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THIIWHAY, JANUARY 21, I87A.
Want a Reservation.
A petition was presented in the House
of Representatives at Washington, on
Friday, by Barbour Lewis, of Tennessee.
It has three hundred signatures of color
ed people in different portions of the
South, who are desirous to have “some
portion of the South or Southwestern
territory set apart for their exclusive use,
with similar protection by the United
States Government to that now given by
law to the Cherokee, Choctaw and Semi
nole Indians.’* The petitioners further
state that they are desir jus of having a
fair chance in the greit race of life, and
are satisfied that neither thamielves nor
children can have it so long as they are
in the midst of the “dominant race of
people who are far their superiors in
point of education and many other ad
vantages.”
The wisdom of this scheme is to our
mind very questionable. As a well-wisher
of the colored race, we deplore every
movement on their part which in our
judgment is calculated to retard their
progress in material advancement and
civilization, and to expose them to the
ovils which must result from the “irre
pressible conflict” of races. We believe
that the only security for the black race
on this continent is in its close identifi
cation and friendly co-operation with the
white people at the South, in the relations
at present existing between the races.
Under the institution of domestic servi
tude—by the mutual compensation of
which the races were firmly allied—the
negro, in a little more than a century,
increased from a few thousand African bar
barians, to four millions of civilized peo
ple, while the millions of Indians who
once owned the soil of this whole conti
nent have dwindled away to a few
thousand miserable starving wanderers.
It was the institution of slavery that gave
the negro the companionship and the
protection of the white man. The Indian
had no such bond of interest with the
white race, to whose progress he was an
obstruction and to whose selfishness and
cupidity he was a doomed victim. The
remnants of the Indian tribes are to-day
being mercilessly hunted from the “reser
vations” and the race is fading out of ex
istence before the march of civilization.
Will the blacks be any more secure in
their “reservation” communities than the
Indians have been? What security have
they that their rights will be any more
respected than those of the Indians have
been, when, like the Indian, they seek
isolation from the whites, and the inef-
facable distinctions of race are no longer
accommodated and harmonized in a com
munity of interests? If we were to pre
sume to advise the colored men of the
South we would say to them—seek not to
govern your superiors; neither seek to iso
late yourselves from the whites; cease to
be the dupes of unprincipled adventurers;
no longer permit yourselves to be arrayed
in hostility to your only true friends, but
endeavor to be contented, useful citizens
of the communities in which your lot has
been cast, and by deserving tho respect,
confidence and good will of the whites,
thus lay the surest foundation for the
future social progress, material prosperi
ty and happiness of your race.
More Bauditti—}fore Work for Bully
Sheridan.
By our Augusta dispatch it will be
seen that the White banditti have
broke out in the loyal Congo State
cf South Carolina, and are making things
uncomfortably warm there for the
loyal colored citizens. The case is a
most revolting one, and calls for the
prompt inference of the Federal military.
A loyal colored captain of colored militia
having employed another negro to set
fire to a white bandit’s house, the said
white bandit had the audacity to sue out
a writ for the arrest of the captaiu. This
was an indignity to which no negro cap
tain of militia in South Carolina could
be expected to quietly submit to, and
when the attempt was made by the ne
gro officer, backed by white banditti,
to serve the writ, the officer and ban
ditti aforesaid were fired upon from am
bush; whereupon the banditti returned
the fire, wounding mortally two of the
captain’s loyal colored friends. As might
be expected, this outrage on the part of
the white banditti has caused great indig
nation in colored circles in Edgefield
county. South Carolina, and the loyal
colored citizens have since been pepperi-
ing away promiscuously at white people,
with their usual bad marksmanship.
He^e is an outrage that should
net bo tolerated even in the loyal
State of South Carolina. Things
have come to a pretty pass indeed, if a
loyal colored captain of militia cannot
employ one of his men to burn down a
white bandit’s house without being
subjected to arrest. Senators Morton and
Logan should look into this matter im
mediately, and if*Bully Sheridan—having
completed the organization of the
Louisiana Legislature, and bayoneted the
Sheriff of Vicksburg out of his office
has nothing very pressing on his hands
just now, he should be dispatched at once
to regulate the banditti in Edgefield coun
ty, South Carolina.
In view of the iucompetency of the
Generals of the army, as acknowledged
by the Commander-in-Chief, would it not
be wise for Congress to adopt a resolu
tion, making an additional officer on the
staffs of Generals commanding depart
ments whose attainments shall be of a
legal character ? To Sheridan’s staff, at
least, this would be an acquisition. Of
course matters would not be much im
proved if the President were to appoint
such lawyers as Beast Butler and Landau-
let Williams to positions on military
staffs.
Fxl.l in the Value of Ahethysts.—
According to the Journal of Applied Sci
ence, the large number of amethysts that
has been thrown into the market since
1872, from Brazil, has caused a great de
preciation in their value. The first lots
sent to Europe brought from five to six
hundred dollars per arroba of thirty-two
pounds weight, but, as the quantity in
creased, the price rapidly receded, and
finally decreased to absolutely nothing.
At present no offer can be obtained fer
any lots on hand.
So widespread and all-pervading is the
popular condemnation of the President’s
course that the New York Time* declares
“if an election of Representatives, turn
ing on the question of the Louisiana
policy of the Administration, could be
held to-morrow, the Administration could
not carry fifty out of the nearly thre°
hundred districts.”
Stearns and the Florida Democrats.
The message of Gov. Stearns, sent to
the Florida Legislature on Saturday last,
contains this striking paragraph :
It will become your duty on the second
Tuesday after your organization to pro
ceed, in accordance with an act of Con
gress and the Constitution of the State,
to the choice of a United States Senator
for the term commencing the 4th of
March next. While I am aware of the
great interest felt upon this subject, and
fully appreciate the importance of secur
ing an able and upright representative in
the councils of the nation, yet I venture
the suggestion that the people of the
State have a greater interest in the home
government, and I confidently trust that
you will not allow this subject to engross
an undue share of your valuable time, to
the exclusion of those salutary measures
so much needed for the benefit and relief
of the people.
“ Salutary measures” is good. The ex
pression indicates the overpowering sol
icitude of a firm and patriotic Chief
Magistrate for the welfare of the people
he governs. Coming from the lately
converted Stearns, it is the token of a
new baptism in the purifying stream of
repentance and reform, which takes its
source in a heart regenerated and a spirit
BanctifiedJ by the touch of noble resolve
and exalted aspirations. It foreshadows
that he who but a little time ago might
aptly have sent before him the cry “make
way for the leper,” is henceforth to walk
before men, clean and unspotted.
“The people of the State have a
greater interest in the home government”
than in the comparatively unimportant
issue as to who shall be their Senator at
Washington. Therefore they are coun
selled to withdraw their eyes from the
Senatorial bauble. There are momentous
subjects of legislation, which should en
gage the undivided attention of members:
for example, an act to limit the plunder
ing capacity of official newspapers, (re
ferred to in another part of the message).
Don’t distract attention from these pon
derous themes. Let the Senatorship go
—cast it to an} 7 insignificant fellow who
will so abase himself as to accept it, and
if a creature so abject cannot be found,
then give it to Stearns—0, magnanimous
Stearns! Other portions of this message
are overflowing with the over-full reple
tion of generous sentiment of peace and
good will, and it is even asserted that
•‘the most cordial good will prevails
among all classes of our people.”
Now, was there a preconceived purpose
in the application to the smarting wounds
of the Florida Democracy of this unc
tion of soft words? Are these expressions
sincere ? Did Stearns intend to be truth
ful and candid, and does no ulterior
motiue lurk behind this specious display
of generosity to the people he has so long
aided to oppress, and slander and rob ?
We address this inquiry to gentlemen
—the Democratic and Conservative mem
bers of the Florida Legislature—who
have tho power to send Mr. Stearns to
the Senate, or to limit his political ad
vancement to the office he now holds.
We do so in all candor and kindness, and
ask if it is deemed a matter of no conse
quence who represents Florida in the
Federal Senate ? Let them contemplate
for a moment the representation they
now have at Washington. There is Pur-
man—Purman who needs no adjective to
describe him, since his very name has be
come, to the popular ear, the apt expres
sion of all that is loathsome in human
nature ; there is Walls, the noisome
odor of whose much-bandied patronymic
is an effectual rebuff to criticism;
and there is Conover, the imbecile,
the driveling, the abortive Conover. In
the name of all the dead statesmen, from
the days of Pericles, is it now required
that the name of Stearns shall be added
to this roll ? Has Stearns anything to
offer in the way of ameliorating the con
dition of the people of Florida, which
can compensate for a voluntary assump
tion of disgrace and dishonor by the De
mocracy of that State ? Is the Conover
combination and the results which fol
lowed it forgotten ?
We teli the Democrats of Florida (and
the day will come when our warning will
be remembered, if it is unheeded now,)
that they have no hopes apart from those
which are common to the entire Democ
racy of the country—that if they send
Stearns to the United States Senate they
will bolster the tottering cause of Grant-
ism, and to that extent thwart the pro
gress of national reform—that no good
thing can come out of the Radical Naza
reth—that there is sound philosophy in
Shakspeare’s line, “Corruption wins not
more than honesty”—that it is impossi
ble to dally with the harlot of political
dishonesty without defilement, and that
whatever the prospect of present advant
age may be, traffic and barter and
huckstering are not the means by which
an oppressed commonwealth is redeemed,
or a traduced and outraged people vindi
cated. All this we say, not for reproof
or castigation, but for kindly caution and
admonition. Not that we can believe
that there is real danger, but because we
fear there may be. The interests of our
Florida neighbors are next to our own,
and we can not be 6ilent when perchance
plain words from us might serve to rescue
them from great peril.
Revulsion of Sentiment at Washing
ton.—A Washington dispatch says: “The
report of the special committee of the
House of Representatives on the true
condition of affairs in Louisiana, is pro
nounced the cap-stone of the refutation
to the long column of slanders and false
hoods by which the President, and more
latterly his satrap, General Sheridan, have
maintained the authority of the Kellogg
usurpation. The character of the sub
committee is so high in both political
parties—Messrs. Fester and Phelps on one
hand and Mr. Potter on the other—that
no one has been found to-day who doubts
the absolute truth of their statements.
The report has had the effect even in a
day to create quite a revolution of senti
ment among the supporters and adherents
of the Administration who favor fair play
rather than fraud and violence in the
Louisiana situation. They find that theie
is absolutely no defence to be made of the
Returning Board which cheated the Con
servatives out of the control of the Legis
lature by the fabricated accounts of in
timidation in the Parish of Rapides,
while many of them now swell the tide of
indignation at the course of the Federal
troops in perpetuating the infamy by
force of arms.”
That Pleasure Trip.
The curious statement appeared in
some of the New Orleans papers when
Sheridan first arrived in that city re
cently, that he, on inquiry being made
of him, declared that it was only a
pleasure trip that he had come on. He
had several of Lis staff, &9 well as ladies
with him. and might extend his trip to
Havana, provided, of course, the winter
gayetiea of the commercial capital of
Louisiana were not lively enough for that
vivacious party. Subsequent ev nts,
however, indicate that Sheridan must
have found it very jolly in New Orleans—
found something, indeed, much to his
own tastes, at least—though what might
be “fun for him was death to others.”
Hence his banditti dispatch, and propo
sitions to go into the excrutiatingly en
tertaining business of courts-martial and
executions of people who don’t agree
with the powers that be. The origin of
the facetious idea of a pleasure trip, it
now turns out, was in the White House
at Washington, evolved from the wonder
fully stragetic brain of the great soldier-
President himself. A telegram sent by
Secretary of War Belknap to Sheridan at
Chicago, on the 24th of December, told
him that the President wished him to
take a trip, in this wise :
“Of course you can take with you such
gentlemen of your staff as you wish, and
it is best that the trip should appear to
be one as much of pleasure as of busi
ness, for the fact of your mere presence
in the localities referred to will have, it is
presumed, a beneficial effect. The Presi
dent thinks, and so do I, that a trip
South may be agreeable to you, and that
you might be able to obtain a good deal
of information on the subject about
which we desire to learn.”
Of the accuracy of the information
Sheridan obtained after he got to New
Orleans, the flat denial by ministers of
the gospel, the judges, commercial and
other official bodies, the lawyers, the
strangers on business in New Orleans,
Ac., give a sufficient idea. Altogether,
says the Baltimore Sun, this pleasure
trip of Sheridan’s is likely to be a costly
one to those who expected other people
to “pay the piper.”
BY TEIMAPB
THE MORNING NEWS.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Proceeding’s of Hie General Assembly.
CONVENTION OF EX-CONFLDERATE
SOLDIERS.
Eloquent Address by lion. B. II. Hill.
Selling off the Treasury Gold.—
The project with which the President
has followed up the so-called Resumption
bill, after sgining it, does not elicit full
confidence any more than does the equiv
ocal measure to which the new project is
to be an addenda. The Tribune notes
the feature proposing tho selling of the
treasury gold at a price two per cent, less
)han the metal now commands in Wall
street “ For this, we suppose,” itsayr,
“ the advocates of specie payments, with
a little less specie and a little more paper,
will quote the British act of 1819 as a
precedent. But they forget that the two
cases are entirely dissimilar. The Bank
of England always had full liberty to
contract the currency and restrict their
loans; and foreign exchanges from 181
to 1824, were for the most part favorable
to England.” We quote :
“We have no difficulty in believing
that the majority of the present Congress
will never consent to the slightest con
traction of the paper currency, and to
complete the contrast the exchanges have
been for about twelve weeks at such a
point as to cause the exportation of goM
to Europe. * * If the President wishes
to get nd of the coin in the Treasury,
why not sell it for what it will bring?
The Treasury is in need of currency, lie
tells us. Very well, why has it ceased its
weekly sales of coin? Tho dealers in gold
have been willing to purchase at the rate
of one or two millions a week for twelve
per cent, premium, as the market price
clearly indicates. Why not supply them
at that rate, instead of parting with a
commodity two per cent, less than its
market price?”
Danger Ahead.—Professor Kirkwood,
who is one of onr most wide awake as
tronomers, makes an interesting an
nouncement in regard to one of the
asteroids. It is well known that the
orbits in which these little planets move
are very elliptical. One of them, iEthra
by name, revolves in an orbit so eccentric
that it has recently been discovered that
when it reaches its nearest approach to
the sun it is not very far removed from
that point of the orbit of Mars that is
farthest from the sun. Therefore, a time
must come when .Ftlira and Mars wib
chance to be near these points at the
same time. It would be difficult to
prophesy the result of such a neighborly
encounter upon the planets themselves,
or upon the equilibrium of the solar sys-
tern. But astronomers have not *et
worked out the problem as to when the
juxtaposition will take place, and we may
safely possess our souls in quietness,
while they are settling their mathemati
cal calculations or correcting their tables,
and making allowances for all kinds of
perturbations. If the planetary party
should como off in our day and genera
tion, we shall have an astronomical event
to anticipate that will throw the transit
of Venus into the shade, and be more as
tounding thau the presence of a dozen
unexpected comets with tails reaching
fiom the horizon to the zenith.
[Spe ial Telegram to the Morning New*.]
Atlanta. January 20.
BILLS PASSED.
The following bills passed in the Senate
To regulate the mode of taking evidence
in causes.
To regulate evidence in insurance suits.
confirmation.
In Executive Session Thomas W. Latham
was confirmed Solicitor of the Tallapoosa
Circuit.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The following bills wero introduced in the
House :
By Mr. Glesson—To change tho time of the
meeting of the Legislature to the first Wed
nesday in August.
By Mr. King—To allow the Clerk of the
Superior Court of C&mdeu county to reside
in any part of tho county; to amend the
act creating a Board of Commissioners of
Camden ; also to require the Commissioners
of Camden to revise the jury box.
By Mr. Lawton—To authorize W. J. De
renne to appoint a trustee of the Pennsyl
vania Insurance Company.
By Mr. Rudisill—To fix tho per diem at
five dollars and mileage at ten cents.
By Mr. Hoge—To enable persons to waive
the homestead and homestead laws.
By Mr. Chappell—To repeal the act creat
ing an Advisory Board of Commissioners in
Lowndes county, and to substitue in lieu
thereof a Board of Commissioners.
By Mr. Tumlin— To incorporate the South
Georgia Laud and Immigration Company.
By Mr. Black—To fix the time of meeting
of the Legislature on the first Wednesday
in November.
LOUISIANA.
The Committee on the State of the Re
public reported a substitute for all the reso
lutions on Louisians.
GEORGIA CONFRD1RATES.
The Convention of Georgia Confederate
Soldiers met, General A. B. Lawton, Chair
man. After th* organization of the society,
General Joseph E. Johnston was unani
mously elected First Animal President,
amidst tremendous enthusiasm, by a rising
vote. General Lawton was elected Senior
Vice President. Thirty-four vice president-*
representing brigades, wero elected, of
which the following are a few : General J.
B. Gordon, General H. L. Benning, General
A. H. Colquitt, General C. A. Evans, Gen
Philip Cooke, General H. R. Ja'kson, Gen
P. M. B. Young, General L. J. Gartrell
General Robert Toombs, General D. M
DuBose, General L. McLaws, and General
R. H. Anderson. The society meets in Ma-
con during fair week, at which time General
Gordon has been invited to address them.
TUNIS.
Tunis G. Campbell has been remanded to
jail by the Ordinary, before whom the ha
beas corpus was tried Tunis is to be forward
eddto the penitentiary.
BEN HILL’S SPEECH.
Hon. B. II. Hill made the grandest effort
of his life to-night, before an audience of
two thousand people. It was the most
powerful arraignment of the enemiep of the
Constitution ever heard in this country.
Evening Telegrams.
GRAXT WANTS TO PRE
PARE FOR WAR.
Arming Ihe Scacoast Fortifications.
■ IIC11 OLD 11.1IES IN CONCJOI.INA
A Negro Incendiary Resists Arrest.
BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Elections for rnlted States
Yesterday.
What it Costs to Keep a White
House.—A Washington correspondent of
the Boston Globe writes:
“A large proportion of the expenses
of running the White House is borne by
the government. The entire appropria
tion for this purpose for the present fis
cal year is $12S,2LO. This includes the
President's salary, the salaries of the sec
retaries, clerks, messengers, policemen,
ushers, watchmen, furnace-keeper, stew
ard, and for fuel, light, taking care of
the mansion, repairs, plumbing and gas
fitting, stationary and contingent ex
penses. With the exception of the stew
ard, the President employs and pays out
of his salary all his household servants,
cooks, waiters, chambermaids, choaeh-
men, footmen, etc. But the list is not
long, and the cost no more, if as much,
as for the servants of any private gentle
man. I heard President Johnson say, on
one occasion, that it cost him about 9,-
000 a year to live while he was in the Ex
ecutive Mansion, and he remained here
all the year round, from January to Jan
uary. President Grant is usually absent
six months of every year on an average,
and it is presumed that his expenses
when traveling at Long Branch are less
than in the White House. The gem ral
impression is that it costs Grant about
$8, (XX) a year.
Somebody is to be Hubt.—Having
failed to get up a civil war in Louisiana,
it would seem from Grant’s special mes
sage, which we publish this morning, |that
he is impressed with the necessity of at
least getting ready for war with some
body. A little war diversion is indispen
sable, No war, no third term.
The Sub-Committee of the House Com
mittee on Pacific Railroads agreed Friday
to report to the full Committee in favor
of aiding Tom Scott’s Southern Pacific
Railway. We do not fear that the bill
will pass Congress; a majority of the
House dare not authorize the steaL It is
scandalous that a measure so flagrant
should have been favorably entertained
even by a sub-committee.—Chicago Tri
bune.
Senator Lewis on Sheridan.—Senator
Lewis, of Virginia, who has supported
the most extreme party measures in the
United States Senate, is not able to stand
the Louisiana outrage. He writes to a
friend;
1 am a party man and a Republican;
a Kepu
but I love my country and freedom more
than party. I think the proposition of
Sheridan a most infamous one, and ha
ought to be recalled instanter.”
The Commerce of 1874.—The com
mercial review for the past year shows
that in regard to tho exports and imports
the United States had an advantage both
ways. For the whole country the figures
show that the exports in 1873-74 exceed
ed those of the previous year by $45,000,-
000, and our imports decreased $G8,Q00,-
000. which gave us a help of $113,000,-
000. This is a happy result. In the
meantime many thousands of large and
small commercial industries whose foun
dations were impaired or weak, silently
disappeared and the revulsions did not
cause the crisis, because the decay was
gradual. It is not to be supposed that
such a year could be experienced without
even the rich feeling poorer for a time,
values having shrunk enormously in every
branch of business. The new year finds
the country at the same time in a state
which admits, if not of immediate recu
peration. at least of a gradual one.
The United States Senate has about
decided to seat Pinchback and recognize
the Kellogg government. Doesn’t the
President say that the election of 1872,
under which Kellogg holds office, was a
♦‘gigantic fraud?”— Chicago Tribune.
Well, it was only a Radical fraud, and
without fraud what would become of the
Radical party?
LET US HIVI PEACE.
Washington, D. C., January 20.—The
President sent the following message to
Congress to-dav:
7 of he Senate and House of Representatires :
In my annual message of December 1st,
1873, while inviting general attention to all
the recommendations made by the Secretary
of War, your special attention was invited to
the importance of preparing for war in time
of peace by providing rbe proper armament
for our seacoast defences, and proper arms
ment is of vastly more importance
than fortifications. * The latter can be
supplied very speedily for temporary
purposes when needed. The former
cannot. These view* gain increased
strength and pertinence as the years roll by,
I have now again the honor to call special
attention to the eondition of the armament
of our fortifications and the absolnte neces
sity for immediate provision by Congress for
the procurement of heavy cannon. The
large expenditures required to supply the
number of guns for our forts is
the strongest argument, that can be
adduced for a liberal annual ap-
pronation for their gradual accumulation.
Iu time of war each preparations cannot
be made. Cannon cannot be purchased
in open market, nor manufactured at short
notice. They must be the product of years
of experience and labor. I herewith en
close copies of a report of the Chiof of Ord
nance, and of a Board of Ordnanco officers
on the trial of an 8-inch rifle converted from
a 10-inch smooth bore, which .shows very
conclusively an economical means of utiliz
ing the useless smooth bores and making
them into 8-inch rifles, capable of piercing
seven inches of iron. The 12, 9 and 10 irich
Rodman guns should, in my opinion, be so
milled, and the appropriation requested by
tho Chief of Ordinance of $250,0U0 to com
mence these conversions, is earnestly
recommended. While convinced of the
economy and necessity of these conversions,
the determination of the best and most eco
nomical method of providing guns of still
larger calibre, slionld no longer be delayed.
The experience of other nations, bised on
new conditions of defence brought promi
nentiy forward by the introduction of iron
clads into every navy afloat, demand the
heavier metal and riflo guns of not less than
12 inches in calibre.These enormous masses
burling a shot of seven hundred pounds, can
alone meet many of the requirements of
national defences. They mast be provided,
and experiments on a larg°> scale can alone
give the data necessary for the determina
tion of the question. A suitable proving-
ground, with all the facilities and conveni
ences referred to by the Chief of Orffiuance,
with a liberal annual appropriation, is an
undoubted necessity. The guns n >w
ready for trial cannot be experimented
with without funds, and tbe estimate
of $250,000 for tho pnrposo is deemed
reasonable and is strongly recommended.
The constant appeals for legislation on the
armament of our fortifications ought no
longer to be disregarded, if Congress desires
in peace to prepare the important material
without which future wars must inevitably
lead to disaster. This subject is submitted
with the hope that the consideration it de
serves may be given it at the present ses
sion.
(Signed) U. 8. Grant.
Executive Mansion, January 20, 1875.
Ex-Senator Nye is prostrate with “in
curable softness of the brain,” which
tease, it is thought, will in this case be
of rapid operation.
CONGRESSIONAL notes.
Washington, January 20.—In the Senate,
the legislative, judicial and executive appro
priation bill was read the third term and
passed. An amendment by Mr. Ransom,
appropriating $54,000 for an assay office at
Charlotte, N. C-, and another submitted by
Mr. liobertsou, appropriating $9,500 for the
office of Assistant Treasurer at Charleston,
8. C., were agreed to. The fortification
appropriation bill and consular and diplo
matic appropriation bill were passed.
Mr. Logan, of Illinois, introduced a bill
authorizidg paying of prize money to cap
tors of steamboat New Era No. 5. Referred
to Committee on Naval Affairs.
The Senate then took up the amendment
to the Constitution proposed by tbe Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections, provid
ing for tbe election of President and Vice
President
Mr. 8herman gave notice that after tbe
amendment shall be disposed of he shall
claim the floor tc finish his remarks on the
Louisiana question.
The Fortification appropriation bill,which
pa-sed the Senate to-day, contains the fol
lowing items : Fortress Mouroe, Hampton
Roads, Va., $20,000; Fort Moultrie, Charles
ton harbor, 8. C., $15,000; Fort Pulaski, Sa
vannah river, Ga., $25,000; Fort Jefferson,
Garden Key, Fla., $15,000; Fort Jackson,
Mississippi river, La., $25,000; Fort Pickens,
Pensacola harbor, Fla., $25,000; Fort 8t
Philip, Mississippi river, La., $25,000; Fort
Morgan, entrance to Mobile bay, Ala., $25,-
000.
GOOD FEELING.
INCENDIARISM AND LAWLESSNESS.
Augusta, Ga., January 20.—General M. C.
Butler’s residence in Edgefield county, 8.
C., was br.rned by an incendiary on the
night of the 18th. The incendiary was ar
rested and confessed that Tennant, a negro
militia captain, hired him to do the deed.
A warrant was issued on Monday for Ten*
nant and placed in the hands of colored
constables. Tennant refused to be arrested
and the colored constables called on Gen.
Butler'for a posse. Butler and eight others
accompanied the constablenin search of
Tennant. Tennant and his rollovers fired
at tlieposst from an ambush, and the posse
returned the fire, wounding three negroes,
two mortally. Tennaut and the others fie
On Tuesday night the negroes fired at J,
Merriwether fifteen times. Dr. McTie, who
went to attend the three wonnded negroes,
was fired at twice on his retnni. One shot
perforated his clothing and the other
wouuded his horse. More trouble is appre
hended. The people are determined to ar
rest Tennant.
THE WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, January 20.—Probabilities
During Thursday in the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, fading barometer, rising tem
perature, easterly to southerly winds, cloudy
weather with ram, and followed io the West
Gulf States by northwest winds, rising ba
rometer, and in Texas a norther daring the
afternoon or night.
In Tennessee, the Ohio valley and the up
per lake region, falling barometer, rising
temperature, increasing east or south winds,
cloudy weather with snow in the last, rain
in the two first districts, and followed dur
ing the afternoon or night by northwest
winds, rising barometer, clearing and eolder
weather.
In the Middle States and lower lake
region, rapidly falling barometer, decided
rise in temperature, increasing easterly or
southerly winds, cloudy weather, followed
by light rain, except in the latter, and in
the northern portion of former probably
snow.
flour $*ills.
FOREST CITY FLOUR MILLS
GRAO WAREHOUSE,
Amusements.
Savannah Theatre!
DIRECTOR.
• JOHN E. OWRyg.
FOB THREE NIGHTS ONLY!
senatorial elections.
Boston, Mass., Janaary 20.—Dawea was
elected Senator.
Indianapolis, Ind., January 20.—McDon
ald was elected Senator.
Lansinq, Mich., January 20.—Chandler
received 64 votes, a gain of I.
Harrisburg, Pa., January 20.—Wallaoe
was elected Senator, vice Scott.
Providence, R. I., January 20.—The twen
ty-fourth ballot resulted in no choice. Ban-
side, 46.
Albany, X. Y., January 20.— Francis Ker-
nan wns elected, vice Fenton.
Dover, Del., January 20.—Bayard is re
elected.
Midnight Telegrams.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IS SPAIN.
TUB CHANCES OF ANDY JOHNSON
FOR THE 9ENATOKSHIP.
The Beecher-TIllon Nastiness In Pro
cess of Trial.
ANDY’S CHANCES.
Nashville, Todd., January 20.—The Leg
islature met m joint convention to-day and
proceeded to ballot fer United States Sena
tor. After comparing yesterday’s vote, on
the first ballot Juhoson received 30 votes,
Stephens 16, Brown 18, Bate 13, Savage 10,
Ewing 7, Quarles 7, Kennedy 1. On the
seventh ballot Johnson received 31, Steph
ens 17, Br »wn 16, Bute 15, Savage 7, Ewing
6, Quarles 6 and Paine 1. The convention
then adjourned until to-merrow.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
London, January 20.—The prompt action
of Spam in the Gustav affair has had ex
cellent effect on the Northern powers, who
are ready to acknowledge Alfonso as soon as
they are officially notified of his accession.
The Spanish fleet will probably bombard
Syarauz to-morrow. The German man-of-
war Nautilus is there, bat will take no part
in the action.
BEECHER* TILTON.
New York. Janaary 20. — The Tilton-
Beecher trial was resumed to-day in the
presence of tho usual crowd. Mr. and Mrs.
Beecher, their two sons, Mrs. Tilton, Mrs.
Field and Mrs. Sherman, were is their ac
customed seats. Monlton resumed his scat
in the witness staDd.
SEVERE STORM.
Salt Lake, January 20.—There has been
a fearful storm, and a number ef bridges on
the Central Pacific railroad are swept away.
Several fatal snow slides have ocearred.
“There Must Be an End of It.”
It is not for us to say what ought to be
done; that is a duty which devolves upon
Congress. But what every man can see
is that a serious and constant source of
trouble exists in several of the Southern
States, especially in Louisiana. It breaks
out in one form to-day; it may break out
in another form to-morrow. Some dan
gerous disturbances we shall always have
until tho immediate cause of all the diffi
culty is removed. The people do not be
lieve that at present they are dissatisfied
with him. Mr. Kellogg recently declared
that he would retire if it “would do any
good.” It would do a great deal of good.
It would relieve Congress from a most em
barrassing question, enable the peo
ple to hold another election, and
remove the necessity for the prop
ping up of the State Governor by Feder
al troops. For, whether a Democrat or
a Republican should be elected, the peo
ple would at least have a Governor of
their own choosing, and we can not but
believe that they would feel it to their in*
terests to preserve order and endeavor to
regain their prosperity. While Kellogg
remains in office, with that wretched
creature Packard at his back, we can see
no way out of the difficulty. The State
be kept in turmoil and disorder;
Kellogg, who is a thoroughly weak and
pusillanimous man, will always be crying
out for troops; rash officers will make
blunders, and there may burst out any
day a storm that will shake the country
from one end to the other. Kellogg's
withdrawal and a new election is the solu
tion to the problem, and, if Kellogg could
only realize how much mischief he has
done, even he would have the sense to
step down and out.” But it will not do
to keep a file of soldiers in the State Leg
islature to settle local differences or de
cide on the qualifications of members.
There must be an end put to all that, and
at once.—N. Y. Times (Republican).
Congress Street, Corner of Montgomery,
M ANUTACTURRIW of all grades of FLOUR; also, GRIST and MEAL, and have for sale the
offal. Bran, Shorts, Ac., together with CORN, HAY, OATS, and GROUND FOOD, in quantities
to floit, at Wholesale and Retail, and at the very lowest market rates.
CORN.—Average stock bushels 20,000
FLOUR.—Average stock barrels. 1,000
W Cash oountry orders solicited.
Office IS Bay Street and at the Mill.
S. G. HAYNES A BRO., Proprietors.
mhio-dlhn
iurnitarr.
FURNITURE
.G
HOUSE
** - tw
The U. 8. Bering
eoa petition.
II. MILLERjAgt.,
(Successor to S. S. Miller),
169 and 171 Broughton St.
Full and carefully selected stock on hand. Cash
Custom solicited, with corresnoudiLg prices.
NO CREDIT EXCEPT TO
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
• jan2 »-tf
Stir Adrr rtisrmenti.
Savannah Theatre!
©rortrirs and Trorisions.
At the request ef nnmeroas citizens, Miss Phil-
llppe has cencloded to give
Tw. Merc Perfarmaaeee «f
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
ITALIAN OPERA!
This week we are receiving from the
North and West, fresh supplies of
FRIDAYBYENING, JANUARY «2, 1875,
SATURDAY BURNING, JANUARY 23.
FRIDAY—Miss Phillippa and Company will ap
pear in Rossini's
BARBER OF SEVILLE!
CHOICE GOODS,
IIY Ot ll LITVE.
LARD, new, in bbls., half bbls., kegs
and buckets.
HAMS— 1 ‘Magnolia”—new.
BACON, C. R. SIDES and SROULD-
•ATURDAT BURNING will be producedjwith
and *U| "
appropriate coatuaies, scenery i
' ' * a, FI.
for the Arm time in America, J
Opera,
stage effects.)
lotow's eelebrated
L’OMBR A!
ipp*
both ai
In which Mim
i appear.
Admlseioa, eveainf, $1; Reaerved Seats, $1 00;
ly Cli
Gallery, Ota; Family Circle, 73c.
Sale ef aeete for both performaacee will com
mence Friday morning, January M, at H. L.
Schreiner’* Marie Store. janfl-$t
FOR BENT,
^ rowisnro room, wit* fiu m b»u,
near to busia«M. Far particular*, a4dreea
janCl-tt “H.,” at This Offlea.
Seed Potatoes.
900 Barrels Early Rose,
100 Barrels Early Goodrich,
50 Barrels Chili Red,
For rale by
ALEXANDER A RUSSELL,
jantl-dt Wholesale Grocer*.
FOR BOSTON.
ERS, new.
C. R. SIDES and SHOULDERS, Dry
Sait, new.
BREAKFAST BACON, new.
Stock Western
FLOUR—Large
Ground.
Fresh
BUTTER—Choice Yallev Virginia and
Orange county.
POTATOES—“Seed,” “Early Rose,’
“Goodrich,” and “Pink Eye.”
TOBACCO—Several hundred packages,
all grades.
MACKEREL, HERRING, CODFISH,
DRIED FRUITS, NUTS, CANDY,
SUGAR, COFFEE, CHEESE,
BISCUIT, CANNED GOODS,
SOAP. CANDLES, Ac., Ac
The moat Scholarly and Artlatic Actiea*
to tbe American Stage,
Admission—$1; Second Circle, 75cents- Gal!
50 cent*. ’
janT-im
Jlrtj ©nods.
Prices Reduced!
Gray, O’BrieiiACo.
No. 147 Broughton Street.
To decrease our Stock, pre
paratory to our Annual Stock
taking, we will offer our Cooils
at reduced prices from now
until the 1st of February next.
GREAT BARGAINS IN
Shawls, Cloaks,
BLANKETS,
AND ALL CLASSES OF
dec31-Th±wtf
THE RED GROCERY!
BOSTON AND SATANNAII STEAMSHIP LINE
STEAMSHIPS
CARROL, 1,000 tons, Capt. Wright.
WORCESTER, 1,400 tone, Capt. II*d«1.
SEMINOLE, 1,800 tons, Capt. Matthbw*.
S KMINOLB will sail WEDNESDAY, Janu
ary iTth, at 10:80 o’clock.
Through Mils of lad ini: given to Providence.
Fall River, New Bedford, Lowell, Lawrence, ana
other New England manufacturing point!*.
These steamships connect with the Marginal
Railroad at T wharf, Boston.
RICHARDSON A BARNARD,
Agents, Savannah.
F. NICKERSON A CO.,
janfl Agents, Boston.
Sot fair.
Real Estate For Sale.
22 Barnard Street,
Is offering tbe following inducements:
RUTTER, choice article, at 40 and 45 cents.
RIO COFFEE, Prime Roasted, at 30 cents.
SUGAR, Light Brown, at 10 cents.
FINE TEAS, Black. Green or Mixed, from 60
cents up.
-ALSO-
CANNED FRUITS, PRESERVES, Ac.
—AND—
SUITABLE ARTICLES for the German Table.
F. KUSSAK.
All packages to any part of the city delivered
free of charge. janl6-tf
On Consignment.
1 A A BBLS. EARLY ROSE POTATOES.
1UU WO hot*. EARLY GOODRICH POTA-
Carpet-Baggeb Taxation.—Mr. Ed
ward Itichardson, of Jackson, Miss., who
pays $3,400 lanes, testified before the
tax-payers’ convention recently held in
that city, that the proceeds of his crops
at the present market value would not
pay the cost of production with the enor
mous tax levios superadded. The same
fact as to the absorption of income by
oppressive taxes in that badly governed
State, applies to all property holders,
whether rich or poor, and its blighting
effects extend to all classes, whether land-
owners or laborers.
The Selma, Alabama, Echo gives con
spicuous place to the fact that Severn!
car-loads of cedar have recently been
brought to Selma on the Golf Road, fer
ried across tbe Alabama river, and
shipped on the Selma, Dalton and Borne
Hoad, to be carried to Michigan and made
into buckets. It adds that after the
buckets are made they will be sent back
for use, and condemns the procedure as
injurious to the resources of the commu
nity and a great tax on the uses of buck
ets.
More Denunciation or Grant.—The
German Democratic Central Committee
held a meeting last evening in the Teuto
nia Assembly Booms, Sixteenth street
and Third avenue, Magnus Gross presid
ing. Judge Michael C. Gross presented
series of resolutions, which were adopt
ed, demanding the immediate removal of
General Sheridan, affirming that Presi
dent Grant had violated the Constitution
of the United States, and that it was tbe
duty of Congress to make a rigid investi
gation of the matter, and declaring that
was the dnty of the Democratic citi
zens to see that the guilty parties should
not escape the punishment they merited.
copy of the resolutions was ordered to
be sent to tbe Senators from this city.—
N. T. World.
Brick Stores,
Several Dwellings.
Choice Building Lots,
On Gaston, Drayton, and New Houston streets.
CHEAP LOTS,
With aad without Housaa, on Gwinnett street.
Fonr Snperior Garden Lots,
On Middle Ground Road, over a mile beyond
Anderson street, (one with a hou*a on it).
A Good Farm,
In Effingham county, at Great Bargain. Apply to
HENRY BRYAN,
118 Bay street.
octR-tf
A RARE CHANCE.
FOR SALE,
That Elegant and Commodious
Residence
No. 215 SOUTH BROAD ST.,
Corner of West Broad, on Lot No. 8 Elbert
Ward, containing
8 PARLORS. DINING and LIBRARY ROOM,
8 KEDROOMS.
t DRESSING and
4 BASEMENT ROOMS,
all elegantly finished inside, and in good order.
Possession ei
vith house if de
immediately. Furniture sold
wired. Inquire of
GUGIB BOURQUIN,
Over Savannah Bank and Truet Co.
decS-TmThAStf
FOR SALE.
gAW MILL, DOCK HOUSES, and Lease of
TOES.
ISO bbls. Chili RED POTATOES.
100 bbls. PEACH BLOW POTATOES.
30 bbls. RED ONIONS.
10 bbls. NUTS, “assorted.”
5 frails NEW DATES.
25 bbls. and half bbls. SWEET CIDER.
10 bbls. choice CIDER VINEGAR.
And for sale by
L.T. WHITCOMB S SON, Ag’t,
Wholesale Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Frails,
Nuts, Vegetables, Hay, Grain, Feed, Ac. Sole
Agent for Rogers’ Pure Cider and Cider Vinegar.
jan!6-tf
141 BAY STREET,
Savannah, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1856.
GEO. G.lVILSOY,
No. 190 Congress and 185 St. Jalian St*.
Groceries, Wines and Liquors,
AND PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES GENERALLY,
Which I will sell low for cash or good acceptance.
Q CONSIGNMENTS of Cotton an* Country Pro-
dnee solicited, to which I trill give my per
sonal attention, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Parties shipping small lots ot Cotton will find it
to their advantage by shipping me, as “my
charges will be small,” and remittances in cash or
goods, as may be directed, made promptly,
sepl-tf
Copartnership Stotirrs.
Limited* Partnership Notice.
'J'nE Limited Partncrship^heretofore existing
nnder the firm name of HOPKINS * WOOD,
haring been dissolved by the death of John D.
Hopkins, one of the general partners, «n the 7th
instant, the undersigned, John Wood, James Tor-
w< mm
ranee Wood and Ernest R. Wood, of Liverpool,
England, and Farley R. Sweat, of Savannah, Ga.,
as general partners, and Andrew Low, of Savan
nah. Ga.. as a special partner, will carry on the
business as a Limited Partnership under the firm
name of
wood & SWEAT.
WINTER GOODS.
jan4
GRAY, O’BRIEN A CO.
fainting.
PAINTING!
CHRIS. MURPHY.
CHAB. CLARK.
Murphy & Clark,
98 Bryan street, between Drayton and
Abercom streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
HOUSE, SHIP, STEAMBOAT, SIMM AND
Ornam’tal Painters,
GILDING,
GRAINING,
MARBLING,
GL AZ IN G
AND
Paper Hanging.
We are prepared to offer estimates for every de
scription of Painting in any part of Georg a.
South Carolina and Florida, and guarantee satis
faction iu the execotion of oar work.
We keep always in store a select stock of the
following articles;
~ REEN
PURE ENGLISH B. B. LEAD.
ATLANTIC and ali other brands of LEADS.
OIlS, VARNISHES, PUTTY, BRUSHES.
Furniture, Demar and other VARNISHES put
up in quart, pint and half pint bottles, ready for
use.
GROUND and ENAMELED GLASS.
STAINED and PLAIN of various colors.
Double and single thick French, English and
American GLASS.
GOLD LEAF, BRONZE, Glaziers’ DIAMONDS.
Machinery OILS, and Axle GREASE.
A select stock of GOLD and PLAIN PAPER
HANGINGS.
Persons desiring work and material in onr line
would do well to give us a call before going else
where.
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
SIGN WORK
Executed with neatness and dispatch.
PATENT STEP LADDERS.
As the season has set in when house cleaning Is
the order of the day, it can’t be done without*
step ladder:
hem Light
'aint and Oil Store of
MURPHY & CLARK.
PRICE $2 50 TO $C, ALL 8IZES.
Stained to imitate Black Wainnt and Lettered
with the purchaser's name, if desired. octH-li
Prdirittal.
VIRGINIA
BUFFALO SPRINGS.
Bobtoh, January 20.—The milit|a of this
city met to arrange for a table at the Charles
ton, 8. C., Washington Light Infantry Fair,
aa evidence of good will and sympathy.
4U the oompauiee heartily concurred.
The word “loyal” is again coming to
the surface. We have the Grant organs
talking about “the loyal press;” “loyalty
to ihe Executive “loyalty to the par
ty.” There is never a word said, how
ever, about loyalty to the Constitution.
—Courier-Journal.
The duty of loyalty ceases with life.
The Constitution is dead.
The firm of Woodiuff, Kobinson A Co.,
New York, of which Frank Moulton has
been a member, had dissolved, and Moul
ton will retire from active business life.
Monlton has too much Beecher business
to look after.
Dock, PINE LANDS, as follow*:
PANAMA MILL?, Jacksonville. Florida, with j
Dwelling House and twenty-five acres of
Lend, an in good order.
DOCK, HOUSES and Lease ot Dock; Lease, 75
yean to run; Dock and Houaee coat $35,000 f
lo build, at Brunswick, Ga.
10,000 aero of PINE LAND, on Brunswick and
Alban? Railroad, Georgia. Apply to
The general » ature ol the bm*iness to be trans
acted ia that of Commission Merchant*.
Said Limited Partnership business commence?
January 14th, 1875, and terminates August 31st,
1876.
Andrew Low. as such spec’al partner, has paid
into the common stock of the firm One Hundred
Thousand Dollar** in Gold.
JOHN WOOD,
JAMES TORRANCE WOOD,
ERNEST R. WOOD.
Liverpool, England.
ANDREW LOW,
Savannah, Georgia.
FARLEY R. SWEAT,
Savannah, Georgia.
Dated this 14th day of January, 1875.
janls-6w
(Clothing.
A MONG the most remarkable enres upon
record, whether by medicineor mineral wa
ter, are some made by these waters in disease? of
tbe KIDNEYS and BLADDEK, in DVSPEPSfA,
in DISEASES PECULIAR to WOMEN, more ,-s-
|>ecially in Leucorrhea. They have accomplished,
the mos’ gratifying resnlts in GOUT and KHEl -
MATISM where dependent upon uric acid iu tne
blood. In CHRONIC GONORRHEA, SECOND
ARY SYPHILIS, Gleet, and ALL KINDKED
diseases, they are regarded by all m* dical men
conversant with their etfecta as decidedly supe
rior to any remedy in tbe range of medicine or
among the miuera waters of the cour try.
They are put up for sale in cases contamirg
one dozen Half Gallon Bottles, delivered a| the
Scottsharg Depot ot the Richmond and Atlant*
Air-Line Railroad at $6 per case. Address,
THOMAS F. GOODE. Proprietor.
Bnffalo Lithia Springs,
dec21-M&Th4m Mecklenburg County,
JOHN J. MACDONALD,
Trottee of Dodge A Co.,
t Nassau street, New York City.
Also, for Panama Mills, to FLEMING A
DANIELS, Jacksonville, Florida.
n*v90-F.MAWfm
FOR SALE.
Valuable Property
ON SOUTH BROAD STREET,
The New Departure
c. o. i>.
By This Sign We Conquer.
REIDT, JAUDON & CO.,
C ONSISTING of Lot No. 40, northeast corner
of South Broad and Lincoli! streets, 00x90
One of the Oldest Clothing
Houses in Savannah,
rick j after this date they will adopt the “Cash System,
Kitchen* for dwelling* on Lot | and sell for cash. Their pnees will conform t<
feet, and fifteen feet of Lot 89, on South Bro*d
street, running back to the north fine of Brick
building, used
No. 40.
This property ie rented for eighteen hundred
dollrrs per annum, and is in one of the moet de
sirable portions of the city. Apply to
— HENRY 1
R ESPECTFULLY announce to their large cir
cle of Friendgand Patrons, that from and
dec39-Tu,ThAStf
BRYAN.
FOR SALE,
White Pine and Black Wainnt
prices will conform to
this change, and will be found lower thau any
house in the city.
They now offer unparalleled inducements to
cash buyers. janl lm
Urmorals.
Removal.
1 HAVE removed to my stores, NO. 196 and 196
BAY STREET adjoining Haywood*
House, where I am in daily receipt of heavy con*
signments of Western Produce, such as
FLOUR, «fcc.
GRAIN,
—ON HAND—
1 car load extra HEAVY MESS BEEF.
1W boxes CANDLES.
300 boxes SOAP.
800 bbls. FLOUR.
50 tubs choice New York State BUTTER.
10 bbls. New Haven PIG HAMS.
All for sale low to the trade.
dec29-tf M. H. WILLIAMS.
Wanted.
So Rent.
COUNTER TOPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND
C. S. GAY,
Mpt-lj Corner Charlton and Tattnall Sta.
King Kajakana expressed a great desire
to attend tbe Beecher trial. He says he
vas once young and foolish himself-—
Brooklyn Arym.
Seed Potatoes.
PnA BBLS. RARLY ROSE and CHILI RED
0"U POTATOES, put up express!v for Seed,
bow landing tad for aale by
jaalft-lw HUNTER * GAMMELL
FOR KENT,
fpHE WESTERN FLOOR of City Exchange*,
lately occupied by H. Mayer A Co. Apply
to JOHN K. JOHNSON.
dec25-tf City Treasurer.
FOR BENT,
The Bice Plantation known as
New Hope,
On the Ogeechee River.
decT-tf R. HABERSHAM’S SON A CO.
WANTED,
j^Y a SINGLE GENTLEMAN, a nicely
FURNISHED ROOM, WITHOUT BOARD.
Address,
jan20-2t ‘*H. K.,” P. O. Box 901.*
HEIRS WANTEI>.
T EXAS LANDS—AU persons who lost relative*
m the Texas revolution of 1836, will hear oi
something to their advantage by communicating
with CARLOS RODREQUE
Savannah. Ga.
, care of thi a office
oc'lfltf
T
Mrs. D. P. Bowers!
Supported by tbe entire Company from
JOHN E. OWENS' THEATRE, New Orie^.
Ier 7.
tar-Tbe saleof Referred Seats, withouterp.
charge will begin on Friday, January w „ i, f*
Schreiner's. J ’ **- L.
MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 25
LADY Al’DLEV’8 SECBET.
TUESDAY EVENING, JAN. SS,
Camille; or, The Fate of the Coquette.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, ^
SCHOOL FOB SCANDAL.
janlS-Kt
Savannah Quintette Club
PROF. HERMAN BRAUN,
Solo Violinist of the Mozart Club,
H AS formed the above Club, and will tami.h
Masicfor
CONCERTS, ENTERTAINMENTS, Ac.
Orders left at Schreiner's Music Store will x*
promptly attended to. ° e
Professional and Business Men ,
mmwm jom orricM.