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* J. H. ESTILL,
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tieorsia Affairs.
It jj a matter of very general comment
£a: never :u the history of Georgia has
I there been .-o much marrying as within the
three months. All parts of the State
J »re affected alike.
Christmas casualties were numerous in
jriahr'Ut Augusta.
lilies of Summerville, alias the Sand
H;!-, near Augusta, engage in rabbit hunts
I by moonlight.
| The sale of Christmas goods throughout
the Stale, as fa- as we have been able to
» i« this year something remarkable,
of which is regarded as a sure indication
of .'(.turning prosperity.
Uhere now in the Rome Treasury a suf-
acient sum of money to pay the interest on
ic b nids <>f that city due in January, and
leave a surplus of f?m) on hand. The Tri-
:*m says that the bond question is now
compi'iely settled, and the “promise to
pay’’ of Koine ia worth ninety cents on the
dollar, at) advance in the city scrip of forty
cents per dollar in the past two years. A
I fae showing for that thriving town.
The recent high waters demolished two
coffer-dams on the Coosa river improve-
I neats near Rome.
Dowdell Adams, the man believed to have
surdered Harry Love some months since,
ltd to have thrown his body from tbe win
dow of the bridge that ero.*ses the Chatt*-
I booebee at Columbu-, shot Mr. Janies
j Knight at Union Springs, Ala., on Christ
mas eve. inflicting a painful though not d* u_
serous wound. The assault is de.-cr-* oe< l to
| have been a very cowardly one. *='‘<1 it is to
ped Adams will not esc*P e justice this
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1879
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THE
Brunswick rejoices in the probable early
establishment there of a wholesale grocery.
The Oizette announces that Hon. John C.
.Vciio!Is is trying to get a $100,000 appro
priate for the Brunswick harbor.
Tin- mutilated dead body of an unknown
man was found near the six-mile station of
the S-luia, Rome and Dalton Railway last
TVeJnet-day. The head was battered in,
and there was every evidence that a murder
bai been committed. So far It has been
impossible to identify the deceased or obtain
any due to the murderers.
Un Tuesday afternoon last Mr. J. B.
park*, a clerk in a store of Rome,
caught hold of one of the rope6 of the
elevator, belonging to the 6tore, with the
intention of slowly letting it down, at
tbe same time carelessly placing his left
foot over the bole In the floor through which
it parsed on its way to the cellar. On the
elevator was seven hundred and fifty pounds
of wrapping paper, and the whole weight
came down on the fore part of Mr. Parks’
foot, wedging it between the side of the
elevator and the passage way. He was
finally released, but the Rome Daily says
that the agony he suffered was indet-criba.
b;e. It must have oeen indeed terrible.
The Sews wants tbe people of Augusta to
give Grunt a grand reception on New Year’s
day if he can be iuduced to stay over. As
'rant will only remain in Augusta so long
^be train may be detained in that city our
** u qsta friends will not have an oppor
to excel the Philadelphia demonstra-
Oli.
' ^ Macon Tehgraph and Messenger hopes
that the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association will reconsider their resolution
recently adopted, to remove their main office
from Macon to Atlauta.
The Albany Xtic* announces the death of
Judge Peter J. Srrozer, one of the oldest
‘ar. 1 best citizens of that city.
Abeut sixty convicts have gone up the
Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Rail
road, between Wbitesburg and Carrollton,
to put that road in first class order.
It is stated that the people of Perry and
of the neighborhood for five miles aiound
are go tig to devote next year to building up
one of tbe finest public libraries In the
Uidon. •
Tiie Macon Ttlegraph learns that an asso
ciation fur the manufacture of wiue has
been organized in Cuthbert. A capital
stock of ten thousand dollars has been sub
scribed, and the company will start under
favorable auspices. It says: “Grape cul
ture in Randolph county has been carried
to great perfection, and we do not know
any point in the State where such au associ
ation would be more likely to meet with
success. We hope all the expectations of
those in the association may be realized.
It w ill develop a new industry in the State.
A j-peeial from Milledgeville to the Macon
Tthgraph and Messenger, dated Saturday, an
nounce?. that the Milledgeville Manufactur
ing Cjmpauy’s mill property—main build
ing and addition—was burned Saturday
morning. It is believed to have been the
work of an incendiary. The loss is mainly
covered by insurance.”
<>.. Friday afternoon a difficulty occurred
on the Savannah road, about a mile from
Augusta, between Bill Tboma6 and Kit
Kelley, both colored, brothers-in-law, in the
course of which, says the Chronicle, Thomas
jerked a slat from a fence and struck Kelly
or. r the head with it, producing a serious
»nd probably fatal wound. Thomas fled
after striking the blow and has not yet been
arrested,
Tbe Augusta Xeirs fears that “KingCole’s
march to the sea*’ is going to result in Au-
gu-ta being left out in the cold. In its
Uhristmas eve issue it says: “Appearances
are now very strong going to prove that
Colonel Cole will give Augusta the_ cold
shoulder and couple with Colonel Wadley
in bis march to the sea. We learned this
m uuig from a prominent broker that Colo
nel t ■ >le bought two hundred shares of Cen
tral stock yesterday, making four hundred
shares of this s»ock owned by that great
failr.-ad king. Considering this little fact
in ( •; nection with the recent sale of his
Gvo-jh Railroad stock, It looks as if the
Georgia and Port Royal will not form part
of the great through route to the sea, but
that Augu-ta is to receive another blow in
its railroad interests. The Central Road is
now dragging everything possible from Au
gusta. and it behooves those of our capltal-
Gts and business men to work for tbe In
terests of the city lu railroad matters, and
in this way they will serve their own inter
ests best. Augusta capitalists should back
up those roads that work for our city and
build up those roads that increase the city’s
business and trade.”
The Columbus Tunes has this to say in
regard to the Gammon murder recently
committed in the neighborhood of that city:
fc b''‘There is but little known in connection
with this shocking case that has hot been
reported in these column* through the pro
ceedings of the Coroner’s court. Though
but little is now being said about the mat
ter, there are a few active and determined
spirits at work, which will not leave the
path which has been so plainly blazed out
until every available fac shall be unearthed.
We were told yesterday that some bloody
clothes had been found, and some other
facts ascertained as to the where
abouts of certain characters who
have figured prominently in the case,
on the day and late afternoon of tho mur
der. It would seem to us that a skillful
detective could take the known facte and
in twenty-four hours 60lve the problem of
this terrible crime, with almost, if not quite,
absolute certainty. Until the web, how
ever, la fully uuraveled and the line of
truth made plain outside of the evidence to
be expected from the three men now in jail,
we would think it wiser to keep them sepa
rated in their confinement, than to be kept
there together, as We understand they now
axe, In the same cell. While their contra
dictory statements constitute the strongest
grounds of detention, they should not be
allowed ppportunity to collude and system
atize their falsehoods to defeat justice’.”
The Brunswick Advertiser says that “the
jykoJe State is waking up on the subject of
the lease of the Macon and Brunswick Rail-
r0 * ; .r\ , ady eighteen counties have ap
pointed delegates to the convention in Ma-
con on the 30th in6t., and the tiie is still
rising and swelling. From mountain to sea,
the people are rallying and their demands
are imperative. Woe be unto the public
man who dares oppose the movement. His
political grave would soon be ready to re
ceive him. Stand firm at the wheel, Gov
ernor.”
Under the heading “A Noble Deed” tbe
Macon Ttlegraph and Messenger says:
Christmas morning a committee from
Franklin Lodge No. 2, X. O. O. F„ disguised
In long beards and flowing robes, secured a
carriage, and loading it down with good
things, started out on a visiting tour The
committee consisted of Messrs. M R
Rogers (Santa Claus), C. J. Stroberg (grand
pa) B. St. Xaul Guirardle (dissecter), J F
Stroberg (consolation), and L. L. Johnson
(physician). The committee viflted some
sixteen or eighteen widows and eight or ten
children, bestowing upon each adult a $5 4 y
or x- ts e 9“l v «lent, and upon each
child 32 SI None can estimate the pleas
ure that thli. little band brought Into many
households during the day. In this pleasan t RELIEF
masquerade, the gentlemen have set an c-
amplc which we predict will be extenslv'
followed in coming years.”
The Home Journal reports & burg)/ * n
Perry on Saturday night, the
when the store of A. B. Schilling/ ,
that town, was entered by
about three hundred dollars w^* u
ing stolen. It says: “At Y“ tr 5 nce
effected > t rizing the fro- J Ind p''-shut
ters apart, breaking a glr a ud pulling out
the pin that fastened th " ar * "e burglary
was a killful and da*; g °® e » and r em ‘uds
ourp • , pie of tbe nef odty of better securing
then ..ouses and b** “? re watchfui. The
loss is a heavy r e ou Messrs. Schilling &
Brunson, and ho P e th ey may get a clue
that will lead ° the defection and punish
ment of the uieve6 > and the recovery of the
goods.”
Last jaturda v morning,” says the Buena
Yista r 9 us t “after Mr. M, G. Statham’s gin
had >° en running about an hour, flames of
fi re auddenly flashed over everything con
noted with the gin, and soon the gin house
nd all its appurtenances were in ashes.
Ten bales of cotton and all his cottou seed
were burned. Fortunately be had au insur
ance of about $1,000 on the bouse. Mauy
sympathizers will regret with him his heavy
loss.”
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OCEANIC RAILWAY.
The Albany News says: “The people In the
ipe belt of South Georgia should take note
y-i^the fact that 75,824,0-23 pounds of rice
•«*fere imported into this country last year.
Plant rice, gentlemen—the demand is inex
haustible. and your lands are peculiarly
well adapted to the cultivation of rice. Tbe
result of experiments in Worth, Berrien,
Coffee and Ware counties the past year
is a sufficient guarantee of success in the
future.”
The Oglethorpe Echo says: “Prof. Tice’s
meteoric display failed to come off as per
announcement, but somebody else’s did
come off on tbe afternoon of Sunday, the
7th Inst.* between 1 and 2 o’clock, and was
seen by quite a number of reliable peo
ple in this county, on that day. At
tention was first called to the phenomenon
by an uuusual commotion in a large flock of
pigeous ou the lot of Mrs. Judge Davis, a
widow lady of Monroe, and thinking they
were being disturbed by a hawk, went Into
the yard, and standing in tbe shade of the
house, anti shading her eyes with her hand,
looked for the hawk. Imagine her surprise
when she saw innumerable, yes, countless
millions, of shooting stars, or falling mete
ors, flying across the firmament. They were
distinctly visible to the naked eye when
shaded as we have described, but not 60
were invisible, being eclipsed by tbe beam
ing rays of the sun, which shone at the time
in an unclouded 6ky. Upon making the
discovery Mrs. D. sent out and directed the
attention of a number of her neighbors to
the phenomenon, and they all saw it. The
display continued after its first discovery for
about one hour.”
“On Monday night,” says the Albany
News, “Mr. George $. Sumner, Deputy Sher
iff of Worth county, and Mr. R. Jeff. Davis,
Bailiff, brought to the Albany jail for safe
(keeping one I. J. Yohu, one of a gang of
alleged borse thieves and counterfeiters
whom they arrested near Peckville. They
captured six of the number, but four gave
bond and one was released. ‘Jim Suggs,’
who was caught by Mr. B. F. Hudspeth at
Newton, Is one of tbe clique; and it turns
out that hl9 name is John Simpson. John
Pitts, Daniel Bourne and M&lcom Brock are
among the number. A quantity of counter
feit United States coins, in the denomina
tion of trade dollars, were found in the pos
session of the party. They were roughly
constructed and could not have been passed
among intelligent people, but we under
stand a considerable number were scattered
through tbe counties below The whole
matter will be fully investigated.”
Says the Conyers Examiner: “Captain Jeff
Ilusou’s wood train, in leaving Alcova sta
tion, on the Georgia Railroad, killed a train
hand on Monday last, by the name of George
Thorn, colored. He was standing near a
cou; ling talking to another negro, and as
he turned to leave, took a step backward,
falling across a rail between the cars. The
traiu was moving so slow that the wheel did
not paps over him, but scotched against
him. pushing him along the track for some
yards, mashing his bowels out. He lived to
reach CovingtoD, where bis abdomen waa
sewed up, and died shortly afterward.”
The Saudereville Herald records a disas
trous conflagration, of evidently Inccudiary
origin, which recently occurred near that
town, as follows: “On Thursday night last
Mr. K. J. N. Walden, residing biit little
more than a mile north of Sandersvllle, had
two large cribs and some one thousand five
hundred bushels of corn consumed, it was
with great difficulty that other buildings in
the lot were saved, and with ahem thirteen
head of mules and horses and several fatten
ing hogs. The hogs were turned out, and
the horpes were driven out of the stalls, and
thus they were rescued. Perhaps one hun
dred bushels of corn iu a badly damaged
condition were gathered from the flames.
It is greatly to be hoped that, If this heavy
misfortune is the act of au incendiary, the
guilty will toon be discovered and brought
to condign punishment.”
This sort of talk from tbe Columbus
Times Is what makes tbe average Northern
stalwart tear his hair ’n jealousy and pro
ceed vigorously to waving the bloody shirt:
“We were shown on Christmas day, by Mr.
Robert Ware, a box of fully ripe and ma
tured strawberries, which he gathered on
his place, about a mile from the city. They
were grown in the open air, and he repre
sents that the vines were full of blooms and
young strawberries, and if the cold does not
come and kill them large quantities can be
gathered in a few days. They received only
the ordinary cultivation and attention, and
are of the Wileon variety.”
Darien Gazette'. “When going to press
with our last issue there were rumors that a
murder had been committed at Souther-
laud’s Bluff, in this county, but we could
cot learn anything sufficiently autheutie
publish at that time; and had we given
credeuce to tbe first rumors we would have
no doubt done one of tbe parties a wrong.
The circumstances as gleaned from a letter
written by Justice McIntosh, of the Tweuty-
second district, to an Attorney of this city,
are as follows: On Thursday, of last week,
Mr. Andrew J. Harris, who is an old resi
dent of this county, and who has always
borne tbe character of a quiet, law abiding
citizen, went to the bouse of George Moran,
colored, for the purpose of collecting rent
due, Moran being a tenant of Mr. Harris. From
the circumstances as we learned them, it
would appear that Moran had determined
to resist a real or fancied grievance, for
wfien Harris asked Moran for his rent the
latter remarked that he would not pay auy
rent that day without he made trouble.
From this the lie was passed, and Moran
made for Harris with an axe, when the lat
ter picked up a hoe, and as Moran came
struck him on the head. Moran then got his
gun out, and was rushing'out of the house
with It, when Mr. Joslah Thorpe, who was
present, caught the gun t and after a
severe struggle succeeded in wrench
ing it from the negro, uncapped it, and
gave it to Moran’s wife. Moran then ran
off apparently for assistance, and Harris
gave himself iDtothe custody of Mr. Thorpe,
who is constable for that district, and they
at once proceeded to Justice McIntosh’s,
where Harris has since remained. Tbe
friends of Moran came to this City for a phy
sician and took oap a warrant fof Harris,
and a constable was sent out for him, but he
could not be found, not knowing that he
was in the custody of the magistrate. Dr.
Kenan, the physician in attendance upon
the injured man, had but little hopes of his
recovery, but we are glad to learn 6ince that
b£ is much better, ^nd will prqbablv re
cover. Mr. Harris naa taken opt a warrant
for the arrest of his assailant, and a hearing
will be had on the 10th of January.”
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By racking your lungs wltn a cough 704
may irritate them into a condition ripe for
the production of tubercles, and then, in
stead of a curable affection, you will have
to deal with consumption. Dr. Jayne’s Ex
pectorant promptly cures all coughs *nd
colds, and by imparting vigor to the re6pi*
ratory organs, enables them to freely throw
off all obstructions engendered by neglected
colds, and heals all sore or inflamed parts.
dec27-8,M,Wifcwlt—lp&w*p
FOR THE IRISH
FEREltS.
SUF-
Ganeral News, Foreign
mettle.
[Signed]
THE MAIXX SLEOTIOX IMBEOQLIO.
Augusta. Me., December 27.~At Lewis
ton three thousand people attended an in
dignation meeting last, night. Ex-Governor
Dingley, Congressman Frye and others ad
dressed the meeting. Frye characterized
the action of the Governor and Council a9 a
palpable and unequivocal steal. He bad
met but one Democrat in Congress who
attempted to defend the. action of the Fu-
sionists. The plot was hatched a month
ago. The Republicans, he said, will never
see Daniel F. Davis Governor of Maine.
Boston, December 27 —The folic wing was
received from Bangor at 3 o’clock this morn
ing: Although tbe feeling is very intense,
ordinary quiet prevailed ou Friday, and all
business proceeded as regularly as usual.
The best citizens express great indig
nation at the moving of arms through
tbe streets on Christmas, but
not the slightest tendency to disorder of any
kind was manifested. The news of the
clandestine removal of tho rifles of the Old-
ton company from their armory by the Fu-
sionists last night, caused much comment
in comparison with the lack of any proposi
tion by tbe Republicans here to disturb
the ammunition at the arsenal or armory.
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel White, of this
city, who succeeds to the command of the
State militia by the resignation of Colonel
Mattock, has issued a circular to the differ
ent companies expressing the hope that all
the present troubles will be peacefully set
tled, and asking a report of membership,
arms, etc. At a meeting of the Citizens’
Executive Committee last evening the fol
lowing was adopted for publication •
To the Public: In view of the spontaneous
uprising of our citizens at the sight of arras
and ammunition transported through our
streets on Christmas day, stealthily and
without written authority for the purpose,
on behalf of the Governor of the State, of
consummating by force a threatened
crime against the decision of the
majority as expressed at the polls,
the undersigned, an Executive Committee
of citizens, at a meeting held this afternoon,
were unanimously of the opinion that while
this uprising was but the natural expression
of the indignation of our citizens, yet if
our Governor 6hall sec fit to persist in this
remarkable and alarming purpose of
gathering munitions of war for use against
the people, th6 responsibility therefor may
well be left upon him, and the law-abiding
citizens of Bangor will do nothing that
would incur any degree of responsibili
ty for tho deplorable consequences
which may ensue from tnrnlug the
capital of the State into an armed cainp.
We, therefore, feel assured that there is no
disposition on the part of tbe people to re
sist the execution of any order lawfully
given by the Governor for the removal from
our city of any property belonging to tbe
State.
J. S. WlIEELWKIGIIT.
Charles G. Stearns.
C. A. Boutelle.
G. R. Lancaster.
Silas C. Hatch.
E. R. Neallt.
John L. Cutler.
L. J. Merse.
Whitixo S. Clark.
Charles V. Lord.
Lysaxder Strictland.
Henry Lord.
H. N. Fairbanks.
C. V. Crossmax.
B. B. Thatcher.
A petition signed by several leading citi
zens, including a number of the most promi
nent Democrats of the city, will be for
warded to the Governor, urging the proprie
ty of complying with the proposition of Mr.
Morrill for a reference of the questions in
volved in the counting of the returns to the
Supreme Court.
Portland, Me., December 27.—The
principal Protestant clergymen of Portland
have united in a petition to the Governor to
ask the advice of the Supreme Court iu the
present position of affairs. The Episcopal
Bishop Neely and Rev. Dr. Hill are among
the signers. *
Boston, December 27.—A special from
Augusta, Me., to the Herald says: “The bit
ter feelings and cbance of tronble seem to
increase rather than diminish. The Gover
nor’s letter to ex-Senator Morrill does not
mean so much as at first sight it may appear
to. He expresses a willingness to refer
points that have not already been adjudi
cated upon, but ir is understood that he
believes these points are extremely few, aud
the decision o? the court will back nearly
every case. This leaves the hope
for a peaceful settlement through the
Morrill plan decidedly a faint one, though
the attempt was creditable. It looks now
as if nothiog can prevent trouble, on the
assembling of the Legislature, but a square
back down on tbe part of the Fusionlsts,
and how much chance thtye is of this, one
man can judge as well as another. Men
who do not encourage violence openly do
not hesitate to say they fear and ex
pect. it. Congressman Frye’s speech
last night was not reassuring, and
Congressman Reed thinks blood will be
shed before the trouble is over. The ex
citement in the country towns and villages
grows more rapidly than in the cities. Meet
ings of both parties to-night will be nume
rous.”
Rockland, Me., December 27.—The
Greenbackers have Issued a call for a meet
ing of citizens at Farwell Hall Monday
evening to give expression to their deter
mination to vindicate the Integrity of tbe
constitution and laws and to uphold the
Executive of the State in a faithful dis
charge of his duty and to rebuke violent
apd incendiary utterances.
Gardiner, Me , December 27.—Consider
able dissatisfaction is reported among seve
ral prominent Democrats and Greenbackers
on account of clergymen addressing an In
dignation meeting an Monday night. There
is much excitement here over the Bangor
affair, and a petition has been sent to the
Governor and Council signed by 253 citizens
of both parties, urging the propriety of the
expediency and justice of asking opin
ion of the Supreme Court, in accordance
with the request contained in the communi
cation from Hon, Lot M. Morrill.
Augusta, Me., December 27,—Hon. Lot
M. Morrill came to Augusta this morning
by early train and returned by a special
train at 5:30 o’clock this evening. It is
understood that the object of his visit was
to have a conference touching the points to
be presented to Governor Garcelon for sub
mission to the Supreme Court. 8ome brief
questions, it is said, have been agreed upon,
bqt the lettpr has nut yet been obtained.
Mr. Morrill expresses great confidence that
Governor Garcelon will agree to submit the
questions. Petitions are coming in rapidly
from all points of the 8Ute urging the Gov
ernor to submit the questions to the 8tf-
preme Court.
Belfast, Me., December 27.—A call,
headed “Law and Order,” invites the citi
zens of Belfast and vicinity, who are in
favor of sustaining tbe State authorities in
the faithful discharge of their constitutional
duty, and who, feeling that the treasonable
utterances of the Republican meetings
should not be permitted to go forth as the
6entiment of the people of Maine, to meet
on Monday evening to give expression to
their views in vega^d to the threatening as
pect of the state of affairs. Gov. Garcelon
is invited to attend.
Agreeably to a call signed by a large number
of Republicans and Greenbackers, a citizens’
meeting to discuss the “counting out” ac
tion "was held this evening: Tbe meeting
was called tb erder by Dr. J. G. Brooks,
Representative elect. Col.' Wifa. H. Foeger
was chosen Chairman, and C. C. Sibley.
Secretary. Speeches were made by 6eyenvl
domipent citizens of the county and a num
ber of letters were read. The general tope
of the speeches, letters and resolutions were
unqualifiedly condemnatory of the count
ing out aoHoa of the Governor and Coun
cil, and while deprecating and disavowing
all intention of resort to arms, yet they ad
vise that every constitutional right should
be maintained, and where set aside or over
ridden, must be contested step by step, and
a final report must be made at the bar of
mbllc opinion as expressed at the polls In
iture elections.
P?
ful
Ton, Mass., December 27.—The cor-
ondent of the Boston Herald telegraphs
• | -t paper from Augusta as follows : “Your
_ irrespondent met last evening one of the
■Republican Congressmen from this State,
and had some conversation with him on the
affairs of the State, and what the future
was to bring with it. He declared himself
unable to foretell, but said he should be grati
fied, not to say surprised, if a settlement is
reached without bloodshed, which he evi
dently very much feared. He did not think
radical or violent talk would have much
to do in increasing the popular excite
ment. All that was needed to enrage
any honest citizen was to read an account
of what the Governor and Council have
done, and that would make any man’s
blood boil. He endorsed the statement of
another Congressman that he did not be
lieve that eight such scoundrels could be
found outside of tbe 8tate prison as those
who had perpetrated this outrage. This is
pretty plain talk, and shows how deep tbe
prevailing resentment is against the authori
ties. The gentleman went on to declare
that no excuse could be made for the crime.
The most callow young lawyer who had
ever practised before a justice’s court would
be ashamed to have been guilty of trying to
justify such infamy as the counting out of
."kowhegan, or Cherryfleld, or Sullivan, or
Gouldsboro.”
GEN. HATCH’S COMMISSION A FAILURE.
Denver, Col., December 27.—Specials to
the Denver Tribune from Los Pinos say:
“Ouray came up yesterday afternoon, and
the commission went promptly into session.
He had promised his colleagues at the last
meeting to send them word as soon as
Somerwick arrived, but the latter came up
to the agency, and was here several hours
before tbe news of his arrival reached tbe
commission. Upon the question belug
asked Ouray, * Where are the prisoners ?’ he
affected great surprise, and said he had not
understood that the commission wanted the
Indians as prisoners of war, and had not
thought any of them were to be tried, but
had thought all were to go to Washington
to have a talk with the Great Father on tho
subject of their wrongs. Now, inasmuch
as the principal difficulty the commission
has been struggling with was to in
duce the Indians to give themselves
up for trial, and as they had finally
consented upon condition that they
should not be tried in Colorado, this affec
tation of misunderstanding the wishes of
the commission was too much Cor even tbe
patience of Gem^Hatch, aud for a second
time since convening the commission be
lost his temper, and for the first time he lost
confidence in the final success of his efforts.
Last night he expressed himself to the effect
that he did not believe Ouray had the power
to enforce the surrender of the Utes. He
has, 1 think, finally given up hopes that
the Indians will be surrendered, and is
making preparation to start out, and Ouray
was not reproached by him for auy display
of bad faith, or with direct lying, but was
told by Hatch that he would start on the
28th for Alamasa, and would remain
a day at the station on the Cimar
ron, twenty-five miles distant. Should
he choose to deliver ud the
•Indians there upon the 22th, they would
be received. Ouray then began to entertain
the commission with stories of men who
had been frozen and lost in tbe effort to get
out at this seasou—a childish plan to de
ter I{atch from leaving. He evidently
fears tbe consequences to his tribe
should Hatch leave without the priso
ners, as he evidently cannot persuade
or force the Utes to deliver themselves up.
The last five days given Ouray makes a 6um
total of twenty-one days’ time given to the
Utes. I make no predictions as to the re
suit this time, seeing that Hatch is deter
mined, aud the Utes may possibly decide to
give themselves up, but whether they do or
not Hatch will leave on Sunday, and if he
leaves without the prisoners there will be
war. It has been impossible to obtain here
tofore a full list of the names of the Utes who
are to be tried at Fort Leavenworth from
the commissioners, aud it has been equally
impossible to ascertain when these twelve
are to be tried, for the testimony of the
Meekers, as given to the press, couvicts
only a few of them of the crime. This list
is frequently referred to by the commission
ers, and attaches in connection with certain
Indians and always with the ‘star’ list.
What this list is I cannot 6av
positively, but from hints dropped
by members of the commission, and 6tray
remarks made by them when they imagined
the reporters were not alert, I am confident
the ‘star’ list contains the names of those
Indians who committed a crime worse than
murder or arson—a crime which is spoken
of only with bated breath, and
which has not yet even been
hinted at by the newspapers. It
is well known that the story of the women
as given to the public, aud their testimony
under oath, differ widely, and tbe crimes of
which they accuse the Indians in their
sworn testimony would suffice to hang any
man, of whatever color, without the for
mality of a trial, in the twinkling of an eye.
That this list contains the names of those
Indians who are accused of this nameless
crime towards defenseless women is
not a sudden conclusion, but one which
has been arrived at after careful considera
tion, and which will be fully supported
when tbe trial of tbe miscreants takes place.
Douglas and Persume are known to be two
of the names contained in tbe li6t, but the
other names can only be obtained at the
time o? trial.” A dispatch to the lYibune
from Santa Fe says eighty four Apaches
have surrendered to the troops In Arizona.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Washington, December 27.—The United
States steamer Nipsic, Commander C. N.
Schoontnakcr, now at Norfolk, has been
ordered by tbe Navy Department to proceed
without delay to Laguayra, Venezuela, to
inquire into the circumstances of the with
drawal or expulsion of Mr. Eckert, United
States Commercial Agent at that port, from
Barcelona, to which place he had been sent
on public duty. The Nipsic will touch at
S . Thomas to take on board Mr. Eckert,
who is reported as a refugee at that place.
On completing this duty she will return to
Haroptqn Boade. She \yill probably sail on
her mission next 5f ond ay or Tuesday.
A telegram received to-day by Commis
sioner lUum, from Collector Marks at New
Orleans, announces that on tbe 22i ins'.,
Deputy Collector J. II. Dinkgrave, in Mon
roe county, La., near the Texas line, cap
tured an illicit still, and arrested the distil
ler, named Buick. Dinkgrave was fired at
and wounded.
SENTENCE OF A MURDERER.
Cincinnati, December 27.—A Little Rock
(Ark ) dispatch says: “Thos. Edmunds,
convicted of the murder of Julia Aserbrook
and their child, was yesterday sentenced to
be banged at Ozark, Ark., February 27th
next. Edmunds’ crime was committed In
1S7S. A year before this he located in
Washington county, coming there with Miss
Aserbrook from Kentucky. He left Wash
ington county, with her and their child, to
go to Johnson county, but never arrived,
and Edmunds subsequently turned up at bis
Kentucky home and said hi6 companions
had died at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Some
months later human bones were found on
the edge of ihe Arkansas river, near Sprada
landing, together with the clothes of the
missing woman and child. Cjne of the
skeletons was identified as that of Miss
Aserbrook by means of a peculiar tooth.”
RAPID RISC IN THE OglO.
Cincinnati, December 37.—The rapid rise
in the river caused some 'apprehensions in
the minds of the river people for the safety
of the boats and cargoes now at the landing.
The water now touches the curbstone at
Gilmore’s Landing, aud at the present rate
will probably reach the first floors of pome
of the houses in the vicinity of Broadway
and Main street by morning. The wharf-
boats are almost up to the sidewalk All
along the shore freight is being removed
from the boats as rapidly a« possible. Dam
age to the boats is apprehended from the
action of the swift current and from drift
wood, some of the letter belug logs ot’large
dimensions, which are driven about wit^.
great force.
ON A TOUR OF DEFECTION.
Washington, December 27.—Quarter
master General Meigs left Washington,
under orders from the War Department, to
make an extended inspection of all the
principal military depots in the West and
South. He will go as far ivest as * Chicago
and Cheyenne, thenee to Leavenworth,
Kansas, thence south to 8an Antonio, Texas,
returning by way of New Orleans, Savannah
and Charleston. He will be absent about a
month.
NATIONAL SOCIALISTIC! DEMOCRATIC CON-
v : ,s 1 ’TKNTION. ** ■*
Ejttsrurg, December 37.—The National
Socialistic Democratic Convention met yes
terday in Alleghany City. Forty delegates
were present. A. R. Parsons, of Chicago,
was appointed temporary Chairman, and
Wm. Wayne, of Brooklyn, Secretary. A
mmitloe on Credentials was appointed.
,e President read his report showing the
party to be in a flourishing condition.
FIRE pr rrookltij.
Mbw York, December 2?.—E. Ketchum
<fc Co.’s Un factory, a five-story briok build
ing, corner of Second street and Union ave
nue, Brooklyn, was discovered on fire
about midnight. The stock, machinery
and building were damaged to the amount
of $100,000.
BRIG ASHORE.
Wilmington, N. C. December 27.—The
Signal office at Smlthville reports the brig
Silaa N. Martin ashore between the outer
and Inner shoal, near the bar at the mouth
of Cepe Fear river.
FOREIGN NEWS ITEMS.
London, December 27.—A Lahore dis
patch, dated Friday night, says: “Since
General Gough passed Latahand no news
has been received from him. Rumors of
his arrival at Cabul are premature. The
wire U> day was working as far as Ganda-
mnk, but at night it was interrupted be
tween Peshawur and Jellalab&d.”
A C&ndabar dispatch, dated Friday, says:
“To-day being a Mahometan festival, the
fanatical portion of the population is much
excited. Some mounted Ghazuss run
amuck through the British camp. General
Tltler was wounded and four of the fanatics
killed.”
A Paris dispatch says the President of the
Chamber of Deputies, M. Gambetta himself,
would not succeed at this moment with this
Chamber in forming a durable majority re
solved on supporting bis Cabinet.
Ex-Marshal B&zaine, who, at the conclu
sion of the last Franco-German war, was
convicted of treason in the surrender of
Metz, and whose sentence of death was
commuted by President M&cMahon to
twenty years’ imprisonment in the fortress
at Isle Sainte Marguerite,whence heescaped
with the assistance of his wife and her
cousin, has solicited permission to settle
some family affairs in France, but has been
refused.
The bark H. Jemmet, from Wilmington,
N. C., for London, has arrived at Gravesend,
with loss of foremast, maintopmast and jib-
boom by a collision.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
New York, December 27.—The large
clothing store of Dutton & Rhodes, at He:-
ter 6treet and the Bowery, took fire to-night.
The smoke and flames burst forth from the
third floor windows. Eleven fire engines
were eoon on the spot, and the flames were
quickly got under control. The contents of
tbe burniDg floor were a total loss. It was
occupied by E. Deutsch & Son as a tobacco
factory. The flames had reached the
fourth floor, occupied by Morris
O’Brien as a manufactory of upholstery'
trimmings,and had done slight damage. On
the second floor R. D. Rolph’s branch of the
Peter Coop< r glue factory was damaged by
water alone, but the chief injury was done
to clothing. The losses are estimated as
follows: Dutton & Rhodes $35,000, insured
for a like amount; E. Deutsch & Son, to
bacco, $8,000, insured; R. D. Rolpbs & Co.,
glue, $2,000; Morris O’Brien,'upholstery
trimmings, $500. The building is the pro
perty of the Astor estate, and is damaged
probably $2,000.
INTERNATIONAL WALKING MATCH.
New York, December 27.—The inter
national walking match closed at Madison
Square Garden about 11 o’clock to-night,
and the score at the flulsh was as follows:
Hart 540>£ miles. Krohne 534%, Faber
531%, Pegrara 527, Hughes 530%, Fltz
geraid 520%, Williams 502%, Campana 500,
Rae 450. O’Brien went off at 5:10, with a
♦■core of 484 miles, Gellert at 2:28 with 402,
Clow at 4:02 p. m. with 400, and Brody at
4 o’clock 32 minutes and 20 seconds, with 450
miles. Hart was loudly cheereid as he
buckled the champion belt about his waist,
and walked twice around the track. There
were upwards of 5,000 persons present
during tbe evening. Fitzgerald started on
a brisk run,which he kept up for two hours,
making 10 miles. Hart looked almost as
fresh at the finish as at the start. On his
five hundredth mile, Campaua dropped into
the chair at the judges’ stand, thoroughly
exhausted.
SUIT AGAINST GENERAL FREMONT DISCON
TINUED.
New YoRK.Decerabcr 27.—The suit begun
September 20, 1877, by "the United States
against General Jno. C. Fremont, to recover
$1,108 08, which was alleged as erroneously
paid him as Major General of the United
States army from May 14, 1861, to July 10,
in the same year, was discontinued to-day,
Judge Choate, at the instance of District
Attorney Woodford and the General’s
counsel*, signing the order of discon
tinuance. The complaint set forth that
Fremont had not gone to his post and re
ported for duty when he drew pay for the
period mentioned District Attorney Wood
ford, in a lettar to the Solicitor of the
Treasury, gave as his reason for discon
tinuing the suit that the General had failed
to file the acceptance of hi6 appointment,
and that it was a mere technical mistake.
ANOTHER INTSROCEANIC RAILWAT.
New York, December 27.—It is stated
that Mr. Van Brocklin, late SuDerinteodent
of the Metropolitan “L” Railway, Mr. Wm.
J. McAlplue, Consulting Engineer, Mr.
Scott and several other gentlemen, leave to
day on tbe steamer City of Alexandria to
superintend the construction of an inter-
oceanic railroad from the Atlantic to the
Pacific at the Isthmus of Tehuantepea. On
reaching Vera Cruz the party propose to
take one of the coast steamers toMin&tltlan,
a port on the Coatzacoalco river, 34 miles
from Its mouth. Messrs. MpAlpine and
Brocklin propose to make a complete recon-
noissance of the entire line of road between
the termini, going over the ground on horse
back and camping out.
Tfle NEW* FRENCH MINISTRY.
London, December 27.—A Paris dispatch
says the programme of M. de Freycinct is an
extensive purification of public functiona
ries, plenary amnesty, a suspension of thp
fixity of the tenure of Judges, and a deter
mined anti clerical policy.
Another Paris dispatch says in c mnecticn
with the appointment of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Marquis de Noaillts, pres
ent French Ambassador at Rome, has been
telegraphed to.
RELIEF FOR THE IRISH SUFFERERS.
Dublin, December 27.—Michael Davitt,
one of the political agitators recently ar
rested in Dublin for seditious language at a
public meeting, and released on bail, has
been dispatched to the west of Ireland by
the Irish Land League as a commissioner for
the relief of the popular distress.
At a meeting of the committee for the
distribution of the Duchess of Marlborough’s
relief fund it was ehown that the sum of
£6,400 is al rea dy available for distribution.
ftp981A TQ ATTACH HERAT-
LoNpoM, Repember 27-—Berlin dispatch
says the Russian Government does not con
ceal its intention of attacking Meu, and
possibly Herat, in the spring. General
Kaufmnnn will command the expedition
starting from the Amu Darha river, and
General Tergukasoff another from the Cas
pian 8ea.
COLD WEATHER IN THE NORTH,
8t. John, N. B. f December 27.—The cold
this morning Is very severe. At 6even
o’clock tbe thermometer registered here
seventeen degrees below zero, and at
Frederick junction twenty-nine below.
Tbe weather is milder to-night and a storm
seems probable.
HISTORIAN DEAD.
London. December 27.—The death is
announced of William Hepworth Dixon,
historian and traveler, and for many years
editor of the London Athenautn, in bis fifty-
ninth y< ar. The cause of bis death wa9
apoplexy.
INTERNATIONALI c TS CONVICTED.
Florence, December 27.—Nine Interna
tionalists have been convicted of conspiracy
against tbe government, an^ four other?
acquitted. Including a Russian lady.
BURNED TO DE4TH.
New Orleans, December 37-—Mrs. Clara
Clayiss, aged 103 years,was burned to death
last night by the explosion of an oil lamp.
OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
Murder of a School Mate by Two
Girls.—A dispatch from Hagerstown,
Ind., states ih&t a murder,'which oc
curred near a country school-house be
tween Ccntreville and Williamsburg,
two weeks since, has just come to light.
Two tchool girls, about fifteen years old,
daughters of wealthy parents, were ex
pelled from the school for bad treatment
of r school male of the same age, named
Miss Kates. While the latter was on
her way home, after school, they assault
ed her—one knocking her down with a
base ball bat, and the other jumping on
her and breaking four of her ribs. Miss
Kates managed to crawl a short distance
to her home, and died soon after com
municating the fftets to her mother. Ac
cording to* report the parents of the as
sailants went to tbe murdered girl’s
mother and persuaded her by a bribe of
$3,000 to keep the affair secret. The
facts, however, leaked out' through
senool children who witnessed the as
saiilt, and' have created much excite
ment.
A Variety Actress Shot.—In New
York, Christmas morning, Alice Smith,
a young variety actress, was met by'her
husband, wfth \yhbni she had not lived
for several years. On refusing to 50
home with him he ifre4 at her with a pis
tol, the bal] striking her in the back part
of the head, taking an upward course
and passing out a short distance from
the place it had entered. Mrs. Smith
fell to tbe pavement and Smith walked
off. The wounded woman quickly re
covered consciousness, and is no\7 in
Bellevue Hospital. The wound is not a
dangerous one. •*
A Mrs. Builer, a fashionable lady of
London society, went to the Oarlton,
her husband’s club, asked for his letters,
opened them, and sued for a divorce.
Cold Weather—Christmas Frollcln*
—Minor Topics—The Clement At
tachment Again—A Double Mi
rlege—A Christmas Greeting and a
Splendid Dinner—Final Pars-
Kraphs— Personal and General.
Special Correspondence of the Mamina Hews.
Atlanta, December 27.—Christmas morn
log dawned In a warm rain, but the dsy
closed In a chilling blast, and before mid
night the “cold wave” struck us in full
force. Water froze in a room where there
was fire, both last night and the night be
fore, although the days are not so cold.
I have never 6een a noisier Christmas
daring five years In Atlanta, nor as much
drunkenness. It was truly sad to see a large
number of very young men drunk on the
street Christmas day and also yesterday.
The devil reaps hts greatest harvest on the
very day we celebrate as the birthday of the
Saviour. Is It not time to consider this mat
ter from a serious standpoint ?
Although drunkenness was ao general and
numerous arrests were made, no very serious
accidents occurred. Several boys were in
jured by the careless use of firearms, one
losing his right hand. It certainly is cause
for thankfulness that so few accidents hap
pened during such a noisy and general cele
bration. The police had their hands full,
yet managed to “take in” the worst cases.
MINOR TOPICS.
Recent references to cotton seed oil mills
in my letter?, backed by your excellent
editorial, have brought me several letters
of inquiry from responsible parties who
desire to start such an enterprise in Savan
nah. At present I am unable to give the
statistics desired, bat have applied to the
prbper source for reliable figures.
A full tide of white and negro emigration
continues to pour through Atlauta to Texas,
Kansas and Arkansas, and yet no word of
condemnation is uttered against Georgia
railroads that offer cheap rates in order to
depopulate the State. No doubt newspa
pers deeply Interested in Georgia immigra
tion matters might find la this a frukful
subject for discussion. Wfio defeated the
movement to secure reduced rates for de
luded Georgians to return home ?
The friends of Col. Peterson Thweatt, an
old and honored Comptroller General of tbe
State, will be glad to know that his son,
Alexander U. Stephens Thweatt, has been
appointed assistant ticket agent for Mr.
Jack Johnson in the Union Depot ticket
office in this city. Young Thweatt is as
polite aud worthy as he Is handsome and
capable, aud in him tbe traveling public
will alicags find a gentleman. The same is
true of Mr. Johnson, his employer, who
never tires in giving courteous replies even
to the most useless and oft repeated in
quiries.
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT AGAIN.
It having been charged by the authors of
the Clement attachment “boom” that tbe
opposition to this movement is made for
“self-protection,” I desire to stamp the
charge as utterly false so far as it may be
intended for your correspondent. For my
self, I have written no word against the at
tachment, but simply as to the unwise and
laudatory manner of its reiutroduction to
the public. It is a good iuvention in its
way and proper sphere, but when any man
says it will go into “general use” or “re
volutionize” cotton manufacturing, he does
not know what he is writing about.
As to advising any one not to purchase, I
have advised ipen to examine the attach
ment prudently and fully, aud have always
said it was a good thing in its proper place,
if rightly managed. Now in th a caution 1
am more than sustained by Colonel J. T.
Henderson, State Commissioner of Agricul
ture, who closes his official report of a visit
to the Stribling mills with these very strong
words of caution: “I would notBave'&ny
one to make the venture on any opinion of
mine. Had I the inclination to-day to pur
chase an attachment, 1 would resurvey tbe
ground many times before so doing, and
would advise similar caution on the part of
others.” The italics are mine, and I only
add, why such caution about a thing so be-
puffed and so wonderful ? Is it not to pre
vent hundreds of £Qod men from making a
hasty and unfortunate investment In an in
vention which only practical men can, under
the most favorable circumstances, make
profitable ?
A DOUBLE MARRIAGE.
It is seldom that your correspondent has
anything to say in regard to social affairs,
and I do so now only because I think there
i6 good reason for an exception to tbe genr
eral rule, the parties being old friends and
readers of the Morning Npws.
On the 23d, at the country residence of T.
K- Mullins, Troy, Ala., his beautiful and ac
complished granddaughter, Miss Nettie
Talbot, was united in marriage to Mr. J. C.
Henderson. The lovely bride is the daugh
ter of Capt. Bailey Talbot, a gallant Con
federate officer who fell in the battles around
Atlanta, and the groom is a most estimable
and popular young merchant of Troy.
. ‘ “ “ a;
to W. L. Brock, E*q., formerly a talented
young lawyer of Troy, but now a wholesale
merchant in Atlanta. The fair bride is a
daughter of tbe late Augustus Henderson,
the wealthiest merchant of Troy, and &Mded
to her most amiable Huskies she has all the
accomplishments that wealth could secure
to her.
Both of these marriages were conducted
with al the modern attractions of fashiona
ble weddings, and the attendants were
numerous and from the be^t eoclaty. Mr.
J. F. Gqilmartin, of Savannah, was an at
tendant at both, first with Miss Callle
Beauchamp aud then with Miss £. Mur-
phree. Your correspondent regrets that he
could not be present on this happy occasion,
as he retains the pleasing remem
brances of his five years* residence in that
enterprising city. May true happiness and
substantial prosperity attend the newly
wedded couples to the ond of life.
A CHRISTMAS GREETING.
Your correspondent and his wife bad the
pleasure of an invitation to dine at the
Markham House on Christmas day, and
enjoy one of the finest dinners ever prepared
for such an occasion.
Mayor W. A. Huff, of Macon, the senior
proprietor, was absent on account of sick
ness, but the junior partner, Mr. Philip F.
Brown, formerly of the Blue Ridge Springs,
Va., did the honors with a grace and ease
that won all hearts. We have never met a
more modest and deserving gentleman in
the hotel business.'
A marked fbathre of the dinner was “a
Christmas greeting to tbe guests,” in verse,
on the elegant bill of fare. The following
extracts will show the appropriateness of the
greeting, which was supplemented with an
excellent double verse from the popular
clerks, Mewrs. Frank Miller, Charity Hill
and John Lowry ;
“Whoe’er has traveled life’s dull rou^d.
Where’er bis stages may have b«en,'
May sigh to think he still has found
Tmo wartnest welcome at' an Inn. 11
Thus William Shenstone, in the years long fled,
Wrote on the window of an English Inn,
Humble the thame, and simply it is *aid.
Yet how its touching truth the hearf Cab win
* • * ♦ * *
“The warmest welcome” is the one that’s true*
And such we give this Christmas day to all.
Comedy from wearing ot the “Gray” or
Who enter as our guests this dining hall.
• . * -\ch guest that comes or goes.
peaks of his most pleasant
Quote Shenstone's verse and Johnson's
prose.
For this the best and happiest ot ^Jad days.
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.'
Yonr correspondent is under obligations
to Mr. Henry Durand, tbe polite and hand
some manager of Ballard’s dining salcon in
the Union depot, for a handsomely illus
trated printed “Christmas Greeting,” and a
cordial invitation to dine at that popular
establishment.
Col. W. V. Price, ex-Cong/easman from
the notable N^ntb district, since hie retire
ment to private life, has done an immense
amount of work in the development of
Lumpkin and adjoining counties. He is
now President of a narrow ganve railroad
which he is constructing frwm Gainesville
to Dahlcaaga. ^he'completion of which will
greatly increase gold mining 1q that sec
tion.
Savannah aqd South Georgia have great
cause to honor Col. Price’s public spirit.
As President of the Board or Trustees of
the Agricultural and Military College at
Dahlonega, he has made that institution a
grand success, and that U*o with Its college
edifice burned to' the ground. Savannah
and Effingham county boys, who are cadets
there, have fully verified this fa£t by their
study, physical and mcntql Improvement.
| find that l was in error in making fun
of General Grant’s "through car to Key
West.” By reference to a handsomely
bound volume of nearly three hundred
pages, entitled “The Great Southern Rail
way’* a “trunk line between the North and
the Tropics, to within ninety miles of H*-
* I find th~* * v ‘ -* *
So may we treat each
That when he sj
vays.
He will (
y
-For the benefit of people who wish to
take this route (if you will Allow a free ad
vritlsemem) l won d sta«e that it funs from
MUlen, Ga. t via Jesup. to Jacksonville, Pa-
iatka, Orlando and Turtle Harbor, FI rida.
From that point It goes by plies and Islands
to Key West, making an all rail line of sev
en hundred and fifty miles from MUlen to
Key West. From the fact that General
Grant has an invitation to take a “through
car to Key West,” on his way to Cuba, I
presume this new route is to be opened up
at once In connection with “The Great
Southern Grant Boom.” How appropriate
that these two “Great Southern Booms”
should be thus united. Chatham.
CHRISTMAS ON THE ST. JOHN’S.
Em Route to Palatka-Tbe Kelsey
aud Her Captalm-Geoneim Pftl-
crlms-Palatka and Her Sarroood
luce.
Palatka, December 25.—Editor Morning
News: Tbe tide of winter travel to Florida
has fairly set in, and up to this time there
has been quite an excess of arrivals over
those of last year to the same date in Jack
sonville. There is an increased disposition
every year among visitors to distribute out
into the interior Instead of remaining as
formerly in the hotels In Jacksonville.
Many a visitor to the “Land of Flowers”
was content when he looked upon the beau
tiful St. John’s from the hotel piazza and
enjoyed tbe luxury of a Jacksonville hotel.
They went back supposing that they had
seen Florida, when in reality they had but
entered the gateway.
Leaving Jacksonville for the present, I
took shipping for this point upon the
6teamer G. K. Kelsey. It belongs to the
maU line, and, in connection with the
Sappho, makes the round trip from Jack
sonville to Palatka and return, thus giving
two boats of this line every day each wav.
It affords a daylight view of the ever in
creasing attractions ot the St. John’s river.
The boat is fast and a model of neatness
and comfort, and is in charge of Captain
Crawford, one of the most experienced
steamboat men on the river, and it is de
servedly popular with the traveling public.
There was a small company of Georgia
pilgrims aboard, consisting of Capt. W. D.
Bradwell, of the Hinesvllle Gazette, and
lady, and Dr. Harris, of Sparta. They were
seeking tbe balmy atmosphere of Indian
river, and were steering for Titusville, on
the Atlantic coast. It would have been
pleasant to have journeyed with them, but
duty claimed me here.
The weather has been exceedingly mild.
The thermometer last night at half-past
nine o’clock stood at 72, and to-day the
mercury reached 30 at about 1:30 o’clock. It
is the warmest Christmas on record in this
section. There has been but slight frosts
up to this time, and the gardens look green
and flourishing.
Last night we had a few reminders that
Christmas was coming, and “ere the day
dawn” we had practical demonstration that
Christmas was here. All the day long the
Irrepressible boy has kept ns in constant
memory of scenes of thirty years ago. I
could not if I would, and would not if I
could, forget that I was once a boy, and I
would now rather
“Laugh a fair haired boy
Than reign a grey beard King.”
My Georgia friends got upon a “Water
Lily” and soon disappeared. I started in
auest of my old friend Capt. Pratt, of the
Herald. I made a complete Investigation
of the town, and found that most of the
citizens were out in Sunday attire—business
almost suspended. It gave me a better
view of the homes, and I became better ac
quainted with the people, but accomplished
little in a business way, as everybody was
intent to make the best of the holiday;
however, 1 received naught but kindness
and expressions of appreciation of the News,
if J didn’t receive many subscribers.
palatka is a town of hotels. Some one
has 6aid that Paris is France, so if you take
the hotels out of Palatka and their patron
age, you leave but little else of a busi
ness character. These were the first points
of importance to which my attention was
called, and I found all that could be wished
for comfort and convenience. Col. Larkin,
of the Larkin House, General Orris, of the
Putnam, Majjr Peterman, ot the St.
John’s,and Captain Shelley, of tbe C&rleton,
present an array of hotel experience and
adaotiveness that few communities can
claim. Then, there are sundry smaller
places and boarding houses where the “in
ner man” Is comfortably cared for. The
Putnam has been greatly enlarged and im
proved, and is now one of tbe finest in ine
State. The Carleton Is small but the board
ers say it Is splendidly kept.
The whole town is an orange grove. The
shade trees aTe of the sour orange, and
their golden fruit in the Christmas sunshine
presented a striking picture to the mind of
the Northerner who, for the first time, has
looked upon the orange in its home. They
usually stand In wonder and amazement,
then looking carefully about they pluck
one, and exultingly open an orifice in its
cuticle, lifting it in triumph to their lip»,
and—and soon it is in the dust at their feet
and they look to see If anybody has been
watching them.
In company with A. Ji. R ur r and son, of
New Jersey, I partook of Christmas dinner
at the Laritin ‘House, and a superb one it
was. Iu the afternoon, in company with
Capt. Pratt, of the Herald, I visited Colonel
Hart’s celebrated orange grove across the
river. Nobody ever goes to Palatka with
out a visit to this spot. It Is the Perfection
of an orange grove. There ore about six
hundred trees which said to be ab^ut
forty years Ad, aptl ibelr yield abundant.
Loot season there were dipped over 300,000
oranges from *h!s grove, aud Mr. Perry, the
superintendent, assured rae that an equal
number will be shipped this year, although
Colonel Ilart has comparatively sent off but
few as yet. His grove has such a reputation
that they are all taken up by order, so that
it Is a rare thing to find Hart’s oranges on
the market. They realize a better price by
order than otherwise. I found Colonel
Hart a very courteous and pleasant gentle
man. He has done a great deal for this
section in the Increase of orange culture, as
well as for the development of the resources
of the country generally.
In the evening we visited the grove of
Dr. N. H. Moragne, a name with which you
are familiar, being the brother of tbe author
of “The British Spy ” He has a lovely home
in the midst of a native orange grove, per
haps the only one in *he vicinity. He has
some of the finest trees In the State. He
hap one that is thirty five feet in height,
and one that will yield him this season five
thousand oranges. He has the mandarin
and tangerine varieties, which are very rare.
Both are small and red rind, very delicate
and delicious iu flavor. The tangerine is
regarded as thj best of the two varieties,
and fmany years the Doctor waa the
possessor of the only tree in the State. The
Doctor’s grove is now almost as celebrated
as that of Colonel Hart’s. It (s a great
place of resort for visitors, being at the end
of the river j>romenade A and Is most delight-
Yfitb some friends I spent the early eve
ning aud took tea with Capt. Fn%tt and hi-
excellent family. He has au el< gant house,
and when tho gfoqnda are completed he
will haye one of the handsomest places iu
the town. The Herald must be flourishing
to afford such QU outlay. After c'gars auu
music wo all repaired to the Melodist
Church to take a look at tho Christmas tree.
Tne tree filled With presents for the
tittle ones, an<i tne bouse tastefully decor
atCfl With evergreens. There was such a
crowd aud the weather so warm that I con
cluded tQ remain near the door, but the
xyhole exercises were charming and the little
people went home wishing that Christmas
would come oftener than once a year.
There were religious services at the Epis
copal Church, which was also beautifully
decorated. The dicing rooms of the hotels
and all the ste^mbo^ts that touched at thl-
pork were dressed in evergreens and flags In
honor of the day.
The Bridgeton made her first trip of the
season to this point to day and returned.
The 8t. John’s was also at the wharf. It is
almost inconceivable to see what an amount
of freight Is being shipped this season. And
still the demand is equal to the supply.
Many orange growers fcavo orders alread)
covering their entire vrops. Thousands ol
youna tieea are coming in every year. In
creasing the yield, and thousands more are
being 6et out. Still there is no end to the
demand. In fact the increased supply cre
ates the demands aud Instead ol the crop
being qysjdom* is really lacking in
aqradot to satisfy tbe increased demand.
This orange 3 iela brings thousands of dol
lars. into tbe State, and is contributing
largely to the development of her resources.
There Is one fallacy about orange grow
ing that has exploded, and that is the idea
with which many people cacao to this sec
tion expecting to nave a remunerative
orange grove in four or five years. The
seedling is the healthy, long-lived t. ee. You
may force the fruit by budding into this
limited time, but juu can never have a
healthy oyan^e grove without the trees hav
ing healthy and well-developed bodies. Ten
or twelve years Is as short a time as the best
tree can be brought np to legitimate bearing.
I go hence to the ancient city of St. Au-
gustine. Jack Plane.
POVERTY AMR S^BPEBIXG.
"I was dra*«*d down with debt, poverty
*Rd suffering for years, caused by sick
family and large bills for doctoring, which
did them no good. I was Qocgplcrely dis
couraged, untU one yea* ago, by the advice
of my pa&to*, X procured Hop Bitters and
commenced their use, and in one month we
were all well, and none of ns have seen a
sick day since and I want to say to all poor
men, you can keep your families well a year
with Hop Bitters for less than one doctor’s
visit will cost you—I know it.
* “A Workingman.”
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Gntttlts mi Yroigions.
FIREWOfiKS.
largest and best selected stock in the
city at the lowest prices.
BUTTER, very choice, at 90c. per pound.
Fresh SWEET ODER on draught.
RAISINS, CURRANTS, CITRON, NUTS,
JELLIES, etc.
MAPLE SYRUP in tiitt.
CANDIES, CANDY TOYS, FIGURES, etc.
Splendid variety of TOILET SOAPS.
FANCY CRACKERS, all kinds.
MINCE MEAT, all size palls.
COOKING WINES and BRANDIES.
Fine Old WINES and BRANDIES.
MUMM'S PIPER HEIDSEICK and NAPO
LEON’S CABINET CHAMPAGNE.
At the lowest prices.
BRIM & COOPER.
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OHOIOB
Groceries&Liprs
Off BASKETS PIPER HEIDSIECK CHAM-
aO PAGNE.
10 cases Theophite, Roderer A Co.’s CHAM
PAGNE.
10 cases BURK’S IRISH WHISKY.
10 cases PINET CASTILLON BRANDY.
5 casks BASS’ ALE.
S casks GUINNESS’ STOUT.
2 barrels BAKER’S WHISKY.
2 barrels SWEET CATAWBA,
ALSO.
L. L. RAISINS, SEEDLESS RAISINS.
CURRANTS, CITRON.
PRUNES, BEEF TONGUE8.
W. G. WILSON’S FANCY CRACKERS.
FLORIDA ORANGES, APPLES, etc.
JAS. McGRATH & CO.
Tbe Cincinnati Packing Co.
packers OF
po™,
And Queen of the West brand of
Extra Sugar-Cured Hams, Shoulders
and Ureakfost Bacon.
aSCPCKATl. OHIO
IEESHJ&GS!
FLORIDA ORANGES,
Baldwin Apples, Gillie Apples.
JRISHJPOTATOES, all kinds, for seed and
BUT.ER, CHEESE, LARD.
CORN, OATS. BRAN and HAY'.
VIRGINIA PEANUTS.
Call and see ns,
T. P. BOND & CO.,
d«c23-tf 157 BAY STREET.
WEW GOODS.
B ACON Sides, Shoulders and Hams.
FLOUR, in barrels and racks, all grades.
COFFEE, Java, Jamaica and Rio.
SOAP. Common and Toilet.
STARCH and CANDLER
CANNED GOODS, all kinds.
CITRON. PRESERVES
ASSORTED and GUAVA JELLY.
NUTS. RAISINS, PRUNES, FIGS.
SUGAR, LIQUORS and WINES, all kinds.
TOBACCO. < IGARS, MACKEREL, CODFISH
PICKLES, SAUCES, SWEET OIL, etc.
BUCKETS, TUBS, BROOMS and BASKETS.
MINCEMEAT, in packages and retail.
LARD. SALT. BUTTE:t, all grades.
SPICES. POTASH. LYE and SODA.
APPLES, ONIONS and POTATOES.
KGGS, LIVE and DRESSED POULTRY.
MaCON SAUSAGE, received freeh daily.
AU of which I offer at the lowest market
rates, and solicit a call from my friends and
the public generally.
A. H. CHAMPION,
154 CONGRESS STREET.
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GRAY&0BRIEN.
UEW GOODS!
35 1
"Si
ff PIECES FRENCH CACHMERES, in all
the newest shades, at 50c., sold in the
part of the season at $1.
100 pieces FRENCH NOVELTIES, beautiful
combination?, at 20 per cent, off early season's
prices.
BLACK CACHMERES
We will offer the greatest bargains ever
shown in thes* goods. 50c„ toOc., 75c., 91. Bring
your New York samples along and match them
If you can in quality and price.
Black Dress Silks.
New lots opened. Every yard warranted.
S’© challenge comparison with any New York
samples. $1 25, $1 50. $2 00, $2 25, and the best
in the world at $2 50.
Black Biilliantines.
30 pieces just opened at 25c., 30c. and 32c.,
worth 50a, 60c., 75c.
BLACK HENBIETTA.
10 pieces Silk and Wool, 91 00. $1 25, very fine
$150. worth $2 25.
KID GILOVES.
100 dozen Ladies* WHITE KIDS, 4 and 6
button 73c.
100 dozen Ladies’ EVENING SHADES, 4 and
6 button, at 75c.. worth just double.
75 dozen Misses* KID GLOVES, in dark and
medium shades. »
*» dozen I adies' Black and Colored Seamless
KID GLOVES, with improved fastenings.
LADIES’. MISSES’ AND BOYS’
FANCY HOSIERY.
300 different styles to select from.
75 dozen Ladies’ very richly Embroidered
LONDON LENGTHS at 50c., 75c. and $100,
worth from 51 CO to $2 50 per pair.
Boys’ Suits, Harum Scarum.
CAli’TWEARTHEMOUT,
at $3 00.
A fall line of Boys’ Finer Goods in stock. No
slop-shop goods kept in stock.
AUCTION, AUCTION.
5f0 dozen LINEN HUCK TOWEL*, such as Is
not seen in this market only once in a century,
27 pieces 8-4. 9-1 and 10 4 Bleached TABLE
DAMASK, some of the finest made.
200 dozen «* LINEN NAPKINS. 75c. to $4.
A^beautiful line of Square and Oval DOYUES,
from 51 to $4 per dozen.
A new line of Ladies' UNDERWEAR.
50 dozen Gents’SCARLET WRAPPERS and
DRAWERS, medicated
100 dozen Ladies' MERINO VESTS, 50c.,beau
tiful fur goods at 75c.
2!W dozen Ladies' French Th. HANDKER
CHIEFS, H. S. and Tucked, at 25c., cheap
at 30c.
GRAY & O’BRIEN.
Jellies! Preserves!
^SSCRTED JELLIES, In wooden backets.
PRESERVED RASPBERRIES, In 5-tt>. wood
en buckets.
PRESERVED CHERRIES, in 51b, wooden
buckets.
Apple Butter,
For sale cheap by
>. C. HaKMOJS* & CO..
31 WIUTAKEft STREET.
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IVJ2W GOODN.
F INE RAISINS. CURRANTS and CITRON.
DRIED PIUS.
PRESERVES, m -V*. tin pails.
PRESERVED QUINCES.
CRANBERRIES and CHERRIES. At 20c.
per pound.
CURRANT JELLY. 20c. per pound.
For .sale at
II. W. TILTON Si CO.’S,
dec23-tf Sign of • he Big Ham.
CHEAP, CHEAP
WHOLE BICE, per peck $1
COFFEE, 15c., 20c., 30c. per pound
BliTTEK, 25c., 30c., 3uc. per ponud
NICHOLAS LANG & BRO.
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FLOUR! HAY!
OAA BABREfja FLOUR, different grades.
#UU on, wharf and in store.
200 bales PENNSYLVANIA HAY, now
lending. For Okie tow hy
B. L. MERCER
dec!7-tf
JUST RECEIVE! >.
500 BBLS. BISCUITS,
And for sale by
JXO. B. RUWE,
novS-tf 149 CONGRESS STRE5T.
A Merry Christmas
To all who are willing to make those hap
py and cheerful who are near and dear to
them. To accomplish this, make appropriate
and judicious presents. Whilst it is advisable
that you do spend money for such purposes,
use your best judgment in not wasting it; by
this I mean purchase more of the useful th*n of
the ornamental, and what is of more import
ance to you as well as to me is, make your
Selections at Ir Store
where you will find all that is desirable at much
lower prices than elsewhere. Certainly it can
not hurt you to investigate this assertion, for
whilst I recommend you to
Spend Your Money with
a Lavish Hand,
I warn you not to throw it /away, and you
surely will do so if you don't
1IEEDMYADVICE
In Fancy Goods we have DOLLS at 5 and 10
cents apiece, for which you have to pay else
where 15c. and 25c. We have SILK HANDKER
CHIEFS at 10 cents and up to $1 50. We have
a real nice pure Linen Ladies' HANDKER
CHIEF for 5 cents, and a fine Hern-stitched
one at 12)4 cents; they are worth 53 and 25
cents. We have Gents’ Linen HANDKER
CHIEFS at $1 per dozen, worth double. We
have all kinds of JEWELRY worth a great
deal more than we ask for. We have KID
GLOVES. Berlin GLOVES. Riding and Driving
GLOVES, CUFFS and COLLARS for ladies and
gentlemen. We here call attention to 1,000
pairs of Linen MOURNING COLLARS and
CUFFS at only 10 cents for the sett, worth 35 to
4T cents. We have bargains in ZEPHYR
. HAWLS. Gents' and Ladies* SCARFS and
TIES. The cheapest UNDERWEAR for ladies
and gents ever seen. Lad'es’ SKIRTS.CLOAK8,
SHAWLS, handsome DRESS GOODS from tho
lowest grade to the most expensive. Plain and
Damassee SILKS, SATINS, RIBBONS of every
kind. Here we call the attention to a lot of
FANCY RIBBONS
at 8 and 10 cents per yard, sold elsewhere at 20
and 25 cents. We have Children’s FUR SETTS,
HOSIERY of every description, BLANKETS,
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, etc Especial at
tention I call to a lot of SILK WRISTLETS at
50 cent© a pair, worth $1 23.
This all may be fun for you. to me it is busi
ness, and don’t forget it, and make it your
business to call at
DAVID WEISBEIfS
Poplar Dry Goods Use.
publications.
Prang’s MMliiata.
S PECIAL attention is called to the extensive
line of good* for the present holidays. The
finest assortment ever offer*: of
Christmas & New Year’s Cards.
All the designs are original, many of them
entirely novel, and all are examples of Art
Work.
The variety is almost endless, and every
taste will find something to suit among the
many flower and landscape designs, figure de
signs. figure and ornamental designs, etc., etc.
CHRISTMAS WATCHES and CHRISTMAS
STARS. New and attractive for young people.
Ptang’s SATIN BANNERETS, the novelty of
the season, for wall decoration, th- easel or
the Christmas tree. Are elegantly illuminated
and have appropriate mottoes, printed on the
richest satin, of various colors, furnished with
cord and tassels of «>lk.
Illuminated Scripture Text Cards for Sunday
Schools, etc. The d-signs for theee cards are
original and very attractive. They comprise a
great variety of subjects, and the texts have
been selected with great care.
Crosses and Mottoes, highly illuminated, for
Church. Sunday School and Horn- Decoration.
Birthday Cards, many new original designs.
Panel Picture*, on heavy gilt. Level-edged
mounts, ia great variety, containing floral,
landscape, animal and figure designs, appro
priate for the easel or mantel.
Prang’s Natural History Series for Children.
A series of six handsomely illustrated books
on animate and birds.
L. PRANG A Crt.,
Art and Educational Publishers, Boston, Xaaa
AU of Prang's popular goods are for sale by
WILLY & CLARKE,
Corner EL Julian and Whitaker streets,
and by all first-class dealers.
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VERVOUS EXHAUSTION.—A medical essay
IN comprising a series of lectures delivered at
Kahn’s Museum of Anatomy, on the c&nae m»4
cure of premature decline, fhowing indisputa
bly how lost health may be regained, affording
a clear synopsis of impedimenta to marriage,
and the treatment of nervous and physical
debility .being the result of 20 years'experi
ence. By mail- 25c., currency, or postago
stamps. Address Secretary Kahn’s Museum.
388 Broadway. New York. decI-M.W£F4m
fiflacational
KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
MILITARY SYSTEM.
S PRING term begins JANUARY 7,1880. «M
continues 22 weets. The Military Depart
ment has been under the charge of a United
States officer.
Board and tuition $125 IN ADVANCE.
for circulars to CHA8.1
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