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Ga.
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terest.”
ruin? of i
(ieorina Affairs.
on Tuesday last the residence of Mr.
. n ^ Walter, four miles south of Albany,
J ° "entirely destroyed by fire, evidently the
"wk of an incendiary. Fortunately the
buidlng was fully insured
Dr i\ L. Ililsman, while dressing the
i .f \t- \ W. Tucker, of Albany, the
WOUU'l ui -’ ir -
accidentally pricked his huger
other uay, , ,
with a pin which had been used on a band-
an d which contained poisonous matter
from the wound. The News says: “His
hand and arm became very much inflamed,
and he was made quite sick. For some
time«erious apprehensions were felt, but
'lad to see the doctor up and out
He states that he had a classmate
t his life by the same cause.
It is state-1 that on Tuesday last as Mrs.
Senator Gordon was walking on Pennsylva
nia avenue, in Washington, a Mr. (A. H.
Thompson saw a negro boy pick the pocket
of the lady. He turned the thief over to
the police, and Mrs. Gordon wa3 notified,
but on recovering her pocketbook, which
was found on the thief, who gave the name
of John H. Lewis, she refused to prosecute.
A very creditable journalistic production
called the Entcrj>rise has just been started
in Cochran, and we have received the first
issue of the same. It eschews the patent
outside, and in his salutatory, the editor,
Mr. T. F. Walker, says: “To our brethren
of the press, we tip our ha»s with all due
courtesy and shall ever keep in mind the
recollection of that golden rule, ‘do unto
you would they should do unto
mir patrons we promise to do our
lie public we intend to do our
ing serviceable in their every in-
ids enterprise is erected on the
eold
Sapelo Lland is to be sold by the Sheriff
on Tuesday next.
The Madison People h Champion announces
that it is about 10 commence the publication
of an intensely interesting story entitled
“Malcolm the Avenger, or the Mysterious
Murder.” It declares that it is one of the
best stories which has ever appeared in a
Southern paper.
The debt of Newton county is stated by
the Covington Enterprise to be $6,720, and
that it will all be paid off, dollar for dollar,
in two years.
Reports of damage done by the storm of
Saturday last come from a great many 6ec
tlons of the State. Fortunately the loss of
life was very small, our exchanges 60 far
only reporting two deaths as the result of
the tornado.
It is said that there is not a licensed retail
liquor shop in Cherokee county, aud that
the re w enue officers have pretty nigh sup
pressed illicit distilling.
The case of Jackson Sellers, who has been
on trial at Leesburg, for the murder of Mr.
Thomas Whiteett, was given to the jury on
the afternoon of Tuesday, the 25th iust., and
that same night a verdict of guilty was ren
dered.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch tells a 6tory on
a countryman of that section who came into
Hawkinsville a day or two ago with his
pockets and a small sack filled with Mexi
can dollars which he had buried thirty years
wo, and just dug up. Oa learning that
they were not worth one hundred cents
•piece he remarked: “Ain’t I played than
drr burying money.” And on further learn
ing that the gold dollar was worth one hun
dred cents aud would continue to be of the
same value, he replied: “I dunno. I thought
the same thing about Mexican dollars, but
now the >1—d things have busted.
This seems to be a good season in Georgia
for newspaper ventures. The North Georgia
Arrjxu has just made its appearance in
Gainesville, and in business, editorial abili
ty, general interest and tasteful typographi
cal appearance it is second to none, wh le it
“ superior to most of our country e:
changes. Success to it.
Governor Colquitt is to deliver the on
tion on Memorial day in Columbus.
Here is what the D.iriea G<izelte thinks
Woutit ; - if Georgia is not soon blessed
ng.s she will certainly have
law. Crime has got to be
ppressed au-1 the eooner the better. Let
few hangings at once. Don’t
natter any longer.”
Madison Ih>jhCs Champion : “After a sea-
oi unexceptionable weather for farm
|PMi«« r * )OS, ' s ’ alu * as *' tr kack as our rccol
the most favorable ‘corn
that our agricultural friends
n . ... , -i>joyed in the much abused
snirit : , rcb * a change came over the
last 4 ! ^ eir drearils ou Friday morning
Frii ,, most continuous rain fell on
i a a ? aml Saturday, and during the morn-
win i • ast nam “d day a terrific storm of
lo-f». ra » ln a,1< * Ciime on, threatening
of atnr C ? j Cori '^ to assume the proportions
ever t? ♦ °‘ , * N "° Jama £6 was done, how-
» We have keard of, other than the
Xj!” g down Of a few fences in this vl-
• auJ a k'cueral scare of our populace.”
• r ' V < ‘ it . suike8 us that Albany
f*ctur1 i* lra ^ ?i- tUa * 0 ^ f° r a large manu-
^ the cottoi
re Kions.
•bout
viili a few ]
to resort to
snppn
us have
delay the
Planting tir
have ever
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
i large
We are in the very heart
belt and the wool growing
‘rau*- . r net ' w °rk of railroads pane-
aDtl A„ eVer ? I )art of a rich country,
trade, already large,
. . U) become of vast extent
by -ail ;°! tance - Columbus is oppressed
rein'or.u r ni0IiO P<-»lies; Augusta is so far
try ltj * Becti on of the coun-
other m anil / h * , canDot compete with
a large nU - tUrD2 ‘ town9 - Albany has
Florid* !2f on . ■ of tbis State ftut * of
coaw sup a '|^
f&cilitr fn l r- 0(J ds. We
town a large m
most rani i T ° • at n,uet we
WatPr L_ MDu substantial pr-
to which she
We have every
■ manufacturing
ve look for our
Mi'--iai:ual progress. The
fmnUh'd h - 1 ” lu an,J ar ound the city,
soffici D f \ Wo Iari:e cre «ks and the river,
factories eL { * l ? ru ” a number of large
6i-lered » 1U - tIle it would be con-
'^ould iu» D , * n calculable advantage, and
s boaid l at .°uce. Our capitalists
are too 10 t bis matter. Our facilities
should undeveloped, and we
tow ns a dvauiage of them before other
c ^e start of us.”
Her Advocate: “Mr. Helm Tur
hv t5 eU oJ tllis county, was found
about tlJ0 , roadside Fri-lay night last,
grouod ‘ A 0 clock, near Fair Play court
l ^t hr u-a e iave no Particulars, except
Uadertoni- 6ub i ect 10 heart disease, aud
Vhisky ” t0 carr y too much blockade
Macon T hi, »
d»y,abouMi and Messenger: “Yester-
h&ae of t,‘'* clock, a colored man by the
v°od for o Wi '*» employed in hauling
liver on th« o', aeou 10 a Hat boat In the
wa« t - ert Lundy place, just above
ttantlt kin ,: u J? Wu from his wagon and in
breast and h i rnu * es trampling on his
lhe rniddle of i { i'? a<S r d w T a ^ on Paaaiuff over
«■ hill wh . n f 1 • bod y- He was descending
Of the wA; a stick the wood slipped off
*hich eau^\i StnkiD ^ one of lbe “» uIe6 <
Wei man u . both to run - The co1 '
6ei th the p a8 , r0WQ forward, and fe 1 . 1 be-
B %06e«i f^ r feet °* lbe uaules, and it is
Uut ’ J"? ra iudicat.iong on his body,
his U1 i? al!5 m U6t have trampled
f vo cbe9 f- The wheels then
^tlnguicv,,-^ , , m as above described,
rfc Waio s w * llf c in a few seconds. The
the ftooM 1 to the city yesterday,
J®ou-r »hp created profound feeling
! 0r ioenoctir.i i re 2 P°P uI ation. It was held
button mafli 1 . ;P ? : ' ast *^ a con, and an exam-
bortion of th°* 11 by Dr * Carroll, of that
^®est was hom u Subsequently an in-
J^rdlct ^ Coroner Chapman and a
Tho ac cordance with the
e “"kej was an industrious,:
bard
working man, and had been at the place
where he was engaged yesterday but a very
short time. He lives on a place near Mc
Call s mill and leaves a family. The team is
owned by a young gentleman of this city.”
Atlanta Constitution: “The case of James
Randall, colored, accused ot the murder of
Mr. Hugh Dunning, was to have been called
before Justice G. H. Tanner, at eleven o’clock
yesterday mornlDg. The prisoner was
brought Into court at that hour. He is rep
resented by Mr. R. 8. Jeffries and Mr. R. P.
Hill, who will doubtless conduct the defense
with skill and ability. Mr. J. M. McAfee
will appear for the prosecution. The ab
sence of several material witnesses, who had
not been subpeenaed, made it impossible to
proceed with the case jesterday in justice to
both sides. The counsel consulted and
agreed to have the preliminary examination
to-day at ten o’clock before Justice Tanner.
Some interesting facts will probably be
brought out in the testimony of the several
witnesses who will be examined.”
FEKNANDINA TO CEDAR KEYS.
Steady and SnbMtantial Improve
ments—Cpn and Downs of Fernan-
dina She Triumphs Over all her
misfortunes -Baldwin to Cedar
Keys Old Towns Improving and
New Ones Springing into Life
ISright Future for This Section of
Florida—Bishop Samuel Fallows,
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Atlanta, March 27.—Having heard much
of the new improvements made along the
line of the Atlantic, Gulf and West India
Transit Railroad, from Feraandina to Cedar
Keys, I made a flying trip over this route.
Captaiu W. G. Coleman, the handsome
agent of the line in Jacksonville, and Con
ductor 8. S. Weeks, by their courtesies
enabled me to make the trip without loss of
time, or delays at Baldwin, for which they
have my thanks in this connection.
While the tide of immigration to Florida
Is not as large as it was some three years
ago, and there have been many failures to
succeed iu making orange groves, it cannot
be denied that there has been a steady
general improvement in all sections of the
State. Of this improvement, so report 6aid,
the country along the line of the Transit
Railroad had secured its full share, which
fact inspired my present visit.
UPS AND DOWNS OF FEKNANDINA.
No citv in Florida has had so many “ups
and downs” as have fallen to the lot of
Fernandiua, and yet there is life in the old
town, with bright prospects for the future
that lies before.
Her business centre destroyed by fire and
her population reduced by a yellow fever
epidemic, Fernandina certainly had a hard
road to travel in her efforts to recuperate aud
“keep her head above water.” But she
never faltered in her efforts, despite other
minor calamities and drawbacks.
With her business centre rebuilt in a more
attractive and substantial manner, a first
class and elegant hotel (the Egmont) added
to her other commodious public houses,
and the permanent establishment of the
“Cumberland Route” through her borders,
Fernandina presents a better and livelier
appearance than for a long period of years.
From Fernandina to Baldwin there does
not seem to have been any very marked im
provement. The country is mostly adapted
to the naval stores and lumber business, both
of which add much to the shipping trade of
Fernandina. Numerous log trains are run
over the Transit Railroad, and by this means
the large steam saw mills $t Fernandina are
constantly supplied with logs,
BALDWIN TO CEDAR KEYS.
Along this section of the Transit Rail
road the improvement is really astonishing.
In no part of Florida have I seen a more
substantial development. When the Chicago
colony settled at Lawtey, some three years
ago, 1 had but little faith lu the success of
the enterprise. Imagine my surprise at now
seeing the barren waste blooming with
flourishing gardens and young orange
groves, aud handsome residences all about.
Starke shows many signs of improvement,
as dees Waldo. Iu fact this latter place is
putting on city airs. A fine band stand
adorns the square, and the stars and stripes
proudly float from a lofty staff. The new
railroad to Ocala is being pushed ahead
with vim. The iron is laid forfsome distance
out of Waldo, and trains will no doubt do a
good business up the line ne?t fall. Gaines
ville has a fine new hotel, the State Fair
grounds, and many other added attractions.
Archer, Arredondo, Bronson, Rosewood and
Cedar Keys, with hardly an exception, have
considerably improved.
The best sign of prosperity, to my mind,
is found in the new places springing up
along the railroad, not to mention those
back in the country. “Fairbanks,” this side
of Gainesville, is a delightful and progres
sive place, and “Temple’s Mills” and other
similar settlements have handsome resi
dences, and considerable activity. Col. D.
E. Maxwell (he is a genuine Colonel), the
General Superintendent of the Transit Rail
road, has put his line ;n the best of order
(improving not only the road bed, but the
passenger cars and the rate of speed), and
given his patrons every possible facility for
transportation. New settlers are carried
over the road free to their destination. This
liberal polity has had the effect to draw
many immigrants to this desirable section of
the State.
SCATTERED PARAGRAPHS.
Conductor Parker has an attractive two-
story residence, with orange grove aud gar
den, below Bronson.
Bronson is the county seat of Levy, and
already begins to put on city airs. A ba
kery, a market, a restaurant and a boot and
shoe “manufactory” are the cause of it.
The steam saw mills on the line of the
Transit Railroad are generally first class,
many having planing mills attached. Quite
a business is done in making crates and
boxes for shipping early vegetables North.
The Land and Immigration Company that
is working up this section of the State is
sendiug out too highly colored pictures of
houses and scenes hereabouts. Florida has
euough to attract settlers without any resort
to overdrawn pictures or unfounded state
ments.
Many of the new settlements and Improve
ments ou this line are similar to those on the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad in South Geor
gia, aud are made by people who propose to
engage in general farming and fruit culture.
With improved aud more rapid transporta
tion facilities, this section will ship large
quantities of early vegetables. Lake City
aud vicinity has made a specialty of this
business, And other sections are following
the example.
My flying trip over the Transit Railroad
will furnish much valuable matter for my
proposed “Glimpses of Florida.” The im
provements of the past two years show what
may reasonably be effected in the future.
The trip was made quite enjoyable by the
presence of my old friend, Rev. Dr. Samuel
Fallows, the distinguished Presiding Bishop
of the Reformed Episcopal Church, who was
accompanying Rev. Dr. Fitzpatrick, rector
of the church in Jacksonville, to an appoint
ment at Cedar Keys. Next to the late
Bishop Cummins, the founder of the move
ment, Bishop Fallows has been the greatest
promotor of the growth of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, owing to his ripe scholar
ship, rare eloquence and popular manners.
Bishop Fallows has flourishing churches at
Tallahassee and Jacksonville, and expects
to add others from time to time in the larger
pities of the State. Chatham.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THE HOUSE CONSIDERING THE
ARMY BILL.
General Strike of English Weavers
Contemplated.
The Fellow They Lionize.—As
Rowell and liis trainer sat in a box at
the Union Square Theatre, & gentle tap
was heard. “Come in,’ said some one.
The door opened, and Miss Sarah
Jewett, with a little girl, appeared. “I
must,” gushed the lady: “I must shake
hands with Mr. Rowell on our American
soil, and so must my little daughter.
Rowell was non plussed. With an effort
he roused himself, extended his hand,
and saying, “I’m glad to see you ma’am,
relapsed into his natural taciturnity.
After the party had reached the hotel,
Rowell said all of a sudden, “I wonder
’oo the bloomin’ ’evens that young voman
vas and vot she wanted. Vas there
h over sich a thing, you know h in h all
the world be’fore ?”—Philadelphia Times*.
A cat possessing the usual nine lives
must have lived a few of them, if the
following story is true : The Kate Howe
was loaded with cotton at Charleston,
and forty seven days after the hatches
were taken off at Liverpool, the cat
crawled out from between two cotton
hales, with its head flattened and one leg
twisted over its back. It had uved all
thai time without food or water, but in
a few days was apparently all right
;ain. _
Shot While Trying to Disarm a
Child —Mrs. C. W. Garrison, the wife
of "he proprietor of the Whitestone
House, Flushing L. L, on Saturday saw
her little son playing with a loaded re
volver. As she was trying to take the
revolver from the child it was dischiu-ged,
the bullet passing through the fleshy
part of her thigh and flattening itse f
against the mantle Mrs. Garrisons
wound is serious.—N. T. Sun, Mfi.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, March 28.—Mr. Young, of
Ohio, referring to the appointment of the
select committee to investigate the election of
his colleague, Mr. Butterworth, and himself,
sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read the
extract from the report of the grand jury,
which had just examined the matter, to the
effect that that grand jury after examining
fifty witnesses, had found no ground to take
further proceedings in regard to it. He ex
plained that his object was to prove to the
members of the House that his colleague and
himself were not considered in the county
of Hamilton as very bad persons, 'ihe
House then at 1 o’clock went into com
mittee of the whole on tl e army appropria
tion bill.
After the adoption of two or three amend
ments of no particular general Interest, Mr.
Tucker, of Virginia, onered an amendment
to repeal section 1218 of i he revised statutes.
This is the section which prohibits the ap
pointment to the army of any person who
served in any capacity in the military, naval
or civil service of the Confederate States.
Mr. Conger made a point of order against
the amendment.
Mr. Tucker argued that the amendment
was germane. He trusted the amendment
would meet with universal approbation on
both sides, and that the 6tigma which
rested on a very large class of the people
of the Southern States would be, as a mat
ter of justice, wiped out from the statute
book.
After some discussion between Messrs.
Tucker and Conger, the latter stated that
his party friends desired to meet the issue
iu a manly way, and he therefore withdrew
his point of older.
Mr. Sparks, of Illinois, renewed.
The Chairman sustained the point on the
ground that the amendment was not in the
direction of economy and changed the ex
isting law.
An amendment to amend the act granting
pensions to soldiers and sailors of the war
of 1812 was ruled out of order.
Mr. McCook, of New York, moved to
strike out the section prohibiting promo
tions or appointment in the army beyond
the rank of Captain, except in the Engineer
corps.
In the discussion which followed some
sharp remarks were interchanged between
Messrs. Sparks, of Illinois, and Conger, of
Michigan, as to the services rendered by
them respectively during the late war, Mr.
Sparks 6tating that like the gentleman from
Michigan he had been a little too cowardly
to tight on either side.
Mr. CoDger replied that he had served as
a member of the State Military Board of
Michigan.
After debate the amendment to strike out
was defeated.
The consideration of the bill having been
concluded with the exception of section six
(repealing the statutes allowing the military
to preserve peace at the polls), that section
was read. Upon this there commenced a
long and interesting debate, the Republicans
insisting that the section changed the existing
laws and did not retrench expenditures. The
Democrats contended, as one of their mem
bers argued, that the power to make the
rules and regulations fpr thp army and navy
was a fundamental power of Co‘ngre9s 7 and
he had never heard that power questioned.
The debate is regarded as the preliminary
skirmish to a long battle between both 6ides
in the House.
Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, made the lead
ing arguments on the Democratic side to
day, insisting that the troops should not be
allowed at the polls, aud was argued with
by Messrs. Robeson, Frye and other Repub
licans.
Late in the afternoon Mr. Stephens, of
Georgia, obtained the floor, and will address
the House to morrow.
CONTEMPLATED WEAVERS STRIKE.
London, March 28.—At a meeting of
weavers at Blackburn yesterday, the dele
gates reported that the masters had resolved
to enforce the proposed reduction in wages.
Much angry feeliug vas manifested, which
it is feared would eventuate in the passage
of the resolution in favor of a strike Sat
urday.
DEVAVANYA SAFE.
London, March 28.—A Vienna dispatch
to the Daily News Bays the town of De-
vavanya, w^ich a few days ago was threat
ened with inundation by the bursting of a
dyke, is now safe.
EVENING TELEGRAMS
THE
AUTONOMY OF
LORRAINE.
ALSACE-
LATEST ADVICES FROM SLAM.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY’ IN PENN
SYLVANIA.
The Question of Remoral of the
French Chambers.
EXPENSES OF THE ENGLISH GOVERN
MENT JN INDIA.
THE
WALLACE-TELLER
COMMITTEE.
BUB
The New York EleTated Railroad
Censured.
THE CONTEMPLATED REMOVAL OP
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES TO PAEIS.
London, March 28.—The Paris correspon
dent of the Times telegraphs as follows;
“The voting in the bureaux of the Senate
shows ninety-three Senators in favor of the
return of the Chambers to Paris and one
hundred and thirty against it, but as there
were seventy-seven Senators absent the
result in a full sitting Is still
uncertain. The government will
merely give an opinion in favor of the re
turn, and not make the matter a Cabinet
question. In the event, however, of the
Chamber of Deputies attempting to dis
pense with a concurrence of the Senate,
the government would be bound to prevent
such a violation of the Constitution.”
CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE ENGLISH GOV
ERNMBNT IN INDIA.
London, March 28.—In the House of
Commons last night Hon. Edward Stanhope,
Under Secretary for India, in introducing
the bill authorizing the raising of ten mil
lion pounds in England for the service in In
dia for ordinary expenses of the current
year, said the government would use the
borrowing power for which they asked as
sparingly as possible, and would undertake
to endeavor to pay off whatever sum they
were compelled to raise when circumstances
are more favorable for remitting to England.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY CAUSED BY JEALOUSY
Harrisburg, Pa., March 28.—Habessah
Douglass, while walking last evening,
near Dauphin, Pennsylvania, was met
by a man named Gaynor, who, draw
ing his pistol, shot her in the left and
right breasts, killing her instantly. Gaynor
then shot himself dead. Habessah was at
one time a domestic servant in the family of
Gaynor, and was about nineteen years old.
Gaynor was a married mac, forty-one years
of age. It ie thought jealousy caused the
tragedy.
THE NEW FRENCH CABLE COMPANY.
London, March 28.—The Daily News, in
its financial article this mornfng, says
“We understand that the second statutory
meeting of the new French Cable Company,
M. Pouyer Quertler’s enterprise, was held
in Paris on Thursday, when a consti
tution was unanimously passed, thus finally
establishing the company.”
THE ELEVATED RAILWAY CENSURED.
New York, March 28.—The General
Sessions grand jury to-day handed Into the
court a presentment censuring the New
York Elevated Railroad for inefficiency of
management and gross negligence,
shown in the recent accident on their road,
and requiring them to take measures to
prevent a possibility of a like occurrence
again,
THE WALLACE-TELLER SUB-COMMITTEE.
Philadelphia, March 28.—The sub-com
mittee of the Wallace-Teller Committee met
this morning in the Girrard House and com
menced the examination of witnesses. The
inquiries were principally directed to the
operations of deputy United 8tates Marshals
on election days.
THE HOME RULERS.
London, March 28.—Justin McCarthy
has been accepted by the Home Rulers of
Longford as their candidate for Parliament
at the next general election.
LETTER FROM BULLOCH COUNTY
Areola—The Arrival of the Mall—
The Weekly News—The Approach
of Spring—Prospect of the Pro
vision Crop—Pioneer Agricultural
Club—“Fish Fries” in Prospect-
Sight Seeing in the Forest City—
lhe Savannah Ladl*s and Their
Influence on Their Country Cous
ins—Some Reflections Thereon.
Miscellaneous Items.
THE AUTONOMY OF ALSACE-LORRAINE.
Berlin, March 28.—In the debate iu the
Reichstag yesterday on Herr Schneegan’s
motion in favor of an autonomous govern
ment for Alsace-Lorraine, the Under Secre
tary of State sought to prove that the griev
ances of the home rulers were not so great
as they alleged, and that those provinces
had received many benefits since the annexa
tion.
The speakers of all parties concurred In
desiring greater autonomy for Alsace-
Lorraine, within the limits calculated to in
sure its foreyer remaining a part of the
German Empire. Herr Schneegans not only
declared for the acceptance of the treaty of
Frankfort, but on behalf of himself and his
colleagues expressly repudiated the idea of
making the province a kind of neutral
territory between France and Germany.
Bismarck’s speech was again remarkable
for its moderation. His denial of the right
of the province to be represented in the
Bundesrath referred to its being repre
sented on the 6ame footing as other
States. He was quite willing to see it
represented in a modified form,
bat he thought the initiative should
come from the people themselves, and now
that they had spoken out, he held him
self bound in all conscience to try and meet
their wishes.
AFFAIRS IN SIAM—AN INVITATION TO GEN
ERAL GRANT.
London, March 28.—A letter from Bang
kok, Siam, dated 17th of March, says:
“The King of Siam has sent on autograph
letter to General Grant inviting him to visit
Siam and become his guest. General Grant
is expected at Singapore about the 1st of
April. The American Consul at Bangkok,
accompanied by the King’s aid-de-camp and
one of the Princes, will proceed down the
Gulf of Siam, on a government 6teainer, to
meet and welcome General Grant and escort
him to Bangkok.”
The letter also6ays: “The English survey
ing party which left Upper Burmah several
months ago, consisting of fifty men, with
twenty elephants, has just reached the To-
chen river, and is expected at Bangkok in
about a week. The arrivals of American
goods in Siam are increasing and are much
sought after by both foreigners and Siamese.
The new rice which is coming into the mar
ket is of a superior quality and the crop is
large.”
EXCITEMENT AMONG CATHOLIC PRIESTS.
Cincinnati, March 28.—Some little ex
citement was occasioned at a meeting of the
Catholic prie6ta of this diocese last night,
for the purpose of perfecting plans for
the relief of Archbishop Purcell, by an an
nouncement that Frank Grever, Charles
Stewart and Thomas Scanlon had been ap
pointed by the Archbishop a committee to
receive all charitable contributions to
pay the diocesan debt. This appoint
ment was understood to mean that the com
mittee appointed by the priests was com
pletely ignored, and caused a bitter discus
sion, in which Father Callahan, of the
Cathedral, who was supposed to be at the
bottom of this appointment, was denounced
by the German priests especially. The
meeting finally adjourned without any
united action upon the matter.
DEAD.
Norfolk, March 28.—Captain Richard T.
Renshaw, of the United States Navy, died
fa Portsmouth last Bight.
Arcola, Ga., March 24.—Editor Morn
ing News: Away from the noisy, bustling
city, and too far from the fiery locomotive
to awaken echoes among the tall, shadowy
pines, there i6 in the thoroughly Democratic
county of Bulloch a post office bearing the
pretty name of “Areola.” This office is at
the charming residence of Mr. Samuel E.
Groover, one of our most successful farm
ers, whose agreeable manners make him
popular with old and young. Ye favored
6ons aud daughters of the city, enjoying
hourly mail facilities, cannot realize with
what eager, longing hearts we news-hungry
mortals of the country look forward to Sat
urday, our weekly mail day, when that most
accommodating of mail riders, Mr. Rahn,
comes along, his huge leather bag filled
with documents of various shapes, sizes
and colors. There is the postal card
from the guano man recommending
his brand as the very best in the
market; the business letter in the
yellow envelope; the delicately perfumed
epistle from the city friend, telling of the
theatre, the opera, the last ball, and num
erous items to be wondered at and dreamed
over by the farmer’s busy wife aud daugh
ter, while shaping butter balls and knead
ing dough for pastry. And then among the
papers none receives a more hearty wel
come than the Weekly New9, which finds
its way into a goodly number of home6 in the
county. The gentlemen, dear unselfish
creatures, take immediate possession of it
for the sake of the latest political items
that agitate the public mind, while the la
dies wait impatiently to read the Interest
ing original stories, the poetry, and those
letters of fashion eo dear to nearly every
woman’s heart.
The budding woods, the singing birds and
soft winds, bearing to us a refreshing fra
grance from the golden blooms of jessamine,
all bespeak, the swift approach of spring;
and the farmer is, if not happy, very busy.
The farmers in Bulloch are planting less
cotton, we think; and judging from the
large fields of oats and corn just planted,
and land in preparation for its planting, we
may hope that many a faithful animal worn
to a Rozinante in tne mad desire to make
king cotton, will grow fat and sleek during
the next winter.
An interesting and improving occasion to
the farmers of this neighborhood is the
meeting of the Pioneer Agricultural Club,
numbering upwards of twenty members,
and whose Chairman for the present year Is
Mr. Wm. II. Cone, an intelligent farmer and
most excellent gentleman. Mr. C. is also a
member of the Executive Committee of the
State Agricultural Society. One day in each
month some hospitable home, for we have
no other kind in the banner county, is
thrown open for the assembling of the club
above mentioned, and Mr. Editor, if you
want your heart made glad and filled to over
flowing with love to your fellow man, and
your faith in “the milk of human kindness”
strengthened, come and attend one of these
dinners.
I know with all your quill driving and lit
erary pursuits you have an eye and taste for
the good things which go to satisfy the in
ner man, for Owen Merideth wisely asks:
“Where is the man that can live without
dining ?” And here you would find all that is
palatable and satisfactory. We are enjoying
now what we consider the most edible of
the finny tribe, shad, caught from the
Ogeechee, a 6tream which abounds in fine
fish of various kinds. A little later and
“fish fries” will be fashionable. We at
tended some of the “fries” last spring for
the first time, and relished to the utmost the
fresh hot bream with corn egg-bread and
a cup of delicious coffee, aud cared not that
the mosquito buzzed and bit and the fear
fully busy aunt crawled everywhere.
As a general thing we Bullochites are a
quiet, home loving people, going along
through life in the even tenor of our way,
without any longings for other scenes
than those which surround us, but
now and then we grow wearied with the
monotony of domestic affairs, and are
seized with a desire “to go to town.” That
means go “sight seeing,” shopping, etc., in
the beautiful Forest City. These little trips
furnish subjects for deep, delightful, golden
reveries during the days following our re
turn: and your city ladies, with their deli
cate bonnets and frizzled hair, their ruffles,
puffs and pinbacks, fill us with wonder, and
sometimes a rustic maiden returns with the
ambitious desire to imitate these freaks of
fashion, thereby subjecting herself to the
severe criticism of those 6taid old dames
who strictly adhere to the by-gone styles of
a dress made with from eight to ten yards
of calico, and think it a “crying shame for
Sally Ann to wear that outlandish double
dress, and show her unthankfulness to
Providence by trying to make straight hair
curl.” *Yes, even in these rural regions
one must enjoy the blessed privilege of
expressing one 7 s opinion, though it some
times be to criticise and gossip a bit. But
may we not claim in extenuation for
womankind that she is a clinging and de
pendent being, and naturally confiding be
cause she is made to lean on something ?
May not the disposition to talk arise from her
confiding, trusting nature ? Often we hear it
6aid “let them alone they can only talk, for
woman has no weapon but her tongue.” This
is man’s apology, who imagines himself ex
empt, but methinks this weakness might be
included among his failings were it not that
redress is often demanded and given with
pqwder, lead and steel. Such a thing may
constitute the difference, Ikic.
It is estimated that nearly 2,000,000
cattle, mostly young, will be driven
North from Texas before the hot weather
of August. The number in a drove is
generally 3,000, though sometimes much
larger,
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Deputy Marshal* and Supervisor*
in the South—The Radical Method
of Skinning the Cat—Good for
Next Campaign—Zach Chandler
Georgia 9 * Money.
the
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Washington, March 26.—The Republi
cans are taking much comfort over the fact
that in the official statement sent to the
Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury,
giving the amounts paid United States
supervisors and deputy marshals in the last
Congressional elections, the figures for the
Southern States represent comparatively
small amounts. From this they argue that
Southern men show only partisan blindness
In demanding the repea 1 of tu.. laws creat
ing those officers, ana .*» he figures
clearly show that a sufficient number of
deputy marshals could not have been em
ployed in the South to give any reason for
complaint. They forgot one thing. Ex
perience has clearly demonstrated that
under Republican rule figures, which form
erly had the best of reputation for veracity,
have become the basest of liars. Mr. Sher
man’s figures may be correct, but they are
no indicator of the number of deputy
marshals used in the late elections. Mr.
Devens did not mention the fact in his
annual report, nor does John Sher
man refer to it, that a large number—
swarms—of deputy marshals were employed
in the South, but were paid nothing for
their services. Devens foresaw that the
unwarranted acts of deputy marshals would
be inquired Into, so he spent as little money
as he could in the 8outh for such officers,
but authorized their employment. Of
course plenty of Radicals were found who
were willing to help along the cause with
out remuneration and who acted as unfair
deputies. This was notoriously the case in
Florida. Conant, as all the Florida people
know, had no lack of deputies, but they
received nothing for their services. This
method of skinning the cat accounts for
the comparatively small amount of money
spent for deputies in the South, and what
would infereutially be the small number of
deputies.
good for the next campaign.
Senator Wallace’s Committee, late the
Teller Committee by Jim Blaine, commenced
work to-day. Its first day’s proceedings
will make mighty interesting reading. The
testimony will be printed by the Democrats
and used as a campaign document. Qor-
ham, who has jU6t been bounced from the
Senate Secretaryship, was examined. Gor
ham was also Secretary of the Republican
Campaign Committee and drummed up the
funds with which to run the machine. He
said his famous circular calling on office
holders to contribute to the Republican cof
fers was submitted to Hayes. Hayes, be it
remembered, was the man who was going to
reform the civil service. As the circular was
originally written it6tated that contributions
from officeholders would be approved by
the Executive. Hayes, afraid to say openly
what was in his heart, had it changed to 6ay
that “therp wQuld be nq objection in
any official quarter to voluntary con
tributione.” Thus doctored, Groham'
clerks got the official register
of the men in the service of the govern
ment and sent one of the circulars to every
officeholder iu the land. They were sent to
women as well as to men. The harvest that
they brought in was $106,000! Each office
holder was notified that one per cent, of his
salary would be acceptable. The committee
claimed that the subscriptions were volun
tary. But Mr. Gorham admits that one
clerk in the Sixth Auditor’s office, Mr. Wad
dell, who refused to pay anything into the
party. mint, was dismissed. If others
had shown the same Independence
they too would have lost their places. This
19 a pretty picture for a party, true to re
form, to present. No wonder the Republi
can party is capable of manipulating any
thing when by an official grind on the em
ployes of the government it can raise the
neat sum of $106,000. Its assertion in the
past that Federal patronage is not used to
perpetuate Republicanism is shown to be a
broad lie by one of its leaders. The
thing will go on as long as the Radical
party controls the executive portion of
the government. The $ 106,000 collected from
government employes fell proportionately
pretty heavy on a large number. To a man
making $1,200 a year and with a large fami
ly to support, to be “assessed” for $12 was
something not to be taken pleasantly ; but
the money had to come. This was not the
worst yet. All of the $106,000 did not come
from the first circular. Many officeholders
of the government were a good distance
away and could not be reached readily. For
this reason double assessments had to be
made, f.nd in some cases as many
three. A large number of clerks in
the Treasury Department and in the
Attorney General’s office, paid one per cent,
of their salaries two or three times within
three months. Gorham’s testimony should
be reflected upon by the voter who holds
that fio matter what position a man may
occupy in this country he is at least free to
dispose of his earnings without dictation
from any source, especially from a political
party. There may also be a large number
of men in the country who think that it is
unmanly to call on a woman making $900 a
} ear for one per cent, of that amount two
or three times to be applied to oiling the
political machine.
zach chandler.
This great statesman is now receiving un
bounded praise from the Radicals. His
speech on ex-President Davis has taken
the stalwarts by storm, and they rally
around him solidly. Another cause of their
bestowal of so much praise upon him is that
he converted Hayes to stalwartism. Thus
are men made truly great. First thing they
know Zach will be asking the Radicals to
make him their next Presidential candidate.
GEORGIA’S MONET.
Comptroller of the Treasury Porter
is still at work on the question
whether Georgia shall get the seventy-
two thousand dollars appropriated her
her by the last Congress. He finds that if,
as he was inclined to do upon a short and
cursory examination of the case, he decides
against Georgia he will decide against many
more things than there will be legal warrant
for. He says that for au apparently con
fined question this one has more lateral
branches than he thought possible. He is
not through with his examination yet,
and consequently will not say
which way his decision will be.
From the tone of his conversation, and
from what the other officers In the Treasury
who have to do with this question have to
say, it may be regarded as certain that the
final settlement will be in favor of the State.
Potomac.
Chinese Spiritualism.
Fraser's Magazine.
The spirits of the unseen universe are
directly invoked by the Chinese, chiefly
in cases of illness. In matters which in
volve merely pecuniary interests, such
means as planchette and various other
indirect ways of consulting the or
acle are preferred, being at once simpler
and less costly to the inquirer. A man
who wishes to learn the probable result
of au enterprise he has in view, will drop
into some roadside temple and will lay a
small fee upon the altar. The attendant
priest lights a fresh candle or a new stick
of incense, and the suppliant, after mak
ing the usual series of prostrations, rev
erently takes with both hands a kidney
shaped piece of wood which has been
split into two halves, so that each half
shall have one flat and one convex side.
These are raised above the head and
dropped to the ground before the altar;
and from the combination which results,
namely, (1) two con vexes, (2) two flats, or
(3) a flat and a convex, a propitious or
unpropitious answer is deduced, being
(1) negative, (2) indifferent, (3) affirma
tive, respectively. The more elaborate
method, or that form known in Europe
as spiritualism, is to engage the services
of a medium, generally a Taoist priest
whose body is for the time being occu
pied by the god. This state of" divine
‘possession” is brought about in the fol
lowing manner; The medium takes a
seat, while his brother priests or confede
rates arrange the usual altar, light can
dles, burn incense, and invoke the pres
ence of the deity required. After a short
interval one of them advances toward the
medium and performs certain movements,
apparently mesmeric passes, by which
state of unconsciousness is induced,
whereupon the god takes possession of
the temporarily unoccupied body. From
that moment every word uttered by the
medium is held to be divinely inspired,
or, more properly, the very words of the
god, who simply uses the medium as his
mouthpiece.
A St. Louis negro woman, arraigned
in a Police Court for assaulting her
husband, proved that he had made a
miniature coffin and inscribed it with her
name, that being the voudoo mode of
consigning her to the deviL She argued
that such an outrage justified her in
chastising him.
HENDRICKS.
An Article from tlie Vice President-
Elect on the Treatment of lhe Col
ored Race In the South—The Men
that the Republican* Made—Pro
tection for Colored Labor.
North American Review for April.
Nearly ten years ago the right of the
colored man to vote was made as firm
and secure as a constitutional provision
could establish it. As a question of pub
lic policy and justice it was settled. The
people passed upon and decided that.
There remained but the tests and ordeal
of experience. It was not to be dis
turbed or questioned except for great
and permanent evils. This was the con
dition of the right of colored suffrage
when two important facts attracted at
tention. The first was, that the Con
gressional representation of the Southern
States had been greatly strengthened;
and the second was that the colored vote
coaid no longer be relied upon by the
Republican party, but that it was rapidly
passing into the Democratic party, re
sulting in a Congressional delegation
from the South almost entirely Demo
cratic, and in a solid South. Confident
possession and control of that vote
were followed by such disappoint
ment at its loss as attends the loss
of property deemed most secure.
The disappointment was intensified by
the reflection that the entire colored
population is now to be counted in ap
portioning representation among the
several States, and that the political in
fluence of the South is thereby increased.
Dissatisfaction and a spirit of resistance
appeared among those who had looked
upon the colored vote as permanently
secure to their party. They spoke freely,
sometimes harshly, about striking down
the increased Southern representation,
and seemed willing to abandon colored
suffrage, if necessary to that end. It
was because of this sentiment and feel
ing that the discussion of negro en
franchisement in the last number of the
lleriew was fpossible. Two or three
years ago it would have been welcomed
neither by editor nor reader. And from
this it appears hqw little the
sentiment of humanity, and how much
the consideration of party advantage,
influenced and controlled the action of
many who atone time were most clamor
ous for negro suffrage. Negro suffrage
rests upon the natural right of the citi
zen, or upon constitutional provision, or
upon both. I was opposed to its recog
nition and establishment in the Constitu
tion of the United States; but, when
declared to be so established, I recog
nized it as fixed and permanent. And,
in the article which I contributed to the
series, I thought it quite sufficient to
maintain that it was thus fixed and per
manent, and I endeavored to show, that
under favorable opportunities, its exer
cise need not be hurtful to society.
In his article, Governor Hampton treats
the question as settled, and says that,
whatever may haye been the policy or
motives of men, the right conferred by
the Constitution is irrevocable, and that
it is now the part of statesmanship to
give its exercise that direction which will
be most beneficial and least hurtful to the
body politic. Speaking for the people of
Mississippi, Mr. Lamar, with great force
and distinctness, maintains that, being a
free man, a property holder and a tax
payer, the negro could not be excluded
from the “privilege aud duty,” tke “right
and obligation, *’ of the citizen to vote.
He mentioned the striking fact that, in
1869, “the white people of Mississippi
unanimously voted at the polls in favor
of ratifying the enfranchisement amend
ment.” Mr. Stephens treats the question
of negro suffrage as settled and not to be
disturbed, and declares it the duty of all
friends of humanity to give it a fair trial,
“with an earnest and hopeful effort for its
success.” I have grouped the arguments
of these three distinguished men of the
South that the justice and liberality of
their views may distinctly and together
appear.
Mr. Blaine thinks the negro is con
trolled, whatever way he may vote. He
attributes his conduct to some influence
stronger than that of his own conviction
and will. What does he mean by “the
persuasion of the Freedman’s Bureau,
at the period when the vote was all one
way ? To whom does he refer as “the
men who controlled the negro vote at the
outset, in the interest of the Republican
party?” They were the same.“adven
turers who exercised power without
right or merit, and amassed wealth with
out labor.” They were the coadjutors
of the Freedman’s Bureau. The com
bined influence was pernicious. The of
ficer^ and agents of the bureau were its
emissaries. They were found every
where. They obtained and abused the
confidence of the colored people. They
provoked and organized the strife of the
races.
The control of the vote by these in
fluences could not last. It soon came to
an end. The colored people could not
be kept in ignorance of their real and
true interests. They learned that the in
crease of public indebtedness and the
profligate expenditure of public money
would place burdens upon their own
shoulders, and impair the value of the
products of their labor. Influenced by
these and o*her proper considerations,
they united in large numbers with the
Democrats. The result was, as I have
said, the restoration to the Southern
States of the right of local self-govern
ment, and a purer and better administra
tion of public affairs. Mr. Blaine is not
willing to concede to the colored voter a
change of party relations upon intelli
gent conviction. He attributes such a
change to fraud and violence; for he
says that by “fraud, intimidation, vio
lence and murder, free suffrage on the
part of the nemro in the South is fatally
impaired.” For a statement so broad
Mr. Blaine must rely upon evidence “of
the baser sort,” much of which has long
since been rejected.
But Mr. Blaine asks the question,
‘ Why should the negro have been dis
posed to vote with the Democratic
party V Is that question asked by one
who sincerely believes in the capacity of
the negro to vote intelligently upon
questions affecting the public welfare,
and that his action will be governed by
an enlightened judgment and a patriotic
purpose ? Then I answer that the same
considerations should govern the negro
that ought to govern any voter. He
should vote upon his convictions of right
and duty. If Democratic policy is more
likely to promote the public good, then
it should be supported by the white and
colored voter alike. When once in the
box the ballot hau no color.
It may be said by many, both white
and black: We do not adopt all the
dogmas of the Democratic party, nor ap
prove its entire record, but we will de
clare our condemnation of the central
ism, the extravagance aud the corrup
tion of its powerful opponent. Our
record shall not be in approval of the
frightful crimes that characterized a late
administration. The taxes were not re
duced, but the revenues were impaired.
Remorseless severity was the rule of col
lection; official favoritism the standard
of accountability. We will not help to
establish such precedents. Is this not
language which the citizen ought to use?
Please tell me why it is not as becoming
and proper for the colored as for the
white voter. What obligation does he
owe to the party that takes from him the
right to use this, the language of patriot
ism? Is the question repeated? Then I
say that the colored voter, if intelligent
to understand his duty and honest to dis
charge it, could not remain with the
)arty that corrupted and destroyed the
State Governments of the South.
The influences that governed many of
the colored people in aiding the whites
to place the Southern States under Dem
ocratic control were truly stated by one
of themselves, the most prominent man
of the race. For the first time afier re
construction, the Democrats carried Mis
sissippi in 1875. Because the colored
race had the majority in that State, the
fairness of the election was disputed.
In Congress and in the Northern press,
with great bitterness and positiveness,
the result was attributed to fraud and
violence. There was then, as now, no
difficulty in obtaining the testimony of
willing witnesses to establish violence.
Why confuse and cheapen a discussion
like the present by thrusting into it ques
tions of personal consistency ? Why
turn aside to consider one another’s
motives ? Who of the readers of the
Review cares for either ? But Mr. Blaine
thinks it useful to his argument to sug
gest that in my eyes the complexion of
the colored man depends upon his voting
the Democratic ticket. Devotion to truth
compels me to say that my confidence in
his judgment as an independent voter
is stremrthened by the circumstance that
I do find him voting that ticket. Really,
I could not respect him very much if
Mr. Blaine’s opinion of him were correct,
that he is a political fixture, immovable
under influences that control other and
patriotic minds. Prior to the adoption
of the fifteenth amendment, but as late
as September, 1865, Governor Morton
in a carefully prepared speech, used
the following language: “Look at
their condition. As 1 said before,
only one in five hundred that can read—
many of them, until within the last few
months, never off the plantation—most
of them never out of the county in
which they live and were born, except as
they were driven by the slave drivers.
Can you conceive that a body of men,
white or black, who have been in this
condition, and their ancestors before
them, are qualified to be immediately
lifted from their present state into the
full exercise of political power, not only
to govern themselves and their neigh
bors, but to take part in the Government
of the United States ? Can they be re
garded as intelligent and independent
voters? The mere statement of the fact
furnishes the answer to the question.”
In my judgment, the colored people
will be satisfied if you assure them that
you will give them just laws, fairly ad
ministered. Do this, and then the out
side adventurer can not turn their votes
against you. Let the colored man under
stand that the legislation of your State is
not being carried; on to make a few men
rich at the expense of the great body of
the people. * * * Appeal to the
colored man to stand by you in your
fight for hopesty, for justice, for integrity
and for equal laws, and that appeal will
reach his heart as readily as it reaches
the heart of the great body of the white
people.
In 1867 the Republican party became
so powerful in Congress as to be able to
defy the Presidential veto. It overthrew
the provisional State governments, and
substituted its iron policy of reconstruc
tion. That policy was embodied in the
act of March, 1867, and the two $cts
supplementary thereto. The rebel States
were declared to be without legal gov
ernments. They were divided into mili
tary districts, and placed under the ab
solute authority of military commanders.
The military and the negroes controlled
the government. The effect was to ex
cite strife and create bad blood between
the races. This was the beginning of the
period of reconstruction. The evil influ
ences already mentioned promoted t\nfl
intensified the antagonism of the races.
In such a strife the colored people be
came an easy prey to the unscrupulous
adventurers who assumed to be
their special friends. Bloodshed was
frequent, and bad government was uni
versal. Under such control the States
continued for periods varying from six
to nine years. I need not describe the
condition of the people during that time.
They endured all the evils and misfor
tunes that attend discordant society and
bad government. Neither race was as
secure of any right or property as before
it came, or after it passed away. It is
barren of all fruits of good government
It is a plain over which the lava has
flowed.
Then came this, the third period in
the progress of restoration. It is yet
short; in some of the States but two
years, and in others but three, four and
five years. But the work of restora
tion is complete. The right of local
self-government is now enjoyed in all the
States. The benificent results of this
period have been secured through the co
operation of the colored voters. What
advantages have come to them as a class
from the change from military rule to
local self-government? In the periods
of provisional government and recon
struction Mr. Blaine has described the
colored laborer as almost a slave. How
is it now ? He is hetter protected in his
wages by the laws of many Southern
States than is the laborer in any North
em State. By the act of April 14, 1876,
the laborer in Mississippi is given a lien
for his wages upon the crop he helps to
raise, and for his portion of the crop
when it is upon shares. The lien is prior
to all others, and exists without record
and without any written contract. Upon
judgments for wages no property is
exempt from execution. These pro
visions were adopted at the first session
after the Democrats obtained the control
in Mississippi. By the act of February
24, 1873, the laborer in Georgia is given
a lien for his wages qnon tha property of
his employer, first above any other lien
except for taxes, judgments and decrees,
and a special lien upon the products of
his labor, above eveiy other lien except
for taxes. In North Carolina the farm
laborer is given a first lien upon the crop
he helps to produce. In 1865, under the
provisional government. South Carolina
established and so regulated the domestic
relations among the colored people as to
promote their morality, virtue and per
sonal welfare. In the regulations of
labor it was provided that “wages due
to servants shall be preferred to all other
debts or demands except funeral ex
penses, in case of the insufficiency of
the master’s property to pay all debts and
demands against him.”
I know of no Northern State that gives
to the laborer such extraordinary protec
tion and security for his wages. It has
been sought, demanded, prayed for by
the employes of great corporations, but
it has been denied in many Northern
States.
Now, that thirteen years have passed
since the close of the war, and the two
races, during much of that period, have
been living together as citizens equal
before the law, while every year their
political relations are becoming more
harmonious, can the statesman find no
better argument to show that the colored
man holds his political rights by pre
carious tenure, than that founded upon
social disturbances?
Thomas A. Hendricks.
Groceries and Provisions.
.50,000 ORANGES
B ananas, cocoanuts.
ORANGES, PINE APPLES.
Careo schooner Geo. Washington, from
Jamaica,
also in stork:
5,000 COMMON CONCH SHELLS.
2,000 QUEEN CONCH SHELLS.
APPLES, LIMES. MALAGA GRAPES.
50,000 PRIME CLEAN COCOANUTS
LEMONS, DATES.
MESSINA ORANGES, FIGS.
GOLD DUST ! GOLD DUST
$3, $3, $3, $3, $3, $3.
MERWIN'S HAMS. IMPERIAL BOWER,
MERWIN’S BACON. The Best Flour
MERWIN’S SHOULDEBS. In the world.
LOOSE CHOW CHOW AND MIXED
PICKLES.
Sole Agency for United States for HENRY
R A CO.’I
and BRANDIES.
TOWN TALK.
TOWN TALK.
.’S BORDEAUX FINE WINES
“TEN STRIKE’’ FLOUR,
“Can’t be Beat.”
WINES and LIQUORS of every kind in glass
and wood.
EVERYTHING IN MY LINE.
JOSEPH B. REEDY,
GROCER AND IMPORTER,
mh24-tf SAVANNAH, GA.
ETC.
2 Ti HALF chests choice TEAS, selected by
one of the best judges in New York city
especially for our trade.
50 barrels choice FAMILY FLOUR.
25 barrels fresh PEARL GRITS.
25 baskets PIPER HEIDSIECK CHAMPAGNE.
35 baskets GOLD SEAL CHAMPAGNE.
MESSINA LEMONS and ORANGES.
FERRIS’ HAMS, STRIPS and SHOULDERS.
FRESH TOMATOES, FRESH CORN.
OKRA and TOMATOES.
LI3U BEANS, GREEN PEAS.
FRESH PRUNES.
FRESH NUTS, all kinds,
BRANCH k COOPER’S.
BUTTER, BUTTER.
1 ODD p O^’ D S GOOD BUTTER at 20c,
J. 31/1/1/ per pound.
CHOW CHOW SHRIMP.
3-LB. CANS PEACHES, 3 cans for 50c.
A. C. HARMON & CO.,
31 WHITAKER STREET.
TEAS, TEAS.
G UNPOWDER, Young Hyson, Hyson, Im
penal, Japan, English Breakfast, Oolong.
CANNED GOODS.
Pine Apples, Pears, Cherries, Apricots, Ap
ples, Peaches, Lima Beans, Peas, Corn, Okra
and Tomatoes. Mackerel, Salmon, Clams,
Lobster.
fish.
New Boneless Codfish, Plain Codfish, Pickled
Herring, Mess Mackerel in barrels and kits.
M. F. FOLEY & CO.,
Comer Broughton and Barnard.
mh8-S,Tu&Th,tf
Retrogression of Female Suf
frage.— ITie Assembly Judiciary Com
mittee have made a report nrrorable to
female suffrage. Among those who are
demanding the ballot for women this
may be a crumb of comfort. They are
much in need of consolation just now.
for they have been sadly disappointed
by the rude dashing of their hopes in the
British House of Commons on the 7th
instant They had expected, not indeed
a victory for the principle of the exten
sion of Parliamentary suffrage to women,
but a marked weakeuing of the opposi
tion, which would show the growing
vitality of the "reform.” The vote stood
207 against to 103 for the conferring of
this “privilege ’ upon women. Last year
the female suffrage advocates polled 140
against 219 votes in the House, and in
1876, 152 to 239. At every test previous
to this last one the friends of the move
ment numbered more than one-third of
all the members voting. For the first
time, on the 7th instant, they fell below
that proportion. Such is the condition
to which the ‘ 'cause” is reduced in Par
liament after eight years of effort. It is
a losing game in England. The reason
for this is the increasing aversion which
the agitation excites among women them
selves.—N. Y. Journal of Commorce.
FEELS YOUNG AGAIN.
“My mother was afflicted a long time
with neuralgia and a doll, heavy, inactive
condition of the whoie system; headache,
nervous prostration, and was almost help
less. No physicians or medicine did her
any good. Three months ago she began to
nee Hop Bitters, with such good effect that
she seems and feela young again, although
over seventy years oli We think these is
no other medicine fit tq use in the' family.”
—A Lad<v, iroeidmer, A. I.
!nh30-Th,3,Tuoswlm
Crumbs of^ Comfort.
R oyal baking powder
sea foam.
DOOLEY’S YEAST POWDER.
TOWN TALK BAKING POWDER.
SUPERLATIVE, the best family flour,
MIXED PICKLES by the quart.
1 DILL’S C
i GHERKIN8.
PICKLES by the
CHOW CHOW and DILL’
For sale at the
BLUE STORE
—B¥—
J. H. VON NEWTON,
mh!8tf 156 CONGRESS STREET.
PRESERVES!
D RY GINGER in one t
PRESERVED GINGE
>ound tins.
!R in small and large
jars.
GORDON A DILWORTH’S PRESERVES (in
pint and quart jars).
GORDON & DILWORTH’S .TELLIE8.
KEMP. DAY & CO.’S PRESERVES.
SCOTCH JAMS, assorted.
ORANGE MARMALADE.
RASPBERRY JAM,
PURE RED CURRANT JELLY.
—AT—
A. M. & C. W. WEST’S.
mhl7-tf
Choice Groceries & Liqoors.
r: A BARRELS BELLE OF LOGAN FLOUR
o V 50 barrels TEN STRIKE FLOUR.
50 barrels E. R. POTATOES.
25 barrels APPLES.
25 boxes LEMONS.
—ALSO—
25 baskets PIPER HEIDSEICK.
GIBSON’8 WHISKIES.
JEMISON’S IRISH WHISKY.
DUFF GORDON SHERRY.
CHAMPAGNE CIDER on draught
BOTTLED LIQUORS of all kinds.
Bor sale by
jas. mcgrath & co.
jan24-tf
SALT!
6,000 Sacks Liverpool Salt.
For sale by
C. L. GILBERT A CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
mh26-tf S. E. cor. Bay and Barnard sts.
SOMETHING NEW!
B oneless herrings in boxes, codnah
Balls in cans. Boneless Pig’s Feet in cans.
Golden Pumpkin in cans, Stewing Prunes 3 Tbs.
for 25 cents, for sale at
H. W. TILTON & CO.’8.
90 Whitaker street, sign of the Big Ham.
mh8-tf
FROM 3 TO 15 YEARS.
Misses’ Liuen Suits.
Boys’ Linen Blouses.
Misses’ Madras Gingham Suits*
Spring Dress Goods
—OF THE—
LATEST VARIETIES*
WET LIKENS!
At 30c., 35c.. 40c. and 50c.
A LARGE INVOICE OF
BLACK SILKS
To arrive this week, at prices never before
heard of. Also, a full line
LADIES’ LINEN SUITS.
GRAY & O’BRIEA,
147 BROUGHTON STREET.
AiWASTO 8SLBCT THE BEST.
pwnumrau^i
HEADY rCR lEIMEEIATn X7ST
Is endorsed by every PRACTICAL PAINTER.
COVERING CAPACITY & DURABILITY
EXCEED ANY KNOWN PAINT. Buildings
Painted v/ith our Prepared Paints, if not satisfac
tory, will be RepaintGd at our Expense.
ANDREW HANLEY, Sole Agent,
6 Whitaker at., Savannah, Ga.
f eb20-Th, SftTuSm
CHRIS. MURPHY,
(ESTABLISHED 1865.)
House, Sign, Fresco i Banner
PAINTING.
—DEALER IN-
RAILROAD, MILL and STEAMBOAT SUP
PLIES, PAINTS. OILS, GLASS. PUTTY, VAR
NISHES. BRUSHES, MIXED PAINTS, BURN
ING and ENGINE OILS, NEATSFOOT OIL.
AXLE GREASE, LADDERS, a'.l kinds and sixeti.
142 St. Julian and 141 Bryan streets.
mh22-tf
JOHN OLIVER’S
Paint and Oil Store.
STEAMBOAT,
RAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES
SASHES, BLINDS, '
Doors, Mouldings, A.c.
HO. 5 WB1TAKKB STREET,
ap25-tf Savannah, Ga.
ANDREW HANLEY y
No. 6 Whitaker Street,
Paint and Oil Store.
RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT AND MILL SUP
PLIES.
loors, Sashes, Blinds, Etc.
Plain and Decorative Wall Paper,
LIME PLASTER AND CEMENT.
Sole Agent for the celebrated “HOME
LIGHT” OIL.
All orders will receive prompt attention.
dec21-tf
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Glass, Tarnishes, Etc.
A LSO, a full line of WALL PAPERS. House.
Sign and Ornamental Pointing done with
neatness and dispatch, at prices to suit tha
times.
NO. 22 DRAYTON STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
Also, have on hand and for sale the beet qual
ity of GEORGIA LIME in any quantity.
mh25-ly
(grits, -atral, fttd, &t.
&RITS, IEAL,
BRAN, FEED,
COM, HAY, OATS.
COFFEE.
6,000 BAGS COFFEE
Per American schooner C.H.Foster, direct from
Rio de Janeiro. Landing and for sale by
feb!5-tf WEED A CORN WELL.
(fratrs, &(.
VEGE TABLE
FRUIT CRATES.
T\7E respectfully call the attention of shlp-
f T pers to our larae stock of READY-MADE
CRATES aud SHOOKS, which we are offering
at prioe8 to suit the times, at our Yard, corner
of East Broad and Liberty streets.
BACON & BROOKS.
Sumlitt, &(.
D. C. BACON & CO.,
TIMBER,
Lumber, Shingles,
BATHS, PICKETS, Etc.
Wholesale and Retail
je£5-tf
MILL A. & a B. R. DEPOT CONNECTED BY
TELEPHONE WITH DEPOT 31
WHITAKER STREET.
SAUSSY & HARMON,
PROPRIETORS ENTERPRISE MTLLfi
feb2&-d&wtf
HAY AND GRAIN!
IH LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
P. H. WARD & CO.,
141 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
mh-V-tf
BESEMB HILLS,
Congrew* and Jefferson Streets,
Manufacture Daily Choice
GRITS & MEAL,
THE BEST IN THE CITY.
ORDERS FOR
Grain, Hay, Feed, Flour, Bacon,
Filled with dispatch at the lowest market
figures by
R. E.. MERCER.
feb27-tf
Urofem.
(bllll UNVESTED in Wad st.
LU c 1 jUUU stocks makes fortunes
every month. Books sent free explaining every
thing. Address BAXTER & CO., Bankers, 17
Waffst., N. Y. mhll-Tu,Th,S,w<£TclJy
M U8IC BOUND in any st
Ntfws Steam Printing
vie at the Morning
douse, 3 Whitaker