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Th« Difficulti** Between Spain and Chili
The government of Spain appears to be bo
much emboldened by ita successes in Peru m
to’ lead it to create a disturbanco with anoth
er Republic oi Sou*h America. It seems
that on the 17th of September, the eve of ihe
anniversary of the Chilian independence, the
Spanish Admiral Pareja appeared in Valparai
zo harbor, and sent in a notification that the
former explanation and apologies offered by
Cblli to Spain, and which the Spanish Miuister
In Chili, Benor Tavila, bad declared perfectly
satisfactory, had been repudiated in Madrid,
and that ho, Pareja, had been vested with
full powers to adjußt the questions pending-
He then stated the principal points of offense,
and demand oil an immediate and satisfactory
explanation and a aaluto of twenty-one guns
to the Hpanlsh Hag, or he would break iff all
diplomatic relations. Tho Government of
Chill refusing to accede thin demand, Pareja
sent an ultimatum, to which the Chilian Con
gress replied by unanimously passing a de
claration of war.
Thus it will bo seen that the war, though*. de
clared by the latter power, was forced by the
eonduct of the former. Ever since tho Spanish
trouble with Pern, Spain has Bought to re
venge herself on Chili for the sympathy of the
latter shown to her sister Republic, and the
hpanlah Minister to Chili, lately demanded re
paration lor alleged Chilian outrages which
existed only in imagination. Spain is now
blockading the Chilian coast with a fleet of
seven vessels, a force so entirely inadequate
that it will hurdly be respected as a legitimate
blockading squadron. Chili has authorised a
loan of $20,000,000, and given its Prerident
nulimited powers.
Alliance exists betwen the Republics of
Chili, Ecuador, Peru, Columbia, Bolivia, Vene
zuela, and Salvador, by which these Stateß
bind themselves to commit no hostilities
against each other, and to allow no foreign
foe to organize or recruit forces in one State
to the detriment of each other. It would not
be surprising if this compact of neutrality
should rise into active co-operation with
Chili in her present struggle with the ancient
oppressor of all the South American States.
Chili has.thuß far been the most flourishing
of all the South American Republics, and she
is andoubtedly able to make a more vigorous
resistance to tho Spanish attacks than Peru.
Still, the great losses which the temporary
partial destruction of her commerce must ne
cessarily involve, will put her on a severe trial.
Pbtrolkum. —But live or six years ago, this
term, now iu everybody’s mouth, was met
with only in workß on chemistry or minerolo
gy, and in these it occupied a very insignifi
cant space. Yet in Asiatic countries, it has
for oenturies been well kuown and extensively
used ; the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea
and portions of Burrnah annually furnishing
uany thousand barrels to commerce. It al
ways seemß that we accidentals aie merely
repeating the experience of the more ancient
orientals. In different portions of the United
States, it has long Leeu known as a mert
curiosity ; but it was not until 1860 that it
attracted much attention.
During the summer of that year, a great
many oil wolU werodu* in Woetem Canada,
with a large yield. Iu Western Pennsylvania,
there was a regular furore upon the subject’
and any nunibor of adventurers engaged in the
hunt ; with great success on the whole. Since
then rich oil fields have been opened in South
western New York, in Western Virginia, and
in Ohio. So diligent has been the search for
oil, and so well repaid the search, that in the
short space of five years petroleum has risen
from a mere chemical curiosity to a great com
mercial staple—a leading article for home use
and foreign export : like gold or cotion, a
priucipa! product of the United States. Large
are employed in mining for, and in
refining it, and also in manufacturing maohi
nery for both these processes. Immense capi
tal is invested in joint stock companies got up
for real or speculative mining venturers. Vast
fortunes have been realized by the lucky ones;
and handsome sums buried deep enough un
derground by the less favored.
Still in the arts and uses of daily life this
eubefance is yet a novelty ; and new applica
tions are constantly made of it. There can be
but little doubt tnat it is destined to be a per
maaent product of the bowels of our land,
equally with coal, Us kindred, perhaps its
parent mineral ; and as little doubt that, for
heating and illuminating uses, it will rival
coal ; while it is olso susceptible of many
peculiar applications.
Another new Steamer —The 1 steamer Two
Boys,” for Messrs. Erwiu & Hardee’s line, ar
rived at Savannah last Saturday. This steamer
was built by Messrs. Pusey, Jones & Cos., of
Wilmington, Delaware, in the most substan
tial manner, and of the best materials. Her
dimensions are as follows: length of hull, 130
feet, length over all, 130 feet; breadth of beam,
20 feet; over all, 33 feet; depth of hold, 4 feet.
She has two high pressure engines, 20 inches
cylinders and 8 feet stroke; paddle wheels 36
feet diameter, 9 feet face Her draft, light, is
17 inches; 30 inches loaded; with carrying
capacity for 500 bales of cotton.
The steamer contains sixteen state r x>ms,
which, with the room for spreading cots, will
accommodate from eighty to one hundred pas
sengers. The saloon and state rooms are
fitted up in a neat and comfortable manner,
without any attempt at the display so often
seen, which sacrifices comfort to show. The
arrangements for the safety of passengers are
excellent, the boat being well provided with
life preservers, buckets, force pumps and hose,
everything calculated to insure against
accident, both by fire and water. The hull is
divided by water tight bulkheads into four
Compartments, so that in case of getting snag
ged, she would still float,
Candidate for Senate Clerkship. —Mr. J R.
Sneed, formerly of the Savannah Republican,
is announced as a candidate for Secretary of
the senatorial branch of the approaching leg
islature. Os the fitness of Mr S., none can en
tertain a doubt, while his services to the State
will be recognized by all as entitling him to
strong claims for the honors and profits of the
position. _
Another Stkahkb for River Trade.— The
fine steamer P. B. Goodsell has arrived at Sa
vannah from the North. She is designed for the
river trade between Savannah and Augusta,
and is owned by Messrs. Chapman & Teuton,
of the former place . .
Gita os the Coast. —The Savannah papers
report a heavy gale and thick fog on the coast
November 20. It is feared that some vessels
A* to been wrecked
Tur. London Tines on tbk Moxrok Dccibine. I
—The London Times in speaking upon the !
Monroe Doctiina re: aiks “if Mr. Seward now ,
wishc-e to say that the revival of the great Re- |
public, after its gigantic struggle, will reflect j
such iustcr and shed such renown on republi
can institutions that ail other institutions on
the American continent will be promptly
eclipsed and ultimately extinguished, hla pro
phecy need not be impugned. Noboly would
objest to tho ascendancy of the Monroe doc
trine on such principles as these, if a monar
chical government fihould become as obnoxious
to the Mexicans as the priestly government to
the Romans No one would wish to see it
main'aired’by foreign bayonents.” The Times
farther eays it is perfectly reasonable that
Maximilian’s empire, when once established,
should be left to stand alone, and draw its snp
.port from the recognition and gratitude of the
people. The proper work of the French
troops, therefore, will be a natural event, and
after it has taken place Americans will only
see on their continent a thriving monarchy in
stead of a republic in ruins.
Masonic —Wo learn from the Charleston
South Carolinian that the Supreme Grand
Council for the Southern jurisdiction of the
United States assembled in Charleston last
Friday. The following distinguished members
of tho Fraternity were present, and other
eminent Masons were expected to errive :
Albert Pike, of Arkansas, Soverign Grand
Commander of the Grand Council of the 83d
Degtee for the Southern jurisdiction cf e
United States.
Albert G. Mackey, of South Carolina, Sec
retary General of the H. E. in the Supreme
Council of the 33J Degree.
W. S. Rockwell, of Georgia, Sovereign
Grand Inspector of the Supreme Council 33d
Degree for Georgia.
A. T. C. Pearson, of Minnesota, Sovereign
Grand Inspector for Minnesota.
B. Rush Campbell, oi South Carolina, Sove
reign Grand Inspector for South Carolina.
Foreign Emigration. —ln many sections of
Virginia, the planters) have.already introduced
foreign labor. Ju iging from the accounts we
receive from those sections, we are led to be
lieve that the experiment has proved a perfect
success thus far; and will hereafter prove not
only a blessing to the poor whites who is pro
vided with a good home and living, but also a
source of great profit jto those who employ
them.
In Texas, we also notice that the importa
tion of white labor lrom Europe has been en
tered into in a svstematiCiWay. A regular line
of cemmunication has been established between
Bretaen and Galveston, and several hundred
emigrants have already arrived at the latter
place It is expected that an immense num
ber of emigrants will settle in Texas next
year.
We hear of a number of planters in this
State who have already engaged German la
borers for the coming year. They will un
doubtedly, be amply rewarded for their trouble
and expenee.
The planting season will soon be upon us.
If tho freedmen will not make contracts, la
borers of somo kind must be had. If the freed"
men will not work, white laborers will, This
is a thing which we should see to at once. It
is a question which affects the vital interesto
vs the country.
Gen McDowell’s Ob life r Enforcing Neu
trality with Mexico. —The order ol General
McDowell, commanding tho Department of
California, forbiding the transportation of
rms across our frontier into Mexico, has caus
ed much dissatisfaction among the friends of
the Mexican Republic in the Pacific States, and
has led to a correspondence between the Gen
eral and Mr. Godoy, President Juarez’s Consul
in San Francisco. The Consul prays for a
withdrawal of the order, maintaining that it
must work entirely in favor of the imperialists,
as they hold all the Pacific seaports, and as
shipments of arms by sea are forbidden. Gen.
McDowell, in his reply, states that the ship
ments by eea as well as by land are intended
by his order to bo prohibited, and that instruc
tions to this effect have been given by him to
the San Francisco Collector. He also regrets
that his official duties require him to pursue a
course which 1b thought by the Consul to be
inimical to the republican cause in Mexioo,
which he says has his warmest sympathies, and
ho adds that it is with pain he replies that he
cannot withdraw the order alluded to.
Cotton Statistics. —The fcliowing is an of
ficial statement of .the movement in cotton
since the Ist of September jlast : Receipts at
the ports in the United States, 417,000 bales,
export to Great Britain, 174,000 bales ; export
to France, 11,800 bales ; export to other
foreign ports, 3,500 bales ; total exports, 189,-
300 bales ; stock on band, 385,000 bales, in
eluding 168 000 bales in the New York market.
it is stated that in the Atlantic ports that
but little cotton is Bold, most of it being ex
ported to the North and to Europe from first
hands, or on orders executed up country. Im
proved railroads facilities have largely in
cteased the receipts, particularly in South
Carolina. In Alabama, low water has hitherto
kept back cotton, and the recent rains will
probably bring a considerable quantity to
light. In New Orleans prices are well sus
tained, as that markefis better supplied with
buyers and money than any other.
The Cotton Appropriation Question. —In-
vestigation into cotton transactions in Alabama
since the the war, according to all ac
counts, bring to light some Btrange transac
tions. Rumors of immense speculation are
afloat, mixed up with heavy deficits in the num
ber of baies which belong to the government.
In Southern Alabama a leading official is said
to be under arrest by order of the military, and
others are being looked up for the same pur
pose. It is very evident that the government
has commenced inquiring into the strange ope
rations which have taken place in the South
daring the past few months. We hope the ex
aminations will go on. It is due to the public
morals that an investigation should b 9 had, in
order that unjust suspicions may be lifted from
the good names of the innocent, as well as that
the guilty may be brought to justice.
’ '«WI
Receipts and Extorts or Cotton and Do
mestics at Savannau From Friday Novem
ber 17 to Monday evening November 20, the
receipts of cotton and domestics at Savannah,
were as follow? : 049 bales upl »nd cotton,
from Darien and Augusta, 41 bales sea islands
and 15 bales domestics. The exports during the
6 ime period were: 9,<>T2 bales upland cotton,
322 sea islands, and 50 bales domestics. The ex
ports were to the following ports : Liverpool,
G 775 bales upland cotton, 20 bales sea Islands.
New York, 2,711 bales upland cotton, 121
bales sea islands, 60 bales domestics. Balti
more, 47baks upland cotton. Boston, 97
bales upland cotton. The stock on hand at
last reports was 10,461 bales upland cotton,
£63 bales sea islands, and lidjbales domestics.
United States, Enolans and Confederate
Ceussrs. —A supplement to the Linden Ga
zette contains further additional ccrrespoo •
deuce between Messrs Adams aud Russell re
lative to departure of cruisers for ihe Confed
erates from England. Russell repeats thi ar
gument that the British Government acted up
n precedent, and furnishes memorandum
showing that steps were taken to prevent and
punish the breaches of neutrality.
The London limes thinks it impossible tor
the Amerlcm Government to abandon the
claims for the depredations of the Alabama,
but It is quite possible lor a Government to
yield nothing. The Times also further le
marks:
We must b 8 prepared to be told that the
the United States will abate no jot of ita de
mand, and will reserve the right of enforcing
them, but still when the temper of the peoplo
is ca’-lcd, when commerce has had time to re
deem D’e links which bind the t*o nations to
gether, there will be a better disposition to
dwell on unfortunate but undeniable casualties
The London News coofideatly dismisses the
supposition that the Alabama claims can be
come a direct cause of war between the two
countries, but it trusts that something wiil yet
be done to bring the dispute to an amicable
settlement. The News concludes its article as
follows ;
It would be an eternal disgrace if both gov
ernments should confess themselves unable to
find any but a violent setllement of their differ
ences. But here is a state of formal peace
which has many of the disadvantages of wa>\
The liberation of the captain and crew and the
steamship is said to have,been unconditionally,
the British Government being of the opinion
that there are no legal grounds o:r which they
could be oiaimed.
Capt. Waddell, in a letter to Evrl Russell,
which is published iu obedience to orders,
says :
I found mysslf in the Arctic Sea, far re
moved from the ordinary channels of com
merce, and in consequence of this awkward
circumstance I was urged into acts of war.
On the 28th of June I was ignorant of the
reverse of the Confaderacy and the total ob
literation of the Government under which I
acted. I received the fit at intimation of the
downfall of the Confederacy on the' 20th of
August from the British ’bark Banra&onta,
and desisted immediately from further acts of
war until I cmld communicate with European
ports and learn if the information was true.
I could not have been sensible of tho tal o
told by American ship3 were tiue, but merely
upon ihe staiement of a British Captain. I
diligently sought for a precedent in law
for the guidance in the controlls, managements
and final disposal of the vessel, but found
none. Finding the authors ’questionable, un
der which we acted, immediately ceased crus
ing and shaped her course for the Atlantic I
did not feel satisfied in destroying the versel,
but on the contrary, thought the ship shoul 1
revert to the American Government.
The Confederate Colony in Mexico. —A gen
tleman who formerly resided ia Missouri, but
who latterly had joined a Confederate colony
in Mexico, has returned heme and giveß a
sketch of matters in that country. The colony
to which he belongs, and to which he will re
turn soon, lies near Cordova, a town on the
road between Vera Cruz and the oity of Mexico,
and about a hundred miles from the former
place. It consists of about a dezen large ha
ciendas apparently of good land, capable of
producing cottoa, coffee, cocoa, and tobacco.
This land will be given to the settlers by the
Emperor’s Government, in parcels of six hun
dred ancMorty acres to families, and in smaller
allotments to single men.
Sterling Price. Gen. Shelby, Ex Governor
Harris of Tennesee, and Judge Perkiuß, of
Louisiana, were there at the time of his de
parture, with other settlers of less note.
Lieutenant Maury, formerly of the Naval Ob
sevatory at Washington, was also there, and
actively eDgaged in furthering the scheme by
drawing up a report to be circulated in the
Southern States, with a view of inducing par
ties of colonists to coma over and join them.
The work of tilling the soil had not been fair
y commenced, and would be postponed until
there was a suitable accession to their numbor.
Ihis they expect to obtain in reasonable time
through the medium of Meury’s repoit, and
the influence of the newspaper which Ex-
Governor Allen of Louisiana, has commenced
publishing in the city of Mexico.
The U. S. Securities > broad.— The London
papers attribute the very considerable fall in
our securities of late in Europe, (o the feats
there entertained as to the course cur Govern
ment will pursue in the controversies that are
pending with France and England —with the
former on tho Mexican question, and with the
latter on compensation for damages. It is na
tural and common for the holders of a Govern
ment’s bonds to be somewhat timid as to its
action upon great public questions—particular
ly when war is one of the possible issues. But
in the present instance there would seem to be
a want of reasonable confidence in the pacifi
catory disposition and the sagacity of our ad
ministration. They seem to fancy that we are
looking around tho world for an adversary,
and are determined to make war our first ar
gument, not our last resort, iu every quarrel.
It is a mistake. The decision as to war or
peace, now and in the future, lies more with
England and with France than with us.
Galveston Cotton Statement.— The latest
Galveston papers give the annexed statement
in regard to the cotton received at that place
The number of bales received this.year, up to
November 11, is 49,966, bring 9,822 more than
was received during the same time of the year
previous to the war. Os this amount 7,245
bales have been sent to Great Britain ; 10,436
bales to New Orleans ; i5,245 bales to New
York, and 1,125 bales to Bostdn ; leaving at
Galveston, November 11, 15.855 bales.
A Negro Kilted —At a colored ball on Fen
wick street on Monday night, a difficulty oc
cured between a freedman and a U. S. colored
goldler. The matter was settled by the latter
shooting off the head cf the former.
The j ury in their verdict held the corporal
present on duty, and the landlord of the house
as axceesory to the deed.
From Middle and South Eastern Georgia
—The Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers
are now in good boating condition. A largt
amount of cotton is daily expected at Darien
by barges. Many cotton barges have recently'
beer wrecked on these rivers, greatly imped
ing navigation.
A Great Accommodation to the Public
Hereafter the Central Railroad train will leave
Savannah 7or Augusta at 8,30 A M. arriving
in this city the following morning in time to
makezfonnectlcn with the Georgia Railroad
tiLih for Atlanta.
MfiRE Bcbbebt.—A party of thieves stolo
a couple of bales of corton from the ware
house of James Gardiner, Esq ,on Monday
night. The property has been recovered. The
thieves are not yet caught.
The Alabama Election —R. M. Patton has
been elected Governor of Alabama by about
ten thousand majority. *
* Beecher upon the Exiting State of Af
fairs —While the war lasted there was no
more fiercer champion of the Federal cause than
H?n:y W ird Beecher. He wsi for a war of ex
termination, if the Union could not be restored
by any other means. Now that the contest is
over, he appears to be very desirous to restore
harmony and brotherly feeling among bere'o
foro conflicting elemeuts. We think he is sin
cere in his professions, and that be will do all
he can to settle any jealous or hard feelings
winch yet exist. Such a course would be more
in keepmg with his professed calling than the
one hitherto pursued by him
A meeting woo icvemiy held at cooper Tu
in New York city "for the purpose of
enlir#lng aid and sympathy for the empoversh
ed and distressed South. Beecher was present
and made an address. Annexed is a synopsis
of it
With the cessation of war, its spirit ceased.
The better, tho mass of Southern people are
without bellicose feeling of bloodthirstiness.
We are all glad that the war has closed, and
entertain no revengeful spirit. We are ready
to extend the right hand of fellowship to our
old opponents and welcome them back to the
Union of our fathers. State Right3 is ortho
dox, State sovereignty heterodox. The doc
trine of State Rights was bom in New England.
Tho first tenative Unions were formed there
They were afraid to tiuafc each other; afraid
they would lose their liberties. In other de
bates for the formation of onr fede ration, ihe
New England States were more jealous than
any others.
We hold this doctrine then for Georgia, Ala
bama, and all the Southern Sta ,as well as
for ourselves, A republic so vast must have
joints, if uujointed like a turtle’s hack, its
weight will break it; if jointed like a lady’s
braclet, it will coil about the wrist of Liberty
without danger of breaking it.
There are no men more set against State
sovereignty than we, and none more invinci
bly determined to preserve State Rights than
we. We should have a spirit of hope, of
tiust, of patience. I was affected by bearing
Governor Pan. on’s statement of the sufferings
oi the South, and yet how much remains un
told. It was a common remark here during
the late war, that no one would know that
there was any war ; but down there whole
hamlets are desolated, cut up by red hot shot,
and yet there are some who expect these
Southern people to hold up their hands and
say: “Only tell us what you want and we’ll
say and do it,’’ It’s not natural, you can’t
expect it. I helive iu faith, and patience, and
moderation. We need faith in Southern men’
HENRY WARD BEUUHERB OPIMt .Y OP
SI OAK WALL JACKSON.
When Stonewall Jackson fell, Henry Ward
Beecher published the annexed article in re
gard to him in the New York Independent. It
will be of interest to those who have not seen
it:
A brave and honest foe hr s fallen ! Thomas
Jonathan Jackson has died of his wounds re
crived iu the confusion of the battle of Chan
v. sllorsville, at the hands of his own men.
There is not left another man in the South to
take his place, and the Richmond papers
scarcely exaggerate when they say that the
Confederacy could better have lost fifty thou
sand men. Good in council, his peculiar ex
cellence was in the field. We know of no man
on either side that suiparsed him, if aDy
equalled, in handling an ainy.
We are, in some respects, better judges of
his military talents than Southern men, since
we felt the blow* they oniy saw dealt. It is
certain that no man has impressed the imagi
nation of our soldiers and the whole communi
ty so much as he. An unknown name at the
beginning of the war, save to his brother offi
cers, and to his classes in the military school
at Lexington, Va , hia foot steps were earliaet
in the field from which now death has with
drawn him. Butin two years he has made
hia name familiar in every civilized land on tho
globe as a gene:al of rare skill, resource and
energy.
No other general of the South could devel
ope so much power out of the slender and pre
carious means, by the fervid inspiration of his
own mind, as Jadtson. He had absolute con
trol of his men, seeming almost to fascinate
them He drove them through marches long
and difficult, without resources, feeding them
as best he could; he delivered battle rs a
thunder cloud discharges bolts, and, if the for
tunes were against him, then, with even more
remarkable skill than in advancing, he held
his men together in retreat, and with extraor
dinary address and courage, eluded pursuit,
sometimes fighting, sometimes fleeing, until he
brought off his forces safely.
Then, almost before the dust was laid upon
the war path, his face was again towards his
enemies, and he was ready for renewed con
flict. His whole soul was in his work. He had
no doubts t or parleyings with himself. He
put the whole force of his being into the blows
for the worst cause man ever fought for, as
few of cur gene. Ms have ever learned to do for
which trumpet ever sounded. Henceforth we
know him no more after the flesh. He is no
longer a foe. We think of him as a noble min
ded gentlemen, a rare and eminent Christian.
For years he has been an active member of the
Presbyterian Church, of which he was a rulin';
elder He never, in all the occupations of the
camp, or temptations of campaigns, lost the
fervor of his piety or remitted his Christian
duty.
We know that before every important move
he spent much time in prayer. He had so put
his soul to the keeping of his Master, that he
was relieved from all thought of seif; and bed
the whole of his life ready for his work. Offi
cers of Fremont’s army, who pursued him in
his famous retreat from the Shenandoah Val
ley, found him to be greatly beloved by the
common people, among whom, in former
times, he had labored in prayer meetings; in
temperance meetings, in every good word and
work No wonder he fonght well aloDg a region
of topography be had down with pray
ers and exhortations and Christian labor.
He was unselfish He fought for neither re
putation nqw, nor for future personal endow
ment. Ho therefore did not fall in to the ruinous
habits of our generals, who are always neglect
ing to do the things that can be done, because
they are small, but squander time and men
end patience in getting ready for great battles,
which elude them or defeat them. He inces
santly struck on the right and on the left, and
kept alive the fire in the hearts of the ill clad,
poorly fed and overworked men, by the ex
citement of enterprise and the constant relish
of victories, small in detail, but whose sum
was all important
Let no man suppose that the North will tri
umph over a fallen son with insulting grahrla
tione. No where else will the name of .Jack
son be so honored. Not for the adhesion to the
cause of slavery, but for his devout piety, and
for his military genius.
SUPREME COURT.
Points decided by the Supreme Court of
Georgia at its Milledgeville November,
Term 1865.
Sm’l Meridith, Plff. in Error, 1 Possesory
vs. !- Warrant.
Knott & Hollinsworth, Dfts, in Er’r.) Baldwin.
A bailee representing his trust, aud setting
up adverse title, may be proceeded against by
possessory warrant, at tbe instance of the bail
or, after demand and refusal. Judgement
sffirmed
P. &R. A. Flemming, Plffspn Er’r, V Case.
vs. " > from
William B. Dorn, Deft, in Error.) Richmond.
In an action against copartners, one ot the
defendants may be made a competent witness
for tbe other, by bond of imdemnity, release
and deposit of money in Court to cover the
recovery in the case. Judgment reve reed.
Export of Specie from New York.— -The
following comparative statement will show the
exports of specie from New York to tte 11th
of November in the years noted :
Total since Jan. 1, 1565.. .$25,484,618
Same time in 1864 40,953,852
Same time in 1863 '39,690,402
Same time in 1862.... 50,613,812
Same time in 1861........ 3,299,337
Same time in 1860 41,808,743
Same time in 1859........ 65,776,700
Same time in 1858 23,835,114
Same time in 1857 ~ 34,257,982
Same'time in 4856 33,387 376
Same time in 1855 26,491,161 «
Same-time in* 18q4 35,215.667
Saipe time in IK>3 21,788,085
Same,time in 1852 23,255,910 j
SoffTH Carolina Auorrs tub Constitutional
Amendment. —The following preamble and res
olutions were adopted by the Legislature of
Scu'h Carolina, on the latt day of the session:
Whereas, the Congress of the United States,
by joint resolution, approved on the first day
of February, A. D. 1860, proposed an amend
ment to tb j Constitution of the United States
for the ratification of the Legislatures of the
several States, which amendments is in the fol
lowing words, to wit:
Article 13—Section 1. Neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as a pinishment
for crime, whereof the party shall have been
dnly convicted, shall exist within the United
States, or aDy place subject to their jurisdio
tio: •
Section 2. Congress shall have power to in
force this article by appropriate legislation
Approved February 2, 1865.
Resolved, therefore, by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the General Assembly of
the State of South Carolina, in General As
sembly met, and by the authority of the same.
That the aforesaid proposed amendment of the
Constitution of the Uuited States be and the
same is hereby excepted, and ratified by this
State.
Resolved, That a certified copy of the fore
going preamble and resolutions be forwarded
by his Excellency the Provisional Gevernor, to
the President of tbo United States, and also to
the Secretary of State of the United State?.
Resolved, That any attempt by Congress to
wards legislating upon the political status of
former slaves, or their civil relations, would be
contrary to the Couetitution of the United
States, as it now is or a« it would be, altered
by the proposed amendment, in conflict with
the policy of the President declared in his Am
nesty proclamation, and with the restora
tion of that harmony upon which depends the
vital interests of t >e American Union.
Redemption of Mutilated Bank Notes. —The
following instructions in regard to the redemp
tion of mutilated National Bank Notes, issued
by the Comptroller of the Currency, will be of
interest :
Ist. The notes are to be redeemed by the
banks by which they are respectively issued,
and should not ba returned to - this office in
sums of less than SSOO, or multiples of that
amount.
2d. Ihe mutilated qotes which have been
torn or defaced, will be received when present
ed by the banks that issued them, provided all
the fragments are returned, and the engraving
and signatures are not so far obliteratod that
it cannot be determined by what bank the
notes were issued.
3d. Fragments should be redeemed by the
banks in full, when accompanied by an affida
vit stating the cause and manner of mutilation,
and that the missing part of the note is totally
destroyed. The good character of the affidavit
shall aiso be fully t vouched for by the officer
before whom the affidavit is taken. These
affidavits must be forwarded to this office, with
the fragments to which they .elate, in order
that the banks presenting such par' of notci,
may receive credit tor the same. F iceptional
cases may occur, in which no reasonable doubt
can exist ia regard to the entire destiuction
or irreparable damage to missing portions of
notes, a3 by fire and accidents, and where evi
dence of identity is ample by tho signature
of one or both officers, or the title or locality
of the bank and the denomination of the notes,
where the integrity of the bill holder is unex
ceptionable, and where no question could arise
in regard to the iractional or improper use of
the missing parts. In such instances judicious
discrim,nation must necessarily be exercis'd
by tho officers of the bank. It is, however,
advised that such notes be received at their
full face value, and a perfect note given there
for, a record being provided of the facts, to
be sent to this office, with the mutilated note
when returned for redemption by the bank,
in which case credit will be allowed in this
Department. Bnt when no satisfaction can be
obtained in regard to the missing parts, and a
possibility exists that any improper use can
be made of the same, it is recommended that a
proportionate value only be allowed, estimat
ing this by a comparison of tho portion return
ed with the missing pai t. A record shall ha kept
of tho amount allowed in all such instance,
and a vouchor of the same note or notes shall
be returned for redemption.
The Forthcoming Department Reports.—
The Secretaries and Heads of several Depart
ments of the government are rapidly preparing
their reports of the different branches of the
government for tho past year. They mmt
necessarily prove more than usually interest
ing in their summing up of results at the
close of tue war and the re-establishment of
peace. The Postmaster-General’s report will
be one of great interest, >n view of the re-or
ganization of the Southern mail service, and
Governor Dennison will bring bis report down
to a later period than usual, in order to give
an exhibit of the condition of the Southern
mail service at the pie ent time. The revenue
of tbe postal service in the loyal states for the
past year was larger than that of all the states
before the war. Geneial Grant’s report, which
has been in the hands of the Secretary of War
for some days, has been recalled by the Genet
al .—National Intelligencer
An American Consul in Luck. —The Hong
7r ong correspondent of the Boston Journal
says that Mr. Lee Moses, the American Consul
of Borneo—formerly a shipmaster iu Maine—
has recently become the lessee for twonty
years of 2,400 miles of the richest territory in
Borneo, together with the islands of Balabac
aod Pa wau. Both islands are occupied by
the Spanish under tribute to Bornero, which is
now changed t» tribute to Moses. Tbe coal
mine3 of Amburg, also the pearl fisheries, are
included in tho contract. The fine ratan marsh
fields, Mavoedoe and Petan, are also his, Gut
ta-percha and rubber of first class East India
quality are in his forests. The Chinese are
anxious for the bird’s neats, camphor and bet
01, and the Borneo Company wish it so as to
extmd their business further. But the consul
has showed a determination to keep his trade
in American hands only. He is also a Rajah
by title of popularily. His property cost him
only $45,000 and his native taxation brings
him nearly $70,000 in produce at half price of
the markets of Borneo.
The Direct Tax of 1861.—8 y act of August
5, 1861, a direct tax was imposed cn the seve
ral States and Territories, divided among them
pro rata, according to population. The amounts
received by the Treasury by warrant up to
September 80, 1865, stand as follows :
New York. $400,000; Ohio, $1,146,896 24;
Maryland, $371,229 83; Connecticut, $261,-
981 99; Pennsylvania, $350,000; Minnesota,
$47,030 17; Indiana, $68,701 60; Illinois,
$974,568 63; California, $247,445 4l; Vermont,
$179,407 80; Tennessee, $170,000; South
Carolina, $234,756 17; New Hampshire, $185,.
645 67; Virginia, $171,420 27; Florida, $43-
509 81; Arkansas, $38,162 3Louisiana,
$83,203 72; Nevada, $4,592 33; Washington
Territory, $4 143 06; total, $4,987,768 63.
Bishop Eliiott. —The Philadelphia Bulletin
remarks that the master mind of the late Epic
copal Convention in that city was evidently
Bishop Elliott, of Georgia. It Bays:
When that eminent Southern prelate issued
his famous mandate to the North, ‘Silence, if
yon please, but not one word of censure, he
sounded the key-note to which all the doingß
of the Convention have been carefully and ac
curately tuned. It must be intensely gratify
ing to Bishop Elliott to find that his old in
fluence is not only not aUated, but it is greater
than ever.
Col. Wade, lata of the Confederate army,
h3d a personal rencontre with a soldier In
Columbus, Miss , a few days ago, in which the
soldier was fatally wounded. Other soldiers
then heat and wounded Col. Wade, who was
finally resened and taken to the hospital for
treatment and safe keeping.' In a few hours
afterward he was killed in the hospital, but no
person can tell how.
General Torbeit, commanding at Norfolk
has ordered immediate and careful inquiry rel
ative to the rumored secret proceedings among
the colored population ot the surrounding
county of Princess Anna, Va. If secret meet
ings are held for any improper object, they
will be dispersed, no longer allowed, and the
ring-leaders punished.
Northern men are investing largely in land
in Virginia, especially in the country between
Washington and Richmond.
Al'urSTA Po*" OFFICE,
SOUTHERN MAIL.
Northern Mail arrives daily at 6 4/ P. M.
Northern Mail leaves daily at. 6.45 A. M.
Closes at 7 o'clock P. M.
SAVANNAH M VIL.
Savaunah'Mail arrives daily at 5 ,5 A. M.
Savannah Mail leaves daily at 8.0» P. M.
Closes ai 6 o’clock P. M.
CHARLESTON VAIL.
Charleston Mail arrives Mondavs Wednes
days and Saturdays at 10 o’clock A M
Leaves Mondays, Thu;sdavs and Saturdays
at 3 P. M.
Closes at 1 o’clock P. M. on dayiof depar
ture.
WAY M AILS.
Way Mail Georgia Railroad closes at 5
o'clock P M. •
Way Mai! South Carolina Railroad closes
same as Charleston.
HOURS OF DELIVERY.
Week days. F«rora 8 A M. to SP. M.
Sundays. From Btolo A M.
I’OST OFFICE REGULATIONS
No mail matter forwarded unless prepaid with
postage stamps, except when legally franked
or addressed on “Official Busineae” to De
partments or Bureaus, Washington City.—
Printed matter must be piepaid, except papers
scut by publishers to regular subscribers.
Revenue stumps and old United States post
age stamps issued before the war will not pay
postage. Foster Blodoet, Postmaster.
M AIL COUTH ACTS WANTED.
RE-ESTABLISHME' T CF MAIL FACILITIES IN GEORGIA,
The Post Office Department desires to fur
nish the State of Georg’a with Postal service,
at the earlest practicable day, until July Ist,
1866. when the regular contracts, proposals for
which are now advertised fer, will go into
effect.
The Department invites proposals for con
veyiog the mails until June 30, 1866, to aIL
county seats and other important points not
reached bv Ridlroad communication, at rates
not to exceed $8 per mile per annum for
weekly service ; sls for semi weekly, and $22
for tri weekly ; and where the importance of (
the case requires, S4O tor daily service : coun
ting the distance one way only in all cases.
Service will be lurnished oh routes, where,
before the- war, it was daily, three times a
week ; where it was tri-weekly twice a week ;
and where it was semi-weekly, weekly service
wiil be allowed.
Proposals should be addressed to “Hon.
Geo. W. McLellan, 2d Aset. P. M. Warbing
ton D. C., and should state they are for service
to end June 30th, 1866.
STATE ITEMS.
The small pox is quite prevalent in Atlanta,
A lino of steamers has t put on between
Savannah and Bcston.
We notice that Jt sph Clisby, Fsq., formerly
editor of the Macon Telegraph, has taken
tho editorial chair of the Macon Journal &
Me "enger.
The small pox bus made its appearance in
Athens.
The police of Atlanta have succeeded in
checking, by their activity, the store robberies
in that place.
The steamer Annie which was sunk in the
Altamaha river some time sinee is to bo raised.
Burglars are domg a good business at Colum
bus.
R<' nos are becoming Tvery bold in Savan
nah. On Tuesday evening, November 2l f
a Mr. Cordes was garrotted and robbed in his
own store by a body of eight men.
The W. S. Steamer Tacony ha3 returned
from a ciuise down the Florida corst to Sa
vannah.
Another line of first clae3 stea.nships ha*
been established between Savannah and New
York.
FORRI6N ITKMB.
The French war steamer Dix Decembre ha?
sunk the Spanish Btoamer Murillo, off the
S mtk Foreland, by coming into collision with
ber. The crew aud passengers of the Murril
lo were landed at Dover.
Tho Danish Mi try have resigned.
The preliminari/r of a treaty of commerce
between England and Austria have been con
cluded.
Tom Sayers, who fought Heenan.iß dying of
consumption. Harry Broome, another well
known prize fighter, is dead.
The Freeman’s Journal s'Vcs that the spe
cial commission for the trial of the prisoners
in custody on the charge of being concerned
in the Fenian conspiracy, had been issued. It
1 is directed to tha twelve judges, and especial
ly Mr. Justice Fitzgerald and Mr. Justice
Keogh. Power is reserved iu the Commission
to ae judge-s, to adjou. ,2 to Cork if neces’ iry,
but it was stated that the cases will all be
led in DubliA. ,
, Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior
umJlfr President Buchanau, has left Paris with
his wife for a prilgrimsge to fci>e Holy Land.
Advices from Dresden speak of flic abd'ea
tion of the King in favor of his son, Prince
Albert, as not improbable.
The Russian papers announce that tliQ chol
era, which appeared two months since in
the southern provinces of the empire, is ad
vancing north ; and notwithstanding tbe cold
weather, it ha? arrived at Berdytchen, Russian
Poland, a town of forty thousand souls, mostly
Jews.
The London Post says that tho American
Government first treated their opponents bel
ligerent rby proclaiming the blockade, and
that Mr. Seward first made use of the term
neutrals in his official dispatches. It declares
that the American demand for compensation
is not near as well founded as that of Spain
and Portugal in 1818, and closes by saying
Mr. Johnson can scarcely deny the oppccite
ness of the precedent created by one of his
own predecessors, and we therefore reasonably
expect that the course resolved upon by the
Government at Washington will be one which,
without compromising national dignity and
honor, will amount to a frank withdrawal of
the demand, which could not bo equitably
Eustaiaci. •
The Queen of Spain’s ministers dissuaded
her from returning to Madrid on the ground
that great political complications would arise
if 6he fell a victim to the maladay.
The Frankfort Senate had requested Russell
to accede to tho demands of Austria and
Prussia.
Movements are in progro-s in Hamburg,
Bremen and Beilin, to raite funds in aid of the
colored population of the United States. It is
thought a large sum will be raised in Ger
many for this purpose.
Austria and Prussia have addressed a severe
remonstrance to the senate of the free town of
Frankfort, as the source of coarse attacks on
the two principal German powers, and threat
en the mayor and senate with intervention
should farther meetings of the delegates be per
mitted. The Schleswig-Pmssian commission
ere have announced that a military force will
be used to prevent the inhabitants from re
cognizing the Duke of Augustenburg, or any
other person as having authority in the Duchy.
The town of Frankfort has energetically re
pelled the imputations of Austria and Prussia,
and the Frankfort senate has determined to
uphold the independence of the city. It was
thought the case was one of attempted spolia
tion.
The President of the department of science
and art at Pekin has reported favorably to the
introduction of raiiways. and a concession of
tbe most important lines iu the Chinese empire
wiil soon be made to European or American
contractors. The works for electric telegraph
between the Chinese and Russian capitals are
also in progress, and will be completed in a
few years.
J G Nicholey, United States Coneul at Paris,
has forwarded to the State Department a de
tailed report cf the ravage.; of the cholera in
that city, which has made its appearance there
notwithstanding the efforts of the authorities
to conceal the met for fear of a panic among
the iDbab itants. The number of deaths from
September 18 to October 16, was 2,078, in
cluding a large population outside of Pari3
proper.
Iu tho Mississippi Legislature a fund has
been set apart to pay the State debt, a tax is
to be levied to support the widows and or-,
phans of soldiers, and a law was introduced
compelling railroad companies to have sepa
rate cars for negros. '
SKAVB SltlM VaV.
Recruiting has begun iu the kingdom o f Po
land, and is carried out [ia a very arbitraiy
macuer. Several persons who have heeu reject
ed as unfit for the army by the reciuiting corn
raisdons, have been enlisted by the authori
ties .
On October 3, a statue In honor of Arnold
Von Wmkleried. the hero of Sempach (1386)
was uncovered in his native town of S.ang.
Ihe inhabitmts of Unterwalden, as well as
those of the neighboring cantons of Lucerne,
Uric, Schwytz and Zig flocked into tiie town,
which was illuminated on the occasiou. The
monument is-tbe work of M. Scloth, a Swis3
artist, and chiseled from Carrara marble.
Tho building of a raiiroau mong the Medi
tenanean coast has been interupud iu the pas
sage of the lino through the principality of
Monaco, in consequence of the exhorbitant
pretension of the prince, who demands t*.n in
demnity of eight million francs for a strip of
| land. The company is now making surveys to
I see whether by means of a tunned the territo-
I ry of Monaco cannot be avoided.
1 The health o't Gov. Morton, of Ind., is grow
ing woree.
Four men were killed in Chicago, Novem
ber 15, by being run over by railroad trains.
The lowa Society of Friends have established
five freedmen schools in Missouri.
Gen. Fremont is at present in St. Louis.
William Loyd Garrison, is delivering lectures
in the West.
Gen. Salnaie, the loader of the Jamaica in
surrection, has been shot.
Col. Thomas intends re-establishing the
freedmen’s courts throughout Mississippi. Tiie
■eason assigned for this step is, that nowhere
except iu the courts at Vicksburg is the tost! -
mouy of the negro admitted in accordance
with the agreement made by Gov. Sharkey
with Col. Thomas. ♦
The statement of the Southern State debts
prior to the war, places them at ona hundred
and fifty millions. Os these bonds $20,000, ~
000 belong to Mississippi, $9,000 000 to North
Carolina, $5,500,000 to Louisiana, and $56,-
000,000 to Virginia.
A trial of much interest to horsemen and
livery stable men has been tried in the Su
preme Court Circut of New York, before Justice
Peckham and a jury. The plaintiff brought
the action to recover tho value of two horses,
which were alleged to have been lost by
reason of the plaintiff's overdriving them on a
hot day. The defense was that the animals
were not in a good condition when be received
them from tho livery stable, owing to tbo fact
that they hrd been overdriven the previous
day. The jury took this view of the case and
rendered a verdict lor the defendant
Tho annual rents paid by the proprietors of
several ot the principal hotels iu the city of
New York—exclusive of stores—is as follows :
Fifth Avenue, SBO,OOO ; St. Nicholas and Me
tropolitan, S7O 000 ; Astor, $50,000; New
York, $50,000; St. Denis, $30,000 ; Everett,
$40,000 : Hoffman, $35,000, and Howard, $32
000. The Motroplitan and St Nicholas are
owned by A T Stewart, and tho Astor by Wil
liam BAstor. Tho amount is enormous ; but
when it is considered that the receipts of somo
of the landlords are from SI2OO to $2,500 a
day, they can doubtless well afford to pay
these amounts and make foitunes, too.
It is said that the Bue*’a Vista Vineyard, iu
Sonoma county, California, is the largest in
the world. It consists of 6,000 acres, with
272,000 vines planted pievious to 1855, 700.000
planted this year. Last year the yield was
42,000 gallons of still wine, 60,000 bottles ol
sparkling wine, and 12,000 gallons of brandy.
One hundred men are constantly employed,
and double that number during the vintago.—
There are 8,000 fruit tiees, and large varities
of grape.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company ha.3
deteimined to bridge the Mississippi river at
Dubuque.
The new Protestant Episcopal Dioceso of
Western Pennsylvania has elected Rev. Dr.
Kerfoot, of Trinity College, Hartford, as its
Bishop, with a salary of $4,500. His compe
titor was Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Massachu
6eite.
The Government Agent at Shubuta, Miss.,
seized some thirty bales of cotton belonging to
Rev. James Heard, while being transported to
Mobile as Government cotton. The sheriff oi
the county tcok the matter in hand, and aided
by ten armed citizens, took the cotton from the
guard. The agent telegraphed for a stronger
guard, when a whole company was sent to liig
aid, and recaptured the cotton. On the day
following a personal difficulty took place be
tween Dr. Collins and the agent, McCormick,
iu which the latter was severely cut.
Some of the negro troops who are now being
withdrawn from Lexington, Ky., are to be sent
out on the Plains.
Gea. Burnside is building a railroad in tho
oil regions, ten miles and a half loDg, which i
to be co at-!* din ninety day . Seven huudr and
men are employed in the construction
They lave a German National Bank at Mem
phis Tenn. Capital, $500,000.
The Richmond VVhigradvises tho Represen
tatives elected from that State not to show
themselves in Washington until they are sent
for, and warns those inclined to take the test
oath that tbev had better never have been born
than to adopt such a course.
Incendiarism, robbery and rowdyism have
reached such a pitch in the borough of Maua
yunk, Pa., that the citizens, or rit her the law
abiding portion of them, have determined to
establish vigilance committees for mutual pro
tection and safety.
Fme specimens of gold have been found
among the boring of several oil wells in tho
Dunkard, Pa., region.
Gen. Robert E Lee is reported to have ap
since, for permission to keep the few pieces of
artillery now at L :xington, but belonging to
too United States, for the purpose of instruct
ing young men of <he military school in ar
tillery pract ce. The response of the Depart
ment may be inferred from an officer being de
tailed from Richmond a few days since to take
possession cf the ordinance and remove it.
plied to the War Depai ment, a few weeks,
Troubles are brewing between the MormoLs
and the Federal Government.
Theodore Beider, a young man of Cireleville,
Ohio, drank thirty eight ounces of whiskey a
few days since and died in consequence.
The Federal army at present number about
180,000 men.
Some of the Canadian papers think she U.
S. indemnity question a more serious one than
the Fenian.
A horse railroad is to be built in Charleston
Gen. Beauregard has forihally taken charge
as Superintendent of the Jackson raiiroad.
The government has restored the Winchester
and Potomac railroad with ail the stock.
They kill pigs by steam in Chicago. A greaj
iron claw, with five fingers, hooks out the pigs
which are quarreling in the pen below, and
lifts the porkers to a gibbet near by, and then
plunges the n into scalding water. By this
machine fifty porcines are killed, scalded,
cleaned, split and hung in rows ready for sail
ing within an hour.
ihe City Council of Richmond, Va., has or
ganized a board of health to look after, the
eanitaiy interests of that city, in view of the
appro? ch of cholepa.
Maj. Hen. Daniel E. Sickles has assumed
command of the Department of South Caro
lina.
A horrible case of destitution was lately
revealed in Brooklyn, N. Y. In a wretched
tenement house, a woman was found dead, and
her husband in an expiring condition, and
their four small children in the most miserable
and suffering condition.
Letters from Jan aica inform U3 that the ex
treme eastern section of Ihe {lsland has been
utterly desolated by the negro rioters. Besides
a wide and wanton destruction or property, an
area equal to one hundred and sixteen square
miles has been completely swept of its white
inhabitants. Many have been {murdered, and
the rest have fled in terror to Kingston and
other points protected by the military
During the late election in Lou ! si»na, the
voters were exhorted “to follow the counsel
of Beauregard, and stand by the whole Demo
cratic ticket.’’
I he wife of Maximilian, of Mexico, recently
reviewed the Mexican troops in a carriage that
cost $40,0(10, It was constructed entirely of
glass and silver, and the inside was line! with
white satin and gold lace.
The convention of telegraphers in Chicago
vot*‘d to disconntsnanco female operators.
Os the one hundred and twenty one inmates
of the Lunatic Asylum of Tennessee, sixty are,
reported as having become deranged by (me
excitement incident to the war.
At the West they are making a good molas
w fiont corn. dekMta