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(the '^Horning Pietro.
J. XI. ESTILL, Proprietor.
NO. 3 WHITAKER STREET,
(MORNING NEWS BUILDING).
AX'. T. THOMPSON, Editor.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1878.
TAPPING THE WIRES.
The evidence of Colonel Shafter and Lieu
tenant Bull is before the House Military Commit
tee strengthens the impression that a military
i’oroe both on the part of the United States and
Mexico must be maintained on the Rio Grande
border.
The Senate assembles to-day, and it is ascer
tained that the party division will be thirty-
seven Republicans and thirty-six Democrats
and Davis, Independent. Two Republicans will
be absent without pairs.
It is to the credit of the South that it was not
represented in the Woman's Suffrage Conven
tion in session at Washington.
The President of the Women’s Convention,
Sara Spencer, in closing the exercises, made
the following hit. She said **there was a dying
party at the capital, but they would gladly grab
woman suffrage, or anything else, if they
thought it would save them.*’
Hon. Alfred M. Waddell, of North Carolina,
Chairman of the Congressional Post Office Com
mittee, who has been in New York for a week-
giving his attention to postal matters in that
city—delivered a lecture Tuesday evening at
Temperance Hall, before an immense audience,
for the benefit of the Post Office Mutual Aid
Association. His subject was aptly chosen—
"The Two Americans. Morse and Maury.” The
lecture was enthusiastically received.
The stagnation in the London money market,
says the Times, exceeds anything experienced in
a long time, and the rise in consols is partly due
to the fact of the investment by banks and
others having the disposal of large sums of
money which cannot be used in the way of
loans.
The beautiful blue Dauulie river is now
thoroughly frozen over.
The Russians in Bulgaria are said to have
only three weeks supplies, and great difficulty
about forage is apprehended unless communi
cation is soon opened.
The Servian*, it is understood, will occupy
Sophia and transfer their headquarters there.
The First National Bank of St. Loulsfin liqui
dation, has transferred its business to the Fourth
National Bank of St. Louis, where depositors
will lie paid in full on presentation of checks
certified by the former bank.
The idea of opposing the re-election of Audif-
ret P^squier as President of the French Senate
has been abandoned.
C. J. Freyer, manager of Freyer, Foppenheim
& Adams' Opera Company at St. Louis, has
very mysteriously disappeared, and anxiety is
felt concerning him.
Mr. Evarts was elected President and Mr. Til-
den Viet* President of the Bar Association of
New Vork*yesterday.
The Presidents of the main trunk railroads
m**et at New York to day to make a finai effort
to prevent cutting down freight rates.
Corporal Chambers, the last of the Fenian
prisoners, has been made the subject of the
Queen's clemency and been released.
Our special Atlanta telegram announces the
marriage of Hugh Gordon, son of Senator Gor
don, and Miss Carrie Williams, sister of Major
Charles H. Williams, of the Atlanta Tribune.
on Tuesday night.
An important meeting of the officials of the
Green Line Railroad was held at Atlanta yes
terday.
A strong movement will l>o made to secure
the adoption of the bill for the reduction of the
tax on tobacco from twenty-five cqnts to twelve
cents, and on whisky from ninety cents to forty
cents per gallon, and the amehdinent allowing
a draw back on all tobacco manufacturers may
have on hand when the reduction is made.
Some of the bondsmen of Fern ell. Collector
of the Fourth North Carolina District, are in
Washington for the purpose of applying to the
Secretary of the Treasury for release from
their bond.
The council of Ministers of Turkey having
agreed upon the conditioas of an armistice and
submitted them for the Sultan’s approval, and
the Sultan having approved the conditions, has
ordered the commanders on the field to con
clude an armistice with the Russian comman
ders. This compromise reached is rather
favorable to the British view in the correspon
dence with Russia on the question of peace
negotiations.
The King of Italy, Victor Emanuel, died at
half-past two o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Two unsuccessful ballots for United States
Senator from Kentucky were had yesterday,
Williams and Lindsay tieing on both ballots.
The convention of bank Presidents in New
York yesterday adopted resolutions against
the passage of the silver bill, and for the regu
lation of the value of any silver coinage, except
for change, by the bullion contents, and ap
pointed a committee to memorialize Congress,
and also to secure the co-operation of the
banks, clearing houses, insurance companies,
etc.
Immediately on the death of King Victor
Emanuel. Prince Humbert was proclaimed
King, and he confirmed all the present Ministers
in their posts.
The New Hampshire Republican State Con
vention. in session at Concord, yesterday nomi
nated Benjamin F. Prescott, by acclamation, as
their Candidate for Governor.
Kin; Victor Emanuel.
The telegraph informs us this morn
ing of tile <Writ h of Victor Emanuel,
King of Italy. He was born on March
23, 1820. On the abdication of his father,
on the 23d of March, 1849, he succeeded
to the throne of Sardinia, and was pro
claimed King of Italy by the vote of the
Italian Parliament March 17, 1861. His
reign has been marked by many impor
tant events, chief of which was the uni
fication of Italy by the abolition
of the temporal power of the
Pope over Rome, and the establishment
instead of his own government, an act
which drew down upon him the censure
of the church and caused a bull of ex-
communication to be issued against him.
He persisted iu his course, however, and
to the last has maintained his rule over
what was formerly the dominions of the
Roman Catholic Church.
His successor, already proclaimed, is
his son Humbert, Prince of Piedmont,
bom March 14, 1844, and married on the
22d of April, 1868. It is not likely that
■ he will in any respect change the policy
of his late father, but will insist on
maintaining intact the integrity of the
kingdom which he has inherited.
We learn that orders have been issued
from the Italian Consulate in this city to
file effect that all the shipping in this
port ltelonging to the Italian Government
display their flags at half mast for three
days, QUt of respect to the memory of the
deceased sovereign.
Hayes' Title to the Presidency.
It does literally and most decidedly
seem that the question of Mr. Hayes
title to the Presidency is a second edition
of Banquo’s ghost—it will not down.
The indictments against the Louisiana
returning board had hardly passed away
into the past, before W. E. Chandler, of
New Hampshire, a man as completely
responsible for the taint upon that title
as any other one individual in this coun
try, succeeded in exciting afresh the pub
lie mind by his confession that more than
seven thousand Tilden voles were thrown
out of the Louisiana ballot boxes
in order to successfully carry out
the conspiracy to count in Hayes. And
now Hon. Montgomery Blair, of Mary
land, has introduced a memorial to Con
gress in the House of Delegates of his
State, in Annapolis, praying for a full in
vestigation of matters affecting Hayes'
accession to the Presidency. Thus, as
fast as the demon of fraud is apparently
exorcised in one locality, it makes its ap
pearance in another; and in consequence
Mr. Hayes is kept in a perpetual state of
suspense, annoyance and anxiety.
These constant agitations of this trou
blesome and very serious subject, demon
strate the truth that fraudulent conspira
cies are not unlike—
*• Blood}- instructions, which being taught.
Return to plague the inventor.”
They most unmistakably show that
throughout the length and breadth
of this land—North, South, East and
West—there is a feeling of unrest and
anxiety connected with the manner in
which Mr. Hayes obtained his title
to the Presidential chair. That this
continued agitation can do no im
mediate good in the way of leading to
the abdication of Hayes and Wheeler,
and the inauguration in their stead of
Tilden and Hendricks, is very evident.
We do not believe that the most ardent
and devoted friends of these two last
named gentlemen ever dream of suili
a consummation. Nevertheless, some ul
timate good must result from these per
sistent demonstrations of popular dis
content. They are, at once, so
many recorded protests against a viola
tion of the will of the American people,
and the seizure of the chief office within
their gift by fraud and usurpation, and
they tell, as plainly as truth can lie told,
that no such conduct will ever again be
submitted to. In other words, they in
form ail plotters against our constitution
and government that, while circum
stances on this special occasion were such
as to have enabled this special crime to lie
successfully perpetrated, any like attempt
in future will be surely followed by resist
ance aud punishment.
As to Mr. Hayes, he must expect to,
undergo the penalty for the part he con
sented to play in tile drama. He fondly
imagined that the high dignity of being
called President was worth this price,
and he was willing and ready to pay it.
If he finds that he has paid dear for his
whistle, it is his own lookout, and he
must bear whatever of chagrin and heart
burning is connected with his offence.
For three years longer he will occupy the
White House, and fill the post of Chief
Executive of the United States. He will
then step down and out, and will never
again be heard of in public life. That
he has endeavored to palliate his crime
by living up to the spirit of the Constitu
tion we readily believe. The same
motive will doubtless prompt him
to continue in that course. His
one hope iu the future is that his
tory may say of him that though he oh
tained his oflice by questionable means,
stiff, after he had so obtained it, he
trier! to atone for his offence by doing
his duty. That is all that is left him
for consolation now and hereafter.
The one good lesson which this whole
matter teaches, however, is that honesty
is, under all circumstances, the best rub
of conduct. It will impress upon the
American people that, though the trans
gressor may flourish for a time, Iris cud
will be hard. Thus not only will the
party of dishonesty and fraud be forever
hereafter repudiated, hut after a while
we will get back to the plain, old-fash
ioned methods of the days of our fore
fathers. when honesty, integrity and ca
pacity, not shoddy wealth, were the step
ping stones to place, position and honor.
The Expense of Building Capitols.
Governor Robinson, of New York, de
voted considerable space in his late mes
sage to the Legislature, to the subject «f
the tremendous expense connected with
the building of the new capitol in Al
bany. This building was begun ten years
ago, and it was to cost about 83.000,000.
Up to the present time there has been ex
pended upon it the sum of $8,276,615 36,
an amount, says Governor Robinson,
larger than had been expended on the
original construction of the Erie and
Champlain canals, and yet not a single
room in the entire building has been com
pleted. And further says the Governor:
"It seems beyond the reach of human
foresight to discover when it may be fin
ished, or the amount of money that may
be required for that purpose. I respect-
full} - urge every member of the Legisla
ture to go through the vast pile of brick
and mortar and judge for himself what
arc the prospects which lie l>eforc the
people iu regard to the enormous expen
ditures yet to be made." It is further
estimated that before this Albany capitol
is completed, it will cost fully
$15,000,000—five times the amount which
it was expected to cost when it was
begun.
The experience of New York in capi
tol building is by no means singular. In
deed it is the general rule that buildings
of this nature are regarded as bonauzas
by professional contractors and others, in
asmuch as the money expended in their
construction comes out of the public
purse. South Carolina, for instance,
even now has on her hands a capitol
building originally estimated to cost $1,-
500,000, and though double that amount
has already been appropriiy^l for it, it is
not nearly finished. We notice also that
iu Illinois the new capitol is regarded by
the people as a very large elephant
on their hands, and the Indiana people,
who are also contemplating a new build
ing for State purposes, are having their
attention sharply drawn to these state
ments of Governor Robinson. Indeed it
would be very wise for all States antici
pating new capitol buildings to bear these
figures in mind, and at least be careful to
avoid New York's extravagant arehitec
tural ideas.
There is, says the New York World, one
phase of tlie solid South question that
will come up in a form interesting to Re
publicans in about two years and a half
from now. At the next National Repub
lican Convention something over a third
of the delegates will oome from States
whCre.'iSgording to Republican authori
ties. the Reputiiicsn party is dead as
nail in door. Shall Mississippi, where
the Radical organization has gone to
fragments and no one cares to save the
pieces, out vote the State of Blaine, and
Georgia have rather more than twice the
voice of Mr. Edmunds' State in deciding
avho shall he the Republican nominee in
1880? And if there is no Republican
party iu the South how are the delega
tions to be selected and accredited? Who
shall decide whether the "regulars" are
the representatives of the one hundred
and fifty Federal office-holders, or those
of the remaining one hundred and forty-
pine Republicans who do not hold oflice?
We fear there is trouble ahead.
The Crescent and the Cross.
It is very evident, says the Courier-
Journal, that England is to be brought
into the Eastern conflict as the champion
of Mohammedanism. As the Russians
approach Constantinople, England’s Mo
hammedan subjects in India look to her
as the defender of Islam. The feelinj
in India is intense. The mosques are
crowded with worshippers praying for
the success of the Saltan, and the native
journals have been for some months
plainly intimating that all Iudian Mo
hammedans expect England to do her
duty, and prevent the triumph of the
Russian arms. It is not a Russian de
scent on India which the war party ir
England fears, but an uprising of Indian
Mohammedans as a result of Russian
success. The Loudon correspondent of
the Chicago Timas relates an interview
he had recently with a prominent Con
servative, who, speaking of the attitude
of Inc government and the feeling of the
native population iu India, said:
‘ In seeing that Russia still advances,
despite our opposition, they conclude
that England is an effete power. They
dangerously " "
are already dangerously excited over
their belief in our weakness. It is cer
tain that if we do not check the Russian
advance we will lose our hold on the In
dian population. If we don't fight, they
will. It is certain that an unchecked
Russian advance on Constantinople would
excite a dangerous reaction among the
Mussulmans of India. The shortest way
to keep down these classes is by lighting
Russia. The Empire of India must be
cemented with blood. The Afgliane.se
populations are in revolt, aud there is un
easiness everywhere, which can only be
quieted bv an exhibition of England's
power. The government has much in
formation showing the emergent charac
ter of the situation in India which is not
before the public.”
Delegate Cannon is, the Salt Lake Tri
bune says, at home fixing up things for
the admission of Utah as the thirty-ninth
State, and the paper complains bitterly
that he should, being ar unnaturalized
alien as well as a polygamist, have been
allowed to sit unchallenged in Congress
for five years. His presence at Wasliing-
ton, the paper further declares, is ex
tremely injurious to the best interests of
the territory, since he opposes free schools
and does nothing to aid the oppressed and
struggling mining interest.
The Culture of Cotton in California.
Attempts have licen made in different
portions of California to cultivate cotton,
but in most cases the results have been
unsatisfactory-. Nevertheless, there are
still many who think this thing can be
made to pay, and, consequently, continue
to give more or less attention to it. The
Stock town Independent tells of a “ Col.
Strong, of Merced, a pioneer in the in
dustry, who raised forty thousand pounds
of giuned cotton from one hundred acres
in the Merced valley last season, an ave
rage product of four hundred pounds to
the acre, which is a much larger yield
than was obtained in the most noted
cotton growing districts of the country.
Of course the Colonel has only planted
cotton on what is considered the choicest
of land, yet,” adds the editor, "he is
satisfied that, with water for irrigation,
he could raise equally as large a crop on
much of the uplands of San Joaquin val
ley. He thinks our arid and warm sum
mers particularly favorable for the pro
duction of a choice staple, and is satis
fied that cotton plants will mature with
less moisture than Is required for wheat.”
The government will not send troops
to South Carolina to assist the revenue
officers. It is believed the revenue offi
cers there, properly armed, will succeed
In arresting the offenders who recently
rescued a peddler from custody.
The Bloody Shirt No Longer Waves in
Mississippi.
The special correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Ouzette in Mississippi has • been
making a thorough investigation of the
social, moral ami political condition of
that much-abused State, and, as he was
sent there to show up a most damnable
late of affairs. Iris testimony is of inter
est, inasmuch as he does not see Ids way
clear to pile on the bloody shirt agony
He says:
‘ There are sections of Mississippi 1
would not advise a man to go to. Amite
county is one, Kemper aud Lauderdale
and the adjacent portions of Alabama
constitute one Of the whist sections of
the South. There are still ft few him k
spots where the people arc rebellious and
unsettled. But withtheseexeeptionsmy
verdict is favorable. In Central Missis
sippi, especially in the counties along
the New Orleans and Cairo road, the
people are peaceful in the extreme. They
are weary of strife, and anxious to see
the couutry improved by immigration.
They don't want to be governed by ne-
Toes, and small blame to them for that,
iut they are as friendly as could lie
asked. Southern society differs from
Northern society chiefly in this: The
men are more free: the women much
more reserved. Perhaps the latter
feature is because of the former.
This seems to be a characteristic
of Southern races the world over—as
in France, Spain and Italy. As to law
aud order, the North-born settlers tell me
there is nothing to complain of. The re
cord shows there is no more crime titan
in an equal population'North. The resi
dents are occasionally sarcastic over our
railroad riots and Pittsburg burning, and
offer to send troops to preserve the pace,
and the comparative records of Ohio and
Mississippi for the past year are cited
here with a good deal of pride, but I
guess we can stand that. The negroes
are much given* to petty thieving, hut
rarely rise To the level of great crimes.
Life'and property are as secure as iu
most parts of the North, and, for aught 1
can see, the courts run along in pretty-
good fashion. 1 have previously stated
that the Republican party was done with
for good and all in this State, aud tiiat
political divisions were opening on new
issues. This breaks the color line, which
ail must admit to be a gain, and old set
tiers, new-c inters, black tint! white, split
their ticket cheerfully. ”
Bogus Fox Hunting.
The "fancy" in and around New York
seem to be terribly put too to find some
means of killing time and making a sen
sation. Shoddy millionaires are ambi
tious of imitating the customs and
amusements of the aristocracy of the Old
■World, and in their attempts to ape the
English nobility render themselves su
premely ridiculous. In order that they
may have some expensive amusement in
which people of ordinary means can
not indulge, various expedients have
been resorted to. Some years ago yacht
ing was the favorite employment, and
many thousands of dollars were expend
ed in the construction of race yachts.
Next came coaching, and several notable
snobs rendered themselves famous by-
mounting the coach box and driving four-
in-hand in imitation of the old English
coachmen. Then came the game of
polo, in which, mounted on Mustang:
and dressed in fancy costumes, the young
gentlemen of ton displayed their bad
horsemanship and their pluck by pelting
a ball with long handled mallets, greatly
to the amusement of the Flora M aeflim-
seys of their circle, and the rabble who
viewed the sport from a respectful dis
tance. Some bruised shins and cracked
craniums having resulted from the pell-
mell conflicts on the polo-ground, that
game has declined in popularity, aud
the chase seems just now to lie
the favorite amusement. “A hunt"
has been formed, packs of hounds
have been trained to trail a bag of anise
seed or a dead fox drawn over the
round by a lackey in livery and top-
boots, and any numlter of young sports,
less familiar with the saddle titan their
industrious and frugal daddies were with
their implements of trade, have split
their trousers, periled their precious lives
aud ltcen pitched head over heels
to the ground while following the
pack in fuff cry. - A few weeks
ago one of these mimic fox chases
came off in the vicinity of New
York, in which eleven or twelve of the
daring sportsmen were thrown from their
taekies, to the great damage of their
hunting suits and the imminent peril of
life and limb, A less disastrous hunt
took place on New Year’s day on Long Isl
and, which is thus chronicled by the
New York Sun :
BY TELEGRAPH.
A SOCIETY ITEM.
Green Line
Railroad
Connell.
Officials la
HORRIBLE WEATHER.
A Cincinnati paper states that the
Texas and Pacific Railroad scheme
“would take $120,000,001) out of the pub
lic treasury.” This is not true. The bill
does not ask for one dollar from the pub
lic treasury. It does not even ask for
single bind, nor for a single acre of public
land. What then does it propose? Sim
ply this: that when the bonds of the
company are issued for money to build
the road with, the government shall
guarantee the interest on them—this is
all.—St. Louis Republican.
That is just what the government has
been doing for the Union Pacific Railroad
to the tuue of some fifty millions, of
which there is no present prospect of re
payment. All that these railroad corpo
rations ask is that tlie government shall
guarantee the interest on their 1 Kinds!
Well, what more do they need? What bet
ter subsidy could they have? If the com
panies feel confident of their ability to
pay the interest on their bonds, why .ask
the government's endorsement? If there
is so strong a probability that they will
not Ire able to meet the interest on their
bonds, that even with mortgage liens on
their roads they cannot borrow the mil
lions they require, why should the gov
ernment asumse the responsibility of
meeting the interest payments ? In short,
why do these railroad corporations whip
the devil round the stump, instead of
boldly asking the government to furnish
the credit capital for their stupendous
speculations ? If the government is to
build railroads on the people's credit or
with the people's money, the roads should
belong to the people and not to private
corporations.
Senator Oglesby, of Illinois, in a re
cent speech at Decatur, Illinois said:
"I think tlie silver bill will pass. I think
the resumption repeal biff will pass. I
don’t think wa can resume in a year.
Sherman says he can have $100,000,000
to resume with in a year, but that won't
pay off three hundred and fifty millions
of greenbacks; and what would be the
use if it would? The only course left
would be to take them up in four per
cent.; and I swear by Almighty God I'll
never do it! Tlie debt is our own: we
can hold it; we shall violate no
faith. The greenback is not a
mere bit of )>aper; it is the money
of this nation, and I want
four hundred millions right now, with a
view of increasing them, until they be
come the only paper currency. I hope
wc have seen the worst of these dark
days; for, as the clouds must soon lift
from this earth, so must this depression
lift from this people—from all this coun
try." It will be perceived that Oglesby
is a rip-roaring follower of the John
Sherman of 1868, who declared that a
bondholder who would not be paid in
the same money he paid for his bonds
(greenbacks) was "a repudiator and ex
tortioner to demand money more valua
ble than he gave.”
•‘Almost the entire membership of the Queen's
Countv Hunt hatl come down for a day’s run
with the hounds, and the long: deserted avenues
resounded with laughter and the neighing of
high-mettled horses. Notwithstanding the cold,
piercing wind, fully fifty carriages stood in
front of the Garden City Hotel for several
hours, their occupants waiting patiently for
the signal to start. This was not given until
three o’clock. Then the master-of-the-hunt
and the whip appeared with the hounds, and
the largest field run this MMOn .foll-nved gaj'ly
after the hounds as they (lashed off in the di
rection of Hempstead. It was composed of
thirty.six horsemen and two gentlewomen. As
they departed the throng gathered on the
broad piazzas of the hotel, waved their hand
kerchiefs and clapped their hands with delight.
‘‘At Hempsteau the hounds were unleashed.
Hempsteai:
and a brisk run to the southeastward ensued.
Three miles further on a ludicrous incident hap
pened that was heartily enjoyed by the hunts
men. The dogs had run so fast that at this
point they caught up with the man dragging
th“ anise s**ed bag. A parley took place, and it
was decided to cast loose a fox that had t»cen
brought from the city and taken out in a farm
er's wagon. But the fox was u tame one. hav
ing been brought up in fact in a bird fancier's
store, and he could not for some time be pre
vailed upon to ran. At last, after being struck
several times with a whip, he darted off iu tlie
direction of Unioudale. Several times the
hounds caught up to him, and were called off
lest they should prematurely tear him to pieces.
Finail}* poor Reynard sank exhausted ou'Bar-
nurn's avenue, and was knocked in the head by
a huntsman. His brush and pads were torn off
and divided among the foremost of the field.
•'In the run five of the huntsmen were thrown
from their horses, one of whom received some
injuries. The flue young bay mare Madge was
prostrated on Hempstead plains. She had run
at full speed over the rough frost-hardened
ground in the vicinity of Westbury. She suc
cessfully jumped two of the three ditches that
lie adjacent to the turnpike. She attempted the
third one. hut the unusual strain was too much
for her, and she broke the tendons of her off
hind foot. The poor mare lay on the cold
ground for several hours, suffering the most
excruciating pain. Theu she was carted off."
It is difficult to imagine anything in
the way of rational sport more i
premely ridiculous than such a sham as
this. To one who has ever participated
in the excitement of the chase, a fox
hunt without a live fox would be like the
play of Ilamlet with the Prince of Den
mark left out, and the wonder is not
Special Telegram to the Morning Xetea.
Atlanta, January 9.—Hugh Gordon,
son of Senator Gordon, and Miss Carrie
Williams, sister of Major Charles II.
Williams, of the Atlanta Tribune, were
married at St. Phillip’s Church by Bishop
Beckwith, and left for Washington last
night
An important meeting of the Green
Line Railroad officials was held at the
Kimball House to-day.
Sleet, rain and ice last night made walk
ing dangerous. It has been raining steadily
to-day, which wrecks much of the Rex
display to-night. It has been the severest
weather for the past week ever known
here, yet the hotels are full of strangers.
GOOD NEDS FOR TRAVELERS
Through Pullman Sleepers Between
Boston and Savannah.
Special Telegram to the Morning Xetcs.
Wilmington, N. C., January 9.—The
first car of a line of Pullman palace
sleepers between Boston and Savannah,
running via the Great Atlantic Coast
Line, left Boston at 7 p. m. Monday, and
will arrive in Savannah this morning via
the Savannah and Charleston Roads.
These cars will leave Savannah and Bos
ton alike, on Monday and Thursday eve
nings of each week, and oftener if the
demands of travel require it. They form
the largest continuous sleeping car line
in the world, runniug over the rails of
nineteen corporations, and through
twelve States and the District of Co
lumbia.
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN
THE SENATE GROUND ARMS.
Concessions
Restore Harmony
A QUORUM IX EACH HOUSE DOUBTFUL.
Special Telegram to the Morning Xetcs.
Washington,-D. C., January'9.—It
was stated by the Secretary of War to
day that the expectation of a continha
tion of the contest between the President
and the Republican leaders in the Senate
would tie disappointed; that in the ab
sence of nominations for tlie New
York custom house he could see but
little, if any, cause for further
disagreement, as the investigation of
the Mexican question yielded no cause
for objection. The impression prevails
here to some extent that concessions re
storing harmony between the President
and the Conkling wing in the Senate have
been or will shortly lie made. The
change in thuiisiieei of the situation is at
tributed in some measure to the agi
tation of questions in the Chandler
letter and the probability of action there
on !)y Congress in the shape of an in
vestigating committee. It is doubtful
whether a quorum of cither House will
be present when called to-morrow.
NOTES
FROM THE
CAPITAL.
NATIONAL
The Whisky and Tobacco Tax.
EADS’
Alikins; Rcllei -
EDDIES,
from their Bonds.
only that grown men could join in such
a ridiculous pastime, but that even well
bred dogs could lit- beguiled into trailing
a bag of anise seed or a dead fox dragged
over the field by a cord.
Such sham fox chases are a rjdieuloui
burlesque on manly sport, dangerous to
the noodles who participate in them, and
cruel to the dumb brutes who are made
the victims of tlie silly amusement, and
should, for the latter reason, come under
the cotniizance of the humane .Mr. Bergh.
no other use for their money or their
time, should not be permitted to risk
their precious necks on horseback, to
ride gentle taekeys to death, or pelt a poor
tame fox into a run for ltis life just for
the amusement of themselves and their
dogs. If these young pets of for
tune must have some special
amusement to keep them out of mischief,
there are many other expedients less ex
pensive and dangerous to themselves and
more humane to their animals that might
be adopted. If they must indulge in fox
chasing, let them construct a fox chasing
rink after the fashion of tlie flying horses,
flying ships and flying coaches to be seen
on tlie Champs Elysees, and which afford
so much pleasure and amusement to the
children of Paris on pleasant Sunday
afternoons. It would be a matter of
mall cost to build a flying hunt, after
he Parisian plan, in which all the ex
citement of the chase as now practiced
by the New York Queens County Hunt
might be enjoyed in aristocratic
seclusion witli perfect safety. An
ingenious mechanic could arrange the
whole affair to perfection. A stuffed fox
might be fixed on a roc ter in front of
the crying pack, while any number of
wooden horses with their riders might
tiff up the chase in the rear, and by the
turning of a crank the whole maehinery
of the chase might lie set in motion and
kept running at any desired rate of speed
and for any length of time. By a little
contrivance, motion might tie given to the
legs of the fox, the imitation hounds,
like toy crying babies, might tie
made to keep up a full cry. and the riders
could sit their horses in perfect safety
and cry taffy ho! tally ho! to their hearts
content.
Such a hunt would be a decided im
provement on the Queens county bur
lesque, and would be attended with none
of the peril and cruelty to dumb brutes
described above. We charge nothing
for tlif suggestion, which is prompted
alike by our sense of propriety and feel
ings of humanity.
The cultivation of sorghum sugar cane
has assumed a great importance in Texas,
reaching the highest perfection in the
middle counties.
How the Japanese Govebxmext
Disposed of 38,000 Rebels. — Air.
Bingham, our diplomatic represent. - !
tive at the Japanese Court, writes to
the Department of State from Tokei,
Japan, that the court convened at
Nagasaki under special orders to try the
captured rebels concerned in the late
Satsuma revolt closed its labors on the
30th of October; that 38,163 persons
were tried, and that of these 295 were
acquitted, 35,918 were pardoned, 20 w ere
fined, 117 were deprived of rank as
Shisoka (Samurai or sword-bearers).
1,793 were condemned to imprisonment
with hard labor for terms varying from
thirty days to ten years, and 20 w^j-e
adjudged to suffer decapitation. The
moderation and forbearance of the
Japanese Government, so contrary to the
customary Asiatic mode of treating van
quished rebels, are highly commended by
foreigners and natives alike.
Washington - , January 0.—There is a
strong movement in favor of tlie biff of
Representative Robbins, of North Caro
lina, for the reduction of tlie totiacco tax
from twenty-five to twelve cents, and
spirituou.4 liquors from ninety to forty
cents, and the amendment offered by
Representative Cabell, allowing a draw
back of tax on all tobacco which manu
facturers may have on hand when the re
duction goes into effect. Colonel George
C. Ayers, chairman, with f. G.
Holland and Thomas J. Talbott,
constituting a committee of the tobacco
manufacturers of Danville and tlie sur
rounding country in Virginia, are here
to support the amendment. This com
mittee will meet the representatives of
the trade from Cincinnati, St. Louis,
New York, Baltimore. Chicago, Detroit,
Louisville and other cities in formal ses
sion on Saturday and will have a hearing
before the Committee of Ways and Means
early next week. All are represented
ns favoring Robbins' bill, provided Ca
bell's amendment is adopted, as it is the
most important feature of this measure,
as it affects this great industry. C. II.
Conrad is secretary of the Virginia com
mittee. m
Some of tlie ltondsmen of Collector
Fernell. of tlie Fourth North Carolina
District, are- here, witli the avowed pur
pose of applying to the Secretary of the
Treasury for release from their lmnd.
Captain Eads received his half million
dollars to-day on account of jetties. In
honor of the great engineer they propose
calling them "Eads’ Eddies.”
EVENING TELEGRAMS,
NEGOTIATIONS FOR
TICK.
AN ARMIS*
DEATH OF KIXG VICTOR EMAXVEL.
New York Bankers in Convention on
the Silver Question.
NEW HANPSHIBE REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION.
The Fire Record.
DEATII OF THE KINO OF ITALY.
London, January 9.—The Kin#
of
Italy died at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon.
Rome, January 9.—King Emanuel
received tlie consolations of religion
before his death. In the afternoon
the sacraments were administered
to King Victor Emanuel, who received
the priest with great serenity. The
King then summoned Prince Humbert,
the heir apparent, and his wife,
Princess Marghenta. to his bedside,
with whom he conversed a few
momen|. Afterwards the miliary
eruption increased; the King then sum
moned all those who were in the habit of
approaching him; he addressed to every
one present a few words, and a few mo
ments after died. The news of his death
soon spread through the city, and caused
great emotion among tlie people. All the
shops were closed.
Prince Humbert was proclaimed King
of Italy. He confirmed the present Min
isters in their posts.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Obser
ver, Washington, D. C., Januaiy 9.—
Indications for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic States, northeiist
backing to cooler northwest winds, partly
cloudy weather, falling, followed by ris
ing barometer, will prevail.
In the Middle States, northerly shift
ing to southerly winds, warmer, partly
cloudy weather, with falling barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
southwest to northwest winds, warmer,
partly cloudy ami rainy weather, followed
by cloudy and clearing weather and fall
ing barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, northeast
to southeast winds, warmer, cloudy
weather and billing barometer.
The temperature will continue above
freezing in the canal regions of Maryland
and Virginia.
DISASTROUS FIRE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington, January 9.—A disastrous
fire occurred at Laurinburg. Richmond
county, this morning. The principal
losers are Hector McLean, B. J. Rinen-
baek. Z. Fountain. M. J. McKoy Bros.,
A. Cameron, J. C. Morgan. J. S. Crouch
«fc Co., Cross, Redmontfc Co., E. Benbow,
J. O. Edwards, and the post office. The
total loss is between twenty thousand and
thirty thousand dollars, with but little in
surance. The fire is thought to have
been of incendiary origin.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN STATE CON
VENTION.
Boston. January 9.—At a meeting of
the Republican State Committee at Con
cord. New Hampshire, last night and
preliminary to the State Convention to
day, there*was manifestly a vAry formid
able pro-Hayes element in the Republican
party. Opinions expressed by delegates
in the convention and at the hotel in the
evening showed it to be impossible to
pass resolutions condemnatory of
Hayes’ poliev. In the early part
of the evening it seemed that both
parties were disposed to make conces
sions. and thought if the matter was not
entirely ignored an endorsement made in
resolutions would be milder, ami of a
non-committal character. Strong feeling
against Chandler was freely expressed by
some delegates, and it was claimed by
Chandler’s friends that there had lieen an
organized effort to crush him, secret
meetings having been held for that pur
pose, and that various prominent men
had been drawn into it. Tlie meeting
was opened at nine o’clock. During the
early part of the evening the proceed
ings were quiet and harmonious, though
in many of the speeches there were in
cidental or indirect attacks on Mr.
Chandler’s recent letter. The first speech
was made by cx-United States Sena
tor Patterson, who, though he endorsed
the President, doubted the advisability.of
introducing the matter into the conven
tion. as there was a disagreement upon it.
Speeches advocating either a conciliatory
policy or positive endorsement of Hayes
were made by General Stevens, Major
E. W. Farr, O. C. Moore and others.
Messrs. R. II. Tuck and Mason W.
Tappan, severely attacked W. E. Chand
ler, who is a delegate. Mr. Chandler
spoke at length, criticising the action of
the President. He spoke of attacks
made on him by two naval officers,
Messrs. Harrimon and Tuck, and inti
mated certain irregularities on the part
of Tuck while in office. Mr. Tuck re
torted by calling Mr. Chandler a politi
cal tramp, and charged him with
dishonorable conduct as a lobbyist.
Moore and Tappan then spoke, the
latter quite severely, on Chandler Major
Farr made the closing speech, and in
speaking of the Southern policy said be
was willing to shake hands with the man
who shot a bullet through his arm. The
officers of the convention were an
nounced, with Chas. II. Bell as President.
No newspaper reporters were admitted to
the meeting, which closed a little before
one o’clock.
Concord, January 9.—The Republican
Convention nominated Benj. F. Prescott
by acclamation for Governor. The pro
ceedings were stormy, with some person
alities smelling of pistols and coffee. The
course of the convention wits indicated
by its President, Win. Bull, who said:
“Our election involves no question of
national policy; it is simply a choice be
tween Republican and Democratic rule '
The convention adopted the following
lie sol ml. That the Republicans of New
Hampshire reaffirm and readopt the Cin
cinnati platform, which pledged the
party to these declarations and prim-
pies,* to wit: the United States of Americ
as a nation: the full protection of all
citizens in the full enjoyment of all their
rights; the permanent pacification of the
Southern section of the Union; the re
demption of United States notes in coin by
a continuous and steady progress to s(>ecie
payments; that Senators and Representa
tives who may he judges and accusers
should uot dictate appointments to office
to the invariable rule for appointments l
have reference to honesty, fidelity and
capability of the appointees, leavingtothe
party in power those places where the
harmony and vigor of the admin
i st rat ion requires its policy to Ik
represented; the deprecation of all sec
tional feelings and tendencies; the speedy,
thorough aud unsparing prosecution and
punishment of all who l»etray official
trusts; opposition to further land grant?
to corporations and monopolies; the ad
justment of duties upon inqxirts for rev
enue, so as to promote the interest of
American labor aud advance the pros
perity of the whole people.
Rest tin d, That we recognize the para
mount duty of President Hayes to render
these high and solemn professions actual
and living realities, and while we admit
an honest difference of opinion in reaped
to his past acts, wc welcome and approvi
his patriotic and sincere efforts to keep
faith with the people and secure to the
whole country the blessings of a just,
efficient and honest republican national
administration.
lit ml red, That wc condemn as recreant
and ruinous the second attempt of the
Democratic House of Representatives to
destroy the resumption act. and thus ren
der al Kir tive years of anxiety and waiting
and praying to make the greenback dol
lar the equal of the gold dollar in its ca
pacity to reward labor and pay the public
creditor.
Rtsolced, That we disapprove and de
nounce any legislation, open or disguised,
tending to repudiate Ihe public debt in
whole or in part; that we deem a change
in the standard of values by making
the depreciated silver dollar a legal dollar
for all public and private indebtedness a
violation of the rights of property, ;
repudiation of government contract
and a wjong done to lal>or, criminal in
its nature and dishonorable to the nation:
and we call on the President to use the
veto if it become necessary, as did his
courageous predeceseor, to shield the na
tional honor from legislation that threat
ens to wound and to blast it.
He sol red. That we are opposed to sub-
ca
sidies and land grants to private corpo
rations and interests, and demand that
our Senators and Representatives in Con
gress shall sturdily oppose all schemes to
rob the Treasury and injure the public
credit; and.
Resolved. That the unchallenged pu
rity, economy and efficiency of :«Q de
partments of the present administ*c r «ji,
the continued reduction of the f w-.ic
debt, the funding of bonds at a lower rate
of interest, and the wise and hopeful
effort to restore prosperity at home and
extend the field of American commerce
aud manufactures abroad deserves and
receives our unqualified approbation.
Resolved, That we condemn jus factious
and mischievous all attempts to reopen
the Presidential controversy, or to ques
tion the title of the President to his high
office.
THE
the
BANKERS CONVENTION AND THE
SILVER BILL.
New York, January 9.—The eon
vent ion of hank Presidents adopted
following:
Rewired, That a committee be ap
pointed, to consist of five bank officers
from New Y'ork. three each from Boston
Baltimore and Philadelphia, together
with .three merchants and representatives
from the trust and insurance companies,
and with such others as from time to time
may Ik* by them added, the duty of
which committee shall be: First, to
memorialize Congress against the
passage of the pending silver bill, and to
petition that any enactment authorizing
the coinage of silver as money, except for
change, shall regulate the value thereof
by its bullion contents. Second, to com
municate with the several hanks and
other institutions here represented, and.
through the several Clearing House As
sociations of the country, to their re
spective members, inviting and requesting
all financial institutions to join in such
memorial and petition, and further to
urge upon them, and through them upon
the merchants, traders and manufactur
ers. as speedily as may be, to place their
affairs upon a* gold basis, in whole or in
part, and to advise from time to time
their progress attained, together with
such further suggestions for individ ual
action as experience may dictate.
Rtsolced, That it shall lie the duty of
this committee to meet as soon as may
seem to it convenient, and to prepare
measures which shall be submitted to the
financial institutions of the several cities
represented.
Rewired, That the committee is re
quested whenever it has matter to submit
to the constituent lnxlies for action to in
vite simultaneous meetings in the dif
ferent cities of all the institutions repre
sented. all with a view of attaining re
sumption as early as events shall prove
to be practicable*
The resolutions were adopted unani
mou^Jy and the following committee
appointed as provided therein: G. S.
Coe, President of the American Ex
change Bank; Chas. M. Fry, President
of the Bank of New York; Wm. L.
Jenkins, President of the Bank of
America; J. D. Vermilye. President of
the Merchants National Bank, and F. B.
Tappan, President of the Gallatin
National Bank.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ARMISTICE.
London, Januaiy 9.—A Reuter tele
gram from Constantinople says: “The
Turkish commanders in the ’field have
been ordered to conclude an armistice
with the Russian commanders. ”
A special to the Times from Berlin
say9: “Russia having consented to enter
into negotiations for an armistice, even
if preliminaries of peace are not settled
beforehand, a conclusion of a truce is
probable.”
[Note.—This is probably the real basis
of apparent accord between Russia and
England. The later efforts of England
have been reported to be directed to fixing
a limit to the powers of the commanders
in arranging a truce and preventing them
from discussing main stipulationsWhich
might contain preliminaries of peace.
That there are limits to her claim to a
separate settlement even Russia has ad
mitted all along, the only question being
whether the Czar would consent to have
these limits fixed at the present time, and
on demand of only one power].
According to the Time*' Berliu
correspondent, who is in a good
position to know, a compromise" has
l>een reached rather favorable to the
British view. When the English
Cabinet asked Russia to state her condi
tions for peace or an armistice, and Russia
declined, England liegan a new nego
tiation to secure the separation of
an armistice from the terms of peace.
The Russian official press have since per
sistently declared the two steps insepara
ble, thereby implying that Russia would
not abandon her claim to conclude a
single-handed peace. England’s position
during the negotiators has been stated to
be that she would Like no steps towards
encouraging an armistice if proceedings
to that end were going to be used to fasten
upon Europe a series of accomplished
facts, which would only be submitted for
subsequent ratification as a matter of
form.
This morning's announcements indi
cate the success of the English view.
These announcements are further con
firmed by the following dispatch just re
ceived by Reuter’s Telegram Company
from Constantinople: “The council of
Ministers have agreed upon the conditions
of an armistice, and submitted them for
the Sultan’s approval. In opening direct
negotiations purely for a military armis
tice, the Porte is said to be acting upon
Lord Derby’s advice. ’’
A later dispatch from Constantinople
to Reuter’s at 8:40 o’clock this (Wednes
day) morning says: “The Sultan having
approved the armistice conditions men
tioned in the dispatch hence of the 8th
inst.. as having been submitted to him
by the Ministers, Ruof Pasha, Minister
of War, has ordered commanders in tlie
field to conclude an armistice with
the Russian commanders. Before
agreeing on this course Server Pasha,
the Turkish Foreign Minister,
telegraphs to Mursuru Pasha,
the Turkish Ambassador at London, in
structing him to request Lord Derby to
arrange with Russia the conditions of an
armistice. Lord Derby replied that Rus
sia would not entertain such a pro
posal, and counselled direct ne
gotiations between the belligerents,
and stated that negotiations continue be
tween England and Russia on the ques
tion of mediation. Ihe Chamber of
Deputies having heard the explanations
of the Minister declared them satisfac
tory. and especially approved Server
Pasha’s foreign policy. All the Ministers
were present during the debate.
Amusements.
MASO Nl C TE MPLE.
Benefit of Savannah Port Society.
PROF. TRIPP’S
GRAND DESCRIPTIVE SERIES I
FRANCE and EUROPE SINCE 1848.
TUESDAY EVENING. January 8th, 1878. at 8
o'clock,
I OUIS NAPOLEON, from Birth to the Im-
j perial Throne, preceded by a brief account
of the thrilling Paris Revolutions of February
and June, 1848. as witnessed bv the lecturer.
From the New York Herald. March 27. 1868:
“Seldom do lecturers present so rich an intel
lectual treat to their audiences.'*
WEDNESDAY EVENING. January 9th, at 8
o'clock.
THE SECOND EMPIRE; embracing the rise
and decline of the Moslem power in Europe;
“the Eastern Question:” the complications that
led to the present Turco-Russian war. illus
trated by maps; the Crimean campaign of
1854 and 53, including the battles of the Alma,
Balacklava, Inkerman. and the storming of the
Malakoff; also, the Mexican Expedition, with
the life and career of Maximilian and Carlotta,
with personal reminiscences of Carlotta.
From the Baltimore Correspondent dierman\
3Iarch. 1873: “The lecture was one of the finest
of the kind that we remember ever to have
heard. We advise our readers not to lose this
opportunity of hearing the views also of a so
excellently instructed American on these great
epochs.”
Evening tickets, 75c.: course tickets, 31 00, at
the usual places and at the door. janl-tf
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MASONIC TEMPLE.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JAN. 14th & 15th.
TWO NIGHTS ONLY.
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year 1877, by J. Evans Britton, in the office of
the Librarian of Cougress.at Washington, D.C.]
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at S. P. Hamilton's.* Doors open at 7 p. m. ;
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Savannah, January 5, 1878.
piDS for PRIVILEGES at the Race Grounds
arc now open, to close on AFTERNOON OF
10th JANUARY NEXT. Polling separate from
any other privilege and requiring a bond of
3-,500. Bids to be made under cover to
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ilfU' Advertisements.
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N otice of removal.-john m btr!
KERT, Locksmith, Bell Hanger and l>u
.brella Manufacturer, has removed to No B u n
street, opposite Custom House, where 1. will
he pleased to see his many customrs. Umbrri-
las and Parasols repaired aud covered, an-t i »
ones made to order. dec*j>-i n
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MIDNIGHT TELEGRAMS.
CALL FOR A NATIONAL CONVEN
TION OF THE NATIONAL
. PARTY.
Occupation of Trojan Pass bjr the
Russians.
EARTHQUAKE AT CAIRO, ILL,
NUNTENCE OE WETMORE.
Eccleftiastlcal.
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF TnE NATIONAL
. PARTY.
Toledo, January 9.—A call bas been
issued for a national convention of the
National party, to be held in this city on
the 2'2d of February next. It reads as
follows: “The undersigned, believing
the present financial policy of those in
control of the Federal Government is
destructive of the best interest of
the people, and that if it con
tinues will bring general ruin
and unprecedented suffering upon
the industrial classes, and also believing
that thorough organization and unity of
action may induce those in power to take
such steps as will avert such calamitous
results, call upon those, regardless of past
political affiliation, who will unite
for independent action to elect
one delegate in each Congressional
district, and afterwards by proper
authority two delegates for each State at
large to meet in national convention in
the city of Toledo on the 2‘Jd day of
February, 1878, there to take such action
its wisdom may dictate.” Upwards of
one hundred names are appended to the
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153 BROUGHTON STREET.
Best and Cheapest Weekly
IN THE SOUTH.
New Features and a New Story.
The Weekly .lens
r TO RENT, two furnished or unfurnished
A rooms, with use of bath. Apply 5J Bivan st,
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1 X)R KENT, h<him* ><•.!''
Apply to B. B. MINOR. Jk..
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r PO RENT, to gentlemen only, two
X nislied rooms, with use or
« —- ‘H fur-
msheu rooms, with use of bath; location
unexceptionable. Address ROOMS, at this
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r PO RENT, the eligibly located brick house,
X 154 South Broad street: rent $50 per month.
Apply to S. 31. COLDING, Treasurer Union So
ciety, or WILLJAM ESTILL. Jr.. No. X Lull
street. dec-«.*7-tf
r JX> RENT OR LEASE, from 1st .September,
a store and dwelling, corner West It. 'iiiKlary
and Jones streets. Apply on the premises.
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129 COXGKESS STREET,
—OFFERS—
ENLARGED AND IN NEW DRESS.
IN ADDITION TO ITS
GENERAL NEWS, LITERARY AND AGRI
CULTURAL FEATURES,
With the issue of JANUARY 5th was com
menced
A COMPLETE ROSTER
—OF THE—
Volunteer Military of the State!
Embracing a history of each organization,
compiled from the archives of the Stale and
the contributions of prominent officers.
The number for JANUARY 2»>lh will contain
the initial chapters of the second
PRIZE STORY.
ooper _ ,
Hoxt-y of New Jersey, Alex. Campbell
of Illinois, Blanton Duncan of Kentucky,
and Moses W. Field of Michigan.
RUSSIANS OCCUPY THE TROJAN PASS.
London, January 9.—A Russian offi
cial telegram states that a Russian detach
ment, which had crossed the Balkans by
by-ways, occupied on Tuesday a position
iu rear of the Turkish fortification in the
Trojan Pass. The Turks, being also at
tacked in front, abandoned their posi
tions, which were occupied b\- the Rus
sians, whose vanguard advanced in the
direction of Teke. The Russian loss iu
these operations was unimportant.
A Reuter St. Petersburg dispatch says:
“The hollowness of Turkish resistance
in the Trojan Pass is regarded here as a
sign that the Turkish losses are irretrieva
ble. It is pointed out that Russia’s losses,
although great, are considerably les3 than
half a single normal year’s contingent
recruits.”
ADVANCE IN NAILS,
Pittsburgh, Pa., January* 9.— At a
meeting of the Western Nail Association
the card rates in nails were advanced to
$2 00: terms, sixty days, ten cents per
keg off in two hundred keg lots, two
percent, off for cash in ten days. A
further stoppage of the mills to reduce
production was agreed upon.
SENTENCE OF WETMORE.
New Y’ork, January- 9.—Wetmore,
Vice President of the Security Life In
surance Company, was sentenced to one
ear at hard labor.
DECLARES A DIVIDEND.
San Francisco. January 9.—The
Bank of California has declared a quar
terly dividend at the rate of seven per
cent., the first since the suspension.
ECCLESIASTICAL. .
Montgomery, January 9.—-The dio
cese of Alabama consents to the conse
cration of Sevmour.
THE DOCTOR’S REVENGE.
BY P. A. BRYAN,
OF MIDDLEG ROO D, GA.
Subscription
copy.
Address
8‘Z a year; 5 cent* a
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SAVANNAH. GA.
Extra Indiicemeiits
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BLACK and COLORED CASH3IERES.
SILK WARP HENRIETTA CLOTH.
CRAPE CLOTH.
DRAB D ETE &GROS DE VENICE
BOURETTE CLOTH.
CAMEL’S HAIR CLOTH.
KID GLOVES, in 2, 3, 4 and 6-button.
LADIES' and MISSES' HOSIERY.
IMPORTED CORSETS.
LADIES* TIES, rare assortment
jin GOODS
Very low and complete awiortment.
FINE FRENCH FLOWERS.
FEATHER, FELT and STRAW GOODS.
Ladies, call and see the above assortment.
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KRCUSKOFF
FRENCH PRUNES.
C’OX S GELATINE.
FRESH YEAST CAKES.
BUCKWHEAT.
GEORGIA SYRUP.
CANNED PUMPKIN.
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The Weekly lews
OF JANUARY" 12th,
WILL CONTAIN
Gen. Lafayette McLaws’ Address
—ON THE—
KITTLE OF OtTTYSBlRU.
EAKTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
^Caiko. January 9.—Two slight earth
quake shocks were felt here last night.
Delivered before the Georgia Historical Societv,
and carefully revised by him for
publication.
FOR SALE BY .ALL NEWSDEALERS.
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Some Americans, organized as a guano
company, have launched themselves into
bad scrape by the occupation of some
islands belonging to Jamaica, which is
the property of Great Britain. They
ere proceeding with their work of
shoveling up the guano when a British
man-of-war put a stop to the job. The
Americans claim the islands by virtue of
first discovery," but it is not likely that
anything in the shape of land within a
radius of a hundred miles about Jamaica
has escaped England's eyes. Jamaica is
aliout ninety miles south of Cuba, and is
cry valuable piece of property.
SOUTHERN
Masonic Female College,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
SPRING TER3I OPENS 16th INST. A full
i » corps of teachers. Terms moderate
corps of teachers.
315 per month. Board and tuition with music
for $23 per month: with washing $27. Any one
interested can have full particulars by sending
postal card to the undersigned.
J. N. BRADSHAW.
President.
Covington, Ga., January 7, 1878.
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JP'LOUR.—Pillsbury’s Best, Belie of Logan.
Golden Sheaf and Logan. For sale by
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A. MINIS & SON.
New York Tribune: "Unlimited silver
will not only be gross dishonesty; it will
be colossal stupidity. ” What grossly dis
honest and colossally stupid persons the
fathers of the American Republic were,
to be sure!
BALLOTING FOB SENATOR.
Frankfort, Ky., January 9.—A second
ballot for Senator resulted as follows: Wil
liams 50, Lindsay 50, MeCreery 23, Bovd
(Republican) 13; two absentees. Third
ballot : Williams 51, Lindsay 51, Hc-
Creery 21, and Boyd 13.
Reliable help for weak and nervous
suffereu. Chronic, painful and pros
trating diseases cured without medicine.
Pulvcrmacher's Electric Belts the grand
desideratum. Avoid imitations. Book
and Journal, with particulars, mailed
free. Address Pulvermacher Galvanic
Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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HEVD KENTUCKY
HORSES
—AND—
MILES.
For sale at Pulaski House
Stable and Feeley’s Sta
ble. corner Broughton -
and Montgomery streets.
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PUBLIC NOTICE!
HAS DECIDED ON A
Still Greater Reduction
ON HIS LARGE STOCK OF
(l 111
SILK VELVET HATS.
SILK VELVETS (cut on bias'.
VELVETEENS, SILKS.
ENGLISH CRAPES, all widths.
FINE OSTRICH PLU3IES and WINGS.
REAL FRENCH FLOWERS.
And many other FANCY GOODS.
This is decidedly a rare chance to secure GuOD
WORK, the best Material, at low prices.
S. KRCUSKOFF,
Wholesale and Refail Dealer,
COR WHITAKER AND CONGRESS LANE-
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Sons' (Tool (Hirsts, kt.
Boys’ Tool Chests.
| A A BOYS' TOOL CHESTS.
ROSEWOOD BRACKET SAW FRAMES.
STEEL BRACKET SAW FRAMES.
10 gross BRACKET SAWS.
CARVING TOOLS, PATTERNS, etc.
For sale by
PALMER BROS.,
148 & 150 Congress and 149 * 151 St. Julian Sts,
SAVANNAH. GA
(^durational.
MARY’S SCHOOL
RALEIGH, N. C.
Rt. Rev. THOS. ATKINSON. D. D.. 1 visitors.
Rt. Rev. THEO. B. LYMAN. D. II. I
Rev. BENNETT SMEDES. A. M -
, Rector.
©as -fitting.
JOHN NICOLSON,
Gas and Steam Fitter,
PLUMBER AND DEALER IN GAS FIXTURES,
rt <HE undersigned, on account of small sales,
x low prices, high taxation and the ruinous
loss of our bottles by customers, are necessa
rily compelled to discontinue the manufacture
and bottling of soda water in this city, and do
hereby authorize Messrs. Ryan & Ray'to collect
all our boxes and bottles.
Respectfully.
. MARTIN & TOWN.
Jefferson street, corner South Broad lane.
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Drayton Street, second door above Pro?, ^
Houses fitted with Gas and 'Y a !5Lr notice,
the latest improvements at the shortest
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JOHN LYONS’*
Agent for the following:
B altimore pearl HOMDTYCOigA^r
Cantrell & Cochran's Imported
GINGER ALE.
Headquarters fc
PAGNE. and
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r PIPER°IITOSIH'K
[celehrated BAKER *
for the ttae
ist cjmpan. the Secretary of the Interior
ate. -c the amiable attentions of the
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papers of that city have bsathum
jringtheii' ---on this subject. ,*
is attached,
mess tppci
ttached. as ‘“c uiu- r. • --
^tt^^r Flipper j the V
I (ft subsidiary-coin.
Vice President con
the coinage
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' nrty muy.
f f wnriflii
burned, with
dollars.
a loss of town.
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JOHN D. ROSS,
Clerk C. O. C. C.
JOHN M
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