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Jett’S.
NO. 3 WHITAKER STREET,
(MOfUIIN'Q NEWS BUILDING).
J. M. K<iTILL, PfoprUur.
W. T. THOMPSON, K4ltor.
SA'II'BWAT. DECEMBER 8. 18SlT
General Kilpatrick's wife is a niece of
the Archbishop of Chili. It is reported
that she wrote the recent dispatches of
Kilpatrick without his knowledge. It is
not a likely story.
Yennor promises us a had spell of
weather for December, particularly the
South. Christmas is to he cold and
stormy, and the whole month, in fact,
is to he wet and blustering in Southern
States.
Mr. William H. English, who owns
the Indianapolis Opera House, has put a
statue of hi3 late wife in the lobby along
with Terpsichore. Calliope, Mnemosyne,
and others of the Graces and Muses.
Rather questionable taste.
According to Guiteau's testimony it
is time for him to die. He says he was
gent into the world for the purpose of
' removing’’ the President. Therefore,
his mission being accomplished, he
should prepare to leave the world.
An ex Congressman of New York
recently received in one day five wagon
loads of mail matter. A considerable
part of it is on its way back to the paper,
mill. This is what is generally meant
by the official “dissemination cf in
telligence."
The San Francisco Examiner says that
the Indian Department needs “a very
cyclone of reformation." Yes; and the
Treasury Department needs to be swept
by a typhoon, and the Public Printing
Office to be turned inside out by a tor
nado and the whole government con
cern in fact to be shaken up by an earth
quake.
There are on file in the Cieik's office of
the House cf Representatives fifteen
thousand Southern claims that have been
rejected by the Southern Claims Com
mission and brought to Congress for ac
tion. There are also about five thousand
cases disbarred for non-pro3ccution,
which have never been acted on in any
way, on fi!e.
Unusual activity prevails just now in
the building trade in New York. Con.
trsetors are disposed to push forward
with all possible speed in order to keep
ahead of frost, and full supplies of ma
terial accordingly are wanted. Lime and
cement have advanced in price, and laths
and lumber are firmly held under dimin
ishing stocks.
The Chilian navy at the beginning of
the year consisted of ten small steamers,
of from 130 to GOO horse-power, and two
large and powerful ironclads, called the
Almirante Cochrane and Valparaiso,
which were built at Hull, England. They
are each of 3,200 tons measurement, and
of 2,500 horse power, with batteries of
six 12} ten rifie guns.
One of the eccentricities of Governor
Crittenden, of Missouri, is the employ
ment of male and female convicts as ser
vants about the Executive Mansion. As
a result of this phiiantrophic proclivity,
the wife and daughter of a St. Louis
Police Commissioner were robbed of
their baggage the other day while guests
of the Governor at Jefferson City.
Science and sympathy: Mrs. Agassiz
found one morning in one of her slippers
a cold little slimy snake, one of six sent
the day before to her scientific spouse
and carefully 9et aside by him for safety
under the bed. She screamed: “There
is a snake in my slipper!” The savant
leaped from his couch crying: “A
snake! Good heaveaa, where are the
other five?'*
An Indiana woman has written to
Ouiteau, sympathizing with him, acd
assuring him that she believes the Lord
ordered him to shoot Sir. Garfield. She
informs him that she has SIOO,OOO, and
that her purse is at his service. Guiteau
says after his trial he shall go to Indiana
and marry that woman, as her society
will be agreeable and her money com
fortable. so that he can enjoy life.
The law office of Judah P. Benjamin
in London is a shabby back room,
furnished with two chairs, a table, a few
musty' law books, and an army of ink
bottles. His clerk's room adjoining,
though plain, is furnished with princely
splendor in comparison with the den of
the great barrister. Queen's counsel, and
one of the wealthiest practitioners in
England. He gives away great sums
ia charity, while his personal expenses
are almost nothing.
L’ Etincelle is the name given to anew
petroleum motor invented by MM.
Eteve and Lallemont. It is like au ordi
nary steam engine. A hydrocarbon
vapor is injected into the c. linder, and
there ignited by asfark from a small
dynamo machine. The explosion of the
gas drives forward the piston, and the
same process at the other end drives it
back. The consumption of the pretro
leum from which the vapor is produced
is said to be very small.
There has been a reaction of opinion
of late in favor of wooden ship3 in pre
ference to iron ones, mainly due to the
formidable qualities of the Krupp gun.
This is based on the theory that a pro
jectile launched from one of these en
gines of destruction striking an iron ship
would tear its unelastic sides and make
foundering inevitable, while with a
wooden ship a shot will make its clean
hole in Its sides, which the ship’s car
peu'er is at band to remedy.
There is a double sting in the warning
which the London standard Tuesday
gave to the United States. The intima
tion that "the American navy, if not a
phantom fleet, would find it difficult to
compete successfully with Chilian fleet,”
ia something above the grade of sarcasm,
and approximates too closely reality to
be pleasing. The other remark, that "if
Secretary Blaine's policy is to be that of
President Aithur just at this moment
when the political horizon seems to be
e’ear, the Americans arc entering upon a
carter of foreign adventure from which
grave consequences must be apprehend
ed,” is not creditable to American honor,
or to American prudence.
The Speakership.
On Monday next the Forty-eighth
Congress assembles in Washington, and
to day there will be a caucus of the Re
publican members of the Lower House
to decide upon who shall fill the import
ant office of Speaker of that body. It is
stated that the various candidates and
their friends are at the capital hobnob
bing together, and busily engaged in
wire pulling and manoeuvring to secure
the coveted honor.
The candidates most prominently
spoken of in connection with this office
are J. Warren Kieffer, of Ohio, John A.
Kasson, of lowa, Thomas B. Reed, of
Maine, Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan,
and Frank Hiscock, of New York.
Others have also been mentioned, and
many others still doubtless have hope,
but these at present occupy the fore
ground. It is stated that of these,
Reed, of Maine, has succeeded in
picking up a good many votes among
the New England members, enough to*
at least secure him the Chairmanship of
some good committee, provided that, in
case he cannot carry off the prize him
self, he will throw his strength in favor
of the successful candidate. Hiscock,
the other Eastern candidate, is meeting
with much opposition from prominent
men in his own State, “Me Too” Platt
being in the lead of such opposition, and
being backed up by a considerable fol
lowing.
A Washington special states that there
is in the fight an unknown quantity, and
this is the Blaine influence and the influ
ence of the Gould railroad. Many be
lieve that Blaine and Gould will have a
good deal to do with naming the Speak
er, and that their influence will ulti
mately be used in favor of KassoD. As
yet the sectional lines are not very
closely drawn, and there is every reason
to believe there are Western members
who would have no hesitation in voting
for Hiscock or any one of the Eastern
candidates, provided their votes would
elect such candidate, and provided, fur.
ther, that the candidate would give them
good committee positions. There are
Eastern members also who would vote
for a Western candidate under like con
ditions. It is such considerations as
these which always constitute the uncer
tain elements of the Speakership contest
and make positive predictions well nigh
worthless.
It is believed in Washington, how
ever, among street politicians that Kas
son is the coming man, although Kieffer
is working harder than any of his rivals,
moving actively through the city, button
holing members and soliciting votes.
Inasmuch as the Democrats have nothing
to say in the matter, it makes very little
difference to them who may or who may
not win. Still, it will be interesting to
all parties to watch the contest and note
the successful competition for the shoes
of Hon. Samuel J. Randal?.
The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) has these
reasons to offer for its belief that the
third term project i3 a thing of the past:
“Because General Grant himself hath
said it. Because it has lost immensely
in prestige. Because the New York ma
chine ha3 been smashed. Because the
Pennsylvania machine i3 out of repair.
Because the Illinois machine, if there is
one, is already pledged to another candi
date, and General Grant has ceased to be
a citizen of Illinois. Because the prin
ciple of district representation has been
affirmed by the National Convention and
announced by the National Committee,
and the occupation of the bocs is gone.
Because, if all those reasons were want
ing, the people who have ‘downed’ the
third term once could and, would do it
again.”
The efforts of the Texas authorities to
attract European immigration to that
section are meeting with considerable
success. The steamer “Koe’a,” at New
Orleans on the 23d, brought nearly 800
Italians and Germans, borne of the
new comers will be engaged in farming,
others will work on the new railroads.
This is but one of several shiploads of
foreign labor that have lately been re
ceived through the same channel, and
others are expected. Louisiana has like
wise been making endeavors to induce
immigration to settle there; but thus far,
for some reason or other, these ap
pear to have met with only indifferent
success.
A Portrait of Mrs. Polk. —A com
mission, of which Mrs. Alex. J. Potter
and Miss Mary Maxwell, of Nashville,
Tenn., are respectively president and
treasurer, devotes itself to the meritori
ous task of honoring Mrs. President
James K. Polk, “whose noble character
is a heritage of which the womanhood of
the nation is justly proud, by placing her
portrait beside that of her husband at the
White House.” The women of the North
and South alike are inv.ted to further
this purpose by sending contributions
at once to Miss Maxwell, at Nashville,
Tenn.
The elections which have occurred in
Tennessee since the adjournment of the
Legislature to fill the vacancies, oc
casioned by death and resignation there
in, have made both houses Democratic.
There is a prospect that the high and low
tax wings of the party will agree on a
compromise bill for the settlement of the
State debt which will be satisfactory to
both wing3, provided the 100 3 bill is set
aside by the Court of Appeals.
A German iuventor has invoked the
wrath of the shoe dealers by proposing
to make boots that will never wear out.
He mixes with a water proof glue a suit
able quantity of pure quartz sand,which
is spread on the thin leather sole em
ployed as a foundation. These quartz
soles are said to be flexible and almost
indestructible, while they enable the
wearer to walks safely over the slippery
roads. __
Another Important Enterprise
Mr. Clark, of the Bessemer Steel Works
at Pittsburg, Pa., and Mr. Atkin?, of the
Solar Hoop Iron Works of Cleveland,
Ohio, two of the wealthiest manufac
turers of the country, will go to Bir
mingham an l Atlanta, a3 they have to
Chattanooga, to select a location for an
extensive cotton tie and hoop iron manu
factory.
The anti Jewish agitation has cropped
out in a new form. The people of
Odessa learned that Sarah Bernhardt
was of Hebrew origin, and straightway
a mob (Kilted her carriage with stones
and even saluted her hotel in like man
ner. That was an occasion when it was
a good thing to be slim.
THE MORNING NEWS: SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1881,
Tariff Monstrosities.
Mr. J. 8. Moore, of New York City, a
well known writer on economic questions,
has addressed an interesting open letter
to the “National Tariff Convention.”
He declares that the piling-up of an an
nual surplus of $100,000,000 is a misfor
tune, as it withdraws capital needed to
develop the country, and as it makes the
Secretary of the Treasury “the most
arbitrary money power in the world.”
Mr. Moore agrees with the Protectionists
that ihe internal revenue taxes should be
reduced, and some of them entirely abol.
ished. “There is,” he says, “no necessi
ty now of taxing matches or even incum
bering the drug trade with the odious
stamp duties. The total abolition of
these taxes and the tax on stamps, on
checks, and others of similar kind will
not involve more than about $11,000,000
loss to the revenue, leaving only spirits,to
bacco, and fermented liquor to be taxed.
The reduction of the tax on spirits from
90 cents to 50 cents per gallon will, I feel
certain, not only not reduce the amount
of revenue derived from that product,
but it will actually increase it. Nor will
there be much loss of revenue if the tax
on tobacco is reduced from 16 cents
per pound to 10 cents. Thus the loss
to the revenue will certainly not exceed
$20,000,000, leaving some $80,000,-
000 surplus to be dealt with. Now,
don’t you think it high time that some re
lief should be given to the vast number
of consumers who now groan under the
most iniquitous tariff oppression ever
known in history?”
This inquiry Mr. Moore supplements
with a list of articles that paid a duty
over 100 per cent during the last fiscal
year. Included in the list are the fol
lowing named articles: Tame-duty,
196 per cent, and revenue derived there
from $693; chloroform—duty 119 per
cent., and revenue $119; acetate of soda
—duty 222 per cent, and revenue, S2O;
chiccory, prepared—duty 102 per cent,
and revenue $7,352; whiting and paris
white—duty 240 per cent, and revenue
$18,000; plate gla?s—duty 111 per cent,
and revenue $437,412. In commenting
upon this exhibit, Mr. Moore says:
“The chief revenue in the above high
taxed articles is derived from plate glass
above 24 by 60. The average official re
turn of duty in 1880 was 111.91 per cent.
But as the price varies and the cost of
this product lately imported does not ex
ceed Is. 6d. per square foot, the duty
thereon at 50 cents per square foot is
really over 130 per cent. Now, upon
what ground is thi3 enormous, outrage
ous duty defensible? If on the sup
position that it is a luxury, surely it can
not be called a greater luxury than the
finest and dearest kind of cut glass
articles that grace the tables of our most
opulent classes. And yet, the highest
duty on cut glass or gilt glass is only 40
per cent. Bat plate glass is not a luxu
ry, used as it is for building purposes.
Chiefly for front store windows, it has
become almost a necessity to any thriv
ing tradesman, East, West, or South,
for the display of his wares. And this is
simply a tax upon a man’s trade. It
frequently happens that the tradesman
who does not own the premises, but has
it on a lease, provides himself with this
now almost indispensable attractiveness
to his trade. The revenue derived in
1880 at the average rate of 50 cents per
square foot, cr 111.91 per cent., was
$407 ,412. If the duty wa3 reduced to
25 cents per square foot we would cer
tainly, in my opinion, not lose much
revenue. But suppose the loss did
reach $200,000: surely the several million
of tradespeople in this country—say no
thing of the house owners—are entitled
to this relief, which would still leave the
plate glass manufacturers a protection
averaging 55 per cent.
“Whiting and paris white pay a duty
of 240} per cent. This greatest of
American luxuries, used in the building
and painting all kinds of houses, stable?,
and barns, is taxed over 240 per cent.
As we actually imported and used 1,-
803,000 pounds of this product, from
which we squeezed a revenue of $lB,-
085 77, and as our consumption of the
home article may perhaps be 50 times
more than we import, some happy men
who have whiting quarries sit very com
fortable in the home protection wool,
and have rather a good thing of it. How
few of the tariff-makers reflected that
this product incurs actually a heavy tax
in the freight, which in itself U already
a protection.”
According to the geographer of the
census of 1980, the total land area of
the United States, Alaska being except
ed, is 2,970,000 square miles. The total
water surface, including rivers and small
streams, lakes and ponds, is 55,600
square miles. The coast waters, bays;
gulfs, sounds, and the like, cover 17,-
200 square miles. The gross area is,
therefore, 3,025,000 square miles. The
total areas, in square miles, of the Eu
ropean States are as follows:
Austria-Hungary 22,406
France 801,907
Germany 213,091
Great Britain and Ireland 121,230
Italy 112,677
Russian Empire 8,404,767
Spain 182,753
Sweden 170,980
Concerning English ignorance of Amer
ican history, a writer in the Boston Poet
relates this curious fact: “Apropos to
the English M. P. who had never heard
about our Yorktown, let me add that
right within the precincts of Westmin
ster Abbey itself, where there is a tablet
to Major And re, I conversed with an
M P. last year who knew nothing of
Andre and Arnold—much less of the
tablet —in a place he wa3 showing me
around.”
It is jumored that General Sherman
has discouraged the young army officers
in regard to giving assemblies or germaus
during the winter, on the ground that
the army and navy were ordered into
mourning for six months for the late
President, which will not be over until
March It).
Burglars broke into the post office at
Sunbury, Pa., on Monday night, and
blew open the safe. Some persons at
tracted by the noise fired into the office,
and the robbers fled. They secured
only four registered letters, dropping
$250 worth of postage stamps in their
flight.
The picture of a jolly, fat, little fel
low is now appearing in the papers with
the legend, “Christmas is Coming.” In
fact, it Is now less than four week3 off;
sufficiently close to think about presents,
and for the boys to express their disgust
that it comes this year on Sunday.
Gnttcaa rb<l Lefroy—Two Styles of
Justice.
That Guiteau is hot, on the whole, as
levfel headed as the average man, may be
conceded, but that he is any the less
responsible for his atrocious crime can
not be admitted, when one reviews the
facts in the career of the assassin, and
particularly his conduct during his trial.
Had he throttled his victim for the
sake f robbery, or had he shot him m
revenge for a real or fancied insult, there
would have been no question as to his
responsibility. His assault on the Presi
dent had all the elements of the crime of
the cold-blooded villain, who lies in
hiding for his victim. His plea
of inspiration was an after
thought, and Guiteau dwells
upon it to such an extent that he shows
he knows its value. Knowing the ex
cuse that alone can save him, he knew
the nature of his crime, and is therefore
to be treated as would any other slayer
of his fellow man.
And yet it is not improbable that he
will escape the gallows and be removed
to an asylum, whence in time he may
be turned loose to renew his evil courses.
His counsel is ably assisted by the court
and audience in his efforts to mislead the
jury. The trial thus far has been a veri
table farce. Unless the balance of the
prisoner’s faculties inclines more to the
side of sanity than to that of de
rangement his evidence, besides
being open to the suspicion that attaches
to that of prisoners on trial in general,
is practically valueless. By putting
him on the stand his sanity was admitted,
or else he wa3 put there to show how
great a crank he was. Despite the symp
toms of derangement, which he mani
fests. he exhibits a shrewdness, a wari
ness and a cool impudence that would
warrant the jury in finding him guilty.
In marked contrast with the disgrace
ful mockery of justice presented at
Washington was the trial of Arthur Le
froy, in England, for the murder of
Gold in a Brighton Railway car
riage. Lefroy was a counterpart
of Guiteau. Tolerably educated, a
good talker, but like Guiteau an
egotist to the point of insanity, a politi
cal tramp who tried his hand at one
thing and another, wandering over the
country, now flush, again a beggar, on
intimate terms with the leading men of
England, and forcing himself upon them
on the plea of services rendered. The
parallel is complete, and they are but
samples of a class that is steadily grow
ing. Lefroy's family, too, was cranky,
and a number of his people were in
asylums.
But Lefroy wa3 hanged, despite the
efforts his counsel made to persuade the
jury that he was possessed of a homici
dal mania acd was not responsible.
The jury were given the facts, and
the court ruled on the law, which
had been settled by a full bench of
Judges in the House of Lords in the case
of McNaughten, when it was held unani
mously that “if a person,under an insane
delusion as to existing facts, commits an
offense in consequence thereof, he is
thereby not excused and is equally liable
with a person of sane mind.” On the
law and the facts the jury said Lefroy
must hang, and hanged he was. But
few dodges in his behalf were interposed,
because but few were allowed. The jury
was intelligent and not made up of
selected blockheads. No quibbles of
law were permitted, and the verdict of
the jury when given was a finality. In
short, there was no nonsense or inter
ference. He was promptly caught, tried
and hanged.
It is more than probable that, were the
punishment of crime as certain and im
partial in this country as in England,
Guiteau would not have claimed inspira
tion, but whether he would or would not
have “removed” the President, it
is certain that human life would
be safer in this free land
were there fewer avenues of escape left
open to criminals. Insanity is a noto
riously hackneyed defense, and yet it is
as potent to day as it ever was. Gniteau
should be hanged, if for no other reason
than to furnish a shining exception to
the monotonous rule of immunity to vil
lains.
The Enropean Cotton Trade.
The annual review of the cotton trade
in Europe just published by Messrs. Elli
son & Cos., of Liverpool, recognized
authorities on]this subject,shows tint the
activity which set in about two years ago
has kept up during the past year and
promises to continue. In Great Britain
850.000 more spindles were running and
220,000 more bales of cotton were con.
sumed than during the previous year.
There was also a marked increase in the
number cf spindles in operation
and the quantity of cotton con
sumed on the continent. The
average weekly consumption of all
Europe was 125,500 bales, or, making al
lowance for extra waste. 122,000 bales for
the past year, against 116,200 during the
previous year. This year it is expected
to reach 129,000 bales. Messrs Ellison
& Cos. estimate the probable require
ments of Europe for the coming year at
6,708,000 bales of 400 pounds each, of
which 4,748,000 bales of that size will be
required from this country. As the last
American crop exceeded six and a half
million ba’es of about 485 pounds each
our supply of cotton will doubtless be
ample for both the foreign and the home
demand. The authorities above cited
express the opinion that whatever fluctu
ations may take place during the season
the average price of raw cotton in the
European market is likely to be rather
under than over that of the past season.
Washington rumors respecting Cabi
net matters, are again becoming plenti
ful. AmODg them, and more plausible
than most of them, is one concerning
Secretary Folger. It is, in substance,
that Congress will vote a pension to As
sociate Justice Hunt of the Supreme
Court, who is wholly incapacitated for
service but refuses to resign without a
pension; that Secretary Folger will be
appointed to the place; and that Ex-
Senator Conklmg will succeed to the
Treasury Department.
The protectionists have had their own
way for twenty years, and the sum total
of American manufactured products sold
abroad is a little over $70,000,000, while
we buy of European manufacturers to
the amount of $247,065,378, The great
er part of our exported manufactures is
taken by Great Britain, who has a tariff
for revenue only and sells between SBOO,-
000,000 and $900,000„C00 worth of
manufactures to other nations.
COURT WEEK IN DARIEN.
Trial* of Travel-Jumping for •
Tmla-Nlfbt on tk* Altamaba—
The Harnaon-Brjraa Tragedy—A
Legend of Oglethorpe—AV here Fan
nie Kemble Relgned-UXinor Notea
—A Delayed Letter.
From a Staff Gorrexpondent.
Danins, November 29 —There are doubt
less many readers of the Nkws who will be
earprised to learn that the traveler taking
the “overland route” for Darien has three
chargee to make before reaching bis desti
nation, yet such is the case, and in good
weather no objection can be found, as much
can be seen to Interest and amuse, thus giv
ing variety to the trip.
The shortening of the schedule on the
Bavannah, Florida and Western Railway
had been advertised, and was to go into
effect on Sunday, the 27th iust., the fast
train leaving for Jacksonville at 11 a. m.
instead of 12:20 p. m., as heretofore. On
reaching the depot a few minutes before
the honr named, your correspondent found
Judge Tompkins, Col. Lester, and other
members of the legal fraternity, bound for
Darien (where the Superior Court of Mc-
Intosh was convened Monday), and then
learned that the train would not leave
until at least 12 o’clock. The inability
of the company to carry cut the schedule
announced being due to the failure of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad to change
their schedule to connect, and hence there
was nothing to do but to wait until the
arrival of that train, which came in at
11:35, and which was to carry the southward
ward bound passengers. I presume from
the advertisement I have since seen in the
Charleston paper that the new schedule
goes into immediate effect on the Charles
ton and Savannah line, and close connec
tion with the 11 o’clock train for Jackson
ville will be made at Savannah. The changes
and transfers were quickly made, and a few
minutes after 12 the train,under the charge of
that clever conductor, Lovlck Dupont, Esq.,
rolled out of the depot and was soon speed
ing rapidly over the smooth steel rails of
the splendidly laid track. The hour lost
had to be made up between Savannah and
Jacksonville, and the plucky, skillful engi
neer, Macauley, gave full rein to bis iron
horse. When we reached Jesup it was
found that fifty minutes of the lost time had
been made up, au evidence that the train
was “fast" not in name only. At this point
we left the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway, and prepared to utilize the two
hours before tne departure of the train for
Brunswick by destroying some “cold
victuals” at the Altamaba Hotel, and In such
other manner as the opportunity offered to
while the tedium of waiting. In about an
hour and a half the train on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad came
in from Macon, bound to Brunswick.
A half hour or more was spent by this
train in drilling and shifting cars, and we
waited patiently on the platform until the
conductor should announce “all aboard,”
and give us time to reach our seats in the
coach where our “traps” were. In this case,
however, we "reckoned without our host,”
as it were, as the conductor on this train
proved to be one of those
SMART YOUNG MEN,
whose official station apparently gave him an
exalted idea of his importance, and caused
him.to look with supreme contempt upon pas
sengers who were so Ignorant as to presume
that the train would pall up at the platform
again and stop long enough for them to get
on, as is usual under such circumstances.
Wnether his gigantic intellect so regarded
the si uation or not, it is certain he deter
mined that the passengers must take the
risk of not knowing as much as he did on
the subject. Without a word of warning or
notification he jumped on the cars, and the
train moved off. But for the impulse born
of the inspiration that blesses the veteran
traveler, the party would have been “left.”
As it was, they had to make a rush and
scramble to get on the cars of the swiftly
moving train, at the imminent risk of per
sonal injury, in which event the smart con
ductor might have been instrumental in
presenting his road with a healthy suit for
damages. “All’s well that ends well,”
however, acd as there were no legs broken
no one “got left.” We will say no more
about it further than to express the hope
that this knowing young conductor may be
speedily brought to a realization of the im
portance of imparting a little of his knowl
edge on occasions when the traveling pub
lic have a right to expect it, and not permit
an innocent passenger run the risk of break
ing his neck.
Jesup soon passed from 6lght, and we
made ouselves comfortable for a ride of
forty three miles, our next destination being
the
TOWN OP STERLING,
a collection of several houses at the station,
No. 1, ten miles from Brunswick, and about
eight miles from the landing on the Alta
maha river. There is a public heu -e at this
point, kept by John A. Phillips, where good
meals are furnished the belated traveler. In
the winter season the place is well patron
ized, as the numerous timber cutters, who
raft their logs down the river to Darien and
Doboy, always return by the railroad and
stop at this house for the trains. Here were
found conveyances, Phillips running a reg
ular hack line to the landing, and about 5
o’clock we started in a comfortable wagon for
Hammon Smith’s Landing. The road passes
through a thick pine forest, (which has
already been invaded by the turpentine meD),
and the hardy mules that constituted the
teamcovered the distance in something over
an hour. Reaching the landing just as the
shades of night were closing In we found
the steamer Sapelo, a little craft about the
size of a small tug, but with a cabin capable
of accommodating a dozen or more, with
steam up and ready to start for Darien,
twelve miles distant. This was the third
and last change. The transfers were quickly
made, and in a few minutes the little
steamer, puffing and blowing, glided off
from the landing, emitting from her smoke
stack myriads of spark®, which formed into
a continuous tail, and floated off beautifuUy
into space. A run of a quarter of a mile up
the creek acd we entered the
BROAD ALTAMAHA,
a beautiful, grand river, which is dotted
with numerous rich acd fertile islands. The
scenery along the banks, in the soft iight of
the stars which studded the heavens, pre
sented a picturesque and msgnifleent ap
pearance, and when the few hazy clouds
which, for a time, obscured the horizon,
shifted and floated away, revealing the face
of the lovely moon, additional attraction
was lent to the scene, the picture, in its
completeness, calling forth many expres
sions of admiration, and so k enthusing
one of the party that his legal, practical
mind succumbed to bis poetic fancy, and,
in a voice mellow with pathos, he gave ut
terance to a beautiful apostrophe to the
“full, n and rnooD,” entrancing his hearers.
The sight was certainly grand, and with me
it will long be a pleasant recollection.
Passing from the Altamaba into Darien
river, the gallant Sapelo bad steamed only
a few hundred yards, when our ears were
greeted with deep, sonorous tones of a
church bell, and we knew the town was not
far distant, and a bend in the river shortly
afterwards brought the lights of the houses
to view, and we were soon at the landing,
having made the run of twelve miles within
an hour. Proceeding at once to the
MAGNOLIA HOUSE,
we found gathered, among many others,
the members of the Savannah bar
who had come . down ihe
afternoon previous on the steamer. The
house is kept by Capt. Thomas White, for
merly commander of the steamer Reliance,
and who wa3 on that ill-fated steamer at
the time she blew up. Mr. R. W. Grubb, of
the Darien Timber Gazette, was one of the
first to greet us as we entered. He is in
fine health, and looks as though fortune was
dealing kindly with him.
GLAD TO SEE HIM.
This Is the first court Judge Tompkins has
held at Dirlen sirce his reappointment, and
the many expressions of satisfaction I have
heard from different people at his coming
strikes me as evidence that his previous ad
ministration must have had universal appro
battOß from the best citizens, who remem
ber with gratification his fearless and vigor
ous enforcement of the laws when Mclntosh
county was under the dominon of the noted
Tunis G. Campbell. They seem to expect
now that the heavy business which has ac
cumulated on the dockets of the court will
be cleared off, and in this I think they will
not be disappointed.
OPENING OX COURT.
The regular term was commenced at 10
a.m. Monday, there being a iarge attendance,
especially of the white citizens, though the
town seems to be full of negroes who
have discovered that coveted secret of
living without labor. The court house Is
decidedly the best in the Eistern Circuit,
except ing Chatham. The building is a neat
two story brick, about sixty feet front, one
hundred and fifty In depth, and is two stories
high. The lower tl ior is used for the grand
jury room, commissioners’ meetings, and
ihere are also two neat cilices for Clerk or
Council and Clerk of Commissioners. The
upper floor comprises the coirt room, with
two small rooms for petty juries when
wrestling with a verdict. The court room
Is neatly fixed up, cie&D, well lighted,
ventilated, and sports a stove, and is alto
gether as comfortable a court house proba
bly as can be found in the Interior.
Immediately after the opening of the court
the grand jury were empanelled, and elected
James Walker foreman. lam told that the
body comprises the representative men of
the county, and that good work Is expected
from them. After the usual charge of the
Judge they retired to consider such matters
as might be submitted to them.
The several dockets were then called,
and the status of cases ascer
tained. Some were dismissed, marked
settled, or otherwise disposed of,
and some assigned for trial. This Impor
tant work was rapidly dispatched, and in an
hour the machinery of the court was in
motion, and the
TRIAL or CIVIL CASKS
was commenced. There are no very impor
tant civil suits on the docket, and none, so
far as I can learn, possessing other than
local interest, hence the general reader will
have no particular concern in them, and I
will omit special mention.
SIGHING FOB FREEDOM AGAIN.
The exhibit of marital infelicity in Lib
erty county, as evidenced by the numer
ous divorce cases at the recent term of the
Superior Court of that county, in HinesvlUc
and to which reference was then made, Is
completely cast in the shade by the
number of discontented mated ones
in Mclntosh county. The Judge called
them out in such rapid succession from
the docket, that, for a moment, one was in
clined to Imagine the whole county was
about to sue for a dissolution of matri
monial bonds. There are twelve cases await
ing trial now, and several districts yet
to hear from. All these unfortunates, who
are sighing for freedom again, are, with two
exceptions, of the colored persuasion. Mr.
W. A. Way, of the Darien bar, I find, is the
interceder in most of these cases, as he was
in Liberty, and bis success in legally un
tying the nuptial knot, and turning victims
loose with the privilege of again getting
into trouble, will entitle him to the fame of
being the champion divorce lawyer.
AN ELECTION MURDER.
The most important case on the criminal
docket which will be brought up for
trial at this term, is that of the
Stite vs. Monroe Harmon, negro. From
what I hear there is considerable feeling
aroused in this matter, growing out of the
fact that the victim, Dave Bryan, also col
ored, belonged to another faction, and that
the fight occurred on election day. At the
election for Governor on the 6th of October
last two candidates for the State Senate
from this district were in the field, Messrs.
Gignilliat and Harris. Each had warm sup
porters, including negroes. During the
day there were frequent troubles and
difficulties, but nothing serious oc
curred until In the afternoon, when
an attack was made, it is alleged, by
the Harris negroes upon the Gignilliat
negroes, and a serious row followed. Dave
Bryan, a mulatto, belonging to the latter j
faction, was killed, and three others were
wounded. Monroe Harmon was a ring lead
er among the Harris negroes, and took a
prominent part in the row, It is said. He
was arrested, but at a preliminary examina
tion was discharged, the evidence against
him not being conclusive. Bryan, just be
fore he died, which was a short while after
he was shot, asserted to Mayor Walker that
Harmon had killed him. After the prelimi
nary examination, some additional evidence
came to light. Harmon was arrested and
indicted by the grand jury for murder. He
has been in jail now about fourteen months.
There will probably be some “tall swear
ing’’ among the colored fraternity at the
trial.
Several civil cases were disposed of Monday
afternoon, but as there are a number on the
docket for trial, it is not probable the crimi
nal docket will be reached before Wednes
day, and the court will very likely be In
session until Friday. Judge Tompkins Is
determined, if possible, to clear the
dockets, and by convening court at
8:30 a. m., taking a short recess for
dinner and supper, and continuing until 10
o’clock at night, the heavy business will be
cleared away.
general's cut.
In the vicinity of Darien are many points
of historic interest,, the incidents connected
therewith having in some instances been
preserved in the form of local traditions.
Across the river, I observe running through
the opposite island a small canal connecting
as it will the Darien or north branch of
the Altamaba river with the main river, and
which is known as “General’s Cut.” Tra
dition says that this canal or cut was dug
through the Island by General Oglethorpe
in one night. In 1756, or thereabouts,
while looking after his colonists In this sec
tion, he was surrounded by the Spaniards,
who then owned Florida and were jealous
of the proximity of Oglethorpe’s colony to
their territory, and completely hemmed In.
His vessels were unable to get through the
main river, either up or below, as the ap
proaches were well guarded by the Span
iards, and he was at the mercy of the enemy.
The island was between him and the Darien
river. Oglethorpe, however, had no Idea of
remaining cooped up in this style, if there
was a possible way out. After surveying
the situation he determined to cut a canal
across the island—a distance of half a mile
—to the Darien river, and run his ships
through under cover of darkness. The
work was commenced and completed before
dawn, the ships successfully carried through
and when the sun rose the next morning the
Spaniards were enraged to see Oglethorpe,
In command of his little fleet, peacefully
sailing off.
Butler’s Island, a once famously-rich plan
tation, and around which cluster some in
teresting memoirs, Is opposite the lower
portion of the town, and In full view. It is
still cultivated, and Is regarded as one of the
most productive plantations in this vicinity.
Thomas Butler, the former owner, it will be
remembered by some of your older readers. |
became Infatuated with the great Ecglisb
reader and actress, Fanny Kemble, and mar
ried her. She abandoned her professional
life, and, assuming the management of her
husband’s mansion, reigned here a veritable
queen of society, dispensing generous hes- .
pitallty In princely style. Some years ago
her youngest daughter, Fanny Kemble But
ler, married R-v. Mr. Leigh, an English- .
man of high attainments and brother of the
present Lord Leigh, of Warwickshire. I
learn from a gentleman who was in Europe a
year or two since, that Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Leigh are now living at Leamington, Eng
land, where Mr. Leigh has a large church,
formerly occupying the position of rector of
the church at Stratford on the Avon.
MINOR NOTES.
There is an election for Mayor and Aider
men of the town In progress to-day, but It
is regarded as rather farcical, and no inter
est whatever Is being taken in it. The polls
are established at the side of the court
house. The managers are four negroes,
who are sitting around a equare wood
table, upon which is the ballot box, a small
soap box with a slit la the top. A few
loafing negroes are to be seen about this
primitive looking election precinct, but
there is no excitement whatever. The
cause of this is that the people do not con
sider the election legal, as the question of
the constitutionality of the law under which
the Commissioners of Mclntosh county,
who are exoffleio Mayor and Al
dermen, and who have exercised
such functions for the past nine
years, is now before the Supreme Court.
The matter, It Is thought, will be decided
In favor of the Commissioners, and hence
this election will be null and void—therefore
no interest Is felt In It.
The malls In this section are terribly mixed
and Irregular. The Morning News, which
reaches Sterling, fif een miles from here, on
the afternoon of the day of publication,
and could be in the hands of every sub
scriber the same evening, is not received
until the next day, some twelve hours later
than there Is any necessity. The efficient and
clever Postmaster at this point, Colonel D.
Webster Davis, has endeavored to do all
that Is possible to effect a remedy, but eo
far without success. The Gazelle has also
urged a change, and advocated running a
boat to the landing in the afternoon to
receive this mail from Sterling and bring it
over, when It could be delivered by 7p. m.
The Postmaster is very popular among the
citizens, and has held the position for a
number of years.
VOUDOCISM.
Among the prisoners confined in jail are
Bob Anderson and Pompey Anderson, two
negroes who are charged with a most dia
bolical murder about seven miles from this
towr. The crime was committed on the
afternoon of Christmas last. The victims
were two worthy colored people, Chance
Brown and his wife Patsey. In consequence
of Judge Tompkins having been concerned
in the case previous to his reappointment to
the bench, the parties will rot be tried at
this terra, but will be called up at an ad
journed term in Januanr, when Judge
Mershon will preside. I allude to these
villlans simply to relate an incident to.
show the remarkable credulity and super
stitious regard for the mysteries of voudou
ism. At the last term of the court Bob
and Pompey were arraigned before Judge
Fleming, then presiding, for trial. The latter
obtained a continuance, but the former was
tried and convicted of murder. On the plea
of error in the charge of the Judge a Dew
trial was obtained, and this trial Bob Is now
awaiting. On occasion of the trial referred
to, however, It was developed that an old
ycudou doctor had given Bob Anderson a
piece of some old root to chew, having
previously held some mysterious in
cantations over it, and told him
if he would eqnirt the juice of It over
his right shoulder on the Jndge and the
Solicitor General they would be paralyzed
and he could not be convicted. Sufficient
reliance was placed in this nonsense by Bob,
and undoubtedly the wretch would have at
tempted to eject the saliva in the manner
directed, as he was chewing something
when brought Into court, had not the Sheriff,
who obtained an inkling of it, taken the
necessary precautions to prevent It. Both
the Andersons are hard favored creatures,
and the crime with which they are charged
is one of unusual atrocity, but as the trial
will not take place until January I will omit
a synopsis of the details.
I visited the iail Monday, in company
with Sheriff Hopkins, and was surprised to
find such a substantial, well arranged struc
ture. The cells are of good size aDd cleanly
kept, and the building perfectly secure.
Mr. W. H. Cotter, the Clerk of the court,
will be remembered as a former resident of
Savannah. I hear many kind remarks about
his efficiency, and the satisfactory discharge
of the duties of his position.
Unexpectedly called back to Savannah, I
have to close this to make arrangements
for leaving on the five o'clock steamer fer
the landing in the morning, and as it is
quite chilly, and rain has been failing for
some time, with indications of continuance,
the prospect before me Is not cheerful.
B. H. R.
Contested Meats ia the House of Re
presentatives.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says: “There will be
seventeen contested election cases in the
House of Representatives, of which no
less than fifteen come from the South.
Of these all but two are contests of
straightout Republicans against Demo
crats. The first exception, which is after
all a distinction without a difference, is
from the Fifth district of Virginia, where
Stovall, Readjuster, contests the seat of
Cabell, Democratic; the other is from the
Eight Alabama district, where Lowe,
Greenbacker, contests the seat of
Wheeler. Democrat. Mr. Lowe, who
was a member of the last Congress, was,
however, generally rated as a Democrat
on political divisions. The two contests
outside of the South are from the Sixth
lowa and the First Maine districts. A
Greenbacker is contesting from lowa
and a Democrat from Maine. From all
the accounts it is believed that the fact3
in favor of the contest from these two
districts are very strong, but as the mem
bers returned elected are both Republi
cans, it will be very safe to assume that
they will not be disturbed. Mr. Reed,
who is returned as elected from the First
Main district, is a candidate for Speaker,
but there is not much probability that he
will be elected to that position. His
majority, or alleged majority, over the
contestant is only one hundred and
seventeen. So far a3 the contests from
the South are concerned, the belief is
that several of them will be successful.
The Republican majority is so slim, at
the best, that the temptation to increase
it by seating Republican contestants will
doubtless be too strong to be resisted.
There are two contests from Virginia,
four from Alabama, four from South
Carolina, two from Mississippi, one from
Florida, one from Louisiana, and one
from Missouri. The contest from the
Second district of South Carolina is
somewhat peculiar. The contest is
brought by Mackey, Republican, against
O’Connor, Democrat. Since the regular
Congressional election in November of
1880, O’Connor died. A special election
was then held and another Democrat
elected, the Republicans, it is said, de
clining to take any part in the special
election on the ground that Mackey was
rightfully chosen at the regular election.
Of the contestants from tne South four
or five are colored men, and it is not
therefore improbable that in the near
future colored men may again have seats
in Congress. Lynch, colored who con
tests from the Sixth Mississippi district,
which is familiarly known as the “Shoe
string” district, it is thought by po
liticians, of both sides will almost cer
tainly secure the seat, a3 most probably
his case is stronger than any of the others.
As to the majority of the contests it is
quite proper to say that they are brought
for selfish and partisan purposes. The
contestants, if successful, are sure to re
ceive a handsome gratuity from the
House, and the bringing of the contests
will afford the opportunity for the revi
val of the discussion of the Southern ou‘-
rage business, with a view to influence
the Congressional elections of next fall.
It is rumored around in Republican cir
cles that opposition wiil be made
to the swearing in of at least one Demo
cratic member from South Carolina.if not
more, and possibly to one of the Mis
sissippi members. Although all the
members whose names are on the Clerk’s
roll participate in the election of Speaker,
they are not sworn in until after that
officer is elected, when he administers
the oath to them. If the Republicans
are able to preventthe swearing in of any
of the Democratic members from the
South, they will, of course, start from
the beginning with so much more ma
jority.”
An Indian Thanksgiving I’roelaiua
tion.
The following Thanksgiving procla
mation was issued by D. W. Bush) head,
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Natioi),
Indian Territory:
“Last year the census of the popula
tion and possessions of the Cherokee Na
tion was first taken within their history.
We have now counted our treasures and
know for what and for how much we
should feel grateful as a family of peo
ple having and occupjiDg one home in
common. From this authentic source
we find our people blessed with one hua
dred and two primary schools for a
rapidly increasing population of twenty
thousand three hundred citizens; two
high schools—male and female; an or
phan asylum; an asylum for the unfor
tunate, insane, blind, and helpless; forty
five churches, and as many native minis
ters of the gospel; one hundred anel fifty
native teachers by profession; a written
constitution and code of laws; a govern
ment consisting of executive, legislative,
and judicial branches, well understood
and administered; a people peaceful and
progressive, and in all material regards
more than self-supporting, and having
but five fishermen and fifteen hunters by
occupation left among them as the last
vestige of a savage state from which we
have been rescued within the memory ot
men yet living by the goodness of an
overruling Providence.
“Such is the situation of the Chero
kee Nation of to-day, in a fair and ample
country secured to them by treaty and by
patent, and of which the honor and
honesty of their great earthly protec'.or,
the United States Government, is pledg
ed to guard their possession.
"Such are the blessings for which our
thanks are continually due, among which
blessings the first and best of ali is
saving knowledge whence they come and
a sense of obligation which restrains
pride.
“Therefore, I, 'D. W. Bushyhead,
Principal Chief of tbe Cherokee Nation,
do hereby, in pursuance of an ancient
Christian custom, and the recommend*
tion of theJPresident of the United States,
appoint Thursday, November 24, A. D.
1881, as a day of public thanksgiving
throughout this nation, and call upon
the Cherokee people to devote the time
designated to the giving of expressions
and evidences of their thankfulness to
the Supreme Being for His kindness and
love, in such ways and by such obser
vances as shall become a Christian,
orderly, and conscientious people. Let
us thank Him for ali His dispensations,
as gifts of His goodness for our good—
never forgetting that blessings are such
indeed only when used in the cause of
the Great Giver, which is the happiness
of all alike; and that the results of our
shortcomings are but benevolent cautions
against evil—no less blessings, if we so
regard them, than the happy! conse
quences of virtuous life.”
Growth and Deidopment Inevitable
I ram4*om (KC.) iteming star *•
We did not see the remark
learn that the Augusta
ted that the Southern cotton
not made or could noTmake prime*
This is a mistake The w;i - “*•
Cotton Mills have beJ Jkt'”^ s
cloths for a long timTand of?, nn ‘
quality. A, ,ei,
have been sold to an Atlanta Ve
Thay fetch i the Nettie" V,S.
from *to iof a cent more &
the Northern goods, and when there?,
an ad vance the Wilmington goods al wav
get the increase of price several*da?
ahead of the regular market. ys
The time will come when all grades rf
cotton goods will be made in the SnmK
including the best bleachingA&
North Carolina woolen mills are man*
factunng csssimeres and other fabrics?
good quality that in durability, fi nis h
and value much excel Northern goods?
the same price. Some choice specimen,
are on exhibition at the Atlanta Emnr
tion. The Wilmington goods are Tot
represented, but they ought to be Th>
Atlanta dealer ought to send a bolt ?
two or a bale, to let the visitors £
whatis domg. The mill itself does n 0
feel that it would pay to rent a place fo
exhibiting but one sample of print cloths
It need not concern the South if the
Atkin6ons and Barkers of the North
self-deceived and deceive others as to tk P
advantages and capabilities for manufar
tunng of our great section. There u
most noticeable and unmistakable ore
grass in the South in several branches of
manufacturing, and particularly in cot
ton. There will be steady progress i a
the years to come. By the vear An
1900, there will be hundreds of large
and small mills in operation, and all New
England cannot prevent it, let them be
heve what they will. The South wii’
have capital enough of its own to build
the mills, and before fifty years, units,
there are unforeseen misfortunes to
prevent, this part of the Union will be
as noted for its cotton and woolen
mills as it is for antagonism now to those
tendencies in the government that threat
en the safety of the citizen ana the pres
ervation of the States. All the South
needs to do to prosper is to have less to
do with politics, to develop more energy
to practice more economy, to rely less
upon one crop, to make all it can and
save all it can. _ The cilmate, the soil, the
water supply, all give assurance of thrift
and growth if peace prevails and our lib
erties are preserved. The man who can
travel from Maryland to the Gulf and
from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi
river, and cannot see that the South is a
wonderful country, is too stupid And
blind to be considered by any people ia
making an estimate of its capabilities.
The Garfield Monument.
Boston Post.
Thus far only $65,000 has been se
cured for the Garfield monument fund.
The amount considered necessary is
$200,000. Subscriptions now are verv
few and far between, and those received
are of small amount But $65,000 ought
to build a pretty good monument. The
people of this country have done wellbv
the Garfield family, and they have not
been slow in giving substantial testimony
of their respect and love for the dead
President. No one can reasonably find
fault if the $135,000 now asked for for the
Cleveland monument is not forthcom
ing. Besides the $65,000 already raised
for this monument, a fund of over
$300,000 has been raised for Mrs. Gar
field and her children; something like
$17,900 has been raised to endow a Gar
field scholarship at Williams College:
and Congress will probably vote to give
Mrs. Garfield the full salary, which her
hu-band would have earned, had he
served a four years’ term. We do not
claim that a single dollar of this vast
total basbeeo, or will be, unworthily be
stowed, but we do not see the propriety
or necessity of urging the people to give
more.
Stfaoutf.
TTTASTFD, everybody to knew that the best
*t Whisky. Wines and Liquors are sold a:
10 cents a drink at 11614 Broughton street.
Lunch every day from 11 to 1. Saturday
night from 8 to 10.
WANTED, two good compositors; thirty
cents per thousand; night work. Apply
Foreman Daily Times, Jacksonville, Fla,
WANTED, a first-class secoad-hand Piano to
rent or purchase. State price and ad
dress, care Morning News, SMITH.
WANTED, a situation as meat cook, by a
sober and steady man (white). Inquire
at 62 Broughton street.
WANTED, a man cook, with first class refer
ences. Apply to L. B. GALLAGHER, U.
S. steamer Wyoming, Port Royal, S. C.
WANTED, consumers of wood to know that
I keep on hand a large stock of OAK.
PINE and LIGHTWOOD, cut or in stick. Or
ders sent me by telephone, through boxes or
left at office, Taylor and East Broad streets.
will be promptly fitted. B. B. CASSELS.
WANTED, every family to know that tfce
Bon Ton Feneotype Gallery, 149 Brough
ton, is now open for business.
Jfor
TO LET. first-class stable, with three sta'ls
and hay room. Apply 91 Gordon street.
FOR RENT OR LEASE, on and after Thurs
day, December Ist, tbe Buckingham
House, Isle of Hope, Bar and Store Fixtures.
Bi liard Table. Furniture, Beds, Bedding, Cook
ing Range. Kitchen Utensils, Crockery and
Glat-3 App’y to THOa HENDERSON, 113
York street.
Ij'Oß RENT, two suites of looms for families
or single gentlemen, furnished or unfur
r-islied, with or without board. Apply to No.
SO Broughton street.
ioy ffalr,
TT'OR SALE, Wood of all kind.scut or in stw k.
X 1 Orders through boxes or by telephone,
No. 24, promptly attended to.
R. J. STEWART,
Wood Yard. Canal, foot Zubly street.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE, a desirable two
story residence, including stable and shed
and four acres of v ell cultivated land, with
fruit trees and vines; situated in Aiken, S. C.;
would prefer to exchange for Savannah prop
erty. For further particulars apply to Drug
Store corner of Bull and State streets.
TT'OR SALE, 30 Lots at a bargain, on East
1 Broad, and near Anderson street. Af
piy to R. B. REPPARD, 70 Bay street.
TT'OR RALE, a large and well-selected lot of
1? Picture Frames cheap for the cash, at the
Bon Ton Gallery, 149 Broughton street.
GO to the “FAMOUS” New York Clothing
House, 140 Congress street. Savannah, Oa.
TT'OR SALE. —Easy terms, Double Cottage
l 1 House, north side of Bolton, between
Abercom and Lincoln streets. D. C. BACON.
KINDLINGS. OAK. PINE and
LIGHTWOOD. For sale fcy
BACON A BROOKS.
JPOR SALE, 1 36-PLANEK and MATCHER,
Richardson Merriman & Cos. make. Planes
26 wide 5 thick, and matches 16x4}4 thick. A
splendid machine at a great bargain. Cost
new 81,600, and is practically as good as new.
Full description, price and any further par
ticulars given upon application. Address
Lock Box 1,016.
Fitchburg, Mass.
IOST, on November 21, on C. & S. R'y, be-
J tween Hardeeville and Savannah, a pair
of Solitaire Diamond Far Drops. If returned
to Pulaski House finder will be liberally re
warded.
strayed.
TRAYED in Club Stables yesterday morn
ing, one Brown Mare Mule. Owner can hare
same by proving property and paying charges.
QTRAYED, from my residence, on night of
O December 1, one Black Mare Mule, about
fourteen and a half bands high; has long mane
and tail A reward will be paid for her return
to wood yard corner Railroad and West Bread
streets. M. 8. BAKER.
ffoarfllttfl,
PLEASANT rooms and good board can be
obtained at 106 South Broad street.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. Parties visiting
Florida wiil find firrt class board and ccm
fortab’.e rooms at
MRa C. FREELAND’S,
Corner Julia and Forsyth stre- ts.