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THE HEROES OF COWPENS,
SPARTA NHL’ IMS'S CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION.
The monument to the Conquerors
ot Tarleton—lmposing Ceremonies
—A Grand military Pageant-Ora
tions by Wade Hampton and
Messrs. ISJgginson and Francis—
Relics ot the Rattle-Grand fillu
. mination at Night—l'lie memorial
Movement—The Monument—The
Statue of Morgaii.
Spartanrlrg, S. <_!., May 11.—The day Ip
lovely. The crowds are immense. Sleep
ing room is not to be had, and the streets
were filled ail night. Nearly all the Charles
ton military are here. The town is pro
fusely and handsomely decorated, and the
seats and platforms for the ceremonies
about the monument are complete. Gov
ernor Colquitt is unavoidably absent, owing
to pressure of business and sickness.
A salute of thirteen guns was fired at
sunrise. The crowd in the square constant
ly increased till ten o’clock, when General
Hunt reviewed the military at the monu
ment, with lieutenant Baldwin and Lieu
tenant Daniel Morgan Taylor, U. S. A., as
alas, and with volunteer aids from the
Governor’s staff, and descendants of Mor
gan’s officers. The display was very large
■ and brilliant, and was composed as follows:
The first brigade, commanded by Colonel
Hugh S. Thompson, of the Palmetto Regi
ment, Columbia; the second- brigade, by
"’General C. I. Walker, of Charleston; a di
vision commanded by General Jno. C. An
derson, of Spartahbqff;.
The column was headed by the splendid
Fifth Artillery band from McPherson Bar
racks, Atlanta; then followed the Washington
Light Infantry, the German Artillery, the
Montgomery Guards, the Charleston Rifle
men, the German Hussars, Irish Volunteers,
the Palmetto Guards, the Sumter Guards,
the Carolina Rifle Battalion, the Lafayette
Artillery and the German Fusiliers, of
Charleston, the Governor’s Guard, the Co
lumbia Light Artillery, the Richland Light
Dragoons, the Richland Volunteer Rifles, of
Columbia, the Catawba Rifles, of Rock Hill,
all the L'ght Infantry of Charier tori, the
Gordon Light Infantry,' of Wlnnsboro, the
Cadets, of the Groenvllle and the Kings
Mountain Military Institutes, and the Spar
tanburg Artillery.
The streets and square were densely
packed, and the military had great difficul
ty In getting through the crowd!. Many
relics of the battle were shown, including
the swords of Morgan, Pickens, Braudon
and Hughes, Morgan’s Bible, Pickens’ por
trait, and the pocket knife of Col. Graham,
with fifteen biados and implements. John
Fielder, a hundred years old, was also on
the platform, and looked quite yigoroua.
Distinguished men on the rlatform
present were Governors Haygoorfrand Jarvis,
Congressman John 11. Evans, General A.
M. Manigault, Hon. W. A. Courtenay,
Mayor of Charleston, Chairman of Centen
nial Committee, General Jno. Bratton, Gen
eral A. C.oward, ex-Govergor M. L. Bonham,
Judge Geo. Bryan.
The Washington Light Infantry carried
the battle flag of Cowpens and a drum from
Savannah, u-ed at the same battle, and Col.
Washington's sash was worn by his great
grandson cn General Hunt’s staff.
' ~ At twelve o’clock there was a centennial
salute of one hundred guns. Chairman
Courtenay then presented the monumentre
Governor Kaygood, who accepted It in be
half of South Carolina. Chaplain Porter,
of the Washington Light Infantry, read
prayers from a prayer book printed in 1768,
and found on the Cowpens battlefield. The
I‘Star Spangled Banner” was then rendered
br tbe'band. Then followed an address by
Governor jlaverood, the reading of anode
by Ctoytath li.fyan, ‘‘Hall Columbia”.by the
band, ianl the oration for the Southern
" States Hampton, who was
on his ap
pcarancflPi V,
He spcftisr'tenderly .eloquently of
Cowpens, then and now, and' plJad for
unity ahdjpe&ee. now, as then, between the
States. He ably and concisely reviewed
Morgan’s history and exploits before- and
at Cowpens,' paid a feeling tribute io the 1
- ;i riv,-> ‘ a-ad the, old F.- • -. w
■FTV'tT, - „ >.
t's fit of n Mt-iA -r.-
“Blue Ii i- Ohfekr -A’
Col.Thr . .Vutwfflfla Htgrjnson.of Massa
chusetts del’vered the' oration for New
England. After - offering a hearty
greeting from' New EngWftflpfce briefly
reviewed lie battle of Cowpens and
paid the highest tribute to Morgan and his
men. He closed with an eloquent appeal
tor union and peaco between the Blue and
the Grab. [Great applause.]
<• ll»a. Wm. 11. Francis, of New Jersey,
. spoke' for the Middle States with great earn
estness, and said be was proud that Morgan
was born in New 'Jersey. [Great applause
followed] i
Senator Hampton delivered the regrets of
President. Garfield that he could not be
present, and promising to aome at the next
opportunity. [Three cheers were given for
the President.]
The statue was* then unveiled, amidst
cheers and the music of the band, by Misses
Pickens, Simons, Smith, Graham, Courte
nay, Brown, James and Colton, descendants'
o/ the soldiers of the Cowpens. It Is a
magnificent work of art, and will be illumi
nated to night with gas jets bearing the
names "of Morgan, Howard and Pickens,
and a grana display of fireworks.
- TUB MEMORIAL MOVEMENT.
The movement for-the erection of a c.en
ten-dal memorial of the valor of the heroes
\ of Cowpens took Us origin in a pledge given
-by several members of the
Bight Infantry, of Charleston, in TBsti, ’to
liewute themselves to bringiffg it n.boiff. ; Gn
AprlFdii pf,,that'year the oat£)e.fii>ia was
vmailfed a peat and appropriftte'mpnu-
PHgt, whrgh was dedicated with splendid
eeijßepnies Baser the auspices of thffcom
pany sS»sb«j earned.
When tfiSsfctoe came to fulfill the pledge
-His Honor .uaySqtjburtonayi of Charleston,
was live solo turTSqr of tho. a that gave
it. ■"• With the jomsSaiiaaprt of the
Washington Light Irtfanxr**. and the.
popple of Spartanburg
tie centennial memorial
finally, a joint resolution of Uobgrcss .was
passed, appropriating- $2G,(Ki9' ffor
Statue, of heroic size, of ,Gentv;u Daniel
Morgan, the heroc-f Cowpens. Concerted
- action followed on the part o i
the thirteen original States and Ten
nessee. On the 7th of October,
the corner atone of the monument was lata 5
at Spartanburg with Imposing Masonic
ceremonies by the Grand Master of South
Carolina. Work on the . monument and
> statue went forward rapidly, and today
' ’both were unveiled as hitherto described.
C-'.U * ' the MomrafcsT., '• [£
The monument wa« constructed .ttopn a
design furnished by Col. Edward B. \thlte,
of New, York.
it is designed in a simple an'l-TCpreten
tioas stylo, whfch is certainly in keeping
with the character of the hero of the fight;
while the sturdy dignify of the architectu
ral portion orriie de’sign Ts'calculated
arouse iu the minde of those who behold
that veneration and respect, and quiet ad
miration for its proportions, which the Doric
order always commands.
The monument Is properly into
threo different parts, viz: The, iDase, the
shaft, and the statue, which stands upon its
abacus.... .j „ j ’ 'YU
From the ground to the top of the abacus
Is twenty-cilc feet. . The monument has
four bronze panels cast, by Powers, of New
l'ork, 'on • the north, south, east and west
faces. These hear the names of ‘Morgan,
Howard, Wm, Washington and Pickens,the
heroes of tie fight,. au j appropriate inscrip
tions. -
THE SXATi^.
The statue of General Morgan Is the work
of the we!! known sculptor, J. Q A. -Ward,
of New York, who was at vrd’k upon It nlue
consecutive months. It was cast at the
foundry c-f Bureau Bros. Heaton, at
Philadelphia, and fulfills perfectly every re
quirement of the Joint resolution and of the
contract with Mr. Ward".
The height is nine feet, its weight about
two thousand pounds, and its material a fine
golden bronze, which will gradually darken
with time and exposure to the air. The
weight of the body is supported on the right
leg and foot, the left leg a little behind the
other, slightly bent, and its heel raised
from tie ground. The head is turned
'partly to'the left; the left,.,arm crosses
but does not touch the heart, and the
right arm hangs at the side and somewhat
behind the body, its hand holding a sword,
of which the blade points directly to the
front, the point a little depressed. The
features are very noble iu expresstbr*. The
head is covered with a high cap of fur;
having on its left side a pompon o' feathers.
The dress is a loose frock ornamented with
fringes on both shoulders down the front,
and on the lower edge all round; and meet
ing the pantaloons of apparently the same
material, ornamented and fringed In corres
ponding style. The feet are In raoceasius.
A sheath on the left hip, a sash round the
waist, and belts, partially hidden by the
sash, indicate the rank of the wearer. A
powder horn is slung on the right side of
the body. The dignity and grace as well as
lightness of the statue, which appears to bo
intended to represent General Morgan as ad
vancing at the head of his men to the field
of battle, or it may be engaging in and di
recting the pursuit of the enemy, are re
markable and worthy of all praise.
RUSSIAN NOTES.
The Measure of Political Reform -
The Losses by- the Anti-Jewish
Riots—Further OutbrcnUw—An Im
portant Arrest.
St. Petersburg, May 11.—The Czar will
hold a grand review to-day of all the troops
here.
The losses by the riots at Elizabethgrad,
in which the Jews suffered terribly, are
officially stated at 2,000,000 roubles, and pri
vate estimates put them much larger.
Ibriadok publishes a letter from Odessa
which says that in consequence of disorders
trade there and in the district is completely
paralyzed. Serious disturbances have oc
curred at Bakee, in the Caucasus, between
the Russians and Mussulmans, but the mili
tary restored order. One Mussulman was
killed and three were wounded. The riot
ing lasted three days.
The police have arrested a man who Is
believed to boa prominent Nihilist. He is
charged with complicity in the murder of
tbe Czar, and with planning the Little Gar
den s reet mine. He was present at the re
cent execution in the sjsace in front of the
scaffold reserved for the officials and repre
sentatives of the press. His sister has also
been arrested. ,
An official dispatch announces that order
has been restored at Kciff, but that there
has been further serious rioting at Vasili
kow, where the people attacked the Jews
at the railway station, when the latter were
about to leave town. Troops had to go to
the rescue of the Hebrews.
Similar, but less serious excesses have
occurred at Arauajeff and Krotog. The
Czar has Issued a manifesto reminding the
people of the glorious government of his
father, and the great reforms he accom
plished.' After alluding to the abominable
murder of Alexander 11., the manifesto
says:
‘‘ln the midst of our profound grief the
voice of God commands us to courageously
assume the government of the country. Con
fiding In Divine Providence and In the
power of the Autocrat for the welfare of the
people, we have been called upon! to con
solidate and defend against all attacks. VVe,
in devoting ourselves to our high task,
appeal, to all faithful subjects to serve us
and the State, and faithfully find sincerely, ;
In order to extirpate the horribly rebellious
spirit which covers Russia with shame, to
strengthen the faith and morals, and place
the education of youth upon a sound fcun- ;
dation, to eradicate all that is contrary to
the sense of right and integrity, and to !
everywhere establish order and justice.”
Vienna, May 11. —The Austrian Consul
’General at Keiff reports to the Foreign
Office that the warehouses of Jewish mer- !
chants in Keiff, and other places In South
ern Russia, have been, since May Stb, a
prey to pillage. He calls the attention of
the Austrian commercial' community to
these facts, warning them to observe cau
tion in their bus Hess transactions with
Southern Russia.
THE TUNIS TROUBLE.
,
'The Invaders Clone to the Capital—
St, ISiitrirc’a Circular—Calroli In
terrogated.
London, May 'll.— A limes dispatch from
Rome says: “There is strong indignation
here against the French proceedings in
'Tunis. Premier Cairoli in the Chamber of
Deputies yesterday, on being asked by
Signor Guieceoli regarding 'ti e rumors of *
the Italian Consul’s intrigues in Tunis and
the report of Lis recall, interrupted him in
the middle of the question, and said,‘VVe
aftrer evjcn i bought of recalling Signor
Muccio. The accusations against him are
false.’ ‘
“Signor Availeto,tbe nominal leader of the
1 Right; had given notice that he would call
Mi rum-tu k
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the navy, ready against aggression or
ffbviiphci'Po'r the dignity of the nation.”
Paris, Ma; 11. —A dispatch from Tunis
states ria..'■ tt- French force has arrived at
Djekef ia, s,. leagues from Tunis. It will
proceed in the direction of Basdo, although
there is no question its catering Tunis.
The dispatch continues: “This seoveroent
is expected to facllitat-e the negotiations with
•the Bey for the conclusion of a trc:tyef
guarantees, whi-ch, while respecting the
rights of European nations, will insure ce~ .
curity to the Algerian frontier and provide
■ against a renewal of anti-French intrigues.”
A Yellow Book on Tunis and Algeria will
be distributed amongst the Deputies tc-.
morrOw. It includes the circular of M.
Barthelmy, St.'Hilaire defining the object
of tbe TuSis expedition as the definite paci
fication and delimitation of the English
frontier of Algeria, and the. conclusion of a
treaty guaranteeing Algeria egaiast frontier
raids, and French Interests against difeloyal
intrigues.
“Prudence,” if says, “obliges France to
watch the solleitatrens which may be press
ed upon tbe Bey, and which might become
the eouq:e ot grave embarrassment to
Algeria. The causes of the change In the
Bey’s feeling towards France would be too
delicate a matter to investigate. The pre
sent crisis is due to the persistent war
waged during the past two years against all
French interests in Tunis.”
The circular justifies the French refusal
to' recognize the Pcrtels sovereignty, and
says: .“The expedition meets , the approval
of Europe wherever prejudice does not
blind- rreu’s eyes. AH civilized nations wii)
profit b? the change which France will
.effect; T here Is nothing'to prevent us from
doing for Tunic, without conquest and
withoutiflghtiDg, what we do in Algeria aud
what-'England does in India.” ,
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BRITISH TOPICS.
Cane-An Effort to be
. .to tiaakropt Him—The
to Sit in the
Commons— Archbishop Crolse and
the Home Hnlem
, London, MayTl. — lt, IS ejected that the
oath's bill come on
in' tire House of Commons till aftS*- the
AVhiKtßsdide recess. Blr Stafford'Northcote’s
yesterday, prevents Mr.
Bradlaugh tromijG eking any further efforts
within the House.
In thte House of Commons to-day, the
Speaker read a letter from Mr. Bradtirugh,
protesting against his forcible ejectment
from the House. The Speaker B&id the let
dgr would .appear in the notes to-morrow,
and that it would be compeleht fpr kny
member to raise debate ou it as a question
of privilege. •
Mr. Bradlaugh is reported assaying tfrat
he claims exactly the teffielegaltighf. to ca
ter the House of Comifiona as he did before
the, passage of the resolution excluding
■ him, against which he has made a formal
written protest.
The piaintiff in the aotion for penalties
against Mr. Bradlaugh has given notice of
his Intention to apply for leave to sign
judgment and to Issue an execution, with
the object Os bankrupting Mr. Bradlaugh.
Thp latter will resist the pending decision
•fey the House of Lords.
The second reading of the bill to permit
clergymen to sit lathe House of Commons
was defeated to day by a vote of 110 to 101.
It is believed that When Archbishop Croke
replies to Mr. Parnell’s letter, a formal
meeting of the Home Rule members of Par
liament will be convoked and the existing
breach healed. -.
Tbe Pullman Southern Car Company
Louisville, Ky., May ll.—The meeting
of the stockholders of the Pallman South
ern Car Company to-day resulted in the
election of the following directors: Geo. M.
Pullman, Geo. P. Brown, C. H. Davie, of
Chicago; R. B. Bullock, of Atlan
ta; M. Burns, of Nashville; A. M.
Quarrier, ,E. D. Standford, W. C.
Hite, W. P. Harriss, of Louisville.
The Board elected George M. Pullman,
President; George P. Brown, Vice Presi
dent.; W. C. nite, Second Vice President;
C. H. Day, General Accountant; A. S.
Welmsheiaer, Secretary, and Thomas Hayes
General Superintendent. For the year
ending March 3ist the gross earnings were
$236,079, aud the expenses, etc., $113,34-1,
leaving a net revenue of $123,715.
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Don’t Die In the House.
Ask druggists for “Rough on Rats.” It
clears out rats, mice, bed bugs, roaches,
vxm’u, flies, ants, Insects. 15c. per box.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE DEBATE ON MR. STANLEY
MATTHEWS.
ilin Fate to be Decided To-Day—
Conlcliug’a SEatlters Worlsing lor
Delay—Tlie President Unmoved on
the Robertson Question—Another
Executive Session—Southern Nomi-,
nations Confirmed—Various Capi
tal Topics.
Washington, May 11.— Stanley Mat
thews’ ease was considered in the Senate
to-day, Messrs. Edmunds, Bayaru and Ed
gerton speaking against his confirmation,
and Ingalls and Sherman for it. Messrs.
Edmunds and Bayard insisted that Mat
thews was too much of a politician for the
Supremo bench, and Senator Bayard’s
speech had a decided effect on the Demo
crats, Matthews’ friends still confidently
claim his confirmation. A vote is expected
to-morrow.
Conkling and his friends will try to ad
journ from tc-morrow to Monday, as they
want to gain time.
Mrs. Garfield Is quite sick, and the Presi
dent refuses to see anybody, but, it is said,
he is as firm as ever against any compro
mise on the Robertson case.
The arguments advanced to-day io execu
tive session by those Senators who spoke
against the confirmation of Mr. Matthews
were in substa-neo that his opinions on the
subject of governmental control of cor
porations, and especially his well known
views concerning the constitutionality of
the Pacific Railroad funding act are such
as to threaten the reversal of the last Su
preme Court decisions ’on these and similar
questions, and also that the existing va
cancy on. the Supreme bench should not be
filled by another Ohio mar, but rather by a
citizen of Illinois or some other State in- •
eluded in the circuit to which a new Justice
is to be assigned.
On the other hand it was argued in favor ■
of confirming the nomination, that Mr. j
Matthews is thoroughly fitted for the ap
pointment by reason oi h:» hign private i
character and eminent legal ability, aud that
so far as geographical objection is concern- ,
ed it should have been raised (if at a!))
against the confirmation of .Chief Justice
Waite, but is not properly applicable to the
nomination of the successor of Justice ,
Sw’ayne, who was appointed from Ohio
many years ago. .
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr. Kellogg called up the resolution 1
offered by him some days ago, calling on the
heads of the executive departments for the 1
names- of clerks and employes employed in
their respective departments, and other in- ]
formation relative thereto. :
Mr. Brown offered an amendment calling -
for additional information as to whether
such clerks and employes are white or col- i
ored. . The resolution and amendment w ere
laid over for future action.
Mr. MeDill offered a resolution that here
after, the Official Register of the United
States shall contain, in addition to the sta
tistics required by Section 510 of the Revised 1
Statutes, information as to the Congreesion- 1
al district from which each officer, clerk and -
employe iu the service of the United ‘
States is appointed, and the date of his ap- j
pointmeni. * Laid over for future action.
The Senate then, at 12:10, on motion of Mr. 1
Dawes, went into executive session.
CHANDLER STILL UNDER FIRE.
The Senate Judiciaiy Committee to-day
took up the nomimftion of Wm. E. Chan
dler, to be Solicitor General, but, after con
siderable discussion, concluded to postpone 1
action upon it to auotber meeting. It is ru- j
mored that this delay is the result of a de- 1
sire of a majority of the committee to avoid 1
further complications in regard to executive 1
business until the caucus’ efforts to adjust
the existing complications shall have been ]
fully exerted.
yesterday’s executive session.
Most of the time of to-day’s executive ‘
‘session of the Senate wa3 devoted to ate- J
dious discussion of the question of the re
moval fff the Injunction of secrecy from the 1
recent proceedings on the Chinese treaties.
It resulted in the reconsideration of 1
the recent vote by which author!- I
ty was given for tne public .it ion
of Senator Hoar’s speech, ami the : übj ct
war then.dropped. La ■rin lb p u the
nomination ot Stanley latthews to As
sociate Justice of the ' u..t was
Taken up. hat’the .consider.’tson or- 1. was j ;
iff q 1 tU- •«- r. -ftteiAAL. -i' -v i‘i '
resumed ta-iaorow. " ’ y
SOUTHERN NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED ( ,
The following Southern nominations were i
to-day confirmed by the Semite in executive •
session : Jno. B. "Stieknev, United States
Attorney for the Northern district of
Florida; Charles M. Wilder, Postmaster at'
Columbia, S. C.: A. Newton Kimball, Kq
ceivu>' J ’of Public Monies at Jackson, Miss.
The Senate also confirmed the nomination
of Michael J. Cramer, of Kentucky, now
’ Charge d’ Affaires in Denmark,to be Charge
d’ Affaires in Switzerland,' vice N’Cholas
Fish-, resigned.
NEW LIGHT ON YORK H, \ VER. TSfc.
The Light House Board give notice ihat
off and after May 20th instant a fixed white
light of the fourth under will be shown from
the lighthouse recently erected on Bell’s
rock, York river, Ya, The Putc-ra is red,
placed 45>£ feet above mean low water.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
-
OptKlBE Weak ami Closing at tlie
HigUefcl Figures of tlie Day.
New Y'ork, May 11.—The stock'market'
opened generally weak and lower, and in
the early dealings prices declined from 3a
to Ji.per cent,,..tbs latter in Pacific Mail.
The depression was of brief duration and,
during the rest of the <U.y tue tendency was
maidy iu lire direction of higher figures.
There were at Interval? slight reactions,
which were quickly recovered, and the
market closed strong at the highest point of
the day.
The advance in prices ririgeff from ’d to
5 per cent-., the latter in Oregon Navigation
and Alton and Terra Haute common. Do.
preferred rose 3%, Cleveland, Columbus,
Ci'itinnati and Indians polls i}£, Hannibal
and St. Joe preferred do. common, 3,
Memphis and Charleston 3, Illinois Central
2}2j, and Delaware and Hudson '2 per cent.
The advance in the latter was due to the
announcement that the directors of the
cointpany had declared a quarterly dividend
of I?; per cent. Elevated railway shares
clcseff at a declirve-of from % to 1 per cent,
from the highest point. Sales aggregated
313,052 shares.
TUE GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIA
TION.
A Large meeting -JTrocosaJon of
Colored BruyiaenAJlie Association
*o Visit tlie Nae&ville Exposition.
. Rosie, May ll.—The Georgia Fress Asso
ciation met here to day, seventy-five papers
making the largest meet
ing ever held. ■ .
The association was welcomed by Col.
Joel Branball, In behalf of the citizens, and
A. B. S. Mosley, on the part of the local
press. Rev. J.-W. Burke responded for the
association.
A feature of the day was the procession
of colored draymea, carryitig on their
vehicles articles representing the various
branches of business of Rbme.
In the afternoon there was a boat raee.
Tne association accepted an invitation to
visit the Nashville Exposition, and will
leave by special train on Friday morning. ■
i
'Flic Measure ol Reform in Russia.
London, May II. —A letter from a well
informed correspondent in Russia, tele
graphed to the Titnes from Paris, says:
“The nearest approach that will be
made to a constitution will be the
endeavor to create in each prov
ince a sort of local council to
communicate Its Wishes to the central gov
ernment, and to exert aktndot local control
over the employment ot the resources of thfc
province. Even this is dependent .upon
General Melikoff’s retaining the ascend 1
ancy.” '* *
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Important vo mothers.
Mrs. Wldslow’s Soothing Syrup Is the
only thing that mothers can rely upon for
their children. It corrects acidity of the
stomach, cures wind colic, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort
to mother and child. During the process
of teething Its value Is incalculable. It soft
ens the gums, reduces Inflammation, aud
allays all pain, thereby glvtng rest to the
child and comfort to the mother. Twenty
five cents a bottle.
jaal3-Tu,Th&3,w&Telly
THE SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS, SATURDAY. MAY 14, 1881.
BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Advices from Atlanta state that the
otvners of the Alabama and Groat Southern
Railroad are negotiating for the purchase
of the Brnnswick and Albany Road with
the view to extending It to Meridian or
some other desirable point.
Tracklaying has been ordered on the
road-bed of the Georgia (V'estern.
The Porte is preparing a circular to the
powers relative to the French invasion of
Tunis. The French Ambassador at Con
stantinople is leported to have informed
the Porte, that if armed Turkish vessels
were sent to Tunis they would be fired upon.
C. J. Barbour, of Atlanta, has been con
victed of perjury and sentenced to four
years imprisonment.
Thomas Miller, of Fairburn, Ga., was
killed on the West Point Railroad on Satur
day. He was swinging out from the plat
form of a car when his head struck a mile
post.
Mary Anderson pronounces the statement
that her stepfather, Dr. Griffin, had misap
propriated her funds absolutely false.
The sessions of the Monetary Conference
have been occupied with statements of
views by various delegates upon the ques
tions involved. A. dispatch from Pans to
the Berlin Post states that it is likely that
the conference will adjourn for an Indefinite
period to give time for direct negotiations
between the various States on the basis of
the conclusions arrived at by the confer
ence.
The London correspondent of the Edin
burgh Scotsman says the government, de
spite threatening rumors from the Trans
vaal, have great confidcnce.in the Boer lead
ers, who, they believe, are acting in perfect
frankness and honesty.
Trouble is feared with theUtes. They
have been ordered to quit their reservation.
They boast that they can defeat all the sol
diers sent against them.
The Yorktown commission are at work
devising the best plan for landing the
Nation’s guests and those who will visit
Yorktown by water to take part in the Cen
tennial festivities. It is thought that four
thousand Masons will hold an encampment
thero. At least ten thousand troops are ex
pected to be present. All the thirteen orig
inal States will be represented by their
Governors and citizen soldiery. The Thir
teenth New York regiment will certainly at
tend, and it is thought the Massachusetts
malitia will perform their annual-military
service by attending the celebration.
The President on Friday sent a message
to the Senate withdrawing all the New
York nominations save that of Judge Rob
ertson, for Collector of the port of New
York. The stand taken by Mr. Conkling
against Robertson’s nomination led the
President, to take this course. A Republi
can caucus was held on Monday, at which
Mr. Conkling presented his case. The caa
cus adjourned to meet Tuesday.
S. M. Thomas, who killed his brother-in
law, Hugh Dix'on, near Shreveport, La., for
seducing his daughter, and who was con
victed of manslaughter, was sentenced os
Wednesday last to one hour’s imprisonment
and to pay one dollar and court costs.
Two disastrous wrecks occurred on the
Texas Pacific Railroad on Wednesday. A
a number of persons were killed or injured.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the
danger of the adoption of a poYicyjtsf in
creased repression is no longer formidable.
A ukase directing the remi- sion of arrears
and payments of peasants in their l»nds is
prepared. Proprietors who refuse 10 sell
holdings to peasants wili be compelled to
do so by 1882.
The Senate in executive session on Thurs
day ratified the Chinese and several other
treaties and conventions. The California
press expresses satisfaction with the result.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Mon
day agreed to report adversely on the nomi
nation of Stanley Matthews for Judge or
the Supreme Court. Os the Senators pres
ent at the meeting only Siuaiur Lamar a re
ported him. , „-. ,
Marshals Longsueet- aai Blythe “d Dis
trict Attorney Melton were eunfirred on
Tuesday.
Joseph R. ‘Black, Wm. R. Case x and
Joseph Blackman have been committed lor
trial before the United States Cojnt in
Pnikdelphia for securing star rout'! mail
contracts by means of straw bids. r
Suit has been entered in Arapahoe c-iintyv
Col., against ex Senator Dorsey ,pLAi’Kansas, >
Secretary of the Republican Na
mittee, for services rendered ir.»
public interest in the exten6.-.1'.. ,v‘j
rpute mail services in Oregon ’ JT,i|
ton. The complain n; a wc’tliY -'-' f v
tician of Portland, Do . in. D *r3» , v *-»\
Saturday, says; “Let HkSv
second reading. > I£ it canufcv
into committee luto such ytraplKii r,
mend-lt to the good sense of tub,
let it’op rejected as inadequate**,' " X4S
pretends, led therefore tin worth* f*’
proval and support.” Mj&'W
D M. Smith, an attorney ’ f
Ark., outraged his litth* cousin, WjflHSg
twelve years, a few days ago, -
to the woods, bat was.criptruyir—- •■n*-nau
le guarded to prevent his iynchE
Judge Spier, of New-York,
Rufus Ha’tch’s lemporary injur) j
straining the issue, of $15,000, jm
•by the consolidated telegraph dr Jr'\
The Democrats have card**-
Minn., by I,UOp majority. / ;
The death of Fanny Blau* njr. age 1 {
twenty-four, occurred in New X J
days ago from lead poisoning, RL
of cosmetics.
Prof. Proctor, the English
and Miss Sailie D v Ciowley were- • \ .
Christ Episcopal Church, at St. Jc \
Tuesday afternoon^
James T. McCa£%»- | *%. n ed-y
a graduate of the Vjk city
in a fit of somuairt ’ i Jin
Ufci :ed from the rc“ 'tor,,
an d was killed by th<t " j '
At the annual rnm-fc- j rite Sunday
School Association of ia session In
. Chicago, the Secretary repo* M that there
are 6,310 Sunday schools v 9fjh State, with
a total membership of 55fi.J1.9q aad a regu
lar attendance of 487,470. AjjMfan
Col. Georges. Marsh has ,bcl' , *^ 1
at Annapolis. Maryland, fter j , Jtmia
u s’ de'.’bcrai:,.'H by the juj raving
burned hi:, own house, in Jruudel
cot ...be -ago.
Colonel Marsh has hereto! in been a highly
respected citizen.
It is believed that as a result of the con
ference between Generals Sherman and
Sheridan and the Secretary of War all the
military departments will be- merged into
the Departnn nts of the F,aad the West,
to be commanded by General Sheridan and
Hancock, with the other Generals to be as
signed to duty wherever mci‘ available.
The Michigan Senate recently, defeated
the liquor police regulation sill. The meas
ure amended the present law for the regu- j
latlon of the liquor traffic, ay.d was made as !
severo in its penalties as its framers, ardent
prohibitionists, could desire? They resisted
alf proffered amendments. The result was
that all after the enacting clause of the bill
was stricken out by a' vote of yeas 15,
nays 13.
Walter Burrock, j, lawyer, was shot and
killed at El Paso, 111., a few nights ago, by
P. C. Ransom, who was deadly defeated in
the recent'municipal election for Mayor.
The shooting was in consequence of a
remark jnade about the election while
Ransom v*.s passing him on the street, and
which bullock refused to-retract when the
demand was made.' Ransom surrendered
bimseif. Public feelicgfeis strong against
-him. ■*
A call has been widely issued by the
National TqjpperacqeSociety for a National
Temperance Confepttoq so meet at Saratoga
Springs June 21, and R will probably be one
of the largest and most important national
conventions ever assembled. It Is expected
that all-the national societies, including the
Women’s National Christian Temperance
Union, will be fully represented; also.the
Slate societies and grand bodies, together
with ajarge number of; ecclesiastical bodies.
"Some excitement has been caused in Au
burn, New York, by the appointment of a
■colored policeman, and the chief of the
force and one policeman have resigned.
The customs officers at the International
bridge, Ontario, seized sixteen revolvers
and forty-two watches that had been smug
gled across by an organ grinder in his or
gan.
The revenue steamer Thomas Corwin has
sailed from San Frarrclsco to look after rev
enue matters in Alaska waters, and to search
for the Arctic steamer Jeannette and the
missing whalers.
Bridget Delaney, aged 50 years, being in
sane from grief at the death of her two
sons, committed suicide at Shenandoah, Pa.,
by saturating her clothes with coal oil and
setting them on lire.
i There is now lying in the vaults of the
United States Treasury about $173,000,000
in gold and £55,000,000 In-silver—the largest
amount of coin ever collected In any one
1 place in the history of modern times.
Three men entered the store of John Mc-
Kean, 030 Eighth avenue, New York, and
each grabbed a roll of cloth worth $33 and
ran off. McKean pursued them, when one
of them turned and knocked him down,
breaking his collar bone, and all escaped.
Bids for the supply of postal cards to the
Post Office Department for four years from
July Ist, 1881, have been opened. The low
est bidders were Wool worth & Graham, of 1
New York, who offered to supply one cent
cards for 54.47-100 per 1000, and two cent
cards for 50 cents per 1000. They will prob
ably receive the contract.
A bill allowing women to vole has been
ordared to a third reading in the New York
Assembly by a vote of GO to 40.
For the year 1880 the United States tax on
spirits amounted to $61,185,509; fermented
liquors, $12,829,803. Total, $74,015,312. The
tax on tobacco amounted to $38,870,140.
Total revenue from liquors aud tobacco,
$112,885,402.
Cbas. Kellogg, aged sixteen, was knocked
off a freight train at St. Paul street bridge,
Rochester, a few days ago, and killed.
More than a dozen men, mostly brakesmen,
have been killed before at the same place.
The bridge is only three or four feet above
the top of the cars.
Matthew Yasser and his brother, John
Guy Vasser, have formally presented a new
and handsome building known as the Vas
ser Home for Old Men, and other property
with It, all of the value of $50,000, to the
trustees of the institution at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y , and added $30,000 as an endowment
fund.
James M. Scovell, a well-known Jersey
politician, has been convicted at Camden of j
obtaining money under false pretences. He
induced Johu Christopher to indorse two
promissory notes, amounting to $650,
promising in return to obtain his release of
a note for S6OO, made payable to a person to
whom one of the two notes in question was
drawn. This he failed to do, and Christo
pher was obliged to pay all.
A skull believed to be the missing head of
the body of Mr*. Lizzie Lowell was
found in Lewiston, Maine, a few days ago,
near the Switzerland road. A headless
skeleton, identified as that of Mrs. Lowell,
was found near the same spot seven years
ago, and her husband, James Lowell,' was
convicted of murdering her. He is now in
the State piison for the crime. A reward
for the discovery of the head was offered at
the trial.
At Erie, Pa., the counsel for a fratricide
caused a sensation by moving to quash the
entire jury list because the jury box was
not sealed with wax, according to law. An
investigation disclosed that no legal jury
had been drawn in Erie county for ten
years, owing to the custom of sealing the
wheel with mucilage instead of wax. The
Judge discharged all the jurors. There is
intense excitement, owing to the prisoner
having to wait until September for trial.
A serious cutting affray occurred at
Youngstown, Pa., between two butchers.
Robert Bowers attempted to kill his father.
The trouble grew out of jealousy, each de
siring customers for meat. The son threw
a large knife at his father, striking him in
the hip and making an ugly wound. Then
picking up a cleaver, he threw it with mur
derous force at the old man, missing him
and striking a little girl on the head. It is
thought .the child will not recover. The boy
was arrested.
A very Interesting experiment with the
molecular telephone Invented by Robert M.
Lockwood and his son William, of New
York, was tried between that city and Phila
delphia over the ordinary telephone wires
used by one of the principal telegraph com
panies. The result was a surprise to all who
were present. Conversation even to a whisper
in Philadelphia was heard with perfect dis
tinctness of articulation, such as is perfect
ly practicable for commercial purposes. The
principle claimed by the inVentors is that of
molecular disturbance aud the suppression
of all vibration.
Robert Scott shot and killed his uncle,
John Scott, in self-defense Saturday at Ed
wardsville, Ala.
B. H. Schroeder & Co., of Amsterdam,
have failed. The firm is in good standing,
: nd deal chiefly in sugar and cotton.. Some
of their loss falls on Londen houses.
John Northerner and wife had an alterca
tion over the possession of their child at
Cannelton, Ind., when William Bolen,broth
er of Mrs. Northerner, interfered and shot
b c husband dead. >
During April from 30,000 to 95,000 imml- -
grants from foreign' lands passed through,
Chicago to settle in the States and Territo
i ries of the NorChwec'. This is an increase
I of forty per cent, oyer last year.
1 The vacancy occasioned in the Second
Itongressional district of Maine by the elee
, *re to .he Senate, will not be:
j be
yvUf'jc-i.-'i stervatlrn
he m living, alone*
sfcr weeks .ago. Rfcfc
t—, __ To'a.h'ff.k,:acd-oytucd the !:<#»£•
.*7 ichßtid died. i
A ,gu,mb.c-r ct peopTa-Ju Steeis 'county, N.
Y., are atll c*ed with what'sbme physicians
Otd'l winter cholera,4jßY;tt'.n the past vm h
©r tWQ.there have been Pearly three huh-.
dre'd: eases in Jamaica. .Residents of -other
iowns chtheisland also suffer from it, and
physicians say if 'it was hot weather the
mortality wouidic grcaj.
'-BSThe master of the British ship Governor
Langston, from Pensacola March 15, which
has arrived at Greenock, reports that on
Ma *3 fit; thirty miles off Cape Florida, he
jigs* led a man from a small boat who said
"JjjSnam.i was J. W. Gill, and ihat he was a
/Eot i ; eneral of the United States Army.
* Hs'i. ecu blown to sea and had been
i.iivc days without f rod.
j - Intelligence has just rcaehc-d Little Rock,
I anftrrible murder at Council Bend, in
|Tje«county, Arkansas. Isaac Green, a col
| ored desperado, got into a row with John
Setichards, when the latter knocked him
'iwn. Green sprang up, seized a maul,
filed Richardson to the earth, and pounded
sfiis head to a jelly. He then fled, but was
pursqed, captured and placed In jail. Lynch
ing as a sequel is feared.
;.hen H. Tyug, Jr., who lately re-'
BBC.- oof the Church of the
i P •' Tr’ fity, has accepted a proposal from
[an ini’t :. 3 company in New York to su
pervise the operations of the company in
Europe, with' headquarters In Paris. ' In
April Tyng had published an exhaustive
article on life insurance which the insurance
companies considered the best presentation
of their case ever printed. One company
had oue huudred thousand copies made for
circulation. Tyng has his own life insured
for $50,000.
The Chicago Times has two pages of re
ports on spring wheat prospects. Its
analysis says the situation of affairs is satis
factory, indeed it may be said to be highly
encouraging, for the best reports come from
localities where most spring wheat is raised,
and for the most part the least encouraging
reports are from sections where winter
wheat has been found the more profitable.
In Minnesota, Nebraska and Dakota, which
are almost wholly given up to spring wheat,
there is a largely increased acreage and the
prospect is thoroughly good.
—— —■ —■
matrimonial.
I On Tuesday evening, May 10th, at the
I Methodist church, in Blackshear, Ga., by
the Rev. N. D. Morehouse, Miss Mattie F.
Knoles, daughter of Captain D. E. Knoles.
to Mr. Wm. H. Belden, of Houston, Texas,
A correspondent says: “The church was
crowded with the friends of the bride, who
was elegantly attired in a dress of white
satin, orange blossoms, etc. After the cere
mony many of the friends of the happy
coupls assembled at the family resi
dence to offer their congratulations.
After remaining a few days the groom
will take his fair bride to his home in Texas.
This marriage has been the event of the
season in our quiet town, and it will be
filled with regret when the, time comes to
bjd good bye to one who, by her many
virtues and amiability of character, has won
such a warm place in' the hearts of ali who
know her. The j>arties are well known in
Savannah.”
Blown Ofi la a Gale—laving Two
Wceli* on Cora.
Capt. Thomas F. Barrett, of the schooner
Richard Vaux, which arrived at this port on
the evening of the 4th Inst., reports having
sailed from Norfolk for Savannah on the
27th of March. On the 29fch of the same
month, while off Frying Pan Shoals,
experienced a succession of severe gales,
and was blown off as far as longitude 55,
latitude 26, being about • fifteen hundred
miles southeast of Savannah. She had her
main boom and gaff carried away, sails
split, boat stove, and shipped heavy seas,
repeatedly filling the cabin and forward
house. She ran short of provisions about
two weeks previous to her arrival, during
which time the Captain and crew lived
i chitflr upon corn, of which the -cargo was
, composed.
Parents, in buying children’s shoes, ask
) for those with A. S. T. Co. Black Tip upon
; them. They will outwear auy shoe, adding
: to the beauty of even the finest. A. S. T.
Co. stamped on tip. myl4 wit
§toral gfprtmntt.
THE NEW YOKK STEA.MEUS.
riseir l>a!cs ol Departure From Sa
vannah.
City of Augusta, Saturday, May 14th, at
6:30 p. m.
Gate City, Wednesday, May 18th, at 10:00
a. m.
City.of Macon, Saturday, May 21st, at 1:00
p. m.
Citv of Columbus, Tuesday, May 24th, at
4:00 p, ra.
Iflver Iteport.
The height of the river at Augusta at 1 p.
m. Wednesday was seven feet, a fall of two
inches during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
TEIE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF
GEORGIA.
The Session of the General Conven
tion— Election ol Officers—lnterest
ing Business—Report of the Regis
trar—Athens Selected for the Next
Meeting.
The convention was opened on Wednes
day, the 4th, with prayer by Rev. Messrs.
Wingate and Lucas, after which Bishop
j Beckwith called the convention to order.
The roil call showed there were present
the delegates, clerical and lay, who re
sponded on Wednesday, with the following
additional members:
Rev. Messrs. Pond, W’ingate and Davis
and Mr. Harold.
The Finance Committee presented the
following report, which was adopted:
The Finance Committee, to whom was
referred the circular of the. joint committee
on the expenses of deputies to the General
Convention, respectfully recommend the
following resolution:
liesolved. That in the opinion of this con
vention the expenses of the clerical depu
ties to the General Convention should be
paUl by their respective dioceses, and that
no provision should be made for the pay
ment of the expenses of any lay deputies.
Resolved, That the Secretary of this con
vention transmit to the said 'committee of
the General Convention a copy of the fore
going resolutions.
The Finance Committee having been in
formed by the Treasurer of the fund for the
support of infirm clergymen, and of the
fund of the society for the increase of the
ministry, that his report, by inadvertence,
had been left at home, they, therefore, re
commend that the following resolution be
adopted:
Resolved, That said report be referred to a
special committee, consisting of Rav. W. C.
W’illiams, Rev. R. C. Foutc and Mr. Z. D.
Harrison, and that the said committee be
authorized to examine the same after the
adjournment of this convention, and direct
its publication in the journal.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Stoney, the fol
lowing was passed: ' '
Resolved, That the subject of the plan for
raising the $3,500 appropriated for carrying
on the missionary operations of the diccsse
for the coming year be referred to the Com
mittee on Finance, with the request that
they digest a plan for raising this appropria
tion and report at the missionary meeting
to-night.
The Board of Officers presented a report
in-regard to the funds of the diocese, which
on motipn, was referred to the Committee
on Corporations.
Col. John Screven offered the following
resolution, which wbs adopted:
Resolved, That the subject of a readjust
ment of the basis of assessment for the
Bishop’s salary be referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
On motion of Mr. Whittle, it was ordered
that four members be added to the Commit
tee on Finance.
The Chair added the following: Messrs.
Wilcox, Harold, Montgomery and Bligh.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Foute the follow
ing resolutions were referred to the Com
mittee on the State of tfce Order:
Whbbbas, The last General Committee
passed the following resolutions:
Resolved, The House of .Bishops coneur
' ring, That the subject of the registry and
enumeration of communicants be com
mended to the careful, consideration of the
diocesan convert Am .aud of the clergy;
and whereas, there exists much- confusion
of thought and diff-rence of opinions
ou.the proper stoahlug qi -the tcnn“coin
Retards- TK; t fofrf • . \ >f more urJ
iqrn<,U-v*iii out- ‘ 'jh sense of f
, A *. «•, ■
ihi -ite./ir— prd"’toSAnuraX! comyiuni
eanijs ■ wlPt' ev'er aetl»*Uy
iecmraffnei.and who havr.v: jtabs-G4oni4 the,.
church or Who still aYri:® the ehti'*eh*3 sir-'
vices and‘consider thcm»el\-es member?, ‘ - -
The following resolution was offer,edi'by
Rev. Mr. Foute, and referred to the Com
mittee on Missions: , .
Whereas, Under c-ur present system of
missionary operations, much real hardship
results to "the laboagee employed in our mis
sion fields on account of the great length- of
Line which often elapSes before thijy re
ceive thoir scanty therefore, be it
Resolved, That in order to remedy this
unnecessary and uncalled for evil, the
Treasurer of the diocessn missions ishereby
authorized to go iu*o bank and borrow,
from tii*ie to,time, such sums of money as
may be needed to pay the various mission
aries, quarterly, in advance..
On motion of Col. Harrison, the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That a special committee of five,
three laymen and two clergymen, be ap
pointed to report to the next convention the
feasibility of establishing a female school
within the diocese under the auspices of che
church.
The following telegram from the Diocese
of Florida was received;
Jacksonville, Fla., May 4.
. Bishop Beckwith :
To the Convention of the Protestant Epis
copal Church in the Diocese of Georgia, at
Savannah, the Diocese of Florida in council
send greeting. Psalm 132.
R. H. Weller,
C. B. Benedict,
Committee.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Stoney, the foliow
ing resolution was passed:
Resolved, That a Committee of two be ap
pointed to reply to the telegram, and the
Chair appointed liev. Mr. Boone and Co!.
Screven, who, after a few minutes, reported
the following draf of an answer:
Savannah, May 5.
To the Convention of the Diocese of Florida at
Jacksonville :
We cordially return your hearty greetings.
Psalm xiv., stu verse.
Thomas Boone,
John Screven,
Committee of Diocesan Convention of
Georgia.
The Bishop then read his annual address,
which was quite lengthy, and in which he
recommended, among o'her matters, the
Church Tms, published Atlaata, gs win
be seen by extract in the advertisement
which appears elsewhere.
On motion of Go - -rnor Conley such por
tion of the address as touched upon mis
sions was referred to the Committee on
Missions. The rest was referred to the
Committee on Lie Btate of the Church.
The Rev. Mr. Pond presented the report
i of the Registrar of the Diocese, Mr. W. S.
Bogart, a very interesting document, as will
be seen by the following copy:
REGISTRAR’S REPORT.
To the Convention of the Diocese of Georgia :
Gentlemen —The work of gathering par
ish histories for preservation in this office
makes slow progress. Os the list given in
my last report of churches and missions yet
existing and of those believed to be dead,
whose history will soon be past recovery,
two or three nave responded, but they still
leave a large liumber unheard from and ig
noring from year to year not my call but
the earnest solicitation of the convention.
Will not the of your body, clerical
anti lay, each for himself, try during the
coming year to erase the name of his parish
or mission from this unwelcome list, if it be
thereon?
I number the following parish histories in
regular order from my last report;
No. 27. Hl3tory of St. Mark’s Church,
Brunswick, by the rector, Rev. Henry E. Lu
cas. This paper in additieu to the memoirs
of the parish contains a list of Incumbents
from date of organization of the church in
i April, 1858, and of the length of their sev
eral cures. This is one of those special de
tails which 1 have heretofore suggested as a
1 proper feature in every church record, and
i is often a desirable source of information
i about the life and career of a clergyman.
No. 28. History of St. Paul’s Church,
i Albany, from 1844 to its consecration, May
, 16:h, 1855. written and read at public wor
-1 ship In the church Whitsunday, May 10th,
; 1880, by the rector, Rev. Thos. G. Pond.
; This interesting memoir is chief! r a record
! of Bishop Elliott’s first three visitations of
i the parish in 1851, 1852 and 1855, and is sup
plementary of No. 9in one list sent me by
the same hand in 1875. The memories of the
- quarter century of this record must
k have warmly stirred the hearts of his peo
-1 pie, for by it they were quickly stimulated
; to purchase a rectory, in vriuch a few
. months later their faithful minister and his
family were comfortably domioiled.
No. 29. SKo*? h of St - Buko’s Church and
the school at MontpC'* er »by Louis N. Whit
tie, Esq., of ' aeon. In wi? faithful record
and loving tribute to onr tiiet Bishop’s
grand, though unsupported venture foi
, Christian education, we have -ffhM I have
long desired, the history of the nob?? enter
prise wisely planned and hopefully sus
tained by its founder. Would that the peo
pie of his diocese, for whose benefit it was
begun, had as wisely and freely held It up.
It fell through at last, but not until its un
selfish founder had sacrificed his library and
his pecuniary rnyps in the vain hope
of saving It. The record of this patient
eflort, made perhaps too soon, in the histo
ry of the diocese, comes from the pen of
one who wa* cognizant of ail the facts, and
was an active and sympathizing coadjutor
with his Bishop in the long years of his strug
gle.
The parish history of the mother church
of the diocese—Christ Church, Savannah—
is, I am happy to say, about to be taken in
hand by its rector. Rev. Thomas Boone, lie
informs me that he has found a num
ber of parish documents of the past
revolutionary period, and in addition he
possesses a nearly complete set of vestry
minutes from the year 1783 downward'.
These he hopes to arrange in the coming
summer, and from them to supplement
the parish’s early history, as given in Bishop
Stevens’ semi-centennial sermon, by detail
ing the growth and progress, and its multi
plied works of charity in the century that
has followed. Such a paper, founded on
contemporary documents, and prepared
with the care and exactness to be expected
from the author, will be the most valuable
contribution this office has-yet received.
From an interesting incident related to
me by the rector from the vestry minutes,
we can realize how isolated
this parish was a century ago,
aud how slowly church changes then took
place. It grew out of the adoption of the
American Prayer Book in General Conven
-1 tion October 10,1789, to come into use in a
year afterward, and this old mother church
in Georgia, not unnaturally, decided
for itself the question of its use.
So three or four years later (.he wonder is
why It was not done in 179 U), we find the
following minutes of the vestry meeting,
called apparently for this very purpose:
“At a meeting of the vestry held
on the 13th December, 1793, present Sir
George Houstoun,Joseph Clay,Jr. Wardens,
N. W. Jones, W. Stevefis, G. Jones, R. Bol
ton, vestry, resolved, the common prayer
book of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United States, ratified by a convention
of the said church, and made of force on
the Ist October, 1790, be adopted for the
present by this church, subject to such al
terations "as shall hereafter be agreed upon
by the officiating minister of Christ Church
and the vestry thereof.
“ Resolved , That Mr. Clay, Jr., assist (the
Rev.) Mr. Ellington in making such altera
• tions as they may approve, which alterations
shall be reported to the vestry at their next
meeting.”
We have no record of any “alterations
agreed upon” either then or afterwards, and
so we conclude that the book on trial com
mended itself to the rector, vestry and par
ishioners.
The exchange of journals with our sister
dioceses continues as usual, and to the
benefit of us all.
Under instruction of a resolution of the
last convention I have forwarded to Mr. E.
W. Chapman, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Church Council of the Episcopal Church
id Scotland, our Diocesan journals and
other church documents for the last
fifteen years. I shall follow these with
subsequent journals as they shall be pre
sented. la return I hope to receive such
publications as will give us useful knowl
edge of the history, condition aud opera
tions of that branch of Christ Church.
To the readers of the convention journal
there is nothing to indicate the Respective
ages of the parishes, the names of the local
ities beiDg arranged for convenience sake
alphabetically. As a matter of useful Infor
mation, would It not be well in
publishing the journal to affix to the names
of each church on the list of the parochial
reports In the appendix the date of the
parish organization.
GENERAL BUSINESS.
°The Standing Committee reported. On
June 12th the committee met and organized
by the election of Rev. W. C.'Williams, I).
D , as President, and Rev. R. C. Foute as
Secretary.
On motion the report was received.
The report of the Treasurer of the per
manent fund for the support of the Episco
pate was presented aud referred -to the Fi
nance Committee.
The following resolution offered 'by Mr.
was adopted:
Resolved, That the next Convention of V-.a
Diocese of Georgia
• ‘-kit-,
read the, third WedneA
was lost, apd
JiWJh,yy»s adoptod. ’.v.
Cto mrftieabf UoyajwjHajßfe» ■ RL- ' Sait* i
vcu«on proceeded to n V.
v. at dispensed W% and rib electl&presult.#
as follow*: *■*' ; °
Treasurer of the Diocese—J-pan S. David
son, of Augusta.
Treasurer-of Missions—-Robert H. Foot
man, of Savannah.
Registrar—W. S. Bogart, of Savannah.
The convention then proceeded to ballot
for the Standing Committee, Ravs. Messrs.
Wilson and Macauley actiug as tellers, who
reported the followed named gentlemen as
elected members of the Standing Commit
tee:
Rev. W. C. Williams, D. D.
Key. R. C. Foute.
Rev. E G. Weed.
Mr. Z. D. Harrison.
Mr. Benj. Conley.
Mr. T. S. Walker.
Leave of absence was granted Rev. Mr.
Pfiikerton for the remainder of the session.
On motion the convention took a recess
until S o’clock in the evening.
NIGHT SESSION.
The convention reassembled at eight
o’clock, there being quite a large attend
ance. The evening was devoted to the dis
cussion of the missionary work in the State,
a continuation of the matter of the previous
evening, and the session was very interest
ing, being prolonged till a late hour.
Closing Day of tbe Convention—-ite
porls and Resolutions.
Convention met at 9 a. m. Friday, and
was opened by prayer from Revs. Messrs.
Boone and Davis.
The Committee on Constitution and Can
ons reported an amendment to the constitu
tion giving the Bishop’s Church in Atlanta
the right to elect three lay delegates to the
convention. Adopted.
Committee on Missions recommended the
following amendment to the tenth section
of the cannon ou missions, giving the
Treasurer for missions the right to borrow
money to pay missionaries.
The Committee on Finance reported that
the reports of the Treasurer of the Diocese
was correct, and reported against U3ing for
the present the iscomc of the permanent
fund to pay the salary of the Bishop.
The Committee on the State of the
Church submitted a report, which vras
adopted with the exception of the first res
olution, which was laid over until the next
convention.
Governor Conley moved an amendment
to canon seventeen, striking out the word
“white” on the third line of the becond
clause and substituting “actual,” so that
the canon will read, “The vestry of each
church In union with this con
vention shall pay or cause to be
paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the
Convention, the sum of twenty-five cents
for each actual communicant annually, for
defraying the incidental expenses of the
Convention, which amendment was laid
over for action at the next convention.
The Committee on Unfinished Business
submitted the following report:
Your Committee on Unfinished Business
' begs leave to report that it has discovered
. but three matters that were left Over by the
; last convention to be disposed of by the
present. The first is the body of Rules of
‘-Order on page 23 of the Journal, which
: have already been taken up and adopted
by this convention. The third is a proposi
tion of very vital importance, embracing
questions quite momentous and fundamen
tal. It is found on page 51 of the Journal.
Mr. Davidson offered the following
amendment to the constitution: “Nojaarish
shall be entitled to lay representa
tives in this convention until it
i has paid its assessment for the Bishop’s
salary and convention expenses. And when
the certificates of lay delegates are present
ed, the delegates shall not be considered en
titled to seats until It be ascertained that
the parishes which they severally represent
have paid said Bishop’s salary and conven
tion expenses, or until .satisfactory reasons
be given to the convention for Its failure to
■ pay.”
The committee claims the privilege of re
commending this suggested amendment to
the prompt and careful consideration of
l this convention, as its propositions are
E deep reaching, and touch upon cherished
. rights of the several parishes, which may
% not be approached “lightly or unadvis
-3 edly.”
t Second. A report from Mr. R. S. Bioom
. field in reference to the fund for widows
1 aud orphans of deceased clergymen, which
r has already been referred to the Finance
s Committee.
I The report was received as information.
——l
_ A resolution was adopted instructing the
bn-retary to renumber the articles of the
constitution in accordance with the amend
ment adopted.
The committee on the University of the
South submitted a thorough report in refer
ence io its needs and condition; whereupon
the following resolution, offered by Col.
John Screven, was adopted:
Resolved, That the Bishop be requested to
lay before the yarious parishes the need of
the University of the South, aud request
their contributions for this purpose, aud to
indicate the proportion which each parish
should contribute.
Rev. Mr. Wingate offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved, That tbe thanks of the conven
tion bo tendered to the parish of Christ
Church and members of St. John’s Church,
for the generous and delicate hospitality
with which tbe members have been enter
tained by them while in their city.
Rev. Mr. Boone offered the following,
which was adopted:
Reso' ■!, That the thanks of ibis conven
tion are due and hereby tendered to Alfred
Haywood, Esq , Treasurer of the fund for
the permanent endowment of the Episco
pate of the diocese, for his long, faithful
and successful services as treasurei'ef ibis
fund. Iu parting from Mr. Haywood -ia
this capacity the convention icturns him
hearty thanks and gives him its best wishes.
By Rev. Mr, Fond —
Resolved, The form of parochial re
ports be amended so as to’ call for the
amount contributed to the infirm clergy
men. Adopted.
By Rev. Mr. W. E. Eppes—
Resolved , That this convention recieves >
with profound sorrow the tidings of the ,
demise of our brother, the late P. Teller
Babbitt, rector of St. John’s Church, Bain
bridge.
Remvt That bowing submissively to the
will of cur Heavenly Father, in thus re
moving one of our fellow servants from
tire,church below to the church above, ws
feel that we have lost a faithful captain,
a learned divine, an humble Christian, in
whose character were blended in unusual
combination the traits of the student,- the
teacher and tbe pastor. “Diligent in busi
ness, ferverent in spirit, seeking the Lord.”
Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt
sympathy to the family of our late dearly
beloved brother in tbe Lord in this the hour
of their sorrow, lovingly reminding them
that to the children of God theie ariseth
light in darkness. ,
Resolved,. That a copy of these resolutions
be transmitted by the Secretary of ihis body
to the family of our departed brother.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted by a rising vote.
By Gov. Conley:
Resolved, That one thousand copies of the
journal of the proceedings of this convention
with constitution and canons be published
or the U3e of the Diocese of Georgia.
Adopted.
Rev. G. W. Strickland, of South Carolina,
was invited to a seat in the convention.
The following was offered by Mr. J. M.
Guerard, and adopted unanimously by a
rising vote:
Whereas, It has pleased the Divine
Head of the church to remove from the
scenes of his usefulness our brother, John
R. Johnson, who so long and faithfully
served not only the church in this diocese,
hut that in tbe United States.
Resolved, That we hail the entrances of
our brother into the Church triumphant as
to him a great gain, we feel In It our loss.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be sent by the Secretary to the family of
onr brother.
After an eloquent and powerful address
from the Bishop and prayer and benediction
the convention adjourned sine die.
DISGUSTED WITH g.IFJG.
A Seaman Shoots Himself While
Nearlug Port.
The following are the particulars in ref
erence to the suicide on board the bark
Nannie T. Bell, which arrived here on
Saturday night from Liverpool : On Thurs
day last, wheta nearing Tybee, Alexander
Rgjßerg, a single man, aged thirty-three
and a native of Uleaborg, Finland,
committed suicide by shooting himself.
Berg-shipped as second mate" on the ship
John Patten at Charleston last year,
and sailed on her in that capacity
to Liverpool. It appears,- however,
that he had not the necessary qualifications
for that position, as when the thip reached .
Liverpool he was discharged. HVtJj
snipped ou thei ; " - »' r/~
seaman-^iy^
fttrifev-'i
• cqntcraplaV _
«■><. a, 1,1:
.k£Se<fciim&elf, miHWat. examining hi*-""
traps,...and . it ’was iufi;t#-«l he was then
soa+efeing for his. pistol: ' fyfeut noon, wfiile' -
iyfhg.on thgi'&pecastle; the,ofil&rojp deck
$ g tpghr.bells, AiwlH” when
Le w&3 stnrtMiY bv i u- report CT^iMrtol.,
and saw Berg epHuspup' tuqi&Mwc ou '
tb'edeek. Several of tha-erpw ruJMfov,.
ward and dlsqpvered him rEve, butuneonsci
ous. He had evidently put the barrel of'tbe
plstolinhis mouth when Fie fin d, aAthere
was no outward sign of a wound, and the
ball did not come out. and it is supposed
lodged in the brain. Blood flowed most
copiously from his mouth and nostrils,
actually deluging the deck, and ia a few
minutes after the shot was fired he expired.
The deceased has a molher, two brothers
and a sister, who are now residents of
Uleaborg, Finland, and an uncle living In
Stockholm, Sweden. He was buried at sea.
STATE DENTAL SOCIETY.
Thirteenth Ann uni tSeraion.
y
In accordance with ann.ounce'mcnt, the
Georgia Dental Society assembled Tuesday
morning at ten o’clock, at the Screven
House, in annual session, there being a full
attendance, Dr. R. W. Thornton, of Cal
houn, President, in the chair.
The following members were found to be
present: >.
Drs. B Parsons, A. G. Bouton and D.
llopps, Savannah.
Dr. 11. A. Lawrence, Athens.
Dr. A. C. Ford, Fernandina.
Drs. L. D. Carpenter, li. A. Holliday,
Atlanta.
Drs. I). S. Wright, W. W, Ford, S. B.
Barfield, J. P. Holmes^; W. R. Holmes,
Macon.
Dr. G. W. McElhaney, West Foiut.
Dr. J. L. Fogg, Barnesville.
Dr. R. W. Thornton, Calhoun.
Dr. J. 11. Coyle, Thomasville.
Dr. \V. C. Wardlaw, Augusta.
Dr. G. W. H. Whitaker, Sandersviile.
The proceedings were opened with the
reading of the scriptures aud prayer by
Rev. R'ibt, P, Kerr, j unior pastor of the In
dependent Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Daniel Hopps, of Savannah, then
made a very excellent welcoming address,
which was happily responded to by Dr. W.
W. Ford, of Macon.
Dr. Marks, of Milwaukee, was invited to
a seat in the body.
The following named gentlemen were
elected active members of the society:
Drs. J. P. Huntley, LaGrange; B. 11. Pat
terson, Baxley; Allen Brown, Blacksbear;
Thomas G. Cowardin, Savannah, and M. G.
Little, Crawford.
Dr. Thornton delivered the annual ad
dress, which was listened to with great at
tention, after which the society adjourned
until three o’clock.
The afternoon session was occupied in
hearing reports from the different standing
committees, and discussing the same.
An Iron Schooner.
It may be of interest to many of our ship
ping merchants to know that the schooner
Josephine—the only iron schooner ever
built in the United States, or that ever sail
ed in American waters —arrived at Baltimore
on the 3d, and is attracting considerable at
tention. She was built and launched iu May
last by Wm. Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia,
her hull being constructed wholly of iron.
She is 126 feet long at keel, and 129 feet
over all; 34 feet breadth, 10}4 feet deep in
hold, and draws 11 feet of water. She -is
363 tons register. She is owned by William
Cramp, John Middleton and others, of
Philadelphia. She is the only iron centre
board sailing vessel in the world, those
which are in use on the other side of the
herring pond being built with keels. Her
particular virtues are supposed to be power
to endure heavy weather and wear. Thu*
fact that she Is rated A1 for sixteen years ,
shows the confidence placed in her.
Aonug Men and Otlicrs.
We send on trial for thirty days our EJcc
tro-V oltaic Belts, Bands, aad Suspensories
to voung men and others suffering from,
weaknesses, nervous debility, lost vitality,
’ lost manhood, and many other diseases.
We guarantee speedy cures* and complete
i restoration of manhood. Address, without
Belay, Voltaic Belt Co.,
aj-23-SlOtifcwlOt Marshall, Mich
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