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Brevier type, £5 cents. . nr nm ie on advertisements continued X discount uuv*r ^ foi by ft En>r ad In , .. sek or longer. * REMITTANCES notions or advertising can be made • office order. Registered Letter or „s at our risk. All letters should be _Vo, J H. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. he at Jam- he fa now - right sbarr The Barm Oiristmas ] county gett gonal corns Ali'airs in Georgia. • machine took ofT a finger of Mr. d. of Milner, a few days since, and ui.dled that the “durned thing was S vi!l“ Gazette c< Tigratulatcs because ^^•1 off without any one in the iz killed. Only two or three per- ts happened with very slight dam- Mr W. H. , f«r. who was sent from Pike counu toth? Insane Asylum, has been relieved hydeath bis unfortunate condition. Tb- gin house of Mr. John Mathews, near Lisbon Lincoln county, was destroyed by fire ntlv Tli-re were nineteen bales of cotton in thi- house at the time of the burning, of which only five were saved. 3Ir. M. was gin ning at night, and had a hoy bolding a lantern, who dropped his knife in the lint room and took tb<- lantern to search for it, and it is supposed trod on a match which he had dropped on the fl-jor thus setting fire to the lint and causing the destruction. Mr Seah--rn Mosely, also of Lincoln county, lost his gin house one night last week, together with thrre bales of cotton. This fire is sup posed to have been incendiary. The agent of the Calendar Clock Company, who lias been selling time, throughout a large section of Georgia, undertook one day last week *.< cross the Savannah river, at Stoney Bluff, with his t -am laden with clocks. The ferryman being absent, after some fruitless exertion he gave up the job, and accordingly unhitched his horses and with his companion [arest house. 1< aving his team and oat in the river. The ne»; morning they found that the boat, team, k> and .ill had disappeared. The river was ted without avail, and the tick of the leudttf ’ probably now agitates the yellow Inwof the noble Savannah. I TV Albany News says tourists and settlers I pas* through that city every day for Florida, a _ ib.- steamers going to Florida via Bruns- wicK are crowded with passengers. Several hundred of the mill hands on the line of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad spent the holidays at Albany, and it is stated that the mill owners have experienced no trouble in securing all the labor desired for the coming year. Saturday night last some person entered the I {storehouse iff Messrs. W. D. Williams' Sons, at I Newton, and attempted to fire the same by I Kicking a match to a kerosene barrel. The . Th e Augusta Chronicle and Constitutional ist says: “The Savannah Morning News pre sents a handsome apiiearance in its new dress. The News is one of the most welcome of our exchanges. It is always full of entertaining to al and news matter. Mr. Richardson, its city editor, handles a vigorous pen and never misses an item." This from the Albany News: “The Savannah Morning News enters the new year in a new dress, presenting a fresh, newsv appearance,and square up to the demands of the dav. Mr. Estill is a model newspaper man, and the Morning News is behind no journal in the South." BY TV EGRAPH. The Hawkinsville Dispatch says: “A few days ago Mr. James Owens, of Wilcox count caught in a heavy steel trap an immense eagle that had swooped down upon a shoat. an artafcen of it. upon a shoat. and The little hog was killed and parts too much for one meal, and the second visit of the eagle found a heavy steel trap set for it The trap was originally used for catching wolves when that section was infested with such destructive animals. It was heavily con structed, and was securely fastened, and baited with a piece of the shoat. The eagle returned for his prey, and was entrapped. It was a noble specimen of the great American bird, measuring eight feet and three inches across from the tips of the wing.'' The Waynesboro Gazette has the following complimentary and justly deserved notice of Judge William Gibson. Judge of th- Middle Cir cuit: “This gentleman ha.< recently closed the fall term of Burke Superior Court. After four years of service in the Confederate army ht- was unanimously elected Senator from tin* Eighteenth Senasorial district. He was also elected President of the Senate at its assem Win*, and presided over its deliberations for two sessions, during a very trying time in our his tory. without an appeal being taken from his decisions. In Januarv, 1S67. he was elected Judge of the Middle Circuit, by a close vote. >er one of the most deservedly popular Judges ien on tin- bench in tHi« Xt-it*. nml l, then on tue bench in this State, and received his commission for four years from tliat noble old Homan, Governor C. J. Jenkins, and in February following entered upon his first official duties in this county. From then till now he has discharged those duties. His term of office has extended through three State ad ministrations and a part of a fourt h. Recon struction. Radicalism, military orders and carjet-baggism in all their varied phases, he has contended with and met with a firmness that afforded protection to ail. General Joe Morris and the notorious Bryant have la ored in vain upon a large colored population to create riots and bloodshed. With a heavy docket of old cases, and an occasional return of from one to two hundred cases to a single term, not to mention numbers of claims, ap peals and criminal cases, he has managed to transact the business of the county in a few weeks each term. With the aid of our excel lent Board of County Commissioners a larg. bonded debt has been paid, and to-day her scrip is at par." to tin surjin.se dour was op opposite tli* to the spo damage. A Cobb < I need thee <- i?u at the time, and a gentleman store saw tho light, and hastening . arrived In time to prevent any I,i ^uuty girl worked the motto, ‘ I ery hour." and presented it to her hap. He soys he can't h -ip it. It takes him I two hours to milk and feed the pigs morning I and night, and business has got to lie at- | tended to. I The mortuary report of Rome for the month of December shows five deaths, three whites and two colored. | We are giad to see our G-orgia exchanges I getting well over the holidays. The last budget of our Georgia matter did not contain a single ■ half sheet, which is a cheerful indication. I The LaGrange Reporter in a pointed article I urges tho cotton planters to get up and pre- I serve their cotton receipts for the years during which the cotton tax was collected, and sug gests that the day will come when justice will be done iu the premises, and the receipts will be of much value. There has been no one appointed agent of the Central Railroad to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Smith. The election for officers of the Griffin Fire Department, held on the 2d instant, resulted as follows: Chief. J. J. Little; Assistant Chief, J. E Porter: Secretary and Treasurer, J. W. Lit tle; Engineer, !L B. FutraJ. The elegant j»ony phaeton voted to the most popular merchant of Atlanta at the Library Fair, was award* <1 to Col. G. W. Leonard, Gen eral Manager for the Singer Manufacturing Company in that ciiy, he having received 1,881 Judge Featherstone, of Coweta county.on Sat urday night, the 22d ultimo, fell from the back piazza of his residence near Newnan. and was severely though not dangerously injured, hav ing one or two of his ribs broken. Henry Sapp, a lad residing in Pulaski county, went hunting the other day and killed ten ducks •toneshot. This is, if not as good shooting as that of Bog&rdus, mentioned in our telegraphic I column, is certainly more satisfactory in its re sults. Dooly eountj* farmers are filling their smoke bouses with home-made bacon. This is as it should be, and with their barns well filled with grain and their smoke houses with meat, they can look smilingly on the new year without the fear of financial difficulties. The young man F. C. Berry alias John Nor- nmn. wht > made a raid last Thursday night on the ticket office at Graniteville, and w as caught a day or so ago by Major Huger and Captain has been kindly transported from Au gusta to the Aiken jail, to await trial for bur- glary in the night. The Augusta Factory shipped Thursday 500 bides of goods to Africa, completing an order *or 2,00i i bales to b** sent to that land of dark- ne *' The “ladies" in that country cannot fi0w complain that “they have nothing to Vcar. ’ Mrs. Sarah Folsom, gramhnother of Mr. Eu gene Granberry, editor and proprietor of the ^•nulton Journal, dkxl at his residence in Ham.lt. et >' velars uf age. and had been a consistent riember of the Baptist Church for a half IBDtnry. Judge Grice, after full argumont in the mat. r ‘J the injunction prayed for by complain- ■on on Sunday last at 1 p. m. She was matter of the Mercer scholarships,at *Up ■ d .,f the Macon City Council, refused P-"ayer of the complainants, wliieb erds the ■««i question Thu rtft,, cotion receipts at Macon for the season ' ar have been 1 orty thousand eight hundred rid twenty bales. D. Wrenn, General Agent of the T- and M. & C. Railroads, with office ^ ** hnhall House, informs the reporter of lint ^ tribune f hat he shipped over his • t e McKenzie route, fourteen hundred ^ants during the mouth of December. Of num>*. r over n - ine hundred were ticketed k m Allant A all bound for Arkansas and Tribune adds; “The numtier for “ x * r is larger than for any precepting . ' '‘ n * an alarming deertaase in the dl howev of this and adjoining States. After •r. they will find Georgia equal to V i 1 tOT El,Jorado of West.” h- - ^ an Allowing facts and figures from re}>0rt of lht * Cbief of Police of the 8 jo ' f°° a for the year ending December foil' ™ 0ta ^ nun *ber of arrests 1,379, classed T "b te males 419. females 48; col- ’ The net Amount of ■h aul paiJ into l b e -*easury for Wa ^^‘ 41 35- The expense of the po- *hicb f ° r ^ - vear was §12,^46 03, from ‘ s Uo ^ n rt the fines shows the actual ex- Xi fts ° n P'lice account to have been $11.- Th ’ ? r 40 less than last year. \ WeUin 5 bouse of Captain John Y. Flow- He or c * x PresB company at Dora- _ J ( _, e Line Railroad, was burglari- tuadrwi a Package containing two ig6 nt . ^bars, which had been handed to the ir / , pressed, was stolen. The most tohou-’b ^ art r b 9 affair is the fact that, In the h S<JrnH of T be family were awake and ®re<i poJS? 1 ^ m 'be room, they were ren- p underst«nH f ln way they are unable deL Th.. a t0 tnv«* the alarm or arrest, the ^jYered fTL 48 ,°f emoke when they ’»nand fSS» ,h ‘i. 1 -, r 8tu P° r - The burglar is °»er lht* tnonej- 0 Flowers ^ take * meps to iwi^I^APffespondent of the Hawklns- ln ? wrvn'h5 ri . f, ‘ s - "Since the late elections ofold t if - no, ohas transpired In this er stone of H ai »' tXc0 .P t baying of the *■= bode* * r " nil ^ roa d in our midst by an i i, '• seem to be energetic for Jyb’* 1 ‘oned business men. We road and ^ t fjr the proprietors of the t— i. unities through which it Is An Epidemic of Crime. Washington, December 31.—Very great excitement haa prevailed here since Saturday because of the terrible outran peqietrated upon a* young lady in the eastern part of the city just after dark last Friday evening. * The citizens of that section have become seriously alarmed, and movements are now pro gressing for the organization of a vigi lance committee to patrol the streets, and put an end to such shameful deeds of violence as have shocked the entire com munity within a few weeks. It is plainly apparent that great necessity exists for a strong increase of the police force,particu larly cast of the capitol. Two negroes were arrested yesterday on suspicion of being of the party who committed the assault upon the girl last Friday, and hut for the strong protests of the police, who assured the crowd that had gathered in the vicinity of the scene of the arrest that there were probabilities that the prisoners were not the guilty parties, it is pretty certain that summary punishment would have been visited upon at lea*! one of them. The victim of the shame ful assault is still very much prostrated, and is unable to identify her assailant. An indignation meeting was held at the Presbyterian Church on Eighth street be tween E and F streets, Saturday evening, which was largely attended by the re spectable and influential element of the neighboihood. Many of the speakers referred to the fact that their wives and daughters had been grossly insulted h\ roving bands of reckless negroes, and that it was a common occurrence for their ears to be polluted by ribald songs and obscene jests. The time had come, it was said, for the citizens to take immediate steps for their own protection. In tlu course of the remarks some one asked, “Where is Judge Lynch?” and was com forted with the answer from the l hair- man that, if the guilty party iu either of the recent cases of outrage was found. Judge Lynch would do his work without any prompting. A series of resolutions were unanimously adopted to the effect that Congress should be petitioned to have a station-hou.-e in that locality, aud also increase the police force, so that it could lie of some benefit to the com munity. Notwithstanding the strong feeling of indignation the majority of thoughtful citizens deprecate acts of violence, feel ing satisfied that the law will surely be vindicated if clear proofs of its violation are obtained. The Chief of Police of the District had an interview with the Secre tary of the Interior on Saturday concern ing the prevalent crime in the city. The Secretary asked for certain facts and fig ures ana promised his active support in procuring an increase of the police force, mentioning four hundred as his idea of the number which the city should have. NOON TELEGRAMS. ORGANIZATION OF TAMMANY. FREXCH MINISTERIAL CHASQES, EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING. The Financial Crash. FRENCH MINISTERIAL CHANGES. London, January 4.—The Paris cor respondent of the Daily News says: “It is rumored that before the meeting of the Chambers M. Waddington may be come Minister of Public Instruction and M. Bordoux Minister of Justice, M. T)u- faure taking the Ministry of Foreign .Affairs.” A CHICAGO FAILURE. Chicago, January 4.—The committee appointed to investigate J. D. Easter A Co., bankrupt agricultural implement dealers, report the assets chiefly in farmers’ notes and claims on depreciated property. Liabilities one million and a half. The creditors will probably realize thirty-five per cent. TAMMANY HALL. New York, January 4.—The Tam many Hall general committee for 1878 has organized, with Heniy L. Clinton permanent Chairman. FAILURE OF SUGAR DEALERS. New Orleans, January 4.—Chism & Boyce, in the sugar trade, have sus pended, the cause being the failure of the sugar crop. EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING. New York, January 4.—Bogardus broke five thousand balls in five hundred consecutive minutes, and had nineteen minutes and twenty-five seconds to spare. Bullock on Trial. Our Atlanta correspondent sends us the proceedings of the Fulton Superior Court, Judge George Hillyer presiding, on Thursday: Rufus B. Bullock was arraigned, under the new indictment referred to in our re port of yesterday, charged with “larceny after a trust delegated,” of certificate of Atlanta city bonds, and through his lead ing counsel, General L. J. Gartrell, pleaded “not guilty.” The counsel on both sides includes the ablest lawyers of the Fulton bar. Judge H. K. McCaj, General L. J. Gartrell, Judge J. L.’ Hopkins, Judge W. F. Wright, and John L. Conley, Esq., are for the defendant, and Attorney General R. N. Ely, Solicitor General B. H. Hill, Jr., Colonel Willis Hawkins, of Ajpericus, I). Pike Hill, Esq., and W P. Spears. Esq., for the prosecution. A panel of forty-eight jurors was drawn for the case, and at twelve o’clock the panel was exhausted, onlv eleven jurors having been accepted. The State, challenged eight, the accused sixteen. ;ind the balance were excused for cause. At this point Judge Hillyer ordered the drawing of another panel of twelve, and in half an hour the one juryman needed was obtained, after the accused had chal lenged four, the State objecting to no one of the five called. The witnesses for the State and the defence were next sworn and put under th( rule < f the court. Among these are many leading citizens and Radical politi- When the names of Judge Kelley has written a letter to Judge Pierce, of Philadelphia, in which he reviews in the most scathing language the latter’s singular decision in the case of an application for increase of sentence. He dwells, particularly, upon L Judge’s declaration that the ! ..stiiiio- ny given at the hearipg:of m rule to show cause wny a ^ .avier sentence should not be imp'- ed upon the prisoner, should have been heard before the pris oner was sentenced, and says: 4 ‘The public safety demands the wakeful and efficient administration of the crimi nal law. aud this action on your part out rages alike the public judgment and con science, and I address you thus publicly because I. in common with multitudes of our fellow-citizens, am anxious to learn why that testimony was not heard be fore the prisoner was sentenced.’ Why was it? Were the witnesses who could give it accessible to you ? aud did you re fuse to examine them ? If this were the case the imputation by which you seek to put the responsibility of your conduct upon another becomes an act of self-con demnation. These witnesses were all before you mid subject to your order. Yes, sir. thanks to the in domitable will and nerve of my son, who at the risk of bleeding to death, sought the aid of officers of the law. and'with them pursued the would-be murderer till they bad ascertained his identity aud placed *t tlu* door of his home an adequate* force for LW arrest, the guilty man was before you for sen tence, and, though public duties detained me from the city, my knowledge of the exigencies of the trial of such charges had enabled me to have also before you, when you accepted the pjeas of guilty, witnesses to prove every fact now kcown to you touching the defendant, his condi tion, character and crimes. Your plea that because you did not examine these j witnesses you will not, as the law re- j quires you L) do. now impose an ade quate sentence upuii this would-be mur- . derer is but self-stultificatigt?, and. with J great respect for the judicial office, £ lx?g t leave to say that even a judge cannot take advantage of his own wrong or offer j it in mitigation of the righteous indigna tion of an outraged people. ” A War Uorrespondent’s Adventure. Kars, November 24.—I arrived at Kars just when the occupation of all its outworks by the Russians had become in accomplished fact. The Turkish dead lay by scores in and behind the trenches wherever I looked, all frozen stiff in the attitude in which they had expired. Hundreds of big wild dogs gnawed the ooues of the numerous dead horses, whose skins, however, had l»een previ ously flayed by some hardy speculator. One of the horrid brutes snuffed greedily at a dead Turk. A Russian soldier, however, drove the animal away with die butt eud of his musket. Suddenly a gendarme rode up iu wild haste, shout ing and gesticulating. “Take care! Don’t you advance. The Turks will at tack you.” I did not understand at first what he meant, but felt uneasy on seeing the soldiers slide behind the rocks, preparing and levelling their rifles. Hus induced me to stand aside. At last the mystery was disclosed. Some fifty well-armed horsemen, recognizable as Turks by their pink fezzes, dashed with clanging hoofs over the bridge, fast pursued by a squad of Cossacks. The situation became rather critical for me, as I was crammed in be tween the barbarous riders and the Rus sian soldiers. It was evident that the Mussulmans, relying on the exeeilencc of their horses, had the intention of breaking on this side through the stragglers, riding for life and liberty. Luckily for them and me, however, wheu they had crossed the bridge and found themselves engaged in the ravine, through which the road runs, with some twenty breech loaders pointed at them, they halted and delibe rated Time pressing, they surrendered to the Cossacks. As" they had wounded and killed some Russians, shooting be hind them after the Parthian fashion, in their precipitous flight, they were not too tenderly handled. Tlie Cossacks pulled them off their horses, and stripped them in ,a twinkling of all they possessed, in cluding their animals. Had a broker been present he might have concluded ex cellent bargains. I refused an army re volver which a Cossack tendered to me as a token of his special esteem.—London Neicx. clans of Atlanta. Judge J. L. Hopkins (one of Bullock’s counsel) and Solicitor General B. H. Hill. Jr., were called as witnesses for the prosecution. Mr. Hill, smiling, replied that he would pair off with Judge Hop kins. The case was then presented to the jury by Attorney General Ely, who first read the indictment, and the law upon which it was based, and then set forth the circumstances connected with the embezzlement of the certificate of Atlanta bonds, which were to be paid in due time to H. I. Kimball, to be used to satisfy a mortgage on “Kimball’> Opera House,” now used as the capitol of Georgia. Bullock is charged with having appropriated the bonds called for by the certificate to his own use, and for this act is now on trial. tllCl'LTl RE IN GEORGIA. The Cost of Producing Colton — Wajgea vervns the Share System. Horrible Murder—The Bodj - of the Yietim Hurled OTer a Preeipico One Hundred and Fifty Feet High. West Virginia Tribune, '29th. NYehave, from a colored man. the par ticulars of a shocking murder committed in Grant county, on Saturday night last. It seems Perrv Smith (a colored man), re siding on Red creek, about thirteen miles from Petersburg, left his home that even ing about 3 o’clock, in company with one John Grog and another man named Cunningham. Perry failing to return up to a late hour, his wife became uneasv, and going a short distance, got a Nf” Yanmeter, who, with her, went in erreh of the missing man. They vi hailing distance of Grog s ho- • called to him, inquiring ab . iuith’s whereabouts. Grog said Le bid Smith a short distance * low, in tiie road, so drunk he • ..a not walk, and n * ruing in about fifteen minutes, could ;< t find him. Grog then got up, secured a torch-light, and the three went in search of him. It is proper to state here that suspicion had fastened on Grog and Cunningham at the start. Warrants for their arrest had been issued, and these facts were detailed at the trial of Grog, Cunningham having escaped. Proceeding a short distance, he showed Vanmeter where the missing man had been last seen, and continually advised searching in opposite direction from where the body was found. Mr. Yan meter and the woman found where somethin-g had been dragged along the road, up through some laurel thicket, to a high cliff of rocks, and apparently rolled off. Below about twelve feet, they found on a bench some traces of blood. From this bench the body had been pitchtd over a precipice, and fell about one hundred and fifty feet. At its base they found the mangled remains pushed up * close under the rocks. The verdict of the jury of in quest had not been returned at last ac counts, but public opinion was strong against Grog, and no doubt he was com mitted to jail, charged with the murder. Other facts than those detailed tended to fasten the guilt upon him. but they are not definite enough for publication. AFTERNOON SESSION. The first witness called for the State on the reassembling of the court at two o’clock was Mr. A. Flesh, who was a clerk in the Executive Department in 1870, who swore to having copied the certificate for bonds, in the usual dis charge of his duties. Nlr. S. B. Love, the City Clerk of At lanta that year, testified that he signed the said certificate in his official capacity, and also witnessed the signing of the same by the then Mayor of the city, Judge \Vm. Ezzard. On being sworn, Judge Ezzard con firmed Mr. Love’s testimony, and said the certificate was given to seal a trade for the “Opera House” for a capitol building, aud was to be redeemed in due time by Atlanta city bonds for twenty years, at seven per cent. The certificate allowed tho holders to call for the bonds, and Jnidge Ezzard say? one of the Kimballs, to don't knorr which, presented the certifi cate and got the bonds. Tho face of the certificate was for £ 1 .30,000, but there was a secret understanding that the city should pay only $UMUXM), which Judge Ezzard said was all that he ordered paid through the City Treasurer. Mr. Perino Brown, who was then City Treasurer, testified that he received the certificate from E. N. Kimball (as soon as the city bonds were printed aud signed for use), and gave him in exchange sev enty-five $1,000 bonds. After that, when a matter of interest had been adjusted, he gave Kimball twenty-five more $1,000 bonds—the other $30,000 called for by the face of the certificate being a myth. Colonel J. C. Fain, Senator elect from the Forty-third district, testified that he was then a State Senator, and with Hon. Ephraim Tweedy, of Augusta, was a committee to examine titles aud other matters connected with the pro posed purchase of “Kimball’s Opera Hou^e” in 1870. Col. Fain detailed the meetings and action of the committee, but brought out nothing new or startling. In fact, no witness was able to swear IMxitircly to a single important fact bear ing upon the guilt of the accused. What may come out through other witnesse- is * as yet unknown, so that no prediction can now lie made as to the final result. The testimony so far shows an entire absence of positive on the part of the very officials who created and handled the certificate aud the bonds which were afterwards ex changed for it. Mr. Brown, the then City Treasurer, c inn . tell ex: t?v how he paid over the bond 7-. imbail at two distinct times, -nd v* ca: T.nd no order from ‘i M ' uie for the second : i vu • ii, .A; - lug that he took up the ; he first payment of $75,- 00b. T .is fact will give some idea of the looseness o. the testimony and the transaction itself. The criminal exhibit for the State of Maine has just lieen made public in the annua] report of Attorney General Em ery. An 'unusually large number of mur ders has been commuted flu ring the year, and the reason of this will at once be popularly referred to the absence of the death penalty. There may be no con nection between this increase and the abolition of capital punishment. Indeed, Mr. Emery is of the opinion that the presence or absence of this penalty has no direct influence upon the’ number of murders committed; aud yet it will be difficult to disabuse the public mind of the notion that the increasing shedding of blood is in some way connected | with* the comparative immunity from punishment that bus been legally established. A large proportion of the prosecutions In tluTseveral counties are For violations of the liquor law. The in- Patriotism !— the Richmond (V following story a* an v domitable will and St,»; mated the soldiers of tl late war: “On one *f o early spring.” said r *. rain had been falling slush was almost wui> mand.utterlyVretch' i-.. was struggling along • der such circurustanc self. I crept into a f r, awhile. Presently I sa gler coming slowly r,v seemed almost completely his shoes were gone ami hi bleeding. I was struck »i ance, for through all U shone the indomitable 51 Southern soldier—the man be found at his post, or els< attempt to reach it. I closely, and as he dragged him cii lvpast, I heard him mutter to h: T)—n me if ever I love another trv,’”—Louisville Courier-Journal. ommunication to 7*. ich relates the lence of the in pride that ani- . it State in the .r marches in the when a chilling days, and the t deep, our com- ind broken down, • >est it could un- Worn out my- coraer to rest solitary stra£- lie road. lie • exhausted— et cut and it his appear- - tchedness ^pin of the Tu would La-l in the tclud him slcW- >elf: >un- Charleston News and Courier. The Georgians have shown their wis dom not only in the establishment of a State Department of Agriculture, but also in the selection of the present Com missioner, Mr. Thomas P. Janes, a gentle man who takes an interest in his duties, and has also an enlightened and lib eral view of what are his duties. His monthly reports have been duly noticed in these columns as containing the best at tainable information in regard to the pro gress of agriculture in Georgia, but he has recently published a supplemental report in regard to the “comparative total yield and yield per acre of the leading crops, cost *and profits under different systems of labor,” etc., which deserves special mention as containing matters of great interest to agriculturists throughout the South, and worthy of their serious con sideration and careful steady. As the re port pertinently remarks, “the wise far mer will be guided by the light of ex perience, and led by the wisdom which results from the observation of the success of others, as a due regard to their opinions, and will abandon his cherished but fallacious theories, give up his pre judices, and reform his system of farm ing and general farm economy.” The report opens with a comparison of the condition of the Georgia farmers this year and last, and takes, on the whole, a cheerful view of the prospect. While the farmers of Georgia may not have any more actual cash in their pockets, the ag gregate of debt has been reduced, and they are therefore so much the more in dependent and comfortable. This result has been produced by greater economy in the details of living, bj abandoning spec ulative ventures in planting cotton, and by raising fann products on the farm. There is a decided and increasing ten dency to deversified farming, stock rais ing, fruit growing and small grain crops, and a disposition to develop the minor re sources of the farm, such as sorghum millet, cliufas, etc. One of the most striking and deeply in teresting features of the report is the col lection of statistics in regard to the cost of the production of cotton, with com ments of the Commissioner. The statis tics are based on two estimates—one of the lowest cost at which cotton can be produced by fanners who raise every thing at home, and the other of cost of production to those who buy bacon, flour, syrup, etc., and more or less corn. The Commissioner’s estimate of the average cost in the first instance is 9 2-10 cents per pound, and in the latter fourteen cents. Of course both these es timates cover only short staple cotton. The report says; “The conclusion Is in evitable that the farmer who has made an average crop of cotton, and produced at the same time a full supply of corn, fod der, hay, syrup, potatoes, vegetables, bacon and lard, and has a stock of hogs and cattle for the next year, has done a profitable year’s work, and just in pro portion as he has neglected these supplies his profits have been le68 and less until the opposite extreme is reached, when he will have lost not less than 4 8-10 cents on eveiy pound produced.” These esti mates are not made on the actual outlay, hut on the lowest price at which cotton must lie sold to save the farmer from loss on his general farm operations. It does not appear very clear from the report what items make up the estimated cost, and as this is a matter of the great est interest to the farmers all over the South, we would like to see a detailed statement of how the estimate is made. It is evident that the Commissioner has done his work systematically and thor oughly, and he could doubtless give the information to the public in a short letter, and we hope that h«* will. Another important feature of the re port is the comparison of the three! differ ent modes of employing labor—on sliares, by wages and as renters—the verdict of the Commissioner being unhesitatingly in favor of the wages system. At the end oi the report there are a number of valuable tables, from one of which the following interesting facts are taken: In Georgia the average wages of full hands, men, in addition to rations, are $8 31 per month, and 44 cents per day. The average number of bales of cotton made per mule on the wages sys tem is 4 4-10, on the share system 3 5-10. Of the farm laborers employed this year 32 per cent, were employed on the wages system, 42 per cent, on shares, and * 20 per cent, as rent ers. The wages system was most satisfactory to 09 per cent, of these farm ers whose replies were obtained, the share system to 13 per cent., and the rental sys tem to 28 jht cent. Of the laborers the wages system was most satisfactory to 60 per cent., the share system to 20percent., and the rental system to 20 per cent. Stock can lx*, raised most successfully un der the wages system, according to the opinion of 88 per cent, of those consulted. The average per cent, of farm labor em ployed in making and repairing fences is 0 7-10 per cent. The percentage of those in favor of enclosing stock, instead of crops, is 61 per cent. From this brief and inadequate sum- mar}* of the Georgia Commissioner's sup plemental report, it will be seen not only how painstaking an officer he is, but how extremely useful such a department is to the government and people of a State. The government is kept thoroughly in formed as to the resources of the territo ry under its control, while the people are furnished with a wealth of useful know! edge w hich must be of incalculable bene fit in guiding their efforts to secure com fort and prosperity. HOUNDING HAYES. In Sixty Days He Will be a Radical PrUoner or an Exile—“Hay be Grant, TCaybc Conkling, Hay be a Dark Horae ln 1880.” Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer. There L*> reason to believe that the radi cal Republicans who oppose the admin istration have perfected a plan which will force Hayes out of the Republican party within sixty days after Congress recon venes. A prominent Radical, who was one of the most influential members of the Republican party during the Grant regime, is authority for the above state ment. In conversation to-day he said: “Mr. Hayes has gone too far. If you will remember, when Mr. Grant first be came President he had some such ideas as Mr. Hayes seems to have. He thought he could run the party, hut inside of six months we convinced him that the party was more powerful than himself. When Haves started off on the same track we saitl it would take abcut three months to cure him of his folly; so we put up with his ingratitude, and"have given him every opportunity to prove to his own satisfac tion that he must obey the party if he is to have any power. Lut he has proved less tractable than Grant. He is not a man of anything like as strong will as Grant had,but he seems to lx* completely infatu ated with his own infallibility, aud that is the worst sort of a man for the party to deal with. Besides, he is watched constantly. Evarts and Schurz tell him Jie is all right, and all the while are moulding him like putty, aud using him to advance their own political ends.” “Well, General, what do your people propose to do about it?” queried your correspondent. “We propose to drive him out of the party.” “How are you going to work to do that?” “Well, I am not just at liberty to tell you that.” “Are you quite sure you can do it?” “Yes, indeed; we have no doubt about it.” “Has not Mr. Hayes too much strength with the people?” The General, laughingly—“Well, suppose he has a sort of sentimental strength in the great cities, but yoi* see politics are not managed by sentiment.' “But is not there a division among your leaders?” 4 'Nothing to speak of. “ Will Blaine and Conkling work to gether?” “ Yes, there is a perfect understanding between them, and they are working to gether to dethrone naves.” 4 4 Is there any truth in the report that a banquet is to*be given them after Con gress reassembles?” “ Where did you hear that?” “Never mina; is it true?” “ Well, I don’t know as I am at liberty to sav yes, but I will not say no.” 4 4 Then I am rtelit in my statement?’ “ You are not far wrong.” “Tell me, General, how you are going to work to read Hayes out of the party?” “As I said liefore, I am not at liberty to give you details; but the task is not so difficult as you imagine. ” “I suppose you will fight his nomina tions?” “That will depend. Those we do not like we will either reject or hang up in committees, if we are not sure of votes enough to reject thc-in; but we will do something more effective than merely to antagonize his nominations.” “What else can you do?” “We can dictate almost every act of his administration. If he declines to ac cept our dictation, we can defeat every measure that he pronoses, unless the Democrats come solialy to his support; and whatever they carry through for him we can, of course, denounce as a party, on the ground that it is not lie publican doctrine.” “That would seem to imply denuncia tion of the author of the doctrine ?” Of course.” Has not the President too many friends in the Senate to prevent sucii action ?” ‘He has no friends there at all. Why, Stanley Matthews is only lukewarm; and as for Hoar and Dawes, they won’t be found with the minority—you may depend on that.” * “Have you any hopes for 1880 ?” 44 Indeed, we have. Before that time we will place the Democratic party in the light of a party for plunder only, who have affiliated with a man they call a thief because he divided w Ah them. We solidify the party in New York State. The money question will be out of the way in Ohio, and we will cany both States, and Indiana.” Whom will you run ?’ DEATH FOLLOWING DISGRACE. Elizabeth Soar’s Jump from a Hos pital Window—The Pitiable Cir cumstances of her Short Career. Maybe Grant, may lie Conkling, may be a dark horse. Blaine doesn’t want the nomination in 1880.” “ You are hopeful, certainly.” 44 Inside of sixty days you will say we have cause to be. Mark my words.” Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in New York.—Scarlet fever is very pre valent in New York, and a numlier of deaths are reported. The deaths of several children are also reported from diphtheria. At the meeting of the Board of Health it was resolved, as a precau tionary measure qgainst the spread of the disease, to publicly request parents who have children suffering from the malig-* nant disease to keep their well children from school until the sick have entirely recovered. The Trophies.—The Rus- i for violations of the liquor law. sian trophies in K.tu* *u*e bevond expecta- ! dictments for the State, with the excep tion. Three hundred and twelve cgn- tion of Knox county, are three for mur- non. among them forty-two field pieces, : <U;r eight for homicides other than mur- whole depots of rifles and revolvers, j der, nine for araon, ninety-three for com- T>ound larce’nv’ one hmuip.M anc ' v -ix larjre quantities of ammunition, stores, ; pound larceny, one hunfirea an*. y-six ana provisions, and about 10,000 prison- | for larceny, and three hundred and five ers fell into the hands of the conquerors. * The remainder of the garrison must be considered as killed, or as haying de serted. The Russians ehqt their eyes with regard to deserters, as they experi ence too much trouble and cost by trans porting their countless prisoners in this season into the interior of their ice- shackled country. Whosoever manages to procure for himself a suit of plain clothes may run awav and make himself comicrtable in one of the villages, or in his own homestead. Voluntarily these for assauiU, -whij^e there are over eighteen hundred for violations of tho liquqr law. Mr. Emery doubts whether Coroners' in quests upon dead bodies are of sufficient use to justify the expense incurred by them, and the doubt seems to be a rea sonable one. as their verdict does not de termine anything, and frequently the evi dence taken does more harm than good. Boston l*ost. The Milwaukee Sentinel savs that the venerable Mrs. Henne3sev, of Eldorado, menwifl 7wb Mukiitar "Pasha’s ; Fondu Lac county. Wis' agedlOi hung hunTY aud neglected lio« TJie Rus- up her stocking for the hundred and sec- • •' j non an d : n n d time last Monday night. sianlosses do not exceed 2,000 men, She is very are less than had been originally sup posed. ^-London Awes. feeble, and doubts if she will see another Christmas. Death and Marriage.—The Reisters- town (Baltimore eounty) People's Voice says: “Immediately after the funeral of Dr. Fisher, on the 24th of December, his daughter. Miss Mar}*, was married to Rev. John F. Goucher, at the residence. The reason of the marriage taking place so soon after the death of her father was that relatives and friends had assembled from abroad to attend the funeral, and while there it was thought best that the marriage should take plaee, as all could not again be present.” Some time ago an imperial qkase re called to St Petersburg all Russian ladies who were studying at the Berne Poly- technicum, threatening with severe pen alties all those who did not speedily obey the command. Eight of these ladies, be longing to the best families, have been condemned by ihe Russian tribunals on the charge of being members of secret societies—six of them to exile in Liberia and penal servitude in the mines, and the other two to imprisonment. A Damaged Juror—In Cincinnati, Martin Maijiinerschmid:. one of the jurors in the late Dodsworth trial, has brought a suit against Sheriff Wallace A Plucky Woman Prevents a Jail De livery. An attempt was made yesterday after noon, by a prisoner named James Allen, who was committed on October 20 last by Mayor Hughes, to break jail, and it was only prevented from being success ful by a piucky young woman named Bessie Uhlin, who’lives in Sheriff Thom as’ family. The stove in the jail room needd repairing, and a stove dealer sent . an > do the necessary work. ‘V .: the v, g 1 man was at work at the stove the . -isouen were strolling around thiuugu the prison. Pres ently Allen appeared at the jail door, his hat drawn down over his eves. He spoke through the grated door to Miss Uhlin, who was in ♦he kitchen adjoining the prison—said that he was through with his work and wapted to be let out. As he had the tin ner's shears iu his hands Miss Uhlin sup posed that Allen was the boy, although she noticed that he kept his back to the door; she opened the door for him, but as he emerged through the doorway she discovered her mistake.and seizing him by • the arm said, “Is not your name Allen?” He did not stop to make a reply, but broke for the outside kitchen door, which led into the side entrance from the street. Miss Uhlin had sufficient presence of mind to shut down Ihe lever, thu9 closing and fastening the inside jail door of the vestibule, and preventing the es cape of the other prisoners. She then made a jump for Allen, who was retreating through the kitchen door, and throwing her arms around him, held him as though in a vise, and screamed out for Mrs. Thomas, the Sheriff’s wife, who ran in and yelled “Murder!” at the top of her voice. Allen was so demoralized by ihe unexpected display of courage on the part of Miss LTilin, that he made no re sistance, and, with an extraordinary ef fort. she rushed him hack through the jail door, and into the prison, which she then locked securely.—Cincinnati Com mercial and the County (’ommissioners to recover $5,000 for dainuges ailaged to have been sustained by him by reason of the treat ment he was compelled to suffer, and Beecher and Frothingham, par nobde fratrum, are both using their pulpits to denounce the advocates of the silver dol lar. It is a sweet duet they play together, and their hearers are doubtless greatly entertained. You pays your money and vou takes your choice. If there is no hell, as these two apostles of lust and free love claim, then their doctrines and de nunciations will not amount, to much. the loss of his business—that of a But if there should be a place of torment. butcher—during the time he has confined . how about Beecher and Frothingham ?■ on the jury. 1 Wilmington News Josh Billings* Proverbs. ‘ This life is like a game of cards. We must play the hands dealt to us, and the credit is not so much in winning as in playing a poor hand well. ” 4 4 When I hear a man bragging about what he did last year and what lie’s going to do next year, I can tell pretty near what he’s doing now. ” 4 4 Don’t despise your poor relations. They might get rich some time, and then it would be so hard to explain things.” “The reputation a man gets from his ancestors wants about as much altering to fit him as their clothes would.” “There is no woman stationed on the face of the earth who tries so hard to do right and fails oftener than the average mother-in-law*.” “An enthusiast is an invidual who l>e- licves about four times as much as he can prove, and can prove four times as much as anybody else will believe.” “Falling in love is like falling down stairs; it’s hard work to find out just how the thing was done.” “A man who has been waiting for the last fifteen years for something to turn up is still in the same business.” “A poodle is a woman’s pet, and I have seen some I would like to swap liv ings with.” “ Mice can live anywhere comfortably but in a church; they fatten very slowly in a church. This proves that they can’t live on religion any more than a minister can.” 4 4 The worst tyrant in the world is a woman who is superior to her husband and lets everybody know it.” “Love is like the measles—you can’t have it but once, and the later m life we have it the tougher it goes with us.” “Great thinkers are not apt to be great whistlers. When a man can’t think of anything he begins to whistle-” “The man you can have to work on a farm for nothing and board himself, just about earns his wages. ” “Neatness, in my opinion is one of the virtues. I have always considered it twin sisterj to chastity, but none work so hard as the victim of ecstatic neatness. I have seen a neat person who would not let a weary fly rest long enough on their best wall paper to take breath, and who would chase a single cockroach up and down stairs until his legs were worn off. ” New York. December31.—Following close on the sad story of the death of the neglected May Bell comes the suicide on Saturday night of a young woman who. seif-exiled from a pleasant and luxurious home to hide her shame and misery, sprang headlong from the third s(ory of the Nursery and Child’s Hospital. The young woman applied for admission to the institution about a month ago. She was alone, and told Dr. Beckwith that she had been betrayed by a young man. whose name she "refused to give. Her sad appearance and modest demeanor enlisted the sympathies of Dr. Beckwith, who registered her as Lizzie Wilson, daughter of Henry Wilson, of Wil liamsburg. From the time of her ad mission to the hospital to the 24th inst., when she became the mother of a male child, she received no visitors; never spoke of her family, and appeared anxious to avoid observation. Her gen tleness and sad demeanor won the hearts of the hospital authorities, and every thing that could possibly add to her com fort was done. Her own name she gave as Lizzie. It was evident to the attend ants she was a cultured person, and she was treated with all respect possible. She would read for hours, and when not so engaged would sit sadly alone, never joining the other patients in their ordi nary amusements. Occasionally, too, she would be found in tears, and her mind seemed to constantly dwell upon a hopeless future. She was attended du ring her accouchment by Dr. Beckwith, and was rapidly approaching recover}*, exhibiting no signs of mental derange ment. In the ward with her were three other patients under the care of Mrs. Morehouse, an experienced nurse. Dr. Beckwith saw the patient at 7:30 o’clbck on Saturday evening, aud then sh<“ ap- pcjired to lie comfortable. At 9 o'clock Mrs. Morehouse gave her some medicine, and then left her bedside and walked out to the medicine closet. She had just reached the closet when her at tention was attracted by one of the patients calling out, “Oh! Mrs. Morehouse.” She hastened back into the ward and saw that the bed which Lizzie Wilson had occupied was vacant, and that the window near the bed was open. Mrs. Morehouse then learned that as soon as her back was turned the on fortunate young woman had sprang from the bed, rushed to the window, opened it and leaned out. She fell on the veranda and rolled off to the pavement. When picked up she was unconscious, and died soon after. On searching her effects an envelop was found which bore the ad dress, “Henry II. G. Soar, No. 225 North Eighth street, Williamsburg.” A mes- seuger was sent to the place indicated, and yesterday morning Mr. Soar called at the hospital, and there identified the re mains as those of his daughter, Lizzie, aged 23, who left her home on November 21. the same day that she was admitted to the hospital. Mr. Soar, who is a lace manufacturer, said that when his daughter abandoned her home she left a message for her parents, to the effect that she was going to accept a situation ; that she would do nothing wrong, and would return in a few weeks. Her father had no suspicion of her condition, and was greatly shocked when he learned all the circumstances of his daughter’s sad fate. He said yesterday that his wife had a sus picion of the misfortune which had be fallen her before she left home, and sup posed that the fear of its discover}* had in duced her to leave. Deputy Coroner Cush man was informed of the event, and gave the necessary permit to remove the body of the unfortunate girl to her home. There were no external marks of injuries on the body, and death doubtless resultea from the shock. Dr. Beckwith says that he has no doubt the girl intended to de stroy herself, and took the first opportu nity to carry her intention into effect. Her infant is at the hospital, and will doubt less be cared for by the girl’s parents. Dru 6oods. Gray & O'Brien WILL OFFER THIS DAY: ONE THOUSAND YARDS Black Caclimere at 85c. Fifty per cent 1«?kj than last week's prices. <6rocerus and '^rotisions. Navy&Pilot Bread. NAVY AT 31c. PILOT AT 4c. LARGE STOCK OP BAKERS’ FLOUR! On hand. I will guarantee to sell CRACKERS and CANDY AS CHEAP AS CAN BE LAID DOWN FROM ANY OTHER MARKET. J. H. 73, 73** A 75 BAY STREET. Branch House, St .Julian & Bryan Sts. dec31-tf ONE THOUSAND YARDS Black Caclimere at $1 00. Fifty per cent, lees than last week's prices. ONE THOUSAND YARDS Black Caclimere at $1 25. Actual measurement 48 inches. Would be good value for $1 60. FIVE THOUSAND YARDS ALL WOOL KRESS ROODS CHRISTMAS (il)OIIS ONDON LAYER RAISINS. In quarter, half j and whole boxes. CURRANTS. CITRON. MINCE MEAT. PRESERVES .TELLIES. GELATINE. TABLE AND COOKING SHERRIES. v Very Cheap, at BRANCH & COOPER’S d(«c7-NATeItf FLOUR, HAMS! At 30, 35, 40, 50c. Just one-half what they cost to Import. TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED YARDS BOIRETTE Sl ITIV At 8, 10, 12, 20c. ONE HUNDRED PIECES BLACK ALPACA 33^ per cent off former price*. TWENTY CASES BLEACHED SHIRTING At 25 per cent, off last week's prices. ONE THOUSAND DOZEN GENTS’ AND LADIES’ There died at Chicago last week a hideous Italian dwarf named Angelina Tuba. She was afflicted with goitre, and by lagging from house to house had netted in five years for the padrone who imported her $1,500. "When the Prince of Wales writes his autograph in full ha adds to his other title that of “Citizen and Mercer and Grocer and Fishmonger and Goldsmith and Merchant Tailor and Cloth worker. Linen Handkerchiefs From % 1 50 per dozen to $5 00. ONE HUNDRED NEW CLOAKS JUST RECEIVED. W E have just received a car load of GEOR- e just re GL\ FLOUR, follows: which we will retail 1 Half sacks BEST FAMILY at $2 15. Half sacks CHOICE FAMILY at Si 90 and $0 Quarter sacks BEST FAMILY’ at SI 10. Quarter sacks CHOICE FAMILY* at 95c. and fl Bes r I MtfUfiMiii ^ . * ,-i iest sugar-cured HAMS at 14^e. per pound. A. C. HARMON & CO., 31 WHITAKER STREET. dec!5-d«£wtf IOO BARBELS CHOICE FLOUR, IN BARRELS AND SACKS. M ONTICELLO PICKLES. PI Chow Chow, in two-gallon quart. Mixed and and by the Large lot SMOKED SAUSAGE. Pork. Ham and Bologna, very flue. FERRIS’ FINE MEATS! BUTTER, LARD and SUGAR. 100 bushels choice Y'AM POTATOES. TEA. COFFEE and RICE. SOAP, STARCH and choice GEORGIA SY RUP, etc., os cheap as the cheapest. M. F. FOLEY & CO., decl-Tu.Th&Stf 27 BARNARD ST. THREE PIECES FRENCH I)RAP D’ETE dec31-tf FOR CLOAKING. B. F. MENU & CO., 157 Brou"liton Street. Great Miction ii Prices. riosingOiitoiirWinterStock. V LL our BOURETTE, KOMO and other Fancy Dress Goods at reductions of from 25 to 50 per cent. All our handsome BASKET PLAID, all wool dress suitings, at very decided reductions. PLANTING POTATOES. K At \ BBLS. line Vermont EARLY" ROSE PO- • M ) r . TATOES. 100 bbls. JACKSON POTATOES. 100 bblH. PEERLESS POTATOES. 100 bhls. CHILI POTATOES. 100 bbls. EARLY* GOODRICH POTATOES. 100 bbls. PINK EYE POTATOES. 200 bbls. PEACH BLOW POTATOES. 100 bbls. NORTHERN APPLES. 1,500 FLORIDA ORANGES. 50 boxes MESSINA LEMONS. 60 bbls. RED and S. S. ONIONS. 100 bales EASTERN HAY". 50 baits WESTERN HAY". CIDER, BUTTER. VINEGAR, NUTS, I>A TLS FIGS. etc. For sale by P. H. WARD & CO., dec29-tf SAVANNAH. r HEEK and WHITLOCK'S FLOUR. BELLE OF LOGAN FLOUR. DOOLEY’ S BAKING POWDER. A choice assortment of GREEN and BLACK TEAS. • riPER HEIDSIECK CHAMPAGNE. NORTH CAROLINA APPLE BRANDY". CHAYIPAGE CIDER on draught. Agent* for KRUG & CO.'S CHAMPAGNE. Howe & Hubhell’s WELCOME WHISKY. Also, u choice assortment of GROCERIES. ALES. WINES, LIQOURS and CIGARS, at jas. McGrath oct26-tf 17 All the remaining pieces of our stock of fine all wool FRENCH CASHMERES, reduced ns follows: From Si 50 to $1 25. from Si 40 to f 1 12^, from Si 20 toSl, from Si 10 to 90c., from Si 00 to 85c., and .lower grades reduced in pro portion. All our WOOL CASSIMERES for Men's and Boys' wear, reduced fully 33 per cent. BLVNKETS, SHAWLS, FLANNELS and all heavy winter goods at great reductions. & CO’S., WHITAKER STREET. WHITMAN’S CANDY; FANCY" MIXED, in lib boxes. CRYSTALIZED FRUITS, lib boxes. PEPPERMINT DROPS. JORDAN ALMONDS. CREAM BONBONS B. F. MeKEYNA & CO Russian women go outdoors with their children, hut seldom with their hus bands ; and a man is not expected to take notice of another man’s wife by bowing to her when passing in the street. A voung Iowa man welcomed his sweetheart with so. cordial an embrace that a pistol in his pocket exploded, seri ously wounding a boy who was looking on, fc forgetful that two arc company. A prison-keeper rejoices in the name of Melody. Sing Sing would be a good place for him to labor. A sweet thing in combs—Honey. ^imiorbs. FIREWORKS! YV'E have a remnant of Firework* left, which » » we offer for coet. BRANCH dec7-lin & COOPER. Jfftulfrs. GRATE Corsets, Hosiery, Cloves, etc CORSETS—“ La Traviata," “ L’Elegant Bess," "Grand Opera,” "Cinderella,' "Nonpareil.” and <other popular brand*. Also, "Abdominal" or "Health” Corsets in all sizes. Prices from 25 cents up. HOSIERY—Full lines of Ladies’ COTTON HOSIERY", Fancy Striped. Solid Colored. Em broidered; BALBRIGGAN, White and Brown. Full Lines of Children's Fancy Stripe. Solid Color and White long half and three-quarter HOSE. Full line of Gentlemen's Stout and Superstout ENGLISH HALF HOSE. GLOVES—A full assortment of sizes, in three S, ln three button. REAL ALEXANDRE KID GLOVES. winter colors. A full assortment of sizes in other Kid Gloves from 50c. per pair upwards. A choice let of Ladies' Elegant Hand-work EMBROIDERED LINEN CAMBRIC HAND KERCHIEFS. Ladies' Handsome LACE BORDERED LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS. Ladies Fine CLEAR LAWN LINEN HAND KERCHIEFS. JUST RECEIVED. 50 more gross of those fine LEAD PENCILS, at lc. each or 10c. per dozen. 50 more gross of HAIR PINS, at lc. per pack age or 10c. per dozen packages. 500 dozen of that popular BASTING COTTON, at lc. per spool or 10c. per dozen. 100 dozen all LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, at 5c. each. 100 gross Fine LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, at 5c. each. aec3l-tf for $alr. MISERY FENDERS! BOLSHAYV’S. dec25-tf (foffre and ara. A SPECIALTY! William M. Tweed has offered to con fess judgment in the suits of the city of New York now pending against him. These include two suits on the $6,000,000 claim—the same as that iu the people’s suit, in which judgment has been recov ered—and a suit of $55,000 against Slar- riner and Tweed, and one for $500,000 against (i. S. Miller and Tweed. The corporation counsel has accepted the offer in the last two suits. A Litcky Scbvetor.—John Holden, a surveyor of Perry county, Mississippi, has dug up a treasure of *35,600 in com, to which he was guided by an instrument of his own invention, hie money was buried during the war by guerrillas, who quarreled and killed each other off, leav ing only general instructions as to the I neighborhood where it was concealed. T HE only COFFEE and TEA STORE in the city. No. 13b Broughton street, where you can get the best Mocha, Rio & Java Coffee, PARCHED EVERY DAY, and the finest selected and best flavored TEAS for the least money. Also, a full stock of PURE GROUND SPICES. Extra inducements offered to the trade. Or der* filled and delivered promptly free of charge. dec27-tf A. J. MOLONEY. -Sarduare, At. II A lt I> WARE. JQQ TONS swedes iron. 150 tons REFINED IRON. 75 tons PLOW STEEL 300 dozen AXES. 1,500 kegs NAIUi 4,000 pairs TRACES. 1000 hags SHOT. For sale by nov27 tf WEED & CORNWELL TO PEINTEES! To make room for new material I offer the following for sale: 1.200 to 1.500 pounds BREVIER, formerly wed on the Morning News. 1,200 to 1,500 peunds NONPAREIL, formerly used on the Morning News. 400 pounds BOURGEOIS, nearly new. Also. DISPLAY TYPE formerly used or the of 2c newspaper, and a number of fonts of JOB TYPE, all of which will be sold cheap. No sorts of any kind for sale. deoSl-tf J. H. ESTILL, SAVANNAH, QA. Handsomest Cottage Residence In the city for sale on VERY EASY’ TER.US. N O. 93 Gordon street, between Dravton and I Aber-torn: pretty flower garden; broad brick pavement; one of the finest fences in the United States: modern improvements, hot and cold water; sewer connections: connection from sewer pi** to roof for escapement of foul gas; ■tOx90. With small cash payment this prop erty can be secured at a bargain, and for long t me for balance at low rate of interest. This in ©ne of the best opportunities for securing a good comfortable home, attractive, on easy terms, that has been offered for some tftne. Don't fail to examine. If you desire to pur chase or see it, call on R. B. REPPARD. dec29-tf 70 Bay street. Savannah, Ga. lYEHKSA TABLE RAISINS. Malaga grapes, figs, nuts, etc. FRESH GEORGIA EGG8. A. M. dec!7-tf & C. W. WEST’S. SYRUP. 100 Bbls. CHOICEFLORJDA SYRUP FOR SALE BY H. sepl2-tf JOHN MYERS & BROS. LYONS, Agent for the following: BALTIMORE PEARL HOMINY COMPANY*. 1 > Cantrell & Cochran e Imported BELFAST GINGER ALE. —ALSO— Headquarters for PIPER HEIDSIECK CHAL PAUSE, and the celebrated BAKER WHISKY oct6-ly COFFEE. ^ |2 J BAGS COFFEE, per German brig Tending Moltke, direct from Rio de Janeiro, and for sale by oet!6-tf WEED & CORNWELL. APPLES. 50 Barrels Just Received C. L. GILBERT & CO., Jan4-tf WHOLESALE QROOEB8. PRESTOS COTXWGHAJL WM. H. IIWES. CUNNINGHAM & HE WES, Grocers&Ship Chandlers, Corner Bay and Drayton Streets, SAVANNAH,.. oct26-3m .GEORGIA Saps- aiiUs;, &t. McDonough & ballantyne, Iron & Brass Founders MACHINISTS, East Broad St, near A. & G. R. K. Depot, SAVANNAH, CEORCIA. Iron Fronts for Stores. BRACKETS, IRON RAILING, 'ASTINGS of all kinds, —AMD— - Iarchitectura l IRON WORK For churches, stores and dwellings made to order. AGENTS FOR THE Shier Governor Co. Soantlin’g decl-ly S«.mless Evaporator. Soys’ <?oi)l (fbfsts, Ac. Boys’ Tool Chests. 6as .fitting. GREAT REDUCTION California has been blessed with heavy rainfall; whir!, means go I N the price of BREECH LOADING SHOT GUNS. Also, a full supply or SPORTING I GOODS, U the Hardware H< JOHN NICOLSON, Gas and-Steam Fitter, 100 BOYS ' TOOL CHESTS - ROSEWOOD BRlCKET SAW FRAMES. STEEL BRACKED SAW FRAMES. 10 gross BRACKET SAWS. CARVING TOOLS, PATTERNS, era. PLUMBER AND DE l GAS 1 a by
