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Affairs in Georgia.
An Atlanta mau who hasn’t had the itch
isn’t admitted into good society.
Mr. George P. Cornell, of Macon, was
married recently to Miss Lucine Elder, of
Indian Spring, one of the most beautiful
and accomplished young ladies of Middle
Georgia.
Mr. Stephen D. Heard, of Augusta, is se
riously ill.
The bold and busy burglar is burgling in
Macon.
j. J. Clay tailed the fox in the recent
chase in Jones county.
The Count Johannes B. Gormane is en
gaged in the plebeian vocation of gathering
his rice crop. If this continues all taint of
the fast society in Europe and other French
towns will soon be eliminated.
Since the editor of the Talbotton Standard
has married, he has discovered that the
modern pin-back is a mere skeleton, so to
epe&k. This is candid, hanged if it isn’t.
Sawyer says ho doesn’t get anything but
good words from the people. We trust*
however, that this is exaggeration. At any
rate, we bespeak for the Commonwealth sub
scribers without end.
In Forsyth, where such things are done
to perfection, the ladies propose to give an
entertainment on the 26th, for the benefit
of the Baptist Church.
Three white women, who were living with
negroes, were arrested near Macon on Sat
urday Dight. One of these abandoned
wretches, thinkiug to escape the law, mar
ried her negro partner, thereby adding an
other crime to the list. There is a law in
Georgia prohibiting the intermarriage of
the races.
The Atlanta Constitution learns from re
liable sources that the houses of Lowry &
Eason and D. E. Allen, of Dalton, have fail
ed and gone into bankruptcy. The first kept
a general supply house, and the last a dry
goods store. Itia reported that the liabil
ities of the first will reach $40,000, while
their assets will more than cover it. Of the
extent of either, however, not much is de
finitely known. They were indebted to At
lanta merchants between $6,000 and $8,000.
It is said that they have about $20,000 in
notes and accounts, $10,000 or $12,000 in
goods, in addition to the storehouse and
two plantations.
The Enquirer says all the oranges brought
to Columbus are from Florida. Last season
Columbus received 1,500 boxes, containing
about 525,000 oranges, which were sold for
$11,250. This year the business is expected
to largely increase. There are many mei"
chants who will pay freight ou all the peo
ple of Florida may send. They can find a
market at remunerative prices for all that
may be sent.
The Forsyth Advertiser says that a young
man named Clayton Coody, son of F. M.
Coody, of Batts county, was shot and badly
wounded whilst coming from his home to
Forsyth on Saturday morning last. He was
a short distance on this side of the residence
of Mr. Clint Ham, near the place formerly
known as Proctor’s Store, when he was
fired at by some one in the woods. As soon
as the shooting was done the would-be
assassin fled, and young Coody failed to re
cognize him. He saw him distinctly enough
to know that he was a white man. Coody
was on horseback, and came to town as
rapidly as possible and had the ball, which
entered the lower portion of the body, ex
tracted by Dr. L. B. Alexander. It is quite
likely that the motive was money, as it was
supposed that Coody had some money
which he was bringing to town to pay a
debt. The wound, while painful, is not
considered by Dr. A. as dangerous.
The same paper says that although in
many sections of the country the price of
real estate has declined a great doal and it
is next to impossible to sell for any price,
it is not so in Monroe county. Last week
Mr. T. J. Cheves sold his farm seven or
eight miles from Forayth, containing 460
acres, to Mr. Bicks Rutland for $5,000. The
money is to be paid cash. Whilst this is
not an extraordinary price, yet we believe it
is more than land will bring in any of the
Agricultural sections of the State.
Thug the sarcastic demon of the Ge
neva Lamp : The Lamp is offered for sale.
To an enterprising, intelligent, industrious
printer, this is a favorable opportunity to
lay the foundation of a future competency.
We would not offer our paper at such a
sacrifice, but we think it our duty to go to
Columbus and publish a daily that would
not be too picayunish to oxchange with the
surrounding country press. Price, $3,000
cash.
Mr. T. B. Lombard writes as follows to
Captain J. R. King, Lumpkin county: The
ore and sand from the Etowah mine which
you sent me to test, turned out much better
than I expected considering the disaB-
viutage of workiug soft ore in a mill using
stamps of seven hundred and fifty pounds
weight. From the five tons sent I obtained
twenty-two and a half pennyweights of hard
amalgam, which, when burnt off, wid
make at least twelve peunyweights of pure
gold. The mill had been lying idle so
long that I wasted more gold than I other
wise would. One hundred tons would in
this mill vield three hundred pennyweights
of gold, and in a mill of three hundred
pounds stamp, would, no doubt, double
n'ore than that amount. It you wish to
' e a further test at my mill with a larger
omtnt of ore, I shall be happy to accom-
mcKuVfi x *»n- A twenty stamp mill on your
min* o) d M>* r weight, etc., for working
such ore, Sill it the best paying mine
in the country. . _ .. . .
Wr'e, ior ^‘following > ^^yTou™tv
a distinguished planter o _ L Hb0 ui
Georgia, to him: “Jost afte. \
W two negroes raised in ) 0 h rt ,
bought an improved place of . -» ^ ^
lying midway between stations i. mnt _
the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, l ^hev
about four miles from the road. T. f
planted, after the usual manner, corn, cot
ton, rice, peas and, I think, oats. They
cropped tLus for three years, the land
gradually degenerating, only such portions
of it as they were able to manure. During
the spring of 1871 they noticed a strange weed
growing in the fields* and coming up thickly
after the crops were laid by. It continued
to spread anu grow thicker all over the field
until every foot of ground, if left uncultiva
ted, would be covered by it. It was soon
discovered that it rooted out the common
grasses and weeds, taking entire possession.
It was feared that it would be a worse enemy
than Bermuda or nut grasses, but it is now
known not to be an enemy, but a blessing
providential, for the reclaiming of this poor
old worn out section of the State. Since
its first appearance on this one place four
years ago, it has spread to other places,
*o that fields several miles distant
have now become covered with it. It
■eeds heavily, the seed remaining in the
ground all winter and coming up in spring.
Like seed of crab grass, it makes no dif
ference how deep they are buried, they do
not rot, but will come up, even late in the
fail. It is not an early grower, and hence
never gets in the way of young cro P®’. r& £ e ^
getting up before May or June. The first
light frosts of fall almost always kills it.
While cattle and horses eat it with great rel
ish, both green and cured, there niay
he some objection to it as a forage plan*
from the fact that after it is cured, ii
roughly handled, it loses its leaves. Ibis
may be remedied in the caring. The vines
contain so much moisture it ia liable to_mola
if packed in bulk. As a fertilizer it is un
surpassed. On one of the places where it
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1875.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
}} WA8 turned under in its green state
t fall on about two acres. On an adjoin
ing two acres it was allowed to staud and
die, the ground being broken this past
spring, and fertilized with stable manure.
The four acres were planted in com, culti
vated all over alike, and when gathered
the green soil manure yielded two
bushels to one of the stable manure.
The dry season, however, prevented
the stable manure from having its full effect.
In land that is at ail--* 4 lively” in plowing it
it is necessary to use a goo 1 plow with a
• sword attachment, or it will choke every
five feet. The plant somewhat resembles
the pea vine ; the leaves differ, as also do
the seed pods. When thickly set, its branches
grow up; when thinly set they spread out
on the ground. There is but one main root;
it does not send down roots from the joints,
no matter how long the vines may be.
“Are Wiere u; Lands for Sale in
Southern Georgia ?”
[Dr. W. B. Folk*, in Valdosta Times.]
The above question is asked by the
Savannah Morning News. This infor
mation is sought on account of the
numerous inquiries daily received by the
News from Northern people and persons
from a distance who have formed a favor
able opinion of this country, and who
wish to purchase lands and settle here.
The question can be answered in the
affirmative. Thousands and millions
of acres of land are now lying broad
cast all over Southern Georgia, and
particularly along the lines of the differ
ent railroads, that are offered for sale
cheap, almost at nominal prices, which are
awaiting purchasers, to be settled and
developed. Lands that are fertile, well
watered and healthy; lands that will pro
duce corn, cotton, oats, sugar caue, peas,
potatoes, garden vegetables, fruits, flow
ers, and in fact everything that will grow
in a tropical or semi-tropical climate,
and that ir. abundance, well paying the
husbandmen for his labor.
The tier of counties from Savannah to
Thomasvile, through which passes the
Atlantic and Gulf li&ilro&d, may be men
tioned os presenting unusual inducements
to immigrants who wish to engage in
farming, or the manufacture of lumber
or naval stores. These lands are heavily
timbered with as fine pine timber as is to
be found in the world, and the lands fully
tested in an agricultural point of view,
producing in many instances with good
manuring and cultivation, from seventy
five to one hundred bushels corn per
acre, and the same in oats and other field
crops. This is not an overdrawn picture,
but a veritable truth, as much of this
produce is now in the barns of some of
the best farmers, who produced it. The
recent fair of the South Georgia Agri
cultural and Mechanical Association de
monstrated the fact that Southern Geor
gia was not only equal, but in advance,
producing a greater variety and a larger
quantity per acre of all kinds of field and
garden crops than any other portion of
the State.
Yes, there is plenty of land for sale in
Southern Georgia just like the lands we
have described. Colonel H. S. Haines,
General Supt. A. & G. R. R., issued a
pamphlet last year giving a description
of a portion of these lands near his road.
He now extends the invitation to publish
free, in another pamphlet soon to be is
sued by him, all the lands for sale in
Southern Georgia. Persons owning
lands and are willing to sell them for the
benefit of themselves and the benefit of
this section of the country, now have an
opportunity to make it known through
this medium.
Profaniug a Sacred Ordinance.
Henry Ward Beecher’s paper, the Chris
tian Union, is sending out broadcast
among the newspapers, a slip containing
an extract from his last Sunday’s sermon,
in which the Plymouth pastor announced
hi3 resumption of the policy of silence.
As we supposed, the language used by
Mr. Beecher, though apparently wrung
from an overflowing heart and the out
come of the moment, was premeditated,
and uttered in pursuance of a settled
plan of action.
The extract, which is headed “Silence
Under Suffering,” consists of that pas
sage in his sermon which Mr. Beecher
delivered with streaming eyes and amid
the tears of the congregation. He now
sends it out to editors in advance of the
publication of the whole sermon, as a
declaration of his intention to resume
the policy of silence.
Studying the words of the extract
coolly and apart from the dramatic man
ner of their delivery, we discover in
them an egotism characteristic of the
man, an artful suggestion of the object
of their utterance, a dexterous though
impious use of the Divine example, and
a skilful effort to convey the impression
that Mr. Beecher is a person of the very
highest godliness and the loveliest charity.
The whole thing—the way he took of
publishing his intention, the manner in
which he spoke, and now the method he
takes to inform the newspapers of his
relapse into silence—is the height of as
surance. It is a trick done under the
cover of religious exhortation to evade
the proposed inquiry into his case.
Imagine a minister accused of adultery
and prejury by members of his own
flock having the impudence to stand up
before his congregation, and with tears
running down his cheeks, to say that he
is not going to reply to the accusation
because Christ was silent before Pilate,
and asking his hearers to covenant with
him to ignore investigation! It would
be hard to parallel such impudence,
especially in the case of a man who had
lately spent six months and one hundred
thousand dollars in an unsuccessful ef
fort to defend himself against those
very charges. Does Mr. Beecher think
men are fools ? Does he have so low
an estimate of the average intellect that
he thinks he can by cant like this delude
men into believing “that he is innocent ?
No innocent minister so charged would
talk of silence. He would raise his voice
in protest against silence. He would
compel his accusers to withdraw their
charges or prove them. He would not
remain in a cloud of doubt. A guilty
man, however, would try to shirk inves
tigation just as Mr. Beecher does.
IT is use of a tearful invitation to the
communion table to announce his inten
tion to refuse to meet his assailants, was
unseemly to the point of blasphemy.—
N. Y. Sun.
Ixdoob Safety in a Thunderstorm.—
Mr. Latimer Clark, the eminent electri
cian, gives the following useful hints as
to the safest position people can occupy
during a thunderstorm : A person re
clining on a sofa or bed at a distance from
all the walls of the room could scarcely
suffer injury, even in a house struck by
lightning, but a most absolute security is
obtained by lying on an iron or brass bed
stead of the form known as the Arabian
bedstead, in which the head is surmount
ed by an iron erection supporting the
curtains. A person lying or sleeping
within sue! a bedstead could not possibly
receive any direct injury from lightning,
^en if the house were to be demolished,
as h bedstead forms the most complete
lit?htm. n 8“P ro * ec * or w bich could well be
devised- A wooden bedstead, placed
aeainst the .^*11. does not afford any spe-
cial security. U inay flasb the danger
is past—the eras* of the thunder, how-
ever terrific it may appear, being perfect-
ly harmless.
Somebody has compared the opinion
of foreign nations to the judgment of
posterity. Just now the opinion of Eng
land about our affairs loots a good deal
more like the judgment of our ances-
tors. Nothing could more curiously
bring back to the American the hot tem
per and forgotten passions of ten years
ago than the English fear that our seren
ity might be ruffled by the statue they
have sent over for “Stonewall” Jackson.
It is the anger of a bygone age they dep
recate. Englishmen can pay no tribute
to the character of a gallant American
soldier, who died fighting for what he
conscientiously believed to be a just
cause, in which Americans will not vie
with them. The personal character of
“ Stonewall” Jackson finds no warmer
admirers to-day than among the men be
fore whose bayonets he fell and his cause
went down in hopeless defeat.—AT. Y.
Tribune.
BY
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
POLITICS IN FltANCK.
Defeat of
the Republicans
Assembly.
in the
A HERZEGOVINIAN VICTORY.
THE FUNERAL OF POOR GUIBORD.
FRENCH POLITICS.
Paris, November 16.—The motion in the
Assembly to postpone the consideration of
the municipal law until after the election,
was opposed by the Republicans, who ac
cuse the government of a design to influ
ence the elections through the mayors, who,
under existing laws, are appointed by the
government. M. Buffett refused to aban
don the mayors, to whom the government
is indebted for devoted services. The elec
tion will be free and straightforward. Ihe
government has the right to make known
and support its opinions at elections. The
party of the Right cheered these utterances
enthusiastically. The Left, regarding the
speech as a defence of the system of official
candidates, showed irritation. The post
ponement was carried by a large majority.
The result is considered •. ery important and
antagonistic to the Republicans, as the
present conservative and irresponsible
mayors will manage the elections. The
third reading of the election bill is flxsd for
Friday.
LIBEL suits.
Florence, November 16.—In the libel
suit of Connelly vs. Healy, growing out of a
letter in the New York World charging art
frauds, Healy was sentenced to a fortnight's
imprisonment and to pay a fine of one
thousand livres, and the manager of the
Tourist newspaper to eight days’ imprison
ment and a fine of five hundred livres for
publishing the libel. Both parties appeal.
THE TURKISH DEFEAT.
Cettinge, November 16.—In the victory of
the insurgents over the Turks at Gatscheke,
the insurgents suffered a loss of only one
hundred and fifty killed, including one chief
and six officers, and ninety-six wounded,
and captured a provision train, fifty tons of
ammunition and three hundred rifles.
FOREIGN NOTES.
London, November 16.—The estimated
damage in London and its neighborhood is
fully five millions of dollars.
A special from Cettinge says: Selim Pacha
retreated to Gatscheke, losing one thousand
killed. Their baggage, ammunition and sev
eral cannon were captured.
suspended.
Little Falls, N. Y., November 16.—
Burke A Hely, bankers, have failed. Their
liabilities are $100,000. Burke’s Bank, of
Utica, connected with the firm, will be
compelled to suspend for a few days.
repaired.
Omaha, November 16.—The breaks in the
Western Union Telegraph wires between this
point and Calafornia have been repaired, and
the lines are now in complete order between
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
REFUSED.
Philadelphia, November 16.—The man
damus asked for by the Park Commissioners
to compel the City Councils to appropriate
one million dollars for the park has been re
fused by the court.
FROM MADRID.
Madrid, November 16.—The Cronista be
lieves that the questions between the
United States and Spain relative to the
treaty of 1795 will result in au agreement.
guibord’s ghost.
Montreal, November 16, 9:30 a. m.—The
Volunteers have just started from Champ de
Mars en route for the cemetery. The police,
armed with carbines, are also' on their way.
PROGRESSING.
St. Louis, November 16.—TJie trial of
General John McDonald, ex-Supervisor of
Internal Revenue, is progressing.
THE CHIEF OF THE SMUGGLERS.
A Prison Looming I p Before One of Gen.
Banks’H Staff Officers.
[New York Sun.]
The trial of Col. Robert Des Anges
was concluded Thursday with a verdict of
guilty on all the counts of the indict
ment. A motion for a new trial was
made, and Des Anges was remanded for
sentence. The extreme penalty for com
plicity in smuggling is a fine of $10,000
or imprisonment for two years on each
count, or both. Col. Des Anges, when
he was an officer in the custom house,
was esteemed by his fellow officers as a
soldier of fortune. He wore several
medals that he was supposed to have re
ceived for meritorious conduct in the
Crimean and the Algerian campaigns, and
in the Italian war of independence. De
tectives who have inquired into his his
tory say that his full name is Robert
Bruce Des Anges.
Des Anges is an Englishman of Hugue
not descent. His father is an English baro
net, and his uncle is a wealthy land-
owner. They say that Des Anges has not
done service in any European war. He
was discarded by his relatives for youth
ful follies and a commission as Assistant
Paymaster was purchased for him in the
British army. He defaulted with £2,000
and fled to America at the outbreak of the
rebellion, leaving his wife in London.
He obtained a commission in the United
States Army in 1862, and commanded
colored troops in the Department of the
Gulf for a short time, and was afterward
appointed on Gen. Banks’s staff with the
rank of Colonel. After the war Gen.
Banks got a position for him in the Bos
ton Custom House, and he was made an
inspector of customs in this city in 1870
through the same influence. He was
made chief clerk in the Third Division in
1871, and was pronounced to be Deputy
Collector in 1873 to succeed Postmaster
James.
Evening Telegrams.
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
C-llBOUD (tUIETLY SEPULCHRED.
The Richmond and Atlanta Air-Line
Railroad.
Alabama's New Conatitntlon Adapted.
CAPITAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, November 16.—The order
suspending Postmaster Pease, of Vicksburg,
and Postmaster Stearns, of Holly Springs,
is revoned.
Treasurer New’s partner in Indianapolis
being partially restored to health, the Treas
urer has reconsidered his intention to re
sign.
Jewell knows nothing of the reported
change in the Postmaster General’s Depart
ment.
The Department of Justice decides that
District Attorneys must initiate proceedings
in violations oi customs laws, irrespective
of their own judgment as to the ends of
Justice, and then report to the Secretary of
the Treasury, and take his direction in re
gard to further prosecution.
The President has commissioned George
Deitrich postmaster at Calvert, Texas.
The Cabinet discussed Mississippi affairs.
They do not understand who is to blame
for the state of affairs in that State, and
aa investigation by honest men is proposed,
whose report, it is hoped, will restore
harmony among the Republicans.
Wilson was restless last night, but is bet
ter now.
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, November 16.—Henry W.
Ward has been appointed Cashier of the
Western Union Telegraph.
The Methodist Episcopal Board of Mis
sions appropriated $14,475 to Italy, $17,400
to Japan, $2,500 to New York and Mexico.
A meeting of the first mortgage bond
holders of the Atlanta and Richmond Air-
Liue Road, to hear the report of the Com
mittee of Trustees appointed to look after
the interests of the board, and report re
ceipts, a number of litigations were reported
in which the road his been involved, and
states that a decree has been obtained in
the United States Circuit Court for the
Northern District of Georgia, appointing a
receiver and directing a saie of the road, in
order to pay the interest due on the bonde.
The report also says that all that is now ne-
cossary beiore selling the road is to obtain
those portions of it situated in North aud
South Carolina, and recommends that the
bondholders pay six dollars per bond in
addition to the two dollars already paid. A
resolution was adopted to the effect that the
report of the committee be accepted.
Immigration.
The fact is beginning to be noticed
that the tide of immigration to the West
has diminished to a considerable extent.
It has not ceased, ner is it likely to. All
the vast region of country toward the
setting sun is bound to be inhabited,
sooner or later. But immigrants from
Europe are less in number, for the reason
that they can find comfortable modes of
living at home ; and those from the
Eastern States to the West are getting to
be much more scarce, for the same rea
son. It may be that, directly, China and
Japan will be throwing their surplus, in
heavy instalments, toward the American
shore of the Pacific. Of that we shall
see as we move on. If so, our general
increase in population will not be re
tarded.
It is also noticeable that there is a drift
towards the Southern States. Despite
the social customs of the native popula
tion, and in some instances their feeling
of repulsion, immigrants from the North
and West are to be found in Northern
Georgia, and the country round about, in
Florida, in Texas, in Arkansas, and else
where through the South. And these are
making their influence felt. Long before
this, the stream would have been a steady
one, if the South had been wise. The
immense tracts of land, the fine water
power, the splendid climate, the mineral
wealth—all are attracting population
from the North to the South. Another
four years of Republican administration,
with its tendency to preserve peace, will
be of more benefit to our Southern
friends than they have any idea of.
The above is from the Washington
Chronicle, and is in the main true. Of
course the closing sentence is what Arte-
mus Ward called “aarkasum.”
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, November 16.—Probabili
ties : For tiie South Atlantic and Gulf
States, Tennessee aud Ohio valley, rising
and high barometer, brisk and high north
east to northwest winds, falling temperature,
decidedly cold and generally clear weather
will prevail.
For the Lake region and Middle States
rising barometer, brisk and high west to
north wiuds, lower temperature, and de
cidedly cold and partly clondy weather, with
light snows in lormer.
THE ALABAMA CONSTITUTION.
Montgomery, November 16.—Enough
news has been received here to warrant tne
statement that the new constitution is rati
fied by a large majority. Perry county, a
large negro county aud Republican gene
rally by 3,000 mojoritv, gives 1,000 majority
for ratification. The constitution was gene
rally acceptable to both parties, and the
Custom House and Federal officials generally
failed in their efforts.
NEWSPAPER LIBEL SUITS.
Ban Francisco, November 16.—The court
in the case of the Bulletin versus the Alta-
California, libel suits, granted a motion
striking out a portion of the complaint
relating to the Bank of California. This
will prevent’ the Bulletin Company from
making good the truth and accuracy of their
reports regarding the bank and its late
President.
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.
St. Petersburg, November 16.—The Offi
cial Gazette says Europe was never in a more
favorable position for a peaceful settlement
of auy difficult question, and a powerful
Emperor is striving, assisted by other pow
ers, to bring about a peaceful solution of
the Herzegovinian troubles.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, November 16.—John Mc
Namara, a car driver, was shot dead by John
Dowling, who was put from the car for re
fusing to pay.
The advisory board left for the jetties this
afternoon.
PROM SONORA.
Tuczen, Arizona, November 16.—The
revolutionists and the government troops
fought at Altar in Sonora. The troops were
defeated. Sixty were killed and a number
taken prisoners.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
SaN Francisco, November 16.—The great
race for $30,000 in gold, four mile heats,
occurs on Saturday.
There was a sharp earthquake at 8 o’clock
yesterday evening.
THE RAILROADERS.
Atlanta, November 16.—The delegates
from Atlanta to the Railroad Convention at
St. Louis on the 23d, will leave Atlanta on
Saturday evening, November 20th.
TWEED.
Albany, N. Y., November 16.—The Court
of Appeals dismissed Tweed’s appeals. He
gets neither a reduction of bail nor a bill of
particulars.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Providence, R. I., November 16.—John
Powers, a printer, arrested for shooting at
his wife, attempted suicide by catting his
throat.
found dead.
Boston, November 16 — Orrin Marshall,
who shot his wife on Saturday, was found
dead. He left a letter alluding bitterly to
his wife’s frailty.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Troy, N. Y., November 16.—Jane Castello
died from her burns. Her drnnken husband
threw a kerosene lamp at her.
WALES.
Bombay, November 16.—The Prince of
Wales has returned. He will probably visit
Ceylon, and then he goes to Calcutta.
A LITTLEjOAMK.
Brooklyn, N'evember 16.—A half dozen
street car conductors have been arrested
with false bell-punches.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Irwins, Pa., November 16.—Fourteen
buildings, including ten stores, are burned.
The loss is $50,000.
GUIBORD.
Montreal, November 16.—Guibord was
quietly buried.
THE
OKEFEROKEE—WITHIN AND
WIT BOUT.
Sketches of Incident and Adventure.
BY M. B. GRANT, (PAUL TRANSIT), CIVIL EN
GINEER.
PART L
Knowing the interest manifested by
the public generally in regard to the Oke-
fenokee Swamp—that land incognito to
all but the aborigines who occupied it,
and in pursuit of whom General Floyd
traversed it partially in 1836-7—I pro
pose giving a brief account of the opera
tions, incidents and adventures that oc
curred during the survey and exploration
of the swamp in the winter of 1856-7.
Pursuant to an act passed by the Legis
lature of Georgia in 1856, providing that
a survey and exploration of the swamp
should be made, to ascertain the extent
and character of the imm mse body of
land contained within its precincts, and
also to ascertain the practicability
and utility of the drainage of the same,
for the benefit of the State and her citi
zens, Governor Herschel Y. Johnson ap
pointed an efficient engineer to perform
this arduous duty. A corps of engineers
was thereupon organized to accomplish
the surveys aud ex^ lorations, and of this
corps I had the honor of being a mem
ber, and the consequent opportunity of
becoming acquainted with the denizens
of the swamp—bears, alligators, owls and
rattlesnakes—and by contiguity and close
observation, the opportunity of studying
by Jeff’8 ingenuity, mysteriously ap
peared in times of our direst need
upon our mess table, and with what
joy greeted by us may be imagined. Our
conscientious Colonel, however, had his
participation in the gracious brow sadly
interfered with until he could account for
its unexpected appearance on our board.
Now, old Adam was one of the quiet sort,
and rarely proffered news unless interro
gated. When questioned, it appeared
that he had in his own right, without
“by your leave,” valiantly done unto
Jeath an occasional bog that bad un
knowingly trespassed on his bounds
that is, the wide space where he chose to
tie up bis horses, and he generously
shared his spoils with his betters.
LETTER FROM EATONTON.
The Weather—Building Up the Town—
The Cotton Crop—The Merest Demo
cratic Disaster*—The Reason Why.
[Specia. Correspondence of the Morning News]
Eatonton, November 14, 1875.
RAIN ! RAIN ! RAIN !
The present Fall has not, up to
certain date, been a very dry or a very
wet one. It has been “just about right.”
An occasional rain kept the dust down,
but there has been no severe storm to
injure the cotton. Light frosts killed
most of the leaves, some time ago, after
which it turned warm, and it seemed as
if every boll would open. New leaves
put out, new blooms came. But on
Thursday night, the 4th November, it
began to rain, and kept on, with intervals
their habits and customs, as'well as their of cessation, for five or six days. Part
If one branch of the National Govern
ment has been distinguished for official
corruption more than another during the
reign of Grantism, it has been the Navy
Department. On this question the New
York Sun has the following :
The condition of the Navy under Secor
Robeson is simply disgraceful. The cor
ruption at its head eats into the whole of
the service. The National vessels are
turned iDto yachts for the convenience of
the officers’ families, and ou wash days
the diapers hanging in the rigging sug
gest a floating nursery. The navy yards
are the seats of jobbery, and the pay
corps surpasses the old navy agents in
the point of population and rascality.
The best men m the navy are all disgust
ed and disheartened. Though we spend
abont twenty millions a year on our navy,
yet we have not one first class ship. In
spite of some one hundred and fifty mil
lions spent in the seven years, we have
now no navy at all worth the name. Se
cor Robeson merits the closest scrutiny
of the next Congress. We only hope he
can be kept in Washington until he is
thoroughly investigated.
The only living descendant of George
D. Prentice is a grandson of 14 years of
age, who bears the same name. He is
now canvassing the South for his grand
father’s forthcoming book of poems.
Carl Schurz has taken up his residence
in New York city. Carl keeps his carpet
bag going pretty lively. Senator Conk-
ling’s term of office expires in a few years.
At Unionville, New York, James Mar
vin, a young farmer, fell in love with a
young lady at a sociable last Thursday
night. When the party broke up he
offered to accompany the young woman
home. In a joking way she declined his
company, saying that she conld find bet
ter. Marvin went home, and, going into
the barn, tied three halter straps together
and hanged himself from a beam.
Cincinnati is complaining that the
street railways have so cut up and grid-
ironed her streets that scarcely one is left
for a drive, and the press is violent in its
opposition to granting franchises to cor
porations on streets not yet invaded by
these railroads.
maimer of receiving visitors, upon all of
which I propose to enlighten my readers.
I deem it necessary to the elucidation
of my sketches, and the ability intelli
gibly to follow our wanderings, to give a
general introduction to those who aided
in the surveys—white, colored and ca
nine—so here they come, each depicted
faithfully, as, perchance, all unwittingly,
their true characters were developed in
concert of action on this memorable and
trying expedition. First, our gallant
guide and leader, Colonel Watchoverall.
Green and fresh in each heart is cherish
ed the recollections of his manly deport
ment and gentle bearing. Now encour
aging or gently warning us, as circum
stances required. In our journey through
life, in our pleasureable moments here
after, will we recall his image as well as
his violin, whose enlivening tones, after
many a weary tramp, have restrung to
life and duty our jarred nerves and re
freshed our jaded spirits.
Modesty forbids the author’s portrait,
except his bodily presence, in the sketch
before you. His moral and mental tran
script must be judged of, as, thrown in
concert of action with the rest of the
party, his character is developed.
Beau Level—our worthy “leveler”—
admirer and confessed adorer of the fair
sex, who, notwithstanding that his
tastes, both natural aud cultivated,
inclined him to a high appreciation of
the refinements and luxuries of life, had
the happy faculty of adapting himself to
circumstances. His agreeable manner of
submitting with a good grace to unavoid
able hardships, and his ready apprecia
tion of a good joke, had a most happy
effect on the rest of the party. The
notes which he could at will evoke from
a fine Cremona, ever well played, added
much to the enjoyment of our long
winter evenings in camp. He was also a
splendid performer on the saxe-hom,
which must also be remembered among
his many and varied accomplishments.
His contented and cheerful disposition
enabled him to endure without murmur
ing discomforts and annoyances that
would have proved torture to another.
Kildare Langhom, Esq., lawyer by pro
fession, and rodman for his health—who
never lost an opportunity to improve his
future expectancy (legally), deliberately
mounting every convenient stump, and
declaiming vehemently on some grave or
gracious subject to the sapient auditors
of woods, bushes and stumps, for whom
at least could be claimed one attribute of
good listeners—stillness.
Ned Lucknow-.rodmanNo. 2—who liked
engineering, but despised driving pegs;
who never lost an opportunity to have a
hunt, tree a coon, take a gum, or scare
any small game unsuccessfully—a noble,
manly fellow, who always gave a helping
hand, and who never said stop when there
was anything to be accomplished.
And there was Roderick Rover, who
took the position as chairman on this
survey, hoping at odd times to be able to
indulge his passion for hunting and fish
ing, and other field sports generally.
Notwithstanding my apprehension of
tiring the reader’s patience, I cannot
omit honorable mention of the colored
members of the party, who on occasions
of this kind, when in their proper places,
are able and willing coadjutors in their
respective spheres, and who, under cir
cumstances like these, develop the char
acteristics of their race with all the
variations, frequently to our benefit,
sometimes to our inconvenience and an
noyance, but oftener to our amusement.
We were fortunate in the variety and
capability of those who accompanied us.
Stepney—in his own opinion, by all
odds the greatest man in the party, ex
cepting the Colonel, and socially, in our
estimation, a first-rate fellow, we “might
have been spared a better man.” Well
might you be astounded at his “get up,”
particularly his hair, which was combed
out in every direction, five or six
inches from his head, upon which stood
his distended hat, broadcloth coat, claw
hammer pattern, white satin vest of
ancient make and dismal hue, patent-
leather shoes—in fact, the lame and im
potent conclusion of a most gorgeous es
tablishment, all of which he discovered,
much to his sorrow and discomfiture, was
not a requisite nor in keeping with the
duties he had to perform. On receiving
notice that he was to accompany the
party, he had set himself dili
gently at work collecting innumer
able articles of cast-off clothing, gew
gaws, trinkets, etc., which he fondly ex
pected to take with him, and to trade off
to the natives, as we wended our devious
way through unknown regions. He had
ten large chests filled, and great was his
disappointment and sudden the termina
tion of his speculations when informed
that he could net take them—that even
the White gentlemen were only
allowed to take a small valise
and one b’auket each. But Step
ney was not one to remain
long discomfitted. He soon regained
his wonted good nature and began early
to develop the humorous side of his
character, which in after days added not
a little to our amusement and entertain
ment.
.Jeff, the cook—He did cook well and
was clean in his culinary operations and
deserved the highest praise; but how
he did despise, abhor and elnde the
swamp! and managed, artfully (as so
many of them can do), without its ap
pearing, to compass their own ends,
“massa” or “boss” to the contrary not
withstanding
Jeff, for a long while evaded this part
of his duty. Trowserless, pantless, lame
legged, aching head, and all manner of
excuses, succeeded for a time; but ere
the completion of the survey, finding it
inevitable, he yielded cheerfully and bore
his share of the explorating hardships.
Orange—faithful to his duty, so quiet,
little to say, but ever ready to do aud do
well.
Brahma—who liked the cook’s tent
better than his work, potatoes better
than his wife ; but, ah I how inexpressi
bly dear became those absent objects of
his affections, “wife, children and
friends,” when the dismal project of
plodding through the swamp was pro
posed. The dread of leaving these help
less orphans enabled him, like Jeff, for
some time to be successful in devices to
escape this onerous duty.
Old Adam—teamster, attentive to his
duty, and devoted to his cattle, but a
bitter enemy to hogs that came around
his horses. Several very savory dishes
of pork, produced in various forms
of the time it was very hard. Wednes
day evening, the 10th, it cleared np, and,
till this morning, we had beautiful
weather, with a white frost every night.
Now, it is raining again, and I don’t see
the end of it, though, as it is only nine
o’clock, a. m., it may be fair before I
drop this letter in the office, which I
shall do about nooa, having to go away
for a day or two. The strange thing
about the cotton plant, just now, is that
the young, tender leaves of which I
spoke above have not been killed, in
many places, by the very heavy frosts of
the past week.
BUILDING HEBE
begins to grow monotonous, and a little
troublesome, because of the rubbish on
the side-walks. The houses commenced
the latter part of the summer have been
finished, except Hearn’s stores, and
Leverett’s Hall over them. Work on
this was almost suspended for a while,
but now, again, it is going on rapidly, as
it commenced. Spite of the fact that
the bricks, etc., cumberjthe ground in the
neighborhood, we are all proud of this
building, which will be the largest of the
kind in the place. The front is of a
beautiful, hard-burnt, bluish-grey—say
nearly granite-colored—brick, made by
Captain Hearn on his own land, right
here in Putnam. The walls are thick and
substantial from the foundation of the
cellar rooms, up to the top. Mr. J. C.
Denham, the builder and owner of
Granite Hall on Mulberry street, in
Macon—always a resident of Putnam,
though—is to come after them all, with a
building right next to Hearn’s. It re
mains to be seen whether he will allow
any of his predecessors to eclipse him.
Mr. C. D. Leonard is to put another brick
house, between McDade’s and Sparks’s.
I believe he has done more building than
any man in Eatonton, since the war, and
maybe fairly called the champion in this
line. None of the gentlemen whose
names I have mentioned are mechanics,
or professional builders. I only mean
that they are the owners of the houses
spoken of.
cotton
continues to pour in. I think some comes
from every oounty contiguous to Put
nam, except, perhaps, one. Eatonton
maintains her proud pre-eminence as the
best market in Middle Georgia. A week
or so ago Madison made a spasmodic
effort to galvanize herself up to our
standard, but she cannot keep it up,
simply because she cannot afford it, on
account of the difference in freight to the
seaboard.
THE REASON WHY.
It is none of my business, but I think
the reason the Republicans prevailed in
many of the late elections is simply that
Northern people became frightened at
the Democratic success last year, believ
ing, as they do, that Democratic rule
means a reinauguration of the Southern
supremacy in the councils of the United
States—the restoration of the ancient
regime. This they dread worse than any
thing that can happen. Rather than run
the risk, they will take the chances of
poverty and starvation—sell themselves
body and soul to the devil—that is the
bondholders. They say “take any other
shape but this and my firm nerves shall
never tremble.” In short, they are wil
ling to suffer anything rather than give
Southern intellect fair play.
Deputy K.
HIS BIG MISTAKE.
Episode oT Book Canvai
Good Old Days.
sine in the
A Wonderful Remedy—Salicylic
Acid.—Only about a year ago Professor
Kolbe, of the University of Leipsie, dis
covered that salicylic acid was a powerful
anti-ferment and anti-septic agent. Since
then it has rapidly come into notice, and
the valuable discovery of the Professor
has been repeatedly verified. Dr. Thos.
Nicholson, of this city, has recently cured
with it a case of fish skm disease (ichthyo-
«i«), which is declared by all medical
authority to be incurable. This is,
therefore, the first case on record ever
known to be cured.
The case is that of a little boy, whom
we have seen, eight years old, who was
bom with the disease, and has been
treated by many physicians who uni
formly pronounced the child incurable.
His face, head and other parts of the
body were as raw as bleeding beef. The
little fellow’s brother, eighteen months
old, died of the disease.
Salicylic acid has a very close chemi
cal relation to carbolic acid, but its supe
riority in many respects is surprising.—
N. O. Picayune.
A Broken Heart.—The funeral cere
monies of the late James Atkins, which
were to have taken place in his residence
in Bramhall avenue, Bergen Heights, N.
Y., on Friday, were postponed by the
tragic death of his wife, who, while pre
paring herself in her bedroom for the
ceremonies in the parlor, fell dead on the
floor. The medical investigation which
followed resulted in the discovery that
she died of a ruptured blood vessel near
the heart, and had literally died of a
broken heart from excessive grief. The
funeral services were postponed until
Sunday, when both were buried in Green
wood. Mrs. Atkins had, abont two weeks
ago, been called from Canada to attend
the sudden illness of her husband.
On the occasion of Kaiser Wilhelm's
visit to Italy the King presented him with
two splendid mosaic pictures, made at
Rome, which are much handsomer than
the mosaics be gave to the Empress of
Russia and the 8hah of Persia. He also
gave his bust in marble to Moltke, and
his portrait in oil, or miniature set in
diamonds, to other officers of the German
suite. He also presented $6,000 to the
poor of the city in order that they may
have a pleasant recollection of this happy
event.
If young men in the country, who
aspire to position under the government
at Washington, could realize the conster
nation which prevails among the em
ployes at every change made in the head
of a department, and the continual unrest
in which they live, move, and have their
being, they would seize the plow-handle
with a tighter grip, and jocund drive
their teams afield, folly determined never
to get within the charmed circle of official
life and political assessments.— Washing
ton Star.
It didn’t pay much, but it was a mighty
nice thing to be a circuit rider in old
times.
Such good things to eat—chicken,
cake, pie—and such soft feather beds to
sleep on, such a fine horse to ride, the
smiles of the young ladies, the cordial: ij
of the old folks, and the awe of the litt ie
folks, made of him a prince in those
days, gospelly speaking.
I never was a preacher in my life, but
I was taken for one once. It happened
in this way. Soon after the Mexican war,
a man by the name of Mansfield, away
up about Boston somewhere, published a
book entitled “The Mexican War and Its
Warriors, ” full of “piefcers” of the war
riors—Generals Scott, Taylor and Pierce,
Major Ringgold, Captain Bragg, Jack
Hays, Ben McCulloch, and a host of other
famous ones.
The publishers wanted agents to solicit
subscribers aud deliver the book at a dol
lar aud fifty cents per copy, of which
amount the agent would be allowed to
retain seventy-five cents, or half, for his
compensation.
I thought the book would take,—that
there was a speculation in it, and want
ing something to do, sent for specimen
copies, borrowed ten dollars in specie
from my father, and an old sorrel horse
named Gulliver. I then packed my sad
dlebags and struck for the everlasting
hills of old Smith, and set about solicit
ing subscribers. Contrary to my expec
tations, I met with indifferent success. I
persevered, though, rode round and saw
the sovereigns, told them what I wanted,
showed them the specimen; but they
didn’t subscribe worth a cent. They
would look at the pictures and hand it
back, and 6ay it was a great book, but
they didn’t have • the money to spare.
The weather turned very cold, and I got
“snowed in” at Rome and lost two days,
and it nearly broke me. On the third
day it cleared off, and I sallied out in
a northerly direction, with a heavy heart,
and, after riding about two miles, came
to a log bouse, among the rocky ledges
that so abound in that region. I dis
mounted, bitched Gulliver by the gate,
took off my satchel, leaving saddle-bags
aud blanket ou my horse, and started for
the house. The dog barked at me. I
halted, and a young lady came to the
door and drove the dog away, and invited
me to come in, in a manner decidedly civil.
She was good looking, and the bloom of
the country girl showed in her cheek,
while a fabric of country manufacture
adorned her person—a neat homespun
dress, “blue striped in the warp and
checked back in the filling.” I asked for
the proprietor of the premises, and she
replied that her father was out, but would
be in directly, and asked me to take a seat
by the fire and warm, which I did,and she
tripped off up stairs.
The house was one of those many sub
stantial log houses so common in that old
county, with a side or entry room into
which I could see from my corner of the
fireplace, through the large cracks on that
side of the building. It seemed to be
the dining-room, and the table was spread
for dinner, though it was not more than
11 a. m. As well as I could make out
from my standpoint, the table ware was
only ordinary delf, with a broken-mouthed
pitcher, some dilapidated cutlery, and a
moderately clean table-cloth.
In a short time the old man came, a
large, raw-boned old fellow, and saluted
me cordially and shook hands with me.
How it revived me; I made sure he’d
subscribe. Meantime “my gal” came
down stairs with her head all slicked up,
with a calico dress on, and her face
starched. I gave her an admiring glance,
and she glided into the dining-room with
a smile, and I set her down as good for
another copy of my book. I kept my
eye on her through the crack, while dis
cussing the weather with the old man.
She flew round that table like Mrs. Flor
ence in the role of “ Yankee Help.” That
broken-mouthed pitcher, delf ware, an
cient cutlery and old table-cloth soon dis
appeared, to give place to a clean cloth,
China pitcher, cut glasses and white-
handled knives and forks.
After the old man and I had exhausted
the subjects usually first discussed—i. e.,
tbe weather and the news of the day—
the conversation subsided for a thin
space. There was, however, on the
outside a tremendous commotion among
the chickens; the little niggers were
skimming over the ledges and around the
great rocks, and the big house dog was
making frantic efforts to clear the fence
and join in the excitement. I ventnred
to suggest the idea of a hawk beiDg
round; for if there is any one thing in
the world that can rally the whole plan
tation at a moment’s warning, it’s when
tbe hawk comes and the old woman sallies
out, and heads the column and “hollers”
shew! while the old hen squeals aud the
venerable rooster cackles. The old man,
however, paid no attention to my sugges
tion, but appeared to be in profound
meditation. At last he broke silence, by
asking me whether we should go up to
the church before dinner, or would I pre
fer and eat a bite first? “Church!” said
I, “what church?” ‘'Well,” said he,
“this is the day for our circuit rider to
come round and preach for us, aud some
times it happens he can’t come himself,
but sends some one in his place, and I
thought you had come to preach for us,
and I had your horse put up.” When I
told him I was not a preacher, but simply
soliciting subscribers for a book, the
“Mexican War and its Warriors,” at the
same time offering to show him my speci
mens, he arose from his chair, and such a
look of mingled anger and astonishment
I never had before or since. I thought
the old fellow would strike me. He
waved his hand at me and said: “Don t
want to see it, sir! Don’t want to see it!
Don’t want no books, sir! I thought you
was a preacher or your horse wouldn’t
been put up, sir !” He then rushed out
and stopped the little niggers from
chasing that chicken and had Gulliver
sent for at once.
The young lady, who had been an at
tentive listener to what transpired be
tween her father and myself, flew up
stairs, and before my horse was brought
out and saddled, bad doffed her calico,
and came sailing down stairs with her
home-made “ blue striped in the warp
and checked back in the filling” on, and
without deigning to notice me, proceeded
to dismantle that table of its preacher
fixings and restore it to a “home-folks”
1 ay out.
When my horse was ready, the old fel
low came striding up to the door, gave
the dog a savage kick and said, “Young
man, your horse is ready,” and looking at
me like he wanted to fight.
I mounted Gulliver and turned his
head homeward, neither the old man nor
his daughter bidding me good-bye, much
less inviting me to stay to dinner, and I
deemed myself lucky to get off at that.
That was the biggest mistake ever made
about me, aud I have never tried to sell a
book since. E. F. M.
IT DIDN’T WORK.
H»w Mrs. Sniffle* Tried la Haber
Lvcarffns.
[Brunswick (Maine) News.]
Mrs. Sniffles has had more trouble with
Lycurgus, and has been strengthened in
the belief thai he is totally unlike other
men; in fact, teetotally unlike many of
them. He had been on a long sober
stretch np to a couple of weeks
ago. About that time he learned that
his only aunt, a rich old lady in St.
Louis, had died and left him an immense
fortune—to get, if he could. This was
a sore disappointment to our friend, for
he had expected to be made a rich man
by the death of this (once respected)
relative. Never was the news of an
aunt's death read with more poignant
grief by surviving kin. A postscript to
the letter conveying the sad intelligence
stated that the good old soul had be
queathed her entire wealth to a benevo
lent institution. This was the rusty rod
of iron that pierced his soul, and made
murky the fountain of hope. He tore
the letter to pieces, and bent his falter
ing steps to the nearest saloon. He
drank—he fell. * * * *
[Those stars represent drinks—forty
drinks to the star.]
Mrs. S. was in despair. She had
thought his reformation was complete,
and now “the old man was drunk again,”
with no sign of ever letting up. Finally
she bethought her of the system in
vogue at certain inebriate asylums—that
of mixing liquor with every article of
food until the patient acquires a lasting
distaste for alcohol. She determined to
try that plan on Lycurgus.
She procured a gallon of the worst
whiskey to be had, and put some of it in
the old man’s coffee, to begin with. It
has been his unvarying custom to drink
but one cup at a meal. That night ho
passed his cup back to be refilled, saying
as he smacked his lips:
“Better coffe ’n usual, ole gal.”
Next morning she increased the dose.
He drank three cups, and fell from his
chair as he was reaching for a fourth.
He slept until noon, and went out to
dinner. There was beef soup and
whisky—half and half. Sniffles ate it all,
and said, as he wiped his mouths
“You’re git’n to be a better cook’n any
body, m’dear. But yer didn’t make soup
nuff.”
At supper everything was saturated
with whisky, and Sniffles ate until he be
came helpless, and his wife had to dreg
him to bed.
The gallon of whisky was soon gone,
and the only change that Mrs. S. noticed
in her husband was that while it lasted
he came to his meals with greater regu
larity than usual.
She is not the woman to give np any
thing without a fair trial. She got an
other gallon, and came near starving her
self to death while she fed it to Sniffles in
everything that he ate and drank. His
appetite increased at a fearful rate, and
he complimented her every day on her
newly acquired skill in cooking.
The second gallon soon went the way
of the first, and after two or three meals
had passed without the seasoning of which
Sniffles had become so fond, he said, in
tones which would have touched the heart
of a tax collector :
“Mirander, dear; the victuals don’t
taste as good as they used ter. Seems to
be somethin’ or ’nuther missing.”
Is it any wonder that the poor woman
gave up in despair ?
Mrs. Monltoii’s Appeal.
Mrs. Emma C. Moulton last evening
caused to be delivered to Mr. Thomas G.
Shearman, clerk of the Plymouth Church,
the following letter, in whieh she uoks
the church to join with her in requesting
a Congregational Council to review the
recent action of the church in dropping
her name from the roll of members :
Brooklyn, November, 12, 1873.
To the Members of Plymouth Church:
Brethren—Having been summoned Ly
the examining committee to meet the
church on the evening of November 4, at
which meeting the committee notified me
that they should present a recommenda
tion to the church to drop my
name from the roll of members
on account of absence from the services
of the church, I appeared accordingly
and presented my protest against any
such action. In this I declared what I
now repeat, that “I am not an absentee
in any proper sense of that word, nor
does the rule of the church in regard to
absentees contemplate any such case as
mine. My absence is an enforced one,
and is caused by the crime of adultery
committed by Henry Ward Beecher, pas
tor of this church, with one of his par
ishioners, which I know to be a fact
through Mr. Beecher’s confessions to me,
and through the confessions of Mrs. Til
ton, and through conclusive evidence of
the crime from other sources. I appeared
before the church in loyal obedience
to the summons which I have received,
and I hereby declare my disposition and
desire to discharge all tbe duties devolv
ing on me as a member that are consist
ent with my knowledge of the adultery
of the pastor and his false swearing with
regard to it.” Notwithstanding this pro
test and after it had been read, the mem
bers of the church present adopted the
recommendation of the committee and
dropped my name from the church roll
without considering the sufficiency of my
reasons for being absent from the
sacraments, without arraigning me
for any unjust accusations against
the pastor and without giving me
a dismission to any other church.
I am, therefore, so far as your action can
do it, deprived of a standing in the
Church of Christ, as it seems to me,
without fault on my part, and certainly
without any proper trial by you. I cannot
feel that this is right, and I ask you to
join with me in calling a council of
churches, before which you may state
your reasons for your action and I may
state mine, and which shall impartially
judge between us. I am one, and you
are many. But I believe in God and His
justice, in Christ and His kingdom. I
am quite ready to be properly rebuked by
such a council, if I ought to be, for not
attending your services and sacra
ments ; while I certainly desire
that my Christian character and
standing in the church should be vindi
cated and restored, if that is right If
you do not notify me of your consent to
join with me in calling such a council
within four weeks, I shall understand
that you decline to do so, and that I
must proceed to ask a council myself to
consider these matters, which are of such
great importance to me and to those to
whom my good name is dear. But it
would be far more agreeable to me to
have you join me as one who has
anxiously tried to do her duty as well as
she could amid great difficulties in refer-
ing the whole case between us to a com
mon tribunal. Respectfully yours,
Emma C. Moulton.
A THRIFTY BOSS.
Haw the Chief .f the Waehta#tM
Bit AeeM.al.ted Wealth.
[Washington correspondence of New York Sun.J
Boss Shepherd’s rehl estate operations
have long been the wonder of the town.
How he managed to cover so many scree
with brick and mortar has puzzled every
body, even Ufa most intimate friends.
A conversation with an old citizen to
day on this subject, in conjunction with
previously known facts, threw a good.
deal of light on the real estate operations
of the head of the Washington ring.
First, it may be premised that the dwell
ings erected by the Boas are mere
shells, poorly built of the poorest
materials. When Michler row on G
street (built by the Boss, and m
one corner of which tho wicked Don Piatt
livee) took fire, it was found that there
were no party walls save of laths and
plaster in the roof, and it was only by a
miracle that the block was saved from
utter destruction. Two newspaper men
who bought adjoining tenements to
Michler row used to come down town
every morning cursing each other ^ for
disturbing each other’s rest the previous
night. If one received a Caudle lecture
on returning home in the “wee ama
hours” the other was an unwilling
listener, and a j.,ood snorer conld keep
the whole block awake. But these are
said to be substantial buildings compared
to some erected later by Shepherd.
It will naturally be asked how did the
Boss find purchasers for such rickety edi
fices ? It should be recollected that most
of them were disposed of while he was
Governor of the District, and the pur
chasers were contractors under the Board
of Public Works, who found it to their
advantage, perhaps, to pay the price
asked, and others who were self-con
stituted champions of the ring. The
latter, it may be safely assumed, never
expected to be called upon for tbe full
amount of their purchase money. They
paid a small amount down and gave their
notes for the balance, and tbeee notes
they expected their friend the Boss would
take care of. And he did take care of
them by putting them where they
would do the most good—to him
self. In other words, he had them dis
counted, and the makers of these notes
had to provide for them at maturity as
best they could. In this way the Boss
managed to dispose of his houses at an
advance of one hundred per cent, on their
cost, which left him a very handsome
profit indeed, after allowing for a heavy
discount to the note shavers. A gentle
man who figured conspicuously in the
ring in its palmy days is now living in
one of Boss Shepherd's houses, for which
he paid some $17,000, and which, after
the expenditure of several thousand
dollars more upon it to render it tenant-
able, would not bring $9,000 in the
market to-day. Is not one source of the
rapidly acquired nebes of tbe Boss now
made clear?
Another remarkable feature of his
career, developed in the conversation to
day above referred to, is that the Boss has
ruined nearly all of his aiherents. Look
at “poor Lick Harrington,” blasted in
reputation and business prospects, and
left without a dollar ! Look at George
Gideon, with a house on his hands for
which he paid the Boss more than one
hundred per cent, above its value ! Antf*
so on j might go through the whole list
of those who intrusted their fortunes and
their reputation to Boss Shepherd. Yet
the Boss still flourishes like a green bay
tree.
IHG1I LIFE WAYS*.
A Hhart Homanrr of a Smagaler’a Daogh.
ter—How Mir Hedworth Willianooa,
Bart., lias Involved Himself.
A New Poet—Mb. Beecher Appeal
ing to the Postmaster General.—The
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is in trouble.
He received a postal card the other day.
on the back of which was the following:
Brother Henry Ward Beecher of Brother Shear
man, Tracy A Co.’s Plymouth Church, Brooklyn:
Thoa shall not bear false witness acainst thy
neighbor.
The City of Churches once stood here,
But God’s moral law it did not fear;
Its idol was Beecher, its ruler a ring.
That virtue and vice tof ether did fling;
It flourished apace and greatly did grow.
Then down in tbe dost descended full low.
Gone to join Sodom and Gomorrah,
Mr. Beecher sent this to the Postmaster
General, and asked whether he could not
be protected from such things. An
elaborate opinion has bean sent out by
tbe department to the effect that, while
the law does not authorize postmasters
to read postal cards, yet, in special cases,
this may be done. Hereafter, therefore,
the postmasters of Brooklyn will prob -
ably supervise and suppress a part of
Mr. Beecher’s mail.—Boston Herald.
Singular Suicide—The Dead Body of
Young Woman Found in a Tank at
the Top of a House.—Friday evening,
about six o’clock, John McCollagh, owner
of the building at No. 800 Fifth street,
had his attention called to the fact that
the water pipes throughout the building
refused to run. He thereupon went to
the top of the structure, a five story tene
ment house, under the roof of which was
a large tank with a sliding wooden cover.
Mr. McCollagh pushed the cover back
and sounded the tank with a
pole, and to his horror and amaze
ment discovered a dead body lying
in tbe tank. He immediately gave infor
mation at the Seventeenth Precinct Sta
tion-house, and Coroner Eickhoff was
summpned. The body was recognized
to be that of Nellie A. Denman, who had
occupied a room in the house for several
months past. She was a shirt maker, and
had worked for Pray «fc Willis, of No. 384
Bowery, making from $18 to $22 per
week. A shop mate of her’s, Miss Nellie
Raymond of No. 74 Second avenue, states
that Miss Denman had for some five
weeks past been very low-spirited, and
had frequently expreaed her intention of
committing suicide.—New York Tribune.
Around the whole rock-bound coast of
England there is no more romantic spot
than Mar.-den Rock. It is a marine re
sort that attracts thousands of picnicers
during the summer, while in winter it is
the scene of the wildest storms. There
is no house at the place—when the word
“house” is used in the ordinary human
acceptation. But there ii a mansion cav-
erned out of the solid limestone cliff,
with its drawing rooms, ball rooms, re
tiring rooms, and sleeping rooms, which
for half a century has won the admira
tion of all beholders. Peter Allen, a
bold and daring smuggler, sought sanc
tuary here in the early part of the century.
With the assistance of some of his
human tools he cavemed his mansion in
the rocks, and when the work was half
compictcd, he brought home a bride.
No one knew whence she came or who
she was. But everybody saw that she
was a singularly handsome woman. When
the smuggling business ceased to be safe
or profitable, Peter Allen devoted his
energies to the establishment of his sea-
cavern as a summer hotel. Everything
he touched became gold. He educated a
pig and two ravens, and when he went to
market the pig followed him through the
streets, and the ravens perched on his
shoulders at his back or went thieving at
the fruiterers’ stalls. The man knew the
secret of advertising, and his summer
hotel became renowned all over the land.
In the process of time he had two
daughters. Lizzie was a renowned rifle
shot, and at one hundred yards could
knock the bottom out of a bottle through
the neck. A gun manufacturer of Man
chester saw her perform the feat, and he
presented her with a gold-mounted rifle
which she retains up to the present hour.
Lizzie was a brunette of the magnificent
order, and in some respects resembled
her father. From the time she
was sixteen she had scores of
lovers, and more than one aristocrat
offered his hand and fortune. Like
many women with dazzling opportuni
ties, she married beneath her and has
since figured in the London divorce
courts. Polly was a beautiful blonde,
proud and pretty as a picture. Local
poets of Newcastle, Sunderland and
Shields drifted into doggerel over her
and Sir Hedworth Williamson, bart. of
Cleadon ball, felt it impossible to keep
his son at Cambridge University on ac
count of the magnetism of Polly’s beauty
The young nobleman spent days and
nights at Marsden unknown to his
parents; and in the summer of 1865
Polly and he were missing six weeks
Soon after his father died, and the young
man inherited the baronetage and became
a member of Parliament for North Dur
ham. He married a daughter of tbe
Duke of Newcastle, and at the present
time has two daughters. Miss Polly Al
len never married, but she likewise has
two daughters. The daughters are said
to be Sir Hepworth WUliameon’s
Mother and children have lived in com
parative luxury until a month since
when Lady Williamson met Polly and
her daughters at Marsden. There was
an instantaneous recognition by the two
women of each other’s children. Words
and explanations followed; with the se
quel that Polly claims to be Sir Hep-
worth’s wife, and now there promises to
be a scandalous case of bigamy in high
life. *
In an article upon the ‘‘Consumption
of Forests,” the New York IFoWd pro
duces statistics of startling and warnine
significance. The drain upon oor wood!
ed resources is truly enormous. In
one item of railroad ties the country uses
np annually 94,530,000 cubic feet, eonal
to 738,515 cords of solid timber, to secure
which involves the cutting down of .t
least 2,000,000 cords of standing timber
Assuming fifty cords to the acre as the
maximum average yield, the railroads of
the country alone destroy annually 4o 000
acres of trowing timber. The annual
consumption of the country for fuel ia
put at over 50,000,000 cords of wood
and thus takes a clearing of GOO OOO
acres. The production of charcoal ir n
requires the yield of 5,000 acres more
annually, while manufactured lum
her, shipping, fencing, etc., brine the
total number of acres annually denuded
of their tree-growth up as hieh as s vo
000. As oar total forest land amounts to
330,000,000 acres, this thing cannon
about seventy years longer at the nreeent
rate, or perhaps less. True, woodland*
grow up again in some sections, but the
increasing demands of a growing popu
lation more than keep paoe therewith
Something must bo done, w* ^
soon be in a melancholy condition de
pnved not only of shade, and a prime
necessity of our industrial progress. W
also of one of the main agenci^i^,^
gftt £pirasa* tS
further urging to piant trees after^h
Could it hare been Mr. James A Van
Buren who attempted on three several ^
caaions to fire the Navv Den.!!™^
buildings amhsatnrated that of Winderia
basement forthe same nefarious design’
Answer, oh Cheever '.—Capital 80 •