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She IJtovning
J. II. KSTIIX, Proprietor.
W. T. THOMPSON, ]
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1874.
The
Railroad
and Brunswick
Extension Bill.
The bill for the extension of the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad to Covington, on
the Georgia Road, virtually at the ex
pense of the State, thus involving an ex
penditure of a million or more dollars in
addition to the two millions of dollars
already sunk in that hopeless enterprise,
passed the House of Representatives on
Wednesday.
The construction of the proposed ex
tension, while it would give to Atlanta a
little trade from the three or four coun
ties through which it would pass, and be
a feeder, to some extent, to the Ceorgia
Road, drawing from the vicinity of
Macon freights that now come this way,
would be of no real benefit to the Maoon
and Brunswick Road. The bill is State
aid in its most objectionable form; but our
chief objection is that, by requiring the re
endorsement by the Governor of Six
hundred thousand dollars of the bonds
illegally donated by Bullock to the Macon
and Brunswick Road, it virtually reopens
the bogus bond question, and establishes
a dangerous precedent. If the bill should
pass the Senate, which we trust it will
not, we feel very confident that it will not
receive the approval of the Governor.
An Attempt to Reopen the Bogus
Bond Question.
We find the following in the local col
umns of the Atlanta Herald of yesterday;
On yesterday Judge O. A. Lochrane
and CoL Thos. S. Sneed, attorneys for
the holders of the repudiated bonds, and
CoL Benj. Lockett, a Director of the
Brunswick and Albany Road, waited upon
Governor Smith and made the following
verbal proposition, which they agreed to
put in writing if he would take it into
consideration, to-wit:
That the bondholders would return to
the State the three millions and three
hundred thousand indorsed bonds on the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad if the
State would give in return indorsed bonds
at the rate of fifteen thousand dollars per
mile for the one hundred and sixty-nine
miles of completed road, and to indorse
bonds to the extent of fifteen thousand
dollars per mile, as the road was com
pleted from the present terminus at Al
bany to Eufaula. The Governor declined
to consider 'tho proposition until after
the Legislature had taken some action
upon it.
The representatives of the bondholders
then asked an audience of the Finance
Committee, which was granted, and last
evening they appeared before a Finance
Committee of the House and Senate, and
submitted the same proposition made to
the Governor, which was supported by
an earnest speech from Judge Lochrane.
After a short consultation a vote was taken
on the proposition as offered, and out of
about twenty-seven members of the com
mittee that were present, only two were
found to favor it.
This result is not auspicious for the
bond compromisers. They sprung their
game a little too soon. They should have
waited for the final passage and approval
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
bilL After the passage of that shrewdly
devised measure they can take up the
bond compromise business with strong
hope, if not confidence of
Working up Election Laws.—The
Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun says: The recent appearance
of United States Commissioner Daven
port before the House Judiciary Commit
tee in connection with a proposed new
bill to regulate elections' is attracting
much attention. This fellow Davenport
is the New York Commissioner whose
arbitrary acts, both at the Presidential
election of 1872 and again last fall at the
special election for Representative in
Congress in place of Mr. Brooks, so
aroused the people and press of that city.
Upon these two occasions Davenport
assumed to exercise powers under the
Federal election law which clearly were
not and could not be conferred, and the
plain effect of which were to advance
Republican and damage Democratic pros
pects. He and other partizans are not
satisfied with the very comprehensive and
extraordinary powers conferred by the
existing Federal laws upon the matters of
registration, naturalization and voting.
They now want Congress to pass addi
tional laws delegating to Federal officers
absolute supervision in all these respects.
That an attempt will be made to enact at
this session additional legislation to con
trol elections is not doubted at all by
those who do not forget that a new House
of Representatives is to be chosen next
falL
Radical Ring Robbery la South Car-
• ' olina.
With a view to demonstrate the extent
to which the tax payers of South Carolina
are robbed by the Negro-Radical banditti
who at present controll the State, the
Charleston Courier presents a comparison
of the annual expenses of the State gov
ernment under Governor Orr, and the
present incumbent, Moses, as follows
$ 74,181 S3
Public Printing.... IV,446 03
* eta a—aw n in m
Schools 3,579 45
Public Asylums... *5,997 00
Contingent funds. 6,092 99
Sundries 83,413 31
1873.
$ *30,797 39
331,945 65
351,101 37
• 1*8,43* 11
75,033 75
*98,558 85
$1,717,318 60
1 00
Total $*60,848 04 *3.257,646 50
The Courier gives other data to show
that while before the war the entire cost
of a legislative session was about $10,000,
in 1872, under- Negro-Radical rule the
cost was $712,219, nearly twice as much
as the entire annual expenses'of the State
government prior to 1860. These figures
disclose a system of official robbery un-
paraleUed in the history of governments,
and which no people should submit to for
a single day.
In the extremity to which they have
been reduced, the tax-payers have ap
pointed a committee to go to Washington
and lay their grievances before Congress
and ask for relief. We fear, that in this
proceeding the white men of South Caro
lina have committed another blunder,
both in principle and policy. While
South Carolina is recognized as a State
in the Union, her citizens should not
seek to devolve on the Federal Govern
ment the management of her local gov
ernment. In so doing they surrender a
Retrenchment in Congress. — The
House Committee on Appropriations is
still busy finding out where Uncle Sam’s
money goes. Some of the revelations are
exceeding droll, though the public can
scarcely afford to laugh at them,
cost too much to be funny. Policemi
exercising themselves opening
at eighteen hundred dollars a year is
comic, but decidedly dear, and young at
taches rushing round the world on plea
sure trips under pretence of bearing des
patches may be very amusing for the
tourists, but tax payers who foot the
bills do not like it. These are, however,
small abuses, the .ventilation of which
will hardly serve to divert public atten
tion from the greater ones by which, the
Treasury is robbed of millions to swell
the fortunes of ring monopolies and' offi
cial plunderers.
Beast Butler’s fancy sketch of the charge
of the negro brigade, with which he
brought down the galleries of the House
during his late speech on the civilfrigid®
bill, contained at least one grain of truth.
He said “It became my painful duty,
sir, to follow in the track of that charg
ing column.” The duty was no doubt
painful in proportion to the distance be
tween his carcase and the danger, but as
he kept quite out of sight, till the conflict
was over, his nervous system, unhappily
for the oountry, survived the shock.
That part of Butler's story we believe.
Though distinguished for no feats of per
sonal gallantry, Beast Butler has the re
putation of having been one of the most
prudent Generals in the Union army.
Like lying Jack Falstaff, he was always
on hand ‘-when everything was ended”
A Kentucky grange has had its little
romance. Recently a young brother and
sister of the order walked to the front of
the master and were united in marriage.
The entire audience were taken by sur
prise, having had no intimation thattheae
was to be a wedding. Soft eyes began to
great and vital principle of State rights.
And as to the policy or expediency of
the appeal, we think, with the St Louis
Republican, that “as Congress placed
those rulers in power who have brought
about the condition of things complained
of, there is little relief to be looked for
from it. The petitions of oppressed
classes in the Southern States to Congress
for relief seem unlikely ever to end while
the Republican party continues its hold
on one of these States. The only sub
stantial relief attainable is that which
comes from the overthrow of this party
in the South. That relieved Virginia,
Georgia, Tennessee and Texas, and that
alone will relieve South Carolina, Louis
iana, Florida and Arkansas.”
The people of South Carolina should
no longer permit their State Government
to remain in the hands of the negro-
Radical banditti, who use their official
positions only for purposes of plunder.
It is the right and duty of every commu
nity to protect itself from robbers and
thieves of every class; and, if the plun
dered and oppressed tax-payers of South
Carolina, in the extremity of their case,
should resort to extreme measures for ‘ ‘the
overthrow of this party,” they Jwould
have the sympathy of the honest men of
the entire country.
The New Temperance Crusade.
The singular temperance movement in
Ohio, begun as it has been when nothing
else of extraordinary interest is occupy
ing the newspapers, is drawing the atten
tion of the entire country. There is a
general impression that the effect of the
r-1 * A. ■ 4, .
praying and exhorting will be only tem
porary, but the excitement'seems to yield
enjoyment to the missionaries, and they
are making the most of their opportuni
ties. Some of the German papers have
been so indiscreet as to attack the move
ment, thus magnifying its strength when
they do not want to, yet no very des-
pera* assaults have been made on it.
a general thing, the visitations of
the women crusaders have been patiently
submitted to by the Ohio liquor dealers,
some of whom have been sung and prayed
into reformation, and have closed their
bars and abandoned' their business. Oc
casionally, however, they encounter a
hardened sbmsr, | who is not willing
quietly to be sung and prayed out of his
right to pursue his business of minister
ing to the'creature comfort of his thirsty
fellow mortals. A few days since an incor
rigible laborer in the vineyard of Bacchus
was visited by a select company of these
Buckeye devices, who immediately com
menced operations by praying for the
offended dealer in the objectionable. So
long as thbjkkept on praying they experi
enced little difficulty, but when they
raised their voices in singing it seemed
more like a congregation of sneezers than
a hymn-singing one. The rascally saloon
keeper had deliberately sprinkled red
pepper on the floor and on the Btove. Of
course the poor crusaders had to beat a
retreat, and they did so, vowing that they
would not be sneezed at, or be compelled
to sneeze by all the myrmidons of King
.Alcohol in Moscow.
The new scheme of moral suasion does
not-saoin to work altogether smoothly in
piou3 Boston. According to the Boston
papers the Rev. Mr. Vibbert, E. Thomp
son, a Mrs. Baker, and some twenty other
lkdies and gentlemen visited a well-known
saloon on Washington street in that city
list’ week. Entering the premises, Vib
bert led off in prayer and Thompson
balled on the "party to sing. They had,
howjarer, scarcely finished Old Hundred
when tiie proprietor interrupted them by
flinging the towel in Mrs. Baker’s face,
and telling Thompson to go and pay his
rum bills. A row followed, and the sing
ing, combined with the noise, caused a
large crowd to assemble. Finally the po
lice interfered, and the ladies departed.
So much for Boston gallantry and civility!
; New Orleads has a ghost story. Two
gentlemen had been shooting near the
and w ere returning at night to the
.Id' i
BY TELEGRAPH
THE MORNING NEWS.
Pease, from Mississippi, was seated, | Swindles in the Havana Lottert.—
rice Ames. [ Mr. Valero, the administrator of the Ha-
The bill equalizing the currency was 1 vana lottery, is now in jaiL He is
resumed. There was a short executive ; charged with a number of stealing and
session, during whichDrew was confirmed j swindling' operations, whereby he made
gcu? fKwrffemftttjS.
more money than the.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA.
Summary of Yesterday’s Proceedings.
THE
CONVENTION AND
QUESTIONS.
CAPITAL
CUTTING DOWN THE PER DIEM.
Only a Half-Dozen BUIn Signed by the
dart love-glances around the grange, and
diffident bachelors exclaimed that the
new order exceeded their most sanguine
expectations, in providing life partners profound impression
- i Atlantic. The extrat
for the faint-hearted,
In the case of the carpet-bagger Ames,
recently elected Governor of Mississippi,
bnt whose name is still nn the rolls of the
Senate, while his' chair is vacant, the.
Chairman of the Senate, Mr. Carpenter,
decides that a Governor of a State may
also be a member of Congress. Radical-
ism is getting things wonderfully mixed.
Onn Braves.—In Washington there
arc 1,000 enlisted men employed as ser
vants about houses of officials, notwith
standing more troops are needed to de
fend the Indian frontier.
[Special Telegram to the Horning New*.]
Atlanta, February 12, 1874.
Senate Proceedings.
The following bills were introduced on
their first reading:
Mr. Black—To amend the charter of
Americas.
Deveaux (colored)—To exempt certain
journeymen printers from jury duty.
Mr. Cannon—To change the time of
the meeting of the Legislature to De
cember.
Mr. Heard—To amend the act incor
porating Greensboro.
To incorporate WoodviUe, Greene
county.
Mr. Gilmore—To regulate the building
of dividing fences by land-owners.
To amend the act relative to the Trus
tees of the MflledgeviUe Masonic Insti
tute.
Mr. Harris—To authorise the Commis
sioner of Thomas county to issue bonds
for’county purposes.
Mr. Nicholls—To incorporate the Alta-
maha Railroad Company.
To legalize the adjournment of the Su
perior Court of Lee county.
CONVECTION.
Mr. Nicholls introduced a resolution
that the people be requested, at the elec
tion in October, to put on their ticket
“ Convention” or “ No Convention. ’
Mr. Harris submitted a report compli
mentary to the management of the Lu
natic Asylum.
THE CAPITAL QUESTION.
The amendment to the Constitution
providing for the removal of the capital
to Milledgeville, reported favorably by
the committee, was lost, after a debate
participated in by Messrs. Hudson, Cain,
Amow and Gilmore, who favored the re
moval, and Mr. Hillyer, who opposed.
The vote on the amendment was, yeas 14,
nays 26. This puts a quietus on removal
this session.
BILLS PASSED ON THIRD READING.
To amend the charter of Darien.
To apply the State tax of the current
year of McIntosh county to build a jail
and court house.
To amend the act creating commission
ers for McIntosh county.
To prevent, the destruction of game in
Liberty and McIntosh counties.
To require persons purchasing farm
products to keep a book of record of the
articles purchased, the name of the party
and when purchased.
House Proceedings.
The appropriation act was under con
sideration all day.
The report of the Judiciary Committee
to pay Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes and
Moore eight thousand dollars for State
printing iu 1864-5 was disagreed to and
lost.
Ten thousand dollars were appropriated
for expense inenred in printing and sell
ing the Nutting bonds.
SOMETHING LIKE ECONOMT.
The mileage and per diem bill—mem
bers to receive a salary of three hundred
and fifty dollars for each session, and ten
cents mileage each way—was passed.
Yeas !)3, nays 53.
The Representatives from Dodge,
Douglass, Rockdale and McDuffie were
allowed the same compensation os mem
bers.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Six hundred thousand dollars were ap
propriated to pay the interest on the pub
lic debt, and two hundred and twenty-
eight thousand dollars to pay the interest
on the Maoon and Brunswick bonds.
Nine hundred dollars each is. allowed
Clifford Anderson and Richard Hines, of
Macon, for legal services to the State.
The House adjourned without finishing
the appropriation act. It meets to-night
to read bills the second time.
FRUITLESS LEGISLATION.
Only a half dozen bills so far has been
signed by the Governor. Nearly six hun
dred are to be acted on, and nine days to
do it in.
THE AUGUSTA RAILROAD CONTROVERSY.
The Augusta and Summersville Rail
way bill is before the Senate Judiciary
Committee. This afternoon Miller made
a two hours argument for the road. Foster
will be heard to-morrow in favor of the
bill. Towalioa.
Evening Telegrams.
District Attorney of Florida.
In the House, among the Executive
documents submitted by the Speaker,
after the reading of the journal, was the
response of the Secretary of the Treasiny
to the call for information in regard to
amounts paid for compromises of suite
growing out of frauds on the New York
and Boston Custom Houses. The docu
ment, which was very voluminous, was
ordered to be printed.
The fortification bill passed, after
which' there was a long speech- from
Dawes on the financial condition of the
Government.
THE WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, February 12.—Probabili
ties for Friday: In New England and the
Middle States, northeast to southeast
winds, falling barometer, clouds and rain.
For the Lower Lakes and Ohio Valley,
southeast to southwest winds, threatening
weather and rain.
For the Middle and South Atlantic
coasts, southeasterly winds, cloudy weather
and nossiblv rain.
For the Gulf States, southerly winds,
increasing to brisk, and rain, followed by
a severe norther in Western Texas.
For the Northwest and Lake Superior,
cold, brisk, northwesterly winds.
Cautionary signals are ordered for New
Orleans and Mobile.
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, February 12.—A meeting
of the members of the Produce Exchange
this afternoon, a committee of fifteen was
appointed to raise money for the suffer
ing poor of the city.
The Jersey City authorities received a
telegram tiMlay from CoL Corbin, com
manding' the Federal forces at Browns
ville, Texas, stating that Hamilton, the
defaulting Treasurer of Jersey City, had
been arrested there.
BROWNLOW.
Knoxville, Tbnn., February 12.—The
Daily Chronicle, of this city, publishes a
long letter from Senator Brownlow to
morrow on the civil rights bill He de
cidedly opposes the mixed school feature
of the bill, and says it would destroy free
schools in the South. He advises the
colored people to tell Congress that they
do not want mixed schools. He also fa
vors the issue of more currency.
FROM PARIS.
Paris, February 12.—John Meredith
Bead, Jr., late Consul General of the
United States in this city, is about to
leave for Athens to assume the duties of
Minister to Greece. Secretary of Lega
tion, A. T. A. Tortert, is Read’s suc
cessor here.
SOVEREIGNS of industry.
St. Louis, February 12.—Council, No.
1, of the Sovereigns of Industry was.6r-
ganized here last night. This is the first
subordinate Council of the order organ
ized in the West
THE NAVIGATION COMMISSIONERS.
Washington, February 12.—The Navi
gation Commissioners having concluded
their business, have adjourned to meet
at Evansville, Indiana, upon the call of
the President.
THE PHIT.AT1BT.PHTA FRAUD.
Albany, February 12.—The Senate has
agreed to the resolution passed by the
Assembly to rescind the appointment of a
Commissioner to the Centennial Exhibi
tion.
CARDINALS ELL.
Rome, February 12.—Cardinals Anto-
nelli, Capati and Terquini are seriously
ilL The last mentioned is one of the
Cardinals recently appointed by the Pope.
WHICH?
London, February 12.—There is con
siderable speculation as to whether D’ls-
raeli or the Earl of Derby will become
Premier.
of the
T>ropri&toi' oi
Comstock Mine. One of his garjfes
to lay the sub-collectors under contribu
tion. and black-mail them: another pet
scheme was the distribution of lottery
tickets, with a commission of twenty-five
cents on each for himseif. But
plans only brought such small amounts as
from $8,000 to $9,000 a month, he kept
all the unsold tickets in his desk, and
any of them drew prizes he present
them through a third party-and got t
funds. It is also stated that he kept some
of the numbers out of the globes, and
then purchased the tickets bearing these
numbers, calling them out at the drawinj
as having drawn prizes. The buyers e
lottery tickets do not like the way they
have been treated, but they have no right
to complain if they are. cheated while
gambling. —Havana Corretpondence New
York Tima.
DIED, |
At her residence, in Palates, Florida, on Satur
day, the 7th inst, Mrs. Martha Peterman, wife
London, February 12.—The German
bark Hercules has been wrecked, and
eleven of the crew perished.
Midnight Telegrams.
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
THE EFFECTS OF REPUBLICAN
PROFLIGACY.
A STARTLING SHOWING BY DAWES
Termination of the Ashantee Business
Palestine Commandery, No. 7, K. T.
A Regular Conclave of this Commandery
will be held at its Asylum In the Masonic
Temple, THIS (Friday) EVENING, at
7# o'clock.
By order of
S. P. HAMILTON, E. C.
J. H. Esrn.i. Recorder. feblS-1
Attention, Oglethorpe Fire Company
No. 1.
The members will attend a special meeting
THIS (Friday) EVENING, at 8 o'clock, at their
Hail, on bnsinees of importance. Let all be pone-
tual in attendance.
By order of the President.
Attest: R. WAYNE RUSSELL,
feb!3-l Secretary.
Forest City Mutual Loan Association.
A regular monthly meeting win be held in the
City Hotel building, on Bay street, east of Whita
ker street, THIS EVENING, it 7)4 o'clock.
By order of A. HAYWOOD,
feb!3-l President.
FIiobmx Riflemen’s Ball.
All parties attending the above Ball that are
members of military companies are requested to
attend in foil uniform.
By order of the Committee. feb!3-l
Notice.
All bills against the ship “Graham’s Polly, 1
Clapp, master, must be presented at our office
before 12. o’clock noon, THIS DAY, or payment
will be debarred.
febl3-l HOLST & FULLARTON.
Special Notice.
Mr. A. B. Estes, of this city, is hereby authorized
to do business for the “Southern Life Insur
ance Company,” and is appointed a Special Agent
of the Company to solicit applications and per
form all the duties of an Agent. He is permitted
to operate anywhere in Georgia or South Caro
lina, and will report directly to the Atlanta office.
A. H. COLQUITT, Vice-Pres’t,
“Southern life Ins. Company.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 2, 1874.
The undersigned accepts the above appointment
and respectfully solicits a share of the* public
patronage. Ilis headquarters will be at the office
of the “Southern Life Insurance Company,” No.
7, Kelly’s Block, Bay street, and any communica
tions left there will receive prompt attention.
feb7-6 A. B. ESTES-.
Notice to Tax Payers.
For the convenience of Tax Payers on the Sa
vannah River I will be in Savannah THURSDAY,
th»19th inst., at the office of the Sheriff of Chat
ham county for the collection of State and Coun
ty Taxes for the County of Beaufort, South Caro
lina. GEORGE HOLMES,
Treasurer Beaufort County.
Beaufort, .S’. C., Feb. 9,1874.
feb20-Th,S,F3
Notice to Stockholders.
Office Southwestern Railroad Co., \
Macon, Ga., January 31,1874. /
The annual election of President and seven
Directors for the ensuing year will be held at
their office, No. 6 Poplar street, in this city, on
Thursday, the. 12th day of February, at 12
o’clock x.
Stockholders attending the above meeting will
be passed free over the line of this road by ex
hibiting their certificate of stock to the Con
ductors. JNO. T. BOIFEUILLET,
feb2-td Secretary and Treasurer.
PRESIDENT GRANT AND GOVER
NOR KEMPER.
WILL ULYSSES ATTEMPT TO
CONCILIATE THE SOUTH.
the old shell road, across the
St. John. As they stopped to light
a cigar they saw to their astonishment a
bare-headed woman, holding in her arms
ajlittle child. The woman was in black
d the babe in ■white. The figure glided
the side of the bridge and over into
the black waters of the bayou. There!
was not a murmur or ripple. Believing
it to be an optical illusion, they visited the
place on the next night, when the vision
vfas repeated.
Getting at it Right.—Mr. Beecher,
in one of his late lectures, said that, if
want to purify and reform society,
force people to be temperate appears
be beginning at the other end. Mr.
right end this
time. Sharpe’s rifles, coercion and pro-
ibition are not to be compared to moral
a i I ~ ;f :
cement of the death of
-famed German theologian,
iy he called, will produoe a
l on both sides of the
The extraordinary ability and
research he brought to bear in
the very bulwarks of Christi-
g, made his name more conspicuous
than that of any other man in the ranks
1 of so-called Free Thinkers.
That Massachusetts should snub the
the
this in-
On Satur-
Philadelphia Centennial is, to say
least'; unkind. Yet, sad to say, this
MastnSdDBdl
dignity has been put upon it.
dAy M^ John Quincy Adams made
speech against it in the Massachusetts cessary.
Legislature, end a resolution in favor of
Congressional aid beisg given to the Ex
hibition waa tabled by a vote of 76 to 34,
BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
OLD BROWNLOW AGAIN IN PRINT.
Sovereigns of Industry In the West.
GRANT AND KE1IPER.
Washington, February 12.—Governor
Kemper, of Virginia, being in Washing
ton on business, mode a call of courtesy
upon President Grant to-day, remaining
at the Executive Mansion not more than
fifteen or twenty minutes. It
time ago stated that CoL Mosby had pre
arranged an interview between these gen
tleman, but the Governor says there is no
truth in the report, and he called merely
to pay his respects to the Chief Magis
trate. The same as any other citizen of
the United States, and with no political
object in view.
The Governor to-night, in conversation
with friends who called upon him at Wil
lard’s HoteL spoke of the pleasure the
visit offerded him, the President receiving
him in a spirit of marked friendliness and
courtesy, and in the course of conversa
tion expressed his views deliberately as
if weighing well his words, which left
a favorable impression on the Governor’s
. .. inind. As the interview was private, the
at the root; making laws subject of conversation cannot be ex
in Virginia sta
tive platform
the States co-e<
stated, but can only be inferred
the Governor’s own free utterances
to-night, that he and his political friends
stand on a broad, conserva-
m which, he says, gives all
co-equal rights as members of
the Union, that they may discharge all
their 4uties ancj restore perfect peace
reconciliation to all parts of the country.
They will support everybody that sup
ports that platform whiph the Governor
framed, and which was ordered by the
people of Virginia, and they will oppose,
he farther says, eva ’ *
the conservative and
pies therein expressed.
CONGRESSIONAL
WASHiNGTON.Februaiy 12.—In the Sen
ate, Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, presented a
memorial from the city of Brunswick,
Georgia, in relation to the establishment
of aNavalDepot, which was referred to the
Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Gordon
said he desired to call attention to the
fact that^here was no naval depot South
of
Norfolk, Virginia, and, in case of war,
e on the Southern coast would be ne-
Mr. Gordon also introduced a bill for the
relief of certain mail contractors in the
Southern States, which was referred to
the Cpmniitiee on Appropriations.
NATIONAL FINANCES.
Washington, February 12.—The fea
ture in House to-day was the
speech of Dawes, Chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee, principally on the
condition of the Treasury, in which he
indulged in, as he said, not in figures of
rhetoric, but in official figures. The
speech was a severe arraignment of the
financial condition of the country. He
showed a deficit of $50,000,000, which
might be decreased somewhat by the
turning in of unexpended balances, and
criticized thoroughly the - previous Con
gresses of recent years for wasteful ap
propriations, citing several extravagant
appropriations. The Speaker . said no
party could afford to go to the country
with increased taxation, but, at the same
time, the tax on tea and coffee should be
restored, and that on whisky and tobacco,
ncreased.
THE ASHANTEE WAB.
London, February 12.—The corres
pondent of the Tima, with the Ashantee
expedition, in his dispatch announcing
its successful termination, says that Gen.
Sir Garnet Wolsely has made arrange
ments for himself and troops to leave the
coast for England on the 1st of March.
• ON THE WAR PATH.
Washington, February 12.—General
Sheridan telegraphs to General Sherman,
confirming the report of the killing of
Lieutenant Robinson and a private by the
Ttidiang Tndinn Agent Howard, of the
Whitestone Agency, telegraphs* to the
commander here for military protection,
which will be accorded.
GONE VISITING.
Vienna, February 12.—The Emperor
Francis Joseph left here last evening for
St. Petersburg, on a visit to the Czar.
The unrespectable sort of women in
Cincinnati have a new device. They ap
pear on the streets with school books u<
der their arms, and imitate the im
abandon of sweet girl graduates. T
real schopl girls have teased, to carry
books, and the authorities are puzzled to
know how to deal with the counterfeiters,
Duel Between Women.—A dispatch
from the City of Mexico states that a duel
between two women, injvhioh one was
killed, has taken place in Sindcdtf.
“The spirits” told a Lowndes oounty,
Alabama, lady the other day that the cot
ton worms would be few and late this
Murder in Court.—This
after the opening of the Criminal
a terrible homicide took place within the
bar of the court John Ferguson, a lad
of sixteen, stepped up behind John B.
Helm, who murdered his father, and
coolly blew out his brains. Helm was
being arraigned for his trial; the District
Attorney was just proceeding to impannel
the jury when the shooting took place.
The prisoner was sitting between his
counsel and the District Attorney, with
his'back against the semi-circular table.
Ferguson stepped behind the table, and
waiting tin District Attorney Spencer
moved out of range, deliberately drew a
new silver-mounted Colt's derringer and
shot Helm in the back of the head. The
pistol could not have been bat a few
inches from his head. He fell without
making, and died as he lay. Of course
there was a fearful excitement. Judge
Dodge was sitting in range, and if it bad
been posable for the boy to have missed
his victim, he must have hit the Judge,
but it was impossible. The brains of
John Helm exuded from the wound, and
made a sight ghastly and shocking to all
beholders. Young Fergu
tempt to escape, but immediately
his weapon to Policeman Elliott, who
happened to be within the bar of the
court—Odlreston Civilian, Jan. 24.
Warm Blood and Alcohol.—From ex
periments, by Prof. Beniz, of Prussia,
concerning the effects of alcohol on warm
blooded animals, it is inferred that liquors
containing large alcoholic proportions,
such as brandy, whisky, port, and sherry,
should be avoided by most persons, and
clarets or light wines substituted.
The Eighth Wonder of the World
Has been found in Georgia. The discoverer is
a physician of long experience, extensive obser
vation and profound judgment, and bis discovery
has proven sneb a blessing to woman, that it is
already known throughout the country as
“Woman’s Best Friend.’’ .With remarica
quickness and certainty it cores ail cases of sup
pressed menstruation, acute or chronic, and r
tores health in every instance. IhCJ. Bradfield's
Female Regulator supplies a remedy long needed
in the treatment of diseases peculiar to woman.
This the Medical Faculty knows and admits,
while many of onr best physicians are using it in
their daily practice. Tiie medicine is prepai
with great care, by L. H. Bradfleld, Druggist, At
lanta, Ga-,and sold at *1.5# per bottle by respecta
ble Druggists everywhere.
O. BUTLER A CO.,
• feb*-M,F£wlm Savannah, Ga.
Notice to Consignees.
The steamships General Barnes and Herman
Livingston will hereafter occupy the Central
Railroad wharf for discharging and loading car
goes. WILDER & CO., Agents.
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OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.
Happy relief for Youn" Men from the effects
Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood restored.
Impediments to Marriage removed. New method
of treatment. New and remarkable remedies.
Books and circulars sent free in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2, South
Ninth street, Philadelphia, Piu,—an institution
having a high reputation .for honorable conduct
and professional skill. feb9d&w3m
JOHN SULLIVAN,
REAX’ ESTATE AGENT,
—AND—
COL. LE CTOR
No. 113 Bay St., (next to C. II. R. Bank.)
dec*4-ly '
gOO&SL
B ILL ARP’S Peace Papers Price $1 50
Jessamine (Marion Harland s new novel) 1 50
Bressant* ’... ..........^....7 25
Miss Dorothy’s Charge...... 1 00
The Two Widows.
Old Kensington 1 00
Innocent V.'V <5
A Simpleton.....t.-. , 5®
Kendra Chillingly.......... ................ *5
The New Magdalen 50
A Vagabond; Heroine 76
. Also, cheap editions of Dickens. Thackeray,
Bulwer, Byron, Shekspeare, Scott. Milton, Moore,
Captain MarryatJ, Ac..
ESTILL’S
NEWS DEPOT,
Corner Ball Street and Bay Lane,
oct30-tf (Rear of Poet Office.)
Stfantd.
— v h v w ev t
VESSELS WANTED,
to carry Phosphate Rock from Boll or Cooeaw
_ rivers to Great Britain. Apply to WILDER
*CO. declT-tf
WANTED FOB CASH.
PAPER Stock, :Bope, &«* Old Books, Iron
A Copper, .BrasCea.^mriri^^
ot, between Barnard
HEIRS WANTED.
rpEXAS LANDS-AR persons who lost relatives
JL In the Text* revolution of 1835, will hear of
totheira
-OS ROD]
Ga.
r advantage by commnnlcating
'DREQUES, carefcf this offic^
Manure*
of STABLE MANURE
ifeblt-S
HENDRICK & BARNAUL'S
Kent ucky Stables, West Broad Street.
A CAR.).
g terminated by its
I have accepted the
/TIIERX LIFE IX-
southern* Jeorgia.
I would solicit from my fri •nth# the'*: itronage
afid support. £HA>\ 1L OLM TKAD.
fcb7-lw St . , , , ,
Letter Headings,
rOTE HEADINGS and ENVELOPES, print* _
i in any style, and on paper of ar.y quality ot mond,
ttern of ruling the customer may desire, at the
MORNING NEWS JOB 0*7101,
SAVANNAH
CITY DIRECTORY.
18 7 4'.
A Valuable Work
the People. ~
j l ; r j r ,i j
SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION,
At $3 50 Per Copy.
©roffmis.
LOOK! LOOK!! iTcTo"
-A. NEW GROCERY STORt?
CALLED
THE RED FAMILY GROCE]}]
T™
signed having sold out their inter
ne DIRECTORY of the City of
_ in the _
Savannah, which is now bong compiled, to Mr.
J. II. ESTULL, the work will bo completed by
him. AD contracts, according to agreement with
ns, will be carried out by Mr. Eptin.
BEASLEY A CO.
of Messrs.
DIRECTO-
NOTICE.
the interest
A CO. in the CITY
BY, I take pleasure in
public that I have perfected arrangements for
publishing the work in the best and most satis
factory sty I
will be under the personal sn-
a gentleman who win spare no pains
Advertisements will be
to have their names and bnsi-
inserted, can give their orders
Edmondston
111 Bay Street, Savannah,
ESTTLL,
rannab, Ga.
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
A Masonic Grand Gift Concert
10,000 Prizes to be Given Away,
Amounting to 8250,000, all in C'nrrency.
rr*is enterprise is conducted by the MASONIC
A RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF NORFOLK,
VA m under authority of the Virginia Legislatare,
(act passed March 8,1873,) for the purpose of rais
ing fnnds to complete the MASONIC TEMPLE,
now in course of erection far Norfolk. There are
no individual benefits to be derived from this un
dertaking—tis wholly in the cause of Masonry.
The Concert will positively take place on
Tuesday, the 5th of Stay, 1874,
and no further postponement is guaranteed.
LIST OF GIFTS.
One Grand Cash Gift 4 50,000
One Grand Cash Gift *5,000
One Grand Cash Gift 1*500
One Grand Cash Gift 10,000
One Grand Cash Gift 5,(100
One Grand Cash Gift 2,500
*4 Cash Gifts, $500 each 1* 000
50 Cash Gifts, 250 each 1*500
50 Cash Gifts, *00 each..... 10,000
100 Cash Gifts, 150 each.....
150 Cash Gifts, 100 each
590 Cash Gifts, 50 each
9,000 Cash Gifts, 5 each
22 Barnard Street, Corner of Congress Street T.«. f
OPENED, with a Large and Flesh Supply, GIVING GEEAT INDUC
• wants of Purchasers. Can and see for yourselves.
FELIX RT
CRAY, O’BRIEA &
No. 147 Broughton Street,
Are receiving their S 1*15,1 INC*” S r FOOI£! andharenov-J
3 CASES elegant SPRING PERCALES and CRETONNES,
*0 pieces pure Black Mohairs; *0 pieces rich Black Briliiantincs.
30 pieces White Piques; Satin Revere and Brocade Stripes.
15 cases New Prints, from 5J,c. upward.
300 Honeycomb Quilts, at $1, $1 85, $1 SO and $*.
100 fine Toilet, Marseilles and Crochet Quilts.
300 dozen linen Towels, from $1 50 per dozen upward.
150 dozen Table Napkins—White Linen, Turkey Red, Buff and Pirn,
*0 pieces White and Brown Table Linens.
IS pieces Turkey Red and Buff Table Damasks.
600 dozen ladies’ White Cotton Hose, from $150 to $6 per dozen.
*00 dozen Misses’ and Children’s Hose—white, colored and fancy.
150 dozen Men’s Brown Half Hose.
50 dozen Ladies’ Brown and White Baibriggan Hose.
Ladies’ Hemstitched Handkerchiefs—fine quality, at $3 per dozen.
Full line HambnrgEmbroideries.
. —. ■Cagh’s fare Kflrejfrllings—a job lot, at 50c. per piece.
Cassimeres ana Tweeds, for gentlemen's and boys’ wear.
; ’ FIFTY CASES AND BALES
Bleached and Brown Shirting & Sheetii
feb9
AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
* u r vv
15,000
15,000
Grand Total, 10,000 Gifts, all Cash $250,000
Whole Tickets. $5; Half Tickets. $2 50. Club
Bates—11 Tickets for $50; 22 Tickets for $100.
DIRECTORS AND ADVISORY BOARD.
John L. Roper, President; John B. Corprew,
John T. Redmond.
His Excellency Ex-Governor Gilbert C. Walker,
CoL Kader B* *
P. G. Comma]
DeWITT, MORGAN &C0
jgLACK* Girbs GRAIN
OFFER FOR SALE
SILKS—very good and cheap,
8-4 and 10-4 TABLE DAMASK.
PILLOW CASE LINENS.
NEW CALICOES and PERCALES.
SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS.
IRISH LINENS.
LADIES’ KID GLCVES.
KUFFLINGS.
HAMBURGS TRIMMINGS.
BLACK ALPACAS.
FOR SALE BY
feb9-tf
DeWITT, MORGAN & CO.
L. Watts, ■ UKUU4, U_ I,....... I..
G. M. G. H. P. and D. G. C. of G. C.; CoL Thos.
F. Owens, P. G. M.; John B. Whitehead, Esq.,
Ex-Mayor; CoL W. H. Taylor, ~
" ~ an
State Senator;
ii.-.uj .., v. vji. ii, .ajiu
James G. Bain, G. C. G. G. C.
Address communications to
HENRY V. MOORE, Secretary
Masonic Relief Association, Norfolk, Va.
N. B.—For further p&i tinlars apply to
JOHN F. HE
Masonic Temple, Savannah, <
feblS-F,M,W2>fm ”
Ingersoll Washburn,
A GENT for New York and Boston Boards
Underwriters,
Adi aster of Average* and Notary Public.
Marine Pretests noted and extended.
Office No. 114 Bryan St., with G. W. Lamar.
febl3-F,M,Wlm
A. BOSAUD,
DANCING ACADEMY,
’S at present
. Terms of ~
of Pupils,
of twenty-
SIS per
Tuition Days, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
at 4 p.m., for Misses and Masters: frblS-S*
FOR BENT,
j^OOMS suitable for a gentleman
_ Trite, • or
small family, on very reasonable terms.
Address “D„”
feblS-1* At this Office.
Steam Engine for Sale.
TNOR SALE CHEAP, A STEAM ENGINE,
J? G-horee power, without boiler. It has been
Apply to
P. J. BULGER,
Central Machine Shops.
thoroughly overhauled.
feb!3-lm
lime.
L
febl3-3
IMS FOB FERTILIZING.
800 barrels, for sale low by
RICHARDSON & BARNARD.
Non-Kesident Publication.
Sarah S. Walden, Complainant, .and Darius S.
Skinner; Defendant.
BQl in Equity, in Superior Court of Chatham
County, Georgia, to February Term, 1874, respect
ing the Title Stand. .
T HE Sheriff of said Court having returned
that said defendant waff not to be found in
his county; and it appearing that said defendant
was a non-resident of thestateof
was, on the 9th day of February, at
February Term. 1874, of said Coart, Ira the
orablc Judge of said Court, Ordered, That)
cation be made once a mouth for four monf
to the pendency of saic cause, in the Sat,
Moarrora New* a public .gazette of said State,
published in the city of Savannahs
p cuy j CLEJ£EXTS
Clerk S.C.C. CL, Ga.
Hkxry B. Toxpkxxs,
Solicitor for Complainant. - febl3-iam4m
25 Per Cent. Less than lew York'
Must be Sold this Month to Close Out our Kef;
. Stock, the Balance of Onr Stock of
Blankets,
Shawls,
Cloaks,
Winter Dress Good
Cassimeres,
j Cloth Table Covers,
Wool Shirt
At 25 Per Cent. Less than New York Cost, for Cash oalj, |
1 EINSTEIN, ECKMAN & CO,
151 and 153 Congress Street, Savannah, (ia. I
feb2-tf
JOHN Y. DIXON & CO.’S
CLEARANCE SALIl
For Twenty-lire Days Only,
Commencing MONDAY, February 2d, previous to ta
account of Stock,
Dress Hoods, Flannels, Velveteens, Domestic Goods, kc,,.
SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. No Credit Sales at the Reduced Prices.
ZJf A Price Lipt of Leading Bargains ran he obtained at the Store.
132 BROUGHTON STREET.
feb24f
NEW GOODS.
100 Pieces New Spring Styles Pacific and Oriental Percales;!
Lancaster Printed Shirtings; 1
150 Pieces New Spring Prints;
Hamburg Edgings, large assortment,
Opened this day by
MTMBOP eSt €0.
jan26-tf
uu oeieuauifc
Georgia; it
t the Regular
bytheHon-
Chatham Sheriff’s Notice.
A LL persons in arrears for State and County
Taxes for the year 1873 are hereby notified
that executions for the said Taxes have, been
placed in my hands by the Tsx Oolleotor, and that
I will - - - - --
until .
advertise the property forjsUe^. , .
laced in my hands by the Tax Colieotor, and that
will proceed to levy and collect from this date
ntil the second of Maroh, after which date I will
, ,, nan/
Sheriff of Chatham County:
feblS-1
PROVIDENCE AND SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP
LINE.
FOR PROVIDENCE.
the STEAMSHIP
SOMERSET,
(1,100 Tana.)
Captain B. & DOANE.
TTTILL Ban for the above jV rt
W DAY,Februaryra T at—sell
Through Bills of LadinggiTen >o
River, New Bedford, and othei
For
Hzkbt Ustox, Agent, Providence. ' fdbia
ALMANACS
■
ESLIE’S Illustrated ALMANAC, for 1874;
i New York Herald •“ “
New York World “ ,i
New York Tribune * 11 “
Josh Billings’
kinds of German ALMANACS, forl«4.
For sale at
„ ESTILL’S NEWS DHPGT,.
febl*-tf ^ Bo " 8tre * t a ° d BaJ tane ’ down
VALENTINES.
rpHE undersigned
A varied Stock of
now open a
Zh,
febl0-td
Board at Isle of Hope.
A FEW COUPLES’ can“ofcta& BOARD in a
* 1 Is a very
tfoprtnewbip Notices.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
T HE copartnership heretofore existing between
under the firm name of » ^ ^ ^
HASLAM & McfiONdUGH, waa dissolved on the 9 K A ft
SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1874, by the
withdrawal of George W. Haslam. John J. Mc
Donough wiH sign in liquidation.
GEORGE W. HASLAM,
john j. McDonough.
Savannah, Ga.,Teb. 7,1874.
feb2-tf
(Bwtnits.
Seed Rice.
BUSHELS SUPERIOR SEED BI(^
For sale by
JOHN W. ANDERSON’S SOSSl
NOTICE.
-chased the entire interest of Mr.
wE 'r. HASLAM in the Saw Mill,
r and Planing Mill business, I will continnc
.business at the some place, and solicit the
tronage of the friends of the old firm.
john j. McDonough.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. T, 1874.
NOTICE.
TN retiring from the firm of nASLAM A Mc-
1 DONOUGH, I take this
ii g my many friends for tl
a ;e, and’ask a continuance of the same for Mr.
JOHN J; MoDONOUGH, who will continue the
seat the same P U«.r g
Savannah, Ga., Feb. T, 1874.
Lemons, Onions.
OK BOXES CHOICE LEMONS;
ZD 25 bbis. Choice RED ONIONS;
For sale low to close consignment, by
L. T. WHITCOMB, Ag* I
janl9-tf 99Biy»tg|
Planting Potatc
QAA BARRELS Early
OUU Chili Red, and 1
W. HASLAM.
feb9-6t
issolutiou of Copartnership.
^HE Copa: tnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned, under the firm name
Rl*jr & Bickford, was dissolved on the first
of January, 1S74, by the withdrawal of F.
' v Either party will sign in liquidation.
(Signed) F. BLAIR,
H. P. BICKFORD.
! Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8,1874.
Notice.
: Having purchaaud the enttre interest of Mr. F.
'• 'rinjhe stock of Doors. Sashes, Blinds, Ac.,
13sy street, I will.continne tne business at
iame place, and solicit the mtroiuge of the
ida of-the old firm. - H. P. BICKFORD.
J Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8,1874.
! Notice.
j In retiring from the firm of Blair A Bickford
q take this opportunity of thanking my many
Mends for their very liberal patronage during the
tst eight- years, and ask a continuance of the
land, for Mr. Bickford, who will continue the
at the same place. F. BLAIR,
i Savannah, Ga., JanXlS74.
: jan9-F6w
pigftUattMUig.
Cooking Stoves.
A GREAT VARIETY, for sale at reasonable
A I* 1 !**-.
I Also, A Very large Stock of
Parlor and Office Stoves.
TOES, for Hole from wharf and store,
suit purchasers, by
L T. whitco:
jan!9-tf
ESTABLISHED ISoC.
GEO- G-WILSOV
GENERAL DEALER IN
Groceries, Wines, Liquors, 4<|
Congress, Jefferson and St. JallaaSb-
8AVANNAH, GA.
K EEPS a general assortment of PUaim'3
plies, which he will sell low for cad» <*1
reference. ,
Consignments of CotUm, Hidesyjjojj*
other Produce solicited, to which he wiHgJ*
persona] attention. YtHh hla lour experience'
undivided attention, he hopes to pie** 111
will favor him with their
tcrest to call onme before malting their
septltf
L. T. WHITCOMB, lge»‘) I
UfPOllTEB AND SEALES B*
West India Fruit
-Potatoes, Onions, Nats, Ac.
99 Bay Street, Savanual).
TERMS CASH.
Darflumtt, &(•
F. W. COKNWELId
DEALER IN
HARDWARE, CUTI-B^j
cheapest Pomp in use. . g
Ho. 163)4 Broaxhton Stmt, Savaa**
iyiri
. that the comfort of a family is a
ive, and yon can find it- The
Southern Home Stove,’
Savannah. Address J. H. DEUS, I
febl*-Sw
Savannah,. <
Mules and Horses.
Yf have a full supply of aU^ of
rMulc*.
febl2-tf
LAW CARD.
'X'HE undersigned has removed his Office Jo
X Savannah, where those desirinj
Savannah, ..»«%* —v*~~ ——— B .
il services will please addre.-.-- him.
Will practice in the couuti*
Burke
inrke and Wr.-hii:
93 Bay street, rear
feWl-lff* W, W.
j ' Ktaffis by the J. L. Mott Iron Works.
For sale by
COISMACK HOPKINS,
No. 167 Broughton Street,
Only Agent in Savannah.
NEW STYLES
TMJ .
137 Congress Street.
Forcat City, Hem, * Republic, Salvina
Wave, Norman Empire, Arc., at the
HAT EMP0HITJ
J IaI fd vi OF
Brown, the Hatter
febl*-tf
E. FRANK COE’S
Bone SupcrphospliaN
EIGHTH YEAR’S SALKS.
Best Standard Fertilizer
FOR SALE BY
TO. H. STARK & CO*
Savannah, G«*S* |
janl7-M,W,F3m GENERAL AG^.
Important to Citiz^
npHE undersigned would inform tWP"
jpasEgaffiti.
isfaction. Orders left at IbeCterl
J office, or at his residence, Henry ^rec.,
VNflt Of \ *
. ipt-V
Capt. J. I
-.ti-vj. _,
Privies built to on