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Affairs in Georgia.
'Odaunenting on the petition endorsing
jjjjj^'jigued by “prominent citizens,”
, Atlanta Herald remarks; “It -would
difficult to evoke a more ovorwhelm-
,dcmo ustrntiou of poptflar sentiment.’’
j Herald is correct. It would be a
jicnlt thing to do in any other commu-
So other “prominent citizens!’
litre kno®' °* would endorse a man
use notoriety is due to the fact that he
led tc rob Georgia.
}[r. S. R. Freeman retires from the Cal-
nn Timm, nud Mr. D. B.Freoman takes
place.
bimbury and Burlz pretend to the
lite people of Camilla that they oppose
social equality bill, and yet at a recent
dical meeting these worthies introduced
olutious advocating the passage of that
The people of Mitchell county. and
,icry other county might as well face
music. The issue in the coming elec-
is distinct and peculiar. If they
ft want social equality, they will have
mme out to the polls,
the “prominent citizens” of Atlanta
so eager to endorso fraud, why don’t
send for Bullock ?
K'cutur county has a corn-stalk bearing
inty-four small, but well-formed ears,
'ho “prominent citizens” of Atlanta
evidently desirous that the people of
irgiu should look upon that city as a
of refuge for thioves.
Chattooga county man had five
|scs killed recently by a bolt of
tricity.
lippory Dick Whitely T says if the
tes of Decatur county quit voting the
lical ticket thoro will be a war of
Well, tho difference between a
ou Hint question and a row on tho
iff equality abomination is not appa-
t at this writing.
f there are any rogues around the
atry out of a situation lot thorn go to
lutiiniiii get endorsed by the “promi
lt citizens.”
a Atlanta female dwarf is working on
Augusta chain-gang.
’he sheriff of Johnson county is an
tlaw.
[to jury in the enso of George Abel,
Macon, charged with the murder of
m Cherry, could not agree on a
diet.
"iw area of land in Washington county
atral in cotton is (5,811) aeros- less than
year, and tho area of corn is 5,019
re. There could be no better showing
in that.
Jr. B. F. Duke, of Jefferson county,
njlacturcs his own writing ink.
t may sound liko exaggeration, but
cotton caterpillar has appeared in
hmond county, within hearing of the
iminous cotton prophot.
Jtto negro robbers wero captured near
gush) the other day.
.tlanta makes a strong bid for immi-
tiou. One thousand and twenty-six
rominent citizens,” including the
yor and Aldermen, stand ready to en-
so any rascal who will promise to
nelop” things.
is stated that thero has been a rup-
hetffeon Ben Hill nud Joe Brown,
ey never did have much friendship for
li other.
lie large increase in the snake crop is
mated for by the scarcity of hogs,
average porker will kill and eat a
»e before the serpGnt has time to de
ad an explanation.
Vsshington cuonty has 50,898j- acres
loni, and 40,979 in cotton.
>0.2 Granite Row, Athens, is infested
«ghost.
'lirer Vick, colored, lessened Whitely’s
in Mitchell county tho other day with
pocket-knife: but Oliver had to go to
L
Macon correspondent of the Au-
(diiroiUrh does not believe that the
aoa who would kill a mother and six
lathi at the dead hour of midnight in
ton, and then set fire to their house
hern the bodies, and all this in a
o! ttvenge or for murder, and that
lot facts were sworn to by every meni
al the church in town, he would even
tot to the penitentiary for six months,
’ther words, no crime could possibly
conceived of sufficient enormity to
Bote a Macon jury that the criminal
t'oed death.
^oks eouuty is hnrooring a ferocious
l animal of the cat kind.
“ball s petition was signed by One'
eri twenty-six ' 'prominent* citi-
Such action as ibis on the "part of
eminent citizens" is calculated to dis
use an honest man.
loot*! hail a terrific thunder storm the.
' r tight, in view of the Kimball
Dei S this is not to be wondered at.
- dwelling house of Mr. H. F. Hend-
(o Decatur county, was destroyed
j 1 * °“ Monday.
®®tur county has 23,920 acres in com,
fVDC in cotton.
Hanks atttf groferrs.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1874.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
speaks well for the officials of the coun
ties, and reflects great credit on Comp
troller Goldsmith.
Albany Newt: AVe are enabled to-day
to lay before oar readers and the country,
important and interesting information
relative to the cotton crop and its great
enemy: Mr. L. E. Welch, of the firm of
Welch, Cook & Bacon; Mr. A. F. Tift, of
N. & A. F. Tift & Co., and Captain E.
Hobbs, Mayor of the city, and a planter,
made a tonr of observation, on Monday
last, through the Oaky Woods planta
tions, with a view of gaining information
abont the caterpillar. They rode nearly
forty miles, and through about twenty-
large plantations. Their examination was
close, and being intensified by direct per
sonal interest, their report may be re
garded as authority of the highest charac
ter and altogether reliable at this writing.
They have kindly furnished us the follow
ing report: 1st. The crops are generally
good, remarkably clean and in good con
dition. While some fields are well fruited
with bottom crop, others are deficient in
bottom crops, and cannot now recover
that deficit. 2d. Nearly all plantations,
have caterpillar, or caterpillar flies in
small quantities. 3d. That the flies and
first crop of caterpillar being so few in
numbers, oan be destroyed or retarded in
their progress so that they will
do but little damage. 4th. The
first fight should be made upon the
fly, with lamps and traps. We found
that th6 Rigell lamp catches as many flies
when not burning as when burning. One
lamp that was lit on Saturday night
caught one fly and another five fles; while
on Sunday night when not lit one caught
three flies and the other five. We would
recommend tin pans, which can be bought
for ten cents, or common dinner plates,
with sweetened water and vinegar. A
little cobalt would be a good addition.
Place one on every two or three acres.
Then put all the women and children in
the field and search for the worms and the
cocoons. Whentheymake their appearance
too thick for this, as they will very soon in
spots, use arsenic dessolved, one pound
to a barrel of water, or a preparation of
Paris green. Royall’s formula we think
the best, and if used in time five to ten
pounds to the acre will do no damage to the
plant and may save the crop. From other
portions of the county, and surrounding
counties, our information, derived from
the best sources, coincides with the
above; and we are thus enabled to judge
with almost absolute certainty the fate of
the crop, if the destroyer is not checked.
Three weeks from this hour, will find the
fields stripped, if the planter foils to mas
ter the situation; and that will reduce the
crop fully one half from the present out
look.
BY TELEGRAPH
THE MORNING NEWS.
INCENDIARY FIRE IN BAINBRIDGE
Destruction of Four Brick Stores.
LOSS FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
[Special Telegram to the Homing News.]
THE SHADES OF OXFORD.
Commencement Exercises
College.
at Emory
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
^ Talbot
tton Standard says that an
eana*,ci, q , •*“»
*- • hade further than a free
mg-
®mer' K ' s flooding the country with
W W “: a “ says tho Moen-
jjj. 0 Sunday did not roach that
uTr. Taesda y- This is doubtless
fact that we rarely, if ever,
“ a Ihper on Sunday.
i tst.vrl ‘ i ' e<CS s£l : s tile rate of taxa-
iptrollejrjf b : thC Governor and
tents on th^ tWs year “ forty '
rant v (ls {o ' 1I ‘ drc<l - Last year the
! nteount i y dollars ou the hundred,
per cent ° °! !0 ~ hfUf of ou o-tenth of
it of tlre'X X‘ ied ' to meot the pay-
^iuteL? dred thouslmd do1 '
dofV-j,. ’ dne °n the first install-
srtst ar,i ’ i n K>Uds ' The amount of
mats to ?’ at ei sht per cent.,
>ut of ^ ^' sil thousand dollars.
r «o,Her,, lrty ' two tax digests re-
tacrease”iu the taxable
•klafilc vp, t y -“ rof *7*207,667. At
* U ‘ uor ’ ; ' ass throughout
teas wir V - i!1 >>« ^9,83^000.
‘ rver A, ''' 9tod clos er last year
^tidotu,'’ totl *dthstariding- the
-o'- . ,ac! “> and the State
‘noasaud dollars. This
Oxford, Ga., July 23, 1874.
In accordance with promise in my last
letter, I send this epistle telling the story
of the last scenes of Emory Commence
ment, and some things hoped for in the
interests of the institution.
Wednesday afternoon was devoted to
the annual Literary address, and the Hon.
Thomas Hardeman was the chief actor.
His audience was large and well calcula
ted to stir the ambition and the blood.
The heat of the afternoon aided in the
inspiration of the latter; and perspiration
was above par and parallel. Some of the
gay chaps just melted at the feet of
beauty, and looked as languid and as
sick as a snn-flower amid the shades of
night.
The literary address told the political
wonts of Georgia, and pictured in the
highest flights of fancy the men suitable
as victims to be thrown in the gulf to
satisfy the enraged gods who threatened
tho destruction of our splendid Common
wealth, and proved, beyond doubt, that
if some ready victim, in the gorgeous
shape of a justice of the peace, regular
or ex officio; some Representative, Sena
tor—nay, some Governor—could not be
found willing rind sacrificing enough to
fall headlong down the awful heights
from private seclusion to public station,
the glory of the State would fade, like
some unwatered and uncultivated plant.
I will bet that there are few youths—
much more men—who will not outdo the
noble Roman youth in the Balvation of
their country; 'and if any political con
ventions “in the broad empire of rum”
need such victims, an advertisement in
the Mobning News will bring them to the
front.
The address, in thought, delivery and
recommendation, was just what was ex
pected from the known, ability and elo
quence of Mr. Hardeman. He pressed
the great importance of schools which
teach science, applied in the future de
velopment of the State. Educated labor
is the want of the land; and onr State
\v ill never rise to eminence until these
things are done. The applause showed
tho hearty sanction of the audience; and,
it is said, large portions of our citizens
look to Mr. H. as the next Governor.
With this closed the drama of the day
. and commencement, so far as learning is
concerned. Last night was the grand
rc-union, and a gay and happy time it
was for the young folks. The halls and
the camps were brilliantly illuminated,
and by ten o’clock the whole place in and
out was alive with the gay and festive.
The ladies were out in all the pride, pomp
and circumstance of dress and fashion,
and showed their taste and themselves in
the cut of their drapery.
It will long be remembered by those
who came to rejoice in the days of happy
youth, and I agree fully- with one of the
trustees that commencement would lose
Imlf its interest if the young ladies should
fail to flock to the rescue.
Something about Emory. Three com
modious buildings have been completed,
or nearly so, and fitted up with" all mod
em appliances for instruction and experi
ment. Soon another building will be
completed as a laboratory, and then no
institution in the South will have so fine
a set of handsome and commodious struc
tures. By next commencement a splen
did chapel will be completed, and the out
fit of buildings will be ended. The next
thing is an endowment to make Emory a
power in the land. The presiding elders
of the Georgia conferences have agreed
to raise thirty thousand dollars for the
endowment of a chair to be known as the
Pierce Professorship.
A gentleman from Atlanta gave the
College five thousand, and one from
Macon one thousand dollars, and there
are others doing likewise. This is mu
nificent.
The enthusiasm displayed speaks more
for the future of Emory than tho pen
can; and to tho enthusiasm and love of
her sons the mother looks with yearning
hearts.
The Hon. Thomas M. Norwood, was
elected to deliver the next address before
the Alumni Association.
The Board of Trustees conferred the
degree of T.T<, D. upon Bishop Marvin
and Dr. J. O. A. Clark. The ripe scholar
ship of these well known divines merits
the honor conferred. Dr. Clark is spoken
of as one most competent to fill a chair
in the Vanderbilt University; and his re
cent laurels are a splendid recommenda
tion for that position.
The crowd is rapidly leaving the classic
grounds of Oxford, carrying with them
the most pleasant reminiscences of beau
tiful Oxford and its noble, generous
people. Ho! to the mountains and falls.
J. K. H.
Temperance crusaders will be horrified
to hear that the French Minister of "War
lias ordered that large stone jars, filled
witiijurandy and water shall be placed in
each barrackrcom for the use of the
soldiers.. * The- minister has 'issued this
order at the suggestion of the military
medical authorities, who consider that
this-beverage is .indispensable for the
health of the troops..
Bainbbidge, July 31.
A destructive fire broke out here this
morning, just after daylight. Four brick
stores were burned. They were occu
pied by L. M. Griffin’s confectionery,
Watt’s gun-store, Rockwell & West’s dry
goods store, and J. A. Butts & Co.’s drug
store. '
The loss is estimated at fifteen thous
and dollars. The stocks and buildings are
partially insured.
The fire is believed to be the work of
an incendiary. The firemen worked nobly
and deserve great credit.
Noon Telegrams.
THE VICKSBURG TROUBLES.
A Radical Attempt to Intimidate White
Voters.
Federal Troops Called for by the Carpet-
boar Government.
THE VICKSBURG TROUBLES.
Washington, July 31.—Despite the ac
tion of the government in refusing to
send military to Vicksburg, the executive
powers of Mississippi still persist in the
statement that the public peace is en
dangered. Governor Ames, who has
been away from his post, has returned,
and to-day he telegraphed to President
Grant reiterating in the main the ap
prehension set forth in the telegrams and
mail advices previously forwarded by the
negro Lieutenant Governor Davis. He
makes no formal demand for troops, but
the tenor of his dispatch is such as to
intimate that he desires Federal troops to
be called to Vicksburg on election day.
In the meantime almost every mail brings
protests from reputable citizens of
Vicksburg denouncing the action of the
Executive officers as unwarranted and
without cause, other than to intimidate
voters. The dispatch received to-day
was forwarded to President Grant, but
up to the close of the Department yester
day no . reply had been received. The
correspondence and dispatches on the
subject will be made public by the War
Department after the President has ren
dered a final decision as to what course
he will pursue in the matter. They are
quite voluminous.
TEMPLE BAB UNSAFE.
London, July 31.—The excavation for
new law courts has rendered Temple Bar
unsafe, and all traffic under it, between
the Strand and Fleet street,is interdicted,
causing much inconvenience.
A Bov House Thief Lynched.—A St.
Joseph (Mo.) dispatch to the St. Louis
Republican of the 22d says: Full par
ticulars of the hanging of the boy horse
thief, James Ross, in Holt county, have
been received here. On the 9th instant
he stole a fine mare from John Marshall,
of Bigelow, Holt county, and brought her
to this city and sold her. She was traced
and the thieves detected, and Ross arrest
ed at Bigelow on last Friday. He ac
knowledged his guilt, and in default -of
$1,000 bail was started to jail On Satur
day night, when some four miles from
Bigelow, on the road to Oregon, the county
seat, he was taken from the hand of
the constable and hung to a tree. The
officer appears to have made little or no re
sistance. It is believed that the lynchers
are mostly men of property living
in Bigelow, who have hitherto borne a
respectable character. James Ross, the
murdered man, was about eighteen years
of age. His parents came from Ohio
many years ago, and are now living in
Wayne county, Iowa. His father’s name
is John H. Ross, and be owns a handsome
property. James . did not wish that his
parents should ever hear of his guilt, and
manifested considerable feeling when
speaking of them. He stated to Squire
Long that he had come to Holt county to
work during the harvest, but failing to
obtain employment bad stolen the mare
and taken her to St. Joseph. It is be
lieved that the boy had older accomplices
and those more guilty than himself. Holt
county is intensely excited over this
tragic event, and the mass of her citizens
feel that they have been disgraced by half
n dozen misguided men.
A New Yobk Abduction Case.—Yester
day morning, Mrs. ATiua Hohl, who lives
at 60 Frankfort street, missed her little
daughter Mina, aged three years. Search
was immediately made in the neighbor
hood for the lost child, but no tidings
could be had, and the parents of the child
were greatly distressed The police were
notified, and a sharp look ont was kept,
but up to eight o'clock no news of the
child’s whereabouts could be ascertained.
Soon after that hour the missing child
was found by a strange aocident. Officer
Quinn, of the Twenty-seventh precinct,
hod a warrant for the arrest of one Mary
Sweeney, living at No. 16 Washington
street, for committing • a petty lar
ceny. When he arrested the woman
she had in her possession three children,
who were brought with her to the station
house. One of them answered to the de
scription given of Mina, and on Mrs.
Hohl being sent for, she hurried- to the
station and at once recognized her lost
ehild. She also recognized Mary Sweeney
as a beggar woman, whom she had seen
soliciting alms on the premises where she
(Mrs. Hohl) lives, on the day when Mina
was missed. It was ascertained that after
kidnapping the child the woman went
begging with it.
To-day the prisoner was held to ans
wer at the Tombs on a charge of abduc
tion. The police wifi make an investiga
tion, to see whether the other two chil
dren are her own or stolen from some
other person.—iY. Y. Post.
Poisoned ChoW-Chow.—Last Sunday,
three persons in New York partook of the
contents of a bottle of chow-chow, and
now all are dead. John Powers called on
his sister, Annie, where she was em
ployed, in Thirty-second street. Before
they went ont together, they looked about
for food, and found cold beef and chow-
chow. They and the cook, Mrs. Burke,
ate thereof. Soon after, all were taken
sick. John died on Tuesday, Annie on
Wednesday, and the cook on Friday. The
chow-chow was the ordinary article of
commerce. No suspicion of - special pre
paration in this case is expected, and the
mystery remains unsolved. Possibly it is
a legacy of hate from some English manu
facturer, and, possibly the trouble pro
ceeds . from imperfect preparation and
contact with load. It is certainly a sim
ple but effective proof that “what’s one
man’s poison is another’s meat or drink.
It is, moreover, a monition against indis
criminate rumaging of cupboards by the
“belles of the kitchen,” and it furnishes
another illustration of the.fact, that things
generally are in a sad pickle.
[From the Washington Star.]
A NEW RACE IN THE INTERIOR!
Have we a Tribe of Albinas an this
Continent?—A Singular Story of Travel
and Adventare—Is it Fact or Fiction?
A teacher in Nevada, after telling her
pupils that a large waterfall was a “cat
aract,” “now, “said she, “what is a little
waterfall?” “Kittyract,” blurted out the
two-headed youngster, who sat chewing
the comer of his primer on the trout seat.
Killed by Lightning While In Bed.—
H. Xovejoy, living near Belle Oak, Mich,
was struck by lightning Sunday in (Airing
about 1 o’clock, and instantly killed. His
wife v in thn same bed, escaped uninjured.
The following singular story of travel
and adventure was recently received by
the government here, and lias been hand
ed to the Sta/r for publication as a matter
of general interest:
THE NABBATIVE.
* .* * You will plearie pardon me for
this intrusion, but I have a knowledge of
a seeming mystery which this government
has shown itself anxious to solve, by send
ing John C. Fremont on an exploring ex
pedition to find the country of what I call
the American Albinos. He failed in the
noble effort, and I have reason to believe
that I am - the only man now living that
has been in their country.
In the month of July, 1845, while I was
traveling east from the Pacific, and seek
ing a gap or pass through the mountains
which would lead me to the Rio Grande
river, south of Santa Fe, I found a pas
sage which led me into their country.
It was a canon of thirty miles in length.
From the outlet of this canon I traveled
about one mile, when I found three
women and two children. Their akin
was as Vflrite as snow. 'This was at
noon-day. Immediately one of the
women left the place in haste, and about
sundown three men came riding rapidly
up to me, on the finest horses I ever saw.
They were well mounted and well armed.
They immediately dismounted and dis
armed me. They were white men, such
as are frequently seen in Santa Fe, and
sometimes in California. The next morn
ing early, I was ordered to- mount my
mule, (I had two of them,) with all my
traps. One of the men rode ahead of
me, and the two others followed after.
We entered and went down the canon at
a rapid rate. I found it was my duty to
keep up to my leader. After riding about
twenty miles they dismounted, and or
dered me to do the same. They then had
a short confab together, and I was or
dered to mount my mule. They then
gave me all my arms and traps, with the
understanding that I was to make good
time out of the canon, and continue going
in that direction without looking back.
I well • understood the penalty, which
they signified by drawing their knives
across their throats. I quickly bid them
adieu, and made the best mule time pos
sible out of the canon. Then myself and
mules took a rest, and I reloaded my rifle
and revolvers.
From that point I traveled over thirty
miles before I reached an T-nfllwn village;
it was that of a tribe of Oomanches. When
I told the chief, by signs, that I came out
of those mountains he was afraid of me.
He said that they were the abode of the evil
spirit, and that no Indian who went into
those mountains ever returned from them.
From there I went to Santa Fe, and cross
ed the plains to the Missouri river.
The Albino country, as I call it, is cir
cular, surrounded by steep and high
mountains, covered with snow, without a
break or pass. I believe it to be fifty
miles in diameter, as I could see the full
circuit of the mountains. It appeared to
me like a monster crater, and the whole
scene was .most majestic. The climate
was delightful and the soil rich. I believe
these people are intelligent and under
stand the arts'and sciences. Their clothes
were woven from wool, cotton and silk.
I concluded that the log cabin where I
saw the three women and two children
was an outpost to watch the only entrance
into their countzy, and that the three men
were the husbands of these three-women.
* * * G. E.
We may add that the writer, who de
scribes himself as now in his sixty-first
year, gives his full name and address, and
offers to give the best of references as to
his standing and veracity. Whether his
theories be correct or not, his narrative
has special interest just now, in view of
the discovery of a new nation or tribe re
ported to have been made recently in
New Mexico by a detachment from Gen.
Crook’s command. This tribe is supposed,
by its discoverer, to be descended from
the Chinese, on account of appearance
and certain customs found to obtain, and
shows considerable evidence of civiliza
tion both in government and mode of life.
Whether this tribe is the same of
which our correspondent got a glimpse
we have no means of knowing, but we
are disposed to regard their identity as
not unlikely. And this view of the case
is strengthened by the fact that our cor
respondent’s theory that the people he
saw are Albinos is not accepted by the
scientists who have persued his letter.
They hold that Albinos may be found in
any country in isolated cases, but they
are disposed to scout the idea]of the exist
ence of a nation of them. They are re
garded by ethnologists rather as a freak
of nature than as a people, and are con
sidered as incapable of perpetuating their
kind. . ;
THE LATER DISCOVERT.
The following is the account from the
Chicago Tribune of the later discovery
referred to above. Whether the two nar
ratives relate to the same people is hard
to determine, as neither describes very
definitely the location of the alleged dis-
covery:
“The campaign of Gen. Crook against
the Apaches last year opened to research
a tract of land two hundred miles square,
which is rich in relics of our country’s
unknown past. It contains a chain of
ancient cities in ruins, and a coterie of
ancient towns, still inhabited by a race
which holds itself aloof from the Indian,
the Mexican and the American, prides it
self on the descent from the ancient in
habitants of the country, and maintains
a religion and a government, both of
which are peculiar to itself. We are in
debted to Capt. W. C. Manning, of the
regular army, for the facts in our posses
sion concerning this newly-discovered
race. Capt. Crook, who was with Gen.
Crook during the whole campaign, and
was recommended for promotion by the
latter on account of gallantry in the
field, explored during the intervals of
fighting. He visited the inhabited
towns, talked with their rulers, and in
formed himself concerning their customs.
The largest settlement is in New Mexico,
about thirty miles south of the border
line. It is a type of the rest.
“A strong wall surrounds it. Within are
houses for about 4,000 people. The popu
lation has dwindled, however, to abont
1,800. The place was mentioned by a
Spanish Jesuit, who published in 1529 a
description of his wanderings in America.
About 1535 another Jesuit wrote a minute
account of it. This account is true in
nearly every detail to-day. The language
resembles the Chinese. So an ardent
archaeologist, who visited the . city a year
ago, says. Some of the minor customs
correspond to those of the Chinese. The
women are of the true Celestial type—
almond eyes, protuberant bodies^ little
feet, etc. They dress their hair and
themselves in Chinese fashion. Their
religion is barbarously magnificent.
Montezuma is their deity. His coming
is looked for at sunrise each day. Im:
mortality is part of their creed. The
priests have heavily embroidered robes,
which haveffieen used for unnumbered
years. The ceremonies of worship are
formal and pompous. The morality of
this strange people, so far at least as
foreigners are concerned, is irreproacha
ble. It is probable that they kept a
record of events by means of tying pe
culiar knots in long cords. This, if true,
seems to establish some kinship or remote
acquaintanceship between them and the
Aztecs.
“Their government is a conservative re
public. Power is vested in a council of
thirteen caciques. Six of them aro se
lected for life. Old men are generally
chosen, in order that their terms of office
may not be inordinately long. The re
maining seven are elected from time to
time. One of them is the Executive.
Another is a sort of Vico President..
There is a War Chief, a’ Chief of Police,
etc. These-seven caciques arc usually
young men. They- serve but a few
mourns.- Suffrage is universal. It is
scarcely necessary to supplement these
facts with-the statement that'these dwell
ers in towns are -qaite far advanced in
civilization. On this point one fact speaks
volumes. Woman-isndtabeast of-bur
den among them, as she is with all In
dian tribes. She is bald in high respect.
Her tasks are confined to those of house
keeping. The written records which we
have mentioned show that this desolated
community has maintained its traditions
unbroken for at least three and a half
centuries. Its history, carefully studied,
may prove a due to tiro problem of the
aboriginal Americans. The mound-build
ers of the north and the city builders of
the south may be represented in the town
dwellers of New Mexico and Arizona.”
A STORY OF SHIPWRECK.
Horrible Suffering of Six Men Iu an Open
Boat.
The following is from the London Daily
Telegraph :
“ ‘Her Majesty,’ the Gazette of Friday
last officially announces, ‘has been gra
ciously pleased to confer "on Mr. David
Webster, late second ijiate of the bark
Arracan, the Albert medal of tho second
class.’ Never yst was!.distinction more
fittingly or worthily • ^stowed. The Ar
racan, on board which Mr. Webster was
third officer, was bound from Shields to
Bombay with a cargo of coals- She ap
pears to have rounded the cape and to
have passed the Mozambique in safety;
but as she approached the line the great
mass of coal in her hold broke out into a
fierce sheet of flame, which burst up
thipugh the hatches, swept the decks,
and licked up everything before it. On
the 17th of February the vessel was finally
abandoned, and the crew took to their
boats in the "hope of reaching the Maidive
Islands, a large coral-reef archipelago
some foui hundred miles to the southwest
of Cape Comorin, in the direct line be
tween Madagascar and Ceylon. For three
days the boats kept company; then the
current was found too strong, and it was
agreed to separate, first dividing the pro
visions and water. The long boat, under
command of the captain, made for the
coast of Cochin China.
“The mate, in charge of the gig, and
the second mate, Webster, in charge of
the pinnace, with a crew of four men and
a boy, made for the Maldives. On the
fifth day a heavy - sea struck the little
craft, and so disabled her that she
dropped astern of the gig; and from that
time she kept working to windward until
the 9th of March. On that day the last
piece of biscuit was served out, and the
last drop of water handed round; and men
began to ask themselves ‘What next?’.
They had now been tossing about at sea
in an open boat for three weeks, in the
full glue of a pitiless tropical sun. Their
reckoning they had entirely lost. As far
as they could judge, they had drifted to
the west and northwest, far away into the
barren square of open sea which lies north
of the Equator, and between the fiftieth
and sixtieth degrees of longtitude, and
across which sail rarely flits, save it be a
stray trafficker between the Red Sea and
the Seychelles, or some Arab dhow, with
its cargo of human cattle, plying betwixt
Aden and Zanzibar. Day followed night,
and night day, and they were still drift
ing to windward beneath a vertical sun,
without either food or water. Then
came the long fierce silence of absolute
despair, and at last they began to gaze on
each other with wolfish eyes, and so to
cast lots who should die. This was done
while Webster was asleep, and the lot fell
upon the ship’s boy Homer.
“In the struggle which followed, Web
ster woke, and from that moment he and
the boy kept watch each over the other
turn by tunu Fortunately, Webster had
with him a loaded gun, with which he
swore, that he would take the life of the
first inan who laid’finger either on him
self or the lad. It must have been a fear
ful time. The boat itself was steadily
drifting to windward. At the one end of
it were the three hands, at the other
Webster and the boy, each taking bis
turn to mount guard with loaded gun
while the other snatched a few minutes’
sleep. So passed another day, and yet
another, the cruel sun beating mercilessly
down. Then a bird flew over the boat,
and Webster, weak os he was, managed
to bring it down. It was seized at once,
tom to pieces, and devoured even to its
bones and feathers. Next day they
scraped some barnacles from the boat’s
bottom, and dived for the great Portu
guese men-of-war which floated slowly by
in all their glory of white and purple.
Next day found them delirious. One of
them, wild with rage to see Webster still
keeping charge over the boy, took out
his knife and did his best to scuttle the
frail little craft in which they floated.
Then one fell asleep, and another, snatch
ing up an iron belaying pin, struck him a
fearful blow on Hie head. The fresh
blood which flowed from the wound was
caught in a pannikin and drunk eagerly,
the wounded man fighting for his share
with his two comrades.
“At length delirium set in, and the
wretched men fought and bit one another
like wild beasts, rolling .over and over in
their agony on the boat’s floor till sheer
exhaustion left them powerless for fur
ther mischief. Such was the little hell
afloat over which Webster and the boy
Homer kept watch by turns. Morning
after morning the sun rose, until at mid
day it stood vertically over their heads.
Day by day the little craft drifted further
and further out of her course, and not a
sail showed itself. At last the thirty-first
day broke, and in the afternoon a ship
was sighted. With such strength as they
bad they signalled her. It proved to be a
large vessel, the City of Manchester, under
I he command of Captain Hardie, bound
for Calcutta with a large cargo of cotton
stuffs. In a few hours the sufferers were
safely on board. During the five terrible
days in which they had been without
either food or water, they had drifted
first to the west and then again to the
southeast, until they had fallen into the
straight route between the Mozambique
and the moute of tho Ganges. Kind core
and tender treatment brought them
round; bnt another day at sea would, in
all human probability, have been their
last.
“It is bod enough to drift about for
three clear weeks in an open boat, ex
posed to the cruel rays of an equatorial
sun by day, and by night to the yet more
merciless beams of the full. moon. But
when three weeks of hardship such as
this are followed by five full clear days
without either food or water, the agony
which these men must have endured be
comes something too terrible to contem
plate. . The barnacles which they scraped
from thq boat’s bottom and the sea blub
ber which floated by them in huge masses
must have only intensified their agonies.
With a stray booby, or ‘a turtle of the
hawksbill kind,’ they might, perhaps,
have held out. But fortune threw no
such mercies in their way; and when the
good ship the City of Manchester sighted
the little pinnace on the extreme verge
of the horizon, bnt a ferw hours at most
stood between them and death in its
most ghastly shape.” .
PITTSBURG.
Surrey.of tlie Wreck and Ruin Caused
- by the Flood.
The Scene ot the Terrible Calamity.
PrrrsBUBG, July 28.—Thousands of
people are visiting the scene of the great
disaster to-day. In the Butchers’ Run
region it was found necesaiy to put on
duty a company of National Guards of
the State to protect property and prevent
the crowd from interfering with the
workingmen who are clearing away the
debris. The work of search for bodies
proceeds slowly, owing to the immense
amount of wrecked matter. At noon_ to
day the funerals of the following victims
took place, the burial services being con
ducted by the St Vincent, St Peters and
St. Patrick Societies:
Joseph and Louisa Schneffer and four
children; Hubler and wife, and Fox and
wife. The bodies will be buried in Union-
dale Cemetery, where a lot that will hold
twenty of the victims has been' secured
by the citizens’ committee. Measures
will be taken to procure a decent inter
ment for all th? victims.... Excavations are
going on for four children at the head of
Butchers’ Run. Five bodies were taken
out to-day, but none of them are yetiden-
tilled.
During the storm Sunday evening the
Presbyterian church was struck by light
ning, and the congregation did not be
come aware of the fact until after ser
vice, when it was discovered that the roof
was splintered.
A meeting of the citizens’ relief com
mittee is now being held at Municipal
Hall, at 2 o’clock this evening, Gen. J.
K. Morehead- presiding. Speeches ore
being made by Mayor Fleming, of Alle
ghany City, and subscriptions are being
taken, which will no doubt amount to a
large sum. Mr. H. Stein, of Philadelphia,
has authorized the committee to draw on
him for $100.
From Chartier’s Valley further reports
have been received. On Laughlin’s Run
the body of Mrs. William Clear was found
this morning, with the scalp taken off
and one arm gone. Half a mile above
Bridgeville, William Stratton, whose wife
and five children were drowned, was
found on the top of a. sycamore tree,
where he lodged, he knows not how.
Another death, that of Isaac Reamer, a
coal miner on Painters’ Run, is-reported.
One thousand dollars was raised in the
relief meeting in half an honr this even
ing, and $1,000 was raised among the
county officers for the relief fund to-day.
Seven bodies are reported as having
been found in Woods’ Run district this
afternoon, two of which are unaccounted
for in the list of missing, and indicate
that there must have been a loss
of life not yet reported. The fol
lowing is an additional list recovered
from Butchers' Run district to-day: Jacob
Metzler and wife, Conrad Gentzer and
wife, James Schnaffert, Maria, his wife,
and four children, Fred K. Huber, wife
and one child, Mrs. Henry Leopold and
four children, Archibald Arnold, William
Hubbart, John Shavings and child. Men
and teams are busy to-day all along the
valley of the run clearing away (he accu
mulated rubbish and making an effort to
restore the streets to something like their
former condition. Where Walnut street
crosses Main street the cobble-stone pave
ment was tom in the direction of the hill
to quite an extent. Men are engag
to-day making repairs.' Wm. Duffy, his
wife and child, and a lady visitor named
Mrs. Bigty, had a very narrow escape.
They heard the roar of the coming flood
and fled to the hills. They hod hardly
crossed the threshold when the house was
lifted up by the roaring torrent and borne
down the stream with the crashing wrecks
of other buildings. The following is the
latest recapitulation of bodies found up
to this time: Upper Alleghany district,
32; Woods’ run, 9; Temperanoeville, 9;
Choatien's creek, 11; total found, 61.
The number reported missing is still very
large. From the best information which
we can obtain the total loss of life will
reach 150.
hotels ana IcistaurairtiS.
BRESNAN’S
European House
156, 158, 160 & 162
BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Vegetable Instinct.—If a pail of water
be placed within six inches of either side
of the stem of a pumpkin or vegetable
marrow, it will in the course of the night
approach it, and will be found.in the
morning with one of the leaves on the
water. If a prop be placed within six
inches of a convolvulus, or scarlet runner,
it will find it, although the prop may be
shifted daily. If, after it has twined some
distance up the prop, it be unwound, and
twined in an opposite direction, it will
return to its original position or die in
the attempt; yet, notwithstanding, if two
of the plants grow near to each other,
and have no stake around which they can
entwine, one of them will alter the di
rection of the spiral, and they will-
twine around each other.
Suit fob Marital Damages. — The
Brooklyn, (N. Y.) Eagle of Saturday
states that “an action of an extraordinary
nature, involving the fair fame of two
ladies moving in the highest society, and
eminently beautiful and accomplished,
has been begun in the Supreme Court of
Brooklyn.” It is a civil case, in which
Wm. W. Proctor, a merchant, sues Sam
uel W. Iiapsley, a New York strock bro
ker, for damages-in the sum of $50,000
and costs, for alleged corruption of his
wife, in which another woman is also in
volved. The trial of the case will no
donbt create some excitement among the
New York “upper ten thonsand.”
Dbowned while Bathing in Sight of
his Wife and Sisteb.—Between 11 and
12 o’clock on Sunday morning, Joseph
McCarron, and a friend, name unknown,
of New York city, were bathing at the
Squan beach, N. J. When about fifty
yards from the. shore, McCarron cried
for help, as did also his friend, who was
rescued by Ghas.. Height, of Squan
village. A boat was sent to McCarron’s
assistance, but before it reached him,'
life was extinct. His body floated on the
surface for 200 yards. Three physicians
did all in’ their power to resuscitate him,
but to no avail The sad occurrence
was witnessed from the beach by the
unfortunate man’s wife and
N. Y. Timet, 27th.
Lightning Snmrnm a Coffin.—The
Barnwell, (S. C.) Sentinel learns that a
few days ago, while some colored persons
were on their way to a burying ground
with a corpse, in the upper part of the
county, and during a thunder storm, a
streak of lightning struck the coffin, tear
ing it to pieces, and killing instantly two
of the men.
Liquob Riot at Westfield, Mass.—
A serious liquor riot occurred at West-
field, Mass., on Saturday aBthe result of
the seizure of abont $800 worth of liquors
by constables from Elisha Tobey, a
saloon keeper. The liquor was shipped
to Springfield in chargeof an expressman,
when three Westfield men who had been
offered $150 to recapture it, drove him
from his truck, and two of them started
for Connecticut with the load.
Meantime the driver had informed the
officers at Springfield, who returned to
Westfield and discovered the liquor,
which had been concealed by the road
side, the horse having giving out. They
prepared to return to Springfield, when
they were met by a crowd of about one
hundred men, many of them armed, who
announced that the liquor should not be
taken out of town. Bloodshed was im
minent, when Deputy Sheriff Cooley, of
Westfield, succeeded m quiettngthe mob,
who agreed that the liquor . should- be
placed in his hands and taken back to
Westfield. The constables returned to
this city, and during Saturday night the
liquors were again stolen . and. taken. to
Connecticut, The affair creates ,much
excitement at Westfield.—N. Y. Pott.
WM. RANKIN,
Advertising Agent,
111 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
A DVERTISEMENTS inserted in any Paper in
the United Staten.
AT PUBLISHERS’ LOWEST BATES.
Particular attention given to the Georgia, Flor
ida. Sooth Carolina ana Alabama Papers.
Estimates for Advertising famished on applica
tion. Parties who advertise through him save
the time occupied in writing letters to the differ
ent papers, and are only required to ftimish ONE
COPYof the advertisement they wish inserted.
Refzbekces—Savannah Morning News, Savan
nah Advertiser. seplStf
mo&.
First-Class Oak Wood,
F I the Stick or Sawed, for sale in any quantity,
on Lamar’s Wharf, foot of the Gas HilL at
the LOWEST PRICE FOR GASH.
Apply at the Wharf or to
B. E. GUERARD,
ioly2S-5 120 Bay street.
y.
250 EASTERN, in store and for sale
low in lots to sait purcha^.-rs.
jnlylS-U WILDER & CO.
NHE
T sarv wrifiltform and
offer to his guests all the comforts to be obtained
at other Hotels at less than
HA LF THE EXPENSE
A RESTAURANT
ON THE
EUROPEAN PLAN
Has been added, where guests can
AT ALL HOURS
Order whatever can be obtained in the market.
ROOMS,-WITH BOARD,
$1 50 PEE DAY.
Determined to be
Outdone by None,
All I ask is a TRIAL, confident that complete
satisfaction will be given.
JOHN BRESNAN,
PROPRIETOR.
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©Us.
IN STOKE AND TO ARRIVE
500 Bbls. No. 1
Refined Petroleum
KEROSENE OIL!
THE LOT NOW IN STORE
Stands 114° Fire Test,
THE SAME HAVING BEEN INSPECTED BY
THE STATE INSPECTOR.
/
Y. L. STARR & CO.
Successors to Wm. M. Bird & Co.
Enquire prices in the store.
jnly!7-tf
Itottces.
Bottles—Special Notice.
I DO hereby caution all persons against buying,
selling, giving away, or in any manner de-
I _■ Parties'
those bottles with soda water, et<^, do
so only do conditions that they return them when
empty. Such parties have no right to sell or give
them away. Junk Dealers ana others are cau
tioned against buying these bottles or holding
ont inducements to children or negroes to bring
them to them, as by so doing they encourage
theft, and are amenable as receivers of stolen
goods, knowing the same to be stolen.
will be remunerated for their trouble if they'wfU
notify me or return them to the Manufactory, 110
Broughtoh street. JOHN RYAN,
Sole Proprietor Excelsior Bottling Works.
Established 1863. xny«3-tf
WiH Not Close.
THE
SCREYEN HOUSE
WiH remain open this summer, and solicits the
patronage of those visiting Savannah. Families
and others wishing to board permanently during
the summer can make advantageous terms.
R. BRADLEY & SON,
mayl9-tf Proprietors.
Carnages, §uggieis, &t.
TAKE NOTICE !
f decided to continue the
H AYlSatiBw
of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES and WAGOl
in Savannah, we will, on the 1st of October next,
take possession of the large Repository now
bang built comer of Montgomery and Bay
streets, and will fill it with a choice lot of work
from our extensive manufactory at Wilmington,
Delaware. We will be prepared to give the citi
zens of Georgia better bargains than ever before
offered. For the present we will offer onr stock
now on hand and arriving by each steamer lrom
Philadelphia.
GREAT BARGAINS for cash, or approved
aper. WE CAN AND WILLDO IT.
Tmfivmnn m McLEAR & KENDALL.
AN uRR FINLEY, Agent.
jy25-M, W&F3 m&w3m
guiWiog Material.
LUMBER!
D. C. IB^A-COIST,
Lumber Manufacturer aud Dealer.
M ILLS in the City and on the line of Railroad.
All descriptions of LUMBER and TIMBER,
Rough or Dressed, for sale
Cheap by the Cargo or by the Thousand feet.
Also, a full stock of Yellow Pine MOULDINGS
and Plastering LATHS. Wood Turning and Scroll
Sawing to oraer.
Lumber Yard and Planing 31111
feb!4-tf Comer Liberty and Price Sts.
Banking, Exchange,
AND
Collection Office
OF
E. C. Anderson, Jr.; & Co.,
NO. 11 REYNOLDS’ SQUARE.
(Formerly Planters’ Bank.)
SAVAHHAB, GA.
DEPOSITS received subject to Check at Sight,
and Interest allowed by agreement.
Gold, Stocks, Bands, and Foreign and Domestic
Exchange bought and sold.
Collections made on all accessible points, and
promptly remitted for in New York Exchange at
No ^Tniarimw charged on Collections made in
the city.
Merchants* Cash Boxes, and other Valuables, re
ceived on special deposit (sad deposited in the large
Fire Proof Vaults of the Banking Bbnse) subject
to owners’orders, at any and all times during bank
ing hours.
Exchange on Atlanta and Augusta in to
Merchants National Bank
SAVANNAH.
S TERLING BILLS on tho City Bank, London,
demand or sight, good in all parts of Europe,
for sale in s
jun25-Th&M4w
>wards, by this Bank.
Cashier.
(Eomwiasioa HKmtuwts.
OIO. W. AMRERSON.
JOHN W. JLKDKItSOH.
JOHN W. ANDERSON’S SONS
COTTON FACTORS
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
GnUett’s Improved Saw Gin,
Aim
Henery’s Improved McCarthy Gin,
Cor. Bryan and Draj t on
SAVANNAH,Ga.
ly Liberal advances made ou Consignment!*,
octld&wly
JOS. HULL. I B. H. BURKETT. \ WX. II. BURK2ETT.
JOS. HULL & C-O.,
(Successors to Cohen & Bull;
FACTORS AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
66 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
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SIMMONS’
The Favorite Home Remedy.
This unrivalled Medicine is warranted not to
contain a single particle of Meiu cry. or any in
jurious mineral substance, bnt it
^JRiara: VEGETABLE,
containing those Soathcm Roots and Herbs,
which an alb-wise ProvidoH • hss placed in
countries where Liver diseases most pr«v i It
will cure all Diseases caused by D«is. run i ’ •<£
the liver and Bowels.
Simmons’ Liver Regnlato «< -‘-b'o
Is eminently a Family Medic
kept ready for immediate rc<
an honr of suffering and man}
and doctors’bills.
After over Forty Years* trial it i
the most unqualified tea i-.iono.:
from persons of the hie cb.
nobility. Eminent physician-
most
Effectual Specific
FOK DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION.
Armed with this ANTIDOTE, all dimates ami
changes of water and food may no f«ced without
fear. As a Remedv in MALARIOUS FEVEKSL
BOWEL COMPLAINTS. RB$TL KSSNES8,
JAUNDICE, NAUSEA,
f i-till receiving
i to its virtues
iracter anil re
commend it os
IT HAS NO EQUAL
It is the
Purest a: d Iks
_ i in the World.
Is manufactured only by
J 5 II. ZEILIN' & CO.,
Macon, Ga., mid PhiladclpW
Price $1 00. Sold by all Druggist*.
junlO-W&wly
nily
glmnv (Cotton <?ics.
OFFICE
American Cotton Tic Co.
Nrw Orleans. La., June 24,1S74.
Notice to Dealers and Buyers of Cotton Tit*.
THEREAS. certain parties are now making
. J and offering Pieced Arrow and Open Slot
Ties for sale without author *-
this Company, all persons ai
not to purchase Arrow or oth.
Ties, except frGm onr duly
who will be kept fully supplied wit!
Pierced Ties. Onr attorneys arc instructed to
bring suit against all persons violating cur n&L vt
titles. AMERICAN COTTON TIE CO.
R. W. Rayne & Co., General Agents.
IRON COTTON TIES.
teby cantio
pen Slot Cot
authorized age:
li
the celebrated
ARROW TIES
, Sc. 9 E>. net.
In lots of 500 bundles. 8c. ^ IT,. %y t oft.
In lots of 1,000 bundles and over.Sc. ^ lb. 5 oif.
Pieced, 2c. 9 lb. under new Ties.
HOPKINS & WOOD,
BATES & COMER,
Agents at Savannah.
®rap;S.
5 PATENT FLY TRAP.
At Wholesale and Retail at-the Crockery Sto
of BOLSHAW & SILVA.
gamraoefes, &c.
By the bale, or at retail,
on receipt of $3 by mail
Mi Ji ILL A or express.
G. W. Simmons & Son,
HAMMOCKS “oak hall,”
Boston, Mm.
jnnC-8,Tn*TMw TtalaaadBku>c Salta.
<£&e gcasou saqtjj.
WHY?
W HY
utmost
morni:
office is
presses, tyj
keeping at
having a
workmen—thus
we are enabled to
tad to do bo IN