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Affairs in Georgia.
you are rather overdoing the thing,
Eleven
Able. No citizen of Atlanta,
who has steered clear of the Kimball-Blod-
eet-Bullock complication, is likely to balieve
that he has been made the target of abuse
jjv the newspapers of Georgia. On the con
trary, some of them, to our certain knowl-
ed'.e, approve everything that has been said
—in this column at least—about matters and
things that have recently occurred in the
capital.
The weather will he right warm by the 2d
of August.
Marietta is iu the mountains and Bruns-
wiik is on the seashore; but as an incentive
to scratching the red-bug is much superior
to tbo ilea.
Col. John T. Waterman, the versatile edi
tor of the LaGrango Reporter, writes: “Say
something about the ‘eleven able’ in your
next issue, won’t you? Just for variety,
von know.” We accede to the request with
more than ordinary pleasure—particularly
at we are at the same time enabled to
chronicle the fact that, in the opinion of
Col. Waterman, there is some variety about
the Eleven Able.
The editors of the Talbotton Stanford
and tho Fort Vailey Mirror have purchased
riding-suits preparatory to attending the
Centennial.
A Union Point youth eleven years of age,
pulls tho scales at twenty-three pounds. He
is said to be a remarkably bright lad.
A physician told the editor of the Irwin-
ton Southerner the other day that there were
four hundred cases of small-pox in Savan
nah. Gracious goodness 1
A Columbus grocer raises his ownliish
potatoes for sale. Ha has gathered four
one-horse wagon loads from an eighth of an
acre.
The Louisiana wool-grower, who was in
Pickens county the other day looking for a
suitable location, stole a horse and fled.
Coi. Murphy, of the Echlethorpe Ogo, has
returned from the Centennial. He had the
honor oi being present at the obsequies of
three bar-rooms.
Kendrick’s case was brought up in the
superior Court of Muscogee county the
other day, and postponed in order to give
the defendant time to procure the attend
ance of witnesses, by whom he proposes to
prove that Fanny Bush is not only several
years older than represented, but that she
has the reputation of being a girl of exceed
ingly loose character.
The Atlanta Constitution says the daily
and weekly press in certain portions of the
State are abusing the people of Atlanta as
‘•a pack of thieves, ccrruptionistB and ras
cals generally.” Are you not mistaken,
Eleven Able ? We have seen no such sweep
ing statement in any of our exchanges.
There are some mighty good men in Atlanta,
Eleven Able—men whom no editor would
think of abusing. It is the slack-wads the
papers are after.
Mr. Sherman Barnes, of Albany, who re
cently Bhot Mr. Dawson Feagin, surrendered
himself to the Sheriff last week, and gave
bond for his appearance.
The burglars and incendiaries are so bad
about Albany that a vigilance committee is
talked of.
The Atlanta Times doesn’t like the idea of
Gov. Smith going to St. Louis.
Primary meetings are good places at
which to start the Constitutional Conven
tion hall. They will afford a good oppor
tunity also to bring about the removai of
the State capital, and to load the gnn that
is to forever kill the bogus bonds.
There are fifteen defenseless boarders in
Dougherty county jail.
Speaking of the charge of slander made
by the Eleven Able Editors against certain
newspapers, the Marietta Journal makes
this neat ricochette shot: Now, if Bullock
and Blodgett did not get Atlanta citizens to
go on their bonds; and Bnllock could not
have got several pages of bondsmen if ne
cessary ; an 1 Kimball did not get two thou
sand Atlanta endorsers ; and Jack Jones, a
Georgian and a Democrat, did not fail to
promptly get Atlanta citizens to go on
his bond; and Bullock was not crowded
and gratified with visitors at his room at
the Kimball House; and a Constitution re
porter did not “bow” to the interviewed
Bullock, are reports not in accordance with
unimpeachable truth,but are all foul-mouth
ed “slanders’* upon the fair fame of Atlanta,
then the Constitution has done the “slan
dering,” for from its columns we gleaned
our information.
Macon Telegraph: We were pleased to
greet Hon. C. C. Kibbee in the city yester
day, looking more than usually vigorous
anil well. As the chairman of the most im
portant committee in the Senate, perhaps
no public citizen haB labored harder or ac
complished more for tho State than he dur
ing his connection with the Legislature.
His researches especially mto the mysteries
of the bond question, both at the capital
and iu New York, and the important facts he
speceeded in bringing to light, justly en
title him to the gratitude of the country.
Yr. Kibbee is a cool, clear-headed and elo
quent speaker, and stands in the very front
rank of Senators. It is said that he will be
a very prominent candidate for Congress in
•he eusuing campaign. We should hate to
he forced] to choose between the gallant
Cook and Mr. Kibbee.
New Y'ork South: Another voteran of the
old army and of the Confederate service,
General Lafayette McLaws. has become an
active advocate of the proposed inland
water road from the Mississippi river to the
Atlantic seaboard of Georgia. It was almost
wholly through his personal influence in
Washington that an appropriation has lately
been made by Congress to examine into the
plan suggested hy Col. Baiford, whereby tho
Allanticjharbors of Georgia shall be reached
by ike.boats of the Mississippi river. When
such men as Generai Joseph E. Johnston
and General McLaws advocate, and exert
.hemselyes in favor of this great Southern
ifiea, with unyielding persistence, it be
tokens something more than a mere spas
modic effort toward the building up of their
otate. From the investigation now soon .to
be made hy engineer officers of the govern
ment, the question as to the feasibility of
proposed water route will be fully de
termined, and depending upon this de-
meion the commerce of Georgia and Florida
as more at stake than in all other internal
improvements together.
AtlantaC onelilulion: From this time until
ne second of August each county in the
’“bmust hold its meeting and designate
r 8 • , delo Kates to the convention. Herein
Tli« a t * le °PP°rtunity of the people.
ese primary meetings are the strongholds
hr.?.'?,' 5 , r .fights and in them the masses are
nro ail! them they rule. We trust the
k,..u S , the State will at once take up the
count 0 * urK l n S the people to attend these
‘If meetings. Let every voter who can at-
«nn these primaries be present and let every
aSvif a i e . Be ? 110 the convention come fully
thn t ^ e wHl of his constituency. If
to oo-r ar ? P r °Perly aroused and brought
erv or/? their P art in 'he campaign tho
5L? f .„ “W.” . “cliques” and “combi-
convonti W1 ‘ be silenced, the choice of tho
Partv be truly the choice of the
to (eLl U 3 P®°P le » aad we will march out
wki£h y a h,°ml y 1° thlt unit y end harmony
r Wy. a ° 0Q < i become the Georgia Democ-
n<ic ocale : We read a statement
init-wwt SNA ? Morning News, of the 6th
el on- htlsv we heartily recommend to some
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, JUNE 10. 1876.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
the traveling agents in soliciting subscrip
tions, to ask people to take their county pa
per first and then to take the News. More-
over, they are not allowed to solicit any job
work which can conveniently be done at a
country Gffiec.” These are what we
call noble sentiments. If some of the
behemoths of the city press would ceage
cutting down the prices of job work to such
ruinously low rates, the country press would
not have such hard times. Those offices
can, from the fact that they have machinery
and can do work at less expense, make such
propositions to the people that we small fry
of the country can scarcely hold our own.
We can conscientiously proclaim the Savan
nah News the very best paper in Georgia,
and Mr, Estill’s prosperity is owing to the
fact that he has devoted his energies to
making his paper a good one. We hope he
may go on “prospering and to prosper.”
Augusta Chronicle: A frightful explosion,
resnltipg in the death of two men and the
wounding of another, occurred at the
“shoo-fly” mill of Messrs. Perkms & Bro.,
in Burke county, nesr the Screven line,
eight miles from Lawton, on the Central
Railroad, yesterday morning at half-past
five o’clock. The workmen had just com
menced preparations for the day’s work
when the accident occurred. There were
four men in the mill at the time—Messrs.
Thos. A.Wallace, Jos.W. Hawes, Henry Sex
ton and a colored man who acted as fireman.
Without premonition the boiler exploded,
bursting into two portions. One of these
struck Mr. Hawes and the other Mr. Wallace.
The latter was instantly killed. Mr. Hawes
died in fifteen minutes. He was horribly
scalded. Mr. Sexton was painfully scalded,
but Dot seriously injured. The colored fire
man was not hurt at all. One piece of the
boiler passed to the right and the other to
the left of him. He stated to parties who
reached the wreck a short time after the
accident that there were only 120 pounds of
steam on and that there was a plenty of
watorjust before tho explosion. The mill
and engiue were completely wrecked and
will prove a total loss. It will cist $2,500 to
replace them. Mr. Hawes leaves a wife and
seven children. Mr. Wallace was a Bingle
man.
Cartersville Express: We have visited
since our last issue portions of Bartow,
Gordon and Pickens counties. We took
great pains to learn from the farmers what
we could abont the wheat prospect. The
information wo received is very discourag-
ng indeed. One month or six weeks ago
there never was a finer prospect for a splen
did wheat year. A great deal of land has
been sown down, and it was expected we
should have a rich harvest, and that times
would be better. But we are only
to meet sad disappointment. Every
disease to which wheat is subject to
has appeared to destroy onr oply
hopes, and we cannot expect much over a
» half crop. East upon the blade, the Hes
sian fly, a kind of white blast and a falling
down of tho stalks before ready for the har
vesting, combine to make tho prospect ex
ceedingly gloomy. Wo are glad, however,
to say that the oat prospect has not been so
good’ as we are told, in ten years. A large
breadth of laDd has been sown, and we hear
of instances where it is expected the yield
will be from forty to sixty bushels per acre.
The corn and cotton are looking well, but
there are so many contingencies between
now and fall that nothing more can be said.
Capture of a Shark—A Curious State
ment.
Bay Port, Fla., May 30, 187G.
Editor Morning News:
Capt. James Canute, of the sloop Gen.
Worth, killed a large shark in our bay on
Saturday, the 27th ult. (of what he terms
the “nourse” variety), weighing 250
pounds, which on opening we found to
contain ten young sharks, each about two
feet in length. Now, the singular part of
it to me is that these voracious monsters
of the deep, bear and produce their
young as the “mammalia,” and not by
deposit of spawn or eggs as other of the
“ finny tribe.” I also discovered
that they were nourished by a
regular placenta, and just behind the
lower back fin that there were two
“teat-like” protuberances resembling the
teats of a cow or goat, which would
seem to indicate that they suckle their
young. What do you think of this?
Does the natural history of these crea
tures warrant these conclusions ? I am
informed by the old coasters and water
men hero that porpoises cuckle their
young like the mammalia.
Yours truly,
J. S. Bruner.
“Useful” Blaine.
Now that we are beginning to get at
the bottom facts, it is apparent that bnily
Blaine did not act the foolish part in at
tempting to squelch the Mulligan-Fisher
letters. The true inwardness of those
letters presents the hero of the bloody
shirt in an unenviable dilemma. If our
telegrams published in another column
this morning be true, Blaine was either
corrupt or he sought to create upon other
parties the impression that he was cor
rupt; he either was ready to use his
position as Speaker of the National House
of Representatives for personal gain or
he sought personal gain from Messrs.
Fisher and Caldwell by creating the
impression that he would so use his
high position. He was ready to act
corruptly or he sought to cheat Fisher
and Caldwell by creating the impression
that he would be corrupt and that his
corruption would inure to their benefit.
He tells Fisher on the 29th of June, 1869,
he would be no “dead head” in the fu
ture. He tells him on the 4th of Octo
ber following that he had been no “dead
head” in the past, but had done excellent
service. No doubt “a man of affairs” as
Blaine describes himself to be, and one
of his experience would indeed “see va
rious channels in which he could be use
ful.” No doubt! An interested and un
scrupulous Speaker is one of the most
“useful” persons in the world when the
lobby has a scheme to carry through,
especially one who knows when to send
his “page” and to whom !
Blame’s judgment was good. No mere
surmise or suspicion of the uninformed
public mind as to the contents of the
Mulligan-Fisher letters would have been
half as damaging as is the truth. It was
but natural that he should resort to any
means to get possession of them.— Wil
mington journal.
Death of a Miser.—William Iiiley, the
man who died near Pohick last week,
leaving a jug full of money, was known
as a miser, and among the $1,170 75 in
specie that were found after his death
was the first piece of money he ever
owned—a dime. The cause of his death
was an injury he received a week before
he died by falling through the railroad
bridge over Pohick run. It was known
by his neighbors that he had money con •
cealed somewhere, for he told them so,
and said that none of his kinsfolk should
have it. He selected his burying place,
and as it was nowhere near that of any
other member of his family, it was sup
posed, and as it turned out rightly, that
he wanted to be put close to his treasure
so as to guard it, and a search resulted
in finding it a short distance from his
grave. His treasure was buried in a jug,
from which the mouth had been knocked
off, and the hole in it covered by the half
of a soldier’s canteen, and was divided
equally among eight heirs, John Hall,
who made the division, charging each of
them fifty cents.— Alexandria Gazette,
3d. <
A Gloomy Outlook.—The Parkers
burg (West Va.) Times of the 15th inst.
says: “We were on a short trip down the
river, where many alarming indications
came under our observation. Most of
the people feel dejected, and the belief is
taking hold of about all classes that, if no
change to a better financial condition
should take place in the next six months,
there will be terrible riots and outbreaks
in all parts of the country. Whi e Con
gressmen are enjoying themselves at
Washington the people are suffering more
and more every day, and hundreds and
thousands being without work, and hav
ing no means of living, starvation stares
into their faces, and still oo rays of relief
are visible, even in the distant future.
Such a continued depression never exist
ed in this country; it seems impossible to
endure it any longer; and still Congress
is wasting its preciouB time without dar
ins to heed the terrible situation and
ing m> im ,
by megrim
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TIIE MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
A SUIT AGAINST JACOB THOMPSON
Old Zach Chandler Wants to Recover
Some Money.
THE SITUATION IN THE EAST.
Serbia Preparing: to Join the Insurgents,
SUIT AGAINST JACOB THOMPSON.
Washington, Jane 9.—A few days since
Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, and
Hon. Casey Young, of Tennessee, called
upon Secretary Chandler and presented
the following letter:
The Ebbitt House, Washington, \
Jane 1, 1876. f
Hon. Z. Chandler, Secretary of the Interior:
Sib—Some person has sent to my address
at Memphis, Tennessee, the Evening Star,
published at Washington, May 22, 1876,with
the following paragraph marked :
“Secretary Chandler denies the published
statement that he intends, if the Senate shall
decide that it has jurisdiction, to recom
mend to the House the impeachment of one
Thompson, who was Secretary of the Inte
rior before the war, for abstracting more
than $700,000 of the public monies. He
adm its haying made the remark, but only
as a joke. He says, however, that there is
no doubt as to Thompson’s guilt, and that
he is wealthy enough to replace the amount
to tho government, and should bo made to
do it.”
I havo neither the right nor inclination to
act upon the assumption that the statement
in this paragraph is authorized by you, or
justified by anything you have said. Permit
me, therefore, to call your special attention
to tho article, and respectfully to inquire of
you if it does represent you truly. Please
give me as prompt a reply as your conve
nience will permit.
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) J. Thompson.
The only reply to the above letter was the
service of a process upon Mr. Thompson
this morning of a civil suit to recover one
million of dollars, principal and interest, of
the bonds stolen and the amount received
by the defendant from the Confederate
States, and which, it is alleged, reverted to
and became the property of the Uuited
States.
THE EASTERN TROUBLES.
London, June 9.—It is rumorod that the
eldest son of the Saltan has committed
suicide.
The Times's Berlin dispatch says that Aus
tria has determined that she will now op
pose Russian politics in the East. The
Prince of Montenegro has openly assumed
oommand of the insurgents. He has is
sued written instructions to the various
rebel chiefs, and is concentrating all his
forces in the neighborhood of Polgaritzo.
A Russian official telegram confirms the
reports that the insurgents are determined
to refuse the armistice. Gen. Tchernayeff,
writing from Belgrade to the Itusks Mir,
states that the Servian army consists of
12,000 men, and the militia of 100,000 more.
The Servians are convinced that war is a
moral necessity. M. Milletics, leader of the
Servian liberals in Hungary in an editorial
published in the Zastava, uses these words:
“We are speaking deliberately when we as
sert that a Servian war against tho Turks is
more absolutely certain than anything in
the world.”
Berlin, May 9.—The National ZeiXung of
to-day says it’learns from a well informed
source that Prince Bismarck was summoned
to Berlin solely to personally report to the
Emperor on the latest phase ol events in
Turkey. The Zeitung adds that the Ger
man policy continues to aim, above all thiDgs,
at the preservation of the peace of Europe,
and leading political circles are couviuied
that the efforts in that direction will be suc
cessful. The statement that a conference
between the Chancellors of Germany, Rus
sia and Austria is impending needs confirm
ation. Up to yesterday afternoon noJhiDg
was known here of any such conference.
Constantinople, June 9.— Shiek Wislam
has forbidden the Softas to carry arms or
to congregate in the public thoroughfares.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Washington, Juae 9.—In the Senate,
Davis, from the Committee on Commerce,
reported with amendments the House bill
to amend certain sections of titles 48 and 52
of the revired statutes of the United States
concerning commerce and navigation, and
the regulation of steam vessels. Placed on
the calendar.
For the first time this session the official
reporters of committees are idle. There is
nothing going on at the capitol.
WINSLOW.
Manchester, Jane 9.—The Guardian's
London correspondent says it is very prob
able that Winslow will be liberated on Jane
15th, as it appears from the correspondence
submitted to Parliament that there is little
likelihood that a supplementary bill cover
ing his case will be agreed upon by them.
FROM MADRID.
Madrid, June 9.—Daring the debate yes
terday in the Senate on the new constitution,
the Bishop of Salamanca said the Spanish
prelates would always oppose religious
toleration as incompatible with Catholicism.
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.
London, June 9.—The vote for the Duke
of Connaught’s establishment on his
marriage with Princess Frederica, daughter
of the ex-King of Hanover, will be submit
ted to Parliament this session.
DEATH OF A CELEBRATED AUTHOR.
Paris, June 9.—Georges Sands died in her
chateau at Nohaut, surrounded by hel*
friends.
Evening Telegrams.
A LIVELY DAY IN CONGRESS.
BULLY BLAINE TRYING THE BROW
BEATING GAME.
Sammy Cox Gets His Back Up.
SUIT AGAINST JACOB THOMPSON.
England an d the Eastern Question.
CHANDLER’S SUIT AGAINST THOMPSON.
Washington, June 9.—Mr. Thompson s&ys
the suit brought against him is to make him
pecuniarily responsible for the dishonest act
of a clerk. 8oon after the bonds were ab
stracted a Congressional committee was ap
pointed, of which Roscoe Conkling was a
member. The committee exonerated Mr.
Thompson of all blame. The report says :
“The committee deem it but just to add
that they discovered nothing to involve the
late Secretary, Hon. Jacob Thompson,
in the slightest degree in the fraud. The
Secretary should perhaps have exercised a
more watchful guardianship over the stock
and the movements of liis subordinates.”
None of the committee agreed politically
with Mr. Thompson. Mr. Chandler claims
that the Confederate archives in possession
of the government show that Thompson
held some unexplained balances of the Con
federacy which Bhould be paid to the United
States. Mr. Thompson has a receipt given
him by the Confederate Government on a
final settlement of his acoounts. This suit
may put Mr. Thompson to some expense and
trouble, but nothing else is apprehended.
In the suit the fifth count charges that de
fendant, on the 20th day of August, 1866,
received the sum of $1,000,000, being the
amount received from the so-called Con
federate Slates ol Amerioa, and which sail
aum reverted to and became the property of
the plaintiff, which he retained and did not
pay over to plaintiff. The suit is for two
millions, one with interest from 1857 and
the other from 1866.
SUICIDE.
Atlanta, June 9.—F. F. Johnson, pro
prietor of the Grantville Hotel, hung him
self this morning with a rope fastened to the
door-facing. His legs and feet rested on
the floor, and he was literally choked to
death. No cause is assigned for the act
He wrote a farewell letter to his family.
THE ORIENTAL.
Boston, June 9 The steamer Oriental
has been condemned as not worth the cost
of getting her afloat, and she will be sold at
auction. Her cargo has been discharged in
a damaged condition.
TEE WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
Wheeling, Juno 9.—The Democratic Con
vention nominated Henry Matthews for Gov
ernor. The delegates are reported to be for
Thurman. The resolutions demand the re
peal of the resumption act.
SUMMONED.
Lawrence, Kan., June 9.—Ex-Secretary
of the Interior J. P. Usher has been sum
moned to Washington to testify abont the
Kansas Paoifio bonds said to have been ob-
CONGRESSIONAL. •
Washington, Jane 8.—In the Senate, the
Committee on Commerce reported- the
steamboat bill with amendments. Placed
on the calendar.
The Secretary reports that the pension
bill which passed the House for soldiers and
sailors of 1812 will require about one hun
dred and fifty thonsand dollars per annain.
The post office appropriation bill was re
sumed. West, who had charge of the bill,
explained the amendments proposed by the
Senate. During the discussion Sherman
said the Senator from Maine (Hamlin)
some time ago, in an able speech,
showed there was a deficiency from carrying
the newspapers of the country amounting
to $690,000. The whole amount paid by
the newspapers towards carrying their mad
was $1,000,000. Had not the Senate courage
to deal with this matter ? Had the news
paper such a power over Senators ? Was
there such terror of them that the Senate
conld not do what was right? He acknowl
edged that the power of the newspapers
was great in the dissemination of intelli
gence, but any respectable newspaper
publisher would consider himself in
sulted if told that he was a beneficiary
of the government in this respect.
The Senate should havo courage to raise
the postage on newspapers if every newspa
per in the land cried out against it. He had
conversed with many newspaper publishers
about this subject and they all said Congress
had fixed the rate too low. He was in favor
of increasing the rate 4, 5 and even 6 cents
a pound to have a solution of this trouble.
The last eight sections of the bill au fust-
ing the compensation of postmasters, pro
viding new rates for postal railway service,
and fixing the rate on mail matter of the
third class at one cent for each two ounces,
which the Committee on Appropriations re
commended be stricken ont, were stricken
out, and, on metionof Withers, they were re
ferred to the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, that there might be considered
and appropriate bills reported to change tho
existing law. The appropriation bill was
then reported and passed.
lUnsom introduced a bill to remove tho
political disabilities of General D. H. Hill,
of North Carolina.
In the House, tho bill allowing Mrs. James
K. Polk $1,500 for supplies to the army
passed.
Mr. Hunton moved to lay the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the Judiciary
Committee was directed to print the testi
mony in tho Blaine investigation on the
table.
Page suggested that the motion be with
held till Blaine was present.
Blaine, entering in hot haste, cried:
“Here I am!” He then struggled to have
the motion withdrawn. Blaine was assured
that his dispatch should be published for
what it was worth.
Randall—Will the gentleman from Maine
ask the House now that the telegram be
embodied in the proceedings of the com
mittee ?
Blaine—Yes; I am after that very thing,
and I want the official telegram. The gen
tleman from Kentucky (Knott) after keeping
it in his pocket five days (indignant calls to
order from the Democratic side, seconded
by the load hammering of the Speaker’s
gavel), gave It, as I understand, to the As
sociated Press, but has never given it to the
House.
Glover, of Missouri, aud other Democratic
members rose to questions of order, but
Blaine held his position and, iu the midst of
great uproar and confusion, asserted that all
the members on the Democratic side of the
House were out of order.
The Speaker pro tem. required the gentle
man from Maine aud other members who
were standing to take their seats, and added
that the gentleman from Maine was out of
order and that no one knew it better than
himself.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, demanded to be
informed whether the utterances of a mem
ber delivered out of order should be pub
lished in the Record.
The Speaker pro tem. replied that there
was no rule on the subject. He added, that
when he gave the House assurance yester
day that he would recognize the gentleman
from Maine to call up h s motion to recon
sider, he did not mean to preclude, nor
could he preclude, any other member from
moving at the proper time to lay the mo
tion to reconsider on the table. How, he
asked, could ho take tho gentleman from
Virginia off the floor?
Kasso-i raised the point of order that
Hunton’s motion was out of order.
The Speaker pro tem. overruled the point
of order.
Blaine, fiercely—On what ground?
The Speaker pro tem., coolly—The chair
is not bound to give its reasons.
Blaine, Bcornfully—I never heard a
Speaker refuse to give the reasons for his
decision.
The Speaker pro tem., severoly—The gen
tleman is out of order now. (Applause on
the Democratic side.)
Blaine—Certainly. Have you any rea
son ?
The Speaker pro tem., more severely—
The gentleman has no right to make a collo
quy with the chair.
Blaine—The chair does not seem disposed
to hear a colloquy.
The Spoaker finally put the question to
the House on Hunton’s motion, and Garfield
called for the yeas and nays, and they were
ordered. Then the Republicans resorted to
the plan of withholding their votes, so as to
defeat action by want of a quorum. After
the roll was called, but before the announce
ment of the result, Springer, of Illinois,
rose to a parliamentary inquiry, when
Blaine immediately started to his feet and
objected.
Springer suggested to Blaine that he was
entirely forgetting his position, and the
Speaker pro tem. calmly explained that it
was always the practice of the chair to hear
a parliamentary inquiry.
Blaine—During the roll call ? Never 1
The Speaker pro tem.—The roll call has
been completed.
Blaine—Never such a thing has been done.
The Speaker pro tem., with great severity
of manner—It is highly improper and hard
ly decent for the gentleman to confer with
the chair in that peculiar style.
Blaine—The gentleman’s (Springer’s) in
quiry is merely dilatory.
Springer—I deny the gentleman’s right to
impugn my motives.
Blaine—the clerk has read the vote and
I demand that it bo announced.
The Speaker pro tem The chair cannot
announce the vote before it is handed to
him.
gBlaine—The vote has been read. I de
mand that it be announced. (Shouts of
“out of order” from the Democratic side.)
Springer—I demand that the gentleman
from Maine take his seat and be in order.
Blaine—I am in order.
The Speaker pro tem.—If the gentleman
from Maine will not take his seat when he is
properly called to order, the chair will not
only require him to do so under the rules,
but will call on the officers of the House to
enforce its orders. (Applause on the Demo
cratic side.)
Foster, of Ohio, in an undertone—Call
them in I Fetch them in!
Blaine, taking his seat—I will be seated
with pleasure when otherB are.
The Speaker pro tem.—The gentleman
from Maine stated that the chair should
have announced the vote at the time the
imputation was made, which was intended
to go to the country as an imputation on the
fairness of the chair. Tho chair now pro
ceeds to annonnee, in a proper and formal
manner, the vote on the question, whioh is
now for the first time handed to him, and
all statements to the contrary are positively
and infamously false. The chair sayB so on
honor. (Applause on the Democratic side).
Blaine (tauntingly)—That is very parlia
mentary language.
The vote was then announced as yeas 121,
nays 23—no quorum.
Springer—My point of order is this
Blaine—No points of order.
The Speaker pro tem.—The gentleman is
not Speaker of the House now. (Applause
and laughter on the Democratic side.)
Blaine—But I am a member.
Great confusion followed for some time,
when Morrison offered the following:
Resolved, That all evidence taken by tho
Judiciary Committee, under the authority
of the resolutions of Mr. Luttrell and Mr.
Tarbox, be printed, and that the dispatch
signed “Josiah Caldwell” be also printed as
a part of the record in the case, and said
committee shall examine any witnesses who
may be called, who may have heard said
Caldwell make the statements or contradic
tory statements, and the evidence of snch
witnesses shall also be printed with the
other evidence taken by the committee.
The Speaker pro tein.—Is there any ob
jection ?
Hoar, of Massachusetts—I object.
As the confnsion and excitement on the
floor showed no signs of abatement, the
Speaker pro tem. directed the doorkeeper to
excludo from the floor all persons not en
titled to the privilege, and preserve order in
the galleries, annonneing it as his determi-
tion to break np this system of claqnerism
in the House. Finally, Blaine’s motion to
reconsider was tabled—126 to 91.
Mr. Cox occupied the chair.
ENGLAND AND THE EASTIRN QUESTION.
London, June 9.—Disraeli, answering a
question in the House of Commons, said
the Berlin memorandum has been with
drawn. England and the other powers agree
npon certain points, among which is one
cot to exercise an nndne pressure upon the
Porte. Russia, France and England have
made successful representations to Servia
for the maintenance of peace.
SUICIDE or AN EDITOR.
New York, Jane 9 Dr. Meincke, editor
of the Retie Brusticse, committed suicide to-
FLORIDA DEMOCRACY.
First Day’s Proceedings ot the State Con
vention.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.J
Quincy, June 7, 1876.
All the delegates arrived to-day, with the
exception of those from Brevard ana Dade,
two small counties in South Florida, and
those from Manatee and Monroe, who miss
ed the connection at Cedar Keys, and con
sequently are delayed. The convention
would have proceeded with the nominations
this evening but for the fact ot the promise
of the presence of those delegates on to
morrow, a telegraphic dispatch having been
received that snch an event was highly
probable.
a lively scene.
It was quite a lively scene when abont one
hnndred delegates ponred into tfewn from
this morning’s train, with a brass band and
a drum and fife corps, in full discharge of
duty. Iu the exchange of greetings, aDd
the fall satisfaction that there was a
splendid tnrn ont of the people from all
sections ot the State, men did feel that
their ardent hopes of a political change
next fall would be realized, and their nerves
were strenghtened and their will mado
stouter by snch a lond-spoken demonstra
tion of the deep-seated and earnest interest
felt in the importance of carrying the ensu
ing State elections.
PERSONNEL OF THE CONVENTION.
The convention is a body of fine-looking
and intelligent men. By reference to the
list of delegates present, it will be seen that
there wero many among them of Florida’s
distinguished sons who have been highly
honored in the past. In one group I saw
ex-Congressmau Walker aud ex-United
States Senators Maxwell and Baker canvass
ing together. There were a goodly num
ber of first-class solid men, too, present,
and substantial men in many of the various
occnpations of life. A noticeable feature
was the fine order of talent shown by onr
young men who, probably for the first time,
have attended a State political convention;
among others may be mentioned S. R. Mal
lory, Jr., and Yonge of Escambia, Hart-
ridge of Duval, Erwin and Ferguson of
Marion.
Interesting discussion.
In the discussion on the manner ot se
lecting a State Executive Committee, Hil
ton, Dupont, Raney, Mallory, Hull, Blox-
ham, Turnbull, Pasco, Call, Stanley, McCas-
kill, Payne and others participated. It took
a wide range, and did much good in impos
ing npon delegates the importance of such
a committee and its responsible dnties. In
connection with a proposition to suggest a
plan for conducting the campaign. Flem
ing, ol Duval, made a telling speech, just
thejsort that ought to be made. It breathed
the spirit that echoed loudly throngh the
miDds and hearts of earnest and interested
men, for it pointed the wav to success.
DISTRICT CONVENTION.
At 8 p. m. this convention was organized,
and Hon. S. Pasco was elected permanent
President and Col. J. Ira Gore Secretary. It
postponed its nomination for Congress until
to-morrow, awaiting the arrival of Manatee
and Monroe, these counties being in the
First Congressional District.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
At 12 in. a Democratic and Conservative
Convention of the State of Florida con
vened, and was called to order by Hon. S.
Pasco, Chairman of the State Executive
Committee, who proceeded to read the au
thorized call therefor, Whereupon S. Pasco
was unanimously elected temporary Chair
man, and F. R. Fildes and H. A. Conley,
temporary Secretaries.
An motion of Gen. W. D. Barnes, a Com
mittee on Credentials, to consist of ono
from each Judicial District of the State
was appointed by the Chair, to-wit: Gen.
W. D. Barnes, George P. Baney, J. L. Inglis,
Wilk Call, T. C. Lanier, H. J. Dykes and M.
A. Hull.
On motion of Col. B. B. Hilton the mem
bers of the State Executive Committee were
invited to seats on the floor with all the
privileges of members, except that of vo
ting, and members of the pross invited to
seats. The convention then adjourned to
3 o’clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 3 o’clock p. m. the convention reassem
bled. The Committee on Credentials sub
mitted its report, which was received aud
accepted, and by direction of the conven
tion the roll of counties was called, aud tho
followiog delegates and alternates were
found to bo present:
Alachua county—George Helvinston, A.
C. Acle, Wm. Strickland, S. C. Tucker, J. B.
Brown, John M. Taylor, H. Elliott, proxy.
Baker—J. R. Herndon, S. D. Roberts.
Bradford—W. I. Weeks.
Calhoun—S. S. Alderman, A. J. Wood.
Clay—R. B. Conover, Wm. Peeler.
Columbia—C. A. Finley, A. B. Hagan, W.
J. Barnett, G. A. Ellis, Jacob Ellis, D. N.
Cone, T. W. Getzer.
Duval—Uriah Bowdon, W. Call, S. B.
Hubbard, J. H. Payno, M. A. Dzialynski, J.
E. Hartridge, Miles Price, A. Doggett, Jas.
M. Baker, L. J. Firming, C. Drew, C. P.
Cooper, proxie, H. D. McCallum.
Escambia—Edward Riley, B. L. Anderson,
M. Sallivan, A. E. Maxwell, J. E. Yonge, J.
O’Neal, G. A. Stanley, S. R. Mallory, Jr., W.
A. Blonnt, J. B. Gnttman.
Franklin—W. G. Orman, A. M. Harris,
W. Baker, John G. Ruge.
Gadsden—Jesse Wood, J. H. Dorsey, R,
H. M. Davidson, C. H. DuPont, J. H. Gee,
T. E. James, E. C. Love, A. K. Aliisoo, S.
B. Love, W. J. Scull, W. H. Scott, T. M.
Wilson, J. C. Walker, P. A. Stockton, D. W.
Hollamon, Archibald Nicholson, J. P. Ma-
thison, S. B. Stephens, J. J. R. Love, M. B.
Owens, H. H. Spear, O. W. Pittmaq, C. E.
L. Aliison, W. W. Shelier, A. J. Smith, H. S.
Reeves, J. J. Dickinson, E. S. Shepard, M.
Bates, R. P. Green, J. H. Sylvester, D. A.
McDougal, B. Shider, M. Morgan, E. P. Dia-
rnukes, H. Marlow, J. P. Hargrove, Joseph
Fletcher, Simon Fleishman, J. M. Wilson,
Jason Gregory.
Hamilton—W. A. Rowland, H. J. Stewart,
John M. Hendry.
Hernando—C. Q. Nevitt, J. T. McKeown,
A. F. Mane, H. T. Dikes.
Hillsborough—John Miller, J. W. Robert
son, John S. Taylor.
Holmes—Thomas Hannah, proxy.
Jackson—W. D. Barnes, H. C.’Lewis, J.
H. McKinne.
Jefferson—J. S. Tucker, A. D. Walker, R.
Turnbull, W. Bellinger, W. S. Jones, J. D.
Turner, Jr., F. R. Fildes, Smith Simkins,
A. O. Wright, W. B. Lamar, J. B. Christie,
E. L. Clark.
Lafayette—A. S. Ackley.
Leon—W. D. Bloxham, Geo. P. Raney,
T. W. Brevard, D. S. Walker, P. Houston,
H. C. Kippey, S. W. Myers, R. A. Shine, A.
B. Hawkins, W. H. Wilson, R. C. Parkhill,
H. Perkins, R. B. Hilton, C. C. Pearce, J. 8.
Winthrop, A. L. Mosely, A. L. Randolph, H.
U. Felkel, C. E. Dyke, Sr., P. P. Lewis.
Levy—J. Ira Gore, E. J. Lutlerloh.
Liberty—J. B. Talley, Moses Beasley.
Madison—J. L. English, Wm. H. Gile, J.
E. Hines, D. B. Maxwell, T. Randall, J. F.
F. ythewood, J. R. Walker, W. E. Howell, B.
F. Wardlaw, Thomas Langford, R. J. Mays,
W. H. Waring, A. DeLaughter, M. W. Lin
ton, W. B. Tedder.
JIarion—Wm. Cox, J. F. McDonald, E. H.
Erwin, J. F. Ferguson, S. F. Row.
Nassau—C. W. Yolee, D. Ogilovo, W. M.
Maxwell, W. A. Mahoney, W. N. Thompson.
Orange—N. A. Hall, VV. B. Dickinson, G.
H. Packwood, W. B. Randolph, Nat Poyntz,
G. Arnold.
Polk—J. McAnlev, C. L. Mitchell.
Pntnam— W. L. L. Bowen, S. J. Kennerly,
F. L. Dancy, A. J. Beach.
Santa Rosa—William Judge, E. Chadwick.
St. John’s—John Westcott, B. F. Oliveros,
J. T. Lambias, William Mickler.
Sumter—T. C. Lanier, H. A. Conley.
Suwannee—S. T. Overstreet, J. J. White,
H. A. Wise. •
Taylor—C. B. Whidden.
Volusia— L. J. FlemiDg, J. M. Baker,
proxies.
Wakulla—J. L. Crawford, W. W. Walker,
T. F. Swearingen. •
Walton—A. L. McC&skill, F. McCaskill.
Washington—Wm. Miller, Thomas Han
nah.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
On motion of Colonel B. F. Wardlaw,
Hon. A. E. Maxwell, of Escambia, was
elected permanent President oi the Conven
tion by acclamation, and the chair appointed
Messrs. Hilton, Wardlaw and Crawford a
committee to escort him to his seat. The
President then addressed the convention.
On motion of B. B. Hiiton, Gen. W. D.
Barnes, C. Drew, S. Pasco and H. T. Sikes
were elected Vice Presidents, and F. R.
Fildes, Hugh A. Conley and C. E. Dyke, Jr.,
permanent Secretaries.
On motion of Wilk Call, a committee
consisting of one from each county was
appointed to draft resolutions. The
chair appointed said committee as fol
lows: J. B. Brown, W. T. Weeks, 8. 8. A1 •
derman, Wm. Peeler, A. B. Hagan, Wilk
Call, G. A. Stanley, W. T. Ormond, 8. B.
Stephens, H. J. Stewart, A. S. Mann, John
Robertson, Thom&s Hannah, J. H. Mc
Kinne, R. Turnbull, A. 8. Ackley, W. D.
Bloxham. J. Ira Gore, W. Talley, B. F.
Wardlaw, D. H. Erwin, C. W. Ynlee, G. B.
Dickison, C. L. Mitchell, W. L. Bowen, Wm.
Jndge, J. Westcott, T. C. Lanier, J. F.
White, O. B. Whidden, L. J. Fleming, J. L.
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The manner of selecting a State Execu
tive Committee caused considerable disens-
sion, bnt was finally disposed of by the
adoption of the following motion, submitted
by Wilk Call, to-wit: “That a State Execu
tive Committee of five be appointed by the
President and Vice-President, three of
whom shall conatitnte a quorum, and be lo
cated as to residence at a most suitable
point for communication, and the said com
mittee shall have power to fill all vacancies,
and to hold their office until their success
ors be appointed.”
MISCELLANEOUS.
Captain Tucker, of Jefferson, read the
resolutions of the Democracy of Jefferson
county, which were referred to the Commit
tee on Resolution*.
On motion of H. C. Ripley, of Leon, all
resolutions were referred to the Committee
on Resolutions.
The convention then adjourned to 10
o’clock a. m. to-morrow.
Jacob.
LETTEK FROM ADRIANUS.
Flashing and Crashing—The End of a
Comet—Bright ns Night—The Way to
Busty Death—Corrections Admissible—
An Outrnge.
[Special Correspondence of the Morning News.]
Jacksonville, June 7, I87G:'
WILL HE RETIRE ?
The recent exhibition of Kadical re
crimination at Madison would seem to
justify the impression that the Florida
usurpers, having exhausted themselves in
attempts to disturb the respectable people
of the State, have at last inaugurated a
formidable internicine war in their own
encampment. It would have furnished
food for reflection to listen to the
brilliant accusations against the immacu
late leaders of this curious party which
escaped from the mouths of numerous
exasperated orators in their own house
hold. And it will not be doubted that
these thunderings were the honest ex
pression of the opinions which one faction
entertained for its temporary adversaries,
nor will it be seriously disputed that the
thorough acquaintance of one cabal with
the other renders it a competent au
thority upon its neighbors’ shortcomings
and rascality. It is not necessary here
to repeat the frequent condemnation
which one colored speaker lavished upon
Conover, and which another embellished
the character of Stearns with, but the
specifications were indubitably faithful
representations of the general pecu
liarities of these crafty Republican?.
Sometimes in the annealing heat of the
controversial agitation an African de
bater would stigmatize one of these
empirics as a Democrat, and to this we
rear a most inflexible objection, for it
is to be protested that the complainants
were laboring under vitally erroneous
conclusions. YVith this exception the
portrayal of the leaders of the
Radical riot was graphic and life-like.
In order to supply the deficiencies of this
article the reader will only be required to
conjure up all the abusive epithets and
distorted expletives at command to secure
avivid and realistic notion of the instincts
of Radical imposters as described by their
allies. The quantity of bad blood exist
ing between what one of the ranters fa
cetiously designated as “the armies of
purity,” makes it a matter of small won
der that two separate candidates for the
offices were precipitated into the field,
and it is questionable whether either of
the contending boobies will evacuate the
stronghold. Even though the principals
should contemplate a compromise their
accessories constitute an insurmount
able barrier to its consummation.
The nomination of David Montgomery
as Lieutenant Governor by the Steamsites
was the result of a bargain. The Madi
son county delegates were Bisbee men,
aud were converted to the Soap-Fat man’s
cause by Montgomery in consideration of
the nomination of himself to the second
place on the ticket. Let us suppose that
Stearns would desire for “the unification
of the party” to hustle himself off of the
stage. This might be an easily lubricated
arrangement if the “Gubner” had all to
say concerning it, but Montgomery's
celebrated disposition for sticking to any
thing he gets possession of would not
suffer any such modification. In other
words, the Lieutenant would adhere rnu-
cilaginously to the original compact. On
the opposite hand, Josiah A. Lee has
been jerked up with the avowed
purpose of controlling several thousand
indefinable native votes, and as be
is indisputably imbued with the idea that
this delusion of his influence is well-
founded, he will inevitably refuse to be
deposed from his conspicuous eminence.
A person of Lee’s calibre is never victim
ized by more than one idea. Therefore,
as each of the contestants is over-ween-
iDglv afflicted by an unaccountable confi
dence in his own strength, the contend
ing forces will continue alive for an
indefinite period, if not longer; and there
is scarcely any probability that a coalition
will be effected, or affected, speedily, and
the approach of a conflict of vast dimen
sions is readily discernible. In different
. portions of the State already anti-Stearns
meetings are being held to vent the su
perlative indignation of the Radical
voters favorable to Conover. To-night,
in Jacksonville, a rousing demonstration
of congregated apes will occur, and
volumes of lurid lightning may reason
ably he expected to coruscate hereabouts.
It will encounter every observer with the
cogency of an apprehension that neither
Stearns nor Conover could survive the
humiliation of a retrograde, and that the
salvation of both of these worthies de
pends largely and inimitably npon their
remaining firm and inexorable.
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
In the days that are at present engaged
in the execution of a rapid dead march
towards oblivion, it seldom happens that
an instance of self-immolation, assuming
the resplendent garb of unrequited affec
tion, arises to startle humanity and ex
tort angels sighs. The world is
growing too ineffably prosaic to exten
uate imbecility of this description, and
yet it rarely makes any material
difference to the victim what the opinion
of mankind may be. Enter Frank Clay,
a brindle mulatto of Jacksonville, who
assuredly merits circulation for the in
tensity of his sentiments and density of
his blood. His Sarah was nnimpression -
able and deaf to entreaty, expostulation
and despair. Rumor soon connected the
name of Sarah with that of a fellow other
than Frank, and the colored social circle
was perturbed to its very remotest re
cesses. What waslife to Frank without his
Sarah ! ye scoffers, who have never loved
more than half a dozen damsels at a time.
It was absolutely the acme of nothing
ness and inanity, and so on yesterday
morning the disappointed swain nerved
himself for a mortal combat with disso
lution and a revolver. The charge
was great enough to kill forty
men, and as Frank placed the
muzzle of the pistol to his forehead,
visions of an Elysium populated by Sa
rah floated before his eyes. With a stoi
cal decision he pulled the trigger, and
uttered an agonizing groan as the cap
snapped. His exclamation saved his life
by bringing his friends to the spot, and
he was forthwith deprived of the mur
derous weapon and sent to bed on account
of nervous exhaustion. Frank Clay is
disgusted at his ignominious failure in
endeavoring to proceed to paradise when
he wanted to, but threatens to try again.
DOCKRAX VS. GILBERT.
In giving publicity to a transcript of
the statement filed by F. A. Dockray, in
his suit against Abijah Gilbert for the re
covery of certain moneys alleged to have
been expended by the former in farthering
the election of the latter as Senator, it
by no means follows that we assume the
responsibility of declaring the documents
wholly correct when any portion thereof
is denied, and the explanation of any one
whose name is mentioned is entitled to
consideration and credence in the absence
of positive proof to show that his con-
naAtinn nrifh YYso annnrinf warn a sliak/innnf
The copy, as published last week, is a
true reproduction of the original paper
introduced by Dockray in court, and if it
misrepresents any one the question is be
tween the aggrieved party and the plain
tiff, upon whom, it is surmised, devolves
the task of substantiating his particulars
by additional facts whenever the matter
shall some up for final adjudication. In
the meantime it is in order for the
“ items ” to clear their skirts of the
transaction.
OUTRAGEOUS PROCEEDINGS.
The indefatigable authorities of Duval
county, doubtless with the ulterior mo
tive of accumulating a campaign fund,
last week engineered an incursion into
the finances of over one hundred of onr
merchants, mnlcting the unfortunates to
the extent of above fourteen dollars each
for a nominal failure to liquidate thtir
indebtedness for unpaid licenses. ConJ
sidering that it was only requisite to
demand the amount of their tax from the
merchants, this extortion must be esti
mated as an unpardonable and unwar
rantable outrage. The laws are not
made for oppression, but for protec
tion, and the illegal proceedings of
last week are an evidence of over
zealousness that is wholly inexcusable
under the circumstances. The French
men discharge a policeman for too much
zeal, and the same rule might be adopted
with profitable results in this benighted
region of Radical despotism.
st. John’s bar.
The annual hegira from this city to St
Jofin’s bar, indicates the increasing popu
larity of that place as a summer resort
for our citizens, and the season promises
to be unusually attractive.
Adbianus.
( handler vs. Thompson.
The Honorable Zachariah Chandle”,
Secretary of the Interior, is ambitious oi
recording himself as an ass. Some time
ago in an excess of sympathy for his
friend Belknap, Mr. Chandler announced
it as his determination in case the Senate
took jurisdiction, to have articles of im
peachment filed against Floyd and Tliomp
son of Mr. Buchanan’s Cabinet. In the
case of the latter Mr. Chandler was spe
cific in charging that he had stolen near
ly a million dollars, and said it would be
a good thing with which to counteract
exposures of corruption in the Republi
can party. This charge was repeated so
often by the Senator from Michigan that
it came to the knowledge of Mr. Thomp
son.
Mr. Chandler conld not have known
much of the impetuous Mississippian’s
real character, if he supposed he could
talk in this way without being called to
account. Mr. Lamar notified Mr. Thomp
son of the charges which a member of
the Cabinet was making ani the specifi
cations, and advised him to take action
at once. So Mr. Thompson rather aston
ished the babulous Michigander by sud
denly putting in an appearance at Wash
ington, and opened the fire with a letter
to the Secretary of the Interior of which
Mr. Lamar was the bearer. He stated
that his intention was to have these
charges investigated and the matter set
tied at once and forever. Mr. Thompson
expressly set forth that he would leave
the investigation to a cammittee of Re
publican Senators.
He desired to waive any question con
cerning the lack of jurisdiction by the
Senate, and was willing to rest his case
in the hands of the Senate committee to
decide whether the charges made against
him by Mr. Chandler were true or not.
He declared that when such charges were
made against him by a man in such a
high official position as his accuser wu.
he felt compelled, in justice to himself,
to demand that they be proven or with
drawn. Mr. Chandler is a good deal dis
gusted with his position, and does nol
know what to do abont it, and asked foi
further time to consider the matter,
which was promptly granted. But Mr.
Thompson insists that the charges mu?:
either bs proven or withdrawn.—N. O.
Times.
"i he Cuban Insurgents Looking U|).
Cuban affairs are beginning to attract
notice again. It was supposed that after
the surrender of the last force of Carlisls,
the Spanish government would concern
trate its energies on the rebellion in Cuba
But only a few fresh troops have been
shipped to the island as yet, and thest
have arrived too late to be of any service
this year; for the season is fast approach
ing when it is death to raw Spanish sol
diery to brave the heat and the fevers of
the scene of insurrection, and the war oi
suppression may, therefore, he consider
ed postponed for the present. L'l*
advices report great activity amoDg
the insurgents. This means that they
are raiding and burning estates am!
having occasional skirmishes with tin
enemy’s outposts—their object being not
to engage the Spaniards in a fight, but to
make their position as uncomfortable a
possible. They have been doing precisely
this for the past seven years, and we now
see nothing which will prevent them
from continuing the pastime till coin
weather comes, at least. Next fall it is
probable that the Spanish power (if it i->
not troubled with a new Carlist outbreak
or some other disturbance at home) wih
enter with real resolution on the work o!
putting down these Cubans. But the
same thing has been tried before, after
the most formidable preparations—and
we know with what result!—New York
Journal of Commerce.
A Relic of Howell Cobb.
The Columbia (S. C.) Register says a
gentleman handed us yesterday for in
spection, a piece of silver about the sizj
of a quarter of a dollar, which bears the
following inscription : “Presented to
Hon. Howell Cobb, Speaker of the House
of Representatives.” It had been found
by a negro boy in some old ruins in the
burned district, and had evidently been
upon a cane or other gift to the great
Georgian. The question now arises, how
came it where it was found ? It is our
opinion, as well as that of many others,
that some of Sherman’s bummers, wheu
marching through Georgia, appropriated
whatever it was upon and brought it
through this State to Columbia, when, in
the general havoc which ensued upon the
entrance of that army, with its camp fol
lowers, and the subsequent laying waste
of our beautiful city, the plunderer lost
his ill-gotten treasure.
“The great incendiary,” in his me
moirs, states that when his army was
making its “march to the sea,” and when
about twelve miles from Milledgeville,
Ga., some of his men saw a box marked
“Howell Cobb,” and by this discovered
that they were upon his plantation.
They lost no time in destroying all they
could not carry away. This looks at
least a little like the opinion expressed
above is a correct one.
The word softs means theological stu
dent, but theological students are tho
only students there are in Turkey. Con
sequently this party, made up from the
strictly ecclesiastical element, and from
that class of young men which in Prance
or Germany would be called the student
element, combines bigotry and enthu
siasm. As these students study only the
Moslem law their enthusiasm is for its
propagation, as the fervor of students in
France is for' the propagation of
democracy. Russia is the only enemy
they know, for Russia sustains in their
country the enemies of their religion.
Christians of the Oriental Church and
Christians of Rome they understand, but
a Christian that is in neither of these
categories they do not classify. As a
Presbyterian and an Episcopalian might
quarrel over their creeds and both hob
nob with a Budhist from China, so these
men can hate the Christians who are their
neighbors and indulge a grand indiffer
ence to those more remote.—New York
Herald.
A Lady Chokes a Wolf.—A few days
since a lady in Howard county, Wiscon
sin, killed a ferocious timber wolf by
choking it to death with her hands. She
was two miles away from home, and
alone, when it attacked her, but when it
was fully dead she shouldered it and car
ried it home, laying it in triumph at her
Xtgal £sU5.
City Marshal’s Sale.
CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE, \
Savanwah, Jane 3,187«.f
U NDER resolution of the City Council of Sa
vannah, and by virtu® of city tax execu
tions in my hands, I have levied on and will sell,
under direction of a special committee of Coao-
cil, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JULY, be
tween the le^aJ hours of sal.i, before the Coart
House door m the city of Savannah, county of
Chatham, and State of Ceorgia, the following
property, to wit:
Lot No 25, South Oglethorpe ward, east side of
Lumber and west of Fahm streets; levied on as
the property of the estate of John W Anderson.
Lots Nos 47 and 4S, Gue ward; levied on as the
property oi Wm B Adams, trustee.
Lots Nos 23 and 24, White ward, fronting on
Duffy street; levied on as the property of. Mrs
Jane Bryan.
Improvements on the western two thirds of
lot No 37, Chxtham ward; levied on as the prop
erty of N B Brown, trustee.
Improvements on the southern one-half of lot
No 61, Jones ward; levied on as the property of
John Bryan, colored.
Lot No 2 and improvements, Percival ward,
Holland tything; levied on as the property of Mrs
Sarah M Black.
Lot No 14 and improvements, White ward;
levied on as the pro'perty of D W C Bacon.
Northern one-half of lot No 5 and improve
ments; levied on as the property of Thomas
Bateson.
Lo s Noe 45, 46, 47 and 4-*, Wylly ward; levied
on as the property of Wm G Bulloch, trustee for
Mrs Jane D Colburn.
Northern one-! alf of lot No 4 and improve
ments. Middle Oglethorpe ward; levied on as the
property of W B Courtenay.
^Improvements on the southern one-half of lot
No £9 Liberty ward; levied on as the property of
the estate of Carl R Craft.
Improvements on lot No 23, Warren ward;
levied on as the property of the estate of James
Doyle.
Western one-half of lot No 7 and improve
ments, Anson ward, third tything; levied on as
the property of Peter Donelan.
Lot l*o 9 and improvements, Bartow ward;
levied on as the property of Mrs Catherine Djn-
ovan.
Three quarters of lot No 28 and improvements.
North Oglethorpe ward; levied on as the property
of J B Hppstein, trustee.
Improvements on the southern one-hilf of lot
No 24, Columbia ward; levied on as the property
of L J B Fairchild.
Western one-half of lot No 7 and improvements,
Derby ward, Frederick Tything; levied on as the
property of Mrs Ann S Fairchild.
Lot No 17 and improvements, O’Neil ward;
levied on as the property of the estate ot Joseph
E Fall gant.
Lots 2*«o8 29, 30 and 31. Atlantic ward; levied
on as the property of Thomas M Forman, trus
tee.
Improvements on lot No 34, Walton ward;
levied on as the property of the estate of James
Fraser
Irnprc /“meuts on .ot No 10, Calhoun ward;
vied on as the property of J II Graybiil.
Improvements on pari of lot No 28, Gilmerville
ward; levied on as the property of Prince Green,
colored.
Lot No 8 and improvements, Ileathcote ward,
LaKoche tything; levied on a 1 * the property of
Mrs K A Goodwin and children.
Western one-half of Lot “W” and improve
ments, Anson ward. First tything; levied on as
the property of Mad C Gradot.
Improvements on lot No 24, Franklin ward;
levied on as the property of William Greene.
Improvements on the northern one-half of lot
No 25, Columbia waid; levied on as the property
of Mrs Margaret Gammon.
Western one-half of lot No 0 and improve
ments, Davis ward; levied on as the property of
Charles H Hernandez, colored.
Western one-half of lot and improvements,
letter B, Middle Oglethorpe ward; levied on as
the property of J P Kendy, agent, colored.
Lot No 7 and improvements, Currytown ward;
levied on as the property of the estate of Mrs S
E Mell.
Improvements on part of lot No 1, Crawford
ward, east; levied on as the property of Bar
nard Monahan.
Improvement4 on western one-half of lot No
26, Liberty ward; levied on as the property ef
Mrs S II Myers.
Lot No 77, White ward; levied on as the pro
perly of A G McArthur.
Improvements on lot No 8, Franklin ward;
levied on as the property of McKee & Bennett.
Lot No 5 and improvements, Crawford ward,
east; levied on as the property of A McCred-
mond.
Lot No 44 and improvement?, Davis ward;
levied on as the property of Mrs. Mary A McCred-
mond.
Improvements on lot No 25, Franklin ward;
levied on as the property of the estate of James
McIntyre.
Lots letters A, B and C, Gue ward; levied on
as the property of Thomas M Norwood.
Improvements on lot No 4, Derby ward, Wil
mington tything; levied on as the property of
the estate of J J O’Byrne, and sold at the risk of
the former purchaser.
Lot No 5 and improvements, Anson ward,
First tything; levied on as the property of the es
tate ot David O’Connor.
Improvements on lot No 31, Franklin ward; le
vied on as the pioperty of Daniel Oliver.
East part of lot No. 23, Wylly ward; levied on
as ihe property of J W Bollock.
Improvements on lot No 18 Pulaski ward; ’ev-
ied on as the property of the estate of Mrs
Carol ne Talmes.
Lot letter “B” and improvements, North
Og ethorpe ward; levied on as the property of
the estate of Patrick Price.
Lot No li aud improvements, Currytown
ward; levied on as the property of Henry Itog-
genstein.
Eastern one-lialf of lot No 3 and improve
ments, Davis ward; levied on as the property of
E L Segur.
Northeastern one-quarter lot No 10 and im
provements, Decker ward, Ileathcote tything;
levied on as the property of A C N Smets.
One-half of lot letter “C,” Lee ward; levied on
as the property of Harriet Thompson, colored.
Lot No 37 and improvements. Liberty ward;
levied on as the property of Mrs II J Wayne.
Improvements on lot No 3, Chatham ward;
levieo on as the property of Christopher White.
Lots Nos 69 aud 62, Whi e ward; levied on as
the property of Thounis W White.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of lot
No 15, Minis ward; levied on as the property of
Moses Wilkinson, colored.
Improvements on lot No 1, Columbia ward;
levied on as the property of H F Wiilink.
Improvements on southern one-half of lot No
25, Columbia ward; levie i on as the property ot J
N Wilson.
Two-thirds of lot No 2 and improvements, Rey
nolds ward, second tything; levied on as the
property of Mrs rarah G Winter.
Purcha'ers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
je3-1m City Marshal.
Postponed City Marshal’sSale.
CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE,\
Savannah, June 71 h, 1876, f
U NDER RESOLUTION ot the City CounelJ ol
Savannah, and by virtue of City Tax Exe
cutions in my hands, I have levied on, and will
sell, under direction of a Special Committ**: ot
Council, on THE FIRST TUESDAY IN
JULY, 1876, between the legal hours of
tale, before the Court House door in tne city ol
Savannah, county of Chatham and State ot Geor
gia, tho following pronerty, to-wit;
Improvements on Lot No 6 Calhoun ward,
levied on as the property of the estate oj
Augustus Bonaud,
Lot No 15 and improvements Elliott ward,
levied on as the property of Gogie Bonrqmn
Improvements on Lot No 70 Licyd ward; Yu vieci
on as the property of John G Bntjer.
Lots Nos 23 and 24 and im;;: rr'oaccnta Jafjtci
ward; levied on as the property / Francis Cham
pion, trustee.
Improvements on western X ol Lot No £5 Gas
ton ward; levied on as the pronerty of T P EikiiiK
Lot No 52 and improvements r-rown ward;
levied on as the property of Wm g olcti-“ry
Improvements on Lots Nos 40 and 41 Wcitoc
ward; levied on as the property of J F Gowen.
Improvements on Lots Noe *1, 32 and 33,
Walton ward ; levied on as the property of Mrt
M R Gueraid.
Lot No 23 and improvements, Gilmerville;
levied on as the property ol the estate ol A Har
mon.
Eastern one-hall ol Lot No 4 Cathbert ward,
fifth section; levied on as the property ol K Jr
Hannon*
Improvements on Lot No -*.l J oi syt h ward;
levied on as the property of Wilju’n /lone.
Lot No 51 Garden Lot east; lev-sA, on aa the
property of James A LaKoche.
Lot Ne IT and improvements, Gilmerville; lev
ied on as the property of F S Lathrop.
Improvements on the western one-third of Let
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the properly ol
A K Mallctte.
Eastern one-half of Lot No 3 aDd improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on as the property
of Eli Mallette.
Western one-half of Lot No 3 and improve
ments, Screven ward; levied on aa the property
of Mrs Catherine Mallette.
Improvements on the middle one-third of Lot
No 3 Wesley ward; levied on as the property ol
Miss Eoline Mallette.
Improvements on the eastern one-half of Lot
No 25 Calhoun ward; levied on as the property
of C C Millar.
Lot No 37 and improvements, Middle Ogle
thorpe ward; levied on as the property ol James
B Read and It J Nunn.
Lot No 40 and improvements. Middle Ogle
thorpe ward- levied on as the property ot Mr*
James B Reaa.
Improvements on Lot No 24 Walton ward;
levied on as the property of Miss Kate Roberta,
Lot No 3 and improvements Jbnes ward; levi«rft
on as the property of Dwight L Roberts, trutdee.
Lots Nos 2 and 3, Garden Lot west, front .ot.
tanyard tract; levied on as the property of Jamee
H Roberts.
Improvements on Lot No 16 Troup ward; lrviec
on as the property of the estate of Mrs M J
Roberts and children.
Improvement on Lot No 7 Walton ward; levied
on as the property of the estate of Mrs M J
Roberts and children.
Improvements on Lot No 2, wharf lot, trus
tee’s garden; levied on as the property of James
Ryan.
Lot No 14 and improvements, Cuthbert ward,
seventh section; levied on as the property of Jno
A Sallivan, trustee.
Lot No 7 and improvements. Cuthbert ward,
seventh section; levied on as the property of W
D Sallivan.
Improvements on Lot No 40 Lloyd ward; levied
on as the property of W B Sturtevaat, trustee.
Improvements on Lots Nos 6, 7 and S Elbert
ward; levied on as the property of the estate of
Mrs Margaret Telfair.
Lot No 20, Gallic ward, and improvements;
levied on as the property of Henry G Ward,
trustee.
Improvements on Lot No 44 Stephens want;
levied on as the property of Mrs A F Wayne.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
"V. STILES,
jel-tf
GEORGE W.
City Marshal.
City Marshal’s Sale.
OFFICB CITY MARSHAL, )
Savannah, June 7th, 1876*§
U NDER RESOLUTION of the City CounelJ of
Savannah, and by virtue of city tax execu
tions in my hands, 1 have levied on and will sei’,
under direction of a special committee of Coaxi-
cil, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN JULY. 1876,
between the legal hours of sale, before the Court
House door in the city of Savannah, county of
Chatham, and State of Georgia, tho following
property, to wit:
Improvements on Lot No. 23 Currytown wards
leviea on as the property of J. Y. Connerat.
Lsot No. 8 and improvements, South Oglethorpe
ward; levied on as the property of Mr*. Mary M.
Marshall.
Lot No. 10 and improvements, Reynolds ward,
third tything; levied on as the property ol James
J. Waring.
Purchasers paying for titles and stamps.
GEORGE W. STILES,
je7-tf City Marshak
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