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ga MORXIKU XIVKMBKII tl 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