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Georgia Affairs.
The committee of investigation into the
Northeastern Railroad bond endorsement
generally express themselves as of the
opinion that the 6ecrecyof their proceedings
is wise, inasmuch as thereby business can be
the more readily dispatched. The committee
decided on secrecy, not because they have
anything to conceal in the matter, but
were fearful that their action might be ham
pered by the presence of a crowd. One of
them, Senator Troutman, said to a Constitu
tion reporter that there is no special objec
tion to the presence of representatives of
the press, but the committee is disposed to
exclude all the public. He thought the
press discussion of the matter had better
cease, as the committee would soon reach
conclusion, and give the whole matter to
the public.
The Klltj'ij Courier says that there is a
man in Gilmer county forty-six years old
and six feet high who only weighs ninety-
six pounte? also a boy eleven years old who
weighs one hundred and fifteen pounds.
One laughs and grows poor, the other
laughs and grows fat.
A new species of fowl is about to be in
troduced into the world. According to the
Rome Courier, a saloon keeper of that city
has a specimen of this wonder of the feath
ered kingdom. It is described as realty
beautiful, having the motions of a turkey
and the feathers of a guinea. It was raised
near Arabersonville, Alabama, and was
hatched from the egg of a guinea hen,
which went wild and ran with a flock of wild
turkeys.
Sam Smith, a colored brakeman on the
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad, who lived
in Rome, was instantly killed last Friday at
Patona, Ala., by being run over by a car.
“He was,” says the Courier, “engaged in
coupling or uncoupling two cars of a train,
and made a misstep and fell, with his neck
across the rail. The wheel of the car sev
ered his head from his body.”
Says the Bulloch Neica: “We do not ex
pect to vote for any candidate for county
office who does not patronize us by taking
the JVVu» and by advertising iu the same.”
Now that’s what we call bulldozing, pure
and simple.
The Cedar Creek correspondent of the
Newnan Herald advances an origiu&l idea.
He thinks it isn’t fair for the poor white
man to pay a poll tax to be applied to the
education of negro children, while the ma
jority of tbe negroes iu Georgia pay no such
tax at all. He thiuks the white poll tax
should be applied to the education of white
children, ami the colored poll tax to the
education of colored children, and all would
be just.
The liquor dealers of Augusta have held
a meeting and adopted a resolution calling
upon their brethren of Columbus, Atlanta
and Macon to unite with them in opposition
to the Moffett punch bill.
A day or two ago we published, bj’ tele
graph, news of the murder of a sou by his
father iu Columbia county. From the Au
gusta Eedt-inq Sentinel we clip the following
details of the crime: “From Sheriff Ivey
and Justice Squires, of Columbia county,
we learn that a horrible murder occurred on
Uchee creek, iu that county, early yesterday
morning. A young negro named Harry
McSees was on his way to his wife’s house,
about daybreak, and had just crossed a
white oak log over the creek, when he was
shot and instantly killed by some one in
ambush. When the body was discovered it
was tying on the ground. The hall, which
was evidently shot from a musket, had en
tered the back of the uufortuate man’s
head and crashed through the skull, coin-
iug out in front and tearing the face in a
fearful manner. Braius were scattered
.along the ground for a distance of twenty
feet and spattered against the trunk
of a large tree that far off
from the body. An inquest was held
and the jury returned a verdict to the effect
that the deceased caine to his death from a
gunshot wound inflicted by a ball from a
gun in the hands of Ileury McSees, alias
Henry Cantelo, the father of Harry Me-
iSees. It appears that last April old McSees’
house was broken open and some articles
stolen. He charged that the burglary had
been committed by his son, and had him
arrested and uarried before J ustice Squires.
There was no evidence, however, to au
thorize the commitment of the accused, and
he was accordingly discharged. Old Mc
Sees was furious at the result, and has
borne a grudge agaiust his sou ever sinte.
It is supposed that he secreted himself iu
the bushes near the erossiug at the creek
and deliberately shot Harry when he got
over, lie must have beenveiy cloaeto him,
as the wad of the gun was not far Iron* the
body. Old Metises fled and bad not been
captured up to last evening.”
S;vaiusboro Herald: “Mr. J. J. Moring let
off the water from his mill pond, near this
place, oo Friday morning last, and nearly
every iu our town went out to catch
the tinny inhabitants. It is estimated that
from Friday to Saturday night near one
thousand pounds of line fish were caught,
and still the work of destruction goes on.
Mr. J. A. Coleman killed, with a cljot-guu
loaded with squirrel shot, a trout that
measured twenty-seven inches iu length,
twenty inches around the body and six
inches across the mouth, when open, and
weighed eighteen and a half pounds. He
was not dead two hours and a half afUr he
was shot and taken from the water."
Speaking of the reported sale of the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad, the Bruns
wick Advertiser says: “Some of our ex
changes seem to know more of the sale of
the above road than the officers themselves.
They persist iu publishing that the road is
actually sold, stating how much money has
been paid, and who are the new officers,
Newuan Herald: “It was rumored on our
streets a few days since that Lieut. Oscar
Brown, a young man formerly of this place,
who graduated at West Point, X. Y., in the
summer of 1877, and who is now at Camp
Halleck, Wyoming Territory, had shot and
killed bis Captain, and for which offense he
was to be shot. This created quite a sensa
tion iu our city, for Oscar bad lived several
years here, and was a great favorite with all
who knew him, and of course much interest
was felt among his host of friends concern
ing this report. A dispatch was immediately
sent to the Colonel of his regiment, and we
are glad to say that the reply of said officer
contradicted the slanderous report—said it
was false, and was without any foundation
whatever.”
A correspondent of the Augusta -Vries,
writing from Atlanta in regard to the case
of Julia Johnson, the Clayton county mur
deress, says: “The case of Julia Johnson,
charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary
Farmer, an aged lady, aud her daughter,
uear Morrow station on tbe 18th of Septem
ber, came up at the special term in Jones
boro yesterday. The State is represented
by Solicitor Hill, Col. Jno. D. Stewart, John
L. Doyal, Mr. Christian and another. The
defendant is represented by Mr. Richard F.
Jeffries. When tbe prisoner was carried
down from Fulton county jail a guard of
six accompanied to prevent her being
lynched. A son of Mrs. Farmer, at Mor
row, says he will kill her, aud the people
of Clayton county are very much
excited about the matter. It was
intense yesterday, and there were
twelve or fifteen hundred people there
to hear the case. Mr. Jeffries made a mo
tion, and upon it a long argument was had
to have the case postponed on account of
the excitement, and because she could not
have a fair aud impartial trial. Judge Hill
yer kindly continued the case until the first
Monday in December because the crowd
looked too threatening. The prisoner had
to be hurried off to Griffiu on the afternoon
train. In this case the venue will have to
be changed.”
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Twelfth Day’* Proceeding* House
Kceounlder* Action on Judicial
t’ireult*—Pa**e* Local Legislation
IS ill — Licet* r.ordcn Senator—Sen
ate Refuses to Iteeon*lder as to
Judge* to be Elected-(Jordon (AJs
all the Votes for Senator—Kepbrt
ol State Military Board Presented.
Special Correspondence or the Homing News.
Atlanta, November 19.—Mr. King, of
Floyd, moved that the action of the House
on yesterday in regard to the bill reducing
judicial circuits be reconsidered.
Mr. Sheffield, of Miller, moved to table
the proposition, but his motion was lo6t—
yeas 71, nays 80, and reconsideration was
granted—yeas 81, nays 70.
The call of counties, interrupted by ad
journment yesterday, was resumed aud a
number of new bills were read the first time.
Mr. Ivy, of Ware—A bill iu regard to la
bours’ liens.
Mr. Barksdale, of Warren—A bill repeal
ing act requiring the Commissioner of Ag
riculture to publish agricultural statistics.
Mr. Brantley, of Washington—A bill to
carry into effect paragraph 1, section 9, ar
ticle 6, to abolish County Courts; also, a
bill providing compensation for the Ordi
nary of Washington county.
Mr. Hanks, of Whitfield—A bill to prevent
lobbying as a crime.
Mr. Jordan, of Wilkes—A bill to carry
into effect paragraph 1, section 2, article 7,
of the new constitution—the dog law pro
vision.
Mr. Williams, of Columbia—A l»»” to
make effective paragraph 2, section (J, article
7, new constitution: also, a bill to prevent offi
cers of the State from receiving any fee or
reward for services, also, a bill to carry into
effect paragraph 1, section b, a* t;/*le 7, of new
constitution, preventing State officers from
using public money for loans.
Mr. Johnson, of Clay—A bill providing
payment to physician who makes autop*}
at Coroner’s inquest.
Mr. Yancey, of Clarke, desired to baye
the Senate hill providing the manner of giv
ing uotice of application for local legisla
tion taken up aud read the second time.
The bill provides for thirty days’ notice in
a newspaper and the posting of the bill on
the court how si? door of the county.
The House Judiciary Committee amended
this billiu several points, auu ity. Wheeler,
of Walker, moved to strike out the clause
requiring notice to be printed in the paper
publishing Sheriff’s sales, and insert paper
having the largest gepgral circulation.
Mr. Cox, of Troup, offered asuuijgr amend
ment, embracing any paper of general eir,
culation. Mr. Duggar, of Fannin, desired
no notice in the paper, but a written one on
the court house door.
Mr. Turner, of Brooks, explained why
the Judiciary Committee were opposed to a
simple notice on a court house door.
Duggar replied, followed
Cook, of Pike, who advocated
paper publication
BY TELEGRAPH
NOON TELEGRAMS,
SATISFACTOHY REPORT OF THE
YELLOW FEVER COMMISSION.
Depressed Condition of Finnnees in
Prussia.
APPALLING DESTITUTION AMONGST
ENGLISH LABORERS.
Tile Ameer's Reply to the British
Ultimatum Received.
Deatli of a Millionaire.
REPORT OF THE YELLOW FEVER COMMISSION.
New' York, November 20.—The Yellow
Fever Commission, composed of Drs. Beilis,
Cochran and Howard, who, together with
Col. T. S. Hardee, Sanitary Engineer, havt
been investigating the epidemic iu all the
fever-stricken cities of the South, states
that a sufficient amount of testimony was
taken to justify the belief that the first case
in New Orleans, which occurred about the
mouth of June, was brought to the city by
conveyances as yet uukuown; also, that
their investigations and maps show that the
fever invariably tends to range itself in
groups of eases, in marked contrast with
the tendency of malanal fever, to occur in
separate aud disconnected cases.
They say in respect to the sanitary condi
tion of the towns visited: “We have to re
port the same character of neglect aud vio
lation of tbe laws of health common to all,
or nearly all, inland towns iu the United
States. These are: Neglect of drainage
inattention to deposits of fetid aud refusi
animal aud vegetable matter, aud inatten
tion to the purity of drinking water.”
• The commission unanimously agree in
stating the following facts in regard to
their investigation up to the present time,
reserving the right to introduce at any sub
sequent time sueh antagonistic facts as may
be discovered :
“First, we have not in a solitary instance
found a case of yellow fever which we
could justifiably consider as of de novo ori
gin, or indigenous to its locality. Second,
in respect to most of the various towns
which we visited, aud which were
points of the epidemic, the prevalence
of testimony showing importation, was
direct aud convincing iu its character.
Third, the transmission of yellow fever be
tween points separated by any considerable
distances, appeared to be wholly due to
human intercourse. In some instances,
the poison was carried in clothing or about
persons, or by people going from infected
districts; in other instances, it was
conveyed in such fomites as cotton bag
ging or other goods of the same description.
Fourth, the weight at testimony is very pro
nouueed agairi6i the further use of disin
fectauts. Physicians in infected towns, al
most without exception, state that they
are useless agents to arresfc tbe spread
of yellow fever, while some of them
are firm that their vapors are seriously
prejudicial to the sick. Fifth, personal
prophylactics, by means of drugs aud other
therapeutic means, have proved a constant
failure. A respectable number of phy
sieians think that the use of small doses of
quinine is of sonic use in prevention.
Sixth, quarantine, established with such a
degree of surveillance and rigor that non
intercourse is the result, ha^ effectively,
without exception, protected its subjects
from the attacks of yellow fever.”
DEPRESSED STATE OF PRUSSIAN FINANCES.
Mr.
by -Mr.
news-
After some dis
cussion ’as to other points, and a flood
of impracticable emendments, the
first section of the bill adopted, as
amended by Mr. Harris, of Bibb, that in
counties having no newspapers notice can
be posted on the court house door.
The hour of twelve o’clock having arrived,
tbe Speaker announced tbut t}je election of
I etc. This is all bosh. When, if ever, the
road is sold, we will very probably know it
here as quickly aslu the interior of tha State,
and the matter will be probably published;
until then tbe people of Georgia must wait
in patience, all* ‘reliable information’ to the
contrary notwithstanding.”
Cedar Creek correspondence of the New
nan Herald: “Air. Wm. Sewell in the year
1S73 took five hundred dollars iu gold and
placed it in a straw bed upon which he slept
every night. One day last week Air. Sewell
had occasion for some money and applied to
his straw bed, when to his great astonish
ment he found that his bed had been
robbed of four hundred aud twenty dollars.
Air. Sewell had not examined his money
since he first deposited it, and can’t tell
when tbe robbery took place. We don’t
know, but we think money is tbe poorest
and gives more trouble than any other spe
cies of property, aud this gold and silver
money afloat will be the cause of many old
sock aud straw bed robberies. Give us
greenbacks aud plenty of them, say we.”
Greenbacks are undoubtedly very good
things to have in the house, but why they
caunot be stolen out of old socks and straw-
beds as easily as gold and silver surpasses
our comprehension.
The following' sad accident is mentioned
by the Forest Xews: “A terrible accident
happened in the settlement near Randolph’s
store, in this county, last week, by which
Mr. J. D. Irwin lost a child, aged nine or
ten months, which was burned to death.
From the best information we can obtain,
the follow’lng are the correct circumstances:
It seems that the mother of the child left
it in charge of its little sister while she
went to the spring, and while gone the child
by some means got so close to the fire* that
its clothing caught. The little girl ran for
the mother at once, but before she could
get there the child was so badly burnt that
it died after a severe suffering of twelve
hours. This 6ad affair should be a warning
to mothers about this too common habit of
leaving children to take care of their little
ones, especially in the winter time, when
fires are necessary and open fireplaces are
used.”
I'uited States Senator was in order, and
Hon. H. G. Turner placed in nomination
“Hon. John B. Gordon, of DeKalb,” which
was the only nomination made.
The voting proceeded, aud every mem
ber except Born (absent) cast his ballot
for Gordon, uutil the name of Hon. R. II.
Cannon, of Bartow, was called, and his
ballot was cast for Hon. Herschel V. John
son, which was received with scattering
hisses from the crowded galleries and lobby.
Voting fpr Gordon continued (Gray aud
Jamison absent; until Il m. A. J. King, of
Floyd, added another ballot forex-Goveruor
Johnson. Then the solid Gordon vote went
on (Poppell absent; until Hon. J. C. Reese,
of Floyd, put in another Johnson hallo!,
followed immediately by Hon. George Rob
erts, of Cobb. When the name of Hon. H.
G. Sheffield, of Miller, was called, he arose
and said, fi i vote for the man who didn’t
make Hayes President- Hon. Wm. E. Smith,
of Dougherty,” which created quite 3 a tirin
all parts of the hall.
411 other ballots (Wilmot absent) were
cast for Gordon, making a total of 165,
with 4 for ex-Governor Johnson and 1 for
Congressman Smith. The resuit ivas greet
ed with general applause. Mrs. Gcrdou,
her sons and Airs. Hugh Gordon were iu the
gallery during the balloting.
The House resumed the consideration of
the local legislation bill, and after amend
ing other sections passed it. The Senate
will probably act upon the amendments to
morrow.
A. communication was received from the
Governor through Colonel I. W. Avery,
private secretary, but ru,t read. (It was the
report of the State Military Board.,
The Finance Committee reported in favor
pf printing the bell punch liquor bill of Mr.
Awny of Troup. Mr. Alston wanted bis
Moffett pui*ch hill printed also, but tbe
committee decided that Awtry’s was the
best.
The Senate declined to adopt Senator
Howell’s motion to reconsider tbe action in
regard to what Judges are to be elected.
Senator Lumpkin offered a resolution that
the public printing be hereafte* Jet cut to
the lowest bidder, as per new constitution.
Senator Russell introduced a bill for the
relief of Mrs. Harriet J. Griffin, of Decatur
county.
The report of the Military Board was sent
in by the Cioverno*, and referred to the Mili
tary Committee.
Bills were passed repealing sections iH an<J
17 of the act for the support of the govern
ment; equalizing taxation; fixing fiscal year
in October; and for sale of railroad.
The Senate confirmed the several County
Court Judges who had been appointed by
the Governor to fill out unexpired terms.
Tha election of United States Senator be
ing iu order, Senator J. B. Cumming. of
R chmond, nominated Hon. John B. Gordon,
who received all the votes (42) cast, Sena
tors Harrison and Holcombe being absent.
Chatham.
The survivor* of the six hundred who
rode in the famous charge at Balaklava
dined together at the Alexandria Palace
on the anniversary of the charge. No
public announcement was made for the
dinner. The chair was taken by Mr.
Loy Smith, (late Sergeant Major
Eleventh Hussars,) and upwards of
eighty survivors—including representa
tives of the Fourth, Eighth and Eleventh
Hussars, tbe Thirteenth Light Dragoons
and the Seventeenth Lancers—sat down.
Speeches were made, and the memory of
Lord Cardigan was drunk in solemn
silence. It was announced that the sur
vivors will meet every forthcoming an
niversary at Alexandria Palace.
A stranger in Montreal, being impor
tuned by a hackman, took a carriage and
bade the driver haste to a police station,
where he said he had business. The fare
entered the building and remained so
long that the cabman followed him to
make inquiries. He was pleased to dis
cover that his charterer had just obtained
a night’s lodging as a vagrant.
J.ondon, November 20.—At the opening
of the Prussian Parliament,yesterday. Count
Stolberg Wemi»ecrode, Vice Chancellor,
said that the government relkH qpou the
co-operation of the Chambers for the re
moval of the financial difficulties. “Last
y«.u’£ surplus,” he said, “will be almost
entirely requC^..! to cover the recent con
tributions of Prussia towards the German
exchequer. The interest on the public
debt, likewise, will be considerably in
creased, and there are other unavoid
able expenses. Luless our interests
are to be neglected,” he salR, “retrench
ment will be almost impossible. The influx
of large sum* from extraordinary sources
has ceased, while the ordinary and regular
revenue, suffering from the continued de
pression of trade, does not allow us to count
unon any sensible addition to the previous
fibu«c. The revenue is sufficient, to cover
the ordinary and tegular expenditures of
the State. The me*j6s ^e^qired to amend
this state of tilings are to be foilua iu iiges
mid imports handed over to the German
Exchequer Meanwhile, the current
pehditnres will Du> c *n be partly defrayed
by loans.”
The Tunes- Berlin dispatuu says Lfiat ike
deficit is stated to exceed 17,000,000 marks,
and but for the last remnant of the French
indemnity being distributed in 1876, it would
have occurred a year ago. It is mainly oc
casioned by the steady increase ol militarv
expenditures, accompanied by the decrease
of interest, taxes, and of the proceeds from
government railways, mines aud forests.
The exact figures of the deficit are still uu-
knovp but the total result strongly con
trasts with tha gratifying aspect of the
Prussian budget for so many years past.
appalling destitution.
London, November 20.—A state of ap
palling distress and destitution exists among
the mechanics and laborers of Sheffield in
consequence of the business aepf&osicu.
Hundreds are living in tenements without
clothing or furniture, which they have been
forced to sell to procure frjocJ. The}’ are
without fuel aud are dependent upon the
charity of their neighbors for subsistence.
The Mayor has called a public meeting to
devise measures of relief,
TUB AMEER’S REPLY TO THE HRITISH ULr
T1MATUM.
London, November 20.—The Central says;
“An important dispatch from India, which
we baye reason to believe is Shere Ali’s re
ply to the -V icero,> ’s ultimatum, was received
yesterday at the India office Jn London.
The Indian Council was immediately sum
moned and the result of the conference will
be laid before the Cabinet this afternoon/
DEATH OF A MILLIONAIRE.
pHiLADEi4.n;A, November 20.—Thomas
H. Powers, of the drug ji^aaufarturiug
house of Powers & Weigh im an, died this
morning. He was one of the wealthiest
men in the city, leaving property estimated
at $10,009,099 "
EVENING TELEGRAM?.
NOTES
FROM THE
CAPITAL.
NATIONAL
Sensational Reports of the Finding
of Stewart’s Body.
COOLNESS OF KING HUMBERT’S
3WOULD-BE ASSASSIN.
A Man Burned to Death at St. Paul,
Minnesota.
A Jealou* ©J»Io Woman’* Vengeance
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, November 20.—The annual
report of General O. O. Howard, command
ing the Department of the Columbia, has
been received at the War Department. He
gives a circumstantial account of the cam
paign against the hostile Indians last sum
mer, all of whom surrendered, except a
small number who escaped beyond the limits
of the department.
The sub-committee of the House Com
mittee on Expenditures in the State Depart
ment, which were to have resumed the tak
ing of testimony to-day concerning the in
vestigation of the Shauebai Consulate, aud
the charges' against Minister Seward, of
China, have postponed their meeting until
Tuesday next.
Chairman Springer being the only mem
bers present, the House Committee on Ap
propriations, w’hich were to have met this
week, are still without a quorum.
The Secretary of the Treasury is un
able to respond favorably to appeals for
readmission to this country, duty free, of
pictures sent hence to the Paris exhibition.
These pictures had paid customs duties
when first imported,and the owners find that
they cannot have them returned without
again paying duties.
A WRONGED WOMAN’S REVENGE.
Cincinnati, November 20.—A special
dispatch says: “Mrs. Catherine Stull, who
was suspected of the murder of the widow
Best at Port Washington last w'eek, was
v»*sterday arrested aud placed in jail. She
Fas confessed the crime. It seems
that her husband had been untrue
to her for many years, aDd had
been, it is alleged, criminally intimate
with Mrs. Best. The prisoner stated that
she sent a decoy letter on the night of the
murder, and then met her victim at a hay
stack on a hill, where, with a club, she beat
her to death. Mrs. Stull is the mother pf
seven children, one of whom, three months
old, she has in jail with her.”
A COOL ASSASSIN.
London, November 20.—A dispatch from
Rome to the Times says: “Passavante, the
would-be assassin of King Humbert, mani
fested the most perfect unconcern and as
surance while being examined. It is
evident that he had calmly meditated
the commission of the act and had
fully made up his mind to the con
sequences. Atone point in the examination,
when the magistrate expressed horror at the
deed which the prisoner had attempted, the
latter said, “It seems to me you are getting
too excited.” On being asked if he had
not observed that the people would have
torn him to pieces but for the police, he
replied, “The people are fools; they always
act that way.”
To a question whether* he had intended
to kill the King or merely to wound him,
he answered, “My intention was to finish
him.” He said that he was neither an In
ternationalist nor a Socialist, aud that he
did not know the meaning of those words,
but he failed to satisfactorily account for
an Internationalist work found in his posses
sion.
The King will confer the collar of the
Annunciata upon Signor Cairoli.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
| LETTER FROM OUR TRAVELING
CORRESPONDENT.
Ralnbrldge-Decatur County Fair—
Tl»e Opening Day—Proapect*.
Office of the Chief -i i.nai. Observer,
Washington, D. C., November *20.—Indica
tions for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic and East Gulf
States, partly cloudy weather, variable
winds, mostly southerly, stationary or higher
temperature and barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, parity
cloudy weather, occasional areas of light
rain, variable winds, mostly southerly, sta
tionary or higher temperature and barome
ter.
In the West Gulf States, partly cloudy
weather, rain areas, warm southerly winds
aud falling barometer, followed in Texas
by rising barometer and colder northerly
winds.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather, occasional light rain, warm
southwest veering to colder northwest winds
and generally higher pressure.
A MAN BURNED TO DEATn.
St. Paul, November20.—Yesterday morn
ing, Otto Montgomery, who is living at the
St. Paul House, attempted to commit sui
cide oy shooting himself, inflicting
severe wound in his head. His son,
about twenty years old, attended him
last night, and while standing
his father’s bedside, fainted from
exhaustion, and dropped the kerosene lamp
that he held in bis hand, which exploded,
setting fire to the bed. The father was
burned to a crisp, but the son revived and
rushed into the street, where his burning
clothes were extinguished after severe in
juries had been inflicted.
THE STEWART BODY STEALERS.
New York, November 20.—The Evening
Express states that it has received informa
tion from reliable sources that the remains
of Mr. Stewart are now in the possession of
the estate, aud their whereabouts
have been known to the police since
Monday evening last. It is known
to the authorities that the desecration of
the vault was planned and executed by five
persons, assisted by at least three others,
who were not aware of the character of the
crime they were committing, Four of the
five principals aroin custody, but the other
remains uncaptured.
tiii; finding of stewart’s body denied.
New York, November 20.— Late this
afternoon the Chief of Uolice stated that he
had no knowledge of the recovery of the
body of Stewart nor any clue to it. In
spector Murray was not to be found, but the
other officials united with the Superintend
ent in reiterating their opinion that the
stories appearing in certain afternoon papers
are purely sensational. The Superintendent
also says that Duffy, Breslin and Edwards,
who were arrested by headquarter detec
tives, are not suspected of any connection
with the Stewart robbery.
committee on army reorganization.
New York, November 20.—The joint
committee of both houses of Congress, com
posed of Senators Burnside, Butler and
Plumb, and Congressmen Banning, Strait,
White, Brag and Debrell, appointed to re-
C ort a plan for tbe reorganization of the
nited States army, are now in session at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, completing the
work which they began last summer at
White Sulphur Spring,. No publicity
whatever will be given to their "report before
its submission to Congress in January.
DEATH WARRANT READ.
Baltimore, November 20.—The warrant
for the execution of Alexander J>. Sayres,
Bainbridge, November 19.—Editor Hom
ing News: On Saturday last I bade adieu to
Thomasville, after a week of festivities
rarely ever excelled, and found myself at
8 p. m. in this beautiful little city. There
was quite a crowd aboard, and the night
was dark as Erebus. On our arrival
at the depot, fully a mile from the hotel,
there was no conveyance and no sons of Ham
to take charge of baggage. Such complaining
has not been heard in the streets for a long
time. Valises, shawls aud overcoats were a
burden grievous to be borne. Manfully we
shouldered them, and, as the old saw has it,
“fortune favors the brave,” for just
I led off into the darkness I stumbled upon
a little nigger struggling with two large
valises, but who insisted that he could carry
another, much to my relief. Others were
not so fortunate. The farther we went the
longer the road seemed to be and the heavier
the burdens became. Query: Why could
not the railroad build a platform on the track
just in rear of the hotel and public square ?
It is only about one huudred and fifty yards
from the track to the business part o*f the
town. It would be a great blessing to the
traveling public, and be of no great expense
to the railroad. Why can’t it be donfe?
What say you, Colonel Haines?
The Atlautic aud Gulf Railroad is doing
everything in its power to assist in the gen
eral development of the country through
which it runs. It has run extra trains to the
Thomasville and Albany fairs, and will
also run them this week to the Bainbridge
fair, thus aiding the association in bringing
to public notice the various resources of the
county. The reduction of freights ou all
goods sent to the fairs was quite an item it
self, and one that is highly appreciated by
the shippers.
The weather has been fine so long that it
seeins almost a pity that just at the opening
of their first fair, old Pluvius should upset
his water pots; but on yesterday (Monday)
all day long the raiu came down and all night
long, and to-day at intervals. Sueh weath
er dampens the ardor and cools the spirits
of the most enthusiastic. The clouds haug
heavy yet, and ere nightfall other showers
will come. The consequence is, but few
have the heart to carry their goods to the fair
grounds. But some, fn spite of the weather,
are busy as bees in the main building, ar
ranging their contributions. Some horses
aud cattle have arrived and others are con
stantly coming in. A few have brought iu
their vegetables and farm products, and
judging from the specimens on hand it is
safe to say Decatur is not going to be
one whit behind Thomas and Brooks in
this department. Everything is at present
iu an embryo state, aud it is impossible to
give any description of what the exhibit
will be.
There is one thiDg, however, of which I
?an speak without hesitation, and that is
that Bainbridge has the prettiest fair
ground in the State. The only one iu
State that approaches it in natu-
:y is the one at Ma*;on, This,
WESTERN
FEELING ON
DOLLARS.
SILVER
Comments upon the Action of the
New York Bank*.
the
Pal beauty is the ’ one
however, with the same amount of money
expended, would far surpass it in attrac
tiveness. True, it is not so large, but it is
more picturesque, aud the river view is
simply lovely, as my lady friend ex
pressed it.
The society, under many difficulties, have
succeeded in getting up their main hall, so
that it can be qsed for this exhibition.
When finished it will be a superb one. It Is
in the shape of a T, and well lighted.
They have the stalls for stock very nearty
completed. Their track is a half mile one,
aud, for a new track, said to be in splendid
condition. The rains have made it very
heavy.
If the clouds would only disperse now
there would be an immense crowd here by
Thursday. The prospect, however, is
gloomy enough to-day. Yet it is hoped
that the society wifi realize enough to pay
them out of debt. Jack Plane.
A WAYWARD WOMAN’S WAYS.
Setting Her Babe Adrift in a West
ern ifalltvay car.
A correspondent from Iowa writes to
an exchange: “Monday’s train on the
Dubuque and Southwestern brought to
who was convicted of the murder of bis Cedar Rapids an aged matron, not fash-
wife, by shooting her during service in the ionably dressed, but of determiued mien.
Church of Ascension, was read to the pris- | and fixedness of purpose gleaming from
oner this morning.
A NOLLE PROSEQUI.
Washington, November 20.—A nolle
>ros. has been entered in the ca=e of Geo.
Z. Ellison, late Chief Engineer of the House
of Representatives, who was indicted for
the murder of I\:vid Smalls two years ago.
Five People Killed by a Locomo
tive Explosion.—Tbe Philadelphia and
Heading (Pa.) Ilailrqad has a line of small
engines and parlor ears cumbmcd for tbe
use of officials. One of these, called Tbe
Gem, made a trip Saturday down the
Mahoney Valley with J. H. Olanson, Su
perintendent of tbe Mahoney and Broad
Mountain branch. At Mahoney City the
Superintendent alighted and stepped into
the telegraph office to send a message.
While he was seated a» the table the
boiler of the parlor car engine exploded,
tearing the roof off the office, severing
the wires and knocking $ut one end of
the depot building. Engineer W. F.
Brocius was blown to pieces, ^acob
Trout, co«tIucler r had his head blown
off. He leaves a wife and seven chil
dren. William Weinrich, aged nine,
Calvin Lut*, aged twelve, aqd George
Ilagenbuch, aged twelve, who were
staudlng near, were also killed. Several
others were more or less injured. The
parlor car apartment was uninjured.
CupnENT Comment.—We are not
alarmists, but it !s our profound convic
tion that the attempt to reconstruct tbe
Southern States anew on the basis of
negro and carpct-bag thief supremacy,
will not be allowed to succeed without a
very earc^st protest, not to say a very
determined resistance ou the pari of our
leople. They will not tamely permit the
Presidential fraud, himself the conscious
receiver of sjolen goods, a hypocrite and
a traitor, to consign them Rtrcsh to the
status of conquered provinces, without
auy rights that negroes, carpet bag
thieves and United States Afarshals are
bound to respect. The age must be very
degenerate that witnesses, unmoved and
quiescent, the daily arrest and ignomin
ious dragging to prison of the best citi
zens of Ihe community at the instance
of professional informers and constitu-
tionalj perjurers.—Petersburg Index-Ap-
f*eat.
her eye. She led a small boy by the
hand, and carried another—a nurseling—
in her arms. She went to the Burling
ton, Cedar Rapids and Northern depot,
and asked when the train w’ould go
south, and was told at 4:30 a. m. When
the hour arrived she was promptly on
hand, with her babe in arms. The boy
she had left at a hotel. She entered a
coach, and approaching Mrs. Richie of
Vinton, asked her if she would take her
babe while she went to give directions
about her baggage. Mrs. Richie kindly
accepted her trust. Soon after the train
went off, and Mrs. Richie had the babe
on her hands. As she was not in the habit
of coming into possession of babies in that
way, and was traveling alone, she turned
the waif over to the conductor, who in
turu passed It over to a freight train con
ductor at Ely, with instructions to hunt
up its maternal proprietor at Cedar
Kapiils. The babe was delivered to some
married women ou its arrival, who at
once furnished it wit i a bottle of milk.
The pojipe were notifjed, a«4 the recre
ant mother found, who was much sur
prised to know her babe was right there,
instead of a hundred miles away. She
related her story, hhe said she was a
widow gone to grass. She had been
married, and once happy. She had
borne her husband eight children. A
skeleton invaded their home, and separa
tion followed. She then became a house
keeper for a farmer named Gurteuburg,
with all the terra implies. Three chil
dren were a part of the results of her
housekeeping, the last being three weeks
old. To avoid the scandal of its birth
she went to the poor house, where it was
born. 4ftcr its birth she received word
from itsTather to icomc back; but as she
thought he would not want the incum
brance, she determined to set it adrift on
the railroad. The babe was taken by £
good woman, and the mother departed,
to return to her housekeeping.”
The recent action of the New Y"ork
banks at the clearing house meeting, in
resolving, as a step preparatory to re
sumption, to “receive, after January 1st,
silver dollars upon deposit only under
special contract to withdraw the same in
kind,” is denounced by* many of the
Western journals in vigorous terms. Tim
tone and temper of the discussions are
well illustrated in the following ex
tracts;
“silver dollars must be recognized.”
The Cincinnati Commercial, while com
mending the course of tbe bankers as in
the main good, thinks that “the appear
ance of a ruling against silver tends to
continue a controversy and strife which
is not only disturbing to public confi
dence, but is likely to be seized by dema
gogues to justify new agitations in Con
gress and protract the period of distrust
and uncertainty.” The editor adds:
“ Silver dollars must be treated not ouly
in the light of law, but also in the light
of public policy, as a part of the lawful
money’ of the United States, by New
Y'ork bankers as well as by the rest of
the regulators of finance.”
In another article the Commercial re
marks :
“The New Y’ork clearing house will
not be able to repeal the law of the land.
The crusade against silver will revive
the greenback monster. ‘Coin,’ not gold,
is the word in the contracts—the word
in the law of interpretation of March,
1869, and on the bonds. When the word
‘gold’ appears in the contract, it must be
respected, but ‘coin’ as an expression did
and does include silver dollars as well as
gold.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer says;
“The business men of the West have
not discoveied signs of the surfeit of
silver which the East fears so much. In
Illinois, with their broad prairies loaded
with a corn crop that will not pay r for its
removal to market- in Iowa and Minne
sota, where their granaries are filled with
millions of bushels of wheat which would
bring its owners but fifty or sixty cents
a bushel; in Ohio here, with hogs selling
at one-half their customary price, there
is no evidence as yet of a surfeit of money
such as would bar the admission of sil
ver into our commercial transactions.”
and support, on condition that he will
make his department a member of an
anti-silver conspiracy. So that, if he
‘resumes.’ it will be by the grace of a
coterie of banks in New Y’ork, with a
bargain at the bottom of it to aid in de
feating the laws.”
MR. STEFHENS INTERVIEWED.
A Hopeful View of the Contest in
1880—The .Honey l*i»ue Practically
Dead.
A Romance of this Breakers.—The
New Y'ork Sun states that in July last n
party of twenty young ladles and gentle
men from Morrisania went on an excur
sion to Rockaway Beach. Miss Lillian
Van Keuren, the daughter of a Newark
(N. J.) jeweler, who was visiting her
aunt in Morrisania, was one of the mer
riest ot the exuursiomsts. While she
was in the surf she was caught by an
undertow and swept under the water.
Mr. C. M. ^ Millis, a young man from
Troy, N. Y'., who was with the excur
sionists dashed into the water and suc
ceeded in rescuing Miss Van Keuren
after a hard battle with the breakers.
The maiden was unconscious for some
time after her rescue, and, when she re-
A meteoric stone, “as bright as the
sun,” was seen in Cambridge, Massa
chusetts, at three o’clock Friday after-
uoon. The man who saw it fall, “near
the brick yard,” eagerly ran to find it-
but it wasn’t there. It is a singular law
of these blazing meteoric stones, that to
the beholder they always seem near him,
and to reach the earth not far away; but
when y’ou go to find them they are not j povtj-ed, she warmlv thanked her pre-
there. A few have been found, all hiss- server. Mr. Millis was very attentive to
ing hot, and one was once thus found the young woman thereafter, and it was
buried in the ground, but still smoking finally announced that they were en-
aud almost red hot, in Fairfield county, j gaged, and it is now announced that the
by persons who realty did see it fall, and I marriage was consummated at Newark
it is how in the museum of Vale College, on We v Jnesday lqst.
But generally these meteors are at least a 1 :—1^-
hundred miles off when they seem to be | The last survivor of Napoleon’s expe-
within a hundred rods and coming right dition to Egypt died a fortnight ago at
at you.—Hartford Times.
Murderous Affray in Ohio.—Clias.
Y’oung, Archibald Steen and the son of
Rye latter, working a farm on shares near
Lebauou, Ohio, had a misunderstanding
on Friday, during which Steen and his j named Scleyman. who, after having been
son clubbed Y’oung ^until he was insensi- J condemned to death, had his right hand
the Invalides. Veteran Darrey, who
was nearty one hundred years old, was
fond of relating how he was on duty in
Egypt on the day the murderer of Kleber
was executed. Kleber was assassin ited
at Cairo, in June. 1800, by a fanatic
ble. A hired man of Y r oung’s, coming to
the rescue, met with the same fate, Mrs.
Young and her daughter,coming upon the
scene, were both felled to the earth with
clubs. The Steens then fled, and have
not since been heard of. The physicians
say it is unlikely that either Y’oung or
the hired man will recover.
burned off, and was then impaled. Tor
tured by thirst, he called for something
to drink, and Darrey, touched with com
passion, gave him a glass of water. Dar
rey had been for more than half a cen
tury at the Invalides. which now con
tains very few’ old soldiers.
The chief of the voudoo doctors in
An engine driver on an express train Louisiana is a tall colored man named
in France, a stop of ten minutes being Anderson, half African and half Indian,
made at a station, pulled out an old with very long hair and whiskers. He
peasant woman's tooth and took pay in is intelligent, shrewd, and has a smatter-
brandy, becoming so drunk that he ing of medical knowledge; but he flour-
fought with his stoker all the way to the ishes by exciting and pandering to the
next station, and was there filling the j superstitions of the negroes, who regard
furnance with coal and preparing to him as a veritable devil in human form,
elope with the train when he was over- He sells charms for protection against
powered. The Patriotc de VOuest, which disease and witchcraft, and credulous
relates the story, adds that “when the white persons are among the purchasers,
passengers ascertained what a narrow | It is thought by some that he has pro
escape they had had there was a general fessed supernatural powers until he realty
feeling of emotion," * believes in himself.
AN ADMONITION TO CONGRESS.
The Fort Wayne (lad.) Sentinel:
“The money power, as represented by
the Associated Bauks of New Yojk,
has begun a war upon the silver dollar,
and actually has the effrontery to de
mand that Coiigress at its next session
undo the legislation of last winter. If
this is not done, these money lords
threaten to defeat resumption. They
undoubtedly have it in their power to so
seriously embarrass the Treasury as to
defeat the resumption of specie pay
ments, and this Is one of the Reasons
why so many thoughtful men look for
ward to the 1st of January witfi fear
and foreboding. But we believe that
whenever the threats of the New Y’ork
bankers may be, Congress will not for a
moment think of undoing its good work
of last winter. * * * Congress may
well understand that the people will
allow no tampering with the dollar which
w’as stolen from them in 1873 and re
stored to them iu 1878. and that they
don’t propose to have their debts
measured by an exclusively gold stand
ard, as the shy locks once before at
tempted to do.”
THE CLEARING HOUSE “A LAW’ UNTO IT
SELF.”
The St. Paul (Miun.) Pioneer:
“The Clearing IJoqso Association,
which is the instrument and mouth piece
of the banks, seems to have adopted a
position of quasi independence of the
Treasury in the matter of recognition of
a legal standard. This is an apparent
defiance of the United States statute
making the silver dollar a legal tender;
but it must be understood that for its
own transactions the clearing house is a
law to itself, and has the same right to
throw out cheap silver thq.t it hasYo re
ject bad paper. If a member enforced
lis legal right to settle balances in silver,
he would probably be simply deprived of
the opportunity to repeat the offense by
expulsion.
The Chicago Tribune:
“That any set of men should at this
time undertake to force an exclusive
gold standard upon the count
the overwhelmin ' of that p^ct
last winter, and within thirty days of the
reassembling of the y.ery Congress that
repudiated them and their designs, is a
folly that borders on insanity. * * *
That they shall decline to receive silver
dollars on deposit, accept them only
when legally compelled to do so, and
thereafter refuse to have any dealings
with those who invoke the law in thcTir
behalf—this is the scheme that lies at
the bottom of the whole pretense of
assisting the government to resume. It
is not unlikely that Congress will find a
more practical method of availing itself
of the aid of the banks in this matter.
It will probably occur to more than one
member of Congress that the banks can
be made to assist most effectively in the
work of resumption by compelling them
to redeem their own notes in coin in
stead of legal tender as at present. This
change will relieve the government of
nearty one half of the burden of resump
tion; and, as Mr. Coe’s memorial repre
sents the banks to be anxious aud eager
to do their share in the good work, there
should be no resistance on their part to
the passage of such a law.
“The New York bankers, led by Mr.
Coe and acting in the interest of the
money lenders, have taken a rash step,
and the sooner they recede from it the
better it will be for them. The pro
position to move en masse against the
circulation of the silver dollar is
prompted by the desire to enhance the
value of their money stock on a gold
basis as compared with the value of all
other property. They are mueh de
ceived lu the intelligence of the Ameri
can people if they think they can con
ceal this fact. They are equally de
ceived in the temper of the American
people if they think they can proceed in
such a scheme without exciting resent
ment. Their undertaking is fool-hardy.
They will have enough on their hands to
protect their charters and iheiT notes of
issue, and they are courting disaster by
their impertinent project of defying the
law and tbe people,”
SECRETARY SHERMAN’S RESPONSIBILITY.
The Cincinnati Times:
“The action of the clearinghouse is
to reject the silver dollar as bankable
money, in defiance of the law, aud
despite the fact that it is legal tender for
all debts public and private and equal
with the gold dollar in any market in the
land. They deliberately discriminate
against it. * * It is in vain for th*
Secretary to use the Associated Press
with the hope of relieving himself of re
sponsibility in this matter. It is an in
IFashing ton Dispatch to the Baltimore Gazette.
“What do j’ou think now,” said the
Gazette correspondent to-day to the Hon.
A. H. Stephens, “of the condition of the
Democracy at the North and the effect
of the money issue on the campaign?”
Mr. Stephens, w’ho is looking much
better than for some months past, wheel
ed himself around in his chair aud said
very deliberately: “ Wtil,sir, to tell you the
truth I realty don’t believe that the money
issue direct haul anything more to do
with the loss of Connecticut, New Jer
sey and New Y’ork during the last elec
tion than did the famous Kansas bill
have the effect supposed at the time on
the election of 1854. That year we came
out of the fight with only sixty-seven
Congressmen left and it was feared all
through the South that the party had
lost because of the passage of the Kansas
bill, which left it optional with the citi
zens of Kansas, then a territory,
whether or not they would admit
slavery into their constitution. Howell
Cobb was returned to Congress,
but he, like all the rest, was
rather fearful of the election of President,
thinking this a tidal wave. I laughed at
them all. I well remember a meeting
we had right over there," said Mr. Ste
phens, pointing to a building opposite
the National Hotel. “It was the first
time I had ever aoted with the Democra
cy. They laid their views down and I
disagreed. It seemed to me that it was
all smoke, and so I ventured to predict
that if they would come o.it boldly and
maintain the correctness of the principle
embodied in the Kansas bill, namely;
That each State and Territory should be
left to make its own laws, they would
elect their President. My advice was
taken and Buchanan went in. But the
party was panic-stricken over that affair,
just as it is now about the financial issue.
When I w’ent into Pennsylvania to
stump for Buchanan, Josiah Randall,
the present Speaker’s father, importuned
me n t to give vent to any vi**ws favor
of the Kansas bill, but I told him that I
would speak my mind or say nothing.
He consented finally and the audience
soon w’as in full si mpathy. We carqcff
the State.”
“What then do you think the trou
ble ?”
“Well, it is really very difficult to tell.
It seepis to me very foolish to make any
W redictions as to 1880, either as to candi-
ates or issues, because there is every
probability that new subjects will be
presented. I am very sure that the
money question ir. ita present shape will
be dead. My own views are positive
enough. I believe iD honest money and
plenty of it. present we evidently
have not enough for the demands of
trade—not enough to start up the indus
tries of the country. I think it would
have been wise for the House to have
passed the bill we matured in the Com
mittee of Coinage. Weights and Meas
ures, which provided for the issue ?.f sii
rer certificates tn he useU in the place of
bullion, Aye cannot turn out the
bullion fast enough. Three more mints
are required. France to-day is the best
fiscal nation on earth, because she gpvcr
allows the currency to, fall short of de-
nas to resumption I very much
fear that after January 1, 1879, we should
be like the man operated on for a fever.
The fever went, but the man was dead,”
“As to 1880, Mr. Stephensr"
“Weil, sir, to be frank, we need two
things: More leaders, or rather better
ones, and a perfectly national spirit We
are not ab’e at present to call the roll of
our great men with much success. I
have been many years in public life, and
have seen the rise and fall of many emi
nent public men, and as I look back I
am forced to confess that almost the only
great leader the Democracy has had was
Stephen 4. Douglass. Silas Wright was
a very capable sort of wueel-horse, but
Douglass had the brains. If tho plat
form for 1880 is carefully drawn anu an
excellent and national spirited man nomi
nated, I see no reason why the Democ
racy cannot win.”
“What do you think of these rumors
aS « l .r a chan ^ Iff- President’s policy?”
“ill my opinion they are nonsense.
There is no such word as ‘policy.’ It is
the President’s business and bounden
duty to administer the laws of the coun
try—nothing more. I do not see how
his present position can possibly be con
strued into any change of policy what
ever. If the Democrats of the South
have been guilty of fraud at the ballot
box, it is the President’s duty to prose-
cote each case he can find. There is no
policy in that. It is law.”
“What is the strength of the Inde
pendent movement in Georgia?”
“The ideas as to that arc very gen
erally wrong. The independence is all
confined within the Democratic ranks
and simply as to a choice of man. The
representatives w’e send are all simon
pure Democrats. We shall have a ma
jority of four over all in the next Con
gress as I calculate.”
“ What do you think was tho effect of
that letter of Senator Hill, wherein he
attacked the administration ?”
“I think you are getting down to the
marrow of the late elections now. Sena
tor Hill made a great mistake and it re
acted on the party. It is now veiy clearly
demonstrated that we cannot win by a
wholesale assault on the President such
as liil^attempted to lead on. Now that
we have learned that lesson we must keep
down the Hills and pursue a mild, con
servative policy, and above all things be
cautious in our legislation.”
A Truckling President
Norfolk Virginian.
That able and sprightly paper, the
Wilmington Sun, strikes the nail on the
head when it denounces Mr. Hayes as a
sniveller. Pretending, says the Sur> t
when he stole the Presidency, that he
was anxious to do justice to every sec
tion and all parties alike, he quietly re
warded with fat places the villains who
managed the dirty business for the Re
publican party in Louisiana and Florida.
This may have been gratitude, but it was
ceitainly not mora’ity, aDd Mr. Hayes
runs on his morality. Again, pretend
ing to be just and rearing not, he re
moved the troops in South Carolina and
Louisiana and permitted the rightful
f overnments to be set up in those States.
'his looked like a spirit of fairness.
But all is not gold that glitters, as those
Southern people who were deceived by
Hayes’ pretensions are now suffi
ciently aware. Under the circum
stances, Mr. Hayes naturally for a while
got the reputation of being a great paci
ficator. Had he been a man of brains
and decision of character, somewhat
compromised by his attitude, he would
have at once and forever cut loose from
the thieves who put him in office and
likewise cut loose from the evil influences
of his party leaders. The occasion was
big with opportunities, but Hayes was
not big enough for the occasion. He
posed for a while in the role of a Presi
dent with a policy. His was a Southern
policy. He hobnobbed with such
Southerners as would hobnob with him.
and he made tours of the Southern
States, talking “flap doodle” at our agri
cultural fairs. Rehold, however, how
soon a change comes over the spirit of
his dreams when an election somewhat
favorable to the Republicans takes
place. He makes overtures to the
leaders of the stftlw&rt Republicans—the
Conklinga, the Chandlers and the rest.
He truckles, he cringes, he comes down.
This is the sort of man Rutherford B.
Haj’es is.
Of such h man wc may expect almost
anything that is not courageously b id.
Now that he chooses to ally himself with
the enemies of the South, he -slanders
the. section. Heeding, or pretending to
heed the Lees, Swailes and Leonards
who go to Washington with narratives
of appalling blood guiltiness charged to
the account of the Democrats, Flaves
says on his own responsibility, “All that
I know is th^t tstoxi crimes have been
co'umUted. 11 The Southern people have
the right to demand in the presence of
the whole country and in the hearing of
the world, how do you know it, Mr.
Hayes ? Give better authority for this
terrible crimination than the pestilential
fellow’s whg swarm to the capital iu hope
of gain Jor to gratify personal revenge.
Be sure, Mr. liayes, that there is at least
some slight ground for the serious charge
you bring.
On the whole, we are glad Hayes has
at last formally ranged himself where
ha rightly belongs. A fraud developed
is belter than a fraud concealed.
Black Casiiiiiem
YI70ULD call the attention of intending pur
y y chapters to the following extraordinary
low prices in BLACK CASHMEIfcKS :
25 pieces full faced ENGLISH CASHMERES at
45c. a yard. These poods are 20 per cent,
under present value.
20 pieces full faced ENGLISH CASHMERE, 48
inches wide, at 65c. per yard, would be
really cheap at 80c. a yard.
The patriotic editor of the Washing
ton Republican has hearted another sor
row. A company of cadets from the
Military Institute at Warrenton, Vir
ginia, visited the capital on Saturday
last and paraded through thp streets
without a national fla£. Yfhen it is re
marked that the wheelbarrow idiot
alWfty* curries the stars and stripes and
that no negro target excursion is com
plete without a display of the national
colors, the heinousnega of the crime
committed by the Virginia cadets will be
a I > preeiaicd. It is strange that they were
not arrested for disloyalty.—Baltimore
Gazette.
10 pieces Lupin’s 42 inch BLACK CASHMERE
at §1 UU per yard, regularly sold at $1 15.
All other grades tip to *2 0U a yard, equally
cheap.
35 pieces CAMEL'S HAIR SITTINGS, 30 inches
wide, at 33c. a yard, worth 40c.
40 pieces BELGRA VE 8UITINGS at 30c. a yard,
cost 50c. to import.
10 pieces BELGRA VE SETTINGS, 48 inches
wide, at 60c. a yard, worth nearty double.
15 pieces SHOODA CLOTH, 1*4 yards wide, at
• ’ ' fl 25
Si 00 per yard, value for Si 25.
100 pieces plain, striped and fancy DRESS
goo,—- ~' ' aifiir “
DS at a yard, would be cheap for
TAPISSIER a TELLARD S and BELLON’S
BLACK SILKS for f 1 CO a card to $3 50.
300 pairs WHITE and GRAY BLANKETS, from
f 1 50 a pair to $20.
npletely L
at 90c., would be cheap for $1
150 dozen Gents' 4-ply LINEN COLIARS at
$1 50 a dozen, sold elsewhere for $3 00.
An examination of the stock, which will be
found replete in all the leading makes of Goode
and at lower prices than they ever touched be
fore, is respectfully solicited.
DANIEL HOGAN.
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B.F.McKEMA&CO.
137 Brougiitoa Street,
(BETWEEN BULL AND WHITAKER.)
Low Rent, Light Expenses,
Cheap Roods.
Bargains in Every Department.
A girl in £?t. Joseph, Mo., went to a
drug store to buy arsenic with which to
kill herself. The clerk happened to
know that she had quarreled with her
lover, and he guessed her purpose. He
gave her corn starch instead of arsenic,
and hurried out to tell her lover. The lover
repented having grieved the girl, went
to her house, found her tying on a sofa
waiting in vain to die of a dose of corn
starch, and made up with hey.
.4 Heavy Penalty.—The sentence
passed upon Edwin C. Hayden, convict
ed at Montpelier, Y’t., of the murder of
his wife, is indeed a fearful one. He
is to endure a servitude of nearty two
years at hard labor in the penitentiary,
then three moDths in solitary oonttne-
ment. »fter which he is to be hung on
the first Friday after tbe first Tuesday of
January, 1881.
£im Sills.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS.
Reduced prices.
Polite Attention! No ImportuningS
LADIES' ENGLISH BEAVER CLOAKS.
LADIES’ ENGLISH DIAGONAL Cl OAKS.
LADIES’ BERLIN BEAVER CLOAKS.
tF&ll styles 1S78, Woe rtf* (Paris; designs
Bargains in Every Department.
MATTALASSE FLANNELS, colors.
Black and Colored WATERPROOF CLOTHK,
CAMEL S HAIR CLOTHS.
Cloakings.
Sample* Cheerfully Given; Com par I-
hou with Other* 9 Gu»d« l>e*ircd.
BLACK SILK WARP HENRIETTA CLOTHS.
Lupin’* All Wool FRENCH CASH MERES.
BLACK BARITZ CLOTHS.
BLACK SERGES.
BLACK AUSTRALIAN CREPE.
BLACK ALPACAS.
Other Mourning Goods.
Bargains ft Every Department.
UAU.ffi' MFP.INO CTf DERVESTS
..SSTLEMEN-s MKKINO UNDER VESTS.
C . LDKE.VS MERINO UNDER>E8TB.
CSULDRE.VS MERINO UNION SUITS.
Good articles tor low prices.
Blankets, Flannels, Siipotln-s.
Uo'lies' BALBRIGGAN HOSE. (Main And fiu
45 Years Before the Public.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. McLANE’S
CELEBRATED
suit to public judgment. It is vain
for him to say that he was powerless to
oppose the demand of the banks, for fear
that they would thwart resumption. His
duty was to cany out the silver law in
letter and spirit, and public opinion
would have held the bauks back from
any opposition to resumption; they
would no more have dared that than
they would have committed suicide. It
is a non-l>eliever in the bi-metallic sys
tem yielding passively to its most bitter
aud selfish opponents.”
A KENTUCKY VIEW OF IT.
The Louisville Courier Journal:
“After all, this is the signification of the
silver decrees of the New Y’ork clearing
house. The Secretary of the Treasury,
at the consummation of his efforts to
effectuate the resumption act, after all
his sales of bonds and accumulation of
specie, goes to the New’ Y’ork banks
with the confession that resumption is
dependent upon their indulgence and
protection; and upon this, these banks
graciously accord him their countenance
A New Code of Naval Signals.
Commodore John C. Beaumont, Chief
Signal Officer of the Navy, has just in
vented a novel apparatus, which bids
fair to revolutionize the present system
of day signaling. The objections to the
great variety of distinct flags now in use
in the naval and international codes are
numerous, and readily suggest them
selves. They are expensive, costing
over two hundred dollars per set, costly
to keep in repair, easily mislaid, and in
signaling require no little waste of often
precious time to select and attach the
proper combinations to tbe halyards.
Commodore Beaumont’s system consists
of a yard arm ten feet iu length, at each
end of which is attached The “signal
cone.” This cone consists of a series
of iron hoops at e. t ual intervals apart,
covered with canvas, bunting or
other pliable material. Each cone is
covered by a conical cap, into which it
can be hoisted at will aud completely
hid from sight by means of halyards
working through a series of rings of fair-
leaders in each hoop. The cones are to
be of distinct colors, one of red, the
other green or white, as will be found
most expedient. YVh’en not signaling the
cones are to be kept triced up under the
cap-^ In signaling the digits composing
the signal numbers are made by the sue
cessive display of the colors forming the
digit combination. Thus, if the single
display of the red cone is made to repre
sent the digit 1, and a single display of
the green cone 2, two successive falls of
the red cone ‘6, we have the number 123.
The simplicity of the system is at once
apparent By a similar combination of
the two colors any number may be made
in less time than is now taken by a signal
man to select his flags and adjust the di
git combination to his halyards. The
system has, it is understood, received the
thorough approbation of a number of
naval officers, and it is probable that a
board will shortly be appointed to examine
the method and give it the necessary test
previous to its adoption into the service.
LIVER PILLS
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
P AIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder blade, and
it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The stom
ach is affected with loss of appetite
and sickness; the bowels in general
are costive, sometimes alternative with
lax; the head is troubled with pain,
accompanied with a dull, heavy sen-*
sation in the back part. There is gen
erally a considerable loss of memory,
accompanied with a painful sensation
of having left undone something which
ought to have been done. A slight,
dry cough is sometimes an attendant.
The patient complains of weariness
and debility; he is easily startled, his
feet are cold or burning, and he com
plains of a prickly sensation of the
skin ; his .spirits are low", and although
he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try’ it^
In fact, he distrusts every remedy.
Several of the above symptoms attend
the disease, but cases have occurred
where few of them existed, yet exam
ination of the body, after death, has
shown the liver to have been exten
sively deranged.
Children s French and English £aNCY HObZL
Gentlemen’s plain and fancy HALF HOSE.
A splendid assortment.
Bargains in Every Department.
LADIES’ SILK BOWS and TIES.
FANCY NECK RIBBONS.
PLAIN and TWO-TONED RIBBONS.
Ail new style*.
B. F. McKESNA & CO.
B. F. McKESNA & CO.
B. F. McKESNA & CO.
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SAVANNAH, GA.
CEO. W. SERCENT.
This long aud tavorably known House is the
Leading FirstClass Hotel In S»Tann»b
ii^ d n m ? n! ? ra,e<i t,y its rroelriae a majority of
the first class travel arririnr Tn the °Rv| Is
h'cated on JolSon
square, and has bj- its new proprittor been
Xlioronslily Repaired, Repainted
l piioNt. red.
tal>ie will be supplied with tbe liest «r
the home and Northern r — * est ° r
The rates have been . ,j p, su : t thetim.-
Savannah, November 14. 187s. * the time*.
PLANT ERB HOTEL,
satijisah, ga.
S'tSS,n OR * ccommo dutions and polite at-
«o^o CoMroBT or rimru, co>-
contains the oest the market
Wni Pcaao^, cotoobtabl* Rocks
RaTES: 82 PUR
A trial solicited. The.hotel is convenient*
conveniences
DAY.
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JOHN BRESNAN,
Manager.
AGUE AND FEVER.
The proof of the value of any article is
its popular use and ;he testimony in its fa
vor. Tbe sale of Dr. Bull’s great remedy for
coughs and colds is Immense and the testi
mony voluminous. xt
Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory’ to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and
as a simple purgative, they are un
equaled.
bewa*e of imitations*.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression Dr. McLane’s.
Liver Pills.
The genuine McLane’s Liver Pills
bear the signatures of C. Me Lane and
Fleming Bros, on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr.
C. McLane’s Liver Pills, prepared by
Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the
market being full of imitations of the
name AIcLane, spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
noTS-Tu,Tb&£ly
Srofcnrs.
JAMES HUNTER
BaORXR AND Mian E» ^
Exchange, Bonds, Stocks,
COIN
SAVANNAH, GA.
with
partie*
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Carriages, buggies. &t.
THE SAVANNAH
CARRIAGE WORKS,
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Old Bod of McKee £ Bennett,
Corner Ba, n nd W e.. Broad strrr.m
of Gkrriagee. rhaetona
breUa»Sdk,2^S^> l?, 0 ™.">• , w hip», Um.
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