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N. S. MOUSE. i SufillSlL IT 18 imE*I»KLL.TO UOLIVr. Mutation is a characteristic of time. With equal truth may It be said to characterize the opinions and ideas of men. Iu tbo lapse of time, creeds change ; so do government. Po litical theories have their day, then become obsolete. “We know not what a day may bring forth.”—finds illustration with ns. (treat changes are made in the relative positions of life. They are ‘‘TjjjfT* ** tmezpected. fitrange-*-at first tummi Insupportable ; we wonder at them—cordially acquiesce in thorn. This is well. 'lt is wise, politic, lrcroic Isabella of Spain witnessed wonderful meta morphoifs take plaee in her day. Almost Imperceptibly two empires blended tn one. Nations dissimilar in taste ; of originally an tagonistic views, became one under her benefi cent rule. For us are reserved the exhibitions of a progressive tige. It is our let to note the strangest freaks that nature ever discovered. Tho remits of fanaticism are laid open to our view. Hundreds aro forced to partake of its bitter fruits. Its products nre' disease, the gnawings of hunger, want. Are wo asked to prove tho assertion ? Wo simply reply— look about you. Behold our witnesses in the omanciated ' forms that stalk our streets They aro moro like spectres than men ; better irupersinatiorm of (loath than life. Would you bo more deeply impressed ? Go mark the scenes In our hospitals. Is there still a doubt ? Numberless newly made graves In our Cemetery cannot fail to n movo it. It is To lament it, will do no good. To regret it, is all that can bo done, as regards the past. Every event teaches us a lesson. Every in cident convoys to us a warning. If we aro wise, wo gather knowledge from them. If we are observant, we become cautious. Truths which apply to Individuals, aro applicable to communities. What proves to he beneficial to the one under the same circumstances, will prove beneficial to the other. To avoid tho very appearance of evil, is re ligious. To battle against it, is praiseworthy. It is 'conquerable, but the contest oft times grows desperate. Why ? Because upon its first appearance, it is permitted to escape the sturdy blows which invariably fell it to tho earth. Thoso who would triumph over it must be uncompromising. Tbo peoplo of the South, aye, Iho Conserva tlves of the whole country, may at once giit on thoir armor. They will well to pre* pare immediately for the contest which awaits them. Already there is s stir (a the errenry*B camp. Iloary headed Stevens, thoir loader, lias thrown the gauntlet down—defying law and justice, and right. Tho battle may bo—it will be fierce, but Jjrief. Firmly established cwi the great rock of truth, let ua take courage; resolve that it shall bo swept away ero we give up. Courage and confidence is all we require, to give us tho the victory. Let President Johnson’s faith in us be Let us not give way to doubt—for to doubt is dreadful; fatal. The great National Party has flung its.banners to the breeze. Let conservative's everywhere, rally to the standard of tho constitution, tho union, and tho laws. Tho principles of this Nation al Party call for equal justice to each of the great sisterhood of States. They are based upon tho theory, that if Massachusetts enjoys tho right of rep resentation, so also ought South Carolina and Georgia. Tho platform of this party is as broad as the country itself. Its object is the preservation of that liberty which our forefathers' bequeath ed to us-gVTho crisis is upon us. There is no neutrnlvosition that can bo occupied. The question is fairly and squarely put. It is this— Have we liberties or not? Is the constitution, which tho President so ably and manfully ex pounds and defends, a thing of tho past and not of tho present ? Those aro grave questions. They interest not only the mass of America, but of Europe. After the close of a war which is termed a union triumph, is it to bo developed that it is so in name ouly ? When tho union has been declared saved, aro we to witness its destruc tion by a few crazy tauatica ? Wo shall see. If the conservative men of the South and the North do their Whole duty in this great emergency, tho hydra-headed serpent ot fanati cism will be ern-ihod forever. Characteristic. —lt is stated that when Hon. Henry J. Raymond was delivering his great conservative speech on the fl >or ot the House, in favor of supporting the wise and conciliatory policy of the President towards the South, that tho leadiug members of the radical party con tinually intercepted him with malignant re marks and questions ; doing all they could to confuse him. Even*Speakor Colfix was upon tho floor encouraging the movement. This oertainly is about its mean and contemp tible a course as could have been adopted. It shows, however, the prescriptive feelings which pervades thehearts of the enemies cf the South iu Congress. They are not willing that she should have a fair hearing. They do not wish that any one in the National Legislative Halls should even say a word in her favor.— They want to “grind her to powder under the Iron heel of despotism” without permitting a friendly voice to remonstrate, or say aught against their tyrannical course. It Is gratifying to perceive that the South has many warm friends in Congress : aud that among some of the strongest advocates ot her Cause are found men who have heretofore lig urod prominently iu the Republican ranks. It also will be seen that our champions will neith er permit themselves to be brow-beaten or Intimidated in the least by the radicals. Tfctv have boldly met and stayed the storm that hid been prepared tor our devoted heads. It Is to be hoped that their efforts iu our cause will be successful, and proves complete shield between us and Northern fanaticism. No Fay<»sto thk Radicals.—lt is said that in circulation in Washington that removals will soon be commenced ot United States oSeials appointed at tho request of memberi of Congress who are known to de ■OVUJS'C the poMoy of the Administration Whither are We Drifting ?—Wo publish elsewhere the particulars of another horrid affair which took place at Doctortowa, Ga. Henry Grantham, an old and respected citizen, was shot down 'in cold blood. Mrs. G. was cut and bayonetted— ce, head, and neck beiDg fearfully mutilated—dragged through the house and thrown senseless under a bed ; she now lies in a critical condition. Mrs. G.’a daughter was severely wounded in the head, had a finger nearly cut off, and received many severe injuries. Other deeds of violence were committed on the • premises. These outrages - v '>-{ejL*rDeHaitti h y tQßfty U*J#T troope Sanmhf, 'Dc-cenaber 24. There Is no doubt their guilt, -The blood of their victims was (unci upon their garments. “Wither are we drifting?’’ is a question which may seriously ho asked by every reflecting man in the S.mth. Matters, instead of becom ing more eettled, are becoming worse rlaiiy. Deeds of violence and blood are committed more and more frequently. It is insecure to walk tho streets of our cities after dark. The stores of oar merchants and the dwelling* of our citizens aro nightly made objects of plun der. The residences in our suburb? aro assailed by organized bands of villiaas and murderers. Men are shot down In ’ the porches of their own houses, and their families inhuman ly stabbed and cut with bayonets and knives. Surely those are evil times in which wo are living “Is there no remedy for all this?” remarks many au anxious enquirer ? “Yes!” We ans wer most emphatically, “Yes ! there is !” Aud there is only one effectual remedy. Let the evildoer, whoever he may bo—whethor white or black, citizen or soldier, high or low—let the law breaker be punished to the full penalty of his crime. Let there be no hesitation ; let no effort to shield the guilty be of any avail. But the crime be proven, let tho perpetrator thereof suffer for his rnisdoods. It is high time some stern examples were made. The cause of justice and morality require t The safety and security of law abiding citizens imperatively demand it. We are rapidly rushing into a state of bloody anarchy, Nothing but a stringent enforce ment of the laws will Bavu us from deeds which makes ones blood run cold to think of. Let the laws be made a terror to, those who break them, and crime will cease. Thbßegdi.au Akmy.—A *Waahingtou dis patch states that in the contemplated re-organi zation of the regular army, it is alleged that tho colored troops will compose a largo por tion of tho same, and the respective regiments will he recruited up to tho maximum nuin bars. We think it would be better for tho South’ to have thecolorea troops who are la tho army kept tiiere. If they are discharged and allow ed to scatter through the country, they teach Iho negroes who have remained at homo, vi cl ms habits ; they also teach them to perpe tiato deeds of insubordination. Having learned many bad things, they would soon im part them to those with whom they associah In short, the disbanded army soldiers are regu lar firebrands ; have caused much mischief h many sections when not under military disc, pline ; and they will continue so to do. But while taking the ground that it will be well for tho South for the nogroes in the arm to be kept thero, we will also say that it win. be a great benefit to our people if they could bo sent Irom our midst. /Their very presence here has been the source of great trouble. The idle and vicious freedmen con gregato around the localities where they nr encamped, and no good arises from their inti mingling together. On the contrary much evil has already arisen, and will continue r arise as long as they are permitted to rema a in this section of the country where the 11 borers are mostly blacks. Troops are needed on the western plain;:. We respectfully suggest that tho colored troc; < be sent there. In those regions, resides no one they can incite to deed i of rapine and ulna a- r ; and they will be removed from the sec tion wheie they are now doing incaluilab. harm. In times of peace, we think no class of troops should be kept where they cause w;> - like acts to be continually committed ; an 1 whoso very presence incites others to deeds if violence and blood. Coming to a .Sensible Conclusion.—Tim New Yoik Times sees in the certificate of the latiftcation of the Constitutional amendme- t by the necessary number ot States, au offici and recognition by tke Government of the Constitutional equality of the States lately ar rayed against the Federal Government with the ether States; and very properly declares that this act, while making an end forever o slavery, at this time, “vitalizes the essential principle of restoration.” We quote : ‘•lt is impossible for the Government which has recognized the voice of South Carolina 10 be equally potent with that of Massachusetts, and that of Georgia to have the same effect as that of New York in tho amendment of the organic law of tho Union, to deny them equal functions iu tho Union. ’ The very highe-t power of a State is to say yea or nay to a pro posed amendment to tho Constitution. Tee active exercise of that function necessarily in volves all other powers. The Executive De partment, which certifies to the ratification of the jkmendaiout by eight of the late insuneo tionary States, is but consistent in remitting to them, as fast as possible, the full exercise of all power. Congress, however, urged by extreme men, will not dare to dispute the rati fication, and undo the legal effect of the certifi cate Aud yet it must either go that desperate length, or soon, by au inexorable logical ne cessity, admit the right: of all the States to be constitutionally represented in its seats.” T~erc iJ nothing now in all this—but it is uttered by a party oTgan. whose associates in Congress are every day and almost every tour in the day, fighting this principle of tho equal ity of States. It Is amusing, says tha New York Express, how one holding stick opinions’ can vote to send States and State Representa tives thus recognized to the vorjex of a com mittee. creator’, to destroy the unity of the Gov ernment and its great principle of representa tion in Congress. An Important Decision. —The Internal Reve nue Department has decided that hereafter iu assessing cotton a reasonable allowance for the weight of the bagging and rope shall bo allow ed A very important decision to cotton ow ners, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1666; We say the parallel is only mediocre, because while the avenues of Paris were crimsoned with blood, and the basket under the guilio tine was filled with the heads of many of the noblest sons and daughters of France, law was forced to give way before the advance of anarchy, which hold in its hands, reeking with blood, the black banner of crime. With us, there is tho shadow of authority ; but it is a shade so feeble, that it 5s lost in the darkness of villiany that comes with tho dew of evening. Danger, insecurity—nothing but these stare us in the face. The light breezes pass unnoticed. Fear mars the happiness of the family circle ; because, while the members thereof talk to each other, they know not but that a cowardly miscreant may come to the window or door and fire into tbo groupe. Indeed, whilst the head of a family is committing them to the care of God, he may be stricken down with the cudgel of some desperado. This state of affairs is awful beyond descrip tion. It is terrible. In studying individual safety, our peoplo lose interest iu everything else. The chief thought of their mind is the devisement of some plan, by which the city and country can be rid of the infestuous band that brings terror with the night. What avail is the name of liberty, when no such thing is known amongst us ? Why, a despotism with safety is preferabio to a Republic where anar chy holds the sway: For all these evils, is there no remedy ? What is it but au excellently organized police corps, that gives perfect security in Loudon, and even in negro-governed Nassau ? The ‘ Lees Miserabilea” conveys an idea of the efficiency of tho French police, and why can not|wo havo as good organizations ? When rulers prove incompetent or unwill ing to pieserve order, then it becomes the poople to look to their own defence. A stop should be put to crime, in our midst. String ent measures, prompt action, is absolutely es sential to this. Let our cit’zens take this mat ter into consideration. That the views of all may be learned, and the co cpeiation of all secured. Let a public meeting be held at once, and companies organized for the pro tection ot our persons and property. We hope that our citizens will not treat ejely or carelessly t because it is one of vital importance. Would it not be well for our worthy Mayor to call a meeting of the citizens for the solution and disposal of this question ? A negro was- recently frozen to death near the government buildings in Louisville. We clip the above from a Northern exchange Not a word of comment do we find in regard to it. In former days, were such a tjiing to happen, when the negro was under the cire and protection of his Southern master, columns of billingsgate and vituperation would have been published in regard to the matter. But now things have changed wonderfully. The negro is under the kind care and protection of his Northern radical friends. He can die of star vation, want, and disease —yes! he can freeze to death, and it is all right in the eyes of those, who for years have been shedding crocodile tears of sympathy fa his behalf. If ever misery was entailed upon a race of beings through a profession of friendship, it has been bestowed upon the freedmen of the South by the negrophitists of the North. It would not be an exaggeration to state that since May last, at least three huudred thousand freedmen efthe South, who before were pro vided with good homes and all Ihey wanted in the shape of food and clothing, have died from loathsome diseases, or starvation. And this is tho result of tho teachings of the sleek, smooth faced, blubbering Exeter Hall and New England fmaticai party, of which Sum ner, Colfax & Cos., are the head and front lead ers in our National Legislative Halls. These men are now endeavoring to put upon us greater burthens than we can bear, by uDjust and unconstitutional legislation—all, as they claim, for the ‘ benefit of the poor negro,” whom they have ruined by their madness and folly. Out upon such phihnthrophy as this. The Militia. —We notice in many Southern States that the militia force have been organ ized, and are in active operation; doing all they can to suppress’erime, and to bring the law breakers to justice. It is time that some movement was made to raise an effective militia police in Georgia—or to take some steps, at least, that will put an end to the crimes which is daily being committed. It is e vident that the people have got to protect themselves; and the sooner they assemble and take some united action, the sooner will the number of evil deeds decrease. Every one should feel au interest ia preserv ing order. No one should hesitate to do any thing that will make the breakers of the law afraid. The only way th’s thing can be ac - complisbed is for all to unite together ia coun cil and devise some measures that will speedily deliver ns from this ‘Teign of terror” which exists. An Era or Crime.— Seme where in his writ ings, tho gifted Poet, Young, says: Night is tho good man’s friend and guardian too ; It no less rescues virtue than inspires Time was when these words could be truth fully applied to the different shades of society, composing this community. But, alas ! within a brief time, have they become the very op posite of the term? we are now compelled to use, in collating the news of the day. So frequently havo we dilated upon this sub ject, that it would soem preposterous—a useletg "our conceptions of the duties of a journalist. Justice to every one, with a jealous regard for the common interest of all, is the broad plat form Upon which wo Publicist stand. To dis cry and denounce evil, is uono the loss bind ing upon us, than to exhort to virtuous action, it is then, in obedienco to this religious ru’e, that we again venture to remajk “the situa tion’’—the aggregated parcel of whose com ponent parts exhibit acts of lawlessness hereto fore unknown in this country, and which find only mediocre paralled in the events, which transformed hat was termed in its inceptions '•a trugglefor liberty into the most disgraceful riot that every swept through the streets of thb French Capitol ” Their Programme.—As time progresses, the radicals of the North show their hand more openly, and talk more boldly of what they intend to do if they can carry out their plans The frantic Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, said in a late speech in Bureau county, Illinois : “I “would rather help tear down the Capitol than “allow the Sou’hem States to come back into “the Union without jetting the negro vote.” We are of the opinion that the question whether the “South was out of the Union or not” has been decided,. Tho v >ry.p4rty to which Pomercy bJloags has, until within a short time, claimed she was not. It is a little too late for politicians of his stamp so change their tune. The conservative portion of the North have seen through tho flimsy patriotism of Pomeroy and his compeers. Already have they been rebuked and headed off in the U. S Senate. The best thing that could happen for this nation would be tho consignment of all such to political perdition. Tho coimtry has suffered enoueli from the deeds of radicals. It President Johnson is sustained in his poli cy, the days of these mischief makers aro but “few and of short duration.” The Kentucky Senatorshid.— We notko that some of the Kentucky papers manlion Hon. E. M. Bruce, as a proper person to be the succes sor of Mr. Davis in the United States Ssnate. Mr. B. is eminently qualified for the position. Ho takes a broad national ground upon all the lead ig questions of the day. He has already had ; inch experience in Legislative Halls, and is a practical, thorough business man iu every respect. It is men of this stamp that are needed in our Halls of Legislation. Had the Council Chambers of tho nation been filled with them in times past, tho lato disastrous war never would have happened. If such men are sent to Washington in future, many a difficulty will be settled amicably, and this country will expe rience a prosperity never before witnessed in the history of any nation. Men of this charac ter are our true statesmen, and should be selected to fill places of trust and honor. It is time tho peoplo had stopped selecting candi dates for high places who neither know how to manage their own affairs, or those of others entrusted to them. One such man as Hon. E. M. Bruce in a legislative hall, is worth more than scores of impracticable, inexperienced political demagogues. Rather Cross Grained.— We see it stated tn«i John Minor Betts, of Virginia, does not want the delegates the South has elected ad - mitted to Congress. When the South was en deavoring to got out of the Union Mr. Botts wanted to keep her in. And now that the South desires to settle matters peaoeably ho does not wish to have her. We suppose the gist of tho whole thing can* be summed up In a few words. Some men are figuring less prominently since the close of the war, chan they thought they woald. Hence their bad feelings. .Their privato ambition seems to be greater than their patriotism. The na tion at this time has no use for individuals of this stamp. The people want men who go for country first and self afterwards, to fill offices. Massachusetts Feeltxgs. —The Massachu setts Legislature thinks that “unless some thing is dene to overule the policy of Presi dent Johnson,Jj everything will go wrong.’’ Anything that favored the South in the least, never was proper in the eyes of Massachusetts. For the past fifty years that State has endeav ored to have tho rights of the South tramplsd under foot. It was her fanaticism which caused the late lamentable war. And although the land has been drenched with the bilooi of her best and bravest sons, still Massachusetts does not yet appear satisfied, but wants more de vastation, desolation and ruin. Her desire has been gratified once. We see and feel the bit ter results thereof. May all the future plans of oppression of Massachusetts or her tffioiaVi fail, They certainly ought to. na- .iacM ■ The resolutions introduced.in tie House, calling upon General Howard for information concerning the restoration of confiscated lafeds to rebels, and. the expulsion of the freedmen therefrom, it is stated, will surprise the coun try at the extent and magnitude of executive clemency. —Northern Paper. No one who is in favor of what is just and right will be surprised. The surprised parly will consist only cf those who supposed that they were to get rich after the war, by taking what they pleased at the South without pay, or allowing the freedmen to da the same thing —or, in other words, to carry on war upon the rights of residents of this section, after peace had been established. Trouble ix Alabama.- -The negro troops at Bladon Springs, Ala., have killed a citizen named Edward Bass. They also threaten the lives of others. While troops have been sent to take their piace3. We believe that a fair investigation would show that many of the enormous crimes committed in tho South the past few mouths, were either committed by the colored troops, or by their connivaLce and ins'igation. A prompt removal of all of them from the South would, we think, have a good effect. Ihe pernicous example they set, would at least, be removed from the freedmen. The Experience or A Florida Planter 01. T. J. Williams, apianter of Florida, state, that with a force of about one hundred color cd hands, ho raised, daring this year, from two hundred to two hundred and fifty bales of cot ton, each ha’s weighing five hundred pounds We hope all our planters will have as good success with their laborers. The Steamer Savannah.—The steamer Sav annah, which was sunk semo time since thirty five miles this side of Savannah, is now so far raised tha* her promenade deck is nearly fwo feet ait of water. Her damages, it is said, are not so great as at first supposed. Hox H. W. Hilliard has returned to our city from a trip through Alabama. During his tour ho visited New Orleans. Ho speaks favorably of the prospects of that part of the South through which he travelled. Sale cf Government Cotton.—There wa3 a sale of three thousand bales cf Government cotton in New York, December 28. Memphis middling fair brought 57 Jc ; strictly middling, 5-Jo : low middling. 50gc. and ordinary, 45|c. Interesting Intekvisw ct Fkibnb3 with tus President.—A delegation of prominent gentle m n belonging to the Society of Friends, rep resenting thirteen different States recently paid their respects to President Johnson, and were received iu a frank and cordial manner, the interview being of the most agreeable and satisfactory character. In the course of a free conversation upon the condition of tho coun try, the Presidsnt was assured by the delega tion that they had not sought tho interview Tor the purpose of suggesting, and much l<*fe dictating, a course of action in the existing emergency. Ga the contrary, they came to signify to him their admiration of his charac ter and,confidence in his wisdom, and to as sure him of their hearty support in the just aud merciful policy which was guiding his Administration. Gen, Grant’s Private Opinion.— When Gen. Grant passed through Richmond on his return from his Southern trip to Washington, he ex pressed himself as_being thoroughly satisfied with the spirit ami policy of the people in the Southern States. The General stated, in con* that he was then hurrying on to Washington, in order to use all the influence ha could command in advocating the imme diate admission to Congress of the Southern delegation. This i3 as it should be. With the President and General Grant to advocate the cause of forbearance, mercy and justice, we may look forward with confidence to the speedy recon struction of the Union—based, not upon the strong hand of power, bat upon the respect, love and confidence of the people. Feiliso in Regard to National Banks.— Late Washington letters say that there is net a single member of Ceng rags thus far consulted, but is in favor of Comptroller clerk’s recom mendation that the National Banking capital be increased to four hundred million dollars The Western members are very generally for it, as their States feel the need of increased backing capital. Since the date of the report of the Comptroller of the Currency, eight Na tional Banks have been established in the States lately arrayed against the Federal Government with an aggregate capital of sl. 750,000. Tho total number of these institutions now in operation iu these States is thirty six, with a total paid in capital of four million, six hundred and thirty dollars. A Huge Stealing Operation.— lt Is stated that John Scott, the cotton loan agent of the Confederate Government, on the surrender of Gen. Taylor, turned over to Gen. Canby 120,- 000 bales of Confederate Government cotton, with his lists, books and accounts In perfect ofaer. The has all gone 3ome where, and that all the government has received is about ten thousand bales. This is tho biggest stealing transac tion we have yet heard of. Some cne went in to “make or break” sure. It looks, too, as if someone bad made “his. pile.” The Government is now busy in endeavoring to find out who has the cotton—with not much success as yet. InfOßTATioxa at New York.—The import, of foreign goods at New York has been very largo for somo weeks past. During week ending December 23, they were $6,463,518 against $2,172,170 ia the corresponding weak of last year. Os the large amount last week, rather more than one half—s3,3o4 907—was iu dry goods. Os the general merchandise there was of coffee $559,32G, sugar $304,579, tea *2G6,- 717, and fancy goods $131,787. The total amount of imports in October reached $23,134,675 against $10,088,308 in October last year, and the official figures for November and December, when the returns are completed, will show even a still greater rela tive difference. The Corn Crop. —The November returns from the Agricultural Department at Washing ton, shows an Increase over last year of 173, 846,450 bushels, nearly 33 per eent. More than a third of this great crop hM been raised by Indiana and Illinois. The gain In Icdiana is 41,784,953 bushels and in Illinois 38,739,717 bushels. The gain of these two States Is 80,- 524,670 bushels—an amount equal to the en tire corn production of Maine, New Hamplfcre, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con •uectlcut, New York, Now Jersey, and Penn sylvania. A Nbw Counterfeit Fiftt. —New counter feit fifty dollar greenbacks are in circulation at the North. It is excellent in the engrav ing, the paper, the printing, and, indeed, in its whole appearance, it is well calculated to d«- ceive any but the most perfect of the experts in such matters. The only mark to which we can venture to direct pubiio attention 'as a caution, ia that of the abseijpa of the button mark on the lappel of tho coat on the figure of Hamilton, in the body ot the bill. In the genuine bills the 1 uttons are rather indistinct, hut in the counterfeit but one is to be seen. No Government Loan.— The National In telligencer announces, upon authority, thrt the statements that a loan of oue hundred millions was, upon occasion of his recent visit to New York, tendered to Mr. Secretary McCulloch by the national banks, are a sheer fabrication. The Treasury, it adds, has not at present any noedof a loan, anl should such becom.i neces aary, it would not beaccapted from tho banks, but would be aclicited, and, doubtless, with out trouble, immediately obtained from the people. Loss of ms Constitution. —The Steamship Constitution, from Savannah to New York, has been wrecked on Cape Look out. Only the Captair aud fourteen other were saved. There were but seven passengers onboard. Her cargo consisted of seven hun dred and twenty-seven hafe3 of cotton, and about fifty packages of merchandise. »—. Freight Accumulating. —We notice by tho Atlanta papers that several 'hundred car load3 of freight are now at Chattanooga waiting transportation ever the State road. Such cm bsrgoes as this do an immense amount of dam age to trade. Some mean3 should be adopteds to remedy this evil. Cotton from Louisiana On account of low water, no more cotton from middle and west ern Louisiana can be gent to market at present. VOL. LXXV,—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXV NO. 3 Marshall House, Savannah, Re-Opbnkb. There has manifestly been a great lack of Hotel aocimmodation iu (Savannah of late.— travelers have been compelled to seek, shelter and quarters jn piivate houses and among acquaintances. Meantime the former propria tor of “Our House,” has not been an idle spectator of the pressing want, and for some months past, movements have been going on— of transformation, reconstruction, reorganiza tion, regeneration and reformation at the Mar shall House. To-day that renowned establish ment under the energy, tact, and perseverance of A. B. Luce, E:q , is prepared to entertain the traveling public, as only au experienced caterer can. lhe Marshall House, always capacious, en joyed a good name cf yore ; and now that it has been thoroughly iransiormed and modern ized tho fame of mine host of “Our House,” guarantees for the establishment in future a career oi unexampled prosperity. We trust commensurate wiih the lavish expenditure in its remodelling to meet the demands of the times. A wayfaring friend, late from -Savannah, who sought shelter beneath the ample pavil lion of the “Marshall,” gives testimony to tho recherche style of the new regime there. Eve rytlring is in complete order from top to bot tom the tables .are loaded with all the mar kefs afford ; tho bar i.-g supplied with the choicest of liquors. Connected with the House is also an elegant barber shop, with bathing conveniences ; a fine billiard room— In short all them odorn improvements and every thing that a traveler needs for comfort can he found under tho roof of the Marshall House, A Disastrous Accident. One Man Seri ously Injured.— About five o’clock yesterday afternoon a disastrous accident occured near the Lower Market. The sills under the grocery store of S & John F. Miller, gavo way beneath the pressure of goods deposited therein. Tho accident was as sudden as unexpected, and it is a little remarkable, .hat although there were several gentlemen fin tha store at the time, the majority of them escaped injury. James T. Easterling was seriously, though we hope, not fatally injured. Falling through to lhe cellar, a heap of boxes &c., wore pre cipitatod upon him—mashing and bruising him terribly. He was taken from the ruins and carried home. Anothern gentleman, whose name we failed to obtain, sustained a slight injury. Tho damage done by the ac cident was about one thousand dollars. An Infamous Deed —An attempt was made on Sunday night, to burn the residence. qfJSv F. Russel!, Esq. on Walker street. Fortunately the fire was discovered and extinguished be fore much damago was done. This is another crime to be added to the list of enormities which aro being daily committed in our midst. One of tho highest crimes, too, recognized in the eye of the law. Theso rascals who infest our city, caa be feroted out. There is no two ways about it. In other places they are caugh t aDd punished. Why should Augusta be a lo caiity where criminals of all sorts can resort and commit their State Tfison arid hanging offences with perfect impunity. This thing ought not to be. Some steps should be inaugurated at once in this city, to catch law-broakers and punish crime. Another Gbt ;aok. —A wodding party In carriages was rudely assaulted and Insulted on Sunday night in Montgomery, Ala,, by a party of drunken soldiers.' B 7 tho prompt action of the gentlemen of the party scriou3 conse quences were prevented. A little girl narrow ly escaped death from a blow aimed at cue carriage. Outrages of this character are becoming al together too frequent. We supposed soldiers were sent South to assist in preserving the laws; not to assist in breaking them. A few examples would learn those who are induced to do evil a lesson they perhaps might not forget. A Good Idea. —We notice, in a cotemporary, the suggestion that a reward be offered for the murderers of Edgar Carmichael. The idea is a good one. Let a reward be offered at once.— The apathy with which crime appears to be locked upon, and the ease with which rogues escape, are high premiums for law-breakers to resort to this section. A3 long aa no more ar arrests are made than we at present hear of, just so long we will hear of all manner of deeds of darknes 3 and violence being committed in our midst. KkVpiko Tinm at it.— On ' Monday we no ticed some men who were hitched to a baij with a chain—we supposo for the purpose of preventing the ball from roUiag away—en gaged in the very laudable occupation o cleaning the cross walks on Broad street. On Tuesday none were to be seen so doing. Par ties who conduct themselves in such away as to wear the ornaments spoken of above, could not bo put to a better work than crosswalk cleaning just at present. Good News.—Since strict regulations have been adopted in Columbus and vicinity, in re gard to idle negroes, the papers of that city say. that they are willing to make contracts more readily than before. Get the idea out of the freedman’s head that he is to be supported in laziness and crime by the government, and we think a majority will be willing to take bold and work. Disorderly Conduct. —Some drunken sol diers were guilty cf very disorderly conduct at the residence of Thomas Sweeney, on Green street, on Sunday night. During the affair a pietol was fired. The men were arrested and taken off by a military guard. Very incon venient, thing?, to a quiet, law abiding citizen Not oniy inconvenient, but very an noying also. The Way to do it.— Garotters in Boston a r e sent to prison for twenty years. That ic the way to stop such proceedings. A few such sentences in this tectlon of the woild, would help restore matters to a healthy aril bearable condition. Rogues like to live at expense of the citizens, but when ycu come to living at expense of the State,, it does not ap pear to suit them as well. * NEWS SUMMARY. Thirty prisoners at the Shelbyvilie (Tenn.) jail, recently overcame the jailer, turd all escaped. It is proposed to build a railroad from Chi cago across the State of Michigan, to Port Hu ron, where it will connect with the Canada roads. . .".mount of gas consumed fa Cincinnati, in 1864, was nearly 187,000,000 cubic feet. For ten months in 1865 it was 1C9.00C.000 cubic feet, paying a rovenue tax of $46,854. There are uow iu operation 4,623 National Banks with a currency circulation of $220 - 746,085. Tho thermometer stood twenty-nine degrees below zero, at Kearney, Nebraska, December 20th. Govermental supplies, to the value of a mil lion dollars, were destroyed by a supposed in cendiary tiro at Camp Douglass, near Sait Lake, December 19. A lato gale on the coast has caused a largo number of marine disasters. The fur trade of New York foots up $1,000,- 000 per annum. lhe U. S. Circuit Court for Massachusetts, lias ordered ail tho numerous prosecutions, under State laws, tor liquor selling, to be stop ped and sent up to its own jurisdiction, a ques tion of U. S. revenue being involved. It i3 said there is uncommon activity in the preparation for shipbuilding in the towns on tho coast of Maine. The Kentucky Legislature re-assemblee January 10. The militia officers are to be elected in Mis sissippi at once. The gold mines of Columbia river Oregon, aro said to be the richest in tho world. Gen. Halieck is spoken oi in California for U. 8. Senator. Damage done property in St. Louis, by giv ing way of ice gorge below the city is estimated at $1,500,000. Tho proprietors of Montgomery Ala. Adver tiser are introducing female compositors. The loss by burning of Government ware house at Salt Lake City, was $1,000,000. The Court and jury of Crittenden county, Ky., were recently relieved from duly toy someone relieving the jail of the prisoners. Tho Indiana Legislature want Maximilian cleaned out of Mexico. The Now England Manufacturers, not satis fied with three hundred per ceat. profit, desiro to have the taiiff raised. Smuggling is still carried on extensively on the Canadian frontier, The receipts from Customs the first nine days of the present month at the ports of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston and Baltimore amounted iu tho aggregate to about four mil lions of dollars. The receipts from the same ports during the month of November were nearly eleven million. A female-suffrage amendment to tho Con stitution has been introduced into tho Indiana Legislature. Seven persons were’killed and several badly wounded by a powder explosion at Wilmington, Del., recently Gov. Earson, or zxia., nag assurances iroia Gen. Thomas that all tho troopa shall be re moved from that State a* soon as the Gover nor is satisfied that the exigencies of the times shall have relaxed sufficiently to admit of it. Dt. John 4b Baylor, u£ Carolina connty, Va., has leased his estate for ten years to a Scotch gentleman named Black. Dr. Baylor is said to receive three thousand dollars for the first three years, and five thousand dollars per annum for the succeeding seven years. Mr. Black design returning to Scotland at an early day,and will bring over a colony of emigrants. , Hon. Schuyler Colfax has written a lettm" u which he declines being considered a cuudl date for tho United States Senate. He says that if he continues in public he prefers to re main in tho House. There is at present living in Sweden r young man, aged nineteen, who is nine feet five 1:. i in height. At eight years of age he 1,,., li ;a feet four inches. President Johnson has ordered Governor Holden to prohibit the sheriffs of Ncrto C -•»- lina from executing the provisions of the rev enue law passad by the State Convection .hi. .i levies taxes on business transactions f'„. : L-r: k as January 1, 1865, when a largo por "n cf t'.s State was within our military lines, —lu t.U business was subjected to military taxes. Commerce of tub World.— This is estlrr ci to require 3,600,000 able-bodied men to La constantly traversing the ocean, cf wherx 7,500 die every year. The amount of proper ty annually moved on the water is front fit teen hundred to two thousand millions ©f dol lars, and tho amount annually lost by the .cas ualties of the sea, averages twenty-five, mil lions of dollars. m A Cremona violin belonging to the late Sig nor Piccioli, the mujie teacher in Baltimore, at auction in that city last week for SIOO. The Ctmnvs3ioner of Internal Revenue says that the average annual taxable production of the different kinds of manufactured tobacco from September 1, 1882, to June 30, 1865, «u 42,809,168 pounds, which, at present rate*, would have produced $1,936,795,55. Tho reports that Secretary Harlaln would resign are incorrect. It is rumored that Secretary Stanton may go as Minister to England, and Secretary Wells aa Minister to Russia. Gea. Thomas has been ordered to reduce the aggregste force of troops in Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi to seven thomand, in cluding regulars. The Pacific Railroad is monopolizing atten tion at Washington. All volunteer medical officers are to be mus tered out. According to a Washington dispatch, orders have been it-Bued by the Govnrnment for the arrested of several of the late officials of the Confederate Government, but upon what specific charges has not transpired. The Internal Revenue receipts, December 29, wsre $1,300,000. It is said thirty thousand more troope will soon be discharged. Raymond, of New York, is now the acknow ledged leader of the conservative Republicans in the Mouso. During week ending. December 29, over $4,000 000 in currency wero issued to Na tional Banks. Ti e C m iiigsior.er of tho Internal Revenue haß decided that twenty, five cents is the highest rate of stamp duty upon warehouse receipts, whatever the value of the property dep;sited or stored Chief Justice Chase is reported to have said that if, when holding a Circuit Court, he should find the cage of the United States vs. Mr. Davis on the docket, ho would proceed with the cause the sime as any other, but that he should certainly hold no Circuit Court in Virginia so long as that State was under mili tary r ;le. The President, Secretary Stanton, and Gen. Giant have been closeted together a great deal recently. The unpaid claims against War Department amount to about $2 000,000. The Indian Bureau will probably be changed from Interior to War Department. There in some talk pf re-annexing Alexan dria to District of Columbia. The London Times publishes a letter from the Superintendent of the Atlantic Teiegrsphie Company, announcing that the Great Eastern will positively sail in June, 1866, to lay the new cable and take up the old one, which is a C Darned to be in the most perfect order by t e daily tests taken from the time it broke, and which vriil be continued daily. It was recently decided by the Paymaster General’s Department that urovost .Marahais and mh-T members of the Board of Enrollment are cot entitfel, when discharged, to the three months’ pay proper, under the act of March 3d, 1665, nor to traveling allowances to their homes. * - '