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THURSDAY. JULY 2b, 1878.
TAPPING THE WIRES.
The amendment to be offered in the House
of Commons to the resolution proposing a
grant to the Duke of Connaught on his
marriage with the Princess Marie Louise of
Prussia, does not impugn the constitution
ality of the application, but merely desires
the matter to lie over until the House can
be furnished with the number of Princes
and Princesses thus endowed 6ince the ac
cession of William the Third.
The Queen has conferred the order of the
Garter on Lord Salisbury.
The evacuation of Shumla has com
menced, and several Russian battalions have
already entered the place.
The Vatican is elaborating a project to
place the Roman Catholic Church in the
United States immediately under the
authority of the Pope.
It is believed Greece will^ask the media
tion of the powers in the matter of the rec
tification of her frontier, and the question
will be settled by arbitration.
Gambetta has been interviewed regarding
the Berlin treaty. He said he thought the
treaty had defects in it, but he could not
absolutely oppose it. He and others may
have thought ill of certain concessions of
principle which appeared contrary to the
rules on which the international law of Eu
rope rests, but he foresaw from the
first that the important questions
to be settled presented too many
difficulties to be disposed of in a perfectly
blameless manner. Whatever its defects,
however, it had procured for Europe the
great boon of peace, and he thinks that pub
lic law received a great mark of homage
when Russia, under the circumstances, was
willing to submit the treaty of San Stefano
to the opinion of the powers. He also al
luded to the effect the treaty would have
upon the future of France and England.
The Democrats of Texas have nominated
.Judge 0. M. Roberts for Governor, Joseph
D. Sayres for Lieutenant Governor, George
McCormack for Attorney General, F. R.
Lubbock for State Treasurer, and M. Walsh
for Commissioner of the Land Office. The
convention then adjourned. The utmost
harmony marked its closing hours.
A report has been received in St. Paul
that a farmer at Faribault, Michigan, shot
and killed two tramps whom he caught in
the act of setting fire to a harvesting ma
chine in his wheat field. He gave himself
up and was instantly released.
Ugly statements are in circulation about
Captain Eads’ disposition of the last instal
ment of money received by him for the
Mississippi r ver jetties.
The Radical journal of Rome, An Capitate.
denounces the recent demonstration in Italy
against Austria, and says the promoters of
the agitation are known to be enemies of
Italy and of the present government.
Before the Potter Committee yesterday
Representative Kelley, Republican, from
Pennsylvania, testified that he went to New
Orleans as a visiting statesman, at the re
quest of Grant, only to see a fair count. He
stigmatized as false the statement of E. L.
Weber, that ihe visitors interfered with the
returning board, and advised the members
thereof to stretch their powers and count
in Packard and a Republican majority
of the Legislature. He had no knowledge
of Secretary Sherman’s having had an inter
view with Anderson and Weber. He said
also that he believed Eliza Pinkston’s testi
mony then, and believes it now. He further
testified in regard to intimidation in Moore-
house parish, but said he knew nothing of the
facts beyond what was told him by Republi
cans. Eugene Hale, Courtlandt, Parker and
Secretary Sherman, all “visiting statesmen,"
gave in testimony pretty much the same as
Kelley’s. J. Hale Sypher testified that he
had seen the Sherman letter, but could not
swear whether Sherman wrote it or not.
On account of the yellow fever in New Or
leans, the Louisiana Sub-Committee has sus
pended its sittings.
A fatal affray occurred in Nashville yester
day between Sam Hicks and Edwin, Na
thaniel, Jere and Jones Baxter, sons of
Judge Nathaniel Baxter, Democratic candi
date for Judge of the Circuit Court. Hicks
and Jones Baxter were killed and two oth
ers of the Baxters received slight wounds.
The difficulty grew- out of some remarks
made by Hicks, at a public meeting of Inde
pendent candidates, derogatory to Judge
Baxter.
The New York National Labor party,
after an excited discussion, adopted a plat
form favoring greenbacks as a legal tender
for all debts, public and private, repeal of
the national bank act, equal taxation of all
property, opposition to railroad monopo
lies, a protective tariff, an income tax on
all salaries over one thousand dollars, a re
duction of salaries over one thousand dol
lars in the State one-half, a system of in
ternal improvements, of public education,
purity of the ballot-box, and opposing Chi
nese labor.
A dispatch from New Orleans announces
that fourteen cases of yellow fever have
occurred there, seven of which have proven
fatal. The Board of Health hope to check
the spread of the disease. Ice has been ad-,
vanced in price by the ice ring from twenty-
five dollars to sixty dollars per ton.
The emigrant ship Azor has returned to
Charleston. The emigrants lately taken
out by her are being taken care of by the
Liberian Government. She will probably
take out another ship load next month.
A new species of legislative fraud lias
been unearthed in Indiana. At the ses
sion of the State Legislature in the spring
of 1877, a bill entitled the ’‘State House
Act” was introduced, and it was sup
posed passed. The Terre Haute Express
opposed the bill, and after having in
vestigated the matter now declares that
the bill was not passed by the House of
Representatives, and that it was fraudu
lently so announced by the telling clerk
of that body. It prints a far simile of
the roll call taken upon the third read
ing of the bill, showing that the sum
ming up which gave it a majority was
false. Of two members who were re
ported as having voted for the measure,
one voted in the negative and the other
did not vote at all. An effort will be
made to have the clerk indicted in the
State courts for constructive forgery.
A Woman’s Right.—In a case in New
York, Friday', a female witness testified
that she had on one occasion ‘ ‘deceived”
her husband by taking money from his
pocket one night on his return home in
a drunken condition. A lawyer on the
opposite side contended that this was
robbery, not deception, whereupon the
learned Judge interposed and said: “Oh,
well, when a man comes home drank
his wife has a right to rob him, and I
think this is good law.” Bibulously in
clined husbands would do well to remem
ber this.
CoL Michael M. Van Beuren, of New
York, died suddenly of apoplexy at 10
o’clock p. m. on Thursday at his country
seat at Morristown, V. J. Col. Van
Beuren was seventy-six years ,o]d, and
was the owner through his wife's in-
hca^auce of the old Spingler estate,
which is estimated to be worth fifteen
million dollars.
George H. Butler was arraigned in the
Police Court, at Washington, Friday,
for larceny of a suit of clothes, found
guilty, and sentenced to a fine of twenty-
five dollars, or in default, of a short term
In jail. Upon appeal, bail could not be
raised, and Butler was committed. The
■whole affair is the result of a spree. But-
Jer is a nephew of Gen. Ben’s.
Schemes of the Independents.
We have already alluded to a matter
which we notice is attracting some atten
tion in other quarters. This is that a
certain individual in Georgia has written
a letter to Postmaster General Key,
stating that he is desirous of starting an
organ in the capital city of the State,
which shall have for its object the doing
battle with the “Bourbon Democracy,”
and establishing a new “Independent
Democratic” party in opposition to the
Old Guard, and he naively asks how
much money the administration will give
to aid him in his undertaking.
We do not for an instant imagine that
the people of Georgia can be so blind
as not to see at once through such a
flimsy effort, as this would prove to be,
to revive Radicalism in our midst. What
does this seeker after help, aid and as
sistance from the administration mean by
the “BourbonDemocracy?” He alludes
to the Democratic party which, in the
halls of Congress, on the stump, through
the press, and on every opportunity, has
assailed Radicalism, its rings, its tyranny,
its general infamy and corruption.
Which has fought the battles of the South
when Radicalism would have held our
section either pinned down upon the
points of bayonets, or firmly hound in the
chains fastened upon us by force bills
and military power. Which not only re
deemed the State from an army of Radi
cal carpet-baggers but thieves, and which
has given to the South to-day freedom
and home rule. This is the “Bourbon
Democracy ” which this patriotic Geor
gian desires to crush, and supplant with
a new party, which he is pleased to style
Democratic.
Upon whom would such a party, if
established, have to rely for strength?
First upon the Radicals, simon pure,
who, despairing of ever again throwing off
the load of infamy which hangs upon the
vefy name of "Radical,” would, one and
all, flock to its standard, and, like a
drowning man clutching at a straw, grasp
it in the fond hope that, by some means
or other they might, through its alluring
title of Independent Democracy, once
more get a hold upon the treasury. Then
as reinforcements to these would be
added the disappointed and disaffected,
who, foiled in their dreams of ambition,
would be willing to sacrifice every feel
ing of patriotism or public welfare to
personal aggrandizement and advantage.
These two sets would form the rank and
file of the proposed new Democracy.
It is very clear, then, that all this am
bitious organizer and advocate of a new
Democratic party, so-called, would ac
complish would be to really revive, under
a very gauzy disguise, the old hated or
ganization which was a curse to Georgia,
to the South, and to the whole country.
It w’ould simply be an old enemy in a
new form — Democracy in name, but
Radical in character. It would, in short,
he the party to which your model Inde
pendent would always belong, and its ex
istence would be hailed with rapturous
pleasure by the malignants and haters of
our State and section throughout the
Union.
It speaks well for the patriotism of the
people of Georgia that the proposed
founder of this new organization felt his
cause so weak that he could not expect
it to he supported in our State, and was
driven to seek help from a Republican ad
ministration. With true Radical instinct,
his first idea was a government sub
sidy for his enterprise. But he is
right on this point. The Radicals, no
longer having the keys of the Treasury,
State or Federal, at their disposal, would
not be able to help him to any great ex
tent, while few individuals would be wil
ling I o risk their means in any such pre
carious venture. We are not on such
very friendly terms with the administra
tion as, generally speaking, to volunteer
it our advice, but on this occasion we
feel like warning it to be very wary about
advancing the coveted greenbacks. If
not, the chances are that it will, in a
short time, find its third party a failure,
its organ a bankrupt, and its loan gone
forever “where the woodbine twineth. ”
St. Nicholas for August.
The midsummer holiday number
of this popular juvenile monthly opens
with a long, funny poem by J. T. Trow
bridge, versified from a story by Maud
Christiani, and entitled “King Cheese.”
It deals with a curious incident of the
Paris Exhibition of 1807, and is illustra
ted with a very comical frontispiece, and
several smaller pictures, by Hopkins.
The number is summery from cover to
cover, and has the pleasant flavor of
vacation both in tone and subjects. Sarah
Winter Kellogg provides a summer fish
ing story, “Rods for Five,” which has a
full-page picture of a leafy trout stream;
and from Lucy Larcorn there is a poem
entitled “Happy Fields of Summer,’’,
with a suitable illustration; while Frank
R. Stockton furnishes a fairy tale of
gnomes, a bear and a little girl, under
the title, “The Emergency Mistress.”
There is a short illustrated paper about
the “Digger Wasps,” and a brief hut
timely article, with sensible hints, about
“How to Travel.”
Then, by way of contrast, comes
“Gerty,” a pathetic story of a very poor
city boy and a sick little girl in winter
time.
The serials, “L T nder the Lilacs” and
“Dab Kinzer,” tell, among other good
things, about an exhibition of oratory in
a country school house; of an interesting
archery match among the boys and
girls; and of how three boys had an
exciting trip to sea in a yacht.
The editorial departments—For Very
Little Folks, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Letter-
Box, and Riddle-Box—are well filled
with bright, varied and attractive tid
bits. •
The faculty of Andover Theological
Seminary are happy over what they at
first thought was a cruel joke perpe
trated by some idle person. The
treasurer recently received a letter from
a man in Philadelphia, asking to whose
order a check ought to be drawn if sent
as a donation to the seminary. A reply
was sent, and in a few days the mail
brought a check for $25,000, drawn to
the treasurer’s order. As checks of this
size are not every day received at the
seminary, all hands laughed at it; yet
the idea occurred to somebody to tele
graph to the hank on which it was
drawn. An answer was soon received
to the effect that cash awaited the pre
sentation of the check. The donor de
sired that his name should not be men
tioned. The money will be to a con
siderahje extent applied to the recon
struction of ttip chapel and recitation
rooms.
That the sun’s rays are capable of kin
dling fires wfcich sometimes destroy large
amounts of property w?s fully demon
strated a few days since in a tywn in
Vermont. A house was set on fire by
the rays of the sun faffing upon several
new milk cans in the yard and being re
flected u**;n the clapboards of the house.
An experiment was afterward made with
the cans, by allowing the rays of the sun
to be reflected on pieces of cloth. The
result w’az that the cloth was burned to
ashes in a short time.
THE HANGER AHEAD.
Those who Clamor for a “ Stronger
Government ” would Establish
Despotism on the Kuins or the Re
public.
Editor Morning News: In the month
of April. 1865, immediately upon the
fall of the Confederacy, Mr. Chief
Justice Chase, of the United States Su
preme Court, addressed a letter to the
President of the United States, which
was published in a Baltimore paper, urg
ing upon the President and people of the
United States the policy of investing the
emancipated slaves with civil and politi
cal rights, in order to hold the white men
of the South in check, and prevent them
from ever thereafter exercising any influ
ence in the government of the United
States. Mr. Chase was an able, courageous
and ambitious man, hut not a wise one
when he allowed his prejudices and ani
mosities to blind his judgment. He hated
Southern white men. for causes—not
reasons—that are patent in his political
record, and sought thus to gratify his
enmity. The policy was narrow minded,
in that it sought to restrict the control of
the government to sectional influence.
It was unwise, as it ignored the educa
tion and intelligence of the Southern
States, and their power in directing the
material interests and prosperity of those
States, on which the welfare of his own
section was essentially dependent. It
was short sighted, as in his speculations
he did not take into the account that the
colored man had some common sense;
and that after the elation of emancipa
tion, and the temporary indulgence of
hostility towards his former proprietor
who had held him in slavery had sub
sided, his instincts would teach him that
his interests could only be advanced by
friendship with and confidence in the
white men by whom he was surrounded,
with whom he had to live, and whose
material and political advantages were
identified with his. But Mr. Chase
wanted to he President, and in the self
ishness of his ambition thought he had
thus secured its gratification, forgetting
"The divinity that shapes our ends.
Rough-hew them how we will. ”
But though Mr. Chase failed in reach
ing the Presidency, he succeeded in im
pressing his policy upon the party in
power. And this policy of narrow
minded, unwise, short sighted sectional
. ism, has been up to this time the domi
nant idea of the Radical wing of the
Republican party. Conservative Repub
licans measured its fallacy. They saw
the injury' it worked to commerce,
trade, and industries, and to the
stability of the government itself; and
impressed also with a returning sense of
justice under the Constitution of the
country, they so far corrected public
opinion as to compel Mr. Hayes, on his
accession to power, to withdraw the Uni
ted States soldiers from the legislative
halls of Louisiana and South Carolina,
and to complete the rehabilitation of the
Southern States. On this point of com
pulsory withdrawal of the troops by Mr.
Hayes, we have undoubted testimony in
the letter of Mr. Morton, by far the ablest
man of the Radical party, written not
long before his death, for the purpose of
explaining to its partisans the necessity
for this so-called Southern policy—which
“hath this extent—no more.”
The impracticability of continuing for
any length of time Mr. Chase’s plan for
controlling the South, and the injury
that it would work to the unity,
strength and prosperity of the na
tion if it were practicable, would
be apparent, one would think, to any
reflecting mind did we not know that
prejudice and partisan zeal are often
impenetrable to reason. Hence it is not
surprising to find, at this late day, politi
cal leaders still striving to carry' on Mr.
Chase’s policy of perpetuating the pas
sions engendered by the civil war, and
the maintenance of the sectional gov
ernment of the country to which those
passions gave birth. 1’hese men are
losing, in their venom, all sight of the
Constitution; and rather than not con
trol, would abandon its principles, and
build upon its ruins a monarchy. To
this end, they are playing upon the
timidity of capital, and trying to draw
it into the vortex of their corrupt
schemes, by representing the necessity
for a stronger government than that
under which we have lived for the past
ninety-one years.
That this effort to destroy the Constitu
tion and to substitute for it “a stronger
government” is not a vain fancy of my
own imagination, is proved by the general
tone of the Radical press and literature;
and it foreshadows the coming struggle
that is to try the strength of our political
faith in the sufficiency of our Constitu
tion for all the purposes of government,
more severely than any strain to which
it has been yet subjected. The issue,
divested of obscurities, which will be
presented to us within the next three
years, unless Providentially defeated,
and which we must meet, whether we
will or not, will he “the capacity of man
for self government,” as illustrated by
our Constitution, and our history' under
it. Every citizen must decide this ques
tion for himself, and give in his de
cision at the polls for the Constitution,
or for a stronger government of unknown
form, which shall he developed only by
time.
The leaders of the stronger govern
ment party are able, skillful in politics,
and not scrupulous. We must meet
them, if we hope for success, with leaders
of greater ability and skiff, and linn in
the principles of National Constitutional
Democracy. The hosts are being already
marshalled, and we must begin now to
put in position the men capable of lead
ing and of doing the battle that may be
required of them. Attempts will be made,
as we have already known, to overawe
the incapable and timid by' military de
monstrations, and to buy over the sordid
by money or office. For the stronger gov
ernment party controls the sword and the
purse—the army', navy and the treasury'.
But these can prove of little avail if there
is no strong public sentiment to back
them. For a million of men in arms can
not overthrow the liberties of this coun
try- if the people are determined to main
tain them. 1 have no fear on that score.
But I do fear the wily activity of ambi
tious politicians, who hope for personal
advantage in the ruin of Democratic
government, and who may mislead the
people by misrepresentations stimulating
their sectional passions or exciting their
fears of insecurity. The stronger gov
ernment party are ahead of us in
organizing and have their leader ready—
a man of strong will, practical sense and
great popularity, a man not to be under
rated. What are we doing? Are we
organizing well and thoroughly? And
have we fixed upon a leader of ability
and firmness, who will not he frightened
fey the mastering of soldiers, but will on
the contrary meet force with force if
need be, knowingly and firmly? These
dangers may be all in the web of fate
now spinning for us, and therefore we
should be thinking of them and prepar
ing for emergencies.
A Democrat of the Old School.
Why the Mortality of St. Louis
was Excessive.^-It doubtless has oc
curred to many that the mortality at St.
Louis during the recent heated term—
fifty-four deaths in one day—was out of
all proportion to that in other cities of
equal temperature. It is suggested that
the cause of this bxcess may possibly be
due to the presence of limestone dust in
the atmosphere of St. Louis, its site be
ing an entirely limestone formation.
This dust is, of course, impalpable, and
is said to be peculiarly injurious to the
lungs. Upon this point the Washington
Capital remarks:
‘ Ulie impalpable dust from the lime
stone pavements fills the air, and* enter
ing the lungs, makes carbonic acid. This
dust, as fine as it is, will not leave the
lungs with the breath which is exhaled,
but sticks there on the moisture, and
with a deadly poison causes the madness
and torture of whvfc we read, symp
toms that have nothing to do ufffc sun
stroke. ”
“I.‘hornrnc qqi rit.”—The man who laughs
is a happy man, and no man can be happy
with his blood loaded with impurities. Tim
remedy which all can depend upon lor every
vitiated condition qf the blood is Dr. Bull’s
Blood Mixture If ‘
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT TELEGRAMS
ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS OF
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
Interesting Testimony of the Visit
lug Statesmen.
FATAL AFFRA Y IN NASHVILLE.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW’ ORLEANS,
SALE OF SILVER TO THE GOV
ERNMENT.
Return of the Bark Azor.
ADDITIONAL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE POT
TER COMMITTEE.
Atlantic Citt, N. J. July 24.—Mr. Kel
ley stigmatized as false the statement of E.
L. Weber that the “visiting statesmen” ifd
vised the returning board to stretch their
powers, and that the board did so and elect
q,d Packard and a majority of the Legisla
ture.
In reply to the question, “Do you knowot
Secretary Sherman having had a conversa
tion with W’eber and Anderson in New
Orleans?” witness replied that he
“ had no consciousness of ever hav
ing seen W’eber while the visiting dele
gation occupied the public parlor at the
hotel. Anderson and Weber may have come
into it among others. Senator Sherman
spent very little time there. He was either
in his own room or in Mr. Stoughton’s room
attending to his private business. Senator
Sherman never came to the custom house.
In the course of further examination the
witness alluded to Eliza Pinkston. He be
lieved her statement at the time it was made
and believes it to-day. He also spoke of the
affairs in Moorhouse parish as so desperate
that planters themselves organized to guard
their colored laborers from attacks of the
Regulators.
On being interrogated by Chairman Potter
witness said some of the affidavits had been
redrafted. He thought that General Harry
White redrafted one or two. Witness had
not read any evidence concerning Moore-
house parish excepting that furnished by the
Republican counsel.
Courtlandt Parker also testified that he
went to New Orleans at the request of
Grant to witness the count of the vote, and
knew of no act on the part of the visitors
to influence the returning board.
Representative Hale testified that he went
Kpw Orleans Knlelv at the rennest of
to New Orleans solely at the request of
Grant, not at the instance of Hayes or any
person for him. He and Senator Sherman
were intimate, and they expressed tbeir
views to each other with freedom. All the
Republican visitors maintained the posi
tion that they should be careful to abstain
from auy attempted influence on the re
turning board. So far as he knew this
principle was strictly carried out. Witness
had no recollection of hearing of James E.
Anderson while he was in Louisiana, nor
did he remember having 6een
heard of Weber. He did not
know of Senator Sherman being in
secret consultation outside of his own im
mediate associates. The witness and Sena
tor Sherman were together every day. He
had not seen the letter purporting to have
been written by Weber and Anderson, dated*
November 19, 1870, and the alleged reply of
Sherman. If such letters were written, he
thought from his intimacy with Sherman
he would have heard of the fact. The wit
ness testified to the part he took in the ex
amination of returns from East Baton
Rouge, and like the witness who preceded
him, he characterized as false the testimony
of Weber about the visiting Republicans in
fluencing the action of the returning board.
J. Hale Sypher, ex-member of Congress
Louisiana, testified: D. A. Weber
from
showed him a letter purporting to be signed
by John Sherman; he would not testify that
it was Sherman’s handwriting, but there
was nothing to make him think it was not;
he could not give the purport, but the pub
lislied letter, the original of which he hastily
read, seemed to be substantially correct.
Secretary Sherman made a statement. He
is now Secretary of the Treasury, but if\
November, 1870, was a Senator of the United
States. He was invited by President Grant
by telegraph, in terms something like the fol
lowing: “I would be gratified if you would go
to New Orleans to witness the count.” At
first he declined to go, but the second tele
gram was received from Grant saying:
think it important for you to go;” blit he
did not go till the Wednesday after. On
his way to Cincinnati he stopped at Colum
bus, where he saw Governor Hayes. In re
ply to interrogatories by Mr. Iliscock, he
said his conversations with Hayes were
generally about the election, all tjien
being in the dark. He took with him a
copy of the election laws of Louisiana. He
reached New Orleans on the 15th of No
vember, and on the next day he met In con
sultation the other gentlemen appointed by
the President.
Secretary Sherman then substantially
stated from the printed report the propo
sition made to them by the DJtoocratic
visitors with reference to the count, the
response of the Republicans being that they
could not interfere with election officers, as
they were there at the request of the Presi
dent simply to witness the count, and that
their position was rather as citizens to re
port the actual facts transpiring in their
presence.
The further examination was postponed
till to-morrow morning at ten o’clock, the
committee having been in session from
10:30 o’clock this morning till 7:30 this
evening, with the exception of an hour and
a half’s recess.
The Chairman stated that Governor Cox
had notified him some time ago he could
not remain in New Orleans beyond this
month, and accordingly the Chairman bad
applied to other members of the minority to
take Cox’s place on the sub-committee
there. None of the gentlemen, however,
felt at liberty to go to New Orleans now.
At the time of this application it
was expected that testimony * in re
gard to -intimidations would ~ be taken
which would occupy some time. When,
however, Mr. Sherman’s counsel decided
not to introduce that testimony, it was
hoped most of the evidence in Louisiana
could be completed by the end of the
month, but the breaking out of yellow fever
there, which had taken place Within the
past few days, has been followed by Gov.
Cox’s withdrawal, so it would not be prac
ticable to continue a committee there
after to-day, on which the minority were
represented, and, therefore, unless the com
mittee thought otherwise, he should instruct
the sub-committee to suspend their sittings
in New Orleans, but as this withdrawal of
Gov. Cox would prevent the committee from
taking some of the evidence which Gen.
Butler had requested should be taken,
he therefore laid the matter before
the committee. General Butler said that
some of the evidence he wished was so im
portant that he should now Lave to ask
that witnesses be summoned hore. It was
agreed that the sub-committee should
suspend its sittings.
FATAL AFFRAY.
Nashville, July 24.—Iu an affray this
morning between Sam Hicks and Edwin,
Nathaniel, Jere and Jones Baxter, sons of
Judge Nathaniel Baxter, Democratic nomi
nee for re-election as Judge of the Circuit
Court, Hicks and Jones Baxter were fatally
shot. The former received several shots
from the Baxters, and his skull was frac
tured in two places by blow’s from
the muzzle of a pistol in the hands of one
of them. Jones Baxter received one shot
near the heart, and from some party un
known. Hicks expired in a few minutes
and Jones Baxter lived scarcely an
hour. Jere Baxter received a slight
wound in the hand and Nat Baxter
in the foot. A negro girl thirteen
years of age, was struck in the thigh by a
stray shot, inflicting a painful but not fatal
wound. The affray grew out of a remark
derogatory to the character of the father of
the Baxters by Hicks in a speech at a meet
ing of candidates for county offices on an
Independent ticket the evening previous.
The Baxters gave bond in 820,000 for their
appearance next Monday w eek.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal Observer,
Washington, D. C., July 24.—Indications
for Thursday:
In 4h£ South Atlantic States, partly
cloudy weather, possibly occasional showers,
variable winds, mostly easterly, stationary’
pressure and temperature.
Iu the Middle Atlantic States, clear or
partly cloudy weather, light variable winds,
stationary temperature and stationary or
falling barometer.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weather,
occasional showers, variable winds, mostly
southerly, stationary pressure and tempera
ture.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,
warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather, light
variable w’inds and falling barometer*
RETURN OF THE AZOR.
Charleston, July 24.—The Liberian emi
grant bark Azor arrived here to-day, having
left Monrovia June 18th. Sfie brings fifteen
colored persons sent out last winter by tbe
American Colonization Society, and Mr.
Williams, the News ami Courier correspond
ent.
The emigrants carried to Monrovia by the
Azor were being cared for at last accounts
by the Liberian Government. The Azor will
probably take out another ship load of emi
grants next month.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AD
JOURNED.
Galveston, July 24.—A News special
from Austin says; ' The Democratic Con
vention to-day nominated Win. M. Walsh
for Commissioner General of the Land
Office, thus completing the State ticket.
Jt adopted resolutions endorsing Governor
Hubbard, and adjourned sine die. Perfect
harmony existed during the closing hours
of the convention.”
REPORT DENIED.
Nhw York, July 24.—The Pacific Mail
Steamship Company’s officials state that
there is no truth iu the report that the City
of Tokio is overdue.
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, July 24.—The Pteayune
publishes a statement that fourteen cases of
yellow fever have occurred, seven of which
were fatal. The Board of Health hope to
check the spread of the disease.
There were two fatal sunstrokes to-day.
The Ice ring here have raised the price
from $25 to 800 per ton.
ITALIAN DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST AUSTRIA.
Rome, July 24.—The Radical journal La
Capitale protests warmly against the demon
stration against Austria and in favor of an
nexation, and says that the promoters of the
agitation are known to be enemies of Italy
and of the present government.
SALE OF SILVER TO THE GOVERNMENT.
San Francisco, July 24.—The Nevada
Bank has sold one million ounces of fine
silver to the government, payable in stand
ard dollars, to be delivered immediately, in
equal quantities, at San Francisco and Car-
son mints.
NATIONALS’ CONVENTION.
Indianapolis, July 24.—The Nationals
held Congressional conventions in the Sev
enth and Eighth districts to-day. In the
former, Rev. Gilbert de La Mottyr, of this
city, and in the latter, Henry A. White, of
Vermillion county, were nominated.
Anti-Chinese Devices.
The supervisors of San Francisco have
given notice that no bids will be enter
tained for any city supplies made in
whole or iu part by China labor. A con
tractor's bid for a large quantity of bricks
was twenty-five per cent, below all oth
ers, but it is rejected because the seller
declined to insert the China prohibition.
The celebrated Mission Woolen Mills’
bid to furnish blue cloth for police uni
forms is rejected on the same grounds.
The Jesuits advertised for seven million
of bricks for a church, college and nu
merous adjacent buildings. The offer of
the Chinese brickmakers, being lowest,
was accepted. Immediately the popular
pressure was put On, and finally the con-
tract was transferred to a company of
Caucasians. This will probably oblige
tbe large yard to discharge its Chinamen.
Measures of this kind are becoming gen
eral.and tbe hope is expressed that by such
means tbe Chinamen will be driven to
the Atlantic States, which, it is held,
need experience of this kind to enable
them to judge of the nuisance. Mean
time news comes of increasing famine in
China, forcing a resistless flood of emi
gration in whatever direction the
starving hordes can conquer room for
life. Mormons are discussing the pro
babilities of successful recruiting among
tbe disbanded Chinese laborers. Tbe
question of Mormon religion is not con
sidered. It is decided that if all else be
made satisfactory, Mongolian faith is in
different to all religions, and apparent
acceptation and cold conformity will be
accorded. Meantime San Francisco is
opening up a new vent to its excess of
Mongolese.by shipping them to Peru
This may not be coolie traffic, but it is a
wonderful relief, as far as it goes, to tbe
popular feeling on the Pacific coast.
Miseries of Politics.—A Washington
letter says: “Tbe Republican Congres
sional Committee seem to be getting on
pretty well under the management of
Secretary Gorham. Mr. Waddell, a
clerk in tbe Treasury Department (a
brother of the commander of the Shen
andoah), refused to contribute to the
committee, saying be was a Democrat
and would not help to buy a club to
break his own bead. He was discharged,
although bis immediate chief, tbe Sixth
Auditor, said be was a good clerk. Wad-
dell’s friends say there was no cause ex
cept bis refusal to pay bis assessment.
A similar case has happened in tbe Post
Office Department. A Postmaster named
Dickens, in a small town in Maryland or
Virginia, returned tbe committee circu
lars with an intemperate letter, saj-ing
be would contribute something to pay
tbe funeral expenses of tbe Republican
party, hoping at tbe same time that tbe
death would be easy in 1880. This letter
was sent to Postmaster General Key, anil
be at once ordered the special agent to
report a good man to succeed Dickens. ”
A Word to the Democracy of the
First Congressional District.
Editor Morning News: The approaching
Congressional canvass is engaging the at
tention of the Democracy of the First dis
trict, and your readers are now interested
in every article throwing light on the
subject.
As a life-long Democrat and unwavering
supporter of the party organization I beg to
offer a few suggestions. As now situated
we want no tyro in politics. No man who
lacks practical experience in legislation
will fill the bill. The next Congress will
be a very important one. Our Represen
tative in it should possess parliamen
tary experience, the first order of
talent and unquestioned and established
reputation as an orator and a debater. Our
Representative for. four years past possesses
all these important and necessary qualifica
tions. It is no disparagement to the other
excellent and talented gentlemen who are
mentioned in connection with the posi
tion to say that in these respects he ranks
them all.
While Messrs. Harris, Niuholls and Black
have each been able and valuable members
of the General Assembly of the State, and
are good speakers and ready debaters, none
of them possess such ability or ex
perience as the Hon. Julian Hartridge.
Judge Tompkins, who is also mentioned, is
without any legislative experience, and
while he has friends and admirers who com
plimont him as an occupant of the bench
the most ardent of them will hardly claim
for him ability as a speaker, an orator or
debater. The country now needs the ser
vices of Mr. Hartridge. The honors which
have been heaped upon him in the past
have added to his distinguished ability and
qualified him for the discharge of present
duties. He has served his apprenticeship
and is now master of his profession.
While he has none of the arts of
_ demagogue, and has never striven
to ingratiate himself into the favor of the
people by doubtful means and tricks, he is
to-aav upon his personal merits and ability
the strongest man in the district, and the
very one we need as our next Representa
tive. It is much to be regretted that he has
declined to enter the canvass, and it is to be
hoped that the circumstances which have
induced this determination may change be
fore the nomination comes off, both for the
good of the party aqd the country.
The writer does not know the causes
which impelled him to decline, but, unless
insuperable, they should be removed and he
be his own successor. If he cannot be in
duced to accept the nomination, then no
man from Chatham will be the next Repre
sentative, and it may be unwise and disas
trous to press the name of another. If one
is bv any sort of manipulation, selected,
who does pot possess the qualifications which
Mr. Hartridge undeniably does, then there
will be dissatisfaction and probable discord
among the voters on the other side of the
Altamaha, and those in Burke, Scriven and
the upper tier of counties of the district.
They feel if Mr. Hartridge is out of the way
that they have the right to name the man
from among their representative men, and
will hardly abide a different selection.
Being somewhat acquainted with their
views and feelings, I am satisfied they would
acquiesce in the nomination of Mr. Hart
ridge and heartily support and triumphantly
elect him. Then let the Democracy of Chat
ham, and of the entire district, command
his services, with confidence that he could
not refuse obedience to their call.
Appling.
mmusments.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
VOLUNTEER AMATEUR PERFORMANCE
I OR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Republican Blues Armory Fund
The Washington Star says those who
_e eagerly predicting a war with Mexico
assert that within the ensuing ten days
General Ord’s forces will make a demon
stration across the Rio Grande, Which
very materially shape warlike events.
will
A Bloody-Minded Peace Officer.—
In Allendale, S. C., on Tuesday, an al
tercation occurred between Town
Marshal E. M. Williams and E. R. Allen.
Words of dispute sqou grew into violent
language, and Williams drew his pistol
and shot Allen in the tight side, the ball
coming out at the back under the shoul
der. Williams fired a second shot, which
struck Judge J. S. Mixon, who was
standing near by, inflicting a slight flesh
wound in the right side. Allen was re
moved to his home for the purpose of
receiving medical attendance, and is not
expected to live. Williams has not been
arrested.
THIHSDAY EVENING. JULY 25
E VERYTHING new. Laughing Comedies.
Quartette by our Popular Amateurs.
Song and Dance and the famous R. R. Quar
tette and Brannagan's Band.
General admission *»0 cents
Familv circle 25 cents.
Gallery — 15 cents.
No extra charge for reserved seats at Frank
Molina's. •
Doors open at 7J4 p. m.: performance com
mences at 8*4.
For further particulars, see small bills.
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Itfu: Advcrttsimfnts,
EXCURSION
Tybee and BMM Bails
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Bethesda Orphans’ Home.
r pHE steamer DICTATOR will make an ex
1 cursion as above on WEDNESDAY, July
31st, leaving wharf foot of Drayton street, at
9:30 a. m. Returning will leave Tybee at 6 p. m.
Tickets 50 cents: children and servants half
price.
Tickets can be procured at Dr. O. Butler's
Drug Store, corner Congress and Bull streets.
Mr. S. P. Hamilton's Jewelry Store, corner Con
gress and Whitaker; Estill's News Depot. 27
Bull street, and at the Morning News office, 3
Whitaker street. -jy25-N«STel,td
^WING to the advance in price of ice, for the
future Ice Cream will be 25 cents per plate,
io cents per quart, at
jy25-2t NOBLE'S GARDEN
AN ORDINANCE
TO COMPROMISE THE BONDED DEBT OF THE CITY
OF SAVANNAH; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUE OF
NEW BONDS WITH WHICH TO REDEEM THOSE OUT
STANDING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A SINKING FUND FOR THE REDEMPTION OF
THE OUTSTANDING BONDS OF SAID CITY; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Whereas, Holders of the bonds and coupons
of the city of Savannah to the amount of $1,-
0 )o,000 have united in the following proposition
for a compromise thereof, to-wit:
1. To receive in exchange for the present
bonds new bonds for same amounts, having
th rty years to run from the first day of Feb
ruary, 1879, with quarterly coupons for interest
at five per cent, per annum, all of which bonds
and coupons shall be exempt from taxation
and be received by the city, as they mature, at
their face value a* cash, for all taxes and debts
of every description (due aad to become due)
to the city, or paid in cash, at the option of the
holder.
2. To receive in full pay nent of all interest
and coupons (and fractional parts thereof) to
February 1, 1879, fifty-eight (56) per cent, of
their face value, at which iates they are to be
received for one-half of any tax or debt due the
city, and paid in cash, in the order of their ma
turity, as rapidly as practicable, until June 1.
1879, and after that date on presentation.
3. That the new issue of bonds shall be regis
tered (at the option of their holders) by the City
Treasurer, after which reg stration they shall
only be transferable by endorsement.
4. That the city procure authority from the
State for the new issue of bonds and for the
appointment of Sinking Fund Commissioners,
with same qualifications, conditions and restric-
ti ins as provided for in Ordinance of March 6.
1878, except that the sinking fund to be set
aside shall not be less than ten th ;usand dol
lars per annum for the first five years, twenty-
five thousand dollars per annum for the suc
ceeding ten years, and forty thousand dollars
per annum for the succeeding years, until all of
the new issue of bonds and bonds (.if any) issued
in renewal thereof shall be fully satisfied.
5. That all bonds for which this compromise
is accepted be starapted m accordance with
terms hereof; and until holders representing
one-half of all bonds now 01 ^standing join in set
tlement herein proposed, the same shall not be
binding beyond July 1, 1881-, on which day, un
less one-half of the holders shall agree to this
settlement, those who have agreed shall be re
lieved from the same;
And as there is reason to believe that the
proposition will be accepted by all, or nearly
all, of those holding the bonds and coupons of
said city: and
Whereas, Since the passage of the Ordi
nance of March 6th, 1878, the assessors of real
estate have made their report, showing a
greater amount of taxable property than had
been anticipated, thus making it possible for
the citv to accept the above recited proposi
tion or the holders of bonds and coupons; there
fore
Section I. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah, in Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the
authority of the same. That the foregoing
proposition from the holders of bonds ana cou
pons of the city of :3avannah to compromise
said bonds and coupons, be and the same is
hereby accepted, and the said compromise is
hereby specifically offered to the holders of the
outstanding bonds and coujxms of said city,
upon the terms and conditions set forth in said
oner of compromise, and herein.
Section II. And it is hereby further or
dained by the authority of the same, That the
said Mayor and Aldermen shall petition the
Legislature of Georgia, so soon as such legisla
tion can be by law obtained, for authority
to issue for exchange, and to ex
change, new bonds under the pro
visions of this Ordinance, of the same face
value, for any and all of the outstanding ma
tured an-1 maturing bonds of said city, at the
option of the holders thereof, after such bonds
shall have been stamped, as hereinafter pro
vided ; which said new bonds shall become due
and payable thirty years from and after the
1st day of February, 1879, and shall bear inter
est coupons, payable quarterly, at the rate of
five percentum (5 per cent.) per annum; and
each of said new bonds, before it is exchanged
by the said city, shall be registered in the office
of the City Treasurer, and shall have certified
thereon by a majority of ihe Sinking Fund
Commission hereinafter provided for, that all
conditions 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 may also be reg
istered, at the option of the holder, after being
exchanged, in the office of the City Treasurer,
which registration shall be certified thereon by
said City Treasurer, after which said bond shall
be transferable only by endorsement by the
said registered holder to the transferee, unless
the last person in whose name it is so registered
shall transfer and assign it to the 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, and as such reduced rates of in
terest are made for the purpose of being, and
are considered by said corporate authorities as,
the equivalent of any and all taxes which the
said corporate authorities might otherwise
hereinafter levy upon such new bonds and
coupons, such new bonds and coupons shall
never be taxed by said city.
Section HI. And it is nereby further or
dained by the authority of the same. That the
said Mayor and Aldermen shall also petition
the Legislature of Georgia, so soon as such
legislation can be by law obtained, for authority
to create a sinking fund for the payment of
such new bonds and also a commission of free
holders, to be known as the Sinking Fund Com
mission, to consist of five persons, each of
whom shall be the owner, in nis 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
Assessors; and no Mayor. Alderman, or other
city officer, shall be eligible to serve upon said
commission; and when any member of said
commission shall qualify as an officer of said
city, he shall immediately cease to be a mem
ber of said commission. The five original mem
bers of said commission shall be elected by the
Mayor and Aldermen of said city at the second
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 commission
so elected, as well as his successors, shall be
sworn to faithfully perform the duties of the
position, and sliall serve for ten years, and un
til his successor is elected in the same manner
and for a similar term of years, and qualified,
unless he be sooner removed as hereinafter
provided. 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 the courts having jurisdic
tion, at any time when there shall be a failure
to act in good faith on the part of the Mayor
and Aldermen for the time being; and, after it
is organized, shall have power to fill all vacan
cies m its body, whether caused by death, resig
nation or otherwise, by a majority vote of those
acting, 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 con
sequence of a tie vote, or from any other cause,
they are unable, or shall fail, to fill any va
cancy or vacancies at the first regular or
special meeting of their body after such va
cancy or vacancies shall occur, their presiding
officer shall certify such fact to Council at its
next regular or special meeting thereafter, and
Ckmncil shall, at such meeting, proceed to fill
such vacancy or vacancies in the same manner
that it elected the original members.
Section IV. And it is hereby further or
dained by the authority of the same. That im
mediately 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 new bonds, and shall set apart
so much of its most fixed sources of revenue gs
shall yield with the greatest cynainty at least
ten thousand dollars i$10,G0U) for each of the first
succeeding five years; twenty-five thousand
dollars (*25,0001 for each of the next succeeding
ten years; and forty thousand dollars (§40,000)
for the succeeding years, until all the new issue
of bonds and bonds issued in renewal thereof
(if any be so issued) shall be fully paid and
satisfied; and the same shall be paid in quar
terly payments by the Treasurer of said city to
the said Sinking Fund Commission, commenc
ing the first day of February, 1879, who shall
apply the same to the purchase of any of the
outstanding bonds of said city, at the ruling
market rates, and shall cancel each bond so
Section V. And it is hereby further ordained
by the authority of the same, Tha it be prayed
or the Legislature to make it lawful for the
Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham coun
ty in hs discretion, on the application of the
Mayor and Aldermen, to remove any member
or members of ►aid commission before his or
their term of office expires, and to appoint, for
the unexpired term, a commissioner or com
missioners, in his or their stead having the
qualifications hereinbefore set forth.
Section VI. And it is hereby further ordained
by the authority of the same That.until bond-
holders representing two millions five hundred
thousand dollars (§2.500.000) face value of the
outstanding bonds of said city shall have ac
cepted the said offer of compromise, and such
bonds to that amount shall have been stamped
as hereinafter provided, the acceptance of those
representing any number less than such two
millions five hundred thousand dollars (§’~,5UU, :
mulions five hundred thousand
000) in face value shall not be binding beyond
the first day of July, 1880, on which day. unless
bondholders to said amount of two million five
hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) shall have
agreed to this settlement, those who have so
agreed shall be relieved from the same: and
further, that no new bonds shall be exchanged
for old bonds until bondholders representing
said two million five hundred thousand dollars
($2,500,000) shall have accepted the compro
mise.
Section VH. And it is hereby further or
dained by the authority of the same. That
upon each bond, and the coupons thereto at
tached,or appertaining, presented bv such bond
holders as accept this compromise, unless they
be redeemed by said new bonds, shall be
stamped, printed, or written respectively: “In
pursuance of tbe compromise settlement pro
posed by the holders of bonds and coupons of
the city of Savannah, and accepted by the
Mayor and Aldermen of said city, as set forth
in an Ordinance passed ——, 1878, which j
Ordinance is made a part of this contract, and
which compromse settlement is accepted and
agreed to by the holder of this bond upon the
condition that, in consideration of the reduc
tion of interest allowed by him, and which is
mutually agreed to be the equivalent of any
taxes which said Mayor and Aldermen might
otherwise hereafter levy thereon, 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
E ayment of the coupons and fractions thereof,
Hereto appertaining, and so stamped, fifty-
eight per centum (58 per cent.) of their face
value, to February 1st. 1879, and after that date
five-sevenths (5-7) of their face value, in terms
of the offer or compromise made by the bond
holders and forming the basis of’ this Ordi
nance: and this agreement stamped hereon
shall lie prooLpf acceptance of said compro
mise settlemOTl by the holder, by receiving
interest thereunder, and of part performance
by the city," which sliall he signed and dated
by the Treasurer of said city.
And upon coupons due to and including Feb
ruary 1st, 1879; “subject to agreement stamped
on bond; value 58-100 of face;” and upon cou
pons to become due after that date; “subject
to agreement stamped on bond; value 5-7 of
face;” in terms of the offer of compromise
made by the bondholders and forming the basis
of this Ordinance. And when old bonds are
matured, or without coupons for the full period
of thirty (30) years, the city shall, at the option
of the holder, either furnish coupons for the
whole, or a part of said thirty years, as may be
required, or pay the interest which would be
due under the said compromise, stamping upon
the bonds the amount of interest so paid.
Section VHL And it is hereby further or
dained by the authority of the same. That
all bonds hitherto stamped under the provis
ions of the Ordinance of March fi, 1878, shall be,
and they are, entitled to the privileges and ad
vantages herein set forth, as to principal and
interest, without further stamping, unless de
sired by the holders thereof.
Section IX. And it is hereby further ordained
by the authority of the same, That all coupons
so stamped under the Ordinance of March 6,
1878. or this Ordinance, shall, when due, be by
the city paid in currency, or received as cur
rency in payment of taxes and all other dues
to the city, at their compromise face value as
now provided by Ordinance. And further.tbat
all bonds stamped as above provided shall 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 lots
heretofore sold by said city, and commonly
known as “ground rent lots.”
Section X. And it is hereby further or
dained by the authority of the same, That
the coupons on the new bonds herein provided
for shall be received and treated as cash by
the said city as they mature.
Section XI. And it is hereby further or
dained by the authority of the same. That the
said Ordinance passed March 6, 1878 (except so
much of it as is embodied herein), and all other
< irdinances and parts of Ordinances conflicting
with this Ordinance, be and the same are here
by repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council July 24, 1878.
JOHN F. WHEATON,
Attest: Mayer.
Frank E. Rebaker,
Clerk of Council. jy25-tf
Personal.
PERSONAL.—Tbe public will nnq lt ~
Interest in buying one of "SIMMova. J* 1 *'
AIR REFRIGERATORS," for whHi I DS ?
a^ent in this city. I have also on haLf?, •*
stock of every land of Summer Good. 1 **»
»«gpectfany, a w^u®,
1!f - Broughtons^,
mySJ-tl
Mantra.
IU ANTED, a Cook and Washer
* ▼ corner Gordon and Whitaker stg w
JJEIRS WANTED—TEXAS
jys-n
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persons who lost relatives in the tI?
octlO-tf
r aimafc,f£
3Soardiufl.
YEW YORK Boarding. 33 Fifth ATf*mTU~
gant residence: JS per day, $10 per *Sf
with desirable rooms. my9-Th£M 4a
.for Salt.
JjK>R SALE, a large Ice Box (dry air)
do for a grocer or butcher. "Ennui
4I7ES GARi EX «
NOBLE'S GARi EN
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|jX)R SALE, thre e Show Window Sashes ann
.T one Glass Door (second hand
one Glass Door (second hand
G. H. REMSHART. Bay street. jy?ltf°
B U Y your TEA and COFFEE
Buy
Buy your TEA and COFFEE.
Buy your TEA and COFFEE,
AT C. S. LEDLlE’s,
jy30-5t 159 Congress street. Market Square
I X)R SALE.—Designs forFumrals.\Ved<wT
etc , made to order. Fresh Cut Flowed
daily, at GEO. WAGNER'S.
jyii-tf
IjX>R SALE, two LITHOGRAPHIC I’RESNVs
JT and lot of LITHOGRAPHIC STONES aS
ply to J. H. EST1LL, 3 Whitaker street. — ^
je23-tf
So Sent.
t'OR RENT. Brick Ho.rie. two stories
r basement, northwest corner Lincoln anc
Taylor streets, containing ten rooms in all
Bath room and water in house. Terms reason
able. Apply next door. jvS-tf
RENT, from October 1st, Store So. 11-
Broilglllon street, at present occupied be
I. S. Davidson as a shoe store. Apple to H
G. GAXAHL. at Col. C. H. Olmstead s. 120 Bat
street. jy*-3t£Tellt'
rpo RENT, Dwelling House No. 15, on Lin, ,, „
JL street. Apply to D. O'CONNOR. Con
gress street. jy23-Tu.Th,8,Md:W5t
Railroad Schedules.
Const Line itailroad.
SCHEDULE FOR JULY.
TTTEEK DAYS—Cars leave city daily at ? !
▼ f and 10:35 a. m., 3:35, 5 and 0:45 p. m. Leave
Thunderbolt 6:00 and 8:00 a. m., 12:50 ti and
c :4o p. m.
Passengers for Schuetzen Park take the 10-35
m., 3:35 or 5 p. u. cars.
Saturday nights last car leaves city at 8 15
o’clock.
SUNDAYS—Cars leave city 10:35 a. m 12 m
and every HALF HOUR in afternoon from
3 until 5:30 o'clock. Leave Thunderbolt and
Schuetzen Park 11:10 a. m., 12:50 p. x. and every
HALF HOUR in afternoon from 3:30 until ?
o'clock. EDW. J. THOMAS,
jyl-tf General Agent.
'tRiUiurry.
A. R. ALT1AYER & CO.
Our Great Sale Still
in Full Blast.
Greater Reductions Than Ever,
^ ^UR immense Stock of MILLINERY and
purchased (and the coupons thereto attached),
and after such cancellation shall deliver it (and
them) to the said City Treasurer for such final
destruction as Council may direct. And when
said commission shall desire to purchase any of
said bonds, they shall call, by advertisement in
the offl(*al gazette of the city, or in such man
ner as the city makes public its official acts,
for proposals to furnish the same, and may
accept the proposal 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 con
sistent with economy; calling, after eaCh rejec
tion, for new bids; or they may, by unanimous
consent ot their body, buy such bonds in open
market, at ruling rates, without calling for
bids. Said Sinking Fund Commission shall
make an annual report to the said Mayor and
Aldermen of their work to December 31st, of
each year, which report shall be published
annually with the Mayor's report.
FANCY GOODS at a great sacrifice.
Special attractions offered in our large and
varied stock of untrimmed and trimmed HATS
THESE HOODS MUST BE SOLD.
We offer our finest Pedal. Milan and other
untrimmed HATS, that have been selling from
Si and upward, at 46c.
All untrimnied HATS of other braids, that
have been selling for 50c. to 65c., at the low rate
of 24c.
These goods, comprising all the latest and
most desirable shapes, we now offer without
reserve at the above low figures. Also corres
ponding reductions throughout our elegant
stock of Boys', Girls', Misses' and Infants'
Trimmed SAILORS' and other shapes.
TRIMMING SILKS, FLOWERS, OSTRICH
TIPS, VELVETS, SUMMER PLUSHES, ORNA
MENTS, in fact, everything appertaining to a
first-class millinery stock, at a sacrifice.
PARASOLS, PARASOLS,PARASOLS
Closing out sale of elegant, desirable goods.
Our elegant stock of PARASOLS for the next
thirty days at a reduction of 10 per cent.
CHILDRENS SUITS.
Pique, Cambric, Nainsook and Linen. The
largest stock South. Fifteen per cent, reduc
tion throughout this department. Elegant,
desirable goods.
Ladies are cordially invited to call and in
spect the above. We guarantee satisfaction.
FANS, FANS, FANS.
Of all descriptions and prices lower than
ever.
Embroideries, Embroideries.
New goods in this department daily received.
Popular prices.
LACES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Torchon, Valenciennes, Mechlin, Russian, Silk,
Blonde, and others in white, French, Chantilly,
Yak, Guipure and others in black. Largt^t
stock ever on sale in this city. Very low
figures.
NOTIONS of all descriptions.
CORSETS, CORSETS, CORSETS
New additions to this department at prices
within reach of all.
Hosiery, Hosiery, Hosiery.
GLOVES, GLOVES, GLOVES.
Complete stock constantly on hand. Every
thing necessary to a first-class stock. Prices,
we feel confident, at lowest ebb.
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
Special inducements offered in this depart
ment. The best unlaundried SHIRTS in the
South at 85c. We invite examination.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES.
In this department we feel assured we stand
second to none. A first-class stock constantly
on hand, manufactured by all the leading Phila-i
delphia and Baltimore houses. Attractive low
prices. In fact, throughout our large and varied
stock we make efforts to place prices within
reach of all. Favor us with a call and judge for
yourselves. Our motto is, ’’One prico, and that
price a low price.”
A. It. ALTMAYER&CO.
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135 BROUGHTON STREET.
BEFORE REMOVING TO
141 CONGRESS STREET.
I WILL OFFER
MY ENTIRE STOCK
Millinery Goods
GREAT BARGAINS!
—ALSO IX-
Dress Goods, Motions,
LADIES’ l ? XDEttWEAK.
Ladies, call and satisfy yourselves whether
or not you save money by giving me a call.
H. C. HOUSTON,
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129 CONGRESS STREET.
First Class Hotel for Rent.
T HE SCREVEN HOUSE, situated in the most
convenient and conspicuous- portion of the
city of Savannah. This well known Hotel will
be leased for a term of years to an approved
tenant. For terms apply to F. BUCHANAN,
No. 80 Bay street. Savannah. jy28-lm
fainting.
JOHN OLIVER'S
Paint and Oil Store.
STEAMBOAT,
RAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES.
SASHES, BLINDS,
Doors, Mouldings, &c.
NO. 5 WHITAKER STREET,
ap25-tf Savannah, Ga.
PAINTING
CHRIS. MURPHY,
House, Sign and Ornamental
PAINTING,
C A ILDINO, GRAINING, MARBLING, GLAZ-
T ING, PAPER HANGING. I am prepar» J
to offer estimates for painting of every descrip
t»on, and guarantee satisfaction. French,
American and English Window Glass, Gold
Ltaf, Bronze. Glazers' Diamonds. Machinery
Oils and Axle Grease, Step, Skylight and Build
ers’ Ladders. ap29-tf
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Glass, VarnJsbes, Ete.
A LSO, a full line of WALL PAPERS House,
il Sign and Ornamental Painting done with
neatness and dispatch, at prices to suit the
times.
NO. 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
Also, have on hand and for sale the best qua!
ity of GEORGIA LIME in any qu&utity.
mh25-ly
4Jarrfl (f orers.
PATENT
HINGED
HARREL
COVER.
FOR
CONVENIENCE THEY
OTHERS.
EXCEL ALL
EVERY FAMILY NEEDS ONE OR MORE.
Grocers Cannot Afford to be
Without Them.
For sale at
CROCKERY HOUSE
J A S .
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S. SILVA
TfUagadufS.
Magazines for August
ESTILL’S NEWS DEPOT,
27 BULL STREET.
Price.
LESLIE'S LADY'S MAGAZINE v“c
LESLIE’S POPULAR MONTHLY 30c
LESLIE S SUNDAY MAGAZINE . * 30c
DEMGREST'S MONTHLY : *c
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE «c
GODEY S LADY'S BOOK. 30c
YOUNG LADIES' JOURNAL 40c
HARPER'S MONTHLY 40c
SCRIBNER S MONTHLY 40c
APPLETON'S JOURNAL -«c
ATLANTIC MONTHLY 40c
ECLECTIC MAGAZINE 50c
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 50c
ST. NICHOLAS * 30c
Any of the above Magazines mailed on re
ceipt of price. jy24-tf
£egal Hotiffs.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS..
CTATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham Cou>~nr -
O Notice is hereby given to all persons^ hav
ing demands against JAMES L. FABIAN, late
of said county, deceased, to present them to
me, properly made out, within the time pre
scribed by law, so as to show their character
and amount: and all persons indebted to said
deceased are hereby required to make payment
to me.
July 8,1878.
ALEXANDER PRATT ADAMS,
Administrator of the estate James L. Fabian.
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L7TATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham County.
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_ PETER MCDONALD has applied for exemp
tion of personalty and setting apart and valua
tion of homestead, and I will^
same at 10 o'clock a. m. on
OF AUGUST, 1878, at my office.
July 13, 1878.
JOHN O. FERR1LL.
jyl5&25.2t Ordinary CX
£rmt.
PEACHES.
/CHOICE SOFT PEACHES received daily.
VS I
J and for sale at very reasonable prices.
Another invoice choice TENNESSEE BIT
TER just received at
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J. H. KILLOUGH S,
27 Barnard street-
WM. BITTIRFIELD & CO.,
34 Warren Street, N. V.
S HOE Machinery, Leather and Findings, Sow
Leather. Calfskins, Buff, Grain, Morocco
Calfkid and Sheepskins, French Kids. The best
Welt Leather, Drills, Buttons, Gorings, Booi
Webs, etc., etc. Quotations sent on appuca-
tion 34 WARREN STREET, corner Church
street, N. Y. jyl9-d£*lm