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Gettrffia Affairs.
The Rome l)aily Tribune wants a good
live, ern rge’ic local. None but one thor-
0 „ ir l,iv competent to get up a sprightly and
ridable local page need apply.
The Atlanta Tost doesn’t believe a word
a », ,jr Georgia’s being for Grant. Aud this
0 -ii,i :i of the JW is really the Opinion of
e vt r> o’her p^per in tbe State.
Ti.e kitchen on the premises of Dr. H. H.
Carlt"ii, of Athens, caught on lire last Fri
day in 1 -ruing, and considerable excitement
W U' caused in the town for awhile, as his
r -i :< nee was also threatened with destruc-
}j u !,. Fortunately the flames were extin-
«ruisl ed before they did a great deal of
Athens rejoicetb in a telephone.
In the Bibb county Superior Court, at
>[.: ou. on Friday last, Bill Holt was con-
v i<J of voluntary manslaughter. He made
a ira'ement, In which he requested the
judge to be “as light as possible” on him.
judge Pate heeded his request by sentencing
him to fifteen years at hard labor in the
• ?;i Thursday last the cases of Messrs.
Jaekson and Henry Paris, charged with
having been the incendiaries in the recent
II ovkinsville conflagration, were called.
After an exhaustive trial the innocence of
the accused was clearly established, and
tbev were dischargee
The receipts of cotton at Rome for the
vc-k ending Friday morning last were5,27S
bales, against 1,900 for the same week last
year, a gain on the same week last year of
;; r BIs The Courier says the total for the
pca.' -n is now 8,223 bales above tbe same
tin:-- last year.
A Lintifiuau from the Seventeenth dis
trict of Sumter comity, says the Americas
Ji'.jtubliruii, reports that the sweet potato
cr-»p of that county for this year will be tbe
liii' >t ever raised. He says that the potatoes
an* the finest ever grown in the county,
irany of them weighing over five pounds.
He also reports the farmers in his district
rather backward in sowing small graic:
but sume will plant oats, wheat, etc., during
the next ten days, as all of the “top crop of
cot inn'’ has been picked, and they can now
turn iheir attention to the grain crops.
A middle aged man, good looking, but
modest, and out of debt, and who resides in
Aumricus, advertises that be is tired of trot
ting thruugh life in single harness, and
wants a wife. He only takes this method of
iii.-tkir g his wants known because of his ex-
cw.-ive natural timidity.
A high toned colored marriage took place
in Augusta last Thursday night. The high
cotitracring parties were Uriah H. Carr and
Fannie Littleton, both held in high esteem
by all classes of Augusta’s population
white and colored.
Tue races of the Thomasville Jockey Club
will be inaugurated on tbe 9th of December,
and several of the best known horses in the
State have already been entered. Iu the
three minute class a purse of §150 is offered;
in the 2:40 class a purse of §150, and iu a
free for all a purse of §200. Owing to the
postponement of the annual fair of Thomas
county the people there have had no oppor-
tuiii'y, this year, for a general gathering,
and these races will, therefore, probably be
largely attended.
For some days past the cotton men of
Columbus have been greatly exercised ever
a block of the staple at the Southwestern
Kaiboad depot in that city, notwithstand
ing that extra trains have been seut out
-daily. On Friday afternoon last there were
2,599 t uies of cotton in the yard at the
d—
Ae-'utcst between the Central aud Port
R->\al Railroad iu Augusta has resulted in
the ru'e of fare between that city aud
S:v;iin: ih being placed at §2 50 by both
Burglars are on tbe rampage in Bruns
wick. The Advertiser reports three attempts
in that line during the week past.
A weather prognosticator of Brunswick
predicts that the rest of this year, 1879, will
he w,-t and rainy, but that Christmas day
will be clear and beautiful. Wonder if be
L any more of a prophet than was Professor
Tice ?
Colonel John S. Thrasher, formerly a resi
dent uf thi* Slate and during the Confed
erate war agent of the Southern Associated
l'r-s, died suddenly in Galveston a few
days since. The life of the deceased was
full of thrilling events, among which his
arrest in Havana and his sentence to ten
years imprisonment by the Spanish authori
ties for complicity in the unfortuuate Lopez
expedition, and his subsequent release
though the intervention of the United
Siu‘t-3 Government, brought him promi
nently before the American people. The
decea.-t d was a native of Maine, and was
.-ixiv-tw.) years of age.
Tiie Rome Tribune thinks that some effort
should be made, and a little well directed
efT-.rt will do it, to settle up the country
al.rtig the line of tbe Rome Railroad. It
says: “Small farmers, dairymen, apiarians,
^■ ' k rubers, shepherds, vine growers and
nuuufaciurers should be induced to look at
n of country. Every settler would
permanent contributor in the
f the company. Is not tbe matter
king about ?”
'3 wonders why in the world some
■ , i - ; ug man doesn’t establish iu Griffin
a w od y ard.
Jonathan D. Parish, an aged citizen
‘fii-i, died very suddenly while eating
!il iu that city ou Friday morn-
H-i was eighty years of age, and
ha i h- eu in feeble health for some months.
Says the Brunswick Advertiser: “Believ-
• r.g, we do, that the coast of Georgia is
th- _ ..rdeii Spot of the State, all things con
sider-J, v.e never tire of pointing out its
a I ' • . The country has gone crazy,
' • cak. of late over the culture of the
<>r-i:g:- ;:i Florida. Why go to Florida? We
: :a '" th -utui-ds of acres of land right here
9nmi.es of Brunswick that will grow
° r a s as well as Florida. Iu proof of this
’• v -v>- but, to cite you to those offered for
f a ' our town, grown on St. Simon’s le-
k Tn.-y are certainly as la r ge and juicy
a ' -uy brought here, and some claim they
ar " • *'e:-ter. Bir why go to St. Simon’s
• - Just look around town and you have
|h>- |.-. r -)of before you, particularly so on the
<;>' across the street from tbe Methodist
Uhn.-eh There you have as fine a specimen
vmu !>..• found anywhere, all loaded down
I^'h Hie rich golden fruit, or go to Judge
Uiinbrii£ht’s and see his shaddock tree
' m.«>• her specie of same fruit) just groaning
Ul|i h*r it.s load of ripeuiug clusters. The
turn mock lands adjacent to salt water
b« surpa?sed tor the growth of this
delightful fruit, and we hope wc shall yet
® ee 'ke day when oranges aud other hardy
tropicd fruits >hall be successfully raised
• l I along- the southeastern seacoast of
Georgia.”
Th<* Americas jRepublican publishes an
“"'•ount of a lively ’possum hunt of which
It occurred
follows:
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1879.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
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large wild cat. The nearest one struck
at it with a stick, when the cat lumped
squarely upon the head of the negro and
went to gathering wool. The negro yelled,
Oh, Lordy Murder ! Knock him off, Jim,’
and fell upon tbe ground, rolling and kick
ing furiously. Jim, the other darkey, had
*•1 a b, £ 6tick » and struck a heavy blow
at the cat, missed it.and kuocked his friend’*
eye out. The cat then ran off and escaped.
George, the man the cat attacked, was led
home by Jim and had his head bound up in
a quilt. He is offering a good price for a
black sheep, as he says he has no scalp, and
that is the only way he will ever have ’any
more bar.’ He contem™ 10 * 00 a"*"—
his eye.”
Rome Tribune, 22d: “Judge J. W. H.
Underwood, the present able presiding
Judge of this judicial circuit, Is sixty-three
years old to-day, and bears his age and
honors as blushingly as a young maid would
her bridal robes. He is‘bale and hearty,
loves to tell about bis youthful exploits, and
knows more of the politics of his country
than any gentleman with whom we are
acquaint-d. It was he that beat a political
game years ago, and to this day he takes a
singular delight iu telling how he did it—
in Floyd county. He is a type of an old-
time gentleman, a man without guile, and
a Judge of spotless reputation, who will
never soil the judicial ermiDe. May he Jive
to enjoy a ripe old age, filled to overflowing
with every joy this world can afford, la our
earnest wish.”
Judge Lochrane, of Atlanta, a Grant
boomer, has been interviewed in Chicago.
In the course of his remarks he said: “The
letter of Dr. Felton, member of Congress
from the Seventh district of Georgia, is
only the forerunner of the entire disintegra
tion of the Democratic party in the State,
which has been going on for some time!
Mr Speer, the member from the Ninth dis
trict in Georgia, will Inevitably follow the
line of Dr. Felton, In my judgment. And
Mr. Stephens is only bound to the Demo
cratic party by a thread, which is liable to
snap at auy moment, as he has already an
nounced his determination not to be gov
erned by caucus dictation. Mr. Stephens,
too, has always been a warm personal
admirer of Grant, and has paid him a very
high tribute in his book on ‘The War Be
tween the States.' "
Rome Tribune: “We notice that in Vir
ginia societies are being formed for tbe in
troduction of foreign labor aud capital, by
which Its resources of all kinds can be
developed and tbe country made prosperous.
This is one of the very best of moves—one
which if properly carried out in Rome would
be of great, a i vantage. We have here every
advantage on the globe, minerals and tim
hers In abundance, a climate unsurpassed*
and all we need to push forward in the
race of progress is the invitation of laborj
capital aud skill, to aid us in the work
Will not our people pattern by this example
and be up and doing. Now is the time to
turn southward the vast tide of immigration
that every day winds its way to the far West
to build towns and populate cities. This
drifting tide should be looked after.”
On Friday last a party of gentlemen went
from Augusta to examine the Richmond
county coal fields. The Neum says that they
made, perhaps, as thorough an examination
as to the extent of the field hs could
made by so large a number in so short
time. They were all fully satisfied that tbe
quantity was very great. Tbeir examina
tion was extended over more than a mile in
lateral extent, and In that entire distance
the evidences of the existence of the coal
wa-» convincingly visible. Beyond the creek
which divides the land they did not ex
amine, yet it was satisfactorily evident that
the material lay embedded in the high hills,
almo-t mountains, which once formed part
of the table-Iand they were walking over.
Griffin News: “Comptroller General
Wright has made a decision which will put
considerable money in the Treasury'. The
Tennessee people have a good deal of rail
road property iu the 8tate, from Dalton to
the State line The tax imposed by Ten
nessee is much smaller than by Georgia, arrd
the p ople of the former State have only-
been paying their State rate. This ruling
was based upou the idea that Georgia had a
few miles In Tennessee, aud paid to that
State what our State authorized. Tbe
Comptroller held that there is no reciprocal
obligation under tbe law, and that the road
was subject to tbe tax imposed by Georgia.
The attorney of the Tennessee company
argued s ; Tenuously the c»*her way, and pro
po ed io arbitrate the matter, but after look
ing into the law admitted tbe correctness of
our officer’s views. This wili add from one
to two thousand dollars annually to our
State Treasury.
Under the caption “A Gloomy Outlook,'
the Oglethorpe Echo says: “It is now an ac
cepted fact that not more than half
average co'ton crop will be made in this
county. A majority of our small farmers
have disposed of their crop and not half of
their debts are liquidated. Guano agents
tell us that they never knew collections so
poor as this fall and they see no hope now
of getting in much more. Tiue, cotton
brought some more than last y- ar, but the
advance In other commodities overbalance
it. Most farmers arc heels over head in
debt and it will be a matter impossible for
them to cveu square off the accounts entail
ed this year, not counting old scores. Not
more than half a corn crop was made, and a
high price must be paid for the needed sup
ply. We do not believe our county was
ever in so bad a condition as now. The
outlook is gloomy indeed, and unless some
unlooked-for relief comes the storm th;
has been hanging over our people for so
many years will soon burst with itsful force
upon them. We see no hope for staying its
fury.”
Republicanism and Strong Govern
ment.
New Orleans Times.
“The little finger of a King is thicker
than the thigh of an ordinary man,”
This is what was sa ; d by a most ancient
Democrat, the Hebrew prophet Samuel
when he was warning his people of the
danger of their demands for a strong
man government. Practically this is
what Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter. 31. P.
of England, said in a speech before the
Hew York Chamber of Commerce a day
or two ago. He has just been making
a tour of the United States, examining
its rescources, industries and wonderful
development; studying its institutions,
and observing Its political tendencies.
For the industry;, enterprise, ingenuity
and general intelligence of the American
people he had only praise. They work
harder, have more sobriety than the Eng
libh, and possess many notable charac
teristics, which Mr. Potter took occasion
to mention; but he expressed unqualified
surprise at the tendencies he found
among the American people toward a
strong government aud autocratic insti
tutions. The speaker declared that our
government was even now stronger than
the British monarchy, and that the
American people were not nearly so sen
sitive to, nor so easily alarmed at, any as
sumption of power on the of tbei -
executive officials as are the English.
Here, indeed, is a curious spectacle-
that of a British subject teaching to
American citizens lessons in demo
cratic republicanism. The spectacle is
all the more curirms when we know that
the criticism of Mr. Potter is entirely
just, and that the advocacy of a strong
man government Is now the chief doc
trine of a powerful political faction in
this country. At the very time our
people are proposing to overthrow their
own democratic institutions, the people
of all the European monarchies are doing
their utmost to weaken the despotic
powers and abate the autocratic features
of their own governmental systems. In
England and Ireland the people are mak
ing an uncompromising war upon the
monopolizing of the lands by' the aristo
cracy. It is only a few days since Herr
Verchow, a prominent member of the
German Parliament, declaimed against
the Imperial Government, and denounced
the absolutism of tbe system inaugurated
by Bismarck. In Russia, even,^ the
strength of democratic principles is so
great that the Czar is driven to unusual
concessions to pacify the people and to
conciliate his subjects, especially in
Poland.
Thus, while republicanism is rapidly
making way against despotism and au
tocracy in Europe, it is actually en
couraging and inviting the encroach^
ment in this free country of arbitrary
power in the domain of constitutional
liberty. Our clamorers for a strong man
government may yet be able to import
from Europe some of the thread bare in
signia of a cast off despotism, but they
will then have distinguished themselves
as the first people of the Anglo-Germanic
r,, L ’ V wuuty, and is as follows: “On ^ r T s "who willingly bartered liberty for
yiurfcday nijiht two darkeys down on the ... t®
riv r coucludf-d to go and catch some
P -urns in the swamp, so they called
up . .logs—orne two or three hound pups
—ap..l went i to the swamp. They had
fit two or three and thought it time to
toward home, when suddenly their
the shackles and reslramts of an armed
absolutism In spite of appearances to
the contrary, it is difficult to believe
such a state of things can ever come to
pass. It would be a marvelous oom-
. . . mentarv on man's boasted claims of
, fi" l/'mix-d a coon, as they thought, and „ hn i,v-for self government, and it is
* lively fiaht ensued, In which all the pups . ability lo g statesmen and
£ere whipped. The animal started bp a eertmnlV something for stotosmen anu
rree, and the negroes saw it was a very * political philosophers to think aoou
BY TELEGRAPH
EXCITEMENT IN IRELAND OYER
THE RECENT ARRESTS.
Indignation Meetings in Dublin and
Balia.
MORMONS AT TEE BOTTOM OF
TEE UTE OUTBREAK.
Decision in the Suit Against the
Steamship Arragon.
RELIEF
FOR THE IRISH SUF
FERERS.
Proceedings of the National Board
of Health.
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS INFER U
DEATH OF AIRS. CHAS. DICKENS.
Ice Blockade In the North.
MARINE DISASTERS.
ITIIscellaneous and Minor Matters,
TUE EXCITEMENT OVER TUE IRISH A.RREST8,
Dublin, November 22.—At a meeting last
night to denounce the arrests of Daly,
Davitt and KilJeu, about five thousand were
g resent. Edward Dwyer Gray,Liberal Home
ule me3iher for Tipperary, presided. Mr.
Parnell and other Home Rule members were
present. Parnell moved that the meeting
call upon Irithmen to pronounce by publi-
meetings their condemnation of the action of
the government, which is unconstitutional
and illegal, and thus show to the world that
Irishmen are not to be intimidated by any
person. He accused the government of en
trapping Irishmen by means of paid spies.
He advised Irishmen to be calm, because if
they attempted to emulate the government
in illegal action or violence or disorder
they would be doing what the butcher
and destroyer of the poor Afghan
and Zulu desires them to do. He
said no earthly power could ever
succeed against the united and determined
efforts of Irishmen iu their struggle for
their soil. Irishmen would show Lord
Beaconsfield they knew how to win a battle,
aud though they plsyed against a man who
had loaded di ;e, their cause was strongest.
He said the land system was already totter
ing to its fall. Biirgar declared that Par
nell was the leader of the Irish people.
After the demonstration was over, Parnell
and Bigtrar started for the Balia meeting.
Cork, November 22.—A detachment of
troops left here last night for Butte Vantin,
in this county, it is supposed in conse^-
quence of urgent private information re
ceived by the government.
Dublin, November 22, 6 p. m.—A letter
received from Balia, county Mayo, says
“Yesterday afternoon there were no extra
poifee in towm and tbe chances of anything
violent occurring were extremely few.
good deal of apprehension, however, pre
vailed in Hubiiu. A placard signed by
Charles S. Parnell and Michael Davitt is ex
tensively posted in Balia district and ad
dressed to the men of Mayo, earnestly coun
selling them to be diguified and orderly. It
concludes as follows : ‘Give no excuse for
violence on tbe part of the government and
our great cause is won.’ Parnell, accom
panied by John Dillon and Thomas Sexton,
arrived in Balia this morning.”
London, November 22—Advices from
Balia Indicate that extraordinary precau
tions had been taken by the government.
More .than a hundred policemen were sta
tioued near the place of meeting, and some
cavalry were in the vicinity ready for im
mediate action. Mr. Parnell spoke. A reso
lution was passed expressing great satisfac
tion that the intended evictions had been
abandoned, and another urging the people
to continue the agitations. Great excite
ment prevails in the Balia district and in
adjoining counties. A number of special
correspondents of the London papers at
tended the demonstration.
The meeting at Loonaruore, near Balia,
terminated at six o’clock this evening!
Hundreds of those in attendance then
marched In procession to the farm of Demp
bey, the tenant who was to have been
evicted. Much excitement is manifested
there. A demonstration will be made on
Sunday in Dublin to commemorate the
Manchester execution.
Dublin, November 23.—Eminent counsel
h.'S been engaged to defend the Sligo
pri-oners. It is expected by the Nationalist
that the evidence of the government short
hand writer, on which the whole case de
pends. will break down. Telegraphic com
munication between Dublin and Balia is
very slow.
RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED DISTRICTS IN
IRELAND.
London, November 22.—A Dublin dis
patch states that the government has deter
mined to abandon all preliminary diflicul
ties which might obstruct the obtaining of
loans from the Board of Public Works for
the improvement of estates, au(} in order to
expedite the expenditure of money strictly
for the employment of unskilled labor will
immediately give lorns to land owners and
sanitary boards. They will add to the prin
cipal the cost of preliminary proceedings
aud interest on the sum borrowed, allowing
two years’ grace. Repayment, therefore,
will commence at the beginning of the third
year. This concession will only take effect
in districts which t* e government wiil de
clare come under the designation of “dis
tressed districts.”
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
Nashville, November 22.—At a meeting
of tbe National Board of' Health this morn
ing tbe t-ubject of marine quarantine sta
tions and uniform quarantine regulations
was discussed. Dr. Bench gave a graphic
discrip:ion of the work at Cairo by the
qu rautiue authorities in 1878 and 1879.
Dr. Elliott, of Savannah, read a paper on
quarantine. Dr. Barnes, of New Orleans,
read a document, signed by fifty steamboat
owners and agents, j.pproving the inspec
tion and sanitary regulations of the National
Board during the past summer, and agreeing
hereafter to be governed by such regulations
in time of epidemics.
NEW ORLEANS ITEMS.
New Orleans, November 22.—Senators
Cameron, Hill, Yance and party have not
returned from the jetties. There was no
sesrion of the committee to-day.
The steamboat J. M. White made the run
from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, one
bund ed and thirty-seven miles, in seven
hours aud thirty minutes, the fastest time
on record.
The steamer Chauteau. from Helena, with
eight thousand bales of cotton, arrived here
to-day.
DISASTROUS FIRE IN WILMINGTON, N. C.
Wilmington, November 22.—A large fire
occurred here early this morning, which de
stroyed Colville & Co.’s steam saw mill,
Altaffer & Price’s sash and blind factory,
a large lot of lumber, 325 casks spirits tur
pentine, about 500 barrels rosin, belonging
to Alex. Sprunt «fc Son, besides a large front
of wharfage. The losses aggregate nearly
§40,000. Insurance about §20,000. Alex.
Spruut & Son, only, were fully insured.
AWARDING A RAILROAD CONTRACT.
Pensacola, Fla., November 22.—At a
railroad letting for the interval between the
junction, forty five miles north of Pensacola,
and Pineapple, Alft-» the contract was
awarded to Daniel Callahan, of Tennessee
who is to complete 6ixty-six miles of the
road and unite Pensacola and Selma within
twelve months.
EGTPT AND ABYSSINIA.
Cairo, November 22.—The latest official
telegrams from Khartoum announce that
General Gordon left the King of Abyssinia
without having effected a final arrangement
of the relations between Egypt and Abys
sinia, but when he reached Gala he was re
called by a letter from the King.
DEATH or MRS. CHARLES DICKENS.
London, November 22—The Globe an
nounces that the widow of Charles Dickens,
the famous novelist, died at her rasidenpe
in Gloucester Crescent, Regent’s Park, Lon
don, this morning, after a lingering illness
of eighteen months.
A DISPUTED LAND TITLE CAUSES A MAN’S
DEATH.
Weldon, N. C., November 22.—This
morning E. M. Hicks was killed by J. D.
Merritt with a shotgun. The trouble arose
out of a disputed title to the lot on which
Hicks was living.
DOUBLE HANGING IN TEXAS.
Galveston, November 22.—A dispatch to
the News, from Dallas, reports the hanging
“ ;e and Andrew Brown,
for the mnrder of Doc. McClair, in Mon
tague county, in May, 1876. A large crowd
viewed the execution.
BRITISH GUNBOAT ORDERED TO MASSIAWAH.
Aden, November 22.—In consequence of
the menacing attitude of Aby sinia towards
Egypt, the British gunboat Sea Gull has
been ordered to Mas6lawah to protect the
property of British subjects there.
A SHIPWRECKED CREW.
New York, November 22 —The steamer
Andes brought to this port the crew of the
schooner Frances Bnrritt, abandoned No
vember 21st In a sinking condition.
THE MORMONS AND THE HOSTILE UTE3.
Denver, Col., November 22.—A Los
Pinos special says that Ouray stated to the
commission that he is prepared to prove by
the testimony of members of his tribe that
secret emissaries from the Mormons have
been conferring with the White River Utes,
and attempting to prolong hostilities by fur
nishing them arms at points on Grand
river for their use. He adds that al
though the information is not sufficient
to cohvict, yet he has little donbt he
will be able to establish the connections of
the Mormons with the outbreak. Ouray
says he is informed that overtures have been
made to Jack’s band since the visit of
Adams to the White River Utes, and his be
lief is that the Mormons have been in com
munication with Jack for a long time. He
states that he has convinced the White River
Utes that they can come before the commis
sion and freely testify without fear of being
immediately placed in irons; that the gov
ernment is disposed to deal justly
with them, and while the guilty must be
punished, it will be looked to that the in
nocent will not suffer. He has notified
them to appear forthwith to testify in con
formity with their oath. If they refuse.
Ouray will call his friends to bis standard at
Uucompaghre, waive the absence of repre
sentatives from the White river tribes, treat
with the government direct, and keep his
men with him, securing the punishment of
the Utes at the discretion of the depart
ment.
DECISION IN THE SUIT AGAINST THE BRITISH
STEAMSHIP ARRAGON.
New York, November 22.—In the suit
brought by the owners of the American
steamer Job M. Leonard and her master and
crew, of Fall River, Mass., against the
owner of the British steamship Arragon, to
recover the value of the schooner, cargo
and freight and personal effects of the
master and crew, alleged to have been
totally lost in consequence of a collision be
tween the schooner and steamer in April,
1877, Judge Choate, in the United States
District Court, rendered a decision this mom
ing. The total value, aa stated In the libel
was §30,086 25 The schooner was bouud
on a voyage from Philadelphia to Provi
dence, R. L, with a cargo of 549 tons
coal. The steamship was bound on a voyage
from New York to Bristol, England. The
schooner was passing the steamer’s bow
nearly at right angles, when she was struck
by the steamer. Judge Choate says, in con
clusion: “It is a singular fact in the case
that but one blast of a fog horn was heard
on the steamer, but the evidence is sufficient
to prove that it was blown ,at proper inter
vals and several times just before the collis
ion. The result is that both vessels were at
fault, and the libellants will have a decree
for haif their damages and costs, and a
referee to compute the amount of their
damages.”
vessels ashore.
Erie, Pa., November 22.—The Cumber
land, a Canadian vessel, went ashore just
above Presque Island yesterday morning.
The United States 6teamer Michigan went
to her relief in the evening, but the weather
was too thick to accomplish anything until
this morning, when the wreck was examined.
Her hull is entirely binder water, and it was
impossible to get aboard her. No trace of
the crew was discovered, and it is feared all
were lost. She was loaded with lumber and
railroad ties. The vessel went to pieces this
afternoon, and the shore Is strewn with her
cargo.
The Wancosta, a Canadian vessel, went
ashore yesterday off the Life Saving Station.
The crew were taken off safely. The vessel
Is still hard aground, and it is feared she
will break up. She is loaded with lumber.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Cincinnati, November 22.—A special
from Davenport, Iowa, reports an accident
to the freight train on the Chicago and Rock
Island aud Pacific Railroad. The switch at
the east end of the bridge over Sylvan
8!ougb, between the island aud city of Rock
Island, was left open, causing the locomo
tive to run off the track against the end of
the span, foremg it from the abutment. The
whole span fell, and was followed; into a
twenty foot chasm by the engine and five
cars. Three men who were on the engine
escaped.
STATE OF AFFAIRS IN PERU.
Panama, November 11.—The condition In
Lima is anything but favorable. A minis
terial crisis followed the capture of the
Huascar, and a new ministry was formed,
but it is safe to say they will not approve
the conduct of the war, and may provoke a
revolution by overthrowing Prado. He has
become unpopular, and no serious trouble
will be experienced in deposing him unless
bis soldiers at Arlca sustain him. The
allied armies are preparing for a Chilian
invasion, which seems to be a certainty.
AN ICE BLOCKADE.
Whitehall, N. Y., November 22.—The
weather for the last twenty-four hours has
been very cold and there Is considerable ice
in the canal. Tnere are thirty boats be
tween Port Ann and this place, bound
North, trying to get through. The canal
officials are working night aud day with ice
bre kers to keep the canal open. Ice two
inches thick formed in the lake to-day.
THE ERIE CANAL OPEN TO NAVIGATION.
Albany, November 22.—The canal is
navigable throughout its length, aud boats
are moving eastward steadily.
COLONEL VV. M. VYAULEY.
A Pleasant Half' Hoar lyith Mr.
Wad ley—His Fractured Llmb-
Itapld Rccnperailon and Cheerlul
Spirits.
Macon, November 21.—Editor Morning
News: lam here in Macon, and believing
that many readers of the News would be
glau to hear from Colonel Wadley, I took
advantage of the opportunity, and called
upon him at the residence of his son-in-law,
Capt. W. G. Raoul, where he has been con
fined ever since his recent misfortune.
Some two months since he had his
right limb fractured by the kick
cf a horse. The wound wa6
a very serious one, as the bone was broken
entirely off, and the foot left suspended only
by the flesh and mu*cles. The left, limb was
also badly bruised, butnobone6 were broken.
He was removed at once to Capt. Raoul’s,
and the best medical attention given him.
For two months he has been confined to his
bed, and upon his back.
Ou account of his advanced age many
supposed that he would hardly eurvive the
shock. Others declared that amputation
would necessarily follow, while everybody
supposed that he would be crippled for life.
In all these prophecies, I am gratified to re
port, the public were mistaken, as neither
will be fulfilled, at least from present
indications.
I was met by Captain Raoul courteously,
and making known my errand, was ushered
into Colonel Wadley’a private room, where
i found him reclining in an invalid’s chair.
His welcome was cordial, apd he entered
into conversation with ihe most cheerful
spirit. Although confined to his room, he
has not by any means been indifferent to
passing events. When his own eyes were
nnable to scan tho newspapers and letters,
other eyes and voices supplied their place.
Now he is able to attend to his own corre
spondence, and those who know his active
habits can well imagine what a triumph it is
to him.
The crisis in his case has been passed, and
he is now well ou the r<*ad to permanent re
covery. Three pieces of the shattered bone
have been taken from his limb. The largest
and most important piece was taken out on
yesterday. It was forced from the end of
the broken bone by the formation of new
flesh. The ligament or grisly substance,
which is to unite the bone, Ts becoming ossi
fied, and ere long will be complete, while
the muscles and the flesh are adjusting
themselves to their proper positions. His
strength is returning rapidly since he has
been able to sit up.
Being a man of snch active habits the
confinement was a grea er cross to him
than the broken limb. Confined upon his
back so long, he lost all appetite, and con
sequently wasted away in flesh. He de
clared that he suffered Infinitely more from
indigestion than from bis fractured leg.
When I spoke to him about the fear many ex
pressed as to his jecovery, because of his ad
vance in life,his good lady replied: “ Why, sir,
haa recuperated with the saqie rapidity
it a s?xteen-year-old boy would.” ’ It was
fortunate that he possessed such a vigorous
constitution. Yet there are many weary
months to pass before he can move with the
same elasticity that he did a year ago. How
ever, next week the doctor will let him out
on cratches to move about the house, and, If
careful, a month may find him upon the
streets.
It is remarkable to see with what & cheer
ful spirit he bears his misfortune and con
finement. There is none of that chafing
against fate that many would suppose, bat
cheerful submission to what has befallen
OUB JACKSONVILLE LETTER.
Pompey Jackson—Keno!—Drawing
Federal Jurors under the New Jury
Law-New Manufacturing Enter
prises—Light F oat—The Hotels—
The Commissioner of Immigration
-The Orauee Crop—Railroad Con
nection with Orange Lake-Dli
tlngnlshed Visitors.
yesterday of George and Andrew Brown, him. He 6ays he cannot account for the
i or the murder of Doc. McClair, in Mon- accident, but dismisses It with the idea that
it was one of tho*e unaccountable misfor
tunes of life which no man could foresee or
understand.
Colonel Wadley Is looking forward with
eagerness to the time when he can again be
at his post and discharge the responsible
dntles that rest upon him as the head of
one of tbe most powerful corporations in
the Sonth
My half hoar was np, and I took my leave
! Colonel Wadley and his excellent wife
with tbe hope that we shall soon see him
upon the streets of the “Forest City.”
Jack Fla**
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Jacksonville, Fla., November 22.—
Pompey Jackson, who is a fair type of the
average Jacksonville negro, is now in his
semi-annual stage of beatitude. If Pomp
can succeed in being drawn as a juror or
summoned as a witness at the spring or fall
terms of any of the courts, his cup of self
content and complacency is filled to the
brim. If serving in either capacity, he oc
cupies a seat in the temple of justice, day
after day, with unflagging interest and with
a look of preternatural wisdom, when a free
use of technical language occurs, that
delightful and Instructive to behold. He
was never known to offer an excuse when
called as a talesman, but springs to his feet,
when his name is uttered, with a prompt
ness aud alacrity that stamp him as a man
willing and able to discharge this responsi
ble duty of a good citizen. A court room
has the same fascination for him that a lump
of sugar has for a fly, and he flits around its
precincts as busily as a bee about a garden
of flowers. And then, too, after having
vigorously essayed for several hours to
follow an abstruse argument, it is such
convenient place in which to woo the kind
services of Morpheus and to recruit the
wearied powers of mind and body.
Pompey is a keen critic, also of the mem
bers of the legal profession, and discusses
their efforts with great vehemence. That
lawyer who has the most sonorous voice,
the most impassioned gestures, and the hap^
piest faculty of arousiug laughter, is bis
favorite pleader. His advocates and preach
ers must be cast in the same mould, and
mast possess similar mental and physical
characteristics.
Pompey 1b emphatically a law abiding
man, for he is never happier than when
resting under its shadow, and will mort
gage his last acre to indulge in the loxurv
of litigation. Without him our magistrates
would starve, aud our constables would ac
tually, poor fellows, be compelled to work
for a livelihood.
While, however, fond of the civil dock
ets, Pompey’s failings and vices frequently
land him upon the criminal 6ide. If au in
vestigation should be made it would be
found that Pompey and his brethren furnish
nine-tenths of those arraigned for trial on
criminal charges. Much the largest pro
portion of the court expenses of each county
in this State can be traced directly to tbe
violations of law committed by the colored
population, and most of the fees for the at
tendance of witnesses are paid to this
class. Pompey contributes very little to
the State Treasury, but draws constantly
and largely from that source.
Keuo has again been enthroned In this
city, and spreads her snares nightly for the
weak and unwary. Under a license from
the State and city, she defiantly erects her
altars upon the principal business street, aud
invites her devotees to her attractive wor
ship. Quite a number of gay gamboliers have
already arrived, and it is whispered that
several of those who practice that seductive
game known as “Bunko” will soon ply their
uefarious avocation. Thi6 bids fair to be a
profitable season for this class of opera
tives.
As the national, State and municipal au
thorities have all recommended that next
Thursday, tho 27th inst., be observed as a
day of thanksgiving, it is to be supposed
that the day will generally be considered as
a holiday. There is a large Northern ele
ment in this city who will doubtless regard
the occasion with traditional respect. To
o:bers the day possesses no especial sane
tity. A good dinner is a good thing, and
the Northern fashion of honoring tho day
by this observance is worthy of imitation.
Capt. T. E. Buckmau of this city has been
appointed by Judge Settle, the Democratic
commissioner, to aid the United States
Clerk in preparing a new jury list for tbe
Federal courts for the Northern district of
Florida. Four hundred names are to be
placed in the box, and under the new law
there will be no more charges of packed
juries. The jurors will be drawn for the
whole district, and not from Duval county,
as has been tbe usual practice. The ap^
point-ment of Capt. Buckman Is perfectly
satisfactory to the party he represents.
Some Cuban gentlemen are engaged in
prospecting the State with a view of culti
vating tbe Palma Christi, or castor oil plant,
on a large scale. They prepare from the
bean a firm, white, odorless vrgetable tal
low and three qualities of soap. These
zentlemen have gone south below the frost
ine to select a site suitable for their pur
poses.
Considerable attention is also being given
by other parties to the indigenous fibrous
plants of the State, and experiments are
now being made to determine their value
and i daptability for manufacturing purpo
ses. It Is thought that they will be suitable,
aud it is known that they exist in abun
dance. It has been demonstrated that even
the despised and execrated saw-palmetto
has a commercial value and is capable of
being converted Into an excellent article of
paper. In fact, several bales of this con
demned plant have been shipped to North
em factories, and the resuits have been
quite satisfactory. If the process is re
munerative, Florida is able to furnish raw
material enough to supply the civilized
world with paper.
Mr. Sinclair, of New Hampshire, has se
cured a sufficient amount of the cassava
root to test its value as a starch producing
vegetable, and has erected a mill for that
purpose in Orange county. The demand
for starch in cotton manufactures is
enormous, and if the cassava contains it in
paying quantities, a large area will be
planted with it next season.
Light frosts have been visible for the
three last mornings, and potato vines and
other tender plants have been nipped. It Is
the sort of weather to send our Northern
visitors in this direction, and, as a general
rule, the colder it is up in those latitudes
the better it is for us.*
That popular aDd well-managed hotel, the
8t. James, will open ite doors on next Thurs
day. As it happens to be Thanksgiving
day the dinner on that occasion will tax all
the cnlinary abilities of the establishment,
and will doubtless do honor to the day aud
the proprietors. AH of the large hotels will
commence operations by the first of Decem
ber.
Observant and intelligent citizens just
returned from New York state that the
Democrats in that big city are not a whit
disheartened by their recent drubbing, and
that they feel perfectly sure of carrying thp
Empire State next’Noveiqber for tlje Demo
cratic candidate for President by the usual
majority. Public feeling there is rapidly
crystalizing around Horatio Seymour as the
strongest and most available candidate.
There is no dcubt but that there is a strong
flood tide ruuning in favor of Gov. Sey
mour.
Dr. French, the Commissioiter of Immi
gration, is industrously engaged in gather
ing data for his forthcoming pamphlet on
the resources and inducements of Florida.
The first work was so hastily prepared that
some errors were overlooked and several
omissions occurred. These have brought
down an unmerited tirade of abase from
various quarters. In the new edition earnest
efforts will be made to present a work which
will not attract harsh criticism, and in which
every portion of the State will receive due
and proper attention.
Thousands of oranges from the upper St,
John’s are now arriving by every steamer,
and the stream of golden fruit will flow con
tinuously northward for the next three
months, where a ready market Is afforded.
It is also the season of sugar boilings, and
for some weeks to come our country couolns
will revel in floods of saccharine enjoy
ments.
The peninsular branch of the West India
Transit Railroad, extending from Waldo to
Lochloosa or Grange Lake, will be thrown
open for travel on the 25th inst, A small
steamer will ply in connection with the
road to all points on the lake. Thus another
internal improvement has been completed,
of great value to the section of country
which it penetrates.
Distinguished visitors are arriving. A
married niece of President Haves is here for
the winter. Several English Nimrods have
gone np to the hammocks to war upon the
deer, bears and turkeys. “King” Grant is
en roule slowly to Florida, pausing here and
there upon the way to receive the homsge
of bis liege subjects, and to inhale the sweet
odor of toadyism and fiunkeydom. Royal
levees will be held weekly. W. H. B.
Failure of the Champagne Crop.—
In Champagne, France, a disaster has
occurred unparalleled for sixty years.
Not a bottle of wine has been harvested;
the loss is terrible for the small grower,
and mounts up to 25,000 or 30.000 francs
for the whole department. The grape
did not ripen, and it has been gathered
only in order to prevent trespassers from
entering the vineyards and damaging
them. ~
ON THE HOAD.
Liberty County —Hlneavllle— Uncle
Toney-Snperlor Coart—Farmer’s
Monthly—Concluding Paragraphs.
Hjnesville, November 18.—Editor Morn
ing Newz: I have made my first visit
Liberty county, and having had such glow
ing descriptions of It from the pens
others “expectation was on tiptoe,” but
“not on the mountain top.” So when
reached McIntosh, on t*e Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, I was not overwhelmed with dis
appointment In not seeing the coach-
and-fonr, of other days. There were
a number of buggies and wagons, and
carts waiting to convey passengers to Hines-
ville, five miles distant. Quite a number of
the Savannah bar were on their way thither.
Each having his friend expecting him, they
were soon provided with transportation,
being my first visit, and no one expecting
me, 1 had to drive a bargain for a convey
ance. It wa< soon accomplished, however,
and with Uncle Toney Axon, an historical
character, aa charioteer, I started
the rear guard of the long pro
cession, heading towards HinesvUle. There
were buggies with moles and with horsef
and wagons with horses and males am
oxen, and carts with the same filled with
men, and ladies, and children, and negroes,
all hurrying onward to study the mysteries
and see the wonders of the Superior Coart
in Hinesville. The flea-bitten grey proved
the better horse, as one after another was
left behind, and we entered the village next
to the foremost conveyance, Uncle Toney
exclaiming, “He not very fast, but mighty
steady.”
Toney has graced the soil of Liberty
man}’ years, and has seen much and remem
bers more than anybody else, unless it is my
friend, Colonel H. H. J., of tbe early his
tory of this section aud its people, both
white and black, that I have ever met with.
I spoke of Axon as being an honored name
in that county, and hoped he would not dis
grace it. “No, no, hose, needn’t fear; Toney
knows what he’s ’boat.”
The hour in transitu had sped away be
fore I had thought of its flight, and we had
halted in front of the vUlage hotel. So
bidding .old Toney and his flea-bitten grey
adieu, with compliments for their rapid
transit, I entered the house and found that
it was kept by that most excellent Christian
lady, formerly of Savannah, Mrs. Martha
Lovell. I was splendidly cared for. Her
Bouse is worthy of more extended patron
age, and I hope those who have business at
Hinesville wiil not forget to help the widow
in her earnest efforts for a livelihood. You
will find both comfort and plenty, and the
kindest of attention.
Hinesville was named after Col. Charlton
Hines, whose princely hospitality will be
remembered by all who visited this spot in
the days of its prosperity. The Idea of a
hotel was not to be thought of or tolerated
every man who visited the place was his
special guest, and was expected to share his
abundant hospitality. The village is not
large, but it has a good population now.
Some of tbe residences are old, hut all, from
their size and arrangement, intimate that
they were built by those who understood
were able to extend the fullest hospi
tality. There is located here a first-class
academy, under the control of Professor
VV. D. Brad well. The grade of scholarship
is high, and resembles more the academy of
forty years ago, when boys coming from its
balls were prepared to enter every depart
ment of life and win 6ucces3. Some of the
former students of this school are now
among the most promising young wen of
the State. Worldly success is the object
sought, but all instruction is based UDon
moral principle, thus cultivating the moral
6ense as well as the mental faculties.
Moral principle has its root in right, and In
to tn«
that looks
welfare
that expediency
of others as well as that of self. Founded
upon this platform the boy is developed
iuto the highest style of manhood, and wiU
prove a blessing to his country and his race
There is but one church in the village—
the Methodist—and it is not what it should
be as to appearance and comfort. The noble
Christian women of the community are now
making strenuous efforts to repair it and
make it. what it ought to be. If there were
one or two other churches here, all would
oe kept in better condition. This is an as
sertion, I know, that does not strike every
body as wise, but It is nevertheless a fact
easy of demonstration.
Tne Superior Court was convened on yes
terday, Judge Fleming presiding. I heard
for the first time the venerable Judge’i
charge to the grand jury. The main points
were written. It was short and concise,and
was presented with an earnestness that con
vinced tho jury that their duty wee no
child’s play, but an honest probing into
every department of the county’s interests.
There have been no criminal cases tried as
yet, but I understand that a very heinous
one is being developed, and may be reached
before the court adjourns. The crowd in
attendance is not as large as usual upon
6uch occasions, so I am informed.
The population of Liberty county has a
better reputation for morals and culture
than many others. They have many pecu
liarities that distinguish them from others.
Among the early settlers was a colony of
Puritans, coming frqai Massachusetts, and
settling in South Carolina first iu a bodv,
then removing to this county, some fifteen
or twenty miles distant from Hinesville.
The old town of Sunbury was their Mecca.
They were ahigh'toncd.hanest an( j prosper
ous people. They gave their children the very
best educational advantages, and some
of them are among the most learned and
eloquent of the present day. These people
were strong in their convictions, and staked
everything upon what they deemed was
right. They had been so trained from child
hood, and’ it became part of their nature.
When the late war began, the major part of
this population were slave owners. They
had elegant homes, and indulged in that
princely hospitality which was one of the
characteristics of a Southern home. They
banded together, and resolved to stance all
in defense of inalienable rights, apd they
lost. Their disappointment was cru6h T
ing, and under* Its weight many
strong hearts gave way and found
rest only in the quietness of the grave.
Others have struggled on through misfor
tune, but have never regained their former
elasticity of spirits, and, in the language of
the veuerable Judge Fleming, they are ex
tremely poor. Their magnificent planta
tions have been as waste land or have pass
ed into other bands. “They have not the
power to rent again,” said one of them to
me. In endeavoring to analyze this want
of power I am persuaded that in many cases
at least it is not so much the lack of the re
cuperative power as the inclination, or
rather it is a despairing subraUsiveness to
what they now tbiuk was Inevitable. If you
ever get a Puritan whipped he is the worst
whipped man in the world—his very faith
keeps him whipped—it was so intended.
Far be ft from me to speak lightly of his
fajth, but this has entered in no small de
gree int? his present condition, and he
seems resigned to his fate. However,among
the younger clas3 the old ambition is re
turning, and believing that all has not been
loatthey are putting forth efforts that will
soon restore this splendid county to its for
mer prosperity. There are some elegant
farms and intelligent farmers in various
rarta of the county now. May their num-
>er increase a thousand fold. And they
wiH, because whenever the world sees pros
perity at a given point, there wiU they
concentrate.
One of the evidences that I basqjny pre
diction of prosperity upon is that in this
county there has been a greater inquiry
after the Farmer's Monthly than in any other
county that I have visited this year, and not
only after onr own monthly, bat after other
agricultural papers.
I am undpr special obligations to Major
O- Clarke, of Doctortown, for assistance
in introducing the Monthly to tbe people
here. He has rendered valuable service.
Also to Captain Bradwell, of the Hinesville
Gazette, and I trust I may some day be able
to return the courtesies and attentions so
kindly bestowed.
I have sad news from horns, and must
leave to-day. But my yisty to Hinesville Will
be lqng remembered. Jack Plane.
Mr. H. W. Miller writes to the editor
of the Philadelphia Press to inform him
that while General Grant was abroad
the citizens of Bulgaria offered him the
crown of that realm.” Mr. Miller should
read the newspapers. In the first place,
the citizens of Bulgaria had no crown to
offer, and, in tbe second place, th§y
never offered General Grant anything of
the kind. Some Bohemian started the
stonr that Grant was to be made Prince
of Bulgaria, but as he had no connec
tions in Europe, except a poor son-in-law
in England, and no royal blood in his
veins, he was not invited to step np.—
Baltimore Gazette.
The fiendish Democrats of Mississippi,
being tired of inflicting upon tbe ooloKd
men such trite and trivia} outrages as
whipping, pickling In brine, running
with bloodhounds, burning alive and the
like, have taken to electing them to the
Legislature. Shade of Chandler, how
long is this h—ish conduct to go unpun
ished by a strong government?—
ington Poet %
Tha New Agitation in Ireland—The
Irish Convention.
Baltimore bun.
There appears to be considerable ex
citement in Ireland growing out of the
arrests of agitators upon warrants charg
ing them with making seditious speeches
about Irish tenant right. The Home
Rule executive committee iu London has
made vigorous protests against these ar
rests, and started a subscription to pro
mote the defense of the prisoners. Pub
lic meetings are to be held, and the
excitement will probably grow to be
much more intense than it now is. Mean
time it is rumored that further arrests
will be made, and tbe announcement
comes from London that the important
garrisons in Ireland will immediately be
reinforced and strengthened. The tenant
right agitation in its present shape is as
much the product of the agricultural dis
tresses of Ireland as of any other cause.
But underlying it, directing it and pro
fiting by it is a much more serious move
ment—that for home rule, which is now
assuming a definite direction, such as
will give unity to its purposes aud its
supporters in the determination to hold
a general Irish convention in 1882, then
and there to present Ireland’s grievances,
and to demand local self-government as
the only effective means of redress. The
date proposed for the convention sug
gested itself to the Irish National Com
mittee because it will be the centennial
of the so called Irish convention of 1T82J
by means of which the repeal of Poyn-
ing’s law wa3 secured. That law, which
dated back to the reign of Henry YIL.
practically put the Irish Parliament
under the complete control of the British
Privy Council, and indeed forbade even
its sessions without the King’s^ ap
proval. In 1780, when ““England was
involved deepest in the war with the
United States and France, Henry Grat
tan began the agitation for the repeal of
Poyning’s law in the British Parliament.
The Irish volunteers, organized at the
opening of the war in 1776, and at this
time a well drilled and well armed force
of seventh-five thousand, rallied
support of Grattan’s motion to a man.
The “ Irish convention ” was called to
gether, and two hundred delegates met
on February 15, 1782, at the Protestant
church in Duncannon, guarded by a host
of volunteers under arms. The conven
tion indorsed Grattan’s motion and de
nounced Poyning’s law with emphasis.
In less than two months after the ad
journment of the convention the British
Parliament repealed Poyning’s law and
restored independence to the Irish
Parliament. Eighteen years later the
Irish Parliament itself disappeared in the
act of union—an act which, it Is claimed,
was procured by tbe grossest and most
flagrant corruption, and which Plunkett,
Grattan, Curran, O’Connell, and their
successors have never ceased to denounce
with savage bitterness. O'Connell’s long
fight for “repeal” resulted in obtaining
the concession of Catholic emancipa
tion. The Home Rulers of to-day have
called the national convention with the
direct object in view of procuring the
restoration of the' Irish Parliament,
without which, they claim, they are less
free than they were when they had
the Parliament, cveu with Poyning’s
law to handicap it. They declare that
an Irish Legislature alone has the right
to legislate for Ireland, and that in this
respect Ireland has less autonomy than
Canada, or Australia, or New Zealand.
Mr. Parnell, already a leader, although
he is but twenty-eight years old, started
the idea of a national convention, and he
wanted one consisting of three hundred
delegates, to be called to meet at Dun
cannon immediately. A committee of
Home Rulers, however, to whom the
matter was submitted, have arranged a
more elaborate plan, and one which will
permit of greater deliberation. They
propose that the convention, of three
Hundred members, sh^lL meet
Dublin in April, 1882, and that
the membership and qualifications
shall be upon the basis of the plan of
Daniel O’Connell for the reconstruction
of the Irish Parliament, and it is proba
ble that their decision will be abided by.
In the meantime the English hostility to
the projeot for a convention is intensified
by the knowledge of the excitement
which must precede and attend its as
sembling, and by the further fear lest
such a convention, when it does meet,
might proceed to imitate the first French
convention, adopt a constitution and re
solve itself at once into a Parliament for
Ireland. This would be revolution-
such as many Irishmen have long desired.
Sop littn*.
If you are a man of business, weakened by the
strain of your duties, avoid stimulants ana take
HOP BITTERS.
If yon are a man of letters, toiling over your
midnight work, to restore brain and
A Rcmetij for Diphtheria.
Coresvonden.ee New Itorh Herald.
Imperial Russian Legation, Wash
ington, November 1G. 1879.—In view
of the increase of diphtheria in several
places of the State of New York I has
ten to communicate to 3'ou for publicity
a very simple remedy, which, having
been used in Russia and Germany, may
prove effective here. Out of several
others, Dr. Letzerich, who made exten
sive experiments in the application of
this remedy, has used it in twenty-seven
cases, eight of which were of a very seri
ous nature, all of which had a favorable
result except in one case, when the child
died froa} a complication of diseases.
For children of one year he prescribes
the remedy, for internal use every one or
two hours, as follows: r
Natr. benzoic, pur. 5 0 solv. in aq.
distillat aq. menth. piper, ana 40.0 syr.
cort. aur. 10.0.
For children from one to three years
old he prescribed it from seven to eight
grammes for 100 grammes of distilled
water, with same syrup; for children
from three to sevefl years old he pre
scribed ten to fifteen grammes, and for
grown persons from fifteen to twenty-
five grammes fox each 100 grammes.
Besides this he uses also with great
success the insufflation on the diphthe
rial membrane through a glass tube in
serious cases every three hours, in light
cases three times a day of the natr. ben
zoic pulypr, For grown people he pre
scribes for gargling a dilution of ten
grammes of this pulver. for 200 grammes
of water.
The effect of the remedy is rapid.
After twenty-four or thirty-six hours the
feverish symptoms disappear completely
and the temperature and pulse become
normal. This remedy was used also
with the same success by Dr. Braham
Braun and Professor Klebs, in Prag; Dr.
Senator, in Cassel, and several others in
Russia and Germany,
Hoping that the publication through
your widely spread paper will prove
beneficial in the United States. I remain,
yours, very truly, N. Shishkin,
Minister of Russia to the United States.
—
A characteristic trait of East Indian hill
character is depicted in the following
narrative: An officer stationed in a hill
district lately visited a town, and while
there made some purchases, attended al
ways by a wild creature of mountains
whom he entertain**! as a personal ser
vant. Iu the course of the day he went
into, a shop to buy a small hut expensive
article, and on galling outside, when at
some distanoe from the door,the hill man,
with all due respect to his master, pro-
ducct’ from his waistband a new cigar
case, which he begged the Englishman to
accept “Where on earth did you get
it?” asked the master. “Sahib,” he re-
plied, “I saw that accursed bunmah was
taking advantage of your soft-hearted
ness, and it went to my soul to norice
haw little you got for so many rupees,
but, Providence be thanked, I got the
chance, when he was not locking, to make
us even with that son of a thief.”
The administration had money to buy
the silence of a returning board, and it
had officers for an army of big and little
thieves. Bat when the mother of the
administration, Eliza Pinkston, kills her
new husband the administration will not
even step forward with funds for the
funeral expenses of its lamented step
father. This Is not creditable to human
nature.—Washington Post.
Some culprits when thev are arraigned
waive an examination. Radical culprits,
arraigned for malfeasance in office, pre
fer to wave the bloody shirt.—World.
HOP BITTERS.
If you ar® young and suffering from any in
discretion or dissipation, take
HOP BITTERS.
If you are married or single, old or young, suf
fering from poor health or languish
ing on a bed of sickness, take
HOP BITTERS.
Whoever you are, wherever you are, whenever
you feel that your system needs cleans
ing. toning or stimulating, with
out intoxicating, take
HOP BITTERS.
Have you dyspepsia. Kidney or urinary com
plaint disease of the stomach, bowels,
blood, liver or nerves? You will
be cured if you take
HOP BITTERS.
If you are simply ailing, are weak and low
spirited, try it! Buy it. Insist upon it.
Tour druggist keeps it.
HOP BITTERS.
It mar save your life. It has saved hundreds.
aov*-M,W,F&wlm
Is called to an invoice
per steamer City of Ma
con of Superior quality
ara <3«utfs.
Every pair warranted.
G. ECKSTEIN & ou.
Fane? Border Handkerchiefs
Extra choice, all Linen, 25 cents.
Ot. ECKSTEIN & CO.
LADIES’ CLOAKS.
Consigned at manufacturers’ prices.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
LICE SCARFS AND FICHUS.
Novelties in White and Black.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
of the latest Parisian
styles. Being purchased
low at United States Cus
tom House sale for under
valuation, we offer same
to the trade at a slight
advance upon their cost,
which must ensure their
speedy sale. An inspec
tion of these Silks will
convince of our correct
ness.
2,000 Yards Linen Damask.
White and Colored. Great Bargains.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
FANCY TABLE COVEBS
Linen and Embroidered Worsteds.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO,
NAPKINS m DOYLIES.
Largest line in the city.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
THE BEST 25c. TOWEL.
Damask or Huckaback.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
Damassee Silks and Satins.
VELVETS, BILK FRINGES.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
Black Cachemires.
Lower than sold anywhere.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
BEST 5-HOOK CORSET, $1.
G. ECKSTEIN & CO.
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£t»l.
COAL!
S COTCH PARLOR.
WELCH PARLOR.
RED ASH, egg and stove sizes.
WHITE ASH, egg and stove sizes.
CUMBERLAND.
Orders promptly filled if sent to boxes at
Messrs. A, ML & (3. W. West’s and Mr. John
Lyon* 1 , wharf foot of West Broad street, 116
Taylor streer, or by telephone exchange to
D. R. THOMAS,
111 BAY STREET.
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COAL, COAL!
AAA TONS COAL, all grades, ior Ztoves,
vUv Grates, Ranges and Steamers, on hand
and for fl«Ie at LOWEST RATES. Full and
liberal weight guaranteed. All orders gWen
to our drivers or sent to our office, 144 Bay
street, will be filled at once.
KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO.
draft Basket Flaiels,
IN ALL SHADES, AT THE ASTONISHING
LOW PRICE OF 50c. PER YARD.
Our various depart
ments being stocked with
bargains, will afford buy
ers an opportunity to in
vest advantageously.
DAVID WEISBEIN,
153 BROUGHTON STREET,
SAVANNAH,
novlS-tf
- - GEORGIA.
GRAY & O’BRIEN.
Auction Specialties
5000 MASK. 8-4, 9-4, 10-4, ranging in price
from 75c. to $1 25 per yard.
200 dozen TABLE NAPKTNS, ranging in price
from 85c. to §2 50 per dozen.
DO dozen fine FANCY DOYLIES, round,
square and oval.
137 dozen TURKEY RED DOYLIES, 60c., 75c>,
cheap at §1 dozen.
50 dozen very fine TURKEY RED DOYLIES,
at 51 dozen: sold everywhere at §2.
300 yards CRASH, PANTRY and GLASS
TOWELING, as low as 5c., 8c., 10c., 12f£c.
BALBRIGGAN HOSE
175dozen Silk Clocked, full regular make,
extra length, $1 50 box, 25c. per pair, and good
value for 50c.
Another lot of those 45-inch aH wool BLACK
CACHEMIRES, at 73c. per yard.
10 pieces all wool BLACK CACHE1HRE, 50c.,
8 inches.
14 pieces very fine ail wool BLACK CACHE-
MIRE, at 75c., good value in any market for §1.
10 pieces Lupin’s all wool BLACK FROU
FROU CLOTil, at 35c., worth 75c.
Gents 9 Neckwear.
75 dozen just received, newest styles.
Gents’ LINEN COLLARS, 4-ply, all Linen.
§1 50 dozen.
Gents’ LINEN CUFFS, 3 and 4 ply, full line
Gents’ STRIPED FANCY HOSE, regular
made, 25c. pair.
• pieces BLACK ALPACA, beautiful lustre,
blue black, 3ta, equal to anything offered to
thi3 market at 5Cc.
Gents’English Half Hose.
Full regular made double heel and toe, $2 50
dozen, 25c. per pair, really worth $4 per dozen.
Gents’Merino Underwear
Gents’ SCARLET SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
Gents’ CANTON FLANNEL SHIRTS and
DRAWERS.
Gents’ MERINO VESTS, 25c., 50c., 75c.. 91.
Si 25, St 50. all wool, very heavy §2 each,
worth §3 50.
Children’s MERINO VESTS, 25c., 30c. and up
to 5125, regular made goods.
Beaver Cloaks.
Ladies’ and Misses’—new line will be opened
this day. §16 Cloaks for §12, very fine diagonals.
GRAY & O’BRIEN.
jgrn&rrs.
COAL, COAL!
‘ ^EST qualities of RED or WHITE ASH
GOAL delivered in the city at $5 to §4 per
ton, as per size and quality, by
Grantham I. Taggart.
124 BAY STREET.
OCtl-W,F&Mtf
Oak, Pine and Lightwood
A LL orders sent us through order boxes,
postal cards or to office will be promptly
filled: R. B. CAfcSELS & BRO.,
norll-tf Taylor and East Broad streets.
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« EXCHANGE PLACE,
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References: Any Bank or Banker in New
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R. M. DEMERE,
(Late of BLUN & DEMERE),
Real Estate & Stock Broker,
8A VANN AH, GA_,
\\f ILL continue in business on his own ac-
V V count, and will give special attention to
oil business intrusted to his care.
Bonds. Stocks and otner Securities and Real
Ee*a?e bought and sold.
Office for the present corner Biyan and
Drayt- n streets. n°v3 N&Tellm
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•n our friends. Messrs. HORTON.
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toberlS.
Stock 0
Official
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street, N. Y.
ment of SlOO in Erie R. R., Oc-
Proportional returns every week on
-ts of $20, §50. 9100. $500.
rts and Circuia.a fr»e. Address
WIGHT A CO., Bankers. 35 Wall
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MANHOOD RESTORED.
P RESCRIPTION FRE ’, for the speedy
of Seminal Weaka- ss. Loss of M«»i
and all disorders brought on by indiscretion or
excess. Any druggist has the ingredients. Ad
dress DAVSDSON A CO.,
je25-W,F.M&wly 78 Nassau street, N.V.
AND CONFECTIONERY. j Y'; sraf-
- to supply families, parties and i F nal Weakness Lost Manhood, and aO dfe
with everything in my • orders brought on by indiscretion or exoeaa. '
Any dragateEhas the Ingredients. Dx. JAQUXB
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