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J. If. ESTII.L, Proprietor.
XV. T. THOMPSON, Editor.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1879.
TAPPING THE WIRES.
In the Senate, on Saturday, Mr. John
Roach presented a memorial on the Bra
zilian mail steamship line subsidy, in reply
to the late memorial of the Baltimore Board
of Trade. He denies that the New York and
Brazilian line is remunerative, and says
that a lair mail contract is absolutely neces
sary to successfully establish the line. lie
declares that if Congress will act so as to
enable American steamers to compete with
British lines, the hold of the latter on South
American commerce will be broken.
In the Seward investigation on Saturday
Mr. Carpenter, of counsel for the prosecu
tion, called attention to the non-compli
ance of Seward with a subpoena dates tecum
to produce certain books in his possession.
It is probable that it he still refuses to pro
duce the books to-day, he will be reported
in contempt.
The House Committee, charged with the
investigation of the best means of prevent
ing the introduction and spread of epidemic
diseases, have prepared a bill similar to that
reported by the special committee of the
Senate. One of the principal differences in
the bill is the omission of the provision for
a bureau of health, but it adopts the
Senate’s feature for a board of health, to
consist of seven members, to be appointed
by Mr. Hayes, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate; not more than one
member is to be appointed from any one
State.
Three hundred and seventy employes of
the Aberdeen juteVorks have struck against
a five per cent, reduction of wages.
It is announced that the engineers of
Leeds, Plymouth, Dover and other points
intend to strike immediately.
New York State Commissioner Patrick
has issued an order to cattle owners and
veterinary surgeons directing that all eases
of cattle disease shall be reported forth
with, that no cattle shall be permitted to
land until examined, and all persons em
ployed In t>e care of cattle shall not enter
premises where disease exists.
A disastrous fire at Enterprise, Miss., Fri
day night, destroyed property to the extent
of 160,000.
It is reported that subsequent to the dis
aster to the British arms at Capetown, the
forces under Dartrell and Lonsdale had a
victorious engagement with the natives at
Rorkas’ drift.
Patrick Smith, colored, has been con
victed of the murder of Mr. John C. Lacy,
in New Kent county, Virginia, and sentenced
to be hung March 15th. Another of the
gang was tried Saturday, and the remaining
two will be on trial this week.
Mr. Lowrey, counsel for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, on Saturday
finished his argument before the Senate
Committee on Railroads in opposition to the
bill to allow railroads to construct and work
telegraph lines. General Butler made a
strong argument in favor of the measure.
A Vienna telegram reports that a large
stream of water penetrated into the coal
pits of Dux, in Bohemia, and it is further
announced that one of the mineral springs
Of Teplltz is gradually diminishing. Great
alarm is felt lest all the springs at this noted
watering place will find their way through a
fissure into the coal pits and disappear.
Judge Bond has heavily sentenced two
more Baltimore judges of election for inter
fering with Federal election supervisors.
Weston is behindhand in his English
tramp, and, to catch up, has been forced to
take the train from Huddersfield to Wake
field.
The Pall Mall Gazette correspondent at
Rome says that cordial letters have been
exchanged between the Pope and the
German Emperor, and mutual concessions
have been made on both sides.
The steamship California left Sitka oil the
10th of February and arrived at Esquimalt
on the 14th. She reported much excite
ment at Sitka when she left, the Indians
having threatened to annihilate the whites.
The citizens were armed and awaiting an
attack. American citizens of Sitka have
petitioned Her Majesty’s man-of-war at Es
quimau to come to their aid, as they fear
the United States Government cannot send
assistance In time. Rumors of outrages are
afloat, but are not credited. Great conster
nation exists. The two Indians who mur
dered James Brown confessed their guilt
and surrendered themselves.
Dr. George H. Grey, of Denison, Texas,
Who distinguished himself during the epi
demic at Holly Springs last summer, com
mitted suicide Saturday night, by shooting
himself through the head.
Additional pardons of five hundred Com
munists are expected soon. M. Gambetta,
addressing a deputation from Belleville,
declared the republic established, and that
It was the task of the Republicans to make
it productive and restorative.
California journals are highly elated oyer
the passage by the Senate of the anti-
Chinese Immigration bill. Resolutions will
be adopted in the constitutional convention
requesting Mr. Hayes to approve the same.
The latest statistics show that the
debts of the States of the Union amount
in the aggregate to $.'14.3,197,000. Massa
chusetts takes the lead, and is followed
in a descending scale by Alabama, Yir
ginia, North Carolina, New York, Ten
nessee, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana,
each of which owes more than $20,000,-
000. West Yirginia, Missouri, Georgia
and Arkansas owe materially less,
although the amount is over $10,000,000
each, while all the other States fall be
low the latter figures. Many municipal
debts exceed the State debt.
Senator Butler, who returned to Wash
ington from South Carolina last week,
says that he rode with Governor Hamp
ton for two hours on the Saturday be
fore. The Governor is rather low-
spirited, hut his physical condition con
tinues favorable. It is probable that an
other amputation of the leg bone will be
necessary, as the flesh has receded and
the wound cannot lieal over in its pres
ent condition. Governor Hampton says
that he suffers more from the old bullet
■wound in bis hip than from the amputa
tion l
Jin. Tilden to he Vindicated.—A
New York letter states that a public
meeting is shortly to be held in Cooper
Institute, in that city, to “vindicate Mi.
Tilden from the dishonor sought to be
cast upon liis name by his political ene
mies,” and to prepare an address to him,
assuring him of “the unabated confi
dence of his feilow-citizens and friends. ”
Part of the programme is to have a pro
cession march from Cooper Hall to
Gramercy Park, to present the address
in person.
Beast B. F. Butter, in reply to a de
mand made by the District Commission
ers that he pay his personal tax, has in
formed the commissioners that he is not
a resident of the District of Columbia,
and is not subject to the laws of taxa
tion. He is sent there to represent the
State of Massachusetts, and if he cannot
have the conveniences of life about him
in the district he will not come. He
proposes a Buit to test the case.
Secretary Sherman recently published
a seven hundred page volume devoted to
Eia “ Public Services,” and designed to
promote bis Presidential interests. This
volume, it is said, the department clerks
are being forced to purchase.
The Inter-State Commerce Question
In the Senate last week, Sir. Came
ron obtained leave to introduce a joint
resolution, which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce, after being
read. This resolution provides for a
commission to consider and report what
legislation is needed for the better regu
lation of commerce among the States.
The commission as proposed is to con
sist of two Senators, to be appointed by
the President of the Senate, two mem
bers of the House, to be appointed by
the Speaker, and five commissioners, to
be appointed by the President. They
are to sit during the recess, and inquire
generally into the condition of the com
merce among the States carried by land
and water routes, and particularly as
affected by the rates charged for trans
portation and the system of discrimina
tions practiced in reference thereto, in
order to ascertain what burdens and
evils are now imposed thereby,
whether the same can be alle
viated or removed by legislation by Con
gress, and if so in what particulars and
by what measures, and report their re
commendations to Congress at its next
session. The commission is to have the
usual powers conferred upon such bodies,
and a special compensation is to be al
lowed the commissioners appointed by
the President. We think with the Bal
timore Hun that the title of the resolu
lion would be better if amended so as
to read “to consider and report wliat leg
islation (if any) is needed,” etc. It has
not yet been determined that it is either
within the province or the policy of
Congress to interfere at all in matters
which have heretofore been regulated
exclusively by the States, and satisfac
torily enough, on the whole. That
question has never yet been fairly met
and argued, and in the case of Mr. Rea
gan's bill all discussion of it was palpa
bly shirked.
A Deficit in the Treasury.
The letter which the Secretary of the
Treasury transmitted on Thursday to
Hon. J. D. C. Atkins. Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations, and
which was read in the House of Repre
sentatives, should afford members of Con
gress food for reflection. In the an
nual estimates sent to the House last
December the Secretary put the revenues
for the next fiscal year at $264,500,000,
but in his memorandum to Chairman
Atkins these figures are reduced $7,000,-
000 by a decrease in the prospective re
ceipts from internal revenue. These re
ceipts wili probably be further reduced
by the reduction of ona-third of the to
bacco tax, which the House has already
assented to, and which the Senate is
likely to vote also. This will reduce
the estimated receipts on the most liberal
estimate to $257,500,000, while the esti
mated expenditures are augmented to
such an extent by the arrearages of pen
sions act that there is sure to be a
deficit in the Treasury of $27,000,000,
leaving entirely out of the question the
$38,000,000 which is due and payable to
the sinking fund. Adding this the
deficit will amount to nearly $68,000,000.
This looks like, and indeed is, very bad
financiering. The $27,000,000 will have
to be provided somehow, and the dema
gogues in Congress can think of no
better way than an inquisitorial and
delusive income tax, which could scarcely
under any circumstances be made to
yield anything like the amount needed.
The only resort, in fact, is to issue new
bonds; in other words, to increase the
public debt $27,000,000. This, remarks
the Baltimore Sun, is the first result of
the passage of the so-called arrearages
of pensions bill (we say so-called, because
there were no actual arrearages to pay),
than which CoDgress never passed a
measure more deeply tinctured with the
spirit and essence of demagogy.
Henry IV. Grady.
This popular young journalist and liter
ate ur having recently spent afew days in
Athens, his former home, the Southern
Watchman, of that city, makes his visit
the opportunity for paying him a
compliment as graceful as it is
well merited. Says the Watchman:
“ Athens is proud of Mr. Grady.
Of the many talented men who have
been reared amid the classical character
istics of our city, none have achieved a
more deserved prominence than Mr. Gra
dy in his chosen profession—literature.
He is a well known and valued contribu
tor to such papers as the New York Her
ald, Philadelphia Times, and Cincinnati
Enquirer. Mr. Grady is best known in
Georgia as a member of the very able
editorial corps of that most ably edited
dady, the Atlanta Constitution. As a
raconteur, Mr. Grady has few equals—no
superiors. It is enough to say of him
that in these days of ‘ bread and butter ’
literature, Mr. Grady lives most com
fortably and luxuriously by his pen, and
at the same time preserves a ebasteness
of style which would savor of too much
carefulness did we not know how easily
and rapidly it is perfected. Should Mr.
Grady devote his attention to imagina
tive writing, we should anticipate for
him a large space in public estimation as
one of the foremost of American wri
ters.”
A Fortified Building.—The sub-
Treasury building in New York is to be
fortified and put in a strict condition of
military defense. The government has
long contemplated these measures as be
ing only properly precautionary in case
of a riot. General Tower, of the United
States Engineer Corps, was ordered to
make a survey of the building and re
port a plan. He did so, and his sugges
tions were adopted. Last year Congress
voted an appropriation of fifteen thou
sand dollars for the purpose. A contract
has been signed and the work is to be
begun at once. The windows are to be
furnished with bullet-proof shutters, and
bars and gratings of steel, and there will
be heavy bullet-proof doors. Shutters
and doors are to be pierced for musketry.
On the roof are to be erected three tur
rets of steel, similarly pierced. These
will serve to repel attacks from adjoining
buildings, and will also act as a protec
tion to the assay office. In the good old
times of Democratic rule, when the gov
ernment itself set an example of honesty,
there was no need of such fortifications
of mobs and burglars. .
The Next Apportionment.
Some of the most intelligent of the
Washington correspondents have been fig
uring out how the next census will prob
ably affect the representation in Congress.
Should the basis not be changed there
would be an increase of sixty six members
of the House, but it is reasonably certain
that the basis will be changed. That
however, would make no difference in the
relative increase of strength of the States
in the House, and so the figuring is done
by them and by the Philadelphia Times
on the present basis. Eleven States-
Colorado,Connecticut, Delaware,Florida,
Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Hump
shire, Rhode Island, South Carolina and
Vermont—get no increase. The largest
relative increase appears in Kansas
whose delegation will be increased to
seven, it being three; California increases
from four to seven, and Texas adds four
to the six already given her. Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Slassa
chusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ore
gon, Tennessee, Yirginia and West Vir
ginia gain one each; Arkansas and Ne
braska gain two each; Indiana and
Minnesota will have each three addi
tional: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Mis
souri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wiseon
sin get an increase of four each, while
New Y'ork's delegation is augmented by
five. By geographical divisions, the New
England States gain one member, the
Middle States ten, the Western thirty
two, the Southern nineteen and the Pa
cific States four, or an aggregate of
forty seven to the North and nineteen to
the South.
The Western Union Telegraph
Monopoly.—It is said by those who
have investigated the subject that Beast
Butler’s amendment to the army appro
priation bill, authorizing telegrams to be
transmitted by railroad companies, which
have telegraph lines, for the government
and the public at a rate to be fixed by
the government, would be inoperative if
it became a law. The amendment is
aimed at the Western Union Telegraph
monopoly, but that concern has leased
nearly all the railroad telegraph
lines, only two thousand out
of the eight thousand stations
of the company being on wires
owned by it. The railroad companies
have been restless under their contract
for some time, as the Western Union
has been enriching itself at their ex
pense, but it is difficult to see how they
are going to get out of their contracts
without a big fight, and then the
chances are that the Western Union,
bursting with wealth, will be able to
throttle them. It is said that all East
ern railroad lines have signified their
sympathy with the movement, except
the New York Central, controlled by
Wm. H. Vanderbilt, who is a large stock
holder in the Western Union.
Now let us see, says the New York
World, what it all comes to! The Re
publican boards in three Southern States
tried to sell the Presidency to Mr. Tilden
and the Democratic party. This the
cipher decipherers insist upon. The
country has suspected this both before
and ever since Mr. Hayes was accepted
as President at the hands of the electoral
commission. The country is now assured
of this. Also, Mr. Tilden and the Demo
cratic party did not buy the Presidency
from these Republican boards. Why
not? Because, said Mr. Tilden on Sat
urday, because the Democratic candidate
was determined to “meet such a de
graded condition of public affairs, not by
sharing in it in any degree, not by ac
quiescence, not by toleration, but by an
unqualified and perpetual protest, ap
pealing to the people to reassert and re
establish their great right—the greatest
of tlieir rights—the right without which
all others are worthless—the right to
elective self-government.” Will the peo
pie reassert and re establish this great
right? We think they will.
The Radical organs charge that “the
Democrats are seeking the repeal of the
Federal election laws,” and then found
upon the statement various charges of
Democratic designs upon the ballot box.
The fact is that the Democrats are seek
ing to cut off such Republican clogs
upon the suffrage as Federal supervisors
of elections. This office was created by
the Republicans for partisan purposes.
Nominally intended to protect the ballot
box froifi fraud, it has been used solely
in the interest of the Republican party
and in the promotion of Republican
frauds upon the suffrage. Supervisor
Davenport’s intimidation of voters in
New Y ork city is not an isolated case of
its kind. It is the Republican election
machinery, created for partisan and
fraudulent purposes, that the Democrats
seek to abolish.
The Inter-State Commerce Bill.—
The Washington Star says the Senate
sub committee on Commerce Tuesday
night continued the hearing on the House
bill to regulate inter-State commerce.
The railroad interests were largely re
presented. Mr. Elmore said the title of
the bill sould read “An act to restrict
commerce, prohibit transportation, pre
vent competition and enforce discrimina
tion, and to give a preference to one
State over another, and to punish the in
nocent and let the guilty go free.” Mr.
Albert Fink, commissioner of the trunk
line, also opposed the bill, saying that it
enforced discrimination, thus doing that
which the bill was designed to prohibit.
Cutting Down Salaries.—The legis-
tive, executive and judicial appropria
tion bill cuts down the salaries of a large
number of officers in the different depart
ments. These salaries are fixed by law.
The bill does not propose openly to re
duce them, but appropriates less for
their payment than the law says the offi
cers shall receive; and then the very iast
section of the bill directs that “from and
after July 1st, 1879, the salaries herein
provided shall be the salaries of the
within named officers and employes,”
A strange story is that of Charles Gil
bert, who has served fourteen years of
a life sentence for the murder of Henry
Cadwell, of New Britain, Conn., in 1864.
Gilbert says that the crime was com
mitted by his father, Jonathan Gilbert,
and a man named Charles Parsons, with
the object of plundering Cadwell of
$700, and that he (Gilbert) allowed him
self to be convicted in order to save bis
parent. The father has since died, and
Parsons committed suicide. It is claim
ed, however, that both the elder Gilbert
and Parsons made confessions exoner
ating young Gilbert. Should the con
vict’s story prove true, bis devotion to
bis parent has exceeded anything re
cently imagined by writers of romance.
Beast Butler is preparing his plans of
campaign in Massachusetts. Efforts to
disorganize the old parties will be con
tinued, but the Butler forces will have a
convention of their own. They count
largely on Republican disaffection, and
declare they will have no Denis Kear
ney to “help” them this year.
JIexican Brigands.—A sum of one
hundred and forty thousand dollars, con
sisting of remittances to Europe from
merchants in Mexico, has been captured
by fifteen brigands on the railroad be
tween Puebla and Yera Cruz. About a
dozen brigands took third class tickets,
seated themselves in a carriage next to
the baggage car, and about half an hour
after starting, severed all the cars behind
them. Leaving these on the track, they
forced the engineer to continue at full
speed up to a point where twenty-five
armed men, on horseback, ordered a bait,
whereupon the whole party carried off
the money on mules, killing the conduc
tor and seriously wounding an inspector
of the line.
A Costly bnt Discreditable XaTy.
During the past eight years there has
been appropriated for the navy $182,
496,033. In addition there was disposed
of during the administration of Secre
tary Robeson material the cost of which
was at least $100,000,600, yet the con
dition of the navy was highly discreet]
table to the country and wholly dispro-
portioned to these enormous expendi
tures. At the close of Robeson's admin
istration there existed an indebtedness
unwarranted by any law of $7,083,503 25.
Secretary Thompson reported at the
same time that he had suspended con
tracts involving several millions of dol
lars which were made by Robeson sub
sequent to March 1, 1877, without any
authority of law. During his adminis
tration there disappeared from the Navy
Register seventy vessels, of which five
were lost at sea, forty-six were sold and
the proceeds paid into the Treasury,
three were sold and the proceeds paid
over to contractors, and twenty were de
stroyed by the order of Robeson and the
materials cut up and turned over or
credited to contractors. The property
sold and disposed of would certainly
have yielded a revenue of $20,000,000.
The government received for it less than
$2,000,000. Nearly $65,000,000 were
applied to construction, a sum which
would have given us seventy new vessels
like the Trenton. The laws for the pro
tection of the government's interests
have been disregarded, and large sums of
public money and large quantities of
public property have been illegally dis
posed of.
A Sensation in Washington High Life.
A Washington letter says: “A recent
incident in fashionable social life here is
the subject of much comment in social
circles. For mutual convenience and
pleasure the lady guests of one of the
largest and most fashionable hotels have
held their regular day receptions in com
mon. At the reception last week Mrs.
Bruce, the wife of the colored Senator
from Mississippi, came in. Mrs. Bruce
is very little ‘off’ in color, and very few,
if any, of those present had at first the
least suspicion as to her identity. After
passing with several' of the ladies the
usual common places which make up the
sum and substance of Washington so
ciety receptions she took her departure.
It was not until the examination of the
cards deposited in the tray at the door
was commenced, after the reception bad
terminated, that the horrible truth was
discovered. Then consternation and in
dignation succeeded each other, and sev
eral of the ladies were so much overcome
that they declared they would take no
further part in the receptions. The affair
is still a nine-days' wonder, and is likely
to continue ss for some time longer.
What gives unusual interest to it is the
fact that Mrs. Bruce came to return a
call first made upon her by the wife ot a
Democratic member of Congress, ami
who is one of the ladies stopping at the
hotel. It seems that she was not present
on the occasion of Mrs. Bruce’s call.”
The Proposition for Limitless Cen
tralization.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
If Senator Edmunds and his party as
sociates could have their own way, the
centralization of power in the Federal
Government would soon be without limit.
Senator Bayard riuiiliy said in bis speech
upon the Edmunds resolutions, as to the
anti-Republicau doctrine contained in
them, that “I bold this to be the real and
dangerous issue that lies at the basis of all
of these attempts by construction to ex
tend the jurisdiction of Federal power or
to obliterate those limitations,which dele
gate to the Federal Government that com
paratively unlimited sway over the per
sons, the property, the civil rights, the
privileges and the immunities of the citi
zen, which were confided, or rather,
which were left undisturbed wholly
the care of the State governments, ex
cept those limited and careful grants of
power to the government of the Union
which are enumerated in the written
charter: and it is against every step in that
direction that I protest, that I now warn
the Senate, and against which I shall
ever be found in vigilant opposition. ”
There is now visible in Louisiana
practical demonstration of the working
of the unlawful and revolutionary spirit
embodied in the Edmunds resolutions.
After the November election the regular
Repubiicau bloody-shirt stories were put
in motion. A batch of complaints was,
as usual, sent to Attorney General
Devens by the obedient minions
his department, the United States
Marshal, District Attorney and Depu
ty Marshals. The Radical organs
devoted columns to lecturing Mr.
Hayes about his “duty to see that the
constitutional amendments were en
forced.” They got the number
“slaughtered negroes,” this time up to
four or five thousand. The ground of
Louisiana was reeking with gore,
general massacre of Republicans was
going on. They demanded that Mr. Hayes
should display his backbone, if he had
any. So, between the rascally liars of the
Department of Justice in Louisiana, the
clamor of the resident political pimps at
\Yashington, and the screaming of the
organs in the North, the President and
Devens swore, by all the gods, that
the “rebels” in Louisiana should be
extinguished. Devens, therefore, or
dered wholesale arrests and imprison
ments. Negroes were paid to trump up
charges against Democrats, and proceet ■
ings, which would be extraordinary in
Russia, have been going on for two
months at the bidding of the little puffy
frauds at Washington. The whole busi
ness i3 unwarranted and infamous. It is
the outworking of the Federal election
laws, based on the amendments which
have been under discussion in the Senate
of late, and laws which are, by the de
cision of the highest tribunal in the
country, unconstitutional. The New
Orleans Democrat says of the wholesale
arrests of Democrats in Louisiana:
BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT
INDIAN
OUTBREAK
ALASKA
TELEGRAMS
FEARED IN
The rumored consolidation of the
Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific Rail
road schemes has, says the New York
Post, thus far alarmed people only be
cause it would put the two great lines
of trans-continental railroad to San Fran
cisco under the control of the Central
Pacific interest. No doubt this is a
branch of the matter worth looking into
but a danger that dwarfs it is the chance
that the consolidation of the two big lob
bies at Washington will lead to new sub
sidies in tbe shape of government bonds
and a repetition of the Federal complica
tions with the Union and Central Pacific
companies. Congress has had enough
trouble with this railroad subsidy busi
ness to warn it to shun the thing here
after, but unhappily we have a plenty
of evidence that Congress is not always
a proficient pupil of experience.
Thomas Settle, of North Carolina, was
a rank Secessionist and Confederate sol
dier. After the war ended, he became a
Republican, with a lively sense of com
ing favors from that party. He is now
Judge of the United States District
Court of Florida. As such, he has the
power of excluding from the juries of
his court all ex-Confederates, whatever
their moral worth, culture and standing.
The test oath which Democratic- Con
gressmen are now seeking to abolish, is
the instrument of this exclusion. And
yet Judge Settle could not take the oath
himself if called in as a juror. This is
an example of the workings of the Re
publican judicial machinery. Is not
there room for such an amendment as is
proposed ?
says i
moment is, says the Boston Post, in an
indescribable condition. There is Sher
man for himself, Blaine for himself, Ed
munds for himself, Conkling for him
self, and men of the Zach Chandler and
Robeson stripe for Grant. If it is proba
ble to effect an union of such inharmo
nious elements in time for the general
contest of next year, it will have to be
done on some different basis from either
resumption or sectional hostility. The
party, in truth, is merely falling apart
because it no longer acknowledges a sen
timent strong enough to keep it together^
The Virginia case involving the right
of the United States Marshal to be in the
polling room at an election is another
step gained in the court towards correct
doctrine. The Marshal was acquitted,
and Judge Hughes held that he was
where he had no business to be, unless
his services as a peace officer were
actually needed. It is gratifying to find
the court against the latter day doctrine
that the Federal Government can by its
Marshals take charge of and control all
elections. Under our party government
such doctrine practically gives the party
in power complete control of elections.
The Springfield Republican is exhort
ing the reformers not to withdraw them
selves from politics. It says: “Against
whatever disadvantages the reform
element must actively take tlie field. It
must criticise and educate. It must not
only protest beforehand against bad
nominations, but bolt them if they are
made. It must develop a body of public
sentiment that cannot be ignored or over
ridden in 1880. A year is a short time
to those who drift with the tide; it is a
long time to active and courageous
workers.’*
In Sheffield, England, the year 1878
has been the most severe ever experienced
in the iron trade, and merchants and
manufacturers are now prepared to exe
cute orders at lower rates than are re
membered to have been previously
quoted.
The Northern Republican organs are
still harping on Gen. Bragg’s foolish at
tack upon Southern Democrats with re
gard to Southern claims, all of which,
by Federal law, are restricted to South
ern “loyalists.” That a Southern Demo
crat can have any sympathy for such
cattle, or their pretended claims, is pre
posterous. Yet the organs call these
claims “rebel claims!” This is lying too
gross and palpable to deceive anybody
but idiots.
The New York police have made an
important arrest in connection with the
Manhattan Bank robbery. The prisoner ,
is John nope. He is thought to be the
burglar who m£t the milkman in the
hall on the morning of the robbery, and
who told him the janitor’s family was
out of town. Three witnesses, it is said,
can testify to his identity. Developments
leading to the arrest of others of the
gang are expected.
To bring these men to trial, to enforce
against them the law only, is not the sole or
the controlling motive of these prosecu
tions. They have another object outside of
the courts, which can be obtained only by
this unscrupulous abuse of power. That
purpose is to inaugurate, through the courts
and by a perversion of the laws, the most
infamous system of intimidation that has
ever been attempted even in this State.
Justice under the law is not what is sought
for: indeed, it is safe to assume, under the
construction of the Supreme Court in the
Grant parish case and in view of the recent
expressions of opinion in Congress during
the discussions of the Edmunds and Morgan
resolutions, that the Attorney General him-
elf does not expect a single conviction in
these cases that will be sustained.
This is doubtless the reason of
the extraordinary exactions of the District
Attorney in keeping these prisoners in the
city and refusing to set their cases for
trial. The intention is to submit them to as
many hardships as possible, to ruin their
business, involve them in debts which they
can ill afford to incur, and otherwise to ha-l
rass them for the deliberate purpose of de
terring them and others like them from tak
ing any active interest in politics in the fu
ture. Another object, doubtless, is to keep
these men, in thg aggregate the most influ
ential in their respective parishes, from par
ticipating in the approaching election for
the constitutional convention. This is the
real meaning of these arrests, and this the
sort of justice the enforcement of the Fed
eral election laws in the South always aims
at. The best citizens of our State, the
men to whom the communities in which
they live look for law and order % and protec
tion, are dragged here from their homes to
answ-er for imaginary crimes, of which they
can never be convicted, nor for the pur
pose of submitting them to punishment
affer conviction, but to outrage and dis
tress them by the arbitrary perver
sion of the mere preliminary processes of
the courts. A grosser abuse of the forms
of law was never conceived. This is perse
cution and not prosecution, and there should
be some means of preventing it. If the State
authorities can afford no relief, Congress
should take hold of the matter and do some
thing for the protection of these people.”
Congress should take action on the
subject. It should sweep away that
Federal Election Bureau in the Depart
raent of Justice. It should repeal the
laws which place innocent American
people in the hands of a persecuting and
corrupt Federal Government. If the
Democratic party gets control of the
government, it should make short work
of the unconstitutional legislation of the
Republicans. The party will retain any
of this obnoxious stuff on the statute
books at its peril. It was against a de
liberate approval of grossly unconstitu
tional legislation that the Democratic
Senators recorded themselves the other
day in voting against the resolutions of
Senator Edmunds.
AVhen the three amendments were re
viewed by the United States Supreme
Court, in 1872, in the slaughter-house
ca c e. Justice Miller, in delivering the
opinion of the court, said:
“It would be the vainest show of learning
to attempt to prove by citations of authori
ty, that up to the adoption of the recent
amendments, no claim or pretense was set
up that those rights depended on the Fede
ral Government for their existence or pro
tection beyond the very few express limita
tions which the Federal Constitution imposed
upon the States—such, for instance, as the
prohibition against ex jxrnt facto laws, bills of
attainder, and laws impairing the obligation
of contracts. But with the exception of
these and a few other restrictions, the entire
domain of the privileges and immunities of
citizens of the States, as above defined, lay
within the constitutional and legislative
? ower of the States, and without that of the
'ederal Government. Was it the purpose
of the fourteenth amendment, by the simple
declaration that no State should’ make or en
force any law which shall abridge the
privileges and immunities of citizens of
the United States, to transfer the secu
rity and protection of all the civil
rights which we have mentioned, from the
States to the Federal Government? And
where it is declared that Congress shall
have the power to enforce that article, was it
intended to bring within the power of Con
gress the entire domain of civil rights here
tofore belonging exclusively to the States ?
All this and more must follow, if the
proposition of the plaintiffs in error be
sound. For not only are these rights sub
ject to the control of Congress whenever in
its discretion any of them are supposed to
be abridged by State legislation, but that
they may also pass laws in advance, limit
ing and restricting the exercise of legisla
tive power by the States, in their most or
dinary and usual functions, as in its judg
ment it may think proper on all such sub
jects. And still further, such a construction
followed by the reversal of the judgments
of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in these
cases, would constitute this court a per
petual censor upon all legislation of the
States, on the civil rights of their own citi
zens, with authority to nullify such as it
did not approve as consistent with those
rights as they existed at the time of
the adoption of this amendment. The
argument we admit is not always the
most conclusive which is drawn from the
consequences urged against the adoption of
a particular construction of an instrument.
But when, as in the case before us, these
consequences are so serious, so far-reaching
and pervading, so great a departure from
the structure am 1 spirit of our instltutftms,
when the effect Is to fetter and degrade the
State governments by subjecting them to
the control of Congress, in the exercise of
powers heretofore universally conceded to
them of the most ordinary and fundamental
character, when in fact it radically changes
the whole theory of the relations of the
State and Federal Governments to each
other and of both these governments to the
people; the argument has a force that is
Irresistible, in the absence of language
which expresses such a purpose too clearly
to admit of doubt.
We are convinced that no such results were
intended by the Congi-ess which proposed these
amendments, nor by the Legislatures of the
States tchich ratified than.”
These views cover completely the Ed
munds proposition, which is the Repub
lican party’s proposition, to nullify the
rights of tlie States guaranteed by the
Constitution, and to bring every citizen
as completely into the grip of a few men
at AY ashington as the Russian is subject
to the central ego ataSt. Petersburg. Mr.
Edmunds could not have more emphati
cally advised the country what a com
plete overturning of the Constitution
and the liberties of the people the Re
publican party intends to effect if it, ever
gets control of Congress together with
the Presidency again. It is a warning
which should"be heeded.
California Elated Over the Passage
of tlie Chinese Immigra
tion Bill.
GAMBETTA ON THE DUTIES OF
THE REPUBLIC.
Pardons for Communists.
INDIAN TROUBLES IN ALASKA.
San Francisco, February 10.—A dispatch
from Victoria says : “The steamship Cali
fornia left Sitka, February 10, and arrived
at Esquimalt February 14. There was much
excitement in Sitka when she left, tbe In
dians having threatened to annihilate the
whites. The citizens were armed, and
awaiting their attack. The two Indians
who murdered James Brown confessed their
guilt, and were surrendered to the Collector.
They are now on board the California,
route to Portland, to be turned over
to the United States District Attorney to
await the action of the authorities at Wash
ington. Three families came down on
the steamer, fleeing from danger. The
storekeepers were preparing to leave by the
next steamer. Father Metropolisky and his
congregation, in conjunction with the
American citizens of Sitka, had petitioned
the commander of Her Majesty’s man-of-
war lying at Esquimalt to come to
their immediate aid, being fearful that
they cannot allay the disturbances before the
United States Government can eend as
sistance. It is rumored that Cutting <k
Co.’8 cannery, situated about four miles
from Sitka, has been sacked and burned.
No reliance is placed on the rumor, because
the company have Indians in their employ
ment who seem to be peaceably inclined.
The Collector of Alaska has telegraphed to
Secretary Sherman for aid. The Indians
threatened to kill two white men in retalia
tion for the carrying off of the two Indian
prisoners by the California. The night before
the steamer arrived, an alarm was given by
some nervous person that the Indian’s
were preparing for an attack, and the
greatest consternation prevailed among the
whites. People barred their doors and
stood ready for action. The priest’s house
was crowded with terror-stricken women
and children, who could not be induced to
return to their homes until daylight. The
steamer’s arrival created more confidence,
but fear began to gain ground before her
departure. The whites are well organized,
and, in case they cannot conciliate the In
dians, will make a desperate fight. James
Brown was murdered in his cabin, while
asleep. He was hacked to pieces with an
axe, and his remains thrown into the ocean.
Plunder was the incentive to the deed, and
much of his property was found in posses
sion of the murderers.”
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the (Jhie»c : ignal observer,
Washington, D. C., February 10.—Indica
tions for Monday:
In the Gulf States, easterly to southerly
winds, cloudy weather, rain, with falling
barometer and stationary or a felight rise in
temperature.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, cloudy
weather and snow or rain, wiuds mostly
from east to south, slight changes in tem
perature, and a slight rise, followed by
slowly falling barometer. >
In the Middle States, variable winds, shift
ing to northerly and easterly, cloud}* weath
er and snow, slight changes in temperature,
and rising, followed by falling barometer.
In the South Atlantic States, north to
east winds, cloudy weather and rain, with
stationary or slowly falling barometer, and
slight changes in te’mperature.
PARISIAN NOTES.
Paris, February 10.—Five hundred fresh
pardons of Communists are expected to
be declared shortly.
M. Gambetta, addressing a deputation
from Belleville to-day, declared the republic
as being now established. It was the task
of the Republicans to make it productive
and restorative. There was no longer any
reason to fear the obstacles raised by
reactionary parties. The Republicans must,
however, resist the 6pirit of impatience and
temerity, and continue to act in accordance
with the views of expediency.
CALIFORNIA AND THE CHINESE IMMIGRATION
BILL.
San Francisco, February 16.—The action
of the Senate in passing the anti-Chmese
bill was favorably noticed by the morning
journals. At Sand Lots a resolution was
passed accepting the bill as a partial meas
ure of relief.
Sacramento, February 16.—A dispatch
says the delegates to the Constitutional Con
vention are highly elated by the passage of
the bill, and to-morrow resolutions will be
adopted requesting the President to approve
the same.
SUICIDE OF A DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIAN.
New Orleans, February 16.—Dr. George
II. Gray, of Denison, Texas, who distin
guished himself by professional service ren
dered at Holly Springs during the late epi
demic, committed suicide last night by
shooting himself through the head. No
reason is assigned for the act.
RUMORED RESIGNATION OF M. WADDINGTON.
London, February 16.—The London Ob
server's correspondent at Paris says that a
rumor was current on the Bourse Saturday
that M. Waddington had retired from the
Ministry.
21 ni’ Advertisements;.
AT THE WRITTEN SOLICITATION OF THE
LADIES IN CHARGE OF THE
TABLES AND BOOTHS.
THE GRAND FAIR
TO RAISE FUNDS TO
Plaster the Exterior of the Cathedral
of onr Lady of Perpetual Help,
- AND TO—
Assist in Building a new Church for
St. Patrick's Parish,
—AT—
Catliedral Hall,
Corner of Abercorn and Harris streets,
—is—
Continued forOneWeek
Amusements.
SAVANNAH THEATRE.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1879
Appearance of the popular and beautiful
actress, Miss
KATE OLAXTON
Supported by CHAS. A. STEVENSON ami her
New York Company, in Chas. Reade's
powerful play of
The Double Marriage.
Pronounced by press and public an unequivocal
success.
Seats secured at Bren's Ticket Office.
feb!4-3t£Tellt
STEAMER ST. JOHN’S
OFFERS SPECIAL
Excursion Rates to Visitors
—TO— *
FLORIDA STATE FAIR AT GAINESVILLE.
Fare for round trip by steamer and railroad
from Fernandina,
Eisiit Dollars !
Including Meals and State Rooms on St. John's.
Tickets good from 18th to 25th iast., inclusive.
Steamer leaves TUESDAY, February 18th. at 4
p. w. Returning leaves Fernandina on Friday.
21st, and Monday, 2ith inst.
G. M. SORREL, Gen. Agt.
H. R. Christian, G. P. Agt. feb!7-2t
NEW BOOKS.
Y SHOCKING STORY. By Wilkie Collins.
BURUA MILLIONS. By J. V. C. Smith.
FRANKLIN SQUARE LIBRARY.
BIRTHDAY and EASTER CARDS.
Received by
O.YTOCK
& POIMELLE.
"febl7-tf
THE SCHOOL
I NOR the masses of boys and young men who
have neither time nor money to spend on
useless studies, is
MeCARTK i *S BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Corner Bull and Broughton streets.
Here an education for real life is imparted of
incalculable value to the business aspirant, as
hundreds of foimer students now in mu I nwiflll
business will attest. Preparatory departments
for boys ten years of age and upwards. Day
and evening sessions. Also, private lessons.*
Terms moderate. For circulars' address
m. b. McCarthy, a. m.,
febl7-lt Principal.
CALL AND SEE THE
SAVANNAH THEATRE
GRAND GALA PERFORMANCE
—BY THE—
JOHN T. FORD
Amateur Association,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
UNION SOCIETY,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1879,
On which occasion will be presented the cele
brated 5-act drama by Sir Lytton
Bulwer, entitled
RICHELIEU.
Julie de Mortimer Mrs. W. H. Cotter
Cardinal Richelieu T. B. Catherwood
With elegant costumes, appropriate scenery
an«l new properties.
Private Boxes $3, $4 and §5. General Admis
sion 75 cents, Family Circle 50oents. General
admission tickets bought can be exchanged for
reserved seats at Wm. Bren's without extra
charge. Due notice will b° given of the open
ing of the box sheet. Doors open at 7 o’clock,
performance to commence at 8:15. Tickets can
be had at Bren's Ticket Agency, J. D. Delan-
noy’s, S. P. Hamilton's, John B. Fernandez's,
Estill's News Depot, Solomons & Co/s, O. But
ler s. Morning News office and from members
of the Dramatic Association and the Union
Society. febl2 tf«fcTel2t
Phantom Hop & Entertainment,
AT MASONIC TEMPLE, FEB. 17th,
By Pupil* of Jladame Loui* and
Brother** Dancing Academy.
r PICKETS— Adults 50 cents, juveniles 25cents,
L t d be had at Tatem s drug store, at the
door on the evening of the hop, and from all
scholars. Floor cleared for dancing after en
tertainment. feb!3-4t«fcTellt
&*atr!tes, jewelry, &c.
'it,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
T RY NUGENT'S HOME-
light, white, sweefand ^ K
46 Market and Bakery, i<** Bryi
extracting the activepropmi^of
asone that will contribute to the m^f* 41 ?* 1 **
fession a remedy superior in
heretofo, . ti P
#at«ea.
S ECOND-HAND FURNITURE^n^^
cash price paid for second-hand l£
stoves. Carpels. iieddii, K .
hand Furniture always kept n„ a ? d
gamngaud ezeflantfr*. Second!,****
K EEMION,
Two doors from
dec5-tf
B eer bottles WANTEi7rn~rr—^
CENT apiece for PINT BEF'd
Freight will be paid by me on shin
railroad or steamer. 5 HENRY ^?w* nt8 i y
Co Jc£T Eroad and Jeffere ' M
' i i-i-—J ‘
persons who lost relative. ln-i
revolution oflSSiwiil hsarof s^aSi T =ar
octl0-ti
BODMgcis.
icst and found.
I OST, on Saturday night last a v .
Ij dumBook. ol no u»r , , , cor »-
owner. Finder will please leavj- ft* ,h «
llren’s Ticket Office,* an? reSbeVi®-*
owner. c l J ia riaof
ifeblMi
r OST. a medium sized brown Setter „
JLi answers to name of Gree’ev \
wn!i u*. Pai< *t f ° ri, ' S deliv *'0' corner
and Ur van streets. ; u * p corn
.for £alr.
I T 0 , 5 ' K 1 >LVD,: BKE.^Uj^T 8VP
AA fresh every monnnu at stall ■ V,
Also. PIES, BUSK. etc. HOT KHV i', l5rt, ' t -
evening ut 6 o'clock at the Bakery ii. u rT1
street. Try it. THOS. NUGENT* Jl^*"
J UST arrived, with 100head
TUCKY H. 1RSES and JlUiS £l‘ n l !)»'
at Henry \\ ayne's and Koos' stable “ ow ’
feb,r U K- ROSEXFIELD.
ULOWDA JEWELRY MADFTo75imKr
1 Watches, Clocks and Jewelry mSis?'
fll tbl5 t :lm L ' DESBJOILLO.XS , il'Bu^SJ 1 ''
T7H3R SALE OR EXCHANiflTSrSSr
X 1 property, the large Brick 11, use n^.rU,* "
corner State and Montgomery streets Yl?
equal t«a 75 lots each
■it 5 i
. - one hundred am* .r
lJ-mile post Augusta road: one hundreds
teen acres land west side ckidaway Raiw?
miles from Anderson street; smy JZfi
miles from the city on Skidawav fern-
nineteen and a half acres on MariettasSSj
Atlanta. This is desirable property for resi
dences, and can be divided into city lob in,
of the alKive property will be sold low or er
changed for city property or places on
salts. Apply to Da\ ID R. DILLON e iv hl : o
ker street. febllT
Fruit Farm
s.
A NEW ARTICLE,
B O L S H A W
fehl7-tf
Go to JVugent’s Bread Stall
36 MARKET,
For Home-Made Bread. Graham & Rye
PIES, RUSK, ETC., ETC.
FRESH EVERY MORNING.
feb!7-tf
^yALTHAM (American) WATCHES, all
grades and sizes, in GOLD AND SILVER cases.
where a good country trade can be done T&
Farm consists of 164 acres, with fine timber
on it, 50 acres cleared and under fence and
under highest cultivation; very healthy Will
I be sold for half its value. the proprietor
cannot attend to it, on account of other basi
| ness. Address CHAS. SEILER,
^ A Broughton street.
Grand Central Garden, Savannah.Ga.
decl3-F,M&Thtf ^ a '
I ftBWmFOE. SALE.—The
U and \\ ood \ ard situated at tue junction of
the Savannah, SJddaway and Seaboard Itailroad
and Anderson street, with machinery in per
fect order for resuming business. Also »
Grocery Store on same lot. L. L. HOVER,
febl-tf
I T'RESII Garden Seeds constantly being re
ceived by G. M. HEIDT & C0.,Druz-
I gists. Cold Soda Water alwavs on hand
1 jan28-tf
S OLOMONS’ preparations of Saw Raliuetto
are used with m irked success in the Sa
vannah Hospital and at St. Joseph s Inflnnary
janl5-tf
ENGLISH AND SWISS WATCHES ot the l^OK SALE Oak itne anil Lightwoou, sn.rf
JL or in stick. All orders left at office comer
I Taylor and East Broad streets, or dropped h
boxes through town, will receive prompt attet
| tion. R. B. CASSELS. sep£6m
most celebrated makers.
For sale very low at
®0 $t&t.
A G3E£M-: jgUSEAT YQL’R DS5?.j
•A We trill send Jrrr, by mail, ar^. guarantee theirw
fa*V« arrival i.i < :*.«*<! Condition, our chrire*'
ijlTj or 1 teddingl^Luits.. 15 “ :
'J iO <-MGANIIJIES io '* «
2] i O t UtNATIONS a io “ :
-11 ii) Tnbrrajes* cit J'c^rl, lory and do-, hie, J
lauioli, OftFloireriny J:•
During the second session of the For
ty-third Congress the Senate spent in one
month $640 75 for lemons, $75 25 for
tea, and consumed 1,352 pounds of sugar
Secretary Gorham also reports the pur
chase of 435 fans, being an average of
four to each Senator. The same session
the House made away with 60 pounds of
tea and 367 pounds of sugar. That ses
sion both houses were under Republican
control.
The back reports of Secretary Gorham
and Clerk Jlc-Pherson are interesting
reading to taxpayers. The Senate (ac
cording to Gorham's report for the
second session of the Forty-fifth Con
gress) is very extravagant in bay rum,
etc. At present the Senate is Republi
can.
, ....Jognc,... ss ■
tjfmeuse Stock of truit ard Ornament'll T.-c, .b
UiXlceryreen*, Smalt Fruiti, H'trube, btc. UAtaJugaeS
iwith Colored Plate. l()r.
J f* Hardy Flowering Shrubs. ..fi sorts, ?!|
JlOCnrraathnslics :» *• si 1
iJ2-» Raspberry Plant* 5 “ #1
SO Strawberry Plaatn 4 “ s i
pj „8 a rape Vine* 8 “
> joOS'.vl.Chestnutrtr50CataI:»n Tree-,Si a
« 26th Tear. 15 Gres . res. 0
;jSr0^i:£, HABRISON & CO., Paine- : - £,g
feb!7-4t ~
CORNER BULL & BROUGHTON STS.
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F.
135 CONGRESS STREET,
—DEALER IS—
JEWELRY,
The Money to Pat Pension Arrear
ages.—There seems to be no committee
of Congress actively engaged in prepar
ing a plan for the payment of claims un
der the arrearages of pensions bill. The
proposition submitted by Secretary Sher
man Thursday to allow him to sell four
per cent, bonds to meet the claims, is
opposed by a great many of the Demo
cratic members from the West. They
say Secretary Sherman can pay the
claims out of the greenbacks retired for
resumption purposes by reissuing them,
and also reissuing the amount retired for
the redemption of fractional currency.
At all events a resolution to that effect is
to be introduced.
MACAROONS !
WATER CRACKERS.
WHEAT MEAL CRACKERS.
PICNIC.
MENAGERIE.
LEAFLETS.
OSWEGO.
EASTLAKE.
GINGER SNAPS.
CREAM SODA.
MILK and OYSTER.
ALL FRESH, AT
A. M. & C. W. WEST’S.
feb!7-tf
Marine insurance!
STERLING SILVER WARE,
SILVER-PLATED GOODS,
CLOCKS, SPECTACLES, Etc.
Chronometers Bated by Transit
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired.
135 CONGRESS STREET,
novl9-6m Opposite Pulaski House.
I X)R RENT—FINE LOCATION FOR BUSI
NESS.—I will lease for one or more yew.
I the Station Tract at No. 5 Central liailitad,
embracing 170 acres of land. There are two
I dwellings and a country store on the premises,
! and a fine opening is presented to an t-nerwic
; man desiring to engage in merchandising, a-
he will have no competition, and can commaod
the trade of a portion of Scriven and Bulkdi
I counties. Place perfectly healthy. For term
apply to PERRY 31. DsLEON. No. 101 Bay
[ street. Savannah, Ga. teblb-d&wtt
I .''OR RENT, one large Room, suitable for
Lodge or Society meetings, and one Bed
I Room, fronting south. Apply to SAMUEL P.
HAMILTON, corner Bull and Broughton streets.
1 febl2-W,FAM3t
I RENT, the Store, 1}4 Whitaker street,
J next to the Morning News Building.
Apply to
J. H. ESTILL,
janl5-tf 3 Whitaker street
Street Railroads.
NEW YORK
H AVING been appointed Agents of the
Marine Department of the PHEXIX IN
SURANCE COMPANY OF BROOKLYN. N. Y.,
we are prepared to issue Certificates of Insur
ance on cargoes by Inland and Octan Naviga
tion, at current rates.
JOHNSTON k POINDEXTER, Agt?.
114 BAY STREET.
715-727 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.
PRICE OF BOARD AND ROOMS REDUCED|
TO $3 PER DAY, FOR TRAN
SIENT GUESTS.
r piIE location of this favorite hotel is unsur-
JL passed for convenience of men of business
or families sojourning in the city.
No effort will be spared to maintain its estab
lished reputation for the excellence of its table
and quiet home like comforts
janxT-M&Thitit H CRANSTON & CO.
LA It KIN HOUSE,
PAL.ATKA, FLA.
O PENED third season Decembers, 1878. Gas,
Electric Belts, and all modern improve
ments. Address by mail or telegraph,
Burr’s Oiticx, B. & A. Street R. R., (
Savannah, February 1,1K9. j !
O N and after this date cars on this road rill
leave the Ylarket and Laurel Grove Ceme
tery every fifteen minutes during the day fruT.
j 5:53 a. M to 8:07 p. m.
First car leaves Cemetery at 5:53 a. x. m4
| the 3Iarket at 6:15 a. m.
Cars leave Cemetery at 8:40 and 9:40 p.R.
| Blarket at 9 and 10 p. x.
Five-minute schedule, with five cars, on
I Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
1 M. B. GRA5T,
febl-tf Superintendent
Coast Line Railroad.
SCHEDULE FOR FEBEUABT.
W EEK DAYS—Care leave city daily M T:3
and 10:35 A. H., 2:35 and 6:30 T. » .
Leave Thunderbolt 6:05 and S:C0 a. m., ,
and 5:15 p. m. . , n - ;
Passengers for Schuetzen Park take the • •
a. M. or 3:35 p. m. cars. . .. j
Saturday nights last car leaves city at 3:13
o'clock
8UNDAY8—Cars leave city 8:30 a. *.,
a. m., 12 m. and every HALF HOUR in j
noon from 2:30 until 5:00 o’clock. LeaveTbuMet-
bolt 7:00 a. m. and 9:15 a. h. Deavj ThutuB"
bolt andSobuetzen Park 11:10 a. m., 1- w (V;
and every HALF HOUR in afternoon tn»
3:00 tintiI5:3Jo’cloc]c. EDW, J. THOMAS,
febl7-t.f Genera! Astrn
janl0-3m
LARKIN & ALLEN,
Proprietors.
In a letter from General Jackson to
Amos Kendall, just published in the
Cincinnati Commerrial for the first time,
and dated March 13, 1843, the General
expressed this opinion of the result of
the British defeat at New Orleans : “If
Britain had taken N’Orleans in 1815,
she would have held it as ceded by
Spain to France, as Britain had sent
over her whole civil corps, from gov
ernor, judges, collectors, &c., &c., which
were all captured after the battle of the
8th of Jan ry by Capt Sheilds purser to
the navy, & paroled, but would not be
exchanged for, as Adm’l Cochran said
they were non combatants.”
The Republican members of Congress,
while they will not make a resistance
which will necessitate an extra session of
Congress to the proposed action of the
Democrats to repeal the statutes in refer
ence to the jurors’ test oath and the ap
pointment of Federal supervisors of
election, yet will take occasion to put
themselves on record against the repeal
of these statutes. They claim that it is
not in the South that the supervisors of
election are specially obnoxious, but in
Democratic cities; that in the South De
mocracy has a vise like grasp, which
Federal supervisors do not loosen, but
that in Northern cities they fear the in
terference of such officers, because their
presence tends to secure a fair election.
Said an Ohio Republican to-day: “Let
the Democrats itptid these laws, and we
don’t want any better argument with the
people to beat them in our State.”—
Washington Star.
Harvard students break up, at least
shorten morning prayers at chapel, by
hiring organ grinders’to play outside, or
by introducing stray dogs, or by doing
other silly things that no shop boy or
mechanic would be ass enough to indulge
in.—„Yi 7. Herald.
tutts pills.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPJE5 LIVER.
Loss of Appetite. Bowels costive, Pain in
the Head, with a Dull sensation in the back
part, Pam under the shoulderblade, full
ness after eating, with a disinclination to
exertion of body or mind, Irritability ot
temper. Low spirits, with a feeling of hav
ing neglected some duty, Weasiness; Diz
ziness, Fluttering at the Heart, Dots be
fore the eyes, Yellow' Skill, Headache
generally over the right eye, Hestiessness
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
IF THESE WARNINGS ABE UNHEEDED, I
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED!
STRANGERS VISITING SAVANNAH SHOULD
STOP AT THE
MARSHALL HOUSE,,
V B. LUCE, Proprietor. Rates of board in
• keeping with the times. Large, com- I
fortable and well ventilated apartments. The I
table supplied with the best the market affords.
Mr. M. L. HARNETT is connected vt-ith this
house, and will be glad to see his friends.
jan27-M,Sdhv!m
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SANANAB DER
FLORIDA.
CT. JAMES HOTEL, JACKSONVILLE.-11th |
Cj season. This favorite house is open for the
winter. Passenger elevator, gas and other I
conveniences usual in Northern hotels. Special j
arrangements for rooms by the week or season.
Address, by mail or telegraph.
’ — - R. CAMPB -
decl8-tf '
. CAMPBELL. Manager.
fmis.
TUTT’S PILLS 3ii:w SEEPS! 1
arc especially adapted K> t*nrh cases,
single «Io*e effect* *«ch a change of feel
ing as to astonish the sufferer. .
A NOTED DIVfNE SAYS:
Dr. TUTT:—Dear Sir; For ten years I have been
a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Pile-. Lat-.t
Spring your Pills were recommended to me ; I used
them ( but with little faith). I am now a Well man,
have good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
K ' i gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh,
y axe worth their weight in gold.
Rev. R. La. SIMPSON, Looisvilie, Ky.
The first effect Of TITTT’S FILLS is to In
crease the Appetite, and cause the body to I
Take on Flesh, thus the system is nourished,
and by their Tonic Action on the Digestive
Organs, Regular Stool* are produced.
Dr. J. F. HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS:-
“ Few diseases exist that cannot be relieved by re
storing the Liver to its normal functions, and for
this purpose no remedy has evpr been invented that
has as happy an effect as ’1 UTCS PILLS.’*
SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS.
Office 3d 31 array Street, New York.
TUTTS HAIR D/E.
Gray Hair on Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single application of this Dye- It im
parts a Natural Color, acta Instantaneously, and is
I as Harmless as spring water, hold by Druggists, or
sent by express on receipt of $1.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
f eb 17 -M, W,F. w&Tel ly
An endless chain of certificates Terify the
excellence of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. Price
Ut, cents. It
.... Bools aifl Stas
W ILL be sold at and below cost for cash
until the entire stock is sold, at 149 Con
gress street.
M. ISRAEL.
Mr. A. BERG will act as my agent.
fell 7 1m
Potatoes, Apples, Hay
AND STARCH.
DORSETT & KENNEDY.
febl7-lt
i A A BOXES FINE LEMONS.
lUU 50 bbls. choice APPLES.
200 bbls. POTATOES. .
50,000 Baracoa aDd Bahama COCOAS FI
RED BANANAS.
YELLOW BANANAS.
25,000 COMMON CONCH SHELLS.
10,000 QUEEN CONCH SHELLS.
RED BANANAS.
YELLOW BANANAS.
50 sacks VIRGINIA PEANUTS.
25 sacks TENNESSEE PEA-\TT> ^
Henry Faber & Co.'s fin?* B^deaux WIM-
and BRANDIES.
MERWIN’S HAMS.
31 ERWIN'8 SHOULDERS.
MER WIN’S STRIPS.
I ) URT'S Extra Early Prolific Rust-Proof Oats, I A full line of CHOICE GROCERIES for*
9 Early 3Iinnesota Amber Cane, Red Brazil- J family and trade,
ian Artichokes, Golden Dent Corn, and 25 other
interesting varieties; Peabody's Early Sweet
Potatoes. Spanish Chufus, Carmichael s >Ioney
Bush Cotton Seed, German or Golden 3Iillet,
Cat-tail or Pearl Millet, Diamond Wheat, Ivory
Wheat t Hillless Oats, Carrots, Beets, etc.; 1
Beauty of Hebron Potatoes, Sure-Head Cab
bage, 5,00i) bushels Grass and Clover Seeds,
1.0ft) bushels Red Rust-Proof Oats, New Acme
Tomato, New Golden Wax Bean, New Alpha
Pea /very fine). New Early Summer Cabbage.
Fertilizers, Plows, Garden Tools, Farm Ma
chinery, Steam Engines, etc.
Send or call for price? to
MARK W. JOHNSON & CO.,
febl5-d&wlm 27 3Iarietta st. f Atlanta, Ga.
GOLD DUST.
GOLD DUST.
Everybody drinks it—the children cry
2,000 bunches choice Yellow aud Red BAN A-
For sale
JOSEPH B.
(Turpentine Stills.
GBOCEB AXD IMPORTER.
■bl3-tf 21 BARK ARD STREEP,
G. D BAKER & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
TURPENTINE STILLS
— AXD—
GENERAL COPPER WORK.
Shops on Bryan, between Habersham and
Price streets, Savannah, Ga.
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O TATE OF GEORGIA, Chatham Cocxty.—
UP To all whom it may concern: Whereas
WILLIAM H. ELLIOTT and KATHERINE C
STYLES will apply at the Court of Ordinaiy
for Letters Dismissory as Administrator and
Administratrix Qxxm testamento annexo on the
estate of MARYANN STILES, late of said
county, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
whom it may concern, to be and appear before
said court, to make abjection (if any they have)
on or before the FIRST MONDAY IN
MAY NEXT, otherwise said letters will be
granted.
Witness the Honorable John O. Fehrill,
Ordinary for Chatham county, this 3d day of
February, 1879. JOfiN D. ROSS,
feb4-lam3m Clerk C. O. C. C.
CIGARS
JUST ARRIVED, A FIXE LOT OF
HAVANA CIGAR|>
CIGARETTES, SMOKING TOBACCOS, w®’
ETC., ETC. ^
Which will be sold at lowest wholesale
retail prices
BY H. J. KIESEB.
Corner Whitaker and Bryan
Agent for El Principe de Gales Key I'estt
gars, T. H. Hall's Between The AOsl
rettes. Mountain Gem Fine Cut .ooact •
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SAVANNAH NURSERY
WHITi!! BLUFF ROAD.
a
TILANTS, ROSES and CUT Ff'P'iStwel
X orders left at Captain Blonz ?, “ u
IGUSIAVE JOESU86.
promptly filled,
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