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UiTElection on tlio first Tuesday in No-
vember.
Affairs In Georgia.
Thomas county was weU represented at
, ]ie State Fair. Prizes were awarded to
Messrs. K. II. Hardaway, E. T. Davis,
j Carroll. Calvin James, John J. Parker
anil P. I- Brown.
Eatonton claims to be the best cotton
market in Middle Georgia.
\ religious revival is in progress among
the Methodists of Dawson.
Mrs. Harriet C. Jarratt, wife of Dr.
William A. Jarratt, of MiUedgeviUe, is
dead.
A procession of twenty-two wagons,
loaded with copper ore, passed through
Bowden, in Carroll county, the other
day.
The dwelling-house of Mr. John Mills,
of Carroll comity, was destroyed by fire
last week.
Kd. Scliootz, a brakeman on the Selma,
Koine aud Dalton Railroad, was killed
uear Cross Plains while the train was
passing under a bridge.
Columbus sold post office money orders
the last quarter to the amount of $13,-
037 03.
One of the burglars who robbed the
store of the Messrs. Young, in Eatonton,
has boeu caught.
Gainesville has commenced work on
her street railroad.
Several Eatonton hoys were robbed in
Atlanta during the fair.
Col. MeCardle, editor of the Vicksburg
Ilerall. is in Atlanta.
A Mr. Tom Wambold, of Talbotton,
was robbed in the road by two negro
highwaymen on Thursday night.
The follow-block of a cotton screw
knocked the breath ont of a negro at
Marshallville the other day.
Little Frank Tiller, of Oglethorpe
county, aged eleven, picked HOC pounds
of cotton in one day last week.
Cotton thieves are still prevalent in Co-
1 irabus.
Corn shuckings are popular in Ogle
thorpe county.
Atlanta News: We were shown on
yesterday, by Mr. W. B. Thrall, an engi
neer who is in the city from Rutland,
Vermont, attending the convention, a
mode! of a paper car wh«el, which he
has constantly used under his engine for
twenty-six months. It is an invention of
and patented by B. A. Allen, a railroad
engineer. The wheel is made of rye pa
per, compressed in by a hydraulic press.
The tire is of lvrupp’s crucible steel. The
side of the wheel is covered with tank
iron to protect it from the weather only.
The hub is of cast iron. The advantages
of this wheel are safety, in the first place,
as it is nerft to impossible to break one of
them. Another advantage is, they do not
convey the sound that other wheels do in
running, and the elasticity of the paper
prevents the crystalization of the journal.
In these wheels the smoothness of their
running is obtained by their perfect
roundness. In cast iron wheels it is
frequently the case in moulding them,
one part cools off sooner than another,
and causes a greater contraction, and of
course prevents a round form. The
wheel has been adopted by Mr. Fnllmon
under his parlor aud sleeping cars, and
he has determined that all the ears built
by him hereafter shall have them.
Cuthbert Appeal: On Tuesday last an
aged gentleman passed through our town
cn route for Americus, to visit relatives
in that place, having footed ii all the
way from Louisiana. The tale of sorrow,
as narrated by this aged father, of the
horrors of the overflow of portions of
Louisiana, were indeed harrowing, and
aroused a sympathetic response in every
human breast. He said that his house,
containing his wife and three daugh
ters. was swept away in the floods,
and he left alone in a land of mourning
aud wretchedness. He was absent from
his home when the angry waters swept
over the levees, and after great exertion
reached the place where his hopes and
affections had clusi ered, but alas, to find
that liis hopes were blighted, and all dear
to his own heart in this world had found
a watery grave. HU accounts of the loss
of life and property by these floods were
calculated to arouse the sympathies of all
who heard them. Truly it may be said
this o!d man knows what genuine sor
row is.
Perry Home Journal: Last Friday eve
ning, while our paper was being worked
oil, a large column of smoke was observed
from town rising above the forests in a
southerly direction. Mr. L. M. Houser
allowed us a seat in hU buggy, and we
hastened in the direction of the fire,
which proved to be Mr. C. A. Thomp
son’s giu-house. We arrived just in time
io see the building fall in. The loss in
cludes the house, gin, press and about
twelve bales of cotton,'together with a
large quantity of cotton seed, amounting
to near $2,000. A negro, Ned Simmons,
was ginning, and discovered the lint
room in flames. He barely time to
ran down and loosen the mnles before
the whole building was afire. It is
Drought that the fire caught either
-rom matches in the cotton or from
the friction of the gin. Mr. Thomp
son is a very industrious man and one of
our best citizens, but illy able to sustain
such a loss these hard times. Friday
srght Mr. T. J. Cater’s gin house on hie
plantation, ten miles southeast of Perry
was burned. The place is rented to Mr.
b. C. Kendrick, who lost about twelve
oa.es of cotton in th6 house. Three bales
packed under it was saved. The fire was
tuscovered bv some negroes at the quarter
toout nine o'clock at night, and was viri«
Die m Perry ten miles distant; There
was no danger from incendiarism appre
hended, yet it is reasonably certain that
•ae fire must have been of criminal origin,
the house, gin, screw and cotton, amount
ing to $2)000, was a total loss. There was
no insurance.
Augusta Constitutionalist: Many per
sons have asked of late why their names
~? n °t appear in the list of marriages
Published. Upon investigation it was
wand that the marriages were not re-
porued. The law in this case appears to
i h A marriage license is issued
(out there is no law, as far os we know,
squiring a record to be taken of it) and
in j? mister > priest or magistrate marry-
“g the couple, receives the license au-
fionzmg the performance of the oere-
rPSJ* Taking the document home the
e-ebrandt files it away, and if by accident
should be lost or burned, there would
1 recor ^* Ministers aud others who
celebrate the marriage ceremony should
Required by law to return the license
«wea by q, 0 ordinary as soon as possible
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1874.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
after performing the ceremony, with the
signatures attached. Also, the Ordinary
should record all licenses for marriage
issued by him, whether the marriage takes
place or not, and afterward the certificate
of the minister or priest could be record
ed. We have seen marriage licenses
and certificates returned to the Ordinary
four and five years after the ceremony
took place. Considerable trouble would
be experienced in law suits if it was ne
cessary to produce evidence proving a
marriage. Judge Samuel Levy, onr
present efficient Ordinary, is especially
anxious that some system should bo in
augurated in recording marriages. It
would not be amiss in asking the Legis
lature to pass a law requiring that all
licenses issued shall be recorded, whether
the marriage takes place or not, and after
the performance of the ceremony the
certificate of the officiating priest, cler
gyman or magistrate conld be recorded
below the license issued.
The Democracy, Public Education and
the Colored People of Georgia.
Editor Morning News:
The following is from the Seaport Ap
peal of October 17th:
“Please allow me space enough in your
paper to show Mr. D. T. Dnnn a few fig
ures, showing the public school interest of
the State of Georgia under a Democratic
administration. I wish to make the show
ing because Mr. Dunn stated in a public
talk to a large number of colored Kepub-
licans at the court house on the day of
election that the Democrats were opposed
to public education. Between Jnly 25th,
1873, and August 17th, 1874, the State of
Georgia distributed $589,000 for public
school purposes, irrespective of race or
color. Glynn county’s quota of that
amount has been $2,403 97-100. Of this
amount there is something over $1,100
in my hands, subject to the order of the
Board of Education of Glynn county.
“Now, Mr. Editor, I atu willing to
leave it to the public to say, under the
circumstances, if the State of Georgia is
not doing as much for the education of
her people as any tax ridden State can
do? However, I am pleased to know that
Mr. Dunn stands square against the civil
rights bill. Very resp’y, yours,
October S tb, 1874. “J ohn P. Lamb. ’ ’
Perhaps Mr. Dunn, who, I understand,
is a very clever man in many respects,
got his information from the gentleman
from Maine, who is the Black-Bepubli-
can-civil-rights candidate for Congress
from this District. In his published
speech, intended to enlighten the sons of
Japeth and others, Bryant says: “I am
informed that no free schools have been
established for colored children in any
other counties in this Congressional Dis
trict.” He was speaking of Chatham
county. Here, in Camden, wo had seven
schools last year, and the majority were
for the colored people. This year onr
splendid School Commissioner, Hon. F.
M. Adams, has established twelve. So
really, without going further, Mr. Bryant
did not put himself to much trouble to
get at facts.
But Mr. Dunn is represented as tell
ing the colored Republicans that the
Democrats were opposed to public educa
tion. Mr. Lamb undoubtedly hits him a
good lick, but as I have had an opportnni i y
to know facts in relation to the school
system in this State, which have not been
published, I ask space in yonr columns to
vindicate the great Democratic party of
Georgia from the charge of Mr. Dunn.
During the last session of the Legislature,
a test qnestion came up on the subject.
Senator Brown, one of the ablest and
most influential members, introduced
a bill amendatory to the present
law, that proposed such radical changes
that the friends of public education in
the Senate decided that its passage would
result in breaking up the present system,
and finally do away with public schools
altogether. The bill was referred to tho
Committee on Education, composed of
Democrats. The majority reported
against tho bilL When it came up in
the Senate, Mr. Brown made a speech in
its favor, and Senator Cain and the writer
spoke against it, and the bill was killed
by a Democratic Senate, as there were
only four Republicans in that body.
The Democracy is not only favorable to
public education for all classes, but they
are opposed to appropriating the poll tax
to pay the salaries of the members of the
Legislature in direct violation of the Con
stitution of Georgia, as the Radicals did
during Mr. Bryant’s experience in the
Legislature. We of the South have done
more to enlighten and christianize the
negro than the people of any other sec
tion of the country. In times of slavery
we paid money to havethe gospel preach
ed to them; and while we did not educate
them in schools, we endeavored to teach
them to act just towards each other and
respectful to all persons. While somo of
onr people are opposed to being taxed for
public schools, white or black, the ma
jority favor them.
California is a hundred times more bit
terly opposed to the education of the
children of the Chinese among them than
our most extreme men are to the educa
tion of the blacks in Georgia, and the
Chinese are greatly superior as a race to
the negro, and it is said that they are
often sharp enough to flank a live Yankee,
and it takes sharpers to do that in Cali
fornia, or elsewhere, as Mr. Dnnn knows.
The Republican party established schools
in this State, and collected money to pay
teachers, but paid themselves, so we have
had to pay their teachers as well as to
pay the teachers we employed since Bul
lock's “everlasting flight,” at a-heavy cost
to the white people of the State.
But Bryant says: “The Republican
party advocates free schools for the ele
vation of the laboring man.” Just so;
but they elevated the laboring man’s
school money into their pockets, and left
the debt for the Democracy to pay ; and
now he wants the colored people to ele
vate Lim into a seat in Congress, where
he can elevate a salary of five thousand
dollars into his own pocket, free schools
or no free schools. I hardly think that
Bryant will win on the school schedule,
particularly as the Republican party of
Georgia was sufficiently in favor of cap
ital against labor to grab over two hun
dred thousand dollars in school money,
in which their colored brethren were in
terested, and the intelligent colored men
know it. J - M - A -
Steebage Rates to Eubope Increased.
The increase in the rates of steerage
passage to Europe by the English trans
atlantic steamship companies, which has
been expected for some time, took place
Monday. No agreement was made among
the companies, but almost with one ac
cord'they increased their rates from $lo
to $20. Among the companies taking
part in this change were the White Star,
the Inman, the Anchor, theWilhamsA
Onion, the State, and probably the Na-
tional lines. The cause of the increase
was said to be the increase m the amount
of freight to be transported, especially
cotton. It pays so much better to carry
cotton than to carry passengers that the
latter are disregarded in order to aocom-
*modate freight.
The latest illustrious convert to the
Roman Church is a crowned head—the
Queen Dowager of Bavaria. She is a first
cousin of the German Emperor, and was
married to the late Kmg Maximdmn n,
of Bavaria, in 1843. Her husband died
in 1864, and during his life,-though he
was a Roman Catholic, he remained a
Lutheran Protestant. Ten years after
his death she has chosen to adopt hm
creed. She is forty-nine years old, and
h« son is the most erratic sovereign in
Europe. .
Expulsion of a Baptist C^gyman -
t iTvatt Smith, for a long time the
poster Of Hie Lee Avenue Baptist Church,
^Brooklyn, Hew York, was expelled
from the church at a meetmg of the
Long Island Baptist Association, held on
in his violation of the laws of the church.
BYTURiPI
—TO—
IRE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
A RADICAL I)I£A(iONAI4E.
The Reign of Terror in Louisiana.
SUSPENSION OF COTTON PICKING ON
THE PLANTATIONS.
CYLONE IN INDIA.
THE LOUISIANA DBAGONADE.
New OrtLEAN-s, October 2G.—Captain
W. F. Scoville, of the steamer Bryarly,
which arrived last night from Shreveport,
states that on the way up he engaged a
full cargo of cotton for the return trip at
a point below Shreveport, but that in
the meantime the cavalry having ap
peared, accompanied by U S. Deputy
Marshals, who were reported to have
writs for the arrest of several hundred
citizens of the parishes bordering on Red
River, a panic seized the whites, who
indiscriminately took to the woods,and the
negroes stopped work. The consequence
was, that out of a full cargo engaged, the
Bryarly got about twenty-five bales, there
being no one to haul the cotton to tho
landing. Capt. Scoville states that cot
ton picking has been almost entirely
suspended on the plantations, which will
cause heavy losses both to planters and
merchants.
New Yoke, October 2G. —A special
dispatch from Shreveport, says that in
Homer. Claiborne Parish, N. J. Scott,
Parish Judge; J. A. Ramsay, Recorder;
and S. It. Richardson, Mayor; were ar
rested here Saturday night by one S. E.
Selye and Deputy Marshal Maxey, as
sisted by cavalry. The cause of the
arrests is unknown. No citizens are
aware of any act to justify even a suspic
ion of an offense. The arrests were made
in the most violent manner. The parties
are not allowed to communicate with
their families. The prisioners are cursed
and abused. Ramsey is the most popular
man in the parish. Judge Scott is a can
didate for re-election.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, October 2C.—Appoint
ments: Shields, Collector of Customs at
Galveston; Ridge, son of Jadge Paschal,
Collector of Customs at Corpus Christi;
West Ogden, Collector of Customs at
Indianolu. There is no change in the
Brownsville Custom House. Gen. Mal
loy is appointed Collector of Internal
Revenue in the Jefferson District, and
Robert T. Campbell Collector in the
Austin District. Other Districts are con
solidated, Saylor retiring and St. Clair
retaining his place.
TEHHIBLE CYCLONE.
Bombay, October 2G.—Two thousand
persons perished in the recent cyclone.
The steamer Mary foundered, and ten
persons went down. The remainder took
to tho boats, and one was lost and an
other picked up with two living and three
dead.
DEAD.
Washington, D. C., Oct ober 20. —Bishop
Payne, late Bishop of Africa, is dead of
paralysis.
TOPETE.
Haduld, October 25.—Admiral Topete,
recently stricken with apoplexy, is re
covering.
Another Kelsey Affair.
The Rowan county murder, that of a
young man found floating in a shallow
creek jicir Thyatira Church, promises to
turn to another Kelsey affair. The News
contained an account of the affair at the
time, October 1st. It seems there has
been no clue obtained as yet to the man
ner of his death. We clip from the Vin-
dicator and Watchman the following ex
tract from a letter written by a corres
pondent in Rowan, at or near the scene
of this outrage, that shows the whole
affair is as yet in a clouded mystery :
“The murdered stranger, I need scarce
ly rehearse, was found on the first day of
this month; well-dressed, but without
papers or valuables to speak for his iden-
tity, drifting in the shallows of a creek
not far from Thyatira church—his head
mashed in with some heavy instrument,
and the gas of decomposition in the
corpse raising it and a heavy bag of
rocks attached to it to the surface, with
that direful tell-tale energy for which
murdered bodies are renowned.
‘ ‘An inquest wasjshortly afterward held;
and some negroes tried on vague suspi
cions and discharged. A crowd of Irish
peddlers dug up the murdered man after
he was buried, but failed to recognize
him as one of their number. Thus far,
but not any further, did the peddler
theory prevail.
“Very recently a letter was picked up
on the counter of a store in the neighbor
hood, by one of the clerks, anonymous
as to signature, and, as to its contents,
exciting a different order of suspicions
from those which had been in vogne. In
this letter the readers were informed that
if they would search at a certain place
not far from where the corpse appeared
goods would be found! The suggestion
was followed, the search made and goods
found!
Two Plug Uglies Put an Italian on
His Muscle and Catch a Tabtab.—
Brooklyn, N. Y., October 22.—This
morning Albert O. Crocker and Charles
Shaw, two delegates to a city convention,
and several other politicians, while in a
state of intoxication, entered an Italian
barber shop kept by one Dombraggio,
and proceeded to demolish furniture, etc.
When interferred with by tho proprietor
and assistant, they set upon them. The
former’s head was laid open by a blow,
and the latter was wounded severely.
Dombraggio seized a large pair of shears
and plunged them into Crocker’s abdo
men, causing the entrails to protrude.
Trig assistant, meanwhile, arrived with a
sabre, attacked Shaw, cutting half .of his
nose off, and otherwise wounding him
seriously, though not fatally. Physicians
pronounce Crocker’s wound fatal, but
Shaw will recover. Dombraggio and as
sistant, who are described as peaceable
citizens, surrendered themselves.
Impobtant if Tbue.—A Washington
special to the New York Tribune states
that the President -• some time since de
cided to make Gen. Rufus Ingalls Quar
termaster General, and the matter was
to have been consummated during the
past simmer, bet the method determined
upon to induce Gen. Meigs to exchange
his position for some other was Hot satis
factory to Gen. Meigs. He was offered
first the position of Superintendent of
West Point, and next that of Chief of
Engineers, but objected to both. He
was afterwards tendered the position of
Minister to Russia, and “the honor of
the position, and its forming a fitting
close of a long and honorable public
career, were represented at length.. This
proposition Gen. Meigs has had under
advisement for some weeks past, and if
he accepts Gen. Ingalls will be at once
promoted. He is now third on the list of
quartermasters, his seniors being GenFt
Allen and Rucker.”
' Says a Republican mdming Cotem
porary, “If Pennsylvania and New York
should follow these two States, (Ohio and
Indiana) the indication would be that the
barometer of pnblio feeling was seriously
disturbed, and that the storm which the
Democratic prophets have been predict
ing for so long, had come at last.” In the
words of old probabilities’ “cautioning
signals" are ordered for the Keystone and
Empire States, as western winds indicate
a continuance of the Democratic typhoon
which proved so disastrous to Republi
cans in Ohio and Indiana, until it has
reached the Atlantic States.—Philadelphia
Chronicle,
THE LOUISIANA CONTROTEESY.
A CRUCIAL LETTER FROM JUDGE:
BLACK, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The President Completely Wrong —lie
bad no Shadow of Rlsbt to Interfere.
To the Editor of the Herald:
I have read with great interest, as well
as admiration, the opinions of Mr. Rever-
dy Johnson and Mr. Charles O'Conor, on
the situation of Louisiana; and I will now
give you my own views on the same sub
ject. But having no time for elabera-
tion, I state conclusions rather than argu
ments.
The President can lawfully use the or
ganized physical force of the Union to
control the internal affairs of a State only
for one purpose—to defend it against
domestic violence, that is, to suppress
insurrection against the State govern
ment. .This he cannot do unless called
upon by the Legislature or by the Gover
nor, when the Legislature is not in ses
sion. The Constitution of the United
States and the acts of Congress carefully
confine his intervention to cases of this
kind. If he may disregard these limits
there are no others to hold him, and his
power is consequently despotic.
The State is that which stands. Its
government is “the powers that be.”. Its
officers are those who actually exercise its
authority. It is, therefore, the call of
the de facto government that tho Presi
dent must respond to>-- This principle
pervades all law, municipal and inter
national, and itasobservance is absolutely
necessary to the preservation of our
domestic tranquility, as well as tho peace
of the world. If the President assists a
faction hostile to the existing govern
ment, with intent to drive the incumbent
magistrates from the seat of power, ho
excites domestic violence and makes in
surrection instead of suppressing it.
The facts of the Louisiana case, as I
think they are universally understood
since the publication of Mr. Carpenter’s
report, are these: A man named Kellogg
aspired to be Governor, hut wholly failed
of the election. Nevertheless, he claimed
the office on grounds which were not
only false and ‘fraudulent, but absurj.
He had no show of a case before the
proper authorities, whose duty it was to
decide contested elections; but he laid
his claim before a Federal Judge, who
made an order for his installation. This
order was as destitute of all legal force or
validity as if it had been made by the
first negro that Kellogg might have picked
np in the- street. I take it for granted
that the Judge and all the Federal officers,
civil and military, as well as Kellogg him
self, knew that it was utterly void. It
would be no charity to suppose either of
them ignorant enough to believe that a
Judge of the United States Court had
any authority or jurisdiction of the sub
ject mntter, or any right whatever to
intermeddle with the business. Never
theless, the Marshal and the commander
of the Federal troops, acting in pursuance
of previous instructions from Washing
ton, and with the approbation of the
President himself, undertook to execute
the order, expelled the officers of the
existing government, and put the pre
tender and his adherents into full posses
sion of the State.
Political power unlawfully obtained is
always abused. The State was insulted,
oppressed and plundered until it became
“a vexation even to henr the report there
of.” To gorge the rapacity of the rulers
property and capital were so bnrdened
with taxes that a general confiscation of
every honest man’s lands, goods and
money would hardly have been a more
grievous infliction. This was borne by
the body of the people so patiently that
the spirit of their forefathers seemed
dead within them. Their tameness was
excusable only by two reasons. In the
first placo a successful resistance was im
possible while the usurper was surrounded •
by the bayonets of the Federal army; ?nd 1
second,they looked forward to the election
as a peaceful remedy for their wrongs. But
this last hope left them when they saw
that Kellogg was arranging the ma
chinery of the registration to cheat them
by a false count of the votes and thus
keep them in subjection for an indefinite
time. Convinced that they must rise by
their own unassisted strength or bo for
ever fallen, they resorted to the ultima
ratio, threw off the shackles and placed
the supreme executive power in the hands
of the man who had been legally elected
nearly two years before. Never was revo
lution more just or conducted with
greater prudence. Its success was com
plete; the baseless fabric of tyranny fell
at the first rush of the popular movement;
its chief absconded, his familiars slnnk
away from his mined fortunes, and all
over the State the official instruments of
corruption yielded their places to the
appointees of tho lawful government.
Louisiana was free and every friend of
liberty and justice in or ont of the State
rejoiced over the fact. But the Presi
dent wrathfully determined to put the
yoke back again on the neck of-the State.
To that end he sought out Kellogg in his
hiding place; again expelled the true
Governor and again forced the submis
sion of the people to the same adventurer
whom he hod aided before.
The-unconstitutional character of the
President’s first act, when he over
threw the then existing government and
put Kellogg in the executive chair by
mere force, is admitted by both Mr. John
son nnd O'Conor. It would have been
wonderful, indeed, if either of them had
attempted to justify so plain and palpa
ble a violation of the fundamental law.
But they differ apparently about the
President’s duty at the time of his second
intervention. I concur with Mr. Johnson
in the opinion that after Kellogg was in
the President conld not turn him ont; he
was de facto Governor, and no matter
whether he became so by fraud or force,
or accident, the fact of possession was all
that the President could lawfully see.
Of course I dissent from Mr. O’Conor
with all the cautious difference due to his
great name; but if he means to say that
General Grant had a right to pull down
the de facto government of Kellogg when
ever he repented his own act in setting
it np, I venture to put in a denial. Re
member, the President has no right to
turn anybody out, nor eveff to inquire
how any actual inoumbent got in. To
overthrow one de facto government be-
cause he had wrongfully overthrown an.
other would, instead of atoning for the.
first error, only double the blunder. He
cannot play fast and loose with the liber
ties of a State; nor, like Pharoah, let the
people go free or hold them in bondage
according os the Lord hardens his heart
or terrifies him with plagues.
But I respectfully submit that thin
point on which Mr. Johnson and Mr.
O’Conor divide is not in the case. Gen.
Grant never intervened to protect a de
facto government in Louisiana His last
act, like the first one, was a war against
the existing authoritiea Kellogg never
had any title except his naked possession.
That was enough while it lasted; bat
every vestige of power had left "him when
the Federal troops took him from his
hiding place in the Custom House and
placed him a second time in the Execu
tive chair. The McEnery government
was at that time as completely established
as if its power had dated a century back.
It was the government dejur'e. That did
not do it much practical good while its
officers were prevented by the military
force of the usurper from exercising their
functions; bnt when the people took
their business into their own hands and
pnt their elected rulers into their proper
triages, then'the legal title and the aotual
possession united in the same persons.
It is mere folly to say that Kellogg was
Governor an instant after that. The
forcible reinstatement.of him was an in
surrection against the proper authority
Of the State as much as his first instal
ment.
If I am right thus far, it follows that
General Grant on both occasions com
mitted a grave violation of his constitu
tional duty, in a matter vitally affecting
tlie rights of the States and the liberties
of the people. Of his conduct there can
certainly he no decent pretence of justi
fication, and, so far as I can perceive, no
reasonable excuse, unless he can say that
his legal advisers imposed upon him by a
false reading of the Constitution.
Mr. O’Conor refers to Congress a3 the
paramount authority, whose recognition
of the Kellogg government would have
bound the President and all othera The
opinion of the Conrt in Luther vs. Bor
den speaks of the jurisdiction -which
Congress has over the subject, bnt does
not define it. I know of no power in that
body except to prescribe by general rules
the manner in which the President shall
perform the duty assigned by the Consti-
tntion-to him. and I do not think that
either Mr. O’Conor or Chief Justice
Taney could have meant anything else.
It is certain that Congress conld not legis
late Kellogg in or ont of office, and its
“recognition” would no more strengthen
his title than it wonld odd a cubic to his
stature. Those Senators were wise and
faithful men who refused to vote for Mr.
Carpenter’s bill, because it was an uncon
stitutional interference with a matter
which belonged to the people of the State
exclusively. J. S. Black.
York, Pa., Oct. 19, 1874.
MORE SECOKISH.
How Government Timber is Stolen in
Florida, and How Sccor Robeson Up
holds tbe Robbers—An Official Dismissed
for Protect ins Government Property
from Thieves.
[From the New York Sim.]
■Washington, October 15.
Among the many-official sins of omis
sion and commission chargeable to Secor
Robeson, mention should not be forgotten
of his criminal negligence and connivance
with corrupt politicians respecting the
timber lands of the Gulf States reserved
under authority of Congress for the use
of tho navy. I endeavored to*ascertain
the entire number of acres reserved, but
the aggregates for the several States were
not easily accessible on the books of the
General Land Office.
It is estimated by persons acquainted
with the country that the reservations
made in Florida include about 2,500,000
acres, which probably covers the larger
part of the lands appropriated in this
way. Something more reliable can be
given as to the quantity of live oak reser
vations set apart by the government.
From figures given to me at the General
Land Office it appears that there are alto
gether 244,452 acres held for the oak
growing upon them, distributed as fol
lows: Florida, 208,824 acres; Alabama,
240; Mississippi, 2G,218; and Louisiana,
9,170. There are in addition thirty-one
sections in Louisiana indicated as con
taining live oak reservations, number of
acres not shown.
, THE TIMBEE ON THESE LANDS
is of the best quality and very valuable.
In addition to live oak, which sells for an
enormons price, there is an abundance of
clear yellow pine of the best quality,
which is used chiefly for spars. Sticks
are cut-for this purpose measuring in
length from ninety to a hundred feet,
having neither wind shake nor flaw of
any kind. Most of these reservations
were located in the interior, for the rea
son, it is supposed, that the timber there
growing being less exposed to the strong
winds which prevail (dong the coast of
the Gnlf, is less wind shaken.
The care of these lands, so important
to the interests of the navy, devolves of
course upon the Secretary of that de
partment, and particularly is under the
control of the Construction Bnreau, at
whose head is Mr. Hanscom, Naval Con
structor. Mr. Wm. H. Varney, Assistant
Naval Constructor, on duty at Pensacola
Navy Yard, is the Superintendent of a’l
the Naval Reservations on the Gulf; but
his duties at the yard keep him so con
fined that he is unable to give much per
sonal attention to the business of pro
tecting the government timber, and he
is compelled to rely upon the reports of
BASCALLY AGENTS,
who wink and connive at depredations.
About two years ago on assistant super
inteudent was ordered to report at Pen-
'.lacola for the purpose of assisting Mr.
Varney in this portion of his duties. He
found that in Florida there were five
agents, each haviBg charge of a particu
lar district of reserved lands; and one
agent each in Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana Their salaries are from $800
to $1,000 each, and their duties are to
watch the lands, and in case of trespass
to report the facts and names of tres
passers to the Pensacola Navy Yard.
These agents were found to be operat
ing in the interest of the nnmerons rings
engaged in stealing government timber.
It is estimated that ten millions of dol
lars would not cover tho less to the gov
ernment sustained in this wav. Most of
the depredations have beon committed in
Florida The agents in that State are
located as follows: One at Pensacola,
one at Coiambus, one at St. Augustine,
oue- at Brooksville, and one at Cedar
Keys. Silas Laurence received a salary
of $l,200,a year, was furnished a house
containing six rooms, all the ground he
wanted to cultivate, an orange grove,
orchard, boat, and two men who worked
about the place, and were receiving pay
from the government. He was removed
upon the recommendation of the assistant
superintendent for complicity in the de
predations. 'While theie as agent he
built of the government timber and ma
terials from the navy yard a sloop called
“The Little Silas,” placing his son in
command, and carried lumberfrom Choc-
tawalehio to Pensacola
POLITICIANS IN LEAGUE WITH THIEVES.
The vigorous measures adopted by tbe
Assistant Superintendent made a stir
among the Florida politicians, many of
whose constituents were timber thieves.
Representative Furman - and Senator
Conover were specially affected, and the
Collector of the Fort of Pensacola uttered
threats that if Laurence was removed he
would see to it that the Assistant Snper-
intendent should likewise lose his.head.
The latter was three times shot at for en
deavoring to protect government property,
but he continued to fearlessly discharge
his duty., He made many arrests, fought
the robbers right and left, and gave
warning that if he could not overwhelm
them in any other way he would call for
the aid of United States troops. He
created such disturbance among tho peo
ple who had for years, without molesta
tion, accumulated wealth from the lands
of the government that-Senator Conover
was compelled to intercede in their be
half with Secretary Robeson. Conover
and Robesoi^are fellow Jerseymen, and,
I believe, from the same town. The car
pet-bag Senator had not been long in
Washington before the Assistant Super
intendent felt the weight of his influence
with the jobbing Secretary.
EOEESON ENCOURAGING EOBBEBY.
Each year in his annual report Robeson
recommends the appropriation of $5,000
for the preservation of government tim
ber; but he knowingly and wilfully gives
the lands over to the control of Conover
for use in carrying Florida elections in
favor of the administration. A great
number of people in Florida are either
directly or indirectly engaged in this ne
farious business, and to such lengths do
they go that contracts with the Navy
Yard are sometimes filled by lumber
stolen from the reserved lands. After
Mr. Varney's assistant received his dis
missal, three ignorant negroes were ap
pointed to discharge the duties of the
position, and the timber thieves were
again made happy.
The act of March 2, 1831, provides
“for the punishment of offenses com
mitted in cutting, destroying or remov
ing live oak and other timber or trees
preserved for naval purposes;” and the
Supreme Conrt has held (9 Howard, 351)
that the above act authorized the prose
cution and punishment of all trespassers
onpnblic land by catting timber, whether
such timber was fit for naval purposes or
not. What has the Naval Department
done under this authority ?
While the jolly tar. who is admitted to
privy council with the President of the
United States goes sailing the seas over in
his junketing craft, luxuriously fitted up
with government money, attended by
drunken and vulgar-tongued Congress
men, crash follows crash, resounding
through'' " ’ —
as the splendid trees specially reserved by
Congress for a wise purpose are felled by
the axe of. the public robber, until thous
ands of acres are laid bare. And though
knowing this, the jolly tar heeds not, but
resigns himself to bachanalian virions of
a six years’ term in the United States
Senate. Rad.
Of all the forlorn work ever seen or
heard of since the Israelites were com
pelled to make bricks without straw, the
frantic efforts of the new Grant paper in
New York to arouse the Northern heart
is abont the forlomest The organ per
sists that there is awful work going on in
Alabama—negroes oppressed, Grant men
frightened, white leaguers galloping round
before breakfast The prospect does look
bine down that way for the Grant party,
and these arbitrary seizures and arrests
oy Grant’s marshals don’t help the case
any for the Radicals. The people of the
North have heard the ciy of “wolf!” too
often before.
The Hartford Times says that New
England was formerly exempt from fever
and agne, but “since the war this trouble
some disorder has existed, nearly every
year, to some extent along the Counecti-
cut coast, between the Connecticut river
and New York; and now it has crept into
the middle region of tho State. It has
existed at New Haven for some time, and
daring the last month it has prevailed
seriously at Portland, Middlesex county—
the seat of the freestone quarries. At
one time there were said to be no fewer
than five hundred cases of fever and ague
in that town. -Wejwnrof afew cases of
it too here in Hartford.
“Look out for the sojer!” cried a little
fellow, near the central depot recently;
and an old gentleman, who had heard that
Governor Dix was to review the militia,
turned qnickly with the expectation of
seeing a man in uniform, but only in time
to receive a quid of tobacco, which had
been fired from the hand of a dirty-faced
bootblack, full in the face.
(forprtttfl'jSWp Notices.
DISSOLUTION
Copartnership.
T HE firm of BOLSIIAW & SILVA ia this day
dissolved by mntual consent.
T. H. BOLSHAW
WiU occupy the Eastern Half of the old stand and
continue business in his own name.
JAS. S. SILVA
WiU occupy the Western Half of the old stand and
continue business in his own name.
Parties indebted wiU make Dayment to T. H.
BOLSHAW. who will settle up .the business of
the firm. Respectfully,
T. H. BOLSHAW.
octl-tf JAS. S. SILVA.
NOTICE.
M Y business, heretofore conducted by L. T.
Whitcomb,-141 Bay street, under the name
of L. T. Whitcomb, Agent, wUl be continued un
der the name of L. T. WHITCOMB’S SON, Agent.
J. L. WHITCOMB is authorized to continue
and conduct the business for me.
P. H. WARD.
B Y above notice it will be seen that I am suc
cessor to the business there mentioned, and
wiU be pleasi-d to Fee our late patrons, and ra-
spectluUy solicit patronage from the public.
sep30-tf J. L. WHITCOMB.
JC. n. SMITH. I RICHARD CORISH.
A NEW FIRM.
SMITH & CORISH,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
Ill CON GUESS STREET,
(Three Doors East of Screven House)
H AVE opened, and offer for sale to our friends
and -thw* public generaUy, a fine quality
Medium and Low Price ENOLTSH, FRENCH,
GERMAN and DOMESTIC GOODS, all of which
We are prepared to make np to order iu any style
desired by those who favor us with their patronage.
N. B.—All goods warranted os represented.
Trimmings of the best qualitj. Workmanship
good and fits guaranteed. eep2S-lm
LIMITED
Partnership Notice.
T HE Limited Partnership hitherto existing
from September 1st, 1S72, to August 31st,
1874, in which John D. Hopkins, of Savannah,
Georgia, and John Wood and James Torrance
Wood, of Liverpool, England, were general
partners, and Andrew Low. of Savannah, Georgia,
was special partner, under the firm name of
HOPKINS & WOOD, has been renewed and
continued as a Limited Partnership under the
laws of Georgia, with Ernest R. Wood, of Liver-
jland, ar ~
HOPKINS & WOOD.
The general nature of the business to be trans
acted is that of Commission Merchants.
John Wood, James Torrance Wood and Ernest
R. Wood, of Liverpool, England, and John D.
Hopkins and Farley R. Sweat, of Savannah,
Georgia, are general partners, and Andrew Low,
of Savannah, Georgia, is special partner.
Said renewed limited Partnership business com
mences September 1, 1874, and terminates Au
gust 31st, 1876.
Andrew Low, as such special partner, has paid
into the common stock of the firm One Hundred
Thousand Dollars in Gold.
JOHN WOOD,
JAMES TORRANCE WOOD,
ERNEST R. WOOD,
Liverpool, England.
ANDREW LOW,
Savannah, Georgia.
JOHN D nOPKINS.
FARLEY R. SWEAT.
Dated this 1st day of September,
sepl6-tnovl
o njuki,
Savannah, Georgia,
ember, 1874.
Jtatiug Ufcwwiwis.
To the Merchants
SOUTH CAROLINA,
Georgia and Florida
BEING LARGELY ENGAGED IN THE MANU
FACTURE OF
SILK TWIST,
For Machine and Hand Sewing,
We desire to call yonr attention to this fact, and
that we are prepared to
FILL ANY (JRDER,
HOWEVER LABGE, AT
Greatly Reduced Prices!
W E manufacture a very Superior Article, of all
Shades and Sizes, and put up on S^opls
convenient for retailing.
Many dealers sell Twist of our manufacture
with their own label on the spools. Parties buy
ing direct from ns save the profit these dealers
wiiIhl
When orders are sufficiently large, we will label
it as directed; but in this case, while we make no
extra charge, ample time must be given ns to
prepare the labels.
ALL, GOODS GUARANTEED.
WE I5T1TE TOUR ATTE5TI0515 THIS USE
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
ITS Bronghton Street, Sarannab, Ga.
octS-lm C. A. VOSBURGH, Manager.
poplar ©roue gairy.
Poplar Grove Dairy.
TT'OH the convenience of the public, a Depot
jj for the sale of the MILKj &c., of this well
known Dairy, is established at S. W. comer of
York streertane and Abercom street, where^—to
suit the times—PURE COUNTRY M ILK can be
had at Ten Cents per quart.
oct9-lm JNO. W. MAGILL, Manager.
©durational.
Boarding and Day School
M RS. SYLVANUS REED’S English, French
and German Boarding and Day School for
youngladies and little girls, 6 & S E. 53d St.,
New York. Exercises for the next year will be
gin at 9 &. m., Oct. 1st, when all pupils should be
present. New scholars will report Sept. 29th,
when teachers will class them. juu34-tf
gmsitwfts girrrtory.
BUSINESS HOUSES 15 SAYA55AH.
Artistic.
For Photographs, go to Wnsos’s, 143 Bronghton.
For Ferrotypes, go to Wmsos’s, 21 Boll St.
Stereoscopic Views of Savannah and Bonaventore,
J. N. Wmox.
Apothecary and Druggist.
L. C. Stbosq, 61 Ball, cor. Peny-st. lane.
Architect, Engineer nnd Contractor.
Augustus Schwaab, 135# Bay street.
Attorneys nt Lnw.
J. K. Hines, 135# Bay street. -Collections, Ac.
Bruch Freight Office,
A. &G. Railroad, SlXBuU at, Jxo.L. Roux illat,
Gen. Freight Agent; R R. Bus, Special Agt.
Batter, Cheese ud Lard House.
S. B. Goodaix, 141 Bay street.
Bottling Works.
J. Rrajf, 110 and 112 Broaghton, established 1SS2.
Bakers.
Wx CAMPMttJ, 34 Bryan, cor. Plico Street.
Jas. L. Mobpht, 73 Bryan and 17« Bronghton st
Brand, Cnke nnd Pie Bnkery.
Wm. Rosenthal, cor. Bey nnd West Brand, nnd
Whitaker nnd York sta.
Baggies and Wagons Built nnd Repaired.
Wm. W. Gnann, Liberty st, near West Brand.
Cabinetmaker, Upholsterer, Ac.
J. F. Glatignt, 122 State Street
Wm. Scheihing, opposite Marshall House.
Clothing, Wholesale nnd Retail.
Hoipt, Jaupom A Co., 135 Broughton. Street
Chinn, Glass nnd Crockery.
Geo. W. Allen, 192 B^ughton st
Thos. West, 187 Bn., street
Cast Off Clothing Bought ud Sold,
At cor. Whitaker and York sts. Best price given.
Cheap John.
J. A. Smith, 17C Bronghton st
Carpenters nnd Builders.
C. S. Gat, corner Charlton and Tatnall streets.
Gilbert Butler, Master Bonder, cor. Perry and
.Barnard st
John Ward, corner Fres : dent and Barnard sta.
W. D. Sturtevant, cor. liberty & Whitaker ate.
Crackers ud Cud,.
J. H. A. Wills, No. 300 Bay street.
B. H. Tatem, Druggist, Cor. Whitaker and
Liberty Sts., Proprietor Tatem’a Verbena Cologne.
Dye Works,
Coablb8 EL Oehi eb, 213 Bronghton Street.
Dentist!.
Dr. H. J. Rot all, 129# Congress st
Dry Goods.
J. Cohen, 152 Bronghton st, is selling at cost
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats and Straw Goods.
Orft, Watkins & Co., 125 and 127 Congress st
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Ac,
H. P. Bicktord, 1C9 and 171 Bay st. -
G. H. Remshart, and agent for Fairbanks’ Scales.
Dry Goods.
Rogers, Dasher A Co., cor. Brough’n A Whitk*r.
Dress Making.
Mrs. E. Aitken, 122 State street
Exclusive Dealers in Boots, £hoea and Hats.
Brunner A Faxon, 141 Congress st
Engraving, Stencil Cutting, Ac.
W. W. Smith A Bro., No. 28 Drayton Street
For line Family SnppUes go to
J. B. Sexton, No. 110X Brongfiym, near Boll st
Frgsh Fish of all kinds and Oysters.
L. Savarese A Bro., No. 3 Jefferson street
For Gent’s Furnishing Coods, go to
J. A. Santina, 136 Broughton Street
Fire, Marine and Life.
R. H, Footman A Co.. Insurance Agency.
Fire and Marine Insurance.
New Orleans Ins Co, J. T. Thomas, Agt, 109 Bay.
Fresh Fish and Oysters.
Hudson A Sullivan, 156 Bay street
Furniture.
J. Lindsat, 190 Bran "hton st.
For Fine G r oceries and Liquors,
Go to John Lyons’, cor. Broughton and Whitaker.
Fancy Groceries.
Branch A Cooper, cor. Bronghton and Barnard.
Florist and Ice Cream Gardens.
G. Noels, corner of Bull and Macon streets.
Fine Groceries, Wine, Fruits, Ac.
V. S. Studer, cor. Abercorn st and Ferry st lane
General Insurance and Beal Estate Agent.
C. G. Falxjgant, 104 Bay Street
Groceries and Country Supplies.
Butch A Miller, 188 Congress and 183 StJulian.
Hardware, Iron and Steel.
Weeds A Cornwell, 173 and 175 Broughton st
Harness, Saddles, Trunks, Belting, Ac.
N. B. Knapp, Market Square.
House and Sign Painter.
Wm. P. McKenna, 136 St Julian street
Archibald Gilmore, 4 Whitaker st
Hardware, Stores, Tinware, Ac.
Cobxack Horeoss, 167 Bronghton st. '
Hair Goods.
Mum c. Abbott, 18# Drayton Street
Hats, Csps, Straw Goods, Satchels, Ac.
Cats. H. Baoww, 137 Congress st.
Hides, Wool, Wax, Ac.
31. Y. HzmiEBSoit, ISO Bay st.
Importers and Jobbers of Crockery.
Bolshaw A Silva, 152 St Julian and 149 Bryan st
Kerosene, Hlamlnatlng Oils, Lamps, Ac.
C. K. Ossood, 31 Whitaker street.
Livery and Boarding Stable.
Luke Carson, cor. Broughton and Abercom sts.
KlUlnery, Dry ud Fancy Goods.
Mm- SaBAH Stbaoss, 159J4 Congress st.
Bunfhetnrer of Cigars ud Dealer In Tobacco.
J. Y. Baubez, 85 Bay Street.
Manufacturer and Dealer in Pitch Pine Lumber.
Jno. J. McDonough, cor. East Broad A Chariton.
Machinists and Boiler Makers.
P. J. Bulger, Bay st, near Habersham.
Machinists, Boiler Kakers ud Founders.
Mohahxk, Pabht & Co., cor. Bay and Randolph.
Monuments and Grave Stones.
Root. D. Walker, York st„ op. Trinity Church.
Sere!papers, Periodical! ud Books.
W*. Estill, Jil, Boll Street, corner of Bay lme.
Pianos Toned and Repaired.
Turner A Bbo., 134 State Street
Plunking, Gaa ud Steam Fitting,
rnierrn E. Wakzyizld, 122 Bryan Street.
P. E.&F. V. IOstebs, SOjfWhifr.bet Bro. & State.
Photographer.
J. G. Sttioeb, cor. St. Julian and Whitaker Sts.
Picture Frames, Honldlngs, Glsss, Ac.-...-
D. B. Toxtrasorr, Agent, 128 Bronghton street.
Paper, Stationery and Paper Bags.
Fretwzll A Nichols, 129 Bay street
Pernviu Guano Agency.
B. G. Lax, Agent Consignees, Kelly’s Block.
Prints, Oils, Sash, Blinds, Ac.
John Oltob, 3 Whitaker st.
Produce Commission Merchant.
Cat & Rszllzb, 173 Bryan st, Slarket square.
Gzobgz S. Hxbeeet, 1 and 3 City Market.
Sewing Machine!.
SntGza MxxurAcrrmxG Co., 172 Broughton St.
Whzxler A Wnaox Mt’g Co., W. B. Clevea. Agt.
Second-Hand Furniture (Bought and Sold).
C. Rollandin, 66 Broaghton, cor. Lincoln.
The Cheap Dry Goods Store,
Jons Y. Dixos & Co., 132 Broughton Street,
Tin Ware, Tin Hoofing, Gutters, Etc.
Thos. J. Daly, 1SS Congress Btrcet.
Tailor and Draper.
Samuel Polfu3, No. T Drayton street.
Tea, Coffoe and Spice Store.
Harst Briers, 139 Broughton street.
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
Lawrence A Weichselbaum, Market Square.
G. M. Heidt A Co., 21 Whitaker et.
J03. A. Polhill, cor. S. AE. Brd, A Ch’n AAb’n.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
A. L. Desbouillons, 21 Bull st.
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Wm. Honb, 154 Congress st.
T. J. Dunbar A Co., 131 Bay Street.
James McGrath A Co., 175 Bay Street.
gtattferfiS aud fSrofcfrs.
Banking, Exchange,
AND
Collection Office
OF
E. C. Anderson, Jr., & Co.,
NO. 11 REYNOLDS’ SQUARE.
* (Formerly Planters’Bank,)
SAVANNAH, GA.
DEPOSITS received subject to Check atS'ght,
and Interest allowed by agreement.
Gold, Stocks, Bond?, and Foreign and Domestic
Exchange bought and sold.
Collections made on all accessible points, and
promptly remitted for in Mew York Exchange at
No commissions charged on Collection? madeln
the city.
Merchants’ Cash Boxes, and other Valuables, re
ed vul on special deposit (and deposited In the large
Fire Proof Vaults of the Banking House) subject
JAMES HUNTER,
BROKER,
DEALER IN
Coin, Securities & Exchange,
No. HO Bryan Street,
(Geoigia Historical Society Building).
L oans negotiated. .
securities placed in my hands foe sale at
Real B ~ —
Estate bought and arid on
current rates,
commission.
Sir. H. J. THOMASSON will take
the Real Estate branch of iny basineai.
gire hh, personal attention to the leasing of
and collection of rents. sepl-tf
charge of
, and will
ALFRED E. HARTRIDGE,
SECURITY
EXCHANGE BROKER,
No S Battersby Building-,
SAVANNAH, - -- -- - - - UA.
octlS-em
©iiy 0rdi»anu\s.
OPEN SHEDS.
Published for Information.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, >
October 24th, 1874./
T HE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES are pub
lished for information.
By order of EDWARD LOVELL,
Chairman of Fire Committee.
James Stewart, Clerk of Council.
An Ordinance to declare the :
words “open sheds,” as used in tbe •
of the city of Savannah.
Section 1. The Mayor and Aldermen of the
cite of Savannah, in Council assembled, do hereby
ordain and declare. That whenever, and wherever,
in any present or future ordinance of the city or
Savannah, the words “open sheds” occur or shall
occur, such words shall be construed to mean
such sheds as are commonly built through said
city upon brick columns, covered with tin and
used as stables or wood and coal houses, and in
no case furnished with chimneys or used as habi
tations for people;and that all ordinances, or
parts of ordinances, so far as they militate with
this ordinance, are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council March 13,1872.
Also, the following section of Ordinance, para
graph 5, City Code of Savannah, pp. 255, ia also
published for information:
& It shall not be lawful for any person to put
np and erect any house or boiWlng, for the pur-
of carrying on and exercising tho trade of a
tallow chandler, chemist or cotton f
the limits of the city of Savannah, nnt»— the
said house or building be built and paved with
brick, or stone or tabby, and be covered with tin.
slate, tiles, or some incombustible material, and
that any person or persons who shall carry on or
exercise either of the —m trades in any building,
which building shall not be built, paved and cov
ered in tbe manner specified in this section, shall
be subject to a line of thirty dollars for each and.
every time such person or persons shall carry on
or exercise either of the trades aforesaid.
OCt24-5
COTTON PICKERS.
FOLLOWING ORDINANCE IS
t.tsftkii FOR INFORMATION.
PUB-
THE
Ax Ordinance supplimentary to an Ordinance
passed the 31st day at December, A. D. 1873,
to assess and levy taxes and raise revenue for
the City of Savannah, and for other i
therein mentioned, connodyfl with tl
and revenue of said city.
Section 1. The Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Savannah, in Council assembled, do hereby
ordain, That from and after the passage of this
ordinance it shall not be lawful for any person to
engage in gathering waste cotton, rags, paper, or
any otger loose material whatever in the streets
of this city without having first taken out a license
and badge as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. Such license and badge shall be taken
ont at the times, in the manner and under all
regulations and penalties providrd in tbe 5th sec
tion of the ordinance to which this ordinance is
snpplimentaxy for licenses to venders of small
wares and hucksters and hawkers.
Sec. 3. Every person taking out a license and
badge for the purposes aforesaid shall, within five
days alter the Issuing of the same, register his or
her name olacc of residence at the Police
Barracks, where a bookshaBbe kept for foot pur-
and^oose material as^oresaiJshaO^ear tbe
badge in a conspicuous position on his or her per
son, and every person found so engaged without
such badge so displayed, whether licensed or not,
shall be arrested by the police; and every person
found eo engaged without having taken ont such
license and Badge, shall be punished, on convic
tion thereof in the Police Court, by a fine of not
over thirty dollars or imprisonment lor not more
than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the
or or Recorder presiding,
dinance passed m Council April 22,1874.
The Badges are now ready at this office, under
the terms and provisions of tbe above Ordinance.
JAMES STEWART,
oct24-3 Clerk of COundL
To Whom it May Concern
PAUPERS.
CITY OF SAVANNAH, >
Optics Clerk or Council, October 10.1674./
T HE following Ordinance is published for in
formation. Its requirements will be rigidly
By order of the Mayor.
JAMES STEWART,
Clerk of CoondL
ORDINANCE.
Section 1. lie it ordained by the Mayor and
Idermen of the city of Savannah, and it is hereby
ordained by the autJtority of the same. That it
shall not be lawful hereafter for any Mister, Cap
tain or Commander of any steam or sailing vessel
arriving in the harbor of Savannah to land, or
permit to be landed, any steerage passenger, or
other person likely, as a pauper, to become a
on said dty, without permission from the
or acting Mayor of saiddty. and that for
lion of the foregoing provision, such Mas
ter, Captain or Commander shall be liable, on
conviction before tbe Police Conrt, to a fine of
twenty-five dollars for every such steerage or
assenger so landed, as aforesaid; but
may be remitted on each Master. Cap
tain or Commander, either conveying such pas
senger or pauper back to the port whence he
came or entering into bond, to be approved by
the Mayor, that such passenger or other r
shall not become a charge to cr on said r
the space of at least twelve months fro:
landing, and on such Master, Captain or Com
mander paying all costs of prosecution and all
expenses attending the enforced nt of the orders
of the Mayor in carrying out this Ordinance in
every given case,
Sec. 3. And be it further ordained by tU au
thority aforesaid, That His Honor the Mayor be,
and he is, hereby instructed to issue immediately
his proclamation, giving notice to all persons con
cerned of the tenor and reQuIrcments of this Or
dinance, and of the determination of the -city au
thorities of Savannah to present the influx of
, and that such 1
other papera as in the judgment" of the
may be proper.
passed in Council 21st November,
[Official.]
0Ctl3-Tn,Th£S15t
J. STEWART,
Clerk o£ Connell.
gats aaa (Eaps, &t.
HATS, CAPS, FURS,
—AND—
Gent J s Furnisliing Goods !
fUI Land complete line of tfce Wove Goods
L tin now be lonnd at 131 Corpe’s street.
SHIRTS at .all prices.
Hats, fruin 50 cents to*10.
FURS o£ all kinds—Seal, Mink. Ljdi, Alaska
Suite, &r.
Watches, Jewelry, to.—Wetehee Reprint.
Para iaroupBHwm, M Jrihnoa it
PLANTS!
BOQUETS and
DESIGNS for
Weddings and Fnnei
Choice BU1.IJ3,
In
ALSO,
BULB GLASSES.
FLOWER JARS, Ac.,
J. H. PARSONS & CO,,
octl-it ill State etrert,