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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah. Ga.
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\VATCKIN« AND WAITING.
• n il m v "ne. then, at the lieautiful gate,
lm.1 watching for me?"
the shores of a far-away land,
- of its sunny vales;
learn of its silvery strand,
* YrO ill" !>reath "f iLs fragrant gales;
nr tin- it<-rs run tlark on the other side
(if • 1 rii far away land, unknown,
J 1 I <ta!i'l in the shadows and wait for the
rry me out alone.
- slope
That mi
I see in m
Its elon
Ami 1 wit
I hear the
Like tin
They tell.
The 1 -
My *
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Whirl
Thera
The friel
Have
And oil
. v isions a city so fair,
can never be told;
...... ilie joys that the sanctified share
away city, so old.
tiious raptures that roll
. nding song of the sea;
! !j«* lost and loved of my soul,
w.itcliing and waiting for me.
I love, in yon "home of the soul,”
II from over the sea,
itii silent waters unceasingly roll
ii the fair city and me."
ihe silence of joy waits apart,
it> her frail wings to be free.
\ .ices of dear ones, the loved of my
Ilingand calling tome.
,f their glorified faces I see;
sweet breath of the flowers,
ir snowy-white hands wave in beck-
. fhoM* heavenly bowers,
and many are they who await,
... I,lest anil the purified be—
ling bars of the beautiful gate
watching and waiting for me.
s ..f my youth, whom my love would
that ethereal train,
t my heart more beloved than 'hem
ng the heavenly strain.
iay closing, the hourgroweth late.
more near seems to be,
link that beyond, at the beautiful
So many are waiting for me.
Blew softly, blow softly, ye balm-bringing
O'er tie- sands of the low-lying shore.
Your favoring breezes are filling the sails
iif the !>..at that will cany ine o'er.
I ll fear not. though dark In* the hour, and late,
To sail out alone on death's sea.
p 0 r the Friend of my soul, at the beautiful
gate.
Is watching and waiting for me.
Th'
The
the
Georgia Affairs.
Musical Society at Saudersville gave
I concert last night (Friday, the 23d).
(gramme was varied aud pleasjng,
composed of operatic, sacred and
selections. We have no doubt that
cietv acquitted itself with much
credit. Music is one of the most refining of
the art s, and the formation of such societies
in our interior towns must tend to elevate
the tone of society wherever they exist.
Mr. Jefferson Davis has been selected by
the Memorial Association of Macon to de
liver the oration on Memorial day, April 26.
We have not yet learned whether or not he
will accept.
It is now said that Gus Johnson, the mur
derer. hung at Home on the 15th instant,
was. at the time of his execution, com
pletely overcome with liquor, and made his
exit from this world in a state of intoxica
tion.
The number of convicts at present at
work in this State is placed at one thousand
two hundred and twenty-eight.
On Tuesday morning last two prisoners
in the Albany jail set fire to their prison
house, in hopes of being able to escape.
Their plans were frustrated, for the fire was
discovered and the flames extinguished be
fore much damage was done.
About fifteen Texas-bound emigrants
fussed about their “trunks and things” at
the Cartcrsville depot a few days ago. The
Express thinks that “ iu about six months
they won’t have the trunks and things to fuss
Eggs abundant at eight cents a dozen in
Hartwell.
The next time a fire breaks out in Coch
ran it will be better for the unfortunate suf
ferers to let it burn itself out or extinguish
it in quiet without giving any alarm We
read that a few nights ago the kitchen of
Mr. W. D. Martin, of that place, caught,
but the alarm was promptly given, and as
sistance arrived in time to save the dwell
ing. Some of the young men in their excite
ment rushed upon the stables and outhouse
ami pulled them down, knocked down the
feucing, and did other wild work.
During the storm on the 10th inst., Mr.
Hiram Lewis was traveling on horseback on
the road above Vienna, Dooly county, when,
seeing that a tree was falling and he was in
imminent danger of being crushed to death,
heb aped from his seat just iu time to save
his life, while the tree struck the horse
across the saddle, killing the animal and
breaking the saddle to pieces.
Madison county boutg of a horned rooster
that wins all bis fights, not by kicking and
spurring as ordinary roosters do, but by but
ting. it is suggested that he be sent to the
Paris Exposition.
The United States Courts do a thriving
business in Georgia. For the four years
ending July, 1S77, the United States District
and Circuit Courts in this State rendered
judgments amounting to nearly six millions
of dollars—more than half as much as the
judgments obtained in all the Southern
States. “What,” asks the Griffin News,
' has caused Georgia to attain to this bad
eminence ?
McAfee or McPhee, who killed McKeel in
Atlanta a few days ago (an account of which
Wiling was published yesterday), has not yet
been arrested, the police being unable to
find him. His friends say, however, that he
k '•rilling to hurrendcr himself to justice
"at the proper time’’—whatever they mean
A fro:
Tuesd;
surprised the citizens of Jesup on
ay morning. It was not heavy enough
to injur.• vegetation, however.
'sir'uout: Herald: “For two weeks we
have had the finest weather we ever saw at
tins season of the year. The bright spring
day- have started farmers to work in good
earnest. Some of them expect to commence
planting com this week.”
.. e are hardly prepared to wholly Indorse
JJUwutiment, from the Cartcrsville Express:
”a magnificent diamond a gentleman
can generally cut his name upon the hardest
female heart.”
On 1 riday evening, March 15, Mr. J. S.
fc P ec W of Kingston, fell dead while on his
way to -upper. lie had been quite sick sev-
J 1 ** weeks before this, but had recovered,
*uu ou the day of his death wgs unusually
cheerful. He was walking briskly along
hen he fell, and in a few minutes was dead,
k ‘ physicians pronounced it apoplexy. Mr.
^Peek was formerly from Virginia. He was
upm and raised in Rockingham county, near
Harrisburg, where he lived until 1870 or ’71,
"hen he came to Georgia.
*u£ rotn riie Jonesboro Newt we learn that
tue dwelling house of Mr. Joseph Hughey,
* h w miles west of Jonesboro, caught fire
ifom the stove Thursday night and was eu-
urdy consumed, together with the smoke
a, »use and everything in the yard.”
An important piece cf work has been be-
oU Q hi Macon. It is the drainage of the
«wampy piece of ground it^ front of the cot-
factory on Fin* sueet. The Teletjraph
says: “This U apiece of work
which should have been done y^ars ago. It
“ f >ue improvement which has been greatly
“fleeted. It has now been commenced,
it . h hoped it will be completed before
1 is left. Thjg will a d(j greatly to the saui-
ar - v condition of that part of the city. The
pomineneeinent of the work leads us to be-
v« ve l hat it will be well Jone. Mr. Willis
yjood, the present superintendent of the
"r 11 *’ a practical road maker and civil en-
tpneer, and understands the subject of drain-
thoroughly/’
—
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1878.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Sandersville Herald: ‘ Mr. Y. A. Cox now
about sixty years of a|fe, who was horn and
reared in this county, informs us that he has
raised a family of nine children, the young
est now being thirteen years old. and has
never bought a bnshel of corn, and as a
matter of course was never sued in his life,
tvery day experience proves that the true
polit V of the farmer is to raise his own home
supphes. We hope the number of fanners
after Mr. Cox’s plan will steadily increase.”
Speaking of the proposal to establish a
brimstone manufactory at Atlanta the Hart
well thus descants: “Atlanta, two hun
dred and fifty miles from water sufficient to
float any vessel bigger than a dug-out, has a
custom house. She has a big cotton factorv,
foundries, breweries, and everything else
that a seaport or Inland city could have: and
now, if the above about the brimstone busi
ness is true, in less than twelve months vou
may look out for a branch of the gemiine
hell being located there, with a chromo
premium to all who go to it in preference to
the old fogy institution, that Beecher and
the pther free love preachers have been try
ing to abolish.”
Hawkinsville ItixpaUli: “During our few
days sojourn at Vienna, while the°Superior
Coart was in session, we conversed with
many of the farmers, and were glad to find
them cheerful and hopeful over their pros
pects. The low prices of cotton for the last
few years have caused a greater interest to
be taken in those crops necessary to sustain
the farm, and the result is almost enough
bacon and corn could be found in Dooly at
this time (if divided among the people) to
enable them to make their crops curing the
presentyear. On the route from Hawkins
ville we observed many improvements in
fencing, dwellings, clearings of fresh land,
etc.”
The Houston Home Journal is in good
spirits. It says : “The large area in grain
erops in Houston county and its splendid
condition are indeed cheering to those who
earnestly desire Southern independence.”
Dawson Journal: “Southwest Georgia is
in a blaze of enthusiasm on the subject of
agriculture. Agricultural societies are in
active operation in nearly all the counties.
The last to wheel into line is Randolph
county, which has a wide awake society, with
Col. A. Hood as President. Spring fairs are
to be held in Bainbridge, Thomasville, Al
bany, Americus, Dawson and Cuthbert.”
Jesup Sentinel: “Col. R. L. Gentry, the Sa
vannah News talkist, was registered at the
Jesup House last night. He is an incessant
worker for his paper, which is the paper of
all papers in our estimation. Mr. Estill is
the paper king of the South, and Colonel
Gentry is king of agents.”
The Quitman Reporter of Thursday gives
the following account of a tragedy, the
result of domestic infelicity and brutality:
“On Saturday night last the southern por
tion of our county, bordering on the Florida
line, was made the scene of another killing
amongst the blacks. The circumstances, as
related to us by Hawkins McCall, Deputy
Sheriff, are about as follows: Jacob Middle-
ton and his wife had been to church, and
on the way home fell out and quarreled.
When they arrived at home, Jacob, as
was his habit, commenced to beat his wife
in rather an unmerciful manner,and broke his
walking-stick over her head, whereupon her
daughter, w ho was near by, interposed and
requested him to desist.* He said to her
that he would whip her too. She went into
the house and barred the doors, but
her half brother—Jacob’s son—who was
in the house at the time, opened the door to
admit his father, who at once entered the
house and proceeded to the bed where the
girl was lying, and eomineueed to beat upon
her—she informing him that she would kill
him if he did uot Jet her alone. She gath
ered a shot-gun near by, and during the
scuffle the gun was discharged, the contents
taking-effect In the left side of Jacob, which
produced death in an exceedingly short
time. The woman (Belle) now languishes
in jail, and will be tried at the next sitting
of our Superior Court, which will convene
the first Monday in May next. Such occur
rences were seldom ever known in this coun
try during the days of slavery*”
The trial of the case of the State vs.
William Madison in Quitman on Monday
last elicited considerable interest. The
charge against Madison was for whipping
his wife. Several Northern gentlemen were
present, one of whom expressed himself as
follows : “I only wish that our people up
North could have witnessed the trial of this
man, and seen for themselves the fairness
and justice under which the law is adminis
tered here to these colored people, and to
have heard the able and dignified lecture of
Judge Harden to the criminal before pass
ing sentence upon him. I know that they
would change their minds, and never again
say oi suppose that the Southern people are
not the most humane people to be found.”
WHERE HAS KIM ETON GONE!
||is Vlysterious Disappearance from
Ihe Vicinity of New Haven.
yew York World.
New Haven, March 18.—Friends of
H. II Kimptou, the fugitive member of
the South Carolina ring, say that he has
gone to Canada, and it is generally be
lieved that such is the fact. His wife
left this city last Thursday, supposedly
for the purpose of leading the South
Carolina detective astray, as he departed
on the same train for Hartford and re
mained there up to Saturday last. This
detective’s management of the case was
peculiar, and there is positive evidence
that he did uot move without a knowl
edge of his doings coming to Mrs. Kimp-
ton, who was constantly on the alert.
He came here a week or so ago,
claiming to be an old acquintance of
Kimpton. but from the time he was caught
in the statement that he was Kimpton’s
classmate, and was unable to say what
vear the class was graduated (which
statement was made on Monday, March
11), Mrs. Kimpton kept him constantly
in view. She saw him scan her resi
dence from across the street with opera
glasses, he alternating this employment
with a woman who passed as his sister,
and she evidently knew when lie went
out of town, for in his absence her hus
band noised the opportunity to visit
New Haven. The detective, having put
the parties on their guard, perhaps un
wittingly, did not procure the mandate
necessary to an arrest at the proper time,
and did not communicate with the
Sheriff or Ids deputies, who alone could
have served the papers. On Thursday
morning last the followin'; note was
sent to the detective’s landlady’, which
shows of itself how well his intentions
and purpose were known.
jin. Munson: Your old friend, “Mr.
Thompson, from Pennsylvania,” is much
obliged for the use of your bay window.
SVe hope you have enjoyed the company
)f your new guest as well as we have
fooling him. I guess he will find the
Yankee ladies are most too sharp for him.
He is on a wild goose chase When he
returns he will noi meet with any better
success than he had before. Y ours truly.
He” did not return to the ejiy, and
certainly has not met “with any better
success.*” There is much amusement
here concerning Mrs. Kimpton’.* manag-
ment of the detective. The detective is
known as Colonel Tuteilen, and is said
to reside jn Columbia, South Carolina.
Happy Result ok an Attempt at
Suicide.—A dispatch from Providence,
R. I., says: “Kate Delaney, the woman
who attempted suicide last Sunday by
taking arsenic. Left here this evening for
New York, accompanied by Albert Skin
ner. of Hartford, and it is said on good
authority that they were married before
they left. Skinner became infatuated
with Kate some years ago, and would
have married her then but for the oppo
sition of his parents. He saw the ac
count of her attempted suicide in the
papers, and immediately’ came here to
administer to her wants. There was a
large crowd at the depot wdien they de
parted. Skinner is apparently about
thirty years of age, and has wealthy
parents in Hartford. He is in the paper
business.”
A Burglar Frozen to Death.—On
Wednesday’ afternoon the body* of a ne
gro was found on East Mountain, Wil-
liamstown, X. Y. The village authori
ties have discovered that his name was
Vincent, a resident of Cambridge, Yt.
From certain articles found on his per
son, it was concluded that he was one of
the burglars who, a few weeks ago, broke
into the store connected with the Black-
inton mills. He had evidently* left his
shoes behind him and, being afraid to
take the cars in his barefoot condition,
liad started for Pownal by way of the
mountains, and, being obliged to spend
the night there, was frozen to death.—
Troy Times.
Ex-Governor Jo Brown is said to be
worth one million aud a half of dollars.
The Backbone of Volusia County.
Florida—Orange City.
ii.
Correspondence of Vie Morning News.
About four miles south of J^ake Beres-
ford, on the St. John's river, is the land
ing place for Orange City. Felix Howell,
who keeps a livery stable, always has a
team waiting at the wharf to take pas
seugers to the city, about four miles in
land. The ascent is gradual, the road
passing through scrub for the first two
miles, then comes the high lands, covered
with pine trees, and free from underbrush
or palmettos. The city is laid off on a
circular plan, the town lots being in the
centre, and this surrounded by a circle
of five acre lots, most of which have
already been taken up. It presents a
very pleasing aspect, as all the houses
can be seen by turning in the circle.
There are at present thirty-two
pretty cottages erected, each sur
rounded by its orange grove. The
place lias two good stores, in which
everything needed can be bought;
school house, saw mill, livery stable, and
a large hotel, kept by Mr. S. N. Deyar-
man. It is not yet completed, but the
proprietor does everything to make his
guests as comfortable as the circum
stances permit. His charges are very rea
sonable. All the lands in the back coun
try have been taken up, but the owners
w’lil resell in small lots to those seeking
homes. People there do not care about
burdening themselves with too much
land to cultivate. From five to twenty
acres they find sufficient. The houses
are neat, and the fencing invariably good.
Five to ten acres are the extent of the
groves. The land is the best class of
high pine, of course needing fertilizers;
but it is good, for 1 saw “Palma Christi”
trees that had attained a height of twenty
feet in one season. The climate is mild,
as the guava aud other tender plants had
been growing in the open air all the win
ter. The inhabitants hail from all parts
of the Union, and in the city and sur
roundings it is now estimated that there
are five hundred people—a good showing
for two years, for that is the age of the
place.
Pineapple culture is attracting much
attention. They are planted in bed:
three rows in each bed, the plants eight
een inches apart, and three feet between
the beds. The plants are protected in the
winter by a scaffolding covered with pine
slabs or bark. 1 inspected those of C’apt.
Thorp aud Messrs. Sturtevant Brothers,
and nothing could be finer. Many of the
plants will bear this year. The people
are planting everything under the sun
that they can get hold of. Grapes, figs,
almonds, Japanese persimmons, etc., etc.,
are brought from California and other
countries that can contribute to their en
terprise. I visited Stark’s orange grove on
Lake Beresforil, three miles from Orange
City*. It was a sour grove that has been
budded. Many of the trees are young,
and when they come into full bearing
the grove will be very valuable. It is
not of very great extent, and produced
the past season one hundred and fifty
thousand oranges, which sold at two
cents each. Some of the fruit is very
fine. Four miles south of Orange City
is the beautiful winter home of Mr. De
Barry, of New Y'ork. Everything that
wealth can command has been done to
make this place attractive. The grove, I
should judge, must contain about fifty
acres, kept in a fine state of cultivation,
pipes being laid so that the whole can be
irrigated by* wind mills, which pump the
water for that purpose. Captain Watson,
the agent, Inis been over thirty years in
the Slate, and knows how oranges should
be cultivated. Many of the 1 rees are com
ing into bearing, and all are in a flourishing
condition. Time did not permit my
calling on Mr. DeBarrv. but 1 inspected
the grounds sui rounding the house, and
was much pleased with the taste evinced
in laying them out. I found the hotel
at Enterprise pretty* well filled with
guests, aud did not wonder at its being
so when I saw the excellent dinner that
was served up. Enterprise does not ap
pear to be progressing; no new buildings
are being erected, and it is one of the few
places in the State that show no improve
ment. 1 did not go into the back coun
try’, so it may be different there, but
being a hunter’s paradise, the hotel will
always be kept up by that class of visi
tors There were three of the tamest
deer in the yard that I ever saw, that
seemed proud of being fondled. Col.
Bod ine, the proprietor, intends to make
the hotel grounds attractive with choice
(lowers, lie has the situation and land
to make it one of the most beautiful
places in the State. All that is needed is
t:iste and care. In my’ next I will give
some description of Spring Garden, five
miles north of DeLaud, a part of this
interesting country*. C.
A Lady’s Encounter with a Burglar.
A lady*, young, wealthy and cultivated,
tackled a burglar last Thursday* night in
her own house in New York and turned
him out, although he had a seven-shooter
at her head. She had retired, her hus
band being absent, and the women ser
vants in the kitchen, when she heard a
noise in an adjoining room. She arose
and opened the door whicn, as it swung
open, screened the bed from view, lie
eagerly thrust his head forward until he
could see that there was no one in the
bed. Then be said to her, “Be quiet or
I will kill you.” His voice was low*, but
she could uot help noticing that the tones
were not those of a man used to rough
life. His manner, too, was as polite as
possible under the circumstances. He
opened his eyes very wide and tried to
scare her by the fierce expression of his
face. He repeated his threat again and
again, “Be quiet or I will kUl you.”
Mrs. Kidd replied, “You dare not kill
me, because my maid is in the next
room.” Her right arm, unprotected ex
cept by her night dress, was nearly par
alyzed by his grip, but with her left she
kept striking away the pistol from her
forehead, lie pressed her across the
room until she got her back against the
bureau. Then she made a desperate
effort and pushed him back to the door,
all the time screaming at the top of her
voice. He then tried to trip her. In the
struggle he kept treading on her bare
feet, but he wore rubbers, so they were
only bruiser! and not cut. Her right side
was bruised in the struggle. Finally she
crowded him tp the hall, and he, hear
ing the servants coming, made a jump
for the door and ingloriously fled. The
ladv. having nothing more to do, fainted,
and now carries her iirm in a sling. She
holds the pistol as a trophy.
Suicide of a Prominent Merchant.^
—Mr. John ii. I. ark ins, of the firm oi
J. M. Larkins & Co., C olumbia. Tenn.,
committed suicide on Tuesday by* shoot
ing himself. The deed was committed
in the counting room while the clerks
were at breakfast Financial embarrass
ment is supposed to be the cause. The
following note w*as found in his vest
pocket : “I do this terrible deed from
remorse. I have been the cause of ruin
ing a good man and family. God forgive
me. I cannot face* the world again.
March 18.” No name was signed. *~Mr.
Larkins was an old and prominent
merchant and a highly respected citizen.
His death casts a gloom over the entire
community.
THE SATURNALIA OF FRAUD IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Another Chapter In the History ol
Radical Rascality — How the
Carpet-Hasher* Stole the Green 1
vllle and Columbia Railroad.
A young man in an Austin, Nevada,
barter shop was particular about having
his moustache nicely perfumed. “Going
to call on a young lady. I suppose?” the
barber asked. The young man with
much dignity replied*: “See here, my*
friend, do you suppose I put perfumery*
on my moustache because I m going to
see a man, or a boy, or an old woman,
or a baby in arms? Do men cat her grapes
of thorns or tigs of thistles?*
The following decision in a closely
contested debate over the rival powers of
the pen and sword was arrived at in a
Louisville literary society the other day:
“De committee decide dat de swoard has
de ropst pints and de best backin', and
dat de pen is de most beneficial, an’ dat
de whole ting is about a sum -off,”
Correspondence of the Charleston Journal of
Commerce.
Columbia. March 19.—The Fraud In
vestigating Committee to-day presented
the following report, being the sixth
number of their report:
THE SWINDLE OF THE GREENVILLE AND
COLCMBU RAILROAD COMPANY.
In the progress of their report the
committee have had occasion here and
there to refer to the facts connected with
the career of John J. Patterson, now*
United States Senator for South Caro
lina.
This is now* impossible to avoid, and
at the same time make a fair and truth
ful report of the transactions to which
we have referred.
In this, and several reports to follow
it will be necessary’ to refer more parti
cularly to him, and the frauds perpe
trated by him. than we have done here
tofore.
Since the day of the coming of this
man to South Carolina, there has been
perpetrated upon the people of the State
a senes of frauds, great and small, many
of which we have already made the sub
ject of comment, and all of which mark
out together an era challenging compari
son for its infamy with any period in the
history of modern times. In each case
the familiar footprints of this man are to
be seen, measured, and most to be found
in the forefront of the mottled army of
plunderers, as “the years of good stealing
in South Carolina” have come and gone.
Your committee propose to refer to sev
eral of the latter class, mostly to be
singled out and held up to view for their
exceptional enormity, and the bold and
brazen effrontery with which they were
perpetrated.
It will be remembered that the first
noteworthy achievements of Patterson
was a contract for the completion of the
Blue Ridge Railroad which was annulled
by the payment to him of $S0.000, every
cent of which came from the public
treasury. Upon his portion of this fund
he organized a ring, composed of public
officials, the object of which was to ob
tain possession of the Greenville and Co
lumbia Railroad Company. In this rinj_
were included John J. Patterson, George
W. Waterman, representing the interests
of Governor Scott; Niles G. Parker
Treasurer; Reuben Tomlinson, State Au
ditor; John L. Neagie, Comptroller Gen
eral; D. II. Chamberlain, Attorney Gen
eral: F. L. Cardozo, Secretary* of State
C. P. Leslie, Land Commissioner; II. II.
Kimpton, Financial Agent; Joseph
Crews, Chairman Committee on Rail
roads, and Representative Timothy Hur
Icy.
At that time the State owned large
amounts of stock in various railroad
companies in the State, which had been
acquired in consideration of public se
curities conferred upon these corpora
tions, and also other property of various
descriptions, which for the moment was
not productive of income.
The most direct method of securing
the controlling interest was to procure
legislation to authorize the sale of the
stock held by the State in the Greenville
find Columbia Railroad Company*, and to
this end, the act was psissed creating the
Sinking Fund Commission, composed of
Governor Scott, Attorney General Cham
berlain, Comptroller Neagie, the Chair
man of Committee of Ways and Means
in the House, and the Chairman of Com
mittee of Finance in the Senate, and au
thorizing them to sell all unproductive
property belonging to the State. 'ten
sibly, the purposes of this bill was to dis
pose of the damaged granite and marble,
and other material lying around the
State House grounds. The real purpose
was consummated by the sale of twenty-
one thousand six hundred and ninety-
eight shares of stock in the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company*, which
cost the State $20 per share, aggregating
$4#J,900, at $2 75 per share, aggregatin
$59,609 50. This was followed, cf
course, by* a sacrifice of the interest of
the State in all other railroad corpora
tions, and accumulation of a fund, all of
which, in gross violation of the letter of
the act, was tiansferred to the Financial
Agent, and lost.
The evidence hereto appended* is con
elusive, that this act was passed by bri
bery, the means for which was furnished
by ii. H. Kimptou. The stock was sold
without advertisement on the day* after
the bill was passed and approved, and
without any action of the commissioners,
either authorizing its sale or limiting the
prices at which it should be sold, and was
paid for by Kimpton’s receipt as Finan
cial zYgent, in New York, for the amount
of the bid. No money’ passed, and the
fund transferred to Kimpton’s books was
sunk” beyond recovery, in the devious
processes of hypotln cation and general
bond swindling. After a majority of the
stock in the company* was obtained by*
this arrangement, and by pui chases from
private parties, s*nd the ring thus placed
control of its affairs, the scheme
which was the objective poict of the
operation, was brought into play in the
shape of a “bill relating to the Green
ville and Columbia Railroad Company*,”
prepared by zYttorney General Chamber
lain, aud on the J7th day of February,
1871, introduced by Timothy Huriey,
one of the ring, for the purpose of au
thorizing a further issue of bonds, and
giving them a value in the market. To
conceal the real purpose, the bill included
several impracticable provisions author
izing the extension of the road in several
directions, and a consolidation with the
Blue Ridge Road, upon certain condi
tions, and the title was changed so as to
read “Act to promote the consolidation
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
Company and the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company.” This was also passed by
bribery’, with money furnished by H. II.
Kimpton.
It is worthy of remark that although
Governor Scott approved the bill, yet he
was so conscious -of its questionable char
acter that he deemed it necessary to com
municate to the General zYssembly his
reasons for approving it—reasons which
uere utterly illogical and fallacious on
their face, *and which have since been
proved to be without foundation in policy
or purpose.
In the fifth section of this act (see act
1870-71, page 591,) will be found the gist
of the matter.
The Staie then held a lien for indem
nitv against her indorsement upon one
million and a half of guaranteed bonds
of this company*, so that subsequent
bonds would be of little or no value, and
could not be sold by the ring. By this
scC!i? n tlie lien was postponed to bonds
to be issued unuC7 ® second mortgage,
thus enabling the ring to divide anu put
their bonds on tne market, Mb’ 1 si the
only security held by the State was swept
away, and a contingent debt of fifteen
hundred thousand dollars fixed upon the
State without indemnity. This is a brief
statement of a series of transactions by
which the ring, under the inspiration of
Patterson, secured to themselves each a
miserable morsel of plunder, by the sale
of bonds of the company, whilst the
State was lobbed of millions to secure
this result. Nor was this all, nor per
haps the woist of this nefarious business.
zYlthough the stock in the company
held by the State was obtained
by codusion of fraud with the
commissioners of the sinking fund, with
out any consideration, the purchases
from private parties required the pay
ment of money, or its equivalent; and it
is not likely that the whole of this ring
combined could have gotter together, oi
their own honest means or credit, enough
money to pay for a single share at $20,
000, much less for ihe whole $240,000
they bought and held. They* had re
course, therefore, to the Financial zYgent;
and from the testimony herewith sub
mitted, it appears they did not have re
course to him in vain.* He had on hand
many* millions of bonds of the State of
South Carolina for sale or hypothecation,
and although the proceeds of such bonds
were applicable only to the purposes of
the State, yet the account of the Financial
zYgent show that they* were diverted for
whatever purpose the Financial Board
chose to direct, and nothing was more
likely, or more natural than that the
board should divide enough of
the proceeds of the bonds to te
used for connecting the scheme in
question. The Financial Board was com
posed of Governor Scott. Treasurer
Parker, and Attorney General Chamber-
lain, and the Financial Agent was Kimp
ton, all of whom, as we have aln ady
mentioned, were members of the ring.
The result is shown, the testimony of
Parker himself, herewith submitted, by*
which it appears that Kimpton paid out
of the proceeds of the sale of State
bonds, the money for a share and a half
for Neagie, Comptroller General, who had
the general supervision of the bonded debt
of the State; one share for Crews, who
was Chairman of the Committee on Rail
roads in the House. One quarter share
for Cardozo, Secretary of State, who had
the sealing of all the bonds. Two and a
half shares for Waterman, for Governor
Scott. One half share for zYttomey Gen
eral Chamberlain, and two shares for
Kimpton himself, and one share for Les
lie, Land Commissioner. Each share, in
eluding an increase of $4,000, being
valued at $24,000.
In connection with this testimony of
Parker, and of the testimony of Neagie,
tearing on the same matter, the commit
tee submit the following drafts found in
the Treasury in an envelope, indorsed
“ State drafts, sundry papers, dated vari
ous months, 1870: ”
$5,000.
THE COMMUNE.
Festival of the Society of Refugees
at Beethoven Hall Threatening
Speech of Citizen John Suinlon.
Revenue. '
k G. p!
11 19-70
2] [2
Stamp.
January 19,1870.
Pay to the order of C. P. Les
lie five thousand dollars, value
received, and charge same to ’
account of Niles G. Parker,
Treasurer State South Carolina.
To II. H. Kimpton, Esq., Financial Agent
State of South Carolina, No. 9 Nassau street,
Neir York.
Endorsement of above—N, G. Parker,
Treasurer. Draft, $5,000. January 19,
1870. H. Clews & Co. C. P. Leslie. Pay
to the order of Henry Clews & Co. Clias
H. Tayior. To be charged. Parker.
$4,000. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 19, 1870.
Pay to the order of Reu-
2] [2
Revenue
N. G. P.
11 19-70
2] [2
Stamp
ben Tomlinson, four thou
sand dollars, value received,
and charge the same to ac
count of Niles G. Parker,
Treasurer State of South Carolina.
To If. H. Kimpton, Neit York.
Endorsement of above—N. G. Parker,
Treasurer. Draft, $4,000. January* 19,
1870. Reuben Tomlinson. Pay* to the
order of Henry* Clews & Co. Chas. II.
Taylor.* H. Clews A Co.
How the appropriation of so much
money* was to be covered up is explained
by Parker. “It was understood by
Kimpton and the Financial Board that
the amount of these expenditures and
many others should be realized from
State bonds, and covered by the differ
ence between the actual amounts for
which the bonds were sold by* Kimpton
and the amount which he should report
that he had sold for.” And the evidence
of Parker is (urtailed to this extent by
Kimpton’s report “(?) what he sold the
tends for”—that there is no itemization
of the sales through which this or any*
other fraud might te detected; but the
sales of over $^,000,000 of bonds are
lispatched in four particulars, and for
nine-tenths of this enormous amount
there is no mention even of the rates of
sales; $2,843,000 bonds reported as all
sold on one day. and $4,214,5<)0 on an
other. The Financial Board bought the
authority of settling with the Financial
Agent,and obtained it by* bribing the Gen
eral Assembly with the State’s money—
and they*seulcd with him on the basis of
this report, as they themselves cent ess,
without making an examination of it.
♦To the report from which we make this ex
tract. several columns of documents in proof of
the facts set forth, are appended. These docu
ments we omit.—Ed. News.
A Reminiscence of Shiloh.
New York World.
For six or eight years past an old, broken
down man, shabbily clad, and seemingly
ill fed, has haunted the halls of Congress,
seeking to be relieved from the stigma of
dismissal from the army by court mar
tial, inflicted upon him in 1862. The
name of this person is T. Worthington,
and early* in the war he was Colonel of
the Forty-sixth Ohio, in Colonel McDow
ell’s brigade, Fifth division. Worthing
ton was court martialed in zYugust. 1802,
at Memphs, Tenn., tein^ charged with
drunkenness while on duty as a com
manding officer at Lafayette, Tenn.; also
with the circulation of a printed circular,
purporting to have teen extracts from a
diary* kept by* Worthington during
the Tennessee expedition. The matter
in this diary, whether true or false, was
alleged to be damaging to the military
ability of Colonel McDowell and Generals
Grant and Sherman. Colonel Worthing
ton has published an abstract of evidence
and facts developed at bis court martial,
together with a letter dated January* 29,
1878, from General Beauregard, compli
mentary to Colonel Worthington’s de
fense of his position in the battle of
Shiloh. Colonel Worthington has al
ways maintained that ’General Sherman
was totally surprised by the Confederate
array* at Shiloh, and tins fact is suscepti
ble of proof. He claims that had he not
made a firm stand at Shiloh for over two
hours at a critical period, the victory*
achieved there would have resulted in
overwhelming defeat General Beaure
gard’s letter to Colonel Worthington is as
follows:
New Orleans, January 29, 1878.
Dear Sir—Your favor of the 'Ttd inst. has
just been received, etc.
I willingly state that the stubborn defense of
a position on the extreme right of the Federal
line delayed our advance sufficient to prevent
an earlier rout of the Federal army than oc
curred on April 6. 1862, thus giving time to part
of Buell's reinforcements to arrive on the
field, at Pittsburg landing, just previous to the
attack (about 5 p. m.) of the Confederates on
that last stronghold of the Federals.
I infer from official Federal reports, to which
I have been lately referred, that the position on’
the extreme right, above alluded to, was held
by ihe Forty-sixth Ohio, Colonel Thomas
\Vorthington. [And the Sixth Iowa, Lieutenant
olonel Cummings, on his left. T. W.j
Should I be in Washington at the period
New York Herald.
Hosts of men and women on the east
side were found last evening to be mov
ing toward Beethoven Hall, situated i*i
Fifth street, near Third avenue. At
seven o’clock the committee of the Socie
ty of the Refugees of the Commune had
assembled, and preparations were soon
made to carry out the programme for the
festival in aid of the widows and orphans
of the Commune and of the citizens
transported to New Caledonia. All of
the committee wore tne emblematical
red cravat and red flowers in their but
ton holes. The following named citizens
constituted the committee and took part
in the exercises before the ball and ban
quet took place: Citizens Carrier, Claude.
L. Crosse, A. Esmery. II. llanser, Le-
lievre, Lemehaute, Lorin, Mazean. Ry-
beau, /Thill. Willermain; J. Baron. Man
ager; E<1. Megy, President; J. Olivier,
Vice President; J. Thomas, Treasurer:
E. Brossan, Secretary*; Honorary Presi
dent, A. BlanquL
About half past seven the hall, which
holds about eight hundred persons, was
-thrown open and was soon filled. Among
the number present were about one huu
dred and fifty ladies, all displaying, some
where in the'ir tasteful costumes or be
coming head-dresses, the red emblem of
the Commune. Decorating the balcony
and surrounding the floor of the hall were
two flags, and on each side were two
flags, above the platform of the shakers,
bearing the inscriptions: “Interest money
a direct tax upon later to support wealthy
paupers,” and “Laws must te submitted
to the people. ” Directly over the plat
form was a gigantic placard with the fol
lowing :
* - •
* «
“Communism is Dead."—New Y’ork Her- :
: ald, July* 26. 1877.
; New Y’ork Volks Zei- Arbeiter Zeitung.
tung, Buffalo Tribune.
: Detroit Socialist, Philadelphia Tage- :
; Workingmen's Ballot, blatt,
; Workingmen's Voice, Volkestimmdes Wes- :
; The Open Letter. tens.
; Emancipator, Milwaukee Socialist, :
. Delnicky Listy. Ohio Volks Zeitung.
Arbeitterstimme.
An increase of nine advocates of Com- :
: munism since above date.
% /
THE FESTIVAL.
1 he Societe des Refugies de la Com
mune were assisted in their festival by
their sympathisers and co operators, the
Choral Union and socialistic singing so
cieties, which rendered in rather poor
style a considerable musical programme
commencing with the “Marseillaise” by
the orchestra, under the direction of Citi
zen Schwab.
Tly* first address of the evening was by*
Citizen Megy*, followed by a speech by
Citizen Finiel, both delivered in French,
and warmly advocating sympathy with
the Commune and the refugee victims
who are now in New Caledonia. These
efforts were warmly applauded. The
feature of the evening was the address
of Citizen John Swinton, who, upon
arising, said: I tell y*ou, citizens, there
are men here twice condemned to death
and fighting with us to-day. I am proud
to aid in my small way* the eternal princi
ples of the Commune. I am proud to
cast immortelles on the graves of the
fallen. I salute you, men of the Com
mune, as the prophets of the new age.
Welcome to this New World. Would
I could welcome you to a Republic more
worthy of you, a Republic which
would have realized the promise of its
youth. What a resplendent spectacle the
Commune was! its foundations laid on
the laws and rights of man, and its pin
nacles touching the skies of equality,
with organic and social justice one of fts
fundamental law’s ! All this fabric was
thrown to the ground and drenched in
blood. Beloved heroes and martyrs of
the Commune! accept this tribute—he
roes of inartyTs massacred and plunged
into the yawning trenches, banished to
New Caledonia, hunted all over the
world—accept our tributes and believe
that your example is dear to the heart of
man. Since last year’s celebration ot the
Paris Commune in this State Thiers has
disappeared from sight. He was the
gory assassin of the barracks, and under
the uialedictions of • the world and ages
will he be buried. The Paris Commune
let us hold up before mankind as a star
in the skies. It was not for France alone
the battles vere fought, but for all races
and generations.
I uo not propose here to-night to speak
of any America movement, but until
the people here are treated justly look
out for the red tiig and wait for the
watchword, “ForwarO. march!” There
is ;in impending hell, airi it may not te
far off. When grinning u e n like Beech
er ply the fiddle to the aanct of deviltry*,
and the plutocracy* of the citj conspire
to take away the rights of the v or ki n g.
men, there is danger, danger every ^here.
Turn y’our minds away for a moi K . n t
from France, from Paris, from America,^
New Caledonia, to which our brothers
and sisters are exiled as convicts, con
demned by* the people who are reveling in
plunder while you are undergoing Ihe
pangs of marty*rdom. We salute you,
Rose Michel: we pledge you in this cup
of grief, where floats the bitter lees. Tis
all we can do to celebrate your virtues
and hallow y*our memoiy* here lo-night.
The Commune lives! Not while the life
of man endures, uot while the world lasts,
will it die!
After the musical exercises, at mid
night there was a ball and a supper, the
festivities only ending at an early hour
this morning.
Modern Knights Errant.
London Globe.
There are still emulators of Don Quix
ote in France. A strange story comes
to us from Guingamp, in Brittany. Two
youths belonging to one of the oldest
and best families of Saint Brieuc, MM.
Emmanuel and Joseph de la Villon, have
been arrested and placed in durance vile
under most mysterious circumstances.
They* are accused of having assaulted a
M. Ollivier, a lawyer and May*or of
Saint Brieuc. Some two or three months
ago a duel was fought at Guingamp be
tween one of the young De la Villons and
an officer belonging to the garrison. The
latter was severely wounded. In conse
quence of this it was decided in family
council that two y*oun«j ladies, Miles"
Marie and Zoe de Couridouc, should re
tire for a short t ime to the content of
Lannion. M. Ollivier, notwithstanding
the objections raised by the brother, M
de Couridouc, and the two cousins, MM.
de la Villon, was requested to put the
young ladies in the hands of the Lady Su
perior. The brother and two cousins sta
tioned themselves along the road they
knew M. Ollivier and his fair charges
would take,and when the phieton drove up
they* called on M. le Maire to stop. He
whipped up his horse and endeavored to
pass them, but Emmanuel seized the
horse by the head. A parley was at
tempted. The lawyer explained all the
pains and penalties incurred by* those
who had presumed to stop him on the
highway, and refused when summoned
to deliver up Mile. Marie de Couridouc.
The y oung lady was willing to follow
her cousins and return with them to
Guingamp, but the Mayor would not
permit her to alight. Irritated at the
refusal of the lawyer M. de Couridouc
pulled him from his seat in the carriage,
threw him and rolled about in the dust
with him while the two cousins assisted
Mile. Marie to alight and conducted her
through the fields to Guingamp. When
M. Ollivier managed to escape from his
youthful assailant he found Mile. Zoe
alone, waiting for him. She told him
the road her sister had taken, and he
made all haste to arrive at Guingamp,
where he gave information to the Pul)
lie Prosecutor, who issued a warrant
against the young De la Villons for ab
duction, and one against M. de Couridouc
for assault. The gendarmes were ad
monished to use all diligence and dis
patch, and the Mayor, who is a most
popular man, received the sy*mpathy of
his fellow townsmen, who were furious
at the manner in which their official’:
face liad teen damaged by the represen
tatives of that ancienne noblesse who ap
peared still to consider that they had
right to deal w ith commoners according
to their own ideas. When the people
were informed that M. de Couridouc and
the brothers De la Villon had been ar
rested and were on their wav to Guin
gamp in custody of the police a regular
crowd went out to meet them. They
were hissed and hooted, while their bear
; was so defiant that the gendarmes
were barely able to protect them from
the reverse of affectionate attentions of
the Guingampais. The whole affair has
caused a great sensation, and the trial is
looked forward to with much interest by
all.
ftrormrs and 3?rofisums.
stated by you I will be glad to make your ac
quaintance and confer with you further rela
tive to the bloody battle of Shiloh.
1 remain yours very respectfully,
G. T. Beauregard.
Colonel Thomas Worthington, Morrow. H’ar-
ren County, Ohio.
The Size of the Globe.
J. Aunnan Lockyer. in Good Words.
Its size lias been determined, I have no
doubt, to within a very few miles, in
what appears to us now* a very simple
manner. In the first place, every* section
of the earth is bounded approximately by
circle, and mathematicians divide all
circles into 360 degrees. Hence, if we
can measure accurately the 1-360th part
of this a reai cinfle.* and if. when we have
got that measure out into mites, Aye mul
tiply it by 360, we get the circumference
of the earth, that is to say, the whole dis
tance around it. Then by dividing mis
result by something|iiJlittle over 3 (31.416,
the ratio of the circumference of the
circle to its diameter), we find out how
far it is from one side of the earth
to the other. This gives us the diameter
of the earth. Aa a result of a
long series of observations, it has
been found that a degree measures as
near as possible on the average of 694
miles. It can be stated in inches, but it
is near enough for me to give as a first
statement of result that it is about 694
miles; and if you take the trouble to
multiply 694 miles, the average length of
one degree, by 360 degrees, the numter
of degrees that there are all round the
earth, w you will find that the circumfer
ence is* something like 25,000 miles, and
therefore that the diameter of the earth
is something like 8,000 miles. Mark
well the words “on the average.” In
truth, the earth is flattened at the poles*
so ihj*t ihp length of the degree varies
from the pole to*"the equator; and hence
the diameter in the equatorial plane is in
excess of the diameter from pole to pole.
These two diameters, expressed in feet,
are as follows: Equatorial, 41,848,380;
solar, 41,708,710.
A Money Order from Washington for
Bully Wells.
Washington Cor. N. O. Times.
A. curious story is current in reference
to the recent resignation of Mr. Mahon.
First Auditor of the Treasury. It is
whispered that he was ordered to pay a
large sum of money to ex-Governor
Wells, and that the order came from the
White House. It is said that Air. Ma
hon, in the discharge of his official duty,
was ordered to audit and pay a sum of
money to Governor Wells for “extra
services,” in what way, or how rendered
does noj appear. This is serious. Mr.
Mahon, who had been in the Treasury
twenty-five years, declined to do so, un
less he could be informed more particu
larly about this claim, and told what the
“extra services” were and when they
were rendered and how.
This information was uot furnished,
and the claim was not paid. When a
peremptory order came for it to be au
dited and paid, Mr. Mahon, who gives
an official bond, said he would not
jeopardize his reputation and risk the
forfeiture of the bond he had given by
disbursing money, not even it it was
ordered, unless he could tell all about it,
and why it was to te paid out. Upon
this, Mr. Mahon was told to resign. So
he did: and a creature named Reynolds,
from Alabama, has teen appointed to
succeed him. There has been no official
in the government Service whose reputa
tion Las teen higher than that of the late
First Auditor, and his retirement from a
position to which h e ao well adapted
waa a surprise to every one.
Of course your correspondent knows
nothing of the truth of the statement
above made. It is only furnished be
cause it is an interesting bit of informa
tion, and stands in such a shape that the
committee to whom the story was told
believes it to be true, aud will investigate
it. Of course Reynolds will not be con
firmed as long as the matter is not
cleared up.
The Resumption Question.
Washington Correspondence Baltimore Sun.
Secretary* Sherman was before the
Senate Finance Committee for a consul
erable time Tuesday morning, present
ing his views with regard to the anti
resumption bill, and also the effect of
the silver bill. The committee consid
ered the interview of such interest and
importance that it determined to have it
written out by the official stenographer.
Air. Sherman was most emphatic in his
opinion that there would be no trouble
iu resuming at the time fixed by the ex
isting law, in 1879. Indeed, he would
be almost willing to say six months ear
lier, or in July next. He did not know
that the repeal would have any* particu
lar effect at home, but thought it would
produce an unhappy impression abroad;
that it would te regarded as a violation
of our public faith.
He said that so far the effect_of the
silver bill had not l>een bad, but good,
and would te of advantage in helping
resumption. The passage of the bill had,
however, had the effect to stop the sale
abroad of the four per cents, although
they* had teen pretty much absorbed by
our people at home. In answer to a
juestion by one of the committee, Mr.
Sherman stated, however, that the sale
of the four per cents had been practically
stopped abroad in October last, which, of
course, was a long time before the silver
bill passed. About seventy millions of
four per cents have teen sold. He had
no difficulty in selling the four and a half
per cents at an advance, either for gold
or silver. He favored receiving green
backs for customs after October 1, 1878.
The banks were already strengthening
their coin reserves largely.
He stated, in reply to further inquiries,
that in his opinion the resumption of
specie payments could not be perma
nently maintained without retaining the
l e .*al tender function for about$300,000,-
909 United States notes, or, in other
words, ai a t the legal tender notes, after
reaching p.r should be paid out again
for government, disbursements.
A London journal very naurally thinks
it a singular coincidence i ia t on the
same day, Saturday last, $500OOO of sil
ver should te shipped from Liverpool
New York, and $250,000 fro n New
Y’ork to Liverpool. The larger -mount
is understood to have been destiny f or
the United States Government, whL th e
lesser- was leaving the market in wq c h
the government might naturally te
pccted to buy. The explanation appeal;
to te that the bullion dealers on this side,
finding the g- vemment had to buy, put
up silver to an abnormally high price;
when the Secretary* of the Treasury ap
plied to the Rothschilds for a price, and,
on receiving an offer below the terms of
the home dealers, purchased $2,009,000
from the London bankers. The Secre
tary* deserves credit fer having opened
his transactions in silver with this plain
intimation to the silver dealers that they
cannot compel the government to pay an
artificial price for its silver.—New Yark
Bulletin.
Plenitude of Female Models.—
Several days since, the “life ^class of the
Washington art school advertised /or
models, male and fcn^ale. iliere were
but three iualcs who offered their ser
vices, and twenty-one females. The
artists are much surprised at their success
in securing female models, it being their
first attempt of the kind in this city—at
least publicly—and they* do not know
how to explain. The female models
being so plentiful, and such fine-looking
specimens, the class had a large Supply*
from which to make their selections.
Under the circumstances, of course,
none of the male models got a job.
Several of ihe female models selected
are, the artists say. remarkably hand
some subjects to transfer to canvas.—
Hartford Times.
(ininulated Sugar
TEN POUNDS FOR $1 00.
M agnolia hams, ioc. per pound.
GOOD FAMILY FLOUR, 8c. per barrel.
SACKS, 98 POUNDS, Si <*>.
half Sacks. 49 pounds. $2 00.
QUARTER SACKS, 24)* POUNDS, $1 00.
ALL KINDS OF
Fresh Crackers
100 barrels choice PEACH BLOW POTATOES.
GOLD DUST WHISKY*. $3 00 per gallon.
ENGLISH ALE (genuine imported) $2 00 per
dozen.
BARGAINS in COFFEE, something nice, six
pounds for 51 00.
CATAWBA WINE, $1 50 per gallon.
PORT WINE, something nice, 51 50 per gallon.
NEW FIGS, 15c. per pound.
DATES. 10c. per pound.
DRIED PEACHES, 10c. per pound.
The largest assortment of
GREEN k DRIED FRUITS.
COCOANUTS, ETC.. IN THE STATE.
J. B. REEDY’S,
GROCER
Importer of Fruits,
21 BARNARD STREET.
Choice Country Hams!
1 FLORIDA ORANGE MARMALADE.
1 TOMATO CATSUP.
WALNUT CATSUP.
LEA & PERRIN S WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE.
GREEN PEPPER SAUCE.
CAPRES NONPAREILLES.
OLIVES. SWEET OIL.
PICKLES, JELLIES, etc.
FINE FLOUR.
CHOICEST TEA!
TOWN TALK BAKING POWDER.
For sale by
M. F. FOLEY & CO.,
S. W. COR. BROUGHTON & BARNARD STS.
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Flour and Hams!
$8 for a barrel of best FAMILY* FLOUR.
$4 for a sack, 98 ll>s., best FAMILY FLOUR.
$2 for half sk., 49 lbs., »>est FAMILY FLOUR.
SI for qr. sk.. 24i*Ibs., best FAMILY FLOUR.
MAGNOLLV HAMS at 10 cents per pound.
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BRANCH & COOPER'S.
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FLOUR !
PATAPSCO,
CHEEK, WHITLOCK & CO’S.
STANNAKO.
BELLE OF LOGAN.
In barrels and bags. At lowest market price.
A. M. &
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C. W. WEST’S.
Proloce, Hay, Grail, Etc.
P. H. WARD & CO.,
141 BAY* STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
H AVE on hand a choice selection of Messina
Lemons, Mestina Granges, Peach Blow
Potatoes, Onions, Turnips. Cider. Vinegar.
Corn, Hay. Oats. Bnui, Meal, Cracked Corn,
Corn Eyes, etc.
Daily receiving consignments of EARLY*
VEGETABLES. EGGS, etc.
Orders most respectfully solicited.
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HAIHS! HAMS!
2,000 POUNDS.
B est quality* sugar cured hams,
uncanvased, at 10 cents per pound.
A choice article of TEA at 5t) cents per pound.
A. C. HARMON & CO.,
31 WHITAKER STREET.
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I X PIECES BLACK TvMtqf
O inches wide, at 75c and 40
more. 33^c.
BLACK FLORENTINE RING i t rw n..
HAIR GRENADINE, 11Ll’t uIV A1 'F L
lull line of BLACK GOODS *
ceptional value. generally a,, d ex .
• “.PirU w' A( 'F : ,*”? COLORED HUNTING
in all the different shades, as low as 30c
30 pieces NEW BOURETTE SUITING
100 dozen Gents'LINEN H\\nk-F’Dpmp TO
hemstitched, 3-4 size, at 12ll*
worth double. * c *’ “■» *». 25c*.
95 dozen Ladies’ HEMSTITCHFn • ».
hem', at $2. 52 50 and $3. LHED ^o-inch
150 dozen 54* LINEN HEMMED Hwnrrp
CHIEFS, at 5a, 8c., I0and I2e HANDKER-
10 pieces 104 LINEN SHEETING, a big drive.
20 pieces PILLOW CASE LISWW i > <<«
em priees, rmiging in
toSl'kr’ 11 DAMASK LKEi NAPKINS, at 71c.
The abovegoods having been purchased du
ring the large Lmen Auction Sale of Field Mor-
ns, we shall offer them at tuueh below value
24 welbs FAMILY* LINEN 4-4 h
Richardson, Sous S Owden. at'tile., worth 6^.’
The biggest drive in TOWELS ever offered.
100 dozen PLAIN HUCK, at 12)^c.
100 dozen DAMASK TOWELS, at 12^c
2U) dozen EXTRA LARGE HUCK the he*t
25c. towel in the world. tne best
90 dozen VERY LARGE Hl*CK TOWFT
52 50, good value for $3 50. TOWELS, at
arils
40 i
purchased the tot*
53. with fine embroidery. v ' d up to
The largest and most complete line of STTN
SHADES and PARASOLS ever offered by us
10,000 yards HAMBURG EDGINGS, fine goods
Beautiful designs ir. JACONET trorvoTT
NAINSOOKS and LINEN. No trashy, cheap
goods among them. *
100 WHITE and COLORED SHETLAND
SHAWLS. at about fifty cents on the doUar of
what it cost to make them.
85 pieces SPRING CASSIMERE for Men and
Boys.
NAVY BLUE 6-4 and 3-4 SUITINGS.
NEW GOODS BY* EVERY STEAMER
GRAY & O’BRIEN
yards ** BRAGANZA’* snnviM
equal to Linen, 40 inches wide »r‘p*£Ar
S . worth 25c. We purcha^’m? 1 ,
B. f. MEM & co.,
157 Broughton Street.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOW-
Sew Spring Roods!
WHICH WE OFFER AT OUR USUAL
LOW PRICES.
1 AA PIECES DRESS GOODS, in New Spring
1" " * Styles, from 10c. a yard upward.
choice lot of Plain and Striped COLORED
SILKS, from (55c. to 90c. a yard.
A lot of Elegant Embroidered WHITE PIQUE
SUITS for Children and Misses.
full line of Whitt? 6-4 Very Fine FRENCH
NAINSOOK.
A full line of White 8-4 FRENCH ORGANDIES.
A full line of Fine SCOTCH, thin NAINSOOKS,
Full lines of WHITE SWLSS MULLS, VICTO
RIA and BISHOP'S LAWNS.
20 pieces of Bleached and Half Bleached IRISH
TABLE DAMASKS, warranted all Linen,
at low prices.
A splendid assortment of LINEN TABLE NAP
KINS and DOYLIES.
100 dozen IRISH. HUCKABACK land DAMASK
LINEN TOWELS.
cases full size WHITE TOILET and HONEY
COMB QUILTS, from 73c. up.
An elegant line of Lathes' Black, Spanish and
Blonde LACE NECKSCARF8.
elegant line of Colored EMBROIDERED
SILK LACE NECKTIES, new designs.
20 dozen very handsome EMBROIDERED
WHITE LACE NECKTIES, from 25c. up.
50 dozen NEW CORSETS, including the popu
lar “Nonpareil” and extra long, side-laced
Corsets.
Ladies extra long
HOSIERY.
BROWN* BALBRIGOAM
Misses' and Children's very fine and handsome
FANCY’ BALBRIGGAN HOSIERY, in
spring colors. %
100 dozen. Men’s fine and superfine BROWN
ENGLISH HALF HOSE
Full lines of best brands SHIRTINGS and
SHEETINGS, at low prices.
splendid assortment of HAMBURG EM
BROIDERIES, in Cambric and Nainsook
Muslins, handsome designs and extra fine-
Agents for R. J. ROBERTS PARABOLA
NEEDLES and RAZOR-STEEL SCISSORS,
“the best in the world.” mh!8-tf
139 BROUGHTON STREET.
T HREE AND A HALF POUNDS BEST
PARCHED COFFEE for $1. roasted every
**V-
(i lbs. SELECTED COFFEE for 51.
A choice article of TEA for 50c.
The very FINEST TEA for 51.
10 lbs. A SUGAR for 5L
II lbs. B SUGAR for
FRESH CHOCOLATE, BROMO and COCOA
Jst received.
Mso. full stock and assortment of PURE
GR UND SPICES.
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Ending
A. J. MOLONEY*.
and in Store.
10ft PnPRELS IRISH POTATOES,
i^-bushels SWEET POTATOES.
1 car K »ad Cheek & Whitlock s FLOUR,
m no and sacks.
10,00 Indiaiftj ver ORANGES.
oo;lg 0 J? I 5;!^w- ; 03reVHi^cv! t W’G &
ptiiuR and grand center for
^o t H G E K»„
JAS.
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LIQUORS,
& CO’S
McGI^fy
iv O Tx C B.
Among the stories told about Ben
Wade is one to the effect that while in
Washington he was accosted by a smart
lookieg negio boy who asked for money
with which to buy h«s freedom. “I never
give money to buy slaves,” replied Wade.
Some Southern Senatots standing near
began to smile, seeing which Mr. Wade
turned to the lad and said: “Why the
devil don’t you run away? Here is ten
dollars to help pay your expenses Now
run out of slavery the first chance you
get.” The Southerners s‘.sired and the
aarkey skipped away with the ten dollars
and a new idea.
Ten ye vs ago Mrs. Nicholas Weiss
died at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was
buried near the city. She was a portly
woman, weighing about two hundred
pounds. Lately her body was disinterred
for the purpose of removal, and
found to te petrified, weighing about
one thousand pounds. The features were
aa natural as In life.
Although Tecumseh Sherman has the
government forage for his hoTses »ent to
Honest John Sherman ® stables, there is
no complaint that the latter’s animals eat
more than their share, because there is
always enough to go round.
J. FmjHsL, a hotel keeper at Chinco-
teague Island, Va.. shot Stephen Pallitt
on Saturday for not paying a week’s
board bill. English escaped.
ALE, BITTERS, ETC.
CASKS BASS' PALE ALE, in pints.
O 20 casks JEFFREY’ S ALE in stone pints. |
2 cases ANGOSTURA BITTERS.
10 cases BOKER S BITTERS.
25 cases HOME BITTERS.
10 casks GINGER ALE. For sale by
CUNNINGHAM & HEWES.
IN ORDER TO PAY OUBj-jmRE ATi«v
TION TO TI£
Produce & Commissiot Busines;
WE OFFER AT COST OUR ENTJK5 STOCkI
OF •
RETAIL CROCERIES.
The stock consists of a general assortment of
family groceries, such as is usually founi in a
first class grocery store.
K1LLOIGH dc COLLINS,
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WISHES TO CALL ATTENTION TO HIS
HAVING RECEIVED A VERY
CHOICE LINE OF
Spring & Summer Silts
ALSO, AN ELEGANT LOT OF
All of which will be offered at the
Very Closest Prices!
460 PIECES EMBROIDEBED
Edgings and Inserfings
Ranging in price from 5 cents a yard to 52 50
a yard.
SPECIAL BAP°
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COFFEE.
O 0Q0 COFFEE, per American bng
David Babcock, direct from Rio de Janeiro.
Now landing and for sale by
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Liwness of
theyjirpass any that has
JOHN LYONS,
Agent for the following:
B altimore pearl hominy company.
Cantrell & Cochran’s Imported BELFAST
GINGER ALE.
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Headquarters for PIPER HEIDSIECK CHAM
PAGNE, and the celebrated BAKER WHISKY.
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KEEP
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led S<
CLEAN.
A. Blue Mottled Soap, direct from Liverpool
per ship “Caravan.” Just received and for sale
by G. M. HEIDT & CO., dealers in Drugs, Toilet
Articles. Seeds, etc. febl-tf
WRAPPING PAPER.
)R SALE, OLD NEWSPAPER8, 8UITABLE
for wrapping paper, at Fifty Cents per
hundred. Apply to
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WHICH has been *f2
VV now includes fLl to con-
‘spection of these if"™ 1 : 0 f flnisb and
Ve the purchaser that in P°
<Pility of material, as well as
Price!
been offered in this
dty ^corresponding prices.
100 d»en TWO-BUTTON HDG^E»4ui3
firing colors, at M a ^
*»ue 51 00 a pair.
500 d ‘S3£iS,
A JOB LCT CONSlSTiN^, 0F J BOl " T SIXTi
Slack Silk Warp Henrietta Cloth,
LUPIN'S BLACK FRENC^CASHMEBES AND
TAMirE CLOTHS.
TO BE CIOSW) AT A
Great Reduction
FROM FORMER PRICES.
DANIEL HOGAN.
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