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. VURDEHKD WIFE’S LAST
PRATES*
The following pwin. by W. S. Hays,
i bused upon the Church wife murder,
that is still agitating Cincinnati's social
circles:
•This is not merely wife pleading to husband,
but heart to heart and soul to soul. —Carrie.
,,-jmr hack my child again, bring her to ma:
j jfe is but weary pain, hark: to my plea.
.* . II!H (,nt fol«l her form in my embrace—
m.t n,e but smile on my poor Mlth’a face.
Ah: 1 am dying: how dully I feel,
am dying Don't take her away.
Brine hack mv child again, back to my breast,
L-t her i»e near me when sinking to rest;
Bring Edith back to me. here let her stay
Till I have kissed her lips, passing away.
Th ii will 1 leave her, my husband, with you;
Teach her the journey in life to pursue;
( »me darling, come, kindly heed me I pray—
Have you no pity? Don t take her away.
Oh bring back my child again, God, how I
grieve; ....
If I could see Edith, I'd live, I believe.
Bring back ray child again, see: I must die;
Edith come back to me. darling, don t cry.
y,, i am sinking now—God, hear my prayer!
Edith, my child, try and meet me “up there. '
Oh' I'm so wearv! I struggle for breath;
rill I silent* be. folded in death.
< »me i forgive you;" Edith, good-bye!
If 1 could see vor, how happy I'd die.
Bring back my child again, hear me, I pray!
I'm dying; oh! why will you take her away *
Remember, 1 looked up to God and I smiled:
An<l when dying I prayed that you'd bring back
my child.
*--»»<
Georgia Affairs.
.Judge Edward H. Pottle, of the Northern Cir
cuit. will preside at the Richmond Superior
Court this week. We iike to see this inter
change of the judiciary, as it gives the people
a chance to know the chief officers of the law.
Rev. A. J. Beck, of Atlanta, has been called
to the pastorate of the Baptist Church of Mil-
1 edgevilie. Mr. Beck is brother-in-law to Rev.
Mr Landrum, of Augusta.
This is a solid silver idea tersely expressed
by one of our Georgia exchanges, and has the
ring of the honest silver dollar about it: “It
may Ik- distasteful to the money-bags, but there
is a widespread opinion that plowholders have
gome rights as well as the bondholder.'*
It is reported that there will lie a perfect host
of candidates before the Legislature for Judges
of the Superior Court.
Colonel Tom Alexander, of Atlanta, is quite
ill at the Hot Springs, and a telegram from that
place states that Dr. J. A. Taylor, also of At
lanta, was supposed to l»e dying, but a later
dispatch reports him better
The case of G. P. Curry vs. Port Royal Rail
road Company, maker, and Georgia Railroad
Company, guarantor, tried last Friday, was
decided by Justice Picquet, of Augusta, Monday
morning Judgment was given the plaintiff,
represented by E. E. Doscher and W. E. Jack-
son. Jr.. E>qs., against the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, rep-esented by Hon.
Jos. B. Cumining.
Sunday afternoon, at the corner of Centre
and Telfair streets, Augusta, just as the chil
dren were returning from St. James* Sunday
school. a mad dog was observed running wildly
along, slightly foaming at the mouth. On Tel
fair street lie bit a cow on the leg and in other
places, and then running rapidly up the street,
and when near the City Hall. Lieut. Prather, of
the police, tired four shots at him. killing him.
It is reported the dog bit several other cows be
fore the one on Telfair street.
Property in Gainesville sold on last sale day
at very iow prices, estimated at about one-fourth
I its value “Smith's livery stables," says the
Gainesville Southron, “brought about what the
nails, paint and glass cost.’’
Griggs, convicted and sentenced for the mur
der of Mr. Rozier at Sparta, was taken on last
gjjjrday to the scene of his i»enitentiary la-
Greene county. Lovett, who was also
convicted . 'f the same murder, i9 still in jail at
Sparta, await.'the decision of the Su-
. Court to ,' v hieh his case was carried,
people of the town of Jefferson are sadly
d of a suitable bad for holding public
meetings, exhibitions. <Uld it is suggested
that the Masons, Odd Felltnvs and Good Temp
lars put their heads and parses together to sup-
ply the deficiency.
The city of Griffin is satisfied with the evi
dence of its prosperity, and one of her best
merchants says trade is not so good as it was
n former times, which argues well as showing
that the planters art* raising their own supplies,
and therefore are becoming independent. The
people pay up letter and the credit business is
less. He says that the trouble now is that there
an* too many storehouses.
lance sheet of the Langley Manufac
turing Company of Augusta, according to the
t annual report of its President, W. C.
Sibley, shows the net earnings for the. year
•nding December 31,1877, to have been $37,214
3. The profits for the first six months were
$11,874 38, and for the last six months $SS,589
Three hundred and twenty spindles have
been aJ'^ during the year. Goods manufac
tured from lst to December 29th, 1877,
1,030,908 pournc* cloth, or 8,159,936 yards. Cot-
sumed i2 bales. 461 pounds each),
1.244.102 pounds, at an a* vera S e cos 1 of 10 19 ' 100
cents per pound. The working capital, after
deducting dividends, new macNl®®y« etc., is
$141,672 36.
Mr J. .1 Brooks, his brother, Mr. Wm.
Brooks, and Mr. George Doolittle, killed a catA-
lount on last Friday morning, near Buffalo
vamp, Washington county, which measured
y er four feet in length, and was as tall as a
ammon dog.
Mr. Joseph Harris, an old and esteemed citi-
enof Washington county, was seriously but,
evidentially, not faially^injured by a falling
^*e on the 7th instant. His son was cutting
down the tree which, falling, caught him under
* limb, severely crushing his shoulder and back.
The annual election for officers of the Macon
Fir '* Department took place Monday eveniug,
th following result: C. Machold. Chief of
e Depai * ai '* nl i J- A. Rohr, First Assistant; J.
C. Keil, Secon ** Assistant; D. D. Craig, Secre
tary; E. l\ strong,' Treasurer.
The regular annua 1 meeting of the Washing-
on County Agriculture* 1 tocietjr was held last
*<*k. and th** followinggen* t * eraen were e,acted
for the ensuing year: presu^®®**
Smith: Vice President, Col. R. L. Warthen;
" - Dr II. N HoUifield; Treas»? rer * Ca P l
D R. Taliaferro. M. Newman, Esq., Hon*. J- **•
Gilmore and I)r. H. N. HoUifield were elec?** 1
as delegates, and Hon. S. B. Jones, P. R. Talia-
frrn) and J. T. Youngblood as alternates, to
the State Agricultural Convention, which meets
at Ainericus on the 12th of February next.
On the night of the 10th instant a man named
Daniel McDonald was shot and killed in Ogle
thorpe county by Walter L. Rowe.
Two petitions—one asking Congress for an
appropriation to survey and remove obstruc
tions from the Savannah river, and the other
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
structi'»ns from the department Mr. Cauthen,
the Postmaster at this point, employed a tem
porary carrier at four hundred and forty-five
Little episodes in still hunting sometimes
transpire m the counties of Northern Georgia,
and the publisher of the Butts County Argus
gives the following account of one of which he
iteresteai
a spectator: “On Friday morn-
iCnif
was a disinl r —
ing last the publisher of the Argus concluded to
have an old fashion bird hunt, and with gun
and dogs, accompanied by some friends, started
for the swamps and was soon absorbed in the
sport of “taking them on the wing.’ when his
attention was attracted by the sight of dashing
horsemen, jaded footmen and flying freedraen.
He stood and gazed in perfect amazement, when
he beard the exclamations, ‘Revenes! reve
nues!’ ring out in every direction. This
was sufficient warning, and without any
ceremony he found a hiding place,
where ne remained until he was as
sured that the danger had passed. Coming out
from the swamp, he ventured up to Mr. Frank
Greer's still house, where he found everything
literally smashed into smithereens. Frank re
mained dose bv until they were near enough
to order him to halt, but while they we.e tying
their horses Frank trotted off down the branch
and turned to a rabbit, and for this little piece
of impudence they knocked over the still, cut
the head out of the logs. And cut the coppers into
sausage meat. Frank says he don't care much
anyway, as he wanted to discontinue the busi
ness. The last we heard of ChArles Fretwell,
colored, he was four miles below here running
for life, and going in the direction of the Ocmul-
gee river."
The Thomasville Enterprise says: “We have
received the Weekly News in its new dress and
enlarged to sixty-four columns. It is a splen
didly gotten up i>ai>er, containing reading mat
ter enough to last an ordinary reader almost
from one issue to another. If you want to find
out whether it is a good paper or not semi two
two dollars to Mr. J. IL Estul and you will soon
know for yourself."
Tlie Sparta Times and Planter says: “The
venerable Dr. Lovick Pierce, we are glad to
see. has returned home, having stood the trip
to the South Georgia Conference finely. In
fact he seems stronger than for some time. He
preached one of his characteristic sermons at
the Methodist Church Sunday morning. How
ever weak the body may tie. it is evident that
his mind is as strong and vigorous as ever.’’
LETTER FROM OUR TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT.
Improvement* in the Piney Wood*-
Floiiriwliing Town* on the Line of
the Macon and BrunMivick Hoad.
for an
appropriation to build a custom house.
F>st United States court house, were
among the citizens of Augusta on
^pday. and extensively signed,
th (• AU *l lSta ^change has been addressed uy
p * ° m,1 dttee of Arrangements at Pittsburg,
in regard to sending delegates to Washing-
n ity on the instant, to attend a National
n'ration in the interest of export trade,
be t^ nUne ^ ale Ejects of the conven tion will
_ ask Congress to revise our commercial
^toerican
to transmit United States mail on
steamers, and to render aid in estab
lishing
j. _ — * '-“iw l cui Hieamsmp lines u
full delegation 111 ^ Amer * ca - Atlanta sends <
tracto for t f!U" r ? y tbe thin £ works in con-
routes in the South. The
“ 0ur *******
J nent uf th„ e last fall a state-
Barnesvii^toSkh, 1 ^ ne Y I x,sta! route from
to have W„ S“Jr a i nd return. The route
^9 carried o\Y??r c U )1 l be<i and the niails to
an-. 0ne£ e V t if o S lthe flrst day of Janu-
Rourf. was xhi. ^ Darker, of St. Louis. Mis-
’he Posunaster C 2 a » ttl Wdder He wrote to
P*rt»<* reouestbxfL Barne * v ®* end to other
Jo hundredlnd flDr'S S? em P l °y one at
But no one wf. D u ( I°Uar8 to carry the mail.
‘hetask^^i^soKiUy as to undertake
th®mailwuhence thecanyingof
w not Reeled last week. Under in-
Anyone passing over the line of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad, cannot
fail to note the improvements of the past
few years. The road itself is greatly
improved under the present management.
At Hawkinsville the depot has been en
larged and fitted up with ladies’ waiting
room, and a commodious office, and
hence Tom Henley is happy. At
Cochran the company are enlarging
their depot also, and soon will have fin
ished comfortable quarters for travelers
who are compelled to wait over, as well
as a convenient office for the transaction
of business. At Eastman the painters
are adding the finishing touch to one of
the neatest depots on anj’ line of road,
complete in all its appointments, which
will be quite a comfort to those who stop
over at this winter resort.
COCHRAN.
This town is located at the junction of
the Hawkinsville Branch Railroad, and
in Pulaski county. Eight-or nine years
ago it w’as but a small cross-road town,
known by the name of Dykesboro, now
it has a population of about one thousand
two hundred, with twenty or thirty
business houses. As it began to assume
larger proportions its cross-road name
was dropped and it was christened
“Cochran,” after the lamented Judge
Cochran, wiio was at that time President
of the road.
There are a number of public-spirited
and enterprising men about the town, and
consequently a thriving business is car
ried on. The town draws heavy supplies
from Laurens county, one of the best
farming sections in* the State. It is a
place where most of the goods are ship
ped for Dublin, the county site of Lau
rens. There are several very tasty and
cosy residences here, but generally the
houses are frame, and but one story high,
many of them uupainted. The people
have just elected a new town council,
and there is felt considerable anxiety as
to their future action, especially upon the
license question for selling whisky, as
there are about twelve places where “tan
gle-foot” can be obtained. Quite a large
class of citizens are demanding that
license for this traffic be fixed at
four hundred dollars. This is more than
many of them make in a year, and hence
will drive them to abandon the business.
The reputation of the town would be none
the worse for it.
EASTMAN.
This is a thriving little town about
sixty miles from Macon, and is the county
site of the new county of Dodge, named
after the Hon. \Y. E. Dodge, of New
York city. It is about seven hundred
feet above tide-water, with a sandy clay-
loam soil, and is very healthy. It has
seven or eight hundred inhabitants, a
dozen or more business houses, and ©ne
of the finest hotels in the Southern coun
try. The buildings are very attractive,
as most of them are finished in good
style and painted white; several new
buildings are going up, besides the uew
depot spoken of, which will add greater
attractiveness to the place. The court
house is the only public building, and is
transformed into a church, a Masonic
lodge and a Grange lodge, at will, and
seemingly well suited to all purposes.
The East man Times is an excellent county
paper, well printed, and conducted by
our genial friend M. L. Burch. He has
a good circulation, and advertisers would
do well to remember him in sending out
their favors.
This section hitherto has been famous
for its timber and lumber business, but
other industries are now springing up,
and with increased population will be
come a very desirable country to live it.
The Messrs.* Dodge, the father and sons,
have spent much energy and means to
ward the development of this county,
and the natives also are exhibiting
wonderful vigor iu the improvement of
this locality. Two years ago there were
shipped from this point only three
hundred bales of cotton. this year over
one thousand bales have already gone.
It is destined to be one of the finest sheep
raising counties in the United States. At
tention is being directed to this enter
prise. and a few are making preparations
to enter into it more largely than ever
before. „ ,
Colonel C. R. Armstrong, well known
all over the State as a prominent Mason,
lives here, and with his well known zeal
and energy is contributing no little to the
prosperity of the place. He keeps the
eatiiur house on this road, and is popular
with the traveling public. As a matter
of information to his outside friends, I
would say. at home he is a prominent
Sunday school man.
One’of the greatest charms of East
man is the “Uplands Hotel.” A year or
£\ore ago several gentlemen, hunting a
retreat from the rigorous winters of the
North h:?d their attention directed to this
m>int and conceived the idea at once of
erecting a magnificent hotel to intercept
the tide of travel that was sweeping
down the line to Florida. “Tlio Up
lands" was the development of this idea.
It is an elesrant building, handsomely
finished and superbly furnished Every
room and hall is carpeted, well venti
lated and can be warmed, supplied with
cas and all other modern improvements.
The ladies' parlor and dining room
with their bav windows filled with flow
ers exhibiting exquisite taste and re
finement, render everything homelike
and cheering. The table is equal to any
of the first class hotels in Isew lork, the
servants polite and attentive, and ‘ mine
host" none other than Mr. John Lindsey,
of the celebrated “Fabyan House, m
the White Mountains of New Hampshire
The number of guests is small yet, but
arrangements have lieen made tor the
entertainment of one hundred and fifty
guests. A large company will reach here
about the first of February,
Colonel Eastman, after whom the town
is named, has an elegant residence, with
beautiful grounds attached, rendering it
one of the most pleasant homes in the
South. He is an elderly gentleman cul
tivated and refined. He is held in high
esteem by the citizens here. He has
large landed property in this section.
More anon. Jack Plane.
January 13, 1878.
BY TELEGRAPH 1 LETTEBFR0MJACKS0NV1LLE
NOON TELEGRAMS.
RUJI0KS ABOUT THE ARMISTICE.
Pacific Ideas Prevailing in the Eng
lish Cabinet.
CRISPIN TROUBLES IN MASSA
CHUSETTS.
Inauguration of the Governor-Elect
of New Jersey.
CONTEMPLATED REDUCTION OF
WAGES.
THE ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS.
London, January 15.—The Paris cor
respondent of the Times says: “It is now
known that Russia, when informing
England that the armistice negotiations
must be conducted directly with Turkey,
declared her readiness to discuss with the
English cabinet special points which
might affect English interests. This re
ply was the cause of the repeate d Cabi
net Councils in London.
New York, January 15.—A London
special says: “Another important and sig
nificant diplomatic incident has occurred.
Circulars have been issued from the
French Embassy in London to all the
French Consuls in Great Britain and
Ireland, charging them to neport
exact information concerning the popular
feeling on the Eastern question and Inter
vention. This confirms the report that
France has interrogated Lord Derby in
regard to England’s intentions reganling
Egypt It will be seen therefore that
this action of the French Republic fur
ther complicates England’s relations with
the continental powers.”
London, January 15.—The corres
pondent of the Manchester GruinhWn
says: “The reported Cabinet on Mon
day decided that the troop ships Jumna,
homeward bound from India with 1,061
men, and the Euphrates, outward bound
with 1142 men,both reported on 13th inst.
as detained at Malta, should proceed for
fh eir respective destinations. Tins shows
that more pacific ideas are pre vailing,
hut the strain between the two sections
of the Cabinet is very great. Russia’s
purposes are distrusted, notwithf landing
the Czar is said to have given farther
assurance within the past few he urs, but
serious dangers are looming up in another
direction. A movement is imminent
on the part of Germany to obta in a po
sition on the seaboard, under co nditions
which would seriously affect 1 Ingland.
This consideration is having: great
influence in the Cabinet on tlii .* side of
those who advocate England’s reserving
her strength. Some deeply important
information has just reached thiff country
leading to the conviction that a warlike
policy on England’s part in the East
would be a forerunner of more serious
complications nearer home.”
INAUGURATION OK THE GOVERNOR U-LECT
OF NEW JERSEY.
Trenton, N. J., January 15.—-Ex-
Governor Beadle and Senator Sevveil
and Senator Ludlow walked into the ca pi-
tol with Gen. McClellan, while tlie ba/id
played “Hail to the Chief.” When the
party had assembled and order was
restored, Rev. John Hale, D. D.,.
of this city, offered prayer. The
oath of office was then administered
by Chief Justice Beasley. Governor
Beadle, in a neat address, presented to
Governor McClellan the great seal of
State. It was received with few words.
Governor McClellan then delivered
his inaugural in a clear tone, which
was listened to with great attention and
frequently applauded. As soon as the
inaugural was finished the mass of people
gradually moved off. and the Governor
repaired to the executive chamber. Tren
ton has never seen so large a crowd of
people. Ever}’ hotel is overrun. It has
really been a great occasion.
TOBACCONISTS IN COUNCIL.
Washington, January 15.—The to
bacco delegations from the various sec
tions, at their meeting yesterday, formed
themselves into a national board, with
Geo. C. Ayres, of Danville, Va., Presi
dent ; Chas. II. Conrad, of Danville,
Virginia, Secretary. Five Vice Presi
dents were elected, viz.: B. F. Parlett, of
Baltimore; Harry Weissinger, of Louis
ville; Col. Butler, of St. Louis; L.
II. Fravser, of Richmond, and
.Julian S. burr, of Durham. N. C. The
National Committee will meet Mr.
Wood, Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means, during the day and
also the Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue, and Mr. Kimball. Superintendent of
the Tobacco Department of the Trea
sury.
CRISPIN TROUBLES.
Boston, January 15.—Crispin troubles
have broken out iu Marlboro, Mass.,
w here strikes occurred yesterday in the
large shops of S. Boyd & Carrey, S.
Herbert Howe, J. Boyd & Co., Chase.
Merritt & Blanchard, and Clapp A Bil
lings. The Crispin board of arbitration
signified its intention to stand firm. Tlie
brunt of the strife is borne by Chase.
Merritt & Blanchard, who procured
lastfrs from New Hampshire, a course
very obnoxious to the Crispins.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, January 15.—The Vice
President laid before the Senate the
resolutions adopted by the Union League
Club of New York city, at its annual
meeting on the 10th inst., opposing any
legislation which will tend to postpone
the resumption of specie payments and
the coinage of silver to an unlimited ex
tent. Referred to the Committee on
Finance.
WAR NOTES.
London, January 15.—A special to the
Daily Telegraph from Adrianople says:
“The Russians are on the railway between
here and Pliillipopolis. ”
The Times correspondent at Pera says:
“It is calculated that twenty thousand
fugitives arrived in Constantinople from
Roumelia during one week. A trian
crowded with fugitives ran off the track
near Tchataldja yesterday. About fifty
were killed and wounded."
BRrrisn politics.
London. January 15.—The Post an
nounces that after the address in reply to
the Royal speech has been moved and
seconded in the House of Lords, Earl
Granville will speak and Lord Bcacons-
field will reply to him. Lord Derby,
who is indisposed and confined to his
room, was absent from the Cabinet
Council yesterday.
ILLNESS OF AN ACTRESS.
Albany, N Y., January 15.—Miss
Fannie Davenport is ill at her hotel to
day from nervous prostration, caused by
the news of the sudden death of her sis
ter. Miss Davenport leaves for Phila
delphia to-night.
FAILURES.
Cincinnati, O., January 15.—John
Appel Co., pork packers, and Jos. H.
Snodgrass* Co., wholesale grocers, made
assignments yesterday. The amounts for
which they are involved are not given.
REDUCTION OF WAGES.
London, January 15.—TheWigin con-
ton spinners have resolved, m conse
quence of the depression of trade, to give
their operatives notice of 5 per cent, re
duction in wages.
NAVAL.
New York, January 15.—The United
States flag ship Hartford arrived at Rio
Janeiro on the 13th. and left for Monte
video on the 17th ult.
THE STEAMER ESTELLE.
Providence, R L, January 15.—The
steamer Estelle has been secured at her
wharf in Bristol, and parts of her ma
chinery removed.
£ * BANKRUPTS’LIABILITIES.
New York, January 15.—The liabili-
ties of Day. Hoagland & Stiger. who
failed yesterday, amount to seveuty-five
thousand dollars.
I1XXESS OF AN ABTIST.
London, January 15.—George Cruik-
shank, artist, is dangerously ill.
Senator Conover—Grand Lodge of
Ancient Free Tlaaon* — Our ^lail
Schedule—Goins Backward*—State
Fair—They Are Coming—Inteliect
in Ruin®-Jlayor Boyd and the
Quarantine Question—Great South
ern Humbug—^Ir. Tllden’* Visit—
Cnwllling Laborers.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Setrs..
Jacksonville, Fla., January 14.—
Hon. S. P. Conover, the distinguished
gentleman from New Jersey, who attends
to the afiairs of this State in the upper
branch of the National Legislature, has
made a hurried tour over his domain of
Florida during the late recess of Con
gress. His occasional visits excite no
enthusiasm and awakens no interest.
Neither the trumpets blew*,the boom of
cannon, nor the clangor of cymbals an
nounce his arrival or record his depart
ure. A few Federal officials who hold
lheir positions through his efforts, seek
interviews with their chief and leave
tlieir cards at his hotel, and the talented
Senator is seldom required to hold a
levee for the accommodation of his ad
mirers. Utterly destitute of personal
magnetism, and without any promi
nent gifts of mind or manners, he has
but a small following, and they would
desert him in an instant for a
leader of more strength of
intellect and greater decision of charac
ter. As a politician, Mr. Conover is re
garded as a signal failure even by the
Republicans, who have certainly not l»ecn
strengthened, as a party, by his conduct
of public affairs, or by his devotion to
the wants of Florida. It is intimated
that he designs passing next summer in
this State, and that he is fired with the
hope of representing Leon county, in
which he claims a residence, in the State
Senate. This aspiration is contingent
upon the attitude of the colored dema
gogues who control the vote there, and
whose ambition may prompt them to be
come formidable rivals for the distinc
tion. It is quietly hinted, also, that he
entertains the very remote hope of suc
ceeding himself. This is about as proba
ble as his ability to take the Pyramids of
Cheops upon his shoulders, walk back
across the Atlantic, and plant it upon the
highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Ma
sons held their annual communication
last week in this city. Of the eighty sub
ordinate lodges contained in the juris
diction, fiftv-two were represented at the
meeting. The various reports showed
the order to be in a very prosperous con
dition. Your correspondent was deeply
impressed with the fine appearance of
the delegates and the marked harmony
of the proceedings. Brethren of the
mystic tie were present from Pensacola
and Key West, a distance, bv land, of
seven hundred miles. Rev. C. A- Ful-
wood, the Grand Orator, delivered an
address on “The Relation of Revealed
Religion to Masonry." which was a most
happy effort, sparkling with forensic
gems* and displaying great depth of
thought and research. The Grand
Officers elected and installed for the
ensuing year were—
W. A.* McLean, Jacksonville, Grand
Master.
Zelotes H. Mason, Apopka, Deputy
Grand Master.
Geo. S. Hallmark, Pensacola, Senior
Grand Warden.
Jeremiah Fogarty, Key West, Junior
Grand Warden.
Henry Robinson, Jacksonville, Grand
Tnsasurer.
D. C. Dawkins, Jacksonville, Grand
Secretary.
Jolia Perry, Archer, Grand Chaplain.
At the annual meeting of the Grand
Chapter, aiso held last week, the elec
tions resulted follows :
Enos Wasgwve, Jacksonville, Grand
High Priest.
R. J. Penny, Key West, Deputy Grand
High Priest.
G. E. Wentworth, Pensacola, Grand
King.
G. S. Hallmark, Pensacola, Grand
Scribe.
L. McConihe, Jacksonville, Grand
Treasurer.
D. C. Dawkins, Jacksonville, Grand
Secretary
Jno. Penny, Archer, Grand Chaplain.
No benefit has yet been derived by this
community in consequence of the com
pletion of the bridge over the Ashley
river at Charleston. Our Northern mail
arrives two hours later than by the former
schedule. This is retrogression rather
than progress, and should l»e corrected by
the post office officials. The very proba
ble success of the Cumberland route will
doubtless have the effe ct of stirring up
the managers of the Atlantic and Gulf
and Mobile and Pensacola Railroads upon
this subject.
A generous rivalry lia^ been excited
among several counties fc>r the acquisi
tion of the banner to be awarded to the
county making the best display of agri
cultural and home product*'. Alachua,
Columbia, Orange, Suwannee, Volusia,
and probably others, will compete for
the prize, and the interest attached to the
State Fair, which will open oti the 12th
of next month in this city, will be greatly
increased in consequence. A general
desire is manifested to make tine exhibi
tion a success, and the prospect is good
for an exposition that will be
alike creditable and beneficial to the
State of Florida. Visitors are assured of
a very large and fine display of tropical
and semi-tropical fruits and vegetables,
and of many of the rising industries
which indicate our capabilities and re
sources. Some good races are anticipated
during the week, and there will be other
amusements to entertain the expected
throng. It will be a most favorable op
portunity for visiting our State, and it Is
hoped that a large number will avail
themselves of the occasion. Premium
lists, containing all necessary informa
tion, can be obtained from Messrs. Hart,
Benham& Co., Jacksonville.
New faces are numerous upon the
streets and in the hotels, and there is a
notable increase in the list of arrivals.
Mr. Wm. Astor has. recently returned
from New York, and his beautiful
yacht, the Ambassadress, again occupies
her former anchorage. Commodore
Astor has also placed on the river a
handsome and swift steam launch, which
is a conspicuous ornament of the harl>or.
Hon. (?) J. T. Walls, the colored De
mosthenes, who formerly represented this
Congressional district, has been sent to
the insane asylum at Chattahoochee for
treatment. Whisk}' and Radicalism have
wrecked his towering genius. Either
cause is potent, singly, for effecting such
a result, but combined, they will soon sap
the most powerful intellect and speedily
make of their victim a gibbering idiot.
There is space in the above institution for
several other prominent members of the
same party.
Mayor Boyd is now, with his usual
energy, endeavoring to obtain concert of
action among the officers of the South
ern seaboard cities upon the all-important
subject of quarantine, with the object of
devising means and measures by which
that dreaded disease, yellow fever, can
be rigidly excluded. The subject is one
of paramount importance, and any steps
for the accomplishment of so desirable a
purpose deserves the closest attention and
highest consideration.
The telegraphic announcement of the
meeting of the Directors of the Great
Southern Railroad Company and the in
crease of their capital stock from ten to
fourteen millions of dollars, created some
amusement in this community. One of
the chief engineers of this notable corpo
ration is Tom Osborne, a carpet-1 »ag
ex-United States Senator from Florida.
The portion of this projected road from
Jesup to the Florida line was sold last
summer by the State of Georgig for non-
compliance w ith the terms of the charter.
There are some creditors of the enterprise
here who would be hugely gratified to
handle a small portion of*the fourteen
millions invested in this grand under
taking.
Should Mr. Tilden carry into effect his
intention of visiting Florida during this
winter, he will meet a warm and hearty
welcome. A relentless Nemesis is now
pursuing the vile conspirators who de
frauded him of the office to which he
was rightfully elected, and their guilty
souls are quaking beneath an ever-pre
sent apprehension of detection and pun
ishment.
An election is to be held to-morrow for
City Tax Collector, and also to as
certain the views of the citizens upon the
question of issuing bonds to the amount
of $250,000 for accomplishing certain
improvements for sanitary purposes.
Thirteen criminals, convicted of various
offences, were sentenced this morning in
the Circuit Court to hard labor in the
penitentiary for an aggregate [«eriod of
twenty-one* years.
The weather Is charming.
W, H. B.
The Wonders of the Talmud.
London Times.
Dr. Hermann Adler delivered a lecture
on the Talmud last night at the Jewish
Workingmen’s Club in Hutchinson street,
Aldgate, in the course of which he gave
several illustrations, from passages to
which he gave the references in the Tal
mud, of anticipations of modern science
by ancient practice. Rabbi Gamaliel, he
said, had in about the 30th year of the
common era a kind orrery in his house.
We are told in the Talmud that “Rabbi
Gamaliel had a representation of the
various forms and positions which the
moon assumes at the period of her con
junction with the sun, and by means of
these he was able to cross-examine the
witnesses who came to testify to the first
appearance of the moon.”
it might be asked how the rabbies ar
rived at their extensive ’wnowledge of as
tronomy without possessing a telescope.
Now, he was not in a position to state
with absolute certainty that they made
use of a telescope with object glass and
microscope, but he thought it clear, from
a passage which he would read, that they
possessed an instrument very closely re
sembling it. It was written that Rabbi
Gamaliel was on Iwiard a ship which land
ed on Friday evening after nightfall, yet
the passengers were permitted to land,
because, he said. “I have been on the
lookout, and find that wc were within
the Sabbath journey before dark." An
other passage explains more clearly what
is meant by those words, translated, “on
the lookout.’’ The citation runs, “ Rabbi
Gamaliel had a tube by means of which
he could see a distance of two thousand
cubits by land and air; also, two thousand
cubits on the sea. ” Galileo’s pur se muttre
was anticipated by a rabbi, who derived
the Hebrew name for the earth from a
verb “ to run,” because it runs through
space to do its master’s bidding.
It is generally believed that the famous
American. Benjamin Franklin, whose
observations led to the modern knowl
edge of electricity, was the first to make
lightning conductors; but it was written
in the Talmud “one must not place iron
in a poultry yard from a superstitious
motive, but if it be done on account of
the thunder and lightning it is per
mitted.” The passage has been recently
quoted in Germany to prove that in the
fourth and fifth centuries after the
Christian era the efficacy of an arrange
meut of metal to protect from lightning
was known. It does not prove that
they understood the rationale of the pro
cess, but the fact indicates that there
were close observers of natural phenom
ena in those days.
One of the greatest benefits which has
lieen conferred upon mankind was the
use of amethetics in surgery—certain
agents, such as chloroform, which enable
a surgeon to perform the most painful
operations without inflicting suffering on
the patient. There is clear proof that the
use of such agents was known to the
teachers of the Talmud. We read in it
“They gave him to drink a potion,which
cast him into a profound sleep, so that
they were enabled to perform the opera
tion of gastronomy.” The Talmud men
tions artificial teeth, “a tooth that was
put in,” “a tooth covered with gold so as
to stop and hide the decay."
We find in the Talmud the first men
tion of insurance—“there were societies
of ship owners and ass drivers, who
agreed to make good the loss of a ship or
an ass which any of their company had
sustained, provided that the loss did not
take place through wilful neglect. ”
With this quotation of a phrase, used in
contracts, which still agitates the Eng
lish Law Courts, Dr. Hermann Adler
brought that part of his lecture to a close.
He observed in the sequel that the Tal
mud had very few references to trade.
Most of the Jews mentioned in it were
students, artificers or agriculturists.
A Mother's Grief—What Drove Mrs.
Gehde to Her Grave.
Neto York Herald, January 4th.
County Physician Ward, of Newark,
was notified that a German woman
named Mrs. Henrietta Gehde, wife of
Jacob Gehde, night watchman in Gould’s
engine factory, had died suddenly the
day before at her residence, No. 539
Market street. Upon visiting the place
he found the report true, and there being
ro suspicion of foul play granted a
burial certificate, the cause of death
being set down as apoplexy. Last even
ing a Herald reporter visited the Gehde
hoQie and learned the following details:.
Mrs. Gehde was a stout, hearty woman of
aliout fifty-six years, the mother of
eight children, the youngest of whom is
a girl aged fifteen. Her youngest
son is a boy of seventeen named Con
rad, who has long walked in wicked
ways, so that the police have frequently
desired his presence. His waywardness
was a prolific source of sorrow to his
mother. Being the Benjamin of the fam
ily, he was dearly loved by his mother,
who frequently declared that if he were
to lie arrested and put in prison it would
kill her. On Christmas day Conrad was
arrested for stealing a bag of feed and
was sent to jail, where he is now serving
out a sentence. After his arrest his poor
mother became very disconsolate and de
pressed in spirits. Her eyes were rarely
dry, weeping for her boy. She told a neigh
bo*r, (Mrs. Livelong) a few days ago that
she felt like dying. On Wednesday after
noon her youngest daughter and a play
mate found her sitting down in her bed
chamber, and remarked that she looked
very pale. She spoke to them. Soon af
ter her husband, who sat in another room,
called to her to hasten supper. She made
no reply. Presently one of her sons came
in and noticed that his mother looked
very pale and appeared to be asleep. He
touched her face and found it cold and
clammy. Calling his father, they found
that she was a corpse. She had been dead
probably half an hour. An unofficial jury
of matrons was found last evening con
sidering the circumstances. Their unani
mous verdict was that it was a broken
heart and not apoplexy which bore the
poor woman to her long home.
Queechy, Vt., has developed a new
breed of cats. Several respectable tab
bies gave birth to monster kittens, long
haired, long-clawed, neck fringed with
hair, tail enormous, nature wild and ex
tremely active and fierce, leaping ten
feet high. Neither the tabbies nor any
body else can give any explanation of
the extraordinary feline phenomenon.
There is only one thiDg well settled, and
that is that Queechy has no right to in
flict the rest of the world with such a
race of cats until they have invented a
corresponding boot-jack and a domestic
catapult to hurl it with.—Nashville
American.
helpless under the Russian blows as to
make insurrection comparatively safe,
Macedonia is about to rise. This does
not show the spirit of Marathon or Ther-
mopyla;; but it is better late than never.
Macedonia would form a valuable addi
tion to the Kingdom of Greece.—Balti
more Gazelle.
Matt. Timmons, of Indiana, wants
$50,000 damages from some citizens w r ho
hanged him three times with the object
of extorting from him a confession that
he was guilty of robbery. He ought to
win his suit if there is any respect for
justice at his trial
WHY SHOULD SHE LITE?
Her False Lover Breaks Her Heart,
and She Tries to K.111 Herself.
Nets York World, of Saturday.
Lena Albrecht, whose parents, it is
said, live at No. 332 Sixteenth street,
Brooklyn, was taken before Justice Duffy
at the Jefferson Marke; Police Court yes
terday, charged with making two at
tempts upon her life. Officer Kit rnan,
who arrested the young woman, said that
as he was patrolling his beat upon Bleeck-
er street at ten o’clock on Thurday morn
ing. he heard cries of “Murder!
police! watch! ah! ah!” The offi
cer at once hurried to the place
whence he supposed the cries to proceed.
In the room of David Camerick, at No.
192 Bleecker street, he found upon a sofa
Camerick’s mistress, Lena Albrecht, who
had attempted to kill herself. The young
girl is only seventeen years olcl, and
when Officer Kiernan appeared upon the
scene was in hysterics. When * she had
recovered her senses she was taken be
fore Justice Duffy. The officer said that
he found a cord and a knife beside the
young woman, and that so far as he knew
the girl was intent upon killing herself.
Camerick, who was present during the
examination, said that he met the young
woman five months ago at Owney Geo-
ghegan’s and that they had been living
together as man and wife since that time.
“Why do you not marry this young
woman?” asked His Honor. “She is
beautiful, she is young, she is charm
ing.”
“Circumstances alter cases,’’ said
Camerick.
“She is a young woman who would
die for you, and it seems to me that you
are a very small young man to ignore
these appeals.”
After this there was a pause. Then
Justice Duffy said: “You’d better return
to your home, Miss Albrecht.”
“All right,” said the young woman.
“I will kill myself.”
“Y’ou’d better send her up for a short
time," said Camerick, “it will cool her
mind.”
“Leave this court, sir!” said Justice
Duffy. “I wish I could put you in prison
for six months or one year. You deserve
the severest penalty of the law. ”
The youhg woman wept bitterly and
said she did not care what became of her.
“I am done with life,” said she; “I have
lived and loved. My friend, in whom I
have trusted as I would trust in God, has
proved false to me. What else have I
left but death? Well, I choose death;
who are they that deny me?”
“Send her up for a* short time,” said
Camerick.
“Why don’t you marry her?” asked
His Honor.
“Well, circumstances alter cases,” said
Camerick.
“Go home,” said the court to the young
woman.
"I never can face my father again,”
said the girl, bursting into tears.
“Well," began Camerick.
“Get out of this court,” said His Hon
or; “I never want to see you again.”
The young man disappeared. The
young woman was completely broken
down. She was removed to the Ser
geant’s room, where she buried her face
in her hands and gave way to grief.
“I will never come out of prison alive.”
said she. The girl is watched with
especial care. Messengers have been
sent to her friends in Brooklyn apprising
them of her condition. Around her neck
is a bright red mark where the rope was
sunk into her flesh. Lena Albrecht said
to a WorUl reporter yesterday that one
day last summer two young girls who
were intimate with her invited her to go
to Coney Island with them. While on
the beach they became acquainted with
two young men, with whom they dined.
After dinner they began to drink*. Lena
Albrecht said that she does not remember
anything after that until she found her
self in Geoghegan’s saloon talking to
Camerick.
Herald of Sunday.
Herman Albrecht, the father of Lena
Albrecht, whose story was told in yester
day’s paper, came to the Jefferson Mar
ket Court yesterday afternoon to see af
ter his unfortunate daughter.
Justice Duffy—How is it that you have
not reared your child differently ?
“Rear her differently ? My God !
what was I to do ? She was sent to school
until she was fourteen years of age, and
then she tired of home, wanted new
clothes and dresses, which I could not
buy for her. She told me she would pre
fer living out. and w’ent to a banker’s
family, in Lexington avenue. I lost sight
of her for six months. I am anxious to
take her home. She is the oldest of seven
children. If she does not behave herself
I shall send her to some institution.”
The girl was given in charge of her
father yesterday afternoon.
THE ARLINGTON ESTATE.
A DocUion aa to It* Ownership
peete4 Very Soon.
The Dead King of Italy—His Place of
Rurial.
A cable dispatch to the New York
Herald of Saturday says: The royal
chaplain has held a consultation with the
Cardinal’s Vicar respecting the funeral of
the dead monarch. Many reports are
current regarding the place of burial,
and the general feeling is in favor of hav
ing the first King of united Italy buried
in the national capital. In all probability
Victor Emanuel will be buried in the
basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, on the
summit of the Esquiline ftill. Tlie in
terior of this basilica is remarkable for
its beauty, and would be very appropriate
as the last resting place of the man under
whose auspices the work of uniting into
one compact State the petty duchies and
principalities into which Italy was di
vided was so successfully consummated.
King Humbert I. has ordered the Ital
ian Court to go in mourning six months.
It is said that Humbert, though origi
nally in favor of Turkey, is now dis
posed to agree to V ictor Emanuel being
interred in Rome, but will consult his
brothers. Signor Mancini intends to
introduce a bill in Parliament appointing
the Pantheon as the future burial place
of the Savoy family.
No more fitting tomb for the remains
of a great national lienefactor and the
representative of the idea of Italian unity
could be found in all Italy. The deco
rations are of the most gorgeous descrip
tion, and many sacred mementoes and
masterpieces of art are preserved within
its walls. The decoration of the roof and
ceiling is of itself a wonderful master
piece of art. and is admittedly the most
beautiful of its kind in the world. The
gold used was brought to Spain from
South America and presented by Ferdi
nand and Isabella.
Among the sacred relics preserved in
this basilica are the five boards of the
manger in which the infant Jesus lay af
ter his birth, which is commemorated
ever}’ year on Christmas eve by a solemn
ceremony and procession. These sacred
relics are enclosed in a beautiful urn of
silver. The Sistine Chapel is very rich
in marbles and other decorations and the
Capella Borghesiana, under which are the
sepulchral vaults of the Borghese family,
even surpasses it in the beauty of its
decorations and works of art. The white
marble Colonna della Virgini, one of the
most lieautiful Corinthian columns in
Rome, stands in front of the basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore.
Wetmore in the Penitentiary.—
Theodore R. Wetmore was w’orking
yesterday as assistant bookkeeper to
\Varden Fox, when a clerk cried: “A
letter for Wetmore.” Wetmore’s lips
trembled as he raised his head. It was
written on delicate paper and there were
dots made by tears and blotches made by
kisses. It was ruthlessly opened by a
convict clerk and read. Wetmore
blushed slightly. He read the letter
after it had been duly stamped with the
mark of the penitentiary and then tore it
and threw it into the stove.—N. T. Sun,
nth.
8t. Louis was behind hand with its
baby show swindle, but it was a large
one when it came. The managers adver
tised lavishly and promised to give away
$3,000 in prizes; but on the last day of
the exhibition he left the city, and the
mothers got nothing.
From the Nets York World.
The question as to whet her the Govern
ment will retain possession of tlie Arling
ton estate, or Arlington Cemetery, as it
is now called, or be ejected from it under
a suit brought by General Custis Lee, the
only heir at-law to it, will probably be
decided at an early date. In the United
States Circuit Court in Alexandria to-day
counsel for General Lee and the United
States united in asking Judges Hughes
and Bond to name to-morrow a day next
month when the case could proceed. A
decision of importance, liearing on this
case, has just been made in this District,
and General Lee’s friends are confident
that it will be sustained and that Arling
ton will lie restored to him. The
Carroll heirs entered suit against the
Superintendent of the Government Bo
tanical Garden here. Of course no suit
could be entered against the United
States, and. as is common Us ejectment
suits, the person in possession was made
the defendant. The defendant filed a
suggestion that he occupies only as agent
f of the United StaU**- and that the United
States is in posses sion of the property.
Upon this showing' the United States
Attorney filed a moti.’Jn that the court
dismiss the suit for wa nt of jurisdicth>o,
and this motion was arg^ued on Saturday
last. Chief Justice Carl Vr ovemiledjthe
motion to dismiss, and heJd that no court
could deny the plaintiffs the* iright to prove
a title against any persons holding land
claimed by them. This c&^e is identical
with the Arlington case. Iir the latter
case the Attorney General of the United
States has filed a suggestion informing
the court that the United States Is
in possession of the property through
its officers and agents, tht' ooiy
possession that it is capable of h aving.
and is using it in the executio*n of
its sovereign and constitutional poN
He has suggested to the court that it has
not jurisdiction to take any action whi "h
will tend to disturb the possession of th*‘
United States, and has filed a motion to*
dismiss the suit. This motion remains
undecided, but if Judge Hughes follows
the precedent of Judge Cart tor’s decision
he must overrule the motion and permit
General Lee’s suit to proceed. The
Arlington estate covers over a thousand
acres, and the Arlington House from
1802 was the residence, until his death,
of Geo. Washington Parke Custis, the
adopted son of George Washington,
when his daughter, the wife of General
Robert E. Lee, occupied it until 1801.
General Lee then left it, with his family,
to go South and join the Confederacy.
It was soon after taken as the military
headquarters of General McDowell, of the
United States Army, and was held by the
military till 1863, when it was solcl by
the government, under the direct tax act
for sixty five dollars of overdue taxes.
The money was tendered by General
Lee’s friends, but refused. It belonged
to Mrs. Lee, and was not confiscated, as
is generally supposed. General Lee never
had any interest in it whatever, and that
of Mrs. Lee was only a life estate, so at
her death it reverted to General Custis
Lee, who brings this suit of ejectment.
In 1807 a national cemetery wtk* formally
established by the government upon 200
acres of the land, in which there are
buried nearly sixteen thousand soldiers,
including a few htrmfred of the Confede
rate army. Over the arch of the car
riage entrance is this inscription: “Here
rest 15,585 of the 315,558 citizens who
died in defense of their country from
1861 to 1805.” Bills were introduced in
Congress to pay Mrs. Lee while she was
alive for the estate, but came to no vote.
Should General Lee win his suit the
government would undoubtedly purchase
the property.
What Can England Do?
From the London Morning Post, Dec. 21.
To the Editor of the Morning Post: Sir—
Is the Turkish Empire to ix* destroyed
and are her provinces to be divided?
These are the questions of the hour.
Russia, Germany (uncle and uephew) and
Italy and many jackals and obscene birds
of prey, who hope to pick the carcass
slain by their powerful allies, say “Yes.”
Austria is divided—half her subjects say
“Y’es,” half say “No.” &he is check
mated by Germany and Italy. France
would say "No” If she could, but she
again is checkmated by Germany and
Italy. England alone cays “No.” On
the one side, therefore, stand England
and Turkey—Turkey prostrate, crushed,
bankrupt, her bravest slain, her strong
places taken from her—on the other side,
Russia, Germany and Italy, with Austria
and France as neutrals* Wha4 can
England do? She has a po werful
navy. She can send to the seat
of w’ar an army of fifty thousand
men. For defensive warfare & 1,000
British troops still constitute a great
militar}’ force. For aggressive waifare
in these days of gigantic armaments tiYey
merely constitute a corps d'darmee. A
year ago 50,000 British troops would pro
bably have enabled the Turks to rep el
invasion, to defend the line of the Danube
and save Kars: but twice that number
could not now’ free their country from
the Russian grip. With an army of
50,000 men we cannot attack, but we can
defend. What, then, are we to defend?
Doubtless we can make Constantinople
impregnable and the Dardanelles im
passable; but what then? In such a case
Russia would stop short at Adrianople
and prosecute the war in Asia Minor and
in Syria. In the meantime, while we
were defending Constantinople, that was
not attacked, and guarding the Darda
nelles, that were not threatened, Egyj>t,
which is the very apple of our Eastern
eye, might fall to the lot of others. A s
yet Germany and Italy have only given
moral support to Russia, but it
Is not impossible that the moraen t
we throw in our sword with Turkey the v
may throw in theirs with Russia. If thl s
occurs, and the Russian, German and
Italian fleets combine, the English flee t
will have its hands full. With Malta and
Gibraltar to guard and with an army at
Constantinople or Gallipoli to prote*^t, it
cannot spare many ships to look after
British interests in Egypt. Let us cle arlj
realize our position. It is useless to <N>nr
tend against the inevitable. If Russia,
Germany and Italy are determined, to
commit a great crime, and if Austria ;u»d
France sanction it England alone can not
THE BLAIR MEMORIAL.
Opposition of the Democrats—Nets
for tli- Radicals—^Ir. Tilden and
the Issue — Statement of Judge
Blair.
H-'cnAin^fon Correspondence of the Baltimore
Sun.
There is some interesting gossip in Re
publican circles in regard to tue memo
rial of Judge Blair now before the Mary
land Legislature. It is asserted with
much confidence that Mr. Tilden had
something to do with inspiring the pre
sentation of the memorial, ana that the
introduction of the memorial in the Mary
land Legislature will be followed by the
offering of a similar paper in all the other
States where there are Democratic Legis
latures. It is said further that David
Dudley Field and other prominent friends
of Mr. Tilden were cognizant of Judge
Blair’s purpose, and saw a copy of liis
memorial before it was introduced. It is
said that the programme is to have
brought forward in the Senate or the
House Mr. Field’s bill providing for the
institution of quo warranto proceedings
to test Mr. Hayes’right to the Presidency.
So far from these proceedings taking
up all of the remaining period of M r.
Hayes’ term, it is asserted that the en
tire cau^e^ould be tried and decided in
sjxjty This statement is said to be
based on the belief that the feelings and
the prejudices of certain members of the
Supreme Court would lead them to go
quite as far now to put President Hayes
out of office as they went last winter to
put him in. If there can be an assurance
that a fair number of Democrats would
vote to pass the Field bill, enough Re
publican support to carry it will, it is
said, be forthcoming. The radical Re
publicans here are really gratified that
the question has been again started. But
so far as Democratic Senators ani Re
presentatives have expressed themselves
tW>y deprecate any agitation iu the mat
ter. Some of them say that they believe
Mr. Ttfden is determined to keep the
matter aijve for the purpose of further
ing hjs chaqees for the Democratic nom
ination in 1880.
The movement made by Mr. Blair has
d eveloped the interesting and extraordi-
nai Y faet that, supposing a change could
be Vffected in the Presidency in sixty
days without commotion and solely
through the instrumentality* of the law*, a
majority the Democratic members of
Congress \Vould prefer that Mr. Haves
should stay . ; n. and a majority of the Re
publican ineii^rs would prefer that he
should go out aud Mr. Tilden come in.
The sagacious lTeiaoerat-s believe that in
the one event their chances for 1880 would
lie so much better, and the Republicans
have the same opinion as to their chances
in the other, and in Edition they have
that personal antipath " which would be
pleased by the humiliation of a Presi
dent who, they sav, has done noth
ing for them. Judge Klair was here
yesterday arguing a case before the Su
preme Court. In conversation with your
correspondent on the subject of his me
morial he said that, while it had been
shown to several gentlemen before lieing
offered, he had determined to present it
of his own volition, and without consul
tation or suggestion from any one. He
said that he had not seen Mr. Tilden for
months. He considered that he had done
his duty to the people of the country,
w ho elected Mr. Tilden, and the respon
sibility now rested w’ith the Legislature
of Maryland, and not with him.
Judge Blair said that in his belief the
people throughout the whole country’
have never failed to feel keenly the
wrong which has been inflicted upon
them; that they demand redress, and will
have it whenever the opportunity comes,
and that their representatives w ill have
to be forced up to the position which the
people have taken in advance of them.
Judge Blair also indicated that no matter
what others may do, his own convictions
will not permit him to relent in his de
nunciation of the wrong by which the
people were deprived of their choice, nor
in the effort to right that wrong. Judge
Blair's statement, as made above, seems
to dispose of the statement made by the
New York correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger, of his having a personal
understanding with Mr. Tilden. In fact
your correspondent understood Mr. Blair
in the conversation of yesterday., after
his remark that he had not seen Mr. Til
den for months, to add that he had not
received a letter from Mr. Tilden since a
short time after li*e St. Louis Conven
tion.
BURNING A BABE.
Dr. Dunton’ff Experiment, and
What the Father and the Doe tor
Say.
taking possession of the mind, and com
ing to sway the practice of the world; a
law that rejects the balance of power,
that repudiates the obligations of treaties,
and recognizes the law of the strong a 8
alone supreme; then, when the last word"
has been spoken in favor of treaties and
international obligations, then the law of
self-preservation will compel us to
look after our own interests, and to take
care that in the melee of lawless
ness and disruption we do not become
the victim of some unscrupulous combi
nation. Egypt and Crete belong to our
ally, Turkey, and we have no more right
to take them than Russia has to take Bul
garia and Armenia; but Egypt is the high
road to India and to our vast colonial em
pire, and it is absolutely necessair to the
existence of our emnire that it does not
fall into hostile hands. We have no right
to take Egypt and Crete, but we have a
right, and indeed it is our bounden duty
to ourselves and to our descendants, to
take such steps as will make their occu
pation by others impossible. Everything
points to Egy pt as the key of British em
pire in the East. It is the only spot where
the military strength of the Empire can
be fully developed, where the East and
West join hands. With fifty thousand
British troops in Egypt, a British fleet in
Crete, the front door open to supplies and
reinforcements from Malta, Gibraltar and
England, and the back door, through the
Red Sea, open to supplies and reinforce
ments from India, our position would be
impregnable; we could hold it against the
world. Yours, etc.
Edward Sullivan.
No. 13 Grosvenor place, Dec. 20, 1877.
New York Sun.
Andrew Stewart, a Scotchman, living
at 70 Orchard street, told a Sun. reporter
last evening how his babe was experi
mented with by his wife’s physician. Dr.
M. M. Dunton, of 72 Rivington street,
until it died. Iu November, 1876, Mrs
Stewart was delivered of an apparently
still-born babe. I)r. Dunton warmed it
to life by holding it to the stove, having
first removed one of the covers. He
also, Mr. Stewart alleges, told Mrs.
Harding, an attendant, to con
tinue the experiment until a
cry of pain was the reward of
their combioed efforts to bring it to life.
The soles of the babe’s feet were terribly
burned, and several of its toes dropped
off. It died eight months after it was
born. “I do na kno’ verra th’ mon wos
drunk or sober,” Mr. Stewart said; “I
on’y kno’ he’s kilt raoi baby, an’ I hope
he’ll prove hisself no’ guilty, but he is.
Why, mon, that stove was bet a red het,
an’ he took the lid off an’ put the child’s
fut to the fire.” Mr. Stewart sued for
five thousand dollars damages. He said
that judment by default had been taken
against Dr. Dunton.
Dr. Dunton laughed in a half-amused
way, and said that he did not hold the
almost lifeless Ixxly near the stove to get
a little warmth into it thirty-six hours
after hjf was told that its feet were
burned. The child subsequently lost its
toes, but more in consequence of the
treatment of some woman employed by
Stewart than in consequence of the burn
ing. The babe died of a combination of
ordinary complaints. Far from having
caused the babe’s death, it was he who
did.
i n ii 1 Bi Hi >vr. ui.iuu^i o «ivuv M before
gradually Sheriff ReU!y to-day.
prevent it; but if this action of the || ena kied it to live as long as it <
great powers of Europe makes it clear to . The suit for dlimaffPS lstob J tricd ^
us that a new law of nations is gradually c Kor ;ff i>„;ik-
It is now rumored that Mr. Thomas
Lord is ill at the residence of bis bride
(Mr^ Hicks) in New York.
* Destiny's Grit on Hayes’ Trousers.
The peculiarity with Mr. Hayes is that
destiny obtained a firm grip on tne seat
of his pantaloons several years ago, and
has been yanking him upwards with great
violence. His ability to talk people
around Is not half so pronounced sis his
capacity’ to talk around a subject. So far
as his fight w ith Conkling is concerned it
has been settled in his favor without any
; *effort or merit of his own, just as he has
hitherto been yanked into eminence. He
has not talked anybody around. The
men who will sustain him have not been
conciliated. Bill Chandler is the instru
ment of Hayes’ forcible destiny in this
-case, just as Blaine was at Cincinnati.
The Democrats sustain Hayes now be-
: -cause they can do noth ing else except sus
tain Bill Chandler. The Republicans
nominated Hayes at Cincinnati because
the alternative was Blaine. Thus, we
. suppose, Hayes will go on to the end of
• his de facto term, deriving the bulk of his
support from his political opponents and
• all of his respectability from the opposi-
; tion of his political friends.— Washington
i Post.
past been the scene of some very myste
rious robberies, which, of course, were
set down to the account of the tramps.
The discovery that the robbers are two
brothers, sons of a respectable farmer,
has made a stir.
A little girl in Reading, Penn., who
was hit with a snowball by a boy,
promptly tripped the offending youth up
and nibbed his face vigorously in the
snow, and a bystander at the close, gave
her a silver half dollar.
GRAND WEDDINGS
The TroHM«au or Boron*** Roth.-
chUd-Elegamo of the Garments.
F, om the IjOrulon Draper's Journal.
A succession of very grand wedding
have afforded work to tradesmen wfio
would otherwise have had little ’to do
lately. Some of the trousseaus have
been exhibited, and certainly the lingerie
surpas*es in lieautv anything‘that hasbeeD
seen hitherto. Thai *of the voung Bar
onne Edmond de Roths* hihf contains a
dozen dozen of chemises, perfect marvels
of needlework-some with old lace let
into the cambric; others with yokes and
bibs of Valenciennes lace and embroidery
displaying the same design; and others
again richly worked in the media val style,
the lower edge being, in most cases, also
trimmed to match. Each chemise has its
accompanying pantaloons, just as richly
ornamented.
To some of the night dresses had been
given distinguishing names. The Mar
gucrite has a square front made of nar
row bouillonnes of cambric and Valen
ciennes insertion, with collar and ruffles
of the same lace; the SultAne a plastron
of Argentine lace, let in back and front;
and the Venitienne. spiral nichings of
wide Valenciennes. There are likewise
no less than six dozer, dressing jackets!—
some in cambric, with bouillone of wide
Valenciennes insertion ; others almost
covered with exquisite embroidery; also
fine cambric jackets lined with pale pink
and blue silk, and trimmed with lace and
ribbons. Many of the underskirts have
the front breadth entirely embroidered,
and the Iwck decorat ed* with flowers
handsomely worked, even the walking
skirts irnade quite short) are trimmed
with lace edged flowers.
Nothing of all this, however, can com
pete w ith the elegance of the dressing
gowns. Then* is one in white satin
brocade, decorated with Bruges lace,
wide white fringe, and white satin bows;
a second in pale blue fancy silk inter
woven w ith silver threads, niched with
extremely wide Valenciennes and tied
together with blue and silver cords and
tassels; a third in Swiss muslin delicately
embroidered, surrounded by a plaiting
of embroidered muslin and rucliings of
Valenciennes, ami having a hood of the
same lace adapted to the shoulders, with
bows of blue aud pink sgtin ribbon, a
matinee in pink Sarrah compost'd of a
skirt flounced with Mechlin lace aud a
jacket open in front over a triple Mer
veilleus waistcoat of the same lace; a
Russian gown made in pale blue cash
mere, buttoned on one side and orna
mented with oriental galloon, pale blue
and cream-colored palms on a vied d’or
ground; a sixth in pink cashmere, with a
long plaited waistcoat in pink silk and
two rows of satin buttons.
These robes de chambres have dainty
little caps to match, in lace, martin,
gauze, foulard and arcophane. in various
styles—the Carmargo, the Pompadour,
the Charlotte Corday, the Petite Mariec,
the Rachel, the Sultane, the Creole, etc.,
etc. The stockings are either in silk or
Lyons thread, and of every tint. Some
in* open w’ork, some embroidered in colors
with flowers and garlands, and others
with lozenges and triangles of Valen
ciennes, Mechlin, Argenton and Alencon
pomt let in. It may well lx* imagined
after this that the handkerchiefs are both
beautiful and numerous, and as for the
bed linen (it is always included in a
French trosseau), it rivals the hnndker
chiefs in delicacy of texture. The sheets
are not only richly worked at the v©p,
but at the bottom also, with frills of ex
quisite lace, and arc of hand made Flan
ders linen, with French cambric pillow
cases trimmed to match. Even the tow
els in linen crepon have bauds of Vene
tian point inserted, and the initials
w’orked in one corner.
HOW TO ACT IN CASE OF FIRE.
A Few Common Sciiim* Dlreetiona
Thai Everybody Can I nderntand.
The following directions for conduct
in case of fire are issued by the British
Royal Society for the Protection of Life
from Fire:
Every household should make each
person in his home acquainted with the
lx?st means of escape, whether the fire
breaks out at tlie top or at the liottom.
Inmates at the first alarm should en
deavor calmly to reflect what means of
escape there are in the house. If in lied
at the time wrap themselves in a blanket
or lxMlside carpet; oi>en neither w indows
nor doors more than necessary; shut
ever}’ door after them. (This is most im •
portant to observe)
In the midst of smoke it is compara
tively clear towards the ground; conse
quently progress through smoke can be
made on the hands and knees. A sill*
handkerchief, worsted stocking or other
flannel substance, wetted and drawn
over the face, permits free breathing and
excludes to a great extent the smoke
from the lungs. A wet sponge is alike
efficacious.
In the event of being unable to escape
either by the street door or the roof, the
person in danger should immediately
make their way to the front room
window, taking care to close the door
after them, ana those who have charge of
the household should ascertain that every
individual is there assembled.
Persons thus circumstanced are en
treated not to precipitate themselves from
the window* while there remains the least
possibility of assistance, and even in the
last emtremity a plain rope is invaluable,
or resource may lx* had by joining sheets
or blankets together, fastening one end to
the bedpost or other furniture. This will
enable one person to lower all the others
separately, and the last may let himself
down with comparatively little risk. Se
lect a window over the doorway rather
than over the area.
Do not give vent to the fire by breaking
into the house unnecessarily from with
out or, if an inmate, by opening the door
or windows. Make a point of shutting
every door after you as you go through
the house. For* this purpose doors in
closing the staircase are very useful.
Upon discovering yourself on fire, re
flect that your greatest danger arises from
draught to flames and from their rising
upward. Throw yourself on the ground
and roll over on the flame—if possible on
the rug or loose drugget, which drag un
der you. The table cover, a man’s coat,
anything of the kind at hand, will serve
your purpose. Scream for assistance,
ring the bell, but do not run out of the
room or remain in an upright position.
Persons especially exposed to the risk
of their dresses taking fire should adopt
the precaution of having all linen and
cotton washed in a w’eak solution of
cblorid of zinc, alum or tungstate of
soda.
One of the most curious facts connect
ed with madness is the utter absence of
tears amid the insane. Whatever the
form of madness, tears are conspicuous
for their absence, as much in the depres
sion of melancholia, or the excitement of
mania, as in the utter apathy of demen
tia. If a patient in a lunatic asylum be
discovered in tears, it will Ix? found that
it is either a patient beginning to recover
or an emotional outbreak in an epileptic
w ho is scarcely truly insane, while actu
ally insane patients appear to have lost
the power of w’eeping; it is only return
ing reason which can once more unloose
the fountains of their tears. Even when
a lunatic is telling one in fervent language
of how she has been deprived of her
children, or the outrages that have been
perpetrated on herself, her eye is never
even moist.
Deatii from tue Bite of a Man.—
On Christmas eve a party of convivial
spirits gathered at the Carson brewery,
where they played cards and drank beer
for a while. Berggans, an attache of
the brewery, accused another em
ploye of the institution, named Fred
Neifer, of cheating. Neifer was thrown
to the floor by Berggans, and Berggans
was.bit in the hand. On Thursday last
Berggans experienced considerable pain
in the hand bitten, yet sought no medical
advice. On Friday morning his arm was
greatly swollen, and on Friday night he
called in the aid of a physician; but by
that time his case had assumed such a
maligant form that medical science could
do him no good. He died yesterday
morning about nine o’clock, suffering
greatly.—Carson Appeal.
Reunited After Seventeen \
Separation.—A romantic story is told
at Colebrook, Conn., of a couple who
w’ere divorced in Ohio seventeen years
ago, the husband coming back to live
with a sister in Connecticut. A few days
ago the wife that was, learning of her
husband’s whereabouts, came to 0°* e *
brook, drove up before his door, and sent
in a note asking if he w’ould receive her.
He responded by coming out to her w ith.
open arras, and they are now enjoying a
second honeymoon.—Hartford limes,