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J. 11. ESTILL, Proprietor.
W. T. THOMPSON, Editor.
FRIDAY 7 IINK 10, 1881.
Malione has the warm support of Gen.
Grant, and he thinks he can induce that
chieftain to come to Virginia and make
a few speeches to the negroes.
It is to be hoped the administration
will include the Interior Department in
the localities to be investigated. There
is a fine field for a strong drag net there.
Gen. Wm. H. Payne is talked of as
the Democratic candidate for Governor
of Virginia. Payne was a Confederate
brigadier. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has a
large and influential support for the same
office.
General Grant arrived-at St. Louis on
the 7th inst. from New Orleans. He
did not know how his badges came to
be in the hands of the two men arrested
at Texarcana. lie thought his Japanese
servant left them in Chicago. He re
fused to talk politics.
The richness of the Alaska gold mines
has been greatly exaggerated. The gold
is hard to get at, and does not exist iD
the quantities reported, and the theories
about big nuggets are pronounced by
parties who have traversed the gold belt
as decidedly mythical.
The Cincinnati Gazette publishes a
carefully prepared article to prove that
Conkling is insane. The fact that he is
the first member of the Republican party
who ever resigned a good office without
having a fair tail hold on a better one
goes far to subject him to the suspicion
of lunacy.
The New York Times says that the
Republicans of Virginia ought not to
antagonize Mahone, as they would by
doing so "cnly retard the progress of
the State towards that kind of civiliza
tion that prevails at the North.” But
pray is “that kind of civilization” de
sirable in the South?
East St. Louis has been lighted by the
tower electric lamp system, the water
tower on the river, a building over two
hundred feet high, being utilized for
thiß purpose. On this a light of 32,000
candle power was fixed. The experi
ment was a success, lighting up the town
and the river for over a mile at a cost of
$o a night.
Rev. or Professor Swing, of Chicago,
who runs some kind of a nondescript
institution in that moral city, wants ali
the vulgar, nonsensical portions of the
Old and New Testaments stricken out,
and Robert Ingersoll wants the whole
thing blotted out. Prof. Swing and
Robert Ingersoll agree pretty well with
the Russian Nihilists.
The scheme for a great musical festi
val in New York next year, under the
direction of Theodore Thomas, has
already taken practical shape, and an ex
perienced agent will be dispatched at
once to Europe to close engagements
with artists of celebrity. Subscriptions
to the guaranty fund have already reach
ed the sum of $55,000, sufficient to in
sure the success of the undertaking, and
it is expected that the amount can easily
be raised to $75,000 or SIOO,OOO.
The London Jockey Club is such a
highly aristocratic and genteel organiza
tion that the owner of Iroquois, the
winner of the Derby, cannot become a
member, because he is "engaged in
trade.” This is rough on Mr. Lorillard,
who considers himself quite an aristocrat
in this country. He has his consolation,
however. Being in the wholesale snuff
and tobacco trade, he can afford to turn
up his nose at the small fry retail deal
ers. as he doubtless does, and at all the
low consumers of the articles he supplies,
as well. This ought to make him happy.
The seaside resorts, not satisfied with
prohibiting the Hebrews, propose to
banish the children as well. At the Cliff
House, at Tarrytown, N. Y. t the sign
conspicuously declares, "Adults only
will be entertained.” Several other ho
tels in the vicinity have made similar an
nouncements, and a general warfare
against children seems to have been be
gun by the hotel men. The proprietor
of the Cliff House is also an anti-Hebra
ist, refusing to lease his rooms to Jews.
It is probable that, in the course of time,
the seaside resorts will grow still more
particular, and demand a moral health
certificate from everybody calling for a
breakfast or a lunch.
Said the New York Times a few days
ago: "The Democratic party in Arkansas
is in a lair way to be permanently divided
on the same issue which ha 9 split the
Virginia Democracy,” that is, the State
debt question. Such a division has been
threatened, but is not imminent. Mr.
Fishback, the leader of the "amend
ment” or “Readjuster” wing of the par
ty. has recently written a letter to the
Little Rock Gazette, which represents
the non-amendment wing, that he will
support "the ticket, platform and all,”
of the next Democratic convention,
whether opposed to the constitutional
amendment or not, and the Gazette re
sponds that it intends to make "no fight
outside of the Democratic ranks.”
The Cincinnati Timex Star thinks that
there is to be a revival of canals, and
that the traffic of the future will be
largely carried by water. There have
never been more canal enterprises ou
hand than just at present First in im
portance is the Panama canal; then
comes Corinth canal, to cut across the
isthmus of Corinth and shorten the dis
tance to Constantinople; the Cape Cod
canal to shorten the distance around the
cape; the Baltimore canal, to cut across
Delaware and save the voyage down the
Chesapeake; the Hennepen canal, and
the proposed canal through Florida,
which would shorten the voyage from
New Orleans to New York and Liver
pool several hundred miles.
Sir Anthony Musgrove, Governor of
Jamaica, is in New York on business.
He says Jamaica is very greatly in need
of Americans and American ideas, to
stir the people up. The British Govern
ment has over 70,000 acres ot good land
for sale, which has reverted to it on ac
count of the failure of the owners to pay
rent. Musgrove saysi these lands will
be offered to Americans at low rates.
There is plenty of negro labor to hire at
from twenty-five to fifty cents a day, but
the negroes are very lazy, and it is diffi
cult to get them to do any work,although
they have abundant opportunities. Mus
grove says Jamaica wants an American
who knows how to keep a flrst-clasa
hotel. The Courier-Journal suggests
that perhaps Conkling, Platt, Gorham
and Chandler might be induced to try
(heir fortunes on the island.
A Stormy Administration.
Mr. Tilden is credited with having
prophesied that Garfield's would be the
stormiest administration this country
had ever witnessed. The prophesy
seems to be in course of fulfillment. Its
open war with Conkling and his faction,
and his ears filled with insidious tales of
corruption and disloyalty on the part of
Blaine, it is industriously circulated that
Conkling, Grant & Cos. will shortly be
gin a cruel war upon Garfield, and briDg
back “Boss Shepherd” to aid them
in a full expose of Garfield’s "De
Golyer Pavement” bribe-taking while
he was a member of Congress. “When
rogues fall out,” etc. Great pains were
taken to cover up or explain away the
black charges of corruption against Gar
field by the famous “Investigating Com
mittee” of the Forty-sixth Congress, and
after he was nominated for President
even the Democrats grew mild upon the
subject, and ceased altogether upon his
election. Guilty he certainly was, in
their opinion, but that only fitted
him for high position in the Repub
lican ranks, and now that he
was President, and possessed of un
doubted ability, they would throw no
obstacle in his way of a fair administra
tion of the government In his fight with
Conkling, therefore, as the least of two
evils, they confirmed the appointments
of Garfield, and though Conkling may
bring to his aid General Grant and his
cohorts, and though Blaine may be
thrown off by disaffection and disloyalty,
the Democrats will adhere to their
policy, and guide the storm to Republi
can destruction.
Another Weak Legislature.
The legislative bodies of the country,
according to the newspapers, are singu
larly weak and inefficient. Of the Penn
sylvania Legislature, which was to ad
journ yesterday, the Philadelphia Keen
ing News remarks that even the well iu
tentioned men were powerless to control
the noisy factions, and allowed them
selves to be driven here and there by
bogus reformers, who assumed to repre
sent popular alarms; which shows that
even honest, clear headed men, if lack
ing in aggressive force, do not make use
ful legislators. In brief, says the New,
the Legislature has utterly failed in its
duty, and the session has been foolishly
frittered away for lack of moral strength.
The same will doubtless be said of the
New York Legislature when it adjourns
after its long squabble over State
Senators, and, as we have already given
the press views of the recently adjourned
Illinois Legislature, it will be seen that
the Legislatures of the three most popu
lous States in the Union (all Republican)
arc severely castigated and denounced in
unmeasured terms by leading Republi
can journals, not only as inefficient
and worthless, but as positively
factious, immoral and mischievous.
Thus it appears, according to their own
showing,that Republican administration,
whether small or great, local or general,
sectional or national, bear exactly the
same complexion—and that Republican
State Legislatures are but the reflex of
the grand central oligarchy at Wash
ington.
Practical Reconeiliatiou.
During the ceremonies at the New
York Academy of Music on the evening
of Decoration day, Major General
Doubleday met Bishop Stevens, of South
Carolina. General Doubleday, in his
speech, stated that twenty years ago be
aimed the first gun fired in the war at
the Confederate cause—referring to Fort
Sumter; and that twenty years ago
Bishop Stevens, then in command of
Stevens’ battery, Charleston harbor,
aimed the first gun of the war
against the United States, waving
over the Star of the West,
which came with reinforcements
to Fort Sumter, and that he offered him
his hand as a token of the reconciliation
between the North and the South, as ex
emplified in his appearance at the acade
my to do honor to the Union dead. The
audience, at the request of the presiding
officer, Major General Sickles, rose en
masse and ratified the contract by enthu
siastic applause. This is an episode of
practical reconciliation and illustrates
that the country at heart is tired and
weary and disgusted with the sectional
ism and bitterness that has been so long
kept alive by political charlatans for sel
fish and ignoble purposes.
Agreed on One Point.
Whatever may be the gripiDgs and
troubles ot the Republican party—how
ever many fragments into which it may
be violently rent, and however fiercely
its leaders may denounce and oppose
each other—all are agreed on one point,
and that is the encouragement of Mahone
to dissolve the “solid South.” On this
question the triumphant Garfield and
Blaine can cordially shake hands with
the defeated Conkling and Platt. Re
publicans never lose sight of the “loaves
and fishes,” and however absorbing the
deadly feud among themselves, they
can always unite against any other party
which endangers their game of plunder.
A Serious Charge.— At a meeting of
the New York Chamber of Commerce
last week, Colonel Frederick A. Conk
ling created a sensation by declaring that
one of the members of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House of Rep
resentatives had been bribed (in the sum
of $100,000) to prevent legislation on the
sugar question. The money is alleged
to have been paid by certain sugar mer
chants in New York city. The report
of the committee on the main question
is very severe on ex Secretary Sherman,
with which the chamber is at issue. In
his last communication to the chamber
he is charged with "evading the ques
tion,” and in "saying what was not true.”
Mr. Phillips, one of the committee, said,
to sum it all up, "he had exceeded his
duty as an executive officer and assumed
legislative powers, violating the plain
terms of a law, and the Chamber of Com
merce should put itself on record in op
position to an act so reprehensible.”
Fence or No Fence.—The farmers
of Randolph county, Ga., have been in
council and debate on the subject of
"fencing stock” instead of the farms,
and as but one speaker appeared in favor
of the old law on the subject, it is
pretty clear that the farmers of Ran
dolph are nearly unanimous for saving
the annual expense to the county of
"$70,000 for repairing old fences," to
say nothing of the waste of valuable
timber in constructing rail fencing
enough to connect "Cuthbcrt with the
City of Washington."
New York Freemasons. The
Grand Lodge of New York met
on the 7th. inst The report of the
Grand Secretary showed an increase in
the last year of 2,674 initiated, 2,694
passed, and 2,577 raised, with 640 ap
plications. Total increase, 8,884! ex
pelled, 86; suspended, 10. Unaffiliated
during the year for non payment ot
dues, 4,029; restored to membership,
859; total membership in good standing,
72,867; deaths, 866; receipts of the order
during the year, $83,556 55,
William Penn’s Remains.
It seems that in the negotiations for
the transfer of the ashes of William Penn
from their resting place in England to
the great city which he founded in
America no account was taken of the
trustees of the cemetery in which they
have rested for 163 years. After the
consent of his surviving lineal descend
ants had been obtained it was supposed
that there was no other person in exist
ence who could interpose any legal ob
stacle to the proposed removal. Mayor
and Councils of Philadelphia, the Penn
sylvania Historical Society and the State
Legislature united in a request to the
English descendants of Penn to permit
the people of Pennsylvania to pay this
posthumous honor to their illustrious
ancestor. Gov. Hoyt requested Mr.
George Leib Harrison, a wealthy citizen
of Philadelphia, who was about to sail
for Europe, to act for the State govern
ment, and to do whatever might be
necessary to secure the object in view.
Mr. Harrison is now on his way across
the ocean, but it is not likely that he
will succeed in his mission. Under date
of June 4, Mr. R. Littieboy, one of the
trustees of the burial ground in Buck
inghamshire, in which Penn is buried,
writes to the London Times that no ap
plication has been made to the board of
trustees for the removal of the remains,
and that if such a request were made it
would not be entertained. It is to be
presumed that without the consent of
the legal custodians of the cemetery the
grave of Penn cannot be disturbed, and
it is said that Penn and his last wife
were buried side by side in the family
lot, and that there is no record by which
the one grave can be identified from the
other.
Panama Protocol.
The Panama Star and llerald publishes
the following resume of the leading
points of the protocol, said to have been
signed by the representatives of Colom
bia and the United States at New York :
"Ships of war and military convoys of
the United States may, in peace or war,
pass free through the canal without pay
rnent of tolls. By common consent both
governments will select in territory in
the isthmus places appropriate for forts,
arsenals, coaling depots and naval store
houses. In time of peace there shall be
no military force on the isthmus beyond
that indispensable for the repair and pre
servation of such forts, arsenals, etc. In
case the neutrality of the canal should be
threatened, the United States are author
ized to take military occupation of the
isthmus, and Colombia will be obliged
to co-operate. Ships of war and military
expeditions of all other nations except
the United States will have no right to
pass through the canal in time of peace.
Nevertheless, the two nations may, by
mutual understanding, permit the inno
cent use of the highway to such ships
and expeditions. Colombia undertakes
not to enter into negotiations concerning
the canal, or alter the rules and regula
tions governing it, without previous ac
cord with the United States.”
The Star and Hera Id adds: "The pro
tocol has been disapproved by the Co
lombian Senate. Deichman, United
States Minister to Colombia, and author
of the protocol, is furious. The govern
ment, Senate, press and people have
unanimously denounced the protocol.”
A Pretty Tea Party.
Gath writes: "Conkling’s dispatch to
Mahone was one of his cunning signs of
timidity. There is little que lion but
that in the interest of himself, and not
of the Republican party, he opened ne
gotiations with Mahone even before the
Presidential elections, to get control of
the Senate and have a vast swoop of pa
tronage throughout the country, whether
the President should be a Democrat or a
Republican. The Camerons were in
thorough sympathy with this scheme,and
Gorham was the principal agent to carry
it out. It resulted in the precipitation
of an issue before the Senate at the
special session which the President did
not intend nor the country desire.
The Republicans of the North who
have any sense are opposed to splilting
up the South by corrupting it. The
policy of Conkling and Mahone was to
split the South, not by a chastened and
altered sensibility and reflection, but by
scattering the loaves and the fishes of the
United States into the South, so as to
make a scramble, and out of the scram
ble possibly break up the Democracy.
This would only be another version of
the carpet-bag campaign, whose emissa
ries were sent into the South to take
possession of the Southern State govern
ments, and by their corrupting influence
divide the people. The scheme has failed
ignominiously. Mahone is planted on
the disgraceful platform of cheating the
State creditors, and he dare not say the
simple word that he is a Republican. He
wants to say he is something else and get
Republicans to support him.”
The Philadelphia Evening News, a
stalwart organ, says : "The star route
thieves should be rigidly prosecuted aDd
punished; but it is passing strange that
the only person capable of detecting
their guilt or urging their prosecution is
a bitter Democrat, who has heretofore
shown great readiness to use his powers
to shield Democrats and punish Repub
licans.” It is rather strange that a
Democrat like A. 31. Gibson, who, it
will be remembered, was so conspicuous
in exposing the Credit Mobilier frauds,
should be employed by President Gar
field to track the star-route thieves; but
the fact only goes to show that be can
find no man in his own corrupt party
whom he is willing to trust with the
business. President Garfield has a
lively recollection of Gibson’s enterprise
and sagacity as a prober of official cor
ruption.
A letter has just been published, writ
ten by Gen. J. M. Schofield in Septem
ber, 1880, and addressed to the Secretary
of the Society of the Army of the Cum
berland, in which be claims for himself
most of the glory of the Nashville cam
paign, which resulted in the discomfiture
of the Confederate General Hood, and
which has heretofore been awarded to
the late Gen. Geo. H. Thomas. In re
gard to the battle of Franklin, one of the
bloodiest of the war, General Schofield
says he fought it on his own volition to
save all his baggage and supplies, and
without even the knowledge of General
Thomas, who was in Nashville, fifty
miles away.
A number of the largest cotton houses
of Memphis, Tenn., have formed a com
pany for the purpose of building and
operating a compress, elevator and ware
houses for cotton storage, and to that
end have purchased sixty acres of land
lying along the river front. These houses
represent three hundred thousand bales
of this year's crop, and financially are
equal to any amount necessary to carry
out their object. The enterprise is ex
pected to be of considerable advantage
to Memphis, which is reaching out for
the cotton product of the Southwest.
Many Republican newspapers in the
North have spoken favorably of the Re
adjuster nominations in Virginia, and
have advised the Virginia Republicans
to support the ticket Anjong the
journals that have committed themselves
to the cause represented by Senator Ma
hone, and his followers, may be men
tioned the New Yorjt Times and Tribune,
the Philadelphia Press, the Boston Tran
script, Traveller and Herald, the Hart
ford Courant, the Providence Star and
the Buffalo Advertiser.
A Nobby Christening.
The New York Home Journal gives
the following account of a recent christ
ening party in Hartford:
"About three or four hundred repre
sentatives of Hartford, New York and
Boston society assembled at the house of
Charles H. Brainard on Capitol avenue,
Hartford, on the afternoon of the
16th of May, to witness the
baptism of his granddaughter, the
infant child of Edgar T. Welles
and wife. The christening took place
in the large drawing room, which was
decorated with choice flowers from Kin
ner of New York, and Spear of Hartford.
At one end of the room were two large
pillars of lilies and roses, and between
them stood a baptismal font, four feet
high, composed entirely of Niphetoa and
Lamarque rosebuds. In this stood a sil
ver gilt bowl, containing water brought
from the river Jordan by the Hon, Wm.
Faxon. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Mr. Miller, rector of St. John’s
Church, and the Rev. Mr. Cotton,
brother-in law of Mrs. Welles. At the
appointed hour, 4 o’clock, four ushers
led the procession into the presence of the
guests. The god mothers came first in
single file, all dressed in white muslin
gowns, trimmed with roses. They were
Mrs. E. S. Clarke, of Boston, Mrs. Cotton
and Mrs. W. R. Mowe, all aunts of the
baby. Then followed Xhebonne with the
infant, and the godfathers, John Welles,
E. S. Clarke, and the Rev. Mr. Cotton.
The parents and grandparents came
last. The baby wore a dress made by
Worth, of Paris. It was of sheer lawn,
over white silk, most elaborately trim
med with Mechlin lace and lilies of-the
valley. On one shoulder of the dress
was a rose-bud made of dia
monds with leaves of emeralds,
and on ihe other shoulder a
golden buttercup, set with diamonds. A
pretty feature of the service was the
music, which was played in an under
tone during the service, all of the com
pany joining in singing the doxology be
fore the benediction. After the baptism
the two dining rooms were opened and
Ilabenstein served a superb collation, at
which ‘caudle’ made from a rare Eng
lish receipt was supplied. The child
received the name of ‘ Alice.’ The gifts
were numerous, and among them were a
diamond bangle, several diamond and
jeweled rings, coral and gold beads, laces
and embroideries, a cradle of flowers
and numerous baskets of exotics. The
entire house wa3 thrown open during
the afternoon and evening, and rare
flowers were placed in every available
nook. Each guest was presented as a
souvenir with a box of bonbons, on the
cover of which was a photograph of the
happy child about whom all this festal
array was centered.”
A Surprlsiag Historian.
The following extracts from an article
in the Capitol on Badeau’s alleged his
tory, reflect, says General Boynton, the
opinion of many army men here:
"To readers of Charles O’Malley, who
have lingered with delight over the glow
ing pages where the excitement of war
is portrayed in the high field of ideal
creation, the book by General Badeau
will be particularly welcomed. Linked
to history by the fondness of a few iden
tical dates, entwined with the names
of great men by the rapture of its
adulation, endeared to two hundred and
six admirers of General Grant by the ex
plosive qualities of its gush, this volume
of war romance cannot fail to take.
Badeau will not find a single author of
record or reliable hearsay to justify his
statements of the relative numbers of the
two opposing armies, and the only smart
thing in the book is the fallacious deduc
tions from things that are made to appear
as facts from a lack of explanation. As
an instance, the reader is led to suppose
that Lee surrendered 30,000 men or more
at Appomattox. The fact is that 8,000
muskets were in line, and the rest were
teamsters and such employes, with
thousands of men on the muster
rolls who were not at Appomatox.
The surrender was made by rolls, and
the stragglers who escaped and went to
Johnston's army were not assigned to
duty there because of that fact. All the
whisky and administration corruption
that has smirched Grant’s fame will not
do him as much harm as this romantic
rigmarole of falsehood and ignorance.
Where the history ends and romance be
gins it is impossible to tell.
"General Badeau says that Stonewall
Jackson fought Siegel, when, in fact, the
doughty Dutch hero met Breckenridge,
and was not in the vicinity of the alleged
battle until long after Stonewall’sdeath.”
Born to Good Luck. —An interesting
incident occurred on board the steamer
Germanic during the passage from Liv
erpool to New York. One of the cabin
passengers, among whom were William
11. Vanderbilt, J. K. Vanderbilt and
Capt. J. II Vanderbilt, uncle of the
former, tells an interesting story of a
poor, friendless woman in the steerage
who gave birth to a child when the ship
was three days out, and who was made
happy and comfortable by the kindness
and generosity of Mr. William 11. Van
derbilt and others. A purse of S3OO
was presented her, and a letter was given
by Mr. Vanderbilt, calling upon the New
York Hospital managers to see that the
poor woman received, at his expense;
the best of care. The mother, Mrs
Margaret Phillips, is a Welsh woman,
and was on her way alone to join her
husband in this country. She was over
joyed at the sympathies enlisted in her
behalf, and was particularly delighted
when the Itev. Dr. Satterlee christened
her baby "Mary Germanic Vanderbilt
Phillips,” after the steamer and her gen
erous benefactor. Captain Vanderbilt
became godfather to the child and Mrs.
George Evans godmother.
During last week the births and deaths
in the city of New York numbered 422
and the deaths 600. This discrepancy,
says the Tribune, is rather greater than
the average, but there is always a mark
ed difference between the two figures.
The metropolis, like all large cities, is
an immense consumer of human life,
and would soon become depopulated if
it did not constantly draw upon the rural
districts for a supply of fresh blood.
The deaths in a year exceed the births
by about 10,000. Looked at in
one light the city is an insatiable
devourer of vital forces and
demands from the country 10,000 human
beings every year to appease its appetite.
Its victims are sacrificed in a thousand
ways, by overwork in the strife for
bread, by overworry in the mad struggle
for gain, by poisoned air, unwholesome
food, vile drinks and adulterated drugs,
and perhaps most of all by the great
friction, tension and competition of city
life, wearing out the human machine too
rapidly and causing it to break down
prematurely. Civilization has yet to
solve the problem of making the city as
healthy as the country.
British Gold. English capital is
coming into this country seeking in
vestment in ways that may not ultimate
ly benefit itself or this country. To this
cause is largely due the recent unprece
dented rise in certain railroad securities
and the consolidations. By-and-by there
will come a reaction. England is money
logged. London banks are choked with
money waiting for investment. Yet
the commerce, the manufacture,
the agriculture and the mines of Eng
land are all past their prime and
on their decline. Money flows there
because London is still the bank and
clearing-house of the world. But the
lack of profitable investment at home
leads English capital to take risks in this
country, aod to pay prices that caution
does not justify. It is English capitalists
that are fighting the Southern extensions
and connections of the Baltimore sys
tem of roads, and zeal gets the better of
their judgment, —Baltimore Gazette.
The Wilmington Star suggests the
celebration of the three hundredth an
niversary of the settlement of Roanoke
Island, N. G., the oldest English settle
ment on the continent. This event
occurs in June, 1884, the settlement of
the island having been made in June,
1584. North Carolina is great on cele
brations, and should its people determine
to go into the one suggested, there is no
doubt it would prove a success,
A Canal Boom.
The movement of grain down the Mis
sissippi river in barges ha3 again given
prominence to the canal as an actual and
possible highway of transportation.
Some years ago it was supposed that the
great trunk Hues of railway had entirely
superseded the canals, and that the best
of them had no future except to be filled
up as useless ditches. This has already
been done in the case of the Erie and
Pittsburg canal, which at one time united
the waters of Lake Erie and the Ohio
river, and formed a most important link
in the line of communication between
New York and the West and the
Southwest. It wa3 predicted that
the great New York and Erie canal
would eventually share the fate of this
Pennsylvania tributary. The success of
the barge system of transportation on the
Mississippi river has wrought such a
revolution in public opinion on this sub
ject that some of the Western cities,
which are pre-eminently railroad cen
tres, are becoming seriously alarmed
about their trade. Chicago, with char
acteristic energy, was the first city to
start a project for turning the barges
from their southward course. The
Illinois Legislature was induced to
pass a bill giving the Illinois canal,
which extends from Chicago to La Salle,
to the United States Government on the
condition that it would be completed to
the Mississippi river. Just now, how
ever, the general government has no
particular use for a canal, and it could
scarcely have been expected that the
gift would be accepted when the bill
was passed. The discussion of the sub
ject, however, paved the way for the
calling of a convention of represents
tives of the commercial interests of the
Northwestern States at Davenport,
lowa, for the purpose of putting the de
mand upon the bounty of the United
States Government into a more effective
shape. In point of fact Chicago does
not care to have the Illinois river im
proved from La Salle to its mouth, be
cause it flows into the Mississippi two
hundred miles below the parallel of
Chicago, and very close to the rival city
of St. Louis. A short cut from Henne
pin (near La Salle) across to the Missis
sippi river, at Rock Island, is what
Chicago wants, and the Davenport Con
vention accordingly memorialized Con
gress to assist in making the canal, in
connection with other internal improve
ments, which were thrown in to satisfy
the trans-Mississippi delegates. The
distance from Hennepin to Rock Island,
on the Mississippi river, by an air line, is
about 70 miles. The distance from Hen
nepin to Chicago by the canal route is
about 100 miles. The canal between
Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river
would consequently be 170 miles in
length, 96 miles of which are already com
pleted. The barge movement, the agita
tion of the canal question in the West, and
especially the widening and deepening
of the Welland canal in Canada, have
created more or less apprehension in New
York lest a portion of the traffic which
now moves through the Erie canal
should lie turned from its accustomed
channel. The Legislature has had va
rious bills under consideration looking
to the improvement of the canil, and a
bill abolishing al ( l tolls came very near
passing the Senate. A bill is now pend
ing which contemplates the enlargement
of the locks so as to make
them 236 feet in length and 26
feet wide. The present dimen
sions of the locks are 100 feet by 18 feet.
The bill also contemplates the deepening
of the canal by digging out one foot of
earth from the bottom and raising the
bank two feet higher, thus securing an
additional depth of three feet. The es
timated cost of the proposed improve
ment is five and a half millions of dol
lars It is quite evident that New York
city still regards the Erie canal as a most
important factor in her commercial pro
gress.
Cotton Transportation Deflection To
wards Lower Lines ol' Latitude.
New York Commercial Bulletin.
The New Orleans Picayune is arguing
to show that the tendency of the cotton
movement towards the North Atlantic
ports has about reached its culmination,
and that causes are now actively at work
to produce such a reaction as will con
tine transportation and the handling of
the staple to the cotton belt proper. The
statistics which the writer briDgs to bear
on the subject certainly go far to justify
his deductions. The opening up of the
longitudinal railway system extending
down from the West into Arkansas and
Texas is shown to have greatly stimu
lated the overland movement out of the
cotton belt; last year the figures reaching
1,134,000 bales, or nearly 20 per cent, of
the total production. Of this, 600,000
bales crossed the Mississippi at Hannibal
and passed through St. Louis, and 161,-
000 were carried North from Cairo by
the land lines of transportation. Out of
that crop barely 40 per cent, was sent to
the Gulf ports. This season, however,
there has been a marked change. Ac
cording to the Picayune-.
‘‘The crop has been augmented over It per
cent., yet the quantity of cotton carried over
land has decreased nearly 100.000 bales from
the figures of last year to corresponding date.
The principal decrease in this direction has
been at St. Louis, where there has been 99,000
bales less cotton handled than last year. 'I he
shipments through Louisville have also fallen
off 59,000 bales. On the other hand, there has
been an augmentation in the shipments via
Hannibal, and the Cincinnati Southern has
greatly increased the business of the Ohio
metropolis. As a consequence of this relative
decrease in the Northern-bound cotton busi
ness of the railways, the Gulf ports have en
larged their receipts in exact proportion to the
augmentation of the crop, and on this basis
ought to handle for the current season say
2,600,000 bales, against 2,3:5,100 during 1879-80.”
On the Atlantic seaboard it is also
shown that the tendency is towards
lower lines of latitude ; that is to say,
the five ports north of the Potomac liav
ing this season received direct from the
points of production ODly 441,700 bales,
against 452,517 in 1879 80—a falling off
of 40,051 bales. On the other hand, the
Atlantic ports south of the Potomac
have.handled 2.434,643 bales—an en
largement of 25 per cent, over the figures
of last season. Norfolk has gained 24
per cent., Charleston 37, Wilmington 50
and Savannah 16 per cent. In view of
these figures, our coternporary concludes
it is satisfied that "this deflection of the
cotton trade toward lower lines of lati
tude will not be temporary, but it is the
beginning of a reaction which will turn
the movement back into its normal
channels. The necessities which im
pelled the railways to haul cotton against
the trade draft at starvation rates no
longer exist, and with the new business
to be opened up by the extension of the
lines to the Pacific coast and across the
Ilio Grande, the natural laws of com
merce will be allowed to direct the sta
pie to the best neighboring seaboard
market.”
An Amusing Mistake. A Wash
ington dispatch says: “A few days
ago Senator Conger, of Michigan, called
at the house of Mr. Blaine after business
hours, expecting to find him at home.
Mr. Blaine, however, had been detained
at the State Department. Mr. Conger
requested that the telephone be used to
ascertain when the Secretary would get
home. The servant, who misunderstood
Mr. Conger when he gave his name,
went to the telephone, signaled the State
Department, and gravely informed Mr.
Blaine that Mr. Conkling was at Ins
house, very desirous to see him, and
would like to know when he would be
home. Mr. Blaine was thunderstruck.
He knit his brows, ran his hands
through the remnants of his hair, and
requested that the name of the gentle
man who wanted to see him should be
repeated. "Conkling,” came back again
through the telephone. "Conkling,”
repeated the Secretary, soito voce, "what
can he mean?” and still doubting, the
suggestion was made that there must be
some mistake. Mr. Conger was then
appealed to to know if he had not said
his name was ConkliDg, and he then
pronounced it intelligibly enough to be
understood by the able domestic, who
sent it this time all right through the
telephone, and Mr. Blaine was relieved
of any fears he had as to the presence of
his arch enemy in his household.”
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A New York young woman twice at
tempted to drown herself; next she tried
to kill herself by biting a vein; then she
took Paris green; at another time she
swallowed laudanum; later 6he tried to
throw herself from a car window; after
this, setting fire to her hair, she tried to
burn hei self to death; then she made
several other unsuccessful attempts,
after which she was arrested while on
the way to the river to throw herself in.
A California millionaire, who a dozen
years ago was driving a street car in San
Francisco, has just rented a cottage at
Newport for the season, paying rental of
$4,500.
A PLOT REVEALED.
Preparations lor au Immense Ex
press Robbery lu Chicago.
Startling discoveries were made by
the police of Chicago Sunday morning in
consequence of the arrest of a well
known thief, named Sam Hanna.
Among other things learned were par
ticulars of an attempt to waylay and rob
the United States Express’ Company's
messenger on the Dubuque route, whose
safe on every trip contains all the way
from fifty thousand to half a mil
lion dollars. It seems that the
express company has been missing
packages of ali kinds from the
delivery wagons. These robberies have
been going on for several weeks, and the
losses now amount to several thousand
dollars. Through Hanna’s arrest Sun
day morning it, was learned that the
driver was in the habit of posting Han
na as to the route, and when the latter
was seen on the street corner the driver
would throw him packages. He dis
closed the secret to a chum, with whom
he subsequently had a falling out. Asa
means of revenge the chum gave the po
lice pointers. The driver was arrested,
and gave the plans of the contemplated
messenger robbery, which was to have
taken place in a dark neighborhood,
near the Clinton street depot, from
which these trains now leave.
Sitting Bull’s Story of tho Custer
Massacre.
Sitting Bull, the desperate Indian lead
er, has recently told the story of the Cus
ter massacre to Major Crozier. He began
his account of the engagement by saying
that ‘ on the morning of the battle, at
sunrise, two young men who had been
out a short way on the prairie, came to
me and told me that from the top of a
high butte they had seen the troops ad
vancing in two divisions. I then had
all the horses driven into the camp and
corraled between the lodges. About
noou the troops came up, and at once
rushed upon the camp. They charged
in two separate divisions, one at the up
per end, whilst the other division
charged about the middle of the
camp. The latter division struck the
camp ?h the centre of the 250 lodges
of the Uncapapa Sioux, and close to
the door of my own lodge. At the
time that the troops charged I was mak
ing medicine for the Great Spirit to help
us and fight upon our side, and as I
heard the noise and knew what it was, I
came out. Wncn I had got to the out
side of my lodge I noticed that this di
vision had stopped suddenly close to the
outer side of the Uncapapa camp, and
then they sounded a bugle and the troops
fired into the camp. (Here Sitting Bull
made a peculiar noise with his mouth
and clapped his hands together to imi
tate the firing of soldiers.) lat once set
my wife upon my best horse, put my
war-bonnet on her head, and told her
to run away with the rest of the wo
men. She did so, but in her hurry
forgot to take the baby (a girl);
after she had gone a little way she
thought of the child and came back for
it. I gave the child to her and she went
off again. I now put a flag upon a lodge
pole, and lifting it as high as I could, I
shouted out as loud as I was able to my
own men: Tam Sitting Bull; follow
me.’ I then rushed at the head of them
up to the place where I thought Custer
was, and just as we got close up to the
troops they fired again. (Here Bull
again imitated for some length of time
the firing of the troops.) When I saw
that the soldiers fired from their saddles
and did but little damage to us, I ordered
all my men to rush through their ranks
and break them, which they did, but
failed to break the ranks, although we
suffered as little damage as before. I
then shouted to them to try again, and,
putting myself at the head of my men,
we went at them again. This time, al
though the soldiers were keeping up a
rapid firing (from their horses), we
knocked away a whole corner and killed
a great many, though I had only one
man killed. After this we charged the
same way several times, and kept driv
ing them back for about half a mile,
killing them very fast. After forcing
them back, there only remained five
soldiers of this division and the inter
preter alive. I told my men to let them
live. Then the interpreter, the man
that the Indians called ‘The White,’
shouted out in Sioux, and said: “Cus
ter is not in this division. He is
in the otner.’ I then ordered all my
men to come on and attack the other
division. They did so, and followed me.
The soldiers of this division fired upon
us as soon as we got within range, but
did us little harm. When we had got
quite close, and we were just going to
charge them, a great storm broke right
over us; the lightning was fearful, and
struck a lot of the soldiers and horses,
killing them instantly. I then called out
to my men to charge the troops, and
shouted out: ‘The Great Spirit is on our
side! Look how he is striking the
soldiers down!’ My men saw this,
and they all rushed upon the
troops, who were mixed up a good deal.
About forty of the soldiers had
been dismounted by the lightning killing
and frightening their horses, and these
men were soon trampled to death. It
was just at this time we charged them,
and we easily knocked them off their
horses and then killed them with our
‘coup sticks.’ In this way we killed all
this division, with the exception of a few
who tried to get away but were killed by
the Sioux before they could get far. All
through the battle the soldiers fired very
wild, and only killed twenty-five Sioux.
I did not recognize General Custer in the
figlut. but only thought I did, but I
would not be certain about it. I believe
Custer was killed in the first attack, as
we found his body, or what all the
Indians thought’ was Custer’s
body, about the place that it
was’ made. I do not think there is
any truth in the report that he shot him
self. I saw two soldiers shoot them
selves. The Sioux were following them,
and in a few moments would have caught
them, but they shot themselves with their
pistols in the head. The body which
ali the Indians said was Custer’s had its
hair cut short. There were seven hun
dred and nine Americans killed. We
counted them, putting a stick upon each
body, and then taking the sticks up
again and counting them. We counted
seven hundred and seven carbines. Two
might have fallen into the creek.”
When Bull had completed the forego
ing account of the battle, he turned to
Major Crozier and said: “There, I have
fought the battle all over again to you,
and this I have never done since the time
I fought it out in earnest with General
Custer.”
The Mormon questiou is reviving again
in certain quarters. We are glad, says
au exchamre, that the Mormon “mission
aries” find no rest for the soles of their
feet in Germany, although it is good rid
dance to have them outside of the United
States. News has been received from
Berlin that every Mormon propagandist
who has been trying to make proselytes
will be expelled from the German Em
pire. As this method of procedure
could not be followed in this country,
the Methodist suggests the method of
political colonization. It says:
“We could, if we had the courage and
the purpose, check Morinonism at its
central seat by the use of the simple and
perfectly natural system of colonization.
In that way, in point of fact, Kansas
and Nebraska were made free States.
The Christian Church has the means,and
can lay its hands on the necessary agents.
The work requires no high order of tal
ent, no great statesmanship. The thing
to do is to put Christian (or Gentile) vo
ters into Utah and the threatened adja
cent Territories in such numbers as to
just simply outvote the Mormons. We
do not need to go abroad for the bulk of
these voters; they can be found at home.
Ten millions of dollars, wisely expend
ed, would probably settle the Mormon
question.”
Fratricide in Massachusetts. —
Chas. D. Kidder, thirty five years old, a
well known resident of Springfield,
Mass., and traveling salesman for a Bos
ton dry goods house, was murdered at
10 o’clock Tuetday night by his half
brother, Dwight,* aged seventeen.
Dwight became very angry two or three
days ago because Charles said it was
gross carelessness of him to let their
sick father go out on the street, and the
brothers had since had words about it.
Tuesday night Dwight called at Charles’
house, and asked him if he was ready to
take back his words. Charles told him
to go home, and tried to push him from
the door, when the boy drew a pistol
and shot Charles dead through the
heart. The lad then ran away, but will
probably be caught.
The Way to Increase the Wealth of
the South.
Neiv Orleans Times.
The wealth of the South is increas
ing. It is not increasing, however, as
rapidly as the wealth of the North.
There was a time when of the two sec
tions the South was the richer. There
is no good reason why she should not
contain the most wealth now. Her ad
vantages for the accumulation of wealth
are greater. Her climate is better and
her soil is equally fertile. Why is it
then that the North has been so much
more successful in the accumula
tion of wealth ? The chief rea
son is that the North has not
only enjoyed the profit of her own pro
ductions, but has, also, made a great
profit on the productions of the South.
For example, it is stated that in 1860
Mississippi produced one million bales
of cotton which brought her thirty-five
millions of dollars. This was the entire
income of the State. In the same year
Massachusetts manufactured three hun
dred thousand bales of cotton into cot
ton cloth which she sold for thirty-six
and a half millions of dollars. The
manufacture of cotton goods was only
one of the industries of Massachusetts,
but it brought her more money than the
entire product of the single industry
of Mississippi. It is probable that a
very large part of the profit of the
cotton crop of Mississippi went
into the pockets of Northern manu
facturers for merchandise of one
kind and another consumed by the
people of Mississippi. The same condi
tion of affairs which existed in 1860 ex
ists, to a very considerable extent, to
day, and will continue to exist until the
South manufactures the raw material
which she produces. Why should not
the South manufacture not only the cot
ton and woolen goods which she needs,
but, also, agricultural implements and
machinery of various kinds which she
uses on her plantations? She has coal,
iron and timber, and there is no reason
why she should not supply her own
wants. If cotton can be transported to
Connecticut and Massachusetts, manu
factured there and brought back here at
a profit, there is no reason why it
cannot be manufactured here
where it is produced profitably. As
long as the North is allowed to make the
profit out of the raw materials of the
South, which the South ought to make
herself, the North will be the richer sec
tion. There is one industry of which
the South was shrewd enough to obtain
control. It is the manufacture of oil
cake and oil from cotton seed. A little
more than a dozen years ago cotton seed
was regarded as worthless except for
planting. It was discovered that
two very valuable articles of
commerce could be made out of it. To
day the manufactured products of cot
ton seed enrich the South millions of
dollars annually. Of the productions of
Texas, cotton seed oil and oil cake rank
third in value. Cotton ranks first and
cattle second. The number of cotton
seed oil factories is increasing rap dly.
That which was thought to be of no
value a few years ago will, in all proba
bility, by the time the next census is
taken, add more than anything else to
the wealth of the cotton States except
cotton itself. It is remarkable that the
enterprising New Eaglanders did not get
control of the cotton seed oil industry.
The question arises why cannot we
manufacture our cotton into cotton cloth
as well as we can manufacture cotton
seed into oil and oil cake? We can and
ought. The cotton States, instead of
furnishing the raw material to the cotton
factories of Europe and New England,
ought to supply the markets of the
world with cotton goods. Cotton ought
to be manufactured where it is produced,
and the millions of dollars which are
annually made by the manufacture of
cotton goods ought to be distributed in
the cotton States. When that time
comes and we are confident it will come,
the cotton States will surpass the New
England States in wealth.
John Chinaman.
While in Hong Kong, writes a corres
pondent, I accepted the invitation of
Consul Mosby to visit the steamship
Gaelic and see how Chinamen were
shipped to the United States. There
were 458 men aud one woman. The
Chinamen were all on deck with a rope
stretched around them. At a desk near
by were three offlcers.the doctor, the har
bor-master, and the United States Con
sul. These Chinamen had bought their
tickets, but, unless they could pass the
doctor’s inspection, the harbor master
would not stamp their ticket, and if the
harbor master would not stamp then
ticket, the United States Consul would
not stamp their ticket, and if
the Consul did not stamp their
ticket, the Mail Company would
not take it. These Chinamen
had their clothes unbuttoned and laid off
down to their waists. The doctor ex
amined every one honestly and faith
fully, and did not object to a single one.
Every one was in a good state of health.
On the doctor’s certificate the harbor
master stamps the ticket, and on his cer
tificate the American Consul also stamps
the ticket, and on his stamp the Captain
takes it. Before a woman can be shipped,
she has to go down to the To Wah Hos
pital and have stamped on her arm a
certificate that she was a proper
person to come to America. All
the precautions that laws have fixed,
as far as the examinations of China
men, are honestly carried out under
the present administration, or were on
that trip. I was anxious to see some
evidence of a careless manner of doing
it. I must say they carefully did it.
While these Chinamen were all in the
string I came in and looked at them. One
of them said: ‘ Hallo, Mister, I sabbe
your bludder. He marry up in Slacla
mento.” I said, “John what do you
know?” He said, “I live in Slaclamento
eight year; 1 make $3,000; Icomehome;
I catcbee two wives; I lose all; now I go
back again.” I said, “Kearney will
catch you and hang you.” He said,
“Oh, no; me go and do Kearney’s wash
ing.” Most of them were Chinese who
were returning to the United States,
The Administration Laboring for
the Disgrace of Its Own House
hold.
Nashville American.
The administration cackles every time
it finds anew rascal who has had some
of the star ring money, as if it were re
joiced that there was a star ring for it to
ferret out. Really we can see no occa
sion in these exposures for anything but
tears of mortification from the adminis
tration, such as a father would shed on
finding his child guilty of evil practices.
An honest man would certainly go to
the bottom, even for his child’s sake;
but he would not be found cackling
about it, as if one should say; See
how honest I am, how zealous in
pursuit of villainy. At best the admin
istration is but laboring for the disgrace
of its own household. This is right, but
we do not see and cannot approve un
seemly exultation. Poor Dorsey was
close political akin to the President, In
fact, they were thick as thieves until the
administration saw an opportunity to
make reputation out of a friend in
distress. It would have pleased
us to have seen Mr. Garfield bear the
knife and stab like Brutus, but also we
should have been pleased to see some
natural tears shed over the friend by the
man who slew the guilty part of him.
We would have liked to have seen the
President in tears at the bedside of poor
Dorsey. Was be not wounded in your
service, James ? It is all inexpressibly
sad. and not very creditable to the ad
ministration, that it thus seems even to
rejoice that its own* family thus furnish
it means for the demonstration of its zeal
in pursuit of thieves.
A Fated Family.— A special from
Little Rock, Arkansas, to the New Or
leans Times says: “Some time since
John Reed, a man killer of Washington
county, was shot and killed by Deputy
Sheriff Bahn Sorrell while resisting ar
rest. Deceased had killed three men.
Yesterday at Fayetteville, county seat of
Washington, Geo. F. Reed, brother of
the deceased, rode into town armed to
the teeth, and claimed he could whip
the best man in the State, and proposed
to run the town to suit himself. The
City Mar hal, Will F. Stieman, armed
himself and attempted to arrest him. A
desperate light ensued, during which
Stieman killed Reed. Great excitement
prevails, and fears are felt that more
blood will be shed.”
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A good looking old German with long
hair sat down, or rather up, in the bar
ber’s chair, and was asked whether he
would have his hair shingled. He re
plied: “Mein Kottr, no! I vant some
hair koot off. Vy woot you put zum
shingles oo it pecause?”
The Brand of Falsehood Burned In.
From Mr. Davie’ "Rise and Fall of the
Southern Confederacy."
Gen. Sherman, in his “Memoirs”
(Vol. 11., page 349), referring to a con
versation between himself and Gen.
Johnston at their first meeting, writes:
"I told him I could not believe that he
or Gen. Lee, or the officers of the Con
federate army, could possibly be privy
to acts of assassination, but I would not
say as much for Jeff. Davis, George
Saunders and men of his stripe.”
On this I have but two remarks to
make: First, that I think there were few
officers in the Confederate army who
would have permitted such a slanderous
imputation to be made by a public enemy
against the Chief Executive of their gov
ernment. Second, that I could not value
the good opinion of the man who, in re
gard to the burning of Columbia, made
a false charge against General Wade
Hampton, and, having left it to circu
late freely for ten years, then in his
published memoirs makes this disgrace
ful admission:
“In my official report of this confla
gration I distinctly charged it to Gen.
Wade Hampton, and confess I did so
pointedly, to shake the faith of his peo
ple in him,” etc.
A letter in the Boston Olobe tells about
a Colorado doctor whose idea was that
insane persons should be treated just as
if they were sane. To demonstrate the
correctness of his theory he and his wife
started a private asylum at a rural resort
not far from Denver. They had three
patients to experiment with, one a young
girl inclined to melancholia, and another
a big negro inclined to all sorts of eccen
tricities. The patients were allowed to
wander around the institution at will,
and within a few days rather upset the
doctor’s theory. The girl followed the
bent of her inclinations by drowning
herself, and the negro followed his by
beating the doctor and his wife half to
death. The surviving patient was re
moved, and while the doctor was await
ing another chance to test his theory, he
went crazy himself. He evidently’ had
not far to go.
An investigation of the business meth
ods of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Board of
Education has been progressing for some
time, growing out of allegations that a
deficiency exists in their cash. The ap
parent deficit was explained by the
board as only an apparent one, and due
to heavy purchases of books and school
supplies, the credits for which are not
yet available. Tuesday it was found
that the safe of the board, which had
not been opened by the employes for
two days, had been rifled of large' quan
tities of vouchers, account books and
other papers, apparently of no value to
any one but the board.
A package was received in the New
York postoftice Saturday from London,
England, which contained four leases,
handsomely engrossed on large sheets of
parchment. They were sent to this
country for the signature of the party to
whom they were addressed, and were
intended to lie returned to England. The
parchment documents, however, were
completely destroyed by the ravages of
rats on shipboard. The cost of engross
ing the documents was S7O, and a claim
for that amount has been made upon the
English Government.
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An Effective, Certain and Simple means of
Destroying
Bed Bugs, Cockroaches, Ants, Moths
and Parasites of all kinds. ■
The apparatus for generating the steam
is an ordinary nursery lamp, holding
half a pint of the Medicated Fluid with
a tube at the top to direct the Medicated
Steam upon any point infested with in
sects. It is heated with a small spirit
lamp beneath the boiler. For Dwellings,
Hotels, Steam Ships, Restaurants, etc.,
nothing ever discovered equals this ap
pliance. It is harmless to human life;
is inexpensive and simple in its use.
While a most potent means for destroy
ing vermin, it is the best disinfectant
known and may be most effectually used
to prevent the spread of contagious dis
eases, such as Yellow Fever, Scarlet
Fever, Typhoid Fever, Diptheria, Small
Pox, &c. One trial is the best proof of
the great advantages of this over all
other appliances. For sale by’ Druggists
and General Dealers.
J. C. SPENCER, Proprietor,
532 Wasliington St., N. Y
apll-M,W&F6m
MYIS BROS. & co.,
STATIONERS &PEINTERS
DEALERS IN
STRAW AND MANILLA
Wrapping Papers,
PAPER BAGS, TWINES. ETC.
Corner Bull and York Streets,
jee-tf SAVANNAH, GA.
WANTED, a
v V neat situation, eommu™/ ?* *
seven column JP to r
references as to corapeten^L
quired. Address Bof gSSJj
keeping. “RakiV^no
N^offlcT^?'^:
WANTED, Bookkeeper T~~
fT double entry bookkeinor . com f*t*r.
ences, where last empioved rsf—
peered. EGYPT, this office id sal *>} £
v V tomed to manage™ e Dt of n an
well acquainted with citv hor 8“S.
Haywood,gage&co. ‘ UeB - a Pp §^
A r, ED ’ 8 nt
sjo a day gu i ran - eeri a ; |i,
W ASTED - wro,**.
STAVES, delivered at any ehippi
® Port ia
Georgia, South Carolina, or Atlantic Por .
Florida. tortl
in the South are for sale atW
posite the Screven House Btr Wt, or!
\ lews of Southern Scenery Head< i u aeni f£
jan2u tr T ,
—-__
WANTED, Pianos ~~-
repair. Rates reasonabK tu a ai
instruments. T. B. TURN K K iJ 1? '^-Wd!
. between Bull and Whitaker s? 8 J */<•*,
amt jounfl! '
IOST, or left in soma office
J volume of Zimmerman’s Hbta£‘ ; oUr, l>
many. Any one returning U„ r - V of r .fr-
GAS3MAN-8 will be rewarded me *°. Mr. C.
IOST. one hunch of -
J Office. The finder wflf retL earPi >st
News office. rrturn same b
__jeOn
I OST, a chance to get far I •
J i your meals at ’ y not taking
- jelo U CONGRESS Haij.
FOUND, the place to geTTfwY
for a small price. Where* At®
Mlt eo&K&m,,
Jtoggm.
furnished, 151 Jones street
pURNISHKD ROOMsT^rTr;Tr*
KMiTO' ““• H ™- iwfST
—- Jeloßt
F°’n RENT, two connecting rooms □ .
kitchen, with use of ba h at m o &,!li
I Broad street. Terms reason -trie.'
RENT, tenement No 77
r For terms apply to j.\o.
administrator, or W. J. HARTY i?*'
Bank State of Georgia, ‘ 1
't'Oß RENT, in Atlanta, fur the'^umT'7
L months, furnished house of six
servants’ house and stable; ten
from depot; possession given immeq.M*
Address, with references, H T t
street, Atlanta. ”
JpOR SALE, two brick tenements, ini aads
State street. Mcdjrn improvements. Apply
116 State street.
PRESS SHINGLES and lioAiiDs
For sale by
mhgs tf Bacon & brooks.
IT'OR SALE, the following stereotv'),
ratus: 1 Steam Drying Pres* (Iliv,
Piaten 18x34; 1 Iron Bearing T A ,
Iron Casting Mould (Hoe’s No. 6), to can "vq
They are almost new and in good eomiiii*
Address J. H. FS TILL, Savannah. feb34-tf
PSaarfltog.
IVERSONS coming to New Yo-k wi:l fejTJ
1 No. . last 13th street handsomely fur
uished rooms, with excellent table. Terms
moderate. Location very convenient, near
rifth avenue and Broadway. jelO-F&Tuiir
T>OABD.—Best Table Board during the rum.
NETT HOUSE 18 ° nlj 85 Per Week at
3*> 7 -6 t ~ HARNETT & GYORiii?
of board at SCHEYffI
HOUtvE will be reduced from .June nt to
November Ist. (J, \V. SEHULNT
myi7-2w
Jftmt MMmfc
■pi
Superintendent's Office S„ S. & S. R. 8.,1
May i)th, IBBL (
TN future. EVERY AFTERNOON from 3:s
A o’clock until 7 the cars ou YVHU aKU!
LINE will run through to CONCORDIAPABK,
first through car leaving Bay 8:30 p. m. and
every 10 minutes thereafter’ until 7:40; and
leaving Concordia Park 3:sfi p m. and every It
minutes thereafter until 8:06 p. u.
1 11 SUBURBAN TRAINS arriving and liv
ing city between 3:3J o’clock end 8:10 o'clock
will stop and start from Belay House.
No freight received after 3 o’clock p. m.
No admission fee to the Park and only HTE
CENTS from Bay to the Park.
EDW. J. THOMAS,
_my9-tf Superintendent.
COASTLINE RAILROAD OFFICE,I
Savannah, June 7, 1881. I
ON and after WEDNESDAY, June Sih.®
the following suburban schedule will b*
observed:
LEAVE leave leave
savannah. thunderbolt, bonaventtei
7:00 a.m. 8:00 a. m. 8:10 a*.
10:35 a.m. 12:50 p.m. 1:00 p. H.
3:35 p. M. 6;ro p. m. fi:10 p. *.
6:35 p. m. | 7:05 p. m. 7:15 p. s.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
Leave Bolton street at 7:00, 10:00 and 12:50
o’clock in the morning, and every half tour
from 2:35 until 5:00 p. m. Last car leaves Bo:-
ton street at 6:CO r. m. Returning, IW
Thunderbolt at 7:05 r. m.
FRANK LAMAR,
je7-tf Superintendent
Sff,
IC El„
HAY WOOD,GAGE & CO-
Wholesale Si Retail Dealers In lee-
WE pay special attention to the supply “j
families, offices, etc. The quality w
our Ice is equal to any and surpassed by none
in this or other marked. AH orders by
load, package or otherwise will receive our
personal attention.
OFFICE, 188 BAY STREET,
je3-2m SAVANNAH.
IHIiBHIIM
DEPOT 144 BAY STREET.
r:E furnished for all purposes and
quantity from a car load to a dan}' n*
supply, . -....m
This is the only company bringing
Ice to this market,
Orders by Mail, Telephone or
(oiit>'S,pOllDEN 2JeNI\LNS
' -BAttKERS”
25fiN£§T.-.i?eW?ogK’
vOrcnfttw
ACCOUNTS of Banks. Banners, MCI
and Individuals received.
Interest Bearing Certificates of 9#
issued.
Bonds and Stocks bought and ’ l
mission, and full information gt.e
Securities. $ I
Desirable Investment Securities his !
band.
AH matters pertaining to a General
Business will receive prompt attenuo
SHELDON COLLINS. THOS. H. BOW
FRANK JEN KIN b
apl3-W,F&M2m_
proposal*.
Improvement of > lie **, ar vol u * l *
Brunswick, Ga., and *>•
Bar, Fla. nrrK e. '
United States Engineer .gn
Army Building, New \
SEALED Proposals in ‘Y 1 Uilr-tco?i v* d aI , !t
to the undersigned, “jjjkE 1”.
Volusia Bar, Fla. separately-
The works wifi be bid tor sev r bit jders *
Specifications, instructions at
blanks for proposals. may he bidl i e rs.
offiee on application by