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I ** fs.rannah.Ga.
po “ oiace iu
I K iler-n- <l*** *> lUer '
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I cer?ia A flairs.
’Vesseis. formerly business
I 0i^ r * Bes . i, nl ibiTß Enquirer-Sun, died
I * t *lpi-iliiMPk' 4 -
■ *es-.' - r Augusta Evening Sews, a
■ ustf** h vfc masons in Hi at city was to
I fJ* f u0 j on Tuesday.
■ s* 5 " .■'.eyief-vs passed through At
■ asjuaii ' were from Hancock
I s i ‘ aß “ ’ n ri) ute for Monroe. Four-
I Km'-)’ 4=l * .‘‘ Est , IS :on for Kansas, passed
I ** "Plants on Sunday.
■ jp-yi ( , jf, 4 .eager states that on
I aaat j. call, about seventy-
IfaW 81 ’' fl ' a ‘ jj. t , Itl me t for the purpose
Ijer 3 ' ' . Le-V’t'' auxiliary branch.
■ jfferai i iintel to report uponor-
I I r jng gentleman were
I SS-- - i,ranch: President,
I Prrsilent, Robert F. Park;
I Hugh Mebnqr:
e .■ irer, P. Fitxgeralu.
IkStttt-' ( , ieswe :-,. delivered. Prof.
I • larch, St. Pat-
I * [ rAiru** have a demonstration,
Ii u > - - appointed to make the
I L , :>a u 1 report at the next
appointed Messrs.
, iIS- m F ugeralJ, Sweeny,
I 1 ‘ ; a i -e Warner, the Phonograph
' '*. n improved, but
I*" ... j JW gome of tis friends ara
| Vn -eful than ever of his recovery,
! ti •>. series t j be little chance of
I sui s - 3 '
I ,-trr farmer-; are pliiitirg corn.
• • „e--m) man. by the name of John
iJ.-ntaJly killed in a shocking
***' • TuMiay • last week, at the saw
***, i SC K !>. nine at.d a half miles south
T- . r He was steadying a log at the
... mi his hanl slipjur. he lost his
. , h-ad being thrown forward under
T b.- wh eh it was terribly mangled, re*
ff-'-jt-un.. Carrol! county, is a regular
..... mark-t. there being a
i*.- saw mills, and about the same number
j isaci net, which make this their
• 1-re have been sold there
-cs to date over 1.500 bales of cotton.
- .-:at*-s that the dwell
aoffmi’k Williams, in that town, was burn*
(jUitweek- i; was anew fiame house and
•Xfurefched with new furniture. Nothing
If. rt?fd.
li*r - „rer-S , reports that on Monday
Ci? :.a* Harper, a colored woman, who lived
wßr Cameron's I t near St. Paul's Church,
feC v. ry suddenly. the had not been cotn
jtamgof any - sues?, and about 11 o'clock
wniei cut into the yard and fe:l, when she
aj.-ei in a few moments.”
Tie rwiaenre of Colonel T. M. Hogan, in
(tasto. narrowly escaped destruction re
astr. A terowne lamp exploded, and the
*siotr curtains and bedding caught in the
iwai where the exri >?ion happened. The
lames were at iefiy h subdued.
A! a meeting of the old “Liberty Guard,”
le iat Taylc r's Creek. Liberty county, on the
JB of February. I)r. A U. 1 aniei was elected
Rut Lieutenant nee J. >i. Carswell resigned,
udJ.J Martin elected Second Lieutenant, Sr.,
ted. The corps is command
*i yCap'ain Wm. Hugh.-s, who commanded
8 Jcrirw the war.
Atlanta Photuygraph: "X. G West, the
cner cf the Cart, rsviile and Van Wert Kail
vci.: a in’eshd several millions of dollars
Axii'.ac property in the vicinity of Cedar-
WtaA* Tima: “W* learn that tht store
fc war J.• <of Messrs. Dickerson <SC Allen,
v v fCs Mill on the Chattahoochee river, was
tti.j lestro.ve.l by tire list Saturday. The
a covered by insurance.”
AtlantaPiurnoyroM: ‘‘The Georg a Railroad
t rtpaay he, j> rrehased the oid site of Mark
tAti: s r i leg mill upon which to build the car
Bups of tire company. ‘‘
■-* P*'*yraj,h sans: “The Western and
auntie and th.- Atlanta and Charlctte Air
uaciUi.roa's riave new freight engines. Kach
■t:>.rengm-i it i- said, can pull easily thirty
breea Line cars heav.ly loaded.”
*“ e J; Oju- i. r remarks that it is, highly
block of buildings' will be
sM tn;s summer on Court street, between
- ~a Acd Howard They will be used mainly
" "Ayr Sf. c-ry an-1 commission store roonta
-'.me has long nrede-J just such house*.
Altata t‘r no.-r■: ,!, "rheOen'ral Railroad
j a : !ruc ing as Macon some elegant
' ear ' .' I*vy ure to be heated with
' "• scpp'isi with steam from theen-
P eis ■ *i U tirereftire lie of equal tempera
* lSls *“* l '“ and convenience and pleasure
“ its customers "
Jl " ", "The Youn? Alen's Library,
1... 1 t ‘; e ®i*t prominent and useful in*
vt; 1 l n . u , ni "■ was founded in February,
k- ° uu .ewtswka and a small member
u*“‘ *b career has been remark
bnanciaily and otherwise.
■i,- ' management and indefatigable
v, ‘i “ a ? a '-'l -red a large number of
roll Of members. The new
' ff ! ' ,fl mmodiousone, and is being
“ a ’Mteful y furnished ”
yo -jV '’r- 1 lf p’i gives the following
'?. tv &v * ” rohliery in the State
. ,vl- Jv ' a * v evening about half past eight
'•ieiw h" ’he family of Mr. John Kries.
f> *r , , e • vil<rre at their house on
•throw and' * h ' ;r S ! '‘ r Khwd admittance to
•p'xiSTiL oug ? ,he '“''t door, ana going
the roc.n* v* c* trunk anl contents from
Mr K-es V * ‘ r ‘ Kries, and carried it away.
,‘Y iQ iw that the house hail
v>f, - l f”’A_ur til. upon going to his room
lr>j‘ ou, id Hie trunk missing. Mr.
•tout U ",' r . - 11,1 iu greenbacks and
** fc iWatl~. silver. He estimates
1 * elates that on “Hun-
Kom. boun".' !!lal ' train on the Western
*.:::ar i-‘ r * ' iiaibu.s, ran over a negro
tad j;‘eed iier. It wa< not discovered
f-iaj t .witv m rn }P<S- when ihe train was
orr ' anJ the dead body
vuhrld, tra cx. A Coroner's inquest
*“*''*' a h- ! ' Vl>rna n's name was found
'•“.ltut v 4 ?' Sue Is supposed to have
|ktr. Mr > ,, ‘ anr f t* attached to the en
ser ?n ,J-tr- •* s stated, did not see
cti K ili 1 *;"* accident occurred about
, X ' r eair
hr.,ry..‘. , ‘y f uses says: “The largest
Chnoutoa care*' 1 trrin . that ever came to
■her *, fM , lu l| h Wednesday evening.
*ci,. r> ,u:teen freight cars, seven of
c m. *r,d.j and "‘th goano, three with
tecxrs of (, r cl ('- v Haneous freight One
toe hViv! R "r*. h * diJ P*unda. pro*
“*4eui a Georgia" tar that was ever
SJ tii- p u l;:
Wteg sown 11 '“i-efie: “The river is
iy'V’.-uxti.-,, y n dural size, and great
try a , * • il made to catch the shed
,a *ki'UT their way up the river.
‘ f t*i'hone remarks: "We no
ir-’t and ir,,-.. 'i ulirl 1,1 -* of Northern hay are
•'siorrcit. ,V . county, and tbat li.tle
J'tctsE r Lvery landing on the
"a<to-s ; ~'a r, j_h -*-ip—l with guano last
**£ inc-i' ': l '" rt r-Sun: “About twelve
from nan *ed Willis Jones es-
? ,l3 s*.i ", ' <ang at Opelika. He
" a Klull 1" Marshal at the
Tesreidav k “bt clear of the offl
■*iathw. ~J T - .however, he showed bis
,V "Serfs p, 1, „ K " 1 Wrt * immediately nabbed
i-, anl Bowen, and he how
re ’’ t '‘ s that “on
5?" *ho lit! of *- r - William M. Har
toton, wj poisoned, it is
tr.-fiir there 1 ,*,!, Tcasdale Callaway
1 -m - n t at day, and he was also
*': sever. “ The symptoms
t “‘- I ‘-iB?, s'ui st * mach and violent
critically .|,memijers of the family
*L. enrirVic '’ n “ tu iie. but by the next
*ilvaia t, , , lU ~‘ som “ P<i sonoui weed.”
Sy* a Jkq“Some two or three
m? r ; Hoov Hh,w ln ’ “* med Co*er. killed a
i^a l - y t c - uff ’ la the upper edge of this
fesß t t". 1 l i“y ,'yurte county line. Mr.
landing f r^i. C , o ' terin charge of a Jo* of
t , bped aboa r ,i .\ steamboat, while he
htonsS^ r onto wl,h instructions to
fcj 8 *? Cofc.. r w^ moTe ati y article until he
the re * ular cmploy
leifal ~,? °z aer ot the wharf,
ffVth* pu(jL todT ,„ (rf th ‘t goods landed
ua tU regularly delivered.
W* s f 4lß e Oai£?i w Bato *’ absence, and
2* to t*t. re m°u*trances, under-
Mr bJ°<U, rer^Jf** 300 ot some of
nd stated to the
good, i!or i s r * wero,or 1,0 one to
unui he came back out of
Sanvannah morning News
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
the boat, and, upon seeing the negro assume
a threatening defiance. Coker drew his pistol
and insisted upon the observance of his in
structions from Mr. Bates, and, upon being at
tacked by the negro, Coker shot and lolled
him. The people who were present regard? and
it as an act of self-de'ense, but Coker left for
South Carolina, and it is rumored that he was
pursued by a band of colored men the next
day, and was murdered by them near Brown's
Ferry, in South Carolina.’*
Buena Vista Anju;: "Messrs. Richard Webb
and John Harris, who live In the western part
of the >untv, near McLaughlin's mill, went
to Box Springs. On the way home they fell
2? t — and r ° u kßt. The resuit was. Richard
Webb was cut across the temple, one shoulder
and back. The wound is not likely to prove
fatal.”
The Greensboro Herald relates that a resi
dent of that town has a fowl that is an vvelty
among the feathered tribe. It is half wild turkey
and half guinea. In the noise it makes, its
*h&pe, size and locks, it part ikes as much of
the nature and properties of the one as the
other. It Is unmistakably either a guinea-tur
key or a turkey-guinea.”
A special dispatch to the Columbus Enqui
rer-Sun on Monday, which was sent out to the
press at large, gave a brief statement of the
wreck of a sleeper on the Mobile and Mont
gomery Road. The sleeper In question was
attached to the regular train from Atlanta on
Saturday. A party who left Columbus Satur
day, it was feared were victims of the acci
dent The Enquirer-Sun thus accounts for
their good luck: “Saturday afternoon a happy
pair boarded th* sleeper ‘Lavaca’ for New Or-
I- ana. Among the others were Mr. Gunby Jor
dan and bride, who were accompanied as far
as Opelika by their attendants. On the way
to Opelika one of the attendants presented the
bride and groom with a neatly arranged pack
age. The package, on being opened and the
roles of tissue paper therein unfolded, an old
worn out, rusty shoe came to light. The shoe
was suspended over the seat occupied by the
bridal pair, and beneath the shoe was hung a
rabbit foot. On changing cars at Opelika these
omens of good luck were taken down; the bride
put the rabbit foot in her pocket, and one of
the fair bridesmaids, who had beien left be
hind. hurled the old shoe at the departing
train. The shoe landed on the rear platform
of the car. The above is a sequel to show the
reason that the Columbus sleeper escaped the
accident.” A dispatch from a passenger on
the wrecked sleeper, to the Phonograph,
states that none of the injured sustaioid se
rious hurts.
Greensboro Herald-. “A little negro child,
five or six vears old—Nelly Nesbit—on the
plantation of Mrs. 8. Phelps, in this cunty,
was burned to death a few nights ago. It was
left by its mother alone in tha house for a
short time, when it caught fire, from the effects
of which death soon ensued.”
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: “Monday morn
ing Broad street was made lively by the run
ning away of a horse attached to an express
wagon. He became frightened near Hoch
sDasaer's corner and ran down the street.
Striking a tree, the wagon was overturned and
the driver thrown out. The animal then being
released from the wagon, ran down the side
walk, causing a stampede among pedestrians.”
The Enquirer-Sun gives the follow ing details
in regard to a costly fire near that city:
“Monday about noon the elegant residence of
Mr. Wiley Abercrombie, located about six
miles from the city on the Mobile and Girard
Railroad, was entirely destroyed by fire. Tbe
s ore room first caught, and when discovered
was under such headway as to be beyond all
control. The flames were communicated to
the house, and both were totally consumed
Tbe house was some distance from the
kitchen, and most of the furniture was taken
from the building. The residence was a very
flue one, costing ? 10.000 when first erected. It
was insured for St,TOO. but this will not cover
the leases sustained.”
Columbus Enquirer Sun: “A short time
vince a negro named Johnson broke into the
house of Mr. William Byrd, at Smith's Statiou,
end sto'.e a revolver, some clothing, and other
things The burglar went to Opelika, where
he sold the pistol for seventy-five cents and
took the train for Atlanta. At-Weat Poiut a
search was instituted for him, but he was har
bored bv the porter of the sleeper, and thus
eluded them Mr. Byrd followed him to At
lanta, and with the a‘d of the policemen suc
ceeded. not onlv in capturing Johnson, buta'so
la recoverirg the stolen goods. The negro
was brought back to Opelika and lodged in
j lit to await his trial.”
The Buena V.sta Argue relates a surprising
occurrence that happened in that neighbor
hood recently. A colored boy In the employ
of Mr. T. L. Rogers wai returning from Geneva
with a loaded wagon. When abcut two miles
from that place he came upon a man going
towards Marion. Without asking permission
the stranger mounted noon the wagon, very
much to the surprise of the dt iver.who did not
like the authority he as*umed, tut said noth
ing to him. After riding on a piece this fellow
ordered the driver to stop and take out one of
his mules, whi :h, of course, be refused to do.
whereupon he got off the wagon and stopped
the team himself. The driver, a mere
boy, picked up a stick and shosed a
and sposition to resist such an imposition, w hen
the rascal ttabbed tbe boy with a knife just
undt r the jawbone. The n: an seemed f. ighten
en at what he had done and ran off. The
driver took out his mules and then started
back to a house where he could get the flow of
blood stopped. On learning of what had oc
curred. two or three colored men with wagons
on behind ran forward and found the wagon
snd team gone, but on following tbe tracks In
the woods, found the team ana the would be
owner halted in the woods some two hundred
yards from the road. They took charge of the
man and guarded him until Mr. Rogers arriv
ed. A | Utol could be seen ia his pocket, but
he made no resistance. When Mr. Rogers ar
rived the fellow told a pitiful tale about being
led astray, and was allowed to go ftee.”
South Carolina Notts.
Darlington has double the number of bar
rooms that Florence has, with less than half
the population.
The fly that was so destructive to wheat and
oats last year in Chester and York counties
still lives, notwithstanding the severe weather
of the past two months.
Work on the Atlantic and French Broad
Valley Railroad in Williamston township is
progressing finely. A section of three miles
will be fluished by Saturday night.
Captain N. K. Sullivan, of Anderson, fell
dead from heart disease on the 22d. He was
more familiarly known as “JJim,” and was sn
excellent man and a gallant officer of Orr’s
Rifies during the war.
Abe Beeks, colored, 15 or 18 years of age.was
committed to jail at Anderson on Sunday,
after a preliminary trial, charged with the
burning of the stables an J bam of Mr. B. W.
Duckworth, of Williamston Township, last
week.
Thirty eight persons have been granted cer
tificates to teach free schools in Clarendon j
county bv the board of examiners and one re
jected. There are now 24 white and 14 colored
teachers.
There have been eighteen or twenty resi
dences, one church, three school houses and
five r r six store-rooms built in Anderson dur
ing the past year.
Such has been the severity of the winter that
large numbers of cattle aud hogs in Colleton
are dying of disease induced Irom exposure
and neglect.' The deer in the ranges of coun
try where there are large swamps are dying
of some unknown disease.
Win. H. White, w ho on a few occasions has
been appointed a special United States Mar
shal, was arrested last Saturday on a charge
of retailing liquor contrary to the laws of the
Uni ed States, and in default of bail was com
nutted to jail at Yorkville by United States
Commissioner Latimer to await a preliminary
hearing,
D. L. Martin and W. 8. Martin, who claimed
to be Atlanta drummers, tried to leave a beard
ing house m Greenville the other day without
paying their board They lowered their val
ises U> the ground by a rope, locked the door
of the room and went out of the back window,
but were arrested by the police and forced to
settle their bills.
The Colleton planters are very backward in
their preparations for another crop. The cot
ton planters are at least one month behind
their usual progress at this season of the year.
The rice planters, although they have haa a
miserable time .are pushing things right ahead.
Labor is scarce in Kershaw.
Over one hundred liens were filed in the
clerk's office at Camden on last Tuesday.
Mr. Brasington’s store at Camden was bro
ken into last week and forty dollars’ worth of
bacon and tobacco stolen.
Louis Barton, colored, forged an order for
ten dollars on Mr. J. M. Williams, of Camden,
last week, and got the money. He fired two
shots at a policeman who attempted to arrest
him and escaped.
The bam and stables of Mr. C. D. C. Adams,
of Bamberg, Barnwell county, were burned by
en incendiary on Tuesday morning, about 4
o’clock.
The Graham Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
of Barnwell, bought for its members this
‘•priug six handled tons of various kinds of
' fertilisers, at a cash outlay of $15,000, and sav
ing to the community about f 3,000,
While the Barnwell train was crossing Toby’s
creek one day last wetk, Felix, a colored
brakeman, lost his footing on a fltt car. and
fell to the bottom of the trestle, a distance of
twenty-eight feet. He was unhurt,
More mules and horses have been sold in
Barnwell county on a credit this year than
during any previous year in ten.
The director* of the Canada Pacific
Railway met at Montreal Thursday,
when five million dollars of stock re
quired to be subscribed by the terms of
the charter were immediately subscribed,
and thirty per cent, thereof paid in, and
one million dollars required to be paid
by the government as security for the
performance of the contract, was de
posited in the Bank of Montreal to the
credit of the Finance Minister,at Ottawa.
Officers were elected, and the company
was fully organized.
Shrewdness stud Ability.
Hop Bitters, so freely advertised In all the
papers, secular and religious, are having a
large sale, and are supplanting all other
medicines. There Is no denying the virtues
of the Hop plant, and the proprietors of
these shown great shrewdness
and ability In compounding a Bitters whose
virtues are so palpable to every ones ob
servation.— Exchange.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
THE FUNDING BILL GOES TO
THE PRESIDENT.
Will tbe President Veto ItT-A Sup
plementary Bill Passed by tbe
Hoove Amending tbe measure—
The Last of the Appropriation
Bills Through the House—The
Sundry Civil Bill Amended and
Passed by the Senate.
HOYS* PROCEEDINGS.
ashington, March 2.—The House met
at tea o’clock in continuation of Tuesday’s
session.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, demanded the
previous question on his motion to concur
in Senate amendment sixteen to the
funding bill. This is the Kirkwood amend
ment authorizing public subscriptions for
the bonds and notes provided for in the bill.
There being no quorum present, a call of
the House was ordered on motion of Mr.
Conger, of Michigan. One hundred and
twenty-five members responded on this call,
which was less than a quorum, and then
Mr. Tucker moved to dispense with further
proceedings under the call.
Mr. Conger demanded the yeas and nays,
which resulted yeas 158, nays 13. 8o fur
ther proceedings were dispensed with.
Mr. Tucker then yielded to Mr. McMahon,
who reported back from the Appropriation
Committee the deficiency appropriation bill,
; and moved to suspend the rules and put it
upon its passage.
The reading of the bill was not com
pleted until 12 o’clock.
Mr. Hisccck, of New York, a member of
the Committee on Appropriations, criticised
the bill, which was chiefly remarkable in
that lu which it was deficient. The estl- '
mates for the Internal Revenue Bureau
were $300,000 in excess of the amount ap
propriated in the bill, and tbe apppropria
tion for the public printing was $700,000
less than should have been allowed.
The Attorney General has submitted esti
mat'S of SIOO,OOO to pay special deputy
marshals, which bad not been ailowed by
i the committee. He had hoped that the
Democratic party would have settled its
: debts before it went out of power.
Mr. McMahon replied to the criticisms
upon the bill end some discussion followed,
at the end of which Mr. McMahon’s motion
was agreed to, the rules were suspended*
and the deficiency bill, the last of the appro
priation bills, was passed.
Consideration of the funding bill was im
mediately resumed, the question being on
: ordering the previous question on the mo
tion to concur in Senate amendment six
teen,
A large majority of the Republicans
! refrained from voting, but enough cast
their votes to make a quorum, and the main
question was ordered—yeas 134, nays 25.
The question then recut red on concurring
! in the amendment., and on division the Re
publicans refrained from voting, and left
the House without a quorum.
After further delay the sixteenth Senate
amendment was concurred in—yeas 146,
I nays 16.
The next question was on the twenty fifth
Senate amendment, which is to insert the
word “Temporarily” in the fourth section,
which authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to use $50,000,000 in coin in the
redemption of five and six per cent, bonds.
The Senate amendment (25th) was then
concurred in.
The next amendment was that fixing the
i time a ter which three per cent, bonds shall
‘ be the only bonds receivable as security for
! nations bank circulation, etc., viz , at the
1-t of July.
To this Mr. Conger offered his amend
! ment fixing the date at the first of Septem
ber, and striking out the clause repealing
I section 4 of tbe act of the 30th June, 1874.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, reserved all
’ points of order, and.tben one hour was al
lowed for debate.
A discussion of some length followed as
to the question whether the fifth section of
the pending bill, known as the Carlisle
amendment, had the effect of repealing the
law under which national banks seeking to
close up their business could deposit lawful
mor ey and withdraw their bonds.
Mr. Carlisle, the author of the section,
maintained that it did not have such an
effect.
Mr. Frye insisted that any purport of the
flfieth section should be so expressed as to
leave no ground for possible doubt as to Its
meauieg.
Mr. Carlisle, in closing the debate, said
the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Frye)
would not take the responsibility of ex
pressing bis opinion that the fifth section
took away from the banks desiring to close
up their business the right to do eo by
depositing legal money and withdrawing
their bonds. There were, however, honest
apprehensions to that effect in the minds of
some people, and he proposed to remove
them by a supplementary bill.
He would move to euspend tbe rales and
pass the bill making it perfectly clear that
tbe author of the fifth section never intend
ed to interfere with tbe right of a national
bank that wanted, in good faith, to retire
front business to deposit legal money and
withdraw its bond3. There were now three
ways in which a hank could retire its circu
lation—by buying its own notes; by placing
on deposit with the Treasury a reserve
fund to be used in the redemption of Its
notes, and by depositing legal moneys That
right of tbe DaDks it was not proposed to
touch: if the banks wanted more than that,
i he was not in favor of giving them more,
i [Applause on tbe Democratic side ]
The debate being closed, Mr. Springer
, raised the point of order on Mr. Couger’s
amendment that it applied to matter in
the bill which had Dot been amended by the
Senate.
After some discussion, however, Mr.
Springer withdrew his point of order, and a
vote being taken on Mr. Couger’s amend
ment, t was rejected —yeas 117, nays 132.
The Senate amendment was then con
curred in, fixing the date at July Ist.
This was the last Senate amendment, and
then Mr. Tucker, under the instructions of
the Committee of Ways and Means, offered
the amendment known as the McKinley
amendment, providing that nothing in this
act shall be construed as repealine, modify
ing or affecting sections 5320, 5221, 5222,
5333 and 5224 of the Revised Statutes.
This was rejected—yeas 114, nays 27.
This was tbe last amendment, and the
vote leaves the Senate amendments all con-
I curred in without change. The bill, after
being enrolled and signed by the Speaker,
goes to the President for his action.
Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky then move to sus
pend the rales and put on its passage the
bill amending the funding bill just agreed
to. It contains all the amendments pro
posed by the Committee of Ways and
Means, including the McKinley amend
ment.
The demand for the suspension of the
rules was seconded —142 to 11.
After some further discussion the rules
were suspended and the bill passed, no
division being taken.
The Speaker laid before tbe House the
enrolled funding bill and it was signed by
bitn, The House then adjourned.
SENATE PBOCEEDINOS.
In tbe Senate, the credentials of Samuel
Beil Maxey, re-elected Senator from Texas,
were presented by Mr. Coke, which were
read and filed. After disposing of business
or no epecial interest the Benatetook up the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr. Beck, who reported the bill, explained
the items of increase made by the Senate
committee, premising as follows:
The amount of the bill, as passed by the
House, was about $30,720,000, and the total,
as now reported to the Benate,>aa $22,-
840 000, the Senate having added $2,119,000
I IThe aggregate of the bill was $390,000 less
than the estimates, or $324,000 in excess of
the total of the appropriations for the cur
rent fiscal year. Among the Items of In
crease made bv the Senate committee are
$75 000 for anew revenue steamer for the
Gulf coast; $50,000 more to the National
Board of Health; $75,000 for the Pensacola
navy yard; $175,000 for the Arctic search
expedition; $175,000 for the purchase of
lands from the Creek nation for the use of
the Bemlnoles, and Items for buildings at
Annapolis and Norfolk.
In the committee of the whole the bill
was read and tbe amendments of the Senate
committee acted upon as reached.
Tbe amendments having been agreed to
with but few exceptions, on which separate
votes were reserved, and the bill gone
through with, JMr. lUvard, by in stoic
tion of the Finance Committee, moved to
amend by adding the following as an addi
tional section: _ . _
That the Secretary of the Treasury may,
at anv time, apply the surplus money In the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so
mueh thereof as he may consider proper, to
[he purchase of United States bonds, pro
vided that the bonds so Purchased or re
deemed shall constitute no part of the sink
ing fund, but shall be cancelled.
The amendment was adopted without de
bate or objection, Mr. Bayard casually re
marking, in reply to Mr. Logan and Mr.
McDonald, that without this proton the
Secretary could not extend his purchases Be
yond the requirements of the sinking fund,
Ind that it would apply to any bonds the
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1881.
payment of which was optional with the
government.
The amendment to reimburse the Presi
dent for the amount paid for expenses of
the Louisiana (McVeagh) Commission of
April, 1877, $3,950 73, upon which a sepa
rate vote bad been requested by Mr. Conk
ling, was considered, and, after a long dis
cussion, was laid on the table with only one
dissecting vote.
Mr. Hoar introduced and had read by the
Clerk an amendment, intended to be pro- j
posed to the deficiency appropriation bill,
embodying the substantial features of the
3 per cent, refunding bill, without the com
pulsory fifth cection and other extraneous
matters.
Mr. Hoar asked and obtained unanimous
consent to permit bis proposition to go to
the Finance Committee, and that the prohi
bition of the rule, so far as It would prevent
its being offered in the Senate, should be
waived.
The sundry civil bill was then proceeded
with. The next amendment ot the com
mittee upon which a vote had been re
served, was one appropriating $20,000 for the
purchase of tbe private papers of tbe late
Confederate Generals Braxton Bragg and
Leonidas Polk, relative to the war of the
rebellion.
After Borne discussion the amendment
was tabled.
Mr. Morgan moved an amendment ap
propriating $25,000 for the expenses of the
embassv to the Government of Mexico.
Agreed to.
A number of amendments were offered,
discussed and tabled. Tbe bill was finally
reported to the Senate as amended, and read
a third time and passed. The funding bill
was received from the House and signed by
the Vice President. The Senate then ad
journed.
TUB SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BILL.
The following are the provisions of the
supplemental funding bill passed by the
House to day. Section one provides that the
last sentence of the funding bill shall read
as follows:
“It shall be the duty of the Secretary of
the Treasury, under such rules and regula
tions as he may prescribe, to authorize
public subscriptions, at not less than par,
to be received at depositories of the United !
States, and at all national banks and ,
sueh other banks as he may !
designate, for the bonds and for '
Treasury notes herein provided for, for
thirty days before he shall contract for or
award any portion of said bonds or Treasury
notes to any syndicate of individuals or
bankers, or otherwise than under sueh
public subscriptions, and if It shall
happen that more than the entire
amount of the 6aid bonds and
j Treasury notes, or of either
I of them, has been subscribed within said
i thirty days, he shall award the full amount
subscribed tp all persons who 6hall have
made bona fide subscriptions in the order
of time of subscriptions at rates most ad- i
| vantageons to the United States.”
Section two amends section four of the
| same bill, so as to authorize the Secretary
| of the Treasury to use, from time to time,
! not exceeding fifty million dollars at any
i one time of standard gold and silver coin in
the Treasury, for the purposes mentioned in i
! taid section.
Section 3 amends section 5 of the funding
bill by adding thereto the following: “And
| provided further, that nothing in this act
I shall be so cor strued as to repeal, modify
i or in any manner affect sections 5220, 5221,
5222, 5223Jand 5221 of the Revised Statutes.”
MR. HAYES AND THE FUNDING BILL.
The opinion eeeros to prevail generally
j throughout the city to-night that the Presi
dent will veto the funding bill which passed
the House to-day.
TERRIFIC TEMPEST.
| The Fiercest Gale Kyer Known
There Experienced In the North*
east.
St. John, N. 8., March 2—A violent rain
storm, accompanied by a heavy wind, be
; gan on Monday evening, and still prevails
with unabated force. At times the wind
blew over forty miles an hour. Within
twenty-four hours three and a half inches of
rain fell on the level. The entertainment
last evening had to be postponed on account
of the weather. The Boston steamer due
yesterday afternoon, will only arrive to day,
having laid up at Portland.
St. John’s, N. F., March 2 —The schoon
er Romo drifted from her moorings and be
came a total wreck. Every boat in the har
bor was destroyed in the gale.which was the
worst for sixty years. It is feared that the
brigantines Margaret and Branca, hence to
ports in the Mediterranean, have
been lost with all hands. They
have been sixtv days out. The body of
Paymaster Baughman of the American war
ship Alliance, who was interred here last
summer, was exhumed yesterday and put
on board the U. S. steamer Yantic, which
intended to leave this morning, but during
the night the harbor was packed with drift
ice and navigation completely stopped.
Halifax, N. S., March 2— A heavy south
east gale began early yesterday morning,
and continued all day. A tremendous sea
was raised in the harbor, but no damage
has been reported.
A BIG GRAiii MOVE.
What the St. Louis, New Orleans and
Liverpool Blspatcb Company Will
80.
St. Louis, March 2.—A corporation has
been organized here called the St. Louis,
New Orleans and Forelgu Dispatch Com
pany, the purpose of which U to forward in
bulk, grain and all kind* of produce
and merchandise from St. Louis to Liver
pool and other foreign ports. Through
bills of lading will be given
here on all freights destined for Europe.
The barge lines between here and New Or
leans will be used to convey grain in bulk,
and tbe Anchor Line of steamers for trans
portation of oiher freight. Through bills
of lading will also be given at
European ports on all merchandise
destined for St. Louis. B. W. Lewis, former
President of the St. Louis, Kansas City and
Northern Railroad, is President of the com
pany, W. M. Stmuels, a prominent mer
chant, Vice President, James P. Bull,
one of the oldest and most expe
rienc and transportation men of the
city, General Manager, and a number of
solid business men are in the directory.
The company will have offices in New Or
leans, Liverpool and several continental
cities, and will commence operations In a
very short time.
A CAPITOL IN ASHES.
The State House at St. Paul Burn
ed-Valuable Libraries Destroyed—
Narrow Escapes of Legislators.
Bt. Paul, Minn., March 2 —Last
night while both houses of the Le
gislature were in session, an alarm of
fire sounded, which startled the members
from their seats. Rushing from the chambers,
they were confronted with falling firebrands
from tbe dome of tbe capltol, which was
already ablaze. The hook and ladder com
pany, with headquarters near by, hurried to
the scene, and with the aid of their
ladders the members all escaped.
Some of them were slightly singed.
The building burned rapidly to the ground,
entailing a loss io the State of over sioo,ooo
for the structure, and the loss of the His
torical and Bupreme Court library, a
much greater loss because they cannot
be restored. The records were all saved,
however, as they were In vaults. One of
tbe vaults contained over $2,000,000 of State
trust bonds, which are saved. The Legis
lature has but two days to sit, and Market
Hall is being fitted up for their accommo
dation. There is no Insurance.
Decision lor the Arlington Bluff
Company.
New York, March 2.— ln the action of
George McCord against the Arlington Bluff
Association of Florida, Isaac M. Ward
and Wo. Matthews, Judge Blatchford
handed down hia decision to-day,
In the U. 8. Circuit Court, in which he says
he does not think tbe plaintiff has such
standing In court as a stockholder as to ena
ble him, under the settled rule In such
cases, to call Ward and Matthews to ac
count as trustees in respect to the property
of the corporation. Tlifc hIR does not allege
sufficient ground for a suit by the plaintiff,
and the charge of fraud against Matthews
and Ward is not made out. The court,
therefore, dismissed the bill with costs to
Ward and Matthews.
—
A Charleston Bark's mishaps.
London, March 2-—The bark Maggie
Horton arrived at Marseilles on the 26th
ult. from Charleston. She had heavy
weather and sprang a leak. She was coixj
pelled to j :ttiscne part of her cargo.
A matter of choice—Whether to suffer un -
interruptedly with a cough, or to invest %
cents for a bottle of Dr. Bail’s Cough Syrup
and cure it. mh9 It
AN APPALLING DISASTER.
A DOUBLE RAILROAD WRECK
IN MISSOURI.
Four Passenger Cars Thrown From
the Track—The Wrecking Train
Plunges Through a Bridge—Many
Killed and Wounded.
W T ashington, D. C , March 2.—A special
from St. Louis says a west bound passenger
train from Chicago on tbe Hannibal and
8t Joseph Road was thrown from the track
yesterday near Macon, Mo., and four cars
were completely wrecked. A number of
passengers were killed and injured.
In response to a telegram, a wrecking
train was immediately dispatched from
Brookfield, but while it was crossing Bridle
creek bridge, that structure gave way and
the whole train was precipitated into the
creek. Every person on the train was more
or less injured, and several killed.
In about two hours a second wrecking
train was sent to the scene of the disaster,
and about 10 o’clock returned with the kill
ed and wounded. The killed so far as
known number eight and the wounded
about twenty.
Cincinnati, March 2.—lnformation re
ceived here regarding the wreck yesterday
on the Hannibal and St. Joe Railroad is
very meagre. A dispatch from Kansas City
says there was great excitement at Brook
field, as ail the men on tbe wrecking train
lived there, and when the relief train ar
rived a great crowd had congregated at the
depot, and the scene was heartrending.
Another wrecking train with bridge car
penters was sent from Kansas City. W. 8.
Hallet., of the killed, was the bridge in
spector of the road. General Manager Car
son, General Superintendent Woodward and
other officers of the road went to the
wreck, and did and are doing all in their
power tc relieve the suffering of the wound
ed and to restore the road to running or
der.
TRIALS
Tbe Coercion Bill Receives the
Royal Sanction—Parnell Hasten*
lug Back—Arrests Threatened In
Cork Justin McCarthy's Be*
spouse.
London, March 2. —ln the House of Lords
to-day the protection bill formally received
the R'yal sanction.
In the House of Commons to day the dc
ba‘e on the second reading of the arms bill
was adjourned till to morrow. The debate
had been confined almost entirely to the
Irish members.
Cobk, March 2. —Two Dublin detectives
have been here during tbe past fortnight
watehing the Fenians, with the view to
making arrests when the coercion bill be
comes a law.
A list of names of Land Leaguers recently
prepared by tbe local authorities, has been
returned from Dublin in a revised form.
There was a conference of constabulary
officers this morning and numerous arrests
are expected immediately.
Mr. Justin McCarthy, temporary Home
Rule leader, replying to a letter from Mr.
MacDonald, Liberal member of Parliament,
advising the Irish party if there is to be no
more coercion to endeavor to expedite the
land legislature and extension of franchise,
stated that the Irish members of the House
of Commons have no choice of action for
the present, and have only coercion to deal
with aud to oppose.
Paris, March 2.—Mr. Parnell will leave
here for London to morrow morning and
will be in attendance in the House of Com
mons the 6ame evening.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Marked by Reactions and Closing at
a Recovery.
New York, March 2. —The stock market
opened irregular, but soon became weak
and the general list declined to 3 per
cent., while Hannibal and St. Joejpreferred
fell off 4%. At the first board Nashville
and Chattanooga, which had early
declined 3, advanced 5 per cent,
reacted recovered 2% and
closed at a reaction of 2 per cent. During
tbe afternoon speculation waa somewhat ir
regular, the fluctuations beiug comparative
ly slight, but in the late dealings a firmer
tons prevailed, and the market closed at a
recovery of from to 1% per cent., in
which Hannibal and St. Joe, iron Mountain,
Delaware and Hudson, Reading and St.
Paul were most conspicuous. Transactions
aggregated 380,000 shares.
Weather Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, March 2 —lndications for Thurs
day:
In the South Atlantic States,clear weather,
followed by increasing cloudiness, variable
shifting to easterly winds, lower barometer,
stationary or lower temperature In the south
ern part.
In the East Gulf States, fair weather,
southwesterly winds, falling possibly fol
lowed by rising barometer, stationary or
higher temperature.
In the West Gulf States, clear weather,
followed lu Texas by increasing cloudiness
and occasional rain, colder nortwesterly,
rising barometer, succeeded in tbe south
westerly part by southerly winds and nearly
stationary barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, cloudy
or partly cloudy weather, succeeded In tbe
southern part by clear weather, northwest to
northeast winds, higher temperature, sta
lionary or lower barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, increas
ing cloudiness and occasional rain or snow,
warmer easterly winds, falling barometer,
generally followed by winds, shifting to
cold northerly, with rising barometer.
Shot by Her Husband.
Galveston, March 2.—Last night just as
the Momus procession was passing the
English Kitchen, two shots rang out, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Percival, the proprietress of
tbe kitchen, fell, shot through tbe lungs
and mortally wounded. The shot was fired
bv her divorced husband, Richard Stevens.
He acknowledged to the police that he had
gone to the place with the deliberate inten
tion of killing his wife.
Tbe Cost oi De Lesoeps' Scheme.
London, March dispatch from
Pari6 to the Times says the second consti
tutive meeting of the Panama Canal Com
pany will be held ou Thursday. M. de Les
seps will read another report, stating that
there are 102,230 shareholders, that the
canal will certainly be finished in 1838, and
that recent investigations reduce its total
estimated cost to 512,000,0001.
Baltimore will llecelve the "Over
flow."
Baltimore, March 3.—The hotels here
have made arrangements to accommodate
persons visiting Washington on inaugura
tion day who may be nnable to obtain quar
ters in that city on Friday night. Trains
between Washington and Baltimore will
run every half hour each way on that day
from four o’clock a. m. until midnight.
Colored Military off tor the Inau
guration.
Petersburg, Va., March 2.—The colored
battallion of this city, consis tog of the
Petersburg Blues and tbe Flipper Guards,
under the command of Col. J. 11. Hill, leave
to-morrow afternoon for Washington to
take part In the inauguration ceremonies.
Large numbers of citizens leave at tbe same
time to be present at the ceremonies.
*>-•—<
An Escaped Negro Convict Shot.
New Orleans, March 2.—A dispatch to
the Democrat from Floyd, La., via Delhi,
says that Sheriff Bradley and a posse at
tempted to arrest Willis Hopkins, colored,
an escaped convict, when the latter opened
fire on the posse, who returned the fire aud,
Hopkins was mortally wounded.
Mardl eras In Galveston.
Galveston, March 2.— The Mardi Graz
procession last evening was a grand success.
The streets were literally thronged with
eager crowds. It is estimated that over
10,000 visitors were In the city. One woman
was shot and one man run over by the
street cars. Both are expected to die.
Run Over by a Street Car. 1
Galvbston, March 2 —Last night an aged
lady,named Mrs. Burgoyne.was accidentally
run over by a street car. Her son was on
the car at the time. She had been viewing
the Momus procession, and, It is presumed,
fainted upon the track.
Lost with all Hands.
Bt. John’s, N. F., March 2.—lt has Just
been ascertained that the three-masted
schooner Irving G. Hall, hence to Cape
Breton, was lost, with all her crew, nine in
number, at Flower Cove, on the 3d ult.
P #i ■e ' '■■mi— ■! m
Gentlemen extravagantly praise the Cuti
cura Medicinal Shaving Soap.
BOEB AND BRITON.
Fht Boer Clalm-"Llberty with
Peace"—General Oolley'a Body Re
stored—General Roberts Bn Route
for the Cape.
London, March 2. —The Standard cor
respondent at Prospect Hill, who was taken
prisoner and released by the Boers, reports
that he had an interview with
Jonbert, the Boer commandant, who
complaint of General Colley for bringing on
a battle when peace negotiations were pro
ceeding, and said the Boers were prepared
for peace only on the basis of liberty. An
officer, an Irish renegade, was with Joubert,
and appeared to be his confidential adviser.
A dispatch from Mount Prospect says
tbe Boers have carried the body of General
Coliev into their laager and sent word that
they will surrender it as soon as desired. A
party has accordingly been dispatched to
bring the remains to camp. The Boers have
taken firm possession of Spitzkop.
In addition to the reinforcements already
announced for Natal from the East and
West Indies, Gibralter and Malta, the 10th,
26th and 41st regiments of foot will be
sent from the Mtditerrracean. This will
increase the force in Natal by five thousand
men.
General Roberts will succeed t-o all the
political offices formerly held by General
Colley. He will leave London to-morrow,
embark at Dartmouth on Friday, and ex
pects to reach Durban on tbe 18th inat.
General Roberts will be accompanied by
several officers who were with him in his
Afghan campaign.
Major General Newdtgate, who was promi
nent In tbe Zulu war, will command a
brigade.
The vessel conveying General Roberts to
the Cape will also take several doctors of
the Dutch Red Cross Society. Two cavalry
regiments are preparing to start for the
Cape.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from
Mount Prospect, dated Tuesday, 6ays:
“The body of General Colley has been
brought into camp and formally identified.
The remains will be burled in a few hours
with full honors.”
Durban, March 2.—A dispatch from
Bloenfontein reports that the Boers have
telegraphed President Brand, of the Orange
Free States, that they have taken a camp
of soldiers and several officers prisoners.
The announcement of the appointment of
Gen. Bir Frederick Roberts to succeed the
late General Colley caused great satisfac
tion here.
A LESSON TO YOUNG MEN.
Sketch of a Georgia Railroad Ex
pert.
Editor Morning Newe: Among those who
have “illustrated” our State by their practical
achievements in the various mechanical indus
tries of the period, the name of George H. Ila
zlehurst. Esq , stands prominently forth
Born at Brunswick (with whose history he Is
so largely identified) in 1824, at an early age
he was sent North to school at an institution
in the vicinity of Philadelphia. There, pursu
ing his studies for six years, at fifteen he was
entered at Trinity College, Hartford, Connec
ticut, joining the junior class, and graduating
at seventeen, in 1842 returned to Georgia. Two
years afterwards, or in 1844, we find him be
ginning his railroad career as a chain carrier
in the government survey of South Florida.
Two vears did he serve in the mire and morasses
ot the Everglades, until exchanging his posi
tion for that of rodman in 1846, in the construc
tion of the Macon and Western Railroad, start
ing at Lovejoy’s Station. Soon, however, he
was promoted to be Chief Engineer on the sur
vey of the road from Bamesville to Columbus.
From thence he went upon the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad as resident engineer
under Mr. C. Mercer Garnett, rent lining in that
position for five years, or until 1852, when the
first passenger train ran through from Nash
vi'le to Murfreesboro, Tenn.
We next find young Hazlehurst filling the
important duties of chief engineer in the sur
vey of the road from Nashville to the Missis
sippi river, commonly known as the Nashville
ana Northwestern Road, one hundred and
ighty miles in length.
Next, he surveyed a branch road from Tulla
homa to McMinnville, Tenn., and afterwards
served aa principal assistant engineer on the
New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad, 600 miles long, which was surveyed
and located. The charge was then given him
of the lower division of that road (207 miles),
which he completed in April, 1858. Mr. Hazle
hurst then assumed the direction of the rail
road in process of construction from Vicks
burg to Meridian, and prosecuted the work to
its completion within a short distance of the
latter place. He now concluded to make a
professional tour abroad, and spent six months
tn the study of the railroad system of the Con
tinent of Europe, and a careful examination
of its coal and iron districts, rolling mills, etc.
During these investigations, hundreds of miles
were traversed on foot.
In 1859 he returned to Georgia and was im
mediately put in charge, as Chief Engineer of
the Macon and Augusta Road, and iu 1861 was
appointed to the same office on the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad. When forced to sus
pend operations by the breaking out of hostili
ties, like a true patriot he at once entered the
army, and served on General Hardee’s staff,
upon the engineer corps, in all the fights from
Dalton to Jonesboro. He was afterwards de
tailed upon special duty by Gen. Hood, and was
present in the closing batlle of the war in Geor
gia, at Columbus, being quite near CoL C.
A F. Lamar when he fell
The subsequent career of Mr. Hazlehurst
as the popular President of the Macon and Au
gusta, and Macon and Brunswick Railroads, is
too familiar to all to require any mention here,
He possesses in a large degree the esteem and
confidence of tbe public as an executive officer
and practical railroad expert. Moreover, the
youth c f the country would do well to point the
moral of his success and learn what industry,
sobriety and integrity can accomp’ish. From
a chain carrier in the swamps of Florida,
working at twelve dollars per month, step by
step he rose to be the President of two great
roads, with a salary of eight thousand dollars
per annum. Owing to declining health he has
been forced to return to private life. These
facts have been gathered from a reliable source,
and are simply given as items of general inter
est. Georgia has cause to be proud of such a
son. H. H. J.
Life in tiie Southwest
The history of the long pending prose
cution of Andrew T. Walker and Jeff
Black, for the murder of Green Butler,
in Galveston county, Texas, in 1872,
furnishes a not very creditable commen
tary upon the administration of justice
in that State. Butler, who was a stock
raiser and a popular rqau, Wdß sitting on
the piazza in front of his house after
dusk. A party of horsemen rode up
and asked for suppfer. While the stock
raiser was opening the gate to let them
in one of the parly discharged a rifle or
pistol at him. The party then rode
quickly away. Butler retained con
sciousness long enough to say that
by the flash of the powder he
had recognized Andrew T. Walker
as the assassin, and this was cor
roborated by the testimony of a negro
boy in tbe murdered man’s employ, who
happened to be riding by at the moment.
There seems, indeed, to have been no
doubt about Walker’s guilt. He as prin
cipal and Black as accessory were in
dicted and brought to trial, and both
were promptly found guilty by the jury.
They appealed and obtained anew trial.
Again they were tried, again convicted,
and again anew trial was ordered. This
process was repeated three times, extend
ing from first to last over a period of
seven years. Then, on a fourth trial,
Black was arraigned alone and acquitted,
but he narrowly escaped being shot
down as he was leaving the court room,
and a sanguinary fight in the streets be
tween his friends and foes was with dif
ficulty averted. Walker escaped from
prison last month. -That event will, it is
thought, end the prosecution, which
seems to have exhausted the energies of
all concerned in it.
Two aristocratic beauties of the Span
ish colony in Paris, the Countess Mul
tedo and Senorita Penedo, had a narrow
escape from being suffocated by natural
flowers in their hair and the trimming
of their ball dresses as they were return
ing home from Queen Isabella’s last
soiree in a closely shut up carriage.
The flowers were profusely employed in
garlands. The ladies for some time
phatted gayly. One of them then be
came silent, and then the other. Count
Multedo, who was with them, grew
alarmed when neither of them replied to
observations he made and questions he
put, and all the more so that he felt op
pressed by the perfume of the flowers.
When he caused the carriage to stop
and opened the window, he found them
insensible, but they soon recovered when
taken into tbe air. They, however,
caught a severe cold from the sudden
exposure.
A Noted French Statesman Dead.
London, March 2.—The death is an
nounced of Mr. Drouyn de V Huys, a well
known French statesman, Minister of For
eign Affaire under the republic and again
under tbe empire. He was lu hia seventy
slxth year.
TALLAHASSEE AFFAIRS.
THE LEGISLATURE HURRYING
UP BUSINESS.
The Bill railing a Constitutional
Convention—An Important mea
sure What tbe ITT adl son Affair
Cost In Dollars and Cente— Appro
priations—Colonel Morgan—A Sol
dier and the Son of a Soldier.
Tallahassee, March 2. The Senate
passed the several constitutional amend
ments and a number of minor bills. The
bill for the assessment and collection of
revenue was aiso passed. A large quantity
of routine work was accomplished.
The Assembly committee to investigate
the charges against Judge Randall are ex
pected to report in the morning.
The following confirmations were made :
W. P. McLean to be Bheriff and J. L. Bow
en, Collector for Walton county; W. J. Wil
liams to be Collector for Santa Rosa county;
W. R. Moses to be Assessor for Brevard
county; N. L. McPhall to be Assessor for
Liberty county.
The Immigration bill was lost in tbe As
sembly. The bill establishing an Agricul
tural Bureau was laid ou the table in the
Assembly.
Tallahassee, March I.—The bill enabling the
people of Florida to declare whether they will
meet in convention to revise the existing con
stitution, to elect delegates thereto, to flk the
time and place of such convention and the
compensation of its delegates and officers, and
also for a subsequent election to ratify or re
ject such revised constitution, passed the Sen
ate yesterday by a vote of seventeen to eight
A brilliant and effective speech was made in
its favor by Mr. Mallory, of Pensacola. A large
number of the members participated in the
debate. As the subject was one of great im
portance I enclose the bill in full.
“Whereas, It is a fundamental principle of
republican governments that all governments
and constitutions originate with the people, and
may by like authoriiy be revised or changed;
and that it is not within the power of the peo
ple, even for themselves, to surrender this
right, much less to surrender it for those who
are to succeed them; and that, therefore,
the provisions of the constitution of
1868, so far as they may be construed
as attempting to limit or restrict or
control the exercise of this right, are simply
void; and whereas, said constitution contains
no prohibition of a constitutional convention
at any other time than designated in section 2
of article 17, by reason whereof the time therein
mentioned is directory and not mandatory;
and whereat, we believe the interests of the
people require its revision, and that they
should have an opportunity of expressing their
will in relation thereto and of electing dele
gates to revise the same, should such be their
pleasure; therefore.
“Thepeople of the State of Florida,reprcsent
ed inSenate arid Assembly do enact as follows:
“Section 1. That on the first Tuesday of Oc
tober, A. D. 1881, there shall be held an election
for the purpose of enabling the qualified elec-
I tors of this State, acting for the people
| thereof, to determine whether a constitu
tional convention to revise the constitution
of Florida shall be convened, and to elect
delegates to such convention, provided
they determine by their votes it shall be con
vened. The ballots to be used at sad election,
besides designating the persons voted for as
such delegates, shall contain the words ‘con
vention’ or ‘no convention,’ the word ‘conven
tion’ signifying that the elector favors a con
stitutional convention under the provisions
hereof, and the words ’no convention’ signify
ing that he is opposed to such convention; but
in all other respects the ballots shall conform
to the existing laws of this State. .
“Sec. 2. That the electors for each county
shall elect as many delegates to said constitu
tional convention as such county has members
of the Assembly in this Legislature, and they
shall besides vote for sixteen other persons to
represent the Btate at large in said convention,
and the qualifications of said delegates shall
be the same as are required for members of
the Legislature.
“Sec. 3. That if a majority of the ballots cast
at the election provided for in the first section
hereof contains the words * No Convention,’
the Governor shall so proclaim, and no con
stitutional convention shall be held under the
provisions of this act; but if a majority of such
ballots contained the words • Conven
tion ’ the Governor shall so proclaim,
and the delegates elected shall assem
ble in the hail of the Assembly in the
State capitol on the first Tuesday of December,
and the Secretary of Stake shall then call the
roll of the delegates so elected, who shall there
upon proceed to organize said convention, elect
the officers thereof aod adopt rules for its gov
ernment and to protect it from contempt,
“Sec. 4, That the said delegates shall be al
lowed the same mileage as the members of
this Legislature, and three dollars a day for
twenty days, and no greater compensation
than such per diem shall be allowed to any
officer of such convention.
“Sec. 5. That after such convention shall
have framed and adopted a constitution the
same shall be deposi'ed in the office of the
Secretary of State, and it shall be published as
said convention shall direct, and at such time
as said convention shall fix, there shall be held
an election for the purpose of ratifying
or rejecting said constitution. AU
ballots for ratification shall contain the
word ‘Ratified,’ and all ballots for rejec
tion shall contain tbe word ‘Rejected.’ As the
majority of said ballots shall be for ratification
or rejection, so shall the Governor proclaim,
and if the majority be for ratification then such
constitution shall be deemed to have been
established on the day of its ratification as the
constitui iOD of the State of Florida.
“Sec. 6. That all laws or parts of laws,
civil or criminal, regulating or m anywise
relating to the election of members of the Leg
islature and other State officers, shall apply to
and be considered to embrace the elections re
quired to be held under this act; and also to
all matters and things which the constitution
framed by the said constitutional convention
shall require to be submitted to the people at
the election to be held for the ratification or
rejection of said constitution.”
Tbe cost to the State of suppressing the riot
and keeping ihe peace in Madison county
amounted to $1,552 45. and that sum has been
appropriated for the purpose, to be paid upon
vouchers signed by the Adjutant General.
The principal appropriations for the present
year are as follows:
For salaries of the Executive Department,
$18,0U0; for salaries of the Judicial Depart
ment, $45,073; contingent expenses Supreme
Court. $2,000; for jurors and witnesses, $55,000;
for expenses, assessing and collecting revenue,
$20,000; for repairs and insurance of capitol,
fuel, garden, etc., $2,00); for contingent fund
of tho State, $2,C00; for per diem and mileage
for members of the Legislature, $43,919 90: for
pay of officers and attaches of the Legislature,
$7,785. The above does not include various
smaller amounts for different purposes, or the
cost of the public printing.
The appropriations for 1882 are similar, omit
ting those connected with the session of the
Legislature.
Colonel A. G. Morgan, member of the Assem
bly from Clay county, is a first cousin of the
famous General John 11. Morgan, of Kentucky.
He is a great favorite in the Legislature and
very popular in his county.
His father. Colonel A. G. Morgan, served
through the Indian war in this State, and in
consideration of the services rendered he was
presented by his command with a handsome
silver pitcher, bearing the following inscrip
tion:
: PRESENTED TO
COL. A. G. MORGAN :
: By the remaining Spies of his Battalion, :
: As an evidence of our high regard
: for him as a
: Gallant Soldier and a Man. j
; and of our Gratitude to him for his :
: Many Kindnesses and his devotion to us :
and our Corps during ;
: our Campaigns in Florida,
i New Orleans, 22d February. 1838. ;
Okeechobee, 25th Dec., 188*.
; “MORGAN’S SPIES.”
and twelve silver goblets. He afterwards
served in the Mexican war, and fell at the bat
tle of Buena Vista.
The subject of our sketch was born at
Lexington, Kentucky, in the very heart of the
Blue Grass region, and married the daughter
of Colonel Thos. A. Russell, who served in the
war of 1812. Her grandfather on her mother’s
side was Governor of Kentucxy for eight years.
Ha served during the Confederate war on
the staff of the great Guerilla warrior, Gen.
Jno. H. Morgan, and accompanied him on his
famous rai t through Ohio. After the war he
disposed of his farm in Kentucky and engaged
in the hemp manufacture.
Owing to the ill health of his wife he found
It necessary to remove to Florida.
Mrs. Morgan accompanied her husband dur
ing his campaigns, and was captured and held
for nearly a year as a prisoner. Her graceful
and graphic letters to the Louisville Courier-
Journal, descriptive of Florida, have been
widely copied.
Col. Morgan is a gentleman of fine address
and social temperament,and enjoys the esteem
of a large circie of fneuds and acquaintances.
W. H. B.
The propheoy falsely imputed to
Mother Shipton, that the world will
come to an end this year, was firmly be
lieved by Emma Vandersmucker, of
Bucles, Ohio, and it made her insane.
She went to religious meetings, and elo
quently exhorted the people to prepare
for the great event. She moved her
hearers greatly, and in one night twenty
of them became converts to Christianity,
Pastor Hadden says that, knowing the
tirl's lunacy, he w'as ia doubt what to
o, but concluded to let her go on, and
a tremendous revival is the consequence.
W. L Blair, Danville, Va., says: “I have
long suffered from Torpor of the liver and
Dyspepsia, and have tried almost every
thing, but never derived half the benefit
that I have from Tutt’a Pills. I recommend
them to all who are afflicted with Dvspep
sia, Sick Headache or Biliousness. Know
ing Dr. Tutt personally, it gives me pleasure
to add my testimony to the merits of his
pills,”
ESTABLISHED 1850.
THE TIRE FIEND.
Destruction of the Hotel at Port
Royal, S. C., and of the Court
Hon* at Beaafert, 8. C.—Narrow
Escape or Two Hen Prom tlie
Flames.
BnAcroßT, S. C., March I.—This day will long
i he remembered in the staid town of Beaufort.
It seemed as though some fire fiend had
plucked a burning brand and cast it into the
midst of our people. Hardly had the excite
ment incident to the fire at Port Royal died
away ere the whole town was aatir by the
alarm which told of a fire in our very midst.
The facts concerning these visitations are
about as follows:
The hotel at Port Royal, a building costing
about $7,C00, was the property of Mr. D. F.
Appleton, cf New York (who is largely inter
ested in real estate in that town). It had Just
been placed under new management, that of
Sir. Frank Smith, and promised to be a lucra
tive business. About two o’clock this morn
ing the flames were seen issuing from one of
the bedrooms, and steps were immediately
taken to extinguish the fire, but without avail,
for very soon the entire building was in flames,
and all hope of saving any part was given up.
The wind was blowing a terrific gale,
and in Ihe direction, too, of a num
ber of small wooden buildings, four of
which had just been completed. Under
the circumstances, without a fire apparatus,
any idea of fighting the destructive element
appeared useless. But the stout yeomanry
ac Port Royal went Into the battle with bared
arms, and succeeded, after feats of dauntless
courage, in confining the fire to the hotel,
which alone was totally consumed. When the
alarm reached Beaufort, the Ore department
here took immediate steps to aid their sister
town, but their services were not called into
requisition. The hotel is said to have been
fully insured.
Of course, this event gave food for conver
sation tills morning in Beaufort circles, until
about 12 o’clock, when the alarm was sounded
of a fire here. This proceeded from the court
house, a building at the extreme west end of
the town. It was built in ante-bellum times by
a Mr. Barnwell and a Mr. Cuthbert as a resi
dence. It was a double house of brick, of im
posing appearance, and splendidly finished
in mohogany and cypress. After the evil days
of confiscation it passed into the hands of the
county, and was remodeled as a court home
and as offices for the various county officers.
Within its wails were contained all of the im
portant documents and papers of the State
and county. It is thought that one of the
chimneys was defective, and that from this a
spark got into the space between the ceilings
of the upper rooms and the roof. The
first intimation of the conflagration was smoke
issuing from the eaves on the east angle,
which was quickly followed by tongues of
flame. A* first, few supposed it would he seri
ous, but nevertheless, the officials began re
moving the valuables submitted to their charge.
In this they were aided bv everyone who ap
peared, some colored women working like Tro
jans in carrying the furniture, etc., from the
Auditors office to a place of safety. Ihe
engines were soon upou the ground, but even
the first-class steamer posstssed by the town
could not prevent the entire destruction of this
valuable piece of property. To add greatly to the
genei al excitement was the fear that a few
bold men who hid made their way to the roof
through tne man-hole would pay the forfeit of
their life for their undertaking. Getting some
distance from the mau-hole, how surprised
they were may be imagined when they turned
and found the place of exit surrounded by the
devouring flames. Mr. L. B. Gallagher, the
mate of the United States ship New Hamp
shire, stationed in this harbor, who was one of
the party, and who had made superhuman ef
forts to fight the fire, burst through the flames,
calling at the same time to his companions,
and descended the scuttle amidst the very fire,
apparently. His two co-laborers, Mick Mehan,
our well known detective, and Aaron Middle
ton. a colored man, were left upon the roof.
They made their way to the extreme west of
the building, the only portion througli which
the flames did not appear. It was a terrible
sight to behold these two strong men near fifty
feet from the ground, without a piece of rope
even, and threatened with death every moment
by the bursting out of the fire through the roof.
The shed was so hot they had to keep in
constant motion. At last Middleton made his
way to the chimney and broke off a piece of
the rotten lightning conductor, and to this
a rope was attached from one of the upper
windows. Then a rope was sent up by this
means from the ground and passed around
the chimney, and the men descended and were
taken into one of the windows by Mr. Galla
gher. They appeared much exhausted by their
exertions. The wind then rose to a perfect fury,
carrying the cinders from the falling roof to
huildings three and four hundred yards away,
setting them afire. All the citizens turned
out to battle with the fire fiend, and it was
only by the greatest presence of mind that the
entire town was not destroyed. The stores
were all closed, and young and old, male and
female, hastened to the scene. The court
house building cruld hardly be rebuilt for l-ss
than $15,001, and I learn it was not insured.
The fire department and many citizens will
guard the town to-night. The paper- and
books were all saved, but I fear they are badly
mixed.
The little son of one of our citizens was badly
bitten by a dog on Monday. The animal was
slain. S. H. R.
LETTER FROM LIBERTY COUNTY.
A Liberty County Village—Celebra
tion of Washington’* Birthday—
Instructive Sunday School Lee*
tures Backwardness of Cotton
Work—The Crop Prospect.
Taylor's Creek, Liberty County. Geobqia,
February 28.— Editor Morning News: You
having invited your subscribers to write for
the Morning News, I thought it might be of in
terest to your readers to see something from
this part of Liberty county. Taylor’s Creek is
about eleven miles from Mclntosh, Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway, and between
Taylor’s and Cannouchee creeks. We have an
academy, two churches and two stores. The
school is taught by Mr. J. M. Mills, and at pres
ent is in a very good condition. 1 think Mr.
Mills a very good teacher. Mr. William Bradly
and Mr. McGillis are the merchants. We are
so near Savannah that the merchants do not
do as good business as otherwise they might.
The twenty-second was celebrated at this
place. The Liberty Guards, Captain William
Hughes, were out in force. Several members
of the company were with it through the war.
After the drill the company and the citizens re
paired to the Baptist Church, when they were
addressed by Rev. Mr. McMichael, of the South
Georgia Conference. After the address all were
invited to dinner. The people seemed to enjoy
themselves, and from the satisfied expression
of their faces after dinner, I imagined that no
one had any complaint to make. In the evening
a fine pair of cavalry spurs were offered for the
most successful competitor for the block and
ring. Mr. Win, Floyd won the spurs.
On Wednesday, Rev. R. M. Lockwood, Sun
day School Secretary of the South Georgia
Conference, commenced a series of lectures
in ihe Methodist Church. He illustrated these
lectures with a large double stereo-panopticon,
the pictures taken from scenes in the Holy
Lana, and others illustrating the life of Christ,
were fine, and I think very Instructive. These
lectures are given expressly for the benefit of
Sunday schools.
The farmers do not seem to be as forward
with their work as they were last year. I
think this is owing to the continued rains that
; we have had. The oat orop was injured by the
severe cold. It is the opinion of some that the
crop will be very short. lam fearful that the
fruit crop will be short also, from the fact tlie
trees are blooming so early that I fear the cold
will kill them before spring opens. 8.
There are now in the United States
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LUDDEN & BATES’
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE!
OUR NEW YORK BRANCH.
SAVANNAH residents who have for the past
season missed the presence of Mr. W.
LUDDEN, our Senior Partner, from his accus
tomed place in our warerooms, may have
thought that he had in part or wholly with
drawn his interest In the business.
Certain parties who are considerably exer
cised about our business have circulated re-,
ports to that effect.
For the information of the first named, and
to allay the generous (?) solicitude of the latter
we will state: That Mr. LUDDEN’S connec
tion with our firm has in no wise been changed,
and his absence from Savannah is entirely in
our interest.
The increasing business of our house, and
the great difficulty experienced In the past
two years in getting Pianos and Organs from
the factories as fast as we needed them, ren
dered it necessary for us to have a resident
Northern buyer who, being right on the
ground, could secure for us every advantage
which could be obtained by Northern competi
tors.
We have accordingly located Mr. I.UDDKN
permanently in New York city, in charge of
our New York Branch Office, at 21 East 14tb
street, where he is engaged in buying, selling
and renting Pianos and Organs, Writing ana
Compiling Music Books, superintending our
Music Publishing Department, and editing
‘ The Southern Musical Journal.” He is also
making a specialty of selecting and purchasing
Pianos, Organs, Church Pipe Organs or Musi
cal Instruments of any kind for those who
specially desire the benefit of his professional
experience and judgment.
The New York Branch has proved a most
valuable auxiliary to our business, and enables
us to meet the wants of our patrons far better
than ever before. We propose to enlarge and
develop it, and eventuallv to establish in the
great metropolis a Music House which shall
rank with any in the United States.
The general management of our Savannah
House is now. as it has been for years, wit h our
Mr. J. A. BATES. Tlie Junior Partner. Mr. T.
J. ELMORE, has sole charge of the office and
all financial matters.
With three active partners, whose ability in
their special departments is proved by the re
markable success of the House; with a New
York Branch House, and flourishing Branch
Houses in Augusta, Atlanta, Macon, Ga.,
Greenville, S. C., Charlotte, N. C., Selma, AJa.,
Jacksonville and Pensacola, Fla., all under one
management, we believe ourselves now in bet
ter shape to supply the Southern Music trade
than ever betore. and can guarantee our
patrons greater inducements than can be else
where extended.
With our sincere thanks to the generous pub
lic which has given us such a magnificent sup
port, wo respectfully ask Us continuance, and
piedge ourselves to each and every patron,
“FULL MEASURE. PRESSED DOWN AND
RUNNING OVER.”
LUDDEN A BATES.
Savannah, Ga.
March 1,1881. feb2B-M,Thjfcwtf
£atiauri!,
E.L.NEIDLOGEB
DEALER IN ,
Saddles, Bridles and Harness.
Buggy Harnoss
Of all descriptions.
S A D D Ii B s,
English and American, Northern and Home
manufacture.
Trunks and Traveling Bags,
RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING.
Prices as low as the lowest. C. O. D. orders
carefully filled.
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ISO St. Julian and 153 Bryan street*.
Savannah, Ga.
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BaVANN ui, Florida and Western R’r Cos ,1
GLvE.ttL Passenger Department, v
Savannah, Ga., March 2,1881. )
ON and after March 3d, 1881, until further
notice, the rate of passage fare on this
line will be three cents per mile. Children be
tween 5 and 12 years half rates.
The minimum full rate will be as cents. The
minimum half rate will be 15 cents.
Passengers who do not purchase tickets from
the Station Agents will be charged four cents
per J AS. L. TAYLOR,
tuh3-2t Gen. Pass. Agent,
-j-rT It once, and you will esteem it
highly as a sate and effective remedy.