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Til.-: \Vi>'-•*<¥ oiiii.
It will be «.-n by the cii. -An '-u-d by Gen.
Grwvenor, the iVov ■> ‘ Maroial (■'••!••. of
the Department or G i rea?®* 1 ; 1 ■
■cilities are to bo o-• Ito t ! .- • p' «f this
State for taking tbe oath of a on . y pren i: ed
in the Pro-ideai's Prod..m i--riot M<v
1805.
It will al» 1 b • ».-on fh.it r.o cm cm transact
budnes? iu tl'G State o- 1 1 ..‘.yof the
benefits which a;i 'x m i 1:s /.wa, ;le»s he takes
naidoatb. Tuis ord r roak-t o:te thing very
certain—it a per- m in Hie Soil de-ircs to
participate in the l * :■< f .-.rr< ,- l to above, he
must become a loyal c:'-x ru to tb U owed States.
Those who refuse to take the oath should
rememhor a long •> th v remain under
this Go7erntn in that tfiev will hive to obey
tbo laws nud co"st ; tnti<i!i th r-of, without- re
ceiving mmy i ■ in’iii. they would weie their
course d ; lfoi < nt.
Those who have coin ■ lent iotr n-r 'pies about
taking tho oath to support the Emancipation
Proclamation, and the laws ;>1 r.v- p-ess in re
ference to hl.iv>* , should ivineinta■ that obe
alienee to Up m i-uir* imp;*: **v«*. The
<1 ay has pH? e.f tor <!.>:■ 1 '• eon ctl tht.-' : topicvr. j
The matter has been de- 1 le 1 by the military i
arm of the govern. ■' ;>•: no recourse ca*i be
had or will be llovve t t>) the civil low o r Ktate I
legislatin'-m. AH tie.. *!i in ti to do, is idic
ply to acc“pt the and. i -io i, and to
acquiesce in it. It > w it w vd, a as tv«
may, bring all the it ti ••’ ■to Hat arc
yet wit hin our 1•t h, th,: . .•!:>; iuc \ • v**r
can controvert, t- avery i. r,•imbued among
the institutions ol ter | : >ot> * i ei'•■;!,S dffi.
The gri'ttt Inter. ot 'h< p. i pic oi Geotgia (
is to have tho SUto n*r:utu. !;- r “id !\ e |
the Union. All i ei the polith-al (i. ..bilittas !
tinder which «ro arc now 1 rorii.g, mid the |
great mws ar« ;'unei» to occujte trout thdfei.— j
There is only one way go to do. It, in Him- |
jtly to follow the pm! me tad out, and to j
adopt the policy laid down by the I ,-nt. -t s-iute-i
authorities.
■ The pertfiiiiayin to ta‘ Ibe o-dh in a privilege,
and those who avail tbonu.«* ! v •>; 01' j, n reive |
.the benefits of cit /.eiiie.ij) an teas they belong j
to the excepted class The rigid of exer u>mg
dhe elective, liaiu liire, will be in* -.t*lo. win n
wti reconstruct our Stale (J jvoni'H.mt. Taking
tbo oath is not only a duty we owe to oiir.ieivt a
and our country, but it it- a pnvileg.;, it wo
intend to live ia the Unite . States.
To one and all then we ray. it you mean to
remain in this country, take the oath ol am -
neaty. Setting aside the great, benefits you
receive by no doing, if ia your plain duty ho to .
do.
aamn «w», .
Thu Asiatic Cholera. Ifo rgin ; from flic
marshes aud jungles ol th« G .;-g< u, where it j
bus beiu epidemic for ceiituri-'H, licit tweet |
frightful and hideous no t . ter ol tin laitdly
of epidemics, (he As uic ('Low. . tin Hire it
tens to rcourge lour contiue-ds. 1: '... iv
xeacbed tho first etagt sos ihut jci :■ y nmnd
the globe, which, for tee Insi cew-uiy, 1 <•:>
performed with fiighttnl <l. .•uv.liun to the
bumau race. As i ISI7, i* i t >*/ nr, gng j
the East, but bus no! reached !;• r *l-;vi the |
eastern extremity ol the Midwrvaui .>.u. 1: I
has a heavy job of woik to do beh.ro ii and ci j
mates the populat ion of t ■ t : rmnlre,
Bornoe, China, (teh l) ~ th -Pi : . *•■ h 'o ’s,
Persia, Arabia, Mgypt ami As* •• J'.iint. . Iho
harvest which the chon iu h., to v* ap in lhose
■countries is too iiLmuiai.t. (o be gathered in
less than twelve ui uitlis, ami v. lcu u\ on its
grand rounds heretoioio, it, has c ore !h..n eni t>
taken three or four years to get from Calcutta
to Paris. The people el l-.u «-pc ' y luCciuO
seriously alarmed nr,ld the ciiweia, til si in
vading itoutheru Kii'Sia. Ihi r. iui% .a ,oii mis
Moscow ami St. Pciersbuig.
In tho early part i>f PTO it appeared in
Moscow ; iu 1831 it spread ever mes: e: i n
tral Europe. B appeared find at Sunder bind,
in England, iu October, 1831 ; in January,
1832, it was in Edinburgh ; and b appeared in
Loadou in Ecbvnaiyoi the s iiu, year On
the Bth of June, 1832, u first appeared :ii Quo
bee ;it traveled up the 8 Lawn ;co river to
Montreal, and ton inei e di; \v< ik of deslrm
tiou in that city «>n tho lOili ol (be m ■, month,
and on tho 21st it suddenly up; m-d In New
York, and then spiead in v.ir ,m.- riireciious,
reaching Phiiadcluhta, Albany and iv-ehesie:
in July, and B.sku. I’.iliinu.re, Vs;. 1 iegtwi
aud Kiehmornl in August, and in O, ■i. it
spread from Cincinnati to New Oii . In,
1834 ib revisited this couutiy, and ii ■ nnol
be said to have reigned epieJime dly here
since that time. 1 has alw.ty. 1 el with
terrible fatality in this country, o-'i hv
killing titty per cent, ot t’e-sC whom it has
attacked.
There can l»e no and, übl that the A ’■ lie Fluff
•ra is again on its grand mm 1, and its appear
ance in this country u- aie , ipif.-iien of tint-*
If it travels as sU \ \ as he etoi'oie, and id] •
lows the rivers, it may v ■ ins G-V-re
1806 or 18(57, but comit . ;1 with the cer
tainty of fate.
The Interest on thk i re; - in e, -The an- !
na&l interest on the pub-ie a. : !•• • • i
bio in gold, ritnounts to titty-oigin m. i’i.ms ot
dollars. The receipts from customs. in g »and.
in New York, during the «•«. it vn, i-i.-t. t.dod, \
reached eighty-six mu Irons ; tuns "imw mg
that the government h ha ia in sutplv. o!
gold over its wants to meet tire interest. Tire
receipts from customs timing c-e piv ■; y.-
will undoubtedly be much giv ' -r. lit-* aver
age duty paid upon the imports of las: year
was forty-four per cent.
Our readers can here see that lire c *'< ment*
of those Nothern papers which are endeavor
ing to injure the credit of the Government, 1 3'
crying down and depreciating Us issues and
securities, are entirely vii unit i .
The finances oftheccuntiv were nc\, r in a
better aud more pro •> . -as c i : -a. , '
National debt will bo in. 1 • A a
croakers anti fault find us, 1 •
office seekers, who are ca leave:rag to
themselves up by cryiug down the policy of
the administration, will ilad their efforts total
ly unavailing.
The Texas papers arc calling upon white
labours to emigrate to that State,
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16,1865,
THE SitVVOEK MBKTSMi.
The New York Post contains a report of a
private meeting of (he friends of Mr. Davis
h Id in the city, July 31st, to devise means for
the fair and full defense of him and bw
! associates, eo, whatever happens, jmtice may
bed .nc. Ibe meeting was held at the rooms
j of Mr Charles Mattel held, who was present at
the suggestion ot Mr Peter Y. Cutler.
mittee was appointed to raise iunde for the
object stated, to consult with Charles O'Ccn
nor, E >4 , counsel, and to adopt other necessa
ry measures. The following gentlemen were
named as the committee : Mayor Gunther,
; Charles Butterfield, Tbeo Martin, E Douglass,
: and Clancy. The Mayor was absent, but he
! bent his regrets, and assurances of hearty co
- operation Mr. Packer, Mr. Brown, aud Mr.
Livingston, of Mobile, were among those pres
, cut. Messrs. Cutter, Tucker aud Livingston
were the principal speakers. They regarded
the failure of the rebellion a3 but temporary.
The spirit that originated it still lives in the
( douth, and by assistance of triends at the North,
j it can bo successful in another way. Mr. Liv
! ingi ton said Alabama would bo represented in
j Cm gresH by none who were not sworn to be iu
favor of Southern independence; that Mis.
i SnnaU’i execution had excited the indignation
ol the world, and that jhe Government dare
| not trust Mr. Davis to n trial, ilr. Liyingston
said any person who would regard tie cour.-e
1 of the Bouth as treasonable, would be looked
IP 'on as a madman or fiend.
if the meeting had confined its action to the
object lor which it v»„a tailed, no objection
could be made; but it appears from the
speeches that sympathy with Jefferson U.ivis
was a mere used simply to cloak deep
and dark purposes. The well arc of IJjo prisoner
at Fortress Monroe may have had the effect of
inducing some of tho parties present to attend
the meeting, but the remarks show that the
' whole iiflair was purely a scheme of designing
mm to yet rank aid undisguised treason again
in a prominent position before the public.
If meetings of this stamp only had ap effect
upon residents of the North, they perhaps
would be more beatable. But those who take
part in them care but little for opinion in
that section. They knoyr full well that they are
iu a hopeless minority there now, and i-vill be
for all tipis to come. Their gieat object is to
oif.'ct publ.c sentiment at tho Pcuth. They
wish cncc mere to gain a ieothold in this sec
tion of the country. Little care they for the
prosperity or welfare of this people. All they
desire or seek for, is poll deal ii fiuenee for their
own sell aggrandisement, ins tp carry out their
own selfish schemes and purposes.
VYe caution the people of the South against
placing any nliai.cy ip the copperhead faction
of the North. True, this class will talk
. monthly and promise everything as they did
iu days gone by. But when it perm s to acts
cud fulfillment gos pledges, they are utterly
p'.wcrh ss, Before the late struggle, the South
was kd to believe that great things, iu her fa
vor, could be accomplished by them. What
was the result ( These men who had for yeats
used Southern influence for their own benefit,
wore unable to keep even a single declaration
ii:ey had made—much less to render the
0,-Mstance they had sa pompously boasted
they would give.
\VV hope none of opr people will be deceived
y the utterances of the New York meeting.—
To sum up tho whole, it is tho mere fro by
. If,a voscenes of disappointed otfica-seekers
political garbage thrown to the public just at
.h .s t x itiiig time in order to decieve tho unwa
ry. If the South gives heed to such stuff, or per
mits herself to be deluded into tbe belief that
there is a strong party at tho North ready to
assist her in any reorganizing scheme hd
| leaders may concoct, she will in the end find
| berscll mistaken. Those Northern disorgani
-1 ssms are lew iu number, and have but few fol
j lowers. As to influence iu the Halls ol tbe
1 National Council, they have uoue. To trust or
expect assistance from them, is simply to rely
upon broken reeds. To enter into a co-parh
! uorslrp with them, would bo utter ruin. It
1 would bo like building a house upon the sand.
When tho angry waves o' political discussion
again arise, they would sweep away such a
! structure. The copperheads of the North have
no more weight in guiding the public affairs of
j tho nation, than would a strnv have in giving
j direction to th 3 raging water ol the mighty,
I rushing Niagara.
Let tho people of the South, then, give no
heed to tho insane speeches or counsels of men
< t the stamp of those who composed the New
York meeting. They are blind guides, audit
their teachings are followed; like the blind lead
ing the blind, we read of in the good Book,
both those who lead and those who follow will
fait into the ditch together.
What shall we do?—many will probably in
q fire. To all who are disposed to do tight-, we
sr\ -do nothing except that which the Military
(A mmandor of this Department and the Gover
nor ol' the Btate directs you to do. These gentle
cu have been appointed by the President to
re organize the State of Georgia. They have
their instructions. At pioper times they will
tell you hew to act and what to do. Obey
f,cir orders, follow their counsel, and all will
bo well. Let us do whatever these officials tell
i.s, cheerfully and promptly. And if we do
this, we need have no fears for tho future.
Bn .if ou the other hand we follow the teach
. iu>;s either bf Northern copperheads, or of
ambitious men in our midst, we soon will find
j ouvselvesjurther fiom regaining our old posi
tion ro Union, than we were the day we
surrendered to the military arm of the United
1 states Government.
Crops in s'&ctiiwkfterx Georgia.— A gentle
man from Southwestern Georgia informs us
ib. at the corn crop in that section of the State
is unprecedentedly good this season. Yery
little cotton or sugar was planted, but large
Crop? of corn were put in, and the season be
ing ‘ ivorabie, notwithstanding the withdrawal
ol nek o' the labor from its cultivation, the
i-. a.; will be abundant — more in some In
s'.. v..c.'s Dan can be gathered with the limited
force at present available. Abuudance of corn
insures abundance of bacon, and it is gratify
ing to know that when our railroad communi
cation is re established with the Southwest
and Florida this fall, we shall have a bountiful
•apply of provisions.
i t Nor.Tii Carolina Cotton Released. —When
Geu. Johnston surrendered, the State of North
Carolina had several hundred bales of cotton
on hand. Soon after the surrender, this cot
t m wa: taken in charge by the agents of the
United States Treasury Department, as it was
alleged that the cotton had been purchased to
be u*ed by the State in payment for clothes,
.arms and provisions for her soldiers. Some
ot the cotton was sent to New York, and sold.
A fuii and fair representation having been
made to the President of the tiue financial con
dition ol the State, he ordered her cotton to
be restored to her, and the proceeds of all that
had been sold to be paid to her agents.
North Carolina is now well provided for,
having in her possession ample funds to corn
raence her civil government with Tbo expenses
of the convention and the legislature that must
follow i', can be paid without inconvenience
io any one.
Good Advice.— At a dinner to Gen. Sherman,
iu St. Louis recently, he made a speech closing,
with this sentence t ‘(Therefore, n*y friends
•‘now that the war is over, let us ail go to
“work to do what seems most honest and just
•‘Io restore our country to its physical prospe
rity. I repeat, to its physical prosperity. 4 s
“to its political prosperity, I kuow nothing of
“it, and cate about it far less.”
This Is good, sound, sensible advice. Politi
cians have nearly ruined the country. Now
let the honest, patriotic portion or the people
of tlielapd take matters in hand. It they will
only do so, the country will be move prosper
ous tUa*. ever. lithe people will only leave
out in the cold for a while, they
will he bo well satisfied at the turn aigiirs
will take, that they never will reinstate them
—— - *3B6*®***““———
Retributive Justice.— A store keeper in
D aldington 8. 0., sold some of the Federal sol
diers at that place a quantity of liquor. The
soldiers became intoxicated and riotous. One
of their first deeds was to break into the store
where they obtained the liquor. This they
pilaged, or iu a army parlance ‘‘cleaned out,’’
destroying and appropriating about twenty
five hundred dollars worth of gpofis. It was
a hard case—but every body wiil agtee that
if any one was to suffer, betler the one who
sold the liquor than innocent parties. Some
other damage was also done by the soldiers
befoi e they were arrested.
No one should sell liquor to a soldier, under
any citciunstances, unless he has a permit so
to do. And we are of the belief that no one
will have such permission in this Department,
at least.
4 CoT.i.r.’ioN in South Carolina.—By the
proclamation of Provisional Governor Perry,
of South Carolina, the civil officers of that
State not disqualified by President Johuson ! s
Amnesty, are re instated in their respective of
fices. Under this proclamation Mr. John E.Ca
rew, sheriff of the Charleston District, made an
application to the military authorities for the
surrender of the jijl with a view to the resunip*
tion/ff bis official functions. The military com
mandant, Gen. W. T. Bennett, however, disre
gards the proclamation of Gov. Perry, and re
fuses to comply with the request of the SherifF,
without orders from Washington.
The GeiSjt ral claims that Charleston ia under
martial law, and that till civil law is therefore
suspended.
Emigration of Women to Washington Ter
ritory. —The United States Steamship DeMo
lay, will leave New York soon with three
hundred woi king women hound for Washing
ton Territory. Upon their arrival there, good
husbands will be provided for everyone of them
under the supervision of the Executive Coun
cil of the Territory. They are to be sent out
in a National vessel.
The Oath of Allegiance in Iventuclt. —
Bramlett’s proclamation of July 19ta. in Ken
tucky, requires a rigid enforcement of the law
disfranchising and expatriating citizens who
refuse to take the oath of allegiance. Loyal
citizens are requested to report all- offences
against this lav;, and it is announced that the
military authorities will assist the civil officers
in proceeding against offenders.
Cotton is Texas. —A correspondent of the
New Ycrk World, who has traveled through
Texas, estimates that their are one hundred
and twenty-five thousand bales of cotton still
left in the State. He also says the present
season bids lair to produce an excellent crop.
Tm: -OiiEADSTur? Speculation Gone Under.—
Throughout the North the speculation in bread
stuffs has collapsed. Prices continue to de
cline in a 1 ! the markets. In the Northwest the
weather is fair ; harvest is progressing favora
bly, and the damage from the rains proves to
be much less than anticipated.
Government Citton sent North —The
government cotton now at Savannah is to be
sent to New York at once. There are already
two thousand bales now collected at the for
mer place.
Fite Children Drowned. —The saddest in
cident of the disasters occasioned by the recent
llood in Michigan, is the drowning of five chil
dren in one family, and the almost superhuman
efforts of the mother to save them.
The father, Betbuel Draper, living on the
west side of the Ontonagon, near the crossing
of the Wisconcin road,'was out on the L'Anse
railroad survey, and his two eldest children
were away ; the mother, an ludiae woman,
ami her five youngest children being at home,
and were asleep when the water came into
their-shanty. One of the children it is said,
was drowned before the terrified mother could
get them out, but she lashed its body and three
of the others on her back an i to her sides,
and took the fifth ia her arms, and struck out
for a tree near by, to which she managed to
tie the corpse, in the vain hone of preserving
it for buri il, but the treo soon gave way and
swept down the resistless torrent, and in her
maternal effor's to save.the rest by swimming
to a second place of safety the frantic mother
telt the child in her besom expire and raw the
others swept under by the foaming billows
aud buried Irons her sight forever. The moth
er climbed a sin ill tree, where she remained
over two days for the river to subside, and
finally reached th j Forest Landing, almost ex
hausted with cold and hunger.
The Newburyport Herald advocates female
suffrage.
A large number of whales have recently ap
peared off Cape Cod, Masschusetts—a remarka
ble
IMPOATAST ISTSK&b HEV’EM K DECISIDS.
A number of complaints were recently made
by the collectors of internal revenue at New
York against lawyers, claim agents and others
for not taking oui lie uses as required by law.
The delinquents iu most cases stated that they
had already taken out partnership licenses,
which they claimed exempted them as indi
vidual member? of tueii' respective firms, aud
maintained that tins proceeding on the part of
the collectors was u> judifiible aud not iu ac
cordance with tiie law of Congress. The mat
ter was referred to U. 8. Commissioner Os
born tor adjuuM item, and the following de
cision w a s rendered by him :
It appears that sections seventy-four «md
seventy-nine of the act of Congress passed
.June 30, l«t>4, and by virtue ot which * these
proceedings are instituted, are the principal
sections or provisions of the Internal Revenue
law that relate materially to these charges.
The controversy arises chiefly with reference
to the construction of the two sections—what
is the liberal meaning of the phraseJogy u-k and
Section seventy-four declares “That in every
license to be tali n >ul under or by authority
of this act, shall be contained and set forth the
put pose, trade, T -.i siness or profession for
which such license Is granted, and the name
aryl place ot abode of tho person qv persons
taking opt the same ; ** 9- and (except
ip the case of auctioneers and pedlars) the
place at which the trade, business, or profes
sion for which such license is granted shall be
carried on. Provi led : That a license granted
under Uni- act (jhall not tus pei«on
or persons (except. lawyers, physicians, sur
geons, dentists, cattle krokers, horse dealers
and auctioneers), or fiun, company, or corpor
ation mentioned therein, to exercise or carry
on the trade- busmens or profession specified In
such license in any other place than that men
tioned therein, or otherwise pre-vidtd.” Now
it seems to me'that this section aud its proviso,
relates to the contents of a license, and the
place where certain tea leg, business or profes
sions may be carried, on ■ what, pjessea of bu
siness are restricted to thb locality specified in
the license, aud what- classes are authorized to
be crrritfd on elsewhere besides the place
mentioned in the license.
But section seventy nine relates to the way
asd manner in which certain trades or business
may be exercised or carried on, either by indi
viduals or by li iu, company or corporation.
Here is the language of the section —“Any
uuinber of persons, except lawyers, convey
fuiccrs, claim agents, physicians, surgeons,
dentists, citile biokers, horse dealers and ped
lers carrying on such business in copartner
ship, may transact such business at the place
specified in their tier-uses, and not otherwise.”
I hold that Congress intended by this provision
to authorize persons to transact business unuer
a fiim, company or coiporation other than the
excepted ciases mentioned in the section, at
the place mentioned io tiie license; for if any
other construction is to he given, lawyers, claim
agents, , are prohibited from exercising
their prolusion or'business in the place speci
fied in their license, aud are .licensed to do
business elsewhere only. Now, if we look at
the seventy third section we find that Congress
not only prescribes what the license shall con
tain, but grants authority for persons and firms
to do business, thereby avoiding the necessity
of a seperate enabling clause. Therefore, if
section seventy fou l, p 'Tcnhxid what shall be
contained in a license, the plaao where busi
ness shrll be done, what classes of business
are confined to certain localities, and what
are unrcstiicied, and at the same time granting
the right to do busine s, then section seventy
nine must h ivo a d’ffereat construction, or be
an obvious repetition ot section seventy-four.
The qualifying words of section seventy-niue
are “carrying on such business iu copartner
ship,” and the words “may transact such
business at the place specified in their license”
means the person or peisons acting tn copart
nership are authorized to so exercise tin ic
business in copartnership, except lawyers,
plaim agents, Ac , who are denied that privi
lege, and must get out. a seperate license. This
is the construction I give to tho law, inespec
tive of the vague phraseology, which the
defendants claim admits of another interpre
tation.
FORBIOV I TEAS S.
The Cunard Steamship Company is twenty
five years oid this summer. A London paper,
in alluding to tho anniversary ot the sailing of
the first ot the vessels ot this corporation, says
that during the whole of tbe period of its ex
istence, not a single lite or letter has been lost
by any of irs steamers.
During a late debate in the British Parlia
ment a member stated that in England and
Wales alone there were a million of paupers,
and five hundred thousand more on the veige
of pauperism. The heavy national debt and
the hiGh taxes necessary to meet the interest
upon it were assigned as the cause.
An English manufacturing "firm has succeed
ed, after many yeais experience, in making a
sheet of iron so thin that 4,800 such sheets are
required to make an inch iu thickness, betag
one fourth as thick as tissue paper The ex
periment was induced by ii Pittsburgh man
ufacturer, who wrote to England some time
ago, on a sheet of his own making, of which it
took 1,000 piled uue on another to make an
inch; The Pittsburgher’s skill has been large
ly overcome by his British rival, and he must
try again.
A number of rare animals, some of which
have been hitherto entirely unknown in Eu
rope, have drived at Paris Among the most
curious—and intended for the Garden of Plants
—are two ivory horned stags, two oxen from
the Kingdom of Laos; a g:ey tiger of Cambo
dia; so!t shelled tortoises; twel/e cages of
birds of all sorts from the pygaug eagle to the
fighting fowls.of Laos; and two cases contain
ing a bull and a cow of Bien-Thuan.
The emigration to t,hi3 country from Sweden,
especially the middle and northern districts of
the country, is this year unusually great.
An auction sale has been held in Warsaw
of gold watches, ear rings, brooches, wedding
and other rings, the property of political pris
oners who have either been “worked off" or
sent to Siberia by the Russian government.
The principal darseuse at the opera ia Vien
na is paid eighteen thousand florins per annum.
Another plesiosrurus has been discovered in
Dorsetshire, England. This fosil, though not
so pet feet as the magnificent ooe acquired by
the British Museum last year, is yet a remarka
bly flue specimen, and, being in stone, is in
good preservation. Portions of the skeleton
have been submitted to Prof. Owen, who has
pronounced them to belong to an undiscribed
aud unnamed species.
The Baltic sea, between Germany and Swe
den, is 120 feet deep, and the Adriatic, between
Venice and Trieste, is 139 feet. The deepest
part of the channel between France and Eng
land, is 130 feet. Off the Southwest coast of
Ireland, in the open sea, the depth is 2,000
feet. The narrowest part of the Straits of Gi
braltar i3 1,000 feet, and a little to the east of
this the depth is 3,000 feet. On. the coast of
Spain the depth is 0,000 feet; 250 south of
Nantucket no bottom was found at 7.800 feet.
West of the Cape of Good Hope 10,000 feet
have be p n measured, aud west of St. Helena
27,000 feet.
There were in France 55.693 deaths by acci
dent among men. and 13.285 among women,
from the year 1854 to 1800.
Official statements show that the aggregate
receipts of the reiitrious societies in England
during the year 1804. were more than live
millions of dollar- £1,009,932 The following
are a few of the largest receipts ; British and
Foreign Bible Society. £102.084; Church Mis
sionary Society, £104,40.5; Wesleyan Missiona
ry Society, £141,899; London Missionary So
ciety, £91,048; Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts, £91,702.
It is reported in England that the Prince of
Wales won £4O,QQQ or at the recent
Derby race.
SEWS SUM SI All Y.
Thu negroes at Charleston have organiz 'd
a Loyal League, under a charter from the
National League.
The Connecticut Legislature ha? passed re no
tation declaring th;U all men ought to be free
aud have eq ia! rights; declaring i.ha : the gov
ernment of the United States ought never to
recognize any govcrein**nt which lias been im
posed upon any nation cn this continent by
the arms of any European Power: that it ought
not to make pretences of friendship toward
nations which have manifested hatred to this
country during the late distress; and that An
drew Johnson, President of the United States,
by his great abitifes, bis undoubted p .triotism,
and his em.m-ot public services, Inis entitled
himself to- ihe confidence of the nation and
that he ought to be sustained in iho exercise
of great freedom of action, and iu all his efforts
to tranquilisse the country, to maintain its
peace and dignity and to promote its it el fare.
The Secretary of War has Issued an order
annulling all orders of post, district, or depart
meat Co.-run inders whereby p isses have been
required from Im-umen ; and abolishing the
general restrailxts aud distinctions lounded on
color.
W 0 Loften has b»en appointed Collector
qf the port oi Newbem, N. 0.
A- discovery of iron ore has recently been
made in Peterborough Cos, Canada, JIT miies
by railroad from Buff do.
The degree of Doctor of Laws has been con
ferred on Gen Meade by Harvard University
A Massachusetts paper says the -leading
Masons of that State are about to invite their
Southern brethren to visit them aud partake
of their hospitalities.
The Secretary oi the Navy has issued orders
for the irqmediaie resumption of reeiuitrng at
the Baltimore Naval Depot, under the super
intendence of Commodore Durum.
The Virginia State Journal, published at
Alexandria, strongly advocates the doctrine
of universal suffrage, witfiopt dist inction of
cnl or.
Many of the inhabitants of Southwestern
Missouri me lining on gieens, slippery elm
bark and rods.
There is in California one cherry orchard ten
acres in extent.
The Confederates who continue to flock to
Mexico are mostly office-seekers, aud are
looked upon with great jealousy by the Aus
trian, Belgium and French adventurers who
throng the capital.
Geu. Parsons, at a speech at Yale College
commencement, stated that at the time of Gut.
Lee’s surrender, the Union armies numbered
near a million of men.
A planter named Wallace, who resides near
Darlington, S. C., shot a negro iu his employ
a few days since.
Governor Edgerton, of Montana, fflifl issued
his proclamation for five hundred men, to pro
tect emigration from Fort Benton, and chas
tise the Indians guilty of the late outrages, the
men to serve sixty days.
It is proposed to hold a grand mercantile
convention at (St,. Louis on or about October
Ist, and the business men of that city aie al
ready moving in the matter.
The Wisconsin Union State Convention is
called to meet at Madison on Wednesday, the
6ch of S. ptcmber.
According to the reports presented, there
avenow 285 Congregational«hurches in Connect
icut, of which 171 have pastors, 46 have stat
ed preaching, 65 are vacant, and two have no
preaching.
A terrible affray occurred at a barbecue in
Desoto county, Mississippi a few day since
An attack was made on one James C. Brown
by ten men, which resulted in the dea h of
Brown and a Miss Collins, and the wounding
of Brown’s wife, a man named McClure, and
one of the attacking party.
The lo ses by the late storm in live or six
counties of Pennsylvania and B’ew Jersey,
amount to at least 151600,000
Eighteen years ago there wore not probably
bly tnree hundred volumes of English hooks
iu California; to-day it is estimated that there
are with ia the limns of the State not less than
two million volumes. Many largo public and
private libraries attest tho progress of civili
zition.
A. new liue of steamers have commenced
running between Charleston and Philadelphia.
New Jersey elects a Governor this fail.
The Republican candidates for the nomination
are Marcus L Ward, Frederick T Frelinghuy
sen and George T Cobb; the Democratic. Ne
hemiah Perry, Andrew J Rogers and Theodore
Hunyon.
The depression of business in Richmond
consequent upon the deficiency of money, con
tinues. 'fhe supply ol merchandize of nearly
every description is in excess ®f the demand,
and prices aceordiujfty rul<? low at figures, in
some cases, below the Northern markets.
The wheat is yielding enormously in South
ern Illinois, ii3 a general thing the grain ia
large and plump.
The Second Comptroller of the Treasury
has intimated to the Paymaster General that
the three months extra pay to officers being
for services rendered and not a gratuity, is
subject to income tax.
The fractional currency in circulation is
estimated at twenty one million dollars.
A Mr. Van Choate predicting the failure of
the Atlantic telegraph project, says that “the
qlaim that messages were actually transmitted
by th old cable is preposterous and scientifi
cally impossible.”
In St, Louis female as well as male convicts
are put at work breaking stones for the roads.
Maine contributed mo'ft men during the
late war than Great Britain did to the allied
army dimug the Rus-iau war.
Miss Mary Svvaim, of Boston, recently de
ceased, has left the American Baptist Home
Mission Society and the Ameaican Baptist
Home Missionary Union, SIO,OOO, each.
A man seventy-five years old was sentenced
for forgery in Philideiphia, recently. Forged
checks to the amount of §35,000 wore found
upon his person.
A a oung man, at Winthrop, Alai lie, named
Wood, recently died trom thWtfwcts of cliio
rofoira. which he had taken while having a
tooth extracted.
The wheat crop in Indiana and Illinois is
badly damaged. In Wisconsin the rep . its are
more favorable.
There arc one hundrel and seventy two col
leges in the Noithern States.
There are in New York and Brooklyn eight
hundred shoe-blacks.
A horse was stung to death by bees, the oth
er day, in Ready, Fa.
..A policeman in Buffalo has been fined five
dollars aud costs for forcing a man in a horse
car to give his seat to a lady. The court said
ladies had no more privileges than men, and,
moreover, when treated civilly were not pro
fuse in acknowledgement.
A Saint Peter, Minn , paper says the grass
hoppers have been living over that place in
“countless myiads.’ ! The air for a quarter of
a mile high was filled with" them, and their
speed was four to five miles an hour. Through
every town or farm '.Lev pass they leave a
strong guard, and the destruction ol crops of
all kind is sure to follow.
The remains of Bishop Potter are to be
brought from California to Pennsylvania.
Government sold hides, horns, Ac., at Wash
ington, a few days since, to the amount of
$44,000.
The United States Mint coined in Juno near
ly half a million in gold eagles.
The people of Colorado are aboftt to make
another attempt at a State Government.
The earnings of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway for the first week in July, were as
follows: IS6-3, $142,381; 1804, $108,827.
Increase, $44 554.
The grape crop in Illinois will be very large
this year. Hancock county promises 1,000,-
000, gallons of wine, against 250,000 gallons last
year. The wine grower? make $3 a»d $3 per
gallon ea their wine, ' ;
VOL. LXXIV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXIV NO. 34.
COMMERCIAL
Financial an! Commercial.
The exports of species from isew York for
week ending August 5. were $180,710. Total
since January Ist, $18,636,890, against $31,-
014.2055ame time last year.
The total imports at Now York for week
ending August 5, weie $4,267,329, of which
$1,320,102 were in dry goods.
It is stated that during the mouth of June
last 2.008 claims for pDz • money were fi'td at
the Fourth Auditor’s Office, and toe handsome
sum ol S2SB 107.55 distiilmted in sums vary
ing from $5 to $38,001) to each claimant. A
large amount still remains to be distributed.
The Treasury Department, lor the week en
ding Ju!y*22, issued certificates ot indebted
ness to the amount of $2;857.000; and within
the same period redeemed $6, 083,000 of such
certificates. Three hundred and seventy
nine thousand dollars in fractional currency !
was issued during the same week, and s3B3’- I
000 redeemed. There yet remain about $l5O.- j
000 claims for bounty iunti under the several j
acts ol Congress before the Commissioners of
Pensions
Li»a*l !t>w Vohli S.i-v «ood» Market.
Brown Sheeting and Shirtings.— There has
been less demand for standard goods the last
few days, and fife stock on hand has somewhat
increased. The price has fluctuated during Iho
week and is still quite unsettled ; sales have
been made of outside lots at 32e, while the
agents offer them at utbout enq cent per yard
below our last quotations. Stark A, ludi.-m
Head, Lawrence C, Appleton A, and Indian
Orel aid are held at 33 ; 4 4 Granitesville ,31, J
do 26 ; Augusta Factory 4-4 at 35, £ do* 28 ;
Pocasset, Canoe 40 in. 34 ; and Pocassct K 31 ;
Appletons’ 35 for li. 28 tor 0. and 30 for 1) •
Shirtings 24 for E, 20 for W : Nashua extra
26J •
Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings —The
market continues active and prices remain firm
for leading makes. New Yoilt mills are delta
orod at 47. J ; Wamsul.ta 4-4 at 45wdo 52, 5 1
do 50, Lousdals 43 : Hope 40 ; White Rock
43| Wauregan X X -10 ; Forestdale 40 ;Ma
sonville do X 45, and Siatersvillo l at 34.
Drills.— The stock on hand ha? increased
but io still limited in many standard qualities,'
au l with a steady demand the prices remain
about the same as last week. Indian soli at
33 ; Stark 321 ; Augusta 32 ; Laconia 33.! ;
Pepperill 33.
Cotton Flannels —These goods are very
scarce in the best qualities, and the demand i
steady at full prices. Nanmkeag brown reil
at 42J ; Good Hope 35 ; Conestoga 45J- ;
Nashua at 40; Hamilton F 47.1 for bleached
Prints. —There is a tittle better display ot
prints for sale in first hands owing to tee- I. m -
porary quiet that has prevailed in business the
last few days The most desirable fabiies are
still well sold up, and the demand from
first hands is again brooming acitvo. Mcrii
macks sell by the agents at 32 for V/, and 30
for D ; in both fancy and frocks ; Dunnell’s
29 regular ; American Print Works 29 net ;
Sprague’s 30 regular for fancies ; 31 for pink?
purples, and shirtings ; 31 for blue and white.;
45 for blue and orange ; national 24A tor light ;
mourning 28 ; Alien’s .28 net for "fancy ; 29
for pink and purple, and 28J for frock ; Ar
nold’s 27 regular ; Garners are 82. Amos
keag, 31 for pink ; 30 for purple; 29 for fancy
and shirtings ; 28} for mourning ; 30 tor
ruby ; Dutchess 827 ; Lowell 27}, auii dus
ters 27- Richmond’s are all soid at vr. ue ;
the last were delivered at 29 not for fancy, 30
for pink ami purple and 28 for mourning.
Muslin Ds Laines — The -ales continue very
active, and the stock in first • hands i? quite
reduced. Many choice etyk-s have been ic
liroducod and are again entirely dosed out.
Manchester are 32} ; Pacific 33} for de laines ;
33} tor armures, plaiu color?; and 37} for
scarlet do ; lor robes de charebre. Lowe.l do
laines, 33} ; Atlantic De Laiao Go’s- Ouhnrga,
sell at 34 cents for 28 inch, and 45 for 30 inch
fine.
Cassimkees and Satinets. —There ha3 been
an increasing in heavy fabrics, and
the stock of fancy cassimeres in choice styles
is very much reduced ; prices for some makes
have been advanced twelve and a half cents
per yard. Mr. E S- Hail, agent, has a liue
assortment of Millvillea, extra qualities, which
seel rapidly at $2.50a3 for all wool, and $2.25
a2.75 tor all mixtures. Fulterton’s, and
Streere, and /Pinkbam’s fancy, brings $2 50 ;
Shaw’s doeskin $1.50, and diagonals $2.62£;
Rochester grey $1 35, and the plough, loom
and anvil 72 J.
Satinets in low and medium grades are in
active, while there is a good demand for fine
goods at full prices. Tip-top are ordered
ahead at $1.20 for No. 1 and Lower Valley
$1 15.
Feannels and Blankets. —The demand ern
tinues active, and prices are firm, and the
stock is considerably reduced. Plain scarlet
and orange iron 37 jto 50; scarlet twilled
47£i70 for N and C ; white 85»65; 4 4 Shaker
60.i80 ; blue ad mixed twills 45 w 0 : Gilbert’s
white and colored opera have been ad vanced
about seven and a half per cent. Army fl in
nels 77£ for standard ; Harris's White Domels
range Irom 45a80 for twills and plain.
Blankets sell readily at full pries. Cocheco
Swiss 10-4 $8.50, and 11-4 do $lO 50; Hol
land 10-4 all wool SO, and 11-4 do sl2.
American Linen —There is no new feature
to notice, prices remain the same and the de
mand is steady. Liuen crash soils at ltia‘2o ;
Linen huckaback 23.1.
Foreign Goons.—The demand continues
quite active • and although the importations
are steadily increasing, there is no extra ac
cumulation of stock; desirable fabrics sell
freely on their arrivaL, at fair pricer,. There
seems to be less fear of an excessively large
stock from abroad this season, than was enter
tained a few weeks since.
Snvnnnali Market—Aug 2.
Financial. —There is nothing of any extent
doing in Exchange The money market con
tinues quiet, aud we quote Exchange, at time,
on Northern citii s, at one per cent discount and
interest; on New York at | to 1 per cent pre
mium. Gold is scarce and in demand, with an
upward tendency Buyers are giving 42 a44
per cent, and selling at 45_a 48, lor silver 35 is
given and 40 asked. There is more demand
for uncurrent money, but the transactions aye
in small lots. There are no transaction in
stock-u
Freights- —Freights have declined and are
dull in consequence ot the low state ot the
river and the limited supply of cotton arriving
We quote cotton to New York in steamship at
£c per pound, and $1 50 a 1 75 per bale for
domestics. A British bark ia loading with cot
ton tor Liverpool, but the rate Vias not trans
pired. A limited business is doing in insu-
rance, with no change in rates.
Cotton. —The receipts of cotton at Savan -
nah for the month of July, 1805. have been
5,718 bales of Uupland Cotton, 19 do. Sea Is
land, and 1,027 bales of Damesties. The ex
ports during the same period have been 5,-
360 bales of Upland, 32 do Sea Island, and
916 bales ot Domestics, all to New Yo»k. The
imports during past week have been only
a few hundred hales, by flits and wagons
The low s ate of our rivers prevents the re-
ceipt of cotton in large quantities at present
The stock on sale continues very limited, and
during the past few days purchasers have not
been disposed to pay the rates demanded by
holders Nearly ad of the cotton on sale is of
a very inferior quality. During the present
week, prices have declined fidin two to three
cents per pound We quote the maiket dull,
with Middling at 36 to 40 cents, at which rate
purchasers are not very anxious to onerate :
Ordinary 30 a 33
Middling 36 a 40
Good Middling 42 a—
Mjst all of the cotton received during the
week hag the lower grades, There »
not a choice lot on tbe market. The recetats
of bea Island co.t.'-on is confined to very small
lots, and the sales are very limited. Fair
lots have been sold at 65 a7O cents. The
general range is from 50 to 65 ceuts.
THE GENERAL MARKET.
j Corn $1.25a1,00 per bush ; oats 90a$l 10
| fkiii s9all per bbl ; potatoes 87.50i8per bbl;
Liverpool salt $4 pev sack; cheese 16H8c;
i butter 35.140 c. ; lard 20a24c; beeswax 35a40c:
I k * S; ’W 8 -9c; hides Ba9o. ; rope 17a20c.;
bg. mg 27a30c.; soap 12}»15c ; nails s}c. ;
• ce.fish 6aßj. ; rice TalOc. ; adamantine candles
-U -000 ; parafiue caudles 45a50c.; molasses
2,3a50c. per gal.
Bacon — Ol choice bacon the market is en—
lirdy bare The demand ter the retail trade
is good, but ibe want, cf stock limits the trans
actions. We quote Hams at 30 to 35 ceuts,
and Should rs at 18 cents. Bides, there ia
none in market.
Four.—There is but a limited stock of this
on the market. We hear of sales of
Mackerel, ia kits, at s2‘soa3 00. Mackerel,
No- 2, at sl2 barrel. Herring at $7 00
per barrel.
Yv ms key, &c.—The market continues to bo
well supplied with all tho various qualities.-
Dui ing the week a considerable amount has
been soid, bul the rate remains without mate
rial change. We quote Rectified whiskey at
Bourbon at $2 50 a 4; Gibson’s at $4 50
u 6: Common brands at $2 50 a 3 50 per gal;
G- \'s whs,.key at sl3 per case; Columbian
gin at SBSO per gallon.
J ea —We notice no change in this article.
With a limited demand, confined mostly in the
1 -ait trade, prioes have undergone no change.
We. quote Imperial Green, by the Rox, at $1 50
a 1 75 per lb; and by retail $2 50. English
Breakfast Tea at $1 50 a 1 75; Oolong at $1 25
a 1 50.
Sugars.—Some Havanna sugars, just im
ported, sold at auction at 17 c per lb by the
box. New York Browns command 15 a 18c;
B coffee at 20 a 21c; crushed sugars at 23 a 25c;
powdered at 23 a 25c. Holders are firm aud
prices are advancing- The stock is not large.
Coffee. -The demand continues modernie.
St. Domingo brings 32 cents, new crop Rio at
31 ceuts; Java, in mats, at 38 a 42 ceuts.
Bos on Boot and Shoe Market July 2?.
There isa gratifying increase in the ship
ments of hoots anil shoes from this market the
past week; the quiet that has prevailed so long
has disappeared, and the sales are quite up to
anticipation of previous dates.
There are now in the market quite a largo
number oi buyers from ali parts of the country,
t elect ng thrir stocks and leaving ordeis with
despatch, which gives assurance for continued
demand of E stern manufactured goods. Prices
are unchanged and ruling firm, with a tenden
cy upward; there being a slight advance iu
leather, and a great scarcity of the better qua
litics oi ladies, goods. From present apperan*
ccs we think prices will range higher rather
than lower for the present season. The full
capacity of our manufacturers will now be
tasked to supply the orders left unfilled. The
Imny to aud fro of manufacturers from the
neighboring towns show that they are fully
awake and will meet the demand quickly. ’> ho
styles are gradually changing from tlie square
to'round toes, though for pegged work mode
rately round are in good request at present.
Ou sewed work they are already making tho
toes quite round, and oilier kinds will follow
soon. Among the shipments we notice nearly
500 cases for New Oi leans, 111 cases for
Charleston, 8. C , 110 cases for Richmond, Va.;
103 for Wheeling, Va. —Boston Republic.
Financial and Commercial l
The imports at New York during the week
ending July 22, were $6,206,463, of which $3,
366,859 were in dry goods.
The exports of specie from New York (luring
the week ending July 22, were $132,135: total
tunce January 1, $18,416,175, against $30,612,
893. corresponding time last year.
For the last three years the average annual
export of coin from the United States has been
about forty-c'ght and a quarter millions, and
for tbe t receding seven years, $47,583,736 per
annum. The receipts from California have
shown an important decrease during the war;
leaving us wiih a less stock of gold thah wo
had four years ago.
The taxes assessed on manufactures in Phila
delphia amounts to $6,765,964, representing
an estimated gross value of $169,149,112.
The cash balance in the hands of the Assis
tant Treasurer in Boston at the ciose of busi
ness July 22, w>s $5,522,060, showing an
increase of $1,193,735 as compared with th«
close of the preceding week.
The export ot treasures from San Francisco
this year, compared with 1864, is as follows:
Shipped from Jan 1 to July 1, ’65 $21,050,613
Same time last years 28,993,711
Decrease this year $7,943,098
New York !Warket---Aiigu*t 18-
Cotton quiet aud firm ; sales 48c for mid
dling. Flour steady at $6 45 a $9 75;
whiskey firm at $2 20; wheat advancing;
pork in better demand; mess $35 50; old mesa
S3O; prime $25 50; bacon dull. S:ocks steady.
Money quiet at 7 percent. Sterling Exchange
dud at B}. Gold a shade firmer, opeuing at
141}, and closing at 145. Government stocks
iather more steady.
Macon Market—Augurt li.
Cotton . —L/ottou lain good demand at
prices ranging from 30 a 44c. Holders are
not disposed to Bell, and the Rales the past
week were email. A slight advance is noted.
Receipts per day will average about 100 bales.
T< daoco. —Stock. —No sales lor shipments
were made the past week, and operations were
cot lined to small i.aleß to retailers and con
sumers, chewing 35 a $2 per lb ; smoking 40 a
$1 50.
Bagging and Rote. —Stock heavy—demand
good We quote bagging at 45 a 50c. and
rope 30 a 35.
Dome no Goods. —There i3 a large stock of
sheetings, drillings, domestics and cotton yarns
in this market, aud sales are generally to ship
pers. But very few sales arc made to retailers
and consumers We quote shirtings, Augusta
mills 26 a 28 ; Macon mills 28 a 30; drilling?
23 a 25c ; domestics 22 a 2 >c) cottoa ytbiUci
$2 50 a $2 75.
Dr? Goods.— Maiket well supplied—sales
heavy at a decline. We quote calicoes at 40 a
45c; shoes $2 a S7 per pair
Drugs and Medicines. — Stock light—de
mand good. Prices have a downward tenden-
cy. , A
General Market.— Bacon Rides and should
ers 15 a 22c; bacon hams 27 a 25c; coffee 45 a
90.; flour 7 a 10c; corn 85 asl; wheat 1,50 a
2,50; rye 80 a $4; barley $1 a 1,25; leather
35 a 75c; meal 90 a $1.25: nails 7 a 15c; rice
8 a 12c; sugar 10 a 18c; Chinese syrup 16 a 30c
per gal; cain syrup 35 a 65c per gal; whisky
$3 a $8 per gai.
The business of the city for the past week
exhibited a marked improvement. Gentle
men continue to arrive in the city with money
to buy cotton, and large quantities of goods
of ail descriptions arrive from the North and
West daily. The stock of diy goods now in
the city is ample, and large quantities are ex
pected to arrive the ensuing week, causing a
slight decline in the dry goods market.
The high price of transportation between
this place and the North will keep the price of
go. os at a high figure for some time.— Ttk
j graph.
The fare on the mail line of boat 9 between
Cincinnati and Louisville, a distance of 150
miles, owing to opposition, is only two dollars,
which includes Btate room end two meals.
There are twenty seven elevators in Buffalo,
porno of which can lake 10,000 husheis an hour
from the holds of vessels into canal boats. A
vessel containing 40,000 bushels of wheat, can
bo emptied iu one uay, aud clear from port wi
her retura. _