might be justifiably waged. These, howevc-r, were exceptional cases—and in general, they bad been undertaken for in suffi ient reasons. In these cases the anthers and al ettors were guilty of a high crime against God and humanity. We think sermons of a like character with the one above referred to, nvgbl bo usefully delivered from all ojr pul pits at the present time. j State Lunatics A-ti-um.—Owing to the ina : bility to use the funds in the State Treasury |in purchasing supplies, the appropriate>n made | by the LvjH'ature for tho State Lunatic A?y --j in-.u lias been entirely useless ; a ,and it has, a’ec, | been almost impossible to procum them on the credit of the State. Some time ago, says the | Macon Telegraph, the necessities of this insti tution were communicated so Gen. Wjlsop, who responded by ordering bis commissary to issqa to the institution a certain quantity of meal and bacon, and another order was re cently made, directing the issue of all that might be uecjgsary, after other means of get ting subsistence should be exhausted. The friends oi the poor unfortunates will with grat itude remember Q u. Vy. for tji3 kindness in this particular. The inmates of the asylum, under treatment, now number about three hundred and fifty. 4. Tain- rjinc Doath.—Gol.J. R. McClanna han, late editor of the Memphis Appeal, has met with a terrible accident, which resulted in his death. On the’feiorning of June 29, he was found in the ally in the rear of the Gayoso House, Memphis. He had some time difring the night fallen from the window of his room in the third story of the hot?], and was liorri bly mangled by the fall. Both arms and both legs were broken, the latter near tb? knees, Jiis Alia crushed, and he wW otherwise badly bruised. Go was conscious when discovered, and, in tho intensity ofhishgony, begged them to kill him, aud put an end to his sufferings. He died shortly after. Col McCiannahan was,for many year.; editor of tbe Memphis Appeal, and accompanied that paper in its migratory tour through the various Southern States during tbe late war „ABMY OF TKKNESSKB MUSTtRBD CIT. —111 CGOI pliauce with instructions front the Adjutant General of the army, of date Adjutant Gen erali Office, War Department, July Ist, 18G5, all the remaining trocp3 of the 14tb, 15th. and 17th Army Corps, and of the Provisional Di vision of tbo Army of the Tennessee, not in cluded in the muster-out ordered in General Order No 24 are to be at once paid off and mustered out of she service AH officers and men now absent, whose leave will expire befoie the muster out of their commands has been completed, have been or dered to lepon. to their regiments at Louis vil'o, Ky., otherwise to the nndesvous in their respective States to which their commands jvil! bo sent. Cotton in Tex vs.—a letter from Galveston to the New Orleans Times, daUd Jane 19th, gives some items of interest to cotton dealers, lhe writer states that there is much less cotton in Texas than had been supposed. 8 .one authori ties say that there is not over fifty thousand bales in. the whole State, but lam inclined to think this estimate too low. Ail the best cot ton, they say, has either been carried to the Rio G rande and shipped from there, or has run the blockade here. • w The growing crop, lam told, promises pretty well, aud they say there is nearly, or quite, a half a crop planted. Th 1 negroes seem to be working as usual. The Union Club. —Notwithstanding the groat exertions of the Constitutionalist and Trans cript and their supporters, to break up the Au gusla Union Club, we are happy to say that it' still lives, and that its roil is increasing daily. The names of the signers to the Union Club now number over one hundred* They ai£ Union men of the right stamp too. We trust that the roll will soon number thousands. There is room yet within tha Uni >n fold for all who are loyal. Insult to U. S. Tko *?s —An article which appeared a few cays since in the columns of the Augusta Transcript, was a studied insult to seme U. S. troops stationed heTe, and their officers. The proprietor of the Tramcriptin his Tuesday's paper, after his attention had been called to the matter, instead of apologi sing for his course as he ought, rather glories in his infamous conduct. We trust he now will be compelled to make an ample apology by those he so grossly insulted. Foreign Arrival at Savannah.— I The first foreign arrival at Savannah since the opening of the port to foreign trade was the English bark Nutfield, from Bermuda, via Matamoras, with an assorted cargo. The Gsand Lodge op the State op Geor gia.—A special commanication of the Grand Lodge will be convened iu the City of Macon on the first Wednesday in August next. It is the sincere ds are of tho Order that a full at tendance of and ilegates be present. „ A Hebrew free school has been established to York city. i *' mi tutted xati->nal J' : • . JS«|gH A VSK M»! E3. j Hon. Fo:« Clark, Comptroller of the j Gurrc-cdT b F'ca;a-y Department, Wash- J ipgtcn, the following circular, rela tive to the iw.p on of mutilate! National Bink holes; 1 Trc.v-übvDj t int. Office op toe j I “OoMfTd iLEK CF TUB CURRENCY, Y’ • Fa-hinctox, D. C. ) The follow uggt St! rns are offered lelative to the ;vii of mutilated circulating notes ot Banks, and their return to this office: First—The o es are to be redeemed by the banks by whij ii;ey aro respectively issued, sarid t hould not returned to this office in sum-! lets than >, or in even mutiples of that ammmt. Skcan 1 Mtrf J.tcd notes which have been tom or dcface4'i i! be received, when present cd issued. tj^ijß_-U> r ovldud..ali-. ■ > lur Tibliterateii that it ■’Htfiffiflje d'et a r.uiaed by what bank the notes were issued Third -Fragments should be redeemed by banks, iu full, when accompanied by an affi jf vir stating the cause and m anner of mutilation, and that the missing part of the note is totally destroyed The good character of the affiant should also bo fuify vciuhed for by tae officer before whom the affidavit is taken. The fiiln'ts mist be forwarded to this office, with rho fragments to which they relate iu order that b-uks presentiag such parts of notes may obtain cicdit for tho same. Exceptional cases nmy occur in which no affi-1 ivil can b ■ obhainxi, and where no reason able doubts can exesi in regard to the entire destruction or iritfurabie damage to missing portions of notes—vs t>y fire, acids, &e. where evidence oi identity is ample by the signature of one or both effi- rs, or title or loca'ily ot the note—where tty) iategrity of the billholcjer fs uqexceplion iifio, uad . where no question eouy.l arise in reg ud to a fr-tdiiient or impio per use ol pu-Ls; in such instance judicious dircr.mLiuti{.u must necessarily be exeiCifi-.-u by i: u-oiii ■of B-tuks. It i j , bow ever, adv-.-:F-M f !I*at s®ah notes bo received at then- iu• i face value, an i a perfect note given therefor, a r e wd t.- i-a: preserved of the tact to be sen' l to ibis cflic,a' *Uh the mutilated note when returned for rojempMoq tbo bank, in wliioh ca§e fit*- e-; • 1 c vill* fce aijowed In this department. Fourth—when uo a.I ,i lieu con be obtain cd m r c.ou to t'.e mining parts, and possi bility exists that any improper use can be m ade of tho sam it n re,corntn?nded that a proportionate value only be allowed, estima ting this by comparison of the portion returned to the missing pari. A record shoaM bal kept of the amount io all such in.- a m:-, and a vouchor of sumo Tendered to this qffic.-.>. when the mutilated note or notes si: -,;l ,be io turned for rederup- E° n F. Clarke, -•Ooinpf toiler of tho Ourroncy. fcAFi unAuni ron Pardon".— The following circular Jotter of the Attorney General is is en dto the-reveia! Provisional Governors of ibs Southc-r i fTales ; . After consultation with the President, I de sire to call y0;.,-' attention to and ask your co operation. in cases arising under the procla mation of amnesty and pardon of May 23, Wf.-tQ the :raiJjS • Seilrea"'to mane the operation of that fnstrument as gen eral as possible, it is envious ihat great dangers are to lie apprei ended from a loose or indis criminate-exercise of clemency In order, therefore, to protect your State and the Gen elal Gov.ni.me.ii! from the evils re ulting from such giee of the iv.-.urat’a pifrdoning power, J desire to refer to ,01, hereafter the applica tions for pardon, m ailed n pursuance of that proclamation, by cif;z.-iss of your Slate, in re i.ilion to which tiiis (U/iartuient lack 3 informa tion, and to risk from jvut a report in each ease as to the p.'opvki ty of graating the clemency invoked 't he special points on which information is (ledrtd are: First i> the petitioner, irom such information as you can obtain, likely to be a peaceable and useful citizen in the future. Second have proc • >diu;s been instituted against his property under the confiscation act. Third, is any p-.'purfy belonging to him now in the possession of the United States authorities as abao.dou|h 1 property or other wise la cas<?,j where Inference is made to you, all the papers on liie.in this office will be sent to you tor \ ur .into;nation, and it is earnestly desired that, you will give them a prompt and c ireful attention, an i return them with your r< port : ine Pres id .-nt desired those cases referred to you for two objects: First, to do away as tar as may ho po.- dd, with any risk of grant ing pajd .n-. to di.-1.-y-J or otherwise improper persons, and especial s* to such persons as from previous-co - uni mn; character are not to be trusted with the <•>’.: trol of that class, which has been h ;p:-iiy c .orted by rebellion and war, from si ivory to freedom, and to which lhe government looks in the not far distant fu tore tor suppm t, and from intelligent and loyal citizens Second., t:m President desires to strengthen your ha-*. >3 i Q the re organization of society in your State by every moans con stitutionally btJoi gieg to him. To you, pri marily, lie looks lor the support of law and order in your Shale, and for The institution of such measures as will at the earliest day possi b!o piare her in proper relations with the Fed eral Union, and thin restore her to all the blessings of a government which we proudly think to be a-; siren as it is merciful. The Uaded Slates Distric, Attorneys are instructed to render such asidstauce as may be necessary n the matter, MEETIWi OFTHK 11OUHUOLDEKg OF THE fcA. it R ASD iliSi&lSa tiOMPASY. The stcekh -id-rs of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, held an adjourned meeting in this city, on Tuesday. The meeting having been called to order, President, John P. King, stated that the stock holders were assembled together in accordance with adjournment of a meeting recently held, but wh.ch was disqualified for action by rea son of the want, of t>. quorum and directed the Secretary to call the roll of names. Mr. Barnett, from Washington, moved, in order to greater taiedhion in business, to omit the Calliu r of t ui roll, and let gentlemen present give their u * rue s to the Secretary, which was agreed to. Mr. Barnett then moved the appointment,o' a committee on proxies. Messis. Barnett, Hutchins and J. W. Davis,' were appointed that committee. After examining the credentials of proxies, the Committee rep.utt i the iffitnber of shares represented personally to be 5,905. Those by proxies 17,.75 Total shares represented 22.240, but venturi.! the opinion that, inas much as a number of the certificates of prox ies were attested by magistrates, ejected or appointed since the p is,-ngc of the Ordinance ot secession, they wire of doubtful repute, and the Chairman in behalf of the Committee, deemed it advisable to report no quorum pres ent. The report was accepted. After some little discussion on points of minor interest, Judge Hutchins moved an ad. journment to the next annual meeting, (first Tuesday after see..,nd Monday in May,) which being seconded, was put, and agreed to. Constitutionalist . Chi'k James Web.-t-r, aged seventy-four years, w-,o resides on Stevens Creek, Grant county, Kentucky, is ft, q,thet of toity-five cni dren His grand-children number eighty, and ms great-granachs Iren tsvenly-seven. He is now living with hi.sfouiih wife, who is a sister of the wtte of one of hie own sons. Father and son thus stand in relation of brother-in-law 1 to each other, IREASI'RY OfHCCLAft. TREAStrr.Y D, PaRTMSNT, j W Asm»GToN, D C., Jane 27. f she various rules aid regulations heretofore prescribed by the Secreir.ry.of the Treasury in regard to the above uarnsd subjects, having been rendered nugatory in whole or in part by the changed condition of affairs in the South ern States, and executive orders and proclama tiods, and the War Department hiving as sumed charge of freed man, abandoned lands. Ac , under the provisions of the act of Con gress approved March 3, 1855, the followin'' instructions as to the duties of officers cd tho Treasury Department in tbe premises aro pro scribed and wdi be regarded as in full force and effect immediately on receipt thereof bv any officer whose action is in any wise affected thereby: First All restrictions on commercial inter course iu and with tho Stales -and parts of States heretofore declared in insurrection aud on the purchase, transp. rtation aad sale of the products thcjepba:c renmvi and wo to the ■ L'affspoTfSUon iher to or therein of arms, am munition, articles from which ammunition is made, gray uniforms and gray cloth, and ex cept also those relating to property heretofore purchased by she agents, or captured by. or surrendered to the military forces of tho Uni ted States. Nor will any less or taxes be coi lected, except those imposed by the customs and internal revenue laws. And the supervis ion necessary to prevent the shipment of the prohibited articles will be exercised ouly by the regular and ordinary officers of tbs cus tomq acting under the revenue laws of tho United States. Second. Subordinate, officers discharging duties in regard to co'nun icial intercourse, under tbe regulations referred to. will consid er tiieir official connection with this depart ment terminating with the SCkh inst, without further notice. Third. Agents for the purchase of products of the iqsrp-rt ptioaary States, on government account, will dos; their official business east of the Mississippi River with the 'fransaotions of tho 13'h iust, and west of if with the Irausac tiocs of the 24ih inst,returning to sellers all property or money received or collected since those dates respectfully, and using such dis pitch in the premises that- their'connection with the department may, it possible, terrain ata with tfjo SQth. inst. iourtb.. Officers of the department charged with the duty of vccaiving and collecting, or having iu their possession, or under their con trol, captured, abandoned or confiscable per sonal property, will dispose of the same in ac cordance with regulations on tho subject heretofore prescribed, at th* earliest time con sistent with the public interests, and vviil re frain from receiving finch from military or naval authorities after the 30,h iust. This will not be const:u-'d, however, as interfering with the operations of the agents now engaged iu receiving or collecting the properly recently captured by, or- Bin-rendered to the forces of the United States, whether or not covered by or included in the records, Ac , delivered by rebel militaiy officers or cotton agents. Those so acting will continue discharge tho duties thus imposed until sutuPproperly is ail receiv ed or eatisfactor iy accounted for, and until the amount sr secured is shipped or otherwise dis posed of under the regulations on the 'subject heretofore prescribed; and they will use all the means at their command with the utmost vigor, to the ead that all the property so col lected, captured or luni'-d over sbalLbe secured ia tha ,United states cost and delay. After the 30da inst., Die duly of receiving captured and abandoned property not embraced in the above exception, {will he discharged by the usual and regular officers of the customs at the several places-where they may be located iu accordance with the regula tions relating to the subject; and officers "here totore performing that duty will give them all the. aid and information in thoir power to en able them to carry out tiio same. Filth. Officers of this department charged with the care or supervision or having in their possession r f under their control any abandoned or confiscable lands, houses or tenements, vviil turn them over to a duiy authorized officer of the Bureau of Refugees, Freed men and Aban doned Lands as j ir as they may be required or demanded by the same, together with all money, books, records and paper arising from or relating to the property so turned over, ta king proper receipts or vouchers therefor.— This rule >vi!l also govern the actions of all agents of this department connected In any way with the care of freedman, &-3, so far as it may be applicable; and a 1 persons asking for an information in regard to tho property so turn ed over, or for the reless i of the same, or for he release of any money or proceeds arising therefrom, will be referred ta the Commission er of Refugees,Freedmen and AbamloncdL ands, at Washington, to ighom communications on the snbjet -houfd be addressed. Sixth. Officers of this department having in tlroir possession, or under their control, any money whatever arisisg from fees collected under the commercial intercouse regulations, except those collected for the benefit of freed men (which will be disposed of under section 5), or from the sales ot captured, abandoned, or confiscated property, will forthwith deposit the same with the nearest assistant treasurer, designated depositary, or deposit bank, keep ing the amounts from the different sources separately, to the credit of H A. Rialey, Esq , supervising special agent, Ac; taking there for receipts quadruplicates, which receipts must show whence the sums were reeeeived, one of which will he retained by the officer so depositing, one forthwith sent to the Secretary of tho Treasury, one to the Commissioner of Customs, and one to Mr. Risley, at Washing ton. Seventh. All officers above referred to ex cept proper'olilcers of the cu tom house acting exclusively under the revenue laws, will, after they have closed their official business as above directed and sold at auction to the highest bid der the furniture and property remaining on hand aud accounted for the .proceeds of the same forthwith systematicalijqAnange thebooks records, papers,&c, of their late offices, that they may easily be referred 10 and.examined, pick them in secure and waterproof boxes and for ward the same so marked as lo indicate their contents, together with their respective resig nations, addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, Washington city. High McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury. AMNESTY 1 0 i’H*S REBEL feULDIEiiS. Attorney General’s Office, j Washington, Jans 19lh, ISCS. ) IP. W. Holden, Provisional Qovsrrfior, N C Sir :—The President has referred to me so much of your letter of the 13:h instant as re fers to the 12th exception iu the proclamation of 29th May, 1805. I am instructed to say that the paroled rebel solflieis, who are noUexclp led because of some other exception in the proclamation, should be allowed to take the benefit of the amnesty and vote. I am, Sir, most respectfully, Your obedient servant, James Speed, Attorney Oemral. The prospect tor the California wine crop of 18G5 is very good. The yield will b3 larger than ever before, unless some exiraodinary misfortune should befall the graps._ About two millions of vines are now in bearing con dition. A Mies Sullivan, of Newport R. I , was in stantly killed by lightning recently Koe wa in thevard and had an iron poker m her hand, probably adjusting a spout to a waxr ca^n. Gov. Pierpont has issued an order authoriz ing st ven counties of Virginia to hole e fictions with a view to the reorganisation 01 tfifi a.a-.e, and its return to civil jurisdiction, j v O.L, LXXIVNEW SERIES VOL. XXIV NO. 30, FOREIGN JiKVIS With the exception of the interior of Western Australia the continent is now pretty we ! open from South to Norib to theente’-priv cf settb rs. Contrary to popular expectation th e has been plenty of water found, and l-.rtim plains cap able of sustaining the »5 fie surplus population of Euiope. A hundred and fifty thousand copies of a biography of Mr. Lincoln h ive been sol i at Paris |hc Portuguese government has at last pas sen an act which practically abolished tbe monopoly in tobacco in that country. It is understood .that uu arn.istice has been entered into between the King of Italy and the Holy:Father of Rune—who repudiates the kingdom of Italy as a usurpation—!o the ef fect that no bishops of the Church in Italy shall be required to take the oath ot allegiance to the crowu, but shall simply be called uoon to enter into a wfiten agreement not to vio late tbe laws of the kingdom. Xn otner words the Ktug admits the spiritual claims of the Church, and ths Church agrees to neutral respecting the temporal claims of the Kinv. A return has just been furnished to-Parlia ment, by he Marquis of Huntington, showing flat the expenses incurred on all clases of Armstrong guns, their fittings, projectiles, etc., including the 100 pounder smooth-bore guns, since tbe date of the return furnished to Mr. Monsell’s committee, in May, 18(53, amounts to £285,411 Is Sd. The changes and altera-, tiona iu tho same period have cost £15,528 2s 41, while the extra cost in providing projec tiles, etc, in consequence of alterations, has been *5,032 4- 2d The value of the stakt'sywhn by the French h-o Gladiator, at the Dauby races, was SB4, Matilda Heron, (he aefress, has fallen heir to $(5,000 by the death/ ->f a brother. The Emperor of A us fa has announce;! Lis intention of being crow-H-d King of Hungary. ■§An Important Oao;-.u Begimental Of ficers—The Secretary ’ J Wav has issued a very important order L, regard to penalties for tho neglect of ifuty 'and disobedience of orders on the paj-t ot couiiqissioncd officers in charge of troops about tube discharged tho service. The Older reads: ”In many instances delays have resulted in paying mustered out troops, in consequence of regimental and company officers allowing their men to disband, in violation of orders, prior to their commands being reported for payment and final discharge to tho chief mustering, officer, or his assistant, after ai ri val at the designated State rendezvous. In other cases there has been delay from com pany and tegimental officers neglecting te furnish full data relative to the enlisted men, thus rendering the muster- out rolls imperfect, and necessitating corrections. With the arrangements of the War Depart ment, as now completed, there need bo no delay, and consequently uo hardships or iu conveaienoe to the enlisted man, if full data for the roils bo furnished in tbd'fleld, and, ff after arrival in their respective States-, as well as during transit thereto, commissioned officers look closely after tho comfort and interest of tbeir men, and remain constantly with thorn, so as toenfoßfia order and control them. It is therefore ordered, That Chief Muster ing Officers, and their Assistants, report by j teWgCam the names of atl negleciful officer 3 1 '*b4V;i I’nrr otrarg a;/ai:y»I. tVi(-m, to n- Adju tant General of tbe Array, (withholding in the meantime, their final payments and honorable discharges,) with a view to their summary-arid dishonorable dismissal from the service with forfeiture of all pay. The report by telegraph will be sent promptly upon erres of neglect benig brought to notice, and, at the same time, tho facts ir. ful will b3 reported by mail Governors of States are requested to report delinquencies coming to their notice, to the Chief Mustering Officer of the State, and to the Adjutant General of the Array, so that a prompt remedy may be applied.” NEWTS SimVIAHV. A procession ol colored men prominaded the streets of New Oi leans, July 4, singing old John Brown. A statue of Horace Maun ha3 in the Massachusetts State House. General Sherdian bus issued orders iuvifing all Texas refugees to raturn homo and resume possession of their property. Home guard or ganizations will not 'o3 permitted, and the citi zens will he held responsible for tho acts of guerillas. The Virginia Legislature has adjourned. Nearly all tho measures required by Gov. Fier pont to assist him in the wmk of reconstruct ing the State Government were passed, elicit jug little or no debate in their p-isnge. Tho most inpoitant of theso was that extending tho, elective franchise to persons wins were exclud ed from it by the Alexandria constitution. These persons arc tho-ie who have voluulaiily given aid and comfort to the rebellion eiuct. the first of January, 1864. The election of msmbers of Congress and of the new Legisla turn is to take place on the 12th of next Oc tober. At this election the people are aiso to decide whether the Legislature shall have pow er to repeal the constitutional provision which excludes from holding office all who have been engaged in the rebellion. General H u tsulf, commanding at Petersburg, Va., lias forbidden, in an official order, the holding of any more meetings by the planters to establish a fixed price for the labor of the negroes, or to make distinctions prejudicial to their interests, and no difference in rato of compensation ior the same -labor by whites aud blacks is to be allowed. The total receipts of the Chicago sanitary fair, foot up three hundred and twenty five thousand dollars Great demand for negro labor exists in Mary land. The farmers there are paying fifteen dollars per month to males, and from ten to twelve to females, for field labor. The sup ply is still short, and agents have been sent in .different directions to make contrucls and in - duce immigration, notwithstanding their re cent expulsion from Richmond. lu Yucatan Maximilian’s imperial forces are said to he ex exterminating the Indians. A petition is circulating through Minnesota to the next Legislature, in favor of woman’s suffrage. One of the reasons stated for it is, that it would tend to impart a refining influ ence in our politics. They kill pigs by steam in Chicago. A great iron claw, with fingers, hooks out tho p’ga which are quarrelling in the pen below, and lifts the porkers to agiblet near by, and then plunges them again into scalding water. By the machine fifty porcined are kilJied, tedded, scraped, cleaned, split and hung in rows ready for salting within an hour. Brigadier General Patrick has issued an or der prohibiting all officers and paroled men, and ail others not on duly in Richmond, from wearing side aim-, and revolvers. The thorough bird blacx stallion Don Juan, ridden t v Gen. Custer at the grand review at Washington in May, is said to have been taken by him for his own use without compensation. Hie own-r is said to have afford undoubted proofs of loyalty, whereupon Secretary Sain ton gave an older -or the rendition of the an imal Ho was valued at $9,000. Like action was taken lately in the case of a pair of matched mares, for a year in possession of Major Britton, Payma«<-(ir’s Department. One of the Herald’s correspondents has re cently made a tup aciuss .‘aouth Carolina in the tiack oi.Sitt:ri!jat.'3 and he descri bes the havoc acu desolation as most comoJete - The route of the avenging army is marked by burned chimneys, obliterated railroads and a touatry pretty well cleaned of animals, forage and surplus provisions, lV4y tv isiiiMiras news. The Navy D pariment hasconcl- ded to send an non clad gunboat to the Pacific coast. 1 ;>e troops encamped around Washington are complaining of bad treatment by commissa ries. No resident of Florida has yet appeared as a candidate for Governor of that State. Gen. Howard, of the Freedmen’s Bureau, has received a letter from Gen. Fisk, Commissioner r 's Freed men for Missouri and Arkansas, stat ing that tne affairs o! the froedmen are at pres ent ra a very prosperous condition. Taere is a great demand for laborers, and irood frmma are offered. Iu Missouri there are only two huu died and thirty fix colored people dependent upon the Government for sustenance; wbiffi ihc.c are forty-four hundred and fifty two w..ites suppor.ed by the Government i he Second Comptiolfer has decided that all persons trttusfoire.i to the iuyj, and ail dis charged from the army to enlist, and who did enlist on such-discaarge in the navy, aro en titled to tho same bounty to which ttiey would have been entitled for tho same period of sor. vice under their enlistment in the army, to lie paid out of the proper appropriation for navy or marine corps, provided that any prize money to which they may become entitled shall be subject to a deduction of the amount of said bounty. The rumor that Gen. Beauregard is in Wash ington under arrest is incorrect. He is still at N-.-w Oilesns. Surgeon Geneial Barnes ■ cautions melioal officers of the army against exhiliitiug any table statement or paper belonging to tho offi cial records of the Medical Department, or giv ing any information, copy or extract from the same, or giviug any information to any per sons whatever, except to those whom such information should bo rendered under existing regulations aud orders, unless by written au thority of the Surgeon General. Circulars and circular letters requesting information as to tho results ot thoir obseivatiou and practice will not be replied to by the Medical Depart ment. An immense mass of testimony in support of pre-emption claims on the Suecal ranch the city lauds of Benicia, and the United States reservation at Benicia, California, have been received m the General Land office. By act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1863, provision is made for pro emptioa rights with in their limits, and as the lands are very valua ble there is much contest for their possession. The casrs are now before the department for final adjudication. The returns received at the General Land Office show that in April last over fifty six thousand acres, valued at over seventy thou sand dollars, were taken ftp for actual settle ment under the Homestead law? at bfc- Cloud, Minnesota. The Freedman’s Bureau has set apart a large quantity ol confiscated and abandoned land in the South, iu tracts of various .localities, for tho especial benefit of negroes. Not less than hundred thousand aro now subsisting on government rations in the State of Virginia alone. Junius Brutus Booth,' brother of tho assassin Booth, has been unconditionally released from the Oid Capitol Prison, by order of tho Secre tary cf War. The East and West Gulf squadrons aro to ' ACtfbfjf’ R ar Admiral Thatcher.' Mr. D H. Bingham, of Alabama, who was driv en out of the State at the beginning ot tho war for his Union sentiments, has prepared a state ment to be pr seated to tho Preaid .lit protest iug against tho appointment of Mr. Paraona as provisional Governor. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made the following decision :—Where an en trance fee ia demanded of spectators at a race course, the proprietor should lake license un der tho second paragraph of article 39, section 79, of the act ot June 30, 180-M Tho Commis sioner has also decided that where a perron keeps a itor.se, the use cl which is necessary to' (he prosecution of his business, tho expense of keeping the horse, including iced, &c, may bo deducted from income. When the horse ia usrul partly for business producing income, and partly for pleasure, so much of the expense for keeping the horse as is clearly referable to productive 1 tbor may be deducted. The friends of Mrs. Surratt have taken to deicnding her by moms of anonymous pam phlets, which tin y scatter liberally through tho Washington hotels. Under the law of 1862 for establishing agri cultural and mechanical coibgcj in the States, there have been selected for tho State of Min neseota 119.212 acres of public land, leaving a residue ot 787 acres yet to be selejfel to com pliment due the Slate under the nutate. The extraordinary feat of driving a horse, hitched to. a light sulky, from Boston to Port land, a distance of about one hundred and twelve miles, between sunrise and sunset, soma minutes over fifteen hours, was attempted 0110 day recently, ior a wager or two thousand dol lars, by Edward Brackett, of It .-x bury, Mass., with his gelding Lyon. The start was made from Boston at the appointed time, and all went w.dl until withm about lour miles and a half of Portland, a full half hour of <ifie stipu lated time yet remaining wnen the horse stag gered and fell, as t ough in a fit, ami shortly after died. It is estimated that over twenty thousand dollars had been bet on the affair. Gen. Grant’s monthly pay, income tax de ducted, is $1,062,70. This exclusive or com mutation of quarters, etc, which amounts to nearly as muon more. The Bieton Gozetts says that a seizure was made last week ia that city, by the Boston custom hou-;e officers, ol several casks of what purported to be empty ale bottles mado of earthen wave, which were found to contain from twelve to fifteen high cost cigars each, bo neat ly packed that it geemed almost incredible that they could have been packed there with out damage. They came irom Matamoras' The appointment of the Commissioner of Lands to occupy the position of Commissioner, of Indian Affairs, and lhe assignment of Joseph Wilson to the office ol the former, raises the question as to the legality of the acts of the ratter under tho fav? of I*>3, wjnch provides for such appointments only ‘in case of death, resignation, absence from the seat or acvernment or sicknes--," neither of which, specifications apply to tho Commissioner of Banda, w nc act# as Commissioner of Jcdian Affairs. The General Land Office has received a list of lands selected at the land office at Maya viile, Gal, by the eg.-nt of tho Central Pacifio Railroad Company, as injurious,to said compa ny, under the grant of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864, to aid ta the construction of the Pa cific Railroad, amounting to 55,203 ac T es. Ihe selections were duly certified to by tho register and receivers a3 free from conflicting ciaims and subject to selection under the grant, and that th°jr fees had been pail and the other expenses of surveying, Ac, duly deposi ted with the Assistant Treasurer at ban Fran cisco, aa required by tho act of July 2,1864. Returns received at the General Land Office show that in April over fifty six thousanujacres, valued at over seventy tuousand dollars, wera taken up for actual settlement under tho Homestead law. The Savannah Ilera'd congratulates the citi zens of that place and all who are interested in the commercial prosperily of the city, on the rapidly increasing number of boats at our wharves. The price of coal ia coining dova la th3 Pennsylvania market.