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• Morning News.
DAY.
.ration Day of tlie South.
smile and tear,
on the year;
■aid inlaid
it- fairest shade.
hung between
* months is seen;
i.?am of the Spring
sp the twelve month ring.
er suns and showers,
forth for Nature s bowers,
tain of the Spring
• floral opening!”
> ‘ April” now is past,
t May-time come at last;
ts its head to say;
m eternal May!”
id South join hands across
f their common loss;
they fell—they stand
a glorious land.
ion vernal, winsome May,
• fairest flowers to day,
hese hero-graves—
to the Southern braves!
• learned that ‘‘stripes n© less than stars
fter Him,” who bears the scars
lict -and through earth s defeat
on Heaven's throne the Victor’s seat
iven no “North and South” is known,
i«*n rests the eternal throne:
iune God, the Three in One,
od to man joined in the Son.
that throne the “blue and gray”
one brotherhood to-day,
on these soldier-graves we lay *
tribute—the sweet flowers of May!
r n« *ut voT
wuxorrtR tHRiJcmftuf this week:
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Georgia Affairs.
The remains of Sam Hoyle are to be
brought to Atlanta for interment.
The Hamilton (Harris county) Journal
•..vs that “Last Saturday afternoon Ilamil-
on was in the hands of a mob. The town
mthorities acknowledged themselves pow
erless and surrendered at discretion. A
few drunken men took possession and
cursed out the town. Nobody can regret
the whole occurrence more than we do, and
we only allude to and publish it that we
may urge the citizens of the town to take
active measures to prevent a repetition; let
them wake up and do their duly. The law-
abiding and peace-loving citizens of the
town are very largely in the majority and
can preserve the peace if they will.”
wording to the Hamilton Journal, not-
tanding the immense amount of guano
cd to Harris county this season, not a
J can now he bought. So great is the
ud that the farmers have stopped in-
Qg about brands. Anything that looks
tuano and smells badly finds ready sale.
:owhidlng affray was what furnished
Ac
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Friday’s sensation iu Atlanta. It occurred
between a Mr. Henry Sandman and a Mr.
Steinheimer, the former attempting to cas
tigate the latter for posting him as a “D.
It.,” which being interpreted means “dead
ants a laundry. The Chinese
e Darien Gazette is now confident that
ilroad from Darien to Walthourville
soon be built, and it thinks there’s mil-
in it sure enough.
S3 Louise Clarke made a fine impression
i elocutionist upon the good people of
Darit
A correspondent, from Statenville, EchoIIs
county, writes us under date of April 23, as
follows: “I atn living within two and a half
miles from the place where my father set
tled more than fifty years ago, while I was
but an infant. I can remember the red man
sleeping at our camp loaded with wild turkey,
honey and venison, gathered from the sur
rounding forest. I can also recollect the
scream of the panther, the howl of the wolf
and the large print of the foot of the great
bear, but do not recollect ever knowing as
"arm a winter as the past. The tomato, pep
per and cotton plant have been growing all
wiuter. My cotton field is full of large hills
of rotten cotton from last year’s growth. I
noticed in passing through the field a few
days since, one old 6talk of cotton about
five or six feet high, full of leaves and
forms that have not been hurt by the cold
during the entire winter. The present crop
is rather poor, and the stand of cotton con
tinues bad and the cut worm is doing great
damage in all the fields in thi6 section.”
The Brunswick Advertiser reports having
received from St. Simon’6 Island a radish
three feet two inches long. Good gracious
alive!
A veracious citizen of Columbus informs
the Times most .positively that a gentleman
who lives in Meriwether county found a
n -■ of young rats and took them to his
house for the purpose of feeding the cat.
He gave them to the eat, and, instead of her
killing them as he expected, she seemed
very fond of the little rats, and carried
them to her bed, where she suckled them
just as she did her kittens. Whether the
cat was raising them for purposes of food
or not the Columbus gentleman is unable to
say.
Kerosene, “of the non-explosive kind,”
came very near to causing the destruction
of the residence of Mr. Hecht, of Thomas-
ville, a few eveniugs ago. Fortunately, by
strenuous efforts,the flames were sm.otliered
before they made much headway.
Charles Powell, colored, who killed Sam
Statem, colored, at McVille, Telfair county,
a short time ago, was last week tried aud
found gnilty of murder. He was sentenced
to be hung on the 11th of June.
We learn from the Macon Telegraph that
the most painful feature of the Sam Hoyle
case is that the aged mother of the unfor
tunate man is ignorant even of the disgrace,
much i e sg the death of her son. All news
papers containing aDV allusion to his suicide
bare been carefully withheld from her. and
she does not know but that a business call
^ as absented him from Atlanta. The
knowledge of his crime and death must now
Je imparted to her at once, and it is feared
"HI not survive the shock.
^be Atlanta Phonograph says: “While
Raveling through several counties in the
Northeastern portion of the State last week
11 e found many of the best people who
*ouId cordially support Colonel Le6ter, of
•'avannah, in the Gubernatorial race. In
Dglethorpe county the people were all for
Htese, but learning that he will not enter
the race, they will vote almost solid for
Uster.”
William Weaver, whom James Jolly
charged with the murder of Miss Victoria
* 0r ris,was acquitted and released on Thurs-
'ky evening last. Jolly was the only witness
gainst him, and Lis testimony broke down.
<% himself is now held to a&6wer for the
and little doubt is expressed as to
“ ^ng the only person concerned in the
feeder.
Under the heading “A Wonderful Calf,”
the Columbus Times says : “On Judge Al
len’s plantation, near Steam Mill, is one
of the most remarkable calves on record. It
is owned by a tenant on the place, and his
wife, who did the milking of the cows, usu
ally took his little six-year-old daughter
with her to mind away the calves. The lit
tle girl decided she would play milk-woman
and milk the little calves. She was sur
prised to find that one of the calves gave
milk, and called the attention of her mother
to the fact. The lady then began to milk the
calf, which, at nine months old, gave a gal
lon and at twelve months gave three gallons
of milk per day. The calf wa6 exhibited at
the State Fair, and took a premium. The
above facts are given to us by a gentleman
whose veracity cannot be doubted, and who
states that it i6 true.”
Atlanta Constitution of Saturday: “On
yesterday, about 11 o’clock, the dwelling
house of Messrs. Hoyle A Morrow, 227 S.
Pryor street, and occupied by Mr. J. M.
Warner, who is with Messrs. Morrison «fc
Bain, was struck by lightning and consider
able damage done. The chimney was set
off from the end of the house, which was a
good deal Injured. The lightning, entering
the room, tore down the plastering and tore
one closet door to splinters. A store room
was damaged, shelving torn to pieces, and
a good deal of glassware and crockery
broken. The room the lightning entered
was the ordinary sitting room, but fortu
nately Mr. Warner’s family had just left it
before the rain, yet were stunned in another
part of the house. From Mr. Warner we
ascertained that the lightning rod was de
fective, being disconnected just at the cone
of the house.”
Albany Advertiser: “The Savannah Morn-
iso News has been coming to us for the
last few days in an enlarged form, being a
mammoth sheet of sixty-four columns, aud
the largest daily paper we have ever seen in
the South. The typography and general
‘make up’ of the News is a marvel of taste
and neatness, and the paper is withal a
credit to Southern journalism.”
The Amerlcus Republican records the fol
lowing freak of lightning : “ On Tuesday
afternoon last, while the rain was falling so
heavily, lightniDg struck the kitchen llue of
Mr. T. F. Logan, near the cemetery, shat
tering the flue, which was terra cotta, run
ning down the stove pipe, scattering live
coals, ashes aud cakes all over the floor. A
negro girl, who was by the stove, wa6
knocked down, but not materially damaged.
A cat and a hen under the flooring were
both killed. There was no trace of elec
tricity upon the floor, and the mystery is
how the cat and the hen could be killed
without a mark of some kind on the planks
to show that it had passed through them.”
“There has been another slight swell in
the river this week,” says the Darien Timber
Gazette, “and the daily receipts of timber at
the booms have been something larger than
last week. There is no abatement in the
demand,or any noticeable falling of in prices.
Hewn timber is bringing $1 25 to £1 40 on
the average, and scab timber from $9 00 to
$11 00 per 1,000 feet, according to size and
quality. Many vessels are up for Darien
aud it is quite likely that the timber season
will run well into the summer if the river
continues iu good rafting condition. The
cutters evidently are making money and
will ifot stop cutting as long as there is a
probability of their having water enough to
float timber to Darien.”
Columbus Times: “On last Wednesday a
horrible tragedy was enacted on Mr. John
Pararaore’s plantation, in Stewart county.
A white man named William Sasser killed* a
negro named Ned Beecher under the follow
ing circumstances: Ned was a very trust
worthy negro, and during the absence of
Mr. Paramore he was placed in charge of
the plantation. Some time ago Ned sold a
broken handle pitchfork to Sasser, but, could
not collect the money for it. Finally Ned,
fearing that Sasser would cheat him out of
the money, sent and had the pitchfork
brought away from Sasser’s. On last
Wednesday, as Ned was driving through
the plantation, he was met by Sasser, who
asked him whathad become of his pitchfork.
Ned replied that as be had never paid for it,
the pitchfork did not belong to him. After
a few more words Sasser drew a pistol and
shot the negro, killing him instantly.
Though Ned fell from the wagon dead at
the first fire, Sasser put two other shots into
his body. A negro who was in the wagon
with Ned at the time begged Sasser not to
sho'rfc again, but his murderous bands could
not desist until he had a double assurance
of the death of bis victim. Sasser Is 6ald to
be of a very low character, and fled the
country as soon as the bloody deed was com
mitted. Every effort Is being made for bis
capture, and it is hoped they m»y meet with
success. The citizens are indignant at this
outrage upon humanity. Sasser is a man
about twenty-five years’of age, about five
feet eight or nine' inches high, with light
hair and fair complexion, and weighs be
tween 140 and 150 pounds. We learn that a
reward of one hundred dollars has been
offered for hi3 arrest”
Says the Thomasville Times: “ The com
muu’ity was shocked Friday morning by
llie announcement that Mr. Rainey Chas
tain, a well known and highly esteemed citi
zen of this county, had been 6hot on the
county line road. It seems that he had
started to town for a physician, his little
daughter being quite sick. We give the
following statement of one of the young
Chastains, a nephew of the victim, When
near the four-mile post Mr. Chastain met
one Eerry Scroggins, with whom Mr. C. has
recently had some business transactions,
out of which have grown bad feelings. It is
supposed words ensued, when Scroggins
emptied both barrels of a double barrel shot
gun at Chastain, who was riding a mule.
The gun was loaded with buckshot. One of
the loads took effect in the side, and the
other in the back. Scroggins at once
took to the woods, going in an easterly
direction. Mr. Chastain was carried to the
residence of Mrs. Fleetwood where he lies
in a critical condition. Some negroes 6aw
the latter part of the difficulty. The shoot
ing took place about 8 o’clock yceterday
morning. Dr. W. W. Bruce was called to
the wounded man. L p to this hour we
have not heard whether there is a chance
for Chastain to recover or not. Mr. W. B.
Bland and several parties left town mime-
diately in pursuit of Scroggins. He is j
small man, middle aged, blonde complexion,
hair inclined to red, sprinkled with gray.
His beard Is al*o quite gray. lie is quick
in his movements and weighs probably one
hundred and twenty-five pounds.”
For the following interesting bit of early
Georgia history, we are indebted to the St.
Simon’s correspondent of the Brunswick
Advertiser: “In 1800, just eighty years ago,
the line between the white settlers and In
dian6 in Georgia ran just west of the Ogee
thee rjver to Fort Barrington (which was on
the southern bank of the Altamaha, at the
ferry bearing that name qx present >, thence
a few miles hack of Brunswick to tne block
fort at Cold Rain on the Satilla river. From
this it will be seen that the whites occupied
but a 6trip of land on the main and islands
of but few miles in width. It is almost in
credible to conceive the encroachments
made upon the red man by his white brother
within that short time.”
Atlanta Jbst: “Last night, after twelve
o’clock, Mrs. Nichols, an old white lady,
residing on Peters street, was aroused from
her sleep by a uolse at the front door of her
residence, and upon going to the door to
see what was wanted, she found a negro
babv of about two weeks old, wrapped in
an old blanket, lying upon the door steps.
Mrs. Nichols, not knowing of the exact
iceanlDg of this matter, aroused some
negroes who lived near by, and made an
effort to ascertain who hqd thus deserted
the helpless child, but of course all
efforts in this direction were useless at
that time of the night. However,
Mrs. Nichols caused the child to be
taken care of by the negro woman, and this
morning notified the police of the occur
rence, who began an investigation. This
morning about eleven o ».lock a negro girl
went to the house of the custodian of the
child and claimed it as her baby, but gave
no solution of the mystery or statement as
to how or why the child was left in front of
Mrs. Nichols’ house. After establishing
her right to the child she was allowed to
take it away.”
Special Teleoram to the Homing News.
Madison, Fla., April 24.—Mack Hendrix,
the murderer of Mr. Solomon Woodfield,
near this place some weeks since, was, last
night, convicted of murder in the first de
gree.
Conviction of Shores.—Sidney A
Shores was convicted in the Circuit
Court, Somerset county, Md., Tuesday
last, on the charge of marrying his thir
teen year-old step-daughter, and fined
$500 ana costs, ami to "stand committed
until the fine was paid. The marriage
was declared void. The Kev. Zaccheua
Bowen was arraigned for joining in
marriage a female under sixteen years of
age without her guardian's consent, but
he pleaded ignorance of the girl’s age,
ana that there was no intentional crime
on his part, so, on motion of the States’
attorney, Mr. Bowen was discharged.
George Stewart, a young man of Cin
cinnati, whose wife had deserted him
because he loved whisky better than her,
made a desperate attempt at suicide oa
Monday night. *He fired no less than
five balls into his head, bat the small
ness of the pistol, combined with the
thickness of his skull, defeated his des
perate design. Two of the balls were
found flattened against his skull. The
others have been probed for, but have
not been extracted. As he retains his
senses, the injuries are supposed not to
be serious,
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE WOODFIELD MURDER.
Mack Hendrix found Guilty of the
Crime.
EFFECTS OF KEARNEYISM
SAX FRANCISCO.
IN
mr. Deyoung assassinated by
J. M. KALLOCH.
Opening of the Nashville Centennial
Exposition.
DECISIOX IX FAVOR OF TIIE
SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO.
Fatal Railroad Accident in Virginia.
TIIE
WHITTAKER MYSTERY
AVEST POINT.
AT
The Virginia Radical Convention.
GLADSTOXE TO FORM THE NEW
MIXISTRT.
Nashville Blooded Horse Association.
IVIiHcellaneoiiM and ITIiiior Matters.
A SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY—DE YOUNG KILL
ED BY KALLOCH.
San Francisco, April 24.—Just before 8
o’clock this evening Charles De Young en
tered the business office of the Chronicle, on
the ground floor, corner of Kearney and
Bush streets, aud stood talking with some
gentlemeu, leaning against the counter.
Directly the door opened and J. M. Kalloch
entered, and drawing a pistol, without, as
far as can be learned, speakiDg a word, be
gan firing at De Young. The latter ran
through the gate of the counter to
the desk inside, Kalloch firing at him as
he ran. On reaching the desk De Young
turned face to face with his opponent with
a pistol in his hand, when Kalloch, leaning
over the counter fired again, the ball strik
ing De Young in the mouth. Kalloch
then started for the door. De Young raised
his pistol as if to tire, but hl3
strength failed him, for the pistol
was not discharged, and sinking backwards
he fell on the floor. The bystanders ran to
his assistance, but the ball bad evidently
pierced the base of the brain, and in a few
minutes he expired. As Kalloch ran out of
the door he was seized by a citizen, aud at
the same moment an officer came lip and
took him in charge and conducted him to
the city prison, where he was locked
up. The news of the murder flew through
the city like wind, and in a few moments
the street in the vicinity of the Chronicle
office was crowded with people eager to
learn the particulars of the affair. Police
men were at once stationed at the doors of
the cilice to keep out the inquisitive crowd,
and only the personal friends and reporters
were admitted in the office. M. H. I)e
Young, the brother of the deceased,
reclined on a lounge surrounded by
friends, evidently overcome by the
tragedy, but with dry eyes, and his
voice was calm. lie was not present at
the time of the shooting, having left home
after dinner a few minutes later than
Charles. The deceased lay on his back on
the floor, his face and breast dabbled in
blood, his eyes closed,aud his face bearing a
calm expiession, as is noticeable iu the cases
of those dying from shot wounds. Only
one wound was found on his person, al
though at least four shots were fired by
Kalloch, two having pierced the glass door
of the office, and the third lodging in the
window case.
Young Kalloch, on beiug arrested, was,
the arresting officer remarked, the
coolest man he ever saw. He 6till carried
the smoking pistol in his band, which he
surrendered to the officer on his way to the
station house. He observed strict reticence
on being shown to his cell, and positively
refused to have aDy intercourse
whatever with representatives of the
press. In the absence of any
explanations from the assassin of the cause
of the act, it is generally understood to be
attributable to a pamphlet which has re-
centlj’ been circulating about the city
attacking Mayor Kalloch, the father of
Young’s slayer. During his recen’Jvisit East
it is believed the deceased devoted great
attention to gathering up matters regard
ing the past life’of Mayor Kalloch, for the
presumed purpose of either using it at the
expected trial of the deceased on the charge
of shooting Kalloch last August, or
of making it subserve jQurnalistic purposes.
The pamphlet above referred to was a doc
ument of some si^ty pages, and recounted
the details of the Kalloch scaudal in Bos
ton, aud other matter of a scandalous na
ture. The pamphlet was anonymous, but
young Kalloch evidently considered that the
.<../....joml itqo rocnrmxihla fnritc nnhliPQtinn
deceased was responsible forits publication,
and acted accordingly.
NASHVILLE BLOODED HORSE ASSOCIATION.
Nashville, April 24—The spring meet
ing of the Nashville Blooded llorse Asso
ciation took place to-day. The weather was
sultry and the track first-class. Owing to
the Centennial the attendance was larger
than ever before known on the opening day.
The ladies’ stand was packed.
The match race bet.veen Silver Bill and
Mandrake was declared off, Mandrake hav
ing gone lame.
The first race, a dash of a mile and an
eighth,Quits came in first,Moderator second,
firooklyh third. Time 2:10.
In the second race, uash of a {rile and an
eighth, Bramble was first,Beatitude second,
Larzenteen third. Time |:5S. The winner
of this race was presented with a pair of
silver spurs one hundred years old, and
which were also worn by the celebrated
jockey Rudd.
The third race, for the aspiration purse of
$250, dash of a mile and a quarter, for all
aces, Longtaw was first, Jericho second,
Irish King third. Time 2:13.
THE VIRGINIA RADICAL CONVENTION.
Staunton, Va., April 24.—The following
Congressional electors were nominated and
elected : First district, L. R Stffart of Rich
mond county; the $ecpnd ; district declined
to report: Third district, John W. Poindex
ter of Louise county; Fourth district, Wm.
P. Austin of Luenberg; Fifth district,
Asa T. Whitlock of Floyd county ;
Sixth district, Samuel C. Allen of Am
herst ; Seventh district, E. W. Early of Al
bemarle county; Eighth district, A. W.
Harris of Alexandria county'; Ninth dis
trict, H. H. Plannagau. Tfie choice of
election of the Second district was remitted
to the Congressional Convention of that
district.
The convention, after an all night session,
adjourned this morning at five o’clock. The
following delegates at large to the Chicago
Convention were elected: D. S. Lewis, Pe
ter J. Carter, J. W. Poindexter, and Joseph
Jorgenson. .John f. Lewis w^s elected
Chairman cf the State Central Committee.
THE SOUTHERN EXPBB9S COMPANY AND THE
MOBILE AND MONTGOMERY RAILROAD.
New Orleans, La., April 34.—Judge
Woods, in the United StAtes Circuit Court
to-day, granted an injunction restraining
the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Com
pany from excluding or ejecting the express
matter of the Southern Express Company
from the depots, cars or lints of said road.
\yhen the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company purchased the road
they gave the Southaon Express Company
notice to leave U* road, an exclusive con
tract having bei»c:«aije with the Lnion Ex
press Company tor conduct of the ex
press business. The Sauthern Express Com
pany, claiming the Mg'at to continue its
business over the route, appealed to the
United States Court with the above result.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDEXT.
J-etkrsiiikq, Va., April 34.—Between
eleven and twelve c’olock last night, while
the locomotive attached to a material train
on the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad
was running backward, it ran over two cows
trying to cross the track near Iron station.
The train was thrown down the embank
ment. Capt. E. D. Raker and a colored
hand named Spencer Jones were instantly
killed Emmitt McConnell, the engineer,
and Andrew flarvell, fireman, were paiu-
fu'iy injured. Baker and McConnell were
old railroad men and residents of this city.
The dead and wounded arrived here at 7:30
o’clock this morning on the western bound
freight train from Norfolk. The road is
now c'.ear and trains %re running on seneduio
time.
A TERRIBLE famine.
London, April 24.—The Lord Mayor of
London has received a telegram from
the Christian Committee $t Bagdad,
which says. “A terrible famine is
raging throughout Mesopotamia and
Kurdistan. Immense masses of starving
Christians are crawling hither for re
lief. Our resources are totally inadequate
to meet their necessities.”
NASHVILLE’S CENTENNIAL.
Nashville, April 24.—To-day the one
hundredth anniversary of the foundation of
the city of Nashville and first Incorporation
as a town in 1780, was celebrated by the
most imposing street pageant ever witnessed
in this State. The city is full of strangers,
and the houses adjacent to the hotels have
been appropriated for the accommodation
of guests. The entire local population are
in the streets, and the city for the time is
being wholly given up to the enthusiasm of
the occasion. The festivities were ushered
in by a salute of one hundred guns from
Capitol Hill at sunrise. The display of
bunting was profuse, and the decorations of
stores and residences indulged in with great
unanimity. The principal thoroughfares
were spanned by arches of evergreens,
flowers and flags, and emblems illustra
ting the industrial and Intelligent
progress of the past one hundred
years were everywhere manifest. Old land
marks about the historical spot made mem
orable by encounter with the Indians in the
early settlement days were indicated by
placards. The centennial procession was
one hour in passing a given point. The
military display wa6 a brilliant one. The
turn out of the colored orders and of various
societies made a pleasing variety. The In
dustrial arts were emblematically illustra
ted everywhere in the procession. A com
pany of soldiers in the old Continental uni
form, and veterans of the Florida and Mexi
can wars, with their battle-torn flags, were
f reeted with cheers along the line of march.
he procession halted iu Capitol square
at noon, where an address was delivered
by Gov. Marks, followed by an oration from
Ilon>J. M. Bright on “The Pioneers of Ten
nessee.” The prize centennial ode was read,
and also a sketch of the history of Nash
ville. To-night the Centennial Industrial
Exposition in the new building constructed
for that purpose will be formally opened
with appropriate ceremonies.
NEWS FROM SAN DOMINGO, HAYTI AND VENE
ZUELA.
Havana, April 24.—Advices from San
Domingo 6tate that General Cocoa, who
took part In the late political disturbance,
has been shot. The people are in favor of
a clerical administration, and Rev. Fernan
do Amerino is the most prominent candi
date for President. 1 he loss by the recent
fire at Samana is $150,000, which fell prin
cipally on foreigners.
In Ilayti Generals Nord and Parislen
have been arrested for complicity In
the revolutionary plot. It is reported that
President Guzman Blanco, of Venezuela,
angered by the indifferent effects of his last
message, tendered his resignation to the
Chambers, but subsequently withdrew it on
urgent solicitations.
GLADSTONE TO FORM THE NEW BRITISH
MINISTRY.
London, April 24.—On the return of Mr.
Gladstone to London he was met by Earl
Granville, Lord Hartlugton and W. P.
Adam. Adam informed the press rep
resentatives that Gladstone had undertaken
to form the Cabinet. The News says: “Glad
stone kissed the bands of the Queen on his
appointment as First Lord of the Treasury
and Chancellor of the Exchequer Glad
stone had difficulty on his return to
London In making way through the enthu
siastic crowd. It is confidently anticipated
that Earl Granville will be Foreign Minister.
Mr. Gladstone received a perfect ovation at
Windsor. He spoke from the window of
the railway carriage, thanking the people
for their kind greeting.”
BOILER EXgMYSION—A COLLISION.
New Orleans, April 24.—The tug boat
Annie Laura, belonging to the Gretna Oil
Woiks, exploded her boiler in the front of
the works this evening. The fireman,
whose name was not ascertained,was blown
twenty feet. He fell in the river and his
body was not recovered. Another man had
both legs broken, and the engineer was
badly scalded.
The steamboats John W. Cannon and
Charles Morgan,while going up the river this
evening collided. The Morgan, in order to
avoid a tow boat, stood in the middle of the
stream, running against the Cannon, tearing
off her wheelhouse and wheel. The Morgan
then towed the Cannon back to the wharf,
and proceeded on her voyage.
TIIE WHITTAKER INVESTIGATION.
West Point, April 24.—During the ex
amination to-day (j. Kemble, Jr., testified
that he saw three persons acting suspicious
ly at Ijlghland Falls on the night of the
Whittaker affair. He did not notice their
faces. They walked erect like cadets. He
saw them near the Catholic Church, and
they were going towards Highland
Falls. He thought they acted in a sus
picious manner flecaqse tfley kept
looking back. Two were the same
height, the other a little taller. This was
seven o’clock in the evening. After that
he saw them go past the lane leading to
Ryan’s saloon. They did not go up to
Ryan’s saloon. He thought one had a mous
tache.
OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.
Columbus, April 24.—The Republicans of
Franklin county, in convention to-day,
elected a solid Sherman delegation to Chi
cago.
Toledo, April 24.—The Lucas County
Republicau Convention elected a solid
Blaine delegation to the State Convention.
Cleveland, April 24—The Cuyahoga
County Republican Conventipn elepted
thirty five delegates to the 8tate Conven
tion. Twenty-two were counted for Sher
man and thirteen for Blaine. The conven
tion endorsee Sherman.
BRITISH THANKS TO THE UNITED STATES.
Cork, April 24 —The first Installment of
the Constellation’s cargo was placed to-day
on board the royal dispatch vessel “Imo-
gene.” On taking her departure for Gal
way the Imogene hoisted the American flag.
As she passed the Duke of Edinburgh it Is
likely the stars and stripes were run up on
the latter vessel, and the same colors ap
peared simultauously on other Queen’s
ships in the harbor.
INTERRUPTED TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION.
Virginia City, April 24.—The wires be
tween here and San Fcabcfsqo are still In
terrupted, and nothing bas come through
from that point to-day, though we are mo
mentarily expecting the restoration of com-
ihunication. The wires over the mountains
^re buried under tjie snqw fqr miles. Jhe
6torm has been feqrful, and when the wire
pould be got to work it has been almost im
mediately disabled again,
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, April 24.—In the House,
in accordance with arrangements made yes
terday, the Speaker pro tern., Mr. Goode, of
Virgiuia, proceeded to call committees for
reports of a private character.
The House at 1:30 went Into committee of
the whole on the private calendar. About
3 o’clock the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
pii.HTHBR|A IN BoiSIA-
St. Petersburg, April 34.—The Golos
publishes a telegram from Ekalerrnoslav, in
South Russia, reporting diphtheria spread
ing in the Novomoskovsh district. Hun
dreds of children have been attacked, and a
detachment of doctors and nurses have
been sent to the affected villages.
ANOTHER CYCLONE IN ILJ.INQI3.
quincy, III , April :j4 — A cyclone struck
north of the line of Adams county last even
ing, doing material damage, and went from
west to east. Twenty houses and barns are
known to be demolished. Several persons
were killed and wounded.
THE SPANISH MAJESTIES CONGRATU 1 ATED.
Madrid, April 24.—The i ortes has been
officially informed that the Queen has en
tered upon her fifth mouth of pregnancy.
Both houses have resolved the appointment
of deputations to congratulate their majes
ties.
murder in the second degree.
Harrisonburg, Va., April 24.—Woods,
charged with the murder of Jacob Lincoln,
was to-day convicted of murder in the sec
ond degree and sentenced to imprisonment
for eighteen years.
SUICIDE.
WASgiNGTON, April 34.—Captain Edmund
W. Wright, of the Qrdnance E(epartment
United States Army, committed sqlclde to
day by shotting himself m the head with a
pistol. OapUin Wright married a daughter
of the late Judge Paschal, of Texas.
REPORTS DENIED.
London, April 24.—A Bombay special
says: “There is no truth in the reports of the
death of King Thefctaw, qr of the massacres
at Mandalay.”
MARINE DISASTER.
London, April 24.—The British schooner
Charles E. Scammell, from Pensacola for
St. Michael, in collision off Fayal on the
12tb, sustained extensive damage.
HANCEp.
Newton, N. J,, April 24.—Frederick
Ceoill was hanged to-day for the murder of
his daughter in Vernon township, on the
5th of June last.
PEAD.
New York, April 24.—Franeis Campbell,
a broker, of Charleston, §. C., died here Yes
terday from softening of the brain. Ills
remains will be taken to Charleston.
NATAL.
Fortress Monroe, April 24.—The United
States flagship Tenneasee sailed to-day for
Central America.
The poor and bumble, alike with the rich
and powerful, find in Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup
a true, tried and trusted friend. Price 25
cents a bottle. ap26-lt
LETTER FROM GRIFFIN.
The Ground* on Which Griffin
Claims Kinship with Savannah—
The Buftluess Boom—Increase of
Population—^The City ol Roses—
Delisbtlnl Weather.
Griffin, GA., April 23.—Editor Morning
Aeio*: It is so seldom I see anything in your
paper about our delightful little city that I
am tempted to give you a few notes con
cerning the movements of the people up
this way. Griffin, of course, feels almost
akin to Savannah, since so many people
from both places have moved to and fro.
There must be half a dozen Savannah
families living here, and quite as many
individuals from this part of the moral
vineyard making Savannah their place of
abode. This exchange of citizenship, as it
were, i6 only one link in the chain which
binds us to Savannah. There are scores
of others. I remember right after
the war when some six or
eight of our most prominent citizens
were snatched from their slumbers at the
dead of night by the voice of
that great bugle blower of Radi
cal hatred, J. Clarke Swayze, and car
ried off to Fort Pulaski, all because o? some
trifle of a threat against his delectable car
cass. The officers demanded a bond of
$10,000 each from the Griffin gentlemen, after
a painful confinement in prison, which Savan
nah’s generous hearts promptly gave. Then
the men were turned loose, and the whole
thing resulted in a farce. Swayze was
chagrined at his own meanness, and finally
moved out to Topeka, Kansas, where he
met a most tragic death for more of his
audacious effrontery. I saw a gentleman the
other day who was present when the death
dealing bullet struck him. Swayze and a
contemporary quarrelled, at first through
their respective sheets, and then face to
face, finally meeting each other one morn
ing in a three feet alleyway, where they
fought a desperate and bloody duel. As
already stated, Swayze fell, pierced by bis
adversary’s bullet. And he was the gentle
man to serve our honest people with the
shame of a time in prison. I merely allude
to this as a passing incident. These and
other things, vour wonderful hospitality to
us on numerous occasions, the great crowd
of Savannahlans here duriug the yellow
fever epidemic of 1876, have made Savannah
a household word in Griffin, a word pro
nounced with a peculiar likiug and esteem.
Those who were with us in the summer of
1876 would be somewhat surprised now
could they step up here again. Then we were
at a dead btand-still almost, for trade had
bten poor for several years, and our future
looked anything but bright. Cotton came
in then only to the extent of 15,000 bales.
Last year we received 31,000, and this sea
son will close on a close approach to 40,000.
You can well imagine we are on the im
prove. Business has had a regular boom,
every branch of trade having revived.
Three years ago twenty idle stores could
have been counted—to-day I cannot name a
single one vacant. TVe have rescinded our
public debt, issued new bonds and placed the
city on a foundation solid enough to satisfy
even the most garrulous or complaining tax
payer. The year 1890, or thereabouts, will
see us with a clean score to our credit, owing
no man anythiug. The interest on the bonds
of the city falls due twice every year and Is
always promptly paid. The bonds are above
par, and it is a difficult matter to get them
at that.
We can justly lay claim to six thousand
inhabitants, with a 6teady iucrease goiDg
on. New buildings are going up in various
parts of the city ; a cotton factory, with
$50,000 starting capital, is an assured fact
within a twelvemonth, while other enter
prises are booming in proportion.
Griffin boasts, too, without laying on any
unnecessary flattery to ourselves, of being
the prettiest little city in Georgia. Our
streets are wide and w r ell shaded, and while
the residences are not what could be termed
magnificent, they certainly present a neat
and attractive appearance, with here and
there a real fine one rearing up it6 head. On
Poplar street just at this season a walk or
drive is well worth the taking. I thick I
might with the simplest propriety call
Griffin the “City of Roses,” for the yards
here and literally filled with the choicest
varieties, the yards on the above named
Street being so beautiful with
them now that one almost
Imagines it a peep into Fairyland to walk
that way. And then the graceful water
oaks that form a natural arch, and cut off
the sun entirely frpm this street along a
portion of Its length, adds another charm
in summer which we Griffloites love to en
joy. Poplar street is the favorite boulevard
for a Sunday afternoon promenade.
But I cannot tell you all about the city in
one letter—another time, with your kind
permission, I may say more. The coming
summer promises to bring up a number of
Savannah families to sojourn with us during
the heated term. Let them come on. We
have room—at least in our hearts—for the
whole of Savannah. We promise them a
warm reception only in point of hospitality.
Our weather Is always delightful in sum
mer. We are one thousand feet above the
sea level ; nights alwaj-s cool, while the
mean temperature during summer days can
not be muck aboye 7p degrees. 4 bold sul
phur spring lies on the suburbs, easy of ac
cess, and certainly possessing rare curative
powers. Jo. Re?.
LETTER FROM JEFFERSON COI N
TV, FLORIDA.
Broom Sedge—Ita Adaptation to Our
Southern Soil—Mta Value aa An Ap
tide of Provender—The Cropa.
Monticello, Jefferson County, Fla.,
April 24.—Editor Morning News : Frequent
Inquiries have been made by correspondents
through the press as to which are the best
and most profitable grasses to be grown in
the South, and I note several kinds present
ed by the Farmer's Monthly without a final
solution of the question. Howeyer, the edi
tor suggested the idea they may turn
up among the native grasse*. He was right.
Broom sedge is a native gra. a s, and it is a pe
rennial, and will last a lifetime when well
set on land, which it will do in the course of
three or four years. It is well adapted to
any of the soils in the South, and flourishes
on* the old waste land unfit for tillage,
which, if let out to broom sedge, would
not only remunerate the owner, but soon
pay a ham (some profit, in the way of early
fat beef for market and a plenty of the
richest of milt and butter ror home con
sumption. It contains as much nutrition as
any ' grass to be had in this climate, and
fattens stock rapidly. I believe that plan
ters will be forced to go more heavily Into
the raising of cattle and sheep on account
of the heavy losses continually entailed
upon them by hog cholera, and this grass
together with grain crop3 will enable them
to do it. The old worn out farms should be
speedily utilised jn this' way, and
would be far ahead of the wire-
grass region. Stock owners will do well
to have an eye to these facts before investing
in so much poor piney woods for range pur
poses. Now, some of our old fogy farmers
who have long been habituated to this kind
of grass, and know the trouble of reclaim
ing their lands from it, knoif how rapid and
strong it grows, but perhaps never had an
idea of utilising it beyond goober peas and
cotton. But if they will keep a fence up
and keep stock off, and convert some of
their old fields into broom sedge for two or
three years they then will begin to realise
its great value. Burn off annually and
early, and put on your cattle. The
grass rises like magic, and so does
the cream and butter. You may con
tinue to burn and U6e the same land
until it Is all overgrown with forest trees
largo enough to make rails, and yet your
pasturage 1s excellent. Tou may contend
that repeated burning kefeps the land Im
poverished, but the ch-GbRli* from the cat
tle cr effeep ihori tnah compensates for
the burning. Even if it did not, the
beef, wool, or mutton, Is of more value than
a field crop on any of these lands. I was con
versing only the other day with one of our
leading farmers, who remarked that fifty
acres in broom sedge will keep fifty head of
cattle qntil tne oatr^rdp fs harvested, and
other pastures opened for them. This
farmer said that he woul 1 not give his farm
for the best oat or rye farm of same size in
Georgia, and that he would not excaaufffi
broom sedge for any other grass in his
knowledge, and be *ls a gentlerpau of
Considerable eTperi?nc,e iu the culture of
ffiffe^eh* Kinds Of grasses. Go to his place
and you will see plenty of fat stock; sit
down to.his table and his milk and butter arc
of the very richest, and golden in color.
Broomledge will stand upon Its own merits
R. H. Manning.
N. B.—Sin^e w.itlDg up the early crop
prospect, i regret to state that the late wet
weather, cool nights and mornings have
caused a failure in seed while germinating,
much of it having died out ^fter It was up.
Unon the whole the stand of cotton is the
poorest I ever saw. The demand for seed
is greater than I have ever known. Planters
have canvassed the country thoroughly for
6ee<L Cut worms have also badly injured
the stand of corn. Corn has been held back
by the cold, but there will be a great deal
laid by next month.
Mrs. Reid spoiled the “heroine” of her
narrative by forcing her into an uncongenial
marriage—by her grandfather.
R. H. M,
MORE ABOUT THE HILL RAY
MOND SCANDAL.
The Story that the Senator Ottered
to Compromise I/ntrue.
A Washington special to the Balti
more Gazette says: “A sensational para
graph was telegraphed from here last
night which contained a positive state
ment to the effect that Senator Hill had
offered to compromise the Jessie Ray
mond suit against him by the payment
of a money consideration, and that the
attorney of Senator Hill had made such
a proposition to Mrs. Lockwood, the
counsel for the Raymond woman, which
was rejected, although a counter propo
sition was made upon the part of plain
tiff’s attorney. This revived somewhat
the drooping interest in Miss Raymond
and created a good deal of surprise here,
for it had been definitely settled in the
public mind that Senator Hill would not
make any offer of compromise. The
Senator was very indignant, and de
nounced the paragraph as an uncondi
tional lie out of the whole cloth, and fur
ther said that he would consider any
proposition looking toward a compro
mise as an insult to himself. Subse
quently there was an altercation on the
floor of the Senate between the corre
spondent who was responsible for the
statement and Senator Hill. The corre
spondent. who, as a private secretary to
a Senator, has access to the floor of the
Senate during its sessions, was talking to
some one when Senator Hill, who was
near, remarked, ‘This is the scoundrel
now.’ The statement of what followed
made by the correspondent is that, after
recovering from the confusion into which
this remark threw him, he went up to
Senator Hill and said: ‘You have proved
yourself a coward in using this epithet
to me on the floor of the Senate, where I
cannot properly resent it, but if you will
come out in the lobby I will prove your
cowardice. ’ Those who were near assert
that the Senator was too far off to hear
this threat.
“Of the absolute falsity of the para
graph in question there is no sort of
doubt if Mrs. Lockwood is accepted as
authority. She denounced it to your
correspondent as without a shadow ©f
foundation and appeared very much pro
voked. She has not seen any one from
Senator Hill directly or indirectly, and
states that there could not be the slightest
foundation for the statement made by
the correspondent. The matter, m con
nection with the exaggerated rumor of
the altercation at the Senate, has been
the talk of the capital this afternoon.
The fact that the correspondent in ques
tion and Senator Kellogg, who has al
ready been unpleasantly mixed up m the
Raymond affair, were together for a long
time last evening in close conversation is
commented upon as significant.’’
Brlc-a-Brac aud Poetry in ( ongress.
Baltimore Sun.
The House of Kepresentativea evident
ly resents the stigma which has been
pinned upou it of the ‘‘do nothing Con
gress.” As the political exigencies of
the time seem to forbid discussions of or
action upon great public measures and
questions, such as the jurors’ test oath,
the employment of soldiers at the polls,
the tariff, the encouragement of pom
merce, thp regplatiog of inland tran.por-
tation and the like, the members have
imitated the fair sex in their hours of
ennui, and keep themselves busy »y
dawdling over little things. Women
excuse their fondness for dress, bric-a-
brac, cracked china and gossip by pload-
iDg their exclusion from the suffrage.
In the samp spirit Congress, for fear it
may not vote right, only votes on
trilies. The question of the dilapidation
of Lafayette’s portrait,' hanging in the
Itepresentativps' Hall, receives prompt
attention, and yesterday, when Thomas
Jefferson s desk was presented to the
House by the heirs of the late Toseph
Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, it was received
with a unanimous and effusive prompt
ness quite remarkable in a body which
cannot be brought to a vote by any
means on any of the great leading princi
ples which Jefferson held to and advocat
ed in writing upon that desk. The Sun
has a 1 ready mentioned the bill offered by
Mr. Stephen W. Downey, of Wyoming
Territory, pleading the A pestles' creed as
an argument for appropriating half a
million dollars to embellish the capitol
with paintings illustrative of ?few Tes
tament histoj-y. Mr. Downey, it ap
pears, obtained leave to print his
remarks on this hill, and has
taken advantage of this privilege to pub
lish a " poem'’ in the Record, at the ex
pense of the country. This poem, com
prising fifteen pages and about 2.700
lines, (as long a? Samlet, as long as five
books of Homer or Paradise Lost), is
copyrighted, “all rights reserved,” by
Mr. .Downey. It is entitled “ The Irn
mortals,” is “dedicated to the Congress
of the United States,” and is written in
the blankest kind of verse. Clearly, Mr,
Downey has stretched his privilege as a
Representative very far in thus dumping
hia wordy screed upon the public at the
expense of Congress. The matter was
brought to the attention of the House by
Mr. Garfield, upon whose motion it was
referred to the Committee on Rules, to as
certain if any member could copyright a
speech. The copyright is in no danger
of being infringed, but the House ought
surely to prevent Mr. Downey’s act from
being made a precedent. There are bp.d
poets enough in the world already, even
under the limitations of b^ing compelled
to publish at their own expense. If Con
gress should undertake this business and
at the same time forpisfi the Record, as
has been proposed, gratis to every house
hold, it would be impossible to predict
the consequences.
A Sciiooloikl Cruelly Beaten.—A
teacher named Roads, at Reading, ’la.,
has been convicted of bruUily beating q
girl pupil, twelve years old, the daughter
of Albert filrimley, a,'farmer, of East
Township. \ leaf had been torn out of
a recitation book belonging to Roads,
which had been used by several scholars.
He accused this little girl of having
done it, and when she denied it and call
ed on God as her witness, the hruie took a
elick and beat her over thfi shohlders ip
a brutal manner for what he termed her
blasphemy, while holding her by the
hand. The little one tried to creep un
der the desk to escape the blows, but her
efforts were unavailing, and not until
terrible welts, through whict, the blood
oozed, fced been i«rt on hef arms and
shoulders, did he desist from his devilish
work. The child was taken sick after
the lieating, being unable tc leaye her
bed, and is claimed for fife.
A Longwood (Muss.) mqq undertook
to drown four very yuqng kittens. After
they had been in the water some time
he buried them in a heap of refuse.
Two days later, when he went to the
barn, he heard a faint “meaw” from a
barrel, and on looking in fie qaw the old
cat with her four kittens, kfi alive. Sfie
had dug them from their early grave
and restored them to consciousness. For
days afterward he could not visit the
barn without being followed by the tat,
who watched every movement he made
and seemed determined to guqrfi her kit
tens more carefufiy.
The Czar’s bedroom in the Winter
Palace, it is said, communicates by a
subterranean gallery with the Fortress of
Sts. Peter and Paul, so that, in case of
need, he may reach the fortress in a few
minutes and be in perfect safety. The
room of Emperor Paul I. was provided
with a similar secret passage, hut he wa»
not quick enough for his assassins, who
murdered fiiuq on the threshold of the
passage.
It should be the business of every one
having a cold to treat It promptly and prop
erly until it Is gotten rid of—intelligent ex
perience fortunately presenting a curative
in Pr. Jayne’s Expectorant, thoroughly
adapted to remove speedily all Coughs and
Colds—allay any exciting Inflammation of
the Throat or Lungs, and remove the dis
tressing symptoms of Asthma or Fleuriay.
ap34-S,M, Wotwlt—ilpiwtp
An Ancient Sermon with a Modern
Moral.
Memphis Avalanche.
It is quite the fashion to say that the
world moves. In the aggregate, it does
move. But in some rtspects it is at a
stand still. For instance, here is a ser
mon preached by Jean Raulin, in the
year 1444. It is a keen satire on the
pioneness of men to condone great
crimes, while they will relentlessly pun
ish venial faults. The counterparts of the
lion, the wolf, the fox and the donkey, in
Baulin’s sermon, can be found to-day in
the persons of those who can see no
great crime in the thief who ruthlessly
robs widows and orphans, a thief in
fact, who literally “steals the coppers
from a dead man’s eyes.” And yet the
self same tender-hearted persons will
steel their hearts against a poof devil,
caught in the act of selling a cigar on
Sunday, and with all the lion s impar
tiality,’ they would mete out to the latter
offender the extreme penalty of the law,
with never a sympathetic throb for the
poor cigar vendor's fate. But here is the
sermon:
The beasts were once determined to
keep Lent strictly, and to begin uy
making their confessions. The lion was
appointed confessor. First to be shriven
came the wolf, who, with expressions of
remorse,acknowledged himself a grievous
sinner, and confessed that he had—yes,
he had—once eaten a lamb. "Any ex
tenuating circumstances?” asked the
lion. “Well, yes, there were," quoth
the wolf, “for the mother who bore me,
aud my ancestors from lime imme
morial, have been notable lamb-eaters,
and ‘what is born in the bone comes out
in the flesh. Quite so,” said the con
fessor; “your penance is this—say
one paterncster.” The next to ap
proach the tribunal of penance was
the fox, with drooping tail, a
lachrymose eye. and humble gait.
“I have sinned, father,” began
Reynard, heating his breast; “I have
sinned grievously through my own fault.
I—I—I—yes, I did once eat a hen.”
“Any extenuating circumstances?” asked
the lion. “Two/’replied the penitent.
“I must say the fault was not quite my
own. The hen was grossly fat, and
roosted within reach. Now, had sho
been an ascetic, and had she gone to
sleep in some tree, I should never have
touched her, I assure you, father.”
“There is some truth in that,” said the
confessor; “say, as penance, one paternos
ter.” Next came the donkey, nobbling
up to the confessional, and her broken
ee-yaws could be heard from quite a dis
tance. For some time the poor brute
was so convulsed with sobs that not a
word she said could be distin
guished. At last she gulped forth
that she had sinned ’in three
things. “4md what are they?” asked
the lion gruffly. “Oh, father, first of
all, as I went along the roads, I foqqd
grass and thistles in the fiedges, they
were so tempting that—that—ce-yaw, ee
yaw it “Qo on," growled the lion; “you
ate them; you committed robbery. Vile
monster! I shudder at the enormity of
your crime.” -'Secondly,” continued the
donkey, “as I came near a monastery,
one summer’s day, the gates were wide
open to air the cloisters; impelled by
curiosity I—I—I—just ventured to walk
in, and I think I mr,y have somewhat he-
fo\tled thp pavement.” “What'” ex-
claimed the confessor, rising in his seat
and shaking his mane, “enter the sanctu
ary dedicated to religion—you, a female
—knowing that it is against the
rules of the order that none but mams
should intrude; anfi theg, too, that little
circumstance about the pavement! “Go
on," said the lion grimly. “(>„ father,”
sighed the poor penitent, "tfie holy
monks were all ip phaj-el and singing
the office. They sang so beautifully that
my bpart was lifted up within me, and
at the close of a collect my feelings over
came me, and I tried to say amen, but
produced only an eeyaw! which inter
rupted the service, and hindered the de
votion of the monks.” “Horrible!” criefi
the lion, his eyes Hashing witfi pious
zeal, his hair bristling with virtuous in
dignation, “monster steeped in crime, is
there any penance too great to inflict on
you! I ” The reader may guess
what became of the helpless beast.
An Expertbj Story of the Storm in the
Prof. John II. Tice, tfip well-known
meteorologist, who went to Marshfield to
investigate the phenomena connected
with the storm, telegraphs the SL Louis
Republican as follows;
“Everywhere along the track of the
tornado there is evidence of a wavp of
water flowing in the rear of thp cloud
spouts. At some Dlaoes there aye only
faint traces of supn q wave. At others
the fiefiris is carried up and over ob
structions two or three feet high. These
waves or currents flowed in the greatest
volume up hills. There are places where
the entire top soil is washed away by the
currents. Fibrous roots and tufts of
grass show their direction to have been
np hill, and, wliat is more significant,
from all points of the compass towards
the top of tile hill when the tornado was
raging at (be time and expending its
force. No trace at ai:v point can be
found where they flowed down hill.
Many level places are swept clean of
soil. Leaves, grass, debris of wreckefi
buildings and fragments of planks carried
along by the current and left tn its track
arranged themselves longitudinally to
the current.
“Thp following is vouched for by
Qeorge (filbert of this plaee. He and
his wife <md four children were on a
visit eight miles in the country, and the
oentre of the tornado passed within five
or six yards from where they were. A
wave of water, apparently fifteen feet
high, rolled in the rear of the point of
contact of the cloud 6pout with the
earth, ft rolled over them, in a second,
and was lpy cold, drenching them thor
oyglily. Abput two miles northeast of
the town, stones weighing from five to
seven hundred pounds were lifted out of
the earth and carried along some distance
in the track of the tornado.
“J. H. Williams, presiding Justice of
the County Court and residing in Panther
Creek yijfiy, tells me a stone fell in the
centre of a field belonging to H. Rose,
the weight of which was estimated at
two tons. It is not known from whence
it came.”
The tornado, so far as is kttuwa, com
menced in Ark?,nsni, in Stone county.
In Crow Creek settlement ten persons
were killed and on Flat Creek si$ per
sons were killed.
filed from Eating Cake,
•>uancock Eastern Y'irgmtnn.
We fio not know who first invented
pake, or upon what occasion, or in what
age ol the world it first became indis
solubly associated with wedding occa
sions. It is, however, an incident in
every day experience that a man on Vi*
w»y' to a wedding, as m the ordinary
avocations of fife, should hunger, and
should wish to refresh the inner man.
'this, unhappily, was Lloyd Hopkins'
experience. Hopkins, whq was a' hale,
hearty, robust yo'lbg man, while on his
way tq a marriage feast, a few days
since, felt an overwhelming desire for
pflVc, and accordingly stepping into
a store boasted that he could
eat twenty-five molasses cakes. The
proprietor, or some one standing by,
offered to pay for that number provided
Hopkins would eat them, the latter to
pay lot all he should eat under that
□umber. At fifteen Hopkins declared
himself full, but the pay being de
manded, he persevered until the whole
twenty-five were consumed. This was
charity to a fault, on the part of the mer
chant. Hopkins then proceeded to the
wedding, where he further ate a hearty
supper. On his way home he was taken
sick, laid out all night, and on arriving
home the next morning was taken with
a congestive chill and died suddenly;
thus demonstrating the scriptural warn
ings against intemperance, gluttony, etc.
■An old farmer was wondering “why tn
these days it seems impossible to have an
honest horse race,” when a neighbor Inter
rupted him with the remark that “it’s
because we haven’t an honest human
race.”
AMERICA UNDER AN EMPEROR.
Some Further Account of the Admin
istration ol Emperor Ulysses I.
Albany (X. F.) Ei-ening Times.
A short lime since the Evening Times
gave some extracts from an anonymous
pamphlet recently published, entitled
“The Coming Crown." Following is
another instalment:
from the Imperial Standard. Washington,
October X, 18S!.
THE REREL HI.AINK SENTENCED TO
llANISHMENT.
An official telegram, published else
where in this issue, brings intelligence
of the trial and conviction, by military
commission, of James G. Blaine, of
Maine, and the sentence of banishment
passed by the commission will in all
probability be approved by his Imperial
Majesty, We think the commission
erred in its decision—not as to the guilt,
but as to the punishment of the offender.
The time has passed for measures of
mercy. Justice demands something
more. It demands stern retribution for
such offenses as this man Blain •
committed, and the punishment awarded
should have been death. Let there be no
trilling with traitors'
EXECUTION OF THOMAS NAST.
By Imperial Telegraph to the Standard.
New York, September 30.—The last
of the eighteen prisoners condemned to
death by the Imperial Military Commis
sion which closed its sittings at Govern
or's island on the 20th, was executed at
daybreak this morning. The condemned
man, Thomas Nast, who was a caricatu
rist on Harper's Weekly before that dis
loyal sheet was suppressed in June last,
was accused of high treason by plotting
against the crown and dignity of his Im
perial Majesty and by circulating a so-
called cartoon representing his Imperial
Majesty as Nero. The execution was
private, but it is understood that the
death was painful, the wretched traitor's.
life not being extinct for several minutes.
SIR ALEX. SHEPPARD, COURT CHAMBER
LAIN.
Sir Alexander Sheppard has, we art-
glad to announce, tieen again signally
honored by his Imperial Majesty, an im
perial decree issued yesterday appointing
him to the responsible aud lucrative
position of Court Chamberlain. We
understand that his Imperial Majesty has
been graciously pleased to direct that a
salary of $30,000 per annum be fixed as
the emoluments of this honorable office.
Kearney was hanged at San Francisco
on the morning of September 30, ’82.
Business is now reviving on the Pacific
cogst and Chinatown is loyal to the Em
pire.
The Imperial army, including all the
arms of service (standing), is to be 400,-
000 men,
IMPERIAL cnAPLAIN HEECHER.
The Right Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
Bishop of Brooklyn, whose conversion
to the Methodist Episcopal Church was
simultaneous with his Imperial Majesty 's
accession to the throne, arrived at the
palace yesterday. His Lordship will enter
on his duties as Inqierial Chaplain without
delay, and will preach before tbe Impe
rial tamiiy at the M. E. Cathedral on
Sunday next
the goddess of i.iberty deposed.
The old figure of liberty, which sur
mounted the dome of the capitol here,
has been taken down and a colossal
statue of his Imperial Majesty, the Em
peror Ulysses I., is to replace it. The
statue will tie of bronze, and is after a
design furnished by Mills. The figure
will he surmounted by a crown, which
will at night he illuminated by the elec
trie light, and thus he visible for nearly
fifty miles.
LORD SNOWDEN AND TIIE IMPERIAL COIN.
Work is being vigorously pushed for
ward at the new mint in tliis city replac
ing the old Union coinage with that of
the Fmpife. The coin liars the bust of
hla Imperial Majesty, surrounded by the
legend, “Ulysses I., Emperor,” with the
date “1882,” while on the obverse sur
rounding the Imperial arms—the mailed
hand—is the Latin inscription, “Aut
Cirsor aut i.ullus,” a translation of the
memorable words uttered hy His Im
perial Majesty when he ascended the
throne,
BUTLER LATE IN IMPERIAL ALLEGIANCE.
We are gratified to lie in a position to
state that General B. F. Butler, of Mas
sachusetts, has at last taken the oath of
allegiance to his Imperial Majesty, and
we are reliably informed that it 13 the
intention of the Imperial Government to
place the gallant General In a position
where his conceded abilities will be of
service to the Empire. General Butler
will arrive at the capitol on the 5th inst
IMPERIAL COMMANDER BEAUREGARD.
Major General Beauregard, command
ing the division of the South, gave a
grand banquet to a number of the resi
dent aristocracy of Mobile last week.
The recognition of Gen. Beauregard by
his Imperial Majesty, and his appoint
ment by the Imperial order to tbe im
portant command he now holds, created,
It will be remembered, great enlhusiasm
in the South. Gen. Beauregard, iu pro
posing tbe health of bis Imperial Majes
ty, hoped that Southern society would
always he loyal to the Emperor—a senti
ment which was drunk with repeated
cheers.
PLOTTING TREASON.
As we go to press we learn that dis
patches have just been received by the
Minister of W ar to the effect that several
officers of the Imperial service, who have
been for some time suspected of plotting
treason and of being in correspondence
with the enemies of his Imperial Ma
jesty, were plac< d in arrest at Albany.
N. Y„ last week. This arrest was kept
secret, hut an investigation left no doubt
of the existence of a dangerous plot to
overturn the Imperial Government, and
at a subsequent court-martial, which fin
ished its sittings yesterday, five of the
officers were found guilty on all the
charges preferred against them. They
will he shoit at daybreak tomorrow
morning.
General Grant, id a characteristic letter
accepting an invitation to visit Spring-
field, Ill., says; “I appreciate this invi
tation more, coming as it does from the
citizens of the capital of the State with
oui distinction of party, and recognizing
too the propriety of reverencing the
home of the martyr to whom the nation
owes so much aud to whom I was per
sonally so much Indebted for constant
support through all detraction, though
an entire* stranger to him, except offi
cially. Later 1 came to know President
Lincoln intimately, *r,d my appreciation
of his great nhiUiy and noble anfl gener
ous nntuac and forgiving disposition in
creased with acquaintance,’*
iirer Regulator.
A SK tbe recovered
fryspeptkc*. Bilioiw
Sufferere. Victims of
Fever awl Ajrue. the
Mercurial-Disea s e d
Patient, how they
recovered Health.
Cheerful Spirits and
Good Appetite —
they will tell you by
taking Simmons' Liv
er Reoclator. For
DYSPEPSIA, CX>N-
STI 'ATION. JADN-
SICK HEADACHE
DICE, Bilious Attacks,
Colic, Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heart Burn, etc., etc.,
IT HAS NO EQUAL.
This unrivalled Southern Remedy is warran
ted not to contain a single particle of Mercu ry
or any injurious mineral substance, but is
PIRELY VEGETABLE.
If you feel drowsy, debilitated, have fre
quent headache, mouth tastes badly, poor ap
petite and tongue coated, you are suffering
from torpid liver or ‘•biliousness,” and nothing
will cure you so speedily and permanently as
to take
SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR.
CAUTION.
As there are a number of imitations offered
to the public.we would caution the community
to buy no Powders or Prepared SIMMONS’
LAYER REGULATOR, unless in our engraved
wrapper, with the trade mark, stamp and sig
nature unbroken. None other is genuine.
J. H. ZEILIN Ac CO..
Price, $1 00. Philadelphia.
Sold by all druggist.
ap5-Tel,M,W l F£wly
250 PIECES 36-INCII
At 12^c. These goods are equal to WamsuttA,
100 pieces inch BLEACHED SHIRTING at
10c., worth
!W0 pieces % Soft Finish BLEACHED SHIRT
ING at At no time during the past twelve
months were these goods sold at a lower figure.
50 pieces 10-1 BLEACHED SHEETING at 35c.
yard.
f 0 pieces 5-1 TILLOW COTTON at 15c. yard,
rortn 30c.
J
10 pieces 10-4 LINEN SHEETING at $1 15
yard.
10 pieces 11 4 LINEN SHEETING at 91 25
^•ard.
These goods are at least 15 per cent, below
last year's prices.
Summer Silks!
50 pieces SUMMER SILKS from 50c. to fl 25
yard.
65 pieces BLACK 8ILK from 65c. to $3 yard.
Canton Matting.
2t*5 pieces Plain and Fancy MATTING at
prices as low as those of last year.
DANIEL HOGAN.
apl9-M,Tu,\V&Thtf
(TlotUing.
ECONOMY IS WEALTH.
To save where you can is a laudable
aim. Nobody has any money to throw
away. The only way to save is to buy
from first hands—from the manufacturer.
Keep the fact well in mind before pur
chasing elsewhere, that we manufacture
all our Clothing. Other houses may
blow, but in comparing prices with ours
the public will soon find out that it is
only brag. They buy their goods of the
manufacturer and have to pay a profit
besides. Our business is conducted with the
aim to sell direct to the consumer at the
same price as retailers have to pay to
wholesale houses in New York. The
immense amount of business we do
enables us to sell with a small profit.
Everybody buying of the Famous New
York Clothing House saves money. Our
Clothing for Spring and Summer for
style, beauty of material and low prices
surpasses all our previous efforts. We
have added Ilats to our stock and guar
antee you that nobody will sell you a
Hat or anything else in our line os eheap
as the FAMOUS NEW YORK CLOTH
ING HOUSE, 140 Congress street, Sa
vannah, Ga. aptT-tf
Saluting.
JOHN OLIVER’S
Paint and Oil Store.
STEAMBOAT,
RAILROAD AND MILL SUPPLIES
BASHES, BLINDS,
Doors, Mouldings, &c.
NO. 5 WHITAKER STREET,
ap25-tf Savannah, Ga.
CHRIS. MURPHY,
(ESTABLISHED 1865.)
House, Sign, Fresco & Banner
PAINTING.
—DE.vixR IN-
RAILROAD. MILL and STEAMBOAT SUP
PLIES, PAINTS, OILS, GLAS8, PUTTY, VAR
NISHES. BRUSHE8, MIXED PAINTS. BURN
ING and ENGINE OILS, NEATSFOOT OIL,
AXLE GREASE, LADDERS, all kinds and size*
142 St. Jalian and 141 Bryan streets.
mh99-tf
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Iteta Dealer In
White Lead,' Colors, Oils,
GLASS, VARNISH, ETC.
R EADY-MIXED PAINTS, Railroad, Steamer
and Mill SUPPLIES. Sole agent for the
GEORGIA UME, CALCIMED PLASTER, HAIR
and CEMENTS. Also LAND PLASTER.
No. 22 Drayton street, Savannah, Ga.
dec-Mf
Hatties, flnrtln;. &t.
A. L. HESBOUILLOXS,
JEWELER AND DEALER IN
Waltham and Elgin Watches,
DIAMONDS,
8TERLING SILVERWARE,
CLOCKS, GO
GOLl
QUADRUPLED PLATED WARE,
)LD PENS and PENCILS,
LD-HEADED CANES,
CANES,
_ OPERA GLASSES.
Bargains in FRENCH CLOCKS,
FLORIDA JEWELRY, ORANGE CANES.
21 BULL STREET,
jafi-31-tf Opposite Screven House.
Do You Want Specks f
T HE largest and best assortment of SPEC
TACLES in the citr. Single glasses to see
near and far My goods suit all eyes and all
pockets.
P. LINDENSTRUTH,
oet*-tf Jefferson street.
£addtmj, a&arnrss, &c.
W.B.MELL&CO.,
(Successors to N. B. Knapp,)
DKAIA.RS IU
Saddles, Harness & Leather,
RUBBER BELTING, PACKING A HOSE,
LEATHER BELTING,
HEMP PACKING, LACE LEATHER. Etc.,
Trunks, Yalises, Traveling Bags, Etc.
A LSO, a full line of OAK and HEMLOCK
SOLE IzEATHER, FRENCH and AMERI
CAN CALF SKINS, SHOE UPPERS and
FINDINGS.
A large stock always on hand and for sale
low. Orders from the country promptly and
carefully filled. All are invited to examine our
stock before making their purchases.
Market Square, Savannah. Ga.
oct3-d&wtf
English Tooth Brushes,
M ADE to order especially for my trade.
Also a full line of HAIR BRUSHES,
COMBS, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY,
etc., at
apl5-tf
L. C. 3TRONG’8 Drug Store,
Corner Bull and Perry street lane,
mm