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Georgia Affairs.
(, ity Gazette tells a horrible
‘ e . [in-jing of the body of Mr. PeterC.
v S :ir. in toe woo is near that
. j n> \\ h.-n found, the remains
- by hogs. His thought
*'' . • . man was intoxicated and
. . , ii. ;:u.l the Coroner’s jury brought
1 * i . ♦ *-,,* .Spr*
. .. >tr. Hen F. l’erry announces
: from the editorship of the
.. ... mu. He will ha succeeded by
_ toiug over our State exchanges
. to l> < received again. They look
..... u. i after their long absence.
. t ;, . .vuier relate a string* and sad
w j-..h to* k place in that city
_ ; , rS Bi.-ht. it seems that Messrs.
I ,*.• .i Enoch Pratl'.er, with their
,n the same house, and each had
.... ti. - same age. On the night
. Fn eth Prather discovered that
[t . vho hi t been ill, was worse and
.* r n law for assistance. Mr.
i.. ,\ n ;*■. ?. I'at her promptly complied
••avitig their own child apparent
, f t ,. \ .... 0 i returning to their room
. yhed to And the little creature
t ,i n t been uuwell at ail, and there
... . W i, .. yto the cause of its Midden
j .. child a’so died on the follow
i *—ntly elected in F.fti ig
, % v. • published Saturday on
v " * lorrespondent, it seems,
. Mu** particulars. The f*l
-• t,ch-t which was elected: For
, -..a: ;; v-iit; for Clerk Superior
, c • rouse: for Receiver Tax Ro
turn. rt I'r-. for Tax Collector, Albert
\[ •_ rhcr.iT. Berry Smith; for Coro
t„- !! . for Treasurer, John 8.-rg
>; c-i. ? • Surveyor, A. K Powers: for Coun
tv * mi: -••oners. S. F. Killer, George Mor
.-ir, i'. ~S ■ *r, John Morel, Frank Tarver.
The V •:■.t x J'ho'toqraph savs: ‘"We are hap
j. : to the pub'ic that Alabama
• :u 'lovernor Brown's new huil iing
:,. r •-is i: iii. ad dep-t, is oj) n for navi
pa: . Ti • street car c-xnpany will, ia a few
day> i hue ff tl it boats in jilace of cars.
V. ■- :m- :'. r treat attraction is added to our
unsurpassed streets.”
I! A’iifjs Banner reports that a negro
ss reduced to such an ex
; r for fuel, during tho recent cold s|>ell.
•••[. ned a shuck mattress on which she
, .n ? tis--.I the shucks for fuel—burning
■ ■ ,iy a- :i id handful at a time, to ma ,e thv'm
I;:. last is-uc the Darien Timber Gazette
.nees its intention to publish sketches of
sm the in <t pr.im'r.ent newspaper men
r.: i, a* .! it begins the series with a
v f Pol. tiel J. H. !• still, proprietor of the
7: ! ::i--n Cazette ssys tliat the river at
:: i ■ n *v lii-her than it has been for a
. and it is ahnost impossible for tim
ber: -dov u. A large drift is expected
t* -•• nas the rivvr falls sufficiently. The
f . .• are th•* Hnzett < qiiDUticDsforlast
s~ y - (uare— 6 tiav; kz*\s7.>laS*Js;?'oaver
ay--. *‘.t DvJ; HO average. sldatt> 75: 001 av
er-.. 711 1 al-'Mi; !.*k 1 average, sl2 OOall 01;
1.1 .ver.v*. ?i- £oal3 75; 1,2*1) average, 31) 25
*!' . s a ; . .:;r’o average, Q 7 57a9 00 ; 4*o av
er. g>. ' i’o l : S O average. ?10 0 all DO;
average, 00a 12 50.”
The Ailanti Lonetilutioii rays that on
fin : • • l.iy night last the wife of a gentleman,
t* ■ ii: .■ rear Decatur, woke-him up snd tv Id
k. *■ me was in the dining room. He got
up an.! searched the dining room and the
ut .- r *•• • .a without tituiing anyone, or discov
er;:. : "iiat anything had been spirited away,
hr f ::n ;in ilio dining room foor a round trip
t;rk.: fr. ::i Decatur to Atlanta, purcluved at
l>- it i:t the 7*l. but not p'.*ieh**d. evidently
it had n : been usetl. Ily.w it canto there is an
unsolved problem.
Th>- i . uter s:a*cs that an Athens mule
; ir.[ ::i one of its feet last Wetluorday.
A day it v.* later it was discovered that the
an a:al had the lock-jaw. lie FufTercd a great
It . h !. n 1 i- gs gradually straightening out
• hit.'! um:! h* sank to the floor on his stom
a. - lie came to this position his backbone
hr ::'n an audible crick. He was killed to
pat an end to his suffering.
T:.o ... -vile Southron tells its readers
::tii.-y : -1 n .t be surpr ised to see at least
th; - - it',, taring establishments started in
'>:■ *v : within the next twelve months.
That is the right kind of t!k.
TLr Americus Sumter Republican reports
*■ ‘-f ..f another child having been burned
t-.iiratli. It was a five-year-old colored girl,
b h;. . *. n alone by her mother in the
‘ •' t -j tain Pat. Williams’ residence.
in::.'i* . :y. wi.i:-- she (the mother) was at
>r-; -'I her duties in the dining room. She
h'" „;r! scream and ran to her and found
! ‘vr >■! on fire. Instetd of putting cut
t. e shelv'd the liitle gitl in'o the house,
• tiit-y wen* speedily extinguished by
' apta: Wi:; i:ns. who burnt ids hands in the
'• :.tt:c gir! lingered a day and then
T!.e Barcvsville Gazette s*ys D.*. E. A.
r Irn, i resident of the Upson County
Ri -r 5(1, has ( een tendered the Presidency of
—•* r'avanrah and Memphis Railroad. It
' "The doctor tr.ll probably accept the
offe.-aed make a good c fficer."
A. inaK.r of the inot prominent capitalists
h ::.e have sitbtrertlied liberally and will
fee: a cotton factory near that city at tin
early Jay.
Aecur,‘.i.g to “H. W. 0.,” Rev. Mr. Felton,
o Bays the great mistake he made was in
'* a 7 !k * minority's tender of the Gubcr
r-atcr ,-,i nominate n. He probably would not
tivv- —n any more badly defeated than he
wa* f r Ingress. ■
Posf; “On last Saturday Mr. E. M.
. ! * came to the ferry and noticing the chain
a- -er-J with ice gave it a slight tap with a
suia.l stick he held in his tianil, when to his
utter astonishment the chain snapped in two.’
1 J hr. n cot respondent cf the Dublin
Y '" r W! ‘ ! - that piper that "onTuesday t ight.
o‘“ - st Hit., two or more bipeds, full of mis-
7 •“*■- and we ! charged with whisky, camo
the r-.a.i from Dent's, tearing down
*;: r . r iling Ires into the road, uncovering
.•' * • 'e.. until they reached Mason’s
; . where they closed theii' night's sp ee
•> t- irtngaway the church steps, breaking the
Pa'., .-out cf the li.or-. r nd throwing a p>r
' the flooring of the bridge
J ■ some other timbers ulo the
'yam. leaving i- in a very dangerous condi
it i- thought that the patties will be
-• 1 * known at the i ext Superior Court.”
s.-vg t! 1 .- />.Kalb County Sews: ‘‘Mr. John
■ r .' f s*t. .ne Mountain, recently k lled three
v-' 1 ‘ ou , r ict*n months eld,'of Poland China
- ' which weighed respectively 4*W, 4-TJ and
•- !- ! ur.d.- net; total weight !.*>> pounds.
..r> - Rr*-the a-gest hogs we rave yet beard
tV a ? d -' r Miller is entitled to th - blue ribbon,
-i.”/1‘ r <-that John Miller is a few notches
--'vi of a majority of the farmers of tilt
5 in raising b> things. We wish the
_ ■ ri-a ry in this r. -pcct were more gen
and would like to hear from our farmer
ta l : s when they rai.e anything extra**rdi-
Gazette: “One of the most
.leasing accidents it has been ou* duty to
7 . for some tune occurred on Sunday
; ■ a: the residence of Sir. Prescott, four
°* t . own We were unable to learn
1 particulars, but in som r way or an-
Ofiat'* i* Mt *f ,J 'il* n < coffee was overturned
'" r “ ' ! aughte', aged between one and two
the h*-r frightfully, the flesh from
f, " ; u jrr <t .'wn to the hand almost peeling
for i * * Medical aid was t once scut
th.’ u "’’. a " lr - t accounts the child had been
The ‘i ito s P as ms. and her life despaired of.
& ( ~“ r ‘" rs - n '-'k.n parents have the sympathies
be toA ‘-orcmunity, and we would only
>h *tr PO ‘ e the ultimate recovery of
of f , C £?2 y ’ Bayßlll6 St - Sitn°n’ corres
•iouid^BrunswickAdeert-eer, "Mr.Jas
half f-o.t r * W| ld cat nieteuring four and a
kfih n ,!p J° l L p ' H as at least two
found J J O H da - v morning Mr. Gould
ouna something bad destroyed two fine tur-
Sanvannah morning News
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
keys roosting within twenty feet of his room.
One was entirely devoured, but the remains of
the other were found in the back vard slightly
touched. Presuming that the dep'reiator was
a wild cat, and that his catship would return
sooner or later for another meal. Mr. G. se
creted himself at a convenient distance and
awaited his arrival. In the afternoon, sure
enough, be came, and just as he was about to
take up the turkey Sir. Gould fired, shooting
him directly through the heart with several
buckshot, killing him almost instantly.”
Under the heading ‘'Designs Against the Cen
tral Railroad,” the Griffin Ae tc* says: “Fora
wees past some party or parties who are at
present unknown, have made numerous efforts
to wreck a night passenger on the Central. We
h-am from Mr. Will Woodruff, who lives sev
eral miles up the road, who frequently walks
the track going home at night, that for several
nights in succession he found dangerous o't>-
structions on the track, hich he removed. On
Thursday night he found a very formidable ob
struction, rocks and c-rossties piled up and
strongly braced, and which would have made
a terrible wreck of any pa.-i.-ing train. These
obstructions have been at or near Wood
ruff's crossing. Mr WuMdniir reported the mat
ter to the railroad .-.facials here, who informed
him that they had al-c found such obstructions,
and were keeping a sharp look out for the
parties. No reasou or cause can be given for
this fiendish attempt to destroy life and prop
erty. but it subjects passengers on that road
to a fearful danger, and every effort and care
should be taken to avert it. if the parties are
not discovered and given over to a stem jus
tice. or if the mo-t strict surveillance is not had
of the road, day aud night, some morning our
re ad era will shudder over the details of a de
structive wreck, accompanied by a loss of life,
which, thanks to the excellent management of
the Central in the past, is without any prece
dent in the history of the road.”
“IT. W. O.” thus writes from New York to
the Atlanta Constitution : “At a lay-over on
a snow-bound train the other day I heard a
group of drummers talking in ii way that
would have done Mr. Stephens’ heart good,
could he only hays heard them. Said one: ‘I
have been selling mules in Georgia for twenty
live years, and I never saw the people in such
a fix as they are now. It looks like every
Georgia cracker carries one hundred dollars
or so in his breeches pocket all the time. A
few years ago when I sold a mule to a farmer
h<> invariably took me to his factor aud bor
rowed the money to pay for it with.
>ow he runs his hand into his pocket,
draws out a wallet and counts me down
the bills. There is no longer any
sale for cheap mutes. Even the negroes
won’t buy anything but the best, and they al
ways have the money to pay with.’ Mr.
O'Shaughnessy, an importer of Irish linens,
just from a Georgia trip, said: ‘I have never
seen the time when my customers were so
ready with the cash. On thirty-day sales there
i" probably 75 per cent, that pay cash and take
the di-count, in Alabama this is not so no
ticea’de as in Georgia. The Georgia merchants
generally seem to think that the ‘boom’ will
continue and higher prices obtain, as they
have bought heavily of goods for next spring
and fall delivery—may fear a rise in prices and
want to lay in luture stock at pre-eut figures.’
Mr. Baldwin, well known ia Atlanta, represent
ing a Boston sh'-e house, said: ‘My cash sales
in Georgia are 60 per cent, bigger this season
than ever before. The merchants, almost
without exception, want to pay cash and take
the discount. They all say that the people are
more prosperocs than they have ever known
them.’ ”
The following truly wonderful incident is
reported by the Atlanta Phonograph of Fri
day: "One week ago yesterday Miss Minnie
Byrd, the fourteen-year-old daughter of T. A.
Byrd, a well known printer of this city, was
pronounced dead by the attending physician,
l)r. Simpson, and placed in a casket ready for
burial. The funeral was arranged to take
p’r.ce the Sunday afternoon following, ard at
tbe appointed hour the hearse and carriages
were at tbe door ready to take those in attend
ance upon the funeral to Oakland Cemetery.
A few moments before the funeral services
were to commence, Mr. Frank Ridge
no*iced that a small fljwer had
fallen from odo of the hands of the
corpse into the space between the body and
the side of the coffin, the lid of which had
never been placed on. Mr. Ridge lifted the
flower, and, as he attempted to place it in the
position front which it had fallen, noticed that
the hands of the deceased were still warm, and
also that the lips and ears were still
highly colored, ar.d also warm. He
called the attention of a lady to the
fact, and asked her to put her
hand under the corpse and see if the
back was warm. The lady did as requested
and found that there was still considerable
warmth in that portion of the body laying
next to the bottom of the coffin. These ob
setvations were soon made known to those in
attendance, and the haarse and carriages were
dismissed. The room was cleared and several
gentlemen held a conference for the purpose
of ascertaining what was best to be done.
Tiiev made an examination of the condition of
the body, and after some discussion decided
tiiat life was extinct. The mother of the child
about this time interposed, and insisted that
th** remains should not be buried as long as
tliero waaan v reason for believing that her
child was still alive. Nothing more was done
until the following day, when Mr. Green Hol
land, the keeper of Oakland Cemetery, called
at the house for the purpose of ascertaining
why it was that the funeral did not take pla-e.
He thought that something was wrong, as he
had prepared a grave at the request of a
friend of the family who notified him of the
death. When Dr. Holland reached the
house he learned all of the facts in the case,
and stated to Mr. Byrd that if he would send
the body as it was to the cemetery he would
take care of it until further developments were
reached This was done, and the body sent to
Oakland, where the cssket was deposited in
ths deatl house. Since that day there Uss been
t o perceptible change in tho condition of the
body. No signs of decay are noticed, and cer
tain portions of the body are still warm and
li elike. During the past four days quite a
number of persons have visited thecenieiery
for the purpose of ascertaining if what they
had heard was true. A number of the pby
s'cians of the city have also investigated the
matter, and can come to no satisfactory con
clusion. The ease is one of the most remark
able on record, end will attract considerable
attent'on i:i the future What will be done
with the body remains to be seen; at present
we can't say.”
The Two Solid Souths.
Philadelphia lie cord.
There are two solid Souths. For the
most part we hear of only one. The
black solid South is as real, and within
its sphere as tormidable, as the white
solid South. It is the last named which
appears in the political arena of the na
tion, but the other, where it exists, is a
grave and constant danger to the States.
We of the North do not adequately ap
preciate its import and its bearings upon
the Southern sifuation. Here, the uegro
is in so extremely small a minority as to
be a social factor of but slight sig
nificance. There, the case is very dif
ferent. The colored element in the
population of the South is numerically
great, in some sections largely prepon
derating over the white citizenship. It
is, moreover, substantially a unit in
partisan affiliation and action. Only
here and there has the color line been
broken. The fact of this almost com
plete political solidity of the blacks
would have long since been taken advan
tage of by eager aspirants for promo
tion, and strong coalitions would have
been formed with them in nearly every
Southern State, were it not for the clear
conviction that such a course, while con
tributing to the personal aggran
dizement of an ambitious
leadership, would be in the
highest decree mischievous in its results
upon local administration and ruinous
to the best interests of the community.
The pride of race may have much to do
with this all but universal feeling among
the Southern whites. Whether the in
nate sympathies and repugnances of
race are right or wrong, it is not worth
while to argue. Asa matter of fact
thev exist among men, and culture and
enlightenment tend rather to strengthen
than to undermine them. It is an ap
proved maxim of statesmanship that
men and things must be taken as they
aie, rather than as they ought to be or
as they might be.
A Dangerous Decision. —The recent
decision of the United States Supreme
Court, involving the payment of a debt
in Virginia in lawful money, that had
been paid during the war in Confederate
money, is attracting a good deal of com
ment. After the State Court of Appeals
had decided to inforce the judgment of
the Suprsme Court, the latter disregard
ed the Appeal Court, and awarded judg
ment for defendant directly to the
County Ciicuit Court where the suit
originated. It is believed that this as
sumption of power on the part of the
Supreme Court assures compulsory re
demption of coupons attached to Vir
ginia bonds. Mr. Roberts, of the New
Orleans l\mc, asserts that a sharp rise
is expected in the bonds of the Southern
States, especially of Alabama, Arkansas,
Virginia, Tennessee and the Carolinas,
when the scops of the decision is fully
understood. —Memphis Acalanche.
Arrangements are being made by a
number of prominent citizens of Phila
delphia to tender Sir. Hayes and wife
a reception in that city prior to the ex
piration ol his term.
Rev. R. R. Burts, of Manatee, Fla., says:
"Tutt’s Pills are held In btgh repute as a
liver regulator in this hot climate. In fact,
I hardly know how we could get along with
out them. Chills and Fever have lost their j
dread. Our people take one or two doses
of the pills and follow it with fifteen grains j
of quinine, divided in three doses during
the day. The ague never returns.”
THE MORMON DELEGATE.
A QUESTION OF CITIZENSHIP.
The Klecllon of ApoatleCaunonCon
tented by a Gentile-Cannon De
clared an Allen and Ineligible for
the Position The Governor’s
Ruling.
Salt Laki Citt, January S —When the
returns of the la‘.e election for Delegate in
Congress were canvassed by Secretaiy
Thomas in December, the Gentile eandi- ;
date, Allen G. Campbell, filed a paper with
Governor Murray protesting against the
Issue of a certificate cf election to Apostle
Cannon, although it appeared that he had a
iarge majority of the votes cast, on the
ground among others that he is not
a citizen of the United States, and
beiDg a polygamist is cot capable
of becoming a citizen in good faith. These
facts had long been notorious, and there
fore the votes cast for Cannon at said elec
tion must be held void. He (Campbell)
being the only eligible candidate running at ,
said election, must have been elected, and
the Governor’s certificate should be Issued !
accordingly.
Cannon’s reply, in which he claims that
he was naturalized in due and legal form
twenty six years ago, and that if he were a
polygamist, as charged by Campbell, it
would not disqualify him for the office of
Delegate, was tiled with Governor Murray !
yesterday. Thereupon the case was argued
at length before the Governor by counsel
for the respective parties.
It was shown by a copy of the actual
record of the court in which Cannon claims
to have been naturalized, properly certified
by the Clerk of said court, that on the day
when Cannon claims to have been natural
ized no such naturalization proceedings took
place. The Clerk also certified under his j
seal that from the organization of the court !
until the present, he having examined them :
carefully, he was unable to find any record
in any of said records of naturalization of
Geo. O. Cannon.
The pretended certificate relied upon by i
Cannon does not purport to beau exempli
fication of any record of any court of
record, and is therefore void on its face.
No record of the naturalization of Cannon j
In open court, signed by a Judge, exists, i
and the naturalization act in force at that
time makes such record the only proof of j
the fact, without which, the statute says,
the party shall not be deemed to be a
citizen.
It was argued by Cannon’s counsel that
If all this were true, the Governor was not
authorized to take cognizance of it. It
should be left to the House of Representa
tives.
The Governor did not take that view of
it. The act of Congress organizing Utah
says: ‘‘The Governor shall declare the per
son who received the greatest number of
votes duly elected, and shall certify accord
ingly.” An ae: of Congress, approved June
Btb, 1872, provided that no person
shall be capable of Toting or
of holding office in any Territory
who is not a citizen of the United States,
excluding such as had declared their inten
tions to become such.
The Governor held that this action of Con
gress and of the Territory bound him to
take cognizance of the fact, which he con
sidered established, that Cannon is an alien,
and is therefore ineligible to hold the office
of Delegate.
“ Under other circumstances,” says
the Governor in his ruling, "Cannon might
be naturalized before his term of office
begins, but it is charged by Campbell,
and not denied by Cannon, that the latter is
living in violation cf the law of 1862, mak- •
ing polygamy a felony, and he cannot there
fore be well disposed towards tbe Govern
ment of the United States, not being a citi
zen, and being incapable, from bis profes
sion and manner of life, of taking the
oath of naturalisation In good faith,
and these facts having been no
torious for years, it. follows
that the votes cast for him as Delegate are
lost, and Aden G. Campbell being in per
son a citizen of the United States, and pos
sessing all tbe other necessary qualifications,
who received the greatest number of votes
at said election, the Governor ia bound by
law to declare said Campbell duly elected,
and to certify accordingly.”
The Governor awarded the certificate of
election to Allen G. Campbell this morning,
aud immediately left Salt Lake City, bound
to Louisville, on important business, which
he has postponed several days that he might
hear the argument and decide oa this ques
tion.
Salt Lake Citt, January 9 —The friends
of Mr. Cannon last evening applied to Sec
retary Thomas fora certificate of the state
ment of the count, aud Mr. Caunou will
contest.
The .Mormons are very indignant. The
Evening New* says : “Governor Murray can
no ionger command the respect of honorable
men, and his conduct is dastardly aud con
temptible and unworthy of any official with
the least claim to the title of gentleman.
Tbe Gentiles feel as though they had at
last got the Mormon bull by the horns
instead of by the tail, and they expect the
administration of the new House and the
country to keep their hold.”
The 'Tribune of to day says: “Governor
Murray has refused his certificate of elec
tion to George Q Cannon and given it to A.
G. Campbell. He has not questioned the
legality of the votes east for Cannon or the
fairness of the election. He has simply
taken cognizance of the two facts which the
coutest brought ou*, and which are, first,
that George tj Cannon, being foreign born
and never naturalized, is not a citizen; and,
second, that It is not possib’.e for Cannon to
secure his disabilities and become a
citizen before the 4 h day of March
next. This being true, the votes cast
for him were thrown away, and A. G. Camp
bell being the citizen who received the
highest number of voles, the Governor gives
him the certificate. In a time of great
peril it is said that General Washington
Issued this order: ‘Put noue but Americans
on guard to-night.’ The order came to
Governor Murray from a higher power than
even Washington was: ‘lssue certificates
to none but Americans in Utah.’ He could
not disobey.”
FATAL SHOOTING AT BULL
RIVER.
The Captain oi a British Barkentliie
Opens Fire on Three Sailors Who
Jump Irom His Vessel—One Ulan
Killed.
Charleston, 8. C., January 9.—A special
to the A eu>s and Courier from Beaufort gives
the particulars of a fatal shooting, which
took place at Bull River to day, resulting in
the death of one man and the serious wound
ing of two others. William J. Sweeny,
keeper of a sailors’ boarding house [
in Charleston, undertook to furnish
four tailors to the British barkentine
Sunbeam, lying at Bull River, and delivered
the sailors on board this morning. As
Sweeny was shoving off from the ship three
of the sailors jumped back into his boat, j
when tbe Captain of the vessel opened fire
on them, killing one of the sailors and seri- j
ously wounding Sweeny and another sailor.
The Sheriff has gone to Bull River to ar
rest the Captain.
Damage by tlie Ice Break in the
Ohio.
Cincinnati, January 8. —The ice is moving
in the Ohio river from Pomeroy to North
Bend. The steamer General Lvttlc was cut
down this morning and sunk in seven feet
of water at Covington landing. She is
valued at $35,000, and may prove a total
loss. The El Dorado at Portsmouth is dam- j
aged to the extent of $30,000. There is no
insurance against such losses. At noon
It was known that a large destruction of
empty coal barges attended the break up of
ice in tbe Ohio river. The number lost is
said to be fifty. Their value is about SI,OOO
each, making a total loss of $50,000. The
owners of bargee had taken extraordinary
care to secure them by cables, and their
loss was unexpected. The want of such
barges in case of a coal rise in Ohio is more
than their worth.
Cincinnati, January 9. —lt Is thought tbe
damage caused by tbe ice break up will
amount to $130,000.
The mioaonrl and Colorado Sena
torablps.
St. Louis, January B.—The Democratic
caucus at Jefferson City last night nomi
nated F. M. Cockrell for re-election to the
U. S. Senate by a vote of 115 for Cockrell, 7
for Jas. O. Broadhead and one for Chas. P.
Johnson.
San Francisco, January B.—A Carson
City dispatch says: ‘‘Adolph Sutro last eve
ning announced his retirement from the
Senatorial fight, leaving a clear field to Col.
Fair.”
Base Music.—To be aroused from sweet
and delicious 6lumber by a “cat serenade,”
Is on a par with being annoyed in church by
the steady hacking and coughing of indi
viduals. who neglect to take Dr. Bull’s
Cough Syrup. Price 25 cents. janlO-lt
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1881.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Saturday’s Session of tbe House—
The Funding Bill Under Discus
sion—A Tribute to Secretary Sher
man by Dr. Felton—The Indian
Appropriation BUI.
Washington, January 8. —In the House,
Mr. Briggs, of New Hampshire, presented
the credentials of Ossian Ray as the mem
ber elect from the Third Congressional dis
trict of New Hampshire, and that gentle
man having appeared at the bar of the
House took the oath of office.
The Speaker proceeded as the regular or
der to call committees for reports.
Mr. Morey, of Mississippi, Chairman of
the Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads, reported back the bill regulating the
postage on second class mail matter. Placed
on the House calendar.
Mr. Polhill, of Minnesota, from the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, reported hack the
bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior
to fulfill certain treaty stipulations with the
Chippewa Indiaus of Lake Superior aud
Mississippi. Referred to the committee of
the whole.
The call of committees having been con
cluded, on motion of Mr. F. Wood, of New
York, who appeared in his seat this morn
ing, the House, at 12:30, went into commit
tee of the whole, Mr. Covert, of New York,
in the Chair, on the funding bill. The for
mal reading of the bill having been dis
pensed with, it was read by sections for
amendments.
Mr. F. Wood offered, under instruction
of the Committee on Ways and Means, an
amendment fixing the rate of interest on
bonds and notes authorized to be issued
under this act at H percent., it being 3 % per
cent, in the printed bill.
Mr. Buckner, of Miesouri, inquired if it
was in order at this time to test tne sense of
the House as to whether tbe bonds should
be long or short bonds.
The Chair replied it was not,
Mr. Ciaflin, of Massachusetts, opposed
the amendment. He was opposed to fixing
the interest at 3 per cent.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia—Does the gen
tleman want a larger rate?
Mr. Ciaflin—l propose that the rate in the
bill shall stand there.
In opposing the amendmeut Mr. Ciaflin
read an amendment, which he proposed to
offer, leaving the interest at per
cent., and providing that the bonds
shall be redeemable after five years
and payable in twenty years. No
business man, he thought, believed
it possible to float a bond at three per cent.
It was the unanimous opinion of financiers
that three and one-half per cent, bonds
might be Boated, but that It would be dan
gerous to put a three per cent, bond on the
market,
Mr. Kelley commented on the fact that in
the purchase of over $108,000,000 bonds in
the year ending October last, the Secretary
of the Treasury had to pay over $112,000,-
000, or about 334 P el ' cent, premium.
Mr. Warner suggested that the rate of in
terest should be fixed at 234 P er cent. It
was impossible to sever the rate of interest
from time. If this bill were to pass he
should be In favor of the amendment of the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Wood),
though he would oppose the bill.
Mr. Wood suggested that for the sake of
convenience his amendment, coming from the
Committee on Ways aud Means, should be by
unanimous consent considered as agreed to.
If it was seriously intended to act on this
bill hours should not be wasted in fruitless
and unnecessary discussion.
Mr. Ciaflin objected.
Mr. Frye thought the question might
well be met now, as between a 3 and 334
per cent, bond a 3 per cent, bond must nec
essarily run for 20 or 30 years. Voting for
a 3 per cent, bond would be voting for a
long bond.
Mr. F. Wood though the gentleman was
in error in that assumption. He wished to
call the gentleman’s attention to the report
of the Secretary of the Treasury, in
which he said that fie believed
that short time certificates having
less than ten years to ruu could be ne
goliated at 3 per cent, He ( Mr. Wood )
thought that a short time 3 per cent,
lion it could be negotiated, particularly if
accompanied by some attributes which
would make it acceptable and desirable.
He hoped that the gentleman from Maine
(Mr. Frye) would not endeavor to have the
House to commit itself to a position which
was untenable.
Mr. Frye said that, he had voted in favor of
a 3 per cent, bond before recess. During re
cess he had seen a large number of business
men in New York, Boston and New Eng
land, and he had come to the delibeiate
conclusion that it would be utterly impossi
ble to float a 3 percent, bond running lees
than thirty years. He believed it, and be
believed that an attempt to float a 3
per cent, bond would be a disaster. The
government had never sold a 3 per cent,
bond. No country on earth had ever
placed a 3 per cent, bond on the market at par,
ami he was fully convinced that a 3 per
cent, bond could not be placed, and if Con
gress undertook to do it and failed it would
be a disaster. He believed in leaving to
the Secretary of the Treasury discretion up
to 3)4 per cent.
Mr. Keifer, of Ohio, offered an amend
ment to Mr. Wood’s amendmeut so as to
fix the interest at a rate not exceeding 4
per cent. He believed that 4 per cent, was
as low a rate of interest as botids could be
floated in the West. It would be impossi
ble to seil tbe bonds at a lower rate and
have them maintained at par.
A vote was taken on the amendment, and
it was defeated by a vote of 12 to 149.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, argued that It would
be $100,000,000 cheaper to let the debt stand
at 5 and 6 per cent, and pay it in five years,
than let it run for twenty years at 3 per cent.
Mr. Wood denied the proposition.
Mr. Felton, of Georgia, said the bill was
illustrative of the benefit of delay and cau
tious legislation in such matters, because
last session tbe proposition was to refund
the maturing debt ia long 4 per cent, bonds,
while now It Is admitted that it would be
refunded in 3 per cents. In bis opinion it.
would be criminal to perpetuate the debt.
He wanted to keep it always within the
grasp of the government. He paid a high
tribute to the financial abilities of Secretary
Sherman, which had contributed so much
to the credit of the government.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, argued that the
Secretary of the Treasury should be allowed
some discretion, aud opposed the rate of
interest being arbitrarily fixed at 3 per
cent.
After further debate the committee arose,
for the purpose, as stated by Mr. Wood, of
limiting theaiebate, but a motion to adjourn
was interjected.
Mr. Wells reported from the Committee
on Indian Affairs the Indian appropriation
bill. Ordered printed and recommitted.
At 4:30 p. m. the House adjourned.
TIIB INDIAN AI’PKOPRIATION BILL.
The House Committee on Appropriations
adopted the report of the sub committee
this morning upon the Indian appropriation
bill, and instructed Representative Wells to
report It to the House to-day.
The bill appropriates $4,526,866 80.
Among the principal items are $L,397,300
for the several Sioux tribes; $922,000 for the
removal, settlement and subsistence of the
Indians; $230,000 for the transportation of
Indian supplies.
The navy appropriation bill will be re
ported from the 6ub-committee to the full
committee on Tuesday next.
MURDER IN KENTUCKY.
A Quarrel About a Board Bill Re
sult* in tlie Killing of One of the
Parties.
Louisville, January B.— A special to the
Courier Journal from Henderson, Ky., says :
“A murder occurred in the Ice fleet in the
mouth of Green river early this mornlDg.
Among the fishing boats lying in there were
two moored together. oae was occupied
by John Davis, alias Wright, a married
man, aged thirty-five years, the other by 11.
L. Balmer, an old man, sixty years of age,
and a fisherman. The two" had been
coming down the river together in
partuerehip, but had a quarrel
last night about a board bill. Balmer states
this morning that he was on Davis’ boat,
and Davis during the quarrel seized a stick
of wood and advanced on Balmer, who re
treated to his boat, and taking down bis
rifle, after warning Davis back, shot him
through the right side. His wife, the only
other witness, says Balmer assassinated him
as he was sawing wood.
Tbe Battle of New Orleans.
New Yohk, January S.—Flags were flying
to-day over the city hall in this city and
Brooklyn In commemoration of the victory
won by the American army over the British
troops at New Orleans, January Bth, 1815.
Philadelphia, January 8. —The anniver
sary of the battle of New Orleans was cele
brated this morning by a meeting of the
veterans of the war of 1812 in the old coun
ty court house, tbe attendance numbering
only seven, the most of whom were accom
panied by relatives or friends.
Faintness before eating, pain and distress
afterward, prevented by Malt Bitters,
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
WHAT THE LONDON PRESS SAY
OF OBSTRUCTION.
The Speaker and Dir. O’Kelly’a mo
tion— Corrupt Practices at Flec
tions An Escort tor Artillery-
Fresh Instructions from the Pope
-Land .Heoting Prohibited.
London, Januaay B.— The Times and Daily
News to-day editorially call attention to the 1
early outbreak of obstruction in the House of
Commons, and predict that ths government
will adopt strong measures against it if It
be continued.
Eighteen Irish members of the House of
Commons spoke on O’Kelly’s obstruction
motion last night,consuming over two hours.
The question was raised whether O’Kelly j
was in order in speaking on the motion for
adjournment. The Speaker said O’Kelly
was in order, but that the practice was I
highly inconvenient, and if persisted in he
believed tbe House would be obliged to put
an end to the abu-e of the practice.
In the House of Commons last night the
Attorney General, in introducing tbe cor- i
rupt practices at elections bill, explained
that Us chief object would be to put an end
to the lavish expense accompanying most
elections; that a check would be placed on
expenses by a certain sum being fixed
for the entire election, according to I
a schedule varying according to
tbe size of the constituency. Various pun- |
ishments, with hard labor, would be inflict
ed for corrupt practices, such as bribery, ;
and a candidate"guilty of corrupt practices
never to be able to sit again for a constitu
ency where they occurred. The bill was
read for the first time.
The Globe, this evening, says: “The bat- j
teries of artillery stationed "in Dublin are i
prohibited from marching into the adjacent !
country for exercise, without a suitable es- i
cort of cavalry or infantry.
Rome, January 9 —The condition of af- !
fairs in Ireland continues to be a matter of j
much concern to the Pope, who is reported i
to have sent fresh instructions to some of
the Irish Bishops, with a view to promoting
the re-establishment of order.
Dublin, January 9. —The land meeting ;
which was to have been held near Tralee to- j
day was prohibited. A large crowd, how
ever, assembled. Four hundred troops were
on the ground. The local magistrate ex
plained the reasons for the prohibition, and
the people quietly dispersed. Mr. Davltt
subsequently addressed a large assemblage
from the hotel in Tralee.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
Advance in Prices in the New York
Stock Exchange The London
Stock Ittarket —Effect ot Heavy
Gold Withdrawals for America.
New Yobk, January 8. —The stock market
opened strong’, and with the exception of
an occasional reaction, prices advanced
throughout the day and closed at or about
the highest figures touched. The improve
ment as compared with yesterday’s close
ranged from % to 3% per cent., the latter in
Western Union, which, however, closed at. a
reaction of % per cent. The other shares
which were most conspicuous in the upward
movement were Hannibal and St. Joe,
Union Pacific, Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western, Kansas and Texas, Wabash and
Pacific, Peoria, Delaware and Hudson, and
Lake Shore. The sales aggregated 510,533
shares.
London, January B.—The Economist of
this week says: “The rate of discount for
bank btlis, 60 days to 3 months, is 2 % to
per cent, and for trade bills 60 days to
3 months to 3 per cent. One of the
chief causes of the check to the downward
course of the discount market has been the
withdrawal of gold for America and the
large subscriptions in England to Ameri
can railroads. In the stock market at the
opening of the week there was a great revi
val of speculative feeling, which neither the
Transvaal nor Irish news had much effect
in checking. The late extraordinary
buoyancy of American railways* has
been renewed. New Jersey Central shares
have risen 7 per cent, on the week, Bt. Louis
Tunnel C per cent., and Ohio and Mississippi
preferred and St. Louis and San Francisco
preferred 3 per cent. It is stated that the
applications have covered the whole Issue
of Philadelphia and Reading deferred in
come bonds, despite powerful opposition.
Europe n governments have been weak
upon the movement of Continental bourses,
but South and Central American were in
much request, more especially the low
pricid stocks of defaulting States. Mexi
can are 2% per cent, higher on the week.
The markets, however, somewhat relapsed
in the latter part of the week on gold with
drawals for America.”
AQUATIC.
Meeting of the Executive Commit
tee ol tbe National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen—Member* Ex
pelled.
New York, January 9. —The Executive
Committee of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen met last night at the
Metropolitan Hotel. Among the business
transacted was the following: The special
committee appointed to consider the cases
of William Murray, of the Elizabeth Club,
of Portsmouth; T. J. Mumford, of the Per
severance Club, of New Orleans; F. A.
Holmes, ot the Pawtucket Club, of Provi
dence, R. 1., and George Gaisel, of the
Metropolitan Club, of New York, made
reports.
Gaisel and Murray were expelled, Mum
ford was disqualified until the next meeting
of the committee, and in the ease of Holmes
the committee voted to decline to disqualify
him. A committee was appointed to decide
on a place to hold the national regatta the
coming season, ft is probable that Wash
ington, D. C., will be selected.
Weather Indication*. -
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, January 9.—lndications for Mon
day:
In the South Atlantic States, areas of rain
and generally cloudy weather, falling fol
lowed by rising barometer, stationary or a
slight fall in temperature, and winds gen
erally from north to east, followed during
the day by winds shifting to westerly and
north westerly.
In the Middle States, falling barometer,
north to ea6t winds, becoming variable, rain
and snow, followed in the afternoon or
evening by clearing and colder weather.
In the Gulf States, generally colder north
erly to westerly winds, areas of rain and
snow, clearing in the western portion and
In the southern portions rising barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, gen
erally colder northerly to westerly winds,
areas of snow, followed by partly cloudy
weather, followed In the afternoon by fall
ing barometer and slowly rising tempera
ture.
Lost Overboard—A Schooner Aban
doned.
New York, January B.— The schooner M.
J. Russell, from Jacksonville, which arrived
here yesterday, reports that when ten miles
north of Ilatteras she experienced stormy
northwest gales and lost her jibboom.
Ou December 26th, latitude 36:15,
longitude 74:04, Thomas A. Warren,
seamen, a native of Maine, aged twenty-five
years, was washed overboard and lost. Jan
uary 2d, latitude 37:30, longitude 70:50,
ppoke the schooner Mathew Kinney, from
Fernandlna for Philadelphia, with loss of
boat and leaking badly. The Captain and
crew were taken off in an exhausted condi
tion aud brought to this port.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Danville, Va., January B. —Last night
the fast mail train going South on the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad, while running
very rapidly, ran into a rock slide one and a
half miles east of Lexington, N. C. The
engine and U. 8. postal car were completely
wrecked. The baggage car and all the
passenger cars. Including the sleeper,
were more or less damaged. The postal
clerk, baggage master aDd severs* passen
gers were slightly Injured. Engineer Mike
O’Donnell and bis fireman were instantly
killed. The track cannot be cleared of rock
before night.
The Great Northern Railroad.
Galveston, January 9.—A dispatch from
Palestine says: “The corps of engineers of
the Great Northern Railroad are now or
ganized and will start on Monday to make
a preliminary survey of the road from
Laredo to the City of Mexico. The road
will be rapidly constructed from San An
tonio to the liio Grande, most of which is
now under contract.”
A matter of choice —Whether to suffer,
uninterruptedly with a cough, or to Invest
25 cents for Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup and
cure It. janlO-lt
THE GREEK FRONTIER.
Reply of the Greek Premier to the
French Charge d’Affaires—An Ap
peal to Arms Inevitable—France
Absolved from Farther Action.
Rome, January B. —The Diretto publishes
a dispatch from Athens which gives the
Greek Premier Coumondouros’ last reply
to the French Charge d’Affalres. He attri
butes the present situation of the Greek
question to the action of the powers at Ber
lin, which generated the hopes of Greece,
who is now the only executor of the decis
ions of the powers. Trusting to tbe
promises of the nations, Greece has abstain
ed from hostilities, but now, acting upon
wise counsel and taught by the experience
of Dulcigno, she must prepare for hostili
ties. She cannot recede. Retrogression
would cause confusion. He states that if
arbitration were based on the conference at
Berlin It could only effect a repetition of au
act which has already been accepted. If,
on the contrary, the Berlin decisions should
be modified, Greece would see her rights
diminished and would be entitled to refuse
the result. Nothing can be hoped for from
the Porte. It is painful but inevitable that
it will be necessary to appeal to arms.
Paris, January 8. —In "diplomatic circles
it is believed the mobilization of the Greek
reserves, if confirmed, will be regarded as
entirely absolving France from further ac
tion in behalf of Greece.
Athens, January 9.— The report that a
decree had been issued calling out the re
serves is unfounded.
Paris, January 9. —The French jour
nals say It is believed the warlike
declaration of Premier Coumondouros
to the French Minister, as reported
in a dispatch from Athens published in the
Diretto of Rome yesterday, belongs to the
past stage of negotiations, and does not
conform with the present conciliatory atti
tude of Greece.
MEXICAN NOTES.
Flour Famine in Tampico—Custom
House Receipts—Cotton Crop De
stroyed—Cold and Severe Weather
—The Work of Fanatics—A Harder
Disappearance off Yellow Fever.
City of Mexico, December 28, via New
Orleans, January 9. —At last accounts
there was not a pound of flour in Tampico.
A cargo was anxiously expected from New
Orleans.
The receipts of the Vera Crnz custom
house for importation dues during the first
fortnight of November amounted to $510,-
230.
It is feared that the whole cotton crop of
Durango has been destroyed.
The cold weather in Chihuahua surpasses
anything of the kind within the memory of
the oldest Inhabitant. There has been ice
in Paso del Norte two inches thick.
The house of the Protestant minister re
siding in J&lapa having been stoned by
fanatics, the government immediately took
measures for the punishment of the of
fenders.
Mr. Augustin Aleerreea was murdered in
this city last Buuday by his servant.
Yellow fever has almost completely dis
appeared from Vera Cruz.
A severe storm swept over Mazatlan on
the night of the 27th, causing considerable
damage.
A Russian Ukase,
London, January 8. —A Berlin dispatch
says: “An ukase has been sent to the Rus
sian Senate decreeing that the Princess Dol
gorouki, wife of the Czar, shall bear the
rank and title of Serene Highness, and that
the sfatute declaring that the issue of an
alliance between a member of the Imperial
family and not one of Imperial rank
does not possess the right of Inheritance to
the throne, shall remain In force.”
Brief Telegraphic Summary.
Municipal elections were held throughout
France yesterday.
The Mountain City Flour Mills of Balti
more were burned yesterday. Loss $25,000.
The new University boat house at Oxford,
England, with many boats, was burned
yesterday.
The steamer Arizona, which sailed from
Liveruoo! Saturday for New York, took
£lOO,OOO in gold.
There were reports on the London Stock
Exchange at the close Saturday evening
that the Chilians had captured Lima.
The Union and Universe, of Paris, have
been prosecuted for publishing articles in
sulting the Superior Council of Education.
There were 41 deaths from diphtheria In
Brooklyn last week. The health authori
ties think the disease is slightly decreasing.
The temporary factory of the Ansonia
Watch and Clock Company, in Brooklyn, ,
N. Y., was burned yesterday. Loss $40,000.
A serious split has taken place in the
ranks of the Cariists in Madrid, a large sec
tion of whom have abandoned the cause of
Don Carlos.
The marriage of Crown Prince Rudolph and
the Princess Stephanie, of Austria, has been
further postponed, owing to the inclemency
of the season.
Seven amnestied Communists, including
M. Trinquet, arrived in Paris yesterday.
They were received by Mae. Clemeneau and
Rochefort and Louise Michel, but no dem
onstration occurred.
The Berlin Progressionists on Saturday
held an enthusiastic meeting to protest
against the anti semit.ie.agitatioD, and the
police dispersed the crowd, numbering one
thousand persons, who desired to disturb
the proceedings of the meeting.
North German Lloyds have ordered the
construction of anew steamship of 5,000
tons, which is to be finished by next June.
She is to be named the “Elbe,” and Is to
surpass their other steamers in size, speed ,
and general appointments. She will be four
masted.
The deep sympathy which actors cher
ish for sorrow and suffering, despite all
the friction with unpleasant sides of the
world which most of them undergo, has
just been shown in London. A member
of this body died some weeks ago from
injuries received on the stage and left
one little daughter, a friendless orphan.
All the principal persons connected with
the stage in London gave a performance
at Drury Lane to assist the child, and
between money taken at the door3 and
subscribed SIO,OOO were collected.
A French criminal made a strong bid
for imprisonment a fortnight ago at
Avignon. While undergoing an exami
nation at a police court he suddenly ex
claimed that the magistracy was the
enemy of the republic, and, suiting the
action to the word, threw a large stone
at the President’s head, which it for
tunately missed. The fellow, however,
paid dearly for this bit of amusement,
being immediately condemned to five
years' imprisonment,
Sophia Freehen, wife of Frederick
Freehen, a wholesale tobacco dealer in
New York, residing in Hoboken, N. J.,
committed suicide Thursday by hanging
herself to a gas pipe in the bath room of
her home. Her husband had left her,
and she was notified that he had begun
proceedings for divorce, which is sup
posed to have been the cause of the sui
cide. The man has commenced suit
against the New York Evening Telegram
for reporting the case as a murder.
Tfie whim of a Peoria man is to have
blooming flowers in his garden all win
ter. Unable to make genuine plants
grow out of doors at this season, he has
put a large quantity of artificial ones in
position. The spectacle of summer
flowers above the snow is puzzling to
strangers.
—
The War Department has issued a
tabular statement which shows that the
total number of volunteers in the Federal
armies during the war was 2,678,967.
No wonder the South had an up hill
fight. It is marvelous that she managed
to make things uncomfortably warm for
nearly 3,000,000 men for over four years.
The Washington Post says; “This
Christiancy divorce business is as filthy
as possible. The parties to it, all of
them, are dishonored and branded with
shame forever. Let them settle their
dirty quarrel and disappear from the
public sight as soon a3 possible. ”
Vanderbilt was neatly shaved yesterday
wltb Luticura Shaving Soap.
THE FLORIDA CAPITAL
INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF LIEUT.
GOV. BETHEL.
Governor’* Message—A Fine Docu
ment—Summary of its Contents—
Proceeding* in the Senate and
House—Bills Introduced Notices
of Content Assembly Standing
Committees—Senatorial Question
—Compliment to tbe News—lts Cir
culation—City Hotel Democratic
Caucus—Public Printer—Proceed
ings of tho Legislature.
Jacksonville, Fla., January 7.— lt affords
me pleasure to be enabled to give the readers
of the Morning News an opportunity to see
the admirable inaugural address of Lieutenant
Governor Bethel, upon talcing his seat as
; President of the Senate. It has not yet ap
peared in print, and I succeeded iu obtaining
a copy of the remarks only after urgent solici
tation:
i Gentlemen of the Senate: In taking the chair
j to preside over your deliberations, I do so with
feelings of gratitude and fear, grateful that
i the citizens of the State of Florida have thought
: me worthy, by placing me next in their confi
dence to that illustrious citizen whose patriot
ism, virtues and eminent pub ic services ro
l celved this day the highest reward that a free
people can bestow, and fearful that X may not
• discharge tlie trust confided to me In such
manner as shall merit approval. If a diligent
attention, however, wiil enable me to perform
j the functions now assigned me, I may promise
i tha' such diligence and attention shall be sedu
lously employed.
The rules which are to govern the proceed
ings of this honorable body, so far as they shall
depend on me for their application, shall be
applied with the most rigorous and inflexible
impartiality, regarding neither persons, their
views nor principles. If, in forming that de
i cision, I shall concur with some and differ with
others, as must from necessity happen, I shall
j relY on the liberality and candor of those from
! whom I aiffer to beiieve that I do so from pure
motives.
The approbation implied by your suffrages
| is a great consolation to me, and my future
j solicitude will be to retain the good opinion of
: those who have already bestowed it in act
i vance.
The important subjects to which yoar atten
tion will be called will be laid before you by
| the Governor: it is, therefore, no province of
i mine to mention them. My duty only is to pre-
I side over this honorable body, and may I not
; find in each one of you a spirit of frankness
; and aid that will enable me to make myself
! agreeable while I strictly perform my duty.
I shall often need your counsels, and let me
i here invite you, individually, to give it to me,
to the end tint harmony may prevail and the
; business of your meeting be conducted with
regularity and dispatch.
Reiving, then, on the patronage of your good
] will, I advance with obedience to the work, and
; may that Infinite Power which rules the desti
! nles of the universe lead your counsels to what
; is best, and give them a favorable issue, the
peace and prosperity of the State.
The message read this morning in the Legis
lature was prepared by Governor Drew and in
; dorsed by Governor Bloxham, who will trans
i mit another during the session, embodying
i various suggestions.
I The document is the utterance of a sensible,
practical man, delivered in a plain and com
; prehensive manner. There is no useless ver
! biage and no effort at display. Governor Drew
has not buried the talents confided to bis keep
! iog, and restores them to the owners with
i their value greatly increased. His administra
| tion has not only been honorable and credit
able to himself, but profitable and advan
tageous to the people of Florida, and he can
retire to the privacy of his home with the
pleasant consciousness of having faithfully
discharged his trust, aud of having earned the
gratitude and respect of his fellow ciiizens.
In treating the matter of finances, Governor
Drew mentions a deficiency during the last
| two years of $33,755 19. This was caused by
' the low assessment adopted by the last Legls
| lature. The amount of bonds in the hands of
I private parties is $681,C69, showing a decrease
i of bonded debt during the present administra
tion of $50,800. The 6 per cent, bonds, worth
: four years ago, 80 cents, are now scarce at par,
I while the 7 per cent, bonds, then bringing V 4
cents, cannot now be purchased at less tnan
106.
The Governor recommends a more uniform
; system of taxation, and advises the appoint-
I ment of two appraisers to accompany the
| Assessor on his rounds, and, with him, to fix
the valuation of all lands subject to taxation.
I and whose valuation shall be final, and shall
stand for four years. He proposes also that
: the Collectors’ books be closed on the 80th cf
November, and that the sales of property tor
! non-payment of taxes be made on the first day
of January.
The swamp and overflowed lands for which
patents have been issued to the State ameunt
to 3,761,880 acres.
Great good can be accomplished in his opin
ion by allowing squatters upon Stale lands to
secure a homestead by paying tnree install
ments—one on entry, and the remainder on
the secend and third year thereafter, the laud
to be assessed an X taxed as the property of
the settler. This would encourage thrift, pro
mote improvement and increase the revenues.
Commissioner of Immigration French is
complimented, and an increased appropriation
advised for this bureau.
Col. C. C. Yonge has r ; vised the digest of
the laws of Florida, compiled by Col. J. F.
McClellan, and this work will soon be com
pleted.
The claims of the State for expenses incur
red in suppressing Indian outbreaks, are in
course of arrangement, and it is thought that
the General Government will be indebted to
Florida in a considerable amount.
! The condition of the public schools is en
couraging, and shows a steady improvement.
1 It is advised that the assessors be required to
collect agricultural statistics, and that a State
Inspector of commercial fertilizers b: appoint
ed.
The increase of the insane in the asylum re
j quires additional accommodations. There are
at present ninety-six patients.
The convicts have been leased to the East
; Florida Railway Company for two years at sls
I each per year, the company agreeing to pay
! all costs after conviction and to furnish all
| necessary food, clothing and medical attention.
The number of convicts turned over was one
; hundred and twenty-five.
Manufacturing establishments should be ex
empt from taxation for the first five or ten
yt*ars after commencing operations.
! The above is a very brief summary of the
most important points contained in the mes
sage, which is regarded as an able aud clear
document.
In the Senate, Mr. McKinney introduced a
joint resolution for the appointment cf a com
: mittee to consider and report the feasibility of
and best plan to relieve the internal improve
ment fund and to secure the construction of a
railroad from ths Apalachicola river to Pensa
cola, and another from Ocala to Tampa.
B 11s were introduced in the Senate by Mr.
Thompson for supplying artificial limbs to dis
abled soldiers.
By Mr. Mallory—To authorize commissioners
to swear witnesses, and legalizing oaths hereto
fore administered by them.
By Mr. McKinney—To amend’an act to pro
vide forthepunishmsnt of crime, and proceed'
ings in criminal cases.
By Mr. Thompson—To encourage the plant
ing of oysters in the waters of this State.
The first executive session of the Senate was
held to-day.
In the House, the standing committees were
appointed.
Notice was given of the following contests:
In Walton county .between McLecd and Ken
; nedy, there being a tie vote.
McCarthy of Lafayette, contests the seat of
Goodbread.
In Duval county, Abbott contests the seat of
i Conant; Fortune, that of Brown; Smith, that
of Nattiei, and Upton, that of Lucas.
The weather is again threatening.
Tallahassee, Fla., January B.—The standing
committees of the Assembly were announ ed
yesterday, and are as follows:
i On Judiciary Mr. Cooper. Chairman:
; Messrs. Cottrell, Moore, Dougherty, Perry,
Howren, Conant.
On Finance aud Taxation—Mr. Getzen,
Chairman: Messrs. McMeeSin, Miller, Tooke,
i Stringer, Bryan of Orange, Potter.
On Commerce and Navigation—Mr. Plum
; mer. Chairman; Messrs. Tippin,Canova, Whid
den, Grady, lfigliam, Bail.
! On Public Printing—Mr. Fildes, Chairman;
I Messrs. Reynolds, Cooper, McKinnon, Tolbert,
Brown.
On Engrossed Bills—Mr. Marquis, Chairman;
Messrs. Fildes, Ivey, Spear, Jenkins,
On Enrolled Bills—Mr. Gradv, Chairman;
Messrs. McMillan, Bryan of Hillsboro, Marqui-*,
Friar, Coleman.
On State Instituiions-Mr. Spear, Chairman;
Messrs. Bali, Whidden, Stringer, Griffin,Byrne,
McCray of Jefferson.
On Public Lands-Mr. McKinnon, Chairman;
Messrs. McClellan, Slaughter, Zipperer, Parker
of Brevard, Pollock.
On Militia—Mr. Miller, Chairman; Messrs.
Butler, Carroll, Bevill of Sumter. Robinson.
On Privileges and Elections—Mr. Morgan,
Chairman; Messrs. Miller, Getzen, Plummer,
Angel, Uinstead, Cooper, Howren, McGrath.
On Education—Mr. Dougherty, Chairman;
Messrs. Newsom, Welch, Reynolds, Robinson,
Hoivren, Conant.
On Legislative Expenses—Mr. Tolbert, Chair
man: Messrs. Green, Neel, McCrary, Bryant
of Polk, Canova, Hail.
On Claims—Mr. Bevill of Hamilton, Chair
man; Messrs. Bell, Watson, Hinson, Craig,
Snow, McGrath.
On City and County Organization?—Mr.
Perry, Chairman; Messrs. Tippen, Clark, Good- i
bread, Craig, Cason, AVilkinson.
On Agriculture—Mr. Moore, Chairman; !
Messrs. Parker of Taylor, Newsom, Hi.json,
Williams of Bradford, Dougherty, McClellan,
Carr.
On Railroads and Canals—Mr. McMeekin,
Chairman: Messrs. Byrne, Whidden, Tooke
Ivey, Stringer, Tolbert, Plummer, Lucas,
Bryan of Orange.
On Immigration—Mr. Bryan of Orange. I
Chairman; Messrs. Stringer, Williams of
Baker, Griffin. Miller, McMillan, Carroll.
On Indian Affaire—Mr. Brvant of Polk,
Chairman; Messrs. Whidden, Bryan of Hills
borough, Plummer, Gibbs,
On Corporations Mr. Snow, Chairman;
Messrs. Reynolds, Clark, Friar, Nattiei.
On Post Routes—l*lr. Umstead, Chairman;
Messrs. Butler, Cason, Green, McCray
On Appropriations-Mr. Bryan of Hillsbor
ough, Chairman; Messrs. McKinnon, Getzen,
McMeekiD, Dougherty, McMillan, Ball.
These committees are always of interest to
the people of Florida, who are anxious to learn
what honors have been conferred upon their
Immediate representatives.
Both houses are now in complete working or
der and ready for business. The approaching
Senatorial contest, however, greatly distracts I
the attention of the Legislature, and many j
ESTABLISHED 1850.
members express the opinion that nothing of
much importance will be accomplished until
that question is settled. The first ballot will be
taken, according to law, on the 18th inst.
In aa interview between a reporter of the
New York World and Senator Jones, the latter
gentleman stated that he expected to be here in
time for the election. General Loring, of Gaines
ville, and General Bernard, of Tallahassee,
who are also mentioned prominently in con
nection with this exalted office, are now pres
ent. There are doubtless otheraspirants, who
are kept for the time being in the background,
but who may be put forward at a later peri and.
It will be a relief to all when the contest is de
. finitely determined.
Quite a handsome compliment was paid the
Mousing News yesterday in the Assembly. A
resolution was adopted "that all members of
the Florida press and the Savannah News, of
the city of Savannah, Ga., be invited to seats
on this floor.” Colonel Gentry, although
dubbed “the übiquitous,” was unfortunately
not in the hall at the moment. Had he been
present he would doubtless have acknowledged
the courtesy in one of those splendid out
bursts of oratory for which he is famou3.
Most of the Senators and many of the Assem
i blymen are subscribers to your valuable paper.
Its great popularity ai ises from the fact that
it has ever been a staunch and unwearying
friend of Florida, and has never neglected an
opportunity to advance her material interests.
The efforts of the News in this direction are
generally admitted and thorouglily appreci
ated, as is shown by the immense circulation
which it enjoys in this State.
The Citv Hotel, just opposite the capitol
building, is a general rendezvous for the
legislators, when not in session. Many of the
members are guests of the house. The hotel
| is able to accommodate one hundred and
] seventeen persons comfortably. Mr. Slusser,
the proprieior, is ably assisted by Mr. J. Stern
feld. formerly of the Hoffman House, New
Yoi k, and Mr. Joel Collins. The large patron
age received by the City Hotel, is the best evi
dence of the satisfactory manner in which it is
conducted.
The use of the Assembly Hall has been giv.ut
ed to St. John’s F;pi-copil Parish on Sundays,
their church, which was burned during the last
session of the Legislature, not yet being com
pleted.
At a caucus of the Democratic members of
the Leg-Mature. held lest night, it was re
solved that, a ballot ba taken at a ciucus to be
held next Tuesday night for the offices of Uni
ted States Senator, and also for Public Printer,
j and that a two-thirds vote of the members
present be required to effect nominations.
Capt. Dyke, of the Tallahassee Floridian,
Mr. C. A. Finley, of the Lake City Jleporter, and
Mr. H. B. McCallum, of the Jacksonville
Union, are candidates for the post of Public
Printer. I have heard no other names men
tioned.
Rev. John P. Duncan, the well known blind
i Chaplain of the Georgia Senate, is announced
1 to lecture to-morrow night.
Nothing of importance was done in the As
i sembly to day. The Governor’s message was
; read and the first batch of bills introduced.
In the Senate, Mr. Thompson presented an
| important bill entitled “An act requiring an
educational qualification for electors to entitle
them to become registered voters in compli
ance with section 7 article 14 of the constitu
tion ”
Mr. Lykes—A bill to supply deficiencies for
; the yearn 1877-79-83.
Mr. McKay—To ex end further privileges to
the Tampa, Pasco Creek and St. John’s Rail
- road Company.
Mr. Crill—To amend the act providing for
the redemption of lands sold for taxes, and to
dispose of lands sold for taxes and bought by
the State or any county.
Weather rainy and disagreeable.
_ W. 11. B.
A Mutual Mistake.
Funny how things will happen some
times. Messrs. Gallagher and Ragbag
are strangers, and the other day they
went down to see old Mr. Crops, who is
very deaf. Neither knew Crops, but
both were aware of his infirmity. Gal
lagher reached the place, and found
Crops out, but sat down to wait for him.
Presently Ragbag came in. Each thought
the other to be Crops. Ragbag went up
to Gallagher, put his mouth to that
gentleman’s ear, and in a loud voice
cried: “Got any hogs to sell?” The
i yell made Gallagher jump like a
steer, and at first he was mad.
But he recollected that deaf people talk
very loud, and so placing his mouth
at Ragbag’s ear he roared: “I want to
J buy a mule.” That nearly split Rag
bag’s head and he jumped in good shape.
Then he saw that he wasn’t understood
and yelled louder. “Hogs are the things
to deal in 1” and then Gallagher saw that
he wasn’t comprehended and cried: “I
must have a mule that won’t kick.”
Ragbag put on more steam and yelled,
“I tell you I want fat hogs.” Gallagher
tuned up loud enough to be heard half a
mile away and howled: ‘‘Mule! mulel
brindle color preferred.” “No Western
hogs for me. I tell you I vant to
buy some good fat hogs!”
bellowed Ragbag. “I wish I could
make this old ass understand that
I want to buy a mule,” thought Gal
lagher. “Have you got a brindle mule
to sell?” he howled, getting very red in
the face. “This old numbhead is awful
deaf,” thought Ragbag, and then he
nearly tore rhe top of his head off in
whooping out: “If you’ve got any hogs
to sell, I want to see ’em.” By this time
both men were mad, and each inwardly
swore he’d make the old fellow hear, or
die in the attempt. “Mule! mule! mule!
I tell you, mule!” madly shrieked Gal
lagher, dancing about, “Hogs, I said,
hogsl hogs is what I want! Hogs!”
j screamed Ragbag, with an effort
that split his shirt the whole
length of the back. By that time the
neighborhood was aroused. Crops’
sou came in and asked what in some
where was the matter. “I can’t make
this deaf old ass hear anything!” cried
Ragbag. “You might fire a cannon be
side him and he wouldn’t notice it!”
said Gallagher. An explanation ensued.
Then the disgust of botii men was pain
ful to behold. Each said the other was
an idiot and altogether to blame on the
matter, and it was hard work to keep
them from fighting. They united, how
ever, in a request that the matter be kept
secret, but it wasn’t, and they are keep
ing concealed to avoid paying the drinss
to about fifty people who know of the
affair.
- ■ ■ ♦ ■<——
Governor Grimes aud Twenty Cents.
Burlington Hawkeye.
The Legislature had just convened at
the capital of lowa. Governor Grimes
had arrived the night before and taken
rooms at a certain hotel. A young as
pirant for office from a distant portion
of the State also drove up and alighted
from his carriage at the steps of the
same hotel. The hostler threw off his
trunk, and the landlord conducted him
to his room, leaving the trunk in
the barroom. Wishing his trunk,
the young man demanded to have it
brought up, and seeing a man passing
through the lower hall, whom he took to
be the porter, he gave his commands in
an imperious and lofty tone. The order
wbs obeyed, tbe man charging a quarter
of a dollar for bis serviees. A marked
quarter, that was good for only 20 cents,
was slipped slyly into his hand, and was
put into ins pocket by the man with a
smile.
“And now, sirrah!” cried the new ar
rival, “you know Governor Grimes?”
“0 yes, sir.”
“Well, take my card to him, and tell
him I wish an interview with him at his
earliest convenience.”
A peculiar look Hashed from the man’s
blue eyes, and, with a smile, extending
his hand, he said:
“I am Governor Grimes, at your ser
vice, sir.”
“You—l—that is, my dear sir, I beg
—a —a thousand pardons 1”
“None reeded at" all, sir,” replied
Governor Grimes; “I was rather favor
ably impressed with your letter, and
had (bought you well suited for the
office specified. But, sir. any man who
would swindle a workingman out of a
paltry five cents would defraud the pub
lic treasury had he an opportunity !
Good evening, sir.”
The severe winter has done more to
wards conquering that determined
savage, Sitting Bull, than all the troop;-
we have sent out against him. Hecould
hold his warriors together to face and
resist the troops, but when hunger and
cold seized the band their courage
quailed. Sitting Bull himself holds out
yet, but from all accounts he must sur
render before a great while.
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