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W. T. THOMPSON, Editor.
TUESDAY, MARCH 1*2, 1878.
tapping the u ikes,
The late peace demonstration in Hyde
Park resulted in a serious riot. Sticks and
clubs were freely used, and the meeting ffa-
violently broken up. Beaconsfield wa>
cheered and Gladstone hissed and insulted.
As his wife and himself were on their waj
to church they were compelled to take
refuge in the bouse of a friend. The Duke
of Teek being mistaken for the Russian
Ambassador, Co^t Schouvaloff, was also
insulted and hustled about by the mob.
Seven hundred Circassians are reported as
having perishhd on the steamer Spbynx.
The Czar's remarks at the reception of the
diplomatic corps on Sunday were decided!;,
pacific. He has ratified the treaty of peace,
and it is reported that both Russia and Tur
key will regard the treaty as one entirely be
tween themselves; that foreign nations will
have nothing to do with it except as regardr
the question of the straits and the settlement
of the boundaries of Montenegro. It is an
nounced in Vienna, however, that the Con
gress will open on the 31st of March, and if
Russia persists in not submitting the whole
treaty to the Congress war will be certain.
The visit of the Grand Duke Nicholas to
the Srltan has been compromised. It will
be less ostentatious than at ilrst supposed.
The Spanish Government, is in favor of all
nations, except England and the United
States, entering into commercial treaties with
Spain.
The Mohammedans in India are greatly
excited in consequence of the overthrow oi
Turkey. It is believed that two hundred
thousand Moslem volunteers against Russia
could be raised without difficulty.
German newspapers think that since the
terms of peace became known it will be
necessary to take precautions for the pro
tection of European interests. The Berlii
JUt says that measures must be taken t<
prevent the Dardanelles and Bulgaria from
becoming Russian property.
Disturbances among the Swiss Guard at
the Vatican continue.
A number of resolutions protesting against
the transfer of the Life Saving Service from
the Treasury to the Navy Department, aud
against the resumption of the income tax.
•jvere presented to the Senate yesterday.
Several failures of provision dealers in
Philadelphia are reported. Cause, heavy
speculation* and decline in prices, princi- j
pally of hams.
New York Cuban* have resolved that the '
war in Cuba shall be #^ntinued. and wil
furnish men and means to further the strug
g,e * a ^ , I
Senator Qordon yesterday introduced in
the Senate a bill to prevent the introduction
of contagious and infectious.diseases. Als*-
a memorial adopted by the late Ja^ksonvilh
Quarantine Convention praying for the es
tablishment of an effective quarantine sys
tem. Senator Hill, by request, introduced s
bill to aid the Great Southern Railway t<
construct a line in Georgia and Florida.
All these measures were appropriately re
ferred.
General Ewing, of Ohio, yesterday intro
dneed a joint resolution lu I he House for a
constitutional amendment providing for tin
issue of millions of dollars of t nited
States non-interest bearing notes receivable
for all purposes, to absorb all other paper
money and to be increased in proportion U
the population of the country.
Dr. Lindermann, Director of the Mints,
yesterday informed the House Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures that threi
additional mints would be required, or two
in addition to' that at New Orleans, in ordei
that live or six miH* on8 of silver dollars pei
month may be coined. M ith this lattei
mint in condition $42,G0o.U60 per annum
might be coined.
The case of O. O. Howard, for d defalca
tion of $130,000’ in his accouuts.as Commis
sioner of the Freedman’s Bureau, was tried
yesterday, and, under instruction, a verdict
was given for Howard.
The Pantheon aud other old heathen
temples of Ancient Greece were illuminated
in Athens yesterday in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Grant.
(Saturday’s storm did much damage to the
Mississippi near New Orleans. Several
crevasses are reported.
Charles H. Prince has been nominated for
Postmaster at Augusta, Georgia.
The damage by the late cyclone in Atlanta
is now said to have been greatly exaggera
ted, and will not exceed in thC entire State
$1,500.
The report of Timber Agent McCormick
that he was lately shot in Alabama is denied.
Dr. Cornelius Boyle, of Washington,
General Lee’s Provost Marshal at the time of
the surrender of his army, is dead.
The Home Savings Bank, in Boston, has
suspended.
Count Andrassy has made another state
ment. He denies that Austria contemplates
the mobilization of her forces, or that she
intends making any warlike demonstrations,
lit least until the Congress of the Powers
snccts. She only wants a vote of credit to
tfhow that she is capable of protecting her
Interests.
e Atlanta Tornado.
lt vi Press dispatch gives addi-
llars the Atlanta tor-
tccounl of which we published
yesterday rooming. It says
_>rm was the severest ever
the city. “It burst out
xjut eleven o’clock a. m.,
the churches were filled with
and lasted without rain,
y and tremendous force,
s. An Episcopal church, like
illed, at the hour for the com-
A divine service, and no thought
is entertained by the congrega-
lriug the early part of the ser-
d suddenly rose and shook the
j n «r to its foundations. The
inister realized at once that the
d struck the building, and
was merely a question of
jtes to secure the safety of
•ied out to them to throw them-
the seats. This advice the con
once followed and not a mo-
n With a few fearful cracks
its root aud walls, the whole
imbled into a shapeless ruin,
e congregation under the
acidly the sheltef afforded
eats protected the great
congregation, but eighteen were
unded by the falling timbers.
* however, have died. Several
es in Atlanta have been seri-
tbeir walls shaken and roofs
ped. The CRy Hall is en
ded and the ear abed at the
ot is unsettled. Great damage,
of which cannot yet bo deter-
lonc to private residences and
r bout the city.”
i f the lady who recently
mment in Edinburgh by
o shod with gold, and
ird ftt'hrd in Barce-
tering coin among
s, has been pWf ed in a
Mr. Sherman and the Silver Law,
It looks very much as if Congress will
have to pass a supplementary law to in
struct Secretary ShermaD how to carry
out the provisions of the law providing
for the remonetization of silver, and to
prevent him from defeating the success
ful operation of that important financial
measure in the interest of the bond
holders. The Secretary seems greatly
at a loss how to proceed. He
seems to be beset with difficulties
on every hand. In the first place
he is in doubt as to the proper way to
purchase the silver bullion, then he wants
a commissioner appointed to make the
purchases, next he sees no way to put
the silver when coined into circulation,
and finally he wants an appropriation of
i little less than one hundred thousand
dollars to build a monster vault in which
to keep the silver coin, and we shall not
lie surprised if he calls for a detail of
troops to guard the vault when it is
built In his perplexity Mr. Sherman
takes counsel with the Cabinet, and we
are informed by a Washington dispatch
that at a Cabinet meeting on Friday he re
quested advice as to the best means of
purchasing silver bullion. The dispatch
■iays: “The law instructs the Secretary
>f the Treasury to buy bullion, but it
does not specify the manner in which the
bullion shall be purchased. Mr. Sher
man doubts his ability to make purchases
f o the same advantage as though he had
uot the duties of Secretary to perform as
well as to act as middleman between bul
lion owners and the government. He
■suggested the feasibility of appointing a
jom mission to buy bullion for the gov
ernment. No recommendation was
made by: the Cabinet on the subject ”
It is Secretary' Sherman’s duty to exe
cute the law in a spirit of fairness, and
with a view to carrying out the objects
for which it was enacted, as speedily and
•conomically as possible, and if he has
icither the ability nor the will to do this,
ongress should take prompt action to
relieve him from his embarrassment
Courier-Journal quotes i
tji as saying that “an
r rom General Grant to a
publican of Knoxville
could induce him ever
indidate for President
ved at the Philadelphia
r 0 tons of gold in bars
f silver. Most of this
arded from the New
hut some of the gold
Improvement of the Mississippi
River.
The bill introduced in the House by
Mr. Gibson (Democrat), of Louisiana, for
the appointment of a commission to su
pervise the construction of works to im
prove the navigation of the Mississippi
river provides that Hayes shall appoint
dve engineers to prepare plans and esti
mates of cost of a general system of
works designed to secure the correction
and permanent location of the channel of
die river, with a view to obtaining a
depth of water at all seasons of the year
available for sea going vessels, between
’airo, Illinois, and the mouth of the
river. This commission is to have charge
f the direction and completion of such
surveys of the river as are now
progress below St. Louis, and
the Secretary of War is directed
to detail such professional and
ledcal assistants from the military ser-
•ice of ttic United States, and purchase
>r employ* such boats, machinery, etc., as
n his judgment may be necessary to ena-
>le the commission to perform its work.
The commission is also directed to pro
vide plans and specifications for the im-
nediate closure of such outlets of the
river, or such crevasses or gaps as may
exist in the levees on its banks, if in the
ipinion of Hie commission such closure
will secure an earlier deepening of the river
lianneL The sum of $75,000 is appro
priated for the salaries and expenses of
lie committee. For the work itself the
•um of $2,500,000 is appropriated.
A Cloud of War Claims.—The House
Committee on War Claims held a long
-ession Friday’, in which the Eaton bill,
for the adjudication of war claims, was
discussed. It was shown that there are now
sending i.n the Quartermaster General’s
>ffice 12,000 claims; in the Commissary
Jeneral’s office 1,000; befwe Congress,
in committees, 2,000; unfinished beti^fC
the Southern Clsjras Commission 8,000;
tnd yet to be filed in the Quartermaster
General’s office, under recent legislation
respecting claims, 2,000; making a grand
total of 2-5,000 claims, calling for the pay-
inent of many millions of dollars. It is
proposed in the bill to refer all these
claims to the Southern Claims Commis
sion. An estimate submitted to the com
mittee Friday showed that it would re
quire about eighteen years to decide the
cases now pending in the manner propos
ed by the Eaton bill. Another proposi
tion is that all claims for over $5,000
shall lie refem-4 to the Court of Claims.
This would give that court jurisdiction
of about 10 qx*r cent, of those 1W W pend-
A Christian SCHAL Party. A new
political party has just beadded to the
many parties which already exisieJ ‘ n
Germany. It calls itself “the Christian
Social Party.” It is headed by several
prominent court preachers of Berlin, who,
alarmed at the progress made by the So
cialists, have Liken this means of resisting
their subversive doctrines. The object of
the* party is to convince the people that
there can be no true system of govern-
nijnt which is not based upon Christiani
ty; and this principle is being elaborately
set forth in large and enthusiastic meet
ings. Herr Most, one of the Socialist
leaders, has given the jxditical pastors an
excellent text for their orations by declar
ing that he and his friends, since they do
not fear eiirthly powers, arc not likely to
lie afraid of powers of any’ other kind.
IIranches of the Christian Social party
have been formed in several of the most
important German towns, and they confi
dently expect to be able to secure a defi
nite qxisition in the next Imperial Parlia
ment.
The indomitable Mrs. Myra Clark
Gaines lifts succeeded in another land
claim, the prcqierty in this case lying in
the outskirts of Baltimore. Having es
tablished her rights as the heir at-law of
Daniel Clark she started to prosecute a
>uit for this latter piece of property, the
value of which is estimated at about
$100,000, On discovering that it was
now occupied, in part, by a charitable
institution, she abaLud her money equiva
lent to $32,000, and the defendants offer
to compromise at $20,000, This means
an eventual settlement at an intermediate
figure.
The Cuba* Sugar Crop.—Advices
from Havana state that business of every
description is stagnant, with a dowuwird
tendency in prices for nearly all kinds of
merchandise. The Havana Mercantile
Retieir thinks 250,000 tons i* the proba
ble decrease in this season’s sugar crop,
but journals at other points think that
p ill turn out to be an under-estimate by
sevtaraj thousand tons, owing to the bad
weather i-Lul has recently extended over
the whole island.
A marked instance of the way in
which great fortunes, based on real estate
values, may shrink ifi times of financial
stringency, is presented by the estate of
the late Thomas Hunt, of Brooklyn, who
at the time of his death, a few years ago,
was estimated to be worth $3,000,000.
The property, mostly real estate in Brook
lyn, is now valued at between $800,000
and $1,000,000.
The International Silver Conference.
It is stated in Washington that, in ac
cordance with what is known as “the
Allison amendment" to the silver bill,
the Secretary of the Treasury will invite
foreign nations to participate in the pro
posed Internatiomd Silver Conference,
and they will doubtless accept The ob
ject of the conference is two-fold: To
endeavor not only to arrive at an inter
national agreement as to the relative
values of gold and silver, but also to in
duce those European countries which have
demonetized silver to reconsider their ac
tion, and again adopt the bi-metallic
standard of currency.
The effect of this conference it is pre
dicted will he as follows: There will be
a reopening of the silver agitation, and if
all the European countries manifest :in
inclination towards the double staudard.
silver of course will advance. If. how
ever, the tendency is to a single gold
standard, the silver bullion market will
not advance, because silver from Ger
many and from some of the Latin Union
States will probably be shippetl to this
country, and if the Euroqx*an countries
discard silver, the relative prices between
the two metals would remain about as
they are now.
The law requires that this conference
shall meet within six months after the
passage of the act. The act went into
effect March 1; the conference must,
therefore, meet at the latest by the 1st of
September. Within a year, therefore (by
which time we shall have $00,000,000 or
$70,000,000 of silver coin in circulation),
we shall know whether or not we are to
be sustained by the other countries in
the use of silver, and the moment that
fact is made clear the difference between
gold and silver will vanish.
The Business Prospect.—There is,
says the Bridgeport Farmer, every indi
cation that a revival of business is near.
New York city, which always feels the
earliest symptoms of such a change,
already reqiorts its partial arrival. But
while it is good policy for business men
to make some preparation for a return
of prosperity, it is the part of true
wisdom to make haste slowly in the mat
ter. It is better to do a little less busi
ness than is possible than to hazard all.
We certainly believe that a revival of
business is at hand, but are not inclined
to lielievc that it will coijie with a rush
and fairly overwhelm every one with
prosperity. A country does not entirely
recuperate from a serious financial de
pression in so brief a time. The com
plete revival of trade at the present time,
so sanguinely believed in by many, can
not in the nature of things be permanent.
Our return to general prosperity, to be
healthful and permanent, must be accom
plished gradually and naturally, and not
spasmodically.
There is an unusually great demand at
New York for United States bonds for
investment, and a large qx>rtion of the
demand is for four per cents. It is
amusing, says the Bridgeport Farmer, to
notice the far fetched and transparent ex
planations of this demand, which are ad
vanced by the anti-silver organs. But a
very short time since,they were shouting
chorus that silver remonetization
would kill the public credit and that
United States bonds would be thrown
ujx>n the market in overwhelming quan
tities. Now silver is remonetized, and
they areforced to cudgel their brains for
some method of accounting for the non
impairment of the qmblic credit and the
remarkable demand for the low interest
bonds. Their explanations are as lame
as were their predictions wild.
The Romans have from time immemo
rial been addicted to playing in the lot
tery “the numbers’’ of any distinguished
personage upon hU death. There was a
rush at all the royal lottery offices in the
city to play the numbers of the late
Pope—7, 32, 58, 86. Seven indicates
the iiat« £f bis death, 32 the length of
his qx>ntificate, 58 the Pope himself, and
86 the years of his life. Not a single
ope of the above numbers was evolved
from ttio 7/heel; nevertheless it is be
lieved that they will win sooner or later,
and they will continue the favorites dur
ing the remainder of the present year.
The government has no objection, hav
ing already reaped an umzsoally rich har
vest from the popular indulgence in this
belief.
General Sherman complains that the
Banning army bill will rCGuce tut
to “a pauper establishment.” The best
comment upon his complaint is embraced
in the following statement of the money
pay given by the Banning bill, in addi
tion to allowances:
Present Proposed No. of
General
Lieutenant General..
Vneral
“•ill...
Majoi
Brigadier Ge«.J.
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain (mounted)
Captain (not mounted >,.
Adjutant
Regt'l. Quartermaster..
1st Lieut, (mounted)....
1st Lieut, (not mounted)
2nd Lieut, (mounted'...
2nd Lieut.inot mounted)
Chaplain
Ordnance Storekeeper.
pay.
pay.
Officers
$13,500
Sio.ooo
1
11,000
7,000
1
7..VXI
5,000
3
5,500
4,500
14
3.500
3,500
67
3,oou
^000
86
2,500
242
2,000
1.600
1.900)
1,600 f
591
1.800
1,600
40
1,800
1,600
40
1,600
1,500
L5001
1.FX)#
588
1,500
1.400
1.4001
1.300 f
445
1,500
1.400
34
2,500 1,800
As usual, says the Bridgeport Farmer,
when Congress is about to take action
upon an army bill, there are rumors of
Indian wars. Just now, the reports are
that General Miles is fitting out an expe
dition against threatening Indians; that
the Utes have put on the war paint; that
Sitting Bull has been seen south of the
Canadian line. Two of these reports are
rather stale. About a month ago Gen
eral Miles was reported ready to start on
the expedition which he is now said to
be preparing, and the Sitting Bull story
is revamped from an old one which has
been very conclusively denied by the
Canadian authorities. The army would
have more friends if it restrained those it
has from questionable attempts to influ
ence Congress.
The latest and most interesting attempt^
to ‘.‘hedge” upon the silver question is
the effort of the New York Tribune'$
Washington corresqxmdent to claim for
the Republican party one-half ihe credit
for silver remonetization. The Republi
can leaders who inspire the Tribune's
correspondence are just beginning to re
alize that their anti-silverisra has destroy
ed all chance of electing a Republican
House this fall. This attempt to “hedge”
will not succeed. Although the vote in
Congress was non-partisan, a majority of
each p&*ly voting in favor of the bill, the
Republican press hU2, by its bitter and
quite general anti silverism, detemjRed
tkv party’s location.
The New York Hun asserts that Mr.
Evart’s scheme for a txnuoau protecto
rate is about to come to naught through
the scheming of Great Britain. Lord
Gordon is on his way to Samoa, and
wih pe*hrps have a British flag up when
our Minister ariAi^s. Mr. Evarts is
rapidly proving himself a veiy vhi^lye
nonentity in the Department of State.
“The litiy thing I regret,” writes
Woodruff, the confessing clerk of the
South Carolina Senate, under date of
February 5, 1873, “is the payment of
$10,000 to Chamberlain/’
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM JACKSONVILLE
TICKET AGENTS' CONVENTION
A Probable Adjournment To*U«>.
Special Trleqram to the Mominq News.
Jacksonville, March 11.—The action of
the Ticket Agents’ Convention to-day was
not very imq>ortant. A resolution allowing
the roads to use either the drawback,
round trip or ironclad tickets was adoq>ted.
The convention will probably adjourn to
morrow.
NOON TELE0 RAM S.
RIOT AT THE HYDE PARK PEACE
DEMONSTRATION.
Lord Bcaronsllcld (THH'red—(Hail
stone Hooted ami Insulted.
T1IE CONGRESS OF EUROPEAN COI N-
TRIES TO OPEN MARCH 31ST.
The outlook more reassuiuxg.
Austria Demands that the YVhole
Treaty be Submitted to the Congress.
EXCITEMENT AMONG THE MOHAM
MEDANS IN INDIA.
Latest From Italy and Spain.
By Cable to the Mominq News.
London, March 11.—Two thousand per
sons who attended the peace demonstration
at Ilyde Park were hustled about and finally
ejected by a disorderly mob. Sticks were
freely used, and several were taken to the
hospitals. The crowd cheered Beaconsfield
and cheered and hissed before Glad
stone's house. Gladstone and wife, on
their way to church, were compelled to take
refuge in a friend's house, whence they were
escorted by the police. The Duke of Teek
was mistaken for Count Schouvaloff, the
Russian Ambassador, and was insulted and
hustled by the mob.
The Statulard slates that seven hundred
Circassians qierished on the steamer Spbynx,
burned near Cape Elia.
The Tones publishes the following, dated
St. Petersburg, 10th inst.: “The general
impression qiroduced by the Czar's remarks,
at his reception to-day of the diplomatic
corps, is decidedly pacific.”
The Times' correspondent from San Ste-
fauo says: “It is stated that Raouf Pasha
will ask a remission of three hundred mil
lions of the indemity.”
The Sultan has ratified the treaty. It is
reported that the last clause is to the effect
that Russia and Turkey will regard the
treaty as solidain, implying that they will
not recognize the right of any power to in
terfere with its terms, except as regards
questions of the straits and the settlement
of the boundaries of Montenegro.
A Vienna dispatch of the Daily News an
nounces that the Congress will open on
March 31st.
A Pera special to the Tunes says: “The
question of the visit of the Grand Duke
Nicholas to Constantinople results in a com
promise. The visit will be less ostentatious
than was at first proqxised.”
The Tunes' Vienna dispatch states* that
Count Andrassy, in answering questions in
the sub-committee of the Hungarian Dele
gations, disclaimed the intent of occupying
or annexing Bosnia, but did not deny that
events might cause an alteration of this
policy. The general impression is that the
situation is more reassuring.
The Daily News' dispatch from Madrid
says: “The budget abolishes surcharges and
extraordinary duties established in 1877. It
is in favor of all nations having commercial
treaties with Spain, except England and the
United States. Coal oils ami foreign sugars,
however, will continue to pay surcharges,
and Cuban sugar will pay nine shillings.”
Trustworthy private advices from India
state that the Mohammedans are greatly ex
cited in consequence of the overthrow of
Turkey, and serious trouble is even appre
hended unless the government takes some
anti-Russian action shortly. It is believed
that 200,000 Moslem volunteers to serve
against Russia could be raised without diffi
culty.
A Berlin dispatch to the Times says even
governmental newspaq>ers, such as the /W,
the National Zeituny and others heretofore
favorable to Russia, deem it necessary since
the terms of peace are known to take pre
cautions for the protection of European in
terests. The Ihst says measures must be
taken to prevent the Dardanelles and Bul
garia from becoming Russian property.
The Rome correspondent of the Times
telegraphs that Signor Cairoli, who has un
dertaken the formation of the new Ministry,
is a former Gaiibaldian. He is deservedly
popular, and is the only one who can reor
ganize the Liberal part}-, sunk in discredit
through the conduct of Signors Nicotora,
^retis au4 Crespi; but he is not
an administrator, and Win i—C no portfolio,
only accepting the Presidency of the
Council. Signor Seanaidill, the former
Minister of Public Works, will probably be
Minister of the Interior, Signor Farini Min
ister of Public Works, and Signor Duraudo
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Disturbances among the Swiss Guard at
the Vatican continue. Forty of them have
been dismissed. Some fanatics both inside
and outside the Vatican are tampering with
t^esc mercenaries for the purpose of creat
ing diihtuh^s for the Pope.
Vienna, March 11.—XLC JhUtwal Corre
spondence asserts that if Russia pet sit** in
not submitting the whole treaty to the Cou-
£^**8. jvm* is certain.
LOUISIANA CAEFET-BAtjMiKES
AFTER HAYES.
The Tolce of New York Cuban!* is
Still for YVar.
WaMhlngton Notes.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, March 11.—In the Senate, a
large number of petitions were presented
durirg the morning hour, among them many
remonstrating against the passage of the
bill to transfer the control of the life saving
service from the Treasury to *7i£ Navy De
partment, and others remonstrating against
the passage of any bill imposing a tax on
incomes. All were referred to appropriate
committees.
In the House, Mr. Elam, of Louisiana, in
troduced a resolution of the Louisiana Leg
islature, asking that Congress grant a char
ter to the Bereteria Ship Canal Company.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.|MIDNIGHT TELEGRAMS I piltmcry.
SILVER CERTIFICATES. AND THE
NEW SII.YER DOLLAR.
0. O. Howard Gets a Verdict.
EFFECTS OF SA TURD A T'S STORM
IIONOHS TO 4. It \ NT IN UHKIU K
('ongrcMlonal Proceeding*.
LOUISIANA CARPET-BAGGERS AFTER IIAYES.
Washington, March 11.—Kellogg, Pack-
arti and Morey called on Sherman this morn
ing, aud finding he had gone to see the
President followed him thither. Kellogg de
sires immediate action regarding the* New
Orleans custom house, but the President is
known and Sherman is thought to favor a
imstponement until the extra session of the
Louisiana Legislature adjourns.
MORE FAILURES.
Philadelphia, Penn., March 11.—Cob
lins «fc Beagry. heavy provision dealers, have
suspended. Their liabilities, it is thought,
exceed $*300,000. Four or five others
in the same trade are seriously involved.
The cause of the failure is heavy purchases
for the European trade and a decline in
prices, owing to the peaceful outlook in
Europe.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Washington, March 11.—The sub-Com-
mittee of the Senate on the Pacific Rail-
read win report in favor of Dorsey’s bill as
modified oy M>. Stephens, excluding, how
ever, any details east oi Fori Worth, and
erasing clauses giving Congress comer
details of management, etc. There has
been no formal action.
ORLEANS MINT TO BE PUT IN
UKltEM.
Washington, March 11.—Lindermann
was before the Committee on Coinage this
morning, and recommended an appropria
tion of seventy-five thousand dollars to put
the New Orleans mint in immediate older
Sq. operations. The committee will report
in favor of tws recommendation.
CUBAS8 IN NEW TORK DETEKMRrRD Tt> CON
TINUE THE WAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, March 11.—In the House
the following are amongst the bills referred
By Mr. Riddle, of Tenuessee—To reduce
the tax on whisky and tobacco.
By Mr. Davidson, of Florida—For a qmb-
lic building at Tallahassee.
By Mr. Schleicher, of Texas—For a public
building at Brownsville.
The rest of the day was consumed in a
general debate on the diplomatic bill.
Mr. Cox, of New York, endeavored to
offer a resolution inviting the President to
recognize the Diaz government in Mexico,
but it was objected to by Mr. Mills, of Texas.
Mr. Sayler, of Ohio, reported from the
Committee on Ways and Means a joint reso
lution, which was referred to the committee
of the whole, extending the time for the
withdrawal of distilled spirits from bond to
three years, and qiroviding that the tax shall
be levied at the rates required at the time of
the withdrawal.
The House took a recess until 7:30 p.
The evening session is for debate only.
Representative Turner, of Kentucky, in
troduced a bill looking to the taxation of
L uited States bonds equally with other
proqierty for State purposes. Referred to
Judiciary Committee
A resolution appointing General Sherman
Regent of the Smithsonian Institute vice
Babcock, passed.
A bill providing for a commission to con
sider the alcoholic traffic, with the amend
ment by Mr. Conkling that one member of
the commission shall be engaged in the traf
fic, was passed—yeas 29, nays 19.
Mr. Blaine called up his resolution regard
ing the fisher}- treaty which gives Great Bri
tain $5,000,000, aud assailed the award at
great length. The resolution, which calls
for certain correspondence, was agreed to.
A bill was introduced in the Senate by
Mr. Gordon, of Georgia, to prevent the in
troduction of contagious and infectious dis
eases into the United States. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
General Gordon also presented a memorial
adopted by the convention held at Jackson
ville, Florida, praying for the establishment
of an effective system of quarantine on the
Atlantic ami Gulf coasts. Referred to the
same committee.
By Mr. Hill, of Georgia, by reauest—To
aid the Great Southern Railroad Company,
consolidated, to construct a line of railway
in the States of Georgia and Florida. Re
ferred to the Committee on Railroads.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has
agreed to report favorably on the House bill
allowing persons charged with crime to
testify in the United States Courts.
General Ewing introduced a joint resolu
tion for a constitutional amendment q>ro-
viding for the issue of millions of dol
lars in United States non-interest bearing
notes receivable for all purposes, to increase
proportionally with the population, absorb
ing all other paper currency.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., March 11.—Indications
for Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic States, falling
barometer, southeast winds, wanner, cloudy
and rainy weather will prevail.
In the Gulf States, falling barometer,
warmer southerly winds, qiartly cloudy
weather and occasional rains.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, cooler
northeast to warmer southeast winds, sta
tionary or falling barometer, qiartly cloudy
weather and occasional rains.
In the Middle Atlantic States and New
England, increasing northeast to south
east winds, colder, cloudy and rainy
weather, with stationary or rising barome
ter.
Cautionary signals continue at Cape Look
out, Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk. Cape Hen
ry. Norfolk, Lewes, Cape May, Atlantic City,
Barnegat, Sandy Hook, New* York, New Ha
ven, New London. Newport, Wood’s Hole.
Thatcher’s Island, Boston, Portland aud
Eastport.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS FAILURES.
Philadelphia, March 11.—'The liabilities
of Collins Beagry, provision dealers,
will reach a quarter of a million. Ashael
Troth Son, VVm. A. Miller tfc Co. and
Troth Brothers, provision dealers, have
suspended. These failures were brought
about mainly through the oq>erations of
Henry Troth, of Ashael Troth A: Son, who
has been speculating largely, and whose
operation? are said to have caused all the
above failures. The debts of the various
firms are due principally to bankers and
note brokers, who negotiated their qiaper.
All four firms were intimately associated in
business, aud they all declare that nobody
in trade besides themselves has been in
volved. They attribute their failure to a
general shrinkage of values in hams, prices
having declined from 10 cents during the
winter to cents to-day, the average price
now realized being T% cents for fifteen
pound hams. No time for a meeting of
the creditors has been fixed by any of the
firms.
SILVER CERTIFICATES.
Washington, March 11.—Secretary Sher
man was before the Committee on Coinage.
Weights and Measures this rooming, and
gave his views al»out the proposed meas
ure for issuing certificates of deposit of sil
ver bullion. In this connection the question
was discussed as to whether such certificates
should merely represent the bullion at its
market value, or whether the government
should buy the bullion with the certificates.
It seemed to be conceded that the certificates
should be issued, but the committee came to
no conclusion as to details.
COINAGE OF THE NEW SILVER DOLLAR.
Washington, March 11.—Dr. Linder
mann, the Director of the Mint, at the re
quest of the committee, gave Information
concern’hr the facilities for coining the new
silver dollar,"anil said that to double the
present capacity Would require three
additional mints, or two in addi
tion to that at New Orleans. With
these or millions a month
could hp ppinefj- At present, making
allowances for interruptions, two millions
and a 1ml' could be coined a mouth. This
would make thirty millions 3 year. The
New Orleans mint could be placed tii work
ing condition at a cost of $50,U00 or $75,000,
so as to coin on® roiUion 3 month. This
added to the coinage of the other minis
would make forty-two millions a year.
A VERDICT FOR O. O. HOWARD.
Washington, March 11.—In the ease of
O. O. Howard before the Criminal Court
for $1:10,000 found due on his accounts as
Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau,
the defendant pleaded that the matter had
been investigated by a military tribunal and
Le was j.irh^neratcd: that the funds in ques
tion were in tfc* AuiwiiPf funeral Bolloeh,
of the United States arniy, dnH ihc defend
ant was not responsible. Under instructions
of the court a verdict was found for Howard.
nominations.
Washington, March 11.—The nomina-
TIIE DAMAGE AT ATLANTA MUCH
EXAGGERATED
Death of General Iiee’s Provost Mar
shal.
ANOTHER ST A TEMENT
COUNT ANDRASSY.
FROM
.■Vlorc Failure*.
‘•OTHER STATEMENT FROM COUNT AN-
DRAS6Y.
Vienna, March 11.—Count Andrassy has
made further statements to various commit
tees of the Delegations explaining that a
declaration of Austro-Hungarian interests
was handed to Kus.da before the war, ami
Russia acknowledged that it was well
founded. He eruqihaticallv denied that
the government contemplated ordering
the mobilization of the troops. As
soon as the credit was voted the government
desired to be provided with means showing
that the monarchy is caqiablc of protecting
its interests, but they could not take the
responsibility of apq>earing, at great cost, in
a state of military preparation before the
meeting of the Congress, from whose delibe
rations a satisfactory understanding was
anticipated. -He denied various reports that
actual measures for mobilization had been
taken or that an ordre de bataillt was already
drawn up. It is asserted that Count An-
drassy in his address before the sub-com
mittee of tlit Hungarian Delegations on Sun
day stigmatized tlie policy of Servia as aim
ing at aggrandizement and jeopardizing the
interests of Austria and Hungary.
NOJ MORE CYCLONES—REPORTS EXAGGER
ATED.
Atlanta, Ga., March 11.—No cyclones in
any part of Georgia yesterday. High winds
prevailed from 8 a. m. to 12 m., but the
damage iu Atlanta does not exceed $500. A
small and frail Episcopalian mission chapel
was toq>q>led over. But fourteen
persons were in it. No one was much in
jured. The tiu roofing on four buildings
was blown off, but the damage in the entire
State will not exceed fifteen hundred dol
lars. The statements in yesterday’s press
reports were greatly exaggerated.
SAVINGS BANK SUSPENDED.
Boston, March 11.—The Home Savings
Bank suspended to-day, a temporary in
junction haring been granted. About two
years ago the deposits amounted to $6,7i»S,-
243. Since that time the deposits have dwin
dled to $3,117,431. Of this amount $2,341,534
are invested in real estate loans. It is thought
in time the assets of the bank will be fully
realized and the depositors qrnid in full: but.
with such a large q>roportion of the assets in
real estate, it will require a long time to wind
uq> the affairs of the bank.
TIIE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS TO REMAIN IN-
TURKEY.
London. March 11.—A Reuter dispatch
from Constantinople says: “The Czar is
expected to ratify the treaty Saturday or
Sunday. The Grand Duke Nicholas has
telegraphed to the Czar that he will return
to St. Petersburg immediately after he has
visited the Sultau. The Czar replied desir
ing him to remain. The Porte has aqqiointed
one Keorassandjian as political agent in at
tendance uq>on the Grand Duke.”
A REPORT CONTRADICTED.
Mobile, March 11.—Extensive inquiry in
this section fails to learn anything of the
reported shooting of McCormack, the tim
ber agent. As far as ascertained no agent
has been interfered with in any way.
MARRIAGE OF a JOURNALIST.
Washington, March 11.—Augustus C.
Buell, a journalist, was married to-night to
Madeline, daughter of Colonel Polk, Door
keeper of the House of Representatives.
death of gen. lee's phoyost marshal.
Washington, March 11,—Dr. Cornelius
Boyle, a native of this city, is dead, aged 61
years. He was Provost Marshal of General
Lee's armv at the time of its surrender.
For *211 Davs!
I WILL OFFER MY STOCK OF
AND COLORED
DRESS GOODS!
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS,
HOSIERY AND CORSETS
AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE.
KID GLOVES, two-button, at $1 to $1 50.
KID GLOVES, three-button, at $1 25 to $1 50.
the
TRAFOUSE KID GLOVES in all
Spring shades.
new
Will open to-day an elegant assortment of
IN WHITE AND COL< 'RED.
MILLIXERY DEPARTMEXT!
Will receive in a few days all the Parisian
Novelties in
FRENCH HATS AND BONNETS.
(fitti (Drdiuanrts.
CITY ORDINANCE.
ORDINANCE ON ITS FIRST READING IN COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 2b. 1S7S, READ FOR THE SECOND
TIME IN COUNCIL, AMENDED AND PASSED, MARCH
6th, 1878.
Ladies, call and secure bargains in first-class
goods at the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
H. C. HOUSTON,
129 CONGRESS STREET.
Steamboat and Will Supplies.
STEAMBOAT
N EW’ YORK BELTING AND PACKING
COMPANY'S BELTING.
ANOTHER FAILURE.
Evansville, Ind., March
11.—Jacob
Eichel, tobacco and warehouse merchant,
failed to-<lav. Liabilities $139,000, assets
$27,500.
BILL PASSED.
Berlin, March 11.—In the Reichstag to
day the Chancellor's substitute bill passed
its third reading by a vote of 171 to 101.
Horrible XIurder on Shipboard.—
Advices from lmquiqui, South America,
tell the story of a horrible murder on the
steamship Ilo from Lima, shortly before
her arrival at Inquiqui. After leaving
port, two stowaways were found. They
were put iu irons on the main deck anil
Listened to a stanchion. About 3 o’clock
in the morning, a deck trader, a Chilian,
approached the prisoners anil accused
one of stealing cheese from his tent.
The man protested his innocence, saying
that it was impossible, he being in irons.
The trader insisted, and cut the man’s
throat and afterwards cut his head off
anil threw it overboard. The other pas
senger, who w’as bathed in blood, was
helpless and too terrified to call assist
ance. The murderer then attempted to
throw the body overboard, but finding it
fast by the wrist, he cut round the wrist,
broke the bone across his knee, and thus
freeing the body threw it into the water.
The crime was discovered at daylight.
The murderer was handed over to the
Captain of the port.
ROUND and SQUARE TWIST PACKING.
SHEET, RUBBER and SO.YP STONE PACKING
LEATHER BELTING and LACE LEATHER.
AXLE GREASE.
COPPER RIVETS and BURS.
FILES, BELT HOOKS and BABBIT METAL.
For sale at
LOWEST PRICES!
SAVANNAH, GA.
Orders taken for ENDLESS BELTS, and
furnished in TEN DAYS. mh6-tf
^ottems.
$320,000 Cash in Prizes!
TinRD GRAND DRAWING
Commonwealth Distribution Co.
In the City of Louisville, Ky..
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 30th, 1878,
Or Money Refunded.
L ENDER the immediate supervision of R. C.
W T intersmith, Ex. Treas. State of Kv.. Gen.
Happy tidings for nervous sufferers,
and those who have been dosed, drugged
and quacked. Pulvermacher’s Electric
Belts effectually cure premature debility,
weakness and decay. Book and Jour
nal, with information worth thousands,
mailed free. Address Pulvermacher
Galvanic Co., Cincinnati, O.
je2-dtfcw.eow.iy
U*ur Advotiscmruts,
SMUGGLED GIN!
SOLD AT AUCTION BEFORE CUSTOM
HOUSE BY THE U. S. AUTHORI
TIES FOR VIOLATION OF
REVENUE LAWS.
''OR sale bv the purchasers at TEN POL
1 LARS PER CASE or ONE DOLLAR PER
WM. IIOXE
mh!2-lt
& CO.
TEA! TEA!
T. A. Harris. Pres't Mex. Trading and Trans.
Co., CoL Geo. E. H. Gray, and other prominent
citizens.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 Capital prize of $50,000: 1 prize $20,000 : 2
prizes $ 10,(110 each $20,000; 5 prizes $5,000 each
$25,000 : 5 prizes $3,000 each $15,000; 10 prizes
each $20,000 ; 25 prizes $1,000 each $25,000:
$2,000
50 prizes $500 each $25*000: 200 prizes $200 each
$10,000: 800 prizes $1U0 each $80,000; 1,099 prizes,
all cash, $120,000.
Whole Tickets $10, Halves $5. Quarters $2 50,
11 Tickets $100, 33U Tickets $300, 57 Tickets
$500.
i dficial lists of Drawing will be sent gratis to
all buyers and will also be published in Louis
ville Courier-Journal and New York Herald.
Money can be sent by Mail, Postal Order.
Registered Letter. Express or Draft, payable to
Commonwealth Distribution Co. All orders
for Tickets and applications for agencies should
be addressed to COMMONWEALTH DISTRI
BUTION CO., or T. J. COMMERFORP. Sec y.
Courier Journal Building. Louisville, Ky.
Circulars, giving full particulars, sent free.
mh«>. 9,12.16,19,23,26,30.wl4.28; ap2,4,6.9,11,13,16.
1S,2H,23,25,w4.11,18
G rand extra drawing of
H AVA M LOTTERY.
Class 1,013—April 13th. 1878.
First Prize $1,000,000.(One Million.)
Second Prize 2U0.U00
Third Prize 100.(X)0
Only 15,000 Tickets—$2.500,(W0 Distributed.
2,400 Prizes.
A liberal discount made to clubs or parties
purchasing $50 or over.
Address 3IANUEL ORRANTL4,
168 Common street. New Orleans, La.
Next ordinary drawing, Class 1,014, April 30,
187K feb25-6w
(tobarro.
GENUINE
^EKY CHOICE oOl..
) The FINEST $1.
tions to-day were Daniel F. Kelly, of Penn
sylvania, Chief Engineer of the Revenue
Marine Service; Charles H. Prince, Post
master at Augusta, Qa; Wm. L. Roche,
Postmaster at' Plaquemtnc, La. R. M.
Reynolds, formerly Auditor of the State of
A la bam*, will be nominated First Auditor
of the Treasury. First ComqitroUer Porter
assumes his functions to-morrow.
ACTS APPROVED.
Washington, March 11.—'The President
has approved an act amending the laws
granting qiensions to soldiers and sailors of
the war of 1812 and their widows; also, an
act making appropriations for the payment
of claims rejiorted to Congress under sec
tion two of the a£l affirmed June 16th, 1874,
by the Secretary of the Treasury.
EFFECTS OF SATUKDAl’S STORaf.
New Orleans, March 11. —Saturday's
storm damaged the levees to a considerable
extent. Crevasses are reported at Jesuit's
beud, eighteen miles below the city, and at
Dr. Wiflunsou'a, thirty-five miles below the
city, both on the right hank No estimate
of the damage has been made.
GRANT—THE GREEK INSURRECTION.
Athens. March 11.—A fete is being given
here to-night in honor of General and Mrs.
Grant. Tbe ruins of Ihe ancient temples
and the Pantheon are to be illuminated.
The insurrection is very active in Thes
saly, Epirus and Crete.
In Clarksville, Tennessee, on Satur
day, Sheriff Mosely took a negro from
the court house to the jail. When Mose
ly unlocked the cell to put the negro in,
two other negroes, Bill X r erlines and
Henry Quarles, sprang upon him. He
grappled with Verlines, and Henry
Quarles got by him and out. X'erlines
then jerked away and ran, when Xfoselv
drew his pistol and shot him, the ball
striking in the right temple. Yerlines
will die. Immediately after shooting Ver-
lines. XIosely ran out and shot twice at
Quarles. He escaped, but is being pur
sued. Three other negroes tried to get
by Mosely, but be kept them back and
closed the door. The negroes are much
excited. Xerlines*was in jail for stealing
j^ettie.
New York, March 11.—The Cubans re
siding in this city and neighborhood have re
solved to send men and means to their faith
ful compatriots who still struggle to win the
independence ot their native island,
Frightful Statement.—The London
Lancet, medical authority of the highest
character, asserts that one person out of
every hundred is buried alive. We very
much doubt the Lancet8 proportion.
The wildest stories are often told of
tnese preiuaiu* e biirials, but the number
authenticated is small—veiy small—in
proportion to the total number of inter
ments for a given period of years.—N,
0. Picayune,
THE BEST COFFEE
Roasted daily, at 30c.
A SUGAR, lOe.; B SUGAR, 9c.
SPICES of all kinds, at Savannah Coffee and
Tea Store. 139 Broughton street.
A. J~. MOXiONEY
i-tt
T HE WRECK OF THE GROSVEXOR. An
Account of the Mutiny of the Crew and the
Loss of the Ship.
ALL FOR HIM. By th“ author of All for
Her. A book we sit up all night to finish.
harper's half hour series.
THE BRIDE OF LANDECK. By G. P. R.
By
A SHADOW ON THE THRESHOLD.
Mary Cecil Hay.
THF TENDER RECOLLECTIONS OF IRENE
maCOi llicudpy.
BROTHER JACOB. The Lifted Veil. By
George Eliot.
MERTVALE'S SMALLER HISTORY OF
ROME.
CICEROXIS TUSCULANARUM DISPUTA-
TIOXUM AD BBUTUM.
Received by
mhlB tf JXO. M. COOPER CO.
Smoking Tobacco,
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DURHAM. U. a
\VTE beg to call attention' of Smokers and
▼ ’ Dealers that the above cut is a fac simile
of the new label used on Pride of Durham.
COODMAN & MYERS,
Ax Ordinance to confirm and explain the prop
osition of the Mayor and Aldermen or tne
city of Savannah to compromise the bonded
debt of said city, as made by the ordinance
passed December 26th. 1877, and amended
February 6th, 1878: to provide for the issue of
new 1) intis with which to redeem those out
standing; to provide for the establishment
of a sinking fund for the redemption and re
tirement of the outstanding bonds of said
city: and for other purposes.
Section L Be if ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the \City of Savannah in Council
assembled, and itps\hereby ordained by the au
thority of the same. That the determination of
said Mayor and Aldermen to make a compromise
settlement of the funded debt of said city, in
the manner and upon the terms set forth in the
preamble of an ordinance passed in Council
on the 26th day of December, 1877, as amended
by an ordinance passed in Council on the 6th
day of February 1^. be and the same is here
by reaffirmed, afld the said compromise settle
ment is hereby specifically offered to the hold
ers of the outstanding bonds of said city, upon
the terms and conditions set forth in said ordi
nances, and herein.
Sec. H. And it is hereby further ordained by
the authority of the same. That the said Mayor
and Aldermen shall petition the Legislature of
Georgia, at the first session thereof to be held
after the passage of this ordinance, for authori
ty to issue for exchange, and to exchange, new
bonds, of the same face value, for any
and all of the outstanding matured
and maturing bonds, and matured cou
pons, of said city, at the option of the holders
thereof, after such bonds and coupons
shall have been stamped as hereinafter pro
vided: which said new bonds shall become
due and payable thirty years from and
after the first day of January. 1879. and
shall bear interest, payable semi-annually,
at the rate of 3 per centum per annum
for the first ten years, at the rate of 4 per
centum per annum for the second ten years,
and at the rate of 6 per centum per an
num for the third aud last ten %vars
And each of such new bonds, before It is ex
changed by said city, shall be registered in the
office of the City Treasurer, and shall have cer
tified thereon by a majority of the sinking fund
commission hereinafter provided for, that all
condition* precedent required by law, and by
the contract under which the bonds are author
ized to be exchanged, have been complied with:
and each of such bonds mav also be regis
tered. at the option of the holder, after being
exchanged, in the office of the City Treas
urer,which registration shall be certified thereon
by said City Treasurer, after which said bond
shall be transferable only by endorsement by
the said City Treasurer to the transferee,
unless the last person in whose name it is so
registered shall transfer and assign it to bearer,
after which it shall again be transferable by
delivery. And such new coupons and new
bonds, as they mature, shall be receivable, at
their par or face value, for all taxes and other
dues to the city of Savannah; aud as such re
duced rates of interest an- made for the pur
pose of being, and are considered by said cor
porate authorities as, the equivalent of
any and all taxes which the said cor-
jiorate authorities might otherwise hereafter
levy upou such new bonds and coupons, such
new bonds and coupons shall never again be
taxed by said city.
Sec. ID. And it is hereby fiirther ordained by
the authority of the same. That the said Mayor
and Aldermen shall also petition the Legisla
ture of Georgia, at the first session thereof to
l>e held after the passage of this ordinance, for
authority to create a sinking fund for the pay
ment of such new bonds, and a commission of
freeholders to be known as the Sinking Fund
Commission to consist of five persons,
each of whom shall be the owner, in
his own name, of unincumbered real estate in
said city of the value of at least five
thousand dollars ($5,000) upon the basis
of valuation made by the City Ase
and no Mayor, Alderman, or other city
'fficer, shall be eligible to serve upon said
commission: and wuen any member of said
mimission shaii qualify as an officer of said
city, he shall immediately cease to be a mem
ber of said commission. The five original
members of said commission shall lie elected
by the Mayor and Aldermen of said city at the
seeond regular meeting of Council after the
passage by the Legislature of the necessary
enabling act, a’two-thirds vote being necessary
for a choice: and each member of said commis
sion so elected, as well as his successors, shall
lie sworn to faithfully perform the duties of the
position, aud sliall serve for ten years, and
until his successor is elected in the same manner
und for a similar term of years, and qualifled.un-
less he be sooner removed as hereinafter pro
vided. Said commission so appointed shall be
invested with power, and it shall be its duty,
if necessary, to enforce taxation sufficient to
raise the "‘sinking fund” herein provided for, by
application to tie* courts having jurisdiction, at
any time when there shall lie a failure to act in
good faith on the part of the Mayor and Alder
men for the time being: and, after it is or
ganized, shall have power to fill all vacancies in
its body, whether caused by death, resignation
or otherwise, by a majority vote of those act
ing, except when such vacancy is caused by
the removal of a member as hereinafter pro
vided, or by the expiration of his term of office:
and except, further, that when, in consequence
of a tie vote, or from any other cause, they are
unable, or shall fail, to fill any vacancy or
vacancies at the first regular or special
meeting of their body after such vacan
cy or vacancies shall occur, their pre
siding officer shall certify such fact to
Council at its next regular or special meeting
thereafter, and Council shall at such meeting,
proceed to till such vacancy or vacancies in the
same manner that it elected the original mem
bers.
Sec. IV. And it is hereby further ordained by
the authority of the same, That immediately
after the passage of the aforesaid enabling acts
by said Legislature, and before exchanging said
new bonds.Council shall make ample provision
for the payment of the annual interest on said
bonds, and shall set apart so much of
most fixed sources of revenue as
shall yield with the greatest certainty at
least fifty thousand dollars <$5i).0UU) for each
of the first succeeding five years; sixty-five
thousand dollars i$65,<KX» for each of the
next succee* ling ten years : and seventy-
five thousand dollars <$75,00U) for each of
the next succeeding fifteen years: and the same
shall be paid in quarterly payments by the
Treasurer of said city to the said Sinking Fund
Commission, who shall apply the same to the
purchase of any of the outstanding bonds of
said city, at the ruling market rates, and shall
cancei.each bond so purchased i and the coupons
thereto attached i, and. after such cancellation,
shall deliver it quid them) to the said City
Treasurer.for such final destruction os Coun
cil may direct. And when said commission
shall desire to purchase any of said bonds,
they shall call, by advertisement in the offi
cial gazette of the city, or in such manner aa
the city makes tniblie its official acts, for pro-
j>osals to furnish tne same, and may accept the
projiosal of the lowest bidders for a part, or the
whole, of the amount called for, or may reject
any or all bids, as they may deem most advisable
for the public interest and consistent with econo
my: calling, after each rejection, for new bids:
or they may, by unanimous consent of their
Ixxly. buy such bonds in open market, at ruling
rates, without calling for bi*ls. Said Sinking
Fund Commission shall make an annual report
to the said Mayor and Aldermen of their work
to December 31st, of each y^ar, which report
shall he published annually with the Mayor's
report.
Sec. V, And it is hereby further ordained
by the authority of the same. That it shall be
lawful for the Judge of the Superior Court
of Chatham county, iu his discretion, on
the application of the Mayor and Aldermen,
to remove any member or members of
said commission before his or their term
of office expires, and to appoint, for the unex
pired term, a commissioner or commissioners, in
his or their stead, having the qualifications
hereinbefore set forth.
Sec. VI. And it is hereby further ordained by
the authority of the same. That until bond
holders representing three-fourths (ty in value
of the outstanding bonds of said city sliall have
accepted the said offer of compromise, aud
such bonds to that amount shall have been
stamped as hereinafter provided, the accept
ance of those representing any number less than
such three-fourths in value shall not be hinu-
ing beyond three years next ensuing after
the first day of Jarqaiy, ir-79 ; and further.
any changes in the terms of compromise as
herein set forth, and which shall be more ad
vantageous to the bondholders, shall inure
equally to all. no matter at what time apoept-
ing the compromise as offered aud con
ditioned.
Wantrl
b - v a . .middle-aged man (Danish).
▼ ? who thoroughly understand.*', gardening ir:
both flowers and vegetables, a situation as ga*
dener; has had fifteen years’ experience; 1S
stricth' sober and honest. Address C; SCHULTZ.
LU Broughton street. mhl2-:t
^ITUATI* »N 'VANTI.!’. w
k J do cooking, washing and irouing.
17 Taylor street.
- .API -
mhl2-it
J7 XFERIENCED sales ladies
I others need apply.
mh!2-tf
wanted; note
A. R. ALTMAYER.
TO EXCHANGE. —A plantation, with fit.,
1 modern dwelling and buildings on it. n.
Savannah, for a dwelling in the city. Addr.71
Box 46. Savannah P. O. mh!2 ];
Y1 ’’ANTED. everylxKly to know tlwv
’ » selling wood lower than any wo,|.
in the city. Good measure and no mixed w<.
guaranteed. Opposite Gas House. mhll-j* '
( ~N IYE Lee a trial and see if he don't givf-
T ter measure and better wood *•
Other wood dealer in the city.
mhii-it 3
WANTED, by a well educated gentleman
• » reduced circumstances, a home wlu-r.. .
could make himself generally useful. :
board. He is at present in the Savannah i
pital, from the effects of a hurt receive j
at work. T. W. CUTTS. n ,{«
YVANT the public to know I sell WOOD ai
>> COAL at market prices. ^
frnS-tf F, M. MY R ELL.
TT CT A O “The choicest in the w<
I Km O ■ Importers' prie
Company in America—staple article—.
everybody — Trade continually increasing*
Agents wanted everywhere—best inducem. n/Ll
don't waste time—send for Circular to R< Hjkrt
WELLS. Pres, of the Original American
Co.. 43 Vesey St., N. Y. P. O. Box 1287. *
feb20-d£w3m
H eirs wanted—tkxas lands.-ah
VuitvAna vKa Incf , 1. . m ■■
persons who lost relatives in the Tejaa
revolution of 1836 will hear of something to the r
advantage by communicating with CAPJiM
RODREi^UES, care of this office, Savannah, (ia.
Cost and j-ountl.
r pHE party who lost a DOG on Black Bear 1
A Island can get him by appljing to GEo I
FERGUSON, Cedar Hammock/near Bethe*,u
Chatham county. mhl2 ;t
-Soarthnt).
V \ (Ilk TABLE BOARD s.cundf<- n<
VuivVi at Planters Hotel mh:
1 ) LEAS A NT rooms, with permanent, tran^.
ent and table board: charges reasonable, lo
cation central, at 154 South Broad street
feb2-tf
.for £alr.
f X)R SALK—Just arrived by Baltim. r.
steamer EIGHT CASES of Picture Frame-.
comprising the finest assortment of new and
elegant designs ever offered to the public
HAVENS.
mh!2-lt 141 Broughton street.
F X>R SALK hand made CYPRESS SHIN
GLES. first quality.^ by CHAS. STEEL-
SMITH & CO., Olive and Farm streets.
mhl2-Tu&F,2t<S:Tellt
1 7 AST RIVER OYSTERS, last ot the -
j
per steamship City of 3Iacon. at FRKII, s
Cotton Exchange Restaurant. 6 Dravton street
mhl2-lt
^ HAND, over 3.000 Picture Frames, fn
10 cents to $10 each: KxlO Rustics, fitt-d
25c.: Motto Rustics, fitted, 29c.
mhl3-lt HAVENS.
n RIVEN WELLS— DRIVEN WELLS. -
. meet;.
nish pure, clear water; free from surface drain
age. Only $25. Wells and I*umps repaired a t
small cost. W. I>. R. MII^LAR.
feb27-d£wlm
I RICHMOND RATTLESNAKE and < 1: W-
lt FORD'S HYBRID WATER MEL* N Shi.P
For sale by G. 51. HEiDT & CO..
feb2*tf Druggists.
1 7OR SALE, three thousand bushels (1
. liat's Gold Seed Rice, of very superior q
JNO. L. VILLA LONGA.
ty. Apply
feb20-lin
ignil-
quali-
IX)K SALE, a twenty-four inch GRITS MILL,
-U with Bolter. Fan. Shafting, Pull*-\ - md
Belting. All in order for use. * 1 “ ”
street, to K HAGAR.
Apply 43 Day
janiMf
I^LORIDA JEWELRY,
r ORANGE CANES,
—AT—
A. L. DESBOUILLONS' JEWELRY STORE,
jan!6-2m 21 Bull street.
L,X)R SALE, two LITHOGRAPHIC PRE-MS
F an.l lot of LITHOGRAPHIC STONES. Ap
ply to J. H. ESTILL, 3 Whitaker street.
Jer -
Jo itrnt.
V STORE in St. Julian street, west of Market,
mhl2-lt ED. F. NEUFVILLK
I X) RENT OR LEASE, from 1st September
a store and dwelling, corner West B*i
and Jones streets.
Saug27-tf ■
- ■ mndaiy
Aj»ply on the premises.
^urniturr.
PARLOR SETS.
CHAMBER SETS.
SIDEBOARDS.
BOOKCASES.
Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads.
FOLDING OH A IRS,
PATENT RECLINING CHAIRS,
PATENT ROCKERS,
WARDROBES,
HAT RACKS,
SECRET A HIES,
CHIFFONEKES
marble tables,
PARLOR DESKS,
LOUNGES,
CRIBS.
And every article in the FURNITURE line, at
the LOWEST PRICES, at
11. G. ALLIS,
Cn. T>.... 1.4 I (1 1 L-i . *
Cor. Broughton and Barnard SR 1
STOCK ALL NEW,
Prices Guaranteed as Low
the Lowest.
I respectfully invite those ir. need of anything
to give me a call before purchasing and be con
vinced of the fact.
PACKING AND SHIPPING FREE OF CHARGE
feb5-tf
FURNITURE!
EUa^a
janSl-tt Sole Agts for Georgia & Florida.
A war led hijhett prim nt Centennial Exposition for
fine cixiei' •) q uitaies and exceP.ence and Uu-ting char-
aster if nreetr • ing and fats,ring. The best tobacco
ever made. As onr bine ttrip trade-mark ia cloeely
imitated on Inferior goods. *ee that Jackson's Best is
on every pine. Sold I r ail dealer*. Sen. '--mr s,
tree, to C. A. J1CUOB & Co., Mfn., Petersburg, \*
janll-F&Tu&wly
Milliard iTablfS.
BREAD ! BREAD!
|70R this week 5-eent loaves will weigh 13
t:
JL ounces: 10-cent loaves 26 ounces. For all
bread weighing less than advertised the money
will be refunded and the bread given gratis,
JQHN SCHW ARZ.
Corner Jones and Lincoln streets.
mh!2-lt
FOB LIVFBPOOL.
r J'HE uew first class ship f ££-
T. E. KENNY,
Wm. Grast, Master,
having a large portion of her cargo engaged,
will have dispatch. For remainder of freight
room apply to
mhl2-tf WILDER & CO.
S TATE OF GEORGIA. Chatham Convnr.—
JOHN M. BURKERT has applied for ex
emption of personalty, and I will pass upon the
some at 10 c clock a. m. on the FIRST DAY OF
APRIL, 1878, at my office.
March 11, 1878.
JOHN O. FERRILL,
mhl2.fc-J2.2t Ordinary C. C.
irrtiUsrrii.
GUAM GUAIO.
P URE PERUVIAN, several grades, for Cot
ton, Wheat, Com, etc.: also^NOV’A SCOTIA
LAND PLASTER. For sale by
B. G. LAY.
dec7-tf Kelly's Building, Savannah, ua.
THE MOST EXTENSIVE
Billiard Table Manufactory
IN THE WORLD.
I. M. BRUNSWICK
& BALKE CO.
Cincinnati, Chicaao and St. Louis.
THE MONARCH
Patentees and sole manufacturers of the Stand
ard Novelty and Monarch Billiard Tables.
Billiard Materials. Ten-Pin Balls and Pins al
•west market prices. bend for Catalogue
febl2-Tu&S,10t
£ot £alr.
FORSYTH PARK.
T WO of the finest building lots in the city
J for sale, next to Hodgson's Memorial Hall,
fronting east, GO feet front.
Price for both lots 1
$4 V (J0U,-or $2,14Mj each if sold separate. If a
building is erected at once no'caak will be
required, hut interest at 7 per <*ent. per annum,
and all taxes to be paid promptly for first year;
after 10 per cent, of tne principal to l*e' paid
annually in advance till full purchase is paid.
If no building is erected one-third cash and
balance on as Tong time as wanted; interest at
7 per cent., to be paid annually.
These lots can be leased if desired for ninety-
nine years. Apply to
R- B. REPPARD.
mhb-tt Vq, to Bay et., Savannah,
Sec. VH. And it is hereby further ordained
by the authority of the same, That upon each
’ ~ J ' * * ' shed,«
bond, and th-,* coupons thereto’attached, or ap
pertaining. presented by such bondholders as
accept this compromise, unless they be redeem
ed by said new Ixjuds, shall be stamped, printed
or written respectively:
Upon the bonds: “In pursuance of the
compromise settlement offered by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah to
the holders of the bonds of said city, as
set forth in an ordinance passed Decem
ber 26th, 1877, as amended by an ordinance
passed February- 6th, 1878, and in another
ordinance confirmatory and explanatory of the
same, passed March 6th, 1878, and wnich or
dinances are made a part of this contract, and
which compromise settlement is accepted and
agreed to by the holder of this bond upon the
condition that, in consideration of the rebate
of interest allowed by him. and which is mu
tually agreed to be the equivalent of any taxes
whicn said Mayor and Aldermen might other
wise hereafter levy hereon, this bond and the
coupons appertaining to it, and so stamped,
shall never again be taxed by said city, the said
Mayor and Aldermen agree to pay, and the
holder of this bond agrees to accept, in full
payment of the coupons hereto appertaining,
and so stamped, three-sevenths of the face
value of those which shall fall due within the
ten years next succeeding January 1st. 1879,
four-sevenths of the face value of those which
shall fall due within the next suc
ceeding ten years, and six-sevenths of
the face value qf those remaining; and
this agreement stamped hereon shallbe proof
of acceptance of said compromise settle
ment by the holder, by receiving interest there
under, and of part performance by the city:”
which shall be signed and dated by the Treas
urer of said city:
And upon the coupons: “Subject to
agreement stamped on bond.” and “value
tnree-sevunths <3-7) of face, " “value four-
sevenths (4-7) of face, " or value six-sevenths
(b-,) of face.” as the date of maturity of
the coupon may require. And when bonds
are matuied, or without coupons for the
full period of thirty (30) years, the city shall
at the option of the holder, either furnish cou
pons for the whole, or a part of said thirty
years, as may be required, or pay the interest
which would be due under tne said compro
mise, stamping upon the bonds the amount of
interest so paid.
Sk:. VIH. And it is hereby further ordained
by the authority of the sanu‘. That all coupons
so stamped shall, when due, be by the city
paid in currency, or received as currency in
payment of taxes and all other dues to
the city, at their compromise face value as
D i? W P. rov *ded by Ordinance. And further,
that all bonds stamped as above provided shAij
be receivable, at maturity under compromise, in
payment of all dues and taxes, and before ma
turity, shall be receivable at all times, at their
face value, in payment of any sums due as
balance of purchase money on any lot or loU
heretofore sold by said city, and ooiumonly
known as “oeoukd Rxvr lcis. ’
Sec. IX. And it U htreby further ordained
by the authority of the name, That all Ortli-
of Ordinance, conflicting
with thus Ordinance be and they are hereby r<?
pealed.
Ordinance passed in CouncU March 6th, 1878
JOHN F. WHEATON,
Attest: Fnaint E. Rebarer, Mayor.
Cierk ot Council.
(BUM
MHM IVM l I
LOOK AT THIS!
I GIVE THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOB
Second-Hand Furniture,
Stoves, Carpels and other Household 15-oils.
J. B. REMION.
210 Broughton **£****♦.
mh.8 4m One door from West Broad-
-sUarblrs.
MAliBLKfe
THE TRADE SUPPLIED
BOLSH AW’S,
Watchmakers.
A. KKIEGER*
(Formerly with F. D. JobdaK.’
Practical Watchmaker, Jeweien
4 ND ENGRAVER, and dealer
1 \ Clocks aud Jewelry, J4* Congre^ ^
near Whitaker, Savannah. Ga. . - ^
Clocks and Jewelry carefully
satisfaction guaranteed, ”*“•