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KIVUt OF TIME, OR THE
* LONG AbO.
BY W. P. TAYLOR.
r f ii .--ream is the river of time,
!’/- through the realms of tears,
v- .|bss rhythm and musical rhyme,
I 1 ..... - *eep and a surge sublime
M. ", j.. ,:h the ocean of years.
* nrers are drifting like flakes of
p uir
- miners life** bu*s between;
i* ' y.ar is the shea', so they come and
.- breast with its ebb and its flow,
[C tll> . shadow and sheen.
,ina. r al isle up the river of time,
--t of airs are playing;
Vi,.’’ .<skr and a tropical climo
' as as a vesper chime.
o with the rotes are staying.
li“
, jj W : the isle is “the long ago,”
*, , r |. ; v our treasures there;
c ‘ ... ..vs of beauty aud bosoms of
ip
’ f . a( ,s of dust, but we love them so;
* ev ire trinkets and tresses of liair.
„ Kt fragments of songs that nobody
kji part of an infant's prayer;
Vs afire uuswept, and a harp without
~ tea vows and pieces of rings,
- :i- 1 irments that she used to wear.
... Bre hands that waved when the fairy
e •iu rage is lifted in a'r:
and , . ,;ime hear through the turbulent
p,- .s we heard in days gone before,
r. :L h- wind dowu the river is fair.
wrc-iilered for aye be the blessed isle,
i jays of our life till night—
t-e evening comes with its beautiful
,< - rye- are closing to slumber awhile,
jo ihi; 'Greeuwooi of soul" be in sight.
Georgia Affairs.
i, :• chatined with her new water
’- "i ci- works are now turning out
o.ai blocks of one hundred and fifty
[-.j., :n ev--y respect as good s the natu
. - Iji-: year the blocks weighed only
icy pounds.
J&sitttea have teen appointed and ar
ik rents are being made fortheentertain
£ if the .National Educational Convention
and the State Teachers Association These
: - nidi hold sessions in Atlanta, beginning
su Av afternoon Jeff. Williamson, the nine
c-jid -n of Thomas J. Williamson, of
was drowned in the Oostanaula river,
fcout swimming.
sse P‘ ft App*al learns that the old Hayden
; - r , i, M irietta street, Atlanta, is to be
'-•ted into a large hotel in time t j accom
fee i.e visitors to the Cotton Exposition.
*o. Fay dt Eichberg are the architects. It
a ‘err good location, and to judge from
if the draw ings will be a very attrac
'and imposing building.
r J. L Miller has disposed of his interest
a rr.ffiu .Von to his former partner, Mr.
L Siles.
i of the young men of Greene county who
tel down the river in a canoe, about six
ids ago, to try the novel business of trap
: beavers, returned home last week. He
rts a successful and pleasant voyage, his
if the skins nett ng sruo. The trap
had several narrow escapes from being
fr Hardy, of Laurens county, reports to
F an Gazette that he has lost neai\y two
> 1 head of sheep recently, which were
: >y dogs. Three curs recently attacked
cs and killed thirty head. They were
Ached, however, but attacked their pur
i&nd were ki.ied with difflculty.
nee thriving city of Oglethorpe is tak
® new life, tjuite a building boom pre
* M utnuma Weekly reports that peaches
ripening rapidly in that section, an 1 tha 1
n-.rket will soon be well supplied.
. r has be°n circulated in Macon that
k !y of a colored woman was found in the
f swamp a few days ago, in a briar patch,
t-dy was of a color almost resembling
s. It was supposed that she had been
uor bitten bv snakes, from the fact that a
w r uf -nates were found in the neighbor
1* Americas Recorder states that four years
| Judge D. B. Harrel, of Webster, paid
Mthree dollars for twenty-one sheep.
*time he has sold two hundred and
■: dollars worth of wool, eighty dollars
r -ii of sheep, ate a dr*en, gave away as
L ; m re. and has sixty-seven head on hand.
*K besides, that the manure fully pays
®eir wintering.
** right last week in Lahlonega some par
>exploded a pound or two of powder near
- -F- st F'hur. h which made the noise of a
61 Mr. Hope was awakened and went to
r-.-y -:i '-and found Dr. Jones’ horse
i"-eer. He and several others made
ist i at inc“. The horse was tracked to
* Asberry's mill in White county,
thitt took to the woods with the
rifthe horse mufflod. A number of citi
htiied in a general search, which resulted
- vpture of the horse near by in a dense
'fethed and well fed. The thief had fled
‘*snot discovered.
1 Meeting of the citizens of Schley county
• held on Saturday for the purpose of dis
*-? the matter of tue new railroad to
B,r ’cu J and to elect delegates to the convea
- riuch meets in Americus oa the 14 h.
* ilowicg named gentlemen were appoint-
M the Chair to represent the interests of
in the convention: Capt. Robert Bur
-IJr J A. Parks and Dr. W. J. Sears.
"trrai Robert Toombs lectured in Colum
‘soeday night to quite a large audience.
, his famous “Magna Charta”
-'Columbus Times reports that Mrs. J. J.
of Macon, met with a most painful
‘" a! on the steamer Rebecca Everingham
, While the boat was coming up
*• ‘‘vlow Bainbridgc, it became neces
• some reason, for Mrs. Flanders to
-l n a camp s'ool, and while in this
, stool turned over and she fell to
, " x ‘ r - breaking her arm just above the
* r Mitchell, of Eufaula, was on board
; wounded limb and rendered all the
wedica! aid. She suffered intensely,
' ll of the boat and a number of ladies
*'fe on board.
- -ay ,a-t week near Senoia, a negro man
with two white men about a
'l*-a of com owned by thejnegro. Each of
’fee men offered him twenty five dollars
** hatch, which price the negro refused to
biir.n? the conversation Mr. Hensler
*^ n P. and upon being told what had
remarked that three fools had me*,
replied; “I think I hare as much
s* you have.” From this a quarrel en
*rich brought on a difflculty, in which
r *oeived a Uck, from which the doc
i I wiu die. He has not spoken since
"ted the wound.
lbe Tax Collector of Worth
•!■ Heni 7 Rouse, deposited the pub
ti3 Possession as Tax Collector In
&t A ‘oany, receiving in return a
Some time since the check
I. ‘ ‘ au * mistake had been made in writ*
t-, and tha' Mr. Rouse had depoai
• three thousand dollars. The latter
f 'sterts that the check is correctly exe
***** he iovned over to the bank
“•--aud dollars, the amount named in
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
the check. The matter wUI be taken to the
courts for adjustment. Mr. Rouse is a gentle
man of unexceptional character and high
standing, and his bondsmen, Messrs. Jas. M.
Rouse, S. M. Hunt. Thomas Harris, and John
B. Odom, will contest the matter to the
end.
The Americus Recorder reports that while
returning front Americus, Mr. J. B. Rouse and
his daughter. Miss Maggie, met with a serious
accident. One side of the buggy body gave
way, precipitating both to the ground, the
wheel running over aai badly bruising Mr.
Rouse, and the fall dislocating the left arm
and shoulder of the lady. Mr. Monroe Hardin
found the horse a mile distant; went in search
and found both lying upon the ground. Dr.
Westerbrook was called in, and the patients
are doing welL
Speaking of the consolidation of the Georgia
Western and the Atlanta and Alabama rail
roads, under the title of the Georgia Paciflc.in
the interest of the Richmond and Danville the
Constitution, remarks: “While General
Gordon a original stockholders were strong
enough to push this road through of them
selves, while the Richmond and Danville was
strong enough to have built an Individual line
for itself, and while Atlanta would have liked
to haTe had two roads to the coal fields, and
both would probably hav been dividend
payers, we can best think that the combina
tion of these two forces is a good thing for all
concerned. Atlanta will get a well budt and
finely equipped road to the coal fields and be
yond, as fast as money can build it.”
The Atlanta Constitution rep >rts that on
one of its representatives asking President
Berry, of the Atlanta and West Point Road,
whether there was any water in the stock of
that corporation, w hich recently declared a
scrip dividend of l(ju per cent., that gentleman
replied, “No, sir. There is no water in it. It is
the best Jersey milk and with plenty of butter
in it. We simply wanted to let the holders cf
the stock know what it is reatly worth so that
none of them could sell uader a misapprehen
sion of the value of their stock. We have not
placed any fictitious value on the stock. We
are supposed to be well acquainted with the
condition of the road, and it is nothing but
right that we should give the benefit of that
knowledge to the stockholders. In issuing the
debenture certificates to the amount of the
original value of the stock we simply express
its value and will continue in future to pay our
re- uiar semi annual 4 per cent, dividend in ad
dition to the 8 per cent., which these bonds
wiil bear for the stockholders. There is no
w..ter in it. You see the road has earned this
money, and the increased value of its stock
belongs to the stockholders. There is no rea
son why we shout 1 not tell them of it and give
it to them.”
Lublin Gazette: “Last Thursday morning
we saw in front of this office and surrounding i
the store of Jones & Cos., nineteen wagons and
carts We paid close attention to this, and
saw the nineteen wagons carry off Western |
corn bought on a credit. The Colville arrived
the previous evening, with nearly its entire
cargo compose lof corn Such was never seen
in this coun'y before.and it must surely lead to
something bad. There will be more broken
farmers in this county this fall than she has
ever witnessed.”
Cuthbert correspondence Atlanta Constitu
tion: “At the public discussion of the ’fence
or no fen e’ question, quite a number of the
be--t farmers and most substantial men of the
county were present, and the oiscussion was
entered into by several of them. Most of the
speakers, in fact all except ene, favored ’no
fence,’ and many good arguments were brought
forward to substantiate their position. It was
shown that there was enough fencing in Ran
dolph county to feuce in and connect the capi
tal at Washing’on with Randolph county, and
that there was enough rails in this county to
build a fence from Savannah to San Francisco
and back; that the aggregate value of the
fencing was worth s7ou,oou. and th tt it cost
s7').ol>J annually to keep the fences in repair.
When this amount is contrasted with the aggre
gate value of stock in the county which is
estimated at S;SU,OCO, it will be readily seen
that it will be true economy to abolish the
fences and adopt a better method of providing
for the stock. The question v, ill doubtless be
fore long be submitted to a vote of the county,
and from the present indications the fences
will be abolished.”
Noticing the June number of the S ’uthern
Farmer's Monthly the Montezuma Weekly
says; “This magazine has grown to be one of
the most popular iu the Southern States, and
is before us, containing its usual amount of
interesting reading matter to direct the poor
farmer The current number contains an in
teresting ‘History of the Georgia State Agri
cultural Society,” by Malcolm Johnson. The
Farmer's Monthly will be sent to any address
for two and ollarg a year, postage paid. ’ Address
J. H. Estlll Savannah, Ua.”
An ex-soldier, writing from Macon, Ga, to
tlio Chicago Tribune of Andersonville pjison,
says: “The former strong walls of upright pine
posts are rabidly decaying, and in m ost places
a ridge of rotten wood is the only sign remain
ing of the once fonnidab’e barricades. Young
oaks ail i pines have sprung up rapidly since
the war. and many of them have attained a
height of fifteen or twenty feet. The numerous
wells dug ny the prisoners for water still exi-t.
The caves and burroughs which they dug for
shelter have mostly been changed into slight
furrows or ridgis by the wear and
tear of tim£. The memorable ‘Provi
dence spring,' at the foot of the hill,
which suddenly burst out one night in the
midst of a very dry time, when the prisoners
were praying for water, still ex sts; its cool
clear waters tre the sweetest and freshest to
be found in all that region. It is a matter of
romance that the main part of this historic
ground is now owned by a colored man who
was a former s'.ave in that vicinity. He is a
very intelligent and industrious mulatto,
named G. W. Kennedy. He bought four hun
dred and fifty acres, including about two-thirds
of the stockade, for twelve hundred dollars.
When I was there, a few days ago he had
cleared up ten or twelve acres of the under
growth, and was about to plow it up for a co'-
ton field There were two car loads of wood
cut off that ground sold for $1 50 per cord.”
Florida Affair*.
Jethro Roberts m, colored, of Madison, has
been sect to the chain gang for ninety days for
larceny.
A large spreading adder, five feet long, was
killed in Ward & Co.'s store, in Quincy, last
week.
Some miscreant recently shotjthrough the
window of Dr. Roberts' house in Cedar Keys.
The doctor made a narrow escape.
A citizen of Quincy had a growth of four
hundred plumes from four bunches of South
American pampas grass, which he sold for
twenty-five cents each, realic'ng one hundred
dollars.
Dr. Fordham, of Pensacola, was called last
week to attend a sailor on the British bark
Grant, who had sustained a very bad frae ure
of the nose by the fall of part of a derrick.
A horse belonging to Dr. Hawkins, of Live
Oak, broke down while he was en route to see
a patient, and died in a short while.
The Pensacola Gazette reports that “aunt”
Silvery Hamilton, an old colored woman, who
occupies the northern portion of the market
house, received a painful wound in the foot
one day last week Policeman Cook was lean
ing upon the stock of his gun—muzzle on the
floor—when the old woman walked by and in
cidentally kicked the weapon down, striking
the hammer upon the brick fl tor, and causing
it to explode. The weapon was loaded with
turkey shot, the whole charge of which passed
under the bottom of “aunt” tilvery’s foot and
swept away the flesh from the bones. Arteries
were severed, of course, and copious hemorr
hage ensued.
The Quincy Herald reports that a rumor
prevailed there last week that Jeptha Qrezny,
living some miles front town, had locked hint
self up in his house and set it on fire. The
building was destroyed, and it is thought he
perished in the flames.
Rain has visited several portions of Liberty
county, but around Bristol none has fallen.
The contract for dredging the channel in
Apalachicola Bay, Fla . was entered into with
W. A. Alexander, of Mobile, Ada,, who was the
lowest bidder, on November 24, 1880. by thp
terms of which work was to commence on
May. 24, 1881. On account of difficulties en
countered by the contractor in constructing
his machinery, he has made application, w hich
has been forwarded to ttie department at
Washington, for an extension of four mouth*
in his time for commenciog work.
The Pensacola Gazette reports that the
sloop Cliff, Captain Faust, wi h a cargo of
corn for Mr. Williams, at Point Washington,
was struck by asq tall and capsized wm e off
Town Point, in Santa Rosa Sound. The crew
clung to the vessel until the arriyal of the
quarantine mail boat, which took them aboard
and brought them over to the city. A tug went
to he assistance and brought her to Pensa
cola. whers her damaged cargo was unloaded.
The Tallahassee states that a cen
tury plant in the ground* of Mr. 4- Hopkins,
about one and a half miles east of that city, i
now about to bloom. The growth of the stalk
is something wonderful it is now about ten
inches in diameter at the base, and from twen
ty to twenty five feet in height, still growing
rapidly.
Key West Democrat : J“Captaln H. S. Duval,
United States Deputy Surveyor, end party,
reached Key West last Thursday, May
They went into the field on the 2id of February,
and have been constantly in the unexplored
Tewion* since. The survey they made extended
of ranee 27. townships 51. 52 and 53 south.
The survey was conucuxij forty miles from the
Tr noast eastward, to whit ii.s been looked
and south U, VRfain
whiles of Cwucvliskee. ote of the Manes bV
f* x the Thotujapd Isles He states thgt
L on hlo K tTflda Use land all lowaSd
Saw
apd there
f.ls?hnstes of hammock Und, which
®®SSSSSjp
£h. 9 i?l fertili . t ,£? f , th , e Boil “id of its high, dry
character. Why. I could not believe that
a L in f ?* r Y? a ’ es Pecially where I
had been taught and fully believed was a mo
rass and an impenetrable swamp. Mv idea of
l ? that tbey are Partially a myth.
Ao doubt there is something of the kind, cov
ering very little ground, immediately south of
the great Okeechobee Lake; but you see
(showing a map of the surveyed country) that
1 surveyed thirty-six miles east and west of
what is laid down as the Everglades, and the
further part I went, higher, drier and more
beautiful the country became I acquainted
myself with the bays around Cape Sable, and
find a {rood harbor there ar and ten feet of water
only sixty miles distant from Key West, and
you might say it is an inland route as it is pro
tected by the Keys the entire distance.’ ”
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: “Col. W D ChiD
ey. Superintendent of the Pensacola and At
lantic. Is in the citv engaged in making prepa
rations for furthering work on his road. He
purchased wagons teams, etc.. and sent them
to Chattahoochee for the engineer corps under
the charge of Mr. J. G Gibbs. This corps will
locate the bridge at Chattahoochee and will
then survey the line from that point westward
M ntl ir tl il y the .frps under charge of
Mr. W. H. Y\ elis, making the eastward sur
vey.
Apalachicola Tribune: “On last Monday
evening, as Mr. T. A. Maccavoy was engaged
iu c *r*T g ium , ber / or the Cecelia, two posts
that-had been p aced in an upright position for
the benefit oi some of the workmen engaged#,
upon the Hudson Pet, were pulled to one side,
and fell wuh crushing force upon Mr. Maeca
voy. Mr. Labatute and Mr. L. M Johnson
sprang to the assistance of the unfortunate
man, and Mr. Labatute, „by a superhuman
effort, lifted the encumbrance from off of his
body. An examination showed that the fall
ing tltubers had broken one cf the legs of Mr.
M.. and bruised up his face in a horrible man
ner. Water was thrown upon his face, which
had the effect of bringing him to a state of
consciousness, and he was then conveyed to
his boarding house and a physician sent for.”
Fpeaking of the Indian River Railroad the
Palatka Journal remarks: “This road wiil run
through and open up some of th? choicest
lands in the State, and afford transportation
facilities for a large number of settlers. Along
the proposed line of the road are some of the
largest orange groves in the State. The num
ber of trees now bearing and seon to come
into bearing may safely be set down at 75 >,CC<),
the crop from which, when tearing, will ag
gregate fully 135.000 tons. This is for oranges
alone. Add to this tha freights on other fruits,
vegetables, lumber, etc, together with the
supplies consumed by the producers of such
enormous quantities of produce, and it wiil
be seen that the road will become at an early
day one of the first roads in point of import
ance in the State.”
Appalachicola Tribune: “On Monday even
ing air. Samuel Ingram, a peaceable and law
abiding citizen, was in the store of Captain
John Cook, on Water street, seated iu a chair
and bothering no one. when Thomas W'ilburn,
a notorious negro desperaio. entered in a
state of intoxication and oommenced cursing
him. without any apparent provocation. Mr.
Ingram thereupon sprang to his feet, picked
up a hatchet aud struck Wilburn over the left
eve with the instrument, inflicting a painful
though not dangerous wound. At the time the
hatchet was descending a bystander threw out
his arm, and, luckily for the negro, broke the
force of the blow, a shot-gun was discharged
on the occasion of the row, but who discharged
it or what it was discharged for we have been
unable to learn. Suffice it to say, that the only
damage done by the gun was to make a hole
in the ceiling o verhead.”
Fernandina Mirror: “The contract for the
erection of the Beach Hotel has been giveD
out. and the work will he pressed to comple
tion with aif possible dispatch. The location
selected is about four hundred yards south of
the end of the shell road, and will be immedi
ately on the beach, so that, the foundation will
be washed by the waters of the Atlantic. The
hotel will be two hundred and sixty feet in
length. The great dining hall will be in the
centre in the form of a St. Andrew’s Cross or
the letter X The dining lia l will be very
spacious, and will be convenient and ample for
large excursion parties. Adjoining the dining
hail, on the south side, will be reception rooms
and parlors, and the remainder of that end of
the hotel will be devoted to bedrooms. On the
north side of the dining hall will be gentle
men’s reading, sitting and smoking rooms,
with suites of bedrooms. A broad veranda
will extend entirely around the building.”
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
Count De Douhet, a life Senator of Franc?,
Is dead.
The Turner’s festival at St. Louis closed
Tuesday with a picnic at Forest Park
and a grand ball at Masonic Hall in the
evening.
A retired Colonel of the Russian army
has shot and killed, in the streets of Sebas
top l, Captain CostomarclT, a hero of the
Crimean war.
The Grand Circuit races open at Pitts
burg on the 12th inst., where $20,000 is hung
up in purses. St J alien and Maud S. are
j booked for the 14; h.
Atelesr&m from Vienna, published in
I Paris, asserts that the European powers are
conferring with a view to secure complete
ntutralitv in the Panama Canal.
It Is reported that Brady, Gorham and A.
C Bu>-11, the editor of the Washington
Capital , are about to start an anti ad
ministration afternoon paper in Washing
ton.
Gen. Behoßeld has written a letter, which
Is published in the Chicago Irilune,
claiming that he fought the battle
of Franklin against General Thomas’ or
dar?.
The steamsh'p Chong, manned and off!
cered entirely by Chinese, sailed from Hong
Kong for Victoria, British Columbia, on the
Ist inst., with five hundred Chinamen to
work on the Canada Pacific Railway.
A terrible storm occurred at Gatscbina,
Russia, on the 4th lost., killing a policeman,
overturning the granite column of the rnonu
meut of the Emperor Paul, and otherwise
doing an enormous amount of damage.
The storehouse of W. L. Burton, at Lewes,
Del., was entered by tneaus of false keys,
and a iarge fire-proof safe was blown to
pieces and Its contents, consisting of five
thousand dollars in checks, notes and bonds,
were taken away. There Is no clew to the
perpetrators.
Mrs. Catharine Crave, who on January 30
was shot by William Stieman, a boarder
whom she had shown the door, died at her
home in Charlton street, New York, a few
davs ago. The bullet had lodged In Mrs.
Grave’s skull, and it. was a wonder to the
physicians that she lived so long after the
assault.
That portion of the building of the Robin
son Wagon Company, tn Cincinnati, which
was saved from burning whea the other
buildings were destroyed two or three
months ago, was totally destroyed by fire
Tuesday night, with a large quantity of
property and machinery. Loss $30,000.
Insurance s’o,ooo.
A Detroit woman of seventy covered her
hair with a wig, put on a close mask, and
went to a fancy dress ball in the costume of
afl iwer girl. She enjoyed the fun of fool
ing the young fellows, and kept it up
vigorously half the night. Then she fainted
from ever exertion, and had to be taken
home, where she died before morning.
Lewis Helmer, aged twenty-six years,
quarreled with some boys in a butcher shop
in Cincinnati a few nights since, and one of
them, named Mahoney, threw a piece of
window glass at him, which struck him in
the head. Next morning Helmer was found
in the shop lying in a pool of blood, and he
died while being taken to the hospttal.
Lee Chin, a Chinaman, and Mrs. Eva H.
Lee, a white woman, have been indicted at
Cheyenne, Wyoming, for marrying each
other, a statute of that Territory forbidding
such marriagts. They went to Denver to
get married, there being nothing prohibiting
it in the laws of Colorado. The Chinese
Consul at Denver, by direction of the Chi
nese Ambassador at Washington, will con
test the indictment. Meanwhile, the Chi
nese Ambassador Is preparing a fyll state
ment of the case to be presented to the Sec
retary of State.
i man n&iped John Soard Is serving a life
sentence in the Kentucky penitentiary
under conviction of the murder cf L B.
Whitney, who, It has jaet been disco Voted,
is living and serving as & Constable in Cleve
land, Ohio. Soard was convicted five months
ago op circumstantial evidence, a deal
body having keep fpand in Casey county,
Ky., and "falsely wom t<? bp Whitney’s.
Whitney was employed for some tliße in
the government secret service, with head
quarters at Cincinnati, and Soard had been
hie assistant, but he knew nothing of his
trial and conyicticp until the other day,
when he received a letter front l;i!p ?
■*♦•■* -
Weatuer iudlcatlon*<
Oxncx Chirp Signal obsbrvrb, Wash
ington, June 8. lndications for Thurs
dain the South Atlantic States, partly cloudy
and occasional rain, winds mostly
west, stationary or lower temperature and
barometer.
In the Middle Atlantic States, partly
cloudy weather and occasional rain, varia
ble wife*®, mostly northwest, and higher
pressure.
In the Gulf States, partly cloudy weath
er and occasional rain, winds mostly south
west, stationary or higher temperature, in
east dlstrists stationary and in west dis
tricts stationary or higher barometer.
In Tennessee and the Ohio Faliey, partly
cloudy weather and occasional rain, fol
lowed by clearing weather, sou hwest gene
rally veering to northwest wind', stationary
Or'qigbCv temperature and barometer.
—r-r—? U>*<
Another Trap fpr tHe C**r.
LUFDON, June B.—The Standard's corres
pondent at Berlin reports that a dynamite
mine has been discovered under the metals
Close to the Gatschlna railway station con
nected with a battery In the railway tele
graph office. All the telegraph officials
have been arrested.
SAVANNAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1881.
SHERMAN’S VINDICATION.
HIS REPLY TO THE CIIARUES OF
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
He Ha* Not Read tbe “Rite and
Fall”—Traversing the Ex*Presl>
dent’* N late menu a* to Atlanta—
ITlojor Clare’s Report tbe Baal* of
Ht Defense Tbe Burning of
Columbia Confederate Cavalry
Saddled with the Blame—What
Logan’* Troop* Did to Save the
City—He Wonld Have Burned It
Had He Deemed ft Necessary-
Some Extravagant Praise for Grant
and Not a Little for Himself.
Hartford, Conn., June 8. —At the
banquet of the Bociety of the Army of
the Potomac to-night, General Sherman
replied to the toast “The Army and Navy.”
In the course of his speech he alluded to
Badeau’s History of Grant's Campaigns and
to Jeff Davis’ Jttise and Fall of the Southern
Confederacy as follows: “I did cot have the
privilege of sharing in the operations
of the Army of the Potomac, but I
have been over the ground, and was person
ally acquainted with nearly all your army
corps and division commanders, and I say
publicly and emphatically, Davis to the con
trary notwithstanding, that I approve of
Geuet&l Grant’s movements from Washing
ton to Richmond by land instead of by
water. War is an awful game and demands
death and destruction. A certain amount
of fighting aud killing had to be done, and
the banks of the Rapidan and Mattapony
werejas good places for it as those of the
James and the Appomattox. So far as I
am capable of judgtog, General Badeau has
told his story of the battles from the Wilder
ness to Appomattox Court House clearly and
well. I know that heart burnings are gen
erated by allusions to personal traits of
character, but 1 do not see how General
Badeau could otherwise have accounted for
the actual results. I as-uredly rose from
the perusal of his volume with a higher es
timate of tho great Army of the Potomac
than I had before, and am now better pre
pared to unite with you in celebrations of
its perseverance, its might, courage and
heroism. To have your names inscribed on
its roils is an honor that your children will
value more than you do.
“As to Mr. Davis’ ‘Rise and Fall of the
Southern Confederacy,’ I confess I have
not seen the volume, only copious extracts
in the New York Herald, of June 31, and
hardiy know whether to treat them serious
ly or jocosely. It was not expected that he
would feel kindly toward those who awak
ened him so tudely from his dream of
empire. But surely in stating facts he
ought to have approximated to the truth
even as to his enemies. Assuming th t the
quotations published in tbe Herald are au
thentic, I wish to say that it was lucky for
Mr. Davis that Gen. Johnston in May, 1864,
did not obey his orders and assume "the of
fensive srom Dalton to the north side of
Tennessee river. Oae would suppose that
after the experience of both Johnston and
Hood, whose courage and skill
no man disputes, even Mr. Davis
would be convinced that the aggressive
campaign, foreshadowed in his several gen
eral propositions of April 16, 1864, was the
veriest nonsense. Johnston did not have at
Dalton 7,000 men, and Mr. Davis ought to
have kr.owu it, and Johnston on the spot
was better qualified to judge than Mr.
Davis at Richmond.
“As to the removal of the non-combatant
population from Atlanta, Mr. Davis savs
that since Alva’s atrocities in the Nether
lar.ds, iu the six’eenth century, there has
been uothieg to compare with it for cruelty.
He had a right to publish such words in
1864, when extraordinary language was
needed to arouse ihe sinking energies of
his people (as be calls them). But at this
late date it is simply absurd. Not a man,
woman or child was harmed in that re
moval. Major Clare, of the Confederate
amir, appointed by Gen. Hood and Gen.
Willard Warner, of my staff, now residing
In Tecumseh, Cherokee county, Alabama,
certifitd jointly to me this fact.” Gen.
8 lerman t hen read Major Clare’s report in
full, and said he thougat Mr. Davis would
hear from Gen. Warner Id good time.
Major Clare’s report was to the effect that
all available transportation was placed at
the service of non combatants to evacuate
Atlauta, but that those whom it was in
tended to benefit were slow to avail them
selves of it, aotwithstanding his warnings
against delay, and that out of this circum
stance arose a great deal of hardship, which
might have been avoided. The list of per
sons removed, enclosed with Major Clare’6
report, shows the following totals: Men 98,
women 395, children 605, servants 70; grand
total 118. General Sberman here exbib
ited an eriginsl report of Colonel Was. G.
LeDuc, United 8 atee Quartermaster Twen
tieth Corps, late Commissioner of Agricul
ture, showiDg that the number of persons
sent South was 7i5 adults, 79 servants, 867
chi dren, total 1,651, with the full
names of each, with the number of packj
ages for each, aggregating 1,651, all of
which was transported by United States
troops twenty miles, and not a single
piece was broken or molested.
“Again,Mr. Davis recordsjthat the officers
and men sent to escort and convey the non
combatants to Rough and Ready Station
robbed them of the few articles of value
they had been permitted to take from their
homes. This is simply untrue, and Mr.
Davis ought to have known it to be
so, for Major Clare, of the Con
federate army, bore public testimony
to the kindness of the escort, and General
Warner, since a Senator from Alabama,
well known and universally respected, who
is still living in A'abama, was then and is
still reiyjonsible, and is far better qualified
to tis’fry to the fac:s than Mr. Davis, who
was s thousand miles away. I am
responsible for the order of removal,
and it was right. It w&g eminently humane
to remove the non oembatant population
from the theatre of war. It produced the
effect 1 intended and hastened the conciu -
sion of the war, a bloody war, which Mr.
Davis, according to his own account, would
never have terminated as long as he could
have saved his own life.
“As to the burning of Columbia, he inti
mates that I have endeavored to escape re
sponsibility for that, act, and refers to the
excesses of Wallenstein's army in
tbe Thirty Years’ War. Mr. Davis was
not ia Columbia during that flre,
nor was Gen. Hampton. 1 was, and so
was General O. O. Howard. So were Gen
erals John A. Logan, Wm. B. Wools, now a
Justice of the Supreme Court, and hi*
brother, Charles Woods, and 14,000 honest,
good, true Union soldiers. Mr. Davis ig
nores all these and adopts the solitary state
ment of Wade Hampton, who got away and
was not there at all after his troops had set
fire to the bridges,depot and the cotton in the
streets of his own city,all of which were burn
ed down or were burning when our troops
entered the city. Tbe house occupied by
me, Blanton Duncan’s, was still standing
when tbe army left the city. The house
known as the Hampton Mansion, occupied
by Gen. Logan. ws still standing, and the
college where Gen. Howard was quartered
was not burned. The fire originated in
Richardson street, near where I saw with
my own eyes burning cotton bales, wbiph
had been set on fire by the Con
federate cavalry. I was supreme
in command inside of Colum
bia during tbe night of the conflagration,
and I allow no man, not eyen Jeff.
to question my statement of the facts as
seen by myself. The fire in Columbia on
the night of February 17th, 1865, in my
judgment, then and now, was caused by
particles of burning cotton blown against q
fence and sheds, which spread to the
houses and finally consumed the centre but
not the whole of the town. The cotton was
unquestionably set on fire by Confederate
cavalry, which fire was partially subdued by
our trooop in the da g tipe xvl)flst tjie trains
of Gen. Logan’s corps, the Fifteenth, were
passing. But after the trains had passed
and the night begun tbe men ceased to carry
water. The fire spread anew and finally
reached a shed or fence, and the houses,
built of pitch pine, bathed 'With rapidity
and fury under a tornado of wind. Wbat
of Columbia remained the next morn
ing was wholly due to Gen. Logan’s
troops. Without them not a house would
have escaped. Almost identically the same
thing occurred in Richmond. (See Badeau,
yol.riU., nage 538.) j made a repor’ of thp
facts' to %ty governiuent, which' was ac
cepted, and there toy responsibility ended.
Still I cheerfully admit that history may go
further, provided the actual truth be sought
fer, I want to know th? truth as much aj
any Dtan.' hid i lftteuaea tb ourn bolDin
bia I would have done it just as I would
have done any other act of war, and there
would have been no concealment about It.”
Singular Frealv of Llghtnlu|f (
Richmond, June B.— Richard Thompson,
colored, was struck by lightning and In
stantly killed this afternoon at five o'clock.
A remarkable feature of the affair was that
there wu uo storm prevailing, and only
small cloud* were passing oyer Ybe city st
tbe time. From only one a hash of light
ning Issued, accompanied by a moderate re
port of thunder. The man was engaged on
the river loading a cart. While standing
resting on his 6bovel he was killed, the
lightning striking him in tbe forehead,
THE FIWHT OF THE FACTIONS.
Another Fruitless Ballot—A Stal
wart Deaerter—Conkllne Inter
viewed-He Will Fight tt Out II It
Takes all Summer.
Albany, June B.—The joint convention
met at 12:05 p. m., with Lieutenant Gover
nor Hoskins in the chair, for the first time
since the meeting of the convention. The
convention proceeded to vote to fill the va
cancy in the United States Senate for the
short term. The Benate voted as follows:
Jacobs 61 Wheeler. 4
Conklin? 9’Cornell 3
Rogers 6 Folger i
Bradley 1 LapUam 2
The Assembly voted as follows;
Jacobs 41 Lapham 7
Conkling 25 Tremaine 2
Rogers it Hamilton Harris 1
Wheeler 17 Dutcher l
Cornell ]6 Crowley 1
The following is the combined vote:
Jacobs 50! Folger 1
Conkiing 34| Lapham 9
Rogers 15 Tremaiae 2
Bradley 1 Harris ..i 1
Wheeler 23 Crowley 1
Cornell l9|Dutcber J
la the Senate to day Mr. Winslow pre
sented a remonstrance from Watertown,
Chenango county, against the return of
Messrs. Conkiing and Platt, and spoke at
length with reference to the Senatorial ques
tion. He predicted the rt-alection of Mr.
Conkiing to the United State*Senate by the
present Legislature. When the name of C.
H. Ruosell was called he said: “On each
vote I have thus far voted for the return of
the late distinguished Senators. They were
my choice, and mv judgment at that
time led me to give them tny
support. Without desiring to make any
d:stinction between these two gentlemen, I
regarded Mr. Conkiing as an Ideal Senator.
I have, however, just, returned from my
constituents aud am convinced by such evi
dence as should satisfy any fair
minded person that nine-tenths
of the Republicans there are
opposed to tbe return of the late Senators.
I have a duty to perform to the Republicans
who sent me here, and that, is to give voice
to their sentiments, and I therefore vote for
Mr. Cornell.”
There was no choice. Tbe convention
then proceeded to ballot for a successor to
Thos. C. Piatt as follows:
In the Senate the vote was:
Pl&tt 7lKernan 7
Depew 14 Folger l
Cornell 3|
la the Assembly the vote was:
Platt 221 Folger 3
Kernan 44 Tremaine 1
Depew 37 B. F. Tracy. 1
Lapham 4 Crowley 4
Cornell 7\
The combined vote was:
Platt 29 i Folger 4
Krnan 511 Tremaine 1
Depfw 51 j B. F. Tracy 1
Lapham 4 Crowley 4
Cornell io| ’’
The presiding officer declared that no
choice had beeu made. On Motion of Mr.
Splno’a the convention adjourned to 12 tn.
to morrow.
New York, June 8. —The Telegram's Al
bany special correspondent says he bad a
conversation with ex Senator Conkiing this
morning, and was agreeably surprised to
find him In a most genial and saDguine
mood. He expressed himself in hopeful
terms of the outcome of the prevailing
struggle, and,not wishing to be interviewed,
simply said that he was going to stay here
and see the issue out to the bitter end, even
if it took all summer.
A CRISIS IN IRELAND.
Insurrection In the Countv Cork—
The People Rise,Cat the Telegraph
and Destroy a Police Station and a
Bank—Troop* mowing to the Scene
—The Road* Impeded by Broken
Bridge*.
London, June B.—The rumor that Fathar
Muiphy, of Schull,had been arrested, proves
to be unfounded, but it threw the people
into a violent state of ferment. Thousands
of men and women crowded into the village
of Bchull, wrecked the police station and
post office, tore down the telegraph wires
and cut up portions of the ro*d.
The excitement was taken up by the people
of Skibbereeu, who at last accounts were
engaged in a fearful riot. They wrecked
the house of a car owner who had supplied
cars to the police. Their Indignation be
came unbounded when they discovered that
a special train with three thousand military
had beeu sent from Cork, and they tore
down the telegraph wires to Ballydehobe.
The Standard's dispatch from Cork says :
“Ballydehobe and Schull are inaccess ble
by the ordinary roads, which are broken up
and the bridge pulled dowu. Five hundred
foot soldiers, twenty dragoons and seventy
service corps men, with one gun, have been
sent to the scene frem the west.”
A dispatch to the JJai'y News from Skib
bsreen says: “Father Murphy has given no
definite intimation of his arrest to the pub
lic, fearing a collision with the police, but
the grounds for suspecting that he Is under
arrest are very stroDg. He was een with
the police several times on Monday, when a
document of some kind was handed to him.
A force has been sent Into the disturbed
district fully provisioned for a month.
Great preparations are making for the re
ception ofj Archbishop Croke in Tipperary
oa Thursday.”
Lord Carnarvon (Conservative), formerly
Colonial Secretary, speaking at Burton yes
terday, strongly condemns tbe policy of the
government, who, he said, were responsible
for tbe civil war In Ireland. They would
find that the question was not one of land
merely, but that every class of property
would be menaced. He did not think Eng
lishmen would long be hoodwinked by the
reckless rhetoric of demagogues, or the
plausible nostrums of political quacks.
Sir Richard Asbciou Cross, Conservative
member of Parliament for Southwest Lan
cashire, and former Home Secretary, speak
ing at St. Helen’s, ventured to say that no
government had ever made so many serious
mistakes in so short a time, and be said he
had no doubt in regard to the result when
■they came to be tried at the bar of public
opinion, unless they much altered.
Mr. Joseph CbamberialD, President of the
Board of Trade, speaking at Birmingham,
said it is perfectly evident that the cause*
of the di-orders in Ireland are more deep
seated than was supposed, and that they
are not to be found in the action of this or
any previous government. They are to be
found Id the condition of the people them
selves, Force, he said, was no remedy,
but a certain amount of force was neces
sary to uphold the law. Referring to
the land bill, he said the government
had s’aked its existence upon It.
Mr. Parnell and his followers have never
concealed the fact that their chief object is
not the removal of Ireland’s grievances, but
the separation of Ireland from England.
Hundreds of thousands of tenants are fol
lowing the baneful advice of the leaders of
the Land League, to pay no rent, Mr.
Chamberlain concluded as follows: “The
government is striving to steer an even
course between extremes- I believe the
land bill is the maximum which any Eog
lish Parliament will pass."
A dispatch from Skibbereen to tbe Times
this evening states that tbe Skibbereen
branch qf tbe Rank of Muuoter has been
wrecked by the mob
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVER
sm. .
meeting of tbe Centennial Endow
ment Organization—Col. Clinch,
of Electe<| a Tlembej-,
Philadelphia, Pa./June B.—There was
a meeting here this afternoon of the cen
tennial organization for the better eqdqw
ment of Washington and Lee University at
Lexington, Va. The object of the meeting
was to fill the vacancies caused by the death
of President Morton Me Michael and Vice
President A. E. Borie.
Hon. Sam’l J. fjaßdol* wa* chosen perma
nent chaiimah, and delivered an address
upon the history of the University. Speeches
were also made by Senator Jones, of Florida,
W. A. Royal, of yirgtnia, and
Among the largp ntjgjhft*: oi new members
0* the organisation elected was Col. Hous
ton Clinch, of Savannah, Ga. On motion
of Col. John W. Forney, Mr. W. \V. Corco
ran, of Washington, was elected President
of the association, and H. H. Huston, of
Philadelphia, Vice president. An advisory
boat'd aha commute* were toen
elected; filter which the association ad
journed.
A Deputy Sheriff Murdered.
Danville, Va., June 8 —Frank Baker, a
deputy Sheriff, was Sjiot and kffled in
Btoxes eounty’laat Thursday bight by a des
perado named Jesse Bmith, whom he was
tiring to arrest. Smith, who has shot
several other men, made his escape, and
seven hundred dollars reward is offered for
bis apprehension.
FLASHES FROM AUGUSTA.
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ROAD
TO KNOXYILLE.
Wbat tbe BlebmonA aud Dan-
Title Offer to Do—An Equally
Favorable Proposition from tbe
Baltimore and Oblo—Tbe City to
Make Its Choice In a Few Days.
Augcsta, Ga., June B. —An Important
railroad conference was held here to-day
between the officers of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad and the Mayor and City
Attorney of Augusta. It is known that the
Baltimore and Ohio are preparing a propo
sition to obtain control of the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad, and the Clyde syndi
cate are anxious to keep that company out.
At the conference to day a very liberal
proposition was made by President Buford,
of the Richmond and Danville. It In
cludes the following terms:
The city to transfer its stork in the Au
gusta and Knoxville to the Richmond and
Danville, but not until the necessity shall
arise for issuing bonds upon the consolida
ted road.
Satisfactory security to be given the city
for the completion of the line to Knoxville
via Etberton, within two years of the com
pletion of the route to Greenwood by the
present management.
Stock in the consolidated road to the
amount of fifty thousand dollars to be giv
en the city.
Suitable provision to be made for the pay
ment of the bonds of the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad.
No unjust discriminations against Augus
ta in regards to freight or passengers.
All the contracts of the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad to bo carried out in
good faith.
The proposition of the Baltimore and
Objo, it is said, will be very liberal and will
include the building of the road to Elber
ton.
Both propositions will be considered by
the City Council next Tuesday, and one of
them will probably be accepted.
A meeting of merchants will be held here
to morrow to hear an address from H. I.
Kfmball in the interest of the Atlanta Cot
ton Exposition. Not much interest is taken
in the matter here.
Subscriptions to tbe stock of the Klne
Cotton Mill amount to $220,000. The com
mittee will go North soon.
NOTES FROM*BRUNSWICK.
Olrnn Comity Fair—A Good Attend
ance and Creditable Display—The
Yacht Race —A Cale Spoils the
Sport—Oue of the Boats Capsized—
Dwelling Burned -A Runaway—A
Lady Harr.
Brunswick, Ga., June B.— The fifth an
nual fair of the Glynn County Agricultural
Association was opened yesterday under
favorable auspices. Hon. A. Pratt Adams,
of Savannah, delivered the opening address,
which was chaste, interesting and eloquent.
The attendance,although not large,was very
good for the first day. The income thus
far has been very satisfactory.
Tbe display of vegetables is very good.
The Irish potatoes, beets and cabbage are
very fiae. J. M. Couper has a fine display
of oats and rice. The floral display is ex
ceedingly fine. In the absence of rain the
race track is in very bad condition aud the
races are not up lo those of other years.
The stock display, although limited, em
braces some fine animals. The fowl exhi
bition excels anything ever seen here before.
The greatest interest was manifested in
the yacht race. Ouiy three boats were en
tered for the first race—the and the
Orilla, of B unswtek, aud the Quickstep, of
Bavanm>h. At 2:30 o’clock the start was
made. Tbe Annie, Captain Kempt, took
the lead, the Quickstep second position.
When the Annie, on passing the starting
poin% was some two miles in advance of
the others, eom!ng in, the Orilla ahead of
the Quickstep, at 5 o’clock a heavy gale
and lain storm struck the boats just below
the city, making all further effort vaffi. The
Annie capsized. The Orilla and Quickstep
cast anchor, and are coming up to the city
now. The crew of the Annie were picked
up by the steamtug Crescent City, and the
boat was towed up to tbe city.
A small residence belonging to Mr. Tol.
Munday, an employe of the Brunswick and
Albany Railroad, was consumed by flre to
day. There was no insurance.
Two horses attached to a carriage ran
away, injuring slightly Mrs A.T. Putnam.
Two other ladies in the carriage were not
hurt at all.
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
The Reunion at Hartford, Conn.
Washington, June B.— A special to the
Star to-night from Hartford, Conn., says:
"The meeting of the Army of the Potomac
here to-day was the largest of all its gather
ings. General H. G. Wright, of Washing
ton, now its President, called the meeting
to order. General Sherman will deliver the
annual address this evening. It is under
stood that it will be of unusual interest, as
he will reply to fone of the criticisms made
upon him by Jeff. D ivis in his book just out.
In this book he refers to the burning of
Columbia, 8. C , and General Sherman’s
campaign In and around Atlanta, and com
pares him to the wicked and notorious
Duke of Alva. Gen. Sherman says there is
no more sense in the comparison than there
would be in the claim that he was tqual
to Cuesar and all his Commentaries. The
day is bright and the city is crowded.”
Hartford, Conn , June B.— The public
exercises this afternoon were held at the
Opera House, which was densely crowded.
The bo ly of the house was occupied by
veteran soldiers and guests and the galle
ries by citizens, including mauy ladies.
Over the stage was a representation
of military camps with tents, Gatling
guns, flags, etc. Tbe procee lings were
opened with an address by Mayor Bulkier,
which was briefly responded to by Gen. H..
G. Wright, President of the Society. A
poem was Fead by Col. S. D. Bumner, of
Bridgeport. The oratiou by Dan’l
Dougherty, of Philadelphia, was read
with frequent enthusiastic applause.
After the oration brief speeches were
made by Gen. W. T. Sherman, Secretary of
War Lincoln, Generals Burnside, Franklin,
Hawley, Sickles, Devcns and Slocum, and
George Bigelow. A committee was ap
pointed to arrange for a general reunion of
the societies of the several armies. The
of the socthty will be held In
Detroit next year.
THE miller's’*'DONVENTloN.
Action With Reference lo Important
Suits— Regulating .Tlembernplp tn
Itae Association.
Chicago, June 8 —At the Millers’ Con
vention yesterday the Cochrane Patent
cases, representing claims for damages to
the amount of $36,000,000 against members
of the association, were settled by a com
promise, the terms of which are private.
It was stipulated thst na millers In
the country; except those who are mem
bers of tbe association, shall profit
by the settlement, and that hereafter no
millers shall be admitted to membership
except by a majority vote of the Executive
Committee. In the matter af the E(en<ffi
fleld patgpt, op account of whjch suits have
been begun in Minnesota against mil
ling firms, the convention decided to stand
all the expense of defepdjng fha suits.
The Brewers’ Strike,
New York, June 8.-Ne*r!y one thou
sand of tbe brewer* who are out on a strike
assembled this morning at the headquar
ter* of the striker*, where addresses were
made advising the men to remain firm. The
assn declare that they will stay out until all
their demands have been complied with.
At a meeting of the employing bjewsrs
this aftetnoon it was stated that all the
Brooklyn breweries wfere in foil operation,
and that all sive five In this city were run
ning a* usual. The Btaten Island breweries
are also said to he in full operation. A
telegram was sent to Germany to-day ask
ing for experienced brewers. The strikers
stopped the wagons of Claussen’s brewery
this afternoon and compelled the drivers to
leave their teams. Polipe aid wa* sought
fur the protection or the drivers.
——
Senator Kollln*’ Seat.
Boston, Mass., June B—A special from
Concord, New Hampshire, says, ”Yhe
State fconftte passed ft yesolutlod to d'sy,
asking the jfupretue Court for Its opinion
as to tht legality of an election of a United
States Senator at tbe present session to fill
the seat of Senator Rollins, whose term em
pires In 1883; The Democrat)} vot*u solidly
against it. A full bench and An early opin
ion be expected."
OUR JACKSONVILLE LETTER.
A Railroad mania—Southern Invest
ment* Fashionable— OafaldeiTloney
Coming In—Florida’s Map Will
Soon Look Like a Checker Beard—
The Present Governor and tbe Past
Brother Hicks Tries the Pulpit
for a Change -The Street Cars Mak
ing Monejr— An Ancient Belle—
Theory—Building lo the City and
Suburb*-The Poisoned Belle in
the Gulf—Brudder Whlerspoon—
Sawdust.
Jacksonville June 7.—A half-dozen or more
various railroad enterprise* are now occupy
ing the attention of the people of Florida, and
are being pushed with greater or less purpose
and energy. Great liberality was displayed by
the last Legislature in the granting of charters*
and if all the projected routes are constructed
this State will need no others for the next half
century. It is a remarkable feature of them
all, that each passes through the finest portion
of the State, and develops a perfect garden of
Paradise. Each locality contends lustily that
it is the veritable Eden, and that those who
seek Us blissful retreats will have most of their
earthly wants supplied.
There is, however, a huge railroad boom
now in progress in Florida, and internal im
provements are manifested in every direct
tion. Money is abundant at the North, and
much is seeking investment at the South. The
distrust of this section that prevailed so long
after the close of the war is giving way to a
feeling of confidence and security, and capital,
proverbially prudent aud cautious, has discov
ered that money caa be safely and profitably
invested in the land of Dixie. It is coming,
aud is being put into railroads, canals, orange
groves, hotels and many other descriptions of
property. It bears good interest also, <*d
beats United States tour per cent, bonds out
of sight.
A few years hence the map of Florida will
show a perfect network of railroads in opera
tion. '1 be two backbones, east and west, from
Jacksonville to Pensacola, and north and
south, from Fernandina to Tampa, will have
their short ribs reaching out to every locality
of importance, and linking every portion into
one homogeneous whole.
Harmony of interests and sentiments will
spring from such close and frequent inter
course, and the general welfare will be pro
moted. Local jealousies will be crushed out.
and sectional prejudices will disappear.
Among the roads that will probably soon be
commenced are the Jacksonville aud St. Au
gustine, the Palatka and Indian River, the
Gre-u Cove Spring and Melrose, a branch of
the Transit Road to Suwannee river, the Live
Oak and Rowland’s Bluff, aud perhaps others.
These enterprises will furnish work for those
industriously disposed for months to come,
and will put a large amount of money into cir
culation. Roads can be built here more cheap
ly than in any other portion of the country.
The grades are low, timber is abundant, and
little or no rock is to be encountered. Those
who have secured charters for railroads should
strain every nerve to effect organizations and
commence operations while the present mania
for investments of this character continues.
“Strike while the iron is hot.” and “make hay
while the sun shines.” Let not the golden op
portunity slip by, but grasp it with manly vigor
and the firm determination to succeed.
Among the pedestrians upon Bay street,
this morning, were Governor Bloxham and ex-
Governor Stearns. The former gentleman is
on his way to Sumter county, to look after a
young orange grove on Lake Panasolkee. His
appearance denotes health and cheerfulness,
while hope and encouragement tinge his views
as to the future of Florida. Like many of the
prominent citizens of Middle Florida, the Gov
ernor has cast an anchor to windward, in the
shape of an investment in South Florida, which
will be worth more in ten years than the net
profits of ar>y three cotton plantations in Leon.
Ex-Governor Stearns looked cool and sub
dued. His former avocation as a factor in
Florida politics has completely played out, and
he is now without either local or general in
fluence. Many of his old associates have
sought other fields, and the quondam dignita
tary is a comparative stranger. Whether he
will ever again appear on the political chess
board remains to be seen. He can flatter him
self w.th having been tha very last of Florida’s
Republican Governors.
Brother Billy Hicks is announced as the pas
tor of a Methodist Church in Washington.
That unfortunate flock deserve sympathy.
Rev. Hicks will perhaps deliver orthodox dis
courses for the ensuing year or fifteen months,
but so soon as the next election occurs, the
pulpit will bs abandoned for the stump, and
the political document will take the place of
the Bible. If the task of revising the scrip
tures had only been delegated to Brother
Hicks, wouldn’t he have gotten out an extra
ordinary version? As an instance of his views,
the sacrilegious parallel that he drew last sum
mer at Gainesville, on the occasion of the Re
publican State Convention, wherein he com
pared the Saviour and General Grant, will be
remembered. It is sincerely to be hoped that
Rev. Hicks, in tha self sacrificing spirit of a
broad and noble patriotism, has permanently
abandoned Florida.
Contrary to general expectation, the street
cars have been a financial success. At first
only two cars were placed on the line. It was
soon found necessary to double this number,
and still another increase is demanded. For
the first few days every negro gamin who
could raise a nickel had his grinning visage
framed in a window of the cars, and the sable
bootblacks were steady patrons. A business
man told me that the stock was good for a six
per cent, dividend at least. This is a good
promise for the future.
Colonel Hopkins, who has just returned from
South Florida, has handed me for inspection a
silver medal exhumed from one of the Indian
mounds near Lake Okeechobee. The relic is
of tbe size of a half dollar, and convexo
concave in shape. Upon the convex surface
appears in has relief the rudely embossed bust
of a female. Long tresses flow over her shoul
ders, and a crown with four points surmounts
her head, while her neck is encircled with a
carcanet. Upon each side of the figure is a
flower. Upon the concave surface are stamped
the letters “B. P.” This relic was probably
worn around the neck as an ornament, as the
rim has been pierced for the passage of a
string.
My own theory is that the figure is dasigned
to represent Queen Isabella, and that the relic
was obtained from a Spanish soldier and buried
with its Indian owner. This may conflict with
tha generally conceived opinion as to the great
antiquity of these burial mounds, while tha
letters B. P.. above mentioned, would indicate
that the relic at least, was of comparatively
modern origin. The savants may reconcile
these incongruities.
Much building i* going on in and around the
city, and the new structures are large and
handsome. Mechanics of all descriptions are
employed constantly, and a considerable ad
dition will be made to the taxable property of
the city duringthe present summer. That the
resident population is steadily increasing i<
shown in the small number of houses offered
for rent, which is an unusual feature at this
season.
East Jacksonville. Brooklyn and La Villa,
three of our flourishing suburbs, are feeling
the influx, and the sound of the saw and ham
mer awakes the echoes within their borders.
Real estate is advancing within their lipiits.
and many are seeking homes, as they thereby
escape the city taxes, while enjoying many ef
its advantages.
Some interest was given last summer to the
existence of belts of poisonous water iu the
Gulf, which caused the ae&th of numerous
flsh. An analysis by the Smithsonian Institute
detects a mass of shapeless slime, in which are
numerous eggs, erustacii and vegetable mat
ters. The presence of pine pollen would seem
to indicate that the deposits had drifted into
the sea from the mainland. Future research
will doubtless determine its origin.
Brudaer Winderspoon has abandoned the
very doubtful prospect of a seat in Congress
for tbe more certain position of an inspector
in the Pensacola custom house. Three dollars
h day sure Is much better than “ *sptainin de
k 'SPil’' or “stumpin’da deostrick,” and Geo.
vv., if he ij as t,ri a ht ng he is considered, will
unit for tfie nonce his theological and political
pursuits. George was pretty well strapped at
the close of the campaign. He was “out” at
least a dollar and a half, his Sunday suit of
clothes and two pair of brogans. Ha ia to be
congratulated upon thi; opportunity of re
pairing his shattered fortunes.
Nothing has been heard recently of Dr. Con
over's prospects.
* Pub'te Schools of the city have closed
ror the summer, and teachers and pupils will
doubtless enjoy the vacation.
For greater convenience the convict camp
hg* been removed to Callahan, about twenty
miles from the city. Twenty-one deaths in
Jacksonville during the month of May estab
lish the city’s reputation for health. Only
half of thjs number were native* of the State.
Fernandina is about to build a large hotel
en the beach of Amelia Island, two miles from
the depot. We predict a success for this en
terprise, and a large list of guests from Jaok
sonvide. Fernandina will pqw be able to
compete wPh Mayport.
Senator Call has returned, looking hearty
and speaking cheerfully. W. H. R.
THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Opening Feverish and Closing Firm.
New York, June B.—’XUc eLtcfc market
was feverish ged in the early deal
in##, and speculation was very heavy in
tone, so that by noon a decline of to 2>£
per cent, had been recorded, U. C. j. 0.,
Northwestern, New York Elevated, Dela
ware and Hudson, Wabash Pacific, Union
Pacific and trunk line shares being scat
prominent therein.
The market continued dull and unsettled
during the fixate* pact of the afternoon,
hut in tbe late dealings speculation as
sumed a strong tone, and the market closed
firm at a recovery of Vto cent, in
the general list while Texas Pacific sold up
and Louisville and New Albany 2 per
cent. Norfolk and Western preferred was
weak and declined %% per cent. Rate* ag
gregated 355,370 shares.
-■ ZB V
An Irish Tffeatro Burned.
London, June 8 —The Theatre Royal, in
Belfast, Ireland, was totally destroyed by
£2O 000 mornln *’ Tbe Idas la estimated at
mujt ■
ssed Bag*, Roaches.
Hats, mice, ants, flies, vermin, mosqui
toes, insects, etc., cleared out by “Rough
oa Rata." lie. boxes at drqggiftta,
ESTABLISHED 1850.
WAR IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
THE UNHAPPY REPUBLICAN
FAMILY.
The Workers** Chagrlned-Ig
uored in the Cabinet and Unfed
With Good Thlncs—Grier’s Par
ticular Grievance What Jere
Rusk Wanted—Soared Roosters—
The Virginia Foundling In a Bad
Way—Garfield and Blaine to be
Smirched—Rud as a Weapon or
the Grantltes—Bose Shepherd to
Peach-Tllden’s Prophecy.
Washington, June 6.— President Oarfield
does not seem to be at all anxious to thrust
Into the hands of the politicians who claim to
hare done the work that elected him, nor to
reward individuals for conspicuous services in
his behalf at Chicago. If he is anxious in
either regard, he is certainly most unfortu
nate. He has neither rewarded the politicians
who say they did the work, nor has he satis
fied the conspicuous individuals. The Qrant-
Conkling crowd claim that had it not been for
them Garfield would never have been elected.
What have they received t They have been
kicked nigh unto death by the administration.
Dorsey, Brady, et al., were confident of much
influence, on account of ‘'campaign work,"
with Uarfleld. What has been their
portion ? The doors of the penitentiary stand
ajar for their reception and Garfield is push
ing them in as rapidly as he can collect evi
dence against them. Then the Indiana Republi
cans thought that as their State in October was
the turning jJßint of the election they certainly
could have offices galore, and big ones too.
They wanted to supervise the construction of
the Cabinet, and had not the slightest doubt
but that there would be at least one Indiana
man in it. How have they fared t About three
of them have been given minor offices, while
those who have been turned out or reduced to
lower positions under the par rolls will foot up
some twenty. In the f ice of all this, men who
did no campaign work at all have
been put into the Cabinet and other
big places. The Cabinet is headed by
Blaine, a man who sulked'during the heat
and burden and lost his own State. There
is not a man in that body who aid what we call
“work” during the campaign. And so it has
been down the length and breadth of offices
filled by Garfield. The "worker” and the
“prominent politician" have been ignored.
Then there are the men who aided in turning
the tide at Chicago and those who swelled it
after it was turned. These people expected
much. Grier, of Pennsylvania, it will be re
membered, voted for Garfield on the first and
upon every ballot taken. He wanted a good
place. Everybody supposed he would get It.
He was nominated for the position of Third
Assistant Postmaster General, but declined it.
He wanted the place of Second Assistant from
which Brady was bounced, and which offers
“opportunities” to the incumbent Garfield of
fered Grier several other places with pretty
fair salaries none of them would he take.
It was very plain that he wanted a position
with not only a salary attached but with possi
bilities for personal perquisites. He is now in
the picturesque valleys of Pennsylvania howl
ing mad. Another example of the Chicago
Garfield man will suffice. It was at a critical
moment when Jere Rusk, of Wisconsin, threw
the vote of that State for Garfield. His action
started the stampede which resulted In Gar
field’s nomination. Rusk had just failed of a
return to Congress. When Garfield was fairly
tn the White House, Rusk put in|his claim for
something good. Without his knowledge he
was nominated for the position of Charge
d’Aflaires at Paraguay and Uraguay.
He had no idea of going out of
the country. He refuses the position.
He thinks he has been badly treated. All the
rest of those mentioned in the above feeble
lines think the same. Though Republicans,
they do not bend their necks in rallying to the
support of the administration. President Gar
field is honest in this matter. He sees no rea
son for putting a gold collar on the word poli
tician because that specimen was unusually
expert in repeating aid bruising on election
day. He is honest in what he does, and wants
to make an examplary administration. But
that is not what the great Republican party is
accustomed to or wants. By no manner of
means. Exactly contrary treatment ar and re
sults are what it has been fed upon. It shocks
the party managers. It divides the party. It
puts the better element of it in
support of the administration with the
“managers” on the other side. President
Garfield’s course Is simply too honest tor his
party. He is making breaches in it that may
split the concern amidships. The funeral, If it
should come, will sot be Democratic. There
fore we will not crowd the mourners.
VIRGINIA POLITICS.
A great deal of interest is felt among politi
cians as to the result of the State elections in
Virginia next fall. This interest ig due to the
fact that Mahone will be forever buried then,
and politicians on both sides are anxious for
the funeral. The recent ticket nominated by
the Mahone convention does aot at all meet
the views of the Readjusters or of the Re
publicans. It was intended for mixed pap to
be fed to both to their entire satisfaction. The
result, |as I learn from reliable men in Virginia,
who wander among usj here, Is that the Read
justers are dissatisfied and the Republicans
disgruntled. The leading Republicans in the
State, with Representatives Dezendorf and
Jorgensen at their head, have taken upon
themselves not to submit to the Mahone ticket
but are working in a way that will insure su>
cess to effect the holding of a regular straight
out R-publican ticket, and let the Mahone
mob slide. They are most materially strength
ened in their fight against Mahone in the fact
that the administration gives him no sort of
support. Of couise the Democrats will nomi
nate their ticket. My advices are that even
with a coalition by Mahone with the Republi
cans—which is almost an impossibility— the
Democrats will carry the Btate by a handsome
majority. With a straight out Republican
ticket also la the field—which is almost an
assured thing—the Mahone party will sink for
ever. Get the hearse ready and hire the band
to play the “Dead March in Baul.”
A RUMORED PERSONAL WARFARE.
A certain rumor has bean floating around the
city for the past few days. It is an interesting
rumor, but cannot be hunted down. It is that
Conk'jcgand Grant, and the rest of that mob,
are to institute a personal warfare upon the
administration. The Pre ident and Secretary
Blaine are to be the persons attacked, accord
ing to report. The attacks are to be of a most
personal character. They are tq show the re
cords of the President and bis Secretary of
Srate from what is known within their own
party It Isa well known fact that both Presiden
Garfield and Secretary Blaine have been
Charged time and time again with official
corruption And tli® taking to themselves of
money for unlawful and dishonest services
rendered as members of Congress This is
what rumor says the Urant-Conkltuß crowd is
going to show up. Boss Shepherd, who is now
in Mexico, is to return to this oountryfto help
in the fight. Ha knows all about the De Goll
ger contract fee received by President Gar
field. If this rumor should prove true, it
would then seem that the lips of the Honorable
Samuel Jones Tjlden were touched with the
spirit of prophecy when he said that the
present administration would be the most
stormy in the history of this great and alori
nous Republic. Potomac.
A TERRIBLE ARRAIGNMENT OF
THE PRESIDENT.
Cold, Grim Logie of Brady’s Organ-
Secretary Blaine Seriously Tron*
bled-The Star Bonte Expose Mak
ing Many Bepubllcana Unhappy,
Etc,
A Washington special to the Boston Ibst,
dated June stb, say*: ‘-Star route Brady’s
Sunday organ, the Capital, makes a furious
assault on the President to-day, apropos of
the employment of A. M. Gibson to aid In
the sar route investigation. Mr. Gibson
was, until recently, the Washington corres
pondent of the New York Sun. The Capi
tal concludes as follows a two column edi
torial addressed to the President: ‘The
issue is the simplest one that
could be framed In language.
If Mr. Gibson Is not a libeller you are
a bribe taker, thief, perjurer and suborner
of perjury and forger. If you are cot a
bribe taker, perjurer, thief and suborner of
perjury and forgery, Mr. Gibson is a libel
ler. Under the criminal statute one of you
ought to be in the penitentiary, and that
upon your respective showings of the
record. Both of,you cannot be at large
without an outrage upon the first principles
of justice, and yet we are told by the New
York Times that Mr. Gibson has been re
tained with your approval in a capacity the
most reponslble,mos!; delicatAapd reoulrtoe
the highest type a$ bßor, Integrity A
trustworthiness. Sorely. Mr.PresWcm,there
ma.4t bn some rnHUke about tills; but if there
is a mistake it is a dreadful one—a mistake
that will haunt you to your dying day, and
damn your memory long after you are dead
—as the only President of the United States
who ever voluntarily certified to the honor,
integrity and trustworthiness of a man who
for nine years had steadily branded him
bribe taker, thief, liar, perjurer and suborner
of perjury and forgery.’ The inference
from the above diatribe is that the the star
route fellows ait afraid of Gibson, and they
have adopted this method of frightening
the President into dismissing him. It will
probably not succeed, although there Is a
deal of cold, grim logic in the utterances
of Brady’s organ.”
A, SEVERE RAIN STORM.
A Whole Family Swept Away.
Wheeltmo, W. Ya., June B.—A rain
storm of unusual severity occurred in this
region about midnight last night, greatly
damaging crops, roads, bridges, etc. A
family named Straub, living en Glenn’s
Run, were swept away In the night, the
mother and five children drowned, and the
father carried on a log to the head of one of
Sisters Islands, where he was found to-day
in an insensible condition.
OHIO REPUBLICANS
The State Convention—Garfield In
dorsed Foster Renominated
-speech of John Sherman—A Throat
at GonkJlng. *
Cleveland, 0., June B.—Senator Sher
man was elected permanent Chairman of
the Republican State Convention which
assembled here to-day.
On taking the chair he said Gov. Foster
htd earned a renomination by his brilliant
canvass of two years ago, which had result
ed In the election of Gen. Garfield. He then
briefly gave the history of the achievements
of the Republican party, and con
gratulated the Republicans of Ohio upon
the fact that there was no room in that
State lor a leader who commands and'dic
tates. “There never has been,” he said,
“and there never will be room here for a
primacy or a boss. The man who attempts
It had better make his will beforehand.”
[Applause.!
Senator Sherman then reviewed the finan
cial policy of the present administration,
and congratulated the people of the country
upon its great success. “The tax on whisky
alone,” he said, “will now pay the Interest
on a public debt which frightened brave
men fifteen years ago.” In conclusion, be
said: “I believe I can say in advance of the
resolutions, which have been or will be
I offered, that Gen. Garfield has the emphatic
approval of the Republicans of Ohio in the
course he has thus far pursued.” [Applause ]
The full ticket put iu nomination is as fol
lows:
For Governor, Charles Foster; Lieutenant
Governor, Judge Richards, of Jefferson
county; Treasurer, Joseph Turney; Judge
of the Supreme Court, Nicholas Longworth,
of Cincinnati; Attorney General, George K.
Nash.
The temperance plank of the platform,
about which there was some difference of
opinion, is as follows:
Resolved, That public interests re
quire that the General Assembly should
submit to a vote of the people such amend
ments to the constitution of the State rela
tive to the manufacture, sale and use of
intoxicating liquors as shall leave the whole
matter to the Legislature.
The platform adopted indorses the adm
tnistration of President Garfield and of Gov
ernor Foster, and congratulates the latter
on the skillfull refunding of the S’atc debt
at a rate less than per cent.
Matters In Washington.
Washington, June B.—The Star to-night
says: “Marshal Robert M. Douglass, of
North Carolina, sr>n of the late Stephen A.
Douglass, is in the city to retain, if possible,
the position he now holds. He says he came
here to be introduced to his successor, but
has not been able to find him as yet.”
Secretary Hunt has accepted the resigna
tion of Commodore Jeff-rs as Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, to take effect June 30.
Commodore Jeffers will then visit Europe
to examine and report upon foreign ord
nance and the torpedo service of the several
navies. Commodores Simpson and Temple
and Captains Breeze, Ramsey, Sicard and
Biddle, are the most prominent candidates
for the position thus made vacant.
(Exfiirgiott ffateg.
ATLANTIC COAST LIKE
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Excursion Ticket Arrangements
FOR
THE SEASON OF 1881,
TO THE
Health Resorts and Attractive Ex
cursion Points
OF Eastern North Carolina, Old Point Com
fort, Western North Carolina, the Virginia
Springs, etc., over the Charleston and Savan
nah Railway, Northeastern li&ilroad of South
Carouna. and their connections, commencing
June Ist. and expiring October 31st, 1881.
Round trip tickets will be on sale at Savannah
until October 1, 1881; and passenger transport
tation facilities will be perfect to meet the de
mands of. and lender comfortable service to,
all intending tourists and the public generally
to the various points reached bv said lines.
For tickets, timetables, etc., from Savannah,
inquire of W. BREN, Special 1 ickt Agent No.
22 Bull street, Ticket Agent Union Depot, or 8.
C. BOYLBTON, General Ticket Agent Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad.
J „ A. POPE,
je2lm General Passenger Agent.
pikdmyi' mum,
VIA AUGUSTA AND CHARLOTTE, OR VIA
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE.
Passenger Department, I
Richmond, Va., May 81,1881. J
Excursion Ticket Arrangements
FOR
THE SEASON OF 1881,
TO THE
Health Resorts and Attractive Ex
cursion Points
OF Northeast Georgia. Upper South Caro
lina, Western North Carolina, the Virginia
Springs, etc , by the way of Augusta and Char
lotte. and also by the wav of Macon, Atlanta
and Charlotte, commencing June Ist and ex
piring October 81, 1881. Round trip tickets
will be on sale t Savannah until October 1,
1881; and passenger transportation facilities
will be perfect to meet the demands of, and
render comfortable service to, all intending
tOl o - —Kile to the various
poiatu reached t tin •
For tickets, lime sables., t St%%nnah,
inquire of Ihe City and Dept ■ • ncies
of the Central Railroad,
, A. POPP.
*e2-lm Genera] Passenger Agent.
Summer floods.
AT COST !
ONE DOZEN SMALL SIZED
Family Ice Cleats.
FOR SALE BY
PALMER BROS.
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SUNDRIES!
Rubber street hose.
HOSE, REELS and SPRINKLERS.
LAWN MOWERS.
WATER COOLEhS.
ICE CREAM FREEZERS.
• For sale low by
PALMER BROS.
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IN SEASON!
IMPROVED FLY FANS.
Ice Cream Freezers, Patent
and Plain.
Porcelain Lined and Other
Styles of Water Coolers.
Wire Dish Covers.
Patent Fly and Roach Traps.
Refrigerators.
And the very best Kerosene
Stoves.
—AT—
CROCKERY HOUSE
-OF
JAS. S. SILVA,
140 BROUGHTON STREET.
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Matting, Matting!
NEW ARRIVALS OF ALL SORTB OF
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Mosquito Nets, Baby Carriages,
Migrators & Ice Boies.
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