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SAVANNAH, FRIDAY^ SEPTEMBER 3, 1880.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
TO "KATIE."
TwA' not a vision of encastled Spain,
\ y.-t of Rhine-homes turreted against
.• blue, blue sky of France—’twas more—
Ku English manor in our own Southland.
T.vas hid afar—so far from human eyes,
Th.it Sleep had given me her cloak of dreams,
Ami led by sightless sight, I followed blind:
Sot blind, but could not see with eyes,
jjut heart, and thought, and soul, had found
A channel leading to the land uuseen,
To which I th>ated on the bark Unknown.
And th-re I knew you, tho’ I knew you not:
Twas in that home all mossy grown
With age and beauty—and the clear wells
That overflowed their rims, invited herds
, 1 s heep or camels—for they brought to mind
tin* To-Day, but Yesterdays of the Centu
Ami on the ba’.cun’es and lawns it seemed
A »pot where fairy spirits rule, and dance
To music played by moon on silvery cloud-
strings,
Echoing and trembling on the grassy sward.
i::,t never moon saw fairer Capuletian balcony,
«>r lovelier Juliet—’twas iny friend—
My friend, though never seen—ye: ever seen.
But the What Is is kind—it does not rob
One of remembrances—for I climbed
The wild st^ir-way, and I found you there.
With robes that pale I the moon—and hair
All Esther-lii:e, and eyes, still lakes,
Thru' which I saw the purest pearl that’s
known.
The imaged heart of woman's royalty.
Ah, yes’. 'Twas only one sweet dream.
Vet often find we happiness with closed eyes
1 >r dreamy intellect—'Tis like our hearts
To leave unquestioned Heaven, for questioned
Earth,
And seek to know the Is and Yet To Te.
Ilut I shall know you, tho’ I never know—
For Thought can sometime s break its bonds of
flesh.
And liy with feathered wings of Ideality:
Thus 1 shall find you, as I knew you there—
My pure robed friend, the pearl-star of ny
dream. “L. '
August, 1880.
Georgia Affairs.
The Tulbotton Register reports nearly every
district in Talbot county solid fot Colqui'.t.
Mr. Joel Dodson, an old and highly esteemed
ci'.i/.«*n of Marion county, died at his residence
in that county at ten o’clock on Monday last.
The Americus Republican learns that.l’leas.
Paul, a colored man in Lee county, had two
h .rses killed by lightning on Thursday even-
int; of last week. He had sent two of his chil
li r-.n on horseback to drive up the cows, when
the electric fluid struck the horses, killing them,
shocking and burning the children badly, but
leaving them alive. This was truly a narrow
escape.
The Columbus En purer issued a large eight
page trade issue Wednesday morning, in honor
of the first of September. It says, editorially:
"t'olumhus is growing. Her business is pushed
and being extended. Her future is glowing
with promise. Few are doing for Georgia what
our little city is. She is on the highway to
prosperity. The cotton receipts are largely in
excess of what was expected last fall.”
To "Subscriber ’—It is scarcely a question of
doubt that Itev. Dr. Felton’s only reason for
declining the nomination and "strong support”
of the minority wa? because he knew his
chances of success against the Democracy in
tin* State at large was only a forlorn hope, and
that defeat meant political death. He had no
idea, therefore, of being sacrificed.
With its last issue, the Jesup Sentinel enters
upon the fifth year of its .existence under very
gratifying auspices. It will continue in the
future to be a Democratic paper, though it is
neutral ou the present Gubernatorial contest.
On Wednesday afternoon last quite a large
meeting of citizens was held in the City Hall
at Atlanta, and a committee was appointed to
wait upon the Mayor and request him to ex-
t-ml a public welcome to General Longstreet,
Minister to Turkey, on the 6th instant, when
he will pass through Atlanta en route to Wash
ington. The Mayor promised to give the peti-
' udite consideration, and the committee was
dismissed.
The Jesup Sentinel tells how an old colored
nun in the employ of Messrs. Clary & Whaley
:1 the Altanmha river narrowly escaped death
*f<*v days ago. It seems that he crossed the
Mer in a bateau, for the purpose of gatheriog
mo33, on Monday, the 23d tilt., and was not
s *‘ en > nor heard of, until the following Satur
day. when he was found iu an adjacent swamp,
and safely piloted back to the mill. He states
that he go: the moss and undertook to return,
hut, being old and feeble, and the current very
strong, he missed his bearings, aud was car
ried into the swamp. His boat capsized, and
his clothes, containing six dollars in money
“as literally washed from life body. He final
ly reached terra jirma, clothed himself in
moss, and was found in this condition, half
starved.
f To “Enquirer"—The "M” in his name stands
or Mason,” not "Minority." Yoursisa natu-
ral a‘stake, however, and is no: so far out of
the way as it might be. IIo will probably be
known for the rest of his life as "Thomas Mi
nority."
Messrs. J. K. Christian «fc Co. have bought out
tue interest of Mr. Elam Christian, late editor
v the Maeon HeraW, and that gentleman re-
l,res Mr. Christian is a friend of the Demo
cratic party and Governor Colquitt, while the
0WDers c f a majority of the stock in the paper
&r -‘ -r the committee of eleven and Mr. Nor-
• Since, therefore, he was hampered in
ie ex P re ssion of his views, he determined to
Quit altogether.
, A - ^biith, of Butler, Taylor county,
*‘as en nominated by the Democrats of the
*etty third district for the State Senate,
s , V '' **' ^°^ en beck, mail carrier between
tl \ efS ' aQ ^ Tenniile, willattend to any lit-
n , u>ln *' ss matter entrusted to him by those
Vil ,. h:s ^vices. Address him at Sanders-
^ acon Telegraph announces that the
ta , ‘ '' ,' rks of that city, which have been agi-
ab-M f iSCU8Se ^’ planned and postponed for
h vears » are at last an assured fact,
fiir r Xpecte l th *y will be in working order by
t of April next. The construction of a
of ^ r °i f will be begun abou£ the first
fctrn ' n* i> ' BeJ1 and Emory Speer, the for-
p*n > 6 Dem ° cr atic and the latter the Inde-
t'ou -i- 1 * I < T and * d ate for Congress in the Ninth
of 0 *! ° nal dis{r,cr - have arranged a series
l n l |‘ i8CUS8io ns at various points through-
^“6 district.
br.-. I ^ "‘Ison, of Caiopbell county, has
erv , ^ c,jm luated for Senator by the Denjo-
J J lll ° Tiurt y' €i Kli t l 1 district, and Mr.
a situ' ! 0j lwariit of Dooly county, has secured
trict n,,m * nation la the Fourteenth dis-
8iou . he Republicans in the Fifth Congres-
, '* :s trict have nomina'ed WilUam Henry
bait 2 ° f . Fulton * for Congress,
was "The first bale of new cotton
J »hn mto towr n on Monday last by Mr.
ueiriv tuT‘° nsoc ’ of Murray county, being
"f ho,! vl ,., 0 J n °nths in advance of the first bale
at anJ vras sol d to Mr. John Black,
tbi- u - ' 6, at ^ cent s- It is conceded by all
Rcctior h cotton crop ever raised in this
fall, thV ,,L 1 mar keted at Dalton the coming
ra Taod w 'bieh will begrown in Mur-
cotton 1 . d counties. As each year the
crease u w 8^ North Georgia materially in-
takf hooves the citizens of Dalton to
factori,.”. 1 ^ 1 ® act i°n * n the building of cotton
and flnnl;thereby advance the industrial
Wei * 10lerests of the town.”
st'-Te of*rH a ‘ read y noticed the burning of the
Ur - Burroughs in Waynesville, Wayne
county. The Jesup Sentinel gives the follow
ing particulars of the affair: " A few evenings
previous to the fire, as the clerk was engage 1
in closing up the store, while in the act of draw
ing in a shutter, he was struck by a negro man.
with a club across the head and arm- He
gathered his gim and attempted to shoot, but
the caps missed fire, when the negro closed in
on him and threw him to the floor. The clerk
raised the cry of murder, which so ala-med
the negro as to cau«e him to desist from his
foul purpose and take leg bail for security,
and. making his exit through a window, by the
time help arrived be was lost to view. The
clerk sleeps in the store, and on the night
above mentioned he awoke just in time to save
the mail pouch, the store having been fired at
the kerosene tank, and the flames then reach
ing above the house. Suspicion naturally
points to the negro who committed the as
sault, and a man answering his description has
bten arrested, and awaits the arrival of the
clerk to be identified. We were unable to as
certain the value of tne store and stock of
goods, or whether insured or not.”
“WTiile in Walton last week." says the
Athens Watchman, "we learned that valuable
discoveries of asbestos, corundum and go d
have late'y been made on the premises of
Tlios. Stone and C. P. fclasingame, in that
county. The specimens are very pretty in
deed. If the new mines should turn out to be
as rich as is thought, the new railroad will
have ample employment for some time to
come.”
Covington Star: "A horrible rumor comes
to us from Jasper county, the truth of which
we cannot vouch for, however, which is to the
effect that a Mr. Goolsby, who had be-11 miss
ing watermelons from his patch, determined to
catch the thieves at all hazards. Hence, he
procured a quantity of arsenic and injected it
into a number of his melons, and tne next
morning there were four dead negroes in the
patch, and a sack of watermelons lj'ing by
each. These are the facts as we nave heard
them, but we trust the rumor is without Xoun
dation.
A correspondent writing from Washington to
the Griffin News, on the political situation,says:
"As an evidenoe of how thoroughly In earnest
the Republicans are, I may mention the collec
tion of a very large and recent assessment of
the army of department officials in this city.
The sum total will aggregate an immense sum,
as it covers fully fifty dollars out of the pock
ets of each employe. Some of the Democratic
clerks have refused to rt spond to this demand,
and it U likely some additional heads will fall,
notably one'ef 8peer’s appointees,and one lrom
Felton’s district. I rejoice in the pluck of these
boys, and have advised them to die game and
bide their time.”
Athena Banner: "We saw a colored damsel
on the incoming train on the Georgia Road in
great distress Monday. She and her sweetheart
(who was the worse for drink) were tete-a-tete
for some distance, and all went merry as a
marriage bell. Finally he tell over against her
four dollar mirror, and sad was the wail she
uttered. Her lamentations were accompanied
with crocodile tears,and interspersed with rail
ings. She applied to us for the law of redre«s.
We told her to have him arrested at the next
station and hung up by the thumbs till he paid
her four dollars, 'the drinking gallant left off
journeying for the time and will perhaps re
sume when be finds a more peaceful com
panion. The damsel now has plenty of small
glasses to see how to do up her back hair
nicely.”
Under the heading "Railroad Tariffs Again,’
the Americus Republican says: "In an arlicl*
copied in our Saturday’s issue from the Atlanta
Constitution, giving an interview with- Allen
Fort on the objections which Americus had to
Circular No. IU, he is represented as saying
that before the circular cotton was shipped at
sixty-five cents a bale, and the proposed
change was sixty-two cents a bale. This :s not
what Mr. Fort said, as we are informed, but he
stated the case in this way: Before the pas
sage of tho railroad bill cotton, a lead
ing article, was shipped from Americus
to Savannah at sixty-five cents per hun
dred, making three dollars and twenty-
five cents per bale, and under the first rates
established by the Commission, the rates fixed
were forty-one cents per hundred, making two
dollars and ten cents per bale. T he proposed
change under circular No. 10, is sixty-two
cen's per hundred, making three dollars and
ten cents per tale. This .change is what our
people object to. Other freights will be in
creased in proportion, so it Is of great im
portance to our people to make every effort to
prevent the new rates proposed from going
into effect. The farmers ax*e more ii terested
than the merchants, but all are interested.”
Concerning the “tremendous energy of the
Southern people,” the Detroit Free Press says:
" The tremendous physical constitution and
energy of the Southern people, at least of the
males, is something unparalleled iu history.
That they spend a good portion of their nights
in riding about and *-ngaging in murder, arson,
robbery* and other crimes, is conceded by every
Republican newspaper, and preached from
every' Republican stump. An ordinary race of
men would, of course, require sleep and rest
during the daytime, but no sooner do these
Southern banditti arrive home aud take
off their masks and put away their pi:
tols than they' begin the work of the
daytime by raising cane, cotton and
other products to a larger extent than
before the war. Some of them, too, after
a hard night's ride, their hands still covered
with blood, go to work manufacturing the cot
ton which the other Ku-Klux have raised.
They even send to the hated North for
machinery*. A Northern newspaper says
that the Lewiston (Maine) Machine
Company's works were never so busy
as now. Looms are being; made for
mills in Georgia, North and Soutli Carolina,
and the shops are run at their fullest capacity
to fill the orders. Hence we say that a people
capable of manufacturing and raising cotton
by day, aud. In the classic words of llorr, of
Michigan, ‘hell' by night, are at once the most
vigorous and the most industrious of any peo
pie on earth ”
Dublin Gazette: "We learn from a friend in
Montgomery county some particulars of-*the
shooting of Richard McLendon, colored, in
that county, at the plantation of the late Nor
man Gillis, a few days ago. The facts as they
come to us are, that Richard and Nancy* Gillis
were in the field pulling fodder, when a crowd
of men, disguised, rode up and ordered Rich
ard to come to them, but lie refused and ran,
anil he was fired upon by the crowd,
receiving in his body eighteen buck
shot. Our informant reports that from
the joy among the colored people over
the affair and the expressed wishes that the
shooting may result finally in Richard's death,
it is believed that Richard had made himself
very odious to that class of the colored citi
zens who are the friends of law and good
moral i in their community. Our recollection
of Richard is that he has been for vears a vio
lent, turbulent and lawless man. having been
ouce before shot while attempting to escape
the Sheriff’s guard holding him under convic
tion of a heinous crime, nefore the Superior
Court of Montgomery county, while he was be
ing held for the sentence of the court. But we
forbear any comment until further develop
ment.”
Letter from Scrlven County.
Scrivkn Cocnty, Ga , September 2.—Editor
Morning News: Never seeing anything
your excellent paper from thi3 part of the
county, and seldom from our county at all,
and thinking perhaps a few dots from up this
way would be of interest to some of your
readers, we write, trusting it will meet your
approval.
Notwithstanding our seeming obscurity, your
valuable News and instructive Weekly are re
ceived by us regularly, and read with great in
terest aud pleasure.
Crops here have suffered severely Trorn the
long continued dry weather, a"d the farmers
were about to despair of mak'ng even a half
crop, but the frequent raius of late have much
revived them, and they present a flourishing
appearance, and a tolerably good yield is ex
pected.
Politics now unanimously engage the public
mind Everything is so'.idiv Democratic,
an i Governor Colquitt tne choice for Gov
ernor. At a recent mass meeting at
the countv seat, the voice of about three hun
dred showed Governor Colquitt endorsed al
most unanimously, there being onlj* seven dis-
seutmg voices: tlierefoie it is very evident that
the Norwood party in this couuty is but a "fee
ble spark" in spite of the “immense banner”
spok**n of by our county organ (Sylvania Tele
phone) iu its late issue, floated across one of
rsylrania's principal streets by the Norwood
Club, consisting o£two “impulsive youths” (?)
of that place.
At the election in October, this ensign of In-
dependentism will fall to the dust, we hope to
rise no more in Scriven, and leave solid De
mocracy to reign supreme, and the minority
boom to “echo” no more among us, 8t>rH
Democratic“Meetlnsr in EOingham
Conntj-.
SpringpiEi-D, Gi., September 1.—Pursuant to
a call of the Chairman cf the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of Effingham county, the
citizens met at Springfield, and on motion.
Judge A. F. Rahn was called to the chair, and
S. S. Pitman and II. P. Brewer, Esqs., were re^
quested to act as Secretaries
The Chairman called the meeting to order,
and in a few appropriate remarks, explained
the object of the meeting to be the nomination
of a candidate.for Representative to the Leg
islature.
On motion, it was resolved that the nomina
tion shall be by ballot, and that a majority of
the whole vote shall be necessary to a choice.
Colonel Edward Bird was nominated on the
second ballot.
Hon. Rufus E. Lester and Williaju Garrard,
Esq . addressed the citizens, urging the claims
of Hon. T. M. Norwood for Governor. Hon.
Rufus E. Lester made a fine speech,
which will do him credit, but we
don’t think it will increase Hon. T.
M. Norwood's chances for Governor. These
gentlemen were followed by Colonel Morgan
ttawls, who spoke iu favor of Governor A. H.
Colquitt, giving his reasons for not supporting
Norwood, aud also his reasons for supporting
Governor A. H. Colquitt Hjs remarks were re
ceived with applause. At a late hour the meetr
ing adjourned. The meeting was very large
and enthusiastic, and showed a large majority
in favor of Governor A. H. Colquitt, though
the opposition are working very hard against
him, but we feel assured that Effingham will
give Governor A, H. Colquitt a good majority
on the first Wednesday in October next.
STEAM NAVIGATION.
THE SESSION OF THE NATIONAL
UOAKU AT NORFOLK.
The Examination of Seamen Before
Shipment—A Refuge for Disabled
fflariner** — National Encourage
ment to a Regular System of Train
ing; Favored—Compulsory Pilotage
lu Coadtwikc Vesnelu.
IllKhtvay Bobbery lu New York.
New York, September 2.—Yesterday
dood, as Jas. Mooney was passing through
Sixth avenue on his way home to dinner,
two men suddenly pounced on him, knocked
him down, beat him in a fearful manner and
rifled his poceta. A crowd gathered, but the
highwaymen drew revolvers and defied the
people to touch them. A detective suc
ceeded Id arresting them to-day.
By Telegraph to the Momina News.
Norfolk, Va., September 2.—At the
meetiDg of the National Board of Steam
Navigation to-day a letter was read from
Surgeon General Hamilton, of the United
States Marine Hospital Service, urging the
passage of a law compelling the examina
tion of all seamen before shipment. He
further suggested the establishment of a
national snug harbor for worthy 6eamen
and officers who are permanently disabled.
Resolutions were adopted recommending
the establishment of such a refuge for dis
abled seamen as the Surgeon General sug
gested, and also favoring national encour
agement of a regular system of training for
the encouragement of our mercantile ma
rine, so that our own shipping may be com
mensurate with the dignity of the needs of
the country, and so that our own ships may
be commanded and sailed and our guns
manned by American seamen.
In support of the last resolution a letter
was read from Naval Lieutenant Chadwick,
who strongly urged the necessity for the
establishment of a marine training school.
The Executive Committee was instructed
to prepare a memorial to Congress embody
ing these resolutions, which were adopted,
favoring the passage by Congress of a law
to regulate compulsory pilotage on coast
wise vessele, and to establish a uniform sys
tem of rates and regulations.
A resolution was also adopted setting forth
the danger to ships in New York harbor
from the practice of towing unlightea oil
barges at night by a hawser, and requesting
the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate
the subject with a view to a correction of
the evil.
After the transaction of some other busi
ness the board adjourned until to-morrow.
THE RECENT STORM ON THE
SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST.
A Lumber Laden Brig Ahbore at
fflatanzuM Inlet—($iiaulItleH of Car
go and Material Drifting Anbore—
EilectN of the Storm iu Florida.
Special Telearam to the Morning News.
Jacksonville, Fla., September 2.—The
brig Caroline Eddy, of Bangor, Me., 317
tons, and lumber laden, is ashore at Matan-
zas Inlet, and will prove a total loss.
Quantities of cargo and material are drift
ing ashore in the vicinity of Sc. Augustine,
and it Is reported that several other vessels
are stranded on the South Atlantic coast.
The cabin of a large vessel was seen yester
day off St. John’s bar.
The storm was very severe throughout
this State, doing much damage to cotton
plantations and orange groves. Several
buildings were blown down at Sanford, Mel-
ionville and other points.
There has, however, been much needless
anxiety felt as to the effects of the storm
along the line of the Atlantic and Gulf and
West India Transit Railroad. Parties from
that portion of the Stale report that in that
section no damage was done the cotton
crop, the wind not being sufficiently, strong
to beat down the stalks, and the planters
had picked their crop so closely that there
was not much open cotton left in the fields
to be injured.
GRANT TO LOGAN.
Tb«s General PromliteM fo be Present
ai tbe Republican iTla** Meeting
iu New York—Ills Letter.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Chicago, September 2.—The News this
evening prints a letter from Gen. Grant to
Gen. John A. Logan, in reply to an invita
tion to attend the Republican mass meetiDg
to be held in New York. Gen. Grant prom
ises to be present, and says:
“I agree with you that it will not do to be
beaten now. We should never be beaten
until every man who counts, or represents
those who count, in the enumeration to give
representation in the electoral college, can
cast his vote just as he pleases, ami can
have it counted just as he cast It.”
A FATAL MISTAKE.
A Negro Man Gives Two of Ilia
Children !?Iorphiue Instead of
flainiue.
Special lelegram to the Morning News.
Wadley, Ga., S-ptember 2.—A negro
man at Bartow this morning gave two of
his children morphine Instead of quinine
by mistake. Both of the children have
died from tbe ifleets of the poison.
THE KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
Renomlnation of Governor St. John
—Tbe Lieutenant GovernorNhip.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
TorEKA, September 2.—The Republican
State Convention met here yesterday. Gov
ernor St. John was renominated for Gover
nor, and D. M. Valentine for Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court. Two fruitless
ballots for Lieutenant Governor were taken
and the convention adjourned until to day.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing the
Chicago pla»foriu and candidates; condemn
ing the solid South secured by intimidation
and fraud at tbe polls by the Democrats,
and congratulating the country upon the
prosperity following resumption.
The Lies Stguing tbe Treaty.
Washington, September 3.—Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Bell this afternoon re
ceived the following dispatch from Geo. W.
Monypenny, Chairman of the Ute Commis
sion, dated Southern Agency, Colorado, Au
gust 28: “Seventy-five of the Southern
Utes signed the ratification on yesterday.
The Commission expect to obtain in a few
days the assent of all the Utes at this
agency.”
Southern Ute Agency, Col., Augusts?,
via Lake City, Col., September 2.—The
Southern Utes signed the agreement to-day.
The question is practically settled, and
when fully consummated the Commission
will proceed to an enumeration of the In
dians, the payment of money and location
of lands.
The Letter tbe of Religions Congre
gallons.
London, September 3 —The Jiepuhlique
Francaise of Paris says; “We decline to be
lieve that the Ministry can have anything lo
do with the letter of the religious congre
gations. The Ministry must know that the
Chamber of Deputies would never pardon
them for not giving this impudent declara
tion the answer it deserves, namely, a
prompt energetic execution of the decrees.”
The JiepubSoue Franchise expresses tbe con
viction that M. Constans, Minister of Public
Worship, will act up to this expectation.
Tbe Jeannette Suppased to be Lost.
San Francisco, September2.—A dispatch
from Victoria says: “The bark Malay,
ejrrht days from Oonalaska, brlDgs no ti
dings of the Jeannette, and reports that at
Oonalaska the Jeannette is given up for
lost on account of the severity of last win
ter.” _
THE NOLAN CAMPAIGN ASSOCI
ATION BARBECUE.
Responses to Invitations Sent to
General Hancock and lion. Wm.
II. English.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Albany, September 2.—At a Democratic
barbecue held at the fair ground yesterday,
speeches were made by Hon. Samuel Ran
dall, 8. S. Cox, ex-Governor Walker and
others. The following was received and
read:
Governor’s Island, N. Y. Harbor, i
August 27. 1880. C
To T. M. Daucher, Chairman, elc. t State
street, Albany. N. T :
Dear Sir.—I am compelled by mv en
gagements to deny myself the pleasure of
accepting your invitation to the political
barbecue of the Nolan Association in Al
bany on the first of September. I regret my
inability to be present, as the occasion will,
1 am sure, be one of great importance, and
will furnish an illustration of the deep and
active interest which the beople feel in the
cause we have at heart.
Thanking you for your letter of the 20th
inst., I am, yours truly,
[Signed] Winfield S. Hancock.
Indianapolis, August 12, 1880.
To T. M. Daucher, E*7., Albany, N. Y. :
Dear Sir—It would afford me pleasure
to accept your kind invitation to attend the
political barbecue to be giveu b}- the Nolan
Campaign Association ou the first of Sep
tember, hut circumstances would hardly
admit of my leaving this post of danger at
that time, and so I am reluctantly compelled
to decline jour invitation.
We are counting confidently upon the
vote of the great Empire State for Hancock
and English, aDd will see that the vote of
Indiana is cast for the same ticket.
Very respectfully,
[Signed] Wm. H. English.
THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
Pannage of RIIIm by tbe House of
Commons—!TIr. O’Connor’s Reso
lution Rejected by tbe House of
Lords.
A Heavy New Y'ork Failure.
New York, September 2.—Simon Got-
mann & Sons, manufacturers of shirts, 3d0
Broadway, failed yesterday, and have made
an assignment to Marx Rothschild, a brother-
in law of S. Gutman. The liabilities of the
firm are about three hundred thousand dol
lars.
bat Incident at tbe Bernbardt
Banquet.
London, September 2.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to St. Janies' Gazette says: “The
Bernhardt incident has resulted in a definite
recall of Baron Magnus, Prussian Minister
to Denmark, and Baron KIderlen Wechter
has been appointed Charge de Affaires.”
Britfsb Steamer ho*t Wltli All on
Board.
London, September 2.—The British steam
er Hardwick, from Odessa for Bristol, laden
with barley, shifted her cargo and founder
ed, and all on board were loit, with the ex
ception of one fireman.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
London, September 2.—The House of
Lords this evening passed the savings bank
bill, the bill in relation to the loading of
grain cargoes, and the hares and rabbits
bill.
The resolution of Mr. Thomas P. O'Cbn
nor (Home Ruler), member for Galway, that
it is no longer expedient that all measures
for the improvemeut of the condition of the
people of England, Ireland and Scotland
should be at the mercy of a body consisting
of legislators, hereditary and irresponsible,
was moved In the House of Commons in
the small hours of Wednesday morning,
after the passage of the burials bill, and
was seconded by Mr. LaBouchere, Liberal
member for Northampton.
The Marquis of Ilartington humorously
deprecated tbe raising of a great constitu
tional question at half-past three o’clock In
the morning. He said he hoped the House
would proceed with as little delay as possi
ble to the more serious business on the
paper.
The House then divided on the question.
The vote stood 13 yeas to 71 nays. The mi
nority consisted of five Irish members and
Messrs. Bradlaugh, Briegs, Broadburst, Ash
ton, W. Dilke, Sir Wilfred Lawson, LiBou-
chere, Charles McLaren aDd Whalley. The
majority Included four Irish members. Mr.
Parnell declined to have anything to do
with the resolution.
In the House of Commons to-day Mr.
LaBouchere gave notice that early in the
next session he would call attention to the
legislative relations of the Lords and Com
mons, and move a resolution on the subject.
Mr. Arnold, Liberal, will move, on going
into committee on the appropriation bills,
that the rejection by the House of Lords of
a measure greatly promoting the welfare of
Ireland has gravely increased the difficul
ties of the Executive, and endangers the
grant of money for the expenses of State.
Mr. Parnell gave notice of a motion for
tacking the registration bill to the appro
priation bill.
Tte Marquis of Ilaitingtcn suggested that
it would be better to move a resolution re
monstrating against tbe rejection by tbe
House of Lords of the registration bill. To
this Mr. Parnell assented.
The House of Commons to-night rejected
the amendments by tbe House of Lords to
the employers liability bill, but consented,
by a vote of 72 to 33, to limit the operation
of the bill to seven years.
Thomas Power O’Connor wi’l preside at
the Irish demonstration against the House
of Lords In Hyde Park next Sunday. A
namber of the Irish members of the House
of Commons have promised to participate.
The Tinits in a leading article says: “It is
much to be regretted that the House of Lords
should have rejected the bill for the regis
tration of voters in Ireland. It was a waste of
their power. When struggles can be fore^-
seen on matters of great moment, it is im
prudent to provoke ill feelirg over trill s.
The bill provided facilities for the regula
tion of voters in Ireland, which were iden
tical, in the main, with those existing in
England, and the House of Lords might
wisely have assented to it as dealing with a
matter peculiarly within the province of the
Lower House.”
THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUB
LICANS.
The State Convention at Columbia
—Contesting Delegation* — Lively
Sparring Between Small** and
YVhipper— Whlpper Whipped—A
State Ticket to be Nominated.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Columbia, 8. C., September 2.—Tbe Re
publican State Convention met at twelve
o’clock to-day. All the counties in the
State were represented except Horry. There
were contesting delegations from Beaufort
and Union counties. E. W. M. Mackey was
elected permanent Chairman and Harry
Noah Secretary. A Committee on Creden
tials was appointed and a recess taken
until four okdock. On reassembling,
the Committee on Credentials not being
ready to report, the convention laid on Its
oars until 5 p. m. The committee then re
ported recommending that neither delega
tion from Uaion county be admitted, which
was adopted. In the case of Beaufort coud-
ty the committee recommended the seating
of both delegations, with half a vote each.
One of the contesting delegations from
Beaufort was headed by Robt. 8malls, ex
member of Congress, and the other by W.
J. Whipper, both colored. Lively sparring
ensued, re.-ulting in the ousting of the
Whipper delegation. Tbe convention then,
on motion of S. II. L. Shrewsberry, went
into secret session on matters of vital Im
portance.
The indications are that a State ticket will
be nominated. Such appears to be the de?
cree of the colored delegates.
AFFAIRS IN CABUL.
Trade Reviving — Ayoob Hhan’s
Force—A11 Apology |or Being
Forced to Fight.
A RADICAL JAMBOREE.
THE SEREN ADE TO POSTMASTER
GENERAL MAYNARD.
Hi* Response—Our Crippled Com*
merce and Finaueial Embarrass
ment*—Who Brought About On
Present Prosperltvt—The Secretary
of the Navy on the Forthcoming
Election—Are We a Nation*
By Telegraph to the Momtng Sexes.
Washington, September 2.—Postmaster
General Maynard was serenaded to-night
by the Republican Association of Tcnnes
see. In response, he said that when he
left the United States the people were
struggling with depression of trade, crip
pled commerce and financial embarrass
ments. Returning, he found commerce
revived, trade prospering and industry sue
cessful.
After complimenting Secretary Sherman
upon the share which he has had in bring
ing about this transformation, Gen. Maj-
nard referred to Tennessee and said he was
pained that his State should ever have hesi
tated about paying her honest debts. Men
die and their debts die with them. States
never die and their credit is Wo precious a
flower to be pulled and trampled on.
Referring to the forthcoming election, he
said: “ When the tum of the ballot box
comes, let every man who has a right, vote
without being obstructed. Let us have an
honest count and abide the result. We cau
afford to be beaten at a fair election, but we
cannot afford to have a political ballot box
This is a great question, and behind it lies
the great future of our land, and the des
tiny of our children.”
At the conclusion of General Maynard’s
remarks brief speeches were made by L. C.
Uoucb, of Tennessee, aud Secretary Thomp
son. The latter, referring to the forthcom
ing Presidential election, said, iu his opin
ion, graver questions were at is
sue in the present struggle than iu
any similar contest since tbe formation
of the government. The question of seces
sion may have been settled by the war, but
the question of nullification is not settled,
and to day tbe great problem t-o be solved
by the American people is whether tbe Na
tional Government 6hall retain to itself
sufficient power to preserye its own life, or
whether it shall humble itself at tbe feet of
the several States aud surrender the rights
with which it is vested under the Constitu
tion.
GENERAL J. B. WEAVER.
An Iutervievv with tlie Greenback
Presidential Candidate—No Divls*
ion of Electoral Tickets—He De
dines to Hold Joint Meetings with
the Hancock Speakers—A Well
Dc-hued Party.”
By Telegraph to the Morning Neics.
Portland, Me., September 2.—lu an in
terview to-day General Weaver, the Presi
dential Greenback candidate, said: “There
is no fusion of the State ticket in Maine. If
General Plaisted is elected it will be a solid
Greeenback victory, wholly without Demo
cratic significance. There will be no divi
sion of the electoral ticket wiih my con
sent, either with the Democratic party in
Maine or the Republicans In West Vir
ginia. Should anything of the kind be
attempted in any State iu this Union it will
meet with ray emphatic disapproval. I
shall bold no joint meetings with Hancock
speakers. Our missions are widely different.
Let It be understood once for all that we
constitute a well defined ^rty.”
OLD TIME TELEGRAPHERS.
National Reunion in Cincinnati—
Substantial Donations.
By Telegraph to the Morning News.
Cincinnati, September 2.—A national re
union of old time telegraphers i9 to be held
here on September 17cb. It will bring to
gether men widely separated and not here
tofore gathered into an organization.
Much interest is taken by the citizens In
promoting the success of the meetiDg. The
Cincinnati Enyuircr to day gave a check for
one thousand dollars to aid the enterprise.
The Adams Express Company, through L.
C. Weir, has given a like sum, and resident
members of the fraternity are using every
effort to give their brethren from abroad a
cordial greeting.
THE GENEVA REGATTA.
By Telegraph to the Morning S r ews.
London, September 9 ?-Tbe Viceroy of
India telegraphs that General Stewart’s rear
guard arrived at JJaira on Wednesday
(yesterday). Reports from C*byl say all
is well there. The Ameer is as-iduous in
personally conducting the public business.
Trade is reviving and gcods are arriving
from Jellalabad.
Col. St. John reports that Ayoob Kahn’s
force consists of forty thousand regulars,
four regimenta of Ghazis, whereof one-third
have firearms, two thousand cavalry and
twenty-eight guns.
Ayoob Khan has written to Gen. Roberts
an apologetic letter faying he was forced to
light. Gen. Roberts replied that he (Ayoob
Khan) must surrender unconditionally.
New York Stock Market.
New York, September 2.—The sto^k
market was active and strong throughout
the greater portion of the day, and under
heavy buying prices advanced 6leadily *nd
closed at or about the best figures of the
d$y. The Improvement from the lowest
point ranged from } u to 2>v per cent., £rie
and Western, C., C. and I. C., Granger and
Coal shares, Hannibal and St. Joe, Wabash
Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
Erie, Ohio and Mississippi and Western
Union being most prominent in the deal
ings. The transactions aggregated 256,000
shares.
Will Accept tlie Nomination.
Boston, September 2.—The confidential
friends of Mr. Thompson say he will accept
the Democratic nomination for Governor.
He is in Portland at present.
Again Postponed on Account of
Rough Water—Courtney Said to
Have Racked Out.
By Telegraph to the Morning S'excs.
Geneva, September 2.—In consequence
of rough water the races of the Geneva re
gatta, which were to have been rowed to
day, were postponed until to-morrow.
Courtney returned to Union Springs this
morning, and a rumor prevails this evening
that he will not start in the professional
race. His backers, however, declare he has
gone home simply to rest, and that he will
surely row. It is probab’e that the articles
of agreement will be signed for a three-mile
sculling race between IJosmer and Weis
gerber for $1,000 a 6iue. Other matches
between professionals are talked of.
I---*---.
Congressional Nominations.
Macon, Ga., September 2 —General Phil.
Cook was nominated by acclamation at
Hawkinsville to-day to represent the Third
district in Congress.
St. Paul, Minn., September 2.—The
Democratic Convention of the First Con
gressional district here yesterday nominated
Henry K. Wells for Congress.
New Orleans, September 3 —A special
from NacogodocbeB to the Galveston News
says? “Hon. John H. Reagan was yester
day nominated by acclamation for Cougress
by the Democrats of the First Congressional
district.”
Chicago, September 2.—Daniel Evans
was yesterday nominated for Congress by
the Democrats of the Seventh Illinois dis
trict, after oue hundred and twenty-four
ballots.
B. B. Farwell was nominated for Congress
by the Republicans at Davenport, fowa.
Lincoln, Neh , September 2.—The Re
publican State Convention yesterday re
nominated E. K. Vailentine for Congress by
acclamation.
Resolutions were adopted by the conven
tion endorsing the national platform of the
party, and denouncing the recent seizure of
the Alabama polls by the Democrats as an
act surpassing all former efforts of the party.
Dover, Del , September 2.—The Repub
lican State Convention, which met here io-
day, chose three Presidential electors, and
nominated Hon. John W. Houston for Con
gress.
Sioux City, Iowa, September 3.—The
Republican Convention of Dakota, at Ver
million yesterday, nominated R. F. Petti
grew for Delegate to Congress.
Baltimore, September 2.—George W.
Covington, of Worchester county, was to
day nominated for Congress by the Demo
crats of the First district.
DesMoinbs, Iowa, September 2.—The
Democrats o f the Seventh Congreusional
district yesterday nominated Hoc. S. S.
Majlory, of Lucas county, for Congress, re
fusing to endorse Gillettes, the Greenb ck
nominee antj present incumbent, by a vote
of 43 to 11.
Ljncoln, Ne^., September 3—The Re-
B Ublipan Convention last evening elected
baa. A. Holmes Chairman, and nominated
Presidential electors and alternates. E. K.
Valentine was renominated for Congress by
acclamation. Albinus Nance was renomi
nated for Governor and E. C. Carnes for
Lieutenant Governor.
Paterson, N. J., September 2 —John
Hill, of Morris, was nominated for Congress
to-day by the Republicans of the Fifth New
Jersey district.
Wholesale Drowning of Spaul«b
I’roops. -
Madrid, September 2.—A wooden bridge
over the river Ebro, nehr Logrono, fell to
day while a battalion of troops w&s crossing.
O.ne Captain, three Lieutenants and si^ty-
four men were drowned.
Seventy-nine persons are known to have
been drowned by the breaking down of the
bridge oyer the Ebro. It is feared tfce full
extent of the loes of life has not yet beep
ascertained.
A Monster (.and League Meeting.
London, September 3.—The Ennis branch
of the Land League is organizing a monster
meeting for the 19th Instant. Messrs. Par
nell, O’Shea, Finnegan, BJggar, Barry,
O’Gorman and M*hon will be asked to
attend. Various branches of the League
throughout the country wlB-be represented.
Nothing Is too good for our baby—no, not
even Cuticura Soap.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Almost a Twenty Thousand Dollar
Swindle—Cleaning ’Em Out—Old
Probabilities, Etc.
Special Correspondence of the Morning Neics.
Washington. August 31.—There are some
men in this broad United States who it would
seem deserve to be cheated and robbed. Cases
where the most transparent frauds are put
upon men of intelligence come to light almost
daily through the Treasury Department, espe
cially through the secret service division of
that department. The “boodle” game, where
the duped man sends to New York or elsewhere
and pays twenty-five or fifty cents for “some
thing worth $35" and gets a package of saw
dust in return, is continually being complained
of to the secret service by those who suffer. This
game is as old as the hills, but still it goes on.
Cases where advertisements issued in the form
of money has been passed upon apparently
sensible men, as genuine United States notes,
are of frequent occurrence. A hundred such
cheats and frauds which have been repeatedly
exposed in the newspapers,and which should be
as familiar—even to those easily dupe J—as
the household cat, are daily brought to the at
tention of the secret service. It is timply re
markable that there are so many people
in this country who seem to live
to be cheated. "Lord! what iools these
mortals be." There is a tew game
afloat now to take tn the unwary. It may be
old, but it came to light first to-day at the
Trcasurv, A man in Mississippi sent a pack
age of photographs of legal tender notes to the
department some days ago. and asked that the
$iy.680. which if they had been genuine notes,
they would have represented, "be forwarded to
me for these Unitid States Treasurer's checks.”
Thinking that be had by mischance sent the
photographs instead of check* that he
had, he was written to on the subject. His
answer, received to-day. says that the
"checks” were the accumulation of a number
cf his neighbors, who had t iken them within
the past two months in business transactions
with five or six men. who were in their section
some time ago. Not being able to use them,
they sent them on to be made good. The
”$1^,680” in "United States Treasurer's
checks” were returned by mail to-day with the
explanation that the "checks” were as worth
less as brown paper. It is evident that the men
who parsed tbe "checks” are a gang banded
together in fraud. That is not at all marvel
ous in this country. The only wonder is that
there are sensible people who can be deceived
in a such a manner; but there are plenty of
them.
cleaning 'ex out.
Sergeaut-at-Arm8 Bright, of the Senate, is
engaged in a noble work. He is cleaning out
the news stands, pie venders, bad tobacco
fiends aud sellers or cheap jimeraeks who have
heretofore held sway at the entrances to tlie
Senate floor and in the corridors leading thereto.
You conldnot go two steps when approaching
tlie Senate Chamber ana not fall upon one of
these eve-sores to civilization and outrages
upon the dignify of the Senate. There lias
long been a standing complaint against these
Duisances, and the countless thousands who
visit the Senate side of Lhe capital the year
round should lift their voices in praise that
they will be able to look on the beauties of that
section of the building without their eyes en
countering the dirty cigar seller and their
nose being greeted with the odor of stale,
lasting and ancient cheese. "J he House side is
worse than the Senate wing in these disagree
ables. An anxious public looks towards Ser-
geant-at-Arms Thompson, of the House, to fol
low the noble example of Mr. Brigbt. whose
edict to the nuisances to vacate and stay va
cated has gone forth and will be inexorably
enforced.
“old probabilities.”
Now that General Myer, the chief of the Sig
nal Service, has been buried almost a week, tbe
squabble as to who shall succeed him is at
pretty high tide. Before he was cold in his
grave, one man had at least started for his
shoes. General Myer died one morning at suu-
rise. The next morning the 1’altimore papers
contained a letter which Capt. Howgate had
written to the Board of Trade of that city,
asking that the board pass a resolution recom
mending him as General Myer's successor.
Other boards of trade have been requested by
Capt. Howgate to do likewise. Captain (by
brevet) Howgate is an infantry officer, detailed
for signal duty. His proposition that he be
jumped to a Brigadier General, the rank held by
Gen. Myer, does not meet with any response
from any quarter. There is also a proposition
to take the meteorological branch of the Signal
Service from the army and make an independ
ent branch of it under a scientist. The "regu
lar” army wants this because it would cripple
the Signal Service, which is somewhat of an in
dependent branch of the service. This propo
sition will not meet with favor either. The
successor to Gen. Myer, it is stated in high
army circles, will be a Colonel of the line, and
that neither Capt. Howgate's ambition nor the
proposition to put the weather department of
the service in tni* hands of a separate depart
ment will successfully culminate.
Potomac.
NORWOOD VS. COLOUITT.
Are Not the Minority Bound
Convention *
A FLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT.
The Exercises of Flemluston Acade*
my, Liberty Couuty.
Editor Morning New*: It was my privi
lege Wednesday evening to attend a
literary and musical entertainment given
at the Flemington Academy, in the vil
lage of Flemington, Liberty county.
This academy is an educational insti
tution, beneath the roof of which many
of the sons of old Riberty, who have at
tained distinction in the various walks
and professions of life, received their
youthful training. Under its present
principal, Joseph D. Martin, Esq., the
ancient fame of the establishment is am
ply sustained.
Last evening’s entertainment consisted
of an opening address by one of the
small boys of the school; various musical
selections by the Norman brothers on
violins and the violincello, accompanied
on the piano by their sister, Mrs. Rep
pard; an Irish farce of the side-splitting
species; the play of Damon and Pythias,
which was admirably rendered by an
amateur company made up of friends
and pupils of the school, the principal
character, Damon, being ably personated
by Eneas S. Way, Esq., a rising young
lawyer of Liberty county; Py'thias, by
Mr. Macon Way, was very good, as was
also Damocles by Mr. Selah B. Wark.
The character of Damon, however, is
entitled to special mention. Mr. Way
threw into it a great deal of feeling, and
in my opinion exhibited histrionic talent
which, with careful cultivation, would
rise far above mediocre.
Tbe entertainment as a whole was a
decided success, and was productive of
much enjoyment to those who were for
tunate enough to be present. It reflected
great credit upon Mr. Martin and his
pupils. The ladies of the community
were active in their efforts to promote
the general enjoyment, and ever
ready to administer solid viands, liquid
refreshments and general consqlatiqn to
the patrons of tlie tables.
Tkaveler.
An English Railway Accident.
London, September 2.—A train on the
Midland Railway, going from Liverpool to
London, ran off the track just outside tbe
Central Station at Manchester to-day. Two
carriages were smashed, and a numbey of
passengers were injured. Si^ of the wound
ed haye been taken to tbe hospital.
The Naval Demonstration.
London, September 2.—A Berlin dispatch
to the St. Jame$ Gazelle says: “ft is under
stood that the nav^I demonstration In Turk
ish v/aters will commence on the 15th. It i3
calculated that by that time all the vessels
detailed for the service will be ahle to re^ch
Ragusa.”
The Lancashire Cotton Weavers.
London, September 2.—The Times says
that in consequence of the refusal of the
cotton masters of North and Northeast
Lancashire to grant an advance in wages,
shop meetings of the weavers will be held
to-night to resolve on a strike, or to inaugu
rate a system of immigration.
Flashes from the Wires.
The cracking of her main shaft will delay
for ten days the steamship City of Mexico,
which cleared from New Orleans for V era
Cruz on Wednesday.
The St. Louis potton Exchange instituted
its call board on \\Tednesday.
Fernando Wood is dangerously 111 at h^
home in New York city.
The Marquis of Ilartington, Secretary for
India, will to-day receive a deputation to
present a memorial in favor of the perma
nent occupation of Canda^a^-.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and party arrived in
Chicago on their way to the Pacific yester
day morning. There was no formal recep
tion,
The Prince of Wales is a provident
man and careful for his family. He in
sured his life long ago for $300,000, and
pays an annual premium of $4,000.
—
Scarcely has the warm breath of summer
died away, when coughs and colds, those
avant couriers of dangerous disease, show
themselves. Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup al
ways cures them, and most quickly, too.
Editor of the Columbus Times ■. I gee
it stated in the papers and hear it said ou
the streets that Colquitt was recommend
ed to the people of Georgia by the ma
jority and Norwood by a minority of the
late Gubernatorial Convention. This is
a very great error, and does Governor
Colquitt great injustice. When the del
egates to that convention met at Atlanta
they adopted the two thirds rule in mak
ing nominations and the majority rule
as to other matters. These rules were
adopted by said convention as the law
by which they would be governed. They
adopted a resolution to abide lhe action
of the convention. Under this law thir
ty-two ballots were had for a candidate
for Governor, and no candidate having
received two-thirds of the vote east in
the convention, no nomination was
made.
After the twenty-ninth ballot was had
a resolution was introduced recommend
ing Governor Colquitt to the people of
Georgia as a candidate for the office of
Governor, which said resolution was to
take effect after three more ballots were
had for a candidate for Governor, pro
vided no nomination was made. The
convention balloted three times, and no
nomination having been made, the reso
lution previously adopted, with the
proviso aforesaid, took effect and became
the act and law of the convention.
The State House officers were, by the
convention, then nominated, the electo
ral ticket and the Executive Committee
for the State was elected, and the con
vention adjourned sine die.
Was said resolution thus adopted the
act of the convention? There had been
no withdrawal of the minority, they
voted in the convention on said resolu
tion. Does the fact that they voted
against the resolution, and were under
rules of their own adoption, absolve
them from the binding effect of the
same? If so, they are not bound by any
act of said convention.
No, Mr. Editor, that recommendation
of Governor Colquitt to the people of
Georgia as a candidate for the office of
Governor when thus adopted by the con
vention, becomes tbe act of every mem
ber of it and not the simple recommen
dation of the majority. Mr. Norwood
was a member of the convention and
voted on the resolution; and when
they were adopted he was bound by them
as well as every member of said conven
tion, whether he voted yea or nay.
After the adjournment of said conven
tion sine die a portion of those gentlemen
who had been voting with the minority
remained in the hall and organized
themselves into a* citizens’ meeting, and
Mr. Norwood was called to the chair.
Before taking his seat he made a short
speech explaining the object of the
meeting, in which he said: “We now
meet as the citizens of the State of Geor
gia. We have recently been component
parts of the Gubernatorial Contention as
delegates representing the people: that
convention has adjourned, and we no
longer sustain that relation.” It is true
that the citizens’ meeting was composed
in part of a portion of tho>e who 'bad
been acting with the minority in the
convention. .*?
These relations as delegates of the
pie, as Mr. Norwood said, having ccaseu,
they had no more authority to act for
the people than any other one hundred
and twenty or thirty citizens of the State.
They were no longer a minority; if so, of
what were they the minority?
This citizens’ meeting, calling itself a
minority, thus go to work, appointing
committees, recommending candidates
for Governor, one of whom, the lion. T.
M. Norwood, in the face of their
solemn recommendation of Governor A.
II. Colquitt as a candidate for that office.
Yet this faction call themselves the or
ganized Democracy.
Who organized them? By what au
thority did they do this? Who were
they representing?
If this faction in A!lanta can truth
fully call themselves the organized, may
not Dr Felton and his followers claim
the same thing? Citizen.
The Business Outlook.
New York Commercial Bulletin.
Fall trade prospects, as outlined by the
Bulletin reporters elsewhere, could not
well be more flattering than they are. We
take the merchants’ and business men’s
w( rd for it, rather than venturing any
opinion of our own. The great rail and
water transportation routes, even thus
early, are moving merchandise to the va
rious distributing points to an extent
which taxes their facilities in most in
stances to their utmost capacity. The
trunk lines report their Western-bound
business as from twenty-five to forty per
cent, in excess of that of last year this
time; while on East bound they say the
increase is at least ten per cent. The
coast steamers, through to New Orleans
and Galveston, have as much outward
freight as they can handle, estimating
the increase at fully ten per cent,
over that of last year this time. At
present the movement this way, as might
be expected, is comparatively light; but,
with abundant cotton, rice, sugar and
tobacco crops about to be marketed,
there will be ere long no lack of freights
likewise in this direction, and the antici
pation that these will show as large a
percentage of increase as the outward
movement before the season is at an end
is not likely to be disappointed. The
Florida and Savaunah ooastera are doing
quite as well as last season; and about
all the Eastern lines have their hands
full, all save one reporting business
better every way than at this time in
1879. All the great staples, with
but few exceptions, are iu a
satisfactory position. Borne of the larger
dry goods jobbers report July and Au
gust sales at from 30 to 30 per cent,
ahead of their business for the corre
sponding period last year, and the trade
at large are looking forward to a good,
steady business through t^e autumn.
Groceries, hid^s anti leather, iron and
hardware are all confidently held; the
future of cotton and wool, perhaps, is
not so well defined. On the whole, how
ever, the situation is eminently encour
aging, and none the less so because of
the almost total absence of the spirit of
reekless adventure and speculation which
characterized the memorable sudden
business revival of last year.
A Lamp Lit by Lightning.—Th£
Sixth avenue, injfront of the St. Umer
Hotel, near Twenty-third street, New
York, is Blumiuated by an electric light
4t night. The lamp is not lit until dark,
hqt Sunday passers-hy were astonished
at seeing the light burning with unwont
ed brilliancy at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The illumination lasted for about two
minutes and then died away. No one
was more surprised than Mr. Carpenter,
proprietor of the hotel. He immediately
sent to the company that s^poUcd the
lamp to ascertain tho cause* No power
had been connected, and the only ap
parent e*pfanation was that the copper
wire connecting the' carbons had been
struck by the lightning, a3 the illumina
tion was seen directly "after a sharp Rash.
The engineer of the Electric Lighting
Company ,ays that this was undoubtedly
the case, and that the lamp buroui as
long as the electricity lasted.
General Grant hasoften alluded to the
only vote be ever cast for Presidential
electors, when he voted for Buchanan, in
1856, but ho has very seldom told the
story of what a narrow escape he then
Rad of not voting at all. He was living
in St. Louis, and had been out of the
city during the day. He reached the
suburbs about sundown and stopped near
a voting precinct on business. He was
asked if he had voted, and replied that
ho had not, and neither could he, owing
to the distance he was from his home
and the lateness of the day. The judges
at the polling place being assured that
he not voted and could not reach the
place where he was entitled to vote in
time, permitted him to vote there, know
ing that he would cast a Democratic
ticket. That is General Grant’s per
sonal statement of his first Presidential
▼ote.
BETTING ON HANCOCK.
Mau and Money Ready-A C Lance
for Garfield Blower*.
New. York, August :»0.—Republicans
who profess to be so sanguine of Gar
field’s election now have a chance to
back up their assertions with something
more tangible than words. A gentle
man well known in sporting circles,
whose name can be had on application,
has issued the following challenge:
New York. August 30, 1880.
First I will bet $2,000 and upwards
against even money that General Han
cock will be elected and inaugurated the
next President of the United States, if
he lives.
Second. I will bet $2,000 and upwards
that General Hancock will have 20,000
majority over Garfield in this State.
Third. I will bet $2,000 or upwards
that General Hancock will have 225.000
of a popular majority over Garfield in
the United States.
Fourth. I will bet $2,000 against
$4,000 that Hancock will have a larger
majority in the State of New York than
the combined majority of Garfield in
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, In
diana, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The man and the money can be found,
between 8 a. m. and 6 p. m., at the
news stand northeast corner of Fulton
street and Broadway.
Mr. Sheridan Shook, on being shown
the above extract, said that the fourth
bet was a safe one to make; that it was very
likely Hancock would get a larger ma
jority in New York than Garfield would
have in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Vir
ginia, Indiana, New Jersey and Con
necticut, which were originally Demo
cratic States. As to the first three offers,
Mr. Shook professed himself willing to
duplicate either of them. At the Union
Place Hotel it was learned that Mr.
Shook made the following bets: $40 that
Garfield will carry Pennsylvania: $50
that Ohio will give Garfield a plurality
of 10,000 votes; and $100 that Gar
field will get more votes in New York
city than any previous Republican can
didates. These are with Mr. John Ells
ler. Mr. Shook also bet Mr. Thomas
B. McDonnaugh $100 that Hau
cock will not carry the State of New
York, and with Mr. Bartley Campbell
$500 that Hancock will not be elected.
At the Bremer House it was learned that
bets have been made lately as follows:
One of $800 to $1,000 that Hancock
would not get a majority of 50.000 in
New York State; one of $200 to $90 that
Hancock will be elected, and several
smaller bets at the rate of $100 to $70,
the odds being in favor of Hancock. At
the Hoffman House beta were made that
Hancock would be elected: $100 to $80
that Hancock would carry Connecticut;
$500 even, and several smaller bets, with
the odds in favor of Hancock. In fact,
the Hanc«>ck men are ail willing to give
odds, and it seems that Mr. Sheridan
Shook might have betted to greater ad
vantage. At lhe Fifth Avenue Hotel it
was learned that Adams, the Clerk of
the House of Representatives, had bet
$5,000 that Hancock will be elected
against tbe same amount bet by Mr.
Wise, of the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
''1IE FOUSDEB OF THE 1* FT JUANS
T HE symptoms of Liver Complaint are a
bi'ter or bad taste in the mouth: PaiD in
the Baclc. Sides or Joints, often mistaken for
Rheumatism; Sour Stomach; Loss of Appetite:
Bowel** alternately costive and lax; Headache:
Loss of Memory, with a ?>ainfui sensation of
having failed to do something which ought to
have been done: Debility. Low Spirits, a th-pfr
yeliow appearance of the Skin and Eyes, a dry
Cough often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of these symptoms attend
the disease, at others very few; but the Live*,
the largest organ in the body, is generally the
seat of the diseas?, and if not regulated in
time {treat suffering, wretchedness and death
will ensue. As an unfailing specific
Take Simmons* Liver Regulator or
Medicine.
CAUTION.—Buy no Powders or Prepared
SIMMON'S LIVER REGULATOR unless in our
engraved wrapper, with trade mark, stamp and
signature unbroken. None other is genuine.
Manufactured only by
J. H. ZEILIX A- CO.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Sold bv all limem’st. jyS-M.W.F.wATellr
?ni ©oofls.
lhe ^tan Wlio Wrote the
Ritual aud' Organized the First
Lodge.
St. Louis seems to have had no diffi
culty managing the Knights of Pythias
gathering last week—for the very good
reason that the attendance was rather
light, and there were no such jams as
made the Knights Templar conclave in
Chifcago a failure. Justus H. Rathbone,
who wrote the ritual of the order and or
ganized the tir9t lodge in this city Feb
ruary 19, 1864, at Marini’s, formerly
Temperance Hall, was present at St.
Louis. Rathbone was then a hospital
steward in the regular army, doing duty
as a detailed clerk to Surgeon General
Barnes. He is now clerk in charge
of tbe W r est Point division of the
War Department. The idea of writ
ing the ritual came to Rathbone
while he was nineteen years old and
teaching school among the Lake Supe
rior miners on the upper Michigan
peninsula, from reading the old, old
story of friendship between Damon and
Pythias. Rathbone is a native of Deer
field. N. Y. His father was a Judge of
the Supreme Court, but young Rathbone
left home early in youth, and was for
time interlocutor of an ante l>ellum
minstrel company, and traveled all over
the country as such. He was for several
years a clerk in the Second Auditor's
office of the Treasury Department; then
attached to the Independent News Corn
pany, of New York, and with Stetson.
o^-Boston, in a theatrical agency. He
wrote the musical extravaganza of
“Pocahontas in Black,” playing the
leading character at Ford’s Opera House,
in this city, and is considered a first
class delinea’or of negro characters, a
good tenor singer and fair musician.—
Washington Post.
137 BROUGHTON STREET,
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE CONSIGNMENT
OF
Hamburg Embroideries
Fine work and handsome designs, at low prices.
A new lot of
CORSETS !
Including the SUMMER VENTILATING COR
SET, and all our usual popular brands.
Also a job lot of slightly soiled Corsets
(mostly large sizes, a few nursing
Corsets among them). A
JOB LOT OF SATIN RIBBONS
A JOB LOT OF
CHILDREN’S FANCY HOSE
Sizes from to 6^4* all fine qualities and
regularly made (no seams j. Price 25
cents, formerly sold at 50 cents.
The Tower Shirt
At 75c. and $1. The best for the money.
A NEW LOT OF
CHEAP LACES!
PRINTED LAWNS
AT 5 CENTS.
LOSS TOP LACE CLOVES
At 25 cents, formerly 50 cents. All
SUMMER GOODS
At a great reduction, to clear them out.
B. F. McKENNA.
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Silk and Scotch Gingham
UMBRELLAS,
SILK PARASOLS,
The States that will Settle It.
New York Sun.
The electoral votes of New Y’ork, New
Jersey and Connecticut will determine
the result of the election. It would be
difficult to name three States whose peo
ple are more industrious, intelligent,
thoughtful and patriotic than theirs.
These States send forty-four members
to the House of Representatives, and
they cast fifty electoral votes. With
acceptable candidates on both sides, and
on a fair trial of strength between the
two parties, all three States went for
Mr. Tilden In the spirited canvass of
1876, by an aggregate majority of 43,000.
It will be seen that this is an average
majority of more than 1.00Q for each
Congressional district, and only a little
less than that fox each Presidential elec
tor.
With such a popular Democratic can
didate as Winfield S. Hancock, and such
a tainted Republican c*mdidate as James
A. Garfield, is there any good reason for
supposing that the result in these three
States this fall will not be a repetition of
that of four years ago? If any of our
esteemed Republican contemporaries are
disposed to answer this question in the
affirmative, will they explain the grounds
on which they base their opinion?
Tpp Two-Thirds Rule.—It was very
credible of Mr. II L. C. White, a mem
ber of the recent Democratic State Con
vention at Nashville, that on his motion
the Tennessee Democracy put their foot
upon the two thirds rule, just as it was a
disgrace to the Democrats of Georgia
that they permitted the two thirds rule
to defeat their harmonious action, and
ultimately to divido the party in the lat
ter State The two-thirds rule is an
egregious folly. Born to serve an infa
mous purpose, it has cost the Democratic
party two, and perhaps three Presiden
tial elections, and to it directly may be
traced tbe immediate cause of the sec
tional war. £ delusion and a snare, the
instrument of weaklings and rascals, it
never showed its villainy off to better ad
vantage than jn the Georgia Convention,
where for a week it held the majority in
iU vicious embrace and enabled mounte
banks and mountebankism to obstruct
the renomiuation of Gov. Colquitt,
man of ability and character, who has
made an executive of whom Georgia is
justly proud. The people will elect him
and so put their foot on the two-thirds
rule. Never again should it be allowed
to raise its vile head in a Democratic
Convention.—Louucille Courier-Journal.
Circulars have been sent out from the
Catholic Union of Great Britain, under
the signature of the Duke of Norfolk,
announcing that a pilgrimage has been
arranged from London to Lourdes, and
that “it is earnestly hoped that all who
can do so will join in the first pilgrimage
to this great shrine of the Mother of
God. ” As at present arranged the pil
grimage starts to-day, September 3, and
the whole expedition will occupy about
a week.
Disease prevented and medical bills lessen
ed by a timely use of Malt Bitters.
A
GRAY & O’BRIEN.
A Tremendous Clearance Sale
I [’ROM one of the largest manufacturing es
tablishments in this country.
25 dozen SCOTCH GINGHAM UMBRELLAS,
with extra trimmings, 28,30 and 32 inches,
at 81, worth 82 50.
10 dozen TWILLED SILK UMBRELLAS, 26 and
28 inch, at §2 and $2 25, good value for 85.
500 TWILLED SILK 3UNSIIADES at f 1,
value at $2 50.
good
1,003 CYPRUS PARASOLS, Bordered Serges, at
75c., former price f 1 50.
250 Light Colored SUN UMBRELLAS, 28 and 30
inch, at 60c.;
Boys’Blue Flannel Sailor Suits,
3 to 10 years, 100 just opened.
200 Boys' ENGLISH 8EKGE SAILOR SUITS,
finest goods imported, 4 to ]() years, at 85.
tame goods bought regular are good value
at 83.
100 Dieces TORCHON EDGING and INSERT
ING, new goods.
New Line Ladies’ Underwear.
New Line Corset Covers.
NciLMaife' Wraprs
CRAY & O’BRIEA.
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JACOB COHEN
Price List for this Week Only.
3 _ 1 BROWN DOMESTIC 5c. a yard.
4-4 RROWN DOMESTIC Me. a yard.
3-4 BLEACHED DOMESTIC 5c. a vard.
7-8 BLEACHED DOMES! IC Mc.'a yard.
4-8 BLEACHED DOMESTIC be. and 10c. a
yard.
1.000 pieces PRINTS 5c. to 6J^c. a yard.
TOWELS, extra bargains, 5c. to 25c.
BLACK ALPACAS, bonanzas, 15c. to 30c. a
yard.
CANTON FLANNEL ?c. to <>5c. a yard.
A GREAT REDUCTION in HAMBURG
EDGING and LACES of ail kinds.
Also, one thousand other articles for 50c. on
the dollar.
JACOB COHEN,
152 BROUGHTON STREET,
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SAVANNAH. GA.
HOP BITTERS.
IN STORE AND FOR SALE BY
G.M. HKII>T & CO., I»rufrci«.t,
»ue-28tf
KIESLINC’S NURSERY.
WHITE BLUFF ROAD. *
P lants, roses and cut flgwerk aii
¥ ^ Tannaa New, Deput, CM-
or BuUland York streets, promptly fllied.
£odI7-«t GUSTAVE KLEBUNo, Prop.-.