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The Savannah Daily Herald.
Savannah, Tuesday, Augusts. **«.
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BrSIVKSS DIRECTORY OF SAVANNAH.
We publish this morning a column and more of brief
business announcements, carefully classified, under
»be general head of “Savannah Business Directory.”
It includes some forty leading Imsinesa men and
firms of Savannah. We propose to retain this as a
regular feature of the Herald. The expense of In
serting cards in this department of tue paper is very
small, and we believe the advertisers will receive
more than a proportionate benefit. Parties wishing
to have their cards Included in this Directory, can do
no by sending them to our counting room, or hand
ing them to Mr. M. J. Divine, who is authorised to
' receive them. Prepayment will be invariably re
qulred.
THE HERALD ENLARGED.
We present the Hkkald to our readers this
morning considerably enlarged. This change
Is rendered necessary by its rapidly increas
ing business, and to enable us to give the
quantity and variety of reading matter which
wc desire to furnish. We have made other
si range incuts for the improvement of the
Herald in its various departments, with a
view to render it still more worthy the liberal
patronage which has bees extended to it by
the Savannah public.
The Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Bates.
The Bonapartian theory of Colonisation
and empire is the difference of race. We
are told by his admirers that he intends to
colonize the Weste'rn world, and found anew
empire on the shores of the Pacific with a
portion of the Latin race as a counterpoise
to the Anglo-Saxon. This is to be the princi
pal element of anew balance of power.—
Europe is too narrow a field lor his genius—
too limited a sphere for his ambition. Like
his prototype and the hero of his admiration,
Julius Carter, who made military colonies
of Gaul and Britain, he aims at universal
empire, through nearly the same means.
If it is to be a contest between the two
races it is not difficult to predict which will
acquire the aseeudaocy, the Latin or the
Anglo-Saxon. The latter have colonized
egpry part of the habitable globe and found
ed empires thereon ; the former failed to
transplant their laws or their langnage to the
settlements they have formed. What portion
of the world do the two representative races,
the English and the French, respectively oc
pcupy ? . The former have colonized both the
remote East and the remote West. They
have subdued the savage in the islands of
the South sea, have girdled the North pole,
and founded a magnificent empire on the
banks of the Indus. They have wrested
from the latter nearly all their original pos
sessions in the new world, leaving them
scarcely more than a strip of land on the
shores of the Mediterranean.
Can it be said then that the Cejtic or Latin
nee is destined to found empires and extend
the arts of civilization as the rivals of the
Anglo-Saxon qr Teutonic race ?
The aspirations of Louis Napoleon cannot
embrace so wide a field without forfeiting all
claim to statesmanship and rational policy.
The elder Napoleon found a sphere large
enough for - his ambition in the old world in
reforming the map of Europe, whose lines he
had nearly obliterated by the agency of the
sword. He found the materials of a balance
of power in the perishing remains of the old
monarchies, whiah fell at the touch of his
military power. In the relative position of
Italy and Germany—in the delicate relations
of Piedmont and the Popedom—in the anom
alous situation of Venice—in the undefined
relations of Denmark and the Germanic con
federation—there is an ample field for the
xeperative or constructive ability of the most
Btute and far-seeing monarch in Europe,
lAp is said to be ‘master of the situation.”
map ot Europe exhibits no more ap
to a just balance of power tlftn it did
formation of the treaty of Vienna,
Denmark was dismembered to
Sweden, and Saxony was dispos-
Silesia to give symmetry to the ter-
There is a consciousness
flßßHjHkPo'.ver 9 (and in none more than
that a general Congress
to adjust the inter
of the European States.
the French Emperor would
an adjustment would be im-
HBHHPvouId leave little necessity for
Hewbalance of power founded on a. coun
terpoise between races.
Rats Leaving the Sinking Shiv —As a
sign of the times it is worthy of mention that
Gen. Santa Anna is oat in a long and char
acteristic pronunciamento against Maximilian
and in favor of the Mexican Republic. Only
two years ago this Mexican Macawber pro
claimed in favor of Maximilian and the Em
pire. He then no doubt regarded the suc
cess of the Austrian adventurer as certain,
and looked confidently for a prominent po
sition in the ranks of the new made nobility
aa a reward for bh treachery to the Mexican
Republic. Like Senator Gwin, be has dis
covered that Imperial honors on this conti
are rather uncertain,* *njj has determined in
time to abandon the sinking ship.
The Amnkstt Oa«l—Those of our read
er* who have not taken the amnesty oath,
are referred to the order of Gen. Steadman,
published in another column, restraining
telegraphic operators, postmasters, railroad
agents and common carriers from delivering
sekages to any person.
B themselves of the am
y the President’^proc
*fl * ‘
tlon agent has opened
Minn. He offers free
i cash, and SW acres
THE GEORGIA CENTRAL R. R.
A Brief Sketeb sf Its HMsry anterior te the
War— Us Destruction by the tailed States
Army— lts Present Condition— When it
wHi he In readiness te Resume Opera
tions.
Apprised of the deep interest manifested
by the people of our State, nnd by capitalists
and tradesmen at home and abroad, in the
present condition and future prospects of the
Georgia Central Road, we have taken some
pains to estate a few of the most prominent
facts - connected with its construction and
subsequent condition up to the period of the
commencement of the late war, to which is
added an account of the severe ordeal through
which it has passed during the last twelve
months.
The first reconnoissance with a to the
establishment of this important branch of the
internal improvement system of this Slate
was made in the early part of the year 1834,
and after several months spent in explora
tions, under the supcrintcndance of the then
efficient and popular President of the Com
pany, W. W- Gordon, Esq., was located on
what was technically known as the “North
ern route," as the shortest aud most practi
cable line between the termini named by the
charter.
Before the commencement of the work,
the trade of the large and populous counties
of Washington, Jefferson, Burke, and others
adjacent thereto, had been directed to Au
gusta—the decline of Savannah and the ad
vancement of the town of Augusta resulting
as a necessary consequence.
As the road gradually approached comple
tion, however, this trade was diverted, over
the cheap line of transportation to the pre
sent commercial metropolis of the Slate.
We have not been able to collect the data
for presenting a statement of the amount of
freight transported at this early period to and
from the seaboard on this road. As early as
1838 passenger cars were introduced for
regular trips, and a considerable income was
received from transportation; fulfilling in
extent the most sanguine expectations of the
company. As far back as December, 1845,
the President announced to the stockholders
that the Hoard then felt itself in a condition
to commence the regular discharge of the
debts of the Company, and that it would he
able to cancel its entire indebtedness in three
years from that date.
It was about this period that President
Gordon died. To his untiring industry aud
talents is due the honor and glory of pro
jecling this great enterprise, which is a noble
and enduring monument to his memory.
One of the early rsports of the President
discloses the amazing fact, that as the work
progressed the Company experienced much
opposition on the subject of the right of way
from the primitive inhabitants occupying the
country, they protesting vehemently, as we
have learned from another source, against
the advance of the “ iron horse" through
their grazing lands, a leading otyectiou being
that Its terrific snorting would frighten the
cattle and horses into the wilderness ; but us
the benefits of the enterprize unfolded them
selves to the astonished people, prejudices
were dissipated and judgments conviuced of
its utility.
The successful career of this road has been
occasionally checked by one of those disas
ters which often cloud the prospects and re
tard the progress and prosperity of public
works of this character. Deluging rains,
which have usually descended in the Spring,
have on several occasions inflicted severe
damage on the lines, sweeping away em
bankments, bridges, culverts, &c. Yet, not
withstanding these occasional injuries, the
average net income has uniformly exceeded,
so far as we are advised on the subject, that
of any other road south of the Potomac
la verification of this statement, wc submit
the following exhibit of the Company for the
year 1851:
Total aniouut of. earnings for the year... .$746,207 so
Total amouut of expenaes for maintaining
and working the road for the same pe
riod 541,«0 10
Showing a net balance as profit of 400,797 72
The entire series of exhibits running as far
back as 1850, show an average nett profit of
twenty-two per cent. This almost unexam
pled prosperity of the Road continued until
the commencement of the war. We are un
able to report, from reliable data, the result
of its operations lor the three years succeed
ing the breaking out oi hostilities between
the two sections of the Union. It is reason
able to infer, however, that, owing to the de
preciation of the rebel currency, the annual
receipts were not more than sufficient to
meet the current expenses.
The Central Road, with its branches, was
in complete running order and operation on
the 19th of November, 1864. It was on tbc
20th of the aame month that Gen. Sherman,
with his formidable army, initiated that bril
liant but terrible campaign, so pregnant With
havoc to the roads of Georgia and South
Carolina. The work of destruction com
menced near Mscon, and extended to with
in a few miles of this city, where he arrived
on the sth of December. Os the main line
between Savannah and Macon, a distance of
one hundred and ninety miles, one hundred
and thirty miles of the track, and all the
bridges of importance were effectually de
stroyed. The rails were heated, bent and
twisted, rendering the major portion of them
useless. About seven miles of the branch
Irom Gordon to E&tonton, thirty-eight miles
in length, was destroyed in like manner. Tea
miles of the branch from Millen to Augusta
shared a similar fate, including the destruc
tion of one important bridge. All the sta
tion houses on the main line and branches
over which Gen. Sherman passed, with three
exceptions, and all the water stations were
destroyed.
I The work of repair was began at Macon, and
on the Augusta branch immediately after the
disappearance of the Army, and the road to
Milledgeville, thirty-eight miles, was in suc
cessful operation about the 10th of January
last; the work thence to Elton ton was prose
cuted with great vigor to completion in
July. The work of repairs on the Augusta
branch had progressed to a point about forty
six miles from from Augusta early in Febru
ary, when by authority of an order from the
Rebel Government the woijt was suspended,
and the rails; chairs, spikes, etc., were re
moved by said authority to and used for re
laying the Georgia Rail Road between Au
gusta and Atlanta and on the Washington
branch of said road.
The estimated value of the road in Us pres
ent condition, with its buildings, machinery,
Ac., Is 8)000,000,500,000 dollars, and the good
* #
assetts 1,000,000,300,000 dollars, which can
be made available for rebuilding the road.
Ttie amount necessary for that purpose is
estimated at about $1,060,000.
We have been informed by tbc acting
President, that forty miles of the road will be
completed In three or four weeks; and that
the entire road will be placed in complete
running order fiom Savannah to Augusta—
the middle of November next. The
President alid Board of Directors, who ap
preciate the importance of this road not only
as connected with the great commercial in
terest of this State, but of tbe whole country,
me leavrig no stone unturned to effect its
earliest completion.
The public mind has been so engrossed by
the great political events of tbe last four
years, that but little attention was paid to
Vast resources of material wealth possessed
by the Southern States. We have been so im
mersed in tbe terrible eveDts of tbe war, so
deafene-i by the roar of cannon, so appalled
by the carnage of battle, so absorbed iu the
immediate issues of the day, that we gave
but little thought to the future aud tbe means
by which that future can be made even grand
er and more prosperous than tbe past. Now
that peace is restored to tire country, the
people of Georgia should look to tbe rapid
development of the materials of greatness
provided for them in every portion of the
State. And to effect this, the early comple
tion of our rail roads is of the highest impor
tance. Our Country can be made the wealth
iest inhabited by a civilized people. The
country that is poor in agriculture,
manufactures and minerals is never
iec, guized as u leading political pow
er, but wten these are combined
with thrift, enterprise and intellect, the
couutry that U fortunate enough to possess
them is sure to command respect and justice
from the world. The task before tbe South
Is one of extraordinary magnitude. She has
lost by the war at least foug thousand
millions of dollars—more than tbe entire
debt ol the couutry—but she still has all the
elements of wealth and power, and can re
gain all she sacrificed by a course of steady
aud imtiagging application to the work of
developing aud utilizing her abundant re
sources.
Since tbe above was written, we have
made atrip over so much of tbe road as lias
been reconstructed, under the direction of
the energetic contractors, Messrs. Callahan
& Spirit, and it affords us pleasure to an
nounce to the public that no effort is being
spared by these gentlemen to push forward
the work with the greatest possible dispatch.
Notwithstanding tbe mauy hindrances and
embarrassments which have beset them in
the prosecution of their labors, consequent
upon the unsettled condition v( labor, aud
other causes, the road will be placed in ruli
n'ng order from this city to a point forty-five
miles distant by the last of the week. —
When this is accomplished a line of comfort- ■
able stages will be placed oil the route Irom
the forty-five mile point to Waynesboro, to
oormeet with the railroad leading to Augusta,
this arrangement lor the transportation of
travellers and freight will continue, as we
have been advised, until the full completion
of the road, which, as before staled, will be
in the month of September next.
In view of the uncertainty of transit by
the river, owing to the occasional low stages
of the water, the announcement of the Im
mediate re-establishment of this more cer
tain and speedy line of communication with
Augusta, will be received by the travelling
public with great satisfaction.
England Still Plotting Against tue
United State*.— The Philadelphia Ameri
can and Gazelle, of Wednesday, announces
that a proposition has been made by a num
ber of great English capitalists (we presume
the word should be manufacturer-), to sup
ly the Southern people with goods, giving
credit for the cost until the crops should he
gathered, and accepting produce in pay
ment, and that an agent was in that city to at
tend to the matter, and adds.*
It is not easy to view this fresh attempt of
English cupidity to retard our progress with
out a feeling oi indignation. As they were
ready to aia the rebellion, in order to break
up the Republic and to secure to themselves
a monopoly of Southern trade,, so now they
are auxious to do anything in their power to
euibarass the efforts we are making to re
construct the labor system of the South.
*»* * * *
The New Yol k Commercial asks: Would
it not be well for Mr. Seward to give notiq*
to the British Government, through Mr.
Adams, that if any British capitalist be found
giving credit to the residents of the Southern
States, it will be considered a casus belli by
the United States ?
Kentucky aud other papers have lately
published what purported to be an order irom
Ueu Palmer, or by bis authority, graining
passes to all negroes who desired"to leave
the State—an expeditious method of ratify
ing the Constitutional Amendment. Tue
Western Citizen of Parts, Ky., says the
stampede of negroes is enomnous, and gives
particulars of their thronging about head
quarters. It alleges that iu five days 1,800
pusses averaging four persons to each pass
lad been issued. So at Lexington and other
poiuts, aud it was estimated mat 25,000 ne
groes left Kentucky, last week.
But now comes the Cincinnati Enquirer of
August 1, with this statement:
When Gen. Palmer's recent order to fur
nish passes to negroes to leave Kentucky was
promulgated, Mr. I>. L. Price, of Lexington,
telegraphed the President on The subject and
lecelved the tallowing reply :
“[By Telegraph from Washington.]
“July 28, 1865.
“To D L. Pates : Your dispatch of the
25th was sent to Gen. Pfilpter,. who replies,
'No free papers are issued to any negroes
within my department, by auy officers, by
rnv authority, or within my knowledge.’
3 “Joan M. Palmer, Maj. Gen.
“By order of the President
“R. D. Mcsskt, Military Secretary.”
If there is a way out of the seeming con
tradiction, It may lie in Gen. Palmers ns* of
the term “free, papers.” The Citizen girel
this form of the*pass :
“Hdqrs. United States Forces, >
“Paris, Kt., , 1866. >
“Jo all whom it may concern: __ _
Iu pursuance of General Orders No. 49,
Headquarters Department of Kentucky,
July 10, 1866, * (colored,) is au
thorized to pass at will in search of employ
ment. ~
“All public carriers wUI respect this pass.
“Commanding United States , forces at
Parts, Ky.”
That was Indorsed ‘*Tp go to Cincinnati,
Ohio.” It may not be a “free i paper," but
we don’t tbiuk (he slave whom it emancipa
ted would find out the difference. But why
should there be any question about it, and
why should Gen. Palmer, if be has issued the
order attributed to him, take refuge in a ver
bal nicety ? The Cincinnati Enquirer wonld
hardly go the length of Inventing the above
dispatch. Who will explain ?
{few York Triktun.
The National Debt.
The official statement of the public debt,
as appears from the books of the Tieasury
Department, on the 31st of July, shows the
amount outstanding to be $2,757,258,275,
divided thus, viz:
THR DEBT.
The debt bearing interest in coin Ls $1,164,682,6*1
On which the interest is #*,*«,BBl
The debt bearing interest in lawful mo
ney is 1,289,146,6*5
On which tip: Interest Is 74,7*0,6-0
The debt Mi which Interest has ceased Is 1,527,120
The debt beating no Interest Is 357,906,069
The total Interest both in coin ami law
ruliuoueyis 139^262,468
The legal tender notes in clrculaUou are as fol
lows ;
THE LEGAL TENDERS.
One and two years five per cent notes. $39,954,230
United States notes, old issue 472,603
United States notes, new issue 432,667,966
Compound Interest notes, act of March
3, 1863 16,000,000
Compound interest notes, act of Juue3u,
I*B4 . 197,121,470
Total legal tinders in circulation $660,233,239
The amount of fractional currency is.. 25,75u.000
The uucalled for pay, requisitions and
miscellaneous items of the War and
Navy Departments amount 1 1. .. 15,738,000
MONEV IN THE TREASURY.
The amount of coin iu the Treasury tv.. $35,336,000
And of currency ~ 61,402,000
Total amount in Treasury $116,739,632
The statement of the public debt, as ap
pears by the returns and Treasury books on
the “Ist of July, as compared with that made
on the jjlst of May — two mouths ugo—shows
an iucrcase of $122,000,000 during the inter
vening period, owing iu part to the extraor
dinary sums required to pay the nireurages
due to the army—the entire public debt being
$2,635,2115,753. The amount of legal tcuder
notes now iu circulation is $685,236,263, or
an increase from the 31st of May of $26,-
073,700.
Mount Vernon after the Wai— Present
Condition of the Property.
The National Intelligencer gives the fol
lowing accouut of the condition of the Wash
ington home and grounds at Mount Vernon r
“The library room, in the South end, is
occupied by Miss Tracy, the accomplished
aud l'aithtul agent of ttie Mount Vernon As
sociation. A bust of Washington, cast in
plaster by Houdon, and another of Lafayette,
facing each other high on the walls, are the
only observable relics. The bookcases, built
into tbo wall, with glass doors, fully occupy
one side of the large room. Over this apart
ment, in a small bed room, the great and
good man died. A bedstead, said to be an
exact copy of that on which he died, is the
only article iu the chamber. The family
pictures were nearly or quite all at Arlington,
and were taken to Rich maud by Gen. Lee.
The celebrated pitcher portrait, upon tbe
back of which was inscribed the beautiful
eulogy, aud left in the mansion by an un
known band, was carried away by John A.
Washington, and is in the possession of that
family.
The long row of brick qua-ters still stand
as they bate for thirty or lorty years, siuco
they were, paitiull/ destroyed by fire. In
this row Washington had his blacksmith and
carpentering establishments, and here now
live the two old colored servants of whom
mention has been made, us tbc servants
that came here sixty years ag > with Auue
Blackburn, the wile of Busbrod Washington
“The ‘Ladies' Mount Vernon Association.’
it is well kuotvu, made their purchase in
1858, and had made the last payment of $2,-
000 upon the eve of the rebellion. .The as
sociation had expended also $20,000 in im
provements, iu addition to paying the $200,-
000 purchase money. Much still -needs to
be done, aud the large amount of funds at
this time accumulating from the throng' of
viators, who pay an entrance fee each of
twenty-five cents, will do much lor putting
rite national shrine aud preserving it iu prop
er condition.
The scourge of the rebellion stays its deso
lating tide at the cosines of ttiese sacred acres.
The tomb oi Washington was held sacred on
both sides.
“Pohick Church, where Washington wor
shipped till the close of the revolution, has
not escaped sawed. Ttie last discourse in
it was a tempestuous disunion harangue by
au iiiueraut Methodist preacher, ou a Saii
baih, near the opening of the war. -The an
cient edifice is ; now a shell; not a window,
door, nor the smallest fragment of the pews,
pulpit nor floors are to be seen. It was used
early iu the war by soldiers for shelter, and
later was turntd into a stable. The ancient
tombstones of the abandoned graveyard are
lying and leaning around, aud desolation is
painted in all its saddest foitns upon the
scene. _ The old Pohick Church was erected
near this some one hundred aud fiftv years
ago. This was erected in 1772, and Wash
ington was the chief contributor iu its erec
tion. To this church Wa.hiugton tor years
regularly repaired, some seven miles, allow
ing no company to keep him from the Sab
bath service. Tue pew doors of Washington
and the great George Mason had been carried
away as relics before the war. The brick
walls alone now remain ” *
Chinese Spoil.
the “loot” or THE SUMMER palace on ex
hibition IN LONDON.
The London Times says: “There are but few
persons who liaye not heard of the celebrat
ed Summer Palace of the Emperor of China,
rendered still more celebrated by the unpar
alleled treasures which were looted there by
the French troops iu 1860. Os these treasures,
the accounts of which at the time caused
such a sensation in this country, more par
. ticlarly as our troops were a few hours be
hind the French and only gathered up the
gleanings—some idea may be formed by a
visit to 219 Piccadilly, where there is now
on exhibition the loot of a single French
officer—Captain de Negroni—who led the
first regiment that eutered the imperial pal
ace, together with other articles which he
subsequently purchased. If we may judge
of the. whole palace by the present exhibi
tion, on the principle ex /itde Uercuhnu, it
must have been a pertect storehouse of gems,
gold, and works of art of most costly ma
terials aud the most elaborate workmanship.
“The present collection consists of four
hundred aud eighty-four articles; and
amongst them will he found a sapphire weigh
ing seven hundred and forty-two carats, and
valued at £IOO,OOO. There are others of
less' value, besides rubies emeralds, ame
thysts, lapis lazuli, aud jacenths. The arti
cles .of vertu are very valuable, aud some of
them are of exquisite beauty. The chalce-
dony, cameo vases (42 and 43 in the cata
logue) are objects that cannot fail to strike
the attention of the visitor by the purity of
their color aud the excellence of the design
and workmanship. There are other articles
of the same material, aud several iu sardonyx,
agate, Ac. There are several specimens in
Jade, which is so highly prised by the Chi
nese that it is regarded by them as a heavenly
gilt. The jewel-stand used by the Etuples
of China, which is of greenish jade, inlaid
with rubies, coral, and lapis lazuli, is a high
ly finished work ofyOrienlal art, as is also an
imperial junk carved in white jade.
‘ ‘The collection also contains many works
of art—watches, clocks, and jewels, which
were presented at varieus times to the Em
peror of China by foreign princes. What
will attract most attention in this part of the
collection is a little golden filagree cage, in
the style of Louis XVI., ornamented with
pearls and diamonds. In connection with
the cage is a watch and two beautiful birds,
which move and sing in a very natural man
ner—the wings, beak, tail and eyes being all
in motion—aud the tone such as might be.
produced by a living bird. The timepiece,.
which lormed a portion of the present made
by Lord Macartney to the Emperor of China,
in 1793, .will be found, after its long absence,
in its native home ; and if it could only ar
ticulate as clearly as it chimes the quarters
it would doubtless relate many a strange tale
of the inner file of the Celestial Emperors.
-There are albums, paintings and manu
scripts, but they will not obtain so much at
tention from the general public as the display
•f Imperial mantles, Ac., in satin, silk and
crape—some of them of the richest colors
ana finest embroidery. One mantle is en
tirely composed of white strips takes from
the throats of blue foxes, of wtaifch it is Com
puted that four liuudred must have beeu
killed to supply sufficient fur for the mantle.
Another is made from the skin of the craylon
or sea dragon—a rare and curious covering,
which is exclusively used by the Empresses
of Chiba. A box filled with swallows nests,
used in Chinese cookery, may appropriately
end the strange eventful history disclosed in
the present Chinese Collection.”
TBB MTSTSIUOVB ARREST.
Conflicting Statements us to the
Name of tbe Prisoner.
- v. - -VVV.-V
The Prisouer Reported to be John H.
• Surratt.
Bali wore, Aug. 2, 1865.
The person arrested in Texas recently, and
supposed to be John H. Surratt, fine of the
assassins, passed Relay Station this morning,
en route for Washington, heavily ironed and
under guard.
He was recognized at the station by a fa
miliar acquaintance and old friend, who was
allowed to speak to the prisoner, and who
says positively that the mau in irons is John
H. Surratt.
The deposition of this person was at once
taken and forwarded to Washingtun.
[The Washingtuu Press Despatch.l
THE PRISONER GIVES HIS NAME AS JOHN S. RYAN,
A KKUEL CAW AIN FROM TEXAS.
Washington, August 2, 1865.
The man brought briber from the West,
whom some supposed to be John H. Surratt,
is said in quarters where the tru'h is known,
to be some other individual. His real name
is thus far kept a secret.
The Star says that at twenty minutes past
teu o'clock this morning the train from Balti
more brought in the prisoner, reported to be
John H. Surratt, iu charge of Cupt. Smith,
of the Second United States artillery and
Provost Marshal of Memphis, Tenu., aud
under guard of a sergeant aud three men ot
the One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois
regiment.
He was heavily ironed, and on his arrival
at the depot was immediately escorted to a
carriage and driven to the Provost Marshal’s
office when Col, Ingraham ordered him to
he committed to the Old Capital Prison.
He was arrested in Memphis ou Wednes
d ly, July 19, by Capt. Smith, not on suspi
cion of beiug John H. Surratt, as has been
iulimated, but on tbe charge of having been
engaged in the conspiracy, and it is said that
the evideuce again-d hint is veiy conclusive.
He gives his name as John S. Hyun, and
states that he is from Texas and has been a
Captain in the rebel service.
He bears a singular resemblance iu features
to the Surratt family ; but those who knew
John H. Surratt when here are positive that
this man is not he.
The prisouer is dressed iu gray, with a
light colored slNueh hat, aud is about five
feet seven inches in height, rather slim and
slender frame; light or sandy hair, fair com
plexion, slightly freckled ; light blue eyes,
sharp nose, rather long, and has the knuckle
of the right baud shot off, apparently by a
ball.
Tbe Cholera tn Egypt.
Alexandria, July 8, 1865.
The following are some details of the chol-_
era in this town .-
On the 20th of June the number of cases of
cholera which hud proved latal iu Alexan
dria was upward of sixty. From that date
to the 24th the average number of deaths
wus eighty five per diem, making a total of
857|since the outbreak of tbe epidemic.
At this date a violent chimxin arose, which
couliuued with great intensity until yester
day. Th? appearance of this oppressive afid
(iaugerous south wiudis very rare at this ad
vanced season of the year, but at this par
ticular time such au occurence was a most
unfortunate qjjinplicat'.on of matters, and was
attended by a sudden extension of epidemic.
On. the 27th the official list shows the mor
tality to be 183; on the 26tb, 193; on the 27th,
208; ou the 2Stll, 214; on ihe 29th, 109; ou
tbe 30th, 197; ou the 2d of June, 196; on tbe
3rd, 228; on the 4th 176; on the sth, 118;
on the Gth, 132; on the 7th, 142. It is
believed that the mortality is much greater
than stated by the above mentioned official
reports, but on the other hand the surmises
of an excited and panic stricken population
are doubtless exaggerated and unreliable.
According to popular estimates, the official
numbers should be quadrupled.
It cannot be doubted that such a rapid
spread of the epidemic is to a great extent
due to local causes, and principally to the
state of the dwellings of the Arab fellahs
which are shared alike by man and beast, to
the food of these natives, which, especially
at the present time, is insufficient and bad,’
to the putrid water the Arabs are compelled
to drink during the low state of the Nile, to
the excessive heat, the want of personal
cleanliness among them, as well as among
The poorer class ot Europeans, and, lastly, to
the stupid superstition of-the Arabs with re
gard to the sickness on the ope hand, and on
the other their well known indifference in
the presence of epidemic and death.
It is roughly estimated that bet ween 18,000
and 20,000 European residents have left Al
exandria. Every kind of transport has been
brought into use to aid their flight, and Syria,
the Greek Islands, Italy and France are the
refuge of these emigrants.
Nine steamers have taken about 700 pag
sengers to Trieste.
The epidemic did not long confine itself to
Alexandria. It has pot ouly attacked the
villages of the Delta, and the towns of Dha
manhur, Tanta, Mansura and Zagazig, but
at Cairo the choleraic symptoms have shown
themselves in a manner which gives rise to
the most serious apprehensions.
The official reports from Cairo are even
less reliable titan those issued here. The
epidemic came there with the chamsin. The
population of Cairo is about 300.000.
In Alexandria business is at a complete
stand-still, and almost all the Arabian ba
zars, shops and offices a re closed.
Solar Eclipse. —The eclipse of the sun
which occurred on the 25th of April—invisi
ble here, but visible in South America and
Africa—was attended by interesting phenom
ena. The darkness is’ described as some
thing fearful.- A Buenos Ayres paper relates
some nrikiug and a few dangerous adven
tures connected with the event. Laborers in
(Kt field were completely bewildered, and
wandered about in the daikness, unable to
find their way home. One gentleman, who
wus driving in his carriage, lost his way, and
just managed to pull upon the brink of a
precipice, tweuty feet pet pendiculai, down
which his horse was about to plunge. Farm
ers put their sheep in the “corales,” thiokiug
it was night; and in some quarters the dread
ful gloom caused the deepest alarm among
the more ignorant classes.
Tne first attempt to colonize the West
ern coast of Australia is reported to have
turned out a failure. The settlement at Cam
den Harbor is to be abandoned as early as
possible on account of the want of fresh
water and of the coarseness of the pasturage.
The same paper which gives this informa
tion, the South Australian Register, adds an
other melancholy chapter to the accounts of
Australian exploration. The three leaders
of the last expedition (Messrs. Panter, Hard
ing and Goldwyer) have all been murdered
by the aborigines. They were followed by
great numbers of’ tbe natives, who speared
them through and pinned them to the
ground. Rising in spite of their wounds,
they killed fifteen of their foes, but were
overcome at last, and they and their horses
were killed with clubs. The information is.
accepted as genuine by the authorities.
—A Washington despatch says many rebel
officers are reported to have tendered their
services and influence to the Mexican Minis
ter, Senor Romero, within a few weeks, for
the expulsion of Maximilian from (he conti
nent A direct acceptance was not expect
ed, of course.
A Short Romance.— About a year ago
James Sullivan courted a girl in South Troy,
but was “cut out” by William Crawlord, a
returned volunteer, who married the “apple
of discord." Subsequently, tempted by the
large bounty, Crawlord again volunteered.—
Months passed,- and Mrs. C. growing lone
some, and Sullivan being quite watcbtul aud
attentive, the old lover and the new wife
more intimate than ever ; and when Craw
ford returned borne the other night, minus
an arm, he lound that he had lost kis rib too.
He broke the bed on which theatwo were
lying, beat Sullivan unmercifully, and bade
a lasting farewell to bis faithless spouse.—
Alas, how many such cases has the war de
veloped !
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Sow Y ork Money Market.
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2 P. M.
The demand for Money appears to lie rattier less ac
tive than yesterday, but without auy change In rates.
On call, the ruling rate U 7 per cent, with occasional
exceptions at 6-per cent.
Some of the national banks are lean of resources,
and are contracting their street loans. Discounts are
unchanged. There is a fair amount or bills ottering,
but no eagerness to buy at now current rates. Tile
best short date paper is worth 7 per cent.; other
grades are quoted 6@l'2 per cent.
(fold is without material change. Speculation con
tinues dull, the balls furbearing to sell, though wil
ling to lend, aud the i>ears declining to put out
“shorts,” The price Ls rather weak : opeued at 144)»
aud closed at 14445.
For exchange continues dull. The demand ls very
light, and the supply or merchants' bUls quite liberal.
There is rather more demand for francs. We quote :
Bankers’ Sterling, 60 days 108M<al0S2$
Bankers’ sterling, 3 days lu9>,(ai
Merchants’ 107\i@1074f
Francs, long date 5.22,i5(<$
Francs, short date 5.20 <jp
New York Market.
New York, Aug. 3—2 P. M,
Flock, Ac.—The Flour market opened rather more
steady, but closed dull ami drooping. The sales are
10,500 bbls., at )5 95a56 45 for Superline State ; $6 60
as6 70 for Flxtra State; $6 75u56 60 for choice do.;
$j 95a$ J 50 for Superfine Western ; $6 05u$7 05 for
common to medium Extra Western ; $S 20a$, 40 for
common to good shipping brands Extra Bound Hoop
Ohio, and $3 45a59 76 for trade brands.
—Southern Flour opeued more steady aud closed
quiet. Sales 650 bills., at $7 70a$9 tor Common, aud
$9 Mail 2 25 for Fancy aud Extra.
Canadian Flour opeued a shade firmer, but closed
quiet. Sales 300 bbU., at $0 70a$G 95 for common,
and s7as9 for good to choice Extra.
Corn as beany aud fully one cent lower. Sales 79,000
bushels at 86c.a8Sc. for unsound ; 89e.a90c. for sound
Mixed Western, aud 90qc.u901$C; for high Mixed,
nearly yellow.
Oats opeued steady with sales Western at 62c.. and
closed heavy with sales at 6lc. afloat. •
Cotton.—'The market Is dull, with sales 900 bales
at 46c. for Middling, closing dull aud declining.
Kick, —The market ls rather more active at steady
prices. Sales since our last, boo hags Bangoon ou
private terms, aud 13 tcs. Carolina at 10>,c. a totje.
Coffee.—The market is dull and droupiug. with
no sales of auy magnitude reported.
Scoak.—ls more active aud higher. Sales since
o x last, 2,700 hint i. ifr 14c. a 15c. fir Porto He'; ilc.
a 15c. rcr Cuba Muscovado; and no boxes Havana uu
terms not made public, „
Molasses.— ls tlrnt with a good business doing on
private terms.
Naval Stores.— Crude Turpentine is steady.
Sales 133 bbls. at $8 50.
Tobacco—ls active and firm at 7 a 30c. for Ken
tucky.
Tea—ls dull and unctianged.
The Laud market Is steady. Sales 1,170 bbls. at
» a 24 tjc.
Bitter is quiet at 23 a 2Sc. Tor Ohio, and 28 a 35c.
for State.
Cheese is dull at 10 a 15Lc. for common to prime.
Wuiskkv.—The market is scarcely so drill. Sales
450 bbls. Western at $j 19 a $2 20.
Taliaiw. —There is a good local demand at higher
rates. We notice sales of 250,000 lbs. at 11 >j a 1214 c.
Freights —To Liverpool, 10,000 bushels corn at
3tsc. per 66 lbs; 60 tons oil cake at 7s. 6d: aud to
London, 200 hhds. tobacco at 2rs. 6d.
__ _ *EW AD V E RTIS K Bfß NTS.
Metropolitan Fire Company.
There will be a meeting of the Company This Eve
nlng at S' o’clock. Business of importance.
By order of the PRESIDENT.
W. N. Vallsac, Sec’ry. uug j
Wanted.
TWO or three first class boar lers bv a private fami
ly, living in a good neighborhood and central—
Adorer*?, for one week, * .Sherman,” Ui-rald office
augn.iw . ______
. Wanted.
A NICELY furnished room, without board, where
tue people are not too inquisitive. Address,
‘Primes,” Herald ofllce. augS-lw
To Bent.
A COUPLE of Room*, with Kitchen attached. —
-A. The rooms are supplied with gas aud water.
Apply at the Northeast corner of Price and fct. Julian
streets. iqgß
Cotton and ot litu - Freight
. FOR NEW YORK.
Merchants Line Sailing Vessels
THE fast sailing Clipper Schooner OVOCA, Captain
Kobt. U. Mitchell, will commence loading for tbe
above port on Thursday, the 10th, and will clear on
Saturday, the 12th I net. Has superior accommoda
tions for a few passengers In the First Cabin.
Fare S3O. Apply to CHAS. L. CO BY A CO.,
angS-tf cor. Bay aud Abercom streets.
“ GOLD AND BANK NOTES.
/ T OLD and Southern Bank Notes wanted, for w hick
V.T a liberal price will be paid. Apply to
angS-4 BELL- WYLLY A <IH*‘IBTTAN.
Americ’nTelegraph Co.,Mouth
Under control and supervision of
U. S. Military Telegraph.
HEADQ'RS DEP-T OF GEORGIA, \
Office Provost Marshal General./
By Telegraph from Augusta,
ORDKRN, dated August 3,1865, to Telegraph Oper
ators and ex-Agentg: *
Postmasters, Forwarding Merchants, Common Car
riers and Railroad Agents, are notified that they will
not forward or deliver messages, wares and merchan
dise or mail matter to any person whomsoever within
the Deportment of Georgia, who has not taken the
Oath prescribed In the President’s Proclamation of
Amu Arty, of May 19, 1865. Any violation of this or
der will be punished by a forfeiture of all right to
transact business within tbi« Department, by the of
fending party, and by hue or imprisonment.
By conimuuu of Muj. Gen. STEEDMAN.
O. GROSVENOK, Bvt. Brig. Gen.
•ogß and Provoat Marshal General.
Penmanship.
r classes in Penmanship will be organized for a
A course of twenty lesson*—one for Boys and Young
Men, from 3 to 4 p. m., and one for Misses and Young
Ladies, from 5 to 6 p. m.
Tbe course of lessons lor the Boys will commence
on Thursday, loth inst., tbe Young Ladies course on
Mouday, 15th.
As our young folks ore now free from their school
duties, those of them who are deficient in this branch
of education will have an opportunity of giving special
attention to it.
For terms, Ac., apply to the undersigned, at Doctor
Charters’, Broughton street, two doors east of Bull.
* aug3-« B. MALLON*
“UDOIiPBO WOLF XI,”
Beaver Street, New York.
Offers far ante of hi* own importations, in bond and
duty paid, the largest stock of Wines, Liquors, Ac., of
any other house In this conutry, comprising in part of
Otard, llenueey, Piifet Castillou, Martel, Godard
brand)-, Rochelle Brandies in half, quarter.and eighth
casks: aLo Otard and Kouyer, Laferielere and Fits
Brandy, In cases of one dozen each.
“O-lxx.”
Cdoipho Wolfe's Schiedam la pipe*. Schiedam
Aromatic Schnapps, in bond and duty paid, in coses of
one dozen quarts and two doaen pints.
“Wlilskry and Rum."
Scotch and Irish Whiskey, In hhda. and cases of one
doaen each. Bourbon Whiskey in barrels and cases of
one doaen each.
RUM.
“ Jamaica " and "St. Croix Bum" In hhSs. and
cases of one doaen each.
Madeira, Sherry and Port Wines.
More than twenty different grades, In halves, qnar
ters and eighth cooks, also In cases of one doaen
each.
“Hock, Champagne, MaseUe and Claret
Wines."
From Peter Arnold Hamm In Cologne, proprietor of
Joannlsbargestate; J. H.D. Becker A Fils; Bsche
nancer, Benecke A Cos., Bordeaux Barton A Gnesttn.
Bordeaux, and from other well known honses In Ger
many and France.
Oua, Coosuls, BaaDinza,' Bittxxo, MrsnaD, Olives,
Bbahdt, Ptxuavxa, Ac.
‘ Twenty-five years' basinets transactions with the
Southern States, with some of tiff largest and most
respectable dealers.ahonld be sufficient guarantee that
every article offered by the advertiser for sale le pare
and genuine.
Samples can be seen, and catalogue of price* ob
tained, by oddreedag the above. augMm
FOR NEW YORK
v-rrv. Brig QBORGE AMOS. StensmT**
b,„ dispaict"
OADEN A CACKLES A»m
— SP!*
hhhald *
STATIONERY STORE,
• —Amt— *
Newspaper Depot.
Cj
The undersigned has re-opened above Store,
will be found an of-
Cap, Letter and Note
PAPER,
OF ALL QUAHTIE.V
Dray Hooks,
Memorandum Books.
BZIjIjS
COMMERCIAL. BLANKS,
" AND
EN VE L.O PES.
CARMINE AND BLACK INKS, in stands
and bottles ; PENS, PENHOLDERS,
PENCILS, INK STANDS,
OFFICE MUCILAGE, *
KNIVES, &c.
By the next steamer h. wiilreceiv.
Northern Dailies and Weeklies
and will hereafter keep a complete assortment
of the
Latest Papers and Periodicals
»Ug6 J. H. ESTirj
H. G. RUWE & COT”
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Imported aud Domestic
Liquors, Wines & Segars
ST. JULIAN STREET, West of Monument Squire,
SAVANNAH, GA.
180 Greenwich Avenue, New York
Agents for ALE AND LAGER, frodt the mo«'
celebrated Breweries of New York, iWeS-la
U. S. Court of Claims.
HAVING been a clerk and a commissioher to tik*
Appositions In this court for six yea-a, I im pre
pareato write PETITIONS and arrange the PAPERS
in cases to go before that tribunal for private pr.ipert
selied by the United States military authorities. I
bavo made arrangements in Washington to have at
eases promptly attended to which mav be entrusted te
»e E. M. HARNETT, Richmond. Va.
Office on Thirteenth street, near Cary, up stairs
Refers to—Duncan A Johnston. Savannah; Majo:
A. Porter, angS-lw
A RARIJ CHANT OX3
FOR INVESTMENT.
TYTILL be cold at Pnltllc Auction, tn the tiiyol
TV Savann ih, on the 6th day of September next
without reserve:
The mill tile,with Sawmill thereunto bclonMng sit
uated in the county of Chatham, State of Gcorrie
about a’ne nlles from the city of Savannah onlls
Ogeechee Canal, together with all the machines, fls
tures, outhouses, stables. &c„ Ac
Tbe site of the mill contains nine acres of land wilh
very capaciuus back water. The Ogeechee canal be
ing is the course of reconstruction will be flmiheiitoa
short time, when Inmber enn tn rafted to and from
points on tbe A. A GL R. R. and the city of Savannah,
and will thus afford better facilities for rafting than
any other mil lin the State of Georgia, For further
P * rU angß r td MPP,yt ° ' M-J. SOLOMONS^
Dissolution of Partnership.
THE partnership formerly existing between Samuel
Macky, Alexander Hogg and Robert H. Beattie, under
the name of MACKY, HOGG A CO. having been dis
solved by the death of Alexander Hogg, all persous
In Savannah and the Southern States having claims
against the late flran of Macky, Hogg A Cos., are re
quested to present them, and all persons indebted to
said firm tn make payments to our Agents, Nos. £9B
and 206 Bay street, Savannah.
SAMUEL MACKY,
Robert h. urattik
Copartneralaip.
The undersigned have entered into a partnership
under the name of MACKY A BKATTIE, to carry or
the Pr.iduce and General Commission business, from
and after the Ist day of August, A. D. 1865, at No. £5
South Water street and 1933 and 1935 Market street,
Philadelphia, Pa. SAMUEL MACKY.
aagß-3 ROBERT H. BEATTIE
Bell, Wylly & Christian,
No. 170 * 178 Bay
WIIU sell on Wednesday In Sales Room, at Private
Sale, the following desirable goods, viz -
Superior Printed Meltons
Melton Cloaklrg
Oxford Printed Cosdmeras
Gilt Edge Bibles
ii rpet Tack*, Spanish Hats
White and Black Lace Veils
Bugle Trimmings, Buttons, Sfides
Letter Paper, Crimson Ink
Linens, Diapers, Twine
Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs. Thread
Castile Soap, English Fancy Soap
Stella Shawls. Linen Tickings ff|
Brown Damask Linen Cloth
Cotton Handkerchiefs
Black Wool Hats. French CAselme:«i
Doable and Twist Nett, At aagM
For Sale.
To Close Out a Consignment.
04 PAIRS Women's Lasting Lace Heeled Gaiters
*1 £0 pain Women's Goat Tip, Pump Sole Sewed
Balmorals
3ffpalra Child's Goat Tip Per Balmorals *
12 do do Pat. Ankle Ties
12 do do Red Moroco Boots
12 do do Pat. Leather Balmorals
60 do Women’s Goat Tip D. 8. Sewed Bals.
120 do do LasttagSllk Gore Heel’d Gslters
24 do do do Tip Balmorals
24 do Misses Glove Kid Tip Oongru a Gaiters
60 do Women’s Goat Plain D. S sewed Bals
60 do do Lasting Tip Balmorals
86 do Mi-cea' Kid Tip Sewed do
36 do Men's Lasting imitation Black Congress
41 do do Calf half double 8o!e Bals. Peg
*1 do do Buff Scotch Ties
24 do do Calf Sewed Balmorals
36 do do Kip Hunter's Boots
36 do do Buff Buckle Oxfords
36 do do CalfD. S. Sewed Imitation Bin*
Congress
16 pairs Men's Calf Sewed Oxfords.
Apply to UOHaTIO PITCHER,
.Harris' wharf, foot of Lincoln st.
* aogS-tf old stand of Van Horn S Cos.
SUGAE, COEN,
Flour and Crockery.
KA BBLS. raw Sngar, prime to choice qualities
x/v SOO sacks superior white Corn
100 bbls extra quality Baker s Floor ,
6 crates assorted Crockery .
Landing per achooner Ovoco, and for sale by *
■M. S. COHBN, north aide Bay sU «
angg-3 first door west of Exchange,. *
Leathery Findings-and Calf Skins, fl
gg For sale cheap by
aaggj L. c. TKBBAC. 143 Bronghfon «t_
bacon, bacon.
_ T4MS ud SHOULDERS landing from steamer
wRL« cWstian.^
Potatoes*
TMFTT barrels choice new Potatoes, ljndlngft|B
X steamer this day, for sale at very reduced prl^H
10 BELL, WYLLY A CHHI3’mJ|
