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Georgia Affairs.
,,r Colquitt has issued a proclama-
-:i.L r ihat inasmuch as the Macon
-wick Railroad lease was not dis-
mi the 0th inst., that the lease be
-,.,1 for sale at public outcry In
Tuesday, the 13th day of January,
•..i that the taxable property of
unity has decreased about $25,000
past year. Nevertheless, the
n i. cents lesson the$100 than they
year, a circumstance which the
J. .phone ascribes to the economi
i-ration <>f affairs by the County
un named Davis, formerly a
agent, but more recently a
ipts for the concoction of all
tuous liquors, was on last Fri-
i a dying condition near the
Dr. A. B. Lanier, In Sc riven
was takeu to Dr. Lanier 1
lere placid uuder treatment,
short time he died. No cause
r his demise.
says that Swainsboro is abso
l any- municipal government,
, having resigned,
da Telephone says that sugar
net ion is very seriously Injured
cold weather, and that some
y ruined. We cannot imagine,
what recent cold spell the
iplains, for the fall up to this
unusually warm.
E. Carter killed a wild cat in
ty last Friday which weighed
thiib ciiih session of the North Geor-
-•ii.»l:-r Conference will be held in
on Wednesday next. The body is
s •■! <>f about two hundred clerical and
ay dcieirides, besides local preachers
: r-. which will make the full strength
• Conference about three hundred.
• -I. 8. Doggett, of Virginia, will pre-
approaching municipal election in
\t ■••:!! be one of the most exciting
erc-uiug ever held in that city. The
i't already contains 3,316 names,
is thought this will be increased to
efore the election.
Nashville American calls Mr. Robert
)C recent dispatch, to the Chicago
a e\clone in a teaspoon.”
e i- money in the Baldwin county
v, for the first time in many years.
Tht Milledgevilie Recorder say6: ‘‘Treasurer
Lamar informs us that lie lias money to pay
everything exc ept the insolvent scrip. The
skies are indeed brightening for old Bald-
vit."
i: is stated that the sum of money re
quired to comply with the act appropriating
ten; $»>» to to every soldier in the 8tate
*huiu?t an arm or leg during the war will
i-.u:* -..about $200,000.
T ;e Jhijfie Journal tells of a pumpkin
rmasures in circumference fifty inches
oue w.jv and sixty inches the other, and
forty eight pounds.
Tteyi.uug ladies of Thomson who went
’possum hunting some nights ago declare
that they enjoyed the sport, and, if they
to, will go again. Like Mr. Stephens,
tifc.v don’t care what thy newspapers say
A man in Columbus pawned his false
testa with a grocer for one dollar, so thathe
sut: take his wife and himself to the cir
cus. TLa! is the greatest iustance of unsel
fish devotion to the arena of which we
huce < vt-r heard.
The (7,r-mielc is gratified to learn that there
Li cve.-y • ro.-pect of the success of the new
tUiuufaeturing company which was start-
Auiru.-ta last Monday afternoon. Josiah
-v}. H-q , has consented that the new
corjmrati >n shall bear his name, and the in-
icatious are that the capital stock of the
company will be rapidly subscribed. The
- lT "'?a\s : “ .Many of the solid men of
‘ tot city have signified a willingness to aid
•^enterpn.-,-, and it is believed work will
iy>n be commenced upon the buildings.
^ amount of the capital has not yet been
*rmined, but it will probably be fixed at
t less than five hundred thousand dollars.
esucc“?sful issue of the enterprise will
°** treat benefit, adding, as it will, so
ich to the wealth and population of the
Cily.’’
ib. Thomas Shinholser, an old and highly
*pected citizen of Bibb county, died last
‘Uesday morning. He was between seventy-
vc and eighty years of age.
tarn from the Constitution that there
:n the Comptroller’s office in At-
°rthe }>a-t few weeks, a thorough
•b' i:of all the tax returns and the
! hod>. juiae glaring deficiencies
.'Parities have been discovered in
:u "f taxation, and a most deter-
•l’"ri is being made to regulate
r ‘~ d *wn to one standard.
::-v. Felton D D.’s formal
id D'-mocracy,theThoinasville
-: “i>r. Felton started out as a
• and we believe was one; but in
'■■-secure office it becameabso-
'" •ry for him to be on friendly
th ah parties opposed to the De-
•,a:. i to propitiate them for their
s " ‘ tn, in o U r opinion, can do this
uiing so involved with the Re-
“ the only real opponents of the
•t*—as to be influenced by them,
tia.lly lead to view things from their
Here lies the true danger of the
1 ‘A movement in Georgia.”
t-edar Creek correspondent of the
’■ Dan , 4 writes that paper as fol-
.... ‘‘I he country seems to be in a bet-
t^fhion now than at any time within
Ujif 5 * 8 ’ fifteen years, and the farmers have
U1,,re money for the present cotton
« n a0V Cro P S iQC:3 the war - ^ ae
s they have not spent their crops
were made as they have been in
a ’t of doing. We know men whose
. : °unts a few years back were from
five hundred dollars, whereas now
0f.; . u ' x t l>l spend more than seventy-five to
d dollars, and if our farmers had
i* e E lor ( the last, fifteen years what they
“i tn.
kid ;rr,
*4 k«
og—raising their own provisions
; n7t ‘ cr seventy cents and sell the
^fcei tllu farm ers at one dollar per
» &U ]j • S °metinrus on six weeks time—they
Upp„ ^, ov '' he out of debt, independent and
V|..' . 0 Augusta Chronicle : “Mr. Henry
•Wv ; ‘ 'fi'‘ Atlanta correspondent of the
T— ‘ ,rK Herald, has discovered a tremen-
movement in Georgia. The
tt<. Democrats who propose turnibg
*Qc h ‘T „ 0V( * r to the ‘American King’ are
15 P. t Ua r n, ial aud distinguished citizens
titp ^'aw ford, L. J. Glenn, O. A. Loch-
Ss. ia d ^ or «e T. Fry and J. F. Burke. This
'^uteris »> a formi(iab I e army _of third term
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Syfranla Telephone: « We are placed under
obligations to Mrs. Mitchell for a very fine
orange, ETown in Scriven county. This de
licious fruit seemed perfectly matured and
rully ripe, ana clearly demonstrates that
almost any kind of fruit or vegetable which
can be grown in Florida can be successfully
cultivated here.” J
Griffin News: “A few miles below the city
is a very deep cut, known as Boyd’s cut. It
is probably the deepest on the line of the
Central Railroad between Macon and At
lanta, and as it is unprotected, it is general
ly considered dangerous. A countryman
named Frier, who lives near the station,
6ober and industrious, was going home Sat
urday night just after dark, and happened
to an accident that came near being a seri
ous one—indeed, considering the depth of
the cut, It is a great wonder that no lives
were lost. When he had reached the cut, as
the night was dark, he was precipitated
with wagon and mules Into the depths be
low. Some of the neighbors came to the
rescue and, upon taking an inventory,
strange to say there was no damage beyond
a little injury to the wagoir. We are inform
ed that Mr. Frier is the fourth man who has
fallen Into this cut. This record is conclu
sive of the danger of the place, and it should
be fenced in. It is a protection that could
be secured at small cost.”
Says the Montezuma Weekly: “Colonel
Douglass brought to this office on last Fri
day an open boll of cotton around the stem
of which he tied a string when the boll was
a form. He kept an account of the time
from the blooming to the opening and
found that it took just sixty-two days for it
to make the trip. This test sets aside the
twenty day theory of the Albany man.”
Under the title “Highly Creditable,” the
Milledgeville Union and Recorder says: “The
city on Friday last was filled with visitors
from this and neighboring counties. It is
safely estimated that there were five thous
and people here outside of the resident
population. And amid all the rush aud
excitement we neither heard of, o
saw, any breach of the peace, any disturb
ance, or any accident. This speaks well for
the people, and well for the guardians of
the city’s peace. We venture to say that,
notwithstanding the boasted claim 'of the
North to a superior civilization, as well as
respect for the law, such a vast and mixed
crow£ of people, with all the incentives of
open barrooms to stimulate unnatural ex
citement, could not have been gathered in
so narrow a compass for twenty-four hours
without the occurrence of some accident or
breach of the peace. We congratulate all
our people, and the city authorities especi
ally, on the excellent order that prevailed
throughout the city duriug Friday last.”
Atlauta Constitution : “A very nice point
was presented to Comptroller General
Wright the other day. Since the law that
brings railroad property under the tax law
has been enforced, he has interviewed the
attorney of the East Tennessee and Virginia
Railroad, which has several miles of track
iu Georgia, running as far as Dalton. The
special railroad tax of Tennessee is only one
mill, while the tax in Georgia is three and
ouc-half mills. The attorney of the road
claimed the right to pay the Tennessee rate
on the part of the road that reaches into
Georgia, but the Comptroller refused to al
low this. It seems that if the Georgia rate
was less than the x Tennessee rate, the road
would insist on its right to pay the Georgia
rate, and would consider an attempt to force
the Tennessee rate on it oppressive. It’s a
poor rule that won’t work both ways. Let
Georgia property be taxed the Georgia rate.”
“The Eqnality of Opportunity.” •
Baltimore Sun.
Senator Bayard, iu his recent speech
at Wilmington, made use of what seems
to be a very felicitous expression for the
advantage which the American citizen
possesses over the citizen of any other
country. Here, aud on this soil only, of
all the laud in this wide globe, are “the
noble equities of humanity” so thoroughly
“acknowledged and respected” that “th-
one great aud* essential equality, the
equality of opportunity, is secured to all.
A great ethical and a great physical truth
lies behind this * happy and pregnant
phrase. There is no real equality in the
world like that of “the equality of op
portunity.” It' is the-fact, known all
over the civilized world, that the United
States is the country in which a man’s
talent and labor may be best availed of
to his own advantage which has
brought aud is. still bringing to
our shores the choice of the emi
grating population of all nations. It
is the consciousness of tilis fact which
converts the great majority of immi
grants coming to us from every land
into good, orderly, self-respecting citi
zens—the exceptions being those only
whose minds are distempered by un
wholesome isms, and hence have no
proper conception or appreciation of
liberal institutions. Here knowledge,
the access to justice, and the chance for
wealth and position are put by law and
by custom within the reach and at the
command of every one deserving to at
tain them. Our schools are free, and
no man is restrained in his religious
convictions, while accessibility to social
position and political honors is nowhere
as etisy as here. A11 roads are open to
every one capable of moving upon
them, and if a man wishes to rise,
the absence of a long lineage
will not interfere to prevent him.
There is no obligation upon any one to
follow his father’s calling, no compul
sion to prevent him from changing it.
The hod-carrier’s son may become Presi
dent, or Senator, or minister of the gos
pel, college professor, or Ambassador to
the aristocratic court of St. James. The
country, its laws, it3 institutions and its
traditions provide him absolutely with
“the equality of opportunity.” That so
clear a thinker and cool an observer as
Senator Bayard, after his long visit to
Europe, should have come home most
deeply impressed with this keynote to all
our prosperity gives still greater em
phasis to the belief that the founders of
our institutions “builded better than
they knew” when they decided that the
only true equality the world has ever
seen, that of opportunity, should be the
birthright of every American citizen.
An Old Murder Confessed.—A New
port (R. L) dispatch states that about six
teen years ago Jonathan \\ caver, of that
city, was cruelly murdered at Ocean Cot
tage, near the beach, duriug a drunken
row. John McCarthy, now one of the
leading business men of Newport^ was
arrested and tried for the offense, but he
was acquitted, and up to the present time
the whole affair has been shrouded iu
mystery. A sailor who had never heard
of the murder now comes forward aud
states that while recently at a seaport on
the coast of Peru he visited a sick sailor,
who was rapidly approaching his end.
The dying man said to his friend that he
had something to communicate to him
before it was too late. He had carried
within his breast a terrible secret aud had
suffered untold miseries. He surprised
his friend by .informing him that he was
a murderer. A number of years ago,
while at Newport, R. I , in a sailing ves
sel, he went ashore and made his way to
what he had since learned was Ocean
Cottage. While crazed with rum he got
into an altercation, and before be knew
what he was about drew a long black-
handled jack-knife from his pocket and
struck at a man whom he had never be
fore seen. As soon as he saw that he
had probably killed the man he made his
escape, and soon afterwards shipped on
a foreign voyage.
A Contest tor a Million.—Isaac C.
Kendall, a real estate owner in Harlem,
New York, died recently, leaving an es
tate valued at $1,000,000. In his will he
directed that his property he divided
among his wife and his ten children. Six
of the children were by a first wife, and
to them he gave double the sum left to
the four children by his widow. A pro
vision in the will directed that any of his
children who may contest his will shall
forfeit their share of the property. The
widow* of dhe testator, Mrs. Sarah A.
Kendall, contests the will on behalf of
the four children. The ground of the
contest is undue influence alleged to have
been exerted by the testator’s children by
his first wife. x
She Killed Her Seducer.—At New
port Ky., Miss Anna Hoff went to the
house where Charles Schener, a Cincin
nati saloon keeper, lived, and on his
hesitating to answer the question, “Do
you intend to marry me? shot him
through the heart, killing him instantly.
She then surrendered herself, alleging
that Scbener hid accomplished her rum
in July last, under a promise of mar
riage. which he failed to keep.
BY TELEGRAPH.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
THE UNYEILING OF THE THOMAS
STATUE.
Slow Progress or the Indian Peace
Commission.
GERMANY* AND THE VATICAN.
FIRE IN GALVESTON.
Convicted of murder*
UNVEILING THE THOMAS STATUE.,
Washington, November 19.—The city is
full ot strangers to witness the ceremonies
of unveiling the statue of General George
Thomas by the Army of the Cumberland. A
meeting of the society was held this mom-
ing, and owing to the absence of General
Sheridan,President of the society, on account
of sickness,General Jeff. C. Davis was unani
mously selected to preside, amid loud
cheers. After the meeting adjourned the
procession was formed and proceeded to
the site of the statue, where the unveiling
ceremonies were commenced. In the line
of procession were the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues of Richmond, Va., the Nor
folk pity Guards of Norfolk, Va., the Alex
andria Light Infantry and the Cadets of St.
John’s Academy of Alexandria, Va. The
procession passed the executive mansion
and was reviewed by Mr. Hayes and the
Cabinet, after which it proceeded to the
circle where the statue is placed. The ex
ercises were opened with prayer, after which
“Hail to the Chief” was played by the Ma
rine Band, and the “Star Spangled Banner”
was rendered by a male chorus of over one
hundred voices, accompanied by the full
Marine Band drum corps, battery A of
the Second Artillery and battery C of the
Third Artillery, formerly commanded by
General Bratrg during the Mexican war. and
subsequently by General Thomas. These
batteries were aligned on Massachusetts
avenue and M street, their gun6 facing east
ward, and were fired by electricity, the wires
being immediately under the control of
Lieutenaut Swift, of the Signal Corps, and
all under the direction of L. E. Gannon.
The statue was then unveiled by the sculp
tor, aud a grand hyrnnus was sung by the
same chorus, with cauuon accompaniment.
The oration was delivered by Hon. Stanley
Matthew-, aud the statue was accepted by
Mr. Hayes in a short speech.
SLOW PROGRESS OF THE INDIAN PEACE COM
MISSION.
Denver, Col., November 19.—Los Pinos
dispatches indicate that the peace commis
sion are making slow progress. Ouray ex
hibits iil feeling towards Geu. Adams, who,
he said, was incompetent as a commissioner,
because, as he alleged, of hia knowledge of
the Utes aud their affairs. Ouray proposed
that Adams be recalled, and stated a desire
to go with a number of Ute Chiefs to Wash
ington and lay the matter before Schurz.*
GERMANY AND THE VATICAN.
London, November 19.—The Daily Tele
graph's Vienna correspondent reports that a
Rome telegram confirms the statement that
an agreement has been reached between
Germany and the Vatican. M. Jacobini,
Papal Nuncio at Munich, will visit Berlin
In December probably to confer with Prince
Bismarck, who is said to have made impor
tant concessions in a recent negotiation.
FIRE IN GALVESTON.
Galveston,November 19.—The four-story
furniture warehouse of B. H. Davis & Co.,
with a workshop in the rear, aud three other
large brick buildings, ofi the north side of
the Strand, were burned last night.. Davis,
Andrews, Bros. & Co. and C. S. Mitchell &
Co. are the principal losers. The estimated
loss is $150,090; insurance $100,000.
convicted of murder.
Carlisle, Pa., November 19.—The jury
in the case of Mrs. Catherine Zell, charged
with poisoning Mrs. Kiehl, brought in a
verdict of murder in the first degree.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
THE SP0FF0KD-KELL0GG INVES
TIGATION.
The Unilcd State9 Investigation Into
tiic Champion Disaster.
NEW AND IMPORTANT RAILROAD
PROJECT.
DISTINGUISHED MARRIAGE.
Death of An Aged Divine.
the kellogg-spofford investigation.
New Orleans, November 19.—In the
Senate subcommittee investigation to
day Bernard Williams was recalled and tes
tified: Jim Lewis paid his way to Washing
ton, and while in Washington Gov. Kellogg
gave him all the money he wanted. Kellogg
instructed the witness to offer Murray five
thousand dollars to go to Canada and not
testify.
In answer to Senator Cameron’s question
as to who was present when Kellogg told the
witness to offer Murray $5,000, witness re
plied: “Nobody. You don’t think that when
a man does that sort of business he is foolish
enough to have anybody present. Jim Lewis
and Morris Marks tried to keep me from
coming before the committee. Lewis said I
would be well paid, and they would send me
away. Marks sent for me three times last
Saturday to come to the custom house. I did
not go because I was afraid they would kill
me ; am satisfied if I had gone I would not
now be alive.”
The cross-examination by Mr. Cameron
developed the fact that the witness had been
in the Confederate army : had deserted, was
captured and punished.
[Note.—Williams’ connection with the
Confederate army may account for his failure
to collect a pension which he claimed from
the Federal Government ]
Several witnesses were examined regard
ing the election and events of 1876, but
nothing of importance was elicited. Albert
W. Flanagan said he saw a man named
Harris give money to Defore, a member of
the Packard Legislature, who divided it
with another member. He heard them talk
ing about the election of U. S. Senator; was
not certain about dates. When cross-ex
amined by Cameron witness said he could
not say positively what the men were talk
ing about when dividing the money; could
not remember a word that either of them
said.
[Note. — Flanagan made an affidavit
many months ago relating to the Incident
above referred to, and after correcting the
date, the paper was placed In evidence.]
The committee then adjourned until to
morrow.
THE U. S. INVESTIGATION OF THE CHAMPION
DISASTER.
Philadelphia, November 19.—The first
witness examined to-day before the United
Slates local inspectors of steamboats in ref-
rence to the recent collision off Delaware
Breakwater was the second mate of the
Champion. Tills witness said the Champion
bad four men on each watch; one of these
was kept at the wheel and another on the
lookout; when three men were required to
set sail they took men from the lookout to
help, provided the weather was clear; there
was no standing order on the 6teamer
against taking the lookout from his post.
Frank Jackson, who was at the steamer’s
wheel that night, testified that just before
the collision he saw Paul Hand, the look
out, engaged with two others in setting
sail. This witness altered the steamer’s
course, by orders of the Captain, five or
seven minuses before the collision.
Frederick Richards, seaman on the
Champion, testified that Paul Hand, the
lookout, went aloft to loosen the topsail
just before the collision; no one that witness
knew of was ou the lookout while Hand
was aloft. Soon after this he heard the
alarm, “Safi ahead.” This warning was
given by the lookout, Paul Hand, but the
witness could not tell what part of the
steamer the cry came from. It was for
ward somewhere. Immediately after the cry,
“Sail ahead,” the collision occurred. These
witnesses and Chas. Ehler, another seaman,
all testified that it was the Octavia that ran
into the Champion. None of them saw any
lights on the Octavia, though after the col
lision thev did not look particularly.
J. S. Mitchell, passenger on the Cham
pion, testified that before the steamer sank
he searched for a Hfe preserver, or anything
else that would afford him assistance, but
could find nothing. The investigation then
closed for the day.
DISTINGUISHED MARRIAGE.
Fredericksburg, Va., November 19.—
This evening, at Trinity Episcopal Church,
Rev. Dr. Murdaugh officiating, Miss Mary
Wallace Bainbridge, granddaughter of the
distinguished Commodore Bainbridge of the
ship Constitution, was married to Hamilton
Cassard, of the firm of Cassard & Son, Bal
timore.
DEAD.
Cincinnati, November 19.--Rev. Dr.
Ethan Allen died at Newport, Ky., yester-
day, aged eighty-four years. He was one of
the oldest Episcopal ministers In the United
States. *
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief Signal obserysb,
Washington, D. C., November 19.—Indica
tions for Thursday:
In the South Atlantic and East Gulf
States, falling followed by rising barometer,
southwesterly winds veering to northwest
erly, generally warmer and partly cloudy
weather, preceded 1h the former by local
coast rains.
In the West Gulf Statee, falling followed
by rising barometer, westerly winds, veering
to northerly, slightly warmer and generally
clear weather.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley,warmer,
brisk to high southwest winds, veering to
colder northerly, falling followed by rising
barometer, and partly cloudy or cloudy
weather, with rain and snow.
In the Middle States, falling barometer,
increasing southwesterly winds, warmer,
and generally cloudy weather, with rain,
partly as snow, in the northern portion,
followed during the afternoon and night
by rapidly rising barometer, colder and
brisk to high northerly winds.
NEW ANDjlMPORT ANT RAILROAD PROJECT.
St. Louis, November 19.—A new anu im
portant railroad project in Texas was in
augurated yesterday at Dallas, in that State,
by filing the charter of the Texas Truuk
Railroad, to run from Dallas southeastward-
ly to the Gulf of Mexico, at or near Sabine
Pass, with a branch from the main line in
Angelina or Tyler county to the Louisiana
line, in all a distance of about
350 miles. The road will run through the
best timbered section of the State and a
great extent of very fine country. Josiah
G. Graves, of Massachusetts, was elected
President; Wm. L. Cabell, Vice President;
Malcomb Henderson, Treasurer; and D. A.
Robinson, Secretary. The capital stock
will be $5,000,000, of which about 5,000
shares were subscribed on the spot.
THE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL.
The Uselessness and Impracticabili
ty of the Enterprise—The Comm
clal Advantages that Would Result
from the Construction or the Hal
ford Land-Locked Water Route.
Chickeus Hatched by a Cut.
Reu> York Herald.
A remarkable cat lives at No. 93
Fifteenth street, South Brooklyn. From
an early age she has displayed a great
fondness for hatching out chickens. She
sets on eggs like an old hen until the
feathered young break the shell, and then
she cares for them as affectionately as if
they were orthodox kittens. Four fami
lies of chickens have been hatched by
this cat and she is now busily engaged on
the fifth, with a very fair prospect of
success. The animal is the property of
Mrs. Leonard, an intelligent Irish woman,
who resides with her husband in a cottage
at (he above address.
A JJeratd reporter called at the house
yesterday afternoon to see the wonder.
In one corner of the kitchen, partitioned
off from the rest of the rooms, was a
large bird cage, around which a dozen
chickens were strutting and picking up a
meal. Inside the cage on a bed of straw
was a cat of unprepossessing appearance,
but of stalwart proportions, covering
four eggs. The latter was disclosed to
view as the reporter approached the cage,
and the animal left her nest to play with
a chicken. Then she returned to her
task, extending her body at full length
over the eggs and completely hiding them.
The chickens she had already brought
into the world seemed to possess as
much filial affection as is generally shown
by little chicks for their natural mothers,
aud they pirouetted about the cat in the
most familiar way, climbing on her back,
enjoying her warm coat of fur until a
movement of her body tumbled them off.
After she had become weary of setting,
the cat made a tour among her young
and carried them to different parts of the
enclosure. Her methed of transportation
was by the neck, and the chickens did
not seem to mind this kind of transit any
more than if they were kittens. She has
been very kind to them, and has never
made a meal of her offspring. It is re
lated that when her first chicks appeared
she carried one of them by the neck up
the cellar stairs. The flesh of the j’oting
biped being vctj tender and the journey
somewhat long, blood soon flowed. In
stead of devouring the chick after she
had tasted its blood, she applied her
tongue daily to the neck until the wound
healed.
The cat came to Mrs. Leonard’s house
about a year ago unheralded and un
known, and next day was found on a nest
of eggs deserted by a hen who should
have been setting. She was driven off
repeatedly, for fear she would break the
eggs; but, persisting in her purpose,
brought forth a brood of chickens that
astonished the household. About a score
of chickens have been brought into the
world through her agency, eight of which
survive. South Brooklyn has been very
much interested over the phenomenon,
aud hundreds of visitors have seen and
admired the feline incubator.
PORTS.
FOREIGN TRADE.
COASTWISE TRADE
Tons.
Tons.
Galveston ...
135,500
3S3,«G8
15,981
Mobile
59.166
New Orleans.
652,789
274.2 3
Pensacola ...
185,344
42,004
Total
1,032,793
71\486
Timbnctoo.
The condition of Timbuctoo is very
little understood, and it is curious to note
by what roundabout ways knowledge of
that city is spread abroad. The Oran
(Algeria) Geographical Society was re
cently fortunate enough to catch an Israe
lite Kabbi of Morocco on his way to Paris
from Timbuctoo, who had already twice
traversed Central Africa. By means of
questioning, a commission of the society
were able to extract some interesting in
formation from the Babbi. Timbuctoo,
the Ilabbi told them, is an Arab town in
every sense of the term, built absolutely
like all those of the interior. The in
habitants are Foulah negroes, and there
are no whites. There are, however, some
times Jews from North Africa, who come
to trade, but they never settle there. The
town is about an hour’s distance to the
north of the Niger. Its population is
about 50,000, it is larger than Oran (about
six miles round), but not so large as Mar
seilles. The town is, in fact, a mass of
villages, extending over a very consider
able area. The Niger, which passes to
the south of the town, flows from the
west to the southeast, and is very broad.
The river is subject to regular floodings,
which fertilize the lands on its banks,
the only ones which are cultivable; the
inundation reaches the walls of the town.
The country is very fertile; the crops are
sorgho, millet, rice, tobacco, onions,
turnips; indigo grows wild. There are
also iq^ny cocoanut trees, gum trees, and
a tree which produces oil which the
natives use for lighting. There are also
forests of valuable timber trees. The
country is governed by a Marabout, who
takes the title of Sultan; the present ruler
is named Mohamet el Bekai. He does
not reside at Timbuctoo; his capital is
Ahmet-Eilah, a town of more than 100,-
000 souls, situated about twelve leagues
from Timbuctoo. The road connecting
the two towns is covered with villages
and gardens. The town of Timbuctoo is
under the command of a Caid, w’ho has
very great authority, and who has under
his orders a tax collector, also very
powerful. The Sultan has no army; but
when fighting is necessary everybody is a
soldier. They are armed with bows and
arrows; only the chiefs have guns, pistols,
and sabres. Trade is carried on princi
pally by barter or by means of cowries.
Tragedy at a Dance.—On October
22d a dance wa3 given at one of the
hotels in the village of Jordan, N. Y.,
and Roselle Graves, of Jordan, tried to
raise a quarrel between John Eneloff, of
Elbridge, and a friend of the latter,
named Garrison. Failing in this and
spoiling for blood himself he said to
Engloff: “Now, lookout, for I am going
to hurt you,” and seized the young man
with one hand and with the other plunged
a dagger into his neck just back of the
collar bone. The physician now says
that it is impossible for him to live, and
his ante mortem statement has been
taken. The murderer was arrested, and
is in the penitentiary in Syracuse.
Husband and Wife.—“What are you
puzzling over, Ponsonby?” “I’m trying
to answer a note from the ‘dear Duchess,’
as you call her. She’s done me the honor
to write and ask if that St Bernard pqp
I gave her should be fed on meat or bis
cuits^” “Well, biscuits, shouldn’t it?”
‘Of course. But she spells biscuits with
a K, you see, and I don’t like to spell it
properly for fear of hurting her Grace’s
feelings, and yet I don’t want it to get
about that I spell biscuits with a K.”
“Say meat then.” “But she spells meat
with two E’s.”—Punch.
Mrs. Rebecca Dwyer, -wife of a farmer
living in Greenwich, King’s county,
Canada, was attacked by a ram Thurs
day and was butted to death.
Editor Morning Kcxm: In your Issue of the
22d October, nit., I briefly pointed out, in
general terms, that a ship canal through
the Peninsula of Florida would be of no
value to commerce. In that communication
I assumed the minimum estimate for such a
canal at $20,000,000; the minimum charge
for canal age at $1 per ton; the minimum
annual percentage on prime cost necessary
to cover expenses, pay dividends on stock,
and premiums on bonds, at 10 per cent.;
that at this rate $2,000,000 of receipts would
be annually required; and that to earn this
amount 2,000,000 of tonnage at $1 per ton—
say 4,000 vessels of 500 tons, or 2,000 vessels
of 1,000 tons, and so on prof ortlonately to
tonnage—mast annually pass through the
canal. I farther pointed oat that vessels
for the Gulf of Mexico from Europe take
a southern route through New Providence
Channel, or %y Cape Sfy. Antonio, three hun
dred miles and more south ot the proposed
canal; and that vessels bound to our North
ern Atlantic, or to European ports, would
not gain appreciably in .either distance or
time, to make the canal an object to them;
and that navigation around the capes of
Florida was now, by the aid of science and
art, so safe that risks could only be run In
passing them by ignorant, careless, or reck
less navigators; excepting the common dan
gers of the sea.
Since the 221 ult. I have obtained, by the
courtesy of the Hon. Joseph Nimmo, Jr.
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department, official data sustain
ing the positions then taken, as will be seen
by the following table:
TABLE EXHIBITING THE TONNAGS ENTERED AT
THE UNDERMENTIONED FORTS DURING THE FIS
CAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1879:
Those are the principal ports of the Gulf
at which were entered in all, for the fiscal
year stated, 1,758,285 tons.
If to this amount we add 10 per cent., an
ample allowance, for the tonnage entered in
the same year at the other smaller Gulf ports
of the United States, and at Tampico, Vera
Cruz, and the other Gulf ports of Mexico,
wc shall have 1,753,285 tons, plus 175,828>£
tonp, or 1,934,113 tons, as the whole com-
merce*>f the Gulf of Mexico, in tonnage for
that year—a fair annual average—author
izing us to adopt 2,009,000 of tons (in round
numbers) as the annual measurement ot the
commerce of . the Gulf of Mexico in tons.
All of this tonuage must pass through the
canal then to enable it to meet its annual
liabilities. But more than half of that ton
nage being foreign, and coming from
Europe, or from ports south of the canal,
must be lost to it. Hence, to meet the 10
per cent, required for its annual expenses,
the canal charges must be doubled to $2 per
ton, or more. -
To vessels coming down the coast from
Northern Atlantic ports for the Gulf, the
distance in miles gained by a canal route
would not exceed four hundred, for which
the time, say thirty-six hours, it is calculated
hypothetically, will be saved. I say hypo
thetically, for the time lost in making the
c&Dal and getting into it, in passing through
and out of it, would consume more than
thirty-six hours, or encroach so largely upon
them that the difference of time in favor of
the canal would at the best be infinitesimal.
Especially so when the passage around the
capes is so safe tb&t extra sea risk is no
longer considered in marine insurance, par
ticularly in vessels propelled wholly or in
part by 6team, which is every day coming
more and more into use as the motive power
for sea vessels. With an open and well
known sea route, and no gain in time by
canal, why should any vessel pay money,
uselessly, to a canal company, except it be
for the pleasure, as It can be for nothing
else, of making a trip through Its canal ?
But, say some.ignorant or scheming men,
“look at the Suez canal and see how useful
and profitable it has become in spite of the
opposition to its construction.” Granted !
But the Suez canal opens the long sought for
direct passage to the Indies between Asia
and Africa, saving thousands of miles
around the Cape of Good Hope, and mil
lions upon millions of dollars in sea risks
and time of transportation. The opposition
to it was, as I know from discussions in my
presence in Egypt in the winter of 1855,
when DeLesseps was making his preliminary
surveys, and the English were building their
railroad from Alexandria to Suez, more
political than financial. The Suez canal Is a
giant. The proposed ship canal through
Florida, in comparison with it, the veriest
of pigmies.
Others, of the same classes, throw out
mysterious innuendos of some reciprocal in
fluence to be exercised by this Florida ship
canal upon the proposed interoceanic ship
canals through Panama or Nicaragua. The
fallacy of any 6uch agencies is at once ap
parent, when we recognize the facts that
the east coast of Florida is about 81 deg.
west of Greenwich, and the mouth of the
St. John’s river in latitude 30 deg. 32 min.;
that Nicaragua is about 83 degs. west, in
latitude 11 deg. 30 min.; and Panama about
81 deg. west, in latitude 8 deg. 59 min.
That Is, that Panama and Nicaragua are
nearly on the same meridian, or due South,
of the east coast of Florida, with about 1,300
miles between them and the St. John’s river,
the islands of Cuba and Jamaica, and the
Caribbean sea intervening ! As well hint at
reciprocal influences upon the 8outh Pole.
Having, as I think, demonstrated the use
lessness of the proposed Florida ship canal
as a commercial enterprise, I point out next
its probable injurious bearings upon the
pcDinsula of Florida itself, and upon the
State of Georgia and other States.
The proposed ship canal, if It la expected
to do profitable work, should not be less
than 160 feet wide at the surface. The 8uez
canal is 330 feet wide. One hundred and
sixty feet, or fifty-three yards, is a tolerably
wide expanse of water. Sufficiently so to
insulate the peninsula of Florida south of
the canal, cutting it off by so much from
communication with the main land. The
portion of Florida south of and between the
St. John’s river and the Atlantic ocean is
already, by nature, 60 separated; and the
canal will accomplish, artificially, the same
condition for that portion of the peninsula
south of it and between the St. John’s river
and the Gulf of Mexico. This Insulation
necessarily Interferes with ready railroad
connection between the peninsula and the
main land, increasing heavily its cost for
bridging over, tunneling under, or ferrying
across the canal. “ Were the game worth
the candle light by which to play it,” the
railway system and interests of the United
States, tending to the peninsula of Florida,
might submit to the exactions required for a
useful enterprise. But when, as I have
shown, the canal can be of no value to com
merce, the State of Georgia, as next in ter
ritory, is immediate!3’ affected; and so the
other States in proportion. Hence arises the
constitutional question whether the pro
posed trans-Florida ship canal, though
wholly within the territory of Florida, is
not in fact, by its bearing upon the interests
of the United States generally, one of those
questions of inter-State commercial relations
which gave birth to the Constitution of the
United States (under which we are now liv
ing), and of which the regulation belongs to
Congress ?
This question calls, moreover, for investi
gation, when we consider the probable ad
verse influences of the ship canal upon the
construction and interests of the Rai-
ford barge canal. That the two canals
practically conflict with each other is
clear, as they will be in competi
tion, and as trade at present does not
warrant the construction of both. By the
Ralford system of inside navigation,' the
e irts on the Mississippi river are brought
to direct water communication with every
port in Georgia upon a navigable stream.
Augusta and Columbus, by it, connect im
mediately by water with St. Louis. And
so also will Macon, when the clearing out
of the Altamaha aud the Ocmnlgee rivers
shall open their channels. So, too. with
the navigable streams of Eastern Missis
sippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South
Carolina. All will feel the beneficial influ
ences of this internal commercial ronte.
weaving another strand of association and •
trade interests, to bind in harmonious, per
petual onion the State governments aud
peoples around the common centre of our
national constitutional system.
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina, having equal concern with Floridk.
in the construction of the Ralford cahai
system, and admiralty and maritime juris
diction, as well the regulation of com
merce, having been delegated to the United
States for the common benefit of all of the
States, the question comes up, whether or
not the proposed ship canal, through the
peninsula of Florida, does not depend
upon the will of Congress rather than upon
the consent of the Florida Legislature?
And if, in such case, the State of Georgia,
as also the other States mentioned, may not
sue out in the United Statee courts a per
petual injunction aeainst any such enter
prise by the State of Florida acting without
the consent of the Congress of the United
States ? In conclusion, the Ralford system
can be so carried out as to impede railway
interests but slightlv. The surface width
of the canals in the United States vary from
40 feet to 75 feet, the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal being 66 feet, ana the Dela
ware and Hudson, the Raritan branch, 75
feet. No difficulty of use, or of con
struction, need inteifere, therefore, In nar
rowing the Raiford system at convenient
points for draw bridges connecting the
tracks.
The more one studies the Raiford system
of inland water communication between
the Mississippi river and the Atlantic ocean,
the more its advantages to and influences
npon the intervening Southern States that it
will border upon become apparent. And
when, in time, Georgia shall have acquired
irtionate to her extent of
her vast and varied re-
orgi;
i population proportionate to her extent of
territory, ana to her vast and varied re
sources, mineral, agricultural and indus
trial, the name or Raiford will 6tand forth
prominently as one of her most deserving
and useful sons. Truly yours,
Henry C. Wayne.
Savannah, Ga., November 15,1879.
ROBBED
IN A RAILWAY
RIABE.
CAR-
Murderous Attack by Italian Brig
ands on an American and His Wife*
Italian Arena.
For the third time within two years a
very lamentable event has occurred on
the railway from Ala to Verona, and it
is high time that the authorities should
at leugth seriously take the matter up.
On the evening of the 19th inst. three
passengers changed carriages at the AJa
station from the Austrian train into the
direct train for North Italy. They were
Mr. and Mrs. Bacon, from America, and
Sig. Colestin Romiello, an engineer from
Naples, who all entered the same second-
class compartment. In this compart
ment there were already two male
passengers, cleanly attired in coun
try fashion and wearing broad
rimmed hats. They were just speak
ing with one of the railway offi
cials, who, it was noticed, wore the No.
7 on bis uniform. They were asking
him whether they had got into the right
carriage, showing their tickets. On
being answered in the affirmative, they
took their seats, one on one side of the
door, and the other on the opposite seat,
but at once got up and spoke to each
other rapidly and in a low voice, but in
such a manner as to rouse the suspicions
of the American,who at once determined
to be on his guard. The Neapolitan
engineer sank into one of the, further
corners of the"coupe and prepared for a
nap.
About half an hour after the train bad
started one of the two individuals above
mentioned let down the window and
leaned out of the carriage, turning the
door handle as be did so. Immediately a f-
ter this the two men, the one armed with
a pistol and the other with a formidable
knife, attacked the three other inmates
of the compartment, demanding their
purses and valuables and menacing them
with death in case of refusal. A desper
ate struggle now ensued between the two
desperadoes and the American and his
wife, in the course of which the pistol
was discharged, without, however, doing
any one injury. Instead of attempting
to help his fellow travelers, the engineer
cowered trembling into his corner, and
pulling his purse, which contained about
150 lire, out of bis pocket, offered it to
the robbers.
In spite of all the efforts of the Ameri
can and his wife, the brigands got the
upper hand, and obtained from them
their traveling bag, containing thirty Na
poleons d’or. Without attempting to
possess themselves o.f Mrs. Bacon’s jew
elry, the robbers now got out of the com
partment, locking the door and placing
themselves on the steps of the carriage.
As the. train at L.iis time was increasing
its speed, they had not the courage to
jump off. From time to time they look
ed in at the window, threatening the in
mates so that they did not venture to
give an alarm. The train soon approach
ed the hermitage of Ceraino,
where the great curve of Pescan-
tina commences; the speed began to
slacken, and the robbers jumped from
the carriage steps when the speed was
slowest, arid then ran from the line
across the fields. These latter facta were
witnessed by a gentleman who was in
another compartment, but who had no
means of giving an alarm. In their con
fusion the robbers bad left behind them
on the seat of the compartment the
Neapolitan’s portemonnaic, with its con
tents of 150 lire. This latter gentleman,
when subsequently asked by the police
why he had not attempted to resist the
attack, after the energetic example shown
him by bis companions, answered: “I
dare say! Fight them with that long
weapon (the knife, which they pulled
out)!”
The American lady showed the great
est courage, and it was to her that wa»
due the fact that the pistol was dis
charged without burling any one. The
robbers held her fast, and in the struggle
one of her kid gloves was torn and her
skin beneath suffered a scratch—“Ibe
first gift of Italy,” as she called it.
Otherwise the American lady and her
husband were not hurt The two robbers
spoke in the Venetian dialect One of
them was tall and dark coinplexioned;
the other of short stature and blonde.
Besides the money, the robbers carried
off from the American a silver breast-
fin and a silver watch. A certain
Francisco Pattaro, known as a smug
gler, of Peseantina, has l>een arrested
uuder a strong suspicion of having been
one of the two robbers—the one, narnelr,
described by Mrs. Bacon as the dark-
complexioned man. The prisoner, who
has a bad reputation, and is regarded as
u dangerous character, has already been
convicted a number of times for theft and
violation of the laws, and had only
shortly before been let out of prisou when
the attack on Mr. and Mrs. Bacon was
made. The prisoner denied any knowl
edge of the affair, but was immediately
recognized by Mr. and Mrs. Bacon as
one of the two men. Pattaro is described
as a man of tall stature and powerful
build, with black hair and dark eyes.
The police have orders to arrest another
man who is strongly suspected of having
been Pattaro’s accomplice.
A Backsliding Cat.—A first-rate cat
story has come to our notice from an
entirely authentic sourcer The scene is
laid in the village of Yarmouth. An
aged gentleman and his housekeeper con
stitute the family, and their good old cat
finds the lines are fallen to her in pleasant
places. Family prayers are the rule each
evening in the household, and the cat fell
into the habit -of regular and punctual
attendance. No other of the cares that
AN INLAND SAVANNAH.
Hanttvine, Ala., a Miniature Edi
tion of Savannah—Location of the
CUr-Her Cotton Trade—Relies of
Ante Rellum Prosperity — Stately
Mansions and Imposing Public
Rail dings—Distinguished Men and
Gifted Women-Burial of an 4
Slave—A Touching Scene*
proverbially crowd a cat’s life was ever w
allowed to interfere .with this religious Lniaento? Hanisrille, and^ht’s
duty. At the signal for prayers she would
even leave a mouse half caught, or give a
doomed bird a longer lease of existence,
and decorously compose herself in the
lap of the housekeeper, with an air of
attention to the service that was highly
edifying. At the final “amen” she went
friskily about her business. But in an
evil day there came a kitten that was
deemed superfluous, and sentence of
death was passed upon it. The head of
the family undertook the execution of
the sentence, and, unknown to him. the
cat was a witness of the scene. From
that day the cat refused to attend the
morning service, and cannot now be in
duced to listen to the prayers of one who
had so shocked her sensibilities. She
faithfully performs all other duties as
before, and socially purrs for the family
on, aty secular occasions, but seems to say:
*‘ljet my religions hours alone.”—Port
land (Me.) Transcript
j \ The following communication, from a
Resident of Arkansas, was received Fri-
jday by a prominent commission house of
■St. Louis: “Your bill received; would
remit, But am in bed—shot behind our
counter. Will be up in a day or two.
One man who shot me is dead; the other
ran away. We are rid of both and could
spare more. We have a fine country,
but devils people it. You shall hear
from me soon.”
Special Correspondence of the Homing News.
Huntsville, Ala., November 15.—In a
previous letter I referred to Troy, Ala., as a
miniature edition of Atlanta, with all its
rapid development, show and go-aheaditive-
ness. I find in Huntsville a miniature edi
tion of Savannah, with its wealth, culture,
substantial progress, and relics of an age
and a people almost extinct.
Of course all cities, like all men, pass
from a period of infancy to old age. Chil
dren are lively and attractive, and so are
young and vigorous cities. Bat I have a
fondness for old faces and old cities. There
is so much to study, to explore and to learn,
both in old faces and old cities. Savannah,
with her massive shade trees, her quaint and
ancient mansions and public buildings, and
her rural resorts, affords ample material for
thoughtful Observation ^exploration and dis
cussion.
Huntsville has not a history so far reach
ing or so thrilling and important as that of
the “Forest City,” yet its evidences of
former greatness are snch as to attract more
than a passing glance. I see here the same
substantial Corinthian style of architecture
that once prevailed in Savannah. Quaint
old houses and stately mansions meet the
eye in all parts of the city, and the rattle of
carriage wheels over paved streets reminds
me that I am in no modern or ordinary city. 1
There is not here the same revival of ante
bellum prosperity that can be seen in Savan
nah, still there are no residences and scarce
ly any stores to rent at the present time.
THE LOCATION OP HUNTSVILLE.
When this city was located the Tennessee
valley was a “garden spot,” and its planters
among the richest and most refined of their
class in the South. The construction of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad was
greatly aided by her wealthy citizens, one
of whom owns two hundred and fifty tiiou-
sand dollars worth of stock, the value of
which is now problematical
Memphis, on the one side, and Chatta
nooga, on the other, arc only a few hoars
ride distant by railroad,while the Tennessee
river is but ten miles away. Turnpike
roads, like those about Savannah, afforded
Huntsville quick and e&6y transportation
before the war, having been chartered in
1834. They are still in operation under
perpetual charters, although ths people of
this day oppose turnpikes and toll bridges.
I firmly believe that good dirt roads are
what the South needs to give her greater
independence aud a more substantial pro
gress.
The central location of Huntsville has
made her headquarters for Federal officials
in North Alabama. The United States
Court, with its cfficers, is permanently
established here, and a small army of revenue
and other government officials helps to
swell the population and increase the busi
ness of the town. Huntsville Is second in
rank to Atlanta as a graveyard for news
paper enterprises. Some times there is an
epidemic of new ventures, as at present.,
when three papers have started in competi
tion with the three already in circulation.
One of the latter is edited and published by
colored men, and Is intended to revive the
Grant “boom” for the next Presidential
campaign.
HUNTSVILLE COTTON BUSINESS.
One thing has greatly surprised me. I
find here a public market, city hall, opera
house, gas works, water works, paved
streets, turnpike roads and other evidences
of a desire to be, as well as to seem to be, a
city.
And yet, in the midst of all this, nearly
every bale ot cotton is bought, weighed,
sampled, marked and shipped on the streets
around the court house square, a nuisance
that would hardly be tolerated in a well-
regulated country town, nere it has be
come a fixed custom, and warehouses are
almost unknown.
Madison county produces about thirty
thousand bales of cotton a year, of which
nearly one-half is sold in and shipped from
Huntsville. The crop this year is extremely
good, and the present high prices bring in
about two hundred bales daily. I noticed
from the car window as I came down tbe
valley that a great deal of cotton Is still un
picked, but the improved market will proba
bly hurry it along.
Troy, Ala., although unlike Huntsville In
every respect, ships nearly twice as many
bales of cotton per year, as her trade comes
from a dozen adjacent counties. And yet
Huntsville has the appearance of a city that
ships fifty thousand bales annually. This is
a rich section of the Tennessee valley, and
diversified crops, numerous small industries,
and a cotton factory help to swell the busi
ness ot the city to a high figure. I do not
think, however, that free labor will ever be
able to restore aute bellum prosperity and
wealth to Huntsville.
RELICS OF ANTE-BELLUM PROSPERITY. „
No city in the South, of equal size, can
compare with Huntsville in the substantial
and imposing character of its ante-bellum
lublic buiidiDgs and private residences, and
’.tspaved streets and attractive rural drives.
The court house is located in a beautiful
square, surrounded by an iron fence with
6olid granite base, and is the largest and
most imposing building of the kind that I
have seen in the 8ohthern States. It is
built of granite, with massive Corinthian
illlars at each end, and surmounted by' a
mge dome. It is a handsomer building
than the capitols of Florida. Georgia or
South Carolina.
Although somewhat neglected, the large
granite. building (similar In style to the
court house) of the old Northern Bank of
Alabama strikes the visitor as being a gen
uine relic of the “flush times” of Ala
bama. The same is true of - the once fa
mous Huntsville Hotel, In its earlier days
surpassing even the Kimball House in Re
appointments and its social features. Dur
ing tne past summer, owing to a rush of
yellow fever refugees from Memphis, Capt.
J. D. Towner, the present popular proprie
tor, revived something of its old-time
gaiety and splendor, which, he hopes tore-
new this winter with Northern visitors.
The buildings and grounds of tbe Hunts
ville Female College are also a striking ex
ample of the liberal public spirit that pre
vailed here before the war, when lavish ex
penditures were made for ecbools, churches
and public edifices of all kinds. The con
trast between tbe substantial and imposing
mansions of ante-bellum days and the more
showy and fiimsy residences of the present
fast age Is remarkably striking. Many of
t he families residing here at tb&t time held
estates valued at half or three-quarters, of a
million of dollars, and they jived in accord
ance with their princely Incom-a. Tker kwa
of large fortunes by tbe war le^t Hnnteville'
with maguificent buildings, but sadly re
duced means for keeping them fax their
former attractive condition.
HUNTSVILLE CELEBRITIES.
It would be strange indeed If a place so
noted for its wealth and refinement did not
contain other than mere local celebrities.
Huntsville is rich in her annals of distin
guished men of the present as well as the
past.
Gen. John H. Morgan, the renowned Con
federate cavalry commander, was born in
this city, where his father long resided, and
the people are proud to refer to him as one
who left a legacy of fame to his birth place.
fltfn. Jere Clements, United States Sena
tor from Alabama, lived and died here, and
I can see his lamily residence from my hotel
window. I think he withdrew from the
United States Senate, with Hon.-W. X.
Yancey, In 1861, and became an active sup
porter of the Southern Confederacy.
Governor Clay, of this State, was also a
Frye cultivated there her dramatic talent
with flattering resuits, and when she came
to Huntsville to give a public reading she
was greeted with a grand ovation at the
Opera House, and added new laurels to her
wreath of fame. The people here antici
pate for her a brilliant career on the stage.
BURIAL OF ▲ FAITHFUL SLAVE.
If the admirers of * € Unde Tom’s Cabin.”
could have been gathered here to-day they
might have witnessed a scene capable of
moving their hearts to a better and kindlier
feeling in regard to the better class of slave
owning families of the South, so often mis
represented and abased by people ignorant
of their real worth and true character.
I refer to the burial of Mahalah, a former
slave of ex-Governor Chapman, of thin city,
whose remains reached here this morning
from New York, and were interred by the
surviving members of the family, in their
lot in the cemetery, with appropriate fonerat
services, and with all the tenderness that
would have characterized the burial of a
white relative.
When Governor Chapman married, long
years ago, Mahalah became the favorite
house servant of his wife, and at a later
period assumed the more responsive posi
tion of nurse to the children born uf this
union. She made the tour of Europe with
the family, whose great —■ bled
them to enjoy home and f- . .* at
p' -re. Although never presuming or
impertinent, Mahalah was extremely digni
fied in her bearing and refined in her man
ners. which enabled her to Improve her
mind to an unusual degree.
After the war this faithful and devoted
servant remained with the family and shared
their reverses of fortnne and the numerous
trials and afflictions Incident thereto. Re
cently her health became quite feeble, and
a married daughter of Governor Chapman,
whom Mahalah had nursed from infancy
with all a devoted Mammy’s love and ten
derness, carried her to Clifton Springs, N.
Y., in search of relief from her pbydcal
sufferings. The journey, however, proved
a fruitless one, and in that far off place,
attended by her grateful yonng mistress,
this old family servant and former slave
found 6weet relief in death.
To-day Governor Chapman and the sur
viving members of his family laid her to
rest at the foot of his wife’s grave. Tbe
tears that fell so freelynponAnnt Mahalah’s
coffin were tears wrong from hearts stricken
aud bereaved indeed. Through all her long
and useful life she had been devoted to
them and to their loved ones, even to tbe
third generation. She bad won their love
and challenged their respect in life and in
death they could but honor her as one de
serving a resting place among their dead
whom she had so faithfully served, and a
tribute of tears and fragrant flowers from
the living whom she would have served as
faithfully to the end had her own life been
spared for that purpose.
In all my long and varied experience I
have never seen each a beautiful picture of
grateful affection for an old family servant,
or a burial so fall of sweet and holy influ
ences. Human pride and selfishness cannot
exist where the spirit of the meek and lowly
Jesus actuates ns in onr treatment of those
whom God has placed under our care, and
who have been faithful to us in every emer
gency. Sidnet Herbert.
C. C. Clay, a well-known member of the
Confederate 8tates Senate, is still living
here with his accomplished wife. Ex-Gov.
R. Chapman, for some twelve years a mem
ber of Congress, is spending bis declining
years at his old home. He and ex Gov. D.
P. Lewi?, who is a bachelor, are boarding at
tbe Huntsville Hotel, which valuable pro
perty belongs to Governor Chapman.
The most active distinguished men of
Huntsville at the present time are General
X Pope Walker, formerly Secretary of War
of the Confederate 8tates, bat now an able
lawyer and prominent politician, and Chief
Justice R. C. Brickell, who changed his old
bachelor life a year or two ago, and in his
advanced years finds great delight in a home
made attractive by a most excellent wife and
a beautiful infant son. Gen. Walker comes
of a family that has occupied a prominent
place in the history of Alabama, and It Is
probable that he may again be called to fill
some high public position in tbe State, or in
the National councils. He Is not, however,
a very popular man with the masses.
Huntsville has other eons of marked
ability bat less extended fame, and many
fair daughters of rare culture and beauty.
Of the latter I shall he pardoned for men
tioning Miss Minnie- Frye, who has so re
cently made a jnqet successful, debut at Au
gustin Daly’s Theatre, in New York. The
father of thia gifted yonng lady was a por
trait painter in. Huntsville for many yean
before his death, and his three daughters
were-noted for their beauty and accomplish
ments. One of them maxried an army offi
cer at the dose of the war, and all removed
to Washington, D. C., to live. Mias Minnie
Imperialistic Tendem ies-
Baltimore Gazette. '
If the “Grant boom” . represented
nothing more than hero worship and
the delight that certain sycophantic na
tures take in prostrating themselves
before the great there would be no ob
jection to it. 8uch things have always
been, and as human nature is consti
tuted probably always will be. There
will to the world’s end be flatterers,
toadies, flunkies and self-seeking, para
sites basking in the favor3 of wealth,
power or place. But there are other and
deeper forces at work for the Grant
boom all the more dangerous because
they do not appear on the surface. The
“strong man” cry that is now heard so
frequently is a call not for a President
but for an Emperor. There is in cer
tain quarters a growing distrust of the
principles upon which our whole politi
cal structure is built—the power of
the people to govern themselves.
There is a call for soldiers, not to
repel foreign enemies but to “keep
down the mob,” and a growing contempt
for local self-government as expressed m
States rights. The National idea is over
shadowing the Federal idea on which
our republic is based and which is so
clearly set forth in the Constitution. To
this several things outside of politics
have contributed. One is the enormous
expanse of our territory, covering
almost a continent with rapidly develop
ing States. The natural tendency to
political separation, due to the remote
ness of geographical situation resisted by
a strengthening of the centralized power
and by the vastness of the Federal re
venue and Federal patronage, foster
the National idea. The prodigious in
crease of wealth and its concentration
in cities; the immense power of as
sociated and -corporate capital in
its railroad systems connecting States;
its telegraphic systems, and the great
mining monopolies in the precious metals,
coal, petroleum, eta—thesa^are calling
for “a strong government. 4 Clt is note
worthy, too, that the two extremes of po
litical thought, Imperialism and Social
ism, both, agree in this respect—they are
both centralizing. The Communism that
would take possession of all property, all
railroads, workshops, and even of real
estate and manage it in the interests of
the workingmen, is lust as imperialistic,
just as much opposed to the Federal idea
as is the military idea that would rule
this country with bayonets. The
National idea appears to have tri
umphed in the recent election and it
is certain that Grant is now the repre
sentative man of that idea. He is “ the
strong man,” the “savior of the nation,”
andJias been the representative of the
Dation abroad. Just as he seems to have
absorbed into his own person all the
credit for the victory of the North dur
ing the late war, so he seems to have
centred in himself the National idea
as distinguished from the Federal
idea, upou which our Constitution
was framed, and which gave us
a century of unprecedented pros
perity, political happiness and per
sonal liberty. The issues of the cam
paign of 1830, should Grant receive the
nomination—which now seems almost a
certainty—will be whether or not a radi
cal change shall take place in the govem-
The money power, the corpora-
Honsehold Recipes.
Oatmeal Tea for Invalids—This Is
a good drink in sickness, as it both
nourishes and refreshes. Put three table-
spoonfuls of meal into a quart jog, with
a small pinch of salt. Mix with a little
cold water, and then fill up with boiling
water, stirring briskly the while. .Let it
stand to settle, and use either hot or cold.
This Also makes a capital drink for the
harvest are hav field, and the less salt
put into it the better.
Potato Puff.—Take cold roast meat
—beef or mutton, or veal and ham to
gether—clear from gristle, cut small and
season with pepper and salt, and cut
pickles, if liked. Boil and mash sor
potatoes, make them into a paste with a
egg and roll out, dredging with floui.
Cut round with a saucer; put some of
the seasoned meat upon one-half and
fold the other like a puff; pinch neatly
round and fry a light brown. This is a
good method of warming up meat which
has been cooked.
To Broil Steak.—The great thing in
broiling steak is to cut it thick. Cut it
fully an inch in thickness. Then beat it
with a rolling pin. This softens the fibres
but does not break them or take the juice
out The use of a knife to beat the
steak is not advisable, as it is liable to
cut the fibres and cause the juice of the
steak to run out. The hotter the fire is
the better. Never cook a steak longer
than seven minutes. After broiling it a
little butter and pepper and salt should
be put over it to make the gravy, but no
water used.
Every housekeeper should have a
high seat like an office chair, on a pivot
to turn easily, and with a small kerosene
heater for the irons, which stands on the
end of the table and costs a dollar, ran
do a large ironing without rising, and
without the fearful ache of tired feet and
back. Whether work is done sitting or
standing, slqy would vary her position
for a few minutes at the end of each
hour, sitting if she had been working
about the house, or getting into the fresh
air if she has been sewing steadily. A
little rest taken so helps wonderfully
through the day.
Turbot.—Take~a fine, large white-
fish: steam till done; take all the bones
out, and sprinkle with salt and pepper;
take a quart of milk, quarter pound of
flour, a bunch of parsley and three large
slices of onion; put over the fire and stir
till it comes to a thick cream; take off,
add two eggs, quarter pound of butter;
strain through a sieve: put in a baking
dish a layer of fish and a layer of sauce
alternately until the dish is full, the sauce
being on top; then sprinkle with bread
crumbs; bake half an hour in a moderate
oven.
Tomato Soup.—Get a piece of beef
off the shin, about two pounds; put it on
the fire with enough water to cover it
well; let it simmer slowly for about three
hours; put on the fire in a small sauce
pan about a cupful of rice, barley or sago;
fix a carrot, turnip, a leek and a little
green celery top; reserve a little parsley;
put the greens in tbe soup and let boil
quickly for about three-quarters of an
hour; take off; strain the meat and vege
tables out; put the rice into a can of
tomatoes strained through a collander;
put oack on the tire and let simmer till
needed; now put the parsley in the
tureen and pour the soup on it Serve
hot
To Restore Old Solid Wood Furni
ture.—If possible, have ah uncarpeted
room with no other furniture than the
piece to be treated, as the dust is very
penetrating; rub the article all over with
medium sand paper, taking particular
>ains with carving corners, etc., using a
resli bit as soon as the paper gets smooth;
afterward brush .and dust thoroughly;
then rub down with very fine sand paper,
such as is used for nice bracket work,
till the surface feels smooth to the touch;
polish with any good furniture polish,
not varnish, or make a simple mixture
yourself, consisting of five cents worth
of both spirits of turpentine and raw
linseed oil, thoroughly shaken; apply with
flannel and rub hard; after it is nearly
dry go all over with fresh flannel or
chamois skin; it may require several ap
plications to give the desired lustre.
How to Eat Milk.—There are many
who say, “I like milk, but milk does
not like me”—that is, it does not agree
with them. The reason for this, in most
cases, is that the milk coagulates in the
stomach in too firm a curd to be easily
digested. But many who cannot drink
milk, or eat bread and milk, find no diffi
culty in digesting a bowl of baked
apples and milk. Upon this hint the
experiment has been successfully tried
by a physician of large experience tell
ing his patients who could not digest
milk to use apple sauce as a concomitant,
taking a spoonful of apple alternately
with a spoonful of bread, crackers or
pudding and milk. The apple prevents
the formation of a solid mass in the
stomach, and its juice also aids diges
tion, so that no distress or sense of heavi
ness follows after a meal thus
taken. This information is given for
I lie benefit of all readers, and we think
it will be worthy of trial, though, per
haps, not successful in every case.
For Carpet Moths.—The following
prescriptions are commended as effica
cious for preventing the ravages of the
carpet moths: First. Steep one-quarter
of a pound of cayenne pepper in a gallon
of water; add two drachms of stiychnia
powder. Strain and pour this into a
shallow vessel, such as a large tinned iron
milk pan. Before unrolling a new carpet
set the roil on each end alternately in this
poisoned mixture for ten minutes, or long
enough to insure the saturation of its
edges about an inch. After beating an
old carpet, roll and treat all its seams and
edges to the same bath. Let the carpet
dry thoroughly before tacking it to the
floor, in order to avoid the accidental
poisoning of the tacker’s fingers by the
1 iquid. It is perhaps unnecessary to state
that the residue of the liquid should be
thrown where it will noi be accessible
to any domestic animal; or, if preserved
for future use, it should be carefully
labelled “poison. ” This preparation will
nobtain or disfigure carpets, nor corrode
metals in contact with the carpets.
Second. One pound of quassia chips,
one quarter of a pound of cayenne pepper,
steeped in two gallons of water. Strain
and use as above. The preparation,
although irritating fo the human skin,
especially on cut surfaces, has the advan
tage of not being poisonous. To either
of these decoctions from one-quarter to
one half more boiling water may be
added at the time of first using, if the
greater depth of the liquid in the vessel
te required. When it is desirable to treat
c ?rpets that are not to be teken up, either
of I he above preparations may be applied
by means of any of the common atomizers
j to every seam and margin with good
An amusing discovery has
made at the town halls of several Frencl
villages, says the London Truth, of plas
ter busts of the republic, which are noth
ing else than former busts of the Em
press Eugenie slightly altered by the ad
dition of a bundle of corn ears in the hair,
and a Phrygian cap of some other repub
lican attribute. It seems that an enter
prising firm of plaster cast merchants
having purchased at a discount, shortly
after the 4th of September, 1870, all the
effigies ot the ex-Empress which were on
the market, have, by making these ju
dicious alterations, succeeded in dispos
ing of their wares with, considerable
profit.
Singular Suicide . at Braddock’s
Field.—A special to tbe Philadelphia
Press from Pittsburg (November 14th)
says: “A remarkable suicide occurred
at Braddock’s Field this morning, the
victim being an old man named James,
for many years an employe of Captain
Packer, the coal man. The deceased
was standing in front of a saloon on
Main street, talking with acquaintances,
and, drawing a razor from his pocket,
asked what they thought of it. When
their opinion had been expressed he said,
‘I’ve a notion to cat my throat.’ ‘Cat
away,’ said some one, and with this the
old man drew it across his throat from
eartne&ri He fell on the sidewalk and
died in a few minutes.”
Tilden, Hendricka and Reform are the
names given to the triplets by their
Democratic'father, who is the husband
of Mrs. Martha Gibson, of Wolf county,
Kentucky.
£im £«is.
Ifaoie whtffear “tJ&e \ ■■Potion nuTy be .ceded.
liave lost faith in local self-government
and the military aristocracy—all of these
want a strong government, even if it
should be a military dictatorship. When
this issue is fairly presented to the peo
ple we shall have do fear of the result.
There is still a vast and resolute majority
in this country who believe in a govern
ment of the people for the people and by
tbe people. m
FILLS
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER*
Loss of Appetite, Bowel3 costive, Pain in
t!iO±Ier»d, withadyll r^nsaticnin the bade
r-:rt. Pain under the ehouldcrbltdo, fuil-
afterreitirifT, with r. disinclination to
crcrticnof bccycr mind. Irritability of
tenper. Lovrspirits, withrvlhclinxcf hav-
i-tfS neglected s:as duty, Wc-arinesj, Diz-
- inccs, Fluttering c.t tho Heart, Dots be-
Toro thn Vr!ir.v/ Sirin Hcadflcho
highly colored. Urine,
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SCHIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
1 JIT'S PlilA arc especially adapted to
•neb cases, one done effects ancli a change
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer^
CONSTIPATION.
Only with regularity of the bowels can perfect
health be enjoyed. If tbe constipation Is
of recent date, a ainrle dose of TUTT'S PILLS
will suffice, but if it nas become habiina!, one
pill ehonld be taken every night,gradually lessen-
mg the frequency cf the dose until areghlar daily
movement ia obtained, which will soon follow.;
Dr. I. Guy Lewis, I'olton, Ark., soyas
** After a practice of 25 years, I pronounce
TUTT'S PILLS the best anti-bilious medicine
ever made.”
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“I have had Dyspepsia, Weak Stomach and
Nervousness. I never had any medicine to do
me so much good as TUTT’S PILLS. They are
as good as represented."
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