“The most perfect order is maintained in the city. No soldier is allowed to interfere with the citizens in any particular. A citizen was arrested by a drunken soldier a few days since. The citizen knocked the soldier down. The officer of the guard, as soon as he arrived, said nothing to the citizen, but had the soldier taken to the barracks, gagged and soundly whipped for his misbehavior.
“A drunken soldier, who undertook to create a disturbance recently, and who refused to allow himself to be arrested, was shot down at once by the guard.
“One or two of the Insurance Companies of Savannah are considering the project of establishing a National Bank for the issue of ‘greenbacks.’
“The Custom House and Post Office are being cleaned and repaired, preparatory to the commencement of business again.
“The soldiers are not allowed under any circumstances whatever to enter private residences.
“The negroes in most cases are orderly and quiet, remaining with their owners and performing their customary duties.
“One store with goods from the North has already been opened.
“Nothing but ‘greenbacks’ are in circulation.
“The churches on Sundays are well filled with ladies. On week days, however, but few of them are seen on the streets.
“A majority of the male population have remained in the city. The families of most of the men who have left still remain.