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, Florida;
Affairs iu Urconria.
\V. D. Boully is about to emigrate
where, likely enough, he will
oa . H r. We wish him success.
re another day nearer the enjoyment
.Heines of domestic life, Hou. Potty.
’• , ■ vou call statesmanship is no
1 r- dUv after all—ie it, Hon. Potty ?
^itor of the Home Courier has some
jus ideas. Here is one of them :
j]- (jpiiherate opinion is that any man or
, a u ho oppose the movement of the
T I. fur a Constitutional Convention, only
"oud opportunity to whop over to
, mJicals. Spot your men and see if
. ga y (],jCo not come to pass.”
The Birut sviile Gazelle is grieving over
iJ.i- u di-uiiso of the firm of Parker E.
n-au & Co., of Forsyth.
. t j ji. .Mitchell, of Pike county, car-
.i his children some candy the other day.
,. P of them has since died, another is
v (lu-. and two others are exceedingly
he eandv was colored red, and is sup-
' f il., ;, aVl * contained arsenic. Why par-
; a ii ,w their children to eat candy of any
kind is a ni) story to us. *
rjjg v lane burglar knocks a hole iu the
brek wail ol a store, crawls in and helps
Hamilton thinks nothing of having a
j Harris e*unity man saves his spoiled
i,. wrapping it tip in a jacket of chai-
11:. E. J’. Dukes, of Quitman, was married
tbe other il ay to Miss Evio Bryan.
When ;i woman gets drunk in Columbus
iu able-bo lied policeman grabs her by tbo
ha. L hair and drags her to the calaboose,
p's ft miraei- lie d >eatv’t shoot her.
A g.o.l dea of guano has been sold in
Thus the Columbus Enquirer : Tbo Jtev.
Watkm Hicks, who delivered an eulogy on
then came South aud eulogized
(iiDi ral Lee, and edited a Democratic paper
m Jkwmi, has since turned up iu Florida as
aUadical politician and an editor of au infa
mous Radical sheet. He has now resigned
•ge of that thoet, and accepted the pas-
Vou'wff a Methodist Church at Jackson
ville airier the mlluenco of Gilbert Haven
crew. We were once, before ho
-.vel the disgraceful renegade he haB,
itcpteii to sh j\v him up wheu he delivered
Ls lecture here on General Lee, but wero
parsuadod out of it by the earnest request
of Methodist friends. Wo always believed
kin au infamous hypocrite.
A severe storm passed through Twiggs
coua'y last Monday.
[he Centennial Leap Year Party in Au
gusta uu Thursday evening was a success.
Mr. James Hammock, a highly esteemed
citizen of Twiggs county, is dead.
Jefferson county is gloating over a nigger
Mrs. Martha Gilder, of Wilkinson county,
is dead.
A lot iu Cherokee county that only
brought oue dollar when sold for taxes a few
Jt-ars ago, was recently sold for fifteen thou
sand dollar*. There was a gold mine
wrapped up iu the clay.
Th-liomt says that w'hen the House
ofilepresentativfs a few days ago passed the
o announced
that it Lad all the while insisted on a con
vention. N .w the Senate has pot a hitch
iu the movement, the Constitution begins
to doubt the wisdom of the convention af-
The cow-killers are operating near Au-
Mr. Thomas M. B mes, a highly esteemed
citizen of Augusta, is dead.
A wcll-dressel white man, supposed to be
n .Jer the influence of liquor, was run over
i a tram on the Southwestern Railroad the
other day and fatally injured.
Dr. C. B. Nottingham, of Macon, is, wo
regret tu state, s till seriopsly ill.
Mr. John Hoover, of Wilkinson county, is
it uluest inhabitant. Ho was nine years
old when Washington died.
,e caunot believe that Mr. E. C. Wade,
■. i.tman, wrote the letter published in
from which the
made. He certainly
“ canon to pen such outrageous
against a community and a section
w ^ V ,^ as kis interests, and wo
that the letter is
for
We
:oa Tel,
tind it reproduced iu the
' Ru
•d:u
Bur,
e-1
'pit- •’ " It was my in-
<y this communication to
f the country to an utter-
11 • -mbs, iu his last week’s
!i, on the subject of a eonven-
i iu i i orgia, for the purpose
'i rg:u a constitution under
-e but the Bourbon Democrat
a:i live. Air. Toombs said
- *a th* Legislature held their
h intimidation, violence and
true, every word of it;
In this (Brooks) county au
• The Democrats, seeing
"as to bo beaten, resort d
pistols, knives and
IQ8 from the polls
ir man elected. The riot
- 1: • 1 *> aderof the party striking
al heavy blows over
; ; w iu » • - avy walking-stick. The
was sitting down,
: with his pocket-
; 1 “i.g of a difticulty with any
hdvi:.j retreated anil begged his
: "*at him, after receiving
’ '• d-be-d the White Leaguer
: infl iug a wound which it
d i-r - luced death, as the
l ‘“ th afterwards. This
■ 1 ~ put up »n trial uiion a
■ • urd- r, aud was convicted
be hung, and oft th^ 17th
was hung, aud l may
*' "=• hung by a mob. It is
■- uriJor the forms of law,
'no bench, and from him
~ t d- sjiicablc, perjured wit-
new it was not a case
u: •< !. Home of the coutempti-
V • -avages, before whom the
: ! trying to apologize for
Hitting the negro ought
‘g, and contending that
r< mained here in any
• ■ i-rought in a ver-
With the facts. It is true
ict been “uot guilty,” as it
b been, these * twelve
mod and ad-
• rj ; member^ of the
Demooritiis frater-
• V ni all humau prohabili-
to be re-obligated and
r” until each iu turn
s:aud incontrovertably
of the Li)ling before the
a Imitted igijg into full
■ ate and county courts
late to the friends of
black, are in no re
but are engines of
- Lad owing to the
in t;, ° colored population.
!'• ..T-‘ as to the security
l: - ; a -’*d liberty, thousands
^ U;r y? leavlQ K the State for
! -ite I :„|i° Ia h jr. It is a fair esti-
that a,o(Kf negroes—
i - '. II , • the Ipenitentiary, the
r ■ r,v . ‘ ‘* riv cn away on accouut of
^^titutioh«!./l^hts guarai
«uli no
* had the
5«t to
have
w -stnuti 0l i‘sms guaranteed by the
- 1 ' L kf: ‘ "dof the United States—
Tl„. r ’tinty within the past few
tl ir, °l ‘ kuinU/7 btl11 the - v f?°. Not l£Bft
bodied hands and
county since the
3 . ‘ ‘V Ihontbon, in December
is hhovn / 1 °. 1 i ula » ,v hcko some little
-‘Hs. (jt,f w hites to tho rights
2L««i "“iced, becoming
hj’' a go, .; . 3litt upon one occasion,
Tro in rtatene ^ ~y b e r Governor,
ito!***- Landa^T* w&6 ^ e » a howling wil-
twentyfl 0 n 5 er e ’hat were worth in
fciS 6 ' ** Uo» n* ^ er acre in 2old, and
* fcre * c now worth oue dollar per
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
8Y wmt
THE MORNING NEWS.
Evening Telegrams.
FRO 31 JACKSONVILLE.
A NEGRO KILLS ANOTHER
GIVES HIMSELF UP.
AND
[Special Telegrpm to the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, February 18.
Albert Barton, a negro, killed Charles
Busli, another negro, last night, two miles
from town. The murder was the result of
an old feud. Barton gave himself up to the
officers of the law and acknowledges the
deed.
Noon Telegrams.
THE BARCOCK TRIAL.
Tliin Testimony by a Letter Carrier.
THE CAliLIST REVOLUTION.
DEATH OF CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN
ENGLISH' NOTES.
London, February 18.—Plimsoll spoke
agaiust tbe merchants’ shipping bill when
it passed to a second reading.
Eleven were saved and litty-nine lost by
the sinking of the Stiath Clyde. She tioated
ten minutes after the blow, and her boilers
burst alter she sunk. The Times reports
that the Captain, with twenty-eight from
the Strath Clyde, lauded at Deal.
THIN—TOO THIN.
St. Loris, February 18.—A letter carrier
testifies that in tbe latter part of ISebruary,
1875, at the request of Joyce he opened a
letter box aud searched for two letters, one
addressed to Babcock and one to Avery, and
gave them to Joyce, who declined to give a
receipt, saying it was a fly. The carrier did
uot report the circumstance.
THE CAR LISTS.
London, February 18.—Tbe Times cor
respondent with the Carlists explains his
dispatch about the battle of the 13th, sent
before its close. Tbe Alfonsists were rein
forced and tbe Carlists repulsed. A dis
patch from St. Jau do Luz says tbo Aifon-
sists are concentrating for’ an attack on
Kstella.
THE FIELD O? HONOR.
New Orleans, February 18.—Tbe diffi
culty between Hon. Lee Dupre and J. M.
Stoutmeyer, of tbe Times, was adjusted on
the field creditably to the parties aud satis
factorily to their lriends.
FAILED.
Manchester, February 18.—Addle, Shaw
A Warburtou, manufacturing chemists of
this city, have failed. Their liabilities are
estimated at $500,000.
BURNED.
Champaign, III, February 18.—Richards
Brothers’ mill and elevatory are burned.
Loss $47,000.
DEAD.
Boston, February 18.—Charlotte Cush
man, tbo actress, died at tbe Parker House
this morning.
got OFF.
London, Februarj- 18.—Tbe steamer
E gypt, ashore off Egrement, floated and pro
ceeded undamaged.
A WOMAN TERRIFIED.
A H-iuse RmiNScked by n ISurglnr Ilefore
the Eyes of Its Mistress.
Hugh Montgomery’s home, at 439 West
Thirty-fifth street, New York, was ran
sacked late on Friday night by a
burglar. Mrs. Montgomery gives the
following account of the robbery: “It
was about half past ten o’clock, and
I was sitting by the stove in the
front room that looks upon Thirty-
fifth street, rocking the cradle of my lit
tle boy; my husband had just gone out to
escort a lady to the horse cars, and I was
left all alone with my child, two years
old, in the lower rooms. The hired girl
was asleep in a distant room, and the
family that live up stairs were abed. I
was listening for the return of my
husband, and suddenly I heard the low
scraping of a footstep on the door
stone, and then I heard the click of
a key in the lock of the front door;
then it was withdrawn, there was another
click and the door opened. The person
who had entered paused in the hallway
for several seconds, and then the hall
door was thrown open quickly and the
black muffled figure of a man sprang into
the room. He crossed it at two steps and
came close beside me, aud placing tbe
muzzle of a large revolver at my cheek,
said, in a low, hoarse tone : ‘If you
speak a word above a whisper I’ll blow
your brains out.’ I was paralyzed, I
couldn’t move or make a sound, and the
work that I bad been sewing on fell to
the floor. I could only look at the rob
ber, who was a short, stout, square-
shouldered man, dressed iD a dark brown
overcoat, dark trousers, and with peculiar
rubber overshoes that muffled his tread.
His coat collar was turned high up about
bis neck and bis wide-brimmed, black
slouch hat was pulled far dowi£ so that I
could not see his eyes. He bad no whis
kers of any kind, and I could see only a
portion of his face and neck, which
was dark and swarthy. He was
rather flashily dressed, and his
foot was as small as a woman’s.
‘Where’s your money?’ he said, me
nacingly, and I pointed mechanically to
the desk, on the top of which was $3 75
in bills. He took the money, counted it,
and threw the card on which it was rolled
down to the floor. Then he came back
to me aud said, ‘Ain’t you got any
money?’ and I managed to auswer ‘No.’
He said nothing, but turned up one side
of my apron, aud thrusting his hand into
one pocket, and pulling out a handker
chief. tossed it to the floor. He then
lifted the apron on the other side, and
pulled from the other pocket of my dress
£7 in a roll. He kept his eyes constantly
screened as he worked. Next he took the
lamp and went into the bedroom, and
ransacked the closet, scattering the
clothes ail over the floor. He found a
iifty-cent fractional note, and then, no
ticing that the light that ho held was
visible from tbe street, he brought it
back, and continued his search
iu the dark. I don’t know how
much money he found, but it must have
been nearly fifty dollars. Ho then went
through the bureau drawers, and, return
ing to tbe front room, pulled out all tbo
drawers of the desk that stood by my
side, and emptied their contents on tbe
floor. After he had satisfied himself that
there was no more money, he walked
quickly and noiselessly into the hall, aud,
shutting the door, paused there for a
minute or two, as though waiting to as
certain whether I would make an outcry.
Then he went out and shut the door. I
was as though in a tranoe. I could neither
move nor speak, and I sat motionless,
looking ahead. I must have sat in that
manner for nearly a half hour, and then
I heard a tapping on the window pope.
I managed to get up and stagger to the
door, for I knew it was my husband. I
went back to the room and fell into my
seat, and it was nearly half an hour be
fore! oo;’ld make known what had oc
curred."
Riveb and Habbor Improvements
The Secretary of War has answered a
resolution of the House of Representa
tives in regard to the cost to the govern
ment cf river aud harbor improvements
in the United States since 1S2L ihe
following are some of the principal items:
Delaware river. Pa., **30,000; Marcus
Hook harbor, Pa., S10I, 000 ; Sohuylkdl
river Ta., $145,000; Newcastle harbor,
Del ’ £177,000; Delaware breakwater,
Del.,’ *2,168,401; pier at Lewes,. Del
£‘<75 000; Baltimore harbor, *841,830
Georgetown, D. C„ *100 000; Appamat-
toi river, Va„ $180,000; James river 3 a.,
$825,000; Monongahelariver, \a., vl- ,
000; Great Eanawha n*er,
Ocracota inlet, N. C., $132,7o0; Cape
Fear river, N. C., *1,008,220; Charleston,
S. C„ $134,700; Savannah, Ha., SSotii,-
043; Mobile, AU., $608,291.
AFTER BRANT AT LONfct BRANCH.
Count Harry Von Arnim.
BISMARCK
STILL PERSECUTING
HIM.
PARrit’UL.AR.S OF THE STRATH
CLYDE DISASTER.
Beecher an u .Journc> man BluNplieiuer*
WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES.
Washington, February 18.—A majority
of the Senate Committee ou Privileges and
Elections decided to investigate the second
charge made by the JState of Alabama
against Senator Spencer—that bis election
to tbe United Stntes Senate was secured by
corrupt means and practices. They will
hear evidence upon seventeen of the specifi
cations under this charge, but refuse to
investigate the remaining thirteen, and
they also decline to investigate the
first charge, namely : that the body by
which Mr. Spencer claims to have been
elected to the Senate of the United States,
was not the General Assembly of Alabama,
this question having already been decided
iu Spencer’s favor in the Sykes-Spencer con
test.
The bar of the Supreme Court paid the
customary tribute to the memory of Rev-
erdy Johnson.
Schenck’s resignation has not been re
ceived, but is certainly expected. There
are no intimations as to his successor.
The steamer Dispatch sails to-night for
Pori Royal.
The Committee on the Pacific Railroad
agreed to report a bill to make more specific
and general the reports of railroad compa
nies required by the act of 18G8.
THE STRATH CLYDE DISASTER.
London, February 18.—Of the twenty-nine
persons landed at Deal from the st< am. r
Strath Clyde, many were greatly exhausted,
and three ha\e since died. The accounts ol
the number on board the Strath Clyde are
conflicting. The most reliable say there
were thirty of the crew and twenty-six
passengers, of whom eleven were saved at
Dover. The total number perished is put
at sixteen, in addition to the three who
The steamer Francona, which belongs toi
the Hamburg, American and West India
lino, was outward bound for tbe West
Indies. She anchored in Down, off Deal,
last night, and steamed eastward at day
light, coming to Loudon to repair. 8he
has since been reported as passing Thames
Haven.
Tbe Strath Clyde lies in Fair Way, about
two miles off Dover, her masts standing
twenty feet above water.
Later.—Two ladies and three gentlemen
are reported to have been picked up by a
passing vessel bound for London.
Mill Later.—The lists published by the
papers this afternoon show that the Strath
Clyde had twenty-three passengers aud a
crew numbering torty-seven. Another per
son has died at Dover. Of tbe forty known
to bo rescued, only six wero passengers, one
of whom is among the lour who have since
died.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Washington, February 18.—Probabilities!
For the South Atlantic States, stationary
barometer aud temperature, with light north
east winds aud clear weather. ■ ■ I
For the Gulf States, falling, followed!
by rising barometer, northeast to southeast
winds, warmer, partly cloudy or clear wea
ther, followed by cold, northern windsr'H
the western Gulf States.
For Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and lower
lake region, warmer weather, southwesterly
winds, falling barometer, partly cloudy wea
ther, possibly followed in the’westeru por
tions by northwesterly winds aud colder,|
clearing Iln i M M
For the Middle and Eastern States, sta-
tiorery barometer, warmer, partly cloudy
and clear weather, with northwest to south
west winds.
THE CARLISTS.
Madrid, February 18.—Aiphonso reached
Yittoria yesterday. Hu starts for Vergtr to
assume chief command of the army. Gen.
Quesada will be appointed chief of’staff.
In the Cortes yesterday Conovas del Castillo I
ri ad a telegram stating that Gen. Tassaro
had advanced to Villa Tueria, and the Roy
alists had captured Arandigogen.
The following official dispatch is pub
lished to-day: The Carlists at Peuaplata
having killed a French Captain on French
territory, GeneraftPourcet, the French com
mander, has sent a battery iu the direction
of l’enaplata. Don Carlos is stated to be id
tbe neighborhood of V&lc&rlos. Shells from
the Royal batteries destroyed a church in
the suburbs of Estella. The Carlist Junta
are preparing to seek refuge with the Car-
list archives iu the mountainous districts of
Lussamezcnas.
congressional notes.
Washington, February 18.—Iu the Uoubc
Blackburn, ot Kentucky, offered resolutions
calling on tbo President for information as
to whether any executive offices, acts or
duties have beon performed since the 1st of
Maicb, 1869, at a distance from the seat of
government, aud for how long a pe
riod at any one time, aud in
what part of the United States ;
also whether any public necessity existed
therefor. Objection being made to tbe
present consideration of the resolutions, they
were laid over for one day.
llobbius offered a resolution asking tho
Secretary of War whether any, aud if any,
what military officers acted as Consular or
Diplomatic appointees. The bill for the re
organization of tho Judiciary was resumed.
BLASPHEMOUS BEECHER.
New York, February 18—Beecher, con
cluding before the council, compared him
self to a central body on which alt the rays
of the sun were concentrated, and upon
which has been heaped all the trouble that
could be gathered on tho face of
the globe forty times. In closing
bis answer, Mr. Beecher said:
“If there is any man on earth
that has anything to say to my detriment,
I here now challenge him to say it.” Cries
of “Good!” “Good!” aud “Hear!” Hear!”
proceeded from various parts of the church,
and Mr. Beecher continued: “If there is
any angel of God I challenge him to say
aught against me. Aye! I go far beyond
that. I challenge the truth from God him
self.”
FRAUDULENT EVIDENCE.
Washington, February 18.—George Tay
lor and John W. Weed, lawyers of tin's city,
cm February 10th male a motion in the
Court of Claims that the evidence of certain
witnesses in the cases of Harriet A. Mills
fur oue hundred bales of cotton, valued at
forty thousand dollars, and Mary C. Cleve
land for five hundred bales of cotton, valued
at two hundred and thirty thousand dollars,
tshall not be nsed in the trial of either cate.
On the 14tli of February the court ordered
that the evidence may be withdrawn from
use by plaintiffs, and be held for use by de
fendants. The proceedings against Taylor
and Weed are based upon the fraudulent
character of the withdrawn testimony.
VON ARNIM.
Berlin, February 18.—The Gerichisblatt,
a legal journal, announces that the State
Tribunal has decided to indict Count Vou
Arnim for treason, aud issue a writ against
him.
London, February 18.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette's Berlin special says the prosecuting
counsel has applied for the seizure aud se
questration of Count Von Aruim’s estate aud
property. The announcement ot the charge
of treason causes a profound sensation.
the bavarian diet.
London, February 18.—The Standard's
Berlin special says the Bavarian Diet reas
sembles on Mondav next. It is believed that
the Ultramontane members will accept the
compromise with the Cabinet, whose re
signations the King is determined net to
accept.
schenck.
London, February 18.—Tha Daily Tele
graph is informed that ibe statements pub
lished by the Central Press yesterday, that
Gen. Schenck, the American Minister, had
resigned, aud that his resignation had been
accepted, were unauthorized.
THE CARLISTS.
London, February 18.—The Times has
special from Vera stating that the Alfons
ists are attacking Estella to-day from Villa
Tuerta and Oteiza. All is quiet at Vera.
The Carlists have reoccupied Durango.
a contradiction.
Festh, February 18.—The Hungarian pa
pers contradict the statement of the Aus
trian journals that a basis had been found
for the establishment ol a Hungarian bank
of issue.
THE EGYPT.
Liverpool, February 18.—It now seems
that the steamship Egypt, i# avoiding —
other steamer, touched bottom at Egren
Beech, but backed off unharmed.
bar's cask.
St. Locis, February 18.—ThoRovorumeul.
put in no rebuttal testimony. Tbe defense
moved that tho Judge instruct tbe jury to
acquit aud discharge tbe prisoner. Argu
ment ou the motion ensued.
THE FRANKI.I.V.
London. February 18—The United States
steamer Franklin leaves here for Southamp
ton to-morrow.
Ol'K ATLANTA LETTER.
Dedication of Odd Fellows’ Lodge Kootn
—“Cireen Line” Convention—The Lob-
byiotH in Force—State Committee Sus
tained — * •Ciorman” at tbe Kimabll
House — fleator, Not Lester—Bryan
County’s liepreseutallve—Bills From
Charlton County—Bills from Wayne
County—Bills from Camden County-
Bills from Tatnnll County—Bills *rom
McIntosh County—Bills from Effingham
County—Legislative Personal Gossip.
[Special Correspondence c f tbe Morning News.]
Atlanta, Feb. 17, 1876.
The Odd Fellows of this city have re
cently fitted up an elegant lodge room in
“Connally Building,” and last night it
was dedicated with appropriate services,
Hon. Thomas J. Simmons, of Macon,
President of the Senate, and Grand Mas
ter of the order in this State, presiding.
In making the “Proclamation,” the
“Herald of the North” was represented
in a most excellent manner by Mr. R J.
Maynard, of DeKaib Lodge, Savannah.
“green line” conyen»on.
The city is full of prominent railroad
officials, who are in attendance at a meet
ing of the “Green Line Freight” men. I
noticed as present Colonel Magrath, of
the South Carolina : Colonel Johnson,
of the Georgia; Colonel Powers, of the
Central; General Alexander, of
the Western of Alabama; Majoi Durant,
of the Port Royal; Colonel Dunham, of
the Montgomery and Eufaula; and Colonel
BILLS FROM CAMDEN COUNTY.
Hon. R. N. King, of St. Mary’s, repre
sents Camden county in the House with
considerable fidelity. He is a member of
the Committee ou Deaf and Dumb Asy
lum and on Immigration, and has intro
duced the following bills:
A Bill to be entitled “Au Act to encourage
sheep raising iu the county of Camden.”
Read first time January 13th, referred to
Committee on Agriculture, and tabled on
third reading.
A Bill to amend an Act establishing a
Board of Commissioners for Camden and
other counties, so far a3 relates to tho coun
ty of Camden. Read January 24th, and re
ferred to Judiciarv Committee February
4th.
A Bill to be entitled “An Act for tho relief
of T. S. Chester, Thomas Savage and John
Wilkinson.” Read first time February 9th,
referred to Finance Committee February
15 th.
BILLS FROM TATTNALL COUNTY.
Tattnall county is represented by the
Hon. Jeremiah Tootle, of Reidville, who
is a member of the Committee on the
Lunatic Asylum and the Geological
Bureau. He has introduced the three
following bills:
A Bill to change tho lino between the
count’es of Tattnall and LioerCy couuties.
Read first time January 13th, referred to
Committee on New Counties and County
Lines, recommitted February 5tli, and lost
February Stli.
A Bill to prevent the obstruction of the
waters of Beard’s Creek. Read January
14th, referred to Judiciary Committee, and
lost January 22d.
A Bill to provide a Board of Commissioners
for the county of Tattnall. Read January
17th, referred to Judicia y Committee, and
passed January 31st.
BILLS FROM M INTOSH COUNTY.
The notorious Tunis G. Campbell has
a valuable successor in the Hon. A. S.
Barnwell, of Darien, who ably represents
McIntosh county in the House. He is a
LETTER FROM JACKSON FILLS.
Fan for the Fulare—A Revolutionary
Radical — Prodigious Availability of Pi-
.Ion-To—The .lleuipbian Labyrinths—
Continually Suggesting if not Oftener—
Simply a Wee Wnlf— Implacability of
Compression—Bye-Bye Baby — I.ike a
Poor Player—A Chamber—Snvannah
anti Jacksonville.
[Special Correspondence of the Momim; New?.]
Pope, of the Coast Line. The proceed- 1 mem b fcr Agricultural, Penitentiary
and Enrolling Committees, and has mtro-
ings of the conference are private, yet I
learn that the result of their labors will
put all the competing lines in such a con
dition that they will make no money in
the carrying business.
THE LOBBYISTS IN FORCE.
Now that the session of the Legislature
is drawing to a close, and the fate of the
bond, railroad aid aud lottery bills is to
be decided, an army cf persistent and
money-seeking lobbyists has poured in
upon the floor cf both branches of the
General Assembly, and the Representa
tives and Senators are being daily bored
with importunities to advocate and help
through one or another, or all, of these
suspicious and dangerous projects. It is
really singular that this character of bills
always produces a swarm of greedy out
side advocates aud lobbyists.
THE STATE COMMITTEE SUSTAINED.
The sentiments of *he manly and satis
factory letter of ex-Senator Nichols, pub
lished in the Morning News of yesterday,
are heartily endorsed by leading men
here. They have no sympathy with the
little handful of sore-headed and disap
pointed aspirants who seek to dictate to
the committee and people of the State in
the matter of their duty in conducting
tho public affairs of the Democratic party.
Happily, this clique has but few follow
ers, and their efforts to disorganize the
party will prove utterly fruitless. The
good sense aud patriotism of the people
will be proof against this specious reason
ing about “usurpations of power” and
“transcending authority.”
A “german” AT THE KIMBALL HOUSE.
A very delightful “German” was held
in the spacious dining room of the Kim
ball House last night, which was largely
attended and generally enjoyed. Among
the most charming ladies who were pres
ent as spectators, I noticed that the
“Forest City” was well represented by
Mrs. Gen. Lawton, Mrs. Montgomery
Cumming, who is quite a belle here this
season, and Misses Carrie and Lulu Law-
ton. These and other charming ladies
have given the corridors and parlors of
the Kimball House numerous rare attrac
tions during the present session, and the
young and handsome members of the
Legislature are indebted to them for
many hours of delightful social pleasure.
HESTER, NOT LESTER.
As there is a Senator Hester and a Sen
ator Lester, the names of these two gen
tlemen have been frequently' confounded
by your readers, and Senator Lester is
frequently written to by his constituents
in regard to matters which have been dis
cussed or acted upon by Senator Hester.
Hereafter it is to be hoped that this mis
take will not occur.
LEGISLATIVE PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Representative Reviil, of Meriwether,
seldom occupies the attention of the
House by his speeches, as the members
never allow him to divert their minds
from more congenial pursuits.
Captain Hammond, of Thomas, made
another able and eloquent speech yester
day afternoon, the school question being
under discussion, and he is now appro
priately called the “silver-tongued orator
of South Georgia.”
The Hon. H. G. Turner, of Brooks,
has made two excellent speeches since my
last report of his labors, and that county
can be assured that it is represented in
the House by one of the ablest debaters
of that body.
Colonel J. L. Sweat, the popular and
efficient chief Clerk of the House, is a
well known lawyer of Homerville, on the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. He is a can
didate for re-election, and whoever runs
against him will find him strong in the
affections of the people.
The Rev. John Jones, Chaplain of the
House, was formerly a citizen of Savan
nah, and speaks of his residence there
with the most pleasant recollections. He
is a model chaplaiD, and discharges his
daily duties in a conscientious and ac
ceptable manner.
It is astonishing to note the alacrity
of members as they rush up to the Clerk’s
desk after free tickets over the various
railroads in the State, and the hesitancy
with which they consent to discuss the
subject of reducing their mileage over the
same railroads. •
BRYAN COUNTY’S REPRESENTATIVE.
The Hon. W. II. DeLoach. of Eden, is
the Representative of Bryan county, and
occupies a place on the Enrollment Com
mittee. He has introduced but one bill:
A Bill for the relief of Thomas W. Davis,
an-
Egremout
Tax Collector of Bryan county. Read first
time January 19th, and referred to Commit
tee on Finance February 1st. +
BILLS OF CHARLTON COUNTY.
Charlton county is represented in a
faithful manner by the Hon. F. Lang, of
Traders’ Hill, who is a member of the
Committee on Manufactures, and has
introduced the following bills:
A Bill to protect sheep raising jn the
county of Charlton. Read first time Janu
ary 14, referred to Committee on Agricul
ture, and tabled February 7.
A Bill to protect the farmers of the countv
of Charlton. Read first time January 9,
referred to Committee ou Agriculture, and
passed as amended February 5.
A Bill to prohibit the firing of woods.
Read January 21, referred to Committee on
Agriculture, passed as amended February
11, reconsidered and indefinitely postponed
February 12.
A Bill* to change the lino between the
counties of rierce and Charlton. Read
January 24, referred to Committee on New
Counties and County Lines, aud passed
February 11.
BILLS FROM WAYNE COUNTY.
Wayne county has au industrious mem
ber in the House, in the person of Hon.
H. R. Fort, of Wayneville. who is chair
man of the Committee on New Counties
and County Lines, and a member of the
Committee on the Lunatic Asylum. He
has introduced four bills, the titles of
which are :
A Bill to define the liabilities of pastures
or enclosures for stock. Read January 14,
referred to Committee ou Agriculture’ re
ported back and lost.
A Bill to tfb entitled an act to protept
owners of stock in the county of Wayne.
Read January 14, referred to Committee on
Agriculture, and passed January 22J.
A Bill to create a Board of Commissioners
for the county of Wayne. Read first time
January 14th, referred to Judicary Commit
tee, and passed January 22d.
A Bill to amend an Act to prohibit hunt*
ing on the lands of another in certain coun
ties, so as to apply to Wayne county. Bead
January 19th, referred to Committee on
and
duced the following bills :
A Bill to authorize the Governor to pro
cure staudard weights and measures and
distribute the same. Read J&uu&ry 19th,
referred to Committee on Agncultuie, ana
passed as amended February 5th.
A Bill to legalize certain acts of the Com
missioners of McIntosh county. Read Jan
uary 21st, referred to Judiciary Committee,
and paesed February 10th.
A Bill to empower the chief executive
officer of the city of Darien to pass an alter
native sentence. Read January 21st, re
ft rred to Judiciary Committee, aud passed
February 10th.
A Bill to creato a Board of Commissioners
for the county of McIntosh and town of
Darien. Read January 2lst, referred to
Judiciary Committee February 1st.
A Bill to legalize the appointment of the
Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church
of Dariun. Read January 30 h, and re
ft rred February 7th to Committee on Cor
porations.
BILLS FROM EFFINGHAM COUNTY.
Efliugham county has a most industri
ous representative in the lion. H. £.
Cassidy, of Springfield, w ho is a member
of the Committee on New County and
County Lines aud on Internal Improve
ments. He has introduced the following
bills:
A Bill to regulate the pay of jurors of
Effingham couuty, and for other i urposes.
Read January 15th, referred to Committee
ou Finance, and passed January 25th.
A Bill to regulate the compensation of
the Tax Collector and Tax Receiver of the
couuty of Effingham. Read January 15th,
referred to Committee ou Finance, aud re
committed to Judiciary January 21st.
A Bill to require Treasurers of Effingham,
Clinch and Emanuel counties to receive and
disburse public school funds, and for other
purposes. Read January 21st, referred to
Committee on Finance, aud recommitted to
Committee on Education February 11th.
A Bill to regulate payment of insolvent
costs by tho county of Efliugham, aud for
other purposes. Read January 24th, re
tired to Financo Committee, and passed, as
amended, February 11th.
A bill for the payment of claim of Treas
urer of Effingham county for expense of
transporting a lunatic to the Asylum. Read
January 24tb, referred to Finance Commit
tee, and withdrawn February 11th.
Chatham.
THE HOMESTEAD ACT.
The MeDuniei Law to Adjust the IHkIHm
of Partied Where Homedteads Have
Been Sold.
The recent decision of the Supreme
Court, in a certain homestead case, which
was an earthquake to a vast number of
titles in this State, sprung an imperative
duty upon the Legislature to provide for
the protection of the rights of parties in
such cases. Senator McDaniel introduced
bill which has passed both Houses,
been signed by the Governor, and is now
a law. The following is the full text of
the bill:
A Bill to be entitled “An Act to provide ft-r
the adjustment of tho rights of parties in
cases where property which has been ?et
apart under the homestead aud exemption
laws of this Statejhas heretofore been sold.”
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from
and after the passage of this act courts of
equity alone shall have jurisdiction of suits
for the recovery of property which has been
set apart under the homestead aud exemp
tion laws of this State, aud which lias be M
heretofore sold, or for the recovery of any
interest therein, and that it shall be lawful
for any party to prove that the purchase
money ot such property, or any part thereof,
has been invested in other property, or has
been applied to the benefit ot the family for
whom such property had been set apart as
aforesaid.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, That in
cases where the proceeds of property sold
as aforesaid, has beeu invested iu other pro
perty of equal value and for the benefit of
said family, the court shall confirm the 6ale
and the purchase, and therefore the proper
ty so purchased shall be held by the family
as a homestead aud exemption m lieu of the
property so sold, which shall be discharged
of the particular estate vested by said home
stead and exemption laws in said family.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, That iu
cases where all tho proceeds of the sale of
pioperty have been applied to the brnefit of
said family, the court shall confirm the sale,
and thereafter the property so sold shall be
discharged of the particular estate afore
said.
Section 4. Be it further enacted, That in
cases where a part only of the proceeds ol
property soid as aforesaid has been rein
vested as aforesaid, tbe court shall take an
aecuuut of the proportion that the amount
so invested bears to the entire value of the
property so sold, and shall confirm the sale
as to that proportionate part of the property,
and confirm the purchase, and thereafter
the property so purchased shall be hold by
said family as a part of their homestead and
exemption, iu lieu of the proportionate part
aforesaid of the property so sold, which shall
be discharged ol the particular estate afore
said.
Section 5. Be il further enact* d, That iu
cases where a part only of the proceeds sold
as aforesaid has been applied to the benefit
of said family, the court shall take au
account of the proportion that the amount
so applied bears to the entire value of the
property so sold, aud shall confirm the sale
as to that proportionate part of such prop
erty. which shall be discharged of the par
ticular estate aforesaid.
Section C. Be it further enacted. That in
cases when any portion of the proceeds of
property sold as aforesaid has neither been
invested iu other property, nor applied to
the benefit of said family, the court shall
Ascertain the amount thereof, and the inter
est of said family therein, and shall mould a
decree to protect the rights and interests of
said family in the property so sold, and at
the same time to protect the rights and in
terests of the purchases in the reversion of
such property after the particular estate
aforesaid, shall have beeu determined, aud
shall require parties complainant to do com
plete equity in the premises before obtain
ing equity.
Section 7. Be it further enacted. That in
cases where a portion or all of the purchase
mo% of property so sold has not been
paid, the court may confirm the sale and
urder the re-investment of tho proceeds, or
may cancel and set aside the sale, aud com
pel the restoration of any part of the pur
chase money which may have been paid,
and may grant re ief to the parties accord
ing to the principles of equity.
Section 8. Be it further enacted. That ail
suits herein provided tor shall be biought
within six months after the passage of this
act, or the right of the party complainant,
aud all right of suit for its enforcement shall
be forever barred.
Section 9. Be it further enacted, That in
cases where suits are now pending in courts
of law or equity for tbe recovery of property
sold aforesaid, parties defendants shall be
entitled to the defenses and equitable relief
provided for in this act.
Section 10. Be it further enacted, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict with the
Jacksonville, February 17, 1876.
AN INDIAN WARRIOR TO THE FRONT.
An opinion has been on various oc
casions promulgated, and never within
our memory successfully contradicted,
that no matter wli$t cause a man may
advocate, no matter what position he may
assume, he will always find supporters
and partisans. It would seem on
a casual survey of the field that this aver
ment is not altogether at variance with
tho truth, and it may be that certain
revolutionists of whom history makes
mention have derived almost tho whole
of their sustenance from some such re
flection. The invisible cohorts, the Ful-
staffian armies of a few contumacious
but importunate heroes may be
speedily metamorphosed into a formi
dable entity by the imagination if we
acknowledge unquestioning adherence to
tho theory which is now under discussion.
It is calculated to make mankind content
ed and ambitious in whatever sphere of
life one may happen to oscillate. There
is one individual within the borders
of this State who proposes to take
a stand as the Radical candidate for
Governor, and his strength will doubt
less be supplied after the manner above in
dicated. The Seminoles living in the
Everglades never having been honored by
the election of one of their number to
any important office, held a grand pow
wow about ten days since, and formally
nominated Pi-Jou-To, the famous red
chief, as a Gubernatorial candidate, and
he will, beyond the peradventure of a
doubt, run with Hiawathau fleetness. He
bases his claims to political preferment
on voluminous qualifications. He is
an ultra Radical, and when two
years of age was detected in the
act of stealing two of his
own teeth. He has never done anything
to advance the interests of anybody but
himself, and moreover, has no intention
of doing anything. He is hopelessly and
irredeemably illiterate and will continue
in that condition to all eternity. He
would make a decided improvement on
the present incumbent, (who is, it is be
lieved, justly suspected of having em
bezzled one of his own arms,) for
the reason that Pi-Jou-To will be careful
to monopolize the business of pilfering
for his own exclusive advantage, aDd will
not consider any lecommendution of ap
plicants for office but a capacity to get
drunk at least three times during every
twenty-four hours. Pi-Jou-To, if elected,
will differ from the present idiotic Execu
tive in surrounding himself with
drunkards aud thieves instead of thieves
and drunkards. A comparison with
Stearns would be a gross injustice to Pi-
Jou-To.
THE ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES.
Maudarin is situated iu the State of
Florida, couuty of Duval, right on the
right bank of the river St. John’s iu com
ing down, but in going up it is right on
the left hand bank you see. It is
known as the residence of Harriet Beecher
Stowe and “Professor” Stowe.
This small and unpretentious village is
entitled to the credit of having revealed
an original genius in the shape of an em
ulator of the fifth legion which, accord
ing to Josephus, raised the bank “which
was raised at Antonia.” It is thought
that the river bank has been elevated ful
ly two feet since the advent of J. Sabine
Knight. Knight is a reputed co
laborer — a kind of rudimentary
appendage — of Moody and Sankey,
and moved to Florida ostensibly to bring
about the conversion of the negroes. Now
I have been thus exact for obvious rea
sons. On last Sunday, J. Sabine Knight,
being then &t Mandarin, was requested
to officiate in the church there, but per
emptorily declined to preach to the peo
ple at large, and delivered an oration on
that night to a selected congregation of
upper-tendom. Depositions ready at any
moment.
A PRONOUNCED SUCCESS.
The fair given under the auspices of a
number of ladies for the benefit of St.
Luke’s Hospital has more than equalled
the anticipations of its projectors as a
profitable and pleasant ventuie. A hand
some sum of money will probably be
realized, which will be a material help to
the hospital. Metropolitan Hall is neatly
decorated and in such a finished way as
to suggest that the deft fingers of
some of the fair sex have been instru
mental in its ornamentation. The fair
will terminate to-night, and os soon as
the lady managers are at leisure
I would intimate that they can render
the cause of morality and hontsty a last
ing service by piosecuting that fellow
Swaine for stealing $900 from them.
Begin the action, ladies, and that crimi
nal will make overtures for a compromise
as quickly as a Radical Judge subverts
law or as a baby cries.
A REVOLTING CRIME.
On Tuesday morning a male child, aged
about one week, was found in the rear of
the cemetery near La Villa. The little
creature’s flesh had been devoured by
dogs or swine, aud formed a most repuls
ive sight. A heavily veiled woman was
noticed wending her way in that direc
tion on the day previous to the discovery
of the infant’s remains, accompanied by
a little girl, and carrying a basket. Oth
erwise no clue as to the perpetrator of
this unnatural crime has been obtained,
and nothing definite was elicited at the
inquest.
MASHED TO DEATH.
A laborer at Bradbury’s mill, at the
upper end of Bay street, named Samuel
Redding, while attempting to grind an
axe was caught up by the belting and
crushed to fragments on Tuesday before
the machinery could be stopped. The
revolutions of the wheel must have pro
duced death instantaneously, and when I
viewed the mangled body of the unfortu
nate at the inquest it presented a horrible
spectacle. The head was ground to a
jelly and bones broken into a thousand
pieces, while clots of blood stained the
machinery and walls.
OUT IN THE COLD.
The festive parties who have had. so
many preliminary examinations lately
came before Randall yesterday on a
second writ of habeas corpus, and were
again discharged from custody, in con
sequence of an alleged irregularity m the
primary proceedings. Arrangements
were immediately made for rearresting
them, but the gamblers voluntarily made
proposition to leave town within
twenty-four hours upon the return of
their tools. This plan met with appro
bation, their tools were released, and ihe
trio evacuate Jacksonville this evening.
It is hoped that some zeal will be shown
towards exactly forty-two other blacklegs
still remaining in the city.
CULTIVATION OF THE DRAMA.
Jacksonville is rapidly acquiring an un
enviable and unmerited reputation as the
Thermopylae of the theatrical companies.
Scarcely a troupe reaches this place wiifa-
out meeting disaster if not utter bank
ruptcy. The disappointed and embar
rassed actors attribute this fatality to the
lack of appreciation on tbe part of play
goers, while the play-goers retort by lay
ing it to tbe mediocrity of the perform
ers. Neither are wholly just. The shows
invariably fail to advertise the people
of their coming and bouncy into
town with a “here we are,” and expect a
large attendance when no one knows that
they are here. If any respectable com
pany intending to visit Jacksonville will
announoe the fact through the Mobnino
News in advance, I will go so far as to
almost guarantee them a remunerative
stay if it be a short one. It is impossi
ble to collect a crowd in a town where
ous warning. Considerable latitude must
be allowed.
DISCIPLES OF TOBQUEMADA.
The Board of Public Instruction are
to-day to institute an inquisition into the
truth or falsity of the accusations pre
ferred by Bentley against the Judge of
the Fourth Judicial Circuit. It is under
stood that they have decided to
begin at the end by investigating
Bentley. and, the upshot of
their deliberations will undoubtedly
resemble a meteoric shower—after the
meteors have disappeared. The question
is narrowed down to this: If the “Jedge”
took that salary for services performed,
he is guilty of perjury in holding an office
in violation of a constitution which he is
sworn to protect. If he took it without
earning it, he is clearly culpable of rob
bery. Take your choice of offences.
NEW STEAMER LINE.
The steamer General Sedgwick will
hereafter ply between Savannah and
Jacksonville, on the inside route. This
will afford additional facilities to the peo
ple living on the line, and the Sedgwick
is said to be well adapted for the run.
Adkianus.
pgal £alc$.
DEATH OF AN OLD WAKKIOK.
lie Foiitflit the Alaerine Flrales and
Nearly Brought on a War with Spain.
Cupt. Victor M. Randolph died near
Biouut Springs, Ala., on January 28th.
He was born in Culpepper county, Va.,
July 24, 1797, was commissioned from
tho State a midshipman in the United
States Navy in the year 1814, and sailed
under Capt. Stephen Decatur. He served
with great credit in the fierce conflicts
with the Algerine pirates, that ended in
their extermination. He was with the
late Capt. Josiah Tattnall at tbe bom
bardment of Vera Cruz, and caught the
latter in his arms when he fell danger
ously wounded by a Mexican missile.
During President Taylor’s adminis
tration he was given the command of
the United States ship Albany, and
in obedience to orders from Washington,
he disbanded the several hundred adven
turers who had collected on Round
Island for the unlawful purpose of in
vading Cuba. Soon thereafter, by the
merest accident, war between the United
States and Spain was averted, as follows:
The United States sloops-of-war Albany
aud Germantown, each carrying twenty-
two guns, under the command of Captain
Randolph, happened to cast anchor in
the harbor of Havana at the time when a
reign of terror prevailed, just following
the execution?; of Lopez and Crittenden.
A Spanish frigate aud brig had capturtd
the crew of au American merchantman,
under pretence that they were filibusters.
Captain Randolph visited Captain-
General Concha, demanded their re
lease, and was refused. After a
stormy interview the former left, in
forming the latter that he would set free
the American crew before sundown. 'Hie
Albany and Germantown were imme
diately put under way, and sailed out
under the bristling guns of Moro Castle.
In sight were the Spanish frigate and
brig conveying the captured American
merchantman toward the mouth of the
harbor. Thousands of the citizens of Ha
vana thronged the shore to witness the
expected naval battle. The guns of the
United States vessels were shotted, qnd
all hands ordered on deck to prepare for
action, and then the two bore down upon
the Spaniards. When the distance be
tween them was less than a league,
the United States steam frigate Sara
nac, commanded by Captain Tatt
nall, appeared, and made signals to
the Albany to heave to. Captain
Tattnall ranked Capt. Randolph, the lat
ter was compelled to obey, much to the
chagrin of the now excited and expectant
crews of the two vessels that had been
prepared for action. The Saranac, whose
commander had gotten Wind of tbe situa
tion that morning, bad been put under
full headway of steam, in order to pre
vent hostilities that would have resulted
in a final declaration of war between the
two countries. He had his orders from
Washington to keep peace at all hazards.
A delay of less than twenty minutes and
the Saranac would have reached the
scene too late to prevent a fight that
would have been speedily followed by the
invasion and capture of the island of
Cuba by the United States forces.
News from the Border—Butchery of
a Family by Mexican Robbers and a
Swift Retribution.—We have been per
mitted to make the following extract
from a private letter just received in this
city by Mr. B. Courtney, of Algiers, from
his son, Thomas J. Courtney, military
telegraph operator at Edinburg, Texas,
ou the Rio Grande, under date of the 3d
instant: “Only the day before yesterday
there was a terrible case of bu;chery on
the Rio Grande. A party of Mexicans
started out and went to a store that was
kept by an old man named Garcia aud
murdered him and his wife, two grown
daughters and several Americans. The
store was entirely emptied of its con
tents. The next morning a party of citi
zens started out in search of the mur
derers, and succeeded in capturing eight
of them and hanging them to the nearest
tree. The way they were found out was
they had iu their possession some of the
articles stolen from the store. They
were captured just as they were in the
act of crossing over into Mexico. It was
expected the citizens would capture and
hang as many more of these murderers.—
Neic Orleans Picayune.
The Prince of Wales and Cashmere
Shawls,—The preparations of the Maha
rajah of Cashmere for the reception of
the Prince of Wales were of extraordi
nary richness. There was a tent of cash-
mere shawls outside the house; the floors
of the rooms were covered with the finest
shawls. One felt as if we were walking
over charming paintings, and destroying
with vandal foot works of great prices.
The walls were draped with shawls of
immense value. There was a dais, and
there was a canopy shrouded in shawls.
Rich as these were, the Maharajah and
Sirdars were* richer still, for they wore
gala robes of exceeding fine jewels. The
attendants filled the passages and crowd
ed outside in great state.
Six Thous*nd Miles by Telegraph.
A Hartford firm sent a message to a busi
ness establishment in London last Satur
day. The last word was sent from the
Hartford office at 9:20 in the forenoon,
and at 10:47 the answering message was
complete m tbe same office. On Monday
a message was sent at 4 p. m. and at 5:20
p. m. the answer was delivered. If we con
sider the number of hands through which
the dispatch passi d, both in transit be
tween the different offices and delivery in
London and Hartford, the extraordinary
features of the exploit will be the more
readiiy appreciated.—Hartford Tiroes
A singular case of conscientiousness
Las just been manifested through a let
ter to the Treasury Department from a
gentleman who signs his proper name to
|the communication, in which he states
that he was some years ago assessed and
that he paid a tax upon his income as a
State officer. He demanded the return of
the money, however, on the ground that
it was illegal, and tbe amount of the tax
was refunded to him. He now forwards
the amount so refunded to the depart
ment—the sum of twenty-four hundred
dollars—with the request that his name
shall not be made public.
Peculiar Suit by a Widow.—Mrs.
Ellen Cushing, the widow of the unfor
tunate man who was burned to death in a
calaboose, in Independence, Iowa, last
spring, has commenced suit against
James Moroney, the keeper of the low
doggery, for damages in the sum of ten
thousand dollars, for selling liquor to her
husband, and thus almost directly contri
buting to his death.
The daughter of a Scotch baronet re
cently died of destitution in New York,
City M irshaPs Hale
O N THE FIRST TUESDAY IN MARCH
1S76, between the legal hours of pale, before
the Court House door in the city of Savannah,
and under the direction of Committee on Public
Sales and City Lots, will be sold the following
property for arrears of Ground Rent due the city
ot Savannah:
BROWN WARD.
Fast one-half Lot No. 15 ana improvements,
Mrs. W. R. Pastel 1, 5 quarters.
West onc-half No. 25 and improvements, Mis;
Lucille Blois, 6 quarters.
Lot No. 55 aud improvements, Christopher Mur
phy. i r us tee, 7 quarters.
Lot No. US and improvements, R. Molina, Trus
tee, 6 quarters.
CALHOUN WARD.
East one-half of Lot No. 1 and improvements,
Geo. W. Anderson. Jr., Trustee, 7 quarters.
West one-half of Lot No. 2 and improvements
Geo. W. Anderson, Jr., Trustee, 7 quarters.
Lot No. G and improvements, estate of A. Bo-
naud, Sr., 7 quarters.
Lot No. 9 and improvements, Thoe. P. Jones,
quarters.
Lot No. 10 aud improvements. J. 11. Graybill,
quarters.
Lot No. 20 and improvements, estate of Mrs.
A. L. Bennett, G quarters.
Lot No. 21 aud improvements, estate of Julias
Rousseau, 7 quarters each.
CHARLTON WARD.
Lots Nos. 1 and 2 end improvements, Frances
Mcintire. 4 quarters.
South onc-half of Ix>t No. Hand improvements.
Su^an E. George and children, 5 quarters.
Northwest one-eighth of Lot No. 23 and im
provements, David Bailey, 4 quarters.
South one-half of Lot No. 23 aud improvements,
Jiusaii E. George aud children, 5 quarters.
Northwest one-quarter of Lot No. 24 and im
provements, David Bailey, 4quarters.
West one-half of Lot No. 25 and improvements,
M, T. (iuinan, 7 quarters.
CHATHAM WARD.
Lot No. 3 aud improvements, Christopher
White, 8 quarter?.
East one-third of Lot No. 12 and improvements,
W. B. Wylly and G. B. Clark G quarters.
Eist two-third? of Lot No. 1G and improve
ments, Mary A. Bradley, 5 quarters.
West one-th.nl of Lot No. 25 and improvements,
Emily 8. Bourne, 6 quarter?.
Ea^t one-third of Lot No. 27 and Improvements,
estate F L Gue, 6 quarters.
Two-thirds of Lot No. 37 aud improvements, N.
B. Brown, 4 quarters.
COLUMBIA WARD.
Lot No. 1 aud improvements, H. F. Willink, Jr
6 quarters.
Lot No. 6 and improvement^ A. B. Luce.
Trustee, S quarters.
South one-half of Lot No. 24 aud improve
ments, L. J. B. Fairchild, 7 quarter*.
CRAWFORD WARD.
West one-half of Lot No. 3 and improvements
Henry E. Snider, 4 quarters.
Lot No. 38 and improvements, Mary A. Jack-
sou, 4 quarter?.
Lot No. 43 and improve ments, James T. Buck
ner. 5 quarter?.
South one-half of Lot No. 52 and improvements,
Gerald Beytagh, 6 qnarters.
CRAWFORD WARD EAST.
Lot No. 17 and improvements, John Nicolson,
Trustee, 5 quarters.
ELBERT WARD.
Lot No. 3 and improvements, estate of J. T.
Lawrence, 4 quarter?. •
Lot No. G and improvements, estate of Marga
ret Telfair, 4 qua’ter?.
Lot No. 7 and improvements, estate of Marga
ret Telfair, 4 quarters.
Lot No. 8 and improvement?, estate of Marga
ret Telfair, 4 quarter?.
Lot No. 9 and iinprovtinents, estate of J. T.
Lawrence, 8 quarters.
Centre oue-thirdaud East one-third of Lot No.
34 and improvements, R. C. Hardwick. 6 quarter?
South one-half ol Lot 39 aud improvements,
Virginia She tall, 0 quarters.
South oue half of Lot No. 40 and improve
ments, Virginia Sheftall, ti quarters.
FORSYTH WARD.
Lot No. 2 and improvements, Herbert A. l’al
mci, 8 quarters.
Lot No. 3 and improvements, Geo. T. Nichols,
Trustee. 4 quarters.
North one-half of Lot No. 17 and improve
ments, Mrs. Julia A. Miller and children, 4 quar
ters.
Lot No. 25 and improvements, Palmer A Dep
pish, 8 quarters.
Lot No. 51 and improvements, William Hone,
4 quarters.
Lot No. 54 and improvements, Ketchum JL
IIurtrid<;e, G quarters.
Lot No. 55 and improvements. W. H. Baker, 8
quarUrs.
Lot No. 58 and improvements, Mary Cabaniss,
"quarters,
Lot No. 62 and improvements, James S. Law
rence, 7 quarters.
FRANKLIN WARD.
Lot No. 3 and improvements, Joseph Fiuegan,
6 quarters.
East one-half of Lot No. 7 and Improvements,
M. A. Cohen, Trustee, 4 quarters.
Lot No. 1G and improvements, estate of i nton
Borchert, 6 quarters.
Lot No. 25 and improvements, estate of James
Mcintire, 6 quarters
Lot No. 38 and improvements, estate of S,
Sawyer, 5 quarters.
NEW FRANKLIN WARD.
L-1 No. 9 and improvements, J, W. Lathrop. G
quarters.
Lot No. i» and improvements, Mrs. Mary Brad
ley, 5 quarters.
GREENE WARD.
Lot No. 7 and improvements, Christopher Mur
phy, 7 quarters.
Lot No. 8 and improvements, Christopher Mur
phy, 7 quarters.
South one-half of Lot No. 22 and improve
ments. Mrs. Mary J. Walton, 4 quarters.
South OLe-half of Lot No. 25 aud improve
ments, Patrick Kavanaugh. 4 quarters.
Lot No. 36 and improvements, estate Margaret
Shaffer, 5 quarter?.
Lot No. 37 and improvements, Miss A. M. Pin-
der, 8 quarters.
JACKSON W’ARD.
Lot No. 36 aud improvements, estate John
Schley, 5 quarters.
JASPER W’ARD.
Lot No. 8 and improvements, Eugenia M. Ker,
5 quarters.
Lot No. 48 and improvements, L. J. and E. M
Ker, 5 qnarters.
LLOYD W ARD
Lot No. 6 and improvements; Thos. L. Wylly,
7 quarters.
Lot No. 28 and improvements, Mrs. Louisa
Spencer Connerat, 4 qnarters.
L' t No. 33 and improvements, Mrs. Nora Ybanes,
i quarters.
Lot No. 39 and improvements, J. L. Roumillat,
7 quarters.
Lot No. 70 and improvements, John G. Butler,
5 quarters.
West one-third of Lot No. 41 and improve
ments, Mrs. Jane Ferrill, 4 qnarters.
South one-third of Lot No. 57 and improve
ments, Ellen M. Hodgson, S quarters.
West one-third of 1 ot 44 aLd improvements,
Margaret Bailey, 8 quarters
LAFAYETTE W ARD.
Lot No. 42 ana improvements, Jas. H. John
ston, 5 quarters.
LIBERTY WARD.
Lot No. 4 and improvements, estate John W'a-
ters, 5 quarters.
v* est fraction of Lot No. 24 and improvements,
estate Z. N. Winkler, 4 quarters.
Southeast fraction of Lot No. 24 and improve
ments. Henry Haym, 8 quarters.
East one-half ol Lot No. 30 and improvements,
estate John Snider, 6 quarters.
MONTEREY WARD.
East two-fitths ol Lot No. 10 and improve
ments. Mrs E. Copp, 5 quarters.
West two-thirds of Lot No. 7 and improve
ments, Joseph Finegan, Trustee, 4 quarters.
East oue-half of Lot No. 29 aud improvements,
Martha Grosclaudc, 6 quarters.
West oue-half of Lot No. 29 and improvements,
Thomas Arkwright. 4 quarters.
Lot No. 36 and improvements, Charles B. King,
6 quarters.
Lot No. 41 and improvements, James H. John
son, 4 qnarters.
Lot No. 42 atd improvements, James H. John
son, 5 quarters.
I Ait No. 43 and improvements, Andrew M. Ross,
6 quarters.
PULASKI W ARD.
Lot No. IS and improvements, estate Caroline
L. Palmes, 6 quarters.
STEPHENS W’ARD.
Lot No. 14 and improvements, Mrs. C. A
Goodwin, 4 quarters.
Lot No. 15 and improvements, estate W. H.
Wiltberger, 7 quarters.
Lot No. 18 and improvements, Herbert A. Pal
mer, s quarters.
Lot No. 20 and improvements, Mrs. A. M. Brag-
don, 6 quartets.
Northern portion of Lot No. 19 and improve
ments, Mrs. Jennie A. Thompson. 6 quarters.
TROUP WARD.
East one-half of Lot Vo. 13 and improvements,
Mrs. Rebecca J. McLeod, 4 quarters.
Western one-half of Lot No. 28 and improve
ment*, John Cooper, Trustee, 4 quarters.
Lot No. 29 and improvements, Mortimer H.
Williams, 4 quarters.
WARREN WARD.
Lot No. 8 and improvements, Ann Cullen, 6
quarters.
Lot No. 22 and improvements, James McGrath,
5 quarters.
Washington ward.
East one-half of Lot No. 7 and improvements,
Jacob W’einheimer, 5 quarters.
East oue-half of Lot No. 30 and improvements,
Mrs. Thomas Cooney, 3 quarters.
WESLEY WARD.
L ots Nos. 1 and 2 and improvements, James H.
JoLr.ston, 4 quarters each.
Lc: No 3 and improvements, estate E. M. Mai
lette 5 quarters.
W »st one-half of Lot No. 10 and improve-
met s, F. IL Stone, Trustee, 7 quarters.
W est one-half of Lot No. 11 aud improvements,
ests'c M. Lufburrow, 4 quarters.
Let No, 12 and improvements, aatate M. Lui-
bur :w, 4 quarters.
Let No. 15 and improvements, A. Bonaud, 8
qua; tors.
U.t No 2l and improvements,Christopher Mur
phy, 10 quarters.
SPRINGFIELD PLANTATION,
lxt No. 1, Savannah Brick Company, f quar
ters.
Lot No. 2, Savannah Brick Company, 6 quar
ters.
Lot No. 3, Savannah Brick Compar J, t quit
ters.
Lot No. 4, Savannah Brick Company, 6 qu. j
ters.
Lot No. 5, Savannah Brick CompaAv. 6 qasr
ters.
Lot No. 6, Savannah Brick Company 6 max
ters. «
Lot No. 11, John N. Lewi?, Trustee, 6 Quarto
West one-half of Lot No. 12, John N Lew
rustee, 6 quarters.
Lot No. 26, estate Z. N. W’iukler, 4
Lot No. 27, estate Z. N. Winkler,
g* fffl Mts.
tej£ tN ° -S3 ’ S * vaima1 ' Brie* Company,
LotHo.M,Sj.TOi.nah Brick Compute
Ult No. 4 >, estate Eliza Kaifort, 4 naan
P’i 5J°- fi’ Eliza Kaitord. «
™aaraiSiaaisS ■
* istpoaed City Harshal’sSal
CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
savanmah. February Id ic?t /
j TNDEB RESOLUTION ot
* Baaannah, and by virtue o' CUy Taa Ext-
Cudons m my hands, I have levied on, and a
soli, under direction ot a special Commttt.*-t
Conmal on THE FIRST JTBSDA',
JLABCH, 1876, between the fi tout, u
Jjjjbcfore the Court House door in'.he city u
B 1 *. the following prone:
Improvements on
tari<
•perty, to-wi*.:
Lot No
No 6 Calhoun w v . •
. „ 'Be property ol th; e»t»:e
Augustus Bonaud.
Lot No 15 and improvement* Elliott wirr.
levied on as tne property of Gugie Bourqu.L
Improvements on Lot No To Lloyd war.j u •»•
on a* the property of John G. Butler.
Nos 23 and 24 aud improvements Jarm
ward; levied on as the property of Francis uiiaci-
pion, trustee.
improvements on we?tern % ot Lot No £5 Gas
ton ward; levied ou as the property of T 1‘ Eikir.
lot No 6 and improvements Decker wi/-;
mol- ly K4 in S; levied on as the property
in. u r err ill.
V>t No 26 an i improvements Currytown waru
levied on as the property of John O Ferrii.. ^il-1
cutor.
Lot No 1 and improvements, Percival ward,
Hack s tytning: levied on as the property at m*
estate of John C Ferrill.
Lot No 62 and improvements Brown w»ru;
levied ou as the property of Wm O Godfrey
Improvements on Lots Nos «o and 41 Walton
ward; levied on as the property of J F Gowen.
Improvements ou Lots Nos 31. 32 and 33
Walton ward; levied ou as tho pro, jrty ol Mr*
M R Guerard.
Lot No 23 and improvement*, GilmerviUe;
levied on as the property oi the estate ol A Uar-
mon.
Eastern Oue-half oi Lot No 4 Cuthbert ward,
fitth section; levied on as the property ot K P
II at mom
Improvements on Lot No 5 Forsyth war a
levied on as the property of William Hone.
Lot No 51 Garden Ix>t east; levied on o* tbe
property of James A LaRoche.
Improvements on Lot No 6 Pulaski ward; lev*
i«“d on as the properly of Mrs G J LaRoche *r. j
children.
Lot No IT and improvements, Gilmerrille; lev
ied on as the property of F S Ioitbrop.
Western one-half of Lot No 31 and improve
mer.ts, Greene ward; levied on as the proper*
of Michael Lavin.
Improvements on the western one-third ot Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as tho properly of
A K Mallette.
Eastern oue-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the prop, riv
of Eli Mallette.
Improvements on the eastern one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on a* the pro:»eiiy ot
Mrs E M Mallet te.
Western oue-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the properly
of Mrs Catherine Mallette.
Improvements ou th. middle one-third of Let
No 3 Wesley ward; levied ou as the property of
Miss Eoline Mallette.
Improvements ou the ea.-tern one-half of Lo!
No 25 Calhoun ward; levied on as the property
of C C Millar.
Improvements ou Lot No 6$ Brown ward; levied
on as the property of Ramon Molina, trustee.
Northern one-third of Lot No 5 and imple
ments Decker ward, Iieathcutc tvthiug; levied ou
as the property of the estate of 6 I* Morin.
Lot So 10 and improvements, Franklin ward,
levied on as the property of M T t^uinau.
Lot No T5 White ward: levied on a? the prop
erty ot Mrs Winefred (^uinan.
Lot No 3T and improvement?, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on a? the property ol Jume-
B Read and R J Nunn.
Lot No 40 and improvements, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on as the property oi Jiff
James B Read.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of L oi
No 41 Jacks inward; levied onus the prjper.y
of Mrs L G Richards.
Improvements on Lot No 24 Walton ward;
levied on as the property of Miss Kate Kobe:Is
Lot No 3 and improvements Jones w ard; lev.u’
on as the property of Dwight L Roberts, i rut-let.
Lots Nos 2 and 3. Garden Lot west, front id.
taoyard tract; levied on as the property ot James
II Roberts.
Improvements on Lot No 16 Troup ward; a viu
on us the property ot the estate oi Mrs M :
Roberts and children.
Improvement on Lot No 7 Walton ward: :'.v;e
on as the property ot the estate ol Mrs M ;
Roberts and children.
Improvements on Lot No 2, wharf lot, trus
tee's garden; levied on as ihe property ol James
Ryan.
Lot No 9 and improvements, Bartow v ard; lev
ied on a? the property of M T Ryan.
Improvements and machinery on Lot No it
Garden lot oust; levied on as the property o<
Sullivan A Hull.
Lot No 14 and improvements, Cuthbert ware,
seventh section; levied on as the property of Jno
A Sailivan, trustee.
Lot No 7 and improv. mints. Cuthbert warv,
seventh section; levied ou as the property ol \v
D Sullivan.
Improvements on Lot No 4n Lloyd ward; levied
ou as the property of W B Sturtevaut, trust*.*-.
Improvements on Lots Nos G, 7 aud s Elbert
ward; levied ou as the property ot the estate ot
Mrs Margaret Tellair.
Lot No 20, Ualiie ward, and improvements,
levied on as the property of Henry G Ward,
trustee.
Improvements on Lot No 44 Stephens ward,
levied ou as the property of Mrs A F Wayne.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STlizES,
feb4-lm City Marshal
City Marshal’s Sale.
OFFICE CITY MARSHAL, >
Savannah, February 3, 1876. j"
U NDER RESOLUTION of the City Council c t
Savannah, acd by virtue of city tax execu
tions in my hands, I have levied on aud will set,
under direction of a special committee of Coun
cil, on the FIR?T TUESDAY IN MARCH, 1876,
between the legal hours ol sale, btfore the Court
House door in the city of Savannah, county ol
Chatham, and State of Georgia, the following
property, to wit;
Improvements on Lot No. 23 Currytown ward,
levied ou as the property of J. V. Connerat.
Lot No. 8 aud improvements, South Oglethorpe
ward; levied on as the property oi Mrs. Mary M.
Marshall.
Improvements on Lot No. 4?, Jackson warn;
levied on as the property of the Savannah Poor
House and Hospital.
Lot No. iu aud improvement?, Reynolds ward,
third tythiug; levied on as the property ol James
J. Waring.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
feb4-1m City Marshal
Jtotris aud ifstaurauts.
McCONNKLL’S
European House
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RESTAURANT.
PEN FROM 6 A. M. TILL MIDNIGHT.
Ladies’ Department separate entrance.
10 and 118 Bryan street. Opposite Screven
House, Sarannah. La.
Board, with room 52 per d*y.
Room*, without board 75c. to I 1 per day.
RESTAURANT SUPPLIED W1TU OYSTERS
IN EVERY STYLE.
FISH, GAM E. STEAKS, CHOPS AN D OTnER
DELICACIES in season, from Northern and
outhern markets, making this the only first class
restaurant in the city.
A. FERNANDEZ, Manager.
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FLAMERS’ HOTEL,
Cor. of Barnard & Bryan Sts,,
(Market Square, Savannah, Ga.)
A. E. CARR, Proprietor,
Formerly proprietor Magnolia House, Darien, Ga.
ROOMS LARGE AND AIRY! CONVEYANCES
AT STEAMERS AND RAILROADS I
Board $2 00 ppr Day, with Row*.
A LL conveniences, such as Telegraph, Po“t
A Office, '
’ i cold or hot Darns conuecuwy, axe;
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN IU
Office, Reading Room, flrst-ciass Ihe wr
Shop (with coid or hot baths connected), and
Billiards. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
GETTING UP SUPPERS FOR PRIVAT a
PARTIES, BALLS, ETC.
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METROPOLITAN HOTEL*
JK.SUP, GEORGIA.
Ou the Atlantic and Gulf and Macon and Brun.**'
wick Railroads.
A. M. IIAYWOOl*, PROPRIETOR-
ZT Trains stop in thirty feel of the bnuse,
from twenty to thirty minutes for each meal.
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HUES NAN’S
European House!
SAVA N N A II, G A.,
(Opposite New Market).
K00MS WITH BOARD $2 PKBDAV.
fine large and airy rooms alwass
IN READINESS FGK FAMILIES ANl
commercial travelers.
One of the attest RESTAURANTS in tile Soutt
attached to the home.
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iurnitnr*.
FURNITURE house,
g . h . jntiiiiBi
(Sacceeaor to 8. 8. Miller),
1G«> AND 171 BROUGHTON HTREKT.
FrtULL and carefully selected stock on nand.
F Ca*h CobSx solicited, with corresponding
price*. The U. S. Spring defies competition, a
Credit except to responsible parties.
Conmutor, guilder, &».
JOHN O. SMITH,
CONTRACTOR, CARPENTER