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BLUE AND (JRAY.
From the Evening Review.]
what do they mean by blue ?
• : v mean by trray ?
,;:i the lips of a little child
ouuavd in from play.
■r’s eyes filled up with tears ;
,.,l to her darling fair
h il away from the sunny brow
art .. of golden hair.
;her V eyes are blue, my sweet,
,,}pa's hair is gray.
Vl we bear our darling child
trouper every day.”.
. mean?” persisted the child ;
rw . . ripples to-day,
ru said he fought for the blue;
r said he fought for the gray.
,fblue had lost a leg,
r had but one arm,
let-uied worn and weary, and sad,
• was kind and warm,
jt battles in days gone by—
,ib‘ my young blood thrill;
^ i.^t in the Wilderness light,
arm on Malvern Hill.
n the stone by the farm-yard gate,
ed for an hour or more,
ev. s grew bright, and their hearts
r battles o’er,
with a friendly grasp,
ierly way,
to speed the time
ind the gray.”
thought of other days—
ov- from her riven;
r her side, and, lisping, prayed
hieh art in Heaven;”
e gray, and one wore the blue,
ed away from sight,
:i land where gray and blue
colors of light
d her darling with golden hair,
t was sadly wrung
, awakened in that sad hour
t, prattling tongue:
• • gray are the colors of God;
i the sky at even,
|e gallant soul
n passports to Heaven.”
Wi
A flairs in (iVorffia.
Han" it ail. lion. Potty, why don’t you
m ,,ve to adjourn tho Legislature and go
honi' ? If you want to mangle tho Code
take a copy to your domicil—(domicil is a
rood word, lion. Potty)—and mutilate it at
vour leisure. Ilo reasonable, Hon. Potty—
They say that Mr. Laker, of fcartow, is &
poet. It is good to be a poet,
There was nothing in tho Augusta
n<rouirte yesterday about the State Execu
tive Committee. Does tho editor think he
jg doing his whole duty iu thus silently con-
umplating the action of the men who com
pose that body ?
Mrs. Mary E. Goolsby, of Jasper county,
is dead.
Augusta is .shortly to witness tho acting of
g;me Aiken amateurs.
A pair of horses ran away with a carriage
is Augusta tho other day and seriously in
jured Miss Ella Bolling. Two other youug
.adies who w.-re in the carriage escaped
without serious injury.
The Augusta Constitutionalist wants to put
an end to false swearing by negroes. After
a while the editor will want Saturn’s rings
removed.
An Atlanta negro attempted to outrage a
lady in South Carolina the other day, but
was foiled, lie was afterwards captured,
and is now in jail. It seems to us that the
route through the jail is a mighty long road
to justice, especially in a case of this sort.
Mr. Augustus Pitcher, an old citizen of
Augusta, is dead.
The Monticello (Jasper county) Banner
says that Capt. * Clay hac discovered a
splendid veiu of copper ore on the farm of
Mr. 15. F. Digby, at the Glades. The copper
is of the variety kuown as the grey oxide of
copper. The vein was struck four feet from
the surface and is twenty inches in width.
The shaft has now been sunk to a distance
of twelve f ee t and the ore improves in value
the deeper down they go. Arrangements
will be made at once to work this mine.
The average Augusta boy carries an Ala
bama sling in bis hat.
Bishop Beckwith caffirmed thirteen per
sons in Augusta the other day.
A negro girl was seriously burned in Au
gusta the other day.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of yester
day chronicles a most distressing accident
occurred in that city on Monday, at
the residence of W. H. Tarver, on McIntosh
a which Mr. Tarver’s infant son,
received a most painful injury. It
Villie, who is about six years
old, his br 1, aged about seven
years, and Eddie Quarles, aged about six
? Vars < 1 ’-aiued a four-inch Colt’s revolver,
' - ,;u - ' a gentleman boarding with Mr.
• The children were playing Indians,
.. . i:iu style, when Clifford said:
“ st :.J up by the fence and I’ll shoot
-• fellows took a position near
enough Clifford blazed
1 Willie in the shoulder. The
1 tl: • shoulder blade, but for-
; l e injury, though severe,is not
1 ! is a miracle the little fellow was
le Macon Telegraph says the following
emen were appointed by thu late con-
nt the agriculturists of
the approaching State Fair at
i the 221 inst.: Col. Thomas
'• ' ton; l)r. II. H. Carey, La
Horne, Varuell station,
iity ; Gen. James Davison,
-u county; Dr. James God-
Col. Sam. Carter, Dalton;
1 r, Barnesvillo; M. C. Ful-
M. J. Hatcher, Marshallville;
tnpkin, Buena Vista; Thomas
*» Albany; T. C. How’ard, Ai
rman, Talbotton; Capt. S. R.
biws >n; Dr. P. Stotesbury, Stock-
- ir E. Oliver, the agent and State
f the Florida Fair and Fruit Grow-
' '• • ■<!!, has been indefatigable in
* u behalf of these enterprises.
1 4 ' • bilker and zealous laborer, and
his fault if they do not both
^eminently successful.
ner is pleased to learn
f y '. 1 ^ xs ‘ Ve ve * n °f amethyst lias been
int&tion of Mr. J. B. Gools*
U' '1 r county, eight miies from Mon-
wu ( W. L. Clay, of Atlanta,
i Q that county, has just got
- this vein and reports it a
°ne and of great value. It is
been i & ! ^ 6 ° Q ^ amQ thyst that has ever
^en s ^' ;overe< * iu Georgia. The editor has
ar - C , 16 8 t° nes » and some of them
>d of unusual brilliancy,
kj. ‘ JC ‘ 8e stones have been found as
egg. The vein is a very
pr.jj ,' U ‘ an <l will either be worked or
am-t round sum. We believe tbe
worth a hundred dollars
! lu * SuW York-—in fact, that price
stones whi - rot I for some of these very
The m. ° 1 Were 88nfc there to be tested,
totheiir '^' ,n ^‘kyraph has this in regard
on Meij,i in uur .special telegrams
Mekgfj o *, • the building occupied by
of thfe’p; an f{ ,u ^'? itespess A Co. was part
B hred pi. t€rtt Warehouse, and was m-
c..:, ap&rtm ent was cut off from the
bal
W.F,
Gran;
Whit:
Woodvilie
fre .v, MaJ
L
ton, Thom
Thomas li
H. Willing
Unta; J. j;
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. throng!
said
Bhred.
fiiain
ans p 0U8c ‘« occupied by Messrs,
which dnl n n , zem ? re . by thick fire walls,
Thejcoti/m Ht . ev ® u become heated through,
^emoro ^ red hlesers. Adams sad
- -- - nitu aiessrs. a.aams apa . . ^
WUb bo situated that it o<rald t «©teotiYe,
preeeuce as that of a dearly loved
doubly precioua, after K 1 S'
•dly *e gather them, and thiy
‘ ™ new deh ^t: but, alae: although til
| «*• can renew their youth, yea? after
”'" e L eI * 8 “ »an youth come b«k
. j the hearts that are growing old ?
j ^anannah, February iom, 18^ EM0SIA '
tfitt) ©rdtnaurrs.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1G, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
readily have been removed in a very few
minutes, but it was not at any time regarded
as being in the least danger. Tbe entire
i° 88 by will probably amount to
$-5,000. Messrs. Saulsbury, Bespess A
Co. had $15,000 insurance — $10 000
m the Southern Mutual Company
of Athens, and «5,000 in the
Girard, of Philadelphia. Mr. J. F. Hanson
bad some $2,o00 worth of cotton stored in
the warehouse, which wag covered by a pol
icy m the Liverpool, London and Globe,
lesterdav, both Fourth and Poplar streets
were well macadamized with cotton. Manv
bales were still burning, notwithstanding
the amount of water thrown upon them
and the heavy rains which fell during the
large number of bands were at
work all day, saving what could be saved;
but the whole scene was one of tbe saddest
destruction. None of the cotton was saved
in good condition. That which escaped
damage by fire was thoroughly drenched
with water, and left fit only for the paper
mill or rope-walk.
The Atlanta Commonwealth has the fol
lowing, which may or may not be based on
trustworthy information: Tbe committee
appointed by the General Assembly to in
vestigate tho charges made against the
lessees of the Western and Atlantic Rail
road for using money to procure said lease,
is composed of the following gentlemen of
the Senate and House: Senators McDaniel,
of the Twenty-seventh, Chairman, and Du-
Bose, of the Nineteenth; Representatives
Walsh, of Richmond; Peeples, of Gwinnett,
and Smith, of Lowndes. At the meeting
last night at the Markham House, tho
committee examined Mr. Hemphill, of
the Constitution, in relation to the
charge that he bad received five thousand
dollars from tho lessees of the Western and
Atlantic Railroad for aiding in the procure
ment of tho lease. Upon the direct ques
tion being put, Mr. Hemphill stated that he
had received that amount of money. This
settles the question at issue, and establishes
the fact, beyond peradveuture, that tbe
lease was fraudulently obtained. In tbe
course of tbe examination of Governor
Brown last night, he stated to the com
mittee that twenty-one thousand dollars
had been used in tli6 procurement of the
lease of the State road. He stated that
there was a great deal of opposition to the
lease, and he thought it was right and
proper to use the money to secure it.
He mentioned, among the papers to
whom money had been paid, the Macon Tel-
egraph and Messenger, tbe Augusta Consti
tutionalist, the Columbus papers, and stated
that about one thousand dollars had been
paid to the country press, though did not
name the papers. He also stated that an
editor, now dead, had been paid money to
advocate it, and that J. Clark Swayz.', who
edited a Radical paper at Macon, had been
paid money for the same purpose. Mr.
Knight, an attorney, had also been paid to
advocate it. We regrot that the names of
all tbe parties who had received money for
that purpose were not given, but wo suppose
that they will at once declare themselves, as
they consider that nothing discreditable is
attached to it.
The New London Hank Robbery.
The mystery surrounding the robbery
of tbe National Bank of Commerce in
New London, Conn., Tuesday night, is
dispelled by tbe confession of George C.
Packer, one of tbe tellers of the institu
tion, who has made a full confession and
restored the stolen $21,500 to its owners.
The circumstances attending the robbery
pointed directly to some one of the
employes of the bank as the guilty party.
Tbe banking room is on the first iloor of
the building in which it is located, and a
back window was left open as if the
thieves had effected ingress and egress in
that manner. But, though the mud
under the window was several inches
deep, no footprints were discernible
there, and it was not easy to see how that
window could have been used with
out any tracks being visible. The
burglary was committed in the light
of a full moon, in tbe centre of the
city, with lights and windows every
where. The absence of tracks in
the mud under the open window, the fact
that the safe door was opened without
injury or violence and by the regular
combination, and the singular anticipa
tion by only three days of the arrival of
a chronometer lock previously ordered,
raised an uncomfortable suspicion that
the thieves were no common robbers, and
possessed more of a certain kind of
knowledge than professional burglars
ordinarily would. Moreover, the neat
ness of the bank floor, the absence of
tools, and tbe failure of any one in the
vicinity to hear any sound, made the
affair exceedingly enigmatical. The
combinations of the lock were known
to only Teller Packer and the cashier, a
man of high character, so there was noth
ing left for the guilty party to do but to
confess his crime and give up his booty.
The Prince of Wales at Lahore.
[From the London Times’s Correspondence.]
The Prince’s cortege, which was very
well turned out, made a long sweep round
the town (Lahore), passing in front of a
series of encampments of the Rajahs,
Chiefs of tho Punjaub, who had come in
to do him honor. These wero all drawn
up for miles in form of their respective
camps. Before each floated the banner
of the Rajah. The elephants, with gold
and silver howdahs, stood in line. Then
there were led horses in sold and silver
saddle-cloths and jewelled caparisons.
Each chiefs armed retainers, regular and
irregular, were drawn up, lining the
roadway on both sides. Lance and sword
sparkled, armor flashed, morion, cuirass,
plume, banner, all was light and beauti
ful, and such a combination of colors as
fairly astonished the beholder, and forced
him to close bis eyes for a moment and
ask if it was a dream.
Never was anything more beautiful.
The very spirit of chivalry hovered over
these martial faces and noble forms—the
grand stately chiefs making obeisance,
the roll of tbe drums, the blare of tbe
trumpets, aud the clang and outburst of
strange instruments. Su«h might have
been the triumphant procession of Sala-
din or of Tirnour himself but for that
villanous saltpetre and those firearms.
Masters of lance, falchion and shield,
fenced in by this extraordinary pageantry,
stood or squatted, silent, motionless.
What some time hence will be designated
by native reformers tbe majesty of the
people was a’so on flat house-tops and on
walls, and seemed much taken with the
aspect of its princely brother, whom it
was able to recognize by reason of the
gold umbrella carried over his head in
the Governor’s carriage.
The Boston Bell-Toweb Mubder—
Conviction of Pipeb.—The second trial
of S. W. Piper, the sexton of the church
in Boston, in the bell-tower of which the
little girl, Mabel Young, was found mur
dered a few minutes after the close of
Sunday school, resulted iu a verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree. The
case has created intense interest in Bos
ton. At the first trial the jury disagreed.
The evidence was almost wholly circum
stantial, and the defense was a want of
motive for the deed and the assumption
that death might have been caused by
accideut. A base-ball bat, with which
the prosecution contended that the mur
der was committed, was produced iu
court, and proof was offered that Piper
had removed it to the bell-tower for the
use to which it was put. Before the jury
retired Piper was allowed to address
them. He said :
“Gentlemen: I just want to add to what
I have already said that I did not transfer
, bat from the library to tbe tower,
I do not know who did; that I did not
Mabel Young, and am innocent of
crime with which I am charged, and
w nothing of the manner by which
came to her death. This is all I have
say.
that
and
kill
the
know
she
to ^
\ man does not know what he may do
until he is tried. I came of honest stock
—mv parents were honest. I .would not
steal. I have faults, but they he m a
different direction.—Beecher's bunday
Sermon. “He who steals my purse
steals trash; but he who robs me of my
good name enriches not himself, but
makes me poor indeed,” -is what Gen.
Othello said’when he suspected M. Cassio
of “nest-hiding." Ergo, it is less enun
nal to steal a man’s purse than his peace
of mind.—Boston Pont.
Georce Washington wai an eminently
unsuspicious man? When he m«edh»
pocket cutlery he never went round
Long his neighbors aakmg h°wtoy
would like to swap P^kmves. Georee
Washington was not bom for a pones
Vi IELB1P1I
THE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
THE BABCOCK TKIAE.
Some More Specimens of His Tele
graphic Correspondence.
REHA11KABLE CONCESSION BY
TBE ROPE.
FEED DOCKKAY IN NEW YOEK.
St. Louis, February 15.—The following
are among tbe dispatches read:
St. Louis, December 3, 1874.—Gen. O. E.
Babcock, Washington: Has the Secretary
or Commissioner ordered anybodv here ?
(Signed.) ‘ J.
Washington, December 5, 1874.—John
McDonald, St. Louis: I cannot bear that
any one has gone or is going.
(Signed.) O. E. Babcock.
Washington, March 1, 1875.—Gen. J.
MacDonald: Letter received. Have seen
the gentleman, and he seems very friendly.
Ho is here looking after the improvement of
tbe rivers.
(Signed) O. E. Babcock.
the POPE.
London, February 15.—The Times's Rome
special says the Pope has made a remarka
ble exception to a rule never before broken
during his Pontificate, by granting dispen
sation for tbe celebration of a marriage
here on the 9th of February between the
daughter of tbe sculptor Story, a Protest
ant, and a Catholic, Commendatore Peruzzi,
a brother of Syndic of Florence. Some of
tbe extreme Ultramontanes are highly dis
pleased at the Pope’s concession.
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, February 15.—A portion of tlio
Old Guard in uniform will visit Charleston,
S. C., to participate in tho celebration
of Washington’s birthday. They sail for
Gbarleston to-morrow.
A heavy easterly storm prevailed here last
night aud continues this morning with a
thick fog.
SEA WAIFS.
London, February 15.—The Chief Mate
of the Vanguard, which arrived here, re
ports having picked up a mate and three
seamen, the only survivors of the French
bark Lizzie Prospera, which capsized
January 29 in latitude 39 north, longitude 42
west.
LONDON NOTES.
London, February 15.—Tbe weather to
day is dull aud rainy.
Tho Comp&gnie Generale Transatlantique
of France have purchased the steamsnip
Frisia of the Hamburg American Com
pany.
ARMS FOB THE HERZEGOVINIANS.
London, February 15.—The Wiener Presse
reports that an English vessel has lauded
fourteen thousand breech-loading rifles for
the Herzegovinians.
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
New Orleans, February 15.—Tbe nego
tiations by the conference committee on the
election bill aro broken off. There is no
hope of a satisfactory result.
DROWNED.
Golconda, III., February 15.—Six per
sons were drowned by the upsetting of a
skiff. Three houses were blown down by the
storm.
FROM MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, February 15.—Tbe Vance
bill, repealing tbe severest features of the
Potter bill, passed tLe House—56 to 30.
SPAIN’S MEMORANDUM.
Paris, February 15.—The Spanish Ambas
sador delivered to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs the Spanish memorandum.
DOCKRAY.
New York, February 15.—Frederick A.
Dockray arrived here yesterday on tbe Ad
riatic, having escaped from Spain.
FROM ROME.
Rome, February 15.—Tbe Pope has re
ceived Cardenas, the new Spanish Minister
to tbe Vatican.
crevasses.
Memphis, February 15.—The levees at
Dyer’s aud Prentiss, Mississippi, are broken.
New Yorkers are wellnigh staggered at
a gorgeous banquet at Delmonico’s, re
cently given by a Wall street broker as
tbe result of a bet with another Wall
street party on the price of Lake Shore
stock. These are of daily occurrence,
but as this one involved something more
than an ordinary amount, its winning was
celebrated by a banquet for forty-two
persons—tbe winner and loser each in
viting twenty friends. This affair cost
over $2,000, or an average of more than
$50 for each guest. This recalls an en
tertainment given at Delmonico’s a few
years ago by two daughters of ft well
kuown financier, formerly ft Federal
office bolder, and now a bank president.
Tbe occasion was tbe twenty-first birth
day of their only brother. Having ob
tained permission from the father to make
the entertainment as grand and magnifi
cent as they pleased, these giddy girls
gave Delmonico carte blanche to prepare
a feast and ball for 100 persons. The
bill was nearly $26,000, and the aston
ished father paid it like a man.—Boston
Post. _
Here is a warning to conductors and
drivers of street cars. One Friede, in
New York, recently sued the Third ave
nue railroad for $20,000 damages for a
broken leg. The plaintiff testified that
as be was getting off the front platform
of one of th« defendants’ cars, tbe car
being then stopped to let off a lady by
the front platform, he requested the
driver three times not to move until he
got off, but, instead of complying, the
driver whipped up his horses and plaint
iff, to save himself from falling, grasped
the iron rail, fell under the car and Lad
one leg broken at the knee. This state
ment being corroborated, the jury found
a verdict for $10,000 for plaintiff.
On Wednesday last a man, while gun
ning near Winthrop, Massachusetts, ven
tured out on a point of land to wait for
ducks; the tide was coming in, aud be
fore be was aware he was shut off from
tbe main land. Some of tbe party who
did uot venture on tbe point saw his
position and returned to Chelsea for
help. A large number of his neighbors
went to his rescue, launched a boat and
brought him to the shore. When rescued
the water had risen nearly to his w’aist,
and it was only by tbe aid of bis gun that
he was able to keep his footing.
Seth Green, who has charge of the New
York State fish-hatching* sstablishment,
in a letter, to the Utica Herald, says:
“Our State hatching house is boiling oyer
with young salmon trout. AU who wish
to stock any public waters in this State
should send their erders as soon as pos
sible. If the papers in your vicinity will
wake the people up, you will have more
trout in the waters of that vicinity in a
few years than you have ever seen in your
life.**
Being now in favor with Great Britain,
the Khedive has been enabled to borrow
$80,000,000—$70,000,000 being for the
State, and $10,000,000 for the Khedive’s
own account as a great landowner. This
increases the Egyptian debt to about
$700,000,000, all of which has been con
tracted since Ismail came to the throne.
It is fortunate for Egypt that a large
share of the money has been devoted to
works of public utility, which must in
crease tbe wealth of the people.
Grant is in the St. Louis whisky ring
frauds: Blaine in a Minnesota land-grant
swindle, and Washburue in the El Paso
robbery. As they are Republican candi
dates for President, this is very bad.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Johnson is of an economical turn
of mind, and “borrows” his wood of a
neighbor. Mr. Johnson s stove blew up
the other day. He borrowed one stick
that had gunpowder in it.
A Massachusetts newspaper says: “Ten
mills make a cent—but not any ten mills
in this—”
Evening Telegrams.
IS SCHIXCK ABOUT TO RESIGN J
The Various Rumors AlloatinLoudon.
Winslow, the "‘Reverend” BostonTliief
After the Bondholders’ Golden Harvest
Another Bad Witness for Babcock*
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, Februarv 15.—The Levees
Committee have resolved to ask, under a
suspension of the rules, to add the levee ap
propriation bill as an amendment to the
river aud harbor bill when that bill shall be
reported. Also, for permission for a sub
committee to visit, at their own expense, tbe
flooded district, to leave about the 25tb
instant.
In the Senate, Hitchock, from the Com
mittee on Territories, reported favorably
on the bill to enable the people of New
Mexico to form a State government and
Constitution, and for the admission of said
State into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States. Placed on the
calendar.
Tbe Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions had up tlic Spencer case. General
Morgan was before them. There was no
conclusion.
la tbe House two thousmd one hundred
and twenty-eight bills aud sixty-eight joint
resolutions have been introduced the pres
ent session.
Jones, of Kentucky, offered a resolution
reciting that the act of March 18th, 1869, to
strengthen the public credit and providing
f*r the payment in coin of the interest on
the five-twenty’s was virtually a violation of
the various acts under which these bonds
were issued, and at variance with the
platforms of tho Democratic aud Re
publican parties in 1868, and that such
act of 18C9 was passed without consideration,
and was therefore likely to be repeated at
the will of any subsequent Congress; that it
was unjust, unequal and oppressive legis
lation, greatly increasing tbe amount to be
paid by the government, and inuring to the
benefit of the bondholders and capitalists
and to the positive detriment of tbe people,
therefore resolving that the act of 18th of
March, 1869, be repealed. Referred to tbe
Banking and Currency Committee.
By Sailor—That the Secretary of the
Treasury report tbe amount of gold owned
by the government, available for the re
sumption of specie payments. Adopted.
The fortifications bill was reported. It
appropriates $35,000.
Tucsan, from the Committee on Ways ami
Means, reported a bill relating to the execu
tion of custom house bonds. The bill pro
vides that wherever a bond is requiredjof
a firm for the payment of customs on goods
imported for their use, and the bond is exe
cuted by one member of the tirin in the
name of such firm, it shall be equally bind
ing on all tbe members of the lirm. After
discussion the bill was passed.
Walker, from the Committee on Educa
tion aud Labor, reported back a bill to
apply the proceeds of sales of public lands
to tbe education of the people. Referred to
tho Committee of the Whole.
By Mr. Ellis—A resolution to make it
in order to move an amendment to the har
bor aud river bill for an appropriation for
rebuilding tbe levees. Objected to by Mr.
Reagan. Also, a resolution that the Com
mittee on Levees should visit the States of
Louisiana and Mississippi to inspect the
levees, Ac. Objected to by Holman, of
Indiana. So neither of the resolutions are
before the House. Adjourned.
In tho Senate, the merchants of Baltimore
petition for a repeal of the bankrupt law.
The pensions appropriation bill, which
passed the House, was adopted with unim
portant amendments.
The bill to remove restrictions on the
sales of public lauds in several Southern
States passed. It will go into effect on its
becoming a law. It provides that public
lands affected by this act shall be offered for
sale as soon as practicable from time to
time according to tho provisions of tho ex
isting law, and ahall uot be subject to pri
vate entry until so offered.
WINSLOW.
London, February 15.—Tbe following dis
patch from the agent of Reuter’s telegram
company is received:
Amsterdam, Febiuary 15.—The American
Consul at Rotterdam telegraphs that Wins
low is not in Holland. The securities will
be deli ■ ered up if the woman consents. This
will probably be decided to-day.
From this and previous dispatches it is
supposed that Winslow disembarked at
Gravesend when the steamer put in there to
coal, leaving his wife on board to pursue
her journey to Rotterdam, taking the money
and securities with her, upon the under
standing that he was to meet her at Brus
sels or some other safe point, and that
efforts are now making to induce or compel
the wile to surrender the securities to the
United States Consul. The information ob
tainable is exceedingly meagre, but there is
none thus far indicating that Winslow landed
at Rotterdam.
London, February 15.—The American
Consul at Rotterdam telegraphs that all the
money Mrs. Winslow has will be seized and
delivered to him.
Winslow, tbe American forger, arrested
hero at the instance of the American em
bassy, was arraigned at Bow street rolice
Court, and remauded for a week.
Boston, February 15.—The Herald has a
London special which says that Winslow,
when arrested, asked to be sent to America
at once. All the money in tbe party ($6,000)
was his wife’s. Nothing was recovered. Ho
asked that his wife be let alone. He denies
having cash or bonds. He says that nearly
ail the newspaper accounts are erroneous.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Washington, February 15.—Tbe Cuba
aud New York steamship line will dispatch
the King Arthur on the 19th with mails for
Havana, Matanzas, Cardenas, etc.
The appropriation for the transportation
of United States money is exhausted.
The Senate Committee on Public Lauds
concluded to subject railroad lands to local
tax.
Among the cadets at large appointed by
the President is Britton Davis, of Texas.
Thurman, Bayard, Merrimou and McDon
ald are appointed a committee on the part
of the Senate to act with the House Com
mittee in shaping thefi nancial policy of the
Democratic party.
The Secretary of War asks an appropria
tion of half a million to pay troops in ad
vance of the regular deficiency bill.
All persons forwarding legal tenders or
fractional currency to the Treasury must
prepay it. The contract rate is 121 cents
on sums under five hundred dollars,'and 25
cents per thousand on larger sums.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, February 15.—Probabilities:
For the Lake region, Middle States aud
New England, rising barometer, north to
west winds, generally colder and clear or
clearing weather will prevail.
For the South Atlantic and east Gulf
States, rising barometer, northwest to south
west tflnds, colder aud clear Weather, aud
succeeded m the latter by rising tempera
ture.
For the west Gulf States, falling and sta
tionary barometer, southwest to southeast
winds, warmer and clear weather.
For Tennessee aud the Ohio valley, higher
barometer, north to west winds, slight
changes in temperature, aud generally clear
weather.
Cautionary signals contiuue along the
coast from Cape May to E&stporL
GRANT AND SCHENCK.
London, February 15.—The Morning
News says a number of rumors bearing All
the circumstance of authenticity have been
afloat during the past few days to the effect
that telegrams have been passing between
President Grant and the American Minister,
Schenck, concerning the latter’s resigna
tion. Some of these reports distinctly state,
apparently on the best authority, that Geu.
Schenck has been asked to resign, and
others, apparently also on the best author
ity, say that President Grant has tele
graphed Gen. Schenck that he intends to
stand by him.
BABCOCK.
St. Louis, February 15.—Alfred Bevis,
distiller, testiSed that Joyce showed him
the “Sylph” dispatch from Babcock in 1874,
and bis understanding from it was that tho
revenue agents were not coming. On that
information preparations were made to run
“crooked” whisky. Bevis got a letter from
Joyce to show and satisfy bos partner. The
contents of the letter were excluded. The
letter satisfied Bevis that all was right and
they would not be distnrbed in making
“crooked” whisky.
FROM LONDON.
London, February 15.—Viscount Hiucb-
ingbrook, Independent Conservative, was
to-day elected to Parliament for the united
boroughs of Huntingdon aud Manchester,
to fid the vacancy caused by the retirement
of Sir John Karsiake.
BAIN STORM.
Albany, N. Y., February 15.—The rain
storm continued all night and tbe water in
the Hudsou is rising rapidly as far as Cas-
tleton, and from Stuyvesant north the ice is
giving away. It is thought all the ice in
the river will be on tbe move before night.
fire.
Concord, N. EL, February 15.—A fire in
Ritchfield burned Tuttle’s brick block, the
At office and Congregational Church. Loss
OUR ATLANTA LEI TER.
Convention Bill in Sennte—Southern Life
Insurance Company— Koblnwon’n .Min-
Ntrelft— Handnome Testimonial to Co!.
J. L. Sweat—Bills of Senator Black—
OvMters, Terrapins and Turtles—Tjbee
Improvement Company—Act of Incorpo
ration—About New Bills.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Atlanta, February 12, 1876.
This has been a lively day in the Senate.
The discussion of yesterday on the Con
stitutional Convention question was re -
sumed, and Senators Lester and Howell
were again the opposing champions, both
proving themselves able and eloquent de
baters. Senators McDaniel, Reese, Mc
Afee, DuBose and Peavy made good
speeches, while Senator Cooper talked all
around the subject and finally left every
body in ignorance of his true position.
The telegrams have already given you the
result of the two -days fruitless discus
sion.
Senator John B. Gordon and General
A. H. Colquitt, the one President and the
other Vice President of the Georgia
branch of the Southern Life Insurance
Company, are here to-day looking after
the affairs of this bankrupt institution.
As these two gentlemen have
been enjoying large salaries (from
five to ten thousand per year)
and doing but little service in return, the
policy holders here are expressing them
selves in very decided terms. Mary of
thes; persons have lost from one to two
thousand dollars by this failure, and they
contend that enormous salaries, splendid
offices and extravagance in the general
conduct of the affairs of the company
were the real cause of its final failure,
which was fully predioted some time ago
by that shrewd financier, Mr. Wm. Henry
Woods, of your city. Generals Gordon
and Colquitt will be compelled to make a
very clear showing of their transactions
to relieve themselves of the censure that
is now so severely bestowed upon them
by the patrons of their company.
Your local editor is right in stating
that George Robinson, of Harry Robin
son’s splendid minstrel troupe, which is
soon to appear in Savannah, is inimitable
in bis “make up” as a female prima
donna. I can testify that he is tbe most
perfect female imitator that I have ever
seen on tbe stage, and bis wardrobe is
perfectly exquisite, embracing some of
tbe most costly and elegant dresses ever
made. In fact, the troupe has several
specialty artists who are unsurpassed in
their line, and I hope tbe citizens of Sa
vannah will not fail to see them. They
have had fine houses here, and gave gene
ral satisfaction. Their band is the best
that has yet been South with a minstrel
troupe.
handsome testimonial to ool. sweat.
On Friday night the clerical force of
the House of Representatives were en
tertained by Colonel J. L. Sweat, tbe
courteous and popular Chief Clerk, as
taiany of the number were to close their
a&bors and retire from the force, tbe rush
of new bills being over. The occasion
was not only a very joyous one, but
Calender Clerk Chappell, in behalf of his
associates, presented Colonel Sweat with
an elegant gold watch and chain as a
testimonial of the high esteem in which
he is held by them. As I have my head
quarters in the House, I can bear
testimony to the appropriateness of this
gift, for no man could labor harder than
Colonel S. has done to discharge faith
fully his public obligations, and at the
same time treat with due courtesy bis
subordinates. I have always found him
a thorough gentleman and a most accom
modating official. In Messrs. Hudson,
Speer, Miller, and Jones, assistant
journalizing clerk, doorkeeper, and
messenger, he has polite and efficient
subordinates, and I have never failed to
find them prompt and reliable in the dis
charge of their duties. Colonel Sweat
has won high aud deserved praise for the
excellent discipline and promptness
which characterizes iiis entire force.
BILLS OF SENATOR BLACK.
Tho Hon. George R. Black, Senator
Sroiu *the Seventeenth District, is not
only one of the handsomest and most
polished gentlemen in the Sedte, but be
lias proved himself a faithful aud efficient
worker. He is a member of the judiciary,
internal improvement, state of the re
public, b n nks, and penitentiary commit
tees, five in all, which gives him plenty
of business to attend to between the daily
.sessions.
Senator Black’s bill to be entitled “An
Act to define the crime of larceny from
the field and prescribe a penalty there
for,” was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, who reported a substitute,
which was passed. Senator B., however,
made a lengthy and able speech in behalf
of his original bill, which has been pub
lished in full in the Constitut'/)n, and has
been highly complimented by men of
high character aud eminent ability. The
agricultural interests of Georgia have a
firm and able advocate aud defender in
the handsome and gallant Senator from
Screven.
The following are the titles of the
various bills introduced by Senator Black
up to the present date, and tbe action of
the Senate in regard to the same:
A Bill to be entitled “An Act to protect and
‘encourage the agricultural interests of tbe
Statu.” Read second time.
A Bill to define thu liabilities of parties
•cropping on share.', and to make penal
•certain acts in connection therewith. Lost.
A Bill to define in certain cases a public
nuisance, aud to provide for tbe abatement
thereof aud for other purposes. Read
second time.
A Biff to amend section 4423 of the Code
of 1873, so as to make its provisions apply
to persons engaged in harvesting cotton,
corn and other produce. Lost.
A Bill to repeal an Act to amend an Act to
create a County Court in each county of the
State, except certain counties therein men
tioned. Passed January 28tb.
A Bill to amend an Act to create a County
Court iu each county of the State so far as
said Act relates to the county of Screven.
Passed February 9.
A Bill to be eutitled “An Act to incorporate
the Atlantic and Mexican Gulf Canal Com-
E any, with Gen. Jos ph E. Johnston, Gen.
afayette McLaws aud others as corpor
ators.” Read first time February 10th.
A Bill to repeal so much of section 1272 of
the Code of 1873 as makes it the duty of the
Governor to issue new bonds of this State
in lien of all such legal bonds as shall be
f aid off or purchased and cancelled. Passed
ebruary 9th.
OYSTERS, TERRAPINS AND TURTLES.
Senator Lester introduced on Thurs
day, and it was then read for the firet
time,
A Bill to be entitled “An Act to amend an
Act to protect the planters of oyster bods,
and give exclusive right to the usufruct of
natural beds of oysters in certain cases, and
to prevent the taking of terrapins and tur
tle in certain seasons.” Approved February
18th, 1856.
Whereas, The Act of the General As
sembly of Georgia, approved February 18th,
1856, untitled “An Act to protect tbe plan
ters of oyster beds, and to give exclusive
right to the usufruct of natural beds of
oysters in certain cases, and to prevent the
taking of terrapins and turtle in certain sea
sons,” is so ambiguous as to afford no pro
tection to persons hunting oyBters in the
rivers and creeks of this State for remedy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
.Representatives of die State of Georgia in
General Assembly met and it us hereby enac
ted by authority of the same, That said Act
be altered and amended as foliows :
Section 1. Any person having taxable
lands upon the banks or shores of any rivers
or creeks or this State shall be authorized
to plant oyster beds in such rivers or creeks
to the distance of one hundred aud twenty
feet below lew water mark, provided
nevertheless, where the opposite bank
or shore of such river or creek is
ownod by another person, such authority to
plant oysters shall not extend beyond tbe
middle of the stream; and it shall uot be
lawful for any other person to fish, drag,
rake upon or take oysters from any bed so
planted; provided, the person so planting
shall comply with the provisions of the next
section of this act.
Section 2. It is further enacted by authority
f the same, That all persons who shall avail
of the exclusive right of the usufruct of nat
ural beds of oysters under the laws of this
State, shall indicate the location of such
beds of oysters by setting up stakes along
the banks or shores adjacent to the same,
not less than four feet high nor less than
three hundred feet apart, and upon each of
which 6liall be placed a sign board not less
than eight inches square, with the letter
“O” distinctly marked thereon; and it shall
not be lawful for any other person to remove
or distuib or interfere with in any way such
stakes or sign boards.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That for
any violation of tbe provisions of this act
the person so offending shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
punished as prescribed in section 4310 of
the Code of 1873.
Section 4 Repeals conflicting laws.
TYBEE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
The following bill, introduced in the
House January 13th, by General Lawton,
was passed by that body January 17tli
and sent to the Senate, where it was read
tbe first time January 24th and passed
February 8th. It was signed by the
Governor, February 9th, and is now in
foroe:
A Bill to be entitled “An Act to incorpo
rate tbe Tybce Improvement Company,” and
for other purposes therein set forth.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of ihe State of Geor
gia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That
John McMahon, Nathaniel O. Tilton, John
ScreveD, Thomas F. Screven, George P.
Screven, and such other persons as may be
come associated with them, their successors
aud assigns, be and they are hereby consti
tuted and declared a body corporate and
politic by the name and style of “The Tybc
Improvement Company,” aud in and by
that name to sue and be sued, plead
and to be impleaded, to have and use a
common seal, and tbe same to alter
or destroy at pleasure, to purchase,
accept, hold, enjoy and convey
any property, real, persoual or mixed, neces
sary for the purposes hereinafter mentioned,
to borrow money, to issue bonds and other
securities to an amount not to exceed the capi
tal stock of said compauj hereinafter allowed,
and to make by-laws, rules and regulations
for said company, not inconsistent with tbe
Constitution and laws of tho State of Georgia
or of the United States.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That the capital stock of
said Tybee Improvement Company shall not
exceed the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars in shares of fifty dollars each, and
so soon as ten thousand dollars shall be bona
fide subscribed ,to said capital stock, the
said Tybee Improvement Company shall
have power and authority to organize, by
electing a board of directors to consist of
uot less than five or more than seven mem
bers chosen by vote of a majority iu interest
of tbe stockholders of said company, each
share being entitled to one vote. Said direc
tors to be elejted annually thereafter, at a
meet ing of tbe stockholders,to be held on the
first Wednesday of each year, in the city of
Savannah ; and said board of directors shall
elect a President from one of their number,
and such other officers and agents as they
may deem requisite for the purposes of the
said company.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That the said Tj bee Im
provement Company shall have power and
authority to own steamboats and wharves,
to construct aud own railways aud telegraph
lines, plank and other roads, hotels, build
ings and other structures made or to be
made by said company on Tybee Island, in
the county of Chatham.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That the
said Tybee Improvement Company shall
have power and authority to lay off streets,
avenues, parks and gardens ou such parts
of said island as are not the property of the
Statu of Georgia, or of the United States,
aud to establish any drainage that may be
requisite and necessary for tho healthful
ness and improvement of said island, ou
conditi >n, nevertheless, that no land shall
be taken for any of the purposes heretofore
named without just compensation to the
owner or owners thereof, aud when any land
shall be so taken, and in tbe event of
disagreement as to the value thereof,
then the value shall be ascertained and de
termined according to tbe provisions of tbe
fourteenth section of the amen Jed charter
of the Central Railroad and Bankftg Com
pany of the State of Georgia, assented to
December (14th, 1835) fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and thirty-five.
Section 5. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts
of laws militating against this Act be and
the same are hereby repealed.
ABOUT NEW BILLS THIS SESSION.
The time for introducing new business
having passed, aud the House and Senate
calendars being crowded with bills still
undisposed of, it is safe to predict that
but few new bills will be introduced dur
ing tbe remainder of the session. Hardly
a day passes that the House and Senate
do not reconsider their action of the pre
vious day on two or three bills, which
course has a tendency to delay the speedy
disposal of the business on hand. In
regard to the bill for the relief of Miss
Catharine Williams, of your city, I would
state that your able Representatives have
done all that it was possible for them to
do in her behalf. The committee to
whom tbe bill was referred were unani
mous in their disapproval of its adoption,
which prevents further action in the
matter. Chatham.
LETTER FROM JACKSONVILLE.
Figureii that Lie—A Iteinantic Poetic
Puzzle—A Judge of Probate as Pro-
cruntCB—Hark from the Tombs—A Spec
tacular and Peculiar Coatretempi
Only a Liule Phosphorus—A Telegraph
ic Novelty—A Valuable Patent—3Iore
Stealing—Kheu F'ugaces—.Marine.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, February 14.
THE NEW TIMOLEON.
Thus saith JEschylus : “The best and
wisest answer one can show to all inquir
ers is, ‘I do not know.’ ” Within the
scope of this unassuming distich is
interwoven a whole Talmud or a tall mud
hole full of hidden meaning. It is a
bold acknowledgment that nothing
is known to a certainty—it is a confes
sion of the fallibility of human judgment
and opinion—an implied assertion that
we have no trustworthy data about any
thing; that all things mundane are apo-
chryphal, traditional, arbitrary and capri -
cious. Without endorsing this doctrine, it
cannot be gainsaid that even tbe most
correct reasoner is not absolutely sure
that he is right at any time. Fig -
ures have been for centuries accepted
as the standard and exponent of all truth.
It has been said repeatedly that though
tbe moon should decline to shed her radi
ance upon good and bad alike, though
the sentinels of Heaven should forever
cease to illumine tbe sky, the un
erring quality of figures would re
main intact. This proposition is dia
metrically in contradistinction to tbe
actual state of affairs, but if any indi
vidual has connections who believe other
wise we shall complaisantly recede from
our position iu the premises. Yet it is
naturally calculated to carry consterna
tion to the most well-balanced intellect
to discover that the addition of six
hundred to seven hundred and fifty does
not give thirteen hundred and fifty as a
sum total. It will be suspected that there
is a Radical at the bottom of such an
anomalous condition of the principles
of arithmetic, and such is in
deed the case. A few years prior
to the date of this chronicle, negotiations
were set on foot by Solon Robinson with
the Rev. Mr. King for the purchase of a
tract of land which the latter owned.
Rev. Mr. King was then living in Geor
gia—as thousands of people have done
before and since—and after some corre
spondence he agreed to sell the lot for
$400, and referred the agent to Judge
McLean, who had power from Mr. King
to execute the deeds. Upon applying to
the exemplary McLean the agent was in
formed that that fiduciary must
have time to look into the title,
aDd thereupon offered to deposit
$100, which McLean refused to take.
The matter was kept in abeyance by
one device and another until Mr. King,
becoming impatient, visited Jacksonville
and was paid one hundred and twenty-
five dollars by McLean as a loan. Sub
sequently McLean sent him an additional
one hundred and twenty-five dollars. By
and by Solon Robinson grew restive and
called upon the virtuous Judge of Pro-
astute attorney mildly observed that
he was himself the de facto owner
of the lot. He had conveyed the
property to his clerk (then F. B.
Knapp, who has heretofore been made
the object of au elaborate introduction),
who in turn re-conveyed it to McLean.
Solon, as might have been expected, was
inexorably enraged, and forthwith
tempted this specimen Radical with a bid
of one thousand dollars for the place that
had been originally sold to him for four
hundred dollars. The Judge accepted
and this is the reason why one of his
victims has been pouring out his
wrath in endless volumes of rhyme
ever since. Observe that Solon Robin
sou was cheated out of $600, and that the
Rev. Mr. King was victimized for $750.
McLean received $1,000, and what we
want to know is if these figures can be
mixed up in such a manner as to produce
lucidity. Here is a mathematical problem
for the youth of the nation. Cipher it or
McLean out.
DARK PLUTONIAN SHADOWS.
The Morning News carrier pigeon, dis
patched upon a secret mission early last
mouth, fluttered back with an epistle of
three pages, dated “St. Augustine, Feb
ruary 22, 1871,” and ending ‘'most truly
yours, D. Richards.” The author was a
member of the mongrel convention that
framed the present ferocious constitution
of Florida. If we stopped with this in
formation, this item would not be very
interesting, but it would be amazingly
funny. The letter was written to tb
pestiferous Liberty Billings, an under
able Radical, aud between the add'
and signature it contains some important
revelations. Witness these copious ex
cerpts: “Tbe only chance for the Repub
lican party to get a further lease of power
or life eveu in this State is the ascen
dancy of the ‘mules’ again.” Again, “If
we could hope to succeed in finding those
who would stuff ballot boxes and make
fraudulent returns, it might be possible
to succeed and retain control of the State
after another election. But for us to de
pend upon au honest election and con
tinue such a course as to alienate the only
representative men in our party
is worse than folly. It is mad
ness and a crime. If the scramble for
Federal offices is again to result
in tbe appointment of men who
have not only no constituency, but iu
fact have been repudiated by the people,
and the system of proscription continued
towards all who are tainted with the origi
nal sin, of being friends of the “mule
team,” the effect is not doubtful. If Sam
Wilson, Bob Smith and Adams and
Knight—all of whom come fresh from
before the people as suppliants for fa
vors and were overwhelmingly re
jected—are now to reap all the
fruits of Republican triumph the
voters will bold somebody responsible
for the insult.” Here’s rienness for you—
insult Republican voters! preposterous
absurdity. The candid Radical then pro
ceeds to say : “ If you know of any course
that can be taken to restore the 4 mules ’
again to even respectability in tbe Re -
publican party write me. I am willing
to co-operate with anybody in that line.”
The foregoing admissions will r.pply with
as much force to the self-convicted
thieves who infest this State now as they
did then.
DEDICATION BALL.
The ceremonies attending the dedica
tion of the Duval Agricultural Society
building (in which tbe State Fair is to
be held on tbe 22d instant) on Thursday
night were eminently successful and en
joyable. The mazy whirl of the dance
was participated in by many, and all
seemed satisfied. The presence of a
number of chronic Radical base-ballists
and tbe inexcusable conduct of some ne
groes tended in no small degree to pro
duce a feeling of uneasiness. While
Associate Supreme Court Justice
Van Valkenburg was delivering the
dedication address an army of
greasy Africans, imagining that they
had an inalienable right to listen to the
speech of a Republican on any occasion,
crowded into the doorway and building,
and it was found necessary to expel them.
The folly of all attempts to make a
nigger respectable is illustrated by the
fact that a few moments after their
expulsion a brick came hurling through
one of the windows and narrowly missed
a lady and two children. This caused a
sensation, from which the assembled
company did not recover during the bal
ance of the evening.
SLOW BUT SURE.
A fire originating, it is conjectured, in
the carelessness of a culprit with a match,
broke out on the corner of Hogan and
Forsyth streets at six o’clock yesterday
morning, and destroyed several one-story
brick structures. Considerable delay oc
curred in getting the engines to the
scene, and fully three-quarters of an hour
elapsed before the firemen were m a posi
tion to subdue the flames. The damage
was slight, and it is supposed is covered
by insurance. Tbe comparatively isolated
location of the buildings in which the fire
took place, and their lowness alone pre
vented the spread of the flames and a
disastrous conflagration.
A LIGHTNING MARRIAGE.
The latest novelty is a telegraphic
marriage. It appears that Samuel and
Angeline were betrothed in defiance of
stern parents who had somebody else
picked out for their daughter, and the
nuptial day fixed. Sam, in blissful ig
norance, was pleasuring in Florida, and
as the parents used their persuasive
eloquence in favor of the other suitor,
our heroine determined to invoke the as- •
sistance of electricity, and marry Sam
right away. Accordingly the bride, with
a minister and a few friends, repaired to
a telegraph office on the other end of the
line, the groom did likewise in Jackson
ville, and the vows were pronounced over
the wire. The expense of the ceremony
and incidental messages reached above
two hundred dollars, and a noteworthy
feature of the services was that t^e groom
invariably sent Lis telegrams “collect.”
PENCIL SHARPENERS.
It is not generally kuown that there is
in East Jacksonville an establishment for
the fabrication of steel pencil sharpeners.
The steel goes through about fifteen dif
ferent processes and instruments before
it is thoroughly prepared for use, and
tourists desirous of witnessing a rare ex
hibition of mechanical skill would do well
to visit Mr. Young’s factory. The article
is intended to remain upon the pencil,
and is a valuable aud useful invention.
SOME MORE IMPERTINENCE.
Will the supine School Board volunteer
a modicum of information or explanation
as to why the schools throughout Duval
county have been closed so early in the
scholastic year. Inasmuch as this county
receives twenty-five thousand dollars for
maintaining these institutions, the action
of the Board is, not to put too fine a
point upon it, more than ordinarily
suspicious.
ANOTHER TURN OF THE WHEEL.
The gamblers were discharged by Chap
pell on Saturday and two of them were
rearrested to-day and brought before
Justice Whitney, who placed them under
bonds of $500 and $2,000 respectively-
PERSONAL.
Mr. William Astor, tbe New York mil
lionaire, is rusticating with McGinley at
the National. Mr. E. C. Houghton, of
the publishing firm of Hurd & Hough
ton, is at the Windsor. General Lloyd
Aspinwall is *&gistered at the St. James.
Count J. B. Gorman turned his eyes
towards the upper St. John’s this morn
ing and departed with a sigh.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Arrivals for the week ending this day—
Schooners William Conners, Rockland,
Maine, and William Buck, New York.
Departures—Schooners Florence and Lil
lian, Philadelphia; Florence P. Hall,
Hartford, Conn.: T. H. Livingston and
Ulrica R. Smith, New York; and Frank
Walter, Philadelphia. Adbianus.
Mr. Blaine’s attempt to saddle the dis
ordered condition of the finances on the
Democrats is a rather large-sized piece of
cheek for a man whose party has been in
full possession of all branches of the
[Written for the Daily Morning Ne*s.]
The First Violet.
“Under tbe green hedge, after the snow,
There do the dear little Violets grow,
Hiding their modest and beautiful heads
Under the Hawthorn in soft, mossy beds,
Sweet as the Roses, and bine as the sky,
Down here do the dear little Violets lie,
Hiding their heads where they scarce may be
seen.
By the leaves you may know where the Violets
have been.”
Away from the busy city, striving for a
little while, at least, to leave dull, aching
care behind, we drive out into the open
country to breathe the sweet Spring air,
and to see how far Nature has advanced
in robing herself in her lovely Spring gar
ments, when our delighted ej’es discover
a tiny purple speck in the grass and moss,
that we know must be one of those “first
born children of the early Sun,” tbe her
ald of all the other flowers, the
modest, lovely, Violet. Ah, who does
not feel a thrill of emotion or pleasure,
when beholding the first Violet of the
year. As it lifts up its dewy eye of blue
to the azure skies from which it borrowed
its heavenly tint, and unfolds its buds to
the bright sunshine, we joyfully hail its
coming as the sweet harbinger of Spring,
which always brings with it those three
divine gifts—Fragrance, Song aud Sun
shine. For when tbe sweet little Violet
opens its azure cup so meekly, we know
that all the other flowers will soon awaken
from their loug Winter’s sleep and fling
v °ir incense on the gales of Spring, and,
ng the whole earth in new beauty,
givfruack to the woods their glory again;
so that when these “gems of Nature” are
scattered broadcast, as if by fairy Augers,
each Spring morning over the grateful
earth, they make the coming of the Vio
lets the glad year’s happy “holiday time,”
bearing promises of brighter days and
ushering in the reign of sweet Hope—
God’s brightest, loveliest angel! We also
know that when tbe lowly Violet smiles
so saintly sweet upon ns, the little
home-birds also come back again aud
build their nests around us, and make the
very heavens ring with their glad melody
as they pour forth their joyous matin-
song iu thanksgiving to the Creator,
whose loving care even notes the fall of a
little sparrow! How we have missed
these little songsters’ clear, tuneful lays,
aud how gladly we welcome them back
to their old haunts again, when we hear
them break the winter silence of the air
with their thrilling notes of love ; for all
through these cheerless winter months we
have learned to prize their sweet voices,
and eagerly look forward to hear the
glad, new song of the first “Herald” of
the coming Spring ; and as their wings
fan the soft air, when they mount to the
bright blue of “Heaven’s expanse above”
and make the air joyous with their morn
ing hymn, our heart would gladly soar
with them and join in tbeir anthem to
tbe God of Love, and we would fain lay
tbe grateful tribute of our joyful praise
at the feet of Him who is King of all
beauty aud Lord of all joy. And the last
named of these divine gifts, the glorious
suushine—see how it fall*, shimmering
over hill and valley, wood and meadow,
caressing all things into new life and
beauty, gladdening the reawakening earth
with its warm rays, and spreading over
all a mantle of golden glory, eo welcome
after the dull, dark days aud leaden skies
that have so long held their dreary sway
over us. Aud much as we may like the
“sphere-born music of the storm” and
all its wild grandeur, during Winter’s
chilly reign, dearly as we may love ardent
Summer, the “bridal of the earth and
main,” with all its noontide, lavish glory,
its roses and its lilies, and the music of
its bees, and the beauteous, sapphire-
light of its glow-worm and fire flies—
much as we may prize the Autumn’s
tender sadness, its hazy sunlight, mild
as the “glancesof angel eyes” that, touched
with the exquisite mellow autumn tints,
paints tbe mountains and valleys with
gold aud purple, red and opal—still the
neart will turn most yearningly to “the
carnival time of the flowers and birds”—
the coming of the Violets!
It has been truly said that “the poetry,
the romance, and the scenery of every
country are embroidered with Violets.”
Nature’s great Poet appeared to have a
peculiar fondness for this lovely, modest
flower, and in some of the most exquisite
lines he (or any other poet) ever wrote,
he compares the perfume of Violets to
the soft strains of plaintive music. “That
strain again, it had a dying fall! Oh, it
came o’er my ear, like the sweet South,
that breathes upon a bank of Violets,
stealing and giving odor!” Again he
says, “Violets dim, sweeter than the lids
of Juno’s eyes, or Cytherea’s breath!”
And in offering his grand homage to his
imperial mistress and haughty virgin
queen, he weaves the fanciful legend
of the transformation of the white Violet
into the Pansy or Heart’s Ease into his
wonderful and immortal fantasy, “The
Midsummer Night’s Dream,” where Cupid
takes aim at the “fair vestal throned by
the West,” who, however, “passed on, in
maiden meditation, fancy-free,” but Cu
pid’s bolt fell upon a “little western
flower, before milk white, but now pur
ple with love’s wound.” In mythology,
the Violet was said to have been the love
ly Is, daughter of Midas, and was be
trothed to Atys—she was changed into
the Violet by Diana, to hide her fiom
Apollo—hence the Greek name, Ian, after
the timid, modest maiden, and the lovely
floweret has always retained the sweet
modesty and innocence of the truthful
maiden. Allethe poets appear to have
united with the great dramatist in loving
and extolling this simple little flower—and
it is most singular what a prominence
has been given to it in tbe history of the
world. It was called Jupiter’s flower,
and one of the great rulers of the
past and present century has chosen
it as the emblem for his dynasty, and it
has always played a migbty part in the
history of Napoleon’s race. Even in the
loves of Napoleon 1st and his lovely,
graceful Josephine, and of the 3d Napo
leon and his stately, beauteous Eugenie,
this “morning star of all tbe flowers”
shone resplendent, as love token, gem
ming the magnificent hair of the Em
press at her betrothal, bridal and corona
tion, worn on their imperial bosoms,
woven in gold, silver and jewels in their
robes and mantles of states and in their
dark days of adversity, their faithful fol
lowers were known and are still
known by this flower, worn in pub'
lie or iu secret, as required. The
celebrated Floral Games that were insti
tuted at Toulouse, in France, in the 14 th
century, for the troubadours and poets,
and to which the lady Clemence Isaure
left her enormous fortune, in 1540, to
keep up the gold and silver prizes,
perpetually, awarded each year to
the poets, gave a beautiful golden
violet to the author of the best
poem. During a delightful visit to that
fine old city maoy years ago, at the time
of the eel6bration of these ancient games
we saw these exquisite gold and silver
flowers that were awaiting distribution to
their fortunate winners.
Before bidding adieu to our lovely
favorite we may recall the lesson taught
by the fable, of the tiny bee that left its
home and parents to try its wings and see
something of the flowery world. No ten
der parent brought it the noonday repast,
and after flying about all day, hungry,
the weary little wanderer’s wings grew
tired, and faintness overcame it. Led by
instinct, it sought some flower to rest iu,
and seeing one of gorgeous hues, fancied
it could find the sweetest honey there—
but alas, in vain. An aged bee who had
been watching the poor little stranger
saw how leeble tbe wing3 grew, and no
ticed the poor little drooping head, and
pitying him, said, pointing to a Violet,
“This lowly flower arrayed in unbe
spangled blue, the simple clothing
of the skies, but blest with bilmy fra
grance, may yet reuew thy languid life ;
fly, fond adventurer, from those k\rts that
seek to attract thee with gay, fall at
tire; the heartless, who thu3 strive to be
guile thee, so smilingly, will bIbo smile to
tee thy ruin.” Bo the little wi
flew to the Violet’s bosom and found the
honeyed sweetness it sought.
None of us oan help loving /this lovely
flower, the smiling type, to ^ of child-
CITY OKIHNaSce!
HEAD THE FIHSTTIME FIBRUART *,« 1ST*
PUBLISHED POE IS roSUtlM. ’
AN ORDINANCE t0 b,, entitled in Urdiimoc.
ragnlHliui; the inspection and
! lmber in the cit, of Savannah! m C ut
HBCTtos 1. The Mayor and Alderan u of the
city of Savannah do oidain. and ii i„ h °: r “»
oplalned by the authority of the TJS
That fr. >m and after the naa^m-e 0 f thiJ
Ordinance ail rafta of JSS2?* 2rw£
in the city of Savannah must be claa^d
and numbered one (i), two (2) and three (3)
cor.Ung to the quality of each kind of timber) and
dnameth marked on tbe margin of the f-urvey
bill hamber one (t) or shipping timber must be
well and smoothly hewn to square edges clear of
wane score hacks or other iujurioue axe marks
square butted and not to have more than one inch
taperin every tw enty (20) running feet. Number
two (J) or mill timber will comprise all square
timber not coming up to the requisition of shiD-
pmg timber. Number three (3) will consist of all
round, scab or block timber.
Motion 2. And it is further ordained by the
authority aforesaid. That all square shipping tim
ber or class number one (1) shall and must be
measured at the middle ot the st ck. mill timber
one-third (,S) from the top, ana «iU round scab
and block timDer at the top end. That all square
timber must be measured and inspected on the
four sides, dividing equally the wane end taking
the smallest face and the smallest side for the
square.
Section 3. And it is iurther ordained bv the
authority aforesaid, That the price for measuring
aud inspecting all classes of timber shall be twen
ty 0*b) cents per thousand feet and an additions
sum of fifteen (15) cents per thousand feet shall
be allowed for turning over the same.
Section 4. And it is furl her ordained by the
authority aforesaid. That there shall be an In
spector General of Timber for the ci»y of
Savannah, to be elected annually by the said
Board of Aldermen, exercising jurisdiction as
aforesaid, who hhall upon elect on take and
subscribe to the oath prescribed by law, aud
shall not be interested in the purchase or sale
cf any timber during his continuance in said
office. That t he duties of the I nspector General
shall be to keep an office within the limits of
said city of Savannah, which shall be open
from s o’clock a. in. to 6 o’clock p. m. from tbe
first day of June to the first day of November
ana from o'clock to sunset from the first day
ol November to the first day of June; to have
control oi all Inspectors and Measurers of Tim
ber, they being responsible to him for all official
conduct; to keep at his office a complete record
of all rafis coming into market, with a%ie of
arrival, name of owner, quantity comaintd both
of good ami defective timber, number of pieces,
class of timber, amount of survey bill, and name
of purchaser ; to collect all bills for survey aud
inspection, and he responsible for same to each
Inspector, and ail ratts arriving in the limits of
said city shall be forthw.th reported to him, ho
keeping a record of the time* they are reported,
and it shall be bis duty to assign a Surveyor in
alphabetical order to survey aud inspect the
same, and he shall have power to suspend any
Inspector for disobedience or for manifest in
competency. subject to the final action of
said Board thereon, which suspension, together
with the cause therefor, he shall immediately
report to said Board. In all cases of dispute as
to measurement or inspection of timber, the de
cision ot the Inspector General shall be final, aud
when requested so to do, it shall be his duty to
re-survey aud re-'nspect any timber which may
be the cause of dispute Tne Inspector General
shall give a bond, with sureties, in the sum of two
thousand dollars, aud the In-pec tor General
shall r- ceive from the fees collected five cents per
thousand feet on all timber turned and inspected,
aud shall have full power to make such rules and
regulations lor the g ivernmt nt of Inspectors as
will effec’ daily enable him to carry out the pro
visions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. And be it further ordained by the
authority afon said, That all Ordinances and
parts of Ordinances militating against the provi
sions of this Ordinance be, and the same aie,
hereby repealed.
In Council, February 9th, 1S76. Ordinance on
its first r« adiug and ordered to be published for
information
E. A. SILVA,
febll-5t Clerk of Council.
CITY ORDINANCE
HEAD TUB FIRST TIME FEBRUARY 9TH, 1676, AND
BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT READ A SECOND TIME
AND HASHED.
AN ORDINANCE to amend an Ordinance
entitled “An Ordinance to regulate tho con
struction of racks or wagons, from which saw
ed wood may be sold or delivered In tbe city of
Savannah, passed December 1st, 1875.
The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah, iu Council assembled, do hereby ordain,
That from and after the passage of ttiis Ordi
nance the above entitled Ordinance shall be so
amended as that the dza r f racks or wagons
used for the purposes specified therein shall be
for the half cord rack or wagon, 8 feet loug, 3
feet wide and 2 feet and 11 inches high; and for
the quarter cord rack or wagon, 4 feet aud 3
inches long, 3 feet wide, aud ‘2 feet and 11 inches
high.
Ordinance passed in <v February 9th,
lt>76. EDWARD C. ANDEIt-SON,
Mayor.
Attest: E. A. Silva, Clerk of Council.
febll-5t
CITY ORDINANCE.
READ THE FIRST TIME FEBRUARY' 9tH. 1676, AND
by i SAMMor.- ocoranr bead a second timb,
PUT UPON ITS PASSAGE AND PASSED.
AN ORDINANCE to amend an Ordinance passed
January 26th, 1876, entitled “An Ordinance to
provide for the appointment of Inspectors of
Naval Stores for the city of Savannah and to
regulate their fees.”
The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah, iu Council assembled, do hereby ordain.
That the first section ot the above entitled Ordi
nance shall be ameuded by the addition ot the
lollowing provision, viz.: 1'rov ded that no such
Inspector shall be employed by any dealer in
naval stores as a clerk or to the exclusion of other
dea’ers, under the penalty cf a revocation cf his
license.
Ordinance passed in Council Februa r y 9ih,
1876. EDWARD C. ANDERSON,
Mayor.
Attest: E. A. Silva, Clerk of Council.
febll-5t
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W arranted iso de^rera am tent. En-
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Read the following certificate, selected from
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Messrs. C. West & Sons: (ientlemen—Hav
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mending your “Aladdin Security” as the safest
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Yours, truly,
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113,116 W. Lombard street, Baltimore.
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WEST’S OIL.
1 AM MAKING A SPECIALTY of tbe above
Oil, and deliver it to any part of the city in
cans of five gallons at 40 cents per gallon, Also,
C. West &, Sols’ best KEROSENE at 26 cents.
Faucet Cans furnished to parties purchasing five
or more gallons. Oil House, 140 Bay street.
aug31-ly C. K. OSGOOP7
(iovtlials, Syrups, & t.
C. €.
C tORDIALS OF EVERY' KIND, !e quality the
/ best;
SYRUPS of every sort, that always stand the test;
GINGER ALE that cau’t be beat;
CIDER from apples nice ard sweet;
PORTER. ALE and LAgEK REEK—
The best that can be got I sell here.
SODA WATER, the best here made;
SARSAPARILLA that lays all others in the shade;
For the Holidays, if you want good things,
Give me your trade.
The above articles, with few exceptions, are
IU>ME PRODUCTIONS, warranted as represen
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Proprietor of Excelsior Bottling Works,
110 end 112 Broughton street,
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1'epl ilotuts.
O TATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham Countt.—
O To all whom it may concern: Whereas,
Emanuel Heidt will apply at tbe Court of crdi-
uary for Letters Dismissory as Administrator on
the estate of Sarah FaUigant, late of said county,
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern to be aud appear before
sa! - oil. t to make objection (if apy they have)
on o.- before the FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH
NEXT, otherwise .-aid letters will be grentefl.
Witness my official signature, this Thirtieth
day of November, 1375. ^ q FEERrJ L .
decl-W3m0_ Ordinary C. C.
S TATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM
To ab whom it may concern: MHereas,
George Cta. Gemenden will apply at tbe Court j
Ordinary for Letters Utsmtssory as KrOTitor of
the last will and testament of F rank Haonerle,
late of said county, deceased. .
Theseare, tuerefore, to cite and admonishM
whom it may concern to be and HPP<*“
said court to P^^ImoVdAT flOlARci
on or before FIRSi MOaW
NEXT, otherwise .-aid letters wffi begrann*
Witness my official signature, this Ihin.
day of November, 1875. 0 F gkrilL,
, , xa * Ordinary C. C.
decl-W3mo *
S TATE OF OEORGL4, Chateau CoCHTT.—
To all whom it may concern: „ .
-SBSSSffiSSKe
;ased. , , r _., cite and admonish
before said Court, to ma J, MONDAY IN
M a’koF NEXT," ^jtJjerwise said” letters will
h«fmy official -jgSft-iSir 01
January, IS.6. u Ordinary
jan26-W 4t
liOHCE.
TTINTING and trespassing on St. L ' at berine*
1°,Si Liberty coanty,Geor^, are atfcg