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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 18ST
TAPPING THE WIRE*.
The United SUte Senate yesterday re
sumed consideration of the House funding
bill. Votes were taken on the several
amendments, and the bill as amended was
finally passed, and goes to the House for
the concurrence of that bedy.
The House refused to consider private
bills, and, after a failure to reach the Fitz
john Porter bill, took up the agricultural
appropriation bill. Mr. Covert, of New
York, explained the bill, and Mr. Hurd, of
Ohio, proceeded to argue upon the injuries
of a protective tariff. Mr. Kelley replied in
behalf of the protectionista. Mr. Felton, of
Georgia, gave his views upon the matter of
the tariff, and, without action on the bill,
the House adjourned.
The remains of Hon. Fernando Wood
reached Washington yesterday. His funer
al will take place to-day from his late resi
dence. Both houses of Congress will ad
journ In respect to his memory and to per
uiit the members to attend his funeral.
The anti liquor amendment proposed to
the West Virginia constitution failed In
the Benate of that State yesterday.
Frank Twiggs was hanged at Waynesboro
yesterday for complicity in the murder of
Wm. Driscoll. He died reiterating hla in
nocence.
The Democratic Conservative State Cen
tral Committee of Virginia have called the
State Convention for August 4th next, and
have issued a strong address to the Demo
cratic Conservative voters of the State.
A fire at Scottsboro, Alabama, Thursday
sight, destroyed about twenty-five bouses.
Reading Railroad stock rose several points
yesterday in consequence of a report that
Jay Gould had purchased the McCalmonth
interest in the road.
Mr. William Shaw, Home Role member
for Cork, has issued s manifesto addressed
to the Catholic Bishop of Cioyne, In which
he reviews the course of the Irish parlia
mentary party, and denounces those who
hint at physical force, only to abandon the
people when the pinch comes.
The London Daily Idegraph states that a
large section of the Conservatives and Lib
erals object to the summary character of
the new rules for the House of Commons.
Sir Stafford Northcote, in the House of
Commons yesterday, on behalf of the meet
ing of Conservatives held at the Carlton
Club, urged the objections which the party
held to the stringency of the rules. The
Speaker reserved his decision. The first
clause of the coercion bill was adopted in
committee.
Mr. Parnell is reported to have told Victor
Hngo that though Insurrection would be
justifiable the League discouraged it, as the
Irish are unarmed.
The New York stock market opened
strong and buoyant. In the afternoon prices
were feverish and unsettled, and the market
closed with downward tendencies. The
transactions aggregated 599,000 shares.
The House yesterday passed the bill
making Atlanta a port of delivery.
A Berlin dispatch says that Ayoob Khan
has declared war against the Ameer.
Garfield Working on his Message.
—A spec ial to the Cincinnati Commercial
says: “Governor Cullom, of Illinois,
spent yesterday afternoon and last night
with the President-elect at Mentor.
Among other arrivals is that of Senator
Robertson, the leader of the anti-ma
chine element in New York. Ilia pres
ence in Mentor is said to have much dis
concerted the Grant politicians. Return
ing visitors from Mentor represent Gen.
Garfield as actively engaged upon his
inaugural address, but as completely
fatigued and exhausted in consequence
of the large and continually increasing
throng of callers. The General’s friends
and neighbors are considering the feasi
bilityof getting up some kind of a jubi
lee previous to his departure, and of an
imposing escort to his train.”
The British Government stoops to an
act that will meet with well merited
condemnation and contempt throughout
the civilized world, when it opens the
letters sent from the United States to
persons known or supposed to be con
nected with the Land League. In the
House of Commons, Sir William Vernon
Harcourt maintained that the Horae Sec
retary had the power to open letters in
transit through the mails in “exceptional
cases,” but the Cabinet Minister did not
care to justify the exercise of that power
now. He rather sought to evade the
subject, no doubt feeling that it was a
humiliating one to the government.
Joseph Smith, Jr., head of the “Re
organized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints,” is making war on the
degenerate and apostate branch of the
church in Utah. The reorganized church
condemns polygamy as a criminal after
thought of the leaders. In the original
Book of 3lormon, polygamy is very bit
terly condemned and emphatically for
bidden, and the reorganized church of
Smith, Jr., holds to the original Mor
raonism, which is harmless enough. The
host* of Joseph, Jr., have invaded Utah,
and are bearding the polygamists in their
dens. The reorganized church has its
headquarters at Piano, Illinois.
Senator Blaine is still copfined to his
house with rheumatism. He is mending
slowly, but surely. According to report
he is arranging to leave the Senate, and
may not care to again take his seat with
that body, inasmuch as he intends to
leave it anyway before the 4th of March.
According to his present intention, he
will resign next week. This will give
the Maine Legislature the required ten
days’ notice of an existing vacancy, and
will afford the opportunity to elect his
successor—Mr. Frye—in time to enable
him to take his seat very soon after
March 4th next.
In New York city they have just got
ten bold of a somewhat unusual sort of
dealer in cadavers. He was taken up
for drunkenness, and some correspon
dence relating to his peculiar traffic was
found on his person, along with a pistol
and a case of surgical instruments. This
rare bird frankly stated the nature of his
industry, and verified the suspicions sug
gested by the lethal weapons in his pos
session by intimating that he made some
of his corpses now and then. He said
he “bagged tramps,” and would get them
for anybody at fifty dollars a pair.
Men of War Going Up the Missis
sippi.—The United States men-of-war
Alliance and Kearsarge have been or
dered to visit some of the points on the
Mississippi river above New Orleans.
When the Tennessee made a similar
trip three or four years ago she attract
ed much attention from the people, who
had never before seen a man-of-war on
the river.
The legislative, executive and judicial
bQI appropriates $5,0G0 for the purchase
of hooks for the Congressional library;
*2 ,000 for the purchase of law books;
$2,500 for the purchase of files of peri
odicals and newspapers, and for the
expense of exchanging public documents
with foreign governments, SI,OOO.
Protection vs. a Revenue Tariff.
We notice that a few of our State ex
changes exhibit a decided inclination to
wards a protective tariff, influenced no
doubt by the famous platitude that pro
tection affords encouragement and sup
port to American manufactures. We
admit that there are two sides to this as
to all other questions, but from our
standpoint how the country at large, and
especially the South, can prefer protec
tion to free trade, it is difficult to under
stand.
In the first place, a protective tariff is
oppressive to all classes except those im
mediately interested therein, and even to
all those except the mill proprietors and
the manufacturers themselves. It is, in
plain words, but the levying a tax upon
every consumer for the benefit of the pro
ducer of the protected article. We will
take the item of farming interests, for
instance, for the planter is the
one to whom the masses must look
for sustenance. The farmers of the
West and South—those great agricultural
sections—require farming utensils of
various kinds, of which iron is an essen
tial factor, for the purpose of cultiva
ting their crops. Instead of being per
mitted to purchase these utensils where
they can procure them to the best ad
vantage, they are forced to buy them at
an artificial valuation for the benefit of
the protected iron manufacturer. But
it is not the farmer alone who suffers
eventually. Of course the enhanced
price which he is forced to pay for the
utensils which are absolutely necessary
for the proper cultivation of his .grounds
have to be added to the price which he
places upon his crops, and thus, in the
end, the consumers —the great masses of
the land who are forced to purchase the
necessaries of life—have to pay their
quota to the support of this protected
industry.
We select this item of farming utensils
to illustrate our ideas on this subject, be
cause it is one which comes so directly
home to all classes. It is, however, but
one instance of many which might be
cited to demonstrate the great truth
that a protective tariff simply means a
tribute exacted from the earnings and
pockets of the many for the establish
ment of privileged classes, and the en
richment of a favored few. Nor is this
the only point to be considered. Since
the protected articles largely shut out
from the country similar articles from
abroad, little or no revenue to the
government is derived from their im
portation. This revenue, however,
has to be made up, and for this
purpose taxes have to be laid. In con
sequence, the people are doubly taxed,
first, as we have shown, for the benefit
of the protected manufacturer, and sec
ond, to make up to the government the
deficit caused by the failure to receive
the customs duties which the protected
articles would pay could they be im
ported from other countries under a tariff
for revenue. And there is no class ex
cepted from this double taxation, unless
it be the manufacturers themselves.
Always about the time of an election it
is customary for large Northern mill
owners to deceive their employes into
voting for protection by impressing upon
them the sophistry that in case
the protective tariff is abolished, prices
of protected articles will decline in value,
and their wages will be reduced. This
argument too often proves effective, for
the employe only compares the number
of dollars and eents he will receive under
a protective system with what he would
receive should free trade, or a strictly
revenue tariff, be established. He does
not realize that even should he receive
seventy five cents then, where now he is
paid a dollar, he can purchase more with
his reduced than with his present wages,
and that therefore, practically speaking,
his condition is really improved.
To the South, however, protection is
specially oppressive. Here we find the
home of the great 6taple, which is de
manded throughout the world, and be
sides, we have water power in abun
dance, and ample supplies of fuel
readily accessible. With all these
advantages, we possess facili
ties for cotton manufacturing
superior to any country in the world,
and if our natural advantages are util
ized, no country in the world can hope
to compete with us. We have therefore
no need of protection. To the contrary,
it will be, in every way, beneficial for us
to have the markets of the world thrown
open to us so that we may offer
to foreign nations freely our
natural commodities, and in return
be enabled to purchase what we need
wherever it can be the more cheaply
procured. And not only this, but since
with free trade, or a tariff for revenae
only, we could successfully compete in
cotton manufacturing with the entire
world, we would soon assume the posi
tion which is ours by nature, and be
come the great manufacturing centre of
the American continent Free trade,
therefore, so far from crippling manu
factures in the South, would promote
them, and with them would come the
wealth which is undoubtedly the future
portion of our section.
We have thus endeavored to give, as
succinctly as possible, though as ex
haustively as the'limits of an ordinary
editorial article will allow, our reasons
for regarding a tariff for protection as
wrong in principle, beneficial only to the
few, but oppressive to the many, and
particularly so to the South. We can
readily understand how even in this sec
tion certain private industries may be
protected to the advantage of those
specially interested therein, but taking a
broad and comprehensive view of the
subject, we are convinced that the entire
country, and especially the South and
West, would be vastly more benefited
by a light revenue tariff, and fair com
petition with the outside world.
The new Senator from California,
General Miller (Rep.), takes the popular
side on the Chinese question, and will
probably be one of the strongest advo
cates of restricting Chinese immigration
in the next Congress. He is now in
New York, having come on in order to
be in readiness for the probable extra
session of the Senate. In an interview,
he says: “The anti-Chinese movement
is more bitter than ever in California.
The matter is pretty well understood in
the East, and there have been some very
startling statements published, but the
truth has not been exaggerated. It is
simply frightful in the Chinese quarter.
The municipal authorities have worked
and worked, and spent money lavishly,
but they seem powerless to effect any
permanent good. The evil must be
dwelt with by the General Government,
and tho people have faith that it will
deal with it just as soon as it is practica
ble."
The cold weather up North has played
havoc with the car wheels, which crack
and break on the smallest pretext. The
result has been a number of railroad acci
dents. This enables the manufacturers
of paper wheels to press their claims on
the ground that paper is not affected in
the least by the weather.
The Parnell Address.
Editor Morning Newt : Your defense
of Mr. Parnell’s language, used in his
address to the Irish people, well nigh
obviates the necessity for further notice
of the attack upon that gentleman which
appears In your issue of to-day. “A
Citizen of the United States" has cer
tainly a vivid imagination if he can find
in the address any evidence of a desire
for war or bloodshed or violence. To
the contrary, Mr. Parnell expressly de
dares that he will remain in Parliament
to continue the struggle against un
righteous might. Did he contemplate
war, he has made a most unhappy selec
tion of headquarters. The whole tenor
of the address is to encourage the
people in their endurance, to strengthen
their fortitude under the trials to come,
and to continue the O'Connell policy,
which has been Mr. Parnell’s policy
from the first and continues to be. as he
states in this very address, * ‘open or
ganization and passive resistance. ” The
warm commendation of O Connell reads
very queerly indeed, in the same para
graph with the severe condemnation of
Mr. Parnell, when we reflect that the
methods of the two are identical. The
Laad League, however, aims at the
achievement of many rights; O’Connell
aimed at emancipation only, supple
mented after many years by efforts at
repeal of the Union.
“A Citizen” cannot be a reader of the
Irish papers, or he would have known
that every Land League meeting is at
tended by the clergy, both Catholic and
denominational, and that, in fact, a ma
jority of those meetings are presided
over and the strongest resolutions offered
by the priesthood. The grand patriot
ism, the wonderful patience, and master
ly management of Mr. Parnell, will yet
attain commensurate results. That his
language should be so misconstrued is
singular, when we know that bis mode
ration of tone has extorted compli
mentary expressions from an English
Minister, even in the heat
of Parliamentary debate. “A Citi
zen” says that he is a warm
friend of the Iriati people. Well, we ask
him to read again, and carefully, Mr.
Parnell's admirable and very moderate
address. Mr. James Anthony Froude
al ways claimed to be a friend of the
Irish people, and acknowledged that he
was under obligations to them for
Deeded care and attention, but he would
never read both sides of Irish history,
and his pen would record but the pleas
ing fraction of the English side.
Irishmen, here and elsewhere, will
thank you, Mr. Editor, for your very
ffiain statement of Mr. Parnell’s plain
anguage. Your construction is the only
one warranted by the words, or their
context. Emerald.
Savannah, On., February 18, 1881.
A Fearful Holocaust —Eight Meu
Roasted to Heath.
A horrible holocaust occurred at Jack 1
son Springs, Moore county, N. C., Mon
day night. Dering the severe storm
which prevailed in that vicinity, a party
of men working in turpentine were en
camped in the woods. They built an
inclosure between two large pines, brac
ing the cross ridge pole in front between
the two trees. As they expected to be at
work in this spot for some weeks, they
made the structure as substantial as pos
sible, piling upon the roof heavy layers
of earth and hickory poles, and keeping
the whole secure by a layer of the
largest rocks they could find. In the
ceDtre of the temporary building
they built a large tire, and after eating
their rations they spread blankets upon
the ground, and about 11 o'clock were
sleeping huddled together around the
fire, which, as the weather was cold, had
been replenished with fresh logs. They
slept, it is supposed, until about 1 o'clock
in the night. The storm was at its
height. There were ten men in the
place, all sleeping soundly, when, amid
the wild howling of the wind, the horri
ble trap fell in, with its mass of rock
and earth roof, while the sharpened laths
and hickory billets came down in the
greatest hurry, impaling the mass of
sleeping humanity underneath, in two in
stances bayoneting to the earth the
wriggling bodies of the unfortunate
sleepers. The work of devastation and
death was not complete, for the floor,
being covered with beds of leaves and
straw, and the sides of the structure
being made of interlaced dry twigs and
leaves, and there being a barrel of tur
pentine in the place also, the whole
caught from the fire and soon transformed
the place into a furnace burning at white
heat. The two mangled and blistered
survivors of the night gave a thrilling
account of the scene, and the horrible
sufferings of 3ome of the unfortunates.
James Jarrett and Wm. Vex were
sleeping near the door, and were both
fearfully crushed by the falling mass.
Vex succeeded first in extricating him
self, although a log was across his stom
ach. He crawled from among the mass
so badly hurl and faint that he barely
managed to drag himself ten feet from
the place, when he lost consciousness,
and when he revived he saw streaks of
flame shooting up from the pile, and
heard the voice of Jarrett crying, “Help
me, for God’s sake; I am roasting!”
When he realized the horror of the situ
ation, he pulled himself on his hands
(one of his legs was broken and he could
not walk) to the place, and suc
ceeded in getting Jarrett out, but that
was all be could do, and his companion
was mote seriously injured than himself,
one foot being literally roasted off and
his left shoulder dislocated. The two
survivors were too helpless to venture
near the place again. The flames shot
higher and higher, and they heard the
agonizing shrieks from two of their com
panions imprisoned in the burning heap
of turpentine, straw, leaves and wood.
Soon the screams gave way to groans;
then no sound was heard only the roar
of the fl imes. In half an hour after
ward the fire had done its work. The
two men’s sufferings were intense, not
only from their injuries, but from the
cold. The next morning they were found
and brought to Carthage.
The blackened skeletons of six of
their companions were found in one
place, and in another corner two half
roasted bodies were discovered pinned
to the earth by the sharpened laths of
pine which had gone through their
bodies. These two men were William
Eylett and Alexander Cull, the latter
about twenty years old. The names of
the other six were Robert Sampson,
Donald Eylett, Houston Mortimer,
Albert Rhodes, David Meggs and Frank
Robias. Jarrett cannot possibly recover.
A Huge Appropriation Bill.
The pension appropriation bill, as
amended by the Senate and now before
the House Appropriation Committee,
appropriates $68,282,306 68, being the
iargest p/Asion appropriation bill ever
perfected either by this government or
any other, and is more than all the pen
sion appropriations of all the govern
ments on earth combined. This, says a
Washington letter, is not entirely owing
to the arrears of pensions law, although
before that was enacted the pension ex
penditures were annually less than one
half the amount now about to be appro
priated. The wholesale pensioning of
the survivors of the war of 1812 has
helped to swell the aggregate. There
are now on the roils over thirty five
thousand widows and survivors of that
war. It is remarked at the pen
sion office that no one engaged in that
war seems to have died in the last half
century. The effect of this immense
swelling of the pension roll is to post
pone indefinitely the pensioning of the
survivors of the Mexican war. A con
vention of the survivors is to meet at
Louisville on the 22d, and a strong me
morial will be sent to Congress asking
that the claims of the Mexican soldiers
be considered. The justness of these
claims is generally acknowledged, but
there is a general indisposition to fur
ther increase the pension budget. It is
estimated that there are only eight thou
sand survivors of that war, but from the
way survivors of the war of 1812 have
turned up there must be about one hun
dred thousand.
A burglar entered a miser's residence
at Corpus Christ!, Texas, stole a trunk
supposed to contain money, carried it a
mile away, opened it, and found nothing
of value. Then he returned to the house
in anger, demanded the miser's money
or life, and received a bullet.
RICH SOUTHERNERS.
Acquiring Fortunes In New York-
Some ot the Best Known Men of
Well Street from the South, and
How Tker Made Their Money—
Inman, Newcomb, Wilson, Trav
ers, and Others.
A etc York Cor. Philadelphia Time*.
It has been said that if you were
to put a Georgia “cracker” and a
Vermont Yankee on a desert island
and divide the land equally between
them, the “cracker” would have the
Yankee at work on rented land in
less than a month. I do not know that
this is so, as there is a wonderful shrewd
ness under the surface of both these
American types, but it is certain that the
Southern men who have drifted North
and engaged in business have held their
own with remarkable success. A run
ning review of some of the most promi
nent Southerers who have come to the
front in Gotham, with some gossip of
their lives and fortunes, will point a
moral if it does not adorn a tale.
I think the best record made by any
Southerner in New York, since the war,
is to be credited to John H. Inman, the
head of the great cotton firm of Inman,
Swann & Cos. He came out of the army
with his parole in his pocket. a ragged,
penniless boy. He reached New York,
in 1865, with less than SIOO and no
property. He secured a place as clerk in
the cotton firm of Anstett A Inman, and
in two years was offered a partnership.
At twenty-four years of age he had en
tire charge of the business, which was
then immense, and by 1870 had accumu
lated $15,000. Last year—just ten years
after—he was worth nearly $2,000,000,
aud had a net income, in 1880, of $190,-
000. He is just thirty-six years of age
and is the head of his firm—now Inman,
Swann & Co.—which did a cotton busi
ness last year of over $10,000,000, and
sent a profit to the balance-sheet of be
tween $350,000 and $400,000. He has
large enterprises outside of his firm,
having last year over $1,000,000 in ferti
lizers, and will by the time he is fifty
years of age be one of the richest meu
in New York. With nearly $2,000,000
as a Dest-egg at thirty-six years of age,
an income of $200,000 in a growing
business and a clear head and perfect
health, he will get above $10,000,000 be
fore he is fifty years of age if nothing
more than ordinary intervenes. Al
though a mere youngster, his opinion is
authority in the Colton Exchange, and
he enjoys universal confidence and re
spect. He is a director of the Fourth
National Bank, and is identified with
many important enterprises. Mr. W.
H. Inman, of the same firm, is w T orth
about $2,000,000.
THE RICHEST SOUTHERNER.
The richest Southerner in New York
city, I suppose without doubt, is Victor
Newccmb, the young man who was made
famous through his gigantic railroad
movements in the South and Southwest
last year. He first inaugurated in South
ern railroad circles the principle of con
solidation with which Jay Gould oper
ated so heavily in the North and West.
He took charge of the Louisville and
Nashville property when it was a single
line of road and its slock was worth
about thirty cents, and he was about
thirty-four years of age. It is said that
he held about $2,000,000 worth of the
stock of his company, which averaged
him fifty cents. It is said that he, Mr.
George Clark, of Clark, Dodge & Cos.,
and two other persons held a controlling
interest in the road, which would have
necessitated their holding over $4,500,000
of stock. -This did not average over
fifty cents to the purchasers. In a little
over one year, by a series of exploits
that were dazzling and brilliant, he had
consolidated into practically one system
about four thousand miles of road that
took its place among the finest systems
of the country. The stock ran up to
185, and, paying'about 14 per cent, on its
capital, was doubled, and now ranges at
about 93. Newcomb, then retired from
the presidency on account of ill-health,
taking, it is said, over $2,000,000 clear
profit on his investment, besides having
added enormously to his fortune by in
cidental investment in stocks. His for
tune is now put at from six to eight
millions —a very pretty figure for a man
who is just turning thirty-seven years of
age. Mr. Newcomb has a home in Louis
ville and a place at Long Branch, and is
now looking for a house in New York,
which he will make his pernament resi
dence. He is said to be largely interest
ed in the Mexican railway scheme, deals
liberally in stocks, is a “bull” in his sen
timent, and is classed among the most
skillful and successful operators in the
city. In giving Mr. Newcomb place as
the richest Southerner in New York there
are two points of doubt—first, as to
' whether Jim Keene is a Southerner, and,
second, whether his fortune is larger
than Newcomb’s. Keene went to San
Francisco from Lynchburg, Va., and I
am positively informed was born there,
of English parents. My informant is
very positive on this point, saying that
Keene told him so when he met him in
London in 1872, when Keene did not
have SSOO on earth and certainly no re
serve in heaven. At any rate, Keene is
smart enough to belong to the Southern
colony in New York, and though he
dropped over $3,000,000 in wheat in his
last deal in that useful cereal, is still
quoted at $10,000,000. It is whispered,
however, that Mr. Keene has dropped
some plump amounts in the last few
days, and it is certainly known that he
burned his fingers in a late raid on the
market. Mr. Keene has frequently mis
calculated the New York market. He
sold 10,000 shares of a single stock when
he first came here and expected to see
it drop twenty per cent. It yielded a
half cent, which it recovered at once.
“Why. in ’Frisco,” said Jim, “we would
have driven that stock out of sight.” If he
has added to the five or six millions that
be came here with he heads the Southern
ers in Gotham in point of wealth; other
wise he must give way to Newcomb,
who has been uniformly successful.
The first old veteran of them all, in
years and old fashioned reputation, is
Charles M. Fry, the President of the
Bank of New York, the oldest bank, I
believe, in the city. Mr. Fry is a Vir
ginian, and through a long life has been
distinguished for probity and high char
acter. He is a millionaire easily, and
has large, though quiet, influence. It is
a noteworthy fact that the youngest bank
President in the city is a Southerner,
Mr. James Woodward, of the Hanover
National Bank, a young Marylander,
filling this bill. He is also a director in
the Louisville and Nashville Road, and
has universal respect and confidence.
A RAILROAD MAN.
Mr. R. T. Wilson is perhaps the rich
est Southern railroad man in New York.
He is a Georgian, who was born and
reared in the “cracker” country and has
all the shrewdness that is ascribed to
that people, to which is added unusual
sagacity, broad liberal views and an iron
will. He is now in absolute control of
about 2,000 miles of railroad in the
South and is just about building two
more connections. He is President and
leading owner of the Memphis and
Charleston Line, which has a capital
record, and the stock of which is rapid
ly appreciating. Mr. Wilson's wealth
is estimated at about $3,000,000 and it is
all held well in hand—perhaps more
closely than any prominent railroad man
in the city. Mr. Wilson relies upon
earnings rather than speculation,and puts
his faith in dividends rather than in
“turns.” He is the very type of pru
dence, and commands a large following
of business investors. He thoroughly
believes in the future of the South, and
is heavily interested in its development.
His son has just married into the rich
Goelet family. Mr. C. C. Baldwin, Vice
President of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad and director in the Hanover
National and Continental Banks, is one
of the rich men of Gotham. A Mary
lander by bi.th and education, he has the
charming heartiness aud cordiality that
is blown up by the breezes of the Chesa
peake and is a great favorite. He is
worth at least two and a half millions,
and many estimate his wealth at a mil
lion more. He cleared $750,000 on a sin
gle “turn” in stock last year. He was a
large owner of Nashville and Chattanooga
stock, being the leader of the pool of
four who sold the controlling interest in
the stock of that company to the Louis
ville and Nashville Company at $1 19
when the stock was really worth about
50 cents and had probably cost Mr.
Baldwin lsss than that. The profits
taken out of this “turn” and those that
followed by Mr. Baldwin were $1,400,-
000, but he was carrying pearly half of
this for friends. He lives in style, but
without ostentation, swears by Tom
Bayard, moves rapidly and audaciously,
bleeds for the Democratic party and is
lightning on the street. Two of his
partners in the Nashville and Chatta
nooga deal are Southern men and are
very rich. V. K. Stevenson is a Ten
nesseen who gave his early life to rail
road development in his native State.
He built the Nashville and Chattanooga
Road and made a great deal of money
out of it He is worth possibly up
wards of $2,000,000 and is a careful and
successful investor. He rarely specu
lates, but is rather a believer in real es
tate. Mr. Thomas W. Evan 9, another
one of the pool, whose profit is put at
$280,000, was a small in At
lanta, a better merchant in Nashville
and as the head of Evans, Gardner &
Cos., a still better in New York. He Is a
millionaire in a free sense of the word
and knows how to save money as well as
how to make it.
NEW YORK.
A Servant Girl’s Systematic Steal
ing* from Her Employer.
Charles E. Crawford, a clerk, lives at
No. 160 First street and Morris avenue,
New York. His family consists of a
wife and a daughter thirteen years old.
On the Ist of September last, Mary Doo
ley, aged twenty, a quiet looking girl,
was employed “as house servant. She
brought good references. A month or
so after her arrival various articles be
gan to disappear- Inquiry threw no
light on the matter. Jewelry and money
next were missed. Starch was made,
and a pocket book containing $l5O, sto
len from a desk belonging to Crawford,
was found wrapped in some clothes of
Anna Louisa, his daughter. She was ac
cused, but denied the theft. Other stolen
articles were discovered in a doll’s
trunk. The child was severely punish
ed by her parents, who thought denial
added untruth to theft. They desired
her to confess, and to this end severely
chastised her to avoid a further punish
ment. The child acknowledged sho had
stolen it. The property continued to
disappear, and the child was again ac
cused. She denied, but through fear of
punishment, again confessed. In reply
to the question what she had done with
the things she takes, she said she had
destroyed them. Her parents began to
think she was of unsound mind. Physi
cians put the matter down as insanity on
the subject of stealing. The child was
watched, b.U the property continued to
disappear. Incendiarism was added to
the robberies, and the child, to avoid
chastisement for telling an untruth,
admitted guilt. The hands of the
little girl were now strapped to
her side. Still the robberies did not
cease, and another fire nearly destroyed
the house. Crawford, to prevent his
daughter injuring herself, had a belt
made, and, procuring a chain, chained
the child to the wall of the dining-room
during the day, and at night to the post
of the bed. Mary Dooley, the servant,
slept with the child to prevent her doing
herself injury. One day, in the early
part of the present month, a lady called
to see Mrs. Crawford. She placed aside
her wrappers, which consisted of a valu
able fur-lined mantle, muff and bonnet.
When she looked for them
again they were gone. A detective
found the articles concealed in the
garret. That day Anna Louise was
unchained and went about the house
with her arms bound to her sides. Be
ing threatened with punishment, she
confessed to having placed the property
where found. Her father, for some rea
son, now began to suspect his servant,
and a neighbor informed Mrs. Crawford
that Mary Dooley was dishonest. Dur
ing her absence the place where she
kept her clothes was searched,
and there carefully put away was much
of the missing property. When
Mary returned at night she was ‘met
by a detective and accused of the
thefts and having set fire to the house
on the two occasions. She confessed,
and said that the greater part of the
jewelry and valuables she had stolen
were at her home, and there they were
found. Mary was arraigned in the
the Police Court, where only the charge
of incendiarism was preferred against
her. She acknowledged the offense, and
was committed in default of $3,000 bail
to await the action of the grand jury.
“That woman,” said a detective, refer
ring to Dooley, “is the most wicked be
ing I ever saw. It brought tears to my
eyes when I saw that child chained to
the wall like a dog. I don’t see how she
could have slept with the child and lis
tened to the clank of her chains, know
ing she was the cause of it.”
The Irish Leaguers.
The New York Irish World of Mon
day printed the following: “Paris, Feb
ruary 13.—There was a full meeting
of the Land League Executive Council
to day to consult as to the future action.
Parnell presided. Arrangements were
made to carry on the work of the Land
League in all eventualities. There will
be no flinching. The organization in
Ireland is well nigh perfect, and the
people are of one mind and one spirit.
Put no faith in the ridiculous and ma
licious runcors now in circulation in
English newspapers and which may be
wired to America concerning the offi
cers of the Land League. These sto
ries are manufactured for a purpose.
Parnell returns to Parliament to op
pose the passage of the arms bill. From
thence he will proceed to Ireland. Dil
lon replaces Davit t. Numerous meet
ings are now being held in Ireland to
denounce the conduct of the government
and protest against coercion. The gov
ernment is committing blunder upon
blunder. We feel confident that the
coercion bill, when passed, will fail of
its end.”
The London Truth reminds those
alarmed at the prospect of Mr. Glad
stone’s coming legislation on the subject
of land that the Premier himself is a
landlord. Mr. Gladstone owns nearly
7,000 acres in Flint and Lancashire. In
fact, the landed interest is pretty well
represented in the Cabinet. The Duke
of Argyll owns 175,000 acres, rental
over £50,000; Lord Hartington’s father,
200,000 acres, £IBO,OOO a year; Lord
Spencer, 27,000 acres and £46,oooayear;
Lord Kimberley, 11,000 acres and £25,.
000 a year; Lord Northbrook, 10,000
acres and £12,000; Mr. Dodson, 3,000
acres and £3,500. Lord Huntly,
who has just enrolled himself in the
ranks of the administration, is lord of
90,000 acres and £27,000 a year.
—-
Fee* of Doctor*.
The fee of doctors is an item that very
many persons are interested in just at
present. We believe the schedule for visits
is $2, which would tax a man confined to
his bed for a year, and in need of a dally
visit, over SI,OOO a year for medical attend
ance alone ! And one single bottle of Hod
Bitters taken in time would save the SI,OOO
and all the year’s sickness. — Ed.
pgjimrg.
HOP BITTER^
(A Medicine, not a Drink,)
CONTAINS
HOPS, BUCHC, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION.
Aat> the Pubsst axd Best Mkdical Qr au-B
TIES OF AIA OTHER BITTERS.
THEY CURE
All Diseases ot theStomacn, Bowels, Blood,V
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner- jP
vousness, Sleeplessnessand especially n
Female Comnlaints.
siooe ami
Will be paid for a case tner will not care orß
Uelp, or for anything impure or injurious ■
I found in them.
Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and tryß
them before you sleep. Take no Other.■
D.i. C. Is an absolute and irresistible cure forfl
Drunkeness, use of opium, tobacco and |
narcotics.
wmmmm send f.ob Cucclas. vmbmbm
All aboro fold by drogglfta.
Hop Bitwr. M%. Cos., Rocbcter, N. Y.H
apl3-Tu.Th.S.wATeilv [j]
1
“forTsaleT
FA HEAD first-class MULES, sulta-
Olf ble for Planter* and
men. Having purchased the above .Tr
stock from first hands, we are pre-MMs*
pared to sell on reasonable terms. Apply to
MORAN & REILtr,
jauS-tf New street.
WUE\DDUS SUCCESS!
CONTAGIOUS!
The Sunny South falling la line with the
Snowy North ana proclaim
HERMANN!
THE WONDER OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
LINT TWO PERFORMANCES
OF THE GREAT HERRMANN, ASSISTED BY
MLLE. ADDIE
And his
EUROPEAN SPECIALTY COMPANY
GRAND SPECIAL MATINEE
THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30.
CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT, IN
CLUDING THE GREAT DECAPITATION
ACT and the BEAUTIFUL ARABIAN
DREAM by MILE. ADDIE.
Flags. Bon Bons and Candies for the little
ones at Matinee. febl9-lt
§ft
Ttie LargestJewelryHoQse
SOUTH OF NEW YORK IS
HAMILTON’S,
Where can be found the MOST VARIED
STOCK in this line on sale in any city
North, South, East or West.
A MOST MAGNIFICENT AND UNSURPASSED
ASSORTMENT
Jewelry, Watches,
DIAMONDS,
SILVERWARE
BRONZES, CLOCKS,
Minifies
OPERA GLASSES, ETC.
Strangers in the city should visit this well
known and extensive Jewelry Establishment,
COR. OF BULL AND BROUGHTON STS.
S.P. HAMILTON.
feb!9 tf
filMfil®!
PIRIE’S CREAM LAID, WOVE. IRIBH
LINEN. OVERLAND MAIL, SILVER
GRAY, ROSE TINT and COURT MOURNING
NOTE PAPERS and ENVELOPES.
LaROCHE’S ANTIQUE and QUADRILLE
PAPERS and ENVELOPES.
Latest styles of PAPETERIEB and CARDS
dk CORRESPONDENCE.
Printing of VISITING CARDS a specialty.
Five hundred pieces of NEW MUSIC at
HALF PRICE.
—AT—
SCHREINER’S.
feb!9S,W&wtf
L. F. KELSON & CO.,
176 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, QA.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
—DEALERS IH—
PURE APPLE CIDEB,
CIDER VINEGARS. PRODUCE, ETC.
feb!9 tf
CANNEDCOODS
U'RESH MACKEREL. California APRICOTS,
r SALMON. BARTLETT PEARS.
LOBSTER. EXTRA PEACHEB.
CORNED BEEF. WHITE CHERRIES.
PIG TONGUE. PINE APPLE.
BONED TURKEY. STRAWBERRIES.
BONED CHICKEN, BLUE BERRIES.
LUNCH HAM. DESSERT FRUITS.
LUNCH TONGUE. CURRANT JELLY.
KIPPERED HERRING, APPLES.
BAKED BEANS, MILK.
ASPARAGUS. ROSES.
TOMATOES, FRENCH PEAS.
BACO CORN, MUSHROOMS.
BACO SUCCOTASH, LIMA BEANS.
A. M. & C.W. WEST’S.
feb!9-tf
Newspaper Material For Sale
THE REGISTER AND STANDARD haa the
material, in good shape and condition,
used in the publication of the TALBOTTON
STANDARD, which will be sold at a bargain.
The press is a No. 5 Washington hand, com
paratively new. The office contains enough
material to publish a handsome eight column
paper. Also a good Rotary Job Press and
office. Apply to
O. D. GORMAN,
Register and Standard office, Talbotton.
feb!9 6t
Rattlesnake Watermelon Seed
—AND—
GOLDEN DENT CORN
—AT—
Osceola Butler’s Dru* Emporium.
feb!9 tf
LADIES’ AND MTBBEB’, GENTS’ AND
YOUTHS’
SHOULDER BRACES
FOR SALE AT
L. C. STRONG’S Drug Store,
febl9-tf Cor. Butt and Perry street lane.
mm*.
Wines, Wines, Wines,Etc.
A DIRECT importation from Eckel Bra,
Deidesbeim, Germany—so cases RHINE
WINE, from $7 to *3B a case.
Direct importation from Eckel ft Tafsl,
Epernay, France—so baskets of CHAMPAGNE,
from *l7 to $23: per basket. , .
25 cases of FINE 37 YEARS OLD SHERRY,
direct from Spain, Nos. 1 and 3, at *lB and *2O
P To VIRMOUTH M TORINO
6,000 Garcia ft Jauregui HAVANA INTIMI
DAD BEGARB, 5,000 Garcia ft Jauregui Ha
vana FIGAROS* BEGARB. 5.000 G. ft J. HA
VANA INFANTES, for sale at
A. Or.
£eb4 tf W BAY STREET.
Ur# .
“IPMT MICE!
I HEREWITH BEG TO INFORM THE LADIES THAT I B&YE IMPORTED
OVER 5,000 PIECES OF
lilBK EMBROIDERIES AND FIDE NBILEM
Comprlsiag CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK, SWISS and ORGANDIE EDGINGS and
INSERTIONS from
The Cheapest to the Most Costly!
In addition thereto, my agents in the Northern markets hare carefully ex
amined the stocks of the importers there of such goods, and have sent me eveiy
thing they found rare and handsome without regard to costliness. I have, further
more, made strenuous efforts to secure an
EXCEEDINGLY HANDSOME STOCK OF LACES!
And have in stock no less than 25,000 pieces, or about 1,000,000 yards, the largest
and best selected stock ever gathered together under the roof of a single retail
establishment anywhere. It has been my hobby for the last six months to show
the public what energy and brains can do, and I therefore have determined to ex
hibit these goods in such a manner that they all can be seen to advantage, and I
hereby announce that I will have
A GRAND OPENING
ON
Thursday and Friday, the 24th and 25th of This Month.
I am confident that the ladies will be delighted with the rare and novel treat I
am offering, and I assure them that I have not overdrawn the sight in store for them.
Ladies, you are herewith cordially invited to inspect these goods on the days
appointed.
DAVID WEISBEIN,
teblß N4Teltf 153 BHOUGHTON STREET.
J. E . Gr XT T MAW,
2.41 Brougtiton Street,
WILL OPEN THIS DAY NEW AND ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS IN PLAIN AND FANCY
PARASOLS, PARASOLS, PARASOLS,
THE BEST SELECTION IN THE CITY-ALL NEW GOODS.
DOMESTICS, SHIRTINGS, SHEETINGS.
A LARGE LINE OF FANCY GOODB ALWAYS IN BTOCK. COUNTRY ORDERS SOLICITED,
febia-tf
inti***.
WM. M. DAVIDSON,
158 BRYAN STREET,
Established in 1844, and Sole Agent of JOHN
GIBSON’S SON & CO.’S Celebrated
Honongahela, Wheat, Rye & Bourbon Whiskies.
I have now on hand a full line of above WHISKIES, and am prepared to sup
ply the trade at BOTTOM PRICES, either from store in the city or by direct ship
ment from Philadelphia. The house of MESSRS.
JOHN GIBSON’S SON It CO.
is too well known to comment upon, being known and rightly appreciated in
business circles throughout the length and breadth of the land.
WM. M. DAVIDSON,
dec23-tf AGENT FOR THEIR CELEBRATED WHISKIES.
dec3-d3tam£wl amtf
tototttitt and %rorigioag.
NEW goods.
THRESH ARRIVAL: BONELESS PIG FEET.
X 1 in cans: ENGLISH BRAWN, in cans;
OODFIBH BALLS, in cans: LUNCH TONGUE,
In cans; PRESERVED ORANGES.PREBERVED
LEMONS, PRESERVED FIGS, GUAVA MAR
MALADE, GUAVA JELLY. Also, 85 different
kinds of assorted BISCUITS. For sale by
C. M. & H. W. TILTON,
30 WHITAKER STREET,
feblO-tf Saussy ft Harmon’s Old Btand,
PASTRY WAPITIS I
CREAM SODA BISCUITS, RASPBERRY and
PINE APPLE DROPS. COCOA MACA
ROONS, FRENCH FINGER BIBCUITB, EGG
aad HONEY BISCUITS, CINCINNATI MKT
WURST, Sliced DRIED APPLES, new; Peeled
DRIED PEACHES, new: ROOUEFORD,
SWISS, UMBURQER, CREAM, MUNSTER,
PINE APPLE. EDAM, SAPBAGO and NEUF
CHATEL CHEESE. LOBSTERS In cans, EELS
in gelee.
For sale by
NICHOLAS LANG & BRO.,
jan2B-tf 19 BARNARD STREET.
flats.
Rnst Proof Seed Oats
OF CHOICE QUALITY, IN STORE AND TO
ARRIVE. FOR SALE BY
R. L. MERCER.
feb#-tf
SIOOO Reward
For any case of Blind. Bleeding, Itching. Ulcer
ated, or Protruding PILES that Deßlng’i
Pile Rtmtdr falls to cure. Prepared by J.
P. MILLER, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa. None
genuine without Kit signature.
declß-B,Tu£Th6m—2p
Willinmi (goods.
HARMS, DARNERS.
Darning Needles
EMBROIDERED SACKS.
SUN-BONNETS.
A SUPPLY OF ABOVE JUST RECEIVER.
SWISS CAPS.
NOTIONS IN GREAT VARIETY.
Stamping Done to Order
AT 168 BROUGHTON STREET.
MRS. K. POWER.
Jan7-tf
**'**■. I ,*-•**
D
WAGNER'S
s N %
Opposite Pulaakl Ho*s%
nov2s-tf
Fresh Flower and Garden Seeds
rpBOPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE, SANFORD’S
A LIVER INVIGORATOR, HOSTETTER’S
DRAKE'S and HOP BITTERS. In store and for
sale by
G. M. HEIDT & CO., Druggists.
febl4-tf
SEatittfl,
\ ANTED, second hand Baf
Address at once, De * B Kooa A*#
febl9 2t n n ■
0 W -Hn
XT) ANTED, a traveling
W goods. Must be ,0r
commended. Address Fancy GOo^'Ja
lillllgS
ANTED.—We desire to ">
eral agency in Savannah tR
control the sales of a staple arriM ta
feb!B-2t rect Aev^
WANTED, -
I have placed in my offle- tt ? o *Ua:
and all orders received by the
promptly filled. R. B. CASSELs
WANTED, every
to know that the finest Viev.T„ v&n h
in the South are for sale at 21 Bull ““to
posite the Screven House, “Headun.!?®*''?
Views of Southern ScenerV ” qU4n M k
ra wiUi^To
WANTED, Pianos and OrganTbwf "
repair. Rates reasonable
instruments. T. B. TURNER, 134 s£?,1 and
between Bull and Whitaker st*.
w Address *C< IsffikSs
SPAIN, Kelly’s Building, Bay
XT KIRS WANTED TEXAS Lantih
XX persons who lost relatives in thT-cf 1
revolution of 1836 will hear of
advantage by communicating with r-.J?* 1 '
BODRgUES. care of this ofl&. Sava^
tgor InTt,
TPO RENT, Store on
1 streets, near East Broad
BANK, on the premises febi^*-
RENT OR LE A.BE.
X 1 Congress streets, one store and dwelS 1
and small house attached; possession **
immediately. For all particulars
CHAS. GASSMAN or WM. SPEARS. ThEL*
bolt road. feb!s-Tu,Th,S
ffir Mt7~
TT'OR SALK.—Lot No. 11 Forsyth wanTsT
r joining Hodgson Memorial BulhWet
sale. For terms apply to R. B. REPParR' i w
70 Bay street. _ tebis'k'
JjV)R SALE.—4O BOXES FLORIDA ORaNQ^
AT
Gardners,
feblS* 3 hi Bull street
JjV)R SALE, YELLOW PINE TndCYPR^
LUMBER, by the cargo.
jnnlg-tf D. C. BACON & CO.
F)R SALE, Twelve hundred (1,200)
the best wooded lands on the C. R r q.
within two hours’ reach of Savanuah con'
taining an immense quantity erf the finm ou
hickory and Hghtwood for fuel, and pine pot
lar and white oak for lumber and au**
Same of the land will produce forty bushekof
corn per acre. Railroad depot, post, exptyjs
and telegraph offices near. Si tuation high is*
healthy. Titles perfect. Address J M \
Oliver, C. K. R., Ga febls-Tu.ThJtF6t
fpHE largest stock SEASONED FLOORING
in the city. Call and examine our stock.
aug26-tf BACON A BROOKS.
LX)R SALE.—Go to 21 Bull street, opposite
X the Bcreven House, for Ferrotypes,
Photographs. Copying and Frames Head
quarters for Views ot Southern Scenery.
J. N. WILSON, Photographer
Jan2i-N&Teltf ' v
TjV)R SALE or rent on long lease, 5 loti oi
X Anderson street, 60x105 each, fronting
south, between Drayton and Abercorn streets.
Apply 110 Broughton street. JOHN RYAN
Trustee. jan27-tf
STRAYED, on Bth Inst., a light brown Cew.
butt head, white face. A suitable reward
will be paid on her delivery to J. M. JOHN
SON, New street. febll -3t
STRAYED, on 6th instant, one dark Red Cow,
heavy with calf. Liberal reward will be
paid for her return to W. H. RAY, foot East
Broad street. febli-3t
PtereUantouis.
JOSEPH JENKS, Jk , Wolverhampton, Eng
land, manufacturer of COTTON TIES tor
the American market. Correspondence solicit
ed. Highest references given. Address until
!oth February, No. 49 Chambers street, New
York city. jan24-lm
JRvtft Railroads.
schedule; fok February.
MONDAYS. TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS,
THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
OUTW’P. | INWARD.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVS I LKAVI
SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH. ISLE OF HOPE BONTG KBI.
6:40 p. M. 8:38 a. m. 8:10 A. M.j 7:35 a.
Monday morning train for Montgomery twin
at 6:25 a. m.
Wednesdays additional train will leave city
10:25 A. h. Returning leave Montgomery
r. m , Isle of Hope 5-20.
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAY’S.
LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE I LKAVI
SAVANNAH. SAVANNAH. ISLE OF HOPK EOSTO'BT.
10:25 a. m. 8:38 a. m. 8:10 a. b 7:35 a. k.
•3:25 p. m. 1:20 p. h 12:50 p. m. 12:15 r. ■
7:00 p. m. 5:50 p. m. 5:20 p. m. 4:45 r. k
•Sundays this is the last outward train.
EDW. J. THOMAS.
febl2-tf Superintendent
etrott, <£tc.
A1 THE VlLllii
(To be continued in our Next)
THE SARAH E. DOUGLASS HAS JBST AR
RIVED FROM BARACOA. CUBA,
WITH A SPLENDID CARGO OF
RED RAIMIS
-AND
COCOANUTS!
For sale In lots to suit, at low figures, t
HEADQUARTERS
Also, In store:
\nCLLOW BANANAS. SEED POTATOES,
1 LEMONS, ORANGES, PINE APPbW
MALAGA GRAPES, CIDER.
NUTS, DRIED FRUITS. CABBAGE. , g
DeVENOGE CHAMPAGNE, FABWt°
BRANDY, injdth casks, and a fine m"
FANCY GROCERIES, FRUITS and VEOfci*
RT.EfI,
J. B. REEDV.
IMPORTER AND GBOCEB<
CORNER BAY AND WHITAKER STREETS
feb!S-tf --
o abbagE*
Fresh from the country ever}’ day.
Florida Oranges and ApP^ s '
CORN, COW PEAS. OATS. crowd®
PEAS. HAY. Virginia and Tenner
NUTS. BRAN. COCOANUTS, GRIK- M £ g,
RUBT PROOF OATS RYE, 500 b? rr f“ U
and Peerless POTATOES. OMONb.etc.,
T. P. BOND' ft
15U4 153 AND 155 BAY STREET
dec29 tf --
CRANBERRIES
-10 Barrels Cranberries-
For sale by _
c. li. GILBERT & CJ"
feb!4-tf WHOLESALE QBOCEgL
goal.
coil, COIL, COAL.
FRESH FRM THE MINES. BUITARL E F OB
STOVES, GRATES AND RANGES.
For sale by
Knickerbocker Ice and Coai Cc.
febl4-6t&Tellt BAY STgEi