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& 1 |r% ij> 4^ N. S. MORSE. djjnmtdc & Sentinel Tlltfi U iTit Oil Y. Volney’s Rnlus of Empires is both si me lancholy and a mischievous book, hut it has on its weired pages no sadder picture of (he. laticrr than greeted our gaz, when we first beheld the ruins of Atlanta. No published account which wo have yet seen ‘conveys an adequate idea of the destruction which .has converted this once populous and Hourwi.ing city into a landscape ot ruins. Let us hope, /.hat no such appalling doom may ever befall another city on this continent. It is gratifying, however, to observe on every hand the symptoms of returning prosperity.— It is seen in the number of laborers employed in removing the rubbish Iron 1 the d*solute ; thorou 'hfaros, and laying au-sw th • founds. I tioas of scores of buildingj. great and small. Alter making due allowance for the scarcity of money and the general impoverishment of the ■•country, we still cherish the expectation that in a single twelve month White Hall street •will be substantially, if not elegantly rebuilt »nd thronged, as in other days, with eager buyers and sellers Kents are even now enor mously high, and every cratt and profession from tho onini present money changer to the porter and hod-carrier has its half-dozen or more representatives. Wo meet likewise at every step of our 'pro gress with th) “solid wen’’ like Maikham, Hoot, Dunning, the Howards and Winsldps and TSazird, A Si seen an 1 Powell So Seego k -a, the Oa'diouns, the Lv.vshes & Peck and ~ , *' '■ Simmons and (’ox & Austell and n.llniOllfi it , j i . • t ]•. '•*<£*.#. I hem men. ns to tour polit many others be. v widely, tujt they are leal antecedents, din ’4bood" iu any cob all men ot “m irk and In. > a( . this fuuo is a niunity. Their presence hurt of At ifavoiabie augury for tho'fututc u« s}} fauta, and we congratulate them one . •on their safe return to their favorite city. population ts Atlanta lias always been distin guished lor its thrift and enterprise, and we hear that already they have projected several improvements that will contribute materially to the wealth and comfort of tho oily. Amongst those is a project for a Jlroad,vay running marly parallel with White Hall and extending in a straight line from Marietta to l'ryor street, (l tho undertaking succeeds this street will bccomo tho bud.-enable* promenade and will be doubtless lined with fashionable baziars filled with every article of taste and luxury. The several railroads that converge to this point u»e now in good trim, but i h'u lly occu pied with government transportation. Tho press, that great lever of civii'zation, is worthi ly represented by the Intel'. igencer and the J New Era. Both cf these dailies are conducted with maiked ability, and seem to bo prosper ous. Nor are the educational interests ol the community overlooked. Quite a Dumber of public and private schools are established, and their success is it. the highest degree flattering. Oar limited space will not allow us to speak of Wll that pertaiis to tlm present condition and future prospects of Atlanta. Battered and well-nigh ruined, as she has been, by a thirty days stonn ot .shot and shell, she will yet be j one of the chief cities of Georgia. She has been i sadly marred by the ravages of war, but 1 Kcsurgam is inscribed ou all her gates. Al-{ though she now sits, like a discrowned Niobe amidst the ashes of her grief and widowhood, will soon forget the bitter memories of the past, and the humiliations of her present deso llate condition in a prosperity which the most sanguine hardly yet dream of. To day she is a monument of the horrors of the late fratricidal war. Five years hence she will be an illustration of the blessings of peace and the advantages of a gainful and wide- ; spread commerce. AT THKlll 01.0 Till fife* The Nashville Union in a late article ani madverts on the disposition manifested by the old party leaders to renew their former practice -of bullying and defaming those who do uot low to their dictation. At the commencement of tho rebellion they branded every man wbh cowardice or traitor ism who. opposed the rash measures which precipitated the South into a most disastrous revolution. While the Confederate aimies ; were still lu the field, they were equally intol •erant of all opposition to the tyranuical policy ■of the Richmond authorities. Now that their schemes have failed, and that the South is im- [ poverished through their blundering states- j mausbip, they aie, it possible, more preten- j tlous iu their claims and more dictatorial iu their spirit. They claim a monopoly of the patriotism and courage that is yet left iu the j country. The Union-sentiment is stigmatized I us a mean spirited servility—a turn support of ! the government is styled sycophancy and toa dyism. This might be endurable if it were confined to the gallant men who have confronted the Union.forccs on ilie battle field, or, who have pined iu Noitliern military prisons for weary months and years But when these airs are as sumed by rabid disuulonists who skulked from military service, or who, if nominally connect ed with the army, were, during the greater [ or tlon of the time at home on furloughs or ab sent without leave trow th.ir posts of duty; 'when this class of meu, we lepeat, assume these airs we are disgusted beyond measure by their brazeu faced impudence. What reputatiou for wisdom and br ivory the South has acquired during the late war is like ly to be endangered by the maudlin heroism of lhese unmitigated Gascons. The Government can well afford to treat \helv silly bravado with contempt. And we trust that no conservative mm will be intlu vneed in the slightest degreo by their jeers or Iheir menaces. Their preteuaed zeal for Southern honor i? miserable sha.n that can deceive nobody.— It 1s simply a cheap plau for obtaining a repu tation for a love of country of which they are Wholly incapable. Le t the people learn to know them and they -til likewise learn to despise them. w. v is is making an effort to repair the Mempi- -'ecing that city with Grenada, railroad con_ Uroads of the interior of that Miss., and the ra.. Slate. THE AUGUSTA BIVISUS HA Mv We* publish elsewhere the proceedings pf the stockholders of the Augusta Savings Bank. Asa lares amount of their change bills was issu°d during the war, the public have a deep interest in the course of this company. These bills were issued to supply the corumnnity with small change for Confcdeiate money.— To redeem them now In this currency, when it is perfectly worthless, would not be just to the publm, nur is it to be expected that they could redeem them in the n itiona! currency, fur no institution, however prudent, could con vert its Confederate money into bonds, stocks or gold soas to pay the nominal value of its circulation. All that could he asked by any ouo is that the investments of the receipts for their issues should have been made wisely and discreetly, and that the proceeds of these in vestments should be returned to the people in exchange for their bills. We learn that the principal issues of tho bank were mad*, in f863, when gold was worth from three to six, and that for the average of their whole circulation it was worth about four. If then the bank had immediately in vested all the receipts for their bills in gold they would have been able to pay twenty-five cents on the dollar. But as some of them were used to luv railroad bonds, bank stocks, State and railroad coupons, and other securities, all of which are largely depreciated by the wav, it could not be expected that the bank would be able to pay half this percentage. We learn from the preceding* which we pub lifcli, that an able and disinterested committee of our eitizms, iu no way connected with the hank, has recommended the stockholders to pav fifteen per cent, of their issues, and that it would he “unsafe for them to undertake to pay more.’’ This is a good return for Confederate njoftey, and we think the public will be satis fied with such $ payment. The Bink had in deed, a smalt capital. The securities in which ;yas invested have depreciated so much, th&t it is iUtltt pjorc than enough to pay the deposit S yojfojre frPiJ during the early period un,. money was worth of the w. --ii gs gold. What remain® of this nearly as mu ' Kof4fi>S have thrown into the capital, the Stock. of tl'.eir bills common stock for the just, fcirqj as the AH this seems to bo fan fhg hills, the assets must be solil to redec. - fliey committee have valued them at the . \ j^Jj may bring “when business revives;” tl. ‘he lie cannot expect to receive more than t company now oilers to pay. Win Uamkkon Resigned tub Secretaryship of Win - —The Chicago Republican gives a statement made by Gen. Cameron to a l'rieud» explaining Ilia cause of his resignation of the Secretaryship of War and subsiquent short stay in Russia, which at, that time were thought to indicate a want of confidence in him on the part, of the Administration. It appears, how ever, from the present account, that the con trary was the case, and that his withdrawal from cflire was very creditable to him. The disasters to the Federal arms in 1861 seemed to render necessary the c dling of McClellan to the command of the army, and ho being able to dictate the terms of his acceptance, did not fail to übo his power. He stipulated that he should pass upon all appointments and promo tions, and the President and Gen. Cameron felt compelled, for the sake of the country and its safety, to accede to them. Things went on from bad to worse, and Gen. Cameron sa : d thaj it was necessary to break the agreement with McClellan, even at the sacrifice of his (the Secretary’s) own interests, lie spoke to the President on tho subject. Mr. Lincoln agreed with him in his view of the case, but thought it impossible to retract the turns pledged to McClellan. General Cameron replied “I will resign, and you can appoint another to my po [ silion.” The President objected that it would [ ; uin Geueral Gamer ou politically, but the la tier | resided, and it was finally agreed that the resignation should take place—General C. be sent to Russia as a maik cf the confidence of the American nation, nud Mr. Stanton bo ap pointed his successor, who would be sure to clip the wings of the “Young Napoleon’ 7 as so. nas possible. General Cameron did not want the Russian appointment, but took it for ‘.be cause above assigned, ou the condition that he might resign as soon as be choEe. Mr Stanton succoded him, and if the foregoing statement be true, we have an explanation of the coolness which was apparent between Stan ton and McClellan from the first. Chops in' tee Northwest— Carefully pre pared reports of the condition of the crops in Illinois and lowa, have been published. From these we learn that the wheat crop, though a failure iu some localities, will be more than an. average yield aud ot good quality. It is being j harvested in good condition. Oat-*, rye and hay. promise well. Corn is backward, but thrifty. In Northern lowa the tremendous rains, in • ttie latter days of June, wsshetl out the coru.auu there the crops will be almost an entire failure. Tho potato, in lowa, is ruined by the bug. We bear of no complaints ot its ravages in Il linois. Fiult promises fair yield, peaches io particular, of which there will be a great abun dance. The apple crop will be light, but of fair quality. Os small fruits there is a gener ous supply. Central Railroad. —The Macon Telegraph learns from the President of this road, that the woik of reconstruction is being pushed for ward rapidly. The Company have iron suffi cient along the line to complete the track from Savannah to No. 46. and enough at their com mand to finish the entire road. By the first of October the road will bo in running order from Savannah to Augusta, and by the first of Janu ary, the whole work will be completed. From Forsthi County, Ga. —The wheat crops in Forsyth county have been a great failure indeed, which will cause breadstuff's to b 1 very scarce. Corn, at this time, looks prorn t.-'ng, and oats are fiue. The soldiers have nearly all returned home, and gone to work with enegy. The country is in a peaceful condition, and it is said all seem to dfcire peace and harmony once more, and the re-cstablishment of civil law. Pierrre Soule, late of Lo’uihanna. has opened a law office in the City of Mexico. He has lived, the past year, on a plantation near Pue , hla, AUGUSTA I‘UOCLAH V I’lOV BY MS. JOHNSON. PROVISIONAL GOVER NOR To the People of Georg la: Whereas, By the Proclamation ot Andrew Johnson. President of the United Slues, dated ITita ol’Jnne, A. D. 1805,1 have been appointed Provisional Governor of the State of Georgia, with instructions to prescribe at the earlest practicable period, such rules and .regu lations as may he necessaiy and proper for convening a Convention of the people, com posed of delegates to be chosen by that por - tion of the people who are loyal to the United States, and no othe*, and alao with ali the power necessary and proper to enable such loyal people cf said State to restore it to its constitutional relation to the Federal Govern - ment, and to present such a Republican form Government as v. ill entitle tire State to the guarantee to tho United States therefor, arid its people to the protection of tho United States against invasion, insurrection and do mestic violence. Now, therefore, I Jams? Johnson, Provision al Governor of the State ot Georgia, as afore said, do by virture of tire power in me vested as aforesaid, proclaim and declare — Ist. That an election for delegates to a Con vention will be held otr the first Wednesday »n October, A. D., 1865, at the different preeiGcls, at which elections are directed and author zed by* law to be held for members of the legis lature. 2nd’ That the thirty-seven counties iu the State, wdich, by law iu force prior to the first of January, ISGI, were entitled to two nu mbers of the House of Representatives, shall be au thorized and entitled to elect each three drle gates; and that the remaining counties shall each be author ajd and entitled to elect two delegates to said Convention. 3J That no person at such election shall be qualified as an elector, or shall be el gible as a member of such Convention, unless he shah have previously thereto taken and subscribed to tho oath of Amnesty, as set forth in the President’s Proclamation of May 29. A D. ifefi.i, and i»a voter qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and’ laws of the state of Gout gia, in iorco immediately before ihe lffili of January, A D. 1801, the date ot the so-called Ordinance of Secession. 4th. lit it auy two tree-holders qualified to vote at such election us aforesaid, may act ns managers of the election at each ot. the pre cincts as aforesaid ; and that iu managing and eqperjr}tending such election they shall be gov email by, sad prygecd under, the laws of the State regulating ami prescribing the elec ion of members of the L gislature, prior to the first of January, ls6i . Provided, Tint each of said managers, before entering • a tho duties prescribed, shall swear truly and faithfully to feiipei'iniem*. apd make return of said election according to law as aforesaid, auu the require ments ot this Proclamation. £tb That the delegates who eh ill be elected as aforesaid, sffill asetublo in Convention at the city of Millodgcyile, at 12 o’clocd, mesi - diaci, ;>n the fourth Wednesday o! October, A {). 1865. whereas, tire rpbul4rou winch nas been 4 gy a portion of the people again-1 the -ai*. the'United States, baa, in its governm W&W* <l‘‘P>ived the poople of revolutioiiai, ' V M- go; tui-1 wan i** ;s, the State of all c. ‘‘-W# <?v:l. cfiieers and the they must remain w. -w yjßji a statu administration of civil i '’Wifjed .by t.ie jo-i eminent shall have been or b -v n io ventiou called as aforesaid, an *• ♦ft/®'-'*? l *® necessary in the mean 'tunc, tin. trunquilicy be ensured, and that the Jo ‘ v -'b pie bo protected in all their rights ot pe. and property, 1 do iurther and de cline : . Ist. That no individual by- virtue oi lea own authority, shall indict corporal punish ment on any person lor any real or supposed injury, whethr such injury relate to person or property, and that all such cases, re .ross must be sought lrorn arid given by such military authority, as may be invested with jurisdiction over tho cases. 2d. That slavery is extinct, and involun - tary servitunc no longer exists. Hence no person shall have con trot'of the labor oi an other, other than such control as may lawful ly result from indenture, the relation of parent and child, guardian aud ward, and the contract of hiring, freely and fairly made; and that for a broach of an d on the part of any one stan 1 - ing in these relation, the military authority will administer, in a summary manner, ade quate and proper relief under the laws of tiro land. 3d. That ell riotous or tumultuous assem blages of the people, and also all assemblages j for unlawful purposes aud unlawful objects,, will be dispersed ; and to this end, if necessa- j ry, the military power of the United States ] ■will be invoked. . ! -Ith. That the idea, if any such ip enter! lined,'- that private property will be distributed or i parceled out is uot ouiy delusive, but danger- j ous and mischievous; and if any attempt should be made by any person or persons to ef fect such an object by violence or unlawful means, it will ouiy secure to him or them speedy and merited pmvshmeut. e oth. To the end that the people may qnali fy themselves as voters, it will doubtless be the pleasure of the commissioned, officers in the service of the United States, to have the oath of amnesty administered under the rules | aud regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State of the United States ; and in this work, I most earnestly desire and solicit the cheerful co-operation of the people, so that Georgia may speedily be delivered of military rule ; that she may once again regulate her own do mestic affairs, again enjoy the blessing of civil government, and be heard and felt by her Sen ators and Representatives in the councils of the nation. . , _ ~ Done at Milledgevilie, the Capital of the State, on this, the 13».h day ot July’ in the year of our Lord 1865, and the nineth year of American Independence. JAS. JOHNSON, Provisional Governor ot Go rgia. By the Governor L H Briscoe, Secretary. AN IN SERIAL REVENUE DISLTSIO*'.. ‘•Treasury Ilrpaktment. 1 “Office of Internal Revenue, j “Washington, June 5, 186A. ) “Sir : In reply to your letter of June 1. in relation to the duty upon dressmaking, l Lave to say, that upon this point tho law is expf icit, that if the material is furnished by one pi irty and manufactured by another, the party so manufacturing is liable to the duty upon the full value of the furnished article. “This law may be oppressive to some, but the relief is, in adding the tax io the manufacture and by this means the person, for whom the goods are manufactured indirectly pays the duty. Very respectfully, “E. A. Rollins, Deputy Com.’ r FROM CENTRAL AMEUICA- Advicas from San Salvador state that the Government has withdrawn the exequator of Dr. Bernhard, Consol of Prussia at San Miguel, and fordldden him to return to the Rpublic. Bernhard was implicated in the recent rebel lion, and had already lied from the country. President Duenas has is rued an address to the army, thanking it for its prompt and. effi cient service in suppressing the rebellion. His port regulations will, lor the present, be strict ly maintained in San Salvador. - A strong public feeliasr exists again*t Gen. Barrios, who is viewed as tee chief instigator of die reoent rebellion. AU the gamblin g houses have been closed in Louisville Ky., and the property confiscated, A Washington correspondent assorts that it is known there that the Emp* rer Maimilian and Kirby Smith have recently been in nego tifttiPQ, .oNESD- » w 'w MORNING, JULY 20, 1865, VAOTHBII UHBiSR ItKtJI'KCTISiU FUKSIi- M tCA. The following important (Scalar has been i-.au.. | from th-.* Freed men’s Bureau: 1X KLI.'.TK'N to assistant COMMISSION KBS AND oruKR oivrcfcrs. Circplah. No ! 1 ] Ihe Assistant Commissioner will be careful in the establish inert I sub districts, to have the officer or h's agent at some point easy of access for the people ot the sub-district. He will have at 1. nsi on* ay • -r a military • tiicer or enlisted man in each sub district. This agent ma-t be thoroughly Instructed in bisotrv. He will be ftr.nished with the pro per blanks for contracts, and will institute methods adequate to fill the wants of his D!s - tvict, in accordance with rub sot Ihe Bureau. No fixed rates of wages will be prescribed for a district, but in order to regulate fair wages in given individual cases, the agent should have in view the minimum rates for his own guidance by careful inquiry as to tho hire of an able bodice: man when payment to the master will have an approximate test of the value of labor. Ho must, of course, consider the entire change of circumstances, -and be sure the laborer has due protection a :aiust ava rice and extortion. The wages had better be secured by a lien on the crops or land. Em ployers sre desired to enter into written agree - meats with their employes, setting forth stated wages, or insuring an interest in the crops or land, or both. Ail such agreemen s will bo approved by the nearest agent, and a duplicate tried in his office. In case there should be no agent within reach, the nearest Postmaster will forward a duplicate of contract directed to the Assistant Commis sioner for the State. Attention is especially called to section four of the law establishing the Bureau, with regard to setting apart lands to every male ciliam, whether a refugee or freed man, &c , and the saiga arrangement is recommend, and when it c n be effected between private purees. A’ready many farmers’have rented lands to the freedmen and refugees.— This course is a recognition of the groat prin ciple oi law. In cider to insure the fulfillment of contracts by both contracting parties, the Uoiiniiis; roner of tiro Bateau lays down uq gen eral rule. Tire Assistant Commissioner must «so the privileges and authority he already has The Provost M rshai, tho military commis sion, and local courts, where the freemen and refugees have actual rights with other people, are open to h:3 uto. In tho great majority ot cases his own arbitrament, or that ot his agents, or the settlement by referees, will be sufficient. No Assistant Commissioner or agent is author i.7. id to tolerate con i ulsive or unpaid labor, ex (FpL for the legal punlslnpeut cjf crime Buf fering may result to gome extent, but suffering is preferable to slavery, and is to some degree the necessary consequence of events. In all action, the •; Ulcer should never forget that no substitute f;.r slavery like apprenticeship with opt proper consent, or pom-ion tge; that is, either holding iho people by debt, or confining them without consent to the land by my system will be tolerated. The Assistant Commissioner »ydi designate one or more of his agents to act as Genera' BupoTjuteudent.of Schools, one for each State, for refugees and frcedipep. These {•fibers will wotk as much as possible in con junction with the State officers, who may have s chool mrisers in charge. It a general system can be adopted for a Btata, it is well; but if not,, bo will at least take care of ail that is be ing done to educating refugees and freedmen. •Secure proper protection to the schools, and teach and promote method or efficiency, and correspond with the benevolent agencies which are supuiying this field, and the Assistant Coin jjiisßjomdsin Hoiking their required reports.— •"uirgepa 0. VV. iiomer, Chief Medical Officer jyqreau, will have the general supervi of u. -'whicai matters connected with refn- Sion of i. jgpjn. The Assistant Com inis - gees and ti. '“net .their medical officers to i-;roner will ins,. self supporting make the Medical ix t as far as possible. - Harttcter 'calpul&t- All public addresses oi a m ‘.eesible, but e<3 to create discontent are repru. Ms agents the Assistant Commissioner and u ' m the niu-t explain by constant recapitulate m, principles, laws, and regulations olthe Bure* to all partita concerned. It is recommended to the Assistant Commissioner to draw up in writting a careful summary, to be publicly and privately read by the agents throughout their respective district-: [Sigucd ] 0.0 Howard, Maj-Gen., Commissioner ol Refugees and Freedman and Abandoned Lauds. IA YMttilAlA I Ibe following order has j ust been issued by | Maj u-Geu. llarteuff, commanding the District | of Nottoway, Ya. : i Headquarters District of the Nottoway, | pEhTKitEiiraa, Ya., June 22, 1865. j General Orders No. B —l. Until the civil authority is iuliy restored no more .public meetings ot citizens will ba held within the limits ol this command to establish a fixed price lor negro labor, or make distinctions pre judicial to the. interests, and limiting the free dom of the blacks. Such meetings are com binations winch wfd result in injury to both parties. The proceedings in this respect of those already held are disapproved. Commanding officers ot counties will see i that the amount paid lor labor is sufficient to meet ail the necessary expenses of food and clothing besides a reasonable earn for the con tingencies cl sickness, Ac. No difference in price lor the same amount, land aJad quality of labor, will be permitted between .whites and b'acks. All the civcumsiances in .eae& cas? will be carefully considered und when ;', form er master hires his former slave, and, iu.addi tion, keeps, feeds and clothes hits family or some if his young, or old and helpless relay fives, who would otherwise become a tax and burden upon the labor and the art of their maiuiainauce will be considered as a part of the labore- 's wages. If the laborer is hired for a year, the rate per month may reasonably be less than when hired from month to month. Measures will be taken to insure the fulfill ment of contracts on the part of both parties, and the interests of each will be looked to equally. Commanding officers of sub districts will have these directions strictly carried out. To this end, and for the purpose of keeping them selves thoroughly acquainted with the condi tion of affairs, under their charge, they will visit all the stations of troops within their re spective commands once each month. Ry command of Major Gen. Hartsuw. J. M. Howard, Major and A. A. G. - -smn— Tiie tTANini Conspiracy —A wry hi its statement that a conspiracy against the Span ish Government had bs-p discovered and sup pressed at Valentin, uaiihe by the last Europe an steamer. It has been treated as a lig.ht affair, but enough is known about it to rend* w it doubtful whether much more has not bee Q kept concealed. The conspirators were tho officers of the regiment of London and it is do Glared that their purpose was to arrest th'A Captain General at Yak utia, to take possession of the barracks, to proclaim the deposition oi Queen Isabella 11, and to announce the union of Spain and Portugal, under King Louis PhiUippe. This was a bold programme, and although no other participants ia it are spoken of but the officers of this Reuim- nt, it can scarcely be supposed that they -would ’ we -undertaken what seems to be a crazy merely upon their own responsibility, without hope of as sistance from the party’ who was to be benefited, or whhout concert with other cons pirators also engaged to rise. (fUfci r Major General. ward Johnsoi i atill re mains a prisoner in* the vid Prison, Waghingtou, JL^ ' - T •*• * v I-OK CHRONICLE A SEN TIN EL. IMS AtIUL'&T.V gAVT'JJ-; BANK. At m e eting of the stcckholde's of the Au gusta Savings Bank the following I'Ve:.rubic und Resolutions were unanimously adopted ; Wuebeas, This B v.k issued during tiic fir t three years of the war, but principally iu 1863, a large amount of certificates of deposit for which it received Con nda ate money, the ob ject of the depositor? b-irg to receive small hilts for the puipose of change ; ami whereas, the receipts tor these dep.-sits were invested in railroad stocks, bank el ks, bonds, (xebange, gold, bills receivable and other securities, many of which are hugely depppf i lied and Sume of them worth lots ; and wLi eca? Hits saipc depre ciation has fallen on the investments of our original cipitd : therefore Resolved, That this Bank, though unable to pay iu the present currency tne nomi.ut! value of its certificates of deposit, nppicpriato its capital and all its assets to meet, its liabilities and pay the bill holders as large a percentage as possible. Resolved, That the Deposits in the Bank which are not payable in Confederate notes be paid in currency, thr value of those and posits in gold at the time they were made. Resolved,, Trat Jc&iah Sibley, Dr. j. MU!i gan, and W. J Owens be mpn yted to make a valuation of our assets and estimate the per centage we are able to pay to our bill holders. The committee appointed under tho last re solution has presented the following report: To the tilobkholders of ihe Augusta Savings Rank. —Having been requested to make u val uation of the assets oi your iustitiniou, and estimate the per Centage \ou are ablo to pry to your bill-holders, we have, to the best of our ability, attended to this v< quest. Iu tire present condition of our money market, we have rxpe rien red great dililouity in m iking these valua tions, aad offer them only as an approx maiion to what may be* their valpe cm the revival of business. After particularizing each item of tho assets the Committee concluded that they could nay to tho bill-holders qbqut foq?L-.,.a per cent: But as sorpe of (fie bit's are probably de stroyed, and-will never be presented for re dempti n, we think tho Cemja.y may be able to pay fifteen per cent of their circula tion. "More than this we (hi k if. unsafe for the Company to undertake to. give, and less than this would not probably exhaust its as sets. Signed J sr,v:i Suu.et, Josei’ii Milhoan, W. J. Owens. Resolved, That the Treasurer be instructed to pay for the certificates of deposit, that may be presented for redemption, fifteen percent, of their nominal value as soon as ha can pro cure change for that purpose. Augusta, July ITcli, 1865. Tub National Banks -The issues of the Na tional banka are accumulating so immensely that tho banks at the large commercial cities find it ad ffi uH tack to oovi •.« a system o? general redemption that is cffi dent and prac tical. There was a move towards accomplish ing so desirable au end a few and >.ys ago, on Hie part of some of the Fhiiadelphia, New York, and-Boston banks. Under the law the banks are compelled to receive each other’s notes in payment of debts due them, but are not com pelled to take them on dopes t. This provis ion is regarded as unjust, es it allows no dis crimination, but requires the reception of ihe bills of all National bank -, uo matter where it is located. Tiro bank itself may be a thousand miles distant from the redemption point, but there is no allowance. There is another plan which is sa'd to be under consideration. It is to receive every thing issued by any National bank, and instead of paying the potea out to send them home to all banks which have iu the cities uo redeeming agency. If this be pursued sharply, it will either wind up ail mere banks o f circulation, or at least greatly reduce their profits. One beneficial effect ot such an ar rangement would be the care it would require ip the management of the balances of the country banks. Now it is customary for new nks seeking business to olfer four per cent, ba.. -t cn the balances of distant banks and inter*- 1 - iu this money at once in order to then to le. If par redemption is provid save the in. ere. -, e balances will be subject ed in the cities n. w ,n p ai -tially remove ed to such demands b, Jk in / ore .. t a( f j rendcr the temptation to allow in. , the business much safer. Li ‘ V 0 no seems cussion of this subject nearly over ono, seems to assume that it is ctesfr&blo to ' _ J agency to take care of tho work of redun.p tion.— Northern paper. How Gen. Buckner Lost his Fortune.— Yv hen Gen Buckner of Ky , was a caption in the regular army Buckner marrif and Mbs ivinsbury, an heiress, who owned an immense lauded estate in Chicago, valued at more than a mil lion of dollars. It was unimproved, however, and did not yield an income. Buckner finally placed it under tho supervision of General Burnside, who with judicious management, soon caused it. to pay handsomely. When the war broke out, it was uncertain on which side Buckner would serve. He was offered a high position by Mr. Lincoln, and also by Jefferson Davis, and finally chose to cast bis fotunes with the South. But before doing so, to preserve this great estate to nis wrte and children, it was made over to the brother of Mrs. Buckner, in which they had full confi deuce. A little later, and Kiusbmy, the brother, entered the Federal army, and was wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg. While lying on the field lie spoke of his property, aud hia desire to arrange it so that his sister worm! have no trouble about it, but delayed too mug, and died without making his wishes luitber known He had been but a short tuna mai- Sr to <rve them. It is prooer to say, to her honor, that she has been most liberal iui-tt Buckner’s property waß-lqngJ.ace con aud thus the close of the w„r -u- ’ beggard condition. LATE FOREIGN NEWS. The English Parlament was to be dissolved on Jufy 0 and writs for new elections were at once to be issued. The House of Lords, alter a >on b debate, • reiected the Roman Catholic Oaths bill. Lord Brougham, in an address to the Social Science Association, reviewed the important law reforms of the present session; and ad verting to the coming election and the di-cus hi on a taking placy on ibc million. oi ail (*x - .n --sion of the franchise, he stated that he did not agree with those who were alarmed the extension of the right of voting for fear of new voters coming in aud swamping liiose v ’ uo weie already voters. , It is positively stated tha n.c . ( nat has rejected the con bu n : «. n u.nea l»y Pius IX with rtgard to the i. ', m J^ ° Biohops to the Italian :00s. R - • probable that the negotiations have not been finally broken off. t . Ur , ( ‘lhe romantic attachment b-nween L> >!-nu and the Princess Mary, cousin o ! Q n-cn_\ *c*c f ria, was' the subject of considerable g<*s»!p some months ago. The dream ot an alliance between I loyalty and an inferior order oi nobility ha n now vanished, the fashionable papers having announced that his lordship is to bo married to Miss Edith Ward, a daughter of a gentleman of fortune residing in Upper Giosvenor street. The Queen is said to have been largely instru mental'in bringing the match about, and Lord Hood will receive a handsome royal rccognl tion as soon as it is completed, VOL. LXXIV.- —NEW SERIES VOf . OV T AEWS SUMMAUV. Col. S. P Shaffner writes a letter' to the World, predicting the failure of the Atlanlio cabie He says there is no probability of send ing more than three woufs per minute, and even nt that rate the conducting power of the cable will bo destroyed in ninety days. Much dissatisfaction is expressed bv leaders in the secession movement who are'now in U a hiugton, on account ,»f the President’s slowness in granting pardons. Tlte work of establishing ..<ist routes in the lute rebel States necessarily progresses-slowly The most important routes will be open before long, but it will be mouths before there will be anything like a complete postal system iu such Hiait The Herald's correspondent says the subject ' of Jeff. Div V trial has never been officially I discussed. Informal conversations have oc- ! curred in the cabinet, and elsewhere between officials, but all probabilities are against his i Immediate trial. © The patent,lor Morgan Jeymoni’s reaping ! machine has been renewed ten veais. Dr. Nichols superintendent of the Govern i meat insane sylum has stated that Miss Harris ! 'he person who killed Burroughs in Washing- J ton. some time glace, committed Hie hoiuic'de under the ii flu once of insane violence. All the alumlouc-d property iu and around Norfolk aad Portsmouth has been ttfined over to the freedmen ’a bureau, Cotton is daily arriving at Norfolk fiom North QaroPua. ♦Jffe bundled and twenty five pardon? wore granted July 12 -seventy five of which were upon the application of Gov. Pierp.&nt. It is understood tho Attorney General lias recently furnished an opinion that the Presi dent has not power to appoint a commission to decide claims for the large amount of cot ton captured at Savannah, Mobile, Charleston. Wihnhg.on, &c, but that applicants must ff ’ek relief in the mode prescribed by Rvw in regard to captured and abandoned property ; also that all property turned over by tho mili tary to treasury agepta must ne regarded and created in the same manner. A rule of great, impoitanoe to parties inter est. u in patents, has been introduced by the present Secretary of the Interior. Since the act ot 1848 it ha? been supposed that jurisdic tion in several cases was vested solely in fire Commissioner of Patants; In an important case, the Secretary has jqst directed the Com missioner to grant further time to procure tes tiinoi:y ngauist the renewal, although, tho reaewt.l had been granted by the Commiss ioner. apt] the original term of the patent had expired. Gorlinas has bien in consultation with Gen. Browqj. It is reported that ho would no ion ger oppose the Empire. He hadefeated much Indignation, bv firing on am 1 capturing the steamer Bath, which resulted in the loss of several lives. A few days ago, n squad of militia was sent; from Carroltou, (Jarroll county, Ky, to pro cure hay from a farmer named House, living about a milefiom town. While there, a d ; - putc of some sort grew up, and House was shot and killed In New York, one mm who hid no income in 1863, now return.-, uinely four thousand dol lars. Another, rv dar tire same circumstances, returns eighty eight, thousand. The Superintend, ut, of Freedmen, at Shreve port, gives notice that; planters will not be al lowed to drive helpless and infirm slaves from the plantations, as has been practiced. Maj Gun. Steelman, —The Macon Tele graph says that a letter from an old friend, dated Augusta, July 10th, says : “M»j. Gen. James B. Sleedtnan is here, mid will at once assume command of the military department of Georgia. I urn well convinced that be will give satisfaction to the people of the State, lie is liberal in sentiment, yet firm in purpose, lie has given his entire attention to the subject of the war since its cnmmencmcut. Ha has been the commander of the Eutowah district since the fail of ’63, where he gave entire satisfaction; and because of the apparent good be done in the management and govern ment there, he has'been transferred to this, a more intricate and extended field.” Gov. Pierpont requests that no more peti tions for pardon be presented for his signature until he receives iiistru<’tions from Washington lie hopes to red ear the applications to system so that the aid of council-will not be required here or at Washington. An order has been issued by the Secretary of War commaiuliug all officers and enlisted men on detached service, aud absent from duty, to immediately return to their respective com mands. The Masonic Order have purchased the large lot on the corner of F aud ninth streets, Wash ington, and intend to erect a National Maso nic Temple limn*. The reports from the Oregon mining dis trict ate very favorable. The Raleigh (N. 0 ) Progress states that on Saturday last no less than twenty negroes were robbed in the public streets of that city. ’Jhe cusses cc urred principally on Fayetteville street. The manner of doing this .work is impudent, if not original. It is said that, peeing a negro with anew hat, parcel of dry goods, or other desirables, the evil doers snatch them from the possessor and cooiy walk off with t'-e unfortunate's property. Ex Govern >r Is Liam Harris, of Tennessee and the Iron. Pierre Soule are now residing*m Mexico - (be former in Puebla, and Mr. Soule in tbo city. „ ~ ... Almost ail the New England cotton mit.s, owing to ibi 1 great decline in values, raw ma teiiai. and cloth, have suffered some loss, ex cepting those engaged in Government con tracts, and a fi w have impaired their capitals, and been obliged to suspend tbeii div.dervdo; &.■ The well known partisan, Champ Furgerson, is now on trial at Nashville, before a military commission. , . ~T Largo numbers of old merchants ot New Or leans continue to return. 'The Government expenses during the past year amounted to three millions per day. Gen Rosencrans left New Yoik for San Francisco, on a vieit to California and Nevada, on the steamer which sailed last f-atuid-^y. About two hundred and fiity school teachers for tiie riegr »es have up to ibis time been em ployed in Virginia. Those who have been surprised at the rapid ity with v.bieh the execution of the conspira tors at Washington followed the approval oi tiie sentence by the President, wili find a para lel in the case of Bellingham, the murderer of Jlr Pu'civil, prime minister of England, in 1812 Bellingham committed his crime at about five in the afternoon of Monday, May 11, 1812, His trial came on at the Old Bailey, on Friday, the loih; be was at once found guilty and was • xecated at eight o'clock on the morning of Monday, the 18th-a full week from the date oi the fatal deed not having ex piled. A fair D now in progress at Milwaukee for the pur nose of raising a fund to secure for in valid and impoverished IVisconsin soldiers a comfortable homo The New Orleans papers state that the por tion oi tlio Cueiokoc Indians in Northwestern Louisiana are in great distress and birdering on starvation Their chief, who held a com .mission or brigadier general in Confederate army, hes issued an appeal to the people, of Texas so assistance. Sherid A lias i-sued an order notifying Tex an refugees thsit the United-States troops are i now in possessu nos that State ; that they can | return tcFIL-.-ir homes and safely resume pos- j session of their property. The order also no- ! titles the people of Texas that no 1 ome guards j or armed bodies for self-protection will be per mitted, as a million of United Sates forces will fce sufficient to protect persons aid prop- Sevty. All acts of the State legisl; t ire since the passage of the secession ordinance, are de clared illegitimate, i ' v ? ;(! fit IE lIC In. ,' l " ' or: * *> y <«Ooil Market . ,L , further uu,^ V"‘,' , . os an upward movcmei 1 bn yam ; disposed -0 hold aloof from the market in m;.. j Ueip.ued ot reaction. Tho supply j s sa ',' S|) and a: outs aro very firm in their vh ‘ she amount of goods In the interior is light, ami a heavy fall trade is expected. ; * Ol . u i.;~ are arriving freely with a g mu I ti-, deucy towards higher prices. I F.ci-.i 1; r-iiks has advanced materially m tho i k'sl . \\ days, and fine qualities ordered one | or two mouths ago cannot be duplicated under t>o to 160 per yard advance. Louisville Mark?.t-Ji;;» SO. Bagging and Ihu’e.—T here is but little doing and w quote at 21 to ‘22c for prime loose bug gtng •• - J *l.l to 122 for rope. B Jes ol 400 piec e bagging and 220 coils rope at tlie-e pricun i-'oTi'uN ani> C; "rox \ AtiNS—Prices tinu, wo quote cotton at 2 1 to dec, according loquaiitv There k-s been a decline iu cotton yarns, wit sans ai 39, 36 and 33c for No?. 500, GUO a 7 00. iL a i>. —Prices aro unchanged. We quo I 812.) a 135 per tun icr undressed in me’ lets, tiough etrii tiy prime would con Prime di .scu Kentucky com S2 iso to S2 75* Provisions.— No sales of mess posk r Sales ( 105 ,000 pounds clear sides at 172 • 5 3 600 stagg’a hams at 24 to held at ;’6c. Sheetings and Shirtings. —Tl week there La- been quite an most t denes, and brown and have decidedly improved, and firmly maintained, Th tstocks; arrivals diiect irom Georgia sheettog?, esnaburgs and coilc L, «t N. R. R-.' consigned to here, 'this day week ago brown sheetings at!vanced to ol day ’nut to the further advance • which the market has been firm figure. Bleached goods have from 2 a 3, yet tho latest and! York say the advance the 3 n sc. Win icey.—There has'b during the past week, and 11; fn at $2 05. Wool.—There is but 1 quote at 35c in grease an Louisville Democrat. Financial and Commercial. The import entries at the port of Now \ for Ha- week ending July 6, amounted to 818. Off l, against .1,811.032 same week year. The exports f domestic produce am cum. o.d Id 81,757-,288, against £5,224,707 same week in 1864. The exports of specie was SIOO,- 280, against $560,667 same week last year. The Bank oi England ret urns for tire week ending June 21st are. very favorable. The stock oi bullion was £16,294,910, bring an.increase o: £249,241, and the resei ve c! notes was up to £!) 2!' 1,390, being an increase of £282.505. The public ’eposits show au increase of £770,095, and tie her deposits an increase £731.185. Tho other securities Dave lucr as, a by £1,233,- 708 iaheating a good demand for money. The Bank of France returns for the week ending June 221, show an increase in the bul - lion of £672,000, an increase in Hie treasury balance ot £940,000, and. an increase in the current account of 6540,000, a decrease in commercial bills discounted of £lB ?, 000, and a dcciea. e in the notes of 61.000,000. (Jcriuau Tobacco Repor t. Bremen, June 17, 1865. Since our last report tire tone of our tobacco market ir, a better one. Owners remain very firm, and buyers scorn more willing to operate, but they don’t find suitable quality. Several samples of the new crop, arrived per steamer, confirm again tho very favor bieopinion, which we mentioned in our circular, ante the quality of the new crop, and there is no doubt that tho first a' rivals of l ew Clark: ville will find eager buy, r-s, and probaldy at ve.y good prices. The sampfi s we saw are less lit lor saitcc-r purposes, but me fine and extra fine leaf, and good sub stanti My, and will, we think, be readily taken by buyers for the North and Switzerland. Wc note sale: this week of 18-1 hhdsJCtn tncky at 9j>a 15 groats, 20 hhds do at 8u 0 groats, 1)5 hhds do at 10 groats, and 100 hhds Mary land, alloat, at 5| a groats, GO hhds do. afloat, at 4,5, 6, 8-J, and 10 groats per pound. Os stems, only, 8 thus strippers wore soid at 4 tha lers Leaf brown sound stripper stems would be paid uf> to 5 thalers, but a l mouldy quali ties are depressed to the low price ot say 3 a 3.J thalesi Manufactured stems are dull of sale. Seed leaf—oldylocks, first and second hand about iOX’OO cases or marc Os new Connecti cut; abouj, 800 cases are hero and on the way from New York: Wo find the quality of new Connecticut very satisfactory,but all samples.we saw have not been worked as yet. We think we can recommend toe* new Connect cut for operations it prices don't rule too high for wrappers. • We quote fine wrappers at 23 a 26 groats, medium do Its a 20 groats, and fillers at 5| a 6 groats. Caul Locke, Widow A Sox. Liverpool Get (on Market—June 30. Sales of the week 69,000 bales, including 28,000 bales to speculators, and 14,500 to ex porters. The market opened buoyant, with a considerable advance on all qualities, but closed flat with the improvement partially lost. L'lie advance on the week reached JdaJd. on American with a chcliuejof lal.jl on Egyptian, while other descriptions are unchanged Sales to-day 7,000 bales, the market closing firm at ; a trilling advance. Quotations are : Orleans Mi<hi!Jig J; Middling Texas 201; Upland jiq j. ihe keck in port by acual count reaches 308,000 bales, (being 32,000 hales above the estimate.) including 28,000 bales of American. I.ouiavillo Tobacco market. The demand for this staple continues good and prices are maintained. Tiie sales during the week ending have amounted to 1,191 hhds. The following are the closing quotations, end ing July I*4 : Trash. $1,60 to 165,- Trash lugs 5,10 to 5 ; D5 Factory lugs 4 00 to 5 Off Common lag- 6,00 to 6,60 Common heavy lugs gM, to Bfiff Common leaf 0,00 to 11,io Heavy leaf 12,00 to 17,75 Good to fair leal 18,00 to 25,00 The following in regard to the receipts of tobacco is from the Letter Sheet Frice Cur rent : *Vith the 50th of June two-thirds of the to bacco year have passed, ancL. we suljoin the actual sales at the warehouses in this city for the past eight months, together with the num ber sold during the eight months of the pre vious year—lß64 We also add the sales dur ing the month of June, 1864 and 1865, by" which it will be seen that though the sales this year are very large, they fall far behind the previous year. The aggregate sales at the warehouse during the month ot June each year are as follows : Bales in 1864, 6.938* sales in 1865, 9,737. Decrease in 1865, 2,779. The aggregate sales at the auctioft ware houses daring the first eight montbH'Wtf&be first ana present season, commencing with the first November each year, sum up as foliov/s : gales in 1864, 24,197. Skies in 1865, 43,169. Dec rase ia 16G5, 20, 972. —Louisville Democrat w-aa* w —— The richest banker m South America ha3 just dietl in Lima. D m Pedro Candama wa=J his name, and ißfi,ooo,OoC his fQtvU^