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J. H. ESTILL,
Savannah Ga, •
71V SORROW’S SIGN.
O murmurous Spirit of the Pine!
Tt.Mii secm’st to droop and nestle nigh!
HaVt ihou then read my sorrow’s sign ?
Wh I' grief of thine dost thou resign
I,, »-.-ho her • my soul’s 1 w cry,
, i niiirinurous Spirit of the Pine ?
What need for me to build a shrine
'I*,»,-tay the peop’e passing by.
If »h ’i! nast read my sorrow’s sign ?
t{)mii hast no marble-mark to thine;
' l ike mine, thy grief i* always shy,
0 murmurous spirit of the Pine!
>'o shall rise to measure mine.
Nmp need the cold wor.'d marvel why,
mV .- thou hast read my sorrow’s sign.
p,, r mine the stars shall rise and shine
l i,m the constellations die:
j.-, , ih«Hi hast read my sorrow’s sign,
murmurous Spirit of the Fine!
./. C. Harris in Atlanta Constitution.
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Georgia Affairs.
The proprietor of the piece of ground on
which .Iordan Sheats was hung intends
makimr of the same a watermelon patch
next tear. He thinks that the superstitious
fears of his cole-red fellow citizens will se
cure immunity to his melons.
oq u r about the 15th of December the
II -me Tribune proposes to issue an illus
trated trade paper, “setting forth Rome’s
advantages in every conceivable light,
Tue paper will contain woodcuts of all the
public buildings and places of note In and
a >,out the Eternal City.
Drew, the blue ribbon evangelist of At
hiita, is, .-ays the Phonograph, a modest,
ijiiiet man, uneducated, and was once the
,->rt of a drinker. The secret of
*-- lies in his earnestness.
T! e Americus Jit carder publishes a list of
eleven names of residents in Lee county, the
vounge.-t of whom is 6eventv-seven years,
and the oldest niuety-two. Besides these
there arc a number of citizens in the county
be*ween tifty eight and sixty-five j’ears of
a_v. L- e is the banner couuty for longevity
s-j far.
un bus Nimrod killed in one hunt
•r day, by actual count, forty-three
bree “blue peters,” four snipes, one
e.-ides a few smaller birds, some
etc. The goose measured 6^x feet
to tip of the wings. That is said to
best score ever made by any one
• n iu that seciion. »
Draper, a colored woman, who lives
n-^ar N.wbridge, Lumpkin county, and who
b eighty years of age, has, according to the
Gaiii--ville Eagle, piekvd tweuty-six bun
dre i pounds of cotton in the last month, or
an average of one hundred pounds for each
walking day.
Mr. A. J. Comer recently showed to the
Gainesville Eagle a handsome lot of straw-
berri- s wbieh he had just gathered from his
vines.
Nearly everybody in Washington, Wilkes
county, took advantage of the re
cent snow storm to engage in the very
uuusiial amusement of a regular snow
bail contest. The Gazette says that
whenever a man appeared on the
streets be had to run like a racer, and even
then barely escaped with his life, and never
with-i.it a dozen licks.
The Blackshear Sexes, having dispensed
with pa’ent outsides, wants to know how
we like its appearance. First rate.
The spirit of speculation is rife in the
land, and has even entered into politics.
The (ire r.sboro Home Journal says that
U-v Dr. Felton speaks very despondingly
of Democratic futures.
The Macville South Georgian announces
that on the 22d of October last, Melton, son
of J. \Y. Stephenson, left bis father’s home
and has not siuce been beard from. Any
information as to his whereabouts will be
grat. fuhy received by his father, whose
post ( Hi:e address is Jacksonville, Telfair
county, (is. The boy is described as being
about fifteen years old, of low stature, pale,
unhealthy complexion, and has a mole on
his ehiii. Exchanges are requested to
The Valdosta Times is pained to announce
that the oak trees in that town are dying out
one by one, and that in a few years the only
trees ie‘t to .-hade the sidewalks will be the
old fas 1 i->ned china tree. It suggests the
setting out of sycamores.
The >>. 'tihorpe Echo is informed that exo-
flas a/ei.i- are now at work in that county,
trying to get the negroes to move to Kan-
sis. Several secret meetings have been held
in churchi *», and it is reported that a num
ber of f tmilies have decided on leaving
about Christmas. The Echo says “no obsta
cle wi;i b.* put in their way. Nearly all of
our farmers have been broke trying to work
free negroes, and they will gladly dismiss
them with a blessing But there is one
^hing our friends had better look to, that
jiniltes don’t run off and leave
nient members behind. If an
Jt-s set in let it be a sweeping
head- (
the dc
exodus
oue.”
It is stated that the farmers of the Flat
Woods district of Oglethorpe county are
Ter y enibufidstic on the 6uject of small
STu'm. and that large areas are being sown
"heat and oats.
A friend writing from Tarboro Post Office,
Camden county, renewing his subscription
*o the Weekly writes: “To be without
the Savannah Weekly News would be like
'osiug a friend, a dear friend.”
g^le5worth and Mrs. Smith, who
saniv? house in Dublin, engaged
ir row a .few days since, which,
he timely arrival of the Town
might have terminated seriously,
both arrested, but f° r some
other were discharged without
•bed. The Gazette says they “be-
• second walks of life.”
< "..dilution : “In Fulton Superior
r** Judge Erwin there is progress-
1,,; of the largest suits for slander ever
Mr-.
Man
Thei
Cot
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1879
ESTABLISHED 1850.
On the subject of “social equality,” the
Oglethorpe Echo says: “We hear of Several
white families in this county—that pass for
respectable—who are in the habit of allow
ing negroes in their employ to eat at the
same table with them and treat them as if
their equals. We also hear of certain white
men and their wives who attend colored
frolics and eat and dance with the dusky
bucks and wenches, but of course they are
from the lowest grade of society. To this
commingling of the races can be traced
nine-tenths of the difficulties between them.
Let a white man stay in his place and the
darkey is sure to remain in his. A negro
has no respect for a white person who
lowers himself to his standard, for It is
only done to get an opportunity to swindle
him.”
Telfair' South Georgian: “Oh the snow, the
beautiful snow ! shouted the boys, and some
of the girls too, on Wednesday last, eaeh
party, at the same time of yelling, rolHmr a
good sized ball and pelting away at Fhe
nearest person in sight. It was a novel sight
in these parts, and much rich fun was en-
joyed amongst both girls and boys for a
duration of half an hour, by which time
owing to so much rain having previously
faHen, the snow had all melted and every
thing had become as it used to was.”
“We learn that on 8unday night las’,”
6ays the Gainesville Eagle, “Mr. William
Ar ^. 0l i r ’, an .u ld and res Pectable citizen who
resided in the upper part of this county,
committed suicide by hanging himself. We
have been unable to get the details of the
sad affair, but could only get the following
facts : It seems that on 8unday night Mr
Armour retired about the usual hour and in
his usual health as far as the family knew
That sometime in the night he got out of
bed, put on his shoes and went out of the
house. After he had been gone some time,
Mrs. Armour becoming uneasy awoke the
family and instituted search, which was
continued until his body was found a little
distance from the house suspended to the
limb of a peach tree by a trace chain. When
found life was extinct. Mr. Armour was
about sixty-five years old, was reared and
had always lived in the neighborhood where
he died, and was a man of good character
and a substantial citizen/’
The Valdosta Time# publishes the follow
ing “Item for Blaine:” “Two darkies got
into a little dispute on the McKay place a
few nights ago, and one hauled out his po
tato blade and disemboweled the other.
This is another Southern outrage which
Blaine ought to make a note of. He can
make magnificent capital out of it by tell lug
a little lie—which he does not hesitate in
doing when necessary. Just say that the
fellow that did the carving was a white man
and a son of a rebel Brigadier. It will be
worth thousands of votes for Grant.”
Cedarlown Advertiser: “About 12 o’clock
Tuesday, the Cherokee Hotel, occupied and
kept by Judge Esnlow, was discovered to be
on fire, and in a few minutes almost the
whole building was iu flames and no efforts
could extinguish it. The citizens of the
town were promptly’ on the ground and
everything possible was done to remove and
preserve the furniture, and so far as we can
learn almost every article of furniture and
clothing in the house was saved with com
paratively little damage. The doors,
window sashes aud everything which could
be cut loose from the Duildiug were pre
served.”
Rome Tribune: “As we write the happy
and joyous notes of the darkies, working at
the compress or somewhere else, reach us
through our window, reminding us of old
times ‘down South’ before the war. We
have heard these same joyous strains at
c rn shut-kings in old Virginia; and as we
c m observe, the darkies are little or no hap
pier now than they were In ante-bellum days.
Nevertheless, they are happy, as they near
ly always are. They scarcely ever take
thought for to-morrow. Happy darkies!
Many a white man might envy y our freedom
of spirit, your happy songs and your ‘devil-
may care’ disposition.”
Eatonton Broad-Axe (22d inst.): “To date
5.007 bales of cotton have been shipped
from the Eatonton depot this season. The
staple sold very readily for 10% on yester
day. To November 20,187G, Eatonton ship
ped from her depot 6,780 bales ; up to same
date, 1877, something over 5,000 bales, and
ere this period of last year her receipts were
in the neighborhood of S,000, but the much
desired article could then be bought for 8%
cents.”
»nowi] to the records of this court.
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Mr.
Jackson has brought an action
Mr. Wm. Markham, laying damages
The cause alleged for the suit
\ Mr. Markham in conversation with
J E. Iirvaut made some remarks which
ec ‘-' tfi upon Mr. Jackson’s honor in a
try li.-iicute way. It seems that Mr. bryant
j° D jniunicated the conversation to Mr.
’J'/'dii, who began the suit for damages
is now pending. The first cause of
difficulty seems to lie back in a political
jjaeretice. Ir is well known that before
/ e Republican organization In the
--•ite went hopelessly to pieces there
er.- two wings of it in Atlanta. Mr.
*J*rkham affiliated heartily with one
i Uie«e and Mr. Jackson threw his influence
. “ U*e other. Both were zealous, and it
■Ppears that out of their zeal was born an
u ' a ? )f:ism incident to which was the con-
^rsat'on in which Mr. Markham is 6aid to
W'e scored Mr. Jackson so severely. The
wm ha '. r !‘ vi ved many of those animosities
uleh divided the Atlanta Republicans, and
lini ^ er i )r °gree« is liable to produce some
animosity among the leaders of the an-
Roniftic elans. Crowds of witnesses have
. er< ■“■'limn- ned, and the trial will continue
1 0 yet. Judge McKay and John Con-
j-’ r-q , represent Mr. Markham, while
for Wrlt?ht and Hoke Smith are counsel
,_ r Mr. Jackson. There was 6ome lively
legal
ofth ®P arr ing yesterday, and as the merits
ne case have as yet been barely suggested,
^gtochlents * cont ^ n ^ I ° 11 lntere8tr '
Florida Affairs.
The Jacksonville Breeze thinks that the
present is Florida’s opportunity. It says
that the wonderful prosperity, wide spread
over the North, East and West, must reach
Florida in its happy and fruit bearing in
fluences and in all probability is a tide in
the interests of ti nt St.te such as has not
been experienced iu the past, because ebiefty
that what is done now in barter or sale in
lands or property will be done on a real
basis and not on that artificial basis hereto
fore caused by an inflated and unreal cur
rency. It thinks the people of the State
ought to seize upon the present opportunity
and utilize it to their advantage.
The Tallahassee Patriot, a Republican
paper, denounces the statements of that
man Parr in his recent letter to the Bing
hamton Republican, as “villainous slan
ders.”
The Florida Patriot says that “a factory
will be started in Gadsden county which
will convert cotton seed Into yarn and
thread.” That beats the Clement attach
ment all to pieces, for this latter only
claims to convert 6ced cotton into yarn. But
the world Is all the time progressing.
A colored man while engaged iu stealing
sugar cane from a farm, about seventeen
miles from Tallahassee, was fired upon and
killed by a young whi e man in charge of
the place, one day last week. The names
of the parties to the afftir are not given
but it seems that the man who di<l the
shooting ordered two negroes who were
stealing hl6 cane to desist, but they paid no
attention to him, and went on stealing be
fore bis eyes. He then fired with the above
result, and though it was clearly a case of
justifiable homicide, he became alarmed at
what he had done, and left for parts un
known.
The Columbus Enquirer Sun reports a
mystery which occurred during the Bain-
bridge Fair, held a week or so ago.
It seems that a gentleman went to the
fair and suddenly disappeared. For a day
or two friends supposed he had gone home,
but as nothing was heard from him, search
and inquiry by telegraph was made. Friends
had been with bid on the previous evening,
and all were drinking freely. Next morning
he was missing. His room in the hotel was
entered, when it was discovered he had left
with nothing on but his underclothing.
Although friends have done all in their
power to find trace of him, their efforts have
been fruitless. His uame is Oscar Ricks,
and he is a farmer from Jackson county,
Florida, and went to Bainbridge with sev
eral hundred dollars in his pocket.
The Feruandina Jfirror, with its last
issue, closes its first volume, and, with its
second, it proposes to turn over a new leaf.
Heretofore it has been a weekly; hereafter
it will be a semi-weekly. We tender our
congratulations on this evidence of success.
The total amount of tax to be assessed
this year in Nassau, county, for all purposes,
will be $17,0IS 3L The amount to^ be
assessed per capita will be $1 70 on the $100
of property. Last year it was $2 15 on the
$100.
The Fernandina Mirror says: “The Penin
sular Railroad is now open for traffic, and
passengers and freight can be sent to the
Orange Lake region by way of this new
route with a great saving of time and ex
pense.”
The Gainesville Sun 6ays the total valua
tions of Alachua county are shown to have
Increased nearly $300,000 since last year.
There has been an increase in almost every
thing except taxes, and they have fallen
immensely. Jn another year, if the valua
tions increase in the /county a* they have in
the past year, the aggregate of yalues ip the
county will amount to $2,000,000.
The Key West VideUe has suspended,
A flowing well of sulphur water has been
struck in Sanford at the depth of sixty-two
feet.
The Sumter Advance 6ays that buzzards
walk on the street* ol Leesburg as tamely
as chickens.
The editor of the Madison Recorder is
pluming himself mightily because he has
been promoted from the ranks to the po
sitlon of Fourth Corporal of the Madison
Guard*.
At the Florida Exposition, to be held In
Jacksonville, $50 in gold will be offered for
the best drilled artillery company, and $50
for the best drilled infantry company In the
State.
The cultivation of the castor bean, and
the manufacture of a firm and white tallow,
and a fine article of soap therefrom, is
among the prospective industries of
Florida.
We see it stated that a company has been
organized in Jefferson county for the par-
pose of opening the navigation of the Wa-
cissa and Aucilla rivers to the Gulf. It is
claimed that this route will effect a saving
of two dollars a bale on cotton to Savannah,
and also reclaim much valuable land.
Jacksonville Breeze: “Mr. S. Fairbanks has
just returned from a short trip to Middle
Florida. He is enthusiastic over that beau
tiful fertile section, that although the sea
son had seriously affected the cotton crops,
yet as a larger area had been planted the
t-jtal crop will foot up quite as much as last
year. The smaller farmers have done well,
and the people are hopeful. The recent ad
vance in cotton has added largely to
value of that, and at every town
and depot cotton was coming In,
at least a thousand bales at stations waiting
shipment. Quincy, Tallahassee, Monticel-
lo, Madison, Like Oak, Lake City, all show
marked improvement in new buildings,
many of brick (made at each place), mer
chants’ stock large, and business fair. The
fair of Middle Florida, to be held on the
15th of December at Tallahassee, is attract
ing general interest and promises to be the
largest and best ever held in Florida. Men,
women and children are looking forward to
it as a holiday week. No finer opportunity
could present itself for our people in the
east, residents as well as visitors, to visit
that section of the State.”
Tallahassee Patriot: “On Tuesday last,
as Mr. Charles Parkhill, telegraph operator
at Bailey’s Mills, was going through the
manual of arms (in drilling for the coming
fair), at the command right oblique, fire,
he pulled the trigger, and. to the astonish
ment of all by-standers, who were many,
both white and colored, the gun went off,
the ball passing through a colored man’s
head, killing him instantly. The gun had
been snapped a Dumber of times before
whilt- going through the same manmuvre,
and no one had the slightest idea that it
was load 'd. The only wouder is that, the
young man who was drilling Parkhill was
not killed, as the gun had just been pointed
toward him and suapped at the command
front fire. This affair is a very unfortuuate
one for all concerned, aud should be an
other warning to all never to point a gun
toward any one, whether loaded or not, and
military companies, while drilling, should
never allow any one to stand in front of
them.”
Pensacola Advance: “It seems from the
almost daily applications ma le to the Judge
or Probate by colored people that either the
o!d adave, ‘True love never ruus smooth,’ or
the domestic happiness of colored couples
W’as a thing of short duration, if not dream
or a chimera. We are told by Judge Avery
that he has on an average one application
every day from either man or wife among
our colored population seeking his interces
sory aid to still some domestic broil. These
cases are often disposed of by the Judge
without, any cost whatever to the county.
But why is it they caunot dwell in unity to
gether V This thing of one half falling out
with the other half, and thus causing a per
petual turmoil, is not only calculated to fud
die a magistrate but discourage future ef
forts at eleemosynary aid by Northern phi
lanthropists and humanitarians—forty acres
aud a mule, for iustauce.”
Sanford Journal: “We have now seventeen
arrivals of steamers weekly at Sanford, af
fording excellent facilities for the influx of
strangers and the shipments of fruits aud
vegetables. In a few more years double
this number of steamers can scarcely carry
away the products of the orange‘groves,
truck gardens and farms of Orange county.”
“One of our citizens who has been spend
ing the summer in New York,” says the
Jacksonville Union, “and who has had un
usual facilities for becoming familiar with
the sentiments of the people, says that the
feeling of bitterness toward the South is
more intense now than it has been at any
period since the war, but from his observa
tion be is convinced that this bitterness is
confined almost entirely to the Republican
element. This feeling is intensified, be
thinks, because of the fear that the Demo
crats will next year elect the President; they
feel that Tilden was elected in 1876, and
they fear the success of the party in 1880.
He thinks there will be a reaction in favor
of the South, and states that leading Demo
crats with whom he conversed since the New
York election are verv confident of a party
triumph next year. The outlook, he thinks,
is altogether encouraging.”
Jacksonville Union: “Wednesday morn
ing Mr. Janies Reed and a lad by the name
of Daniel Baxley arrived in the city from
Middleburg, Clay county, in a sail boat,
with a cargo of shingles and country pro
duce. About noon they disposed of their
cargo, and took on another of goods, etc.,
and started back to Middleburg, aud wbea
opposite Black Point Mr. Reed fell from the
boat and 6unk out of sight. Baxley rau the
boat, into Mandarin and reported that Mr.
Reed was sitting on the stern of the boat,
steering with oue hand and holding on
to a rope with the other. The ropy broke
and be tumbled overboard. He could aot
swim, and of course was drowned imme
diately. Deceased came to this city from
Boston, about two years si"ce, and was en
gaged in running the smack as a freight
boat. He is said to have been a man much re
spected about Middleburg. He has no rela
tives In this section of the country, was un
married, and about twenty five years of age.
He was drowned about 3 o’clock, and at
last accounts his body had not been recov
ered.”
Leesburg Advance: “The principal topic
cf conversation this week has been of the
sudden aud mysterious disappearance of
Mr. J Nat Moore, who was last seen on the
evening of the 9rb. Jle left town Saturday-
night and his horse reached home riderless.
Parties have been searching for him since
Sunday, but nothing definite has been ascer
tain^. It is not generally supposed that he
is dead iu the woods, but circumstances
seem to be quite conclusive that such is the
case. Parts of the saddle have since been
found by some of the searchers. We hope
this mystery will be solved soon by the ap
pearance of Mr. Moore.”
A BLOODY AFFRAY.
Two IflUsonrl Farmers Kaye a
Dnel with Knives—Both Hacked
to Death.
. ; pec.... ~ — —
from Memphis. Tenn., gives the particu
lars of a blooay affray which occurred
Thursday just one mile below Lintdale,
Mo. It' appears that P. H. Nicholas
owned a sow, which trespassed upon the
land belonging to A. M. Crockett, which
had its leg broken in being driven off of
Crockett’s place. They met in the road
and quarrelled. Nicholas was in a
wagon coming from Lintdale; Crockett
was on horseback. Nicholas threatened
to prosecute Crockett for damage that had
been done to bis sow. Crockett said:
“We’ll settle it right here.” Nicholas
said that he would go back to his wagon
and fix his coffee so it wouldn’t spill, and
then fight him. Crockett was armed
with a pocketknifc and Nicholas had a
dirk. They at once engaged in a deadly
combat, in which Nicholas’ throat was
cut from ear to ear in such a terrible
manner that his tongue dropped out on
the ground. Jle was cut thirteen times,
aud died at once. Crockett received eigh
teen cuts, and was butchered almost be
yond recognition. He lived ljut five hours.
Both were \yell to do farmers, residing
three miles from Lintdale, and eaph bore
the reputation of being peaceable.
It appears by “Mac’s” letter that Gen
eral Grant sent to Boss Shepherd, the
head of the plundering Washington
“ring” under the last administration, a
special and particular invitation to at
tend the Chicago celebration. This
shows that Grant has not cast off the
ring men, his alliance with whom, in
their plundering Treasury raids, made
his administration so expensively odious.
His man Russell Young, when abroad
with him. caused a statement to be sent
to this country, and widely published,
that Grant had definitely resolved to cut
loose from these disreputable rings for
ever. It looks yery much, now, as if
General Grant, feeling sure qf getting
the nomination for a third term, anq
thinking he is strong enough with his
>arty to bear all that he bore when in the
vVhite House, had resolved to kick over
and boldlv smash that little tub to the
offended whale, and openly to show him
self in bis old colors. The whisky riDg
leaders of St. Louis and Chicago, in hur
rahing for the third time, know what
and whom they are working tor,—Hart
ford Tima.
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE
SWINDLER RYAN
ESCAPES.
AGAIN
No News of
His Capture Yet Re
ceived.
Special Telegram to the Morning News.
Albany, Ga., November 24.—Harry J.
Ryan, the insurance swindler, made his es
cape last night again—this time from jail.
One other prisoner, a negro, also escaped.
No news of their capture has been received
up to this time.
NOON TELEGRAMS.
PASTORAL FROM THE ARCH
BISHOP OF DUBLIN.
THE MAINE ELECTION MUDDLE.
A NEW PERUVIAN MINISTRY.
THE BALLA MEETING IN IRELAND.
Death of the Editor of the London
Times
Minor New* Item*.
TUB MAINE ELECTION MTJDDLE.
Augusta, November 24.—The Governor
and Council have given notice that they
will be iu session from the 1st to the 13th of
December for the purpose of examining the
official returns of the election, and candi
dates claiming irregularities or other causes
presumed to vitiate their election will
have a reasonable opportunity to be heard
personal!}’. A telegram from a member
of the Republican advisory committee states
that the Republican Senators and Repre
sentatives elect from every county in the
State will be present at the opening of the
hearing on Monday, December 1st, each to
see for himself the precise nature of the
returns from his district, in order to have
corrections made if errors can be found.
PASTORAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.
London, November 24.—The pastoral of
Archbishop McCabe of Dublin was read in
all the Catholic Churches yesterday de
claring that all must take part in bearing
the burden of bad harvests in
Ireland, but they must take care
not to drive God from their side
by a violation of his law. The pastoral also
says: “Unfortunately, men proclaiming
.-ympatby for the people arc disseminatiug
doctrines which if pushed to their logical
conc!u*’on strike at the root of good faith
and mutual confidence.”
NEW PERUVIAN CABINET.
Panama, November 24.—Ueneral Lapuer-
ta has a new Cabiuet formed in Peru, this
time of his personal friends and fellow
workers in politics. General Lacotera is
Minister of War, D Buenaventura Elgeria, 1
Minister of Interior; D J. M. Qulmper,
Minister of Finance; D. Rafeal Velarde.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and D. Adalfo
Quiroga, Minister of Justice.
THE BALLA MEETING.
London, November 24.—The only dis
quieting circumstances concerning the meet
ing at Balia, county Mayo, on Saturday last,
was the military order and discipline ob
served by the processionists, and which was
evidently the result of training.
FIRES IN ALGIERS.
Algiers, November 24.—The city is in a
state of great excitement because of recent
ly repeated fires A judicial inquiry Is pro
ceeding as to their cause.
DEAD.
London, November 24.—John Thaddeus
Delane, late editor of the London Times, is
dead. Aged 62
) Ot;r fl* BAlLBOAD COLLISION. '* 1
New London; Conn., November 24.—A
collision between the freight and passenger
train on the New London Northern Railroad
occurred this morning between Palmer and
Three' Rivers, Mass; The engines of both
trains and two or three cars were wrecked.
Seven persons were injured, more or less
severely, the majority of them
being trackmen of the road, who were
riding in the baggage car of the passenger
train. Homer Williams, engineer of the
freight train, had both legs broken, and his
fireman was seriously Injured in the back.
The collision was due to the stoppage of the
freight engineer’s watch, through which he
was twelve minutes behind the schedule
time.
WASHINGTON WEATHER PROPHET.
Office of the Chief -ignal observes,
Washington, D. C., November 24.—Indica
tions for Tuesday:
Iu the South Atlantic and Gulf States,
falling barometer, southerly winds, generally
veering to westerly, and warmer, clear or
partly cloudy weather.
In the West Gulf States, Tennessee and
the Ohio valley, falling barometer, increas
ing southwesterly winds, warmer, partly
cloudy weather, and possibly light local
rains, followed by rising barometer and cold
northerly winds.
In the Middle States, increasing southerly
winds, generally veering to westerly, and
warmer clear or partly cloudy weather, fol
lowed In the northern portion by snow or rain.
crushing defeat of the allies in south
AMERICA.
Paris, November 24.—Antony Gibbs &
Sons, merchants of this city, have received
a telegram from Valparaiso announcing that
a decisive victory has been gained by the
Chilians over the Peruvians and Bolivians,
near Iquique. The defeat of the allied forces
is described as crushing.
REPUBLICAN DEBTFAYEB ELECTED.
Norfolk, Va., November 24.—The Board
of State Senatorial Canvassers in Norfolk
county to day gave a certificate of election
to Jonathan E. Bousch, Republican Debt-
payer.
TWENTY YEARS HARD LABOR.
Trenton, November 24.—Graham, the
confederate of Hunter In the murder of
Armstrong at Camden, was sentenced to
day to twenty years at hard labor.
DEMAND FOR HIGHER WAGES.
London, November 24.—The tin plate
workers demand five per cent, advance in
wages, which will probably be yielded to,
the manufacturers being- crowded with or
ders.
DISABLED STEAMER.
Halifax, November 24.—The steamer
City of Richmond, with a broke* shaft, has
been towed In here by the steamer Circas
sian. All well on board.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
EVENING TELEGRAMS.
THE TRIAL OF THE SLIGO PRIS
ONERS BEGUN.
Efforts to Have Western Produce
Shipped via Port Rojal.
HELP FOR THE IRISH SUFFERERS
Sanitary Precautions in Hemplils.
EFFECT OF THE IRISH ARRESTS.
Railroad Collision in Massachusetts.
Crualilne Defeat ol the Allies by the
Chilian Force*.
THE SLIGO TRIAL.
Sligo, November 24 —The prisoners ar
rested last week and lodged in jail here
were charged before the Magistrate to-day
with sedition. Mr. Alonroc, Queen’s count el
and Crowu law adviser, conducted tt-e
prosecution. The Inquiry will be very pro
tracted. Charles G. Parnell and a number
of priests were present in court. There
was no demonstration. The prisoners
were brought to court under
heavy escort. There is a great
.•row'd in Sligo and extra policemen
have been drafted. Mr. Rea, solicitor, of
Belfast, himself at one time a political pris
oner, defended Killen. The prisoners all
looked well and chatted unconcerned. The
court room was crowded, although tickets
were necessary to secure admission.
Mr. Louden, counsel for Daly, applied for
a copy of the notes which the goverumeut
shorthand writer had taken at the meeting.
The application was granted. Mr. Monroe
in open mg the case for the prosecution
pointed out that sedition meant not only
open violence, but anything calculated to
iucile disaffection, or to set one class against
another. He then proceeded to call the
evidence,
TnE DISTRESS IN IRELAND.
London, November 24.—A correspondent
of tne Manchester Guardian says : “Lord
Beacousfield on Saturday requested the at
tendance at his official residence of a very
active and prominent member of the Home
Rule parly, with whom he conversed
a long time about the petition of
the Irish members of Parliament, praying
that the government relieve the prevailing
disrress in many parts of Ireland, the
greatest of which results from the scarcity
of fuel. Lord Beacon?field declared that
the government were favorably disposed to
the prayer of the memorialists, and that
they contemplate sending large quantities
of coal to the ports nearest to the distressed
districts, to be distributed by the poor law
officers and relief committees at cost price.
EFFORT TO SECURE WESTERN TRADE FOB
PORT ROYAL.
8t. Louis, November 24-—Peter Papin, of
the Port Royal Harbor* Improvement and
Steamship Company of Port Royal, S. C.,
addressed a meeting of merchants this after
noon on the subject of an organized move
ment to send Western produce to Port Roy
al for exportation, instead of to more north
ern points. He made a lengthy statement of
the advantages of this scheme to Western
shippers by shortening railroad transporta
tions to the seaboard, the superiority of its
harbor, its entire freedom from ice, cheap
ness of handling freight, etc., and apparent
ly made a strong and favorable impression
on i hose present. The Board of Directors
of the Merchants’ Exchange will consider
the subject to-morrow.
SANITARY PRECAUTIONS IN MEMPHIS.
Memphis, November 24.—The 8anltary
Commission of the National Board of Health,
the city authorities, and a commission
appointed by the citizens’ mass meeting on
sanitation, held a conference at noon to
day. The meeting was called for a general
interchange of ideas with regard' to
sanitary matters. Dayis H. Hadden,
representing the Citizens’ Committee,
pledged a strict compliance on the part of
the people with all suggestions made by
the committee for the improvement of the
condition of the city. Charles Herman, of
Louisville, who made a survey of the city
several years ago, will arrive to morrow to
aid in a new survey that is to be made.
EFFECT OF THE ABRESTS IN. IRELAND.
London, November 24—Newspapers of
opposite political views agree that the
arrests of Davltt, Killen and Dalv in Ire
land, have bad the effect of redneing the
anti-rent agitators to an abandonment of
Incendiary language in their speeches. The
Tfqdg News thinks that the agitation will
henceforth become more' disciplined and
organised, while the Times anticipates that
it will sopn die out, as the audience* at the
meetings will soon tire of listening to dull
speeches.
A NORTHERN OUTRAGE.
Virginia. III., November 24—John and
Robert Taylor quarrelled with the Eismann
brothers jesterday, and knives were freely
used. Oue of the Eismanns died from his
injuries, aud the other is not expected to
live. Officers are in pursuit of the Taylors,
who escaped unhurt.
Kev. Dr. Felton’s Letter—How It 1*
Interpreted In W»»hln*ton—A Pro
test—demptlon of Legal Tenders
—The Oglethorpe Barrack*.
Special Correspondence of the Morning News.
Washington, November 22.—The edito
rial column of the News, and also of the
Atlanta Contfitution, say that my dispatches
in regard to Felton’s letter were somewhat
incorrect. The Constitution 6ays : “The
young man who sent the dispatches to the
Savannah News must have been sadly mis
informed.” It is stated that the impres
sion given In the News specials that Felton
renounced In his precious 6creed all allegi
ance to the Democratic party was unfound
ed. The first public mention made of the
existence of this letter was In the
News. A gentleman who had read
it told me about Its contents. He
said in as many words that Felton had cut
loose from the Democracy. When the next
day I made full inquiry about the letter, the
same impression was conveyed. Everybod}’
who heard anything of it, and everybody
here who has read it, is of the opinion that
Felton entirely cuts loose from his party.
When I had a full copy of the letter in my
hand and read it, it never once came across
my mind that any misrepresentation had been
made. And what we want to know here is
how it would be possible for Felton to cut
loose from the party if he has not done
so by hia letter. And further, what
sort of Democracy is it that
thinks Felton, with his sentiments,
does not renounce all allegiance formally to
the party. I am at a loss to see how auy
one, except those who sympathize with him,
can assert that what the News dispatches
contained was a misrepresentation. While
in this order of writing please allow me to
protest against the editor of the Con
stitulion's calling me “a young man.’ 1
The gray patches in my head arise ip
rebellion against “the young man"
publication. I will give the editor
a month’s start, and wager that before next
Christmas I can beat him ten years on age.
It may, by way of postscript, be of interest
to add that the Felton letter, or a copy of it,
went into the hands of John Sherman, Sec
retary of the Treasury, some days before
any publication of it was made.
WILL THE LEGAL TENDER NOTES BE RE
TIRED ?
It is stated by some who are well in
formed that the Secretary of the Treasury
will get on another side of the financial
question. There are very few sides that
^!r. Sherman has not been on. In his re
port, which will be submitted to Con-
grrss December 1st, he will, it is
stated, recommend * the retirement
entirely, tboueh of course gradually, of the
United States legal tender notes. Mr. Knox,
Comptroller of the Currency, will recom
mend this action in hia report. Mr. Knox
is, however, a most firm and staunch
f riend to and upholder of the national bauks.
The retirement of the $346,6S0,00O legal
tender notes would of course play into the
banks’ hands. Their notes would have to
take the place of the l#gal tenders. This
would largely increase the power and lever
age in this country of the already powerful
system of natiouai bauks. There is no
d ub ; that the retirement of the legal tenders
will be attempted in the nex r > session,
whether SLeiuian recommends it or not. A
member of the House from New York city
already has a bill repealing the Fort bill of
1878, which prohibited the further contrac
tion of the currency and pr viding for a
gradu -1 redemption and destruction of all
legal tender notes. It is calculated at the
Treasury that coin could easily be paid out
ate rate monthly*sufficient to redeem aud
destroy the outstanding legal tender circu
lation In from fifteen to twenty years. The
scheme, however, will have much seripus
opposition. The national banks are
too powerful now in the minds of
very many, and any legislation, it would
seem, will further increase their power. The
whole moneyed interest of New York is in
favor of the plan, though, aud will make a
united movement to secure legal tender re
tirement. It Is a little strange to look back
and remember tha f about a 3 ear ago the na
tional bank interest was content to defend
itself, and note now the aggressive attitude
that it is assuming in order to increase its
power. As a matter of fact, the legal ten
der notes will finally have to be pa!d
in coin and destroyed, if there is to be re
demption. But the question is an open one,
witb a negative answer almost assured,
whether the people care so much 'for re
demption as to throw the issuance of that
most convenient of all kinds of currency,
paper money, into the hands of a few in
stitutions.
THE OGLETHORPE BARRACKS.
The project of the sale of Oglethorpe
Barracks will go into Congress with favora
ble official recommendation. As heretofore
mentioned, General Sherman recom
mends in his annual report the
sale of certain pieces of pufilic property now
owned and occupied for military purposes,
or their being turned ovei* to the Interior
Department as public lands, and that he
favors the sale of the Oglethorpe Barracks.
The Secretary of War, In his annual report,
which he will give to the public to-morrow,
will make a recommendation similar to that
o f Gen. Sherman on this subject. If the
people of Savannah want to purchase the
barracks the recommendations of General
Sherman and Secretary McCrary will have
weight with Congress, and there is no doubt
that a bill authorizing the sale can be easily
S it through both houses. Quartermaster
eneral Meigs is also in favor of the sale.
Potomac.
Emperor William was petitioned by a
synod of Prussian clergymen not to per
mit a military review on Sunday. His
reply was: “The Sabbath has been cre
ated for man, not man for the Sabbath.
The Puritanical and Calvanistic concep
tion of the Sabbath as a day of mortifi
cation and penance is entirely foreign to
the feeling as well as the taste of the
German people.” Emperor William is,
however, a religious man.
A Code of SignaIs foe Mar-
chant Jp bis “Betrothals and Bridals”
suggests the following code of signals
for girls: “A ring on the first finger to
denote poverty and willingness to get
married; on the seoond finger, money
and’a disposition to listen, though noth
ing Is promised; on the third finger.
ready engaged, and so you needn’t
trouble yourself;' on the little finger,
deliberating."
NOTES OF TRATEL.
: t :■ n -IO* » ~ ' ' - T • * It”
Montgomery, Ala.-Fl, *t Cooled*
erit© Capital—A .C^reat Grocery
Market-An Abortive Eflort—Cot
ton Seed OH Work* for Sevannala
—A Profitable Investment—Cot ten
Blockade—Personal Mention—Col.
Wm. M. Wadley. Wake* np His Ri
val* in Railroad Circles.
the
Special Correspondence of the Momina News.
Homeward Bound, November 22.—After
a three weeks absence, attending fairs and
visiting points of interest in Georgia and
Alabama, your correspondent finds himself
In charge of that veteran and ever popular
and attentive conductor of the Southwestern
Railroad, Captain George S. Dasher, home
ward bound from Montgomery, Alabama.
Yesterday was delightfully spent in look
ing around Alabama’s stirring capital city,
where there are numerous sights to attract
the attention of strangers and visitors.
Major Thomas G. Jones escorted us to the
city hall building, where we inspected the
most elegantly furnished firemen’s halls iu
the South, and saw some of the handsomest
engines and best kept engine houses in the
country. The firemen of Montgomery are
among the wealthiest and most promlQgnt
citizens.
Our visit to the State capitol was very
much enjoyed, as my wife had never be
fore seen this historical edifice. It Is an im
posing structure, aud situated on a high
ridge which encircles the business portion
of the city. The main business street,
which is broad and decendlng down to the
river bank, stretches away in the distance
from the massive iron gateway of the
capitol grounds. From the portico of this
first Confederate States capitol President
Davis delivered his inaugural message In
1861.
The old capitol was destroyed by fire some
forty years ago, and the present building Is
still in a state of good preservation. The
Interior la kept in a neater and more attrac
tive condition than any capitol building I
remember to have ever visited. This may
be accounted for in the fact that three able
and efficient editors are among the present
State officials. I refer to Major W. W.
Screws, of the Montgomery Advertiser, Sec
retary of State; Colonel W. Brewer, of the
Hayneville Examiner, Auditor; and Colonel
Robert McKee, of the Selma Argus, ^ ~
Governor’s Private Secretary.
A GREAT GROCERY MARKET.
Although Montgomery has eeveral large
wholesale dry goods houses, her railroad
advantages are such as to make her the
great wholesale grocery and provision
market of that section of the country. Of
course this aids largely in drawing cotton to
her many warehouses and compresses over
the five railroad lines which centre there.
As the Cf ntral Railroad now has a direct
all rail route of its own from Montgomery
to Savannah, Mr. C. H. Cromwell, general
agent for the road and it6 steamships, hae
his hands full of business. He is a young
man of rare energy and business capacity,
and well repr* sents Savaunah’s interests in
Alabama. Being absent on business at
Selma, I did not have the pleasure of meet
ing him.
In a former letter I alluded to the fine ex
hibit made at the State Fair by Messrs.
Hobbie & Vandiver, wholesale grocers of
Montgomery. On yesterday I went through
their immense establishment, which in some
respects is unlike any other I have ever
seen. All the loading and unloading of
drays Is done inside of the commodious
buildings, which saves wear and tear of
goods and the services of eight porters. As
they 6ell two hundred thousand pounds of
Poland hams alone in a season,this economi
cal manner of handling goods shows the
capacity of these young merchants to run
successfully such a mammoth concern. But
your readers will be glad to know that the
accomplished and expert office man of this
great house is a former handsome and gal
lant officer of the venerable Chatham Artil
lery, Sergeant S. \V. Mitchell, who still
talks about bis old command and Savannah
with unabated enthusiasm. Although un
able to meet the “boys” at the Macon
monument unveiling, he sent his little
daughter over to represent him there. His
loDg and successful connection with this
establishment can but be very gratifying to
his numerous friends in the “Forest City.”
AN ABORTIVE EFFORT.
For ten years the people of Montgomery
have been trying to build a narrow guage
railroad to Troy, Ala., or some point in that
section of the State.
The Mobile and Girard Railroad - to Union
Springs and the Montgomery and Eufaula
Railroad thence to Montgomery, have been
their only line of communication with that
rich cotton growing region.
Since Colonel Wadley made his ten strike
in the purchase of the Montgomery and
Eufaula Railroad the subject has been re
vived and frantic efforts made to inaugurate
the long talked of enterprise, but all iu
vain. There seems to be a lack of money
and zeal outside of a few interested parties.
A recent article In the Advertiser, urging
the people to “strike for their altars and
their fires,” refers thus pleasantly to Colonel
Wadley and his recent purchase: “There
is a leech upon the back of Montgomery in
the shape of a railroad king from Georgia
that is gradually but surely sucking away
the life blood. To get rid of that ‘varmint,*
self-preservation is now the one great ques
tion for Montgomery.”
Troy is the great cotton centre for a
dozen good counties, and Colonel Wadley
could extend the M. and G- Rail
road three miles for every mile built of
the proposed road from Slontgomery, so
that he has nothing to fear from tbe success
of the enterprise. J. K Mullins, Esq.,
Master of the Pike County Grange, and one
of the oldest and most reliable farmers iu
the county, told me there was no hope of
disturbing tbe business of Troy for years to
come by any such competing line. Colonel
Wadley has secured this territory after long
and laborious effort, and it will take a more
powerful combination than now exists to de
prive him of his well earned success.
COTTON SEED OIL WORKS.
Savannah offers a most excellent opportu
nity to capitalists who desire to establish
cotton seed oil works. Qiiriug my trip I
have seen at nearly every station large quan
tities of cotton seed in bags ready tor ship
ment to Montgomery, Memphis or Nashville,
wiierc oil works are in successful operation
and making mouey for their owners. It is
true that some five or six years ago a North
ern company erected cotton seed oil works
in Columbus, but owing to the mismanage
ment of the superintendent the establish
ment was closed up after a few mouths’ op
eration Properly conducted, however, these
oil works are a source of great revenue, and
aff »rd planters a read}'cash market for their
surplus cotton 6eed, which is purchased by
agents at the various railroad stations.
Before beiDg put into tbe h} draulic press tbe
cotton seei is run through an improved gin,
and, 6trangc to say, some days a bale or two
of cotton is secured by this mode of glean
ing. After the oil is pressed out the cake is
either ground up for cattle fodder there, or
shipped to other places for similar use.
Large quantities have been shipped to Eng
land forstook feed, and on this account!
think Ssvannan would be a very desirable
and profitable point at which to establish
cotton seed oil works for Georgia and Flori
da. In addition to tbe oil, which always com
mands a ready sale, there is the lint cotton se-
cur d from a second ginning, the cake that is
ground or shipped solid, and the hulls,which
are used for fuel for the furnace. Every
thing is thus utilized and nothing wasted.
A COTTON BLOCKADE.
There is general complaint of a cotton
blockade “all along the line.” The recent
nse in the price of the fleecy staple'has
caused an unusual rush of cotton to market,
and shippers are equally anxious to send
forward without delay their daily purchases.
A lack of rolling 6tock on the part of rail
roads, however, has prevented this, and
cotton is rapidly accumulating at depots
and warehouses.
Conductor Thomas M. Mitchell, of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, I fonnd
to be a most pleasant and accommodating
gentleman. From him I learned that busi
ness on the road has revived wonderfully,
and Memphis is at present receiving an un
usually large amount of cotton. On some
portions of bis line the drought cut off a full
crop, but in other sections a fine crop has
been made. One day last week Memphis
received tbe largest amount of cotton ever
received in one day, which shows that she
is rising Pboenix-like from the ashes of her
late terrible yellow fever epidemics, in which
recuperation Savannah can rejoice with a
fellow feeling.
PERSONAL MENTION.
At Eufaula I got a glimpse of Messrs. J.
L. Warren and R. J. Larcombe, two of
Savannah’s most enterprising cotton buy
ers, who are out on a business tour through
Southwest Georgia and Southeast Alabama.
Judge Arthur Hood,'of Cuthbert, took
thg train at his station, bound to Camilla,'
where he is to hold court for Judge Q. J.
Wright, of Albany, with whom he has ar-
anged an exchange of judicial courtesies
: or the present week.
I was pleased to meet in the editorial
sanptum of the Montgomery Advertiser yes
terday, Geo. F. Keyes, E-q , a gentleman
widely and favorably known as a writer of
prose and verse, who is now giving the Ad
vertiser the benefit of his ready and cultured
pen. He is a valuable assistant to Major
Screws, whose duties as Secretary of State
leave him bat little 'Mine to attend to edi-
torial work. .
T found the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad under the gene rid superintendency
of .Capt. John A Grant, formerly at the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad, who has by
his efficient and' persistent labors, despite
yellow-fever epidemics, greatly Improved its
roadbed, rolling stock and business inter
ests. CSpt. Gradt ; is a son of that veteran
railroad man, CoL L. P. Grant, of Atlanta,
and like his honored father,, he carries on
his work qnietly and modestly, yet In a sub
stantial and successful manner.
•Col. Wm. M. Wadley, President of the
Central Railroad, has a pretty high reputa
tion at home as a shrewd, able and clear
headed railroad official, bat a trip through
Alabama and Tennessee at the present time
would lead a stranger 10 suppose that Colo
nel W. is the greatest schemer and the most
dangerous enemy that rival railroads have
to fear. Even his present repairs on the
Carrollton branch have created a panic In
North Georgia aud over in Tennessee.
Rival railroad officials fear that Colonel W.
will run bis branch line from Griffin to Chat
tanooga, and there form an alliance with
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, thereby
giving Savannah a direct through line to
that city independent of Atlanta and the
Western and Atlantic Railroad. Some of
the leading railroad men of both States have
told me within the past ten days that Colo
nel Wadley has no equal in the South as a
cool, clear headed, successful railroad mana
ger, and that he could and would get the
best of any projected connection of the
Western and Atl- ntic Railroad with the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad by the building
of his Carrollton branch road to Chatta
nooga. Already tbe rumor of this contem
plated action on his part has created wide
spread alarm in the ranks of his rivals, as
well it may.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Capt. J. N. Bass, for so many years one of
the most polite and popular conductors on
the Southwestern Railroad, is now station
agent at Americus, the most important point
between Macon and Eufaula.
I was in error, in a previous letter, in
speaking of the Johnson House, Union
Springe, Alabama. Under its new and ge
nial proprietor, Capt. Charley Baugh, it is
known as the “Lamar House,” so called iu
honor of Senator Lamar, of Mississippi.
Attached to our train is a fine sleeping
coach, bound to Jacksonville, Florida. It
connects at Montgomery with a Pullman
sleeper from Louisville, Kentucky, and runs
through without change. The Central Rail
road and the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad'fur
nish these sleepers. The Central Railroad
runs them from Montgomery to Albany, and
from that point the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road takes them through to Jacksonville,
making only one change of cars between
Louisville and Jacksonville.
At Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday
night, I saw the first party of organized
“ tramps ” that I have seen in over ten years.
They were around a fire near the railroad
track, just outside the “corporation ” sign,
where tbe city police coaid not molest them.
Four of them were playiDg cards, another
wa6 cooking potatoes on a stick, while the
rest were sitting or lounging on old cross-
ties. There were nine white men and two
negroes, and a harder looking lot of men I
never saw together. They would carry ter
ror into any small town.
It may not be out of place for me to no
tice a very singular mistake which occurred
in the Sunny South of November 8th, where
a picture of the venerable William Gilmore
Simms, of South Carolina, appeared over
the name of “Alexander Dumas.” As
Dumas has a full, smooth, olive colored
face and kinky hair, the frieuds of tbe la
mented Simms will not readily appreciate
the carelessness of the printer who made so
grave a mistake. There is not the least
resemblance between these two novelists in
their personal appearance.
It is gratifying to see the colored people
taking such a deep interest iu agricultural
matters. In Troup county, Ga., they have
just held a second annual fair with marked
success and increased interest. Talbot
county is soon to follow with a similar fair,
and with every prospect of success. But
the colored farmers of Alabama have issued
handsome illustrated posters for their
“First Annual State Fair” in Montgomery,
November 26, to continue four days. Capt.
H. M. Bush, Treasurer of the S. N.
Railroad, tells me that he has been gratified
to a great degree at the manner in which
the colored people are preparing stock and
agricultural products for this fair. May
success attend ^them in all 6uch efforts to
improve their knowledge of farming and
domestic economy. Chatham.
The Nicaragua Ship Canal—General
Grant.
Baltimore Sun.
A distinguished gentleman has just
reached New York expressly to push
forward the plan for constructing a ship
canal across the isthmus. This is Don
Tomas de Franco, envoy extraordinary
from Nicaragua to Italy, and one of the
members of the Paris Interoceapic Canal
Congress. He naturally favors the Nic
aragua route as against that by Panama,
and is soon to proceed to Washington to
consult with Admiral Ammen and Mr.
Menoc d about it. In respect to the ob
jection raised by M. de Lesseps against
any ship canal requiring a system of
locks, he is of opinion that such an ob
jection amounts to nothing. There
would be only eight required, he says,
and by the new mode of constructing
and working locks, a vessel can be lifted
or let down to another level in a very
few minutes. But his prime object in
coming is to see what can be done with
Gen. Grant. “Just as soon as he formally
accepts the Presidency of the company,
—s this enthusiastic gentleman,
luropean capitalists of the highest
character stand ready to send in their
subscriptions at once.” If, therefore,
the negotiations result favorably here,
the work, we are assured, may be com
menced not later than the beginning of
February next. Nicaragua is willing
and will make all necessary grants anc
concede all thj required privileges and
conditions. European capitalists, ac
cording to the Nicaraguan envqy, are
prepared to fling their money into the
scheme, but only with the understanding
that Gen. Grant will take the Presidency
of the canal company. It is remarkable
what unanimity of opinion prevails
among the projectors and promoters of
a ship canal aen ss tbe isthmus as to the
readiness with which money can be
had to build it. M. de Lesseps simply
wants the United States to sanction the
Panama route and straightway the m<
will be forthcoming for it. Don Tomas
de Franco says if General Grant will put
himself at the head of the Nicaraguan
scheme all the capital required for the
enterprise can be had. What will Gen
eral Grant do? Two temptations are’f—
fore him: the Presidencey of the Unfl _
States and the Presidency Qf the Nicara
guan Ship CanaJ Company." One set of
men are working for him in one direction,
and a second set In another direction.
Surely, under such tugging and hauling,
he might well exclaim, with the bold
Captain Mochcath, “How happy could I
be with either, were t’other dear charmer
away!”
Demoralized by^ Lottery Luck.—
Patrick J. O’Brien, a compositor, in
vested sixtv-seven cents in one third of a
lottery ticket in April last, on which he
drew $5,000. Upon bis return from a
trip to Washington, Mrs. O’Brien ad
vised her husband to resume bis trade at
which be had been earning from $20 to
$25 a week, Patrick announced that he
was a man of means and should retire
from business. In six months, accord
ing to his wife’s showing, he has spent
$3,600 in personal enjoyment, leaving
her to work and provide for the children.
On Wednesday night O'Brien visited his
wifp in Harlem. She upbraided him for
his prodigality, and thereat, she says, he
threatened her life, and she felt con
strained to have him arrested. Thurs
day, in the Harlem Police Court, Justice
Kilbreth sentenced O’Brien to six months’
imprisonment on Blackwell’s Island. He
has a balance ot $1,400 in the Park
Bank, of which his wife says he will not
give her a penny.—N. T. Sun.
AT HEB OLD ROME.
Tbe £x-EmpreM of tbe French
Visit* Parle—Tbe Visitors She De
ceived.
A special dispatch from Paris is as. fol
lows:
“As soon as the news arrived here that
the Countess de Montijo, mother of the
ex-Empress Eugenie, was dying at
Madrid, it was expected that her daughter
would pass hastily through this city on
the way to her mother’s bedside. It was
even announced that she would leave
Paris this morning. Nevertheless, the
Empress has been spending the whole
day at the residence of the Duke de
Mouchy, Prince Murat’s son-in-law,
tended most affectionately by the Duch
ess and Mile. Lherminat. Princess Ma*
thilde called on her at 1 o’clock, but was
not received. Then came Prince Napo
leon, who was more successful in obtain
ing audience. The Empress talked with
him for half an hour. She told
him she had now put all thought of
politics aside, and had no care for any
thing but the memory of her dead son.
When the Prince returned to his car
riage he was painfully affected. At five
o’clock the ex-Queen of Spain asked
urgently that she should be admitted to
the Empress* presence. She was at once
received. The meeting of these two
royal mothers, one widowed and child
less, the other with her son seated upon
a throne and hourly waiting for his bride,
was very touching to the few who were
privileged to see it. Queen Isabella
stayed nearly half an hour, and at six
the Empress dined with the Duchessc de
Mouchy, Mile. Lherminat, Comte de Bris-
sac, and Vicomte de Turenne.
“Her Majesty started for the Orleans
station at 7. Her suite followed in three
carriages. They drove rapidly through
the streets, and it was noticed that the
Empress, seeming to be wholly absorbed
in her thoughts, never glanced at the fa
miliar spots where the happy days of her
life were spent When they reached the
st itioo»at a quarter before 8, their arrival
was expected by nobody, and not even
the station master knew anything but tbe
fact that a sleeping car had been ordered
for unknown persons. But as soon as
they alighted the news that it was the
Empress ran round the station, and all
the railway employes crowded to the
door of the car. They stood there
silently with hats upraised. Most of
them had seen that face before as it
looked out from the carriage in their
midst on the days of the Emperor’s fete.
Most of them compared its beauty, so
well remembered, with the wan and hag
gard look that it wore now. Indeed the
Empress is changed beyond the ex
pression of words. Her form is bent,
and sue is prematurely old. No de
monstration was made by the spectators.
At eight the train started,* and four
police agents accompanied the imperial
party as far as the Spanish frontier.”
sEim gills.
PILLS
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
XjOss of Appetii o, Bowels costive, Fain in
the Head, with 1 dull sensation in the back
part, Fain under the shoulderblade, full-
nosa after eating, with e. disinclination to
crertion of body cr mind. Irritability of
temper. Low spirits, with a feeling cf hav
ing neglected some duty, Weariness, Diz
ziness. Flutteruisc at tho Heart, Dots be
fore the cyc-a, ^fellow fckin. Headache
generally overt 10 right eye, Restlessness
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
To IT' S PILLS *re e»ncrial!y adapted to
nurh ou« dose eO'ccta *nch a change
of feeling a-** to oi.toaisU the saflerer.
CONSTIPATION.
Only witli regainrity ot the bowels can perfect
health be enjoyed. If the constipation is
of recent date, a single dose of TUTT’S PILLS
will suffice, but if it has become babiioa!, oue
pul should Iw taken eveiy night,pradually lessen
ing the frequency of tbe dose nut il a re-rular dally
movement is obtained, which will sooix follow.
* 5r * I-Guy Lewii, X-'nltnn, Ark., sayss
“After a practice of 25 years. I pronounce
TUTT’S FILLS the best anti-bilions medicine
ever made.” _______
Rev. F. R. On-rood, Xcw York, sayss
“I have bad Dyspepsia, Weak Stomach and
J^errousaess. I never had any medicine to do
me so much good as TUTT’S PILLS. They are
a* good as represented."
Q£icc 3o JIurrny Street, New York.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE.
Guay Hair on Uhmkehs chsno^d to a Glossy
Blacx by a single Rpph.-=t;.--.-i 4.1 this lirz. It im-
parts a Natarr I Cator. acts lartantsneon^v. rnd is
ts Ilarrulcjcj: a spnne water. Sold by b.-occuts, or
sent by oxpres. 00 receipt of JJ1.
Office SB Murr-w st.. Now York.
feb!7-Tu.Th.R.w£Tellv
Hotels.
Tlie Marshall House
—with ITS——»
SPACIOUS VESTIBULE,
The registration of women voters in
Massachusetts is not without its humor
ous side. At Lowell the other day one
woman ins is tod on whispering her age
in the ear of an inquiring alderman, and
was greatly startled when the officer an-
nouncedthe figures in stentorian tones.
“Where were yon bora!” was asked of a
determined looking woman of uncertain
age. “My birthplace, sir, is identical
with that qf the great statesman who
subsequently resided at Marshfield in
this State!” "Where was that, please?”
faintly asked, the registrar. With a
glance of scorn she replied: "There, I
thought yon wouldn’t know!” and pass
ed on exulting through the petty formali-
Elegant Verandah,
Affording ladle* a fine view of the promenade,
Airy and Weil Ventilated Rooms,
.and
UNRIVALED TABLE y
IS PAR EXOJfiLIsBNCE THE
Leading Hotel ot Savannah.
JOHN BRESNAK,
Manager.
PULASKI HOUSE,
BA VANN AH. GA.
T HIS House Is now open for the reception
of guest*. It has been thoroughly reno
vated, and is now being extensively repaired.
Liberal arrangements made with weekly
boarders.
GOOHSEIili BROS.,
l-lm PBOPBIETOBS.
fgkgjBag gotteges.
SAVANNAH MEDICAL COLLEGE.
r I'HJt Twenty-flrwt Session cf Lecture* in the
A Savannah Medical College will commence
Monday, November 8, 1879, and will continue
until. Saturday, March 20, 1880, a period of
twenty weeks. The course will comprise Di
dactic Lecture*, combined with Clinical teach
ing, and will be eminently practical and com-
FACULTY.
W. M. CHARTERS. M.D.,
Professor of Chemistry and President of the
Faculty.
W. L. HARRISON,
Adjunct Profeaaor of Chemistry.
THOS. J. CHARLTON. M.D.,
Professor of Obstetrics.
W. DUNCAN, M.D,
Professor of Clinical Obstetrics.
R. J. NUNN, M.D.,
Prof—or of the Theory and Practice of Medi
cine.
J. G. THOMAS, M.D.,
Profe—or of Clinical Medicine.
W. H. ELLIOTT. M.D.,
Professor of Principles and Practice or Surgery.
B. 8. PURSE. M.D..
Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
J. P. 8. HOU8TOUN. M.D.,
Professor of Physiology.
GEORGE H, STONE, M.D„
Profeesor of Anatomy.
For further information or for circular, ad-
ress W. DUNCAN, M_D„
angM-TIuS&Tutf Dean of the Faculty.
icura
REMEDIES
INPAhllBLY CURB ALL SKCf AMD SCALP
SCALY LRUPncss^xcmMos
The testimonials c V permanent cores of Sirin
and Scalp diseases, which have been the tor-
ture of-a lifetime, . y the Cuticura Remedies
are more wonderful than any ever before per
formed by any metl ods or remedies known to
the medical profess on:
Ccticcka Kksolvust, a powerful blood puri
fier. Is the only purifying agent which finds it*
way into tbe eiref lating fluid and thence
through the oil and sweat glands to the surface
of the skin, thus des troy ing the poisonous ele
ments with which these vessels have been daily
charged.
Ccticcra. the grea t skin cure, applied exter-
ternally. arrests a.. unnatural or morbid
growths which cover tbe surface of the diseased
glands and tubes with Scaly, Itching and Irri
tating Humors, speeiily It removes them, leav
ing the pores open, he ithy and free from dis
ease i panicles of matter.
Thus internally and externally do these great
remedies act in conjunction, performing cures
that have astonished the most noted physicians
of the day.
SALT RHEUM FOR 1 HIRTY TEARS
OM THE head; face asd greater part
OF THE BODY CURED.
Messrs. Weeks dr Potter: GkstumkH—I have
been a great sufferer with Salt Rheum for
thirty years, commencing in mv head and face
and extending over the greater part of my
b dy. I have taken gallons of medicines for
the blood of different kinds and tried good
physicians, all of which did me no good, and I
came to the conclusion that ( could not be
cured. But a friend c tiled mv attention to an
article in the Union on skin disease-, and I got
a box of Cuticura. The first application was a
great relief and the third took the scale* all
off. and I felt like a new man. I have used
three 50-cent boxes and my skin is smooth and
I consider myself entirely cured. Hoping that
this may be seen by some one afflicted as I
have been (if there is any) is my earnest wish.
And I cheerfully recommend it to all persons
affl.cted with like diseases. Yours truly,
B. WILSON LORD.
Agawam, Mass., Sept 9. 1878.
The Cuti ura Soap should be used for cleans
ing all diseased surfaces, as most soaps are In
jurious to the skin.
LEPROSY.
A MODERN MIRACLE—ASTONISHING RE
SULTS FROM THE USE OF CUTICURA.
Messrs. Weeks tt Potter: Gentlemen—We
have a case of Leprosy in our poor house
which is being cured by your Cuticura Reme
dies. The county had employed all of our
doctors and had sent to New York for advice,
but to no avail.
The patient commenced using the Cuticura
and immediately began getting better.
He had been confined to his bed for two and
one-half years. Had not had his clothes on dur
ing this time. Last week he dressed for the first
time.
When he walked there would at least one
quart of scales come off of him.
Tliis happened every day.
We think it is a wonderful cure.
We do not say he is cured, but he is in a fair
way to be cured to say the least. Yours truly
DUNNING BROTHERS,
Druggists and Booksellers.
Allegan, Mich., Feb. 11, 1879.
Note.—Messrs. Dunning Brothers are thor
oughly reliable gentlemen, and were unknown
to us prior to tlie receipt of this letter. We
firmly iwlieve this Cuticura wiU permanently
cui e this very severe case of Leprosy, as it
done many others.
Prepared by Weeks & Potter, Chemists and
Druggists, 369 Washington street, Boston,
Mass., and for sale by all druggists and dealers.
Price of Cuticura. small boxes, 50 cents; large
boxes, containing two and one-half times the
quantity of small, $!. Reaoivenk $1 per
bottle. Cuticura Soap, 25 cents per cake; by
mail, 30 cents; 3 cake.-, 75 cents^-
COLLIWCp Rheumatism, Neural-
HQ gia. Weak and Sore
VOLTAIC ESeLECTBIO Lun «*. and
«wuaiv l i Hfl t «*iniw Colda> Weak Back,
Pi AefCttS stomach and Bowels,
I Dyspepsia, 8 hoot ing
Pains through the Lions and Back, Spasms or
Fits, and Nervous, Muscular and Spinal Affec
tions relieved and cured when every other
plaster, liniment, lotion and electrical ap
pliance fails.
For sale at wholesale anti retail by
BUTLEB,
savannah, ga.
OSCEOLA
aug31-Tu.F&TeT<£ w-tf
i.-Fli ^>30Eli
II. F. McKEiYM,
137 BROUGHTON STREET,
Between Bnll and Whitaker Streets.
H AVING just returned from my second fall
visit to the Northern markets. I am pre
ps- red to offer customers fancy goods at re-
rail far below the wholesale prices of a few
weeks ago
Cashmere stripe and damafseedress
G< .‘CDS. at 10c„ handsome.
Handsome BKN<»A LEE BROCADES at 12Wa
BROCADED POPLI VS Seal Browns, Navy
Blues, Garnets, and other shades—at 15c .
2Cc and 25c.
Plain COLORED CASHMERES, in choice colors.
Pekin STRIPED CASHMERES, all wool, 45
inches wide—Navy Blue, Seal Brown ard
Garnet—85c.
Black Silk Warp HENRIETTAS, in superior
and sublime qualities.
BLACK CASHMERES A SPECIALTY.
BLACK SILKS.
Antoine Guinet's and Alexandre GcraxuT*
celebrated Satin-finished BLACK SILKS—war-
rated perfectly pure Silk- and free from
changing—from $1 50 to S’ 50 per yard.
Ladies’ Beaver Cloaks.
The protracted warm season having retarded
th 1 sa;>* of Cloaks. I will offer my entire stock
at great y reduced prices.
A very full line of WATERPROOF CLOAK-
- INGS—Blues, Browns. Grey Mixtures, etc.
Double wi th all wool SUITINGS at 50c. .
‘ SPLENDID ARRAY OF CHILDREN’S
FANCY HOSir P.Y—French, English and
German—in all the new color combinations^
Seamless KID GLOVES, every pair warranted.
Jouvin’s KID GLOVES.
Agood3-Button KID GLOVE, mediumcbkr%
evening
at 3
An auction lot ot KID GLOVES, in
shades and black, at 25c per pair,
entlemen’s KID and DOG SKING LOVES.
Ladies’ -toeking Ton CASHMERE GLOVES.
Children’s Long T«
and MITTENS.
T«p CASHMERE GLOVES
HANDKERCHIEFS, Etc.
splendid assortment of Ladies* Plain
Hemmed Stitched and Coloied Bordered
H \NDKERCT1IEFS.
Gentlemen’s Hemmed Stitched and Colored
Bordered H VN’DKr RCHIEFS.
Children's C*4ored Bordered LINEN HAND
KERCHIEFS.
Ladiev SILK LACE SCARFS and FICHUS,
Black and White.
Gentlemen’s NECKWEAR, new And fashion
able.
BLANKETS. FLANNELS, LINEN TABLE DA
MASKS, NAPKINS, TOWELb, ETC.
All mj housekeeping goods having been
bought before the advance in price, l am en
abled to offer them at least twenty per cent,
below current market value.
B. F. McKENNA.
nov24-N&Teltf
gtqal gotitts.
5 and 10c. Counters,
rpoTHX TRADE: The Bv© business men of
A the day are starting these counters. We
are tbe Originator* and Headquarter*! We
have the only two Exclusive 5 and file. Jobbing
Houses inthe United State*.
~ Send for
[No. 1,633.]
notice in bankruptcy:
r f' , IIIS is to give notice that on the 13th day of
1 November. A. D. 1S75, a warrant in bank-
ijptcv was issued against the estate of
i ittLeber ry k. willis. of Ooiumbua,
county of Muscogee and State of Georgia,
who has been adjudged a bankrupt on
hL* own petition, and that the payment
any debt*, and the delivery of any
property belonging to such bankrupt, to him.
or for his use, and the transfer of any property
by him, are forbidden by law; that a meeting
of the creditors of the said bankrupt to prove
their debts and to choose one or more assign
ees of his estate, will be he!d at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at Columbus. Ga.,
befbre Lemuel T. Downing. Esquire.*** “
ister, on tbe THIRTEENTH DAY Of DE
PER, A. D. 1372, at 10 o’clock a. w. »
O. P. FITZSDfONS,
nov24-2t U. S. 3Iarshal. as Meascngen
[No. 1.6- 8.]
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY..
T HIS is to give notice that on the 20th day of
November, A. D. 1879, a warrant in bank
ruptcy was issued against the estate of
LEaNDER F McLAUGHUN, of Box
rpring. Post Office, county of Talbot and
S'ate of Georgia, who has been' ad
judged a bankrupt on his own petition, and
that the payment of any debts, and the de
livery of any property belonging to such bank
rupt, to him or for his use. and the transfer of
any property by him are forbidden by law; tha*
a meeting of tne creditors of the said bank
rupt, to prove their debts and to choose one or
more assignees of his estate. wiC be held at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at tbe office
of L. T. Downing, Columbus, Ga., before Lem
uel T. Downing, Esquire, Register. «o the
THIRTEEN (H DAY OF DECEMBER* A. D.
1879, at 10 o'clock x v.
.(»-.= . O. P. FITZSDION8.
United States Marshal, as Messenger.
nov*4-2t
Sun.
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A tL orders sent us through order ’hdxew
. jwtal cards or to office will be promptly