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ave equal opportunities.
* Hairs in Geonria.
f our literary friends are of the
. it Sheridan, and not Goldsmith,
Litiior of tho verses beginning,
vely woman stoops to folly.” We
i twenty-four hoars to search the
nd ap nogize. Shoridau has got
i do to handle the Piegau Indians
dana banditti without writing poe-
. not attribute the lines to Grant
]o man named Joe B. King
olin with his toes, pick the
upon a harmonicon at one
ion <razette: Tho city of Da-
v of McIntosh owe thousands
Is of thanks to His Honor
Tompkins and the ablo So-
, Colonel Albert R. Lamar,
enforcement of tho law dur-
moiiths just closed. In the
unty we thank those gentle-
iobio work. •
tf will bo elected in Fulaaki
29tb, the old one having
Ilawkinsvillo gave way the
u two or three parties were
ud was injured,
mi! wave lias reached Eaton-
ns to engulf tho town,
an in Atlanta who has be
sted with Christmas orgies
rous to show him a powder-
o! any other kind, for that
tiycr says that tho recent
n Eatonton, for the benefit of
lilies, was in every way a 6UC-
k place at tho residence of
■tt, who knows how to fix up
t sort.
of a negro was found near
ently. It is supposed he was
jnb
. J. B.
ha
her has spoiled much of
killed during December
sper counties,
ss & Etheridge have be-
of tho Eatonton Messen-
ih practical printers, and
manage tho paper with
Reese will remain, as
i editor. Wo trust the Mes-
it with success,
priest from Turkey was roam-
ringtou tho other day trying
i to lecture. They say he was
e for wear.
’. Davis, of Morgan county,
iged eighty-seven,
word “aeeurablo” bas got
lr weekly exchanges. Sheri-
*e written that now, for in-
la 31. Dudley, telegraph operator
ton, w»a discharged the other day
10 went to Atlanta on business,
disputes are becoming popular in
ames Moore, of Rockdale county,
rid drowned on tho very day be was
been married.
lourt house at Covington barely
Instruction by fire recently,
i xplosion in a well near Jonesboro
r day, one negro was killed and two
hurt.
’raucis E. Gautt, mother of the edi-
e Oglethorpe Echo, died recontly in
pi.
on came near having a gander-
e other day.
s county man has employed fifty
d work on his farm. He'll have
3 ho gets through,
id cow-stealer was killed near
le recently, while attempting to
lo Savings Bank caught on
mt the flames were prompt*
littlo or no damage.
;od MacPittman with a ra-
c other day.
ming in Cartersville.
schalk has retired from tho
liters' Adcocrfte. His vale-
u as if he had taken a long
II.
orpe people are impervious. A
ded in the mouth of a little boy
:rovo the other day without
said afterwards that the
7 didn't hurt him, and he’d chaw
' as ho wanted to.
esville Eagle, which has once
in this direction, has entered
ar with her wings spread wide
Mr. l\
bert H. Harris has taken charge of
Department of tho Thomasville
dav.
He i
> named Elbert Thompson was
d near Thomasville last Thura-
* thought ho was killed by two
i from Florida.
gray eagle was killed by Mr. D.
in in Thomas county.
is is developing some pretty lively
estitution.
girl named Nancy Simpson diod
se of a negro in Atlanta, after
to a child. She was Beduced by
ad of her sister.
is Times : “We beard yesterday
'-avv hog story, and while we don’t
n, a gentleman of veracity is
gkt on it if anybody doubts it.
' - us that he placed a large hog
ere i, : securely fenced, and no
h which it could escape. A few
missed the hog, and
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
county agricultural societies and clubs- 1
The spring meeting ot 1876 of tho State
Agricultural Society will take place in the
city of Brunswick on the second Tuesday
(8th day) of February, 1876. 2. We hope
through the continued liberality of the
railroads, to obtain transportation for tho
members free both ways. The railroads
however, will positively not pass
but tnree delegates from a county. It is
useless to ask an extension "of the
rule. Where, therefore, there are
two or more clubs in one countv each
claiming three delegates, this society can
not make application for transporting anv
of them until the several societies have
arranged among themselves and agreed
upon the three delegates to represent the
county. We can not discriminate at this
office. Delegates, by agreement with the
railroads, will be required to go by the most
direct routes. 3. The countv societies must
forward to this office, through the enclosed
blank form, by 25th Januarv, (or sooner, if
possible), their reports, showing the num
ber of members and number of meetings
actually held during tho past six months,
according to requirement of the constitu
tion, and also the names of their delegates
certified to by the President and Secretary
of tho club. 4. Life members wishing
to attend the convention should give notice
to tbo Secretary at Atlanta, by or
before the 25th January. 5. A full aud in
teresting programme of proceedings will be
made up and published in due time. The
report of Dr. Pendleton on this occasion
will be one of the most valuable and inter
esting he has ever made, as it will give his
experiments for the past year bearing on
th 3 cheap production of cotton aud the ce
reals, considered in respect to tho three im
portant elements which enter into the coat
of their production, viz : food, labor, fertil
izers.
BY TELEMU „
THE COTTON CHOP.
jures or the Atjiicultaral Bureau.
THE MORNING NEWS.
Evening Telegrams.
A PIG-STICKER WOUSBED
THE SUPREME COURT AND THE
OSAGE LANDS.
Gainesville Eagle: As tho time for the
meeting of the Legislature approaches the
people are beginning to discuss, with more
than ordinary interest, tho subject of a
State convention. We believe that a ma
jority of the tax-payers of Georgia would
have favored a convention twelve months
|ago, aud that definite action would have
Olllce-Hunters Parading With a Brass
Band.
. i ..ii. 41 u u l un lkj *, l *T iui u.tuiu ui u oi
lmen taken at the last session of tho Legis- * dered for stations between New York aud
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, January 9.—Probabilities:
For New England and the Middle States,
generally cloudy weather and rain, with in
creasing southeast to southwest winds, ex
cept northeast to southeast winds s^uth of
the New England coast during tho night,
aud falling barometer, followed by brisk
and high southwest to northwest winds, ris
ing barometer, and lower temperature dur
ing Monday afternoon or night.
For the South Atlantic States, increasing
cloudiness and areas of rain, falling followed
by rising barometer, southwest to north
west winds and slight clian^ee in tempera
ture.
For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the
Ohio Valley areas of ram in the former aud
ram or snow in the latter, followed by colde-
northerly to westerly winds, rising barome
ter, partly cloudy weather and a norther in
Texas during Monday.
The Mississippi river will rise slightly be
low Cairo.
Cautionary signals on the Atlantic coast
from Cape Hatteras to New York,and are or-
CONCENTRATION OF WAR VESSELS AT
PORT ROYAL.
Tweed’ii Cane Still Before the Coorts*
THE
BUCHURIOUS CASE OF DR.
HKLMBOLD.
BOLD BOBBERS IN TUE WEST.
An Entire Town Drugged nnd Robbed.
Mirds hi
cry uook and corner for it wit).
"• Five weeks afterwards he
‘ trough the field and discov-
in an old well in tho field,
reiate the hog was alive, and,
- weeks confinement, had not
ur food. He gays tho hog
1 ttie thin, and was not in good
order to kill, but otherwise was
lature but for what were then deemed to be
prudential reasons. Since that time, in
stead of diminishing, the reasons for such
move have increased. The present constitu-
Itionwasnot framed by the free, unconstrain
ed action of tho people and does not reflect
their views. By it the terms of office have
been extended, and tho power of the people
curtailed, in the selection of their officers.
l>y it one of the best judiciary systems ever
devised for free people was mutilated and
nearly destroyed. Through tho workings
• d tho homestead provision of tho constitu
tion, which was thrown out as a bait to
catch the debtor class and the poor man,
confidence has been destroyed aud the poor
man well nigh ruined. Under it our people
are being educated to think lightly of, ami
whenever occasion requires,wholly disregard
their solemn contracts. And this, instead
of being disreputable, is beginning to be
looked upon as sharp practice only; and
justified by the plea that the * debt
ors wife and children must be amply pro
vided for, ignoring the fact that there is a
wife and children on tho other side, who
are equally entitled to consideration, aud
the protection of the law. The tendency
of all such provisions is to weaken virtue
and ehake confidence. It is plain
that we have been switched on to the
wrong track, and are rapidly running down
grade. It is high time the brakes were put
on and our direction changed. Wo must
return to first aud to correct principles.
The world may seek, but it will seek in vaiu,
to find a substitute for plain, straightfor
ward, unvarnished honesty, ami the sooner
this truth is recognized and acted on the
better for the country. We want a
constitution made by * the free, un
trammeled will of the people, so framed
that its provisions shall demand of every
citizen, from the lowest to the highest.a strict
compliance with tho requirements of every
obligation voluntarily assumed. And then
let the coming generation be tanght, around
the fireside, in the school-room, from the
miipit, the bench and in the legislative
halls, that “honesty is the best policy,” and
that contracts when made must be strictlv
observed aud carried out by all parties. If
this shall be done, our people will soon be
raised out of tho quagmire into which they
aro fast sinking, and poaco, prosperity and
happiness will again return to bless and
cheer tho land.
A CUBAN VILLAGE SACKED.
An Audacious Performance by a Party
of PatriotM.
Rtcr
Hugo
own
Teie-i
ha i t
ns!i!uti>tn: The public library
prospering freely under Mr.
.-•.eriug care. At the last monthly
presented the applications of
<• persons for membership. He
1 * that a large number of new
on purchased, and thai the use
uy was increasing. We Lope the
• Kill become the rival of our
• • and popular institution. The
•-ys of the new Librarian : “He
1 “ j “ complished much, and has
piuious from our citizens, lie
Ui 8 n
been;
, »-«rnust, energetic and capable.
’D bv i he citizens of Macon has
;•, coruial aud sincere.”
, ; ith.is: Wo beg the stock-
• ‘n ; is of the Fair Association
io : 1 ” ^jmual meeting of the society,
j. u . . ' ‘ ' u Ihursday, the 13th, as per an-
t ; y 'T the President. Thisinstitu-
IF .*:* at once to our pride and in-
• the time to commence mak-
■ : Elions lor the fair of '76. Let us
a good beginning and
Havana, December 31, 1875.—The in
surgents have been active for a month.
The official leports mention thirty en
counters, and there are others. On De
cember 12th Chambas was attacked by
four hundred Cubans, under the com
mand of Serafiu Sanchez. The garrison,
thirty-eight men of the Civil Guard— J
volunteers, beat olf the assailants af> a
fitree combat, killing eight and losing
four. At Cienfuegos the festivities of
Christmas eve were interrupted by news
that the rebels had attacked the village
of Jagua, near the city. The military
authorities called out volunteers and
firemen, and the Captain of the Port
ordered a gunboat on the bay
to furnish transportation. By great
exertions the troops were landed at four
o’clock the next morning; but by that
time the enemy had sacked the village,
burned part of it, and made off with
booty‘and some prisoners. On Christmas
eve, when the inhabitants were engaged
in their annual holiday, and it was
already dark, the place was unexpectedly
invaded by raiders, who emptied the
stores and houses of desired articles. A
party of the assailants made a charge on
the castle, hoping to seize the gate be
fore the alarm spread among the garrison;
but they were frustrated by a colored
fireman, who reached the gate before
the raiders and closed it. The insur
gents sent a volley after him which
scarred the gate and walls. Captain Bel
tran, of the Tarragana regiment, who was
accidentally in the village, endeavored to
reach the fort, but was killed by a mu
latto, who was immediately shot from the
fort. An officer’s servant was wounded,
but ho escaped. The insurgents packed
their spoils on horseback and retired,
carrying with them Don Jose Bar quin,
his young clerk, and two artillerymen
surprised in the village. These persons
were subsequently found cut to pieces at
half a mile from Jagua. The only one
who showed then any signs of life was
Barquin, who is not yet dead. The in
habitants had tied in all directions, and
only ventured back when the raiders had
gone. The latter, it is said, were seen to
carry off four or five wounded comrades,
hurt in the attempt to surprise the fort.
The French house of Call Co., of
Paris, has a branch here, aud the govern
ment has called upon it to pay £25,189 in
gold for the first six months of the five
per cent, tax on capital. Payment being
refused, on the plea that the concern
here was only an agency of the Paris firm,
the authorities caused machinery to be
seized to the value of £44,380 in gold,
aud had it announced for sale by auction
yesterday; but representations having
meanwhile been made at Madrid, a cable
was received thence ordering all proceed
ings against this house to be suspended
until the Minister’s instructions could be
received by mail.
Eastport and at Galveston auu Indianola.
TURKEY AND THE TOWERS.
Paris, January 9.—Count Andraesy’s note
regarding Turkey is not yet officially com
municated to tho Sublime Porte. This will
occur as soon as an understanding is arrived
at between tho signataries of tho treaty ol
Paris.
France aud England have not yet offici
ally made known their views in the matter.
The delay seems to have arisen through tho
temporary abseuco from London of Lord
Derby, tbo British Foreign Minister.
an office-seeking serenade.
Washington, January 9.—A serenade in
tbo interest of securing offices for Union
soldiers was given to several persons, in
cluding the President, who said he was glad
to see them ; his heart beat in sympathy
with theirs, and ho would do all in his power
for them,
THE OSAGE LANDS.
Lawrence. Kansas, January 9.—It is
stated from Washington that the Supreme
Court stands seven to two in favor of tho
railroads as against the bona fide settlers in
tho Osage land case.
BLOOD.
Concord, N. H., January 9.—In tke Page
trial physicians testified* that tho blood
found on bis clothes aud those of the mur
dered girl was identical. It was human
blood.
a tig-sticker come to grief.
Lucknow, January 9.—Lord Carrington
had his collar bone broken in a pig-stickin^
expedition. Tho Prince of Wales was one
of the party.
stokes.
Albany, N. Y. January 9.—Tilden refused
to pardon Stokes.
THIRD TERM ADVOCATES.
A Meeting of Fifteen Men who Desire
General tyrant** lie-election—Their
Reasons.
Starved to Death by a Cancer.—The
Hartford Times says : A strange aud pain
ful fate was Policeman Benson’s, who
died yesterday in Norwich, at the age of
68. For three months he had suffered
from a cancer on the tongue—possibly a
result of too much smoking. For two
months past the tongue had been so
swollen and sore as to absolutely prevent
all eating, and the sufferer was kept alive
by semi-liquid food given by means of a
tube. During the last ten or twelve days
it has been almost impossible even to in
troduce this tube—so bad was the cancer
growing ; aud for four or five days before
his death the poor man was literally star
ving to death.
n - wiUbean ' ’ U . ltjur * da y- T be meet-
an important one."
« ensuing year
healthy send
The meet-
OfficerB for
;ii I ;rr° are t0 be elected, and
, • • important subjects will come up
He , Lt,t stockholders and every
qw 1,,^ a u interest in the matter
h nen TiU S° Uflt y Commissioners’ room
Th f i y ’ Ht 11 ° ,clock *
'“OMajr circular, signed by the
rceidAi.t ., i J? mrcuiar, signed by the
^ d £ tcr <’ t » r y of the State'Agri-
UlUHl 8#c ‘ e ‘». t»» town iMued to the
A disappointed carpet-bagger went into
a ward meeting at Houston, Texas, the
other night to press his claims for a ju
dicial nomination. Uncle Jim Porter, a
colored politician, was in the chair. When
the aspirant arose and began to state his
desires, Uncle Jim blandly requested him
to “set down.” “Why, Uncle Jim,”
said the astonished speaker, “what have
you against me ? I am a good Republi
can.” “Out of order sah,” replied the
President. “You ain’t Dc-t-n here long
’nuff to git the etufliu out’n your carpet
bag. Set down, sah. The blighted man
“set down,” and donbtlesf
to 1 ng 11 circciDBtaace t the itt
of Senator Morton as a clear case Ox *iu-
tim Jution.”
[From the New York Tribune.]
The Central Crant Club, a political or
ganization which favors the re election
of President Grant for a third term, met
Thursday evening at the Ashland House.
Col. A. J. H. Duganne presided, and there
were fourteen members present besides
the chairman. The officers of the Club
are A. J. H. Duganne. President ; Ell-
wood E. Thorne, Vice President; Henry
C. Parke, Secretary. The Managing
Committee consists of the President,
Vice President, and Secretary, and the
Committee on Business of George W.
Clarke, Lawrence S. Benson, Charles J.
Cole, James S. Burnton, and Richard
Delamore.
Mr. Duganne made a short address, ex
plaining that the object of the club was
to marshal the advocates of the re-elec
tion of General Grant as President, with
a view of having numerous other affili
ated clubs organized throughout the
country, each of which should send dele
gates to a National Third Term People’s
Nominating Convention to be held at
Philadelphia on July 1. A suitable plat
form would be adopted by that conven
tion, and, the speaker believed.
Grant’s re-election would be se
cured. At present, in Congress,
only half a dozen votes would
stand in the way of a Democratic admin
istration in case General Grant should be
taken out of the way. “I have had
Southern men who were against us in the
war say to me,” continued Mr. Duganne.
“that if any man other than Grant should
be elected the next President there would
be trouble in the South within six months,
and I believe it.' Mr. Duganne also said
that this club had no interest in the ques
tion whether a man desiring to unite with
it favored Grant on account of bis views
of secular education, or as a bullionist,
or an inflationist, or for any other* reason,
but its only care was to ask whether he
was a Grant man.
A motion was carried instructing the
secretary to collect the names of as many
persons who favor the third term move
ment as possible, and report them at the
next meeting. An address “to the friends
of secure government” was presented in
the form of printed slips, which are to
be scattered throughout the country. In
this address it is stated that the renowi-
uatioD of General Grant is advocated
because of the success of his adminis
tration heretofore, and because “to dis
turb, with no purpose but change, the
conditions which now make the Ameri
can government trusted aud courted by
all governments, as it never was before,
would be to jeopard the growth of our
influence in foreign lands, and disrupt
our domestic affairs, now approaching
stability under Grant’s sagacious guid
ance.” The address also states: “We bavfr
no fear of a third term proving hazard
ous as a precedent. * * * Senators
of the United States, trusted by their
States, jhave served five terms of their high
office, aud Representatives in Congress are
chosen, term after term, during life.
What valid reason, then, can be given
that an elector should be deprived of his
right to vote for President a third time
in the interest of good government?”
Other reasons are given why a third
term is not to be considered perilous or
unreasonable. President Grant's abili
ties, experience and popularity are ex
tolled, and the address closes by request
ing citizens of all the States and of all
local political views to form Grant clubs
and communicate with the Central Grant
Club here.
The meeting adjourned to meet at the
call of the chairman.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, January 8.—Rations are
short at the Red Cloud Agency, on account,
it is said, of the exhaustion of the appro
priation. The Indian Commissioners hope
to avoid trouble by issuing rations as usual,
until a special appropriation is made to
bridge over between- now and the end of the
fiscal year.
F. Treuud has been elected restaurateur
to the House. It required forty-seven bal
lots m committee to settle it.
A petition, signed by 23,360 Mormon wo
men, prays Congress to give Utah a State
government aud aunex Poland’s anti-polyga
my law. They fear their relations will be
arrested for polygamy without warning.
The administrators of Mrs. Cathariue G.
Shephard have recovered $9,808 from the New
York Mutual Life Insurance Company in the
United States Court at Baltimore. Mrs.
Shephard was a Southern policy holder, and
at the close of the war tendered the full
amount due, which the company refused.
The concentration of vessels at Port
Royal, 8. C.. is in pursuance of a general
plan of the Secretary of the Navy to make
that port the headquarters of the South At
lantic station. Among its advantages are a
healthful climate, aud a harbor of sufficient
capacity for navy drills. The Secretary in
tends to have the home squadron larger
than those abroad, because he d<
lieves in being prepared for any
emergency which may arise from
present difficulties m Cuba. While there is
no official announcement of the condition of
affairs between this country and Spain, it is
believed, in well informed" circles, that tho
uncertain tenuro which Spain has upon
Cuba may cause her to become involved
with the Uuited States when sho sees she
can no longer hold tho island, and thus part
with it as a matter of necessity. Another
reason given for ordering vessels
from northern rivers aud harbors
to Port Royal is to free them from ice dur
ing tho winter. In case of emergency, it
would not do to have them frozen up. The
Shawmut, Dictator, Pawnee and Pinta are
ni«w at Port Royal, and the Congress and
Juniata are en route. Other vesssels will be
ordered to Port Royal from Northern ports
aud abroad. The Marion, no^ at Ports
mouth, and the Yaudalia, at Boston, will
make Port Royal tho initial point for their
West India cruise.
The Freedman’s Bank Commissioners have
filed a bill for the sale of the Young Men’s
Christian Association building lor money
loaned for its erection.
The jury in tho case of Eaton vs. tho Bal
timoro and Potomac Road for refusal to
carry the plaintiff on au excursion ticket a
f. w hours after date, rendered a verdict of
$300. Eaton 8 ued for $5,000. The case will
bo appealed.
THE DUTY ON CLOTHS.
Washington, January 8.—The Secretary
of the Treasury lia-» addressed the following
letter to the Collector of Customs at New
York :
“Your letter of the 9th ult. is received,
further relating to the classification of cer
tain so-calUd striped and fancy Italians,
which by department decisions of August
29th, 1874, aud August 18th, 1875, were held
to be liable to duty at the rate of 50 cents per
pound, and 35 per cent, ad valorem, as
manufacturers of worsted no; otherwise
provided for. The question having been
lately again raised, by certain importers,
that the goods, although striped and fancy,
were dutiable under the provision for real
or imitation Italian cloth at the square yard
rates, the department submitted the
same to you, accompanied by cer
tificates from manufacturers of the
goods with samples, so that the appraiser
might give an opinion on the new evidence.
The report of the appraiser is favorable to
the views of the importers and manufactur
ers, but, for reasons presently stated, not
accepted as conclusive. After the careful
consideration given to the matter prior to
tho promulgation of the decision of August
18th, 1875, aud in view of the provision
of section 2 of the act of March 3d,
1H75, entitled an act restricting
the refunding of customs duties, etc., the
department is of the opinion that the in
terests of the government will be best
served by leaving the question to be tried
by the courts where, it is understood, several
suits involving the same question are now
pending. The United States Attorney at
New York will be requested to take 'the
proper steps for securing an early trial of
one ol these suits, in order that the import
ers may suffer no unnecessary delay.
another phase in the tweed case.
New York, January 8.—Suit was begun by
the attorneys of Tweed in the name of Chas.
Devlin, whose boudB for the appearance of
Tweed for trial on the criminal indictments
were forfeited recently, against the city, the
county, the Attoruey General, the corpora
tion counsel, Jackson J. Schultz, John H.
Keyser, Andrew S. Garvey, Richard B.
Coruially and James H. Ingersoll. Refer
ence is made to the exemption of the
estates of Ingersoll, Garvey A Keyser from
prosecutiou, and to the failure of "the assig
nee of a portion of tho property of the latter
to account to tho city for money held by
him in trust to satisfy claims arising under
the transactions of tho ring. The relief ap
plied for is the appointment of Receiver of
all claims against tho ring, and con
ferring upon this officer power to
prosecute all conspirators and their
estates. It also claimed that those respon
sible for the failure to prosecute the parties
who have been allowed to escape under the
operation^ of the statute of limitations and
otherwise, should he compelled to make
good the injury thus inflicted in the city
and county.
against resum ption.
Cleveland, January 8.—A meeting will
be held here on tLe 13th inst., for the pur
pose of considering what measures are ne
cessary to secure the repeal of .the act ol
the last Congross, known as the resumption
act. A memorial to Congress has been ex
tensively circulated in this city and rer
ceived signatures. A very large uumbe-
of prominent business men are petitioning
the repeal of so much of the act as provides
for the payment of United States legal ten
der notes in coin upon the 1st day of Janu
ary, 1879, and authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury to sell and dispose of
the bonds of Iho United States for
the purpose of enabling him to redeem
such legal tender notes ; also, representing
that in tho judgment of petitioners the en
forcement of the resumption clause of said
act would be exceedingly disastrous to the
business of the country.
A Tramp on the Wabtath.—A drunken
tramp named Eckert entered the house
of Mrs. Schmidt, at Hudson avenue,
Union Hill, New Jersey, and, breaking
through a back door, made his appearance
before the startled woman and brandished
a poker at her, at the same time giving
vent to unearthly yells. The shrieks of
the terrified woman brought to her assist
ance several neighbors, who arrived just
in time to wrench from the hands of
Eckert an axe which he had found, and
with which he was about to murder her.
The rum-crazed wretch was overpowered
and placed under arrest.—New York
Hi raid.
A great storm has been experienced at
Gibraltar, in which scarcely a road or
street escaped damage. Many houses
were burst open by the force of the wa
ter, which, in some cases, was eight feet
deep in the lower stories. Two vessels
were wrecked, with a loss of fifteen lives.
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, January 8.—The defendants
in the suit for alleged corrupt collusion in
the matter of a contract for building tho
Hempstead, Long Island, storage reservoir,
filed their answer to-day, denying all allega
tions of collusion or fraud.
Mr. Golsen, of Golsen A Eastman, of Chi
cago, having given testimony before the
grand jury of that city yesterday, implicat
ing F.O.Boyd A Co., of this city, in the illicit
whisky business, the latter firm to-day ex
plicitly denied the story and said they had
asked for an investigation.
The deaths for the week are 547. Weekly
specie shipments, $678,000; specie imports,
$46,000; imports of dry goods, $1,341,609;
merchandise, $6,186,931; total, $7,528,539.
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.
Philadelphia, January 8.—The anniver
sary of the battle of New Orleans wag ob
served by a meeting of the veterans of the
war of 1812, at the old Court House, Sixty-
eighth and Chestnut streets. Peter Hay,
Esq., occupied tho chair, and John B.
Spriuger acted as Secretary. Twenty vete
rans were present.
New Orleans, January 8.—Flags aDd
pennants were displayed throughout the
city. All the public offices were closed in
honor of «the day, aud the military organi
zations paraded.
RIVERS RISING—STEAMER SUNK, ETC.
New Orleans, January 8.—The lower Mis
sissippi is rising rapidly and causing some
apprehension of crevasses.
A dispatch from Bayou Sara reports the
sinking of the steamboat Belle of Yazoo, in
twelve feet of water, above that place. No
lives were lost. It is believed the boat can
be raised. Her cargo consisted of 465 bales
of cotton and 2,500 sacks of cotton seed.
The indications are that strong efforts will
bo made in the Legislature to impeach
Judge Hawkins.
REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Washington, January 8.—The statistician
of the Department of Agriculture has com
pleted the compilation of official returns for
the past month, and finds correct the gen
eral assumption of the lower yield of lint in
proportion to seed cotton. Only two
States, Arkansas and Tex*s, report
a larger proportion than in 1874. The At
lantic States, which have previously made
low estimates of aggregate productions, all
return a smaller yield ot lints to seed in
comparison with the previous crop, and
none of them over thirty pounds to each
hundred pounds of seed. The average
decrease in all the Status is
four per cent. This [reduction
is attributed iu most cases te excessive
moisture, and result in Imperfect
development of the boll; in sonie to the
effect of early drought iu preventing full
maturity. Cotton grown iu fields heavily
dressed with commercial fertilizers is f »und
to have a greater proportionate develop
ment of seed than of lint. Thq average
quality of fibre is somewhat lower
than last year. Arkansas and Texas
furnish the only exceptions to tiis state
ment, though the average depreciation is
slight in Louisiana and Alabama. It is
greatest in Mississippi and tho| Atlantic
States. The proportion of the crop gath
ered on tho 1st of December was 9U per
cent., and reported as follows: North Caro-
lina, 89; South Carolina, 95; Florida. 93;
Georgia, 92; Alabama, 87; Mississippi, 75;
Louisiana, 83; Texas, 94; JLrkan®- .76: Ten
nessee, 78. In analyzing the monthly re
ports ot the season, the average conditions
from June to October is made 934
per cent, against 83 iu the same period ol
1874. This would indicate a crop of about
4,400,000 bales, with an equally favorable
autumn and an equal proportion of lint.
The loss of four per cent, in yield of
lint makes a reduction of 176,000 bales, a id
the difference in maturing aud gathering
since October points to a future reduction
of two to four per cent., with a margin of
100,000 bales for contingencies. Alter the
first week in December the season’s re
ports, taken together, indicate a crop of not
less than 4,050,000 bales nor more than
4,150,000 bales.
FOREIGN NOTE8.
London, January 8.—The Vienna corres
pondent of the Standard says all iu Vienna
liable to serve in case of war have been or
dered to hold themselves in readiness to
join their respective corps iu forty-eight
hours.
Tho physicians say Yon Arnim is too ill to
go to prison. The government regards this
certificate insufficient, and the Count has
been ordered to prison.
London, January 8.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette's special telegram from Berlm says:
Andrassay’s proposals are substantially
Identical with the suggestion made by the
foreign Consuls assembled at Mostar last
autumn, and are designed to remedy the
grievances they indicated. The question of
guarantees is postponed until the bubhmo
Porte indicates the acceptance or rejection
of the proposals,
Cologne, January 8.—Tho Gazette says
Italy has accepted Austria’s Turkish note.
England asks a week’s consideration, which
expires on tho 12th.
Berlin, January 8.—Count Andrassv’s
note m regard to the proposed reforms in
the Sultan’s vassal provinces makes no
definite proposal for controlling the execu
tion of these reforms, but it is stated that
he proposes] a virtual control through tho
supervision ef tho consuls and reports of
ambassadors.
NEW FREIGHT RATES.
New York, January 8.—The new rates on
fieight from this city to the West go into
effect on Monday on tho basis of seventy-
five cents per one hundred pounds for first-
class freight to Chicago. The schedule is
to be uniform on ali trunk lines going west
from New Fork and Boston. Differential al
lowance is made m favor of Philadelphia
and Baltimore on the ground that the dis
tance from those cities to Chicago is less
than New York.
RAILROAD WAR AT AN END,
Hopewell, N. J., January 8.—At the
scene of the railroad war, near this place,
the obstructions aro all removed aud the
track layers of both roads are readjusting
the frog into its proper position, and are at
work relaying the torn up rails. The engi
neers expect to have trains running by two
o’clock this afternoon. Twelve cars of Penn
sylvania Railroad laborers left here last
night. The war may be considered virtually
at an end.
THOMASSEN’S ACCOMPLICES.
London, January 8.—The police of Berlin
being in possession of the private corres
pondence of Thomassen, of tho Bremerha-
ven dynamite plot, seem to have come np
the track of some of his accomplices, who
visited a boarding house patronized by
English and American tourists. The police
are searching for a Doctor Medworth, who,
it would seem from information in their
possession, was evidently an accomplice of
Thomassen.
THE FLORIDA METHODISTS
COUNCIL.
IN
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THE DYNAMITE PLOT.
Thoinnoii’a
Second Day’s Proceeding* of the Confer
ence.
[Special Correspondence of tho Morning Sews.]
Quincy, January 6, 1876.
The conference was opened by religious
service by Rev. T.W. Moore, Bishop Wight-
man in the chair.
The roll was called, and a few additional
members, who were not here on yesterday,
answered to their names.
A communication from Rev. J. Anderson
was read.
WHO ABE SUPERANNUATED.
James A. Wiggins and J. Munden were
called, communications from them read,
characters passod and continued in the
superannuated relation. S. A. McCook
called; announcement of his death during
the year in the triumph of the gospel. Rev.
J. Eady gave an account of his last moments.
J. M. Stokes called; announcement of bis
death in tho faith of Jesus. A. Johnson, G.
W. Fagg, John Penny, S. Gardner continued
on the list of superannuates. M. Williams
called, character passed, aud he left effec
tive.
Wilbur F. Norton, a transfer from the
Alabama coafereoce, was introduced, aud
returned the greeting of his brotbren in a
few pertinent remarks.
Examination of character resumed, aud
J. C. Ley, J. M. Hendry, R. M. Ellzey
passed.
ADMITTED INTO FULL CONNECTION.
Robert Martin, S. J. Phillips, A. A. Bar
nett, W. H. F. Roberts, C. E. Dowman,
McK. F. McCook, were called. Tho examin
ing committee reported favorably, and they
having answered the usual disciplinary ques
tions, were impressively addressed by the
Bishop, aud admitted into full connection,
their characters haviug passed. The recom
mendation by the Pro?i ling Elders, of Revs
C. E. Dowmau aud 3IcK. I . McCook, were
unusually line. They are both young sol
diers of the cross, and promise to be distin
guished captains in the army of the Lord.
Rev. J. E. A. YauDazer was called, aud it
was announced that he had died at Key West,
June 7th, 1875.
DEACONS ELECTED.
Robert Martin, A. H. Bunnell, W. H. F.
Roberts, McK F. McCook.
SUPERNUMERARIES.
E. F. Gates and S. W. Carson ; C. D.
N icholson was granted & located relation.
R. D. Gentry was called, character passed
and the examining committee reporting
favorably, he was advanced to tho class of
the fourth year. J. D. Rogers was called
character passed, aud he left in tho thin
year.
ELDERS.
Robert J. Bradley and Jacob E. Dodd
were elected to Elders’ orders.
Career in
America.
JOINING HANDS.
New York, January 8.—A London dispatch
says an editorial in the Telegraph says the
unanimous resolution of the House of Rep
resentatives, declaring the manifest disposi
tion of the men who fought in the late civil
war to join hands as one people is a most
auspicious ushering in of tho American new
year, as one of the most cheering celt bra
tions in the history of America.
CENTENNIAL BANNERS.
Boston, January 8.—The banners, as sou
venirs of the Bunker Hill Centennial cele
bration, made by the ladies of Boston for
the Washington Light Infantry, Charleston;
Norfolk Light Artillery, and Washington
Light Infantrv, Washington, D. C., were
exhibited by tbe committeo of ladies and
gentlemen, who leave in a few days to pre
sent them.
VESSEL ASHORE.
London, January 8.—The bark's name is
unknown which is ashore at Ship Wash
Sands. Its situation is similar to the Swit
zerland. Twelve persons were seen aboard.
Approach is impossible.
The vessel ashore on Ship Wash Sand, in the
North Sea, is tho bark Hunter, from Chris
tiana for an English port. The crew has
been saved.
HELMBOLD.
Philadelphia, January 8.—Tho case of
Dr. Henry T. Holm bold came up before
Court to-day upon a writ of habeas corpus,
taken for the purpose of effecting his dis
charge from tbe Pennsylvania Hospital for
the Insane. He asserted ho was ol sound
mind and not a proper subject for restraint.
The hearing was not concluded.
8.-
SENTENCED.
Baltimore, January 8.—William Thomp
son, convicted of an outrage on & girl twelve
years of age, was sentenced to twenty-one
years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Policeman Patrick MacDonald was found
guilty of manslaughter of Daniel Brown,
colored, and sentenced to five years in jail.
COMMITTED.
Prophet, priest and king—“Gill” Ha-
en, Bishop Ames and “Boss” Grant.—
L ”
Ottawa, January 8.—Mr. Martin, member
of the Provincial Parliament, charged with
| committing an indecent assault upon Minnie
, has
MINING OPERATIONS CLOSED.
Muskooee, Indian Territory, January
The recent decision of the Secretary of
the Interior closes mining operations in tbe
Choctaw Nation. The Osage Coal, and
Houston, Dallas and Texas Companies dis
charged two hundred hands, who must seek
employment in the States.
a whole town drugged and bobbed.
St. JOSEPH, Mo., January 8.—At Osborn,
Mo., on the Hannibal aud St. Joseph Rail
road, Thursday night, burglars broke into
the drag store and stole a bottle of chloro
form, with which they drugged the whole
town and then robbed both hotels, all the
stores and many private residences. They
secured many thousand dollars and escaped.
multiplex telegraphy.
Milwaukee, January 8. — Experiments
were made here to-day with Gray's har
monic 83'Btem of multiplex telegraphy. A
loop was arranged by way of Huron to Port
age, and back by way of W’atertown—dis
tance two hundred miles. Over this single
wire eight messages were seat and eight
received at the same time.
COTTON MILLS BURNED.
London, January 8.—The Belgrave cot
ton mills, near Oldham, Lancashire, con
taining fifty thousand spindles, were de
stroyed by fire. The loss is two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
A COLLISION.
London, January 8.—The Citv of Brook
lyn collided with aud sunk an Italian bark
off Fastnet. Three of the bark’s crow are
missing. The balance were rescued by the
steamer.
CLEARING HOUSE ORGANIZED.
Louisville, January 8.—The banks have
organized a Clearing Honse, with a capital
of nine million dollars. The clearings on
the first day were over a million and a half.
THE TURKISH INSURGENTS.
Vienna, January 8.—Two thousand eight
hundred insurgents tried to surprise Mos
tar, but were repulsed and almost entirely
destroyed.
RECAPTURED.
St. Joseph, Mo., Jann&rv 8.—Frank
Brown, a convicted murderer who escaped
from prison here October 28th, has been re
captured.
NO PARDON FOB STOKES.
Albany, January 8.—Gov. Tilden has de
clined to interfere iu the case of Stokes, the
murderer of Fisk, and for whose pardon ap
plication was made.
DUTY FREE.
Washington, January 8.—The Collector
of Customs at New Orleans has been ordered
to admit, duty free, a manikin for the Al
corn University, Jackson, Miss.
PORK STATISTICS.
Cincinnati, January 8.—The total number
of hogs slaughtered this season to date is
398,789, against 392,802 last season.
NO ELECTION.
Louisvills, January 8.—Tbe Demx>cratic
caucus adjourned without choosing A )»en-
MISCELLANEOUS.
Memorial service was made the order of
tho day for to-morrow at 11 a. m.
The reports from local preachers supply-
g works were read by the Presiding El
ders.
Editors of minutes read their report for
information, aud, on motion, the roll was
called aud $38 50 was subscribed for editing
the minutes by tbe members responding
Vacancies on tbe Missionary Board were
supplied. A. A. Barnett was appointed As
sistant Secretary at the request of the Sec
retary.
J. C. Ley, at his request, was relioved as a
member of tbe Committee on Bible Cause
aud \Y. R. Johnson appointed iu his place.
A communication from various members
of the Little River Circuit in reference to
J. M. Bridges, was read and referred to a
committee of three appointed by the chair,
as follows: J. P. De Puss, J. W. Moore, J. J.
Sealey.
The minutes of the morning service were
read and approved, aud after various an
nouncements of meeting of committees,
conference adjourned with the doxology
and benediction by the Bishop.
REMARKS.
In reading the above details tho thought
is inevitable that those who attend the
meetings of the conference (and there was
a large audien *e present this morning,) find
but little to interest tuem, however import
ant to the individuals comprising the body,
hut such is not tho fac*, for there’s many a
flash of bright wit aud stroke of lively ha-
mor, and many good things said, with tho
most appropriate dignity, which could not
appear in the proceedings without making
them too circumstantial and lengthy. Tbe
Bishop’s address to the candidates applying
for full connection was well worthy of
being inscribed in letters of gold,
especially his remarks upou tho subject
of itinerant preaching, which is really the
sphere of the greatest usefulness and happi
ness in the lives of the ministers. On tli
subject of the marrying of preachers. Bishop
Wightmau was very felicitous ami sensi
ble. He said there was ao objection to
marrying at the right time the right
woman, which was so infrequent that tbe
power and ability of many talented, zealous
preachers had been negatived. He at
tributed, iu a great measure, whatever po
sition be had occupied in the different de
partments of church life to the fact that he
was not in a hurry to marry when he
began the career of au itinerant preacher.
Very frequently marriage made or marred
the lives of men. He displayed more than
ordinary attention to this subject, rising to
his feet to make his observations tho more
impressive, aud concluded his extempore
effort with a beautiful tribute to the power
and influence of woman when properly di
rected.
The 3Iethodist Church was largely crowded
to-night to hear Rev. Henry B. Frazee, a
transfer from the Little Rock (Ark.) Con
ference, who selected for his text “Our
Father Thou art in Heaven,” aud delivered,
with good oratorical effect, quite an able
sermon. Jacob.
The Virginia Vesuvius—The Peaks of
Otter Shaking.—A correspondent writ
ing from the Peaks of Otter to the Lynch
burg New, confirms the apprehensions
expressed by that paper of a volcanic
eruption. He says: “Now we don’t know
how you came to find it out, but the fact
is that we are having an awful time of it.
It isn’t pleasant to have your crockery all
smashed, your dog scared aud your cat
run off. Our theory is that the Peaks of
Otter is an extinct volcano, and there are
many convincing arguments in support
of this position. To illustrate: A few
years ago Dr. Von Eichburg, of Germany,
who spent more than fifty years in study
ing volcanic phenomena, and analyzed
many of the stones found about Mount
Hecla and Mount Vesuvius, visited the
Peaks of Otter and Flat-top mountain,
and averred that tbe stones there
found were identically the same
character as those found in the
vicinity of the volcanoes. He went even
further, and said that the Peaks of Otter
was liable at any time to submerge the
town of Liberty with an avalanche of
lava. People laughed at the doctor then,
but they don’t smile worth a cent lately.
The truth is, that things here are, in the
language of a well known darkey, “awful
onsartin.” The shock which shook up
Lynchburg and waked tbe sinners of that
wicked burg to a sense of their ruined
condition, not only made things tremble
around there, but has kept up its nonsen
sical gyrations ever since. Every night
somebody imagines the “top rock” is
tumbling from its dizzy height on the
pe.ik; the 6tore is closed, the distillery
deserted, and everybody wears a sancti
monious face. The vibrations arising
from this singular phenomenon are un
derstood to be from south to north, and
there is scarcely an hour that they are
not felt, the severest shocks being always
at night.
The Marriage of Jefferson Davis’s
Daughter.—The Memphis Appeal fur
nishes the following particulars of the
marriage in that city, on New Year’s
mornMig, of Miss Margaret H. Davis,
daughter of Mr. Jefferson Davis, to Mr.
J. A. Hayes, cashier of the State Na
tional Bank of that city:
“Before the hour of half-past nine St.
Lazarus Church was filled to overflowing,
and there was not standing room scarcely
in the small inclosure around the edifice.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Dr. George White, of Calvary, assisted
by Rev. Churchill Eastin, of St. Lazarus
Church. There were many handsome
wedding presents, some of them from
abroad. After the ceremony the bridal
party returned to the residence of the
bride’s father, where they remained a
short time, the bride and groom receiv
ing the congratulations of their relatives
and friends, after which they left for St.
A correspondent of the London Daily
News, writing from Bremen respecting
the explosion, says : “The author of
this appalling catastrophe died at Bre-
merhaven at 4:80 p. m. on Thursday last
death resulting from the self-inflicted
wounds. After being trepanned on
Thursday morning his state was such as
no longer to admit of his undergoing
legal examination. The name William
King Thomas, alias Thomson, under
which he passed for many years, seems
to have been fictitious. He refused to
give any information respecting his past
life. In conversation he once said that
he was a native of New Y’ork, to which
place his parents had emigrated some
thirty years ago. Another statement is
to the effect that they went to New York
some time between the years 1830
and 1840, and subsequently moved
to Virginia, where he was edu
cated. He fought on the Confederate
side during the secession war, and is
said to have distinguished himself as a
blockade runner between St. Thomas and
New Orleans. After the capitulation of
Richmond he came to Europe, and lived
partly in England and partly in Germany.
In 1872 he resided with his family in the
Hotel de Pologne, iu Leipsic, in which
city he frequented the best society and
was particularly intimate with the Ameri
can Consul, with whom he one day went
to a watchmaker, of whom he inquired
if he could construct him a clock with a
powerful hammer, which would run sev
eral days, but the mechanic could not ac
commodate him. This mechanic still
possesses the card given him by Thomas,
on that occasion, bearing the inscription,
‘Mr. Thomas. August Strasse.’ About
this time came to the Leipsic
Fair a clever maker of turret
clocks, named Fuchs, of Berneburg, who
learned from a friend from Monrstedt that
an American in the August Strasse could
give him some profitable employment.
Fuchs immediately proceeded to the ad
dress of Mr. Thomas, who was then
living in elegantly furnished apartments.
He described Thomas as being a tall,
stately man, with whiskers cut iu the
English style. He was commissioned to
make a clock which would run eight
days. The order was not executed at
the time, as Fuchs was not able to un
derstand tbe broken German in which
Thomas instructed him sufficiently to
enable him to perceive clearly what was
necessary in the mechanism of the clock.
On the 9th of March, 1873, Thomas
visited Fuchs in Berneburg, and informed
him that he had been in Vienna, where
he was told that only Fuchs was capable
of constructing the work. He wanted
the machine to go for ten days without
ticking, and also that the elevator or
hammer which should strike the hour
when the clock had run down, should
possess a concussion power of thirty
pounds. On being asked for what pur
pose he required this clock, Thomas said
that be had many manufactories
America, principally of silk goods, and
that the new piece of machinery was in
tended to tear simultaneously a thousand
threads. It was to be finished in April,
and the workman was to name his own
charge. For the better guidance of the
workman, Mr. Thomas left with him a
model clock, which he said had been
prepared in Vienna. On the 20th of
April, the work being completed, Fachs
went with it to Leipsic and met Mr.
Thomas in the Hotel Pologne as arranged.
The latter examined the mechanism
thoroughly, listened with great attention
to the explanation of it, and expressed
delight at the noiseless works. He tried
the elevator, the fan of which was
equivalent to the pressure of thirty
pounds weight, and, was so power
ful that a portion of the veneer of the
polished table sprang off. The clock ran
ten days as ordered, and was the first
thing of the kind that Fuchs had ever
constructed, he having hitherto only
made watches and clocks to go eight
days. Thomas subsequently ordered by
letter twenty similar machines, from
which it may be inferred that he did not
intend to be satisfied with the commis
sion of one crime. The model has been
handed over by Fuchs to the court in
Bremerhaven. From Leipsic Thomas
made several journeys, and returned six
months ago, when he settled with his
family at Strehlen, near Dresden. Here,
too, he stood in good repute iu the Amer
ican colony. Having taken Fuchs’s clock
about with him on various expeditions, it
seems to have got out of order, as he
had it repaired at a shop in Bremen.
The explosive material was probably pur
chased in America, to and from which
country he had made voyages. He re
fused to divulge its character, describing
it always as “polishing powder” when
registering it. He had wound up the
watch on the day on which the Mosel was
to depart, so that, according to his calcu
lations the ship would have been blown
to pieces in mid ocean after he himself
had landed at Southampton, where he
intended to put his heavily insured cases
and packages on board. At Bremen he
shipped a valueless barrel, stated to con
tain caviar, which was insured for 3,000
marks. Judicial searches have been made
in Dresden, which have brought to light
several iron cases which it seems were
ordered by Thomas. These have, of
course, been taken possession of by the
court. Thomas most positively denied
having any accomplice in his dreadful
design. The suspicion that his wife
knew anything of his infernal plans is
groundless. Immediately upon the first
telegraphic report* of his being wounded,
before it was dreamed that he was the
cause of the explosion, she hurried to his
bedside, little thinking to arrive in Bre-
merhaven at the very time forty-three vic
tims of his hellish plot were being carried
to their graves. She has moved in the
ery best society both in Leipsic and
Dresden. All of her evidence, as well as
her letters, show that she had led a happy
life with the deceased. According to the
Weser Zeitung, she did not mention her
maiden name on account of regard for
her family and relations. She married
Mr. Thomas about eleven years ago, but
never knew anything of his family or
connections, and does not even know his
name to a certainty. She had looked
up to him with love and confidence,
never inquiring into his affairs. She
considered him an honest, good-hearted
man, although he was liable to ex
tremes of temper, sometimes passing
from great kindness to the utmost vio
lence. He loved his children ten
derly. And this is the man who for
years has been planning a diabolical
crime, and making preparations with the
greatest nonchalance for the execution of
a deed of hitherto unparalleled iniquity.
His journeys to America separated him
much from his wife. He probably brought
his clock with him the last time he came
over. He told his wife on leaving for
Bremen that he was going to Berlin. Mrs.
Thomas intended to return to Dresden
after the burial of her husband. The
number of the dead amounts already to
eighty ; altogether, in dead and wounded,
the number of victims exceeds two hun
dred. Traces of bodies continue to be
found in the outer harbor. A private
letter from Hamburg states that the
explosion was beard at Oldesloe, in Hol
stein.”
A Milwaukee jury has said that a young
girl of that city served her father just
right by stabbing him to death. The
man wasNi domestic coward and tyrant.
He got drunk and commenced abusing
his daughter, who was a grown woman.
He was armed with a knife, and prepared
to carve his victim for sacrifice. He
threatened to kill her, but she had no iL -
tention of dying without making a strug
gle for life. She would not fall down nt
his feet to be beaten and kicked and
trampled upon like a dutiful daughter.
Her obstinacy infuriated the family
tyrant. With a brandishing knife he
drives her into a corner. On tbe way
she seizes a pair of shears and plunges
the point into him- It strikes the right
spot. He falls aud she rushes from the
house terror-stricken and alarms the
neighborhood. She is arrested and tried
for murder. The jury says she is not
guilty, and reiterates the principle that
wives and children have rights that
husbands and fathers ought to respect.
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An Astrologer —In Talbot county,
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phetic genius, with tho use of his astro
nomical instruments, to be able to fore
tell coming events, and an old acquaint
ance, whose veracity is unquestioned,
states that Day said when Lincoln was
first elected President, that he would be
elected the second time and then be
assassinated. He foretold tho contest
between the Monitor and Merrimac, and
drew plans of them long before they
were thought of or the conflict occurred.
Murderous Assault in Virginia.—Col.
Abner Anthony, agent at Lynch’s Station
on the Virginia Midland Railroad, near
Lynchburg. Va., was attacked on Tues
day night by two negroes, and his head
badly crushed in. The murderers after
wards picked his pocket. When last
heard from Col. Anthony was not ex
pected to live.
Jesse Pomeroy, the Boston boy mur
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formation (see advertisement
of City Officer* published cist where): Klectl0u
AN ORDINANCE To change the manner of keen-
(ng. the rtreet,. Imb a,„l other thoroosW^S
in the city of Savannah clean, and to nScrtS
i he duties of the Superintendent. p
Section 1. The Mayor aud Aldermen of the
c ry of Savannah, m Council assembled, do here'
I> ordain. That on and after the tirst reiudar
! ■sting of Conncii in Jannary next, the wSkof
Scavenger s department shall be given ont b.
contract, and propolis for performing the sarni
t- be made and received as hereinafter spreifi
* bids must be handed to the c lerk of Cot
b fore ten o’clock on the morning of the d?
cl ction, notice of which election shall be
u n days previous to the time at which si
t Mil shall take place; and each bidder slu. .■%* '
close with his bid the names of two er mor .
curities, who, with the person elected, shall b N
themselves in a sum which shall exceed tL
atnouut of the hid for which he proposes per an
num to do the work by one thousand dollars, for ' r »—
the true and faithful performance ot the duties of
Superintendent. The City Council shall, at its
first regular meeting in January next, and at the *
tirst regular meeting in Jauuary of every third
year thereafter, select from those who shall sub
mit their proposals one who shall be declared
elected Superintendent, and who stud; execute a
bond to tbe city in the amount Above required to
be approved of by the Mayor, and shall enter
uj»on the duties of his office within ten days af er
said eleetion. Upon fai. ing to give such bond, or
to enter upon his duties within the said time his
election shall be deemed void, and the City Coun
cil, at its next regular meeting, shall elect some
other^erson in his place.
Section 2. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That the person so elected
superintendent, shall before entering upon his
duties, provide himself with a sufficient numbei
ol able-bodied men, anc horses or mules and
cart-, to perform the duties of the department,
as hereinafter described, which men, teams and
carts shall be approved of by the Mayor, and
none shall be employed in the department but
such as are able and efficient. Aud it shall be
the further duty of said Superintendent to cause
the men so employed to pass through all parts of
the city, daily, Sundays ami general holidays ex
cepted, with the carts, and to take off all offal,
filth, manure oyster shells, or other rubbish that
may be collected in barrels or boxes, or tliat may
be found iu any street, lane or square within
the city, and carry the same to such place or
places as maybe detei mined by the Mayor or
Chairman of the Street ami Lane Committee:
Provided, that all manure and offal shall beat the
disposal ot the said Superintendent, and shall bo
carried beyond the limits of the city, to be used
or farmed out ty him.
SectTbn*3. ‘Ann lrtrfurthor ordalned by the au
thority aloresaid, That it shall be the duty of said
Superintendent to report to the Mavor every
Monday morning the number of hands and teams
employed in the department aud the condition of
the streets, lanes and squares; and at every alarm
of lire it shall lie his duty to repair to the place of
the fire with such of his teams aud carts as are
not actually loaded and carrying off the offal at
the time of the alarm being given, and be subject
to the orders of the Mayor or i>erson acting in his
place; and for 1 ail ore or neglect to perform any
of the requirements of this Ordinance, the said
Superintendent shall, on conviction before the
Police Court, be subject to a fine of not less than
five nor more than fifty dollars for each offence,
one-half to go to the informer, and the other half
for the use of the city: Provided, nevertheless,
that for any charge of gross neglect or misdemea
nor, the said Superintendent .“ball he liable to be
tri'-d bt-fore Council, aud be removed from office,
or be fined in such suras as Council may direct;
and in cases of r. moval from office a new election
shall be held at the next regular meeting of Coun
cil to fill his place for the unexpired residue of
his term; and notice of such election shall be
given by the Clerk of Council ten days before the
day for such a new election.
Section 4. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid. That it shall b*- the duty of
said Superintendent to see that the public squares
are also daily examined, and any offal or rubbish
that may be therein found shall be removed by
his carts.
Section 5. And it is farther ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of tho
.“aid Sujierinteudent to take charge of and feed ull
cattle or other animals liable to be impounded, or
that shall be impounded by the City Marshal or
any city officer, aud to deliver up said cattle or
other animals to their owners on the customary
f«.-es being paid; lor the fulfilment of which duty
the said Superintendent shall have charge of all
the buildings belonging to the city and attached
to the Pound, and shall use the stables for keep
ing the mn'es or horses engaged in the Scavenger
department, (and shall keep such buildings and
stables in good repair). And it shall further be
his duty to be at the said Pound, or have some
agent there at two stated hoars each day, when
cattle or other animals are within, for the pur
pose of delivering the same to the owners when
called lor; and further, he shall well and truly
pay all moneys collected for thus delivering up
cattle or other animals to the ClttrSIarshal. the
money allowed by ordinance for feMing cattle or
ott-er animals impounded being excepted.
Section G. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aloresaid. That any person keeping more
than three animals ot the horse or cow kind in
his or her premises, shall be compelled to remove
daily, at his or her own expense, the offal from
any such animals above three, aud in default
thereof shall be liable to a line of not more than
ten dollars for every day’s default, Sundays and
jencral holidays only excepted.
Si ction 7. And it is further ordained by the au
thority aforesaid, That all Ordinances and (tarts
of Ordinances, so far as they militate with this
Ordinance, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council December 20,1S66.
Attest; E. A. SILVA,
Clerk of Council.
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Cardinal Manning has been lecturing
on national greatness. In the course of
his address he said he believed that in no
country in the world was the administra
tion of justice more unimpeachable than
in England; in international justice also
the nation held a foremost place. The
Cardinal expressed his firm conviction
that one way to prevent bloodshed was to
be powerfully armed.
A telegram from Vienna to London
states that snow has been falling inces
santly. The trains to Italy and Hungary
are stopped, and the stations temporarily
closed. Goods traffic is entirely sus
pended on four lines. In Vienna the po
lice are taking special precautions to pre
vent accidents from the snow in the
streets. In some of the country districts
Segal Sales.
City Marshal’s Sale.
OFFICEJCITY MARSHAL,!
Savannah, January 4,1S76. (
U NDER RESOLUTION of the City Council of
Savannah, and by virtue ol city tax execu
tions in my hands. I have levied on and will sell,
under direction of a special committee of Coun
cil, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY,
1VT6, between the legal hoars of sale, before the
Court House door iu the city of Savannah, county
of Chatham and State of Georgia, the following
property to wit:
Improvements on Lot No 23 Currytown ward;
levied on as the property of J V Connerat.
Lot No. 8 and improvements. South Oglethorpe
ward; levied on as the property of Mrs. Mary M.
Marshall.
Improvements on Lot No. 48 Jackson ward;
levied on as the property of the Savannah Poor
House and Hospital.
Lot No 10 and improvements. Reynolds ward,
third tything; levied on as the property of James
J. Waring.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
jan5-lm City Marshal.
3Mmattar$.
MILLER’S ALMANAC!
FOR 1876.
C OPIES OF TUE ABOVE ALMANAC can
be obtained at ESTILL'S NEWS DEPOT.
Price 15 cents. janS-tf
.Wrapping Paper.
T7«OB SALE, OLD NEWSPAPERS, SUITABLE
r for wrapping paper, at Fifty Centr'* —
— - to i GA.
NOTICE.—The following shall be the limit*
included in the above contract: Sav^mah river
on the North, Randolph and East Broad streets
'»n the East, Anderson street on the South, and
Cemetery aud West Boundary street on*tne West,
and all property east of Randolph street that is
now or may become subject to taxation.
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Postponed City 31 arshal’s Sale.
CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE,!
Savann/h, January 4th, 1876. )
L INDER RESOLUTION of the City Council of
J r * | • — - -
Savannah, and oy virtue of City Tax Exe
cutions in my hands, I have levied on, and will
sell, under direction of a Special Committee of
Council, on THE FIRST TUESDAY IN FEBRU
ARY, 1876, between the legal hoars of
sale, before the Cour House door in the city of
Savannah, county of Chatham and State of Geor
gia, the following property, to-wit:
Improvements on Lot No 6 Calhoun ward:
levied on as the property of the estate or
Augustus Bonaud.
Lot No 15 and Improvements Elliott ward;
levied on as the property of Gngie Bourquin.
Improvements on Lot No70 Lloyd ward; levied
on as the property of John G. Butler.
Lots Nos 23 and 24 and improvements Jasper
ward; levied on as the property of Francis Cham
pion, trustee.
Improvements on Lot No 2 Anson ward, first
tything; levied on as the property of M A De
honey.
Improvements on western % of Lot No 55 Gas
ton ward; levied on as the property of T P Elkins.
Lot No 6 and improvements Decker ward,
Tower tything; levied on as the property of Mr*
M C Ferrill.
Lot No 26 and improvements Cnrrytown ward;
levied on as the property of John O Ferrill, exe
cutor.
Lot No 1 and improvements, Percival ward,
Duck’s tything; levied on as the property of the
estate of John C Ferrill.
Lot No 62 aud improvements Brown ward;
levied on as the properly of Wm O Godfrey.
Improvements on Lots Nos 40 and 41 Walton
ward; levied on as the property of J F Gowen.
Improvements on Lots Nos 31, 32 and 33,
Walton ward ; levied on as the property of Mrs «
M R Gnerard. \
Lot No 23 and improvements, GUmerville; ^
levied on as the property of the estate of A Har
mon.
Eastern one-half of Lot No 4 Cuthbert ward,
tiitli section; levied on as the property of KP
Harmon.
Improvements on Lot No 5 Forsyth ward;
1< vied on as the property of William Hone.
Lot No 51 Garden Lot east; levied on as the
property of James A LaRoche.
Improvements on Lot No 6 Pulaski ward; lev
ied on as the property of Mrs G J LaRoche and
children.
Lot Ne 17 and improvement-, Gilmervilie; lev
ied on as the property of F 8 Lathrop.
Western one-half of Lot No 31 and improve
ments, Greene ward; levied on as the property
of Michael Lavin.
Improvements on the western one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the property of
A K MaUette.
Eastern one-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ment**, Screven ward; levied on as the property
of Eli MaUette.
Improvements on the eastern one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as tbe prO(>erty of
Mrs E M MaUette.
Western one-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the property
of Mrs Catherine MaUette.
Improvements on tbe middle one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the property of
Miss Eoline MaUette.
Improvements on the caatsni one-half of Ix)t
No 25 Calhoun ward; ievw o* as the property
of C C Millar.
Improvements on Lot No68 Brown ward; levied
on as the property of Kamoo Molina, trustee.
Northern one-third of Lut No 5 and improve
ments Decker ward, H< albcote trthing; levied on
as the property of the estate of G F Morin.
Lot No 20 and improvement* Washington
ward; levied on as the property of James Mc
Grath.
Lot No 10 and improvements, Franklin ward;
levied on as the property of M T quinan.
Lot No 75 White ward; levied on as the prop
erty of Mrs Winefred quinan.
Lot No 37 and improvements, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on as the property ol James
B Read and R J Nunn.
Lot No 40 and improvements, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on as the property of Mrs
James B Read.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of Lot
No 41 Jackson ward; levied on as the property
of Mrs L G Richards.
Improvements on Lot No 24 Walton ward;
levied on as the property of Miss Kate Roberts.
Lot No 3 and improvements Jones ward; levied
on as the property of Dwight L Roberts, trustee.
Lots Nos 2 and 3, Garden Lot west, front lot-
tanyard tract; levied on*as the property of James
H Roberts. _ . , . .
Improvements on Lot No 16 Troup ward; leviea
on as the property of the estate of Mrs M J
Roberts and children. , . .
Improvement on Lot No 7 Walton ward; levied
_j as the property of the estate of Mrs M J
Roberts and children. . , .
Improvements on Lot No 2, wharf lot, trus
tee's garden; levied on as the property of James
Lot No 9 and improvements, Bartow ward; lev
ied on as the property of M T Ryan. _
Improvements aud machinery on not £io
Garden lot east; levied on as the property or
Sullivan A HoU. ,, ... ^
Lot No 14 and improvements, Cnthbert wa d,
seventh section; levied on as the property of Jno
A Sullivan, trustee. „ nrd
Lot No 7 and improvements. Cuthbert ware,
seventh section; levied on as the property or w
U Improvement* on Lot No 40 Uoj
on an the property of W B StnrtmnLWntK.
Improvement* on Lot* No. t, \T end rabert
ward; levied on as the property of the estate ot
M C)tSolUdimprovement*,
levied on a* the property ot the Tyler Cotton
Tress Company^ ^ ^ pmwmtmtp
Lot No 20,
levied on as tbe property of Henry G Ward,
trustee.
Improvements on Lot No U Steph™* ™d;
levied on as the property of Mrs A F «»/“«■
Purchasers paying for titles and a
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