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HOVDAY. AUGUST go, mill.
journal the other day pub
lished a table showing that the average
wages in fifty one distinct trades were
only 60* cents a day or f-5 63 a week.
Decorative sculptors, a class of highly
skilled and intelligent workmen, receive
only 92* cents a
Captain Cook’s good luck has had its
natural effect, for the news now comes
that the Rev. M. J. Kelly.a Raptist minis
ter of Maine, has been fine 1 five dollars
and costs for assaulting a man who ex
pressed gratification the President s
recent relapse, and hoped that Garfield
would die.
Senator Voorhecs, of Indiana, is of
opinion that indications point to the re
nomination of General Hancock by the
Democrats in 1884, and that he will be
well received. “He marie a first-class
race and will do so again. He thinks,
however, that the tail of the ticket will
not come frorfi Indiana.
Mayor Kalloch, of San Francisco, has
announced himself as & candidate for
Congress at the next election. Kalloch
has already achieved enough notoriety
of the questionable sort, and it is sin
cerely to be hoped that the national
councils of the country will be spared
the infliction of his presence.
Persons who have been from any con
sideration deluded into using what are
called anti-fat remedies should take
warning from the fate of Mrs. Griggs,
who died at Long Branch in great agony
on Tuesday. She had taken during the
past ten months some eighteen bottles of
the stuff, which resulted in acute blood
poisoning, with the result announced
above.
The Southern Pacific Railway is being
pushed as rapidly as the scarcity of ties
and timber will permit. There are men
and means in abundance, but the tre
mendous demand for timber and ties for
railway building all over the Southwest
makes it difficult to secure sufficient to
meet the demand. The road i3 laid one
hundred and fifty miles west of SaD
Antonio and graded one hundred and
c-.ghty, and is also being pushed west
ward from El Paso. The confident ex
pectation is that there will be a con
tinuous line of rail from New Orleans
to San Francisco by June next.
The Greenback party in New York
seems to hold together quite strongly in
certain portions of the State. At tb<
convention which met at Elmirs
more than one half of the coun
ties were represented. It is promisee
that one of the leading features of the
campaign shall be opposition to the en
croachments of incorporated capital,
and to that end one of the planks of its
platform declares that all corporations
ought to lie regulated by law. Its
managers claim fifty thousand votes in
the State, but the politicians of the olhei
two parties do not concede this to “the
perpetual third party.”
The Chilians and Argentine Republi
cans have at length come to an amicable
settlement of their long-pending disputed
boundary question, The usual South
America practice, in such cases, is go to
war about it; but experience would now
seem to be teaching them a little com
mon sense. Provision is made for arbi
tration in the event of future disagree
ment with regard to the true intent and
meaning of the treaty. An important
clause is the perpetual neutrality of the
Straits of Magellan, which are to i*c free
to the flags of all nations, and to that end
it is agreed that no fortifications or other
works which would interfere with that
freedom shall be constructed.
Capt. Ilowgate is a very bad man, if
half that is now said about him be true;
and he ought to be punished for all his
misdeeds, when proven. But, remark -
the Washington titnr, even more
than in his punishment is the country in
terested in knowing how he could get
away with such vast sums of public
money as he is charged with and the
alleged thefts and forgeries not be dis
covered until now. If the “admirable
system of checks and balances” wc hear
so much about in connection with the
government funds and accounts is of no
more avail than this case shows it to be,
it is about time for that branch of the
service to be overhauled and improved.
A system which permits or fails to dis
cover such irregularities is about as
much to be condemned as the person
-who takes advantage of it.
The Colored Press Association in ses
sion at Chicago Thursday, passed resolu
tions as follows: As freedmen of the
United States have, under a provision of
a treaty with the Seminole Indians,
every legal and moral right to occupy
lands known as Oklahoma Territory,
Reeolred, That we use every means possi
ble to secure the opening of said Terri
tory to freedmen; that wc demand
mixed schools wherever practicable, and
where impracticable shall insist
upon colored teachers only being em
ployed in public schools. As the brutal
attempt to assassinate President G arfield
was manifestly prompted by an insane
desire for notoriety, llwAced, That we
henceforth refrain from publishing the
name of the assassin in the journals of
this association; that we support the
Mahone movement in Virginia because
it will somewhat secure to the colored
voters of that States free and fair ballot.
A Promising Future for Nevada’s
Nitrate Beds. —At a meeting of the
California Academy of Sciences, in San
Francisco the other day, says the Alta,
Hon. B. B. Redding read a paper on
“Discovery of Nitre in the Humboldt
Mountains of Nevada,” showing by a
satisfactory analysis that chemical works
could be profitably established where
the percentage of nitre is from 15 to 20,
and even 35 per cent He thought fur
ther explorations of extensive beds may
hereafter render the United States of
America independent of Chili. Califor
nia consumes such large quan
tities in the manufacture of ni
tric acid, gunpowder and dynamite
that these discoveries are likely to
lead to very important results. There
was imported into New York last year
$344,852 worth, and into the United
States of America in 1879 nitrate valued
at $1,348,572. The deposit of nitra'e
beds averages three feet deep over 30 by
. 400 miles of desert, and varies between
one and ten feet in depth. Cost of pro
duction in Peru, at the works, is one and
a quarter cents a pound. Other beds of
nitre are reported at the sink of Carson
river, sixty miles south of Salt Lake
City, and probably in the southwestern
jHirUons of the Colorado desert
The Tempest of Satnrdav Night.
The tempest of Saturday night is con
oeded, by the oldest residents, to have
been unprecedented in this section in fury
and destruction. The storm found the
Forest City In the pride of her beauty
and left her shorn of many of her charms
and littered with the wreck it had
wrought. As the gale, which had steadi
ly increased throughout the afternoon,
swelled in violence the signs of the com
ing ruin multiplied. N;ght fell, and the
shades deepened until a darkness all but
stygian enwrapped the city.
The tempest would lull for a moment,
and, as if gathering its energies for a
supreme effort, would burst with a roar
that appeared to be echoed and re-echoed
in successive strokes. Now shutter*
slates, signs and a myriad of other wrecks
would crash upon the pavement with
the regularity and continuity of volleys
of musketry. Again stately trees would
topple and thunder to the ground with
shocks likepatksof artillery.. Tin roofs
were lifted bodily and whirled for
blocks with a clatter and din that bore
no semblance to wonted sounds. At
length, when the gale reached its height,
sounds lost distinction in the continuous
beats of the tempest. While lund light
ning might have added to the sublimity
of the hurricane, it would have relieved
it of its sombre terrors. Meanwhile in
doors the rain poured in through count
less orifices, and many houses were
sluiced from garret to cellar.
When the storm had spent itself the
few that attempted to note the rain
it had wrought were blocked at
almost every step by the de
bris that littered the streets, and
gladly gave np the task. Morning came,
and gradually S3 the day wore on the
extent of the destruction began to be
learned and summed up.
Meanwhile the deepest anxiety was
felt for those at Tybee and elsewhere,
and late in the afternoon, when the
tidings of horror and disaster reached
the city, the extent of the perils encoun
tered on the island began to be appre
ciated.
Owing to the havoc on the lines of
travel, and the total failure of the tele
graph, little or nothing has been learned
of the course of the storm or the damage
elsewhere. Even at this hour it is diffi
cult to give a full estimate of the loss in
the city and vicinity,extended particulars
of which will be found in our local col
umns. From the fury of the tempest at
Tybee, its violence and destruction,
wherever it struck the coast, must have
been terrific, and it is feared that many
a stout bark and gallant crew with their
precious consignment of human life have
met their doom.
The foie Charter.
The Atlanta Conetitution devotes con
siderable space to a criticism of our re
cently expressed objections to certain
features of the Cole charter. While we
never opposed Col. Cole’s scheme, as a
scheme, we were informed that his pro
posed charter contained unusual and
inordinate concessions, which, when
pointed out. Col. Cole was understood
to have professed his willingness to re
linquish.
In common with others we regarded
the concession to CoL Cole of a joint use
of tracks, etc., of existing companies as
unjust, although fully aware that the
language of the Constitution in refer
ence to the State’s right of eminent do
main could be construed, at least literal
ly, to warrant the grant of the privilege
demanded by Col. Cole. We had un
derstood that all that he and his asso
ciates wished was “to spend eight mil
lions in Georgia, to lay their tracks and
run their cars.” It turns out that they
want the use of other companies’ termi
nal facilities, and the might of the Stale
has been called in to silence objection,
however justifiable.
As we are assured hy our contempo
rary, whose intimate knowledge of the
prospects of the measure is, doubtless,
commensurate with its cognizance of
the methods that assured its success,
that the passage of the bill as it came
from the House is but a question of
a few days, it would be profitless to pro
long the discussion,
The President.
How fares it with the President? Is
he living, dying or dead? Cut off from
the outside world, wc can give no answer,
save to express the belief that his vitali
ty, though well nigh drained, will be
likely to sustain him till word can reach
us of his fate. None of his people will
hear the worst with deeper sorrow, or
hail with greater joy the miracle of his
preservation, than we who ask of him
and cannot hear.
The constitution of Minnesota is sad
dled with aD amendment whicl* requires
any provision for the payment of the re
pudiated bonds to be first submitted to a
vote of the'people, and it is very certain
that as long as this amendment is held to
be valid, the people of that staunch Re
publican State will let the bondholders
whistle for their money. The responsi
bility for this amendment, as the SL
Paul Pioneer Pre* regretfully admits,
rests with the Republican party, “for it
was proposed by a Republican Legisla
ture and approved by a Republican Gov
ernor.”
Philadelphia Prese: "Below the janitor
ships of the station houses, and only
next to the care of the cuspadores at the
Mayor’s office, the meanest official posh
lion a person can hold under the Gov
ernment of the city of Philadelphia is
that of driver of the prison van. Even
the dog catchers hold themselves supe
rior to it; and yet the driver of the pris
on van has been discharged because, in
the pride of his race, he refused to allow
a negro policeman to sit beside him!”
In this gloomy hour, says the
Washington Pont, when the hearts
of all the people are sorely tried, and
when the Cabinet is sufficiently bur
dened with both care and grief, the
National Republican deems it fitting to
use this language in relation to one mem
her of the Cabinet: “The Pennsylvania
pettifogger might as well pack his traps
and hie away to obscurity, for he has
proven himself to be the greatest fraud
ever foisted upon the government”
The oyster law just signed by Gov.
Cornell, of New York, provides that all
oysters in the shell not sold by actual
count shall be sold in a stave measure
164 inches across at the bottom, 18
inches across at the top, and 21 inches
diagonal from inside chine to top. Per
sons who sell oysters otherwise than by
count or this measure run the risk of
SIOO fine or imprisonment for not more
than sixty days.
Mr. Flood, one of the bonanza million
aires, it is reported, means to outshine
Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt by erecting on
Fifth avenue, New York, a house which
will be larger and more costly than the
one now being completed by the latter.
As the estimated cost of Mr. Vanderbilt’s
house is $2,500,000, Mr. Flood will have
to put up a great many of his silver
bricks to outshine Mr. Vanderbilt.
A Most Interesting Discovery In
EgJPt
In a gallery cut in the solid rock with
in a gorge about four miles from the
Nile, to the east of Thebes, a most valu
able discovery has been made of relics
dating back to the times of the ancient
Theban dynasties. They consist of four
large papyri, each in a state of perfect
preservation and of incalculable value
to Egyptologists; 3,700 mortuary stat
ues ; the mummies of a large number of
Theban Kings, each with an alabaster
canopic urn containing the heart and en
trails of the deceased; fifteen enormous
wigs nearly two feet high, composed of
frizzled and curled hair belonging to
Egyptian princesses, and nearly 2,000
other objects of interest. Among these
last may be mentioned an enormous
leather tent in a fine state of preserva
tion. It is covered with hieroglyphs,
embroidered in red, green and yellow
leather, and bears tbe cartouche of King
Pinotem, of the twenty first dynasty.
The following are the more important
Theban sovereigns whose mummies have
been thus far identified: Aalfmes L, of
the eighteenth dynasty, who reigned
about 1700 B. C.; Amenhotep L, the
second King of the eighteenth dynasty,
1666 B. C.; Thutmes 1., third King of
the same dynasty, about 1633 B. C.;
Thutmes 11., fourth King of the same
dynasty, about 1600 B. C.; Thutmei 111.
(the Great), fifth King of. the same dy
nasty, about 1600 B. C.; Ramses L,
first King of the nineteenth dy
nasty, about 1400 B. C.; Seti,
the second; Ramses, the Great, about
1333 B. C.; Pinotem, the third King of
the 21st dynasty, about 1033 B. C. There
are also munTtnies of two Queens and of
the daughter of Ramses 11. The last
mummy mentioned is conspicuous by
reason of its massive gold ornaments and
cartouches set in precious stones. To
the learned, however, the most valuable
are tbe papyri, of which the largest—
found in the coffin of Queen Ra-ma-ka—
is sixteen inches wide, and when unrolled
will measure over one hundred feet in
length. It is most beautifully illustra
ted with colored illuminations. The
other papyri are narrower, but more
closely written upon.
These relics when found were in great
confusion, as if hurriedly placed where
they were found. There is every indi
cation that they were removed fiom their
previous resting places in various tombs
and temples by the Egyptian priests and
placed in this subterranean chamber,
with the view of concealing them from
some foreign invader —most probably
Cambyses, the Persian.
The Colored Voters Becoming Dis
satisfied with the Republican
Party. %
The GIM is a weekly newspaper pub
lished in New York by colored men in
the interest of their race. A late num
ber contains an article on “the silent
but profound revolution that is taking
place in the political feelings and senti
ments of the colored citizens of the coun
try.” It declares that the colored voters
are becoming dissatisfied with their pres
ent political status, and they are dis
posed to disregard former political affili
ations. In short, it says “the colored
man is not satisfied with his present
status in the Republican party. ’ His
wishes are not much consulted, he gets
few offices, and be proposes to take a
more independent position. The Globe
adds:
“The colored citizen is preparing him*
self for other affiliations and for more
advantageous alliances. Out of this
feeling was born the movement that last
week gave the coup de grace to the lie
publican organization of Virginia, and
which threatens to disrupt anil overturn
existing organizations in other States
south of the Potomac.”
The New York Keening Post com
meats upon this article as one of import
ance to the Republican party. It says:
“There is good reason to believe that
the Globe correctly represents the feel
ings of the colored voters, or at least of
a large number of them. * * * It is,
however, a curious revelation, if it be a
fact, that, for such reasons as the Globe
avows, the colored citizens of Virginia,
becoming tired of their old party, have
gone over to Mahone, thus ‘giving the
coup de grace to the Republican organi
zalion of Virginia.’ That the colored
voters followed Mahone for the purpose
of punishing the Republicans, may be a
startling piece of news to those Republi
cans in the North who looked upon the
Mahone alliance as a good thing in the
interest of the party.”
The Philadelphia American, which has
been one of the few Republican papers
opposed to the repudiation exploitation
of its party in Virginia, says:
“One word for the North. A year
ago there were no words strong
enough to denounce the Democrats
of Maine for their alliance with the
Greenback faction in order to con
quer a Republican State. They were
held responsible for all the utterances of
the Greenback platform of that State.
They were told of the immorality of
abandoning their own principles for the
sake of a party victory. And when the
whole party, represented by Mr. Han
cock, its candidate, expressed its joy
at the October election, it was charged
with complicity in all the doings
and plannings or the Greenback party.
Where is the failure in the parallel be
tween Maine and Virginia? Mr. Mahone
is no Republican; if he is, why did he
not enter the party and declare his ap
proval of its national platform? Be
tween bis principles as regards public
honesty and that platform, ‘there is a
great gulf fixed.’ Those who refuse to
contribute to his victory by so much as
a word of sympathy, are the only lie
publicans who are honestly loyal to the
party.”
This is sound enough, but it is not
current Republican doctrine, which
teaches that honesty is not the best
policy, by any means. In the case of
Virginia the Republican leaders adopt
the suggestive expression: “Repudia
tion is the best policy.”
M. Estienne, in his annual crop reports
for the different countries of the world,
pats the wheat crop of France a little
below the average; in Great Britain ten
per cent below the average, and likely
to realize only 10,000,000 quarters, and
In Austria and Hungary above the aver
age, though later accounts report injury.
In Italy the crops are medium quality,
and much below the abundance of 1880.
The wheat crop in Russia is very good,
and the barley crop is double that of
1880 in quantity, although the grain is
not so plump and weighty. In Germany
the winter wheat is very good and the
spring wheat very poor. The Swiss
wheat crop is very poor in quantity,
owing to drought, but the quality is
good. M. Estienne says: “All reports
from the United States agree that the
yield will be under the average.”
The police of St. Louis are hard at
work disarming the roughs, and have
made a good many arrests for carrying
.concealed weapons within the past few
days. The Globe Democrat thinks there
ought to be seventeen or eighteen execu
tions in that city before there are any
more murders. It wants the hangman
to catch up with the wite killers just for
once. ,i
The best etrengthener of mind and body
to Brown’s Iron Bitters. It is very soothing
sad refreshing in its effects.
A FRENCH VIEW OF GARFIELD.
A Serlo-tomie IMwrlytlon of Fiesi
deut <;ardelT Career.
Chicago Tribune.
The only really remarkable leading
article we have seen in the French press
regarding the attempt upon the Presi
dent’s life appeared in 7> Figaro of July
27, under the signature of “Ignotus." It
contains some brilliant writing, some
pieasant observations, and some informa
tion which will be new even to the best
informed Americans. We give the most
striking portion of the Fgaro'* leader:
Only the necessity of the hour could
induce me to speak of what I have never
seen. But I have made myself very
familiar with the citizens ami affairs of
the United States. For hours at a time,
on at least ten different occasions. I have
conversed with two of Mr. Garfield's old
comrades, who have been very intimate
with him. One is a “Republican, the
other is a ‘Democrat” Amt by con
tinual conversational research I have
finally succeeded in drawing from their
brain, as from a portfolio, the living
photograph of the President of the
United States.
I have always had a place apart in my
portrait gallery for the sons of widows.
They seem to me to have a two-fold
claim to the title Son of Woman; they
are doubly the sons of women. Their
faces always have a peculiar gentleness
of expression. Their character, how
ever well tempered, betrays woman’s
handiwork. They are as statues that
have been modeled by feminine fingers,
before Doble lives and great works have
marbleized them 1
Mr. Garfield, a sort of Yankee colos
sus, has all the gentle and strong quali
ties of a widow’B son.
Mr. Garfield is not yet fifty years of
age. His father was a very humble
of Ohio —a pioneer and the de
scendant of pioneers. Mr. Garfield,
senior, died, leaving a widow and four
children. James Garfield was the young
est. lie was only eight years old. The
widow continued to live in the cabin in
which she had been born. There she
continued to till the soil her husband
had so often broken. “H’m! what hard
times those were!” says the President of
the United States to day, making his
tODgue clack against his palate; “we
certainly did not always eat when we
were hungry,” he adds, passing his
broad hand over his ample beard with
the gesture of a bearded man who had
just been drinking cream!
The friend who gave me these facts
told me: “Garfield does not talk of the
black misery of his childhood before
everybody. He thinks that would be
like showing off; but he often speaks of
it before his five children—four bovs
and a girl. It is a moral lesson for them,
he thinks; you understand!”
The Widow Garfield sent her boy to
school because he was too little to work.
At twelve years of age the lad knew more
than the schoolmaster —a fact which es
tablishes anew the astounding mystery:
“Man can teach more than he knows.”
At the age of 14, Garfield hesitated be
tween the calling of a minister of the
Lord and that of a sailor—between those
two Infinites, Heaven and the sea. He
preferred the sea.
Unluckily, at first he could only navi
gate upon fresh water, under the orders
of one of his cousins, a “canal driver”
(site/). He went to the sea at last, and
fell sick. James Garfield returned to
the widow’s poor home in a dying condi
tion. A second time she gave him life.
Then James became a teacher. At
twenty six years of age he was a profess
teur de faculte, just as though he had
graduated from our Ecole Normale. He
was a pupil of the famous mixed schools
which are so often spoken of as a re
proach to the United States. Young
lads and young girls are brought up
there together in Spartan style, often
until the age of fifteen.
[Here follows an uninteresting and
absurd story As to how Garfield van
quished the infidel professor, ‘William
Denton, in a controversy, and how the
latter declared, “James Garfield, you
are stronger than the Bible,” etc.]
Finally the heart of James—the heart
of a lamb in a bull’s envelope—was
stolen by a little Yankee. The thief was
only sixteen years of age. She was in
telligent as a demon and pure as an ange’.
Pei haps a little haughty in her way,
though poor. Was it because she bore
that beautiful Roman name, Lucretia?
A fortune teller had predicted to her—
as it was predicted to Josephine, another
transatlantic woman—that she would be
an Empress! And, in fact, Lucretia
Rudolph did espouse that James Garfield,
who has just been shot at, as if he were
an Emperor.
The dollars Began slowly to enter Mr.
Garfield's pocket. Nevertheless, his
heart was not American in regard to
money. You know the envious folks
charge the Americans with having purs
es instead of hearts.
James Garfield has also been a lawyer,
like his cousin in Republican sover
eignty, Mr. Jules Grevy. In thatcountry
all careers are open, and it is as easy for
a man to pass from one profession to
another as to go from one street to
another. The magistrature is elective.
I need no further information about the
magistrature to feel assured that it is not
good. Nevertheless, its evil features are
strangely moderated by lynching. A
year or two ago, in the State of Missouri,
the people lynched more Judges than
criminals.
About this time the Angel of Battles,
who passes over each nation from time
to time to sound his trumpet summons,
hovered in the American heaven. Ter
rihle was the war which followed, and
more than terrible; civil war, and worse
that civil war —magie quam civilia bella
—fraternal war.
Mr. Garfield is appointed Colonel, and
what a fine Colonel he is! His pupils
form two companies of his regiment.
Soon after he is appointed Major Gen
eral for gallant and meritorious services.
Mgr. le Comte de Paris, who served in
the armies of the North, has gr&sped the
hand of Gen. Garfield. What mighty
battles those were!—what hosts of apo
calyptic vastness! On the field of battle
two hundred thousand men against two
hundred thousand men! The traveler
who followed in the track of these armies
found all the wells dried up; and both
be and his steed were forced to drink
from rivers that ran crimson. Afar off
the sound of the battle seemed the awful
roaring of two monsters, huge as Atlas,
fighting under the horizon.
Bah! —these great battles were only
like the vreen manure which is strewn
over our plowed fields —made with clover
mown before maturity. So these young
generations fattened American earth by
their premature death. The Americans
have already forgotten the war of seces
sion, and we historians will soon be the
only ones to remember it. Mighty
nation of children! their hearts are only
a hundred years old—as old as the Con
stitution of the United States.
The South was crushed, but still strug
gled. Nothing is ria'ly decided while
one of two adversaries refuses to ac
knowledge himself conquered. Garfield,
while still on horseback, is nominated (!)
member of the Thirty-eighth Congress.
There all eyes are turned upon him. He
towers physically and morally a head
above his neighbors. It is well known
that he has a heart as noble as the hearts
ot the greatest Americans of other days.
His mind is modest, firm, tranquil,
and moderate. He possesses to a su
preme degree that cautious moderation
which is the essential characteristic of
great statesmen. He is a true Yankee.
A moderate Republican, he is opposed
by the Radicals and the Democrats.
Such is tne trinity into which the United
States is divided. Especially well does
Garfield know that his adversaries must
be combated by some concessions to
their demands.
At last a man is wanting to replace
Mr. Hayes in the Presidential chair.
Two strong candidates are brought face
to face—two Generals—Grant and Han
cock. Grant represents Gesarism—the
Cicsarism toward which the American
republic is hastening, perhaps with im
mense strides. The great orator, Clay,
said that one day the republic would
pass away to give place to a despotism
worse than that which reigns in Constan
tinople. And Lanfrey, Charras and Col.
Jung, these seekers for lice in the mane
of the Napoleonic lion, never knew this
human truth. The butchers of nations
are tbe idols of nations.
At that time no one thought of Gar
field. Suddenly the rival candidates of
Gen. Grant—Blaine and Sherman—take
fright. It seems to them that they have
actually beheld the glimmer of a crown
upon the brows of Grant! It is a veri
table Shakspearean scene! They re
nounce their candidacies and pledge the
Republican parly to vote solidly for
Gen. Garfield, who refuses in vain,
“NYho is nominated?” asks Lucretia Ru
dolph, femme Garth Id, of a friend who
has just come from the telegraph office.
“Jama*!” “What James?” “Way. your
husband!”
Then is seated in the Presidential chair
one of those men who best know all the
dangers and defects of the republic of
the "United State*. But this is not the
moment to speak of them. It seems that
the old United States are gradually being
blotted out Every year there is an im
portation of fresh foreign blood, brought
them by 400,000 emigrants. There are
10.000.000 of Germans there. There are
6,000,000 of Irish there. Mr. Paruell,
the Irish agitator, told tne how he was
received at Washington by the American
Senate. He said to me: “ While speak
ing to them I felt far more at home than
when speaking in the English House of
Parliament.”
The truth is that General Garfield is
one of the last of the Yankees, as there
was once the Last of the Mohicans.
In truth 1 know General Garfield so
well that I believe I can see him. Nev
ertheless I cannot draw his physical por
trait so rapidly and compactly as I am in
the habit of doing. The giant has a su
perb brow, naked as that of a lofty trans-
Atlantic mountain. His clear eye gleams
through the somewhat strange cleft of
the eyelids. His keen glance is like the
far look of eyes shaded with the hand,
curved pavilion wise, to keep off the
light. His nose is strong, straight, and
of S&xon design.
The President knows French, English
and German. He likes to read French
writers. For example, he has read and
re-read George Sand's “Lettres d’un
Voyageur.” A few months ago he
showed a volume of Thiers’ “Revolution
Francaise” to a member of the Legisla
ture. The margins of the volume were
literally covered with notes in pencil.
He only understands the classic school
of French poetry; most foreigners ac
knowledge the same taste. During the
war, while bivouacking, he read nothing
but Horace. That volume of Horace he
always keeps in his sleeping room at the
White House.
He is not exactly a society man; but
he finds much pleasure in the society of
cultivated women. Others would find
equal pleasure in the society of those
marvelous young American girls, whose
locks of gold are knotted like the tails
of post horses, and whose flesh gleams
like those steps of pink marble whereof
Alfred de Musset spake!
Gentle and good humored, he is al
ways calm, like some deep American
lake, which sleeps under the fires of
noonday after the tempests of the morn
ing.
Sometimes the comrades of his boy
hood come to Washington. They ask
for Widow Garfield’s boy.
And suddenly the other day, under
circumstances now known to everybody
the world over, an assassin shot at Gen.
Garfield, as though James were a Wil
liam or an Alexander* Far off in Ohio
his aged mother was nearly killed by the
shot which laid the giant low.
She murmured in astonishment, “How
could they try to kill my little James?”
Is it a billow of revolutionary fury
which is bursting over the United States,
as over us?—the same wave of the same
raging ocean which lashes the coast of
both France and America?
Tbe words of the assassin have shown
that—certainly without the knowledge
of Gen. Grant—he is the party of Caesar.
It is the poniard of Ctesar which has
stricken Brutus. lonotus.
£t. Marobs <Dtl.
THE
Great German
REMEDY
FOB
mmm<
NEURALGIA,
SCIATICA,
LUMBAGO,
BACKACHE,
GOUT,
SORENESS
OF TUE
CHEST,
SORE THROAT,
QUINSY,
SWELLINGS
AND
SPRAINS,
FROSTED FEET
AND
EARS.
n XT h jv s
AND
SCALDS,
GENERAL
BODILY PIINS,
TOOTH, EAR
AND
HEADACHE,
AND
All other Fains
AND
ACHES.
No Preparation on earth St. Jacobs Oil as
a safe, sure, simple and cheap External Remedy.
A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of
50 Cents, and every one suffering with paiu can have
cheap and positive proof of its claims.
DIUKITIONS IN ELEVEN LANGUAGES.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ANO DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & CO.
Baltimore, Mil., V. S. A.
3fHapoUa salm.
SOMETHING
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.
There exists a means of se
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter bow
poor it may naturally be.
Hagans Magnolia Balm is a
delicate and harmless article,
which instantly removes
Freckles, Tan, Redness,
Roughness, Eruptions, Vulgar
Flushings, etc., etc. So deli
cate and natural are its effects
that its use is not suspected by
anybody.
No lady has the right to pre
sent a disfigured face in society
when the Magnolia Balm is sold
by ail druggists for 75 cents.
■—
JSftds.
NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT
Turnip and Cabbage Seeds,
Which can be had fresh at
Osceola Butler’s Drug Emporium.
WA&NBH'S
!
** ■ ■ m
Onoiite hiiiM—
KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO
DEPOT 144 BAY STREET.
r!E furnished for all purpose* and in an;
quantity from a car load to a dally family
i* the only company bringing Kennebec
Ice to this market.
Orders by Mall, Telephone or Telegraph
promptly attended to
Iron £Mrrs.
——■ —I —IIIIHM—— 111 —I I lIK
BROWN’S
IRON TRUE TONIC I
if n iwipppifii
h sure pi p ii L DC:
If APPETISER U § [j I bllWi
nH
IKON BITTERS an? highly recommended for all diseases requiring
| a certain ami efficient tonic; especially Indigestion, Dyspepsig, Intermittent
* 5 Fevers, Tl'ani of Appetite, Loss of Strength, hick of Energy,etc. Enriches the blood, x
J strengthens the muscles,and gives new 1 ife to the nerves. They act like a charm ®
H on the digestive organs, removing ail dysjeeptie sifmptoms, such as Tasting the Food,
2 Belching,Hait in the Stomaeh, Heartburn,etc. Tito only Iron Preparation
1 that will not hlacken tlte teeth or give headache. Sold by
. all druggists. Write for the A Ji{' lb .ok ,'32 pp.of useful and amusing reau
® ing) — sent free. BROWN CHEMIC AL CO., Baltimore, Md.
-v; i asm i——————
For sale by LIPPMAK BROTHERS, Wholesale Druggists.
Cru ftoods.
IT B inn
And December Yields Her Place to July.
All Conquering in Tlieir Keckless Audacity—Care
less of Consequences,
OUR PRICES!
Ring Our Fame O’er the Land-Bid Defiance to the Seasons—
Reck Not Summer’s Heat or Winter’s Cold.
THIS JULY BEATS LAST DECEMBER,
t
A>D ’TIN BECAUSE
TK7E offer without reserve TEN THOUSAND YARDS WHITE NORMANDY LA VNS. 40inches
vv wide, at 10c.
100 pieces WHITE NORMANDY LAWNS, still finer, at 12J4c.
200 pieces 40-inch WHITE NORMANDY LAWNS at 15c„ reduced from 25c.
OUR WAY TO DRAW THE CROWDS.
38,000 yards 54 PERCALES PRINTED, the best goods in the American market, fully worth Bc.
by the case. We cut them at &>£c.
Our Way to Kill Competition.
7,000 yards WHITE LINEN LAWNS at 12^c.
9,000 yards WHITE LINEN LAWNS, still finer, at 18c. and 20a
Burying the Market Beneath the Waves of Our Prices.
145 dozen GENTS’ BATHING BUITS at 75c.
100 dozen GENTS’ WHITE JEANB DRAWERS. 50c. pair.
72 dozen YOUTHS’ WHITE JEANS DRAWERS.
The epitaph we write on the imaginary heroes who dare oppose us.
57 dozen GENTS’ GAUZE UNDEKVESTS, cut down from 50c. to 25c.
84 dozen LADIES’ GAUZE UNDERVESTB. cut down from 75c. to 30c.
100 dozen GENTS’ UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS, every garment warranted a perfect fit, Wamsutta
Long Cloth, Three-Ply Linen Bosom. The best dollar shirt in the world.
97 dozen WHITE LAUNDRIED SHIRTS, “The Elcho,” at $1 50. Equal to any in the market
at $2 50.
The Echo of Onr Competitors’ Wailing Agony.
15 cases 4 4 LONSDALE BLEACHED SHIRTING at 9c.
10 cases 4-4 SOFT FINISH BLEACHED SHIRTING at 6C.
7 bales 4 4 SEA ISLAND BROWN SHIRTING at e^c.
OUR RINGING CALL TO GEORGIA, CAROLINA AND FLORIDA.
30,000 LACE BUNTINGS in Dark and Medium shades, marked down from 15c. to 6Wc.
25,000 yards BLACK HALF WOOL BUNTING, cut down from 20c. to 9c.
The march of low prices the ruin of values—9t>o dozen GENTS’ ALL LINEN HANDKER
CHIEFS. hemmed, at 10c., reduced from 20c.
720 dozen GENTS’ EXTRA QUALITY at 16c., reduced from 25c.
270 dozen LADIES’ COLORED BORDER ALL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS at $1 per dozen.
265 dozen Ladies’ HEMSTITCHED ALL LINEN, cut down from 25c. and 20c. to 15c.
CROWNING! EXCELLENCE.
900 dozen ALL LINEN HEMMED HANDKERCHIEFS at 6c. each.
A SPECTACLE FOR THE CODS.
19,000 All Wool BLACK CACHMERES, this early in the season worth $1 25. We will offer them
during the present dull spell at 75c
13,000 yards Black All Wool NUN’S VEILING, reduced from 75c. to 50c.
10 pieces two-yards wide All Silk and Wool BLACK GRENADINE, worth $5 per yard. We have
all there is of them on the American continent, and offer them at $1 25 per yard. Remem
ber the price and width. Three yards of them are equal to nine yards of single width. No
better goods have ever been put before the public at $5 per yard.
The monument we raise to the death of rivals—32s dozen Ladies’ Extra Long LACE TOP
GLOVEB, reduced from $1 and 75c. to 35c. and 40c.
NEW GOODS TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK.
100 dozen Ladies’ Cambric and Lawn DRESSING SACQUES, Corset Covers, Cambric and Calico
Wrappers, at 3354a off original cost.
300 SILK SUN UMBRELLAS, 26 and 28 inches job lots.
300 ZANILLA UMBRELLAS, 26, 28 and 30 inches, at 75a and 85a
G-RAY&O’BRIEN
6roffrics.
Those Cigars at the Boss Grocer, 21 Barnard Street,
ARE SELLING LIKE HOT ! C f) H H i CAKES. AN ADDITION
AL LOT JUST COME IN, | mi 111 111 I ASD WILL BE SOLD
AT AN EXTREMELY | UUiVUU I LOW PRICE.
The epicure and invalid should not miss to send for a sample bottle of my
DIRECT IMPORTED WINES
Guaranteed to be genuine, pure and of finest flavor. FOREIGN and DOMESTIC DELICACIES
always arriving, and a general grand assortment of
FANCY GROCERIES it LIQUORS
Constantly on hand. I must not fail to remind you that the 4-year old HIRSCHMAN’S BO
NANZA WHit-KEY, at 82 25 per gallon, is,according to quality, worth twjoe the money.
A. HIRBCHMAN,
THE BOSS GROCER, 21 BARNARD ST., SAVANNAH, GA.
Headquarters of Clean Groceries at tie Bed Grocery.
PURE WHITE SUGAR. CHEAP HAMS.
MACKEREL in Tomatoes. MACKEREL in Mustard.
SEA TROUT. NEW MESS MACKEREL.
IMPORTED SWISS CHEESE. SAP SAGO CHEESE.
LUNCH TONGUE at 25 cents. CANNED CORN BEEF.
FULTON MARKET BEEF. ORANGE MARMALADE.
CIGARS and TOBACCO. FINE WHISKY and WINE.
NEW BARLEY. FRESH OAT MEAL.
R.USBAKL cfe CO.,
22 AND 22 1-2 BARNARD STREET.
CJet&tttfl.
ODDS AND ENDS!
We have just completed our inventoiy and find that we have on hand quite a
number of ,
BROKEN SUITS!
By “Broken Suits” we mean that we have Coats, but not the Pants or vests to
match, or Pants and no Coats to match, and so on. To those who do not care for
full suits, but can use either a Pants, Coat or Vest, cau secure first class goods at
half their value, for we have determined to close out these odds at any price. In
fact, they are not worth to us more than half of their cost in this broken condition.
As these goods comprise some very desirable goods, and as we are willing to sac
rifice them we anticipate a big rush, hence we would advise you to call as soon as
possible. Do not postpone your visit to
L. HANFF &. BRO., CLOTHIERS,
154 BROUGHTON STREET. Opposite Welbeln’.
The Oglethorpe Echo
FOR SAIjE.
I NOW offer for sale the OGLETHORPE
ECHO newspaper and Joh Office. The out
fit of the office is worth $3,000, and I will sell at
$2,500. This is one of the best stands in the
State for a newspaper, the EUIiO the last 12
months having netted over $3,000. I will sell
part on time to a good man. Address at once,
if you want to trade,
T. L. GANTT,
Lexington, Ga,
Caterpillar, Caterpillar!
THE TEXAS COTTON WORM
DESTROYER,
A sure remedy for the Caterpillar on Cotto
or Rice. Easily applied and per
fectly safe to use.
I>. B• HULL,
BAVANNAH,'
Agent for Georgia,
flurtablfg, .fruit, &r.
OIL OF JOY!
Yes it is really the supremest satisfaction to
see how they are ALL dropping into
line and going to
HEADQUARTERS
And malting money at it, too. We are receiv
ing on every steamer
FRESH NORTHERN
APPLES. CABBAGE.
ONIONS. POTATOES.
BEETS. TURNIPS.
Also, in store and arriving:
MOTT'S CIDER, GLOSTER CHEESE.:
The “ITALIAN FLAG BRAND” of Virginia
Hand-Picked PEANUTS still leads.
FANCY GROCERIES, FINE LIQUORS.
DRIED FRUITS, NUrS, etc
PAPER. PAPER BAGS, TWINE.
BUCKETS, BROOMS, RICE.
CANNED GOODS.
HEADQUARTERS —A Regular Savings Bank.
J. B. REEDY,
CORNER BAY AND WHITAKER STS,
CiMwi Potatoes, Onions.
TURNIPS, BEETS.
LEMONS, APPLES, PEARS.
Peanuts, Vinegar, Cider, Etc.
For sale by
P. H. WARD & CO.
Williumi (poods.
smu
The greatest variety in the city from 25a up
in Gingham, I.awn Cambric and Nainsook,
with Insertion, Cord and Puff.
CROCHETED SACKS
At 50 and 75 cents.
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
NONE CHEAPER IN THE CITY.
DEXTER’S KNITTING COTTON
In all colors.
STAMPING TO ORDER.
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
MRS. K. POWER,
168 BROUGHTON 8T . SAVANNAH. GA.
iJry (Roods.
REMNANTS
Laces & Trimmings
T'ORUHON, CLUNY. MECHLIN, YALEN
-1 CIESNEF, BLOND. NOTTINGHAM, BRE
TON and LANGUEDOC LACEB, in over 150
different designs.
Also, an endless variety of CROCHET, IRISH,
EVERLASTING. REVERSIBLE and CYPRUS
TKIMMINGB in remnants, at TEN CENTS each.
The bunches contain from 2 to 12 yards, war
ranted perfect and of the very best goods
made, each piece containing the full number
of yards marked on the wrapper, the price be
ing much less than regular goods by the yard,
as will readily be seen when the goods are ex
amined. The remnants are
A CURIOUS SIGHT,
And may be seen at
.JACOB COHEN’S,
Who is Sole Agent for Savannah.
We have the entire production of these goods
(all of which are imported).
faints, ©tls,
OUVERTPAINT AND OIL STORE
Sash, Boors and Blinds.
L I 3Vi E3,
PLASTER, CEMENT.
5 WHITAKER STREET. SAVANNAH. GA.
JOHN G. BUTLER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
White Lead, Oils, Colors, Glass, Ete
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING.
SOLE Agent for the GEORGIA LIME, CAL
CINED PLASTER, CEMENTS, HAIR. LAND
PLASTER, eta Sole Agent for F. O. PIERCE
& CO.’S PURE PREPARED PAINTB. One
hundred dollars guarantee that this Paint con
tains neither water or benzine, and is the only
guaranteed Paint in the market.
No 22 Drayton afreet Savannah Ga
(fottou factor*.
T. W. ESTES. A. C. McALPIN.
ESTES & McALPIN,
Cotton Factors
-AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
108 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, . - • GEORGIA,
F. M. FARLEY,
Cotton Factor,
94 BAY BTREET,
P.0.80x 232. SAVANNAH, CA.
ftattoumi.
i DAVIS BROS. & CO.,
fliwtnmi,
—DEALERS IN—
STRAW AND MANILLA
WRAPPING PAPERS,
Paper Bags, Twines, Etc.
CORNER BULL AND YORK STREETS,
SAVANNAH QA.
GINGER ALE,
Put up by ROSS, of Belfast, Ireland. The best
imported, at
SI 50 PorDozon
For rale by
A. M. & C. W. WEST.
paid. Apply rn te
— — sasSESSSt
WANTED, at once, 40 men to
ANTED, eight C^^~7ppjy^
- AYLsyofrTH
UX)R SALE, a three (3 . , ——
U with all modem impr vement ne^!i oa * e -
A. B. C , News office. ntv Addre^
DOATS FOR sale.—sh, r g~r~T~~--
-D Boats, at H. SCHRor, tE R . Row
TIT"ANTED furnished rooms. TyTIZjU '
and wife, with or without n , tie ‘H&n
dretsC.. News office. ut *rd. Ad .
WANTED, Pianos and Organs ~to 7 n T~ —
repair. Rates reasonabfc
instruments. T. B. TURNER i u -
between Bui! and Whitaker ste *** frtr '*t,
for
Price and Congress street lane, wii!
or leased to a responsible partv \w, ,
of 40 acres near Thuudertoit ' For irf/iT®
tion call 21 Price street. “tforma.
U'OR REN TANARUS, from September Ist to \ r
sa;. r a^.3B^Hunl?r y ret rataDr W
JR RENT, that desirable largo
house, situated southwest corner Corvrel
ana Abercorn streets: possession given ,w'
Ktreet PPlytOH - J - FEAR ’
r p° two large fine stores in the be,j
location in the city. Apply to J. W. j[< IS.
TIRE, 184 St. Julian street.
F°R RE> i T - thre pjeely furnished rooinson
U secord floor, with bath room adjoining
near t. Johns Church. Address v y y”
this office. ■■
UViR RENT, two connecting rooms and
1. kitchen, with use of bath, at 64 South
Broad street. Terms reasonable.
TO RENT. Store and Dwelling 154 Bryan
Block I™64' 1 ™ 64 ' ApPiy t 0 S ‘ MITCIItLL - Lyons’
for 9*lt.
I® OR SALE, 30 Lots at a bargain, on East
Broad, and near Anderson street, ad
ply to R. B. REPPAKD, No. 70 Bay street.
pX)R SALE, 1 26-PLANER r.nd MATCHER,
Richardson Merriman £ Cos. make Planes
26 wide 5 thick, and matches l"xts4 thick. A
splendid machine at a great bargain. Cos:
new 51,600, and is practically es good as new
Full description, price and any further par
ticulars given upon application. Address
Lock Box 1,C16,
Fitchburg. Mass.
Ji’Oß SALE.—SOO,OOO CYPRESS SHINGLES,
CYPRESS LUMBER, ASH FLOORING and
WAINSCOTTING. OAK and HICKORY
LUMBER.
_____ D. C. BACON A CO,
j,) El USE BOARDS, suitable for fencing.
• For sale cheap by
BACON A BROOKS.
SALE, steamboat boiler and engine,
10$$ inch bore and 32 inch stroke, stamped;
aH in good order. Also, one engine 14x1-, all
complete. JOHN F. ROBERTSON, Agent,
Savannah. Oa.
9 twt
roju
SUMMER SCHEDULE
outward, i inward.
LA4VE LEAVE LEAVE ISLX A REIVE
BAVAKSAH. kO-NTG RV OF SOVK. SAVA.vv.AH.
10:25 a. m. 7:35 a. m. S:I0 a. m B:3e a. u.
*3:25 p. x. 12:15 P. M 12:50 p. x. 1:80 p. *.
7:25 p, M 5:35 p, K 6:10 P. u. :3j P. M.
•Sundays this is the last outward train, and
last train arrives in city 6:50 instead of 6:3-.
Monday mornings an early train for Mont
gomery orUy at 6:25 a. x.
Saturday nights last train leaves city 7:40
nstead of 7:25.
And don’t forget. EVERY CAR on WHITA
KER LINE runs through to CONCORDIA
PARK every afternoon from 3:30 until 8:06
o’clock.
EDW. J. THOMAS.
Superintendent.
COAST LINE RAILROAD.
SUBURBAN SCHEDULE.
ON and after FRIDAY, Juiy 15th. 1881,
the following schedule will be observed:
WEEK DAYS.
OUTWARII, | IN AS ARD.
lkavk leave LXAVE
SAVANNAH. THUNDEEBOLT. BONA VENTURE.
6:45 a. x. 7:45 a. x. 7:55 a. x.
10:35 a. x. 12:50 p.m. 1:00 p. X.
3:35 p. M. 5:00 p. x. 5:10 p. M.
5:30 p. x. 6:30 p. it. | 6:40 p. m.
7:00 p. y. 8:05 p, m. 8:15 p, x.
Saturday night last ear leaves city at 8 p. x.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
In the morning at 7:00. 10:00 ano 12:OOo'clock.
In the evening every half hour from 2:35 until
5:00o’olook. Last car leaves Bolton street at
6:00 p. x. Returning, leaves Thunderbolt at
8:05 p. x. FRANK LAMAR,
Superintendent
ftybrf 9 chcrtuU,
Wee Ferry & Tramway.
THE NEW IRON SALOON STEAMER
H. B. PLANT
*—r--'- £ '' t-
W7ILL run the following schedule, com
v v mencing SATURDAY, August loth, from
wharf foot of Abercorn street:
Sundays—From Tybee. 7;0O a. m„ 12 x., 7 r. x.
Sundays—From city, 10 a. x. and 2:30 p. x.
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sa'ur
days—From Tybee, 7:00 a. m. ; from city, 6
x. Another steamer may be substituted on
the Monday trips.
Tuesdays and Thursdays—From Tybee, 7:00
A. m., 12 x. and 6p. x.; from city, 19 a. x, 4
i>. m. arid 8 p. x.
Family excursions Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The cars will always meet steamer at wharf.
Tramway tickets must be bought at this
office. All freight prepaid on wharf.
N. B.—No .reight received after 15 minutes
to time of steamer’s departure, or taken on
theS p. x. trips Tuesdays and Thursdays.
JNO- F. ROBERTSON, Agept,
AH !
KEROSENE OIL, GALLON, 130,
TWO GALLONS FOR A QUARTER.
FLORIDA WATER, bottle 60c.
BUFFALO LITHI.V WATER, bottle 60a
BROWN’S POLISH for Ladies >hoes, bottle,lUc.
BENBOW’SELDER FLOWER SOAP, bar. 25c.
BLUE MOTTLED SOAP, bar 35c.
GOOD TOILET POWDER, pound 400.
All kinds of DRUGS and MEDICINES
reasonable price?.
Johnson cto 00.,
Corner Broue'htnn And Wft*.
BORACiNE!
A SUPERIOR
Toi’et and Nursery Powder,
And a sure cure for
Pric3i.ly Heat
AND other eruptions of the skin. A grateful
powder for the bath. Nicely perfumed and
put up in large packages at :25c. each. Manu
factured by the SOUTHERN FLOWER PER
FUMERY COMPANY. For sale by the Princi
pal Druggists of the city.
_JEfflI 2Utirfs.
Gi EOROIA, Chatham County. Whereas.
I ELLA PEYTO.v will apply at the Court
of Ordinary for Letters of Administration on
the estate of MARTIN PEYTON,
These are, therefore, to cite
all whom it may concern *®.be ami app
fore said Court to make if anj t hey
have) on or before the FIRST MONPAYIH
SEPTEMBER NEXT, otherwise said letters
'^Witness*the I "Honorable JoraO ■ ***£%
Ordinary for Chatham county, this 6th day or
Auyist, ItBI.
Save Your Cotton,
MS INSECT POWDER. Get the
best of
G. M. HEIDT & CO., Druggists,