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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah. Ga.
J is lit. I FT «K «;«>!>.
, f i l doth«itxl the Father give;
dh.'Inors upon our beloved;
. crowns are often twined with
rows creep
.ulace as the cottage home;
known, ti)rough loug andanx-
I'.rt-j.lc the couch of restless pain?
•c* weary to the tired heart,
*»i«*iai!'s» ."kill may never bring:
n-t.where come no troubled dreams,
n h ir\ est ''! our garnered sheaves:
all painless, stills the aching brain —
r*s ”.ife until the Judgment Day:
Georiria Affairs.
r*;:;/.> r Convention, which inet in
on the l s th ultimo, decided to ad-
„ price of euano and acids one-
\ portion of the fanners of Jack-
tv have called a meeting resolving
v anv of said guano nor acids, aud
ill their inlluence to prevent others
i,.» ?u until the price of the same
d in proportion to the actual price
uid cotton. < >:i the other hand the
icii stick to their prices, and say
nut afford to manufacture fertili-
a.-t year’s figures. lu consequence
diculty the guano business is very
icnerJ Wright, widow’ of the
icra.1 A. K. Wright, wae married
.wick un Thursday last to Mr.
f Augusta. They will reside in the
clad to see that the colored citi-
irgia are determined not to be
d by Blaine *V Co.’s efforts at their
/.a?ion. hut give evidence of a state
ring progress. According to the
“the colored man aud
* in active demand this year, and
•otnmcudahle promptness in form-
racts. Prices remain unchanged
year, both as to wages and renters,
ing disposition prevalent with the
the cl dm- the war is giving place
i\ed habits, and as a consequence
changes were made among hands.
» men show a greater disposition
lave ever before noticed to hire for
wages, and c in be easily had at
iging from fifty to oue hundred
according to class. Women and
very loth to hire as servants.
I in all. the negroes in this section
g about a< well as could be ex-
’olijiiitt his offered a reward of
idred and fifty dollars, to which
county adds oue hundred and
v, fur the arrest, with proof to con-
he murderer or murderers of Quin-
ens, who, it will be remembered,
tally murdt red during Christmas
arien 0,u,u>'s piivate opinion pub-
iressed is to the effect that since
n Hill is such a devoted frfend of
Iquitt, it would be the graceful
r the former to resign his seat in
icd States Senate in favor of the
ir General Seaborn Reese, of Ogle-
muty, has announced that he will
i to the full extent of the law any
3iupouuding felony or crime with-
oneurreuce of the courts which
his knowledge. The Echo thinks
ctly right, for it says that scarcely
>ses but that some criminal goes
of justice through the leniency or
y of the injured party. Several
e recently come to its knowledge
iev.-s have been left uumolested
ir restoring the stolen articles,
county pay» seventy-five cents tax
ie hundred dollars.
minr editor of the Madison Home
Le v say. is down with the measles,
evak-uee «.f colds and throat affec-
1115 to he general all over the State,
con T> ley.-ajdt end Messenger says
ly every one in that city is more or
(.ted with a prevailing influenza,
-* cases have developed into pneu-
of
difihi
led the
>ued as
und.iv
History of i
N,
' Fr
Tt
FI.
>ld Wi
ling an evening
Ledger, in Macon,
impracticable. In
paper, to be called
ill be issued,
tract from Stephens’
I Slates alludes to the
der of 1834-35: “The
i> noted for its great
h*- l nited States. On
v -mercury congealed
u r k. and several other
'■-•uke Bay was frozen
cs Charles and Henry.
II ary the thermometer
•w zero as far south as
udc. The day before,
as the ‘cold Satur-
avannah river was
Augusta. Orange trees
outfi as St. Augustine,
••■j nearly one hundred
I on the coast of Geor-
in the interior of this
with snow for several
i snow in Georgia, on
; '_ ,J d 2d and 3d of March
13 inches deep.”
' !, j: “‘The quarrel be-
initt and Senator Hill,
mu- so bitter that it has
<-•< tjve followers in the
to divide the Demo-
bo.-tile factious. The
whose occupation
must he slightly
---raid.] The JItrald
wu 'lu,. reports of the Legisla-
if how wide it is of the mark.
:y party will not divide on this
}' w uj almost unauimously, as
Jgating committee, sustain the
a bundantly verified
for Senator, unless we
aiqbition,
a great re
unions his former ad-
l v f Jong find. Indeed, he
.-8 bo inkpi. f ’ 111 ,lis purpose to crush a
*>eii. ji etu . mo *‘ e pure and patriotic than
Colquitt « (jm no . u *- Uator Hill aud Goverpor
Ff com Panson id useless.”
Jjrtng lhl l ?* irr " r •' “^ n e day iast week,
S^Pson ~ - cola weather, Mr. Gus
^Ward’s o, 38 •' lr:v * n K across the river at
!^at a I., *' • 1Ii5 ' v * ^ en one of his horses
, and c r ilJ , l!le ,,r ^a e a,1( * ^ rew th*
iuto tlm water, Mr.
‘ Tk;' ; ? Imi " b > jumping off on the
^-rwat^r DU K' : -V went down eight feet
l ^ 01 bfcimi bolb Worses were in dan-
j n r, “ row ued, but Mr. Thompson
^k) the bn f Wab ‘ r an<1 held their heads
I ^heconi.i^’ be fastened them
L^lricau- *i ab 9 u ^ a mile and get help
He succeeded, however,
i ^uf fln , er - Uhln S out » and suffered no
I r ‘ Q J ".nscijuence.”
wf*tien 1 ; “This mom-
I S^geviUp raiu ^ rom Macon arrived at
that', d informed Conductor
^ fl ^ mu r der bad been committed
-ore by a negro named Ben
ed.’-x
ls gone.
' York Her
~ • w, lor senator,
0r ^r<-th m, r tak " n - ‘^ r ’ Hill’s
vulsioQ (f Der . ult J> bus caused i
Wrnre . among bis f
1 Anally
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Reeves, and gave him a description with in
struction to look out for him, thinking he
might get on the train; and sure enough, at
Carr’s, eight miles this side, a negro got on
board, and filling the description so well,
and his manner so indicating something
wrong, that Mr. Hill, the express messen
ger and ourself—the junior editor—decided
to arrest him and dW, without resistance on
his part. We disarmed and tied him with a
piece of bell rope, and delivered him here
to Sheriff Stewart, who has him safe in jail,
lie confesses that he shot the negro, because
he tried to impose on him. He had a pistol
and knife, and says the pistol is the one he
did the shooting with.
Oglethorpe Echo: ‘‘There once resided in
this county a lady who, at the age of sixteen
years, from some cause or other, stopped
the use of her tongue, and until just before
her dtfath, twenty years after, she was never
heard to utter a word. As her last hours
were drawing near she scut for some friends,
and dictated her will in a manner that
proved her sound in mind and fluent in
language. She spoke of many things that
occurred in the county during her apparent
dumbness, but gave no reason for her
strange conduct. An attempt was after
wards made to break her will on the ground
of insanity, but it failed.”
Cuthbert Apical: “Undoubtedly a large
area of the oat crop has been killed by the
recent severe weather, and the loss will be
serious to our planters unless they sow again.
The oat crop is being properly appreciated
in this section, and generally admitted to
be one of the most profitable planted. Let
those who have lost their fall planting be
prepared to sow again in the early spring.”
Eorlg County Xews: “Mrs. Nancy War
ren, relict of Moses Warren, late of Miller
county, died at the residence of her son,
Elly Warren, in this county, on the evening
of the 1st instant. The deceased was one of
the pioneers of Southwestern Georgia, hav
ing moved to this county in 1838, and lived
in this aud Miller county up to the time of
her death. She was aged about eighty years
at the.time of her decease.”
Macon Telegraph : “A telegram was re
ceived yesterday from Gainesville an
nouncing the death of Mr. George
W. Mercke, at 0 a. m. The de-
ceastjd was eighty years of age and
one of the earliest settlers of upper Geor
gia, having removed to Cherokee county
when it was in the possession of the In
dians. lie once owned most valuable
property along the line of the State road.
At the time of his death he was the owner
of a valuable mica mine near Gainesville,
Georgia. He leaves seven children and a
large number of grandchildren throughout
the State.”
Hon. Claiborne Snead took his seat or. the
bench of the Superior Court at Augusta on
Monday. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist
says of him: “lie presides with dignity aud
will hold the scales of justice with firmness
and impartiality. His charge to the grand
jury was a model of good sense and high
character. In language and substance it
will compare favorably with any similar
document within our memory, and it bears
along with it the impress of a man just and
tenacious of his purpose, who is uot to be de
terred from the performance of duty by the
frown of the multitude or the dictates of
despotism in high rank.”
Florida Affairs.
Shipment of cattle from Pensacola to Ha
vana bids fair to become quite an extensive
industry. Ariangements are in process to
ship three cargoes per month for the next
three months.
The Sumter Advance is strongly in favor
of a press convention for the State of
Florida. It thinks such a convention would
not only be beneficial to the Florida press,
but would bring all portions of the State
more publicly into notice.
A correspondent of the Florida Immigrant
states that the average bearing age of the
orange tree is from eight to ten years.
Regarding that Florida ship canal, the
Lake City Jteporter learns that Major Mahon
in charge of the engineers exploring the
Okefenokee swamp to ascertain the probable
water supply in order to locate the proposed
ship canal, has found enough water already
foreixcauals such as the one proposed to
be constructed. The country through which
the party is now traveling is level aud well
watered, and it is probably the cheapest
location for the construction of the work
that cau be found.
The orange trees in Lake City, says the
Reporter, look as fresh and green as they did
before the freeze except the younger growth,
which have never borne fruit. This
generally tender and subject to injury from
every severe frost.
Reuben Robinson, colored, convicted of
the murder of Henry Harrison, colored, and
condemned to be hung, but granted a new
trial, has, until recently, been confined in the
Suwannee couuty jail for nearly two years
past. He was, on account of ill-health, lately
removed to one of the upper rooms in the
court house, where he could be more com
fortable than in the jail in its present condi
tion. “On the evening of the 3d instant,”
says the Suwannee Observer t “just after dark,
one of the window’s in his room being open,
he asked his guard (a white man) to close it,
his other guard having gone after his sup
per, and as soon as the guard laid down his
pistol Robinson seized it, together with
gqn and his carpct-sack, which was in the
room, and was out of the door, down stairs
aud gone before any effort could be made to
capture him.”
Our Florida exchanges are full of items
about the late unwonted cold spell and its
probable effects upon health, oranges and
the productions of the State generally.
Colonel Hart informs the Palatka Herald
that he has one hundred or more lime trees
fronting his orange grove, and that none of
them have been injured by the late freeze.
The orange fruit in the grove of six hun
dred trees is sound and good.
A lively business is predicted for this
winter in PaiatUa.
We have received a copy of the Florida
Star, published and edited at New’ Smyrna,
Volusia county, by Mr. Charles H. Coe. It
Is a bright, newsy little paper, and we wel
come it among the list of our exchanges.
q he Tampa Tribune comes to us in a new
dress, and is now one of the handsomest
and luosi neatly gotten up of our I- lorida
exchanges. The Tribune is, in every sense
of the word, a live and interesting paper,
fully awake to all the interests of its com
munity. We congratulate our contemporary
on the evidences of its prosperity.
Mr. George F. Stackhouse, a stock raiser
of Santa Barbara county, California, w ho is
on a visit to Orange county, informs the Re-
porter that he entertains the idea of intro
ducing Angora goats Into that county, be
lieving the climate, feed, character of the
range, et£., t,o be peculiarly adapted to
them. He expects to import about three
1 housand of these goats, and to purchase
lands convenient to the uncultivatable range
section of this region, upon which he in
tends tb;\t they shall feed.
The body of Charles Lewis, colored, who
had been employed as cook on the British
bark “City of Ottawa,” and who deserted
on or about Christmas day, was found float
ing in the harbor of Pensacola on Thursday
last. It is supposed h.e was drowned, as no
marks of violence were on his body, and
w hen last 6een he was intoxicated.
We learn from the Ocala Banner that a
poor, deranged man, named Ennis, over
eighty years of age, was, on Monday of
la?t week, found (lead in the woods near
Silver Spring. He imagined that he owned
the spot of ground on which be was found,
and that he must live on it. bays the Ban
ner : “He told his neighbors to visit him
occasionally, and got his grandson to haul
him and his trunk to the place. The grand
son left Him there alone, without provisions
or shelter, indeed without even a blanket to
protect him from the rain and the cold.
That was on Friday. Saturday there was a
change in the weather, and Sunday was a
raw, rainy day, the cold penetrating
to one’s verv bones. Monday morn-
icicles hung from the leaves and
enforced in this instance.” The Coroner’s
jury brought in a verdict of death from ex
posure and neglect.
Ocala Banner-. “Mr. Morris Benjamin re
turned last Saturday, bringing with him the
cars for the Silver Spring, Ocala and Gulf
Railroad Company. They consist of a pas
senger, box aud flat car, and are substanti
ally built, and will answer the purposes of
the road exactly. The passenger coach is
an exact imitation of the first class cars
used on the New York street railways, aud
will seat comfortably about thirty pas
sengers. It is neatly painted; the ventila
tors are of stained glass; mirrors face j’ou in
front; the seats and back are cushioned
with red plush, and the outside handsomely
painted, with red predominating. The
words ‘Ocala and Gulf Railroad’ are painted
on the sides of the car near the top and
‘Silver Spring’ on the lower rim. It was
made b}’ the well known manufactory of
Bowers, Dure & Co., of Wilmington, ’Del.
The box car is painted yellow, is large
enough to answer the purposes of the road,
and was built at the same manufactory.
Things on the road are now beginning to
assume a business shape.”
St. Augustine Press: “During Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday of the present week we
were visited by what may be styled among
us here as very cold weather, but which at
the North would have been recognized sim
ply as moderate or pleasant wether. Here
the effect was different, causi^; a great
6taguatiou lu business, but the warm sun-
shiue of Tuesday afternoon dispelled the
gloom which the cold weather referred to
had caused; and when we looked on the
bright foliage of the orange trees aud .saw
the beautiful golden fruit in the bright sun
light, it seemed to cheer all hearts, and we
trust that the cold weather of the season is
now past.”
Pensacola Gazette: “On Friday night,
while a colored woman living in the north
western portion of the city was warming be
fore a fire, she stepped too near it, and the
tlaines communicated to her clothing. As
her back was to the fire, it made some pro
gress before she discovered it. When she
became acquainted with the condition of
affairs she lost no time in repairing to the
adjoining room, where some of her friends
were assembled, who quickly extinguished
the flames, being too late in the aid, how
ever, to prevent the infliction of some severe
burns, which, though of course painful, are
not at all dangerous.”
Sanford Journal: “It is said that the Man
darin and Tangarine oranges will not bear
transportation. Here is a proof to the con
trary: Two boxes of Mandarin oranges,
raised at Belair, from imported trees, were
sent hence on the 20tli of October last to
Belgium, arrived there all, save two or three,
in perfect condition, aud on the 10th of De
cember, some still remained uneaten and
were sound and good, if this delicate fruit
can be transported so far and so well, there
cau be no doubt our Florida oranges will,
ere long, find their way to Europe and take
in its markets the place they are entitled to,
as far superior to any grown in ‘ the old
country.’ ”
Florida Stale Journal: “The survey of the
.Suwannee now being prosecuted by Mr. Jas.
L. Meigs, is in danger of being rendered less
thorough than would be wished, by the high
stage of water which prevails. This is a
difficulty which has arisen since the survey
was commenced, and in view of the inade
quacy of the appropriation and the loss
which would accrue from suspension of the
work at this stage, it has been decided by
Col. Smith, engineer in charge of the work,
to go through with it, unless otherwise or
dered from headquarters, the whole mat
ter having been submitted to proper authori
ty f«-r decision.”
Mr. N. R. Marks writes to the Orange
County Reporter that “nineteen new villages
have been started in that county during the
past seven years, and if Cougress will settle
the financial question, and capitalists cau
be induced to come among us and lend us
their capital at 10 per cent, per annum—
five hundred thousand dollars can be let at
that rate on as good security as cau be had
in the world—a few years will show us to
be the wealthiest county South. The orange
is more remunerative than any other fruit,
from the fact that they hang the tree
from early in September till late in Feb
ruary, and can be shipped at any time for
the six months.”
A Stolen Poem.
ATLANTA, January 11.—Editor Morn
mg Xeics: My old friend and comrade
General Charles G. Halpine, of New York
soldier, journalist and poet, had been in lijs
grave but a short while, and his poems had
just been issued from the press, when Wm
Oland Bourne rose up and claimed the au
thorship of his once famous lyric, “ Tear
Down the Flaunting Lie!” As “dead men
tell no tales,” the deceased poet could not
put in a plea against this Bourne, he hav
ing gone to a “bourne” from which there is
no “return,” Und the question of authorship
iu this case, as in that of u Beautiful Snow,-
remaios an open one.
But as to the recent charge against the
erratic Joaquin Miller, accused of stealing
one of Gen. Halpine’s sweetest poems, there
can be no doubt. A more open and un
blushing instance of literary theft has hard
ly been known in this country. It is often
the case that a poem is by mistake credited
to the wrong person, that person being in
ignorance of the fact. Owen Merideth’s
beautiful poem, 11 First Jove,” has frequently
been credited to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe by
newspaper negligence, and the quaint poem
“The Old Canoe,” by Ardley, credited to
Gen. Albert Pike. It is seldom that pronii
nent writers like Miller are caught in such
deliberate thefts. He seems to have changed
but a few words in the poem, and then put
it off upon the public as his creation.
General llalpine, although a firm Demo
crat, was very popular with the Republicans,
and occupied many desirable positions In
the army. He won extended fame as a
humorous writer over the signature of
“Private Miles O’Rielly,” and later became
celebrated as a journalist apd poet. I hav<
before me as I write a letter from him on
political matters, written in 18*H, a few
years before his sad and untimely death, and
beneath his signature is added: “Witness
to the above signature, Miles (his x mark)
O’Rielly.” From this genial writer Joaquin
Miller stole the following beautiful poem.
Sidney Hekbekt.
JANETTE’S HAIR.
BY X1I.ES O RIELLY.
Oh loosen the snood that you wear. Janette
Let me tangle a hand in your hair, my pet.
For the world to me had no dailiter sight
Than your brown hair, veiling your shoiaders
white.
As I tangled a hand in your hair, m> pet
it was brown, with golden gloss. Janette,
It was finer than the silk of the floss, my pet,
Twas a beautiful mist falling down to your
waist,
Twas a thing to be braided, and jeweled and
kissed,
Twas the loveliest hair in the world, my pet.
My anp was tfie arm of a clown, Janette.
U was sinewy, bristled and brown, my pet.
But warmly and softly it loved to caress
Your round white neck and yoUr wealth of
tress.
our beautiful plenty of hair, my pet.
Your eyes hail a swimming glory. Janette,
Revealing the old, dear story, my pet;
They were gray, with that chastening tinge
of the sky, ,
When the trout leaps quickest to snap the fly.
And they matched with your golden hair, my
pet.
Your lips—but I have no words, Janette,
Thev were fresh as the twitter of birds, my pet,
wixen the Spring is young, and the roses are
wet
With dew drops in each red blossom se».
And they suited jour gold-brown hair, my pet.
Oh you tangled my life in your hair, Janette,
Twas a silken and golden snare, my P?t;
But so gentle the bondage, my soul did im
plore
The right to continue your slave ever more,
Tith my fingers enmeshed in your hair, my
|>et.
Thus ever I dream what you were, Janetta,
With your Jips, and your eyes and your hair,
my pet, . _
In the darkness of desolate years 1 moan
And my tears fall bitterly over the stone
That covers your gold-brown hair, niy pet.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
YESTERDAY'S CONGRESSIONAL
PROCEEDINGS.
Action of the Potter and other Com
mittees.
A REPRIEVE RECEIVED JUST ONE
MINl'TE TOO LATE.
DISASTERS AT SEA,
Foreign Failure**.
L* inches of the trees, and the eaves
of the houses, and It continued to K™*
colder all day. During all that time thi=
poor old man lay in the woods alone w 't -
out food or covering, and the agonies be
suffered must have beep terrible. 1 he con
duct of the grandson in tlms extxising h
aged grandfather to the rigors of w.nter
aud leaving him to die of cold and hunger,
for real heartless cruelty surpasses anything
that has ever occurred in this couuty, and
we hope it will not be allowed to pass with
out ah official investigation. There Is law
to reach such cases, and we hope it win De
Discovery of Frauds upon the Odd
kllows.—The grand officers of the
Odd Fellows at Nashville, Tenn., have
discovered a conspiracy to defraud the
society of insurance money, involving A.
O. 1’- II. Seborn, Past Grand Master,
living at Murfreesboro, and D. C. How
ell of Chattanooga. The parties col
lected *2,000 insurance money, and re
covered *2.000 from the Lake bhore and
Michigan Southern Railroad Company,
by claiming the death ot a fictitious
person in the Ashtabula disaster. The
matter lias caused an uproar of excite
ment in the order. Seborn and Howell
have confessed, and the lodge has taken
Ic-al steps. The amount involved in
nc w schemes to defraud the benovolent
society of Chicago and the United
Brotherhood of Pennsylvania is estima
ted at $7,000. The conspiracy had
grown to such large proportions that
probably not half the rascality has yet
been developed.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE NOTES.
Washington. January 14.—At a meeting
of the House Military Committee this morn
ing, the sub-committee reported that the
facts iu a communication laid before them
in regard to charges against the manage*
ment of the Soldiers’ Home at Hampton
Va., were insufficient to warrant Congres
sional inquiry. On motion of Representa
tive White the sub-committee was instructed
to examine the matter more fully, and sub
mit their conclusions to the full committee
on Thursday.
The Potter Gwaniittee to-day examined
J. H. Birch, outhe -PresRUatial electors
at largCof Louisiana. His testimony was to
the effect that he signed the second set of
certificates, having been advised that there
was informality in the first set. He knew
nothing of the forgery of signatures, except
what he had learned from the newspapers
and conventions. It was quite true he
forged no signature.
Witness Kelly was recalled from Satur
day, and after much pressure stated he
knew positively the name of Jeffrons was
forged, but was not quite so sure as to that
of Levissc. The committee then took a
recess.
The Senate Finance Committee hears II,
W. Hunt, President of the Merchants’ To
bacco Company, of New York and Boston, in
opposition to the House bill, which provides
fur reducing the rate of taxation on tobacco.
The committee adjourned without acting ou
the subject, but will hold a special meeting
to dispose of it within the next few days.
congressional proceedings.
Washington, January 14.—In the Senate
during the morning hour, Mr. Anthony sub
mit ted a resolution providing that at one
o’clock Friday the Senate will proceed to
consider bills on the calendar not objected
to, to be discussed under the five-minute
rule. Agreed to.
Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, submitted
a resolution directing the Secretary of the
Interior to Inquire into and report to the
Seuate what railroad company, individual or
individuals are constructing or buildin.
railroad across the public domain in the
Territory of Arizona, aud by what authority
such road is being constructed. Agreed to.
At the conclusion of the morning busi
ness, Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, called up
the resolution submitted by him early iu the
session, to promote the agricultural interest
of the country, and spoke at length upon
that subject.
The Senate passed the House bill for the
relief of the political disabilities of Mr. Jas.
Cbesnut, of South Carolina.
The House by a vote of yeas 112, nays
105. determined to postpone the Geneva
award bill, and is now in committee on the
bill for the payment of pensions to the sur
vivors of the Mexican and other wars. [
DISASTERS AT SEA.
Havre, January 14.—The American
schooner Edwin J. Norrison, at this port
from Galveston, brought the crew of the
bark Chili from Baltimore, December 23d,
for Rochcford, which was abaudoned at
sea.
Milford, Wales, January 14.—The new
American ship Thomas M. Reed, from San
Francisco September 5th for Liverpool,went
ashore in Fre=h Water Bay and is a total
wreck. Three of the crew were drowiied
The cargo is strewn all over the sands, and
much will be saved.
AN EMBARRASSED BOOT AND SHOE HOU'SS
Boston, January 14.—Jeukins, Lane ifc
Sons, boot ami shoe merchants, are reported
to owe from two hundred to two hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars, mostly in
New York. The firm have lost heavily
from bad debts in the Southern trade, these
looses aggregating, it is said, two hundred
ami twenty thousand dollars In the past
four or five years,
FOREIGN FAILURES.
London, January 14.—Crigliton Brothers!
merchants of New Castle-oa-Tyue, have
failed. Liabilities £87,500.
McKay Kirkwood, extensive wholesale
stationers, printers and publishers of Glas
gow, have also failed. Liabilities large.
BUT ONE MINUTE TOO LATE.
Mauch Chunk, Pa., January 14, 10:40 a
M.—The drop has just fallen, and it is
feared the necks of Sharpe and McDonnell
have been broken. A telegraphic reprieve
has arrived, but it was just one minute too
late. • |
EVENING TELEGRAM?.
HI LI
FOR THE CLASSIFICATION
OF MAIL MATTER.
Comments on Bismarck's Parliament
ary Discipline Measure.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN
ITEMS,
Wadiinstou and general Note**.
BISMARCK’S PARLIAMEN TART DISCIPLINE
SCHEME.
London, January 14.—A Berlin dispatch
says the Parliamentary punishment bill con
tinues to be the chief topic of conversation
in all political circles. The opinion of the
foreign press is largely quoted in compari
son with articles in the journals here which
seems to yield the curious result that
abroad there is more opposition to the
Chancellor’s scheme than in Germany itself.
There is certainly great opposition to the
bill, though to the English mind
;t |? somewhat surprising to find
so much uueoucun* - loigning, in
view of the fate which seems to threateu
freedom of speech aud liberty of the press.
The Xord Deutsche, Allege mine Zeitung and
Pat defend the Chancellor’s scheme. The
Koenz Zeitung, though admitting the neces
sity cf some restraint on Parliamentary
speech, thinks with the Liberals that' the
bill in its present form is inadmissible, for
the reason that It changes several ar
ticles of the constitution which cannot
be done without a special resolution by
the Reichstag to that effect. In Parlia
mentary ciicles the question is being dis
cussed whether the bill, in view of certain
articles of the imperial constitution, might
not be rejected in limine. That might
doubtless bri done if a majority of the House
would only resolve to it, but many persons
hero believe that Bisrparck, degplte the
present opposition, will ultimately succeed
in carrying the measure with but few
changes.
NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Washington, January 14.—The Treasury
to-day issued a call for twenty millions 5-20s,
twelve mijliops registered and eight millions
coupon bonds.
The four per cent, subscriptions to-day
aggregated nearly fourteen millions.
The Cabinet to-day had financial affairs
under discussion. Secretary Sherman showed
that more gold Is coming into the Treasury
than is going out. Letters from sub-
Treasurers show a popular preference for
greenbacks.
The House Committee on Commerce have
agreed to report Small’s bill, extending the
collection district of Beaufort, B. 0., east
ward to the South Edisio river, so 4s to in
clude the waters of the Conibahee river,
aud the sounds and inlets on the coast be
tween the Edisto and Black river, in Georgia.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
OrFICK OF THE CHIEF SlGNAX OBSERVER,
Washington, D. C., January 14.—Indica
tions for Wednesday:
In the South Atlantic States, southwest
veering to cooler northwest winds, clear or
partly cloudy weather and rising barometer.
In the Gulf States, southerly shifting to
cooler north and east winds, partly cloudy
weather, with occasional rain or sqow. and
in the East Gulf rising, but in the West
Gulf falling barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, north
winds, stationary or lower temperature,
partly cloudy or clear weather and rising ba
rometer.
In the Middle Atlantic SUtea, increasing
north and west winds, clear or partly cloudy
weather, slightly cooler, and rising barome
ter.
HEAVY ICE GORGE.
Cincinnati, January 14.—The heavy ice
gorge which has been expected from Mays-
ville arrived this afternoon, and is now
passing down by the city. As yet no ma
terial damage is sustained.
REPEAL OF THE CHARTER OF MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Tenn., January 14.—At a meet
ing of the General Council last night reso
lutions favoring a repeal of the city char
ter passed both boards.
. CLASSIFICATION OF MAS. MATTER.
Washington, January 14.—The House
Committee on Post Offices «ad Post Roads
have authorized its ChairmaS (Mr. Waddell)
to report the bill prepared Mp him for the
classification of mail matter r us a substitute
for the bill heretofore reported, and which
Is now on the House calendar. This bill
has been very generally popished, but as
agreed upon by the committed it is amended
so th%t letters’mailed with imoffic ieut pos
tage will be forwarded and the deficiency
collected from the aduresseti It provides
also for the issuance of the new stamps to
be used for that purpose as heretofore pub
lished.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERpAN NOTES.
Panama, January 6.—The ^volution has
ended in Panama by the ppceful retire
ment of Correoso from the presidency of
the State. He bad become personally un
popular, and many of his former friends
and supportors have deserted pm.
Honduras is prepared for war. A battery
of Krupp siege guns of hravy calibrt,
and a number of Remington rifles have
lately been received.
A new line of steamers have been inaugu
rated to run between New Orleans and Bel-
fate. La Ceibra, Trujillo aud Ruatan ports,
on the northern coast of Honduras.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
Paris, January 14.—The appointment of
General Gresley as Minister of War is ga
zetted. General Borel has been appointed
commander of the Rouen army corns.
The drawing of the Paris Exposition Lot
tery will commence og the Aifrh ^January.
STORY OF THE SOI HER SURVI
VORS.
A (Graphic Statement of tlie Sink lug
of the Steamer and Lomn ot Fifty
Lives.
New York Tribune. lOf/t inst.
Theodore Steinert, quartermsater, and
O. A. Anderson, seaman, the only two
persons known to have been saved from
the steamship Emily li. Souder, of the
Clyde line, which foundered at sea on
December 10, with 38 persons on hoard,
arrived here yesterday' from Jamaica, on
the steamship Atlas. They went at once
to the office of the company of W P.
Clyde & Co., and gave a statement of the
disaster. The two men were examined
separately, and their statements compar
ed iu every particular.
Mr. Steinert stated that when about
two hundred miles from New York a
strong gale with heavy head seas came
on. The next day' the vessel began to
leak. All the steam pumps were started,
hut the leak increased. The deck freight
was thrown overboard, the foremast cut
away, and all hands worked for three
hours throwing overboard the cargo.
Then the chief engineer reported that
the water had come into the fire room
and was putting out the fires. About
five p. m. the Captain ordered every one
to put ou life preservers and take to the
boats, as there was no hope of saving
the vessel. The statement continues:
“The first boat was lowered, in which
was the first mate, T. M. Deaken, two of
the crew, Mrs. Root, Mrs. Cazneau, Mrs.
Storm, Ellen Fleming, the stewardess,
aud two other passengers. This boat
capsized, and the people were holding
to the bottom of the boat and swimming
toward it. The second boat, with Mr.
Booth and M r. Newman, the two
assistant engineers, all except two of
the passengers, and two of the crew', got
away clear. The third boat, in charge
of the purser, and with several of the
crew, including young Edraonston, also
got clear of the vessel. Capt. Kuehl
stood by the ship, although urged to go,
and with Chief Engineer John Tice gave
directions in getting away the boats.
They then, with the second officer aud
Rutgers Crosby, a passenger, made a
lumber raft, and after throwing it over
board jumped after it. The Captain
had first made arrangements for the six
persons remaining on board to float off
on other parts of the vessel. Two of the
cooks and one of the passengers were in
the pilot house waiting for that to be
carried overboard, and Anderson, my
self aud a passenger (supposed to be
Ferdinand Klein, from the description),
were on the forehatph house, and when
the vessel liad sunk down to her smoke
pipe, a heavy sea washed the raft off,
and us with it. In about ten minutes
the vessel went dow’n carrying the three
persons in the pilot house down witli
her. After floating on the hatch house
a half hour, the life raft floated near
us and we got on it. Y, r e tried to
induce our comrade to come with us
but lie would not. We hung fast to the
hatch-house until a big sea parted our
hold, and w’e lost sjght of it and our
comrade. AVe also lost sigiit of all the
boats, as it was then dark, but I do not
give up all hopes of some of the others
having been picked up. AVe were on the
life raft forty-eight hours, during which
time we picked up a box of tripe and a
box of oysters. With those we stayed
our hunge*, and quenched our thirst
with the oyster liquor. The raft was
capsized several times, but we managed
to hang on and keep our food with us.
We were then picked up by-the schooner
Abbott Devereaux, and after telling the
Captain our experience, and there being
no boats in sight, we were taken to
Kingston M
Sergeant Edmonston, of the Hoboken
police, whose son was pantryman on
board, had a consultation with the men
yesterday. lie said he had no Ijope of
ever sec ng his sun.
The United States Uocal Steamboat
Inspectors will hold ah investigation of
the loss of the Souder in a few day’s. It
is said that they will inquire into the
report that the ship w’as too heavily
loaded.
A MADMAN.
Groveling Like a Dog aud ISitini'
People an they Panned.
A tall, powerful man, groyeling on
his hands and knees and barking like a
dog. attracted many persons at Forty-
third street and Ninth avenue, New
York, Friday evening. He sprang upon
several women, knocking them down,
and tried to bite them. Three women,
cut and bruised, were taken to an ad
joining drug store. A Mrs. Schmidt,
living in the neighborhood, was walking
home with her husband when lie attacked
them. He hurled ijr. ^chiqiiU into the
street, and so frightened Mrs. Schmidt
that she fainted. The throng that had
assembled, composed of young men, then
surrounded him until the police could be
sent for.
Thomas Connor had his hand bitten,
and was severely beaten while trying to
protect a young woman. James Fetus
was also badly bruised. Officer Barnes
clubbed the man on the legs until he fell.
In the Forty-seventh Street Police Sta
tion the man described himself as Thos.
Jones, of No. 42*1 West Forty-sixth
street. He said that he was an English
soldier. While standing before Sergeant
Little, he suddenly sprang upon Officer
Barnes and tried to choke him. He was
overpowered and put in a straight jacket.
(iilliert Horton told Sergeant Little
that Jones was a quiet, peaceable man,
butjjbad been sunstruck in India, apd had
been bitt«*n by ^ dog unce. lie support
ed his mother and sister. He had just
come home from a temperance meeting,
and had a blue ribbon in a buttonhole.
He became excited by what he heard,
and, complaining that” liis head ached,
he quit the house.
Southern War Debts.
Atlanta Constitution.
A recent decision of the Supreme
Court of^the United States, in a case in
volving the validity of certain war issues
of the notes of the Bank of Tennessee,
has given rise to the suggestion that the
war debts of Southern States may yet be
validated and the people forced to pay
them. The matter is undergoing wide
discussion among the newspapers.
The case decided by the Supreme
Court was this: By the charter of the
Bank of Tennessee the State of Tennes
see agreed to receive the notes of the
bank in payment of taxes. During the
period of reconstruction the Legislature
declared these war issues, called the Tor-
bett issues, null and void, in pursuance
of the constitutional amendment declar
ing all debts contracted in aid of the
alleged‘‘rebellion’’ null and void. The
notes passed out of circulation and
w’ere deemed worthless. They have
been accumulating for years in the hands
of a few speculators, who now hold an
unknown but enormous sum of them.
They' made a case at law against a Tax
Collector to test the question of the validi
ty of this issue. The court has decided,
the Chief Justice and Justices Bradley
and Harlan dissenting, that there being
nothing in the record to show that these
notes were issued in aid of rebellion,
the clause in the constitution of Tennes
see invalidating them is obnoxious to the
Constitution of the United States,because
it impairs the obligations of a contract.
The fact that they’ were issued during
the “rebellion” and while the State of
Tennessee claimed connection w’ith an
other than the United States Government,
weighs nothing, the court holding that
siuce its admission into the Union the
“State of Tennessee” has been ever the
same, and its attempted secession did
not interfere with “its perpetual succes
sion and perpetual identity.” This de
cision is based upon the assumption that
the notes were not issued “in aid of the
rebellion,” and the State of Tennessee
will now have to redeem the entire out
standing volume of this war issue in pay
ment of t:*es due the State. This is a
heavy infliction upon a people already
heavily burdened, and the crippled
finances of the State will suffer still more
severely by reason of this decision.
There is nothing in the terms of the
decision, in our judgment, to warrant
the opinion put forth bv Justice Bradley
that the decision is calculated to “intro
duce evils of great magnitude that will
ultimately lead to the recognition of the
war debts of the seceding States.” The
Southern States are not anxious to pay
their war debts, either this year or the
next, and any movement in that direc
tion will probably take its origin in the
ranks of the Ttadical loaders, as another
scheme of robbery and oppression where
by to punish the Southern people. In
their hate and jealousy they would not
scruple to put upon foot a scheme of
that nature. Ho% soon will they do so
is apparently the only' point ip doubt.
From a political point of view the de
cision is an interesting one, siuce it re
verses the entire line of argument where
by' the Republican party sought to justify
its schemes and measures of reconstruc
tion. Their theory was that the South
ern States had been in rebellion, and that
they had thereby' lost their characters as
States of the Union. They were deemed
and treated ;is territories,and the Congress
of the United States proceeded to “recon
struct” State governments for them and
to formally' “readmit them into the Union
as States.” The Supreme Court decides
that secession did not take the States
out of the Union nor end
their obligations to the Constitu
tion of the United States, “though for a
while it may’ have ended their enforce
ment.” The Supreme Court thus af
firms the position taken by President
Johnson in his efforts to “restore” the
States to their proper ruialions m the
Union, and for which doctrine he
was arraigned before the American peo
ple and his impeachment attempted.
Either Congress, under the domination
of the Republican party, Was guilty of a
great crime against the rights of these
Southern Slates, in the reconstruction
measures, or the Supreme Court, con
trolled by Republican Judges, is now
guilty' of gross error in making this de
cision in question. Upon either hypo
thesis, that party stands s^lf-onnyicted
of doublv dcuuny.
The decision is also notable, because,
though not in terms, it follows the prece
dent established by the court in the case
of Briscoe vs. Bank of the Lommon
wealth, Kentucky (11 Peters), in which
it is stated lhat it is within the power of
a State to charter a bank, and that when
the State itself owns all the stock of the
bank, it is not in its capacity as a sover
eign. In such case the State stands the
same as would an individual citizen and
is to be so treated. The State of Tennes
see was so considered in the case in ques
tion. |n that view of the matter, the
obligation of the State to the holders of
the notes was the same as if both had
been individuals. Such contracts have
been deemed valid and bind in" without
reference to the its issues and
results.
SOUTHERN MASONIC FEMALE
COLLEGE. COVINGTON. GA.
An Addre«N.
We, the undersigned, being a committee
by appointment of the Grand Lodge of F.\
and A.*. Masons, of the State of Georgia, In
annual communication assembled, October
&9Ui, 30th and 3lst, 1878, in the city of Ma
con, Ga., desire to present to the fraternity
and others here, and elsew here, the claims
of the Southern Masonic Female College,
situated at Covington, Ga., as an institu
tion devoted to female education. The
purpose of this address is to show, as briefly
as possible, what it has done, and what it
can do towards the accomplishment of this
great end.
The college has been for many years the
special agency through which our order has
sought to accomplish it. As au institution
it has an honorable record, it has been a
great blessing to the country- Hundreds
and even thousands have here received
special culture, fitting them for high po
sitions in society. For twenty-six years it
has been used as a Masonic College, not in
any special interest of Masonry, but as an
expression in some degree of what Masonry
is. It is not by any means exclusive in char
actet, but a general agency by which we
have sought to do good to the whole coun
try. The basis on which it was foudn-
ed and is still conducted is fair
to all, and in barmqny with the
highest.mH nwgt UtHTaf ' views in
reference lo the conduct of educational at
fairs in mixed communities. Non-sectarian,
it still brings into play all the essential and
f eneral influences of a common Christianity.
he moral and religious have due pronii
nence. Sound moral philosophy and the ev
idences of Christianity are taught, while
every day’s exercises are opened with read
ing the Scriptures and prayer. Nothing
dogmatic is allowed under the ruling of Ma
sonry, but all pupils are permitted and ex
pected to attend such churches for special
religious instruction as their parents may
select. This we believe to be the true Amer
ican idea, which is bound to stand in the
history of controversies in reference to edu
cational institutions.
As to the school itself, it is in all essen
tial respects equal to the best institutions of
the country. This will be seen from the
facts we propose to present, which facts
have been before the Grand Lodge contin
uously for yean past, but have not been
made known to the people at large as they
should have been. We will, therefore, ap
ply ourselves to the work before us, feeling
our responsibility to those we address, as
well as those Interested in the college. Iu
passing, we mention first, for the informa
tiou of those who have never visited the
school, that no better location can be
found. It is a most beautiful and pleasant
place, having a climate genial and safe for
pupils coming either from the North
South. There are no extremes of heat
or cold there. The curriculum, too. is good,
as may be seeu by an examination of the
catalogues issued, ft is sufficiently exten
sive for the attainment, under favorable
circumstances, of personal independence,
aud to be introductory to that self educa
tion which is the work of life. In the ordi
nary sciences, mathematics, languages,
music, and the fine arts, a young lady may
here attain all that it is possible for her to
accomplish in a four years’ course of study
anywhere. Many of the schools of the
country are fanciful, making a display of
uncommon things, ami as such are delusive,
but here is solid work enough for the heads
and hands of any, even the brightest, where
knowledge and true culture go together as
much as a school girl’s life can afford.
In reference to the present status of the
school, f^nd as 4 fair showing to those In
tel ested' in educating daughters, we will
give extracts from authentic and official re
ports which have been laid before us from
time to time. They are found iq tho records
of the college, aud tjio minutes of the Grand
Lodge itseii Aud here we assert that the
affairs of this school are under the most
thorough review and control. Besides the
general supervision or the Board of Trustees,
there is a visiting committee of live intelli
gent gentleman, selected annually from
different parts of the State, whose business
it is tc attend the examination of classes iu
college, aud report the kiud of teaching,
discipline, etc., thev find to. be carried on.
The undersigned,* by virtue of their office,
and a4 *, pleasure, have atteuded the public
annual commencements—some of us for
many years—and we know that the ad
ministration is good, as seen in the order
preserved, and grade of scholarship ex
hibited before v,s.
First, (.hep, wb give the language of a
large and intelligent committee attending
the examination of classes in college, soon
after the present incumbent took charge of
the school. It is principally iu respect to
the President himself, and his first assistant
lady teacher, and we give this because these
parties have been continuously and thor
oughly idestined with school tlie the last
ei£tt jrears. The committee says: “The ex-
arninat ion was in every respect fair, impart i 1
and thorough, and we do unhesitatingly e*-
nrcs the oninion that i>oetar.s pv**r orartn.
In their efforts to get the bankrupt
Boston shoedealer, Paige, out of jail last
week, it is stated that several parties
swore falsely that they might be accepted
as bondsmen. Paige lias been indicted
for fraudulent disposal of about §100,-
000 worth of shoes, ete.
At Milford, N. J., Friday, Jacob Sny
der, who had been separated from his
wife, tried to re-enter his home by force.
A fight ensued, in which he beat several
members of the family, and was shot,
but uot fatally wounded, by his son
■
Citizen Grant told the handsome men
of Dublin how extravagant we have
been as a nation, but didn’t even hint at
the millions stolen by his friends who
fattened at the crib during his two terms
of office.
A Preaelier’s Idea of the Future of
This Earth.
On Sunday night, at the Cambria
street Philadelphia Methodist ISpiscopaL
church, Itev. L. B. Hughes preached on
the future of the earth. His theory was
that, at the last judgment, the world
which, as the Scriptures say. is to be
destroyed by fire, will not be annihilated,]
but, rather that, under the aclion of tire,j
its present form will merely undergoM
change, He argued that the language!
of prophecy and the whole tenor of thp
Scriptures pointed to this idea, and that
it was impossible to believe that this
earth, which God himself declared
to be good, and uoag which
the Saviour lived and died, should be
entirely given over to the flames!
The transformation of the old
earth into a new earth would, so the
preacher argued, take place after the day
of judgment. The new earth \yill be as
prim as the present one, and with the
same heavenly dome spead over it.J
Beauty would delight the eye, music at[
tract the ear, and there would bfi hliesfuil
intercourse between man and man. There
would be green hills, majestic mounl
tains, fertile fields, fruit-bearing trees,1
(flowing streams, fragrant flowers—over
a clear, bright sky, an ever-shining sun, I
with all the materialism which sense sees
in the present, but without the s^p^ual
ties that sin creates and impresses on our
present existence. In shoit, it will be
the present earth, so renewed and re
generated that it will appear in all the
graces of its first formation. “This,”
said the preacher, “wlil be Paradise Re
gained.”
Illness of Mr. Tiiomas Lord.—The
New York llerald states that Mr.
Thomas the millionaire, who
created such a social sensation a year
ago by marrying Mrs. AnnettaW/W.
Hicks, is dangerously ill, and there *rc
very slight hopes of recovery. For
|two weeks past Mr. Lord has taken no
solid food, and he has been kept up sole
ly by the aid of stimulants. His wife is
constantly in attendance ut ins bedside,
and no one but her and the phvsicians
are admitted to the sick room. Mr. Lord
is 85 years old.
A shocking accident occurred in Up
per Providence township, Montgomery
county, Pa., last week, when John Hil
tebeidel, a farmer, while cutting corn
fodder with a machine driven bv horse
power, slipped and fell into the box.
Ilis left anp was caught by the rollers,
aud In an instant hia hand was irresisti
bly drawn into the knives and cut in
lengths of an inch withiu oue inch of
the wrist joint. The unfortunate man’s
cries speedily brought assistance and the
machinery was stopped. His arm will
have to be amputated;
Henry Whales, a hermit, who lived in
a little shanty near Darlington’s Corner,
Chester county, Pa., died last week,
aged 76. He was once a fashionable
dancing master in Philadelphia and pos
sessed of considerable means. A love
affair it is supposed, drove him into
solitude.
pres the opinion that no class baj ever gradu
ated from t’ M e voliege which has been better
taught', We were also highly pleased at
the easy, unconstrained social relations
which subsist between the President as well
as the other teachers of the college and
the pupils. The parental tendances and
kindness which characterize the deportment
of the teapke*s in their intercourse with the
pupils tend to elicit their respect and affec
tion, and to secure a sedulous devotion to
their text boiik* more than a reserved man
ner and a cold, rigid enforcement of rules
could accomplish. Although there Is fa
miliarity, It is accompanied with proper
dignity, and also with inflexible firmness,
whenever it is necessary for the preserva
tion of good, discipline. From our observa
tion, uuring the past week, we cheerfully,
houestly, aud emphatically assert it as our
opinion that a more efficient and skillful
instructor of youth cannot be found within
the limits ot oUr State.”
Another committee remarks* in its report
to the Board of Trustees, that “while the
mental faculties have been largely devel
oped, aud the highest order of morality has
been deeply Impressed upon the minds of
the students, we. find the physical powers
have not been neglected, but a regular
course of calisthenics is daily practiced, pro
motive of the health and vigor of the body.
We further find that the music and art de
partments are ably presided over, and are
in a flourishing condition.”
Again, a very abie committee says: “We
are satisfied that 3 04 seldom find an institu
tion of learning where there is more labor
bestowed and pains taken by the in
structors than in this institution. Great
effort is made ta load the voung mind iuto
the correct way to attain knowledge. Their
advancement in the higher mathematics is
conclusively shown by the great familiarity
the young ladies evince with afl tW*e
principles upon which the science is found
ed. In connection with this subject we
cannet regain from mentioning the most
excellent class lu trigonometry, which y. o
will not hesitate to pronounce th« equal of
any class we have met. wi.h in any of the
male institutions, it isJmt just, too, to say
this was trained under the special care
of’ that most accomplished aud excellent
teacher, Miss Bailie Bradshaw. This young
lady satisfied us by the examination of all
classes under immediate supervision that
she is the equal of the best instructors in
the land.”
At the close ci ike sixth year, the Annual
Visiting Committee says: “We have never
had the good fortune to be acquainted with
a corps of teachers, the results oJt whose
labors have proven t^em to he more compe
tent or more dvservlng of public patronage
*.han President Bradshaw and his accom
plished daughters.”
To these testimonials we would hlmpiy
add that those having access to the minutes
of the G^aud Lodge of Georgia will find
most complimentary reports made at eight
successive communications by the trustees
of the college and by the different Grand
Masters who have presided in turn as ex-
officio President of the Board of Trustees,
aud who have nev^r failed to attend the an
nual c£mui*uvementa of the institution.
As a committee, we would not be under
stood as saying that nothing has occurred to
disturb or embarrass the operations of the
school. Tys could hardiy be expected
through a series of years of unparalleled de
pression in financial matters, apd where a
school is not liberally endowed. We regard
it as only the better testimony that it has
maintained so good a standing in what we
Uiav truly call hard times.
Does any one wish to place his daugther
in the care of a man well tried, and where
the teachers are known to be good f As
amongst the best in our state, we recom
mend the M. F. College, and say to
jou that in the President, nis wife, daugh
ters, and other teachers connected with the
institution, you will find some of the most
faithful frieqds.
From the Masons of the State we invoke
a still more liberal patronage in the future,
and to all south of us we would say send
here rather than to schools of other States
in colder latitudes.
Most favorable terms are given, and to
those living in the State of Florida, here is
your place to send to school. Rev. Mr.
Bradshaw, pre«(dent, has interested him
self in securing reduced rates of travel for
all students coming from that State to the
institutions of Georgia. Half rates have
been promised from the upper St. John’s
by way of Georgia and Florida line of
steamers to Brunswick, and the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad to Macon. The Georgia
railroad will also pass for moderate rates
direct to Covington. Students wishing to
attend will correspond with the President
of the school and get certificate from him.
We are happy to sav that by an appropria
tion from the Grand Lodge, at its last com
munication, some important improvements
are being made on the college property,
and that improved prospects are known to
exist as to patronage.
Respectfully,
James M. Mobley,
Grand Master F.\ A.*. Masons of Ga.
D. E. Butler,
P. G. M. and Sec. Board of Trustees,
John S. Davidson,
Chairman Com. S. M. F. College,
Committee.
The following are the rate6 of board aud
tuition, as per catalogue,, viz.: Board in
college, under the supervision of the Presi
dent, 515 00 per month. In the best of
families, near the college, from $12 00 to
$15 00. Tuition in college classes alone,
$6 00. If mu.Mc.be taken, $5 00 each.
Combined rates for board and tuition, em
bracing music, $25 00 per month, paid
month y in advance. No incidentals. With
out music, $21 00 per mouth.
Students boarding in college will be ex
pected to furnish two sets pillow cases, oue
pair sheets, and their towels: washing always
extra.
The most faithful guardian care exercised
by Matron. President’s wife and lady teach
ers always near at hand.
Those having daughters to be educated
abroad can correspond with the President,
at Covington, Ga., who will give all needful
iu&umation. The spring ternrfoi 1879WI1!
open 8th of January. d&wlt
Vermifuge.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. McLANE’S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
T HE countenance is pale and lead
en-colored, with occasional flushes,
or a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; tlie eyes become dull; the
pupils dilatean azure semicircle
•runs along the lower eye-lid; the
nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes
bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip
occasional headache, with humming
or throbbing of the ears; an unusual
secretion of saliva ; slimy or furred
tongue ; breath very foul, particularly
in the morning; appetite variable,
sometimes voracious, with a gnawing
sensation of the stomach, at others,
entirely gone; fleeting pains in the
stomach; occasional nausea and vom
iting; violent pains throughout the
abdomen ; bowels irregular, at times
costive; stools slimy, not unfrequent-
ly tinged with blood; belly swollen
and hard ; urine turbid ; respiration
occasibnally difficult, and accompa
nied by hiccough; cough sometimes
dry and convulsive; uneasy and dis
turbed sleep, with grinding of the
teeth ; temper variable, but generally
irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
PR. C. McLANE’S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form ; it is an innocent prepa
ration, not capable of doing the slightest
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLane's Ver
mifuge hears the signatures of C.
McLane and Fleming Bros, on the
viTappcr. —;o:—
DR. C, McLANE’S
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as a remedy “for
all the ills that flesh is heir to,” but in
affections of the liver, and in all Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head
ache, or diseases of that character, they
stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used prepar
atory to, or after taking Quinine.
As a simple purgative they are un
equaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression Dr. McLane’s
Liver Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
C. McLane and Fleming Bros.
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 McLane, spelled differently but
same pronunciation.
nov6-W.FAMATelly
iPaintittfl.
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.
ANDREW HANLEY,
No. tl WTiltaker Street,
Paint and Oil Store.
RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT AND MILL SUP
PLIES.
Doers, Sashes, Blinds, Etc.
Plain and Decorative Wall Paper,
LIKE PLASTER AND CBHBNT
Sole Agent for the celebrated “ HOME
LIGHT” OIL
All orders will receive prompt attention.
Oecsil-tf
PAINTING
CHRIS. mJRPHY,
House, Sign and Ornamental
PAINTING.
Orders for Work of Every De
scription in the above
Hue Solicited.
Paints, Oils, Glass, Brushes,
VARNISHES, ETC.
YT7M. P. McKKNNA, 183 Congress street,
>▼ dealers in PAINTS. OILS. etc.. HOUSE,
SIGN and DECORATIVE PAINTER Personal
superintoadeace given to all work. Orders for
ar.y gooos in my line wiil receive prompt atten
tion. dec4-tf
HECERMANN So O’NidiLJL,
133 ST. JULIAN STREET.
PAINTING
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
FRESCO AND SIGN PAINTING SPECIALTIES.
oct28 8m
JOHN U. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnishes, Etc.
A LSO, a full line of WALL PAPERS. House,
Si*n and Ornamental Painting done with
neatness and dispatch, at prices to suit the
times.
NO. 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
Also, hare on hand and for sale the best qual
ity of GEORGIA LIME in any quantity.
mh25-ly
(Boofls.
GRAY & O’BRIEY.
NEW SUPPLY!
BOYS’ BLOUSE OVERCOATS,
GRAY DIAGONALS and
BLUE TRICOTS, from 2>$ to 7 years.
BOYS’ SUITS, full line in stock.
NEW SUPPLY!
MISSES’ BROWN aud BLACK
CLOAKS, at 5u per cent. off.
BEAVER
NEW SUPPLY!
Of 8-1 and 9-1 BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK.
NAPKINS and SATIN-FACED DOYLIES.
300 dozen MISSES' STRIPED HOSE. Just
open. Entirely new designs.
(MV & OttH.
B.FMDHCO.
137 UltOlJ<;iITON STREET,
BETWEEN BULL AND WHITAKER BT&
GREAT REDUCTIONS!
CLOSING OUT SALE
—OF—
WINTER GOODS!
I T'ROM this date we will offer our win ter stock
at extraordinary reductions, without re
gard to cost. We would call special attention
to the following changes in prices of our
Fine Dress Goods
Black Silk Warp HENRIETTA CLOTHS, for
merly $2 50 per yard, now $1 8744
Black Silk Warp HENRIETTA CLOTHS, for
merly $2 per yard, now $1 8744-
Black Silk Warp HENRIETTA CLOTHS, for
merly Si fio per yard, now $1 23.
Black HENRIETTA CLOTHS, formerly $1 25
per yard, now 8T}«_\
Black A USTRa LIAN CREPE, formerly 50c. per
yard, now 35c.
Black AUSTRALIAN CREPE, formerly 65c. per
yard, now 40c.
Black ENGLISH CASHMERE, formerly45c. per
yard, now 83c.
Black ENGLISH CASHMERE, formerly 55c.
per yard, now 40c.
Colored ENGLISH CASHMERE, formeriy 55c.
per yard, now 40c.
Colored ENGLISH TAFFETAS, formerly 50c.,
now 30c.
Colored FRENCH CASHMERES, formerly from
90c. to $1 ^5 per yard, now from 05c. to 75c.
Brown FRENC II CASHMERES (one pitce only),
very fine. 42 inches wide, formerly Si 25 per
jard. now 87^c.
Black All Wool SaTEEN,formerly 65c., now 40c.
Black AU Wool SATEEN.formerly 75c., now 50c.
Black BAZITS 0LOTH, formerly 75c.. now 55c.
Fine Black BRILLIANTINE, formerly $1 per
yard, now 75c.
Taflliard s Rich Black DRESS SILKS, warranted
pure, formerly $2 50 per yard, now $2.
Tailliard's Black DRESS SILKS, formerly $2 25
per yard, now $1 85.
Handsome Lyons Black SILKS, formerly SI 50.
now SI 25.
4-4 All Wool Medicated SHAKER FLANNEL,
formerly 7fc., now 60a
4 4 White All Wool SHAKER FLANNEL, extra
heavy, formerly 75c , now 60c.
FINE HOSIERY.
Ladies’ Extra Long Colored BALBRIOGAN
HOSE, silk clocked, formerly 85c. per pair,
now 50<\
Children’s Extra Long, Extra Heavy FRENCH
HOSE, 8J4 inch, formerly 70c. per pair, now
50c., smaller sizes of same at Tower prices
Children's Fine Colored BALBRIOGAN HOSE,
various sixes, at prices much urder value.
Gentlemen’s Heavy MERINO UNDER VESTS at
greaMy rfiauced prices.
KID GLOVES.
Alexandre’s 3-button KIDS, black aiid colored
Jouvin’s and Empress 3 button KID8, black
and colored.
button KID GLOVES, Evening shades, at 50c.
z.liSSf&.£!5 AK ’‘- BhANKKTS and HEAVY
C ASMMERE1? at a fcrtat sacrifice.
janfi-tf B. F. ldcKBNNA 4c CO.
OUR WINTER STOCK
—OF—
Cloak’s, Slawls, Blankets,
CASSIMERES & DRESS GOODS.
WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO
PURCHASERS OF THE ABOVE GOODS.
A FULL assortment of MOURNING DRESS
il GOODS, BOMBAZINES, HENRIETTA
CLOTH. SILK WARP, AKMURE, SKKGEr.
CRAPE CLOTH, with a variety of other fabrics.
Our stock of BLACK ENGLISH CRAPE
comprises all grades, from $1 per yard up to
best goods imported.
5-4 BLACK CRAPE, for vailing, from 50 cen*s
«r.
KID GLOVES, all grades from 50 cents.
The best $1 KID GLOVE in the city.
HARRIS’ SEAMLESS GLOVE, in black and
colored.
1. DASHER&CO.
jan!3-tf
Krorfcmi and (Tlassuaie.
CALL AT
BO LS HAW’S
AND REPLENISH YOUR STOCK OF
GLASSWARE !
PREPARATORY TO RECEIVING
NEW YEAR CALLS.
decar tf
affiarhitimr, &c.
DLACKSmith woRKrtC"
BRICKS! BRICKS!
W I keep constantly on hand and for sale,
a large supply or the different qualities
of Bricks. Orders left at Mr. GEO. C. FREE
MAN'S store, 94 Bryan street, will be promptly
attended to.
declO-tf F. GRIMBALL ft OO.
ang!4-tf
WRAPPING PAPER.
TT'OR SALE, OLD NEWSPAPERS, suitable
X 1 for wrapping paper, at Fifty Cents per
hundred. Apply to
octa-’f MORNING NEWS OFFICE,